The Hellcat's

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(Abe clan, Living room, 11am)

"I think I'll be heading home soon; I don't feel right about making you provide for us." said Venelana as she took as sip of tea, as she relaxed back into the very comfortable chair

"It's alright, Venelana." said Aimi as she turned to face Venelana "My clan is more than happy to provide for you, while you enjoy your stay here." explained Aimi as the Abe clan was the most hospitable clan around

"Besides Vena, it seems the kids are enjoying themselves." said Grayfia as she nodded over to where Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone were playing together

Aimi, Venelana, Shimizu, Serafall and Aphrodite, turned to face where Grayfia nodded to, they couldn't help but smile. As there was currently a game of catch going on, as Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone were standing in a circle, tossing a ball between themselves.

"I for one must be leaving, I'm dreading what my husband could be doing to my baby girl." said Aphrodite as both urgency and concern could be heard in her voice, as she didn't trust her 'husband' one bit now

"Your husband mostly raised Riser by himself, didn't he?" asked Serafall dreading the response that she would most likely get, as she could tell that if Aphrodite had raised Riser, he wouldn't have turned out the way he had

"He did." answered Aphrodite sadly as she confirmed Serafall's and everyone fears

Aphrodite wished she'd stepped in and made sure her youngest son was raised correctly, as any mother should've. Instead, she was too scared of her husband and so she watched him turn her son turn into a monster.

"Are you going to be alright?" asked Grayfia concerned as everyone knew Lord Phenex was prone to violent outburst, and there now was a high chance that Lord Phenex would direct his outburst at Aphrodite

"I'll be alright." Answered Aphrodite as she looked down at the ground, she was dreading what her husband might do to her, but she wasn't going to let her husband turn Ravel into another Riser

"Whenever you need time away, feel free to give me a call." Offered Venelana as she felt sorry for Aphrodite, everyone could tell she was heartbroken when she found out Riser was a terrorist, she was just doing a good job at hiding it

"I really appreciate that Venelana, I really do appreciate that." Thanked Aphrodite sincerely as she managed to smiled at Venelana's kindness

"Don't mention it." Replied Venelana with a smile

"Thank you for the wonderful hospitality, Aimi." Thanked Aphrodite as she got up

"You're welcome." Said Aimi as she smiled, she'd grown to like Aphrodite a she was nothing like Riser or the rest of the Phenex house "Please do come visit

The Phenex clan symbol then appeared under Aphrodite's feet, then it quickly rose teleporting her back to her home. Leaving Aimi, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall to talk amongst themselves, while Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone continued to play together.

(30 minutes later)

"Since we have such great weather at the moment, why don't we eat outside?" suggested Aimi as it was currently a lovely mid-summer's day, not too hot not too cold as there was nice gentle breeze that kept you cool

"That sound lovely." Agreed Venelana as she looked out the window, smiling at the nice weather "And to be honest, I can't wait to try more of your cuisine." Added Venelana as she'd fallen in love with Nekoshou cooking, as she could tell a lot of love had gone into preparing, cooking and serving of the food they'd eaten

Cooking was also a speciality of Nekomata's and Nekoshou's, as it was one of their favourite pastimes. While they did specialise in fish and other sea food, other food they cooked was said to be just as good.

"Well then, I know just the place." Said Aimi with a light chuckle, as she was amused at how happy Venelana was over food "In the middle of the main garden outback, there's a lovely little area where you can sit down and eat. The area is surrounded by a few Somei Yoshino cheery trees, which currently are very beautiful, as they're currently blooming. Nearby a calm stream gently meanders its way through there, creating a beautiful scene with its crystal-clear water. The water is so crystal clear, that when the sun reflects on it, a beautiful dance of light is created on the trees. The sound of the stream is so calming and relaxing, that you will swear that you're in Heaven." Said Aimi as she gave a perfect description of the main garden in its current state, which could be seen behind her left shoulder

"That sounds lovely." responded Serafall with happiness present in her voice, yet a tiny hint of sadness could be heard in her voice

