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Caballero lector rojo: Ya es hora de poner a estos Riders a descansar y liberarlos del control de Ryuga. Por su propio bien.
Lord RI Husbu King: Yeah, at least a guy like him found peace. After living so long in the turmoil his mind created. In the end, all he wanted was to feel loved. And his brother Jades was the right person for the job. And the remaining FIS siblings helped him on the way. Now it's time to settle things with Ouja. But no, Elsa won't be fighting. A little spoiler. You had the roster right, just swap Elsa with Hibiki and it's good. As for the Liang family...you'll see in the future.
Dragstorm rider: Right. What better way to close this family drama than coming together for one last talk? Jades loves his siblings. All of them. Even Terunosuke. He knows what he did was wrong, so he wants to make up for what he did to Terunosuke. Yes, Ouja is next. Hibiki will also be fighting with them. As for the others...I can't say that just yet.
TheEmeraldMage: I'm glad you liked it. I'll be honest, I cried a little as I wrote it. The FIS family was my favorite part of the plot. I've been building it since the first season. And it makes me sad that it ended. But also happy that it ended on a good note. Terunosuke finds peace and is received by Jades after his siblings save him from Hazuki's grasp. And yes, I was inspired by Demon Slayer on the afterlife part. I cried there too, but don't tell anyone. Now, the remaining 4 FIS siblings have to live for each other and in the memory of those who died.
primenidus: True...But at least Loki/Hazuki won't get them now.
Ryugen: A painful chapter indeed. Honestly, I just found out about the Metsubouji thing and honestly, I love it. I haven't watched Zero One yet but I will soon. Interesting analysis. Yes, to Hazuki his "friends" were just tools to be used. Their job was to develop the power Loki gave them so he could use it for himself. Also, this is an interesting idea. But you'll see what I have planned for their fight. But for now, we'll have to wait. But I like the idea of Hajime getting weapons while Hazuki's appearance changes. Becoming more monstrous.
Tenzalucard123: An older brother always loves his siblings, no matter what. Jades showed that to Terunosuke, who sacrificed his life to die alone so that the others weren't pulled into Helheim with him. Gai and Femme have been defeated. Only Ouja and Ryuga remain.
nicolasseverino95: I'm glad you caught on to the references. Now, it's time for the final fight against Allister.
Chapter 152
The Last Prince
Alternative headed straight for Ryuga, eyeing Hajime's unconscious body on the ground next to him.'Gotta get him away from Hajime...'
"There he comes. The next challenger. But what can you do?" Ryuga smiled at Alternative and threw a gravity-enhanced fist, forcing him to block with his arms. Loki was sent rocketing away as he cackled, skidding several yards away.
Alternative landed on the ground in front of Hajime, and Miku and Elfnein also joined in.
"Hajime-kun!" Miku and Elfnein went to check on the boy while Bragi guarded them.
Elfnein placed a hand on his forehead, hissing."He's...he's burning up! He's overheating!"
"And those wounds..." Miku couldn't help but grimace."Will he be okay...?"
"We have to lower his temperature first and hydrate him." Elfnein summoned her Golem to help carry Hajime."Bragi-chan, are you going to-"
"I'll fight him. Alone."
"What?! You're crazy!" Abyss yelled as he jogged toward them."You can't beat him alone. If Hajime couldn't, how could you?"
"Hajime did good work in getting rid of a whole HP bar for us." Alternative glanced over his shoulder."Loki was using his subjects' souls to heal his body. But now, he won't be doing that since he needs the ones that remain alive. Not to mention, that abominable energy I felt earlier is smaller. It's still bigger than mine, but Hajime's efforts were not in vain. He weakened him enough so that I may try to get the finish blow. Or if not, then you'll have to do it. The others are on their way. We just have to stall enough so that he can't blow the Gjallarhorn. If we can do that, then Ragnarok won't happen. We win. But for the time being, protect Hajime. Chances are, if all of this goes to shit, we'll need his strength."
"Bragi..." Miku walked up to him, grabbing his hand."Promise me you won't do anything reckless."
"I'll be fine. You know me." He smiled under his helmet.
"It's because I know you that I know you'll do something reckless if I don't keep you in check!" She stomped the ground, removing his helmet to look him in the eyes."You said it yourself. We just need to stall, so we don't have to win this. So be smart. You're the smartest person I know."
"The smartest in the world." He playfully corrected.
"Sure." She rolled her eyes before becoming serious again."You don't have to win this. So don't get angry and try to make a black hole again, alright? Your life force is already extremely low, isn't it? If you take too much damage, you won't be able to regenerate...and you'll...you'll..." The black-haired girl teared up a little, embracing her boyfriend."I can't bear to think of that..."
"Miku...I'm sure this is how Hibiki-dono must have felt when Hajime came in. But hey, have a little faith in me, alright?" Bragi kissed the top of her head."I have a lot to live for. There's no way I'm going to throw my life away like I did before. Not when I have you and Auntie Elfnein to think about. My Mama risked everything to make sure I could live. I won't disappoint her."
"Bragi-chan..." Elfnein muttered.
"And I'll be accompanying him." Beelzebub said."So don't worry, Mikumi. I'll bring your man back in one piece. Think of this as a bachelor's party. Just a night out with the boys. Except...we're having a date with a God. And there's no exotic dancers."
Miku couldn't help but laugh, shaking her head."Sheez...Learn to read the room a little, Beel."
"Hey, I'm trying!"
Bragi looked over his shoulder."Alright. It's time to go. I love you-"
Miku grabbed him by the face and pulled him into a kiss."I love you, my prince."
"I love you too, my princess." Bragi blushed, putting his helmet back on before turning around."Alright. Time to go. You ready, Beel?!"
"Hell yeah! Let's go kill a God!"
Bragi grinned, scanning the card in his hand before he took off into the air.
Miku clutched her chest but Hamaguchi placed a hand over her shoulder.
"He's changed. Back then, if people even hinted that Hajime was stronger, he would be screaming his head off. But now..."
"You're right." Miku smiled."He's different. We should get going."
The group started running when suddenly, Nightmare landed on top of a building next to them.
"That's...Bragard!" Abyss gasped upon laying eyes on the masked man.
"Go! I'll handle him!" Miku declared, standing in front of them."
"But Miku-san, it's too dangerous to fight him alone!" Elfnein tried to persuade her, but the black-haired girl shook her head.
"I can handle him. I have to. He made Bragi and the others suffer so much." She clenched her fists, tightening her grip on her hammer."I have to beat him. Only then, Bragi will truly be free. So, please...Let me do this."
"Miku-san..." Eflenin muttered.
"Let's go, Elfnein-chan. Her mind is made up." Abyss placed a hand on her shoulder."I'll come back as soon as I can."
"Okay. Just be careful, please!" Elfnein yelled as they began running once more.
Miku's eyes were fixated on Nightmare, mustering all the venom she could before speaking."I'm going to make you pay for making my Bragi suffer."
As this happened, Bragi was entering his Beelzebub form to fight against Loki.
Fallen Vent: Model Beelzebub - Devour them all, Gluttony!
In a flash of darkness, Alternative had entered in his Beelzebub form, heading for Ryuga.
