107.) Daphne and Meiza.

Young Strife II pressed against the forces of Haydes' army with full velocity. Trying their best to keep the tides of battle on their side. But this faired to be difficult due to the two Cloaked Strangers that had made their way down to their location. Using their superior battle experience and prowess to gnaw at Young Strife. One Stranger was unveiled as Demetri, the younger brother to Amiyama and the prince of the Phoenix Empire. He took on Morpheus and Kenny despite breaking the mind control of Haydes. The other Stranger was of a completely different scale though. It seemed he lacked the physical stature and martial prowess of Demetri, but completely broke the scales with his use of abilities and powers. He stood alone and took on the entirety of Young Strife minus Kenny and Morpheus.

Fong: "This'll be the deciding factor. It's no holding back moving forward! Clan forms at the ready, Phoenix Fiend War God!"

Ju'Mosi: "Indeed, Embodiment of FORCE!"

Amera: "Embodiment of Black GRAVITY!"

Scrâg: "Life around me, Synthesize!"

Malikai: "Abyssal Dragon, Devour!"

Zelibus: "Emerald Dragon, Harden!"

Clarence: "Elemental Dragon, Mix!"

Silvio: "Cancerous Dragon, Infect!"

Every member heeded Fong's call and ignited their clan forms. Changing chaos into the complete embodiment of the concept their clan(s) host. Each also had a huge helping of killing intent to go with their forms. They were prepared for ANY outcome at this point. Such is the lesson they were drilled with the most throughout their lives. It's an eat or be eaten type of existence within the Omniverse. The Stranger cracks a smile and waves his sword to his forefront. Pointing it at Fong and Ju'Mosi just before he speaks.

Stranger 2: "You two are the main event, so don't go getting in my way when I defeat the others. *Glare* Grand Lightning!"

Clarence: "Baal's Storm!"

Two attacks based around lightning dance and clash across the skies and ground. Setting fire to the forest and its plant life as well as tearing up chunks from the ground. Young Strife springs into action while Clarence holds off the blast. Zelibus was the first to approach the stranger head on with a brazen Emerald Punch. The Stranger uses his sword as a shield and blocks the strike with the face of the blade. Zelibus attempts to break through with brute strength but is pushed off with little effort. The sword is swung near his neck and it causes Zelibus to back off.

"Watch your six, Zelibus!" Scrâg yelled as a jumble of thick branches with flames at their tips came crashing towards the Stranger. Zelibus leaps over the attack with a swift backflip, leaving the Stranger with quite the welcoming party. Just as he prepared to slash the attack, Silvio flanks his six this time and readies a blast of Destruction. The Stranger doesn't even budge, he instead sends an orb smashing into Silvio's head to throw him off. He dodges, but leaves room for the Stranger to strike down the branches. *FWISH* *CRACK**SNAP*

The branches vanish with a blur, and the Stranger uses that momentum from his swing to follow through with the slash. Bringing the sword up to Silvio's neck to finish him before he could start. A sudden trident came down from above and stopped the attack. The Stranger was actually taken aback and looked up only to see Fong in kicking motion. A foot full of flames was coming for his head, luckily he could manage a block with his left arm. He releases the sword as he does and grabs her leg, swinging her down into the sword's handle. It swings up and surprises Silvio as it slashes his chest open.

Silvio: "GAH!"

Fong: "SILVIO!"

Stranger 2: "Damn brats." *SWISH*

The Stranger ducks to dodge the swing of the blade, grabbing the handle all the while. He spins the sword above his head and brings the blade up to a high point. A stunned Fong watches as she is helpless to guard against it. He brings it down with a heavy swing, with the intent to finish Fong who brazenly jumped in his way. It was then that he met with a wall of Force far greater than the ones he had crushed with his bare hands before. He bounces off the wall hard and is thrown off balance. Malikai flanks his right side just as it happens.

Malikai: "Silvio let's go!" *FWIP*

Silvio: "Nrgh! Right!" *FWIP*

Both: "Divine Union: Destructive Void SLASH!!!"