That tiny hint of sadness in Serafall's voice was because she had to return to the Underworld tomorrow, as she'd been away for a whole week. Since she was in charge of Foreign Affairs, there was literal mountains of paper work to go through normally, now she was fearing how big those piles of paper had gotten. The only reason she hasn't returned by now, was because of the threat of being attack by the OSF. But now that threat was all but gone, she had to return and do her job. Serafall only really hated one thing about being a Devil King, it was the literal mountains of paper work, as it and her childlike personality and her tv show didn't get along one bit. Whenever she manged to get time off, she goes nuts and enjoys the time she has, as she knows it will probably be a long time before she can do it again.

"It's saddens me that you can't stay for longer Levi. Without you, there's always a certain flair of fun missing." Said Grayfia in an understanding and comforting voice, like Serafall's her work didn't often give her time off

"Thank you, Fia." Thanked Serafall as she managed to smile at one of her oldest best friends

"No problem, Levi." Said Grayfia happily as she smiled

"Seras." said Aimi as she turned to face Seras, who was to her left "Please tell the waitress to have lunch brought out to us." Asked Aimi as she knew as by the time they got there, lunch would be ready

"Of course." Answered Seras as she bowed before she turned and left for the kitchen

"Did I heard something about lunch?" asked Fujimai as she was walking up to her mother and her friends, Issei, Kuroka, Sona and Shirone where walking alongside her

As soon as Fujimai, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone walked up to Aimi, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall. Issei, Kuroka and Shirone ran straight up to their grandmother wanting a hug, to which Aimi happily gave. Rias also ran straight up to her mother and sister-in-law, wanting the same thing as her four best friends, of course Venelana and Grayfia where more than happy to oblige. Sona also ran straight to her mother and older sister, wanting the same as her four best friends, of course Shimizu and Serafall where more than happy to oblige.

"You did." Answered Aimi with a smile as she hugged her grandkittens "Since we have such great weather at the moment, we've decided that we'll eat outside for lunch." Explained Aimi as she looked up at her daughter

"That sounds lovely." Said Fujimai agreeing with her mother as it was currently great weather

"Well then, let's go have lunch." Said Aimi happily as she smiled down at her grandkittens, who were smiling back at her, since they knew they were about to get fed

"Yay!" cheered Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone happily, before they untangled themselves and ran straight out the door

"Let's not keep the kids waiting." laughed Venelana as it was so entertaining to watch the run about and enjoy themselves

After getting up, everyone made their way towards the spot Aimi described, which didn't take long since they could just see it from the door. By the time everyone had arrived and sat down, lunch was already being brought out to them.

Once everyone was settled at the picnic table, the maids that had brought out their lunch immediately started laying out the trays of various sandwiches, fruit and drink. Immediately, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone tried to grab a sandwich that they wanted and started eating. But much to their dismay, they were told they had to wait until everyone had their drinks until they could start eating.

(12:45pm, Abe Gardens)

"Mummy. Please can we go play over there?" asked Issei as he ran up to his mother, and tugged on her kimono with his right hand, while pointing with his left hand

Fujimai smiled down at her son, before she turned around to see where her son was pointing. Where Issei pointed was behind Venelana and Grayfia, he was pointing at a small group of cherry trees, which surrounded a small and shallow pond. Fujimai couldn't help but chuckle, she should've guested that the area her kittens wanted to play included water.

"Alright, but stay where we can see you." said Fujimai happily as she ruffled Issei's hair

"Thanks, mummy!" thanked Issei happily as he quickly hugged his mother legs, before he turned around and started to run the where he was pointing, being quickly followed by Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone

"I thought you'd spend more time playing with them." said Venelana as she smiled, she knew why Fujimai wasn't

"I need a break." answered Fujimai as she turned back around to face everyone "They have too much energy." explained Fujimai because at such a young age, their untrained and untapped powers fuelled their energy

"You and Seras were the same." commented Aimi with a playful grin as she reminisced back to when Fujimai and Seras were the same age as Issei and Kuroka, while at the same time trying her best to embarrass her kitten

