Season 1, Episode 1. Fullmetal Alchemist vs K, this two fire leaders might have passed the worst experiences with the murdering of their closest ones and even the ruining of entire civilizations. But somehow end up showing their courage and strenght in battle. Who will win? The fire alchemist? or the red king?
Intro[]
Edward: Roy…… Mustang…….. The Fire Alchemist.
Hotaru: Mikoto….. Suoh……… The Red King.
Edward: Two of the deadliest fire leaders you can ever mess with, and I say it quite literally via experience.
Hotaru: Nothing moves a boss more than his own men. And these two are the biggest examples of it!
Edward: She’s Hotaru and my name is Edward, and it would be our job to analyze their weapons, armors and skills to find out who would win…. in a DEATH BATTLE!!
Roy Becomes the Fuhrer of DEATH BATTLE![]
Cues: (Laws of Alchemy)
Edward: Amestris is ... a place without a doubt that hides different mysteries under its belt and I mean? It is home to the most amazing soldiers ever seen, the alchemists.
Hotaru: Alchemists? How did those in those stories want to turn lead into gold?
Edward: You are not at all far from reality. But being an alchemist requires being something more complex than that. To get something, something of equal value must be sacrificed. This is the equivalent exchange and is by default a rule that should never be forgotten.
Hotaru: Interesting… .. but it sounds kind of entertaining.
Edward: ... definitely not when you're in my case, but we'll talk about that later. An alchemist has made a name for himself among the greatest, and it is not surprising. This guy, as annoying as he is sometimes, is someone much more qualified for the job. Who am I talking about? From the alchemist of fire, Roy Mustang.
Cues: (The Intrepid)
Hotaru: Roy Mustang was a man born into a common Amestrian family, unfortunately he was orphaned at a young age, so he had to be adopted by a woman named Madame Christmas. In his youth, he discovered the great art of alchemy, so interested he found a master of it, the fire alchemist himself, Berthold Hawkeye…. Wow, he looks pretty intimidating at first glance.
Edward: Not long after the military would call him like any other, meeting his future rival and best friend Maes Hughes, some time later and after observing the increasing discrimination of the Ishvans, Roy would once again seek his teacher to recruit him for the program of state alchemists…. only to not find him and instead find his daughter, Riza Hawkeye. Who would share Mr. Hawkeye's investigative work with him?
Hotaru: Thus, making Roy the new successor to the all-important title of fire alchemist. Too bad that this power ... will he use it in such a ... bloody and ruthless way being a direct part of the Ishbal massacre, but still calling himself a hero?
Edward: Ironic. But anyway. This past definitely marked him, and in seeking to make a difference in his country, Mustang would aspire to greatness, to the highest title of government, the Führer. In order to change this corruption and stop senseless genocides, a great man I admit.
Hotaru: Meeting you on the way Edward!
Edward: Ah… yeah… I know this guy.
Hotaru: Do you two get along?
Edward: Kinda...
Hotaru: Awesome!
Edward: The point is, this power of alchemy creates in a way what some want to attribute miracles to it, but it is quite complex logic. As much as Mustang seems as uhh ... a “fire Thanos” with this ability of his, there really is a process behind this, finding the answer in his gloves, do you notice the symbols on them?
Hotaru: Now that you mention it… yes! I see them! They remind me of a few mandalas.
Edward: Eh…? Well at least it has some creativity. But they’re actually transmutation circles. You see, to properly execute alchemy you gotta know some things. First is about the law of the exact trade. You create anything, you gotta have the idea of what you’re dealing with. This takes us to my second explanation, the 3 laws of alchemy, comprehension, deconstruction and reconstruction.
Hotaru: Comprehension, knowing basically anything about chemistry and the composition of the objects… right?
Edward: Yeah, basically. The deconstruction is the energy you channel into the said object, breaking it’s molecular structure. What leads to the final step, the reconstruction. Simply follow the energy to shapeshift the object into a new form. It sounds easy but is quite complicated without the proper understanding of the art.
Hotaru: Wait….. then how does exactly his transmutation work? Does he uses air or something-?
Edward: Exactly! His gloves allow him to basically do so, called the pyrotex or ignition cloth. Rubbing his fingers he can easily manipulate the concentration of air in his surroundings. Raising it’s density to create the so known sparks he channels by creating a path between him and his opponent by just observing.
Hotaru: So not only fire but explosions?
Edward: Explosions are only the basics of his skills, he can create much more as long as his imagination desires such as firewalls and streams than expand to a giant room, a single finger friction and you can be considered roasted. Then hell he’s shown multiple times. Just ask Lust and Envy about it.
Hotaru: Damn! Nothing…. but ash…… But still amazing!
Edward: And if you wondered how much this fire alchemy can go to. Said ability is such that even your eyeball’s liquid can be flammable and potential blank for Mustang’s attacks like happened with this….. incredibly petty homunculi called Envy. It doesn’t exactly kill his opponent per say, but you really don’t want to get struck by this of all things.
Hotaru: Said versatility also allows him to make forms such as dragons. twisters and fire balls. But flames ain’t the only notable thing this flame alchemy can do right?
Edward: Given he’s an alchemist, he has enough knowledge to defend himself in situations in case things get a bit…… wet. *drum sounds*
Hotaru: …..
