13 Love vs Insult

Bam! Bam Bam! Bam!

Anger Kamen continued to pound its huge fists into the group, in hopes of catching the nimble Mako.

Mako dodged every single punch carefully and while she was at it, she would return a few punches or kicks yet every single one of her attacks were blocked by the robust arms.

"Don't struggle anymore, little girl! Let me play with you!"

Anger Kamen said while it chased Mako, its mask looked even more ferocious with the long tusks.

"Like hell you will! I will make you pay for what you did to those ladies!"

Mako jumped up, performed a forward flipped and landed a downward kick straight towards Anger Kamen, but it was blocked by the Yoma with both its robust arms facing upwards.

"Those bitches get what they deserve! My LOVE!"

"Come here little girl, let me 'love' you too!"

Anger Kamen slammed both its fists into the ground, splashing dirt and powerful waves at Mako.

Mako quickly crossed her tonfas in front of her face, endured the hit as it pushed her back several meters.

She got back up on her feet after sliding and shouted at Anger Kamen, "That is not 'love' you sick psycho, it's nothing but pure insult and disrespect!"

"Disrespect?!" Anger Kamen roared loudly, "What do you know about disrespect! Don't you dare insult my 'love'! I will catch you and slowly play with you before I rip your head off!"

Anger Kamen dashed Mako furiously, pointing its punch at her.

"True Blossom Hundred Art - Corkscrew Drive!"

Orange spiritual energy gathered at Mako's right tonfa, it swirled rapidly and formed an outward vortex at the tip, it was then launched forward to welcome the robust fist from the other side.

BANG!

Ring of air and orange spiritual energy burst out in a circular motion together.

Both fist and tonfa came in contact but Mako was the one getting pushed back.

She slid back again with her right hand slightly numb and when she stopped, she swung her hand down to get rid of the numbness and concentrated her vigilant gaze at the opposite with gnashing teeth.

Anger Kamen's fists suffered nothing but a scratch, all it did was tickled.

"With that kind of power and you are trying to make me pay? Don't make me laugh! You may think I am the same from our last encounter but I assure you I am very different now!"

"And I won't let you waste another mask of mine!"

Steam came out from the mask's mouth as Anger Kamen raised its left fist, its hands started to transform into a pair of long and heavy blade with ridiculously sharp end.

Roar!

A loud roar later, Anger Kamen jumped up high in the sky and dived down with its blades straight into Mako's face.

Mako actually wanted to get to Akira as soon as possible because she was worried about him facing his teacher, but Anger Kamen was very persistent, almost like a cockroach.

Anger Kamen dived down like a missile, but Mako reacted just as quick.

Before the blade was near enough, Mako backflipped, allowing the blades to plunge into the ground.

Mako landed on both her feet and into a squat before pushing herself back, like a loaded spring, at Anger Kamen.

Anger Kamen's blade hands plunged deep into the ground, it delayed its body movements for a moment and left its mask defenseless.

Mako seized the chance to deliver a powerful blow.

"True Blossom Hundred Art - Corkscrew Drive!"

The orange spiral blow went straight for Anger Kamen's mask, but the Yoma reacted quickly by tilting its head aside.

Bam!

Mako pushed herself over Anger Kamen and landed behind it with a frontal flip. However, her Corkscrew Drive did not complete the job, because of the sudden tilt, all the attack did was break one of Anger Kamen's tusks.

The tusk spun endlessly before it plunged into the ground, little pieces of the broken tusk started to break down, disintegrating into a purple glow.

Mako turned around. Anger Kamen pulled both its blade hands out from the ground

One of its hands reverted to palm form and touched its broken tusk, "Aaaaaargh! You bloody little girl!"

It roared furiously, transformed its hand back to the blade and then jumped towards Mako again.

"I see, your mask is really your weakness! No wonder we can destroy one of your masks back then! You keep this body and wasted one on the dead hostess is because if your Anger mask is destroyed, your efforts will be in vain. So you rather lose one life than progress!" Mako teased.

Anger Kamen's left hand blade went straight for Mako but again, it missed due to Mako's sudden jump, she tiptoed on its forearm, delivering another kick straight to its mask.

