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Target 55: Grand Finale: Transformation
Ren and Marco stand side by side, ready for any attack their two opponents can throw at them. Riccardo charges forward, rather unafraid of the two boys while Antonio's phoenix flies overhead towards Rinoka and Cotton. "STAY AWAY FROM MY LADY!" Marco yells and Ren gives him a boost, and their combined efforts, allow Marco to reach the phoenix and he grabs hold of it. "TAKE! THIS!" He yells tossing it towards the ground as he starts falling and the phoenix crashes into the ground. However Riccardo does not let that stop him as he simply punches at Ren, who's standing in his way and Ren counters with a straight spin kick.
"That's quite some power you hold there boy," He says when suddenly Marco comes falling down and he slams Riccardo's head into the ground. Riccardo quickly recovers heading back next to Antonio. "Antonio… these two are not to be taken lightly… and I cannot take them both on with your phoenix like this… let's do that thing Albert said he made, after your battle with Boris," He says and Antonio blinks a little, before he recalls what Riccardo is talking about.
"Oh THAT! HAHA! I completely forgot about that! But sure! Let's try it out! FENICE ATTREZZARE!" (Italian: Phoenix equip) Antonio yells and the phoenix flies into the air as Riccardo holds out his arm. It dives down hitting his arm and it flares up shooting fire all over the place and Riccardo swings his arm out the flames disappears, revealing a large sleek metal sword attached to a gauntlet on his arm, the gauntlet having the slight appearance of Antonio's phoenix. "BRUCIA LA SPADA!" (Italian: burn sword) "Seems he truly went above and beyond! A master piece!" Antonio yells and Riccardo swings it around a little bit.
"Well let's see what this thing can do then," he says before suddenly charging forward. Ren and Marco both prepare their defense as Riccardo swings at them. Ren pushes against it with his kick while Marco grabs hold of with both hands. However Riccardo is simply too strong and manages to overpower them both pushing them back and Ren loses balance, while Marco manages to stay on his feet. "Hmm… it feels like I'm not getting tired…" He says and Marco feels the same, but that is simply because of his dying will mode.
Ren grits his teeth realizing what's going on. "It's me… I'm healing him…" He says knowing about his healing aura. He runs forward and begins trading blows with Riccardo again. He jumps up flipping and comes down with a strong kick, which Riccardo easily blocks.
"You truly are a fool boy. Your good nature is seeping through this façade you've put up," He says pushing Ren away, but right as he does so, Marco comes up from below with a straight uppercut right to Riccardo's gut, sending him flying into the air and Marco jumps into the air and kicks him away from them and out of Ren's range. The brutish man recovers and instantly sets towards them again, Antonio simply watching things unfold as he himself has no way of fighting now that Riccardo has his Brucia la spada. Riccardo gets up in their faces again, before Ren can counter and Marco throws a punch, but he's easily blocked. "You two… stand no chance on your own," he says when suddenly the sound of bricks being broken interrupts them and Ren and Marco both see a cloud of dust flying towards them and it crashes into Riccardo who's not paying attention. As he turns his attention slightly from the thing that just hit him, both Ren and Marco manages to push him away. Everyone looks at the object that just hit them. It's Tsugemora! Riccardo raises an eyebrow before suddenly he sees Antonio come blasting past him.
"Tsh! Not even a challenge? That's pathetic," Boris says standing where Antonio was mere moments earlier his fist out signaling he just punched the storm user.
Ren and Marco both take a step back, seeing Antonio taken out in one strike. "T-this is bad…" Ren says as Tsugemora gets on his feet.
"NONSENSE! We've got THREE opponents we can beat AT ONCE!" He says and points to Rinoka and Cotton hiding behind the three boys. "And it's now five against one against one!" He says pulling out his wire gun.
"Haaaaa?" Boris says looking at the small group. "Do you think you stand a chance?! Don't make me laugh!" He says and begins almost cackling when suddenly Riccardo slices at him, but Boris blocks it with his bandages and punches back, leaving one of his shine bombs on Riccardo.
"Enough with the nonsense Boris. I am here to win, not play games with you,"
"Well too bad!" He yells blowing up the bomb and Riccardo is pushed back a little. The two are about to clash again when suddenly Riccardo feels his weapon entangled in Tsugemora's wire. Boris meanwhile gets a combined attack from Ren and Marco.
