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Ch.1 "A Shadow Falls over the Earth"
Several years had passed since Ashram had accidentally shown up on the Earth & displayed a power unlike anything ever seen before. Enemies had appeared & had been rather powerful in their own right: Dr. Gero's Androids #16-#20, the original Cell, Majin Buu, Bebi, & the evil Shenlong. However, with the powers of Fusion Goku, Fusion Vegeta, Fusion Gohan, Fusion Trunks, & Fusion Goten, they were easily dealt with.
However, one thing had bothered Goku to no end: the reason he had come to this world, Super #17, had never appeared to fight him.
But, after all the fighting & training he & the others had been through, he was certain that he could destroy him once he appeared. Fusion Goku was now able to go to 31,000,000,000, Vegeta was a step behind him at 29,500,000,000, Trunks & Goten could each go to 17,500,000,000, & Gohan could go to 28,000,000,000.
In Ashram's world, for one reason or another, the Dark Shadow that Mobeius predicted hadn't shown up either. However, Ashram decided to take advantage of the delay to attempt to get revenge on Janus & the other defenders of Earth.
His first order of business was resurrecting the Dark Knights & finally releasing the Army of Darkness. He then proceeded to declare Armageddon on the Earth.
He sent the entire army, in separate units, to the Earth, but hadn't expected, nor did he plan on the Earth's defenders to be able to defeat it.
It finally came down to Ashram & the Dark Knights against the Earth's defenders: Janus Audren, his dark half Magus, Zero Lightor, Sephiroth Lightor, two Dark Knight discharges Izlude Torian & his father Vormav, & Sho Lightor-Darkon.
Janus stepped up to fight Ashram, but he was quickly defeated by Ashram's new abilities.
With a desperate plea to Sho, Janus convinced the young, but powerful warrior to fight his grandfather. After Ashram brought up a few subjects that Sho was trying to forget, the mighty Dunpeal astounded everyone by transforming into a Superior Vampire.
Wanting to test his grandson's power's, as well as his own, Ashram told the Dark Knights not to interfere with the battle, but they were welcome to fight the other defenders, to make sure that they didn't get involved either.
The Dark Knights & the defenders of Earth fought each other with everything they had, but neither could subdue the other. After going back & reviewing what they had done during their missions, the Dark Knights realized that to continue to fight would be completely pointless.
The only one who didn't realize this, or refused to listen to it, was Ashram. He said he would continue to fight until his mission was done. At first, everyone thought he was talking about being the sole ruler of the universe, but Janus suddenly realized that Ashram was fighting for Zeal. He was hell-bent on avenging her death & if destroying the Earth & everything on it was going to do it, then that was what he was going to do. It was at that moment that everyone realized just how much Ashram cared about her, & obviously, vise-versa. No one was able to talk him out of destroying Earth, no one that is until Zeal's spirit appeared & told him to stop.
She told him that destroying innocent bystanders was not going to bring her back to life any sooner. She wanted this pointless fight to end & she wanted a truce made between them.
Naturally, Ashram & Magus refused to have anything to do with each other, but everyone else was all for it.
They could see that the main problem was getting Ashram & Magus to agree to it, because they hated each other with a passion & it was all because they had both taken away the one thing they cared about: Ashram had been an accessory in the death of Schala, & Magus had directly aided to the attack that had killed Zeal. However, Magus eventually changed his mind & agreed to make a truce with Ashram. The change occurred when Ashram explained to him that killing Schala was never in his plans, it had only happened because she wanted her brother to be stopped, & killing herself made Ghaleon vulnerable long enough for Magus to defeat him.
Alucard, the father of both Magus & Janus, appeared & told Magus that everyone makes mistakes, & that Ashram was not to blame for Schala's death. Ashram then surprised everyone when he directly apologized to Magus about what had happened to Schala.
However, Ashram was still reluctant to make a truce with Magus because of his involvement in Zeal's death. Ashram then got the shock of both of his lives when his most hated enemy, more hated then Magus, Zachred Lightor, appeared.
He said that if Ashram agreed to make the truce with Magus, then he would resurrect any two people Ashram chose. Ashram agreed instantly & said Zeal's name without hesitation.
The second resurrection proved to be a little more difficult. He originally wanted to restore the life of his son Gaia, but Gaia spoke to them from the spirit realm & told them all that he was perfectly happy with watching over the Earth with Lightor's daughter Achica, the mother of Sho, Zero, & Sephiroth. However, Gaia had a suggestion of his own as to whom the second resurrection should go to. His suggestion was Schala. He then explained that by resurrecting Schala, the truce between Ashram & Magus would be more believable. He also said that he forgave Magus for killing him.
Ashram agreed with him & the lives of Zeal & Schala were restored.
