Jenseits von Gut und Bose

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Episode 9: Moonlight

Brick was still in the hospital bed, it was nighttime, so Blossom left back to her house.

As Brick was going to sleep, he found himself once again in the forest grove.

"Assistance is probably what you'll need for this battle" said Blader, who appeared behind him.

"You… what do you want from me?" asked Brick.

"I need your help; you will be this world's only hope of survival, for if she is to awaken, it will be all over." Blader responded.

"I… don't understand" said Brick.

"You need not fret, just trust time to reveal all things, for now, you will need allies for this endeavor" said Blader.

"Allies?" asked Brick.

"Yes, I know one such person" then Blader pulled out a little black amulet with an onyx embedded in the center, "Show this to him, and he will know what to do."

Brick looked at it, "But how will I know…" but before he could ask he was awake and back at the hospital bed again, and it was still nighttime.

Although, he looked at himself and saw that he was fully dressed, and healed of injuries.

He stood up and went to the door, there, he saw his brothers, also fully dressed and healed of injuries, standing there waiting for him.

"You guys okay?" asked Brick.

"Yeah, but Butch and I had this really freaky dream" said Boomer.

"uh-huh, we were in this forest place, and then this guy started talking nonsense to us, and then I didn't know what the heck was he talking about" responded Butch.

Brick was shocked by this, did Blader visit them too?

But before he could gather his thoughts, they heard some loud noises from another part of town with their super hearing, and went off to see what was going on.

Outside…

Buttercup was fighting against Bart, and she was getting one Hell of a beat down from the Crimson Ruff.

"Gah! You're strong!" Buttercup commented on her opponent.

"Yeah, but that ain't nearly enough for what I'm about to do next" said Bart, and dashed towards Buttercup.

Buttercup stood up fast enough to stop Bart's attack, and then she punched him in the face, and then elbowed his abdomen, she then grabbed Bart's collar and launched him into the air, and flew up to administer an energy attack sending him flying down with a large crash.

Bubbles was fighting against Blake, who grabbed her pigtails and started to swing her around, followed by a toss towards a nearby wall, causing it to fall on her.

Blake checked to see the rubble, and then he kicked it lightly, checking to see if Bubbles was dead…

Suddenly, Bubbles shot out from the rubble, and shot a couple of energy shots at Blake, who was sent flying back, she followed with a kick to his stomach, and another kick at his left temple, and as he was suspended sideways in the air, Bubbles put her hand on his chest, and sent a burst through his body, and Blake was sent rolling on the ground unconscious.

As for Blossom, she was fighting against Biarce, "You barely even put up a fight" Biarce said towards Blossom, who was reeling from his attack just earlier.

"We'll see!" exclaimed Blossom.

She then breathed in some air, and unleashed her ice breath at Biarce, who become frozen in place.

She immediately dashed towards Biarce.

But Biarce freed himself from his ice prison, "Weak" he said before attacking Blossom in a flurry of punches.

Then he grabbed her long hair and started to spin her around wildly, and then he slammed her into a wall, but grabbed her again, this time punching her gut and sending her head painfully hitting a fire hydrant.

"This is not satisfying, Bart, Blake!" shouted Biarce, and Bart and Blake shot up from their unconsciousness; they then grabbed their respective opponents and threw them forcefully at the area near Blossom's landing point.

"We've got nothing against you guys, but you could have at least put up something better than this." He said bored.

Then he held his hands up, and so did the Thunder Ruff Boys, then they charged it up with their most powerful attacks, and then they shot it at the girls…

"Is this it? Are we finished?" thought Blossom.

Just then, three figures stood in front of them, and combined their own attacks to form a large energy blast that counter-acted against the one from Biarce and the Thunder Ruffs.

"What?" muttered Blossom.

"Stay put, we'll handle this" said Brick.

"You again, well, I hope you'll prove to be more 'entertaining' than they were" Biarce said towards the Rowdy Ruff Boys.

"You can count on it" said Butch.

Biarce, the Thunder Ruffs, and the Rowdy Ruffs prepared for Round 2.

Boomer dashed for Blake and tried threw a swing at his left, then right, lower sides and at his chest, and the Azure Ruff easily blocked them all, he then counterattacked, but Boomer also dodged these as well.

Butch and Bart were going about a little exchange of firepower, flinging bolts of energy at each other relentlessly.

Bart fired one of his larger bolt attacks, but Butch used the awesome power of his guttural roar to stop the beam in its tracks, and then went up at close range to fight at each other in a ruthless melee.

Brick was, being the leader, duking it out with Biarce and settling it between each other.

Brick tried to jab Biarce at the sides but Biarce either blocked his strikes or simply dodged them with precise dexterity.

Brick then jumped back and charging his fist with energy, ran towards Biarce with it.

Biarce grabbed his fist just before impact and absorbed the blast without even breaking a sweat.

But as the dust cleared, Brick was about to hit his head with a kick, but Biarce bent back to avoid the blow, and tried to hit Brick.

"Gotcha this time!" but Brick ducked to avoid his blow and using both his hands, fired an energy shot at his chest that sent Biarce flying back.

The two combatants then stood silent for a moment, and then Biarce started to laugh like a maniac.

"What are you laughing at?" asked Brick.

"Oh, nothing, it's just, that was the first time anyone has ever hit me before" said Biarce, for whenever someone was indeed going to actually hit him, he would always put a phantom decoy in his place, this was the first time he actually didn't do so, either he was starting to get soft, or he wants to stop playing dirty just to have a good fight.

Whatever the case, Biarce was simply overjoyed for some reason.

But then he immediately put up a serious face, "All right, time to set this straight!" Biarce exclaimed.