"Rinoka! Cotton-heika and you must help them! The big bads are going to win otherwise!" Cotton yells and Rinoka just holds her close.
"T-there's nothing we can do Cotton…"
Cotton suddenly grabs one of the chili balls Jute gave her and triumphantly holds it over her head. "There is! And Rinoka has her birdy friend!" She yells and Rinoka looks at her box weapon, but as she turns her attention away Cotton has already escaped her grasp. "TIAHAHAHAHA! Cotton-heika is coming to the rescue!" She yells running towards the stalemate, gulping down the ball. "BURNING HAIR! ACTIVATE!" She yells her hair erupting in storm flames and she goes even faster thanks to the chili. She jumps over Marco and Ren, onto Boris' arm. "COTTON-HEIKA'S SUPER SPECIAL MOVE: SPINNING BALL OF DEATH!" She yells jumping forward turning into a ball of burning hair and hits Boris straight in the head grinding against his face, with her storm-hair.
"W-what the!?" He manages to get out beforehand, and after she loses her momentum Cotton jumps back landing on Marco's head. Boris grits his teeth pushing away while Riccardo gets free from Tsugemora's wire. "You little…" He tries, but can't quite get himself to yell at her given his soft spot for children. "Heh! Good attack… but watch THIS!" He yells and his bandages glow as he raises his hand. "BLESK BOMBIT!" He yells striking towards Cotton being slightly uncomfortable attacking a child. Cotton tries jumping out of the way, but she's too slow, but right before she's hit Marco comes in grabbing her as her shield getting blasted back towards Riccardo who simply hits the two out of the way before running at Tsugemora swinging his phoenix sword around a little before striking fast and quickly, while Tsugemora just keeps jumping back, barely dodging, not caring if he gets small scratches.
"Child. I've seen your capabilities in battle, but fighting against one of the strongest fighters of your own family… you must you're outmatched in every aspect," He says stabbing at Tsugemora who jumps back raising his gun.
"Not in reach!" He simply retorts, but Riccardo easily slaps the head of his wire away, charging up the wire, suddenly realizing the head comes flying from the side and Tsugemora grabs onto it, retracting his wire jumping up for a kick and right as Riccardo is about to block the wire hits the back of his neck, knocking him forward and Tsugemora quickly retreats and looks behind him at Rinoka standing with her box in hand. "Thanks for the assist Rinoka-san," He says as Chido comes down next to him, having grabbed the wire and redirected it. Riccardo starts laughing wildly.
"Quite impressive and unexpected Tsugemora. However you're unlike your father in many ways! He's a man I respect greatly, but compared to our countless matches this match is nothing like that! But to truly break it to you how powerful I am, how about I show you the true power you're up against! Because with this!" He holds out his sword. "I am more powerful than ever! FENICE ATTREZZARE INTERO!" (Italian: phoenix equip complete) the sword erupts into storm flames and it mixes in Riccardo's sun flames and it covers him completely. The flames disappear in a small explosion showing off slick orange armor, which is on fire and he still has the sword from before as well as phoenix wings.
Tsugemora points his gun at Riccardo. "That makes no difference to me!" He yells when Riccardo speeds forward, way faster than before and he strikes Tsugemora flinging him into a car setting off the alarm.
"It does… with this… you will be unable to touch me," He says turning his attention to Rinoka. "I do not wish to hurt you child. Simply hand over your ring," He says holding out his hand, the sword retracting. Rinoka looks afraid out of her mind and Chido gets in front of her to defend her. It's wings grow and Riccardo takes a step back. "Truly a shame," He says raising his hand and the sword reappears when suddenly something grabs Riccardo's head making the flames disappear completely in the process.
"Excuse me… that's NOT something you ought to do. Turn your back to an enemy," A scary voice says when suddenly Riccardo tries moving and he's slammed into the ground with enough force to make a nearby car jump making a massive crater followed by a huge explosion. Riccardo jumps away quickly. Boris fixes his bandages. "I made an executive decision and have decided that you're a little dangerous. So I'll be taking this fight from here," He says and Riccardo speeds forward with his sword again.
