"Mark Anarchy?!" Ender asked, teleporting over to him. "What are you doing here? It's a little bit rude showing up here and-"
"We have a taker!" Ira declared as he slammed a fist into Ender's chest, causing the Enderman to fly back and slam into the wall of the temple.
"...That's definitely not Mark….ow…." Ender said.
"Alert everyone inside the temple. Make sure the master remains protected." Skyler said as multiple Color Fighters moved about.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the name is Ira, the Vice Angel of Wrath!" Ira declared to the crowd. "And I'm here to kick your old man's ass! If anybody wants to try and stop me… come try your luck!"
"Is this a joke?" a voice called out as a beam grazed Ira's cheek. "Such talk...you clearly have no respect." said a girl in a flashy outfit. "But no matter, nothing that Flare of the Beam Style can handle."
"Beam Style, huh?" Ira grinned. "Watch out, everyone, she'sa firin' her laza!" he laughed as he started running towards Flare.
"Double Beam!" Flare said firing beams from both hands that nearly hit Ira before they looped around only to miss again.
"Oooh, foul shot!" Ira grinned as he suddenly got faster and got in Flare's face, delivering a knee to her stomach , grabbing her head, and slamming it into the knee in question. He slammed Flare to the ground and stomped her once on the head, knocking her out. "Alright, let's keep this streak up! Who's next?!"
The Galaxy King then sped right up to the temple as Ira noticed, smiling as he ran inside, past the other fighters.
"Dang, he's already here." Jet said.
"And he's already inside." Anna said.
"Damnit, this is going too far!" Hope said. "Scarlet, Lemon, we should go after him."
"Really? Cause it seems like he could easily kick our asses." Lemon said.
"Even if that's true, that's still my friend in that temple. I can't let his body get hurt, or even Rain Bow." Hope said.
"I'm with you, Hope!" Scarlet said.
"We're going too." Ace said.
"Agreed, it'll probably take all of us to subdue him." Bardock said. "If he's as powerful as we think he is, not many Color Fighters in there can stop him. At most, they'll slow him down."
"Let's go!" Hope said as the groups disembarked and ran towards the temple. They saw Flare unconscious by the entrance. "Ginseng, go heal that girl."
"I'll help you Ginseng." Asia offered.
"Thank's Asia." Ginseng said as Honey pulled out her large mortar and pestle as Ginseng started grinding up herbs.
The group then approached the entrance as Skyler and Celti were there, Ender peeling himself off the wall and noticing everyone.
"Hope, you're here! What's up with Mark, he's gone cuckoo like… well, like me!" Ender said.
"He's been possessed by the spirit of a Vice Angel called Ira, and he's on a mission to fight Rain Bow, which I assume you guys already found out."
"He announced it right as he arrived." Skyler said. "But the master isn't the same fighter as he was in his prime. That guy is going to end up killing him."
"Not if we can help it!" Scarlet said. "We need to follow him! Maybe we can catch up to him before he gets there."
"That's a big if. There are numerous floors and no telling how far he's already gone." Celti said.
"Goku, maybe you can sense his energy and teleport us to him using Instant Transmission or something." Bow mentioned.
"Teleportation doesn't work. The temple was made so outside intruders can't whiz about using shortcuts." Celti said. "The same goes for flight, so he can't just fly through the ceilings.
"No other choice, we're gonna have to run the gauntlet." Hope said.
"I'm gonna hit you when this is all over." Lemon said as they hurried inside.
Inside the Color Temple, the group reached a set of stairs and looked up, seeing the temple stretched for quite a ways.
"...Yeah, we're gonna be here a while." Eddy said.
With Ira, he just seemed to blitz through numerous fighters as he was making his way up.
"Sorry 'bout the mess, folks! Just send me the cleaning bill!" Ira called back to the unconscious fighters before he turned back to the front. "C'mon, I got the time! Anyone else want to go?"
