Here it comes... the awesome fight scene, the scene I've been wanting to get to for a while...
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Chapter 31: The Incredibly Awesome Fight Scene
Leaf came down the ladder. "Omega," she said, "it takes a while to charge up enough power for a magical blast that'll calm him down, so you're on your own, okay? Thorien'll cover you." Then she left, back onto the ship.
A few minutes later, Brian heard Billy's voice behind him. "So you want to fight me by yourself?"
Brian turned around, and Billy was standing there in full armor. "Yes," Brian said, "I'm taking you down."
"We'll see," said Billy, smiling, "but first, in my homeland, this is tradition." Billy got down on one knee and bowed his head towards Brian, who did the same.
"Now," said Billy, pulling out his daggers and standing up, "let's see how you fare against the Reptilian Daggers!!!"
Brian drew his Justice Blade. Billy charged, slashing inwards with both daggers, but Brian ducked and rolled backwards. Billy charged at him again, this time doing a series of slashes with each dagger, but Brian managed to block them and made a thrust towards Billy's shoulder, but when the thrust was about to connect, Billy moved at the last second.
Billy tried to kick Brian, but Brian ducked again and kicked Billy in the ankle, knocking him over.
Billy got up almost immediately. "I shouldn't have used those... time for the Lizard Blades!!!"
'What's with all the reptile weapons?' Brian thought to himself.
Billy put the daggers back in the holders and pulled out the two long swords. He charged at Brian again, but this time Brian was ready. Brian attacked by slashing high, then low, then high again, but whenever he was about to connect, one of Billy's swords got in the way. 'I've got to find an opening,' Brian thought, 'or this guy's gonna kill me.'
Brian started blocking and dodging the attacks again, waiting for a chance to attack. He dodged a left slash, then blocked an overhead blow, then dodged a thrust, and as Billy moved his sword backwards, Brian saw his opening. He made a thrust into Billy's left shoulder, expecting only to slightly cut through the armor, but his Blade cut through the armor like butter and went almost all the way through his shoulder.
Billy leaped back and looked at the ground. "I underestimated you," he said, "that won't happen again!" Then he looked up at Brian, who finally saw what he was. Billy's eyes were blood red with black slits in them. 'That's why Draco thought the power seemed familiar, but not quite,' Brian thought, "you're a dragon?!!!"
"Not just any dragon," Billy said in a maniacal tone, "I am a Cursed Dragon!!! And a High Dragon, with powers you can't imagine." Then Billy stood up and Brian expected him to charge again and got ready, but instead Billy dropped his swords and started unlatching his armor. Underneath, he was wearing a white tank top and blue shorts.
"What are you doing?" Brian asked, still ready for anything.
"Improving." Billy said in the same evil tone, and Brian realized this must be the Battle Rage, "lift the armor."
Brian tried to lift the armor with one hand on the Blade, but could barely lift it, he could hardly raise it off the ground. "Geez," Brian said, "that must weigh a ton."
"Two, actually," Billy said, still with the evil grin on his face, "a little something I learned from a cartoon on your world called Dragonball Z. I used magic to weigh the armor down, making it extremely heavy. That's what it's for, training and increasing power, not protection." He charged, shouting, "prepare to be annihilated by my hands!!!"
He charged at Brian, no weapons in his hands, and about twenty times faster than before. Brian swiped at his other shoulder, trying to slow him down so whoever Spyke was could get here, but Billy ducked under the blow and hit Brian's jaw with an upper cut that knocked him off his feet onto his stomach.
He felt Billy grab him and lift him to his feet. Then there was a sharp pain in his back, where Billy had just kicked him, then he saw Billy take advantage of when Brian stumbled forward by jumping over him, connecting his knee with Brian's gut, then putting his hands together and slamming Brian in the back right when he moved his knee, sending Brian back onto the sands of the desert.
There was silence for a few seconds, then Brian heard Billy say, "now you die!!!"
He rolled to the side and saw the bastard sword right where his head was. He sprang up, trying to catch Billy off guard and succeeding. Brian sliced Billy across the chest, then punched him and knocked him over. Thorien should've helped him with Billy's last attack. Where was he? What was going on?