That had been five years ago in Ashram's world & the year there was 2000. Around thirty years had passed in the world of the Z fighters. But, oddly enough, the bizarre rip in space that had allowed Ashram to land in the Z fighter's world had not yet closed.
It was still active but slowly losing the power to remain open, & this caught the interest of a demon in the depths of Hell.
The always-burning pits of hell-fire were clearly able to show what the creature looked like: He was about 8' feet tall with long grayish-white hair that was tied back at the very end. His skin color was a putrid green with black jagged lines in his face. Form the top of his forehead came two pieces of skin that were molded back across the sides of his head, just above his pointed ears. His eyes were yellow with green & red lines in them & two black slanted pupils crowned them. His black lips were curled in a permanent sneer of disgust, while his ivory white teeth were hidden from view. His hands & his feet were different from most other hell dwellers; his hands & feet had very powerful muscles in them, but instead of fingers & toes, he had three dark gray claws, all very sharp. His garments were rather different as well; he wore what could've been black, skin-tight leather pants, leather gloves, studded with silver buckles, covered the lower half of his arms, & a tattered, & torn piece of cloth that was only covering haft of his chiseled upper body. Actually, his entire body looked incredible, as though chiseled from stone. Had it not been for the dark "scars" that covered his body, & his unusual skin color, he may have been handsome. Perhaps at one point, he was.
On his back he carried a sword. It was also different from most normal things: its blade was about seven feet long, coal black, & was in a wavy-like shape that extended from a skull-n-crossbones holder. He stared at the gateway/space rip through a vision he was able to create outside the gates of Hell.
"(I wonder how long that has been there?)" he thought.
"Sire" a voice behind him said.
He turned around to see five ghastly pale figures kneeling before him. At first glance, they all appeared similar, with their short, black as night hair & pointed ears. They wore garment that were similar to the one they called "sire", but they were lighter in color & they had no sword or weapon one their backs. Their size & their shoulder garments, each with their own individual clan symbols, told them apart, but not as effectively as the different glows that each of their bodies gave off.
Turell's skin gave off a faint brown glow, Melchiah gave off a greenish color, Zephon's was stone-dust gray, Rahab's was an aqua, & Dumah's skin gave off a light black glow.
"Is everything ready?" the demon asked.
"Yes, Lord Kain. All of our kin are prepared, ready, & awaiting your command" Turell said.
"So when do we go to the Earth, my lord" Melchiah asked.
"We will go when I decide to go" Kain snapped. He looked at the space rip again & then added, "We shall go as soon as I see what is on the other side of this space tear."
"Why?" Turell asked, then he realized that he had just made a critical mistake when Kain's head snapped back around & looked dead at him.
With a quick flick of his eye, Kain blew out Turell's eyes, as well as sending him up to the ceiling of the cavern in Hell they were presently in. The other clan leaders watched in fear as Kain used nothing but his mind to hold Turell in place up there. He looked up at Turell, who was desperately trying to move, but with no success in the least.
"Do you want to ask "why" again, Turell?" Kain asked as he increased the force. At this point, Turell was crying out in unbearable agony; his bones had begun to crack, soon they would be shattering into pieces.
In the midst of the pain, Turell was able to say, "For..give..me, Si..re."
Satisfied with the answer, or the screams of agony, one of the two, Kain stopped the force blast. Turell fell to the floor in a heap, but quickly got back into a knelling position. As Kain turned his attention back to the image of the space tear, he could feel the energy of Turell as he rejuvenated his eyes, as well as healing his insides.
"The reason I want to go to through this space rip is because I can feel several very powerful life forces coming from the other side. They could prove useful to me in the future; besides, if where this thing takes us happens to host enough blood, then we can set aside my desires for revenge & concentrate fully on our ultimate goal, turning me into a god. It should also prove rather interesting to see how much of a fight they'll put up for their lives, not that they have any hope of surviving, but I guess some amusement is better than none" Kain said.
"I see. If we can get what is needed for the resurrection, then we won't have to go to Earth to get the requirements" Rahab explained.
"No Rahab, we will still go to Earth & pay that bastard Magus a visit, but I want to do it when I am the dominant being in the universe. However, I am interested in the fighting abilities of the owners of the life forces. If they prove good enough, then we shall bring them into our ranks, if they are not, I don't think Soul Reaver will be disappointed" Kain said, still with is back turned. The clan leaders knew exactly what he was talking about, but didn't comment on the matter for fear that they would suffer a similar fate that had been dealt to Turell.
"But, aren't you strong enough as it is to be able to kill him?" Turell asked referring to Magus, now even more terrified of Kain then he already was.
