A Drunken Knockout Marriage
An O.K. K.O., Let's Be Heroes fanfiction
Chapter III – Cerebus Reared Its Head and It's an Ugly Bastard
(Warning: This is going to reference the events of A Fourth Shot of Rick with A Side of Morty, and thus I recommend you read this before you continue.)
Kaze was outside of Lakewood in the nearby woods when he figured he was far away enough. He immediately used that new phone that mystery woman gave him to call Merch to which he answered. Kaze was basically given the rundown on what's going on in the warping world, and Kaze groaned.
"So, let me get this straight? We have a psycho Pinkie running around, two crazed terrorists, a cyborg back from the dead, and Evil Morty." Kaze said in a deadpan tone. "I just started my adventure and already you're pissing on it."
"Don't blame Merch. Blame the authors." Rick said taking another swig from his flask. "You got to catch up. Alex is doing that *urrp*, and so should you."
"Considering your presence here, things are going to get naturally get harder for you." Merch remarked. "I can send you some materials at the very least. Considering you're on CN-Zen Kuro, they need all the help they can get. 10th level warpers tend to cause the Cerebus Effect around the worlds they inhabit especially new ones. Be careful and try not get yourself killed."
Merch hung up and an energy bubble appear before Kaze. Said bubble had a few objects within it and Kaze could feel the warper energy seeping off the bubble. Kaze popped it to find a letter from Merch listing off the supplies he received which was several Interdimensional Cable Boxes in one capsule, training weights build up his strength, some gis to wear to train, and a holo Bingo Book containing bounty information on every registered warper. Kaze pocketed those capsules containing use objects and pocketed the letter. The holo-Bingo Book was a circular holo-projector the size of a golf ball. Activating it, Kaze curiously looked up Merch's bounty…only for his jaw to hit the dirt.
"What the hell did Merch do to warrant a 7 billion bounty?!" Kaze exclaimed before noting it was current frozen status. "Questions for later."
Putting the Holo-Sphere away, Kaze sensed ki in distress and heard an explosion in the distance towards Lakewood. Kaze realized that the enemy ki were a bit higher. Being that BoxMore dealt with purely robots and thus Kaze would not be able to sense them in the first place which meant outsiders. Kaze was worried about going into his weight, but swallowed that worry. Opening up the capsule for the weighted clothes, he slipped on the black armbands, undershirt, and black martial art boots storing his old tank top and boots into the capsule to put back in his pocket. The weights were quite similar to the others most warriors used in this with the rest in power in the user, the weights adjust and increase. Kaze staggered, but took off for Lakewood.
(Cues: Temple of Time - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
Kaze was speeding along through the woods only to suddenly stop feeling the change in the atmosphere. He appeared to in the ruins of some temple in the middle of the woods. Stone structures were derelict and Kaze could feeling something off about this place. Kaze walked to the portion of the structures of what seemed to be a shrine and noticed a sword in the pedestal. The energy it gave up felt…destructive. Instinctively, Kaze used his phone to get some answers. He would learn that this sword was a part of the Metsu Blades, seven deadly blades formed from the power of the Metsu Emeralds.
"So, three of these were already awakened? Well, Metsu Sword of Shin Tengu, I make my claim." Kaze said.
The sword was a beautiful Japanese katana resembling the Sword of Tengu in appearance except in had the design of the Yellow Metsu Emerald craved into the hilt. Wasting no time, he grabbed the hilt. The warper energy from the sword electrocuted him sending him hurdling into a pillar sending him fall into the dirt. His hands were slightly brunt from this. Kaze sprang up glaring at the sword, and stormed up to the katana grabbing him with both hands. The electricity surged through his hands, but was undaunted in pulling it up.
"I won't quit!" Kaze said trigger his Warper's Will.
The burst of warper energy allowed for Kaze to tear out the sword sending out a pillar of yellow Metsu Energy shooting into the air. The katana itself glowed green over his hand healing them before extended over to his body. Kaze felt a rush of information run through his head of the basics of swordplay and sword care along with the traditions of swordsmanship before the light faded.
