Mat scanned the area, his eyes glowing bright white. Najmi and Void glared at the creature that stood before them. It was half man, half dragon, an unheard of combination. Mat continued to scan the area until his eyes fell on Thorn. He walked over and picked up his dead body and brought it over to Silver. He laid Thorn down beside her and walked back towards the others. Najmi continued to glare at Mat until he felt himself get hit in the chest with a blunt object. He was knocked back a couple feet and realized he had forgotten about Frostbite.

Frostbite used the remainder of his strength to fly back to over by Silver and Thorn and collapsed, too tired to do anything else. Najmi made a step towards Mat, carefully judging his power and trying to see what he might be capable of. Najmi felt a breeze as Void shot by him, blade drawn. Void got within striking range and took a swing with his blade. To his surprise, it cleanly hit and made a huge gash across Mat's chest. Mat fell to the ground and Void jumped back, unsure of how to comprehend what had just happened.

All of a sudden, a fire erupted around Mat. The flames were white with icy blue tips and they roared like a bonfire. The fire burst outwards and then dissipated. In the center of the area where the fire had been stood Mat and he looked good as new. Mat just stepped forwards, a huge grin on his face. Void and Najmi took a step back.

"What do you think? Like the new power?"

"Wha… What was that?" Void stammered.

"Ever heard of a phoenix?"

"Yes…"

"Well, it's similar to that. No matter how badly you injure me, I will be reborn."

"But, then how can we fight you?"

"You can't."

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He walked through the dark plain. Whisps of molecular material trailed behind him as he kicked them up while he walked. He looked across the endless void that was space, saddened by its loneliness. He frowned at the endless darkness and went on one knee. He placed his palms against the ground and began to change the appearance of his realm. The black ground shot skyward and widened. It fell downwards and formed vast pits. The blackness began to glow and colors were able to be seen. The pits filled with water and became oceans, the black mounds became mountains. He looked at his creation and sighed. It was pretty, but still. Lonely and still.

Anger overcame him and he backhanded the image of the world into oblivion, returning it to its black nothingness. Being the element of Space had its perks, but it came with a downside as well. For infinite ability to shape and create the element had to sacrifice everything. Family, friends, happiness, love, everything was taken. For one being to have so much power, it was unheard of. He couldn't exist on a plane with others or they would be destroyed by his sheer presence.

That's why he was alone, and always would be.

He sighed and sat down on the ground. He placed his hands on his lap and proceeded to meditate; wondering what was to become of him if he could never be happy.

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Najmi quickly ducked as Mat's fist flew over him. Najmi planted both his hands behind his head and kicked upwards with both legs, hitting Mat square in the chest. Void appeared above mad, blade drawn to strike, but he was pulled back by Dark and held there.

"What are you doing?! I had him!"

"This is Najmi's fight. I can feel it in his heart that he wishes to do this alone."

"Fine. I have things I need to attend to anyways."

With that Void turned and quickly went through one of his portals.

In the meantime Mat had landed after the kick and was preparing for another strike.

Mat shot at Najmi at unmatchable speed and threw a punch at his chest. Najmi jumped over him and swung his sword at Mat's neck. Mat quickly blocked the sword with the ridge of one of his wings and then slammed Najmi down to the ground with the other.

Najmi landed on his back and Mat jumped up and prepared to land on Najmi. Najmi pointed his sword at him and nailed Mat with a blast of purple energy, sending him flying through the air. Najmi quickly got to his feet as Mat caught himself with his wings and flew back, preparing for a second attack.

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He slowly rose to his feet after he had finished meditating. He began to walk through his relm once again when he heard something odd. A portal opened to his left and a pony quickly shot through it and then exited through another portal.

He stood there, confused at what he had just seen. The portal he exited through closed, but the one he had entered through remained open. His face went to a scowl when he saw what was coming through it. Sand poured from the portal into a massive pile at the bottom of the portal. It began to whirl around until it had formed a vortex roughly the height of a human being. The sand slowly settled and an unknown figure stepped forward. The human stepped towards the element of Space who was still scowling.

"Long time no see, Faolan."

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Mat and Najmi collided for the third time. Each time the two fought Najmi would slightly injure Mat, but then he would just reborn good as new. Neither of them had made any progress towards defeat of their opponent. Mat had an infinite amount of life and Najmi had an infinite amount of power. Each was in their element and at their strongest. Nothing could stop either of them. They were locked in a stalemate.

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Faolan glared at the human.

"How dare you come here! Leave my realm this instance you traitorous swine!"

"Now now, is that anyway to treat a long forgotten friend?"

"Friend? FRIEND?! You dare call yourself a friend after all the bullshit you've done?! You're the reason I'm stuck in this hell!"

"Someone's grumpy. Maybe you didn't know but I've been in the same boat you have."

"No. No you haven't. I lost everything, but you had nothing to lose. I was an idiot to follow you."

"The past is the past, can we move on now?"

"Ha, that's funny. Real funny. The past is never the past, not with you. Not with the element of time."

"It seems we developed the ability to use sarcasm haven't we? It took you long enough. Then again, you were always kind of slow…"

"Shut up! I'll kill you!"

"I'd like to see you try."

Faolan leapt and the human and socked him in the stomach. The moment he hit he felt a ripple from around them. He watched as the ripple shook the dimension and blew tons of material up into the air.

