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Rise of the Dragon.

Kira would have fallin' into a dream like state as his dragon spirit companion would be trying to bat away all of the debris that was falling towards him, and the poor spirit would be worried about the rest of the fortress, and more so the floor as it was completely cracked. The dragon spirit would cry towards the fallen wolf as he remained motionless. Swooping down the dragon would nudge the wolf as his right eye would open slightly as he just stared at his friend, and he would see Oni in the distance he knew that he would have to fare on his own, Oni already stated that.

The floor would give way as Kira fell the Dragon would latch onto his hand that held the sword and struggled to keep him afloat from falling below. Hovering down Azura would rest Kira on the ground as he laid on his back his hand still gripped onto his sword his eyes opening slowly as he and Azura just stared at each other no words being traded, and the spirit ofthe dragon would pearch herself on his chest as a soft glow would begin to surround the fallen wolf, and his wounds were healing and his power was starting to return, be it slow something was gonna happen soon.

Awakened

Kira would breath smoother then before as Azura was resting on his chest helping his wounds heal a slight more amount, his vision had returned first before anything else, but he felt the power from before and he would look towards the shadows and Inferno would come out, and he would mock him about the power's of the vanguard or how Lucas prepared him. Next he would mention what to look forward too and the ring of fire would surround Azura.

At that point something snapped and awoke within the wolf as he grit his teeth and Azura would cry as the flames exploded around Azura and Kira. As the smoke rose Kira's voice would echo in the room below. "Prepared for this?" Out of the smoke, a spike of power would erupt from Kira that rivaled if not was higher then when Inferno used his Atomic Blast, and the flames would ignite into their crimson form this time around blowing the smoke away and revealing Kira who stood up right and inhaling the flames around him, and in less then a second the red eyed wolf would unleash the dragon's breath but this time with a twist. The blast would almost look like a laser as the core of the beam would have the power of the white flames, and the crimson flames surrounded them and the air around that would compress forging it into the beam like shape.

How? Azura was no where to be seen, Kira and Azura merged bodies which was the key to unlocking Kira's full strength for the time they are together, Inferno will face the unrelenting force that is the Skyra. Kira's follow up to the beam would be him taking the stance before that he used against Inferno's Atomic Blast. "Shred the scales!" Kira's swing would generate an amount of force that would dent Inferno's armor of it had made contact, but he was a distance away, and what came out were white hot lances that aimed for the joint's of Inferno to either dent or pierce his armor hence the name.

Whilst that happened Kira would take a deep breath as he took his sword over his right shoulder. "You tried to kill Azura. I won't hold back any more." The sword began to hum loudly, even more so then last time as Kira held his ground preparing for yet another attack, if Oni decided to jump in Kira was gonna work along side him or try to do so, thus far no chance to escape has appeared, and Kira planed on fighting his way out, hopefully for Inferno's sake he understood these attack's were far more dangerous then before, and there was a bit of trickery coming his way.

A wicked grin appeared over Inferno's face. It was almost as if he had planned such a thing. As Kira was now standing up again, the demon took notice of his power increase and that the tiny creature he was aiming for was no longer there. Infact just as quickly as he attack it, it vanished. He stood there watching the flames erupt around Kira yet remained unworried. "That's more like it, show me what you're worth! Show me...." As Oni was coming down to join them he might noticed something in Inferno's energy levels, they weren't increasing but now shifting. Inferno's hand that he had extended was still extended but it was changing.

Without warning Kira would go on the counter attack. But Just as quickly as he did so did Inferno. Kira's blast connect with Inferno's open palm almost immediately. He'd start to be push back but quickly stopped as he took his stance as well. Did he catch Kira's attack. No, he was in the middle of countering. "CHAOS BEAM!!!" Suddenly Kira's counter attack disappeared, beam and all as Inferno's beam ripped right through the center of it. Kira won't have a chance to follow up using "Shred the scales". Oni knew what was happening but it was unsure if Kira would be able to see what was going on. or maybe he could see it.