"Of course I am Turell!" Kain snapped, then he turned back around to face the clan leaders. Right now, all of them were slightly trembling, except for Turell who was shaking in fear. "I could go down to Earth & kill him now if I wanted to, but it will be even more fun once I have become a god. I can't wait to see that look of panic & fear on his face when he realizes that he is an even more inferior being to me than he already is" Kain said, the wickedest of smirks on his face. He noticed how the clan leaders were shacking, & he couldn't help but take notice on it. "(That's it, that's the look)" he thought when he saw their faces. "Now go & assemble your forces. Wait for me on the surface" Kain instructed.
The five lieutenants got up to leave, but Kain voice briefly stopped them. "Turell, wait here for a moment. The rest of you get going" he said. Before they teleported, Rahab, Dumah, Melchiah, & Zephon looked at Turell as the fear reappeared in his eyes; they knew what ever Kain wanted with him wasn't going to be gentle.
They quickly teleported out of the cavern, leaving Turell alone with Kain. Kain walked up to him & looked at him with a gaze that would kill most beings. "If you ever question me again, I'll do more then make you a ceiling decoration. Understand?" Kain asked with the gaze of death in his eyes.
Turell was now more scared of Kain now then he had ever been; he knew Kain could kill him in an instant & lose no sleep over it, that is, if he ever slept. However, because of his fear, a gasp came out of his mouth instead of an answer. Then, before Turell even had a chance to think about correcting himself, Kain grabbed him by the throat & lifted him almost five feet of the ground.
"Well?" Kain asked icily. Turell coughed & spat up black blood, & managed to choke out, "Ye..s S..ir...e."
Kain than dropped him & teleported out of Hell, leaving Turell to spit up his lungs.
He reappeared on the surface where the other four clan leaders were waiting with a small number of each of their offspring. A small number of Turell's kin were there as well, waiting on their master.
"Where is Master Turell?" one of them asked in vampiric.
Annoyed with the question, especially coming from a fledgling, Kain looked at him with a you-just-fucked-up expression on his face. The other Turellim backed away in fear as the one who asked the question tried desperately to apologize. He hesitated a moment too late as Kain's eyes quickly sparked with dark purple energy. The Turellim's body suddenly was engulfed in a dark purple light, then the body exploded into nothing but a pile of black blood, bones, & intestines that flew in every direction possible.
"Now, would anyone else like to know where Turell is?" Kain asked, scanning the group. He waited a moment then said, "I didn't think so."
He then looked at Dumah & said, "Wait until I get back to advance to the space rip."
Dumah bowed his head understandingly, then watched as Kain flew through the atmosphere into space.
He stopped his flight process once he had gained some distance from the planet & looked around for where the space tear was emanating from. "(Ah, the advantages of being able to breath in the middle of this hell-hole called 'outer space')" he thought as he took a deep breath. "(I guess I should've thanked Mortanius for changing me into his favored undead son, not killing him the way I did)" Kain thought with a laugh as he replayed the memory from six years ago. As he laughed, his senses caught hold of a peculiar energy.
He flew in the direction that the energy was emanating from & he found himself on the graveyard planet of Grimyardra. He took a deep breath of the air & thought, "(Good, this air is breathable for the others to land here before we inter this space rip.)"
Behind him, the Soul Reaver gave a sudden spark of power. "Patients, Soul Reaver. Soon you will have all the souls you can feast on, & as soon as I bring the two keys together with the one door, I will be the dominate being in the universe, & then that fool Magus will realize just how completely pathetic he really is!!" Kain said as he laughed a laugh of confidence that shook the planet.
He then teleported back to where the clan leaders were waiting. When he reappeared there, he saw that Turell had come up from Hell, & was awaiting for his return. "The air is breathable for you to assemble on the planet that the space tear is emanating above, however, I want you to leave your offspring here. If our opponents prove strong enough, then it would be a waste of the damned" Kain said as they all knelled in respect, or fear, to him.
"Let's go" he said. Then the six of them teleported to the graveyard planet. As soon as they reappeared, Kain immediately noticed that the space rip was slowly closing. "I think not" Kain said as he pulled the Soul Reaver off his back. He looked at the blade then said to it, "Soul Reaver, keep this gateway into Hell open for the occupants of the world we are about to enter."
He then swung the sword in an upper strike maneuver & stopped it when the tip of the blade was pointing at his target. Dark violet energy extended from the weapon & struck the space rip, reopening it & expanding its size. "Let's see whose life becomes a living hell today" Kain said with amusement. The clan leaders just chuckled at the thought of what Kain was likely to do. They then flew up into the space rip & calmly waited as they were carried through the portal.
