Chapter 15: Speed of Shadows
Leivy was sitting on top of a building, wearing a black sweatshirt with the hood up and black joggers. Ura was standing next to him, wearing the same thing.
The two beasts were watching the people of the city doing their own things. It was late too, meaning there weren't many people outside.
"What are we doing again, Ura?" Leivy asked his companion.
"We're supposed to watch the humans go about the rest of their night," Ura responded.
"That's it? Just stand on guard duty?" Leivy asked, slightly irritated by the response.
Ura sighed and shook his head, "No dumbass, we're supposed to stir up trouble to lure Zim out, try to impair him, and report back to Khisa… You need to listen to what Khisa says or else he might kill you."
Leivy scoffed and looked further down the left side of the street. "And what if he doesn't come out?"
"Then we'll just simply cause even more damage till the sun comes up, to leave a message," Ura answered.
Leivy cracked a smirk, "Heheh… I can easily do that."
"You can also stalk a random girl and piss our enemy off even more, which really didn't help us at the time," Ura added, making Leivy's eyes widen.
"S-SHUT UP!" Leivy shouted at Ura as he looked up at him with baring teeth.
"Not my fault you're creepiness and horniness badly affected us," Ura said with a glare.
"Whatever!" Leivy yelled and put his chin on his hand.
"So, what did happen after your brawl with Zim?" Ura wondered as he turned his head at Leivy.
Leivy sighed heavily before speaking, "He punched me, threw me over his shoulder and slammed me into the ground. I got up, he punched me again, sending me flying through his door, I tried to grab the girl, his stick went through my arm, I was thrown outside, and Moragov saved me."
"So you got your ass kicked badly is what I'm hearing?" Ura guessed with a sly smirk.
"Oh shut the hell up!" Leivy told Ura.
"You'll have a chance to redeem yourself again… once you use your powers, that is," Ura said. "Actually… what is your power, Leivy? You've never used it before."
"I have, actually," Leivy quickly corrected, "I've used it plenty of times, it's just that none of you guys notice."
"So what? You're just not gonna tell me about your power?" Ura asked with a raised brow.
"You'll see," Leivy answered indirectly, making Ura growl lowly.
"You don't need to be so secretive of your powers, Leivy. It would help us a lot if you told us. Plus, I'm pretty sure it's better than mine… I have speed, and that's it," Ura told.
Leivy stayed quiet for a minute. "Speed isn't that bad. You're the fastest thing alive aren't you?"
"I guess… but I had to learn how to fight if I wanted to be offensive with it," Ura answered as he flexed his claw. "It was a pain in the ass…"
"Mm… how long do we have to wait?"
"It's around 11:30… we have to wait 30 more minutes."
Leivy loudly cursed as he laid on his back. "Yo, do you know how we were born?"
Ura took a seat on the ledge and looked at Leivy questioningly. "Why ask such a strange question?"
"I dunno, just curious is all. Like, I was just… born. I didn't have a… childhood or biological parents, I was just made from random body parts…" Leivy said as he looked at his claws.
"Well, I'm not the best person to ask about that. I too, don't know how we were born. All I remember is seeing Khisa, Krinlea, Gargon, and some child standing in front of me," Ura said, looking up at the night sky and seeing the stars shine above the city, illuminating the skies. "If anyone were to know, I'd say it be either Krinlea or Khisa."
"Speaking of Krinlea, where has she been?" Leivy wondered as he sat up quickly.
"Good question. No one's seen her for days. Khisa says she's trying to store up power, being a succubus and all, but… I feel like that's not true…"
"True. She should've been at her peak performance by now, and even if she was storing up extra power she should've already been done with that," Leivy added.
Ura cracked his neck, "We'll just have to ask her what really happened when we get the chance to, get ready though, Leivy, time's almost up."
15 minutes passed and both Ura and Leivy stood up. People were still walking the streets and cars were driving along the road.
"Ladies first," Ura spoke as he bowed and took a step back. Leivy whipped his head and growled at Ura before calming down.
"Fine," Leivy spoke and took a step forward on the ledge. He looked down and watched the people walk to their destinations. Leivy stuck his foot out before leaning forward and was soon falling off the building. He did a flip before straightening out his body, and before he reached the ground, a black spot formed where he would land and he went into the black hole. It instantly closed and there was no trace of Leivy anywhere. No one seemed to notice and Ura looked down in curiosity and surprise.
"Where the hell did he go…?" Ura whispered to himself as he looked around.
Leivy walked out and it looked as if he phased out of a wall. He looked around before lifting a claw up to his face. A medium-sized black ball formed as he threw it at a building on the other side of the street. It made a loud boom and partially destroyed the wall that it hit, revealing the inside of a random person's room. The person looked shocked and stood still. The other civilians near the area looked at Leivy scaredly. Cars began to floor it and drive away, making the other civilians scream and run.
Leivy smirked and made another medium-sized ball in the palm of his claw. A car was speeding towards his direction and he threw the ball at the car, making it explode. The person who was driving it flew out and landed roughly on the asphalt, splattering blood across it.
"Why're you poor humans running? I'm just tryin' to have some fun!" Leivy exclaimed as he threw more black balls at random buildings, causing mass amounts of destruction.
Ura witnessed Leivy causing destruction, trying to figure out what his power could possibly be.
