Madness Among Trickery [OPEN]

Cirno looked a bit bewildered as she listened to Eric explain why he was here. From what she was able to piece together, The Smelly Demon must've been here to collect treasure of some kind from the Iramahsa Clan. And if both Hanako AND Reimu were meant to stop him at times in the past -- perhaps she should pull herself into action! It would be the perfect moment to prove her trimputah return if she were able to hold back a powerful Demon Overlord like Eric Zarathos for the clan!

After all, she was tasked to deal with the front lines~! So with a giggle, cackle and burst of energy; The Ice Fairy's crystal aura oozed around her. Sensing that The Wicked Ol' Villain that was Eric had been becoming more aggressive, even a child could tell that a burst of violence was all but imminent. She had broken through his shotty ruse, kicked out his troops and put a major thorn in his plan -- something was going to have to give. The man was known for his lengthy record of violence, brutality and outright madness; so they weren't dull to the threat he posed in the slightest.

Paying close attention to the act of The Mad One popping his knuckles lead The Iramasha Guard to get on their guard. The minute this demon was planning to make a move? They and Cirno Iramasha would be on him like white on rice! So, like waiting for a prophecy to come to life, The Iramasha Guard awaited for Demon Overlord's ticking bomb to explode. Seconds felt like minutes, and the tension was thick in the air; but The Angel of The Ice seemed unphased by it as her grin beamed brighter.

"Well look here, King of Baka's, AYE can't allow you access into the clan if we've forbidden you from trying to get your dirty mitts on! So I'll let you off with a warni--"

Yep. Uh-huh.

There it was. The foreseen burst of threats, anger and madness that Eric was all but known for came out like a raging tiger let loose from its cage. It was at the point that Cirno twirled her fingers in a circular motion and gave her squadron telepathic orders. On her signal they'd come in where she needed them to. For now, the problem at hand was definitely going to be his brute strength.

"MISSSSSSSEEEEDDDD MEEEEEEEE~!"

The Ice child's voice echoed across the area like a lingering sting. Filled with laughter and giggles, it was clear something was wrong with this picture. She wasn't brought down, nor was she screaming in pain like Eric more than likely envisioned her to be.

The second the male fell under the impression he kicked Cirno Iramasha -- there was nothing but shattered ice remaining in its place. While he DID indeed hit something, it was NOT his intended target. Shattering like broken glass against a concrete floor, an ice clone of The Iramasha Girl was sent flying across the island and breaking to pieces. Yet, this wasn't just a cheap replica meant to play a childish trick on The Demon Overlord. Nay. The Fairy knew what she was doing and had transferred ample volumes of holy energy into that replica. Enough to where he'd more than likely feel a burning pain radiating up his arm and lowering his offensive and defensive strengths.

In the time that it took for Eric to keep rambling on about his grand plan, Cirno had already worked on the tactics needed to bring him down. By having her soldiers be replaced with shells made of Ice, they'd be injected with holy energy and meant to play into Eric's demonic hand. Moving them, and herself, out of the area with Chaos Warp; all they had to do was observe the effects of their little plan. So as the berserker kept plowing through rows of "Iramasha Soliders", he'd soon find that they were nothing more than just fragile ice clones. And, that the more he broke through them, the weaker he'd most likely become with the amount of angelic energy that was purifying him like a constant poison. Even his little buddy, Vanitas, could potentially feel these effects tearing at their body to break them down, cripple them and hamper their efforts.

"The King of Baka's~ The King Of Baka's~ The King of BAKA'S is crying! Crying, crying, crying!" Humming with a jovial tone of voice at the start of her little song, The Angel Iramasha's counter assault began once The Demon had gotten all that excess fury out of his system like a much needed fart. With there being roughly one thousand Iramasha Operatives working together under Cirno's command, together with her power, and the gems of Iramashsa Island, they were able to amplify the strength of their combined holy energy to have a shot at sealing Eric.

So in a poof of fresh air, a net that was casted around Eric and Varitas that expanded the perimeter of an entire city block. More than likely, this thing would make contact in the middle of Eric's monologue speech about his thirst for vengeance. Henceforth, he and his goon were meant to come down like a stack of cards in the wake of this prime wealth of angel energy. It was not out of the question that at least half to seventy percent of their strength could be suppressed in this cap and an ample of damage from the holy energy itself could be dealt with with whatever was left over. As most of all, Cirno was directing a power source from the Iramasha's Master Gem to make this quite the potent thing.

From there, this capturing net was meant to retract and slam Eric and Varitas together. In a mist of cold air from the drie breeze in the area, Cirno intended to kick them both into a portal that lead straight into Demon World. However, this would not be before a golden crown appeared on The Mad Demon's head with the words "King of Baka's" entrusted with red gems. Poofing around him was meant to be a red cape with white fur on the edges and the words "Baka Overlord" engraved in gold ink. And, in his right hand, a golden scepter that had a head piece of Eric's face sticking his tongue out.

All of these additional accessories to his outwit were meant to embody -- The King of Baka's. A parting gift from The Angel of The Ice to The Berserker Demon.

"Wah, wah, wah! Baka, baka, baka! The tears of a demon are bitter, but the gifts of an angel are sweet! Now cut the song short and get the heck of here with a shift kick to the rear!" Through an extra kick to Varitas and Eric's butt's, Cirno hoped they'd be long in Demon World by now and the barrier separating them from Iramasha Island would be increased ten fold. Her plan wasn't to fight him directly, but to just do her job and keep the demon fool out.