They meet head on with the Stranger in the middle, clashing their claws together. Silvio's was coated in Destruction while Malikai's were coated in the streams of his Black Hole. The attack was being used to cause a rift with a singular point of focus at the center. A center with a gravity singularity and destructive pulse. The victim is to be pulled into that singular point which is usually the victim themselves. Constantly being destroyed as they shifted through a forced loop in the time-space continuity. But against all odds, The Stranger always has an Orb ready, a shield is placed around himself to prevent the likes from happening. It was then that they felt two heavy kicks on their backs. Before they knew it, they were sent crashing into the floor.

Stranger 2: "You bunch definitely have me on my toes now that you've powered up. But my abilities are suited for a One VS Many situation. So… let's see how well you all do." *SHINGGG*

Ju'Mosi: "Prepare for another bombardment!"

Meanwhile, Demetri was still busy fighting the likes of Kenny and Morpheus. Morhpeus had caught wind of his fighting style and started to counter as they advanced. Demetri however, still held a higher amount of skill and experience. Morpheus could only manage to hold him at bay at this point. And with his flames being far more potent than before, Kenny's attacks were being burned as he cast them. Demetri was much more of a wall than he once was before, formidable in every meaning of the word.

On the other hand, Daphne was hot on Kishin's trail as he blasted near top speed. Circling around the super planet more than thirty times within a second. Note that Gaia's planet is big enough to fit one-hundred Jupiter sized planets within it. So one could say they were flying quite fast already. Daphne notices she couldn't close the distance, not only that, but Kishin was also gaining a bit of distance as they traveled. Wishing not to show her true speed as of yet, she uses the essence around them to build up fuel for a technique. This process would save her own essence reserves while still utilizing a "super" attack of sorts.

(Time for a boost.) Daphne thinks to herself as she converts the essence into Chi. It was a type of Chi that focused on friction and the concept of velocity and force. Three rings were formed more than 50 miles apart. They each build up a ton of Chi within themselves and make platforms as she passes through. These platforms traced Chi onto the soles of her greaves and pushed with an extensive force. Each one adds more Chi to her soles as she passes through them, and after the third… She was well beyond Kishin's speed. Plus she had a temporary booster to hold that speed at bay for a while longer than a five sec burst. A stream formed behind her then… *WHAM*

Kishin: "GAAAAH!!!"

She rams Kishin head on and sends him hurtling into the atmosphere of Gaia's planet. She creates one more ring to make for easy direction change. She dashes into it and the platform shifts in shape to form a cup. That cup spun her about until she was facing Kishin, then it launched just as the others did. Re-igniting her booster and adding to the Speed levels she had already reached, surpassing them when pulled in by the Planet's gravity. Kishin takes heed of this and grips the literal space below him with his tail. Turning it into a super spring to launch him at Daphne. *BOING* His tail went as he was launched back into the upper atmosphere. It was there that they met with right fists full of Physical and Presence Zenchi. *BOOOM* A large light took over the sky as they were both throttled back a few thousand meters.

Kishin: "Pretty impressive Lady Daphne! But you ain't getting nowhere if that's the best you've got!"

Daphne: "I like you, but… don't go getting the impression that you can insult me. Let me show you what else my Booster Ringz can do." *VW-VW-VWIMP*

Kishin: "Hm!? (Three more, but why so close together?)"

Daphne: "Pinpoint Presence Zenchi!" *POOOW*

The ray of Zenchi went flying through the Ringz, where it was stopped and slowly pulsed through the triple layered lense. The potency grew immensely and just as a gigantic bubble formed from its swelling. The lense extended themselves wide open and let it all burst through In a huge wave of pressure. It engulfed Kishin who could barely form his own ray of Presence Zenchi in time to block. A bubble that was fifteen times his size came forth and negated the blast, but he wasn't out of the clear. Even balled up to assist with the focus of Origin Essence, his dome began to solidify and crack.

