Destiny Shattered Gaiden: Unlikely Counter? Luud, the Destroyer!

Grand Tour Saga: Part Two


Trunks glared up at the idol and clenched his fists, Super Saiyan Two aura pushing to its limits." Okay, Luud, show me what you're made of!" Vegeta's son shouted hopping backward and entering stance.

Trunks rocketed forward like a lance, his body exploding with crackling biodischarge. His right leg swung out and kicked into the side of the monstrous deity's head with little result. Pulling, back he drove his right fist into its cheek with a force that shattered the ground at their feet only to barely move the features. Trunks' frame snapped around and blasted down upon its back with a swinging knee strike to no avail.

Fading from behind it, Trunks was swatted at by the being's right hand. It struck Trunks' body and sent him shooting toward the ground as if by cannon fire. His brown-gold boots struck the broken flooring and pulled him to a stop as Luud took a step forward.' He's a monster all right, that punch was really something,' Vegeta's son shook his guard while Luud stared upon him.

Red glared from the behemoth's pupils and a lance of red energy ripped out. Trunks hopped back and threw his arms up to defend himself. These lances collided with the Super Saiyan Two's frame throwing the ground around his feet to the wayside. Trunks' blue-green eyes glared up and that was the moment the energy detonated. A vibrant dome that lit the entire ravine in a crimson bath of ki and smoke.

The smoke began to clear while a grunting sound followed it, golden spikes of fiery aura shredding through it." Guess that's how this is going to be," Trunks winced before shooting forward.

He flew into Luud's chin with a knee strike before flipping back with hands full of energy." Dadadadada!" he roared flinging energy spheres upon the towering frame. Vicious bursts of light followed along its frame while Trunks' hands moved violently against its body. Trunks hands pulled back to his chest and he threw them forward to release a huge beam of yellow-white energy.

The dual handed blast swept through the explosions of the previous energy sphere while consuming the towering Luud's body. The foundation that remained from the temple started to crack and break apart under the pressure of the attack. Trunks' voice only grew louder piling more energy atop the idol's incarnate. The blast grew in ferocity before two red lights glowered from the center of it.

Trunks gasped, and two beams ripped through his attack aimed squarely for him. Trunks shot to the right at speed to find Luud's vision tracking him along the flight path. The beams trailed the Saiyan's flight filling the air with a devastating swath of explosions that stained the sky with red light, Trunks' aura wreathed frame standing out amid the devastation.

"Maybe you should focus!" Trunks barked unleashing a sphere of energy that raced between the beams of energy. It smashed into Luud's forehead and covered his head with a cloud of smoke. The red lances that followed the Saiyan's path fading the moment of impact giving him a second to charge forward.

His right fist blasted through the smoke and slammed into the small char that sat between Luud's eyes. The plateau they stood on quivered as quakes rocked the planet, Trunks' might shooting through Luud's body like a conduit. Luud's head tilted backward from the force of Trunks' fist only to regain footing within two staggered footsteps.

The Saiyan hopped back and swung his left fist into the same spot only to find Luud vanishing." Damn it!" Trunks turned to the side and a massive palm slapped across his body." Gah!" he bellowed in agony as the force hit him in full. It sent him shooting off the plateau and into the damaged formations around them. He smashed through a wall and to the dusty floor beneath it kicking up a cloud.

"Keh, well this sucks," he complained clenching his fist, blood starting to run from the corner of his mouth. His blue-green eyes looked up and Luud's head was turned toward him.' Here they come,' he tensed as red lights appeared in Luud's pupil.

Two beams of red light fired out to where Trunks was standing. The Saiyan hybrid growled and an explosion expanded out throwing rocky debris to the wayside while obliterating all that it touched. The right light faded to reveal a massive crater that crackled with residual discharge. The dusty sand that had covered the ground being turned into a crystalline glass of utmost quality.

Trunks floated in the air above it, clutching his exposed left arm, a bloody burn running down it as his aura expanded further. His left foot kicked off the air turning it practically solid with the speed of the movement. As the sonic boom exploded his left boot was already buried into the side of the deity's head, throwing the ground on the opposite side of Luud's body flying. Yet another stumbling blow to the deity.

Trunks poured in with a series of punches. A right hand that snapped the giant's head back with the force. A follow up right that knocked said head to the side and downward. A knee strike to the stomach that hunched the towering deity over, failing to double it over though. His right boot swinging into Luud's head before a left knee rocketed upward to tip its head.

"GALICK GUN!" he shouted with his right hand ripping forward. The single handed attack released a potent beam of purple-pink light that collided head on the juggernaut, knocking it backward in a stumble. Trunks reared back that hand and pushed forward with his feet, the blast slamming Luud with double the impact to cause further steps backward.

Trunks lowered his right hand and tapped his right boot against the ground. His superior speed outraced the end of his beam and he was able to kick Luud's head forward into the end of said attack. A burst of purple light spread out from the impact and he landed behind Luud, the deity stumbling forward almost drunkenly from the serious attack.

'Come on! Super Saiyan Three, that'll put this guy down I'm sure of it,' Trunks noted clenching his right fist. His aura exploded out in a dazzling stream of biodischarge and golden yellow fire." HAAAAA!" he shouted lighting the sky with the golden light of his aura, flames of a similar color shredding through the cracks that plagued the ruined temple's floor.

His spiking Super Saiyan Two hair began to elongate until Luud turned around. Eyes glowing with a fierce crimson light. Trunks was suddenly blasted backward with said light an explosion consuming his body violently in the process. Luud marched forward methodically after him, eyes plaguing the Saiyan with the fierce eye beams.

"Dah Haha! Gah!" Trunks shouted falling backward out of the rampant chain. He rolled to avoid the next blast while also landing in a crevice within the platform. His left arm dangled close to his chest, blood racing down it to his hand as his torn shirt soaked in it.' Damn it, he just blasted out of nowhere. He's not even giving me an opening to transform,' Trunks looked up at the shadow cast by the yellow deity.

The deity loomed over head and Trunks clenched his teeth." Take this!" he rocketed up with a Super Saiyan Two fueled uppercut. The rocks around them soared skyward with the impact and Luud swallowed heavily with his drunken steps back. Pivoting in mid-air Trunks threw the tip of his left foot down atop Luud's head, the force spiking down shattering the plateau further.

Trunks slammed the heels of his hands together to gather ki." Agh," he winced lowering said hands, blood continuing to streak down his right arm. His eyes widened as Luud's left hand reached out and hammered him to the rocks below.

The Saiyan smashed against the rocks and rebounded to his feet with a wince, his knees shaking from the impact.' Try it again!' he clenched his teeth and his left hand." AAHH HAAAA!" he roared aura expanding with a vibrant flash of blue electricity that danced around his boots.

