Friend took the blade and tilted it, testing the weight.
An instant later, he materialized straight in the charging animalistic Genesis's path.

Mawthrough, still bound to the lifeblade, opened his mouth to shout a warning.
Unfortunately, the pain proved too great and he sagged onto the ground again.

Inferno managed to look up, saw Friend.
His face turned chalk-white, and he looked like the world had just caved in.
"No... not you... anyone...anyone but you... you... you can't be here..."

Friend simply smiled back.
"Hello, Inferno. How long's it been?"
Then he noticed the original Genesis and held out True Death.

"Out of curiosity as opposed to anything else, what would happen if I stabbed you with this?" he asked, completely and deliberately ignoring the charging bestial one that was bearing down on him...

Three catgirls sat outside the castle gates in the north, one was the catgirl who wore dark armour and wielded a large black sword. The other two looked almost identical, with long crimson hair and sparkling red eyes. They wore twin blades on their backs and dressed in leather armour.

"It feels too relaxed here... I don't like this waiting",
The Dark armoured catgirl brushed her bronze hair to the side and tapped her foot for a few moments.

"I don't like it either but we have no other choice. Everyone wants peace not another war",
One of the Crimson haired catgirls spoke softly,
"Plus the last cataclysm almost wiped out our whole species, let alone order..."

The bestial Genesis summoned blades all over its arms and continued to charge, roaring loudly in anger.

Genesis rose the Lifeblade, "This is far stronger than the washed up angel of death's blade, so it would be the same as if I was stabbed one of these damnable mortals at this time, I'm an entity, I don't like these mortals!" He was about to send a stream of energy toward Friend when Grey came charging through and clashed blades with him, Midnight sending out pulses of pure energy, though Grey was now only using Oblivion's strength. With his spare arm, Genesis stabbed toward Grey's abdomen, impaling it, though Grey continued to fight, drawing from his back a white, ancient blade, one which seemed to have been locked away for the longest time. He used it to clash with him at full strength, sending out shockwaves throughout the area.

Genesis twisted the hand which he had placed within Grey's abdomen, only for a blade of green energy to cut it off from within Grey. A moment later, he kicked upward, toward Genesis' jaw, while slashing toward his throat. "If you didn't have that lifeblade, we'd be on equal ground Genesis........" He flew forward.

Genesis created another hand and flew forward, clashing with Grey once again.

Caelestis, looking almost rejuvenated, appeared behind Inferno, and stabbed for his heart with her blade.

Ignis finally fell to Pyro in their long sword duel, though as he fell, Pyro reverted to embers, and flowed into the wind to recover.

OOT- Sorry, forgot to respond to you Mateus

Inferno rolled over onto his back to avoid the strike - but was miles too weak to do anything else.
He looked up at Caelestis and managed to feebly spit at her, but he was done.

Caelestis made to stab again - and the blade she was wielding vanished.

"Ahem..."
Friend gave a smile as he held up her blade.
"Are you looking for this?" he said sweetly.

Then he snapped it in half, the energy that flowed out as he destroyed it beyond repair not troubling him at all.

Inferno closed his eyes.
"No... don't start this... once you've started this you won't stop, you won't..."

Friend dropped the now useless shards of blade on the floor.
"You pleaded for me," he said evenly.
"My debt is repaid."

Inferno lay there, too weak to move.

"But now... now we've concluded our truce."

He returned his gaze to the charging Genesis, now only a few feet away.
"Shall we then?"

Caelestis growled, then smiled again, holding out her arm as a blade slid out of her wrist. That was her other deadly power, besides her incredible prowess with energy attacks. The blade seeped with the same dark energy as before.

The charging Genesis swung one of its bladed limbs toward Friend.

Friend sighed, and looked towards Inferno.
He clicked his fingers.

And time stopped.

Even Genesis and Grey were frozen, though alone of the combatants they could sense the temporal paralysis.
He looked at Inferno where he lay.
"You never told anyone, did you? The best kept secret..."