Edward: I’M NOT THE ONE OF THE JOKES OK!!! Anyways…. in case water is involved, the colonel can perform the separation of both components of water. Hydrogen and oxygen, allowing him to make a just as badass and impactful kaboom via transmuting the hydrogen and making it flammable
Hotaru: Homever he needs an external reason why this could react to ignite the needed spark. And is because in case his gloves get reduced to useless he owns a lighter or matches, depending on the version you see given by his comrade Havoc. This also helped him when he was forced to draw a blood transmutation circle in his hand against Lust.
Edward: But if there’s literally nothing else the colonel can do. Just hold on until he packs some serious heat with his shotgun and pistol. He barely uses them but is still part of his arsenal somewhere there as a good amestrian soldier. Not as skilled as his subordinate Riza thought.
Hotaru: After some events and some national strike, Mustang was forced to use the human transmutation circle. Making him use the truth’s alchemy. A much easier way to use alchemy, just by clapping hands together!
Edward: *Claps his hands shapeshifting his arm into a blade.*
Just as you said. But this always costs something else, a part of yourself…. in my case was my arm but into the colonel’s was his vision. Leaving him blind for a good part of the fight against Father. But it is implied in the future he might’ve gotten a philosopher stone to get it back.
Hotaru: Ohhhh. I see.
Edward: He barely used it, but he's still a user of it. With it, he can create walls which just as mine stop other’s attacks. But in other media such as the games, he can make even arrows and spikes.
Hotaru: If you count all uses of said alchemy uhhh….
Edward: Yeah. He gets plenty of interesting stuff if he manages to use it properly. In the past I was able to increase or decrease the durability of a certain element, the carbon, create pit traps under the ground and in cases such as Hohenheim’s and Alphonse’s, to create an enormous dome to trap Pride.
Hotaru: Magnificent!
Cues: (Crisis in North)
Edward: But all abilities ain’t the most impressive thing the colonel is capable of nailing. His feats in strength and destructivity show how deadly he can be, don’t swear any moment to make him go insane…. because while his temper can be chill….. he can get….. much more explosive than you can imagine.
Hotaru: He has stomped a good part of the homunculi! Involving the before mentioned Envy and Lust. He can blow another alchemist’s ice constructs which were the size of entire streets! He blew up Ed’s cannon with a single snap and a gigantic boulder. The latter feat considering the boulder’s overall size would require at least 102 tons of TNT.
Edward: And just as the ice constructs, back in the extermination of Ishval. Roy blew up several buildings, setting them on fire. It is so notable just by supposedly roasting Maria Ross’s body the light of said explosion was seen from meters away…. Thankfully it was just a dummy. But that speaks plenty.
Hotaru: And not to mention, he’s taken entire armies of maniques who were empowered by souls of fallen people in war making them supposedly stronger, but with a single snap that generated a fire stream, he disintegrated them leaving no remains but ashes.
Edward. He’s also done damage to airships before in the shamballa movie, and his flames potency can throw away from a watchtower, the homunculus gluttony. Who…. was incredibly difficult to even damage with regular guns or conventional alchemy attacks. If we take in count his often feats there’s other alchemists than we can scale him to such as me or mr kimblee. The latter having a feat with a philosopher stone that destroyed a big part of ishval, he’s been even confirmed to be so deadly, it is even possible he can blow apart an entire town.
Hotaru: You survived one of his amped attacks with it right?
Edward: I did…… thought he damaged me badly. Just kinda like Mustang has thrown me away like a ragdoll…. that bastard……
Hotaru: Going by the guns' side. Roy can be comparable to characters who can react to bullets, just as Ed and his famous feat of Marco’s gun.
Edward: Don’t even remind me…. but that’s slack compared to one of his biggest rivals out there. The fuhrer Bradley. That man’s skill across the time is not to joke about. He’s capable of blitzing multiple soldiers with no problem in the slightest, I didn’t even know how he cutted one of my constructs!
Hotaru: In case you wonder, Roy did manage to intercept him in time for an explosion. Even though he got stabbed after that in his hands. But most importantly…. even blind at the time, he stopped a redirected attack of Father to him with his constructs.
Edward: I guess there’s some things you really don’t lose huh. There’s even the possibility of electricity timing for some alchemists like my father Hohenheim or atlas. Whether you want to take it or not is up to you….
Hotaru: And speaking of taking, at first glance the colonel seems to rely much on his alchemy so you can say maybe his durability isn’t as good… but that’s not true at all. As we mentioned above, he’s getting stabbed by Bradley AND by Lust. Lust was able to penetrate Alphonse’s armor with her ultimate spear. And said armor has withstood Father’s massive blast which took this gigantic building.
Edward: Which measures its size and energy. The blast must’ve been equal to 30.5 kilotons!
Hotaru: He can even take his own explosions in the previous media, fullmetal alchemist 2003 and resist them by using his constructs in brotherhood. So is not that he’s too far in that regard even though isn’t his strong.
Edward: Don’t think he gets behind in fights without his alchemy. He’s a proficient and trained soldier with plenty of knowledge in several aspects. He’s taken down by a bunch of swordsmen who were trained to potentially be a future fuhrer.. Even if they weren’t at the same skill as Bradley they still received their respective education and the colonel beat them up with his bare hands!
