106.) Young STRIFE on the Move!

Morpheus and Kenny struggle against a Mind Controlled Demetri. They couldn't manage to get beyond his control of the space they were within and the flames that could burn them. Demetri played around with them as he held a tremendous upperhand in their fight. Forcing Morpheus and Kenny to switch their tactics up. Morpheus takes the lead within his Wolf state while Kenny plays back-up this time. One could only hope this swap works for the both of them in the end.

Morpheus: "Now, this is the time where things get interesting!"

Kenny: "They had better be bruh." *FWISH*

Morhpeus: "Trust the process brotha." *PEW*

Kenny & Demetri: (Woah)

Demetri could barely react to the new speeds of Morpheus. He saw claws I'm his face and instinctively ducked, then he expended a field of harsh space to force Morpheus back. Morpheus and Kenny forced open a hole with a pair of Scissors made from Mana and Mayhem. Zenchi being wrapped around them made it possible to cut space itself. Demetri fired a Phoenix at Morpheus just as he entered his bubble. Morpheus coated his claws in Physical Zenchi and Mayhem to counter. But the Phoenix split itself and wrapped around Morpheus. Demetri closed his hand into a fist as if to detonate the Phoenix. Which is exactly what the Phoenix did.

Morpheus: "SHIT-"

*KaBLOOOOOM*

Demetri: "Hmph, what a lovely display. *Glare* Now let's see if it worked or not."

Kenny: *Phew* "Got to 'em just in time."

Morpheus: "That was close!"

An iron maiden was formed around Morpheus as a way to protect him from the blast. Demetri takes wind of this and fires off a few more rounds of Phoenix bombs. Kenny slipped a card into the maiden which Morpheus grabbed onto. It had the "Teleport" insignia on it, a matching mark to the one thrown behind Demetri.

"This should roast the brat real nice." Demetri said to himself as he continued to fire shots. Not realizing the set up that had already been set into motion. And with the snap of Kenny's fingers, a big turn around finally occurred. *SWIP*

Demetri: "Hm? (His energy just disappeared… wait!) *TURN* Damn!"

Morpheus: "Finally… we got your ass!" *SMASH*

A devastating uppercut to the gut forces Demetri to fold like an omelet at a local 5-star breakfast eatery. He attempted to cast out another spatial shield which failed due to another blow to his jaw. It was riddled with Zenchi while his barrier of Space was not. He was sent flying into the air only to be blitzed from the rear by Morpheus yet again. He saw through it and surrounded himself with Zenchi infused Phoenix Fire. The Fire clashed with Morpheus' claw and caused a quick explosion that sent both flying back.

Morpheus: *HEAD SHAKE* "Damn! He really is tough, I can barely land any chain attacks, man!"

Kenny: "Calm down bruh, we'll have many chances if those measly little strategies from earlier worked. Trust me."

Morpheus: "Alright-"

Demetri: "Trust what? You're still within my space you little gnats! *Fwish* *SWIP* Spatial Palm!"

Kenny: "Oh…"

Morpheus: "SHIT!"

*WHAM* *POW*

Both were hit on their sides by a huge force of pressure. Making them clash into one another, ultimately disrupting their rhythm and flow. Seeing them off balance made for the best time to follow up with a huge blitz of attacks. To match such a strategy, Demetri opened up multiple spatial holes around himself. Then he wrapped Physical Zenchi and Phoenix Fire around his fists. He stuck them through each hole in rapid succession. The boys? Well they were completely helpless before this onslaught.

*Pow* *Pow* *POW**POW* *POW**POW*

Every fist and strike was heavier than the last. They could barely keep up with what was happening let alone defend themselves from it. Their clothes were being tattered and their essence shields fell apart like glass. The assault continued for more than a minute before Demetri backed off.

Demetri: *FWIP* *Swish* "That oughta do it."

Morpheus: "S-Stop… underestimating us."

Kenny: "I-It's… getting real annoying… B-Bruh."

Demetri: "You Two can barely stand, yet you want more?"