"Stop right there." said a young boy. "You can't just mess with our home. Now you get to face Yu and his Yo-Yo Style!" he said flinging a yo-yo at Ira.
"..." Ira simply caught the Yo-Yo in his hand, looked at it, then at Yu. "...Really?" he asked before he shattered the toy in his grasp.
"Uh…" Yu said before something crashed into Ira.
"Maybe you'd have better luck with someone stronger." Drake said standing over Ira.
Ira then smiled. "Alright, finally! A fighter who won't go down in two hits!" he laughed as he disappeared and reappeared behind Drake, kicking him in the back.
"The Dragon's Tail!" Drake said, hitting Ira back with a counterstrike, knocking him back.
"Huh. I almost felt that." Ira mused, looking impressed. "Not bad, Spyro."
"Kick his butt, Drake!" Yu cheered.
"Yu, get to safety." Drake said as Ira rammed into him as the two were fighting all the way up the stairs.
"You got a talent for this, kid." Ira smiled. "So, I'm gonna do you a favor. Just a sec."
Ira then teleported away from Drake, standing in the middle of the hall, before his aura started flaring up.
"Y'know, it's been a few days since I've woken up, and I haven't brought this little trick out, never needed to… until now." Ira said, his grin becoming downright vicious. "Tell me, Puff… ever heard of Asura?"
"The God of Rage? Yes." Drake said.
"No, not the god." Ira said. "The man. The myth. The Legend. He was one of the eight guardian generals of a little world called Gaia. Each one got power from a Deadly Sin. Guess which one Asura got power from!"
Then, from Ira's back, four more arms appeared on the top and bottom of himself.
"Six-Armed Vajra Form, sucker!" Ira laughed as he sped towards Drake, three limbs aimed at his face.
"No choice. Ultimate Color Fighting Elite Art: Great Dragon's Raging Spirit!" Drake said, calling upon the large spirit of a dragon as it rushed at Ira.
Ira laughed as his fists collided with the projectile, creating a massive burst of power that blinded the room. When the light cleared, the room was blocked from sight by a huge cloud of dust.
"That was a little close for comfort… but it's over." Drake said. "He's definitely still alive. Definitely possessed. I need to get to Wiccana so she can purge it from him."
"Purge? Man, don't make me sound like a parasite or something." Ira said standing there bleeding all over as his skin was bright red.
"You...you have any idea what you're doing pushing his body like that? He's going to die if you keep this up." Drake said.
"Hey, have a little faith in the kid. After all…" Ira said as he dashed in front of Drake and pummeled him into the ground. "...he just kicked your ass." he said before seeing nothing there. "The hell?"
"You really are an idiot." a voice called as a figure held Drake. "I have no idea who you are but you're no Mark Anarchy. So...I'll only say this once." they said as they were revealed to be Jexi. "Get the hell out of my friend's body."
"Oho...ahahahaha! Damn, finally!" Ira said. "Jexi the effin Hunter! Good to finally meetcha! I was planning on fighting you down the line, but I guess-"
Ira then winced as he saw the four arms on his back falling apart.
"...then again, that fight took a lot outta this kid. I'm gonna take a… breather. Put a rain check on that fight, Jexi." he said as he started to vanish.
"No…" Jexi said dashing to where Ira appeared and slugged him in the face, knocking out a tooth. "We're doing this now."
"Honestly, I'd love too, but any more and this body is done for." Ira said. "Despite what you think, I'm on the kid's side."
"I don't believe you." Jexi said, landing a strike to his stomach, making him cough up blood before smashing him down to the ground.
"Grr… for the last goddamn time, BACK OFF!" Ira yelled, throwing up his blood red aura.
"Water Style: The Raging Wave." Jexi said, creating a wave of water that washed and purified the aura.
"Why you…!" Ira said as the two were ready to pummel each other as Ira soon found himself being pummeled by Jexi before going through the ceiling.
