"Queen Beryl!" yelled Jadeite. "I found a new source of energy!"
"Nephrite, Zoisite, Kunzite," said Queen Beryl. "Where are you?"
The three stepped out of the crowd of Youmas from various locations.
"You rang?" asked Nephrite.
"Yes," said Queen Beryl. "Stand beside Jadeite. I want to see the Shitennou line-up."
They lined up, but Nephrite took the slot next to Kunzite, suggesting his rank above Zoisite.
"Hey, what is this?" said Zoisite. "This is not how we line up!"
"Sorry," said Nephrite. "But standing in this slot is my job. I have shoulder pads, young boy."
"What is this?!" said Zoisite. "Australian rules? Queen Beryl, aren't I the second highest ranking?!"
"No," said Beryl. "I remember on the Moon Kingdom raid, you were further back than Nephrite."
"That's subjective," said Zoisite. "I'm not as tall, so it just looked that way."
"Your face is subjective," said Nephrite.
"Woah!" said Kunzite. "Watch your words, boy!"
"If anything's subjective," said Jadeite. "It's if Queen Beryl is actually a queen. I've never heard of a queen working for another queen."
Queen Beryl narrowed her eyes. "See? This is why I had to do this."
"Do what?" asked Nephrite casually.
Suddenly a steel cage dropped over the four Shitennou, imprisoning some Youmas as well.
Somehow, Melvin, Motoki, Diana, Taiki's forehead, Gamer Joe, Grandpa, Shingle, Mr. Kitakata, Haruna-sensei, Motoki's sister, Yaten (base), and Molly, had all ended up in the cage as well, even though some of them weren't even there to begin with.
"Mully!" cried Nephrite. "Why are you in the Negaverse?!"
"I wasn't," said Mully. "But suddenly a red bubble came and took me. And I dropped here."
"Wow," said Jadeite. "I didn't know Beryl's powers expanded that far."
"Hey," said Zoisite. "One time I took Chiba and some human girl all the way from downtown Tokyo to the Starlight Tower."
"Hey," said Chiba. "We were right in front of the tower."
Chiba was also in the cage.
"Wrong," said Zoisite. "You were all the way down the street."
"You will now all fight," said Beryl. "I will only let the last survivor out of the cage."
"What the hell is this?!" said Nephrite, starting to get mad.
"Beryl, you've lost your marbles," said Zoisite. "I always knew you were missing a couple screws, but I didn't think you were this-"
Suddenly first blood occurred when Zoisite was socked by none other than Melvin, and that's when all hell broke loose.
Queen Beryl's throne room became a warzone, and no one was safe.
The Youmas that didn't get trapped in the cage all gathered around to spectate, but Beryl was having trouble seeing, so she made her ball glow and suddenly all the Youmas vanished.
Kenji pulled a lawn chair up next to Beryl's throne, and took out a bag of toast.
"This is gonna be good!" he said. "Who are you betting on? I'm not betting on Shingle."
"Mmm," said Beryl. "I hope Chiba survives. But sadly he has little hope, as I took away his power to transform. My guess is on either Kunzite or Grandpa, but the others might band together to eliminate the strong ones. If Taiki's forehead could gain enough room to throw one mighty headbutt, he could take out half the competition. But then he'd have to take his own life as the recoil would be immense."
"Mmm," said Kenji. "I'm glad I'm not in there. It looks like a warzone."
And it was.
Gamer Joe was slamming on the bars of the steel cage, trying to escape.
"Let me out!" he screamed. "I don't belong here!"
But that's when Yasha, the Youma, impaled him with its horns from the back.
"YAaaaAAAAAA!" screamed Joe, and then he died.
Yasha flung its head up, with Joe still in its horn, and then revved them, splattering blood everywhere.
"This is a nightmare!" cried Shingle, boosting his speed stat and trying to run the perimeter.
But a rogue Youma was hot on his tail.
But he kept running for dear life.
That's when three battles were blocking his path, and Shingle in a last ditch effort tried to scale the bars of the cage.
He didn't make it very high, and suddenly was no more.
Zoisite had his hand over his eyes, scanning the battlefield. "Where is he?" he said.
That's when he spotted his target, Motoki, and threw a beam right his way.
"Batter up!" he yelled.
Suddenly Motoki's sister pushed Motoki out of the way, and she took the hit.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed, as she flew with the beam into the walls of the cage.
"Are you okay?!" cried Motoki.
Somehow, Motoki's sister's clothes disintegrated.
"Ewww," said Zoisite. "How come that only happens when I do it to a girl? Is this some kind of fan service nonsense? I hate animes with fan service."
"Heh heh heh," said Grandpa. "Arigato, Zoisaito. Now I can go wild with this young unclothed female."
"Never!" cried Motoki. "You won't lay a hand on her! Someone loan my sister some clothes, she deserves to die with pride!"
Grandpa darted right for Motoki's sister, and Motoki held firm.
Grandpa was making crude gestures with his hands as he approached.