Kishin: "Damn! What kind of technique has she created!? This is something… e-else. *Crick* *CRACK* (Damn… it won't hold-)" *shatter* *PHEEEEW*

Daphne: "Got 'em."

The blast broke through and put Kishin into a helpless situation. He was stuck in a floating position. His body was motionless as he was temporarily in a paralyzed state of shock. Such are the results of being Conquered by superior Zenchi. And due to her Zenchi/Core Essence being that of a magma-like nature. Kishin was being burned ever so slowly after such a hit. And it didn't end there, he could feel a rising heat charring his back. He could actually muster a head turn already,which shocked Daphne. And what he saw was a gigantic tiger made of Magma rising from. Gaia's planet.

Daphne: "El Tigre de Magma!"

Kishin: "Now… y-you're the one… u-under… e-estimating. ME! Annihilative Plagues of Helheim… *DOOF**SPLASH* WOLF VERSE!!!"

A green and black wolf riddled in purple essence comes spewing from Kishin's back. It clashes head on with the gigantic tiger, holding it at bay with ease! The two ravage each other in the midst of Space. Tearing one another apart until they combined into one and exploded from the combined pressure of the attacks. The burst caused a hole within the upper layers of the Planet's atmosphere. It was then that Kishin broke free of being conquered and decided to stop playing around. He released his full natural speed without the use of his study. Blitzing Daphne with a flying dragon kick to the stomach. She was stunned without question.

Daphne: (D-Damn!)

Kishin: "Hyyy~yAH!" *SMASH*

Kishin followed up with a smashing left haymaker that carried her body with it. Sending her flying into the atmosphere this time. Before she could adapt to his speed, he made sure to land a few more blows to make sure she went crashing into the dirt. He blitzes her once more and hits her stomach twice with two heavy hammer fists. Then Sent her on her way with a leaping round-house. Daphne smashed into the ground and was buried more than one-hundred feet under.

Kishin: "Finally some damn leverage. She's just as bad as Chinlee. Chinlee being stronger just makes me realize how lucky I am she holds back all the time. Damn Chi-Gallans. *Step* *step*

The ground began to rumble a bit, it would seem she was already coming back up. *SMASH* A fist came shooting out the dirt and gripping onto the land. It was then that Daphne pulled herself up and out of the crumbling bedrock. They stood before each other once more, both instinctively building up a huge amount of essence. They both seemingly closed their eyes for just a moment which made it clear what was to come next. A clash we're quite familiar with.

Both: "Presence Zenchi!!!"

*POW* … *pewTEWWWF*

A loud boom was heard and a Whistle followed as trees more than one-hundred miles out in every direction, began to fall and be crushed. It was the pressure of the Presence Zenchi slamming down. It was even worse than normal due to it being a clash from equal warriors. Their potency intensified and the walls of Zenchi began to swell from this. A 'Pop' sound can be heard and a huge gust of wind came flying out. Kishin and Daphne rush forward with their limbs wrapped in Physical Zenchi. A blitz of flying fists occurs from both sides, clashing with more than fifty blows within a millisecond. Almost sounded like a machine-gun with fully automatic bursts.

Kishin: "Mhm… (She really is my equal in speed without the use of my Study.)" *PEW*

Daphne: (He forced me to use my top speed! Well… no matter, my Study is more than enough to surpass him!) *PEW*

They do a barrage of blitzes that cause another storm of clashes to occur. Ascending as their speed picks up and their ferocity intensified. More than seventy-five blows are traded within another millisecond. A storm started to form above them as they backed off for an instant. The both of them blitz each other once more, clashing more than one-hundred times within another millisecond. Kishin's clothes that were threaded with wartanium tore at the sleeves. Daphne's gauntlets were no better as they were chipped and broken in many places. The force created from the three series of clashes tore apart the rest of the forest created by Gaia and the others.

