"How about we make this a bit more interesting?" Harpuia asked,
"Hmm?" Zero hummed to get Harpuia to the point.
"No special techniques or chips and no weapons." The green colored reploid said, his eyes shining.
Zero looked at him for a moment and nodded.
"Now, I'd like to show you Harpuia!" The guardian said and sped to him in incredible speed.
Zero tried to jump out of the way but Harpuia leaped up and gave him an uppercut so powerful he sent him soaring to the ceiling.
Zero crashed into the ceiling and fell down on his legs, "Nice move Harpuia..." he said and dashed at Harpuia who jumped out of harm's way.
Zero wasn't aiming at him however; he jumped on the wall behind Harpuia and wall kicked away to strike Harpuia in the back with a well-aimed kick.
Harpuia broke his fall with his hands and quickly pushed himself to the air and landed on his legs, facing the red blond reploid.
Harpuia smiled and ran up to a wall, he started running on the wall. Circling the room with a green blur occasionally jumping out to kick or punch Zero.
He hit Zero twice before Zero got annoyed and jump kicked the wall, hitting the speeding green demon and crashing him into the floor.
"I thought we said no special techniques!" Zero yelled.
"That's no technique, it's sheer speed!" Harpuia exclaimed with a mocking laughter.
"Sheer speed eh? I'll show you speed." Zero dashed quickly and painfully into Harpuia so fast that he didn't even notice him until he fell on his back in the corner of the training room.
Harpuia quickly jumped to his feet and started jumping and somersaulting throughout the room, attempting to confuse Zero.
Harpuia jumped behind Zero and landed a double kick on Zero's back.
Zero fell face forward on the floor and then he kicked Harpuia, who had already landed, in his leg tripping him.
Harpuia fell with a yelp if surprise and Zero got up before he did.
Zero ran to Harpuia and kicked him as hard as he could, knocking into the air.
Harpuia balanced himself and landed on his feet, sprinting over at Zero he grabbed him in the arm and ran past him, pulling him along until he stopped at once and released Zero, who crashed into the opposite wall and received a kick to his abdomen.
"Now you're talking!" Zero said as he quickly jumped up to avoid a second kick in the face.
He landed in front of Harpuia and as Harpuia turned his pelvis to kick him with his right leg Zero crouched and the kick went past him and gave him an excellent opportunity to head butt Harpuia in the chest, knocking him backwards and then jumping in the air and landing with a kick on Harpuia's stomach.
Harpuia coughed out some red fluids but kept fighting, throwing Zero off him and jumping back on his legs.
He sped at Zero and faked a punch to Zero's jaw, as Zero ducked to avoid the fake punch Harpuia kicked him in the face and sent him onto his back.
Harpuia tried to elbow-slam him but Zero rolled away and jumped up.
The red guardian landed on his feet lightly and faced the green guardian.
Harpuia tried a right hook but Zero dodged, this time catching Harpuia's foot as he tried to kick him again and then slamming him into the wall as he did to Leviathan.
Harpuia kicked the wall, throwing himself backwards unto Zero and knocking Zero backwards.
Zero sped up to him and grabbed his collar, quickly running and wall kicking a wall he then used the momentum to crash Harpuia against the floor.
Harpuia punched Zero in the face and a trail of red fluid appeared in the corner of Zero's mouth.
He then rolled over, making Zero to be on the bottom and then delivered a few strong punches to Zero's face.
"Hey, I just came back from the PRS (Personal repair station) and... What the...?" Fefnir said as Harpuia crashed into the wall near him, and then quickly ducked to avoid a punch from Zero that hit the wall creating a large dent.
"Whoa!" Fefnir said as Harpuia sent a kick over at Zero and almost hit his head.
As Zero retaliated to Harpuia's punch Fefnir jumped backwards to avoid his strike.
Harpuia blocked Zero's punch and delivered a strong one of his own to Zero's shoulder, sending Zero backwards.
