(A/N: The following is a fanfiction. Dragon Ball's concepts and Xenoverse main plot belong to Akira Toriyama. The various other characters belong to their respective owners. I merely own the OCs and Blackthorning of the plot. Please support the following release.)
Happy 25th chapter! I want to thank all my supporters!
Stan Bush - Dare
Sometimes when your hopes have all been shattered
And there's nowhere to turn
You wonder how you keep going
Think of all the things that really mattered
And the chances you've earned
The fire in your heart is growing
You can fly, if you try leaving the past behind
Heaven only knows what you might find
Dare - dare to believe you can survive
You hold the future in your hand
Dare - dare to keep all of your dreams alive
It's time to take a stand
And you can win, if you dare
Everybody's trying to break your spirit
Keeping you down
Seems like it's been forever
But there's another voice if you'll just hear it
Saying it's the last round
Looks like it's now or never
Out of the darkness you stumble into the light
Fighting for the things you know are right
Dare - dare to believe you can survive
The power is there at your command
Dare - dare to keep all of your dreams alive
It's time to take a stand
And you can win, if you dare
Dare - dare to believe you can survive
You hold the future in your hand
Dare - dare to keep all of your dreams alive
The power is there at your command
Dare - dare to keep all your love alive
Dare to be all you can be
Dare - 'cause there is a place where dreams survive
And it's calling you on to victory
Ryo vs the Xenoverse
Chapter 25: Skipping The Second Lesson
Today was quite the day, and now it was a cool Wednesday night as I bid Erasa goodbye after our training. I came home to find Hatchin watching television.
"Just on time, they're playing One Minute Melee. I just saw your battle with Pearl and they're unveiling a new one tonight." Hatchin remarked. "I got popcorn."
I close the door, kick off my boots, and sat alongside Hatchin. This was going to be good.
"One Minute Melee!" The announcer said as they saw those words and number on the video.
"Where all the fights are settled in 60 Seconds!"
"2 Fighters!"
"No Research!"
"Sixty seconds..."
"MELEE!"
"Go!"
(*Cues: Street Fighter Alpha - 02 Character Select.*)
They then see multitude of characters up on a screen, looking like it's a set up for a character selection of a video game.
Announcer: Select your character!
The selection tool moved around for a bit, before it settled on the first person.
A familiar ninja mother with pale skin and dark ninja grab.
"The cougar ninja will be fighting today. I wonder against who?" Ryo said munching on popcorn.
The selection tool moved around, before selecting the opponent.
Michiko was wearing Yamcha's Bandit Clothes.
"Mom?!" Hatchin remarked.
"Mom's I'd Like to Fight. Perfect." Ryo thought.
"Mom's probably not going to win this." Hatchin thought.
With that, the selection tool click on both of them and the show begins to start, as the words saying; 'Let's rock?', 'Alrighty!' and 'Uh, one sec...'
(*Cues: NARUTO Path Of The Ninja - Soundtrack 4 - Darkness)
Shurayuki, Beate, and Rachel are all leaping from tree to tree. The animation style for this fight is done very close to the Naruto anime. They somehow found themselves trapped in a forest…of filler.
"You just had to stop to rub one out, Beate? You shouldn't wait." Shurayuki snapped at her subordinate.
"Oh, like you're any better. Miss I Use My Tits to pay for the toll booth." Beate chided back.
"Can't we just….GAH!" Rachel said before blast out from the tree she stood on.
(Cues: NARUTO Path Of The Ninja - Soundtrack 18 – Something's Wrong)
Out from the shadows came Michiko, and she wasn't happy to see the three. Her shades hid her glowing red eyes.
"You don't belong here…" Michiko said.
"Calling it now, she's under Towa's dark magic." Ryo said with Hatchin facepalming.
"You don't belong blasting my girl." Shurayuki said dangerously.
Beate bolted over to Rachel to aid her up. The foul purple aura flared up and Michiko had a malicious grin.
(Cues: Naruto Shippuden Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 OST - Forest Hideout)
The announcer screams, "It's a battle of the bodacious babes!" as the music kicks up, "FIGHT!"
1:00
Both women land the first punch right each other's jaw, before Shurayuki kicks Michiko to send her airborne. Shurayuki used Ki Construction to form ten kunai made of ki before telekinetically sending them after her.
