Chapter 51 [Xavier vs Zero]

"And you intend to do that, how? I've always been the stronger one!" Zero shouts out, Xavier cracks his knuckles "Funny, you retelling that story reminded me." "Of what?" "That Heat derives from emotions, and well, I'm feeling very emotional right now!" Xavier puts his hands together, "I'm going to use all the Heat I have left, this is the only good thing that I got from the girl that worked for you! DOMAIN!"

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"T-Teika… Do something!" Amani screams crawling on the floor, "N-no… I-I can't…" "Are you scared Jap? HAHAHAHA!" Travis lets out a hearty laugh.

"I don't know why you're laughing, Travis."

"And that's the man I'm waiting for." Travis says with a smile, "Y-You're here two days early." Teika says, the man takes off his leather jacket. "Now this is fun, an American gang leader, and two Japanese Yakuza, it's gonna be a fun day for me!" Travis shouts his smile growing larger.

"P-please don't k-kill me Takashi Tatsujin." Teika begs on his hands and knees, "I won't, I won't, but, I am looking for Natsuki Kazama, any of you know where he is?" Tatsujin asks, "N-no." Teika says sheepishly.

 "Who cares!?" Travis goes for a right hook on Tatsujin, Tatsujin dodges it, "Shimi Tsuku." he puts his hands up and Travis is frozen in place. But after 2 seconds he breaks out, "Fight me without using that bullshit ability!" he shouts as he charges forward. "Alright." "Te O Koraseru!" Travis' hands are enclosed by blocks of ice, and his hands collapse to the floor. "What? Why's this damn ice so heavy!?" After struggling he screams and rips his hands out.

"Damn you!" He sprints at Tatsujin, "Zujo No Kori" a block of ice 5 meters wide collapses on Travis, Travis tries to hold it above his head, as if he doesn't he'll be crushed because it's so heavy. But after a while he smiles, "SHAVE!". 

In the blink of an eye Tatsujin was on the floor, his head being stomped on by a skeleton of a man. "TE O KORASERU!" Tatsujin screams, "ZUJO NO KORI!" the block completely flattens the man.

"H-he's dead?" Teika asks, Tatsujin nods his head as he wipes away the blood and dirt from his face. "Now… Where is Natsuki Kazama?"

"Interesting."

"Tatsujin dodge!" Teika shouts out, Tatsujin does exactly that and finds Travis standing behind himself.

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A black orb envelops Zero, Zero knew about domains, in it their prey is completely underneath their control and the only way to counter is to open up a domain of your own, but that is risky for Zero as he doesn't exactly know how, it could kill him, and his Heat will most definitely be drained up completely now, but, it is better than whatever is in store for him inside Xavier's domain.

"DOMAIN!"

Zero's red domain clashes with Xavier's black one and they counter each other so they disappear. The two men just look at each other, completely battered, completely out of Heat. "You meant for this to happen, didn't you?" Zero says, "Heh, you got me." "You bastard, you knew you couldn't beat me in a Heat fight so you had to drain all of my Heat somehow, so now you're gonna have a physical fight with me?" "Pretty much." "So what was all that talk about you being emotional? I think I can still win in a physical fight." "This is why, Mark."

As soon as he heard the simple word 'Mark' Zero instantly started sweating, 

'Oh, I'm dead aren't I?'

"It's a real coincidence that we met here Atar, I've wanted to kill you for such a long time." Xavier mocks. "Chang I-" "DON'T CALL ME THAT! I'M NOT THAT ANYMORE! I CUT ALL TIES WITH THAT MAN!" Xavier shouts out. Suddenly the sky gets dark and it starts raining, "And once I kill you I… I'll kill Travis McKinley for ever, making me go on this damn mission." You couldn't tell it because of the rain, but he started crying, and under his breath he said "This is the worst day ever."

But just then Zero ran at him, throwing his whole body weight into his punches, Xavier blocks them and throws some of his own which get blocked, but the first punch was Zero punching Xaviers jaw. Xavier spins around and catches his fall with his hands. "If only you were here Hana."

Xavier stands back up and throws a punch, Zero blocks it but the punch was a feint and Xavier kicks his head. Zero collapses on the floor, Xavier looks at his missing right arm, "Damn it! If only I still had you!" He kicks Zero in the face.

"Kami no Puni!" Xavier punches Zero's stomach and Zero coughs up a shit ton of blood, but they're both too exhausted to continue, Xavier falls down next to him. "So this is it, huh? I'm gonna die." Zero says, "It seems so… Atar… Before you go, I just want to let you know that you were a great friend, this was just unfortunate circumstances." "But what about Cyndie? You forgive me for her?" "Yeah, she was just an underling, she wasn't you." Xavier hears snivelling coming from Zero, "I-I don't want to die, I just want us three to be friends again!" "Well we'll all see each other in Hell, you'll just have to wait a bit longer." there is no response, "Atar? Atar?" Xavier can tell at once glance,

That he's dead.

Xavier couldn't keep the emotions in and starts wailing. Kazama, who was watching this, decides to go to the main battleground and leave Xavier alone.

"You look so pitiful."

Xavier wipes away his tears and looks up to see Hana.