Chapter 8: War on Planet Koroshi, The Last Stand
Planet Koroshi War Zone
The army of zombies from Planet Koroshi all charged right towards the four warriors and assassins. Hit's clones engaged with the rest of the army in the distance, thus leaving 1000 zombies left. Hit, Sasine, Goku, and Vegeta all watched on the battlefield, seeing the army fight in the distance.
"So, this is it, are you all ready?" Goku asked as he stood in a fighting stance.
"I was born ready, Kakarot," Vegeta said with arms crossed.
Sasine then looked next to her at Hit. "Listen…" Sasine said as Goku and Vegeta looked at her while Hit was watching forward. "You are already using a lot of energy because of all those clones fighting over there. Hit, if you need my help, make sure to let me know. We have to help each other," Sasine told him.
"Don't worry Sasine, if something happens, I can use my Instant Transmission to help out," Goku told her.
"That is great and all, but this is something between Timeskip users. Hit's and my Timeskip are linked to each other. This means we can use our techniques to instantly appear next to each other without wasting time and energy. Save your Instant Transmission for when we truly need it Goku, right now, we have to save as much energy," Sasine explained.
"Oh, I understand, okay, no problem," Goku said confidently and understanding of the situation at hand.
"I already told you, I don't need help," Hit said confidently in his abilities.
He decided to walk forward, putting his hands out of his pockets. "This time, it will be different from the Tournament of Power," Hit said when he cracked his knuckles. "No rules, no technicalities, which means I won't have to restrain myself from using my killing techniques," Hit explained.
Hit then vanished and reappeared into a circle of the undead from Planet Koroshi. He saw familiar faces, to his master Satsu, to his classmates.
"Satsu, you and all of Koroshi deserve death for betraying your codes of peace, but you don't deserve this faith of serving Necros," Hit told them.
"It's you Hit, I never thought we would face each other again, after all these years. You look so much older now, and deadlier," Satsu told him.
"I will release you from this burden Satsu," Hit told him when he struck Satsu's forehead, making purple ray travel through the undead teacher of Koroshi's head and exploding his entire body.
Hit kept a straight face and rapidly used his speed to strike all the zombies that surrounded him until they exploded. The purple-coated Assassin casually puts his hands back in his pockets. Necros was watching from the sky as he saw that Hit took out a large number of the undead.
"That was impressive Assassin, but you might want to take a look around you," Necros said menacingly.
Hit decided to walk away and see if he could do more on the battlefield, but then, dust started swirling around his being. He looked up in the sky, then right behind him. The dust started to reform itself into the undead Hit had destroyed. Satsu was whole once again and with him the undead of Koroshi. Hit was once again in a dire situation.
"They can't be destroyed. Are they immortal?" Hit thought to himself.
Satsu then attacked and used several pressure point strikes to incapacitate the assassin. Hit blocked his strikes but made sure the most vital attacks were missed. Satsu used one big strike and launched the assassin towards the ground.
"Damnit!" Hit grunted.
Satsu and the entire group of undead surrounded Hit, as they went for the finishing blow. Hit grinds his teeth, trying to figure a way out of it. Then, Sasine reappeared using the Timeskip which was linked to Hit, and used her energy to blast all the zombies away. She didn't turn them to dust, only pushed them far away to make sure she did not waste her energy.
The two former top Assassins were alone once again while the zombie army has been pushed far away. Sasine looked behind at Hit who slowly stood up off the ground and dusts the dirt off his clothes. Sasine then grabbed Hit by his trench coat and pulled him towards her face to face and slapped him on his cheek for a wake-up call.
"Listen to me, you idiot. You are strong, smart, and very strategic in how you fight, but if you don't drop your pride and allow me to help you, you will die! Then there is nothing I can do for you! Either we fight together now, or the next time you need help, I will let you handle it yourself. Then, I will once again lose a close friend and be all alone!" Sasine told him when she then let's go off his jacket.
Hit only kept a stern look, as he turned his back towards Sasine.
"Cover me from the back Sasine. If you want to be useful and step in, be my guest, as long as you don't get it the way," Hit told her.
"Fair enough, let's do this Hit," Sasine said when she was back-to-back with Hit and fought the horde of undead together.
Somewhere else in the sky on Koroshi Ware Zone
Meanwhile, as the Assassins were in their bout, Goku and Vegeta were in the sky, watching over the battlefield. Both of the Saiyans shot rapid energy blasts towards the zombies, trying to make quick work of them. As they saw a large open area, they stopped and wiped the sweat off their head.
