Act 3 - Deception
Chapter 2: Warriors of Opposite Nature.
Nel and Emelia had been the first targets of Ethica's strange biting ability. Who was next on their list? With a planet filled with strong Humans, Saiyans and other races, their opportunities were endless. "So Ethica... who should we target next? We have an entire planet to scope out... not to mention the Legendary Super Saiyan is nearby." Lasiraiga explained, as Ethica shook her head. "Master Lazarus said not to target the Legendary Super Saiyan... he wanted to do it himself..." Ethica explained, as Lasiraiga looked at Ethica. "What about Baston?" Lasiraiga asked, as she grunted. "I've already tried on Baston... I managed to get lucky with him when he was buried under the rubble against Chimaira... the bite has no effect on him... He's composed of two sets of emotions... ones that intertwine with each other... all I could do was switch them around, and then the matters cancelled each other out."
"So basically, Baston is immune to your bite huh? Interesting... I always knew the Prince of Saiyans was full of surprises." Lasiraiga grunted, as he thought of something. "Hey... why not bite those two squirts Chimaira was fighting? They must have some special emotion just waiting to be released." Lasiraiga stated, as Ethica thought about it. "Well, I suppose it would be a good idea, considering those two boys did help Baston and the other girl kill Chimaira. A little revenge would be in order for that... and what better way to have both kids of Cloud and Nel hating their guts." Ethica mused, as they powered up their aura and flew off. Meanwhile, Baston had decided to go ahead of Nene and the two boys, and headed back to Clouds to tell him what was going on.
When he arrived, he saw Nel huddled against the wall of their house. "Well, this isn't something I'd expect from you Nel..." Baston grunted, as Nel shot to her feet and hugged him, sobbing slightly. "Baston! I'm so glad you're here... I'm so frightened right now! Goldy has deserted me! and Emelia shouted at us!" Nel shouted, as Baston instantly pushed Nel off him. "What the hell is wrong with you!?" Baston shouted, as she clang to his leg. "Find them please... I-I don't want to leave here... there might be powerful opponents out there... and I wouldn't stand a chance against them." Nel sobbed, as Baston kicked her off him. "Get a hold of yourself woman!? You're acting like a complete opposite of what you normally are!" Baston shouted, unaware that what he said was actually true.
At that moment, Emelia landed on the ground behind Baston, and jumped onto his back in a hug form. "Baston! I found you!" she shouted, as Baston grabbed her and threw her back. "What the hell!?" Baston shouted, as Nel tried to cling to his leg again. Baston leapt into the sky, and looked down, as Emelia flew up and hugged him. "Don't worry Baston... we can kill Chris together..." she said, as Baston started to get worried about this situation. "Get the hell off me! Stupid girl!" Baston shouted, as he grabbed the girls collar and threw her towards the ground. Nel ran up to Emelia and went to pick her up again. "Oh my god Emelia!!! Are you alright! Please... don't scare me like that!" Nel stated, as Emelia slapped her hands back.
"Don't touch me! I hate you!" Emelia shouted, as she flew back up to Baston. Nel just stood there and then broke down crying. "This is absolute madness... what the hell is going on around here!?!" Baston shouted, as he transformed into a Super Saiyan, and flew off as fast as he could, with Emelia following. Cloud flew around, trying to sense Emelia's power, when suddenly he came across Marcous. "Marcous! Hey son, how ya going?" Cloud asked, as he walked over to pat his sons back, but as he tried, Marcous batted Cloud's hands away. "What are you doing here father..." Marcous grunted, as Cloud raised his eyebrow. "Well actually I was looking for your sister... she's after Baston for some reas-"
"Why would she be interested in that jackass...?" Marcous grunted, as Cloud rose his eyebrow again. "I thought you liked Baston..." Cloud stated, as Marcous scoffed. "Like that Egotistical, Arrogant asshole? No way... My dependence on him... is like my dependence of you father..." Marcous grunted again, as Cloud growled a bit. "Ok Marcous what's going on with you!? First Emelia's acting up, and now you are too! What has happened to you!?" Cloud shouted, as Marcous growled back. "Shut up father! God, you don't know how much I hate you and your wife right now!" Marcous shouted, as Cloud was taken back. "At least your dad is more interesting to be around than my asshole of one..." Kyzer grunted, walking up next to Marcous. "I can't stand either of them Kyzer, it doesn't matter to me at all..." Marcous muttered, as Cloud looked at Kyzer.
