Chapter 68:

Ane Vs Ane, Ene Vs Ene

Ane And His Seames


Ene stood on the wall; flames boiling from him as he breathed steam. "Flaming Bullet!" he yelled; blasting forward into his clone who did the same. They hit each other so hard an explosion was caused; burning the walls. The two fell onto the ground and Ene eyed the walls which were regenerating but burning simultaneously. Ene groaned and stumbled to his feet; his clone doing the same. "Tsk...what a pain." he said.


Ane stood on the ceiling; staring down at his replica. Their dragon eyes gleamed. "He has my eyes, martial arts and techniques. How in the hell do I beat him?" Ane thought; frowning. He then smiled. "I bet Eina's figured something out...I'm gonna have to as well." he remarked before shooting at his replica who dove right back. The Anes spun and kicked at one another; legs colliding. They then fired their other legs at their enemy self. Both of them ducked the kicks and then headbutted into one another and jumped back. A clone of them both appeared next to them. All four Anes ran at one another and the clones engaged Ane and his replica; firing kicks which were held. Ane and his replica then kicked the clones who hit the kicks away and jumped back. They then fired kicks at one another and Ane and his replica dove at the clones; firing punches. The clones descended and the "original" Anes' fists collided; causing a huge gust to blast across the room. Ane and his replica jumped next to the other's clone who then immediately attacked with a punch. The original Anes ducked to be kneed in the face. The clones spun into the air and kicked the originals to the ground face-first. The clones dove midair; fists raised. "Ground Pound!" they shouted as they soared down; punching. Blood spat from the originals' mouths and the clones spun away. One disappeared but the other remained; eyes shielded. "W-what? His clone didn't vanish?" Ane thought; weakly staring at the replica's clone.


Eina was pacing through the halls and watching about. "This might take a while if I continue like this." she said; stopping abruptly. "I'll use clones." she thought. The ground then rumbled and she turned to see Lana calmly being washed towards her by the huge wave. "Well that's one way to get around." Eina remarked before the water swept off with her. Lana lifted Eina from the currents.

"You okay?" Lana inquired. Eina nodded.

"This is better than what I was originally planning...in a way." she remarked.

"Well this wave wasn't an intentional lift." Lana admitted; laughing guiltily.

Ane eyed his replica and it's clone who were in their exact positions as before. Ane got up and so did his replica. They then charged at one another to slide pass each other and Ane grabbed the clone by the collar and smirked before swinging it at his replica who got launched through the wall. "Clone Bullet!" Ane exclaimed.

Lana and Eina lay on the floor; laughing. "That was actually fun while it lasted." Eina remarked; smiling. Lana smiled too. The wall then thrusted open and Ane's clone flung inside; landing on it's feet; immediately taking Ane's stance. "Ane!" Lana yelled.

"Lana!?" Ane called through the wall.

"So this is your replica then?" Eina asked.

"Eina; you too! Yes, it is. I'm guessing you girls dealt with yours already. Would it be okay if you helped me with this guy?" Ane called back; replica pointing at itself with shielded eyes.

"Sure!" Eina yelled back as she and Lana fired fists at the replica who held the fists.

"Ummmm, Ane?" Lana called to receive a knee to the chin before Eina a kick to the stomach. The replica then spun the girls around and sent them through the hole in the wall. Lana and Eina smacked into Ane who caught them.

"What happened?" he inquired.

"Your replica assaulted us." Eina replied.

"It hurt too." Lana complained; holding her arm. The replica stepped out of the hole; glaring at the teens as his dragon eyes gleamed. He grinned.

"You have great potential...Ane. Taking over this mirror image of you was but my best idea yet. I'm now almost unstoppable!" Puppet Master yelled through the replica; laughing victoriously.

"Screw you!" Ane exclaimed.

"No; screw you! You can't even harness these eyes' true potential!" PM yelled; pointing at his dragon eyes.

"Well whatever....now that you don't "reflect" my movements...I can easily take you out!" Ane shouted; grinning. PM chuckled.

"You couldn't be more wrong. I am you; Ane Nickerson and myself fused together. The three of you in your current state can't do me a thing!" he teased; chuckling some more.

"Tsk." Ane thought; frowning. Lana gently tapped him on the shoulder.

"We won't know unless we try." she said; smiling. "Let's fuse; my Patralier." she continued; blushing. Ane blushed too.

"Y-yeah; let's do it." he remarked; nodding. The elemental circles surrounded the two and they fused into Ariana.

"Oh yeahh! It's about time I returned!"  she yelled; jumping about elatedly. 

"Fusion, huh." PM stated; holding his chin. The previous clone of the replica crawled out of the wall and PM grinned. Clones of him then appeared everywhere.

"What a cheap trick." Lana though.

"It isn't. His clones don't disperse for some reason." Ane stated.

"Clones that don't vanish? I thought you couldn't get any more annoying." Ariana remarked. PM smirked.

"They don't vanish?" Eina inquired. Ariana shook her head.

"Nope." she replied. Anes charged at Ariana from all around and Eina backed away. One clone fired a punch at Ariana which she slapped away. Another kicked her into a wall and she grew a hand of water on her back which thrusted her forward. Ariana then rose her actual fist as she propelled through the air and punched through multiple clones with hands of water lunging from her simultaneously. "Multi Elemental Style: Multiple Straight Forward Fists Of Water!" Ariana yelled.

"So powerful." Eina thought before ducking a kick to be punched towards Ariana who caught her calmly.

"You okay?" Ariana asked.

"Nope. I'm facing multiple Anes. We don't stand a chance if they won't disperse on contact." Eina replied honestly.

"I have no choice then." Ariana said. Eina eyed the fusion who then paced with her through the open wall.

"There's no escape!" the Anes yelled; grinning.