CHAPTER 38: ASTRAL CITY

A day before the museum event…

Xika: … I've got an idea. Can I share it?

Liz: What is it?

Xika: It might sound stupid, but what if I go to the museum right now, and I camp under it, and wait for the Skillers to show up? Once they do I'll call you guys or something so you come.

No one says anything for a few seconds.

Kofron: …You seriously plan to be there for a whole day?

Xika: I mean, I can do it.

No one says anything for a few seconds again, Defei mutters to himself.

"Alarm, people, time, man."

Defei: … We don't have any other ideas?

No one says anything.

Kofron: For being the world's Guardians, we can't think, huh?

Zeph: Fuck you, Kofron.

Kofron laughs.

Defei lightly smiles.

Defei: Well Xika, you go do that.

Xika: Alright, I'm off then. I'll tell you the specifics of my plan once I get there.

Xika sinks into the floor and his shadow slides and disappears under the front door.

Liz walks away.

Liz: I'll let the officials know that the city might need to be evacuated tomorrow.

…

Cupriu is still running, he quickly halts as he notices all the Guardians appear in front of him out of the purple ball. He stares with an awkward grin. But he swiftly changes his face to a terrified one while hiding the orb behind him.

Kofron points at him.

Kofron: Hey you!

Cupriu: Oh my god, I'm so glad you're all here! I just ran away from the museum. It's horrible over there!

Iza: What are you hiding behind your back?

Cupriu: Nothing, my hands are just injured.

Liz: … Want me to heal them for you?

Cupriu: Yes, please!

As Liz approaches, Cupriu rapidly looks around, like he's searching for something. Once he spots what he was looking for he smiles. Out of nowhere, Xika falls from above and hits the floor in front of the guardians, startling them. He's covered in blood and slowly gets up.

Rinka hops off the roof of a small building while grinning and lands next to Cupriu, he waves to the guardians.

Rinka: Hey.

The guardians are all attentive, staring at him viciously.

Zeph: You!

Iza: We're gonna mess you up!

Rinka: We'll see about that.

Rinka steps on Xika's back, pushing him back down.

Raskan: Hey! Get off of him.

Some of the guardians look up after hearing sounds, Retbore and Kadosha jump off a roof landing next to Rinka.

Rinka: I don't feel like it.

Sutusna and Mitsuka approach Cupriu and stand behind him, watching. Xika promptly sinks into the floor and Rinka glares unimpressed at his shadow moving back to the guardians.

Xika comes out of the ground next to Iza, Liz runs to him and starts healing.

Rinka: You guys are so boring.

Rinka extends his hands towards Cupriu and is given the orb piece.

Rinka: Anyways, this is ours.

Defei: What do you need that for!?

Rinka: If you're not a Skiller, it doesn't concern you.

Defei: If you don't tell us what it's for, we're just gonna take it from you.

Rinka: Come and get it then!

The Skillers dash around each other and then dash away, the orb was seemingly passed down by them to each other multiple times to confuse the guardians. All the skillers disappear, running away in several directions.

The guardians stare in confusion and astonishment.

Kofron: … Did you guys see who has the orb!?

Sosa: No!

Defei: They're all running away, let's split up and get them!

Shima and Raskan head after Cupriu, Defei, and Kofron follow Retbore, Zeph, and Mausho run after Rinka, Sosa, and Iza dash after Mitsuka, and finally Osora and Xika chase Sutusna.

Minaro, Maya, Doa, Liz, and Zizin stare as everyone leaves.

Maya: … I guess we don't have to do anything?

Doa: … I suggest we follow Rinka.

Minaro: Yeah, we should do that.

Maya: Okay! Are you coming along, Zizin? You should!

They look over at Zizin who is looking around nervously.

Zizin: No! I have to get the hell out of here!

Zizin runs off.

Maya: Hey!

"I'm not even supposed to be here! Screw this! Why'd they have to accidentally bring me along!? Liz, why didn't you specify to that cat that I stay!?"

Liz walks up to the Minaro.

Liz: I'm gonna stick with you guys, since Minaro has black blood, he might be targeted or something.

Minaro then senses something, he glances around. Someone quickly flies towards him and kicks him in the stomach, launching him back. Doa, Maya, and Liz are startled, and they turn.

