*Hidden*

Johnathan rushed forward to meet Blackheart's rush and the two collided creating a small Shockwave. Johnathan's armor cracked into many spider-like patterns under the pressure,

"Damn, this guy's strength is no joke," Johnathan said before dodging a swipe from Blackheart and countering with a left-body hook. Blackheart was unfazed and returned with a savage downward double swipe. Johnathan created two earth pillars to support his arms as he reached to stop the attack. The two were in a stalemate of strength, Maze swiftly made her way to the back of Blackheart to attack, while the two were exchanging blows. Blackheart's skin shined for a moment as Maze's daggers made contact. Sparks ignited due to the impact, Johnathan regained his footing and transformed part of his right hand into Mythril. Johnathan threw a right cross to the body of Blackheart before he could turn around to attack Maze. Johnathan's Mythril hand made an impact and sent Blackheart sliding back a few feet but there were small spiderweb cracks.

"This guy's body is quite durable," Johnathan said to Maze,

"It feels entirely different being on the other side of it. I remember the days we fought together and his defense was quite the lifesaver," Maze responded.

"Ah, yes. I remember the good ol days. The war with angels that deemed our leader unfit," Blackheart said while admiring his claws, then he rushed toward the duo once more and Johnathan stepped forward to intercept.

"It won't work a second time," Blackheart stated before rotating his body and slamming his tail into the left side of Johnathan. The force behind the tail shattered the entire left side of Johnathan's Earth armor and he was sent flying into one of the pillars. Johnathan spat out some blood when he stopped tumbling after breaking through the pillar. Maze swiftly moved toward Blackheart and jumped forward with a downward slash with her daggers but Blackheart grabbed her by the throat in mid-air with his right hand.

"It seems that our dear Maze has grown weak due to living with humans," Blackheart said with smiling eyes while pulling back his left hand which was in the shape of a spearhead. Johnathan quickly got back up and rushed toward Blackheart while creating the Earth armor again. Blackheart noticed Johnathan's movements,

"I admire your persistent attempts, but I believe this is as far as you go, human," Blackheart stated before tossing Maze aside and creating a ball of Hell-ice in between his hands. Johnathan's senses were going off due to the Hell-ice that was being created, so he began to create and shoot rock spears at Blackheart. The spears broke into pieces on contact with Blackheart's skin, plus they didn't hinder the speed of the Hell-ice at all. Blackheart finished creating the Hell-ice sphere and chucked it toward Johnathan. Johnathan quickly condensed his armor into a spear and used the rest of his ki to create Nth metal so that it could absorb some of the hell-ice.

"Best case scenario, the Nth metal would be able to do damage to Blackheart. Worst case, it will take half and the other half will end my life," Johnathan thought as he watched the spear pierce the Hell-ice sphere. A small explosion occurred when the two attacks collided and an excruciating frozen shockwave followed. The force sent Maze and Johnathan flying once more, while Blackheart was pinned to the wall by the Nth-infused spear. It was able to barely stay intact and pierce Blackheart's shoulder, which pinned him to the wall. Johnathan and Maze slowly got back onto their feet,

"That is quite the feat, you being able to pierce the thick skin of Blackheart. I knew you were different when I laid eyes on you." Maze said to Johnathan with a smile.

"I appreciate the compliment, but I think it just made him angry," Johnathan responded with a chuckle. Blackheart let out a roar due to being inflicted with his own Hell-ice and the disgrace of being damaged by a human. He gripped the broken shaft of the spear but his hand was being burned by the Hell-ice that was absorbed. Blackheart grunted and pulled out the spear paying no attention to the burning and frostbite that was happening to his hand. Blackheart was staring daggers at Johnathan then he looked at the spear then looked at Maze. Johnathan knew what the monster was thinking, but before he could shout. Blackheart hurled the spear in his hand straight for Maze. She knew that blocking the spear was suicide due to her energy being siphoned by the spell circle. She was not able to dodge it in time, so she threw her daggers with all the remaining strength she had toward the spear.

"Primal Beast Gate! Black Tortoise Flood Gate 2 open! White Tiger Flood Gate 1 open!" Johnathan uttered and a grey aura began to circulate his body. At the same time, he spat out a good amount of blood, he knew that this was a risky plan but it was better than anything else he had in mind. Johnathan's explosive aura caught Maze and Blackheart off guard,

"What in the hell is he?" Maze asked with a shocked expression, while Blackheart just got angrier. Johnathan's image blurred for a moment then he appeared right next to the spear. He grabbed it with both hands and with the regenerative powers from the Black Tortoise, Johnathan didn't have to worry too much about the Hell-ice. His feet landed on the ground, but with the force behind the spear due to Blackheart's explosive power, Johnathan's feet dug into the floor and were dragged. He felt that the spear was not stopping anytime soon, so with the explosive power from the White Tiger Gate, Johnathan pushed his muscles to the limit to rotate the force. Johnathan let out a roar and was able to rotate the momentum back toward Blackheart with a bit of his force. The spear shot out of Johnathan's hands and broke the sound barrier leaving behind a giant cloud of smoke. Blackheart let out a chuckle before gathering up his demonic energy but then the counter spell circle that John created lit up. This shocked Blackheart because he knew what this circle was meant for. It was an anti-demon energy field, it would cause fluctuations for anything demon-energy related.

