Chapter 9-A Bloody Mess

"Let's stop holding back, it will be more fun that way." Caliber said.

"You have my respect Caliber, for getting me to my limits, limits that I have never even got to test"

6 HOURS EARLIER

"Cidena I think this is it, Ken's hideout"

"Let's search for him here and if he isn't here then let's try to hide somewhere"

"Yep this is definitely Ken's hideout, I can see a lot of things which look like are used for making the kind of syringe he is making, you hide above and I will hide somewhere around his research items also when I say "I will need some help to beat you" or something like that come out and use your power to open his guard. I will use that opportunity to attack him but if I don't say it, don't come out no matter what"

"Sounds like a plan"

3 HOURS LATER

Someone entered and went straight towards where his research items were kept. He picked up a syringe and was about to use it but Caliber attacked him. He somehow dodged it and said "That was a surprise kid, you even put the paper back between the gates so I wouldn't notice, you are a good one kid but unfortunately for you kid, your luck ends here"

"stop calling me a kid again and again it's annoying," he said to himself angrily.

"Did you say, something kid-"

"I SAID" he punched Ken in the chest, because of the shock wave the punch caused Ken went flying outside through the walls of the warehouse. "STOP CALLING ME A KID MY NAME IS CALIBER"

"That was a good punch k- Caliber" he paused and said "but now it's my chance," he said and hurled a fire out of his hand.

Caliber dodged it barely and said "That is extremely hot, I might even take my shirt off-" Ken attacked him with fire again "Don't interrupt me when I am saying," he said and took off his hoodie under which he was wearing a shirt. "Now this feels better," he said and leaped in to attack Ken. He threw a barrage of punches.

Ken dodged all of them and said "I think you should remove whatever you are wearing under your shirt unless you want to die".

"You mean my body weight, no way I am removing that"

"I guess you have a death wish," Ken said and attacked Caliber with fire again.

Caliber then went behind Ken and kicked him on his back causing ken to fall, he then took out his dagger. He attempted to stab Ken but Ken lit on fire "I already said, you should remove your weight because you won't be able to beat me if your this slow" Ken said as he got up covered in fire.

"And as I said, never" he took his sword out and leaped in trying to cut Ken from the side. Ken blocked the attack and kicked Caliber extremely hard which caused him to fly away.

Caliber stopped himself by holding on to the ground using his legs "that was a good kick, but not good enough" he said and kicked Ken on his abs so hard he coughed up a little blood, Caliber was so fast that his legs didn't even get caught in the fire.

"I have to say your strength is something else but unless you use your power you won't be able to defeat me," he said confidently. He held his hands behind him, it looked like he was charging his fireball. He then hurled a fireball extremely fast and a little bigger than his previous ones".

Caliber's shirt got caught on fire so Caliber tore his shirt off him. "Isn't this getting fun"

"I rather feel disrespected because you are still holding back but I would be lying that I wasn't enjoying it"

"I could say the same, if you stop holding back on me I will stop holding back on you as well"

"You realized, oh I like you Caliber" Ken said.

They both leaped toward each other, Ken used his fists covered in his fire while Caliber used his swords. Caliber hit Ken with his sword a couple of times. Then they both backed away.

"I think I need to start underestimating you, I have a lot of cuts on my arms now," Ken said and made a sword with his fire, he then covered his whole body with fire but this time it was a stronger fire.

"If you are doing that I think I will also do something," Caliber said and removed his arm weights, when he dropped them it made a lot of noise. "It feels good having 100 kg off my arms".

They both clashed with each other again, they were so fast it looked like two beams clashing with each other.

"Let's stop holding back shall we, it will be more fun that way." Caliber said.

"You have my respect Caliber, for getting me to my limits, limits that I have never got to test" He took out a syringe and injected it into himself he looked like he was about to die for a few seconds, but he then had a big evil grin on his face. Caliber also removed all of his body weight which when dropped went inside the grounds a couple of inches.

Caliber started to crack his neck and knuckles "This is going to be fun" he said and charged his punch.

He punched Ken on his abs which threw Ken off to a distance, he was so fast he wasn't even visible when he moved. He then went to where Ken was thrown and took his sword out. Ken also made a sword with his fire but the fire this time felt a lot stronger the sword was also bigger.

They both leaped towards each other with full power, and because of that Caliber's sword broke. He instantly threw it away and punched Ken multiple times faster than an eye can see, he used so much power that Ken's fire was stopped for a few seconds. Ken coughed a little blood and attacked as he was in pain. Caliber put his guard down for less than a second but Ken took the advantage of that and attacked him with his sword diagonally across his abs to his chest. Caliber was on fire exactly where Ken's sword swung, but the fire wasn't spreading it stayed at those specific places.

Caliber tried to rub the fire off but that didn't work so he punched himself where the fire was. It did stop the fire but that opened his wound even more causing him to lose a lot of blood. He started coughing a lot of blood. He tore his kung fu pants from below and tied them around the injury to stop the bleeding. He calmed his breathing and took out his dagger. He zoomed beside Ken and stabbed exactly at Ken's heart. Ken became extremely weak in a matter of a second which Caliber took advantage of and chopped off both of Ken's arms. The whole situation became a bloody mess.

"I just have one question Caliber, why didn't you use your power"

"That's because I don't have a power"

"I got defeated by someone who doesn't even have a power, I have to admit you are something else. Also Caliber this is for you, think of it as a parting gift, and whenever you can meet ....."

"I will," Caliber said and fell on the ground with Ken.