Xilo, Raran and Seli

Xelfia quietly let some vines lurk underneath the ground as she watched everything happen. If Raran decided to go any further she could instantly help Xilo. "Those blades..." Her and all the girls recognized that type of form all too well. "Seli had them too." Feeling a bit conflicted, she saw Xilo raise his hand to stop her. "Rrrggghh, fine. Just don't get yourself killed." With Xilo's signal Xelfia kept to herself and watched. Darkness spilt into the ground as ragged blades jutted out of Raran's body along with blood. "Incomplete. Unstable. Broken." Raran wasn't in control of any of those black blades, they were in control of him. "Another monster." Ignoring all those thoughts in his head Xilo felt the blade in his stomach digging around causing more pain.

"I end up in this position quite often."

Glancing over Xilo's body quickly Raran scanned Xilo's aura before speaking up.

"That blade...the one you used in your fight...against Keld."

His voice was distorted and scratchy.

"What is it you want, Raran?"

Darkness poured around Xilo's wound, healing him as he put himself back together.

"Just like these blades, that was also one of them...how...how...why…why.. How…..YOU?"

Xilo saw something run down Raran's destroyed face before touching one of the black swords jutting out of his body and disappearing. "Just like Seli, there's another one like me." Xilo had managed to find another victim of the strange power he held. His heart tightened as he thought about all the stories Seli had mentioned about their kind of people. "They lose their minds until eventually the power kills them." With Raran's current age Xilo assumed the power inside of him had been rotting at his life to the point that it could snap at any point. "So much suffering." Xilo did his best to calm down as the darkness inside of him unlocked, letting one tiny black blade lose from his arm.

"You're talking about this right, I'm surprised to see another one like me here. I need you to calm down though, you freaking out like this won't do any of us any good. Given your current state I'm guessing you're almost dead as well... I'm sorry..."

"Shut up! Why do you have that blade! No one else should have that...no one else needs to suffer like this...so just die! Die,die,die,die! No more…NO MOREEE."

Xilo felt Raran's blade tear his stomach open more as his emotions went wild. "He's losing control of it completely." Stabbing straight down, Xilo used the blade he summoned to attack. He needed to get away from Keld if he wanted both of them to survive. "Can I even help him?" That wasn't something he would know without trying. "Just like Seli did for me." The two blades clashed as they fought for supremacy. In terms of strength they were vastly different from Astral Energy and weren't affected by such differences. Letting Xilo's blade cut straight through Raran's which allowed him to break free in an instant. Once he backed up Xilo covered his stomach as he got as much distance as possible. Raran was already running straight for him.

"Just like me! No Control, No Freedom…A Freakl!!!"

"Stop using that power Raran, you'll just kill yourself at this rate!"

"Who CARES!?"

Blades extended from Raran's body at incredible lengths aiming straight for Xilo. "Dammit." Summoning another blade Xilo slashed through another Blade while defending against another. "Persistent but I can actually fight back against this." As long as Raran fought like this Xilo could actually win. Gliding across Raran's blade, Xilo went on the offensive. The screeching of metal ringed in everyone's ears as Xilo slashed through each Blade coming towards him. Raran lashed out like a wild beast as more blades extended from his body like spare limbs. Ripping up the ground they all slashed at Xilo as a wild cackle left Raran's body. Getting on all fours Raran felt each blade shatter, pain whipped through his body but he enjoyed it.

"Raran, I can help you control this power. Just stop please, I don't want to see you kill yourself."

"Di..-ie...-ie..eeeeeeee"

Like a hedgehog that was scared Hundreds of Blades ripped out of his back to replace the lost ones. Spiralling around like a tornado they lunged at Xilo's body and blocked his path. Dodging each one he could Xilo let them dig into the ground as he broke the ones he couldn't dodge. Getting closer Xilo felt the darkness grow stronger in himself and Raran. "Is it reacting to each other?" A third blade Xilo never asked for ripped out of his body and started to fight as well. "That's not good." If this continued Xilo would also eventually lose control then two monsters would be on the loose. "End this fast." Dashing closer Xilo let Ice reach the ground and prop up like a small ramp. Gliding off, he flew through the air towards Raran.

*KAKAKAKKA*

"You need to STOP IT."

Crashing into Raran's body, Xilo stabbed into his open back as hundreds of blades shattered. Piercing Raran, Xilo stabbed straight through into the ground. Another blade released itself from Xilo's body and stabbed Raran's legs then his arms as he completely pinned him to the ground. "Five blades..." Reaching his absolute limit of what he could do currently, Xilo watched Raran's last ditch effort come right for him. "I can't do anything." With nothing to defend himself Xilo watched as another set of blades came for him. "One more..." Panicking Xilo let one more blade free as the rage in his mind grew. Defending himself he quickly knocked out Raran with an elbow to the skill before things got any worse.

*Thud*

Like a light that had been turned off Raran fainted as all his blades disappeared leaving Xilo all alone.

"This is my win this time..."

Locking away his power quickly Xilo looked at Raran on the ground as he tried to think about what to do next.

"Another one..just like me. A monster to this world and themselves."