"What's the matter man? This really the best you've got?"

Morel grit his teeth as he looked around, trying to spot wherever Gadfly had zipped off to. Though he could hear his voice, there were no signs of his actual presence. Sometimes he felt a quick burst of air go by him, but when he turned around to confirm he was there, he found nothing. He couldn't even tell if Gadfly was just constantly moving so fast that he couldn't see him, or zipping from blind spot to another.

He saw a blur from the corner of his eye, but before he could react to it a blow stuck him in the side of the head. It was followed by a barrage of strikes from seemingly every direction. "This is seriously pathetic," Gadfly taunted as she continued pummeling the other titan. "You should at least be able to react to me."

Morel swung his arm out to the side, hoping to just hit something. Instead Gadfly's tail ended up wrapping around his arm, pulling him forward into a fist. Gadfly kept his grip on his arm and she delivered punch after punch to his chest. He looked as if he was using him like a punching back.

"If you had all your hearts and were in your real form, maybe you could at least put up a fight. But like this? It's just kind of sad," Gadfly said, nailing him in the chin and sending Morel's head snapping back. "I should just go ahead and put you out of your misery."

He pushed Morel back and then got ready to rush at him, but then suddenly Morel seemed to vanish. Gadfly looked confused. Where the hell did he go? And why did he feel off? Like he just shifted or something. He suddenly felt a blow from behind, and fell forward as Morel kicked him in the back.

"What the hell?!" How did he get behind him? There was no way it was speed. He wasn't that fast, not even close. And even if he was he would have seen him. What was going on here? "You've got some kind of weird ability, don't you?" he asked, glaring up at Morel. "Teleportation maybe? Like that fire nymph?"

Morel said nothing, he just sent more knives Gadfly's way before speeding back towards the battlefield. He didn't need to get all the way back. Just close enough…

Gadfly easily knocked the knives aside with his tail, and then scowled as he looked back up towards Morel. "You're still trying to get away? You serious?" he asked, getting a little irritated. If he thought he could somehow outspeed him, even with a distraction, he was seriously underestimating him.

Morel just kept moving as quickly as he could, and up ahead he spotted two figures in the distance. It was Moon and Jackson Ponyhead. "There he is!" Jackson said before looking down towards Gadfly. "And there's the enemy! C'mon, we have to-"

"No!" Moon said, holding her hand out. "This is close enough. Start charging a blast, right now," she ordered.

He looked at her confused. "But-"

"You need to do it now!" Moon said, putting a hand on his shoulder. The stronger blast you can possibly create!" Jackson had no idea what she was thinking, but she wasn't giving him any room to argue. He charged his horn, and then Moon began to use her magic to enhance it.

The sudden spike in magic managed to catch Gadfly's attention, and he turned to look at the former queen and young prince. "Huh? What the hell are they up to?" he asked, confused. Were they trying to hit him from this distance? They had to know he'd see it coming a mile away. Not to mention he'd have plenty of time to dodge it.

He smirked, deciding he would have a little fun with this. In an instant he zipped over towards them, and Jackson went wide eyed. "I figured I'd get a little closer and give you guys a fair shot," he said, holding his arms out. "Even you should have a chance to hit me from this distance, right?"

Jackson looked nervous, but Moon gripped his shoulder. "Calm down, don't focus on him," she said sternly. He was just messing with them, and it would work in their favor.

Jackson tried to calm his nerves as he prepared to fire, while Morel kept moving towards them. "Do not now! Fire!" Moon shouted. Jackson concentrated, aiming towards Gadfly and firing. The blast was powerful, more powerful than anything Jackson had managed to conjure up before. Moon had focused nearly half of her magic to multiply it.

The titan easily moved out of the way, laughing. "Not half bad, but you're gonna have to train for a couple hundred years if you wanna have a chance to hit me with something that slow," he said mockingly.

Jackson scowled and mentally cursed, while Moon just smiled. "We're right on target," she said calmly. Gadfly looked at her confused, and then looked over his shoulder.

