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Kira would realize the grin on Imperius' face, of course he had a plan, he would provoke the dragon into a head long rush, such tactic's were easy to follow, of course Kira was curious of what he had planed, and he was gonna find out. The two had met in the middle, and Kira could finally see Imperius' eyes and grin, if he was paying any attention himself, they both would have a grin on their faces, course Kira's sharp canine's were not very attractive.

He would feel the wind assist Imperius to the side to avoid the flame lance wanting to thrust Imperius' in the stomach, fancy moves the angel had, but the next thing would catch him off guard, the device's on his wrist blew his flames away and he felt he couldn't control his flames or wind as they were blown away, and worse off this angel had some hand to hand combat, Kira was excited.

Quickly throwing his left fist into a uppercut like motion to the elbow Imperius had launched to his throat, to bat it out of the way, and would take his right hand to catch the angel's thundering fist, which made him slide back on the ground, he had caught the angel's attack's and his grip on the angel's wrist was practically a death grip, Imperius was not reaching Oni until he got away from the dragon infront of him. With a grin Kira would glare at the angel, as he spoke flames would flicker out of his mouth. "My cloak you stopped, but if you think my breath is magical or spiritual...sucks to be you!"

Kira would open his mouth as a high degree of blistering heat would be followed by a slight amount of oil, which combined was Kira's dragon's breath at point blank range, and Kira had hold of Imperius, there was nothing magical or spirit wise to this attack Kira was using, it was the trademark of Dragons themselves, Imperius had no time to waste, otherwise he would be the new fried chicken!

Azura would look up towards Oni as she panted along the ground, weak from the lack of connection to Kira "Kira...stop him, don't let him kill, i beg you Oni...that is not our Kira..." Once Imperius' wave had hit both of them, Azura would let out a large cry, as she started to fade back into the sword. "Please..." Azura would vanish as the blade had a light blue glow for a moment, then vanish as quickly as it came, Kira was unaware of what was going on, could Oni do what Raven and Lucas were able to in their place?

Imperius was more than impressed when he discovered Kira was quicker than he had assumed and was able to not only block the first hit but grab his other fist. This prevented the Arch-Angel from going after Oni. "Well then.." he said listening to what Kira had to say while he positioned himself for a counter attack. Kira was going to show Imperisu he didn't need magical abilities to tap into his furious fire breath but Imperius saw it coming a mile away while Kira was talking. The moment Kira opened his mouth in attempts to releasing his flames on the angel, Imperius pushed off the ground with all of his leg strength.

With his free arm, he'd make a fist aimed for not only Kira's throat again but after contact would go into an uppercut motion which if connected would force Kira's mouth shut and have his head thrown back. This hopefully saved Imperius but Kira's counter attack but also put Kira in danger. If Kira was using chemical based flames and his mouth was forced shut, where would the flames go? They would be forced to go back Kira's throat. He wondered if it was fire proof. In most cases, they were not.

While Kira's head may have been thrown back, Imperius quickly used the momentum to pulled Kira back using the arm Kira had grabbed. If he really did have a death grip hold then it would be tested. While still in the uppercut motion, his entire arm would slam into the left side of Kira's head (If I pictured this right) as Kira was being pulled back. The force behind this attack would ground Kira immediately which in turn would pull Imperius arm of course but rather than fight it the Arch-Angel decided to display his hand to hand combat skills. Imperius decided to fall flat on his behind with his arm that kira had a hold of still in front of him.

At this point, Oni would attempt to make contact with them and grab them both. As Oni fell over head, Imperius' body went completely flat against the ground. He'd make direct eye contact with Oni as he passed...

Kira would prepare to open his mouth as he would notice the angel go directly into a counter attack, he was aiming for his throat again, his attacks would hinder his breath for the time being as he held it in, maybe even to not use it for what it was originally for. Taking his left hand he would catch the fist of the angel and be shocked as his feet were lifted off the ground, and feel the sting in his hand. 'Why...am i distracted, stay silent wolf!' Kira's gaze would shift to a disappearing Azura, and Imperius would realize it as well if he was looking.

