Special Collab Chapter: Battle Witches!

Luz's attire in this story: A red sleeveless open  hoodie/hoodie vest, black sports tank top that goes to her stomach, dark  blue shorts, black leggings to her calves and black steel toed slip on  sneakers.

Luz's Glyph Gloves: Wrist length  grayish black gloves with a texture mix of paper and leather, smooth yet  tough. (Taken by Lilith in last chapter)

Light Glyph: Located on the palm, below the middle and ring fingers, center.

Fire Glyph: Located on the palm, in the area below the thumb.

Plant Glyph: Located on the palm, above the wrist at the base of the hand below the center of the palm.

Ice Glyph: Located on the palm, in the area between the thumb and pointer finger.

Power Glyph (symbol of Construction Coven): Located on the back of right hand.

Healing Glyph (symbol of the Healing Coven): Located on the back of left hand.

Her Kickboxing stance: Fists in front of her face, knees slightly bent, right foot back and her left foot forward.

The human kickboxer was resting inside of the owl house with a towel in her hand and a pitcher of water on the table. It had been two days since the petrification ceremony and since she saved Eda, Lilith, and King. Since then, school had closed and everyone decided to lay low just in case Belos tried something for them. Since then, Luz had been surprisingly busy. Since sharing her glyph gloves, she had been teaching Eda and Lilith the glyphs she discovered until now and all of the combinations she's made with her gloves. It was surprisingly hard work and Luz was enjoying her break at the moment as she wiped her brow.

"Dang, I never thought being a MAGIC teacher would be harder than being a KICKBOXING teacher but at least Eda and Lilith are happy to still have magic." Luz said to herself.

Grabbing the pitcher from the table and taking a deep sip of water, Luz was enjoying the drink to regain her strength before a knocking came to the door. Putting the pitcher down, Luz looked at it with curiosity.

"Mmm? Hooty, who's at the door?"Luz asked but she didn't seem to get a reply as she rose an eye brow, normally Hooty would normally reply by now.

Or even open fully in his annoying way while singing a ding dong doorbell song. Something was wrong with this, something was VERY wrong.

"Hooty?" Luz asked, putting the pitcher back on the table before she got up and walked to the door as the knocking came again.

The kickboxer opened the door but so no one there? So where do the knocking come from? There wasn't even anything left in the door like when Bat Queen made them babysit her kids.

"Hello? Hello? Anyone there?" Luz asked as she looked around for anyone, slowly growing irritated. "If this is some sort of joke, knock knock jokes are NOT funny!"

Walking out of the house and looking for the source, Luz heard rustling in the forest and turn to it! That could be the prankster!

"There you are!" Luz shouted as she ran towards the rustling!

Luz was determined to find whoever pulled this prank and give them a piece of her mind! Alas, what she found wasn't a person but a sudden portal appearing in front of her!

She tried to stop but the force was too much and Luz was suddenly pulled inside! She screamed as she was flung through a tunnel of mixing colors, a bright shining end coming up quickly as Luz covered her eyes from the radiance of it! Before Luz could prepare herself, she had face planted on the ground of a grassy plain after being spat out by the portal.

'Ow.' Luz thought in pain before she heard someone walking towards her.

"Hey, you okay?" a voice asked her.

Pushing herself up and looking up from the ground, Luz saw that the figure that came to help her and locked eyes with her was revealed.......to be another Luz?!

"What?!" Luz asked in shock.

Luz quickly got up and jumped back as her doppelganger did the same, watching her with curiosity as she took in her appearance. Luz saw that her mysterious twin was wearing clothes like a martial artist; a skin tight black shirt, white pants tied with a purple sash, and black tai chi shoes. The most noticeable feature of her was that her eyes, the scleras, flashed purple for a moment.

"Woah! Who are you?!" "Martial Artist" Luz asked.

"I'm Luz Noceda, who the hell are you?!" Luz demanded as she pointed to her copy!

The copy gasped dramatically as she put a hand on her chest.

"Rude! There's no need for that kind of language! And how can you be me? I'm Luz Noceda and you dress and act nothing like me! Are you a Basilisk? Someone from the Emperor's Coven in disguise?!" She said, clenching her fists like she was ready to fight.

"I was thinking the exact same thing about you! Now drop the disguise and tell me where I am, before knock all your teeth out!" She said as she got into her fighting stance and bounced on her feet.

If this faker wanted a fight, Luz was ready to give it one! The faker took notice of Luz's stance before she moved her arms to flow fluidly like water as she got into a stance of her own.

The copy motioned her hand in a way to dare Luz to attack first, waving her hand to herself. Luz growled at the challenge but kept her cool, this was an unknown opponents so she had to be smart. She bounced forward slowly, wanting to get within range before making a move. Her opponent noticed that her expression and remained in a calm position, she must've known of Luz's kickboxing style. Luz could see the smile on her face, feeling confidence coming from it like she could beat her.

'Oh you bitch!' Luz thought as her opponent charged with her fist at the ready! 'Here she comes!'

Luz charged as well, moving to reel her own fist back to counter punch.....only to feint and throw a low kick! The kick landed, making the copy flinch, before she was grabbed by the head and slammed face first to the ground! Her opponent jumped back as  Luz grunted from the slam into the ground, feeling her nose was broken before she pushed herself up from the ground!

"Urgh! You dirty mother-!" Luz said as she moved her left hand to her nose, she tapped the healing glyph on the back up her glove.

Her hand was coating with purple magic as she fixed her nose while healing it as well. It was painful but it was soothed thanks to the healing magic until she was done. After her nose was fixed, Luz stood up and glared at the copy before seeing the a deck of glyph cards in her hand.

"Oh, so you know of the glyphs too? Well too bad for you, cause I got something better."Luz said as she smirked and pushed the fire glyphs with her thumbs, igniting her gloved hands in flames. "Say hello to my glyph gloves."

Instead of being intimidated, the copy Luz gasped in awe as she gazed at her gloves.

"Glyph Gloves?! That's so cool!" she said before she shook her head and got serious.

The copy ran towards Luz while using an ice and plant glyph, launching large vines and ice spikes towards her.

'OH shit!' Luz thought before her copy jumps over a dozen feet into the air, doing a serious number of front flips while firing a barrage of fire balls with her fire glyphs.

