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A New Distortion and what seems to be the conclusion to the current series of events is upon us. Let us see what happens next.)

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Distortion 54

Previously On Canon Distortion

In a world removed from time and space, Sora Minakaze came face to face with who and what he was. Instead of letting that conquer his waking thought, he was able to think about the people that he treasured and the person he loved the most and fought the strength to stand back up and face off against the Mad Dog. Will this newfound strength be enough to win against the Mad Dog or will it still be not enough to overpower the man? There is only one way to find out how this tale ends.

And Now, the continuation of Canon Distortion

A Few minutes prior…

Professor Kokonoe's Laboratory…

Professor Kokonoe was about to have the worst time of her life. She couldn't believe what she was watching. Her perfectly crafted plan to banish Azrael to a dimensional prison to hold him there was going very wrong. The number of people still watching the arena was there to prevent any kind of Phenomena intervention but at the same time, the fact that a random nobody was fighting against the Mad Dog and about to die at any moment, She should be happy such a man is bringing her the time to do her plan but she couldn't help but feel like she was on a roller coaster of emotions at that moment.

Her eyes were not focused on the other sets of Monitors that were observing the currently empty base that was only manned by a few people. Including Jin Kisaragi and Noel Vermillion at that moment, the base was vulnerable to attack by any person at that moment and yet that was not what was causing her to stress out. It was the way events have been playing out and they have not been playing out in a way that was predictable for her nor seemed to be favorable.

"Professor Kokonoe! Professor Kokonoe!" Noel's voice boomed through the communicator as Kokonoe had to hold her ears in when she heard the girl's voice. "Ow what the hell Noel! What's going on now!?" Kokonoe asked as she could feel the stress that was in her bones currently seep right into her veins as Noel's stuttering only served to further annoy her. "I...I...IT'S MAKOTO! She's...She's gone!" Noel yelled as that was enough for Kokonoe's attention to be piqued as she immediately checked her cameras, zooming past all of them to see the room Makoto Nanaya was supposed to be in.

Supposed to be was the key word to note in this case. What Kokonoe saw was not Makoto Nanaya peacefully resting on her bed but Makoto Nanaya completely gone, Noel looking around the room in a panicked manner. This alarmed Kokonoe enough for her to check the past few minutes to see if Makoto had miraculously woken up and had decided to sneak out of her room. The footage she checked revealed she did not do any such thing. In fact, the opposite happened.

Makoto Nanaya was just in her room for the longest time, not leaving the room and still in her comatose state. Kokonoe would have thought it was just an illusion to the eyes until she noticed a small detail on the hand of Makoto Nanaya or rather the lack of a hand at the point she paused the video to look. She couldn't tell what was going on but the fact that it was becoming something gaseous was alarming to her.

It was then that Kokonoe decided to check the readings in the area and noticed that Makoto's room had a slow rising spike in Seithr concentration. "Noel that room you are in right now is slowly increasing in Seithr. You need to get out of there right now before the concentration gets too high." Kokonoe warned as Noel shook her head at that, her eyes focused on the blade in front of her at that moment. "I...I had a bad feeling about this for a while now… But I got to know." Noel said as Kokonoe could only wonder what she meant at that moment as her hand drifted to touch the blade.

...Fingers inching ever closer to touching cold steel as a blue light grew brighter in front of her eyes…

At the same time…

1st Free City Of Otsu…

"To think this was underneath our fine city after all this time." Tetsu said as he stood alongside his fellow heads as they stared at a sight they never thought they would get to stare. "Indeed comrade. Not even the highest proof alcohol can get me to not see this sight." Vlad explained as Sofia and Zhang Pi nodded their heads. "So… What are going to do with this thing? Try to activate it?" Vlad questioned as everyone else just shook their head as what they were looking at was the long hidden cauldron now rediscovered.

"Yeah, try to activate old ancient technology." Sofia said bluntly as Zhang PI shook her head in slight disappointment. "As much as it hurts me to do this, we are going to have to destroy the elevator to ensure nobody can just come down here and try to reactivate the cauldron without us knowing. We are already in a Seithr rich area, don't need our little town becoming even more dense with Seithr now." Zhang PI explained as Tetsu nodded his head upon hearing that.

"Fair enough. I cannot help but wonder why a cauldron of all things is here with us right now." Vlad asked as Tetsu's attention was turned towards the room that was beside the cauldron. "Call me crazy… But I suspect our good old home was home to quite the few powerful people beforehand." Tetsu said as he saw a couple of his men bringing out various books out of the room, figuring that he would find some dirt to blackmail the NOL with to get them off his back.

"Uhhh...Boss…" A lackey called out as the heads respectively followed the source of the voice. "What's up?" Sofia questioned as it was revealed that it was one of her men as he was overlooking a console that housed various instruments used to measure things. "I don't know what is going on with this thing here but it looks like whatever is the case, the console is starting to act up." The lackey said as that was enough to grab the attention of those in the room.

"What could possibly…" Before Tetsu could even finish his sentence, everyone in the room felt a massive vibration as they lost their footing in the process. Everyone managed to brace themselves on something as they could see the cauldron come back to life in front of their eyes. "What the hell! Shut it down!" Sofia shouted as the lackey looked at the console for a bit before shrugging as Sofia took her gun out and shot her gun right at the console, hoping that would turn it off.

"It seems that your bullets have done nothing to the console." Zhang Pi said as Sofia blushed upon hearing that and shook her head, realizing such emotions were not needed right now when a cauldron was opening in front of them. "We need to get the fuck out of here already! That cauldron opening means we are going to get hit with seithr!" Sofia shouted as that was enough to prompt everyone to get the hell out of there at that moment.

But everyone did not know how fast that cauldron was going to open. As the wings that acted as it's doors slowly opened up one by one. All everyone could do was try and make a break for the elevator. Maybe, just maybe even if they get exposed to the effects of the cauldron, they would be able to reduce the effects they would experience. However they were not prepared for the next series of events that were occurring to them

...unaware that theirs was just a part of a greater phenomenon, their eyes greeted with blue light…

The same time...

Caroline's Laboratory…

Caroline herself was doing her own thing. While the professor was busy monitoring her own things and everyone else watching the fight happening in the arena, Caroline was busy doing her own work. None of what everyone was doing was concerning her anyways so she got to work in private. While her boss was currently out unconscious, the least she can do is make sure the Rev System is working properly so that her boss can use it properly.

"Wait a minute… my boss?" Caroline thought as her mind had been feeling hazy lately. She has been feeling like her mind has been having gaps in her memory and that was not a good thing to have as a scientist. What if those memory losses were in fact something crucial like her life work that she was forgetting. She should definitely double check her current work and make sure that nothing was missing in her calculations.

"Dammit. Now's not the time for you to be missing crucial details. Not before the most important event of your life." Caroline said as she looked at the new version of the Rev System she had designed. She had implemented the various data she had gathered from the first version into this new weapon and was able to maintain it's transforming capabilities while also adding a new shrunk down nuclear engine to complement the Seithr system.

"I could check on the connections again… but what if it's not the connections but instead the engines themselves." Caroline allowed her thoughts to roam free until she noticed that the original completed Rev System began to glow. She couldn't help but walk towards said Rev System as she wondered it was glowing in the first place, after all she did make sure the whole system was shut down and the Seithr was safely discharged out of it.

So what in the world could be causing such a thing. Was it residual seithr that she had failed to notice when she was purging the blade? But that wouldn't explain the bluish hue that she was looking at right now. Could be the latent Seithr in the room? Maybe because besides right now, the base had been struggling to gather Seithr and was mainly relying on electrical power to keep itself running.

Her mind was filled to the brim with various theories as she inspected the original Rev System in front of her. It was when she touched the blade with her hand she felt the pain in her head intensify as she had to press her hand on her forehead to try and contain the pain she was feeling at that moment. She shook her head in an attempt to shake away the pain she felt was growing. Just what was this growing pain her brain was facing.

...Just as her eyes were greeted with the sight of a blue light that slowly began to blind her.

In these three moments, three separate events occurred.