Morpheus: "You're the f-fool… who needs to look b-beyond… the scope. This isn't even real." *Smirk*

Kenny: "Hehe… g-got his ass." *Fwish*

Demetri: "What!?"

The realm around them dissolved and they were back at the point of time before Spatial Palm was used. Demetri was dumbfounded and distraught, "How did they do it!?" He wondered as he stared with the face of a discombobulated man.

Morpheus: "If you're wondering how we did it, it's simple."

Kenny: "It was when we set up the switch, it was all in accordance to a future Morpheus saw. Seven seconds seen and a choice was made. Once he confirmed it through his Zenchi, we simply created a false image using his Mayhem and my Magician like illusions."

Demetri: "But that was far longer than seven seconds!"

Kenny: "Yeah, we noticed you hadn't caught on. So we let it play out until you believed you had the upper hand in our illusion. And copied the happenings into a burst of Presence Zenchi and Conflict. And if you wonder how we copied it, we used my Magic Mirror and Morpheus' use of Life through his Strife element."

Morpheus: "Once we saw you had the upper hand, we dissolved it all and turned what we created into Zenchi powered essence. Then coated it all over your "Space"."

Kenny: "Now for the great part…" *Swish*

Morpheus: *WOOSH*

Both: "Magician's Mayhem!: Reflection of Conflict!"

Demetri: "Those techniques that occurred in tandem… they're coming right back at me FORREAL this time!?"

The events formed a small orb around Demetri and came to life as a reflection. He was forced to take the position of a fused Kenny and Morpheus. Their silhouettes combined and possessed him completely. The other silhouettes took shape as a living, three dimensional shadow. Copying Demetri's technique and using it on him as he himself could not defend against it. But just as before… it was only a matter of time before he'd explode. This was something the boys were expecting as this was a battle that would not be easily won.

Morpheus: "I give the orb maybe ten more seconds if even that."

Kenny: "Yeah, but we'll be ready for when he comes. To believe you can use life to bring your creatures from Mayhem. Though it's a complex process, it's still possible."

Morpheus: "Yeah… the life essence I can use is like a conduit for them, but it's weak. So only a silhouette version can come to this side."

Kenny: "Mhm… still nice though. *crack* Hm?" *Glare*

Morpheus: *shatter* "Mhrm!" *Glare*

Demetri: "Damn… D-Damn you… DAMN YOU BRAAAATS!!!" *PHEWW* … *POW*

The orb broke to pieces, and out came a scratched up and bruised Demetri. He had veins bulging from his head and a Glare that had nothing but Killing intent within it. He was infuriated not only by the trick, but the fact that his own technique was part of the assault. His pride was struck and not even the mind control could stop him from coming to the surface.

Kenny: "Sheeeeesh, he's pissed bruh!"

Morpheus: "No kizzy fam, think we struck a nerve."

Kenny: "Ion give a fuck bruh."

Morpheus: "Me neither."

Demetri: "Man, you two lit bitches sire do pack a punch."

Kenny: "That pattern of speech…"

Morpheus: "That slang…"

Demetri: "Yeah… you guys pissed me off enough for my heat and inner flame to get to a point that it could melt the concept of mind control. Freeing me in the process, but…"

Morpheus & Kenny: "But?"

Demetri: "My battle lust and fighting spirit are still running rampant. Mind helping me calm it lil muthafuckas?"

Morpheus: "Shieeet, I'm down."

Kenny: "You know Gahwardians are always ready for a fight!" *SMACK*

Demetri: "Good, let's get to it!" *Clench*... *FUERR*

*fwip**Fwip**FWIP*... *kaBLOOM*

The three of them went at each other once more. Relying more on their hand-to-hand than their powers as they once did before. Demetri without being controlled was far more adept at fighting with his body than what they once faced. He even had good mastery over karate and Wing Chun. It was in the style of Shiishii and Kishin, showing that he too was a student of the twins.

