Veil Of Greed: Hunt For The Numbers!
Chapter 2: Mcleish's Rampage
Date: June 6th, 2022.
Last time on Veil Of Greed: Hunt For The Numbers. Willy joined the BRAINS Collective after a series of hilarious events. Later, Adam, Willy, and Blaze embark on a mission to gather number cards that are causing chaos in the Pound Puppies world with B'wana Beast and Velma joining them. It takes some time to find Shelter 17 but once there, they learn that Leonard Mcleish has gone crazy, caging up all living animals in the city to collar them and more. Willy and Adam go to the Pound Puppies of Shelter 17 and manage to learn and relay crucial information. Mcleish showed up soon after and Adam risked their life to slow him down and expose his weaknesses. Now, Bray and Dominic have come to help after they lost and were almost killed along with Blaze. The situation gets more hopeless.
Bray makes the first move: "Your attitude seems to show how cold you are. So let me indulge you in a little heat to melt your ice heart! Tower Of Flame!" She waves her staff expertly, gathering magic inside of it before pulling out a magic enhancement device that was originally invented by Dr. Bonesbane 2 years ago. It has been perfected and now a magical weapon can be placed inside of it. Bray conjures up a circle of flame that hits and consumes Mcleish in flames. The smoke clears to reveal a quickly healing Mcleish smirking: "Is that the best you can do? I know dogs are dumb but I didn't know that they are this dumb! Bad dog! I'm going to enjoy making you behave! I never tire of this attack so I will use it again! Obligatory Obedience!" Bray still has all of us protected in the barrier and the attack does nothing to it. It just dissipates upon hitting it: "Well, you are stronger than I thought. Oh well. Take this! Omega Obligatory Obedience!" Bray's barrier shatters instantly but she's not worried: "I haven't even started to take this battle seriously! I shall rid of you easily at this rate if I use my full power. Your exploits in life so far aren't doing anything to me. I don't have the sword mastery Adam has, Blaze's extreme speed, or Dominic's brains but what I do have is a rare massive reservoir of magic inside of me! I'm not even using 1% of my power. You must do better than that to best me!"
"Gah! You are such a naughty dog thinking you're a girl when you're a boy! You should stop playing pretend! Now that I've comprehended what you said earlier, that's my stance! If Obligatory Obedience won't work then I should just turn up the intensity 10 fold! I'm also not using much of my power! I never thought a dog could force me to use much of my strength but here we are. I hate dogs more than ever! Why can't you just be a slightly annoying lazy dog like Ralph? You like magic so I will fight you through with it! That way you will be such a sad and bad dog when I crush all of your spirit in one attack! Enjoy this! Heartbreaker!" Pink hearts come out of him but once they touch Bray, they shatter into black pieces. She still isn't affected. "Why aren't these attacks working?" "Looks like someone should use their full power on me! I shall make quick work of you if you don't step it up." "Fine! Full Power Up! Happy? You a dog of all things forced me to use my full power! You will regret this! In fact, you will be fired! Fire Collar Torture!" A fire collar forcibly forms on Bray and locks on her: "Hmm I shall go all out too. Your fire collar doesn't scare me. It is doing nothing. From the depths of Miitopia, I call upon the full extent of my abilities! Let me indulge you with Great Sage Sweeping Stars!" That fire collar instantly vanishes and Bray sends out a lot of green magic stars that follow Mcleish around. After they all hit, he is thrown back 20 feet.
Dusting off dirt from his legs, he starts glowing a dark red: "I have little choice. A few days ago, I had no dogs to capture so I went to another world to gather energy. Barian power. Born of chaos, cast your judgement upon this world of filth! Chaos Xyz Evolution!" The foe holds up a barian crystal he obtained, vanishes, and reappears more powerful and darker than before: "No more transforming! Chaos Crush!" Barian energy gathers in his transformed hands. He sends it out like one would throw a ball. Bray still isn't worried: "I can sense the enormous energy of that attack. However, I won't be beat yet. Powdered Peaks Punch!" Her reply is an icy punch attack that feels just like the cold of Miitopia's Powdered Peaks. As a result, the two attacks clash and explode on impact, wiping each other out. Then, Mcleish loses his patience and tries to punch Bray through her heart. Unfortunately for him, Bray has a counter for that too: "I summon a HP Banana Boomerang!" An unconventional move for sure but jamming the boomerang into Mcleish forces him to pull back in frustration. "How can a dog be this powerful?" "It's not just because I'm not a dog. It's because I'm a sage, a protector of the innocent, a teacher of magic, a mage with power that could beat most villains effortlessly. Oh that was awkward to say. Your power is borrowed from something that doesn't belong to you." "I don't care if I do or don't own it. It's mine now! Just like you will be when I force you to whine and beg as I push you into a cage! I can't believe talking dogs exists! You are a dog, not anything else! Try a combo on for size! Chaos Obligatory Obedience Crush!" The double attack hits Bray or at least it seemed that way.
Bray twirls her staff inside that device: "I have a surprise for you! Lightning!" Blue lightning bolts come from the sky and rain down, disrupting the flow of the other attack. This gives Bray an opening to attack again: "Tower Of Flame ll!" Mcleish holds his ground, gritting his teeth tightly as a skin wound heals: "No dog can defeat me! I will rule over all dogs in the world once I beat you all and lock you up in cages where you belong! Dog Catcher Barrage!" With just his hands, he fires out hundreds of magical energy attacks at once. They would all hit Bray if it weren't for: "I figured you would try something like that! Violence is not my first choice to use when dealing with opponents but unfortunately, you haven't seen reason in weeks from what I can see! I shall counter with Giga Lightning! My Lightning attack was only a little of what I can do!" Giga Lightning collided with all the blasts, scattering most of them but a few did manage to hit Bray: "Impressive moves! You managed to damage me again. I can't regenerate automatically like you can but I am still not concerned." "Haha! You're ridiculous! I really hate you! If you think that's the limit of my power, let me show you the truth. I haven't used everything in one attack. You are so clever to keep going despite everything I throw at you but now it's time to really punish you! Bad dog! Dark Move: Supreme Dog Whistle!" A fast and loud horrible noise is transmitted through a concentrated air wave right at Bray. She isn't able to stop it, her magic can't cancel sound and anyone who can counter it is too beat or not here on this mission.
