Cooler rested in his throne, Yang still sat with her back up against the left armrest, Ying did the same yet on the right armrest. The God of Destruction himself, leaned back with a straight posture, both his arms on their respective resting places, his tail was positioned to his right twitching from time to time. His head hung low with his eyes closed, even if it seemed like the was asleep, he was actually deep in mediation.
If anyone had told him he would have spent so much time meditating, before this he would have killed him on the stop, now he almost laughed at himself. How pathetic it was, to have so much power, enough to destroy all life in this universe, but lacking the freedom to even use a fraction of it. Whatever went through his mind as such a moment, began to agitate his tail it began to move around with more irregular and sharp motions.
One of those wild motions end up hitting Ying and sending the female Arrancar flying down the stairs. Only when she hit the ground, and the impact was heard through the throne room, did Cooler notice what he had just done. His uninterested eyes drifted towards the fallen Arrancar, Yang was already to her sister's side helping her get back up, a low mumble from their Lord caught their attentions making them look up at him.
"Did I hit you?" he asked, they couldn't tell if he was being serious or not
"No…of course not." Ying mumbled, getting away from her sister's care and walked up the stairs
"I merely slipped." she added, using her left hand to hold his right arm in place
"Why do you lie to me, Ying?" he hissed, causing the twin to freeze just as she was about to take her seat, Yang also froze midway through the stairs
"I'm not lying, my Lord. I have no reason to do so." she replied, her eyes slowly went to his right fist curling into a fist
"Then an Arrancar broke her arm by falling down stairs…" Cooler said, mostly talking to himself
"I…" Ying tried to explain, but Cooler spoke over her
"Nonsense. Your lies are pointless." Cooler hissed, leaning forward from his throne and hitting the side of this throne with his tail
Zeke materialized in the center of the room, she had a surprised expression given the fact that she was on her way there before being summoned. Ying and Yang turned around, her faces with a mix of surprise and fear, they had their own opinion of the Watcher, but seeing her appear just after what Cooler had said made them worry.
"How can I be of use, Lord Cooler?" Zeke asked, with a bow
"Ying, is being rather economic with the truth…" Cooler replied, taking a small pause the blue haired Arrancar's head darted towards him, his eyes meet hers
"It seems that during my meditations I hit her a little too hard with my tail. Heal her if you will." he finished, sending a cold chill of relief down the twin's backs
Zeke raised her free hand towards the Arranar, a green aura outlined Ying's body, it only remained there for about a second, the aura faded and Zeke's arm dropped. Ying looked down at her arm and began to move it slowly, to see if it had truly been healed, much to her surprise her arm was as good as new and above that she was still alive.
"Please take your seats." Cooler said, of course the Arrancar did as he ordered right away
"My Lord, I was actually on my way here when you called for me." Zeke informed
"Any news from Earth?"
"Orihime Inoue has just given herself to Aizen's forces and went to Hueco Mundo." Zeke replied
"So Aizen is finally making a move, interesting." Cooler remarked
"Do you intend on taking action against him? Since he does seem interested in going after the Soul King."
"Of course, not!" Cooler replied with a loud laugh
"He certainly seems to have confidence in his means to do so. I say we wait this one out, let the Shinigami take care of this for the moment." her Lord concluded
"As you wish. Also, I have the first planet for you to judge." Zeke announced, her tone turning dark
"Show it to me." Cooler demanded, with a wave of his right hand
A 3D image of the planet was projected from his attendant's scepter, from what he could see it was almost identical to Earth, only this one had several small islands and one big continent as its main landmass.
"The planet's name is Klona. It is inhabited by a race similar to humans…" Cooler interrupted her
"What about fighters and technology?"
"Their best weapon is the catapult, a crossbow for soldiers. Their fighters are what you would expect weak, there are some anomalies but even those aren't anything close to a challenge. There are some reports of magic and strange creatures, so that could be interesting." Zeke said, speaking as if reading from a book
"Current state of their society?"
"Civil war. An empire rains over the bigger landmass, right now there are small pockets of resistance trying to fight off this tyranny." Cooler's lips slowly turned to a smirk
"You told me that you would be supervising me during the first years. So, what can I do on this planet?"
"This planet isn't that important, or interesting for that matter, so do as you please. Destroy it if you want, just walk among its people, or take a nap. Just remember that you are not a conqueror, you are a destroyer, so taking over is not an option." Zeke replied, with a cheerful yet stern tone
"This could be a way to finally kill some time." Cooler said, getting up from his throne
The Frost Demon marched down the steps and towards Zeke, once he was just a few feet from her she hit the ground with her scepter and they were gone. Ying and Yang let out an audible sigh, the red-haired sister eagerly moved herself to her sister's side and taking a hold of her left arm began to speak.
