The battle between the warriors and the darkness raged on. Ishigaki, driven by both his and Natsuki's will worked together to defeat Karito, meanwhile Kyuuto finally met Yusuke and Koori after roughly two years of fighting on the opposite side. They were divided by the tall metal pole on which Kanata was captured, and the warriors fell left and right.
Kyuuto's ring began to glow from the crack that was formed a good while ago as a flow of anger and desperation flowed into his heart. While the acid from Yusuke's sleeves kept on dripping, Kyuuto's cold aura kept on radiating in the area. All of the warriors seemed to feel his anger that he held for a long time, also with the hint of confusion. Perhaps from the fact that Kyuuto must fight his closest family member, or at least his body.
"What is your goal?!" Hikiri shouted from behind Kyuuto. Ishigaki was already there too after landing from his previous attack. Seeing Yusuke, Karito, and Anrui on the same side felt odd to him. As the three originally came from different sides.
"All I want is just to rebuild history. To carry the Ookami kingdom once again, to its full glory. And Volkus... is the answer to that," Yusuke answered swiftly, but his decision proved to be a mistake, as Yamato suddenly appeared on the side of Aotori, behind everyone, on top of an abandoned parking lot.
"I thought we were gonna defeat Volkus," he said, alerting everyone.
Yusuke, realizing his mistake, quickly pulled his tongue back and became more careful of his own words. But after the initial shock, he quickly sneered behind his mask. Even though his face was hidden, his intention was finally clear. Yusuke then stood up, and looked around, the warriors in the area were severely outnumbered by the darkness.
"After we're done with this, there won't be suffering anymore. So this is your last chance, to take revenge on your fallen allies for good... and live with us, the new Ookami kingdom," Yusuke then tried to persuade the remaining warriors. Twisting their perception as if he is the savior.
Some felt conflicted, remembering their low success rate at defeating the darkness after nearly two years of fighting. They stepped forward, meaning to switch sides, but then stopped by the others who still believed in their mission. "You will not divide us," Aosuke took his stand. Yusuke could see the fire in his eyes, the same with Ishigaki.
Yusuke just chuckled, "Ah, as I thought, peace was never an option for us wolves... right, Kyuuto?" he looked at Kyuuto who was already fed up, ready to leap at him any second. "Then let our claws fight for the answer!!" Yusuke then commanded his army of the possessed to march forward, followed by the warriors led by Aosuke from the opposite side.
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Kyuuto then also jumped directly to Yusuke with his zodiac sword already glowing bright blue, he tried to slash him with a horizontal attack, but Yusuke successfully dodged it. He then followed it up with a spinning kick, but once again Yusuke managed to sidestep his attack. Kyuuto in a desperate attempt to land a hit, conjured a spiky ice fist onto his right arm and punched his target as hard as he could, but Yusuke was gone from his sight. A moment later, Kyuuto received a kick on his chin, as Yusuke dodged his attack by ducking.
As Kyuuto bounced backwards to get some distance, Yusuke warned him, "Remember who taught you to fight. I retain all of Koori's memory inside here," he pointed to his own head. Yusuke then focused on his right arm, and made the acid drip even more. He then flicked his arm forward, sparkling the corrosive liquid onto his face.
Kyuuto spontaneously protected himself with a small shield conjured from the blade of his sword, but the liquid just evaporated the shield as if it was nothing. The steam from his ice melting obscured his vision for a brief moment, but through the steam, he saw his brother in place of his enemy.
In that brief vision, Kyuuto lost his concentration. But instead of Koori's warm smile welcoming him, it was Yusuke's kick to his stomach. Kyuuto then fell from the roof he was standing on, and onto a pile of rubbles down below.
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"Argh!!--" Kyuuto grunted as he rolled down a small hill. That evening was another practice. That day was particularly a hard one.
"Come on, you're better than this! Where did your yesterday spirit go?" Koori mocked him from the top of the hill, while Kyuuto was struggling to get his footing back.
Kyuuto then sat down pouting, "You're too strong, brother. I just can't fight you more than that," he complained.
The warmth of the sun slowly faded away, while the breeze of the wind was getting stronger, as the light from the sun gradually darkens. The two saw a flock of birds flying across, their shapes were just silhouettes opposite from the sun.
Koori smirked, "What are you talking about? You're an Ookami, are you not? If I'm strong, then you are strong too. Now whether I'm stronger than you is another thing entirely. But get this, the fact that I'm your brother is not the reason why you should tone down your fight, it's actually the opposite," he explained. He then looked down on his dummy sword he was holding, and continued, "... there's this saying... even if an Ookami becomes evil, the only one that can defeat him is another Ookami, and no one else," Koori's expression suddenly changed to gloomy, while Kyuuto was speechless.
But then he changed his expression to a warm smile, "So? What are you waiting for? ---Catch!!" he then kicked Kyuuto's dummy sword that fell near Koori from before, "if you defeat me before sunset, I'll buy you snacks!!" Koori then prepared his fighting stance again.
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Back to Kyuuto, he realized the similarity between that moment and his fight with Yusuke. The one thing that he knew was that he just had to stand up and fight. He looked at Yusuke looking down on him, readying his weapon made out of frozen acid. Yusuke then dived down with full speed.