In seconds, her clothes are torn and scratch marks appear all over her body: "That hurts! You won't pay for that per say. I will fight on just as Adam did to slow you down! We as a team won't let you win! If one of us can't beat you, someone will eventually will! This is out of character for me but I'm being pushed to my physical limits! Haaaaa! I have the moves of every class of fighters in Miitopia memorized! But I was too slow to use the pop star's shrieking vocal attack. *begins to radiate green magic* For all that I hold dear, I will drain your energy! Righteous Anger!" A golden light descends upon Mcleish who instead of frowning grins twistedly: "Most of my energy is still here! You look like you could use a break! What a shame, I guess I'm far behind what you foresaw! Then again, you're a dog so you're too dumb to foresee how strong I really am with this number merged with me! Obligatory Obedience Whistle! Now you will be even more punished! If you surrender, I will consider you a good dog starting right now!" Mcleish overpowers her attack and knocks her almost to next Tuesday with the shockwave of all that. Bray stands back up with injuries all over: "Damn it! I forgot my body's defenses and my magical defenses weren't nearly as powerful as my attacks. But I won't give up! I shall make sure you begin to get the just deserts that the universe is begging you to get at this point! I have a surprise for you! Maybe it's time I bet it all on one attack. A portion of my power is not accessible right now, I'm too hurt. However, I use Cure! This heals some of my wounds!" Mcleish tries to blast her again but she dodged to the shock of all of us. "You shall not stop my attack! I won't let you! I draw upon the very life that gives Miitopia it's beauty! Magical Miitopian Mayhem!" A stalemate feels ready to begin. I just know it!
"You think you're more clever than a human, dog? Just so you know, I can't wait to fire you into a cage as you won't beat me! Training Finish!" An eye laser forms to clash against a huge ball of energy that is rolling towards the unhinged individual. It suddenly vastly grows in size to match the ball. "I will use every ounce of strength to beat you! All that I have left besides what I use to maintain a shield that protects this whole world from our battle will be poured into this! I shall even burn through my body's chemical energy if I need to! *the ball grows bigger and pushes back the laser after an equal powered stalemate* I have a surprise for you once more! Remember my chant earlier? Well, I wasn't just saying it to be cool. Look to the sky!" "What?! More energy but where is it coming from?" "The plants and animals of Miitopia have sent some of their energy here. We will not let you pass in this test of strength without dealing a severe blow!" "Fine by me. Keep on adding energy all you want, it won't matter! My energy is so immensely high, you will stay down after I beat you annoying dog! Just you wait! I now use every other attack I've used before to boost my laser!" The ground feels like it's about to fall apart as Bray's barrier begins to crumble. "This shall be the critical moment. I had no idea anyone had more energy than me in this world. How a number could have so much energy is beyond me. I've given the last bit that I could. I'm going to collapse at any second." "I win and now you will be my dog forever! Good job at losing, you bad dog!" And just as Bray's barrier breaks, the attacks finish crashing, leading to an explosion that blinds our vision. A few seconds later, Bray crashes next to me, causing the Pen Of Physics to drop out of her pocket. Mcleish is revealed to be okay but noticeably pretty exhausted and hurt. The healing takes care of that immediately but damn, I didn't know cuts could run so deep. Around us, there is nothing but destruction. Everything within 4 city blocks including Shelter 17 has been obliterated.
I utter out still weak and sore: "It's gone. The whole pound is gone. Blaze, do you enough strength left to sniff out for any creature who isn't around anymore due to the blast?" They sniff out and slowly smile: "No one died! I don't even smell any decomposing bodies! Everyone appears to be around city hall. Anyway, I'm worried about Bray.." Bray is defeated, she can barely move herself anymore. Mcleish, curious about the pen that dropped out of Bray's pocket picks it up without opposition. Dominic keeps just observing while the others are too scared or too beat to do anything. "I must tell you. Don't use it. We've seen what happens to those who use it for wicked deeds. They get erased from existence, never to return ever again. It's like they were just there but now they're gone and after some time, all memory of them is almost completely erased too. I can't stop you but at least I can warn you." He smirks: "I don't know what you're talking about. I just opened the lid while you talked and nothing is happening. You must be dumber than I thought! I'm disappointed that even talking dogs are dumb. Oh well, I can do anything with this pen, can't I? Let's see. How about I use this pen to transform every dog on this planet into my servants?" Dominic teleports to us and squeezes the arm Mcleish is holding the pen in: "I won't allow you to use that. You shouldn't be able to at all but it looks that you're somehow an exception. It must be due to the number inside of you. Numbers are immune to the pen after all. They served as a key to even allow the pen to be completed. Glitch!" The scientist uses the most basic science attack he has to push Mcleish back and knock the pen out of his hand. He pockets it with a chill demeanor, almost like he's about to fall asleep any minute now.
"Did you, a lazy dog, just take that pen from me? You're begging to be asleep, I can tell! I know how I'm going to cage and punish you! Obligatory Obedience!" Dominic yawns and breaks his attitude by getting focused: "I do want to sleep! But right now, focusing on fighting you must be my goal! I won't allow you to get anymore rest! Willy! I need your help! Can I ride you?" Willy runs over and nods. Dominic pets them affectionately while focused and serious: "With our teamwork, there's no way we can lose! Willy can move and dodge faster than I can. My muscles aren't something I'm very proud of, I'm not big on working out. Instead I focus on my scientific magic and my scientific inventions! Entropy Entanglement!" The time space around us warps and physics as we know it breaks down. The world around us starts looking really weird. That previous attack is even sent away to another dimension. "With this move, your body will begin to deteriorate faster than universes have been predicted to. You won't hurt our friends more without getting through us first! Isn't that right, Willy?" Willy barks and nods, aggravating Mcleish: "Why are all you dogs I haven't seen before so persistent? Not even the dog military could stop me! What kind of dogs have a military, anyway? No matter! Obligatory Obedience failed again. I will step up my game. I will do anything to get you bad dogs in line even if I have to risk my own life! Frisbee Force!" A whole bunch of energy frisbees come out of his forehead but Willy is too fast for them to hit. "Why do I have to do all this work to stop dogs like you myself? Where did all my helpers go?" Mcleish turns around curious and pales at the sight he's seeing. The residents of the city are so fed up with him they destroyed their collars and restored the city government while he was too busy fighting.