"Mother!" moaned Fujimai embarrassed, as a blush formed on her cheeks, almost turning crimson in colour in some areas

"I've got plenty of stories that I could tell, plenty of them embarrassing." Teased Aimi as her grin turned into a mischievous smile, showing she was fully intent on embarrassing her kitten "And by the looks of it, I'll have plenty of time to do so." Laughed Aimi as she watched Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone reached the pond and immediately jump into it

"Oh? Please do tell." asked Venelana encouraging Aimi in a low and amused voice

"Not you two!" yelled Fujimai becoming even more embarrassed

(5 minutes ago, Underworld, Old Satan Faction territory)

No matter how hard Riser tried, he still couldn't heal fist shaped scar on his stomach. Fujimai's Kasha attack had done a lot of damage, as the flame itself was naturally very effective against Devil and other unholy beings. It was ironic really, as Riser claimed that, as an Immortal Phenex, he was completely immune to fire. Yet, Fujimai used fire to defeat him.

For the umpteenth time, Riser swore he'd repay Fujimai tenfold for the physical and mental trauma she'd caused him. And he knew the perfect way to do so, kitnap her two daughters and turn them into slaves for him to use however he sees fit. Kitnapping Kuroka and Shirone would also cause huge amounts emotional pain, not only for Fujimai but also everyone else that knew Kuroka and Shirone.

But Riser didn't plan to stop there, as he also wanted Venelana, Shimizu, Serafall and Grayfia to suffer as much emotional pain as Fujimai. So, he was going to kidnap Rias and Sona. When it came to Rias, Riser didn't think it of it as kidnapping. Because as soon as the marriage between them had been signed, Rias belonged to him.

You would've thought, this whole ordeal with Fujimai would've knocked some sense into Riser. It didn't. As when he came up with his plan, he didn't put much thought into it. Riser's plan was flawed in many ways, to many ways to list. He didn't even have a contingency plan, as thanks to his arrogance, as he thought his plan was fool proof.

"They will pay for making a mockery of me, the mighty Riser Phenex!" yelled Riser angrily himself, as his magic circle appeared on the floor beneath him

From the magic circle on the ground, erupted a pillar of yellow fire, that only lasted a few seconds. Once the pillar died down, it revealed that Riser wasn't standing in the spot he was just a second ago.

(12:50, Abe clan, Gardens, with Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone)

For the past 10 minutes, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone had been happily playing in the small pond. They'd been holding a competition, who could create the biggest splash, and currently Shirone was winning. But their competition was cut short, as they heard the sound of low maniacal laughter.

The unknown laughter scared them, as it wasn't anything like Fujimai's laughter when she played with them. Her laughter was full of love and happiness, this laughter was completely devoid of them both.

"Well, well, well. This has made Riser's plan a lot easier." said Riser in a sadistically tone as he walked out from behind a cherry tree and slowly started to walked towards his targets

As they watched Riser get closer and closer, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone hugged each other as their fight or flight instincts kicked in.

"Mommy! Mommy!" yelled Kuroka loudly over and over again, desperately trying to get her mother's attention

"Mommy can't hear you." laughed Riser mocking the kids in an arrogant and cocky voice "Meaning mommy can't come and help you." Laughed Riser as he started to walk towards them, ready to grab his targets

(Simultaneously, with Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall)

When Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall heard Kuroka calling for them, they felt their blood turn deathly cold. They'd never heard any of the call for them like this. Usually, when any of the kids called for her, their voices where full of love and happiness. But now, when Kuroka called for them, her voice was full of only one thing. Fear.

When they sensed that there was another person with them, it shocked and terrified them. As they knew exactly who was with them. That someone was a person they hated with such a passion, that it burned stronger than Ddraig's fire.

"Riser!" yelled Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall simultaneously, as they turned to see Riser looming over the kids, their voices full of fear as Riser was currently alone with the kids and this terrified them

Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall quickly got up and started to run towards the kids, as they couldn't risk using any magic to attack him from a far. As Riser would most likely use one of the kids to shield himself from the attack.