Hotaru: Who could have told? His intelligence is also remarkable, being a user of the fire alchemy was a hard learn no matter how you see it, the strongest kind of alchemy after all. Learning about almost every element out in the periodic table needed and his own accuracy is to admire.
Edward: But what makes Roy is his incredible ability to strategize. He’s a master to fool down everyone with a bunch of charisma. Just as made everyone think he accidentally killed Maria Ross, or when he started a national strike. The colonel would always have his own backup idea if anything goes wrong. And he’s a good observer.
Hotaru: But just as compliments, the colonel can be just as easy to bypass in situations. Especially on rainy days which you wouldn’t see him do much….
Edward: Heh… It’s kinda funny admittedly to see him in such cases.
Hotaru: His alchemy, while incredibly powerful, isn't perfect. If an opponent is so close, he wouldn’t be able to use it, that’s what Envy kinda is sure of. And even if he’s extremely confident in his own ability as a leader. He would for sure need a back up in extreme situations, given his temper can be easily disrupted by something that reminds him of the past.
Edward: Scarred forever by his actions, with his best friend taken away and losing his vision and potential to be a fuhrer anytime soon. The colonel shows that no matter how hard the situation could be, he’s still gonna move forward to achieve his biggest dreams…. but most importantly, appreciate what he’s got to don’t leave himself by minor things.
Hotaru: Even mini skirts?
Edward: I feel that’s the only thing he’s definitely gonna leave himself-
Mikoto Leaves No Blood, No Bone and No Ash in DEATH BATTLE!![]
Cues: (K’s Theme)
Edward: The last great war devastated Japan. In view of making his country better, Daikaku Kokujoji stood upon the top to be someone who controlled his surroundings, both political, economic and diplomatic powers from the shadows.
Hotaru: After consolidating power, he launched a project for a powerful group of leaders for the future. Bright and strong, he named them in a very particular way ... the kings.
Edward: Nowadays, Shizume City might seem at first glance like one of the most technologically advanced cities in all of Japan. But almost hidden as city dwellers, everything has been thanks to the work of the powerful kings.
Hotaru: Apart from political power… What makes them stand out from the others?
Edward: Well you see, Hotaru, some time ago in the great war, a mysterious stone discovered in Bohemia in the Kanto region would be presented to Daikaku , together with his partner Adolf K. Weismann and his sister, Klaudia Weissman for their research in the so-called project Konig. To explain a series of mysterious miracles that some believers of the time thought so.
Hotaru: But after determining a particular seal whose activation required the five elements and whose conditions could put the lives of some at risk, Daikaku decided to seal it exactly in Kanto to keep it safe in addition to the bombings of 1945.: Time passed, and after Weissman's theories. The so-called dresden slate, would distribute its power to those who he considered strong enough and could not only deal with the responsibility, but transfer it.
Edward: These being the 7 kings identified under one color, over time there have been several who hold this title. But now in the present, we start with Adolf K. Weismann…. or Yashiro Isana currently, the silver king. Daikaku Kokujoji, the golden king. Reisi Munakata, the blue king. Nagare Hisui, the green king, Tenkei Iwafune the gray king, the mysterious and ambitious colorless king. And of course who we are gonna be talking about today, the red king, Mikoto Suoh.
Cues: (Return of the Kings)
Hotaru: Mikoto lost his parents at a young age, which is why he was raised by his grandfather instead. One day they both decided to go see the crater of Kugutsu Genji, the former Red King’s most destructive show of power. This experience in a way would lead him on the path to becoming king.
Edward: With such laziness however the title he won seems quite surprising to me, anyway he got different friends like Izumo Kusanagi in high school and Tatara Totsuka, a calm member and follower of his future clan residing in Izumo's bar, HOMRA.
Hotaru: Each king respectively has his team and, boy, Mikoto flourished this to its maximum splendor, even having to fight for his title at the beginning on behalf of a mysterious follower strain of Kugutsu Genji, and charging the abysmal power granted by this also after connecting somehow or another with the dresden slate.
Edward: This power is called Aura, and it is the one that allows each king to display a number of quite particular abilities and as you imagine, the characteristic of Mikoto's red aura is fire. But this fire is…. somewhat more powerful than expected, burning even beyond the very ashes.
Hotaru: Lazy and cocky, Mikoto remains in conflict with the blue king who would even go so far as to frame him for something he did not commit, imprisoning him in the prison of scepter 4, the blue clan.
Edward: But it would not be but time for the mysterious fox-shaped king as a messenger, the colorless king tried to persuade Mikoto after telling him about the death of his ally at the hands of a stranger ... This being very possibly Yashiro Isana. So in search of revenge, Mikoto would escape the clutches of Scepter 4 and find the one responsible for the death of his friend no matter what.
Hotaru: I wonder if Coconuts would avenge me too ..
Edward: Ehhhhh maybe? The thing is, teasing Mikoto is definitely not the best idea really. As a red king he is more than subject to being extremely destructive, as he has demonstrated multiple times.
Hotaru: That aura is almost like a microwave! Just a little demonstration of this can melt around you like nothing!
Edward: Hell ……… a microwave, how original ……
Hotaru: The red aura is thought, a bit more interesting than that, since the user can freely decide if it affects a certain object or not. Reason most of HOMRA decides to channel it through their combat weapons. For example a metal bar, swords, even a mere cigarette ashes can be used as a weapon!