In one, a woman, connected to the azure via her eyes was about to touch the blade that connected her friend to the truth of the world.

In another, a group of criminal individuals were investigating what seemed to be the long forgotten ruins of the Dark War when the very gates of hell that were once sealed opened up for them once again

And in the last, a woman who pursued to develop a system to let mankind navigate the Seithr laden grounds below was now face to face with her system reacting in a manner she had never seen before.

All of these events have one thing in common. A blue light engulfed those that were caught in it's burning blue gaze. This very same blue light that blinded all that were in the arena at that moment..

...As that is where all paths now connect to…

A bright blue light engulfed the colloseum located in the 6th Hierarchical city of Yabiko. This phenomenon was only noticed in a few places and most electronics were temporarily disrupted before they came back. Kagura couldn't help but wonder what had just happened as he shook his head. All he had seen was just a bright blue light blinding him for a few moments and his head being disrupted from such a thing.

"Is...Is everyone alright?" Kagura questioned as he shook his head to shake away the disruption his brain had been inflicted with. Soon his vision was clear and he could see what was clearly in front of him as Ragna was just blankly staring in front of him while Hunter seemed unfazed by the blinding blue light that was in front of him. Bullet dropped her ass on the ground, staring at the sight in front of her in shock as this made Celica immediately tend to the mercenary.

"Are you alright!?" Celica immediately questioned as Bullet had to hold her head in as she felt a blank spot in her mind that she never thought existed before had managed to make itself appear. Her eyes then went to look at the arena once again as she had to do a double take with what she was looking at at that moment. She thought she was hallucinating but it was clear what she was looking at was reality and not some fake.

"No...that can't be….Sora?" Bullet said as Celica and Kagura looked at her confused upon hearing her say that. "Wait...Did you just say Sora Bullet?" Ragna questioned as Bullet herself was surprised to find the grim reaper being aware of that name himself. "Hey rabbit. What the hell is going on right now? It's clear we experienced some sort of Phenomena intervention but why the hell we only just remembered that guy's name?" Ragna questioned as Rachel herself couldn't help but feel amused by what has happened.

"Why...I do not know about that myself. There are things that even I am not familiar with at the end of the day." Rachel explained as she nodded her head at the current situation in front of her. "Though in this case. I think we may have just experienced phenomenon intervention, but not from the master unit." Rachel said further as Ragna wanted to speak up at that moment before he felt an aura emerge from Hunter, his eyes continued to focus on the view in front of him.

"You've returned...Balmung…" Hunter said but his voice was not his as everyone tensed looking at Hunter as they noticed Hunter was tightly clenching the handle around the maw. His gaze was not focused on any of them but instead the arena as the arena itself was enough to bring everyone's attention to as they saw Azrael simply stand up as he was looking at the person that was in front of him at that moment as they merely remained quiet.

"Huh...is that all you got?" Azrael said as he stood up and dusted himself off. "All of that fancy blue light I saw and this is what I get? Talk about a waste of my time." Azrael said as he began to walk, ready to leave behind Sora Minakaze as he then felt his shoulder get grabbed by the man. He turned himself around to try and face him only to feel a powerful blow be struck at his stomach as he staggered greatly. He felt pain and that pain was enough to leave him stunned as he did not expect to face such a hard blow.

"You asked me about what this blade can do didn't you. Why it needs Seithr in the first place." Sora said as Azrael looked and noticed that Sora was holding the weapon he had placed on the side just a minute ago. He noticed Sora rev the handle of the blade as before, it made a sound that indicated that there was not enough Seithr in the area. "ENHANCED GEAR!" The rev blade shouted as Celica felt a tightness on her chest as Ragna himself felt his right arm and eye pulse briefly.

"DISTORTION GEAR!" That was when Celica could feel the tightness on her chest grow even more as Ragna could feel his right arm's control start to return to him as he noticed a strange looking smoke appear from the stump of Sora's arm. "ASTRAL GEAR!" The moment the Rev blade shouted those very words, the wisps of smoke that were on Sora's stump manifested to form what looked to be a normal arm that was only black in color.

"Why don't I show you." Sora said as he then clicked the brake handle on the blade as he assumed a stance in front of Azrael, taking a deep breath as he did so. "ASTRAL FINISH!" The blade shouted as a circle began to manifest behind Sora. The ground underneath him began to gave way as he placed his foot down as hard as he can, breaking the concrete underneath it as his eyes focused on the mad dog, allowing the Mad Dog to see a flaming blue right eye manifest where his iris should be.

"Tachikaze." Sora said as without warning, he moved rapidly. The Rev Blade dashed right past Azrael, cutting his chest as Azrael quickly formed his aura to protect him from the rest of the barrage that was aimed his way. He could feel every inch of his body get assaulted by this one blade as Sora dashed past him several times. Azrael closed his eyes and focused on where the strikes were landing, waiting for his chance to strike as Sora appeared just in front of him at that moment, prompting Azrael to drop the barrier and try to smack Sora out of his attack.

Azrael's fist was right on target, striking Sora's face as he did so. However instead of causing Sora to break his attack, as if what he took was nothing, Sora merely pressed on, as if ignoring the pain that his fist would have caused. He felt a sharp sensation of pain strike his side as he turned and noticed that Sora was attacking him not with the blade that he was holding but by being just near him. At that moment, he was able to notice the black like mass that had formed around Sora's arm was also now present on the blade itself, that being what cut him as it had formed a sharp blade to do so.

Azrael simply raised his guard after that, using a small portion of his aura to form a guard around him to block the rest of Sora's attacks as he then felt Sora strike his leg, not enough to harm him but enough to force him down to one knee as that combined with his guard was enough to cause his balance to be thrown off guard. His eyes were able to see Sora as he was standing still for the first time, raising his blade to the side as he placed the black arm right on the blade itself, causing the black mass that had formed on the blade to dissipate and form an ars magus circle right in front of Sora at that moment.

Letting out a loud yell, Sora stabbed the blade right into the Ars Magus circle, causing all the black mass to swirl inside the Ars Magus circle and the circle to shake and tremble. Then instead of a normal effect like a massive gust of wind or a wave of fire, something more vile leaked out of the gate as Ragna felt his right arm ache terribly as Celica was quick to tend to him despite her own issues. "Ragna what's the matter!?" Celica questioned as Ragna panted, feeling a great amount of fatigue suddenly hit him as his eyes were affixed to the sight in front of him as he did not know why he felt this way, only that it was going to be bad.

And that feeling was confirmed when what emerged from the ars magus circle was not a magic spell of any kind but instead, the head of one of the worst calamities humanity had ever faced. It's long neck came extending out of the circle as everyone simply looked agape, shocked by what they were witnessing. The tension that was in the air became dead cold as the Black Beast roared right at Azrael before charging right for him, grabbing him by it's jaws and slamming him right into the dragon gate, exploding and destroying that section of the arena as it became nothing but Seithr at that moment.

"Oh shit, Seithr!" Kagura yelled as he and everyone else knew how dangerous Seithr in the large quantities Sora had unleashed was and was ready to evacuate if needed. Sora however was not fazed by such a thing as he raised his black left hand into the air and a blue light emerged from the palm of his hand. As if on command, the Seithr that the creature exuded immediately came rushing towards him. Allowing him to absorb the Seithr the beast released into himself as the Rev Blade, a mere prototype from another world shattered completely, unable to handle the massive wave of power Sora had brought along with it.

"...Alright Kokonoe, Can you tell me if you got anything on this Sora guy? And how he is able to just unleash the gates of hell on the Mad Dog?" Kagura said, trying to hold back the urge to curse and swear his heart out. He couldn't believe what he had just witnessed and he was hoping that what he had seen was nothing but a fever dream, something that was not real. "I...I don't know Kagura! All I know is that whatever he did, he's going to the jail along with Azrael." Kokonoe said as she was feverishly tweaking things on her end.

Celica at that moment coughed heavily, feeling a tightness on her chest grow. "Are you alright Celica?! What's the matter!?" Ragna questioned as Celica nodded her head. "I am...It's just the seithr in this area… it getting thicker." Celica said as before Ragna knew it, he could feel the Seithr in the air become much thicker. "The hell… Is this Seithr coming from that guy?" Ragna questioned as he could see Kagura and Bullet react the same way.

