It's been years since the last King Of Fighters tournament, Ashura had been hanging out with Athena to know the world better because everything had changed a lot since 1800 years. Ashura still kept training because it was one of his favourite things to do. He was now walking on the streets thinking.
Ashura wore a black racer jacket, black shirt, a pair of black jeans, black shoes, and a long black belt that hangs out from the side of his hip like a tail.
He had his hands in his pockets while walking. He saw a pink haired girl and the two of them passed each other, when he was far away from the girl, Ashura turned around and looked at the girl.
Ashura: (I can sense something from that girl. I know she can use flames, but there is something suppressed deep within her. I should get going, I'll figure that later.)
Ashura turned around and continued walking, he was still wondering what was the thing he sensed deep within the girl, it wasn't a threat to him but it piqued his interest.
[The following day]
Ashura was walking on the same streets once again, he was going to the nearest park to get away from the forest just once. The forest was the only home he had. He got at the park and was gonna sit under a tree, but he saw the girl he saw the other day sitting on a bench with a nintendo switch, she was frustrated. Ashura walked towards her.
Ashura: Having trouble with the videogame you're playing.
The girl looked at the person who said that. She immediately blushed when she saw Ashura, he was voted as the No.1 handsome man in the world.
???: [Blushing] Yes, who are you?
Ashura: I'm Ashura, and you?
???: I'm Yukino Ozawa, pleased to meet you.
Ashura: Some videogames are difficult, right?
Yukino: Yes, but I just hate losing.
Ashura: I haven't played a single videogame in my life.
Yukino: What do you do?
Ashura: I just train all day, sometimes I would explore the entire cities. Other times, I hang out with Athena to learn anything from her.
Yukino: Do you mean Athena Asamiya, the famous pop idol?
Ashura: Yes, she is one of my best friends and I'll do anything to see her smile.
Yukino: (Why does Gustab want to destroy him and the other 2. He seems like a good guy to me.) I'm a fan of her, can you introduce me to her?
Ashura: I'll do so. What should we do?
Yukino: How about we go shopping, there are some outfits that I want.
Ashura: Right.
The two of them went to the nearest mall and Yukino bought a lot of outfits and made Ashura carry them, Ashura had no problems carrying the shopping bags. The two of them had a good time together. Ashura walked with Yukino to her home and when they got there, Ashura decided to go back to the forest.
Yukino: I had so much fun with you.
Ashura: Me too, I have to go now.
Yukino: Will we meet again.
Ashura: Yes, we will meet again soon.
Yukino gave Ashura a quick peck on the lips and went inside her home, Ashura touched his lips and smiled a little, then he turned around and started walking away.
Ashura: (Athena is returning to Japan from China in 2 weeks. I hope she had been training very hard.)
[2 weeks later]
Ashura was at the airport waiting for Athena, he didn't like being there but he had to do it for his best friend.
???: ASHURA!
Ashura turned around and saw Athena coming with her luggage. Ashura rushed towards Athena and gave her a hug before giving her a quick peck on the forehead. Athena gave Ashura a quick peck on the cheek.
Ashura: I'm glad that you're back.
Athena: I'm glad to be back too, I really missed you a lot.
Ashura: Let's go get you a cab.
Athena: Right.
The two of them managed to get a cab and they were now in it.
Athena: What have you been doing since I was gone?
Ashura: I have been training non-stop.
Athena: What did i say about training?
Ashura: You said that I should training very hard and enjoy my life.
Athena: Is there something you're not telling me?
Ashura: I also met this beautiful girl 2 weeks ago, she and I hung out a lot. She is a very kind person, I guess I found the woman I was meant to be with for the rest of my life.
Athena's heart broke a lot when she heard the boy she loved say that.
Ashura: Are you okay? You look very sad.
Athena: I'm fine.
The cab stopped at the Asamiya mansion and Ashura helped Athena with the luggage. When they got in the mansion, they went straight to the living room and sat down on the couch.
Ashura: I should get going, Yukino told me to meet at our favourite spot at the park.
Athena: You should get going.
Ashura walked away, but unknown to him, Athena followed her without him noticing.
[At the park]
Yukino was waiting for Ashura, he was 2 minutes late. She saw Ashura running towards her. She stopped in front of her.
Yukino: You're two minutes late.
Ashura: I'm sorry, I had to get my friend from the airport.
Yukino: I understand.
Ashura and Yukino sat down on the bench.
Ashura: Yukino Ozawa, there is something I have always wanted to tell you.
Yukino: What is it?
Ashura was gonna talk but he sensed something from the bushes behind him.
Ashura: Athena, you can come out of that bush. You know that I can smell you're scent from far away.
Athena showed herself and walked towards Ashura.
Athena: Hi Ashura.
Ashura: (Why is she following me?) Hello Athena.
Yukino suddenly ran up to Athena and stood in front of her.
Yukino: I can't believe that I'm finally meeting you. I'm a fan of yours, can I have an autograph.
Athena just sighed and gave Yukino What she wanted. The three of them sat on the bench with Ashura in the middle of the girls.
Ashura: Athena, why did you follow me?
Athena: I wanted to know your new friend.
Ashura: Really?
Athena: (Does he know my feelings for him? No, he may be intelligent but when it comes to love, he is very oblivious.) Really.
Ashura: I could read your mind if I want.
Athena: [Nervously] There's no need to read my mind.
Yukino: [Nervously] You can read minds?
Ashura: Yes, I can do it by just looking at a person. I haven't read yours if you're worried about that. I only read minds when I am bored.
Athena: It has been long since the last tournament.
Ashura: Someone wants to destroy me, Kyo, and Iori for ruining his plans. Gustab Munchausen, the one who hosted the last tournament to test Sinobu's power against me, but I defeated his weapon.
Athena: What are you gonna do?
Ashura: I'm gonna kill him when we meet. I have killed a lot of people for my own amusement many years ago.
Yukino: How old are you by the way?
Ashura: I'm over 1800 years old.
Athena/Yukino: WHAT! But you look like an 18 years old.
Ashura: I know. I don't know who my parents are, I grew up in the forest with animals who taught me everything I know.
Athena: Were you born before the Orochi was sealed by the three clans.
Ashura: (It wasn't the three clans, it was four. The Shirayuki clan was known as the enforcer clan.) Yes.
Yukino got up and started walking away.
Ashura: Where are you going?
Yukino: I'm going somewhere else, we'll meet each other soon.
Ashura: See you soon then.
Yukino gave Ashura a quick peck on the lips and walked away, Athena clenched her fists when she saw Yukino kiss the boy she loves.
Athena: Ashura, where do you live?
Ashura: At the forest.
Athena was shocked to hear that Ashura had no fixed address.
Ashura: I'll see you tomorrow.
