Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

11. Chapter 211:Breath of the Wild Rage!

Chapter 211: Doug's Arc, Breath of the Wild in the Wild Hunt of Rage!

"God damn it, my ass it was a full proof plan!" Doug screamed out the moment the Beyonder shocked everyone with his sudden announcement and unleashed a shock-wave to blast the group of ships to the various planets that were taking part in Battle-World.

As soon as the blond man saw what was going on he scrambled to hang on to some control of things, but quickly realized that the Beyonder hit the Zodiac Pinion so hard the ship was rapidly spinning over and over.

The member of team seven got so agitated at his ship's alarms blaring off that he smashed the nearest one with his right fist." God damn it I did not spend so many pay checks upgrading my bird just for it to fall apart over one damn push! Stabilize the thrusters!"

The self-proclaimed "Star-Lord" Peter Quill quickly looked over at some monitors before he winced." Whatever you decked your ship with was not enough man, that freak hit us so hard everything's still reeling!"

Aqua quickly glanced outside and saw that the ground looked closer and closer." For now just do whatever you can to stay alive!"

Doug saw Link quickly put on his magnetic boots to stop moving around, then saw Luigi and Yoshi panicky bumble into each other before he cursed. "Damn it, so much for this being an easy going reunion! Better not be screwed just because Ben was feeling nostalgic!"

The blond-haired man braced himself as he saw Aqua cast a spell to buffer everyone, just as the Zodiac Pinion crash landed. After a few moments Doug looked around and saw everyone was in one piece before he cracked his neck." Well, that's the last time I let Ben sucker me into taking a trip to Rieze Maxia."

Aqua dusted off her shoulder before throwing a casual," Doug, we already had a job for President Bisley before Ben contacted us, it's entirely possible we would have been caught up in this sick plot and not even had time to react."

"Maybe, or we would have just delivered the pizza and be on our damn way without damaging my ship! Eh, whatever been through worst crashes. Still, everyone alright?"

Axel staggered back to his feet before he looked at a monitor." For now, seems the ship's not. Wherever we are we landed on something that shattered the Zodiac Pinion's right wing, and all the gear on it!"

Doug glanced for a moment to make sure everyone was alright before he saw Aqua grasp her sword." Sorry, I did not have enough time to cast one outside the ship."

"Heh…don't sweat it doll." Doug threw out brashly." Ships are a lot easier to fix up then most people."

Axel winced before throwing in a sly," True enough dude, but unless you got the specs for the ship memorized it could be a real pain. All depends on if our "host" is going to even give us that time. We don't know just what this game of his is, hell we don't even know where we are!"

Doug glanced outside before he cracked his neck." I know it's been a while since we had to face anything worth a damn dude but chill the hell out! No sense sweating over what we don't know, just focus on what we do know.

Seems we are on a planet, and since I don't hear any explosions this Beyonder dude is not keen on frying us this second. Well, for one thing seems like we landed on a desert so don't bring your coats."

Everyone saw that outside the ship they could only see sandy dunes, with a few piles of mechanical wreckage littered across the sand. Star-Lord checked which monitor was working before he turned to Doug." Well, scanners are saying that the planet's atmosphere seems to be the kind that gels with humans."

"Long as that's legit then might as well see what this thing's all about. Dude may not have rolled out the red carpet for us but, now that I'm in this place I'm not going to hide! Get ready for a throw down boys!"

Link grasped the Master Sword tightly before he nodded." Don't fret Doug, I knew I would be leaping into the most intense confrontation since Zannacross, but I came without any regrets if it's to defend Zelda and all I care for."

"Link's a right Doug." Mario threw in as he picked up his hat." We all saw how horrible the future is if we let this Beyonder have his way and no matter how a risky it is we have to stop it no matter what!"

Doug shrugged as he put on his hat." I'll take your word on it dude, still not really sure what Ben and Lacus expect us to do other then have the cannon folder distract the big boss while they try and pull off another big hero act."

Aqua checked her commlink before wincing." Now is not the time time for jokes Doug, we have to get an idea on the situation. Can anyone reach the others? We have to see if everyone is ok before moving forward."

