Yoshi copied Star's stats again and Star dashed at him. "You know, I like your gusto, Yoshi." said Star with a snicker. "I worked so hard to become untouchable, and yet here you are, throwing your life away just to stop me. You're crazier than I thought."
Yoshi wrapped his blade with water molecules in the area. This allowed him to nullify the impact of Star's sword, removing its power reduction effect. Star brought his twin blades down onto Yoshi's katana. The clash of steel made sparks fly as they disengaged, each retreating a step before surging forward again.
Star's blades moved like lightning, slashing that forced Yoshi to parry. Yoshi took a step back from the clash to make a lance out of water. He threw it at Star, and even though Star blocked with his katanas, the force still knocked him back.
"Wow, you're strong." Yoshi said. "And to think you were once a good guy. What a fall from grace."
"Oh, so Maroon told you, now did she? I figured she would eventually. Too bad she couldn't tell you everything."
"What do you mean?"
Star did respond. He just smirked and threw one of his swords up. He fires a piercing beam at Yoshi which he narrowly manages to dodge. Star ran forward and grabbed his sword as it was falling down. The two clashed swords again.
The ground beneath them cracked as their movements grew faster. "And I thought I was a thief. But here you are, copying my strength because you are too weak to beat me on your own." Star spun one blade aimed at Yoshi's ribs while the other slashed toward his neck. Yoshi twisted his body, narrowly dodging the first strike and intercepting the second with the flat of his blade. He countered with a swift thrust, forcing Star to leap back. "Even then, your talent is remarkable. That dog really forced your hand, didn't see. Love is quite the drug, wouldn't you say?"
"I didn't get stronger for her. I got stronger for us. All of us. I'm their friend, so it's my job to protect them. And they're all so strong, so..." Yoshi rushed at Star "That means I have to be strong too."
Yoshi wrapped Star in a water bubble with water molecules around his body. He tried crushing his body with the water, but his muscles were too strong to break that way, so Yoshi threw him up in the air. Yoshi jumped up and spin-kicked Star back to the ground.
Star landed lightly, the twin swords spinning in his hands before he lunged forward again. Yoshh met him head-on with an axe kick. Star knocked him away and ran in again, their blades colliding in a flurry of sparks.
"We have such rare abilities, don't we" Star commented between clashes. "Stat duplication, null, eternity, anomaly control... all these abilities are so extremely rare, less than 0.01% of keepers have them all combined. Most just have your typical superhero ability like flight or gravity control. We're special."
"Even being in the same category as you makes me want to throw up."
Yoshi ducked under a high slash, stepping inside Star's guard. He swung upward, aiming to disarm Star's left hand. Star reacted instantly, twisting his wrist to deflect the attack while slashing low with his right blade. Yoshi jumped back, the tip of the blade grazing Star's kimono.
They paused, circling each other. The wind carried the sound of their heavy breaths, but neither let their guard down.
"This is getting boring." commented Star. "Let's add a new challenger to the mix. Yoshi, how much do you love Alice."
"..."
"I see. Well, let's test that love."
Star clapped his hands together. Then, before Yoshi could even react, Alice flash stepped over to him and grabbed his wrist, flinging him into the side of the wall.
"I'll take it from here Star." commented a Red eyed version of Alice.
Yoshi got up, shocked by what he saw. "Alice?"
"Alice is on sabbatical, sweetheart. Now, it's time for a date with death."
"Haha, real funny. Give Alice back her body."
"Yeah, no. You see, Alice is still watching through these eyes. And I want to kill you with her body. You have no idea how much that would break her. But before I do this, look at this."
"Alice pulled out her phone and showed the world's population on Google. It has gone down by several billion."
"H-How?"
"This is how?" Alice pointed at Yoshi's sword. In the next instant, it disappeared. Yoshi looked down at his hands in disbelief. "Null is restricted by its base form, the ball form. It can nullify anything, but only whatever the ball touches. So, I used Star's skydome synergeta shield and used his body to bounce null of it. This allowed me to use null on myself since it now allowed it to surpass any defense when the two combined. Now, I can use an unrestricted null. All I have to do is think and point, and things disappear." Alice pointed behind Yoshi, erasing the building behind him from existence. "Don't worry though. I won't kill you instantly. I want to savor this moment."
"..." Yoshi got up, battle ready.
"You still want to fight. Even though you know you have no chance, you still want to attack me?"
"Alice is my girlfriend. I'll save her or die trying. So come on." Yoshi copied Red Eyes stats and transformed into his dragon keeper form. "Give me your best shot."
Red eyed Alice started laughing. The marking on her body started to glow. "Oh, this will be fun."