"Him too...? Is it something that the kids are going through... I don't know... I feel something's fishy going on around here..." Cloud thought to himself, as he smiled fakly. "Come on you two, let's go home. Marcous I bet your mother is worried about yo-" "I said I hate that whore of a wife you have! God, you're such an idiot! You can't seem to process anything I have said to you... come on Kyzer... let's go find Chris... and a City to destroy..." Marcous grunted, as Kyzer smirked darkly and nodded. The two powered up their Aura's and without transforming into Super Saiyans, flew off. "Oh man... Nel is going to kill Marcous when she finds out about this..." Cloud groaned, as he placed his fingers over his forehead and teleported back to the house.
Baston continued flying as fast as he could, seeing Emelia in the far distance. "Darn it... I'm never going to lose her at this rate... I have an idea..." Baston grunted, as he spun around, firing a Ki blast at her, using the time for her to dodge it, as a chance to fly into the water, and surpress his power. "W-Where did he go...?" Emelia asked, as she looked around, trying to sense his power. "He must have gotten further ahead after someone fired that blast at me... I won't lose you Baston!" She shouted, as she powered up her Super Saiyan aura and flew off ahead of him. "Darn it... there is something going on around here... Nel's acting like a coward, and that girl is clinging off me like a schoolgirl crush..." Baston grunted, as he emerged from the water and took a breather.
"Oh Baston... it's you... I thought it was someone important..." said a familiar female voice, as Baston looked up to see Nene hovering above him. "Oh... Nene, what do you want?" Baston asked, as she landed in front of him, with her arms folded. "I actually came to see if I could find Chris... so I could annihilate her..." Nene grunted, as Baston raised his eyebrow. "Annihilate her? What on earth for!? I thought you loved her!" Baston shouted, as Nene smirked darkly. "Me? In love with a Machine? Get over yourself Princy..." she mused, as Baston growled. "Great...another one... what is going on around here..." Baston thought to himself, as Nene tilted her head back and let out a groaned sigh.
"Well... I guess if she isn't around... I may as well go kill a few humans to pass the time... See ya later... Princy." she snickered, as she transformed into a Super Saiyan 2, and flew off. "Ok, now this is starting to really piss me off... I have to find the clown and find out what is going on... that is... if he's not acting wierd himself." Baston grunted, as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 3 and flew off back to Cloud's place. Cloud landed in the area, and noticed Nel Crying. "Nel!! What happened!!?" Cloud shouted, as she ran over to Nel, but only to be tackled to the floor. "Cloud... I'm so scared right now! Emelia was being mean to me... and Baston didn't want to help her at all... she was all over Baston! I tried to stop her... but she kept being nasty..." she sobbed, crying in his arms.
"I know what you mean... Marcous and Kyzer were acting way differently than what they used to... they hate us... I can't explain it... they went off... to find Chris... and then, they wanted to... destroy a City... it's so against their nature..." Cloud grunted, as he looked up, watching Baston land in the area, reverting to normal. "B-Baston?" Cloud asked, as Baston walked over to the clown. "Are you...feeling alright Baston?" Cloud asked, as Baston grunted. "I could ask you the same question clown... something is very fishy... and I think you may know what is going on..." Baston grunted, as Cloud let out a sigh of relief. "As much as I am glad to know you're alright... I don't have the answers... Marcous and Kyzer have gone off to find Chris and kill innocent people..." Cloud explained, as Baston nodded.
"Same thing with Nene, only she wants to kill Chris in the process." Baston grunted. "N-No... S-She... can't!! Chris is my...friend!" Nel screamed, as Baston grunted. "I am well aware of that woman... stop moping... you're a disgrace..." Baston scowled, as Nel broke down crying again. "Hey, hey... it's alright Nel... but I need to know...did anything happen before Baston got here?" Cloud asked, as Nel nodded. "There... was this mean girl... she wanted... to bite me....and her friend...ganged up on me... and she bit me and left." Nel explained, choked up from her tears.
"Bite?" Cloud asked in confusion, as Baston rubbed the side of his neck. "Yes come to think of it... I remember feeling as though I was bitten in the battle against Chimaira... but nothing changed afterwards." Baston grunted. "What you say is correct Baston... there is someone at hand... causing all this behaviour to your friends and family." said a voice from the sky, as Cloud smiled. "Hey King Kai! Long time no see!" Cloud exclaimed, as Baston grunted. "So, do you know who the one that is biting people is?" Baston asked, as King Kai nodded in otherworld. "I did a little research... after Cloud's daughter and Nel was bitten, and I came across and old myth set back ten thousand years ago on this very day." King Kai explained, as he continued.