"You four should leave this area for the time being. The Seithr is only strong here due to you guys being as close as you are." Hunter warned as Ragna wanted to protest against that suggestion before feeling a hand be placed on his shoulder. "Listen I know you want to protest, but it's clear that there is something going on around here we don't understand and we shouldn't be trying to play around with things we barely have a clue on. So let's just go to the back and collect our minds." Kagura explained as Ragna looked away for a bit, focusing his gaze back on Celica before nodding his head and soon only Rachel and Hunter were the only ones left to watch.

"You should go with them as well Vampire. I am aware your kind is used to such things but do not expect such things to protect you for long." Hunter explained as Rachel simply chuckled. "As if I need to be lectured on such things Nox Nyctores Draco." Rachel said as Hunter merely shrugged before his eyes glared right at her, allowing her to see that Hunter's eyes were not his own but that of a draconic beast shown in artwork. "If you worry about the boy. Do not worry, he is seeing the same thing I am seeing right now." Hunter...rather Draco explained.

"I must ask...Why take control of your master the way you have right now?" Rachel questioned as Draco simply scoffed upon hearing that question as his gaze was simply focused back on what was in front of him. "To make sure he understands...and knows what I was created to face… and to make it clear to him the sin that woman made." Draco explained as Sora looked at the broken handle of the Rev Blade he once held, a sadness going through his heart.

Sure it wasn't his Caroline's rev system but he still destroyed a Caroline's precious magnum opus. As he respectfully placed it on the ground. He looked back at his now manifested black left hand as he tensed it a few times to forming a fist, feeling it be a part of his body in every way. He then also noticed that the vision on his right eye had fully returned, allowing him to see things properly but he could feel that it was warmer than his left eye.

It was then he felt his body slouch a bit he felt his energy was leaving him. Was that last attack he did too much? Probably but at the same time, the exhaustion was just his body being overwhelmed by the power he was currently in possession with and trying to learn how to cope with it. He took a deep breath, the pain his body once felt long gone and the broken bones he had suffered were now fixed back in place as he turned, ready to head back to the tiger gate and see the others and how they were doing.

"HEHEHE." The moment Sora heard that chuckle come from the rubble in front of him told him his fight was yet to be over as he turned to face the rubble before it came flying off where it laid and sprayed itself all over the place. Underneath the rubble reemerged Azrael, grinning madly as his eyes were locked onto Sora. "FINALLY! A DECENT OPPONENT!" Azrael shouted as Sora looked up and down and noticed that some of the tattoos he had were gone as Sora shook his head upon seeing that.

"So the mad dog's chains are being released huh…" Sora said as Azrael slowly stepped away from the rubble, not even bothering to check his footing as his aura was strong enough to push the tiny pebbles and rocks that blocked his way. "Why of course they are! When there exists such a high quality prey, How can I not show more of my power!?" Azrael shouted as he stepped fully out of the rubble, his aura exuding great strength.

"Though while I say that, I am sad to inform you that you have only warranted me going up to level 2 of Enchant Dragunov. If you want me to take you seriously you are going to need to show me more of what you got." Azrael said as Sora simply scoffed upon hearing that. "Just level 2? When you look like the way you do?" Sora questioned as Azrael grinned upon hearing that. His long undamaged body had managed to suffer what looked to be noticeable bruising with a few cuts where Sora had landed with his Rev Blade.

"Oh come now? That astral of yours was truly fascinating but it was clear that you are still only getting used to using that new power of yours." Azrael commented as Sora couldn't help but sigh upon hearing that as he felt his body slump a bit as he felt his body become weaker. "So level 2 is only appropriate in this case...Unless you can show me more." Azrael said as Sora knew he did not need to do such a thing in the first place. He didn't need to oblige the request of a monster yet deep inside, he couldn't help but want to do so.

"Of course it isn't...I'll keep fighting you until I can't any longer." Sora simply said as he gripped tightly on the remnants of his jacket and shirt and tore them off, allowing Azrael to see a body that was riddled with various scars, all of those scars now glowing a gentle blue light as what he had thought was the mystery substance was now obvious to see was this guy's blood. "After all… I don't plan on letting you face anyone else but me." Sora said defiantly as Azrael couldn't help but scoff upon hearing such a thing.

"Tell me then. Your name." Azrael demanded as Sora thought about what he had said. He had no obligation of giving his name to Azrael yet something inside told him to do so. Something he felt was beginning to grow as he nodded his head at that. "I go by the Miracle Bringer." Sora said, deciding to use the name he was long known for back in his mercenary days as Azrael paused upon hearing that name.

"The Miracle Bringer?" Azrael said as Sora realized that Azrael was remembering something he had seem to forgotten as Azrael couldn't help but grin. "Hmmmm...Strange… That name is very familiar." Azrael said as he cracked his knuckles upon hearing that. "Now that I think about it… I remember something a long time ago. Must have been boring for me to forget but now that you mention that name… the way you have been fighting...awfully reminds me of that time." Azrael said as his grin grew wider.

"Do tell me… are you that same Miracle Bringer?" Azrael questioned as Sora simply scoffed upon hearing that. He would never forget the first time he met the Mad Dog, barely avoiding a fatal blow with his life before all of this, all the way when he was just merely a mercenary for the black lotus. "And what if I am?" Sora simply questioned as Azrael simply cracked his neck upon hearing that. "I guess I will just need to verify with you about that…Mr Miracle Bringer… if that is even your real name." Azrael answered as Sora slowly placed his black left hand on his chest.

"If you want to know my real name… you will need to beat me…" Sora answered, plunging his hand deep inside his chest to pull out the blade he had just stabbed himself prior with, now no longer looking like a plain piece of metal but instead a proper blade that resembled a messer sword as Sora looked at it for a second before closing his eyes. "That's if… you can even do so without killing me." Sora said, as if taunting the Mad Dog as Azrael grinned at that response, seeing Sora charge right for him.

"Oh this will be fun." Azrael replied as he charged towards Sora at that moment. Both of them reeled their fists back and tossed them right at each other. Azrael swinging with his right arm and Sora doing the same, both individuals striking each other at that moment as they staggered away from each other, shaking the blow they had delivered from each other as Azrael recovered first and tried to swing a punch that would easily take Sora's head off.

Azrael's punch came right for his head but Sora did not bother trying to block the attack coming his way. Instead, Sora waited til the last minute for his punch to come ever closer before activating his drive. As soon as he did so, he felt time slowly come to a crawl as for the first time, he was able to see more than one possibility. He saw a possibility of him ducking his head below the attack only to be struck in the face by what seemed to be a knee. He saw another possibility where he moved away from the punch only for the punch to quickly transition to a grab of his shoulder and a pulling motion towards the Mad Dog's fists.

Sora had to process everything what he was seeing as he knew that if he allowed what he saw overwhelm him, he would simply fall victim to what he was bearing witness to. He wanted to take a deep breath but that was not one of the possibilities until he saw the one he wanted and took it. In real time, without warning, Azrael saw Sora's head about to meet with his punch only to feel his punch swing into air as he felt a fist collide with his chin instead.

Once again, Sora had done his trick of vanishing in front of him and reappearing once again to attack him and he had thought he had seen how it worked. He had planned to react the moment the attack was dodged and strike back as his original attack was just simply an attempt to grab Sora's head, allowing him to easily transition either to a knee or shoulder grab. He did not expect Sora to be suddenly right onto him and his fist landing right on his jaw.

And this punch he had taken was not as light as the previous blows that Sora was delivering before. No these fists were now placing more weight behind them as he could feel his head recoil back as he staggered. He had to take a step back to prevent himself from falling over, a first for him as usually it would take a few people to cause the same thing. Azrael grinned as he was forced to be defensive as Sora slashed right at him with his giant knife.

