AN: Sorry for the wait. Work caught up to me. Anyways here is the chapter Trial By Fire. Also next week I will post a very special chapter. Get ready for some awesome. Enjoy.
Trial By Fire
"We don't always know when we need saving." - John Corbin (Smallville)
Broly looked on at the partially destroyed school he called home. Large chunks of rubble lay strewn across the battered forest. Massive gouges were ripped through the earth. White hot pillars of flame shine brightly in the otherwise murky light of sunset. Broly thought he saw students running away screaming. A figure wearing a burnt uniform was sprawled out in the dirt. A flash of silver caught the Saiyan's attention. He glanced over and saw Moka was running towards anyother figure. The figure was clad in a shroud of intense fire. Upon closer examination Broly saw a fox-like figure flicking their wrist and send out a burst of heat. The Super Saiyan saw the Vampire get sent flying by said stream of fire. She flew through the air and crashed into a tree, reducing it to pieces. The flaming figure laughed evilly before a dark violet light shined around them. When it cleared Broly could examine his opponent closely. His body was composed mostly of fire. He was of above average build with fox ears, long hair, and markings along his face and chest. The yokai was tinted purple with shining red eyes that lacked pupils. Broly looked around and saw Gin was covered with a massive amount of burns as he leaned against a tree trunk coughing weakly. Moka still hadn't recovered from getting sent flying yet. Broly saw something fluttering towards him in the wind and caught it. The object in question was a pointed hat with the end of it burnt. Rage surged within the Super Saiyan's veins as green power surged out of him. The figure looked towards him and growled menacingly. "So you want to die too?", the flaming monster asked Broly angrily. The blue haired warrior sprung into action as fast as he could. The duo slammed into eachother with enough force to create a shockwave, sending both of the supernatural brawlers back. They weren't discouraged by this and dashed towards the other once more, frenzy in their minds. As they impacted Broly felt his knuckles crash into bones, cracking sounds accompanying his blow. Broly felt a extremely hot fist burn into his cheek, singing flesh and making similar popping sounds. Broly heard Moka shout, "Kuyuo is a Youko! Be careful." The reborn warrior took this advice to heart as he smelled burning skin. He pushed the pain to the back of his mind as his enemy had massive amounts of power ooze out of him as he snapped, "Hazy Rolling Flame!", his voice extremely deep as he shot a torrent of pure flaming energy at Broly. The Saiyan didn't think twice as he rolled out of the way of the blast. A massive explosion signaled the attack's impact. Kuyuo charged up another one but was stopped when an Eraser Shell crashed into his face, flinging him across the battlefield. The Youko hurtled through the air before crashing into the ground, cutting out a huge gash in the ground and smashing through several trees. Kuyuo jumped upwards and fired off several more blitzes of fire. Broly countered them with his own meteors of power. The duo then took off towards one another with energy in the fists. The two punches crashed against one another with enough force to cause a massive 'boom' and rubble to be sent flying everywhere. Broly connected with an uppercut to the chest, two hooks, and a roundhouse kick to the Youko's shoulder blade that caused his opponent to howl in rage and pain, mostly rage. Meanwhile Kuyuo connected with an elbow strike to the abdomen, several kicks to the legs and arms, a headbut to the shoulder, and a knee to the azure haired Super Saiyan's jaw that caused him to spit up blood. Both combatants flew backwards before rocketing towards one another for another explosive exchange of furious blows.
While this was happening a certain dark haired witch sat up slowly. She hissed as agony tortured her. Kuyuo had slammed her skullfirst into a wall, reducing it to pieces and knocking her out too. Yukari whimpered as she looked around at her classmates. Gin and Moka had collapsed and weren't moving. But Tsukune was nowhere to be seen. Her violet eyes reflected her fear as she looked around for her acquaintance. She saw that Gohan was crouched by Moka and Gin, holding a small bag in his hand. The Literature teacher fed both of them something that allowed them to move around again. He walked over to Yukari and tossed her something small. In her hand was a bean, she looked up at her spiky haired elder and he nodded encouragingly as he told her, "Eat it." Yukari crunched down on the bean and ate it. After she finished it a surge of energy rushed through her veins. The witch saw the Vampire and the Werewolf standing up and looking around. "I just gave Tsukune some of my blood.", the silver haired vampire said as she observed the damage. Gohan nodded as he said, "Let's go check this out." The group quickly headed towards the sounds of sonic booms and explosions.
