No one escaped the shock of Shirogane's sudden appearance.

Not Tantrum nor Kirai who felt the pain of his appearance first hand.

The sadist smashed through the clay ceiling.

Sent into the air like a cannon ball.

Kirai flew through the blue charcoal sky.

Until he crashed straight into the mines of Gake village, which are known as ember's mines.

"Who the hell are you?" Tantrum stomped his gigantic leg, causing a tremor throughout the village.

And as the shaking brought itself to a halt another Zeon appeared.

Though his arrival was less brutish.

"Hey you don't need to know who he is I'm your opponent" Hikaru proudly claimed as he sliced through Tantrum's right bicep.

Chorite caught in sudden disaster raised himself from his throne, shattering the arms.

"What do you think your doing, this is the Red empire, Uzunami's empire, do you know what you're doing?" the Furea elder hurriedly questioned.

But no one paid the elder any attention.

With all focus on Hikaru Shirogane slipped away.

Following the smoke Shirogane made his arrival upon the mountain known as ember's mines.

Kirai brushed the rocks off of his torn clothes.

Lifting himself up from the tarnished terrain,

It was clear that the shock was effecting Kirai longer then expected.

As thoughts ran through his mind endlessly, questioning the sudden appearance of someone who could threaten him.

The thoughts only ceased once this unknown warrior was in sight.

"Hey so your from the empire right, tell me where is Mirai and his elder brother Daku?" Shirogane propelled himself, smashing his fist once again into Kirai's face.

And as the two warriors fell into mountains surface, Kirai took advantage...

The sadist gripped onto Shirogane's white tattered top.

And without giving any time for Shirogane to react, Kirai slashed the Sasine warrior's back open.

And again...

And once more...

Kirai repeatedly slashed Shirogane's back making his wounds deeper and all the more fatal.

Making the most of this opportunity Kirai infused his body with fusion energy.

Well to be more exact he infused his curse mark...

And without warning Kirai undertook the form known as imperial two.

Making the ends of his hair turn from a dull black into a blazing yellow.

And as he stared into the eyes of Shirogane, Kirai's eyes turned into a golden orange.

But this didn't scare Shirogane in cowardice.

No it did the opposite!

Shirogane entered imperial three going one step further, he turned his short spikey black hair golden orange, with the ends blazing just like Kirai's.

And just as Shirogane's hair changed so did his attitude.

Shirogane took a hold of Kirai's skull!

Ignoring the agonising cuts on his back, the warrior smashed the sadist's body against the barren surface of Mars.

During this both Shirogane's hair and body size increased slightly.

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Along with the changing of his sky blue eyes came a yellow glow sprawling from Shirogane's body.

Looking down upon his foe Shirogane leapt backwards.

Which allowed for the sadist to take to his feet.

Both warriors stared at each other, neither one of them making as much of a flinch.

Awaiting the other's first attack, they were at a standstill.

But as the sands of Mars blew across their feet, the warriors' impatience grew.

Overwhelming them both.

For Kurai it was a duel against a worthy opponent but for Shirogane it was the first step to conquering the Red empire.

Meanwhile at Ember's forge...

Hikaru received Chorite's warnings one after the other.

But they were all dismissed.

Continuing his assault, continuing to free Mars from Uzunami's control.

Hikaru dashed around the room looking for any weak spot.

But in his efforts his attention became solely focused on this objective he placed upon himself.

And not on Tantrum's movements.

"Run run run all you can, it won't change how weak you are" Trench caught hold of Hikaru's face, digging his fingers into the young assassin's skull.

"Don't you see it now, just how useless it is to resist the Red emperor?" Tantrum questioned as Hikaru kicked his legs, suffering the agonising pain of Tantrum's grip.

Hikaru's legs eventually relaxed and with no sign of resistance Tantrum dropped Hikaru.

Discarding him away as nothing but a freshly made corpse.

And as the brute turned to face Chorite he saw the mixed expression of hope and fright.

Hikaru's body moved like it was possessed, almost machine like.

Eventually Hikaru whispered faintly "I'm not through with my life yet".

Suddenly his aura turned into a hurricane of energy, his muscles condensed and he became even more slender.

His emotionless eyes became full of energy as they turned blue, along with his aura.

