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A Dose of Chaos Book II

Nightmare of the Baboon

Mysterious New Foe

Tenchi turned to the noise of a group of around twenty teens, all looking for trouble. A few of them were on motorcycles, but most of them appeared to be running towards them on foot. The thing that struck him strange was the fact that the ones on foot were able to easily keep pace with bikes. Some of the other teens appeared to be either flying or gliding, but he couldn't really make out the difference.

The hairs on the back of Tenchi's neck began to stand on their ends, and his sixth sense began to tingle. He instinctively knew that these were no ordinary teens, and the fact that they didn't even appear to be human. The theory was then proven true when some of the teens began to transform. Various spirits were present, some were giant centipedes, some were weasels, where as others were snakes.

A realization dawned upon Tenchi as saw some of the teens transform. "There're the same as that guy, Sesshoumaru."  Tenchi recalled of Sesshoumaru, the man who came after his life, had a similar transformation. The difference was that these transformations were much quicker, and the forms were smaller. Tenchi pulled the Tenchi-ken from his book bag briefcase, and the sword ignited. The blue energy pulsed forth, its glow evidence of Tenchi's intensive training. He stood in a battle stance and awaited his foe's advance.

Ryoko and Ayeka witnessed similar circumstances and instantly readied themselves for battle. Ryoko's own beam sword materialized and then she teleported next to Tenchi. Ayeka was beginning to run towards the two until two logs appeared before her. Both logs had some type of marking on them, both a different color. "Princess, please allow us to take of this disturbance for you." Azaka, the blue marked log suggested. Kamidake, the red marked log, gave full support to his comrade. "Please, there is no need for you to endanger yourself in this situation, Princess." Both logs could see that Ayeka was pissed at the fact that she could not protect her "Lord Tenchi", but then she began to cool down and gave a light smile.

"Very well, you may fight in this battle to protect me, but I will still fight to protect Lord Tenchi." Both logs were about to protest, but then saw the menacing glare in her eyes. "Er, yes'mam!" After saying this in unison, they all went towards their two allies who were already charging into battle.

Ryoko was the first in the fray, her first opponent was on a bike. The young punk pulled out a large pipe and tried to bash her with it, but instead she grabbed it and pulled the man off the bike. The machine went spiraling out of control, and into one of the large weasel spirits. As the creature got a mouth full of spinning tires, his partner was being thrown to the ground. The young punk from before grabbed his arm and screamed bloody murder as one could easily see that his arm was torn out of its socket. Ryoko just simply punched the cursing teen and sent him flying towards his weasel friend. She then launched a small energy ball towards the two and made two very crispy critters. Ryoko laughed at how ridiculously weak her opponents were and flew off to find more.

Ayeka cackled as she, Azaka, and Kamidake took care of seven of the young teens. The seven punks believed that a young proper looking woman and two floating logs would be no problem, of course, they didn't know who Ayeka really was. Her logs were the first to action, zapping blue shots of energy while chanting "here we come" repeatedly. Three of the unlucky teens were zapped, while the rest scrambled away from the floating logs. They ran face to face with Ayeka, who not only had dozens of little logs surround her, but was also brandishing a whip. An evil smirk was apparent on her face as the teens sweat dropped at the site before them. The logs then flared to life as blue electrical energy surrounded them and shocked them to a crisp. One of the teens were able to escape, all the while yelling "psycho bitch" and "killer logs". Ayeka continued to laugh maniacally as the battle continued.

Tenchi was faring well, especially since he was against three opponents. One of the gang members had a strange looking spear. It looked like a traditional Japanese weapon, but instead it had a long curved blade on its end. The blade appeared to be jagged, and run down. But strangely enough, it had some type of aura emanating from it. Tenchi decided on facing this man last and turned towards the other two. One was wearing claws on his hands, wear as the other had sharp talons growing from his fingertips.

