Arc II: “Universal Threat”
Chapter III: “Gang War”
Episode VIII: “Raging Battles II! Rikito vs. Kyte!”
A green flash flew upward into the sky; close behind it, a second— a black streak— chased the first.
Kyte and Rikito slammed together mid-ascent, shockwaves drumming the cloud deck and rattling the upper air.
“Not bad. I’d be lagging behind if I wasn’t using my Demonic Pressure.”
“Don’t blink yet… this is still nothing!”
I’ll become the strongest—whatever it takes to find my brother… and to be free.
Nox Aeterna: Fulmen Tenebris!
“Dark Lightning Cannon!”
The bolt of aether corkscrewed, black core wrapped in violet filaments; the air smelled sharp, like charcoal.
Kyte barrel-rolled; the shot tore past, crackling ozone into the thin air.
“Berserker Blast!”
The blast fanned out in a green cone, edges ragged like torn cloth.
Rikito shouldered the blast aside in a spray of embers. They traded in streaks and afterimages; each time Rikito pressed in, Kyte’s guard met him like iron.
“RAHHH!” Kyte’s rage tore loose; Utopic aether shooting out of him in lime-gold sheets like a geyser.
“Heh… letting the beast off the chain,” Rikito said, sweat silvering his jaw. “Then I’ll do the same.”
Rikito opened his channels; violet fire licked off his shoulders.
Their auras braided and bucked, pressure bowing the clouds; both kept pushing their yields, the air keening with strain.
“This is plenty…” Rikito eased off, aura settling to a hard, bright edge.
Kyte’s output dimmed—still seething, but contained.
They hovered nose-to-nose above the sea of clouds, horizon burning in their eyes.
Their stares sharpened—then flared wide in the same heartbeat.
Both Aether-Skipped, forearms colliding like a crackling gunshot.
Locked and sliding, they shoved against each other. Then they broke clean, skimming apart and trading blasts of raw aether.
Rikito staggered his shots, erasing Kyte’s volleys just before they reached him.
“Dark Abyssal Cannon!”
A cavern-black beam bulldozed toward Kyte, space warping along its spine.
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“Juggernaut Burst!”
Kyte met it head-on—his lime-gold lance buckled, boots skidding across the clouds.
“AHHHHHH!” His rage flared, then the collar’s sigils flashed red, and his yield suddenly vaulted.
Kyte’s surge swallowed the abyssal beam. Rikito cut the feed and slid aside.
Is it that collar? Yeah… It’s the same make as the other criminals’. It has some sort of doping effect.
Kyte’s power leaked like steam from a cracked boiler.
I’ll contain this beast… Rikito thought, eyes narrowing to knives.
“Demonic Force!”
His Utopic channels roared open—then Rikito blurred forward and hammered in.
“Fiendish Crusher!”
Kyte couldn’t square his guard, pinwheeling out of the sky in a glitter of sparks.
“Black Lightning Dash!”
A raven bolt stitched a char line across the cloud tops—thunder chasing a fraction late. Rikito was there—then gone, afterimage smoking.
“Argh!” Kyte yelled out as the bolt impaled his abdomen.
The lightning folded out into Rikito’s figure; an unyielding assault of strikes raining down on Kyte’s frame. His reads lagged behind as he drowned in Rikito’s speed—
—until something snapped. Veins roped across his temples as madness engulfed him. His collar rattled, sigils flared, a bassy hum pressed against his eardrums.
“Juggernaut Drive!”
“There it is…”
I’ve forced him to the well. I’ll top off my yield with Demonic Base Form and Black Lightning.
Rikito’s yield climbed to meet it. Black lightning mantled his frame; his irises deepened to amethyst.
[The village]
“Negative Destroyer!”
Sikira launched another beam stolen from Asuka’s flow. It raked through the street, stones blistering.
“Argh!” Asuka braced, forearms ringing as the beam sheared past.
“Heh. Someone’s slowing down. Normally, you’d be able to dodge that. Looks like I’m winning this battle of attrition!”
“Don’t count me out yet!” Asuka snapped, transforming into Spirit Ascension. The clean, bright light flowed around her.
Tch! I didn’t notice that my technique lapsed.
Asuka blitzed Sikira, gusts of wind tumbling in her wake.
“Impact Fist!”
Her fist cracked across Sikira’s temple; the world went white in Sikira’s eyes, and the Negative Realm unraveled like smoke.