Shurayuki: All aimed at your eight vit-*Michiko vanishes* Son of a bi-
Michiko reappears to delivering a Wolf Hurricane aimed at breaking her shoulder. Shurayuki made some hits in, before the shockwave send back both back.
Michiko: Little ninja, you'll have to do better.
0:48
Shurayuki: How about this? Chain Destruco Disc Barrage!
Shurayuki fires a barrage of Destruco Discs after Michiko. Two hit and the other three missed her. One of the missed disc ending up slashing Rachel's uniform exposing her bits to the wind.
The two fighters ending up underwater in a large lake in the forest.
0:44
(Cues: "Subaqueous Electronics" - Sonic Advance 3 - Ocean Base Remix (New version))
Both were zipping about trying to fight underwater, but Shurayuki had the advantage. She pounded on Michiko who was getting more and more angry. When Shurayuki got close again, Michiko slammed a ki blast into Shurayuki's side blowing them both up.
(Cues: Bugseed – Spanish Flower)
0:35
The two damaged women were both propelled out of the water and hit the cold hard dirt. Shurayuki was slightly more injured and her side was already bleeding. Michiko wasn't in good shape either. Shurayuki noticed a skeleton with a katana in it's hand before taking it. Michiko unleashed her bandit sword and now the two were engaged in a brutal swordfight.
0:20
The two had been at it for a while and were showing wear and tear. Both their tops slashes to pieces, welts on their bodies, and slash marks coating them. Their blades coated with each other's blood. Then, their swords snapped.
(Cues: Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3: Power Scale)
Michiko: Enough games, Kaio-ken times 20!
Michiko said this gaining her crimson aura.
Shurayuki wordlessly flared on her own Kaio-ken, as the two were now high speed blurs with only the shockwaves being visible.
0:05
Michiko came in for the killing blow, only Shurayuki to sidestep karate chop Michiko's neck before blasting her into the dirt. Then Shurayuki came down landing her heel on Michiko's spine earning the knockout.
0:00 (Announcer: K.O!)
A tired Shurayuki turns to see Beate was getting off to the fight much to Shurayuki's annoyance. Towa's Dark Magic faded from Michiko's body. Promptly, Hatchin came to swoop for the body.
Shurayuki: Seriously, all you could think about was getting your damn rocks off and not jump in?!
Beate: Sorry…Yuki-sama…
Beate is trying not to stare at Shurayuki, but she's failing.
The burning clock appeared again as it did a single minute spin, before it changed scenes.
(*Cues: Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3: Innocent World*)
"This Melee's Victory Goes To..."
The top of a marvel column came up as it shows Shurayuki before using a smoke bomb to vanish.
"...Shurayuki!"
"Have an idea for OMM, send them in to our intergalactic social media feed and you might see your idea air! Thank Praxtic for suggesting this fight and aiding in the animation."
"Praxtic suggested this one. Kenshiro's going to maim him." Ryo remarked.
"Isn't he mad at you for doing lewds of Shurayuki?" Hatchin asked.
"Please, nearly everyone's seen Shurayuki naked and/or in a perverted position. Kenshiro's way too used to it to be pissed at me." Ryo said. "Plus, I think Beate is going to be mad at me this time."
Hatchin was curious and Ryo showed her a manga. It was a compilation of four doujin stories. One Ryo wrote himself, two others he co-written, and one he wasn't involved in.
"I drew a perverted story of Shurayuki having Beate be Kenshiro's sex toy for a week. I even wrote a justified reason why Pearl's ok with it. Beate and Kenshiro had been fighting due to Beate bragging about how sweet Shurayuki's tail is. During a mission, this caused the enemy to nail Pearl in the groin which causes her to unable to feel anything down there for a week. So Pearl uses this as payback for Beate starting the fight. So, with Beate being into girls, Kenshiro doesn't do much. Over the week, he keeps finding Beate's weak points and by the end of the week he's able to make her squeal. The ending is at the end of the week, he and Shurayuki are at the Golden Galaxy where the big twist is revealed. Shurayuki had been informing Kenshiro on how to get Beate to squeal the entire time. Shurayuki didn't take it well that Beate got her son's girlfriend injured. Thus, they go their separate ways. Kenshiro comes home to Pearl in lingerie on their bed waiting for him now that she's fully healed. Shurayuki comes home to a tied up Beate and Shurayuki's maliciously ready to punish her more." Ryo explained getting laughter out of Hatchin.