Ashura turned around and was gonna walk away, but was stopped by Athena.
Athena: No, I won't let my best friend in the entire world live in the forest. Come live with me in my mansion.
Ashura: It's fine, I grew up in the forest. So living there doesn't matter to me.
Athena: Please come live with me, it's very lonely in the mansion.
Ashura: What do you mean?
Athena: My parents are dead and I am all alone in this mansion. It's just me and the maids.
Ashura: I'll live with you, okay.
Athena hugged Ashura, after that they went to the mansion. When they got there, Ashura went to one of the guest rooms he was given. When he got inside he laid down on the king-size bed.
Ashura: (Yukino, I already knew that you were working for Gustab.) I better sleep.
Ashura drifted off to sleep.
[In the morning]
Ashura was in the forest training. He had woken up early and decided to train. A letter suddenly fell in front of him and he picked it up and ripped off the seal before he took out an invitation.
Ashura: You are cordially invited to the first King of Fighters Memorial. The rules of this tournament are 4 vs 4. You're still allowed to participate alone.
Ashura walked towards the location of his first battle, he was ready to win this tournament and deal with whoever was the sponsor of this tournament.
[Day of the tournament]
Aqueduct, Spain
The Aqueduct of Segovia. The battle takes in a roof near the building. Can be seen other roofs, the Mirador de la Pradera de San Marcus, in the left, and the Segovia Cathedral, in the background. Ashura was on the opposite side of Women Fighters Team. He was gonna begin the fight with Kasumi Todoh.
Announcer: Round 1, FIGHT!
Kasumi tried delivering a backhand to Ashura's body, who blocked the attack and grabbed Kasumi and lifted him up before slamming her to the ground behind him.
Kasumi got on her feet and unleashed a wave of chi at Ashura in front of her, but he dodged the wave of chi and sent a blast of chi at Kasumi, who dodged.
Kasumi tried delivering three swift punches aimed at Ashura's body, head and legs, but he blocked all the swift punches and grabbed Kasumi before delivering a palm strike to her head.
Kasumi delivered two punches before uppercutting Ashura into the air, Ashura managed to backflip while in mid-air and swiftly landed on his feet.
Kasumi delivers an uppercut that knocked Ashura high into the air, he managed to flip multiple times while in mid-air and gracefully landed on his feet.
Ashura rushed towards Kasumi and landed a punch, but Kasumi parried Ashura's punch before grabbing him and kicked him away.
Ashura rushed towards Kasumi and landed a punch once again, but Kasumi parried Ashura's punch before grabbing him and tossed him behind her before Kasumi unleashed a large wave of chi at Ashura in front of her, harming him upon contact.
Ashura rushed towards Kasumi and landed a rising uppercut, but Kasumi parried Ashura's attack before throwing him to the ground and delivered a powerful punch to Ashura's head. Ashura got on his feet, shocking Kasumi.
Ashura rushed towards Kasumi and started to repeatedly and rapidly hit Kasumi with an onslaught of punches, shoulder barges, elbows, and elbows before he jumped back and delivered a powerful punch before he hit Kasumi with a powerful rising uppercut, launching her into the air and fell to the ground, unconscious.
Announcer: KO, Winner is Ashura!
Malin was up next.
Announcer: Round 2, FIGHT!
Malin jumped forward to slash Ashura with her dagger, but Ashura blocked the dagger with his bare hands and kicked Malin away from him, then he threw a purple fiery projectile that ran across the floor towards Malin, burning her on contact.
Malin threw a bladed yo-yo at Ashura, hovering in place for a moment. Ashura just grabbed the yo-yo and threw it at Malin who dodged and but was grazed by it.
Malin tried stabbing Ashura with two electrified daggers, but he blocked the electrified daggers with his bare hands and ran at Malin, grabbing her by her head, then slammed her to the floor and made a purple fiery explosion.
Malin got on her feet and jumped diagonally upwards to slash Ashura with her dagger, but he just dodged, Malin then zoomed forward to slash Ashura with her dagger, but he blocked the dagger. Malin zoomed at Ashura to slash him, but Ashura blocked the dagger with his bare hands and jumped with his arms out, shrouded in purple flames, burning Malin on contact.
Malin kicked Ashura up, then threw a barrage of daggers at him, but once they touched Ashura, they broke.
Malin smashed Ashura with a large mallet, sending herself flying into the air in the process, followed up by divekicking Ashura, then repeatedly dragon-kicking him with a clone of herself. Ashura got on his feet unscathed by the attack.
Ashura dashed towards Malin before hitting her with a flurry of claws and scratches ending off with Ashura pushing Malin into the ground and blasted her with purple flames. Malin was revealed to be unconscious after the attack.
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Hinako was up next, she got in her fighting stance.
Announcer: Round 3, FIGHT!
Hinako jumped at Ashura and grabbed him, shaking him around, then threw him into the air, Ashura backflipped while in the air and landed on his feet.
Ashura dashed forward and swung his arm and slashed Hinako with his hands, followed up by swinging his arm around and slashed Hinako's stomach with his hand, launching her into the air, then Ashura reached up and slashed Hinako with his hands.
Hinako got on her feet and grabbed Ashura and leaped high into the air before crashing back to the ground and slammed him beneath her. Ashura got on his feet, unscathed by the attack.
Hinako reeled backwards before delivering a powerful double palm strike with both hands on Ashura, launching him away. Ashura still got on his feet, unscathed by the attack.
Ashura prepared for a brief moment, then quickly leaped across the whole area grabbing Hinako by the face, and hit her with pillar of purple flames. Hinako was revealed to be unconscious after the attack
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Mai was the last one, she got in her fighting stance.
Announcer: Round 4, FIGHT!
Mai leaped forwards and tried kicking Ashura on his legs, but he dodged and leaped over Mai and grabbed her head before landing and threw her away.
Mai landed on his feet and did a sliding sweep kick, which Ashura dodged before Mai tried kicking Ashura on his chest, but he dodged and grabbed Mai by her head with his legs and slammed her to the ground.
Mai got on her feet and jumped into the air and as she fell, she tried slashing Ashurawith her steel fans, but he grabbed Mai in the air, put her underneath his feet and slammed her to the ground.
Mai got on her feet and threw one of her steel fans at Ashura, who kicked it back at Mai before Mai caught her steel fan and spun around and created a wave of fire that spread across Ashura and tried burning him, but he jumped away from the wave of flames.
Mai moved towards Ashura while spinning her arms around with a steel fan in each, tried cutting Ashura with each swing, but he dodged the still fans with ease.
Mai did a flip kick while producing fire on her foot to burn Ashura, but he dodged and did a cartwheel to kick Mai before leaping forward and elbowed Mai.