At that moment, Sora felt a sensation kick in once again as Azrael attempted to try and retaliate with a swift punch for Sora's gut. However he stopped himself just in time, right before his fist would land on the pointed tip of Sora's blade. Sora was surprised to see Azrael stop the way he did as Sora realized that the fatigue he would have felt before from overusing his drive was significantly less severe than it was before.

His mind felt much clearer than it ever was using his drive. Could this be because he had accepted the fact that he was a black beast and part of something more powerful? Regardless of what he thought at that moment, he knew better than to let his own thoughts take over in a fight as Azrael saw Sora simply pull his blade back and slowly walk away from him. Azrael thought this was Sora trying to surrender the space and return things back to neutral.

It only took Sora walking back two steps before he quickly stepped forward, delivering a swift strike to Azrael's shoulder as Azrael realized what Sora was trying to do at that moment as he felt his balance be offset at that moment. As Azrael tried to recover his footing, Sora switched the hand that was holding the blade to his normal hand as he raised his left fist and manifest a small ars magus circle for him to use, punching it right on Azrael's other shoulder as Azrael felt a biting sensation go right at his shoulder.

When he looked at the shoulder he felt got bit, he could see the black beast's head biting down, small enough to latch on his skin. Azrael simply produced his aura to break the Black Beast's grip on his shoulder. The Black beast did not relent however as it tried to go for his neck but Azrael was swift to grab it's long extendable neck and crushed it with his hands, making it dissipate back to Seithr.

But Azrael's attention on the miniature Black Beast took his attention from the more important target as he saw Sora Minakaze jumping right in front of him blade in hand only to vanish, the blade dropping where he was in the air only for Azrael to quickly look down and cross his arms into a guard to prevent Sora's fist from colliding with his stomach. Azrael tried to retaliate with his own punch but at that moment he failed to see that Sora was already going down with a downwards motion with his fist.

He did not know why he was doing this but Sora felt like this move he was about to do was very familiar to him despite the fact that he had never done it before. As if it was something dormant as he swiped the hand of Azrael to the side, exposing Azrael's chest as leaned backwards favoring his new left black hand as he charged the Seithr in it until it glowed blue in front of his eyes. "SPACE COUNTER!" Sora yelled, his fist then becoming that of the Black Beast's head and dashing right past Azrael, his fist grinding and clawing it's way past Azrael's stomach as Azrael could feel the pain now course through his body.

Azrael did not scream however as he instead couldn't help but make an exasperated laugh. As he felt his back about to touch the ground, he immediately sprang himself up to recover, rolling away as Sora knew he needed to follow up what he had done otherwise Azrael would easily escape and assume a defensive position. What he felt was the first move and now it was up to him to finish it as he looked at the Black beast head his hand had become and knew how to finish it in a way only he could.

As Azrael slowly got up his feet, he saw Sora slowly wind up his fist, not caring that his back was exposed to Azrael. While Azrael would have gladly struck such an exposed target, his few experiences with Sora had prompted him to fight with some caution and that was warranted as without warning, in front of his eyes, Sora was already facing him, his back still cocked to throw his next punch.

"NOWAKE!" Sora yelled as the Black beast head simply shot itself off his hand from the wrist, leaving him without a hand entirely as Azrael quickly raised his hands to block the attack. While the attack did not manage to hand anywhere that would have caused a lot of damage, he felt the mouth of the Black beast bite down on his exposed arm, sinking it's fangs deep into his left arm that he saw blood be drawn from his arm in a much more significant manner. The beast was quickly defeated with a swift strike by Azrael to it's head, but his attention had been grabbed as Sora came flying right at Azrael's face with a knee.

Azrael felt more of his blood leave his body yet his grin grew even more. Most of the opponents he faced either fought desperately for their lives and swung their bodies at him in a desperate attempt to live. The few times he fought a bit more seriously was when he faced more serious opponents yet those opponents only seem to want to stall him until they could restrain him. No opponent has willingly pushed him to fight harder and make him spill blood the way this one foe was.

He had first thought that Sora Minakaze, the miracle bringer was simply delaying him from letting him taste the high quality meals of Ragna The Bloodedge and Kagura Mutsuki, That he would only fight until he could not fight, to let his prey run away. Yet the more he fought against the man named Sora Minakaze the more he realized he was doing this for himself. He was not some man hired by a higher organization or power, he came to fight the Mad Dog, him, of his own free will.

And at first it seemed he would be like the rest, weak yet possessing a great desire to stop him. But now that the man seemed to have unlocked what looked to be a greater power, Azrael was simply thrilled. The ability to wield Seithr and create the very image of the Black Beast even if it's just a mere singular head, this man, Sora Minakaze was truly someone worth exerting more of his own strength on as he grabbed Sora's knee and tossed Sora back hard.

A normal combatant when faced with such a counter would clumsily land on their head, possibly breaking and dislocating their spine in the process but Sora was quick to recover, rolling on the ground as he rolled close to his weapon. Without hesitation, Sora grabbed the blade and tossed it right at Azrael's direction which he quickly parried, sending it high in the air. Azrael was left to guess whether he was going to attack from the air or the ground but Azrael knew the perfect way to get rid such 50/50 mixups.

Azrael simply closed his eyes at that moment and focused his attention to the surroundings around him. Sora ran for Azrael as he waited for as long as the blade would stay in the air as he could see the possibility of him grabbing the blade in the air and doing a slam on the ground but he had a suspicion that Azrael was just waiting for him to make a move. To think that the Mad Dog of all people would be fighting in such a manner as Sora himself knew that he had to make a read at that moment and lunged forward with a punch from his right hand.

"GROWLER!" Azrael shouted as his red Aura grew at that moment, causing Sora and his weapon to bounce off him as the blade flew back high into the air. Azrael was ready to go for his counter attack but when he opened his eyes, he saw that Sora Minakaze had not dropped down on his ass. Azrael immediately looked at the sky to see the blade that he had deflected with his Aura was now in the hands of Sora once again. To think that someone would think to use their newfound power in such a manner as to turn what was normally an easy way to counter such mix ups into new opportunities.

As Azrael's gaze looked right at Sora Minakaze, Sora himself was looking at his current options. He could commit to his current path which was grab the blade and attempt a slam but he knew Azrael could see such a thing coming. He thought about tossing it right at Azrael and delivering a heel kick but Azrael will both dodge and block that attack. Sora thought about his options only to realize he could still see the possibility play in front of him, realizing that yet another possibility was present.

And unlike every time he would see possibilities, the other options he had thought off were shown in front of him. 'So...this is what god must see from her throne…' Sora thought as he decided to pursue the option he saw was the best possible option as he first tossed the blade right at Azrael. Azrael could have easily parried or catch the blade but what if that was what he wanted him to do. So instead of considering those options, he should just dodge the attack coming his way and block the next attack.

The blade flew right past Azrael's cheek, cutting it in the process as Sora raised his leg and delivered a powerful heel kick right on Azrael's guard. Azrael knew he could attack from here but his opponent would be expecting him to attack. And based on the way he had been fighting, he shouldn't expect such an easy counterattack. The moment his arms felt no pressure he immediately raised his arms up and directed his fist right at Sora's face as Sora had used his drive to try and attempt a counter slash by grabbing the sword he had accurately tossed in such a way that he could grab and slash at Azrael.

Yet at the same time, Even while Azrael's punch soared through the air, he couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. Was this really as easy as he had thought? If his prey were to present one option in front of him only to bait for the option, the correct choice at that moment would be to force your opponent to commit to the second option and punish him for choosing that choice. Yet this prey in front of him was capable of a lot of things and he knew better than to just presume the end result at this point.

He saw his fist slowly going towards Sora's face, about to connect at any moment before it vanished right in front of his face. Azrael had no time to react by turning around to face the next attack coming his way as he quickly formed his aura to protect himself from Sora's blade cutting down on his back with the blade. This did not stop him from feeling his knee being kicked from behind as he felt his balance be offset at that moment.

Sora raised his black fist in the air as he began to gather Seithr into it greatly. He took a deep breath as he knew he needed to attack Azrael as quickly and with as much force as he could possibly muster before Azrael could retaliate. There was only one thing he could think at that moment, something he had seen several times that he should be able to do now that he had the Seithr and technique needed to make such a circle.