"There you go." Loki smirked under his helmet."Fighting Hajime was fun and all, but the Ryuki and Ryuga decks have pretty much the same abilities. This might be a fun fight. Now...what can I expect from him..."
A few months ago...
"Damn it, he's no annoying!" Reina Romano kicked the wall, hurting herself in the process.
"What's wrong?" Hazuki asked, enjoying a cup of grape juice, watching the members of Noble Red coming back.
"Fighting Bragard is such a pain." Angelo responded."Those gravity abilities of his are hard to deal with."
"Gravity?"
"His left hand repels, and the right one attracts." Vanessa quickly said."Among other things."
"Out of all the Riders, his powers are most unorthodox-de-arimasu." Elsa sighed.
"Huh...Is that so...?" Hazuki hummed."Tell me more."
'So, I should watch out for that. Unfortunately, those lowlives didn't get me much information outside of that. So outside of what little I know, I'm coming in blind against him.' Loki smiled at Alternative floated in front of him."Well, well. Aren't you a sight for sore eyes? That armor...and this wicked power emanating from you...So, you are the intruder that Hel mentioned."
"You know what this is?" Bragi asked.
"My daughter informed me there was an intruder a few months ago. And after what Noble Red told me, I realized you are the intruder. You stole the Relics from the Qliphoth Tree. And you are using a demon to power yourself up, just like Angelo."
"Then you know this won't be as easy as you think. I'll take you down as the Last Prince of Ventara."
"Well...that has yet to be seen, no?" He beckoned Bragi to come."But please. What is a mere prince to a God?"
"And what is a God...to a non-believer?!" Bragi wasted no time in summoning his Gluttonyvisor, a large staff, and used it to swing it at Ryuga, forcing him to parry with his forearm. Ryuga smirked, trying to grab at Alternative's face, but suddenly, he felt himself being pushed away after being touched by Bragi's left hand.'He repelled me...'
'I can't let him surround me with his Zone Vent...Unlike the others, mine isn't malleable unless I'm using the perfect sphere. I have to keep constantly moving. If so...'
Alternative summoned a black and white orb in his hands, aiming at Ryuga before combining them."Beel."
"Starting strong, huh? I'm on board with that! Let's kick his ass!" Two shadow arms emerged from Alternative's back, encompassing the sphere and stabilizing it.
"Chaos Zero Perfect Karma!" Alternative cried out, firing his attack as it consumed and deleted everything in its path.
Ryuga's eyes shot wide open, immediately casting two portals and summoning two purple arms to hold off the attack, much to Bragi's confusion.
'So, as I thought, his portals are hyperdimensional. Meaning that nothing can interact with them.' He clicked his tongue, watching as Ryuga threw the attack into the sky, watching it explode.'Or at the very least, they can't be affected by anything. Things that exist outside of the laws of physics by all means.'
"Don't be so reckless, though." Beelzebub said In his mind."Remember we gotta keep an eye out for that Odin's Vault thing. He already has one of your strongest moves stored up. The last thing we need is for him to get another one."
"Yeah. I know. Not to mention, I doubt he'd let me pull it off so easily. So it's time to get creative!"
Alternative chased after Ryuga as the latter landed back on the ground.
'I barely managed to get myself away from that attack...' He grunted in annoyance.'I can't let that hit me. I already know its destructive capabilities. But...'
Alternative swung his arms, summoning threats from his fingers, and lashed them out toward Ryuga. The dark Rider clicked his tongue, leaping away as the ground beneath him cracked to pieces. He proceeded to shoot several threat balls toward Ryuga, making him dodge them with seeming ease."Gonna have to try a little harder to hit me, you know."
"It's coming."
However, the spheres behind him detonated it, tying themselves up around Ryuga's body, preventing his body from moving.
"Tch! So that's what he was after." Ryuga gritted his teeth, feeling the threats dig into his body.
A portal opened up in the sky, and Calamity emerged from it, having copied Alternative's ability and produced threats from its wings. However, Alternaitve's Deck began to glow before a figure emerged from it.
Advent: Beelzebub
Beelzebub grabbed Calamity by the head, pushing him away.
"This ain't a 2 against 1, bitch! It's a 2 against 2!" Beelzebub screamed, slamming Calamity onto a building. The dragon shot a fireball, narrowly missing the demon's head."H-hey! Stand still! I'm smarter than you, jackass! Quit struggling!"
Ryuga clicked his tongue and then noticed Alternative charging up an attack. A white orb with a plus sign in his right hand.
Positive Harmony Karma Orb
The pseudo-Rider shot his attack as it homed in on Ryuga.
Ryuga smirked, opening a portal behind his feet and one behind Ryuga. However, he felt himself being pushed back. Loki realized the air currents partying away as the attack traveled toward him.
'It's pushing me even before it touches me!" Ryuga gasped as he was pushed through his portal by force, appearing out of the other one and receiving a punch to the face by Alternative. Ryuga hissed in pain and annoyance, shaking his head as he did a flip.'It seems he has this Discord power to attract me to his fists while using the Harmony to push his fists forward. His fists are hitting me like a truck. I should watch out for that. Not to mention, just now, was that...?'
Alternative's attack came out of the portal, following Ryuga as he began creating a black orb in his hand.
"Like I'd let you!" Ryuga flapped his wings, shooting a volley of feathers, forcing him to repel the feathers. He focused his attention on the white orb, however, before he could draw a card, the attack exploded, creating a strong shockwave.'Did it misfire...? No...Knowing this kid, his abilities have no flaws. It probably just ran out of time and exploded on its own.'
Strike Vent: Gluttony Claws
A pair of large energy claws were equipped in Alternative's hands and he wasted no time in stretching them toward Ryuga, prompting him to take off into the air. He summoned his Dragvisorzwei, activating its blade mode to parry the slashes from the claws, not noticing that Alternative was flying toward him.
He retracted his claws, going behind Ryuga as he lunged at him. Ryuga smirked, having already opened his visor and sliding a card inside before punching the air as black gauntlets were equipped to his hands.
Strike Vent: Calamity Kings
Ryuga punched through one of his portals as his fist emerged in another next to Alternative, punching him across the helmet.
'Got you.' He smirked, ready to punch him again. However, Alternative quickly recuperated, dodging the punch and proceeding to slash at Ryuga's body with his claws, stunning him. He went for a spiral kick, but the God of Mischief blocked with a wide smirk on his face."Not bad!"
"You haven't seen anything yet." Alternative held onto his arms briefly before doing a quick spin in the air, delivering a heel kick to Ryuga's shoulder, launching him to the ground. He formed two Gluttony Spheres in his hand before chucking them toward the ground. He swung his arms, opening several black magic circles before unleashing a volley of Gluttony Spheres down where Ryuga was, creating an explosion of black dust. Unbeknownst to him, a portal opened up behind him and a giant fist smacked him in the back of the head, sending him rocketing downward toward another portal where Ryuga emerged with a sword.
Sword Vent: Wingshredder
Summoning the evolved version of Femme's weapon, a double-edged staff, he twirled it around as Alternative came closer and closer. Instinctively, Bragi put up a barrier around himself, stopping the blade before reaching his neck.