*WHAM* *BAM*

"GAH!!!" , yelled the boys as they were throttled back from the force of his fists. He smiled as he saw nothing, nothing but a huge challenge before him. On the other side of things, Fong and Ju'Mosi were at a standstill with the cloaked Stranger they faced. The opponent they were fighting used orbs as their main weapon. Another familiar ability once seen before quite a few times.

Fong: "I'm quite impressed by their control of the orbs."

Ju'Mosi: "Yeah brah, but they're super annoying honestly."

Fong: "I won't deny that at all. We've gotta find a way around it."

Ju' Mori: "Since you're more battle prone with your Birthright and Element, I'll take the lead using my own. They are both based around force so allow me to bombard him with attacks while you go at his throat. Deal?"

Fong: "Hm… you really are a good strategist aren't you? Lovely!" *Prch* *FUEERRR*

Ju'Mosi: "Good, let's do it brah."

Stranger 2: "You Two won't be able to get past my orbs of power. Now then my three orbs Multiply times five, then… Laser Grid Dilemna."

The three orbs became fifteen and lasers shot from them. They each connected to one another in random fashion and order. Shooting at Fong and Ju'Mosi in great speeds of travel. Fong changed form and became Fire to better avoid the rush. Ju'Mosi attempts to slow them down with the use of Inertia at very potent levels. And for a quick second, they completely halted their assault before being jolted with two times the Speed. That moment was all Fong needed to slip past the formation they were stuck in.

"Come on big fella, let's see how good those fists of yours are!" Fong yelled while approaching the Stranger at full speed. She swung with a flying overhead right. The Stranger attempts to avoid the confrontation by using an orb as a shield. Ju'Mosi catches wind of this and brings down a stream of Gravity. It was more than one-thousand times greater than what humans experience on the many versions of Earth around the Colossaverse. He left a hole in the stream where Fong was to give her room to land the strike without being hit.

*SMASH*

Stranger 2: "Tch! (Guess I have no choice!)" *FWISH*

The Stranger withstood the blow and tried for his own counter afterwards. A swift high kick grazes Fong's forehead as she leans back. Fong cuffs her left hand and goes for his throat as he resets himself. The Stranger surprised her with a karate stance and shot another kick out without any projection whatsoever. She ended up cuffing his leg as a result, they both pull back with great speed as they fire their counters in succession.

*Thwack* *Swmpt* *PRRF*

"You're pretty good for a child!" The Stranger says as he blocks four rapid jabs from Fong. She utters "Likewise, geezer!" , while blocking a near instant head kick. She goes for an eye gouge that's dodged at the last second. The Stranger performs a full three-hundred sixty degree spin as he rises. Firing an uppercut once he reaches eye level with Fong who hadn't reset just yet.

Fong: (MOSI!)

Ju'Mosi: "On it! (Put Physical Zenchi on your forehead and trust me!)"

Fong: (R-Right!)

Ju'Mosi: "Force: Pinpoint Electromagnetism!"

He fires it off and splits the blast. They part ways as they travel forward and make contact with both Fong's, and the Stranger's foreheads. The two attract and forces Fong's head in, dodging the strike and headbutting the Stranger all at once.

Ju'Mosi: "Now jump back!"

Fong: "Mhm! *WOOSH* (That's a whole lot of essence he built up within that-) *fwiTING* What the- how the hell!? (That's Demetri's essence I feel!)" *Glare*

Ju'Mosi: "Grand Strong Nuclear FORCES!!!"

Stranger: "Damn that stung. *Rub* Now where the hell did she go- Oh… oh wow. *SMASH* GRUAAGH!!!"

Ju'Mosi: "Got 'em!"

Fong: "Mhmph! *Turn* (Woah! He actually got him!?)" *FWIP*

The blast of Force hit the Stranger head on and sent him flying into the floor. Ju'Mosi split a few of the atoms that could be found within the nuclear force. That caused a chain of explosions to occur, that of which held so much behind it that it casted off into space. A splur of dust kicked up into the wind and masked the vision of Fong and Ju'Mosi. Fong casts out her wings and flaps them to get rid of the clouds of dust. The clouds cleared and they could see that a giant orb was formed around him. Protecting him from that surprise assault they had launched.