Kira's own blast was being just ripped through but converted. It was changing almost instantly while becoming part of Inferno's devastating counter attack, the chaos beam. Blocking this was nearly impossible, but would the wolf try it? "Here's your chance Oni! My back is to you!" said Inferno standing there with one arm fully extended towards Kira. If Kira moved, regardless of how fast the beam would follow due to the fact Inferno had locked on to his energy signature. Kira wouldn't get the chance to stop moving til the beam finished as Inferno's arm followed him. Kira would also find out that even throwing up defensive barrier, flames, or anything else that used energy won't stop the beam but add to it.

Even Imperius couldn't stop such a radical attack. There were few who could. While Kira would be kept busy, Inferno waited for Oni to make his move. How brave would Oni be?

Fly!

Kira would start to prepare his shred attack until he noticed the change in the attack he launched a moment ago, an d he knew what it was right away as his breath was becoming distorted. "Chaos huh..." He would give up on his idea bout shred for the time being be he wanted to at least get another shot off, however considering what it did to Imperious he had a different plan in mind. Leaping back and then into the air the flames would ignite around him again, forming into dragon like wings lifting him off the ground and he would fly into the air out of the fortress to try to out maneuver the beam, but he would quickly realize it was following him. "It's got a lock on my power huh...i wonder." He would try at first to zigzag then to do a spiral or two but it would still follow. "Tch, thats annoying, even if i wanted to get away it won't happen."

Going to the outside of the fortress he would look back once to see the beam still chasing him, annoyance was an understatement about the beam, but he would try as he would think of an idea that may work. 'It's homing on my power signal huh...hmm.' Gritting his teeth he would take some of the left over flames around forge two flame bodies that looked just like Kira if his body was engulfed in flames with a shadow in the center, which was azure flames mixed with the white as the main body. ' if that's the case let's see if it'll split off and chase one with a higher power.' Kira would break off into the air and one to the left and the other to the inside of the fortress, and considering he wanted it away from him he would give more output onto the flame body that flew to the right, lowering his own speed and energy level. Regardless which body the beam chased the one it was after would make sharp turns in some of the left over debris to see if that slowed it down.

'With the merge of me and Azura, my output would be hard to miss, but cause of that reserve of power i am able to pull off alot more stunt's, if i had taken this power before that blast from earlier i would have been perfectly fine, now i wish i haven't held back for so long.' Kira was frustrated at this point but he knew his chance would appear, he just had to wait till it did.

Preparing the counter attack

Kira would be taking sharp turns around the outside of the castle to avoid the beam, but something changed the whole array of the game as he would start thinking to himself and replaying how the fight has turned out. "Wait a second...what has been the point of all this..." He would see his shadow below him as he'd turn around and stop his flight to see the chaos beam fly into the sky, that alone was worth questioning. 'What? something isn't right.' Replaying everything in his mind he would cross his arms as he hovered in the air, the flame wings keeping him airborne.

"After each attack, he kept provoking Oni to attack him while he focused on me, and each time Oni wanted me to get out of here...Tch, he's never wanted me he's been after Oni the whole time, and here i gave him credit for being a brawler." Kira would look around for a moment as he looked at his option's and they were few and far between what was a good idea and which one wasn't. '...to retreat or to fight this battle i can feel two powers in the direction of the city, and more a bit further out, i know one of them already is who our goal is...but if Oni falls here, there be no point in completing the mission... damn...'

Kira would hear the sounds of crashing objects on the inside of the fortress, it was something he knew was Oni and Inferno tangoing and he was partly glad he wasn't included into that, he's already taking a few lumps to the noggin' from being used as a battering ram. He made his choice on what he was gonna do, and the flames would ignite around him, as he flew higher up into the air again to over look the fortress. 'Don't die pal.' Placing his sword at his hip, the flames would hold onto the massive blade and Kira placed his hands together as the winds started to swirl around his body and form into his hands the sphere forming inside.

The sphere was small at first but slowly started to grow larger and larger, at this point and time it was no bigger then a golf ball, but Kira's hands were already starting to shake as the winds inside of the sphere was much stronger then it appeared and Kira's eye's stayed focused on it the whole time while trying to keep an eye on the fight below. 'I get one shot with this, if i don't connect...talk about gambling...hang in there for a few, Oni...' If Inferno was keeping tab's on Kira's energy he would feel a spike if only just from the sphere alone, it would be a deciding factor in the battle. The flame bodies would circle around Kira for the time being as the one to his right took the sword from him and hold onto it over it's shoulder, and the left would be on stand by as it watched his left side. Kira was gonna take a major gamble, but even Inferno's armor would be useless to what he was gonna use, if anything that armor would be a detriment to the lord of fire if he still had it.

