4. Duelling with Rage
Neisan surveyed the area. Ignacio and Rea were nowhere in sight, neither was Jiani. ~ We've only just got back from Drakcap, ~ Neisan thought to himself ~ and now he's decided to run off on some dumbass vigilante mission. ~
Suddenly he sensed something from nearby. He floated into the air and looked around. He then sensed it again, and turned to face it. All he could see was a fireball heading towards him. He held his hands out in front of him and braced for its impact. It connected with his hands and exploded with a surge of power. He was knocked back but kept control of his position.
He flew towards where the ball had come and saw Jiani engaged with the girl warrior he had been fighting earlier. This time however, he seemed to be doing a lot better. Neisan shot forward and landed behind him, and got ready to fight. But Jiani held a hand out to the side and said
"Stay there Neisan. I owe her an ass whooping. Just keep an eye out for the other one."
Neisan dropped his stance and crossed his arms. Jiani then began the attack. He charged forward and delivered a flurry of punches, which were all easily blocked by Rea. She then returned with her own strikes, which were again blocked. They continued this until Rea floated down to the ground. Jiani held his hand above his head and began to power up an attack. A small golden disk appeared in the palm of his hand and began to grow larger.
Rea also began to power up her own attack, but she was much faster at doing so than Jiani. She formed a fireball in her hand and threw it towards him. She then began to charge another. Jiani had almost finished charging but realised that he needed to dodge. In doing so he knew he couldn't retain the disk. He was just about to drop it to block when Neisan shot up from the ground and struck Rea's energy ball. He then turned and fired dozens of small energy balls towards her. They smashed into the ground in front of her, distracting her from Jiani long enough for him to finish charging. He yelled,
"KIENZAN!"
And swung his arm forward. The disk was slung down towards Rea, faster than she could possibly move. She opened her eyes just in time to see the disk a metre or so in front of her. Just as it was about to strike something shot out of the trees and kicked the underside of the disk. It was diverted and shot directly upwards. It then began to curve back down to earth. Just as it hit the floor it changed direction and headed into the forest. It cut through several trees and hit a waterfall, and then dissipated.
Ignacio looked up at Jiani and Neisan and said,
"Now double teaming is hardly fair is it. I guess we'll have to show you what it's like."
Then He and Rea both yelled
"RAGE STRIKE!"
Bright fireballs erupted around them and they stood close to each other. Ignacio stood in front of her and they both took off upwards
Rea smiled with a vile joy as they shot up towards Jiani. Before either he or Neisan could react they delivered a devastating strike, knocking him down to the floor 20 meters away.
They powered down and floated towards the ground. Rea looked around and spotted where Jiani had landed. She was about to charge again when Neisan dived in. He attacked in with a flurry of kicks to Rea, who blocked many of them, but a few struck, knocking her sideways. She spun around and attacked Neisan. They both exchanged a number of blows, neither really getting any advantage. They began to fly upwards, still exchanging blows. Then Rea feigned a low punch and struck Neisan in the face, sending him crashing to the ground.
Jiani looked up and saw Neisan hit the ground. An intense rage began to build inside him. He felt his strength return, but it continued to rise. Ignacio turned his attention from the fight to Jiani. He picked up an object off the ground and placed it over his eye. He pressed a few buttons on the side and the devise sprung into life. The display zoomed in on Jiani and after a second or two, information about him showed up. Ignacio pressed another button and a number appeared next to him. It read 760 and was rising.
Ignacio then looked at Neisan and his number was 630. He then glanced at Rea and her number was 1002. He then realised that if they both attacked her they would defeat her. He dropped the device to the floor and began to walk towards Jiani. The display on the device zoomed in on Ignacio and read 3034.
* * *
Muten Roshi was piloting the plane towards the East Coast. Kame's house was located on a small island a mile off the shoreline of Hyato Island. He was almost there, a mew miles of countryside, Tokyo, a few more miles of country side, then he was at the shore. Everyone was sitting in the back of the plane. Kurisutofa was ignoring all attempts to communicate with him and just sat staring out of the window. Pi-ta was showing off a few martial art manoeuvres, and Firipipu was trying to copy them. Luna was leafing through a few magazines she had found in the glove compartment. Suddenly a huge shockwave rocked the plane, sending Firipipu crashing to the ground. Luna looked up and said,
"Watch your driving tubby, I'm trying to read here."
Muten Roshi replied,
"That wasn't me, something's happening nearby, a fight I think"
He turned on the power scanner on the console and zoomed in. He was picking up a huge ki, and a few smaller ones to the north, directly in their path. He thought to himself,
"What if it's one of the guys, they could need help. But who has that kinda power nowadays?"
He yelled at the others in the back of the plane,
"Buckle up kids, someone needs help and were gonna provide."
He hit the turbo thrusters and the plane sped off towards the fight.
* * *
Neisan sat up and dusted himself off. He looked around for Jiani and saw a fireball engulf him. He thought what was happening to Jiani was what had happened to him back in the alley, so he prepared to flee. The fireball died down and he noticed that Jiani was the same as before. He was getting a strong feeling from Jiani, but didn't know why. Suddenly Rea who was fed up of waiting for him struck him. He continued to battle with her, but tried to keep an eye on Jiani as well. Then he noticed Ignacio heading towards him.