Fong: "So that attack did nothing?"

Ju'Mosi: "Naw, it worked. The back of the cloak is in tatters and his body had wobbled as he got up."

Fong: "Good eye."

Ju'Mosi: "Even better battle instincts on ya."

Fong: "Hmph! Let's keep it going then."

Stranger 2: "There will be no more of that. *vwimp* *Vwimp* *VWIMP* Ah…"

Fong: "The orbs became… portals?"

Ju'Mosi: "I just saw what's coming with my Mental Zenchi. Prepare your evasive AND defensive strategies. Forecast calls for…"

Fong: "Hm? *Turn* GUH!?"

Stranger 2: "Meteor Shower!"

A storm of meteors began pouring through the portals at high rates. Shifting more than 5 through each of the six holes every two seconds. An attack that scattered across both their battlefield and where the Nymphians fought the rest of YS II.

Zelibus: "Take COVER!!!"

Silvio: "Huh!?" *Prch*

Malikai: "Woah!"

Amera: *step* *STEP* "Malikai! Use your black hole with mine!"

Malikai: "Wait what- oh! R-Right, I got you!" *FLISH*

Both: "Dual Black Hole CRISIS!!!"

A black hole of mass proportion shot out from Amera's hands and Malikai's Black Hole within his forehead. The Black hole began to swallow up the meteors that Malikai gazed at. Saving the crew from certain injury and/or death from the potent meteors. Zelibus took heed of their advantage and turned his fists into that of his dragon state. Using his scales, he quickly broke the other stray meteors in a blitzing flurry of superman punches. The rest of YS took on the remaining Nymphians while the three were occupied.

Scrâg: "I say it's about time we turn this into a tactical confrontation! Everyone JUMP!"

Young Strife: "RIGHT!"

Scrâg: "Planetary Forest CREATION!!!" *Cr-Crack* … *BOOM*

A gigantic forest of great proportions rose from the floor. They contorted and shifted as the branches and roots grew. They wrapped around a good number of rocks and Boulder formations before fully digging into the floor. It settled into the gravel and took shape as a gigantic center tree. Then a jumble of forest trees and smaller shrubbery formed around it and the Nymphian army.Young Strife landed in the branches and perched as they looked on at the Nymphians.

Unexpectedly, the Stranger, Fong and Ju'Mosi were caught in the crossfire. Allowing them to avoid the emanating peril that would occur from the countless meteors. The trees did a great job of grasping and stopping the remaining ones. The Stranger ceases his firing while still keeping the portals open. He looks onward as he watches the Nymphians get mowed down as if they were nothing more than canon fodder.

Stranger 2: "This won't do, seems I'll have to take you all on."

Fong: "You can barely push us back yet you think you can handle the others who just wiped the floor with that pathetic army!? Cocky much?"

Ju'Mosi: "Guy's full of himself brah."

Stranger 2: "Not even in the slightest. It's actually just me knowing what I can do when I increase the pressure. Observe, for this be a taste of my true capabilities… Orbic Copy!"

Fong: "Orbic what?"

Ju'Mosi: "I think I know what he's doing, and I don't like it brah!"

Stranger 2: "Hmph!"

A single orb flew to each member of Young Strife besides Fong, Ju'Mosi and the two fighting Demetri. This was to cover his own skin now that the Nymphians had been taken out almost entirely. The orbs began to morph, grow and take shape into humanoid beings. The Orbs came out as clones of the wielder themselves. All boasting cloaks of their own with different essence signatures for each one. Showing that they weren't just mere copies of the Stranger.

Stranger 2: "Ha, you could almost say it's like my personal Cell Games and these are my Cell Jr's. Fair warning too, don't expose too many of your skills before ending it. It'll backfire on ya for sure. Now then, let's continue." *VWIMP*

Fong: "Damn!"

Ju'Mosi: "Shit bruh, seems like he's not kidding around here."

Zelibus: "No matter who comes, stand your ground! Use the terrains as an advantage and strike these copies down without mercy!"

