Chapter CIX: Battle on the Rooftop ~Rainstorm

Rainy ran through the forest already ahead of CR and all of the rest of the crew. He had left late the previous night because he had wanted to go alone and didn't want anyone following him. He looked at his map again
"Left turn, then a right, and then another left," he said quietly to himself. He was in the part of the forest where each path seemed to split into three other paths and if you took the wrong way, you might never find your way out. He had been sprinting through this peticular area for about an hour already when finally he came to the last marked turn on his map.
"Yes! Finally almost to the damned temple!" he cried aloud. As he said this he saw something flash to his left side, but thought nothing of it.
When he stopped at the end of the path he was standing in front of a large clearing with a very tall tower in the middle. The sky had clouded over already and it began to rain a little. Rainy looked up into the tower wondering how long it would take to get to the top. He started to run across the clearing toward the door of the tower when he noticed things moving towards him. He squinted his eyes and could've sworn that he saw monsters over there. Soon, his thought was confirmed as the ugly beasts began towards him.
"@#%$, I thought I could make it to the tower without any problems."
Shrugging, Rainy dashed towards them, conjuring up a lightning storm in the process. As the bolts began to slaughter the front line, Rainy dashed off the to the side calling forth a small tornado to take out the left flank. They were now at half what they were, but the two spells he had cast were too much for his stamina and he stopped for a second to catch his breath. He drew out his double scimitars and ran into the crowd swinging and twirling. His blades sang through the air and sliced many monsters down. After his whirling blade attack, he spun the opposite direction and vaulted over a group of monsters. He landed in a roll, and rolled up into a sprint. He sheathed both of his scimitars and ran across the clearing towards the tower. Before the monsters even noticed he was gone, he was already inside of the tower with the door bolted behind him. He breathed a sigh of relief; the job was halfway done. He looked around and all he saw was a regular tower with staircases going along the sides. He began to climb upwards towards the top of the tower. After about an hour though, he noticed that he hadn't gone anywhere. He looked down and realized that somehow he was still on the first staircase.
"That's rather odd," he said to himself. After trying for another hour to get up he sat down on the staircase and thought for a moment. Suddenly he got an idea. He started to walk down the staircase backwards and his thought was correct. By going opposite of how he ordinarily walked, he began to ascend the staircase. Finally after another hour of climbing in this way, he reached the top where there were two doors, each marked with a seal on it.
"These must be the trial rooms that the elder mentioned."
He decided that either was good to start with, so he chose the right one and placed his hand on the seal. There was a great whoosh of wind and he found himself standing in front of a large mirror. He watched a reflection of himself doing opposite was he was doing. Rainy closed his eyes remembering what the elder had said. He walked towards the mirror and then placed his hand on the mirror. His reflection however walked the opposite way and put his hand on the reflection of the door handle. Rainy then opened his hand, and the reflection closed his and Rainy then turned his hand to the right. The reflection turned his hand to the left. The last thing to do was to get the reflection to open the door, and for this, Rainy made a pulling motion and the reflection pushed the door open and completed the first challenge. After another whooshing, Rainy found himself outside the two doors again, but the right door was locked.
"And now for the final challenge," he said smiling. When he touched the seal on the left door, he found himself in a different room. In this room he saw a line of hedges. This room he knew was only going to be a run through the hedges and past monsters. He ran through the hedges and began. First, he ran to his right and then dove into the little lake that was in the middle of the clearing there. From here he had a choice of four different directions, and following the elders advice he started with the one farthest to his left. Here he found a small dragonlet sitting in a corner. When he approached, the dragonlet breathed fire at him. Rainy quickly lept out of the way and then froze the baby dragon with an ice spell quickly putting that fire out. He ran back to the lake, dove back in, and then went to the next in order. Here he found an ogre which was easily defeated because he was so slow. After five minutes of Rainy's blades, the monster was vanquished. The room next to that contained a mage who liked lightning spells, a lot. Rainy was struck once, but was lucky enough to be in mid roll so he was only scathed a small bit. After he got close enough, the mage was no match for the steel and quickly fell. The last room was something Rainy did not expect.
He found himself standing in a room facing himself. The copy drew his scimitars and headed towards Rainy. Rainy drew his and started to attack. The copy matched him blow for blow and this was seemingly getting both of them nowhere. When Rainy finally did land a blow on the copy, he cried out as he felt a sharp pain on his left arm. He looked down and noticed that he was bleeding.