Mai lit herself on fire to burn Ashura when she comes into contact with him, but he dodged before Mai surrounded herself with more flames and charged at Ashura, who dodged and kicked Mai away with a side kick.
Mai leaped into the air before diving down towards Ashura to tackle him, but he caught her with his foot and slammed her to the ground behind him.
Mai got on her feet and lit all three of the steel fans on fire and quickly threw the steel fans at Ashura, who caught all of them and threw them back at Mai, who dodged all of them.
Mai jumped into the air and started spinning around while surrounding herself with fire to burn Ashura, who surrounded himself with crimson flames and hovered on top of Mai and burned her for longer.
Mai made two flaming clones of herself that spum around her and tried burning Ashura, but he calls down a large lightning strike before he made an explosion of crimson flames appear all around him, harming Mai on contact.
Mai leaped on top of Ashura's head before gathering up energy and caused an explosion before Mai dashed at Ashura before rapidly slashing Ashura with both of her Steel Fans as she carried him higher and higher into the air.
Ashura got on his feet and did a flip kick that created a large pillar of crimson flames before he spun around and created a wave of fire that spread across Mai and burned her.
Mai got on her feet and leaped over to and past Ashura multiple times, each time placing a small flame on him, once she put four on Ashura, she made the flames explode. Ashura got on his feet and leaped over and past Mai multiple times before appearing in front of her and made everywhere he travelled explode with the explosion engulfing Mai. When the smoke died down, Mai was revealed to be unconscious.
Announcer: WINNER IS ASHURA!
Ashura started running, he wanted to reach his next destination in time. He already found out the winners of the first fights. They went like this:
Japan Team fought Fatal Fury Team and won.
Yagami Team fought Ash Team and won.
Psycho Soldier Team fought Korea Team and won.
K' Team fought Adelheid and won.
Kaede fought Fliz and won.
Shiki fought Nao and won.
Yukino fought Lady Hiel and won.
Sula fought Khriz and won.
Ashura was gonna fight Shiki next.
[The following day]
White Town, Italy
The city of Ostuni. The battle takes in a tunnel next to the cathedral of the city. Can be seen houses, people, posteres with the tournament's name, the cathedral and some veichles passing, in the background. Ashura and Shiki were on the opposite sides of each other.
Announcer: FIGHT!
A bright light appeared in Ashura's hand and when the light died down, Ashura had a green glowing sword.
Shiki rushed forward to stab Ashura's legs, but he blocked it with his sword before Shiki did a flipping slash, which Ashura blocked with his sword and slashed Shiki up, creating a whirlwind. He then jumped up after Shiki and slashed her twice.
Shiki got on her feet and flipped over and landed knees-first on Ashura's shoulders, then tried cross-slashing his neck, but he managed to get Shiki off of his shoulders.
Shiki swept Ashura's legs with a kick, then whipped him down with a Frankensteiner, and finished with a stomp to his chest. Ashura got on his feet and stomped the ground, then slashed Shiki overhead.
Shiki teleported herself behind Ashura and jumped and spun around, slashing Ashura on the way up before Shiki flipped in an arc and slashed Ashura.
Shiki ensnared Ashura with chains, teleported to him from afar, then slashed his chest and neck with both her blades. Ashura got on his feet, unscathed by the attack.
Ashura creates a green shockwave from his sword that paralysed Shiki on contact. Ashura then reared himself, then slashed Shiki upwards before he did a strong downward diagonal slash, creating a trail of energy in its wake. Shiki was revealed to be unconscious after the attack.
Announcer: WINNER IS ASHURA!
Ashura started running again, he already knew the winners of this round, they went like this:
Japan Team fought Kaede and won.
Yagami Team fought K' Team and won.
Psycho Soldier Team fought Sula and lost.
Ashura was gonna fight the Japan Team.
[Following day]
Beach, South America
The surroundings of the Mar del Plata, in the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires. The fight takes next to the beach. Can be seen a mechanical workshop, veichles, palm trees, radios, a tent and people cheering, listening to radios, filming and in sun loungers. Ashura was on the opposite side of Japan Team. He was beginning the fight with Shingo.
Announcer: Round 1, FIGHT!
Shingo flied in with an axe kick, but Ashura managed to grab his leg and swung Shingo around before slamming him to the ground, then Ashura lifted Shingo and slammed him for the second time, then he swung Shingo around and threw him, sending him crashing to the ground.
Shingo got on his feet and tried an axe kick on Ashura, but Ashura dodged it and brought his leg up, kicking Shingo on the chin, then he brought the leg down, kicking Shingo on top of the head, bringing him down.
Shingo tried delivering a right hook, which Ashura blocked, then he tried delivering a left hook, which Ashura blocked and kicked Shingo in the guts.
Shingo tried delivering a leaping kick to Ashura's head, but he dodged the kick and grabbed Shingo before throwing them over his shoulder and slammed him to the ground.
Shingo got on his feet and tried punching Ashura, but he blocked the punch and delivered a right hook before leaping and slamming his fists on Shingo's head.
Shingo got on his feet and delivered a powerful shoulder tackle to Ashura's body, before delivering two right hooks before he spun around and punched and elbowed Ashura before delivering a rising spin attack.
Ashura got on his feet and repeatedly delivered multiple dropkicks and carried them higher and higher into the air with each kick before delivering one more powerful kick that sent Shingo crashing to the sand. Shingo was unconscious after the attack.
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Goro was up next, he got in his fighting stance.
Announcer: Round 2, FIGHT!
Ashura rushed at Goro and punched him in the guts, then he lifted his Goro above his head, then slammed him down, followed up by strangling Goro while he's floored, he then released him.
Ashura waited for Goro to get on his feet, and when he got on his feet, Ashura tripped Goro up, letting him fall behind him. Goro got on his feet and rushed at Ashura, but as he was close, Ashura slammed Goro behind himself, then threw him high, letting him fall back to the ground.
Ashura then picked up the grounded Goro, then slammed him behind him, followed up by slapping the ground, creating a tremor, harming Goro.
Goro, got on his feet dazed by the attack and Ashura decided to end the fight. He swept Goro's leg with a takedown, then slammed him either side of his body 7 times with increasing speed before throwing him high, and ending off by slapping the ground, creating an earthquake, harming Goro and knocking him unconscious.
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Benimaru was up next, he got in his fighting stance.
Announcer: Round 3, FIGHT!
Ashura leaped onto Benimaru and wrapped his legs around Benimaru's head, preventing him from seeing before he spun his body around and threw Benimaru to the ground.
Benimaru got on his feet and stepped forward before he tried delivering a high kick to Ashura, but he dodged and swiped his arm and made a wave of electricity form in front of him before swinging his other arm and launched the electricity wave at Benimaru, shocking him on contact
Benimaru jumped into the air before launching himself towards Ashura feet first while spinning, but he dodged and surrounded himself with electricity before he leaped and spun through the air before kicking Benimaru before he landed.
