Ryu's POV
"Everyone in place?" I asked
The officers nodded and I just watched as the 100,000 knights of earth prime surrounded the floating city. Shields and spears were in the front line with other infantry knights. After a couple of rows of them, next were the distant weapons, such as archers and catapults. After that were mostly magicians, more knights, mortars they have and more things. They even had tanks and other things that looked very sci-fi.
"As long as you're able to maintain this position, everything should be fine." I said
The officers nodded and got on their horses or whatever the fuck these animals were.
"Ryu, get to the Matrix." said Lydia through my watch
Thunder lead me to the Matrix but I didn't see anything.
"It's covered by a spell." said Thunder
"Makes sense." I said
I heard a distant boom from the clouds as the darkness began to advance.
"There she is." I said
I saw Demon at least a mile away walking towards me. I began to approach her as well until we were 6 feet away from each other.
"So today's the day." she said
"Really think it is." I replied
"I know your plan." she said
"I know you do." I replied
Demon smiled and snapped her finger.
"The battle started." said Thunder
"You think you can last 5 minutes with me?" asked Demon
"I plan to hold you longer than that." I said
She started laughing hysterically.
"You're funny." she sighed as she finished laughing
She looked up and her eyes started to turn black.
"I'll just end it as fast as I can." she said
"Ryu, here comes the package." said Lydia through the earpiece
"What package?" I asked
But then heroes from different worlds began to land behind me, all 200 of them.
"I see, reinforcements." chuckled Demon
Lydia teleported next to me.
"I know you have the chip." said Demon
I was kind of surprised but what do you expect?
"I'll play your game." said Demon, "But let me give time for you heroes to enjoy."
She snapped her fingers and multiple arms began to come out of the dirt but something about them made me scared.
"That's-"
Lydia gasped as the first hand pulled itself out revealing a me.
"Lydia?" questioned the Ryu
I looked around and more Ryus began to appear from the dirt. But their eyes were all black, meaning they're under Demon's control. But then the last person to come out was taller, bigger and someone I wished didn't sacrifice his life for me.
"Oi oi, Ryu?" asked Kishimoto
"This should be enough." said Demon
"You bastard..." I growled
'Shit is this enough heroes to face off 22 Ryus?!'
"I don't know." replied Thunder
Suddenly the black mist formed around me and Lydia and we were brought somewhere else but the sky was red.
"Where are we?" I asked
"Ryu, we're on your earth." replied Lydia
"Huh?"
Demon appeared in front of me and began stretching.
"Let's see how long you last." said Demon
"Ryu here's 4 strands of energy. I'll give you the remains later." said Thunder
I felt a sudden surge of energy so I got ready.
"Lydia, get ready." I said
She got ready as well so I quickly stopped time and rushed to Demon, she was frozen in time for a while but she began moving once I tried to punch her.
"Fast, nearly got me." she said
Demon was faster than me so she released her fire augmentation at me but I used my wind augmentation and pushed it back.
Lydia was frozen in time so I couldn't rely on her as much. Demon forced lava to erupt from underneath, forcing me to jump up to avoid it but Demon jumped up and kicked me down towards the hot magma. I used my lightning from the sky to teleport me away safely from the magma.
"Dammit." I groaned
Demon ran straight towards me so I summoned every lightning bolt into my right arm as Demon did the same but with fire and lightning. We punched each other's arm creating a huge impact, destroying everything in its path, time must have gone back to normal cause Lydia was able to move.
The impact was so strong that the armor plating and tights on my arm ripped, revealing my bare skin, Demon's arm sleeve and plating also ripped but not as much as mine.
But then my arm started to bleed as cuts began to open, I heard my bone crunch and break so I backed up a bit in pain and clutched my arm but luckily it began to heal.
I clenched my fist and it fully healed but the terrain around me was destroyed, nothing by dust everywhere. Demon ran towards me with lightning speed but I was able to catch up with her. We began trading blows but Demon was able to overpower me.
Then suddenly Demon raised an arm up into the sky and threw it down. I looked up and saw the moon coming straight towards me. Pieces began to fall into the earth so I dodged all of them but some of them got me.
So I swung my arm in the air and the wind blew as hard as it could forcing all the debris to slow down and fall towards another direction.
She tried to cast illusions onto me but thanks to Thunder I was able to counter it and continue fighting off but then a huge tsunami was approaching us. Demon tried escaping but I grabbed her and pinned her down onto the ground just as the water came crashing down.
'Good one Lydia.'
I blasted out of the water and once I did Lydia froze it.
"I won't be able to hold her but go back to earth prime, the heroes need your help." she said
"But-"
"Goddammit go!" she yelled
I asked for a transport and I was teleported away.
No one's POV
22 Ryus and one Kishimoto equals a whole army of multiverse conquerors. Multiple hero bodies littered the floor, Saitama, Goku, Vegetta, Zeno, Mob, Guts, Edward Elric, Natsu, Melidos, Ban, Ichigo, Jotaro Kujo and many more have fallen.
The army of earth prime knights were also struggling as they faced enormous monsters laying waste to the army. Agents of the MVA were also struggling to even stand up from just looking at the monsters of hell, including the MVA dominions.
"All Might..." whispered Midoryia
All Might was in his weak form, he coughed out blood from his mouth as the 22 Ryus approached the remaining heroes.
"I'm out of chakra." groaned Naruto
Earth prime Ryu slowly raised his sword, ready to strike Midoriya.
"Young Midoriya..." groaned All Might as he tried to reach for him.