"Guess who's getting close to the almighty God of Destruction!" she mused, with a chuckle
"It's nothing like that!" Ying protested, with a slight blush
"Then what do you call his sudden kindness towards you?" Yang's question was overshadowed by the doors opening
"I was wondering that myself." Zviso announced, walking in
The twin's eyes fell on the red eyed Arrancar, he had a subtle disturbing smirk, his hands rested in his pockets as he moved forwards. They were visibly nervous, he calmly walked up the stairs and leaned down on Ying before speaking.
"Do answer." he hissed
"Isn't it obvious? He is simply using me as a plaything." Zviso seemed less than pleased with the answer yet he took a step away from her
"Is that so?"
"It makes sense. He's always saying he has nothing to do, what better way for him to pass his time than to push around some servant." Ying rationalized
"That is a theory." he seemed to somewhat accept her words, as he walked back towards the entrance
"Don't worry. I'll keep him distracted so he won't notice you." Ying said in a sarcastic manner
"How helpful of you." the male Arrancar pointed out, closing the doors behind him
Once more silence fell and like before Yang was eager to tear it down, so she started to speak with her sister again.
"Come on! Even if that is the case, I'm sure you can use it to your advantage and get some kind of information out of him."
"You really are slow sometimes. Didn't you hear what he thinks of Lord Aizen!?" Ying hissed back, yet Yang seemed dumbfounded by her words
"Aizen's a joke in his eyes, just another opportunity to have fun. Trying to get information out of him is pointless now, we can only wait." Ying continued, her eyes dropping to the ground in defeat
"Still maybe getting on his good side will do us some good in the long run." Yang insisted
"Maybe." Ying sighed
Cooler and Zeke landed in the middle of a burnt field, several feet in front of them was a village who was in the act of being burnt down. The houses were made of stone and wood, the air was still filled by the sounds of people burning for help and the voices of others dying. From the chaos of the village, a man came running forth his clothes were nothing but rags and were stained with blood. In his right hand was an axe, his eyes were dazed and desperate as he ran towards the strange duo, but before he could get too close he fell.
Sticking from his back was an arrow, then another duo emerged from the burnet houses, they were soldiers in black full body armor and wearing skull shaped helmets. One of them had a bow in his hand and the other a sword, they walked up to the body kicking it a few times to make sure he was dead, then their attention fell on Cooler and Zeke.
"Interesting duo, aren't you?" the soldier with the sword asked
"What should we do?" the other said, in a mocking fashion
"You can run away now and save me the trouble of killing you." Cooler suggested
"What did you say, you purple runt!?" was the reply he received
"They have no manners." Zeke sighed
"Indeed. Might as well put them down." Cooler said, slightly tensing his muscles
"Though guy!" the soldier wielding the sword laughed, his comrade followed suit
"Let's kill him." his comrade suggested
"You idiots! What do you think you are doing!?" a voice roared through the battlefield
They turned their attentions to the source of the sound, turning to the left another soldier rushed towards them on a black horse. Cooler could see from the distance that their armors were similar, yet this new arrival had a more well-crafted armor, but what got his attention was his hair. Unlike the others this one's face was exposed and his hair was black, long and spikey, he couldn't help but remember one of the Saiyan's that worked for his brother, Raditz. The black horse stopped behind the two other soldiers and his rider jumped down, his feet hitting the ground with a loud thud.
"Step aside." he hissed pushing pass his men
"We're sorry, Sir. Elric!" they said, kneeling before the man
Taking a better look at the knight, Cooler continued unimpressed he had a lager and lean broadsword strapped to his back, his hair was just like the Saiyan's which got on his nerves.
"Don't you two realize who this is!?" Elric roared, his eyes focused on Zeke
"This is the Siren." he finally said, Cooler's eyes went to Zeke
"It is said that one day the Siren would come to our world and bring with her our destruction." Zeke couldn't help but chuckle
"I had forgot about this planet to be honest. I had no idea I had caused that big of an impact. Funny thing is, that isn't wrong." the knight twitched a bit at the sound of her words
"You can leave now." Cooler ordered
"Are you sure, my Lord?"
"Yes. Since you gave me such liberty, I ask for you to return in one day. Meet me at their Kings castle when the time comes." he replied, Zeke disappeared shortly after and Elric couldn't help but to laugh
"You think that you will get anywhere near, our Emperor's castle!? Don't make me laugh, freaks like you are only good for one thing…" Cooler interrupted
"And that is?"
