"Dragonball AS: Destroyer Saga"
Chapter 7- "The Dark One"
By- Tiny
Ice made the first move of the Budokai, throwing his thick tail around behind his opponent in an attempt to trip him up, but Sanil was on the ball and caught the attack with relative ease. The Kurudo-jin struggled to free himself from the Nameksei-jin's grip, but never got the chance as Sanil raised him over his head and threw Ice hard into the arena floor. Pain surged through Ice's body from the force of the impact, not to mention the shrapnel that had flow up and embedded itself in his skin, but he wasn't done yet as his tail wrapped around Sanil's arm and pulled the green warrior in.
Sanil's eyes widened with shock as Ice pushed himself up out of the small indentation in the ground and threw a punch right into the Nameksei-jin's face, sending a small stream of purple blood flying from his nose. Not one to give his opponent's a second chance by nature, Ice swung around and landed a kick hard into Sanil's chest, launching the green warrior halfway across the ring in the process. It looked for a moment as though Sanil would fall out of the ring, but he stopped just short of the edge of the ring and settled back down on his feet.
The crowd was in utter amazement as the two warriors went at each other again, since most of them couldn't follow their movements at all, which included some of the older energy users. The Saiya-jin, on the other hand, had no trouble whatsoever following the fight as the saw Sanil's fist smash hard into Ice's cheek, the blow earning a hard knee to the Nameksei-jin's gut soon afterward. The fight was intense, making the ring shake slightly as the two warrior's battled it out for domination, but everyone who could sense their power knew that the two warrior's hadn't even gotten started yet.
Sanil and Ice landed after a brief punching match in the center of the ring, staring each other down intently as the energy sparked between them, the heat of battle having swallowed them up entirely. The adrenaline was pumping through their veins like a wildfire through dry wood as their eyes locked, the fire dancing within unmistakable for anything but bloodlust. The two fighter's suddenly became enveloped by their respective aura's as the crowd grew deathly silent in bewilderment, wondering what was going on now with the two fighters.
"You fight well, for a lizard," Sanil chuckled, "I have to admit, I haven't had a fight like this since the day I was born!"
"You're not half bad yourself, Nameksei-jin," Ice smirked, "But I'm tired of you holding back on me. It's time to show you, and everyone else, just what I'm really capable of!"
Sanil looked at his opponent with mild confusion as he began to scream at the top of his lungs, his blue aura darkening slightly as little sparks of energy began to shoot out all around his body. The red pupils in his eyes began to contract until they had disappeared entirely, making his appearance much more menacing, but that was nothing compared to what happened next. The dark shirt that the Kurudo-jin had been sporting ripped completely to nothing more than shreds as his limited muscle mass expanded greatly, damn near tripling.
Everyone else was watching with nothing short of awe in their eyes as Ice's power began to spike dramatically, shooting far above what they had ever thought possible for the Kurudo-jin. Even his allies from space, the two young Saiya-jin, were at a loss for words as their comrade powered up to his maximum, shattering several tiles he had been standing on into nothing but dust. The sight of the Kurudo-jin at his maximum was overwhelming, especially since his muscle mass was now larger than even that of a Super Saiya-jin at the third level, and he wasn't even in the fifth form!
"It's been a long time since I've had to use this power, but it feels so good to have it flowing through me once more!" Ice chuckled, his voice seeming slightly deeper, "Now, where were we, Nameksei-jin?"
"We were at the part where I kick your lizard ass!" Sanil growled, jumping into the air, "This newfound power won't save you from me!"
The Kurudo-jin moved to try and sidestep his opponent's attack, but was stunned when the Nameksei-jin warrior raised his leg in the opposite direction and connected hard with Ice's ribcage. The blow hurt a great deal, but Ice shook it off as he brought his fist up into Sanil's stomach, causing the Nameksei-jin to double over in pain as his spat out a little more of his blood onto the arena floor. Sanil wasn't about to take such a move lying down, however, and threw a small ki blast up into Ice's face, knocking the Kurudo-jin over for a brief second.
That second was all Sanil needed, however, as he jumped up overhead and slammed his knee right into Ice's spine, hearing a loud crunching sound as the Kurudo-jin screamed in pain. Sanil followed up his initial blow with a roundhouse kick in the ribcage, sending Ice skidding across the tiled floor with the Nameksei-jin in hot pursuit, a ki blast charging in his left hand. That might have been all he needed to win the match as well, but that wasn't going to happen as Ice flipped up onto his feet and smacked Sanil into the floor with his tail.