'He's aiming for my head!' He gritted his teeth, moving out of the way before turning it off."Repel!"
Ryuga grunted as he was pushed through a building, noticing another one coming toward him, courtesy of Bragi. Ryuga clicked his tongue as he was forced to go through the entire building, coming out of the other side and coming face to face with Bragi once more.'So it was a distraction?'
Suddenly, Alternative swung his left arm and right hand together and Ryuga found himself being smashed into a building, going through the wall. He landed on the upper floor of another apartment complex, landing in the corridors."This is getting annoying!"
Suddenly, various purple arms broke through the walls, forcing Ryuga to start dodging them and slashing them apart. He felt one of them graze his armor and another one punched him in the back. He used the momentum to open a portal to go through it. However, a pair of hands pulled him through the ground before he could enter. Ryuga and Alternative descended into the eating hall, throwing projectiles at each other.
'I was right. Gluttony...It's consuming my energy when it touches me.' Ryuga thought to himself, slashing an incoming pillar to pieces before Alternative conjured a large Dark Matter blade, hurling it at him. To his surprise, several threats wrapped around the pillar, crushing it to pieces. Some of the dust got in Loki's eyes, forcing him to squint.
Sword Vent: Karma Eclipse
Alternative decreased his gravity, accelerating toward Ryuga and slashing at his face. The God grumbled in pain, noticing smoke coming off the wound.'Divine Weapons!'
He swung his blade again, but Ryuga crouched down, kicking Alternative's hand and kicking one of his blades out of his hands. He quickly spun around and kicked his leg, sweeping the pseudo-Rider off his feet before delivering a powerful uppercut, sending him flying toward the ceiling. Growling, Alternative recalled back his sword with Repel, and slashed at the air, creating various energy slashes that cut the building around, causing it to start collapsing. He slashed around, cutting the place up and sending slashes outside of the building they were in.
"The hell is he doing?" Ryuga scoffed, drawing a card from his Deck.
Strike Vent: DragKnuckle
Ryuga kicked the ground, launching himself toward Alternative.
"Repel!"
Once more, Ryuga was shot back, but this time, he entered one of his portals, surprising Alternative as he saw several black arms coming through the hole in the ceiling, forcing him to dodge. However, Ryuga broke through the wall behind him, slamming his gauntlet against Alternative's back. The percussion hammer at the elbow nailed down, causing a second impact, and blowing a hole through Bragi's chest. He followed up by, kicking him on the head, launching him through the building as it started breaking apart due to the intense battle. Bragi instinctively aimed backward, shooting four Negative Discord Karma Orbs toward him.
'He can shoot more than one at a time?' Ryuga snarled as the spheres surrounded him from four different angles, holding him in place due to the gravitational force. The spheres closed in on him as an explosion went off. Alternative crashed into a bedroom, landing on the edge of a bed as he spat blood. He winced as black dust circled his wound, regenerating his flesh.
'Shit...' He sighed, taking a deep breath, finishing healing his wounds.'Even in this weakened state, he packs a punch. As expected, I'm not going to be able to beat him. But...I do have some ideas...'
Meanwhile, Elfnein and Abyss reached a clinic, bursting through the doors and searching for a stretcher to put Hajime on. Abyss carefully set Hajime on the stretcher, watching as Elfnein conjured a few blue magic circles. The water bubbles he had put on him were still soothing his burns and cooling his body as much as they could.
"I have to carefully rehydrate his body..." Elfnein mumbled, controlling a water needle to connect to a vein."It can't be too fast. I have to naturally restore the water into his body..."
She placed a hand on his forehead, sighing in relief."At least his temperature is mostly back to normal."
"Is he going to be alright?" Abyss asked in concern.
"Well, I must admit I am not much of a nurse or have much knowledge in the medical field. However, his case is fairly simple. It seems those barrage of attacks he did at the end and going to the core of the planet pushed his body to the limit. He's exhausted. And taking Ryuga's attack head-on didn't do him any favors. But he should be fine."
"Good. But the question is...will he be okay to fight again?" Abyss crossed his arms."We'll need him."
"I sure hope so..." She muttered, eyeing the unconscious half-Liang.
"Sorry. I wish I could do more and be out there fighting, but...I'm the weakest Rider. Hajime and Bragi told me I'd just get pummeled by Ryuga." He rubbed his arm.
"No, it's okay. I am not strong. But I have things I can do, as well as you." Elfnein smiled kindly at him."So don't worry. You are doing the best you can."
He smiled sheepishly at her words, rubbing his nape.
Suddenly an explosion outside caught their attention, and Abyss rushed out to investigate while telling Elfnein to stay behind. He froze for a second before chuckling."Shit...Well, of course, this was going to happen."
The entire area was covered by blue dragonfly monsters, swarming the streets.
Hydragoons
"They really want to stop us. Well, I won't let you put your hands on Hajime or Elfnein-chan you disgusting monsters." Abyss drew a card from his Deck before activating.
Oversurvive: Conqueror's Regalia
Abyss's body was engulfed by a black dome before it dispersed, displaying him in his Oversurvive form as he scanned a card through his large shark gauntlet.
Sword Vent: Leviathan Slayers
Two chainsaw blades appeared in the air, and Abyss caught them in his hands, revving them like chainsaws.
"Alright! Let's see what you guys have!"
Elfnein gave a silent prayer, wishing Hamaguchi luck before returning her attention to Hajime. And that's when she noticed something odd. His burnt marks...were smaller than before.
Alternative peered from the hole in the building into the outside, noticing several black fireballs being shot from the opposite building. Bragi cast a wall of Dark Matter, blocking the attacks. He quickly turned around to see Ryuga holding out his Dragclawzwei. He narrowly avoided the punch, feeling the intense heat of his flames as they narrowly missed his head.
"You're so fun to fight! I love it!" Ryuga cackled, stomping a portal on the ground. His foot appeared behind Alternative, kicking him on the back of the head and into a headbutt by Ryuga before he kicked him away.
Loki grimaced, feeling blood poured down his forehead."Should probably watch that. The Superstar got the helmet destroyed, after all." He snapped his fingers as his helmet began to reform again.
Suddenly, Alternative shot two black rods from his magic circles, but Ryuga easily avoided them. However, he senses him behind him, quickly raising his gauntlet to parry the daggers.
'He can teleport!' His smile widened.'No...I guess it's more appropriate to say he can erase space. That rod he just threw here wasn't just a distraction. He erased the space between that rod and himself, making it look like he teleported. A cheaper imitation of what I and Hajime can do, but I suppose it's not a bad one.'
"You should probably kill me now. Otherwise..." Ryuga kned Alternative in the gut, knocking the wind out of him.'He can't use that forcefield while making contact with something...Interesting.'
"Or I am going to kill everyone you love." He punched to his right and a fist appeared to Alternative's left, hitting him on the head. Ryuga made sure to not let go of his fist as he continued."I'll start with that blonde little bitch of an aunt you have. Then, I'll let Hazuki have some fun with Miku dearest. Matter of fact, I'm sure she can serve our troops. They need a morale boost before the end of the world after all! Hahahaha!"
