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Chapter 26 - Chapter 26 *This Sucks*

(This was now a two v. One. Well, it would be if Reo would let Kazu fight. He could go in there and help without his consent, but if he did they could run into each other because of the lack of communication. Reo could hit Kazu with his sword or even just bump into him. Kage is very strong and very smart too. Kazu didn't know much about him for long, but from what he's seen he seems tough. Full force isn't their way to beating him, it's gonna have to be outsmarting him and lots of teamwork.)

Kazu: "Reo! You need to stop running in full force! You need to think of a plan!"

Reo: "Shut up!"

(Reo charged again punching at Kage, but Kage quickly dodged each punch. It was surprising how fast he was. Reo's core is all about making him faster and stronger, but he couldn't get a single hit in. There has to be a way to defeat him and it looks like Kazu will have to figure it out on his own.)

Zazz: "Hahahahaha, t-thisss iss awessome."

Cho: "hehe, hell yeah it is. I'm having a blast."

(Ruri and Selene were fighting with Zazz and Cho. Ruri and Selene were having a tough time, but it seemed that Zazz and Cho were having fun. They probably didn't get out much.)

Ruri: "Selene, you're gonna have to use your lighting! It's the only way to throw a real attack!"

Zazz: "Ooooo, lighting. Electricity'sss coussin."

Selene: "Ok!"

(She shot a lighting bolt right at Zazz, but he quickly grabbed it with an electric hand. The bolt slowly disappeared into his hand.)

Zazz: "Heh heh, n-nice try."

(He absorbed it with his electricity. Selene didn't even know that was possible. Either way she can't use her electricity, at least not on Zazz.)

Cho: "Wow, I could've swore we were fighting heroes, but I guess it's just a bunch of wannabes."

Zazz: "heh heh, yeah. Kage promised us a challenging fight, but not everyone is right I guess."

(Both of the psychos were laughing to themselves about how much Ruri and Selene sucked. Ruri kept trying to talk to Selene about another plan, but Selene was sick of it. They've been coming up with different plans and watching them fail for a little bit now. Nothing is changing, except that their enemy laughs even harder at each failure. Selene was tired of this. She made a heavy gust of wind right at Cho.)

Cho: "Ahhhhhhhhh!"

(She went flying and crashed into a bunch of debris.)

Zazz: "Uh oh, ssomeone iss mad. Heh heh."

(Selene made another gust of wind throwing Zazz in a different pile of debris.)

Zazz: "Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

(Ruri walked up to Selene kind of surprised.)

Ruri: "Good job Selene."

Selene: "Thanks, just thought the plans weren't working."

(Just then both Zazz and Cho jumped out of the debris.)

Zazz: "heh heh you think ssome w-wind will stop uss!"

Cho: "Yeah, let's do this for real now hehehe!"

(Selene nodded to Ruri who nodded back. They both got into fight positions.)

Selene: "Enough plans! Let's fight!"

(Mr. Clone was not doing too good in the fight. There were blood people everywhere. Mr. Clone was getting hit left and right. Blood was dripping from his nose and mouth. He was bruised and he wasn't putting up too much of a fight.)

Z: "You done yet? You ready to die? I wanna hear you say it."

(Mr. Clone couldn't answer. He could barely hear him say anything. It was all a high pitch ringing.

He was looking and Z's face. Smiling. He was happy torture him. This might be the end. Mr. Clone might die. Just then, Z's smile quickly turned into a frown. He looked away from Mr. Clone and Mr. Clone looked at what he was staring at. A man flew towards Z, but he dodged him. This man looked familiar. It was Destroyer, the one holding him down. He didn't charge at Z though, he was thrown.)

Protector: "You ok?"

(Mr. Clone looked to his left to see Protector standing there with his arm extend out. The blood people were gone. He must've defeated them without him noticing.)

Mr. Clone: "Yeah. Yeah I'm great. At least now I am, haha."

(Mr. Clone grabbed Protector's arm and lifted him off the ground. Z and Destroyer were standing side by side.)

Z: "Really? You think you can throw someone and then act like you've won the battle? Well you're wrong right there. You two are dead!"

(Z made a bunch of blood people in front of him. Protector and Mr. Clone looked at each other. Protector pointed behind him and looked back at Z and Destroyer. Mr. Clone turned around and smiled. He looked back to Z and Destroyer too.)

