Disclaimer: Yep. Another chapter of Richie being a god forsaken butt kicker, only this time he's dealing with some personal conflict. Enjoy!

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Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth

Nephilim arc Episode three: A Nephilim's Father

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Nathan Sharp's cover of the Overlord opening theme played with Charm's eyes opening after a transition of sorts. Flare was then shown to be blocking a punch from Trickery as Nathan Sharp was heard singing. "Can someone give me the (Flare kicks at Trickery, who dodges the kick with ease) a-answer, (Marshall is shown to be tending to a wound Skye gained in the fight) to my (Richie is shown to be shooting at Charm, who dodges the bullets with ease) que-estion? (Chase is shown to be taking out some robots with Snow beside her) Where's my (Rocky and Everest smash a robot's head into the ground with full force) soul?"

A stream of grass was shown as the words Paw Patrol appeared on the screen from gun shots going though them, followed up by the X being made with two sword slashes as the music continued. The Hearts of Truth then appeared through a blazing flame going across them with the Paw Patrol then shown, leading up to Flare giving a peace sign as the song continued with the lyrics coming back.

Flare was shown to be gaining some kind of dark power during his battle with Trickery. "It's like a virus in my body (Flare dashes at Trickery and grabs his neck) while I'm (Flare starts choking Trickery, who likes the feel of the moment, disgusting Flare) dreaming. (Marshall finishes tending to Skye's wound and gives her a thumbs up) When I wake up, all that's (Marshall scratches his head and laughs innocently as he looks at the screen with his eyes closed) left of me are bones."

Richie was shown regaining his balance after a brutal kick from Charm as the song continued. "I'm in a panic! (Richie dashes at Charm and aims a punch at him) Get out, (Charm grabs Richie's fist with Richie trying to knee him but failing) hurry. (Chase throws a soldier at Snow with full force) Oh there are mysteries, (Snow kicks the head of the soldier, knocking him out instantly) and many miseries. (Rocky is seen roundhouse kicking a soldier to the floor) Dead of alive, I'm on the brink (Everest stomps on the soldier's face and kicks him aside brutally with a creepy smile) of self destruction."

Skye was watching the battle before grabbing a gun and aiming it at some soldiers "As I'm (Skye starts shooting the soldiers, catching the others attention) roaming, (Rubble gives a thumbs up to Skye) from left to right to (Skye smiles in response to Rubble's gesture) An invitation, (Zuma is shown to be casually using a soldier as a pinata) to come disappear . (Flare knocks Trickery to the ground and glares at him furiously) We're dancing one, two, three steps (Flare snaps out of his trance and grabs his head, gaining an immense headache) on this dark stage."

Charm was rising up in an elevator as he looked at all of the destruction he was causing in certain towns and cities. "Raise your flag, march and fight. Break your mask and show some pride! (Charm takes out a soda can and takes a sip with a proud smile) While this war just sends a shiver down my crooked spine. (Charm is shown to be speaking about the future) Wars and swords, tears and blood. Feel my heart begin to race. (Charm chuckles devilishly as he gives an evil grin) As I laugh through this bloodbath we've made!" Charm is shown to be in Flare's nightmare, waking him up and giving him anxiety.

Richie was shown to be having some kind of demonic surge in his body that he tried to fight back "Can someone give me the (Rocky is shown to be trying to get to Richie with Marshall holding him back) a-answer, to my (Flare rushes over to Richie without warning once he sees that he starts turning evil) que-estion? (Flare hugs Richie, who smiles upon his gesture, only to suddenly go crazy again without warning) Where's my soul? Where's my heart? (Richie's body heats up and ends up sending Flare back, sending him into a tree) Am I losing my own self?"

Rocky was shown looking at his sword in some sort of bus, seeming to be on edge about how the mission went. "Don't you hesitate, go this way-ay-ay. (Flare looks over at Rocky, seeing that he's feeling down about something) I don't know. And I don't care. (Flare puts his paw on Rocky's shoulder to comfort him with a smile) Tell me, are you not entertained now?"

Richie was fighting back against his demons in his mind with his power as he slashed at his demonic side with his sword "I'll just keep (Richie's demonic side grabs his sword and crushes it) surviving, (Richie kicks his demonic side, sending it back with full force) I just cannot hide it all. (Rocky is looking at a picture of him and Richie with sadness surrounding him) I am not to fall a victim, (Rocky punches the wall out of rage and sadness) I'll continue living in this, (Zuma puts a paw on Rocky's shoulder, who starts cring and hugs him) misery driven (Zuma pats Rocky's back, knowing he's going through a hard time) world!" Flare was sitting under a tree as he thought about Richie with Snow walking up to him to see how he was doing. Flare clenched his fists with confidence that they could save Richie as the song ended with Paw Patrol X: The Hearts of Truth being shown above him.

