p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage stood, watching Riser stand up./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""How dare you even think to put your hands on a high-class devil such as myself." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""How dare you put your hands on Prez." replied Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I'll make you pay for that." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Well, let's just see." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage looked at Riser as hatred filled his veins, his blood boiling from anger./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage flew at Riser, punching him across the face. Kage began to send a series of blows to Riser's face and body, which he followed up by a kick across the jaw, sending Riser into the wall./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser stood up, his face plastered with anger. "You idiot, you absolute fool." said Riser, "Do you know who you're messing with?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""What's that matter?" Kage asked, "All that matters is that I'm gonna kill you."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at Riser again, throwing punches at Riser. Riser dodged each punch that Kage threw./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"C'mon, just a little more/em." Kage thought to himself./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Finally, the time came./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost/strong!" cried Kage's sacred gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage felt the boost of energy as he began to throw his punches faster and harder, able to land quite a few on Riser. Kage finally laid one good hit on Riser, knocking him back a few feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I'm starting to get irritated by this." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I think that every time you talk." replied Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser gritted his teeth. "Alright, let's go."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser charged at Kage, throwing punches. Kage dodged the punches, countering a few with a punch./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""C'mon, you're not even trying." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""You're not worth the effort." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I just might here." said Kage as he jumped back./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Explosion/strong." cried Kage's sacred gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Let's go." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage flew at Riser, throwing punch after punch, landing each one. Kage kicked Riser's side, then threw a body shot, then an uppercut. Riser stumbled back a little. Kage blasted magic at Riser, which he dodged. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Seems like you missed me." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Maybe you, but not her." said Kage as he pointed behind him./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser turned to see Yubelluna on the ground, hurt. While Riser was looking at her, Kage kicked Riser across the head, sending him rolling./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage walked over to Yubelluna as she laid on the ground. She looked over to the vile of phoenix tears she had been given. Just as she had gotten ahold of it, Kage stepped on her wrist, which caused her to drop it./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Looking for these?" asked Kage as he looked towards the vile. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I don't think so." Kage said as he crushed the vile./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage picked Yubelluna up by her throat and looked her in the eyes./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I told you I was gonna kick your ass." said Kage with a grin on his face./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage placed his other hand on her stomach./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""This is for Kiba and Akeno." said Kage, "Goodbye, bitch." Kage said as he blasted her in the stomach./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Yubelluna fell to the ground from the roof and disappeared./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"One Queen from the Phoenix has been retired/strong." said the referee over the intercom./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage let out a sigh and looked over to Rias and Asia./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""You guys ok?" asked Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Yeah, we're fine." replied Rias./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Asia, do you think you can heal Prez?" asked Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I don't think I can." said Asia, "I don't have the energy."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage looked down to the vile of phoenix tears, broken, underneath his feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Way to go Kage/em." Kage thought to himself, "em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"You could have used that, you fucking dumbass/em."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser stood up, fury burning in his eyes./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Ah, you're back for more, huh?" asked Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I'm finally through with this, I'm ending this right now!" exclaimed Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Well, let's do this, then." replied Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage and Riser both charged at each other. Just as Kage was about to throw a punch, Riser was suddenly out of his sight. As soon as he lost sight of him, he felt Riser's knee drive heavily into his stomach./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage flew back, crashing onto the ground. Kage turned his head over, coughing heavily. He's never felt a hit that heavy before in his life. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage slowly started to get back up to his feet, shaken up by the blow that Riser had landed on him./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at him once again, hoping to maybe hit him. Riser threw a punch that was at an incredible speed, Kage barely had time to dodge it. Kage then turned around to kick him, Riser then stopped his foot, grabbed a hold of it, and threw Kage. Kage skidded across the ground, rolling back onto his feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Holy shit!