"I already can tell how strong you are, no need in holding back" Swift said

The giant dark aura burst out from Swift as he repeatedly punched the air faster than before, gaining more and more speed with each punch

The air began to rip as every area that he punched would release a shockwave of air flying at Zero

Zero with low effort dodged each shockwave

Zero started slapping the shockwaves away

"Time Freeze" Zero said as time stopped

"Alright then" Zero said crouching down

"So it looks like he's getting faster every time, but how?" Zero said

"Wait let's quickly.." Zero said

Time resumed

Swifts punches were faster and faster each strike building up speed in the other

"Time freeze" Zero said as time stopped

"Okay so I think I have an idea" Zero said

"With every punch, he builds up speed, which is why he starts to rapidly punch the air at the beginning of each match! Holy shit I'm so smart" Zero said smirking

Time resumed

Zero ran at Swift with Swift rapidly punching the air destroying the shockwaves

Zero tried to punch Swift but Swift managed to block the attack

Zeros knuckles began to glow green as they stung swifts hand

"Agh" Swift let out pulling his hand away

"Good old energy" Zero said

"Don't you guys have ranks in your thing? Which one are you?" Zero asked

"I mess around with the ranks with how I work, I start out as #7 but when I cap at #3" Swift said

"Is that cause of how fast you can get?" Zero asked

"I don't have a max speed, I'm able to infinitely accelerate my speed" Swift said

"Infinite speed huh, nice" Zero said

"Insane to think that there's two guys above you with that" Zero said

"You couldn't dream of beating them" Swift said

"I'm told that a lot, so I'll have my doubts" Zero said

"Shut up" Swift said lunging at Zero

Swift started to rapidly punch Zero

Zero dodged each punch

Zero quickly punched Swift away

"You need better form, aimlessly swinging won't do great" Zero said scratching his head

Swift got into a fighting stance

"Was just testing something" Swift said

Swift began to attack Zero with more precise strikes, aiming for pressure points

Zero managed to block each attack

"Where did that come from?" Zero asked

Zero looked at Swift

Swifts eyes had changed, the sclera of his eye became purple while his pupils were red

"Occhi di precisione" Swift said as he had one of his hands over his eye

"I'm able to see every pressure point on your body, and the most accurate ways of hitting them" Swift said

Swift charged at Zero attempting to hit one of his pressure points

Zero punched a hole through swifts head

Swifts dead body dropped to the floor.

Swift opened his eyes

"That won't work" Swift thought

Swift closed his eyes again

Swift went though one hundred different ways of attacking Zero hitting any vital point he could but constantly died each time

"Is this guy really that strong? The eyes never lie when reading someone's strength but shit how does this guy do it?" Swift thought

Swift changed his stance

"Are you gonna attack yet or...?" Zero asked

"Wait what? Each time I go into my simulation mode, it happens in an instant, why is he impatient?" Swift thought

Swift closed his eyes again

"Maybe this will-" Swift tried to say before being cut off

"Damn this place looks kinda weird, everything's blue" Zero said standing next to Swift

"HOW!? HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE, THIS IS A MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL AREA??" Swift shouted

"I dunno, I was just wondering why you kept watching me kill you" Zero said

"Wait so you've been watching?" Swift asked

"Well yeah you were kinda just standing there so I thought something was up" Zero said

"Anyway, just fight me" Zero said snapping as they went back to reality

"What kind of monster are you?" Swift asked

"I'm just like that" Zero said

Swift appeared in front of Zero rapidly throwing strikes at Zero

Zero blocked every strike and started to repeatedly punch Swift

The two began clashing strikes and punches

"Not lying here I get why you'd be considered so strong, seeing the shit you can do you're insane, just not stronger than me" Zero said as they exchanged blows

Swift didn't say anything

"Why use your strength for dumb shit like being evil and all that, you could start a career off of what you have" Zero said

"I owe the leader for what he did, everyone in our team is in his debt" Swift said

-Flashback-

Swift joined cloud 9 three years prior, when he was fifteen

Swift lived in a middle class village in the north kingdom but was poor himself

He would stay alive by zipping by stores and markets, stealing food and water

One day the peace in his village was disturbed by a sudden boom

One of the signori of the North kingdom appeared in the village with a small army behind him

"Feel honored to be in my presence for I the great Peisistratos have appeared to you low class worms" Peisistratos said riding a chariot

-Character-

Peisistratos:

Main ability: (Signori) Wealth

Subclass abilities: Buildings

Picture Peisistratos as a slightly tall muscular man with a brown curly beard, slightly long brown curly hair, silver armor with a red cape, and green eyes

Signori explanation:

As we've seen with Hermès, the signori each have a unique main ability that differs from the base ones we know.