"Truly Impressive, Lord Kishin!" Daphne shouts as she and Kishin float in front of each other. They descend back down to the floor, leaving the storm they caused with their clashing to deal with itself. Upon reaching the floor, Kishin decides to take off his jacket and throws it to the wind. Leaving only his red tank top and the baggy Kung fu pants he prefers. He also proceeded to tie his dreads back before getting set once more. Daphne finally took off her mask and decided to fight in her traditional Chi-Gallan attire. Which was a traditional shaolin robe with her grace beads wrapped around her torso. She had on a sports bra that was threaded with a golden material, this could only be seen on her right side since it was exposed to whomever may be looking. Her hair was also tied back with a bundle of curls hanging and swaying in the wind.

Kishin: "The Golden eyes that see all huh?"

Daphne: "Indeed, I learned from Lady Chinlee and her Mother. Partnered with my Birthright, makes for the perfect counter to speed types like you. But… I can see that your speed progresses further quite quickly so my Study will come in handy as well.

Kishin: "Your Study!? So the games have yet to end then. Let's see what you've got then. Speed Verse: Activate!"

Daphne: "Hmph! Divine Sight: Activate!"

Kishin: (Divine Sight!? Paired with the other two abilities, she's going to be hard to outpace. But luckily… my Study isn't JUST for my speed.) *FLASH*

Daphne: "Woah… (It's only the start and it's THAT MUCH of an increase!?) Optical Zone… Open!"

A bubble that is invisible to the untrained eye forms around her. It represents her literal field of vision which is a perfect three-hundred and sixty degree range. This made it so Kishin couldn't sneak up on her with any little trick he may have schemed. He flanks her six without hesitation and invades the bubble. Her reaction time would naturally be off as he was beyond her speed capabilities. But her Study would make up for that in two ways. The first being that the Study itself has the ability to create a secondary brain for the eyes themselves. Giving them independence from the main brain and adding an extra charge of synapses to help move the body. So long as it's strong enough to handle such spontaneous movement, everything should go well. The other will be gone over in just a second.

Kishin: (I got her now- WHAT!?) *WOOSH* (She's actually reacting to my movements even at this speed!?) *FWISH*

Daphne: "Mrhmph!" *SWISH*

*kaBLOOM*

Her forearm clashes with his fist, bursting the bubble as the force they create shoots out. Kishin follows up with more Speed Verse boosted strikes. Daphne continues using her double synapses to react, and stop each and every strike. Their right legs clash and create another Shockwave that sends the lands shooting up into the sky. Just then, Kishin retreated to circle around her, but she made use of her second way to avoid his speed advantage. Mind you this all happened within a single second, also note that this is just the start of what they can do when using their Studies.

"Where do you think you're going, Lord Kishin?" Daphne says as she glares at him while he moves at even higher speeds. Two times as fast as before, but there Daphne was right beside him. Her second way of stopping his advantage was another one of the Study's abilities. It allowed the user to travel to a pinpoint location of their choice as long as it was within their field of vision. Her current limit was about eight universes deep. She can travel ANYWHERE within the range of eight universes out from her location. All she needed to do was focus on a specific place, person or thing.

Kishin: "You can WHAT and HOW FAR!?"

Daphne: "Crazy right? Now what's the deal with your Study?"

Kishin: "Hmph! I can speed up or slow down any out of everything I can wrap my essence around. That would include invisible concepts and their process of happenings. I also don't have any limit as to how many things I can speed up and slow down, and there are literal levels to the Speed I can apply. It goes from level one to level twenty and the levels grow with my capabilities for strain of speed. But the best part is… if I master a concept after conquering it with my Origin Essence. I can apply and fuse them to create my own new and improved Speed Verse! Currently… it's called the Infected Speed Verse. Now let's have some fun!" *FLASH*

Daphne: "That's so cool, Kishin. I can't wait to see if I can surpass it or not!" *FLASH*.

They go dancing about within the sky, clashing as Daphne appears everywhere Kishin attempts to travel to. Her level of perception was truly on a whole other level. And just behind them, to the south of where the war started, one could see black essence with a green tinge clashing with that of a white colored essence. The fields were being ripped apart as one could see undead creatures of all kinds going to war with one another. It was the battlefield where Hideaki was busy fighting Meiza. The battle between two Necromancers.