"I found you... I did what I thought I had to..."

"It's alright, it's alright," Friend said soothingly.
"You didn't do anything wrong. It's alright."

Inferno stared at him.
"What are you going to do?"

Friend turned back towards the Genesis.
"I'm going to let you die."

Time resumed.
The arm slammed into Friend - and had exactly no effect. The blades didn't even penetrate his skin, he didn't even flinch from the blow as it thudded into his side.
He sighed.
"And also, this."

Inferno bellowed "NOOO!" at the exact second that Friend's eyes suddenly glowed with the fury of an exploding supernova and he slammed his head into the Genesis beast with a headbutt so powerful that the resultant shockwave knocked everything on the battlefield off it's feet.
The Genesis hurtled into the sky, blinking out of sight - only for Friend to extend his right arm.

Inferno was about to ask why, when the Genesis reappeared, having gone around the entire planet.
One perfectly timed clothesline later and he was looking down at a shattered Genesis beast, almost daring it to get up.
"Please... I was starting to have fun," he pouted...

Mawthrough was flabbergasted by the display of power, so much so that he almost missed Inferno's plight.
When he registered it, he whispered to Chastity.
"Stay back and blast that hybrid, stop her from killing your father... give me a moment..."
He tugged at the threads, trying to force himself free despite the pain...

Genesis looped a chain around Grey's neck and threw him through the air while he split himself in two, and appeared in front of friend, the lifeblade in hand, "I guess it was wrong to send a copy your way, might as well have the real me attack you, eh, this lifeblade is an amazing thing, and is immune to such little time tricks as that one you used on my copy." He raised his blade to his chest, "Wanna test your mettle against infinity!!!"

Grey crashed into the ground, his throat nearly crushed by the chain.

Caelestis slashed forward, into Inferno's back.

Inferno howled in agony, and rolled over in a futile attempt to try and get away from the pain.

Mawthrough had finally freed himself, and started moving towards Caelestis.
"Get... away... from him." He was almost recovered from the huge exertion he'd unleashed, and was ready to take a hit if need be. He was certainly planning to dish one out...

Friend turned his smiling glowing eyes on Genesis.
"Infinity? Poor choice of words. You think you're infinity?"
He reached out and tapped the tip of the lifeblade.
"I. Am infinity."

Inferno was ignoring everyone else and was staring at Genesis.
"Arrogant... young... you don't know what you're doing, Genesis! I don't know how strong you are, but he - he's BEYOND YOUR UNDERSTANDING! HE'S NOT JOKING - HE IS LITERALLY INFINITY!" he shouted, his voice tinged with fear.

Friend looked over at Inferno and smiled sadly.
"Close, but not quite, youngling."

He returned his gaze to Genesis and smiled again.
"You and Grey Mystic over there are right now possibly the only things in existence that could possibly destroy me... but that would be simply the worst of ideas. After all, I am the Constant."
He said this with the air of someone pulling out a trump card, and Inferno sagged where he lay.
"Now then..." Friend continued.
"Are you going to put away your little toy and fight me in a way that I can understand?" he asked, eyebrow raised.

Caelestis smirked, then, with her left hand, sent forth a storm of white, celestial fire upon Mawthough's skin, while stabbing toward Inferno's ankle with her blade.

Genesis absorbed the lifeblade into his body at this time and grinned, "Well, what happens when Infinity meets the polar opposite, nothingness?"

Caelestis halted her blade, in order to block and deflect the flame as well. She looked at her with predatory intent.

Mawthrough stalked closer, Chastity's flame shielding him.
He noticed the way Caelestis looked at Chastity and spread his wings out, got his breath back, getting her attention.
"Let's finish this here then... Come on!"
He pounced, his body surrounded with dark lightning and flame...