Young Strife: "RIGHT!"

Zelibus' small speech reassured Young Strife of themselves and their capabilities. They all prepare for battle as the clones rush in head first to take them all down. Zelibus being the first to make contact, makes certain to pull out his draconic limbs for the extra boost of damage. Repeatedly clashing fists with the clone as they tear down parts of the forest. Clarence and Amera follow suit and take the initiative on their clones before they could strike. Throwing bombardments of elemental shots in an attempt to stop any momentum from being gained. Silvio dashes past them with his clone hot on his trail. They chase each other through the skies, Silvio using his wings as a speed boost to flank the clone. Malikai uses the trees as cover to annoy his opponent while Scrâg puts his new abilities into play. He simply became the forest in order to throw his clone off, AND so he could play support for the rest.

Fong: "Good, they got this, we'll make sure to ease their load by defeating this bastard here!"

Ju'Mosi: "Damn right brah! Divine Force!!"

Stranger 2: "Orbs!: Divine Cancel!!!"

Ju'Mosi's attack was completely canceled out by the Stranger's attack. Fong attempts to follow up with a flurry of kicks that's blocked by a flurry of jabs. She doesn't let up with her assault and lets out a flock of fire birds. The Stranger forms a net with his orbs and catches each bird with ease. Transferring his essence into them to conquer them and make them his own. Their fire goes from red to turquoise and they go flying towards Fong as a result. A wave of force hits them and knocks them into the floor, allowing Fong to blitz the Stranger once more. She forms a fist of fire and lunges at the Stranger. He then uses an orb to stream water and forms a fist with it.

Fong: "BLAZING PALM!!!"

Stranger 2: "TSUNAMI PALM!!!"

The attacks clashed and a burst of steam came from it. Covering more than half the forest with a thick mist. Ju'Mosi looks onward as he could barely see through it all. Trying his best to catch wind of where Fong might've gone. He began to hear the sounds of strikes making contact and small grunts. Two loud crashes occurred and one could hear several trees falling to the floor as the sound of striking increases in decibels. Ju'Mosi squinted his eyes at enlarging silhouettes that burst from the mist in a frenzy.

"Oh shit!" He yelled as he leapt out the way. Just then he could see a frustrated Fong who was tattered and covered in scratches. While the Stranger barely had a few scrapes and tears on his cloak. Fong attempted to land three swift jabs, but each was dodged in the process. Leaving room for the Stranger to counter with a harsh left hook to her jaw. She flinched from the force behind it, leaving room for further punishment. A quick overhead right knocks her head and body down, while a heavy left uppercut folds her body. A final right haymaker makes its way around only to be stopped by Ju'Mosi.

Ju'Mosi: "Gotcha!"

Stranger 2: "Why you little-" *SWISH*

Ju'Mosi: "Now you're ours!"

Fong rushes in without any hesitation whatsoever. She quickly strikes the Stranger more than ten times on his torso region and face. He quickly makes haste for a counter and kicks her away with a right footed punt kick. He then flips himself, and Ju'Mosi forward to free his grip. Once it loosens, it flies forward a bit to gain some space then back kicks Ju'Mosi's stomach before dashing forward. There he met a speeding flame with a humanoid shape. It was Fong flying with her flames wrapped around her. They ram into each other with only his sleeves being burned off. Fong on the other hand had her flames extinguished by a mere charge forward from the Stranger.

Fong: "Damn! What was that?"

Stranger 2: "Hmph!" *Grin* *Swish*

The Stranger swings with his right leg, attempting a round-house kick with the power to behead a person.. Ju'Mosi leaps in with a ball of force in his hand. He clashes it with the Stranger's kick and repels it. Fong leaps over Ju'Mosi and lands a flaming kick of her own right atop the Stranger's dome. But he withstands the blow and charges forward, pushing Ju'Mosi back just before blocking three kicks from Fong. He kicks her away as if she were a gnat, she successfully blocks, but still goes flying anyway. Ju'Mosi attempts to land an elbow, but finds himself clashing with the Stranger's elbow just before they repel the other.

