The heat strike hit Tokyo hard. The city wasn't the only victim of the heat. Many humans and monsters could even taste the water in the heavy air. Most had air conditioning or even a fan to help them. Two didn't have that in the cavern where they were hiding.

Ikazuchi was sweating a lot and it was only the middle of the morning. The inside of the cavern wasn't that hot but outside, under the heavy sun, it would be agonising. The boy checked for his buddy, who wasn't anywhere. He walked towards the waterfall, "For a monster as big as him, he can be hard to find," he grumbled.

He went outside of the waterfall and checked around, "Yamigedo?"

"Ikazuchi?" his friend replied.

The monster, in his SD form, was in the small lake formed at the bottom of the waterfall. Only his head was at the surface.

"What are you doing here?"

"It's really hot today. My fur was getting all fuzzy. This is such a cruel weather," he complained.

"Maybe we can shave it," the human replied.

The Great Fiend grunted, "Never! I'll feel really naked without it," he pouted a little, before frowning when his friend mostly stripped himself and jumped in the water, splashing the fiend, "H-hey!"

"I find it really hot too. Heat strikes hit really harsher here than back home. We aren't in a mountain place anyway," Ikazuchi commented as he swam by the side of his friend.

Yamigedo nodded, "I'll trust you with that. I didn't have a body back then," he gazed at the small rainbow formed on the waterfall.

"How are you feeling?" the boy asked as he was in front of the head of the monster.

The Fiend gazed back and nodded, "Better. I- I won't cry for what I did to Tenbu anymore. He got what he deserved. It is just payback for what he did to us. As for the other thing, I have some difficulty to absorb his power, so chasing the Omni Lords ourselves is out of the question. So, we will be sent more of my demons after them. This way, we will eliminate them once and for all."

"The old way then," Ikazuchi concluded. He turned his head away from the gaze of the monster.

The Great Fiend nodded, "And what about you Ikazuchi? Are you still… shaken up with that dragon?"

"I'm not," the boy replied.

"You are a little relieved… that we won't try to fight him."

The boy grumbled and splash water on the face of his friend, "No."

"What was that for?" Yamigedo grumbled calmly. He knew he was right. The boy was still scared when the dragon was about to kill him with murderous gaze. He was splashed again. He grumbled in annoyance, "No lies Ikazuchi… But I'm glad you are taking your time to get better… before we face them again."

"I said-" Ikazuchi couldn't finish his sentence when the boy received water on his face.

The monster was by the side of his friend, "We will be victorious in the end. And I know you will recover form it."

"Y-yeah," the boy replied. He hugged his buddy, "Because we are together."

"Forever."

Episode 16: Heat Strikes Hard

Tetsuya was lightly panting as the heat stroke right on his face. He cleaned his face from his sweats, "I wish I was inside yo," he gazed at his buddy who seemed to have no problem, "How are you okay with this?"

The pink demon raised his shoulders, "It's just really hot. It isn't something that would cook me alive. Plus, I'm a demon."

"Sure," the boy nodded as he kept walking. It was so hot outside that he didn't want to waste energy being pissed off about his buddy keeping secrets to him. He did ask a few things to figure out if his buddy was hiding anything else but go nothing.

Asmodai knew that their bond had been strained with everything he hid from his friend but didn't feel that much guilty about it. He was honest about not wanting to deal with the duty he had for a while. He crossed his arms. He would usually do a few jokes right now but his friend wasn't in the mood to deal with his humor. He understood why, "Maybe we should practice our dance later, when it's less hot."

"No. I don't really want to practice for now," he replied to his buddy.

The monster knew that it wasn't because of the heat. It had been like this since his buddy figured out he was an Omni Lord. The boy wouldn't let it go for now and won't argue with it. He knew he was still practicing with Terumi. He had been watching over his buddy, even if their bond had been stained. The demon knew he had to prove that he could be trusted again but he was a demon.

They stopped when they saw a few children playing in the public pool. It was the perfect way to counter the heat wave when you don't want to be indoor.

Asmodai noticed something and suggested, "Why don't we get something to cool off a little," he pointed at an ice cream store.

"Good idea yo," the boy answered as they went there.