A huge right fist blurred toward his charging stance, breaking his concentration. Trunks sprang back, and a burst of wind exploded from the shattered temple floor, his blonde hair waving wildly." Not going to happen!" he bellowed, kicking Luud between the eyes. It nudged the towering behemoth back and Trunks flashed forward.

His left leg fired out against Luud's brow, using it to fling back. He whizzed to the side and hammered a knee to the temple of the behemoth fading away the moment Luud began to counter. Trunks' right hand ripped forward and into Luud's rounded cheek with a blistering whirlwind impact. From that he whirred around with a high martial arts kick.

It sliced into Luud's head and knocked it aside, the stalwart giant's frame slanting to the side with the impact. The plateau rumbled as rocks were shot from it in a huge swath of dust filled wind. Trunks' Super Saiyan Two aura storming around with a fierce glow.

Luud's head rotated in response to the strong attack. Trunks was flung back with a pressure wave fired from the being's eyes, knocking his flotation off balance. Luud's hands reached out in that instant and clutched the Super Saiyan Two in a vice grip." Aaah!" Trunks huffed in pain while the grip tightened, his bones beginning to creak from the force being applied.

"Argh!" he shouted into the air with his head lashing to and fro." Let me go!" he ordered trying to flare his aura out, this though only increased the pressure on his body.

"Gah," blood ran down as he shouted in pain, Luud's hands tightening around him like a python.

Then, Luud's eyes began to glow a crimson glint with a star-like shape appearing in his pupils.' If that hits me, I'm finished,' Trunks winced trying to expand his aura within the grips of the monumental deity.

"How about you let my brother go?!" a shout roared out. A streaming blast of purple-pink energy coiled in large streams of white-blue electricity followed. It blasted into Luud's temple and sent him wobbling to the side, his grip around Trunks' body loosening." HAAA!" a second push doubled the beams size and Luud stuttered to the side further, Trunks' shoulder rotating within his grasp.

A golden flash emanated from the tightened hands of the deity and Trunks dropped to the ground. His mouth dripped streams of blood while his face was covered in bullet-sized beads of sweat. His blonde hair dropped to lavender-silver and heavy breathes escaped his bleeding mouth." You okay, big brother?" Bra asked lowering to the ground, gloved hand extend to her brother with confidence.

Trunks grabbed hold of her wrist and pulled himself up to his feet." Eh, not really, but you can't let Luud-" Trunks started before two beams of crimson light ripped from the Galick Gun's previous direction.

A blue beam though fired beside the siblings into the twin eyes blasts. The blue mixed with the red and sent them crashed against the planet's surface sending a huge flash of white light through the area. Cha lowered her hands to her side." That's why I was here," the half-Hera replied dusting her hands off from the Kamehameha counter she had used.

"Now, what exactly are we up against?" Bra asked from within her Super Saiyan Two aura, blue eyes focusing on the approaching Luud. Its massive size preventing it from traveling at a higher rate.

"Luud, he's obviously not a God of Destruction, but he's pretty strong," Trunks replied using his functioning right arm to wipe the blood from his mouth. His blue eyes narrowed as another flash of red light appeared in the deity's eyes.

Bra clenched her fists to release more energy." Of course, they had to be right about someone like that being real," the half-Saiyan female remarked as Cha flicked her red-orange hair back.

Cha's blue skin tinted a green hue while her muscles expanded. Despite being a baggy tee shirt and jogging pants, the seams along her arms and legs started to stress under an expansion. Her height increasing slightly over what it had been while her flicked back hair spiked out in an explosion of green energy." Yeah, but without any distractions, we can cut loose all we want," she cracked her knuckles, her Super Hera form burning brightly around her.

'Her ki grew to this level?' Trunks looked up at the hybrid human. Her impressive aura was burning on a level that sat higher than his sister's Super Saiyan Two." Bra, she's right. You can take the lead, I need a few minutes," he looked up to Bra with a nod, blood running from his face in rivulets.

"All right, Cha," Bra looked to her friend with a grin.

'FROOOSH!' Cha took forward, hands clenched at her side.

Luud threw a right hand down and Cha took it with her crossed guard, the ground beneath her splitting and falling away. Luud reared back to release his left hand only for Bra's white boot to strike above his eyes. The giant deity stumbled from the impact before taking a rising ax fist to the chin from below, Cha's frame streaming beyond him in the process.

His back foot stomped against the ground in that moment and he swatted at Cha from the side. Bra cut him off though, firing an energy blast at his arm to deter its path. Cha raced in around the explosion and landed her right hand against the chest of the behemoth. It rocked the deity, but his heels dug in to prevent a stumble. Bra then crossed his face and released a two hands ki beam that coated his head in smoke.

"Pretty good," Cha laughed from the ground while her friend smiled from above. Their tandem offense had gone off without a hitch and it functioned against the monster.

"Definitely," Bra smiled until two red lights ripped free from the smoke cloud.

A right hand fired up from the yellow giant's side. Bra's hands reached down to cushion the impact, but the force shot her high into the sky like a rocket. Cha shot up from below and met a left palm strike that slammed her to the ground with a short arm thrust. Her body struck against the plateau ripping rocks free from the ground and sending the edges crumbling further.

Luud's eyes looked toward the downed Hera-jin and Bra shot from the side." Take this!" Bra drove her right foot down with full force into the side of Luud's head. His legs wobbled to the side cracking the ground further before turning sturdy against the solid ground. A countering right hand fired out and smashed into her face blasting her skyward at great pace.

Cha's hand struck the broken ground and she propelled herself upward, left leg swinging out. It struck Luud around the wrist and turned his attention toward her solely. Luud's left arm moved as if on a pivot to crash toward his body, exposing his entire body." Kamehameha!" taking advantage of this exposure Cha pushed her hands forward into its chin releasing a flash of blue light that shot up from his body far into the sky.

Luud's hand though wrapped around and down upon her body anyway. It spiked her against the ground with a brutal crunch. Rocks across the battered landscape being ripped from the floor. Cha looked up with shaking amber eyes, blood filling her mouth as she sat up.' You're kidding, he just slapped me down like nothing,' the half-Hera complained in her mind while leaning to support herself.

Luud reared back his right fist and fired it forward. A golden star appeared at the edge of it restraining the force, a series of yellow-blue streaks of electricity spreading in front of it. Bra hovered with her aura expanding at a rapid rate to restrain the force." Don't forget about me!" she threw her guard open and it pushed Luud's arms back.