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Mat and Najmi clashed, sword against wing, fist and against fist. The two separated and then charged at eachother, only to both be knocked back by a massive shockwave. Both Najmi and Mat pulled themselves off the ground and looked back to where the shockwave had come from. There was a large black orb floating that showed a glimpse of Faolons fight. They watched as they saw him pull back for a second hit. The moment he hit a shockwave erupted from the orb blowing everybody backwards.

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Faolan glared at him. His stupid smirk, his stupid attitude, his damn cockiness. He hated, no, despised him. Faolan pulled back for another punch, but then realized something. He wasn't fighting back. Faolan slowly realized why and jumped back, taking a defensive stance.

"So you finally figured it out?"

"This is a forbidden fight. The very fact that this is occurring goes against the laws of the universe. A fight between time and space, one trying to overpower the other. It would have horrendous effects on the world. It would destroy everything."

"Very good. Somebody did their research."

"Shut up Kronos."

"Now now, no need to get feisty. We wouldn't want you to destroy anything else now would we?"

Faolan just glared at Kronos, unable to do anything to him without destroying something.

"So, since you can't attack you have to hear me out."

"Fine. What do you want?"

"That's better. What I want is simple. I want to leave, you can make that possible."

"No."

"No? Not even a counter deal, just flat out no?"

"Exactly. There's no way in hell I'll let you out. You deserve to be trapped here."

"Somebodies being difficult…"

"Somebody can go die."

Kronos glared at Faolan, "Well, then you leave me no choice."

Faolan stepped back and the particles of material began to swirl around his hands. Sand began to swirl around Kronos as he prepared for his first attack.

Kronos used his time manipulation to slow down time and rushed at Faolan. Faolan just watched him unimpressed as he stretched the space between them so that Kronos moved at a regular speed. Kronos stopped running and glared at him.

"You bastard. You're making me run farther."

"Of course. Does it make you upset knowing that you can't move at and indefinite speed?"

"No. I expected this. Our abilities are counterproductive. They naturally would cancel each other out."

Faolan swung his right arm to his chest and was clutching a combat knife he had created from the particles. He condensed the particles into his other hand into a baseball sized orb and held it next to the knife.

Kronos tilted his head as he watched Faolan make a small incision on the ball. He then tossed it towards Kronos. Kronos just watched the ball roll towards him, completely unimpressed. He picked it up and began to laugh.

"You think this can stop…"

Kronos was interrupted when the ball detonated into a massive ball of fire. Faolan smiled until the fire faded and he saw Kronos standing there completely unharmed.

"How…"

"I slowed down time around myself to give myself time to form a shield."

Faolan held his hand out to his side and hundreds of small orbs began to float out of the ground, each one lining up so it could be easily touched by the blade. Kronos jumped back as Faolan started firing them at him at the rate of a Gatling gun. Kronos slowed down time and easily walked in-between each orb, making sure to stay out of Faolans range of space control.

Kronos walked inbetween two orbs when all of a sudden they shot past him at incredible speeds. He quickly looked back to Faolan and realized that the entire time he had been condensing the space between them so his range would increase.

"Shit."

Kronos jumped back, but not fast enough. He got pelted by ten of the orbs and was sent flying backwards into space. Kronos stood back up and felt a searing pain in his chest. He sped up time and watched as the wounds quickly scabbed over and then scarred.

Faolan jumped up in the air and threw his combat knife at Kronos. Kronos waited for it to make contact with an inorganic object, which is the only way it would make anything detonate. Kronos jumped back as fast as he could when he realized there was a bit of something smeared on the side of the blade. He barely cleared the explosion as the knife itself detonated, releasing all of its stored energy.

Faolan created a katana and held it with the hilt pointing at his chest and the tip pointing at Kronos. Kronos ducked as the blade extended and whizzed by his head. Kronos took note as he calculated the time it took for the blade to retract. Faolan fired again and Kronos shot towards him, barely dodging the blade. He closed in on Faolan as the blade retracted. Kronos slid as Faolan fired the blade one last time. It grazed Kronos's shoulder and left a small gash, but Faolan was now within Kronos's range.

Kronos quickly wrapped Faolan's legs in sand and drew the blade that was strung across his back. Faolan didn't have time to retract the blade before Kronos swung at him. He only had time to lean backwards and barely avoid the strike. Kronos's blade hit his katana's hilt and sliced it clean in half. Faolan punched Kronos in the chest to knock him back. He cringed as he felt the ripple of the shockwave from the punch making contact. Kronos just let himself get knocked back, grinning the entire time.

"You…"

"Now why did you hit me? I thought you didn't want to destroy anything. You were doing so well at keeping me from making physical contact, but then you went ahead and lost it."

"I'll kill you…"

"Of course you will."

"I will."

"I agree completely."

"You don't believe me."

"Of course not. We both know what happens if you kill me. Time will come to a stop and all life will cease to exist as we know it. Will you injure me? Most likely. Will you torture me? Who knows. Will you kill me? No."

"You don't know what I'll do."

"Yes. Yes I do. I probably know you more than you know yourself."

Faolan let himself be overcome with rage as he leapt and Kronos. He tackled him to the ground and began mercilessly beating him. Kronos just laughed the entire time, watching as the black void began to crack and fall apart. Every punch he received made him that much closer to his goal…

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