"There is only one human that knows this spell, John Constantine!" Blackheart shouted in anger before looking down to see a huge hole in the middle of his chest. He fell to his knees while clutching his chest.

"To think that I, Blackheart "Lucifer's Spear and Shield" was beaten by humans," Blackheart stated while chuckling before his body turned into ice, then it shattered leaving small fragments of ice. The other two were out of energy and looked just as bad. Johnathan was currently sitting down on a small three-step staircase trying to catch his breath while slowly absorbing ki to heal the ruptured organs within his body.

"It seems you are from another Earth," Maze said while limping over to analyze what Johnathan was currently doing.

"Considering you know John and you are from hell, I would think you would believe my story," Johnathan responded. For some reason, he felt like everything was being scanned by Maze's yellow slit eyes and slowly began to cover himself up. She began to laugh at Johnathan's reaction,

"Relax, if I wanted to do something to you then you wouldn't be able to resist," she responded before sitting down next to him.

"You mind doing me as well?" She asked while putting her hand out and Johnathan just looked at her with a dumbfounded expression. She laughed once more,

"I meant healing me, I am currently out of demonic energy and it seems that your type of energy isn't harmful to allies," Maze stated with a smile. Johnathan let out an awkward cough before grabbing Maze's hand to send Ki to heal her as well. Once the Ki entered her body, Maze let out a seductive moan, it threw Johnathan off for a moment and he spat out a bit of blood. He swiftly regained his composure and healed the both of them rapidly.

"Damn, she is bad for my heart. I just need to relax and remember who the one for me is," Johnathan said to himself as he began to imagine Kara and the future together. Maze gazed at him for a moment and just chuckled.

"That is a nice future that you are dreaming of, although it may be out of your reach. I can see that your life has many hardships. You also give off the feeling of someone who won't accept anything less than what you deem positive. Much like someone else I personally know," Maze stated as she laid back.

"How do you know?" Johnathan asked,

"Call it intuition, plus it is a neat trick that Lucifer taught us. We can see the desires of humans and choose what to do with them. We can either enhance or destroy it either way it can work in our favor." Maze replied.

"Call it more like an invasion of privacy, but then again, I'm talking to an arch-demon so can't really put logic to it," Johnathan said. Just then the duo heard footsteps coming toward them, they both got up and took a defensive stance. The people responsible for the footsteps were Chloe, John, and some uniformed officers.

"Jeez, this is quite a horrendous layout and decor," Lucifer said as he appeared from another door.

"There you are, Lucifer. I told you to stick with the team. You are always making things difficult," Chloe scolded and Lucifer just laughed then he saw the state that Maze was in. His face became serious,

"Even though he doesn't say it much, I'm pretty sure he was quite worried about you," Johnathan said while nudging Maze's arm and she just chuckled.

"What in the blazes are you talking about? I knew that should would be fine in a scrap. She always is," Lucifer said while still scanning over her body for damages.

"Detective, we still have someone alive over here." An officer shouted.

"I will be right there," Chloe responded and turned toward Lucifer,

"Don't go anywhere, I am responsible for you," Chloe ordered before walking toward the officer and Lucifer crossed his heart with a finger. John soon came over,

"It seems my counter spell came quite in handy," John said with a smirk.

"That spell saved my ass, so thanks," Johnathan said before giving John a firm handshake.

"Well, none of this would have really mattered without your strength. Quite surprising really, all that power in a small frame such as yours." John joked,

"Honestly, John, you should take some advice from Johnathan. He is quite the specimen, " Maze stated.

"Are you actually serious, your real name is Johnathan. Great now there are two annoying Johnny boys i have to worry about," Lucifer stated with a sigh.

"I am so touched, Lucy, that you actually worry for my well-being," John said while smiling at Lucifer who had a disgusted expression. Maze and Johnathan just laughed at the duo's interaction. For a split second, Johnathan's sense went berserk and he began to frantically look around to find the source. The others looked at him crazy until they felt the sinister aura rising from the head leader, who was supposedly alive.

