The Will of Fire

37...Aggression

*The Land of Warfare*
The hawk circled the dawn sky. Its screech traveled through the Land of Warfare. Japanese soldiers lay in blood, dead. Korean allied soldiers, dead also. Chinese, Vietnam and Russian soldiers; majority dead. Only two Chinese soldiers stood tall. Teikuya, Jin'ichi, Rei, Rika, Sesshomaru, Santo and Itsumi stared directly at their enemies. Across from them stood Kang, Kokoro, Kushina, Taka, Kuan, and two unknown warriors.
"Shameful, really" Kang said. "All of your soldiers have fallen. All of your squad members stepped in without any help from you seven."
Teikuya looked at everyone from her squad. Laying in blood was all from her squad and Sesshomaru's, including all Japanese soldiers and Korean soldiers. All that remained was Teikuya, Rei, Jin'ichi, Sesshomaru, Rika, Santo and Itsumi.
"Have you all met my two friends?" Kang asked, smirking evilly.
A man and woman walked up.
"Meet Edwyn Krimson and Syrene." Kang said.
Rei immediately tensed up.
"What is it?" Jin'ichi asked
"That guy...Edwyn Krimson. I remember...when me and Luisa faced Makaio. He mentioned that Krimson...He's the last of Blood Manipulators." said Rei.
Everyone became uneasy.
"There's...there's no way. The Blood Manipulation Class of the Water Types have been extinct for over 100 years!" Said Jin'ichi.
"I know that...but why would Makaio lie?" Rei asked Jin'ichi.
"How in the world are you the lonely survivor of the Blood Manipulators?" Teikuya asked, clutching the Kaze fan.
Krimson's smirk was grim, and his stare was cold. It pierced right through Teikuya.
"King Kang released me from the shackles and reigns Russian king and queen Ivan and Aksana had on me. I was held there for ten long years. But now they're gone. Thanks to King Kang." Said Krimson.
"You monster" Rika said. "Kang, how dare you take over Russia..I should've known. That's the only way Russian soldiers would be on your side!"
"Damn it. I had completely forgotten Russia is owned by China now. Makaio said this...It completely slipped my mind." Rei said to herself.
"Everyone. We all must be extremely careful against Krimson. If he tastes so much as one drop of blood from any of us, that person will be in deep trouble." Teikuya said.
The woman known as Syrene stood next to Krimson. She had indigo colored hair styled in a long, thick braid, and a single bang falling over her left eye. Her eyes stared directly at Sesshomaru. This alerted Santo and Itsumi, who immediately stepped in front of him.
"No one harms the prince, right?" Syrene asked sarcastically.
"Who dares?" Itsumi responded back with a sharp tone.
Syrene moved her bang from her eye for a split second, revealing the magenta colored iris.
"Her left eye..." Sesshomaru thought you himself. "It is different from her other eye. Her left eye is of a sort of pink, while her right eye is brown."
Syrene's lips parted to let out a soft and yet enchanting chuckle.
"I am Syrene. Kang introduced me earlier, but I see your focus is not its best. Trust me, you want to always focus on me. Losing me out of your sight could be the worst mistake you'll ever make." She said, smirking with confidence.
"I have had enough of the formalities" Kushina said, walking up. "It is us against you Japanese dogs. It is time we lay the talking to rest and get down to business."
Teikuya quickly pulled the giant Kitsune Kaze Fan from behind her and opened it.
"I couldn't agree more." She said with conviction.
She then swung the Kaze fan once with force, from the left to the right. An enormous windstorm occured and slammed into Kang and the others.
"Do not let it blow you away!" Kang shouted to his team, as he struggled to keep his feet on the ground. The two Chinese soldiers blew far away, slamming into a large stone structure. This broke their backs, killing them instantly. The windstorm roared violently, as Kang and his team put all of their strength into staying grounded.
"Kuan! Do something!" Kang ordered.
Kuan, amidst of pushing through the Kaze Fan's windstorm, was able to force two hands onto the ground. On all fours, he fought to stay on the ground.
"Demonic Snake Posession!" Kuan shouted.
An abundance of misty green snakes created by Kuan's magic rushed out of the sleeves of his garb, slithering along the ground and rushing towards Teikuya and the others.
"The windstorm seems to have no effect on the snakes!" Jin'ichi shouted.
Jin'ichi and the others stood behind the windstorm, untouched by its wrath. But Kuan's snakes were getting closer incredibly fast.
"If any of those snakes come in contact with any of us, they'll possess our bodies. They have to be stopped! If only I could withstand the Kaze Fan's windstorm, I'd jump in the fray myself, and destroy the snakes with my waterfall attack!" Rei thought to herself.
"Usually winds disperse Kuan's attacks. What's so different about these snakes!?" Teikuya said to herself in complete desperation.
"Itsumi." said Santo.
Itsumi looked to her right and saw the look her brother gave her. Without him having to say anything else, she knew just what to do.
"Let's do it, brother." She replied.
The two ran into the windstorm, size by side.
"Wait! Santo, Itsumi!" Rei shouted.
"Yield, Rei" Sesshomaru said. "Santo and Itsumi are Cloud Runners, keep that in mind."
Santo and Itsumi ran at incredible speed, dashing towards the incoming horde of majestic snakes. They clapped their hands together in a praying hand sign and suddenly clouds from the sky above traveled down towards them.
"Kumo no shōgeki!" They shouted together.
The clouds surfed along the ground, wiping out all of the snakes.
"Those damned Cloud Runners!" Kokoro shouted, fighting the windstorm still.
"Its starting to get the best of me! I can't fight this any longer!" Kuan shouted.
The clouds summoned by Santo and Itsumi were now rushing towards the enemies.
"The clouds will grab us and take us into the air! Avoid them at all costs!" Taka shouted.
"Easier said than done, Taka!" Kushina shouted.
In the matter of seconds, Kuan was lifted up and into the air by a cloud. The other clouds whipped by the others in pure luck. In the matter of seconds, the windstorm ceased. The enemy team fell to their knees, tiresome and exhausted.
"Taka, use your flight and retrieve Kuan from the sky, now!" Kokoro ordered.
Without hesitation, Taka jolted high into the air, soaring upward.
"Santo, Itsumi! After her!" Sesshomaru ordered.
"But Prince Sesshomaru!" Itsumi said with a look of concern.
"Do not worry about me, I will be fine! Do not let Taka retrieve Kuan!" Sesshomaru said. "And don't return without making sure you kill them both!"
Santo and Itsumi propelled high into the sky by releasing wind under their feet, in hot pursuit of Taka.
"Cloud Runners. I've never liked those guard dogs of the Kami-Omos." Kokoro said sanding from the ground.
"If it wasn't for them performing the Kumo no shōgeki..." Kang started, a look of pure anger in his eyes.
Kumo no shōgeki means "Cloud Impact". It allows the Cloud Runner to send the clouds they've summoned from the sky into an opponent, and take them high into the sky so high, the opponent will freeze from the decrease of the temperature in the sky.
"Queen Teikuya, are you alright?" Rika asked.
"I am fine. I didn't use any of my power energy with that. That was the Kitsune's power. However, that used a lot of its power energy." Teikuya responded.