The blast kept going, and Morel smiled as he flew in front of it. "Yeah, I can definitely see where Astro gets it from," he said before raising his hand. He waited until the blast got closer, right in front of him. "Swap."

Everything around Gadfly suddenly changed, and in his confusion he didn't have time to realize that he was now standing where Morel once was. The blast hit him, sending him flying. "What the hell?!" he shouted as he soared off into the distance.

Morel, now standing where Gadfly had been, panted as he watched him. Moon and Jackson were behind him, the former looked relieved while the later was confused. "W-what a second? What just happened?" Jackson asked. "How did you do that?"

Morel let out a breath and looked towards them. "It's my magical ability. Rather not go into too much detail about it. It's sort of a secret," he said before looking at Moon specifically. "Lady Moon, thanks. You really bailed me out back there."

When she had shown up with Jackson and started charging that blast, he just had to hope that she was on the same page as him. He had pulled this maneuver off with Astro and Corona a few times before, and she knew about his ability. But for her to be able to pull it off with such accurate timing without any signal or heads up. It was nuts. "Not that it wasn't already obvious, but I see why Astro looks up to you so much."

Moon shook her head. "It was nothing. I'm just glad Jackson was here so I could amplify his attack. But the battle isn't over. We should get back and regroup with the others before he gets back. That won't stall him for long," she said.

"Holy shit, they're still going…"

"That guy is a monster."

Puff yelled out as he swung his fist, hitting Ar-Janek right in the face. The elder goliath grunted, but then balled his fist up and swung right back, punching Puff in the side of his head. They continued swinging back and forth at one another, not even bothering to try to dodge or block each other's fists.

It was a full on slugfest, and neither one of them seemed to be giving an inch. Despite all of the rather heavy looking injuries he had gotten, Ar-Janek was still going at full steam. Whether it was just pure instinct or rage keeping him on his feet, he clearly wasn't going to be felled so easily.

Ar-Janek shouted and rushed at Puff again, who jumped up and then kneed him in the face. Ar-Janek stumbled back, but then Puff moved in to strike again, he lunged forward and heatbutted him. "I'll admit, you have more spirit than I gave you credit for runt," he said, wiping the blood from his eye socket, which had been gouged out by Puff earlier. "But I won't be beaten so easily! I am the greatest warrior our people have ever seen, and I refuse to be laid low again by a dog of the Butterfly kingdom!"

Puff narrowed his eyes at him. He was getting even more pissed off than he was before. Why wouldn't this stubborn piece of crap go down already? He got ready to move in and attack again, but suddenly saw a glow around his body. The pain and soreness from the brawl quickly began to vanish, and the wounds he had began to close.

Corona floated down before him, a glare on her face as she held up her lance. "Your wounds are healed. I'll back you up," she said, taking aim at Ar-Janek. Between the two of them they should have been able to easily bring him down.

"Coward!" Ar-Janek shouted angrily. "You'd rely on one who uses magic to fight on your behalf?! A true warrior, a true goliath, would never sink so low!"

He rushed as Puff again, who charged back. Ar-Janek raised his fist and got ready to swing at him, but then suddenly something stopped him. Corona had made a forced field around his fist, stopping him mid swing. "Who the fuck cares how you win," Puff said as he brought his own fist back and slammed it into his face.

Ar-Janek raised his arm to defend himself, but Puff caught it, using his free hand to continue pummeling the larger opponent. "Magic, weapons, numbers, it doesn't matter!" Puff yelled. "On the battlefield, you live or die!" He raised his foot and then kicked Ar-Janek in the chest, knocking him back.

He tumbled against the ground, but then rolled back up to his feet. He didn't get any time to recover before Corona blasted him, sending him stumbling back. Puff leapt up and grabbed him by the face, slamming him to the ground. "If you were too stupid to learn how to cover your weaknesses, you deserved to die," Puff said.

Ar-Janek struggled to push him off, but Corona used her magic to create a force field and pin him down. Puff raised his fist and got ready to finish him off, but then suddenly something slammed into him. Corona was shocked as Puff was knocked to the ground. "Man, they roughed you up pretty bad big guy."

