Daughter of Nyx (77)

Akasan didn't know what to expect from his opponent. All he knew was that she was related to Nyx. That meant she was strong.

Andromeda made the first move. She dashed forward, using punches and kicks that were easy to dodge. It was like she was just warming up.

Even still, Akasan noticed that her taijutsu was impeccable. She left no clear openings, and when Akasan tried to counterattack, Andromeda would react with the finest timing.

Akasan flared up his crimson fire, signaling Andromeda to get away. She moved back from the flames.

Akasan had no time to waste. He ran at her, jumping up in the air and executing a spinning kick. "Crimson, Flare!"

woosh!

The kick was blocked.

After successfully blocking the kick, Andromeda switched position to grab his leg and pull him into her own kick.

boof!

Akasan was hit in the stomach hard enough to put him to sleep if he didn't have any protective aura around him.

Akasan was sent through the air.

Andromeda held up a hand. "Meteor Sphere!"

A large blue ball of energy shot out, chasing Akasan down. He held out both of his hands and shot out a large mass of crimson fire at the sphere. It slowed it down, but it kept pushing towards him anyway.

Andromeda disappeared and reappeared behind Akasan just slightly above him. She held out her hand again. "Meteor Sphere."

She sent off the attack.

Akasan was stuck between both of the spheres. Before he could think of what to do, the two Meteor Spheres crushed Akasan and blew up.

Akasan fell out of the dust cloud and switched to Sirius energy.

Andromeda saw his Eye of Creation. "Oh, so you can use the Eye of Creation? Well me too, but there's a difference..."

Andromeda closed her eyes and opened them again, "I have it in both eyes."

Akasan was shocked. There were others with the Eye of Creation.

Andromeda held her hand above her head. A massive blue sphere of energy formed with a blue ring around it. "Creation Art: Planet Andromeda."

Akasan flew up as the attack hit the ground and exploded with a huge bang.

As he dodged the attack, Andromeda made another one and threw it at him. He pushed off of it with Sirius energy, but that didn't do much as it exploded, sending him to the ground. He rolled back.

But Andromeda wasn't giving him a break. She came out of the dust cloud with two more Planet Andromeda attacks.

Akasan was hit with the explosion and tumbled across the ground several times before Andromeda once again threw another one of her planetary energy spheres at him.

Akasan regained his footing, pumped both of his arms, and shot out two blazing streaks of crimson fire at the attack. He was holding it off.

But as if it wasn't enough, Andromeda appeared behind him with another Planet Andromeda.

"Again?! How many are there gonna be?!!"

Andromeda laughed as she crushed Akasan between the attacks. He was caught up in the explosion.

After the dust cleared, Akasan was miraculously still standing. He was bleeding from various areas of his body, he had burns in multiple areas, and his clothes were torn to shreds.

"Why do you want to kill me so bad?!" Akasan yelled. "It doesn't make any sense!"

Andromeda cracked her knuckles. "We are connected by fate!! Either you'll live, or you won't!!"

She ran at Akasan, who began charging his Sirius aura again.

The two exchanged a multitude of blows.

Akasan had an acrobatic fighting style. He would often switch between kicks and punches, and would maneuver mid air with flips and twists to keep his enemy on edge.

Andromeda's fighting style was more patient. She reacted flawlessly to counters and dodges, but her punches and kicks were much slower. She fought like that on purpose, to throw off her opponent. It may seem like her attacks are slow, but really she attacks by predicting what her enemy will do. If she predicts correctly, then you would be backed into a corner that you can't get out of.

Akasan was the most recent to fall for this trap. He dodged several of her attacks, forcing him to shift to the left.

Immediately after he just barely shifted his weight, a right kick was headed straight for his skull.

bam!

Andromeda kicked him hard and swiftly. Akasan really felt the impact that time. His vision was blurry.

Andromeda held her hand up. "Planet Andromeda."

Akasan could barely see it. "Another one?!!! Are you kidding me right now?!!!"

Andromeda casually threw the giant energy sphere at him.

Akasan let loose with crimson flames. His Eye of Destruction appeared in his other eye. "Destruction: Crimson Hand!!"

Akasan pushed his palm into the Planet Andromeda attack. The outline of a giant open hand appeared on its surface in crimson flames. The imprint glowed red with destructive energy and exploded along with the attack.

Akasan was blown away from the force.

Andromeda stared at him. "The Eye of Destruction as well... is that even logical?"

Andromeda ran at him again. "It doesn't matter!! We're only here to battle!!" She attacked some more in hand to hand combat, but this time Akasan was much sharper now that both of his eyes were enhanced. His vision cleared and he managed to get a clean kick off of her side, moving her just slightly.

