The Final Bout (1)

"Is that Shiryo..? What happened while he was out. I can't even sense his power anymore. He's like...a High Tier 5-A now." Gideon said.

"Ryo.." Shira said, looking surprised.

I looked back at Shira and the others then smirked. Shira's eyes widened and she smiled. She nodded and I looked ahead.

"Show no mercy!" Blight bellowed. His army of Darklings roared and charged ahead.

I lowered my stance then vanished, leaving only dust behind. Fujo looked surprised at my speed and looked around.

"Where is he?!" Erin asked.

Blight looked around then noticed his Darklings disappearing one by one. He groaned as I appeared in front of him, kicking him away. He coughed blood and went flying backwards. I landed on the ground and vanished again.

"It feels good to work with you all again." I said.

"Heh...just like old times." Ain said.

"Kick their asses!" Circe cheered.

"He's bringing down their numbers! Let's strike them down!" Shira commanded and ran forward.

Everyone followed her lead and went into battle against the Darklings. I boosted the power of my allies and they became even stronger, being able to take out the Darklings with ease.

"How are we losing..? We have Alastor's strength...how are we losing this ba-" Fujo started then grunted as I struck his stomach with my sword. He coughed blood and went flying in the air.

I switched my sword to a bow and vanished. I appeared above him and Esta heard my voice in her head then pointed her bow at Fujo as well. We both fired a massive arrow at him and the arrow dispersed into multiple smaller arrows and collided, causing an explosion in the sky. Fujo bellowed and flew up to me and punched my face. He flinched back as he noticed his attack had no effect.

I grabbed his wrist and looked at him. "You want to dance...brother?"

"How are you this strong..?" Fujo asked.

I looked at him then punched his stomach. He coughed blood and I blasted him down to the ground with an energy blast. I held my hand out at Fujo and snapped my finger then his Crest of Yang shattered. He looked surprised and his dark aura disappeared. I landed on the ground and walked forward. I altered reality making the White Frontier into an empty battlefield with the Crest of Elysium on the ground permanently boosting the power of my allies.

"On any other day, I'd make this as unfair as possible, but I want a powerful climax to your story, Fujo. Blight...Erin. I will give you all the ability to go at full strength against my Divine Boosted Team. So I'll give you all an Ability called Transcendence. This will allow you all to bypass your limitations. That goes the same for my team as well." I said and bestowed everyone with the ability of Transcendence.

"That's your biggest mistake. You underestimate me, Shiryo!" Fujo bellowed.

I looked at Fujo and smiled. "No...I didn't underestimate you. I just know you can no longer beat me. I'll give you a handicap as well...I'll even take you on in my base form."

"Don't make a mockery of me!" Fujo roared.

I reverted to my base form and awakened all of my Crests but didn't fuse them. "Ready? Go!" I said then appeared behind Fujo and kicked him away.

"Fujo!" Erin yelled and ran ahead only to be stopped by Shira.

Shira smirked and looked at Erin. "Now the tables have turned...Shiryo has grown stronger than you'll ever imagine. We have too!"

Blight transformed into his Fallen Form and looked at everyone then summoned his Shadow Beings behind him. "I agree with Fujo... Shiryo's biggest is underestimating us!"

Fujo looked around for me. He groaned as I punched him in his stomach then 30 more strikes hit him and a clone of me appeared behind him and kicked him to the ground. I teleported under him and backflip kicked him upwards, trapping him in my energy.

"I could kill you right here...but that'll be too easy. Am I being arrogant? Yeah I am, but that's just how the game goes." I said then floated backwards with Fujo still trapped in my energy. I released Fujo from my energy. "Come at me. Show me what you've got...one last time, with all your strength...Fujo."

Fujo looked at me and glared at me then his aura surged powerfully.

「Flashback...」

"Begin!" Grandpa said.

I dashed to Fujo and jumped up then slashed downward at him. Fujo blocked my attack and smiled. He pushed me backwards then dashed ahead to me and kneed my stomach. I groaned and coughed a bit. He sent me rolling backwards.

"Come on Ryo! You got this!" Shira cheered.

Mom watched from the window as she cooked dinner and smiled.