"Phew, that was easy enough, don't you think?" Goku asked.
"And here I thought I would get a decent challenge, what a waste of time," Vegeta said disappointedly.
Vegeta then looked down the ground and noticed the dust rising. "Wait, Kakarot, look down there!" he told his fellow Saiyan.
Goku looked down the ground and noticed that the zombies were reforming themselves from the dust. Then, they heard loud laughter in the sky. Necros was flying right across them.
"I would have loved to tell you what my undead minions are capable of, but it seems like you already figured out the best part. My minions are completely immortal, and only a sorcerer of my magnitude can manage to do that. You will keep fighting and fighting until you fall dead on your knees," Necros told them.
"You are not aware of who we are. We are a proud warrior race, the Saiyans live to fight, and the more we fight, the stronger we get. A group of dust puppets can't do us no harm," Vegeta replied.
"One way or another, we will stop you!" Goku replied with clenched fists.
"Besides, what's to stop us from trying to take you out instead? Certainly, if we take down the caster, the spell will lift itself?" Vegeta asked.
Then suddenly from beneath the two Saiyans, a staff just hit both in mid-air, as they both fell towards the group.
"Well, my associates for one will protect me," Necros said jokingly. "And even then, the spell will not be broken, not even if I fall. So, they will keep fighting forever, until you tire out and die. While I still keep my Army of Assassins in the end," he explained sinisterly.
Goku scratches his head as Vegeta looked around and who could have done that. As they looked, Deathwish and Chikara walked up towards the two Saiyans. With Deathwish catching his staff which returned to him and Chikara cracking his knuckles.
"Bad news guys, you won't be leaving here alive," Deathwish said.
"You won't get past us. If you want Necros, try and beat us two first," Chikara told the Saiyans.
Goku and Vegeta got up off the ground and watched their opponents. Goku looked at Chikara.
"That big guy seems though, but he looks like a brute to me. That other guy in the black and blue armor, he seems much stronger than he shows off," Goku thought when he then looked at Vegeta. "Vegeta, you take the big buy, I can take that other guy. Let's beat them quick and join Hit and his friend," Goku said.
"Why should I take him on? I'll take the one in the black and blue armor, you get the big oath," Vegeta told his fellow Saiyan.
"Oh, come on Vegeta, let me fight him!" Goku told him.
Deathwish and Chikara were stunned, as they watched the Saiyans fight over who fights whom. Juki shook his head and called them out.
"Stop fighting, you idiots. Judging from your relationship, you two are warriors from an extinct race, and are eager to fight either one of us," Deathwish explained.
"Huh? How did you know that?" Goku asked.
"I am a super soldier and the best one in my universe, I can easily figure out who my opponents are and how strong they are," Deathwish replied as he then chuckled. "Since you two can't get on an agreement, allow me to pick for you. Goku shall be my opponent," Deathwish said when he pointed at the fighter in the orange gi.
"Alright! Yes!" Goku cheered with joy.
"This is just ridiculous!" Vegeta said annoyed out of his mind.
Deathwish then looked at his partner. "Chikara, take care of Vegeta, will you? Be quick about it," he said.
"No problem brother," Chikara said when he ran up towards Vegeta.
Vegeta was awaiting as Chikara went in with a strong punch, the Saiyan Prince easily blocked his fist, holding him in place. "Dah!" Chikara grunts.
The Saiyan then punched Chikara in the gut, launching him far away. As he went in pursuit of the monster, Deathwish and Goku were left alone as they starred each other down. "So, is this what you wanted Goku?" Deathwish asked.
"Yes, no offense to your partner, but you seem much more powerful than him. Am I right?" Goku asked excitedly when he watched Juki with joy.
"Of course, I am much stronger than Chikara, and the best mercenary that has ever lived. I can take down anyone in my path with the right amount of preparation and the necessary weapons," Deathwish said.
"Really? You are the best mercenary? If you are that good, why do you take orders from someone like that wizard over there?" Goku asked curiously, thinking about the relationship between Necros and Deathwish.
"You understood me wrong, I am not his minion, he is my partner. I simply owe him a favor for busting me out of a maximum-security prison. I retain my honor," Deathwish answered.
"Well, if you ask me, you don't need that magician guy, you are pretty tough on your own. Do you need that guy telling you what to do? At some point, he's going to treat you like you are his minion and order you around," Goku said.