"Huh. What a rush! Well, my friend. I will christen you as Warped Razor." Kaze said before taking off to aid his friends.
(Cues: Naruto OST 1 - Bad Situation)
Lord Boxman was watching with glee from the roof of his building. Apparently, due to the world merging, the villains of CN-Zen Kuro had formed a coalition and Lord Boxman was given an invitation. Said invite allowed access to hire new blood to aid in his conquest, and they were helping his children fight against those heroes. However, he was wary of the cyborg assassin he hired. Cyborg Tao had punched Rad through a wall, broke Red Action's good leg, and kicked Nick Army in the balls so hard that he would not be urinating straight for a week. Raymond, Shannon, and Darrell were relatively disgusted with Tao and his creepy sadism. All that was left on the main lines was K.O., Carol, Mr. Gar, Rad, and Enid who all looked drained.
"How pathetic. Might as well, put one of you in dirt. Now who should die first?" Tao said darkly with a twisted smile. "Maybe the youngest first."
Cyborg Tao unveiled his hidden giant switchblade and it did not help that it was stained with blood.
"Is that blood?" Darrel asked.
"Of course, it is. It's holy. I slaughtered a church full of nuns to sanctify it." Tao said gleefully.
Even Boxman felt that was sickening, and was seriously debating hiring Tao in the first place. The reviews said he never failed and Boxman could see why considering Tao was a sadist with no soul. K.O. boldly stepped up determined to keep the good fight going.
"Power Fist Fireball!" K.O. said firing a powerful energy punch surrounded by blue flames which are delivered from his left hand.
Tao coolly slashed the attack in two with his Hidden Blade. For one, he was the strongest being around and he was glad for no pesky Saiyans around to ruin that level pride. With Rapid Movement, he rushed K.O. kicking him into the pavement before planting his foot on K.O.'s head having the giant knife at the kid's throat.
"Hey Boxman, can I finish up this one?" Tao asked his "employer".
Before Lord Boxman could answer, the music shifted to something more upbeat!
(Cues: One Piece OST – Run Away)
WHAM! A kick sent Tao hurdling into a few cars before he could question what happened next. Kaze had arrived right on time and aid K.O.
"Kaze! Where the hell have you been?" Rad asked.
"I was busy, but I made it. Can't let Kaio, die on me." Kaze said using passing out Senzu Beans to heal his allies. "Sorry that I took a while, as you can see, I got me a real big tool."
Carol blushed scarlet and even Shannon was mildly self-conscious over Kaze's words. Kaze picked up on this immediately after as Enid was trying not to laugh and Mr. Gar suddenly felt insecure.
"I'm talking about my new sword, damn it! Get your heads out of the damn gutter!" Kaze said unsheathing Warped Razor as Tao got up.
"Who the hell are you?" Tao asked.
"Name's Kaze Gray, and you just tried to harm my wife and stepson!" Kaze roared with his aura heating up. "And seeing you're one of warper blood like me, I'll take great pleasure in tearing you a new one."
(Music Ends)
Kaze could tell that Tao was still stronger than him by a margin, but Kaze was determined to fight him either way.
"I'll take Tao on my own. This one I want to fight by myself. Seeing Boxman's flunkies are still lying around, you could kick their as-the crap out of them." Kaze said censoring himself for K.O.
"Wait? K.O.'s real name is Kaio?" Rad asked with mild confusion.
"Not the time to ask! It's time to throw down!" Kaze said twirling his sword.
"Ugh, finally!" Shannon said producing her buzzsaw hands. "That creep's been hogging all the good guys to himself."
Everyone got ready to fight for the final round with Kaze steeling his eyes on Tao.
Kaze wasted no one going for the direct approach charging with his sword in hand. Tao slashed at Kaze only to hit afterimage as it phased right through Tao. Kaze reappeared from the side as Tao caught his sword with the edge of his Hidden Blade.
