Chapter 34: Dethroning the Prince

"Come on, people! Let's go! We got some Saiyan but to kick!" Makoto shouted to the platoon Soul Reapers begins her.

"Meow! Squirrel Girl sure is fast!" Tao pointed out.

"Well, ten years of hard training can do that to you." Jimbei said.

The platoon made it to the area of the Rukon District where a Saiyan was found and saw something shocking. There stood Vegeta, holding a near dead Kenpachi by the throat, in mid air.

"Hmph. What an idiot. He actually though he could stand up to me. How pathetic." Vegeta said with a smirk.

"Look! He beat Captain Zaraki!" A Soul Reaper exclaimed.

"No way! It's just not possible!" One refusedto believe it.

The Saiyan Prince looked down at the Reapers beneath him.

"More of you? Ok then, do any of YOU know where I can find Vermillion?" Vegeta questioned.

"What do you want with Noel?!" Makoto asked.

"Bingo." Vegeta said.

He dropped Kenpachi and hovered down to the ground. He then fired a blast of energy and blew the entire platoon away.

Over in the distance, a figure saw the explosion from a rooftop. The figure then started to move towards it.

Once the dust cleared, a large area of the District was destroyed. Makoto, Jimbei and Tao were beat up pretty bad from that blast and could barely stand. Vegeta stood in front of Nanaya and grabbed her by the throat, lifting her up.

"Makoto! Leave her alone!" Jimbei demanded.

"Get away from her, stupid moon baboon!" Tao hissed.

"Shut up. I've got got business with this one." Vegeta said.

He brought her face to his.

"Ok, you rodent with tits, tell me where Vermillion is now." Vegeta demanded.

"Why... should I tell you... anything? I'd rather get turned into roadkill." Makoto refused.

Vegeta strengthened his grip on her throat.

"Because if you don't, I'll hunt down and kill everyone you hold deer. All your friends are gonna die." He threatened.

Makoto put on a grin.

"Your gonna kill them? Obviously you've never met my friends, have you, Monkey Boy?" She said.

"Tch! Fine, don't tell me, but know that you dug your grave." Vegeta grunted.

His hand started to glow with energy. He was about to finish Makoto off, until he felt something wrap around him. Vegeta saw a pitch black monster hand gripping his whole body, lifting him up into the air. He dropped Makoto and was thrown into a building. Vegeta quickly unburied himself and jumped out of the recked building.

"What the hell was that?!" He exclaimed.

"Those are my pals you're messin' with."

A figure approached from behind Jimbei and Tao with a flaming greatsword in his right hand.

"If you think you can pound em and get away with it, you got another thing coming." The figure said.

"Nice timing, Ragna." Makoto said.

Ragna smiled and gave Makoto a thumbs up.

"Ragna, huh? I won't lie, that was a pretty good trick you did back there." Vegeta chuckled.

"Spare me, you creep. Don't need compliments from pricks like you." Ragna coldly said,

"Oh? Seems the kid's got a mouth on him." Vegeta chuckled.

"Sure do, you gonna do something about it?"

"Maybe..."

They both flared at each other for quite a bit. Their eyes burning, ready to fight.

"Makoto, take Tao and Fatass and get out of here, I got this little bastard." Ragna told Nanaya.

"Ok, be careful." Makoto said.

"Fatass?!" Jimbei shouted in anger.

She went over to Jimbei and Tao and helped them up, then they left.

"Your pretty confident, if not stupid, taking me on alone." Vegeta said.

"Just didn't want em to get hurt. So, you got a name, Saiyan?" Ragna asked.

"Vegeta, Prince Vegeta." The Saiyan introduced himself.

"A Prince, huh? So I'm going up against a super strong spoiled brat? Wonderful." Ragna whined.

"Watch your mouth." Vegeta warned.

"Anyway, I'm Ragna the Bloodedge." The Reaper answered.

He then swung his flaming greatsword onto his shoulders.

"So, we gonna do this, Saiyan?" Ragna asked.

"Sure, but I honestly don't see the point, especially when I know I'm going to win." Vegeta arrogantly said.

The Saiyan started to generate a massive amount of energy around his body to show off.

"You're going up against the greatest warrior race in the galaxy, and I'm the strongest of them all. The mighty Prince Vegeta!" He stated.

Ragna was unimpressed.

