Numerous footsteps echoed throughout the narrow hallway. The visitors from Earth were running aimlessly, wondering if they were moving in the right direction.
"Why don't we just blow this place sky high? That way we can prevent them from reviving Aereos." Kuzuku asked.
"No that wouldn't be such a wise move. We could accidentally break the seal, releasing him from his dormant slumber." Zugo denied. A path leading to what seems to be the exit appeared before them. Everyone pushed ahead a bit faster, entering a large room with various decorated patterns and pillars. Everyone scanned around for anything suspicious until someone unknown spoke out to them.
"So you are the intruders that followed us in here?" Voice 1 said
"Well that is a big mistake since you won't be leaving here alive." Voice 2 added. Two figures jumped out of hiding and faced the heroes with sadistic faces. The one on the left was of very dark green skin and was completely bald. He had to horns sticking out of his head with menacing claws to go with his intimidating appearance. He was completely topless but had brown pants with a sash to match his shoes. His face had a notable scar that trailed down to his neck. Next to him stood a red man with a brown and purple vest. Few strains of white hair was made into a mohawk. His pants were white and was purple around the waist while he wore shoes similar to Piccolo's but black. His eyes were round and wild like. Almost like a crazed animal.
"I'm Kujaku. I will be your escort to hell." The tall green man mocked as he cracked his knuckles
"And I am Lou. I wonder how well your blood will spill?" His companion grinned evilly, revealing his sharp fangs to them. Everyone jumped into a defensive stance and stood high alert. That was until Zugo stepped up to the table and confronted the two adversaries.
"Move..." he muttered. The two bandits laughed at his so called order.
"You think we are going to move simply because you asked? Don't waste your effort and just wait to die already." Kujaku cackled. Zugo ignored that remark and gave them a threatening gaze.
"Tell us why do you guys want to revive such a ancient demon? What do you hope to gain?" Zugo seriously asked. Kujaku grinned at his question since it was simple to answer to him.
"We are just doing what we are hired to do. Our boss needed some extra security so he called us to harden his defenses. To simply put, we are only doing this for the money."
"So your telling me that you would risk the whole universe just so you can make a dime out of your worthless pocket?!" Zugo yelled
"Whats it matter to you? We are just making a living kid and for the record, we don't care if the universe is destroyed as long as we get what we are promised." Kujaku retaliated
"And what is this so called 'promise'?" Zugo questioned
"Well absolute rule over part of the universe of course and with that power will come great wealth that will support us for the rest of my life!" Kujaku thrilled. He started to power up, letting everyone in the room know he was no pushover.
"I can't believe this guy's Ki. It's off the charts!" Kuzuku mentions
"I know, it seems we are going to have our work cut out for us. This might take awhile." Piccolo cursed. Gohan took a step forward and moved Zugo out of the way.
"Don't worry guys I got this, go on ahead without me." Gohan told them.
"Gohan that is not necessary. We can take these guys down together you don't have to fight them alone." Kuzuku reasoned.
"We don't have the luxury to deal with these guys together Kuzuku. As of right now, they could be reviving Aereos at this very moment but it must be taking them some time to break the seal. Otherwise they would of left before we even came here or at least sensed something was wrong. So please do as I say and keep moving forward." Gohan countered. The group knew what he said was true and went along with his plan. The two men laughed at the spiky haired half breed's claim.
"Hahahahaha you think you can take on the two of us? You must have one hell of a death wish." Lou laughed. Gohan gave a sly smile.
"Don't worry about me. The ones that must have a death wish is you two weirdos" Gohan smirked
"You must be delusional if you think you can win this fight." Kujaku said
"Fight? No this will be a execution.". Gohan appeared in front of the two crooks and slugged them across the face, sending them crashing into the two sides of the room. Everyone ran pass Gohan, leaving their ally to deal with the enemies that stood in their way. Both Lou and Kujaku slowly got out of the wall they were embedded in, rubbing their faces in hopes to ooze the pain.
"I see that you are more powerful than I thought." Kujaku amended.
"Now do you see how outclassed you guys are. Give up now and you can walk out of here unharmed" Gohan offered.
"Like hell I will! Lets get him, Lou!" Kujaku ordered.