Does he have dark powers? That's most likely the case since he's using black balls to destroy buildings… but those aren't pitch black… could it be shadow powers? Hm… that's more probable than dark pow-
"Hey Ura! Come down here!" Leivy shouted from the street.
Ura glared at Leivy as he had interrupted Ura's thinking.
"Hold on…" Ura whispered and stood on the ledge. He disappeared and reappeared next to Leivy in a millisecond.
"Show me what your speed can do," Leivy said.
Ura cracked both his hands and stretched his legs. He put one of his feet back and reeled one of his arms back. In a second, he punched the air, sending a mass amount of wind rushing forward. Leivy looked at the wind and saw it was going towards a car. The wind went straight through it and completely destroyed it without any problems. The wind also hit a building and destroyed a part of it.
Leivy smiled brightly at what Ura did. "Wow! That was awesome, Ura!" Leivy exclaimed as he clapped.
"It's still not enough to get Zim out here. We need to do more damage," Ura said.
"You're right, so let's get started!"
Zim was sleeping in his room, when he heard a loud boom from outside. The boom was loud enough to make him open his eyes slightly. He blinked a couple of times before sitting up and rubbing his head.
"Computer… what woke me up?" Zim asked with a yawn.
"There appears to be some trouble outside in the city," Computer responded.
Zim groaned and checked his phone. "At 1:35 in the morning?! This is outrageous!"
"It's serious, Zim, there are two beasts in the city," Computer asserted.
Zim sighed before he stretched and got out of bed. He quickly threw on some clothes and put on his disguise before rushing down the stairs and out the door. As Zim was jogging in the center of the cul-de-sac, he looked at the sky and noticed smoke. He frowned and began to run towards the city.
Zim walked into the city and saw buildings destroyed, car parts scattered, cars destroyed, and people lying on the ground either unconscious or dead. He looked at one building and saw text that looked to be drawn from the people's blood.
"Come on out, Zim…" Zim read in a whisper. He looked to his right and saw a couple cop cars parked with cops behind them. Zim took out Ruyi and quickly transformed into his Sun Wukong form. He began walking towards the cops and could hear them shouting.
"Stop what you're doing and put your hands up!" One of the cops shouted.
"Or what?" A voice that didn't sound like the cops asked challengingly.
"We'll shoot you if you don't!" Another cop responded.
"You can't even touch us, so what's the point?" The voice asked.
"You leave us no choice then!" A cop was about to pull the trigger, but then a person with a black hoodie and black pants appeared next to the cop who was about to shoot.
Zim watched as the person kicked the cops head, making it explode. Zim's eyes widened and the other cops looked shocked. The person then teleported to a different cop and forcefully kicked his chest. The cop flew against the building and bounced off the wall, gobbing up a large amount of blood.
The cop landed on the asphalt and laid there motionless. Zim watched in shock as the last remaining cops were kicked into a nearby building.
The person who killed the cops stared at Zim with a glare. Another person hopped on the police car and looked at Zim with an evil grin.
"Ah, look who it is! Our beloved Zim!" The person on the cop car spoke, sounding very familiar. "Sorry to have awoken you so early in the morning, but we don't care about your needs."
Zim's shocked face turned into one of anger as he finally realized why that person's voice sounded familiar.
"Aren't you the beast who was stalking Gaz?" Zim asked.
The beast looked surprised, "Oh? I thought you would've forgotten."
"How could I? It was the first time I've ever seen Gaz scared, I could never forget," Zim stated with a fierce glare.
He sat down on the cop car with a leg up. "Isn't that so sweet. Maybe I should do that to one of your other friends and see what would happen."
Zim's eyes widened, "You wouldn't dare!"
"Oh, but I would. It may be frowned upon by my friends, but I can stoop way lower than that," the beast said, regaining his evil grin.
Zim was about to run up to him, but the other beast appeared in front of Zim out of nowhere and kicked the side of his face. Zim went flying into the side of a building and rolled onto the floor of a random room before hitting a wall hard.
"Nice job, Ura!" The beast on the car praised while clapping annoyingly.
"Don't celebrate too early, Leivy, he's hard to beat," Ura told the beast on the cop car.
"I know," Leivy responded in a serious tone.
Zim got up slowly and coughed before wiping his mouth.
Did that beast just teleport? Zim asked himself. Damnit… it's going to be hard to fight a beast who can teleport...
Zim walked out of the hole in the building and glared at the two beasts.
The two beasts were about to move, but couldn't.
"Eh? I can't move!" Leivy exclaimed as he tried to move his feet.
Zim took this chance and ran up to Ura. He smacked Ura away with Ruyi into a cop car, sending both flying back. Zim dashed towards Leivy and once he was close enough, hit him into a side of a building. Zim landed on the cop car and rested Ruyi on his shoulder.
Ura got up and shook his head, he looked at Zim and frowned. Leivy walked out from the building and held his head which was slightly bleeding. His hood had fallen, showing his face.
Ura and Leivy walked towards each other and faced Zim once they were standing next to each other.
"You can take him out with your speed, right?" Leivy wondered.
Ura nodded, "Of course. He won't be able to freeze us if he can't see me."
"Good, I'll try and see if I can hurt him badly."
