Dragonball Z/Tenchi Muyo
Rebirth of Rage
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takes place after Vegeta becomes a Super Saiyan but before the Androids show up.
As for Tenchi, unless they create OAV 3, this takes place right after the OAV of
Tenchi.
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action/adventure and humor fanfic, and is rated 14A for language.
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Chapter 14 - Tenchi's Start, Tsunami's End
A flock of birds raced wildly across the sky, all going off in random directions. Two glowing white figures had cut directly through their formation, scattering them about. As they flapped aimlessly around, the two glowing silhouettes zipped across farther up the sky at sound-breaking speed.
Ryoko spat into the wind, "How far do you think he'll go? We've scoured this sector fairly well, and our ki levels have been high enough so that he could find us easily."
Tenchi straightened himself out so he could cut through the air better, "It's a good question, but when can you ever rely on an evil maniac like him? We don't even know he will show up here; it was just an estimate location."
Ryoko laughed in spite of herself, "Yeah, I guess you're right, hehe. Knowing Zyroko, HE will find us, not the other way around. Remember, he absorbed Piccolo, and has all of Piccolo's wisdom and intelligence. I didn't know the Namek as well as you did, but even so I felt a mystical prescience around him. Like he could think up a solution to any problem..."
Tenchi nodded, "Yes, you are right. I fear what foul acts Zyroko might commit with the kind of power Piccolo wielded."
Ryoko shot her eyes across the landscape, sweeping her pupils around in 180o intervals. She continued to scan the horizon as she spoke, "So what should we do? We can keep on looking for Kami knows how long...but when it gets down to it, sooner or later something has to be done. What are your thoughts?"
Tenchi sighed, and started to reply. But before he could utter a word, a strange sensation overcame him.
"...my....this is new... Ryoko! Around a 100 miles off in the north east direction, do you feel it? I just felt a burst of ki..."
*Boom!*
Off in the north eastern direction, a bright crimson red light ignited and bathed the landscape in fire color. Ryoko and Tenchi were far enough away such that none of the ki explosion physical harmed them, but the violent gusts of wind and loud *booms* were enough to grab their attention. Someone was blasting away at the earth...
*Boom!* *Boom!*
Again and again explosions rang out, and Ryoko gritted her teeth. "Damn! What does he think he's doing? I can sense population there...he's blowing away people! Just what the fu..."
Tenchi charged up, and shifted his course towards the source of the distant ki explosions. "Well, you said yourself Zyroko was smart enough to get our attention when he wanted it. Well he HAS IT NOW!"
Before Ryoko could respond, Tenchi fired off at full speed towards the target. Ryoko cursed herself for not telling Tenchi to be less brash, and took off after him.
"He most certainly does...I wonder what he has planned this time? Piccolo was no fool...and he's the last mind I would want to fight against..."
The two streaked across the crimson morning sky. Tenchi was in the lead, and showed every intention of doing one thing to Zyroko:
Destroy him.
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It was time.
Sasami yawned and crawled out of bed. She didn't exactly know why, but something was calling her. Even an early riser like her did not usually get up at the crack of dawn.
"Mmm...huh..." She rubbed her eyes and yawned. She opened up the door to the outside grounds of the shrine; the cool air might wake her up better.
A few dew drops misted their way down from the roof, splashing across Sasami's freckled face. She smiled, even in the most desperate of situations the Earth always had its ways of making everything seem special.
Perhaps that was why certain people choose a life to defend it... 'Wow!' she thought, 'what an honorable job that would be...'
Her bare feet walked smoothly across the grounds, the birds chirping in her wake. A few crickets sang their song off in the woods; the lake in front of her seemed so tranquil that the sky above shined within it like a mirror.
Strange how when something is threatened to be taken away...that's when you noticed and care about it the most. Oh, how Sasami yearned at that moment to do something...anything...to help protect these things. Nature had done so much to her...why could she not give something in return?
Sasami...
Sasami looked up; startled. She immediately realized she had no reason to. The little Jurain smiled, and walked over to a nearby puddle. Her feet scampered across the wet grass, and she kneeled at the water's edge.
She peered at it; looking at her own reflection. Staring back at her was the serene face of Tsunami, smiling prosperously as always.
Sasami smiled back, "Hi Tsunami! I knew it was you. Any particular reason you woke me up so early, yet had me go to bed so late?"
Tsunami nodded, her image in the water communicating right with Sasami.
Yes...because it is time. We must reunite like before...
Sasami was ecstatic, "Really?! That's great! It's really been long enough since last time?"
Yes. Though it will only be able to hold for a while, we can temporarily merge into one being. That way perhaps we truly can help all these things you have wanted to help.
"Oh, that sounds just wonderful! Last time we were only able to prevent those silly gems from getting into that silly doctor's silly hands...will we really do something this time?"
As much as is needed.
Sasami sat down, Indian style. "Okay, what do you want me to do?"
Tsunami closed her eyes, and reached forward, appearing as if her reflection would leap out of the puddle.
Close your eyes...think those happy, peaceful thoughts that just filled your head... Reach for my hand...
Sasami did so; trying to think of all she loved and cared for. Ayeka, Ryoko, the Son family, and all the others. The birds, the trees...insects, plants...water and air...all of the very Earth. She reached forward, at the same time her reflection (Tsunami) was reaching back.
The two hands brushed the surface at the same moment....
*Flash!*
A quiet, yet fantastic wave of light flashed out of the puddle, concealing both Sasami and Tsunami for a split second. The process did not take very long, and the light soon faded.
The figure of Tsunami, clad in her battle gi, with her once dormant goddess powers ready to go at a moment's notice, was kneeling where Sasami had been a while ago.
She stood; looking around the area that was the surrounding forests and fields of Yosho's shrine. Off in the distance, a bird chirped.
Tsunami spoke, her lips barely moving, "One doesn't need a reason to help nature and its people."
With that said, she rose up into the air, like a silent hawk. Her blue gi wavered in the air, her long hair hanging down her back. She narrowed her eyes, screening the horizon for the one thing that did stand in her way from peace...
She muttered, "Zyroko..."
She opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She could sense Zyroko actually on the Earth already! He was firing off several strong ki blasts in random directions. And she could pick up something else...something in the background of it all...
Human screams.
Hesitating no more, she shot off like an arrow, aimed directly at Zyroko. It would not take her too long to reach him, and she had no intention off dilly-dallying either.
**********
Washu rubbed her eyes, waking up from a quick nap. Even a super genius like herself needed a little rest every now and then.
She walked over into the main control room of her lab. The first thing she couldn't help but notice was Bulma in the main chair, her head titled back and snoring loudly.
Washu sighed, not everyone could have her work ethic, right?
The red head walked across the room, her footsteps echoing all over the silent lab. She plopped into a seat next to Bulma's, and just sat there for a moment.
"Sometimes," she spoke softly, "one must just relax."
She looked over at Bulma, resting peacefully. She couldn't help but smile. Strange how even the smallest things seemed so radiant these days. Was this the "karma" of the earth rubbing off of her?