"Dying by my blade!"
Letting out a primal cry Elric charged at Cooler, his sword already prepared to deliver a killing blow, however his opponent didn't even try to move. He swung his blade down on Cooler, trying to ram it through his left shoulder, much to his horror his blade broke as soon as it made contact with Cooler.
"Impossible!" the other two soldiers gasped
"Damn you." Elric hissed, still holding what remained of his sword
"Now, would you mind telling me where your Emperor is?" Cooler asked, with the most collected of tones
"Screw you!" Elric spat back, charging at him
Cooler sighed, not even bothering to raise his arms he opted with firing twin beams, one from each eye, they were weak enough not to cause an explosion so they simply cut through the knight and the other two weaklings. The God of Destruction calmly walked pass the bodies, stomping over Elric's skull on his way towards the village.
As he was exiting the fields he sensed a large group of people approaching him, from the flames a group of about 20 individuals came forth. Unlike the others, they were wearing a mixture of rags and armor, some even wore pieces of armor similar to that of the soldiers. This wasn't strange to him, it wasn't rare for one of his family's planets to rebel from time to time and when they sent a team to pacify the population, the rebels normally wore their own armor. It was a way to use their opponent's strengths against them, which meant that this must be the rebels Zeke mentioned to him.
A young girl began to approach him, she had light brown hair held up in a ponytail, her eyes were dark blue and she was as tall as he was. She calmly sheathed her sword, not even bothering to clean the blood that covered it, Cooler wondered why she was placing herself in such a situation, maybe she had seen Elric's attempts at attacking him.
"Anastasia get away from him!" a young man pleaded, running to her side
"There is no reason to panic." she replied, turning to meet him
"No reason to panic!? Did you see what he did, to one of the Emperor's Knights!? Image what he would do to a normal person like you!?" the boy continued, in a frantic state
"I did and I also saw he arrived with the Siren. All the more reasons for you to calm down, Carter!" still the boy didn't seem to want to step back, that was till he blew up before their eyes Anastasia managed to throw herself back to avoid being covered in blood
"He was starting to annoying me. Please continue." Cooler said, turning his gaze to an horrified Anastasia
"I…I…" she mumbled, her eyes still fixed on the pile of flesh that was Carter
"If you know who the Siren is, why did you approach me?" Cooler asked, deciding to initiate the conversation
"I…we have nothing to lose…" she finally managed to say, turning to face him
"Care to explain."
"We have been living in slavery for years. Even if people don't want to say it, this is a war we can't win. So, if you destroy us or not, nothing will change." Anastasia's voice turned somber as she tried to hold her tears back
"Maybe this will be your lucky day. Indeed, I am the God of Destruction, but I am here to judge your planet. If you will be destroyed I have yet to choose." Cooler informed looking around the burnt village, she gave him a blank expression
"Tell me about that man, Elric." he continued, looking back at what remained of his body
"He is one of the Emperor's Knights. He is a golem like all the other Knights, they may seem living but they are just puppets." Anastasia said, the change in subject having taken her from her stunned state
"That would explain why he felt different from the others. How many of them are there?"
"In the beginning, there were 6, now only 3 remain…" Cooler interrupted her
"What happened to the other 2?"
"They are rather difficult to kill. The first one we managed to collapse a mine on him, and the second couldn't swim so we managed to sink him in a lake." she eagerly replied, with a prideful, almost joyful, expression
"Where is your Emperor's castle?" Cooler asked, his expression turning serious
"It is deeper inland, beyond the mountains. Yet it won't be that easy to enter, with the war they have reinforced their defenses."
"Take me there." Anastasia's answer wasn't the most pleasing one
"I can't! I have to report to our leader and like I said it is impossible to get in there." she spat back, but as soon as she said it her hands went up to her mouth immediately regretting her words
"Where is your leader?" he growled
"He…" he spoke over her
"Just think about it." as Cooler said these words, his left hand went to her shoulder and his right index and middle finger went to his forehead
"What?"
"Think about it. Imagine the location in your head."
Anastasia was still dumbfounded by his words, but not wanting to further anger the God of Destruction she closed her eyes and began to think. When the image of their hideout they disappeared from that village, when she reopened her eyes they grew wide and her jaw dropped. She was flying, correction Cooler had her under his left arm as he flew above the Rebels hideout, this hideout was a long-abandoned fortress several tents surrounded it and from where they stood she could see people walking around. Tears began to drop from Anastasia's face, even if this was a war shaped land, this camp was enough to relit her hope as she saw kids playing bellow them.