They brought some ice cream and began licking it as they went on their way.

"Do you think Gao and his family will get better soon yo?" Tetsuya asked his buddy. He sighed, remembering how they were hurt when the dragon passed away.

"I'm sure of it. They are all strong but it will take time," the pink demon answered.

"Good yo," he replied.

They continued wandering in the town. They had nothing to do for the day and the boy wasn't interested in doing his homework he had for summer vacation for now.

"I am getting a little worried yo," Tetsuya suddenly said.

"Why is that?"

"There is nothing going on for now. Yamigedo might be plotting to get the other Omni Lords and we don't know where they are," the young boy answered.

"We know five of them. One is in the middle of training. Drum will need to awaken the power of the Omni Lord emblem before becoming one. I bet that Yamigedo isn't aware of it," the monster concluded. He didn't mention that his buddy talked as if he wasn't included, trying to guilt trip me?

"That still leaves three more to find. Where could they be?" the boy replied. He had a thought and sighed, "And that Omni Lord who took Jackknife away… Do you know anything about him yo?"

Asmodai gave a serious gaze, "Yes buddy. The Star Dragon is often planning things on his own. I wonder why he took Jackknife with him. I'm sure Count Dawn is wondering about it too."

"Could he cause trouble to us?"

"I'm not sure. I can't read peoples mind or we might have avoided troubles," the pink demon admitted. He sighed and added, "We have to deal with it."

Meanwhile, Shido, Gallows and Sophia were sitting on a bench on the part, drinking from their water bottle.

"It's so hot today," Shido complained about it. He knew it was pointless but the heat was asking him to complain about it.

"I have to agree. It strikes really hard today," the girl agreed as she sip more of her bottle.

"We don't have such heat in Darkness Dragon World. We just have to survive creatures ready to devour us if we step outside of the walls. Don't complain too much about it," the darkness dragon replied while blowing his face with a small breeze thanks to a small electric vent.

"H-hey! Where did you get that?" Shido asked.

"I got it from Sofia's home when we were there," he replied.

Sofia glared at the monster and tried to take it back but the monster was too high to get caught.

"Sha Sha Sha. Better luck next time. I'll give it back thought. I still look silly with it in my hand," and drank some water after declaring that.

The two humans sighed.

Shido took out the demon that they had to use to get an Omni Lord, "And we have an Omni Lord to find today. And this demon is one that likes to burn things. It's going to get so much hotter. This is the worse."

"This heat won't go away for a week or two. As for the demon, you handle it," Sofia told her friend as she wiped the sweat of her forehead. She ignored the despair that was written on the face of the boy, "Anyway, we should find the closest one and end this quickly."

"I suggest Asmodai. I can see him and his buddy wandering around with ice cream," Gallows suggested.

"Where?" the humans asked.

The monster pointed to their left and gazed, they saw the human and his buddy wandering around.

"I see him. Let's follow him for now. We are in public for now," the girl suggested.

"I agree."

"You better hope that I am not letting the heat pass through me when we go Death Shido. It's going to get horrible if it's the case," the darkness dragon commented.

"Are you heatproof?" The boy asked.

"Don't know," he gave as an answer.

"Damn," the two humans grumbled.

Tetsuya and his buddy were near the school and gazed at it.

"I'm so glad it's vacation because I wouldn't survive a day of school in this heat yo," the boy commented.

"That's true. Fragile monsters who get that would melt," Asmodai thought of Joker as he said those words.

"Anyway. I have enough of this heat. We should go inside a cold place yo," the boy concluded.

"I have enough of this too. It's starting to get to me and… we are out of ice cream," the pink demon added his little touch.

"Maybe the public pool," the boy suggested.

"Surely it is overcrowded," his buddy replied.

"We can try to watch a movie. They got air conditioner and its closer than home yo."

"Do you have the money? Because there isn't any fun movie to watch anyway."

"I don't know where we could do then. I am out of ideas."

Asmodai grumbled, there is the mall. That is kinda obvious with anything we could do there.

"Silly me yo. I forgot about the mall," the boy tapped his head.

"Your brain is starting to melt a little."

The boy grumbled and crossed his arms.