Billy got up to his feet, his face filled with rage. "NOW...YOU...DIE!!!" He said, letting out a roar Brian knew must be a dragon's, then he smiled, showing his teeth. His teeth grew and reshaped into fangs and sharp, deadly teeth. Then he started to grow and his skin became shinier and gradually changed to gold, and from skin to scales. He finally stopped growing when he was about eight and a half feet tall, his face turning into a long dragon's face. His hands and arms grew larger until finally they stopped, then his fingers started to elongate, changing into a cross between dragon's claws and human fingers. His legs and feet also grew longer, then his feet slowly turned into talons. He hunched over, two enormous golden wings growing out of his back and stretching out. Brian could tell from seeing Draco that Billy had transformed into a Half-Dragon.
"I WILL CONSUME YOUR FLESH AND SOUL!!!" Billy shouted in the same voice as before, charging towards Brian and trying to grab him with those gigantic claw-hands, but Brian did all he could to dodge them, knowing that once Billy had grabbed him, it was over for good. Brian dodged the hands and kept slashing, trying to find a way to stop him, to slow him down, or Brian knew he was going to die. But as much as Brian kept slashing him with his sword, the sword barely cut the scales as hard as steel and the cuts it did inflict, Billy took no notice of.
And yet, watching Billy determined to kill, punching and kicking and slashing and trying to grab him, Brian was reminded of something, but he didn't know what. Then it came to him: he had Battle Rage, too. He remembered when the cops shot him in the stomach, and when the robot stabbed him with the short sword, the extreme rage that filled his mind and the urge to kill, but how he could also fight it. "Billy," he said, stopping his slashes and only blocking and dodging, "I know you're in there, Billy. I have the same thing as you. You can fight it..."
Then he was punched in the chest hard by the gigantic figure and flew backwards until he hit the ground hard, next to the Bastard Sword. Billy ran over to the downed form of Brian and picked up the sword. "Now," Brian heard Billy say, "PREPARE TO BE DEFEATED BY THE DRAGON BREATH!!!" He said, lifting the sword over his head for a killing blow. Brian waited for him to lower it, watching intently, but he didn't. "I've got control for a few seconds, Omega," he said, and Brian saw the wild green eyes again, except they had the black dragon's slits, "get up, quick... it's... coming back... I'm... DIE!!!" But Brian was already up with his blade and blocked the slash, amazed how he didn't buckle or stagger when the blades connected. He didn't care about winning anymore.
He realized something. He had to stop Billy. At the Golden Saucer, Billy had said he was looking for a group of people. If he killed Brian, then he'd most likely kill all the others on the Highwind. He couldn't let that happen, especially Ashley... He had to stop Billy.
Then something started to well up inside of Brian, some hidden power he didn't know he had. He remembered Angel's words echoing in his head, "different powers depending on your personality and situation... Jeweled Ones seem to be made to battle..." Then about the powers he had learned from Tekno and Psycho, and Angel's words echoing again, "I've never seen anything like that before...you will have to learn for yourself..."
Brian felt filled with power. He shoved the blade back, and threw Billy off his balance. Then Brian flew into the air, changing his arm to Tekno's, and punching Billy in the face, then performing a flurry of punches and slashes, so fast Brian could barely even see his own punches, then finally he finished the devastating combo with Psycho's psychic blast (the blast he hit Draco with). Billy hit the ground hard, and didn't move.
Brian dropped to one knee, gasping for breath. Beating Billy's strength took all he had, even with the unknown surge of power, and Brian was exhausted. He felt like he was going to collapse.
Then he heard a low, growling noise. Then Billy started to stir, slowly getting to his feet, growling with rage, the blood red eyes still in his sockets, drawing his sword in a ready position.
Brian stared at the Half-Dragon, not believing Billy could take all that damage and still get up. He was on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion. How could he stop Billy now?
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Whoa. That chapter was FUN TO WRITE!!! Yes, I definitely take a lickin' and keep on tickin', unfortunately. What's going to happen? A real cliff-hanger!!!