Tenchi decided to take on the man with the metal claws first, but just as he was about to charge, the man with the spear swung at him. Tenchi parried with his own sword, the blades pulsating as they collided. The man's spear was holding its own, but it seem to buckle from the immense power of the blue energy blade. As the two backed off, the man with the claws tried to attack Tenchi from behind. Tenchi's instincts told him to move, and he rolled off to the side as the two foes charged towards each other. The man with the claws was impaled on the spear, and since he was still charging, his body's motor functions still worked. He ran towards the spear wielder and impaled him with his claws, thus effectively killing them both.

The third foe took in these events and stood in a defensive stance. Tenchi was also in a stance, his Tenchi-ken poised and ready to attack. The two stared each other down, and charged. The mans right hand came down, but never made contact with its intended target as the arm was being slashed down the middle by the blue blade. The young punk stared at his arm, which was now in two, in total disbelief. He looked up at Tenchi, and saw the determined looked, so the young man did the only sensible thing in this situation, and ran off.

Tenchi was about to take a breather, until a giant centipede appeared. Tenchi frantically dodged as the giant monster struck down at him, heaving up the soil in the process. Tenchi ran away from the clearing, trying to find a vantage point in this battle.

Ryoko was having a hell of a time, fighting two large snakes that were failing miserably trying to touch her. The pattern went like this, the large snakes would lunge at her, then she would phase through them or teleport. Afterwards, she would fire a small energy shot at their backs and have them get irritated even more. She's basically been continuing this for a long while, the whole time enjoying their frustration. The first snake lunged towards her again, and again she teleported, the snake's gaping mouth came down on the second snake, its fangs drawing dark blood. The second snake reared back its head in pain, and then lunged at the first one. The two large reptiles continued their squabble while Ryoko floated there laughing her ass off.

She then turned towards the rest of the battle, taking in the situation. She saw Ayeka and her guardians taking care of some unlucky kids, and then saw Tenchi being chased by a giant centipede. She decided to go help Tenchi and teleported to the location.

Tenchi continued to run until he felt two arms grab him and lifted him up into the air. Tenchi looked up and saw the face of Ryoko, and was thankful for her rescue. "Hey Tenchi!" Ryoko then put on a more seductive look. "Want to go somewhere secluded? I know this great spot where we can be alone." Tenchi nosebled at that comment, but quickly tried to change the subject. "Ah, Ryoko, what about the battle, we need to finish it and find out why these people wish to kill us!" Ryoko sighed and began to put on her begging whine. "Oh, Tenchi! Don't be so difficult, why can't we just forget about them?"

Tenchi sighed at her tone. "Gee, maybe its because a gang of freaks are after us for no apparent reason?!"  Ryoko sighed and slowly put Tenchi on the ground. "Oh, alright, I guess you win, "She then smiled seductively afterwards, "this time." Tenchi gulped nervously and turned his attention back towards the battle.

The two snakes transformed back into their "human" forms, and then ran off towards the forest. Several other gang members ran off towards the forest, followed by Ayeka's insane cackling. Tenchi looked over and saw Ayeka laughing maniacally at her victory. "That will teach you to attack an innocent young lady! Ohohoho!" Tenchi sweat dropped at Ayeka's behavior and wondered if her sanity was still in intact. He also saw the giant centipede's remains on the ground, with a great amount of blood surrounding it. He took in the surroundings, and saw that most of the enemy had retreated, all the while he was wondering just what they were. "They can't be human, at least, I hope they weren't…"

Tenchi went into deep contemplation, wondering if that killing them was the right thing.

Although he didn't kill any of them directly, he still felt responsible for their deaths. Ryoko noted his solemn look, and decided to see what was up. "Hey Tenchi, what's the matter? Is something bothering you?" Tenchi snapped out of his reverie and came back to reality. "Um, no, why do you ask?" Ryoko looked at him skeptically. "Well, you kinda zoned out there." Tenchi shook his head and gave her one of his warm smiles. "Don't worry, I'm okay."

Ryoko decided to let it off at that and explore it later. She then looked towards the field and was pissed that there was no opponents to challenge her. "Damnit Ayeka! Why did ya have to chase them all away?!" Ayeka stopped in mid cackle and fumed at Ryoko. "Don't be ungrateful! I chased away all those brutes so Lord Tenchi wouldn't fight them!"