Edward: But Mikoto decides to use it in the most badass way possible, with his own mere fists.
Cues: (K vs K)
Hotaru: But forget about what he’s capable of channeling it into. Mikoto can make much more than that. Since his aura can withspread a lot, he really knows how to control it in many ways, he can create shields, fire tornadoes, whole streams of it and even named an attack called the fire slash.
Edward: By using his aura in his left hand and pulling it close to him he can create a quick wave of fire sliced an entire clockwork tower in half. And surprisingly ain’t the craziest thing he’s done with it, remember what we said earlier about the colorless king? This had the ability to mentally control him, and he broke it from it with ease! Even Neko who’s strain power allowed to make illusions at her surroundings was pulled down by Mikoto’s sheer power.
Hotaru: Oh look, she's adorable! Cute kitty.
Edward: Almost……
Hotaru: But he’s not the only red aura user out there. Look at nobody but his successor. Anna Kushina, the new red queen was able to even grow a pair of wings, but unironically enough Mikoto doesn’t technically need them, since he can fly as well one way or another.
Edward: His flame bursts as well aren't a joke, shown by his weissman level registers he’s the most unstable king surprisingly. When he gets really pissed off his red aura becomes even more lethal, kinda almost like a bomb.
Hotaru: Is it that time again?
Edward: Yeah…. time to speak of his strength. Not surprised at all for what this thought guy can pull off. His gaze gives me vibes. I shouldn’t mess with him at all…...
Hotaru: His flames aren’t all red and neat. They’re quite dangerous, with a simple move of his hands, Mikoto was capable of obliterating a bunch of Scepter 4 prison walls. This given the aura can withspread around several meters. It’s heat obliterated the entrance and gigantic grids.
Edward: Is not even the only time he’s done this. In the past in his fight against Reisi his brute strength not only caused a gigantic crater by his mere step force. But as well burned several walls of a place turning them into nothing but a melting concrete.
Hotaru: And holy damn we can safely say Reisi didn’t have it good in that first fight. With a huge blast that by the way eclipsed an entire building, he went in the air so hard flew across two city blocks in an instant.
Edward: Reisi ain’t someone to joke with, given he’s given Mikoto a run out of his money multiple times after such. A highly skilled police in swordsmanship and nobody else than the blue king leader of scepter 4. He might not have a lot of feats but he’s got one is rather to consider. Using his blue aura he managed to stop Nagare Hisui’s lighting bolt collected from his entire clan’s green aura. Freezing it or turning it into solid crystal only to vanish it afterwards.
Hotaru: Woah! Almost like an ice beam!
Edward: This is rather impressive knowing the size of the Mihashira tower and how many meters tall it was.
Hotaru: He also has managed to hurt the Silver King himself, going all berserk after finding out he had the body of the one murdered Tatara Totsuka. His spread of red aura was such that it was seen from entire kilometers away from Ashinaka High school. Causing an enormous crater in a big part of the terrain of the island.
Edward: Measuring its size and the distance of the blast over all the island and considering nothing but dust was left. We can determine that Mikoto’s shown of his red aura must have been at least 1.15 kilotons of force.
Hotaru: Woah! Sugoi! Maths isn't my thing but seems the case you’re right. But SPOILER! even after his death by overuse of this aura. You can still technically argue for him to be potentially higher, remember what we told about Anna being his direct successor? Welp she’s been in a fight before with the green king himself! Nagare Hisui.
Edward: Nagare has shown to do pretty dangerous things, starting with the fact he’s fought against the direct leader of all kings, the golden king daikaku kokujoji. Their aura clash was such that just like Reisi’s show of aura above eclipsed a huge part of the mihashira tower. And speaking of which, in the second season K: Return of Kings, meanwhile trying to take the slate away with his clan, Scepter 4 tried to stop him by pulling an easy yet supposedly effective trap 0f exactly 100 iron walls. And guess how that went……
Hotaru: Did he just…..
Edward: Absolutely destroyed every single wall put? Yeah, and with no problem at all.
Hotaru: He’s quite fast as well. Mikoto has his own stuff if you are wondering, given he casually dodged bullets with his red aura shield, in fact is something most K characters are capable of.
Edward: Take an example of Reisi and Yashiro, who managed to react to the gray king’s bullets being powered by his aura. Nothing too impressive but when it comes to someone as expert in aiming as Iwafune is worth mentioning.
Hotaru: Or like Kuroh! Who has sliced one in half before while in a chase!
Edward: That’s right. Or for example the clansmen of scepter 4 who are so fast they seem to apparently disappear and appear….. like teleportation. Fushimi himself, one of the most notable out there, did so and not long afterwards cutted another bullet in half like if nothing. Same with older members like Mr Zenjo, who reacted cleanly to a large caliber anti material rifle of a rival sniper of JUNGLE from the opposite building.
Hotaru: But it seems that none like Misaki…. cute name.
Edward: Misaki or well……. Yata. Dodged a bullet directly in his face, then given the distance and the speed assumed to be said weapon, he’s moving at the very least at Mach 5.7.
Hotaru: That’s right, he’s also outran some explosions has he right?