"Hmmm…" Deathwish mumbled. "Let's fight," Deathwish said.
Goku then widens his eyes and saw Deathwish his machine gun and aimed right at Goku. But the Saiyan was hoping for something different.
"Hey, you mind using your staff?" Goku asked.
"My staff? Afraid of led, are we?" Deathwish asked when he aimed his gun and held the trigger tight for a quick shot.
"Oh, I don't have a problem with those things, but I saw that you can also use a staff. I want to see you use it in action," Goku explained.
"Ah, so that's it, you want my staff?" Deathwish said when he grabbed his staff from his utility belt.
"I can use a staff as well; I haven't used one for more than 30 years though! I do miss it from time to time, it was my favorite weapon to use," Goku replied.
"Is that so?" Deathwish said.
He then puts his machine gun back in his holster and grabbed a small stick from his belt. Juki threw it right towards Goku. "Catch," Deathwish told him.
Goku caught the item and looked at it. He saw a button in the middle of it and pushed it, as the item transformed into a staff just like Deathwish his staff. "Amazing, you don't mind me using it?" Goku said as he happily looked at the staff.
"Let's see how good you are compared to me, and mind you, I can use any weapon in the universe with expertise. You won't overpower me when it comes to that," Deathwish said when he ran up to Goku while holding his staff behind him.
Goku looked at Deathwish clashed with his staff to Deathwish's staff, as their battle began.
Hit and Sasine against the Zombie Assassins of Koroshi
Hit and Sasine were fighting back-to-back against the horde of undead surrounding them all over. Hit used his hand-to-hand skills to save his energy, while Sasine was making sure that Hit was getting the help he needed. In front of Sasine were Kiru and Shiya, who engaged with the woman in a tag team.
Using several fatal assassination techniques, Sasine was having a difficult time keeping them at bay. She took some space as she was gasping for air, getting tired in the process.
"Sasine, you and Hit can't keep fighting like this, you are only tiring yourselves out!" Kiru told her strictly while trying to warn his friends of the incoming danger.
"Not like we have a choice Kiru, give me a break!" Sasine said annoyedly at the reanimated assassin.
Hit was all over the place, fighting every undead he came across, quickly making short work of them with his fatal strikes. As he looked around, he noticed that Sasine jumped in front of him without her noticing it yet. She broke the head of 2 undead and crushed them to dust. She looked around as the zombies started to surround her.
"If you guys back up now, we promise to go easy on you next time," Sasine sounded.
The zombies didn't listen to a word she said and kept. Hit noticed that Sasine was talking about him and only focused his pupils behind.
Sasine's fist started to light up with her energy. As she puts her fists straight, she shot a fatal beam towards Kiru and Shiya, creating a full path of destruction. Hit turned around and looked at the damage she had done.
"Not bad, I'm impressed," Hit praised her for her power.
"Wait, did you just actually compliment me? You" Sasine said surprised.
"I will praise someone's skill when they deserve it Sasine. It would have gotten old if I told you all the time, don't you think?" Hit told her.
"Huh, you know? That might be one of the nicest things you ever said to me, and that says something," Sasine told him proudly.
But once again, the zombies Sasine blasted away, started to reform themselves from dust, and soon after, Kiru, Shiya, and the rest of the undead were whole once again.
"Sasine, I told you, you can't beat us like that, you have to find another way!" Kiru said.
"As long as the caster is still there, we will never die and always rise. If you don't find a way to lift the spell, we will keep coming back to life and fight you guys over and over again You have to release us from his bindings!" Shiya told her hastily.
Then, Kiru and Shiya, together with the entire group of undead started their attack. Sasine was troubledly watching them, but then, Hit grabbed her shoulder.
"Use the Timeskip to send us both away, we need to talk in private," Hit told her.
"Alright," Sasine said as she activated her Timeskip.
Hit and Sasine were both inside the female assassin's Timeskip dimension to take refuge from the current onslaught. Hit suddenly collapsed on the ground, Sasine quickly went to aid her friend. "You alright Hit?" Sasine asked.
"My energy, it's weaker than it has ever been. Usually, I am better at controlling my energy, but those clones of mine made me use too much of my strength. I had to disregard them before we left the battlefield in our Timeskip but I need some time to recover," Hit explained.
"At this point, you are wasting your energy for nothing. Those zombies will keep getting up if we destroy them," Sasine told him strictly.