Luud's eyes leered at her before his right hand fired down again. It smashed her down despite a protesting guard, pinning her to the rocky flooring beside her fellow human hybrid. A series of tremors following as Luud's left hand reared back. That fist slammed down against their bodies as well, the plateau succumbing to the effects of the tremors more readily.

The juggernaut reared his right fist back against and hammered it down upon the ground, their bodies disappearing amid the fracturing landscape. His left followed upon the same path as his right. Then, another, and another. his fists reared back rapidly, their speed increasing with each passing punch crushing the ground into scraps while burying the girls beneath it.

Luud kept railing upon them as Trunks looked on from the other side, his body vibrating with the breaking plateau.' Come on Super Saiyan Three, Super Saiyan Three! Super Saiyan Three!' he roared at himself repeatedly watching as Luud began to sink into the plateau.

'THROOOSSH!' the entire structure exploded crumbling to the floor with a vicious collapse. Rocks shot into the air as dust and smoke choked the air, cracks spreading across the planet's surface. The fierce might of Luud was proving to be devastating across the planet's surface.

Shakily, Trunks looked up from the debris." Bra! Cha!" the son of Vegeta roared trying to garner their attention from amid the debris pile. His hands shaking as there was no response.

"BRA! CHA! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" he asked in a louder scream, blue eyes shaking with rage and frustration. There was no reply and the half-Saiyan's voice died down again, a shaking sensation riding through his battered body.

Then, something moved in the crested debris. Dirt and stone poured off a figure that rose in the distance like a monolith, a tower. Yellow skin and burning red eyes explained what had risen from the broken temple. Luud's head turned sideways coldly, crimson gaze scanning over the destruction to find the Saiyan it had missed. Luud was set to destroy.

"AAAAAHHH!" Trunks' hair rose in jagged golden spikes as his teeth ground together angrily. Discharge raced from the sky striking across the battlefield as dark clouds rumbled in. His hair ripped upward into Super Saiyan Two and Trunks rose, blue eyes gone replaced with emeralds of fury directed toward the deity that had been summoned.

Luud was suddenly laid into with a heavy right hand that lifted it from the ground and threw it backward. Trunks' right hand fired out again in succession with enough force to knock the yellow toned being's head to the side. His right leg ripped out quickly and cut against Luud's left shoulder, blasting debris away and sending the behemoth crashing backward.

Luud's massive feet struck the ground and it stabilized itself for a moment as Trunks rammed a knee between its eyes. Wind blasted from behind the Saiyan and Luud wobbled backward further, Trunks' seething features vanishing from in front of it. Parts of a second later, Trunks' frame descended from the sky like a missile to deliver a right foot into the side of Luud's face.

Trunks did not give the impact time to take effect. His right hand striking the deity under the chin to lift it from the ground again. His right hand followed against its stomach before a jabbing kick crashed into its chest. The mountain-like formation behind them shattered as Luud was rammed through it, its feet continuing to strike the ground for stability.

"HIYAH!" Trunks' knee struck out against the monstrous deity's brow before his leg swung out to deliver a brutal kick. Luud wobbled backward and Trunks poured on a single handed beat down, his right fist causing anomalies to shake the planet and thrash Luud with the force. A right palm strike sent a burst of force through the air before throwing Luud to the ground.

The fierce deity arose from the ground and Trunks leered from on high. Shooting down the son of Vegeta hammered home a second jabbing kick to Luud's head that caused it to fumble away with arms flailing." Dadadada!" a barrage of ki blasts followed filling the entire horizon with explosions as Trunks' right hand flashed in front of his body ferociously.

Black smoke ripped across the view clouding the entire area as Trunks continued to lay out a raging barrage of energy. Heat shot around the central point of impact, discharge filling each billow of smoke as he released fury. Luud was unseen amid this, but each ki blast was sure to hit. Trunks right hand filled with a huge sphere of white-yellow energy that shot out violently.

It ripped against the center of his vision and exploded outward. A white dome of light extinguished the smoke and sent mountains into rubble with its force. trunks' blazing aura being the sole feature that stood out against it. His angry breaths scoring the air with the rage of a Saiyan hybrid.

Then, the light faded, and something approached. Cracks spread across the planet's crust as the behemoth moved forward in slow motion. Black smoke trailed from its skin, damaging burns lining it. Discharge crackled around its hands and chest while its mouth hung open to gasp for air. Trunks had dealt it lasting damage and the pain of that showed drastically in its gait.

"No!" Trunks belted out, his aura surging as he took forward. He whipped around Luud's head before shooting straight into the sky drawing the monster's attention toward him." No more!" the sky burned with his golden Super Saiyan Two aura as he crashed down. His right knee dented the top left corner of Luud's head, sending a tremor across the entire place.

The air exploded with sonic ripples and the deity was jacked into the ground by the force. The golden storm surrounding Trunks' body exploded out further as he pointed his arms out to the side. Sparks filled his palms before exploding into giant spheres that burned like suns over the horizon of the planet. His bloodied features turned sinister as the tank-like Luud rose to its feet.

"FINAL!" he shouted slamming his hands together. Before he could finish Trunks was hammered into with a pair of crimson eyes blasts. The eye beams pushed through his aura and sent him streaking away, a wave of explosions following his path. Luud pressed up from the ground never losing eye contact, the pressure of his attack remaining consistent. Luud's eyes flashed and the beams exploded along their entire length consuming the Super Saiyan Two within their range.

Trunks' head fell backward as he dropped from the explosion, his shirt having been shredded with wounds spreading blood down his entire body. His green eyes went hollow as the aura around his disappeared. Luud's vicious energy leaving a trail of smoke along his path before he crashed to the ground with a 'thud' dust and pebbles rising and falling upon him with impact.


The Grand Tour...

Mirra Shenron looked out from the ship's window, the brilliant lights in the distance fading with her friends' energy. Her hands clenched tightly as her red eyes closed.' You let this happen, stupid, stupid Mirra. I shouldn't have distracted them by making them worry about me and negative energy,' she whined to herself as tears streaked down her face.

She leaned against the wall falling to her backside a second later, crying into her knees.' You worthless, worthless Shadow Dragon. You could not even kill one person to stop all of this,' she continued to tear up, as she had when facing Bran's might over two years prior. Her red eyes remaining closed in fear.

'You could have just destroyed this whole planet and none of this would have happened,' her voice rang in her ears, engulfed in dark energy.' You let them get hurt because you want to use the power without giving into it! You know the darkness feels wonderful,' that cruel voice rang into her head sending a shiver down her spine.

'Trunks, Bra, Cha. I'm sorry. I'm weak, I'm weak,' she complained to herself. Hands remaining wrapped around her legs as sadness mounted on her face.