"And the ironic thing is, because you're a warper, that happened in an AU." Hatchin remarked. "Bet Beate is going to flip."
"The other three stories involve a comedic vanilla HighSchoolAU love story between Kenshiro and Pearl and a Shurayuki/Multi story where it's a PrisonAU. The last one I didn't have a hand in writing was a Ryo/Pearl story called "Transdimensional Love"." Ryo said having the manga in hand.
Tearing open a small portal, he tossed the book in it before closing. That book would land right where Shurayuki would get it. Why did Ryo send it out? Well, he had a feeling Beate would make fun of Kenshiro and he liked the guy. Ryo always stuck up for his friends. Hatchin and Ryo dragged themselves off to bed for training tomorrow.
Taoretta was depressed, but he feigns sadism to keep his "friends" away. He lost the will to rape and pillage after seeing June. He could still murder, but it was getting hard to enjoy it. Thoughts plagued his mind of what could have been if he hadn't went drinking that night. As of now, he knew he and June could never be. It was just hard to let go.
"Taoretta, our whores escapes!" Jigoku said pointing to where Bulma, Tights, and Mrs. Briefs once were.
They didn't escape. Taoretta freed them by helping them with their suicides. Yuu was livid and Shadlyn was annoyed.
"I have no time to be your onahole. I'm busy trying to infect Pearl with lust. Just go out and find someone else!" Shadlyn said trying to meditate.
"Well seems an old member of ours is due to arrive on Pearl's world…" Jigoku said looking into the sphere.
Taoretta was terrified, but kept his cool.
"June…she's still a fine piece of ass even when preg-" was all Jigoku got out Taoretta tossed him off the Lookout. "YOU DIIIICCCCCCKKKKK!"
Thud! Taoretta's aura flared and he stated he was off to murder some bastards. Taoretta flew off and Yuu wondered what was his problem.
"Taoretta was always the pissy emotional one. Having standards and all that shit." Shadlyn said coldly.
Yuu could only shrug. Shadlyn got a text on her phone only to twitch in confusion. Why was there a bill for two marriage licenses and two fancy hotel rooms?
(Dragon World, Universe 6)
In a fancy hotel, two Saiyan twin brothers were waking up. Both were dark skinned redheads befitting for the von Satsu clan. The older twin along with a nasty headache wondering what the hell did he do last night. He looked to see he was in a hotel, a real luxurious one.
"A swanky hotel room…." He said to himself before looking over to his side.
There was a woman asleep next to him and like him, completely naked under the sheets. She was a Saiyan with a slender frame. Her hair is black, which she wears in a ponytail, tied with a white hair-tie, along with a bang that covers half of her left eye. She looked so peaceful.
"Ok…I don't remember that…ooww shit!" He cursed with his head throbbing from the hangover.
This woke the woman up to which she screamed. Super hearing caused this to hurt for the older twin.
"Please stop!" He barked to which she did. "I don't even know how we got here. My name's Takeshi von Satsu."
"Kale." She responded. "Why…were we naked and in this bed?"
Takeshi looked over to see blood and other fluids on the sheet and paled.
"Well, seems we were mating…" Takeshi said pointing to the bed.
"Nani?!" Kale said looking down in horror. "I..I've never even…my frist time…."
"If it helps, that was my first time. I don't remember anything from last night other than…oh crap! I accepted a challenge from your friend. The one with the long delinquent hair. Me, you, my twin brother, and her had drank a ton of liquor before the match. I don't recall who won though." Takeshi said. "It's all fuzzy."
"Caulifla, what have you gotten us into?" Kale said to herself before looking at her hands.