He had entered the form known as full acceleration.

Stretching his muscles by twenty five percent, he had caused his speed and strength to increase, while also using half as much stamina as he did before.

Meanwhile at ember's mines...

Dusk arrived and as the warmth abandoned Mars so did the warrior's patience.

Both the sadist and the protector launched themselves towards each other.

Whilst Shirogane infused his defence tearing fist, Kirai wielded his claws with murderous intent.

But unexpectedly...

Kirai smashed his black claw against the other as soon as he drew closer to Shirogane...

Which caused an explosion of demonic energy known as black chaos.

Caught in the blast, Shirogane was crushed under the immense power of the explosion.

Following this Kirai caught a hold of the mountain which surrounded their backs, stopping all his momentum.

"Heh you weren't expecting blackite now were you?" Kirai looked down upon Shirogane who's body collapsed with every attempt he made to stand.

"I knew it your new to our world, the world in which the strong rule over the weak, well don't worry you won't have to learn anything ill take you out of it soon enough", Kirai's black claw rebuilt itself back in his right hand.

Blackite a material mostly used by the demonic races.

Which can explode at any hit, and once it does the material rebuilds itself just as it was before.

Kirai edged himself closer, each step ringing in Shirogane's ears.

And as death grew near, Shirogane remembered Kenta's fight against Uzunami.

The fight in which Kenta displayed full mastery of his curse mark, the same curse mark in which Shirogane has.

Just like his father Shirogane needed not for stamina all he needed was his curse.

Shirogane teleported just above Kirai slamming fists upon the sadist's skull.

And once again Shirogane teleported, this time propelling his leg straight into Kirai's chest.

And now being lifted from his feet Kirai was sent flying once again.

Taking advantage Shirogane infused his fist once again...

And he teleported to the middle of Gake village awaiting Kirai.

Luckily the village had a perfect open area for Shirogane's signature attack.

Suddenly Kirai unwillingly crashed through the gates of Gake village.

In which he arrived upon Shirogane's defence breaker fist.

The royal blue laser trigged Kirai's blackite claw to explode once again.

But this time only Kirai was caught in the indigo explosion.

And without any pause to his assault Shirogane teleported connecting his fist upon Kirai's skull.

At ember's forge...

Within a fraction of a second Hikaru raised his leg into the air.

Giving no time for Tantrum to react Hikaru smashed his leg upon the brute's skull.

Although it only caused only a slight fracture.

The brute failed to withstand Hikaru's sudden attack causing him to collapse to his knees.

"I may not be as strong as you but no one is as fast as I am" Hikaru vanished from sight.

Only to instantly reappear, once Tantrum had lifted him self up.

"Thanks, there's no way I could carry you all the way there" Hikaru made his claim as he swiftly and repeatedly kicked the brutish Zeon.

Each attack knocking the brute a little further towards Shirogane.

And thanks to Hikaru, Tantrum arrived just in time to see...

Kirai was knocked out and as he began to collapse Shirogane caught a hold of his face.

Smashing him into the ground!

Kirai's resistance stats were nullified thanks to Shirogane's defence breaker fist.

Meaning that even the slightest hit could be fatal...

Kirai's claw had rebuilt itself.

And as Kirai regained consciousness, he attempted to get up to his feet but...

Shirogane crushed the claw under his feet only to teleport to Hikaru's side.

A black and purple sphere enveloped Kirai, ripping him apart until he was unrecognisable.

Chorite's subjects fled the safety of their homes to see something unbelievable.

To see the defeat of a Zeon, a Zeon who had terrorised them for over a decade.

"You, you have just set this village for slaughter" Tantrum bellowed at the sight of his ally's disfigured corpse.

Hikaru gently gripped onto Tantrum's shoulder "is that right well I guess its a good thing were here then isn't it".

Chorite was unable to believe what he could see before him, could it be?, have they finally found hope?

Well whatever this feeling is Chorite hasn't felt it in his entire lifetime of slavery.

A golden yellow light expanded from Tantrum's body.

Followed by an explosion forcing all to flee from his side.

And without any trace the brute disappeared.

Even Hikaru couldn't sense his presence but was this the work of Tantrum or another of Uzunami's subjects?