"Truly a foolish move Boris!" However Boris doesn't move an inch as Riccardo approaches and as the elder man strikes with his swords Ren and Marco come jumping out from behind him, blocking both strikes and Boris slams his fists together before punching Riccardo straight in the jaw. "BLESK BOMBIT!"
Riccardo flies backwards gritting his teeth. "You thought I'd fight alone? I may be strong, but even 'I' am not that full of myself," Marco and Ren both take a stance in front of Boris.
"My enemy's enemy is my friend as they say," Marco says and Ren lets on a smile.
"Besides I'd much rather work WITH this guy than against him,"
-NII-
All three boss candidates are standing a little away from each other having a stand-off of sorts. There's quite a bit of damage to the surroundings showing that they've been going at it quite rapidly and all three look slightly exhausted. Ywan suddenly holds up his knife and it bursts with sky flames, forming tons of swords and he blasts them towards his two opponents. Kotsu moves slightly, avoiding three coming at him, sticking one of his forks grabbing a fourth out of the air swinging it back at him with a spin. Right as it leaves his fork he leaps after it. As Ywan evaporates the returning sword Kotsu strikes at him with one of his forks and as Ywan blocks he uses the other to fire a stream of cloud flames directly at him point-blank. This sends him flying back, avoiding an attack from Zaccaria which is then turned to Ywan who jumps back avoiding it, throwing another giant sword of sky flames. Zaccaria blocks it easily with his own sword. "This is getting ridiculous… REVERT 30%" his sword returns to the two katars and he holds them together. "I guess I'll use a little bit more of my power to finish this fight!" He says taking out a strange ring. It's a sky ring obviously and it's five little balls connected by little orange tubes meeting in the middle where the ring is. He puts it on and instantly both Kotsu and Ywan feel that his power has risen.
"What madness is this!?" Ywan exclaims as he prepares to defend.
"This is my cosmic sky ring! Let me show you what it can do!" He yells holding it up and it starts glowing with a really deep orange flame. From what Kotsu understands of flames this means it's of a much higher quality.
"As if I'd let you!" Ywan yells before shooting a giant axe of sky flames at Zaccaria, who simply holds his ring forward and as soon as Ywan's attack hits it disappears.
"No way a low quality like that can get past my perfect harmony. Idiot," He says before swinging one of his katars at Ywan sending a pulse of sky flame his way and it breaks Ywan's barrier, pushing him back, when suddenly Zaccaria glances behind him.
"I respect your power Zaccaria… but don't think it'll be enough to scare me away," Kotsu says striking down at the other young boy. Zaccaria manages to block quite easily.
"And I have NO respect for you what so ever! You think a weak attack like this can get… what the…?" He starts when suddenly he feels pressure being applied to the strike and he notes Kotsu using his second fork as a booster to push him back.
"I do," He says finishing his swing with added power sending Zaccaria flying back hitting Ywan before the cloud user swings one of his forks through his forehead's flame adding a hook to both blades on it and he jams it into the ground holding the other out in front of him blasting a huge pillar at the two of them. "I can thank you for letting me use two forks," He says as both his opponents block the attack charging forward towards him.
"You CHILD! You have some impressive maneuvers but what of it!? As do I!" Ywan yells holding up his knife materializing a sword in his other hand. He holds it forward and it extends. "I'm ending this RIGHT NOW!" He yells and it grows to a gigantic size reaching the second floor of the mall. "RE DEL LA SPADA!" (Italian: King's sword) He swings it down as if it weights nothing at all and Kotsu has no time to dodge and he quickly holds up his forks to block it. The sword slices through the chandelier hanging over the main square hitting him dead on.
-NII-
Primo and the other's outside are watching quite carefully. "What power he has… truly worthy of being the third's reincarnation…" Yamamoto says tapping his sword on his shoulder.
"He's quite special indeed…" Primo says and Murphy looks at them all.
"But… can someone explain why his flames seem to be solid…? He can grab them and so can Kotsu…"
"that's why we're certain he's the third reincarnated. It was an ability unique to him and him only. He has flames that can take solid form. No other person has shown this ability unless you count the real illusions of hard mist flames…"
"I see… that's… terrifying…" Murphy says looking back to the fight. "Even with all our training… will he be alright…?"