Act 1 – Betrayl
Chapter 4/Final: Battle Aftermath/Enter the Impactor
Baston emerged from the ground with a huge explosion of Ki and dust, catching Cloud off in a moment of surprise. The Super Saiyan 3 charged towards Cloud with great speed, and sent his knee crashing into Cloud's gut. Blood escaped from Cloud's mouth, as he was shot back from the force of Baston's strike.
Baston smirked a tad, as he charged forward and proceeded to kick Cloud in the face, should Cloud not have recovered quick enough and punch Baston straight across the face. Baston shot back, then spun around a few times to gain composure, as Cloud went to kick him back, Baston powered up his aura and blocked off the attack.
Baston struck Cloud, but was blocked off as well. The two clashed fists before engaging in a fast barrage of punches and kicks, sending explosions of Ki and sparks crashing around the area, each strike they made. Cloud then went for a straight kick towards Baston's chin, but watched as Baston blocked off the attack and went to strike Cloud in the face, missing barely and punching the rock face before him, causing it to shatter on contact.
"So you like to run away like a scared helpless child huh clown?" Baston mused, his Super Saiyan 3 aura radiating around his body. "Funny Baston, I could have said the same exact thing to you… your speed and power have increased a lot more than I imagined… and you're able to keep up, even though I have been a Super Saiyan 3 longer." Cloud mused back, as Baston smirked more.
"Unlike you clown, I have a natural ability to adapt my Super Saiyan forms… even if they are newly developed… so fighting as a Super Saiyan 3… is the quality of mastering the art of staying in Super Saiyan without fighting." Baston mused again, as he teleported from the spot, kicking Cloud around the side of his neck, then grabbed Cloud's hair and threw him down towards the ground heavily.
"Not to mention that I have been training my body at Super Saiyan 2 well over its limits… I know ways of harnessing my Super Saiyan 3 powers without the stress you probably had at the start of your transformation…" Baston snickered, as Cloud shot up from the ground, and fired two blasts of Ki, of which flew around Baston catching him in the center.
"Yeah, but you're still arrogant and overconfident… I still have that advantage over you." Cloud mused, as Baston emerged from the smoke with a calm smirk on his face. "I guess you taught yourself how to withstand a lot of damage taken on your body… training in the Tsunbaisumi mountains would do that to anyone… don't deny it clown. I know you trained there three years ago against Xacti… I did it myself, and now I know the limits of which my body can hold." Baston explained, making Cloud's eyes sharpen a bit.
"Well then… I guess I'll just have to hit your harder then…" Cloud mused, taking his stance, sparks of electricity rapidly pulsating around his Super Saiyan 3 body. "If you can that is." Baston mused back, taking his stance also in mid air. Meanwhile Kyzer and Marcous decided to continue with their break to get their energy back. They consisted themselves on using the skills that Kami taught them to see the battle through their minds.
They waited intently for the moment until they finally got an image of the battle. "Oh wow! My dad did it! He's a Super Saiyan 3 just like you dad!" Kyzer exclaimed, as Marcous smiled through his shut eyes. "And look how damaged they both are, neither one is stronger! They must be equal in power!" Marcous exclaimed, as suddenly both their eyes shot open.
"Speaking of strong power…. Did you sense that!?" Kyzer shouted in shock, as Marcous nodded. "It's… so great… greater than our dads energies… but… it feels so close by… like it's on the island with us…" Marcous stated in a scared way, as they stood up and looked around.
Baston and Cloud charged in towards each and clashed in the center, sending huge shockwaves crashing throughout the area. The two then engaged in a heavy barrage of punches and kicks, sending shards of electricity and shockwaves flailing around each time they made contact with each other. Each time they swung and evaded, shockwaves flew out, destroying rocks and trees in their wake.
Cloud then leapt higher into the air and fired a few Ki blasts down at Baston, placing his fingers on his forehead and teleporting behind Baston, as he would try to evade them. Baston turned around, sensing Cloud's approach and punched him down to the ground, being caught in the Ki blasts.
Baston shot out from the smoke, as Cloud flew out from the crater he made from the fall. The two clashed once again in the center, but this time punched each other hard in the face. The two jumped back, and then sent a kick towards each other, kicking each other in the chest hard.
The two saiyans flew back, holding their chests in pain. Once they recovered their started to charge their best attacks. "Ka….Me…..Ha….Me…." Cloud started to say, drawing on the Ki into his palms. "Final……Cosmic…." Baston shouted, forming his Ki attack in the similar fashion as Cloud.
