As Century stood there her opponents suddenly launched themselves at her. She glared at them, unfazed by their rush. As all of them lunged at her she swung a hair tie around her index finger. She quickly shot up into the air as helium filled her hair. Raphael, Lycon, and Petra bashed heads as Century blew them a raspberry.

"Good ones idiots!"

Century then tore a handful of hair ties out of her hair and scattered them below her.

Raphael quickly shielded Petra and Lycon from the explosions as they barely scratched him. Century was dumbfounded at how tough Raphael was. From behind Raphael, Petra sprung out and tossed a knife directly at the hair tie Century was using float. It cut the hair tie as Century fell to the ground and tumbled across the ground. Her injuries from her fight with Petra were gnawing at her so she kept her hand pressed to her hip.

Lycon then dashed forward and whacked Century into a wall. She slammed her back into a building and lost her breath before falling to her knees. Century tried to move her body but it wouldn't listen. This fight seemed to already be over. As Century stayed still a butterfly fluttered past her. Her eyes followed in as it landed on her nose.

"Psst. Century..."

The butterfly spoke. Century believed herself to have already entered the afterlife and this butterfly was her guide.

"Century... can you hear me?"

Since Century was in heaven she began to think about what she should do. She had always wanted to be a ghost to haunt someone, then she and Casper could be great friends. One thing she did want to see was God. To see if he was real. Then the thought crossed. What if she was in hell? Perhaps this butterfly was the first punishment.

"Century!!! Are you listening?!"

The butterfly then punched her in the eye.

"Ow! The hell was that for butterfly?"

Century tried to get the butterfly to fly away.

"Century! DODGE!"

Century then threw herself to the side as Lycon's hulking fist bashed the wall behind her. She looked startled as the butterfly landed on her shoulder.

"RUN!"

Century listened to the talking butterfly and scuttled to her feet before running into the town in hopes of losing Lycon.

"Okay, speaking butterfly could you explain WHAT IS HAPPENING?!"

"Century, it's me! Yuro! I transferred my mind to a butterfly. I couldn't idly wait at the house anymore!"

"But how's a butterfly supposed to help me escape from a feral werewolf?"

"Well, I know you didn't memorize the periodic table so I'll help you come up with some new powers."

"Come up with something that can kill a werewolf!"

"Well, the only thing that comes to mind... hm... let me think."

Lycon was galloping straight toward Century as she was running down random streets hoping to escape him. As Century turned a corner and ran down it, Lycon leaped onto the side of a building and climbed up it. He began to run parallel to Century while being above her. He leaped down as Century then came to a halt. Lycon slammed straight into the floor.

"HAHA! Dumbass!"

Century kicked dust into his eyes as Lycon snarled at her. Century turned around and ran the way she came but was blocked off by Raphael who waltzed towards her.

"Goddamnit..."

"That idiot mutt... does he ever think."

Raphael ran to Century and threw a punch at her.

Century dropped to the floor and kicked Raphael's ankle to knock him over. Raphael was encased in pure diamond though so Century's puny kick did not affect his balance.

"Shit..."

Raphael punted Century across the street. She clutched her stomach and stood up. Lycon and Raphael approached her from both sides. With nowhere to go, she realized they were missing a player. With one hair tie, Century used helium to fly upward as Petra wasn't around to cut her down. Century leaped onto the roof of a house and ran across it. Lycon grits his teeth and climbs up after Century.

"Hey, Yuro... any solutions yet?!"

Century dodged out of Lycon's way as he swiped at her with one of his claws.

"Yep, I got one. In myth, werewolves were weak to silver. Silver is a pretty easy element to make with the periodic table."

Century ripped out a large clump of her hair and held it firmly.

"Silver."

The hair clump began to morph into one large blade made of silver.

Lycon grinned and galloped towards her. Century raised her silver blade and when Lycon got close she lunged forward and aimed for his exposed stomach. Lycon saw this however and grabbed Century's arm. She was unable to stab him but with quick thinking, she let go of the blade and let it fall into her other hand. She threw her knee up and hit Lycon's jaw with her knee making him stumble back. She crouched down and sprinted at him, charging her strike up she leaped up and brought the blade crashing down on Lycon's stomach. The blade sunk deep into his flesh as he howled in pain.

Century left the knife plunged into his stomach as she backed away. Lycon hunched over and held his stomach.

"You... idiot."

Lycon tore the blade from his stomach and tossed it aside.

"You thought something from a myth would work? HAH!"

Century grits her teeth.

"Yuro... why didn't that work?!"

"Um... well I only got that information from myth so perhaps it wasn't the most reliable."

"Then how the hell are we supposed to take this asshole out? I haven't even seen him display any kind of power other than him being huge and hairy..."