Dominic also breaks character by smirking: "It looks like you miscalculated the endurance of your so called dogs. I saw this coming, I just didn't want to say anything so you could be overconfident when facing us. To make matters worse for you, Willy and I are just getting started and you will have to worry about only us for now. The townsfolk can wait as the 2 of us are giving you a fight that you didn't see coming at all! If all our allies were here, you'd be defeated in seconds. Anyway, Chemical Explosion!" While Mcleish tries to compose himself after getting a ton of shock thrown at him, Dominic's move causes burning chemicals to hit his skin, this will get healed but damn does it looks like it hurts. "Gah! This pain! It burns! It burns! Where is Olaf anyway? He could help me win! Olaf! Olaf! Get over here or else you're fired! *no answer* He must have died or been sent far away after that last fight. You naughty dogs cost me my most loyal assistant! I will get you for this and put cones around your muzzles once I win! Barian Beam!" And just like that, a beam powered by Barian power is sent out so Dominic & Willy react. The husky moves fast at a diagonal direction while the scientist gets out a ray of his. It's an improved version of the BRAIN Blaster that doesn't vaporize anything. He calculates the angle and elevation at which he can disrupt the beam. "Fire!" With that, the blaster slows down the beam and Dominic puts some magic into it to get it to reverse the direction of that thing. As a result, Mcleish has to counter his own attack: "Chaos Crush! Using my own attack against me? I thought dogs didn't have the skills to do that even if they are talking dogs!" The villain? stops his own beam and uses the remaining momentum to try to hit Willy. It doesn't work.
"You will have to try harder than that to stop us! Willy can focus on moving while I can focus on attacking. Precisely the optimal strategy when we join forces. Now then, I'm sure you won't like this! Black Hole!" "Did you just say Black Hole? But those are myths and even if they are real, how could a dog like you be able to make one? Painful Regret!" Dominic adjusts his safety goggles as the mini black hole that is only magical collides with a dark emotional aura. In the end, the attacks cancel each other out. Therefore, Dominic says while getting a little bored: "Willy, I'm going to hop off of you. This is getting very tedious. I'm being illogical now but you should go help our friends. I have a last resort plan formulated that would require them if I can't beat Mcleish. While I'm at it, Unstable Formula!" Willy obliges and comes over to me, Blaze, and Bray to make sure we're okay. I remark: "I'm not going to pull a stunt like I did ever again at least for a while. I need to get stronger and find a way to gain powers that support my current skills. My old powers were great but we can't just retrieve them from that gate we used to help us beat The Shadow and Gorganan. What a drag, I want to help him so badly. I can barely move anything that isn't my mouth!" Willy does their best to keep us company. They also take out the first aid supplies from my backpack and apply some of it to the 3 of us where we need it. Meanwhile, Dominic's Unstable Formula is up against a Barian Obligatory Obedience Crush attack. Dominic loses the engagement, taking some damage. As he starts to heal himself with , Mcleish laughs: "You won't be doing anything as long as I'm here to defeat, cage, and tame you! Take another Obligatory Obedience!" This time, he touches Dominic right as he launches the attack. This sends Dominic flying, he loses some stamina and all of his focus on self healing.
A few bruises and wounds appear on his skin as well: "You don't have me beat yet! Volatile Formula! Glitch! Unstable Formula! Black Hole!" Those 4 attacks one after another cause his opponent to weather some damage and take a brief pause to react. The wounds take longer to heal than expected. This is the first sign of Mcleish starting to slowly run out of energy. Dominic notices and grins only for Mcleish to punch him right in the gut: "Be happy all you want you terrible pesky dog, it won't matter soon enough! You said you aren't very strong with your muscles. In that case, I will punish you by beating you up until you beg for mercy! Then, I will win and take care of all of you and everyone else!" The scientist widens his eyes as he is immobilized by a series of fast reflexes. *punch* *kick* *slap* *smack* *bite* *tackle* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *kick* *kick* *slap* *slap* *slap* *slap* *slap* *punch* *punch* *punch* *slam headlock* *dropkick* *punch* *punch* *punch* Dust from nearby debris is sent up. Once it vanishes, Dominic is looking worse for wear and that's an understatement. He can hardly move where he stood. Silently, he watches as Mcleish prepares the KO blow before using what remains of his strength: "Duel disk go! I activate my skill, Critical Breakthrough! This lets me add a spell card from my deck to my hand when I have 2000 or fewer life points once per duel. *draws starting hand* It's even a card of my own choosing! I select Polymerization! *adds it to his hand* Now I activate it and fuse myself with Adam, Blaze, and Bray! Get ready for the ultimate solution for a conundrum this big!"