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Richie was in the back of Zuma's hovercraft with Zuma wondering how Richie was gonna handle this mission. "So how're you gonna handwe this one Witche? Since Chawm is capable of taking on the entire Paw Patwol, I don't think Bwute force is gonna help you here."

"Definitely not." Richie confirmed, knowing he would have to be strategic in this mission, and even more so than the other ones. "And it's confirmed that Charm is working with Burner, so I'll have to be extra cautious when going into his base. But note this much Zuma. I won't come out dead."

Zuma knew he could count on Richie to survive this mission, but he also hoped he was okay. He saw that he was more anxious than usual and put the hovercraft on auto-pilot so he could turn back to Richie and talk to him. "You doing alwight dude?"

Richie wasn't sure how to answer that question, knowing he couldn't just let his dad get away with everything he's done. "I guess I'm just concerned for what's to come of the world now that the most powerful pure demon in the whole world is confirmed to be working with Charm. If we ever end up facing off against him then the last thing I want is for the team to get hurt." Richie then saw Zuma's concerned look and looked to his right as he finished. "I won't say much about where I stand with Burner, but it's...something."

Zuma understood that Richie didn't wanna talk, putting a paw on his knee as he made sure he knew the team cared about him. "Just know that we're all hewe to talk if you want. And Flawe seems like he'd make a pwetty good thewapist." Richie smiled upon the mention of Flare being a therapist, seeing that as a possible career path for the little Dalmatian to take in the future.

Richie saw that they were arriving at the secret entrance to Charm's base, informing Zuma so they could stop in time. "We're here Zuma." Zuma stopped right in front of the secret entrance, which was a vent that Richie ripped the grate off of and jumped into. "Stay here until I get back. Rocky installed some defense mechanisms on our gadgets after we met Rubble and Charm went all genocidal on us, so you should be good."

"Awesome!" Zuma turned on his defense features, seeing the button being the one where Rocky was farting on an angry gopher. "Obviously. (Looks at Richie) Good luck in there dude. Chawm isn't someone to mess with."

"I'm aware." Richie climbed through the vent, making sure he was hidden whenever he went past a vent grate. Having successfully hidden himself, he looked at a device he had in silent mode with the beeping being at it's most intense in the room above. He took some kind of robot mouse out of his pocket and sent it through the grate, leading to it walking over to some wires and cutting them. The power went out, allowing Richie to jump in and take care of the baddies just before the power went on, leading to Richie shoving the bodies into the vent.

Richie made sure the bodies wer ewell hidden by shoving two of them to their own individual sides. He saw what he came here for, which was a blueprint indicating the next big plan, and walked up to it to get a closer look. The plan looked like a bunch of flying robots with Richie seeing the parts for them clear as day. "Of course they're gonna try to outclass one of our members. (Walks up to the suits) Ryder could use this things for our own suits."

Richie started taking the suits and putting them in these shrinking orbs that he put into a small bag in his backpack. Richie saw a vent up top and jumped up to it, ripping the grate off and climbing through it to find another room that could give him some useful information. 'I have to get as much info as I can on this plan. It can't just be the flying robots he's thinking about. This is Charm. It has to be something big.' Richie eventually climbed up to a vent that showed two scientist monkeys seeming to be working on some kind of experiment.

Richie listened to the monkeys conversation with the first one holding some kind of serum as he held it over a mouse. "Just you wait Christopher. This is sure to impress Charm." The monkey put some of the serum onto the mouse, turning it into some kind of monsterous creature that easily got put down with a neck chop. The scientist was in glee at the sight of the serum working, knowing full well that Charm would be amazed. "Just you wait; he's going to love it!"

Christopher let out a soft chuckle, knowing that his partner had the knack for his overconfidence in his work. "Just don't get too carried away Johnathan. (Richie starts unscrewing the vent grate) You do have a way at getting yourself excited with your work."

"Except this one is going to work. I can feel it Christopher." Johnathan informed his partner, only for Richie to finish unscrewing the vent and take it off quietly with the two shown to still be talking. "And since you helped me make this, then we'll both be considered worthy in his eyes."