One of the people with Star Lord, the green skinned Zen-Whoberis woman Gamora, checked a few frequencies before she frowned." I can't reach anything at all, but not sure if that's because we are being jammed, or if everyone's dead."

As everyone looked distraught Yoshi suddenly got determined." Yoshi knows Ben and the others won't die that easily! The bad guys want to scare us but we can't let them do that, we got to keep it up!"

Doug just chuckled at the green dinosaur's bravado before he flashed a half-lopped smile of his own." Always running with moxy eh man? No wonder the bro likes having you guys around for support, don't moan at least. The Yoshi is right folks, we don't know if anyone else lived but no matter what we are not going to get out of this hiding and moping! Even if the dude in my way has the power of god, I'm going to face my fate like a man. Let's do this, thanks for the pep talk Yoshi."

"Your welcome Doug, it's what Yoshi does!"

Suddenly Star-Lord's pal that looked like a living tree cut in with an eager," I am Groot!"

Yoshi swerved around before he nodded." Oh, hello Groot! I am Yoshi!"

"I am Groot!"

"Er…I heard you mister Groot."

"I am Groot!"

"Um…maybe someone should check mister Groot, Yoshi thinks he hit his head in the crash and its stuck-on repeat."

The walking raccoon next to Groot, Rocket Raccoon, just face palmed." Groot's fine, or at least fine for him. This is just how he talks."

Doug saw Groot smile before he raised an eyebrow." You mean your tree of a pet is one of those Pokémon or something?"

"Not, really. It's just, how Groot's kind talks. Don't worry about it, I know what he means."

"You damn better, don't have a working translator or protocol Droid and we don't have time for that kind of confusion! Alright, let's see how this Beyonder freak likes to shape his planets."

Doug tipped his hat before walking up to the door and swiftly had it open. The group saw no one was waiting for them before Luigi gulped." Well, so far this place looks normal enough. Maybe this won't be as bad as I, AHH!"

Luigi was so anxious that as he walked out of the ship he failed to realize that the landing plank at yet to load, and thus the green plumber only walked into air, thus falling.

Link quickly dashed forward and grasped Luigi by the leg." I got you Luigi! Hold still and I'll, by the fairies you really have put on some weight as of late. I, don't think I can, AHH!"

Doug saw Link fall off to before he just face palmed." Just great, I got stuck with the B team alright."

Mario and Yoshi ran up and were relieved to see that that Link had used his hook shot to grapple onto the Zodiac Pinion before he and Luigi fell to far. Link saw that there was some solid ground nearby and after landing Luigi down he grimaced." This might be my most bizarre adventure yet, but for the sake of all Hyrule I must carry on no matter how strange the foe's world will be! I'll just have to be ready for, huh?"

Link saw the nearby cactus rustle, before to his shock a fairy flied out of it. The fairy quickly flew across Link's face before shouting out." You…you guys don't look like the others. Hey, listen, who are you guys!"

Link blinked for a few moments and could tell that the fairy was female before his eyes widened in shock." No, it can't be! Navi?"

"Who is that mister? I'm Airy, Airy the fairy!"

"Aye, my apologies miss Airy. You, reminded me of an old friend. We, we are new to this realm. I don't know how things go here but this does not look like a dwelling of Fairies from where I am from."

"Oh well mister, this is not really how a fairy has a home on Lorule either. But this is not my home, I'm just hiding! No offensive but you got to get out of here before the scary guys see you!"

Luigi winced as he looked around. "Scary? What, kind of scary guys?"

Doug saw the three below and just snickered. "I was expecting all kind of things but I admit I did not think this would kick off with a freaking fairy. Whatever."

Aqua looked at Airy intently before she glanced back at Doug." You seriously don't think this is odd Doug? She looks harmless but this could just be a trap!"

"C'mon Aqua, since when have I been worried about things being a trap? Besides, if someone is trying to ambush us sure as hell not going to be some pint-sized chick!"

Axel shrugged as he eyed the fairy carefully," C'mon man, after all you been through you forgot about how things are not as they seem?"