Minaro hits the floor but quickly gets up, his expression becomes angry as he notices who is walking toward him.

"It's been a minute, dude."

Yoshanai walks towards Minaro while proudly holding his big sword.

Minaro: Bitch.

Yoshanai smiles delightfully, he then halts and turns around to catch a string launched from Maya, it slices a bit of his hand before he drops it.

Yoshanai: Hey… Piss off! This fight is between me and this dude only. I've got beef with him.

Maya: Well, you came to all of us, so you're picking a fight with all of us!

Doa: … You picked the wrong time to have a rematch with him.

Yoshanai looks back at Minaro.

Yoshanai: Your girlfriends are snapping at me, tell them to shut up.

Minaro: Shut up.

Yoshanai turns back around, looking smug.

Yoshanai: You heard that!? Your boy-

Minaro: I was talking to you, dumbass.

Yoshanai looks back at him.

Yoshanai: Yeah, I figured.

Yoshanai spins his sword around.

Yoshanai: If you girls wanna help this guy, go ahead, I'm fine with adding 2 extra people to my kill count today.

Minaro's rifts appear beside him and he pulls a brown backpack from it and swiftly throws it at Doa. She catches it and then pulls her shotgun out of it then puts the backpack on.

Doa: Thank you!

Maya creates a string scythe and Liz sticks her hands in her coat.

Yoshanai: … I guess this is a fair fight now.

Minaro: I thought I told you to shut up?

Minaro blinks and once his eyes open, they're all in the astral realm but it's a little different this time. Colorful thick clouds are overwhelming the place.

Yoshanai: I bet you've missed this place. It's gotten even better!

Maya: Woah, this place is so pretty!

Doa: It sucks that it belongs to someone so ugly.

Yoshanai gets angry.

Yoshanai: Your girlfriends are annoying.

Minaro takes steps back.

Minaro: Doa, Maya! I'll fight this guy by myself! Save your energy.

Yoshanai: Yeah!

Maya: … What if we fight him and you save your energy?

Yoshanai: No! You two wouldn't do anything to me.

Minaro: I do want to save my energy… Alright, I'll leave him to you two.

Minaro starts to walk away.

Yoshanai: Hey! You're fighting me! No one else is! Bitch!

Yoshanai dashes towards Minaro and swings his sword, Minaro dodges it and goes for a punch, Yoshanai blocks and summons several colorful clones near his back that move and swing their swords at Minaro.

Doa instantly shoots them all with her finger, making them disappear. Yoshanai swings his sword more and faster. Minaro runs away and Yoshanai chases after him. Maya almost trips him, her strings wrap around his legs.

"... Maybe I should kill those girls first." He thinks while quickly slicing the strings off of him.

Minaro emerges close to Yoshanai, more astral clones are summoned and they head to Maya. Yoshanai swings his sword, big pink arc-shaped sharp projectiles shoot out of it, and they fly to Minaro.

Minaro moves out of the way of the projectiles while Yoshanai continues sending them out. Doa shoots the clones before they reach Maya, Maya gets closer to Yoshanai.

Minaro shoots several rays at Yoshanai. He stays in the same place and swings his sword upwards, which splits the rays that are going to hit him in half. They curve past him.

Minaro runs towards him while summoning ice beside him and in front of him. Doa jumps onto the ice and runs on it while firing bullets from above. Yoshanai summons clones that deflect the bullets with their blades and launch projectiles at Doa, which she avoids.

Yoshainai jumps onto the ice and runs towards Minaro, his clones follow.

Minaro sends out another wave of ice, Minaro looks up expecting Yoshanai to emerge from above.

"He's not much stronger than last time."

Yoshanai swings his sword and the projectile launched hits the ice and slashes all of it into small pieces, Minaro looks back down, Yoshanai is close to him. Minaro quickly pulls a quasar from his rift and tries to slam it into Yoshanai.

Yoshanai: You're not getting me with that again!

Yoshanai slaps his hand and a big soundwave is launched that holds Minaro back. Yoshanai immediately lifts his sword to launch another projectile but he's stopped. Maya's strings wrap around his arm and hold it from budging.

"Yes, finally I got an opening."