"You sure you'll be around for him to see it?" Christopher and Johnathan saw Richie aiming one of his pistols at them, much to their shock as he started talking. "You've got quite a bit of nerve changing animals like that into being your own personal slaves. If you think I'm about to let you get away with that sort of crap then you're sorely mistaken." The scientists back up with one of them taking out a shotgun, only for Richie to shoot him in the hand and make him drop it, leading to him screaming in pain as he held his hand. "Bad move."

Johnathan looked at Christopher's hand with immense concern for his partner, taking out a supply bag from the closet to heal the wound. He then looked at Richie in fear with Richie aiming his gun directly at him, seting his sights to the syringe. "Throw that syringe into the trash, or both of you die." Johnathan did as Richie told him and dropped the syringe into the trash, leaving Christopher still in his scared position as he started crying silently. "Alright, good. (Puts gun away) Glad to know we won't have any problems."

"I'll show YOU a problem!" Christopher yelled as he charged at Richie, only for Richie to grab his fist when he tried to punch him and break his arm with a powerful palm strike on the elbow. He then kicked the monkey to the ground as he started screaming in pain, shutting him up by kicking him in the face and knocking him out. He glared at Johnathan right after, making him flee without a second thought as Richie left the room right after him and saw a group of elite guards up ahead.

Richie ran closer to the guards and hid behind some kind of statue swiftly, spying on them as he got a good listen as to what they were talking about. "So it's all in motion, right? Charm wants that Hearts of Truth, so we gotta find out if those Paw Patrol goons are working on it or not."

"Yeah, shouldn't be too hard." The second guard declared, feeling confident that they would be able to get what they needed. "I heard a rumor that they were looking for the Hearts of Truth too. Apparently that nephilim kid is connected to one of them." Richie saw the walkie talkies on the guards belts, dashing past them with angelic spee and crushing them all in an instant. Even though he caught the guards attention, they were frightened by his speed. "Speak of the devil! No pun intended."

Richie showed no fear when the guards all aimed their guns at him, aiming his own guns at them and dashing past them when they fired. He shot two of the guards in an instant before blocking the leader's shotgun smash and making him blow his own head off after aiming the gun at his head and firing. The other two guards shot at Richie, only for him to hide behind one and shoot the other, shooting the other one in the head right after. He ran off to find the next room, knowing he was one step closer to putting a stop to Charm's plans.

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Richie was running up the stairs to the top floor, refusing to give up on the mission as he continued to make his way to the top. Two guards spotted him and aimed their guns at him, firing before he jumped on the right side of the wall, then the left, and then jumping up to the top, and finishing it off by diving at one of the guards and kicking him through the wall. He then elbowed the other one's gun away as soon as it was pointed at his head, punching him down the stairs before continuing to run up the constant flights of them.

When he got to the third flight of stairs, he saw a heap of fire coming from down below, smashing through the door and slamming it behind him. 'Dang it! Guess the casual route's been cancelled.' Richie saw that the room was empty, scoffing as he made a break for the elevator and hid as soon as it opened by jumping onto the wall. Two guards were talking as he hid above them, jumping down, stealing a card from one of the guards just in case, and heading for the top floor, making the guards look back in confusion.

Richie was waiting in the elevator as he thought about a plan as to how he could get past his father. 'Cmon Richie. There's no time to get all moody about your dad. You already know about the flight mechs and the invasion on the lookout, but you should at least check to see if you're missing anything.' Richie saw a card scanner that explained why the elevator wasn't moving, putting the card he got up to it and getting the elevator to move. He then started rising, waiting patiently for the elevator to arrive at the second floor.

The elevator stopped and Richie arrived at the top floor, looking around to find all kinds of demonic flames, as well as the plans for dealing with the Paw Patrol. He took his phone out and started taking pictures, making sure he had enough of them to justify showing it all to Ryder when he got back. After he took a few pictures, he heard a familiar voice that he was hoping he would never have to hear again. "Hello Richie." Richie looked in horror to find Burner in a blue flame that indicated maximum heat. "I was hoping we wouldn't reunite yet."

Richie held back his rage and blocked his father's blast by staying in his angelic form and putting his arms up for a shield. When the flame attack ended, he looked at his father as he expressed that he was as ashamed as him at their time of meeting, but for the opposite reasons. "I was hoping we'd never meet again. But I guess fate had other plans." Burner chuckled devilishly with Richie looking around as he pointed out everything that was going on. "So this is it? World domination? Doesn't sound like anything we won't be able to stop."