*The Sky*
Taka soared through the gray sky, searching for Kuan. She hovered for a few seconds, looking for any sign of him.
"Over here! Over here!" a distant voice shouted.
Taka flew towards the voice, when suddenly she was tackled. The impact Caused Taka to fly back with force, back flipping even. She regained composure. Across from her stood Santo and Itsumi, standing on the clouds.
"You will be stopped here, Taka!" Santo shouted.
Taka floated in the air, smirking evilly.
"You Cloud Runners sure are something. I forgot you are able to treat clouds as solids as well. Hence, why you're able to stand on them. This will be fun." Taka said.

*Hyō Village Open Field*
Tristin stood with Natsu at his side.
"David. Let Hebiichigo go. Now." Tristin said.
The man holding Hebiichigo in a choke hold was David, the guy who almost killed Tristin in the tournament.
"Tristin. So surprised to see you're still alive after the last run in we had. How's the tongue?" David asked with an evil grin.
Tristin could feel his blood boiling. Another man walked up with his hand behind his back.
"Who the hell are you?" Natsu asked.
"Xiba Chai." said the man so calm.
"Xiba Chai...let me guess, you're responsible for that woman being able to hover on that boards of rock earlier. Also, you're the one who binded Sakiruru and Sachiruru in those rings of rock." Natsu said.
Xiba nodded his head. Xiba's demeanor was very nonchalant and effortless. Much like David's.
"That Xiba guy. He's an Earth Type of the Terramancer Class like us" Natsu whispered to Tristin. "We don't know all he knows but take a look. Our comrades are covered and dead in mud. You do the math."
Tristin looked around him. Only him, Natsu, Hebiichigo, Sakiruru and Sachiruru were the only left survivors. His comrades laid lifeless.
"Damn. He knows Mud Style. He's strong for sure." Tristin thought to himself.
He looked behind him and was instantly startled by something.
"What's wrong?" Natsu asked, keeping his eyes on David and Xiba.
Tristin began looking around him.
"Where's Karui? And the other girls?" He asked.
"What? They were just there." Natsu said.
"Tristin! Natsu!" Karui shouted. "Make him get off Tristin!"
"Shut up, girl. There's nothing you can do. Take your chances, try to go through the barrier." Kîn said laughing.
"Nice one, Kîn. You're illusions never seem to let me down. You've confused the others on the other side." Layla whispered softly to Kîn.
"This is great" Kîn whispered back, smirking. "The boy is looking for us. How cute. Little does he know his reality isn't the same reality his friends over here seem to believe they're in."
"Who are those guys, and what are they doing to our friends over there!?" Kaila shouted.
"Xiba Chai and David Elric. Xiba being the best Earth Type of the Terramancer Class, and David being of the feared Superhuman Class belonging to Strength Types. It is only a matter of seconds before they die. Same goes for you." Said Layla.
"Xiba is responsible for the split between us and them. Couldn't thank him more." Kîn said.
Kîn formed a pink coalesce battle mace in her hand made of her magic.
"What's wrong. Scared?" She asked.
Layla ignited her fingertip in a flame.
"Get ready, girls!" Kaila shouted, getting in a fighting stance with Lacey and Azula.
Winter then did the same.
"Karui" she said sternly. "We need to take down Kîn. Don't focus on Layla."
"But...How can we even get past Layla without her attacking?" Karui asked.
Winter looked at Kaila, who overheard what she said to Karui. Kaila nodded her head and began whispering to Lacey and Azula. Lacey and Azula nodded in agreement.
"Understood, general." They both said in union.
Suddenly, Lacey and Azula pulled out machine guns, one in each hand. They began firing rapid bullets at Layla. Layla began twirling and dodging, almost looking like elegant dancing.
"Now's our chance! Let's go!" Winter said, taking off towards Kîn as Karui ran beside her.