Azaka and Kamidake looked at each other and sweat dropped. "What is she talking about? Tenchi did fight, and we even helped her out!" Azaka sighed at his partner's complaint and voiced his depressed comment. "That's the fate of us background characters." Ayeka snapped at the two logs. "Quiet you two!" The logs quivered in fright. "Yes'mam!"

Jenku sat atop a boulder and watched the entire battle, his two lieutenants standing on each side of him. The one on the left was male, and had dark green hair. His eyes were blood red, and he held a strange weapon. It appeared to be a halberd of some sort, and one could see the pulsating power from it. On his right was a woman, she had white colored hair covered with a red bandanna, her eyes had a purple tint, and she too had a similar weapon to her counterpart.

Jenku himself had the exact same weapon, and it was resting on his shoulder as he stared at the battlefield. His face contorted to disgust as he watched his comrades run away, screaming something about a psycho woman and her logs. "Hmph, fucking cowards. It's just some stupid human boy and a bunch of weak wenches. Ritsuko, Ryu, let's do this." He slowly rose himself up, and lightly hopped to the ground. All three of them dashed towards the battle field, confident that they will be victorious. "These spears that Naraku gave us should come in handy."  Jenku thought back to the conversation the previous night.

FLASHBACK

The youth stood there, fear evident on his features, for he knew that the lightest mistake would bring an abrupt end to his life. The man in the baboon pelt regarded the young man. "I am Naraku, and I bring you an offer. It is a simple one, one that I trust you will find compelling." Jenku gulped and nodded for him to continue. "There is someone who is rather a nuisance, someone who I am too busy too take care of right now. All I ask of you is too take of him for me, and I will grant you something in return." The other gang members looked skeptical, but also interested at the same time. "I will grant you great power, more than you ever imagined in your entire bleak existences. In fact, if you agree to do this, I will grant to you now."

Although the members didn't exactly like to be insulted, they knew better than to protest around this man, plus the fact that his promise of power greatly interested them. Naraku extended his hand from his cloak, and revealed his open palm. Inside of it were a number of small blue shards of some type of crystal. The group looked at them and awaited an explanation. "These jewel shards contain an essence of my power, power which will be granted to you if you agree to take my offer." Jenku contemplated, but them remembered what happened to their "almighty" leader. Jenku glanced around, and found that everyone was scared witless and excited at the same time.

"Alright, Naraku, we shall take your offer." Naraku smirked under his pelt, one that the unfortunate Jenku didn't see. Naraku then closed his fist, and then held it in front of the mask. The shards then sprung forth, each hitting a gang member, each shard empowering the Youkai. Jenku could feel the intense power enter him, and felt his confidence grow.

He grinned greedily at the power he received, and could tell right away that he would enjoy it.

Naraku continued to smirk under his cloak, privately doing this to something he only knows of. After the group's power surge was finished, Naraku then produced three halberds out of nowhere. The Youkai could tell that these were weapons of awesome power, and all greedily closed in around them. Jenku looked up to Naraku, wanting to know instructions for these. "Take these, for they too are infused with my power. You, Jenku, shall take one. You may choose the other two to give the halberds too. Make sure to choose well." Jenku grinned as he picked a halberd up, and swung it experimentally. Its normal arcs may sound like metal cutting through the air, but to its user the weapon sounded as if it was singing. Jenku could hear the melody in his ears, and grinned at the sheer magnitude of it.

He glanced up and saw Naraku continue to stare at him. Jenku smirked at Naraku, and stated his question. "Heh, who's the hit?"

END OF FLASHBACK

The trio of fighters made their out of the forest, and then launched a triad attack. All three halberds swung in perfect unison, sending a large triangular wave towards Tenchi's group. The wave tore up the ground, creating a large trench in its wake.

While Ryoko and Ayeka were busy bickering, Tenchi spotted a rather large triangular wave moving towards them, and instantly went into the action of warning his friends. "Um, ladies? Get out of the way!" The turn towards the frantic Tenchi and saw what he was pointing at. Everyone scattered in various directions as the blast made its path.