"I forgot that girl was here, her presence is forgettable…. I'll get rid of her first." Yoshanai ponders.

The clones are summoned, and they head to Maya, one of the clones attempts to slash the strings off Yoshanai but Doa shoots it. Then more clones spawn and they keep spawning. Yoshanai slices the strings off himself.

Doa blasts the clones and her bullets fly faster. Pink slash projectiles are flying everywhere, Doa dodges them flawlessly, Minaro runs around firing lasers avoiding the slashes and Maya clumsily avoids the projectiles.

Maya uses her strings as whips and hits some of the clones, Yoshanai slices more lasers and runs up to Minaro, and Minaro runs away. Doa shoots Yoshanai in the back, but he's unfazed and continues after Minaro.

Yoshanai: Where are you going, dude!?

Yoshanai swings his sword, Minaro avoids more projectiles, he turns and launches ice at Yoshanai. Yoshanai jumps over it and continues pursuing it.

"That's an annoying sword, we've got to get rid of it." Minaro thinks.

Doa turns and shoots the remaining clones, Maya and her start to run to where Minaro is.

A string of clones rapidly form in a circle around Yoshanai, they all swing their swords simultaneously launching projectiles all around, Doa ducks and pulls Maya to the floor to avoid them. Doa shoots some of the clones, the rest of the bullets miss as the clones move.

Minaro summons an enormous wave of ice that rushes to Yoshanai, then he sends out several lasers that burn through the ice. Some of it crumbles, Yoshanai stares at the looming wave of ice, he turns and notices he's closer to Maya and Doa so he dashes at them.

Doa shoots his clones, Maya gets up and swings her strings again, Yoshanai slices through them, Doa rushes up to him and fires her shotgun.

Yoshanai blocks most of the damage with his sword, then he swings it and a slash flies out, Doa moves past it and gets closer to Yoshanai. The ice behind them stops.

…

"I almost forgot that Doa and Maya are over there." Minaro thinks as he creates more ice.

…

Yoshanai: Woah, I didn't think you'd be able to dodge that.

Maya gets closer to another side of Yoshanai, he glances at her. Yoshanai stares at Minaro who is sliding off a long slide of ice, he jumps off next to Doa and quietly talks to her.

Minaro: I feel like we should focus on getting rid of his sword.

Doa: … Okay.

Doa shoots at Yoshanai's hands, he flinches a little.

Yoshanai: That's a little uncomfortable.

Minaro launches ice at him, Yoshanai jumps on it and runs to Minaro, Doa shoots him in various places. Yoshanai launches multiple projectiles, Minaro summons more ice which is sliced up.

Doa shoots at Yoshanai's balls. His eyes widen, and he quickly protects them with his vacant hand after the first shot.

"What the hell?"

More ice is summoned, Doa climbs onto it and then Maya does. Minaro dashes off some of the ice and jumps towards Yoshanai ready to hit him with a slam, his two hands holding onto each other.

Yoshanai jumps back, Minaro hits the floor, Yoshanai lunges forward ready to slice him, Doa's bullets hit him in the eyes, he misses Minaro.

Minaro opens his palms, revealing two separate quasars; he quickly creates two fists and attacks. Maya appears behind Yoshanai.

Yoshanai attempts to slap his chest with his palm but Maya catches his arm with strings and holds it in place, Doa's bullets hit Yoshanai in the forehead, then she digs into her backpack and pulls out a pistol.

As Minaro's fists get closer to punching Yoshanai's sword, Yoshanai moves his hand to smack his chest but it's stopped by Maya who uses her strings to hold his hand in place. Then even more strings latch onto Yoshanai.

Doa fires real bullets at Yoshanai.

"Let me try this again."

"Oh shit." This bullet alarms Yoshanai.

2 clones rush out of Yoshanai swinging their weapons, a projectile hits Minaro's face, slicing a part of it up. Another projectile cuts a bit of Maya's stomach, she uppercuts the clone. Minaro's fist rushes through the clone and then slams into the sword, a colorful explosion engulfs the area in front of Yoshanai, and a little bit of his face is hit.

"Ow, If I let them keep doing this to me, they might actually kill me."