"Cannon!" "Ha!" The two shouted, as they fired their attacks towards each other, causing them both to connect and self destruct on contact. The explosion was huge, the entire planet would feel the tremors of the collision, and with it shockwaves flew out around the entire area and more. "Now I know where Goldy is…" Nel growled, as she felt the earthquakes around the area.
"Fighting Baston once again… can't those two go a whole week without trying to tear the planet apart…? Emelia stay here. Mommy is going to end this fight of theirs and bring your father home." Nel grunted, as she placed her fingers on her forehead and left the area. Baston and Cloud were hurled away from each other, and slammed into the nearby rock faces behind them.
The two slid off the wall and hit the floor hard, causing small patterns of dust formations. They both slowly got back to their feet and held their stance that was until Nel finally showed up with a stern look on his face and her hands at her hips. "Why is it every time something happens on this planet, it's because you two are always trying to beat the living crap out of each other?" Nel asked sternly, as Baston grunted. "Like you know anything about our rivalry woman… butt out… we have pressing matters to finish." Baston grunted, as she looked over at Baston, and then smirked.
"So I see you liked Goldy's girly look and opted to match it." She mused slightly, as Baston shut his eyes in a smirking manner. "You're just jealous… seeing the full power of our legendary race…" Baston responded, as Nel rolled her eyes, walking over to Cloud.
"Like I care about it either… come on Goldy, we're going home… and don't bother asking, you already know the answer." Nel stated with a sly smirk on her face, as Cloud gulped and nodded. "Yeah sure… another time Baston." Cloud stated, as Nel used the time to use Instant transmission before Baston had the chance to say anything. "Darn that woman… just when I had the clown on the ropes…" Baston scowled, as he powered up his Super Saiyan 3 aura, reverting to Super Saiyan 2, then regular Super Saiyan, and finally his normal state.
Baston looked at his palms and smirked a little. "At least now I know that the clown can't hold back on me… now that I match him in strength and Super Saiyan ability." Baston mused to himself, as he looked around. "All that training has finally paid off…" Baston thought to himself, as he thought back to his previous training before challenging Cloud.
Baston hovered over the smoldering crater where Xacti and Anti Cloud had been struck into with his attack. He waited intently until he saw another giant wave of Black Ki explode from the ground, and with it shot up Anti Cloud; his Blue GI torn in half, and his right pant leg had been torn off from the knee. "BASTON!!!" Anti Cloud roared, as he powered up his Super Sayain 3 aura and charged faster towards Baston. Baston smirked, as he knew what to do in this kind of situation. Retreat back. Baston powered up his aura and flew backwards away from Anti Cloud; who was mad beyond belief. Anti Cloud finally caught up to Baston, and started to throw a fast barrage of punches and kicks towards him. Baston smirked wider, as he started to evade each one of Anti Cloud's attacks. Sure Baston was slower with his weights on, but in the angered state Anti Cloud was in, it was easy to move from the attacks as though he was faster than him. Baston spun around, kicking Anti Cloud in the face, while in the timing of Anti holding his face in pain. Baston sent a few small ki blasts from his fingers, each one taking out the joints of Anti Cloud, immobilizing him for a small period of time. "That was for the clown... creating hell for him and his family... No one does that to them other than me..." Baston mused, as he forced a small formation of Ki in his hands, but then retracted it into a small force wave. Anti Cloud was struck by this force wave and was hurled into a nearby rock face. "Looks like our little fight here has demolished this entire area... what a waste.... hey Kami, how bout shifting us to somewhere else..." Baston grunted, as Kami shook his head from outside the realm. "It's impossible... that lightning strikes is messing up the natural order of my transmission powers... you'll have to win the fight or die to get out of there..." Kami explained, as Baston looked into the sky, the purple clouds were shedding off red blasts of lightning towards the ground, causing the ground to erupt in a huge ball of fire. "Crap... I almost forgot about that..." Baston thought to himself, as Anti Cloud got to his feet, watching as a blast of lightning came down towards him. His eyes widened slightly, as he evaded the lightning, but was collected in the explosion and was forced back into the ground. "What the hell is going on here... you didn't even do anything!" Anti Cloud shouted, as Xacti slowly got to his feet, regenerating his right arm which was removed in the first attack Baston had done to send both him and Anti to the ground in a ball of fire. "This isn't my doing... This is a yearly electrical storm... this planet has..." Baston grunted, as Anti Cloud looked around. "I figured this wasn't earth... it was more dead that it....." Anti Cloud grunted back, as he saw the lightning destroying the surroundings from the horizon. "Well then, guess that means I have to kill you faster..." Anti Cloud mused, as he took his stance. "Baston... I have even more bad news..." Kami stated, as Baston grunted. "What now...?" Baston asked angrily. "As much as you beat Anti Cloud around, the more stronger he