In a fit of rage, Alternative twirled around, breaking the bones in his arm to break free from Ryuga's grasp, allowing himself to deliver a devastating roundhouse kick to his side, causing him to spit blood and using Repel to launch him away.
He cut his arm off to regenerate a new one, charging a Harmony Orb and hurling it toward Ryuga.
"Guess I touched a nerve." Ryuga grinned maniacally, spitting blood. Several black spheres were chasing after Ryuga, forcing him to activate an ability.
Guard Vent: Dragbarrier
A dome of black fire covered Ryuga, blocking the attacks from hitting him.
'I'm not being pulled?' He blinked, puzzled.
"Devour!"
Suddenly, Ryuga noticed his flames disappearing, courtesy of a black hole in Alternative's hands. Before he could protest, he formed a black orb in his hand, slamming it against Loki's stomach.
'What was that?! It wasn't his Discord Orb!'
Alternative spun around before delivering a backkick to Ryuga's chin, launching him into the sky. Suddenly, the debris and rubble around them began to levitate, heading straight to the sky, following the God of Mischief.
Loki felt a rock crash into him before another one followed after.
"Now take this! Catastrophic World Breaker!" Alternative screamed, clasping his hands together as the entire fallen buildings began to float into the sky toward the gravitational core.
'So that's why he was attacking recklessly! He was preparing the environment and prepared as much debris as he could.' Ryuga mused."Interesting move. But I already know how it works thanks to your daddy and I know how to avoid it"
A portal opened up in the sky, and Ryuga tried to fly toward it. However, a piece of debris crashed into him, changing his trajectory. He opened another one, trying to go inside, but the many pieces of rubble were changing his trajectory around according to Bragi's wishes. For good measure, Bragi had conjured balls of threats, using them to tie Ryuga around as the giant dome of rocks began forming in the sky.'I can't...teleport out!'
"You're stuck there, aren't you?" Bragi smirked condescendingly."You're not like that moron. You can't teleport unless you move. Meaning as long as I can limit your movements, you're a sitting duck!"
Out of nowhere, the dome began to explode as black hands began emerging from within, tearing it apart before an explosion of onyx flames exploded, taking the dome apart with ease.
Dark light Vent
A beam of dark and light was shot from the dome, forcing Alternative to stretch out his arms.
"Devour!" He was able to cancel out the attack but gasped when he noticed a black ball charging at him, slamming into him, causing him to go out of the building. The ball entered a portal, appearing behind Bragi and striking him again.
'S-shit! He's about to trap me in his Zone Vent! He purposefully fired that beam, knowing I was going to delete it just to lure me out!' Bragi conjured several black rods, throwing them in random directions. However, several dark-light blades intercepted them, preventing them from going outside of the dome.
"I won't let you escape," Loki said as he headed toward Alternative.
"Tch!" Alternative opened a magic circle, conjuring a black sword and piercing through Loki.
Trick Vent: Light Vanishing
Loki's body exploded into dozens and dozens of feathers, circling around Alternative as they cut around his body."Repel!"
The feathers were pushed away, and that's when Alternative realized he was trapped in the same dome of portals that Hajime had been.
Zone Vent: Gate of Babylon
"Shit! Just perfect!" Bragi cursed, noticing the clones already started to pour from the portals. He drew a card from his Deck as he summoned his staff, firing a beam of Gluttony energy at a clone that was too close to it.
Shoot Vent: Gluttonny Destroyers
A pair of short-barreled shotguns appeared in Alternative's hand, and he quickly aimed at a clone's head, blowing his head off. He twirled his left shotgun in his hand, shooting a clone underneath him before arching his back, blasting another one in the sky while also dodging an incoming kick.
"Attract!" Alternative pulled in a clone, breaking through his mask and placing the barrel of his gun in his mouth, blowing his head off. Several balls of dark light began raining down at him, forcing him to put a barrier around himself. Once he cast it off, he received a punch across the face and a sword to his leg, causing him to hiss in pain. He flew higher, trying to avoid the armada of clones chasing after him.'I can't tell which one is the real one...No use in casting my Zone Vent here. It would be completely useless. Come on, Bragi, think...'
"He's fast. One of the fastest I have ever seen. Even counting my fellow Aesir." Ryuga noted, hovering above with a crowd of clones, blending in.'Still, just like Hajime, if he's got no room to run, there's nothing he can do. Just around an hour before Ragnarok proceeds. I imagine Setsuna is finishing preparations. So...all I gotta do is just sit back and relax.'
Suddenly, he noticed Alternative forming a Discord Orb, pulling in the clones, and shooting them as they came. Ryuga clicked his tongue as several clones were being pulled in, unable to do anything to stop it.'What is he planning now? No matter what he does, it's pointless-'
To his shock, the sphere shot up toward the sky, pulling in every Ryuga that was surrounded. Loki grimaced as he was pulled in as well.'What?!'
Alternative was following the orb, using the Discord Orb to increase his speed as it pulled him along. He then shot himself above all the Ryugas, lifting his arms."Devour!"
To Ryuga's horror, the portals were being sucked into Alternative's palms as they began to disappear after being consumed by his power.
"How?! My portals are-"
"Hyperdimensional. Yeah, I noticed that earlier when I threw you that attack. But what I control in this form is no regular power. It's a conceptual weapon at its finest!" Since the portals were no more, the clones vanished, and Ryuga was slammed to the ground by the black orb before shooting toward the sky, pulling Ryuga along with it.
With a grin, Alternative began flying higher into the air.
'What is he doing-' Loki's eyes shot wide open once the realization dawned on him."CALAMITY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! COME AND HELP ME!"
Calamity's head perked up, blasting Beelzebub away with a fireball before flying toward its master.
"Hey, get back here asshole!" Beelzebub screamed, chasing after the beast. He stretched out his arms, grabbing Calamity and slamming him to the ground."All yours, Bragigi!"
Bragi thanked Beelzebub in his mind for having his back, conjuring a white sphere in his right hand, and twirling it around before tossing it down below.
"Fuck!" Loki bellowed, creating a portal above him, however, as soon as the Didscorc Orb touched it, it was absorbed into it. Much to his horror, the sphere had a black aura around it.'He infused it with Gluttony?! He's devouring my portals!'
Ryuga began to panic as the two spheres were getting closer to each other, yearning to become one.
"DAMN YOU, BRAT! TO THINK YOU'D FORCE MY HAND LIKE THIS!" Loki snarled in disdain, snapping his fingers as a light purple portal opened in front of him."Vault! Open!"
Odin's Vault
From the portal, Ryuga fired the attack he had stolen from Bragi all those months ago during their final battle with Adam and Lilith, unleashing the unstable Chaos Zero Perfect Karma in the middle of the two incoming attacks. Both Bragi's Discord and Harmony orb collided with the Chaos orb, becoming a second one and exploding. Ryuga and Alternative covered themselves as they could, but nothing could prepare them for the humongous explosion the attacks released in unison, creating a giant black hole in the sky.
The entire city rumbled for a second time that day as the skies parted due to the intensity of the blast.
"Bragi!" Miku screamed as she had to grab onto a building to not be sent blown away. Nightmare did a similar thing, conjuring dark matter tentacles to pin himself on the ground.