"Man all the peace time soften you up Axel?" Doug muttered as he tipped his hat." I know nothing is at it seems, I just don't care! However, things roll I'll just be ready to roll back harder! Now, trap or not let's see what the deal is here."

Doug casually jumped off his ship to land next to Link and Luigi. As the fairy turned to him he cracked his neck." So what's the deal here half pint? Word is there is a lot of fighting going on and all that jazz."

Airy looked around before she responded with a meek," That's right sir, there has been horrible fighting going on between some truly nasty monsters!"

Luigi looked around, checked the sandy ground in front of him and carefully stepped on it. As he saw the sand was not quick sand he wiped some sweat off his brow." How nasty? Well, if they are super nasty at least we will see them coming. Eh…guess it's not as bad as I feared. Just like Dry Dry Desert when I, AHH!"

Luigi's slow increase in confidence was shattered as all of a sudden, a giant grey half fish half worm like monster burst out of the sand in front of Luigi to jump out and try and devour the hapless plumber with one gulp. While Luigi was petrified with fear Link just winced and quickly readied his bow to launch a bomb arrow down its throat.

However, before he or the others could act Doug suddenly dashed up and unleashed a swift lunging right hook.

The blow hit his target before it even realized what happened. A moment later Doug's blow hit it hard enough to send it flying with enough force to smash through dozens of rocks.

As everyone heard the monster moan in the distance Doug just chuckled." Maybe that's pile of ugly is enough to scare rookies but that's just a punching bag to me! If that's what's the top dog in this rock I'll be taking names before sundown. Damn, got sand over my beard though. Eh, it's worth it."

Mario jumped down and saw Luigi was frozen before he tapped him." You a ok Luigi? Did that thing land anything on you?"

"Sand…I hate sand…it's so course and rough and, AHH!"

Doug just slapped Luigi hard enough on the back to knock his hat off." Man how you still so twitchy after all you been through?"

"Er…guess I had a relapse."

"Well better find your backbone man! C'mon these guys are not even worth breaking a sweat to pros!"

Airy saw how confident Doug looked before she giggled." Wow you really are strong to punch a Molduga that far mister! But I seem to not have been clear before. The Molduga may have been a monster but it's not the really bad monster I was talking about."

Luigi took a deep breath before responding with a shaky," What, was that the kid and the momma as big as a. Wait, no…if I say it then it will be true and eat this entire area with one big gulp!"

"Almost but not quite." Airy answered as she flied around frantically." As big as the Molduga and others are, they are just pets for their masters! And some of their owners are really, really nasty! Some of those guys like Azrael make the monsters seem like puppies and bunnies! But, I guess they have to be monsters to be accepted by that creepy Dio."

Aqua, Yoshi, and the others landed down before the blue woman looked at the fairy carefully." Dio? I take it this is whoever is causing all the trouble around here?"

Axel nodded before adding,"We, are not from around these parts but we heard about Battle World being about well, battling. Seems this Dio is the dude racking up the most points around here or something?"

"Oh wow your smarter than your caveman red hair indicates mister! Your correct, Lord Dio, is the man who is currently trying to be the champion of this world. He is currently tearing all of Lorule apart to kill anyone that still dares to challenge him, like the Joestar family."

Link looked at his surroundings carefully before he widened his eyes." You know, some of this area, reminds me of the Gerudo desert! It's not a complete match but, the ruins to the left look like the first sprit temple, while part of the right look like where the Mirror of Twilight use to be! Did, this Beyonder recreate Hyrule? Or at least, part of it?

Wait, Na...I mean Airy, you said this world is named Lorule? This Dio, is he under the command of a villain by the name of Ganondorf or Gannon? A man that calls himself the King of Evil, looks like a dark-skinned man with red hair or a pig like demon?"

Airy paused for a few moments before responding with a curious." I never heard of that man, but aside from the all mighty Rabum Alal, Dio obeys no one but his own whims. The others say he once was a human named Dio Brando, who had such a lust for power that he obtained an object of immense darkness to transform into a vampire. He made a pact with the Cult of Demise and quickly turned all of Lorule to a world of ruin, brutally killing anyone that defied him.