Ura nodded before disappearing from Leivy's side. Zim couldn't process it, as Ura appeared in front of him and kicked him back. Zim flew back and skidded against the asphalt until he came to a stop. He tried to get up, but Ura kicked his face, making him twirl and landing on the asphalt again. This happened repeatedly for two minutes, only Zim was taking longer to get up, and on top of that, he couldn't track Ura with how tired he was and how fast Ura was.
Ura stomped onto Zim's head and made his face go through the street. He yanked Zim's head back and punched his face, sending Zim flying only a couple feet away. Zim sat up as fast as he he and saw Ura appear with a pole in his hands. Ura was flying towards Zim and was aiming for one of his eyes.
Luckily for Zim, he had enough time to freeze Ura, but the pole was still flying forward. Zim rolled out of the way and got a deep gash near his left eye. The pole crashed into the street and was stuck. Zim was rapidly breathing as he stared at the pole in shock.
A black fist came out of nowhere and punched Zim. He rolled across the street and hit a lying body on the sidewalk. Ura stopped himself as he was able to move again and got into an offensive position.
Zim struggled to get up and was only able to get on his hands and knees. He looked up to see only Ura standing there.
"Calm down, Ura, we're only here to permanently damage him, not kill him," Leivy told as he walked out from behind Ura.
"I'm well aware of that, Leivy. If he's knocked out, it would be much easier to disable him."
"Good point."
If only… I had enough strength… I'd be able to get his legs… Zim thought with clenched teeth. His eyes started to shutter as he was losing consciousness. No… come on, stay in there! Zim brought his tail up to his arm and plucked a hair off.
"Zi-"
Ura appeared in front of Zim and kicked his arm, breaking it entirely. Zim's eyes widened as he looked at his broken arm. Ura kicked Zim's face and jumped out of the way.
"Shadow Claw!" Leivy yelled as he threw his claw forward. From the building behind him, a giant and black claw shot out and was flying towards Zim. Zim watched as he saw the claw rush towards him.
Unknowingly, his PAK legs activated and forced him away from his spot. The claw clamped down on nothing and retracted. Zim skidded across the street and rolled. Leivy looked at Zim with amusement.
"Well that's interesting, you still have a bit of fight left in you, try and dodge this." Leivy pointed a finger at Ura and a giant black beam was shot at the beast. Ura spun himself with a powerful kick, making the beam spin around him.
Ura stopped for a moment and was aimed at Zim. "Speed of Shadows Kick."
Ura kicked towards Zim and sent the black beam farting towards the downed alien. The beam seemed to move too fast for Zim to do anything, and all he could do was just stare.
Zim closed his eyes and was prepared to get hurt, but after a moment passed, nothing happened. Zim opened his eyes to see a green woman in a white shirt and blue shorts in front of him, blocking the attack with both of her arms.
"K-Kinla…?" Zim weakly asked. The woman in front of him turned her head and grinned at the Irken.
"Yeah, it's me, Grin's here as well," Kinla answered. And as soon as she did, Grin jumped over the two of them with his Leech form and pointed his claws at Ura and Leivy.
"Split Beams!" Grin yelled and his claws shot out two large, blue beams. Ura quickly disappeared while Leivy was yanked away. The beams hit the street, leaving two large craters.
"W-How did you guys know to come here…?" Zim asked. Grin jumped back and was guarding Zim with Kinla.
"Well, we heard some loud noises outside and came to check it out, you also didn't respond to us calling your name a bunch of times, so we figured you went to go check out the ruckus," Kinla explained.
"And look where it got you, a broken arm and you look like you're about to die," Grin added.
Zim sighed with a smile, "I thank you both."
"For now, find a way to fix that arm of yours, we'll try to hold these guys off," Kinla said.
"Right, but I must warn you, the beast with the white tiger head… I don't know what kind of power he has, but I think it deals with shadows. The other beast can teleport. I don't know if he's going super fast, or if he can just do it, but it'll be hard to track him," Zim informed. Both Grin and Kinla nodded.
"Damnit… this just became more worrisome…" Leivy whispered to himself. He looked around and found Ura standing on the side of a building. Ura looked at Leivy who looked back and they both nodded.
Zim plucked a hair out from his tail and summoned his clone.
"Hey, Zig, can you heal my broken arm, please?"
Zim requested with a sheepish smile.
Zig looked at Zim with a deadpan stare. "Master… not to be rude, but you can do that yourself…"
"I didn't have Ruyi at the time, it seems I must've dropped it somewhere…" Zim said.
Zig sighed while rubbing his face. "Fine… Ruyi."
From the sky, Ruyi was spinning and soon landed in the hands of Zig.
"Monkey Song, Zhu Yaolanqu," Zig spoke. Ruyi transformed into a bamboo and Zig stabbed it in Zim's broken arm, making him cringe.
Both Kinla and Grin looked shocked at this.
"The hell are you doing?!" Kinla exclaimed.
"Yeah, you're not making the situation any better by stabbing him!" Grin added.
"Oh shut it. I know exactly what I'm doing," Zig told the other two. "For now, let's focus on the beasts that are in front of us."
Grin and Kinla looked at each other before looking at Zig, who looked back at the both of them. Grin and Kinla sighed before nodding and facing Ura and Leivy.
"How do we stop the super fast beast?" Grin asked.
