Once Grey was through the doorway, he readied his cleaver. He was in a black, square-shaped room. The room was empty apart from two things. The first was two chains attached to a giant rock in the background. The other was Azrael.
"Took you long enough," he said w/ a smile.
Azrael then looked behind Grey.
"Where's your friend?"
"He... he's not here now. It's just me," Grey said.
"Hm."
Azrael then quickly rushed over to Grey, who flinched back a bit.
"Are you going to fight and lose, or are you going to be quiet and scared like the first time we met?" Azrael asked tauntingly.
Grey, having already steeled himself beforehand, switched his SOUL to blue. He then made Azrael's SOUL blue and flicked him back. Grey then went back to gray SOUL and pulled out a second cleaver.
"Heh, good answer!" Azrael said while getting back up.
Azrael then scrunched his eyes, balled his fists, and made a weird pose. Eight purple orbs flew out of him. He then shouted upwards, and the spheres engulfed his body. The things then burst open and became a giant purple flame that covered Azrael's entire body. Grey watched in horrified fascination as Azrael's silhouette morphed and shifted into something else. His body sprouted appendages, and his form became more monstrous. When the flames died down, Grey gasped. Azrael's skin was now much paler, his fingers were clawed, his shoes had burned off, and his feet were also clawed, and he now had large, leathery wings. His eyes were the same color as before, except he now had rhombus-shaped pupils. The new form both scared Grey and awed him at the same time. Azrael stood once the transformation finished. He looked over his appearance and smiled.
"Huh," he finally said, "Not bad."
He then addressed Grey.
"Prepare yourself!"
FIGHT START!
(Song: Cannonball from Megaman ZX remix by GaMetal)
The fight between Grey and Azrael was one to remember. Azrael rushed around the room w/ his new wings, dashing into Grey while shooting out thin blasts. Grey, in return, attacked Azrael as much as he could w/ his weapons. Azrael also fought w/ big purple blades on his arms, and he engulfed himself in purple energy from time to time while charging at Grey. Eventually, when Azrael's health was at 50%, and Grey's was at 35%, Azrael used new attacks. Grey quickly used KINDNESS to heal himself up to 70% as Azrael began pounding the floor hard. Chunks of the ceiling fell, and Grey had to wall jump to avoid the things, but he ended have to drop that idea once Azrael rushed towards him. Grey remembered what he'd been taught before and quickly dropped before Azrael could slash at him. Grey got a couple of hits in w/ his DETERMINATION knife before Azrael knocked him into the opposite wall. Grey's health was at 60%, and Azrael's was at 35%! Azrael then made pillars of purple fire appear at a random, fast rate. As Grey made his way to Azrael, he was grazed by some fire, and his health dropped to 53%. Grey then immediately slashed at Azrael quickly w/ his cleaver before Azrael knocked him back once more. His health was down to 20%, and Grey's was down to 40%! As Azrael readied something, Grey quickly healed himself again. His health went up to 60%. Azrael then became engulfed in purple flames, but his health didn't drop at all! Azrael rushed around the room, shooting out blasts all the while. Grey, in response, attempted to hit Azrael. It took a bit, and Grey's health dropped to 30%, but eventually, Azrael froze in midair, his flames died out, and he dropped to one knee. His health was down to 1%. Grey then paused.
"What are you waiting for?" Azrael asked, "Kill me already. Haven't you been waiting for this opportunity?"
Grey gave him a look of confusion and horror. He immediately put his weapon away.
"What the-? No, I didn't want this!" Grey replied.
Azrael then gave him a confused look.
"But, Asmodeus and I made things frustrating for you. I literally stole your body!"
"So?" Grey asked, "My only goal was to prevent you and your partner from killing people. As for my body, I never really wanted to get it back. Sure, this body still feels weird, but I've grown quite comfortable in it."
"So... you don't want to kill me?" Azrael asked quietly.
"Unless you do something to Cedric or someone else I care for, no, I don't want to kill you. I never had any interest in doing so."
Azrael then paused at that.
"Well..., all the same, I yield to you.
Grey gave him a confused look.
"I never thought you'd be able to defeat me at my full strength. I didn't even think you'd make it out in the world. But you've surprised me. You've grown quite a bit since I first met you, and you've even managed to beat me. And for that... I... yield."
Azrael then dropped unconscious.
VICTORY!