Two figures fell from the giant gaping hole in the sky. Due to the properties of the Chaos Zero Perfect Karma and how it was basically a black hole, two of them coming into contact with each other tore through space, leaving a black gaping hole in the sky that stained the blue skies.
Alternative crashed onto a rooftop, missing his arms and legs after being almost caught in the blast. He winced, sitting up and crawling to a wall, leaning against it. He grimaced as he began to regenerate, restoring his body.
'My magic circuits are severed...' He tried conjuring a Discord Orb but vanished into thin air.'Crap...I shouldn't have done that...'
He winced, feeling his remaining wounds to heal.'Is it because I'm tired...Or am I...?'
"You okay, Bragigi?" Beelzebub said, having returned inside Bragi's body.
"Yeah...At least I managed to bait him out to use that attack." Bragi sighed."Now, if anyone else decides to fight him, then they-
"That...was spectacular."
Bragi gasped, looking up at the sky and seeing Loki floating above him. The right side of his armor was destroyed, and his body was badly burnt on one side."How...?"
"I had to use Chiaki's ability. Her Luminesce Vent at max power while also shielding myself. You see, I was closer to the explosion than you were. So all I had to do was withstand the blast as much as I could before getting out. Of course, you did underestimate my power. I am far stronger than when we saw each other back then. So while your attack is strong, I am still a God. After your Discord Orb was no more, I could move freely again. So I opened a portal and left before I took more damage."
"Then...can Hazuki Kaburagi's body draw out your power fully...?"
"Indeed. Alas, I did take some major damage. And I can't go sacrifice more people than I did before." Loki's smirk dropped, now replaced with a frown."I hate to admit it. But you and Hajime have pushed me further than any other rival I have ever fought. You fought well. But this is as far as you go."
Sword Vent: Dragsaberzwei
Ryuga brandished his nine-rigged blade."I am going to cut you to pieces but keep you alive. After all, the Superstar wants to deal with you personally when he wakes up."
Alternative tensed up, still not done recuperating, and couldn't use his Alchemy.'Damn it...'
"Now..." Loki shot himself toward Bragi."Taste my blade-"
Out of nowhere, Ryuga felt someone pull onto his hair, much to his shock, and pulled him back. He was bewildered to see Kamen Rider Ryuki once more, winding his fist back in anticipation.
"Haji-"
A punch to the face knocked Ryuga straight through a building before Ryuki flew under him, grabbing him by the legs and slamming him onto another one, causing it to start collapsing with him inside.
Ryuki flew back to the rooftop where Bragi was, landing next to him."You okay, man?"
"Took you long enough." Bragi allowed himself a smile of relief, glad that his helmet hid his expressions."How's everyone?"
"Miku is fighting your...Dad, I guess. Not sure what else to call him." Hajime scoffed."She's doing great. She's a strong girl, so you should rest easy. And for the others..."
Hajime stirred up from the stretcher, groaning as he reached for his head to rub it."Feels like I got hit by a fucking train..."
"You're awake!" Elfnein beamed in joy, hugging the raven-haired teen.
"Elfnein-chan!" Hajime exclaimed in surprise.
"I patched you up as best as I could." She quickly showed him a mirror to look at himself. He blinked, noticing he looked better than he thought he would. He still had some burnt marks, but his body had healed the damage nicely, making them barely visible.
"It appears as though your Oversurvive form allows your body to some level of healing." She supplied."It's not absolute, though. It's only superficial wounds. Thanks to my alchemy, I was able to accelerate the process to restore your body."
"That's amazing, Elfnein-chan." He praised the blonde."You're awesome. Thank you for-"
Suddenly, Elfnein lost her transformation, threatening to fall to the ground. Hajime quickly grabbed her, scooping her up in her arms and placing her on the stretcher."Sorry...I converted most of my mana to energy...and gave it to you. I'm sorry. I know it's not enough."
"No..." His smile grew bigger as he squeezed her in a hug."It's plenty enough for me to go back into the fight. Thank you, Elfnein-chan. You're a lifesaver."
"Just...please, watch over Bragi-chan," Elfnein muttered.
"Leave it to me." Hajime nodded, gently setting her back on the stretcher as she closed her eyes to take a quick rest. Hajime exited the building, already transformed into his Ryuki Oversurvive form.
"Hajime!"
Abyss cried out from above as he fought the Hydraagons."You're okay!"
"Need a hand?" Hajime asked, ready to reach for his Deck.
"Leave this to me! Go kick your dumb brother's ass!"
"I see." Bragi acknowledged as Hajime helped him up."Any news on the others outside of Beijing?"
"I contacted HQ and they said they haven't received anything. They must still be fighting." Ryuki shifted his gaze toward the sky, watching as Ryuga rose from above."That leaves us with him."
Bragi followed his gaze, clicking his tongue when he saw Loki's maniacal smirk."Yeah. He's a tough bastard. If you hadn't softened him up in your fight, I'd have died a while back. He can't regenerate anymore and his energy reserves are dropping."
"But we're also running on fumes here." He looked at his friend."Can you still fight? Or do you need a break?"
"You're talking to the ultimate lifeform." He scoffed in indignation."But yes. I can still fight. No use in taking a break now. We're running out of time. It's 11 am already. We got 1 hour to end this before it's too late."
"Then let's hit him with everything we've got. Together." Ryuki held out his fist, and Alternative returned the fist bump. Both boys flew toward the sky, facing Ryuga once more.
"Welcome back. I'm surprised! You really are hard to kill, Hajime Adachi!" Loki clapped with genuine amusement.
"I'll keep coming back until you're dead." Ryuki narrowed his eyes."We won't die until we save the world from a psycho like you and Hazuki."
"Let's do this, Hajime." Alternative said.
"Ready when you are, Bragi." Ryuki nodded, both of them floating side by side before they released their powers as they drew a card from their Decks. The shockwave of their combined power was enough to push Ryuga back slightly, earning a whistle from him.
Sword Vent: Emperorsaber
Sword Vent: Gluttony Daggers
"These two are no jokes." He commented, his smirk never fading."Let's see what these two monsters can do together."
Sword Vent: Wingshredder
Summoning Femme's staff, he detached it in the middle, making it into two blades.
"Come at me." Ryuga beckoned them to come. And they did just that, rocketing toward him as they began clashing blades with Ryuga in unison. Their combined might was managing to push Ryuga back and into a wall. They both dived in and kicked him in his chest, making him crash through it. Alternative appeared from above, kneeing Ryuga, but he parried the attack with his blades. However, the force of the blow knocked him down toward Hajime, who kicked him away. Ryuga twirled around, landing on a wall as he whipped his head in their direction, anticipating their next move. He blitzed through their attacks, appearing behind them and kicking them away.
Ryuga opened a portal, in front of Alternative, forcing him to go through it and grabbing his neck before hurling him toward the ground."Their attacks have gotten sharper than before..."
Shoot Vent: Emperorblaster
A metal cannon was strapped to Ryuki's right arm, which he used to shoot a beam of energy toward Ryuga. He quickly cast a portal, shooting the attack back. He evaded this, lunging at him as their blades clashed once more. In a risky gambit, Ryuki quickly spun in place, kicking Ryuga before he could slash him, knocking him back to the ground.