Thinking quickly at seeing the barrage of attacks, Luz blasted fire to the ground to fly in the air to dodge the vines and ice spike! Now faced with the fireballs, Luz pushed the fire glyph in her right hand and ice glyph on her left hand before putting them together to launched a stream of water to counter! This made a field of steam that blinded both of them! Blasting into the steam with her gloves, Luz prepared to through the first hit until she put her arms up to block a barrage of attacks! Luz could barely react at the high speed they were at as they began free falling!

'I'm not gonna quit!' Luz thought as she pushed the power glyph on the back of her right glove!

Luz felt a rush of power flow as her strength increased and she began fighting back with her on barrage! Her hits might have been slower but the power behind them was higher. The copy Luz got hit a few times, but most of the punches were being dodged and deflected before she grabbed Luz by her red sleeveless hoodie.

'What the FUUUU?!' Luz thought before they began spinning around a bit before she was used to break their fall.

"GAH!" Luz yelped in pain, feeling her bones breaking and shifting!

"Sorry about that, but this is a fight, so . . . yeah." The copy says, being awkward for some reason before Luz punches her a few feet away.

A normal person would be knocked out from a power glyph infused punch but this "martial artist" Luz just shrugged it off like a normal punch!

"Ow!" She said before noticing the glyph gloves. "Wait, are you using a power glyph from the Construction Coven?"

"Yeah, my gloves can be imprinted by patch glyphs too. What of it?" Luz said, still in great pain but powered through it to stand up.

Using the magic boosting aspect of the Power Glyph, Luz used the Healing glyph to heal her body back to an almost normal state. A few bruises remained and her stamina hadn't changed either but she could still fight.

"I also got a few more tricks up my sleeve!" Luz shouted, pressing the plant glyph and punching the ground to send a wave of plant magic around the grassy field!

The ground shook like an earthquake before large vines grew behind her and formed a giant green fist!

"Say hello to Nature's Wrath!" Luz said with a smirk.

"So cool!" Fake Luz says with excitement, geeking out as the giant green fist smashes her to the ground. "Ow."

Luz got up and rolled her shoulders as she approached the crater, seeing her copy lying in it.

"Are you done yet? Ready to give up?" Luz asked.

The copy Luz gets up like the hit was nothing, dusting herself off before she gave a challenging glare to Luz.

"Not even close."She says, getting into her fighting stance once more, motioning her hand as a challenge again.

Luz had to silently admit, this  doppelgänger was tough but she wasn't going to stop until she beat her. She may have been faster but Luz could still keep up.

"Fine by me." Luz said as she glared back.

Getting back into her fighting stance, Luz moved closer as they looked eyes and didn't look anywhere else. It was a stalemate as were inches away from each before they clashed with barrage again! Both dodged as many as they could while continuing to land a blow on the other!

Their fight dragged on for about 15 minutes as their stalemate hadn't changed at all until Luzs were bloodied and bruised. All they could do now was attempt to fire one more punch as they reeled their fists back.

"YAAAAAAH!" They both screamed they simultaneously punched each other in the face, blood spilled from their mouths before they both fell to the ground on their backs.

Both of them breathed heavily, coughing a bit as they stared at the sky.

"Ow....I can't move." "Martial Arts" Luz said as she spat out a little blood to the left.

"Ugh, me neither." Luz said as she took shallow breathes.

"I guess . . . it's a tie." other Luz said as she coughed a bit. "You want a truce? Because I'm starting to think this is a multiverse type situation. You know what I mean?"

Luz had to think on that theory and it does sound possible. She was brought to a world where magic and demons were real, so why wouldn't the multiverse theory be real?"

"Multiverse, as in the theory of multiple universes with big or small differences? Yeah, that might be it. Sure, truce." Luz said with a nod, no longer wanting to fight.

The two Luzs continued to rest, occasionally coughing as they didn't move from their spots on the ground. A few minutes past before they gained the strength to sit up and move to lean back to back against each.

"So....how exactly did you end up here? I got sucked in through this random portal after chasing someone for a ding dong ditch." Luz said as she used her healing glyph but healed the "copy" as a sign of good will.

"I had just finished teaching Eda, King and Lilith my martial arts. They headed inside the owl house while I stayed out to train. But then this portal showed up and sucked me in and then I ended here, meeting you."She said as she turned her head to look towards Luz. "So . . . you're a Kickboxer?"

"Yeah, I am." Luz said with a short nod. "So, if you don't mind me asking, what martial arts do you practice? Your fighting style isn't anything I've ever seen or heard of."

"Oh, I don't mind. As for my fighting style, I practice the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. I was taught by the creator and master, Bang." M.A. Luz said to K.B. Luz.

(M.A. Luz = Martial Arts Luz, K.B. Luz = Kickboxer Luz)

K.B. Luz snorted before chuckling a bit as she looked towards her alternate self.

"Your teacher's name is "Bang?"" K.B. Luz said with a hearty chuckle.

"Yeah, I guess it is kinda weird. I'm not as proficient as master Bang, but I've also been taught the Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist by Master Bang's brother, Bomb." M.A. Luz said to her.

K.B. Luz laughed louder as she held her stomach in pain but it was worth it!

"Oh my god! Who names their kids "Bang" and "Bomb?!"K.B. Luz  said as M.A. Luz just shrugged, slowly regaining her composure."So, you said you practice this . . . Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist first?"

"And Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist." M.A. Luz added with her finger up.

"Yeah, that too. It's weird though. I've never heard of these martial arts styles before now." K.B. Luz said.

"Well . . . anything's possible in a multiverse, so maybe my fighting styles don't exist in your universe?" M.A. Luz questioned to her.

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense. If they did excise in my universe, a lot of people would be using it. The way you fight, it's like you have real life super powers." K.B. Luz said with a smirk, finishing healing M.A. Luz before moving to heal herself.

"That's because both martial arts push your body to the limit and build you up stronger than ever before. It feels like you die from the training but if you can endure it, you'll be stronger than ever before." M.A. Luz said with passion in her voice.

"Damn. With a pitch like that, I would want to train in it too." K.B. Luz said with slight envy, though she then bit her lip a little as she had a new question in mind. "If you don't mind me asking, what drove you to learn Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist?"