(Simultaneously, back with Riser, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone)

As Riser started to walk towards Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone, he outstretched his right hand towards Shirone. Issei and Kuroka weren't going to let Riser grab their little sister, so they prepared to fight Riser the only way they could.

As Riser's hand got closer, Issei and Kuroka opened their small mouths, exposing their tiny fangs and started to hiss defensively.

"Ha! As if some hissing is going to scare Riser!" laughed Riser as he laughed at Issei's and Kuroka's little defensive display

Ignoring Issei's and Kuroka's warning hiss, Riser continued to walk towards the kids. As soon as Riser's hand was within their range, Issei and Kuroka lunged towards Riser's hand. Riser let out a howl of pain, as Issei and Kuroka had bit down on his hand. Hard.

"Ahh! You little fucks!" yelled Riser in pain as he violently pulled back his arm and started to shake it, hoping Issei and Kuroka would let go

"RISER!" screamed Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall with pure hatred and anger as they ran up to them, they were ready to kill Riser once Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone where safe

"Tch! You're here faster than I expected, no matter." said Riser annoyed as he turned to face Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall

While Riser's had his full attention on Aimi, Fujimai, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall, Issei and Kuroka quickly stopped biting Riser's hand. Issei and Kuroka then quickly ran back to Shirone, Rias and Sona.

"Besides, you can't risk attacking me. Otherwise, you'll hit your precious kittens." laughed Riser arrogantly as he threw his head back and continued to laughed evilly

Riser then moved his right hand, so it would be in between himself and the others. Tremendous amounts of pain was still coursing through Riser's right hand, so he couldn't feel that Issei and Kuroka had let go.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that Riser." said Fujimai with a snicker, her kittens where very clever for their age

"What are you talking about, Nekoshou?" asked Riser as he stopped laughing and looked at Fujimai "If you attack Riser, you risk hurting your precious kittens." mocked Riser arrogantly as he still hadn't noticed that Issei and Kuroka weren't biting down on his hand anymore

After a few seconds, Riser looked down at his hand. When he did, his eyes widened with anger. His seemingly fool proof plan, had been foiled. By the very kids he planned to kidnap, this infuriated Riser the most.

With Riser was distracted, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone quickly ran over to Aimi, Venelana, Grayfia, Shimizu and Serafall who quickly moved them away from Riser and Fujimai. As they all knew Fujimai wasn't going to let Riser leave the place alive. And his death wasn't going to be either quick or painless, she was going to make him suffer.

And even if Riser somehow managed to escape from Fujimai wrath, he wouldn't get far. As almost every single member of the Abe clan had encircled them, used their Space-Time manipulation to erect a barrier to trap Riser with Fujimai.

"I'm not going to let you leave here alive, Riser." Said Fujimai darkly as she started to circle Riser, her tails now pointing straight down, telling everyone she was ready to fight

"Riser Phenex is immortal, you can't kill him!" laughed Riser arrogantly thinking his immense regenerative power made his immortal, a small voice in the back of his head told him otherwise, but he ignored it

"Immortal?" asked Fujimai as she burst out sarcastically laughing "There is no such thing as a 'immortal', everyone can be killed, you just have to know how too." explained Fujimai as 'Immortal' was a title given to those that are hard/almost impossible to kill, but not impossible to kill

"How dare a lowly cat such as yourself, insult the might Riser Phenex!" yelled Riser angrily, as he summoned a massive fire twister that quickly started to make its way towards Fujimai

"You need to chill." joked Fujimai as she started gathering a small portion of her power, as the ground by her feet could be seen freezing covering the ground in a layer of ice

After a few seconds of gathering power, Fujimai unleashed a powerful blizzard that quickly started freezing everything it came into contact with. In a matter of seconds, everything inside the barrier had turned into a beautiful miniature ice wasteland.