Yoshanai jumps back slamming into Maya, avoiding Doa's bullets. Maya rolls onto the floor, he rips the strings off himself, the top part of his sword is gone, its crumbled pieces lay next to Minaro, who gets up, gripping his other quasar tightly.

Strings wrap around Yoshanai's neck and he's pulled down, he looks angry.

"I forgot about that red bitch!"

Yoshanai tries to slice the strings off but his weapon and hand are quickly tied to his neck. He uses his remaining hand to pull strings but they get thicker and some start to get sharper, blood is drawn.

Minaro runs towards him, clones dash out of Yoshanai but they instantly disappear, Doa has shot them all. Yoshanai grunts and pulls, Maya is pulled along with her strings, he swings her towards Minaro.

Minaro speeds up avoiding her and she lets go of her strings. More blood drips from Yoshanai, Minaro summons small long waves of spiky ice, Yoshanai runs away.

Doa is so focused on the battle that she doesn't sense the big gray cloudy hand with a dark blue tint appear behind her. It aggressively punches her and pins her to the floor. It begins to suffocate her.

"What!?"

Another hand yanks Maya's face and slams her to the floor.

"What the heck!"

Another hand rises from under the water and grabs Minaro, it begins to crush him.

"Huh?"

The last hand that appears gently begins to rip the strings off Yoshanai, he smiles.

Yoshanai: … You know, I'm really starting to discover this place's true power.

Minaro pushes his quasar into the hand, a small explosion occurs, and the hand disappears.

"Of course, he wasn't using his full power."

Yoshanai: There's a reason I came to kill ya again. It's because I actually can now.

Maya uses a tiny string to slice the hand, and it disappears, then she flicks a string at the hand over Doa, the string slices the hand a bit and it disappears. Doa gets up and breathes intensely.

Yoshanai grabs his broken weapon, takes the tape around his forearms off, and starts using it to tie the weapon to his hand. He closes his eyes.

In an instant the astral realm becomes pink, and every piece of detail is swallowed by the color pink, except the sun which is now a rainbow and its rays are different colors shining on everything that isn't pink.

Yoshanai opens his eyes and starts to change to several colors, you can now see through him. Minaro stares nervously as several projections of Yoshanai slide towards him in a straight coordinated line each a different changing color swinging their broken swords creating a calculated mess of colorful things that confuses Minaro.

"What am I supposed to be doing here?"

Minaro runs away, he summons a big wave of ice, the projections split off into 3 other lines avoiding the ice. Doa fires bullets at the projections and the bullets pass through them, not harming them at all.

"... Alright."

Maya whips strings at them, they phase through the projection as well.

Maya: We can't hit them!

Doa: That's bad … Also, where did the Skiller go?

The projection's weapons have a pink sharp blade rising out of them, another line splits from the projections that head towards Doa and Maya. They sprint away, Doa fires the shotgun, and the projections are unaffected. They stop being in a line and spread out, one of them attacks, Doa dodges, the rest of the projections pass through Doa then they disappear.

"Huh?"

The same projection suddenly grabs Maya's leg and trips her. It attacks and slices a deep wound into her leg. Minaro hears her scream and turns around to look, the projection swings at her back now.

Doa lunges at him and fires the shotgun. The projection blocks with its sword, she fires with her fingers.

"Goddammit." Minaro thinks.

He sprints to the projection, and the other projections around him disappear. Minaro fires a laser, the projection near Maya jumps away.

Doa grabs Maya and looks around, she spots Liz waving at her from a distance.

"She is here."

The projection notices Doa running to Liz and bolts after her but Minaro appears in front of him.

Minaro: Where do you think you're going?

Minaro goes for a punch that the projection dodges, it swings its sword, Minaro creates ice near his feet and sends it off towards the projection. It jumps to the side to avoid the ice.

…

Doa reaches Liz and hands her to Maya. Liz lays Maya down and begins to heal her leg. Maya sniffles.

Maya: Thank you, Miss Liz.

Liz: Uh-huh.

Doa heads back to Minaro.

…

"Isn't this place nice?" The projection speaks.

Minaro is silent.

A line of projections rushes out of the one present, they dash around in a circle and through each other then in a straight line to Minaro.

"There's a lot of those guys but I only sense one strong presence."

Minaro stands still, multiple projections pass through him and loop around him.

