Chapter 22: Ross vs Reikokuna

Ross closed his eyes as he then tightened his grip on his sword. He then held out his left hand and surged some of his lightning.

"So were the experimental children of a mad killer" he said.

Reikokuna grinned.

"If you want to put it that way, Then yes. We are!" he said "Now! Let me see what my so called spiritual successor can do in a fight against his first born!".

He then charged at Ross.

Ross gritted his teeth as charged at Reikokuna.

"You're...YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR ALL THIS!" Ross shouted.

The two then clashed their swords as they fought one another, Everyone watched the two as they were fighting.

"So..., Ross's mother is behind all of this..." Rei said.

The others just looked at the ground.

"And She saw here two sons as nothing more than just mere guinea pigs for her to use" Saya said.

Kohta crossed his arms.

"But...if Ross's mother is the cause of this outbreak. Then, She might have made a cure to stop it?" he said.

Everyone pondered about that, That's when Kaz spoke up.

"Well, Even though Ross's mother is behind all of this. We really shouldn't blame him for what has happened" he said "After all, His brother said she had been working on the killer disease after she had successfully experimented on him. And Ross was born only one year latter" he said.

Everyone looked at Kaz and smiled.

"Who ever said that I was going to blame the man that I love so much?" Rei said.

"Rei's right! Ross has nothing to do with this outbreak, So he is completely innocent. Besides, He wants to stop this just as much as everyone else here!" Saya said.

Kaz nodded.

"Right! But what do we do about finding Ross's mother? I mean, She could be anywhere" he said.

"Maybe Ross's father knows where she is" Takashi said.

Kohta grinned.

"That's it! All we have to do is find Ross's father, And he'll be able to help us find his mother. As well as a cure!" he said.

Everyone nodded at the idea.

"Alright, Then we have a new plan" Takashi said "We'll find our parents to see if there alright, Then find Ross's father to help us find his mother" he said.

-meanwhile-

Ross and Reikokuna were clashing their swords over and over, Trying there best to defeat one another.

"I'll kill you for what you have done to these innocent people!" Ross said as he kept trying to find an opening so he could attack Reikokuna.

Reikokuna was countering all of Ross's attacks, As he kept grinning at him.

"Why bother going through the trouble of protecting these weak human beings Ross? We should be making them keel to our very power" he said.

"I don't want that! I want to be accepted by them!".

"Now you should know that will never happen".

Reikokuna then sweep kicked Ross to the ground, He then pointed his sword at his chest.

"Society fears those that are out of the ordinary. They fear things that defy the basic laws of nature and physics. You and I are seen as impure, Freaks, Monsters, Demons. You don't have a place here among them. In their eyes, You're just an abomination that needs it's head cut off" he said.

Ross quickly got to his feet.

"I don't care! I'll keep trying to fit in no matter what!" he said.

Reikokuna just shook his head slowly at him.

"So blind to the truth" he said as he stabbed his sword into the ground "That bastered has made you soft, So much to the point of you pretending to be normal".

He then activated his fire powers.

"I am proud of what I am! To be given these god like powers from my mother! This is my heritage! And you are just wasting it to save the lives of people that will never see you as their equal!".

Ross stabbed his sword into the ground as well, As he activated his lightning powers.

"Well, Better to have a father that treats you as a human being, then a mother that treats you like test dummy" he said.

Reikokuna glared at him.

"Don't you dare say that about our mother!" he said "You should be thanking her for what she did to you, She made you something more than just being human!" he said.

Ross glared at Reikokuna.

"I never asked for this!" he said.

Reikokuna smirked.

"Tough shit!".

Ross then charged his left hand with his lightning.

"Lightning volt!".

He then ran at Reikokuna as he then cocked his left arm back to attack him. However, As soon as he was about to strike him. His attack was stopped by a fire like shield.

"what!?" Ross said.

Reikokuna smiled.

"Flame shield Ross!" he said as he then grabbed his brother's arm through the shield and burned it.

"Gahh!" Ross yelled.

Reikokuna then charged up his left hand, As he covered it in fire.

"Flame strike!".

He then punched Ross in the chest knocking him to the ground.

The others panicked.

"Ross!" Rei said as she started to run for him, Only for Kaz to place his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't" he said "This is his fight, Not ours".

Rei just looked at him.