And to further cement her point, The Angel of The Ice even had two massive collections of ice that turned into the form -- of a frozen butt. On her command, it would roll into the portal and serve to further make The Mad One rue his actions under the weight of her frozen buttocks during his one-shot trip to Demon World via Cirno Express.

"Come back again and I'll beat you with this anchor, Baka King!" Shaking her fist in the air, a colossal mass of ice in the shape of an actual anchor formed in her hand as she puffed her cheeks out. If the Mad One dared to make another assault on a new day, she'd make an effort to clobber him over the head like El Kabong.

"...Voi…"

A single word echoed from the lips of a male as his body stared up at the sky, looking at the shining moon that hung high above his head. It flooded him; this sensation of raw pain. The memory was fresh in his mind, the looks on the faces of the doctors as he had entered the rom. Even without fully entering the place, the male had known. And in that moment, he had turned around and left. Without saying a word, breaking walls, and simply walking directly out of the building, his form walking across space as his mind froze over from shock… and pain.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH F#CK IT ALL!!!!!!"

The male roared as his body began to twirl and twitch about, his hands grabbing onto his head as he vanished, a cloak of darkness appearing around his body before he appeared in front of the nearest battle.. And from there, he began to act. A trail of blood - of pain - of suffering followed the male as his hands and feet and energy dispersed, smashing into bodies, drawing blood, crushing bones, ending dreams… and extinguishing hopes.

Finally, his eyes widening as the crazed expression exposed them to the world, looking at the conflict between a woman of ice and a demon. His body didn't care about, though… as his hands came down onto the ground, gripping into onto the ground with both hands as a tail made of pure Blast energy formed on his back, golden fur forming around his body before becoming awash in black and purple, the teeth on his face breaking apart and his jaw reforming as they became more animal-like, the muscles all across his body rippling and tightening as lightning began to cloud the sky around the two of them, likely freezing them in their tracks as the male's head rose up to the sky, his mouth opening wide.

And they may have just been paralyzed by fear. Almost certainly, the young Iramasha would be 'frozen' in her tracks from this howl, this sound of pure carnage and pain, before his body began swaying back and forth, his eyes bloodshot and angry as the roar left his lips, before his body seemed to suddenly 'appear' in front of them. In reality, the ground they were on had been stretched, dragged towards his body as the ground beneath them began to crack and crumble, the very tectonic plate below them shifting as a massive cracking noise emerged, shattering all across the ground as the magnitude of an earthquake appeared.

"WHO THINKS THEY ARE STRONGER THAN ME?! WHO WON'T DIE BEFORE MY FANGS, BEFORE MY STRENGTH, BEFORE MY RAGE!!"

The male roared, as his body became able to be viewed by the two of them. Bits of flesh were stuck to his body, his hair having been run red with pure blood, the scents of many races covering his body as he twitched, growling and biting at the air, ever clench of his jaw sending shockwaves through the both of them as his head raised up, before vanishing once more.

"SMASH IT! BURN IT! BREAK IT! KILL IT!" The male's mouth roared out as his body flung itself forwards, attempting to land directly on top of Eric as the male's claws became infused with Blast energy, Gravity pinning the male down as he weighed several thousands of times his typical body weight, Moonie's claws beginning to slash into his face and attempting to gouge him to death or a state of near-death before his body threw itself around, locking onto Cirno as his fists gripped themselves, his mouth opening as a massive howl left his lips once again.

All around Cirno's body, it would feel like the very earth around her was dragging her forwards. The Gravity around her body had become several hundred times stronger than normal, dragging her relentlessly towards Moonie as the male roared, blood dripping from his maw… but not the blood of himself. The male's body leapt forwards then as a black fire spawned across back and forth around his body, his mouth opening wide as a massive torrential blast of pure Blast left his lips, a cone of fire covering it as the massive attack descended onto the Ice Fairy's form, attempting to completely smash and even destroy her if it were able to.

But that wasn't all, as the gravity surrounding her body continued to increase in intensity as Moonie's body raced towards her, the Blast around his body accelerating him as his hands clamped down in front of her body, a massive amount of pure force appearing from either side and attempting to crush her body, like two massive walls of diamonds pressing onto her from both sides, before his body flipped over, a roar leaving his lips once more as his right foot came downwards, a gigantic amount of black fire appearing from it as Gravity descended from the attack, attempting to eradicate everything in its path as a terrific crack appeared in the ground below them, before smashing against the ground as the force-wave of the kick shot outwards, stretching outwards for several hundred meters before coming to a stop.

"..That's right… people just die… Emotions… Emotions are useless. I see how she felt now, BACK THEN… AHAHA… CAHA…. CAHAHAHAH… CAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The male let out as tears streamed down his face, a bloodied hand placed against his face as his head turned upwards, the other pointed at Eric as a gigantic wave of pure Blast energy shot from his palm, coursing outwards and around as all around Eric a sphere of Blast energy coursed around his body, attempting to nearly trap him and suffocate him beneath the flames before it was like a light went off, a massive amount of pressure lighting in the center before violently exploding.

The male's expression turned back to the ice fairy, his teeth gritting as he stared her down. "I'M GONNA TORCH IT, BURN IT, BREAK IT, STOMP IT OUT! ALL THIS PITIFUL STRUGGLE!" The despaired male let out as he reached both hands back up, his mouth turning into a roar as the hair on the back of his head began to rise, his entire body beginning to lose its color as his entire body became dark as night. Behind his head, a ball of pure energy had appeared. However, this ball, this sphere… it was growing. And growing… and growing.

