To Find the Infection
Chapter 11: The Final Battle Begins
The forest began to glimmer with new life as the sun rose. Small rodents scampered around for food and shelter, birds began to take flight , and fish became more active.
"Well, I guess now that I've already shown it, there is no more reason to hide it." Majotte told Erutan as he approached the thick forest that led to the Woodling Ruins. Within a blink of an eye, Majotte's power shot up. His hair stood on end, and began to glow gold again. He was a Super Saiyan once more. "Nothing happened all night," Majotte told Erutan. "I would have felt it while I was resting." He began to concentrate on the forest, looking for Zain. "I still feel their presence, they must still be in the forest." Majotte added. He stretched his arm toward the forest.
"We'll have to do something about that." Majotte said. A ball of cencentrated energy began to form inside of his palm. It began to float away from Majotte, then paused. Majotte's body began to glow brighter, and the ball grew larger. Finally, the ball shot towards the forest trees. The ball quickly split into many smaller energy attacks, and struck the tree roots that blocked the forest from intruders. The trees shot to the sides, making a hole that allowed them entrance.
"Erutan, go! Now's our chance!" Majotte said. Both Erutan and Majotte made a leap towards the entrance. The trees began to close back up before Majotte could get in. Majotte shot another wave of energy toward the trees, and again they opened. His body made it through, then the trees snapped shut. The noise of the trees echoed throughout the air, causing a few birds to fly into the air.
Zain gasped, trying to take in as much air as possible. His heart had stopped for a second, he began to feel two familiar energy signatures come closer to the village.
"Rahk, get up, they're here!" Zain shouted inside of his small house. Rahk jumped up from bed, falling over to the side. Zain dashed towards the entrace to the ruins, Rahk following behind shortly afterward. He stared at the opening for only a few moments. Two shadows began to grow in size from the entrance, until Erutan and Majotte finally arrived.
"Wow, I've never seeing buildings like these before." Erutan said, looking around at he rotting village. He stared towards Zain and Rahk. "Zain, we finish it here." Erutan said. His fist began to pulse ith electricity.
The fight had finally begun.
Erutan jumped high into the air above Zain, and prepared to attack him with the energy stored in his fist. Rahk lept up in the air to intercept Erutan. His hands trasnformed again into sharp claws. He slashed and clawed towards Erutan's mid-section in an attempt to knock Erutan backward. Rahk's attacks landed, sending Erutan back toward ground.
Erutan cringed at the pain, and looked down at the scratches Rahk gave him. "You'll have to do better than that." Erutan chuckled at Rahk. Erutan quickly shot towards Rahk, the wind giving him a needed boost. He shot his leg towards Rahk's body. His heel struck Rahk in his face, sending him spinning up into the air, and back onto the ground hard. Rahk jumped back up, and began to clench his fists hard. They began to glow a bright crimson red color. He lept forward towards Erutan, and delivered a combo of punches toward Erutan's chest.
Erutan was unable to dodge the attack, and took the full force of the punches. We was sent flying towards a tree, but managed to stop himself before the imapct. Erutan raised his hands up into the air. Suddenly, clouds began to form around Rahk. Lightning struck nearby, burning a tree on impact. Rahk looked straight up, only to see more lightning raining down upon him.
Rahk covered his body with his arms, but was shocked several times by the lightning. The strikes caused him to fall onto his knees. His clothes were singed and smoking from the impacts. He chuckled, and looked back towards Erutan. "Ha, is that all?" Rahk said. He quickly shot forward towards Erutan. Before Erutan can see what was going to happen next, Rahk struck Erutan in the face, instantly knocking him out, sending him sprawling towards the floor.
Rahk laughed at Erutan, then stared back towards Zain and Majotte as they began to float into the air. "Hm, let's just see who is stronger." Rahk smirked, watching the fight with his clothes still smoking.