*beep...beep...beep...*
A faint beeping sound began to arouse Washu's attention. What was it? She quickly cocked her head and looked all around the lab room. Mostly she labeled "things to beep" with a flashing red light....there!
On the computer, a lower-right hand light on the console was beeping in cycles. Ahh! The silent alarm! Some strange ki readings must be popping up around the Earth. Washu grinned at her ever so swift methods of deduction, and began typing away.
While she went at work, Bulma woke up, groggy. "Uhh...Washu...what time is it? What are you doing there...?"
Without turning, Washu said "Hello Bulma, nice morning to ya! I just got up myself, and happened to notice we have a silent alarm running here...3 strangely high powers are popping up!"
Bulma's attention was immediately grabbed, and she jumped up with a start. "What is it?"
A radar-like screen popped up. On it, 3 red dots glowed very brightly.
"In 3 different locations of the Earth, something. or someone, has set off very high amounts of ki waves. VERY high, by the looks of it. Let's see who it is..."
She pressed some buttons, and one of the red dots on the radar flashed and enlarged. A TV window opened up on the computer screen, and showed the image of Ryoko and Tenchi flying in the sky. Both were stern faced, with their auras burning brightly around their outlines.
Washu nodded, "That's too be expected. Looks like they really did make it out of the Shunga...and hey! They both look stronger than ever...I wonder...oh, we can just ask them when they return. Let's see what dot this one is..."
Another one of the strong sources of ki on the radar popped up, and Bulma and Washu observed the graceful Tsunami speeding across the ground. She was moving as fast as Tenchi and Ryoko were, and she had that same look of dread and determination.
Washu scratched her head, "I wonder what's eating her up as well? Everyone seems to be in a big rush...and look at this! It seems that both Tsunami and Tenchi/Ryoko are all headed for the same point!"
Bulma tapped against the 3rd point that had sensed a high power level, "Right here...I doubt it's just a coincidence that that's the location of out 3rd high ki level?"
Washu began enlarging that image, "I agree...I wonder who this one is?"
The image came up, but at first neither Bulma nor Washu could discern what was happening.
A man was being held by his leg, dangling down towards the ground. Whomever was holding him, had his back turned to the picture capture location. The man was yelling something, a look of pure fear on his face. A shadow crossed over his body, the shape of a much larger, more muscular hand...it appeared that the other arm was holding him down...
Bulma saw the hand twitch, and within a fraction of a second a thin, ki shot was fired.
Bulma stared wide eyed, "Oh my dear god..."
Washu shook in terror, "No....it, can't be..."
The ki shot, as thin as it had been, had passed directly through the dangling man. A large hole was in his chest, blood and organs dripping down like rain. The man's still-beating heart flopped onto the ground, pumping out gushes of blood all over the ground. The mangled body dropped to the ground, and the killer finally emerged so that they could see.
Standing there, in full view, body washed in blood....
Zyroko.
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A loud thump rang out among the town as the dead body hit the ground. Women grasped their children, trying to hide them from the gruesome site. Men stood back, appalled and seeking action. Yet none could dare step up to the menace that was killing them off, one by one.
Zyroko could not help but laugh, "My word...hahah!!!! You humans sure do have fragile bodies, no?"
He shot an evil grin to the surrounding cordon of people. So far half the town had been wiped out by similar methods, and Zyroko knew it was fated to go the same way he had done to the previous 13 villages. In his wake 13 other towns had had their populations cut down. Lucky 14 was being done now.
Zyroko shrugged, "You see, I'm just buying my time here folks. So sorry to put you through this...really."
Moving like lightning, he teleported out from the center of the square, and reappeared in the crowd of people. He snatched up another young man in his vice like grip, his head completely covered by Zyroko's giant hand.
Zyroko zanzokenned back in the center, the people cowered all about him, too terrified to move. Zyroko held the writhing human without fail. The man was no older than a kid, and he tried with all his might to wrest out of Zyroko's grip. His feet made fruitless kicks against Zyroko's chest.
"I guess you're next, eh?"
The man yelled through tears, "Please! I beg off you. don't kill me. I have a family, you can no..."
*Crunch!*
The man's skull was crushed under Zyroko's hand, brains and blood seeping out in-between his fingers. A few spirts of the stuff squirted into the air, landing on the ground. A loud gasp of horror rang out among the town members. Zyroko let the now decapitated body fall to the ground, and peered at his fingers.
"You know...I always did want to try new and interesting things..."
He brought his fingers up to his mouth, and one by one licked off the pieces of brain and dripping blood. "Hannibal the cannibal, heard of him right? Perhaps you could call me his next-in-line...ehhehehahhaha!!!"
Zyroko's laugh was so cold and evil; it pierced the very hearts of every man and woman standing. There was not one of the people there that wouldn't love to see Zyroko's head on a stick...even some of the little children. Zyroko certainly had his way of spreading misery and hate to people.
Six of the older, stronger townsfolk stepped forward. One spoke up, "You fiend! How dare you drop in on us and just...slaughter us! I won't let you continue!!"
Another, shorter one responded, "Neither will I! Monster!!!!"
Brandishing a colt .38, the man began firing several rounds at Zyroko. The bullets zipped through the air at an incredible rate, giving out loud bangs with each shot. A trail of smoke exited the barrel with each shot. He was only a few yards away, so each shot hit with extreme accuracy. The speedy pieces of metal ricocheted off of Zyroko's head, and were becoming thoroughly annoying. But so far no damage was done at all.
*click* *click*
The man was out of bullets, and he quickly snapped the chamber open. Letting the spent shells fall, he put in his last bullet.
"This one is for all those you've killed! My own custom diamond made tip! BOUNCE THIS ONE OFF OF YOUR DAMN HIDE!!!"
*BANG!!!*
The chamber snapped back, smoke blasting into the gunman's face. The bullet raced towards its target, Zyroko's ugly mug.
With absolutely flawless speed, Zyroko shot his hand up and caught the bullet. He grinned as he heard all of the people begin to moan and cower. Rolling the bullet between his fingers, Zyroko mocked the pitiful attempts of the gunman and his friends.
"You FOOLS!! Hey you! I believe this is yours!"
He placed the bullet between his thumb and index fingers, and with power no gun on the face of the Earth could possibly ever hold, flicked the bullet back at the gunman.
Racing nearly a couple of thousand times more faster than the gun fired, the gunman could not even think as the bullet burrowed in his skull and shot out the other side.
Blood dripped down his face, and he slumped to the ground. The other five men gasped in shock, and Zyroko took it upon himself to bring an end to the 'rebellion.'
Raising his open palm towards the still-shocked five, he gather ki at each of his fingers and thumbs. A small pinpoint of condensed energy collected at each tip, and before a single person could recover from their friend's demise...the 5 ki balls shot off.
*Bam!* *Pow!* *Boom!* *Zap!* *Kapow!*
Each ki shot nailed each of the five men, some in the head, some in the chest, and others in some unnamed regions. They fell to the earth, lifeless.
A little girl, no older than 3 or 4, came running out to one of the downed men. "Daddy! No! Don't die..."