Sanil didn't know what it was that had hit him, initially thinking that a large truck had run him over or something, but ducked under a charged-up fist just as he came back to his senses. Ice growled with frustration as he tried to land another hard blow against the Nameksei-jin's chest, but the blow never connected as Sanil grabbed his arm and threw him into the floor. Ice once again felt a searing pain as the shrapnel tore through his flesh from the force of impact, but he wouldn't give in that easy as he wrapped his tail around Sanil's throat and began to squeeze.
The Nameksei-jin began to make gargling sounds in his throat as he tried to break Ice's grip on him, scratching at the skin and even biting into it in his attempts, but it was all for naught as the squeeze tightened. Dark spots began to dance in front of the Nameksei-jin's eyes as his wind left him, but he wasn't about to give in to some newcomer just because of a cheap trick as Sanil began to gather his power. Ice didn't really think much of it until he saw the Nameksei-jin's muscle's expand slightly just before his aura shot out all around him in a blaze of raw power.
The unexpected force was enough to break the vice-like grip around Sanil's neck and it gave him his one opportunity to get to the next round, which he immediately seized as he brought his hands up to his head. Shortly there after, a bright flash filled the stadium, blinding everyone in the area except for a few who wore sunglasses, but Ice was not one of them as he scratched at his burning irises. The Kurudo-jin was too distracted with the spots dancing before his eyes at that moment to ever notice the green ki wave charging up not two feet from the back of his head.
"Time to put an end to this match!" Sanil smirked, "MASENKAME-HA!"
Ice regained his vision just in time to turn and see a green ki wave slam hard into his face, knocking him deeper into the arena floor than ever before and leaving a small crater in it's wake as the blast exploded. Sanil smirked with satisfaction as the smoke cleared to reveal an immobile, though very much alive, Kurudo-jin lying in tatters among the rubble. The Nameksei-jin was on the verge of cheering for himself, but didn't really need to as the crowd broke out into a thunderous round of applause, which cause the Nameksei-jin's ears to ache.
"Well ladies and gentlemen, I looks like Ice is down!" the announcer gulped, "I'll start the count! 10...9...8..."
"Don't bother with your pointless little countdown, Sanil huffed, heading out of the ring, "He won't be moving for quite a while."
"Think again, Nameksei-jin!" Ice roared, jumping out of the crater, "You're going to pay for that!"
Sanil was too shocked just from hearing Ice's voice to even move as the Kurudo-jin slammed a fist hard into the back of his head, throwing the Nameksei-jin out of the ring and into the wall nearby. Bricks and vaporized cement flew out all over the place as a seven foot indentation formed in the wall where Sanil had hit, holding him firmly in place just before his green body hit the grass. The once cheering crowd was too shocked to even register what they had just seen at first, or so it seemed anyway, but soon recovered from that and began to cheer even more loudly than ever.
Ice didn't particularly care for all the attention, but welcomed it anyway as he waved to the crowd with a big grin on his face, his muscles shrinking back to their normal size as his power went back down. The Saiya-jin in the crowd were shocked to say the least, having just watched Ice take down a superior opponent, and Goten's mouth was still dragging on the ground as the medics walked by with Sanil. It was enough to make Ice's grin broaden, seeing as he hadn't expected to win either, and he just stood out in the ring a few moments more, soaking up all the attention.
"Well folks, in a surprise upset, Ice has managed to defeat Sanil by ring-out!" the announcer cheered, "That means that Ice will move on to our quarter-final round, but now to see who he'll be facing in that round! In this match, we have a real treat for all of you in the tall, dark, and handsome warrior Roshi, son of former tournament competitor and semi-finalist Yamcha! Roshi went to start training with his father six years ago and was apparently named after his father's former sensei, Kame-Sennin, who passed away just this last year."
The crowd bowed their heads in reverence as Roshi walked out of the waiting room, seeing as the news of the late Turtle Hermit's death had been very widespread and mourned by many martial artists. Roshi came out dressed in a modified version of the Kame School's traditional gi, with red cargo pants tucked into his black, almost military style boots. His top half was covered by a black, sleeveless shirt under a red vest, which bore the Kame symbol on the back, and had a jagged scar running down his left bicep, presumably from a fight with his fellow students or a wild animal.