"Alright bro but let's savor his agony!" Lou replied. The two jumped Gohan from both sides, unleashing a offensive series of blows. Gohan was blocking each one of their strikes with one hand and soon jumped out of the onslaught. Tracking down his movements, both Lou and Kujaku rushed after the escapee and continued their assault with double the intensity. Gohan was now getting pushed back as they floated above the ground. Truth be told, Gohan had underestimated the duo and took a hard kick to his abdominal. He grunted in pain at the successful strike and struck Kujaku back, rocketing him once more into the ground. Gohan was about to do the same thing to his partner but he didn't have time because of the little man's quick hands. Gohan was forced into the defensive once more, avoiding a direct hit as much as possible. Remembering his training, Gohan low kicked the side of the lower thigh, causing Lou to lose his momentum. He then punched hard below his navel, knocking the wind out of the red man and grabbed him by the neck. He flew fast to the ground, slamming his attacker hard enough to create a large crater. Kujaku rushed at him and punched him square in the first, knocking him away from his companion. Lou got up and was damaged all over. He could even feel some blood leak out of his mouth and down to his chin. He wiped it away and glanced at the color of his blood on his hand. Lou gritted his teeth at the fact that he actually took damage in this fight.
"You damn bastard! I will get you for this!" He yelled angrily. Gohan stared at his two oppressors.
"Calm down Lou, we need to work together in order to kill him." Kujaku calmed. Lou looked up at his ally and took his advice. They charged at the half-breed once more, attacking him from both sides. Kujaku used his superior strength to punch Gohan's crossed arms, causing him to slide his feet from the force. Lou took the opportunity to fire various ki blast around the room, none of them having the intent to strike his opponent yet. Gohan contemplated on why would he waste his Ki on attacks that are not intended to touch him. At first he thought about a attack similar to that of Piccolo's Hell-Zone Grenades but the blast were visible and stayed in the air. The one's he fired dissipated like any normal weak ki blast. His thoughts were interrupted when both fighters onrush him once more with punches and kicks. Gohan was blocking them a lot easier now since he was getting used to their attack patterns and rhythm. That was until Gohan flew back into the air but something exploded behind him, forcing him back onto the ground.
"What in the-" Gohan muttered as he got up. His sentence was stopped dead in it's tracks when Kujaku landed a clean blow across Gohan's face, launching him backwards. Another explosion, occurred below the half-breed, burning his back with it radiated heat. Shortly afterwards Lou and Kujaku jumped above him and kneed him in the gut at the same time, ramming him into the ground. The two withdrew their legs and flew above their target. Gohan laid flat on the ground as he tried to get over the pain. He could hear the sound of two energy wave being generated in the palm of their hands. Gohan hastily got up and started running, avoiding the barrage of Ki blasts that rained upon him.
"Drats they got me cornered! I got to act fast or I may be in a bad spot." Gohan cursed mentally. He then felt something about to exploded beneath him so he jumped up before it can be detonated. He remembered the rain of blasts that were chasing him so he started to fly off but before he could another invisible explosion blew up in his face. Gohan crossed his arms and blocked in time but was propelled into the rain of blasts.
"GRAHHHHHH!" Gohan screamed, being consumed by the array of energy blast. A light overtook the room and erupted into a explosion that literally blew the ceiling off the room. The group felt the sudden surge of power shaking the temple. Kuzuku looked back in worry that something had happened to Gohan.
"Kuzuku don't worry about Gohan, he will do just fine. He's been not only training with us for two years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber but also for these past three months. For now we need to focus and leave things to Gohan." Piccolo said. Kuzuku nodded but hoped that he was right.
Lou and Kujaku stood above the devastating sight. The room was completely leveled in all areas, only leaving behind piles of debris and rubble. The sun entered shined down on them, as if they stood triumphant in this battle.
"Hahahaha we sure showed him! Too bad we won't get to see his blood because he is probably obliterated." Lou guffawed.
"What makes you say that?" Gohan said. The two criminals turned around with shock, wondering how the hell did he survived such an attack. The half-breed was pretty damaged though, having half of his Gi ripped off. He was also bloodied and bruised all over to where the left side of his pants had a hole that revealed his muscular knee.
"How did you survived that! No one has lived through our combo attack before." Kujaku resented
"I generated just enough Ki to create a small barrier around myself. I am not going to try and bluff but I did take a considerable amount of damage from your attack. I didn't know someone could use Kiai like the way you two did but now it's time to finish this." Gohan answered
"Your a funny one you know that? You just said you were not trying to bluff but here you are throwing around such false claims. How do you expect to beat us when you are that damaged. One touch from a pebble and your dead, it's as simple as that." Lou laughed. His laughter was cut off from a strong punch to the frontal fontanel. Kujaku stood in shock at the half-breeds sudden increase in speed. Gohan then spin kicked Lou's unconscious body into the forest. Kujaku was infuriated and tried to impale Gohan with his claws but was stopped dead in his tracks when the half-breed caught his hand. His eyes widened in shock as he proceeded to deliver ten kicks to his upper area, striking all of his vital points. Gohan moved him to the side and side kicked him in the stomach, rocketing him to his partner in crime. Gohan then started to chant his signature attack.
