12. The hidden power of Ikust, Naomi's Counter Attack!

Naomi and Metmorph were in the Lava barrier, from which they couldn't escape, but Metmorph just smiled "hahaha it seems you haven't learned anything Woman, remember that I still have the armor of an armadillo, I can make my whole body cover with that!" Metmorph starts covering his body in armadillo armor and lunges at Naomi. "You can't beat me, admit it!" Naomi smiles and dodges it without problem "Go ahead, try to escape" Metmorph Collides against the barrier and burns badly Causing his armor to disintegrate "AAAAAH IT CAN'T BE!! HOW THE HELL AM I BURNING? AAAAAAAH!!” Metmorph really suffered this time.

“Did you think I was going to fall for that trick twice? This is pure lava, It's twice as strong as earth's lava, and that was thousands of degrees hot, your armadillo skin won't be able to resist this time, you'd better manage with some other Natural skin, at except to avoid burning to death, Metromorph, Heheheh” Naomi said while laughing.

"Of course, the armadillo skin is unable to resist the temperature that the lava has, like Naomi it is not affected by the heat, it has no problem fighting without getting tired due to lack of air, but on the other hand, Metmorph will not be able to resist much .” Said Uriel "That's right, he took advantage of Nature to win the fight" The sensei affirmed, Furio smiled and thought: "Naomi... it will be a difficult job to overcome you. You are stubborn and never stop giving surprises heh."

Naomi looks at Metmorph and uses her hand to taunt him, calling him "What are you waiting for Mega-morphine, attack me if you can" Metmorph gets angry "Stop taunting me!" Quickly cover her wounds with another armadillo skin, shedding the wounded skin as if it were the skin of a snake and proceed to attack Naomi. But Naomi dodged it very easily despite her injuries.

Metmorph continued to throw punch after punch, but Naomi dodged, she took advantage of one of the punches Metmorph threw, grabbed his arm and pulled Metmorph towards her, landing a hard knee to his abdomen, focused with energy, which made the shell to break and he could hit him square with another quick knee.

Naomi had the advantage this time and between each blow she dodged, Naomi landed a strong blow to Metmorph, Metmorph was starting to notice the counter effect of the lack of air, but Naomi had no problem to keep fighting, confident in that , Naomi got into a fighting stance similar to kick boxing, and began jumping around flaunting her freedom of movement at Metmorph.

"How the hell do you manage to move like that with the lack of air you caused?" Metmorph said while panting from exhaustion, Naomi with a confident smile again answers:

"It's simple, I control the fire, and with it everything related to heat, therefore the lack of oxygen does not affect me as long as there is oxygen, it's like my body itself were on fire, now stop talking and come closer to fight"

"Swagger! You're nothing more than a swagger!" Metmorph said as he approached her with great speed, Metmorph continued to attack Naomi without success, despite being injured, she continued to dodge easily, hitting her face again with strong blows and abdomen.

Broker notices something strange, he observes that in the fight Metmorph doesn't dare to use his transformations "It's strange, why hasn't Metmorph transformed?" Said Broker "It's because he's concentrating on surviving, due to the lack of air, he's avoiding fatigue so as not to give Naomi an advantage, which I see he already has" Furio said

After trying to hit Naomi without success, Metmorph stops "this lack of air is not letting me fight... But I'm going to erase that smile from your mouth, because I will transform into the perfect living being to control it" Naomi is surprised of what Metmorph just said "Think perhaps…." From Metmorph's forehead a bandana emerges, and little by little it took the shape of the being that said, it was Furio, Metmorph managed to take Furio's shape perfectly, Naomi Gets angry "You miserable bastard!" She said furiously "It can't be, how the hell did it take my shape? It looks identical to me!" Furio said in surprise.

Metmorph launches to attack again, but this time he takes Naomi by surprise, hitting her in the face, Naomi reacts uncertainly during the blow, as if she had deduced something with that blow, Metmorph goes to hit her again, Naomi manages to cover it, but she takes a blow to the face again that sends her into the corner, but manages to recover quickly. "Now that I take the form of your friend, I can finally beat you! I've seen that it controls air, so it will be enough for me to remove this barrier and kill you, so be prepared."

"Naomi is in danger, why doesn't she move?" Uriel asked, Naomi leaves her defensive position and jerks her thumb to her chin "Go ahead, fire that damn blast and finish me off" Naomi said "Damn, he's getting too confident again" Furio said.

Metmorph smiles after hearing Naomi "Heh, if that's what you want, then I'll do it" Metmorph raises his arms to generate a gust of air, Everyone is surprised and there is tension between Furio and the others, But Naomi is still confident, When Metmorph moved both arms to his right with force "NOW!!!" Metmorph yelled.

However after Metmorph's move, nothing happened "Looks like something went wrong, why don't you try again?" Naomi said, while looking at Furio from afar with confidence, Furio immediately manages to notice what is happening and smiles "What's up Furio why are you smiling" said the sensei. "Master, remember what Metmorph said about the transformations he can take? He said he could transform into all beings he meets, but it seems that he also includes knowing by sight, however Naomi noticed his disadvantage"

Metmorph Tries again but still no effect "Damn why isn't it working?" Said Metmorph

Naomi approaches him slowly "I'll answer that question, that's a clear product of your desperation" After saying that Naomi gives Metmorph a strong blow sending him flying through the air, but Naomi chases him to continue hitting him, while doing that , continues saying "You just transformed into someone you know by sight, however, that worm's abilities took time and training, something you never went through" Naomi lands a strong blow that sends him to the ground and while she he is in the air, he stretches his hands out in front and continues saying "That's why you can't have access to those abilities"

Naomi, after saying that, moves her Hands leaving a trail of energy, forming a star, which then turns into a star of fire, after that she says: "But thanks for taking that shape, it will allow me to blow off some steam by hitting that idiot, but despite that, I must admit…you will never be able to match him…..TAKE THIS, BURNING STAR!" Naomi Launches her direct attack towards Metmorph, managing to hit him squarely.