It was growing ever larger as the male's arms remained taut, the entire surface of the attack rippling from the instability as he FORCED raw energy into it, so much so that it was like a black sun was hanging above male's head. Finally, his hands threw themselves downwards, his mouth laughing as the gigantic attack blew away any living thing in the area, slamming into the ground as an absolutely gigantic crater appeared, terrific in size. The crater did not stop panning out from a mile form where it impacted the ground, the massive amount of Gravity tearing up and destroying everything in its path. Finally, the flames on its outside scorched anything it came into contact with, and the male's head threw itself backwards as he continued to roar, before stopping, pausing to look down at them once more.

"...Now… are they dead yet…? Is it time for me to move on… once more…? These pitiful, senseless fights… It's all pointless… they waste their time on meaningless squabbles… they treat the everyday and nature as their play things… I should hunt them all, all of them to extinction… Even this… even this, this is their faults… IT'S ALL THEIR FAULTS!!"

"Waitaminute.....I know how to get the Tormentor other part back it been it will be in my hands very soon enough now deception will have to be taken into effect here. I need to trick this girl long enough for my friend to find & get the other part of the legendary weapon and then bring it to me....After that, I will have no choice to unleash Joshua upon this little runt....she will pay for this but really will he be enough." He thought.

The Tormentor was his prize and this little runt was in the way still desperate times called from desperate measures and the mad demon have two trump cards ready. Still, Cirno was about to get an surprise their was a shadow demon protecting the mad one; Kyokotsu was healing his partner with a defensive style technique called the eliminator. Still for the most part, Cirno's attacks were connecting it was fun watching her try to use her ice powers upon the mad demon still the mad one was waiting for that right opening. But then the holy energy was used, Eric was in pain once still it wan't enough to kill but powerful source might do it and no more madness as the darker side was awakening. Engra Deathsword was awaken and then felt the holy energy who the hell was attacking then the mad berserker saw it was a little iramasha. Engra was talking within Eric's mind they would have no choice but to unleash Joshua upon Cirno; Eric was thinking about the same thing it was a risky gamble but when. Kyokotsu thought about using the anti-holy magic to counter Cirno's holy magic their was a 50/50 chance of using it but what the hell. Kyokotsu activated the anti-holy magic but then the mad demon gave the shadow beast the location of the other part of the Tormentor. "I found it......Kyokotsu use your Dimensional Extreme Magic with the affinity of hell to create Final Destination to bring the other part to you" Eric said. Kyokotsu combined with Eric's sensing the demon beast could actually see the Tormentor yet the mad demon created the three legendary demon weapons.

Cirno was obtaining power from her gems and the mad demon had one shot at this; he waited for the right opportunity and then gave the shadow beast the go ahead. Kyokotsu created the Final Destination magic pulling the Tormentor from the dimensional gate but it had holy water which the shadow beast cleaned off. "Boss, I have it.....The Tormentor is yours and replaced with a fake weapon now you can restore it to it's former glory sir" Kyokotsu said within Eric mind. The mad demon wanted to smile but right now he was dealing with pain issues right now because of the holy magic as the anti-holy magic was kicking too late though. The mad demon was badly burned still the demon was careless not thinking holy magic would do much damage to his body if the shadow beast had used anti-holy sooner. This wouldn't be a problem right now and then the mad demon was full of rage then how was he going to become a demon king like a king needed followers to his ideals. Eric had none of that but demon king would mean that he would be under somebody command and still the mad demon didn't like that if he wanted to become demon king by his hand. "Fuck.......These injuries will not leave my body along damn it, I will become demon king it is my lifelong dream to.....No. I admit to myself that isn't what I want anymore. My life long goal to get power and now that I have it. Will I be ruled by another??? No not again.......My search for demon king is over and done with following orders of someone else's ideals and not my own that....isn't a mad one's way and it isn't my way.This is(Ouch) something to think about(ow)......I want something better to become legendary and yet demon king is what i want but why???? This would mean I would be controlled ready a mad demon is never controlled sooner or later; my forgotten race will live again. Yes, I want to become legendary and ruthless too this is only the start now(Owww).....I must win at all cost(Ouch) damn it curse that holy magic." Eric thought. The mad demon was trying to make it back to his feet; Eric will have to train soon enough the only way to come out of this battle is to use the trump card right now. The mad demon had the first legendary weapon back within his grasp now their was a question of putting the two parts finally together making the weapon whole again.

Cain Iramasha killed his wife and swore to the Iramasha clan that Eric Zarathos wouldn't be problem and never retrieve the Tormentor ever again well he was wrong. The mad demon had the other part of the Tormentor back within his grasp still now the mad demon will have to care take of this iramasha the only way was to fight fire with fire. The shadow beast felt something was wrong like something was coming right at Eric and Cirno and it was big as the beast looked at saw who it was. The shadow beats couldn't believe the crazed fighter of the iramasha it was Moon Boy; Kyokotsu demanded that Eric stops and tells him about the problem. Kyokotsu stops him because the great beast felt someone coming at it was gravity.....Moonie Iramasha this was just great. The mad demon is frozen and Moonie coming this was not good the mad demon stops the shadow iramasha ritual this was bad if they start chaos will happen. The mad demon had the other weapon part the mad demon should just leave but this was too good to pass off a rematch against the gravity iramasha the humiliated him. The mad demon used his flame magic with the affinity of hell and body manipulation to break free from the ice but it was too late.

