Chapter 32:

Victorious end?

Cherry: A Blossom Anew


“I see why you’re running things here, still I need real information about the power ore, and don’t try to bullshit me.”

“How about we finish this battle before our discussion? Any words from Kel and Pai?”

“How much did I miss so far?” A white portal spawns beside Apollo.

“What the hell now?” Victor walks through with Taro riding on her back. Putting his shirt over Victor covering his new spirit up.

“Where’s your shirt,” said Sola.

“That’s the first thing you notice.”

“Who’s the horse?”

“Screw you, buddy, I’m a centaur.”

“Just like Mr. Z having his spirits, nevertheless you’re different. She’ll stay with you forever. This is why I knew you were a perfect fit. Keep moving up in the ranks kid,” said Vanula.

Victor focuses around the battlefield seeing androids and Vader troops fight amongst each other. “The spirit realm looks better than this place.” An enemy aircraft lands behind everyone, yet Vanula shocks it with purple lightning destroying everything.

“Shall we go find our little red sun?”

“Prime sought!”

Pai’s essence roars towards the alien. Metal from the mecha arm cracks off Pai’s forearm; some armor plates leap off. His armor isn’t so strong after all. Pai drops down the feather-style sword.

“What do you think you’re doing!” Teleporting behind kicking his head back, catching the blade upside down slashing him sideways. Blood sprays Pai’s face. Even after all the ore I consumed, he’s doing this much damage.

It may not have a good defense, yet watch how hard I smash your face in! The armor connects to Rondo’s jaw, darting him back. Rondo recovers his stance, but Pai smashes his throat. I can’t keep up?

Connecting a clean uppercut shooting Rondo into the air, soon Pai teleports over spinning down; he disappears to nothing. Close lining Rondo right on his throat, blood leaks from the alien's mouth. He’s slammed clean into the ground.

Coughing up blood, you could see Rondo cursing the world through both roasted eyes. Why haven’t I heard about this kid? Where was this freak hiding the whole fucking time? Pai falls ahead, slashing a solar flare upon Rondo.

He fires an essence beam through almost meeting his marker. I still got power behind my shots, he's just quicker with no real power.

Teleporting to Rondo’s back. Aiming for the neck, green essence pushes Pai back.

How much can this ore change him? Teleporting through a fury of beams, knocking them back. “Pai, remember we can’t do this forever. Soon we need to drop this guy.” Elbowing Pai’s head in the dirt, Rondo stomps cracking more prime armor.

“You must be really scared of this armor, that’s a good thing. I’ll smash the rest, turning you into a pulp,” vows Pai. Going for another stomp, Pai vanishes to the expansion realm.

“What’s wrong, King? Don’t go running now. You almost got him.”

“I got an idea, hopefully, this’ll kill the shithead for good.”

Tearing flesh in, the feather-style sword plunges in Rondo’s chest.

Rondo’s blood drips upon Pai’s blazing feather blade. Blood steams off the blade, the power ore's essence leaves the wound. Pai merges ahead. “What, from where? This fucking sword just teleported in me.

“Him and the blade can teleport by themselves, don't think this will drop me, asshole,” shutters Rondo.

“I don’t want this to drop you, I wanna cause more damage,” laughs Pai cracking Rondo’s nose.

“Son of a bitch!” Rondo’s mutilated arm charges before Pai. The feather-style blade teleports stabbing him, igniting the beam above them. Pai flips back, kicking his chin up. Large beams circle around the field spreading like spider webs. Pai teleports throughout the surface dodging shots.

This guys just blindly aiming? Rondo’s rapid blast melts the ground. “Pai, your body can’t hold this form forever, you're heating up too much,” says Danika.

“Rondo!”

“Give me what’s mine, you annoying brat!” A heat mirage flows out of Pai's mouth. The feather-style sword passes Rondo's face. “Fight like a man with your hands.”

“You're less than a man, bastard!”

Blood flings off Rondo’s head as Pai connects a blitz combo. Rondo takes the last hit replying, smashing Pai’s head off the chest. Stumbling back some, Danika’s essence pulls him in again. Bow after bow trading among each other. Pai’s tooth steams on the grass, the smell of burning tires odors off Rondo’s burnt skin.

Pai’s bones under the muscle crack. Before hitting the ground, Pai teleports out. Pai mouths something to Danika. “Hey! Stop talking, fight me you coward. I’m ready to get off this shit planet.”

“Shut up! If all my enemies are like you, I wouldn’t mind cutting their heads off altogether without thinking back.” The feather-style sword rockets from the ground stabbing Rondo under the chin. “AHHHHHH!”

“What does everyone do to gain power? Just walk over the helpless! You scum don’t care how you reach Nova,” says Pai. Disappearing out his chin, you can see his tongue from under.

Blood drips on Pai’s feet, slashing Rondo’s stomach open. Multiple power ores slide through. “This isn’t even your own power, the truth is you’re weak. Relying on your victim's power. And you talk about being a man!”

I’m losing too much essence…Ugh. Rondo tries gaining one single power ore, yet it pulls away from the long-lost alien. “Solar flare!” Firing Rondo through the heavens. “Burn your limits, give up everything…King!”

The sword alone fires solar flares for Rondo, Pai teleports punching Rondo out the flare. Pai’s feather blade fires more flares hitting Rondo higher. “I don’t care about personal damage. You’re dying here!”

Pai enters the flare punching Rondo out, the feather-style sword bats Rondo back inside the solar flare. Fuck, I can’t do anything he’s too fast, It can’t end like this! Teleporting to the feather, gripping it down; pieces of armor pop off Pai’s forearm.

Rondo’s sticks inside the flares; flesh burns off. The sought Vader eyes fade to hazel brown. Pai’s armor barely holds together. Teleporting around Rondo; cannoning cuts simultaneously upon Rondo. From above striking his torso. “Solar flare!” Every bone cracks inside; erupting onto the surface.

