Title: The Beast Drive Slash

Hello again! First off, I'd like to apologize for making you all wait so long for the next chapter. I didn't really have a whole lot of time on my hands, and I didn't have all that much Bloody Roar themed inspiration to help me out either. Also, I would like to apologize about the bad typo from the previous chapters. For some reason when I uploaded the previous chapters, all the question marks and a few other punctuation marks were erased from the file. Now I not only tried to fix that, but now the previous chapters, as well as this one had a layout change, so hopefully the story is a little easier for you guys to read. And now, here is the next chapter! Hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bloody Roar, or any of its characters. I only own my original characters.


Everyone was relieved that the peace had returned to the dojo after Riku had left Busuzima tied up on a cherry tree with her whip, and a black bandana tied around his mouth to keep him from talking. While Busuzima was left alone, everyone else was in the dojo's garden, which was located in the back of the building. Ryoho and Mana were both standing over an orchard while everyone else was standing around them.

"Today we are going to use the power of your beast form during one quick attack."

Everyone watched Ryoho closely as he pointed toward an apple, hanging from a nearby tree.

"Allow me to demonstrate by using that apple."

Everyone watched as Ryoho raised his hand before he quickly leaped up in the air toward the apple. Suddenly his arm changed into his dragon form's arm before he made two quick slices toward the apple. His arm quickly changed back, and he landed on the ground before the apple twitched and fell off the tree. As it fell, the apple split in half before he caught both halves. Ryoho turned toward everyone and stared at their surprized faces as he handed one of the apple halves to Mana.

"You will all practice this technique using these apple trees."


Everyone had divided into a group of roughly two or three people as they all picked an apple tree to practice on. Uriko and Kenji both stared at their tree before they stared at each other.

"Uh, Kenji? How did that move go again?"

"It's like this. Watch!"

Kenji leaped up to the tree before he concentrated his energy into his hand, turning it into the paw of his mole form. He slashed an apple on the tree with his newly formed paw before he jumped back down toward the ground. His hand slowly changed back as the apple fell off the branch. Uriko watched as Kenji raised his hand and caught the apple before he stood up and smiled.

"That was so cool!"

"Let's see you try it."

Uriko smiled and nodded before she walked up to the tree and stared at it. She looked all along its branches before she focused on an apple hanging a little higher than where Kenji's apple used to be. She smirked before she ran toward the tree and concentrated her energy into her hand. Soon her hand turned into a giant cat paw, and Uriko soon found herself an inch away from the tree. But as she was about to leap toward the apple she accidentally tripped over a small pebble, causing her to lunge to the right of the apple and strike a large branch instead. Uriko's hand changed back and she landed on her knees while the large branch she hit landed an inch away from Kenji. Kenji, as well as everyone else, stared at Uriko in shock, while Uriko only smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head.

"Um...Sorry?"


Riku, Long, and Cronos stared up toward the tree before Long leaped up toward an apple. His hand quickly changed into the paw of his tiger form as he sliced the apple into three with his claws. He landed on his knees before his hand quickly changed back and the sliced up apple fell on the floor. Riku and Cronos looked at Long before they both looked back at the tree. Then Riku turned to Cronos.

"You know, I never did get the chance to see your power. I don't suppose you want to try?"

"Sure I guess."

Cronos took a few steps toward the tree before he stared at an apple. Then he concentrated his energy before he ran at full speed toward the tree. He jumped up and watched as his arm changed into a firey talon from his phoenix form before he punched the apple. To both Riku and Long's surprize, he broke the apple into peices as he knocked it off the branch. Cronos landed on his knees before his hand quickly changed back, then he looked around with shiftly eyes. Now he felt a little stupid. He knew that many zoantropes around the world recognized him as a prince because of his phoenix form, but he hoped that nobody would notice what he just did. Riku ran up to the apple before she lifted up what's left of the charred fruit.

"Boy, I wouldn't want to get you mad at me. You burnt up the whole thing!"

Cronos smiled sheepishly as Long clapped for him and Riku walked up to him while dangling the burnt apple.

"Uh... I guess I just got carried away?"

"Well, whatever that was, you got a lot of power."

Riku stared at a tree that was next to Xion and Nagi before he stared at a few apples at the very top of the tree.

"Hmm... Maybe I should try getting one of those..."

Riku slowly walked up to the tree while Cronos looked toward her and followed.