Gadfly hovered over top of Ar-Janek, cracking his neck as he looked at Puff, and then Corona. "Not that I blame ya. Scheming little Butterfly bitches. That old hag and the incubus got one over on me pretty good. But… where are they?" he asked, looking around. "Don't tell me they got a head start and I still beat them here? How fucking slow are they?"

Corona charged in with her lance, aiming at Gadfly's throat. He moved his tail in the way, blocking it and pushing her back. "Ah well, guess I'll have to kill some time here until they get back," he said before looking down at Ar-Janek. "Are you ready to pull out an old classic big guy?"

Ar-Janek scowled. "Hmph… it's shameful that I would have to resort to this to defeat a mere runt. But with the Butterfly here it can't be helped. I want to kill both of them with my own hands. Do it," he said. Gadfly's smile widened, and his tail shot down towards him, habbing Ar-Janek in the neck. Both Corona and Puff looked confused, and Ar-Janek's body began twitching.

"What's he doing?" Corona asked.

Ar-Janek continued to twitch about, and suddenly he sat up. His muscles began to bulge, and he grew a crazed look in his eyes. "Been a long time since I got to see you go into Made Mode," Gadfly said as he gave the hulking goliath some room. It looked like he had grown slightly bigger, and his injuries seem to heal a bit as well.

Ar-Janek laughed as he rolled his shoulders back. "You have my thanks Gadfly. This will be more than enough to crush those insignificant pests," he said as he made his way towards Puff and Corona. The latter growled before charging at me, but when he reached him, Ar-Janek easily swatted him aside.

Puff was sent sliding back, and he could see a crack in his armor. Whatever Gadfly had done to him made him even stronger than before. "I'm done wasting my time on you, runt. This ends now," he said as he charged back at him. Corona fired a blast at him from the side, and though it hit dead on and sent him sliding back, he didn't look any worse for wear. "That won't work anymore," he said, smirking.

Corona looked surprised as he stomped towards her, and Gadfly snickered. Whenever he sent someone into 'Made Mode' it was always a sight to see. Their strength, speed, endurance, and even their resistance to magic, skyrocketed.

Corona created a shield, but when Ar-Janek slammed his fist against it, it cracked. A second blow caused it to shatter, and Corona flew out of the way just before he could get a hold of her. He got ready to jump after her, but then Puff leapt on his back. He wrapped his arm around his neck and tried to choke him.

"Thought it was dishonorable to have help?" Puff asked as he continued to tightend his grip. Ar-Janek reached up and managed to pry his arms off before throwing him over his shoulder slamming him to the ground.

"Don't dare to lecture me, runt. I'm not being helped. I've just been given power, and I intend to use it," he said, raising his foot and preparing to stomp down on Puff.

Right as he moved his foot, he and Puff suddenly swapped places. Ar-Janek looked confused, while Puff reacted quickly. He kicked out, hitting Ar-Janek in the back of the knee. In the instant leg buckled, Morel came flying in and delivered a kick to his face, knocking him back and down onto the ground.

Ar-Janek growled and reached up to grab him, but he zipped out of reach. Both he and Puff moved back, regrouping with Corona. "Well, look who finally caught up," Gadfly said, smirking. He looked like he was ready to move in, but Ar-Janek raised his hand as he pushed himself back up to his feet.

"No, don't waste your effort. I will crush this lot on my own. And I'll save the runt of last, so that he can watch his allies die before joining."

Gadfly stared at him, and then shrugged. "Alright, it's your call big guy. Go nuts."

Morel narrowed his eyes at Gadfly before turning back towards Ar-Janek. He looked bigger than before. What had happened? "Gadfly did something to him. My magic isn't affecting him as much. This isn't going to be easy," Corona said.

"Then we just kill him the old fashioned way," Puff said, cracking his neck.

"Puff!"

The young goliath looked over and saw Moon flying towards him, carrying something in his hands. She grunted as she threw his axe over towards him, and he easily caught it, smiling towards her.