She tried shaking the limp body of the man who had done the shooting, with no response. Tears ran down her cheeks, and she buried her face in her father's cloths. Zyroko saw this, and decided he'd buy some more time with some fun.
Zyroko got up and walked over to the girl. She looked up, her face tear stained. Seeing Zyroko come made her start to cower away, but Zyroko quickly sped up and grabbed her by the arm.
She squirmed and tried to get out of his grasp, but it was to no avail. Zyroko sat down next to the man's dead body. He placed the girl on his knee, and began to smirk as he laughed mockingly to the girl.
"Ahhh...something wrong my dear? You really shouldn't be you know, have your whole life ahead of you. Don't think of me as such a bad guy...here! How about you and me have a little drink to our new friendship!"
Zyroko grabbed the bloodied head of the man, and with a quick, deft twist he pulled the head clear off the neck. Blood began to rapidly pour down his arm, so Zyroko began twisting the mangled flesh of the neck so it stopped.
He brought the head over his own, and opened his mouth wide. He loosened his grip a bit, and allowed a thin trickle of blood pour down into his open mouth. He let it run for a few more seconds, then closed up the neck again. Zyroko smacked his lips and licked his fingers.
"Mmmm...has that zangy taste I just LOVE. Now girl....it's your turn!"
The little girt tried desperately to get away, but Zyroko's iron hands were able to easily hold her back.
"What's wrong...you don't want to have a nice, warm drink with me now? It's a bit late for that! My word! What poor manners, hygahahhahh!!!"
He grabbed her by her neck, and forced her jaws open. With his other hand, he tilted the head down towards her.
A thin stream of blood began flowing down into her mouth, but also spattering all over her face and cloths.
"Drink...drink...don't you think your father's blood is so rich? You know the human head has nearly one quart of blood in it...why don't you be a jewel and drink it ALL!"
The girl tried to get away, to close her mouth, to do anything. But all she could do is cry through her sobbing eyes. Some of the townsfolk's began to get ancy again, and one brave soul even leapt forward yelling.
He shook a fist at Zyroko, "Hey you! You leave her alone NOW! I don't care if you can catch bullets...you better stop right no...!!!?"
*Zooooooozap!!*
Using lightning quick reflexes, Zyroko extended one finger at the man and shot a quick, thin ki blast directly at his head. The man fell to the ground, his soul leaving it. A thin, bloody hole was present all the way through his skull. Zyroko laughed, and yelled at the humans.
"Hahahhahahahh!! Does anyone else care to try to be a hero today? In case you didn't notice I'm having a nice, drink with this little girl here..."
The girl was getting so grossed out, that she was beginning to faint. The blood from her father's head was flowing too rapidly, and soon her mouth was beginning to get overflowed. She tried sputtering it out, but it just kept on coming.
She gave one final cough, and fell silent. Drowning in her own father's blood. Zyroko let both the girl and the man's head go, kicking them away like broken toys. The very feel of human suffering made Zyroko just tingle all the way over...but wait, what was that? Something's coming my way, he thought.
Zyroko looked at the sky. He could sense 3 persons coming at his positions, but they were still fairly far off. Two of them would reach him faster. After recognizing who they were, Zyroko smiled.
"Ahh, at last...some more challenging competition. It appears, however, that they are not taking me as seriously as they could be! Come on Ryoko! Tenchi! I know you can travel faster than that...what's wrong? Need some more...motivation..."
Zyroko shot his left arm out and fired a thin beam out in the crowd. A young woman, holding her child, was struck by the beam. Entering in through the child's head, and exiting out the woman's back...it was done in a second.
Two more lives were claimed by Zyroko.
**********
Tenchi began feeling tears of hate run down his cheeks.
"Th-that bastard!! Did you feel that?"
Ryoko nodded glumly, "A mother and her child...how horrible..."
Electric sparks danced off of Tenchi's body; his ki rising higher and higher.
"This will NOT go on!! Zyroko's web of destruction ENDS NOW!!!!!"
Tears running down his face, Tenchi shot off at full speed and full power. Ryoko had to pause to hold up her arms over her face; as Tenchi shot forward a powerful gust of wind fired back at her with his backlash.
Ryoko shook her head, swore under her breath, and flew off to try to catch up. Tenchi's rage could be the end of them all.
**********
Zyroko at last was content. Ryoko and Tenchi's ki signatures were now very close. He floated up to the sky, impatient as always. He drew his arms up in a pout, tapping his right index finger against his left arm.
Zyroko spat down to the burning village below, "Damn, even when they hurry they still take forever. My reign of perfection won't be much fun if no one ever rushes to fight..."
Off in the horizon, two specks sparkled for a brief moment. Both warriors were rapidly approaching. It wouldn't be long...in fact...
Tenchi burst into view, directly in front of Zyroko. Zyroko had to take a step back in slight shock. He had come in so swiftly that it was if he had just appeared. Tenchi was not too happy at all. His body was tense and rigid. Zyroko noticed that he looked quite a bit different from their last battle...
Tenchi now wore a tight battle gi similar to Ryoko's, only the arms were black and the inside was blue. His hair was longer, looking as if it just recently had an attempt of an haircut. His total body was much larger; his muscles more toned and pumped full of ki. Behind Tenchi, Ryoko flew into view as well. She too, had changed. Her Body much more enhanced like Tenchi's. It looked as if both of them had gone through extensive training in a short time...
Zyroko was immediately pleased. Perhaps the wait was well worth it.
"Ahhh...it has been so long, hasn't it Tenchi-chan?"
Tenchi squeezed his hands together in tight fists, "Shut up! I don't need to hear your senseless babble! It has taken a long time, much longer than you could understand...but I am ready."
Zyroko mocked him, "Ready? For what? To have your balls crushed again? I do see you seem to have 'regained' them, hahah!"
Tenchi was getting enraged, "That doesn't matter...I sensed you releasing massive amounts of ki waves around here. I even was able to pick up the individual lives being flushed away by your berserked attacks....what have you done?!"
Zyroko grinned and made a sweeping motion with his arms, "Well, waiting for you was such a bore. I was always the impatient type, you know? I thought I might pass the time playing with a few humans...do you know how little force is needed to snap a person in half? It's incredible..."
Tenchi was beginning to get veins popping up around his forehead, "So you killed them all?"
Zyroko smiled his crooked, evil smile, "Well, if you want to call my playtime 'killing'...let's just say that 13 towns in this area were my playgrounds. Too bad those playgrounds are now all broken..."
Tenchi could take it no more, "You heartless...FIEND!! Even though we were coming to take you on, you just HAD to go on destroy innocent, uninvolved lives...what the hell is wrong with you?!"
Zyroko opened up his palm and let it face the town on the ground below, "You mean this type of thing gets you..."
Before either Tenchi or Ryoko could react, a tiny ball of energy gathered up in Zyroko's hand. Summoning up some quick stores of ki, Zyroko let a ki beam fly. The yellow beam sailed downwards at an incredible pace. Tenchi could only gasp in horror as he saw it head straight for the center of the town below...