In the world of the Z Fighters, everything was progressing the way it was intended to: Krillin & #18 were married & they had had their daughter Maron. Fusion Trunks' sister Bra was born & living a normal life at the Capsule Corp. building. Fusion Goku was now a grandpa & a father-in-law, when Gohan had married Videl & had a daughter of their own named Pan. But perhaps the biggest shock of all of this was that Vegeta had finally worked up the courage to purpose to Bulma.
All of that had happened more or less twenty years ago, but oddly enough, because of the appearance of the Fusion Saiyans in this time period, every still appeared to be in their twenties or thirties, except for Goten & Trunks, they still only appeared to be eighteen to nineteen.
But still, Fusion Goku was still slightly worried as to when #17 would appear, but he was trying to forget the situation & live a normal life with Chichi & everyone else. So were the other Fusion Saiyans. It was on this particular day that Goku decided to go & train a bit for exercise & Goten, who didn't seem to have a date to get ready for at the moment, decided to go with him. They agreed to go to the dessert where the Cell Games had been held all those years ago.
On the way over there, Gohan was out going to do the same thing & decided to join them. As they approached the area, they could all feel the power levels of Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, Tein, Yamcha, Chaozu, Krillin, & #18.
Piccolo had done a lot of training in the last two decades, & he had got his power level to 22,000,000,000. Tein, Chaozu, Yamcha, & Krillin had also been in constant training & while they were nowhere near the powers of the Fusion Saiyans & Piccolo, they had made substantial progress: Tein's power level was 7,000,000,000, Chaozu's was 2,500,000,000, Yamcha was at 5,500,000,000 & Krillin's power was at 8,500,000,000. #18 had improved her strength more then any of them, 16,000,000,000, but still had a way to go before she could compete with Piccolo & the fused Saiyans.
Goku, Gohan, & Goten landed near them & Goku called out, "Hey guys." After getting a few replies & Vegeta's typical sneer, the three Saiyans walked up to the group & they all broke off into sparring pairs: Goku & Vegeta, Gohan & Piccolo, Goten & Trunks, Tein & Yamcha, & Krillin & #18.
They spared all day long & as the sun disappeared behind the horizon & night dawned, they all decided to call it quits to catch up on their daily lives. Typically, the first thing out of Vegeta's mouth was where was Super #17. #18 also had been asking the question a lot lately as well, wanting to know where her brother was.
However, before Goku could answer something started to happen that the Z fighters never thought they would see again: it turned as black as midnight & light violet, & blood red lightening started to flash violently throughout it.
"What's going on?" Goten asked.
"This is like what happened when Ashram was fighting with Goku so he could get back to world" Trunks said.
"This is what happened when they fought" Vegeta snapped.
The moment that was out of his mouth, the sky ripped open again & a huge wind storm blew out from the tear & blew the desert sand all over the place. But it wasn't the windstorm that caught Goku's attention; it was the unbelievable power he was feeling.
"Holy shit! Do you guys feel that?" Goku asked the group, who were as blown away by the turn of events as much as he was.
"Feel what?! There's noth...oh FUCK!" Vegeta stated as he felt the power now as well.
"This power, it's incredible!" Trunks said as he looked up at the space void.
Gohan turned to Piccolo & asked him," Can you tell what kind of power this is?"
Piccolo gave a grim nod & answered "A dark one, unlike anything I've ever felt before."
"You mean it's worse then Freiza's & Cell's?" Yamcha asked.
"This one makes their powers seem like child's play" Piccolo answered.
"Hey do you think...do you think that it could be Ashram?" Gohan asked him.
Piccolo shook his head & said, "No, it's not him. I'm positive about that."
"How can you be sure?" #18 asked, who was the only one present who had not seen the black-haired warrior.
"Ashram's power had a dark aura around it, but it was nothing compared to this one. This one is absolute darkness. There's more then one as well, there are six powers coming, each seems to have a different power, but I can't tell if it's everything they're capable of" Piccolo answered as he looked at the space rip.
"I can tell. All of their power levels are pitifully low. It would've been a problem if they were as strong as their whole but now, none of them are worth my time" Vegeta said in his typically arrogant tone of voice.
"(Don't be so sure of yourself Vegeta. There's always the chance that they're holding back their power levels)" Goku thought as he glance over at Vegeta.
"Look! Something's coming out" Tien said as he pointed, all three eyes glued to the hole in the sky.
Goku turned his attention back to the rip & sure enough, six figures emerged from the void. As he looked up at them, one of the six turned his head in their direction & Goku gazed into the deathly eyes of Kain.
As Goku stares up at the six new arrivals, the Z fighters can only wander what is going to happen. Why is Kain here, & what does the evil creature have in store for them? Find out what will happen & who will strike first, in the next chapter of Dragon Ball: Dark Shadows.