Benimaru did a flip kick which called down a bolt of lightning from the sky towards Ashura, who dodged it and blew a kiss at Benimaru and formed a small ball of electricity in the air that shocked Benimaru.
Benimaru put his hand on the floor and tried to breakdance kick Ashura, but he dodged and summoned a lightning bolt to strike him and surrounded him with electricity that harmed Benimaru when it touched him.
Benimaru tried punching Ashura with a fist that sparked with electricity, but he dodged it and pushed Benimaru behind him, forcing him to run before he bounced off of the nearest wall and Ashura leaped at him and kneed Benimaru on the head with a knee empowered with electricity.
Benimaru got on his feet and sent out multiple electrical afterimages of himself out which tried punching and kicking Ashura, but he blocked all the attacks before Benimaru charged forward and tried kicking Ashura, but he blocked the kick and created a thunderstorm in the sky above her before making a purple bolt of lightning strike Benimaru, shocking him.
Benimaru tried punching Ashura with a fist that sparked with a large amount of electricity, but Ashura dodged it and punched Benimaru with a fist surrounded by a large white ball of electricity that shocked Benimaru when he touched him.
Benimaru formed a ball of electricity on his feet and Ashura was disappointed at him. Ashura charged up his fist with a bolt of lightning before shooting out a bolt of lightning out of his fist at Benimaru with a punch, shocking him and knocking him unconscious.
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Kyo was the last one, he got in his fighting stance.
Kyo created a fire wave that traveled across the floor towards Ashura to burn him but Ashura dodged and hit Kyo with a hook punch, followed by jabbing Kyo overhead with his elbow, then he grabbed Kyo, then drove his elbow into his back.
Kyo got on his feet and ran towards Ashura and tried punching him, but Ashura dodged, then Kyo tried grabbing Ashura by the neck, but he missed and Ashura spun upwards while surrounded by flames, burning Kyo.
Kyo got on his feet and tried delivering two high kicks to Ashura who dodged and created a pillar of flames around him, then punched Kyo away with a rear hook, creating 4 afterimages of himself in the process.
Ashura then picked the floored Kyo by the head and created an explosion, barraging him with strikes while on fire ending by delivering two high kicks to Kyo while still on fire, sending him him into the air before covering himself in flames along with his rear hand, then threw them out in a big wave of flames, harming Kyo.
Kyo got on his feet and rushed at Ashura before punching Ashura with an explosive punch before setting his arms on fire and spun around while jumping up, burning Ashura as he touched him. Ashura got on his feet unscathed by the attack.
Kyo covered himself in flames along with his rear hand and Ashura did the same too.
Then the both of them threw them out in a big wave of flames, the two waves collided, creating an explosion. After the smoke died down, Ashura and Kyo were still on their feet.
Ashura punched Kyo before uppercutting him into the air before throwing a powerful front before he hit the ground, each punch he throws creates an explosion when he hits the opponent, followed up by punching Kyo with a hook punch before raising his left hand in the air and swung forward, releasing a wave of flames, harming Kyo.
Kyo rushed at Ashura and tried hitting him with a barrage of fists. Ashura was dodging a barrage of punches from Kyo. Kyo tried punching Ashura in the face with a fiery punch, but Ashura ducked and tripped Kyo with a double low kick.
Kyo got on his feet and jumped high into the air before landing with a kick to Ashura's head. Ashura got on his feet and charged at Kyo, he tried delivering two high kicks to Kyo, but Kyo dodged and tried delivering a punch, but Ashura blocked Kyo's attack before countering him by elbowing him in the chest which created an explosion.
Ashura stepped forward and punched Kyo and made an explosion occurring where he punched, followed by delivering an uppercut which created an explosion, then elbowing Kyo down which created an explosion that slammed Kyo to the floor, ending off with punching Kyo as he layed on the ground, creating an explosion when his fist hits Kyo.
Kyo got on his feet and spun around before punching Ashura and made an explosion occurring where he punched, followed up by delivering a one-inch punch to Ashura's stomach that caused an explosion, ending off by uppercutting Ashura and sending him flying with an explosion.
Ashura got on his feet and jumped into the air and as he fell back down, he slammed his fists into Kyo's head. Then he punched Kyo as he layed on the on the ground, creating an explosion when his fist hit Kyo.
Ashura spun around before punching Kyo with a powerful explosive punch, which created an explosion. Kyo got on his feet and spun around before punching Ashura with a powerful explosive punch, which created an explosion. Ashura got on his feet after the attack.
Kyo made a pillar of flames around Ashura before he rapidly punched repeatedly before spinning and jumping at Ashura while on fire.
Kyo spun around before punching Ashura with a powerful explosive punch, which created an explosion. Kyo grabbed Ashura by the head and created an explosion before Kyo created an explosion, barraging Ashura with strikes while on fire, ending by delivering two high kicks to Ashura while still on fire, then finished the combo by throwing the flames around his body out in a big wave, engulfing Ashura and created an explosion. Ashura got on his feet without a single scratch on his body.
Kyo punched the ground and released a wave of flames toward Ashura, who absorbed the flames and charged up his fist with a powerful flame before dashing forward and punched Kyo, once the punch connected, a massive explosion occured, blowing up the area around around them. After the smoke died down, Kyo was unconscious.
Announcer: WINNER IS ASHURA!
Ashura walked away, he already knew that Yukino had defeated Sula and was gonna fight Yagami Team.
[A few minutes later]
Ashura got in the forest and got surprised when he saw Goenitz.
Ashura: Goenitz.
Goenitz: If it isn't the traitor.
Ashura: And I don't regret it. I'm gonna send you back to Orochi.
Goenitz: Just try it.
Ashura used the wind to disappear and reappear behind Goenitz who was suprised and formed cutting blades of wind in his hand which he used to slash at Goenitz, damaging him. The others charged at each other.
Goenitz raised his arms and slashed downwards in an X pattern on Ashura's body, but he Was unscathed. Goenitz then grabbed Ashura by his head and made a tornado around him, cutting his body up with the tornado's winds but Ashura was still unscathed by the attack.
Ashura: [Unimpressed] Is this your best shot.
Goenitz: Far from it.
Ashura: I'll give you shots.
Goenitz dashed at Ashura and slashed him repeatedly with his claws before slashing him with both hands and striking him with two tornados but he was still unscathed. Goenitz dashed to Ashura and started to slash at him with his claws before grabbing him by his neck and digging his nails in before letting Ashura continue to bleed as he slashes his neck before Goenitz jumped up and slammed him into the ground but he was still unscathed.
Ashura: Come on Goenitz, are you this pathetic or what. If you are then let me show you what a real move is.
