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The lingering ash of the molten fields drifted slowly down from the volcano and scross the vast field only to be swept aside by the collosul mass of the airship aeris hat made its way through the area not too far of the ground. Asura spoke in a cheerful tone to Jinsonku though he did not look back to him as he was busy steering the airship. ''Wow I can practically smell....and taste the magic around her...that volcano is packed full of the stuff, I wonder how much loot there is hidden around here...Oh and by the way we will be flying quite low because if that thing goes off I on't want to be too close, or too high off the round...high alttitude would make for quite rough landing.'' Asura spoke as the air grew heavy, not from the ash, but of an uneasy feeling that lingered amongst the ash itself.

The navigation of the ship began fluctuating oddly as The ship past by the volcano and a light rumbling followed, ''Oh hell that is going to be a problem, alright...hold on looks like we will be taking safety measure....and throwing them aside, i think we need another route back to you're place!'' Asura made a hard turn on the ship making it steer away from the volcano as a rumbling grew deeper and longer while a bright mixture of coloured lights began resonating from the peek where smoke then began to rise. As the ship made its retreat from the volcano it quickly errupted releasing a hail of bright fireballs varying in colour. The lare fire balls hurled down onto the land with multiple effects on the landscape ranging from instantly turning to rock to exploading or spreading out in a liquid substance. Asura however was still too close to the volcano when it errupted and there was far to many large fireballs to evade, this resulted in a collision.

A fairly large fireball smashed into the back of the ship near the engines instantly disableing them, Asura wrenched his back as far back as he could tightly grappling with the controls to keep the nose of the ship up as it quickly descended into the molten rock. The ship hit the floor hard, but much less than it could have though the result was it sliding now more like a water vessel as it glided through the molten lava and rock causing the lava under some of the rock to kick up past the sides of the ships hull. Eventually the ship came to a stop after smashing through a large lump of molten rock causing it to be steadily secured amongst its rubble. Asura climbed up from the floor as he was shaken up from the impact, he rubbed the back of his head and stared at his hand for a few moments to see no blood, though his sight was for a short time blurred.

He spoke in an uneasy tone, Are you ok? I can't see too well amongst this damn smoke and my sight is a bit off anyway from the impact...'' Asura had slight concusion and this caused a slight problem amongst the smoke from the area and the crash accumulating in the in the pilot area. Asura quickly progessed to widen the windows and open up the doors to the poutside to release the smoke and try get a better view of if Jinsoku was ok and to get a look outside to see the mess of the ship. ''Besides some rock forming on the hull...the ship looks ok...but i think the engine is messed up so we need to go out and take a look ourselves...you ok to move or should I go on ahead...?'' Asura asked curiously with a surprisingly serious voice since he was usually quite hyped up and fun loving.

Asura examined the area from his crashed air ship while also listning to Jinsoku vaguely, he only really payed close attentin a he was about to leave where he had mentioned Asura not getting himself killed and giving a somewhat creepy smile, Asurs however gave a warm reassuring smile and said with a childishly cheeky tone, ''Don't worry im stronger than I may look, I am sure I can handle myself out there, I mean if you can in you'r condition why can't I? I mean right now I am obviously in better shape after everything you have been through.'' Asura said as he then began to make his way happily towards the rear end of his ship to assess the situation of whats left of the ships engines.

Upon reaching the end of the ship he simply stood with a pathetic look of despair for a few moments as a large accumulation of molten rock had formed over the engines almost totaly engulfing them, he soon however patted both sides of his face to snap himself out of it and keep his motivation up. He rolled up his sleeves and put his hands in his jacket pocket and pulled out a set of black leather gloves both with metal plating on the backs each with a circle etched into the metal with writting around the circles, this writting was in the language from Asura and Junichiro's home land. Asura quickly moved to leap up onto the engines and intrlocked his fingers and flexed his arms forward cracking the joints of his fingers loosening them up ready before getting to work.

A strange feeling then swept over Asura and he instinctively got up and looked around, however there was nothing around him, other than a bird in the distance, but this was nothing of his concern, though it was odd for him to see a bird alone in such a place, but he disregarded it and went back to focus on the repairs not realising this bird was in fact a familiar of Jinsoku. Asura clapped his hands together and took a deep breath, suddenly the rings on his gloves began virbantly glowing red and Asura forcefully placed his hand down on the molten rock which began peeling away as red spark flew off creating a large bright light easily seen from about 100 feet away. The peeled away molten rock was turning into pure metal as fell from the engines smashing down onto the floor with large clangs and thumps against the rocky floor and other peices of fallen metal.

Asura simply did this while he waited for Jinsoku's return if he did not finish cleaning off the molten rock and converting it to metal as this was most of the problem as the repairs could easily be done with most of the metal he was making from the molten rock that initially caused most of the damage to the engines. Though Asura was in quite a defenceless state while doing this as he was using both his hands to convert the rock to metal so Jinsoku watching the perimiter was a good thing, but Asura did not want him to wonder too far, not did he want to have to go running after him if he finished before Jinsoku had come back, though these thoughts were pushed aside as he had to focus on repairs more than anything at the moment.

Akuma sprinted towards his prey, picking him out instantly due to his advanced senses. Grr, why him. Why do I have to deal with the side dish before the main meal, I want Jinsoku he thought as he drew ever closer to his mark. When he was close enough he jumped in the air, creating a halberd of fire as he did. "ASURA, you have been marked for death, by order of the High Priest" he screamed as he descended, swiping the halberd down towards the head of Asura.