Morel held his hands up and got ready to fight. "Lady Moon, please keep the others away from us. This is going to get messy," he said. He didn't want others getting caught in the crossfire. Moon nodded, flying off to form a perimeter around the area. She wasn't worried about leaving it to them. In all the Queensguard, those three worked together the most cohesively.

"Puff and I move in and take him head on. I distract and disorient him, Puff goes for the kill, Corona hangs back and gives us cover and support," Morel said. Corona raised his lance and pointed it forward, nodding. While Puff grunted and gripped his weapon. "Ok, let's go."

Corona fired a blast from his lance as Morel and Puff rushed forward. Ar-Janek raised his hands and defended himself against the blast as Morel and Puff moved in on them. The two both began attacking, Morel moved the knives around the elder goliath, while Puff brought his axe back and swung at him.

With him being powered up by Gadfly, his body was even tougher than usual, so none of the attacks managed to break skin. But they still had enough force behind them to hurt, and if this went on too long they'd wear him down. He growled before swinging back at them, aiming for Morel first.

Morel moved to the side, dodging his attack before placing a hand on his wrist. He then swapped himself with Puff, who yanked him forward by his wrist and then elbowed him in the face. Ar-Janek stumbled back, and Morel flew behind him and touched his back. Ar-Janek felt a strange sensation run through his body, and thought it was only slight, he felt weaker.

"Incubus!" he shouted, turning to swing at Morel again. He was slowly zapping his power away. He had to be rid of him quickly. Corona formed multiple dense shields around him, and this time it managed to hold and knocking Ar-Janek back.

Corona then formed a platform underneath him, lifting him into the air before making it vanish. Ar-Janek fell, and Puff swung his axe and struck him mid fall, sending him flying. He quickly rolled back up to his feet, only to be swarmed by them again. Ar-Janek roared, blocking and striking back at them as best he could.

The three were surprised that he still had this much fight in him, and that he could keep himself so calm even with them hounding him like this. Ar-Janek managed to reach out and then grab Puff by the throat. He was going to throw him over towards Corona, but before he could he and Morel suddenly swapped.

Morel easily slipped out of his grasp, moved forward and then kicking Ar-Janek in the chest. As he stumbled back, Puff ran up from behind and used his axe to knock his feet from under him. He then raised the weapon and swung down at him. Ar-Janek reacted quickly, managing to catch it before raising his foot and kicking Puff back.

He hopped back up to his feet, and then moved in to strike Puff again. But Corona quickly acted, forming two force fields on his sides and sandwiching him between them. She kept pressing them together, reinforcing them with more to keep him pinned down.

Ar-Janek grit his teeth, and then yelled before he flexed his arm out and through both of them. The moment he did however, Morel and Puff both moved in again. He got ready to block both of their strikes, but they suddenly swapped. They stuck him and swung again, and just as Ar-Janek was about to block again, they swapped again.

Ar-Janek kept on swinging and trying to defend himself, but they kept switching with one another. And sometimes they even switched places with him. The sudden shift was throwing him off, but both Morel and Puff didn't seem fazed at all. "I got him!" Ar-Janek looked up and then saw Corona diving down at him, aiming her lance at his face.

The goliath braced himself, reaching up to grab the lance and then grab her, but right as she was about to make contact, she and Morel swapped places. "Got you…" Morel twisted his body, avoiding his grasp and then pulled two of his knives out and slashed him across the chest.

Ar-Janek winced in pain. Even with the power Gadfly gave him, he was still able to pierce his skin? How? "You whelp!" Ar-Janek grabbed him by the throat, slamming him into the ground before lifting his fist and swinging down at his face. To his shock, Morel raised his hand and managed to catch his fist. "What the-?!"

"I've been absorbing your strength since I got here. I'm pretty damn good at it. Whatever that little power up flyboy over there gave you is almost gone. So…" He tightened his grip, and there was a crap as Ar-Janek felt the bones in his hand break. Morel raised his foot and kicked him back.

Puff was already in place to take advantage, he kicked his foot from under him, grabbing his arm, raising his axe, and swinging down. This time not only did it manage to pierce his skin, but took his arm clean off. Ar-Janek cried out, but then immediately swung his other arm, striking Puff and knocking him to the ground.