Ashura then teleported above Goenitz so he can stomp him in the head before grinding his foot against his head while he was on the ground and kicked him away. Ashura then created a ball of darkness that fell down on top of Goenitz and binded him to the ground in a web of darkness then he formed a sword made of energy before slashing twice, launching out waves of energy that harmed Goenitz. Goenitz fell to his knees.
Ashura: Give me your best shot Goenitz.
Goenitz got on his feet and dashed to Ashura and started to slash at him with his claws before grabbing him by his neck and digging his nails in before letting his wind carry the Ashura's blood out of his body before Goenitz jumped up and slammed Ashura into the ground but Ashura was unscathed and his wounds healed themselves.
Ashura: I'm giving you one last shot.
Goenitz mad a tornado around him that sucked in Ashura, when Ashura touched the tornado, he got pulled into it and raised into the air before being launched out of the top before he fell and hit the ground, Ash stood up without a single scratch.
Ashura: Time to end this fight.
Ashura grabbed Goenitz before dashing towards the wall, slamming him against the wall and making an explosion of Negative Orochi Energy before launching a stream of Negative Orochi Energy down Goenitz, knocking him out.
Ashura: Ware, Gaia to tomo ni ari.
Ashura walked away from the area. As he was a couple of miles away, he got surprised when he saw Rugal.
Ashura: Rugal.
Rugal: Yes, it is me. You know the secrets of the Orochi power, tell me all of them.
Ashura: I'll do so, after you defeat me.
Rugal: You have made the biggest mistake of your life.
Rugal transformed into Omega Rugal and looked at Ashura, but the look on Ashura's face wasn't the one he was expecting. He expected Ashura to be scared of his new power but he had a look of disappointment on his face.
Ashura: Do you really think that the power from the Orochi clan could stop me, the only thing that it would do is destroy you.
Omega Rugal: This power is incredible. It's overflowing.
Omega Rugal charged up, then pushed out a large wave of energy towards Ashura, who absorbed the attack and rushed towards Omega Rugal and tried punching him, but he dodged and swung his front leg around for a crescent kick, but Ashura was unscathed by the attack.
Ashura flied diagonally down with his top half shrouded in greyish purple energy, hitting Omega Rugal and damaging him.
Ashura fired a red laser from his eye down by the Omega Rugal's feet which caused an explosion which launched Omega Rugal into the air before Ashura shot him again with the laser.
Omega Rugal got on his feet and rushed forward, grabbing Ashura by his stomach, then slammed him into the tree he's facing.
Ashura got on his feet and launched a small energy blast towards Omega Rugal, who created a green barrier that sent back the energy blast towards Ashura, who absorbed it.
Ashura rushed at Omega Rugal and tried hitting him with a high knee, but Omega Rugal dodged and grabbed Ashura by his neck and lifted him up, strangling him for a second before throwing him.
Omega Rugal rushed forward, grabbed Ashura by his stomach, then slammed him into the tree he's facing, creating a pillar of red energy. Ashura got on his feet, unscathed by the attack.
Omega Rugal rushed forward, grabbed Ashura by his stomach, then slammed him into the tree he's facing, creating a pillar of red energy, before rushing to another tree while holding Ashura, then slammed him to another tree, creating a pillar of red energy.
Ashura still got on his feet, unscathed by the attack. Ashura did an overhead outward-crescent kick that left a trail of cutting blue energy, harming Omega Rugal.
Ashura then raised his hands upward and called forth a storm of deathly white energy from the skies to attack the entire area around them, causing more damage to Omega Rugal.
Ashura glowed with pale blue energy while making the entire area flicker with white energy, Omega Rugal was pulled towards Ashura. When Omega Rugal got too close, Ashura stabbed him with his hand and pulled out a piece of his life force, in the form of a bluish white orb. He then crushed the orb, inflicting severe damage as Omega Rugal was blasted away. Omega Rugal was revealed to be unconscious after the attack.
Ashura: Another one bites the dust.
Ashura walked away.
[2 days later]
It was now the finals of the memorial tournament. Yagami Team had defeated Yukino the previous day and was gonna fight Ashura.
Temple, Japan
One of the Honganji temples, next to the Shosei-en Garden, in Kyoto. Can be seen panels with a hawk perched on a tree branch and a tiger in a forest, a shinshoku, a dog, people cleaning the floor, sakura trees and a small waterfall. Ashura was on the opposite side of Billy Kane.
Announcer: Round 1, FIGHT!
Ashura took off his biker jacket and his black shirt, revealing an Orochi eye on his shoulder, which he used to create a wave of blood to mow over Billy, knocking him unconscious.
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Silvy was up next, She got in her fighting stance. Ashura just closed his eyes.
Announcer: Round 2, FIGHT!
Silvy rushed at Ashura and Ashura opened his eye, revealing an Orochi eye, which he used to create a whip of blood to swiftly strike Silvy, knocking her unconscious.
Announcer: KO, winner is Ashura!
Mature was up next, she got in her fighting stance.
Announcer: Round 3, FIGHT!
Mature did a backflip before she tried to slash Ashura by waving her arm, but Ashura caught her arm before kneeing her in the guts and punched her in the face, sending her crashing into the ground.
Mature got on her feet and tried slashing Ashura three times by waving her arms around, but he just dodged them, making them look easy.
Mature madd a rapid mid-range dash and did a horizontal one-handed slash that left a wake of metallic energy directly in front of her, but she missed Ashura.
Mature reared back with both arms raised upwards and clenched together, then did a massive two-handed swipe downwards. This released a giant arc projectile of metallic energy towards Ashura, who shocked everyone by absorbing the projectile of metallic energy.
Mature dashed forward. On a successful hit, she continues rushing forward while holding Ashura by his head and dragged him along the ground, suffused with sickly white energy. On reaching the edge of the arena, she swung Ashura forward and blasted him with a pillar of white death energy. Ashura got on his feet, unscathed by the attack.
Ashura decided to pay Mature back. Ashura dashed forward. On a successful hit, he continues rushing forward while holding Mature by her head and dragged her along the ground, suffused with sickly white energy. On reaching the edge of the arena, he swunged Mature forward and blasted her with a pillar of red death energy.
Mature got on her feet and moved forward while performing several rapid, short-range slashes that trailed metallic energy while moving forward a short distance ending off by rearing back with both arms raised upwards and clenched together, then did a massive two-handed swipe downwards. This released a giant arc projectile of metallic energy towards Ashura, who dodged all the attacks.
Mature revealed her eye from underneath her eyepatch, which then imposed a red eye that whipped Ashura with a bloody tentacle. After the attack, Ashura got on his feet, seemingly unscathed by the attack.
Ashura leaped into the air and flipped upside down while slashing down and forward with one hand, slashing Mature before leaping forward while spinning, with one clawed hand extended upwards and the other at waist level. He constantly slashed Mature while moving.