(Cues: Dance of Swords (Remix) – Video Game Remixes)
"Neat sword. I think I'll take off your corpse." Tao said as they fought with their swords.
"Like hell, you will!" Kaze said keeping up with Tao's attempts to hit vitals.
Many observant heroes noted that Kaze was rather green with a sword, and might be at a disadvantage. Tao attempted to drive his big knife through Kaze's side to which Kaze used a ballet twirl on one leg to dodge it striking Tao's head with the pommel of Warped Razor. Kaze did not care if people would discover he took a ballet course as it pretty much saved him there. Tao made a sudden flank to slash at Kaze to which he caught with his sword barely. Even with two hands on Warped Razor, he struggled. Tao swung knocking Warped Razor out of his hands.
"Kuso!" Kaze spat before having to dodge a swipe from Tao that cut his jacket. "My jacket!"
Kaze tossed the damaged jacket off him before dodging another strike. Backflipping to gain distance (and towards his katana), Kaze fired a Dodon Ray which seared Tao's arm.
(Music Ends)
"I see you're a practitioner of the Crane School. I commend you. Every yahoo warper wants to only shoot Kamehamehas." Tao remarked.
"Actually, I only used it because it was cheaper to use than the Kamehameha." Kaze said honestly as he picked up his katana to sheath it. "But as you see, I'm no swordsman yet. And besides, you're a martial artist. We should settle this with our fist. That is if the great assassin fears dirtying his mitts."
Tao looked at the Saiyan and sheathed his Hidden Blade to put his left mechanical hand back on his arm.
"I do not, and you got some nerve. I like that! You're obviously have not been a warper for very long." Tao said cracking his knuckles.
Kaze cracked his knuckles and his neck before getting a confident look on his face. Kaze's stance was a mimic of a certain blue hedgehog's, standing up straight in a readying fighting position, while holding up his fists while in a focused up-and-down motion of regulation, similar to a boxing stance. Tao took up the Crane Stance as the two glared at each other. Raymond felt ignored and that they were taking all the attention.
"Why are some of you all stopping to watch?!" Raymond asked annoyed that Rad was not even bothering with fighting him.
Instead, Rad got a beach chair and a tub of popcorn. Boxmore even ordered Raymond to back down to "watch and learn". Pouting, Raymond got himself a chair.
(Cues: Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans - Enemy Encounter Theme)
Both sprang at each other with Kaze having a plan. He could not overpower him with brute force, but he had something over Tao, his mind.
"Shadow Chop!" Kaze said delivering a chop by swinging the side of his arm.
This socked Tao's stomach with enough force to stun him. Wanting to keep the momentum, Kaze spun with his dance-like motions to dodge Tao's punch to slam him with a straight punch. In close, Kaze grabbed Tao's head and headbutted him to put him in the daze.
"Sonic Flare!" Kaze said falling straight down.
Kaze carries his entire body on one hand using the flare technique in acrobatics. Kaze then does a sweeping kick across Tao in a circular motion sending his hurdling away, before shifting over to his other hand and lifting his legs up on one hand (and then hopping back into neutral stance). Tao was bruised, but got up ready to continue. Tao rushed Kaze using his superior skill to pummel him with his Crane Style Assassin Strike. Tao had gotten to part of kick Kaze airborne before double axe handling him to the ground. Kaze had a bit of blood tricking down from a head wound and a trail from the mouth as he rolled as avoid Tao's knee crashing down on the concrete. Springing up, Kaze kicked Tao right in the face giving cracks in the cyborg's visor and used his other leg to wall kick off Tao. Kaze decided to back himself by faking bravery through ignorant fearlessness.
"You look tired, my boy." Tao said.
Kaze spat a bit of the blood in his mouth on Tao's face which got Tao's blood boiling at the indignant action.
"That's it. Playtime's over, kid." Tao said disconnecting his robotic hand, revealing a hole as he prepared to charge his ultimate attack.
Kaze readied himself by charging a Kamehameha wave not wanting to hold anything back.
