The Last Battle
The two tyrants stood in front of each other, their strange eyes glaring down at one another. One’s eyes were lit like the fires that would soon burn the land, while the other’s had that signature yellow gleam in them. The frill of the blue tyrant started to slowly stretch out, and he lowered his neck, starting to shake his frill in an intimidating way. Kaji did not seem phased by this though, and only snorted a smoky puff of breath.
“So… It seems like the time has come…” He purred slowly, lowering his head as well as if ready to charge.
Draco grumbled angrily and swayed his hybrid tail. “So it has… But you’re not winning this battle.”
“…We shall see.” Kaji hissed, his jaws grinding down awkwardly due to the missing teeth, and causing some sparks to ignite in his maw.
At that, the duo roared and charged at each other, jaws agape and ready to snap down on each others’ necks. But as Draco went to bite down on Kaji’s neck, the huge acro moved at a surprisingly quick speed, dodging the attack and landing a bite on Draco’s arm. The blue tyrant let out a roar of pain and barely got a grip onto Kaji’s thick and scarred flesh, shaking his head violently like a shark. Kaji only laughed and released his flames from his throat, burning into Draco’s arm and causing the beast to pull back sharply in pain. He kept his grip on Kaji though, pulling him with his immense strength towards the ground. But Kaji wouldn’t fall for that trick again, and he roared, shooting flames upwards at Draco’s neck. Draco released another roar of pain and let go of Kaji’s skin, shaking his singing frill as the membranes started to disintegrate. Draco furrowed his brow angrily and slammed his foot on the ground, gathering the moisture in all of the air, land, and underground, sending it up into the sky via a thundercloud. Kaji frowned deeply and prepared himself, knowing there would be no time to lunge forth again.
However, as Draco collected the moisture in the air, he collected groundwater into his mouth, concentrating it into a small ball of water. As it swirled and hovered in front of his jaws, Kaji hissed in displeasure and started to rumble the flames in the back of his throat. Finally, Draco shot the water beam out at Kaji, roaring in the process as Kaji shot out his concentrated beam of fire. The two beams slammed into each other and hissed violently, steam, smoke, and both elements starting to splash off towards the sides. Neither one backed down from their beams, but Kaji’s fire was hotter, and it started to slowly dominate Draco’s water beam. A frown creased over the side of Draco’s jaws, and he snapped his mouth shut to stop the water, ducking swiftly as Kaji’s flame beam shot above him and burned a huge, black hole in a nearby rock formation. The weakened rock started to crumble underneath itself at that, and Kaji snapped his maw shut as well, growling angrily at the other Chimera.
Neither one wanted to take a breath, and at that, they lunged for each other once again. However, before their jaws met, a quick flash of a transformation occurred, and the duo slammed into each others’ human forms, Kaji creating a second flaming arm to grip onto Draco’s hands. The duo skid against the floor and growled angrily at each other, gripping onto each others’ hands and trying to prove who was stronger. But even as Draco was starting to win in the strength battle, Kaji’s fire arm started to hiss into and burn the metal plating that wrapped around Draco’s palm. With a strained frown, Draco’s push started to weaken, and Kaji released a low chuckle followed by a smirk.
“Well now, looks like your about to have a closer taste of the FLAMES~!” He roared, glowing throat visible again.
Draco grunted in pain from the searing heat in his hand and quickly rolled away just as Kaji blew out flames from his mouth at the Chimera. Draco was barely able to dodge them, noticing that his kimono had caught on fire. Swiftly, he ripped it off and frowned deeply at Kaji, who’s fire arm was now starting to disappear. The flaming Chimera laughed lowly and stood with a sly smirk at Draco, ripping his raggedy jacket off as well, and revealing his multiple burn scars along his torso and right arm. The duo stared at one another for a bit, their chests heaving slightly as they tried to catch their breaths. Kaji made no move to hesitate any longer though, and he launched forwards with flames igniting from where his feet once were, sparking teeth bared and smoke trailing behind him. Draco swiftly took out his katana that was at his hip, charging forwards as well with dirt and grass kicking up behind him. When the duo clashed, Kaji raised up his arm swiftly to stop the blade from slamming into his head, doing a sort of karate move to curl his arm around the blade and grab it by the edge of where the blade and hilt combined. Draco’s eyes widened in surprise at seeing this, both of his hands on the hilt of the blade while Kaji’s entire arm had seemingly wrapped around the sword. But as Draco tried to pull back and start slicing into Kaji’s arm, the flaming Chimera swung a fire arm at him. Draco swiftly released his blade and ducked under, tripping Kaji and causing him to fall onto his side roughly. The fire arm was doused, and Draco swiped his sword away, slicing into Kaji’s bicep just a bit. The monster growled in slight pain, but only chuckled shortly afterwards, looking up at Draco as he was about to stab his sword downwards into Kaji’s head. But as Kaji laughed, his flames were ignited and shot straight up into Draco’s face, causing the latter to grunt and stumble backwards, trying to flick the flames from the strands of hair.
