"Stop this nonsense!" fang yell loudly at the figured that are currently standing infront of him, the enviroment around them are far from the word 'clean' as many blood, dead body, and fallen metal cover the whole room.

Fang grit his teeth in anger as the figured hum in respond, seem completely unbother by the scene he cause while casually playing with his dagger that was completely cover with blood.

His eyes land on them for a brief moment as the three of them are getting themself ready to attack him, seeing the action make him smile under his black mask as he watch how serious they are.

"Hmm? Nonsense you say?" The man said calmly yet his smile only widen, Yaya start to float and cletched her fist with pink bubble form on her hand while Ying getting herself ready to use her power with soft blue glow on her leg.

Fang on the other hand stand near an unconcious chubby boy laying behind him, blood pouring down from injury on his head which manage to add more tension to their current situation.

"Oh how cute~" he said mockingly as he continue to play with his dagger, feeling the sense of joy upon seeing the thick blood slowly flowing down to his hand.

"Tapops will capture you and end all the terror you cause!" fang yell bravely but Instead of feeling threaten or fear, the figured seem to laugh loudly at his word as if its the most funniest thing he ever heard.

"They will? Pff- yeah right" he say which manage to add more fuel to their anger, the figured slightly look behind him to see a shadow hand forming and was about to slam him to the hard ground, he look down on it before he gaze back at the three.

Before fang's shadow hand could even touch him, he casually move out of the way with a smirk which cause them to widen in suprise with the area the man stand before form a large crack from the impact.

"What the?" Fang watch as his sneak attack fail to hit him while the figured started to laugh uncontrollably at his poor attempt to attack.

"You thought i couldn't see that cheap move coming did you?" He taunt at him before he laugh again and crouch down just in time to avoid yaya's punch.

"Oh how fun!" the figured seem to be enjoying himself as he continue to dodge their attack flawlessly while also laughing loudly, the fun he was hoping for finally begin.

Fang’s heart pounded with frustration as his every move along with yaya and ying was countered by the figured, every attack they did can be dodged like it was nothing, his mind spun as he trying to come up with a plan to take him down.

Blood and bodies littered the room like the remnants of a nightmare, the metallic scent clinging to the air along with the smell of blood manage to make the room felt suffocating.

The man before him… he was toying with them.

"Too slow" the man voice slithered through the silence, taunting them even more as he effortlessly avoided another one of Yaya’s strikes.

He moved around like a fly which make him extremely untouchable, Every step was calculated, deliberate And still, all of them can feel his dismissive smile behind those mask.

“Stop toying with us!” Fang’s voice broke through the tension as his anger become thick and raw.

“Face us!” But even as he shouted, there was a creeping sense of dread that this man infront of him seem to be waiting for something.

The figured paused for a brief moment as his head tilting ever so slightly, his eyes show nothing but coldness as he locked onto Fang’s with a predatory gleam.

"Face you?" he murmured with his voice soft yet creepy, now that he listen to it closely, he sound awfully familiar.

“Oh Fang… do you really think you deserve that?” There was something in his tone, it was bitter, a hint of rage buried so deep it almost felt personal, Fang could feel it now that this wasn’t just a fight, It was retribution, But for what?

Before Fang could react, the man blurred toward him faster than lightning, the room seemed to shrink as he closed the distance with his dagger glinting in the dim light, Fang barely had time to dodge it and register the sting on his cheek before the warmth of blood trickled down his skin.

The man stepped back with his eyes gleaming with dark amusement as he watched Fang’s hand fly to the wound, follow by worried shout by the girls as the two of them rush their way toward him.

"See? So predictable" Fang clenched his teeth while his heart racing, why does it feel like he knows him?, why does this felt awfully familiar?

Yaya and Ying upon seeing fang's shock readied themselves to strike again but Fang knew it would be in vain as every time they attacked, he would slipped through their grasp.

This man… no, this monster was ahead of them at every turn.