Edward: Yep! In their conflict in K:Missing Kings to be specific. And looking kinda cool not gonna lie….. that skateboard rocks. And speaking of rock…… I think it is time we speak of his durability, what is odd to say….. he isn’t the most notable?
Hotaru: Mikoto has been able to jump from several meters into the air twice, once from a gigantic noria and the other from a second roof of a mall. Impressive? But nothing as the time he resisted getting thrown meters away by Reisi as if nothing! Such caused entire walls to get blown apart.
Edward: His barriers should be just as comparable as Anna Kushina’s, who managed to resist the green king’s incredibly powerful lighting bolt of JUNGLE’s green aura.
Hotaru: Even one of his lowest clansmen like Yata survived an explosion at close range that obliterated a big part of a wall.
Edward: Is notable to say the difference between a king and a clansman is massive. Take in count then, regular clansmen of scepter 4 and HOMRA are this powerful….. then multiply that by two and you get the clansmen of JUNGLE, who have managed to handle with relative ease the before mentioned. And they are still nothing in comparison to a king.
Hotaru: By far the only person we have registered to be able to match a king’s power is either the strains or curiously enough Mr Zenjo. Former clansmen of Jin Habari scepter 4. But even then, it was under specific situations this happened..
Edward: A good king doesn’t have the title simply for having it, despite his unorthodox technique and technically not having formal training. Mikoto is more than able to kick ass on his own, growing almost as we can consider a bully, Suoh seems to be a good hand to hand fighter. Even despite his often lack of motivation to do stuff, in his first fighted matched trained users of kendo like scepter 4.
Hotaru: Scepter 4 as the main police trope, has been going through intense training for years, maybe not as much as the golden king’s rabbits who have paid loyalty and look almost like shinobus but still worth mentioning.
Edward: To put it even worse, the disciple of the expert Ichigen Miwa former Colorless King, Kuroh Yatogami absolutely got slapped with relative ease against Mikoto, you could argue if it was part of his mood to have trashed him away but that shouldn’t be entirely true.
Hotaru: Kuroh has fought genuinely big threats before and has almost the same skill of Yukari Mishakuji, who has been able to completely outclass many clansmen.
Hotaru: But unfortunately for our red king, Mikoto across the story has been subject to many weaknesses. Being his main element of all kings and such objects than by their words, “disciplines them”. The sword of damocles is a two edged blade. In quite some meanings.
Edward: The sword of damocles is one of the first signs of all kings, given is a literally huge sword in the sky floating! This sword has a specific system that shows the state of the king’s Weissmann level. The Weissmann value is a specific rate used by most clans to determine the king’s stability and aura, which let's say…. Mikoto has one of the most unstable ranges.
Hotaru: So in order to discipline the king after a power exhaustion, in an event known as the damocles down. Just like what happened with Kagutsu Genji, the former red king. The sword automatically kills down the king.
Edward: At first it might not be that bad when you realize such was responsible for the most destructive event in Japan’s story. The kagutsu crater took down the south kanto region in 100 kilometers. And hell, it is even stated by Jin Habari who was in mid-event. If he didn’t get killed beforehand, his own Damocles down would cause a chain reaction with the other kings to destroy the entirety of japan.
Hotaru: Jeez…. Rather unfortunate as it is. One thing is for sure, after a fair revenge completed at the cost of his own life at Munakata’s hands. Mikoto would always prove that, no matter his position or power, nothing of such is gonna define him as who he is or his clansmen. Then hopefully Anna Kushina would follow.
DEATH BATTLE!![]
Cues: (Wiz & Boomstick)
Edward: All right the combatants are set, let’s end this debate once and for all……
Hotaru: It’s time for a FIRE BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cues: (Flames of the Fallen)
(By Strange Fate)
Central (Amestris)
3:30 PM
Through one of the corridors of the central command, the fire alchemist, Roy Mustang, was walking with his hands behind, firm and with a slight smile on his face. Next to him, a blonde woman with tied hair and a serious expression, this was Riza Hawkeye, his assistant, carrying some papers in hand that seemed to be important.
Riza: Roy, we have news.
Roy: Oh? And what could those be?
Riza: Reports of an alchemy user assassin on the loose, not far from here.
Roy: It's not something new, but at least we can count that it's definitely not Scar again. We will take action on the matter so we will get going as soon as possible, call the guys and put them in action, I have a meeting later.
Riza: Several alchemists we sent were severely injured. So I doubt our team can answer.
Roy: Really? Okay, I'll go along with them. Keep the perimeter secure. Let's catch this psycho red-handed.
Riza: At your orders.
In a matter of minutes the corps of alchemists went to the streets of the city in search of answers, finding the whereabouts once and for all ... .. or so they believed. What they found left them somewhat stunned indeed.
Ross: Colonel! Come on, it seems we finally found the scene!
Roy: Amazing, now let me see-
But in what appeared to be an ordinary alley with scattered bloodstains and the corpse of a roasted citizen, a red-haired man was lying not far away on a wooden bench while smoking a cigar. This was nothing more than the red king and leader of HOMRA, Mikoto Suoh.
Mikoto had served justice once more on his own account, taking action with these embracing red flames from him, thus stopping the criminal just in time for him to commit another incident.
Unaware of his action however, Mustang found the lazy man's attitude unworthy. Responding with a bit of anger on his face.