"We obviously have to take his legs out," Zig responded.
"Yeah, but how, genius?"
Ura disappeared and reappeared behind Zig in the air. Ura kicked, but Zig ducked under it and did a handstand. Zig forcefully kicked up, and hit Ura's leg.
Ura let out a yelp and disappeared. He appeared beside Leivy and held his leg.
Leivy looked at Ura in surprise. "He actually hit you?"
"I don't know how he did…" Ura whispered.
Kinla and Grin both looked at Zig in surprise.
"How did you dodge that?" Kinla wondered.
Zig shrugged. "I dunno. Once he disappeared, I just ducked in case he was going for me."
"Yeah but… he's moving so fast, how did you have time to duck?" Grin asked.
"I used a spell to force myself to duck fast," Zig answered.
"Interesting…" Kinla said. "Are you able to repeatedly do it?"
"No clue. It was just a lucky guess, I can't track his movements with how quick he is," Zig responded. "Screw the leg plan, I think it's hardly possible at this point, let's try to think of something else."
Grin put a claw to his chin and tried to think of a way to defeat Ura.
"I have an idea, but I need you guys to try and grab him," Grin spoke.
"What do you plan on doing after that?" Kinla wondered.
"I'm going to touch him. I have an ability that'll be able to track his movements," Grin answered.
"Could've told us this before, but it's whatever…" Zig said with a head shake.
"Oh shut up. Just try to find a way to grab him," Grin told the clone.
Zig sighed before he touched the side of his head with two fingers. "Monkey Song Finger Technique, Chaoguo x5."
A pulse was heard and the ground shook beneath Zig's feet. He got in an offensive position and was ready to battle Ura.
"Be careful, Ura, I think he did something to his body," Leivy spoke.
Ura simply nodded and stood up straight. Ura teleported above Zig's head and was going to ace kick it, but Zig blocked it with his arm.
Ura's eyes widened a bit and he jumped back. He skidded to a halt and Zig was the one who teleported. Zig appeared in front of Ura and kicked, only for it to be blocked by both of Ura's arms. Zig spun counterclockwise with the same foot and swept Ura's legs. Zig spun around again with the same foot and kicked Ura towards Zim.
Zim had Ruyi out and ready to hit Ura, but Ura saw this and did a backflip over Zim.
"Extend," Zim whispered and Ruyi extended straight through Ura's chest. Ura coughed up blood onto the rod and Grin dashed towards him.
Grin touched him with one claw and tried to dig his other claw into Ura's side, but Ura disappeared, making Grin miss.
Ura teleported next to Leivy and kneeled.
"Did you do it, Grin?" Kinla asked.
"Yeah!" Grin responded as his pupil was outlined with orange.
Zig jumped back and stood next to Kinla. Zim walked up and stood next to Zig.
"Shit… we're in trouble, Leivy…" Ura noticed.
"I know… luckily for me, this place is just full of shadows," Leivy whispered as he put his hand up. Behind Leivy, something giant was forming behind him. The only thing that was visible was two yellow eyes.
"Is that… a beast?" Zig asked as he tried to make out what that thing was.
"Yeah, but it's made of shadows," Zim answered.
Leivy put his arm out forward, "ATTACK!"
The group jumped out of the way as a fist crashed at the spot they were standing at.
"If he's using shadows… then we have to counter it with light," Zim said as he watched the fist lift up.
"Yo! Do any of you guys have light attacks?!" Zig shouted at Kinla and Grin.
Grin nodded and ran to the middle of the street. He put his arms up and opened his palms.
"Sunrah's Shining Light!" Grin called out. A ball full of light formed above his hands and rose up in the sky. It began to expand, shining light in the area. The giant shadow beast screeched and backed up, covering its eyes from the light.
Leivy grinned menacingly. "You fool! If there's even a slight shadow I can still use it!"
A black spike came out from behind Grin and stabbed him in his gut. Another spike darted towards the giant ball of light and went straight through it. The spike flexed and more black spikes came out, stabbing the ball from all angles.
The spikes tore apart the ball of light and soon, the area was back to its original, dark lighting. The shadow beast looked angry and opened its mouth. A giant beam of blackness was headed towards Grin's way.
Both Kinla and Zim dashed towards Grin. Kinla stood in front of him and blocked the beam. She was slightly getting pushed back while Zim took out Ruyi and slashed at the spike that stabbed Grin's stomach. Zim picked Grin up and jumped away. Kinla did the same and let the beam crash into the ground. Zim hid behind a crashed car and set Grin down gently.
"Okay… this does not look good…" Zim noticed as he started sweating.
"Pfft… no shit…" Grin said with a slight chuckle, but soon regretted it as his stomach started hurting.
"Alright, take it easy, dude. I'm gonna try and forcefully punch it," Zim said while cracking his knuckles.
Grin's eyes widened, "Are you crazy?! Why would you punch the spike out?!"
"Do you have a better idea?" Zim asked. Grin said nothing. "That's what I thought."
Zim reeled his arm back and sent it flying at the spike. He stopped himself as soon as his fist slightly touched the spike. The spike was launched out of Grin the way it came in and went through the car. Grin coughed up blood and hurled over.
"Alright, calm down." Zim put Ruyi where his wound was. "Monkey Song, Zhu Yaolanqu."