Anyone even related to anyone that stood in his way would be made a bloody example, and right now only the Joestar family, who have been fighting Dio for generations still oppose him, along with anyone who still has enough courage to stand with them."

Doug cracked his neck before grunting out," Sounds like this Dio dude is a class act alright. Vampire eh? This family of vampire hunters just about gives me the same vibe as the story that Belmont angel dude ranted on about that Dracula punk. Either way, I reckon if we bust up this Dio freak then we can clean house on this dirtball eh? Point the way fairy girl and we can wrap this up by lunch."

Everyone looked at Doug with shock before Airy blinked a few times." What, you really intend to defeat Lord Dio? Wow, you must be a true champion! Still, that might be difficult with how things seem."

"Why is that girl? You don't know the directions?"

"I'm afraid nobody does. Lord Dio, along with the rest of the Cult of Demise and the used their combined magical power to forge a magical castle that's comes with a magical barrier that makes it impossible for anyone outside of it to see it! He could be right above us and we would not know it till he wished it!"

Doug saw Luigi turn pale, and saw even Axel and Aqua looking tense before he rolled his eyes." Well dame not sure what passes for advanced stuff around these parts but the truth is my current profession is finding smug punks, kicking down their tricks and kicking their asses's again and again till they are humbled one way or another!

Now I can't sense any large magical energies around, but that has not stopped me in the past! The Zodiac Pinion has enough specs to find were my targets are hiding, I'll find this Dio smartass within the hour, right?"

Everyone heard a crashing noise before they looked up and saw part of the Zodiac Pinion spark before Aqua sighed." If the ship was not damaged, most likely. However, since you put some of the sensors on the wings that might be trickier if the circuits got fried. Fixing bodies and metal is one thing, data is a lot harder to repair."

Rocket Racoon looked around and groaned." You guys said that the guy in charge of all of this put together random worlds across history and slapped them together for this Battle-World thing, right? If this world is not advanced enough to have the tech level we need then we are screwed man!"

Doug paused for a few moments before he chuckled." Kick the drama down a level eh man? Don't know how much stress a raccoon can take before having a heart attack but your pushing it bud.

Seriously, just got to deal with what we got. If we can't find the tech we will just break one bone after another till one of the wizards here is keen on helping us get things patched up. Heh… after all if this Dio guy is as nasty as you say then there is not a lick of reason to show him any mercy."

Aqua saw Mario, Link, and even some of Star-Lord's teammates saw a hungry look in Doug's eye and got disturbed before she sighed." Well we can't just roll over and give up but let's see how it goes before resorting to the worst option ok?"

"Depends on what you think is the worst option Aqua, but Ben seems keen on stressing how we don't have time to waste so no time for being civil!"

Airy cleared her throat before looking right at Doug's resolute eyes." Well mister you do seem really strong but trust me you're going to regret it if you think it will be that easy to challenge Lord Dio. I mean, he did not cheat his way to being the strongest one in this planet!"

"Maybe that's so dame but I'm not from these parts, my crew 's been from planet to planet busting up wiseasses all over. Some of them were vampires so I'm no stranger to what makes them break."

"You don't understand mister, Lord Dio is no normal vampire! He's amassed so much dark energy that he has evolved far past most vampires. While he still prefers to be out at night, things like the light, holy water, garlic, and the others don't faze him at all. Seriously, even his elite minions are crazy strong with powers so strange most of the people they killed did not realize what was going on till they were already dead!"

Axel saw Doug starting to look annoyed before he flashed a slick grin of his own." Doug's right girl, we are no stranger to bizarre adventures."

"Once we get a better understanding of the land here we will make our move Airy." Aqua said politely as she looked at the sky." Whatever we do, we should do it before the sun sets. Even if this Dio is not afraid of the sun, we want to give him as little as an edge as possible."

Luigi saw how bright things were before he took a water bottle he had out of his pocket." Well for one thing does the sun even set on this world? If it does not I don't mind, no time to sleep anyway and at least we won't have to deal with ghosts."

Rocket Racoon rolled his eyes before spitting out," Course the sun sets man, how else would vampires come out eh?"

"Just saying it's so bright that it does not seem like it's going to set anytime soon. Hey, that' because this place has two suns!"

