" Everything seems cleaned up with everyone else " Kagura stretched while Nozel simply starred at the piles and piles of zombie bodies " Even so, we do not know what their motive was " the Silva replied while he looking back towards Kagura. " Meh, highly doubt they'd even get that far " Kagura shrugged which made Nozel sighed and looked back towards the piles " You just like your father yet at the same time just like my mother " he said to himself. Kagura just looked off to the side " I wonder if those two made it Onii-Chan..." he said aloud before her looked back towards Nozel " What do yo-.. What?!" He noticed a dark aura peering off the ground catching him and Nozel in the center. Attempting to jump away from this darkness, he saw a woman from the corner of his eye emerge from the darkness' shadows and tackle him onto the ground, watching as the darkness swallowed Nozel whole. " Nozel!" Kagura gritted his teeth before rolling over and getting the bat off him " How does it feel.....to lose someone YOU care about?" She smirked before Kagura stood up " your going to pay you bastard!" Kagura shouted before being hit in the back of his head before someone else " So this is Kuuga..." a masculine muttered as he grabbed Kagura by the head and held him in the air " pathetic..." he threw the male aside watching him as he crashed into a wall, falling into the ground " I expected more from Kuuga but this is a disappointment " this male looked more human except his entire body was literally stone with some lizard like scales. " Master Zajio..." the woman knelt quickly as the man, Zajio starred at Kagura " We we're not to interfere here, are you trying to compromise our secrecy?" He said aloud " P-Please forgive me Master, I just assumed I killed either one the less they would know " She quickly explained " Silence! We've already lost Gojitu, if anything you should've gone after that girl....She would've been much easier for you to handle as her armors only feed you energy, you wouldn't be much of a match for Kuuga if he were to evolve suddenly " Zajio said noticing Kagura sinking into a pool of magma and disappearing leaving nothing but ash on the ground where he once laid. " No matter....we'll deal with him soon enough...." Zajio said before starring at his subordinate " Gooma.....leave, you won't be of any use in the day " Zajio said as the woman, Gooma nodded and began to sink into a shadow ".....now the hunt begins" Zajio had begun to walk down a road while starring at his knuckles as one of them was missing a spike.

Kagura had emerged in some random alley, barely able to move, soon finding why. He reached towards the back of his neck and pulled out a small thorn "...A thorn?" He blinked before hearing screams of terror and when he looked up he saw several purplish auras engulfing innocent civilians, causing them to age severely and some even dying " There was another one.....dam it....I hate it when Nozel's right " he coughed a bit as a bit of blood came out " Jeez......" he blinked hearing Asura's voice beside him, and glancing he saw the demonic deity sitting on a crate " Susanno is asleep so he told me to help you with whatever if something bad were to happen but I didn't think you'd be dumb enough to get poisoned, Wait no dumb isn't the right word.....Ah! Arrogant! Yes that's the word " Asura snapped his finger " Can you just help me please" Kagura said before Asura sighed and bit down on his neck causing Kagura to grunt a bit in pain. Pulling away Asura had said " There, the poison effect should be suppressed for now until a medical mage can help you, but for now, we have two issues to deal with: one the royal capital still being under siege with most the Knights missing, and two, we have a high ranking Gurongi running about" Asura growled a little once speaking Gurongi " The Capital comes first before we deal with the other guy " Kagura stood up while rubbing his neck over we're Asura bit him " Well, get going ' hero ' " Asura ushered him off which Kagura simply rolled his eyes before running out of the alley to get a better visual of his surroundings; Sadly, what he can't glimpse to was Yuno being viciously attacked by a witch clothed woman " YOU'LL REGRET EVER CALLING ME A HAG!" She shouted " Zabimaru!" The whipped blade belonging to Kagura had wrapped around her waist " W-What?!" She blinked before seeing a rather angered Kagura " GET DOWN HERE!" He forcefully pulled her down towards the ground, getting her to haunt her violent barrage against Yuno who remained in the air motionless at this point " You runt! " she hissed before Kagura had lunged towards her " DIE WITH THE REST! " The witch had casted several orbs of darkness and sent them after Kagura who braced himself before eyeing more civilians behind him " Shit.." he quickly planted Zabimaru into the ground and placed both his palms into the ground " Asura!" He called out ' Enhancing mana output ' Asura spoke inside Kagura's head before Kagura's eyes changed to a bright orange " Maximizing radius....." Kagura spoke, now being possessed by Asuramaru " Bakudō number eighty-one: Dankū" The possesses Kagura had grabbed Zabimaru and jumped back as where his hands just were had spawned a a wide and tall wall of magma, blocking the witch's magic while Kagura panted, his eyes reverting to normal " JUST DIE " the witch didn't let up as she began to send even more orbs towards this wall, causing it to waver slightly, making the civilians behind Kagura begin to brace for heavy impact " I-I'm not sure I can keep up the spell much longer!" Kagura gritted his teeth focusing all he could one the wall, that was until it shattered " THIS IS THE END-" " For you "the witch turned to come into eye contact with Yuno, along with a smaller fairy as a large wind bullet had completely engulfed her. Kagura was taken aback by this ' when did he... ' he only watched " Wind Spirit Magic: Sylph's Breath!" Kagura watched simply astonished by such power, but it only caused him to break in a smile ' I guess they both have grown since I last saw them, then again, they did say they both wanted to become Wizard King, it's only fair their rivalry sparks progression in ones strength ' Kagura thought to himself before grunting and fall into one knee, causing Asura to appear beside him and help him back to his feet " Take it easy, I think that guy will be able to handle the rest " Asura carefully said as Kagura just nodded using his left hand to keep Zabimaru firmly placed in the ground to keep him up right while Asuramaru had Kagura's right arm around his shoulder to help him from falling. Yuno looked down towards Kagura " Senpai!" He were to got to help but Kagura gave him an eased smile " Don't worry about me, just go finish the job, Yuno " Kagura told him which Yuno only nodded and took off to find where his attacker landed.

