Konchu flew towards Julia and Yoroi, seeing the latter holding Julia up by her throat. As he lifted his blade to finish her off, Konchu grew a pair of stag beetle jaws, pinching the blade and stopping it short! Yoroi turned his attention to Konchu,

“Another bug looking to get squashed?” He questioned.

“Haven’t heard that one before…” Konchu replied, as she flicked her head, throwing Yoroi back a little.

Yoroi dusted off his chest, scoffing. Konchu then hunched over and grew horsefly wings from her back, dashing towards Yoroi with explosive speed! She collided with him, and carried him out of the estate!

“Just gotta get him far enough away to duke it out without-” Konchu began to think to herself, before Yoroi grabbed her face, pushing her off him!

Yoroi activated his back jets, keeping himself propelled in the air. Konchu and Yoroi floated not far from each other. This would be an aerial battle! Konchu lifted her sleeves and released swarms of bees and wasps  towards Yoroi, who responded by firing his arm cannon towards them, vaporizing them as they approached! While he was distracted, Konchu flew in and punched him, enhancing her fist with Aura! It hardly shook him however, and he turned to elbow her head in return, knocking her away! He turned his cannon towards her and fired, as she darted out of the way of the blasts. One of the blasts got close to Konchu, and she created a large centipede to coil in front of her and block it, the force of the explosion pushing her back!

“Phew…yeesh, you don’t mess around, roboto!” Konchu commented, hovering in the air with her wings. “Then again…machines can’t have Aura…which means you’re Human, right?”

“...Who cares? No one cares about the man underneath this suit.” Yoroi replied. “Even if you were to know me, that wouldn’t change.”

“I dunno about that. Sounds like you’re suuuuuuper insecure, dude!” Konchu said as she lifted her sleeves up in front of herself, then giggled as she covered her mouth.

Yoroi’s hand clenched into a fist as Aura began to flare around his suit, “Heh…don’t act like you don’t understand that. I mean look at you, you’re a freak. A short, half-insect mutant…you’re more of a weirdo than ME!”

Yoroi flew towards Konchu, who enhanced herself with Aura in and attempt to block him! However, it was too much and she was sent flying! Yoroi then flew above her, and then rocketed down towards her, kicking her down with both feet! She crashed into the street below, making cares and citizens scatter! As she went to get up, Yoroi landed roughly a mile behind her, and aimed his cannon, charging up a large amount of aura in it…

“Don’t stand so confidently…YOU FREAK!” Yoroi yelled, as he fired the cannon!

A large orb of Aura was sent flying at Konchu at high-speed, and collided with her, making a HUGE explosion! As the dust cleared, all that was left was a charred body…

“...Fool.” Yoroi mumbled as he turned away and began to walk towards the Kaminokaze estate. “This society isn’t kind to the unusual…”

Yoroi’s helmet beeped, and he stopped, turning back to her. Konchu’s skin cracked open, and fell off her! She sat up, her skin now pale and soft. She shook the broken skin off herself, and stood up.

“She shed her skin? I suppose some insects can do that…I doubt she can do it more than once, though.” Yoroi thought to himself, as he fully turned to Konchu.

“You’re right…I’m a total weirdo!” Konchu exclaimed, startling Yoroi a little. “And I’m the weirdo who’s gonna kick your ass…and lay eggs in your ears~”

Yoroi lifted his arm and fired at Konchu, making another explosion! However, Konchu flew out of the dust before it cleared, and appeared in front of him, covered in a thick exoskeleton! Yoroi recognized it as the diabolical ironclad beetle. Konchu reared her arm back, altering her body underneath to use the speed of an Australian Tiger Beetle! With speed and strength, she uppercut Yoroi, denting the suit’s chin and knocking him upward! She chased after him, zipping through the air at high-speed as Yoroi caught himself by activating his jets. Slots opened in his shoulders as small rocket launchers extended, and fired missiles at Konchu! She darted through the air to avoid them, but they chased after her!

“Can’t be heat-seeking, I’m cold-blooded…are they aura-seeking or somethin’...?” Konchu questioned to herself as she darted back towards Yoroi.