Her eyes widened. On her hand was a small finger ring with a special inscription. This ring was a Sayian-styled wedding ring. On Universe 6, these meant you choose a partner for life. Kale paled looking over at Takeshi who to her horror had the same ring. Kale told Takeshi this and he fainted. The younger twin, Tadashi, wasn't doing better. He awoke to find himself in the same position married to Caulifla. She didn't take it well, nearly beating Tadashi despite the fact they were all drunk at the time. An hour later, the four were all together in a café drinking coffee to nurse their hangovers. Takeshi wore the Pilot Suit in shades of white and grey, while Tadashi wore Android 17's Clothes befitting his fun-loving side. While both resembled Taoretta, they had some differences. Takeshi had his hair done up in a wolf's tail like Trunks had at one point and had soft seafoam green eyes. Tadashi had his hair long like similar to Teen Gohan and had eyes of scarlet. The brothers of Taoretta both had the Zangyaku Ten tattoo on their shoulders. It was an old mark at this point. They got away from their brother and his toxic friends. They had poison their brother, but the twins got away. They fully knew their old teammates' death weren't suicides but couldn't prove it. Now the twins were returning "home" with their new brides. Chrona would waking with a new headache.
I awoke to the usual sight, Hatchin snuggling me. We'd get up, shower, and get to making breakfast. I opted for wearing one of the new tracksuits I had shipped to me. Merch sent them to me through BlackTabs thanks to Praxtic. I wore the (Metal Cooler Colors) Tracksuit while Hatchin had (Dodoria Colors) Tracksuit. She looked fine in that tracksuit especially with her hair done up. We were eating pancakes when Trunks and Mai came in through the window screaming for liquids. I pointed to the pitchers of iced tea and grape juice. The two drank the entire pitcher.
"Morning to you two, what brings you?" I asked calmly.
"Chronoa's getting better at cooking, but she added too much spice." Trunks said coughing a bit. "By the way, where did you get those tracksuits?"
"The future. Well, more specifically, Pearl's world. Before you say, we shouldn't wear "future" gear, I got one for you and Mai." I said.
In a few seconds, Trunks was posing in his (Frieza Colors) Tracksuit and Mai was dusting off her new (Zarbon Colors) Tracksuit. The peace was ruined by my BlackTab blared that incoming warpers were coming here and Trunks' watch went off signaled an incoming ship. I get up and put Daiuzu over my back before putting a Scouter (Blue).
"I know, I'm coming with you." I said.
Hatchin, Mai, Trunks, and I headed to Time Machine Station. As we arrived, Chronoa was already there with Bulma.
"Where did you get those sweet tracksuits?" Erasa and Michiko asked running up to us.
"I'll explain later. Look alive, we got company." I said as the mentors arrived as well.
The ships were Time Machines, but they had a painted mark on them. One that Trunks, Mai, Bulma, and Chronoa seem to recognize. In fact, even Soon seemed to recognize it. What's going on? The mark was a Dragon Ball Z styled "Z" with the kanji for ten in the center. I raised my BlackTab for a scan and got an answer.
The Zangyaku Ten. Apparently, even though they were Time Patrollers, they were a biker gang. Think the Capsules from Akira expect less friendly. Infamous for their pranks, the group mysteriously started to dissolve. To my shock, I discover Order Councilmembers Rebecca Dill and Jeremy Kris were former members of the ten. That explains why Rebecca's a total corrupt douchebag. There were rumors that the group was a pack of sociopaths and psychopaths. Then I look at the names.
Rebecca Dill
Jeremy Kris
June Calor
Jigoku Shimo
Taoretta von Satsu
Takeshi von Satsu
Tadashi von Satsu
Shadlyn Shade
Shade Aoi
Manabí Mao-Ling
All ten got a record. Shadlyn's in particular is rather disturbing. Doesn't help that all ten are warpers. It's ironic that the two leaders ended up running the Order making life hell for most warpers. Two of the ten are dead, and the rest are alive. I guess I'll keep my distance for now. As the ship landed, out came Takeshi and Tadashi. Both looked like hell and had a girl with them each. I recognized Kale and Caulifia. I looked to the profiles on the brothers and realized why those women were with them. I broke out laughing at the poor bastards.
"Takeshi and Tadashi von Satsu, returning for active duty." Takeshi said saluting Chronoa alongside his brother.
"Who's this short broad?" Caulifia said breaking the tension.
"She's the Supreme Kai of Time! Show some respect, you delinquent." One random Patroller screeched.
"Explain to me, why you smell of sex and coffee?" Chronoa said.
"Well, we're married men now." Tadashi said awkwardly. "This is my wife, Caulifla. My brother's wife is Kale."
"Get this, Chronoa. Apparently, they were drunk." I said.