"Kaaaaaa...meeeeeee...haaaaa...meeeee..." the blue orb with electricity raging around it began to form.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Gohan fired his Kamehameha wave at his two adversaries. Kujaku got up groggily but was too late to realize that the blast was already near. He could only watch in shock as the wave completely engulfed him and Lou, obliterating them both and sending them to the afterlife. The explosion leveled a good portion of the forest and ruptured the trees in the area. Gohan knew that the fight was over and descended back into the devastated room. He clutched his arm as pain washed over his body.
"I took more damage than I thought but this is no time for worrying about that, I better catch up with the others." Gohan said. With that he started to take off running to catch with his friends.
With Kuzuku, everyone was taking out the guards that came in their way as quickly as possible. They entered yet another room, this one flourishing with plant life and seemed to be a outdoor garden that was enormous in size. Making their way to the spotted door, a dark orange Ki blast was launched out from the door. Hudo appeared in front of its path and kicked it upwards into the air. Everyone stopped to wait to see who it was. Out came a orange skinned man with black hair spiky hair with shaved sides. His body type was human like and had black hair with an orange tint to it. He was lean but muscular, wearing a long, pitch black, turtleneck and black pants. His ears were also pointed, revealing two yellow earrings. He had a small lined goatee on his chin.
"I am sorry to break it to you but this is as far as you go." He said. Kuzuku knew what to do and was about to step up but Hudo gestured him to stop right there.
"I'll handle this guy." Hudo claimed. Everyone nodded and speed past him. Now it was just Hudo and his opponent in the room.
"You aren't going to try and stop them?" Hudo asked.
"Why would I? It'd be pointless to even try to since you'd probably stop me in my tracks. Anywho I'm going to keep this brief and tell you my name. It's Rizado." he answered.
"Besides all I want is a good fight. I've been itching for someone strong to come so I can at least enjoy myself. Boss doesn't let me let loose as much so this is a perfect opportunity."
"Hmph I think we could of gotten alone pretty well if you weren't working for the bad guys" Hudo smirked. Rizado laughed a bit.
"Perhaps.". Rizado disappeared from Hudo's sights, leaving the Astackian dumbfoundead for a moment until he dodged the punched from above by leaping into the air. The ground crumbled at the force from his extreme attack potency. He looked up in amusement.
"You actually dodged that. I'm impress, most people don't see that coming until it's too late." Rizado praised. Hudo landed back onto his feet and regained his stance. He was grateful that the three months of training actually paid off since if he were to fight this guy before, he'd probably get done in by that attack.
"Now that I take a look at ya, you seem familiar. Oh yeah you were at the tournament weren't you...Hudo is it? Oh yes I remember you." Rizado said. Hudo raised an eyebrow.
"How did you know I participated in the tournament hosted by Beerus?". Hudo face was showing signs of anger, something that you are not used to seeing.
"Oh how assumptive of me. You couldn't recognize me since I had a cloak on the whole time." Rizado smiled.
"You were the one who stole the Supreme Kai's Ki!" Hudo shouted.
"Busted. Oh well I wasn't one to keep quiet about things anyway. It was rather easy though since all I had to do was use this device that hides my presence. Though I have to admit our escape plan was a bit over the top to say the least." Rizado confirmed. Hudo's eyes dilated at what he heard.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!". Light green aura started to rage as he powered up. Rizado stood there, grinning like shit as he watched him transform into Stage 1 of his transformation. His arms were similar and feet were similar to that of Zugo's instead having a brown color and spotted pattern at the end of the markings. His yellow eyes glared with killing intent for the first time in a while.
"I'm going to make you pay!" Hudo exclaimed.
"I was right to stay behind, you might actually pose a challenge!" Rizado clapped. Hudo vanished from his sights, leaving him in shock that a punch landed across his face. He skid back for a second and laughed.
