(SHIRO'S POV)
"Fight me…" I spoke out loud to Zero.
The cryomancer scoffed. "Listen Shiro, no offense or anything, but you're nowhere near strong enough to face me. I'm only interested in fighting Clyde right now. While you're little soul energy gimmick is...interesting, it's still not enough to beat me."
"Tch...Go ahead and believe that shit! Best believe I'll kick your ass!" I barked back.
"Shiro! What's your fucking problem?!" Gabby asked.
"I don't have a problem!" I growled to her.
"Yes you do! You're gonna get yourself killed out there!" Gabby yelled.
"I'll be fine! This scumbag can't do squat against me now! I'm a crap ton stronger than I was before. I am gonna trash this fool." I yelled back.
"Shiro, this isn't a good idea. You're underestimating Zero!" Clyde said.
"You know what...Let him fight! If he thinks that he's good enough then I won't back down from the challenge. Shiro Tatsugami and Clyde Yukio will be my opponents." Zero said.
"...Fine…" Clyde sighed.
"Then it's settled. Clyde and Shiro will do battle with Zero. When should we do this?" Xeto asked.
"Now sound good to you?" I asked Zero.
"I'm fine with any time. The result will remain the same." He smirked. I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Alright everyone, grab onto me." Tatsu said with a serious look. Every held onto him at once. "Where to?" He asked.
"Just take us to an open area, not too far from here." Zero said.
"Will do…" With a quick flash, we appeared in the middle of a barren wasteland of frozen snow. In the background was a large frozen lake. The sky was gray due to the fierce winter clouds. The winter winds whipped the fluffy snow around and caused it to sprinkle around the cold air.
"Aww shit! It's cold as hell!" I shouted.
"Well...This is it…" Clyde muttered.
Xeto lifted up a hand created bleachers made out of ice. The gang walked off to the new seats and sat down. As for me and Clyde, we stared down or opponent. Zero's gaze never faltered as he watched for any sudden movements.
I turned to Clyde and narrowed my eyes. "Listen douchebag...Let me take point and get in close. You stay back here and blast him or something."
"I highly doubt that you'll be able to get close to him." He said.
"Tch...You let me worry about that! Once I step in, he's done for." I said with a grin.
"Don't get cocky Tatsugami. He's not just some average guy. He's had advanced training from Xeto himself-"
"Yeah yeah yeah...I know all that shit already. It makes no difference to me. He's still going down! Now let's do this!" I yelled as I instinctively sprinted forward. Zero stood there with his arms folded and his eyes still focused on Clyde, not even worried about bothering to lift up his guard. Once I got directly in front of him, I threw my fist at him.
"Such a simple attack…" He lazily lifted a hand and put up a wall of ice. My fist slammed against the solid wall and left a deep crack in it. He dropped the wall and kicked me over towards Clyde. Said mage sighed and shook his head.
"You're an idiot." He said.
"Shut the hell up Clyde!" I snapped.
Zero let out a huff. He tapped his right foot on the ground. Ten large snow golems appeared and readied themselves for battle. "How's about you two warm up first before you go and attempt to fight me for real." He was then lifted up into the air by a large pillar of ice. He sat at the top with bored look.
"Shiro, back me up real quick!" Clyde said.
"What's your big plan oh wise one?"
"I'm gonna charge up a fire based spell for Zero. I need you to handle the snowmen." He said.
"How come you get to hit the boss?" I asked feeling inadequate.
"Would you stop arguing with me for once and go!" Clyde shouted. I nodded and whipped out my trusty daggers...that I haven't really used in a while…
"Alright you snowy pricks! Feast your eyes on the ultimate fighter!" I said and I slashed at each of them repeatedly. I soon realized that my attacks were virtually useless due to the sheer fact the they'd regenerate whatever was cut off. I stopped for a moment and glared at them. They all then decided to rush me. They practically dogpiled me. I tried to punch back but my hits weren't doing much of anything. I kicked one of their heads off only for it to grow back. I winced as one tackled me to the floor. The thing punched my face multiple times, leaving fresh new bruises.
