"I have seen a vision of my glorious end. I request a jackal to oversee this potential fight to the death."
Xavier sighed as he willed his aura to follow the voice of the displaced. He soon found himself standing atop a pillar among some ruins and a garden path. He took the next few moments to close his eyes. His aura scanned the environment; this revealed a relatively closed space, save for a ray of sunshine coming from above. Eventually, he sensed the shape of a fox-like creature, running closer on two legs.
"You there! Did you get my message?"
The Lucario opened his eyes while still facing the far side of the ruins. I did. Could you clarify what you meant in your call?
"Right, well... first I need to apologize for the misunderstanding." She spread out her upper paws with purple gloves. "When I said 'oversee', I actually meant fight me in a duel to the finish."
Xavier hopped down about three stories and back-flipped into a comfortable landing on his lower paws. Are you mentally sound? He glanced over his shoulder at her. I'm not in the business of assisted suicide.
"It is my nature to fight and risk my life on a daily basis." She held up her paws with claws bared forward. "For anything less than that isn't worth living. If you wanted to play the pacifist, you shouldn't have bothered coming here."
He spread his paws out into an arc posture. What is your name?
"You aren't my friend." Her eyes narrowed. "There's no need for us to get so familiar." She leapt over a jagged crater and pointed her claws right at him.
In what felt like time slowing down, he took a deep breath and exhaled. Oh, good grief.
FIGHT!
Just as Mystery Fox landed on the floor, the Lucario warped out of sight with Extreme Speed. The air rushed around with several blue drag lines. She felt a few heavy impacts as the line brushed against her fur. Wildly, she slashed and kicked against the rushes of wind. By some sheer luck, she managed to block a few of his fast strikes.
Her fist-paw ignited in a ghostly blue fire. "Power Palm!"
She managed to slam that paw into Xavier's chest spike. He grunted as he flew across the crater. But with a back flip, he was right on his feet and posing with his paws in opposite directions apart. He charged up some of his energy and launched an Aura Sphere.
The anthro fox was running forward until she saw the incoming sphere. "What? Gah!" It hit her directly in the face.
Xavier used this opening to run around and jump into a Close Combat attack. "Aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura-aura!"
Grunting, the fox managed to pull herself up into a squatting posture. Immediately, the pain burned in her ribs. She hugged herself around her sides as an instinctive reaction. Meanwhile, Xavier was building up his anger into both of his paws. He fired several arcs of his Dark Pulse attack.
His enemy jumped up and started running up a pillar to get away. She jumped over to another pillar as the Dark Pulses were tearing the granite cylinder down. As the Lucario did the same to the second pillar, the anthro fox jumped into a spin before holding her open paws to the side.
"Diamond Storm!"
Several white lights appeared all around her. In an instant, the particulates rained down upon her foe. Xavier whipped out his staff into its Bone Rush form. He twirled the laser-like weapon in front of himself, stopping all of the incoming projectiles. When the barrage came to an end, he held his staff to his side. He caught a glance at a couple of the "diamonds" that had embedded themselves into his staff.
Are these... leaves? During his pondering, he didn't see the fox dart over to his position with her legs in a flying kick.
"Rapid Kick!" She managed to spin one leg around to slam into against his fur at ten spots.
He grunted, holding a free paw to his freshly bruised side.
"Palm Strike!" Her upper paw ignited bluish-white before punching his face.
He slid back, moaning in pain. There was something more than just punches and kicks. He could feel it in his bones. Had there been soul-based fire too? He shook while he stood up and breathed heavily.
"I guess you weren't the one." The anthro fox stood back and spread her arms. "Diamond Storm!"
This time, he wasn't ready to block the barrage of razor sharp leaves. They felt like they were going right through his arms, legs, and abdomen. He growled in pain at the onslaught. A brief image flashed through his mind's eye.
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"How could I not be?" Thorax hugged before looking directly at him. "You're a close friend."
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Xavier gasped and channeled a Heal Pulse into himself. His aura grew around his whole body and he brought his staff around. He let out a half-bestial battle cry as he jumped forward and activated his Bone Rush.
"What? How did you-"
The anthro fox was unable to finish her question as a laser staff smacked her upside the head. Xavier swung his Bone Rush attack against her abdomen three times. He then tossed it forward, spinning around and hitting his target like a sideways boomerang. It carried the fox away about ten feet before bringing her back toward him. Upon its return, Xavier grabbed the bone and pushed it out like a lance.
His weapon pierced her neck, rendering her unable to voice anything except a couple gurgling noises. Her eyes dimmed and her body went limp. Right then, Xavier reverted his staff back to normal size and placed it on his back. Blood pooled around the fox's neck, changing the color of her nearby fur in the process. She didn't ever move again.
You told me you lived to fight to the death. I hope this was everything you dreamed it to be.
As his Equestria called Xavier back, the overhead single ray of sunlight dimmed.
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