Barely a spec of grass could be seen, as the ground had been blanketed in a layer of clear 2 cm thick ice. The blossoming cherry trees now looked as if they'd been masterfully sculpted out of ice, the trunk and the branches of the trees had been coated with 2 cm of ice, while the flowers had been coated by a paper-thin layer of ice.

Riser's massive fire pillar had easily been overpowered and frozen solid, turning it into something that was as beautiful as it was deadly. There was barely any smooth surface on the massive ice pillar, as it was practically covered in thousands of very large and very sharp icicles that jutted out.

Behind the massive pillar of ice, stood a massive slab of clear ice sculpture that was merged with the floor. Encased deep within its centre was Riser, the combined look of anger, arrogance and holier-than-thou still plastered across his face.

When Fujimai saw that Riser was just as frozen solid as everything else, she couldn't help but sigh and laugh at the same time. Riser had made a rookie mistake; he'd been to overconfident in his own abilities. As he didn't even put up a shield to block her attack, which had cost him. Though, that didn't mean she wasn't going to take advantage of Riser's arrogance.

Before Fujimai lunched her follow up attack, she turned and faced her mother and her friends. Her expression told them everything she wanted them to know, she didn't want her kittens, Rias and Sona to see this. Riser's death wasn't going to be pretty, or quick.

"Seras, take the kids inside." Ordered Aimi as she knew what her daughter was saying just be her expression

"Of course." Answered Seras quickly as she knew how cold-blooded Fujimai could be to people that she hated

"But what about mommy?" asked Issei concerned as he looked up at his grandmother

"Mommy while be fine, but you shouldn't watch this." Answered Aimi as she bent down and gently rubbed her grandkittens hair, she could tell her grandkittens where scared since they didn't know what was going on

"I'll dry them off and get them a fresh set of clothes, then I'll take them to the game room." Said Seras as she quickly teleported herself, Issei, Kuroka, Rias, Sona and Shirone to the baths

Once Fujimai saw that her kittens, Rias and Sona where teleported away, a sadistic smile formed on her lips, she was going to enjoy this. Fujimai then turned her attention back to the icicle that was currently Riser Phoenix, and saw that Riser was currently melting his way out of the icicle.

"How should I go about this?" thought Fujimai as she stood there and pondered how Riser to make suffer greatly before death, she had plenty of ways to do it, but which way would be best?

As Fujimai pondered on how to make Riser suffer, the icicle that contained him was starting to melt a lot quicker. As the ice that surrounded Riser body started to rapidly melt, it flowed down the icicle in little streams until it reached the ground and instantly refroze.

"How dare you, I am the might Riser Phenex you lowly cat!" screamed Riser fuming with rage as he broke out of the remaining ice, he manifested his pyrokinetic wings and took to the sky

"Lowly?" rhetorically Fujimai asked as her eyes dilated in anger, she hated people that looked down on others just because they had something they didn't "To call any Hellcat 'lowly', you must have a death wish." Laughed Fujimai as she was powerful, even by Hellcat standards

"Riser believes it's time to end this!" yelled Riser arrogantly as he stared smugly down at Fujimai, as yellow flames replaced his blue iris's

"Even though you know there's no way you'll win, what an idiot." Giggled Fujimai as she knew Riser would get even more pissed if she kept insulting him, which judging by the angry reaction she got from Riser it worked "It's go time." announced Fujimai happily as a purple mist appeared and hugged her form before she disappeared from view

When Riser saw that Fujimai had suddenly disappeared, a smug look appeared on his face. As he thought Fujimai had done a runner, because he couldn't sense her anywhere. He arrogantly thought it was because of his regenerative ability which he thought made him immortal.

But that arrogant thought was quickly crushed, when Fujimai suddenly appeared floating in the air a few meters behind him. When he turned around to look at her, he felt his whole-body freeze in absolute fear. As plastered across her face was the evillest and sadistic grin Riser had ever seen, which promised one thing.

Retribution.