The healing process began to start and Zim stood up.
"Rest easily till you're able to fight again," Zim said and jumped where Kinla was.
"Hey, Zim," Kinla greeted the Irken.
"Hello, Kinla," Zim greeted back. "Have any idea as to how to defeat that shadow beast?"
"Yeah, I'm gonna transform into my original form and fight it head on," Kinla responded.
Zim's eyes widened, "Are you serious?!"
"What else can we do? As far as I know, that beast can still use the shadows to fight us and control that beast. We can't get distracted by two things at the same time," Kinla said with a determined face. "You and your clone should fight that beast head on, I'll take care of the shadow beast."
Zim thought about it before nodding. "Alright, be careful Kinla."
"You as well."
Zim ran away from Kinla and made his way towards Zig. He jumped and avoided random shadow attacks and successfully made it to Zig.
"So, Master, what are we to do?" Zig asked.
"We're gonna go for Leivy, the one who's controlling the shadow beast, and Ura, the speedy one," Zim answered.
"What about the shadow beast itself?" Zig wondered.
"Kinla will take care of that," Zim replied with a smirk.
"That green woman's gonna take out the shadow beast? I think you're putting a bit too much trust in her, Master," Zig told honestly.
"Just watch, Zig."
The two Irkens watched as Kinla stared at the shadow beast. A large, green swirl circled around Kinla and soon she was covered in it. The swirl began to expand and grow bigger, then it disappeared, revealing Kinla in her Triveraraptor form. Kinla let out a fearsome roar before flapping her wings and darting towards the shadow beast. Kinla tackled the beast and they both rolled before she kicked the shadow beast in the chest.
Zim looked at Zig with a smirk. "Told ya."
"Let's just hurry up and finish this," Zig said as he walked towards the middle of the street.
"You know that I'm right," Zim said as he followed his clone.
The two stared dead at Ura and Leivy.
"Damn… this is troubling…" Leivy said, slightly freaking out.
"Fuck… this damn hole in my chest…" Ura whispered. He took his claw away and looked at it. Ura's claw was covered in blood. He put his claw back over his wound and struggled to stand up.
"I'll go after Leivy, you can take Ura," Zim said. Zig nodded and they both took off. Zim jumped up and was about to axe kick Leivy's head, but the beast blocked it with a black spike. Zim jumped off of it and pointed an open palm towards Leivy's back.
"Fire Ball!" Zim yelled as a ball of fire quickly formed and shot towards Leivy. A black hand came out from the ground and caught the fire ball. The hand crushed the ball, only leaving flares to rise up.
Zim landed and rolled back. "Damn…"
Leivy turned around and a giant, black snake with yellow eyes formed behind him. Leivy pointed towards Zim and the snake launched forward. Zim ducked under the snake and ran towards Leivy. The snake turned around and followed Zim. As soon as Zim was close to Leivy, he jumped up. The snake jerked upwards, almost attacking Leivy and continued to follow Zim. He looked at the snake as his hands were covered in fire.
Zim pointed both of his hands at the snake. "Flamethrower!"
The snake continued to charge at Zim, but screeched and stopped once the fire touched it. Zim stopped his attack and ran down the snake's body. Zim jumped off the snake and was about to hit Leivy, but Leivy turned around and kicked with a black leg.
Zim blocked the attack and was sent flying towards a building. He quickly repositioned himself and landed on the side of the building. He pushed off of it and sent himself flying towards Leivy. The black snake stood in front of Leivy and Zim did a horizontal spin kick. The kick cut the snake's top half off and Zim used the momentum of the kick to make himself spin faster. Leivy quickly put up a wall, but once Zim's foot made contact with it, the wall broke and he did a diagonal slash with his foot.
From Leivy's right shoulder down to his left hip, a giant slash appeared and splurged out blood. Leivy screamed and kneeled, holding his whole body. Zim landed and was about to kick Leivy again, but Leivy let out a giant burst of power, sending Zim flying a few feet.
"Shadow Embodiment, Shadow King!" Leivy yelled. Black energy darted towards Leivy and swirled around him, completely covering him from sight. A few seconds later and the energy went away, revealing a slightly taller Leivy. He was all black and had yellow eyes. He had two horns that were flat against his head, spikes that ran along his back and arms, his claws were larger and longer, and his tail was spiky.
Leivy opened his mouth to reveal it was all black except for the really sharp teeth.
Leivy wasted no time and took off. Zim barely dodged a punch that Leivy threw once he was close enough. He ran away and stopped once he was far enough away from Leivy. Leivy looked at where Zim was and grew a devilish grin.
That is way too creepy… Zim thought as he reeled back. Leivy fully turned around and dashed towards Zim.
Shit!
Zig was about to kick Ura, but the beast leaned back just in time for Zig to miss. Zig jumped with his other leg and forcefully kicked Ura's face. Ura spiraled into a building on the other side of the street.
Ura quickly got out from the hole and coughed. He looked up to see Zig running at him. Ura waited for Zig to make a move. Zig's hands were covered in electricity and Ura noticed.
Zig brought his hands up and was about to clasp Ura's head, but Ura disappeared. He appeared behind Zig and punched Zig's back, making him crash through the whole building and hit another one. Ura took a moment to try and relax himself, but he heard someone behind him and turned to see what it was. Grin was behind Ura, stretching his arms out.