A fusion portal appears in the sky and the 4 of us are pulled into it by a force just like gravity. Inside, it's very colorful and space-time is completely warped. In moments, we merge together into one united being. The fusion emerges from the portal smiling with a determined but serious vibe. They introduce themselves: "Hello there, Mcleish! It will be so fun to fight you! My calculations predict our battle will be a close one. Your number is a threat but I won't give in to you! I shall now tell you my name. Don't bother fighting me yet. Your basic attacks won't work. I am Brodmizame. Now let's have some fun! I will most likely save the day! I shall indulge you with a first attack right away. Swift Righteous Void!" Brodmizame is interesting looking with their long multicolored hair of red, blonde, and orange in near equal proportions. Then there's the hazel eyes, wolf nose, pink and red wolf ears, long nose, tan skin, dimple mouth, medium neck, tall height, red and black tail, and medium sized hands and feet. They carry a sword staff with a flask-like handle while wearing a green lab coat over white and black armor. Mcleish doesn't really care: "Spare me the details. You're just a freaky mutant hybrid dog. That's all you are besides being a very bad one! Let's see if you can keep up with my power! Obligatory Obedience!" Brodmizame easily beats the attack so Mcleish and them end up just talking while clashing till the battle ends. Let me show you what I mean. "Not bad, you beat my first attack just as you wanted me to believe. Try this! Chaos Crush!" "Air Rotation Pull! How about YOU try THIS! I shall not be beat all willy nilly or simply." "So you managed to stop me again and hurt me a little. No matter! Barian Obligatory Obedience Crush! How's that?!"
"I see it as a target that will easily be negated. Super Spin Flame Tower of Candy! Candy is delicious unlike you. You will have to make something a lot stronger to stop me. I'm not just a simple fusion. I carry the strengths and weaknesses of the 4 who merged to create me plus some of the power from Polymerization. I won't hesitate to use everything I have! Come forth Chaos Number 916! And now with my power, I will join together with you! And I will also repeat my previous attack!" "You're so annoying I have to make up attacks to stop you now! Supreme Fire Collar!" "You managed to hurt me a little. No matter, you shall not beat me just yet. You must push me more than anyone else in order to win. Sore muscles and injuries from Dominic, Adam, Blaze, and Bray did not transfer over so it's like you're fighting a new mostly injured fighter. Let's not forget that I contain an enormous amount of speed, magic, brain power, and muscle. Let me put it all together! Maelstrom Of Full Strength! It'll sound beautiful like soft music! After all, I am stronger than the sum of my parts!" "Whistle Of Torment! You can counter me as long as you like but you know you will lose in the end. Wait, oh no! Half of my energy is gone! My edge is gone with it, how could dogs push me this far? This can't be happening! Olaf! Where are you? Seriously, where are you? No answer again. Fine." "Unappealing sounds hurt my ears but they will not stop me. I have been brought into existence to fight you head on. You won't be able to punch through my heart after breaking through some armor. I promise you that much! Magma Chemical Meltdown!"
"Recycled Terror! The plight of Don Thousand and others will sing to you like a broken record player but more dangerous! You make sound, I make sound too!" "Meh whatever. I guess having an unpredictable personality like I do means my mood changes instantly as do my choice of words and tone. It's so exciting yet at the same time almost impossible! Body Bind! That should hold you for a while while I better get my bearings." "Surprise! That won't work on me! I'm sick of this cat and mouse game. I'm running out of energy. I will use all that's left to wipe you off this Earth because I am so fed up with you I don't want to even capture you anymore! Final Tormenting Whistle!" "So we're getting to the finale already. That's so close to anticlimactic. At least it's calming to know this battle shall now conclude. I wish I had time left to do research myself on this but that's not possible. My energy is running out too. Swift Calculated Sword Flash Blast! This is my final attack." Mcleish and Brodmizame come at each other with their attacks, using them as you would fists for punching. After a bit, they move away from each other and send out the moves right at one another. A loud kaboom sound is made as the attacks cause another blinding explosion. The dust clears to show both of them incredibly exhausted. "That's it for me. I shall be breaking apart soon. Polymerization is not a binding card. Damn it! I wish I had thought of using my other numbers to merge with. My body is covered in wounds, I'm sore, and the pain is everywhere, this sucks. And I also wish I had tried some candy too. Oh well, I need to rest."
Mcleish laughs, getting his ass off the ground with a struggle: "You know what's even funnier than your pathetic desires? I fooled you! I still have some energy to destroy you with! This time, I will for sure win! My body's already all better now as if it hasn't taken hundreds of beatings today!" Brodmizame collapses, too tired to do anything else. Surprisingly, they haven't defused yet. The Pound Puppies emerge out of hiding at exactly the right time while Willy distracts Mcleish with annoying howling to buy a little time. That little time lets the dogs try to pull out the number card from his forehead using their teeth. They aren't successful but Brodmizame weakly moves their right hand up: "Alone, almost no one could defeat you. Together, we all played our part to stop you. We have done unthinkable things to do what we could. Today is my first day of being and I can tell I will be back for more someday. I have the tiniest bit of strength left. I will absorb your number from you using the power of Regnes!" "What?! Nooooo! I did all of this for nothing! I'm ruined! Ruined!" "Game over. Willy, do be a dear and take the Barian crystal from him while I'm taking care of the number." Willy nods as Brodmizame manifests energy in their right hand before forming it into the shape of a larger hand to tug out by force Number 109 and the 2 chaos forms from Mcleish's forehead. And just like that, he's returned to normal but unconscious with his clothes ripped up a bit. The fusion waves goodbye before vanishing in a flash of light to reveal the 4 of us back. My head hurts: "That was really cool! Ow. I guess fusing has its downsides after all. I still can't move very much. Dominic, are you able to move?"
"I don't need to be even an electrician to know that I can move! I got lucky this time. This whole area is a mess, I'm going to call in backup. I secretly assembled a backup team in case we got beat and/or extremely exhausted and worn out." Bray replies: "That's good. Who's on the backup team?" "For once today, I'm the one to say I have a surprise for you! I wasn't going to just let us potentially lose and watch as this world becomes a doomed world without a backup plan or in this case, a team. I need a serious nap after this." Dominic contacts the team and instructs them to come here immediately before explaining it's urgent. Not even a second later, Madeline, Julia, Kaito(Kite), Orbital 7, Dr. Bonesbane, Thrashbeak, & Captain Blaster show up. Julia cries at the sight of the area. She's a Miitopian mage with reddish skin, green eyes, pretty stylish long brown hair, and a gold/red set of mage robes: "This is so terrible! Bray! Blaze! Adam! What happened to you 3? Dominic, you look banged up too! And what happened to the area? Everything's completely destroyed!" Madeline, a Miitopian cleric with really long blonde hair, green eyes, reddish skin, and a long red and gold cloak adds: "We're going to have to heal you all and rebuild right away! Dominic, didn't you mention there's a problem in another city too? I think we can get you all back to full strength before we go there after some time and effort. Do any of you want a hug?" We all politely decline, not wanting to hurt her feelings. Willy sniffs and greets all the new arrivals, licking all of them except Kaito and Orbital 7. After that, Madeline uses Giga Cure to heal the 4 of us who fused feel quite a lot better. My body's not as sore so I'm able to get back up with some effort. My legs are stiff after all that so that's fun.