"Hm... Huge... I wonder, Century, I have another idea. We will use silver again but instead of making it a blade, make it a wire."

"A... wire? How is that supposed to kill him?"

"Because the silver blade didn't work because he isn't a werewolf! Werewolves are just myth so his Strand power must be that he imitates a werewolf."

"How does a wire kill him them?!"

"Because he's human... the human heart couldn't possibly supply enough blood to a body that large meaning his heart is working overtime. If we shock him even a little bit his heart will surely give out instantly and silver just so happens to be the most conductive metal."

Century smirked.

"So all we would need is some electricity..."

"That's right, thankfully we won't need to go far. Hair or carpet are the simplest ways to produce static electricity so we use a little of that combined with a silver wire and we'll be able to zap his heart till it stops."

Century faced Lycon who licked his wound clean. He glared at Century.

"Let's finish this."

Lycon ran towards Century. His colossal mass cracked the roof beneath his feet.

Century ran towards him and before they collided Lycon raised a fist and slammed it toward Century. She dodged out of the way by ducking between his legs. His punch hit the roof they were standing on and caused it to break open. They fell inside the building and Lycon fell onto his back. His heart pumped fast as his body was growing tired. Before he could stand Century took off her shoes and rubbed her feet on the carpet inside the building they were in.

Lycon's eyes widened as she took out a long strand of hair and turned it into a silver wire. She charged at Lycon who couldn't get up in time. The wire pierced his skin. Century grinned manically as she jumped up, her feet infused with static electricity, and kicked the wire. The electricity latched onto the silver wire and entered Lycon's body.

"I'll kill your friends fast..."

Century kept eye contact with Lycon as his heart was shocked. The electricity made his body twitch as his limbs jerked violently. Then he stopped. Blood seeped from every hole on his face as he lay dead.

"One down..."

Century looked up at the hole Lycon made in the roof. Standing above were Petra and Raphael.

"Lycon..."

Petra's jaw trembled as she looked filled with guilt.

"Raphael... don't let that girl escape."

Petra's eyes vanished behind the flames that covered her body. Raphael jumped down and threw a punch towards Century. Century dodged and ran out of the house.

Raphael punched through the wall and darted towards Century. He tackled her to the ground, Century tried to free herself but his dense skin made it impossible. She pulled a hair tie out and let it explode, covering the area in a cloud of dust. Raphael was blinded giving Century enough time to escape. She ran down the street when Petra cut her off. Petra swung her knives around recklessly, flames getting sent all over the place.

Century was grazed by the flames a few times but when Petra got close her mere presence burned Century. Petra laughed before Century fought through the flames and kicked her away. Petra slid back but lunged toward Century once more. The fire hurt but Century realized it was just fire and it had an obvious weakness.

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"If there's one periodic table combination I know it's H2O!"

Century tore a hair tie out and it turned into a giant blob of water. Century hurled the water blob at Petra who had her flames extinguished.

Petra looked down at her body as her clothes were sopping wet. Century stood there and looked at Petra. They both stared at each other.

"Was that supposed to do more...?"

"I thought It would. I was expecting you to maybe melt?"

Century scratched her head.

Petra looked off to the side trying not to laugh.

Century saw this and looked enraged.

"HEY DON'T LAUGH! IT WAS THE BEST IDEA I HAD!"

"Sure..."

Petra swung her leg around and kicked Century to the side. Raphael then walked onto the field.

"Yuro... any ideas...?"

"A man encased in diamond and a girl who can regenerate her body... I have a potential solution for one but it'll take some time to put it together so just hold out for a few minutes Century."

Yuro's butterfly body then dropped to the floor dead.

"Hey wait what!? Yuro what the hell!"

Century looked at Raphael and Petra who dashed towards Century.

Century pulled a hair tie out and threw it at Petra. Petra exploded all over the place, and Raphael stumbled to the side. Century then booked it, hoping to stall for as long as Yuro needed. Century managed to run back to where their fight had started, in the distance she saw Werren and Julie fighting.

Julie slid across the battlefield before leaping up into the air.

"You really are worthy to be called a hero, Werren. I'm impressed someone your age can keep up!"

Julie then disappeared from Werren's sight. He turned around to find four different copies of Julie all charging towards him.

Werren brought forth a swarm of tendrils, they sliced through the copies of Julie but they would just turn to singular strands of hair after getting attacked.

"I've already figured out your trick so stop hiding. You can turn singular strands of hair into fake copies of yourself. It'll only be a matter of time before I find the real you."

Werren spun around and cut through another dozen copies.