Asura had leaned Kagura against a crate the latter had stored Zabimaru back into the portal which he used pulled it out from. " This isn't good..." Asura became more than just worried " I should have known you were still around...." that ringing of a familiar voice had triggered the hostility in Asura's actions " Zajio...." the demon boy began to growl " I'm surprised you remember me.....Asuramaru!" Zajio had gone to strike Asura away from Kagura only for his fist to connect with a katana which was a rather large amount mana, being held by Asura: this katana had appeared as a black katana with the edge of the blade being a light green. " Stay away from him..." Asura gritted his teeth showing his fangs as Zajio had simply smirked " You can't even stop me... " he had deflected this katana with his fist that collided with it while using his other hand to strike Asura in his stomach, bringing him to his knees " You can't even use your own weapon's power....you were out in that grimoire to be used by a able user but....I see that there isn't a bond there for him to even use your power or your magic...." Zajio began to walk past Asura who lie there struck by Zajio's words. " Now for you Kuuga.....this is your end" Zajio had stood in front of Kagura who was barely able to even move let alone make out anything happening in front of him " Die.." Zajio raised his hand going for the finishing blow " Kagura..." Asuramaru had tried reaching his hand out to his grimoire owner. Though as Zajio were to strike he suddenly stopped and narrowed his eyes towards Kagura before quickly jumping back as a beam of light came in between him and his target " Oh? I missed " Zajio slowly turned his head and looked above to see a man standing atop of a building, a four-leaf clover floating beside him, glowing yellow. He had long black hair that stopped behind his waist, orangish eyes, dressed in a somewhat (black) tuxedo like suit, with a white fur coat draped over his shoulders while he donned the Crimson Lion Insignia on the front pocket of his suit. " And who might you be? " Zajio glared towards this new appearing magic knight " Crimson Lion tactician: Titus, or you may call me Borsalino Robert " The man, Robert, held a causal smile as he starred down towards Zajio. " Oh, you might want to watch out behind you " Robert pointed out to Zajio who glanced behind himself to see Kagura smirking behind him " How?! " Zajio was shocked as Kagura grabbed the back of his head and bashed his skull into the ground " Robert's Magic is a two in one, it can deal damage, or it can heal" Kagura grinned before kicking Zajio away " And thanks to Yuno, I learned a little something about myself, I hate seeing my family in pain " Kagura said " And I have a job to protect them...and this country " Zajio stood up and growled as he saw Kagura with his arms open and something glowing by his waist " Susanno.....I know what I'm living for now...." a relic had slowly appeared over his waist.