M.A. Luz went silent for a moment before she took a breath and released it to relax herself. Whatever her story was, it must've been a heavy one.

"Well . . . I was 10 years old when I saw the dojo. I joined because I thought it was pretty cool. And I was pretty good at Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist for my age. But then things kinda changed when I was 13, last year. Master Bang was out running an errand while me and the other students of all ages were practicing. But then the guy next to me, Garou. He just stopped practicing, saying that he's finished and that there's nothing left for him to learn. He then said that we should fight for real." M.A. Luz said as she paused for a bit, looking to the sky. "Garou then started attacking all the adult students at the dojo, beating them to a pulp like nothing. I panicked and the kids were scared, so I quickly gathered them up and had them run away to the exit. But before we could get there, Garou got in our way . . . covered in blood. The kids were afraid and I tried to stand up to Garou."

She paused for a second time, feeling her breathing beginning to rise as K.B. Luz noticed her mood change.

"You need a minute?" she asked as M.A. Luz shook her head.

"I-I'm good. Anyway, before I could even make a move, Garou grabbed me by the face and slammed me to the dojo floor. I tried to get him off of me, but he was too strong. He then lifted his fist and punched the floor just inches away from my head before I could even blink." M.A. Luz said before she took a deep breath. "I was so traumatized, Garou could've killed me easily, but he told me that a pipsqueak like me isn't worth his time. I'm not ashamed to admit that I cried and, um . . . peed my pants. It wasn't long after that when Master Bang returned. He then fought Garou, giving him a beating before kicking him out of the dojo. Garou ran away before the police and ambulances showed up. Mom came to pick me up and brought me home. The adult students were beaten to near death and hospitalized while the kids were traumatized. The police searched for Garou, but I guess he skipped town afterwards."

"Damn, that sounds horrible. I can't imagine coming face to face with a monster like that. I mean, I could if I had to." K.B. Luz said, remembering having to face Grom and Belos.

"Yeah, he was pretty scary. So about a week after Garou's rampage, I decided I'd go back to the dojo. I went in and saw that Master Bang was cleaning the floors by himself. He told me that everyone quit the dojo after what Garou did. I was the only one who came back. I knew that Master Bang was getting old and that his dojo has been around for generations. So I decided to continue being Master Bang's student, I plan on mastering the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and teach it to the next generation of martial artists so Master Bang's style doesn't die with him." M.A. Luz says, standing up and clenching her fist as she looks up to the sky with a determined face before looking to K.B. Luz. "So what about you? How'd you end up becoming a Kickboxer?"

K.B. Luz gazed down, taking a slow breath as she continued to heal herself. She had told this story before and she had conquered her fear at Grom, but it still shook her to the core to remember.

"It all started when I was 6 years old. I was just a silly little kid and my mom had taken me to my first Comic-Con, I was dressed as a cat girl and exploring the convention with my mom. It was good at first but we got separated and I wandered around looking for her." K.B. Luz began her story.

"But you eventually found mom, right?" M.A. Luz asked, interrupting her.

"Yeah....but not after someone found me and "helped" me. I was too young to notice but he lead me away from the crowd to the back of the convention center where it was empty. I asked where mom was but he just pushed me down and looked at me with these crazy and deranged look on his face. You can guess what he tried to do, right?" K.B. Luz told her alternate self.

M.A. Luz gasped in shock, covering her mouth as a horrified look befell her eyes. This version of her was almost.....almost....

"Please, tell me you weren't..." M.A. Luz said, begging for it not toe be THAT answer.

"I wasn't. Mom was looking for me too and got help from security, they came and tackled him off before he could get my costume off. But that day, I lost my innocence and it haunted me for months. Causing me to push everyone away out of fear, not wanting to be left alone, and I even cowered from mom's touch once. Afterwards, I went to see a therapist and was given a suggestion of finding something that gave me control again and push the fear away. That could build my confidence back up again, after that I signed up for Junior Kickboxing classes. Been in them ever since and it helped but it made me a bit of a knucklehead." K.B. Luz said as she tapped her head a bit.

M.A. Luz couldn't help but cry as tears steamed down her face, that was the more horrifying story she had ever heard.

"I'm so sorry that almost happened to you!"She says, giving K.B. Luz the biggest hug she could muster as she pulled her from the floor.

K.B. Luz hugged back a bit as she now healed, though still a bit sore.

"Yeah, it was rough but I came out of it alright. After coming to the isles, I meet Eda, gained some great friends, and I even teach a kickboxing class at Hexside." K.B. Luz said to her alternate.

"Wait, you teach a class at school?!" M.A. Luz asked in surprise, breaking the hug. "Wow! I didn't expect that. I only just started teaching Eda, King and Lilith for the last five days since the petrification ceremony."

"Five days? For me, the petrification ceremony was only two days ago." K.B. Luz said as she held up two fingers.

"Really?" M.A. Luz asked in surprise.

"Yeah. Guess our times flow differently in our worlds." K.B. Luz said with a shrug.

"Oh. Okay. So . . . I'm guessing our adventures on the Boiling Isles was more or less the same?" M.A. Luz questioned as she scratched her hair. "Maybe?"

"Well, there's only one way to find out." K.B. Luz said with a small smirk.

M.A. Luz gasped as she put her hands together.

"Story time!"She says with a smile as the two begun to discuss their time on the Boiling Isles to find the similarities and the differences.

The first similarity is that they both got in trouble at school for defending some kids from bullies.The first and most obvious difference is that K.B. Luz has more of a punk/bad girl personality than M.A. Luz.Their early adventures on the Boiling Isles was mostly the same until the Covention fight against Amity.

"So, Amity just created a giant abomination to attack me, I just attacked it with a combo, turning it into piles of mush before taking down Amity." M.A. Luz explained quickly.

"It was that easy for you, huh?" K.B. Luz asked with a smirk.

"Pretty much. Why? Did your Amity give you a tougher fight?" M.A. Luz asked K.B. Luz.

K.B. Luz remembered the fight and the BIG differences. Like the REALLY big differences before she spoke them out.