*KABOOM!!!*
Radiating out from the epicenter, Zyroko's blast quickly engulfed everything and all things within the town. Houses bent and swayed, eventually toppling over as fire blazed over them. People ran around screaming, they're bodies disintegrating before their very eyes. The dome shaped explosion spread quickly, and in a moment's notice it was all over.
Ryoko took her arms away from her face; the light had been so bright she had to turn away. As she looked down again, she almost wished she hadn't uncovered her eyes.
The smoke was already clear, and where the town was, a gigantic crater now stood. The wind blew across the now desolate landscape. Where once was life, a dessert now was present.
Zyroko spoke, ".....angry?"
Tenchi was too shocked to say anything. He could only stare in wide eyed horror at the destruction below him.
Zyroko smiled, "I guess that makes 14 out of 14 gone, eh?"
Tenchi bunched his hands into tight fists. This was it. No turning back. No more holding back. Tenchi slowly turned towards Zyroko, his eyes fuming with hatred.
"You....bastard....how much longer do you think you can get away with this? I am putting a stop to this here and NOW!"
Zyroko grinned, "Hehe, I assume you plan on doing that yourself, eh? I guess you didn't learn much from out previous battle...but oh well. I always liked a battle here and there. Nice warm up yet again for the prelude to my ultimation. So...you want to get started?"
Tenchi, for the first time since leaving the Room of Spirit and Time, smiled. "But of course."
Tenchi spread his arms and legs out wide. His mouth opened up, and a long, powering-up scream began to emit itself from his lungs.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH....."
All around, the forces were beginning to pick up. The wind howled all around the three fighters. Tenchi hair rose up on end; veins popping out all around his muscle bound body. Below, trees began leaving their root, rising up towards the sky. Pebbles and loose rock bounced all across the ground. Clouds began to pick up speed and race by. Tenchi was getting ready to go all out.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Earthquakes began rumbling across the land. Tenchi's entire body was now reaching his pinnacle. As his power grew, electric bolts began sparking off of his arms and legs. His white aura exploded out; the fire burning all around his body. Within the flames, Zyroko could plainly see the 3 LightHawk wings. But for some reason Tenchi was not converting them into matter, like he did before....interesting, though Zyroko.
The symbol on Tenchi's forehead began to glow. His arms began to bulge and sway with power. Tenchi was at full force now, and he intended to use it against the one thing keeping him from peace.
He screamed out at the top of his lungs, "ZYROKO!!! NOW YOU DIE!!!!!!"
Tenchi threw his arms and legs out as hard and far as he could. His entire aura exploded in a brilliant white light. For hundreds of miles around, everything bathed in the blinding flash.
Zyroko had to turn away for a moment, "My my...you certainly have improved. Very much so since last time..."
The flash dissipated, and Zyroko looked back at his opponent. Tenchi was at full strength, standing steadfast within his white aura. Electricity ran all around his body, as if he were Super Saiyan level 2 (Not that any character is at that point anyways in either anime ^_^). His muscles were vastly increased in size and tone. Veins were visible throughout his entire body. On his face, those same, hating eyes pierced right through Zyroko.
Zyroko shook his head a bit. How could the boy get the better of him just by looking? Nothing has changed just because his ki has increased a bit...
Zyroko brushed off some dirt from his face, "Boy, I hope you don't still believe you can win this. No, I take that back, I DO hope you think you can. Because then it will all that more pleasing to see that look of anguish and terror on your face when....well, you'll find out."
Tenchi did not back down one bit, "You sure do like to hear yourself talk. I think it's high time you SHUT it and got serious. I will not go easy on this time. I am not the Tenchi you knew."
Zyroko didn't reply, that much he could agree with the boy. He certainly had changed, and it seemed he would be slightly more difficult to bring down. But then...there's only one way to find out. Just the mere thought of it brought tingles of joy to Zyroko. Finally, a chance to test out what he was really made of!
Zyroko motioned for Tenchi to bring it on, "Come on boy! At this rate I'll see you make a move next year!"
Tenchi closed his eyes, "As you wish."
*BOOM!*
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Tsunami was growing impatient. Just recently several ki levels had risen, fallen, risen, fallen, and so on. And what she thought was Zyroko...now appeared to be matched by yet another high power level.
"What is happening? I don't like the look or feel of this at all!"
She streamlined her body, making quick haste towards the battle site. Perhaps, if she could make it in time...casualties might be avoided.
Oh how Tsunami would've made herself go faster...if she had known...
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A silent air was all around the fighters. No one spoke for several moments.
Zyroko heard the sound much later than the actually blow connecting, and as he realized in slow motion what had happened, he looked down.
Tenchi's fist was buried deep in Zyroko's stomach. How had that boy moved so fast? Zyroko tried to talk, but instead of words deep red blood came gushing out.
"*Cough!* BLEAHHAA!! *Cough!* *Cough!* How...*Cough* did you...do that?"
Tenchi let his fist go, and exited Zyroko. Zyroko involuntarily grabbed at the wounded area, and was shocked to feel wetness there.
Blood.
His own blood...bleeding!
Zyroko spat out the rest of the blood in his mouth, and began to concentrate on easing the stomach wound. Within moments he had his full attention to the open gash, and soon his Namek DNA began to kick in.
The wound began to sputter and moan, and in no time at all it shrunk smaller and smaller. The red cloth of Yamcha's vest began changing too, closing up the rip caused by Tenchi's fist. In no time at all Zyroko was fully healed, and the expression on his face told Tenchi that he was not going to let another cheap shot like that happen again.
Zyroko wiped the blood from his mouth, "I am impressed! Even I did not follow your movements too well...you have vastly improved. How you did, I'll ask to your cold, dead body. For now I'll just settle with beating you to a pulp!"
Zyroko took off after Tenchi, responding with his own blinding speed. Tenchi was able to see the attack coming, so he zanzokenned in the nick of time. Zyroko felt his fist hitting air, so he zanzokenned as well.
*BAM!*
Ryoko spun around, to see a white flash appear accompanied by a loud bang. It lasted but a split second...man! Those two are fast, she thought.
*KAPOW!*
It happened again, this time to her upper left. Zyroko and Tenchi were jumping all over the place, and when they did impact a loud bang and flash ensued.
Zyroko made a wild kick at Tenchi, who deftly blocked it and parried with his own right jab. With a reverberating *THUD!* Zyroko's head snapped backwards. Particles of spit and blood floating around in slow motion around Zyroko's face, and with a menacing sneer Zyroko lunged back at Tenchi.
Tenchi gasped in pain as Zyroko's knee buried deep in him. Wasting no time for Tenchi to recover, Zyroko grabbed Tenchi by one of his arms, and promptly began spinning around.
Faster and faster he went, swinging Tenchi around at a blistering rate. Tenchi saw only blurs in his vision, and when the timing was just right, Zyroko let Tenchi fly. Sailing down like a human cannonball, Tenchi could not help but gasp a bit of air before his body forcefully connected with the ground.
*BOOM!!!*
Ryoko was nervous. Had their training been for not? She scanned all over the wreckage, trying to pick up Tenchi's ki signature. No way he would be dead already... The smoke and dust around the impact area was immense, she thought that she would never see it all clear. But as it did, she began to happily sense Tenchi's ki signature. But it was not within the area he had landed...