However, Anger Kamen tilted its head the other side, Mako's kick grazed its mask and before she could jump over, the other hand blade reverted back to palm form, grabbed her by the leg and tossed her forward.

The sudden swing threw Mako off balance, she landed with a backward roll and then slid into a squat, facing Anger Kamen with a cautious gaze.

"Little girl, you are quite smart, I am impressed! " Anger Kamen growled.

It turned around to Mako and rubbed its blade hands together, sparks flew out as though the material of the blades were flints.

"I needed more malevolence to grow stronger and I will get what I want once I kill you and your little friend!"

Anger Kamen dashed forward with its right hand blade pointed straight towards Mako.

"True Blossom Hundred Art - Fire Wall!"

Orange spiritual energy erupted and circled her body, it swirled like a lively fire before it was sucked into her tonfas—her tonfas instantly glowed red.

The hand blade was heading for Mako's face and with her glowing tonfas, she slid her left arm downwards before swinging it back up vertical.

Bang!

A heavy clank happened when her tonfa blocked the hand blade to the left.

Orange sparks flew outwards upon contact but Anger Kamen did not stop there, it slid the hand blade along the red tonfa, producing more sparks along the way and what it aimed for was to close the distance for his second hand blade to land.

However, Mako knew what Anger Kamen was aiming for and right before the second hand blade could graze her face, she blocked it with her right tonfa.

Both of them were locked in a contest of strength, both Anger Kamen's hand blades were at the side of Mako ears, trying to smash her with sheer strength, but Mako wasn't giving in either.

Orange spiritual energy swirled fiercely around her arms, allowing her to keep up with the immense strength of the Yoma.

"I got you now, little girl! You are smart but too much for my liking, I guess this is the end for you!" Anger Kamen further exerted strength through its hand blades.

Mako was barely holding on as the two giant blades were closing into her head, but despite the desperate situation, she didn't show any anxiety. By clenching her teeth, she held back.

"Oh ya, we will see about that!"

Mako channelled a part of her spiritual energy to her legs and then she pushed herself forward with a sudden jump.

As Mako jumped forward into Anger Kamen, its hand blades closed up behind her, thus Mako was in the little triangular space right in front of Anger Kamen's chest.

"True Blossom Hundred Art - Double Dynamite Knuckle!"

Mako threw both her red tonfas straight into the Yoma's chest, blasting it away like she was firing a cannonball.

"Aaaargh!"

The explosive punch sent Anger Kamen flying backwards, it slid along the road and built up a mini hill behind its back when it crashed.

Its body was smoking and its chest was burned badly.

Mako on the other hand did not escape unscathe either, releasing her Dynamite Knuckle, twice the power this time, in such close proximity caused some damage to her either. Her hands were slightly beaten and her face was covered in dirt.

She had to make the sacrifice though because it would be a lot longer to chip Anger Kamen down with that sturdy pair of arms, so she figured a way to get close behind those arms and landed an impactful blow.

After Anger Kamen's transformation, its strength had grown immensely and Mako couldn't afford to exchange blows with it like the last time. Fortunately, her tactic paid off, it was the first time she inflicted any kind of real damage on Anger Kamen since this fight started and it was big!

Anger Kamen stood on its feet after struggling to get up, its chest was badly damaged but it was still healthy enough to continue the fight.

Both its hands further transformed, this time into a robust pile which was over 2 meters thick when combined..

Malevolence swirled around Anger Kamen, its pile arms glowed dark purple and steam was coming out from the mouth of its mask.

"It's time to end this, little girl! You are starting to get very, very annoying!" said Anger Kamen.

Bam! Bam!

It stomped both its pile arms on the group and entered a charging stance.

"That's my line there. Looking at your hideous face makes me sick!" Mako said.

She twirled her tonfas before she put up a defensive stance, her Fire Wall's technique was still active though, thus a ring of fire appeared around her feet and when it converged with her surging orange spiritual energy, it formed a barrier of energy from her head to toes.

Both sides were ready to strike any moment now, but before anything happened, a voice came through Mako's earpiece.

