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*Brimmstone slides across the floor, sparks flying from his boots. He intercepts Kold and punches him square in the stomach...sending him backwards. The raw power and intensity of flames from that punch is way above anything the Lunar Hope crew has seen from him, save for maybe Kold.*

*he lands and conjures intense fire barriers to block the exits. Clearly Brimmstone's level of power is WAY higher than a few minutes ago. What changed?*

Grrrrr.....I am so freaking sick of everyone treating us like inanimate objects. We're not toys. We're not playthings. And we're going to win back control of the future. The one we'll decide for ourselves!

*Kyla slashes the air, sending a wave of wind crescent attacks at Zehuti instead of Brimmstone. It seems her focus is the necromancer, despite Kyla's desire to rematch Brimmstone*

*Brimmstone sends up a fire wave to counter the tidal wave, and it becomes an epic waves struggle. Slowly but surely, the firewave is evaporating the water. This does seem to take some effort though, as Brimmstone is stationary during this*

A smirk tugged at Zehuti's face as he listened to Kokujo's insights and watched Brimmstone display his new found might.

He noticed Kyla start her attack, apparently aiming for him instead of Brimmstone "Ooh, after me are we? Perhaps You're not quite as stupid as I at first determined, heheh.....or maybe that's just wishful thinking. If you would....Brimmstone" He said, appearing to be telling Brimmstone to block Kyla's attack for him.

"You must all be quite perplexed by these current events. You need not worry though, I'm sure you can't help being....ignorant" Zehuti made a show of shrugging, like it simply couldn't be helped "Hmm, I tell you what then.....let me try to explain it to you. Oh, well, at least the parts of it that your rather....limited minds can keep up with. I'll try to make it as simple as I can" He went on, sneering self-importantly at the Lunar Hope crew "Typical elementary necromancy, the type I'm sure you've seen before, functions on the basis of affixing souls to corpses. Generally speaking, the body is already dead, but the fact there's a soul inside causes the unit as a whole to technically be alive. I must take a moment to admit those whole process, though perfected by Necromancers over the years, is quite haphazard and clumsy. The soul never fully intermingles because the body has already ceased to function" Zehuti explained, frowning, then perked up as he indicted Brimmstone "But this, this! This is true Necromancy. The body and the soul are both, in truest form, alive, even after having died once before. Specimen B186, Brimmstone, is the culmination of my research, an almost perfect harmony, an almost totally re-acceptance of his soul into his corpse......after a spot of "fixing up" of course" Zehuti said proudly, extending his hands out to the sides a little.

"You're looking at the beginnings of true immortality, my mentally challenged audience, not that I can expect you to appreciate that I do suppose....however, this particular problem, is neither here nor there, seeing as you're about to expire. Perhaps you haven't thought of it before.......no, of course you haven't....but Specimen B- I mean, Brimmstone has power comparable to that of a Demi-God, though until now that potential has been smothered by all the souls he's absorbed, intermingling and diluting his own, had he been a normal being he'd have lost himself quite some time ago. Unfortunately for you, my poor, stupid onlookers, Mr Yokoshima just emptied out the tank, and now what you see before you is the true Brimmstone. He's been quite useful, even if he isn't quite perfect. Thusly, I needed to step in and control him directly on this occasion, even his rebellious spirit cannot overcome my control.....he may be reborn, but he's still....mine" Zehuti Finsihed his little rant on a rather dark tone as he pointed his staff towards the Lunar Hope crew "Destroy those intruders, now!" he commanded.

*Kyla frowns*
I suppose we owe you thanks for restoring Brimmstone to us. Though we usually become adversaries, I respect Brimmstone often in spite of myself. I remember when we first met and I knew him only as the hot-headed brother of Kold. I could tell just by looking at him that it had been a long time, if ever, he'd had someone tease him instead of fighting him. It always made me happy to call him things like "Brim-chan" or "Brimmy-mu" because it always seemed to irk him so much. And I knew that if such a simple jab could get under his skin, then all of us at the Lunar Hope must have really mattered to him...even if it often seemed otherwise.

*Kyla faces Zehuti.*
So I thank you Zehuti. Brimmstone is returned to us, and more powerful than ever. While it may, at the moment to appear to be your advantage, I'll knock that smirk of yours right off your face!

*She jumps just before Brimmstone's attack reaches her. The force of the explosion lunches her towards Zehuti and she lands behind him and attempts to perform a diagonal slash with Hien.*

"Tch, so that's the story is it?.....I didn't expect this fight to occur but...." He took a glance back at the fire covering the doors "It doesn't appear we have a choice any more. The only way left is forward....." Even if it was going to be tough Kokujo wasn't going to go down without giving a good fight. Fortunately it seemed Brimmstone was focused on the others for the moment at least.

"Shadow clone" Kokujo muttered, though this time instead of cloning himself, he created a darkened clone of his large shuriken "Rah!" Kokujo grunted as he swung his mechanical arm around, throwing one Shuriken and continuing the spinning motion in order to throw the second with comparable force in a slightly different direction. Both shurikens vanished into the shadows of the dark room, suddenly appearing again out of the shadows near Brimmstone, coming at him from different angles.

Kokujo took off running around the edges of the room after he had loosed his weapons, staying out of the frey himself for the moment while he concentrated his energy. "Damn that was a long villainous monologue, I almost thought that guy would never shut up. i don't know how many PHDs he has but he sure as hell doesn't know how to paraphrase" Corbenik commented.

*Kold catches his breath, and nods gratefully to Raiden. He hadn't even considered it. Brimmstone was basically today's Raiden...or at least when he was a tool. He sure has come a long way.*

*Kold gathers the moisture in the room to his palms. He places a barrier around himself. Looks like Raiden and Kokujo bought him some time. Kyla will be fine, he was sure*