The demon added, "And the bananas lost their freshness already."

"What yo? Dammit!" the boy pouted as he disposed of the bananas and walked without those pointy decorations in his hair. He felt weird without them, "I'll put more when the heat is gone. Keeping them is just a waste."

"Maybe we picked the wrong one," his buddy suggested.

"I won't take the risk. Let's go," he said.

"To the mall. Surely crowded but less than the poll," the monster said with much more detail than needed.

Tasuku was watching the news that talked about the heat. Meanwhile, Commander I approached him.

"How are you doing right now?" the man asked.

"I'm… still worried for Jack. He is gone and I cannot find anything," the boy replied as he kept watching the news.

"Maybe you should have taken a few days off and rest more," he suggested.

"Thanks… but I'm sure it won't help. I'll just think about Jack and things I could have done. And I know I couldn't have change anything. I didn't know about Variable Cord," the blue haired boy sighed.

Commander I had to agree. He knew Tasuku enough to know that the boy would likely react that way, "As long as you don't take care of the demons yourself. Without a buddy, it is way too much dangerous."

"Do not worry Commander I. I won't put myself in danger like that. If anything happens to me, it will hurt Jack too."

"Good. I'm glad you are feeling better thought. Just don't force yourself if you reach your limits," the man suggested.

"I won't… Commander I. How is Takihara doing right now?"

"He is searching for the location of Yamigedo and Ikazuchi. So far, we know nothing. It will take a while and he is careful. If I learn anything, I will give the news to everyone. For now, we focus on what we can do," he said.

"Understood," Tasuku answered as he checked files on the computer and the reports. Maybe someone saw something strange.

Tasuku is trying to distract himself. I hope he will do as I say and stop when it's too much,the man thought. He decided to watch the boy and find anything signs if he went too far.

Tetsuya and Asmodai let out a satisfied smile when the air was colder, now that they were in the mall. The cold hair felt good for the two and staying away from the heat.

They wandered around, none of them knew what to do now. The demon knew that his buddy would have suggested to practice their dancing moves somewhere, usually. That thought often came back in his mind. It seemed the boy felt better now, but the bitterness was obvious for the demon. That thought always came back a few times each day and it was affecting the mood of the Omni Lord, I have to wait until my buddy feels better about it. It will be a long journey, he had to admit to himself.

The two walked near the fountain and sat there.

Tetsuya sighed loudly and said, "It's soooo good to be away from the heat yo," he let out a small smile before sighing again, "Asmodai."

"Yes?"

"Well… It's nothing important. Anyway. Let's go at the arcades yo!" he let out a smile.

The demon noticed it was more genuine than before and chuckled, "Gonna beat you in any games you give me.

Away from them was Shido, Sofia and Gallows watching the two entered in the Arcades.

The two humans were sighing in relief as the heat was gone. The Darkness Dragon chuckled at the fragile humans while ignoring that he used something to fight the heat himself. His dragon pride will always stop him form admitting this kind of small weakness.

"Finally. I hate those kinds of heats," the boy grumbled.

His buddy replied, "They are some kind of heats that you two will grow to adore."

The two didn't get what he was implying.

"Good thing you don't search too much in the internet. That is a scary place," the dragon commented.

They prepared the plan to get the Omni Lord and were uncertain on how to get them alone.

"We have to avoid taking hostages. This demon isn't one that might fully obey us," she pointed at the orange marking on the card.

"I would have rather a demon with the red marking. Everything is much more complicated," he didn't forget about the monster in armor that threatened her life.

The girl nodded, "It might be best to capture them in the barrier and then releasing the demon. A demon like him might cause serious damage on his own."

"With a demon of fire and many things that could burn, that's the correct idea," Gallows agreed. He didn't want to feel the heat once again.

"We just have to wait for the perfect moment to strike," Shido concluded.

Sofia thought of a way to get them and decided to wait until they were alone to trap them in a barrier. It was better than trying to separate them from anyone else. It would make them suspicious.

Shido gazed at the demon in the card and was nervous at how that demon would act. Just the sight of it was intimidating. Using it and seeing his battle capacity was something else while knowing nothing of his personality.