'One shot...is all i can fire off, and i need to make sure it's set up, i think i know what i need to do, it'll tax me but it'll get the job done.' A surge of power would come from the sky as the orb would be roughly the side of a tennis ball at the stage it was at, and the power kept growing, it contained the same force if not more then Inferno's atomic blast had and Kira was planing on letting it fire at Inferno.

Inferno was indeed a bit slower when an opponent was upclose, but getting past his armor was almost nearly impossible with all of his defenses. The Lord of Fire turned to face Oni who instead of using his fist decided to go with meaningless taunts for this fight. A huge grin appeared on Inferno's face. the Prize Fighter was indeed angry but had a secret weapon of his own to deal with Oni. Little did Kira know, he had only seen the tip of the spear when it came to Inferno's true potential. Oni must have known that, but trying to push Inferno's anger even further was almost suicide. What was Oni planning and further more, why was there a huge grin on Inferno's face.

Now facing the former leader of Hell, the Prize Fighter's armor started to shift in plates and even start to release some sort of steam. It wasn't fogging up the area or anything but the heat could be felt from where Oni was standing. "I remember it a different way..." replied the demon as his eyes went pitchblack. Suddenly, to maybe Oni's surprise, large chunks of Inferno's armor fell on the floor around him. Was he crazy? After the last piece, which was on his chest hit the floor it was revealed Inferno was back in his basic form again. Nothing but a mask and cloak. Something was wrong, why would the Prize Fighter through away one of his best defenses. "You needed Lucas, and I don't see him around do you?!" barked the demon.

"If it wasn't for Sera being so greed you and the rest of the trash won't be here today, your precious realm would be nothing more than a memory and you...." he said now glaring over at Oni with the intend to kill him. "You would be history! They'd need tweezers to pick up the pieces!" He said. Oni would be able to hear the aggression in Inferno voice but it still didn't answer why Inferno had abandoned his armor. At this point, Inferno was crossing his arms in front of him waiting for Oni to finally go on the offensive. "Is this the handicap you were looking for?!"

Preparing the counter attack

The wind in the air howled above the fortress that Oni and Inferno were fighting in, as Kira would be hovering in the air with the winds forming into a sphere in his hand, with a small flame in the center of it. 'This is gonna be huge at this rate.' He would look around as he would scan the fortress some more to get an idea of the range of how big the attack with be. 'That Chaos Beam is sure a hassle, when Inferno used it on Imperius it pierced his body like it was nothing and degraded, and if anything absorbed the healing magic from before, and then my dragon's breath, but that had a magical augment to it...' The sphere would grow slightly smaller and Kira's hand's had begun to shake because of it.

The two flame bodies hovered next to him as he looked at them for a moment before glancing down again trying to figure out how he would do something about this whole fight. 'Oni is sure gonna be livid, then again pride or not Inferno tried to kill Azura, he brought this upon himself i suppose, but back to important business...So far that beam destroys matter, and absorb's energy, and at that from cell level, that's a nasty trick, but i wonder what'd happen if it met an attack that would be equal to the power and not of magical standards, guess we'll find out soon enough.' The flames around his body would also be absorbed into the sphere as it started to hum even louder, in fact Oni would possibly hear it by this point, and unless Inferno had the hearing of a beast like they did, he would be out of luck. However the energy source would be a different story, Inferno at this point should be able to feel it like a sledge hammer from above.

Kira would bring his hand's over the sphere condensing the power further into it, trying to make it even more powerful. 'Condense the wind into a sphere like shape, and the flames to increase the amount of power generated within the circulation that will further increase the spiral and make it into an endless cycle of power that strengthens its self...I am gonna feel bad for that fortress, it's about to get moved off the map...Final Art: Wind Dragon Bomb, also known as my wind of death...gonna be rough to say the least, but gotta do whacha gotta do i guess.' Kira accepted the fact he was gonna intrude on Oni's battle coming in, and he wasn't gonna like it, but he will manage, in the end Inferno wanted Kira at first, and with that armor or not Inferno would know why he was called the azure wind.