Xibalba…

Uriel was on the verge of death when he faced the Ruler of Xibalba…Xolotl, the Judge of Life…Uriel was prepared to face death as Xolotl launched an attack…at that moment, a figure appeared to reflect the attack…

The man is Juan de la Trinidad…Uriel 's predecessor…Juan de la Trinidad is a tall man with an appearance of 40 years of age. He has brown skin, red eyes, a mustache and black hair. He is wearing a traditional Charro Suit, and has his sombrero on top of his head…

“V-V-Viejo…is that really you?” Uriel looks surprised upon seeing him. Juan looks at him and laughs:

“Hahaha…of course it’s me muchacho…don’t tell me you think you’re hallucinating…”

“But why?”

“Well…I sensed your mana levels dropping so drastically that I needed to see what was happening…and what did I find? You are in the middle of a battlefield standing in front of Xolotl, the Ruler of Xibalba…”

Juan walks towards Uriel, Xolotl feels ignored; “You bastard…are you ignoring the ruler of Xibalba? Blasphemous…” Xolotl orders the Sombra to attack, the Sombra gathers mana in the mouth once more.

(SSLLLAASSHHH)

Juan slashes the Sombra in half. Xolotl looks in shock; “What the…my Sombra…”

“Look Xolotl…give me one minute and I will be right with you?”

(PUM)

Juan turns around and punches Uriel; “You sure are an idiot…the first thing that I warn you about is to avoid fighting with the judges of Xibalba and the next thing you do is to declare war…”

“...” Uriel doesn’t say a word, Juan sighs with his eyes closed; “The worst thing is that I saw you give up…aren’t you supposed to be El Charro NeGRO? Aren’t you supposed to be strong? Then why are you hesitating?”

Juan puts his hand on Uriel’s head. -BBBAADDUUMMPP- Juan gives mana to Uriel. Uriel’s wounds disappear and his left arm comes back:

“El Charro Negro is strong…remember that you’re the Horseman of War…you musn’t hesitate…you must be brave…you have an objective…you must return to the world of the living!”

Uriel stands up and takes a deep breath; “Shut up viejo…you can’t tell me what to do…” Juan smiles at him:

“Excellent that’s how you’re supposed to be…now then, get out of my site…I will see you in a month…”

Uriel heads towards the hill. Juan looks at Xolotl; “Now then, sorry to keep you waiting…what did you…”

(PPPUUUMMM)

Xolotl attacks Juan with his sword, Juan immediately blocked with his own; “You dare come here to my land and ignore me? Who do you think you are?”

“Well…I am El Charro Negro of course…and now…”

Juan pushes Xolotl away, Xolotl summons an army of skeletons that head Juan’s way. Juan smiles:

“And now I will put you in your place…for trying to kill my successor…”

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Uriel’s side…

Uriel runs towards the hill…He has tears in his eyes from the frustration…

“Damn it…how can I be so weak? How can I accept help from him? I’m so weak…”

Skeletons appear in front of him, Uriel takes out his sword and immediately takes down.

(SSSLLLAASSHHH)

Uriel continues to approach the hill, at that moment he notices Tiwa on the laps of Xoalentli; “It can’t be…TIIWWWAA!”

“Oh is that the Horseman of War? He looks rather weak…” Xoalentli makes fun of Uriel as he approaches them.

Uriel runs towards her direction, at that moment, Nexoxcho stands in front of him; “Hello Uriel…”

“It’s you…”

At that moment, everything goes dark. Uriel stops as he can’t see anything, suddenly…

“Uriel…Uriel…”

Uriel turns around and opens his eyes wider as he sees his mother, Maria cut in half; U-U-Uriel…” Once again, Uriel sees his family slaughtered along with his closed friends.

At that moment, Uriel Vazquez appears in front of him, this time, he has the same height and same appearance as Uriel:

“You decided to kill them…you are evil…it’s all your fault…”

Uriel trembles; “You’re right…it’s my fault…however…I won't hesitate any longer…" Uriel begins to laugh; "I thank you Nexoxcho…because of you…I now have the opportunity to get rid of this weakness…"

(SSSLLLLLAAASSHHHH)

Uriel pierces Uriel Vazquez' stomach with his sword; "You will no longer be a bother…ever again…"

"I see…so I was a burden to you…All of this time…well I feel quite relieved that I got to see the solution to your problem…"

"Good bye…my weakness…" Uriel slowly absorbs the other Uriel's mana. The other Uriel smiles at him:

"Please take care of them…they are very important to us…"

"..." Uriel doesn't say a word as he finishes absorbing his other self; "Rest in peace…Uriel Vazquez…"

The darkness disappears. Nexoxcho takes a few steps back:

“He used my technique to kill a soul? How can that be possible?”

“Oh it is possible…and thanks to you…I broke one of the seals…” Uriel opens his eyes and reveals a sinister smile with red eyes:

“I am the Beginning…I am the End…I am Conflict…I am Peace…I am the Horseman of War…”

(BADUMP)

At that moment, a bright crimson color that expands through the whole area, Uriel releases an enormous amount of mana.

Everybody in the battlefield stops as they feel a hostile presence. La Catrina chuckles:

“Fufufu…that boy has tremendous power…its terrifying…”

Alejandro trembles; “This sensation…its Uriel…”

“HAHAHA…HE DID IT…HE BROKE THE SEAL!” Juan looks with happiness. Xolotl gets angry:

“Damn it…what was Nexoxcho thinking?”

