SHONEN ALLIANCE
RE:BIRTH
OPENING THEME: KU ZEN ZETSU GO (Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters)
The smoke from Piccolo's clever attack had yet to clear and so far, the Namekian had seen no sign of his foe emerging. Still, he doubted very strongly that his fight was finished yet.
"You damn bastard!" The Dark Saiyan's rage filled voice confirmed Piccolo's suspicions, "you'll pay for that."
The smoke finally began to thin, allowing Piccolo to assess the damage he'd done. He couldn't suppress a proud smile as he did. His foe was in terrible shape. He was bloodied and bruised, one still functional arm holding his bloody, broken, and limp other arm. Better yet, a blast seemed to have caught him directly in his left eye, which was swollen shut as blood oozed from from an open wound above it. His remaining good eye glared at Piccolo, seething anger and hatred apparent in that eye.
"Hmph, you're full of empty threats, aren't you," Piccolo spat dismissively, "I'd say all that's left is to finish the job. I wouldn't go expecting any mercy from me if I were you." He held up his hand, pointing his palm flat towards the Dark Saiyan of Lust as a ball of energy formed in his hand.
A sly, sadistic smile crossed Debauchery's face, causing Piccolo to freeze for a moment.
"I could say the same to you," he sneered.
Piccolo wasn't about to give him a chance to make good on that threat, firing. The blast shot towards Debauchery, and broke harmlessly against a crystal spike that suddenly broke out of Debauchery's chest. As Piccolo watched in shock, green crystals burst from every part of his foe's body, leaving him encased in a spiked ball of the same green crystal his palace was made of!
"What the…" Piccolo stuttered in confusion before cracks began to appear in the crystal.
The crystal didn't so much explode as simply shatter and fall away, leaving a shocked Piccolo staring at it's occupant. This being bore no resemblance to his former foe. His bulk had more then doubled in size and his skin had turned into the same, green crystal the soldiers were made of. His eyes were a bright yellow crystal and even his clenched teeth seemed to be made of a crystalline substance. In fact, the only thing that didn't seem to be made of crystal was the Dark Saiyan's now golden hair.
"What the hell?" Piccolo cursed.
"You seem surprised," Debauchery declared, his crystal features forming a wicked smile, "your Saiyan friends can transform into Super Saiyans, can't they? Is it really that surprising that their Dark equivalents can do the same?"
"Are you saying you're some kind of Dark Super Saiyan?" Piccolo demanded, his voice no longer showing any signs of shock or distress at the sudden transformation of his foe.
"If it helps you to think of it that way," Debauchery admitted, "whatever you call it, you can be certain of one thing."
"And what is that?" Piccolo asked.
"To you and your friends, this power is your doom!"
"Hmph, tough talk," Piccolo responded to the threat, "let's see if you can back it up."
Charging his foe, Piccolo landed a bone shattering chop attack to his foes collar bone. His eyes widened with shock when his foe gave no reaction to indicate he had even been struck.
"Was that meant to hurt? It barely tickled," Debauchery mocked as he grabbed Piccolo's arm. Piccolo roared with pain as a brutal twist from Debauchery wrenched his hand 180 degrees. The sound of the bones in Piccolo's wrist crunching and snapping filled the room as the wrist broke and Piccolo's hand was left dangling uselessly from his wrist. "Oops, I think that might have been excessive."
"Piccolo!?" Goku called flying in and landing beside his Namekian companion, assuming a fighting stance.
"Debauchery changed forms… just like Devour did," Teresa gasped. Her exertion to finish her foe had left her gasping for breath once again as she watched the battle playing out against the Dark Saiyan of Lust, "he compared it to transforming into a Super Saiyan. Damn it, do all seven Dark Saiyans have the ability to transform like this!?" the thought was terrifying.
Valeria let out a muffled shriek as she clumsily dropped to her hands and knees, the chains that had held her sliced cleanly by Toshiro.
"Blah!" she groaned as she pulled the bit gag out of her mouth, "ow, that thing kills your jaw!"
"Do tell," Karina sighed calmly, rubbing her jaw.
Queen Fiona stood quietly, watching the face off with her former captor.
"We should go!" Kakashi ordered, kneeling beside Teresa, "Goku and Piccolo can handle the Dark Saiyan. Let's get the princesses out of here before…"
As if they'd been waiting for a cue to enter, dozens more crystal knights materialized from the castle's walls and floors, surrounding the heroes. Kakashi stepped in front of Teresa as Toshiro moved to protect Valeria, Karina, and Queen Fiona.
"…that happens," Kakashi sighed, a trace of annoyance apparent in his tone.
"Damn it, how many of these things… does he have?" Teresa cursed between violent coughs.
