Chaos! An Uprising in Urvenia! (103)

Akasan caught his breath. He didn't expect to fight two of the King's Bloodhounds back to back like this, but he was fine.

A dark red aura came out of Koji. He charged in quickly.

Akasan fought passively, as he didn't know his opponent's strength.

Koji kept him on the defensive while he attacked with quick swings of his hands and feet.

Koji grinned. "Stop running away from me!!" He dug his hands into the red earth and lifted up a large piece.

Akasan was on a steep slant now, and it was getting worse. He brung his hand back and punched a hole in the rock, breaking through. He then brought his leg up in the air and brought it down on Koji.

"Crimson Foot: Jackhammer!!"

*boom!!*

The power of the kick pushed the two of them deep into the cavity in the ground. But Koji grinned and pushed Akasan off of him. His attack had done no damage at all.

Akasan leapt away and kept his distance.

The huge piece of ground landed on the other side with a loud crashing noise.

Koji cracked his neck to both sides. "Physical attacks don't work on me. I can turn my energy into a solid, creating an impenetrable defense. On the other hand..."

Koji was suddenly ducked down in front of Akasan. He covered his fist in hard solid black-red energy and hit Akasan in the stomach.

Akasan coughed up some blood on impact and was blown away.

Koji chuckled. "...heh heh, I can still use it for offense."

Akasan landed on the overturned piece of land and wiped the blood from his mouth. He clapped his hands together. "Magic Art: Phoenix Flame, Burn!!"

Akasan blew out a wave of fire from his mouth.

Koji flipped back several times. Something black came out of his back and bent in front of him, protecting him from the flames.

Akasan tried to make out what it was. He stepped back. "What?!"

There was a large black feathered wing coming out of the right side of Koji's back. It shrunk back down to a regular sized wing.

Koji looked up, grinning. "Did you not know we were archangels?" He took both of his hands and formed a red ball of energy with black lighting around it. "Red Emperor!"

Akasan raised his hand. Crimson fire came out, forming into a ball. The ball shrunk, compressing the energy until it was no longer fire, but plasma. "Crimson Star."

Koji threw his attack at Akasan like it was a baseball. Akasan countered with his own attack.

The two energies collided, causing the surrounding area to glow bright red as the ground was ripped up from the explosion.

--

Back at the town that Akasan visited earlier, officers and guards were flooding the area. They knocked down doors and dragged people into the streets by their hair.

Sara noticed the chaos going on outside. She ducked her head.

"Aimi, hide, quickly!" she said.

Aimi obeyed. She hid herself underneath some loose floorboards.

Soon after, one of the officers kicked down their door.

Sara frightfully backed up against the wall. "What do you all want from me?!"

The officer grinned. "Don Viper has authorized for this town to burn to the ground. If you all can no longer pay taxes, then you're all essentially worthless livestock! Everyone here will be either sold off as slaves, or killed. Now come here!!" He grabbed Sara by her hair and dragged her out of the door.

Aimi dared not say anything, for she would be captured too. She closed her eyes and cried silently as her sister was taken away.

"Round them up and throw them in the truck!!" one of the guards yelled.

The townspeople were lined up, shackled, then thrown in trucks that had iron cages on the back.

An officer grabbed Sara's arm. "Get in there!" he demanded.

"No!! No!! Get off of me!!" she cried.

Sara struggled against the officer. She ducked down and headbutted him in the chest to push him away. There wasn't much she could do, since she was cuffed on both her ankles and wrists.

The officer pulled her out of the line.

He smacked her across the face. "Looks like someone doesn't know the meaning of respect."

Sara spat out blood. "You all can drop dead for all I care!"

The officer grinned. "You talk tough I see. I'm gonna have to teach you a lesson. Now strip. Take off everything."

Sara's eyes widened. "What?"

"You heard what I said. It seems you don't understand that your lives don't belong to you anymore. Take it all off. Now."

Sara's eyes watered but she refused to cry. She started by quietly pulling off her shoes. She still had a ragged long shirt and some blue pants. She pulled her pants down next.

The officer tapped his foot. "Hurry up! I don't got all day."

The other guards and officers saw what was happening and started chuckling amongst themselves with perverted expressions.

Sara hesitated to pull off her shirt. "I... don't want to."

The officer grit his teeth and smacked her again. "Do it." he demanded.

A swishing sound was heard through the air.

Sara looked to her left. A rectangular broadblade sword spun sideways through the air and cleanly chopped six officers' heads off at the same time.

They all fell to the ground.

The sword continued flying through the air until it returned to its owner. He caught it perfectly. He had messy black hair and dark red eyes. He looked similar to Koji, but more mature. He stood on the roof of a house, with one foot perched at the top.