This got a laugh out of the Kai as she accepted the brother back into active duty and had to register the two Saiyan wives as Patrollers. Chronoa wanted to give me the job of being their mentor, but I said no. I already had Erasa. Plus, those two had husbands. So the crowd scattered, I went with Hatchin for training under Yamcha. We wound up running into Naruto and Nojiko. Nojiko was holding a little bundle of joy in her arms.
"Naruto, how was it?" I asked.
"Brutal, but worth it. Say hello to Mikan, our daughter." Naruto said relived.
I was glad they got through and the proud parents hurried off to get to Chronoa. Back to Yamcha, he and Michiko were ready to train us. Yamcha suggested we learned the Fake Death technique, but we didn't take kindly to it.
The von Satsu had no idea how bad things got in their absence. They walked the streets with their wives and ignored the states from everyone. No one seemed to know where the Terrible Trio were and nobody seemed to care according to the brothers. They arrived at their old apartment where most the Zangyaku lived. It had seen better days.
"This place is a real shithole." Caulifla said blatantly.
Tadashi rolled his eyes as their old landlord came down, Gin.
"The von Satsu twins. I'm surprised you're willing to show your face round here." Gin said bitterly. "Lots of rumors swirling about your older brother and his "friends". Take my advice and keep away from the three of them."
The brothers and led their wives to their apartments. Kale found Takeshi's apartment was at least neat and organized. Armor was on a rack along with trophies of old battle. Takeshi came down looking around the place and sighed.
"Home sweet home. Or at least it would be if it didn't smell like dried blood, coke, and crap around the building." Takeshi said plopping down on the couch. "Now I'm married, the town hates us, and I have no idea what the hell my brother is up to."
Kale was in for a loop. Taken to a new universe, getting married, and becoming a Time Patroller all over the course of a few hours would be hard to handle for anyone. Kale came gently to Takeshi to offer support.
However, on the other side, Caulifla and Tadashi were fighting. Tadashi was rather unorganized in his apartment. He was a bit of slacker in everything other than fighting, biking, and physical things. Caulifia wasn't pleased with the conditions. She was a slacker as well, but at least was willing to clean her living space. They augured viciously until they were right in each other's face. Their eyes meet and for a moment, the argument didn't matter. Tadashi cleared the coffee table because they would be using it…rather vigorously. Gin had to get his noise-canceling headphones. At least Takeshi's was soundproof.
Yamcha finished instructing for the day. Instead of Fake Death, he thought us the Wolf Fang Fist and the Tiger Jackhammer Fist. The one awesome technique that makes Yamcha, oh so cool. I decided to let Hatchin deal with Erasa today. I wanted to head off to train. The mission I picked was First Training, fittingly enough. I chose to go in alone. No illusion fighters, no friends. Just me and my opponent.
Ryo floated in space staring down Frieza who was in his First Form. Frieza had a relaxed smirk on his face.
"Now let us begin the training!" Frieza remarked.
"Humph." Ryo said as the "FIGHT!" flashed before him.
(Cues: [Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 Music] - Big Gete Star)
Ryo got in close using series of punches used repeatedly before finishing with a kick, sending Frieza thought an asteroid. Frieza used his telekinesis to send the pieces after Ryo. Two chunks nailed, one grazed his shoulder, and Ryo used a kiai to shatter the rest.
"Double Sunday!" Ryo said using the long-unused beam attack on Frieza to brought it a clash with his Death Beam.
The clash was intense but Ryo pushed sending the blast crashing into Frieza before vanishing with Rapid Movement. He appeared behind Frieza. Ryo had an idea to use more technique outside from the Dragon Worlds like Soon, and realized there were still the Six Powers.
"Half Moon Five Finger Pistol!" Ryo said damaging Frieza by digging his five fingers into the tryant's shoulder. "Now, Dragon's Breath!"
Ryo took a breath and unleashed ki flames right in Frieza's face with the finger pistol(s) keeping him still to take all the attack. The damage was enough for Frieza to transform straight into his Final Form.
"I haven't exercised this much in a while. Let's finish this!" Frieza said.
(Cues: Dragonball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3: Vital Burner)
Ryo transformed into his Super Saiyan Full Powers state and said, "Funny, Goku give you quite the workout."