Ashura created a whip of blood and swiftly struck Mature. After the attack, Mature was revealed to be unconscious.
Announcer: KO, Winner is Ashura!
Iori was up next, he got in his fighting stance.
Announcer: Round 4, FIGHT!
The two of them rushed at each other and started trading blows, Iori tried slashing Ashura on the head, but he ducked and tried clawing Iori in the guts but he dodged and tried kicking Ashura with his infamous backward kick, but Ashura countered with his own backward kick, then the two of them got away from each other.
Ashura rushed towards Iori and tried slashing Iori in the stomach, but Iori dodged and slashed Ashura in the back, making him bleed but the wound regenerated itself.
Iori slashed Ashura in the guts and Ashura slashed Iori in the guts, the two of them were bleeding, but Ashura's wounds were regenerating themselves.
The two of them were slashing each other repeatedly before they hit each other with flaming claws, sending each other a couple of feet away. Ashura's wounds regenerated themselves.
Iori threw a purple fiery projectile that ran across the floor to Ashura, who absorbed the flame and launched a big purple fireball towards Iori, who couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the attack, creating a huge explosion.
Iori got on his feet and struck Ashura with his rear hand, then his front, and finished with a double axe-handle punch, sending Ashura crashing to the ground. Ashura got on his feet and struck Iori with his rear hand, then his front, and finished with an upward claw, launching Iori into the sky, then Ashura did an upward claw attack that extended from his hand, hitting Iori.
Ashura hopped and took a big flaming swipe downward, missing Iori and Iori ran at Ashura, grabbing him by his head, then slammed him to the floor and made a purple fiery explosion.
Ashura got on his feet and did a clawing attack while sliding forwards, hitting Iori, followed up by a claw attack that launched Iori, then he grabbed Iori by his neck, then slammed Iori hard onto the ground in which he bounced into the air, before Ashura hit him with an upward slash.
Iori got on his feet and grabbed Ashura, then threw him behind him while he's still on his feet, followed up by jumps with his arms out, shrouded in purple flames, burning Ashura. Ashura got on his feet.
Iori tried swiping Ashura with his rear hand, then did a quick jab, but Ashura blocked all the attacks and tried hitting Iori with both of his fists, but Iori blocked the attack.
Iori rushed towards Ashura and grabbed him by the head and slammed him to the ground before lifting Ashura in the air akin to a cross-chokehold and nearly ripped him apart in an X-shaped motion
Ashura got on his feet and moved behind Iori, dug his nails into his back, then clawed upwards, launching him, before doing an upward claw attack that extended from his hand and hit Iori in the air.
Iori got on his feet and dug his nails into Iori's stomach, then clawed upwards, launching him into the air before doing an upward claw attack that extended from his hand and hit Ashura in the air.
Iori swung his front arm down for a hammer punch, which Ashura dodged. Iori then jumped into the air and kicked behind himself, but missed Ashura. Ashura stepped forward for an axe kick with his rear leg, kicking Iori.
Iori hit Ashura with a clawing attack while sliding forward, followed up by Iori hitting Ashura with a claw attack that launched him, then he grabbed Ashura by his neck, then slammed Ashura hard onto the ground in which he bounced into the air before Iori did an upward claw attack that extended from his hand and hit Ashura in the air.
Iori dashed at Ashura and attacked him with a flurry of claws, kicks, punches and a headbutt without using the sparks and he then used the spark, then he grabbed Ashura by the head and hit him with three pillar of flames, he finished the combo by releasing a big explosion of purple flames.
Iori set his hands on fire before leaping to Ashura and slammed his hands to the ground, creating a large pillar of purple flames that burned him before Iori grabbed Ashura by his head and slammed him to the ground before picking him up, choking him with both hands before making a large pillar of purple flames that engulfs the two of them, then it ended in a huge explosion.
Ashura got on his feet and leaped towards Iori and grabbed Iori's head and slammed him to the ground before multiple purple fiery pillars erupted from the ground and started hitting Iori repeatedly, ending off with a huge purple fiery explosion that destroyed the entire the entire battlefield. When the smoke died down, Iori was on his back inside the a huge crater, he got on his feet.
Iori jumped forward with a claw attack, forcefully hitting Ashura into ground, then he grabbed him by the neck, and spun in the air ending with flame explosion of purple flames that paralysed Ashura on contact. Iori jumped at Ashura, then viciously clawed Ashura 3 times while imbuing the Yagami Clan logo above him, nearly ripping him to shreds.
Ashura got on his feet and clawed Iori on both sides of his body 6 time, nearly ripping him to shreds. Then Ashura got on top of Iori and started punching him in the face with powerful punches, Iori caught one of Ashura's punches and pulled him towards him before he headbutted him and kicked him away from him.
Iori got on his feet and threw launched two purple flame waves across the floor at Ashura's feet, launching him, and then finished with a big purple pillar of flames hitting Ashura midair before Iori charged his claws with a powerful purple flame and put them on the ground. Iori rushed towards Ashura while dragging his claws on the ground before delivering a massive upward flaming slice, eviscerating Ashura and released purple fiery pillars that did more damage to Ashura. Ashura got on his feet after the last vicious attack from Iori.
Iori threw a barrage of sparking purple flames at Ashura, which exploded around him on contact.
Iori launched a large wave of purple fire to the ground towards Ashura, erupting into multiple huge purple fiery pillars that burned Ashura repeatedly before Iori launched two more purple fire waves, increasing the intensity of the attack before Iori released a roar that released purple fiery snakes that harmed Ashura upon contact, then Iori jumped into the air and launched a small purple fireball to the ground and erupted from the ground as a huge beam of purple flames, which harmed Ashura.
Iori raised his hands in the air and made a familiar pose.
Iori: YAGAMI!
Iori rushed at Ashura at an insane speed and and attacked Ashura 35 times with a series of punches, kicks, shoulder barges, and claw swipes, ending by grabbing Ashura by the head and slammed him to the ground before he hit him with 4 pillars of purple flames and ended with a huge purple fiery explosion. Ashura got on his feet after the attack.
Ashura threw a barrage of sparkling purple flames at Iori, which exploded around him before Ashura rushed towards Iori and repeatedly hit him with a powerful flurry of claws and scratches ending off by lifting Iori in the air akin to a cross-chokehold and dug his claws 3 times before nearly ripping him apart in an X-shaped motion.
Ashura rushed at Iori, then circular threw him to the floor with one hand, imbuing the Yagami Clan logo above him. He then burned Iori with a pillar of flames while screaming. Iori was revealed to be unconscious.
Announcer: WINNER IS ASHURA! CONGRATULATIONS, YOU ARE THE NEW KING OF FIGHTERS!