Zero bared his teeth and punched the ground, creating a massive earthquake.
"How the...?" Fefnir asked as the earthquake paralyzed him.
Zero sped forwards and delivered a punch so strong and fast a flame formed around it due to the friction with the air.
The strike hit Harpuia dead on, throwing him so far across the training room that it seemed that if the wall wasn't there he could circle the globe a few times before stopping.
Harpuia dashed and kicked Zero twice in the face, by now both of them were full of red fluids from themselves and from each other.
"What in blazes do you guys think you're doing!?" Fefnir yelled over the commotion of their fighting.
At that point Leviathan entered the room and was almost hit in the face by one of Harpuia's helmet wings.
She quickly ducked and looked at the scene in front of her:
The training room was filled with red liquids and parts, the walls were full of dents and holes and the helpless Fefnir was staring at a battle of the titans between Zero and Harpuia.
"What are you two doing?!" She shouted as the two clashed and Zero pinned Harpuia against a wall.
"Fighting it seems." Said Fefnir coolly, it was unlike him he enjoyed battles but probably the sight of a battle this intense stunned him.
"Do you know there was an earthquake right now in the city? A few buildings collapsed and we're needed to help search for survivors.
Fefnir just stared at her with his pupils widened.
"You're kidding..." he said, "It can't be..."
"I'm not kidding, what the heck is going on?" Leviathan asked bluntly.
"Zero... he err... punched the ground and he... he made that earthquake and... and... I... I mean..." Fefnir was too shocked to speak properly and judging by the look on Leviathan's face so was she.
The fierce battle between Harpuia and Zero just became fiercer and the pink and blue guardians had to retreat to the safety of the observing room.
Zero and Harpuia were fighting in such levels that the guardians had never seen.
It went on for hours, at one point Fefnir and Leviathan went to help find survivors from collapsed buildings but when they came back Zero and Harpuia were still fighting. Red fluids covered the walls and smeared blots of them have made room for imagining some unpleasant pictures of what happened there.
But in the end, Zero gave his strongest punch to Harpuia's chest, completely destroying his armor there.
Harpuia fell flat on his back on the floor and was in dormant repair mode.
Zero panted heavily and fell to his knees, Harpuia really did train hard he thought but still. He was stronger; better then the feeble green guardian. Wait, feeble?! It was the second time he thought such a thing, but why did those thoughts jumped into his mind?
Leviathan and Fefnir rushed into the room and Fefnir quickly took Harpuia to the maintenance room.
"You two are unbelievable, what were you thinking?!" Leviathan yelled at him, but he couldn't hear her. Her voice just sounded like a distant rambling.
Before he could stop himself he said, "I'm sorry, we were irresponsible. We let this little duel turn into such a battle..." Zero was shocked when he heard what his little earthquake has caused and immediately went to the people of Neo-Arcadia and apologized, even though no one died and new homes would be provided to them the humans were unforgiving and merciless. They shouted at him and threw whatever they could at him before he left with a feeling of bitterness.
He couldn't believe it, HE fought to protect their ancestors, and he lost so much to Sigma and his stupid Mavericks. He was angry, but he knew that the humans were shocked and angry as well. He calmed down and entered his PRS.
It repaired him in fifteen minutes but something inside him could not be repaired, the bitter feeling he had when he came back from Neo-Arcadia.
Just as he was about to go to his bed and sleep Leviathan entered the room.
"We still have a mission to do remember?" she asked. Zero looked at the time, it was three pm but he felt as if it was three am.
He sighed and followed Leviathan to the mission room.
"Our next mission would be in an underwater storage facility, it suddenly started giving a great number of electric output. As if it was used by someone, we think this may be one of the Executioners' hideouts." Leviathan explained.
"Ready?" she asked and without waiting for a response she said, "Transfer us."
Fefnir was still with Harpuia in the maintenance room so it was only him and Leviathan again...
To be continued...