"Super Dodon Ray!" Tao said firing a massive yellow energy beam out of the hole in his robotic arm.
However, Tao did not aim at Kaze, but directed attack smack dab after K.O.
"Kaio!" Carol/Kaze said in panic.
Kaze had to bolt trying to keep his charging Kamehameha active fearing he would not make it in time. Thankfully, Carol tackled K.O. out of the way allowing for Kaze for the blast to hit and destroy the Acrade at the Plaza. With his blast over, Kaze suddenly stop to finish charge his Kamehameha. However, it would end in a beam struggle as Kaze had to recharge lost energy due to losing focus. Tao fired off another Super Dodon Ray. Kaze launched his Kamehameha to clash against it causing a power struggle which Kaze found himself quickly losing.
"Damn it! This bastard has got better control of his ki then me!" Kaze thought.
K.O. sprang up to get alongside his stepdad.
"Let me help! Power Fist Fireball!" K.O. said firing a powerful energy punch surrounded by blue flames which are delivered from his left hand.
His attack combined with Kaze's which helped to push Tao's attack back barely. Carol smirked striding up to them glad she could mimic abilities she's seen. She never heard of Kaze's techniques, but she decided to try it no matter the risk. Intimating the attack, Carol felt her entire body was on fire and strained as she charged the energy within her cupped hands. This was her first using an energy attack of this nature.
"Kaze was able pull one off despite being injured. What kind of training instilled in him allowed to do that? I'm barely pulling one off and I'm in better shape!" She thought launching her purple Kamehameha into the fray.
The three pushed their attack forward and it seemed they were winning. Tao merely overclocked his cybernetics to push further leaving the Grey-Kincaid family on the struggle again. Kaze looked at Tao and realized he was going to have to do something that probably near kill him to save everyone.
"Kaio-ken!" Kaze said cried out as his body became coated in a crimson aura.
He released amplified energy into the Family Kamehameha attack to move it forward only Tao to overclock again. Carol mimicked the technique much to Kaze's fears as he could sense the strain on her body. K.O. was giving it all he had. The rest were either too busy fighting Boxman's bots except for Rad and Raymond who were still watching.
"Aw screw it, Kaio-ken times 4!" Kaze said firing with a burst of energy rushing through him.
Kaze's gambit was enough as the combined attack pushed through as Tao's overclock caused his circuitry to overheat. Thus, he lost the beam struggle and the combined strength of Kaze, Carol, and K.O.'s Family Kamehameha sent Tao airborne vaporizing him in the process. The only thing left of Tao was a capsule that came down from the sky. The aura faded, and the parents hit the ground completely drained coughing up blood. Kaze's skin looked brunt and Carol's was barely better off. Boxmore's robots retreated and/or were defeated ending the daily struggle. Mr. Gar and Enid ran to help Kaze and Carol up screaming in pain from having their skin touched.
"Carol, that cyborg was a warper. I don't know if Boxman's one or he's allied with one, but things are going to get a lot uglier." Kaze said weakly. "Guess, I will have train harder than ever. That assassin I was able to manipulate because I knew him well. I won't be so lucky next time, Carol."
"Guess, I will have to tell them the secret too." Carol bemoaned.
"After we recover because I'm out of Senzu Beans." Kaze remarked before looking down at Kaio. "You okay, Kaio?"
"My arm's sore, but I'm mostly fine." K.O. said cheerfully. "I'm more worried about you and mom."
Before Kaze could speak, he howled out in pain asking for a medic.
"Somebody called for a medic?" An angelic voice said from above. "Because on my watch, heroes never die!"
(A/N: Kaze Gray is getting in deep and the rest of Lakewood will have to adapt by hook or by crook. Is Boxman aware of warperhood? What assassins will come to his aid? Is K.O.'s name really Kaio? Yes it is. In the game Parking Lot Wars, his name is revealed to be Kaio O. Kincaid. His name is punny! Stay tuned for more! Edit 12/20/17 – Fixed some of the sloppy writing.)