Motoki gulped, knowing his life was over, as the old man packed a punch.
He had no choice but to kill his sister.
"You're better off in the next world," said Motoki.
That's when Grandpa was furious, and threw a chop at Motoki, misaligning all his nerves.
He was crippled permanently, and Zoisite took advantage of the moment and sent a beam his way.
"Ah," said Zoisite. "All is right. Now I can die."
"Don't worry," said Kunzite. "I will protect you. I won't let that happen!"
He held out his arms, but suddenly Taiki's forehead threw his inevitable suicidal headbutt, diving right under Kunzite's arms.
He hit Zoisite, instantly obliterating him, and Kitakata as well who happened to be fist fighting Chiba behind him.
"Works for me," said Chiba, running away.
"You'll pay for that!" said Kunzite.
But the forehead, unwilling to suffer the recoil, had already taken its own life.
Diana was suddenly stepped on by a foot, but it was a miracle she had lasted as long as she did, outliving Zoisite, Motoki, and Motoki's sister, as well as Kitakata.
"Oh no!" cried Haruna-sensei. "Did I just fall on that tiny kitten?! Rip," she said.
Nephrite was dusting the floor with some Youmas, but suddenly Kunzite approached with misdirected bloodlust.
"Hey," said Nephrite. "What gives? I was gonna go after Zoisite, but some Youmas got in the way. But you can't be mad, since I didn't go after him yet."
"Zoisite is no more," said Kunzite.
"Darn," said Nephrite. "I would have liked to come to blows with him, but I don't know if I could outmaneuver his trickery. At least as long as this is a warzone, he would have just kept slipping into the crowd. Like Frost in the Tournament of Power."
Kunzite raised his hands, ready for battle.
He fired a blow, and Nephrite took to the air.
"Hey!" he said. "What is this?!"
"Face your demise like a man, you coward!" yelled Kunzite.
That's when Molly threw herself at Kunzite, throwing many blows. She landed a leaping kick on his head, using Melvin as a trampoline, but it didn't do much.
Nephrite managed to get away.
"Your sacrifice will be remembered," vowed Nephrite, knowing there was nothing he could do for Molly.
Molly got in her fighting stance, but Kunzite just scoffed.
"You're no match for the champion of the Negaverse!" said Kunzite.
But Molly knew that as much as he did.
"Wait," said Molly. "Let me say my last words."
"Alright," said Kunzite. "I may fire attacks at cats, but I'm no monster."
"I think you described the definition of the word," said Molly.
"Lame last words," said Kunzite.
That's when Molly threw her body, putting all her stats and energy into her back, which was coming at Kunzite as fast as she could fling her body.
But Kunzite sidestepped, and she collided with the hard ground.
She suffered so much recoil that she was sent into inhuman pain.
Kunzite disposed of her.
"Farewell," he said.
Meanwhile, Nephrite was running through the crowd, that was dwindling at a rapid pace.
He bumped into Jadeite, who was firing lightning at some Youmas.
"Ah!" said Jadeite. "If it isn't Nephrite. Is it time for battle? I've been practicing my move set, so be on guard!"
"No," said Nephrite. "We need to team up."
"Why?" said Jadeite. "We're all finished anyway."
"No," said Nephrite. "That's why we gotta team up. If we work together, one of us might be at least able to inflict some damage on Kunzite."
"Ah, good idea," said Jadeite. "Well let's get crack-o-lackin'! Maybe we can try to rally some feral Youmas, too."
"Good idea," said Nephrite. "They're easy to manipulate."
Yasha was still toying with Gamer Joe's corpse, like a cat who caught a mouse.
"Yasha," said Nephrite. "You must join our side, and attack Kunzite. You're gonna charge first, and although you'll die very quickly, it will cause a minor annoyance and put him off his game. So are you ready to charge blindly?"
"URRRRGHH!" yelled Yasha, charging for Nephrite.
She threw many jabs and karate chops, but Nephrite was keeping up with ease.
She swung her head, sending Gamer Joe's corpse right his way.
"Woah!" said Nephrite, dodging.
That's when Jadeite fired lightning, killing Yasha.
"Let's get some more civilized ones," said Jadeite. "Hopefully ones that can communicate with words."
Meanwhile, Melvin was on the ground, surrounded by several scraps consisting of Youmas blindly brawling it out.
"Alexa!" cried Melvin. "Are you there?!"
"Yes," said Alexa. "What do you need?"
"Some way out of this," said Melvin. "Alexa, how do I survive?"
"Hmmm," said Alexa. "Calculating."
"We don't have the time!" said Melvin, as a Youma's corpse was thrown his way, but it turned to dust as it collided with him.
"ALEXAAAA!" yelled Melvin.
"Well, your odds of winning this battle are next to nothing," explained Alexa. "I suggest a retreat."
"Good idea," said Melvin. "Alexa, take me home."
"Right," said Alexa. "Teleport commencing."
Melvin started glowing blue, and then he vanished into thin air.
When he opened his eyes, he was back in his room.