Roy: Hey! You! What the hell do you think you're doing lying there? We are in the middle of an investigation!
The alchemists followed him, thinking among themselves if they had found the person responsible, to which Riza responded negatively, since the description did not fully match the subject in question.
Mikoto didn't respond to the fire alchemist's exclamations, seeming not to care at all.
Roy: Are you listening to me ?! These are the words of a state alchemist in case you don't realize it!
(He seems to be one more hard head, but I have a feeling that this is not the responsible, however the mere fact that he appears here as if nothing is suspicious. His aura also gives a bad feeling.)
Mikoto calmly replied.
Mikoto:… Yes, I hear you. So?
Roy: Citizens shouldn't be in the middle of military affairs! I suggest you please be more considerate… and get out of here now!
Taking a breath, Mikoto from the palm of his fingers grabbed the cigarette he had in that instant, covered it with his red aura and threw it directly at Roy.
Mikoto: Shut up ……!
Mustang reacted instantly to the attack by sliding his fingers away, generating a rapid ignition. Mikoto gets up from his nap, his gaze seemed serene as always but he had a smug smile. A red aura surrounds him, Roy looks at him strangely as a huge sword appears in the sky.
Roy: What the heck ...?
Mikoto: Some things are better not to ask, Mr. Alchemist. Get out before things get ugly.
Roy: Hah! As if that were part of me.
Some of the HOMRA boys witnessed the appearance of their king's sword and made their way incessantly to the place.
Yata: Mister Mikoto! What the hell is going on?
Kusanagi: Mikoto! What's it all about?
Mikoto: Get away …… Now.
They nodded knowing that alchemists did too.
Roy: So that's the way things are…. Very well.
Mustang adjusted his glove.
Roy: Show me what you're capable of.
Mikoto:… .. With pleasure!
The red king manifested his aura in his fists and went quickly towards Mustang who reacted with a quick flare, Mikoto immediately dodged it as he attacked Roy. The alchemist reacted to each attack of his opponent, there were 1, there were 2 and there were 3 blows that the HOMRA leader wanted to give him, while in an unexpected event Mustang kicked Mikoto, sending him meters back.
Snap!
It was the sound of another Mustang attack. But in response to that, the red king expanded his aura, turning it into a barrier of fire thus completely ignoring the alchemist's attempt to wound him.
Roy: Damn…!
Mikoto: Heh. How do you see it?
He said as he had a confident laugh. The colonel in response using both of his gloves exerted different explosions seeking to break the red king's defense, managing to crack while smoke overcame the building on the side. Mikoto reacted instantly, dispersing the barrier, burning its surroundings and breaking some glass.
Mustang: You're not an alchemy user at all. Who are you?
Mikoto: You have a lot of questions don’t you.....
Placing both hands on his head, Mikoto releases a tornado of fire towards Mustang, who instantly created a barrier of fire powerful enough to dissolve the attack, Mikoto leapt towards Roy, the force being such that it broke the asphalt, Mustang tried to generate a spark but Mikoto's speed was overwhelming him so he opted to draw his gun instead.
Roy: Thank you Amestris government for preserving these....
Mustang fired towards Mikoto, which charred the bullet by blocking it with his red aura.
Roy: Well...why would an alchemist require these anyways?
Riza: HEY!
He threw the gun and parried a blow from Suoh with his elbows, he was finding it somewhat impossible to keep up, so looking to the side he used a quick flare that blew up a light pole, sending the remains towards the red king who took him by surprise, pushing Mustang backwards making him fall, with his fists in red aura he launched an attack to char the rest of pole. But the colonel taking advantage of the fact that he lowered the guard instantly sent another explosion against Mikoto’s eyes, sending him meters back, Mikoto left a slight scream of pain.
Roy: Right on target. Now, I think it would be a good opportunity for you to value yourself as a person and tell me once and for all who the hell you are?
Mikoto: I'm just someone who happened to be passing by. Who potentially fell victim to a madman who was stalking my men. So as the red king I made my move....
Roy: Red king?! I had never heard of such a title. But whatever it is, you shouldn't have taken action of your own, let alone if it involves possibly greater evil!
Mikoto: It doesn't matter who is in my way or whoever is in charge. They got in my way and paid.....
The red king stood up, taking off his jacket, his eyes turned demon red and a lot of aura surrounded him.
Mikoto: Just like you will!
Roy gritted his teeth and his eyes soon turned furious. But turning to smile again, the fire alchemist felt somewhat more confident to respond.
Roy: Are you so sure about that? Then let's put it to the test.
The red king unleashed his aura all over the street, burning houses, buildings and properties. HOMRA was not far away fighting Mustang's alchemist corps.
Yata: You can do it Mr. Mikoto!
Riza: Don't let your guard down!
Lieutenant Hawkeye manages to shoot at HOMRA's vanguard, who in one swift move manages to parry with his bat.
Roy blocks the incredible amount of ashes coming at him, the aura is about to catch him and probably carbonize him, but looking around he finds a fire hydrant.
Roy: Got it!
The fire alchemist jumps back, and before the aura could destroy the hydrant, Mustang sent an explosion towards it.
Mikoto: Hm?
A stream of water is able to neutralize the aura for an instant, but Mikoto still manages to vaporize it. But stopping him was not Mustang's primary plan.
