Kaze vs August and Winter, Part 2

"Winter, take care of this!" August orders.

"Right, brother…" Winter replies as she extends a hand out to Slayer Kaze's wind arrows, her hand bubbling with icy-blue Cursed Power.

"Cryokinesis: Frostbite…" Winter says as she swipes her hand downwards, freezing the bulk of Slayer Kaze's wind arrows. But some of Slayer Kaze's wind arrows manage to slip through Winter's ice, and pierce her with his wind arrows, causing holes of blood to rupture across Winter's entire body.

"He's a ranged fighter, I'll need to take the fight to him…" August mutters to himself as he reinforces his entire body with red Cursed Power, and charges Slayer Kaze.

"Flesh Clones-" August begins to say as he touches his Cursed Power barrier reinforced left hand to underneath his right armpit.

"-Transfiguration!" August shouts as he removes his hand, and two more muscular arms sprout from underneath his original right arm.

Once before Slayer Kaze, August then launches his triple Cursed Power Barrier reinforced fists towards the Pro Slayers.

"Flesh Clones: Juggernaut!" August shouts.

"Air Manipulation-" Slayer Kaze replies as wind begins swirling around his entire body. "-Repel!" Slayer Kaze shouts as he thrusts his hand towards August, sending the wind swirling around his body blasting towards August, as August's triple Cursed Power Barrier reinforced punch slams into Slayer Kaze's gust of wind, the two attacks struggling for dominance.

Until eventually, August's triple Cursed Power Barrier reinforced punch manages to outpower Slayer Kaze's gust of wind, pushing it back and slamming into Slayer Kaze at last, sending the man crumbling to the ground.

"You said you know the Blue Demon, eh?" August asks as he peers down at the bloodied Slayer Kaze, writhing on the ground in pain. "What's he to ya'?"

"A…comrade…" Slayer Kaze weakly answers. "And an apprentice…"

"Well then I'm gonna kill that apprentice!" August cackles. "The Blue Demon will die for embarrassing me in front of my mother!"

August stumbles over to Slayer Kaze, and stops in front of him. August brings his knee high into the air, his foot bubbling with red Cursed Power.

"NOW DIE!" August roars, as he stomps his foot downwards, towards Slayer Kaze.

"Luis…you beat me…" Slayer Kaze softly says to himself. "I have nothing left to teach you, and I don't even know if I can beat August and Winter and stop them from coming after you. Truth is, when I first showed you my new technique…I lied to you. I do know what to call it. I named it after the true God of Wind. So now…with my memento to you, the wind master…this is all that I have left to offer…"

A powerful gust of wind then explodes out of Slayer Kaze's body, sending August flying backwards.

"WAHHH!!" August yelps.

Slowly, Slayer Kaze pushes himself off of the ground as the wind swirling around Slayer Kaze's body begins to rise higher into the air and condense, before solidifying itself into the large silhouette of a samurai, made out of Slayer Kaze's wind.

Kaze then turns back to face August and Winter, and leers at them. "Air Manipulation…" he begins to say.

"Fūjin."

***

"Hahh…" Jay sighs to himself. "I just…feel so free up here…"

Jay Stein, a private in the U.S. Military's Air Force, and probably the only man in the world to just feel calm flying through the air and doing barrel-rolls at mach speeds, but to feel calmer while doing it.

"That's it, Stein!" Jay's general booms as Jay slowly makes his way over to him, after having landed his plane, after another successful run of drills. "Our number one rookie and top of the class is at it again!"

"Ever since I was a kid, I'd pass the time watching the clouds, or building models of fighter jets, or playing with paper airplanes," Jay replies with a small laugh as his general roughly pats him on the back. "The sky…it's what I know best!"

"Well keep at it!" Jay's general replies. "We;ve got a big day ahead of us tomorrow, an important mission! And you're leading it!"

Sparkles light up in Jay's eyes. "Yes…sir!" Jay replies as he salutes his general with an excited blush.

***

The very next day, Jay woke up early and geared up for his mission, an assignment to shoot down the enemy planes, before they could shoot them down.

And so, after a successful take off, Jay led his team safely towards the enemy's base, until an U.F.O appeared on the scanners of every one of the pilots.