As the three regrouped, they turned towards the laughter emitted by three young punks, halberds visibly pulsating in their hands. Jenku stepped forward, a predatory grin on his face. "Which one of you is named Tenchi?" Tenchi bravely stepped forward, with a glare of determination in his eyes. "I am. Just what do you want with me?" Jenku chuckled at the boy's obvious question. "Heh, I'm here to kill ya." With that said, Jenku and his two comrades all leapt for their intended targets.

Ryu chose Ryoko as his opponent, his powerful halberd clashing with her energy sword. The two weapons crackled with intense energy, but if one looked close enough, one would notice that Ryoko had more skill behind her blade. Ryu on the other hand, despite struggling, kept up his front that he was her superior.

Ritsuko chose Ayeka as her target, and her halberd, despite its power could not pierce Ayeka's energy barrier. Ayeka cackled psychotically as Ritsuko continually yelled for her to shut up. Too bad Ritsuko didn't take Azaka and Kamidake into account…

Tenchi and Jenku both clashed their weapons, energy flashing each time the master key and the halberd made contact. Tenchi easily parried the leader's thrusts and found plenty of openings in his opponent. He had plenty of chances to finish the fight, but the young prince hesitated to make the final bow.

Ryoko and Ryu's battle continued, their blades making contact with each other. Then Ryoko did the unexpected, and swayed to the side of the blade. She then grabbed the halberd, and yanked it from Ryu's grip. She then proceeded to simply punch the punk in the face, sending him flying a few feet towards the forest edge. After Ryu regained his senses, he saw his predicament and ran into the forest, hoping that Ryoko wouldn't follow. Ryoko just shrugged her shoulders and looked over to Ayeka, who not only had Ritsuko's halberd, but had also sent her guardians to chase the offender away into the forest with her ally. Ayeka was laughing psychotically away while Ryoko sweat dropped.

Jenku and Tenchi faced each other off, staring into the depths of each other's eyes. Fatigue was apparent on Jenku, but Tenchi, although panting, had no sign of exhaustion on him. Ryoko and Ayeka appeared on each side of Tenchi, halberds in their hands. Jenku took in the current situation, and decided to opt a tactical retreat. He turned and began to dash into the forest, intent on making Tenchi pay for his humiliation. Ryoko stared off at the retreating Youkai, and then glanced at the halberd in her hand. "Eh, what a bunch of cowards."

Jenku continued to dash through the forest, embarrassed at his defeat. He would make sure to discipline his group upon return. It was then that he noticed something was amiss, and stopped in front of what appeared to be small chunks of ice. He took a closer inspection and found out that it was the head of Ryu contained in the ice. Horror and pain was etched on his former comrade's face, and Jenku recoiled in fear and threw the head to the ground. He then looked up and noticed that the rest of his gang was a bunch of little chunks on the ground, scattered everywhere so that it was impossible to identify whose body part was whose. Jenku then heard a woman's cold chuckling echo throughout the forest.

"My, my, what are we so afraid of?" The chuckling continued as a woman dressed in an elborat kimono stepped forward. The kimono obviously came from the Sengoku Jidai, its colors were those of ice blue and white. She also had black wavy hair, pulled into a pony tail. The blue tips of her kimono had various little designs, and her sash was a deep blue instead of the usual ice blue color theme. Her face could entrance most men, but her ice blue eyes held a cold glint of malice. Her smirk was cold, and she emphasized it with her chuckling.

Jenku stared at the woman, anger and fear evident on his face. "Shigure! You bitch! You killed them, didn't you?!" Shigure went into an all out laugh. "You foolish snake! Did you just now figure it out?" She gave a shrill laughter, one that sent chills through Jenku's spine. He readied his halberd and charge towards the sadistic woman. "Die you fucking bitch!" Shigure easily met his halberd with her glaive.