"Damnit Shiro! Get your head in the game!" Clyde yelled.
"Shut up Clyde!" I yelled before tossing them off of me. "Fanny Pack Style!" I yelled. I dug my hand into the small portal and yanked out a large, black, blade. I swung it around and sliced the snow golems apart. As they tried to regenerated, I sliced through them some more until they were nothing but tiny, scattered pieces. I stabbed my sword into the snow and lifted my right hand. Purple static surrounded it. A bright purple orb formed and I chucked it at the grounded remains, disintegrating them completely. I lifted my blade and turned to Clyde and flashed him a thumbs up. "I'm too good!"
Clyde rolled his eyes and placed his hands together. "Ward of Flames: Heat Wave!" A large gust of scorching hot wind blew towards Zero as he continued to sit on his pillar without any hint of worry on his face. As the wave of hot air came closer, Zero simply blew cold air at it, canceling out the attack. He then lowered himself to the ground.
Zero walked forward and folded his arms. "Are you two warmed up yet or should I send out more snow golems?"
"Don't worry. I'm ready for you now!" I said as I readied my sword.
"That sword is giving off a strange energy. You mind explaining?" Zero asked me.
"This is the legendary sword Black Inertia! It has the ability to completely whoop your ass!" I smirked.
He raised a brow at me. "Care to test that theory?" He asked. He clapped his hands together. They glowed a bright blue color. As he pulled them away from each other, a long sword was seen in his grasp. He pointed the sword at me and grinned. "Your move Shiro!"
"Sit tight Clyde! He's all mine!" I said with a determined glance.
"Don't be an idiot!" He said dismissively.
I gave him a thumbs up before I sprinted towards Zero. He charged at me as well and his icy blade clashed with my large black one. I pushed him back in order to reset my position. "Inertia!" I yelled before swinging the enlarged blade at him. My behemoth blade slammed against his thinner, less awesome ice blade.
He leaned forward and smirked in my face. "As big as this sword is, you're too slow to actually make a difference. I guess it's just too heavy for you."
"Piss...OFF!" I yelled as I kicked him in his chest, causing him to shuffle backwards. I attempted a couple more large swings that only resulted in more misses. He effortlessly dodged each swing.
I stabbed my sword into the snow and panted. "Shit...I...need to...practice with this...stupid thing some more…"
"Well that was absolutely a waste of time and effort." Zero said before jabbing his sword into my shoulder. My eyes widened as I felt intense cold creep down my left arm. "Now freeze…"
With quick thinking, I spun around, breaking the icy blade off and swiped my heel across his face. I hastily jumped back next to Clyde who held an annoyed look.
"...Can you quit staring at me and get this fucking ice outta my goddamn shoulder!" I snarled.
"Alright, stay still for a second." He said. His right hand glowed red before he firmly placed it on my frozen wound.
"Ow! That shit burns!" I hissed with pain.
"I need to melt that ice so bare with me here." He said. I sucked up the blatant pain and watched as Clyde melted the shard of ice from my body. As soon as he finished, I muttered a slight thanks and stared back at Zero with a glare. Before I could charge forward again, Clyde stopped me.
"What the hell are you doing?!" I asked.
"Shut up and listen. We need to work together in order to make somewhat of progress." He said.
"..." I gave him a blank stare.
"I'M SERIOUS YOU MORON!" He snapped.
I sighed. "Fine! What do you have in mind?"
"Well since you're slower with that sword when it grows, I thought that I give you a little strength boost to help ease some of the weight." He spoke.
"How the hell are you gonna do that?" I asked.
"It's easy. All I need is to use a little enhancement spell. Just get out there and when I give you the signal, grab your sword." Clyde instructed. I nodded to him and walked towards Zero for like the third time.
"You two done talking yet? I'm getting bored. I wanted an actual fight." He said. Without a word I clocked him in his jaw with a silent uppercut. He shifted back an inch and glared. "That was a pretty cheap shot…"
"..." I stayed silent and jumped up to throw a midair roundhouse. He blocked it and punched me in my chest with two rapid jabs. I quickly recovered and kicked his upper thigh. He tilted a bit which lead to him getting swept to the floor. He glared at me before sinking into the snow below him. Before I could process what happened and asses the situation, the ground began to shake furiously. I looked around for any signs of Zero but I couldn't see him anywhere. That's when a heavy mist surrounded me.