He once again tried to move in to finish him off, but Morel swapped with Puff and then charged at him again. Ar-Janek raised his remaining arm to swing at him, but suddenly saw a blur of blue from the corner of his eye. The moment he had raised his arm, Corona had charged in with her lance raised.

With one thrust, she took Ar-Janek's other arm off. He grit his teeth in pain, but then suddenly lunged forward at Morel. He was Ar-Janek, the mightiest of goliaths. It didn't matter how injured or outnumbered he was, he would continue to fight until he secured victory, or met a warrior's end.

He tried to snap his jaws down as Morel approached, but Corona swung his hand back and made another force field, right in his mouth. It forced his jaw open as Morel moved in for the kill. "Stubborn jackass…"

He swung both his blades, taking the goliath's head clean off. His body fell to the ground as his head hit the ground and rolled a few feet. Despite being detached from his body, his face still wore a battle hardened expression on it. Or at least it did before a foot came crashing down on it.

Puff grunted as he continued to stomp away angrily at the elder goliath's head, and Corona winced. "Puff, I think you got him," she said. This was a little extreme, and honestly kind of distasteful. He may have been an enemy, but still…

"Just making sure," he said, rubbing his foot in the ground for good measure. He then looked up towards Gadfly with a glare. "He's next, right?"

Morel and Corona both turned towards him as well, and Gadfly hovered in the air with his arms crossed. He narrowed his eyes back at them. He could have moved in and probably stopped them, but at that point it would have just been nothing but insulting to Ar-Janek. He'd have rather died a second time than have to live in shame from being helped against these guys.

"Well, looks like you scumsacks actually might be worth a damn," Gadfly said as he got ready to move in towards them. The three of them got ready to confront him, but then suddenly his expression changed. It looked like he was listening to something, and then he smirked. "Well, that was quick…"

He shot up into the air, and then suddenly took in a deep breath. Corona got ready to put a shield up in case he launched an attack, but then he yelled out. "We're pulling out your chumps! So get moving or get dead!" he shouted, his voice booming across the battlefield.

They all looked confused, even Gadfly's forces. But when he suddenly turned around and vanished, his forces began turning around and retreating. Morel scowled and looked like he was about to go after them, but Corona put a hand on his shoulder. "You know you'll never catch him. And even if you did, it's probably a trap," she said.

He was about to argue, but Moon flew down towards them. "She's right. I don't know why he's retreating. But we shouldn't pursue it. We need to regroup and stay on guard in case they decide to make a sudden return," she advised.

"It doesn't make any sense. Ar-Janek went down but… he still could have fought. He probably could have won." He hated to say it, but even with the three of them working together, winning was a stretch. "Why would he just run?"

Moon looked in the direction he left, and then sighed. "I don't know. And we don't have the time to ponder about it. Our brain power would be put to better use thinking of how to tighten our defenses," she said.

Puff grunted. "I need a new helmet…" There were too many people staring at him right now, and he didn't like it. Corona looked towards Morel, nodding before going to check on the injured.

Morel once again looked off to where Gadfly had left. He balled his fist up angrily. He should have been relieved that the threat was gone. Relieved nobody else was getting hurt. But he was just… pissed. He hadn't even stood a chance. Hadn't been able to even touch Gadfly without help.

They were both titans, but… did not having the rest of his hearts really make that much of a difference?

"Damn it…"

A/N:The battle of the Cloud Kingdom concludes! Moon comes in with a clutch to help get Gadfly off Morel's back, and Morel, Corona, and Puff come with that triple tag combo against Ar-Janek! But looks like Morel is having some doubts. His first real fight against another titan didn't exactly go well. He has some serious thinking to do!

I knew I wanted to have the three of them team up to take him down, and Ar-Janek just comes off as one of those characters that just keep going no matter how injured he is. Hope I did him justice! I also thought it'd be cool to have Gadfly's ability be sort of a support type deal. It's a huge contrast to his personality and he doesn't use it often.

So, what did you guys think of the fight? You hyped for the next one? Where's it's going to take place? Going to have to keep reading to find out!