Uriel walks with a sinister smile; “So this is power I wanted…and it’s only half…I must return to the world of the living…to get the other half…”

Uriel, who has a slight change of appearance, laughs.The right side of his body changed, half of his hair turned crimson, his cornea turned black and the pupil red, similar to a beast’s eye.

“Now then…” Uriel lift his sword; “Time to put this power to the test…”

“Wait…what are you…”

(SSSLLLAASSHHHH)

In the blink of an eye, Uriel cuts Nexoxcho in half. He also cuts the ground in half. Xoalentli and the other Judges observe Uriel's ability.

Micapetlacalli runs towards Xoalentli; “SISTER…RUN!”

Xoalentli stands up; “Micca…don’t come closer or he will…”

(SSSLLLAASSHHH)

Xoalentli sees the ground turning upside down. Micapetlacalli opens her eyes wider; “SISTER!”

Uriel decapitates Xoalentli in the blink of an eye; “Don’t let your guard down…” Miccapetlacalli gets furious and summons a giant stone on top of Uriel.

(SSSLLAASSHHH)

Uriel cuts the stone in half; “It’s pointless…” Uriel gathers wind with his left hand:

“Viento Divino; Remolino” (Divine Wind; Whirlpool)

Uriel releases a powerful wind that hits Miccateplacali and blows her away; “KKYYAAHH”

Uriel grabs Tiwa; “It seems she’s in a type of spell…very well…Tiwa we must reach the others…”

Uriel grabs Tiwa and heads towards the others with high speed.

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Juan de la Trinidad vs. Xolotl

Juan and Xolotl continue their fierce battle, they are on equal footing. Xolotl continues to fight as the army skeletons get closer to him.

Juan makes a horizontal slash; “Arte del Mariachi, Cancion de la Luna, Tercera Estrofa; Media Nueva” Mariachi Art, Song of the Moon, Third Stanza; Half Moon)

(SSSLLLAASSSHHHH)

The army of skeletons disappears with one attack. Xolotl gets angrier and releases a purple aura and attacks Juan. Both of them clash their swords multiple times at great speed.

(PUM PUM PUM)

With each clash, a powerful shockwave makes the land tremble; “This is so much fun!” Juan continues to match Xolotl’s speed. Xolotl smiles at him as well:

“You like to play huh? Well then…play with this…”

Xolotl gathers mana in his sword; “Lamento de los Muertos” (Deadman’s lament)

Xolotl stabs his sword to the ground and summons a powerful mana attack that takes the shape of dead souls that head straight towards Juan. Juan chuckles; “I see…so you want to use the souls of the people that made a deal with me? Let me tell you something…I don’t care…”

“Arte del Mariachi; Melodía de la Guitarra: Quinta Cuerda, La (A) (Mariachi Art; GUITAR Melody, Fifth String (A))

Juan creates an attack with the strings, the strings begin to assemble and form a star heading straight at Xolotl’s attack.’

(BBBOOOMMM)

Both attacks cancel eachother out. Juan and Xolotl stop the attack. Both of them stare at each other. Both of them begin to laugh:

“THIS IS NOT YOU’RE REAL POWER? YOU’RE JUST A PROJECTION…”

“Oh…you found out…well yeah, this is projection…my real body is in bed with Isabella the Red Witch…”

“I see…now then, how much time do you have left?”

“Two minutes…”

“Excellent…then let’s continue to fight until you disappear…”

Both of them have a strong aura and clash one more time…

“It appears my time has ended…it was a pleasure to see you again…Xolotl…let us meet again with a drink…” Juan slowly disappears, Xolotl runs towards him:

“WAIT!”

Juan disappears completely. Xolotl looks at his Judges defeated.

Xolotl gets furious; “My Judges…taken down by them? This is blasphemous…damn you!”

Xolotls summons 1000 skeletons and 1000 Sombras:

“YOU WON’T ESCAPE ALIVE!”

Uriel reaches the hill along with an unconscious Tiwa. Alejandro looks at Uriel; “URIEL!”

“I see that you regain your soul…that good…we need to hold off the skeletons and the Sombras.”

Alejando notices his form; “What happened to you?”

“I just needed to awaken in order to get out of here…” Uriel looks at Tiwa; “We need her in order to survive…”

Emma runs to help her; “TIWA!”

“She’s in a type of spell…a nightmare spell…” La Catrina analyzes Tiwa; “This is the ability of Xoalentli, she puts her victims to sleep like that…”

“I see…and how do we wake her up?” Uriel asks La Catrina. La Catrina chuckles; “Well…the best way to wake her up is by a kiss of someone she loves…”

“WWWHHHAAAATTT?” Emma and Alejandro react with surprise. Emma immediately asks; “Where should we kiss her?”

“In the mouth…” La Catrina chuckles. Both Alejandro and Emma blush. Uriel sighs with his eyes closed:

“Alejandro, do it now…wake her up…”

“Wait me? Why me?” Alejandro panics. Emma looks down; “Because…Tiwa loves you…”

“She loves me?” Alejandro acts surprised. Emma gets mad; “Of course…she always loved you…but you chose Valerie…you’re so naive and stupid! You don’t have any idea how she suffered…but still she continues to act the same way in front of you…”

“I never knew…I’m sorry…” Alejandro lowers his head. Emma grabs his shirt neck; “Listen…right now…you’re her only hope…you must do it for her sake…”

(GULP)

Alejandro slowly gets closed to her; “Tiwa…please forgive me for being so stupid…” Alejandro closes his eyes and kisses her.