"Blackheart?" Lucifer asked with disbelief,

"Shit!" Maze shouted and tried to get up, but with her demonic energy still low, she stumbled. Chloe and an officer, the one who found the head leader, were the closest ones to Blackheart. The body of the head leader mutated into an un-injured Blackheart and pierced the officer through the chest with his claw hand. Chloe took a couple of steps back and began to shoot at Blackheart with her pistol. The other officers began to fire their rifles as well, but all the bullets were useless against Blackheart's tough skin. Lucifer, John, and Johnathan all rushed toward Blackheart to stop his advances. Blackheart began to swipe and use his tail to send the officers flying. John began to chant while Lucifer rushed in to stop Blackheart. The two began a contest of strength, while Johnathan grabbed the injured officers and got them to safety.

"Ah, my master. At first, I was thinking that this summoning was going to be another boring slaughter. But to think I would be able to meet my former partner and master at once." Blackheart said with smiling eyes.

"If you are so happy, why don't we end it here and you go back to hell?" Lucifer grunted and began to slowly fall down to one knee.

"But why would I end it early? When I am having so much fun. Besides I now have a new mission, which is to drag the person who was able to hurt me back to hell with me. So that I can torture him for all of eternity." Blackheart stated before using more of his strength to overpower Lucifer. The floor underneath them began to shatter due to the immense force, but then Johnathan vaulted over Lucifer's shoulder and dropkicked Blackheart. The two were separated and Blackheart slid a couple of feet.

"John, continue buffing me. I am still low on Ki, I won't be able to fend him off for long." Johnathan shouted,

"You got it mate, but just so you know. We have to end this quickly, I don't have a lot of mana to begin with." John responded. Blackheart was delighted that Johnathan was still around, but he knew that he shouldn't let his guard down like last time.

"Lucifer, do you mind lending a hand with your subordinate?" Johnathan asked as he got into a fighting stance.

"With pleasure, it seems that he has forgotten who was above him," Lucifer responded as he dusted off his suit. The duo charged at Blackheart who was welcoming them with open arms. Once the trio clashed together, a small Shockwave was created and knocked back the officers. Every time Blackheart tried to attack Johnathan, Lucifer was there to block the attack and let Johnthan land a blow. Johnathan did the same for Lucifer and it was beginning to anger Blackheart even more, so he began to infuse a small amount of Hell-ice into his attacks. After a few minutes of back-and-forth fighting, Johnathan's body began to succumb to the hell-ice even with the buff of John. Lucifer was faring a bit better due to his extreme dexterity but John was out of mana in the middle of the fight. So he was no longer supporting Johnathan, which made things easier for Blackheart. Johnathan began to use his ki but it was mainly to stop the hell-ice spreading through his body. Blackheart began to overpower the duo and was able to knock back both of them into the wall in the end.

"It seems like living with humans has made you and Maze quite weak. It hurts my heart to see both of you become like this. But it is also my job to help you guys, so i will start off by killing all of them here in front of you both," Blackheart said before walking over to the officers and Chloe.

"Don't you dare, Blackheart!" Lucifer shouted as he rushed forward but Blackheart just spun around and slammed Lucifer with his tail. Lucifer was once again sent flying and smashed into one of the pillars. Maze used this moment to sneak up on Blackheart but he swiftly tripped her with his tail. Then grabbed her by the throat with his right hand and lifted her.

"I will personally make sure that you remember who was better," Blackheart said while he caressed Maze's face with his left hand. John was able to gather some mana and quickly chanted a spell, but Blackheart quickly threw Maze at John. The two collided and John's magic was canceled,

"Time for dessert," Blackheart said as he finally made it to the officers. He grabbed Chloe by the throat and lifted her,

"Is this the human you became so fond of, master?" Blackheart asked as he looked over to Lucifer. Lucifer's body was at its limit and all he could do was glare at Blackheart,

"Wow, it seems that you really have gotten attached to this human, then she will be the first step to getting my former master back," Blackheart said before pulling his left hand back then thrusting it through Chloe's stomach. Everyone heard Blackheart's hand pierce Chloe's stomach and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

"No!" Lucifer shouted as he began to get back up. Everyone else was stunned,

"John, open up the portal now!" Chloe shouted before her image began to fade and Johnathan was in her place. This confused everyone once more, even Blackheart was confused but Johnthan increased his strength with the remaining Ki in his reserves. He held onto Blackheart's arm when Blackheart tried to pull it back. John wasted no time and began to chant, Maze began to supply John with more energy so they could create the portal faster. Soon a blue portal appeared behind Blackheart, who was still trying to get his arm out of Johnathan's stomach.

"You damn, human!" Blackheart shouted as the portal began to suck him in. Johnathan used his strength to pull Blackheart's hand out of his stomach and front-kicked Blackheart toward the portal even more. But before Johnathan's right foot could leave Blackheart's chest, Blackheart grabbed ahold of it.