I dashed to Fujo and slashed in a circle. He blocked my attack and slid back a bit. I ran ahead and slashed at him three times, but he blocked it. Fujo grabbed my arm and put me in a headlock and held his training sword to my neck.

"Sorry Lil Bro, but you've got more traini and to do." Fujo chuckled.

I grunted and tried to escape his hold then sighed. "I can never beat you.."

「End of Flashback...」

"Back then...I could never beat you but now I can and have done it multiple times. You've changed, you aren't the brother I knew. Better yet, you weren't the brother I thought you to be. Now it ends here...in war." I said then glared at Fujo and my sword glowed, resonating with me.

"It's your family's fault completely on why everything happened. The Ragnaroks is why it all started. It would've been different if Grandpa hadn't died. IF MY GRANDPA DIDN'T DIE! Now...I will kill you and truly avenge him." Fujo said then dashed to me and yelled.

He sword phased through my body and he looked surprised. He slashed continuously, but his attacks only phased through me. He grunted as he kept trying to attack me. I countered his next attack then palmed his stomach and he groaned. I pushed him backwards.

"All of this could've been fixed if you...just opened your eyes to reality." I said and looked down at the battle on the ground. My team was winning the fight and with little to no difficulty. "You chose Alastor's side...there's no saving you now. All there is for you is death. I've proved time and time again that I'm nothing like my father...that monster. The world insisted I was just as bad as them and yet I still save them because this is my home, I am the Guardian."

"Shut up and fight me!" Fujo bellowed and slashed at me.

I perfectly dodged his attack and elbowed his stomach. He groaned and coughed. I teleported above him and kicked him to the ground. He groaned loudly then crashed into the ground. I teleported to the ground and and walked to Fujo. Fujo slowly stood up and looked at me. He slashed at me and an energy sword blocked the attack. I sent the energy sword through his body. His eyes widened and he coughed up blood.

"Fujo needs help! Shadow Beings, strike down Shiryo!" Blight bellowed.

The Shadow Beings stopped fighting my allies and rushed straight to me. I stopped walking and the Shadow Beings piled up on top of me. A light shined and a massive burst of light energy exploded around the area. The Shadow Beings screeched as they were disintegrating. A blade of light stabbed Blight and he looked surprised.

Mika looked surprised as her End Crest shattered. "Master!"

Blight fell to his knees and the blade of light burned his insides, causing him to die. A void opened under him and the void sucked him inside, trapping him in my domain.

"No...No!" Erin screamed and ran off.

Shira flew after Erin and bellowed. She stabbed Erin and Erin screamed then Erin's body began shining and she turned into dust as I smited her body.

"Do you still believe...you have a chance? Do you still believe I underestimated you?" I asked and looked at Fujo.

Fujo dropped his sword and the look of defeat showed up on his face. He chuckled softly and looked at the sky. "Heh...to be defeated by a Ragnarok.."

"I am no longer a Ragnarok. I am a Serene! Son of Reina Serene! And there was no way you were beating me." I said then stabbed Fujo through his chest with my sword and noticed my sword only phased through his body. I looked surprised and noticed his sadistic smirk.

"Oh yeah...I forgot I had this..." Fujo said then looked at me.

"No way...The Crest...of Replication..?" Gideon asked.

"What..?" I asked and jumped backwards.

"The Crest of Replication..! That Crest replicates any and every power Fujo witnesses! He damn there witnessed all of your powers from each of your Crests! He nearly has every one of your powers now!" Elysia warned.

Fujo laughed and warped reality bringing us back to the White Frontier. "Oh..? You though you had to worry about Icas? No...the Sacred Guardians have him handled."

"What's the drawbacks?" I asked.

"Drawbacks? Well the only drawback he has is he has to see the power. He can copy as many powers as he wants..!" Elysia said.

Fujo looked at me and laughed. "Because you gave me Transcendence as well, I can copy EVERY POWER WITHOUT EVEN HAVING TO SEE THEM!" Fujo laughed.

"We're so fucked..." Freya said.