That pissed the tyrant as he prepared a Death Ball while Ryo charged up a Super Spirit Bomb and both threw their spheres at the same time. As they clashed, Ryo fired a Kamehameha to push his attack forward, but it only blew up in both their faces injuring them both critically. Frieza transformed to his 100% Power Stressed state telling Ryo he was strong, but he wouldn't win. Ryo was still hurt, but used a Solar Flare to blind Frieza before using the Final Pose to blow Frieza and boost his attack. As the wounds began to heal, Ryo took the chance to focus his energy. He thought on all the things that angered him. It was slowly working as power began to rise.
(Cues: Pantera - 10's)
"I will get stronger…I will get stronger and shatter my old limits!" Ryo said straining himself. "And nothing…nothing is going to stop me!"
The space around Frieza and Ryo started to distort as more tears formed. Frieza looked terrified.
My skin is cold, transfusion with somebody morose and
Old, drop into fruitless dying
It was tempting and bared, the whoring angel rising
Now burning prayers, my silent time of losing
Ryo looked at Frieza and his vision got blurry. Ryo's eyes were clear white before he screamed releasing his ki. The force of it blew Frieza away. The tyrant felt Ryo's pain, angst, and anguish.
(Chorus)
My foes - they can't destroy my body
Colliding slow, like life itself
The golden hair of Ryo's becomes longer and rigid and stands up even more. Increased energy radiation causes Ryo's aura to take on a jagged, fierce flame-like appearance over his white warper aura pulsing at a higher frequency. Ryo's muscle mass is barely increased.
Long for the blur, we cannot dry much longer
Cement to dirt, disgusted with my cheapness
(Chorus)
(Chorus)
Reaching down, staring up (at the forgiver)
Ryo's eyes returned and he turned at Frieza with electrical sparks around his body. Frieza was actually a bit terrified.
"I have ascended beyond and I will bring you suffering." Ryo said with a slasher smile.
That murderous smile on his face had the effect that Jigoku, Yuu, and Shadlyn could only dream of. It unnerved Frieza.
(Cues: INEXUS SHOTS FIRED (Skip to 0:57))
Ryo zipped right behind and Frieza slowly turned around only to get smashed right in the face. Ryo grabbed Frieza and viciously used his knee to crack Frieza's skull. The force of it breaking Frieza's teeth and sending his head back. With two fingers, he promptly blasted Frieza away. Frieza was beaten into a corner, and he had no choice but to his last resort.
He transformed into Golden Frieza.
"May be cheap, but call me thine Golden Frieza." Frieza said.
"I'll call you a dead man!" Ryo said flaring his ki.
Golden Frieza didn't even have a chance as Ryo tore through his chest with a Chaotic Dead End before unleashing the Emperor's Death Beam. Ryo and Hatchin's beam limit had increased once again, and at base form Ryo could now shoot 75 beams. Now, Frieza was getting the full force of 125 beams.
(Music Ends)
Frieza was defeated, but the mission wasn't over. Frieza got up and flew away. A portal opened up and Ryo bolted through ending up in the Sky. Now Frieza was his ally, and Jaco was his opponent.
"Grrh, these ones are persistent." Jaco remarked.
Poor spaceman got a supernova brought down to his face sending him flying. The last opponents SSGSS Goku and Vegeta.
Takeshi was waiting for Ryo to get back from his mission with Kale. He had heard Ryo was a 10th rank warper and thought maybe he could help him find Taoretta. Kale was wearing a simple black Training Temple Gi, while Takeshi had on another Pilot Suit in shades of black and purple. Ryo's Time Machine reappeared and Ryo got out. He was back in his base form but his arms caked with the blood of his opponents. He had wide eyes like he had the biggest rush of his life. Ryo didn't care he got a Z rank, didn't care that after killing Goku and Vegeta in the mission, he turned on his partner Frieza, or that he got Final Blow, Super God Shock Flash, the Zeni, or the Z-Soul. He had gotten Super Saiyan 2.
"Yo, you Ryo?" Takeshi called out getting Ryo to snap out of his thoughts.
"Yeah, that's me. Takeshi, right? What can I do for you?" Ryo remarked.
"I heard you're a 10th rank. I really want you to help me because I need to know where's my brother." Takeshi said. "Please, I beg of you."
Ryo nodded and took the two back to his apartment. Ryo washed his hands and fixed himself before showing them the Interdimensional Cable Box. However, it couldn't locate Taoretta.