"What's the matter Riser? Terrified?" asked Fujimai in a low and dark voice, as she raised her right hand and held it out as she opened her palm "You should be!" yelled Fujimai as out of her palm shot a Senjutsu aura bullet

It took Riser only a few seconds to snap out of his frozen state, but those few seconds cost him dearly. Because when he did, it was already far too late. Fujimai's bullet was already right in front of him, meaning he had no chance to defend himself. The only thing he had a chance to do was let out a shocked gasp, as his eyes widened with shock.

Fujimai's bullet smashed directly into Riser's abdomen with an almighty thud, exploding into a thick cloud of dust and two shards. The remaining two shards easily pierced through Riser like a hot knife through butter, each one tearing flesh and organs and shattering bone. Riser's bloodcurdling scream was quickly cut shot, as he started choking on his own blood.

Instantaneously, fire covered Riser's wounds as his regenerative ability kicked in. But it didn't have a chance to do much, because Fujimai quickly summoned and shot five more magic bullets at him. Each one hit a few seconds after each other, because if they didn't; they'd have killed him. And Fujimai didn't want that just yet.

Sadistically, Fujimai continued the pattern of brining Riser so close to death; but not letting it take him. By slicing him up into chunks with blades of water, burning him to a crisp with Kasha, electrocuting him with lightning, impaling him with shards of ice and rocks, poisoning him with Youjutsu and many more.

For thirty excruciating minutes, Riser was subjected to this treatment that could only be described as outright evil. And just to rub salt into the wound, each attack had been imbued with the power of purification. So, the attacks didn't just hurt him mentally and physically, they hurt his very soul.

"Damn cat!" screeched Riser as he used his rage and pain to fire a small fireball at Fujimai, the she easily dodged "But it's no use! You see this?!" asked Riser superciliously as his regenerative flames disappeared, showing that he was fully healed and had even summoned a fresh set of clothes "Riser is immortal! You can't defeat me!" yelled Riser arrogantly as he quickly raised his left hand and fired another single blast of his fire at Fujimai

As Riser's blast of fire travelled towards her, Fujimai sighed in disappointment. Unlike the one just before, Riser had barely put any strength into this blast of fire, so it posed little harm to her. She would've thought the serious amount of damage she'd just inflicted upon him, would've been a pretty fucking big wake up call for him.

But apparently, it had not. And Fujimai was going to use that to her advantage.

Just as Riser's blast of fire was about to hit her, Fujimai quickly wrapped herself in a weak layer of her white touki. When Riser's fire blast impacted with her touki a second later, it turned into a thick cloud of smoke as it was immediately countered by it.

Since there was no immediate follow up attack, Fujimai could easily guess that Riser thought he'd probably killed her. She could easily picture the smug look on his face, thinking he'd killed her with such a weak attack. She was one of the most powerful and feared Hellcat's of all time, there was no way a truly pathetic attack like that would've killed her.

"Was that supposed to be an attack?" asked Fujimai mockingly as she summoned a gust of wind to blow away the smoke, revealing she was completely unharmed "Because, it felt like I was tickled with a feather!" taunted Fujimai as she looked Riser dead in the eyes, knowing she'd just piss off Riser even more

As Riser watched Fujimai emerge completely unharmed for the cloud of smoke, his face twisted once again into one of annoyance. Fujimai was pissing him off more and more, with her having the audacity to compare the strength of his might flames to a feather! A God damn feather! Riser had never been insulted like this before, his rage started growing tenfold to what it had been.

"A feather!? You dare compare Riser's superior fire magic, to a feather!?" screeched Riser as his burning spirit replaced his dark blue eyes

A smirk appeared on Fujimai's face, as an ironic idea popped into her head. Quickly gathering some Ki, she summoned several Kasha fire balls around her; which were imbued with the power of purification. With a simple flick of her hand, she sent them speeding at Riser.

As her fire balls slammed into Riser, Fujimai took great sadistic pleasure in hearing scream bloody murder. As parts of his body where purified and turned to dust, as a small part of his very soul was purified. And no matter how hard he tried when his regenerative ability kicked in noticeably slower than last time, he couldn't replace the missing part of his soul.