gets... remember apart from the negative portion of Xacti in him... he's still a Saiyan..." Kami explained. "I'm well aware of that situation... but it sounds like theirs a worse part coming up." Baston grunted, as Kami nodded. "Yeah there is... the planet over the few millennium... has been having these storms over each year... and with it the planet started to become unstable... When I said the people evacuated it to get away while the storm was going on... it was true... but I have learnt that it's actually a permanent evacuation from the planet..." "Baston... that planet you're on is going to explode soon... the lightning around it, is going to disrupt the planets core... and cause it to erode, then ignite in an explosion similar to a supernova. Even if you win before it goes... you won't survive... and even if you do..." "I'll be killed from the lack of oxygen in space...I get it..." Baston interrupted as he grunted. "How long do I have..." Baston asked calmly. "Ten minutes, that's only an assumption though... I know you don't have to worry, seeing your body is not really there... but I'd hate to think that this planet blowing up before your fight is done would harsh-en your training for a bit." Kami explained, as Baston growled. "What do you mean by that? You're hiding something aren't you?" Baston asked angrily again, as Kami sighed. "If a planet is blown up by someone with an energy blast... we can alternatively bring it back by shifting the time before it... however if a planet blows up to a natural cause like the one you are on is going to... then it takes a while for the dimension room to find a new planet or return to earth to carry out people's trainings." Kami explained, as Baston smirked. "I don't mind too much... how long does it take...?" Baston asked keeping his smirk. "Last time this happened was with another warrior... it took us about ten days to get it back up and running.... but seeing as this planet isn't going to go for a bit, the time limit is debatable..." Kami replied. "Fine... at least I know the situation at hand... Well then Anti Cloud... Xacit, what's say we finish this up... I feel as though we won't be around long enough to draw this up... so let's get serious shall wel?" Baston mused, as he powered up his aura to full power. Anti Cloud and Xacti looked at each other with raised eyebrows, then smirked back up at Baston. "Well if you insist Baston... but if you allow us to do this... then this mud ball of a planet may not be around very much longer." Anti Mused, as Baston smirked with a laugh. "I don't think that's much of a concern for me anyway..." Baston mused back, as he charged down towards Anti and Xacit, flying at speeds much greater than what he had achieved through previous training matches. "Ka.....Me......Ha.......Me........" Xacti and Anti Cloud chanted, as they both formed blasts of Ki into their palms, forming them together into one giant ball of dark Ki. "Oh I see, wanting to end it big huh? So that's what you mean!" Baston shouted, as he stopped in mid flight, forming Ki into his palms, then drew them together like a Kamehameha wave. "Then allow me to demonstrate my fruits of training with this newer technique of mine!" Baston shouted, as the blast of Ki in his cupped palms got bigger and bigger. "Final.....Cosmic....Cannon.... Fire!!" Baston roared, as he fired the blast of Ki out his palms straight down towards Anti Cloud and Xacti; who flung their palms up, releasing the dark ball of Ki out theirs. The two blasts shot down towards each other and clashed heavily. The blasts held against each other heavily, creating huge sparks of electrical current to course around them. Baston held the attack firmly, but found himself being forced up, as both Xacti and Anti found themselves being forced back into the ground. The two then held their balance, and forced more Ki into their blast, making it move up towards Baston more. Baston moved back a bit, gritting his teeth in frustration and struggle. He slowly forced a little more Ki into his attack and forced it down, but not as much as Anti or Xacti had. "This is nuts! Individually they're weak and slow....but put together they're ferocious!!" Baston shouted in his mind, as veins started to appear around his arms and forehead. "This isn't going well for Baston..." Kami grunted. "What do you mean Kami?" Popo asked, as they watched it play out. "Baston's power is starting to slowly decrease... the more energy he puts out into that attack of his... the more energy he drains... with Xacti and Anti working together on their attack... if one runs out, the other can still press on... it's like an energy reserve..." Kami explained. "I get it... and while the other holds the attack... the one that stopped gets to recharge theirs...while Baston is on his own, getting weaker and weaker." Popo stated. "Exactly... there's only two ways Baston can win this struggle... He can get lucky and hope that the planet blows up, taking them all out... or... he can wait until one of them makes a mistake... but there in lies a problem..." Kami explained. "Xacti can regenerate even if he is blown up to a million pieces..." Popo interrupted, as Kami nodded. "If Baston wants to make a right move and end them... then he has to wait it out... he just has to hope he doesn't run out of energy in the process..." Kami stated again. Baston started to shift back, more veins forming around his arms and forehead, as he formed more and more Ki into his blast, forcing it back every so slightly each time. "I can't lose... No, I REFUSE to lose... if I lose this