'You could just give in, the negative energy from Luud is still reaching here. Let go and end this pathetic existence and allow me to avenge the deaths of your friends,' her corrupted voice rang in her mind. Her dark aura spreading across her body in the process.


Luud marched forward crushing the rocky ground beneath its feet. The burning glare of its red eyes scanned the spot where Trunks had landed with utmost satisfaction.

Trunks was laid out over a rock wholly unconscious. Blood ran from wounds on his forehead and mouth, dribbling down his face to the dusty floor around him. His damaged left arm dangled to one side while his right hand laid across his chest. His exposed torso was lined with cuts and burns that seeped and simmered with bloody and bruises. His tattered pants stained with blood from his damaged legs.

Luud reared back its right fist aiming it squarely toward Trunks' body, a crimson glow appearing around it. The first fired down and Trunks' body was straight in the firing line until a flash of red light rebounded across Luud's skull. The deity was sent flying across the landscape by the energy attack and into a mountain side. A blazing streak of heat running along its features.

Mirra Shenron floated in its range out sight, wreathed in a dark aura of burning reds, purples and blacks. Her white hair fraying out to the sides while her crimson eyes stared forward coldly." You're their 'Lord' Luud, what a worthless existence you lead," Mirra snickered confidently, her voice cold and altered by the darkness that had been pulled from within her body.

Luud pulled free from the mountain and rushed forward. Its footfalls cratered the planet shaking it violently as it approached with great speed. It drew back its right hand and slammed it forward, splitting the ground beneath the impact sight and sending the dark clouds from Trunks' Super Saiyan Two transformation across the skyline.

Mirra Shenron stood resisting the hit with her fight palm, the dark aura around her body burning brilliantly." Heh, is that it?" she taunted as Luud threw his left hand toward her.

It struck, and her right hand swiped over to block it. Her eyes flashed, and a pressure wave pushed the being backward several feet. Her hands they reached up and framed her face, a cruel smile forming there." Heheh! I love it when they struggle, crushing weaklings makes me feel alive!" she laughed shooting forward powerfully.

Luud's eyes opened and twin blasts of red light fired out, slamming into the Shadow Dragon. Mirra's frame was forced back by the attacks momentarily before ripping forward again. Luud's right hand then fired out and smashed into her cheek. The air hummed, and her body jetted off into the side before shattering into tiny glass-like fragment.

"Is that the power that killed those weakling friends of mine? Haha, they didn't deserve to live if that's the case," Mirra Shenron grinned kicking Luud in the cheek with enough force to fling the deity backward viciously." And neither do you, that destructive negative energy you possess is going wholly to waste. Someone as useless and slow as you does not belong possessing that power," she scoffed flinging Luud back with another palm flash.

Luud crashed to the ground before standing up. Red light burned in its pupils before shooting out toward Mirra once more. They struck the air in front of her and turned back striking at Luud's feet with devastating efficiency.

"Now, now, now, that's no way to act," Mirra Shenron complained shaking her head a blush crossing her face." But it is far from the biggest mistake you've made today,'' Mirra Shenron grinned pulling her right and left hands to her side, the back of the right folded into the palm of the left. A purple-pink glow appeared there discharging streaks of negative energy as she grinned toward the monstrous foe.

Luud pulled itself forward with vicious efficiency. It delivered a right hand that struck the airborne Mirra Shenron with a fearsome boom. She slammed against the broken ground and tore it up with her path. She stood up from the impact showing little wear from the punch, a kick smashing squarely into her stomach a moment later as Luud seemed to appear there with brutal speed.

She was thrown airborne where a swat batted her down again. Her dark aura spread to life and she shot from under the impact floating in front of the deity with a broad grin on her face." Haha, you're honestly too much. My heart is honestly skipping a beat Luud-sama," she blushed warmly keeping a cruel smile on her face." Could you hit me harder please? Like you did those weaklings?" the Shadow Dragon continued to say with a crazed joy.

Luud's right hand bashed into her body and slammed her into the ground. Rocks and fissures spread across the area as Luud looked down at the spot of impact. Its hands turned to blurs, striking down upon that spot as it had against Cha and Bra. Energy poured out from the point of impact as its fists turned to blazing spheres of crimson. Mirra's body being crushed under the ferociousness of the attack.

Luud looked down and unleashed a barrage of crimson eye blasts that, filled the ground with deeper lights. Explosions appearing along the faults etched into the planet's surface. Then, the deity rose from the crater turning attention toward the sky as if preparing to leave the planet.

"Motto Luud-sama! Watashi wa warukatta!" she shouted floating in front of the deity with a childish grin. Her glee unrestricted at the assault that had been put upon her by Luud." Aiyeh! Sore o Oki!" Mirra continued to yell in the native tone of the Luudians. Her omnilingual ability providing utmost enjoyment in the moment.

Luud roared loudly, the sky filling with a destructive sound that uprooted the mountains lining the distance. Crimson light sparkled in its open mouth, spinning into a sphere that pushed its jaw open wide to allow it to expand. Darkness edged around the sphere as Luud's body started to glow with a similar red light, burning away the rocks beneath its feet with the heat.

'BRRROOOOSH!' the sphere of red energy expanded out. It parted the sky above the planet and ripped off the horizon into space. Fierce heat shooting around the entire length of the attack. Seconds later red light exploded on the opposite side of the planet spreading across the surface in backlash flattening mountains and other features with its recoil.

"Subarashii, Luud-sama! Daisukidesu!" she howled in glee floating amid the destructive force with a huge blush on her face." But now," her blushing features turned sinister." I have to rid myself of you for killing my weak friends."

Mirra Shenron returned to the stance she had established previously. Her hands folding at her left side to form a sphere of fuchsia colored energy." This has been fun, getting rid of those weaklings has honestly allowed me to feel such pleasure. I might have even c-" she laughed before suddenly stopping in mid-air.

Her head suddenly pounded, teeth grinding together." What?" she grunted breaking concentration to reach for her head.

"They were weaklings, it's not my fault they died! I'm just avenging their deaths!" she shouted to no one, voice still corrupt with the negative energy.

"They aren't pathetic or weaklings! They got attacked by that monster! I can't stand calling them that!" Mirra Shenron argued with her voice returning to normal." You were supposed to destroy him, not degrade their lives!" she shouted.

"You idiot, they were weak for losing to this trash! I have the power to end this so let me do it!" the corrupt voice replied hands clenching.

"No, I don't care. I can stop this myself, I will not let you insult my friends!" Mirra replied in a shout.

"You're being too soft. Forget those weaklings and enjoy yourself for once!"

"No! I can take it from here."