"You must be the boy who can take powers," Ura spoke.
"Sure am, and I plan on taking yours too!" Grin declared as he got into an offensive stance.
"Don't get ahead of yourself," Ura warned and closed his eyes. "Speed Healing!"
Grin watched as Ura a white and flashy aura appeared around Ura and the hole in his chest healed quickly.
"You can't hit me now, boy," Ura told.
Grin laughed, "I can track all of your movements, dude, just try and lose me."
Ura frowned and took off. He appeared in the air and was about to kick Grin's face, but Grin already had his arm up protecting it.
Ura was surprised as he landed the kick and a gust of wind swirled around the impact. Ura jumped back and Grin smirked.
"I have the ability Tracer, which not only allows me to track moves to the sender, but I can also track someone's whole body by touching them. Not to mention, I can see your footprints too," Grin explained.
"Well aren't you annoying…" Ura remarked rudely.
"Just get ready to get beat, beast."
Ura furrowed his brow before Grin took off and jumped. He brought his claw back and slashed, but Ura blocked it. Ura shoved Grin back in the air before jumping and aiming to knee Grin's face. Grin dodged the knee and grabbed Ura's leg. Grin spun around before forcefully throwing Ura near the ground.
Ura did a back handspring and skidded to a stop before throwing himself out of the way of a stray thunderbolt that came behind him. The beast looked behind him to find Zig in the hole that he made.
"Damnit… now there's two of you…" Ura whispered and silently cursed.
"It's over for you now, beast, you can't take on both of us at once," Zig stated.
Ura laughed as he stood up, "Ah… that's funny…" Ura threw his arms out before yelling at the top of his lungs. A fierce and white aura surrounded him and flared uncontrollably. "Light Speed!"
A giant burst of energy came off of him as the aura died down a bit. Ura's fur was now white and his eyes were purely white.
Ura grinned widely, "Come at me."
Kinla and the shadow beast stared at each other. Kinla ran forward and tackled the beast to the ground. She started punching its face and it tried to block but couldn't. The shadow kicked her high in the air and she flapped her wings to regain her balance before firing a yellow beam. The beast split itself and avoided the beam as it made a giant crater in the street.
Are you shitting me?! Kinla thought as she clenched her teeth. The shadow beast pulled itself together and started giggling.
Oh I'll give you something else to laugh at! Kinla exclaimed in her head and dove towards the beast. The beast rolled away and got up, but Kinla jerked herself forward and was now heading straight for the beast.
The beast's eyes widened before it split itself in two again. Kinla zoomed past it and the beast giggled as it came back together and turned to look at Kinla. Kinla leaned forward and she was now upside down. She opened her mouth and fired a bigger beam. The beast didn't expect this and couldn't do anything as it got hit and was sent flying back.
Kinla twisted herself and landed on the ground cleanly while the beast crashed into the street. She ran closer as the beast was getting up and she jumped. The beast was unaware as Kinla landed on it and bit its neck.
The shadow beast let out a painful shout as Kinla was digging her teeth further in its neck. Kinla stopped for a brief moment and pulled her head back before widening her mouth and chomping down on the shadow beast's head. She bit as hard as she could and soon ripped its head off.
Kinla quickly began to chew in case the head forced itself out of her mouth. Kinla swallowed and her eyes widened.
That was surprisingly good… She thought with a blush. No I just ate a beast's head what am I thinking?! Kinla shook her head violently before stopping and letting out a breath of air. She noticed that her breath was dark and shadowy. She stepped back in surprise as she watched her breath disperse in the air.
What the hell?! What's going on with my breath?! Kinla questioned. The body twitched and she looked at it questioningly. It twitched more and tried to feel fore it's head before realizing there wasn't one.
The body violently shook and seemed to have a tantrum. It began smashing random things before its head regrew and it stopped.
Kinla lowly growled as her face furrowed. Damn… it can regrow its head…
The shadow beast looked at Kinla and just stared blankly at her. It didn't move at all. Kinla lost her original expression to one of confusion. She took a step forward and it didn't react.
Kinla was close enough to the body where she leaned down and had her face in its face. The beast suddenly hugged her neck and dragged her down to the ground.
"Ack! H-Hey! Get your damn claws off of me!" Kinla demanded as she tried to pull away.
After a few minutes of struggling, Kinla was finally able to pull away and she jumped back. She tried to catch her breath and puffs of black air could be seen. The shadow beast smiled as pointed at Kinla's breath repeatedly.
Kinla looked confused as she pointed to her mouth and let out a stream of black air. The shadow beast nodded and quickly got up. It ran towards Kinla and stopped in front of her. The shadow beast sucked up the stream of air that Kinla was producing and puffed his cheeks out. It raised its head and let out a powerful gust of black air. Kinla looked and was slightly impressed.
"Uh… why aren't you attacking me?" Kinla wondered as she lowered her head. The shadow beast giggled for a little before flashing her a sweet smile.
"... I am so confused as to what's going on right now…" Kinla admitted and sat down. The shadow beast followed and the two gargantuan beasts just sat in the middle of the street.
If it won't attack, I guess I'll just watch it just in case it tries something. Kinla thought. I hope the others are okay.
