By Kevin Larry Ivy
I don't own the Powerpuff girls or any related characters. I do own Leviathan, Sezu, Kisu, Delu, Glyja, Beelzebub, and the six dark puffs.
A/N: Sorry for the horribly long wait, I've been working on other things. In case anyone is confused, this chapter and the next chapter take place during the fight with Blitz/Blood and Beelzebub.
Leviathan impatiently tapped his claw on his throne. He fidgets and moves around, growling under his breath. Blitz and Blood should have been here by now. He growls again and crosses his arms. This is taking way too long, where the hell are they? He creates a black orb in his hand and waits for the image to appear in the murky depths. It shows Blitz and Blood standing in the hall outside the throne room talking to each other. Just as Blitz is reaching for the door to enter the room, Beelzebub appears and stops her. Leviathan's eyes begin glowing bright red. What the hell is Beelzebub thinking? Leviathan concentrates a little more, causing sound to come from the orb.
"What are you doing? We're supposed to meet Dad in there," says Blitz, looking at Beelzebub with unhidden jealousy. Blood is staring at him as well, but with a completely different emotion expressed on her face. Beelzebub laughs and touches the door, which glows bright blue.
"There has been a change of plans. You two are to wait for the 'heroes' here and kill them. Your father doesn't want to dirty his claws with the weaklings." The door swings open revealing a dark cathedral. Blitz and Blood shrug and go inside. Beelzebub stands outside as the door closes. Then to Leviathan's surprise…and very subtle horror…Beelzebub turns and stares directly into Leviathan's eyes. Leviathan stares back, his claw shaking ever so slightly. Beelzebub can't possibly know he is watching can he? He's just a high order Omega Class demon, there's no way he can know. The eyeholes on Beelzebub's mask begin to glow bright blue. He begins laughing, an insane and totally sadistic laugh that echoes through Leviathan's mind. Then with a twirl, Beelzebub vanishes.
Leviathan crushes the orb, shattering it into a million pieces. He stands up snarling. How dare he! How dare Beelzebub go against HIS plans! That little runt will get what's coming to him, oh yes he will suffer for his betrayal. Before Leviathan can leave; however, a black portal tears open in front of the door. From it walks Him, without his usual whimsical expression or state. Him's features are set in stone, his entire body tensed and ready for action. Leviathan sits back down and laughs at his luck. Beelzebub can wait; it's finally time to end this worthless rivalry.
"Well, well if it isn't little Malebolgia. Have you finally decided to give in to my will? I'll make your death quick and painful if you just surrender." Says Leviathan with a laugh. Him gulps and clenches his claws.
"I'm never surrendering to you Leviathan. I came here to kill you and take back what I rightfully deserve. Only I have the control and knowledge necessary to be the ruler of Hell." Replies Him in a trembling voice. Leviathan laughs again and stands up, taking his cape off and draping it on his throne.
"Rightfully yours? This realm, this entire universe has always been MINE to rule! Once I'm through with you and the goddesses, I'll take it back and make the reality I was born to rule. You don't have the power, the ruthlessness, the will to run this or any other world." Him fidgets nervously, snapping his claws regularly.
"You don't have the heart to rule any-" before he finishes, Leviathan bursts into laughter. He holds his stomach and continues to laugh. When he gets over his laughter, he grins at Him with unrestrained malice.
"Heart? A true ruler, rules with fear, destruction, and hatred. No, Malebolgia, having a heart is a liability, not an asset. Your heart forever makes you inferior to me!" He laughs again. Him snarls, his green eyes glowing.
"You don't know anything! It's because I have this retched heart that I know what they want, know how they feel, and know how to use that to my advantage. Even if I didn't use it to control the human race, at least it makes me a better father than you cou-" Leviathan's laughter cuts him off again. His brother is now making Him more uncomfortable than ever before.
"A father? No Malebolgia, I am a ruler, a GOD. I don't need to show compassion or love to any creature, especially not a couple of soldiers I just happened to create." Him snarls again, his eyes glowing brighter.