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Author wishes remain to be anonymous for which I will respect his Privacy. At least for the time being.
Ch.1 "A Shadow Falls over the Earth"
Several years had passed since Ashram had accidentally shown up on the Earth & displayed a power unlike anything ever seen before. Enemies had appeared & had been rather powerful in their own right: Dr. Gero's Androids #16-#20, the original Cell, Majin Buu, Bebi, & the evil Shenlong. However, with the powers of Fusion Goku, Fusion Vegeta, Fusion Gohan, Fusion Trunks, & Fusion Goten, they were easily dealt with.
However, one thing had bothered Goku to no end: the reason he had come to this world, Super #17, had never appeared to fight him.
But, after all the fighting & training he & the others had been through, he was certain that he could destroy him once he appeared. Fusion Goku was now able to go to 31,000,000,000, Vegeta was a step behind him at 29,500,000,000, Trunks & Goten could each go to 17,500,000,000, & Gohan could go to 28,000,000,000.
In Ashram's world, for one reason or another, the Dark Shadow that Mobeius predicted hadn't shown up either. However, Ashram decided to take advantage of the delay to attempt to get revenge on Janus & the other defenders of Earth.
His first order of business was resurrecting the Dark Knights & finally releasing the Army of Darkness. He then proceeded to declare Armageddon on the Earth.
He sent the entire army, in separate units, to the Earth, but hadn't expected, nor did he plan on the Earth's defenders to be able to defeat it.
It finally came down to Ashram & the Dark Knights against the Earth's defenders: Janus Audren, his dark half Magus, Zero Lightor, Sephiroth Lightor, two Dark Knight discharges Izlude Torian & his father Vormav, & Sho Lightor-Darkon.
Janus stepped up to fight Ashram, but he was quickly defeated by Ashram's new abilities.
With a desperate plea to Sho, Janus convinced the young, but powerful warrior to fight his grandfather. After Ashram brought up a few subjects that Sho was trying to forget, the mighty Dunpeal astounded everyone by transforming into a Superior Vampire.
Wanting to test his grandson's power's, as well as his own, Ashram told the Dark Knights not to interfere with the battle, but they were welcome to fight the other defenders, to make sure that they didn't get involved either.
The Dark Knights & the defenders of Earth fought each other with everything they had, but neither could subdue the other. After going back & reviewing what they had done during their missions, the Dark Knights realized that to continue to fight would be completely pointless.
The only one who didn't realize this, or refused to listen to it, was Ashram. He said he would continue to fight until his mission was done. At first, everyone thought he was talking about being the sole ruler of the universe, but Janus suddenly realized that Ashram was fighting for Zeal. He was hell-bent on avenging her death & if destroying the Earth & everything on it was going to do it, then that was what he was going to do. It was at that moment that everyone realized just how much Ashram cared about her, & obviously, vise-versa. No one was able to talk him out of destroying Earth, no one that is until Zeal's spirit appeared & told him to stop.
She told him that destroying innocent bystanders was not going to bring her back to life any sooner. She wanted this pointless fight to end & she wanted a truce made between them.
Naturally, Ashram & Magus refused to have anything to do with each other, but everyone else was all for it.
They could see that the main problem was getting Ashram & Magus to agree to it, because they hated each other with a passion & it was all because they had both taken away the one thing they cared about: Ashram had been an accessory in the death of Schala, & Magus had directly aided to the attack that had killed Zeal. However, Magus eventually changed his mind & agreed to make a truce with Ashram. The change occurred when Ashram explained to him that killing Schala was never in his plans, it had only happened because she wanted her brother to be stopped, & killing herself made Ghaleon vulnerable long enough for Magus to defeat him.
Alucard, the father of both Magus & Janus, appeared & told Magus that everyone makes mistakes, & that Ashram was not to blame for Schala's death. Ashram then surprised everyone when he directly apologized to Magus about what had happened to Schala.
However, Ashram was still reluctant to make a truce with Magus because of his involvement in Zeal's death. Ashram then got the shock of both of his lives when his most hated enemy, more hated then Magus, Zachred Lightor, appeared.
He said that if Ashram agreed to make the truce with Magus, then he would resurrect any two people Ashram chose. Ashram agreed instantly & said Zeal's name without hesitation.
The second resurrection proved to be a little more difficult. He originally wanted to restore the life of his son Gaia, but Gaia spoke to them from the spirit realm & told them all that he was perfectly happy with watching over the Earth with Lightor's daughter Achica, the mother of Sho, Zero, & Sephiroth. However, Gaia had a suggestion of his own as to whom the second resurrection should go to. His suggestion was Schala. He then explained that by resurrecting Schala, the truce between Ashram & Magus would be more believable. He also said that he forgave Magus for killing him.