No one made a move on Zig and Grin's side. Ura looked between the two and was growing impatient.
"What the hell are you two waiting for?!" Ura grilled with bared teeth.
"I'm deciding what Chaoguo level would make us even," Zig answered.
"Pfft, like that's even possible. I'm as fast as the speed of light, maybe even faster! There's no way you can keep up with me!" Ura stated.
"Ah, here we go," Zig said, completely ignoring Ura. "Monkey Song Finger Technique, Chaoguo x20."
A large burst of energy came off of Zig, it seemed to be stronger than Ura's when he transformed. Giant cracks formed under Zig, almost breaking the ground.
"You ready, Grin?" Zig asked.
"Yeah, I'm ready," Grin responded with a cocky smirk.
"Good, now, I'll go after you first!" Ura shouted as he pointed at Zig and disappeared. Zig disappeared to and all that Grin could see was random air explosions happening in seconds. He could hear them fighting, but it was impossible to see.
Grin had a nervous smirk now. How am I supposed to help a clone when I can't even see the damn thing?! Grin thought. He quickly stepped to the side as he saw something crash into the building behind him. Not even a second later and the whole building was destroyed.
Grin's eyes widened as he looked behind him to just see rubble, a blank space, and buildings on the next block. He turned back around to see Zig standing there with his hands crossed and looking unimpressed.
"You could've killed me!" Grin exclaimed at Zig.
"Oh calm down, you dodged it, right?" Zim asked. Grin just made random noises, trying to convey words, but couldn't. "Exactly, so stop complaining and pay attention."
"Pay attention to what? I can't even see you guys fight!" Grin shouted.
"Hm… maybe using x20 was slightly better than him using Light Speed…" Zig said to himself, ignoring what Grin said.
"Are you ignoring me?!" Grin yelled at Zig. A sound was made where the building was destroyed and both Grin and Zig looked at it.
Ura got out from the destroyed building and aggressively coughed.
"H-How… how were you able to beat me…?" Ura asked.
Zig shrugged, "Monkey Song, that's how."
"Damnit… a fucking clone defeated me in my Light Speed form… how embarrassing," Ura said.
"Don't blame yourself, Zim's just powerful is all. Also, you're trying to fight a developing god… not a good idea," Zig mentioned.
"What do you mean?! That's a brilliant idea! If you fight a developing god they don't understand their powers yet, meaning it's an easy kill!" Ura argued.
"Developing or not, they're still a god," Zig pointed out with a shrug.
"Alright, enough chit chat, time to take your power now," Grin interrupted as he walked towards Ura.
Ura smirked, "I think not!"
Ura quickly kicked Grin's chin. Grin held it as he leaned back before power stomping forward, shaking the ground.
"You damn beast!" Grin shouted as he grabbed Ura's leg and threw it up before slamming it down. Ura bounced off the street before Grin powerfully punched him out of anger. Ura flew down the street and rolled across it till he hit a sign with a loud ring.
"Nice job, Grin, you basically just threw him away," Zig commented with a deadpan expression.
"Not my fault he decided to hit me!" Grin defended. Zig sighed before shaking his head.
"Whatever," he whispered.
"So, what was that move you kept on using?" Grin wondered.
"You mean Chaoguo?" Zig guessed. Grin nodded in confirmation. "Mm… it's basically just a move that powers you up, you know? It makes you faster, stronger, and whatnot."
"How many times can it go up to?" Grin asked.
"I don't know."
"Can you teach it to me?"
"Hell no."
"What?! Why not?!"
"Because-" Zig was cut off as loud cracks and snaps could be heard. Zig fell to his knees and clenched his teeth as he tried to hold in a scream. "It causes immense recoil and pain…"
"So just like randomly using Monkey Song moves without learning them?" Grin guessed.
"Much worse than that…" Zig responded.
"Jeez… how intense is Monkey Song anyway?"
"Very intense…" Zig answered.
Grin nodded before he sat down. "Guess I'll just wait for you to be able to move again."
Zim repeatedly dodged the attacks that Leivy widely threw. He dodged a punch and kicked the side of Leivy's head before kicking his stomach. Leivy backed up and Zim ran forward, throwing a flaming fist at his stomach. Leivy flew back and hit a building. Leivy clenched his teeth before opening his mouth and letting out a large beam.
Zim quickly ducked and put both of his hands on the ground.
"Rolling Thunder!" Zim called out. Electricity quickly courses through his arms and hands before rolling across the ground and dashing towards Leivy. It traveled up the wall and when it came into contact, intensely shocked the beast.
Leivy screamed before a bunch of shadows from different places swarmed him and developed a giant ball before it exploded. Leivy fell down from the whole and landed on his feet. Zim stood up and got ready for any attack Leivy would throw.
If only I knew a light attack… the closest thing that I know is fire… but it's not enough for Leivy's Shadow King form… Zim looked around before looking at the moon. That's right! I could use the moon as light… but how? I won't have enough time to actually do it, unless…
"Fei Yun!" Zim called out, a small cloud zipped beside him. "I need you to make it intensely foggy, to the point where you can't see anything."
The cloud zoomed up into the sky and began to slowly expand.
Zim looked at Leivy with a glare. And now… I just have to distract him long enough for it to work.
