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Zantetzuken

Chaptire 6 – You Have Something I Need. Beast Boy vs. Velsper…

The quiet night air surrounded the inhabitants of Jump City, the residents unaware of the ensuing battle to come. High atop a building, Velsper peered at the surroundings. He removed his cloak to get a better look, and his bright shiny mane of hair glistened in the moonlight. His pointy head with broad neck and shoulders symbolized his demonic heritage. His skin was red as the setting sun. Upon the middle of his forehead, was imbedded a large chunk of metal that stuck out like some malformed horn. Velsper's foreskin was wrapped around it, showing signs of his old wound healing and adjusting.

Velsper held the Zantetzuken in hand, and pondered over what to do now that the problem of his bane was taken care of.

"Toyoshi would have been the only one capable of using it properly to defeat me," he spoke to himself, "and the only one with a sign of response from the blade is that amateur green boy." He looked to the city. "This world can truly be mine now," he said, "so I should form it to my taste."


Back at Titans Tower…

The sound of the alarm awoke everyone out of their beds and to the main screen in the living room. Robin was the first to arrive, and activated the computer to find the disturbance. Robin was soon joined by Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy.

"What's wrong now?" asked Cyborg.
"Apparently there's something going on downtown," responded Robin, "I'll hook into one of the security camera down there."

Robin brought the downtown scene on the screen. A red humanoid swung a sword towards a building, splitting it in two. The building was collapsing when Robin switched the camera off.

Beast Boy was the first to respond. "Velsper!" he said with a growl.
"What's he trying to accomplish?" asked Robin.
"Whatever it is, we should hurry downtown to stop him," said Raven. The others agreed, and hurried downtown to the scene of the attack.

Velsper was seemingly enjoying his wonton destruction, as he slashed down two more buildings with a sense of demonic glee. His was rather disappointed however, that all he could find were empty business offices.

"Bah!" he exclaimed. "There's no fun in empty buildings. I need to find a few victims. After all, a demon is only as renowned as how many creatures they've made suffer."

"I'm going to have to cancel your so called 'fun' pal," exclaimed a voice.

Velsper turned to see the Teen Titans armed and ready to fight. Velsper examined them, and just scoffed. He planted the Zantetzuken into the ground and used it like a cane.

"Well, well, well," he said. "Are you five going to be the ones to stop me? Making this city my personal kingdom will be easier than I thought." Velsper turned to Beast Boy, and grinned with his pearly demon fangs.

"And you boy," he said to the changeling, "I thought you would have enough sense to leave me alone, seeing me defeat the priest effortlessly."
"You have something I need, and I want it now," said Beast Boy in a calm voice. One could hear the spite hidden between the words.
"Oh, we're going to play the polite hero eh? Very well and what if I refuse?"
"Then my friends and I will kill you. Don't think we will show any mercy to a demon."

Velsper laughed. "Spoken like one who is a demon himself," he stated calmly. Velsper held up his gauntlets. "These were given to me by my father, a rather vicious demon prince in his own right. I doubt you'll find them in any tome, they're practically the oldest artifacts of the old millennium."

The gauntlets blue sapphires glowed menacingly, and out popped four shadows.

"Make sport of these children," commanded Velsper, "but leave the green one with the big mouth to me." The shadows attacked the Titans, and within seconds separated them from Beast Boy. Velsper approached Beast Boy, who growled and prepared to attack.

"Once I'm through with you, I'll will be the only being alive who can use Zantetzuken," said Velsper. "And with it, I will destroy Goemon's world, and mold a world just for me."

"I don't need the sword to beat you," shouted Beast Boy, and lunged towards Velsper as a mighty leopard. Velsper blocked Beast Boy's lunge with his arm, and flung him backwards, after which he swung Zantetzuken into the ground, splitting it towards Beast Boy. Beast Boy quickly dodged out of the way of the coming fissure, and transformed into a gorilla. Beast Boy swung at Velsper with his meaty fist, and hit, causing Velsper to drop the sword. Velsper quickly recovered, and just before Beast Boy hit him with his other fist, grabbed it with his own.

The two grappled with each other for a while, both having great strength. However, Velsper's demon strength won over Beast Boy's primal strength, and Beast Boy soon found himself lifted and flung into a nearby building, creating a sizable dent in the wall.