Zyroko smiled, perhaps this kid was not so amazing after all. He paused from his looking when he heard a slight sound from behind. Zyroko turned to see...
*BANG!*
Tenchi appeared out of nowhere and delivered a fast, hard left cross to Zyroko's face. Zyroko was totally caught off guard by the surprise attack and went unchecked towards the ground. Tenchi had other plans, however, and zanzokenned out of the air.
Around 50 feet prior hitting the ground, Tenchi zanzoknned back in from of Zyroko's path. Aligning himself up, Tenchi prepared a fast kick. He brought his right leg back, and cocked his foot for maximum damage.
Zyroko was nearly on top of him, and Tenchi let the leg sail high and wide. With a trembling *POW!* Tenchi's leg connected right with Zyroko's jaw, not only causing damage but sending Zyroko back in the OPPOSITE direction...directly up!
Zyroko was still shocked, but his senses were returning quickly. As he flew upwards, he was able to pick up Tenchi reappearing above him. Making as little moves as possible, as not to give away his intentions, Zyroko bunched up his right fist, preparing to thrust his arm upwards.
Tenchi saw Zyroko coming back up, and prepared for another hard kick to send the titan spiraling back to the ground. Zyroko was nearly at Tenchi's place, so Tenchi brought his leg back to kick...
*KAPOW!*
Zyroko's fist nailed Tenchi directly in the gut, and Tenchi had to cancel his brief attack. He opened his eyes wide in pain, causing Zyroko to snap back full consciousness, full of glee.
Zyroko laughed as he quickly brought out his fist and prepared another hit, "Hahahha! I must commend your efforts BOY!!!"
*BAM!* *POW!*
Tenchi was hit several times in a row; Zyroko's barrage of kicks and punches connecting with severe and deadly accuracy. Through one open eye, Tenchi began to stomach the pain and look for an opening to bounce back in the fight.
Zyroko delivered a fast side chop to his sides, followed by a sharp uppercut with his left arm. Tenchi thought he might be able to get an attack in his lower abdomen, but Zyroko must have seen the opening and quickly brought his legs up for a twin kick to Tenchi's chest.
"UMPH!" Tenchi grunted as he flipped over in the air, the momentum from Zyroko's kick carrying over.
Tenchi charged up and decided to go all out, "Listen! I didn't train for nothing!!"
Tenchi was not fighting back, meeting each punch and kick of Zyroko with his own. The ground underneath them began to crack and sputter, despite the rather large distance between it and the aerial battle taking place.
Tenchi decided to pull out one of his special moves, but he needed an opening to get it out. He blocked one of Zyroko's kicks with his own leg, and seeing his chance quickly thrust his arms forward. A stronger burst of ki waves were fired out right at Zyroko, causing some strong wind to push him backwards. Tenchi saw his chance, and soared upwards to the sky.
Zyroko shook his head to regain his senses, and saw Tenchi flying up.
Zyroko laughed, "You think you can get away that easily?!"
Zyroko thrust his hands forward, gathering ki up for a quick barrage of beams.
"Renzokou-Ha!!!"
Out of his hands, hundreds of thousands of small ki waves were fired. The glowing, seething orange ki beams sailed towards Tenchi like demons. Tenchi saw them coming, and deftly dodged the first couple. But Zyroko did not let up, and continued to keep on firing the little suckers. One burst of the beams had gone up to the side, and was now approaching Tenchi rapidly from his flank. Zyroko smiled as he saw them near his opponent. Tenchi could not dodge those.
Tenchi was busy jumping around one of the blasts, when he sensed the ki beams coming at his sides. He slightly turned his head so that he could see. There were three of them, and there was no way he could dodge in time...
Zyroko burst out laughing, "Buwahhahahhah!!! DIE!!!"
*Kapow!*
Just as one blast looked as if it were going to hit Tenchi square on, a shiny, transparent bit of space appeared to come in front of the beam. It sailed directly through it, but as it did so the beam immediately broke apart and became harmless. Zyroko had to look twice to see what it was.
"Th, the LightHawk wings!"
Indeed, the transparent from of one of Tenchi's LightHawk wings floated in the air in front of him. As the other two beams sailed closer, the other two wings popped up and absorbed them as well, turning them into harmless energy. Zyroko stopped firing his beams, and starred with a sense of hatred at Tenchi.
"Quite resourceful...I was wondering why you never converted your wings into armor."
Tenchi nodded in ascent, "Quite correct. Both Ryoko and I realized that armor or weapons would do us no good in a fight with you. We'd be better off just leaving theme nearby, available. That way...they can become useful in a pinch as you just observed."
Zyroko was pleased, "Finally it seems I've found myself a decent opponent. So far no one has been putting up a good fight...now that I at least have my Namek cells complemented."
Tenchi angrily yelled down at him, "You mean 'stolen,' right?!"
Zyroko scorned Tenchi's anger, "Oh? I see you were a bit attached to Piccolo, weren't you? Awww...it seems to sweet to see people grow together so well...then to see the fear and sorrow when they are ripped apart."
Tenchi pointed down at Zyroko, "Silence! Your days of demoralizing my anguish stop now! No more will you cause harm to this planet! I think it's high time you jumped off this mortal coil."
Tenchi brought his hands together; his arms outstretched and locked at the elbows. The 3 LightHawk Wings began to resonate and glow, and their positions began to shift and move. A single, glowing ki point appeared in front of Tenchi's hands. At first one LightHawk wing moved and connected to the point, and afterwards so did the next wing, and the next.
Soon all 3 wings were connected together by a central point. Tenchi grabbed the energy contraption at the center, the 3 wings sticking outwards from the central point.
"I call this a 3-Point LightHawk Wing Shuriken...or something to that extent. I hope you're fast enough to keep up with THIS!!"
With a mighty heave, Tenchi let loose the shuriken go. It immediately began to pick up speed and spin fast enough that the 3 LightHawk Wings were blurred together. Tenchi was now using his LightHawk wings as if they were a Kienzan. And like the Kienzan, Tenchi's LightHawk Shuriken could cut through anything.
Zyroko easily saw the Shuriken coming, and dodged out of its way. With a loud *VRRRROOOM* the Shuriken whizzed past Zyroko, causing an aftermath of wind to rush past him. With its incredible speed, it took no time at all before the shuriken entered the ground, slicing right into it.
Zyroko adjusted his black hair, and looked back up to Tenchi, "Over already? I never did see a Jurain who could hit the broad side of a barn."
Tenchi smiled, "Baka...just wait, it's not over yet!"
Zyroko could barely hear Tenchi's words, but his thoughts were interrupted by a buzzing sound behind him.
The LightHawk Shuriken came bursting out of the ground, at full speed once again. Zyroko snapped himself around.
"What?!" With no time at all to spare, Zyroko zanzokenned out of the flight path of the shuriken. The Shuriken rose up to Tenchi's level, where it rested right above Tenchi's outstretched palm.
Tenchi laughed as he prepared to heave the shuriken once again, "Who's scared now? I can do much more than simply throw it around. Controlling it is not a problem at all!"