She's in bad shape, Kakashi realized, whatever's wrong with her, it looks like the Senzu Bean wasn't able to fully heal it. The longer we spend here, the worse things are going to get.
As if they fully understood their advantage, the crystal soldiers converged on Kakashi and Teresa!
"I won't let you," Kakashi declared firmly, forming his Lightning Blade in his left hand, gripping his kunai in his right, and preparing to fight. The soldiers behind Kakashi never reached their target, stopping short as the front most soldiers fell to pieces as though sliced by a blade!
"Who…?" Teresa began to ask, realizing Toshiro was still with her family. Her question's answer arrived before she even asked it as Miria seemed to materialize from thin air directly behind her.
"Finally decided to join us?" Kakashi asked sarcastically.
"Heh. Seems my invitation must have gotten lost," Miria replied with a chuckle, "what happened?"
"Explanations can wait," Kakashi declared, "we need to get her out of here."
As Kakashi and Miria readied themselves, the crystal soldiers ceased their hesitating and began to advance towards them, though not as recklessly as before Miria had arrived.
"CHAOS SCEPTER BLAST!" Yami's voice roared over the crowd as Magician of Black Chaos jumped above them and began releasing pulses of magic that shattered any soldier they touched into pieces!
Sanji and Kokoa joined the fight, kicks and club swings breaking a path to Kakashi, Miria, and Teresa!
"Where's that moss headed idiot gotten off to now?" Sanji asked Kakashi, "figures that directionless bastard would be missing when the ladies are in danger."
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"How the hell…" Zoro cursed scratching his head, looking around him as he stood atop the castle's roof, looking down at his comrades fighting hundreds of feet below him, "how the hell did I get up here?"
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Piccolo gripped his wrist as he glared at Debauchery. The Dark Saiyan continued to laugh maliciously at the injury he had inflicted on the Namekian. Finally, Piccolo let a chuckle of his own escape.
"I'll admit, you caught me off guard with that one. That hide of yours is quite a bit tougher then it was before," he admitted, "you even made a mess of my arm."
"I'll mess up far more then that before I'm finished," Debauchery declared, his crystal features forming a sadistic smile, "then once I'm done, I'll move on to your friends. I'm looking forward to taking my time deciding who dies and who I'll let live as one of my trophies!"
"Don't get ahead of yourself," Piccolo ordered, chuckling a bit. With a roar of exertion, he pulled on his arm, ripping the limb clean off just below the shoulder. He threw aside the useless appendage as a new one grew from the stump to replace it. He rubbed the new wrist and stretched the new arm.
"I guess that's… one way to deal with a broken wrist," Kakashi croaked squeamishly.
"I thought Deneve's rejuvenation abilities were impressive," Miria admitted, "but that was almost instantaneous!"
"Hmph, you don't think that was excessive?" Debauchery mocked, "your blood isn't going to come off the floors of my castle easily, you know."
"Heh, sorry about that, but it'd be more difficult to beat you with only one good arm," Piccolo gave a mocking apology.
"Beat me!?" Debauchery taunted, letting out a booming laugh at the idea, "how do you plan to do that when you can't even hurt me!?"
"Nothing's invincible. Even you have a weakness," Piccolo declared confidently, "I just have to find it and smash you into pieces."
"Is that what you think? Well, you're free to try. I'll enjoy letting you break against my defenses."
"You're all talk," Piccolo spat, resuming his fighting stance, "I'll shut you up for good. I wouldn't go expecting any mercy from me. I'm going to send you, one way, straight to Hell."
Piccolo didn't hesitate to start making good on his threat, charging the crystal encased Dark Saiyan. He landed a kick to Debauchery's neck, but he showed no signs that he even felt the attack!
"Is that all you can do?" Debauchery taunted, reaching to grab the leg. Piccolo moved to quickly, however, managing to evade the Dark Saiyan's grasp, firing two blasts of energy at his opponent as he retreated. Debauchery walked forward, tanking both blasts as if they were merely water balloons braking harmlessly against his shell. The blasts singed the crystal, but did no real damage.
"Alright, if that wasn't enough, let's try something with a bit more power," Piccolo suggested, holding his hands to form a diamond like shape in front of him, as Debauchery continued to advance towards his Namekian opponent. Powerful ki began to form an orb of energy in his hands as he glared angrily at Debauchery.
"LIGHT GRENADE!"
The blast Piccolo fired was as immense as it was powerful, slamming into then overwhelming the Dark Saiyan, hiding him in the powerful wave of ki!
Piccolo stood straight as he waited for the smoke to clear. Debauchery's laugh filled the room, shocking everyone present, including Piccolo, before the smoke fully cleared to reveal him still advancing towards Piccolo!
"That's… impossible!" Piccolo stuttered in disbelief, "not even a scratch!?
"Was that really all you could muster?" Debauchery taunted, laughing even harder at the sight of the Namekian's shocked expression, "that didn't even tickle!"