What'd ya think? Read and review, please!
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Chapter 31: The Incredibly Awesome Fight Scene
Leaf came down the ladder. "Omega," she said, "it takes a while to charge up enough power for a magical blast that'll calm him down, so you're on your own, okay? Thorien'll cover you." Then she left, back onto the ship.
A few minutes later, Brian heard Billy's voice behind him. "So you want to fight me by yourself?"
Brian turned around, and Billy was standing there in full armor. "Yes," Brian said, "I'm taking you down."
"We'll see," said Billy, smiling, "but first, in my homeland, this is tradition." Billy got down on one knee and bowed his head towards Brian, who did the same.
"Now," said Billy, pulling out his daggers and standing up, "let's see how you fare against the Reptilian Daggers!!!"
Brian drew his Justice Blade. Billy charged, slashing inwards with both daggers, but Brian ducked and rolled backwards. Billy charged at him again, this time doing a series of slashes with each dagger, but Brian managed to block them and made a thrust towards Billy's shoulder, but when the thrust was about to connect, Billy moved at the last second.
Billy tried to kick Brian, but Brian ducked again and kicked Billy in the ankle, knocking him over.
Billy got up almost immediately. "I shouldn't have used those... time for the Lizard Blades!!!"
'What's with all the reptile weapons?' Brian thought to himself.
Billy put the daggers back in the holders and pulled out the two long swords. He charged at Brian again, but this time Brian was ready. Brian attacked by slashing high, then low, then high again, but whenever he was about to connect, one of Billy's swords got in the way. 'I've got to find an opening,' Brian thought, 'or this guy's gonna kill me.'
Brian started blocking and dodging the attacks again, waiting for a chance to attack. He dodged a left slash, then blocked an overhead blow, then dodged a thrust, and as Billy moved his sword backwards, Brian saw his opening. He made a thrust into Billy's left shoulder, expecting only to slightly cut through the armor, but his Blade cut through the armor like butter and went almost all the way through his shoulder.
Billy leaped back and looked at the ground. "I underestimated you," he said, "that won't happen again!" Then he looked up at Brian, who finally saw what he was. Billy's eyes were blood red with black slits in them. 'That's why Draco thought the power seemed familiar, but not quite,' Brian thought, "you're a dragon?!!!"
"Not just any dragon," Billy said in a maniacal tone, "I am a Cursed Dragon!!! And a High Dragon, with powers you can't imagine." Then Billy stood up and Brian expected him to charge again and got ready, but instead Billy dropped his swords and started unlatching his armor. Underneath, he was wearing a white tank top and blue shorts.
"What are you doing?" Brian asked, still ready for anything.
"Improving." Billy said in the same evil tone, and Brian realized this must be the Battle Rage, "lift the armor."
Brian tried to lift the armor with one hand on the Blade, but could barely lift it, he could hardly raise it off the ground. "Geez," Brian said, "that must weigh a ton."
"Two, actually," Billy said, still with the evil grin on his face, "a little something I learned from a cartoon on your world called Dragonball Z. I used magic to weigh the armor down, making it extremely heavy. That's what it's for, training and increasing power, not protection." He charged, shouting, "prepare to be annihilated by my hands!!!"
He charged at Brian, no weapons in his hands, and about twenty times faster than before. Brian swiped at his other shoulder, trying to slow him down so whoever Spyke was could get here, but Billy ducked under the blow and hit Brian's jaw with an upper cut that knocked him off his feet onto his stomach.
He felt Billy grab him and lift him to his feet. Then there was a sharp pain in his back, where Billy had just kicked him, then he saw Billy take advantage of when Brian stumbled forward by jumping over him, connecting his knee with Brian's gut, then putting his hands together and slamming Brian in the back right when he moved his knee, sending Brian back onto the sands of the desert.
There was silence for a few seconds, then Brian heard Billy say, "now you die!!!"
He rolled to the side and saw the bastard sword right where his head was. He sprang up, trying to catch Billy off guard and succeeding. Brian sliced Billy across the chest, then punched him and knocked him over. Thorien should've helped him with Billy's last attack. Where was he? What was going on?