Orbital questions Kaito: "Master Kaito. Why'd I have to come with you?" He glares at him: "You know full well why, Orbital. I need you to activate Photon Transformation so I can duel and use my Galaxy Eyes in battle. I agreed to join the backup team because it's thrilling to hunt those numbers. I would have been on the main team but it was too late." "Sorry for questioning you, Master Kaito." "Just quit it and I won't scrap you for parts!" "But you wouldn't do that! That's so scary!" "Like I said, just quit it." There's a small smirk in Kite's expression, almost like he's been pulling Orbital's leg the whole time. Dr. Bonesbane blurts out: "I know this is sudden but you 4 will make a full recovery in just a minute if Bray just used Giga Cure herself. I'm just here to gather intel and offer support if needed. I can see that only one number managed to do all of this. If the other 2 are in London, that means serious trouble. We have to wrap this up as soon as possible." Bray upon hearing that uses the healing technique, ensuring the 4 of us are basically back to full health. Some of my strength returned so it's time to use my cards a lot more. My bey Burn Wolf is at home, and I didn't think I'd need him on this mission. B'wana Beast, Velma, and Olaf return to us as well. This leads Captain Blaster or rather Pirate Blaster as he is now called to shout: "Yar har! Everyone is here! We could sing a sea shanty but there's no time for that! Maybe later once we plunder the enemy in London! Arrrrr!" I am stunned at his changed use of grammar: "Pirate Blaster, why do you sound more quote on quote civilized as most people would say?" Bray uses magic to repair the battle area, buildings, trees, and all as Blaster replies: "Well me before, I was talking in ye old pirate way for years to get arise out of enemies and to stand out. Don't yer worry, me will sound still funny often enough! Yar! Thrashbeak! Come over here and say hi to Adam!"
The bird flies over while ranting: "Aaaaaa! Everything is insane! Everything is insane! Gawk! Fuck capitalism! Fuck capitalism! Gawk! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression! Gawk! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression! Dispose of it ASAP! Gawk! Dispose of all 3 immediately! Gawk!" "Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" Pirate Blaster repeats. "Hell yeah! He's got a few screws loose but of course shit like that drives him crazy! Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" "I shall also speak those words before we go to London. It's important that those things be dismantled in every world in every universe. Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression! Fuck capitalism!" "Okay now I no longer want a nap. Thanks everyone! Things like those 3 are shown to have far more than just mere harmful effects. It's been shown time and time again. Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" "Awoo! I resonate with that too! I hope the Molters' revolution in Kohnanix will happen soon! A capitalism driven country is one full of lies and grabs for power. I can't even buy candy from most Earths without being suspicious of where and how it was made! Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" "Seriously! It all hurts far more than seeing you all hurt from battle! I just want to use magic to stop it! Good thing we're all comrades for the revolution in Miitopia BRAINS. Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" "I refuse to give hugs to those who dare use others for their own benefit, scamming them and doing what they can to control them! I'm reluctant to ever save the life of someone like that! Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" "And I'd personally argue it's way way way way way worse than when Blaze accidentally knocked over my dark matter trapping device, leading to that fiasco in Equestria! Fuck capitalism! Fuck bigotry! Fuck oppression!" The others excluding Willy stare at us with stunned and/or confused expressions.
Seeing them that way, Dominic breaks "character" again: "What?! We're aiming for as many universes freed from bullcrap such as that as possible! Just kidding about the what, many intelligent life forms in many universes couldn't even begin to understand where we're coming from. It's not that they are necessarily incapable, it's that oftentimes they don't want to! And that's a very human thing to pull. Adam's Earth is among the most dangerous worlds inhabited by humans and it's only getting worse. We can win in Miitopia, Minecraftia, and Kohnanix but not there. If you want to move to another world, don't move there. Anybody who's different from the norm is in grave danger. It's almost surprising the dominant group haven't gotten much more violent to the point that civil war has begun." I add: "Join us in the fight for more diverse, free, cooperative, and healthy societies. Social stratification is one of many things that needs to be considered when dealing with that trash. Anyway, we should get to London now that we all vented a little bit. It's time to kick more ass." Dominic is the one to teleport all of us to London. Once there, we widen our eyes at the scene in front of us. 2 rogue cats are easily breaking through buildings when an army not unlike Dragon Ball's Red Ribbon Army shows up. Every vehicle has a familiar looking logo on them. I tap Blaze's tail: "Hey Blaze, don't you remember that logo from the jungle world?" They nod: "Yeah! But isn't it supposed to be bankrupt? How is the United Mining Corporation here?" "What if they don't just unethically take resources and sell them for the highest price they can get, use child labor, and have their board of directors practically swimming in pools of cash? This is bad. It's likely an Earth human company but we don't know much about it."
