The battlefield didn't breathe.
It just screamed.
And in the center of that chaos—Haku and Kaze.
Back-to-back.
Fists up. Blood on their skin. Lightning in their bones.
A sea of enemies closed in like a tidal wave with teeth. But the brothers didn't blink.
They moved.
Haku launched forward first—vanishing in a blur of speed.
His foot slammed into someone's ribs with enough force to crack glass. Before the body even hit the ground, his fist—coated in sharpened ice—drove into another's jaw.
One down.
Two down.
Three.
His strikes were fast, efficient, cold.
Frost followed every punch. His legs blurred with momentum. Each kick landed like a bullet made of bone.
Beside him, Kaze moved like thunder.
Electric pulses danced across his fists.
His punches didn't hit.
They detonated.
He spun, elbowed one attacker into the dirt, then discharged a burst of lightning through the next. The scream that followed was short.
His heel crushed another guy's shoulder with a snap loud enough to make even the fearless hesitate.
Haku's eyes darted mid-fight.
He has a lightning ability?
"Kinda forgot to mention that?" Kaze shouted between punches.
Kaze smirked—still fighting.
"I bought a Skill in the shop," he yelled. "It lets me share my power. If I focus on someone—"
He roundhouse kicked a guy into a wall.
"—and hold my breath—"
He ducked under a fireball, uppercutting its caster into the sky.
"—you get access to my ability too."
"What—?!"
"Starting now."
Kaze inhaled deeply.
Suddenly, Haku's body sparked.
Electricity surged through his veins.
Speed.
Power.
Explosion in his legs. Sparks in his fists.
He couldn't control it. His limbs twitched. Every step made the air crackle.
"Woah.." he muttered. Then vanished.
A second later—
Five enemies collapsed, unconscious.
The crowd kept coming. But now?
They were dying too fast to matter.
Haku and Kaze moved like monsters. A duo of ice and lightning ripping the street apart.
Viewers skyrocketed:
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BOOM.
A fireball split the pavement where Haku just stood—but he was already gone, reappearing behind the caster mid-air.
"Die."
His elbow—reinforced with jagged ice—slammed into the guy's temple. The man dropped like a sack of meat, crumpling before he even hit the ground.
Next came a woman with a chain whip made of molten glass.
"Burn, freaks!"
She lashed it toward Haku's neck.
But—
ZZZTT.
Kaze blurred across her blindside, sliding across the asphalt on one knee, dragging lightning from his fingers as if he was sketching death into the ground.
He uppercutted her clean into the sky—electric trails spiraling up her body like veins lit on fire.
"My brother's not for burning," Kaze muttered.
They regrouped.
Back-to-back again.
Panting. Smiling.
Enemies hesitated now.
Some backed away. Others held their weapons tighter.
100,000+ viewers watching.
The livestream chat was blowing up. Emotes. Gasps. Fan theories.
And in front of them—ten new enemies stepped forward.
Each one different.
One levitating with blood chains.
One holding black cards that spun around her like razors.
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And still climbing.
But then—
It happened.
A shimmer in the air.
A blur behind Kaze.
Then—blood.
A shuriken embedded itself into Kaze's throat.
He gasped—choking on air that wouldn't come.
Another flash—a knife, straight into his stomach.
Deep.
Tearing.
"KAZE!!"
Haku screamed.
He reacted on instinct.
Ice.
A dome burst from the ground—sharp, jagged, protective.
An igloo of frozen barriers encased them.
The attackers outside slammed against it.
BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Cracks formed. But Haku was already patching them—ice growing from his hands, lips trembling.
Inside, Kaze was bleeding out.
Too fast.
Too much.
"No no no no—" Haku dropped to his knees, grabbed his brother's shirt, pressing against the wound with shaking hands.
"You're not dying. You're not allowed to die. Not now. Not HERE."
Kaze's eyes were half-lidded. A tired smile ghosted his lips.
"Looks like I'm not trending anymore," he joked weakly.
"Shut up."
Blood pooled beneath them.
Kaze coughed—wet, red.
"You have to go, Haku…"
"No. No way."
"You still have people. You still have—mom...and our siblings.."
"Don't say it."
"...I'm sorry," Kaze whispered.
"I didn't want you here."
Haku's whole world broke.
His voice cracked. "Then why did I come?"
Kaze reached for him.
His hand found Haku's.
He took the knife from his own neck, placed it in Haku's hand.
Held it there.
Then with his last breath—
He inhaled.
Shared his power one last time.
Haku's hand glowed—electric blue.
Kaze's other hand wrapped around his brother's.
Guided it.
"Do it," he whispered. "Let me go."
"No."
Tears streamed down Haku's cheeks.
And then—
Kaze pushed the blade.
Straight into his heart.
A quiet gasp. A twitch.
Then stillness.
No lightning.
No breathing.
Only silence.
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Haku didn't move.
Didn't blink.
Just stared at the body in front of him, mind shattered.
His fingers curled.
Lightning danced across his palms.
And then—
The ice dome shattered behind him.
Enemies poured in.
And Haku?
Stopped crying.
Didn't speak.
He stood.
His shadow buzzed with sparks.
He looked up—
Eyes burning.
Ready to kill the entire world.