Kira's hand derailed the attack to his throat but with not paying attention to the second attack, and got yanked forward and then his head got rattled by the next attack. "Az..ura?" Kira would mutter, his sight unchanging from the direction, as Imperius' attack had made contact, and left a cut along the side of his head. Imperius had made a grave mistake, and if Oni realized it as he moved towards the combatent's he knew hopefully what was happening.

Kira would not fall to his back and let Imperius' have his way, instead he would land on his feet with a glare, one that Imperius would hopefully understand, that Kira was going to take his life, or at least felt like that. He would release the angel, afer being on his feet, and considering he saw Oni coming, as he was by Azura himself, he was gonna change his plans, for now Kira needed to check on his companion. Course Kira was out of arms reach of the angel now, but that was of little concern. Opening his mouth and jumping backwards, Kira would release the flames and launch himself into the air, towards where his sword was, avoiding Oni's grab, and leave Imperius at the moment.

As long as no one stopped him he would slide to the sword and hold on to the blade seeing if he could sense Azura. Imperius was Oni's problem for the time being.

To Imperius' surprise, Kira had released him. At this point he didn't need to fall with Kira but instead prepare for yet another counter attack however he had almost forgot about Oni. Acting fast, the Arch-Angel threw his entire body to the ground as planned but this time instead of trying to keep Kira down he'd roll slighty to the opposition direction of Oni's powerful fist slamming into the ground. Rolling out of the way, Imperius' wings covered most of his back and side while his arms protected his chest area. Finally coming to a stop the angel now found himself facd to face with Oni!

The look on his face was of shock. It would appear that the two of them were not only more skilled than he thought but faster as well. Oni now reaching to grab imperius just as Kira's flames interrupted them in a blazing explosion. It was unknown as to how it would effect Oni but Imperius was by far more than caught off guard. Oni would discovered that his attempt to grab Imperius had failed but when the fire and smoke cleared up there was a trail of it's remains leading to the angel who was rolling out from the aftermath.

Imperius yet again came to a complete stop and used one of his hands to press off of the ground to spring him on to his two feet again. He was breathing heavily but not out of exhaustion. The angel had recieved horrible burns on both of his left side wings to match an open wound on his shoulder. His entire left arm was scratched up and charred. Kira had finally made a direct hit and the rocks and dirt from Oni's punching the ground seem to leave a few tiny brusies as well. Imperius was quickly calculating his options. One on one, Kira and Oni may have been a fair bet but two of them together was proving to be difficult.

He'd glare back at Kira as he slided back to meet his sword. Suddenly both Kira and Oni would feel a strange feeling come over them. They could tap into their energies and other special abilites. The shards that had lefted Imperius' arms returned to meet his arms again. When the shards met the arm on the left, it was obviously a bit pianful due to his current damages. He had to action fast and since he couldn't finish at least one of them off while using his shards he knew he had to turn to plan B.

A bright, pulsating aura appeared around theArch-Angel as he began the first process of healing his wounds and the burns. It would take some time but he had a set plan on how to keep Kira and Oni from interrupting him if they tried anything. With his right hand, he'd start but extneding two of his fingers closest to his thumb. To kira and Oni, he was writing something in the air or doing sign langauge or some goofy guessing game. It was almost as if he was trying to spell something out but with weird looking symbols. These fingers were firmly pressed against his aura. When he lowered his right arm, the symbols would no longer be transparent.

With a humming sound, they'd come to life and completely surround his inner aura which seem to be copying it's self at a rapid rate. "My ultimate defense." he whispered under his breath. At this rate, it won't take long for him to recover and then reuse his shards and make a second attempt to take either Kira or Oni down.

