Chaos landed on the ground and looked at Nagini and the others. "Revived by the power of Qiao Zhi. I was always aware of you Rulers. The power you all can hold. I was there when Fallan became the first ruler. I was there when Viktoria sacrificed her life for everyone. I witnessed it all, and all of this leads into my plan to destroy the Sovereigns and become the God I was meant to become."
Nagini looked at Chaos and glared. "Chaos...No, Terminus. Your plans will fail! We will stop you once and for all. I will make sure nothing remains of you."
Chaos chuckled and laughed. He looked at Nagini then smirked. "I am the Primordial Evil. I am the Calamity. I am the Abyss. I am the Perfect Storm. I am the Void that you all fear. I am the Anti-God! You believe you have enough strength to defeat me?! I used to be the Ruler of Hell!"
Nagini looked surprised. "What?"
"You think Qiao Zhi holds any control over me like he does with my subordinates? NO! He wields MY power! There can only be one true Anti-God like there can only be one True Hero. I am the originator of all dark forces. The Sovereigns created me to keep balance between Good and Evil. They soon realized their mistake. You think Fallan went evil without reason? I manipulated her! You think Judgement went evil out of nowhere?! I influenced them! I will stop at nothing to get what I want." Chaos bellowed.
"Faced...with the Anti-God..." Yusa laughed pitifully to herself and stood up slowly.
Orishi stood up slowly and smiled to herself. "This really is the end of the world..."
Tengu slowly stood up and wobbled. "We have to keep fighting...We can not let it end like this.."
"We may not be able to deal the final blow as we aren't close to being a True Hero. There's only one person I know who could be the True Hero and she's not with us." Nagini said then looked at the sky. She gripped her weapon tightly and her hand slightly trembled.
Darkness noticed then smirked. "I can see you're getting cold feet, Doctor."
Nagini chuckled then looked at Darkness and Chaos. "You'd think I wouldn't get nervous. I can't lie, I am doubting myself a bit...but I have to remember..."
Chaos and Darkness glared at Nagini as she began to transform into her Human Fell Beast Mode. They felt her power level jump up then felt her Divine Aura.
"I am beyond the Ruler of Science." Nagini said then combined her Pure Ruler Form with her Human Fell Beast Mode. Her hair slowly became a light blue, her eyes shined a bright lavender color, and her cursed markings became Divine Markings. "I am the Ruler of Indeterminacy. I am just much as an Omnipotent Being as you are."
Chaos tightened his fists and glared at Nagini. "Show me how powerful you truly are, Serpent."
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I slowly opened my eyes and noticed my head on Misao's lap. I looked at her and noticed she was resting with her eyes closed. I looked over and noticed Yufumi sitting against a wall with her eyes closed. I slowly sat up and looked around, unfamiliar with my surroundings.
I grunted as I began to have visions in my head. I held my head and closed my eyes tightly seeing a burning location. A man rose from the eternal flames and his demonic figure terrified me. I noticed myself appear in the Dream World. I stood up and noticed the fog clearing.
"So...you got my message." Steven said as he walked out the fog.
I looked at him and noticed his long, amber colored hair that resembled something of a lion's mane. He has red eyes, and a scar along his left eye. He wore a white cloak which had the True Hero's Symbol on it.
"The Ruler of Origin." Steven started and magic symbols began to float across the area. "That is what I am. I am what counters Chaos or Terminus, the Anti-God. You will gain my power because your biggest threat...has arrived on the battlefield."
"Chaos...he was the man rising from the flames of Hell correct?" I asked.
"Yes, that was indeed the reincarnation of Terminus. Losing his Anti-God abilities, he became the Ruler of Hell to go on a quest to regain his Origin Abilities to become Terminus once again." Steven said then sighed.
"The cycle can never stop can it?" I asked.
"It started with Terminus...and it ends with Terminus. Killing him...will end the cycle for good." Steven said. "You are the one who will strike the final blow."
I looked at Steven with shock. "Me? But I just learned to awaken my Pure Ruler Form! I can't possibly take down someone who is quite literally an Anti-God!"
Steven held my shoulder and made me look at him. "Right now you can't, but that is why you need me. Once you gain enough experience and you awaken my power...you will be more than enough to defeat Chaos and Terminus."