Just as earth prime Ryu swung his sword, Midoriya closed his eyes in fear but nothing happened.
"Oi oi..."
Lydia's POV
I groaned as I tried to hold Demon in the ice for a bit longer, but even with dry ice she's still fucking alive.
"Why won't you just die already?" I groaned
The ice started heating up and I could feel the warmth in the ice. I quickly forced the ice to melt back into water, taking out the fire inside but I quickly froze the water again. This time Demon stayed down there, I couldn't feel any more heat coming out.
I sighed in relief but then I felt a sharp pain in my back. I looked down and saw a tip of a sword, Demon's sword impaling me from behind.
"You're hella annoying." she growled from behind.
She pushed the sword deeper but my regeneration was keeping up.
"Your regeneration won't keep up from this." she whispered
I felt her fingers wrap around my heart and I screamed as she began to increase the strength of her grip. I fell onto my knees and tried moving away from her but the more I move, the more it hurts. I even tried to augment but nothing happened as I tried to melt the ice again.
"Ryu's, going to stop, you." I gasped
"He can't, I love it how you have so much faith in him." she whispered
She leaned in and I was able to see her from the corner of my eye.
"And you should know perfectly." she said
She smiled and looked at me as blood dripped out of my lips. She grabbed my hair and slammed me against the ice and sat on my back.
"I have to admit, I don't really want to kill you." said Demon
She pulled out her sword and I gasped as it hurt a lot but my wound healed. She flipped me onto my back and now she's sitting on my stomach, her fingers still wrapped around my heart.
"But, I have to." she whispered
She leaned in close to my face as her eyes turned full red.
"Cause I can't let you have Ryu." she said while smiling
I shivered in fear and suddenly her grip tightened and my heart exploded.
"See you in hell." whispered Demon
Ryu's POV
"22 Ryus is too much." I panted
"Leave a clone." said Thunder
"I could do that?" I asked
"Side step as fast as you can and it'll create an afterimage that'll eventually turn into a clone." replied Thunder
I began stepping as fast as I could and eventually it did leave a clone.
"Oi oi, it feels weird talking to a fake." I said
But without wasting time I created more clones to face them.
"Ryu, you have to kill us." groaned Kishimoto
"You're conscious?" I asked
"Yea, it's hard to fight off the mind control but you have to kill us." said Kishimoto
"If you kill them, there's no chance in reviving them." said Thunder
"I won't." I replied
"You have to." groaned a Ryu
"I promised Lydia I'll save all of you." I said, "And that's exactly what I'll do."
I asked for a transport and when I teleported back to my world there was no ice, nothing.
"Ryu, I don't feel Lydia's presence." said Thunder
But then I looked over to my left and saw Lydia lying there.
"Oi Lydia, did you get Demon?! I was worried-"
I stopped shouting when I ran next to her.
"Oi Lydia? Are you okay? Wake up." I said
I shook her shoulders but she wouldn't move.
"Ryu..." whispered Thunder
I picked her head up and placed it on my lap.
"Oi oi Lydia? Wake up." I whispered
I touched her chest where the heart was supposed to be but I didn't feel any thumping. I placed my fingers on her pulse but there was no beating.
"Ryu, she's dead. Demon killed her, her heart is missing." whispered Thunder
I began to tear up and started to shake my head.
"Lydia, wake up." I begged
I started shaking her as she laid limp in my arms.
"Lydia goddammit please open your eyes." I sobbed
But she didn't react at all, my tears dripped onto her face as I cried.
"Ryu behind you!" yelled Thunder
But before I could turn around I felt something tingly pierce through my back.
"Got you." I heard a familiar voice from behind
I looked down to see a hand with lightning bolts covering it sticking out of my chest.
"No..." I whispered
Demon pulled her hand out and I collapsed onto one knee but she kicked me and I fell about 5 feet away from Lydia.
"Your dreams are gone, you mission is over." said Demon
I cried but I continued to drag myself towards her.
"What are you trying to do?" asked Demon
"I loved you..." I whispered
My wound wasn't healing for some reason.
'Thunder what's wrong? Why can't I heal?'
"Phoenix is preventing me from doing that." he replied
I dragged myself towards Demon.
"I still do, yet no matter what, you seem to put your goals before me." I whispered
I coughed out blood but I continued to drag myself.
"And what are you trying to say?" she asked
"Your love is fake." I whispered
Demon glared at me but I didn't care.
"Same goes for you too, Phoenix." I whispered
Demon looked at me and suddenly a flaming red bird appeared out of her back.
"If you're going to talk to me talk to me face to face." he boomed
"Do you know how much, Thunderbird loves you as a brother?" I asked
"He would have joined me then." replied Phoenix
"Don't you see, you two are so immersed in your goal, to conquer the multiverse." I whispered
I reached and grabbed Demon's ankle.
"But just let it go." I whispered
She looked down at me.
"Maybe there's something in you, some kind of emotion, that's just driving you to do this." I whispered, "I might not know what it is, I don't need to really know what it is."
I looked up at her.
"But just let it go, there's the future, stop trying to get back at your past." I whispered
I squeezed my hand tighter.
"Just stop, just let it go." I whispered
But Demon moved her leg I was holding onto and stomped on my arm, breaking it.
"I am letting it go." she growled
She grabbed my hair and pulled me up.
"I'm letting my faith for humanity and every other species go." she said
And with that she lifted me up and stabbed my heart with just her bare hands. She ripped my heart out and showed it to me.
"I don't love you anymore." she said
She crushed my heart and I started to slowly fall into darkness.
'I'm sorry, Thunder.'