Tetsuya and his buddy came out an hour later and the boy was smiling victoriously while Asmodai was pouting. They had played a few games with the money the boy had and, in the end, the human was victorious and the demon had been defeated most of the time.

"You can consider yourself lucky Tetsuya. I wasn't at my best. If I was, you would have lost any of the arcade games we played," he chuckled.

"You were too slow yo. I had better reflexes than you," the boy chuckled while adjusting his headphone. He sighed and commented, "I'm sad that this place will shut down soon."

"Not that many people keep playing arcades. I heard it happened sooner in America. Can't do anything about it," he raised his shoulders.

"I know. I kinda want to do something about it but it isn't possible," the boy admitted in defeat.

His buddy nodded and they went somewhere else. They had no money on them but didn't want to face the heat right now. For a few minutes, they wandered around with the crowed around them. Both unaware of the upcoming danger.

"When do you plant to advance in your homework? You don't want to do them in the last days of summer vacations like last year. Remember my motivation techniques?"

The boy shivered at that and nodded, "I'll do some after diner yo!" he declared nervously and lightly gulping.

Asmodai enjoyed that the mood of his buddy was better to get that kind of reply. He wasn't that serious about doing that again, Teacher Asmodai is my mean mode, he chuckled at his own humor.

The crowed of humans and buddies was starting to diminish as they went in a less crowed sector of the mall. They went to the next floor, enjoying the cold air.

"We will have to return home soon. It will get dark eventually yo," the boy sadly said as he gazed at an electric clock.

The afternoon was slowly coming to an end and they had to go back home. If they were late, they might get scolded by Tetsuya's parents.

The very moment there wasn't anyone around them, the world seemed to began to shift. The boy and his buddy noticed it.

"Damn yo! It must be them!" the boy declared.

"Get ready," his buddy replied.

In front of them, Death Shido appeared and replied, "You guessed right. I am here to kill you Asmodai. As ordered by my master Yamigedo."

"Shido. I had to admit that sound really good. It's sickening me," his buddy grumbled as if he was sick of stating that fact.

The pink demon replied, "You can say anything you want but I don't plan on dying. I have some fixing things to do," he grinned and gazed at his buddy, as they went into the barrier.

Outside of the barrier a girl with pink hair and her buddy gazed at it. It was Paruko who frowned, "Looks like this isn't over yet," she took out her cellphone and called the Buddy Police Force, "Once I'm gone, we go inside and record this."

"Takushu!"

The girl frowned; it would be awesome for my channel to show this but the Buddy Police Force needs it way more than everyone else.

She trusted the forces enough to wait for them to report the situation before revealing what was going on inside.

Sofia noticed Paruko and after a few seconds, left the scene to avoid her to be linked with the situation.

Meanwhile, inside the Buddy Police Force Headquarter, Stella answered the call, "Mushi Mushi. This is Stella," she frowned and turned towards Tasuku, "Tasuku! We have a situation at the mall. Paruko said she saw Death Shido bringing Tetsuya and Asmodai in the barrier."

"She has been inside," the boy remembered it well, "I'll contact Zanya right now," he took his cellphone and called the other boy.

Stella continued listening to what the girl said, "Remember that the two are in the barrier right now Tasuku," she kept listening. She frowned and replied, "Do not do that. It's dangerous to put yourself in danger by going in the barrier Paruko."

The boy turned at her when he heard those words. He still remembered that she could go in here thanks to her buddy.

"No, you listen to me Paruko. You cannot put your life at risk. I'll say it again but no. You are not a Buddy Police Force officer and I cannot-" Stella grunted in frustration, "And I cannot order you to not do it I know. But- Don't- and she hang up on me," she hung up and grunted, "Tasuku. Activate the screen, she is going to record what is going on in the barrier even when I said no."

"Okay," he tapped don the computer and activated the screen. He gazed at her and said, "She won't stand by."

"Not at all."

"She did see much more than anyone else. She might eventually come to figure everything out," the blue-haired boy commented.

"She did hear Death Shido saying Yamigedo," the woman replied. She noticed the boy body getting more tense as each second passed by.

"I'm sure she will get out if it gets dangerous. If not, we will do something about it," he let out a small smile, a forced one.