"We'll, it was a LOT tougher than your fight was. Amity apparently learned some kickboxing on her own and surprised me with it, she even got creative with her abomination mud and made herself ARMOR to fight me hand to hand." K.B Luz said as she gave a few punches to the air.

"Armor? She used her spell to make herself some armor?" M.A. Luz asked in surprise. "That's pretty different. Did you win?"

"Well, duh. Of course I did." K.B. Luz said with a smirk.

"Right." M.A.. Luz said before they continued to discuss their adventures on the Boiling Isles. "So how about Grom night? What was your greatest fear? Was it . . . that crazy guy from when you were little?"

"Yeah, it was but Grom made him a lot more like a monster, especially with 4 black tendrils poking out of its back." K.B. Luz said as she rubbed her jaw. "Those things hurt like crazy."

"Well, were you able to overcome your fear and beat Grom?" M.A. Luz asked her.

"Heck yeah, I did. Kicked his ass and trapped him in crazy tree. Used combo spell I created called "Esperanza Brillante."" K.B. Luz explained to M.A. Luz.

"Shining Hope? That sounds amazing." she translated.

"Yeah, it was. After I got patched up, I had a special dance with Amity. And King played the perfect song from my phone." K.B. said with a smile, remembering that night.

"Really? What was it?" M.A. Luz asked.

"I believe I can fly, by R. Kelly." K.B. Luz said to her.

"Oh.....Okay then?" M.A. Luz said, wondering her punk version's secret taste in music.

"So, how did your Grom night turn out?" K.B. Luz asked, changing the subject.

"Oh, well . . . Grom kinda ended up taking the form of Garou. I still hadn't seen him since he attacked the dojo, so I was still pretty scared of him, even if it was just Grom."She says, twiddling her thumbs before continuing. "Grom managed to copy Garou's strength and skill and I wasn't fairing to well."

"But . . . ?" K.B. Luz asked, feeling their is a "but" in this story.

"Well, I'm not entirely sure myself. But I started fighting with everything I had and more, my strength and speed increasing by the second which allowed me to overpower and beat Grom. It wasn't until after the fight that I realized my left sclera had turned purple. I didn't really have time to think on it as everybody cheered for me. And as Grom Queen, principal Bump told me I can choose my dance partner and I picked Amity." M.A. Luz said with a smile.

K.B. Luz nodded to this, knowing that Amity was an amazing girl and a great dance partner.

"And then, as you danced, you sealed the deal with your girlfriend, huh?" she asked M.A. Luz.

M.A. Luz looked surprised at her doppelgänger, eye wide in surprise.

"Girlfriend?" he asked as K.B. Luz returned the surprise look.

She assumed one of the similarities they had would be a choice in gender attraction and tastes in relationships.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you and your Amity not together like me and mine?" she questioned the martial artist."

"W-Wait, you and your Amity are . . . dating?" M.A. Luz asked with a blush on her face.

"Yeah." K.B. Luz replied with a nod. "And you?"

"Oh! Uh . . . n-no! Amity and I are just friends! I-I mean, d-dating? That's crazy! I mean, maybe not for you, but I, uh . . ." M.A. Luz said as she was blushing brighter than before, shocked and embarrassed upon knowing that a version of herself from another universe was dating Amity. "Uh, anyway! Let's keep talking! So what happened to you in the petrification ceremony?"

K.B. Luz could guess that they probably weren't as far into their relationship on an emotional level like her and her Amity. So, she rolled with the subject change.

"Probably the same as you. Got myself captured to get into the Conformatorium, kicked the ass of any guard that got in my way and found Eda before she was taken up. I fought with Lilith, who took my gloves but gave them back, and explained her whole life story with Eda." K.B. said, short and sweet.

"And what about Belos?" M.A. Luz asked.

"Fought him, he gave some crazy speech about being a simple messenger, and.....I had to destroy the portal to save Eda, Lilith, and King." K.B. Luz finished a little sad at the end.

"Oh. Well there's a big difference in my case. I briefly fought Belos for a bit until . . . well, it turned out that Garou had wound up in the Boiling Isles a month before I did. He was a prisoner in the Conformatorium, having been seriously injured by Belos a few days before that and managed to break out by using the keys from one of the guards I knocked out." M.A. Luz said, looking uneasy a bit.

"Ouch, that must suck. You unintentionally released your worst enemy." K.B. Luz said with a wince.

"Well , I wouldn't say Garou is my WORST enemy but he's up there." M.A. Luz said before getting a -_- face with a raised brow to see if she was serious. "Oh, who am I kidding? Of course he's the worst! After Garou explained how he ended up on the Boiling Isles, which he happened to enter through Eda's portal, he insisted that I hand him the portal so he can go back and have a rematch against Master Bang."

"Would Garou really have been able to beat your teacher after a year of training?" K.B. said with doubt.

"I don't think so, but I wasn't going to take the risk. So I ran out of there while Belos and Garou fought each other. When I made it to the top where Eda, King and Lilith were being held, Garou had followed me. But I guess Belos managed to injure him even more since Garou was covered in blood and, get this, his right sclera had turned red similar to me on Grom night." M.A. Luz explained before K.B. Luz interrupted her.

"Okay, you really need to have a doctor look at that. I don't think that should happen to humans." She said, remembering M.A. Luz's sclera flashing purple.

"Well my universe has superhuman martial arts, so maybe it's a side effect?" M.A. Luz questioned before continuing. "Anyway, after I refused to hand over the portal, I fought Garou with everything I had and to my surprise, I could match him. I mean, Garou was already pretty beat up before we started fighting while I was in top shape, but his injuries did allow me to fight him on equal footing as my left sclera turned purple again."

"Of course it did." K.B. Luz mumbled with an eye roll.

"Anyway, we fought like crazy, bloodying and bruising one another until our clash came to an end with both our fists colliding. Our arms were broken in the process, we had managed to become stronger, going past our usual limits and . . . then both my scleras were purple, and both of Garou's scleras turned red. I then managed to break Eda and the others free before escaping and heading back to the Owl House." M.A. Luz said, finishing her story.

"What happened to Garou after that?" K.B. Luz asked.

"I haven't seen him since then, but I heard on the crystal ball news that he's still at large somewhere on the Boiling Isles. Which reminds me . . ." M.A. Luz says, taking out her phone. "Willow and Gus were at the Conformatorium and recorded this before Garou escaped the Emperor's Coven."