Roy: They don't call me an alchemist for nothing.......!
Crouching down the colonel comes in contact with the water, separating its components and making a flammable gas with the hydrogen, then grabbing his partner Havoc's lighter, he manages to generate an explosion big enough to counteract the red king's shield, breaking it in the process and sending Mikoto against the ground weakened.
Mikoto: B-Bastard.....
Out of the smoke a silhouette is seen by Suoh, furious, determined and with his military uniform in tatters. Roy finds his opponent once again.
Roy: Did you think this would end so suddenly? My name is Roy! Roy Mustang! And I will be the future führer no matter what it takes! I won't let someone like you interfere with that!
Mikoto: Very interesting your monologue... But unlike you.... I wasn't looking to become this..... I... Mikoto Suoh.... I will fight for my own.... so that in the future, follow in the right footsteps ... but more importantly.... remember who you really are. So, you can swallow your title. I don't care!
Mikoto regained energy, his Damocles sword looking more and more worn out. And with his fists on fire, he moved at high speed to strike Roy, who dodged him a first time but didn't see a kick in the face coming. Mustang spat blood but with a headbutt he countered Mikoto, the red king smiled as he pushed with his head back.
Mikoto: Hey! Hey! So you know more tricks than your flames don't you? That's AWESOME!
The red king managed to overpower Roy's strength, who was sent meters back. Mustang created swirls of fire in which Mikoto was surrounded, but placed his hand on his head. Mikoto used his primordial technique.
Mikoto: FLAME SLASH!
An aura wave was sent at maximum speed against Roy who didn't have time to react, being sent into a building, splitting its back. Now on a rooftop, the colonel was badly wounded. It was a miracle if he had survived that attack.
Roy: I still can't figure out what kind of power that is ...... But I guess I won't have other choice...
The red king had jumped high enough to reach the roof. Mustang didn't seem to understand how the hell.
Roy: ..... I think I should sign up for the same training program as this guy.
Mikoto: Heh.....
But going past the comic relief, Mustang used truth alchemy in that instant creating pillars that were directed at Mikoto. With his aura he managed to burn some of them, the next one with a tornado kick he managed to break it. Mustang created two walls in front of him, Mikoto was going to kick them but just at that moment they turned orange and then exploded in front of him. Mikoto was surprised to tell the truth. And Mustang proceeded to generate a wide path of fire all over the roof, making Suoh unable to react in due time as he fell in flame after flame, but in fury he managed to clear them with his own display of red aura.
Kamamoto: His sword .... is getting weaker and weaker!
Yata: What? No way!
HOMRA: MR. MIKOTO! COME BACK! DON'T CONTINUE SERIOUSLY!
Mikoto: .... No......
Suoh said firmly.
Mikoto: Are you saying that I'm your king because I know how to run away from things, right?
The red king extended his shield again, concentrating all his anger to make it explode.
Roy: Shit.... Now what I’m supposed to do.....
Mikoto: Am I right?!
BOOM!
The roof was blown into multiple pieces, the building collapsed, smoke and ash flew across the scene. A huge crater had formed on the block, the squad of alchemists and HOMRA surrounded the place to find out what the hell awaited them.
Riza: ROY!!!
Said the lieutenant as she ran worriedly.
From all this destruction, lay Mustang on the ground completely wounded and full of burns and scratches, dropping blood from his head. His fury kept him standing, looking at his hands.... his gloves had been completely charred.
On the other hand, Suoh was sweating a lot as his breathing was agitated to great levels. He looked completely devastated and had equal scratches. His damocles sword was worn out and was sparkling like a damaged telephone.
Mikoto: ... Turn around and go back to your own. Seems like it would be a better option than turning you to ashes.....
Roy: It might be an option... but just like you...I will never turn my back on the people...if someone like you is still standing.... I could never forgive myself.....
Mikoto: Then..... face your destiny.......
Roy: .... as you say.... mr red king.....
Mikoto took a huge breath as he released all of his aura and began to concentrate it into a single massive attack. Just like the one that took out Yashiro Isana. His look was one of pride, a smile even though he knew it would cost him everything.
Mikoto: No Blood.......
Roy, for his part taking the blood falling from his head, generated a transmutation circle on both hands.
Mikoto: No Bone......
Pulling out a pair of matches, Roy prepared to generate a powerful spark.
Roy: ..... Goodbye.......
Mikoto: No............. ASH!!!!!!
The red king launched an attack of colossal magnitude, a flare that completely surpassed anything Roy had ever seen before, but not losing faith and with a determined look, Mustang generated two huge dragons the instant he lit his matches.
Both attacks collided, trying to overtake each other with fervor, the dragons colliding with the massive display of red aura as everything around them ignited in red and orange flames, ash, dust and smoke filled the scene as Mikoto exerted his greatest strength...until he simply succumbed..... It was the hour of judgment. The sword of Damocles above the stage trembled until it began to fall.
Yata: D-DAMOCLES DOWN?!!!! It can't be! Mr. Mikoto get out of there!!!!! MR. MIKOTO!!!
Riza: Mmm? What?
Kain: What do you mean by damocles down?
Kusanagi: This place is going to get blown to smithereens!!!! We have to act before-
Being overpowered by the dragons who returned his attack... Mikoto was filled with red aura and Roy's flames that consumed him... Still having a smile on his face... Mikoto uttered the following words.
