Chapter 36

The Final Confrontation

Chaos, that seemed to be the only thing that remained in the ruins of the town above. The ground shook under the three titan's feet as they transverse the earth to destroy their enemies. It proved to be more challenging than they thought though, they looked small and week but under all of them they were reasonably powerful. Oshira, his sister, Sylvia, and Kurumu took it upon themselves to take care of Maricha while their fellow ice elementals took care of his flying sister and not far away Tsukune, Kyra, Akio, Kyte, and Ryo were all trying to take down Grunt once and for all. Out of all three he was the most annoying.

"Tsukune, to your left!" Akio yelled as he burnt off one of the many vicious tentacles that threatened to swallow them up.

Just from the sound of its roar he could hear that it was close. As soon as he jumped the creature followed, but instead of getting a nice lunch it got a mouth full of blade from his gauntlets.

"Tempest Light!"

In an instant the light that had gathered around his arm had instead redirected itself to his palm. As soon as he opened his hand a blast of energy began to cut through the titans flesh as Ryo and Kyte attempted to break through what armor he had left. At this point Ryo was just getting annoyed.

"Damn it were wasting time. I need to get to that fortress now and I mean now." He grunted as he punched through another group of scales.

"Are you sure you want to go up there? You know who is up there. I know you told us you could defeat him over the phone but are you sure?"

All he did was nod as they both fell back to the ground together. As soon as they dropped he signaled his father to hold off the big guy for a few while he prepared Ryo. Grunt attention didn't stay on them for long though for when he saw them he began running towards them while he charged up his next attack.

"Die in the inferno!"

It was all for not though for when he launched his attack Kyra jumped up and blocked the entire attack with only his right arm. The sleeve that covered it up burned away as all the energy he had unleashed in that one attack seemed to be absorbed into his arm.

"Here kitty kitty kitty."

They couldn't tell from the ground but it looked as if his arm had begun to glow before he fired back the same attack right back into Grunt face, sending him flying backwards into a row of homes.

"Whoa, what in the hell was that? Where did you learn to do that?" asked Akio as his old friend landed.

Now they saw what it had been. His arm, it didn't look like any arm they had seen. This arm was made of metal and had slots in it for what they though was for circulation but instead was used to absorb attacks.

"Sexy isn't it? Custom built for me and only me. Built specifically for combat, but I decided to use it for everyday activities. Want to touch?"

"Uh no thanks, but how are you moving it?" asked Tsukune.

"Oh that's easy my friend. You see the electricity from my body flows through this device here and…"

"Guys sorry to interrupt but we have company." Akio interrupted.

He was right. That attack might have forced him to his butt, but he still had a great deal of power left in him.

"Think you can handle him?" Tsukune asked.

"Hm, probably… although I do know a simpler way of holding this guy off if you're up to it."

"What did you have in mind?"

His eyes drifted to Shara who seemed to be manning the ship that Kyte and Ryo were running too. They had to hurry before one of the others saw them or else they would be right for the picking.

"Hey shouldn't you guys be out there?" Shara asked as she manned the missile launcher.

"Not now, we need to get Ryo up to that fortress." Kyte replied as he opened up one of the cupboards under the steering wheel of the ship.

"What?! Are you insane? We would get torn to pieces if we got near that thing. It's too slow there's no way."

"Your right this ship is too slow, but this baby isn't."

As soon as he pulled the snowboard out from under the wheel he knew exactly what he had in mind. He had completely forgotten that his talented big brother had fixed it for him after his little encounter with Gidwani last winter. Heck even the hole where the ice had penetrated was gone.

"You better know what your doing cuz…" she replied.

Once she lowered the gate he began slipping his feet through the loops when the ship began to rock violently.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" exclaimed Kyte.

Ansestra had ensnared their ship as not only that her palms seemed to be devouring the thing as well.

"Abandon ship!" Shara yelled as her and Kyte jumped off.

Instead of jumping though Ryo pulled out his katana just as he pushed the little button on the board. In a flash he took off but not without slicing open that bitches cheek.

"Ryo!" Minami yelled as she and her mother kicked the legs out from under their large friend.

"Hah don't worry I'll be back soon!"

There were two other things he had to do before he confronted Diachi however. His first target was Maricha. His guess was that if his vampire power could shut down the fake Diachi's ability to regenerate then possibly the same would apply to those two clowns. One was down and only two to go.

"You again?!" exclaimed Maricha.

Oh this was going to be easy. As soon as he reached out for him he stabbed the palm of his hand before he flew right between his fingers.

"Hey Ryo, this is our fight!" Oshira exclaimed as he and his sis skated around the titan on the earth buckling below them.

"Sorry bro, thought you could use some help!" he replied as he began flying towards his last target.

"Think he will be ok?" Kurumu asked.

"Oh he's been through worse." He replied as they watched him fly off.

Now for the last one, Grunt. He had to be alert and focused especially with those tentacles that were headed right for him. They were no problem though as he flew through the air. A simple spark gun blast was enough to take them out as he neared his shoulder.

"Little brat!"

As soon as he saw those claws coming towards him he turned tail and flew the other way before he took a hard right and circled around. Well if he couldn't get him on the shoulder then there was only one other place he could get him where he couldn't be reached. As soon as he neared his back he jabbed his blade into the exposed flesh and began slicing all the way across until a cut was left on his back.

"Ryo, where do you think you're going?!" his father asked as they dodged the large fist heading their way.

"Don't worry pops I'll be alright, just keep them all safe!" he replied as he began making his way to the flying fortress.

Since they were far apart from each other his goons wouldn't pose much of a threat especially with so many little ant beating them down. His focus was only on defeating Diachi and retrieving Destra before he could break through the barrier.

"Kyte, Shara I think it's time we take this game up a notch." Said Kyra.

Meanwhile inside the fortress sat Diachi while he listened to the groans and roars of his fellow supporters being beaten by a punch of insects. In his mind he had no sympathy for those who let themselves get being by such people, but if that was how they wanted to go down then that's how it was going to be.

"Soon my dear Destra we will have our utopia and I will be its new king." he said as he turned to look at the poor girl.

Her body had already began to look weak as the barrier drained all her power. As long as she stayed inside it she was powerless. His attention changed to the stone door when he heard three good knocks. Oh he wasn't going to fall for that old trick. Once the four red orbs appeared on his back he began to concentrate his blood into the very center. Just when the orb formed he unleashed it, completely destroying the door.

"Nice try but your…"

But he had been wrong. Suddenly he felt a great pain begin radiating from his stomach before he flew through his throne and into the wall behind it. He heard no voice but when he looked up he saw him, his young friend but he looked different. The red aura no longer surrounded his form but instead formed strange lines that ran down his body. His eyes burned with passion as he gripped his katana hilt even harder.

"Get up! I think its about time I take you down a couple of notches. This fight you lose!"