"I always thought you were a monster…even for a demon. But now Leviathan, I can see you're something worse, something that doesn't even deserve existence. I'll kill you, I'll KILL YOU!" Him's mental restraints, which for years had kept him from raising a claw against Leviathan finally snap. He flies at Leviathan and swings at him. His brother jumps over the swing and kicks at his head. Him leans back, his eyes still glowing bright green, fueling him with pure demonic adrenaline. He grabs Leviathan's leg and flings him across the room. Leviathan stops himself on the wall and looks up at Him, who is firing a beam of energy from his mouth at him. Leviathan opens his own mouth and fires back a massive beam of black energy, which consumes Him's.
Him dodges out of the beams path and comes up firing green bolts of energy from his claws at Leviathan. Leviathan flies into the air and rains a storm of eyebeams on Him. Him puts up his claws and creates a shield around himself. Already the seemingly unbreakable stone that makes up the room is crumbling. Him looks up at Leviathan and snarls, firing out a massive green beam of energy at him. Leviathan blocks the beam, which sends him crashing through the ceiling. He comes back out in a flash and grabs Him by his throat. He lifts his brother into the air, his own eyes glowing bright red.
"Can't you understand the futility of this Malebolgia? I'm better, stronger, and faster than you will ever be, and there's nothing you can do about it!" He throws Him across the room, knocking him through the wall. Him comes back out and roars. He begins firing millions of green bolts across the room. Leviathan lifts his claws and opens them wide. Red balls of energy begin charging in them, until a massive red bolt fires out and drills Him into the wall. Him climbs out, snarling still, but looking fairly beat up.
"I'll never let you win, I'll never let you win, I'LL NEVER LET YOU WIN!" He is surrounded by green mist. He shoots up to thirteen feet tall, his body becoming a mass of muscles and might. A smaller version of his giant self he'd shown the girls when he pulled them into the fake future. He roars and crosses the distance between himself and Leviathan in a heartbeat. His fist crashes into Leviathan's stomach, driving the wind and blood from his mouth. Leviathan jumps back and fires giant red bolts at Him.
Him simply walks through the barrage of red bolts, wincing and grunting whenever one hits him. He lifts his claw and fires out a giant green bolt, which slams into Leviathan and sends him sprawling on the floor. He gets up and howls with rage, his eyes turning solid red. Him's own eyes turn solid green. Leviathan releases a massive beam of red energy. Him charges at his brother, running straight through the beam. His claw smashes into Leviathan's face, ending his energy beam. Him grabs Leviathan by the throat and begins to slam him around like a rag doll. Leviathan roars and releases a small nova of red energy. He is surrounded by red mist and quickly his body changes like Him's had.
Leviathan becomes taller, just slightly moreso than Him. His body remains lithe and slim, but two skeletal wings grow from his back. He growls and grins, his canines growing into longer fangs. His claws begin changing, becoming five fingered talons. His feet do the same, growing two talons on the front of the foot and one talon on the back. He roars and finishes his transformation, panting. His voice is permanently his snakelike, raspy second voice.
"Grr…the goddess's seal hasn't been weakened enough. This is the most I can transform!" He growls, but grins again. "No matter, it's still more than enough to kill YOU" He fires a giant red bolt at Him, knocking him back onto the floor. Him gets up, just in time to be nailed in the face by Leviathan. Leviathan continues beating on Him relentlessly. He slams his fists down on Him's neck, then begins stomping on his chest.
Him growls and twists Leviathan's leg, making him spiral into the air. He blasts him with his eyebeams then begins his own furious assault. He punches him across the face, absolutely punishes his midsection with a barrage of blows, then releases a green bolt that blasts him into the ceiling. Leviathan floats down and growls, wiping some blood from his lips.
"You're such a pathetic waste Malebolgia. Why do you fight me? Why not join me on the crest of oblivion into the apocalypse? My rule of this universe is inevitable!" Him shakes his head and growls.