The Shadow Dragon hung there in that moment, the dark aura that appeared around her fading away. Her breaths were heavy and her red eyes sullen with tears and frustration. She shook as Luud recovered from his downed position, its swimming vision returning to focus while being aimed at her. Mirra Shenron was vulnerable on her own volition.

Two red beams rocketed from Luud's eyes as it set its feet. The beams arched toward Mirra and she turned to face them, shock appearing on her face at the sudden release of energy." No!" she threw her arms in front of her face in fear, a golden aura surging around her while another seemed to snap to life in front of her.

A burst of heat shredded through the sky extinguishing the golden energy behind a veil of black smoke. That smoke swallowed an entire column of air reaching toward the ground and several hundred feet back with the ferocity of the attack. Two shapes descended to the dusty ground against the far edge, the black smoke concealing their impact with the ground.

"Eh? I'm okay?" Mirra Shenron asked opening her eyes, a shadow preventing her from seeing too high.

"Yeah," blood fell from the shadow to the ground beside her face, blue-green eyes looking forward in pain from beneath brow-less ridges. Golden hair reached down from the top of his head to the small of his back in long spikes." I may not have been able to save them, but no one else was dying while I could help it," Trunks huffed, his Super Saiyan Three aura continuing to flame to life.

Mirra Shenron looked over to his left arm, the heavy damage their aiding in supporting his body weight." Trunks, I'm sorry. I couldn't stop any of this, I let you all down," Mirra Shenron began to cry, her red eyes closing.

"No, you didn't. You gave me the opening to save you, and I got enough time to go Super Saiyan Three," Trunks remarked grinding his teeth together." Even that evil you, the one you argued with, deserves our apologies and thanks. She did more to Luud in a few seconds than I have all day. Maybe if I had been sharper, I would have transformed earlier and killed him at Super Saiyan Three. I'm the leader, no need to apologize this is my fault," Trunks grinned his bloodied mouth dripping down his chin.

"Trunks," Mirra Shenron looked in shock as the Saiyan dropped to the side. His body reducing from Super Saiyan Three back to base. Unconsciousness wrapping him once more." You did all you could, I'm sorry," she cried as the smoke began to clear.

Luud's feet stomped forward the crimson heat of his energy transitioning from the molten ground to its entire frame. The heat traveled through Luud's yellow flesh tint it a scorching red coloration as if Luud had taken time to warm up. The molten ground twisted and dried before crushing into nothing under its feet. Its crimson gaze looked down upon the crying Mirra Shenron with pitiless aggression.

It attempted to throw a hand down and found its arm bound by thin wire-like threads." I guess you are a bit too fond of punching people into the ground," a confident voice came out, as if two were speaking in unison.

A blurry fist mark appeared on the side of the deity's face. A second later he was sent soaring from above the downed Mirra Shenron and Trunks, tumbling across the ground in confusion." Then again, I can see the enjoyment," that combined voice remarked as a dazzling green-yellow aura appeared above the pair of downed Z-Fighters.

Mirra Shenron looked up with her mouth wide open. Her red eyes were shaking at the source of the blazing light." Y-you survived?" a glee filled the words despite them being weak and afraid.

A slightly green tinted thumb reached down in a salute, a confident smile following." It wasn't easy, but they did it Mirra," the being spoke confidently watching as Luud pulled himself from the ground in a stun." Now, if you excuse me, I have to return the favor with about a hundred punches to the face," the voice chuckled as the green aura surrounding her body exploded into a wondrous flame of sparkling gold.

Luud's eyes shook leering toward the figure with aggression brewing on its molten face." Bet you didn't expect to see someone like me, did you?" the combined voice asked, arms folded over her chest.

Luud stared up with mounting frustration. Floating in the air surrounded by that golden aura was a being with slightly green tinted fair skin that stood out against the black vest with blue padding that wrapped her shoulders and chest. Black matte finished wrist bands protected her crossed arms while a long blue sash wrapped around her waist. Baggy white trousers finished the outfit while leading into black shoes that were wrapped at the ankle with matching blue tape. A Metamoran Fusion had taken place.

She had orange curly hair that reached back with blue streaks reaching to the tips of each curl, while green eyes stared forward naturally. Those colors quickly shifted as the aura did, the hair standing straight and gaining a golden hue while the eyes changed to a more typical blue-green shade. A confidence brewing on her face that pulsated with her immense power.

"Of course, no one expects a fusion," her afterimage faded with those words. Luud's stomach suddenly lined with impact craters from punches that seemed to be invisible. As they released their force the fusion appeared behind Luud's head, arms remaining crossed over her chest." Especially not one like me," her right foot tapped against Luud's head throwing the towering deity forward.

She leaned back and floated eye level with the destructive idol, her glowing aura bordering between them." The name's Chabra, or I guess in this form I'd be Super Chabra," the combined voice said while shrugging.

Luud's hand came from below for a strike to her lower back and the fusion disappeared moments before impact. The molten fist sending a stream of heat into the air with great force." Tsk, you could have at least wait for me to finish my introduction," she scoffed appearing to the side of the deity's face once more.

A huge swirling impact appeared on its opposite cheek launching Luud through the afterimage that Chabra left behind. The Super Saiya-Hera appeared at the end of the path with another left handed strike to the face that sent Luud scraping back. It stopped, and a right fist burrowed between its eyes, throwing Luud head over heels backward despite its massive weight.

As it rolled to a stop a left uppercut caught it along the chin, shooting it straight into the air. Blurry afterimages raced along thread-like chain in the sky landing punches against the being's face with brutal efficiency. Sound boomed as afterimages plagued the deity's face knocking it around leaving dents and bruises to form along its skin. Snapping those wires, a final strike appeared in the center of the deity's chest, shooting it away uncontrollably.

Chabra's hand extended forming a sphere of glowing blue-white light in front of the palm. Luud landed by digging its feet into the ground scraping to a stop dozens of meters away with head tilted down and burning body melting away at the rock." Big Bang Spirit Ball!" she shouted nonchalantly, the white sphere shooting forward trailing blue-white particles along its trajectory.

Luud looked forward throwing its arms up to defend. Chabra gestured right with her hand and the sphere swerved around the guard, Luud dropping it in response. A swift left motion slammed the ball into Luud's cheek knocking its head to the side and stumbling it. With a twist the ball struck down against the back of Luud's head before shooting into its forehead and knocking it back.

The juggernaut had lost is ferocity and was at the whims of the fusion's attack. Its head was thrown around by the sphere before the Big Bang Spirit Ball drilled it in the stomach hurling it high into the air. Chabra flipped her hand around and the sphere left its propelling position at Luud's stomach to fly high into the air. Luud's weight sending it toward the planet.

"HA!" a downward gesture brought the attack down like a rocket. It spiked into Luud's back and drove the behemoth to the ground with an earth shattering impact that rocked the entire planet. Then, it exploded.