fight... then all my training... all my drive...it will just wither away with this planet... If I can't muster enough strength into this... then I'll never be able to accomplish anything... I lose my wife...my son...and the clowns respect... as much as I hate to admit that last part... it's the one thing that pushes me this far in battle... and I will not let that be in vain!!" Baston thought to himself, as he moved back, Anti and Xacti forcing even more energy into their attack."All my life... even when I was a little child... I spent every day, training over my limits... They had to force me down and tie me to a chair to get me to take a break... I was a Saiyan elite... the strongest Saiyan on the planet next to my father... I thought I had what it took to become a Super Saiyan... and it kept me motivated to fight... conquer and train... it was as though all those options were my daily chores... I'd fight...conquer planets for my father... and then train to get stronger.... but never in my life had I once thought that someone lower in power and in stature than me... would ever rise up... rise to become a Super Saiyan before me.... I thought I was in a horrible nightmare... how was a Saiyan with one of the lowest power levels as a kid... a low class warrior, able to achieve a power once said to only come once every thousand years.... the one power that should have been mine...!! But it only got worse from there... not only had that one warrior acclaimed the power of the Legendary Super Saiyan... he had also ascended to both an Ultra Super Saiyan... and an Super Saiyan 2... He had taken the power of the legendary warrior race... and bettered it for his goals of saving the planet he was meant to conquer when he was a child.... To add insult to my injuries... another Saiyan low level... with the LOWEST power level of the children Saiyans... was the next to transform... taking my birthright and made it a mere sporting item... My pride had taken an all time drop from that moment... but even as hard as I trained... that blasted Android... and the clowns wife always became stronger than me... humiliating me even further!! Then the day came when I myself became a Super Saiyan... and I thought I was at the top of my game... but even at that power... the clown still picked me apart, and the most painful part about that... was that he always held back his true strength to keep me from thinking I was getting stronger than him...!!" Baston felt his energy steadily decreasing, as the blast formed more towards Anti Cloud and Xacti's attack, moving more and more closer towards Baston. "That's it... he's finished..." Kami grunted, as he looked away with his eyes shut. "His power has gone down greatly... he won't be able to hold that attack off for very much longer..." Kami explained, as the blast broke through, heading straight towards Baston; who stuck his palms out attempting to hold the attack back. This worked perfectly, as he started to hold the attack back, sparks of black electricity pulsating around his hands, as more veins formed around his body. "Time moved on... and I got stronger... I trained my body well over my limits... I had even managed to become an Ultra Super Saiyan myself... until that blasted creature Xacti came into the picture... He made everything a living hell for me... even beating him with little effort proved nothing... for he took over my mind and used me to do his bidding... then that blasted Android and Nel fused and took him down like he was nothing! Every time I thought I was getting stronger, I was humiliated either in battle, or watching another battle take place....!!"Anti Cloud and Xacit smirked, as they both forced more Ki into the blast, making it bigger and bigger each time. Baston was starting to lose more power by the second, and could feel that his hands were slipping from the blast. "Then the tournament came... and I was destined to take the role as earth's champion... it was my destiny to fight the clown in the semi final match... but then he went and lost to a mere squirt... who then humiliated me just as badly! My life's ambition to be the best... was trifled by a mere Saiyan child... who later himself became a Super Saiyan... Then... it happened... my life of fighting for myself became... a tool... I became part of that ridiculous fusion... as strong as it was... I never saw myself ever working with that low level clown... that low level Saiyan that had bested me in everything I had trained for..."Baston moved back even more, his power dropping down to a point where he would be fighting in his normal status. Xacti and Anti laughed, as they forced more Ki into their attack, making it shoot Baston back, but Baston held the attack back, blood oozing from his teeth from the huge amount of force that his teeth were clenched at. "After the tournament... everyone went their separate ways... I carried on my training here at Kami's... while the clown had that wife of his to worry about.... then the clown had done it again... He had achieved a power that I never thought was possible... he had managed to stay transformed into a Super Saiyan without the stress placed out on his body... then when he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2... it only increased his fighting power even more... I tried to achieve that power myself... but failed.... Then around the time that his kids were born... that negative freak came into the picture... I may have finally transformed into a Super Saiyan 2.... but even I was no match against him... he picked me apart and left me to wallow in self