"Now…" Said a voice from behind me.
"You'll…" Said the same voice from my right.
"Perish!" Said the voice as three Zeros jumped at me all at once.
"What?!" I shouted before getting kicked in the gut, punched in the back of the head and dropped in the snow. The three looked at me with mirrored smirks. "Goddamn!" I barked with irritation before flaring up my Soul energy. I quickly got up and threw a punch at one of them. The middle Zero caught my hand and applied pressure on it. The left Zero kicked my ribs and the right followed up with a knee to my face. My head whipped back and my body collapsed back to the snow.
"Now this is a much more fitting look for you. Laid out in the snow." Zero taunted. I huffed out painfully. One of the Zeros stomped a foot on my chest. Damn you Clyde! If he doesn't hurry up and boost me already!
"I'm not done yet, you asshole!" I pushed them all off of me with my Soul energy and shot myself up and flipped kicked one of the Zeros in the face. The clone looked back at me with a deep crack on his forehead. The purple aura around me continued to swirl around violently.
"So you're resorting to the Soul power again? I guess that really IS like your little trump card." The cracked Zero said.
"Shut the fuck up. I hate this stupid Soul nonsense! I'd rather not have to rely on it so much. It does some weird stuff to my head. Stuff that I'm gonna ignore just for the sake of kicking your ass!" I yelled.
"Hmph...Is that so?" One of the other Zeros spoke with a teasing grin.
I grit my teeth. With anger as my energy spiked again. I zipped forward and buried my fist through the grinning bastard. The false Zero's eyes widened.
I lifted my head slowly in order to stare him dead in the eyes. "As a matter of fact...Yes!" I ripped my fist from it and watched as it shattered. The other two glared at me. "You got a problem?" I asked them.
One of them smirked. "Well...It looks like we may actually have a bit of a challenge."
Both Zeros ran at my and rushed me down with a series of the attacks. I was struggling to dodge and block the attacks. They were forcing me back against my will. I dipped under one attack and kicked one of them away. I grabbed the fist of the other and tossed him over my shoulder and to the cold ground. I lifted my foot and slammed it down on its head, causing the clone to shatter.
"I'm done playing your games!" I growled.
"Aww...You're gonna hurt my feelings Shiro." The last clone said with a cold smirk. "So what now? You gonna finish me off?" I threw one of my daggers at the final clone's head. "You know, I was hoping that you'd think I was the real Zero…" Once he shattered, the real Zero had appeared from a cloud of mist. He was clapping his hands and had a wild grin on his face.
"Why are you so happy?" I asked.
"This is getting more and more fun by the second." He said.
"It won't be fun when your face down in the snow."
"You're finally starting to surprise me. My ice clones usually get the job done. You took care of them on your own and managed to do so in a reasonable time." He said.
"Yeah, and you're next!"
"Easy Shiro...You might die of inflated ego!" He said before flaring up his mana. I could slightly feel a change in the weather. It was overwhelming at first but I decided to play along and flare up my Soul energy. We stared each other down until Clyde's voice echoed from behind me.
"NOW SHIRO!" He yelled.
It was now my turn to grin widely. "Fanny Pack Style!" I once again reached inside of the portal and pulled out Black Inertia.
"That again? Have you really learned nothing?!" Zero asked with evident confusion.
"Spell of Enhancement: Gift of Hercules!" Clyde shouted.
I then felt my body surge with power. My muscles swelled from underneath my tight shirt. "Oh hell yeah! INERTIA!"
"So are we trying the sword fight again?" Zero asked as he reformed his ice sword.
"Good luck with that…" I said before running at him and quickly swinging my huge blade. As he went to go and block, his icy blade was destroyed. I pulled the sword back and swung it even quicker than before. The sword slammed against his side and he was sent spinning to the ground. I jumped up and positioned myself for a downward stab. The stab missed and he threw a straight kick to my face. I wiped the blood from my nose and glared. As I readied another attack, Clyde had flew past and drop kicked Zero a few yards away. "What the hell?"
