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Chapter 2
"Nagaro," Frus repeated. Aria nodded. Then, she noticed the others.
"Oh, are you friends f my son?" asked Aria.
"Yes," said Sprx and Nova.
"Mother, this is Sprx, Nova, and Ivy. Mother, Ivy is the woman whom I love," said Frus.
Aria was surprised, in a happy way of course.
"We'll talk later. For now, though, we need to take out Nagaro," said Frus. Aria led the group to where he was. Except for Frus, who had seen him before, they were shocked when they saw Nagaro.
He was very tall and thin, and something about him made one think of a serpent, something that freaked Ivy out to no end. The man was completely hairless and had reptilian brows, a huge mouth, and eyes like a snake's. He yawned, and they could see a pair of huge fangs in his mouth. Around him were many injured Tserofians.
"Nagaro," said Frus.
"Yes, my old friend," answered the snake man.
"Still using that term loosely, my old enemy," said Frus.
"As are you, Frus," answered Nagaro.
"I suppose once again we'll be fighting," said Frus.
"Of course. As always, I will allow you to summon you Phoenix Talons, and as always I hope that you will signal me when you are ready to fight," said Nagaro.
"Does anyone think they could explain this to us?" cut in Sprx.
"Yeah, we're all a little lost here," said Nova.
"I need concentration to summon my ultimate weapon," said Frus. "Could you tell them, please, Mother?"
"Of course," said Aria. "You see, Nagaro is the master of serpents, and the unquestioned king of the snake monsters on this planet. However, he possesses a much higher level of honor then the others. He refuses to devour the youngest Tserofians, and he doesn't kill worthy adversaries, either, unless he has to. He and Frus have fought on many occasions, up until Frus left. They both won and lost several times. However, his alignment is more that of evil than of good. It was the news of this more than anything else that made Frus lose hope that any snakes were good. Hearing Ygrene tell a story of evil snakes that had been written on distant Earth was simply the final step," explained Aria.
By the time his mother finished, Frus had completed his Phoenix Talons. They were a pair of beautiful gauntlets. They added to his natural claws and were covered with symbols of all sorts. Frus made a barking sound, and the fight began.
Frus struck first, slashing with his Talons. They created a shockwave, and when Nagaro dodged it, it sliced cleanly through several trees and rocks. Then, Nagaro turned his left had into a snake, and it spit acidic poison at Frus. Frus dodged by rolling back, then sprang forward and slashed, leaving a cut on Nagaro's face. While his momentum was still with him, however, he was unable to dodge well, and was struck by a staff that Nagaro summoned. It left a sickly green mark on Frus' body.
Ivy, Nova, and Sprx would have helped, but Ivy was frightened (who wouldn't be, with that being the first time she saw Nagaro, and his weird powers) and the other two were trying to help calm her down.
Frus, ignoring the pain where the mark was, sprang forward yet again. This time, however, when Nagaro struck out with his staff, he summoned some metal and quickly formed it into a chain, which he used to pull himself and dodge. The chain then reformed into a spike, which rushed forward at Nagaro. Nagaro knocked it away, but was unable to keep Frus from landing on his face.
Using a strange tactic, Frus slipped inside Nagaro's mouth. At this, Ivy cried out, but she quieted when she saw that it was Nagaro who was freaked out.
Usually, in such a situation Frus could summon mercury and poison his opponent, but Nagaro was a poison elemental. Frus proceeded to slash up the inside of Nagaro's mouth, until he lost his footing and the serpent king was able to spit him out. It was too late, however; Nagaro was weakened from loss of blood. He decided to play his final card. He summoned his sickly green aura, which was in the form of none other than a snake. He merged with it and became the largest King Cobra the universe had ever seen, perhaps large enough to swallow the Super Robot. This turned out to be a bad move, however. Frus created a giant wall when he tried to use acidic venom blasts, and bit into Nagaro's neck, using his claws to carve away at it. More metal spikes appeared and began to rain down on the serpent. Soon, Nagaro fell to the ground and reverted to his human form, breathing shallowly. Frus, instead of making a killing blow, dispelled his Talons.
"Well done," said Nagaro. He then opened a portal. "Step through, all of you. You will know what to do when you arrive."
Everyone went through, and one of Nagaro's minions appeared to carry his master off to safety.
"You're really going to trust your arch enemy?" asked Sprx.
"Yes, I am," said Frus. He spoke in a tone that said "the matter is closed."