( Not yet.) , the Stranger thinks to himself as he pivots and spins om his back foot. Rotating and coming back around for a follow up strike. He snaps his body for an instant high kick to the head. Ju'Mosi manages to dodge thanks to his Mental Zenchi and latches onto the leg before the Stranger could set it. Fong comes in with a nasty head strike from his six. He flinches finally and leaves room for more. Ju'Mosi follows up with an uppercut that sends his head snapping and his body floating upwards. Fong floats up above him and puts her fists together for a heavy hammer fist. The Stranger was sent flying into the ground. *CRASH*

Fong: "Holy shit Ju, his strikes are heavy man."

Ju'Mosi: "No kidding girly, this guy ain't playing around anymore brah. It's a totally different match from earlier."

*SWISH* *SWISH*

Both: "HUH!?"

*SM-SMASH*

Two orbs smash into their chins and send them up, ascending further into the air. The Stranger shoots out from the ground and wraps his fists within the orbs themselves. Staring down at Fong who seemed to be his primary target.

Stranger 2: "You insects are done for now! *SWISH* GRAAAUHH!!!"

Silvio: "No you dont!" *WOOSH*

Stranger 2: "What the!?" *CRASH*

Am orb copy smashes into pieces as it crashes into the Stranger. He loses his balance and goes falling back into the ground. His orbs follow him down as to make sure to recover him. Silvio grabs both Fong and Ju'Mosi, then flies over to a nearby ledge on the corner of a mountain.

Silvio: "You guys alright!?"

Fong: "Y-Yeah, Thanks Silvio. Huh? I-Is that your current dragon state?"

Silvio: "Indeed it is."

Ju'Mosi: "Glad to see you moving and able. That form of yours looks nice Sil my man, thanks for the assist brah. *Fist bump* Righteousness lil brah."

Silvio: "R-Right… br-brah."

Ju'Mosi: "Shaw dude."

Fong: "Mrhm… I expect him to be on his merry way back any second now."

Amera: "Then we'll gang up on the bastard. *THUD* *paTuEW* Though he's definitely holding back if his clones did this much to us."

Zelibus: "Seems like it!" *Step* *step*

Malikai: "This'll be the first time the crew takes down a big wall together."

Clarence: "For the sake of Zoshen and our mission to save him, downing this wall is far too Important!"

Fong: "Guess it's settled then, it's Young Strife VS The Stranger!"

Scrâg: "Uh guys… it's cool we got that settled and all. But I can't actually hold this guy down any longer nor hold this form."

Silvio: "You heard the man, let's go!!!"

*CRASH*

Stanger 2: "You gnats are persistent."

The Stranger rises from the ground while Scrâg is forcibly removed from the environment. The rest of Young Strife readies themselves, watching as the Stranger summoned all his Orbs back his way. From there, he combined three of then and created a gigantic sword. He perched it on his back and with the wave of his left hand, an orb vanished into the air. Following his hand, the entirety of the forest was erased from existence alongside a good chunk of the natural landscape found on Gaia's planet. The kids knew this would be life or death and steeled themselves. The two sides were going to war!

The battle between Fong, Ju'Mosi and the second Stranger changes tides. The rest of Young Strife II join their two partners to take down the wall that is the orb using Stranger. A battle of scales at which they have never faced was about to unfold. Young Strife gives it their all as the war rages on!!!

???: "So, Demetri and your brother are missing are they?"

??? 2: "It would seem so, Sonya. But I feel as though i know exactly where they could be.

Sonya: "Oh yeah? Where?"

???: "With the same slimeballs that took us the first time!" *step* *Step*

Sonya: "Brother?"

Joe: "They've been taken by Haydes once more. Meaning… they're currently at the battle."

Sonya: "Wh-What!?"

???: "Mhrm, then I guess we'll be going there."

Joe: "You're damn right we will be."

Sonya: (I've got a bad feeling about this…)

Next Chapter: Daphne & Meiza.