Powerpuff Bleached
Ch. 10
Blossom stands over princess's unconscious body and looks at her pitifully, "I can't believe you did this Princess, this gem." Blossom picked up the dark purple gem off of her tiara. "This gem, it feels so evil. HIM! What exactly were you trying to accomplish?"
Blossom threw the gem on the floor and smashes it, suddenly the gem popped and a dark purple aura emitted off of it and evil energy escaped it until the gem turned to dust.
"I have to keep going; I can't let anything slow me down." Blossom darted down the battered corridor leaving Princess defeated and powerless.
Bubbles giggled as she was examining some of Mojo's lab equipment, "You are such a silly monkey Mojo, You were a tough opponent, but I knew I would win in the end. Still I can't believe you would have stooped so low as to use HIM's evil power to help yourself win. He embedded a dark gem inside your brain, I can't believe how lucky I was when I kicked your brain and popped that gem out of you. You sure are stupid sometimes Mojo." Bubbles said while Mojo lay on the ground unconscious with his helmet oozing brain juice.
"Well I better get going, I'm sure there's still more traps up ahead and I need to find out where the prisoners are located." Bubbles said as she left Mojo's ruined lab, Bubbles took a deep breath and dashed down the long corridor looking for any more enemies to fight.
Buttercup was running down the long corridor when she came to a three way intersection, "Which way do I go? I'll just go right!" Buttercup ran down the long hall way looking ever so vigilant.
"Him, where are you hiding them, where are my friends and family!" Buttercup said as she entered a large mystical room, suddenly the door closed behind her and she was trapped. The room was very unusual; it was completely covered in grass, long bamboo shoots, tall trees, and a mysterious mist hovering over the dewed grass.
"What is this place? I can feel a shallow breeze and there's even a crescent moon out. Just where am I?" Buttercup wondered.
"Glad to see you made it Buttercup," A mysterious voice said. Buttercup grabbed onto her saber and looked around, "Where are you, show yourself!" Buttercup commanded.
"Don't worry I'm right here, right behind you." The mysterious voice said. Buttercup quickly turned around and saw a pale looking samurai, his eyes were glowing dark red, his short black hair was down and covered by an old bandana, he had an old traditional black and white kimono on with two mid-sized Katanas, and marked blatantly on his chest was a mid-sized Number 1.
Buttercup's eyes grew wide, "Your, your Number 1!" Buttercup said in fear.
"Yes, I am the leader of HIM"s Numbers, Number 1. As such I am also the strongest of all the Numbers, yes, even stronger than our Lord HIM." The Samurai stated.
Buttercup stared at him and started trembling in fear, "Darn, why am I shaking so much, is it because he supposedly stronger than Brick, but I'm stronger now, I shouldn't be too afraid. Even so, I need to finish this quickly; otherwise I might not make it out of here."
"You scared?" He asked. Buttercup's eyes grew wide for a second and she grunted in surprise.
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you leave this place alive, for the sake of Lord HIM and the new future, I will end your pathetic attempt to save the world." The Swordsman quickly drew one blade and charged passed Buttercup. Buttercup was barely able to counter the attack, her saber flew up and she was exposed momentarily. Buttercup quickly turned around and ducked barely missing another swing from the swordsman's blade. She swung her saber and clashed against the swordsman's sword creating sparks on impact.
Both are in a deadlock waiting for each other to make a mistake, Buttercup yelled, "Why are you helping HIM! What did he do too you."
"You don't seem to understand the situation, so I'll tell you now so you don't die without knowing why. In a few years' time there will be a catastrophic event that would endanger the whole plane of existence. I joined up with Him because I knew there was no other choice, without HIM I would have died in the underworld. I owe him my life, so in exchange for saving me I have to help HIM get rid of you three and stop the end of the world. I need to kill Skeith and his followers in order to save the world and the only way to do that is to get rid of you!"
The swordsman broke through Buttercup's guard and sliced her torso straight down. Buttercup yelped in pain and jumped back. "Dang, I need to pay attention, he really got me there." Buttercup felt her warm blood soaking her shirt.
The swordsman dashed apace towards her and swung his sword again, Buttercup quickly blocked it but she was sent flying back from the force of the impact into the thick bamboo thicket.
"Come on; Fight me at your full strength! It's only honorable if I kill you at your full abilities!" The samurai yelled. Buttercup knew she had no other choice but to do so. She stood up tall but still in pain from her fresh wound she flinched in hesitation.
"Come on, Come on, I can do it." She mumbled to herself. She started powering up and transformed into her Valor form, "OK, I need to use it again." Buttercup put one hand on her eye and gripped onto her saber with the other. Dark Purple ribbons of energy started forming around her then suddenly she felt a sharp pain all throughout her body and the dark energy shot out of her.
"What the, why are my demon powers rejecting me? Did I use it too much? Did it not recover with the X recovery I drank?" Buttercup tried again and this time she was able to transform.
"Why didn't it work the first time? Wait, my demon told me something about this, now what was it again?"
***FLASH BACK***
Buttercup was in her inner world talking to her inner demon. "So, are you telling me that my demon powers will get stronger when my life is in danger or whenever my own powers increase?" Buttercup asked.