Charm was then heard laughing maniacally from behind Richie, who looked to find him walking up to him with a devilish grin. "Foolish Richie. You're still as naive as when Trickery double crossed you all those years ago. It's not world domination we wish for." Charm pulled up a missing slide and showed it to Richie, waving it in front of him mockingly. "It's the idea of taking all of the demons up to hell, and making sure chaos spread around the entire world for all eternity!"

Charm laughed some more with Richie instantly taking a picture, dodging Charm's instant strike right after and running off. "Thanks for the tip!" Richie put his phone away, blocking Charm's kick, which sent him towards the stairs, which he managed to backflip over. Charm then dashed at Richie, who ducked under his kick, only for Charm to grab his punch and use it to kick him in the face. Richie regained his balance and dashed at Charm, colliding multiple punches and kicks with him and even aiming a barrage of swift punches at him.

Richie continued to punch Charm, sending him back slowly as the Golden Retriever smirked at him with glee as he prepared for what his next move would be. Richie aimed one final punch at him with Charm grabbing his arm as he predicted, allowing Richie to elbow Charm on the top of his head as soon as he lifted him up. This made Charm let go, only to turn around and roundhouse kick Richie, hwo jumped off of the wall and charged at him. Charm dodged Richie's kick and punched him the stomach with Richie grabbing his arm as soon as he did.

Charm dashed up to Richie and headbutted him, which Richie used the impact of to backflip kick Charm into the air. He then aimed his guns at Charm and shot at him with the Golden Retriever dodging them all gracefully. Richie put his guns away as soon as Charm landed, blocking his fists and aiming his own strikes at him as well that Charm dodged without any issue. Richie was able to land a punch on Charm, only for Charm to send him back with a powerful kick.

Richie stopped just before he arrived at the wall, dodging Charm's dash punch and making him it the wall. He took the chance to roundhouse kick him, only for Charm to dodge and grab Richie's foot. Richie took his gun out as soon as that happened and shot at Charm, who slammed him into the wall right as he got shot in the ear. Charm touched the blood on his ear, looking at it with delight and slurping it up, much to Richie's disgust before he got out of the wall. "You've gotten better Richie. One month ago I almost killed you with ease."

Richie growled and then realized that he couldn't beat Charm on his own, at least not yet, and jumped up to the next platform. "I don't have time for this. We will meet again Charm. And when we do-" Richie saw his father launching a giant blast at him, spawning both his angelic and demonic powers to block the attack, shouting to Charm just before he got sent out of the building. "I'll kill you!" As soon as Richie said that, he got sent out of the wall with full force.

Zuma was drinking a soda and listening to classic rock music while chilling in his hovercraft before he noticed Richie falling from the building. He got up with caution and barked to make his command. "Bouy!" A bouy was sent out and went to the exact location Richie was falling from, catching him, but making quite the splash because of the height he was falling from. Zuma brought Richie over to the bouy and felt for his pulse, being concerned as he noticed how weak it was. "We should get you back to the lookout. Hold on tight dude." Zuma got to the driver's seat and took off, knowing he had to get home fast for Richie's sake.

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Zuma was heading for Adventure Bay with Richie coughing in the back seat, catching Zuma's attention as he set the hovercraft to auto pilot. He looked back with relief and smiled as he saw that Richie was okay. "You're alwight!" Richie sat up and nodded his head yes to confirm this with Zuma wiping his forehead. "Boy am I glad to see you awake Wichie. I was wowwied you'd been put into a coma ow something."

Richie sat in the backseat, having to admit that after the blast he just took, he was surprised to be okay. "I'm actually surprised I'm not dead. Believe it or not, I took a full power blast from Burner head on, or at least a half hour blast. I think I'd be dead for sure if he went all out."

Zuma became concerned for Richie again, hoping this whole thing wasn't getting to his head. "Yeah, that can't be an easy thing to wake up fwom. But the impowtant thing is that you got the info, and still made it out alive. Let's head home and tell Wyder, okay?"

"That's the plan." Richie replied as he kicked back and relaxed for when they got back to the lair, thinking about what just happened and what was going to happen in the future. 'I really hope this doesn't get in the way of the Paw Patrol finding the Hearts of Truth. We already know who they're linked to, but there's still no telling if Charm will find them before us, or if this event affected that.' Richie looked up to the sky and wondered if he should tell everyone else the truth about Burner. 'Should I tell everyone about my relationship with Burner?'