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A twelve year old student was sitting near the back of a school bus on the ride home. His raven colored hair flopped against his forehead as the bus hit a bump and tossed everyone up several inches. Another student was sitting near the black haired teen. He was slightly larger and bulkier than his peer with a green cap and brown eyes. The brown eyed person looked at the black eyed teen and said, "How's it going Broly? Did you get into another fight today?" Broly looked up ands said, "I'm alright Tommy." Tommy grinned and shrugged as he said, "Just checking." The bus hit another big bump and the entire vehicle was tossed off the road and careered before coming to a sudden stop. Everyone flew from their seats abruptly.
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Broly slammed a massive Eraser Shell into his opponent's chest with enough force that the flaming yokai created a crater when he hit the ground. The menacing purple glow faded and Kuyuo stood up, his blonde hair fluttering in the breeze. He narrowed his green tinted eyes at the crimson eyes warrior. "Why do you fight?", Kuyuo yelled at Broly, "Why protect that pathetic human?" As he said this the Youko fired another Hazy Rolling Flame that crashed into the Super Saiyan's chest, throwing up a thick screen of smoke. "Because...", Broly growled as he steadied himself, the smoke clearing to reveal him standing up with tattered clothes and burn marks and bruises covering his body, pain flooding his system, "I will always protect a friend!", he screamed before he launched a stream of pure green energy at his opponent, consuming him in a massive blast. As the smoke cleared Kuyuo stood before the reborn teen panting as he threw back his head in agony. The purple aura surrounded the Youko and thrown Broly back.
Two figures stood at the edge of the battle. One wearing a massive black coat that covered their entire body, the other was much younger and clad in the normal school uniform with blonde hair. She looked at her companion and asked, "Who's the Saiyan?" The cloaked figure responded by stating, "A legend reborn." The girl huffed under her breath as she noticed Kuyuo glowing purple and screaming as darkness oozed out of him and crashed into everything around him, making the blue haired Super Saiyan crash through a row of trees. Then the cloaked figure grabbed the younger female and jumped upwards as a massive barrage of glowing green Ki blasts bombarded the area below them, pounding almost everything into dust. The girl was amazed at the Saiyan's power while the cloaked figure remained silent.
Broly felt sweat rolling down his face as he observed the aftermath of his Eraser Shell barrage. The ground was covered in craters and trees burned, creating plumes of thick smoke and intense heat. Just breathing the air would have severely damaged a normal human's lungs. The red eyed warrior watched on as he seen the Youko was still standing, but not glowing purple. He collapsed on the ground as his blood oozed out of his body. Broly growled in rage as he prepared to deliver the deathblow, but halted when he noticed two figures watching him from afar. The cloaked figure remained as still as stone whilst the girl bounced on he feet, practically bursting with energy. The blonde looked at him and her normally light colored eyes flared blood red. There was barely restrained rage within the crimson orbs. When she blinked her eyes flickered back to normal.
The girl dashed towards the scene of the battle while the cloaked figure walked towards them slowly. Broly felt another presence, this one much more familiar. Uub descended from the sky in his white and maroon outfit he wore when he first competed in the World Martial Arts Tournament. Broly gave him a questioning look and Uub responded with, "Taking care of the rest of the Public Safety Commission." Broly nodded to his best friend as he saw Gohan was leading the Newspaper Club towards them, minus Tsukune. Broly frowned as he felt Tsukune's Ki, except much stronger and darker, just like Kuyuo's was. A streak of red crashed past the Saiyan and Tsukune stood before them all. Except for his eyes were glowing red and purple lightning arched off of him. Yukari flinched back as she shouted, "What's going on?" Moka was also surprised but her voice was much more level as she told them, "This isn't because of me. Kuyuo was also like this." The glowing human warrior dashed at the group of ragtag fighters.
