Chapter 122-Gaia vs Blaze

Luciano and Gaia continue making their way down the winding underground caverns of the volcanic Mt Fuji, until they run into an unfamiliar face.

"So you're the one who defeated the previous Second Sun, huh?" The newcomer smirks.

The man stands a little bit shorter than Gaia, around six foot one inch. He is wearing that same red cloak with orange sun decals on it as the rest of the Children of Fire where, though the man wears his cloak unzipped, demonstrating his muscular chest. For his hair, he has a dark green buzzcut. On top of it, is an orange mohawk, that makes him look like a rooster. His right eye is dark green, while his left eye has a black sclera, pastel yellow eye, and pearl blue pupil in the shape of some unknown symbol.

"The new Second Sun?" Gaia growls.

"And a Devil Eye user, at that," Luciano adds.

"Yeah…it's sort of this whole thing where once you get recruited by Prometheus, he has to shove a Devil Eye intoy oru skull!" The man says as he looks to the sky, laughs and pats his left eye.

His face then narrows into a cunning smirk as he peers back down at Gaia.

"And no. I'm not the new Second Sun," the man continues, "You're lookin' at Blaze Prometheus, FIRST SUN of the Children of Fire!"

Gaia's eyes widen.

"First Sun, huh…?" Gaia asks himself, "This will be tricky. I only tied against the Second Sun last time…"

Gaia's eyes then narrow as his lips curl up into a smirk.

"Take that, Carbon, you dick," Gaia smirks, "You didn't even get to prove yourself against the First Sun after all!"

"Gaia, will you be okay on your own?" Luciano asks, interrupting Gaia's thoughts.

"Yeah," Gaia answers.

Gaia then smirks deviously as he cracks his knuckles.

"I've been WAITING for this anyway!"

Luciano nods.

"Good," he says, "There's one more Sun of the Children of Fire, that I NEED to take down myself."

Luciano then begins running down the volcanic cavern again, but he's interrupted when Blaze holds a hand out to Luciano and Gaia, extends his thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger outwards and curls his pinky finger and ring finger in like a finger gun. White sparks of energy begin to burst and swirl around Blaze's body.

Gaia and Luciano flinch, expecting a projectile based spell

"Thermo Charge, Level One: Heat Robber!" Blaze shouts as he swipes his finger gun upwards, as if his hand was a gun recoiling from firing off a bullet.

However…no bullet ever comes.

Instead, Gaia and Luciano feel their bodies grow pale and weak as they drop down to their hands and knees.

"What's…going on…?" Gaia grunts as he collapses to the grunt.

Blaze lifts his finger gun to his lips and exhales, blowing away imagery smoke.

"I robbed you of your heart," Blaze smirks, "Now you don't have the strength to fight."

Gaia and Luciano grunt as they struggle against their weakened bodies, but then, a pair of hands SHOOT UP out of Luciano's shadow, and wrap around him.

"Oh mio!" Lucario yelps.

"Luciano…what's happening…?" Gaia weakly grunts.

"Gaia," Luciano says as he peers over at his comrade with a small smile, "I won't be winning this fight. Give everyone my regards. It's been fun. Addio."

Gaia's eyes widen.

"Luciano…?" He asks.

And then…the pair of hands emerging out of Luciano's shadow YANK Luciano's shadow, pulling him down into the murky black depths below.

Luciano gives Gaia one more faint smile.

"Stop Prometheus for me."

And then…Luciano is fully submerged in the shadows.

Gaia trembles as he stares at the spot where his comrade once stood.

"LUCIANO!" He cries.

"What…did he mean by all that…?" Gaia nervously asks.

"Now…it's just you and me," Blaze smirks as he cracked his knuckles, drawing Gaia's attention back towards his opponent, "Though playing with the Light Charger would have been fun, too."

With a grunt, Gaia slowly pushes himself up to his feet.

Gaia draws his wooden spoon wand and aims it at Blaze. A miniscule amount of weak and frail orange sparks of energy flicker around Gaia's body, but not enough to cast a spell.

"Wh-why c-can't I-I E-E-Ch-Charge?" Gaia quivers, his teeth chattering away as the Governor shivers frantically.

"You're too cold to gather up any strength, and thus, can't E-Charge," Blaze smirks as he begins slowly approaching Gaia.

"E-Earth Ch-Charge-" Gaia shivers, unable to finish chanting his spell due to his chattering teeth.

"Want me to hate you up?!" Blaze booms once he's in front of Gaia then enters his Charge Stance.

"Thermo Charge, Level Two: Heat Delivery!" Blase shouts as his fist begins to glow bright orange, which Blaze then SLAMS into Gaia's gut, causing Gaia to wince from the sheer heat of Blaze's attack as he's sent flying backwards and slamming into the wall behind him.

"Damn," Gaia grunts as his back slides down the wall, "Blaze can heat up his own body to strengthen his blows. He doesn't seem to have any direct ranged spells though."

"At least…I'm warmed up no- '' Gaia begins to say, but Gaia's cut off when he drops to his hands and knees, blood gushing from his nose.

Gaia groans as he stands back up and tries to take a step towards Blaze, but loses his balance and begins wandering around.

"Ohhh…my head…" Gaia groans as he rubs his temples.

"Both rubbing your body of heat and giving your body heat can be lethal!" Blaze smirks, "You see, it's always been a fun pastime of mine to go around from village, steal heat from some, give heat to others, and make everyone I come across sick! On paper, my Thermo Charge may seem to revolve around the concept of heat itself, but that's more like Helios or Sol's E-Charges. MY Thermo Charge…revolves around the concept of DISEASE itself!"

"Ugh…" Gaia grunts, "My head…I can't think…"

Gaia fumbles around until he resumes his Charge Stance, swipes his wand upwards.

"Earth Charge, Level Four: Rock Shield,

The ground before Gaia raises up, creating a shield of rock between himself and Blaze.

"This…will buy me some time…" Gaia pants as his back collapses against the wall.

But then, Gaia hears a loud crack as Blaze's red hot fist SMASHES through the rock wall behind Gaia, jabbing him in the back, and sending him flying fowards.

"Earth Charge, Level Four: Rock Shield,"

The ground before Gaia raises up, creating a shield of rock between himself and Blaze.

"This…will buy me some time…" Gaia pants as his back collapses against the wall.