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Chapter 21 - Battle Royal part 1

The teams find themselves scattered around the battlefield as John was looking around and finds his opponent to be a man hiding behind a mask as he puts his hand on Yamato when the man disappeared and John thinks, 'Illusions again.'

He activates his eyes as he looks in the direction the masked man was before to find air. John begins to scout around finding the over him as he says, "You gonna stand in the air the whole time."

The man didn't respond as John beings to float into the air too while saying, "You aren't the only one that can float in the air."

John rushes at the masked man who was surprised by John seeing him as he evaded by trying to use illusions letting a stand-in there.

John changes course when he man tried to evade in the same direction as he swings Yamato making the man evade again this time without using an illusion.

"How did you know?" asks the masked man as his mask splits apart and his ugly face could be seen.

"I can see through illusions," says John as he readies himself to attack again while saying, "The next strike will kill you."

Then Kawahira announces, "Nesiara, Haru and I-Pin vs. Zakuro. The winners are Nesiara, Haru and I-Pin."

"That can't be he wouldn't lose that easy," says the man as John only smiled as he was relieved she won against her opponent.

"You should concentrate I'm your opponent," says Jack as he was ready to finish this.

"You can try," says the man as he produces mist flames out of his Mare Ring before putting the flames into his body as he suddenly got moth wings coming out of his back and he tried to fool John once again only for John to swing his sword and cutting both wings as if nothing.

"How can it be," says the man not believing what happened.

"Like said before illusions don't work on me," says John as he rushes at the man and makes one last swing as he puts Yamato back in his sheath and the man was split in two.

"John Parker vs Torikabuto. John Parker is the winner," says Kawahira announcing the winner of the battle.

"I should keep going and find the others," says John as he began to float again and flies to where he felt that Fang was.

In the meantime, Nesiara found herself with I-Pin and Kyoko and asks confused, "Why are you two here too?"

"Jack must have the idea we were with you all in a team," says Haru as Nesiara looked around and she was feeling shivers as she pushed Haru and I-Pin away when storm flames came at them.

"What was that?" asks Haru as she looked up to find a man with red hair standing in the air when he attacked again.

"Why do I have to fight against some weaklings," says the man as he sent his next attack after Haru and I-Pin thinking that he killed Nesiara.

"You dare," says Nesiara surprising the man as she appeared in her armor as she used her universal ring to eat the flames and sent them back at the man.

Then she took her spear out and used the Fire Wind Wheels that were under her feet to fly into the sky to confront her opponent. The man didn't even bother with the flames as he took them as nothing but he blocked the spear and was sent flying towards the ground.

But Nesiara used the sash to pull the man back towards her and used her spear again to hit them man using this tactic over and over again until she thought it was enough and let the man fall to the ground as she returned to Haru's and I-Pin's side.

Suddenly Nesiara was hit by an invisible flame as she was sent flying while protecting the other two from the flames. The man she was fighting was now a giant red Lizard with Storm Flames as Wings.

"You dare to fight back. Just die for being in my way," says the man as Nesiara stands up as if nothing happened and looks at Haru and I-Pin.

"Close your eyes it will be ugly in a moment," says Nesiara as she was surrounded by Flames and began to float again. She rushes at the man as he sent invisible flames towards her while she didn't evade them as nothing happened only that the flames got absorbed by Nesiara's flames as suddenly the flames turned purple and her spear went for the man's chest.

The man didn't try to block the attack thinking that his skin was tight enough to withstand the stab of the spear. Once the spear was on his skin he knew that he made a mistake as the spear and the flames just pierced through him making his torso completely disappear.

"How is that possible," says the man in disbelief as he was falling from the sky when Nesiara then charged at the falling man piercing through the head of the man killing him for good.

Nesiara was now soaked in blood as she used the flames to make the blood disappear as red mist was falling and her armor also disappeared while she was walking towards I-Pin and Haru as Haru asks with closed eyes, "Is it over?"

"Yes you can open your eyes," says Nesiara as they hear an announcement.

"Nesiara, Haru and I-Pin vs. Zakuro. The winners are Nesiara, Haru and I-Pin," says Kawahira announcing that they won against Zakuro when only Nesiara fought against him.

"We should walk toward where the others are," says Nesiara as the other two nods and she begins to look for Jinx and says, "Over there."

They begin to move when they hear another announcement, "John Parker vs Torikabuto. John Parker is the winner."