"Phew," he said, grabbing his waifu body pillow for comfort.
Meanwhile, back in the warzone, Kunzite was throwing Youmas aside like ragdolls.
"Why did this happen?" he said.
That's when Yaten (base), who was always a bold man, ran up and threw a punch Kunzite's way.
But Kunzite caught the fist.
"Who are you?" asked Kunzite. "I admit, that was a good blow. If I was anyone else, it would have worked."
"Grrrrr," grunted Yaten, as Kunzite then proceeded to put him to rest.
"YaaAAAAaAAaAAA!" yelled Yaten.
"Sad," said Chiba (base). "I would have liked to exchange blows with him."
That's when Kunzite spotted Chiba (base).
"YuwaaAAAAA!" said Chiba (base).
With no other choice, he got in his fighting stance.
But Kunzite took him down with a single flick of the wrist.
Mamoru hit the caged wall, and dropped to the ground.
But surprisingly, he stood up, as he survived hits from a Cardian in his base form.
"I'm not finished yet!" said Chiba. "Your problem has always been underestimating your opponents!"
Kunzite fired an invisible wave, but Chiba leapt out of the way.
Finally, Kunzite decided to put him down.
"Ridiculous," said Kunzite. "That guy's more trouble in his base form than in his Tuxedo form.
"WWaAAAA!" screamed Haruna-sensei, as she was torn to shreds by a random Youma that she had held her own against for longer than anyone would expect.
There were only a few fighters left, and Kenji was getting excited.
"As expected," said Beryl. "Kunzite got the most kills. But Grandpa's been laying low, like a large cat waiting to pounce."
"I think we've reached the finale," said Kenji.
Suddenly, Nephrite threw a kick right for Kunzite's neck, from behind in a sneak attack.
But Kunzite grabbed his leg, and threw him.
Nephrite landed on his feet, but stumbled back.
"I've never liked you!" yelled Nephrite.
"The feeling's mutual," said Kunzite.
He fired a mighty invisible wave, sending Nephrite for a loop.
Nephrite was thrown like a ragdoll, and sustained major damage.
Jadeite shot lightning from behind, angering the beast.
"Owww," said Kunzite.
"Shoot," said Jadeite. "I was hoping to land the killing blow."
Jadeite tried again, but Kunzite teleported around it like Jupiter's lightning, or perhaps he was moving at super speeds. It was unclear.
He appeared in front of Jadeite.
Jadeite tried one last time, but Kunzite absorbed the lightning and threw it back.
Jadeite was gone.
"Nooo," said Jadeite.
Nephrite ran up and threw a mighty punch, socking Kunzite right in the chops.
"Now you've done it!" said Kunzite.
He threw a punch into Nephrite's stomach, making Nephrite spit.
"Uurrrgghhh!" yelled Nephrite in agony.
He threw a leaping kick, but it was blocked.
They began exchanging blows at top speeds.
Some Youmas went rogue and tried to interfere with the fight, but they were disposed of.
They clashed for a bit, and each side threw many blows.
Nephrite was faring a lot better than he thought he would, but he was eventually put to a sad end when he received more blows than he could receive, without having delivered enough to take down his opponent.
"That's the end of him," said Kunzite. "I ended his story by writing his final chapter. And I cut off his final chapter without a cliffhanger."
"Now," said Kunzite. "Has anyone toppled that old man?"
It was hard to see in the sea of corpses, and there were still a few Youmas fighting to the death.
That's when Grandpa, who had been sitting in the corner charging up an attack the entire time, mustered all his divine energy that was latent in his body, along with borrowed energy from other realms. He was surrounded by a circle of Demon Begone strips, so no one could interrupt his charge that he had been charging up for the entire battle.
Suddenly he unleashed all his energy at once in an ultra mighty times 10 attack, that Kunzite had no way of protecting against or dodging in the steel cage.
"RaaAAAAA!" yelled Kunzite.
Kunzite put his cape over his face to try to protect himself, but sadly it was just a piece of cloth, and Kunzite was obliterated.
"Oooh!" said Beryl and Kenji in unison, as the whole room lit up.
Grandpa unfortunately, though, had used up far more power than he had available to use, and he died shortly after.
The Youma battles raged on like crazy dog fights, and after 20 minutes only one Youma was left.
Queen Beryl used her ball and destroyed the cage.
"You are our winner!" said Beryl. "Congrats! Although all you did was fight one Youma for 40 minutes. You rowdy beast."
"RRuuu?" yelled the Youma. "RUuuUHHH!" it suddenly screeched.
It ran on all fours right for Beryl, and then it did a mighty leap in the air, sending a chop right towards Kenji.
"HEEYY!" yelled Kenji. "What is this?!"
Beryl had no choice but to eliminate the Youma.
"That was close," said Kenji. "Thanks."
"No problem," said Beryl.
"So," said Kenji. "What was the point of that fight?"
"Just to see what would happen," said Beryl. "I'm not disappointed, but I wish the winner would have at least been a named Youma."
"Toast," said Kenji.
FIN