"Well then, I'll be more than happy give you a lesson on how to properly attack an opponent." Joked Fujimai as the air around her became visibly cold, the water in the air quickly started coming together and forming several icicles "The cost of the lesson… will be your live!" yelled Fujimai euphorically as with a casual flick of her hand, sent the now very large icicles speeding directly towards Riser

With a look of smug arrogance, Riser outstretched right hand. Barely a second later, he fired a blast of his fire towards Fujimai and her shards of ice. Fear quickly replaced his look of smug superiority, as the shards of ice emerged from his blast of fire; seemingly unfazed by it.

The several shards of ice easily pierced through Riser's clothes, skin and any organs, cutting his ear-piercing scream short as he threw up his own blood and subsequently started choking on it.

While Riser was their target, he wasn't their final destination. So as ice spiderwebbed across his body fusing them together, Riser was forced to come along. A massive icicle erupted out of Riser's stomach and chest a few seconds later, as they reached their destination. The massive pillar of ice.

"Cold Riser?" asked Fujimai smugly as she appeared from a cloud of mist and gently landed on the icicle Riser was impaled on

Riser's glare of pure hatred and furry grew tenfold, he tried to coat right hand with his fire so he could punch Fujimai. But the ice had spiderwebbed across his body, suppressed both his fire and his already limited movement.

"You'll have to do better than that, especially if you plan on killing me." Teased Fujimai as she smirked, she then quickly performed a devastating axe kick directly to Riser's head

A thunders-crack pierced the air, as Riser's skull shattered and the icicle he was impaled on cracked. The weakened icicle gave way a second later, sending Riser plummeting towards the ground.

Slamming into the ground hard, Riser's whole body bounced once before he was buried under the remains of the icicle. His screams of agony, quickly started turning feral as his rage started affecting him more and more.

A few seconds later, letting out a screech that was akin to a real Phoenix, Riser burst out from under rubble in an explosion of yellow and dark orange fire. Manifesting his pyrokinetic wings again, Riser took to the sky again.

"I've never seen power and speed like this before, who do you think you are Abe?!" yelled Riser furiously as he glared at Fujimai, demanding an answer out of her but received a grin "You're nothing compared to Riser, you understand! Nothing!" screeched Riser as his rage started to seriously blind him, not allowing him to see how outclassed he was

"You're all squawk and no bite Riser." Joked Fujimai just to rile him up even more, at least then she might key word being "might" get a decent fight out of him

"I am a Phoenix nobleman, the flame of the immortal bird burns within me!" yelled Riser proudly as his wings grew in size and ferocity accompanied by a phantom scream of a real phoenix, they were now joined together and stretched from below his feet to past his head "The Hellfire of my clan, will scorch you to DUST!" roared Riser as he flew forwards for a few seconds, before sharply turning to his left

Continuing his sharp left turn, Riser flew in a large semi-circular shape gathering speed. Once he'd gathered some speed, he turned sharply again to charge right at Fujimai. Only to find Fujimai doing the exact same thing, charging right at him; only considerably faster.

"You think I'm scared of you Riser?" asked Fujimai genuinely amused that Riser thinks that just because he got a small powerup, she'll be scared of him "By the time I'm through with you, you'll be begging for the sweet embrace of death!" yelled Fujimai darkly as she pulled her right hand back as she simultaneously coved it with Kasha

With only seconds to spare, Riser pulled back right hand and coated with his fire. Seconds later, Fujimai's and Riser's threw their fists forwards and they clashed in a spectacular fashion. Their fires formed massive domes around each other as they fought to overpower the other and lighting danced across the small gap between parts of the dome. But the powerful display didn't last long, as Fujimai's fire easily overpowered Riser's. Which created a blindingly white and powerful explosion, that sent Riser hurtling towards the ground.

Dispelling the weak touki, she'd used to protect herself from the explosion. Fujimai saw Riser hurtling towards the ground, and reacted with godly speed. Raising her right hand above her head, dark clouds quickly formed above Riser. Lightning danced across the dark cloud, before a single beautifully deadly blue-white lightning bolt shot out of it.