Mario thought his younger brother was letting his anxiety play tricks on him till he glanced at where Luigi was pointing, and quickly looked back and forth in the sky before he winced." Mamma Mia, Luigi is a right there are two suns out!"

Doug stepped back to see there were indeed two suns before he raised an eyebrow." Damn, must have hit my head hard on the way down to miss a sun. Guess the Beyonder dude can really do whatever he pleases. Eh, no biggie it's just my jobs at Jaku and Tatooine all over again. Just pack the extra-large water jugs people and ask Aqua to ice them!"

Airy suddenly gasped before flying lower." Oh no, a second sun? We got to take cover now before it's too late! That second sun is the magic of one of Dio's servants!"

Everyone looked at the second sun with shock before Yoshi blurted out," Wait a second, a sun is a bad guy's toady? Is that even possible?"

"It's more than possible Yoshi." Mario retorted tensely." Bowser had the sun attack me and Luigi the time we first met his kid Morton! This could get a ugly!"

Doug grit his teeth as he looked at the other heroes." C'mon man I know most of yah have had nothing to do but pat yourselves on the pack for saving the universe the last five years but you really get so out of shape that you're afraid of a little hot weather? I mean it's just a sun man, long as we, huh?"

The blond man started to realize that not only was everyone quickly starting to sweat more and more by the second, but outside the shade of the rock pillar steam was rising out of the few cactus and plants in the area. As the group saw a scorpion stagger, and then get vaporized the member of Squad 7 raised an eyebrow." Hey Airy, one of these sun's always get mood swings like that?"

The fairy dived under a rock while yelling out," No! But that's because the second sun was magically summoned by one of Dio's minions!"

Yoshi licked sweat off his head with his own tong as he muttered," Yoshi's fought a lot of crazy bad guys over the years but no one that's created their own sun!"

Doug just had a wild look in his eye as he walked forward." I'll give them points for throwing a curve ball my way, but it's not curvy enough for me to fail to hit back! All we really got to do is blow this sun up!"

Link saw that the fellow blond was deadly serious before he eyed the man carefully." You want to destroy the sun itself Doug? I know your power is enough to oppose the mightiest of Zannacross's soldiers but even so, destroying a star is no small task. I don't think all my ice arrows combined will be enough!"

Rocket Racoon suddenly chuckled darkly." Maybe not elf boy but I figured something like this could have happened so I came prepared!"

"Surely you jest! You figured we would have to blow up a sun?"

The furry member of the Guarding's of the Galaxy took out a gun from his backpack with a triangle shaped nozzle before he grinned." The job was to stop a god right? Figured a god can throw anything he or she wants at us, even a sun! That's why I figured a Star Buster might be handy!"

Mario saw orange energy gather around the gun before he looked at the raccoon's intended target." You a sure that's going to work? Even if we do blow it up won't we freeze after that?"

Doug cracked his knuckles before responding with a brash," That's the handy thing about having a backup sun man. Not like we have options man, if its legit then do it!"

Rocket Racoon chuckled eagerly as he looked back at the damaged Zodiac Pinion." Always love putting a gun to use! Thankfully I charged up my heat shield before this, I just have to hook in this baby to your ship's core to have enough juice! Should be, huh? Oh, that's not good."

The Raccoon's dire remark was brought by the sun suddenly glowing even brighter, before it had a burst of energy flare out, unleashing a rain storm of raw sunlight come down. Rocket dived out of the way just in time, and as Groot caught him the tree like man saw part of the rock pillar covering them melt before uttering," I am Groot!"

"No this is not a good time for a tan Groot! This is only a good way to burn to death! Damn it, even when they go supernova never saw a star react that fast!"

"That's because it's no normal star, in the end as big as it is, it's still just a weapon! I can sense faint magical energy radiating off the star, and its coming from somewhere in the area. The problem is, the area is too big for me to pinpoint it just yet."

Doug narrowed his eyes before he looked around." Well then, we better move fast! At top speed I should be able to…huh?"