"Her name is Ethica, she is the Gothic Demon of the Apocalyptic Demons." King Kai explained, as Baston's eyes widened. "Apocalyptic Demons!?" he shouted, as Cloud looked at him. "You know of them?" Cloud asked with a raised eyebrow. "Not so much what they are or what they do... but I remember Xacti saying he was one of them..." Baston grunted, as he thought back to that conversation in the room of different dimmensions.
Baston watched from the sky, as Xacti emerged from the ground, his shirt ripped in half, and a sinister snarl was plastered on his face. "Darn you saiyan monkey! I will make you pay for ever laying a finger on the almighty Chaotic Demon of the Apocalytpics!" Xacti roared, as he threw his head back, powering up immensly. A huge wave of Ki flew off his body, sending huge gusts of wind crashing around the mountains. Baston watched, as the demon seemed to hunch over in some kind of pain. The form shedding off huge blasts of electrical current from his body. "This isn't going to be pretty." Baston thought to himself, as he continued watching, being in part fear of attacking the demon while he was powering up.
"Xacti was indeed a being of the Apocalyptic Demons... but the records show he wasn't born on their planet." King Kai explained. "That's because he was born on the planet we fought him on ten thousand years ago... right?" Cloud asked. "That's exactly it... there's nothing more about him, other than the fact the had the ability to travel through time, and Regenerate from near death... There is a countless list of members of demons... but Ethica is our main priority right now." King Kai explained. "It says here that Ethica's bite is very unique... for it has the ability to spread a neuro toxin throughout the bitten persons body... altering their Emotions and Personalities." King Kai explained. "What does all this mean King Kai!? In english for us not so smart people!" Baston shouted, as King Kai grunted. "It means, whoever she bites, turns into the complete opposite of what they usually are." King Kai started.
"Take for instance your son Cloud. He loves you and Nel... he would never harm a fly, and he always looks up to Baston as an Uncle. Now that he's been bitten... his personality and emotions have been reversed... So he hates you and Nel, he wants to kill as many people as he can... and he looks down on Baston like he's a heap of trash." King Kai continued. "So that's why Nel is like this? She's had her emotions and personalities switched as well?" Cloud asked, as King Kai nodded. "Yes, it's true... however Nel's will was a little stronger, so she was able to keep the emotion of loving you and her kids... as well as her friendship to Chris...but everything else has been altered." King Kai explained.
"Baston, Chris, and Alyss are the only three uneffected by the bite." King Kai said once more. "But why me...? What makes me so special that I am immune to it?" Baston asked calmly. "Because Baston... your emotions and personalities are split into two. Good and Bad... when Ethica bit you... all she did was switch the two emotions around, doing absolutely nothing... The person has to have one major emotion tran. Good, or Bad. Seeing as you have both, you can't be effected." King Kai explained. "And why can't the Androids be effected?" Baston asked again. "Unlike most humans, Chris and Alyss have more of Machine inside them... the machine parts seem to take the Neuro toxin from Ethica's bite, and breaks it down before it does any damage to their Emotions." King Kai explained.
"Is there any way we can stop all of this!?" Cloud asked, as King Kai flipped through the book. "Many planets who have been bitten by Ethica, have never returned back to normal by will alone... it requires the power of the Sacrad water, located on top of Kami's lookout.... I'd be careful though... Kami and Popo could have already been bitten in the time that Ethica has been around. But if you don't hurry up with it... the entire population will be altered... and with it will bring a torrent of destruction on the planet. So you need to act quickly." King Kai responded, as Cloud and Baston nodded.
"Alright then Baston, I guess we should get going." Cloud stated, as Nel clinged onto his shirt. "Don't leave me Cloud.... please... I don't like being alone!" she whimpered, as Cloud gave her a hug. "I won't be gone long... go and find my father... he should be inside somewhere. I think he must have avoided being bitten while Ethica was here... we'll sort out this problem and come right back. I promise." Cloud explaned, as he gave her a small kiss on her forehead and let her go. "Stop wasting time clown... let's go!" Baston shouted, as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 3, and flew off. "I love you..." Cloud said to Nel, before transforming himself into a Super Saiyan 3, and flew off. "Call me crazy Baston, but I think we're going to need some backup in this fight... we have to find Chris and Alyss..." Cloud shouted, as Baston grunted.
"Like they'd come with us." Baston grunted. "Trust me Baston, I have a way that may get them to comply... well at least on Chris's part." Cloud mused, as they both flew off to find the two.
Coming soon
Act 3 - Part 3
An unlikely Pair unite.