14 Hunters and the hunted

Doza's body felt as if his body was set ablaze grinning toward's Cassan. "Get closer and I'll end this right now!" he yelled.

Cassan sparks another cigar, "I'ma smoke yo ass!!!"

The smoke around Casan began to thicken up until Doza could see or sense his opponents no longer see his opponent. "Fuck I'm starting to lose sight of him."

Doza bolts in the direction he last saw Cassan in when suddenly several straight white lines shoot out of the smoke forming a dragon-like shape

"White dragon's winged barrage!" Doza hears from amongst the smoke.

"Oh shit", he yelled. "Instantly stopping his pursuit and jumping to avoid the attack. He continues running down the spine of the smoke dragon when another appeared to the right of him. "What the hell" he complains, jumping and flipping his body as he aimed his pointer and middle finger towards the incoming attack, "charged bolt". An orb of condensed lightning grows at the tip of his fingers. Moments before the attack reaches him a strand of lighting shoots from the orb causing the dragon of smoke to implode on itself, causing the air to thicken even. Doza now had no idea where Cassan could be or even where he himself stood in the camp.

"This guy… he's just toying with me. Where'd he disappear too? I need to find him before he attacks." Channeling what little zen he had left, Doza closes his eyes focusing on where Cassan's location could be.

The smoke behind Doza begins clumping together as Cassan appeared. Doza quickly steps to the side avoiding full contact from Cassan's attack. However, the force of the smoked-filled punch still grazes him knocking him off balance and leaving him disorientated. Doza could feel his body pulsating, not from fear but instead for the thrill of the battle. A burst of cold and maniacal laughter could be heard coming from him through the smoke.

Cassan stares as Doza's silhouette begins showing through the smoke-filled air, "This guy's off his rocker"

Doza locks eyes with his opponent circling him as if he were a lion stalking its prey. His mask cracked and stained with blood due to his opponent's last attack.

Cassan could sense the malice emanating from him, making him nervous and cautious of Doza's next move. "I'm one of The Ratari's Og's", yelled Cassan regaining his composure. "I can't lose to some punk."

Doza launches his onslaught throwing a dozen punches in mere seconds. Cassan who could feel even the slightest movement in the smoke-filled area dodges the attack and taunts Doza. "Your speeds decreased considerably." He chuckles as his body disappeared into the smoke leaving him with a sinister grin.

"He's right, I can't use any of the flowing lightning techniques moving this slow, '' said Doza. Looking in the distance, Doza spots what he thinks is Cassan lying in wake. In an attempt to catch his opponent off guard Doza throws his dagger intending to use the lightning flicker. However, as soon as the blade lands on the back of Cassan he vanishes into a puff of smoke.

"Damn, he makes clones too. Would static discharge work? This may be a little more than I can take right now.'' A drop of sweat falls from Doza's face. Multiple clones of Cassan appear in the smoke casually walking past Doza as if he weren't there. Doza attacked each who walked past him to no avail, his attacks effortlessly went through them as they continued walking. No matter how many he struck, ten more appeared in their place.

"Do you see the difference in our drive?" Said Cassan. "This is the power of the Ratari clan. An OG if you will."

Many thoughts ran through Doza's mind as he stared down at the clone army in front of him, not one of them telling him to run. "If it's my time I'll accept it with open arms. But it ain't up yet!" yelled Doza.

Cassan motions his hands forward and up, dissipating his clones and conjuring five dragon heads out of the smoke. Each standing like tall pillars around the camp surrounding Doza. "White Hydra's meteor crash!" shouted Cassan. letting each dragon come down with a force strong enough to shake the land.

Doza watches in shock as the 5 smoke dragons come barreling down. "Now this... this is entertaining,'' he yelled. "If you're gonna take me out, the least you can do is go big,'' he taunted, ripping off his mask and placing it on a pile of debris.

"HAHAHAHA,'' laughed Cassan. "Those are some pretty shit last words".