"Quit showing off, will ya? You think you're such a badass by generating that energy, but just because you got a single chest hair on you doesn't impress me at all." He said harshly.

Vegeta stopped his energy and glared at Ragna.

"Single chest hair?" He said, a little irritated.

"Now, c'mon. Let's get this fight over with, Shorty." The Grim Reaper said, mocking Vegeta's hight.

"You just sealed your fate, fool." The Saiyan grunted.

Vegeta flew towards Ragna with incredible speed, ready to take him out with one punch. He was in close, but got a knuckle to the face as Ragna punched him with his right arm, sending him flying into a recked building. Ragna shook his hand out of pain from the punch, like he hit something hard.

"Agh! Son of a bitch, that hurt! Felt like I just punched concrete. The hell is that guy made of?" Ragna wondered.

'Actually, better question. The Blazblue MK2 is a prosthetic arm, so how do I feel pain from this?' He thought.

Vegeta emerged from the broken wood house, looking quite shocked.

'What the hell?! This guy just sent me flying with a single punch?! How?!' He thought.

"Look, old man. I don't know what you want with Noel, but even if I did, I wouldn't let you put your disgusting ape palms on her." Ragna said as he walked towards Vegeta.

His fire sword burning like an inferno and his arm generating blue flames.

"However, there is one thing your gonna be getting out of this. Pain." He aggressively said.

"Is that so? Well then, bring it." Vegeta taunted.

Ragna charged at Vegeta and swung his fire sword down hard, but the Saiyan Prince dodged easily. He then landed a punch to Ragna's face hard. Vegeta thought that would send him flying, but he just stood there with Vegeta's fist in his face, glaring at him.

"What the hell?!" He exclaimed.

Ragna grabbed Vegeta's arm and pulled it away from his face. Then, he summoned a flaming crossbow and shot Vegeta in the chest with three bolts. He got sent back a fair distance from the attack but recovered quickly. The Prince then charged energy in his hands and fired it as a purple laser.

"GALIC GUN, FIRE!"

The beam, however, was being split in two by Ragna's fire sword, who was right in front of Vegeta, splitting the beam at the source.

'What?! How did he get so close to me so fast.' He thought.

The laser dissipated and Ragna slashes down hard at Vegeta's chest, then slashed upwards in the same spot, creating a blast of blue fire, sending the Saiyan flying.

"CARNAGE SCISSORS!"

Vegeta crashed into a house and it collapsed on him, burying him alive. Ragna's fire sword vanished and he started to walk away.

"That was pathetic." He said, disappointed by how weak Vegeta was.

However, he then heard screaming and the collapsed house was blown away by a massive burst of energy. Ragna turned around and saw Vegeta, now with golden hair and green eyes.

"What the?! What is that?! Overdrive?!" He said in a frightened tone.

"Wrong, Bloodedge. This... is the power of a Super Saiyan!"

Vegeta zoomed at Ragna at high speed and jabbed him in the gut. He then kneed Bloodedge in the jaw and then brought both his hands down on his head, face planting him into the ground. Vegeta then flew high up and fired a storm of energy bombs at the poor soul bellow. The blasts created a large crater in that area and the tremors they created could be felt for miles.

Vegeta stopped and the smoke soon cleared. Ragna's Body was nowhere sighing the crater.

"What?! Where'd he go?!" Vegeta exclaimed.

"Right here, jackass!"

Vegeta turned around and saw Ragna standing on a tall building.

Bloodedge then leaped towards Vegeta and axe kicked him straight to the ground, then immediately followed up by summoning a flaming war hammer and plummeted to the earth bellow, ready to crush the already ant sized man. Vegeta managed to move out of the way just in time before Ragna dropped the hammer.

Once Ragna's hammer disappeared, Vegeta got close and unleashed a swarm of punches and kicks at the weaponless Grim Reaper. He then grabbed Ragna be the hair, head butted him, then threw him across the road and finally blasted him with another Galic Gun. The laser created a large explosion upon contact with the Grim Reaper and that whole area was set ablaze.

Ragna emerged from the fire with a few burns on his face and some broken ribs, but he's taken worse than this.

"You ready to give up?" Vegeta asked with a grin.

"Fuck you..." Ragna spat.

The Saiyan disappeared and then reappeared in front of Ragna and grabbed him by the throat, strangling him.