"My soul shines… screaming and shouting it's true desires!" Sora shouted as his fist began to burn a bright Azure blue as a massive Ars Magus circle manifested behind him. The flames on his right eye burned even greater as Sora leaned his back on this punch as Azrael managed to turn to face Sora at that moment but wasn't quick enough to stop what was coming next. "BIG BANG SMASH!" Sora yelled as he slammed his fist right on Azrael's stomach, he expecting the giant fist to come out at that moment.

However, Sora would be greeted with the sight of something else entirely. Emerging out of the Ars Magus circle was not a massive fist but a massive Black Beast head as it lunged and grabbed Azrael on it's teeth. It tried to bite down on him but Azrael easily held it back, gripping on it's teeth with both his hands and feet, preventing the beast from fully devouring him. Sora leaned away from his stance as he got a good glimpse of the Black Beast head in front of him.

"So this is the Black Beast… the thing responsible for causing humanity to run up the mountains and flooding the world with Seithr 100 years ago…" Sora said as he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Sure he was a Black Beast in body but he lived his entire life as nothing but a human being. Looking at what he originally was put things into perspective for him to see. As Sora continued to stare at the creature in front of him, Azrael began to laugh.

"What a fucking rush this is!" Azrael shouted as Sora looked to see that Azrael's tattoos were beginning to glow again, another pair of tattoos beginning to fade away as Sora's eyes widened as he saw that he was now effortlessly holding the Black Beast's giant jaws from biting down on him completely. Sora knew he needed to act before he got out so he raised his black hand to the air and slammed it down to the ground. This commanded the head to bring Azrael to the top of the colloseum's room and slammed him down to the ground.

The wave and surge of Seithr that emerged as soon as Sora did this prompted him to brace himself from the wave. Draco and Rachel themselves could feel a wave of Seithr approach their way as Draco calmly raised his hand to form an ars magus seal of flame to protect the two by burning away the Seithr that approached them. "Do not think of thanking me for this simple act Vampire. I am merely doing this to ensure my master is protected from this foul scent." Draco explained.

"Oh do not worry about me. I simply worry for your master and how you have yet to relinquish control over him." Rachel said as Draco looked at his hand, seeing it shake as he sighed. "I am approaching my limit for now. Just make sure the man sees the rest of this fight through." Draco said and without any other word, Draco relinquished control over his master back to his master as he immediately gripped the gate, panting greatly as he had to look around his surroundings for a quick moment.

Hunter took several deep breathes as he looked around his surroundings, processing what he had just been forced to look around. His gaze then returned to the fight in front of him as he felt relief that nobody else was here right now bearing witness to what was becoming more and more obviously a very messy battle. "Sora…" Hunter simply said as he could see that Sora was beginning to pant heavily, fatigue clearly taking over his body at that moment.

It was only natural, Sora was originally injured and while he did gain a massive boost of power, that boost of power came with the downside that he needed to adapt to his new power to the point he could feel his body wanting to sleep, rest and reset the power inside him. He was currently like a recharging battery, he could use the power he had gained but without a proper time to rest, all of that power he was current in possession with was still trying to be contained him, forcing him to exert himself even more than usual.

"WHAT A GLORIOUS FEAST THIS IS!" Azrael shouted. The air visibly trembled at that moment as Sora immediately shook off the exhaustion he felt to focus on the fight in front of him. Before he could respond by using his drive, Azrael had already appeared right in front of Sora, his arm in a lariat like move. "BLACK HAWK STINGER!" Azrael shouted as he swung his fist down, trying to cleave Sora in two by aiming for his waist.

Sora, understanding that trying to dodge such an attack may lead to him taking unnecessary damage or worse, decided to fight against his body's very urge to dodge and instead attempt a wrist catch, using his Black beast hand to do so. As if responding to his very wish, he could feel his hand become a black beast head as it bit down on Azrael's wrist only to shatter it's teeth due to how fast Azrael's fist was going for Sora's waist.

Sora did not bother trying to fight with the attack, instead attempting to overpower Azrael as the black beast head bit down on Azrael's wrisits, lacking the teeth to do so to fully bite off Azrael's hand as both Sora and Azrael clashed their attacks greatly at that moment, both individuals trying to get what they want only for the clash to end with just a stalemate. Both men panted heavily as they stared each other at the eyes, their gazes remaining as both men broke off their respective attacks to begin pacing.

"To think...I would face a person capable of creating the Black Beast in front of my eyes!" Azrael said, a grin wide on his face as Sora simply nodded his head upon hearing that. "Yeah...create the Black Beast… You sound more excited over terrified." Sora replied as Azrael simply laughed. "Are you insane!? The Black Beast is the Apex predator! The true symbol of power in this world! Oh what I would do to fight the real thing!" Azrael said as Sora took a deep breath upon hearing that.

"So tell me… How much longer do you think you will be able to entertain me?" Azrael questioned as Sora was surprised to hear such a response. "Oh don't get me wrong. I am not asking this because I care for your health all of the sudden. I only care that you can keep fighting so I can keep fighting this projection of yours to my heart's content!" Azrael responded as Sora couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing such a response.

'I didn't produce a copy of the Black Beast just so you can be entertained. Mad Dog.' Is what Sora wanted to say but Sora didn't say those words. In fact he was having a completely different emotion at that moment as he looked at Azrael seriously. "At least one last good strike. Though I highly doubt I would meet the high quality you expect from me right now." Sora said as Azrael laughed upon hearing that. "High Quality!? That's the least of my problems right now! Screw feasting on you! I just want to challenge you more and more!" Azrael shouted as his aura began to grow, almost becoming akin to red flames as Sora nodded his head upon hearing that.

"Challenge yourself huh… Well don't blame me if you lose at the end of the day." Sora said as for the first time in this whole month he felt something he had not felt at all. Control. Control over the situation he was in and control over his own life. For the first time, he could feel the possibilities around him and rather than seeing only just 1 singular possibility, he could see multiple and while for some that may have felt overwhelming, to a person like him, a person that the world deemed a mistake and tried to erase, he cannot help but feel a sense of purpose in that.

At that moment, Azrael could see the blue flame on Sora's right eye grow brighter. This excited Azrael even more as that meant that Sora was willing to keep pushing himself even further, to push his power as far as he could as Azrael's fists cracked from the simple motion of clenching his fists. Sora blinked his eyes at that moment and in front of him, Azrael was right in front of him, his right fist in the air ready to slam it on his head.

But before Azrael's fist could meet Sora's face, the air around them changed briefly before they both felt a paralyzing sensation hit the both of them at that moment. Their bodies immediately stiffened, preventing them from moving any further as Hunter was shocked to see this. "GOT YOU TWO!" Kokonoe shouted as Hunter's eyes were wide with this. "What the!? What the hell are you doing Kokonoe!? Sora's still with that guy!" Hunter shouted as Kokonoe shook her head with that.

Kokonoe: And I am not wasting this chance to catch the bastard!

Hunter: But Sora's with the bastard! Are you going to send him to the dimension prison too!?

Kokonoe: Why do you care all of the sudden!? And besides, his ability to produce the Black Beast like he has makes him a high priority target to lock away before he becomes too dangerous! This is for his own good too!

Rachel: While I do understand your intentions Miss Kokonoe… You may have been a bit too hasty with your decision I am afraid

Kokonoe: Hasty? The only thing that is not hasty is them not going to jail fast enough!

"DO NOT MESS WITH ME GRIMALKIN!" Azrael shouted as he struggled against the sensation that was wrapped around him. Kokonoe had adjusted her dimension prison to restrain an Azrael who had all of his restrictions in place. She had to make hasty adjustments to restrain him at his current restriction level as well as Sora Minakaze and it was proving more difficult to teleport the both of them at that moment.

"I AM FINALLY STARTING TO ENJOY MYSELF! DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THIS FEAST BEFORE I AM EVEN DONE!" Azrael shouted some more, sure that the grimalkin was listening somewhere. He continued to fight against the attempt to teleport him and Sora away from their fight. Finally, He has found a fight that he was greatly enjoying and now he was being ripped away from said duel. Unforgivable, Unforgivable was the only thought he could think.