Suddenly, Ryuga was surrounded by various clones of Alternative and Ryuki, who wasted no time in charging toward him.
Accel Vent
The clones became faster, rushing through the battlefield and forcing Ryuga on the defensive. He attempted to fight them off, but there were too many and too fast. So he opted to stomp the ground, opening a giant portal underneath him where several tendrils emerged, piercing through the clones and killing them. He quickly activated a new ability, watching as a giant fireball and a ball of Glutonny came from the sides.
Dark Light Vent
He created two walls of dark light, shooting the attacks back before leaping in the air. However, from the buildings on his sides, Ryuki and Alternative emerged, attempting to ambush him.
Ryuga stretched out his arms as two blades of dark light emerged from them, stabbing into their bodies. However, they vanished into thin air."Clones?!"
He looked up to see Ryuki charging an attack, and down below to see Alternative, holding a larger cannon from before.
Shoot Vent: Emperorclaw
Shoot Vent: Gluttony Gunner
(Author's note: All of Bragi's cards are based on Beelzemon from Digimon)
Ryuga aimed a hand up and one down, firing two beams of dark light to hold off the attacks. Both Riders went full power, Ryuki shooting a giant dragon of flames while Alterantive's beam grew in size. Both of their attacks pushed Ryuga's, closing in on him and creating an explosion.
Zone Vent: Light Zone
The Riders gasped, noticing thousands of feathers around them before they started to slash at them from all angles. Alternative wasted no time in activating his own Zone Vent, creating a gravitational field around them and forcing the feathers down to the ground.
Zone Vent: Gravitational Dead Zone
In quick succession, he compressed his Zone Vent, forming a perfect sphere in his arms before chucking it toward Ryuga.
Perfect Sphere
Calamity emerged from a portal, shooting a fireball toward Ryuga and shooting him away from the attack as it deleted everything in its path.
"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Alternative cursed in irritation.
"Don't forget about me!" Ryuki came flying from the sides.
"I haven't." Ryuga quickly formed a blade of dark light, parrying Hajime's strike. He kicked the red Rider in the stomach, launching him away, but he scanned a card, holding his arms out.
Ignite Vent
Ryuki and Ryuga shot two dragons toward each other. One of crimson flames and one of darkness and light. The attacks canceled each other out, creating a cloud of smoke that covered the devastated streets of Beijing.
Alternative stretched out his Gluttony arms, forcing Ryuga to dodge them in the smoke before being forced to enter a portal that appeared in the sky. But this was all a plan as Ryuki appeared from behind him, kicking him in the back of the head and launching him away. Both Ryuki and Alternative had Ryuga surrounded from both sides, scanning their respective cards.
Strike Vent: Soul Burners
Strike Vent: Gluttony Claws
Both Riders dashed toward Ryuga, jumping from rooftop to rooftop as he flew away from them.
'I can fight them together just fine. But I can't deal any finishing blow since their coordination and team skills are impeccable. I'll have to separate them...'
Alternative grimaced, feeling a slight headache clouding his mind momentarily. And that's when he saw another memory.
"There is a prophecy that says that one day a Messiah will be challenged by two others and they will fight to take everything from him." He heard Adam's voice in his head.
'These are...The First's memories.' Bragi processed the information quickly, his eyes never leaving Ryuga.'If so...then does that mean this is the prophecy he mentioned?'
Ryuki made the first move, using his energy wings to glide toward Ryuga and readying to double-punch him.
"Come on then!" Ryuga closed his visor as his two gauntlets manifested, blocking the punches with punches of his own.
Strike Vent: Calamity Kings
He suddenly bent back, using Ryuki's momentum against himself to kick him in the stomach, launching him away. Ryuki drew a card, landing on the wall of a building.
Booster Vent
"You're trying so hard!" Ryuga cackled, reaching for his Deck and sliding a card in.
Booster Vent
The dragon riders rushed at each other like at the beginning of the fight. But unlike before, Hajime was completely overwhelmed. Loki overpowered him, grabbing him by the head and slamming him through several buildings until he slammed him onto the ground, releasing his face.
He spun on his heels, dodging the incoming stretched-out gluttony claw, grabbing it and pulling Alternative in.
'It seems he can't use his gravity powers.' Ryuga smirked, punching through a portal as a fist struck Alternative in the stomach, causing him to spit blood.
'Even together, we're no match for him.' Bragi quickly spun out of the way of a second attack, landing on the ground. Ryuga landed as well, stomping a portal as a portal opened underneath Alternative. He backflipped out of the way in time, but Ryuga continued stomping the ground repeatedly as more portals continued opening, trying to connect a kick with Alternative. Wasting no time, Ryuga shot a beam of dark light around the kicks, hitting Alternative on the side as he continued to backflip, shooting him away.
Glancing over his shoulder, Ryuga saw Ryuki running toward him and throwing a punch which he easily evaded. Ryuki started to throw rapid jabs but Ryuga easily blocked all of them as he continued to step back.
In one of the many punches, Ryuga stepped to the side, grabbing his fist as he threw a punch of his own, striking him on the side of the head and causing him to stagger backward. Clenching their fists, both Riders charged forward, throwing the strongest punches they had thrown after embedding their powers into them, darkness and fire. As they threw the punches, Ryuga created a portal, punching through it as it appeared in front of Ryuki's face, slamming his fist into his helmet to reach him before Ryuki's punch could. The attack caved his helmet in, breaking his nose and knocking a few teeth out, sending him skidding away until he stopped himself.
Ryuga laughed, igniting his boosters as he made a break for Ryuki. However, at the last second, Ryuki bent his knees, avoiding the devastating punch that almost hit him. He ignited his boosters, tackling him as he ignited his boosters, crashing through several buildings and crashing onto the ground on top of the black Rider. Ryuki sat on his chest, ready to begin punching him when Ryuga's foot appeared from a portal underneath his chin, kicking him into the air and crashing harshly on the ground.
The God of Mischief stood up, dusting off his armor as he approached Ryuki. From behind him, Alternative lunged at him, claws ready to tear his enemy apart. Pointing behind him, Ryuga formed a portal as several black arms tried grabbing at the pseudo-Rider, but he cut them apart and absorbed them before reaching Ryuga.
"I'm going to make you pay..." He kicked him on the back, launching him forward."...for what you did to MY MIKU!"
Ryuki quickly grabbed Ryuga's arms, holding him in place as they wrestled with each other. Alternative nodded at his friend, jumping in the air as he flew toward Ryuga.
'Hazuki...I know you're in there. By yourselves, neither you nor Loki can't take on the entire world.' Hajime said in his mind, feeling blood dripping down his nose.'Just give up! It's over!'
Ryuga's eyes glowed, conjuring two portals that sprouted black arms from within, grabbing Ryuki by the neck and arms and Alternative by his legs, lifting them in the air. He clasped his hands together, forming two spheres of darkness, and aimed at the Riders.
Suddenly, several purple beams struck Ryuga, canceling out his attack.
"Just what the hell are you doing, Nightmare?!"
From far away, Miku had shot her attacks in hopes of helping the Riders while Nightmare chased after her.
"Bragi! Hajime-kun!" Miku yelled at them."Don't give up!"
