A Drunken Knockout Marriage

An O.K. K.O., Let's Be Heroes fanfiction

Chapter VII – The Low Point of being the Hero

Arc 1 – The Lakewood Civil War


(A/N: While, I do know the new episodes of OKKO are gushing out, I can't really see them due to life. I did catch the new SU episodes, and let's just say things are going to get ugly with Ryker and crew.)

This chapter ties to into the FF/Gumball spin-off fic, The Bad End, given the return of the city of Vice. This chapter would technically be a sequel to it.


(Cues: Final Fantasy VI - Slam Shuffle [Remastered])

I never realized being a hero can be tough in a world like this. I'm not even sure of the type of hero I want to be anymore. It's only been a few days since we fled Lakewood. I can only hope my friends are still in one piece.

"Watch it, you little shitstain!" A gruff drunkard said shoving K.O. out the way.

K.O. had been distracted monologuing to himself so much that he bumped in someone. Someone who was more inclined to scold him before shoving him out the way, walking off into the crowd. K.O. dusted himself off. The young perky hero was a bit reserved this time in look and outfit. He had on his usual white shirt and blue shorts but had on a black long coat and sneakers on his feet. He realized he needed shoes if he was going to walk the streets…of Vice.

This place isn't really child-friendly or friendly in general. The air feels dirty and no one seems to care. People just seem to shuffle about going all over the place. Women in odd clothes of all shapes and size are on the corners looking out for people. It's all so strange and I get all the more uncomfortable. Part of me regrets going out to get snacks from the mini-mart. The guy running the place pretty much ignored me focusing on his phone.

(Cues: Common - The Questions [Instrumental])

K.O. arrived back at the place that they were staying at for the time being remembering that Kaze cut a deal with the owner. He did not like Vice, but being that most of them were injured, they had to hide in the place most would last look. K.O. entered the place with one hand in his pocket and one carrying the bag of groceries.

"Good, you're back." Dendy said tinkering with her armor's wiring under a panel of her armored arm. "You got anything?"

"I did." K.O. said. "Where's mom and dad?"

"Carol's still recovering from ki exhaustion and the burns. Kaze's doing a bit better but it still reeling from the burns. He can at least move. Enid's taking a bath, and Rad's is in Nicole's bedroom." Dendy said getting nervous at the last part.

"Kaio?" Kaze said coming down the stairs.

He still had bandages on a few places with one on the right side of his face, but he looked better. He wore azure track pants, grey slippers, and an opened white shirt exposing a few gauze pads and wrapping on his chest.

"Kaze, I got the sandwiches, the chips, and the soda." K.O. said before asking about his mother.

"Resting easy and recovering." Kaze said worriedly.

"At least I don't look like a patchwork zombie." Carol said coming back the stairs.

She wore similar clothing only with a tank top instead of a shirt. She hugged her son and was a bit upset at herself for having him go out in Vice on his own. Kaze chuckled only to whiff of something and facepalmed. Rad had came downstairs looking rather pleased with Nicole come down fixing her clothes.

"Rad, you better have paid for that." Kaze said glaring at the alien.

"Wait, I thought you did." Rad said sheepishly.

"He only paid to crash here for a few days." Nicole said crossing her arms. "So that will be 80 for oral and 150 for…"

Kaze cut her off motioning to K.O. which got Nicole to laugh.

"Trust me, trying to keep your innocence here is next to fucking impossible here." Nicole said cynically. "This city is a slow acting poison."

Kaze's phone rang revealing it to be Saki calling to which the stepfather answered. The news was not pleasant with Boxman concerning Lakewood in full turning it into a dictatiorship with the people enslaved and forced to hard labor. His heart sank hearing this and the fact that it's basically a big stalemate with the others in power. Insult to injury came in the fact that Natalia and Deathstroke were confirmed to be in Vice looking for them. Kaze hang up and had a haunted look in his eyes.

"How bad is it?" Rad asked.

"Deathstroke and Natalia are in Vice looking for us, Lakewood's a nightmare for everyone still there, but Saki got out in time. So pretty shitty." Kaze said in a defeated tone.

"Deathstroke? Then you all can't say here! I'd rather not die to the crazed assassin!" Nicole said frantic.

She could still fight, but she wasn't going to engage the likes of him. She had enough problems on her plate, and Kaze made a decision right then and there.

"We'll need to move and fast. I have an idea, but let's get Enid first." Kaze said as his stomach growled. "And some food…I hope you got chicken salad, K.O."

Enid had finished her shower coming down to the dining room with a blue towel around her body before seeing the group looking a bit shaken up.

"K.O. get into trouble?" Enid asked.

"No, Deathstroke and Natalia are in Vice." Kaze said. "It'll be a matter of time before they find us. So I have a plan. I'll be teaching you a basic but useful ninja technique."

Enid cracked a smile.