Sora meanwhile took a deep breath and focused. Was this the plan all along? To send Azrael back to his cell? Maybe if this was the old version of him, he would have accepted his fate and go along with Azrael to whatever prison the professor had created for them. However Sora Minakaze was not that person any longer. Even if it means ruining the plans of those around him, he was not going to let himself be the prisoner of anything any longer. If this was to be his fate, then fate he will fight, until he can reach the desire he truly wanted.

"Sora…" A voice echoed in Sora's head as he felt his right eye ache even more as he could feel a new fire begin to grow on his other eye. Only Azrael could see this second smaller flame which was a different hue from the blue flame he had seen before. Sora began to slowly resist against the flow of the distorted space around him and raised his left black hand towards the sky. He took a deep breath as suddenly, both flames ignited right in front of him.

One was the normal blue that Azrael was used to seeing but the other eye was glowing a bright orange, emitting a different aura from the blue azure eye.

Meanwhile, Kokonoe's machines began to struggle. "P-Professor! The signal! It's breaking! I am losing power here!" Tager shouted as Kokonoe herself noticed that her own computers were struggling with what seemed to be a random power surge. Further checks revealed to her that it was in fact an opposing dimensional signal that was interfering with her attempts to teleport both Azrael and Sora to their new home in the dimension prison.

"Dammit!? Where is this signal coming from!?" Kokonoe shouted as she tried to counter the signal by boosting her own signal against the current opposing signal in front of her. "I cannot increase my output any further professor!" Tager shouted as ever since that mercenary left the arena, his emotions have become much more stable but even with that stability, the power output he was emitting was not enough to counter the signal in front of him.

"NOT YET! BOOSTING THE SIGNAL!" Kokonoe shouted as she grabbed a lever that was beside her and cranked it up to it's maximum level. The signal was amplified as a result but much to her shock, the dimensional signal increased along with her own signal, as if responding and fusing with her own signal. She then felt a painful sensation strike the back of her head as she felt a sweat break out of her forehead.

"Is this… Phenomena Intervention!? but how!?" Kokonoe said to herself as this was what the arena fight was supposed to avoid. Everyone's eyes, including all observers should be focused on the arena fight in front of them. There shouldn't be anybody capable of intervening on them back in the base at that moment. "You...Will not…" A voice echoed in her mind as she saw the dimension signal start to overpower her own signal, leaving her unable to fight against it any longer as the voice echoed even stronger in her mind.

"Control my fate!"

It was a brief moment Azrael felt the world around him distort. He swore he could see the very world around him twist and reshape itself into something completely different. At that moment he felt the distorted air around him tremble before shattering, freeing him from the control said distortion produced as he felt control of his body return to him. That was not the only thing he felt at that moment as he stepped forward to see something completely different on the world around him.

Everything around him remained the same, only toe color of the world seemed to have been drained, leaving only just shades of black and white all around him. He looked at his own hands and saw that his own color remained as he understood what had just happened. "An Overdrive… To think that you can become even more powerful! You truly are a meal worth savoring! Miracle Bringer!" Azrael shouted as Sora took a deep breath before looking at Azrael right at the eyes.

"Just so you are aware, I didn't do what I did to save your ass. I did it to save myself from whatever was being planned for me." Sora explained as Azrael simply smirked upon hearing that. "That's fine by me. I don't need your charity. I only need the strength you are showing me right now and give me all you got!" Azrael said as he stepped back, giving Sora the chance to gather his strength for one last clash as Azrael felt the chains that once held him had finally been removed, he could attack to his heart's desires without restriction.

Sora meanwhile could feel his energy leaving him, Using an overdrive now while he was exhausting himself was draining him of any energy he had left in him. He had in himself one last good strike as he knew he needed to strike as hard as he could against Azrael, to do as much damage to the Mad Dog he could to either satiate the man so that he would leave the area or even possibly kill the man. But he knew even with his current set of powers, he lacked a proper weapon, a weapon that was fit for him to fully unleash his power with.

"...Ss… Boss do you hear this!?" A familiar voice said as Sora raised his head towards the sky when he heard that voice. He couldn't believe what he was hearing as he had to shake his head upon hearing that voice. "Boss do you hear me! This is Caroline!?" Caroline said as Sora's eyes couldn't help but widen in shock upon hearing her call out for him the way she was. He couldn't help but want to cry at that moment as the realization that he was finally back home, just the fact he had a sort of confirmation for that made him want to weep.

"...Yeah Caroline...This is me." Sora said, holding back the tears as Azrael could sense a weight being lifted from his opponent's shoulders as Sora took a deep breath upon hearing Caroline's voice. "Oh thank gods. Take a step back! One Rev System coming your way!" Caroline said as the air around them once again distorted as Sora did what Caroline said and took a step back. As soon as he did, the air in front of him distorted, ripping and tearing before becoming a solid shape in front of his eyes.

That solid shape was the key thing for Sora to note as he stepped forward and stared at the item that was in front of him. In front of him was the Rev blade he was very familiar with but it had seen quite a few changes. One of the few things that was changed was the blade itself still resembled it's knife origins but was now much longer. The Rev handle looked more like a motorcycle than it did before as there was now even a few exhaust pipes that acted as a hand guard for the hand holding it. It's it's black and blue accents completed the look as Sora approached the blade in front of him.

"Meet the Rev System Mark 2. Now coming with Nuclear power!" Caroline said with excitement in her voice as Sora could only stare at the blade in front of him and felt a sense of belonging with the blade. He has never had any kind of attachment to weapons he used but the Rev System in general always felt like a second arm for him, the hand that he always wanted. Sora slowly reached out to grab it but then looked at Azrael, wondering what he was going to do next.

"Come on now, Go ahead and pick it up." Azrael said as Sora looked at him with a look of curiosity on his face. "Are you sure? You could end up losing because of this?" Sora couldn't help but ask as he could sense something was different about Azrael. His posture was not being restrained in any manner, in fact his fists were clenched tightly, ready to deliver a finishing blow at any moment. This was the oddest time for him to choose to just let him do what he needed to do.

"If I lose because of that little knife of yours. Then at the very least I can lose feeling satisfied." Azrael said as he punched his fists together after saying. "So come on already! I am finding it difficult to restrain myself here and wish to enjoy this meal for as long as our fists can collide!" Azrael shouted as his aura began to grow from saying that. Sora sighed upon hearing that before smiling a bit. 'To think that the Mad Dog's intentions would be like that of a child? Oh who am I kidding he's probably just too damn excited from all of this happening to him.' Sora thought as he reached out to touch the Rev Blade with his normal right hand.

As he did, he could see the shadow of a feminine figure also extend out to grab it at the same time. Sora at first was surprised to see this as he couldn't help but look at his left when this happened. His eyes widened slightly to see a flaming visage of the woman he loved, also reaching to grab the blade as it merely nodded it's head towards him, ready to fight as well. "You know what you need to do… right Sora?" The visage called out as Sora simply smiled and nodded his head upon hearing that.

"Always have...Makoto." Sora said, grabbing the Rev Blade in front of him as the system responded to his touch. It began to glow a dark blue as it began to come to life. The weapon, lacking the crucial ingredient of Seithr began to absorb the Seithr that Sora was producing. Unlike the prototype he used just a few minutes ago, the real article was tuned for him specifically. He could feel the flow of Seithr in the Rev Blade and how smooth it was, flowing from the handle to the blade to the exhaust pipes resulting in blue and orange flames.

Azrael's grin grew wider as he cracked his neck and stretched his limbs for a little bit. He then saw the Seithr that was exiting out of Sora's body that was now entering the Rev System and it was clear that the Rev Blade in front of him was much better than the original one he used. It was then he felt something tremble on his feet before seeing the previous broken Rev Blade fly out of the ground from his feet before it returned to Sora's other hand.