She subtly curled up her lips and said, "Now, bring it on!"

Raaaawr!

Anger Kamen charged furiously towards Mako with both its pile arms leaving a purple trail behind, and after it gained enough momentum, it jumped up into the air, attempting to crush with a dive.

Mako looked up and stood firm, the orange energy barrier swirled rapidly around her.

KABAAM!

Both pile-like arms smashed onto Mako's orange energy barrier and upon impact, the ground beneath her cracked heavily.

The cracks spread outwards for a meter and at the point of impact between the piles and the Fire Wall, sparks flew out like fireworks.

Mako managed to hold on despite her feet had plunged into the ground.

Raaaaawr!

Anger Kamen roared furiously, the purplish pile-like arms glowed darker and they further pushed Mako into the ground.

The cracks on the ground spread faster and further, half of Mako's calves were in the ground.

Then, the energy of Fire Wall swirled quicker and stronger and rapidly gathered to the point of contact with the piles, it then started to glow like heated iron.

Anger Kamen saw the orange spiritual energy gathered at the tip of its pile-like hands, it had a bad feeling but it couldn't back of right now, it was stuck in another contest of strength and if he win, the fight would be over.

It tried its best to further push her into the ground but the more strength it exerted, the brighter the point of contact glowed, as though it was a volcano on the verge of erupting.

"It's over now, you asshole!" Mako grinned.

Confusion rose and baffled Anger Kamen's mind, and before it could react…

Kaboom!

A huge explosion of light happened further away, it was the direction where its other self, Sorrow Kamen, was confronting its target, Akira.

The light was so bright and sudden, not only did the light distracted Anger Kamen, it caused discomfort to its body by just looking at it.

"What…"

"True Blossom Hundred Art - Fire Wall, Outrage!"

Mako shouted.

The glowing point of contact exploded instantaneously.

Orange energy splashed everywhere and burst upwards fiercely like a cannon, it blasted Anger Kamen up to the sky like a rocket with an orange trail behind.

The orange energy explosion inflicted quite the damage on Anger Kamen's pile-like arms, cracks spread all over the surface before it broke into smithereens, leaving it with a pair of broken hands.

Anger Kamen struggled to regain control of its body high up in the air but before it could react properly, gravity started to pull its body down.

"Amaterasu Descend - Ethereal Shot!"

Just when Anger Kamen was about to fall back down, a green ethereal light flew towards it in lightning speed.

Swooosh!

The green light perforated Anger Kamen's right shoulder, and cut its arm off entirely.

Anger Kamen was shook, it didn't know what happened or where did the sudden attack came from.

The green light attack robbed Anger Kamen's control of its body. After its arm was severed, it plunged back into the ground with a bang.

The fall created a bigger crater on top of the shattered ground where it smashed on Mako earlier.

Anger Kamen was embedded deep in the ground, it was moaning in pain but before it could catch a breath...

"True Blossom Hundred Art - Dynamite Knuckle!"

A red glow fell towards its mask from the sky and that was the last thing Anger Kamen saw before its mask got smashed into a million pieces.

Mako jumped up into the sky right after Anger Kamen's arm was severed, she flew past the falling Yoma, used the gravity to her advantage and landed a direct hit onto Anger Kamen's mask.

Kabooom!

An orange explosion went off, carrying the disintegrating pieces of the Yoma body into the air, revealing a withered dead body inside: it was Ken and it seemed like he wasn't alive anymore based on the heavily mummified state.

"That's what you get for disrespecting women." Mako said coldly.

While the bits and pieces floated away, a purplish shard also came afloat for a moment before it too disintegrated.

Mako furrowed her brows before she turned towards the direction where the light explosion happened, she saw Akira with his Bladestaff standing there, waiting for her.

"Come on now, we still have one more to settle." Akira said with a smile as he pointed towards the suffering Sorrow Kamen.

...

"How!?!"

"What happened!?" Sorrow Kamen shrieked in shock.

It turned around and saw Akira and Mako, they were looking down at it with a cold gaze.

"Why! Why! Why it didn't work! What is that light explosion?!" Sorrow Kamen cried anxiously, it was utterly confused by what happened.