A few minutes later, Ashura had a victory ceremony. After the victory ceremony, he, Kyo, and Iori separated from everyone.
Ashura: You guys can feel it too, right?
Kyo: Yes, this tournament was hosted for something.
Ashura: Let's find out.
The three of them rushed towards the location where they knew that they were gonna meet the sponsor of this tournament.
They saw 3 figures appear in front of them. They got shocked when they saw the figures, they looked just like them.
Kyo: Am I dreaming or am I just looking at myself?
Ashura: Those things are just clones.
Iori: Who could have created them.
Ashura: Gustab. Who are you guys?
Kyo-10: I'm Kyo clone-10, this is Iori clone-09 and the other one is Ashura clone-11.
Ashura: Thanks for telling us, it's time we deal with you guys. Kyo and Iori take care of your clones, I'll deal with my own clone.
Kyo/Iori: Right.
The two of them charged at their clones while Ashura looked at his clone.
Ashura-11 launched a multiple pillars of blue flames towards Ashura, who redirected them towards Ashura-11, who disappeared and reappeared behind Ashura.
Ashura-11 tried kicking Ashura, but he blocked the kick and tried punching Ashura-11 in the face, but he blocked the punch and tried to repeatedly kick Ashura, but he blocked all the kicks with ease.
Ashura-11 threw a large fireball at Ashura, who absorbed it a threw an invisible blue fireball towards Ashura-11, creating a huge explosion upon impact.
The both started throwing punches and kicks, hitting one another and countering at the same time
Ashura-11 saw an opening and landed a gut punch to Ashura. The punch knocked the wind out of Ashura but before he could do anything, Ashura-11 uppercutted his chin sending him flying into the air where he regained his balance and managed to land on his feet.
Ashura-11 charged towards Ashura and vanished, appearing behind Ashura and tried to punch him.
Only to miss and felt Ashura's knee lodged in his gut and then kicked in the face by Ashura's left foot and then sidekicked by the right.
Ashura-11 went for another punch but Ashura pulled Ashura-11's move and disappeared behind him and sent him flying by a backhand.
Ashura-11 went flying for a moment but regained his senses and flying a blue fireball at Ashura who kicked it into the sky.
Ashura charged towards Ashura-11 and they started throwing punches again.
Ashura and Ashura-11 were still going at it when Ashura tried to throw a punch but Ashura-11 ducked and landed an uppercut to Ashura's gut making him groan.
Ashura went for another punch and got a palm from Ashura-11 in the same spot as the uppercut.
He went for a third punch and in return for trying got a knee to the gut, then an elbow to the face, and a punch and final kick that sent him tumbling.
Luckily Ashura regained his balance as Ashura-11 looked at his nemesis.
Ashura and Ashura-11 suddenly disappeared from view.
There were suddenly shockwaves booming.
They finally came back into view with their fist in each other's faces.
They both sent each other flying back.
Ashura-11: Okay, time to use one of my strongest moves.
Ashura-11 said as he put his right hand under his left and started gathering blue flames.
Ashura clear felt Ashura-01's power rising and decided that he should do the same.
Ashura: Alright, guess I'll do this again.
Ashura said as he cupped his hands again and started gathering blue flames.
Ashura: ASHURA'S...
Ashura-11: HEAVEN'S...
Both attacks pulsed.
Ashura: WRATH!
Ashura-11: GATES!
Ashura and Ashura-11 called out as they fired their attack and making them collide.
The attacks let out a great burst of power that caused a lot of wind.
The attack exploded making a great wind blow out.
In it, Ashura and Ashura-11 were fighting back and forth again.
They both held each other back by their hands and started to fly down to the ground.
They started throwing punches again as they got closer to the ground.
Both: Time to end this.
Ashura and Ashura-11 stated as they charged energy into their fist.
They both slammed their fist into each others faces for the third time.
The force of the attacks so strong that they sent each other flying.
CRASH!
Right into the ground hard.
Ashura got on his feet and took an advantage of the downed Ashura-11. Ashura charged at Ashura-11, going through him by creating a big Dragon with his blue flames which knocked out Ashura-11.
Ashura went to regroup with Kyo and Iori, who had already defeated their clones. The three of them continued walking towards the mansion. When they got there, they opened the and found Gustab sitting on his throne with Zero, Igniz and Glugan kneeling before him while Psyqhical was standing by his side.
Ashura: Gustab Munchausen, we finally meet.
Kyo: So that's Gustab.
Gustab: The three of you are gonna pay for ruining my plans. But I have some business to attend to.
Gustab unleashed energy onto the area, quickly disposing of Glugan, Igniz, and Zero before he prepared himself to fight, Psyqhical got in his fighting stance.
Ashura: Iori and Kyo, you guys deal with Psyqhical, I'll deal with Munchausen.
Iori: Don't order us around.
Kyo: Yes, who made you the leader?
Ashura: You know what. Do as you like, it's not like I'm assisting suicide.
Gustab frantically sliced at Iori, Kyo, and Ashura with strings, but Ashura avoided every single one of the strings effortlessly, while Kyo and Iori were frantically sliced by the strings.
Psyqhical released a small orb of energy which released itself into the air and lingered for a few moments, Ashura fired a small invisible projectile at the small orb of energy, causing it release devastating burst of energy which everyone avoided.
Kyo jumped into the air and as he fell back down, he tried slamming his fists into Psyqhical's head, but Psyqhical slowed down the speed of Kyo, making him slow, Psyqhical zoomed forward and thrusted his foot into the ground, reappearing in front of Iori's feet, but he managed to dodge the attack.
Psyqhical opened up various portals in front of Kyo which released a barrage of his laser beam energy attacks towards Kyo, but Ashura appeared in front of Kyo, taking the laser energy beams head on and was unfazed by them.
Gustab created a string on the area that pulsed and made a "twinkle" sound. When Iori tried attacking on top of thwt string, he was stunned for a very long time, which was the cue for the Gustab to unleash a brutal combo on Iori. Gustab charged at Iori, but he was intercepted by Ashura, who kicked him away.
Gustab motioned upward as strings slice around his hand. Ashura and Iori jumped into the air, avoiding the strings before Iori charged at Gustab, grabbed him by the face and slams him to the ground before causing an explosion before Ashura punched the grounded Gustab, creating a huge crater.
Psyqhical created energy pillars from the the ground towards Kyo, who rolled away from the pillars and stepped forward and punched Psyqhical and made an explosion occurring where he punched, followed up by delivering an uppercut which created an explosion that sent Psyqhical flying, ending by kicking Psyqhical which sent him flying.
Gustab sent out the aforementioned blue flame projectile. Ashura threw an invisible projectile towards it, when the invisible projectile hit the aforementioned blue flame projectile, it broke into six purple spheres which were launched towards Iori and Ashura, who both dodged them.
