"Yin and Yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the Interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe."- Confucius 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

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Katsu(mumbling): "I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him...

I’m going to kill him..."

Slithery Voice: *giggle* "Yea. Yea. Yea.

I’ve heard you say that literally an infinite amount of times now, but...

*giggle*

... because I love watching your reaction to your failures, the deeper you get in your little ’story’ of a life, I’ll help you fight my sister’s vessel to get through this pickle you’ve gotten yourself into, for now.

*giggle*

After what you promised her, you better hope that cute little ’purpose’ of yours, you continuously suffer for, doesn’t get back to the fight and sees what I’ve done to you until I’m done..."

{Current Day}

[Roronora Lake, True Bloom Arena]

Standing over the edge of the stadium, Berserk Saku’s Vessel clenches his fists and he is sobbing while looking around at the damage his contemporary force has done.

The rain has finally stopped and from above, the dark storm clouds are beginning to fade away.

The Yin’s "Boohooing" echoes over the red lake and the bright shining moon reappears in the star filled sky.

Suddenly, the entire lake begins to boil, and from where Katsu fell into the shallow lake, a bright white light starts shining.

Katsu sits up from where he landed but now, in contrast to Saku’s void black SoulSeiõrShield aura, the Yang’s SoulSeiõrShield illuminates the entire area of the city turned lake.

Also in contrast to Saku’s Berserk form, Katsu is no longer just giggling.

Berserkir Katsu: "Hehehe...ha..

Hahahahah!!!

Hahahhhahahahhaahh!!!!

Aahahahhahahahhaha!!!!

AAAHHHHHhhahahhahahahahhhaAHHHHaahhahahahah!!!!!"

While the Berserkir Katsu is practically bathing in the blood of the city full of his victims, he is laughing maniacally, kicking his legs and with a hand over his closed crying eyes from laughing so hard.

Seeping through his fingers and from the top of his hand is a matching pure white aura.

In what sounds like audio straight out of an insane asylum, both Saku’s angry sobbing and Katsu’s uncontrollable out bursting laughter combine together in an eerie echo.

Finally, Berserkir Katsu takes his hand away from his face.

Similar to his rival’s, the Yang Vessel’s right eye is closed, but in the last new contrast to the contemporary forces and their respective out of control forms, where Katsu’s Communication Anjell Eye of Wisdom is supposed to be, there is now a black hole. A blazing "white fire" covering the left half of his face as he continues to laugh.

...

...

...

Everyone outside of Sanpaku looks in shock to see the "meteor" fall out of the cement side to the freeway tunnel entrance.

The last of a heavily burned Shelly’s golden pink SoulSeiõrShield flickers then goes dark, her katana falls out of her clenched jaw and her eyes all white.

Shelly: "Ka-tsu..."

Itsuka: "Shelly!?"

Laban DaeMon: "Gahd damn!

What the fu-"

She pops off her Eyelien and fixates on what her ability is showing her.

Laban DaeMon: "Holy shit... No way, Skalmönd!"

Scylia turns to the newest member with a baffled look.

Scylia: "What happened?!"

Laban DaeMon: "She-She tried choking my Saki out, but took a straight up over charged lightning bolt right to the chin.

If it wasn’t for her upgraded SoulSeiõrShield, she would’ve been absolutely vaporized."

Daisuki, Itsuka, and Zoram sprint to help the badly injured fighter.

Daisuki gets to his knees and flips Shelly over, holding her in his arms.

Smoke is escaping from her open mouth.

Daisuki: "Are you okay, Darlin’!? Come on wake up!

Answer me!"

Itsuka reaches in her pocket and grabs her plastic bag full of glowing bean SeiõrSuppliments.

While she stuffs one of the Shelly’s mouth, as Zoram’s hands glow bright green with healing Seiõr and begin to heal over the ’C’ patch on Shelly’s completely singed HFF Sweatshirt.

Zoram: "Her heart is still beating."

Shelly’s unconscious body begins glowing the same light green as the Völva’s hand.

Zoram: "With that SeiõrSuppliment she’ll still be lucky to be fully healed in 3 day-

Ah!"

Daisuki: "Woah, hey!"

Shelly’s wrist smacks the helping healers hand, and it startles Zoram. Then the prideful fighter wiggles out of Daisuki’s grasp and slowly gets back to her feet.

Her extremely thin layer of SoulSeiõrShield, not even at Mach 1 flickers on and off.

Shelly(mumbling): "Ob..n ah prtl..."

She bends over to pick up the sword but falls to her knees, breathing heavily.