Looking over the video, an injured Belos was being helped up by Kikimora and Warden Wrath. Garou, a tan man with a strange hair style in the shape of a "V" and wearing the same clothes as M.A. Luz but with a yellow sash, was smirking as he was surrounded by the Emperor's Coven members.

"As much as I'd like to stay and fight, I've had enough for one day" Garou said as he turned to Belos. "Let's have a rematch when we're both healed up, horn head. And you better fight me one on one, too. Same goes for the pipsqueak! I wanna beat you both at your best!"

"Arrogant human . . . the Titan calls for your death." Belos said with a glare at Garou.

The Bloody human just scoffed him off.

"If your Titan wants me dead, then he better come out and fight me himself! Until then, I'll be as cocky as I please!" Garou said as he flipped Belos off before escaping.

"Wow. I have never seen a more arrogant asshole than I have now. He's even worse than Boscha was before my kickboxing class." K.B. Luz said with a head shake.

"Wait, what?! Boscha is one of your students?!" M.A. Luz asked in shock as she put her phone away.

"Yeah. It's really helped her become less of a bully actually. She still bullies but it's LEAGUES below what she original was." K.B. Luz said to the other her.

"Oh. Well that's different." M.A. Luz commented.

"Yeah, it is." K.B. Luz said with a nod.

"Not only do I have to deal with Belos and his coven, but now I gotta worry about Garou too. I'm not sure what's going on with our scleras and our strange power increasing, but at least I know I won't be alone." M.A. Luz said with a small smile.

"Yeah. Same here." K.B. Luz said as she nodded.

"So . . . any idea on how we're supposed to get back to our universes? I mean, I doubt this is Earth or the Boiling Isles." M.A. Luz said as she looked around the grassy field.

"I'm not sure. But if we work together, I think we'll figure it out." K.B. Luz said as she held her hand out.

"Yeah, definitely." M.A. Luz said with a nod as the two Luz' shook hands.

Suddenly, another portal appeared some distance away as the two Luzs took notice of it.

"Woah! Check it out!" M.A. Luz said as she pointed to it.

"I see it! Com on, let's go!" K.B. Luz said before they took off running towards the portal.

After a few minutes of running, the duo stopped dead in their tracks several meters away from the portal before they see someone exiting it.Both Luzs were surprised to see a witch that looked A LOT like Eda, with short black hair, golden yellow eyes, wearing a black combat dress as well as wielding a tiger palisman.

"Greeting, Luz Noceda. Both of you." the woman said with a smirk.

"Who the hell are you?!" K.B. Luz demanded.

"You can call me "Battle Witch." In case you haven't noticed, I'm not any ordinary witch. I'm a Wild Witch that specializes in magic and martial arts." Battle Witch said to them.

"Uh, okay? But what are you doing here? And what are we doing here?" M.A. Luz asked Battle Witch.

"Well, I've fought and beaten just about everybody in my universe. Warden Wrath, Edalyn Clawthorne, Lilith Clawthorne, the Coven Heads, Kikimora and even Emperor Belos himself. Or should I say, the former emperor?" Battle Witch said with a small chuckle, putting her staff over her shoulders.

"Wait, did you dethrone Belos in your universe" M.A. Luz asked in surprise.

"Yeah, and everybody wanted me to be Empress of the Boiling Isles because of it." Battle Witch said as she shook her head. "But I turned it down, I'm not interested in ruling the Isles."

"Then what are you interested in?" K.B. Luz asked her with a raised eyebrow.

Battle Witch kept her smirk as she chuckled again, leaning forward to the young human witches.

"My name is "Battle Witch" for a reason. What do you think in interested in?" she questioned before answering herself. "PURE. GLORIOUS. BATTLE. After defeating every worthy opponent in my own universe, I used a spell to search for more opponents and discovered an entire multiverse of them! So many battles to have, to watch! And you two are at the forefront of it all."

"What do you mean by that?" M.A. Luz asked in caution.

"What I mean is that you buttercups better buckle up! Because you two are going to fight me, right here, right now!" Battle Witch said, spinning her Tiger palisman/staff as her body was surrounded by a black aura of magic. "Well? You gonna stand there all day or what? Heck, if you win, I'll send you both back to your own worlds."

"You will?" K.B. Luz questioned in surprise.

"Heck yeah, so what do you say? Come on, I'm eager to throw down." Battle Witch said as she tabbed the ground with her staff.

M.A. Luz puts a hand on K.B. Luz's shoulder, pulling her around to whisper to her.

"I think it could be fun, what do you think?" she asked her doppelgänger.

"I guess but if it gets us home, all the better." K.B. Luz said with a shrug. "Besides, I've been curious to see what she can do ever since she called herself "Battle Witch.""

Battle Witch could hear their conversation and grinned widely, glad that they are going to give her a fight!

"Then give it everything you've got! I won't hold back just because you're kids!"She shouted as she attacked, firing magic beams at the teens.

Both Luzs dodged the beams before they each took their stances to get ready for battle! M.A. Luz assumed a stance for Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist while K.B. Luz crouched and ignited her hands in golden flames!

(Replace Itadori with Luz and the cursed energy with golden flames.)

"Let's do this!" M.A. Luz said to the Kickboxer.

"I'm with ya!" K.B. Luz said to the Martial Artist.

Both teens charged towards Battle Witch, the martial arts witch grinned as she fought them both with a mix of martial arts, magic and even using her palisman as a weapon. The teens were fighting with everything they had as Battle Witch seemed to be having the time of her life. That is, until Battle Witch smacks M.A. Luz in the face with her palisman while kicking K.B. Luz in the gut.

K.B. Luz rolled on the ground before she got back to her feet and created two balls of plant vines, tossing them at Battle Witch!

"Vine Bombs? Seen them."She said as she simply batted them away before K.B. Luz jumped to her, forming an ice hammer in her hands!

"YAH!" she shouted as she swung an ice hammer only for Battle Witch to block it with a magic barrier.

Battle Witch then uses a power glyph to increase her strength before punching K.B. Luz in the gut and sending her flying. M.A. Luz then goes in for the attack, applying the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist but Battle Witch blocked and deflected the teen's attacks. Right as M.A. Luz goes in for a kick, Battle Witch blasted her in the face with fire magic!