"With looks like that, he truly is a chip of the old block, but will it be enough to defeat his opponent in this match, Destroyer?" the announcer continued, "We have very little information on this competitor, but it is known that he has come to the Budokai seeking to break the spirits of our greatest fighters. Does he have what it takes to succeed? We'll find out, ladies and gentlemen, so let's hear a big round of applause for Destroyer!"
Destroyer walked out of the waiting area and the already silent crowd didn't even make a sound as he came into view, having discarded his shirt somewhere along the way to better show off his muscular figure. Destroyer's dark hair hung loosely around his shoulder's, his red eyes glowing the intensity of a predator as he locked eyes with Roshi in the ring. The human man was not afraid of this alien assassin, or at least didn't show as much if he was, and that was something that even the experienced killer could admire as he set foot on the tiled floor.
You could have heard a pin drop in the Budokai arena as Roshi gazed with nothing short of murder in his eyes at Destroyer, those dark obsidian orbs staring into what seemed like small pits of pure Hell. Roshi could feel a shiver run down his spine as he turned his eyes away from those of his opponent, falling into his father's trademark stance as all emotion left his face. Destroyer couldn't help but allow himself a smirk as he too fell into a unique and bizarre stance, which almost seemed to be full of openings, but the human knew not to underestimate him as he tightened his own defenses.
"You are going to die today, human," Destroyer chuckled, "You and every one of your allies will become the first martyr's for the lost cause of opposing the will of my masters!"
"We'll see about that, ugly," Roshi huffed, narrowing his eyes, "I'm not going to lose to something as evil as you!"
"We'll see about that, pitiful human," Destroyer laughed, "Won't we?"
"I guess we will," Roshi nodded, "We'll see just how quickly I pound your sorry ass into the dirt!"
"Alright guys, let's keep it clean, alright?" the announcer cautioned the two fighters before raising the microphone up again, "FIGHT!"
The two warrior's didn't need to be told twice as they charged at each other immediately, Destroyer throwing the first blow to try and take out his human opponent quickly. The blow was pointless, however, as Roshi jumped over the attack and slammed his knee hard into Destroyer's face, knocking the dark-skinned warrior back slightly in a half-circle flip. Roshi was about to phase down and strike another blow into Destroyer's middle, but the alien assassin caught him off-guard by reversing the flip and connecting his foot with Roshi's jaw.
The human warrior went soaring into the air overhead at breakneck speed, but corrected himself just in time to deflect a yellow ki blast right back at Destroyer, causing a small explosion in the ring. Roshi took advantage of what he believed to be a temporary advantage and fell back down to the ring and charged at his opponent, connecting with nothing more than air as Destroyer disappeared. The human fighter looked confused until he felt a hand smack hard against the back of his head, hurtling Roshi forward a few feet before he turned around to face a laughing assassin.
"No wonder you have to talk big about yourself!" Destroyer almost cried, he was laughing so hard, "Because you certainly can't fight worth beans!"
"You won't be laughing so hard when I pound your teeth in!" Roshi roared, shooting his power as high as he could, "I'll make you scream for mercy before I'm done!"
"I doubt that, human," Destroyer smirked, crossing his arms, "But you're welcome to try, if you think that you can pull it off!"
"YOU GOT IT!"
Current Power Levels
Sanil: 58,500,000
Ice: 46,000,000
full power: 55,000,000
Roshi: 32,500,000
Author's Notes: I've decided that Ice will probably transform eventually, but not for quite a while yet, as he still has to unlock the ability, but he's well on his way! The next chapter will focus a bit more around the fight between the mysterious Destroyer and Yamcha's son, Roshi, but will move on after a while. To see how things play out for our hero's you'll have to stay tuned, but for now let's get to the reviewers!
chris: Yeah, it sucks what they did to Gohan and things will only get more interesting for him and the others as things go on! It's high praise to be compared to Brandon B.'s fic, but since that was this one's original inspiration, thanks! Hope to see you again in the future!
Ilthary: Oh, I have something in store for you alright, and I can promise you that it will be big, really big! Hope to see you around when it comes to light!
Gomer: The Budokai was later originally, but there was also one that was used to recruit new members in one of the first sagas. I just upped the date and threw Destroyer into the mix, cause I thought it would make things more interesting. Besides, it'll give you some action to hold you over until the big battles come, so stay tuned!