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Richie and Zuma arrived back at the lookout with Richie bidding farewell to Zuma before heading inside. "You go ahead and do your own thing Zuma. I'm gonna show Ryder what I found at Charm's base."

"Alwight dude." Zuma replied as Richie went into the lookout, spotting Skye and deciding to have some fun with her regarding his hovercraft and what they could do with it. "Hey Skye, (Runs over to Skye) wanna take my hovercwaft for a spin!?"

Richie was going up the elevator to the top of the lookout, walking over to Ryder as he got there. Ryder was looking at the chances of the Paw Patrol taking out Charm and Burner with Richie not liking it, being concerned when he saw the sixty percent ratio. It was strong, sure, but not strong enough to guarantee victory. He decided to shake that off for now and showed his phone to Ryder after he got to the photos he took. "I was able to get a lot of information on Charm's plans. (Ryder looks at Richie's phone) We should be able to prepare now."

Ryder saw the plans for taking over heaven and turning it into a worse hell, becoming horrified by what he saw. "No one can prepare for this!"

"Maybe not without these." Richie gave a confident look as he showed Ryder the parts for the flying mechs he got in his backpack. "The first room I entered had these parts that could make robots with flying gear, or make said flying gear for current members. I figured they would be a great help to the Paw Patrol, seeing that Skye is the only one who can get around via air travel."

Ryder liked the boost of their chances after hearing this, knowing he could make something great with these. "Yeah, these could work great. (Hi fives Richie) Thanks Richie. I knew you wouldn't let me down."

"It makes me glad to see you did your research." Richie replied, cracking a joke at Ryder's leadership and mechanic skills, making Ryder laugh a bit as he got started. "I'm gonna go check on the others, okay?" Ryder nodded in response, leaving Richie to leave as he put his palm on his forehead with regret that he continued to hide the fact that Burner was his father from almost everyone on the team.

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Charm was playing some sort of game on his Ipad as he circled around Burner, who was getting annoyed by it. He was more than proud to show it as well with a fire pillar blocking Charm's path, which Charm took without any pain on him, or his Ipad. "Do you mind!? I'm finding it hard to relax with you constantly circling around me!"

"Hey, I'm a dog; I like circling." Charm responded with a laid back tone, annoying Burner even more with Charm jumping on his fist and walking up to him. "Cmon Burny, we've got this in the bag. You saw how I kicked Richie's butt. As soon as my girlfriend gets into the game we'll get our major win back and flex on all of them!" Richie then placed his butt on Burner's head, much to his annoyance as Charm allowed his rear end to be burned like a crisp. "Oh, heck yes! That's what I'm talkin about baby; don't let the flames stop!"

Burner growled in annoyance with a female White Terrier entering the room and taking note of this. She gave a light chuckle before walking down the steps and getting a good look at what Charm was doing. "Don't worry, he's not gonna fart on you. I should know. I eat lunch with him." Charm saw Sweetie and jumped down to her, grabbing his own butt as she spoke to him. "I saw that Richie kid fall down the building. If he were a human he would've died from the impact."

Charm took a liking to the sound of death, walking up to Sweetie and getting close as he grabbed both sides of her butt and leaned in. "The only way I wanna die is your butt on my face." Sweetie grinned seductively with both of them kissing passionately as Burner then blasted a fire beam through them, much to their annoyance as Charm snapped at him. "Hey, watch it! We want to at least have a kid first!"

"In case you haven't noticed, we have a team to destroy!" Charm and Sweetie didn't show much fear, Charm because he could take Burner's attacks head on and be fine, and Sweetie because she knew Charm would protect him. "Look. I don't mind you two doing your own thing, but if I'm going to make heaven into hell 2.0-"

"You mean if WE'RE going to do that; you're not in this alone." Charm interrupted with a sly grin, making Burner groan in annoyance as he grabbed his head with Charm looking at Sweetie. "Let's save our sweet love for later. I wanna see Burner's daily meltdown." Charm and Sweetie watched Burner get more furious by the minute with both of them knowing how easy it was to provoke him.

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Richie arrived home from the lookout and went into his house while informing his mom that he was home. "Mom, I'm home!" Richie saw that there was some mushroom bacon pizza left for him on the table, grabbing it and heading up to his room to eat it. 'Guess it's one of those eat wherever you want nights.' Richie went into his room and closed the door, sitting down on his bed as he looked at a picture of him and the Paw Patrol. As he took a bite of his pizza, he started to wonder whether or not he was doing the right thing by lying to them.