"Amazing," Andromeda said. "You're adapting so quickly..." She backflipped away to create distance. "Not to mention your persistence is incredible!"

Andromeda held up her hand. "Try this on for size then. Gigant Planet Andromeda!!!"

A Planet Andromeda five times larger than the last one formed.

Akasan started running as fast as he could around her. Streaks of blue ran back and forth around Andromeda. Both of Akasan's eyes glowed. "Use creation to gather the materials needed..."

Andromeda couldn't believe her eyes.

Akasan was constructing something spherical in his hands. Rocks, ice, hot liquid metals, and gases gathered in his hand, merging into something.

Akasan's Eye of Destruction started spinning slowly clockwise. "And use destruction to power it up!!"

A red core of energy appeared inside the dust cloud in Akasan's hand. As he kept running the attack matured.

Soon he was holding an actual planet with rocky and icy rings that resembled a gas giant.

The planet rotated slowly while the brown and tan dust and gases glowed just the slightest red. He ran towards Andromeda. "New technique! Destructive Creation: Planet Storm!!"

Akasan countered Andromeda's attack with his own Planet Storm.

Andromeda could feel herself getting overwhelmed. "In the few minutes we were fighting, he already learned how to make planets? And he's combining creation with destruction energy? How?!"

The collision gave off a large explosion that left a crater in the ground a kilometer wide.

Akasan slid backwards out of the explosion cloud from the impact. He put his hands on the ground to stop himself.

Andromeda as well was sliding back. She blasted energy out behind her to stop abruptly. She powered up. Two gigantic hands of energy came out of her aura. She swung them.

They ripped up the ground like a power rake striking through sand.

Akasan flared up his Sirius aura. He hopped from rock to rock as they were thrown up in the air. He moved to get closer to Andromeda.

Andromeda grew a third arm and made a massive swipe at Akasan. He blocked, and was thrown far left.

Andromeda quickly moved behind him with two Planet Andromedas. "How will you get out of this?" She threw them.

Akasan started spinning himself mid air. He flared up with crimson flames. "Crimson Tornado!!"

The tornado grew large enough to move Andromeda's attacks away from him, but that move took a lot of Akasan's remaining strength. He dropped to the ground on one knee.

Andromeda slowly hovered down to the ground, watching.

Akasan was breathing hard. His markings were beginning to pulse a neon purple. "I'm running out of energy... the Nil is trying to escape... but..."

He felt a sharp pain in his head. He groaned in pain and dropped to the ground.

Use it!!!

''"Who's... voice is that?!! Get out of my head!!" ''

''Use it!! ''

''Use it now!! ''

The voice was that of a beast, something inhuman. Akasan could feel it, deep in his heart. The Nil was talking to him.

''Let it out!!! ''

''Use it!! ''

Akasan raged. "SHUT UP!!!"

Andromeda smiled. "Something wrong? Don't tell me that it's over already!"

Andromeda started waving her arms around gracefully.

Akasan looked at her with a pained grimace on his face.

Dark blue mist started emitting from Andromeda. It got thicker, and little white stars dotted the waves of energy. "This will be the end of it." she said.

The mist quickly waved over Akasan. He found himself floating in what looked like the nighttime in all directions. He could see different color stars of different sizes. It was like outer space.

Akasan's arm pulsed. He felt a pain in his body. He yelled out.

Andromeda spun around in the middle of it all. "Ultimate Creation: Endless Night!"

Akasan was breathing with difficulty now, he could barely hold himself together. His markings were on the lower right corner of his face. His teeth got sharper and his arm was completely neon purple. ''"I don't like using Nil, but I'll die if I don't!!" ''

''Yes!! ''

''That's right!! ''

''Use it now!! ''

''"SHUT UP!! You don't even exist!! I'm gonna use it just enough for me to stay alive!! And you won't take control of me!!" ''

The Nil continued to travel across his face and chest. It stopped halfway. His Eye of Destruction disappeared and his right eye turned neon purple.

He growled. "Kill... kill... kill..." Then his left eye turned into an Eye of Creation.

"I don't want to kill you!!" Akasan exclaimed with tears running down his left side.

Andromeda was still emitting blue mist. "This is a battle to the death. Saying that is like announcing your defeat!! Don't worry, my Endless Night is an infinite time-space. It can't be broken, you can only hope to survive the impact."

The Endless Night started to draw towards Andromeda. The space slowly turned into a blinding white as it moved towards the center.

Once the entire space was pure white, an explosion started. It moved towards Akasan.

Akasan started powering up with black flames. "Crimson Fire: Black!!"

He pushed both fists out in front of him, as a powerful blaze of black fire hit the explosion. He was trying to push it back.