"Why are you crying?" Cooler asked, looking down at her
"Nothing. It's that just seeing this, gives me the hope to fight." Anastasia explained, between sobs
"Don't be foolish. Like you said, you are losing, your opponent is stronger. If you were smart you would give in to your superiors."
"Never! I will never bow before the Emperor or his men!" the young soldier hissed, trying to squirm away from his grip
"You are thinking to small…" Cooler said, a small smirk came over his face as he raised his free arm
"In this universe, there is only one superior, me."
A small purple orb formed in Cooler's hand, Anastasia couldn't help but look at it amazed by his display, yet what happened next horrified her. Cooler's hand turned down and the dropped the ball, what followed was an earth-shattering explosion, the impact rose into a mile-high cloud of smoke that then dispersed into the nearby areas. In order to keep the girl alive Cooler created a barrier around himself, all the while she tried to squirm and cut kick his way out of his grip.
When the smoke settled, a crater now rested where the rebel camp once was, in one move Cooler had destroyed the entire rebellion, without a leader it wouldn't take long for it to fall apart and be crushed.
"What did you do!? You monster!" Anastasia screamed, tears streaming down her face, desperation evident in her voice
"To hell with what Zeke said, this planet is mine. All these planets are mine! The only difference is the figure head." Cooler said, he didn't seem to hear the woman's cries
"You bastard…you just killed all those innocent people…and you can only think about yourself!" Anastasia roared, finally getting his attention
"Yet you survived, why would do you think I did that?" Cooler asked, looking down at her
Anastasia was silent, indeed she was the only one that he had left alive, but in her mind she no longer understood what possible motivations this maniac could have.
"Quite the mess you made here." a female voice spoke
Cooler turned around, before him was a car sized raven like bird, on top of it wearing a black cloak that left only her head exposed, was another Knight. This female Knight had long black hair, her lips were painted the same color and her eyes were blood colored, from what the cloak gave away she had a thin frame.
"Identify yourself." the Frost Demon, demanded
"Damaca, at your service." she replied in a teasing manner, taking a small bow
"Have you come to kneel before me?" Cooler asked
"I wouldn't mind. But those are not my orders, I was supposed to be spying on them."
The God of Destruction disappeared before her eyes, for a moment Damaca panicked making her raven turn around to scan every direction. Out of nowhere Cooler reappeared his free hand wrapping around her neck and a weak kick sending her bird crashing down, his grip on the woman's skinny neck tightened as he pulled her close to him.
"Think of your master, think of his throne room." Cooler hissed in a demanding manner
"You're making no sense." she gasped, her hands tightening around his arm
"So be it." he snapped her neck like it was a twig, then dropped her body
"Now think of his fortress." Cooler said, his gaze turning to Anastasia
Anastasia sighed, closed her eyes, and began to think of the dreaded castle, in her mind she could see the walls that separated that side of the Emperor's domain from the war-torn fields. Next, she saw the castle itself a coal colored construction made from several towers, then her focus went to the tower where she knew the tyrant resided.
Her eyes opened soon after that, this time she was in the middle of the Emperor's throne room, Cooler dropped her as he let his arms hung free from his sides. In front of them were 3 thrones, to their left was the Queen, in the middle the Emperor and to her right the princess. The ruler wore a silver colored spikey crown, his cape was a dark blue with red stripes and bellow that he seemed to be wearing a lighter version of the armor he had seen. On his right armrest was a translucid glass orb, made out of the same material as the kings left glass eye. Finally, to their right and left, were three rows of armed guards.
"So, you are the one who killed my two Knights." the Emperor mumbled
"So, the ruler of this land is also a golem." was the only thing Cooler retorted, yet the tyrant was unfazed
"Perceptive. Indeed, I am a golem, my name is Khan." an amused smirk came over his face
"I will make this easy for you. Give up and your death will be quick."
Instead of replying Khan raised his hand, ordering his guards to attack, of course Cooler only had to raise his arms and fire a weak blast in each direction, weak enough to only kill the guards and destroy the walls to his sides.
"Where are your other 2 Knights!? At least those could do better in trying to amuse me." Cooler chuckled
"They are out giving me the victory over the rebels." Khan replied, getting up from his throne and unsheathing his sword
"I'm not interested in fighting you. I want to fight whatever is below this castle." Cooler pointed out, causing the Emperor to freeze in place
"How do you know?" he hissed
"It seems to be strongest being around, not that that is saying much."