Beast Boy was dazed, his vision blurring slightly from the shock of the impact. All he could see was a large red blur coming right at him. Suddenly he was slammed against the building again, and he roared with pain. Velsper kept the pain coming, as he started to punch Beast Boy in the gut rapidly. Beast Boy concentrated, and transformed into a small monkey, which caused Velsper's next punch to collide with the building. Beast Boy took to the offensive, and transformed into a rhino, and charged into Velsper's backside, causing a cringe of pain and frustration to exit the demon.

Beast Boy backed up to charge again, but when he did so, Velsper caught Beast Boy by his horn, and flung him down the street, his rhino body digging into the hard concrete as he skidded across it. The shock caused Beast Boy to change back to normal. Velsper walked over and grinned at his apparent victory.

"Well, guess you're all out of options boy," he said calmly. Velsper picked Beast Boy up by the throat and grasped him tightly, applying pressure to his neck. Beast Boy's breaths quickly turned into wheezes.

Beast Boy was starting to feel faint again, and he could see his vision failing. Beast Boy slowly closed his eyes, and soon seemed to pass out. Velsper just laughed, and looked at his newest victim like a rag doll.

Suddenly, Beast Boy's eyes, shot open, and had no pupils or dilation. Velsper quirked an eyebrow, curious as to what was happening to the green one. Beast Boy started transforming into a large creature, and batted away Velsper to the ground. Velsper, angry at this sudden turn, growled with pure rage. He turned to see his opponent upright, in his Primal form.

The Primal roared in pure chaos, and charged Velsper. The beast slashed at the demon, causing a great gnash to form across his red chest. Velsper roared in pain, but quickly slashed at the Primal, causing his own mark of blood.

At this point, the Titan's had managed to finish off Velsper's shadows, and returned to find the ensuing battle. Rather than jump to action, the four friends stood there in awe, as they watched the two colossi beat each other into pulp. They knew if one of them were foolish enough to interfere, they would be torn to shreds by the sheer aggression of the two combatants.

Several minutes passed, and the Primal and Velsper started to show signs of weariness. Velsper had a look in his eyes, one that showed both shock and joy. There were few creatures in the world that could fight a demon, let alone go toe-to-toe with one for so long. The Primal had no such complex thoughts, only the animalistic need to survive by any means necessary, and to the death if need be.

Velsper, in either his lapse of judgment, or because he was having too good of a time; failed to see Zantetzuken on the ground next to him. He picked it up, and charged at the Primal. The Primal just stood there in wait. At the last minute, the Primal leaped over Velsper's head, and punched him from behind.

Velsper eyes went wide, and he looked down to see a green furry fist coming out of his chest. The demon coughed up blood. The Primal pulled out his fist, and slowly Velsper went to his knees, and collapsed in a pile of flames, leaving only a trace of fine dust. The piece of Zantetzuken that was lodged in his head was on top of the dust, still as sharp as the day it was lodged into Velsper's head.

The Primal had calmed considerably, and soon transformed into Beast Boy, who then collapsed himself onto the dusty city streets. The Titans rushed over to help their friend, and bring him to the med lab back at the tower.

Titans Tower

Beast Boy awoke as pain shot through his body. He found himself inside the tower's med lab, his friends smiling upon his awakening.

"Hi guys," he said weakly.
"Hey BB," said Robin, "you feeling alright?"
"I guess so, but man, I must have taken a beating. I'm sore all over."

Cyborg laughed at his friend's comment. "Well not many have a street brawl with a demon in the middle of downtown. You're pretty lucky that your Primal form managed to absorb a lot of punishment. However, you're going to need a couple of days for recovery."

"Until then, why don't you rest Beast Boy, you've earned it," said Starfire.
"Thanks, I think that sounds good," said Beast Boy, and sighed in relaxation. Or as relaxed as Beast Boy could get anyway in his condition.
"I thought you might like to rest with this," said Raven, and she held the Zantetzuken in its sheath in front of him.

Beast Boy, picked it up and nestled it under his arm. He stared at it, and a tear came to his eye. "Thanks Rae," choked out Beast Boy.

With that, the Titan's left the room, with Cyborg turning off the light. Beast Boy closed his eyes, only one thought in his head.

'Terra, I'm almost there…'


"Thank You!" To The Following...

PoopyPenguin
My only reviewer, thank you for your support no matter what. I'm glad to know I've kept one reader, and that's enough to keep me writtng this story. Thanks again!

Only one reviewer that last time. I think I'm going to cry :(...Nah like I said, if one person reads this fic, then I'm satisfied.

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