He drifted his attention for a second towards the fight that Jinsoku was currently participating in. "Don't mess him up too much pawns, I want to barbecue him when I’m done" he said as he drew his attention toward his current victim, his eyes glistening with delight and his teeth bared as his excitement rose at the prospect of settling his score with Jinsoku.

(Chibi mode – stares menacingly at Asura for a couple of seconds)
Akuma turned his head towards Asura, the smile slowly disappearing from his face. "I am Akuma of the Amanojaku tribe, The Eternal Inferno" His smile came back even wider than before, revealing his sharp, white teeth, slightly glowing from a light that came from deep within Akuma. "And I'm not here to assassinate you, I'm here to incinerate you". As this was said, Akuma swung his body towards Asura, swinging the Halberd with him.

As he swung the halberd it instantly changed into a two pronged whip that shot towards Asura, seeking to lash out at him. As they got closer the whip's body of flame became enlarged, causing a large torrent of flame to fly towards Asura.

Akuma was delighted to see that his prey was not yet dead. "Maybe I can have some fun with you ye........." He then noticed the metal shards flying towards him and swung his right arm from left to right creating a wave of flame that melted all the shards. Unfortunately this blocked the spear from his view. He saw the tip of the spear burst through the flame out of the corner of his eye and his smug look was replaced with a look of dismay. He dodged quickly to the side while engulfing himself in a large fireball that blocked his appearance from view and caused a lot of smoke.

As the smoke cleared, the figure of Akuma panting holding a half melted spear by his side, a nasty but non fatal wound just above his left hip. "He he he he. You are at a disadvantage here in this volcanic wasteland. Here I am stronger than anywhere else. Here I burn hotter, hot enough to even turn stone to magma". Akuma threw the disfigured spear to the ground and hunched down a bit, swinging his arms slowly behind him. Suddenly his arms jerked and two large fire claws appeared on the outer knuckles of each hand. This fire was untamed and unpredictable causing random bursts of flame to jut out of either side on Akuma.

As suddenly as he had jerked, he launched himself forward sending consecutive lunges toward Asura. "YOU WILL BURN" he screamed in delight.

Limbs and blood flew left and right as Jinsoku sliced and diced his way through the guards of mediocre skill. As his black bladed katana cut through his foes Jinsoku could feel his darkness growing and swelling in the depths of his heart, his soul. It had been a long time since Jinsoku fed and with all that has happened as of late, his blood lust was left highly unsatisfied. His eyes turned indigo and the glyphs on his body began to glow. As the last of the guards charged towards him, Jinsoku summoned three hell dog demons to finish them off. As the beast emerged from the ominous fog of his Kuro Kotogara they proceeded in ripping the guards limb from limb leaving nothing but puddles of blood where they laid.

Jinsoku let out a loud growl of sheer rage that could be heard from miles. He looked towards an empty black sky and proceeded to shout to an unforeseen enemy, "You think your guards can stop me you old son of a b***h? I am the Prince of Darkness! Don't you ever send your p***y peasants to slay me!" Jinsoku was losing control, it wouldn't be soon before Chaos took over, but still he managed to keep his composure and focus on the task at hand. His devilish glare settled in on the fight that Asura was taking place in. He heard him shout but couldn't pick up on what he was saying due to his lack of interest. Jinsoku's attention was more so focused on Asura's opponent. 'Could it be?...yes! That's Akuma...that means Tenma shouldn't be too far away either. How troublesome.'

Jinsoku smiled while licking his lips and his razor sharp fangs. He took a step backwards into a cloud of his Kuro Kotogara and teleported quickly next to Asura. "Sorry I'm late...I was almost having fun. Akuma is quite the pest isn't he, mon ami?" Jinsoku got into his battle stance next to Asuru, firmly gripping his sword and watching their foe. He glanced over to Asura, "I do hope your not the boring self-righteous type who only fights one on one. You see I'm kind of in a hurry to get back to Faia and my people so I don't have time to wait around." His eyes zeroed in on Akuma like a eagle watching a rabbit from the sky, "Let's make this quick Asura, I don't have much time."

Jinsoku's right eyebrow raised as he looked at Akuma. The power of a strong Amanjaku's resurrection is nearly unparalleled to anything he's ever seen. Luckily for Jinsoku, he did not consider Akuma a powerful amanojaku, never has and probably never will. Jinsoku did noticed that his power had increased a considerable amount though and if he did watch himself he and Asura were done for. There was no way Jinsoku could hope to win in a match in his current state, he had no choice but to bring out Chaos. He let the darkness within pile up on his heart until it laid heavily in his core. All he could see was black as his world started to fade into a crisp oblivion. It was no longer Jinsoku standing next to Asura.

His long purple hair blew wildly in the fierce wind and Kuro Kotogara quickly circled around Asura and Chaos. The flames passed through the fog and it cleared to show that the two had vanished. The fire continued their rampage however, hitting that damaged remains of Asura's ship and setting it ablaze. Moments later, Chaos and Asura appeared a couple of feet behind Akuma. Without a seconds hesitation, Chaos charged towards his foe, surrounding his blade in Kuro Kotogara as he took a slash at the beast's back.

"All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking..."