The mad demon was hit hard and yet he didn;t see the attacks from Moonie coming this was happening all over again the power of defeat and about time to surrender too. Still Eric was blasted into some rocks and still the mad demon didn't see it coming, he didn't realized how dangerous the guy was maybe even deadly. The pain endurance levels were at their peak but the mad demon got back to his all bloody give it to a mad demon that he can still stand and never give up, Moonie wanted a fight well the bastard was going to get one. Eric wonders about something if this was homecoming why not bring out Joshua to give Moonie a surprise birthday present to show him the shadow iramasha inside of him. The mad demon was smiling but damn the iramasha bastard hurt him pretty bad too and maybe Cirno was feeling worse but why should he care about must be a Kade Hiroshima emotion.

Eric was holding his ribs they went hurting good the moon iramasha hurt him again the demon of madness had no choice it was time. " DAMN IT NOT AGAIN.........BROKEN MY ARM & LEG FROM THAT MOONIE YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS. Guess I'm ready it time to play my first trump card RIGHT NOW, Darkness consume bring forth the forbidden one from his slumber and destroy his enemies. Joshua welcome home your back where it all started......TAKE YOUR REVENGE" He said. Eric starts glowing all bright and then disappeared as the cloud started forming as a massive earthquake started erupting black lava from the ground. Joshua's body was being reformed and then the forbidden iramasha reappeared upon iramasha soil as the forbidden one wonder who hurt Eric Zarathos like that for the mad demon to summon him. Then the forbidden iramasha hears something "...Now… are they dead yet…? Is it time for me to move on… once more…? These pitiful, senseless fights… It's all pointless… they waste their time on meaningless squabbles… they treat the everyday and nature as their play things… I should hunt them all, all of them to extinction… Even this… even this, this is their faults… IT'S ALL THEIR FAULTS!!" Who was the man saying such words????.

It was time to teach him a good ass lesson in pain and death as the forbidden one used shadow movement and shadow chaos warp to appear in front of Moonie. As Joshua was smiling "Oh the gravity guy Wait.... WAIT A MINUTE MJ....MOON MAN your the guy that brought me back to life......DADDY. Oh this is a family reunion never knew you cared when you restore me from the mad demon not so long ago knowing full well from my return 560 iramasha men and women died that upon my return. When you blasted Eric Zarathos with all that energy it broke the seal that pathetic angel put on me and my mother to keep me from destruction of all iramasha. Yet you freed me Daddy to complete my evil armageddon task I can't thank you enough bringing me the forbidden iramasha back to end all iramasha life......Thank you Daddy. Here Daddy a present just for you" He said. Joshua pointed at Moonie and blasted with shadow magic combined with gravity magic created Shadow Tempest Blast right in Moonie's face sending him crashing into some wall. With a bucket Karakura Fried Chicken in Moonie's lap, Joshua was wondering his head where the fuck did that come from maybe shadow tempest magic got a little crazy but no matter. "Ok that was fucking weird a bucket of chicken....Good old KFC...my powers are off damn better fix that with this" He thought Joshua was smiling and then with his shadow power rising the clouds started darkening his rage was going to be felt to all iramasha as shadow black lightning started shooting down killing innocent people at random. "Shadow Armageddon...I unleash thee from this demon's magic destroy and show my rage with your fury....I bring thee thou Armageddon." Joshua said.

At first nothing happen some people started getting hit with black fire rocks filled with black flaming lava as the rocks started burning people. Then Joshua started summoning the burning fire rocks throwing them at Moonie and then at Cirno causing some hard explosions at them. "Joshua Iramasha.......Welcome Home" He said.

The pulsation of another violent energy within the vicinity was all that was needed to put Cirno and The Elite Forces of the Iramasha Guard on their toes. The second that the first trace of Moonie's violent energy smashed against the battlefield, the numerous members of the Iramasha Guard reacted by placing incrinate shields around their bodies. They were multi-layered and complex in nature due to the fact that they were being powered by the Master Gem and Cirno's energy. Therefore, it was safe to assume that many of these forces were able to endure the first wave of attacks from The Moon God.

In spite of that, some of the barriers were able to be shattered and resulted in the injuries of a few warriors on the field. Broken bones, burns, wounds and copious amounts of blood lost were the common signs of damage inflicted on the individual's body as they dispersed throughout the field. Roughly twenty percent of the fighting force sustained injuries from this impact; so they were more than acceptable losses for Cirno to cope with for the time being.

Those that were deemed ill fit to fight were immediately Chaos Warp'd out of the area and towards the innermost parts of Iramasha Island. There, the group of fighters who were critically injured would be tended to by Iramasha Medical professionals. So, with that objective taken care of, Cirno decided that they needed to keep their distance from this fight and only those who were deemed at Captain level were to stand by her side. The extra reinforcements were weighing her down at this point and proved to be collateral damage in a battle against these giants.

Henceforth, to try and protect, even at a distance, they would be connected through a series of intricate spiritual bonds, akin to network cables, and harmonized ready to share their strengths when their superior needed them or to share intel with one another. As a result, there would only remain a handful of General Iramasha who were by her side at this point. Each of them were at the power that was on par with a rookie Captain at best. The majority of the forces backed off and gained distance over a ten mile area to get away from the damage zone.

Gazing upon the golden haired men, Cirno's eyes seem to light up with a fear. She understood just who this person was through a sense of familiarity with his energy. With the way his energy's frequency felt, there was one Iramasha who gave off this aura: Moonie Iramasha.

Flashing back to memories of Australia, she'd recall that The Hound Iramasha was present when Shisome had been placed into a coma by her actions. Yes, the very action that laid claim to the former Vanguard Leader's life almost. So it was understandable that she'd want to settle this on her own at this point. There were too many personal ties to that conflict to really let anyone else get dragged into that decrepit battle that occurred in the dunes of Australia. It drove nearly everyone who participated in that fight to the edges of their sanity.