"I heard what Shiya and Kiru said. I have seen it with my own eyes, those zombies are immortal unless we take care of the caster. Everything we do will be useless if we do not find a way to lift Necros his spell," Hit told Sasine.
"She is right, we have to take care of Necros, but before we kill him, we have to make sure he lifts the spell. I heard what he said earlier to the Saiyans. It won't matter if we kill him, we have to lift the spell first or else they will be zombies forever," Sasine explained. "That is why we need to capture him first and render him immobile to perform his spells," Sasine told him.
"Alright, we don't have a choice anyway. Let's be smart about this like we did in the past," Hit said when he prepared himself.
"You know Hit? Let's treat it like it is another mission and take out the evil sorcerer this time," Sasine asked.
"Hopefully, you haven't gotten too lazy in the years you have been inactive Sasine," Hit told her.
"Hey, I got all of my memory back, which includes all of my fighting experience. I'll show you just how good I am," Sasine told him.
"We need to use our Timeskip wisely from now on, I don't have that much energy to waste due to those clones, and the less energy, the fewer times I can use my Timeskip," Hit said when he stood up off the ground. "You can release us for now. When we are back, we will find Necros and take him out," Hit told her.
Sasine released the Timeskip, showing an army of undead coming their way, with Kiru and Shiya upfront. The Assassins nod at each other and dash right towards the zombies.
Running next to each other, Hit and Sasine both jumped right over the zombies. With the zombies now chasing them down, Hit and Sasine went on their way to find the one responsible for the zombies, Necros.
Vegeta vs Chikara
Meanwhile, somewhere else from the fighting, Vegeta and Chikara were in a powerful fist collision. The Saiyan Prince was one on one with the escaped criminal. In one clash, they took space from each other, sizing each other up.
"You are not bad shorty," Chikara told the Saiyan confidently while laughing at the size of the powerful spiked warrior.
"You got a big mouth for a weakling," Vegeta with his arms crossed.
"Oh, a confident one. You won't talk so tough when you are dead," Chikara told him.
"Then let's continue, show me your true potential," Vegeta said.
Chikara vanished, and so did Vegeta. Their fight brought them high in the sky, Chikara used several rapid punches, trying to keep the prince on the ropes. Vegeta easily blocked his punches while covering himself up. He then grabbed Chikara's arm, as he broke his momentum.
"Dah!" Chikara shouted in shock.
"This is the strength you are boasting about. Pathetic!" Vegeta said when he punched Chikara right in the gut
"Aaahhh!" Chikara shouted, getting incapacitated as he fell towards the ground.
Vegeta was watching him from the sky, as Chikara slowly got up off the ground and stroked his head. "Damn, he packs a wallop," Chikara said in pain.
"Hey! Are you finished napping! Let's continue!" Vegeta shouted.
Chikara flew towards Vegeta in the sky, as the Prince saw the big monster coming, he quickly raised his guard. Chikara went in with rapid power punches, trying to break through Vegeta's defense. But he didn't budge at all. Vegeta vanished as he took some space from Chikara who tried to find the Saiyan warrior.
"Is that the best you can do? Playtime is over so get on with it!" Vegeta shouted when he clenched his fists, and his energy surged his being.
Gold energy sparks were surrounding the area, Vegeta started to transform into a Super Saiyan. Chikara looked curiously at the Saiyan. Goku and Deathwish stopped their fighting and noticed that Vegeta raised his energy and transformed.
"Oh wow, Vegeta is going at it," Goku said.
"And I am guessing you can do that too?" Deathwish asked.
"Sure, Vegeta and I have multiple ways of increasing our power," Goku explained.
"Interesting…" Deathwish said intrigued.
Back at the fight, Vegeta was flying across Chikara as a Super Saiyan. Vegeta then vanished and punched Chikara right in the stomach. Chikara was spitting blood, as Vegeta struck him down with several powerful punches. With a meteor smash, Vegeta slammed the monster down the ground.
"Daaarrrghh!" Chikara shouted.
"Why do I get the feeling this guy is all talk and no power?" Vegeta asked himself.
Meanwhile, Chikara slowly got up off the ground and looked up in the sky. "What kind of power was that? I never felt anything like it," Chikara asked.
"Come up here and fight me, you idiot!" Vegeta told him.
"Damn, this is different than fighting that guy Khaseral, this little guy is somehow much more powerful," Chikara said.
"Wait, did you say… Khaseral?" Vegeta said as he was shockingly thinking back to whom Chikara was talking about. "You mean that guy from the Pride Troopers?" Vegeta asked.