'VROOOM!' the pillar of light that arose from the attack soared into the sky spreading across the entire planet as it branched off in the atmosphere. Energy flowered out into a dome that consumed the body of Luud filling the cracked ground with a white-blue light. Discharge etched across these trenches further than the energy could reach before dying out several miles away.

Chabra turned away as the brilliant dome continued to twist behind her, left hand reaching to adjust a spiking bang of yellow hair from between her eyes." It's over," she commented, and the dome ripped out double its size before disappearing in the same instant.

The Saiyan-Hera fusion then lowered to the ground, losing the Super Saiyan glow that filled her hair and the green tint that overtook her skin." Mirra, how's Trunks?" Chabra inquired with a raised brow approaching the Shadow Dragon as she looked over at the downed hybrid.

"I-" she was cut off by Chabra reaching her right hand out to Trunks' neck. The slightly blued cream colored skin there shaking as it attempted to find a pulse.

Chabra smiled as her index and middle finger placed against his neck." He's pretty beaten up, but he's stable. That's a relief," the fusion commented sitting on the dusty soil across from Mirra Shenron.

"You did good Mirra. Fighting off Luud like that when you thought everyone was gone is a commendable effort, protecting Trunks was a big deal too," the fusion applauded the female Shadow Dragon.

"How did they survive?" Mirra Shenron muttered looking at Chabra in her green eyes.

"Cha's power is far higher than Trunks or Bra know. I can't tell you too much detail because I don't know myself," Chabra explained taking an exhale to look to the sky." But it had something to do with using a full Burst Limit with the Super Hera state," she continued placing her right arm onto her raised right knee.

"Now, can I ask you something? Why'd you stop attacking Luud, you were stronger than him by a wide margin," the fusion inquired looking to her with curiosity.

Mirra Shenron looked to the ground, tears brimming in her eyes." The me that was fighting Luud, was not the me that I want to be. I was degrading you all for being weak, because I am so much stronger, but I couldn't let myself do that," the Shadow Dragon explained as those tears rolled with her sob." I let loose that negative energy that wanted to destroy everything because I lost all of you. Then, I was too afraid to let it do its job."

Chabra reached over flicking the tears from Mirra Shenron's eyes with a laugh." Hey, you did the right thing. That Mirra Shenron is a part of you too, which still mean she's a forever friend just like you are the Mirra/ If you ever have to let that Mirra Shenron loose, don't be afraid too. Because no matter what happens after that, you're our friend," the fusion smiled placing a hand on Mirra Shenron's shoulder before glowing suddenly with white light.

Mirra's red eyes started to shake a fill with tears.

"Well time's up," the fusion smiled giving a thumb's up to Mirra Shenron." I'm not too sure that they'll remember I said this, but trust me they feel it too," and with that the fusion split apart.

"Thank you," Mirra smiled looking at the ground as the light diffused,

Cha fell to her chest with a deep breath." Good to see we didn't fall out there, huh, Bra?"

"Yeah, thanks for doing that so suddenly Cha. I'm glad you got the moves down first try," Bra laughed from her back, breaths relieved but heavy.

"That was no big deal. I've trained with Rote, he showed it to me as a just in case," Cha pushed up from her stomach.

"Good thing he did," Bra laughed nodding her head.

Cha winced while adjusting her head to look at Trunks." Your big bro took a real beating."

"You think? He looks worse now than he did before we fused. What did he do to end up like this?" Bra asked Mirra Shenron taking a few pebbled from her hand with her hand acting as a comb.

Mirra Shenron looked at her with a smile." He protected me right before your fusion showed up. And before that he fought Luud."

"Yeah, that sounds like him all right. Wanna help us get to the ship Mirra? I think we did all that we could," Bra nodded looking to the Shadow Dragon with a nervous smile. Her body was utterly exhausted, and they were no chance of getting there on her own.

"Sure," Mirra Shenron nodded, her palm forming a rim beneath them made of a glassy mirror. Then, she placed her index and middle fingers to her brow and they vanished with Instantaneous Movement.


Grand Tour...

They appeared in the central hub of the ship, the mirror-like surface they were upon fading away as the Shadow Dragon lifted her palm." You know Instant Transmission?" Cha asked tilting her head in confusion.

"Instant Movement, the God's perfected version of the technique, Katas used it when he trained with me," she explained looking toward Trunks as the Saiyan hybrid began to cough.

"Gah, hey, can one of you get the Senzu Bean from under my bed?" the Saiyan half-ling huffed in pain, his purple hair clinging to his blood stained forehead.

Bra stood up." Senzu Bean? You had one?"

Trunks nodded weakly." Yeah, for something like this."

"Okay, I'll go get it," Bra popped up with a wince heading toward Trunks' room gingerly.

Seconds later she returned with the magical bean in hand." Here you go," she smiled dropped the bean into his open mouth.

Trunks chewed it a few times before swallowing. Within the time of the swallow his wounded body suddenly lost the hefty damage that had been dealt. His blood soaked skin returned to normal condition and his bruised left arm flexed with strength and exuberance. His blue eyes glowed with renewed vigor and he pushed up from the floor.

"I'm sorry about not preparing more thoroughly and not being able to stop this before it got out of hand. I'm too out of practice," Trunks bowed his head, blue eyes closing.

Mirra Shenron placed her hand on Bra's arm, a yellow light engulfing the female Saiyan. Her wounds vanished completely and her ki levels rose back to normal, a second later Cha experienced the same." I should have told you, that I also learned how to use healing magic while on the Lookout," the Shadow Dragon explained looking away.

Trunks rolled his neck with a smile." Nah, it's all good. I'd take too long for you to heal that way with how I looked," Trunks replied smiling heading toward the piloting chair.

"Where to next? Can it please be a peaceful planet?" Cha asked placing her hands on her hips.

Trunks looked back." Here's to hoping that it at least doesn't have a giant monster," Bra smiled looking to her brother.

"Whatever it is, we'll be ready for it this time," Trunks assured strongly, pressing the ignition of the ship.

"Buckle up, we're ready for takeoff!" Trunks shouted to them while holding the steering.

'FROOOSH!' it pulled up from the now empty Planet Luud with thrust shooting into the cosmos once more.


As that ship took off a pair of disk-like ships landed on the smoldering battlefield. A strange squiggling logo emblazoned on the front of the crafts while three prongs reached out from the round body to stick into the fractured ground.

One of the ships opened up and the Galactic Patrolman within hopped out onto the ground. His pale hair swayed as he looked around, the residual heat of the conflict fresh in the air." With those energy outputs as we approached, I thought a neutron star released a gamma burst, but this is definitely from a conflict," Merus remarked taking several steps forward.