Mr. Clone: "Oh, I don't think we're dead. I don't think no one will be dying today, but someone will be going to jail."

(An army of Mr. Clone's clones walked up behind Mr. Clone and Protector.)

Mr. Clone: "And I think it's you."

(Dai quickly kicked Smoke's leg making him fall. He made Yui get off him and then they both jumped up. They looked to where Smoke was laying, but he wasn't there anymore. They could still hear him though. Hiding in the black smoke.)

Smoke: "Heh heh heh, your fighting skills are nothing compared to me. You rely on your cores to fight your battles. Well, look at where that got you. Stuck in a black smoke, struggling to breath. It's not looking good for you two. So why don't I end this quickly."

(He came out of nowhere quickly slashing his sword. Yui looked and shoved Dai out of the way, but it cost her. Smoke slashed her right in the side.)

Yui: "Argh!"

(She fell holding the wound and Smoke hid right back into the smoke.)

Dai: "Oh no, are you ok?"

Yui: "Y-yeah. It'll be alright. Just a little cut."

(Dai looked at it, but it didn't look alright. It was a long and deep slash. She'll live, if she stops fighting.)

Dai: "Yui, if you keep trying to fight you'll lose too much blood."

(Dai took his shirt off and put it on her wound.)

Dai: "Keep pressure on it and try to keep safe."

Yui: "What are you going to do?"

(Dai stood up and looked around.)

Dai: "I'm going to look for him."

(Dai walked in the direction he saw him walk in. He made sure to go slow just in case he ran into him. He thought leaving Yui was a bad idea, but they were sitting ducks there. He thought he could lure him away from Yui so she can get her rest right now. It was a bad cut and if they don't get to the healer soon enough, she might lose too much blood. While he was thinking to himself a voice came from behind him.)

Smoke: "Watch your back, boy."

(Dai heard footsteps running at him so he quickly ducked. Good thing he did because Smoke's sword zipped right over him. Dai jumped up quickly to see Smoke standing in front of him with his sword out. This was not a fair fight. Smoke had a sword and was better in combat, and Dai couldn't use his core and didn't practice much with normal fighting. He never thought of losing his core before, so he always practiced his drills instead. This was a very unfair fight, a bad matching. A bad matching. What Kazu said after the fight Dai lost. You don't get to pick your fights. The fights pick you. If Dai can't fight them, then he doesn't deserve to call himself a hero. Dai stood there with a determined look on his face. He stared down Smoke.)

Smoke: "Huh? We fighting or what?"

(Dai didn't say a word. All he did was lift up his hand and signaled him to come at him.)

Smoke: "Oh, me first? Well let's do this."

(Smoke charged at him, but Dai stood still. When he got close enough he slashed his sword, that's when Dai made his move. He quickly dodged under the blade and punched Smoke in the gut. Then he shoved him back making him roll. Smoke was laying on the ground coughing an extreme amount. He was coughing like he was breathing in too much smoke. That had to be it, his weakness. If he uses his core for too long it gets hard for him to breath. It's a stretch, but it's the best bet Dai's got. Smoke looked up at Dai who was still standing in the same spot.)

Dai: "Come at me again."

(Smoke laid there for a moment breathing heavily. Not just because it was hard to, but because he was enraged.)

Smoke: "You *breath* are *breath" dead!"

(Taku was still hesitating with Lust Lady.)

Taku: "Oh god, uh um."

News Lady: "What are you waiting for? Beat her up!"

Taku: "Yeah uh…"

Lust Lady: "Oooh, yeah. Beat me, please. I need it."

Taku: "Oh man, why."

(This was the toughest battle for Taku. He could've beaten up anyone else, but her. She knew his weakness. Women.)

Taku: "Uh, can you not like talk while I take you to jail? Or look hot? Please."

Lust Lady: "Oooh, jail. Locking me up in chains. Throwing me away in a cell and staring at me while I… use the bathroom."

(Taku's face was bright pink. His tongue was out and he was panting. Just imagining it was making so… Before he could finish his thought the news lady slapped him across the face.)

Taku: "Gah!"

News Lady: "Snap out of it you pervert!"

Taku: "But I can't! This is a dream come true! Whether I die or don't I don't care!"

(Taku started to run right at Lust Lady with his arms out wide. He was smiling and his tongue was out.)