"She did it, he's hit it squarely!" Ponco yelled with joy "Well done Cocky" Furio said smiling, while Uriel nodded, agreeing with what Furio said.

Naomi Lands In Front of Metmorph's body "Okay, no more Metmorph, you shouldn't be moving a muscle with that."

After a silence, which ensured Metmorph's defeat, a voice was heard "Heheheh, I see you finally remember my name" Naomi is surprised "What the hell?"

It was Metmorph, who was still alive, with a last sigh from her "I won't leave... without fulfilling... my goal" After saying that, a strange power emerged from Metmorph's right hand and took Naomi by the right leg, transferring that energy

"Aaaaaahhh! Wr... wretch" Naomi screamed, she felt a terrible dark power through her that caused her too much pain... but only for an instant, just as the pain had passed Naomi shot Metmorph with a powerful burst of energy "Ikust….I've done it….take over….take over!" were his last words

From a different place, Ikust detects Naomi's Power "Finally, Metmorph has achieved it, even though he had to sacrifice himself, because he didn't detect her energy. At last... I'll have control of the girl's power" Ikust smiles, finally getting out of the shadow of the place, revealing his appearance, he was someone very similar to Furio, but his skin was blue and his hair was short and raised, his clothes were exactly the inverse colors of Furio, A black shirt with Cyan lines, on the sides and his bandana was the same as Furio's, but with their colors reversed.

"Heheheh… I'll make the energy take control of Naomi little by little, so I can destroy the village and make Furio come to me" Ikust said.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Furio and the sensei ran towards Naomi "Naomi are you alright?" Fury yelled. Naomi recovered little by little, while placing her hand on her head to ease the strong pain she felt.

"I'm fine, stop being so dramatic" Naomi replied "Come, we'll take you to Broker's" Her brother said, while Furio is helping him carrying Naomi to the truck, to treat her injuries.

Arriving at the truck, Lilith notices something strange and looks uncertainly at Naomi while thinking "I'd better keep a close eye on her" She looked at Furio and called him in private. "I have a small feeling that this energy is not something so simple, please take care of yourself, and take care of us, I feel that Naomi will hurt us one day" Lilith said "Naomi may seem perverse, but it's not what you think lilith Fury replied.

Lilith takes Furio's hand and approaches "Please, promise me that if she becomes evil you'll finish her off" Furio looks at her affectionately and answers "If that happens, I'll fight and do my best so that we're all okay" Lilith with that She calms down and they return to the car.

Upon returning they meet Broker who says a few words to them "I want to thank you for all the help you have given me, if it weren't for your help I would not have found my brother, if you need anything you can count on me" Broker gives the Sensei a communicator. "Please Mr. Kato, keep this communicator, as group leader you will know when our help is needed" Broker said.

"I will. Thank you very much for all the help, for now we just need to find the city of Archa" Kato replied. A soldier approaches and says to Broker "Sir it seems that we have found the city, we were never really that far, please come"

Everyone ran towards the car to see what signal they detected, the soldier points to one of the two holes "Sir, the power of one of those holes has decreased enough to detect a large amount of marble about 30 kilometers away, and the hole is only 10 kilometers from that marble marker"

"It must be there" The sensei said. "Then it is best to move soon, since you have a means of transportation, I suppose you can take some time to rest first" Broker said

"It's a good idea, it seems there will be time to teach everyone how to fly, including Uriel" Everyone smiles when they learn the news that they will learn a new technique "For now we have to rest" After saying this, the sensei and the others they proceed to prepare the tents and rest near that place.

During the night, Naomi has a headache again, but this time a voice is heard "It's time to test your new strength…. come out destroy something that looks like that shack" Naomi's pupils suddenly turn red and she walks out of the room. the store to look at a shack that was far away from SandBay. After spending the night, Furio gets up and goes out, but sees Naomi Tired around a huge hole and some purple flames in certain parts of that territory.

"Naomi, are you okay? You can't get up so early to train in those conditions" Furio said, Naomi returns to normal and answers "What are you talking about? Shut up clown, I'm fine, I told you, you shouldn't make so much drama, I know how to take care of myself ." Furio ignores the treatment he was given, and asks "And those purple flames? Do you increase your strength? Are you really competitive right?" Naomi, hearing that, looks at the flames and gets scared "I… I didn't do that… or I don't remember, I'm sure it's my desire to be able to beat you one day, Hero"

After that, the others leave along with the sensei "Very well, I hope you have rested enough, it's time to learn to fly" the sensei said.

Furio, Uriel, Lilith and Naomi are about to learn a new technique, in order to move better, the sensei has thought that teaching this technique to everyone could make the journey even faster, and reach their destination sooner, so has decided to teach everyone together.

"Sensei I have a question, if you knew how to fly, why didn't you do it to avoid the train trip?" Uriel asked, the sensei laughs and answers "I couldn't leave you adrift, since you still don't know how to fly, besides, don't you think that would draw the attention of the enemies and it would be more difficult for you to face them all together? "

"It makes a lot of sense" Uriel said, and Naomi replied "Shut up and pay attention, this will help us all, stop asking irrelevant questions" The sensei reassures them and continues with the training.

"Very well, it will be a simple technique, but I warn you, to control it perfectly you will need a lot of practice and fight, even if it is risky, and you can even take advantage of your elements, I know you are prepared for it." The sensei said before starting.