Before the dark energy coated Tsukune could get very far a streak ran into him. Broly and Uub seen Gohan dash in front of Tsukune and slam two fingers into the pressure point on the side of the student's neck. The unnatural glow left Tsukune's body as he collapsed face first on the ground. The Literature teacher shook his head as he grabbed Tsukune and threw him over his shoulder. "Everybody go to my classroom. I need to check on something." With that he passed the unconscious human to the reincarnation of Buu. Then the black haired man was coated in a shroud of energy as he flew away. The group of students, plus the two new acquaintances, slowly walked to the Literature room. The teens arrived at Gohan's class without incident and all collapsed. Broly was the only exception as he walked out the door. He could hear the others beginning to converse with eachother, and he shook his head. Due to his rather annoying coma he had lost quite a bit of time. Only one person was on his mind as he made his way across the partially destroyed school. He eventually arrived at his destination and saw that the room he sought was undisturbed. Laying on a bed was Kurumu, looking almost blissful in her state of unconsciousness. The Saiyan stood beside the bed and stared at the Succubus he had rather complex feelings for, the kind he never even thought he would have for another person. He felt the beginnings of tears in his eyes as he powered down from his Super Saiyan state due to how much he hated making her worry about him. He paid no heed to the injuries that he obviously had as he sat beside her, just as she had for him.
The black haired teen heard a low groan of pain as he saw the blue haired seductress shift around slowly before cracking her eyes open. Onyx black eyes met deep violet eyes. Kurumu shot up as fast as she could and surprised Broly by grabbing him in a tight hug. The youth petrified for a split second before he slowly wrapped his arms around her. Kurumu let out sobs as she cried, "I thought you were gone for good! I'm sorry." The rest of her statements blurred together but Broly got the point, she thought he was going to stay like that forever. Good thing he recovered. He thought she wouldn't miss him, but he knew now that she didn't want him to leave her. "Why?", he asked her quietly as her breathing became much more steady. "Why not?", she quickly shot back as she looked up at him, her eyes red-rimmed from crying. Broly knew he wanted to stay with her too and the thought if doing so was quite satisfactory. "I am a little bit of loneliness a little bit of disregard.", he mumbled to himself as he held the Succubus and she looked up at him confused. "I am...", the Saiyan said louder and more confidently, "A little bit insecure, a little unconfident. Are you okay with that?" Kurumu smiles to herself as she told Broly, "Of course I can. I am what I want you to want. What I want you to feel."
After several minutes of eachother's company the duo stood up slowly and made their way to Gohan's room. When they got there everybody else had departed. The dark haired student tried sensing everyone's energy and found them all in their dorms. "They're all resting.", Gohan said as he walked up. His tie was undone and he was holding a small gemstone on a thin chain in his hand. Broly gave the object a questioning look as Kurumu asked, "Where did it come from?" Gohan gave them both a long look and sighed as he stepped to the side and the two had seen Kuyuo was laying on Gohan's desk, battered and beaten but still alive. Broly let out a roar of rage as he once again became an azure colored Super Saiyan. Kurumu flinched backwards as the teacher said, "Wait."
Broly took several steps towards his unconscious foe with murderous intent, but Gohan stood between the two. "Why should I let him live?", Broly roared, this weakling dared to hurt his friends and he would pay for it with his life. "This gem.", Gohan calmly responded, "Is a special type of stone. They are famous for storing great amounts of dark energy. So it would corrupt somebody's thought process if exposed to for long periods of time... At least in theory." The Youko cracked his eyes open and mumbled, "Where am I?" He shook his head and groaned as he asked, "What happened?" "This.", Gohan said as he brandished said black colored gem, "Was found on your person. It contained massive amounts of an evil energy." Kuyuo's eyes furrowed as he said, "I got that from a woman." Rage began to enter his voice as he said, "She said it would make me stronger. Dammit!" At this point Kuyuo had managed to get to his feet and kicked a desk as hard as he could, "That bitch!" His eyes widened as he screamed, "Kisaragi! I've got to go see her!" "It's ok.", the Literature teacher said to the leader of the Public Safety Committee, "She's already here. You can see her after you rest." Kuyuo looked up and said to Broly, "I'm sorry for everything I did when I had that pendant on." The blue haired warrior felt his rage leave him as he reverted to his original form. "I forgive you.", he replied gruffly. Broly forgave him so easily because he known what it was like to be hated for things he couldn't control, like what he was called, or when the bus crashed and... Broly shook his head as he dispersed that train of thought as quickly as he could. The Saiyan waved goodbye to his teacher and newest ally as him and Kurumu walked back to their shared dorm.