Before Doug could respond the sun got even brighter and grew in size, causing the entire area to get hot enough to burst into flames. Just as Aqua saw the sun glow she on instinct cast a barrier around the entire rock pillar to protect her comrades and the Zodiac Pinion from being roasted.

Doug saw fire erupt all around him before he chuckled." Nice work Aqua, that will teach them to think they can take us out just by kicking a sun at us! "

"Don't get to hasty Doug." Aqua muttered as she fell to her knees." I can't keep this up forever, if the caster of this sun outlasts me then we are in trouble! If, I can find the source I might be able to freeze the area hard enough to knock the caster out but, I'll only have enough energy to do it once!"

"Well the only way to get out of this is to tough it out girl! Damn it this is a pain, I'll just shatter it so we can get on with this!"

Aqua saw how angry Doug was looking before she winced." Don't be so careless Doug! The sun's making it to hot already for anyone to live outside my barrier!"

"I'm no normal fella Aqua, figured you get that by now! I go all out with my aura and I'll be able to sweat it off long enough time to bust that sun one way or another. Better yet cast a barrier around me for insurance!"

"You don't know if that will even work, and I can't spare enough energy to cast another barrier!"

"Nothing is full proof dame, but we got to take whatever shot we have!"

Axel looked at the sun sharply before he grinned." Easy their Doug, don't do anything rash that will leave you with regret! Fire is my element, even when it's the fires of the sun! I'll use my power to try and fight back against this sun! Then you can use your magic to freeze this punk!"

"Alright, I trust you, just be careful Axel."

Doug saw Axel grin at Aqua before he snorted out," Housefires on overdrive are not the same as the sun dude!"

Link saw Aqua looking stressed, and saw the flames outside the barrier getting intense enough to turn the sand into glass before he grasped the Master Sword tightly." Axel may have renounced the Organization of Dark Enji but the powers of flame Xemnas gave him are still quite formidable. Best of luck friend."

Axel smirked and had his charkam form out of flames. The red-haired man swiftly jumped out of the barrier. He winced, before he had fire dance around him." Not bad, but your dancing with a real pro here and you're going to burn baby!"

The former Dark Enji rapidly rotated his wheel like weapons around to have all the flames swirl around him. As he did Mario grinned." Axel sure a knows how to use fire, glad he is on our side now."

Aqua nodded." He can cool it down long enough for me to focus at least. As long as, huh? No!"

To everyone's dread the sun glowed again, and seemed to charge up a laser. Doug just responding by powering up his aura." Bring it! I'll punch your beam back so hard it will bust you up!"

Aqua saw Doug's temper and winced." I have to find the source soon before, huh?"

The blue haired Enji and those around her saw one of the rock's in the distance suddenly shift in position. A moment later an aggressive older male voice shouted out," Their you are you rat! Go Hermit Purple!"

Doug's group wondered if the source of the second sun had just announced an attack, when suddenly a mass of purple vines erupted out of the ground, and suddenly attacked a rock.

The act quickly proved to be less random then it seemed as a shout was heard, and the vines threw a man into the air. Doug was baffled as he saw this short overweight man with short spiky hair look shocked, before suddenly a new man charged at him.

This tall man, 195 cm/6'5" of height, had dark hair, a strong jaw, bold eyebrows and light eyes. He was clad in a modified trenchcoat-length gakuran/tsume-eri with a tall, stiff collar, pierced on the left with a golden chain.

Underneath he wore a fitted sleeveless shirt and a pair of slim-fitting pants of very short, sharp flares held up by two thin belts, often differently colored, patterned in a row of alternately colored tessellated.

On his head was a cap adorned near the center with a golden button and, on its left, a rectangular golden plate with a design of a flattened hand.

As the hatted man saw the fatter man see him he narrowed his eyes." Found you at last. Your sun antics are a pain, so you're going down. Now Star Platinum!

The man in the hat had his eyes glow with energy, till everyone saw an aura seeped out of him, till the aura took the shape of a second person. This second man had a skin that was a hue between purple, blue and green.

It had long flowing hair with a darker shade above its eyes and on the front plane of its nose, blurring the distinction between its hair and head.

The spaces under its eyes and on its cheeks and chin were a darker color than, and divided clearly from, the space around its nose and mouth.