"Oh no...this is not good," Rainy said to himself. The pain he inflicted on the copy, only came right back at him. While he blocked the blows of the copy, Rainy tried to think of something to do. Finally he had it. He removed a small shiny object from his pocket. It was a tiny mirror, plain and round. He placed it on the floor and looked into the glass, and was just barely able to make out a reflection of the copy. At this he aimed his fingers and saying the command words out loud for the lightning spell, he closed his eyes and hoped. There was a bright flash from his fingertips as the lightning streaked towards the floor, then it bounced off of the mirror shattering it into a million tiny shards. After it burst upwards towards the copy who didn't move. Rainy braced himself hoping his spell wouldn't also affect him. After a few seconds he didn't feel anything, he had two immediate thoughts; one that the trick had worked, or two that his spell had missed the target. He opened his eyes slowly and saw his copy lying on the floor. He breathed a sigh of relief as he was transported once more with a whooshing sound outside. This time he didn't end up outside the rooms but rather on the roof. By this time, night had fallen and the sky was clear. Rainy looked around and saw two figures leaning over something. They were both rather ugly and seemed to be looking at something that was stuck in a pedastal.
"Who are you and what are you doing over there?" Rainy said, not thinking.
The two figures slowly turned around not looking at all happy that someone was watching them.
"We are Orson and Malachai, and what may I ask who in the hell you think you are?"
"I am Rainstorm Yoshi, and I'm here for the Creations Weapons."
"Well isn't that a coincedence, so are we. I have a feeling you won't be leaving with them though, or your life for that matter."
And with that statement both of the Twilighters burst into action and lept at Rainy at the same time. Rainy rolled to slowly and was shocked at the speed of these...things. He was knicked on the shoulder and was sent flying onto the ground. When he rolled up, he ducked only to have to roll out of the way again. He sent out a quick lightning bolt and ran towards the one who called himself Orson. He drew both of his blades, which glinted in the moonlight. He stabbed Orson and dove off to the side only to notice that both blades had been knocked from their hilts. He looked in horror at his two scimitars and cringed at the vile laughing of the Twilighter. Rainy had been too foolish to think that his blades would have any effect at all. At the same time, he was too caught up in thinking of his next move. The other Twilighter had snuck up behind him and picking him up by his neck, he threw him across the roof to the other side. Rainy had quick enough reflexes though to keep himself from flying totally off of the roof. He landed hard on his left side and pulled with his right hand to get back on the roof.
Both Twilighters turned their backs on him and headed towards the weapons thinking that he was out of the fight. But Rainy had one last trick up his sleeve. He pulled himself up onto his knees and closed his eyes. "Goddess, help your humble servant now in his time of need," he whispered as a last prayer.
He held both hands together and slowly began to speak the command words for the spell.
"Bright as the stars in the sky, brighter than the sun on the horizon," he whispered.
"Holy light I ask for your assisstance! Bestow upon me the pure light and from the heavens may the rays pierce the darkness," he said louder. At this point, both Twilighters turned around and noticed that Rainy was indeed still alive and well.
Then Rainy looked up into their eyes and then up to the glinting moon and shouted, "Celestial Light!"
A bright flash lit the sky and a globe of white surrounded Rainy. He could just barely hear the Twilighters laughing.
"You think your puny shield can protect you from us?!" one of them laughed out.
Rainy felt something growing inside of him, and he felt his very soul shudder as it was examined. Then there was a silence and time itself seemed to stop. Rainy felt at peace for a split second before a beam of pure light shot forth from his fingers.
Both Twilighters turned, and laughed for one second. Then Orson screamed as he realized that this spell was actually affecting him. He started to be consumed by the white light, and he screamed a terrible scream. Immediately following his being consumed by the light, he fell to the ground. Malachai placed his hands on the other wounded Twilghter, quickly speaking the words of command for the teleportation spell. They dissappeared with a blink right before the white light exploded and the tower began to fall. It crumbled very quickly and Rainy fell from exhaustion. He fell unconcious and the spell must have had an auto feather fall weaved into it, because Rainy fell to the ground slow surrounded by a white light. He touched down on the ground and the two Creations Weapons landed right next to him, also surrounded in the glow. The glow shielded him from the gentle rain that began to fall. Rainy smiled in his unconcious state and layed there underneath the clouded sky.