The second ship popped open and an armored man sprang out from it. He bore A pale white armor with a black under suit, large guard-like gloves covered his hands and yellow visors functioned as eyes." Indeed, the people of this planet worship a deity known as Luud, perhaps he was released, and it laid waste to this planet?" the figure spoke walking along the destroyed ground.

"I was thinking the same Jiya, but to release that much energy, it would have to be leagues stronger than Frieza ever was," Merus remarked clutching his pistol. His eyes darted around to see any signs of movement.

Jiya placed his hands along his waist." I know, and that fact alone is enough to make my blood crawl. Yet, that energy output died out several minutes before our arrival. Did Luud perhaps leave?" he proposed while looking through the air above.' Space Fleas I can handle, but if Luud is truly that strong we are in trouble,' Jiya thought walking forward.

"I do not think that is the case," Merus informed from the lip of a nearby crater. Sweltering heat and white-blue discharge danced around the crater's top, a deep slope leading to a flattened bottom." Because this appears to be Lord Luud," he swallowed keeping hand firmly locked on the handle of his pistol.

At the bottom of the pit was the deity's body. Burns lined it back, or what remained of its back, as a gaping hole seemed to fill the entirety of the center of it. The limp frame smoldering from the Big Bang Spirit Ball that had dealt with it. Its red eyes were glassily looking to the side the pupil having gone dull. There was no sign of life from the juggernaut and the Galactic Patrolman were in awe.

"Goodness, this being was terrifying. It obviously was the cause of the first disturbance," Jiya commented seeing the damage dealt to the monstrous creation." Though, whatever released those second and third energies is long gone. They must have stopped this being."

Merus looked to the sky and then to Luud." Yes, fair assessment. I think it would be fine if we reported this and returned back to base. There is not much else to see here."

"I agree," Jiya nodded turning back to their ships.


The mighty Luud is defeated though not without difficulties. What lies in store next for our heroes after the battle? And the Galactic Patrol seems to be moving forward as well, will this cause further trouble for our heroes in space? You will have to stay tuned for Destiny Shattered Gaiden...

Reviews:

R: Trunks just kind of dropped a bridge on Mutchy-Mutchy, didn't he? Honestly, the cult aspect of this was well played, it showed that our heroes can't always win, that is if you don't kill Luud and bring everyone back by freeing their souls.

Broly-Prime? Are you implying that there is a Broly-Second?

A: No, the Luudians are clearly dead. Trunks killing Mutchy was a bit overkill but I really liked doing it with a huge smile.

Maybe...

Thank you all so much for supporting this story, I promise all of these branching stories serve a purpose,

~Herodan3


Universe Four...

A titanic beast struck down against the ground, forcing a smaller figure to leap away from the blow." Look, you can thrash around all you want, but I'm not going to let you encroach into the general population," he youthful voice came out before a massive tendril slammed into his body and threw him into the trees down below.

Those trees were uprooted and blasted back along an arrow shaped path, the fighter standing amid them with arms crossed over his chest. Her red eyes looked forward and his black hair waved around. His body then began to glow with a strange light that pushed all of the grass at his feet and clouds overhead to the wayside in a ring-like shape.

His Patroller attire had been thrown into disarray, the white top bearing dozens of singes and tear while the blue highlights were faded and thrown aside. His baggy black pants were torn along the knees a larger tear appearing on the left leg's calf area, accented with his blood. His white boots were covered in suit, their armor-like appearance bearing little deviance aside from that.

"Restraints, release!" he ordered into the watch-like device that covered his right wrist. A potent stream of biodischarge surged along his body expelling through the gloves he wore in long chains that trailed behind him. His black hair waved upward wildly as his red eyes narrowed, a latent ferociousness becoming more apparent.

Tendrils whipped down from the mountain-like creature, its dragon head bellowing out to the sky angrily. Shiro dodged each strike with ease the dents left in the planet proving where he had been." This is S-Class Shiro, I would like to report another Kaiju being restrained," he landed on the creature's nearest tendril racing up it rapidly.

'Understood Shiro,' the female voice on the other end of the line said with admiration, her words kindly resonating in his ears.

"All right," he sprang into the air, fist drawn backward. A blazing blue light shot from the edge of his fist into the air behind him for several dozen feet as the creature leered upon him angrily." No hard feelings! POWER CRUSH!" he slammed his fist against the top of the monster's head, a burning stream of blue energy shooting around them in the impact.

The ground shook as the ki that he released surrounded the monster. Trees in the distance stirred with life as birds shot in the opposite direction, woodland creatures racing from their hiding spots under the immense energy released. Shiro's body rebounded from the strength of the blow flying back as the blue light he released expanded further around the creature.

His arms swung out and he came to a stop, aura surging across his body powerfully." All right, it's ready for pick up," he smiled lowering to the ground carefully.

'Roger. Pick up initialized,' the communicator said as the creature was teleported away.

'Busy day, Shiro. These guys have been appearing pretty frequently as of late,' he smiled mentally." I didn't think something like that could crop up on my home planet though," he let slip aloud while his arms fell to his side. The birds flying from overhead returning to their roosts.

'I understand that. You did well Shiro,' the female voice on the other end said.

"Kanna, I didn't know my com-link was open still," the warrior smiled scratching the back of his head with a laugh.

"Humph, humph," a feminine chuckle rang behind him causing the warrior to turn attention toward it.

"Who's there?" he turned blue aura surging to life.

"Amazing senses you have," a feminine voice came from behind him once more. weakly. Her footsteps going unheard against the loamy grass that surrounded the warrior.

"That didn't answer my question," the young warrior remarked, discharge continuing across his body. His red eyes leered to the side in an attempt to pick up in his periphery by the being was resting behind him.' Her energy is hard to detect, but I know she's back there. Can't let my guard down,' Shiro assured himself patiently.

Warm breaths came across his neck, two white arms wrapping around his shoulders their black sleeves resting on his revealed shoulders. The skin there seemed to shimmer in the light of the blue star that rested in the sky while her purplish-white hair waved into the corners of his sight." I am a servant of the Demon Realm," her voice was sweet and soft against his ears the warmth bothering him.

"Demon Realm?" he asked preparing his elbow to strike at her.

"Yes. If it was up to me, I would be quite fine just staying here with you, you smell sweet," she remarked causing the warrior to wander to the side her grip remaining tight against him.

A blush crossed his face and he started forward, crackling aura expanding out." Eh, can you release me please before I have to do so by force?" Shiro questioned strongly, his throat freezing with a gulp.

