The Lost Memories

Black Wings

*Eiji*

I prepare myself to fight, not just me but the whole troops are. The smoke begins to get thinner as the time flies by. I notice someone is smiling among the smokes. I guess that's the dark force armies. How many there are, I shall defeat them with my hand! I tighten my gripping, in case the sword that being crafted to me slip away. All the Gallete's troops are waiting to see what kind of opponents will they have to fight. A few seconds later, the dark, thick smoke vanishes, revealing a man with short, black-haired man. Wait! Isn't that.... Kuro?

I walk towards him and greet. "What are you doing here, Kuro? A fight shall happen here in any seconds." I tell him. He smiles and says "So, Gallete choose to fight, eh? Very well... I shall not show any mercy to all of you.". "What are you saying, Kuro?" I confuse. "I am a part of the dark force." he smiles innocently. I see... So, I have to fight Kuro, my new friend? I increase the gripping of the sword. Then, so be it! I charge myself towards Kuro, swinging my sword aimlessly at him as I yell "Kuro!" loudly. He gracefully dodge my attacks, as he keeps on his smiling face. That smile somehow irritated me for unknown reason.

My wrath has takes over my body. I can't control my body anymore. My brain isn't the one control my movements, my wrath does. He keeps on dodging my attacks like he can see through my actions. The others just watch me as they already know that they can't stop me anyway. I keep on missing my attacks, I waste a lot of my energy. On my 59th attempts, he holds both of my hands, stopping my attack from hitting me. Grrr! I grit my teeth as I struggle myself to escape from his grips. He smiles as he holds my hands stronger. I kick his right foot but he immidiately pulls back his target foot.

I bite my lips, angry for not able to hit him even in close range. Then, I have an idea. I struggle harder, just to make him to increase his gripping. I use this chance and pull him to me before headbutting him. Hit! He groans and giving me a knee on my abdomen. He chains his attack by using his right elbow to hit my back and punches my face with his left hand. The punch makes me fall on the ground, laying on the back, moaning. He walks towards me with that innocent smile on his face. I get back on my feet, trying to focus on my next attack. He punches on my face really quick that I only see black thing passing and I don't even have time to react.

Gah! He holds my face and... Bam! His right knee hits my face. That doesn't end there. As I lose my stability, he turns himself around and let out a huge power kick on my face. That kick sends me flying away from him. I rub my face and wipe away blood that flow from the injury that I receive from his chain of attacks. I look at both of my hands, gripping and opening them. Ahhh... Finally... My sense are coming back to me! I look at Leo, she is praying for me. I focus back on Kuro, who is standing around doing nothing but smiles. I take a deep breath. "Let's make a deal, Kuro." I say. Kuro tilts his head, waiting for me to continue. "If I win a battle with you, one-on-one, you have to leave Gallete alone." I propose. "If you lose, Gallete is belongs to the dark force." Kuro adds. I nod and take my position properly.

The gamble is quite huge. I might need help. I look at Minori. She sits on Leo's right shoulder, worrying about me. I look back at my palms, trying to focus on everything I have in this battle. My eyes then focus on Kuro who is waiting for me to make the first move. I take a deep breath and walk towards him, slowly, trying not to waste my energy. I stand in front of him, face to face, not showing him any fear but I show him my overflowing confident. He continues smiling, not going to make any move sooner or later. I punch his abdomen quickly. The punch immidiately brushes off his smile. He groans and looks up on me. Before he can do anything, I punch directly to his face, making him losing his stability. He jumps backwards, collecting his shattering mind. "Looks like you are a lot stronger. Then, I shall show you my strength too!" he says as a black sphere gathering around his right hand. He closes his eyes and begins chanting something that I can't clearly hear it.

The sphere grows longer and longer as the chants become faster. He opens his eyes and stops the chanting. The dark sphere turns into a solid, dark lance. He quickly grips the newly made lance tightly. He rushes towards me and keeps on stabbing me. I try to dodge his attacks and manage to barely dodge them. Some of the stabbing gets my clothes torn off a little and my body slightly scratched. Urghh! I don't even have my weapon... I continue dodging and sidestepping against his attacks, hoping that there will be a chance for me to counter attack. It takes awhile until the chance shows up. I sidestep his stabs, losing his stability completely. I hit his back as hard as I can with my fist before landing a kick on his abdomen. He groans even louder as he use his lance to stabilise himself.

He turns to me, making a creepy smile. He stands up on his two feet, brushing off the dirt from his clothes. He looks directly into my eyes and suddenly vanishes. I look around me, searching for any sign of him. Urgh! This is like the last time... Wait! The last time? Will he attack from the sky? I look up and see his falling from the sky, pointing his lance directly to me. I back off from the spot, hoping it would not hit me. He falls on the ground, having a distance of two feet away from me, and suddenly gahhh! My left shoulder and my right shoulder has been wound. How that possible? He didn't even touch me.

I rub my my right shoulder as the right hand is my dominant hand. He still facing his face on the ground, thinking about something. Am I imagining things or what? I rub both of my eyes. I notice two black wings at the back of Kuro. Kuro slowly lifts up his face, looking at me with confidence that he can beat me. He flaps his black wings and flies up to the sky. I look at him, forcing my eyes to follow every movements he makes. Urghh! He use the sunlight to block my vision. I block the bright light with my left hand as I try to focus on the flying Kuro. Suddenly, I feel something burning around my chest. I look at my chest and to my suprise. The black lance already hit me. Urghhh... My conciousness begins to fade as blood rushes out from the wound.