"That's A Rev Blade Handle… How did you…" Caroline said, shocked as she was pretty sure that there was only two Rev Blades in existence, so the fact that her boss had another Rev Blade told her that he definitely went to another world/timeline. "Time for us to end this bout for now Mad Dog. Whether you live or not...That's not up for me to decide." Sora said as he revved both handles at the same time while he said this.

Normally, doing such a thing to a broken weapon would just result in nothing happening but as if responding to his own wishes, the broken Rev Blade began to glow in his hand as he raised his left black hand, holding the broken Rev Handle to fully absorb it into himself. Sora clenched his fist a few times as the Seithr in the arm slowly dissipated in a controlled manner, allowing Sora the time to transform the new Rev Blade in his normal hand to it's arm form as the broken pieces of the old Rev Blade were turned into a metallic structure to support the new Rev hand,

"Hear me...Stars…" Sora said as he attached the Rev Hand to his left hand. When he did so, he felt the Surge of Seithr flowing from the Rev Hand right into his body. Sora flinched a bit, taking a deep breath from feeling the massive flow of Seithr inside his body. His eyes then locked with Azrael's, their fiery gaze meeting his own excited gaze as Azrael started to see something in his eyes that made him grin even further.

Beside Sora Minakaze were 2 illusions, One manifesting as a Blue flame the other an orange flame. Both of them assumed the same stance that Sora was making which was a leaning stance that cocked the Rev Arm as far as it could. Azrael then felt the floor underneath him flow with Seithr as Sora's own feet began to dissipate into Seithr. Azrael grinned as he began to glow a red aura. "YES! COME! MIRACLE BRINGER!" Azrael shouted, his aura emerging out in a fiery manner as all of Azrael's tattoos began to glow greatly, their restrictions being released.

"As a reward for giving me such a battle! I SHALL GIVE YOU A TATE OF MY TRUE POWER!" Azrael shouted as soon, all of his tattoos vanished, allowing Sora to feel the massive wave of power that was hitting him at that moment as Azrael's own aura. Normally Sora would be intimidated by such strength coming his way and would want to run away but he felt the orange flame to his left simply nod it's head towards him, giving him the courage to fight as Sora took a deep breath and charged right for the Mad Dog quickly.

As he did, the two flames moved immediately to be in front of him. Sora's feet were non existent, allowing Sora to move rapidly towards Azrael as Azrael himself grinned as rather than wait for his opponent to come to him, he was going to meet him head on as Sora's eyes glowed greatly, giving him a vision of what Azrael was going to do next as Azrael without warning appeared in front of Sora, ramming his way through the two flames as he swung his fist down Sora's head.

"PATRIOT APOCALYPSE!" Azrael shouted as all of the aura surged to just his fist. Sora knew that taking this hit would knock him out completely and leave him in the mercy of being devoured by the Mad Dog. So the only way was not to dodge the attack but instead devour it himself as the flames quickly rushed and formed a new black beast head, made out of their essences to bit and clash with Azrael's own fist as Sora began to rev the Rev hand.

"ENHANCED GEAR!" The Rev Hand shouted as the first blue black beast head met Azrael's fist. "DISTORTION GEAR!" The Rev Hand continued as the impact was too much for the lone black beast head to handle and it shattered with ease only for the orange flamed black beast head to intercept next, holding back the Mad dog's fist as he grinned with excitement, seeing his prey fight back the way he was. "ASTRAL GEAR!" The Rev Hand shouted as Sora would have released the attack from here but he knew he had to go further, further than even an Astral to defeat Azrael with his everything.

"To keep moving forward towards the future I want… Give me strength...REV SYSTEM!" Sora yelled as he revved it for a fourth time. Normally this should have resulted in an error but as if listening to his wishes, the Rev Gear howled, flames bursting out of all the exhaust pipes as Caroline could only watch and see the levels of Seithr that her system was effortlessly storing and now discharging. "EXCEED GEAR!" The gear shouted as Sora activated it at that moment, causing the flames in his arm to turn bright blue and burn greatly.

"ACTIVE FLOW ASTRAL FINISH!" The Rev System shouted as Sora threw his punch as soon as the orange black beast head failed to stop Azrael's raw power. Their fists finally met as Azrael at first seemed confident that he was going to win only to notice that his Aura was starting to break from the clash and his own fist was being overpowered in a battle of strength. Azrael's eyes widened but his grin merely grew 10 times more than it ever could as this was the feast he had long dreamed, the feast he thought was impossible in this age of stagnant peace and triviality.

"GOD!" Sora yelled as Azrael began to apply even more of his own power, forcing Sora's own fist back as Azrael inched closer to Sora's own face, determined to be the winner of this clash. If this was a normal arm, Sora would be screaming in agony feeling his bones bend and break in ways they shouldn't but this was not his arm, but the culmination of his time in this world, the bonds he made and the work he did. The proof of his existence and he was going to reinforce that no matter what as he saw the final image he needed to chase.

"SHATTERING STAR!" Sora yelled as without warning, Sora's own fist was overlayed with another fist. The other fist helped Sora in pushing Azrael's own fist back as Azrael could feel the aura he used to protect himself so many times crack and break off him, like tempered glass that was ready to break as Sora pushed with both the Rev Hand and Seithr fist, the Rev hand's exhausts igniting a great blue flame of Seithr that gave Sora enough power and thrust to do what to most people seem improbable.

At that moment, Azrael felt his fist be flung into the air, his immense and powerful aura shattering all around him as Azrael's eyes widened upon seeing this, his grin no longer there as he could feel a new emotion he had never felt before suddenly overwhelm his sensations. Time seem to have slow down for him at that moment as Sora's fist continued upon it's intended target, his head. Azrael wanted to enjoy this fight a bit longer but could sense the end that was coming his way as he immediately with all of his speed bobbed his head to the left.

As he did, he could feel the Rev hand slowly approach his face. His face dodged being punched right off his head but he could feel the Seithr around it acting like a hidden blade and slowly cutting itself on his cheek. As it zoomed past his head, he could feel his right shoulder barely make contact with just the clenched fist and every nerve in that shoulder was screaming in pure agony now that he no longer had the aura to protect him from the pain he was now feeling.

Azrael was no stranger to pain before this very moment. He has felt pain when that mercenary commander in Naobi managed to give him a wound but that pain eventually subsided thanks to his time in the ice box. He had felt pain when the professor used his own Enchant Dragunov to restrain him painfully and prevent him from moving while he watched helplessly as the Red Devil stared at him. He has felt blades, bullets, ars magus and even magic strike his body but none were comparable to the real sensation of pain he was feeling right now rather than the mosquito bites he felt before.

'Yes...YES! THIS IS WHAT I LIVE FOR!' Azrael thought as he felt a sense of euphoria hit him at that moment as he did not want this fight to end. That was the only thing he did not want to happen. He wanted to keep on fighting, to keep on devouring and get devoured as he felt Sora's fist complete his passage through his shoulder, leaving it's permanent mark on his body via the massive bleeding wound on his shoulder as he tried to counter attack only to feel a sense of tiredness hit him at that moment.

'Me!? Tired!?' Azrael further thought as he felt one of his legs go down to his knees. The time stopped being slowed down at that moment as all of the color in the world came surging back to his vision. His body feeling a sense of shock as he looked up to see Sora panting heavily, the Rev Hand still fully extended out as Sora stumbled back a few times before falling down to both knees.

Sora simply panted heavily a few times as he saw the Rev Hand had a few cracks on it but more importantly the Seithr that was surrounding Sora at that moment had dissipated completely as Azrael could feel the Seithr in the colloseum return back to it's normal levels. Azrael raised his head only to see that their clash had actually destroyed not only the barrier but also the other gate as Sora himself felt a sense of heaviness strike him at that moment.

His body was tired, he had used all of the Seithr that was inside him at that moment for that attack as he could feel every single inch of his body begin to scream out in pain from overexertion. He looked down to see what seemed to be shards of Azrael's Red Aura imbedded on his body as they slowly dissipated off him. Sora tried to raise his body to stand up but could not feel the strength to do so as Azrael stood up on his feet to look at Sora right in the eyes.