"Aaaah!" M.A. Luz screamed as she was sent flying to the ground.

The spell burned her face a bit as she opened her eyes, which widened as Battle Witch appeared and aimed to stomp her. M.A. Luz quickly rolled out of the way before returning to her feet.

Battle Witch then proceeds to attack M.A. Luz with her own martial arts, forcing her on the defensive from the speed and ferocity.

'Is she using Lethwei?' M.A. Luz thought.

Lethwei, an aggressive martial arts that focuses heavily on attacking with zero guarding! All strikes are allowed; punches, kicks, elbows, clinches, throws; any strike is possible!

M.A, Luz blocked all of her assaults as K.B. Luz healed herself from the punch to her gut!

"Damn! It feels like she tried to punch a hole in my stomach!" she said as she got up from the ground.

She activated her own power glyph and blasted towards Battle Witch with fire! She got behind her and punched her in the back with all she could muster!

"GAH!" Battle Witch let out, stopping her assault!

'Now!' M.A. Luz thought as she began hitting Battle Witch with her Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, hitting her with a barrage of attacks.

K.B. Luz followed up with a flicker stance and a barrage of her own punches. The two tag teamed Battle Witch, not giving her a chance to attack, before her tiger palisman came to life and swatted them away with it's claws.

"Ugh!" they grunted as they rolled to the ground.

"Damn, that little thing hits hard!" K.B. Luz said as she rubbed her cheek.

Battle Witch then used the opportunity to gain some distance and fired a barrage of many types of magic blasts, prompting the two Luzs to dodge while trying to get close to her. M.A. Luz used her agility to dodge the blasts while K.B. Luz used her gloves to push herself with fire thrusters!

"This is getting us nowhere if we just go at her toe to toe!" K.B. Luz said to her other.

"I agree but what can we do? I don't think she'll give us time to strategize!" M.A. Luz said before a thought instantly came to her mind. "Actually, just keep dodging for a little longer!"

"What? Why?" K.B. Luz asked her.

"She might be strong, but she doesn't have limitless magic. She'll get tired, or more likely stop before she uses too much. Once that happens, she'll have no choice but to fight us head on!" M.A. Luz said to her.

"I already said it wouldn't work, but I guess we don't have any other choice. But what if it doesn't work?" K.B. Luz asked as she quickly put up a large ice wall so they can rest.

"Then I guess we can go with the backup plan, that is you and me attacking Battle Witch with me deliberately taking damage from both her and you "accidentally" hitting me in the crossfire." M.A. Luz said to her.

K.B. Luz looked at her like she was crazy, jaw dropped as she looked at M.A. Luz.

"What?! Are you crazy!?" K.B. Luz asked in shock.

"Maybe but I need it! The more I'm pushed to the edge, the more I break my limits and get stronger! My eyes turning purple could be a sign of that!" M.A. Luz said as she pointed to her eyes.

That theory did seem sound as the story she told could support it.  Her battle with Garou and her eyes changing, that could make sense but this plan was still crazy!

"Fine, but that's just our backup plan." K.B. Luz said as she pointed to her copy.

"Right!" M.A. Luz said before the ice wall gave out and they had to go back to dodging Battle Witch's barrage of magic blasts.

A few minutes later, M.A. Luz's hunch was proven correct as Battle Witch ceased attacks and she looked visibly exhausted.

"Let's go!" M.A. Luz shouted as they both charged at Battle Witch.

The two Luzs fought Battle Witch in hand to hand again, though their opponent did defend most of their attacks as well as countering their blows.

"You kids are pretty tough, I'll give you that but I think it's time to end this!"She says, combining her martial arts with a power glyph and Lightning magic.

This enhanced her strength and speed to the point where the two teens were forced on the defensive. M.A. Luz peeked to K.B. Luz,  giving her a nod with a firm look. It was time for their back up plan.

'If this doesn't work, please don't die.' K.B. Luz thought as she nodded back.

M.A. Luz then proceeded to move in front of and fight Battle Witch by herself as K.B. Luz continued to fight from behind her, purposely hitting her and making it look like a slip up or an accident so Battle Witch wouldn't get suspicious. M.A. Luz was taking a lot of damage as blood began leaking from her nose and mouth beforeBattle Witch then punches her in the gut!

"Guh!" she coughed out with blood before Battle Witch sent her flying with a kick.

"Crap!" K.B. Luz yelled as Battle Witch began focusing on her, slowly overpowering her.

All seemed lost as K.B. Luz could only block, most of the pummeling. They were too fast and K.B. Luz could barley throw punches before a shouting was heard.

"BATTLE WITCH!!!" A voice called as K.B. Luz turned to the source.

Standing on her feet, M.A. Luz was bloody and snarling like a monster as the scleras of both her eyes had turned purple. K.B. Luz was glad she was alive as Battle Witch punched her away before M.A. Luz charge at her with new speed and a feral look in her eyes.

Battle Witch was surprised as she was punched in the face, spitting up some blood.This made the wild witch smirk as she got into a fighting stance, utilizing several martial arts styles as she fought M.A. Luz on equal footing.

"Your eyes, I've seen them somewhere before." Battle Witch said to her.

"How?!" M.A. Luz demanded.

"Win and I might tell you!" Battle Witch replied.

A blast of fire hit Battle Witch from behind, making her grunt as she looked back to see K.B. Luz on her knees with her hands out.

"Don't forget me!" she shouted, using her gloves to fire more golden fire balls at her back .

"Tigerson!"She said, to which her Tiger palisman came to life and jumped off the staff.

In a flash of magic, it transformed into a tiger humanoid in black jeans and defended Battle Witch as it charged at K.B. Luz.


(Belongs to jeddibub on deviantART.)

"Oh shit!" K.B. Luz shouted as she stopped firing and covered her arms in ice, blocking the tiger as it tried to bite her!

K.B. Luz and Tigerson rolled on the ground before the human kicked the tiger off her and stood up. She saw the threat did a real number on the ice covered her arms, almost getting to her flesh if the ice wasn't thick enough.