"Necromancy: Dance of the Dead!!!" They both yelled as two small armies of undead creatures that fell to the natural order of things. Each was a resident of Gaia's planet, rising out of the ground with flesh growing back on them in rags and ribbons. Hideaki and Meiza rush at one another beside their battalions of the undead. Hideaki waved his arm and the creatures all began to charge blackened green essence blasts. Meiza followed suit and did the same, pointing her arm forward to command them. The blasts were held until they made contact with one another, releasing them at the last moment to cause the most damage. The ground is carpet bombed by their clashing, and the center could be seen two warriors fighting at great speeds. Throwing every kind of strike possible in order to get the drop on the other.

Hideaki: "Seems our armies have crushed each other for the fifth time since we started fighting." *SWISH* *PSH*

Meiza: "Indeed, but it won't be the same for us. You'll be defeated without fail Hideaki!" *WOOSH* *POW*

Hideaki: "Yeah, we'll see about that Meiza!" *FWISH*

Meiza stomps on the floor and tears the ground apart with a continent leveling earthquake. A mountain shoots Hideaki up from their location while a series of bones rises from the ground. The bones become hands and grab onto Hideaki's ankles while he tries to regain himself. From there Hideaki could sense a field of essence surrounding him and summoned a bubble made of Death essence. A pallet of heat surrounds the bubble and turns it red, which went to show how intense the heat levels were. Both the attack and the bubble were canceled out.

Hideaki: (Her heat was strong enough to burn Death!? Impressive!) *Fwish* *SWISH*

The bones retracted into the floor, releasing him as they went. This left Meiza distraught, how did his essence outdo hers so easily she wondered. But this was not due to being overtaken, it's due to one of them having a connection to the concept of bones while the other doesn't. Hideaki's Birthright gave him a solid advantage over Meiza when it came to Necromancy. The bones came out from below her location, but in the shape of wolves now. They surround her in a pack, dancing and leaping about while awaiting an order from Hideaki. He dashes right above her, waving his hand to match the signal for essence blasting. He too charges one to best create a complete cage around her.

Meiza: "What a clever ploy you got going here. To believe you can control bones as well Hideaki! Hmph, Hurricane: Level Star Destroyer!"

Hideaki: "Damn! Death to Nature!!"

While a grand torrent of wind and water was summoned to stop their approach. Hideaki summoned the arts of Death to combat the pressures of the hurricane. Causing death to a natural weather phenomenon as it occurs. With both their constant output matching the other, they were held to a standstill. Or so Hideaki would have thought, but Meiza is just full of surprises.

Meiza: "Nature Element: Lethal Typhoon!!!"

Hideaki: "You have the elemental version of Nature as well!?"

Meiza: "Yep." *FOOM*

Another gust of wind breaks through and stacks atop her initial technique. It overrides the influence of Death at the level Hideaki used. Knocking Hideaki into the sky while crushing his boned out wolves. She was quick to follow up with another attack before Hideaki could rebound. Summoning a tornado around his person to keep him hoisted up. The tornado was laced with the life sapping effects that necromancers have command of. With Hideaki being its source, the tornado grew in size and intensity.

Meiza: "Finally got his ass!"

Hideaki: "N-Nrgh! Damn… she got me good here. But she forgot one crucial factor, Presence means everything in a battle of concepts. Presence Zenchi!"

Meiza: "What's he doing?"

Hideaki conquers her version of life sapping and cancels it out. Afterwards he calls out a technique known as Death Bomb! It caused literal death to nature at a rate and level that she couldn't override. The tornado was torn asunder and out came Hideaki with a ball of Death and bones within his hand. Descending down upon Meiza with the intent to launch it from point blank range.

"Oh, no you don't!" Meiza yells out as she summons a fist of Earth with greater size and magnitude than that of mount Everest. But Hideaki doesn't even flinch as he plants his foot into the peak and smiles.

Hideaki: "Too bad."

Meiza: "Hm? I-It can't be!"