Zyroko was about to say something in reply, but realized his energies would be better spent aware of what Tenchi was going to do with his new weapon. Tenchi saw that his tactic was having some success, and let the shuriken fly once more.
*Bbbbbbbzzzzzzzzz!!!*
With the exact same sound as the Kienzan, the shuriken race towards Zyroko. Zyroko jumped out of the way, making his body move up and to the left. With a simple twist of his fingers, Tenchi made the Kienzan give pursuit. Zyroko jumped back and forth; up and down and all around. Wherever he went, the shuriken followed.
Zyroko swore at his own inability to out maneuver the damn disk, "Damn it...this thing is more agile than I thought..."
Zyroko had his front facing the spinning shuriken, and was moving backwards. That way he thought that he could not only see where Tenchi would make the disk go, but also be moving away from it at the same time. All was fine, until quite unexpectingly the shuriken disappeared! Out of the blue, the spinning mass of LightHawk wings vanished before Zyroko's eyes, as if it had zanzokenned.
Zyroko immediately stopped and turn his head towards the sky, searching for the Shuriken. He looked up, down, to his left, right. No where could he see or sense it...
Zyroko yelled up at Tenchi, "Okay boy, what are you trying to pull her...."
His speech was cut right off, as a loud buzzing sound all of a sudden seemed to sound out all around him. Zyroko spun around, to see what it was, but by that time it was already too late.
*BzzzzzzzzzzzZAP!!*
The Shuriken, as if it had just plain come out of no where, came up and sliced directly through Zyroko. It zipped through him so fast, that it took a few seconds for Zyroko to actually register it. Zyroko looked down, horrified at his left side.
Ryoko looked on, trying to see what was happening. At first, nothing seemed to be happening. Then, a thin, barely visible red line of blood appeared on Zyroko's flesh. It started up at his left shoulder, and seemed to actually soak through his cloths. She knew what it was at once: blood.
Zyroko gasped in shock, "You. you...cut me in half! Again!"
Indeed, it started slowly, and then Zyroko's entire lower half began to slide down. It paused for a moment, and fell. From his left shoulder to the right side of his waist, Zyroko's body was split in two. Cords and lengths of intestines and other bodily organs hung down like in a meat locker. Blood seeped down like a waterfall. Zyroko's lower half plunged towards the earth.
Zyroko didn't know what to say, he just floated their, his teeth gritting in pain. Tenchi laughed as the shuriken returned to his ownership, hovering over his hands. Tenchi let the LightHawk wings stop spinning, and then let them dissipate into the air.
"My my...deja vu, eh?"
**********
Bulma whooped into the open air, "YAHOO!!! Look at that! Tenchi has him BEAT!!"
Washu nodded in her chair, "It does seem like Zyroko is no match for Tenchi now. I wonder how this fight will continue..."
Bulma sat back, "It looks like we may not have to use your back-up plans after all. I don't think that Zyroko..."
Washu motioned Bulma to be quiet, "Shh...wait a second, if Zyroko really wanted to...that would ..hmm...OH NO!!"
Washu started typing away, leaving Bulma bewildered, "What is it Washu? What's going on?"
Washu pushed a few buttons, and red flashes popped up all over the computer screen, "Damn! This is not good...no transmitters are close enough to be able to get in direct contact with Tenchi. Bulma, look at Zyroko. He looks like he's in an incredible amount of pain, right? AND he looks absolutely frightened. But why should he be? That wound is nothing to him."
Bulma bit her lip, "Why not? You're not saying that the..."
Washu didn't even need to turn to answer Bulma's question, "The Namek Genes. Zyroko should be easily able to regenerate that. But he ISN'T. Which means he's playing the fool for Tenchi, conning him. We know that if Tenchi were to be absorbed, not only would Zyroko gain the necessary Jurain genes, but he would also cancel out Yamcha's human genes. That would help pave the way for his Ultimation."
Bulma pounded the chair arm, "Shoot! Is there anyway to tell Tenchi? He has to know this! I think he's too overconfident now to even notice something like this..."
Washu frowned, "Exactly..."
**********
Zyroko was angry by the looks of it. VERY angry. His body was falling apart, pieces of many organs were falling to the Earth. His blood flowed down like an endless sea of red.
Tenchi yelled down to him, "I hope that right now, at this very moment, you are experiencing true fear..."
A few tears ran down Tenchi's cheeks, "Like the type of fear you made those innocent people feel in those towns. This is your recompense, Zyroko!"
Zyroko bunched up his right fist, and would have done the same to the left arm if he had one. Blood was flowing down out of his mouth, nose, ears, and even eyes. Tears of blood were cutting rivulets down his cheeks. But Zyroko did not say one word at any time. He just floated there, looking angry.
Finally, Zyroko decided to do something about it. He closed his eyes, and opened up his mind, concentrating. A low, rumbling sound emitted from his throat, like he was chanting something.
What little veins he had left on his upper body popped out, his muscles began to tighten up. The blood flowing down to the Earth slowed a bit, and then seemed to stop. His intestines and other organs hanging downwards seemed to take on a life of its own. They began to actually shudder and squirm around, crawling back into his body cavity. The blood pouring out of his mouth and nose had one final spurt, before subsiding as well.
Tenchi had to really look for a few moments, before realizing what Zyroko was going to do next. "....OH NO! He can't...not with an injury that bad....darn it!"
Tenchi bunched up his fists, and turned away. He didn't need to see what Zyroko was doing to believe it. Zyroko's wound was now all bunched up, the skin actually beginning to come together. Zyroko screamed out one last time, pushing his regeneration powers to their best.
*SQUIIIIIIRTASH!*
Out from his upper half, a giant gush of blood and bodily fluids poured out and rained all over the sky. His entire lower half had just thrust itself out from his wound, cloths and all. Though his white pants and red shirt was very much soaked in his own bodily liquids, and Zyroko was panting very hard, he was indeed whole once again.
Zyroko looked down at his new body, and promptly began to wring out some of the wetness in his Piccolo cape.
"My my...I hope I don't have to do that any more times. It's just horrid for these cloths of mine...what are you looking at boy? You seem...surprised?"
Tenchi made swipes in the air with his hands, "No matter how many times you regenerate the result is the same. Next time I'll cut of your HEAD!"
Zyroko snapped right back at him, "AND no matter how many times you TRY the results will be the same. Next time I'LL shove your shuriken down your throat!"
Ryoko was watching this all with renewed interest. Both fighters seemed rearing to go, perhaps this fight was going to be more interesting that she thought. Both Zyroko and Tenchi had gone beyond her expectations. As she looked on, a voice began to ring in her head.
Ryoko...this is Washu! Listen up!
Ryoko was surprised to hear her mother's voice, but didn't find it unusual. She began to telepathically think back.
Ryoko: Yes, what is it mother? Is there a problem?
Washu: Wow, your manners seemed to have improved...*sniffle* You, you actually called me 'mom!'
Ryoko rolled her eyes. Same old Washu..
Ryoko: We can talk about our mother-daughter relationship later...what is it? Tenchi and Zyroko are about to get started again...