"Yeah. Anyway, the same for you too. I can see you want to get up and help Tetsuya," she replied.

He sighed, "I know. I can't, but I'll help the best I can."

Command I entered in the room and saw the screen on, "Something is going on?" he adjusted his glasses when he saw Tetsuya and Asmodai in the barrier with one of the Death Shido's.

"Yes. Tetsuya and Asmodai are attacked. Zanya is going to the scene and Paruko is recording what is going on," Tasuku explained.

"Even when I told her not to go in there. I say it," the woman replied.

The man sighed, "Anyway. Call others just in case we can arrest them and get everything out of him. Takihara might avoid exposing himself to danger if we pull that off."

"On it," Tasuku answered.

Yamigedo and Ikazuchi were watching the event unfolding in the barrier. They were back in the cavern. The boy sat on the fluffy shoulder of his friend, back into his real form.

"Looks like everything is beginning now," the boy commented.

The Great Fiend nodded as he had another card in his hand, "I already summoned another demon in case they failed. Those humans are surely organised to deal with us."

"I saw that. Maybe we should have destroyed this place," the boy thought back.

"We would have been way much more outnumbered," the fiend replied. He let out a small unconvinced smile, "We still got one of them down and another one lost half of his power. I would have preferred him to be dead but a victory is a victory."

The boy was wondering something, "Can you also absorb Asmodai's power? You still have trouble with Tenbu."

"I can. It is difficult but it won't really affect my fighting capacity. I just cannot use my power all out until I'm done. Only a few more days and we will be ready Ikazuchi. Don't worry about me," he let out a small confident smile.

The human was reassured as they waited for the battle to actually began.

Tetsuya and his buddy gazed at Paruko, "W-what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to show the Buddy Police Force what is going on. I don't get everything but I know something big is going on about a Yamigedo guy."

Death Shido took out the card containing the demon, "We have a mission to accomplish Hundred Demons General, Gokumengaiou!" he summoned the demon.

Hundred Demons General, Gokumengaiou appeared in the middle of the battle arena and gazed at the Omni Lord with his arms crossed with his amber eyes. It was a tall bipedal demon wearing a purple armor with gray skull plates on the articulations of the armor. He wore a purple mask over his face. Flame came out at the back of his head as it followed the green spiky hair on the back of his head. On his back, a long purple tail waved with anticipation for the upcoming battle. He held a bastard sword with fang on the flame to cause as much damage as possible.

The demon gazed at the human and the pink demon and let out a smirk, "Looks like it is my turn to kill someone with my flame. Omni Lord, prepare to be burn to ashes for my master Yamigedo."

Asmodai chuckled and waved his finger at him, "Sorry but I am not someone who is that good when cooked up Gokumengaiou," he spit and grumbled, "Such a mouthful name. I want to call you Goku but I will insult a cool guy with that nickname. I'll call you Iou."

"How dare you change my name like that? My name is Gokumengaiou and I'll make you regret mocking me!"

His flame on the back of his head burned more and it spread. He raised his hand and flames was in his palm. He smashed the ground and a circle of fire began to surround them.

Tetsuya was pushed by his buddy how said, "Stay away Tetsuya!"

The boy grumbled when he felt on the ground and quickly stood up. He saw the circle of flame surrounding his buddy and the other monster. He used his buddy skill and flew in the air on his banana, "Careful Asmodai!"

He gave a thump up, "Don't worry. I'll beat that Iou!"

"Such an illusion you are stating bastard!" he charged and his sword was ready to lacerate the pink flesh of his enemies.

The demon slashed with his saw-like blade and the demon jumped in the air. He jumped in the air and spun in the air. He saw the sword coming at him and grabbed the blade when it was near him and jumped in the air again. He landed at some distance from the other demon.

"Kinda slow Iou," he chuckled as he turned around.

"My name is Gokumengaiou!" he furiously yelled as he charged again.

The pink demon avoiding all of the attacks coming at him. He didn't have any problem to avoid more attacks with ease, agility and flexibility.

Death Shido began to feel the heat of the fire and gazed at the flames, "It's getting hot in here."

"Maybe we will die from the smoke. The barrier doesn't let that go. And yeah, it's getting hot," the darkness dragon commented.

