Chapter 23: Jean Vs Izumi Pt2

"You are panting Jean, are you at your limit?"

Izumi asked the Parolette who was close to falling back from exhaustion.

"I'm not at my limit! Not yet, not until I win this arena battle! I need what they're offering in order to do what my father couldn't!"

Izumi closed his eyes and sighed inside the dimension lock. Jean didn't want to admit it, but fusing with his champion was starting to take a toll on his body, and soon it'll be undone.

"Tell me Jean, you wish to do what your father couldn't... but what does that exactly mean? You wish to obtain Immortality and countless riches for what purpose? What will that give you?"

Jean would bite his lip, preventing him from panting any longer. The small boy took a deep breath.

"My father searched for the Overlord sword, and many other treasures. You even told me he was in search for the Sunstone as well, which I didn't know about."

The look in jeans eyes were filled with determination.

"In order to look for these things, I must first have the requirements needed to do it! I will build a team and we will search together when I'm rich, and with my Immortality I don't have to worry about dying, and keep looking until the end of time!"

Izumi reopened his eyes, glancing at the determined Jean.

"If you really thought this through Jean, then tell me; what will you do if someone else in the world already found these treasures and discovered them? Would you really be accomplishing what your father couldn't? No. You wouldn't would you? That other person would be the one accomplishing it, from them being the one who found them first."

Jean looked down in thought, and it was true. He never thought of that scenario, ever. 

"But... I doubt it... I doubt someone had found those treasures..."

Izumi sighed.

"Then find them, aren't you the one that embodies this very universe? It should be simple for you, shouldn't it?"

Jean looked up at izumi and now closed his eyes, digging deep into his thoughts. Jean had a clear view of the entire universe down to the last atom. Midgard was a realm encompassing only one universe, and Jean embodied that one universe via his champion. He could see everything, but... he couldn't find what he searched for.

"...I don't see it..."

Jean said to himself, looking for the sunstone and the Overlord sword.

"...Where are they...?"

"They aren't here Jean, someone must've already found them."

Izumi answered his question with a theory, and now Jean was saddened.

"My entire goal was to... find them... but someone has already obtained them first? How...? My father was the greatest adventurer, yet... he was unable to find them. This makes no sense, even if they took them I'm suppose to still find them!."

"Jean, have you ever thought about how your father died?"

Jean looked at izumi, his expression curious.

"I have not... no."

"If that's the case, then that should be your main clue on where those treasures are, If you still want to search for them that is."

Izumi began to struggle inside the dimension lock, however his physical strength was diminished greatly, yet he didn't give up.

"But first... we must... CONCLUDE THIS BATTLE!"

Jean would frown.

"The battle is already over... you can't use your fist that transcends time and space any longer."

Izumi snickered at Jeans comment.

"That may be true Jean... but, I am quite unpredictable myself."

Jean had a peculiar look upon his face, confused to what he meant, but it quickly became known to what izumi had planned, once a shadow lingered from above. 

"What's that...?"

Jean said in awe, as he glanced into the sky.

"ONE THOUSAND FISTS OF RYUU!"

Izumi shouted loudly, and from the sky came fluttering with large fists which were coated in flames, all slamming upon the arena and aimed at Jean.

"NNN!"

Jean grunted in pain, his body being slammed with large fists weighing the size of entire space-time continuums.

"GUH! AAAGH!"

Hit upon hit, the fists kept raining upon him, even shattering his dimension lock from the immense force being applied.

"....."

Everyone in the crowd were too stunned to speak. Thankfully the shockwaves from the large fists were unable to reach the crowd of fairies, from there being an forcefield around them.

"Jean..."

Grimhild uttered under her voice, a worrisome look was in her eyes.  

The thousand fist of Ryuu finally ended, izumi was shown outside of the dimension lock, however he noticed there were still shadows on the ground, signaling that the attack hadn't fully been completed, and that there were more fists in the sky. The Hero looked above him noticing the other fists frozen in place.

"How...?"

Izumi questioned the display before him, and could hear grunting behind him. It was Jean!?

"I'm not losing... not yet..."

Izumi turned to face Jean... his expression was stupefied, however he couldn't help but smirk... and proceed to laugh to himself.

"Ahaha... ahahahahahaha! Honestly, you are the most determined child I've ever met in my life Jean! Your persistence is excellent! You are just like your father in many ways."

Jean was all bloodied and beaten, half his shirt missing with blood pouring from his wounds.

"...Heheh... thanks... but let's get back on with the battle. I don't need to worry about those fists... I've dimension locked them all..."

Izumi would stance himself again.

"As you wish Jean, may the best fighter stand last."

Grimhild eyes began to look soulless, as if she was fueled with an certain emotion, however it was hard to tell how she was feeling, but it did worry Elizabeth as she peeked over at her.

"Let's do this!"