Hudeaki charges the essence of a Necromancer into the rock and out comes a gigantic serpent skeleton. It allowed Hideaki to hop atop it's head and ride it towards Meiza. She uses a boost of wind to blitz their person,placing her hand on the serpent's head to sap the temporary life it was granted. It fell to the floor, but as she looked up, there was no sign of Hideaki. What lied there instead was his blast that he created. She began to fall back thinking that it would detonate, but she was horribly wrong. From her rear came a heavy kick that sent her smacking into the blast itself, setting it off as she did.

Hideaki: "Now we're even." *FWIP*

Meiza: "Goddamned piece of shit!"

*kaBLOOOOM*

The blast was set off and the area was ripped from the surface of Gaia's planet. Due to how big the planet was, one should take notice that this chunk was bigger than Mars itself. The chunk floated off into space, lighting up with rays of white light. A moment passed as it dimmed down and it bursts at the seams, crumbling to dust as it drifted into space. Meiza shot back down onto the planet and smashed into the floor. Summoning another chunk of earth using the earthquake method for creating new continents. New lands were summoned to replace what was lost, greenery growing as the land protrudes from the ground. Hideaki phased back in as he watched what she was doing.

Hideaki: "What a respectable Goddess she is."

Meiza: "I know right?"

Hideaki: "Ga~AAAHgh. W-Wh-What the hell, how the hell!?"

Meiza: "Heehe! Stop.the overreacting Hideaki sir, I can become nature and so can Rremus over there. I just blended with the wind and spoke to it, which allowed for a perfect and silent cruise over here."

Hideaki: "Pretty impressive!"

Kishin: "Ayo! Lookout!!"

Both: "Huh-" *POW*

Meiza and Hideaki were both smacked by a flying Daphne, who had just been launched by a kick from Kishin. All three were quick to rebound as to regain their composure and level heads. Kishin rushed over as quickly as possible, flashing in on them with his over the top levels of speed. Daphne dusted herself off while pouting.

Kishin: "Awwh, are you mad?"

Daphne: "Don't patronize me, asshole. You're a tricky little prick."

Hideaki: "Sheesh, she's ripping into you, my boy!"

Meiza: "Indeed she is, indeed she is."

Kishin: "Man she just mad, because I can counter her just as many times as she can counter me."

Daphne: "Nuh-uh, it's because you do it in a conniving and sneaky kind of way. Like come on, be a warrior and fight me straight up."

Kishin: "Mhm, fair point. Guess I can oblige by that, you two want to make this a tag team match?"

Meiza: "Hmm… I'm game."

Hideaki: "I as well."

Daphne: "Hmph! Let's kick their butts, Meiza." *reach*

Meiza: "Let's!" *CLAP*

Both: "Divine Sync: Perception of Nature!"

Hideaki: "Oh…"

Kishin: "Shit bruh…"

Daphne: "Nature has got…"

Meiza: "Her sights on you!"

Kishin & Hideaki: "Bring it, for Shiishii will prevail!" *FWIP*

As the kids continue their struggle against the remaining Stranger. Daphne and Meiza show their stuff on the battlefield against the likes of Kishin and Hideaki. Pushing them in every way with finesse added to the mix. Their newly combined might showing worlds of trouble for the both of our Strifers. Nature shakes things up as the war rages on!

In the far regions of Space lies a torn universe, south of where Gaia's universe and planet were located. The universe's spatial hold was torn and the fabric of its existence nearly extinguished. Every form of life was devoured or left as a pile of space dust. Even the very Galaxies themselves looked as though they were cookies with huge bites in them. And at the center of all this mess stood a boy who was staring I'm the direction of where the battle was taking place. He licks his lips just before turning towards the light of the very last star standing. The boy was… Atomen!

Atomen: "I've gained more than enough essence to wage the attack I planned for so long. Rasho, brother… your essence and host will be mine for the taking. For no other Stuliathan shall have you!"

Next Chapter: Shiishii and Haydes!

The Interference of New Arrivals!?