“Wait” Fang muttered with his voice being low which cause Yaya and Ying to stop, their eyes darting toward him in confusion but Fang’s mind was racing now as pieces of a larger puzzle starting to click into place.

The man’s gaze flickered just for a second toward the bodies scattered across the floor, there was something in his eyes, a glint of… familiarity. As if those bodies were more than just collateral damage to him, as though they meant something.

“You want to fight?” the man taunted again, his voice sharper with more biting now while his fingers danced along the edge of his bloodstained dagger and for the briefest moment, the metal glowed faintly with a soft flicker of flame.

Flame.

Fang’s breath caught in his throat, something about that fire, that small flame... it stirred something deep within him, something he couldn’t quite place, the man’s lips curled into a grin under his mask but his eyes… they burned with something else.

“Come on Fang, show me what you’ve got or are you just going to stand there, being helpless like you did before?”

Before? Fang’s brow furrowed into confusion mixing with a growing sense of dread, What was he talking about? What had he done? But the man wasn’t finished.

“After all…” His voice dropped with a dark whisper.

“You’ve taken everything from me. It’s only fair if i return the favor” Fang’s stomach twisted while His mind raced, What was he talking about? Taken everything? He tried to push through the haze of confusion but something about the man’s words… something felt wrong.

There was grief buried beneath the malice, a wound that hadn’t healed, yaya’s fists clenched with her powers flaring but even she faltered at the weight of the man’s words.

Ying’s eyes narrowed with suspicion creeping in, they could feel it too. This wasn’t just an ordinary fight, this is revenge.

The man’s mocking grin returned under his mask but now it felt hollow, like he was hiding something darker.

"You and your precious Tapops… you took them from me, Now... I’ll make sure you feel what it’s like to lose everything.”

Fang’s blood ran cold with his mind raced back through every mission, every battle, and every loss. Who was this man? What had Tapops done? And why did his words feel like they carried the weight of fire, a fire that had once burned bright, but now was consumed by rage?

yaya show hesitation along with ying, pieces after pieces, they concluded that this man infront of them are someone they knew, someone they meet before.

The man’s dagger flickered again with that same small spark of flame that once again show itself before it hit Fang like a punch to the gut.

Flames. Rage. Blaze.

His eyes widened while his chest tightening as realization crept in, No... It couldn’t be.

But his cold laughter echoed through the room and Fang knew deep down he wasn’t just fighting any enemy, he was fighting with someone that he used to hold dearly.

The man’s chuckle loudly, revealing a satisfaction that seemed almost tangible.

"Looks like you finally figured it out," he said with his voice dripping with dark amusement, with a swift deliberate motion, he reached up and pulled down his mask along with his hood thats been covering his hair.

The fabric fell down and reveal a face they knew fill with many scars, their breath caught in their throat as his silver hair flowed in the dim light, shimmering with an ethereal glow.

"It can't be" fang thought internally as his eyes widen at the sight.

"No, this isn't real!" Yaya thought as her hand move upward to cover her mouth, clearly shock by the discovery.

Ying stood there with her blue eyes widen, her body tense as she continue to look at him.

"Glad you used that brain of yours" Blaze said with a haunting mix of triumph and bitterness, the once amber eyes fill with light are now cold and devoid of warmth.

Fang’s heart raced, his mind reeling from the shock of seeing Blaze, his former ally transformed into this vengeful monster.

The girls gasp loudly upon seeing his face, they never expect that the figured they are facing are their childhood friends, they shake their head as all of them refused to believe it.

"Blaze..." Yaya mumbled.

"Yes?" Blaze's eyes narrowed with dark satisfaction glinting in their depths.

"We... We thought you are-"

"Dead?" He grin upon seeing the horrified expression they showing, adding the feeling of satisfaction.

"I survive the horror that all of you give us" he said with the three of them show disbelief and shock, they thought they die... They thought...

Blaze laugh once more as he saw their face morph from anger to confusion, shock, and disbelief, amuse by how they react when they found out that he's alive.

