The Fated Battle Between Rivals, Part 1

With everyone else gone -Grover teleported himself, Ella, Jamie, and Austin away to face Pestilence, Daniel dragged Death with him into the shadows for their fight, and War and Famine disappeared to go do whatever else they needed to do- it's no surprise that Mikey bulrushes me instantly, using one pistol to propel Mikey forwards by spewing a steady stream of flames, while Mikey aims his other fist at me with his pistol flipped behind him, crackling with fire.

I counter by drawing my katana and bringing it up to block, wrapping a tornado around its blade and using it to block Mikey's attack in a rush of black fire and wind.

My wind against Mikey's flames…my sword against his guns…time and time again…

"It's just you and me now, demon…" Mikey grunts as he struggles against my blade..

"It feels like it's been a while since the two of us spoke, hasn't it?" I grunt as I struggle against Mikey's fist. "I haven't seen you since you tried to kill me…"

"Well then…to make up for that time where I failed, I'll just have to try and kill you again," Mikey growls.

The two of us then hop away from one another, staring each other down.

"Nah, you did manage to kill me," I reply, causing Mikey's eyes to widen. "At least…my heart beat stopped for a moment. But Ella was able to revive me."

Mikey's expression falters, just for a brief second, before reverting back to his usual scowl. "If I killed you once…then I can kill you again…" Mikey growls.

"Like I said Mikey…" I reply. "I don't want to fight you…"

"Don't think that I'm such a dumbass that I can't see what you're trying to do," Mikey replies with a smirk. "You're trying to tap into my senses so you don't have to fight me, like I'm some savage animal. But I have bad news for you, demon; THAT I'M PERFECTLY SANE! I'M IN MY RIGHT MIND, AND I'M DOING WHAT I WANT TO DO! I'M NOT BEING CONTROLLED, AND I DON'T REGRET THAT PATH I'VE TAKEN UNTIL NOW! My only regret…IS NOT KILLING YOU SOONER! I'm not a coward like the Black Demon…pretty words won't work on me…"

"So be it…" I sigh. "I don't want to kill you, Mikey, I really don't. And I don't want to fight you, either. Not because I'm afraid of losing or afraid of dying, but because truly…I still have feelings for you, as my friend and rival. Plus, Nick wouldn't want this. He wouldn't want to see his two students killing each other. But, since words won't work on you…"

I lift my katana up, and aim its blade as Mikey.

"I'LL JUST HAVE TO KILL YOU."

Mikey lets out a loud, bellowing cackle. "Kill me, demon?!" He laughs. "You don't have the gulls to kill me! I'm offended that you'd even suggest that!"

"I killed Cell…I killed Ace, and…I killed Nick…" I growl. "I'm a murder, just like you. But if I have to dive into the depths of Hell to protect the people I love…so be it. I've long since deemed you my mortal enemy, Mikey"

"Well then…from one murderer to another, one of us is going to Hell tonight," Mikey smirks. "I'll see you there."

"Well it won't be me," I reply.

"Go Luis, you're the only one who can stop Mikey now that he is like this…" a faint voice says to me in the back of my mind.

Am I imagining the voice? I don't know. But what I do know, is that if the person speaking to me was standing here right now…that's exactly what he would have said anyway.

"I know, Nick…" I softly reply. "Don't worry. I'll stop him."

And then; the final battle between Mikey and I…begins.

I wrap a tornado around the blade of my katana while reinforcing it with my dark- blue Cursed Power and charge Mikey, who flips the barrels of his dual pistols around and engulfs both of his fists in flames and charges me back.

I wrap my wind around my ankles and summon a tailwind behind me to increase my speed, just as Mikey aims the barrel of one of his pistols behind him and begins spewing a steady stream of flames, which propels Mikey towards me. Mikey and I both reinforce our entire bodies with our respective dark-blue and flame-red Cursed Power, as well.

Once Mikey and I are before each other, we launch our respective attacks outwards, my tornado-cloaked Cursed Power Barrier reinforced katana blade and Mikey's Cursed Power Barrier reinforced flaming fist.

"WIND CONTROL: WIND BLADE!"