'This is gonna be rough but it's fine, I've fought a Slitherbeast! This tiger is nothing!' K.B. Luz thought as she hyped herself up as the tiger palisman was prowling towards her.

"Roooar!" Tigerson roared as his claw glowed brightly, infused with magic.

"You think you're tough? Huh? You think you're bad?! We'll you're nothing but a kitten to me!" K.B. Luz said as she used the ice glyphs to form large ice gauntlets around her arms, the Power Glyph giving her the strength to lift them. "You want some?! Come on!"

(Replace with Luz.)

Tigerson roared at Luz as he charged at her, jumping in the air with his fists ready!

"RAAH!" K.B. Luz screamed as she threw a punch, clashing the ice gauntlet with his fists!

Meanwhile back with M.A. Luz was continuing her clash with Battle Witch as they were slowly on equal ground.

"Grrrrr! I don't care how much stronger and more skilled you are! I'm not gonna give up until I BEAT YOU TO THE GROUND!!!" M.A. Luz screamed as her attacks were still getting faster and stronger, so much so that Battle Witch was slowly going on the defensive, taking more and more hits.

M.A. Luz even began doing the same strategy she used against the real Garou, using Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist with her right hand and Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist with her left hand!

"Take this! Fist of Roaring Qi, Rending Air!!!" she screamed as she began to completely overwhelm Battle Witch, her opponent being completely unable to defend herself as she took punch after punch.

"Yeah, get her!" K.B. Luz cheered as she held Tigerson back, nearly getting her face bit before she turned back to him. "Okay, I have had enough of you!"

K.B. Luz kicked him in the stomach, throwing strong jabs to the tiger man, dodging Tigerson's wide swings and slash, before she grabbed his face and slammed him into the ground!

"Now stay down!" K.B. Luz shouted as she put her fists together and hammer fisted his head into the ground!

As K.B. Luz was making, M.A. Luz was overwhelming  Battle Witch with everything she has before she landed a powerful uppercut that sent her flying!

"GUH!" she grunted as blood spewing from her mouth, crashing  to the ground on her back.

M.A. Luz huffed as she tried to regain her breath, her eyes turning back to normal, as Battle Witch coughed up blood before chuckling on the ground.

"I guess you got me, kid . . ." Battle Witch said with a smirk.

M.A. Luz didn't reply to her as she almost fell down before K.B. rushed to catch her from behind.

"Hey, hey, I got you. I got you." she said as she held her sit down gently. "You alright?"

"Y-Yeah . . . my body's killing me, but I'll live. Plus . . . every fight just makes me stronger." M.A. Luz said as she turned to K.B. Luz, seeing her with slashes and torn clothes. "What about you?"

"I'm good, that tiger was tough but he was an amateur." K.B. Luz said with a chuckle, smashing her ice gauntlets so they crumble to the ground.

As the two Luzs conversed about their victories, Battle Witch used some healing magic on herself and managed to get up soon after. Tigerson was also up again and transformed back to normal as he walked up to Battle Witch.

"Not bad, kids. You're pretty tough, Luz. Mind telling me what are your martial arts called?"She says as Tigerson changed into staff form and healing the two Luzs while mending their clothes.

"Well, since we won, I practice the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and the Whirlwind Iron Cutting Fist." M.A. Luz said to her.

"I practice kickboxing but with some elements of boxing too." K.B. Luz said to her.

"Interesting. I've heard of kickboxing in my universe's human realm, but not those other two." Battle Witch said as pointed to M.A. Luz.

"Yeah, it;s a multiverse thing. Now, we beat you and your palisman. Are you gonna answer my question from before?" M.A. Luz asked as she looked to B.W.

"Oh yeah, I did say that." Battle Witch said as she spun her staff and created a couch of hardened mud, sitting on it. "You want me to tell you what I know about the deal with your scleras changing colors."

"I'm pretty curious about that too." K.B. Luz said as both her and M.A. Luz nodded to her.

"Well . . . I traveled to a universe different from my own and there I met a scientist who told me about something called "Limiters"." Battle Witch began.

"Limiters?" M.A. Luz asked in surprise.

"Is that like that old myth of how humans only use 10% of their brain power?" K.B. Luz added in question.

"Similar to that, yes, but very different." Battle Witch said to them. "The scientist explained it to me, Limiters are pretty much the upper limits of any being. Human or otherwise. Your purple scleras? That's a sign that you're beginning to break your limiter and if you keep at it, you'll reach a level of strength far beyond anything you could achieve naturally."

"Wow, that sounds pretty cool! So I'm just starting to break my limiter? " M.A. Luz said as she looked at her hands in awe before gasping."Wait, but Garou's red scleras. That means . . . he's starting to break his limiter too."

"Yes but that's not always a good thing. It all depends on the REASON why you break your limiter." Battle Witch clarified.

"A reason? You mean aside from becoming stronger, like having something or someone to protect?" K.B. Luz asked, using anime logic.

"Yes, that key factor is what divides a man from becoming a force of great good." Battle Witch said as she gained a grim frown, looking to M.A. Luz. "Or....."

"Or what?" M.A. Luz replied.

"Or from becoming a monster." Battle Witch said to them.

"Metaphorically or literally?" They both asked her.

"Both, but physically turning into a monster is fine so long as you keep your heart in check and stay true to yourself." Battle Witch said as she pointed to her chest, right at her heart.

K.B. Luz looked towards her counterpart with a revelation in mind.

"So that's what happening to you and Garou. You're both slowly becoming monsters." she said with slight shock.

The martial artist of the duo looked at her hand, remembering when she and Garou clashed before they both broke their arms.

"I guess but I have a bad feeling that Garou is becoming the bad kind of monster compared to me." M.A. Luz said to her counterpart.

"Yeah but at least you have the right reason." Battle Witch said as she stood up from the dirt couch, making it crumble. "Well, today sure has been interesting. I think I'll take the rest of the day off before seeking my next opponent throughout the multiverse. I'll send you both back now."

"Finally! Not that this hasn't been fun but I want to get back home and rest." K.B. Luz said as she stood up from the ground.

"Oh! Before you take us back, what's your real name?" M.A. Luz asked as she stood up too.

Battle Witch smirked at the two of them as she waved her staff behind her, a portal opens behind her as a third version of Luz comes out of it.