"but... laksamana said-" fang pause for a moment as realization kick in, blaze come back for revenge, he said he survive the horror, does that mean... no Tapops would never.

"be skeptical for once, you didn't think is strange?" he ask with a wide grin as he somehow read his mind and doubt, the three immedietly process his word.

How their higher up didn't show any sign of grief, no ceremony to honor them, no nothing, but they saw a glimpse of joy in their eyes, as if they plan it all out... to get rid of them...

The room seemed to pause as blaze's eyes met with fang's once more, but this time it was a cold relentless fire burning inside him.

"Tell me fang" blaze's suddenly said with his voice cut through the clamor with dark amusement.

"Did you know that your brother kaizo end solar's life?" He ask which make him widen in horror, his brother did what?!

"Did you know that he cut off ice's head?" He ask again with fang face turning more pale, is this why his brothers come back cover with blood that day? because he just kill his childhood friends?!

"Did you know that he suffocating thorn inside his energy barrier until he die?!" His tone slowly rise with anger with tears forming on the edge of his eyes, remembering how they scream in pain and how thorn beg to be let go.

"Did you know that laksamana tarung is the one who rip off abang gempa's arm and crush his head?!" The three stood in their place, can't believe the dark secret tapops are hiding from them.

"Did you see how they die? How Abang hali got pierce right to his heart while a bullet pierce through abang taufan's head?!

"Did you see how we fight back for our lifes?! When all the member try to took us down?!" Blaze grip on his weapon tighten which cause his knuckle to turn white.

"Did you see our pain when they keep on attacking us?! Did you?!" He shout with fury and grief before he show a force smile.

He then drop his dagger on the floor and summon his iconic fire cakram, it immedietly burst into flame with blaze who looking down on them.

"you didn't, and i will make sure all of you know how much we SUFFER!" He without any hesitation rush forward and met with yaya who use a fallen metal to block his attack.

"stop this blaze! you are losing yourself!" yaya beg but blaze didn't listen and push the metal away before swinging his cakram at her which fang manage to block just in time.

"losing myself?! All of you destroy me!" blaze roar and process to throw his fire cakram and destroy everything in its path, that included his so call friends.

"you don't know anything!" he yell again with tears flowing down from his cheek before he harshly wipe it away, ying manage to kick him from behind but he also manage to give her a second degree burn when his body burst into flame as soon as ying touch him.

"YES WE DON'T!" yaya shout with clear regret, the thought of them failing their friend, fail to notice something are wrong to the point that one of them become their enemy.

"we don't know anything but please! we don't want to fight you!" yaya shout again with tears flowing freely on her bruise cheek, they could't hurt him, they could never do it.

"we are sorry blaze! but this is not the way!" blaze look at them for a second before he rush toward yaya and give her a punch on her stomatch, sending her flying backward and meet the steel wall.

"oh i am touch, my brother suddenly got revived!" he said sarcastically with a glare, he turn around just in time to see fang, using his second tier in a form of a bear quickly give him a rough scratch, resulting on his face have 3 newly form bleeding line.

"you went to far!" fang shout in anger seeing yaya grunt in pain with ying beside her, blaze shot him a glare and grab his hand harshly.

"me? ALL OF YOU ARE THE REASON I AM LIKE THIS!" blaze process to swing fang over his shoulder and slam his hard on the cold ground, fang can hear a few bone crack which are not a good sign for him in the slightest.

"no one come to help, none of you help us!" he said while he grab ying who try to attack him from behind by her collar and lift her up.

"we sent a S.O.S signal to all of you yet none of you come!" he slam ying to the ground with full force, causing her head to bleed from the impact.

"we wait and hope but guess what?" he turn around and throw a fireball at yaya who are only a meter away from him.

"they die!" his fireball manage to hit yaya in the face, causing her to shout in pain as the heat melt her skin.

He could see Fang already stood up despite his injury and was charging at him again with determination burning in his eyes despite the despair written all over his face.

Fang’s shadow blade met Blaze’s fiery chakram in a loud clash, the impact sending sparks flying into the blood-soaked air.

