Hey everyone. Here's the first fight of Iron Mantis. Hope you enjoy

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Iron Mantis signal had leaded him to an abandoned underground base. He sliced open the crumpled door and walked in cautiously

'Why would they want to fight here? And where the hell is…' Mantis stopped his pondering when he saw at the far end of the hall tied to it was the person he was there for..

'CROKIS!!' Mantis called out to the unconscious man as he ran to him. He untied him off the wall and lied him down on the ground

'M..Mantis..W..where am I?' Crokis whispered

'Some underground base. I've came here to save you from your kidnapper' Mantis explained. Crokis however groaned

'Getting saved by you. I can't get any lower'

'Shut it asshole' Mantis spat as he helped Crokis to his feet 'If it wasn't for the fact I owe you for saving my life, I wouldn't have come. So count yourself lucky

'Luck' gentlemen does not define your current situation. KURO CERO!' a sinister voice shouted. A dark beam flew towards them from above them

'Watch out!' Mantis cried out as he grabbed Crokis and jumped out the way. The beam only just missed them as it had been at close range

'Nice shot' the voice called out. A figure then jumped from the roof to show it was Nezumi the Rat Darkside

'So you're my opponent' Mantis grunted taking out his scythe

'Indeed, and it seems you found my underground laboratory. Drake gave me this place for me to conduct my research' Nezumi told him

'What makes you think I care about what this place is? Whatever the case you're gonna die!!' Mantis roared charging at Nezumi

Nezumi giggled 'You fail to see the significance human. This is 'my' building, meaning I have it's capabilities on my side' Nezumi then clicked his fingers to signal something

Before Mantis could react the floor under him opened up and a huge spike shot out. Mantis could not move in time and was impaled right through the chest. The spike hit roof trapping Mantis

'Ouch!' Crokis said disgusted

'Shit….this place….is booby trapped…' Mantis groaned

'Correct. I have set traps all around the building! They're set off via a metal chip I implanted in my head. I just need to click…' Nezumi then clicked his fingers and two knife like whips came out both walls '…and it'll do what I wish'

The two knife whips then soared at Mantis hitting him in both shoulders. Mantis winced at the pain. However he used his scythe to slash both knife whips and then used it to slice the spike impaling him

'So you've got traps all over here huh? What's the matter too afraid to fight me one on one' Mantis accused as he pulled out the spike still in his chest

Nezumi shrugged 'I could take you if I was interested, but a weakling like is not worth my time'

'Weakling? Who the fuck do you think you're talking too?! I'm an Author fighter!' Mantis spat. He then ran at Nezumi intent on killing

Nezumi clicked his fingers and two machine guns came out from the ground. They fired rapidly at Mantis blasting his body with holes, Mantis however did not stop, ignoring the shots

'That won't work Darkside I'm a regenerator!' Mantis told him

'I know' Nezumi said. He then clicked his fingers and the machine guns tilted up aiming at Mantis head

'Shit!' Mantis cursed jumping out the way as the bullets aimed at his head. He rolled back up and took his chance and sliced the machine guns off

Nezumi clapped 'Well done, but a second later and your head would've been blown off, and you know better than I do that you can't regenerate from that'

'H..how do you know that?'

'Are you brain dense human? Have you forgotten I was there when you fought those weak Twilights? I know you and all the other Authors who fought the Twilights secrets' Nezumi explained

'You think that's gonna be enough? It's one thing to know how we fight, but it's another to actually fight back!' Mantis told him Running towards the Darkside

Nezumi sighed 'Do you not learn from past mistakes boy? You can't even get close to me' Nezumi then clicked his fingers ordering a weapon to come out

When the weapon appeared, which was three large spiked, Mantis somehow knew they were coming and sliced them off in seconds. Unguarded Mantis swung his scythe right down the Rat Darksides chest

Nezumi staggered back, caught off guard by the blow. He looked at Mantis with wonder

'Amazing….you knew that my next attack was going to be spikes. What power is this? Mind reading? Predicting the future?' Nezumi asked

Mantis shook his head 'Nope, I've just got a good sixth sense'

'What?!' Nezumi said sarcastically. He then sent out three machine guns and opened fire on him, but Mantis seemingly knew this would happen again and almost easily dodged the bullets and sliced off the guns. He then sliced down on the Darksides leg gashing it

Mantis repeated a series of slashes all over the Darksides body soaking them both in blood. Mantis stopped his scythe onslaught and took out his Magnum and blasted a hole straight through the Darkside chest sending him tumbling back

'My my….. I didn't expect this from you boy' Nezumi groaned as he slowly walked up. Mantis noticed that his wounds slowly healed themselves to their original form

'You're….a regenerator…like me' Mantis stated

'That I am, only my regeneration skills are greater!' Nezumi pronounced lifting his right arm 'KURO CERO!'

A Cero flew straight at Mantis aiming straight for the heart, a weak spot. Mantis quickly rolled to the right and got out his Magnum. He shot a round at Nezumi's heart, who like Mantis, dodge out of the way, however he was too slow and got hit in the shoulder practically blowing it apart!

'Oh really? It seems to me you're regeneration is limited as much as mine. Face it we're equals' Mantis told him. Nezumi stood silent, like he was shocked by this statement

'E..excuse me? Did you just say that we are equals? ARE YOU TRYING TO PISS ME OFF!!?' Nezumi shouted violently jumping up

'How dare you say we're equals! You Iron Mantis, based upon my studies, are the weakest member of the group. How dare you call me you're equal!' Nezumi spat

'Weakest…' Mantis whispered

'I refuse to be nothng less than your superior! It's embarrassing enough that I can't beat you in m masked form, but I'm now too pissed to care anymore!' Nezumi then grabbed his mask, and with a push ripped it off, and his body transformed into it's monstrous state

Nezumi's skin was grey and fury. His body became almost hunchback, and hs face developed a rat nose and mouth, with sharp teeth sticking out. A tail also stuck out from back. He was by far one of the more grotesque Zodiacs

'Yes….in this form, I truly am your superior human. Like this you will never again say we're equals! Like this…'

SLASH

Nezumi was interrupted as Mantis took a grat swung and sliced off his head. The Darksdies body collapsed onto the ground, while his head rolled a few feet away

'Man Mantis….that was harsh' Crokis said amazed

'This bastard…called me the weakest Author. Wouldn't you be pissed if someone called you the weakest?' Mantis said walking back towards him

'You are the weakest Mantis' Nezumi's voice could be heard from behind. Mantis turned around to see Nezumi's headless body standing up, slowly the headless bodies top grew, slowly revealing a new head

'He regenerated his head!!' Crokis gasped

'That I did. KURO CERO!' Nezumi then fired a Cero right at Mantis sending him flying back

'When I release my true form, my previous weaknesses disappear, and I can no longer die. Face it Mantis, I am your superior…..'

Will Mantis defeat Nezumi stay tuned to find out

And about calling Mantis the weakest. It was his idea so don't think I'm trying to insult him. P.s. that'll be delved into more next chapter