The more he kept remembering Khaseral, the angrier he got. Finally, Vegeta closed his eyes, raised his energy, and aimed his hand towards Chikara.
"Big Bang… Attack!" Vegeta shouted when he shot a giant golden energy blast right down towards the planet.
"No no no no nooo!" Chikara shouted as he tried to get out of the way, but it was already too late.
The big monster was swallowed by the energy blast and got disintegrated on the spot. Vegeta put an end to Chikara once and for all. The prince opened his eyes.
"Damn you Kakarot, making me fight an idiot who can't even beat a weakling Pride Trooper. You'll pay for this!" Vegeta said when he then flew away.
Goku vs Deathwish
As Vegeta had finished off Chikara in the blink of an eye, Goku was in a martial arts fight against Deathwish with both their staffs. Deathwish managed to counter Goku's attacks rather easily, as their skills in bojutsu were pretty even. The mercenary went in with rapid straight stabs, but Goku countered his attacks by relating to his attacks, negating them rather easily.
The two smiled at each other, as Deathwish jumped back several meters away. "I am impressed Goku, you are good," Deathwish complimented him.
"You are not so bad yourself, I never fought someone as good as I am with a staff. Let's fight without them, see how good you are without a staff," Deathwish told him when he puts his staff away.
"Alright, fine, it was fun using a staff after so many years. Hey, you mind if I keep this one, I cannot use my old staff and I like this one," Goku asked.
"Do whatever you want, it's yours," Deathwish said when he then stood in a fighting stance.
As Deathwish prepared himself, Goku shortens the staff and puts it away. The Saiyan stood in his classic fighting pose, preparing for battle. However, the moment he got ready to fight, someone was approaching quickly. Vegeta was speeding right towards Goku and Deathwish. In a quick rush, Vegeta as a Super Saiyan, engaged with Deathwish.
The powerful mercenary kept the Saiyan at bay and easily dodged all of his attacks. "You better be more powerful than your partner!" Vegeta shouted.
"Someone is feeling agitated," Deathwish exclaimed.
"Hey Vegeta, not fair, I was fighting him, it was getting really fun!" Goku said offendedly.
"Too bad Kakarot, try and stop me if you can," Vegeta shouted when he joined the battle.
Deathwish then slowly walked towards them. "So, Chikara is dead? Though I am not surprised, he didn't have a brain, nor any fighting experience. In the end, he is just a big brawler with no sense of martial arts," Deathwish explained.
"Now it's your turn, say your prayers!" Vegeta told him.
"Judging from your relationship Vegeta, you and Goku don't like working together, am I right?" Deathwish asked.
"We don't need to work together to beat you!" Vegeta answered.
"Suit it yourself, you two have the potential to be an indestructible force if you work together. If not, well then… let me show you why the Pride Troopers needed the entire team to beat me," Deathwish told them.
"Pride Troopers? You are from Universe 11? No wonder you are so strong, I fought those guys, and they are no joke, that's for sure! Why did the Pride Troopers need the entire team? What happened?" Goku asked curiously.
Deathwish then relaxed and thought back about what happened before he was incarcerated in Zalabasta Prison Planet.
"It was simple, I am a mercenary that can do any dangerous job. Myself being an enhanced soldier and the best weapon expert in my universe, of course, makes me eligible for a lot of jobs from different people in the universe. My tasks brought the attention of Khaseral, the General of the Pride Troopers. I managed to beat him to death and cripple Dyspo so that he wouldn't be able to run himself out of any situation anymore," Deathwish explained.
"Dyspo? There is no way you could keep up with Dyspo, he is all about his speed that even made Hit have trouble fighting him," Vegeta said.
"I met Hit as well, and he is by far one of the most skilled fighters I have fought. He could have easily beat Dyspo, time will always be faster than sheer speed, that is a fact. Anyways, when I crippled Dyspo, I attracted the attention of Top, while Dyspo contacted their strongest warrior, Jiren the Grey. I managed to beat Top and had to face Jiren next. However, the moment I fought Jiren, was also the moment of my downfall. I didn't have the required strength to fight him toe to toe and he beat me badly. Then, Top aimed for my blind spot and destroyed my armor, together with all of my weapons. I had no choice but to surrender, and I was incarcerated for life in Zalabasta World Penitentiary until Necros busted me out of jail," Deathwish explained.
"What a story, you are amazing. You fought the strongest members of the Pride Troopers, and they still needed Jiren to beat you," Goku said excitedly and impressed by Deathwish his fighting abilities.
