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Kahlua's True Power

Damon growled as Kahlua held his right fist back with her left hand, watching him just as emptily as before. His left fist flashed around at her and she again caught it. He grinned, twisting his hands and grabbing her arms before yanking downward, his tail swiping over him and exploding down on her back. She hit the ground hard, then spun, her foot exploding into his side, cracking his scales. He exploded into the wall and blasted straight through, flipping onto his hands and feet before exploding forward as she leapt at him. He leaned aside from her fist and his own exploded into her face, sending her exploding backward into the fortress, blasting through several walls before crashing down hard and rolling to a stop. She stood slowly, blood running out of her crushed nose, and watched Damon as he stalked toward her.

"Physical attacks won't work!" Cocoa warned him, just as Kahlua raised a hand, blasts of some form of projectile exploding into the ground around him, though the one that hit him failed to break through his scales. "It's the ultimate transformation technique! In that form her body's basically a liquid! She can use her blood and flesh as projectiles!"

"That's fine," Damon growled. "I don't care what disgusting vermin thinks themselves strong! I am the Fire Devil King! I WILL NOT BE KILLED BY VERMIN LIKE YOU! ! !"

He roared, flames surging across the distance toward Kahlua, only for her to smash the floor below her. Damon let his flames end and jumped, flipping onto the ceiling before leaping off just as Kahlua exploded up through the floor. Their fists met in an explosion that shattered the room, Kurumu and Mizore only escaping with Cocoa because Damon used his flames to clear the debris above them before it could fall. Then, Kahlua's left foot exploded into his undamaged side, cracking those ribs as well and sending him blasting along the ground. He stood just as blood exploded out of her hand like the world's most crowded shotgun blast, exploding into him and hurling him, though still not breaking his scales. He bounced once and flipped, landing on his feet before exploding forward. She fired again, but he crossed his arms in front of his face and flapped his wings, barely slowing when he was hit. Then, he exploded into her, exhaling flames onto her directly. Kahlua shrieked in agony as she burned flailing and struggling to break free. Finally, she punched him, launching him away before her body began to slough off, the burning bits running to the floor before she regenerated, completely nude now that her clothes had burned away, and also completely unharmed. Damon snarled in rage.

"That form of yours really is annoying," Damon growled. "And your strength is about as strong as I expected." He held a hand to his side. "You're a credit to your race, Kahlua. But I know how much you hate killing, so I'll make sure you don't have to do it anymore."

"Maybe you will" Kahlua agreed. "I hope so. I've been waiting for the day when one of my sisters would end this soiled life of mine. But if you do it, that'll work just fine."

Damon crouched, readying himself to attack again. He exploded forward and Kahlua responded in kind, both of them holding nothing back as they began to throw strike after strike. Damon was careful to redirect her blows while she allowed all of his to land, ripples running over her half-liquid body, seeming to do nothing. He growled in annoyance, flipping and smashing his tail into her back, launching her before roaring and sending flames after her. This time, she flipped, hurling a stone the size of Damon's torso before darting out of the way of the flames. The boulder crashed into Damon's gut, hurling him backward. He flipped, slipping under it then caught it with his tail and spun, the rock exploding against the side of Kahlua's head just as she reached him, hurling her aside. She bounced once before standing and exploded forward again, this time forming her arms into wing-shaped blades again, slashing at him rapidly. After several long seconds of barely being able to fend her off, Damon finally lunged, claws splitting her throat nearly entirely. He spun once he was past her, only for her to turn to him.

"The reason I keep my power sealed is because, with this body, I'd forget I was alive," Kahlua said, pulling her head to her left with her left hand, the four gashes from his claws opening, the segments of her body between them separating all the way until her heart.. "Wouldn't you agree?"

She released her head and her body returned to its normal position with a wet plop, instantly healing. Damon growled, exploding forward again and punching at her, only for her to, once again, catch his fist. She moved to kick him, but he beat her too it, his foot taking her head off entirely just before his free hand drove its claws through her heart. Then, he spun, ripping his hand out from the side. However, before he could get all the way around, Kahlua slammed a push kick into his side, shattering the damaged scales there and hurling him. He pushed himself up, watching as she picked up her head, setting it back on top of her shoulders, the head reattaching itself instantly.

"You can't kill me, it seems," Kahlua said. "You're powerful, but you're simply not strong enough."