Washu: Exactly! Listen carefully, you MUST STOP them at all costs!
Ryoko: Why? Tenchi seems to be...
Washu: No, you don't understand. Listen closely. Tenchi and Zyroko are...
**********
Zyroko floated back up to Tenchi's level in the air. Both fighters were ready and willing to get going. Zyroko even smiled and mentioned it.
"Wow, I guess when the next time may be your last there simply isn't any initiative to start."
Tenchi grinned and nodded in return, "Aye, you may have a point there. But the inevitable is inevitable. Sooner or later one of us will fall. You can bet I'll do whatever it takes to make sure it's not ME."
Zyroko pointed at himself with his right thumb, "As will I."
Tenchi responded, "But you do know I can never forgive you for what you've done. Your sick mind will end here and now at my hands. What you did to those people was inhuman."
Zyroko shrugged, "Hey, who ever said I was 'human?' I am far from being one of those fragile weaklings."
Tenchi was getting angry again, "That's enough. I've had it with waiting."
Tenchi reared back his fist, and prepared to launch forward. Zyroko did the same...
"WAIT!!! Tenchi, stop now!!!"
Tenchi caught himself right before going, and looked down, startled, "W-what the...?"
Ryoko was racing up to their position, moving very quickly. She jumped right up next to Tenchi, and began to speak in-between breaths.
Ryoko quickly began to burst out what Washu had said, "Okay, listen here...Washu wants you to return to the shrine now. According to her, you're too much of a danger if you keep on fighting."
Tenchi was stunned, "Why is that?!"
Ryoko put her hand on his shoulder, "Relax, it's nothing personal. It's just that if you were to get absorbed, you would cancel out Zyroko's human genes..."
Ryoko looked nervously towards Zyroko, making sure she wasn't speaking loud enough to allow him to hear.
"...which were from Yamcha. And if that happens, he can become Ultimate Zyroko. It's just a precaution; Tsunami's on her way and I'm suppose to hold off Zyroko until Tsunami arrives. I'll then catch up to you, and we'll both return to the Shrine. Washu said she had something planned..."
Tenchi was still quite surprised, "Are you sure about this? Am I that much of a bother...I so want to get back at Zyroko personally for what he's done!!"
Ryoko shrugged, "Hey, what's more important...beating Zyroko or YOU beating Zyroko? I frankly agree with Washu. Don't worry, Zyroko will pay one or another. They all do."
Ryoko smiled as she looked into Tenchi's eyes, "Come now, it's not worth fighting if we don't give it all we have, right? This is the safest bet, trust me."
Tenchi gritted his teeth; he was pretty mad. "Shit...but....alright. As much as it hurts, I am inclined to agree with you as well. Think you can hold on yourself?"
Ryoko nodded, "Yes, I think I'll hold out for a few. Just make it back safely and I'll be right behind you!"
Tenchi shook Ryoko's hand, and turned to go. Zyroko yelled out, "Boy! Are you running away already? I'm not finished with you yet!"
Tenchi hesitated for a moment, his fists so tight that underneath his battle gi his skin began to turn white. But then began flying forward, off into the direction of the shrine. His aura exploded and burned around him, and he took off at full speed. Within moments he was a mere speck.
Zyroko swore and began to try to fly after him, when a yelling and bright flash seem to erupt in front of him.
"AAHHHHIYAHH!!!!"
Ryoko was in his way, in full Super Saiyan form. Like Tenchi was, she did not convert her LightHawk wings into weapons or armor, but rather just let them nearby. Her muscles began to swell and grow, golden electric bolts sparking all over her golden aura.
Zyroko tried to push past her; he needed to absorb Tenchi before he did anything else. But Ryoko simply grabbed his hand as it tried to push her by.
"Oh no, my friend. If you want to get after Tenchi, you'll have to go through ME."
Ryoko began to allow her ki to build and grow. Her fiery aura expanded upwards and outwards, causing great tremors and gales of wind to be rumbling all around the two fighters. Her arms and legs grew larger and larger, pumping with extreme stress and power.
Ryoko let it rest; she had called up enough ki for the moment. She began flexing her arms and legs, checking to make sure she hadn't overdone it in the power up.
"Well well...I must say that even I am impressed with myself...I think I'm good to go!"
Zyroko was not happy, if he had to fight Ryoko he might be in trouble. He HAD to get Tenchi, he was the key to all of this. Perhaps he could take out a little bit of his time to deal with this impotent woman, after all, he beat before in this form.
"I'm afraid you seem to have lost some of your mind in your 'training,' my dear. Don't you remember how I defeated you so easily before in this form? There's no way a petty Super Saiyan-wannabe like you can possible conceive defeating me! I don't need Tenchi, he can wait. Let's finish our fight now!"
Ryoko was still very cool and calm, "Well then, let's."
Zyroko paused for a moment, taking in Ryoko's every move. He wanted to make sure she wouldn't try anything when he attacked. It seemed clear, and he lunged off. Flying at full speed he charged Ryoko.
"AHHHHHH!!!!!"
He made wild swipes at Ryoko, kicking and punching at her in all directions. But for some strange reason, none of them could hit! Ryoko deftly dodged each and every one! Zyroko bounced back and charged with a Johnny Cage-style kick, aiming to hit Ryoko in her soft, stomach.
Ryoko simply sidestepped the kick, and grabbed Zyroko's leg in the process. She twisted his leg in the opposite direction, causing Zyroko to yelp in pain.
"This is your payback for that little girl!!!"
Ryoko swung Zyroko up in the air, throwing him as hard as she could. The evil creation tried best he could to halt his fall, but the sheer momentum and force generated by Ryoko was far too great. Zyroko plunged down towards the ground like a piece of lead in water. The wind howled about his ears, and he knew that any moment he would crash..
*BOOM!!*
It echoed all across the land. Zyroko hit the ground, but he didn't stop moving down into the Earth. He ran unchecked, going in deeper and deeper. He finally started to regain his senses, but by then it was nearly too late. His hurling body ran past the crust, and slammed head on into the magma-filled mantle of the Earth. Zyroko could barely think before he was engulfed by the lava.
Ryoko looked on from above, starring down into the hole she had just created by throwing down Zyroko. She could sense his ki still, so he wasn't dead.
"I sure hope a little hot lava won't kill him...then it won't be fun at all! Oh, here he comes now."
A slow rumbling sound, sprung forth from the hole. Ryoko craned her neck to look down. A faint glimmer of light seemed to be showing up, still far down in the crater. It steadily grew larger and brighter, and as it did so did the rumbling sound.
Some cracks began to crack open and sputter around the hole. The rumbling sound was immense, and it began to fill all the air around Ryoko. Here he comes, she thought.
*GrrrrrrrrrrriaHAHHAHAHAH!!!!* *BOOM!*
A gigantic rush of lava burst out of the hole, cracking and forcing the hole to widen to a much larger size. The column of hot molten rock sputtered and flowed high up into the sky, where it reached its height it slowed a bit, and began to rain magma all around the surface. Ryoko was careful to make sure none were to fall on her.