"But you made one big mistake when you told us that story," Vegeta said with a smile. "Without that armor and your weapons, you are nothing but a weakling," Vegeta told him when he charged him head-on. "All I have to do is strip you of your gear and you will be at my mercy!" Vegeta shouted.
Deathwish saw the Saiyan rushing him and quickly grabbed his gun from his utility belt. Vegeta used his speed to make himself a difficult target to hit. "You are a fool if you think that peashooter will work on me!" Vegeta shouted.
When the Saiyan Prince vanished, Deathwish only kept calm and focused on what Vegeta was going to do. Then when Vegeta appeared behind Deathwish, something unexpected happened. Deathwish aimed his gun in the back and shot Vegeta right through his chest.
"Daahhh!" Vegeta shouted when he fell backward and on the ground.
"Vegeta!" Goku shouted in pain from the shot that managed to penetrate his dense body.
Blood was dripping from his chest, as Vegeta held on tight.
"You underestimated my abilities Vegeta. I have the mind and skill of a thousand soldiers. You won't beat me so easily," Deathwish told him when Vegeta grabbed his chest and saw blood dripping from his body, coughing blood as well.
"What happened, how can a simple peashooter hurt me?!" Vegeta asked.
"I used a special type of bullet that can hurt any type of creature. The bullets I used were made from the strongest metal in the universe. It can hurt anyone and penetrate everything, and I mean everything. If I get a clear shot on you both, it's over," Deathwish explained.
Vegeta was breathing heavily in and out as he looked on the ground and saw his blood. He then looked at Deathwish who was simply standing right across them. Goku looked at Vegeta and then at Deathwish.
"Vegeta, are you okay?" Goku asked worriedly as he looked at Vegeta's bullet wound.
"I am fine Kakarot, he just caught me off guard," Vegeta told him.
"Vegeta, we don't usually pay attention to weapons, but this guy is no joke. We cannot afford to drop our guard with those guns, got it?" Goku explained.
"Like you're one to talk Kakarot, you drop your guard more than anyone!" Vegeta replied.
"Not this time Vegeta, this guy is too good. Let's charge him head-on, he can't fight the both of us at the same time," Goku said.
"Fine," Vegeta said as he powered up with Goku.
Goku and Vegeta both raised their energy and when finished, they charged Deathwish head-on. The mercenary saw them coming and quickly grabs another one of his machine guns and shoots with both his guns towards the Saiyans.
Both fighters avoided the bullet storm of Deathwish, after seeing how dangerous he is. As Goku and Vegeta started gaining towards Deathwish, somewhere else…
Hit and Sasine chase Necros
While Necros was watching over the battlefield, seeing the Zombies taking over the dead planet Koroshi, as Goku and Vegeta were fighting Deathwish. He was very satisfied with how everything was going. However, he started to get a strange feeling.
"When those pests are all gone, I can use this planet and my zombie army to expand my reach and rule supreme," Necros said. "Again, I have this strange feeling, what is that?" he asked himself.
"Don't think you won this fight," Someone behind him said in a cold voice.
Necros shockingly looked behind him and saw Hit and Sasine floating across him. Necros saw the purple and yellow-coated assassin and decided to calm down.
"It's you two, are you giving up? You must have realized that I am unstoppable!" Necros told them.
"Give up? Why? You haven't done anything yourself, why should we give up?" Sasine asked.
"It's true, I am not a fighter, but my magic is nothing to take lightly," Necros said when he raised his arms and the zombie army below him gathered.
Hit and Sasine saw the army below them, then focused back on Necros. Hit and Sasine both charged Necros head-on. As Hit used several pressure point techniques. Necros managed to avoid some of them just in time to avoid further damage. However, when Necros tried to get out of the way, Sasine stood right behind him and kicked the necromancer in the back.
The magician fell towards the ground, as Hit and Sasine were floating, they looked at each other and nodded.
Hit and Sasine slowly descended towards the ground and stood across Necros. "It's our job to take care of you, and release everyone from Planet Koroshi from your influence," Sasine told him heroically.
"Sasine, we should kill him inside our Timeskip, then we won't have anyone interfering with us. Bring us to our shared parallel dimension. I have to save up my moment to Timeskip for another time," Hit explained.
"No need Hit, what is he going to do? He's a weakling, we kill him right now, and end this," Sasine said confidently in her own abilities.