"Apologies Shiro...But I can't stand sitting on the sidelines any longer." He said with a serious look. "Zero was supposed to be MY fight. Plus that enhancement spell wears off is a few seconds."
"Wow, that's underwhelming as hell."
Zero stood up and sent Clyde a wicked smirk. "It's about time you quit riding the bench!" Zero flared up his large amount of mana. He flew forward towards us with blue aura surrounding him. Clyde did the same as he surrounded himself with fire. Both collided with each other and locked arms, engaging in a power struggle. Zero then lifted Clyde up and kicked him straight into the air. He saw me running at him and waved his hand. I was stopped yet again by a wall of ice. He grinned at me as he punched the falling Clyde away. He then dropped the wall and swiftly put a hand over my mouth.
"Wanna know what a cold death tastes like?" He said as ice began to cover my mouth and spread across my face. Before it could do anything harmful, three large golden chains grabbed Zero and pulled him off of me. Zero noticed this and jerked his body forward, pulling Clyde towards him. He smacked Clyde and froze the chains before breaking them. Zero then lifted up a hand to the sky. A large glowing snowball formed and he looked ready to chuck it. I dropped my sword back into a portal and ran at him with swift speeds. He grinned and threw the attack at me. I jumped to the side, narrowly avoiding but my face paled when I saw it going straight towards a struggling Clyde.
"CLYDE, LOOK OUT!!!" I shouted with panic.
He looked at the large snowball flying at him and glared as he looked down and saw his feet frozen in place. The snowball was directly in front of Clyde when a large howl was heard. The giant snowball was then pushed away from Clyde and detonated off in the distance. That attack would've been nasty. I dropped my thoughts to look at Clyde's savior.
"Vizeron saves the day!" The small wolf barked happily.
"What the hell are you doing out here on the battlefield?" I asked him.
"Well I AM your BattleBeast so by default, I'm like an extension of your powers. Oh and a thank you would suffice." He huffed.
Zero looked at us and sighed. "So many meaningless interruptions. It's all so annoying." He then snapped his fingers. The ground began to tremble once again. Four large, ice covered dragon heads surrounded us. I stared at them with growing worry. "I really don't feel like dealing with three adversaries all at once so I'm going to have Koriju handle the mutt."
Vizeron paled and stared at the large hydra as the rest of its massive body erupted from the snow. "I can't fight that thing Shiro!" Vizeron said.
"Remember our training. If we fight together we'll win this!"
"He has a good point Vizeron. We have to use teamwork." Clyde said as he walked up next to us. "And thanks for the save."
Vizeron nodded and glared at the Koriju. He began to transform into his human like state. "You guys just take care of Frosty over there. I'll keep the hydra busy." Viz said with newfound confidence.
Clyde and I nodded and watched as Vizeron flew up onto the air. He floated in front of the ice dragon and the two creatures seemed to engage in a conversation. Meanwhile, Clyde and I were prepared for combat with Zero.
Ice began to grow around his skin. Clyde took note of this and narrowed his eyes. "He's using cryogenics. He's able to take more deadly hits now so stay on your guard."
I nodded to him and got into position. Clyde surrounded himself with flames and I began to surround myself with the same level of Soul energy that I fought Clyde with. My eyes flashed purple and the strange purple markings reappeared on my body again.
Clyde and I looked at each other before nodding. We both blasted off of the ground and towards Zero. We both struck him at once. He caught both of our fists. Clyde and I then threw our second punches. Both connecting and forcing him back. I used my enhanced speed to move behind him and kicked him back at Clyde who was charging fire in his fists. Clyde shoved his fiery hand deep into Zeros stomach. Zero tumbled back and narrowed his eyes.
In the background, Viz could be seen dodging multiple large, light blue blasts. He was flying around trying to avoid direct contact. He seemed fine so I let him be.