"It's getting closer."

Minaro attempts to sucker punch the second to last projection, but it quickly blocks with its sword. He goes for another attack, the projection dashes back.

Its colors begin to fade away, Yoshanai is revealed.

Yoshanai: Ah, those special moves of mine are boring, I don't like them… Let's do this the old-fashioned way but with a little bit of spice.

Yoshanai throws his sword on the ground, and it's pink blade disappears.

Yoshanai: The astral realm favors those without a weapon, did you know that?

Minaro: I don't care.

Yoshanai stares grumpily at Minaro.

Yoshanai: Sometimes I wonder why I even try to speak to you.

Minaro: I do too.

Yoshanai laughs faintly.

…

Doa kneels and watches them interact from afar.

…

Yoshanai dashes towards Minaro and throws several punches, Minaro blocks them but out of one of Yoshanai's fists, several small colorful projections of it fly towards Minaro.

One of the projections hits Minaro in the chin knocking him back.

"More stupid colorful shit."

Minaro halts himself, Yoshanai dashes and his projections lag behind him replicating his movement.

Yoshanai: I feel the astral realm and I are, becoming one!

Yoshanai appears behind Minaro and kicks, Minaro quickly turns and blocks. Yoshanai then dashes to another side of him and attacks with a punch.

Minaro tries to catch his fist but in an instant, the pink world around them is sucked into Yoshanai's fist as it collides with Minaro's palm.

The original astral realm appears as Minaro is launched back, he hits the floor and is laying on a broken arm.

"What the hell was that!?" An exasperated Minaro thinks.

Yoshanai: Awesome, I'm so strong!

Yoshanai moves towards Minaro but then he's hit in the head by Doa's bullets. He looks at her and dashes in her direction.

"He's fast."

"How can I tell what he's going to do?"

Yoshanai slams his foot into her and she flies back. Yoshanai speeds after her again.

Doa slips on the floor but swiftly gets back up, Yoshanai kicks her face. She's sent away and hits the floor again, water drips off her face.

Doa remembers something Guardian Osora told her earlier.

"Your reaction time needs to be improved to the maximum, improved to the point where you can see sounds."

"How do I see sounds? Doa thinks befuddled.

She gets up again and quickly focuses on the sounds near her.

"My breathing, footsteps, and the sound of rushing air…"

Doa focuses on the sound of the rushing air. She points her shotgun in a certain direction and fires, Yoshanai emerges there but he quickly jumps back to avoid the bullets.

Doa puts her hand down.

"When someone is that fast, the wind follows them, It's like tracking a speeding bullet!" Doa thinks excitedly.

Yoshanai: Almost got me!

…

Minaro summons ice under himself to get up.

"Damn, a broken arm is annoying."

Minaro notices Maya and Liz running to him.

…

Doa activates her Ultimate Skill, specifically boosting her hearing, something she hasn't done in an extremely long time. She makes a kinda uncomfortable face as she begins to hear a lot.

…

A younger Doa is walking down a school hallway. She decides to activate her ultimate skill and begins to pick up sounds from all across the school and even outside.

Cars passing by, animals, people walking, shuffling sounds, and hundreds of voices, laughing, murmuring, breathing, her organs, her breathing.

The sound Doa's brain focused on the most was the students talking.

"I say we go get lunch first."

"Miss, how do I solve this problem?"

"Teacher, can I go to the restroom?"

"Yo, let me borrow a pencil."

"Ms. Anaro is a bitch, dude."

"Let's pull the fire alarm!"

"Miss, can we move Doa's seat out of the classroom, it smells really bad."

"I got 5. How did you get 177?"

"I hate this class."

"Isaac Newton isn't smart, anyone can throw an apple into the sky!"

"Look at my new phone, look at my wallpaper!"

"It smells like Doa here! Gross!"

"Did you do the homework?"

"Can I have a dollar? I'll pay you back."

"I got a girlfriend, guys!"

"We don't want Doa here, miss!"

"I understand that, but Doa is a student like you."

"I hate that girl."

"I wanna kick her."

"Let's get her kicked out of the school."

Doa stops listening and continues walking.

"I don't like that, it hurts my ears." Doa thinks innocently.