"I said, use your Timeskip! If he escapes, then everything will be done for nothing! Take us away now!" Hit told her angrily.
"Wow, you seem angrier than normal, what's gotten into you?" Sasine asked in a teasing manner.
As the two powerful assassins were arguing, Deathwish was still in a skirmish with Goku and Vegeta. As he entered a push struggle with Goku, Deathwish looked on his far-right side, with the help from his head mask, that Necros was on the ground while the two assassins were talking.
"Necros, he needs my help," Deathwish said.
Juki narrowed his eyes and pushed the Saiyans away, getting to Necros his aid in his time of need. Deathwish grabbed a ball from his utility belt and threw it on the ground, creating a cloud of smoke, blocking Goku and Vegeta's vision. When the smoke cleared up, Deathwish has disappeared.
"Where did he go? He just disappeared!" Goku asked shockingly.
"Kakarot, use Instant Transmission to get to him quickly. Search for his energy!" Vegeta asked.
Goku puts his index and middle finger on his forehead and closed his eyes. However, he came to a shocking fact about the mercenary.
"I cannot sense his energy, it's like, he does not even exist! He is purposely masking his energy signature to not be detected?!" Goku asked.
"Not exist? Damnit, then I will look for him myself!" Vegeta said when he quickly flew up in the sky and looked around the area.
"Wait for me Vegeta!" Goku said when he followed the Saiyan, Prince.
Meanwhile, Necros was on the ground while Hit and Sasine were still arguing.
"Fine… fine, I'll use Timeskip, stop complaining," Sasine spoke when immediately, in a smoke cloud, Deathwish appeared before them.
"Sorry, but you won't get further than this," Deathwish said when he kicked both assassins away as they slid off the ground, blocking his kick.
"Damn! Where did he come from?" Sasine asked herself.
Sasine didn't have enough time to use her Timeskip and instead got pushed back by the mercenary.
"You idiot, you wasted our chance to kill him. If you had just listened to me, then we could have killed him sooner," Hit explained irritated to Sasine.
"Don't blame me, you could have used your own Timeskip," Sasine told him.
Hit sighs and closed his eyes while he crossed his arms. "This just proved that you didn't listen to a word I just said, and you're an imbecile!" Hit said irritatedly.
At the same time, Goku and Vegeta just arrived at where the necromancer and the mercenary were.
"There you are!" Vegeta shouted towards Deathwish.
Necros stood up off the ground and right next to Deathwish. "Thank you, Juki, you saved me. Now, go ahead and kill those idiots," Necros commanded the mercenary.
"What did you just say?" Deathwish asked him.
"I said, kill those idiots, what are you standing still for!? Kill them before they kill me!" Necros told him strictly and in a commanding manner.
"Are you ordering me around?" Deathwish asked menacingly.
"No, I am telling you to keep protecting me, you owe me because if it wasn't for me, you would still be rotting away in Zalabasta! Now kill them, you idiot! What are you waiting for!" Necros shouted angrily at him.
Deathwish narrowed his eyes, while at the same time, Goku was listening to them bickering with each other. "I knew it, that wizard is ordering him around," Goku thought.
Then, out of nowhere, Juki accepted as he started to walk forward. "Alright Necros, I'll take care of them, care to help me out? It could prove difficult?" Deathwish asked.
"Help you? I am a wizard, a necromancer, not a fighter. I bring people back from the dead to fight for me," Necros replied.
Deathwish then slightly grinned. "Good to know," he said when the mercenary grabbed a gun from his holster in his utility belt, aimed his gun towards Necros, and shot him point-blank through his head.
Goku, Vegeta, and Sasine were both shocked to see what happened, while Hit kept a stern look, only narrowing his eyes with his hands in his pocket.
Necros was still shocked, with his eyes and mouth wide open. He looked at Deathwish. "You… traitor…" Necros sounded as those were his last words.
Necros fell on the ground, as he too, was dead. His blood was spreading on the ground and Juki spins his weapon and returned it into his holster
"No one orders me around, especially not someone who can't even fight," Deathwish remarked.
"Ha! He's dead Hit! What do you have to say about that! Start apologizing and…" Sasine spoke when Hit suddenly menacingly looked at her.
"One more word from you and I will explain what the Corrupt Officials Mission is," Hit told her in a threatening manner.
Sasine started to sweat nervously and decided to not say anything to the purple assassin anymore, instead of talking about a different subject.
"Uuuhhmm… Hey, what about the others, will they just disappear? Let me go and check!" Sasine asked when she flew towards Kiru and Shiya.
