“Storm Dragon Mode!”

The sky suddenly became overcast and lightning started flashing and thunder rolled. Powerful winds started blowing along with heavy rainfall.

“He summoned a storm?”

Miko felt like the two of them were now in the center of a storm. He saw a lightning bolt fall from the sky and struck Tang, who was devoured by it and became a silhouette in the overflowing electricity. The rain and winds stopped and the roar of thunder disappeared. The clouds slowly opened up and sunlight shone down on where tang stood. The electricity slow faded away and Miko could see Tang again. But now, he was completely different.

The Tang in front of Miko had long, wild azure hair with golden ends. He was topless with a pair of dragon wings on his back and a thick tail. His skin had some azure scales in the shapes of tribal dragon tattoos and his mouth was covered with a black mouth mask with a coiling dragon on it. Miko’s could sense a stormy aura coming from him. It was like an embodiment of a storm.

He showed a bright smile.

“This will be a problem.”

“You got that right.”

*Boom!*

Tang disappeared leaving a static behind and thunder echoing. He instantly popped up in front of Miko.

“?!”

Miko didn’t even see him until he was already drawing his hand back to attack. He quickly crossed his swords in front of his chest.

*Boom!*

Tang slammed his palm on Miko’s swords and Miko was blown away by powerful winds along with large pieces of rubble that was laying around.

“Ahh?!”

Miko screamed while he was being blown away. His swords were knocked out of his hands and his arms went numb. It felt like he was hit by a hurricane.

*Flash!*

He looked up and he saw Tang appear out of a flash of lightning. He gathered water in his palm and then thrust it towards Miko.

*Boom!*

Miko was hit by a burst of water. The water forced Miko into the ground and caused it to burst open. The water pressed Miko’s body so hard that it started going deeper and deeper underground until he was completely buried.

“…….”

Tang looked at the hole in the ground that Miko was buried in with a smirk. Inside the hole, Miko was in agonizing pain and was having a hard time finding a part of him that was broken.

(What the hell? He’s fast as lightning, his fists can produce force comparable to a hurricane, and he can use water attacks that are like being hit with a compressed version of the ocean…..)

Miko had pretty much figured out how Tang’s Storm Dragon Form worked. It was like he was a living Storm and could use the various elements that’s associated to storms.

*Crackle!*

“Hm?”

Miko heard a sound which caused him to look up. When he did, he saw a lightning dragon falling towards him.

“….Well, shit.”

*BOOM!*

The dragon struck where he was and caused a massive explosion, leaving a huge crater behind. A charred Miko was laying at the bottom of it.

“Cough! Cough!”

He coughed out some smoke out of his lungs.

“….Well, at least I got out of that hole.”

He said. A green and azure light flashed and Ishma and Regis appeared beside him.

“What’s the plan?”

Regis asked him. She looked behind her and saw Tang sitting on a boulder looking down on Miko with a smile on his face.

“He’s obviously giving you a chance to step up your game.”

“How generous. He wrecked me to show the difference between us and then gave me time to prepare myself. He’s really an adrenaline junkie.”

Miko laughed. Tang had the perfect chance to kill him but was instead giving Miko a chance to even the battlefield. Only an insane person would do such a thing. Ironically, this made Miko want to live up to his expectations.

“Now then, what to do?”

“How about Dark Lord?”

Regis suggested.

“The match up is bad. With such speed and strength he would just evade and blast his way through all of my tricks and take me down like he did before.”

“Dragonite?”

Asked Ishma.

“It’s better but his strength far surpasses what the current Dragonite can manage. If I had finished the Second Form then it might’ve put up a fight.”

Miko’s became quiet for a bit before smiling.

“I’ll just go with that.”

Ishma and Regis seemed to know what he meant and nodded.

“Then I take it that you want to fight on your own from here?”

“That’s right.”

“Then, go get him.”

The two left the battlefield leaving Miko laying on the ground. Miko closed his eyes and his consciousness went into his soul. He found himself standing in front of the five gates that control his power as a Satan and an Irregular.

“Odd….That snake isn’t here. I thought he would pop up and say something clever. Oh, well.”

He approached the azure gate and placed his hands on it.

“I’m sure he’ll pop up one day.”

He pushed the gate and a creaking sound echoed in the dark world. He smiled when an azure light started peaking out from behind the gate.

“This will be fun.”

********

In the outside world, Tang was watching Miko’s body with anticipation.

“!”

He suddenly felt a chill crawl up his spine. He stood up to get a better look and saw Miko’s skin peeling off and an azure fog flowing out of his body. He grinned.

“This is it!”

*Boom!*

Miko’s body exploded and his skin flew everywhere. The only thing that was left was an azure fog. The fog started moving in a circular motion and then-

It spread across the land like water from a dam that just burst open.

“Ugh!”

Tang felt like he was standing in a storm as the azure fog brushed against him. He felt like his mind was becoming cloudy and he had a hard time composing a single thought.

Up on the altar, those watching the battle were experiencing a similar state of confusion. Some had even forgotten their own names in the confusion. The altar became noisy and chaotic.

“This is pretty impressive for him to be able to affect even people of my level.”

Nero said.

“Yet you seem unfazed.”

Alec said.

“Well, I’m chaotic by nature so it’s to be expected that my mind can’t be buried in confusion. What’s your excuse?”

“I was affected at first but I think the effects are short-lived with those who are mentally strong.”

“Makes sense.”

“……”

After a few seconds, Tang calmed down and his mind became clear again. He saw that the fog around him had disappeared and looked towards Miko again.

“The fuck?”

He was so shocked that he was wondering if he was still confused. In front of him was a mass of azure fog; inside the fog was a silhouette with long flowing azure hair and gleaming golden eyes. What caught him off guard was the appearance of the silhouette.