"How dare you insult our creator!" Khan roared charging
Cooler calmly stood his ground, but Anastasi instinctually unsheathed her sword and prepared to fight. Khan went straight for Cooler, blinded by his rage, his blade swung up to make contact with his foe's neck but much like Elric's it broke on impact. Khan didn't even react and spun around ready to deliver another attack, yet Cooler bored by the situation simply blew him apart without a second thought.
"They aren't that hard to kill." Cooler laughed, looking down
"We won…The Emperor is dead…We won!" Anastasia cried out, her sword collapsing on the floor as she took in the victory
"Not yet. I will return shortly."
Cooler fired another blast downwards, creating a whole that lead all the way to the dungeons, he followed this by dropping down. When his feet finally made contact with solid floor, he was in a massive unlit chamber, as soon as he began to look around the room was illuminated by an unknown source. Then he understood why the room was that massive, in the center was a stone throne, on it sat a 7 feet tall pale figure, it wore a light brown ragged cloak that left only his hands and bare feet exposed, showing them to be rather skinny. He had no hair or nose, his face itself was somewhat distorted, his eyes were sunk in and all black.
"You finally came, Cooler." the titan spoke, his lumbering voice echoing through the chamber
"How do you know my name?"
"I am old, I was old when I came to this planet driven away by my own flesh. There are no secrets that can be held from me, Frost Demon." It spoke
"Who are you?"
"I am, Chronos." the name was somewhat familiar to Cooler, but he couldn't place it
"You're the one who created the golems?"
"Indeed, I am…" Cooler quickly cut him off
"Let's talk business. Why should I let you live?" Cooler flew up so he was face to face with the giant
"We are similar, in this universe we are unique. Yet I know that isn't a good reason for you. You can't rule this planet, even if you want to, now I don't expect to be put in charge specially because you have already chosen your figure head…" Chronos paused, so his words would sink in
"Yet that person is defenseless, with little to no supporters. Well the army will follow the golems, those who supported Khan are desperate for a stable ruler so they will be pleased with whoever the golems chose. And those golems will obey who ever I command them to do."
"You create more golems, the golems will follow the new ruler and it will be like Khan never died." Cooler rationalized
"Correct." Cooler gave him a pleased smile
"As long as you do as you said, I will allow you to live."
Cooler ascended back to the throne room, his feet touched the ground as he face the entrance that had been barricaded with debris from the destroyed walls to keep the guards from entering. Anastasia had her sword in her hand, ready for the moment the guards would break forth and attack her, while the Queen and the princess were glued to their seats their faces painted with horror.
"Anastasia, please join me by the thrones." Cooler slowly walked up to the vacant throne and took a seat, the women to his sides flinched at his presence, Anastasia simply stood before them
"You have won. Your rebellion is victorious." Cooler announced, the young woman didn't reply as she didn't understand what he meant
"And you Anastasi, are the new ruler of this land."
"What!?" she asked shocked
"That is impossible! Such lowlife could never rule us." the Queen shouted in outrage, Cooler's head slightly turned to his right so his right eye fell on her
"Thank you for your words. But you are no longer needed." with that she was sent flying through the wall and into the ground bellow, her daughter screamed in horror getting up from her seat
"Child, seat down." he hissed, causing her to quickly do as he ordered
"Now Anastasia please take the seat."
Anastasia slowly approached the throne, like a child meeting a stranger, her curious hands went to the well crafter armrests, then to the velvet that covered the seat and backrest. Taking a deep breath, she let her body fall back and sink into the luxurious throne, for a moment if felt like she was in absolute bliss, till Cooler spoke up again.
"You seem to be comfortable, good. For your first official act, what will you do with her?" his eyes went to the princess
Anastasia didn't get the chance to reply, as the guards finally broke thought the barricade and swarmed the room, they stopped just before the hole Cooler made in the floor. Seeing what seemed to be salvation, the princess rushed from her seat and towards them, Cooler acted quickly and used his Psychokinesis to create an orb around the girl.
"Let her go fiend!" the leader of the guards said
"You don't seem to understand the current state of the situation. You Emperor and Queen are dead. The girl to my side is your new ruler and you are powerless to do anything against it."
Surprisingly they didn't protest, froze in their places, and waited for Cooler to dictate their fates.
"Now, I want you to announce this woman as your new leader and spread the word into all corners of this kingdom. Is that understood?"
"Yes, sir!" the guards replied bowing, and Cooler let the girl go free in reply
"But before you go, I was waiting for an answer for my question." his head turned to Anastasia
"I'll let her live. The girl is still young and as much to learn."
"As you wish." Cooler said, with a laugh