Ashram agreed with him & the lives of Zeal & Schala were restored.
That had been five years ago in Ashram's world & the year there was 2000. Around thirty years had passed in the world of the Z fighters. But, oddly enough, the bizarre rip in space that had allowed Ashram to land in the Z fighter's world had not yet closed.
It was still active but slowly losing the power to remain open, & this caught the interest of a demon in the depths of Hell.
The always-burning pits of hell-fire were clearly able to show what the creature looked like: He was about 8' feet tall with long grayish-white hair that was tied back at the very end. His skin color was a putrid green with black jagged lines in his face. Form the top of his forehead came two pieces of skin that were molded back across the sides of his head, just above his pointed ears. His eyes were yellow with green & red lines in them & two black slanted pupils crowned them. His black lips were curled in a permanent sneer of disgust, while his ivory white teeth were hidden from view. His hands & his feet were different from most other hell dwellers; his hands & feet had very powerful muscles in them, but instead of fingers & toes, he had three dark gray claws, all very sharp. His garments were rather different as well; he wore what could've been black, skin-tight leather pants, leather gloves, studded with silver buckles, covered the lower half of his arms, & a tattered, & torn piece of cloth that was only covering haft of his chiseled upper body. Actually, his entire body looked incredible, as though chiseled from stone. Had it not been for the dark "scars" that covered his body, & his unusual skin color, he may have been handsome. Perhaps at one point, he was.
On his back he carried a sword. It was also different from most normal things: its blade was about seven feet long, coal black, & was in a wavy-like shape that extended from a skull-n-crossbones holder. He stared at the gateway/space rip through a vision he was able to create outside the gates of Hell.
"(I wonder how long that has been there?)" he thought.
"Sire" a voice behind him said.
He turned around to see five ghastly pale figures kneeling before him. At first glance, they all appeared similar, with their short, black as night hair & pointed ears. They wore garment that were similar to the one they called "sire", but they were lighter in color & they had no sword or weapon one their backs. Their size & their shoulder garments, each with their own individual clan symbols, told them apart, but not as effectively as the different glows that each of their bodies gave off.
Turell's skin gave off a faint brown glow, Melchiah gave off a greenish color, Zephon's was stone-dust gray, Rahab's was an aqua, & Dumah's skin gave off a light black glow.
"Is everything ready?" the demon asked.
"Yes, Lord Kain. All of our kin are prepared, ready, & awaiting your command" Turell said.
"So when do we go to the Earth, my lord" Melchiah asked.
"We will go when I decide to go" Kain snapped. He looked at the space rip again & then added, "We shall go as soon as I see what is on the other side of this space tear."
"Why?" Turell asked, then he realized that he had just made a critical mistake when Kain's head snapped back around & looked dead at him.
With a quick flick of his eye, Kain blew out Turell's eyes, as well as sending him up to the ceiling of the cavern in Hell they were presently in. The other clan leaders watched in fear as Kain used nothing but his mind to hold Turell in place up there. He looked up at Turell, who was desperately trying to move, but with no success in the least.
"Do you want to ask "why" again, Turell?" Kain asked as he increased the force. At this point, Turell was crying out in unbearable agony; his bones had begun to crack, soon they would be shattering into pieces.
In the midst of the pain, Turell was able to say, "For..give..me, Si..re."
Satisfied with the answer, or the screams of agony, one of the two, Kain stopped the force blast. Turell fell to the floor in a heap, but quickly got back into a knelling position. As Kain turned his attention back to the image of the space tear, he could feel the energy of Turell as he rejuvenated his eyes, as well as healing his insides.
"The reason I want to go to through this space rip is because I can feel several very powerful life forces coming from the other side. They could prove useful to me in the future; besides, if where this thing takes us happens to host enough blood, then we can set aside my desires for revenge & concentrate fully on our ultimate goal, turning me into a god. It should also prove rather interesting to see how much of a fight they'll put up for their lives, not that they have any hope of surviving, but I guess some amusement is better than none" Kain said.
"I see. If we can get what is needed for the resurrection, then we won't have to go to Earth to get the requirements" Rahab explained.
"No Rahab, we will still go to Earth & pay that bastard Magus a visit, but I want to do it when I am the dominant being in the universe. However, I am interested in the fighting abilities of the owners of the life forces. If they prove good enough, then we shall bring them into our ranks, if they are not, I don't think Soul Reaver will be disappointed" Kain said, still with is back turned. The clan leaders knew exactly what he was talking about, but didn't comment on the matter for fear that they would suffer a similar fate that had been dealt to Turell.
"But, aren't you strong enough as it is to be able to kill him?" Turell asked referring to Magus, now even more terrified of Kain then he already was.