The black wreathed arms released from his neck, finding their place along his sides." Sorry, I don't really have the energy to do so. This blue sunlight is really sapping to my energy reserves," she apologized.

"Sunlight weakens you? What type of Demon are you? Galactic Enforcers are only told about the troublesome kind," his hands clenched as he turned his head.

His vision came upon a beautiful face with glowing pink eyes, bearing cat-like pupils. Her eyes being partially closed in the process." Funny, vampires not being considered troublesome," she laughed her breath continuing to dance around his neck." Then, again, in my current state I can understand why," her light laugh continued.

"Vampire? Like the blood sucking thing from old horror movies?" he asked causing her eyes to shake.

"Yes, though you mortals tend to paint us in such a negative light. We are not quite the Lords of Darkness that you depict us," she chuckled fanged teeth starting to show." In fact, we have to serve the higher ranked Demons, which is all I am doing now."

"Thanks for being so clear with me, but what does that have to do with you being here now?" Shiro pulled forward her body falling forward.

Her head fell onto his shoulder in the same moment he turned around, her chin resting vertically against him." I was told to come and find you to bring them to our side. That way the Demon Realm can return to their peak of power. A Demon Goddess said that she would not be necessary here because you are so kind and gullible, and as such here I am," she smiled speaking honestly.

"Working with the Demon Realm? I can't do that, this Demon Goddess should have known better than that," Shiro stepped back, the black dress wearing vampire wandering forward unable to support herself any longer.' And I'm not that gullible,' he commented to himself looking aside.

The female vampire chuckled." I figured the same thing, but she insisted on it. Frankly, I can't make you do anything that you do not want to do, especially not in my current state," she continued with a shrug.

"Then, why get near me at all?" Shiro's aura continued to expand, his Divine ki sparkling brilliantly across her body.

She smiled, blushing within that discharge." Because you're so strong and which means your blood has to be equally rick. And it smells sweet and innocent too," the vampire said sniffing along Shiro's neck." I cannot believe that they would want someone like you to be so callous as to attack innocent people for the Demon Realm's sake, you're perfect as you are."

"Attacking innocent people? Is that what you've been up to?" Shiro asked the female vampire, her head continuing to rest on his shoulder.

"Me, no? I am not very useful when there is a lot of sunlight, unless I had some blood," the vampire commented with a scowl, her dull eyes looking at him." Speaking of that, can you please share your blood with me? I need blood to move after so long," she said looking toward him with a weakening sigh.

'So, straightforward,' he gulped looking at her weakening frailty." Share my blood?" Shiro stepped back, looking to her features saddened." I can't do that. Vampire bites turn others into vampires," he commented pointing his hand forward repelling her with the energy that brewed there.

"No, they don't you dolt, the vampire has to want you to turn into a vampire," she fumed from her knees, shouting toward Shiro with the little energy she could must." I'm just really tired right now, I need some blood to get around. I don't even know where I want to go after I get it though, because it can't be the Demon Realm. She did not seem like one to appreciate failure," the vampire commented hands resting on the ground in her fatigued frustrations.

"That means that you aren't going to be able to go home," the Galactic Enforcer said crouching down to eye level with the vampire.

"I don't mind it. The Demons have changed since she arrived here, believing that they could actually break free from the Demon Realm, turning violent. It is not the home that I remember," she shrugged slumping forward onto his shoulder again.

'Shiro, don't do this. You know it's wrong. You can't even trust what she said,' he said to himself before standing up, bringing the starved vampire up with his grip on her hand." If you return your life is in danger, and if you stay, you'll fade away under the sunshine. As a Galactic Enforcer of the Third Galactic Patrol Regiment, I cannot allow a person in need to be left to their own devices without offering help," he leaned his head to the side with a gulp freezing in his neck.

"If my blood is what it takes so that you can survive, and if you are being truthful, go ahead drink some of it," the alien remarked to the demoness that stood before him, keeping his head turned.

She looked over at his vein and smiled, a blush forming across her face." You're so honest and dutiful, I know your blood is going to be sweet. This will not hurt at all," she opened her mouth and plunged her fangs into the warrior's neck.

Shiro's eyes twitched for a moment before becoming content, the pain of the bite fading instantly. His gaze looked carefully as the vampire's body started to fill in with vigor and her features seemed to soften to a filled glow. Her pink eyes resounded with a warm pulse and her power started to rise with each second that she was latched onto his neck.

Then, she leaned back with hands cupped behind her back and a broad smile upon her face." Thank you so much, I feel great," she smiled looking at the warrior as his aura continued to glow and pulsate.

Shiro placed his hand up to the bite wound, but no blood leaked out.' No blood, did she even suck it at all?' he wondered while looking toward her curiously." It was no problem, you're looking better," he replied warmly.

"That's because of you, you were so sweet," she smiled floating into the air warmly." I can't thank you enough."

'But it's going to be dangerous to just let her fly off like this,' Shiro cleared his throat as she started to fly away." You're not going to be safe!" he shouted stopping her in place." I don't think you're just going to be able to roam around freely, like you said the Demon Realm is not a home for you anymore. I'll protect you until I can get the help to stop this Demon Goddess."

"Huh? Really you'd protect me?" she asked placing her hands under her chin to stare in him from an aerial lay down.

Shiro looked down at his hands and nodded." You can't be left alone to die, no one deserves that."

Two arms wrapped around his neck as the vampire's afterimage faded from before him in the air." Thank you," she smiled leaning on the warrior and pushing him to the ground with her tackle

"No problem, can you get off me though, please?" Shiro replied.

"Oops, sorry," she replied hopping back to her feet smiling broadly.

"No problem, restraints engage," Shiro verbalized as two golden rings wrapped around his biceps." With that in check, what's your name? I don't want to just call you Miss Vampire if I'm going to be protecting you."

"Romari," she answered blushing looking to the side, Shiro's kindness went beyond his role of duty.

"Nice to meet you, Romari," Shiro smiled." Let's get you somewhere safe," the alien assured while leading her away.

'Nira will know what to do and with him on my side we could probably nip this in the bud. That way someone like her doesn't have to dirty their hands in a war they want no part in,' he thought looking over his shoulder at the vampire he was leading. She was youthful and happy in every movement she took.

'He's really something,' the young vampire thought following the path of the Galactic Enforcer.


"What an unseen series of circumstances," the sultry tone of the seductress rolled through the air. Her white hair waved as she turned to a room full of kneeling beings with burning crimson eyes." Oh, I assume that is what I get for not going through with this myself," she commented reaching her feet, a dark flash racing across her face to reveal the dark marks beneath her eyes.

"I will apprehend this Universe's strongest warriors, and there is nothing that can stop that," she smiled snapping her fingers, vanishing in a flash.