"As I said, you sealed your fate the moment you insulted me. We Saiyans are the mightiest warrior race in the galaxy, and a bottom feeder like you can never defeat one of us." Vegeta spoke.

He tightened his grip on Ragna's throat, causing him to gasp for air.

"I may have dedicated my life to protecting humans, but when one would dare insult me the way you did, they pay the price." He continued.

Ragna tried to free himself from Vegeta's grip, but to no avail. This seemed like the end.

"And I'm a Super Saiyan, the mightiest kind of Saiyans there are. This form gives me power the likes of which you can't even begin to comprehend."

The Super Saiyan then started to emmitba golden light from his body.

"Once I entered this mode, you didn't stand a chance! I win!" Vegeta finally finished.

"Oh yeah..? Two can play at that game..!" Ragna managed to choke out.

Vegeta got a questioning look from what Ragna said. The Reaper lifted his right arm and it started glowing blue.

"Restriction -666 released, dimensional alterization wave unleashed!"

The ornament on Ragna's shoulder started spewing flames like a flamethrower and his right eye turned completely black.

'What the?! What is this power?! I've never felt anything like it before!' Vegeta thought.

"IDEA Engine, engaged!"

Ragna then pried Vegeta's hand off of his throat and started crushing it with his now demonic hand. The Saiyan felt intense pain as the bones in his hand were being crushed.

"Damnit! Let go!" Vegeta demanded as he charged an energy bomb in his free hand.

However, it was too late.

"Blazblue MK2, ACTIVATE!"

Ragna was now consumed by darkness and started undergoing a transformation also. His coat turned pitch black with a red aura around it and he grew demonic claws and talons. A tail sprouted from his lower back and his right eye became black with a single red dot.

Vegeta stepped back in complete shock from witnessing this this transformation. How did he do that?! He just said some random words and he changed just like that?!

"What the hell?! What is that form?! What did you do?!" Vegeta questioned.

"You don't need to know!" Ragna yelled.

The Grim Reaper then summoned a flaming scythe at least twice the size of him and took a stance, ready to fight again.

'Now he's got a scythe?' Vegeta thought.

"Get ready, cuz I ain't holding back anymore!" Ragna shouted as he charged.

He swung his huge scythe at Vegeta with incredible speed, but the Saiyan Prince dodged by flying upwards at the last moment.

'Hmph. Nice try, kid. Unfortunately, that's not enough to even scra-"

Vegeta's chest sprayed a large amount of blood all over the ground and on Ragna's face. Vegeta's eyes widened.

'What?! How?! I thought I dodged it! I didn't even feel it!' He thought.

Ragna jumped up and reached the same altitude Vegeta was flying at, where he tried slashing him again. Vegeta dodged to the left, and still, blood sprayed out from where Ragna was going to cut him. This time it was his left shoulder.

'You've got to be kidding me! How is he doing that?!' He thought again.

Ragna landed on a building and looked up at the Saiyan.

"You gonna fight back or what?" The Grim Reaper taunted.

"You little punk!" Vegeta spat.

He dove down towards Ragna with his fist clenched. He was gonna punch him into paste. Vegeta hit the building with so much force, it collapsed in, making a cloud of dust as the wood and stone broke apart. Once the Saiyan emerged from the rubble, he saw something weird.

It looked like a black mass of energy zigzagging all over the place at incredible speed.

'What the hell is that?' He wondered.

The black mass hit Vegeta with great force and knocked him down. The mass landed on the ground and revealed that it was actually Ragna. Looks like he dodged that last attack after all.

"Man, that's disorienting. Don't think I'll get use to that." Ragna said.

"Hmph! That quite a trick. Good for running away!" Vegeta mocked.

He was now charging up his energy and focused it into his hands, which glowed purple.

"But can it get you away from my SUPER GALIC GUN!"

Vegeta fired a huge purple beam at Ragna. The Reaper then transformed into a black mass of energy and zigzagged out of the way and behind the Super Saiyan. He then launched a roundhouse kick into Vegeta's neck and sent him flying.

"I take it back, starting to get smoother the more I use it. Pretty sweet ability, so I think I'll call it... Black Flash." Ragna named his new ability.

Vegeta recovered from the attack and flew towards Ragna at high speed, where he engaged in close combat with the Reaper. The Super Saiyan tried to hit him with rapid punches and kicks, but Ragna managed to block and avoid every one of them. The speed and reflexes he gained in this form are off the charts!

