Disclaimer: Same as always. I don't own anyone except Xardion and Crysta.

Chap. 15

Xardion stood waiting for the next attack from the other. Around him, X, Guyver I, Liu Knag and Goku were all rousing up from their beatings. At this point, Jin strode up to Xardion and fixed his stance. Xardion did likewise and beckoned.

"Come."

Jin responded with a quick elbow to the face. Xardion blocked it, but Jin was in close enough to knee him in the gut. Despite the armor, the blow hit him with serious impact and Xardion staggered back a bit. Jin pressed the advantage and his fist went for the midsection, tearing away at the gut. Jin then repeated with his left fist, pushing him back further. Jin finally arched back for the final blow of his Demon Slayer technique and shot his fist upward. But somehow, Xardion managed to defend against it, grab hit arm and forcefullyshot it backward. The force was enough to cause Jin to slam into the ground, but he rolled and got to his feet just before Xardion could stomp down on him. With him open, Jin rolled upward and his electrified fist clenched tightly and swooshed upward in a crescent and met with Xardion's face. The blow was enough to cause Xardion to soar backward through the air and almost spin in a 360. However, his hand shot out and grasped the floor, stopping him from spinning and from him hitting the ground hard.

"Powerful."

Jin inadvertently charged and that proved to be an error because Xardion kicked him in the midsection, causing him to stagger. Seeing him stunned, Xardion arched his fist back and clasped it lightly with his leg hand. He then shot them both forward, hitting Jin dead center in the chest and causing him to fly toward the ground.

"Let's see if you truly are a worthy opponent."

Xardion turned his head to see Ryu now striding up to him, also in battle stance. Xardion turned to him and did so as well. For a long moment, neither fighter moved, waiting for someone to make the first attack. Xardion suddenly lunged with a straight punch and followed out with a sweeping kick. Ryu blocked both attacks and shot his fist out. Xardion blocked and Ryu lashed his leg out. Again, it was blocked and Xardion managed to grab his leg and hurl him. But Ryu flipped in the air and landed crouched on the floor. In the next instant, he was airborne again, attacking him this time. He spun his leg in a powerful roundhouse kick but Xardion ducked under it. With a great force of strength, Xardion's fist was hurled into Ryu's gut and he stumbled back and fell on one of his knee, gasping for air.

"Skilled."

A suddenly cry alerted his attention and he turned to see Tenchi charging at him, his tenchiken blade already ignited. Tenchi jumped high into the air and brought the weapon down. A loud clang sounded out.

"Unexpected."

Tenchi's blade was stopped...by another blade. The sword Xardion was holding seemed to be made up of crystals. Tenchi hopped back and slashed again. Xardion blocked the attack with relative ease and Tenchi tried again. It was blacked again and Xardion twisted his wrist and slashed out in a wide arch, creating a wind-force strong enough to knock Tenchi off his feet. Another cry alerted his attention and he looked up just in time to see the massive Buster Sword bearing down on him. Xardion jumped back just in time as the massive weapon slashed the floor. Cloud turned and gave chase as Xardion hopped away. Cloud gave another swing, but this time Xardion was able to block it. Cloud took a step back and a red glow shimmered around him.

"Braver!"

Cloud leaped into the air once again, with his sword sparkling. Xardion jumped back as Cloud came down with tremendous force, shattering the ground this time. Xardion sees this as an opening to leap in.

"My turn."

Cloud raises his sword to block as Xardion came to strike. But his eyes widened as Xardion's sword was glowing in intense blue and when he slashed out, a wave of energy followed and engulfed Cloud. Cloud was tossed backward to the ground. That now left only Ryo and Blade to fight.

Ryo stood with his blades crossed, "It looks like we'll have to fight him together to beat him."

Blade however, didn't respond and his boosters ignited and he charged. Xardion turned to face the tekkaman and he blocked the oncoming lancer. The two strained with each other and eventually begin to fly up into the air. They attacked each other with furious slashes, making a trail of energy in the air. They both stopped and Xardion reached his hand to his side, revealing the sheath. Blade was surprised to see that the sword that was in the sheath was still there, meaning that Xardion had two swords. Xardion pulled it out and crossed them in front of him.

"Now."