Now’s my chance!
Asuka drew in a deep breath, every meridian thrumming like a strung wire.
“This will end it! Twin Crystal Blade Dance!”
Asuka spun around as arcs scissored the air in a bright lattice, carving Sikira off her stance.
Sikira tumbled, skidding through dust and roof-tile shards.
“Finally…” Asuka breathed, shoulders heaving.
“N-not yet!” Sikira clawed to her feet, her legs swaying.
Dammit! That wasn’t enough? My arts must be dulling from fatigue!
“Negative Force!”
Spirit Ascension peeled off Asuka in threads of light, spooling into Sikira’s darkness.
Do I even have enough strength to use Spirit Resonance again?
[Elsewhere on Wave Island]
“Gravity Crush!” Leo dropped a dense field—air buckled, and the ground webbed under Bed’s boots.
Dammit— c-can’t move… can’t breathe! This brat is a little demon!
“This is it!”
Aether curled into a spinning disk between Leo’s palms; grit skated away from the pull.
“Gravity… D—!”
A shock ripped through his channels; the disk guttered out, and Leo collapsed, breath stolen.
[In the sky]
“Dark—!”
“Juggernaut—!”
An abrupt appearance—
—Akira blinked in between them with Riella at his side, Dragon Shift bending the air like heat off metal.
For a moment, time seemed to stop for all but the yellow flakes of runes dissipating at Akira’s feet.
“Hey, guys!” Akira chirped, throwing his hand up.
“W-what!?” They both snapped.
With their arts already unleashed, both beams converged on Akira.
AHH! It’s over! Riella thought, covering her face as her gut iced over.
“Hmph,” Akira grunted, his eyes razor sharp.
An omnidirectional pulse of energy hushed both beams into nothing.
How—? Rikito’s teeth clicked shut.
Silence. Only wind rolled through the clouds.
That release was spherical—an omnidirectional art? What an impressive technique! Riella thought.
“That’s enough,” Akira said. “You two shouldn’t be fighting.”
“What? Just what nonsense are you on about now, Akira?” Rikito snapped. “Don’t get in my way—this is my fight now!”
Kyte grunted, his eyebrows furrowed tightly.
“There’s no need to fight each other. After all, Kyte’s my little brother,” Akira said, smiling.
“What…?” Rikito froze.
Kyte’s eyes widened; the hard set of his mouth broke.
B-brother?
“Yeah, I was shocked too. But Sikira said it, so it must be true.”
Akira drifted closer.
“Hey. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you,” he said, resting a palm on Kyte’s head. “You must’ve been through hell trying to find me.”
Tears tracked down Kyte’s cheeks as he met Akira’s gaze and felt the warmth there. His aura fell; he eased back to his natural state.
Brother.
[Next Time on Lyte of Utopia]: “Assassin! The Deadly Ronin Returns!”
[Yield Levels]:
Rikito: 100t
- SR: (DeSR): 100qt
- SR: (DeSR) + DeP (Suppressed): 5sx
- SR: (DeSR) + DeP: 100sx
- SR: (DeSR) + DF: 100sp
- SR: (DeSR) + DF + DBF: 200sp
- SR: (DeSR) + DF + DBF + Black Lightning Cloak (Imperfect): 500sp
- Dark Lightning Cannon: x10
- Black Lightning Dash: x20
- Dark Abyssal Cannon: x500
- Fiendish Crusher: x200
Kyte: 5qd
- SR: (LBMSR): 5sx
- SR: (LBMSR) + BU + R: 100sx
- SR: (LBMSR) + BU + R + RD: 1sp
- SR: (LBMSR) + BU + RD + JD: 500sp
- Berserker Blast: x2
- Juggernaut Burst: x100
Sikira: 100b
- SR + RD + NF: (SA): 200t (20qd) (Physical)
- SR + RD: 1t (100t) (Physical)
- Negative Realm (External): x10,000 (Counter / Domain)
- Negative Destroyer: x100 (Counter)
Asuka: 10t
- SR + DBF: 20t (2qd) (Physical)
- SA + DBF: 4qd
- Impact Fist: x100
- Twin Crystal Blade Dance: x1000
Leo: 10t
- T6 + R + GSIII: (-): 20sx
- Gravity Crush: x200
Bed: 20sx
- SS + GSIII: (+): 20sx
Akira: 20t
- DP: 20qd
- Dragon Force: x1qd