When my gaze returned to Zero, he was now standing up again. He tapped his foot on the ground creating large pillars that he used to gain distance. I narrowed my eyes at his retreating form and jumped straight up. Once I got in his face, I punched him down to the ground. He plopped down roughly in the snow. He pulled himself up and grit his teeth. That's when I shoved my boot into his chest sending him crashing into an ice pillar that he created. Wasting no time, I decided to entangle him in my Soul strands.
"Do it now Clyde!" I shouted.
"Ward of Flames: Flame Stream!" Clyde sent forth a straight line of dense fire that traveled down my strands. The fire collided with Zero but he just stood there and took it. When the fire died down and my soul strands faded, Zero was seen standing there without any damage. I did notice that his breathing pattern was different. He seemed...tired…
"Your combined efforts won't do you much good for much longer. I'm still not even close to trying yet." He said.
I glared at him. "Then I'll make you try!" I glared. "Fanny Pack style!" I grabbed the Gilgamesh Grips and put them on with the boots.
"What are those?!" Clyde asked.
"These babies are able to make me super tough!" I answered.
"I'll be the judge of that!" Zero slammed his foot against the ground, sending out large spikes of ice towards us. I moved in front of Clyde and plucked my index finger. A super large blast of wind smacked against the ice, shattering it. Zero's eyes widened a bit before he created a huge fist made of ice and launched it at me. I cocked my arm and basically fist bumped it, reducing the mountain size fist into powdered ice.
"So judge...What's my rating?" I asked Zero.
"Below Zero!" He yelled before swiping a hand forward and blasting out multiple needles of ice.
Clyde stepped up. He clenched his fists and growled. "Ward of Flames: Orb of Fire!" A large, orange sphere surrounded use and melted the ice needles on contact. Clyde dropped to his knees and panted. He was now sweating profusely. "Damn...it…"
"You good?" I asked him.
"No...The fire orb technique can burn away whatever touches it...It just requires a lot of mana...It chewed through my...last bit of reserves...I need time...to recuperate…" He said.
"Alright then. Just sit tight. I'll buy you time...or maybe I'll just take him out myself." I grinned.
Clyde grinned back and shook his head. "Whatever you say…"
I turned back to Zero who seemed to catch his breath. He let out a huff and ice reformed on his body. Damn was that shit annoying.
"I feel like I'm battling you more than anything else, Shiro." He said.
"Don't worry. I'm gonna trash your ass right here!" I shouted. I was starting to feel my muscles tingling. I ignored the strange sensation and unsheathed my daggers. In less than a second, I had appeared in front of Zero. "Whirlwind Slash!" I shouted as I spun around and sliced across his chest. He hissed and kneed me in the jaw. I back flipped and landed on my feet. I charged at him again and then faded out from sight. After a few seconds, I had stabbed one of my daggers deep into his back. "Concealed Strike!" I muttered. He elbowed me in my temper and kicked me off of him. I shook away dizziness and refocused on him. He sent out another wave of ice shards. I flipped over them and ran full speed, shattering the ice and snow beneath my feet. I then jumped up and dove down on him with my daggers in an "X" formation. Once I got in range I wasted no time in throwing out my attack. "CROSSCUT!!!" I sliced through the solid layers of ice and actually left a mark on him. He now had a small "X" shaped wound on his chest.
He looked at me with shock before his face went dark and his shock was replaced with rage. "THAT'S ENOUGH!!!" Spikes of ice blasted from his skin and stabbed my arms. I quickly moved away as the temperature dropped even more. "I won't lose to you Shiro!"
"You don't get to make that call!" I jumped off of the ground creating a small crater where I once stood. I punched the X on his chest and shattered more of the ice. His blood flew from the wound and his face showed signs of pain. He flew back at high velocity. He stopped himself with a wall of ice. He held his wound and glared at me yet again.
(NO POV)
-On the Bleachers-
"I haven't seen Zero getting so worked up before. This is absolutely incredible!" Xeto said.
"What do you mean?" Gabby asked.