"There's no way that I'm going to stand here and watch Ross get killed!" she said.

Saya then added into the conversation.

"You'll just get in the way" she said as she looked at Ross "Besides...Ross is only person that has a chance to equally match him".

Rei just looked at her as she turned her attention back at Ross.

Ross got to his feet, He looked at his left arm to see that it was a little burned.

"Did that hurt little brother!?" Reikokuna said darkly "Don't worry, I have the ability to control the temperer of my fire. I can make it as if you were burned by a small lighter, Or I can make it to were you'll be burned by the sun itself" he said as he formed a fire like whip.

"Flame whip!" he said as he then struck the ground with his fire made weapon, Ross then formed his lightning blade. He then ran after his brother.

"Take this!" he said.

Reikokuna saw his attack as he then created his flame shield again, Blocking his attack.

"That won't work Ross" Reikokuna said "I've been mastering my powers since I was two. And I can easily counter all of your attacks". He then created a fire like sword from his left hand.

"Flame sword" he said in a whisper.

He then swung his flame sword at Ross, Causing Ross to back up away from him. Reikokuna then used his flame whip to grab Ross by the leg as he then swung him into the barricade.

Ross felt the wind knocked out of him.

"Aghh! Dammit!" he said as he keeled on his right leg. 'Looks like I better use this now' he thought, He then activated his wild raven form.

Reikokuna looked at him and grinned.

"Ah I see" he said "You're going to try using your bloodlust drive on me huh?".

Ross looked at him with a puzzled look.

"Bloodlust drive?" he said.

"Yes, The bloodlust drive is one of the two transformations that we were given. It gives the user a strong boost in power, Endurance, Speed, And reflexes. But it also has a side effect. It changes the users personality, As well as their appearance" Reikokuna said.

Ross then tightened his fists, Creating black lightning.

"Well, I'm gonna use my bloodlust drive to kill you!" he said as he showed his wicked smile "I'll rip your arms off, And break your bones!" he said.

Reikokuna pondered a bit.

"I see, So that's what your dark desire is" he said.

Ross stopped smiling as he looked at him.

"My what?" he said.

Reikokuna turned off his fire powers.

"Your dark side, That's what we call the bloodlust drives negative personality side effect. That's your dark desire, it taps into what your dark side wants. What you truly want, And from what I see. You want blood. But not just a little bit of it, No. You wanna be drenched in it's foul stench" he said with a smile.

Ross shook his head at him.

"No...you're wrong. That's not what I truly want! I only use this form to help my friends and loved ones!" he said.

Reikokuna then started laughing.

"Hahaha! Is that so? But tell me, every time you killed one of those zombies while in your bloodlust form. Did you not get a huge amount of satisfaction when you killed them? Did you not want to just lose yourself and go on a rampage?" he asked him "And what about those that would do your friends and loved ones harm? Do you like it when your enemy screams in fear of you? Do you like it when you can just rip them apart?".

Ross smiled a tiny bit at the last part of his brothers words. But he quickly shook his head, However Reikokuna had seen his small tiny smile.

"ha! Right there! I saw you smile a bit at my last sentence. You do enjoy it! You love murdering your enemies without a second thought, You...enjoy all the killing!" he said.

Ross shouted at him.

"SHUT UP!".

Reikokuna smiled darkly as he activated his fire powers.

"Well then, Let me show you what I truly want" he said. That's when Reikokuna's long spiky white hair turned red, As his hair then became shorter and wild. His brown hazel eyes then became sky blue. He then smiled darkly at Ross.

"When I was born, I was regarded as the perfect experiment" Reikokuna said "I was proud to be known as that, To be seen as my mother's greatest experiment that she had ever successfully created. It felt truly wonderful, But all of that changed when you became born! My mother then told me that I would be having a younger brother, And she would create a new serum that would give you the same power as me! She then told me that you would be the next best thing. She said that she would make you stronger than me! Better than me! Someone that would surpass me!".

He then tightened his fist.

"You'll never be my spiritual successor!".

Reikokuna then created a huge fireball in both of his hands.

"Time to ends this once and for all!" Reikokuna said.

Ross then gritted his teeth as he created two lightning volts in his hands.

"Let's go!".

But before the two could fight again, A huge flash of light shined high in the sky.

"What the hell!?" Ross and Reikokuna said in unison.