"Try Shadlyn or Jigoku." Takeshi asked.
Still, nothing.
"Sons of bitches must be hiding…" Ryo remarked. "Sorry."
He tried his BlackTab, but couldn't get a lock on them. It was able to tell they were still in the Dragon Worlds and alive. Odd thing was it detected traces of them in Pearl's reality.
"Damn it, something's not right." Takeshi remarked. "I need to investigate."
"Takeshi, we can't. Supreme Kai of Time-sama said we need our quota filled before we can go off-world." Kale said shyly.
"I might be able to help." Ryo remarked. "If you tag along with me, you would be doing a service. And I can sign off your quota."
And thus, Ryo had to deal with those two. Kale was easy to deal with as a person, but wasn't the combat type. The three were on a simple versus match fighting First Form Frieza, Yamcha, and Guldo on Namek. Kale was losing to Yamcha of all opponent.
"Oh, for shit's sake, Kale, it's Yamcha. Get your game in the game!" Ryo said in his Super Saiyan 2 state beating the tear out of Frieza.
Kale was stressed. She and Caulifla had their lives canned to due to a bottle of firewater, and now she was getting the crap kicked out of her by this Yamcha. Kale royally snapped with her body bulking up to a massive shape. Uncontrollable Super Saiyan Kale was here and Yamcha got his head crushed. Guldo didn't even get to speak as his kick was kicked clean off. Frieza's neck was snapped by Ryo. Ryo knew he had to calm her down. Takeshi had gone into his Super Saiyan state to try and calm her down. Kale nearly punched her husband's head clean off. Ryo appeared in between them leaving a hand on Kale's.
"Warper's Will. By my will, you will gain control." Ryo said as a wave of warper energy jolted through her body.
While Kale had surpassed Ryo in raw strength, she was an infant in warper energy. Thus, Ryo's will overpower Kale's will. Thus, Kale found herself noticeably taller and likewise their musculature increases in mass and definition, but not nearly as much as her earlier form. The memory of nearly killing her husband frightened her and she rushed to his side. Kale did feel like Takeshi was an innocent victim in all this as much as her.
"Are you, all right? I didn't hurt you." Kale said frantically.
"I'll live. Zenkai will boost my power." Takeshi said. "That form of yours is so hot…"
Kale blushed and Ryo returned to base form. He proceeds to heal up Takeshi's wounds before they return to Toki Toki City.
"Kale, you'll need some training. However, due to your marriage, I can't train you using my extreme methods. I suggest your husband help you with that." Ryo said.
Kale didn't get it, but Takeshi caught on. The two left leaving Ryo to go back to training Super Saiyan 2. Hatchin was sore from training Caulifla and Tadashi. All they did was argue before jumping poor Hatchin.
Takeshi won't lie to himself seeing Kale as the muscle bound She-hulk turned him on. Her normal form he considering adorable. The two were back at his apartment. Kale was rather apologetic worrying about her husband.
"If there's anything I could do to make up to you, let me know." Kale said.
"Don't be like that. We do have to accept our flaws, and I accept yours." Takeshi said warmly.
Takeshi realized she had said anything and perverted thoughts raced through his mind. He tried to repress them, but he realized something, they were married. Thus, nothing would wrong with them fooling around. The two were on couch and Takeshi pulled her into a surprise kiss.
"Besides if I got married to you while drunk, it must mean something. With the multiverse how it, maybe we're destined." Takeshi remarked. "And I'll fight to protect what we have."
Kale was caught off-guard and shyly blushed.
"As will I…" Kale said returning his kiss.
The two got rather heated with Takeshi slipping his hand down her gi. Clothes would have come off if Caulifla and Tadashi didn't kick the door open. In response, Kale fired a ki blast at the door. The two took to the sides to dodge it. Kale squeaked as Tadashi.
"Yo, bro, where's dinner?" Tadashi remarked.
Tadashi was lazy in cooking and usually went to his brother. Sadly, Takeshi was in no mood to cook. Their solution. Ryo. In fact, he was having a dinner party already having Trunks, Mai, Erasa, Blackfire, Nicholai, Naruto, Nojiko, baby Mikan, Bulma, Michiko, Yamcha, Soon, and Piccolo over. What's four more?!