The Grim Reaper dodged Vegeta's punch and grabbed his arm, and then flipped him over. Vegeta hit the ground hard and Ragna smashes his foot on the Saiyan's head.

"That all you got, old man?" Ragna taunted.

"You... bastard..!" Vegeta managed to say, despite his mouth being smushed into the ground.

Ragna grabbed Vegeta by the hair and threw him into the air. He then summoned a flaming bow and fired an arrow at the Saiyan. Vegeta countered by firing an energy bomb at it. The attacks collided and caused a large explosion in the air. Vegeta dove down through the smoke straight at Ragna bellow. When he exited the smoke cloud however, Ragna was gone.

"Now where is he?!" Vegeta wondered.

"Right behind you." Ragna answered.

Vegeta turned and saw him with a giant fire scythe. Ragna tried to slash the Saiyan, but he dodged quickly, despite this, blood still spilled from his back.

'Impossible! He was able to get me again?!' Vegeta mentally screamed.

Ragna then used Black Flash in mid air to get in front of Vegeta, and then he smashed his fist into the Saiyan's jaw. He then thrusted his knee into Vegeta's gut, making him cough up blood. Ragna then finished by grabbing the Saiyan and throwing him into a huge stone pillar, which broke in half as soon as Vegeta hit it. Ragna landed on the ground and cracked his neck a little.

"Hey, what's the matter? Get up." Ragna taunted again.

Vegeta got up out of the ruble, looking steamed.

'I don't believe this! How is this human beating me like this?! It's impossible. I'm a Super Saiyan, and I'm getting beaten by... by some bottom feeder!' He thought.

Vegeta then tasted something metallic in his mouth, which he immediately slipped out. It was a crimson liquid mixed with his spit.

'Blood?! My noble blood spilled by this piece of trash?! This looser?! This Human?! I won't allow this to stand!'

He stood up and looked down at Ragna with pure rage in his eyes.

"Do you hear me?! I WON'T ALLOW THIS TO STAAAAAAND!" Vegeta roared.

He exploded with energy and transformed into Super Saiyan 2. He then flew high into the sky and focused his power into his hands, which now flowed gold.

"Screw getting Vermillion. I'm not going to loose like this! I'll destroy this world along with you!" He shouted.

"He's gonna what?!" Ragna exclaimed.

The energy in Vegeta's hands started crackling and expanding to the point where it could be heard and seen from space. This attack was going to be big, and Ragna couldn't do anything to stop it!

"Shit! Shit! Shit! What the hell do I do?!" He panicked

"RAGNA THE BLOODEDGE! YOU THINK YOU'RE MORE POWERFUL THAN A SAIYAN?!" Vegeta roared.

Ragna stepped back out of fear and gulped. He was utterly screwed at this point.

"God damnit! There must be something I can do! I can't go out like this! The whole Soul Society's at stake now!" Ragna said.

He had to think of something, and fast, but what?!

Meanwhile.

I'm the Squad 4 barracks, Nami was seen sitting on a chair beside Noel's bed, watching over the unconscious girl as she slept peacefully.

"Don't you worry, Noel. We'll protect you we promise." She said softly.

Then, the sound of something falling and hitting the floor was heard. Nami looked at the end of the bed and saw that it was Noel's jacket. It must have called off the end of the bed. She then went over to pick it up, but as she did, something fell out of the pocket and onto the floor. She picked that up as well and got a look at it.

It was a small, see-through orb with what looked like a little sword inside it. Nami has seen this before. It was Ragna's sword, sealed up in an Ars Magus storage capsul. Noel had showed it to her while they were out shopping in the market back in her world when it fell out of her jacket. Noel was going to give it to Ragna when she found him.

Then, fumbling was felt through out the Seireitei and Nami fell over.

"What was that?!" She exclaimed.

She ran over to the window to see an enormous golden light with bolts of energy crackling around it.

"That's where Jimbei said Ragna was! He's in trouble! I've gotta get there to help!" Nami said.

She grabbed her staff and was about to head out, but stopped for a minute. Nami looked behind her and saw the orb with the sword in went and grabbed it, then ran out of the barracks. Who ever Ragna was fighting was powerful and he needed all the help he could get.

"Hold on, Ragna! Helps on the way!" She said.

Next time

Let's turn back time a few minutes earlier to see how Goku's doing with his fight with Hakumen. Which of them had triumphed?