Xardion suddenly charged and slashed at the lancer. Blade blocked, but then Xardion came with another slash, with the other blade. Again it was blocked, but with difficulty. Xardion continued to pelt down slash after relentless slash on Blade until he finally gotten through his defense. Xardion then twirled around and gripped his cape. Blades suddenly extended out of it and slashed the chest armor. Turning again, Xardion then rammed Blade straight into the ground. Xardion jumped out over a grounded Blade. His head then turned to the final fighter, Ryo of Wildfire. Xardion crossed his blades and Ryo did likewise. Slowly, they began to move of to the side which then broke out into an all out run. Ryo jumped first and Xardion followed. Their blades clashed and they landed again, still running parallel as they now went outside. Their run then changed direction and they ran at each other. Both fighters then jumped into the air and their weapons clashed again. Landing on the ground, they turned and slashed and both tried to push the other back. Ryo gain the upper hand, but Xardion used it to slip back into a sweep. Ryo fell and Xardion turned to stab down, but Ryo kicked back and pushed Xardion away. Ryo then stood up and stab of his. But Xardion sidestepped and both his blades glowed.

"Ha!"

Xardion slashed out and both blades fired a wave of energy, engulfing Ryo and knocking him down. At that moment, Whiteblaze lunged at him. But a quick energy shield dispatched him easily. Xardion sighed as he saw the warriors. Some were still down while others were getting to their feet.

"Is this all you're capable of?"

Goku was the first to stand, "No way. I'm not done yet. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

The aura around Goku exploded and more of his hair stood up until he had reached his next level, Super-Sayian 2. Electricity danced around his body.

Xardion gave a brief smile and sheathed his swords, "Yes. Much better."

Goku vanished and Xardion leaped up in the air. A burst of energy emitted as Xardion's blow clashed with Goku. Goku attacked with a fierce array of attacks and Xardion returned them just as well. This went on for a while until Goku flew higher to avoid one of Xardion's blows. Powering up, he shot his hand out and a burst of ki came forth. Xardion deflected the blast, but it gave Goku time to dive down and kick him in the gut. Xardion gasped, but somehow managed to grab hold of Goku's leg. Xardion then started to spin around, taking Goku with him and then he released his leg. Goku was hurled straight into the ground. Xardion landed to meet him, but a sudden cry diverted his attention. Turning, he saw Tenchi coming after him again. 'Impressive. I thought it would be awhile before he attacked again.' Xardion summoned his blade again and met Tenchi's strike. Energy sparked between them as Tenchi swung with another slash. But Xardion was obviously an experienced swordsman and he parried the attack and let out a wave of energy with his blade. Tenchi fell down, but another figure jumped over him in attack. It was Jin. Xardion stabbed the sword into the ground, but couldn't recover enough to avoid the kick Jin gave him. Xardion staggered back and Jin shot a powerful straight fist. Xardion was floored.

"So you do have a limit."

Xardion stood up and dropped in stance. Jin slinked closer and let out a punch. Xardion blocked, but it wasn't the end of it and Jin released another fist and followed up with and ax-kick. But Xardion raised his arms up, caught the kick, and used one of his legs to sweep under Jin. Xardion was about to stomp down when a sudden glow caught his attention and caused him to roll to the side. Looking up, he saw that the blast had come from X. X then reached into his side and produced a weapon.

"Zero. I need your strength."

The weapon ignited into a green-glowing blade of energy and X charged. Xardion seemed surprised as X charged and slashed downward. Xardion flipped back and grabbed his sword and met X's next slash. While they clashed, Ryu watched them fight.

"You see it too, don't you?"

Liu Kang came up beside him. "He has to change styles to battle each us. He fights according to each of our ways of fighting."

Ryu nodded, "Attacking together will put him in a difficult position. But it's still too early to tell about his true potential."

"In any case, we have to try it."

They looked just in time to see X be knocked down from the sky after a shot from his X-Buster. Xardion had jumped over the blast and kicked X floorward. Xardion came down on X, but then heard yet another cry.

"Hadoken!"

Xardion looked up only to be blasted by the ball of ki. Xardion shook it off, but was met by a red blur which was followed by a powerful kick to the face. Liu Kang had executed a well-timed Flying Kick and Xardion hit the floor, dropping his blade. While he was still on the ground, Ryu jumped up and began to descend on Xardion. Xardion rolled to aviod it but as he did, another fireball came at him, this one from Liu Kang.ardion blocked and Ryu gave him a Jodan Sokutou Geri kick, hurling him across the ground. Xardion flew a bit before rolling and sliding on the ground. He looked up to see both warriors come at him.

'They're attacking me at the same time. Now the real fight will begin.'