Taku: "I'm coming!"

(Before he could reach her the back of his collar was grabbed and he was yanked back. He looked up at who grabbed him and it was Rage. Reo's competitor.)

Rage: "Are you trying to sleep with a villain?!"

Taku: "Uhhhh, maybe."

(Rage gave Taku a giant punch to the gut.)

Taku: "GAHHHH!!!"

Rage; "A hero trying to date a villain has to be worse than being a villain! You need to beat her to a pulp right now!!!"

Taku: "Uh, ok that's one way of thinking, but since you're here can you do it for me."

Rage: "What did you just say?"

(It was the first time Taku heard Rage not yell, but it sounded even scarier than him yelling.)

Taku: "Uh, nothing. Right on it."

(Taku ran over to Lust Lady and stopped right in front of her. She stood there giggling.)

Lust Lady: "Oh sugar, I'm growing impatient. I need to feel the touch of a man."

Taku: "Uhhhhhh."

(Taku turned back and saw Rage staring daggers at him. Taku looked back at Lust Lady.)

Taku *gulps* "Uh, y-you're g-g-going t-t-to…"

Lust Lady: "Oooo, a little stutter. That's kind of cute. It kind of turns me on."

Taku: "Uhhhhhhhh."

(Taku could barely get a word in. This was one of his biggest fantasies and he couldn't do anything about it. He had to lock away his pleasures. He had to fight past it all.)

Taku: "Hiiii-yah!"

(Taku punched Lust Lady right in the face)

Lust Lady: "Ow what the…"

(Another punch to her face. She fell over and Taku jumped on top of her. He punched her in the face again. Another punch, and another. Another. He was beating her up, while tears fell down his cheeks.)

Rage: "Uh, is he crying?"

(Taku was in fact crying, and saying sorry with each punch.)

Taku: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm SORRY!"

(Card Master was down. It was only Demon who was left. Shurui was kind of burned from Demon, but he acted like he still wanted to fight.)

Demon: "heh heh heh, a girl with ice and a guy with metal. This will be too easy."

(Sara slammed her feet to the ground causing a bunch of ice spikes to dart at Demon. He melted it all with ease, but that was only a distraction. Shurui lifted up a metal bar and slammed it on top of Demon. There was a cloud of dust where he was, but once it died down there was a melted puddle of metal and Demon standing there unharmed.)

Sara: "H-how?"

Shurui: "His fire is too hot. It's melting everything we throw at him."

Demon: "Exactly. Now it's my turn."

(Demon threw a giant fireball right at the two, but luckily they dodged it. Shurui then made some metal scrap went straight at Demon, but he melted them all. One piece of scrap did go by and cut his cheek.)

Demon: "Nice try. Now burn."

(Demon shot fire right at Shurui, but he couldn't move in time. Sara made her body into ice and jumped in the way. She blocked the flame, but there was still more. Demon kept shooting fire at Sara and her ice was starting to melt.)

Sara: "Go!"

Shurui: "What?!"

Sara: "I said go!"

Shurui: "But you could die!"

Sara: "Go!"

(Shurui wanted to argue this, but he was just wasting time. He moved out of the way quickly. Sara had to stand there and take the fire. She couldn't move because she was focusing on her ice not melting. It was melting so fast she couldn't keep up. She could feel she was reaching her limit. Frostbite was starting to get to her, but then the fire stopped. Sara looked and saw Demon rubbing his head. Shurui hit him with a big piece of metal.)

Shurui: "Sara, are you alright?!"

(Sara smiled.)

Sara: "Yeah, yeah I'm alright."

Shurui: "Ok good, now come here real qui-agh!"

(Sara looked down and saw a bear trap was around his leg. Luckily it was made out of metal so he could take it off quickly, but he was still in pain and there was lots of blood. Sara ran over to him and on the ground was also a card. A card with a bear trap on it.)

Card Master: "Hahaha, you fell right for my trap card. Literally, it was a bear trap card. You don't know my core yet, so let me tell you. It's picture transform. I can make pictures come to life. So that picture of a bear trap became a real bear trap. Haha, I know you thought i was knocked out, but that was too weak to knock out m-agh!"

(Sara threw an ice ball at his head knocking him… again. Sara was making sure Shurui was alright.)

Sara: "Are you alright?"