"Last time, you didn't see my maximum power." Majotte began. "Nor will you see it now, but you will indeed see something that you can't even dream about becoming!" Majotte said. He released some power into the air. His hair shot up slightly, his aura becoming more distinct. Majotte then charged towards Zain with so much speed, that when he delivered his first punch, it appeared as though Majotte was still stadning still in mid-air. The punch collided with Zain, causing his to fly backward. He regained his balance from the attack, and shot back towards Majotte.
"Is that all?" Zain said, almost cocky. With a flash, Zain's air shot up and turned golden as well. He shot a downward kick towards Majotte, which caused Majotte to lose his balance. Zain then drew his sword from his back, and shot towards Majote, slashing it at an incredible speed.
"You're not the only one with a sword boy." Majotte muttered. With incredible speed, Majotte reached into his shirt, and pulled out a small handle of a blade. The handle suddenly shot open to reveal a broadsword, which slammed hard into Zain's sword. Both fighters attacked and hacked at each other , their swords making sparks fly around in the area, like fireworks. They both shot back at the ground, and charged towards each other, and collided again, staring each other down while struggling to mantain control of the swords.
"Well, I must admit that I'm surprised Zain." Majotte spoke. "Although I would not be surprised if you could do what I'm about to do." said Majotte. In another instant, his body shot a shockwave around him, sending Zain back a bit. Majotte's hair spiked up further, and electricity shot out of his body. Majotte then pushed his broadsword forward, and spun it vertically towards Zain. Zain easily dodged the attack, jumping back farther to predict the next. Majotte charged towards Zain, and grabbed him by the foot, and begun to spin him around in circles. Majotte than slammed Zain hard on the floor. Zain muttered when he hit the floor, then pushed his body back up into the sky.
"Damn you." Zain yells towards Majotte. He charged towards Majotte with his sword first. Halfway towards Majotte, Zain powers up to the level beyond Super Saiyan, giving him a much needed burst of speed.
There was a sudden flash that caused the trees and grass to move uncontrollably in the impact. When the light began to dim, a revealed Zain had struck Majotte on the tip of his face. Blood shot out of Majotte, and spattered onto the floor in small drops. Majotte would be dead had it struck deeper, but Majotte was holding the sword back with all of his might.
"I know for a fact that this is not going anywhere anytime soon." Majotte said with a smirk. "Lord help me if you even think you can keep up with this.." Majotte charged up once again. Electricity surged through his being, and his hair began to reach waist length. He was at the pinnacle of Saiyan power. Majotte then grabbed the blade, not caring that his blood began to flow down the sword and onto Zain's arms, and threw it away from Zain. Zain stumbled backward, then lept towards his fallen weapon. He grabbed it, and awaited Majotte to make a move. Majotte reached his bloody arm out, and like a "force", his sword was brought back into his hands.
"Shall we?" Majotte asked, staring at Zain, holding his large sword in his hands.
"Majotte, consider this the Lord helping me." Zain laughed. He began to shout fiercely. His screams began a tremendous roar of power. His hair, like Majotte's, shot to his waist. With a flash of energy, Zain completed his transformation. "As you so adequately put it," Zain smirked, "Shall we?"
The force that was let out by Zain's transforation woke Erutan from his unconcious state. He witnessed the battle, blood still dripping from Majotte's arms. He looked towards Rahk, who was paying no attention to him.
"Never turn your back on me!" Erutan thought. He cupped his hands together, and concentrated the energy into a beam. He shot it towards Rahk, and it suddenly exploded into a flame.
Rahk turned around, only to see flames reaching for him. "That son of a-" Rahk's sentence was cut short by the attack. Rahk was sent flying, but easily recovered. Rahk shot towards Erutan again, and tackled him against a tree, and began to punch Erutan in the stomache.
Erutan allowed Rahk to attack him. Erutan waited for an opening or a pause between Rahk's attacks. In no time, an opportunity revealed itself. Erutan took advantage, and gave Rahk and kick to the face to send him flying backward, to give Erutan more room.