Iori hopped and took a big flaming swipe downward, hitting Gustab before he leaned in with his rear hand then clutched Gustab. He then pulled him to the other side of himself towards Ashura, who charged towards Gustab with a powerful punch; when it connected, Ashura landed another one that released a tremendous shockwave, which sent Gustab crashing into a wall.
Ashura: We make a great team, right Iori?
Iori: Whatever.
Ashura rushed towards Kyo to help him out.
Psyqhical created a burst of invisible energy to the area around him, but Kyo managed to avoid it. Psyqhical generated lasers which he fired from various directions which emerged from glass-like circles that also created shattering sounds when they fire, Kyo was dodging them all, but he lost his balance and fell into the ground, some lasers were gonna hit him, but Ashura appeared in front of him and took a full brunt of the lasers, he was unfazed by them. Ashura helped Kyo get on his feet, the two of them nodded at each other.
Kyo spun around before punching Psyqhical and made an explosion occurring where he punched, followed up by delivering a one-inch punch to Psyqhical's stomach that caused an explosion, ending by uppercutting Psyqhical and sent him flying with an explosion, Ashura jumped forward and kicked Psyqhical away before dashing towards him and kicked him again before flipping and kicked to the ground.
Psyqhical go on his feet and encased Ashura in a large cube of warped space, but he destroyed it with only his fist, shocking Psyqhical.
Kyo spun around before punching Psyqhical with a powerful explosive punch, which created an explosion and sent him towards Ashura, who turned around 2 times before he landed a powerful crimson explosive punch, which created an explosion that sent Psyqhical flying into the air.
Kyo ran forward and punched Psyqhical before he grabbed him by his neck before making an explosion of flames appear from his hand, launching Psyqhical into the air before Ashura jumped high into the air before landing with a kick to Psyqhical's head, sending him crashing into the ground.
Kyo and Iori got on the opposite sides of Psyqhical, with him being in the middle of them. Kyo and Ashura covered themselves in flames along with their rear hand, then threw them out in a big wave of flames, the two waves collided with Psyqhical between them, creating an explosion. When the smoke died down, Psyqhical was struggling to stand.
Ashura: Let's end this Kyo.
Kyo: Right.
Ashura punched the ground, creating a huge shockwave, which launched Psyqhical into the air before Kyo punched the ground and released a wave of flames toward Psyqhical. After the attack, Psyqhical was revealed to be defeated.
Kyo and Ashura looked at each and did the fist bump.
Ashura/Kyo: Pound it.
The two of them rushed towards Iori, who was dealing with Gustab.
Iori was dealing with Gustab very easily. Gustab sent out six purple energy spheres, which Iori dodged and rushed towards Gustab before striking Gustab with his rear hand, then his front, and finished with an upward claw, before jumping with his arms out, shrouded in purple flames, burning Gustab on contact.
Gustab sent out an unreflectable projectile that slowly moved upwards as it moved forwards towards Iori, who somehow managed to dodge it and ran at his Gustab, grabbed him by his head, then slammed him to the floor and made a purple fiery explosion before he threw a purple fiery projectile that runs across the floor towards the downed Gustab, burning him on contact.
Gustab got on his feet and created 3 energy pillars around him, but Iori rolled through them and grabbed Gustab by his head and slammed him to the ground before picking him up, choking him with both hands before making a large pillar of purple flames that engulfed them, ending off with a huge purple fiery explosion.
Gustab got on his feet and struck a pose, sticking his arm out. Iori swung his front arm down for a hammer punch, which landed. It turned out to be a big mistake because once it landed, Gustab unleashed energy onto the area, knocking Iori away. Iori managed to land on his feet and glared at Gustab.
Gustab created a wave of energy pillars that rippled out from his position in both directions, but Iori managed to roll through it once again and threw a barrage of sparking purple flames at Gustab, which exploded around him on contact.
Gustab grabbed Iori and held him within a massive energy pillar as his life was drained from him. As the pillar collapsed, more damage was dealt and Iori was sent flying. Iori got on his feet, he was angry at Gustab and his rage only made him stronger. Kyo and Ashura got to Iori.
Gustab flooded the area with strings, Ashura and Iori dodged all of them with complete ease while Kyo dodged some of them, but a majority of them hit him, dealing a massive damage.
Kyo: How did you two dodge all of them?
Iori: I just dodged on instincts.
Ashura: Me too. How about we end this simultaneously.
Iori: He's mine.
Iori raised his hands into the air and made a familiar pose.
Iori: Asobi Wa Owari Da!
Iori rushed at Gustab at an insane speed and and attacked Gustab 35 times with a series of punches, kicks, shoulder barges, and claw swipes, ending by grabbing Gustab by his head and slammed him to the ground before picking him up, choking him with both hands before making a large pillar of purple flames that engulfed them, ending off with a huge purple fiery explosion. When the smoke died down, Gustab was revealed to be defeated. He barely got on his feet.
Gustab: [Shocked] I failed. I have underestimated the power of Iori Yagami. I have failed to destroy the three of you.
Kyo: Even if you bring a majority of our past foes, it wouldn't help you eliminate us.
Iori: This idiot is right, we have dealt with them before and we can deal with them again.
Gustab: That wasn't my plan.
Ashura: (If that wasn't his plan, why did he host this tournament in the first place? Could it be...)
Ashura was shocked and Gustab saw his shocked expression.
Gustab: It seems like you're friend had discovered my true plan.
Iori and Kyo turned towards Ashura.
Kyo: What is his true plan, Ashura?
Ashura: We have been used. This tournament wasn't hosted to lure the three of us.
Iori: What was it used for?
Ashura: It was used to obtain the battle data for his creation that I don't know. Our clones didn't just fight us, they fought other fighters around the world. He is gonna infuse the DNA with his creation which would allow it to hold skills and powers of the said fighter.
Iori and Kyo were shocked at what they heard. They looked towards Gustab who had Psyqhical on his side.
Gustab: You're very intelligent. My ultimate creation will destroy all of you.
Ashura just chuckled at that.
Gustab: And what's funny?
Ashura: It's just that you're a brainless dumbass. You're creation may turn on you and destroy you itself, it happened to a lot of dumbasses like you.
Gustab: I guess we'll see.
Gustab created 3 energy pillars around himself and Psyqhical before the two of them teleported themselves away, leaving Ashura, Kyo, and Iori.
Kyo: That was interesting to say.
Ashura: Yes, I had so much fun.
Iori: Yes, but we dealt with them.
Ashura: The three of us make a great team, right guys?
Kyo: Yes, I hate to admit it, but the three of us should team up until this is over.
Iori: Right, but only this time.
Ashura smiled at the two boys and the three of them started walking away, knowing that this was just the beginning.