"You see, while Zero is extremely powerful, he's not without his own flaws. He hasn't ever really taken a fight seriously. Most people don't last very long against him. Clyde and Shiro got him to actually fight them himself instead of using more clones. On top of that, Shiro actually drew blood from him. Zero is also losing mana at a quickened pace." Xeto explained.
"How? He still seems to have a good amount left." Isabel asked.
"His constant use of cryogenics and cryo-healing are starting to take effect on his mana. Just like Clyde over there, Zero needs a quick break but it seems that Shiro won't allow that to happen. This match may have already been settled."
"...Unfortunately, that couldn't be further from the truth…" Tatsu suddenly spoke.
Everyone looked at him with confusion. "Why? What's wrong with Shiro?" Eliza asked.
"The Gilgamesh Grips are still on his body. They give you godly strength and speed to match but the payoff is detrimental to one's health. He may not be showing it yet but he's in serious pain right now. His muscles are tightening and his bones are slowly cracking inside of him. He needs to take them off before it's too late." Tatsu said, already know the situation at hand. Everyone grew silent and stared back at the fight.
-With Vizeron and Koriju-
"You're not bad…" Vizeron huffed. He was scratched up and bruised all over.
"You yourself are quite the strong opponent. Your master is also giving mine a pretty good workout as well." Koriju's two center heads spoke simultaneously. The hydra was in much better shape than Viz was.
"Yeah...Say what you will about about the guy, but Shiro's got guts." Viz then reverted back to his small wolf form.
"Do you plan to continue as you are? I don't foresee you winning like that." Koriju said again.
"Ah, don't worry about lil' ole me. I still got an ace up my sleeve!" The wolf said with a smirk. He began to grow brightly and his sized grew to be a bit larger than Koriju. The enlarged wolf flashed a toothy grin. "Sorry to keep you waiting! Now I can let loose me real strength!"
Koriju stared back at Vizeron. "Impressive...Show me your true power!" The two large beasts had now engaged in the second round of their fight.
(ZERO'S POV)
I slammed my hand down on the snow. A large ice serpent flew at Shiro. The bastard flicked his middle finger and shattered it. I hissed with anger. Those damn gloves that he was wearing were a problem! No matter what I use, he just shatters it! It's so irritating!
"You trying yet?" He asked.
I narrowed my eyes at him. "Still shit talking?" I asked.
"I'm just curious. You're throwing out attacks that are ineffective as hell and I noticed that you're not putting ice on your body anymore. What happened to you?" He asked.
"Shut up!" I threw an icy spear at him. He easily dodged it and walked towards me.
"That all you got?" Shiro asked with a smirk. I growled. He was mocking me like I was a small child! I swear that I'm gonna kill this asshole if it's the last thing I do. He kicked my left foot in, causing me to drop to the side. He quickly spun around and hit me with a back fist that rattled my brain.
"Your making a big mistake fighting me! I'll kill you! YOU HEAR ME?! I WILL KILL YOUR ASS!!!" I shouted. He gave me a hard look before vanishing behind me with his back turned. I whipped around and threw a straight punch to his head. He pivoted on the ball of his toes and grabbed fist. I hissed as he tightened his hold on me. He pulled me into a gut wrenching kick to my abdomen causing me to cough up a load of spit.
"Last chance…" He said as he let go of my hand. I wobbled back and held myself.
"Wha...what are you...talking about?"
"Give up and leave…" He said.
My eyes widened for a bit. Did he really just try to spare me?! No...Even he couldn't be that stupid. The thought of him showing ME pity was outrageous...it was downright infuriating to say the least. It made me mad. EXTREMELY mad. If only I had more time to get my mana back! Damn him!
"You don't get to tell me what to do! I'm still far from beaten!" I said.
"...Don't bullshit me dude...I know that your mana is running low. The way you are now… just won't cut it. Clyde's almost done recovering and you're getting your ass kicked pretty badly. Just quit and save yourself the trouble."
"Shut up!" I threw another punch that he caught. He then punched the X on my chest and threw me into the air. He jumped up and kneed me before axe handling me to the snow. He landed next me and glared.