"I have come to collect the taxes that you owe" Peisistratos said

"We already paid our taxes this month!" A villager said

"I couldn't care, we need more money and have decided to come across this pathetic village" Peisistratos said

"Go somewhere else!" A young Swift shouted

"Who said that!" Peisistratos shouted

Peisistratos spotted Swift and grabbed him by the neck

Peisistratos drew a sword and pointed it at Swifts stomach

"Do you want to see what happens when you speak against me!" Peisistratos shouted

"I think you can hold back a little bit" Sigmund said emerging from the crowd

"And you are?" Peisistratos asked

"A criminal" Sigmund said

"Then perish" Peisistratos said as his veins began to glow golden

"I grow stronger with the amount of money I collect, and ive been at this job for about two years ever since the other signori of this kingdom was slain" Peisistratos said

"You know what's crazy?" Sigmund asked

"What" Peisistratos said swinging his sword at Sigmund

"I'm the guy who killed him" Sigmund said punching a hole through Peisistratos' stomach

Peisistratos coughed out blood

"You... villain..." Peisistratos said coughing out blood, dying

Peisistratos' army fled

"I'm the villain yet you're the guy who was about to kill a kid" Sigmund said

Sigmund grabbed Swift and threw him over his shoulder

"You're coming with me, you already seem like trouble to these folks" Sigmund said

"Wait what?" Swift said

"It's fine you'll get along well with the others" Sigmund said

"Do you just kidnap kids out of no where??" Swift said wiggling

"Come to think of it, yeah I do" Sigmund said

"What an amazing guy you are" Swift said

Sigmund chuckled

"I like you kid, I'll make sure you can kill pricks like that guy, I promise" Sigmund said

"I don't want to do anything with you" Swift said

"I'm the guy who saved your life, cut me some slack" Sigmund said

-End of flashback-

"I have to return the favor" Swift thought

Zero punched Swift in the face

"You got distracted on something" Zero said

Zero blasted Swift

Zero began to rapidly fire blasts at Swift

Swift managed to punch most of them causing them to explode

"The question I have is, how long can you last?" Zero said

"I last however long I want to, my stamina's infinite" Swift said

"Is everything about you infinite? Starting to think you're making it up" Zero said

Swift appeared in front of Zero

Swift attempted to punch Zero but he blocked it

"So much for all of that infinite talk" Zero said smirking

"Do you ever shut up!?" Swift shouted

"Quick answer" Zero said

Zero appeared in front of Swift with his fingers forming a finger gun

"Nope" Zero said blasting Swift in the face

Swift quickly recovered and bolted in front of Zero about to uppercut him

"Time freeze" Zero said as time stopped moving

"Nice tr-" Zero tried saying before being cut off by swifts uppercut

"What?" Zero thought

"Everybody else stopped moving, did you do that" Swift said grinning

"Shit, that's a problem" Zero thought

Swift attempted to punch Zero but froze in place

"Why did he stop moving?" Zero thought

Swifts punch almost reached Zero before stopping again

"He can only move through it for a couple seconds" Zero thought

"100 lagging punches" Zero said rapidly punching Swifts body

Time moved normally again

Swift zipped in front of Zero about to punch him in the face

Zero looked at Swift and suddenly Swift received multiple blows to the body

Swift was flung back and Zero followed Swift while he was still being flung back

Zero landed another punch in Swifts gut

Swift released one last gigantic burst of dark energy, his body being engulfed in darkness

A red glare was saw from his eyes

Swift zipped in front of Zero, rapidly trying to punch him

Zero caught every punch

Zero threw aside Swifts hand rapidly punching him

Swift ignored the pain and began punching back

The two clashed with punches, each punch hitting the other

Swifts knuckles began to bleed but he continued fighting

Swift punched Zero across the face

Zero punched Swift across the face

Swift tried to punch Zero in the stomach but Zero caught the punch and redirected it to Swifts chin

Zero held out his hand in front of Swifts face, his palm glowing with yellow energy

"I win" Zero said smirking

"You win" Swift said with his eyes closed, smirking

Zero blasted Swift in the face, sending him flying out of the arena

"OUR WINNER IS... ZERO!!!" Brock shouted

The crowd roared and shouted louder than ever before

Zero held his fist in the air

"Now when the fuck do I get my money" Zero thought