Trials By Kombat

After Terumi's defeat, the Heroic Vanguard and the newly freed Doomsday Legion are traveling across the multiverse along with new teammates, Nine, Natsume, Yuzuriha, Orie, and Kokonoe who serves as the two teams navigator. They soon arrived at a world where a large tower stood in the center with a big arena in it.

Watching the Ship land from a throne was a mysterious man. He didn't speak a word, but he wore oriental robes and a mask that only showed soulless eyes.

"Whoa… this place is…" AJ said.

"Creepier than you expected?" Hitomi asked.

"Yeah, exactly." AJ said. "Kido, Haruto, what do you make of this place?"l

"I'm sensing many souls and spirits flowing through this place." Kido said.

"I got a question. What's with the weird guy watching us up on the throne?" Makoto asked.

"Whoever he is, I'm sensing a great power within him." Kido said.

"That man is the Kombat Master." Nine explained. "He is the overseer of this place."

"The Kombat Master?" Kido/Haruto/AJ asked at the same time.

"This is Pointless…." Jin said. "Coming here was a waste of time. Let's depart from this absurd place."

The Kombat Master lifted a hand as a wall of rock diverted Jin from even getting close to the Vanguard Knight.

"What is this?" Jin asked.

"Shit! This guy just cut us off." Ranga said.

With a wave of a hand, the Kombat Master summoned thousands of souls that filled the empty arena seats.

"Now what?" Hitomi asked.

AJ looked at the Kombat Master. "I think he wants us… to fight."

"Fight? But who exactly?" Noel asked.

"If it's each other, I swear I'm gonna…" Ragna said.

The Kombat Master then pointed to Ragna as a female voice called out.

"Ragna the Bloodedge!" it said.

The others then backed up. "What the hell?"

The Kombat Master then looked to the towers and selected Ragna's opponent as the familiar deep and demonic voice called out the name. "Skarlet."

A pool of blood was shown on the other end of the arena as it started bubbling before forming into a woman with red hair, ninja clothing, as she stared at Ragna with her single yellow eye before she drew her dagger and sheathed it as she got into a fighting stance.

"Did...did she just form from blood?!" Noel asked.

"Careful Ragna! I don't think this is any opponent you've dealt with!" AJ said.

"I've faced tougher opponents. Bring it on!" Ragna said as he got into a fighting stance.

Round 1…

FIGHT!

Skarlet began the attack by throwing her two daggers at Ragna before she formed two more from blood and dashed towards him, leaving a trail of blood and launched him upward with one of them before dealing a 5 hit combo.

"Bastard!" Ragna said as he was launched into the air before recovering. "Hell's Fang! Inferno Divider!" He yelled as he launched towards Skarlet with a dark infused punch before launching her into the air with his sword and slammed her back down.

Ragna wins!

Round 2…

FIGHT!

Skarlet got a little more serious as this time she flipped forward and dealt a devastating palm strike at Ragna's face before dealing a reverse kick as the heel of her boot hit Ragna's eye.

"Ragna!" Noel called in fear.

"I'm alright Noel. This chick's nothing!" Ragna said before he slammed his elbow into Skarlet's stomach, and slamming her jaw with a knee strike before finishing with a head slam.

Nodding, the Kombat Master got up and flicked a hand towards Ragna as the voice called out.

Finish Her!

Ragna had no idea what he had to do, but he just finished off with his Astral.

"I'll show you the Power of the Azure!" Ragna said grabbing Scarlet and biding her before engaging Blood Scythe's Glaive mode. "I'll show you fear! There is no hell, only darkness. This is the power of darkness." He said before slashing Skarlet across the chest before stabbing her as he absorbed her lifeforce as she turned into specks of darkness and faded away. Ragna turned away as he waved his hand down and a wing of darkness appeared for a moment.

Ragna Wins!

FATALITY!

"Alright!" Natalie said.

"Okay, I beat her. Can we go now?" Ragna asked the Kombat master. "We got things to do, places to be."

The Kombat Master shook his head no.

"I think he wants us here for a reason. But I'm not sure what." Kido said.

"He wants us to fight." Nine said. "As AJ said. To entertain him and these souls….and prove ourselves."

The Kombat Master nodded as he waved his hand, and the voice was heard once again.

"Hyde Kido."

"So… I'm up." Hyde said drawing Insulator. "Okay, Kombat Master. Who's it gonna be?"

The voice announced again. "Kenshi."

A man with a blindfold around his eyes was seen levitating with a sword floating in front of him as a blue aura surrounded me before he touched the ground and grabbed the sword as he sheathed it and got into a fighting stance.

Round 1…

FIGHT!

Hyde started out strong as he went for a wide swing with Insulator. "Bend Sinister!" He yelled as he dealt a downward slash onto Kenshi.

Kenshi saw the attack coming and blocked with his hand, or so everyone thought. Somehow, the blue energy that was surrounding his katana and himself glowed as Kenshi waved his hand in front of Hyde as he started floating before Kenshi slammed him back down.

"He's a telepath! Watch yourself, Hyde!" Haruto said.

"Okay then…" Hyde said getting up. "How about this?! Red-Clad Cleaver!" He yelled as he did a rising dragon slash with his sword launching Kenshi into the air.

Kenshi recovered and landed a few punches and kicks onto Hyde without even touching him.

"Alright that's it. Infinite Worth...Gyre Vortex!" Hyde yelled as he stabbed Insulator into the ground as a vortex of darkness appeared and sucked Kenshi in as it slashed through him multiple times before he was knocked down for the round.

Hyde Wins!

"I know this isn't finished yet. Get up." Hyde said as Kenshi levitated off the ground and got back into his fighting stance.

Round 2….

FIGHT!

Kenshi got serious and drew the Katana from his back, he then threw it into Hyde's abdomen before mind warping and pulling it out and hitting Hyde's face with the hilt before slashing him across the chest.

"Oooh… that had to hurt!" AJ said.

"I'm not done yet!" Hyde said before dashing at Kenshi and dealing a reverse kick to his neck before launching Black Orbiter as it turned into tendrils and stabbed his arm and leg joints and finished with a powerful hook to the face.

Hyde Wins!

"You didn't kill him?" Ragna asked.

"Didn't have enough left in me to use Raging Roar. Besides, this man fought honorably." Hyde said as Kenshi disappeared in a flash of light.

The Kombat Master then sat down, gazing at the rest of the group. The Fights weren't over yet.