(Cues: [Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 Music] - Cutscene 1)
Our dinner party was a hectic affair. Hatchin was exhausted and so I used Shadow Clone jutsu to make clones to cook up a storm. I was in the midst of stuffing my face when a knock came to the doors. The clones were dispelled, and so I came to the door. The four were there, and I had a good feeling why they were here.
"Look, I'm already full." I said.
"C'mon man! Please!" Tadashi begged. "We're low on money."
"You're a warper. You can will crap into food." I argue.
"C'mon man..." Tadashi said before Takeshi smacked him and Caulifla for enabling him.
"Forgive them, my brother's a lazy asshole. Just because I cook well, he leeches off me for food." Takeshi said.
Soon and nearly all the dinner guests (except Mikan and Hatchin) coughed awkwardly. I let them in only because of Takeshi. Soon was talking about getting farther with his Futten and I mentioned that I got Super Sayian 2. Soon got out his scouter and scanned me.
"Damn! 10 million. I'm at 9.5 million now. Hatchin's actually cracked 900,000." Soon remarked. "Her mother's now as strong as Hatchin was before at 530,000. Erasa's now at 400,000."
The high-power levels had Caulifla's jaw on the table. I could tell Caulifla was glaring at Erasa. If I was considered weaker the big-boobied, soft, squishy, and bubbly Erasa, I'd be pissed too. Dinner and desert went well.
(Music Ends)
The guest had went home leaving Ryo and Hatchin alone in the apartment. The two were on the couch with Ryo and Hatchin drinking a shared bottle of wine. Ryo was a bit buzzed but stable enough to draw several pictures. He didn't realize he had drawn several pictures and absentmindedly sent them off to the virtual art storages. Those picture, one of June and Bage meet, Taoretta having a breakdown, and the last being a mysterious figure being connected to Rachel's past. Hatchin got up and looked over at Ryo.
"Well Ryo, I'm a bit tired and I'm going off to bed." Hatchin said stumbling into her room.
Ryo staggered off to his room to sleep as well, but not before having a horrible realization after what his BlackTab picked up. A bounty he hadn't looked at.
"Neo Zangyaku Hellhound" Yuu Lupei – 850,000 – 6th Rank
"This is bad." Ryo mused.
He wondered about the epithet, and it hit him. Rebecca. Was she hiding his bounty? The moment Yuu became a warper, he should have been informed as with other warpers. But he wasn't.
"Rebecca! She let him fly under the radar to build up his strength!" Ryo fumed. "And with no warpers in Pearl's world, they're defens-oh no…"
Ryo realized that things were getting messier, but decided to sleep it up. He couldn't stress over it late at night.
The Quartlet were having dinner served to them by captured humans. Taoretta was silent and brooding before Yuu looked to his warpPad.
"Seems my bounty was just made public." Yuu said. "Just as planned."
"Rebecca was our old boss. Did us a major favor hiding you until it was too late?" Jigoku said.
"What about Pearl and co?" Shadlyn remarked.
"Screw them. They can't do this. If they try, Order can actually arrest them for impeding on our warper rights. Helps that Rebecca's a former Zangyaku. Hell, she's been itching for a piece of that planet's action. If only Jeremy wasn't holding her back." Jigoku said savagely. "The only warper they have saving their narrow asses is Praxtic and he's not fully awaken."
"So now that the cat's out of the bag?" Yuu asked.
"We have fun." Shadlyn remarked. "Rebecca even has a few dirty jobs for us."
"Perfect." Jigoku said before turning to Taoretta. "Did you see your brothers? They're married now. While they were drunk…could you believe that?"
Taoretta walked away going a distance away before getting a bottle of vodka and downing it.
"Tadashi, Takeshi, please…don't look for me…. If you can hear me, focus on your wives. Have the life, I can't…." Taoretta said before breaking down into tears.
He was terrified of his brother trying to find him and if the unholy trinity were to induct into this game. The chess pieces were moving and things were going to get ugly.
(A/N: And that's the Zangyaku Ten for you. Rebecca's actions here are to add to the fact that when she dies in the future (i.e. Steven Universe Blackthorned), it's more satisfying. Rebecca really is rather terrifying on a much grander scale if you think about it. Shadlyn's a monster, but she has a superior to adhere to. Rebecca doesn't, she is the authority. Either way, we're close to ending Season 3. One more to go!)