(An Hour Later)

(Cues: Da Octopusss - Banlieue 13 Musique Du Film)

Kaze swore he had bad luck as he and Carol were being chased by Natalia and Deathstroke. Their henges worked seemingly well enough, and the group had split up for safety to meet at a safe spot. Dendy and K.O., Enid and Rad, and lastly Kaze and Carol. How did Kaze get caught? His own cell phone. He answered it expecting Saki but got one of his old friends from back home bragging about how he was right. Apparently, Pink Diamond really was Rose Quartz. And Kaze made his mistake in yelling at him for wasting his time.

"Freaking hell, Marty. You were right, but…" Kaze said before a bullet zipped past him. "Shit…I got to go!"

Kaze and Carol were racing through the city streets trying to outrun the bullets from Deathstroke's machine gun. In an alley, Kaze used the Wall Jump technique to bounce off the walls to get higher ground with Carol mimicking his movement. Kaze and Carol crashed through a window into one of the buildings right in the middle of a drug trade between two gangs.

"Before you flip out, we're just running from the crazy assassin guy and his bitch!" Kaze said as bullets neared the windowstill.

"I heard that!" Natalia roared getting out a grenade launcher.

Kaze looked down the window he busted through and paled. Without a word, he took Carol's hand through the door.

"Carol, any ideas?" Kaze asked.

"Can't you fly?" Carol asked.

"Yes, but we're be flying ducks. Plus, the air quality's terrible. I rather not get sick or get an asthma attack from the chemicals." Kaze remarked as they ran down the hall to dodge the explosion. "We could go underground? How do you feel about sewers?"

"This whole town is a sewer!" Carol said as they went down the stairs. "The air stinks, the ground has litter in nearly every corner, and the people want to either kill you, fuck you, rob you, or all three! Let's just get this over with so we can make sure K.O.'s safe!"

Kaze nodded they arrived on the ground floor where Deathstroke awaited them, but Kaze ran at him head on to the assassin's confusion. Regardless, he opened fire with his sub-machine gun.

"Energy Aegis!" Kaze said crossing his arms in front of him, forming the circular energy shield.

This time, the shield had more ornate designs this time around forming a design of the Metsu Emerald in its center. Despite the plasma bullets grazing him, Kaze kept running at Slade with the shield raised until he tackled Slade out the door and into a delivery truck. The shield dissipated as Slade had a box of dildos, butt plugs, and beads fall on him. Forming an energy blast in hand, Kaze blasted the truck blowing Slade up as Natalia took aim at Kaze's head only to get an Energy Aegis slammed on the back of her head by Carol. Natalia went down like a sack of potatoes.

"I'll be taking these." Carol said taking up the firearms Natalia had on her head.

(Music Ends)

"We need to go. I don't know if Slade's still alive, but I don't want to stay and find out." Kaze said as they could hear cop sirens. "And I'm surprised this shithole has cops."

"Hell, if I know, sweetheart." Carol said as Kaze looked down at the unconscious Natalia.

Not wasting time, he snapped Natalia's neck as Carol flinched at the swiftness at it all. She was one that was adhered to not killing to be a true-blue hero, but always knew there would come times she had to. Natalia and Tao were just some that had to be killed. Kaze and Carol took off running before the police arrived. Unbeknownst to the likes of them, this universe was an OU which meant murdering Natalia could have consequences, if they were caught. However, the married pair finally got to the meeting point with the others who dropped their henges. Carol had to bear hug her son glad that he was all in one piece. Kaze looked over the docks hoping that everyone could fly decently.

"Ok, we'll have to take to the sk…" Kaze said before police sirens interrupted him.

"Freeze dirtbags!" A police officer said. "And we'll shoot!"

"Don't you mean, or we'll shoot!" Enid asked.

The officers laughed before the same one said, "We protect and serve the rich, and shoot to kill the poor!"

"Oh joy, even in the multiverse, dirty cops are everywhere." Kaze said with a groan.

"Open fire!" The cop said as the police opened fire on them.

Our heroes bolted on the docks with Kaze hoping there was a boat or something to use to leave this place only end up trapped. It was either facing the bullets or the cold night sea.

"Well well, it seems you're out of luck." The officer said raising his gun aimed at him. "Any last words?"

"Well this is the multiverse, where's my Deus ex Machina?!" Kaze cried out.

In a flash of light, Kaze, Dendy, K.O., Carol, Enid, and Rad were taken leaving the cops pissed beyond reason.

"We could have a fight scene, but we get a cop out! What a load of bullshit!" The officer said flustered. "Come on boys, let's beat up some homeless people."


I open my eyes to see that my parents and friends are still here, but I have no idea where we are. It seems like a ship and it's all dark until the light shines to reveal a group of odd people. One of them with power emanating that was just like Kaze.

"You should be lucky. Most do not get a deus ex machina to save their ass. Then again, you've lucky you even got your hands on a Metsu Blade, Kaze."

"*urp* Merch, will you please stop acting so dramatic? This episode's about to end." Rick said taking a swig of his flask.

"No respect for dramatics, Rick." Merch said rolling his eyes.

"What, what the fu-"


(A/N: Merch is back in the plot, baby! Yes, that deus ex machina was on purpose mostly for metahumor and lampshading that Kaze's a small fish in the sea. So what's next? Find out, next time!)