As the flames washed over his exposed torso Oni would finally feel as if he had entered a battle. The exquisite pain he felt as his skin burned and blistered would only serve to rejuvenate the King of Hell's fighting spirit. He had grown bored during this fight, but his interest had just been renewed. As the shards returned to Imperius and the power sealing area was canceled the brand that covered Oni's body would faintly glow for a split second before the burns that covered his body began to heal at a rapid pace.

Oni would stand there confused for a second as he watched his body seemingly heal itself. That would be when he noticed Imperius healing as well. "While I do not think you are foolish enough to heal the both of us it seems as if someone or something wants me to win this fight. I hold no healing powers myself and neither does Kira. So unless you have healed me by mistake it seems as if I have some backup hiding around here somewhere."

A wicked grin would spread over his face as Kira transformed and began his assault against Imperius. Oni would standstill as Kira assaulted the angel waiting for the aftermath of the attack before speaking again. "It seems you have quite the dilemma. Do you fight us using your 'ultimate defense' and allow whoever is healing me to continue to do so. Choosing this option of course means you won't be able to beat me. I find pain to be quite wonderful and so long as my body holds up I will continue to fight. Your other option is to sacrifice your 'ultimate defense' and seal away the powers of everyone in the area once more. The question is do you have any hope of defeating the two of us like that since you have already abandoned that plan to heal yourself. Either way you look at it...." That wicked grin that covered Oni's face would fade away as Oni quickly shifted into his tiger form. "...YOU'RE SCREWED!"

"Now what?!" Imperius said to himself, annoyed to see that both Kira and Oni both still had tricks up their sleeves. More transformations? The Arch-Angel took witness to Kira's new transformation but this time he took the form of a wolf. Imperius' left arm hung at his side as his "Ultimate Defense" took form around him. "Always the first to fight, always the first to fall your kind is. He has given me strength, he has given me light and I am not to meet my fate here Kira. You take me so lightly." With that said, Kira's wind blades slammed into the aura only to not bounce off but dissipate completely. The energy from them was absorbed and with his right hand, Imperius did a throw down motion.

Kira may not have known the full extension of Imperius' abilities but he was able to. With that throw down motion, a large portion of Imperius aura almost instantly raised up forming a massive fist that with incredible speed tried to slam down on Kira. If it connected Kira would be more than stopped but he would be forced at least 4 feet into the ground where he'd find himself with imprinted seals that snapped the muscles upon movement. At the same time, Imperius jumped back revealing something interested. The aura was still attached to him, but it was stretching from his vary body! The healing sphere was still there as well, trying to reshape and follow the Arch-Angel's every movement.

The ability to not only defend but attack and heal was something unheard of! Imperius' arm was still hanging limp at his side but with every second it was being healed. The angel wasn't done yet, if Kira manage to dodge the fist, after the fist made contact with the ground it quickly broke away from the sphere. The aura separated it's self from the main sphere which was now attempting to form around Imperius yet again as the angel slid back more than a couple feet. The aura that was a fist not morphed into what was a copy figure of Imperius.

The aura copy reached out with both of it's arms at Kira before making it's leap towards him. From a far if Oni was watching the aura copy had access energy building up within it's center rapidly. BOOM! The aura would self destruct without hesitation. Imperius stop mid-slid and yet again took another leap back trying to gain as much distance as he could from the explosion that wasn't really explosion, just a radical amount of energy that threaten to swallow Kira whole in a massive blinding light.

While Oni wanted to rush in alongside Kira, he knew that he would be of little help so long as high power attacks were going off causing explosions continually. Instead he waited for all of the explosions to reach their peak before rushing forward. Oni would run straight into the flames, heat, and pressure of the explosions as they began to settle down. He was heading towards Imperius' last known location on the other side of the explosions. Once the explosions had finished Imperius, should he still be standing, would not be able to see either of the two were's through the smoke until Oni came running through the new burns he received healing.