There was no way that The Angel wanted a repeat of that horrible day. So remembering that fact well, Cirno ordered the remaining soldiers to spread out across a large distance and protect their brethren from getting caught up in this bout. This was going to be between her -- and Moonie. She'd see to that fact no matter what.

Once they were out of the picture altogether, all Cirno could do was wash over the one jovial and humorous expressions she had and turn into a focus driven look. On cue with this shift in her persona, the anchor around her broke and shattered like ash in the wind as it seemed that the time for childish games had long since passed. By the time Moonie's freezing force hit the lands, The Snow Fairy was more than on guard to bare the weight of his power. Her eyes hardened like ice, wings tensed up like rigid muscles and heart-rate accelerated in response to this adrenaline hitting her like a ton of bricks. Even her Chaos Energy's aura flared up around her in a burst of raging blue and white light.

The childs body and mind were too durable for this level of energy to easily do her in, but it didn't make things easier with the additional threat of Eric looming over them. It felt like she was being smothered outright, yet her spirit would more than be up to the challenge to endure the threat set before her. No matter if Cirno was just a pothole in the road against these two, she'd be ONE STEEP pothole to get through. If nothing else, by fighting against this fate, she can at least have comfort in the fact -- she tried. And that is all a person can really hope to do in these circumstances; despite Cirno herself yearning for more herself.

After reaffirming herself as the strongest Iramasha within her mind as a coping mechanism to deal with this event taking place, she'd stand tall and refuse to be crushed by this gravitational force. Sensing that the earth around them was being pulled towards Moonie's direction, it wasn't difficult for her to out maneuver this by Chaos Warping clear out of the target range of this assault. Once she was given some room to talk, her eyes fixated on Moonie and she hollered out these words to him:

"Stronger than you? Is that what YOU call being strong? Is THAT what you call strength?! Beating the tar out of people who did nothing to you?! That isn't being strong, that is just being a jerk who abuses his power! A bigger baka than The King of Baka's over there!"

Yelling out of anger for the potential of Moonie's attack harming the innocent civilians of Iramashsa Island, and those whom she considered her friends and allies in the Iramashsa Guard, Cirno's voice was very upset with what had occurred. However, there wouldn't be time for additional exchanges. This battle was moving like a high-speed train and there wasn't time for any stops. Seeing an opening for an attack, Cirno directed a hellstorm of silver spears to rain down upon Eric and Kyokotsu while he was being attacked by Moonie. They totalled up to three hundred in number and were infused with her ice element to further pierce through his weakened defenses. In this way, the injuries would stack on Eric and push him closer towards being pushed out of this fight altogether. They were also rich with holy energy collected from The Iramasha Guardian's shrine and could prove to be potent enough to potentially even knock Kyokotsu out with enough hits. With the amount of angelic energy already in the air, the weakness within their bodies should begin to accelerate at this point.

So having dealt with The Mad One for the time being, this battle began moving like clockwork and the clock ticked towards The Moon God. Shockwaves from Moonie's teeth were all but coming to claim her life. So The Snow Iramasha rose to the task at hand and roared out in her defiance against this force. Summoning a good deal of her own Chaos Energy, the determination generating within the Ice Child was at a high point now having being forced into such a critical situation so suddenly. Therefore, her own body reacted by generating a strong enough shockwave to negate both her own and Moonie's to save herself, and potentially even Eric, from being harmed by it.

Still not having time to process things, this battle was moving fast. Already there was a force attempting to outright obliterate, crush and reduce The Angel Iramasha into a fine ash. Eyes widening out of surprise and shock, a burst of red vines appeared in the sclera of her eyes as her durability was being tested. Snarling herself out of distaste for such a thing, Cirno was going to prove that she was not something to just be passed through. Therefore, her body resisted this force by amplifying its already dense and hardened structure. This was made possible by her Chaos Energy condensing alongside her internal and external structure through her ice powers.

In other words: this alteration to her body was enough to not outright get herself killed. There was certainly enough pain to make her vision blurred and embodiment filled with pain, but she was no stranger to having to utilize pain suppression. Indeed, her durability may not have been Grand Master, but she did possess a sense of defense that was on par with an Arrancar's Master Hierro. So having withstood that, all that she could focus on was Moonie and navigating through this harsh battlefield. Everything else would just have to be dealt with after she reached a safe point. There was no other alternative to be had.

Ergo, as the flares of hell itself starting raining down like a neverending storm, Cirno had no choice but to retaliate in the same matter. Augmenting the strength of her ice through her chaos energy and spiritual power pulsating to a high point, Cirno brought forth her own torrential downpour of pure cold. A chill so harsh that it was considered on par with absolute zero and able to nullify a majority of the attacks within contained zones in the airs above them. Being that these fire creations had to explode on impact against something, all of Cirno's cold burst solidified themselves into ice form and provided as a wall between her and the flames. Any leftover pockets would be tethered to her chaos energy and warp'd into the rivers somewhere within the Rukongai to dissipate and die out.

"CAAAAAAH!"

In a painful gasp of breath, it seemed not all went as planned. The Berserker still seemed intent on making his gravity manipulation hit its mark. Around the second time he started using this power, blood started to vomit from Cirno's mouth due to the pressure starting to crush her internals. Her body was beginning to feel some of the effects from his assault, but in no way was she going to back down now. Thrusting her power upwards, she further increased the density of her body. This was made possible by outright infusing with her willpower into her energy to outright repeal and force the attack away and out of her. Utilizing it as an excess source of energy by using her Chaos Magic as a catalyst to invoke this effect at the cost of lowering her overall energy and wearing down her body.