The blades met, and energy crackled forth from them. Shigure smiled at the boy's scared look. "Foolish little snake. The halberd has much power, but you have very little skill." She gave a little smile, and impaled Jenku. Jenku's body began to cover slowly in ice, and the pain hit him in full force. She pulled the glaive out and stared at a pained Jenku, a smirk evident on her face. "Is it painful? It must be, since your innards are all freezing up at once. I must say though, your friend's deaths were much less painless." She looked over to Ryu's head. "All I had to do was just freeze instantly in place with my winds, and then just shatter them. Now I have to wait to do that with you." She gave a mock pout towards the slowly crystallizing Jenku.

She then slowly walked towards the dropped halberd, and picked it up. In that instant, several wasps came from out of the forest and flew around Shigure. One large wasp came towards her and awaited orders. "You three, take this." She tossed the weapon towards three of the wasps and they carried it off towards an unknown destination. She then pointed towards a large group of the big bugs, and barked orders at them. "You lot go for the other two weapons from those humans. And make sure you're not followed." The wasps nodded and flew off towards the Tenchi group.

Shigure then glanced over to the now frozen Jenku, and tossed her glaive at it. The man sculpture shattered and a blue jewel fell out. She willed it to her, and place it in her pouch, where the rest of the shards were located. She then pointed to another wasp. "You, take these shards to Master Naraku, and make sure they return safely. After tossing the leather bag to the wasp, she calmly walked over to the glaive, and picked it up. "The rest of you clean up this mess." She then waved her glaive and a cool mist appeared from it. The mist was slowly freezing the ground beneath it, and one could see the surrounding vegetation begin to take on frost. Shigure calmly sat on the mist cloud, and then willed it to fly off towards the same direction as the wasps.                           

Meanwhile…

Tenchi and the girls were all on their way back towards the house, the whole while they were discussing the nature of the previous attack. They all held on to the halberds, contemplating on what the heck they were exactly and why did those kids have them. Ryoko originally wanted to just break them, but Tenchi was able to convince her that Washu could analyze it. Ryoko relented afterwards and decided to go back to taunting Ayeka. As they came up to the entrance, the met up with Sasami, Ryo-Ohki, and Washu.

"So, I'm guessing that you already took care of the disturbance I detected Tenchi dear?" Before Ryoko and Ayeka responded, Tenchi cut them off with an affirmative response. "Yeah, but it was a pretty easy considering the circumstances." After one explanation later, the group decided to head inside, until Tenchi remembered why they kept the weapons in the first place.

"Oh, Little Washu? Could you take a look at these?" Tenchi pointed to the halberds that he and Ayeka were carrying. "The guys who attacked us were carrying these, and they weren't exactly something we could call normal." Washu examined the weapons for a moment, and then flashed one of her mischievous grins. "I'll examine them Tenchi, but only if you do something for me." She then gave him a leerful grin, which made Tenchi gulp nervously. Before anything else happened, a loud buzzing noise was heard coming out of the forest.

The group looked up and saw several large wasps fly out of the clearing, all making a beeline for the group. Sasami shrieked with surprise, while Ryo-Ohki jump to the ground and hissed.  Everyone else looked stupefied by the swarm of wasps, but then began to shield themselves with their arms as the wasps began to engulf them. Ayeak and Tenchi felt their loads lighten as their halberds were yanked forcefully out of their hands. After the wasps had completed their objective, the entire swarm flew away, and left the group unharmed.  They all stared up in surprise and relief, until a realization came. "Aw man! The weapons are gone!" Washu stared dubiously at the retreating wasps, and was in full thinking mode. Ryoko just looked back at her companions and thumped in the direction of the wasps. "What the hell was that all about?" The rest shrugged as they looked on towards the retreating wasps.

To be continued…

Phew! Done in what? Two weeks? Sorry about the long delay, but school has been getting in my way. Finals suck and they sap my creative writing. Anyway, questions or comments you can just either enter through reviews or send my by e-mail. But remember that if you send me through e-mail that you must label it as "fanfiction" or the title of the fanfic or chapter. Well, let's hope that the next chapter doesn't take as long this time.