Suddenly, the Dark Saiyan darted forward, covering the final few feet between Piccolo and himself! The Namekian warrior had no chance to protect himself before Debauchery's fist struck under his chin with a savage uppercut, vicious and forceful enough to knock Piccolo dozens of feet into the air! He recovered from the blow enough to begin floating, shaking his head to try to clear the disorientation the strike had caused, but Debauchery gave him no chance to recover. In the blink of an eye, he was above Piccolo, bringing an overhead, two handed hammer blow down onto Piccolo's head.
This time, there was no recovery for Piccolo. He smashed into the crystal floor with enough force to create a crater in the hard crystal, in which Piccolo lay unmoving!
"Piccolo!" Goku cursed as Debauchery landed in front of the crater, his attention on Valeria, Fiona, and Karina.
"Do you really think you can escape, Queen of Lunaria?" he taunted, "surely you must prefer the fate you've endured at my hands to the death you'd suffer at the hands of my companions."
Fiona stepped forward so she was between her daughters and their foe. "Some fates are far worse then even a painful death, Debauchery," she declared firmly, "I would rather die then be chained here another moment for you to leer at!"
"Is that right?" Her captor retorted, beginning to approach her. Fiona felt her skin crawl as the Dark Saiyan of Lust eyed her still largely exposed figure, "well, I hardly care what you want." He vanished from sight, reappearing right in front of Fiona! Toshiro moved to attack but was easily batted away.
A spear of crystal emerged from his wrist and he placed the tip against Karina's throat!
"No!" Fiona shouted, "don't you…"
"Shut up! Listen carefully, Saiyan," Debauchery hissed, glaring at Goku, "you're going to stay right where you are, understand! You move so much as a finger and I'll spill every drop of blood in Princess Karina's body."
"Bastard…" Teresa coughed, trying and failing to rise.
"Don't think I've forgotten you. The crown jewel of Lunaria's royal family," Debauchery hissed at the ill princess.
"You won't get away with this, Dark Saiyan," Fiona hissed defiantly.
"You know what, I don't like your attitude, your highness," Debauchery hissed, his face mere centimeters from Fiona's, "I wonder how I should go about breaking that willfulness of yours. I suppose I could just brainwash you. That worked wonders on the Volcanion Swordswoman!"
"Do your worst. It won't change your fate," Fiona declared defiantly, "hostages can't protect you forever!"
"You're starting to get on my nerves, your highness. Do you really think you and your daughters can be saved? Don't make me laugh."
Goku saw his chance and rushed the Dark Saiyan, but Debauchery saw him coming!
"Fool! If you don't care what happens to these princesses then I guess their blood is on your… what!?"
Something wrapped around Debauchery's wrist, yanking the tip of his blade away from Karina's throat just as Goku, rather then attacking Debauchery, grabbed Fiona and Karina, pulling them away from the Dark Saiyan of Lust as Magician of Black Chaos did the same with Valeria!
A green, snake like appendage had wrapped itself around Debauchery, immobilizing the furious Dark Saiyan!
"I'll admit, I wasn't sure how I was going to keep you busy while I charged my attack, but fortunately, your hubris did the job for me," Piccolo's voice declared calmly from behind Debauchery. The Namekian's left arm was stretched out to ensnare Debauchery as he held his right middle and pointer fingers to his forehead!
"Fool! You already know nothing you throw at me can damage me! Why not simply stay down!?"
"Heh, I wouldn't count on that shell of yours protecting you this time," Piccolo retorted, "I warned you not to expect any mercy from me!"
"Do your worst! I will not break!"
"Wrong! Now DIE! SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!"
A drill like beam of energy exploded from Piccolo's fingertips as he pointed them at his foe! The beam hit home, striking Debauchery in the back before stopping, trying to push through the crystal shell
"I told you! You're wasting your time!"
Piccolo gave no response, but soon felt a surge of satisfaction when the beam cannon cracked and then pushed into the crystal shell!
"NOOO! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!" Debauchery cried in protest as the Special Beam Cannon broke through. His screams of pain and terror became unintelligible as the beam cannon ripped through his soft, vulnerable insides until reaching the crystal shell over his chest!
The crystal bulged outwards for several long seconds, then exploded. Shards of crystal and bone and a spray of blood blew out of Debauchery's chest as the Special Beam Cannon drilled out of him, striking the wall of his throne room before finally stopping.
Debauchery dropped to his knees, his empty eyes staring at the dark red, viscous blood flowing from a hole that pierced clean through where his heart and lungs should have been, seeming unable to comprehend exactly what had happened. Then he rocked and fell forward, his life extinguishing before his face hit the floor.
ENDING THEME: BACCHIKOI (Naruto Shippuden)