"LET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!"

On the outside a white sphere formed in the middle of the wastelands. It swelled and bulged with energy.

The sphere then began to swirl with black energy violently.

Then it burst.

The white sphere pressed into the ground.

Shockwave after shockwave of energy caused sonic booms across the terrain. The energy could be felt halfway around the world.

Narumi and the Police Force were in the city trying to keep everyone calm. She looked out at the sky. "Akasan... please don't die."

Miles and miles of land was torn apart. Then the entire sphere grew and swelled as it blew up, obliterating the ground.

After reaching the size a hundred times of the original, it exploded into millions of white particles like snow.

Both Akasan and Andromeda were on their backs, nearly dead.

Akasan was breathing slowly. ''"My entire body is aching. It hurts so much... it hurts to breathe." ''

Inside of Andromeda's Endless Night, Akasan felt the entirety of her space-time dimension. But because Akasan was able to resist it, his black flames hit her back with equal force.

Andromeda slowly got up. She fell back down to her knees. She was breathing heavily, out of breath. ''"My energy... is almost... gone." ''She looked over at Akasan. ''"He's still alive? It can't be... that was my most powerful technique. Even still, he's on his deathbed. It won't take much to finish the job." ''

Andromeda slowly started flying into the air. She held both of her hands up. "Creation Art: Gigant Planet... Andromeda."

''voosh! ''

The attack instantly formed.

Akasan looked at the spectacle out of one eye. "For real...? You're... insane."

Andromeda smiled out of joy. "This is the meaning of our lives! A fated battle between two warriors with their lives on the line!! If you die, I will have avenged my mother! It would likely also spell the end for the First Order. If I die, you will have become a hero, and you'd become stronger by killing me."

Akasan stood up. It hurt just to do that. "Cut the crap."

Andromeda's smile left. "Huh?"

Akasan raised his hand to chest level, wincing in pain. "You think I care about getting stronger through murder? I don't care who you are! There's no reason for us to fight, I can tell that you aren't evil... so why are we doing this?!"

Andromeda answered. "There's no point in explaining further. Depending on the outcome, you'll either understand later in life, or in the afterlife."

Akasan coughed up blood. Blue energy swirled in his hand. It was a tiny sphere of energy.

Akasan turned on his Eye of Creation. A pain shot through his skull. He staggered, nearly fainting because of it, yelling out from the pain, but he caught himself. "I can't die until I've achieved my dream... I have to defeat Nyx!"

Andromeda smiled. "So you want to defeat my mother? What's this dream of yours?"

Akasan glared at her. "I want to unite the world. To create a world without poverty, suffering, or injustice."

Andromeda grinned. "I see. I like you. Had we come from different backgrounds, we might've been able to be friends."

Andromeda's energy surged. "So how deep does your will run?! How badly do you want to achieve that dream?! Obviously not enough, with that puny technique of yours!!"

Andromeda's attack grew larger.

Akasan stood up straight. "Creation Art: Sirius Star, Full Size!" He held the small sphere up in the air, until it grew into a blue star the same size as Andromeda's attack.

She laughed. "So you still had this much energy left? Interesting. Let's die together!! How about that!!!" She pushed her attack at Akasan from the above.

Akasan no longer had any aura, and his Eye of Creation disappeared. He painfully pushed the Sirius Star into the Planet Andromeda.

The ground started sinking from the pressure. Akasan was going lower and lower into the ground. "I have no intention..."

His arm turned neon purple.

"Of dying with you!!!"

The Nil in Akasan's arm gave him the extra push he needed. The Sirius Star started pushing inside the Planet Andromeda until the entire thing dispersed.

Andromeda's eyes widened up. "He pushed through it?! Oh... I underestimated him... He's..."

Andromeda was slammed into the Sirius Star. Her body, with no more energy to protect itself, began to burn up from the intensity of the star.

"...is a monster."

The Sirius Star flew high up into the sky where everyone in Arbok could see it.

The panicked crowd in Arbok City stopped to look up at the sky. Children pointed. "Look! A blue sun!"

Narumi looked up at it. Her eyes widened. "That's... Sirius Star... did he win?" She looked around to find any of the troops but they weren't around. "Oh, now's not the time!" She ran to her palace to find her guards. She found Mugen.

"Mugen!! Send a squad out to look for Akasan, now!!"

Mugen saluted. "At once!" He ran off.

Akasan didn't even see what happened afterwards. He fell out after he pushed Andromeda into the sky.

Andromeda got burned to a crisp from the star. When it lost momentum, the Sirius Star swelled with white light and exploded.

Andromeda was blown into particles.

The battle had finally ended.