Nobody responds as they watch her shaking legs keeping her balance until...

Itsuka: "Hey, Shelly. Maybe you should take a-"

Shelly: "OPEN A FUCKIN PORTAL!!! IF YOU DON’T, AND KATSU DIES I SWEAR, I WILL KILL EVERYONE OF YOU IN THIS FUCKING SANCTUARY!

I’VE ONLY HUMORED ALL OF YOU!

I DON’T CARE IF ANYONE BUT KATSU DIES!

DO IT!

OPEN ONE NOWWWWWWW!"

She falls on her face and her SoulSeiõrShield goes out as she cries hysterically in the dirt.

Shelly: "Katsuuuhoooohoooo!! I’m sorrieeeheeheee!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I lost again!!!!

I’m sorry..."

As she pounds the ground for a while and throws a Valkyrie style tantrum, a familiar fist grabs Shelly’s wrist and to EVERYONE’S shock Laban DaeMon is holding both her mortal enemy’s arm and also a tear in her matching azule blue eye.

Laban DaeMon: "For the love of God, Skalmönd, do you even hear yourself right now?

I thought you loved that kid, and now that your sidelined, you’re going to completely doubt your partner to not clutch the dub for the two of you?"

Shelly’s eyes drop individual tears as she widens them in realization.

Shelly(to herself): "The...two...of...us..."

Laban DaeMon: "All that shithead’s ever talked about was how great you are and how ’as long as there is any hope in you, the two of you will always succeed’... together.

So maybe this time, instead of someone having faith in you, maybe you have faith in your boy toy stopping my Saki from going ape shit..."

Itsuka is shell shocked by this overwhelmingingly wholesome speech the DaeMon is giving to the struggling Valkyrie.

Itsuka(to herself): "Where the hell did this come from?"

Princess Rebekah DaeMon blush smiles as she wipes the sleep out of her eyes.

Princess Rebekah(thinking): *This is the Mama, that I was trying to tell them all about...*

The face tatted, ex-Don let’s go of Shelly’s wrist and stands up straight.

Laban DaeMon: "Yea, I know he’s got some alternative motive as of right now that I don’t know about.

But as far as I’m concerned, you two went into Roronora a month ago as a team to defeat me. So now that it’s him versus my Saki in that lake those aliens created, how come you can’t show that true belief in the Yang Vessel that he’s shown you, ever since you fell in love with him as a little girl?"

The DaeMon turns away and before walking away she reverts back to her cocky attitude.

Laban DaeMon: "And bitch, I’d be able to claim your head to my sisters right now with how damaged you are.

You ain’t killing nobody here."

Daisuki smiles at the Scandinavian witch walking away after successfully giving her arch rival some emotional and inspirational support, with the little bit of flyting as a closer.

Daisuki(thinking): *There are some moments in life that are completely out of our control, but instead dependence and the reliance on others is needed.*

He carefully makes his way over and takes a knee next to his Squad 40 Student Captain, resting a soft assuring hand on her back.

Shelly: *sniffles* "I’m sorry, Sensei...*sniffles*

I didn’t really mean any of it.

I do love you like the Big Brother Katsu and I both have seen you as since Day 1.

I love you all... *sniffle*

But Katsu..."*sniffle*

Daisuki: "I know, kiddo.

I know. We all know how you feel about him.

Don’t worry, there’s no hard feelings.

Let’s let that SeiõrSuppliment and Zoram heal you up for a little bit and then we’ll open a portal to go retrieve those two buttmunches.

Sound like a deal?"

Shelly nods on all fours and turns to sit on her butt. She reaches to put her katana in it’s sheath on her back, but the sword falls to the dirt.

Both the upgraded SunSword sheath and the katana holster, are gone

However...

Laban DaeMon: "Wait, where is...?"

The calmed down Princess Rebekah turns around, looks over and from the distance, a dot of orange is growing brighter and brighter.

Madame Fryer is zooming through the sky to her owner.

The sentient sword reaches the lightning damaged Shelly, and the reincarnation of Skalmönd smiles at the committed weapon.

The flaming floating blade seeming to be inspecting her beloved wielder.

Shelly: "I’m fine, Madame Fryer.

I’m okay, I swear.

You can rest for now.

You’ve been the biggest help tonight.

Thank you so much, good night."

Madame Fryer’s carefully floats into her golden, unscathed sheath, and the calm crackling of flames get muffled.

The golden home for the sword pops off Shelly’s hip and then nuzzles her cheek, making a giggle escape from the upset, overly competitive woman.