When the dust around him settled he found hundreds of copies all around him. He activated Three Dimensional and cupped his hands together creating a sphere in the center of the battlefield. When the sphere finished forming he made the shape of a square with his fingers causing the sphere to generate an intense gravitational pull. Because the copies were just made from strands of hair it meant they would be as light as a strand of hair.

All of the Julie copies began to get flung to the sphere. When they collided with it they would disapparate back into hair. Once all the copies were gone Werren scanned the ground for Julie but failed to cover his one blind spot. Up. From the sky, hundreds of Julies descended. From the copies, the real Julie clawed her way forward and held a pistol to Werren's temple.

"Gotcha!"

Julie went to pull the trigger but Werren quickly made the shape of a triangle with his hands causing gravity of the sphere to lower. Werren's head managed to float out of the gun's crosshairs but when Julie pulled the trigger the bullet pierced Werren's shoulder as he stumbled through the air.

"Crap... she got me."

Werren returned gravity to normal and recalled the sphere back. He wished he hadn't used Four Dimensional on Lycon because Julie was starting to get very annoying. No matter how many copies Werren cut down more would appear from thin air.

Werren hit the ground and held his shoulder. He looked up to see a dozen more Julies pointing their guns at him.

"Take a guess."

They all said in unison.

Werren looked around him. On all sides, he was surrounded.

"A guess...? Can I get three?"

The Julies thought for a second.

"Hm, alright then. Three guesses."

Werren's eyes scanned each one. He then summoned a tendril on one of the Julies but it just turned to hair.

"Two guesses left, hero."

Werren watched the Julies' expressions. They didn't falter. He then summoned a tendril on the opposite side of his last guess. The tendrils shot from the ground with incredible speed. The Julie turned to hair but this time he noticed something. It was a slight movement but it gave it away. Werren during this whole fight had no idea if the copies of Julie would act based on Julie's actions or if they mimicked what Julie did. This test solidified it.

"One guess left, choose wisely hero..."

When Werren had summoned a tendril to make his second guess, he made his movement quick to make a gust of wind. When the wind passed over the real Julie it caused her hair to slightly move and Werren saw that all the Julies' hair moved, even the Julies who were on the opposite side of where his tendril was. This allowed Werren to narrow down her position. Julie wasn't standing in the open. She was hiding directly behind one of her copies, the copies were all just mimicking her actions.

"Now I've got you."

Werren made a web beneath himself to spring him into the air. As he went up he scanned all the Julies and found the real one hiding behind a copy. Werren clasped his hands together tightly as a cube formed around Julie.

In a panic, Julie pulled the trigger and shot Werren out of the sky before the cube closed. Werren fell to the ground with a second bullet lodged in his thigh. Julie walked to Werren and stood over him. A grin on her face as she aimed the gun at him.

"Once I kill you I'll rip this town apart to find your Haab. Know that you failed."

Julie pulled the trigger as the bullet pierced Werren's head. He lay lifeless as Julie stuffed the gun in her coat.

Meanwhile, at Werren's house

Yuro knocked on the door at the end of the hallway. He was back in his baby body and waited for the door to open.

"Um... Rina? Could you open the door for a second? I really need to use some of your equipment! It's urgent and I have people relying on me!"

The door slightly open leaving a crack as the person inside peered out, their glowing red eye staring down at Yuro.

"Hm?"

"Rina! Please can I come in for just a few seconds?"

Yuro put his hands together and awkwardly smiled.

"Grhn..."

Rina's eye squinted, skeptical of Yuro.

"No no! I promise I won't try to experiment on one of your babies this time! Please, a friend is in trouble."

"Murhn...?"

"No, it's a girl that needs help, not Werren."

Rina's eye widened as she ducked back inside her room. Yuro heard the locks turn and clink open. Yuro waddled inside. Rina's room was dark, the only source of light was the fairy lights strung up around the room. There was a large workstation at one end of the room. As Yuro waddled towards it a couple of baby bats waddled up to him. They hadn't learned how to fly so they just walked everywhere. Yuro looked at their small round bodies as they faced him.

"Hello Bombs. Don't mind me."

Yuro scooted over to the workstation.

"Rina, could you help me up?"

From the room's shadows, Rina stepped forward. She had long crimson hair that covered half of her face and drooped down to her knees. She wore grey sweatpants and a sweater with a university logo sprawled across it. She glared down at Yuro, picked up her babies, and put them on the other side of the room.

She walked back over to Yuro, picked him up, and placed him on the workbench.

"Merhn... Brhn."

"Don't worry I'll be quick."

Yuro quickly got to work and began to construct something. Rina watched over him, with an unmoved expression.

After a couple of minutes, Yuro sprung up.

"Alright! Done! Thanks a lot, Rina. I owe you."