With an almightily devastating crash, Fujimai's lightning bolt struck Riser the moment he slammed into the ground. Chunks of ground and ice where sent hurtling through the air, thick black smoke billowing out into the air as blue-white fire could occasional be seen within.

After a minute, the thick cloud of smoke started to fade. Revealing the small blue-white fires dotted about within the small crater, and the badly burnt and disfigured form of Riser slumped against the wall of the crater.

Riser was truly in a disastrous state, that would cause most to throw up just by looking at him. Flesh and skin had been burned away right down to the bone, what was left now was a sickening black colour and chard. The expensive fabric and gold that was used to make his clothes, had melted and fused with him.

"This is… nothing to Riser." Groaned Riser stubbornly as he tried lift himself up of the ground, only for the ground and his body to give out sending him sliding further down into the crater "No matter what… you do… I can heal it!" yelled Riser as he started to laughed like an insane person, thinking his he'd be healed within seconds

10 seconds slowly ticked by, with no sign of Riser's regenerative ability kicking in. On the eleventh second, it finally kicked in. But it was no comfort to Riser, as it took about as long as it did to kick in to heal small aera's.

"It seems your healing factor has almost given out, not surprising after what I've put you though." Commented Fujimai as she laned on the ground and started walking to Riser, making sure to take her time and look as menacing as possible

As Fujimai slowly got closer and closer, Riser felt an overwhelming sense of dread overcome him. As he finally came to the terrifying realisation, no matter what tactics he used, no matter what his abilities where. He couldn't beat Fujimai. And he was going to die.

Blood started to pound in his ears. His heart started hammered away in his chest. His body started violently shaking. He had to get away. He had to get as far away as possible from Fujimai. But no matter how hard he tried; his body wouldn't do what he told it to.

"As much as I would like to continue this, I believe it's time I finished up." Announced Fujimai as she stopped right besides Riser, then peered down at him

In one last futile attempt to save himself, Riser summoned all courage and power he had left and swung his right hand up at Fujimai. Fujimai easily caught his forearm, then swiftly pressed her foot into his elbow. His badly damaged bones cracked instantly and with a quick tug, Fujimai severed his forearm from the rest of his body. As small amount of blood and burnt flesh landed on her pristine kimono, she quickly dropped his forearm next to his head.

"Cease your futile resistance, and just lie there like a good bitch!" ordered Fujimai in an angry and downright terrifying tone, as her magic circle appeared under Riser "As an act of mercy, I'll make sure your death is painless!" yelled Fujimai in a truly sadistic tone, as she turned and started walking away from Riser

A few seconds later, eight ball of Kasha appeared at each of the Youjutsu symbols. They started to spin in a clockwise direction, quickly joined up and forming a wall. As the wall slowly started to close in around Riser, he quickly started feeling the heat and the purification from it. As it reached his remaining hand and feet, it instantly burned them away; not leaving anything behind.

In all, it took about 30 seconds for the Kasha fire to completely kill him. But for Riser, those 30 seconds it felt excruciatingly long. But in the end, Fujimai did grant Riser that small act of mercy. Once the fire reached his heart and soul, it consumed them instantly and Riser didn't feel a thing.

(Authors notes)

First of all, I would like to apologise to everyone who has been waiting for an update to this story and my other ones.

But 2019 was a terrible year for me. People that I thought were my friends abandoned me, I lost a close family member and few other things led to me being depressed for most of the year and caused serious writers block.

It wasn't until September last year things started looking up for me, when I started another course at my college. There I met a small group of people, and we quickly became great friends. Fast-forwards a few months, and I'm the happiest I've been in years. I even gathered the courage to ask one of them to be my girlfriend, still together today.

Then COVID happened, I got it somewhat bad a few weeks before lockdown in the UK. So, for most of the year I've been fight that, taking care of my father and just dealing with general writer's block.

Now I'm hoping to get back into writing, probably not a frequently. Probably a chapter a month, maybe more depending on circumstances.