Icas looked at Rosenea and the others then smirked. "This was a good battle, but in the end...You were just too we-"

Kieran stabbed Icas from behind, trapping him in shadows. Lucius descended from the skies and blasted Icas with a pillar of divine light. Kradia zipped past Icas and a blast of lightning struck his body. Icas fell to the ground and dispersed into magic particles.

"Kieran! Lucius! Kradia!" Rosenea said happily.

"This is it. The Final Bout. The Six Guardians are here just as Legend foretold." Colt said.

"We shall head to Gesia. That is where Alastor lies." Lucius said and looked at everyone.

"But what about Shiryo and his crew?" Ignatius asked.

"We can't worry about them right now. As long as Alastor is still alive...he will keep tormenting us. We need to act now!" Lucius said.

"He's right, besides they have Shiryo." Cordelia nodded. She warped her Medallion to me.

Kradia did the same with her medallion. "They were headed to my location, but as soon as I sensed your power from my Continent, I had to come here and help!"

"We have everyone we need. Let us go now." Lucius said.

Fujo laughed and looked at me. "BROTHER! It's time for your showdown! Don't back out of it now!"

I summoned the Medallions and made them fly over to Mom and the others. "Phoenix, you know how to get the last Medallion! Do it now!"

"Okay!" Phoenix nodded and took the Medallions.

I summoned a barrier around Phoenix and the others then grunted as Fujo punched my face, sending me rolling backwards. He laughed and appeared above me, sending light spikes down at me. I dodged them and vanished and appeared behind Fujo then slashed at him, but an energy sword blocked my attack.

"Equalize the power between the Light and Dark Medallions!" Phoenix said and tried to equalize the powers.

Freya supported Phoenix by using her magic to try and help. The sun began to set and neared the horizon.

"Come on! Come on!" Phoenix yelled.

I kneed Fujo's stomach and he groaned then I used my Motion Paradox to strike him 500 times before knocking him to the ground at full force. He groaned and coughed as he hit the ground. I teleported above him and palmed his stomach and formed a massive crater in the ground.

The sun was below the horizon and the moon rose above the horizon.

"PLEASE!" Phoenix yelled. "If we don't get this...WE CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD!"

The sun and the moon stopped. The sky shined gold and purple clouds began to form in the sky. All sense of time stopped and the entire world entered the Twilight Realm.

Fujo looked around and summoned a clock. "What did you all do?!" He bellowed as time was frozen.

Two women appeared in front of us. One woman was a person with long gold hair, orange eyes, and perfect skin. She wore an orange dress and had tiny orbs of light floating around her head like a crown. The other woman had long wavy black hair and golden eyes with perfect skin. She wore a wavy white dress and had a crescent moon halo behind her halo.

"Dawn and Dusk..." I said.

Everyone looked at them with surprised looks and they looked at us. I looked at them and walked to them. They looked at me and I held my hand out.

Fujo looked at me and shot a beam at me and I looked back then deflected it. "You aren't getting that Twili Medallion...you will die by my hands, Shiryo. No matter what, I'll strike you down!"

"Someone claim the Medallion then afterwards retreat to Gesia!" I commanded then warped reality, causing me and Fujo to disappear from the area.

Mom watched and noticed her hands trembling. "Shiryo..."

Dawn and Dusk looked at Shira as she walked forward. The two fused together and created one being who looked like a mix of the two having black and orange hair, light yellow eyes, and wearing a wavy light orange dress.

"I am Twyla. Guardian of the Twilight Realm and the hidden Sacred Guardian. I will bestow you with my Medallion for a trade." Twyla said.

"What is the trade?" Shira asked.

"I give you the Medallion...and you set me free from the Twilight Realm by destroying the Medallion." Twyla said.

Everyone looked surprised and looked at each other. Destroying the Medallion would be detrimental for the balance of the Earth, but it would also mean the Banished can't be unsealed, thirdly it would mean weakening Twyla greatly.

Fujo and I appeared in the Battlefield of Light that was at the Holy Peak. I looked at the Divine Katana then warped the Katana to Shira.

"You copied my moves and all powers, but it ends here! With my power...With my strongest, I'll destroy you!" I bellowed and transformed into my True Form.

"Let us begin, Brother. Let us begin...our Final Bout." Fujo smirked and chuckled.