Sparks flew, blades clanged, grunts sounded and movements a mere blur. Toshiro was getting faster and faster. Lightning strikes more and more often and he speeds up. Arsène noticed this and jumped back, with Toshiro getting stronger. Lightning struck everywhere at an alarming rate when suddenly, he burst into bolts and zapped his foe into oblivion. Right after that, ice was spread all over, extinguishing all the surrounding flames. Maria and Toshiro have gotten stronger. In a flash of bright light, Toshiro's appearance change, his red hair now a grayish blue, his eyes the same colour, and his black and red katanas now an electrifying glow. Maria's armour had changed colour, now being a light blue instead of red on her chest. Arsène saw this and sensed great power from both of them.
"Well this is something. Keep it up guys." He praised and jumped back into battle, increasing his power exertion. After clashing blades with Titanusatan again, he jumped back and spat out a large stream of fire from his palms. It was so hot that it was almost white and the others had to shield their eyes to not be blinded... only for Titanusatan to flick it away and unleash his own barrage of attacks, knocking back Arsène but not hurting him.
"Ugh. Dammit. I'll have to use a different tactic." He mumbled. Toshiro charged in at lightning speed, but was intercepted by his enemy and flung away at a great distance. Everyone gasped. Arsène paused the fighting.
"So, before things get bloody, why did you do it?" He asked, outraged.
"They were hindering my power. So I got rid of an unnecessary blockage and grew stronger from it." He replied with no emotion. The others gasped in horror and looked at Arsène in concern, only to see him shaking in rage.
"You.... destroyed everything I loved.... because you thought yourself too weak?! That's quite the funny joke. It makes me want to puke! There is more to life than power! What makes you think you're any better than everyone else?!" Arsène shouted.
"I am the god of Death and Destruction. It is my right to rule over all others." He spat. Arsène was practically seething.
"Bullshit. BULL-FUCKING-SHIT!!! YOUR POWER IS ENOUGH WHEN YOU TWO ARE COMBINED! THERE WAS NO NEED TO DESTROY MY LIFE BECAUSE OF YOUR HUNGER FOR USELESS POWER! YOU'RE JUST A WORTHLESS POWER HORDER THAT DESERVES NOTHING BUT DEATH! YOU WILL NOT SURVIVE AGAINST ME!!" He raged, scaring the others, including Toshiro, who returned and heard everything. Suddenly, Arsène knelt to the ground, shaking like a leaf. Then his skin turned a deadly pale colour with black veins running up his jaw and his ruby eyes lost all colour, now a blank white. His hair turned black and he was surrounded by a black aura, while the others looked at him in shock and fear.
"I-is that even him anymore?" Maria asked, especially scared.
"I-I don't know. T-this is too much.." Toshiro said.
"H-he's insane! How do we calm him down?" Fenrir asked.
"Maria's the only one who can." George said.
"W-what? No. I can't do that. Look at him! He's gone psychotic!" She cried.
"Please, Maria, you're the only one who he's soft around. You have to try." Toshiro said, encouragingly. Maria sighed.
"Ok. I'll try." She replied. But before she could do anything, the psycho Arsène charged at Titanusatan with an enraged and distorted shout.
"YoU wILl NOT suRviVe!" Was all he said and slashed his axe like crazy. It was a little overwhelming for Titanusatan as he took quite a few hits.
"Tell me. Does all this destruction restore after your death?" Arsène asked eerily as he held Titanusatan by his neck.
"Urgh, y-yes, i-it does." He coughed out. But when he raised his axe, Maria stopped him.
"Stop! If you're going to kill him, do it as yourself!" She cried. Arsène dropped Titanusatan, who flew away, and turned to Maria. At first, she was frightened that he was going to attack her, but when he saw her tears, he froze. His skin colour returned to normal, his hair back to its snowy white and his eyes back to their ruby beauty.
"Please, don't lose control like that again. You scared me." She said as she cried into his neck.
"Don't worry, I won't, I'm sorry." He said softly.
"No, no need to apologise. That bastard will pay for this."
"Right." Arsène turned to the others.
"Ok. We don't know how long we have until the oceans have evaporated. We need to find where Titanusatan is hiding. Fast." He stated.
With all that chaos said and done, The Undefeated dashed, with Arsène rocketing, Maria skating, Toshiro, running abnormally fast, George surfing, John using wind and Fenrir running in wolf form, to find Titanusatan, who is hiding around the collapsed battlefield.A/N: Thanks for reading this far. So, Arsène found out why his parents were killed. This is the design for Dark Arsène. Hope you enjoy the next part.
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The Finish Line: Rise of The Fallen Angel
AdventureAfter suffering a traumatic childhood, Arsène is forced into hiding and his white angel wings are tainted in a deadly black. 15 years later, at age 21, he is eventually blessed with the great power of fire. With the legendary Inferno at his side, he...