"Yes, the time you can stay transformed varies depending on your current strength level and how much you use it. For example, at first if you use it for a long time you will be exhausted when you revert or you may pass out from the lack of energy. Over time you will be able to use it for long periods of time without getting too tired and your strength will increase."
"Why are you helping me? I thought you wanted to kill me." Buttercup asked.
"Well, if you're going to stay in charge of this world then I might as well tell you how to use my powers correctly so you don't get us both killed. But don't get me wrong, whenever I feel like you're useless again I'll get rid of you."
***END OF FLASHBACK***
"Oh, I must've used it to much then; I do feel a bit tired still. At least I was able to use my demon powers again." Buttercup's energy was exploding out of her and the bamboo shoots around her started breaking apart and flying away from her. The swordsman appeared behind her and swung his sword; Buttercup quickly turned around and countered with her saber. Dark energy exploded out of both of them.
"That's a nice little power you've got there, I've heard so much about it, I'd never expected you to have gained control of your demon so quickly!" The swordsman started pouring more and more power into his sword and started pushing Buttercup back. Buttercup started powering up and forced the swordsman into a deadlock. He yelled in a demon like roar and drew his second sword; he swung it horizontally at her. Buttercup jumped up to avoid it then she quickly powered up a Black Star, The Swordsman quickly swung his swords and blocked her Black Star.
Buttercup forced all the strength she had into the attack and broke the Swordsman's guard. He took the full force of Buttercup's Black Star and crashed into the Bamboo thicket. Suddenly he jumped back to his feet and charged back towards her. His Kimono was torn and tattered and he was full of burns and scratches.
"What? Not even my demon's Black Star was enough to defeat him?" Buttercup said as she blocked his attack. He started swinging both swords at her in a barrage of attacks. Buttercup was trying her best to dodge and block as many of his attacks as she could but he was too fast, he broke Buttercups guard several times and sent her flying. Buttercup regained balance and dashed towards him again; she powered up a darkly powerful ball of energy and fired it at the swordsman.
The ball got closer and closer until it was right in front of him, the swordsman smirked and swung his sword sending a slash of energy similar to Buttercups black star destroying the ball of energy. Buttercup dashed behind him and swung her saber catching him off guard and cutting a deep gash into his back.
The demented samurai was sent flying and crashed into a small cliff side. He laid there wounded but slowly he returned to his fighting stance, He powered up as much as he could and warped behind Buttercup and swung a mighty slash at Buttercup's blind side. Buttercup barley avoided the attack but she suffered a large gash to the side of her left arm.
Buttercup flew back and stared sliding on the grass; she looked up and saw the swordsman flying at her with death written in his eyes. Buttercup pointed her saber at him but the swordsman was too strong and sent Buttercup flying back again, blood started seeping out of her wounds and Buttercup's saber was sent flying away from her landing on the edge of the river bank.
The swordsman swung again and sliced Buttercup's chest, she flew back and crashed into the ground. She slowly got up and started panting, the swordsman's eyes were glowing bright red and he spun one sword around in the air then he slammed it into the ground, with his free hand he powered up a powerful ball of energy and fired it at Buttercup.
She jumped out of the way but she was sent flying from the shock wave of it, Buttercup tumbled a bit but she able to recover. The swordsman dashed past her and sliced her shoulder again, Buttercup tried to block but the force of his demonic power sent Buttercup flying back into the river side. Water splashed up and Buttercup laid there on the side of the river bank, her warm blood slowly polluting the fresh water she slowly got up and saw the swordsman looking at her.
"Pick up your sword; let's end this fight, with one last attack." Buttercup turned her head and saw her saber sticking out of the ground; she picked it up and started powering up with what little strength she had left. "All right here I come!" Buttercup yelled.
Both Buttercup and the swordsman charged at each other with all the power they had left. Buttercup poured all her strength into a Black Star and held it in her saber, "This is it, I need to win, I have to win!" Buttercup mumbled.
Both of them slashed passed each other in a cataclysmic clash of power. Buttercup stood passed the swordsman with a stoic expression on her face. The swordsman had a bloody gash on his side and severe burns on his chest with his kimono all torn and tattered; he slowly put his sword back in its sheath and sighed a deep sigh. Buttercup's body trembled and blood shot out from her chest, side and shoulders. She stumbled and slammed her saber into the ground to hold herself up.
"NO, I won't fall!" she cried out when suddenly she felt all the darkness leave her body and she reverted to her normal self. She fell to her knees, "Dang it, my body feels so heavy, and my vision is so blurry. I can't believe I lost!" Buttercup cried out as she fell to the ground leaving her saber stuck into the ground.
"It's all over, you've done very well getting this far, you and your sister even defeated high level monsters and Numbers, but you can feel it now right, your body is at it's limit and your dieing. Theirs nothing more you can do. I don't think I ever gave you my name, I am known as Zaraki, Kenshin Zaraki. It was a pleasure fighting with you." The swordsman said as Buttercup lay on the ground covered in blood and dieing.
"I'm sorry everyone, I failed you." Buttercup whispered as she passed out.
To be Continued...