Infernal Intrusion

They divided into two groups after coming up with a plan to divert Niklas' attention away from the city hall by detonating explosives underneath it. Leandre, Nicole, Ralphie, and a group of people ran toward the city hall while Ayuka and Yumiko went in the direction of the hill.

"Ayuka. I should find Kou quickly. Do you think you could tackle Tim and search for him? There are no traces of him being at the top of the hill, hence he shouldn't be there. We can only surmise that he is someplace in Athvan Town."

Ayuka agreed with a nod. "Sure, let's split. I'll scour this area; you find Kou on your own." Yumiko raced to sprint ahead while Ayuka shifted into the left street that led deeper into the city.

Tim and Kira were engaged in an unending battle and neither of them decided to quit. Tim ducked under Kira's spinning punch as she raced forward and he backstepped to create space.

With her other foot, Kira moved forward while raising her left arm and throwing it in front of her. Tim struck simultaneously so that both hands would strike each other. He then observed Kira bringing her right leg back, bending it, and kicking forward.

When he felt her pressure hitting his skin while squatting slightly, he raised his left arm to parry the kick. He then punched her face with his right fist in retaliation, but she lifted her left arm to block the blow.

She followed up by kicking with her right leg and slamming it into the side of his kneecap, slipping him while causing his body to be flung in the air. He fell on his back, feeling the rough floor below him.

Kira took a stride forward before raising her left leg in the air and getting ready to ram down her heel. Tim's eyes immediately went wide, and he spread both legs, her heel slamming the ground in between his thighs. "You dodged. How terrible!" In an instant, Tim wrapped his legs around Kira, whose eyes quivered in shock as he shivered and went serious.

He pulled Kira's body with his arched legs as he raised them over his head. She was palmed against the hard ground as he rolled back and slammed her into it.

Tim slipped out from under her legs and switched places. He laughed, "I dodged, yeah, but you dropped like a brick!" On the floor, she grunted. "Ow, that hurt..." Her bottom half raised in the air.

She cautiously climbed up from the ground while rubbing her head. "Meanie, you have no idea how to treat a girl." Tim's eyes flinched and lost their amusement. "You are the one who attacked me!"

"I know, but that doesn't give you the right to hit a girl!" she continued. She turned around, took a step forward, and twisted her entire body to the side. Tim ducked beneath her right leg kick as she made it straight.

Kira was tackled to the ground after he hurriedly advanced and lunged at her. He did this by holding her in both of his arms. He unexpectedly let his body bounce off of her breasts before shifting into a roll behind her. He cried "Whoa!" when he collided with the structure behind him, blasting through into the room.

Kira jumped to her feet at once, her cheeks turning hot. "Damn creep!" She took a stride forward before slamming her right fist into the air.

She swung her fist, unleashing a destructive force wave that morphed into a wind cyclone and darted through the street, destroying the surrounding walls.

Tim rose up, scratching the back of his head from the blow, as the debris continued to fall from the demolished structure. "Man, that stung like hell!" His eyes startled open as he raised his chin after spotting a wind storm moving quickly. "Gah! Watch it!"

He instantly twisted his body to roll over his shoulder as he leaped away from the wind blast and noticed the powerful cyclone driving through the heavier walls behind him.

He exhaled with relief when he managed to avoid the cyclone, but Kira's body sank to the ground right away. She yelled, "You honestly think that was comfortable?!" as Tim's eyes began to shake slightly in anxiety.

He stood up and leaped back into the air while Kira's foot slammed the floor, causing a shockwave that sent pebbles and fragments to fly into the air surrounding her dust-covered body.

She glanced through the dust cloud that slowly dissipated in sync with Tim landing on the ground. "Man! You're going to destroy this whole district, lady!" Tim soon noticed that Kira's body darted at him at a rapid pace. "Or ignore me, that's fine!"

Before he could duck, Kira's fist slammed into his arms, and he felt that her blow was more powerful than usual. It was so strong that it almost broke his bones and even drove him backward, causing him to slide on his feet and fall far behind.

"Ow ow ow!" He said it again and seized his arms. "Your punches hurt like hell!" Tim asked while Kira smirked in his face. "Are you surprised that a girl can hit this hard?"

Unshaken, Tim gazed at her figure. "No. Ayuka punches harder." Kira's eyes showed her uncertainty. She sprinted back at him, "We'll see about that!"

She put her feet firmly on the ground and swung her left arm out from under her shoulder to punch at Tim's face.

His expression changed to one of seriousness as he evaded beneath the punch and managed to grab her wrist with his right palm, all the while feeling the powerful wind tensing over his head and swaying his hair as a result of her immense strength.

Kira looked at him, his eyes hidden beneath the hood as he smirked back. "What's so funny? You managed to catch one attack, so?"

"I didn't just catch your hand. I have you right where I wanted you." Kira's eyes shook, sweat dripping down her forehead as she soon started to feel high temperature wrapping itself around her wrist. "What the-?" She called, shocked. "You said you saw me fighting those guards, right? So then, how come you didn't know about my ability?"

Her eyes continued to shake with rage. "I guess you weren't really spying on me back then, or you would have known about this fire," he said. His eyes, which slowly emerged from the hood and shone with the blue hues of a Rigel star, slowly became visible.

She felt uneasy to the point of not knowing what to do as she saw his left fist open into a palm and flare out an orange fire that quickly grew more hostile and spiraled from his wrists all the way up to his left shoulder. "Wait! Hold on! We don't need to make it deadly" She called, terrified and with a burning wrist.

She hurriedly gripped her wrist in an attempt to loosen it, but this only made her feel hotter, which spread to her other palm as well. "Let go, please!"

He chuckled and then pulled his burning arm far behind his back. "Fire Fist! But up close." After making a mockery of his own ability, the orange flames grew intense, more furious, and hotter. He hurriedly punched forward, causing the flames to spread around him into a blue star that instantly blasted out trails of fire.

He eventually bellowed "See you!" and swung forward with all his force, Kira's eyes trembling and sweat trickling down her forehead. "Wait! No!" Before she could act he slammed his fist right into the center of Kira's face, igniting orange flames behind him that repeatedly burst into flames as Kira's body shot through the air straight over the roofs of the entire city, all the way up to the hill.

After that, her body crashed through the sturdier walls of Niklas' mansion and inside his executive office. A tremendous eruption of flames erupted through the roof like a volcano as she burst through the wall. The flames then spread to the skies.

Niklas' eyes widened in surprise as he noticed that his office had turned completely into an inferno. He was shocked to see Kira's body lying on the ground in the center of the fragments. He questioned, "Kira?"

When it was discovered from the hillside, people gazed down at Athvan Town and were astonished. "T-That traveled so far from Athvan Town! How did that happen?" Rosi, Bruno Kou, Peter, and Luca were all astounded.

Everyone else, including Yumiko, Ayuka, Ralphie, and many others, became aware of the tremendous destruction occurring nearby.

Even Louisa's, who had almost been taken to the mansion's peak just for it to be demolished now.

The people around him felt terrified as they saw Tim clutch the top of his hood and smile. He pulled his right arm close to his hip and straightened. Niklas stood inside the mansion, looking down into the distance. Tim could be heard from the bottom of the slope all the way to the top.

When he became serious, he glanced up at the mansion, took a big breath, and then yelled loudly so that others might hear him.

"Niklas! I'm coming to kick your ass!!!"

To be continued...