Milo (Classic)/Desperado Dreams (Akuma Training)

In Definitive Edition as The Necro Crew drives from Breakpoint Valley to Los Angeles, Milo slumbers off to sleep and reencounters Akuma. While off-put as he knows what Akuma is from playing Street Fighter, Milo does thank him for helping him defeat Necro Milo. However, Akuma berates Milo for not being strong enough to handle it alone and that he only stepped in, even Astrally, to show Milo what true power feels like. Somberly, Milo agrees. As Milo plans to wake up, he heel-turns and asks Akuma to train him instead. However, Akuma makes a deal with Milo. If Akuma teaches Milo, then one day, Milo will have to face Akuma in combat to the death. Highly reluctant but feeling as though he has his back against the wall, Milo agrees and wakes up. 
In GO:OD AM, The Necro Crew finally meet Sapphire Blackwood, and she invites them to stay the day and night. She tends to wounds, and as the group takes the day to talk about their experiences and why they were searching for each other, the night comes. As Milo slumbers off to sleep on the couch, he appears in a volcano within his dream as Akuma stands at the summit with him. Told to mirror his movements, the two begin to shadow-fight, and eventually, Akuma stops and allows Milo to perform the actions that he has been doing. Throughout this, Akuma commands Milo. He tells him to trickle in his power, which begins as blue, but as the exercises continue, Milo speeds up, and the energy becomes light red, then blood red. Lastly, Milo utilizes the KKZ, and when he slams his hand down onto the ground, the volcano erupts, and Akuma nods as Milo wakes up on the couch, drenched in sweat. 
In THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, as the Necro Crew moves into their new brownstone in Downtown, California, Milo and Raymond travel to Hero's Hallow to learn more about their timeline. As the two read about Keem and Turner, Milo suddenly faints and awakens within his dream in a forest fire. Akuma reveals that the enemy will never give him a chance to be prepared, which was an opportunity to showcase that. Akuma said he would teach him how to move within and without, alluding to the forest fire being the obstacle. Confused, Milo noted that he would get burned, but Akuma punched Milo, demanding that he use his eyes rather than his mouth. Akuma charged himself with Satsui no Hado and vanished with a glide out of the forest fire. Milo sighed, and when he went to try it, he burned himself and shouted an exploitive. Akuma commented on how if he couldn't complete this simple task, he had no future in saving his friends and defeating him. Angered, Milo channeled this rage and pain and completed the Ashura Senku, moving away from the forest fire. When Milo stood before Akuma, he sarcastically shook off the burn and asked if he was happy. Akuma didn't verbally respond but instead punched him again, which caused Milo to wake up screaming on the couch of The Necro Brownstone with his hands emitting blood-red energy. Raymond noticed and didn't ask but always remembered.