Yuro hopped down and went to leave when Rina stepped in his way.

"Grhn... Hrahp!"

Rina put her hands on her hips and leaned down.

"Of course, you can meet her. I just have to make sure she doesn't die first."

Yuro winked as Rina let him go.

Rina watched Yuro run off. She closed her door and slumped down on her bed. All of her bat babies then waddled to her and nestled beside her as she yawned and laid back, taking a much-needed rest.

Meanwhile, in the town...

Century jumped and rolled out of the way of every one of Raphael and Petra's attacks. Raphael and Petra didn't let up but Century was beginning to get tired of cat and mouse.

"STOP RUNNING SO MUCH!"

Petra lunged forward and thrust her knives at Century's back. Century jumped over the attack.

"THIS IS GETTING ANNOYING!"

Raphael swung a punch at the back of Century's head but she ducked.

"Then stop chasing me so much! AND WHERE THE HELL IS YURO?!"

Century kept running when a baby landed in her hands. She looked perplexed but quickly realized it was Yuro.

"Did... a baby just drop from the sky...?"

Raphael and Petra looked even more bewildered.

"Yuro! Finally, I've been running for 20 minutes!"

"Sorry! Things take time. Anyway, I've created a device that may help you. Show me your dominant hand."

Century lifted her right hand and Yuro put a glove on it.

"Perfect fit. Now put a hair tie around your wrist."

Century took one of her hair ties and put it around her wrist. The glove began to glow as Century looked mesmerized.

"Woah, pretty."

"Thank you! It's one of a kind. With you'll be able to infuse your powers into the glove."

The glove began to spark as Century halted her sprint. She spun around to face Petra and Raphael. Century put Yuro down and clenched her fist before she dived toward Petra and Raphael, with her fist pulled back she punched Raphael.

"BOOM!"

Raphael was then flung across the street from a powerful explosion that rippled through the air and knocked Petra back. Century had an evil grin as she patted her glove.

"Perfect..."

Century rushed toward Petra and delivered a sharp uppercut to Petra's jaw. Petra's head was blown straight off. Century turned to Raphael and punched his head into the ground, the explosion caused by the punch propelled Century up into the air. She then used Helium to slow her fall as Petra reformed and Raphael got himself steady.

"You think a new toy's gonna stop us?"

Petra wiped blood from her mouth.

"It sure as hell will!"

Century observed her situation. She had let this battle go on for too long.

"Alright Century... no more wasting time. You end this fight here. A girl that can regenerate and a boy that has diamond skin. Rule out the fire, Petra can just regenerate and diamond isn't flammable. Water has no effect, you thought it would melt Petra but it just put her flames out... if not water or fire... what could hurt Petra and pierce diamond skin?"

Century slowed her breathing when a butterfly flew onto her shoulder.

"Yuro?"

"Yep, thought I'd offer a bit more assistance. I believe I know how you can beat the one with diamond skin. Pure diamond is tough to crack, no matter how many explosions you use it will never break. The only thing that breaks pure diamond is pure diamond."

"Pure diamond... how am I supposed to make that?"

"Carbon. Pure diamond is Carbon."

Century cracked her knuckles.

"Got it."

Raphael launched himself at her. Century dodged and jumped into the air. She planted her feet on Raphael's shoulders and pushed off. Century raised her fist and imagined a diamond ring. Her glove then turned to pure diamond. Raphael looked stunned as Century came crashing down on top of him. The impact made a sharp ringing noise echo through the town. Petra covered her ears and looked at Raphael.

Raphael and Century's fists were colliding. The sparks shot off and burned Century's face but she pushed herself harder. Raphael's fist began to break.

"No no no! Don't! Stop! Please don't break it!"

Century paid no mind to Raphael's pleas. Raphael's expression changed to one of worry as he tried to pull away but Century gave one final push and shattered Raphael's diamond skin. Raphael's broken body beneath the diamond skin collapsed to the floor. His skeletal structure shattered as he lay defeated.

"Jean... I... failed..."

Century looked down at the defeated Raphael. Suddenly a small purple crystal dropped from his pocket. Century raised her eyebrow and picked it up. It glowed brightly in the sunlight.

"Cool. Spoils of war."

Century put it in her pocket before looking at Raphael.

"That's two..."

Raphael's eyes soon lost life as he slumped over.

"You..."

Petra chewed on her bottom lip so hard it was bleeding all over her chin.

"Raphael... Lycon..."

Petra looked at her two knives.

"I won't let them be forgotten."

Petra looked at Century with animalistic hunger. Century smirked.

"Fine. You can join them then."

The battle draws closer to an end, Petra is the only one that stands in the way.