Blaster looks ahead at the chaos: "If yer theory is correct, they are after them 2 cats! Which means they'll have 2 numbers. Arrrrr! That's not good!" "Damn it! I guess we found the main big enemy that we have to fight in this crisis." An unfamiliar voice laughs mischievously: "Not quite. Hehe. I will pummel all of you!" An oddly shaped and familiar alien shows up. He has wide circular pink and black eyes, blue and black ears that kinda look like goat ears, green and light blue spiky black accented hair, green eyebrows, a green cone nose, blue skin, 2 triangular teeth, a pointy long blue neck, Minecraft slime like green shirt with a face on it, strange blue arms and legs that start out narrow but get longer through a triangle shape on all, and a pink and black tail. I forgot to mention he is also wearing black pants and red/purple shoes. "Oh shit! It's Yappa Yappa!" Yappa Yappa introduces himself with an extremely sadistic grin while tilting his head creepily: "I don't know how you know me, human but yes, I'm Yappa Yappa! While my friends play tag with the kitties, I'm going to play with all of you! Hope you don't mind as I enjoy destroying your hopes and dreams and effortlessly pummel each and every one of you one by one! Your screams will fill the air with a dread I most enjoy! You won't capture those cards. They will and with those cards, my new master will be unstoppable! Oh and if you're lazy and therefore foul creatures, you can just surrender and let me slaughter you right here right now. Your combined power levels make me so jealous, I wish I had the abilities all of you have! Oh well." He disappears and I feel a sharp pain in my back.
He reappears laughing cruelly and playfully: "That was so easy. How disgusting, you even suck at defense! *flexes his pitchfork shaped multi bladed sword* Eww you got a furry with you too?! That's even worse! If I kill you, my master will pay me handsomely even though he hates spending any of his billions on anything but himself! Imagine how much I will make by killing an infamous human warrior and an infamous annoying furry whose existence makes my insides turn inside out! But I have to take my time. Human who appears to know my name, why don't you have the pleasure of being the first to die by my hands today? No, actually you will because I said so! Defy me and I will kill you even faster!" Damn it, what else can Yappa Yappa do again? I designed him as a character last month in Digital Arts & Design at school! Crap! I should have bothered to look at his info sheet I designed: "Have it your way! Everyone else, you must stop the cats and that army while I fight this dude. I've already started recording through you know what. Please, do that for me! Most of my strength is back now." Yappa Yappa giggles: "So you've already recklessly endangered yourself today? Is that why we couldn't find the 3rd number? Sounds like someone has been hunting them too. If that's how it is, let's test the waters with a duel. My sickening home world of Bakatoa doesn't have Duel Monsters but I've been to many worlds inflicting misery on others! I love making others suffer like I did when the Supreme Dark Lord took over my world and killed my entire family! You can't back out of my challenge. Otherwise, Blaze dies! I will get what I want and kill till there's no creature left worth killing!"
I activate my duel disk seamlessly and place my "decoy deck" inside: "Fine. But I warn you this, you're not the only one who has terrors and frights in store. Since you challenged me, I'll make the first move. To begin, I activate Pot Of Greed. What does Pot Of Greed now?! Not much! It lets me draw 2 cards. Next, I summon Mystery Shell Dragon in attack mode! (ATK: 2000, DEF: 0) I place 2 cards facedown to conclude my turn." "Prepare to suffer! I draw! Interesting. You use the Arc V duel technology. For my first play, I activate Card Of Demise. I draw 5 cards but after 5 turns, I discard my entire hand. That won't matter because I will make this duel short but painful! A long drawn out duel where you suffer more sounds fun but why crush you that way when I can easily stab you? I'm so fucking jealous that you summoned such a strong level 4 monster on your very first turn! No fair! But then again, I don't like playing fair so ha! I summon Sealed Broken Warrior Of Revenge! Next I activate Bound Release! This lets me tribute a Sealed Broken monster to summon a Overcharged Cruel monster from my hand or deck! I special summon Overcharged Cruel Warrior Of Revenge from my hand!" I think briefly to myself: "So he's taken the whole Gearfried The Iron Knight being released from his armor to become stronger through a spell thing to the next level. I'm lucky that my armor protected me from being stabbed in the back enough to where I'm not bleeding to my death right now." "With its 2100 attack points and 1500 defense points, it's more than a match! But I'm not done! By removing my warrior from play, I'm allowed to special summon Overcharged Cruel General of Greed from my hand! His stats don't matter for I can now summon a new monster by releasing them both! Come forth Overcharged Cruel Overlord Of Oblivion(ATK: 3500, DEF: 2800)! Next I set 5 cards facedown, leaving me with just one card left in my hand! Time for your pain to truly begin! Overlord, kill Mystery Shell Dragon!"
"Not so fast! You've set off one of my tricks or rather, traps. I activate Mirror Force! All face up attack position monsters you control go bye bye to the graveyard. Did you think I wouldn't have a backup plan in case a monster stronger than mine were summoned and targeted the, for an attack?" "Just what I was hoping for! I reveal a quick play spell which I placed facedown! It's called Trap Thrasher, it destroys your trap!" "Alright then, I use Battle Fader's effect from my hand. I special summon the monster and that causes the battle to end." "Not quite so. I activate from my hand another quick play spell! It's called Effect Slaughter, it banishes your monster before it's effect can activate because you activated that effect. Take that! Enjoy 1500 points of real damage!" My armor receives some tears and I get some cuts as Mystery Shell Dragon gets wrecked by that Overlord. Once it's my turn, I surrender: "I surrender. I'd rather fight you with my own hands. As much fun as dueling is, it isn't as fun as being right there in the middle of battle fighting for yourself and others. Put up that weapon of yours. I challenge you to a one on one sword battle. No fists, no cards, no tricks. Just you and me with the metal of our weapons clashing and causing sparks to fly out." "You disgust me even more now. I would say no but you have made me upset! For that, you will have hell to pay once I'm through with you and your damn corpse! Cutting your sword and then you up into tiny little pieces is going to be the best experience of my entire life! The thought of you squirming and begging for mercy is just so delightful! Let's have some morbid fun! Don't change your mind or I'll kill you with your own decapitated arm!"