"Of course I am Turell!" Kain snapped, then he turned back around to face the clan leaders. Right now, all of them were slightly trembling, except for Turell who was shaking in fear. "I could go down to Earth & kill him now if I wanted to, but it will be even more fun once I have become a god. I can't wait to see that look of panic & fear on his face when he realizes that he is an even more inferior being to me than he already is" Kain said, the wickedest of smirks on his face. He noticed how the clan leaders were shacking, & he couldn't help but take notice on it. "(That's it, that's the look)" he thought when he saw their faces. "Now go & assemble your forces. Wait for me on the surface" Kain instructed.
The five lieutenants got up to leave, but Kain voice briefly stopped them. "Turell, wait here for a moment. The rest of you get going" he said. Before they teleported, Rahab, Dumah, Melchiah, & Zephon looked at Turell as the fear reappeared in his eyes; they knew what ever Kain wanted with him wasn't going to be gentle.
They quickly teleported out of the cavern, leaving Turell alone with Kain. Kain walked up to him & looked at him with a gaze that would kill most beings. "If you ever question me again, I'll do more then make you a ceiling decoration. Understand?" Kain asked with the gaze of death in his eyes.
Turell was now more scared of Kain now then he had ever been; he knew Kain could kill him in an instant & lose no sleep over it, that is, if he ever slept. However, because of his fear, a gasp came out of his mouth instead of an answer. Then, before Turell even had a chance to think about correcting himself, Kain grabbed him by the throat & lifted him almost five feet of the ground.
"Well?" Kain asked icily. Turell coughed & spat up black blood, & managed to choke out, "Ye..s S..ir...e."
Kain than dropped him & teleported out of Hell, leaving Turell to spit up his lungs.
He reappeared on the surface where the other four clan leaders were waiting with a small number of each of their offspring. A small number of Turell's kin were there as well, waiting on their master.
"Where is Master Turell?" one of them asked in vampiric.
Annoyed with the question, especially coming from a fledgling, Kain looked at him with a you-just-fucked-up expression on his face. The other Turellim backed away in fear as the one who asked the question tried desperately to apologize. He hesitated a moment too late as Kain's eyes quickly sparked with dark purple energy. The Turellim's body suddenly was engulfed in a dark purple light, then the body exploded into nothing but a pile of black blood, bones, & intestines that flew in every direction possible.
"Now, would anyone else like to know where Turell is?" Kain asked, scanning the group. He waited a moment then said, "I didn't think so."
He then looked at Dumah & said, "Wait until I get back to advance to the space rip."
Dumah bowed his head understandingly, then watched as Kain flew through the atmosphere into space.
He stopped his flight process once he had gained some distance from the planet & looked around for where the space tear was emanating from. "(Ah, the advantages of being able to breath in the middle of this hell-hole called 'outer space')" he thought as he took a deep breath. "(I guess I should've thanked Mortanius for changing me into his favored undead son, not killing him the way I did)" Kain thought with a laugh as he replayed the memory from six years ago. As he laughed, his senses caught hold of a peculiar energy.
He flew in the direction that the energy was emanating from & he found himself on the graveyard planet of Grimyardra. He took a deep breath of the air & thought, "(Good, this air is breathable for the others to land here before we inter this space rip.)"
Behind him, the Soul Reaver gave a sudden spark of power. "Patients, Soul Reaver. Soon you will have all the souls you can feast on, & as soon as I bring the two keys together with the one door, I will be the dominate being in the universe, & then that fool Magus will realize just how completely pathetic he really is!!" Kain said as he laughed a laugh of confidence that shook the planet.
He then teleported back to where the clan leaders were waiting. When he reappeared there, he saw that Turell had come up from Hell, & was awaiting for his return. "The air is breathable for you to assemble on the planet that the space tear is emanating above, however, I want you to leave your offspring here. If our opponents prove strong enough, then it would be a waste of the damned" Kain said as they all knelled in respect, or fear, to him.
"Let's go" he said. Then the six of them teleported to the graveyard planet. As soon as they reappeared, Kain immediately noticed that the space rip was slowly closing. "I think not" Kain said as he pulled the Soul Reaver off his back. He looked at the blade then said to it, "Soul Reaver, keep this gateway into Hell open for the occupants of the world we are about to enter."
He then swung the sword in an upper strike maneuver & stopped it when the tip of the blade was pointing at his target. Dark violet energy extended from the weapon & struck the space rip, reopening it & expanding its size. "Let's see whose life becomes a living hell today" Kain said with amusement. The clan leaders just chuckled at the thought of what Kain was likely to do. They then flew up into the space rip & calmly waited as they were carried through the portal.