Doza scrambles to find his blade. After quickly securing it he looks into the sky, "If i die it won't be here, not yet at least." Doza thinks of Kenos. "He won't have to carry this burden alone."

The collapsing smoke dragons barreled toward him getting faster and faster with each passing second. Moments before they reach him Doza tosses his blade into the sky

"What was that?" Cassan pondered witnessing a strand of lightning spring to the sky.

The White Hydra's meteor crash turned the camp to rubble almost leveling the entire place. As the sky began to clear, Cassan's eyes widened in panic when he didnt see Doza's body, only his mask cracked amongst the rubble.

Doza who appeared at the end of his blade looks down at Cassan as he free-fell 200 feet in the air. Cassan sends a number of smoke dragons up to attack Doza.

"That won't stop me", yelled Doza bringing both his arms and legs to his sides quickly gaining an enormous amount of speed. Shuffling side to side through the air Doza evades each of them As his eyes locked onto Cassan, he could sense his opponent was unsure of himself. "I gotta go for it," said Doza, barreling down generating streams of static around himself. "Flowing Lightning final step: overcharge!!!"

(Kenoses' perspective)

Kenos stood above the body of the interrogated Ratari gang thug. "Damn, he bled out before he could even regain consciousness."

Kenos makes a frustrating grunt and drops the now deceased body to ground.

"You're not making this easy Doza." Looking up to the nearly set sky Kenos starts sulking. "Dozaaaaaa", he whined before noticing a strand of lightning go up into the air. "Wait, that's not how lightning works."

Kenos continues staring in the direction of the reversed lightning bolt before another insanely bigger bolt of lightning hit the same area. "Natural Lighting never strikes the same place twice. That has to be Doza."

Before even realizing it Kenos was sprinting in the direction of where he saw the lightning strike.

"I'll get there, I'll get there, I'll get there. I won't lose anyone else.'' Kenoses' eyes began to eclipse once again, and the bottom of his iris changed from brown to purple as he dashed to the Ratari camp. "This time I'll be able to protect everyone."

Kenos runs into the camp not noticing it was encased in a thick aura of smoke. "Doza," he cried. Watching as Cassan limped towards a half dead Doza who was sprawled on the ground.

Without any hesitation Kenos drew his bow aiming at Cassan with complete intention to kill. Many feelings started rushing through Kenoses' body, he could almost see a trail targeting Cassan. Flabbergasted by the situation, Kenos brushes telling himself "get it together" refocusing and aiming his bow.

*Fwhip*

The arrow soars through the smoke nearly hitting Cassan in the back of his skull before he avoided it.

"What the,'' said Cassan. "Another trick… No another person. Cassan takes a step back from Doza. "How unusual, I noticed someone else running into the smoke but I never imagined they'd be able to find us so fast in here let alone shoot arrows."

Kenos shoots two more arrows at his opponent. Doza who was now a bloody mess on the floor mustered enough strength to grab Cassans leg as he panicked.

Static discharge, said Doza smiling. Doza fries all the nerves connected to Cassan's right leg. Ahhhh!!! Yelled Cassan.

"Who gave me that opening", wondered Doza.

Cassan looks directly at Kenos through the smoke. "How!!!" He demanded, as Kenos launched arrow after arrow. First one landing in his left thigh, and the last two in his shoulders. "But how", he cried once again. "No mere man should be able to see anything inside here." Cassan drops to his knees as the smoke began to dissipate. Doza looked to see Kenos walking out of the smoke, his eyes locked on Cassan, he could also see the slight purple glow in his eyes.

"Ken,'' called Doza. "Thank you, but you shouldn't have to do this.''

Doza grabs his blade from the ground once more. "It was my battle to finish, allow me to soil my hands in your place.''

Cassan now accepting defeat looks into Kenoses' eyes. "I see", he laughed, "you're from that accused clan you fools are just de-". Doza rushes in slitting his throat before he could finish talking. Kenos keeps his head down letting those unfinished words hit deep, as the blood splatters on a nearby rock.