“A woman?”

That’s right. In front of Tang was the silhouette of a beautiful woman.

“Granny?”

Said Nero. The silhouette definitely belonged to Tiamat. The silhouette smiled.

“Chaotic Ruler.”

“Even the voice is the same….”

Kirika said.

“You’re Miko, right?”

Tang asked.

“Of course. This is just my chaos form.”

“Tiamat?”

“She’s the image of chaos in my head so I guess I turned into her.”

He(?) laughed. Tang stared at him for a while and then shrugged.

“As long as it can fight, I don’t mind.”

Miko smiled.

“Trust me. I’m sure you’ll be satisfied.”

He was suddenly standing in front of Tang.

(Teleportation?)

Tang started questioning how he got there in an instant. He smiled and threw a punch.

*Bam!*

His punch was caught by Miko’s fist.

*Crack!*

Miko’s arm started cracking and fog started leaking out of him. Tang was about to show a disappointed expression when he saw the cracks disappear.

“Ugh!”

He groaned when Miko started crushing his fist. He kicked him away and made him take a couple steps back. He saw cracks appear on Miko’s body before disappearing again. He narrowed his eyes and moved with a thunderclap. He appeared behind Miko holding Miko’s severed right arm. He turned around with a smile but that smile fell from his face when he saw Miko literally grow a new arm from the wound.

“What the?”

“You’re really something, Tang. It looks like in order to fight on equal footing I need to strengthen myself to the max.”

Tang moved towards him again threw another punch. Like before, Miko caught the punch but this time there wasn’t any signs of cracking.

“By strengthening, you mean you strengthen your body…No, considering the attributes of chaos you recreated it.”

“You’re indeed a genius.”

Miko lifted him off his feet by his arm and then threw him. Tang twisted his body and gently landed on the ground.

“Chaos isn’t only mayhem, it’s the source of all creation. With that reasoning then I can create a new me with the power of chaos.”

“The power of creation…Isn’t that like Hinami Akume’s power?”

“It is, so what? This form come with some pleasant surprises that makes it different.”

Miko spread his arms.

“This form will not let you down; as proof it gave me a body powerful enough to go toe to toe with you.”

*Bam!*

Tang suddenly accelerated and punched Miko in the face and forced his head to turn.

*Bam!*

Miko lifted him off the ground with a kick to the stomach.

“Do you believe me now?”

Miko sent him flying with an uppercut. Tang twisted his body and landed on his feet. He spat the blood that was gathered in his mouth and showed a bloody smile.

“Yeah, I believe you.”

He accelerated towards Miko again and gathered electricity in his palms. He aimed a palm strike at Miko’s face, Miko stepped out of the way and aimed a palm strike of his own at Tang’s chin. Tang kicked him away before it could hit and then distanced himself. He bounced in one spot with a grin on his face.

“I’m going to enjoy this.”

“Same here.”

The two of them moved at the same time with lightning speed and threw kicks at each other.

*Bam!*

Their legs clashed and the ground burst open underneath them. They quickly brought their leg down and thrust their hands at each other’s face. They moved their heads to the sides and avoided the attack, swung their knees up for a knee strike, and their knees clashed. They jumped back and then Miko hit Tang with a flying kick which was blocked by Tang’s arm. He pushed his arm back and Miko somersaulted off it and had to bend his back to avoid a kick from Tang. He sprung up and fired a palm strike, Tang did the same and their palms clashed and sparks started flying between them.

*Bam!*

They were blown back after the clash. Tang gathered water in his palms and fired a water bullet at Miko, who accelerated and avoided it.

*BAM!*

The water bullet caused mass destruction behind Miko, despite its small size. Azure static started coming off Miko’s body, Tang fired more water bullets at him at rate comparable to a machine gun. He kept track of Miko’s movements as he evaded the water bullets with lightning speed. Miko successfully avoided all his attacks and had him in his range.

*Bam!*

Miko’s speed suddenly doubled and he popped up in front of Tang with his fists clenched. He slammed his fist on Tang.

“Chaotic Thunder Fist.”

*BOOM!*

A powerful burst of azure lightning devoured Tang and everything that was behind him leaving a molten gouge in the earth.

“Hm?”

Miko heard a cracking sound and looked up and saw Tang with burns over his body holding a lance made of lightning and wind.

“Storm Lance!”

He threw the lance and fell on top of Miko like a lightning bolt. An massive explosion of wind and lightning devoured Miko and threw him around like a leaf trapped in a storm. His limbs were ripped apart and static flowed into his body. When the explosion faded he flew back with his limbs reforming from fog.

“No, you don’t.”

Tang popped up in front of him and grabbed his face. He forced Miko’s upper body into the ground and then punched his head and buried it. The ground then lit up and exploded with static floating around.

“Hm?”

He looked and didn’t see Miko’s body. Beside him, Miko appeared out of a cloud of azure mist and slammed his fist on the side of his head. Another fist came from the opposite side and hit him back in Miko’s direction. A fist then came from below and forced Tang off the ground. Tang flung his foot up and kicked Miko in the chin, after he was forced off the ground.

*Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!*

He was punched three times in the torso in return.

(Wait? Three?)

He looked and was shocked to see that Miko had three arms attached to his back.

(He can create additional limbs.)

He saw the arms become coated with azure flames before thrusting towards him to punch him again. He disappeared leaving a static behind. The three fists hit the air and fired three powerful burst of flames that combined to form a devastating flame explosion that left the ground looking like it was melting.

Tang appeared some distance away from Miko and was shocked by the power that he had.

“Hahaha! This is great! I’m having so fun much, Miko! I hope that you can keep it up!”

Miko smiled.

“Let’s just say that one of us is going to die and it isn’t me.”

Tang grinned. The two then rushed at each other again and continued their chaotic battle.