Damon growled, pushing himself up, only to stop as a gigantic ball of ice the size of a blimp appeared over Kahlua, falling toward her.

"It's over," Mizore said, she and Kurumu stepping up beside Damon.

"Even Akua couldn't beat this one," Kurumu said. "Resistance is futile."

"You're right," Kahlua said. "It is futile." Her wing blades shot up, obliterating the ice in an instant. "All I have to do is destroy it and it's harmless."

"Give us some credit," Kurumu said.

"We made that attack to deal with vampires specifically." Mizore said.

"Divine Rain Waltz!" both girls said, just as the bits of ice in the air finished melting into water and fell as a thick rain.

Kahlua shrieked in pain instantly and Cocoa raced past them all, Koa forming into a katana just in time for Cocoa to stab Kahlua through the heart.

"Kahlua..." Cocoa trailed off as Kahlua hugged her.

"Thank you Cocoa," Kahlua said, tears rolling down her cheeks as she smiled. "I love you."

Damon sighed, holding a hand to his side, pressing it against his exposed flesh hard to keep from scratching where his scales were starting to regrow, causing an unbearable itch. "That should be the end of it, right?"

"It should be," Mizore said.

"Good," Damon growled, turning on Mizore and ripping her blouse open, exposing the blood-stained bandages.

Mizore stared at the ground in silence, looking like she was waiting to be hit. Instead, Damon pulled her into a hug, tucking his face into her hair.

"Do you have any idea how scared I was?" Damon asked, voice barely more than a hoarse croak.

"I'm sorry," Mizore said. "We thought we could hold her off until you arrived."

Damon's arms tightened around her. "I love you Mizore. Please, don't ever scare me like that again. Don't ever try to fight when you're this injured."

"I promise to try not to," Mizore said.

Damon nodded, pulling back from the hug and kissing her, Mizore kissing him back, wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Please, forgive...Mother," Kahlua was saying. "She just...wanted it back. Father's heart...the peaceful family we once were. Cocoa...when you were born...mother was hoping that with you, she could take back father's heart. Of course, he worked his hardest for her sake...but his love for Akasha was the one thing that couldn't be broken. The only reason she was so hard on you was likely a reaction to that. But mother...she really loved you...Definitely...from the bottom...of her heart." Kahlua began to cough up blood.

"Kahlua!" Cocoa choked out, tears running down her cheeks.

"So please...forgive...her," Kahlua said, voice weaker now and eyes starting to glaze over. "Please...forgive...us."

Her eyes began to slide closed. Cocoa called out to her sister, crying harder by the second.

"W-Why?" Cocoa sobbed. "That's so selfish. Then what should I have done? What could I have done so that we could all get along? Even I...really...loved you all! I loved every one of you!"

Just then, a pulse of supernatural energy so thick it began to shake the Floating Garden rocked the ground. Damon's head rose and he stared in the direction Moka had gone. That power belonged to Alucard.

"Please!" Mizore pleaded. "Please don't go!"

"I have to," Damon said. "It's time for me to teach that bastard who the real King of Monsters is. I'll be back soon. I promise."

Mizore nodded shakily before kissing him again. "Be careful."

"I will," Damon said.

Then, he stepped back and turned, flapping his wings and exploding off the ground, streaking across the ground before spotting Miyabi. Tsukune, Moka, Yukari, Ruby, and Fang-Fang were standing before him, and Touhou was on the ground behind him, blood coating him. Damon growled as he sensed Alucard's power from Miyabi. So that was his secret. He was a clone. Damon roared as he streaked down at Miyabi, throwing a punch. Miyabi caught it and the ground behind him all but exploded, Touhou throwing himself out of the way.

"Be careful!" Touhou said. "He's Alucard!"

"He's a clone of Alucard," Damon corrected, leaping away from Miyabi, who made no move to stop him. "I'll take over. I'll burn Alucard to ash!"

"Did you forget that we're still using this fortress as our getaway vehicle?" Touhou demanded.

"Not at all," Damon said. "We're only driving away from the city. Then full permission will be given to me to destroy this place."

Miyabi smiled just as dozens of Alucard's tentacles exploded up out of the fortress. "Come, Fire Devil King. Let's see if you actually deserve that title."

Damon snarled angrily. "Gladly."

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