"Master! Where have you been?! I was worried all morning!" Luz the third said as she noticed her other two selves, seeing their jaws dropped.

"Huh?!" M.A. Luz let out in shock.

"You know us in your universe?!" K.B. Luz shouted.

"Oh, did I just make things weird or complicated?" Luz the third asked as she turned to Battle Witch.

"Just a sec, Luz." Battle Witch said as she held a finger to her version of Lu before turning to the others. "Yes, in my universe, Luz Noceda is my Battle Witch Apprentice in training. As for my real name?"

The first two Luzs waited in anticipation as they leaned forward, wanting to know the answer right now after fighting her to near death!

"My real name is Mira Clawthorne. In my universe, I'm Eda and Lilith's little sister." she said with a  smirk, holding her staff over her shoulders.

Both Luzs drop their jaws at her as they realized all the similarities to Eda finally made sense! She looks exactly like a young Eda with Lilith's dyed hair color!

"And by the way, I don't exist in your universe. Sorry." Mira said with a shrug.

"YOU'RE EDA'S LITTLE SISTER?!?!?" they both shouted!

"Mind. Blown!" M.A. Luz said as she made a motion with her head. "I can't believe we didn't realize the resemblance sooner!"

"And we become YOUR apprentice instead of Eda's?!" K.B. Luz said in shock, pointing to her.

"Pretty much, yeah." Battle Witch Luz said with a smile, putting her arms behind her head.

"The multiverse is filled with infinite possibilities. I've seen many different versions of Luz besides you two. There's one Luz who can transform into a magic superhero just by shouting a magic word, one that's bonded with a sassy, alien monster, one that's mutated by a radioactive monster's blood, one that became a vessel for an immortal demon of vengeance and even one that has super speed." Mira said as she listed off the several universes she's seen.

"Dang, I'm jealous of the multiverse Luzs. They all sound so strong and cool." K.B. Luz said with some envy.

"Yeah but we're cool and strong in our own ways. They may have super powers but we've trained all our lives to get as strong as we are." M.A. Luz said as she put a hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah, you're right." K.B. Luz said as she smiled to her martial artist copy. "Thanks, me."

"No problem." M.A. Luz said with a smile.

"Now then, you two ready go back to your own universes?" Mira asked them with a smile of her own.

"Just a second, please?" M.A. Luz said as she held a finger up to them.

"Sure, go ahead." Mira said with a nod.

Martial Arts Luz turned to Kickboxer Luz, giving her a smile as she held her hand out to her.

"I just wanna say, as weird as this was, I had a lot of fun today. I'm glad I got to know you, Kickboxer me. I hope you continue to teach kickboxing on the Boiling Isles of your universe." M.A. Luz said to her.

"Thanks. And I hope you continue to teach Eda, Lilith, and King too." Kickboxer Luz said as she shook hands with her other self. "Your Water Stream Rock Smashing is crazy and if they're magicless like mine, they'll need it."

Breaking the handshake, the two Luzs then hugged each other  before the kickboxer whispered a little something extra in her martial artist self.

"Don't worry about Amity. You'll get there with her one day." she whispered as the other blushed.

"Uhhhh, y-yeah. Sure, I don't see why not . . ." M.A. Luz says, feeling embarrassed by how her counterpart was dating Amity in her universe.

"And if you or Garou ever turn into monsters, I hope you give that arrogant jerk the beating he deserves." K.B. Luz said as they broke the hug.

"Yeah. Yeah! One way or another, Garou's going down!"She says, high-fiving with K.B. Luz.

"Done yet, sisters?" Mira asked with a mocking tone.

"Yeah, we're done. You can take us back to our universes now." M.A. Luz said as they turned to Mira and the third Luz.

"Good." Mira said, using her magic staff to create two portals, one for each of them.

"Guess this is it. See ya, limit breaker me." K.B. Luz said with a wave.

"See ya, glyph glove me! I hope we can meet again someday!" M.A. Luz said as she waved back.

Both Luzs entered their portals before Mira shut the portals behind them before turning back to her apprentice.

"Alright, Luz. Let's head back home." Mira said to her.

"Yes, ma'am." Battle Witch Luz said with a salute before they left through their own portal.

Back in her original universes, Kickboxer Luz landed outside of the portal and looked around. It didn't seem like any time had passed since she left, was that because of Battle Witch or was it because they were in a pocket dimension where time moved slower?

'Eh, it's beast not to think about it.'She thought as she walked to the owl house, opening the door.

"Hey guys! You're not gonna believe what I just went through!" Luz says with excitement, ready to tell them about the multiverse shenanigans she just went through.

She didn't know if they would believe her but she wanted to tell them anyway.

(This Collaboration was done with KaijuLord54 and the Luzs, aside from my own, mentioned are from his stories. Please visit their page and check them out, they're awesome.)

Kickboxing Class Students: 16

Flicker/Hitman stance: Amity, Boscha, and Edric.

Peek-a-boo stance: Eileen, Asriel (goat cyclops), Willow, and Viney.

Kick stance: Amelia, Skara, Bo, and Emira.

Sway/Step Back stance: Gus, Jerbo, Barcus, Cat, and Kyle (skull cap kid).

Light Glyph Uses: Illumination, blinding light blasts, flashing punches

Fire Glyph Uses: Fireballs, flaming propulsion, fire punches, fire barriers/pillars, fire flight

Plant Glyph Uses: Vine ropes/whips, giant plant constructs like a fist, fixing palismen, plant bomb to capture enemies

Ice Glyph Uses: Ice creation, ice cage, ice spikes/pillars, ice encasing, ice punch, ice wall, ice weapons

Power Glyph Uses: Increased bodily strength and magic output

Healing Glyph Uses: Healing/recovery ability to oneself or to others by touch

Glyph Glove Combo Spells:

Light and Fire = Golden Flames

Fire and Plant = Fire Whips

Ice and Fire = Water Blast

Power and Healing: High speed Recovery

Ice and Power: Large Ice Gauntlets

Special Moves:

Nature's Wrath: a giant plant arm and fist that Luz can control for a powerful punch.

Esperanza  Brillante/Shining Hope: a spiraling orb of all four glyph elements,  used as a projectile or as a striking object. Effect may vary.

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