"Try this." Erutan said. His rasied his arms wide into the air. Boulders suddenly shot from the ground, levitating at Erutan's control. Fire combusted in the air, and formed itself into small fireballs. Water formed the shape of icicles, and hardened instantly in the air. Erutan shot his hands forward, towards Rahk, all of the attacks heading for Rahk at once.
Rahk punched the boulders into smaller fragments, and jumped out of the way whenever a fireball came hurdling by, but during his jump, a pair of icicles punctured his shoulders, and pinned him against the ground.
Blood began to run down Rahk's shoulders. Rahk saw his blood, then suddenly, his angelic nature took over. His killer instincts began to cloud his judgement, his eyes began to glow red. He lunged towards Erutan, tackling him onto the ground, and began to bite, kick, and punch Erutan whenever possible, generally brawling instead of fighting intellectually.
"What the hell?" Erutan shouted. The attacks violently cut Erutan's flesh open, blood suddenly spurting out. Erutan suddenly transformed his body into dirt, and dissapeared into the ground. Rahk stood back up, one hand on the ground, the other to his side, like a wild animal. Erutan suddenly appeared yards away from Rahk.
"You asshole, that hurt." Erutan said. He raised his arms yet again. Water vaporized from nothing, and began to build up into a wall of water. A lightning bolt then came crashing into the wave. The water began to sparkle with yellow spurts of energy, and began to charge towards Rahk.
Rahk's eyes, reverted back to normal, looking up at the approaching tsunami. He attack easily landed, shocking and drowning Rahk at the same time. The tsunami exploded moments later, sending Rahk sprawling onto the floor.
"You better be dead." Erutan groaned. His chest had been horribly injured. Blood was constantly dripping onto the floor. He began to feel dizzy, his eyesight becoming blurry. He looked up at the sky, and stared at Zain. He pointed his finger towards Zain's body. In a desperate attempt, Erutan charged up an energy attack into his fingers. "This is an unstable technique, but if I hit, it will be worth it." Erutan said. He shot the energy towards Zain. The white beam shot towards Zain, when it branched into four more breams, all of which spun around the original white energy attack. The beams glowed red, blue, green, and brown, representing fire, water, wind, and earth. They all charged towards Zain, but before Erutan could witness anymore, he fell onto the ground, and blacked out.
Majotte thust hid broadsword down, the air around it began to spin violently. Majotte then begins to spin around Zain rapdidly. Suddenly, fake copies of Majotte began to appear out of nowhere around Zain, surrounding him.
Angered, Zain grabbed his sword, and began to spin. The force around his spinning body created a tornado. One by one, the clones get sucked into the vortex, moments later only to be chopped up by Zain's blade. Zain halted, staring down two Majottes, one real, one a clone.
"Tell me," Zain spoke to both, "Why did you kill Tanna?"
Both Majotte smiled. One spoke out, "Well, to tell you the truth, he was just another pawn who would get in my way. Nothing important."
Zain's anger began to rise. "Was that it?" he asked. "Where you the one who poisoned his food?"
The other Majotte answered, "Yes, I dosed the food in that entire village days before you showed up. The poison is very slow, so it was only a matter of time before he died. The more he ate afterward, the faster he killed himself." the Majotte answered. He then added, "You just happened to get to know him beforehand."
One Majotte began to reach into his pocket. "I'll do the same to you too!" he spoke. He pulled out a small purple bottle. He pulled off the cork that contained the purple liquid inside of it. Zain's eyes widened as the liquid was poured onto Majotte's broadsword. It bubbled and hissed when it came into contact with the sword. "This amount will kill instantly." Majotte added. Suddenly, then two Majotte united into one. The real Majotte pulled his broadsword backward, then threw it hard towards Zain. It spun violently in the air as it inched closer to Zain's body.
A blur shot past the flying weapon, and behind Zain. He gasped as Majotte teleported behind him. Majotte grabbed hold of Zain's arms and legs with his body, putting him in a full nelson.
"SHIT!" Zain shouted, the poisonous blade inching closer to his body.