Flames of Darkness - Chapter I - V

"My, oh my... Look who this is?" The figure spoke in a very familiar voice.

"Right. So what do you want, trying to be a copy of me? I appreciate having a fanbase but this isn't necessary." He responded, expecting that the figure knew something he didn't.

"Look, I'm not a COPY of you, alright? I'm just..."

"Just? Just? Hurry up and say it!"

"YOU."

He took a few steps back, not fully understanding what the figure just said.

"Huh, shocked are we? There's no need to be! You were, after all, dead, weren't you?"

He recalled the drowning...

"There was some... things, I'd say, that was done. But hey, you're alive! Isn't that the best thing already?"

"Shut up, now. I don't need more confusing things as it is now."

The figure, or more accurately, a carbon copy of himself, just stood there staring at him. He couldn't grasp it still, but he didn't want to let that figure just go away, not when he had so many questions in his mind.

"Still pondering over the many things? Let me help you." With a swift movement, the figure struck right into him, razor sharp claws piercing through anything in its path.

"Heh." The figure just gave a smirk, then retracted his claws.

The pain was obvious. It felt... too real. Was he going to just die off without a proper answer? He looked down, ready to see his life end before him.

Strangely enough, no injuries were on him. Not even a scratch. Neither was there a mark that he had been stabbed by that figure, ever before.

"Wolf, wolf, wolf... You should learn your lesson. Take that as a warning, and LISTEN to me if you want to find out more."

"SHUT UP! I don't need that name anymore. Stop calling me that!"

"Oh, being agitated now? It is, your name, or should I say, our name, after all!" The figure laughed.

It was strange that the figure even knew his name. Wolf just waited for the figure to say more.

"Well, how about this. Every strike that I fail to block, I'll tell you a portion of the information that I believe you'd like to know?" The figure broke the silence.

A duel sounded good, but Wolf was not at his prime form. He could feel something missing within him, he couldn't point out what. Still, he gave a nod to the figure, in all hopes that at least something could be gained from the battle.

"Good, good! It's nice to see you still ready to battle even when you are not in your best form! This isn't the best place to battle though, so how about..." With a punch to the ground by the figure, the earth rattled, as if a sudden earthquake just struck the area.

Cracks on the ground formed. Trees originally around the area started falling into the cracks. Wolf looked around, seeing that the area was becoming a flat piece of land in no time.

"Done! Now we're ready!"

It was going to be an intense battle, he could feel. Things were not going to be the same once this battle started...