"John also won. He must be on his way to find Fang," says Nesiara as they were about to reach where Jinx was.

They arrive and find Fang, Kyoko, Jinx, and Lambo with three of the Millefiore Famiglia. Nesiara was ready to attack but didn't do it since they weren't fighting but instead talking with each other. When they heard them arrive the three people of the Millefiore Famiglia took their weapons out and pointed them in Nesiara's and the others direction before lowering when they saw it was them.

"You care to explain what is going on here?" asks Nesiara as she and the others arrived.

"It's like this Gamma, Tazaru, and Nosaru were members of the Giglio Nero Famiglia. Uni's Famiglia before they fused with the Gesso Famiglia becoming the Millefiore Famiglia. Since Uni deflected they did too," says Kyoko as she explained everything to them when a man came flying down with his hand on his sword.

Nesiara stopped the man using her spear as the man turns out to be John who says, "Are you crazy shielding Millefiore members."

"They aren't," says Nesiara as she felt that John was serious as she was slowly pushed back by his brute force when she felt that he was pulling back.

"You sure they aren't just feigning?" asks John as he was still suspicious about it.

"Can you trust my intuition then," says Nesiara as she wasn't suspecting them after hearing the explanation from Kyoko and it was believable that they defected if they are loyal only to Uni.

"Fine, I trust you not them. If they make a wrong move they can say goodbye to their head," says John as he walked over to Lambo, Jinx, and Fang. Fang was carrying Lambo and Jinx on his back when John pets him and says, "Good Boy."

Then he turns to Lambo and says, "You alright there Lambo?"

"Yes, he is more comfortable than Gyuudon," says Lambo as he was laying on Fang rolling around as John pats his afro.

"Good that you are okay," says John relieved as I-Pin jumped on Fang's back as John pets her too while saying, "You too."

"We should begin to move," says Nesiara when another announcement sounded.

"Takeshi and Gokudera vs. Ghost. Ghost wins by forfeit," says Kawahira as the little group was confused.

"Did they ran away from the enemy?" asks John since that was the only way to lose by forfeit.

"We don't know they could have just passed by that Ghost," says Nesiara as another announcement came in.

"Deisy vs Hibari and Ryohei. The winners are Ryohei and Hibari," says Kawahira as he looks at Jack and says, "Was it right to announce the forfeit?"

"Yes, they ran away because they couldn't defeat him. That will warn the others to stay away from that ghost," says Jack as he watched everything from the sideline.

"What about that Deisy?" asks Kawahira.

"Leave him on the battlefield. If they don't secure him they are at fault if he appears again," says Jack as he watched Nesiara and John who were watching their younger selves fight.

"You never taught me how to fight with the sword how comes he has such a good technique?" asks John while Nesiara was also jealous of her past self.

"She even has some upgrades on her armor," says Nesiara as she saw the sash, the wheels and universe ring that her past self was carrying.

"I'm more interested in my past self armor. He hasn't used it yet not has he used Rebellion," says John curious to find out.

In the meantime, the group finds their way towards Tsuna who was with Uni, Mirch, and Reborn.

"It seems you are alright," says John as the three of the Millefiore Famiglia kneel down in front of Uni.

Nesiara gave John a glance that said, "I told you." As John only turned around making Nesiara smile.

"I should go out to fight again. It would be best if you keep them safe," says John to Tsuna as he begins to float.

"Wait for me," says Nesiara as she follows John while waving her hand at Haru and the others.

They were overflying the battlefield when another announcement came, "Hibari, Ryohei, Takeshi, and Gokudera vs Ghost and Deisy. Ghost and Deisy win by forfeit."

"So they run away while Ghost was following them. It seems he is a real threat," says John as he felt his blood burning in excitement.

"How strong must he be to push the four of them away," says Nesiara as she was thinking how dangerous Ghost could really be.

"I hope he is strong I only used Yamato against Torikabuto. I hope I can use more against this Ghost," says John as he flew faster over the battlefield as they hear another announcement.

"Kikyo vs Chikusa, Ken and M.M. Winner is Kikyo by forfeit," says Kawahira as the two stopped and John looks at Nesiara.

"We have to split up. We can cover more ground that way and we don't even know where they could be," says John as he tried to localize them the whole time using his Ki.

"Alright, see you later then," says Nesiara as she flies towards another direction while John continued on his tracks.

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