Xion stared up toward the tree and let out a small grunt while Nagi did the same. Xion jumped high in the air before a blade from his unborn form grew from his arm. He slashed an apple with his blade before he landed on the ground. His blade slowly formed back into his arm before the apple he sliced fell into his other hand. As soon as the apple fell into the palm of his hand, it broke into half.

"Hah, beat that!"

Nagi looked up toward the tall tree before she focused her gaze on an apple that hung a little higher than where Xion's apple was.

"My pleasure!"

Nagi concentrated her energy before a giant red blade overlapped her hand. She ran up to the tree before she made two quick slashes and fell back down. Her hand slowly changed back as the blade shrunk into her arm. She landed on her feet and looked up as her apple fell off the tree before it broke into four evenly cut slices.

"Hmph! Is that the best you can do?"

"It's a lot better than what you did."

"Hah! That was just practice! I bet I could beat you without even looking!"

"I'd like to see you try, cockroach boy!"

"Unborn wannabe!"

"Mutant boy!"

"Mutant girl!"

As both Xion and Nagi kept shouting at each other, Riku walked by and stared at the tree while Cronos followed her.

"You aren't worthy of becoming an unborn!"

"Oh! And you are! I can wipe the floor with you in my spurious form!"

Cronos stared back and forth between Xion and Nagi as they shouted more insults at each other before he turned his attention to Riku. She stared at the tree for a minute before she focused her violet eyes on an apple that was hanging at the very top of the tall tree. She closed her eyes and focused her energy before her fingers extended and became her ghost form's razor sharp claws. Without opening her eyes, she jumped high in the air, closely watched by Cronos. Xion and Nagi saw Riku at the corner of their eyes before they watched as she sliced up the apple with her claws. They watched as she landed on her knees before the apple fell off the branch. Riku looked up and caught the apple in the palm of her hand before her claws slowly shrunk back into fingers.

"Feh! So she managed to snag the apple on the highest branch...Big deal."

Xion snorted, but he, Nagi, and Cronos watched as Riku looked at the apple and lightly poked it with her finger before it broke up into sixteen slices.

"Amazing!"

"Yeah. It's amazing that she had beaten you, you unborn reject."

"She did better than you too, you dork."

Riku didn't pay any attention to Xion and Nagi as they taunted each other. Instead, she walked up to Cronos before she handed him the sliced up apple.

"Here. Take it."

"Thanks."

Cronos smiled at Riku while she smiled back. Then she looked away and watched as Busuzima had been trying to perform the "beast drive slash" move on an apple that was dangling an inch over his head. But he didn't concentrate his energy, and his arm remained the same as he tried to swat the apple off the branch. Riku watched as Busuzima only managed to make the apple swing on the branch without acctually knocking it off. She sighed as she took pity on the baka before she walked up to him. Cronos turned toward her and watched.

"You're doing it wrong."

"What do you know, doll face?"

Riku glared at him, but managed to keep her sanity.

"I know that it will take more than just a few slaps to knock down that apple. Here. Let me help you."

In a flash, Riku's hand turned into claws as she swatted the apple with lots of force. She smacked the apple so hard that it ripped off the branch and smacked Busuzima's face. Riku's hand slowly changed back as she wore a bright smile.

"There. Now you know."

Cronos was surprized by Riku's powerful strike, as he watched her walk away, leaving Busuzima while he rubbed his face and stared at the apple. Suddenly everyone heared the chime of a bell, before they looked back towards the dojo and saw Mana.

"Ok everyone! That is enough practice for today! Now it's time for the next assignment!"

Everyone nodded before they walked past Mana and went into the dojo. Mana looked around the area and stared at the apples that were scattered all around the ground. She slowly walked up to an apple before she picked it up and smiled.

"This is great! I can wash these and make pies."

She was about to pick up another apple when she turned her attention to the large branch that Uriko sliced off. Mana stared at it with sweatdrops before she muttered,

"Well, I guess Ryoho can carve that into motar so I can make mochi with it."

Mana bent down and picked up a few more apples before she carried them with her to the dojo.


TBC

So how was the chapter? Be sure to check out the next chapter to see what happens next!

At least this chapter might have answered Indigo Siren's question about Xion and Nagi. Instead of killing each other, these two have a more competitive way of seeing who's the better unborn. Heh!

By the way, in case you were wondering, motar is a bowl and a pedestal (mostly made out of wood or stone) that is used to grind things such as berries or rice, and mochi is a pounded rice cake.

Well, thanks for reading and be sure to review!