Billy got up to his feet, his face filled with rage. "NOW...YOU...DIE!!!" He said, letting out a roar Brian knew must be a dragon's, then he smiled, showing his teeth. His teeth grew and reshaped into fangs and sharp, deadly teeth. Then he started to grow and his skin became shinier and gradually changed to gold, and from skin to scales. He finally stopped growing when he was about eight and a half feet tall, his face turning into a long dragon's face. His hands and arms grew larger until finally they stopped, then his fingers started to elongate, changing into a cross between dragon's claws and human fingers. His legs and feet also grew longer, then his feet slowly turned into talons. He hunched over, two enormous golden wings growing out of his back and stretching out. Brian could tell from seeing Draco that Billy had transformed into a Half-Dragon.
"I WILL CONSUME YOUR FLESH AND SOUL!!!" Billy shouted in the same voice as before, charging towards Brian and trying to grab him with those gigantic claw-hands, but Brian did all he could to dodge them, knowing that once Billy had grabbed him, it was over for good. Brian dodged the hands and kept slashing, trying to find a way to stop him, to slow him down, or Brian knew he was going to die. But as much as Brian kept slashing him with his sword, the sword barely cut the scales as hard as steel and the cuts it did inflict, Billy took no notice of.
And yet, watching Billy determined to kill, punching and kicking and slashing and trying to grab him, Brian was reminded of something, but he didn't know what. Then it came to him: he had Battle Rage, too. He remembered when the cops shot him in the stomach, and when the robot stabbed him with the short sword, the extreme rage that filled his mind and the urge to kill, but how he could also fight it. "Billy," he said, stopping his slashes and only blocking and dodging, "I know you're in there, Billy. I have the same thing as you. You can fight it..."
Then he was punched in the chest hard by the gigantic figure and flew backwards until he hit the ground hard, next to the Bastard Sword. Billy ran over to the downed form of Brian and picked up the sword. "Now," Brian heard Billy say, "PREPARE TO BE DEFEATED BY THE DRAGON BREATH!!!" He said, lifting the sword over his head for a killing blow. Brian waited for him to lower it, watching intently, but he didn't. "I've got control for a few seconds, Omega," he said, and Brian saw the wild green eyes again, except they had the black dragon's slits, "get up, quick... it's... coming back... I'm... DIE!!!" But Brian was already up with his blade and blocked the slash, amazed how he didn't buckle or stagger when the blades connected. He didn't care about winning anymore.
He realized something. He had to stop Billy. At the Golden Saucer, Billy had said he was looking for a group of people. If he killed Brian, then he'd most likely kill all the others on the Highwind. He couldn't let that happen, especially Ashley... He had to stop Billy.
Then something started to well up inside of Brian, some hidden power he didn't know he had. He remembered Angel's words echoing in his head, "different powers depending on your personality and situation... Jeweled Ones seem to be made to battle..." Then about the powers he had learned from Tekno and Psycho, and Angel's words echoing again, "I've never seen anything like that before...you will have to learn for yourself..."
Brian felt filled with power. He shoved the blade back, and threw Billy off his balance. Then Brian flew into the air, changing his arm to Tekno's, and punching Billy in the face, then performing a flurry of punches and slashes, so fast Brian could barely even see his own punches, then finally he finished the devastating combo with Psycho's psychic blast (the blast he hit Draco with). Billy hit the ground hard, and didn't move.
Brian dropped to one knee, gasping for breath. Beating Billy's strength took all he had, even with the unknown surge of power, and Brian was exhausted. He felt like he was going to collapse.
Then he heard a low, growling noise. Then Billy started to stir, slowly getting to his feet, growling with rage, the blood red eyes still in his sockets, drawing his sword in a ready position.
Brian stared at the Half-Dragon, not believing Billy could take all that damage and still get up. He was on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion. How could he stop Billy now?
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Whoa. That chapter was FUN TO WRITE!!! Yes, I definitely take a lickin' and keep on tickin', unfortunately. What's going to happen? A real cliff-hanger!!!
What'd ya think? Read and review, please!