"I don't know," Friend replied.
"I'll let you know when that happens."
He rolled his eyes at Genesis.
"Please, you silly boy, don't go deluding yourself into thinking you're some grand concept or some higher being than you naturally are. What you are, is strong. Very strong. Strong enough to destroy me, I'll tell you that now. But not offhand, not as a standard foe. If you want to beat me, Genesis, you're going to have to use every last drop of that power you have, squeeze every last ounce of energy from your body, want me dead more than anything else you can imagine - and perhaps I should mention why killing me is a bad idea?"
He put his hands back in his pockets.

"I am the Constant. The central point of the universe. It exists, so I exist, and vice versa. Before the being you call God even became self-aware, I existed. If you kill me, Genesis, it will be a Pyrrhic victory - for upon my death... well..."
He shrugged.
"The universe dies with me."

"So..."
He cocked his head at Genesis again.
"You still want to fight me? Don't be afraid to not want to end existence, from what I understand that's perfectly normal around here..."

Genesis chuckled quite a bit, "An end to everything would be fun, but not today......no......" He turned to Grey, whom was now standing up, "I feel like crushing the last being that could possibly destroy me......." He sped forward to clash with him again, only for Grey to grab him by the throat, and slam him into the ground, sending surges of Omega's flame into him.

Caelestis charged forward, this time, surrounding herself in purified, holy energy, while her blade was held firmly in her grasp.

Friend shrugged.
"In truth, I only came here to serve my own agenda, which I will pursue if it does not play out."
Having dropped this cryptic bombshell, he simply stood back and watched them all.

Mawthrough charged, meeting her clash head on. Chastity's flames clashed with her holy energy, the two forces sparking off each other. He lashed out with his clawed fingers, aiming for her neck to try and end it quickly...

Caelestis blocked with her blade, aiming for the area on his hand where his fingers were attached.

Genesis stabbed upward, his hand clashing with Grey's old, yet surprisingly powerful blade in his offhand, while clashing against Midnight with the Lifeblade.

He brought his other hand across and pushed her blade aside near the hilt, although the movement threw him off balance.
He quickly recovered and jabbed at her eyes with one hand whilst the other drew back for another attack...

Caelestis lowered her head, so that he would only take some flesh off of her forehead, and slammed her forehead into his, focusing a great deal of holy energy in the center of her forehead. She dropped her current blade, and drew another from her palm as she continued her assault.

Grey continued to strike at Genesis, but no matter what he did, he couldn't break through his defenses, as colossal shockwaves ravaged the area.

Unfortunately for Caelestis, she'd forgotten about why headbutting Mawthrough was one of the worst things to do in a fight.
His horns had stabbed straight into her head - and the holy energy she'd summoned caused his horns to splinter.
Whilst this caused him terrible pain, the energy brought forth from within the horns allowed him to fight off the pain, only staggering back a little.
He brought his other hand forwards in a slash that would bisect her if it connected...

Caelestis noticed his hand, and moved her abdomen back so just the front flesh was taken off. A moment later, her injuries were healed as a stream of white energy from the lifeblade hit her body. Next, she spun around, and smacked him in the face with her blade.

Cereza straightened her stance, looking back at the charred hellknight. She growled lowly at the corpse, then looked at Kye.

******

Nijuu groaned softly, then sat up in the bed. She looked around, not finding Tynan anywhere. She got out of the bed, and made her way back to the training room that Grey had allowed her and Tynan to use. "Tynan?!" She called for him.
A low growl was Nijuu's response, as Tynan, now in his Fire Dire Wolf form, walked into the room.
"More training?" Nijuu asked.
Tynan shook his head, as he sat on the floor, the flames upon his body burning a soft blue.
"Something else then?" She asked.
Tynan rose from sitting, and walked over to Nijuu...gently nudging her hand. He then turned and walked towards the door.
Nijuu followed Tynan, as he began to run...leading her to the battlefield. Nijuu's light blue eyes gazed upon the battlefield, and she gasped softly.

A hellknight tried slashing behind Cereza, but Kye rose up a wall of heat to block it, firing forward with his sword a moment later to cut its head off.