"Looks...like this is your win." Sora said as Azrael simply panted heavily as he felt his own body, his body of muscular mass simply fail to raise itself to battle. To think that there was someone who could clash against him in his full power as Azrael would normally want to devour the person in front of him but for some reason, that urge never came to him. Instead another urge came to him at that moment.

Azrael: Hey...You

Sora: Yeah… What you want? Aren't you going to eat me already or something like that?

Azrael: Tell me your name… your real name.

Sora: And why would I want to do that?

Azrael: Because you are the only person I have known in this life of mine to push me this far, to make me fight the way I have… The least I can do is remember that person's name so that I can feast on them the next time we meet.

Sora:… Sora...Sora Minakaze

"Sora Minakaze...The Miracle Bringer…" Azrael said as a small smile came down his face. "You have given me a feast I can never forget. It was only a shame it came so late." Azrael said as much to Sora's shock, he turned his back towards him. He then saw the wound on Azrael's back as well as the blood that flowed out of his right shoulder as he did so. "I will leave today. As thanks for the feast that you have delivered me. But in return you will give me a true feast where we go all out." Azrael demanded as Sora simply scoffed upon hearing that before a small smile was present on his own face at that moment.

"Fine...I can accept that…" Sora said as all of the exhaustion his body felt at that moment finally left him, the energy he had trying to keep up with the Mad Dog left him and caused him to drop on the ground. Azrael himself didn't bother turning around to see whether or not he was unconscious or dead but he knew very well that Sora Minakaze would be under good hands. It was at that moment that Azrael took a deep breath and yelled the loudest he ever could.

His shout sounded more like a roar before it turned to an ungodly laughter, excitement was present in it as the arena trembled. Loose bits of debris fell out of their flimsy holds as he let out as much of his voice that he could before stopping. Taking a deep breath as he did as he then clenched his fists tightly, feeling them tremble as he began to walk away from the arena, slowly reapplying the enchant dragunov as he felt that any other meal like the grim reaper or the black knight would have been ruined after the feast of the heavens he had received.

He heard footsteps come in front of him at that moment as he slowly raised his head to face the person in front of him as he saw it was Hunter Long. The Dragon of Kagutsuchi. "You are not going anywhere Azrael!" Kokonoe shouted through the communicator that Hunter had as Azrael simply remained quiet for a bit before taking in a deep breath. "Normally I would like to feast on you Grimalkin… but now right now." Azrael said as he began to walk towards Hunter.

"Now's your chance. While he's still worn out from that fight he had we can take him down!" Kokonoe said as Hunter simply remained quiet as he walked Azrael approach him before he stood right in front of his face. The two men simply stared at each other as Hunter simply observed Azrael for a bit, seeing the wounds he suffered from his fight and how his eyes were not even focused on him at that moment as Hunter simply nodded his head and stepped to the side, allowing the mad dog to pass.

"Hunter what are you!" "He's not going to fight us… He's sated right now." Hunter answered as Kokonoe wanted to know his reason for doing so. Azrael was about to leave the area before he stopped walking to then turn his back towards Hunter and look at him right in the face. "Don't think I won't feast on you Dragon…" Azrael said, a calmness present in his voice as Hunter simply scoffed upon hearing that. "Don't think I will be a free meal...Mad Dog." Hunter replied as Azrael simply scoffed back upon hearing that before a small smile was present on his face.

"You tell that Grimalkin to keep him alive. I ain't done feasting on him yet." Azrael said before finally leaving the area. Hunter felt his legs tremble when Azrael finally left the area, unable to hold the nerves he felt as he had thought he was going to face a fully powered up Azrael at that moment as Rachel Alucard stepped out of where she was observing quietly. "My to think that this would be the first timeline where that mad dog would find a play mate. How curious…" Rachel said as she noticed Hunter slowly approach Sora as he held Draco in his hands at that moment.

He soon found himself standing right in front of Sora Minakaze, fully unconscious and unable to move as Hunter took a deep breath upon looking at him for the first time in a long time. He still remembered the day that Makoto told him everything about Sora Minakaze. How he was a friend who the world erased from his memory, how his existence being wiped prompted Makoto to go out of her way to try and find a solution to bringing him back.

"So...This is the Nox Nyctores that long sealed you away?" Hunter questioned as he could feel the maw in his hand simply tremble. "I can never forget that stench even if I tried… Anima Voluntatis… Balmung." Draco replied to his mind as Hunter took a deep breath upon hearing that, unsure how to process everything that had happened other than relief he did not have to see another friend die, even if it's a person he had forgotten.

"So...What happens now?" Hunter questioned as he looked at Rachel asking that question. "You mean what happens in this current moment of time? Or are you asking something else entirely?" Rachel mused as Hunter simply remained quiet upon hearing that as Rachel could tell what he was thinking. "That is not for us to decide unfortunately. All I can say is that the Canon the world has been established for the longest time has been distorted." Rachel explained as Hunter looked at her confused.

"What does that sentence even mean?" Hunter questioned as Rachel merely mused at that. "What that means… Well just for this one time I shall explain myself for you." Rachel said as Hunter couldn't help but feel like he was getting looked down upon. "It simply means that events that the Master Unit had planned may not pan out the way she thinks they would. For example, Our dear friend showing up the way he did. How those distortions make themselves appear? Who knows." Rachel said as she began to walk away.

"So what are you going to do now?" Hunter questioned as Rachel chuckled upon hearing that. "I do not know personally. I still have my own person that I must observe till the end. In the mean time, You should probably help the poor man over there back up his feet. He does deserve a good break." Rachel explained as Hunter sighed upon hearing that, realizing he was going to have to drag Sora all by himself as Rachel disappeared from his sight.

"Of course I would…" Hunter said as his gaze went back to Sora. He couldn't believe what he was looking at. Only just a few minutes ago, he had forgotten everything about Sora Minakaze and the next, he remembers everything about the man as if he never forgot him in the first place. Hunter couldn't help but shudder at that realization as that really told him that there was a god out there and god was doing god things and messing with the world the way it wished.

"Just what did you do to make god angry at you huh…" Hunter said as he couldn't help but continue to stare at Sora's peaceful expression as he slept. "I wonder if Noel can use her powers to see what he has seen…" Hunter said before a blue light glowed from Sora's black left arm. This forced Hunter to shield his eyes as he could hear his communicator act up as he did. "Hunter. Hunter are you still there?" Kokonoe questioned.

"Yeah...Yeah I am here professor." Hunter said as he looked away from Sora at that moment, trying to clear the blurriness that staring at a blue void had caused. "Kagura just told me that there needs to be a discussion of the plan going forward. With the mad dog loose out there we got to reconsider how we are going to do things and possibly any new complications that arise." Kokonoe said as Hunter simply nodded his head upon hearing that.

"So in the mean time, get that asshole from the ground and bring him to the colloseum's holding cell. We will keep him there until we decide if we are going to proceed with the plan or not. Then we will transfer him back to our base here and wait for him to wake up so he can answer some fucking questions." Kokonoe explained as Hunter could only and nod at that as he turned to look at Sora only for his eyes to widen and force him to blink a few times.

Sora was still there of course but there was now another person on top of him. She slept peacefully, her naked bosom resting on his chest as only her tail shielded most of body from his eyes. Hunter sighed at this sight before he smiled, taking off his jacket and slowly covered the white haired squirrel beastkin in front of him with his jacket. "Uhhh...slight change of plans here. Can you ask Celica to get a cloth or some clothes ready… we have an extra body over here…" Hunter said as he could hear Kokonoe groan greatly.

"Why does this day keep on getting shittier and shittier." Kokonoe complained before cutting off communications completely, presumably to do what he had asked as Hunter couldn't help but just stare at this sight as he wondered how he was going to carry the two out of there as the squirrel woman… Makoto Nanaya refused to let her grip go off Sora Minakaze, clinging onto him tightly as Hunter spotted resting on the ground beside them a pair of dog tags, Makoto's hand clenching onto them tightly as Hunter couldn't help but ponder on this situation, remembering the very words Sora said on that fateful graduation speech before they joined the NOL

"Keep Moving Forward...Huh…"