Biarce dashed for Brick and Brick tried to defend, but Biarce used a false move for Brick to defend the wrong area and attacked his gut, while Brick's arms were defending his face.

Blake went for some good old-fashioned CQC and grabbed Boomer's arm as soon as he threw a punch, then he hit his abdomen and hit his face, near the eyes too, and paralyzed Boomer, then he grabbed his shoulder and using Boomer's knee as support, jumped to his back where he kicked his spine real hard, sending him flying into the dirt face-first.

As for Butch, he and Bart were still tossing shots at each other, but Butch was combining his blasts with his roar blast, and Bart has had his hands full.

But Bart was also simply holding back so he could have fun too.

Having enough, Bart also went on the offensive and started firing of more and more shots, using the power from the nearby cables and household appliances to fuel his onslaught, and even Butch couldn't keep up for very long, at least not before being zapped and sent flying towards the area where Boomer was lying.

As for Brick, Biarce caught him by the collar and struck his fist at Brick's face, then he started to twirl him around while holding his hair, then he hit him in the abdomen which ripped open a hole at the other end of his clothes, followed by a shockwave that sent him flying towards the area near Boomer and Butch.

"You're all worthless" Biarce muttered, and then he looked at Brick…

"Hmm… something's different about you" said Biarce, looking at Brick with a curious look.

"You bet there is!" said Brick, and suddenly, he disappeared!

"What!" exclaimed Biarce; the Brick he had beaten was a phantom decoy! But how? Only Biarce knows that technique.

Suddenly, Brick came up to Biarce's rear, Biarce tried to counterattack, but Brick was too fast and Biarce was sent flying towards a wall with a crash.

"Whoa, dude, how did you do that?" asked Boomer, surprised and in awe.

"I… have no idea" replied Brick.

Suddenly, A loud explosion came from the building that Biarce was thrown into, and out came Biarce, with a very cold, emotionless face, "Uncanny… how very surreal, you're the first person I've ever met that can actually hit me twice in the same battle, I must say that's a record." He said in a monotone.

"But I won't let you expand that record any longer" said Biarce.

"Yeah well, now that I can actually prove to be a challenge, I'm guessing I ain't holding back no more, right?" asked Brick.

"Exactly, but just to be fair, I'll let you take the next broadside" said Biarce.

"You're gonna regret this buddy!" exclaimed Brick, and he dashed towards Biarce with his fist raised and ready.

"Bad move, he who moves first, loses…" said Biarce in a monotone.

Suddenly, something grabbed unto Brick's left shoulder, and blood started to drip from it, everyone was shocked, except the Thunder Ruffs, who seemed to think this was natural.

And the thing that grabbed onto Brick's shoulder was rather ghostly: it was a large black cobra head, biting so fiercely into Brick's shoulder blood dripped out, the creature loosened its grip after a few seconds and it was revealed where it came from: it's end tail was coiled around Biarce's arms, with the Black Ruff producing a smirk on his lips.

"Without the power of a Mental, you are no match for me, even if you have now mastered the phantom decoy power!" said Biarce, then, a second black cobra appeared on his other arm, and he struck a fighting position with the cobras rearing up dangerously at Brick, poised to attack at any given moment.

"You were a good fighter, but do you have any last words before I properly dispose of you?" asked Biarce.

"I really didn't want it to end this way…" muttered Brick.

"Not very classy, but it'll have to do" said Biarce, and he dashed towards Brick.

Brick then winced for a moment, then something fell out of the pocket of his shirt, it was the onyx amulet, "The amulet…" said Brick, looking at the object for a few seconds. Suddenly, he remembered that Biarce was still after him, and he looked up in time to see that Biarce had stopped, with a shocked appearance on his face, but his cobras were still poised to attack.

Brick saw that Biarce was fixated on the amulet, suddenly, one of the cobras extended forward and grabbed the amulet for him, and then, when the amulet was on his hands, he examined with a shocked expression on his face.

"It can't be, this is not possible, it was lost… I… I… I saw it!" he said stuttering in shock at it. Then, he grabbed his head and started to scream in agony, and then he immediately flew up high into the sky, and dashed for parts unknown.

Everyone stood shocked for several hours, except for the Thunder Ruffs who flew up and tried to follow where Biarce was going.

"What was that about?" asked Brick.

Meanwhile…

"So, he has finally been exposed, it will take him a while to gather his thoughts, but it shall be all worth it" said Blader, looking at Biarce's image flying through the night sky, illuminated by the moonlight, in his mystic pond.

End of Chapter

Joke of the moment: Stupid Crush

Brick was talking to Blossom just a few moments ago, but we'll just fast forward for what happened after that.

(A/N: They still hate each other here)

"Darn, it's raining, and this dress was also new too…" said Blossom with a sigh.

Brick then placed his cap on Blossom's head. "I'll give it to you, but next time I see you, you'd better give it back" he said a little coldly.

Brick then flew away as fast as he could.

Blossom looked up at him, "Gee, Brick and I sure matured over the years."

Flashback…

"HA! You're an UGLY Pug-faced BITCH! You hear me! A Bitch!" shouted Brick when they were much younger.

"Shut up you pig-breathed, fuck-toothed piece of shit!" Blossom shouted back.

End Flashback…

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP…

Blossom noticed her heart was beating for Brick, "Oh my God…"

"What's she yelling for now? Didn't I do something nice?" said Brick.

"BRICK, You FUCKING IDIOT! You made me have a crush on you!" Blossom shouted.

(A/N: This was the first time I wrote the F word with no censorship whatsoever on it. If anyone was offended, I apologize. By the way, this Joke is based on a mini-comic I found at DeviantArt, so it's not too good, but I captured the moment just enough, right?)