"NO!"

Was all she could shout in defiance as she couldn't afford to fatler here. It was fight or flight and she was going to fight to the bloody wall! So as The Angel Iramasha pulled out each of her arms out in a horizontal fashion, Cirno's eyes flashed with a bright white light and the Ice Fairy tapped further into her minds will power. She was able bring her resolve to the surface by bridging the connection between her psyche and reishi. By doing this, there would be a sudden burst in power exploding from the girl. Yet, it wasn't without cost as blood would begin to ooze out of her skin and even her own spiritual presence seemed to shriek out in pain. It was going to take its toll on her, but she had no other choice.

Vision fading out for a few moments, this explosion of strength was enough to block off the absurdly powerful walls around her from flattening The Fairy like a pancake. This was made possible by It creating an equal force for a brief duration of time that could prove enough to null each of their existences; like a train colliding against another train more or less. That was just the power of harnessing her willpower through Chaos Magic. Thus, as she struggled to move for a few moments, Cirno's body stiffened up, her lips curled and then she screamed out these words at him:

"GET A GRIP, MOONIE!"

Letting out a screech audible enough to overpower any sound in the area, Cirno's energy whiplashed once more and bolstered to a new plateau of power as she produced a colossal ice shield around her. Launching on to the seven hundred meter radius blast of fire and gravity like moth to a flame, this dome of ice was meant to consume it like an animal would its prey. From there, once caught inside, it was meant to condense the attacks and then implode on itself within a contained perimeter of ten meters in a damning explosion. This move was meant to prevent anymore large-scale damage from occurring and the lives of innocents spared.

"Moonie, this isn't fun anymore. You aren't enjoying this and neither am I. You are turning into the same baka-monster I was after Australia...."

There was a hurt look in her eyes when she noticed that the male was beginning to cry. His appearance gave her the thought that he had been through the ringer and saw the jaws of death itself; both within himself and in the world around him. It must have been the same heart-wrenching reality she suffered until her encounter with The Immoral Dealer. The most important lesson she learned on that day , from a demon no less, was that life was suppose to be fun -- not filled with such strife and pain.

If nothing else got through that naive skull of Cirno's from Reigen, that message did and she was going to run with it until those sentiments reached her heart and mind. Therefore, she was going to mark the same lesson into Moonie's equally thick skull one way or another. So as he prepared to rain down his colossal sun on her -- The Angel of The Ice could do nothing but smile. After all, what good is instilling a point if you yourself can't live up to it? Even if things were becoming as dark as the burning hole within Moonie's spirit, so long as there was a trace amount of light left within that shadow; the chance to change the tide and see the dawn of a new morning was always behind the veil of the darkness.

Thus -- she could only begin to laugh and enjoy herself as she realize how much she was in for. It was ridiculous the kind of power that this man possessed within him and it was only befitting to poke fun at it because of how ludicrous it was. As the world around her seemed to be going to hell in a handbasket, the inner-world within Cirno became determined, focused and ready to take on this insane challenge. Harnessing her will and energy, there was no sense in evading an attack like this -- and she decided to charge it outright to prove a point.

Understanding that Moonie had a reputation for being a fighter who only listened to force, Cirno was going to let her actions do the talking. So as she divided face first into the dark sun -- she endured the pain of his heart tenfold. Letting out screams of pain, Cirno's will power was acting as a shield to guide her through the flames of this attack. It could rip her in two at any moment and reduce her to nothing but a pitiful stain on the earth that could pass for a poor excuse of modern art. Blood spewed from the creation of numerous across her body like raging lava burst, scorch marks multiplied by the dozens across her body and bones were even heard audibly cracking at the seams across her legs, back and shoulders.

Yet, even as her body became banged up, clothes tattered, vision reddened with pain and spirit filled with Moonie's anguish -- Cirno kept forward. With her right fist aimed outward, she navigated her way through his attack and begin CUTTING through it. At the cost of taking significant damage to her body, she'd sever the entire blast in two and then blow its effects away upwards into the heavens themselves to detonate in a blinding flash of light.

"This...isn't what a fight is suppose to be about. This isn't what being the strongest is about either. You can try to torch, burn it or outright destroy...but it still won't change that fact."

As her voice was being projected throughout the area in the wake of fire and light bathing the area, there was an uncertainty of where the child had gone; but she was still very much alive.

"I've always admired your strength from the stories told about you in the clan, but I don't want to fight you like this. So if you please, listen to my request and just....stop this. It isn't the right way to fight."

Coming forth out of a sudden gust of smoke and flames, Cirno leapt forth at Moonie and went in to smash her now glowing white hand against his face. No matter what came in her way or what action could be taken, her speed and determination was hellbent on doing whatever it took to try and make this hit count. It had her willpower, hopes and power all invested within it to try and wake him up from this nightmare he was drenched in. So in this right hook jab to the face -- The Ice Fairy wanted to break this heartache to make return him back to the way he was. The happy-go lucky Moonie who seemed to always have such a grand time with his fights.

Henceforth, even as Joshua attempted to attack them both from behind, these attempts would prove all but to be in vain. The reflection of a purple haired woman adorning a dull-grey cloak was seen reflecting in Cirno's wings for a brief few moments. Following this instance of time, a burst of angelic energy shot out of Cirno's wings and attempted to purify the Shadow Tempest blast. If it could not cancel it out that way, then it would do its best to divert the multitude of its force away from Cirno and Moonie; aiming to redirect the attack down towards the bottom of Iramasha Island and into the forestland below the isle in the sky.