Ignacio was fiddling around with a device attached to his right arm. Suddenly three razor sharp blades snapped out and he began brandishing them. He then began to run towards Jiani. Neisan shouted at Jiani to warn him but before he could do anything Rea attacked him again, drawing his attention away. Jiani heard his call however and managed to dodge the razor sharp blades. He ran towards his kitana and leapt forward, flipping in the air with amazing skill. He landed with his sword at his feet. He picked it up and wielded it with great skill. He then charged towards Ignacio and attacked him
He swung at Ignacios head but he blocked with ease with his set of claws. He then began to strike back at Jiani but he managed to block every strike, and re-attack with the same strength in each blow. Neisan was attempting to come to his aid but still had Rea to fight. Every time he seemed to break away she kept on coming. He was getting more and more frustrated with each time she prevented him from aiding Jiani.
Ignacio was getting annoyed at the fact that he couldn't hit Jiani and was getting more and more relentless with his attack. He was forcing Jiani to back away. Jiani was stepping back to avoid contact with the blades when suddenly he felt his back hit something. He quickly turned around to see what it was. Ignacio then struck in Jiani's moment of concentration loss. His swung his arm at the arm that contained the sword. The claws forced their way through the arm and into the tree behind it.
Jiani screamed out in pain and dropped his sword. Neisan glanced over to see what happened and stared in horror at what he saw. Rea took this opportunity and caught hold of Neisan, preventing him from helping Jiani. Ignacio removed the blades from Jiani's arm and clutched at his head. Jiani was filled with fear as he saw Ignacio draw back his arm. Neisan tried to struggle free but to no avail. He closed his eyes and looked away. Ignacio swung his arm forward and struck Jiani's chest. Jiani was killed instantly from the shock of the wound. Ignacio lifted him up and slung him to the ground, snorting
"Good riddance"
Neisan became enraged at this. He felt an insane amount of rage build up inside him. He began to breathe heavily, his mind concentrated on Ignacio. His muscles began to bulge and he found the strength to break Rea's hold. He tore free and grabbed hold of her arm. He slung her to the ground and a fireball engulfed him. He raised his arm above his head and a ball of pure energy appeared in his hand. He slung the ball down towards Rea, who had just hit the ground. She looked up just before the ball hit her. There was a massive explosion, leaving a smoking crater where Rea had been. She had been thrown to the other side of the clearing by the force of the blast
* * *
Another shockwave hit the plane causing it to rock. Muten Roshi checked the sensor again; there were only two Chi's left now. One was 3500 and the other was 1340. They were less than a mile away now. Muten Roshi yelled back,
"Alright, were here, every fighter get ready, this ones gonna be tough."
Everyone sat up out of their seats and prepared to land. Muten Roshi piloted the plane towards the field where the fight was happening. He could clearly see now that there were two people, one standing on the floor, the other floating, engulfed in a fireball.
* * *
Neisan landed on the ground and yelled,
"I am Neisan Karuberuru, You will pay for what you have done to my friend!"
Ignacio scoffed at this and said,
"Really, well, lets see how you feel about that when I have Absorbed you into myself, oh how satisfying that would be, one step closer to achieving it"
"Achieving what?"
Asked Neisan. Suddenly the roar of jet engines filled the air and Muten Roshi's plane landed a few meters behind him. The door opened and Kurisutofa ran out. Recognising Neisan, He yelled,
"Need a hand bro."
Neisan just ignored him and stayed focused on Ignacio. His hair flickered white for a second but returned to normal. Pi-ta and Firipipu stepped out of the plane next and stood on the ramp. Ignacio looked at them and said,
"Be gone ningen, this is our fight."
He held out his hand and shot a blast of energy towards Firipipu. Firipipu leapt aside but Luna stepped out of the Plane just behind him. She just noticed the blast and was able to brace herself but she was hit dead on with the blast, which proceeded to explode. She was sent flying backward into the plane, severely wounded. Neisan charged up the ramp and stood in the doorway, staring at her. His hair flickered white again; his eyes now clouded over.
Muten Roshi noticed what had happened to Luna and decided to get her out of there. He yelled out of the window,
"Guy's, I'm getting Luna some help, I'll be right back."
He started the ignition and the plane started to rise. Kurisutofa suddenly noticed Rea lying on the floor. Seeing that she was still breathing he picked her up and leapt onto the ramp. He placed her just inside the doorway and said,
"Look after her too short stuff, and no pervertivity ok."
Muten Roshi ignored his remark and took off.
Neisan leapt off the ramp and landed perfectly. His hair was now fully white, and emitting a strange glow. Ignacio yelled over to Neisan,
"That's right, show your power as a super Ragiard, I've been dying to see what a cross breed's transformation is like"
Suddenly a massive fireball engulfed Neisan, just as it had in the alley. His hair began to grow, pulsating with energy. Pi-ta and Firipipu stepped back a fair bit to avoid him, but Kurisutofa didn't seem afraid. The fireball died down. It had finished; Neisan had transformed.
* * *
Ignacio was ecstatic at this new occurrence. He had been waiting his whole life to get the chance to see his race's dream of the ultimate transformation occur, and was even more happy that it would be he who would achieve it first. He had spent his whole life tracking down his two brothers and cousin. He needed their genes to enable him to reach his next level. Every member of his family contained a special gene inside them, unique to each person. These genes, when combined form a chromosome that instantly triggers off a new level of transformation. He had already beaten and absorbed one of his brothers and reached the first level, a Super Ragiard.
It had taken him three years since then to track down another member of his family. And what a stroke of luck it was. His quest for the DCore, the ultimate relic in the galaxy, had taken him past a back world planet called Chikyuu and sensed a Ragiards presence. He had been studying him for a week before deciding to attempt to attack. He brought with him the strongest soldier he could find aboard his ship. It took him another day to locate his wear-about in the city but only found the person who had been protecting and training him. But now he had Neisan right where he wanted him and was not about to allow some weaklings to interfere. He knew that Neisan couldn't control himself when he transformed so he had developed a plan around this.