“Blaze stop! This isn’t you!” Fang yelled through gritted teeth, pushing against the weight of Blaze’s weapon.

“Isn’t me?” Blaze’s voice was venomous, his eyes gleaming with rage and sorrow.

“This is exactly who I am now! You and your precious Tapops made me into this!” Yaya groaning after she felt the burn on her face, it hurt her really badly.

“Blaze, we didn’t know... We were told you were gone… But if we had known… We would -”

“Lies!” Blaze cut her off, his voice shaking with emotion.

"i come back for help, but guess what i heard that day?" he ask with a raise eyebrows, he form a forcefull smile and sent another glare toward them.

"can't say i am suprise, they are getting annoying" blaze sneered with his voice laced with bitterness.

"agree, they finally gone" he said again with emotionless look, making the rest of them go pale as they found out that blaze, had heard everything they say that day.

"they are a burden anyways" he continue but this time, the three of them freeze in their place, their face fill with shock and disbelief.

"does this sound familiar to you?" Fang’s heart twisted at Blaze’s words, he knew they are doom.

“does it fang?!” Blaze continued, his voice cracking as he shoved Fang away.

“I trusted you, all of you, and this is how you treat us?!” Ying despite injured from the burn took a step forward, her eyes full of guilt and pain as she readied herself incase blaze decided to attack him.

“Blaze… we’re sorry. We failed you, we failed everyone. But please, we are sorry!”

Blaze paused for a moment, his breathing ragged as tears mingled with the blood and sweat on his face, for a second it seemed like he might listen but then the fire in his eyes flared again stronger than before.

“No,” he whispered coldly.

“It’s too late for that.” blaze summoned more flames to his chakram and launched it with deadly precision at the group, fang barely had time to throw up a shadow barrier but the force of the attack shattered it and sent all three of them sprawling to the ground.

As Fang struggled to get up and gasping for breath, he looked up at Blaze with his vision swimming from the impact, he can see his sinister smile as he hold his cakram that are completely cover with flames.

"Let's see how kaizo like it when he saw his brother lifeless body" just as his cakram hovered over fang's throat, he suddenly froze as his body stiffened and his eyes widen in shock.

"What..." Blaze thought internally as his eyes caught sight of them, pale translucent figured standing just behind fang, their eyes fill with sorrow and grief.

He couldn't believe his eyes but there they are, all his brothers who had been brutally kill by tapops, the ones blaze had sworn to avange.

"Stop it blaze... This isn't what we wanted" gempa's voice sound distant but he could hear the desperation clearly.

"This isn't who you are" the flame around him slightly flickered as he stared at the ghost of his brothers, begging him to stop this madness.

For a moment blaze hesitated, the pain... The betrayer and anger pressing him down like a tidal wave.

"please, come back to us" was this what they wanted? Had he been wrong all this time? but then his eyes caught something... a small barely unnoticable glitch on ice's face, his expresion quickly change back to anger as he grip on his cakram tightly.

"No... All of you aren't real!" Blaze shout on top of his lung as his cakram was thrown toward them, destroying a small device hidden somewhere in the wall.

He snap his attention back to the three who widen in horror as they watch the device crumble on the floor, their only hope to survive this madness, their plan fail... and now they must face blaze's rage.

"You... bastard!" Blaze lung himself toward him and immedietly give him a deep cut on fang's chest as he use his own body to protect the girls who barely could stand up, blood pouring down from his open wound.

"i am done holding back" he mumbled as he kick fang away before he set the whole room in flames, burning everything inside and that included himself and his ex allies, He smirk as the heat get to them, his favorite sensation as the hot fire touch his skin.

Their scream of agony fill the whole room, a lullaby that he now love, blaze take this chance to walk away, letting them feel the pain that he endure all this time.

"i win"

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Hehe, hope you enjoy this one~

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Anyways, that is all for this chapter, gonna try my best to write another one next week, let's just hope because yeah ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

I hope all of you have a nice day!

Peace out~

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