"You'll never understand Leviathan! I'm not fighting you for my own personal gain. Of course I have a lot to gain by killing you, but I have even more to lose by letting you continue to live. For the sake of…my children I have to kill you. I HAVE TO!" He fires a green bolt at Leviathan from both claws, which Leviathan counters with his own red bolts.
"You're a weakling! You actually LOVE those pathetic little runts? They were all born too weak. If I had raised Belial in Blaze's place, my army would be unstoppable. But you, you ruined her! She could have been one of the greatest soldiers in all of Hell's armies, second only to Blitz and you ruined her! I got stuck with Blaze, she's only useful in her anger and then she's nothing but a mindless berserker!" Him snarls and begins to overpower Leviathan.
"You're the pathetic one Leviathan! I love them more than life itself, and I'll give anything to insure their happiness! You're the weakling who can't comprehend something like love, you live only for yourself, and that is why you're death is impossible to avoid!" Him completely overwhelms Leviathan and sends him crashing backward. Leviathan stands up and roars. He tries to finish his transformation into his second form, but the seal is still too strong.
"Face it Leviathan, this is game OVER!" Him releases a massive bolt of green light. Leviathan begins growling, then howls with unholy fury. Red light explodes from his body, holding back the bolt. Him pours more power into his attack, but the red field holds as Leviathan's unholy wail is heard throughout the burning Hells.
The light intermixes, causing a massive green and red explosion, like a Christmas firework. Leviathan pants and growls, his body sore from being stuck between transformations. He is quickly put on the defensive as Him unloads a flurry of punches and kicks on him. Leviathan and Him vanish and reappear throughout the room, fighting fiercer than ever before. Leviathan brings his fists down on Him's head. Him blocks with his claws and snarls. He pushes Leviathan back and blasts him with green light.
Leviathan stands up shakily, growling from exhaustion. His eyes snap open and an unholy wail escapes him as red mist swirls around him once more. His wings grow into black-feathered angel wings. His armor turns to rock-like black skin, his hair growing more into a mane. He releases a blast of red energy, laughing like a maniac, now that he'd been able to successfully enter his second form entirely.
Leviathan wastes no time; while Him is still shocked from the transformation (which means the Goddess' Seal is weakening) he lunches at his brother and punches him hard across the face. Him goes crashing backward. He stands up and gasps when Leviathan knees him in the stomach. Him snarls and is consumed by demonic adrenaline again. He punches Leviathan back. The two fire beams at each other, which collide and tear open a warp hole in the middle of the room. The warp hole pulls them in, warping them to another part of Hell.
Dark Plains
The two warring demon gods battle through the sky as they appear in the dark plains on the second level of Hell. They fly back and forth, causing shockwaves with the power to shatter planets with every blow they throw. They crash into the ground, which splits open and gives in. They appear in the caves beneath the surface, still locked in fierce combat the blows thrown back and forth between them become fiercer and fiercer every passing second. They blast up through the ground and land in the ruined city, snarling at each other. Leviathan thrusts out his hands, sending basketball sized orbs of red energy all around him. Him leaps into the air and fires down massive bolts of green. Leviathan snarls and a red pillar of energy erupts around him. He flies out of it and becomes locked in combat with Him again.
They become surrounded by balls of red and green energy respectively and collide back and forth throughout the air. They collide a final time, resulting in an explosion, which completely tears the second level of hell apart, sending them into the endless void of mist. This doesn't slow their battle in the least, if anything it is becoming more brutal. Him grabs Leviathan's head and grinds it into the ground. Leviathan twists Him's wrist and pulls his arm behind his back. He then tries to break Him's arm, but is forced to let go when Him begins radiating a massive nova of green light.
"This is hopeless…I'll never lose to you Malebolgia!" shouts Leviathan, as the two face off once more in the only remaining section of the second level of Hell.
"I'll never let you win Leviathan…I have too much to lose…" replies Him, even though his hope is beginning to break, beginning to crumble. The only way to beat Leviathan is to do so before the Goddess' Seal is broken…but how much longer does he have?