Utterly wiping everything off the ground. Snapping trees and land into pieces. Ashes soaks into Rondo’s charred body, smoke lifts from the crater. Pai crashes into ash. I still sense essence around me. Pai’s bruised cheek pulls dirt and blood, moving to Rondo.

This guy’s still alive? I need to finish him off for good, but I’m half dead myself. “Stay away, you fuck, come any closer and you’re dead, you hear me? Fucking dead. A little rat like you ending me, you fucks don’t need the power ore. It’ll be a waste just to destroy them all, it’s my power. Trash Seeker scum,” shouts Rondo, spitting dirty blood.

I can’t move my body anymore goddammit…I’m so close dammit! Trying to crawl. Rondo jumps to Pai, Rondo's flesh peels from him. Squeezing Pai’s throat; Rondo’s arm dents from solar flare damage.

“With the rest of my strength. I’m gonna kill you, fuck the power ore. If you don’t die here, you’ll be the cherry on top causing trouble for us all,” demands Rondo.

Pai struggles kicking ash up, but can’t be released. The sought marking fades away, blood sweeps inside Rondo’s grip. “Just die already!” Pai’s vision blackens. After all this, it can’t turn out like this. I can’t die yet! Get the hell off!

“Nova only leads to war; whoever chases power shall know the chaos following it. Mortals, Spirits, Warlocks, and demons follow this endless trail. As we all try to reach our light, getting knocked from the race is only natural, but I don’t think Pai’s gonna let that happen,” warned the narrator.

Rondo’s arm snaps in two, spreading bloody ashes. The feather blade pops from his torso. Moving up inside him, burning to his lower rib cage. Smoke swarms over Rondo’s tongue, falling down to his side sinking in.

Footprints scatter across the ash. Now, who the hell is this guy? “Plug? Kill this brat quickly before he tries anything else. I’ve taken too much damage, kill this fuck and gather our power ore!”

“I didn’t think you'd want him dead this bad? Isn’t this a view, oh god look at yourself, Rondo? There’s nothing left to do, it’s all over, everyone is dead. All the pieces are falling together. I’m kinda in disbelief myself, this part wasn’t even hard,” laughs Plug.

“What the hell are you doing! Finish that brat, crush his throat! There’s no time to waste. He’s a threat for what we stand for.”

“No, he’s a threat to you.”

“Plug, what the hell are you trying to stunt off!”

Plug’s foot smashes Rondo’s face into dirt and ash. “Oh shut up you’re so annoying, stop yapping. Listen loud and clear, asshole. Your whole master plan was never gonna work.” What the hell is this guy talking about, is he a Vader also?

“You know why? Because my boss was behind this.”

“Boss?”

“Yeah, the boss, a close friend of mine. A pretty crazy determined guy.”

“You dare defy your own race, notice your skin, Plug! You’ll never be able to run from our people’s past, because they don’t want us to! Live as the people’s dog, why don’t you! You're stifling rotten bitc—” Plug kicks Rondo’s teeth across humid dirt.

“Shut the fuck up, I don’t care what my skin looks like. We’ll never be the same. The name’s not Plug. Let me introduce myself properly. Universe seven high-rank first-class guard Rune reporting in.”

“Wait, high-rank guard,” whispers Pai. Rune winks to Pai.

Rondo coughs blood; Rune’s heel dyes in blood. “You fucking trash, I waited for this for so long a time. Now think of all your sins, so now’s the time to repent!” Sola’s star drops everyone down the crater.

“Our troops are advancing forward, ninety percent of enemies have been destroyed so far,” says Juzu.

“Don’t let a single one escape from us, wipe them all out. Leave nothing behind.”

Vanula stands over Rondo getting his face smashed. “Rune, that's enough, don't kill him; I need to talk to him first.” Rondo’s busted right eye leaks blood viewing at Vanula.

Didn’t I see this guy high on the charts before? He's high on the charts from Ragnarok's flow…Wait, I remember it said deceased for Vanula Tradex. This system isn’t low risk at all. Did Dante know about this?

The atmosphere shifts around with a heavily electrified essence. “Tell me who’s producing the power ore, I don’t wanna hear any lies.”

Taro walks before Danika rubbing Pai’s head. “I wanna thank you, for helping Pai out, and keeping him alive.”

Danika giggles. “I'm surprised a Seeker hasn’t bonded with you yet.”

“Pai, are you alive over there? I’ve never seen you so quiet before,”

“Screw you, Taro.” Pai slowly stands up, and falls back, Kel’s winds guiding him. “Thanks, Kel, this always feels cozy.”

Kel blushes. “You're welcome.”

“You look like shit, Sola.” Pai laughs.

Sola flicks Pai on the forehead. “Says the guy in the worst shape.”

Pai sticks his fist out. “Let's tear them all down.” Their knuckles clash together. Vanula places his game device over Rondo's head, flashing upon Rondo’s eyes turning purple. “Damn, even you don’t know. Well, I know where the rest of the ore is on C-Three.”

“Wait, don't touch my ore!” Rondo’s charred wounds open more, leaking blood. “This kid had a power like this the whole time, and with a Seeker. Fucking soughts always a problem. There are like four of them here. I’ve never heard of that little shit before. Dante will come after you and there’s no person that could last one minute against him,” cries Rondo.

Vanula views into Rune's red spinning fiery eyes. Rune splits Rondo’s head off, exploding to nothing. The mothership carrier erupts from inside. Taleen rockets out the aircraft along with allies.

Zack Zack’s fingernails shine over their newly found ice bleak hyperdrive cube. “We fucking got it, Z. Where are you trying to go first?” laughs Zack Zack.

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