Nightmare formed two blades of dark matter, accelerating toward Miku but the girl quickly spun around and slammed her hammer against him, sending him flying."Just buzz off already!"
"Miku-san!" Hajime beamed."Thank you. You're awesome."
"Heh. Yeah. She is." Bragi smiled, feeling proud of his girlfriend. He grabbed onto the arms holding him, using Gluttony to devour them while Hajime punched them apart with his Divine Weapons. Alternative swung around the buildings at great speeds before charging behind Ryuga. However, a portal opened up where a giant fist appeared, forcing Alternative to quickly duck out of the way, crashing onto the ground.
Ryuki connected his gauntlets, firing a beam of compressed flames at Ryuga, sending him skidding several yards away before rushing at him. He jumped in the air, going for a double kick, which Ryuga blocked with his arms. He pushed Ryuki away before swinging both of his arms, but the Rider grabbed onto them, holding him tight once more.'He's still too fucking strong. Our best chance to win is for Bragi to keep chipping away at his energy with his Gluttony.'
"Why are you resisting so hard?" Ryuga asked."You can't beat me. It should be obvious."
"We're never going to give up! No matter what! Because we are fighting for those who believe in us!" Ryuki screamed, quickly forcing Ryuga to change his position. Behind him, Alternative lunged from a building, spreading his arms as he readied his claws.
"DIE!" He bellowed, however, much to their surprise, Ryuga quickly delivered a powerful backkick to Alternative's face, knocking him away like a fly as he landed on top of a car, his neck twisted unnaturally.
"Fuck...He broke my neck with that...'" He moaned in pain.
Ryuki tackled Ryuga to the ground, sitting on his chest as he began to throw a barrage of punches. Much to his irritation and dismay, Ryuga just laughed, blocking the attacks with ease.
"Just fucking die already! You made us all suffer enough! You have to stop-"
"Stop? Stop what?" Ryuga, amid the punches, grabbed Hajime by the face, squeezing at his lower jaw before lifting him in the air. Ryuki gasped, feeling the pressure he was applying and hearing his helmet beginning to crack as he tightened his grip on him."Stop this? But the end of the world is but mere moments away, Hajime. Soon enough, you will all know eternal peace and happiness. You're making this..." His grip tightening."...harder..." His grip tightens even more."... than it needs to be."
By this point, Ryuki was thrashing around, unable to escape his grasp. If he tightened his grip more, his jaw would break.
Suddenly, Ryuga felt a pair of arms grab him by the legs before pulling him away from Hajime and slamming him onto a building.
"You okay?!" Alternative frantically asked his friend, who gave him a shaky thumbs up. He then pointed behind Alternative, and they both saw Ryuga storming toward them at full speed. The Riders quickly took off into the air as Ryuga chased them, charging up their respective attacks.
"Let's go, Bragi!" Ryuki fired a compressed beam of flames.
"I'm sick of him already!" Alternative shouted, cladding Ryuki's attack with gluttony, turning his flames black. Ryuga cackled, entering through a portal just before the attack consumed it.
"What?!" Both boys exclaimed in surprise. Ryuga appeared from behind, grabbing them by the back of their heads and slamming them into several buildings before he grew bored, throwing them in separate directions. He also shot two spheres of dark light at them for good measure, watching in glee as the explosions went off in the distance.
He landed on top of a light post, his gaze firmly forward. From the front and back, Ryuki and Alternative flew to meet him in the sky, each of them holding a card.
Final Vent: Meteor of the Emperor's Will
Final Vent: Alchemical Voracious Testament
Beelzebub turned into a dark staff containing different colorful gems for Alternative to wield. Alternative summoned wind, fire, water, and earth spheres behind a dark matter sphere to then create a ring using them, combining their powers. Thanks to the staff, he was able to properly use any kind of alchemy, and he immediately began using gold transmutation, forming a golden sphere as he absorbed from the other spheres to create a nuclear fusion.
"Not done yet!" Beelzebub declared."Let's take things up a notch!"
Gluttony power began circling the golden sphere, tainting it as it changed in color. It was now a pulsating giant sphere of alchemy mixed with Gluttony, a gold and black sphere.
As for Ryuki, he flew high into the air, covering himself in flames as DragEmperor began morphing his body into a sword. Ryuki then descended from the skies like a meteorite, Rider Kicking the sword as it was engulfed in crimson flames, forming a giant dragon.
"Very well! Show me your best, Riders!" Ryuga screamed, activating his own attack.
Final Vent: Ragnarok
Calamity emerged from a portal, spreading its wings as they began to glow.
'Ragnarok can shoot the accumulated damage I've taken and shoot it out in one blast!' Ryuga smirked, watching as his monster unleashed two dark and white beams from its wings as both boys roared at the top of their lungs, shooting their attacks.
The three attacks clashed in the air, and everyone in the city or around it was able to feel the intensity from them. Everyone watching the battle in the houses couldn't take their eyes off the screen. And SONG all watched in utter shock, feeling their entire submarine shake due to how close they were to Beijing.
Ryuki and Alternative were being pushed back by Loki, who was unleashing his power over as much as he could.
"We...we can't lose here..." Ryuki grumbled."But more than that..."
"We came this far...We won't let the world be destroyed..." Alternative snarled."But more than that..."
"I promised Hibiki I'd come back to her alive..." Hajime thought of Hibiki."That's why..."
"I promised Miku I'd come back to her alive..." Bragi thought of Miku."That's why..."
"WE ABSOLUTELY..." Both of them powered up again, their love for their respective girlfriends giving them the power they needed."...WE WON'T LOSE TO YOU!"
Their attacks became stronger than ever before, pushing Calamity's blasts with ease as they headed toward the dark Rider.
"Where is this power coming from?! I can't...!" Ryuga could only stare at the attack that exploded in front of him and Calamity, letting out an earth-shaking explosion that could be seen from several kilometers away.
Both Riders panted, severely exhausted and their energies depelted from using their strongest attacks. But they couldn't even celebrate. From the smoke, two beams of energy struck them with equal force, shooting them off the sky as they fell to the ground.
"Juggernaut Vent is a convenient ability...It allows the user to become invulnerable to damage to then shoot it back even stronger than it originally was. So...how did you lose...?" Ryuga flapped his black wings, revealing himself in his newly restored armor, now having a third color added to it."...Terunosuke...I can feel the darkness of your heart...It's exquisite. And it allows me to feel your power coursing through me. So this is the result of letting those seeds grow into trees."
Kamen Rider Ryuga - Trinity Mode
"Oh, well. Your power sure came in at the right time. So at least your death wasn't completely pointless." Ryuga chuckled to himself, descending to the ground."Now...I think it's time to start wrapping things up. Don't you think...?"
He landed across the street from where Ryuki was, struggling to move as smoke came off his body."Hajime. Look at you. On the ground like a pig. Disgusting. And you call yourself a Messiah?"
Ryuga snapped his fingers, summoning a light purple portal behind him."Remember this?"
"That's...what you used to steal Bragi's attack back then..." Hajime muttered.
The smile on Ryuga's face reached from ear to ear upon hearing that."Rest assured. I have already used that attack earlier. But you probably saw it. Now, guess what's next."