When she was right in front of her friend, Kiru and Shiya both looked at each other, then at everyone that was brought back as zombies. They didn't have any kill orders anymore due to Necros being dead, but the curse was not lifted, just as Necros explained. The only thing they have gained was free will from their late maker.
"Sasine, we are still here, it didn't work, what will you do?" Shiya asked.
"At least we got our mind back. but we cannot stay here in this world like this. We are zombies in a world of the living," Kiru said troubledly.
"I don't know what else to do, Deathwish killed Necros before we could command him to lift the spell," Sasine replied.
Then, certain zombies walked up to Sasine, it was Rosu and Satsu who had their arms behind their back.
"Sasine, you will find a way to release us from this burden," Rosu told her.
"Rosu, Satsu, I'd figured you'dd want to stay here in the living world, continuing your plans of universal domination," Sasine asked suspiciously.
"Being an undead made us realize our mistakes, Hittomanu's vision shouldn't have been our vision," Satsu explained.
"Planet Koroshi should have been a planet for everyone to live, and it should have stayed that way. Sasine, I deeply apologize for what I, and the entirety of Planet Koroshi, demanded of you. I do not expect forgiveness, only that you know that we would accept death by your hands if you found a way to release the curse," Rosu told the experienced assassin.
Sasine thought to herself for a moment. "Rosu, Satsu, you are both right, I cannot forgive you for what you did to me, but I will find a way to break the curse," Sasine said when she turned around and walked away, back to where Hit, Goku and Vegeta were.
Meanwhile, Hit thought about what he could do to get rid of the zombies.
"Hmm, now that Necros is dead, we have no way to deal with this problem. Anyone ideas?" Hit said.
"Hmmm… Bahahaha. Zombies? The one you should be worried about is me Hit, you didn't think this fight was finished, did you?" Deathwish asked.
Hit then looked at Deathwish. "You desired to fight 4 powerful warriors on your own? You truly live up to your name: Deathwish," Hit replied.
"What makes you think I am not prepared? I don't need a zombie army or spells to be powerful. I don't need anyone. I solely kept my promise to pay back Necros and Chikara because I got out of prison, but after everything was over, I would have killed them all anyway. It was inevitable," Deathwish explained.
He then looked down at his utility belt and pushed a green button. Suddenly, from his body, spawned 3 more exact duplicates of Deathwish. Hit, Sasine, Goku, and Vegeta looked shockingly at the mercenary, splitting himself up into 4 of himself.
"He split himself up into 4! But he should be weaker by now!" Goku said.
"What makes you think that? This device makes perfect copies of myself up to 6 duplicates, and they are as strong as I am," Deathwish told them.
"This guy is just full of surprises!" Goku said worriedly.
"Then we take this guy down and finally end this madness," Vegeta said as he went in fighting stance.
"Juki, this is a waste of time, there is no need to fight, and I don't have a quarrel with you. All we just need to do is release the undead from the living world and we can all go our separate ways," Hit asked.
"Oh, I do have a quarrel with you Hit, my friend. I initially wanted to face the Pride Troopers again, but fighting you gave me a new meaning. You were not a powerhouse brute like those guys or too annoying with their poses. You are stern, experienced, calm, collected, intelligent, and fun to fight against. The last time I fought you, I didn't even remember the last time I had to think about beating someone as tricky as you. It's much more worth it to kill someone like you than those idiots in spandex," Deathwish explained.
"Hold on, so you are going to keep all of us hostage because you want to fight Hit? That does not make any sense!" Sasine said.
"Hahaha, Sasine, you are specifically on my target list. I still remember our little talk, and if you don't believe in my skill, then you will witness them up close," Deathwish told her.
The experienced mercenary then looked at both Goku and Vegeta. "Goku, Vegeta, my information about the Saiyan race is 100% complete, and this time you will both fight a version of myself," Deathwish told the two Saiyan.
"Doesn't matter to me, you won't get me again with those weapons," Vegeta retorted confidently.
"I already know how you fight Deathwish, you won't win this fight," Goku told him
Hit sighs as he then prepared himself. "Well then, I guess I have to kill you quickly. Not only do you hold grudges, but you also took my contract away from me," Hit told the mercenary.
All 4 of Deathwish his duplicates were across Hit, Sasine, Goku, and Vegeta preparing to take all 4 of them head-on.
Next Chapter: The Final Battle, An Assassin's Deathwish