Jean said as his body was brutally injured, but that didn't stop him from dashing towards his opponent again at the same speeds as before, materializing a large broadsword. 

"The Climax of this battle will be put to an end!"

Izumi yelled and would Jab his fist forward against the broadsword in front of him, both proceeding to clash with consecutive attacks again.

"...I need to push even further!"

Jean muttered to himself as their rapid attacks started to create intense shockwaves that even threatened to break the forcefield around the audience.

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1,000,000,000 strikes

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100,000,000,000,000,000 strikes.

('He's getting even faster?')

Izumi said, as he could notice Jean accelerating his speed to unknown heights.

"The universe is ever-expanding... and it is always infinite, therefore... my speed will be INFINITE, AND EVER-EXPANDING!"

Izumi realized what Jean was doing, but it was too late to find an opening. Jean managed to accelerate his speed from finite, into infinity. His speed now was unmatched, at least he thought.

"Wha...?"

Jean noticed that Izumi caught his blade between two fingers, despite Jean's infinite speed.

"You surprise me the more we fight Jean... you truly are an powerful fighter, but I've dealt with my fair share of speedy opponents."

Izumi would send a direct kick into Jean's gut, pushing him away and brutalizing his body even more.

"Unf!"

Jean spat out blood and dropped his broadsword.

"...HAAAAAAA...!!!"

Izumi let out an roar and proceeded to follow-up with more attacks, hitting Jean from all sides of his body with heavy martial arts; a kick into the head, punch into the gut, elbow into the neck, knee into the back! Each attack caused grave damage.

('I'm... losing consciousness... and I can't heal my wounds from using too much power with my champion. I lost..')

Jean was accepting his defeat, though while he was being beaten, he looked into the sky.

('Oh.. that's right... those fists...')

He noticed the fists that he dimension locked, and they were still floating.

"THIS IS THE END!"

Izumi was preparing to send his last attack at Jean, arching his arm back and throwing a brutal punch. His fist was also engulfed in flames.

"Unlock!"

Jean had yelled, holding his arm out into the sky.

"!!!"

Izumi realized what Jean had done, and tried to escape from the area, however Jean grabbed him with his other arm.

"What's wrong...!? Running away from your own attack?"

Izumi used his other arm to strike at Jean, though it was too late—

"Dimension lock V2!"

Jean performed the space lock once more upon Izumi's body. His dimension lock can take many forms, like the previous lock "V1". It being invisible and just locking the space around the person. In this space lock, an opponent can't use raw strength to get out, it primarily entails cutting space, or movement type abilities that involve teleportation. Izumi had no hope of escaping this one, and the inevitable came upon him.

"...Looks like I still have enough for teleportation..."

Jean would perform teleportation to move into the other side of the arena, and watched as the heavy fists fell upon izumi, crushing into his body and causing an gigantic explosion.

"Me and my champion can't fully fuse yet... it looks like I didn't create a strong enough bond with him..."

Jean was on his hands and knees panting.

"I guess that makes sense... after all, I only use my champion for power, rather caring for it and treating it like a friend. Looks like I got a lot of work to do with you, huh?"

Jean chuckled to himself, finally falling unconscious against the ground.

"JEAN!"

Fhiron shouted and stood up, as did Kyto and the others.

The smoke that surrounded Izumi began to fade away, showing the martial artist inside a large crater, unconscious.

"Hang in there buddy!"

Fhiron yelled, while Kyto, Elizabeth, Pippy, and Grimhild ran down the stairs and hopped inside the arena, quickly jogging to the unconscious Jean.

"LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A WINNER FOLKS! JEAN PAROLETTE!"

The announcer concluded the battle, and the winner, leaving Jean to be the victor.

"Jean, please talk to us!"

Grimhild would place down her staff and quickly hoist Jean by his back, sitting him on his butt.

"Are you alright...?"

Elizabeth had even sat by his side, while Fhiron and Kyto stood behind him.

"...I...Won...?"

Jean slowly opened his eyes, and could see a clear view of a large crater across the arena. He noticed Izumi unconscious.

"…I did it..."

Grimhild would hug Jean, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Yes... you did it Jean!"

The Parolette looked around him to see his friends all supporting him and making sure he was okay. A large blush shown upon the feminine boys face, and he closed his eyes.

"Thank you for checking up on me everyone..."

He slowly stood up again, dusting himself off.

"But I have two more battles to win..."

Everyone surrounded Jean and all given him their support. Fhiron patted jeans shoulder, as did Kyto on the other side.

"You got this Jean, don't give up. We are all counting on you to win this Arena battle! This is for your goal, and we'll support you all the way!"

Fhiron would say, now leaving the open-space of the arena. 

"Good luck Jean!"

They all walked away with Fhiron, however Elizabeth could notice her Sensei Izumi unconscious, which made her bow her head in respect towards him.

"You haven't lost your touch sensei. One day I will become the strongest and surpass you... just you wait!"

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