Meanwhile, as the clouds themselves started to rain down demonic magic, Cirno's wings pointed upwards and started acting as if they were moving on their own. Harnessing ample volumes of holy energy from her Angel Blood and Chaos Energy from within, The Ice Fairy was able to produce a blast from the tips of her wings to shoot upwards into the heavens. Increasing in strength by absorbing Outer Chaos Energy within the vicinity like a sponge, this blast soon expanded to five hundred meters in all directions and sought to swallow up Josusha and his attack before it could cause any further damage.

In this way, they'd hopefully be purified outright by this energy and forced to retreat due to the amounts of Holy Energy already flooding the area. It could cripple the demonic body of Jousha by eating away at his energy, cracking his bones to sunder, melting his skin like lava and lowering his senses to the point where he'd have difficulty even comprehending where he was. But even more than that, there was an additional gift within the blast that was intended to make induce a forced Chaos Warp and send him travelling back into Demon World into as a bloody pulp -- if all went as planned. Should this course of action fail, then a succession of one thousand holy spikes would rain down from the skies and attempt to keep Josuha busy while Cirno could focus on Moonie.

Thus, with a smile covered in tears, Cirno nodded her head to confirm one last thing. Staring the bloodied Moon God dead in his crimson eyes, The Angel of The Ice attempted to move in closer to say these parting words:

"So Please, Mr.Moonie, I don't want to see you hurt like this. Stop being a baka and wake up! I...we...can't fight like this...."

And with one final thud, she aimed to headbutt herself against Moonie's skull with enough impact force to shatter away everything around them within a one hundred meter radius. This was the weight of Cirno's will, love and determination attempting to break through into The Nature Iramasha's shell at any and all cost. Even if she must cripple herself -- she'd figure out a way to get through to him.

The face of the young girl… it coursed through the mind of the male. It wasn't just the way she looked. It was the way she acted… and more than that, the look of her very soul. She looked like him… she looked like him, when he had gone carelessly, never thinking what the repercussions of acting against other people could possibly do. Bones shattered. People were blown away… and yet, not a single person who did not hold the will to combat was harmed. They were merely pushed away, and even those who were taken to the infirmary were merely those who had been knocked out by the presence of the male as he had appeared, with the destruction which he wrought.

The look on her face, changed, then. It looked back at the Moon Iramasha, at Mjesec Võrguklindid. "...No… not even that is my name now… What am I…? What is my name..? Who knows it, now…?" The male whispered to himself as the blood dripped from his body, looking at the woman's eyes now, his teeth clamping down as he steeled himself once more. He was surprised that she could take his will of destruction so easily; but not in a particularly good way. He did not wish for this to be any harder than it had to be.

"YES, I DO. THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS HAVE! IF THERE IS NO ONE STRONGER THAN ME, THEN I MUST BE THE STRONGEST!" The male's pained words choked out as blood came out of his throat, followed by a chunk of bone. "WHY SO SERIOUS?! ISN'T IT JUST A GAME? ISN'T IT!" He demanded of her, those eyes of pain, of sorrow, of desperation staring into hers as she seemed to get angry… he could smell it on her. "WHAT DO THEY MATTER! WHAT HAVE THEY EVER MATTERED! THEY. WILL. DIE." The male's words crushed at her body, and likely at her mind as well, those words covering the area and cracking the very ground around her form.

"AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE, F#CKING THING YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO ABOUT IT!!" The male nearly choked as his volatile began to shift and change, the tears dripping from his eyes as his energy began to spike, the flames across his skin literally spiking from the energy pouring out of his as he began to roar, looking now at the newcomer as his hands reached outwards between the male's influences, his body having vanished.

The man appeared before the Moon Iramasha as shadow magic coursed around the Iramasha's body, before getting melted into nothingness beneath the powerful Blast energy tearing everything into pieces that came near it, the Moon Iramasha's gravity manipulation crippling that of the male's as the Shadow Tempest Blast left a scratch that went past his chin, the blast going across his shoulder as it could not budge his body, before grabbing the other man's throat during his words, his hands clamping down and shutting him up halfway through his speech before flames of Blast coursed down his arms, covering the being and completely covering him in Blast energy, before Moonie separated his head and body in one movement, leaving his torso on the ground before pointing his right hand at the corpse, a blast of pure reishi covered in Blast energy leaving it as it covered the male's body, attempting to completely eradicate him.

"Pointless. POINTLESS!" He told the corpse, disregarding Eric's screaming and crying as the other male was assaulted by Cirno's attacks, his body beginning to walk towards the Ice Fairy once more as the ground shook beneath his steps, his expression destitute and seemingly without feeling as he advanced. As the ice came towards his body, the Blast ate it up, his mouth opening for a moment as if thirsty, his tongue reaching out for the natural creation before pausing, stopping as he stood in the cold, simply letting the waves of destruction pass by his body as he looked up towards the sky, his wide open eyes for a moment losing their craziness, and within that expression was Moonie, and Moonie was… sad.

Beyond all expression, he was sad.

So… sad.

Her body began to vomit as the male continued to act from there, smashing against her body as the male watched what happened with those eyes filled with purpose once more, before hearing her cry out her disagreement. "…" And as he looked back at those eyes of hers, seeing her looking at him with that will, the expression merely hardened in his own. He watched as she gripped his attack, freezing it solid before breaking it apart once more, a hand raised above his head. As that explosion shattered, he merely threw down the hand… as another attack, exactly like the one she had just destroyed, began to bear down on her once again, the male's eyes still looking down at her.

