Ava ignored Xemnas. To summon this power, to defeat the man in front of her, to avenge her family, she needed to absorb the strength of her god inside her body. Which meant she needed to utter the holy chant.

"I am the bone of my sword.

Steel is my body, and fire is my blood

I have wielded over a thousand blades

Unknown to death, unknown to life

I have withstood pain to hold these blades

Yet these hands do not belong to me

So, as I pray to the Great Tiger Spirit,

Unlimited Keyblade Works!"

Behind Ava, Xemnas finally caught sight of her so-called "God." A massive tiger spanning seventy meters. While it glowed an ethereal green, it's true colors of regal orange and black shone through. The tiger appeared both lazy and vicious in nature. In its mouth, it held a massive keyblade that was more wood than metal.

"Grant me this power, Shere Khan!"

Ava clutched two keyblades, one in each hand. Jungle King and Circle of Life. Blades composed of crude materials, held together by strings. Its power held true, but its appearance was disgusting. Only a savage woman would rely on power by these means.

"And here I thought you'd prove amusing," said Xemnas. "This must be some kind of… joke."

"Scared yet?"

"Quite the opposite."

“I’m a true hero! One who fills a world of darkness with light. I’ll prove it, right here and now!”

White Tiger launched forward, swinging her blades with more proficiency than before. One clean hit from a Keyblade had the potential to tear him asunder, to separate the string of fate tethering him in the mortal realm.

And yet despite her efforts, she didn’t land a single hit on Xemnas. He had fought too many Keyblade wielders. Knew all of their moves. Knew where they’d aim, their thoughtless actions to attack only the most vital locations to end fights in an instant. They never entertained the notion of relishing in the thrill of battle.

“A true hero? In this world… there are no heroes.”

One blade came inches away from Xemnas’s head. He caught it in his bare hands and crushed it in his grip. What use was a Keyblade composed of simple bamboo and twigs?

The destruction of her weapon didn’t stop her. She immediately picked up another from the ground, swung it knowing it’d do nothing, and grabbed another each time her previous weapon got destroyed effortlessly.

“Are you not growing tired of this?” asked Xemnas. “If this is all you have to offer, then you don’t deserve to wield such a powerful weapon. Your brother would be abashed to see you now.”

The instant he uttered those words, an indescribable rage consumed her. Every single Keyblade in the warzone levitated out of the ground. They flew into the air, forming into one solid mass. A tidal wave of blades all localized in one spot, coiling around like a snake. White Tiger ascended upwards, and climbed that mass until she reached the top.

She gained control of all those blades at once. With one strike, she’d eliminate Xemnas. With one million, she’d ensure not a speck of him remained in this world.

“Damn you Xemnas!” she shouted. “This is for my family! You’ll suffer and die, just like they did!”

Each blade rained down upon the ground as if a hurricane of swords assaulted the land. The serpent-like creation of blades slithered through the air aimed directly at Xemnas ready to decapitate him where he stood by crushing him and slicing his tendons and staining the ground with his blood and erasing the very name of “Xehanort” from the human consciousness and White Tiger crashed headfirst into a building.

It took her a while to even process what happened. She was in the middle of the desert. No cityscape in sight. The time period of this world didn’t even allow the creation of a skyscraper. And yet she bore through the impossible construction at speeds approaching the speed of sound. It was a surprise she didn’t die on impact when Xemnas threw the building at her.

The pain from this unexpected attack was too great for her to withstand. The reality marble shattered. Her connection to her god withered. She groaned on the floor, unable to move a muscle.

Xemnas clutched Ava by her throat and grasped her amulet with his free hand.

“Please… don’t!” she begged. “Without that amulet… without my connection to the tiger god… I’m nothing!”

- LetterSequence Round 1