/em" Kage thought to himself, "em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"So this is Riser's strength that he's been holding back? I wish that I could boost my power again, but I need to stall for more time so I can restore my energy./em"/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage set himself into a fighting stance, ready to fight again. But this time, he knew that he needed to take up a new tactic: defense. He knew that his attacks weren't as strong or fast as Riser's and wouldn't be able to do any damage until he could boost his powers once again, so he just needed to wait it out until he could do so./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser stood a few feet away from Kage, both staring into each other's eyes. Riser charged at Kage, throwing punches at him. Kage blocked and dodged them as best as he could, some of them still making contact with him, but none of them were near as heavy as the first hits he had taken. Kage could feel that he wouldn't be able to last much longer, as he could tell that Riser's attacks were beginning to overwhelm and he couldn't hold up./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"C'mon,span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanjust a little bit more./em" Kage thought to himself, waiting for the moment he could boost his power./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Just as Kage felt that he was at his limit, he felt his energy come back to him. Kage jumped back and kept some distance between he and Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost!/strong" cried Kage's gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"It might not be much, but it'll help me go until I can finally boost it up all of the way./em" Kage thought to himself./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at Riser, throwing a kick to the side of his head. Riser ducked it and tried to throw a punch at Kage's face. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser's eyes widened in surprise as Kage held back his. Kage threw Riser's hand to the side and threw a punch at Riser's face, which Riser dodged, then Riser threw a punch and Kage followed suit. Each one of them threw punches at one another, the other ducking or dodging the other's punch. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Finally, as Kage saw an opening, he jumped up and did a front flip leading into a heel kick. Riser put up his forearm and blocked the kicked. Kage then jumped back and landed on his feet. As soon as Kage land, Riser took another hit at Kage's mid-section, sending him flying into a wall next to Rias and Asia and coughing up blood./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Oh my God, Kage, are you alright?!" asked Rias./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage rose back to his feet and wiped the blood off his chin. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost!/strong" cried Kage's gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""At least, I'm fine now." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at Riser at a much faster speed than he had before, a speed that caught Riser off-guard. In Riser's shock, Kage punched Riser in the stomach, sending him onto the ground. Riser gritted his teeth and growled at Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""You want to get serious, then let's get em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"serious/em." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage felt a rise in energy, all of it being emitted by Riser. Kage knew that it was gonna be a rough fight from here on out. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Okay, but it's time for me to take a step up, too." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost!/strong" cried Kage's gear. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Fuck, there's no way that I can handle this until I can reach my "explosion" stage, and even then it'll be difficult to keep up. I'm not sure how long I can last, but hopefully long enough that I can power up one more time. I'll just have to roll with the punches and hope that I can make it through. Well, there's no more time to waste now, it's time to fight. Let's go/em." Kage thought to himself./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser and Kage stood across from each other, ready to fight. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"They then charged at each other, each of them aiming to throw the first punch./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""How dare you even think to put your hands on a high-class devil such as myself." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""How dare you put your hands on Prez." replied Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I'll make you pay for that." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Well, let's just see." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage looked at Riser as hatred filled his veins, his blood boiling from anger./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage flew at Riser, punching him across the face. Kage began to send a series of blows to Riser's face and body, which he followed up by a kick across the jaw, sending Riser into the wall./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser stood up, his face plastered with anger. "You idiot, you absolute fool." said Riser, "Do you know who you're messing with?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""What's that matter?" Kage asked, "All that matters is that I'm gonna kill you."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at Riser again, throwing punches at Riser. Riser dodged each punch that Kage threw./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"C'mon, just a little more/em." Kage thought to himself./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Finally, the time came./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost/strong!" cried Kage's sacred gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage felt the boost of energy as he began to throw his punches faster and harder, able to land quite a few on Riser. Kage finally laid one good hit on Riser, knocking him back a few feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I'm starting to get irritated by this." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I think that every time you talk." replied Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser gritted his teeth. "Alright, let's go."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser charged at Kage, throwing punches. Kage dodged the punches, countering a few with a punch./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""C'mon, you're not even trying." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""You're not worth the effort." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I just might here." said Kage as he jumped back./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Explosion/strong." cried Kage's sacred gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Let's go." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage flew at Riser, throwing punch after punch, landing each one. Kage kicked Riser's side, then threw a body shot, then an uppercut. Riser stumbled back a little. Kage blasted magic at Riser, which he dodged. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Seems like you missed me." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Maybe you, but not her." said Kage as he pointed behind him./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser turned to see Yubelluna on the ground, hurt. While Riser was looking at her, Kage kicked Riser across the head, sending him rolling./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage walked over to Yubelluna as she laid on the ground. She looked over to the vile of phoenix tears she had been given. Just as she had gotten ahold of it, Kage stepped on her wrist, which caused her to drop it./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Looking for these?" asked Kage as he looked towards the vile. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I don't think so." Kage said as he crushed the vile./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage picked Yubelluna up by her throat and looked her in the eyes./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I told you I was gonna kick your ass." said Kage with a grin on his face./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage placed his other hand on her stomach./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""This is for Kiba and Akeno." said Kage, "Goodbye, bitch." Kage said as he blasted her in the stomach./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Yubelluna fell to the ground from the roof and disappeared./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"One Queen from the Phoenix has been retired/strong." said the referee over the intercom./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage let out a sigh and looked over to Rias and Asia./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""You guys ok?" asked Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Yeah, we're fine." replied Rias./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Asia, do you think you can heal Prez?" asked Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I don't think I can." said Asia, "I don't have the energy."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage looked down to the vile of phoenix tears, broken, underneath his feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Way to go Kage/em." Kage thought to himself, "em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"You could have used that, you fucking dumbass/em."/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser stood up, fury burning in his eyes./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Ah, you're back for more, huh?" asked Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""I'm finally through with this, I'm ending this right now!" exclaimed Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Well, let's do this, then." replied Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage and Riser both charged at each other. Just as Kage was about to throw a punch, Riser was suddenly out of his sight. As soon as he lost sight of him, he felt Riser's knee drive heavily into his stomach./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage flew back, crashing onto the ground. Kage turned his head over, coughing heavily. He's never felt a hit that heavy before in his life. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage slowly started to get back up to his feet, shaken up by the blow that Riser had landed on him./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at him once again, hoping to maybe hit him. Riser threw a punch that was at an incredible speed, Kage barely had time to dodge it. Kage then turned around to kick him, Riser then stopped his foot, grabbed a hold of it, and threw Kage. Kage skidded across the ground, rolling back onto his feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Holy shit!/em" Kage thought to himself, "em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"So this is Riser's strength that he's been holding back? I wish that I could boost my power again, but I need to stall for more time so I can restore my energy./em"/span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage set himself into a fighting stance, ready to fight again. But this time, he knew that he needed to take up a new tactic: defense. He knew that his attacks weren't as strong or fast as Riser's and wouldn't be able to do any damage until he could boost his powers once again, so he just needed to wait it out until he could do so./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser stood a few feet away from Kage, both staring into each other's eyes. Riser charged at Kage, throwing punches at him. Kage blocked and dodged them as best as he could, some of them still making contact with him, but none of them were near as heavy as the first hits he had taken. Kage could feel that he wouldn't be able to last much longer, as he could tell that Riser's attacks were beginning to overwhelm and he couldn't hold up./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"C'mon,span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanjust a little bit more./em" Kage thought to himself, waiting for the moment he could boost his power./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Just as Kage felt that he was at his limit, he felt his energy come back to him. Kage jumped back and kept some distance between he and Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost!/strong" cried Kage's gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"It might not be much, but it'll help me go until I can finally boost it up all of the way./em" Kage thought to himself./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at Riser, throwing a kick to the side of his head. Riser ducked it and tried to throw a punch at Kage's face. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser's eyes widened in surprise as Kage held back his. Kage threw Riser's hand to the side and threw a punch at Riser's face, which Riser dodged, then Riser threw a punch and Kage followed suit. Each one of them threw punches at one another, the other ducking or dodging the other's punch. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Finally, as Kage saw an opening, he jumped up and did a front flip leading into a heel kick. Riser put up his forearm and blocked the kicked. Kage then jumped back and landed on his feet. As soon as Kage land, Riser took another hit at Kage's mid-section, sending him flying into a wall next to Rias and Asia and coughing up blood./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Oh my God, Kage, are you alright?!" asked Rias./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage rose back to his feet and wiped the blood off his chin. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost!/strong" cried Kage's gear./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""At least, I'm fine now." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage charged at Riser at a much faster speed than he had before, a speed that caught Riser off-guard. In Riser's shock, Kage punched Riser in the stomach, sending him onto the ground. Riser gritted his teeth and growled at Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""You want to get serious, then let's get em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"serious/em." said Riser./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Kage felt a rise in energy, all of it being emitted by Riser. Kage knew that it was gonna be a rough fight from here on out. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""Okay, but it's time for me to take a step up, too." said Kage./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"Boost!/strong" cried Kage's gear. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;""em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Fuck, there's no way that I can handle this until I can reach my "explosion" stage, and even then it'll be difficult to keep up. I'm not sure how long I can last, but hopefully long enough that I can power up one more time. I'll just have to roll with the punches and hope that I can make it through. Well, there's no more time to waste now, it's time to fight. Let's go/em." Kage thought to himself./span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"Riser and Kage stood across from each other, ready to fight. /span/p
p style="line-height: 150%; tab-stops: 98.25pt;"span style="color: black;"They then charged at each other, each of them aiming to throw the first punch./span/p