I nodded then noticed him fading away. "Wait I have one more question!"
"What is it?" Steven asked as he faded away.
"In one of my visions! I saw a woman hugging your body, who is she?" I asked.
Steven smiled and closed his eyes. "Her name is..."
I anticipated the answer then he faded away completely. I snapped back to reality and closed my eyes. "What was her name..?"
"Her name is Trixy." Yufumi said with her eyes closed.
I looked at Yufumi then watched her raise her head. "Trixy? I've...heard of her name before..."
Yufumi rose an eyebrow. "How? She's been dead for 20 years now."
I had a vision of one of the capsules in the Judgement Tower. "Judgement was working on reviving Trixy. They said she had...Phantom Powers."
Yufumi nodded and looked at the ceiling, watching the energy particles float around in the air. "Trixy was possessed by one of Chaos's reincarnations. Her name was Caedi and her goal was to kill Steven and she succeeded through Trixy. Steven used all of his power to save Trixy from the Phantom. All Trixy wanted to do was be with Steven in his loving family. For years she's lived in an illusion. Her adoptive father, the man she loved the most was her number one enemy."
"Steven was completely unaware of the Phantom huh. His love for Trixy blinded him until it was too late." I said then sat down. "We all have tragic backstories huh."
Yufumi looked at me then smiled. She slowly stood up and dusted herself off. "That we do, my friend. I guess our break is over now. I'll wake Misao up."
Misao's fox ear turned toward Yufumi then she opened her eyes. "I've been awake. I was awake the moment Hisumi woke up."
"I have to admit, your lap is very soft." I said.
"You should feel honored. Only Liao Ru has ever felt the touch of my lap. Only those I'm very close with I'll allow to rest on my lap." Misao smiled at me.
I blushed a bit then rubbed the back of my head then stood up. I straightened myself out then looked at my hands. They stopped shaking completely then I touched my chest. A faint glow was seen on my chest. I knew Steven was with me.
"Alright ladies...let's take down the second trial." I said and walked forward.
Misao nodded. "Let's do it." She stood up and followed me.
I placed my hand on the door and it shined then began to open. We walked through the door and noticed a platform on the ground. We walked toward it and stood on the platform. The platform shined and began to rise up.
I looked around as the platform rose. Misao nudged me and looked away. I smiled and gently pushed her. She laughed a bit and ruffled my hair. Yufumi watched us and smiled, leaning against the barrier around the elevating platform with her arms crossed.
The platform rose to a golden battlefield. The Libra Symbol shined brightly in the middle of the battlefield. The platform stopped and the barrier disappeared. We walked off the platform, onto the battlefield.
A pillar of light crashed down and soon revealed a divine figure. She had half black hair and half white hair. She wore a white dress with gold embroideries. Her eyes shined a beautiful purple color. Her left hand was a black demonic arm and on the right was a white angelic arm. A giant Scale of Justice appeared behind her.
"Her Divine Zodiac Weapon, Scales of Justice. These scales are used to show what form she's in. Yin Form and Yang Form." Yufumi said.
"Heroes of the Universe. The Perfect Storm is coming hence why you seek my power. Alas I can not just hand off my power, you must earn it." The woman said then raised her arm to the sky and a golden blindfold materialized into her hand. She put the blindfold on over her eyes then her aura surged powerfully around her body. "I am Justitia, Goddess of Judgement and Balance. Your skills will be judged now! Test your might against the second trial!"
"Her Power Level is in the EX-SS Tier! She's stronger than us even at our fullest!" Misao grunted.
"Equalization!" Justitia bellowed and a bright light shined around the battlefield.
Misao and Yufumi felt their power tap into the EX-SS Tier. I calmed my mind and transformed into my Ryu Ruler Form. I grunted as I noticed I couldn't tap into my Pure Ruler Form at will, my power was equalized to Justitia.
"Our power was raised and that means our abilities have been raised to this limit as well! We will have to go all out!" Yufumi bellowed.
"Come forth, Heroes!" Justitia bellowed.
I looked at Justitia and had another vision then looked serious and dashed toward her. I went for the first strike but she parried my attack then the Scale of Justice tilted to the left. Justitia palmed my chest, causing a burst of dark energy to erupt from my back. I groaned and stumbled backwards. Illusions of her surrounded me then dashed toward me one by one.