That made the boy nervous as they could asphyxiate by it eventually. Even if it wasn't a natural fire, it did burn the oxygen.

Tetsuya picked his spellcard to use and wondered if it was the right one. He knew that getting his buddy out of the circle of flame might be dangerous. The fire wasn't natural and it might spread further or even cover the entire barrier. He gazed at Paruko and might get caught up by the flame later on. He decided to use it inside the circle to not push Gokumengaiou to worsen the current situation right now.

The battle continued between the two demons and none managed to hurt the others. The pink one was on the defensive and didn't find any opportunity to counter attack. It was as if he was only dancing with the other demon.

Gokumengaiou should be an advantage but his movement were slow by the heavy armor and often leave openings. However, his armor was also protecting his flanks from any counter attack of his enemy.

Asmodai frowned at his current situation. He was well aware that he wasn't at his top strength and that any mistakes against a demon like that big one would be fatal. The pink demon used everything he had to his advantage or the battle might end in one hit.

He saw a kick coming at him and duck, letting the foot pass over him. He realised it wasn't the best action when the purple tail came at him.

"Magical Bye-Bye!" his buddy yelled.

The monster chuckled at the big demon when he was behind him. He took his chance and charged.

Gokumengaiou was a little slower as his tail returned behind him before he could try to face his enemy. The moment his head turned at the sound of the footsteps of his enemy, he saw the pink demon near his face and waving at him.

"He's a little surprise Iou!" after this, Asmodai punched the left eyeball of the monster and jumped away. Leaving the other demon screaming in pain and agony.

Death Shido watched this and prepared his spellcard to counter the next spell of Tetsuya or to go on the offensive. Whatever would be for the best.

The general grunted as he readied his sword, "It will take more than a punch to defeat me little demon! And my name is Gokumengaiou!"

Tasuku, Stella and Commander I kept watching the battle going on. The two demons were still trying to find opportunity to cause damage at the others. They saw the two humans activating a few spellcards on the way but none of them really changed the tied of the fight.

"So far, Asmodai is holding on," Stella said, knowing it can go wrong at any time.

Count Dawn entered in the room and said, "You didn't warn me of a demon appearing in town," he gazed at the commander. His tone wasn't an accusatory tone. He just mentioned that they forgot him.

"I'm sorry," the man apologised.

"Don't. Just try to remember it next time," he knew they weren't use to him being an Omni Lord.

"Think we can do something to help them?" Stella asked as the battle continued.

"Unless we can freely enter in the barrier, it might not be possible," he frowned, "How can we even see this anyway?"

"Paruko's buddy can warp in the barrier," Tasuku replied.

The Omni Lord gazed without saying a word. He wasn't expecting something possible to already be at their disposal, "She can bring Zanya and his buddy inside once they are at the scene."

"I'll call her," the woman replied.

The three males gasped when the tide began to turn for the worse.

"Tell her to be quick once he's there," Commander I ordered.

"Of course," she replied.

"Tasuku. Call Zanya and warned him about it quickly."

Tasuku brought his cellphone, "I'll tell them what we plan and be quick about it," before contacting his friend.

The flame surrounding Asmodai got more intense. The fire raised higher in the air and the smoke intensified. Tetsuya began to cough as the smoke englobe him and had to land on the ground, behind the circle of flame. He tried to look inside and couldn't see anything.

Paruko noticed it and her buddy went somewhere safer, while still filming the battle. Her attention went to Tetsuya for a few seconds, as she heard Asmodai struggling and dodging a spell at the last second, "Can he see anything?"

"Takochu!" her buddy replied while negatively nodding quickly a few times.

"I guess it means no," she focused on the boy. With the flame in his ways, he was incapable of helping his buddy, something bad will happen if they lose. I can do something about it thought, she gazed at her buddy and said, "We have to sent him the recording."

Her buddy yelled, "Takochu!" and pointed at the camera.

Death Shido noticed it but that word meant nothing to him.

"Why is he pointing at the camera?" Gallows asked loudly.

The boy under the armor immediately got what it meant when he saw the camera, "She is filming this fight. If Tetsuya saw it…"

"Then he can see what's going on inside."