It remembered clearly that its tendrils went through Akira's body yet it didn't see any holes on his body at the moment.

Sorrow Kamen wasn't a warrior type, unlike its counterpart, it relied on its target's emotions to land the killing blow and it thought that by possessing Domon, Akira's teacher, it could easily finish the job.

However, not only did it not sense any sorrow from Akira, the light explosion that went off seemed to have healed him completely, it was not possible anymore for Sorrow Kamen to latch on to Akira anymore, which was one of its hidden trump cards.

"Why? I've figured out your little trick when I fought you just now, you spend to much time trying to lure me to lower my guard and those stories you told me is to bring out my sorrow, so you can possess me right?"

Akira squatted down, pointed the sharp end of his Bladestaff at Sorrow Kamen and sized up its disheveled state.

Sorrow Kamen was quiet, grievance came afloat and baffled its mind, it did not expect Akira to see through its hidden plan. It did have orders to capture Akira if possible, but now neither capture nor kill was an option anymore.

"As for what happened back there...I don't even know what happened, but hey, since you are my 'sensei', I'll tell you a little secret." Akira moved closer to Sorrow Kamen and whispered, "I. Can't. Feel. Sadness."

Akira smiled at Sorrow Kamen but that smile in its eyes looked cold and sharp.

Akira stood up, twirled his Bladestaff and wanted to stab the mask to end this.

But…

Fooosh!

A black spike flew down from the bridge, it was fast but quiet and it pierced through Sorrow Kamen's mask.

Akira and Mako got stunned by the sudden attack, even Sorrow Kamen.

"Ugh...Ugh…" It turned its head back slowly and tried to see who ambushed it.

Right after Sorrow Kamen made out a rough contour of the attacker, another black spike flew down.

Fooosh!

The second black spike pinned Sorrow Kamen's mask into the ground, shattering it to pieces.

Its body then started to disintegrate.

Akira and Mako looked up to the bridge vigilantly and they saw the attacker.

"You are…" Akira recognized the man in black on first glance, the fedora and the thick black coat was very eye-catching and it left an impression on Akira's mind; it was Rei.

Rei then launched another black spike into the river.

Thump!

A little splash happened followed by an agonizing shriek.

Kamen's fourth and last mask, Happiness, was destroyed before it even got a chance to come out. Dark malevolence particles followed by a piece of purplish shard came afloat and got carried away by the current.

Akira and Mako were surprised by how sharp Rei was.

Rei then looked down at the two of them coldly for a moment before he turned around.

"Akira! Check on your sensei!" Mako called loudly and then jumped up to the bridge, attempting to chase the mysterious man.

However, right after Mako landed on the edge of the bridge, she saw no one, not even a footprint was left behind, as if the mysterious man in black was a ghost.

Mako frowned. She searched around the bridge for a while but didn't find anything.

Disappointed, Mako went back to Akira.

Akira was holding his teacher in his hands.

The white light that exploded from Akira's body earlier seemed to have healing properties, it healed Akira's sprained wrist and holes on his body, and due to that, Domon managed to regain a little of his conscious, but he was not in good shape.

"A-Akira…" Domon could barely speak, his dying eyes were looking at Akira deeply.

"It's okay, sensei, it's fine. You are safe now. You don't have to worry anymore, you don't need to feel sad anymore." Akira held Domon's hand tightly and comforted him, he wanted his teacher to be at peace before he go.

"T-Thank you…"

The last words from Domon was gratitude to his student, be it for saving him from the grasp of evil or releasing him from the torment.

As Domon's eyes closed, his face showed relief, he had went away peacefully in his student's arms.

Akira hugged his teacher deeply into his arms and whispered, "May you be at peace in the other world."

White glimmers appeared around his hand and slowly floated to Domon's body, it lasted only for a moment and it was one of many ways to ensure the dead leave in peace.

After the little ritual, Akira turned around to Mako.

"That guy just now…" Mako asked in a rather worrisome tone.

"Let's call the police first, I'll tell you about him when we get back." Akira smiled warmly at Mako, he looked nothing similar to a person who had just lost someone close.