In the world of the Z Fighters, everything was progressing the way it was intended to: Krillin & #18 were married & they had had their daughter Maron. Fusion Trunks' sister Bra was born & living a normal life at the Capsule Corp. building. Fusion Goku was now a grandpa & a father-in-law, when Gohan had married Videl & had a daughter of their own named Pan. But perhaps the biggest shock of all of this was that Vegeta had finally worked up the courage to purpose to Bulma.
All of that had happened more or less twenty years ago, but oddly enough, because of the appearance of the Fusion Saiyans in this time period, every still appeared to be in their twenties or thirties, except for Goten & Trunks, they still only appeared to be eighteen to nineteen.
But still, Fusion Goku was still slightly worried as to when #17 would appear, but he was trying to forget the situation & live a normal life with Chichi & everyone else. So were the other Fusion Saiyans. It was on this particular day that Goku decided to go & train a bit for exercise & Goten, who didn't seem to have a date to get ready for at the moment, decided to go with him. They agreed to go to the dessert where the Cell Games had been held all those years ago.
On the way over there, Gohan was out going to do the same thing & decided to join them. As they approached the area, they could all feel the power levels of Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, Tein, Yamcha, Chaozu, Krillin, & #18.
Piccolo had done a lot of training in the last two decades, & he had got his power level to 22,000,000,000. Tein, Chaozu, Yamcha, & Krillin had also been in constant training & while they were nowhere near the powers of the Fusion Saiyans & Piccolo, they had made substantial progress: Tein's power level was 7,000,000,000, Chaozu's was 2,500,000,000, Yamcha was at 5,500,000,000 & Krillin's power was at 8,500,000,000. #18 had improved her strength more then any of them, 16,000,000,000, but still had a way to go before she could compete with Piccolo & the fused Saiyans.
Goku, Gohan, & Goten landed near them & Goku called out, "Hey guys." After getting a few replies & Vegeta's typical sneer, the three Saiyans walked up to the group & they all broke off into sparring pairs: Goku & Vegeta, Gohan & Piccolo, Goten & Trunks, Tein & Yamcha, & Krillin & #18.
They spared all day long & as the sun disappeared behind the horizon & night dawned, they all decided to call it quits to catch up on their daily lives. Typically, the first thing out of Vegeta's mouth was where was Super #17. #18 also had been asking the question a lot lately as well, wanting to know where her brother was.
However, before Goku could answer something started to happen that the Z fighters never thought they would see again: it turned as black as midnight & light violet, & blood red lightening started to flash violently throughout it.
"What's going on?" Goten asked.
"This is like what happened when Ashram was fighting with Goku so he could get back to world" Trunks said.
"This is what happened when they fought" Vegeta snapped.
The moment that was out of his mouth, the sky ripped open again & a huge wind storm blew out from the tear & blew the desert sand all over the place. But it wasn't the windstorm that caught Goku's attention; it was the unbelievable power he was feeling.
"Holy shit! Do you guys feel that?" Goku asked the group, who were as blown away by the turn of events as much as he was.
"Feel what?! There's noth...oh FUCK!" Vegeta stated as he felt the power now as well.
"This power, it's incredible!" Trunks said as he looked up at the space void.
Gohan turned to Piccolo & asked him," Can you tell what kind of power this is?"
Piccolo gave a grim nod & answered "A dark one, unlike anything I've ever felt before."
"You mean it's worse then Freiza's & Cell's?" Yamcha asked.
"This one makes their powers seem like child's play" Piccolo answered.
"Hey do you think...do you think that it could be Ashram?" Gohan asked him.
Piccolo shook his head & said, "No, it's not him. I'm positive about that."
"How can you be sure?" #18 asked, who was the only one present who had not seen the black-haired warrior.
"Ashram's power had a dark aura around it, but it was nothing compared to this one. This one is absolute darkness. There's more then one as well, there are six powers coming, each seems to have a different power, but I can't tell if it's everything they're capable of" Piccolo answered as he looked at the space rip.
"I can tell. All of their power levels are pitifully low. It would've been a problem if they were as strong as their whole but now, none of them are worth my time" Vegeta said in his typically arrogant tone of voice.
"(Don't be so sure of yourself Vegeta. There's always the chance that they're holding back their power levels)" Goku thought as he glance over at Vegeta.
"Look! Something's coming out" Tien said as he pointed, all three eyes glued to the hole in the sky.
Goku turned his attention back to the rip & sure enough, six figures emerged from the void. As he looked up at them, one of the six turned his head in their direction & Goku gazed into the deathly eyes of Kain.
As Goku stares up at the six new arrivals, the Z fighters can only wander what is going to happen. Why is Kain here, & what does the evil creature have in store for them? Find out what will happen & who will strike first, in the next chapter of Dragon Ball: Dark Shadows.