"I don't back down from my word when things are this serious! I can take you and even if I lose, I will have died doing one of the most exciting things I could ever hope to do in my life! And let's sweeten the deal. You get my numbers if you win but I get any you have if I win." "Why not? I'm going to kill you either way but raising the stakes will make inflicting pain even more pleasurable! Wait, you just implied you have several numbers! Now I just have to kill you! Enjoy the last minutes of your life! Life Steal!" The blades of his pitchfork-like sword glow a dark energy that transforms into energy tubes. Those tubes come for me to try to suck my life force directly from the cells of my body. However, I have a counter: "You think you can weaken me that quickly? Eat this and try it on for size! Triple Darkeye Slash!" I learned how to consecutively use the classic Miitopian warrior attack 3 times really fast at several targets. Due to this, Yappa Yappa's attack does nothing to me and I get a hit on him that strikes through his shirt. "Nice shot but I'm only getting started with bringing you misery and despair! Intel from my friends indicates you fought someone else with a number earlier and we even have a record of one of his attacks. Life Obligatory Obedience!" It does nothing as I focus on holding my ground and block with my sword. I am pushed back a little bit, unwilling to expend much energy just yet. Risky Spin Slash is not a good idea right now, I need to save it for when and if I can wear him down a bit. The villain scoffs in disgust: "Yuck! I hate it when fighters defend! It draws out the battle and lowers my fun of killing them! Too bad for you I'm going to crush you even if you block my attacks 100 times over! Dark Rain!"
A bunch of rain with bad energy falls down on me so I use a Super Spin Slash to scatter it: "If you want to fight me, fight me at your best. I should have died already today. I'm ready for your full power even if you crush my kneecaps with it. I have a feeling someone is watching this battle to gather fighting data on you. But don't worry about that too much, you'll have more fun with me!" "I'm jealous of your persistence! No one from where I'm from had this much persistence and lack of worry! Even when many died fighting the Supreme Dark Lord! Before I kill you, there is something I want to tell you that will make you feel empathy only for it to be crushed along with the rest of you! Once upon a time, my home world was a happy planet. The SDL invaded it one day and changed everything. Not only were my family all killed but I developed a longing for revenge to avenge their deaths! I missed them a lot, not having fun with them stung me for months. All hopes and dreams I had were gone. Originally, I only sought revenge and vowed to reform after I got it. But, his rule got worse and worse every day till he was defeated." "That's awful! It's amazing you survived!" "Whatever. Anyway, he fell and the bitterness in my heart forever changed me. I went on a killing spree till a masked man in a business suit approached me with an offer I couldn't refuse. And that's everything I didn't share earlier. Now to watch you feel even worse! Pitch Perfect Stabs!" I try my best to fight off an onslaught of fast stabs but that doesn't stop him from doing damage. He reforms the shape of his right arm out of nowhere to make it longer, increasing the range of his attacks effortlessly. Crap, I forgot about that ability of his!
My heart is racing as I take a lot of painful blows, hole wounds are all over my body in many places: "You won't break me! I won't give up! You'll have to try much harder than that, where's that full power I wanted you to fight me with? All I want is as many peaceful inclusive cooperation driven societies as possible that run without the need for a government. But there are too many other options for many people to be enticed or controlled by to want to fight for that. If not today, you will be beaten some other day along with whatever is left of the mining company once we're done here. Super Duper Spin Slash!" "The wind you're generating won't blow me away. All it'll do is allow me to prolong your suffering! Terrible Tongue Twister!" A redundant sounding attack of Yappa Yappa's stretched out tongue catches all the wind I generated and dissipates every chunk of it. It then chokes me with intense force. I desperately try to cut at it with my sword but he won't release or give an inch to me: "As you choke, you will run out of air until you die. Or that's how I'd want to kill you but torturing you is so much fun, I am just going to leave you totally out of breath with not much ability to do anything but think about how dumb you have been your whole entire life! And just when you recover from your wipepipe being constricted, I will attack harder than before!" After a few seconds, he releases my neck and watches me gasp for air: "Aww somebody is now almost completely useless! What a shame!" After I fully recover, I ready my sword but that doesn't matter for long.
Yappa Yappa maniacally laughs coming faster at me than I can react. Upon getting to me, he uses his pitchfork sword to hurt me in a lot of different places, some of which I barely acknowledge are in existence. My nervous system is on fire again but this time, I am sapped of my balance and most of my energy. He giggles cruelly as I trip on his shoe and fall: "It's so fun to watch you suffer like this! Your nose isn't doing so hot! Try to stand up again and I will let you have a swing at me without any retaliation. All your friends are too occupied with the army, I helped suit it up to be very tough to beat so just imagine how much pain they're going through themselves!" "You are so confident. So confident in yourself. *I use whatever I can to stop the injuries from losing me more fluid* I can't hold back while I still breathe. I must take a risk again. Risky Spin Slash!" This time, I use the attack with more energy and force before hitting him head on with it. Yappa Yappa glares with jealousy before using his hands as weapons instead of his sword. In fact, he throws the sword pitchfork on the ground, not caring what happens to it: "You've burned me! That's insane! How?! Now you will really get it! I see you trying to hide your suffering with that stare! I see you and you're as disgusting as ever if not more! I have underestimated you greatly so now you will face my true greatest weapon! My sword was just my standard weapon because no one can live beyond it cutting into their flesh for very long! Named attacks? Big deal. I don't care much about special moves, if I can kill a creature, I will do it however I can or must. The hunt to create more corpses drives my longing for the sweet smell of many decaying bodies at once! That aroma, so rich in pain, bacteria, and misery! This planet will fall to us along with you and your rag tag gang of fools who equally deserve to be dead!"