Someone knocked on Richie's door with him confirming that he was fine with them coming in. "It's open." Diana came into the room with Richie taking another bite of his food before starting the conversation with her. "Hey mom. I guess you know about the mission I went on today."

Diana nodded her head yes, sitting down next to Richie as she put her hand on his shoulder. "I know it was hard to see your father again, but you did the right thing by going to get that information for Ryder. Your health and stability is the most important thing in the world to me, but I'm glad to see you doing what's right for the sake of the town, if not the entire world." Richie smiled softly with Diana having a question in mind. "So did you tell the others that Burner is your father yet?"

"No, just Flare." Richie answered, having the conflicting feeling about telling the others on his mind. "I keep thinking about whether or not I should tell them about it. (Looks at Diana) Do you think I should just be straight with them, or keep lying about it?"

Diana chuckled a bit, finding it odd that Richie would call what he was doing to be 'lying'. "As far as I'm concerned, you didn't exactly tell them you had no relation to Burner." Richie saw his mother's point, taking another bite of his pizza as his mother smiled at him. "But I would tell them the truth. You don't have to do it when you see them tomorrow, but I would at least prefer it if you told them at all before Burner attacked."

Richie nodded in understanding, feeling that his mother was right and smiled to her with proudness. "Thanks mom. You always know what to say."

"Either that or I'm just lucky." Diana replied, laughing a bit as Richie continued to eat his pizza with relief.

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Charm was looking at the charts in his room, sorting them out as Trickery entered and got a good look at them. He was glad to see that the chances of them winning were as high as they were, taking out a red king card as he made his comment on them. "I must say Charm, we've made quite a bit of progress since we first started out. You were right to take advantage of that visit Richie paid us."

Charm scoffed, knowing that Trickery was just talking about the fight he and Richie had. "Only because I managed to see how much stronger we've gotten. Don't forget that we didn't get any info off of him regarding the Paw Patrol's plans. And I think he stole my plans for flying robot monkeys."

"Yes, that is unfortunate." Trickery admitted, but he was still delighted for when he got to battle Richie again. "But even so, at least I'll know Richie will give me a delightful battle when we meet him again."

"If you're involved in the next battle that is, which I'll make sure you are." Charm assured Trickery, loving him too much to let him down when such an amazing opportunity came for him. "You and Richie just have too big of a history for me to deny you the right to go one on one with him now. Even if you lose, I know you'll be glad to fight him over an over."

Trickery put his card away, confident that even if he lost his battle, Charm's team would still be able to come out on top. "I think we'll win regardless of the upcoming circumstances." Charm gave a devilish grin, knowing full well that their win was intact and ready to be achieved.

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Dragon Ball Super Usubeni cover by Mark de Groot instrumental played during the credits as Flare was shown walking around the lookout as he thought about life. Flare looked up to the sky as he then thought about how he was going to help the team in the future. The music suddenly got more intense as Flare was then shown fighting off four members of the Waste's, seeming to have fun while doing it as he kicked one right in the face and made him fall back into another. The next shot showed Flare and the others witnessing Richie's in his demonic form as he looks in horror.

Richie glared at Flare, unable to contain himself as he and Flare started their battle once a male voice was heard singing. "Farewell, (Flare blocks Richie's kick, only to get sent into a tree) beautiful lover. (Flare dodges Richie's fire ball, not wanting to hurt him to an immense degree before saving him) I love you so, (Richie kicks Flare across the ground, hurting him immensely) but still I let you go. (Flare gets determined and charges at RIchie with full force) Under this pink sky is where we went our (Richie blocks Flare's kick and clenches his fist) seperate ways."

Flare regained his balance from getting send back and blocked three hell fire balls as the song continued "I want you to (Richie dashes up to Flare) know I love you, (Flare lands a punch on Richie after the latter grabs him by the neck, showing that he knews he has to figth back in order to save him) so I won't let you go. (Richie throws Flare to the side) I wish I had (Richie lands a solid flaming kick on Flare, who blocks it the best he can) said these words to you, (Flare is shown to be heavily wounded on the ground) But I have left all these words unspoken."

Flare thought about the promise he made to Rocky, refusing to let him down when he's so close now. "Like pink petals start to fall. From the blossom tree so tall. (Flare stands up and faces Richie, who shows respect in his refusal to give up) And they dance to a, bittersweet, melody." Flare and Richie went into their fighting stances as the two of them got ready to continue. An illustration of them in their stances was shown as the song ended.