…

Maya and Liz are close to getting to Minaro when he's suddenly grabbed by a giant cloudy monochrome hand, Maya looks scared.

Maya: Minaro!

The hand pulls him into the water and they disappear.

Maya: What the heck!?

Maya and Liz stare at the spot of water. Then Liz looks at Doa, Yoshanai and her are trading attacks and blocks.

Liz: Let's go help your friend!

Maya: But Minaro!

…

Minaro is lifted out of the water, he gasps for air, the hand throws him to the floor. Minaro pushes himself up with ice.

"I can't catch a fucking break."

Minaro watches in angry confusion as the hand that had grabbed him rises from under the water. Then a forearm, then a giant smooth head with glowing green eyes, then a body with a gaping hole in it, revealing another realm full of gray colors and dim clouds.

The being looms over Minaro.

"I am the deity of the astral realm, under Yoshanai's orders, please understand this place will be your resting ground."

…

Maya and Liz arrive at Doa, Yoshanai looks at them.

"That beanie girl is a healer."

Yoshanai dashes to Liz, Doa turns.

Doa: Hey, get away from here! He's after one of you!

Liz and Maya run off, Doa chases after Yoshanai who dashes around. Yoshanai heads back to Doa and throws a punch, Doa puts her shotgun in front of her.

Yoshanai ducks under it and slams into Doa.

Yoshanai: That was a daring move! Sucks you suck though!

Doa had managed to point her shotgun at Yoshanai as he slammed into her. She fires it, shredding some of his back, and at the same time, she slams her knee into his chest.

Doa hits the floor and Yoshanai stumbles back, she gets back up and fires her shotgun again. Fist projections swiftly slither from his knuckles and punch the bullets back at her. She's hit in the face, it bleeds a little.

Yoshanai lunges down and knocks Doa down with a sweep. He gets up and tries to stomp on her neck. Strings wrap around his legs, almost tripping him. He turns to Maya angrily.

"AHHH! I KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THE STUPID RED GIRL!"

Yoshanai tears the strings off and sprints towards Maya. She creates a string scythe and waits for him to reach her.

Yoshanai: I recommend you run!

Maya: I'm not gonna!

Yoshanai: This time I'm gonna rip your leg off with my bare hands.

Maya swings her scythe multiple times, Yoshanai slides past it and grabs Maya by her leg, and throws her.

She stumbles back up and continues swinging, Doa runs to her while shooting at Yoshanai.

Yoshanai slides past her scythe again and grabs her by the shirt and slams her into the ground, Maya coughs. Maya's scythe unwraps and it ties Yoshanai's hand and hers together.

Other strings from her other hand latch onto Yoshanai's face.

Yoshanai: What are you trying to do?

Yoshanai lifts Maya with their conjoined arms and slams her downwards, smacking her on the ground, she hurts her neck. Yoshanai then uses his elbow to break Maya's arm, and she cries out. The strings on him fall off, but she grabs his leg with her other hand.

Doa appears behind Yoshanai and fires. A lot of projected pummeling fists rush out from his front and head to his back, Doa jumps back.

Yoshanai: Honestly, I'm tired of you women. I wanna fight the dude.

Yoshanai takes Maya's hand off his leg, he steps on her hand. Then a rumbling can be heard, the fist projections fade away and Yoshanai turns to look at Doa, he's smiling.

A cloudy hand rises from under Maya and grabs her, the deity similar to the one that grabbed Minaro comes out of the water. it holds Maya up high.

Doa: Maya! MAYA!

It swings its hand, throwing Maya down quickly, Doa panics.

"Shit! M- Maya!"

Maya hits a mountain somewhere.

"No! Please be alive!"

Yoshanai: Splat!

The deity sinks back into the water. Doa begins to run to where Maya landed, Yoshanai appears next to her and tries to grab her face. Doa dodges him and he flies past her, she looks at him.

Then from the corner of her eye, Doa notices Liz running to where Maya is.

"Liz! Please help, Maya, I'll distract this guy… Where the hell is Minaro?"

She stops and relaxes, she turns to Yoshanai, he looks amused.

Yoshanai: What's up? Have you realized trying to fight me is useless?

Doa: … Make my death painless, please.

Yoshanai: Wow! Well, since you asked nicely I'll grant you that request!