"EXPLODING FLAME BULLETS: FIRE FIST!"

Mine and Mikey's attacks collide in a giant explosion of dark-blue Cursed Power and flame-red Cursed Power, as well as a rush of fire and wind, which merge together, taking the form of a giant, flaming tornado spiraling around Mikey and I.

By the time that our flaming tornado and rush of dark-blue and flame-red Cursed Power dissipates, I look around, seeing that the shockwaves caused by the force of our two attacks colliding completely leveled the surrounding city, decimating buildings, shattering the road, and scorching up the area.

"Heh," I chuckle as I turn back to face Mikey. "A lot more impressive since we last fought, eh?"

"It just goes to show how far we've come since the beginning…" Mikey replies.

That's right.

Every time we've fought, every interaction we've shared, every insult we've hurled at each other, every time we've teamed up…it's all been leading to this moment, right here…right now.

Mikey and I then retract our respective attacks away from one another, before clashing again, in yet another burst of wind and fire, and dark-blue and red Cursed Power.

Mikey and I then hop away from each other one more time, before preparing our next attacks.

I chamber my right hand as wind begins swirling around my palm, while Mikey aims the barrel of his dual pistols at me, flames flickering around the guns.

"WIND CONTROL: SPIRIT STORM!"

"EXPLODING FLAME BULLETS: FLAMETHROWER!"

With a roar, I thrust my hand towards Mikey, sending a powerful blast of wind flying towards him, while Mikey squeezes the trigger of his dual pistols, firing off a powerful rush of flames my way.

Our two attacks collide in a giant rush of wind and fire, dark-blue Cursed Power vs flame-red Cursed Power, our two attacks struggling for dominance.

Mikey and I struggle back and forth, my Spirit Storm and his Flamethrower exchanging turns as to who's pushing whom back. Our two attacks seem almost completely matched.

With a roar, Mikey and I both up the pressure of our two attacks, pouring in even more Cursed Power into our attacks than before. But yet again; our two attacks seem evenly matched, and instead spark a giant explosion of wind and fire, dark-blue and flame-red Cursed Power.

Through the explosion, Mikey and I charge.

I slash my katana towards Mikey who counters by blocking with his dual pistols, before hooking the barrels of his dual pistols around the blade of my katana.

"What?!" I cry as I attempt to yank the blade of my katana free, but Mikey holds on tight.

Mikey then uses the opportunity to elbow once…twice…three times in the face! Which causes my nose to begin gushing with blood.

Eventually, Mikey loosens the grip that his dual pistols has on the blade of my katana due to his flurry of elbows, which gives me the chance to yank the blade of my katana free from Mikey, as I stumble a step backwards.

But I barely get a chance to catch my breath before I see Mikey launch a hook punch towards my face, which I quickly duck under to block.

While being crouched down, I jab Mikey in the gut with the hilt of my katana, causing Mikey to double over in pain.

I sweep at Mikey's feet, but he jumps over it.

Mikey uppercuts me in the jaw with one of his pistols, so I jab him in the kidney with my katana hilt again.

I then bring my katana above my head before swinging it downwards, but Mikey catches the blade of my katana in between his dual pistols and twists them, knocking the katana out of my hands. But luckily, due to the blue cloth wrapped around my wrist, my katana isn't freed from my grasp, and I'm able to use the cloth to yank the hilt of my katana back into my hands. 

Using my cloth style to grant me extra range and speed,, I swing my katana outwards towards Mikey, who limbos under my slash. I then used my Extend-o-Blade to extend the blade of my katana even further outwards. I then yank the blue cloth to the side, causing my katana to swing towards Mikey again, who dodges that attack as well.

Mikey then jumps back up to his feet and heafbutts me in the nose, causing me to stumble backwards and clutch my bleeding nose.

I barely get a chance to recollect myself before Mikey cracks me in the face with another hook punch, but using the opportunity to strike back after Mikey's attack, I jab him in the gut, causing Mikey to wince.

I then bring my knee up and snap-kick Mikey in the chest, causing him to stumble backwards and putting some distance in between the two of us.