"That's more like it.". Rizado dashed at the Astack, delivering a punch straight to the face. Hudo staggered a bit as the force unleashed a gust of wind that shook the room. Hudo recovered by flip kicking Rizado in the chin. He then took the chance to try and gain the advantage of taking the offensive. Hudo unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at the nonchalant man. Rizado couldn't block the majority of the strikes so he focused on the attacks that were more dangerously. Precisely, Rizado was able to deflect one of the punches to the side and kick Hudo in the stomach. Gasping for air, the Astackian was flown back into the wall, making a whole through it. Rizado dashed after him before he could get out from the rubble, but was interrupted by rocky spikes coming out of the ground. He leaped backwards, avoiding the sudden attack and watched his target emerge from the debris. Hudo charged with a full force punch that connected against Rizado's defending crossed arms. A enormous air pressure, shook the ground causing it to shatter beneath them. The forest and various trees that were outside of the temple were being blown to bits as it stretched to the village. Houses and merchant stands shook violently from the force of the blow. The gales diminished, revealing smoke emitting in between Rizado's arms and Hudo's fist. Parts of Rizado's sleeves were blown clean off and his arms had bruises over them.
"That was not too shabby. If I didn't use both of my arms then I would of been toast." Rizado smirked. Hudo was shocked that he survived a full powered punch of that magnitude. Rizado broke free of his fist and placed his hand upon Hudo's stomach.
"Sonic Tremor." Rizado muttered. A sudden surge of violent vibrations were generated from the palm of his hands. It was so much so that he was able to launch Hudo flying with intense agony. Hudo forceful stomped his feet into the ground in order to slow himself down. When he came to a complete stop, he stumbled a bit as he the attack caused immense damage.
"Oh you survived that attack? You are really fun you know that?" Rizado awed. Hudo was actually cursing in his head.
"Damn it. This guy punches hard already but the fact he can manipulate vibrations is overkill! No, I still got a chance, I just have to avoid the hands that he is going to vibrate and counter him effectively.". Hudo's plan was thrown straight out the window when both of Rizado's hands and legs were vibrating like crazy.
"I think it is about time that I go one hundred percent as well." Rizado smirked. The ground beneath them started to crumble until it shattered like glass. Instantly they vanished from site and took off into the air, engaging each other at top speeds. They exchanged punches and kicks at extraordinary speeds, neither of them landing a clean blow. But, Hudo's hands, arms, and legs were starting to get numb from blocking the vibration kicks and punches. Hudo was then kicked in the stomach, coughing up blood due to the insane force generated from the enhanced kick. Hudo took in the pain and kicked Rizado in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Hudo smirked at his successful hit but was short lived when he felt his leg go extremely numb. Rizado looked up at with a menacing grin as his lower abdominal was also vibration. He countered by flipping over Hudo's leg and kicking him to the ground, destroying the majority of the garden. A huge eruption of debris blew off the plant life around the area. Rizago floated above, patiently waiting for the debris to clear. But out of the debris came several rock formations with sharp edges. He went on to kick each one of them but found it hard to break.
"Are these Ki enhanced?" Rizado questioned. He added more vibration to his body, destroying the Ki enhanced rocks with ease. Hudo rushed out of the smoke, clearing a gaping hole in it. His hand was enveloped in a green spiraling wave of energy.
"Vortex Raze!" Hudo shouted. Rizago met his fist with his both struggling to outdo the other. Hudo could feel his arm shattering from the force, blood spewing out as he pushed himself harder. Hudo then let out one last push of determination.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!". His fist brushed passed his, landing in Rizado's chest. Rizado coughed out blood as he felt his lungs get crushed by the force. Hudo directed his punch downwards, sending his enemy in a vortex of green energy, crashing into the ground like a meteor. A mountain size of debris and smoke burst out into the air. The planet even shook for a moment, leaving the villagers in under confusion. Hudo panted as his body was gaving way to fatigue. He slowly descended to the ground, hoping that he finished him off with that last attack. He collapse to his knees, trying to catch his breath until out of the smoke came Rizado grinning maniacally but was bloodied all over.
"Its been a blast but this is the end of the line for you!" Rizado shouted. Hudo looked up with fear and disbelief that he survived such an attack. Before Rizado could land the death blow, a Ki blast landed against Rizado's back, delivering the finishing blow.
"Graghhhh!" Rizado grunted. His body went numb, collapsing to the ground with a deep burn on his back. Hudo looked up to see his savior. It was Gohan who had his hand extended out with a small smile on his face.
"Man your timing couldn't be more perfect" Hudo commented. He got up slowly as the pain he sustained was taking affect. Gohan walked over to him and put his arm over his shoulder.
"You must of been through one heck of a fight to barely move." Gohan smirked.
"Yeah and you look pretty messed up yourself." Hudo said with one eye open. Gohan and Hudo moved on ahead slowly, trying to catch up with the others.
This Marks the end of this chapter. Basically I wanted to give Hudo and Gohan their respective moment since they didn't really get a chance to fight at all during the tournament. The wattpad version has some battle music so go and check it out. Just be warn that its pretty much heavy guitar music so yeah...