'He must...be ready to use Chris-san's attack he absorbed back after we fought Yomi and the others...' Hajime suddenly paused.'Wait...Why would he use that now? Even in this state, I should be able to handle that attack...So why is he-'
Then, everything flashed by Ryuki's eyes. Everything leading up to this fine. And the memory suddenly resurfaced to light. Their war against FIS two years ago. How Dr. Ver had forced Miku into a Symphogear, and how Ryuga was on their site at the time. But more specifically, he remembered watching their battle from the sidelines.
"I'll keep this one if you don't mind." Ryuga had said after one of his portals absorbed one of the Shenshoujing's attacks.
"Keep it? What do you mean?" Ryuki had demanded, but Loki had shrugged him off since they were still in the middle of securing Miku.
"All the way back then...He was saving that..."
Alternative quickly flew toward Ryuki and Ryuga, rushing as fast as he could to protect Hajime.'I can regenerate. I have to make sure this idiot doesn't die here! I have to protect him!'
"WAIT! BRAGI! DON'T-"
"It's over. I win." Loki's twisted smile grew even wider as he turned to the side, aiming the portal at Alternative."Odin's Vault! Open!"
From within the portal, a very familiar purple beam was shot toward Alternative, and his fate was sealed. The beam hit him head-on, bathing him in the purifying light of the Shenshoujing.
"W-what is this?!" Alternative screamed, feeling his power leaving his body and becoming weaker by the second."What is...going...on?!"
"Bra...gigi..."
"Beel!" Bragi gasped in horror once he realized what was going on. Beelzebub appeared behind him, his body shattering to pieces due to the properties of the Shenshoujing's light, purifying the dark relic and destroying it."BEEL! BEELEZEBUB!"
"Bragigi...I'm...sorry..." Beelzebub apologized as he exploded into particles. Alternative's form changed back from his Beelzebub form to his normal form.
"BEELZEBUB!" Alternative screamed in anguish upon seeing his friend go, tears glistening in his eyes.
"And with that...The only thing keeping you afloat in this fight is gone." Ryuga suddenly appeared in front of ALternative, piercing his fist through his stomach, and forcing him to vomit blood. He threw him to the side as if he were trash, summoning his new visor. A bladed staff.
"STOP IT!" Ryuki ignited his boosters, propelling himself against Ryuga and pushing him across the street. He tilted his head before smacking Ryuki across the face, forcing the helmet out of his body and revealing his bruised face, hissing in pain.
"Sheez. So that punch from earlier knocked your two front teeth out? That's a pain. Let me make it even." Ryuga lowered his sword upon seeing Hajime limping toward him."But then I guess I won't stop you from trying your best."
Ryuki screamed as he started punching Ryuga in the face. However, his punches were having zero effect. Ryuga's armor was stronger due to Gai's powers, and Hajime's attacks had long lost their power. He continued punching him, but Ryuga just laughed at his attempts, arms folded under his chest.
"Now you're being annoying." Ryuga easily kicked his legs, sweeping him off his feet as he landed on the ground before kicking him in the stomach, and launching him into a park.
Ryuki rolled onto, the grass, forcing himself to his feet by mere willpower."Come on, Hajime...come on...You can't give up now...You can't give up now...Not when everyone is counting on you..."
He fell on one knee, gasping in pain."Hibiki...Hibiki...Hibiki..."
He kept chanting her name to remind himself of his promise. He quickly put his gauntlets together, charging up an attack, when he suddenly reverted to his normal Ryuki form."No...Not now...Not now...!"
"So, you're out of energy? Too bad."
Ryuki look up, only to have his face smashed by a punch, sending him rocketing away into a portal that Ryuga created. He exited the portal, kicking Hajime into the sky as he appeared above him again, kicking him back to the ground, creating a huge crater on the floor.
The Ryuki armor broke into particles, revealing a bloody and unconscious Hajime on the floor. Ryuga raised his arm, charging up a steel Darklight orb in his hand before chucking it at the ground. To his surprise, Alternative appeared, shielding Hajime from the attack as an explosion went off down below. Once the smoke cleared, Alternative was missing the lower half of his body, and his armor had shattered to pieces.
"Seriously, kid. Just stay down already. You're really getting on my nerves now." Ryuga groaned, descending to the crater."Just wait there. I don't really wanna kill you. Hazuki wants that honor. So sit back and relax."
He shifted his attention back to Hajime, whose body had rolled a few meters away after the explosion. He started slowly walking to him, leisurely taking his time."Now...it's time for the dragons to become one again. If we want to take down Odin, we'll need more than Fenrir's power, after all. Now...Let the dragons become one again, Hajime-"
Ryuga stopped, feeling someone grab him by the ankle. He looked down, noticing Bragi had grabbed him by his ankle, trying his best to hold him back.
"You...won't...touch him..." He panted, tightening his grip on Ryuga."Not as long...as I draw breath..."
"You...You want to die that badly, huh?" Ryuga said with a sweet yet sinister voice, opening his visor and sliding a card inside."All you had to do was ask!"
Strike Vent: Calamity Kings
Summoning his black gauntlets, Ryuga wasted no time in slamming his fist into Bragi's face. Once he retracted his arm, he smiled upon seeing Bragi's expression of terror when he felt the left side of his face missing. He gaped, slowly reaching toward his head, only to receive another punch, crushing his skull. Ryuga began to deliver powerful and swift punches around Bragi's body repeatedly.
"I'm so! Sick! And! Tired! Of you! You! Little! Fucking shit! Just! Die! Already!" Ryuga threw a hard punch, crushing the ground beneath them. By the time he was done, Bragi was completely unrecognizable. His head was completely reduced to a pulp, and his left side was completely destroyed, leaving a few remains of his body."Look at you. Reduced to nothing. Because you are nothing. Die."
Ryuga shot a sphere of energy, shooting Bragi away through several buildings.
"Phew. Now that was a good stress relief." Ryuga sighed in satisfaction."Is he dead though? I doubt it. I heard from the Noble Red brats that even if his head is destroyed, he can't be killed. So...I can't be certain. He might be alive." He began floating out of the crater, charging a ball of energy in his hand."I'll have to vaporize him just to make sure. Too bad. I'll have to apologize to Hazuki later-"
Out of nowhere, a jetstream of water struck Ryuga on the stomach, shooting him away and crashing into a building.
Abyss landed on the ground, frantically running toward the edge of the crater, gasping upon seeing Hajime."Hajime!" He frantically looked around, his face drained of all color."Bragi! Where's Bragi?! What happened here?!"
"Today has been a rather colorful day."
Abyss froze, slowly looking toward the side and seeing Ryuga walking out of the building he was in."I started with a delicious meal. Then I went to a decent enough dessert. And now, all I have left are the appetizers. And as it happens...I like fish." His eyes gleamed dangerously as he locked in on Abyss."So, kid...What you got?"
"You gotta be kidding me..." Abyss took a shaky step back."I gotta fight this guy all alone...? After Bragi and Hajime were defeated...?!"
Less than 50 minutes until Ragnarok began, and the battle against the strongest Rider continued.
Mission: Prevent Ragnarok
Status: Ongoing