" My resolve......to protect my family....and my kingdom " Kagura had placed both his hands on top of this relic causing it to become solid, forming a belt around his waist

He then brought his right hand across his chest while keeping his left hand hovering above the belt " I already lost two families.....I'm not losing this one" he said as he took a pose in which the gem in the center began to flicker with red light

He slowly began moving his right hand to the opposite side while moving his left arm to his left side. Asura's eyes widened as he heard Kagura's words " Asura.....That day.....when we met, when I received my grimoire....you told me I would never be able to defeat anyone with my own strength...no matter how much I tried I didn't want to believe you.....my pride and my past wouldn't let me....."

Kagura opened his eyes and starred at Zajio who only awaited in anticipation to kill his prey at his best. " It took me three years....and so many failures....and those two kids....before I understood what you and Susanno both meant..." he exhaled softly " Asuramaru...." his body began to become covered by red aura that seemed to erase all trace of mana from his body " I accept you...and your power, so please....lend me not just your strength....but your life " Kagura said as Asura only gained a slight smirk " Fine...but don't blame me for anything bad that'll happened " Asuramaru had vanished as Kagura's aura had shot towards the sky causing the entire sky to become pitch black once more " I'll show you....why you shouldn't mess with the Crimson Lion- No the Clover Kingdom...." He brought his arms together over the left side of the belt " This is my Henshin..." { Transformation }

" KUUGA! " Zajio had ran towards Kagura who yelled as he charged towards the Gurongi, jumping towards the beast and punching him across his face causing him to stumble back, striking back with his left fist only for Kagura to block, his eyes becoming amber instead of blue, while the white faded to black. Kagura pushed Zajio's arm away, punching his chest causing Kagura's arm to suddenly change, gaining the right arm to hand piece of a new form, the same for his left after he struck Zajio's chest once more.

" AAAARAAAAAAH!" Kagura's body had fully changed into the true form of the original white armor: a red armor instead. Following this transformation he bashed his head into Zajio's skull knocking the lizard like man off balance.

Kagura had starred at Zajio, in a new form, a new power " This body, was given a magic you wouldn't be able to comprehend, I was blessed by Asuramaru the power of magma....and gifted by Susanno the ability to retain control over fire, sometimes my body may not be able to handle such powers, but this form....my words, they prove that I can evolve and adapt to my disadvantages and prove my right to hold such power!" Kagura charged towards Zajio and tackled him thorough several buildings, before both had spilt out of house and into a plaza which Kagura saw Leopold, Noelle,and Asta surrounded by five mages, a spectator above on a tall building while a another mage stood behind the five mages , clearly all enemies, but what really caught Kagura's eye was a dying Fuegoleon on the ground " Fuegoleon....." Kagura was caught off guard by the sight " Kagura! " Leopold was one put in slight ease seeing Kagura but was also in slight shock seeing said brother in a new form " Zajio...it seems you've been through it" he mage behind the group of enemies laughed " Oh Rades, you should be the one to talk" Zajio laughed as if he lost his mind starring at Rades " Your undead puppets couldn't even keep most the Knights busy, I'm guessing Valtos bailed you out yet again " Zajio looked over towards the man on the roof of a building which was Valtos " We have more important matters to tend to " Valtos told the two. " YOU have important matters, Eye of the Midnight Sun! Our deal was that you desperate Kuuga from the others and so far you kept up on that deal....I shall take my pleasure I ki-" Kagura had punched Zajio straight in the face with a enough force to send him through several buildings. The mages looked at Kagura who's fist gave off steam ".....you've just pissed me off..." Kagura slowly turned his head towards the group of mages " How dare you lay your hands......ON MY FAMILY!" He ran towards them at incredible speed " Silence!" One of the mages sent needles of strong winds towards the armored male only for the magic to prove itself worthless " DAI FUNKA!" Kagura shouted as he threw his right hand forward causing a large magma fist to punch straight towards the wind mage and knocked him into a building " Kill him!" Rades shouted as Kagura noticed he was caught in the center of the mages with Asta and the others, seeing all the mages ready to attack in an attempt to finish them off.

" Borsalino!" Kagura shouted which the mages looked overhead to see Robert suspended in midair descending towards them, with a sly smirk with his hand over his left in front of him as small spark of light could be seen forming in the center of his hands " Light Reflection Magic: Yata no Kagami " he chuckled before turning into a pure ray of light reflecting off each mage and knocking them away, while Rades jumped back barely dodging " Ohoho, where do you think your going? " Robert has appeared above him from his light form and kicked Rades downward into the ground before landing beside Kagura.