"Hey." he said. "What the hell are you all doing here?"

The officers shrieked and stepped back.

Sara quickly pulled her pants back up. She ran back to her house and looked as two other people came up behind the guy with the sword on the rooftop.

It was a small girl with orange hair that went to her neck, and pinned up in two ponytails. She had orange eyes too. They seemed somehow bloodthirsty.

The other to show up was a brown-skinned man who was well-built, with a few tattoos on his arms that resembled arm bands, and he had a closely-shaven haircut that was blonde. He carried a short stick on both sides of his pants. They seemed electrical.

Regardless, the officers were freaked out.

"I-It's the Bloodhounds!! Why are they here?! I thought that the Tournament of Death was in place right now!!" one of them exclaimed.

The man with the tattoos jumped down from the roof and landed in front of Sara. "Miss, are you alright?" he asked politely.

Sara blankly nodded. She was surprised at how pleasant he was.

The man took a slight bow. "I apologize for how late we were. You were almost subjected to a cruel and unusual punishment. Allow us to take it from here." He stood up straight and crossed his arms. "My name is Koi. Protector of all women."

The orange haired girl on the roof quietly laughed to herself. "There goes Koi again, flirting with the humans."

The man with the sword folded his arms and analyzed the situation. "Fumiko. Burn those cages."

Fumiko grinned grimly. "Okay."

She vanished from her spot and reappeared by the trucks.

The guards jumped back from surprise.

Fumiko traced one of the iron bars with her delicate finger. An orange glow was left by her trace.

A soft flame ignited in its spot and calmly but quickly spread to the rest of the cage and melted the bars.

She did the same for the other three trucks.

After she finished, Fumiko looked up at the roof. "Hey, Akira. What should I do with the trash?"

The man with the sword, Akira, narrowed his gaze. "Kill them."

Fumiko smiled in a sinister fashion. "I was hoping you'd say that."

Fumiko slowly walked up to the man who was defiling Sara. She was always smiling, giving off a creepy vibe. "Why were you being so cruel to that woman? Pervert." She caressed his face with her hand and kissed him softly.

The man's eyes slowly rolled in the back of his head. *"So... soft."* he thought.

Fumiko then walked away as the inside of the man's head ignited on fire. He screamed out, as he was feeling the excruciating pain of his skull being burned from the inside out.

Fumiko then traced a circle on the ground with her foot, leaving an orange mark. It ignited on fire, spreading out to the rest of the guards, burning them to death as well.

Screams echoed through the town.

Fumiko grinned. "Don't you love the song of death?"

Koi scoffed. "You took them all from me." He turned his head to the right, as one of the officers was trying to sneak away. He walked up to him. "Hey. Where are you going?"

The officer turned around with a nervous smile on his face. "I, um, I, uh... was just going to..."

Koi placed his hand on the man's chest. "Doesn't matter."

The man began shriveling up like an old corpse. He let out a dry whisper of a moan. "Water... I need water..."

Koi smiled. "Sure, I'll give it back to you." He punched the man in his chest, returning all of the water that he absorbed from him.

The man's chest caved in, leaving him dead and soaked in his own moisture.

Sara shivered. *"They're all monsters!!"* she thought to herself.

--

Meanwhile, Akasan was still fighting Koji.

They'd been trading blows constantly, but Koji's energy hardening has been keeping him from taking large amounts of damage. And the entire time, Akasan's reserves were shaving down.

Koji covered his entire body in solid energy. He charged at Akasan. "Come here!!"

Akasan moved to the right, barely dodging. He retaliated by punching Koji in the forehead.

Koji took the shot head on and answered by bringing his leg up and kicking Akasan in the chin.

A crack was heard on impact.

Akasan flew up in the air and fell to the ground.

Koji chuckled.

Akasan slowly got up. "I don't have time... to be here all day!"

Both of Akasan's eyes began glowing purple. He moved with blinding speed to catch up to Koji. He jumped in the air and brought his fist down. He didn't hit Koji directly, instead he caught his own fist with his other hand. "Diamond Cutter!"

Koji, believing that he hadn't been hit, prepared to punch Akasan back, until the solid energy on his face split open.

Koji froze. "Huh?"

Akasan's left arm glowed bright purple. He grinned. "Destructive Fusion Flash!!"

*wham!!!*

Koji took a direct hit to the face. Purple flames of nil exploded, causing a massive shockwave that resulted in a purple beam of light erupting into the sky.

Yukio wowed at the spectacle. "Amazing... that guy is really strong..."

Akira looked up at the sky. He saw the beam of light. His eyes narrowed. He looked down. "Fumiko, Koi. Stay here, I'll be back." He jumped up and vanished.