Leivy growled before zooming towards Zim. He put a claw up and a line of shadows was following. Zim was about to counter, but then he dodged as a spike from the ground tried to pierce him.
Zim was now in an awkward position as he couldn't move without getting hit.
As Leivy was about to strike Zim, a thunderbolt came down and quickly electrocuted Leivy, making him stop. Zim looked up at Fei Yun and smiled before looking back at Leivy. He ran towards the beast and skidded to a stop in front of him.
"Monkey Song, San Dian Banma Ti," Zim whispered. He kicked the right side of Leivy's face with the heel of his foot, before kicking Leivy's left side with the front, then Zim spun behind him and jump kicked the back of Leivy's head, making a fissure in the ground and made a giant crack in the building in front of them. Zim backed up and Leivy was disoriented.
Zim watched as the beast tried to regain his balance, but couldn't. Leivy stumbled all over the place and tried to fire a ball of shadows, but completely missed Zim.
Zim noticed as the air was growing thick and was getting hard to see by the minute. Leivy looked at Zim to see double of him and he held his head. He stood still, but then both Zim's disappeared.
Leivy looked around and started firing random shots, hoping to get rid of the fog, but to no avail did it work. His vision cleared and he was pissed.
"Damnit! Where the hell did that annoying alien go?!" Leivy grilled as he looked around. He heard something to his right and looked, but didn't see anything. Then, out of nowhere, Zim was flying behind him and punched straight through his stomach with a mystified glowing fist.
"Break of Midnight!" Zim shouted. Leivy's shadow armor broke off and fell to the ground, slowly disappearing. Zim retracted his fist and Leivy fell to his knees before falling to the ground. The fog disappeared and it was dead silent.
Zim looked around to find the chaos that happened on this street.
This is gonna be a pain in the ass for the construction workers… Zim thought as he slightly cringed, but got rid of the thought. He looked around some more and saw Zig and Grin sitting next to each other. He walked up to the two.
"Did you guys beat Ura?" Zim asked.
"Yes, we did, Master," Zig responded. Grin sighed deeply and put his head on his knees.
"Huzon… who knew those beasts would be so powerful…?" Grin asked.
"At least we beat them, did you take Ura's power, Grin?" Zim asked.
"Nah… I accidentally punched him away from us," Grin answered with a nervous chuckle.
"Good job, by the way," Zig added rudely.
"Oh shut up…" Grin said.
"It's whatever, let's kill them quickly before they recover," Zim suggested. Zig was barely able to stand up, but Grin helped him. Zig used him as a support as they walked towards Leivy, who was the closest one.
As they made it towards Leivy, Zim brought out Ruyi and aimed it at Leivy's neck.
"Alright, here we go." As Zim was about to slash, a random light blinded him and he backed up. "Argh!"
Something kicked Zim into a building, and it also kicked Zig and Grin away. It picked up Leivy before teleporting to where Ura was. It picked Ura up and teleported out of sight.
Zim got out from the building and looked around, noticing that Leivy wasn't there.
"Damnit…" Zim silently cursed. He picked up Ruyi and made his way towards where Zig and Grin were. "You two okay?"
"Yeag, it wasn't that powerful of a kick, but I think your clone is knocked out…" Grin told Zim.
"Disappear," Zim spoke and Zig turned into swirling particles before disappearing.
Zim held his hand out to Grin who accepted it and got up.
"What happened to him?" Grin wondered.
"He's somewhere, but he's not dead, so don't worry," Zim answered.
"Oh, okay… let's find Kinla and go home… I'm super tired," Grin suggested.
"Sounds good."
Zim and Grin easily founded Kinla as she was sitting in front of the shadow beast.
"Uh… Kinla…? What are you doing?" Zim asked in confusion.
"I'm watching this shadow beast. After I ate its head it started acting weird and hasn't fought me since," Kinla responded while remaining eye contact with the beast.
"Wait, you ate it's head?!" Grin exclaimed.
"Yes… I couldn't think of anything else at the time."
"Uh… we're going home now, by the way, the fight's over," Zim informed. Kinla looked down at Zim with surprised eyes.
"Oh really? That's great! We won, right?" Kinla asked as she transformed into her human form.
"We sure did," Zim answered with a happy smile. He looked behind Kinla and noticed that the beast was gone. He looked around before finding it on Kinla's shoulder.
"Well that's interesting…" Grin spoke as he saw the beast.
"What is?" Kinla asked. Grin pointed to her shoulder and she looked. "Oh sweet Usudon…"
"I guess you have a pet now," Zim said with a slight chuckle.
Kinla sighed longingly before facepalming. "One child is enough… I don't need another…"
"We'll deal with it another day, for now, let's just get going," Zim said as he turned to leave, followed by Grin and Kinla.
XXX
On two different tables laid Ura and Leivy. Khisa, Jelial, Boetan, Moragov, and Pepito looked at the two.
"They got beaten up pretty badly…" Boetan spoke in a sad tone.
"Damnit… how powerful is Zim anyways?" Jelial asked. Khisa turned to leave and everyone looked at him.
"Where are you going, señor jefe hombre?" Pepito asked.
"I'm going to find Krinlea." Khisa responded as he walked towards a tunnel.
I think it's about time our sweet succubus joins us for this meeting…
Gan will be taking a break for some time. His poor little heart got broken :(