He lifted me by the collar of my jacket and held me eye level. "You're done!" He shouted as he cocked a fist back. I noticed that he hadn't thrown the punch. He dropped me back down to the snow filled crater.
"..." His face scrunched up and he grit his teeth. His knees began to buckled and his arm flopped to his sides. I stared at the scene with a mixture of relief and shock. He began to limp away slowly until he suddenly collapsed to the floor. "AAAAAAAHHHH!!!" He let out a pained cry and his veins had bulged out of from under his skin. "Shit, shit, SHIT!!!" He yelled.
I simply just stared with wide eyes. Then I realized that he couldn't move. A dark look formed on me face as I raised a hand at him. "Taunt my...Mock me...Now look at you. You're helpless…" Shiro attempted to crawl away but I wasn't about to let him. I froze his arms and legs to the ground. I decided to use my fourth strongest technique.
"Now you die...Ward of Frost...Shards of the Ice Age!"
(CLYDE'S POV)
I stared in horror as three large spikes of ice impaled Shiro's back. He let out screams of pain. The snow around him turned red and his movements had begun to cease.
"SHIRO!!!" I shouted as I blasted forward. I still hadn't recovered completely but that didn't matter much now. I stopped in front of him and ripped the huge icicles out of his body. I turned his cold body around in order to see him. His eyes were glassed over and a trickle of blood rushed down his mouth. He had three large holes in his body. Two in his abdomen and one in his chest. "You're gonna be ok Shiro! Just hang on, I'm gonna go bring you to Amora and Isabel."
He put a hand on my shoulders and grinned. "Not...gonna lie...Not how I though I'd go out dude…"
"Don't be an idiot!" I said to him. "You won't die! I will not allow you to!"
"...Shut the hell up Clyde…" He said before closed his eyes. His heart stopped, his breathing stopped, and the little tiny amount of mana that he had, was completely diminished.
"Shiro...SHIRO!" I yelled.
Viz had suddenly dropped down next to my with a sad expression on his face. His body was slowly fading out of existence.
"Shiro died...Damnit beta male…" He said with a few tears rolling down his face.
"Vizeron, what's happening to you?!" I asked.
"Shiro's soul is responsible for my contract. I'm bound to him. If he dies, then I die with him…" The small wolf climbed on top of the dead Shiro's chest and curled himself up. "Bye Clyde." Vizeron said as he faded away into nothingness.
I dropped to my knees and glared at the snow. I was supposed to fight him! I wasted time trying to recover my own mana as he died! Now, both Shiro AND Viz are gone!
(NO POV)
-On the Bleachers-
Everyone went silent for a moment and looked at what just transpired. Gabby's didn't know what to think. She was surprised more than anything else. Isabel was sobbing while Amora tried to calm her down. That's when Eliza got up and smacked Tatsu across the face. He didn't wince. Instead, he just took the hit.
"You piece of shit! You knew damn well that he was gonna die and you just let him?! What the hell is wrong with you?! HE'S YOU!!!" She snapped.
"I can understand your anger but-"
"But nothing! You have all these goddamn powers but you didn't even try to step in and stop him! You're a fucking asshole!" She screamed in his face.
"Eliza!" Tatsu suddenly shouted in a bold and demanding tone. She winced at him and sat back down.
"I'm sorry...I lost my cool for a second there…" She said.
-Back with Clyde and Zero-
(ZERO'S POV)
I stared at Clyde as he looked back at me with a deadly glare. "Koriju!" I shouted, still laying flat on my back in the crater.
The large beast landed next to me. "Master! You are hurt!" He said.
"I know...Give me you some power. I can't keep this up on my own." I said to him.
"How much?" Koriju asked.
"Two heads should be more than enough." I said.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes! Now do it!" I yelled.
Two of Koriju's heads snaked off of its body and slithered onto me. I could feel my strength returning to my body and I was now able to stand up. I grinned at Clyde and he ignited himself in more flames. The only difference was that these flames had a blue coloration.
"Zero...I'm gonna make you pay for what you've done to him…" He said as his mana continuously rose.
"He was asking for it but whatever…You can suffer the same fate if you wish." I said back.