"...Meaningless WORDS, AS MEANINGLESS AS THEY WERE THEN!" The male's voice barked back in reply, the whirlwind stirring from within himself as he stared her down once more. "IT WAS NEVER FUN! I ONLY EVER DID ANYTHING… ANYTHING FOR ANYONE ELSE, AFTER I GAINED THOSE DAMNING FEELINGS!!" The male roared as he looked down at his hands, gripping them tightly before staring at her with a mixture of pure rage and consternation, tears of black pouring down his face as he closed his eyes, his lips shuddering as the words spilled out. "THERE IS NO POINT! NO ONE EVER APPRECIATED WHAT I DID! NEVER, NEVER ONCE!

NOT MICHEAL!
NOT SASUKE!
NOT VERATHIUS!
NOT AZURE!
NOT ROSE!
NOT ANABELLA!
NOT REIMU!
NOT DRAGON SLAYER!
NOT YORUICHI!
NOT AUSTIN!
NOT JAEDEN!
NOT AKISAME!
NOT JAMES!!
NOT RADIOACTIVE!

AND ESPECIALLY… ESPECIALLY NOT…

"SHISOOOMEEE!!"

As this last word left his lips, his power rapidly expanding, flowing outwards in every single direction before intensifying, once over, twice over, and three times as the male kept roaring the last syllable as the ground far below him began breaking apart, the muscles across his body beginning to bulge as the hair on the back of his head… ELONGATED past even its normal, light streaming from his eyes as he roared, black fluid flowing from his eyes as his unique tears flowed down his face, before seeing her headbutt straight into his face.

However, what she met instead was a hand, attempting to grip onto her skull as the male would hold her up, his arm bone cracking slightly if it succeeded, the tips of his fingers exploding from the pressure, but staring her straight in the eyes as he held her before him, the power to turn her skull into so much mashed potatoes apparent from the intensity with which the air shook around his body. "… I'm done fighting. No one ever fights, they never did. They're only trying to win, so they can quit, and leave. That's it. Take it from an expert. That’s all they've ever done. Even as you look at me, with that willpower, all that's in your head is thoughts of winning, thoughts of trying to impose those feelings back inside of me, or kill me if you are forced to…" The male stated as he held her head still, before bringing her closer to himself, his nostrils widening as he took in a deep breath.

"Do you know what lies at the end… at the end of your path? I die, or you die. My struggle will continue, until someone kills me. That is the only fate for those on the eternal path of victory. And you know what? Maybe someone will learn. Maybe then, FINALLY, SOMEONE, WILL.." And the tears flowed again as the male gnashed his teeth, letting her head goas gigantic emerald spheres of energy formed in his hands, his head thrown up into the sky.

"MAYBE ONE PERSON WILL UNDERSTAND WHY THE PATH OF A SOLDIER IS TRULY DEATH!"

The male's roar covered the entire plane as his hands rose into the air, shouting as the energy coursed upwards, before turning back to Cirno again as he looked her straight in the eyes. "So come. Come with that will to do nothing but win. Come with that face that says 'there's no reality but the one where I don't give up'. At the end of that road is my death, your death… or both. SO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH FURTHER! PUT AN END TO THIS, AND IF YOU TRULY HAVE THE UNENDING WILL, PUT AN END TO ME!" The male roared as his body surged forwards, his right arm flinching backwards before suddenly reappearing in front of Cirno's face, attempting to slam into her head with such force that as they went flying at hundreds of miles per hour into a hill, the hill would be disintegrated behind his fist, before the other hand came up from above, attempting to slam onto the top of her head with a closed fist, likely sending her body tumbling downwards.

After this, the male's body descended down onto the ground, attempting to slam onto the rest of her body with his legs with enough force that if she were hit, she may find it difficult to breathe afterwards. Finally, the male's right hand reached downwards, attempting to lift her up by whatever clothing she had remaining, before holding up his right hand, a mixture of emerald appearing, before becoming covered in black Blast energy, before becoming covered by pure fire as the male's pupils appeared once more behind the white waves of power leaving him, looking directly at her.

"The same. The same as every person I found before coming here. And none of them, none of them at all have had any intention but to defeat me. Behind this… I do not believe even dust would be able to remain. Then… do you truly have that will, that will you look at me with, that will that desires to force me into place as you desire it? It's a simple yes or no question. Is the will to stand no matter what, is that always right? Because that's what I'm doing, the same as you. If you are telling yourself anything else… you are wrong.

With those eyes of yours, you're the same as me. The same as the Me who exists without regarding my own peace. And my name isn't Moonie any longer. I am simply a being without a name, now."

The male asked her, the very perception of light bending around them as the ground shook, the sky having turned into dark clouds, almost as if Armageddon was focused in the male's hand as the pupils stared at her, searching. He was searching more than her body; he was searching her soul. In this one, unlike the others… the will to cause a result was perfect. … The male was searching, he was searching for peace. That expression of hers could never give him that. There was one expression which could… and it was only possessed by one woman that the man had ever met. ...Or, she kills me and I die. Then it will finally be over. The male's thoughts slowed to a crawl as his mouth relaxed slightly, his lips gently spreading apart as his eyes gripped down tightly, one slowly opening as a last tear left his eye, staring her straight in the face, a single, sad thought going through the male's mind.

...Voi… was meaningless… all along… wasn't it…?