Shurui: "Ugh, I-I should be alright."

(Shurui tried to stand, but immediately fell down.)

Shurui: "Argh!"

Sara: "Oh, that's a lot of blood. It looks bad. I don't know if you should stand."

Shurui: "B-but there's still more I can do. We still have villains. We only defeated two."

Demon: "Only defeated one."

(Sara looked up to see Demon still standing.)

Sara: "But he-"

Demon: "He hit me on the head with a piece of metal. I've been through worse. I didn't even pretend to be knocked out. I don't know why you thought I was knocked out."

Sara: "I just kind of assumed."

Demon: "Well shut up. It's time for you to die."

(Sara looked down at Shurui. He was holding his wound. He nodded at her to go fight. She stood up and walked to Demon. She stood a few yards away from him. They stared each other down for a minute. All Sara could think was that she'll have to fight this guy on her own, or Shurui could die.)

Kage: "Come on, Reo. I thought you've gotten stronger."

Reo: "Shut up!"

(All Reo was doing was trying to punch Kage, but he dodged each punch. Kazu had to think of something. Reo didn't wanna work with him so he had to think of some way to help without getting too much in Reo's way. Kazu made a portal right under Kage making one of his legs fall through. Reo then kicked Kage, making him fly backwards.)

Kazu: "Yes! Good job Reo!"

Reo: "Whatever."

(Kage got up and wiped the blood off his nose.)

Kage: "Hahaha, teamwork huh? Well isn't that fun. You really do need others don't you Reo?"

Reo: "Shut up! I don't need him!"

Kage: "Oh really, then let's get rid of him."

(The shadow demon sliced quickly, cutting Kazu's chest and stomach. His stomach was open and blood started to spill out. )

Kazu; *cough cough*

(Kazu was coughing up blood. Reo watched in shock.)

Reo: "W-what did you do!"

Kage: "You didn't need him so I got rid of him. Simple."

(Reo stared and Kazu and then a flash of light came from the wound. It then slowly healed and all that was left was the blood marks and ripped shirt.)

Kazu: *cough cough* "What the hell?"

Eir: "I thought I could help."

(Kazu and Reo looked and saw The Goddess Eir walking to them with a staff.)

Eir: "Luckily you were barely alive, or I wouldn't be able to heal you."

Kage: "Damn it! Well then, I guess I'll make the next shot more lethal."

(The shadow demon came at him again, but Kazu made a portal and dodged it.)

Kazu: "Too bad, I'm prepared now."

(Kazu started to teleport everywhere.)

Kage: "You can be as prepared as you want, but eventually you'll get tired."

Reo: "Prepare for this!"

(Reo threw a punch, but Kage dodged.)

Kage: "Good thing you told me to prepare. I don't know if I would've dodge it or not."

Reo: "Damn it!"

(Reo then went for another punch, but Kage dodged again. While they were fighting Kazu was busy dodging the shadow demon. Kazu was watching the fight too, and he started to notice something. After every dodge, the shadow demon would attack Kazu. Kage used the shadow demon to move fast so he could dodge. He can't do both at once. If he uses it for speed the shadow demon can't attack, but if he uses it to attack he can't use it for speed. Kazu knew what he had to do.)

Kazu: "Reo! Don't stop attacking him and punch as fast as you can!"

Reo; "Oh really! I thought I'd go slow!"

Kazu: "No, I mean go as fast as you can! I have a plan!"

Reo; "Fine, damn it! It better be good!"

(Reo was going extremely fast, Kage was barely keeping up. Just like Kazu thought the shadow demon attacked way less. It was too busy making Kage fast. Kazu took this as his chance. He teleported right behind Kage and punched behind his knee making him fall. Then Reo punched Kage right in his face. Kage fell right onto the ground between them. He was out.)

Kazu: "W-we did it."

Reo: "Yeah, finally. I was getting tired of it."

Kazu: "Alright, let's secure the body. Help m-"

(Kazu was staring at the ground where Kage was, but he wasn't there anymore. Reo looked

there too. They were both shocked.)

Kage: "Ow guys, that really did hurt. Too bad I'm not knocked out like you thought. I mean did

you really think I'd go down that easy."

(They both looked over to see Kage with his blade holding it to Eir's neck.)

Kage: "Now, let's play a little game called do what Kage says."