"If I go, then I am taking you with me no matter what!" Blackheart screamed. His feet were leaving deep trails as he was resisting the suction force from the portal. Johnathan also dug his left foot and his hands into the floor. Everyone else was trying their best to stay away from the portal as well, but Johnathan and Blackheart were the closest so the suction was the stronger.

"KZ!" Johnathan shouted and a red mechanical beetle appeared from his inner jacket pocket. He didn't want to use the Rider armor but things have gotten worse than Johnathan could handle by himself.

"Repair percentage status?" Johnathan asked as he grunted due to the pulling force from Blackheart

"Sixty - five percent," KZ responded,

"Active only the lower half of the rider armor," Johnathan stated and KZ flew towards the button on Johnathan's belt. KZ pressed it and the belt transformed into the rider belt, then KZ inserted itself onto the belt.

"Henshin," KZ uttered and the lower half of the rider armor quickly enveloped Johnathan. He quickly pressed on the three buttons on KZ,

"1, 2, 3!" KZ uttered and Johnathan let go of the ground so that Blackheart was the only thing supporting him. Johnathan swiftly moved KZ's horn over and back in one motion.

"Rider Kick!" KZ uttered and soon blue lighting gathered at Johnathan's left foot.

"What the hell?" Blackheart said in shock, but Johnathan wasted no time and jumped with his left foot. Johnathan connected with the round-house rider kick to the right side of Blackheart's head. The force and electrical power was enough to make Blackheart let go of Johnathan's right leg and rag-doll him as well. But that last attack shattered the remaining rider armor due to KZ not being fully recovered, so it was a one and done deal. But everyone's hope went up when they saw Blackheart struggling to keep himself from falling into the portal, but Blackheart's determination on at least killing Johnathan kept him from being sucked in. The rider armor flew and began to smash into the struggling Blackheart but with it only hindered him slightly. The armor then was sucked into the portal dissapearing. Everyone was currently out of fighting power, John and Maze looked about drained due to keeping the portal open. The portal was slowly losing power and becoming smaller. The suction force behind it was becoming weaker, allowing Blackheart to be able to slowly crawl away. After a few more seconds, the portal closed due to insufficient mana to sustain it and Blackheart was now free of the vortex. He let out a deep grunt and got back to his feet,

"Seems like this is the end of the line for you all," Blackheart said as he began walking toward the exhausted group.

"Damn, maybe I should have made John teleport Chloe away instead, so that Lucifer would get most of his power back." Johnathan thought to himself before shaking his head. Cause he knew that it was too late to think of what he could've done. He did his best to stand up, but with his injuries, Johnathan did so wobbly and uncoordinated.

"Fuck, is this what it feels like to be bambi, I'll never make fun of animals anymore," Johnathan mummbled as he tried his best to support himself. This pleased Blackheart to see the human, who was able to disrupt him multiple times, look weak and distraught.

"Seems like this my victory," Blackheart said with a chuckle and began troting toward Johnathan. Blackheart raised his right arm high and began to gather hell-ice into his hand. Johnathan braced himself for the attack, because he could feel Lucifer's energy back around forty percent. They both knew that Blackheart was low as well and someone needed to be bait. So that person could hold Blackheart down so the other could finish him off. Just when the attack was going to land upon Johnathan,

"Rider Punch!" A deep voice shouted then a figure appeared from the side and smashed into Blackheart. A cloud of smoke was made and everyone's vision was obscured. The smoke soon dissipated and there stood a figure with green and black color armor. The figure had a metallic helmet with two red grasshopper eyes and two antennas. The figure also had a red scarf that was flowing with the wind surrounding the person. They had silver gloves and boots, along with silver lining going down their arms and leg. The most noticeable thing was the belt that the figure was wearing. It was a silver box with a red rotating light in the middle of the outer silver box connected to the silver buckles.

"Who are you?" Blackheart ask while rubbing his chin.

"I would ask you the same, and why your are attacking my junior?" The mysterious person responded.

"I am the mighty Arch-demon Blackheart, you should be honored to hear my name. Before I kill you and the rest of these humans," Blackheart stated as his icy demonic aura began expanding toward the group.

"Well, it seems that I will have to stop your plans. Because the will and spirit of a Kamen rider would never waver for protecting people's lives. I, Ichigo, will not permit you to do as you please!" Ichigo said as he got into his fighting stance and the wind pressure began to increase. Ichigo's aura began to clash with Blackheart's aura, which created ripples and send small debris flying everywhere.

"How the hell did he get here?" Johnathan asked in disbelief.

*Kamen Rider Ichigo Arrives*