pity... Four years later.... I found myself settling down... spending more time with my own wife... and my one son.... I thought that my life was taking a new step... a one where I would finally be on equal terms with the clown in strength and level of Super Saiyan powers... but then he came with that proclamation about their being a Super Saiyan 3... and he would be the one to achieve it..."Baston shot back even further, the blast of energy starting to tear away the gloves on his hands. The planet underneath them was starting to cave in, breaking apart rock by rock, the shattering rocks started to cause magma eruptions. Lava spewed out from the broken cracks, melting everything in it's path. The sky had even taken a dark red appearance, with black sparks generating around the clouds. "This is bad.... The planets gonna blow!!" Kami shouted, as Baston started to give in, his arms buckling under the stress of the power that Xacti and Anti Cloud were firing at him. "His wife got stronger... his kids were as strong as them... and even my son had risen up to become a Super Saiyan... now he and that kid of the clowns are almost as stronger as myself... and then... the one thing I thought that would never happen... happened... the clown... humiliated me to no extent.... by finally transforming himself into a Super Saiyan 3.... The one power I thought never existed... brought forth in the transformation right before my very eyes... ever since... he's mocked me... not by battle... but by having his transformations played tracks through my mind... I have trained my body to it's limits and beyond...but... but I don't feel anything... I don't feel any stronger... I don't feel like I can do it... why is it that the clown can achieve everything so easily... but I can't... It's just SO INFURIATING!!" Baston roared in his mind, as Anti and Xacti laughed once more. "What do you say we end this like he said...? We'll blow up this planet with him." Anti mused, as Xacti smirked demonically. The two then put in a lot more of their Ki and then shot it up towards Baston; who was still buckling, but at an even worse stage than before. "It's... It's time like this I wonder why I even bother continuing to do this to my body... push it so hard for nothing... everything I do... I always do it second or third... the clown always beats me to it... his wife always keeps up with him.... and his twins are doing the same... Pretty soon, even my son will... gradually become stronger than me... I wonder now... why I continue to try and accelerate to Super Saiyan 3... it's just a fairytale story gone wrong for me.... No....No I refuse to let myself think that..."The blast started to come closer and closer towards Baston. "I refuse to let them make a fool out of me anymore...."Closer it got. "I refuse to be labeled as a False prince... to everyone I know."Closer.... "I refuse....."It was only a few more meters away from him. "I refuse......"Just as it was about to make contact with his hands. "I REFUSE....!! TO EVER LOSE AGAIN!!!!!" Baston roared in his mind, as a huge burst of energy exploded from his body. That energy exploded around him, taking on the form of his Aura. Sparks of golden Ki flowed around his body and arms, as the blast of energy hit his palms, but made no movement on Baston's part. Baston's eyes had gone pure white from the power circulating around his body, and with it he raised the blast over his head. "NO ONE KILLS THE PRINCE OF SAIYANS!! I WILL NEVER LOSE AGAIN!! NOW DIE!!" Baston screamed, as he forced the blast back down towards Anti and Xacti with great force. "Kami look!" Popo shouted, as Kami looked in shock horror. "He's actually mustering his power back...but how... he was losing it.... Don't tell me, he's done it...?" Kami asked himself, as Anti and Xacti looked even more shocked than Kami, as the blast came down towards them. The blast hit Xacti and Anti Cloud, and with it erupted in an enormous explosion. The entire area around the three warriors was wiped out, including both Xacti and Anti Cloud. Baston shielded himself off from the radiating light and explosive Ki, as it consumed him as well, before dieing off. When the smoke withered away, Xacti and Anti Cloud were gone, not even a trace of ash was left of them.
Baston snapped back into his senses and grunted "Well, better go home and get some cleaner clothes on… then I'll head back to Kami's for some more Super Saiyan 3 training… finally clown, we'll be able to settle the score on equal terms." Baston mused, as he powered up his aura and took off back to West City.
Meanwhile Kyzer and Marcous started to search the island, in fear of this new power being something dangerous. "I can't seem… to find the source… whoever it is… is masking it now…" Kyzer grunted, as Marcous nodded. "He could be anywhere if he can do that…" Marcous cautiously muttered, as in the shadows of the island, a dark figured looked up at them, a dark and horrific smirk crept onto his face, as he slowly walked out of his hiding spot and hovered into the air, still managing to mask his energy from them.
"Do you get the feeling that we're being watched Marcous?" Kyzer asked, as Marcous's face shook up before nodding in response. The two then felt a calm chill in the air and turned around. Their eyes meeting with dark crimson red ones, sparks of crimson lightning generating around the others body, and a sinister look of death plastered on the creatures face.
"M-M-Marcous… I-I-I think…W-We just found…W-What we W-Were l-looking for…" Kyzer said in shock, as Marcous just gulped in response.
End of Act 1