Kaji took this opportunity to lunge forwards at Draco with flames igniting his whole body, grabbing the man by the throat and slamming him into a nearby rock formation. Draco grunted in pain at this, holding onto Kaji’s bleeding arm and trying to get free. The flames were starting to peel away Kaji’s skin now, and his lips were slowly curling up, revealing that hideous smirk that he always wore. The bright orange blood started to drip onto the ground, leaving black burn marks in the grass and starting to move dangerously close to Draco’s legs. Draco huffed upon being choked and raised a foot off of the ground by Kaji’s one arm, glaring down at him as his armor started to melt and peel away from him due to the heat.
“How do the flames taste, Chimera????” Kaji hissed, his teeth completely bared now and black burn marks starting to appear on his cheeks.
“Spicy… But not spicy enough!” Draco countered, headbutting Kaji and causing the latter to roar out, stumbling backwards onto the ground.
Draco instantly started to dash away and rip his armor/kimono off, but Kaji growled, leaping high into the sky about 4 stories and roaring out loudly, shooting flames in a circle around Draco. The latter skid to a stop upon seeing flames rise up in front of him, the roar of the crackling fire causing Draco to grit his teeth in frustration. As he whirled around to look back up at Kaji, he had already slammed back down into the center of the circle, slowly and ominously standing up in the billowing flames behind him. His matted, pale blonde hair covered most of his face, but as he turned it just slightly to glare at Draco with his flame-orange eyes, it lit up into a bright white coloration. Draco flinched a bit upon seeing the flames grow around the monster, and he huffed in anger, shooting a quick glance at the darkening sky. Kaji didn’t seem to notice as he started to slowly trudge over towards Draco, but when the latter started to straighten himself up, the flaming Chimera stopped in an irritated curiosity.
“….You know what would make your flames taste better, Kaji?” Draco suddenly asked, a slow smile curling onto his lips.
Kaji frowned, not liking the grin the tyrant was giving him. “…What?” He spat.
“If you add water.”
At that, Kaji’s eyes widened and he roared out, lunging forwards as he transformed into his Acro form, jaws gaped open to Draco with a seemingly desperate attempt. Draco smirked and released a roar as he transformed as well, the duo slamming into each other and the water bolt slamming down into Kaji, the rolling of thunder heard all throughout the land. Louder and stronger than any of Kane’s appearances, the water in the lake started to flood the ground as the whole world seemingly shook. Flames and steam shot upwards into the air, exploding with both sparks and water droplets as the loud roars of the elements clashing was heard. It was as if a spectacular elemental display of fireworks was going off, and before anyone knew it, it all started to die off. The sounds of the hissing water droplets was the last thing that emitted as the steam subsided from the area, and the ring of fire started to die as well.
Revealed in the haze was the scattered remnants of both Kaji and Draco, their arms and legs in all sorts of places, and only Draco’s head, attached still to his torso, was the one thing that had remained intact. A slow breath came from the Chimera’s nostrils as his dying yellow eyes glanced around at the blurry carnage. With one last glance towards the sky, he saw his thunderclouds dissipate.
“Ariana…. I will see you soon……. Jade…. Shrike…… I’m sorry…”
With the final breath, Draco closed his eyes.
Suoh perched on a high rock formation as he witnessed the full fight. He had been there from the beginning, for he knew one of them was going to die. What he didn’t expect was to see his brother fall to the flames… The hybrid didn’t know what he should have done. He merely stared. Now his last family member was dead… He had no other way to react now, other than stare at the empty air in front of him. A black haze started to surround his figure as he soon felt nothing but grief weighing down his chest…
Pathetic.
And weak.
A swirling, glowing orb started to appear near Kaji's torn body, manifesting into what looked like a Tupa. For a long moment, the pale eyes of the flying reptile stared into the beast's dull orange ones. Mouth permanently gaped open as a snapshot in time, the monster was dead.
As quickly as the Tupa had appeared in a flurry of light, black smoke started to rise from the ground up to the Tupa's crest, completely engulfing it in the godlike clouds. Again, the Tupa merely stared.
"You have failed for the last time, Chimera... I pray that Orion takes good care of you." The creature stated in a hauntingly soft voice.
At that, the Tupa spread its wings and took to the skies, leaving Kaji's body to the scavengers.
A dark place. Strange yellow eyes glowed in the abyss. Where am I?
Nothing existed in this realm. Yet how am I?
A glance to the right. Kaji. What was he doing here?
The beast glances over at the other.
"So it seems that we are both dead, Chimera." The fire breather stated.
A glance forwards. Something large stands ahead.
A deep, booming voice, as deep as the abyss itself, speaks. "Welcome, my children... I will take good care of you..."
A bright light.
Genesis. Kala.
Ariana.
I see them. I can hear them. I can feel them. They really are here.... Finally.
A glance to my right again. The once terrifying beast gives me a nod and a smile. I am confused. I start to move forwards on my own, not giving a glance back to him. All I want to see is Ariana.... Her smiling face.
One turn and I see Kaji and Kala with smiles. They are happy.
I look back to Ariana.
And I am happy too.