They saw Asmodai sent in the air, spinning after being whipped by the tail of the demon. Blood came out of the lips of the pink demon and saw the sword coming at him.

In the air, the boy saw what was going on and used his spell, "Magical Bye-Bye!" and sent his buddy back on the ground at who knows where. Before Tetsuya tried to see what was going on inside, he saw the monster with Paruko. The boy understood what the octopus alien like monster wanted to tell him and took out his cellphone. He could now see what was going on in the battlefield and felt a little relief. It was a strange way to support his buddy, as he grabbed his next spellcard, "Thanks you two. Time to go on the offensive yo!"

His buddy heard the yo and recognised the intonation. He smirked and pointed his finger at the Gokumengaiou, "Time to get serious now. Our battle was fun but everything has to come to an end Iou."

The saw blade missed the pink demon and the servant of Yamigedo grunted, "You meant you and my name is Gokumengaiou!"

The large monster charged and slashed many times, but never hit the target. Tetsuya waited for the perfect moment to cast his spell. Using the recording of the camera was clearly going to be difficult to support his buddy. It was a strange angle to watch the battle and could see himself with his nose diving on his cellphone. The boy was prepared for victory. He wouldn't lose. He looked at the card and knew it was a risky spell. Great Spell, Sacred Bless was a spell that targets any demons, both good and bad with its holy light. He cannot afford to miss. He had to wait when the two were far away to cast it.

The two demons continued to fight and struggled. The two were closed to each other's and neither tried to take some distance. It was a stalemate and until something changed it, it won't change at all. It just needed one of them to make a mistake or to change their distance to create an opening for Tetsuya.

The boy clearly saw the flame higher everywhere and also hindered the vision of Death Shido. He could cast a spell before the servant could react. He was really thankful for Paruko support in this battle or he wouldn't be able to see any opportunity.

The tide turned when Gokumengaiou body ignited as he tossed his sword away, "I guess I'll go with all my might now Asmodai."

"Sure, can try Iou," the pink demon replied with a giggle.

The other demon furiously yelled and charged without thinking. His hands flame was much brighter than the rest as he tried to beat the other demon who dodged with ease. The speed didn't chance but the danger increased.

When Asmodai avoided the tail, he felt the head coming from it and began to lightly sweat. His endurance would drop much faster now if he wasn't careful. He couldn't afford to fight any longer. The pink demon wondered when his buddy would cast a spell. He hadn't use one for a while, why wouldn't he cast something right now? He wondered when he dodged an attack at the last second. He took some distance and realised that he always been close to the other demon, so this is what you are thinking buddy. Telling me would warn them of course. Fine. I'll give you a chance and if you use it, then my instinct was right.

The battle continued but the pink demon was backing away. He tried to maintain a bigger distance. Gokumengaiou saw it the other way as he mockingly declared, "Seeing your defeat at last Asmodai?"

"Not really Iou. I'm just feeling like you are too hot for my liking. And you ain't my type man," he winked at the other demon.

That demon burned even more as he let out a war cry and charged. Asmodai waited for a few seconds and slid between the legs when the other demon ran over him. He took as much distance as possible. They were both at the corner of the arena created by the circle of flame.

Tetsuya saw his chance in the video and raised his card. He whispered, "Good job Asmodai yo. Great Spell, Sacred Bless," his card began to shine. The flame and smoke mostly hid it from the other human who only noticed it when the spell was fully activated.

Death Shido tried to take out his spellcard but his buddy said, "It's pointless Shido. The spell is already activated and you won't reach the shield in time."

"Dammit," the boy grumbled at his defeat. He could already guess the wrath of Ikazuchi and Yamigedo. He didn't want to feel what kind of punishment the Great Fiend could be for him. He saw him as the fiend's diner.

A circle of light appeared in the sky. The holy light began to descent on the battle field. Tetsuya did everything that it wouldn't hit his buddy.

Gokumengaiou raised his head when the light dropped and felt the touch of the holy light. He began to scream in agony as the light burned through his armor and purified his demonic flesh. He tried to protect himself but the armor was pointless against the light.