Those arms of his quickly knock my sword out of my hands and bind my hands behind my back. I struggle to break free but it's all in vain. Yappa Yappa suddenly gets a verbal message: "Get over here! The enemies are proving to be a much bigger problem to beat than we thought! The CEO personally orders you to!" Yappa Yappa glares: "Tell him I'm busy pummeling someone who would crush your vehicles without too much trouble and that I will help when I'm ready! If master doesn't accept that, I'm leaving after I kill everyone involved in this battle! Now where was I? Oh yeah. Slowly tormenting you till you are pummeled completely and left as nothing but a slowly decaying body that once had a life force inside of it!" To my shock, he uses his legs in the same manner to beat the living shit out of me. *punch* *double punch* *roundhouse kick* *triple kick* *slam* *slap* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *double punch* *roundhouse kick* *triple kick* *slam* *slap* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* *punch* I ignore the pain and smirk: "Hit me all you like, I came here knowing I could die. I'm willing to if it means someone else can use our fight to stop you in your tracks. It's a shame you never let me use more of my sword skills in battle. That's okay though, the more you waste on me, the better for the rest of us!" "How dare you be a smartass to me! How filthy of you to say such meek things! Your endurance at putting up with the pain is so annoying! Just submit now or I will make you! You have no more free will that can save you! Trick me with your words if you dare. They won't be effective against me! I will keep my promise to pummel all of you even if those buffoons over there can't do their job themselves!" He proceeds to continue attacking me recklessly over and over again. That's when Dr. Bonesbane reveals himself and trades positions with Bray.
Bray appears in a near instant: "Seems like you're having a really hard time, Adam. Let me help you from here on out! Giga Cure!" Her healing allows me to gain back the strength I need to break through Yappa Yappa's flexible arms. He screams: "No! You're ruining my plans of a perfect slaughter! I will kill both of you at once then! Die, you disgusting do rights! I know how you operate as I've killed hundreds just like the 2 of you across several universes! It's really nice to hear those blood curdling screams come out from nearly all my victims!" Bray speaks again: "Adam, you take the right. I will take the left. No time for discussion. We have to do it. Tower Of Flame!" "Triple Darkeye Slash! Let's do this thing!" "I won't let you do any of that! Evil Storm! And also Bakatoan Knockout!" He impressively is able to battle both of us at the same time as if he were 2 beings fighting together as one: "You stopped our attacks easily. But how will you fare now that you face the 2 of us? I have a surprise for you! Giga Lightning and Righteous Anger!" "It's my turn! Twisted Land Twist!" The Twisted Land Twist is an attack that involves fast sword movements not unlike the elements of some of Twisted Land's roller coasters like Neck Breaker, Red Rebel, and Floral Power: "What the fuck is a Twisted Land? No matter, I'm going to pummel all of you! Dark Storm! Life Stealer! Life Obligatory Obedience!" "That shall not stop us or even slow us down. No matter what damage we take, we will fight until we just can't fight anymore, our energy completely depleted. Giga Cure! Tower Of Lightning Flame!"
"I ditto to that! Since you broke the rules of our battle agreement Yappa Yappa, I'm going to break them even more than I have allowing Bray to help me without protest! I call upon my main number's power through Polymerization! Watch as we enter a portal and come out as one being greater than the two of us fighting side by side in perfect formation. Let's go! *We fuse together* Behold! The armor is from the number and the rest is from me besides the purple energy aura! An artistic fight begins now! Terrifying Spin Slash! Eerie Uppercut!" The uppercut comes with an ominous noise you'd think you'd only hear in something like Twisted Land's The Deadly Witch's Bog haunted attraction. "I hate you 2 so bad I just want to smash your faces and be done! But I also really would like to keep inflicting pain! Tornado Of Mass Devastation!" "Bray, I'm starting to get really hurt again." "I know. Mega Cure!" "Thanks for that! It's my turn to do shit! I should go for something extra reckless. We aren't doing very much damage to him as of yet. So here I go. Extremely Risky Spin Slash!" I generate a crap ton of heat and wind and form it into a full fire tornado to counter and engulf the one Yappa Yappa created. Since I released it really fast, my muscles are able to recover from the lactic acid in time to counter a slightly burned Yappa Yappa's return attack: "Soul Destroyer! Now you are mine to kill! Your souls will be ripped out right from your bodies and as that happens, I will slit as much of you both as I can to speed up your journey to your fate of being stuck here as spirits forever! All your numbers belong to me! And if you don't like that, fuck you, you can't do anything about it! This is the end of you! I can picture your screams as it all painfully ends for you!" "Sword Toss!" I toss my sword in the air and as it spins more and more up there, it cancels out the Soul Destroyer attack.
A general from the army shows up worried: "Yappa Yappa sir. We need backup. Why aren't you helping us?" "I'm trying to enjoy a nice double kill! Shut up! Just call the elite forces and be done with it! At least they know how to get a job done halfway decently!" "Okay. I won't bother you again. Thank you, sir." As the general scurries off, he scoffs again: "Fools. I may outrank him but that doesn't mean he should be dumb and lean on me for help. I will kill him after I kill you both! I can't believe you are holding on so easily!" "Bray is one of the strongest mages in the multiverse system our Miitopia exists in! And I am fused with a number that contains an incredible amount of power. Do the math and you can see why we are able to last this long without much issue even if body parts really hurt. This isn't about comfort, this is about survival, friendship, and adventure. To do something truly good, you often have to get your hands dirty a little bit." A brief standoff occurs between the 3 of us. Meanwhile with the others.. The cats are still causing lots of trouble and destroy any military vehicle that gets within 5 meters of their ever changing position. Willy chases after some ground troops, biting their legs and tearing their uniforms while being too smart to be hit by any bullets. Pirate Blaster has a classic pirate sword in hand and hums a sea shanty in between yelling and swinging. Thrashbeak is loyally on his shoulder, pecking at any opponent who gets too close while ranting again. Madeline let herself be surrounded only to knock out everyone around her one by one with one wave of her staff every time. The Pound Puppies and B'wana Beast team up to get animals out of harm's way. Velma directs pedestrians to safer locations while Dr. Bonesbane uses a bunch of useless inventions to bug the enemy. Blaze & Dominic team up to seriously and effortlessly clean house while rolling through enemies. Julia takes down planes from the sky by destroying their engines while still on the ground waving her wand. Tune in next time to see the conclusion of this wild adventure!
Outro: Thank you very much for reading. Sorry if it sounds stale in some parts, I should have planned out the plot for this more. That's okay, it turned out pretty awesome anyway. I'm really glad I got to introduce Yappa Yappa in this chapter. That's it for now, bye bye!