I dodged each of their attacks then parried one of their attacks then struck their body, blowing the illusion away. Justitia appeared in the midst of the chaos then kicked me away. I groaned as I was sent flying.
Misao caught my hand then looked back at me. "I'm going in!"
Misao set me down then transformed into her Miko Form then began to gather Divine Energy. A Divine Symbol shined on her forehead then she began to channel the power of Izanagi. "I use this power...to summon the Blade of Shinto Legend, The Sword of Ten Handbreadths, and the Spear of Genesis, The Heavenly Jewelled Spear!"
Misao bellowed and a long bladed odachi appeared in her hand then a golden jewelled naginata appeared in her other hand. She twirled her naginata in a circle over her head then got into her stance. Her Izanagi Form was Misao's absolute strongest Divine Miko Form.
"Interesting. I expected nothing less from the Strongest Miko in existence." Justitia said.
Misao dashed toward Justitia at godlike speeds then slashed with her spear. The Scale of Justice tilted right and Justitia awakened her Yang Form. She dodged Misao's attack then groaned as she was hit with an invisible attack. Justitia was blown away and landed on her feet then grunted as Misao appeared in front of her.
Misao slashed through her then a barrage of slashes struck Justitia then sent her flying in the air. Misao appeared behind her then slashed through her again then appeared above her, slashing through her once more. She began to warp around Justitia at incalculable speeds, creating speed clones along the way. The speed clones slashed at Justitia at once then an explosion happened.
Misao landed on the ground and smirked. The smoke cleared and Justitia was shown with only a few scratches on her body. The wounds disappeared after she healed herself.
"My turn." Justitia said then snapped her fingers and the sun began to shine brightly. "Endless Day!"
Justitia bellowed and the sun began to shine ten times brighter. Misao groaned as she was blinded by a sun ray. Justitia flew toward Misao at invisible speeds then kicked Misao. She sent her flying backwards then fired a solar beam at Misao, striking her. An explosion happened and I looked surprised. Misao rolled on her side then her weapons slid toward her.
Yufumi looked at Misao then looked at Justitia. She transformed into her Zodiac Form then used the sun to boost her Leo Gem's Power then transformed into her Namean Leo Form. Golden armor appeared around her body then she uncrossed her arms.
"I guess it's my turn." Yufumi said then got into her battle stance.
Justitia watched Yufumi run toward her, leaving a trail of flames behind her. She went for a punch, but Justitit blocked it and grunted. Yufumi broke through her guard then struck her stomach with the back of her fist then swept Justitia off her feet with a sweep kick then palmed her side, blowing her away.
Justitia grunted as she crashed to the ground then rolled backwards and recovered onto her feet. The scale tilted left and she entered her Yin Form once again. The sun began to set quickly as the moon began to rise. The moonlight began to shine ten times brighter as she cast an Eternal Night upon the battlefield, severely weakening Yufumi's Zodiac Power.
Yufumi looked at Justitia. "You haven't gotten me beaten just yet." She said then fused her Zodiac Aura with her Demonic Aura, nullifying the negative effects of the Eternal Night.
Justitia dashed toward Yufumi then went for an attack. Yufumi parried her attack then struck her body with a powerful blow then struck her again. She pressed a dark fireball against Justitia then it exploded. Justitia flew backwards then Yufumi flew after her.
Justitia stopped herself in the air and performed hand gestures then created a Negative Zone around herself, trapping Yufumi in the zone. Yufumi began moving in slow motion.
"Negative Repulsion." Justitia said then the Negative Zone created a powerful repulsive force and sent Yufumi crashing to the ground at high speeds.
All three of us struggled against Justitia's unbelievable strength and her plethora of different abilities. The faint glow on my chest appeared again and I grunted softly.
"Come heroes. I know there is more to that!" Justitia bellowed.
I stood up and closed my eyes, placing my hand on my chest. I opened my eyes then my aura surged powerfully around my body. "I am not losing this battle...No matter what!" I awakened my Hyper Mode and roared.
Justitia smiled and got into her stance. "Show me your power!"
To Be Continued...