The boy never let out. He had to go on until he didn't hear the other demon yell in agony. He grunted when he felt his body getting weaker but thankfully Gokumengaiou collapsed on the ground. The circle of fire dispersed and the boy felt on his knee. He panted while his buddy came by his side.

"Good job buddy," the pink demon commented with a smile.

"You did it yo," the boy lightly smiled.

"It was mostly you," Asmodai replied.

Tetsuya took his seal card and sealed the demon inside of it. Putting the battle to a close.

Death Shido grabbed his card and teleported away without a word. The barrier was slowly disappearing as the human leave the place.

How Death Shido left was a little disheartening for them. It was as if that defeat meant little to him.

"Was he… testing us?" Tetsuya wondered.

"I'm not sure buddy but leaving like that was kinda intimidating. With Yamigedo back, he might be stronger than before," the pink demon guessed.

Paruko and her buddy descended by their side as the boy grabbed the demon, sealed inside the card.

"No words about it yo. This is Buddy Police Force matter yo," he ordered the girl.

"Sure. But I want the explanation eventually," the girl conceded. It was something pretty big and could imagine the panic spreading around if it was known.

When the barrier was gone, they were back in the mall and saw Zanya with his buddy by his side. The boy held his cellphone and was about to call Paruko to help them.

Zanya sighed, "Guess I came a little too late."

"Nin."

"Don't worry. I just got the perfect moment to strike," Tetsuya replied.

After the event, they all went to give their reports to commander I. Paruko and her buddy was brought alone to give her testimony and received and earing from Stella when she didn't listen to what she said, reminding the girl that her safety was important and shouldn't do that.

Once everything was over, everyone returned home at the end of the day.

On their way home, Tetsuya gazed at his buddy and asked, "Asmodai. There is something we have to do before we call it the day yo," he winked at him.

"What is it?"

"I hope you didn't get rusty when you didn't train your dace move with me," the boy sighed and added, "Also yo, just don't lie straight up to my face again. I think I can really forgive you this time but I won't accept another one."

The pink demon nodded and seriously, "But if it's to protect you, I will lie again."

That didn't put the mind of the boy at ease, yet it was a genuine response from his buddy. He knew it wasn't a lie. He hoped he could pick it up when it might come. They still had a lot to talk but the boy was tired of it and wanted to practice his moves with his buddy for a while, I hope it won't blow on my face again. He said, knowing he had to be wary from now on.

"And it's still really hot," the demon complained.

Ikazuchi gazed at the two who failed to kill Asmodai. Sophia was by the side with the small fan in her hand and aimed at her face, ignoring the monster who wanted it back.

"You failed again," the boy grunted, "You could have stopped the spell but you didn't," he prepared to shock the boy.

Shido had no excuse and was ready to be shock. Excuse would only make it worse. It was best to get over that.

Yamigedo appeared by the side of the boy in his SD form. He grabbed the hand of his friend and said, "Do not punish him Ikazuchi. I saw what happened in the fight and this boy couldn't see it in time. Gokumengaiou acted on his own in this fight, as he often did before and ignored his support. The human couldn't see what happened inside."

The boy calmed down and dispel his power, "Fine. You couldn't stop it with the spell since you didn't see it. Anyway," he showed another demon, "We have another demon ready for the battle."

"A-already?" Shido asked surprised.

"Yamigedo is back and summoning a demon is much easier and faster now. Tomorrow, you will strike again," Ikazuchi said.

"I'll handle it," Sofia said as she grabbed the card. She looked at the demon and added, "I'll make a plan to target Ziun. Without his memories, if I can isolate him, I have a chance to defeat him. Asmodai guard might be up and ready for another attack."

"Good," the boy replied.

The trio left them alone.

Yamigedo grumbled, "It's getting late but it's still hot in here."

"We will overcome them Yamigedo," he pat the head of his friend.

"I know. Sooner or later. I still have many demons ready to annihilate them," he let out a grin, "And I'll be ready to destroy them eventually."

AC: This is the end of this episode. I hope you enjoy it.

Next: In Search Of Memories.

Zanya, Tsukikage, Akatsuki and Ziun followed Stella with the traces of the Omni Lord actions to bring back his memories.