Konchu threw an elbow at Yoroi, who caught it with his free hand, and attempted to slash at the exposed portion of her shell with his arm blades, only for Konchu to turn and make the blades strike the shell and snap! At that moment, the missiles collided with them, setting off a huge explosion! As the dust cleared, they both flew unscathed, arms locked pushing against each other…

“Didn’t have too much oomph if they ain’t strong enough to damage your armour. I got a hunch about you, smarty-pants!” Konchu said, teasingly. “That suit of your’s, it’s built to tear down weaker and softer fighters while keepin’ you safe, right? It’s not built for a slugfest with someone who can take it! And by that logic…can it keep fighting for extended periods then?”

“Tsk…” Yoroi clicked his tongue, annoyed, before regaining his composure. “You’re correct, but unfortunately that won’t help you.”

Yoroi gripped Konchu’s arm, and threw her to the side, and began to build up aura. Steam began to come from the small openings in his suit’s armour…

“This’ll overheat my suit within 22.3 seconds, but in return…it’ll amp my suit’s output to 130%!” Yoroi exclaimed, as he spread his arms out grandiosely! “Let us see, little bug, who’ll come out on top…the Scientist, or the Specimen!”

Yoroi’s jets ignited with a bright yellow light as he rocketed towards Konchu at extreme speed! Konchu lifted her arms to block as he swung rapid punches left and right, creating sparks as they clashed with her guard! In one of these punches, he electrified his suit, shocking Konchu when it touched her, and making her drop her guard! He kept up the pressure, pummeling her with punches as her guard was broken! After enduring this for a few seconds, Konchu opened up the mouth in her shell, and spewed silk from her mouth onto Yoroi’s chest. This wasn’t any normal silk however, it had been coated with the chemical spray of a Bombardier Beetle, making it hot to touch! It began to melt Yoroi’s suit, causing him to recoil in surprise! Konchu took advantage of the opportunity, and kicked his chest while morphing her leg to be similar to that of a cockroach, giving it the strength to break the metal and create an opening in his suit! As Yoroi reeled back, he felt the opening with his free hand, before he aimed his cannon at her,

“I’ve…had…ENOUGH. OF. YOU!” Yoroi exclaimed, his calm superior demeanor completely shattering! “I AM BETTER! I AM SMARTER! I AM…YOU…DIE!!!”

A MASSIVE blast of Aura erupted from the cannon, enough to fracture and shatter the cannon itself and launch Yoroi backwards! The beam collided with Konchu and made an explosion that shook the ground below, setting off car alarms and making a whirlwind that launched trash and debris all over the place! Yoroi floated in the air, his jets barely still active, as he breathed heavily from within his suit,

“I…I am…I am superior…” Yoroi said to himself between breaths, “Nothing…will keep me down!”

Suddenly, a hand clamped around his wrist, nearly crushing the armour of his suit! Konchu flew next to him, smoke still rising from her armour, as she lifted her fist up into the air, and brought it down hard onto the top of Yoroi’s head! She sent him flying into the street below as the arm of his suit was torn off! The head of the suit rolled away from the crater, dented to the point of nearly being flat. Konchu fluttered down, letting her armour detach, as she saw Yoroi laying in the remains of his suit. His real body was awfully short, and it looked like he had a head injury, with some blood covering his eye as he looked up at the sky,

“...I see…that’s why your ability is so strong…it’s Evolved, isn’t it?” Yoroi questioned, seeming out of it.

“Mhm.” Konchu confirmed, standing over him.

“...you know…I almost admire you. Back before I joined the Ryoshi Family, nobody took me seriously…said I was too small to work in a lab…” Yoroi explained, “Nobody understood my genius…all I was capable of…then, when I unlocked my ability to control technology, and I made my suit…I felt so big. It felt like I could do anything…”

“Maybe you can.” Konchu replied, making Yoroi turn to look at her now. “I think you were scared to try and do anything more, because if you failed it would confirm what people said about you? But that’s no way to live, y’know. I mean if you don’t try, nothing will happen, right?”

Yoroi’s eyes widened a little, before he chuckled, coughing a little, “You’re fascinating. What was your name again?”

Konchu turned to walk away, lifted her arm to signal a goodbye as she answered, “Konchu. I lay eggs.