Mikoto: .... Looks like I won't be able to show you that beautiful red again..... Anna.....
The red king gets charred in the process. Ending it all with an explosion that devastated an entire city block. General Mustang falls exhausted against the ground, Lieutenant Hawkeye, Sergeant Kain, and Specialist Heymans came to him instantly. While looking in the direction of where Mikoto was moments ago..... Only a steel piercing with a bit of red aura had remained...this red aura slowly dissipated....
K.O!!!!
Results[]
Hotaru: NOOOO!!! Mikoto!!!
Edward: One way or another I….. I think he was destined to die anyway…. But honestly this match, while not an easy one to determine, was pretty solidly in Roy’s favor.
Hotaru: Starting with their skill, there was no doubt Roy should’ve taken this. His multiple years of military training and studies easily outclassed Mikoto, who outside his school studies…. had no real knowledge fully of the control of his aura.
Edward: Even when the latter had experience against trained and deductive swordsmen like Reisi Munakata, Roy was not gonna fall from the same trick all over again as the time passed. His intellect has gotten him to surpass tricky situations multiple times even with opponents surpassing him in range like Lust.
Hotaru: If we gave a point to Mikoto, should be the fact than his hand to hand was the best in this case, Roy wasn’t holding back in his own, but given the multiple instances he’s got to rely in his alchemy in comparison of Mikoto who’s main gimmick is fighting in close range…. Roy was gonna have it hard.
Edward: And is that…. the colonel was not so surprisingly outclassed in raw physical strength. I mean he’s barely got to fight some soldiers and knock them down, Mikoto with his mere kicks has got to cause a whole crater and send people flying away.
Hotaru: But what Roy held instead was his fire power, you see. The red aura might be much more deadlier than the fire alchemy in both range and defense given Roy had no real options himself outside spamming his explosions, but in regard to who's done more damage. Roy had this in the bag. One of his casual combustions destroyed a gigantic boulder which would require at least 102 tons of TNT. Mikoto’s best show of red aura against Yashiro Isana, the silver king. Which required at least 1.15 kilotons of TNT, over 1000 tons of difference. Homever context is important, and while Mikoto had to push his entire show of aura that was gonna result in Damocles Down, Roy has done his feats much more easily.
Edward: And this is when the colonel’s max gets shown. Not only he has…. stomped me and surely could with Alphonse, and he took Father’s unexpected attack which took at least 30.5 kilotons of TNT….. over 29 kilotons of difference to Mikoto’s best shown. Even scaling Mikoto to his rival Reisi Munakata who got to freeze Nagare’s lighting bolt which measured its size and the time it took, we got to determine this must have taken at minimum 5.24 kilotons of TNT. still 25 times less greater than Father’s big kaboom. And if you’re still iffy, think about it. Father got defeated by me hand to hand, I have been taken down multiple times by him. Father was the literal embodiment of a philosopher stone and the one who was responsible for the creation of the homunculi, the same can likely match Kimblee who owns even a bigger feat and town destruction statements, especially Pride shouldn’t really be too far because he’s taken Alphonse with a philosopher stone. And all of them should still be under Father himself.
Hotaru: Their speed was the factor where they both kind of matched even if you don’t consider their…. odd lighting timings. Roy should scale at least to the fuhrer Bradley, who’s feats of blitzing people in the blink of an eye give him at the very least mach 11. But Mikoto wasn’t too far himself, given he should be leagues above his vanguard, Yata Misaki and his feat of mach 5.7, or Mr Zenjo, even Saruhiko Fushimi who as a member of the blue clan should be as fast his partners. All of those who have been taken down by other characters such as Sukuna Gojo or Kuroh Yatogami, and remember when Kuroh even tried to land a hit in Mikoto?
Edward: He didn’t stand a single chance…. All of this means Mikoto could run just as a similar tier to Roy in that regard. But now you all must be wondering, but Edward what about the Damocles down? the same event destroyed 100 kms worth of 2.84 gigatons of TNT? shouldn’t that be above anything roy has faced? For one instance. Yes, the Damocles down should pretty much destroy Roy without a doubt, but here’s the thing. Mikoto would pretty much die, it has been clear across the story that this event surpasses even the king’s own will like what happened to Kagutsu Genji himself, who got turned into ashes. Jin Habari withstood it’s effects for a bit, but even then he ended up dying by hands or Mr Zenjo given if he didn’t, another Damocles Down was gonna happen. Mikoto cannot scale this by any means.
Hotaru: While this might seem like a tie in case, there’s ways to avoid the Damocles down destruction. One is clashing the sword against the dresden slate just as Yashiro, and the other…. is killing the king directly, just as Reisi got to do when Mikoto ran out of his full power at the end of the first season of K. So with enough power, durability and techniques were gonna last way longer to overwhelm Mikoto’s defenses and power, Roy only needed to pull a good explosion to end this right in the point.
Edward: Mikoto may be a brave warrior on his own and the red aura was something incredibly deadly. But Roy’s intelligence, comparable speed and bigger fire power allowed him to pull the victory in this fight.
Hotaru: At the end you could say….. Mikoto’s chances of victory snapped away.... leaving no blood, no bone and no…. ashes.
Edward: The winner is Roy Mustang.