"I know about what you've been doing. How you went and beat on my friends just to test your own power. It's people like you...that I truly hate." Jexi said.
"Oh, lighten up you piece of crap!" Ira said as he punched Jexi in the face. "I don't have that long to live anyway! I'm enjoying what little time I got!"
"Yeah...in my friend's body." Jexi said, unfazed from the punch as he grabbed the arm and broke it.
For his part, Ira didn't flinch. "What, you think I'm possessing him? News flash, jackass! I AM your friend! I'm his past self, he and I are one in the same. Sure, we differ in personality and stuff, but we're basically the same soul!"
"I see...that does change things." Jexi said.
"So you see? We can…" Ira said before he was kicked in the face.
"So...this is what I'll do. I'll shatter his past...so he can live in the future!" Jexi declared.
"Oh, for the love of…" Ira groaned as the two broke through one last floor. "If you think I'm just gonna let you-"
"Now...it's time to end this. To show the results of my training." Jexi said as he entered a different form as he looked like his Golden God Mode, though with flames, water and lightning surrounding it. "Golden God Mode: The Elemental."
Ira growled as he stumbled up to his feet, resetting his arm back in place and glaring at Jexi. "You know something, Jex? Your old man was a lot less uptight than you are!"
"Oh...is that right? Well...if that's the case…" Jexi said, landing a strike to Ira's gut. "You'd thought that'd get a rise out of me? Not even."
"For the love of God, wait your effin turn!" Ira said. "I fight Rain Bow, then that tourist from another reality, then you! Then I stop my old buddy from killing all the demons!"
"You think a fight is like that?" Jexi said landing a strike on Ira as he started to pummel him. "Fight's don't happen to your will. They happen when the spirits of two warriors collide. But you...all you're doing is working out your little temper tantrum, taking it out on people who have nothing to do with you."
At that, Ira grew silent, before he growled, his aura flaring back up. "A temper tantrum… is that what you think this is, jackass? An effin tantrum?! I'M NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE!"
"Then why are you bothering to fight these people? If you wanted, you could have fought this buddy of yours personally. If you ask me...you're scared cause you know you can't win against him." Jexi said.
"OF COURSE I CAN'T!" Ira screamed at the top of his lungs, before the room grew quiet. "...Of course I can't… because he's not the Superbia who was my buddy… not anymore. He… he fell… God damnit..." the angel started crying, sinking to his knees. "...It's all my fault…"
"Now I'm finally seeing what's going on here." Jexi said. "You blame yourself for what happened. You think beating him down will bring him back."
"No…" Ira said. "Superbia… he's too far gone, I know it. I'm not fighting to bring him back. I'm fighting to put him down. I… I was putting it off, distracting myself… maybe a part of my thought he'd turn back… but he won't… he's the Angel of Pride, after all…"
"So? Why should that matter?" Jexi asked. "Some title doesn't make the man. It's the man himself."
Ira then looked up at Jexi, tears in his eyes. "...I'm sorry. I… I can't stop him on my own. P-Please… help me...and… I d-don't know what I can do about the kid…"
"I still don't like what you did. But…" Jexi said, noticing the broken list of fighters as he picked it up. "I will finish your unfinished business."
"...T-Thanks." Ira sniffed as he got up.
"Rain Bow! You gotta stop! Mark...he's…" Hope said as the group stopped to see both Jexi and Ira.
"Hey...you kinda missed the fight." Jexi smiled as he waved at them.
"Jexi!" Hope said, running over. The two then grasped hands. "I don't believe it! You came back from your training to help us out?"
"Not quite. I heard what was going on and came here. I didn't even know you guys were here." Jexi said.
"Well, we were worried about Mark because Ira was possessing him and we followed him here. He wanted to fight Master Rain Bow, but it looks like you've set him straight." Hope said.
"Not quite. We still have something to accomplish." Jexi said. "These Angels of Vice...we're putting an end to them." he said.