Yoshanai walks towards her, Doa looks down.

Yoshanai: Throw the gun away first.

Doa drops her shotgun next to her feet and keeps her arms to her sides. Yoshanai's close to her now.

Yoshanai: No like, throw it far away. Also, close your eyes and think of happy things.

Doa quickly swings her arms up and forms 2 finger guns, she rapidly fires several bullets at Yoshanai's eyes. They hit him, and he yells in discomfort. He's been blinded for a few seconds.

Yoshanai: You little bitch!

Doa picks up her shotgun and runs to Yoshanai, he jumps back while rubbing his eye intensely. Several projection clones come out of him all attacking, Doa avoids and strikes them all. Her ears and eyes start to leak a little blood.

"I can't keep using my ultimate skill."

Yoshainai throws punches randomly in hopes to hit Doa.

Yoshanai: I'm gonna kill you in the worst way possible now!

Doa reaches Yoshanai and directly shoots his balls with her shotgun. Yoshanai freezes and lets out a high-pitched yell, his pants rip open. blood drips from them. He groans in pain repeatedly. Doa then shoots him in the face, skin falls off.

Yoshanai: IM GONNA TORTURE YOU!

Yoshanai almost grabs her, Doa narrowly dodges and uses both of her index fingers to stab into each of Yoshanai's sockets. Another yell from him comes out.

Clones and fists come out of Yoshanai, they attack mindlessly, Doa keeps her distance.

"Why isn't he dead!?" She thinks.

Colorful rainbow gas starts to leak from Yoshanai's eyes and from under the paper wraps around his face. He opens his eyes again.

Yoshanai: Alright, you've sealed your fate.

He dashes to Doa and appears right in front of her, Doa's heart drops. In an instant, the astral realm disappears and is sucked into Yoshanai's fist. He punches Doa in the face.

She's sent flying, Doa slams into a mountain and slides off it. Blood drips from her nose and the back of her head, she's gasping for air and crying.

"I can't move and I can't breathe! This is horrible!"

Yoshanai rips the bandages on his head and arms off and ties them around the parts of his head and body with wounds.

The original part of Yoshanai's face that was covered in bandages is now exposed, his hair ends at an unusual point and a big scar is on the area, a colorful ghastly aura radiating yellow, pink blue, and green leaks from his eyes. His eyes change color as well and are now pink.

Yoshanai begins to walk to Doa.

She tries to get up but her ribs and back are broken.

"I have to move!"

Yoshanai seemingly teleports and throws a punch at Doa, she blocks but the impact slams her arms into her face,

Then Yoshanai grabs Doa's nose and pinches it tightly, breaking it. He throws her, Doa scrapes the floor, she tries to get up but can't.

Liz: Hey! Get away from her!

Yoshanai looks and spots Liz standing angrily far from him. He ignores her and stomps on Doa's back. Liz runs to Yoshanai.

Liz: Asshole! I'm still injury free!

Yoshanai disappears, and Liz runs, he appears behind her and kicks her far, she rolls and then quickly stops herself, getting up and continuing to run. Yoshanai appears in front of her and kicks Liz in the face, as Liz falls he stomps on her throat and keeps his foot on it.

Yoshanai: This is sad to look at!

Suddenly several lasers fire at Yoshanai forcing him to move, he looks around. Liz gets up and backs away from the scene.

Minaro can be seen approaching in the distance.

Yoshanai: Woah, I didn't think you'd live! I'm surprised that deity didn't kill you. I guess I'll make a better one next time or actually, I'll be there to fight alongside it, you won't be able to kill us!

Minaro: I'll destroy you and anything you make.

…

This was a few minutes ago…

The deity swings its arm down on Minaro, he punches the giant palm, and summons Ice impaling the arm. It disappears.

'You cannot defeat me." The deity claims.

Its arm returns, and it slams both of his hands into the floor. Minaro jumps over the slam and runs up the deity's arms. At the end of the elbow, Minaro heroically hops into the air and punches the deity's face as hard as he can. Its head and body blast back.

…

Yoshanai: … Let's put that to the test then.

Minaro: I'll kill you, asshole.

Yoshanai: My name's Yoshanai, not asshole. Get it right, man.

TO BE CONTINUED….