"Um…general…what is that?" Jay nervously asks over the radio.

"IS THAT AN ALIEN?! IS THAT A U.F.O?!" One of Jay's teammates cries. "WE WEREN'T TRAINED FOR THIS!"

"Stay calm, soldiers!" The general orders, causing everyone to flinch. "Stein! You're the leader for this mission, what's our orders?!"

Jay gulps, then takes a deep breath in…and out, soothing his nerves. Jay peers out the window of his fighter jet and observes the sky and clouds. And when he does… Jay feels at peace.

"Let's keep going men!" Jay orders. "Stay strong, and keep flying!"

"Yes, sir!" Jay's comrades reply.

***

Jay and his squadron keep flying for a little while longer, until Jay hears a scream over the radio.

"Gibson, what's your status?!" The general cries.

"GIBSON?!"

Still nothing.

"Dammit, what's happening?!" Jay cries as he turns and peers over his shoulders. And when he does…his eyes widen. For Jay sees a giant, winged creature let out a scratch then land upon the windshield of the fighter jet behind him, rip off the windshield, then grab the pilot inside, tearing in half and consuming his body.

Jay's eyes widen, and he has to try his best to not throw up in his windshield.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?!" Another soldier cries as the winged creature then spreads its wings out wide, flapping its wings and taking off, before landing upon the fighter jet of that same pilot, and doing what it did before, ripping off the windshield and consuming the soldier whole.

"This…this is a demon!" The general cries.

"I've…never seen one before…" Jay orders, his eyes wide in a mixture of fear, disgust, and shock

"UNLEASH FIRE, MEN!" The general orders.

"Right!" Jay replies as the remaining soldiers spin their fighter jets around and begin firing at the demon.

The demon lets out a roar, before opening its mouth up wide, and firing off a beam of Cursed Power.

"DODGE!" The general orders, but it's too late. The demon's emission of Cursed Power blasts into the squadron of fighter jets in a giant explosion of Cursed Power and flames, obliterating the jets, and killing most of the soldiers instantly.

"Dammit…losing altitude!" Jay cries as his fighter jet drops out of the air. Jay frantically tugs at the controls, but finds them completely unresponsive after the demon's attack. "General, you there?" Jay asks, receiving no answer.

"General?"

Silence.

"GENERALLL?!?!?!"

Jay's fighter jet then crashes to the ground in a giant explosion of flames, but someone, Jay manages to drag his scorched, broken, bloodied body out of the rubble. "How…did I survive that…?" Jay weakly croaks. But when Jay notices the bright orange energy crackling around his entire body, his eyes widen. "What…is this…?" Jay asks himself. Later, Jay will come to know that the demon he met that day, awakened his hidden Cursed Power in his time of need.

Jay then hears a growl come from before him, and looks up to see the demon land in front of Jay.

"You bastard…" Jay growls. "YOU MURDERED MY TEAM!"

The demon then lets out a roar and charges Jay, who struggles to push himself off of the ground, but fails when a wave of pain courses through Jay's entire body, forcing him to drop back to the floor.

The demon then pounces upon Jay, its claws and fangs outstretched and ready to tear into Jay's flesh. But before Jay can be skewered by the demon, a gust of wind explodes from Jay's body, sending the demon flying backwards.

"You…" Jay growls as he slowly pushes himself up to his feet at last, his body still crackling with that same orange energy as before. With this newfound energy…Jay feels powerful, stronger than ever before. And despite not knowing what it is, Jay knows that with it…he can kill this demon. "I'LL KILL YOU!"

With a roar, Jay thrusts his hands towards the demon, firing off a powerful blast of wind which flies towards the demon, shooting a hole in its chest and killing it instantly. The demon lets out a small grunt of pain before falling to the ground in a pool of blue blood, dead and defeated. Jay then collapses to the ground as well, his injuries having finally taken a toll on his body.

Eventually, Jay is rescued, and he learns that his entire squadron was killed by that demon. Due to his failures, Jay leaves the Air Force, never to fly again. But upon further developing his Cursed Power, Jay then takes and passes the Pro Slayer exams, eventually becoming "Slayer Kaze."