The column of fire finally began to subside after a few moments of hard and fast rushing up, and it began to fall down back into the Earth. With a loud, but quick fall, the lava seeped down back into the planet. Ryoko looked up, where the center of the lava column had just been...
Zyroko was scalded all over the place, his cloths and flesh were burned off in several places. But Ryoko could tell by his menacing expression that he wasn't too happy. His teeth were being forcefully gritted down, though it was easy to see that. His lips and most of his face was burned off, blood seeped through in several locations. Some parts of his hair was still on fire. He definitely had had better moments.
Zyroko made stabs towards Ryoko, "You...bitch! Don't think I'll be hurt that badly from some little hot rock, ok?! You've really pissed me off THIS time."
Zyroko started h is regeneration right away, concentrating his strength and ki to all of his various parts. First the patches of his burned off skin began to heal and close up, followed by the various burns and bleeding areas. His hair began to grow back and regain its original size and shape, and last but not least his clothing's threads began to re-attach themselves and grow back to their original look. It took all but a minute for him to finish.
Zyroko wasted no time and charged after Ryoko again, "This time you'll get YOUR payback!!!!"
Ryoko deftly moved backwards, easily outrunning Zyroko. Zyroko charged at her, desperately trying to land SOME kind of an attack. He swung hard with his right, missed. He tried countering with a knee uppercut, missed. He made for a straight left jab at her, but it was blocked by a quick thrust of Ryoko's own arm.
Zyroko tried once again with a strong, fast right cross, but it was stopped by another quick block by Ryoko' s other arm.
Zyroko yelled at the top of his lungs, "WHY CAN'T I HIT YOU!?!?!"
*BAM!* *BOOM!* *POW!*
Zyroko landed hard on the ground, he hadn't even SEEN her attack. Damn, she was FAST! He rubbed the three areas Ryoko had nailed, he didn't even know if it was a punch, kick, or ki attack that she used. Not even HE could follow it...what is going on, he thought.
Ryoko landed on the ground in front of him, smiling at her winning status once again. For the first time, Zyroko began to feel true fear, just like he had when he fought Piccolo and Ryoko before. Was there nothing he could do AGAIN?!
Ryoko was right before him, and he decided to take his chances. Zyroko brought his hands together in a clam-like fashion. It was time to use one of Yamcha's attacks. He didn't use very much before he was absorbed, but he had it none the less.
Zyroko laughed, "Nothing can save you now! This is one attack specially designed by the Kame Master himself, Muten Roshi! I think you may recognize it....BUWAHAHAH!!!"
Ryoko stopped moving, and stood steadfast. "Do whatever you want."
Zyroko's aura exploded outwards, the white flame burning all around him.
"KA...ME..."
Ryoko was a bit surprised, Yamcha knew the Kamehameha? Goku performed that attack well...I wonder how well Zyroko will handle it, she thought. Whatever the case, Ryoko wasn't taking any chances.
A small, dense ball of blue ki energy appeared in Zyroko's cupped handles.
"HA...ME..."
Ryoko brought her arms forward, and without hesitation brought forth her 10 LightHawk Wings. The wings all converged into a single, round shield. She was prepared to take whatever Zyroko would throw. All around the ground was shaking. Even the ocean miles away felt the shockwave. Zyroko's power kept on growing and growing, his voice was echoing and rumbling through the air like a shriek. Whether she blocked the attack or not, Ryoko was impressed with how much power Zyroko could call up.
Zyroko looked coldly at his target. He had no intention of missing THIS time. He waited until his power was at its maximum. The blue ki ball in his hands reached full size at last.
"HHHHHHHHAAAA!!!!"
Zyroko let the blast loose, thrusting his arms forward. The earth began to crack, rocks flew up as if they were in a hurricane. Ryoko's entire vision was filled with blue light. The Kamehameha Wave sailed across the ground like a giant, blue titan. It's size was immense, and she braced herself as it neared. Looking at where and when it would hit, she raised her LightHawk Wing Shield at the right moment...
*BBBBOOOOMMMM!!!!!*
The explosion was enormous! The dome-shaped ki explosion spread out for nearly a mile in diameter. The wind picked up and began to life entire boulders hurdling through the air. Zyroko shielded his eyes as the dust overcame him.
"There...maybe now I can now get to my real goal. She must be badly injured...I don't want to kill her though..."
As Zyroko turned to leave, a voice rang out over the sound the crumbling Earth. "Someone sure is a bit cocky today!"
Zyroko spun around, "That's impossible!!"
But as he looked at the clearing dust, he saw that it was indeed true. Ryoko was standing there, unphased. All around her was destruction and ruined ground. She had protected her entire body from the blast. Her body was totally unscathed! Zyroko was riveted to his spot, starring wide eyed in horror at Ryoko.
Ryoko began to walk towards him, and he cowered away, "You...you're not Ryoko!! You're a monster!"
Ryoko proudly nodded, "That's right, I am no longer Ryoko at all. I am now.."
She stopped and did a pose, allowing her golden aura to glow and burn around her. She pointed towards herself with her thumb.
"Super Ryoko!!"
Zyroko was too frightened to move. She had already proven herself to be faster and stronger than him in all areas!! What more could he do?
"I think it's high time I got into this fight, don't you think so?"
Ryoko looked up, surprised. Zyroko did the same. Ryoko was immediately pleased and waved to the person high up in sky. When Zyroko realized who it was, he could only shake his head 'No' once again. His luck was running out!
High up in the sky, Tsunami floated with a grin on her face. She was clad in her full battle gi, just like she had been when Zyroko was first awakened. She seemed happy and peaceful, yet sad at the same time.
She too, probably realized what had happened to the poor townspeople that had once lived in the area.
Tsunami spoke up, "Now Ryoko, I think I can handle this. Zyroko, it's time for your reckoning to come. I will not allow you to harm the souls of this planet any longer!!"
Ryoko nodded, "Yes, Washu informed me of what to do. I'll return to the lab for now; she wants me for something...think you can hold him off, perhaps even take him out while I'm away?"
Tsunami flexed her arms, "Gladly."
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NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL Z AND TENCHI MUYO! :
"Hi, this is Goku. Things certainly are looking up! Zyroko's had his butt whooped twice now! It may look as if we finally might be able to let those innocent people rest in peace. But if one thing has shown itself time and time again, it's that the bad guys always have SOME trick up their sleeve. A trump card if you will. And Zyroko has Piccolo's intelligence...and that's the last thing we want to be up against in a fight. Join us next time on Dragonball Z and Tenchi Muyo! to see what happens in the fight of Tsunami vs. Zyroko!"
Chapter 15 - Zyroko's Turnabout Plans
Mihoshi: It's unquestionably pay back long since due!!
Wow, I guess I was really trying hard in this chapter to get across Zyroko's sick mind. I hope not *too* many people are mad at it. I just want you all to know that Zyroko is as EVIL as they come. And his deeds of horror are just beginning, trust me. This chapter was put off for quite some time, but it seems I'm getting a *little* better at it. I just hope in the future I can write these things without making them so long...this is nearly 30 pages itself! On the plus side it gives my readers lots to work with while I work on the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and all chapters coming up! SSJ Nate, out.