“Real Eyes Realize Real Lies”

The cloaked man was reviewed, Reece stuttering his name, Aku. Reece wasn't the only one surprised, Kafka's eyes wide opened as she trembled, trying to back away.

"That's right, I'm alive."

Aku spoke, glaring to Reece, then to Kafka as he gained a frown, his fist clenching, before he began walking towards the group.

Nico tried to swing at him as his back was turned, but Aku xaught the blade with his bare hand, following with a pierce to the stomach as Nico fell to one knee, coughing blood.

"Why are you with her? Why is she alive after what she's done!?"

Aku shouted out, Reece not knowing what to say as the others seemed confused. Bennett tried to rush to Nico's aid, though once Aku raised his sword he quickly backed off

"What is he talking about, Reece?"

Evan glanced to her, questioning the strange occurence, as nobody knew who Aku was besides Reece and Kafka.

"W-Well… Back in the beginning we were just a trio.. Me, Morell, and Aku… Kafka kind of, killed him, or so we thought.. But Kafka's not the same person, Aku..! She was manipulated..!"

Aku only got angrier, his sword gaining a blue aura as everyone stepped back.

"Excuses! People don't just change all the sudden.. and where's Morell..!?! Did she abandon you, knowing you teamed up with the enemy..!?!?"

Reece shook her head, clenching her fist as she got angry as well, walking up to Aku, the two glaring into eachothers eyes.

"Morell lost her mind to excess in power, she's suffering right now and you're caring about the past. You're not even dead, man up..!"

Aku, out of rage, swung his sword towards Reece. She quickly rolled out of the attack and mutilated her arm into a blade once more.

The two dashed into eachother, clashing attacks as sparks flew, everyone surrounding him as he stood in the center of the group, looking towards them all.

"Give up, Aku..!"

Reece shouted, dashing forth once more, her blade hand dragging through the ground, digging through the concrete before swinging up towards Aku.

He side stepped out of the way and delivered a palm strike to her chest, water forming at his palm as the water bursted as she was sent back.

Everyone joined in, Uvie dashing forth with a smile, her hands distorting as they formed into long red vines that travelled towards him.

Aku jumped onto the vines, running up them as more vines were sent after him, which he'd cut down. Bennett took out a bow and fired a powerful arrow towards Aku, in which he'd catch, throwing the arrow directly into Uvie's eye.

Uvie would flinch back, bleeding in large amounts as Aku sliced all her vines off, grabbing a few and swinging them forth, swooping up Bennett's leg as he flung him into a wall, the building crashing down.

Aku quickly went for Kafka, though Evan quickly took out his revolver, firing at him. Aku managed to stop his momentum almost instantly, avoiding the shot.

"You're weak."

Evan fired a second shot as Aku flickered out of sight, reappearing in front of him. Aku's hand incased in a sort of magical water as he punched Evan in the gut, sending him flying into Reece just as she got up, knocking her back down.

With everyone down, Kafka stood there with no protection, Aku dashing forth as he went for a pierce to her throat, though an unexpected turn came as a blast of purple was shot towards his blade, knocking it off course.

"I still remain."

Kiara stood, circling Aku is his eyes followed her, her hand held out as a dark purple energy radiated from her fingertip.

Aku didn't think much of this, dashing towards her at high speeds, as Kiara fired another shot, which he'd easily dodge.

Both of Kiara's hands now radiated this dark energy as once Aku got close, sh striked him in the stomach, then going dor a chop to the neck, though he'd manage to block with his arm, before hopping back.

"You caught me off guard, but that only works once."

He dashed back, swinging his sword forth, as she redirected the blade with her bare hands, then going for a combo of punches, Aku easily leaning back from each one.

Upon one of the punches, Kiara instead fired the energy off as a beam, expecting this to catch him off guard, though he blocked it with his sword, though this was his mistake, his sight subtly blocked by the sword as she swept him off his feet.

In a sudden flash of blue energy he dashed out of the way of her next attack. Everyone started getting back up as their eyes widened, Aku raising his hand, a blue ring on his finger startling to glow.

"Here you'll end."

He clenched his fist, water coming down from the sky as it slowly spiralled around him, the amount growing as it started forming a layer over his blade, the blue moon in the sky shining brightly.

Evan rushed quickly towards Nico, applying an elixir to his wound. Nobody knew what to do against Aku, now knowing he had a ring, and seemed to knwo damn well how to use it, though a sudden laugh was heard.

"Ahahah!!! Is this a competition!?"

Uvie atepped forth with her arms crossed, no longer being impaled with an arrow as her eyes had magically healed itself. Aku glared to her as everyone else backed away, this was sure to be a destructive fight.

"Whadaya say, little Pharaoh boy!? Wanna compare rings?"

Uvie spoke cockily, everyone confused on what she meant by that nickname, as the two began charging their rings' power quickly, Aku surrounded by water as Uvie had giant red tendrils and vines come out from the surface behind her.

Uvie's grin widened to her ears, a deadly look in her eyes, as a red material spread across the surface, up the buildings, even the sky turned a dark red, Uvie's crimson eyes glowing as her hair began to float.

"That is.. if you can even keep up…"

Uvie said under her breath, Aku looking around surprised as he attempted to use his ring on her level, the floor becoming that of liquid, until an ocean formed below their feet, though despite this everyone could walk on the water as if it were solid.

Uvie let out one last cackle, before hold her hand out, the other on her hip, a glass of wine forming in her hand.

"I'll start us off.. Ready?"

She began to pour the wine on the ground.

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The sound of the final drip echoed through the area loudly, as the fight begun.