It wore a cap on its chin, and a metallic headband in three pieces, the central piece of which is shaped as a vertical ellipse.

A wavy line ran from each arm to the front of its torso, continuing down its legs. It has a minimal range of clothing and armor, including a short, circular scarf, shoulder pads with a spiral design, long gloves with studs on the back, knee and elbow guards, a loincloth, and short boots.

As soon as the second being looked at the man in the purple vines in the eyes, it unleashed a devious grin before yelling out,"ORAORAORA!"

The being instant unleashed a barrage of lighting fast punches. Each blow left a thunderous crunch upon impact, and the fatter man was barraged so rapidly that he looked like a blur.

After nearly ten seconds of the onslaught of punches that was so relentless it was like the man was being hit by a machine gun, the spirit above the hatted man suddenly yelled louder before he unleashed a swift right hook that smashed the fatter man in the face, smashing him through a rock.

Doug saw the man yell in pain as teeth and blood went flying. As the man landed on the ground suddenly the second sun flickered, and to the Enji and other's shock, it suddenly shattered. Star Lord saw the man with the hat adjust said hat before he chuckled." I don't know who that dude is but he's my new best friend."

Doug saw the man suddenly look in his direction, and as the two exchange looks he uttered a steady,"Don't be too friendly just yet, for all we know the man wanted us for himself."

Before anyone could respond the other male voice that seemed to unleash the purple vines yelled out an eager,"Nice shot Jotaro! That was a pain, at least taking that Arabia Fats out will chip away at our problems a tad. Ah and we even saved some others to boot! Hello their! "

The group of heroes remained on guard as they saw a man that looked in his late sixties walk up to them. Despite his age the man looked in good shape, and had a fedora; a light, short-sleeved, buttonless shirt; khaki pants, dress shoes; and white gloves.

The older man saw the group looking at him and just chucked." Glad we arrived before that lackey roasted yah all. You can relax, we are not keen on fighting you guys if you aren't."

Doug chuckled before throwing back a guarded," Is that so? And how you reckon we ain't enemies?"

"Well because if we were enemies then Dio would not have his minions try and cook you. And any enemy of Dio is a friend of Joseph Joestar, if he is willing."

Doug saw everyone looking at each other before Airy suddenly flew out and looked at the new arrivals in awe." Oh wow, today really is an amazing day! You guys had good timing to show up when the Joestar's were in the area!"

Aqua saw that Doug, Axel, and most of the others still looked wary before she took a deep breath." So, you're the one's that this Dio person hates the most?"

Joseph chuckled before he tipped his hat."Got that right miss. We been the targets of Dio 's hate for generations."

Doug chuckled before throwing out," No offense dude but if you been trying to take out this guy for generations then you don't seem really great at it."

Joseph saw the blond-haired man's wary gaze and just laughed." True, it would be dandy if his legacy was only across one generation, but Dio is one stubborn bastard. Still, no matter how persistent he gets my family never given in to him, making him lash out with even more vicious wrath."

Doug nodded as he looked at the man knocked out in the distance."Another one of those guys eh? Sounds like this punk does not like being dissed."

"It's more than Dio not likening being opposed." Joseph muttered." Dio's actions were all fueled by the twisted rivalry he had with my grandfather, Jonathan Joestar. Dio and my grandfather grew up in the same house, for Jonathan's own father adopted Dio to repay a debt he had with his own father after he saved his life twelve years earlier. Growing up with a bitter poor father made Dio a hell of a bitter person himself, and he was driven to take my family's money for himself.

Jonathan found out that Dio was trying to poison his father to death. After exposing Dio's plot, and finding out that Dio did the same to his own father, Dio got enraged at having his plot foiled and used the dark magic of a demonic stone mask to become a vampire. While the outburst killed Jonathan's father it was not enough to make my grandfather give up.

And, after gaining allies and learning the art of Hamon magic from the Master Zeppeli, he managed to defeat Dio. However, everyone learned the hard way that Dio did not give up easily."

Axel eyed Joseph carefully before throwing out a wry," Sounds like this Dio holds a grudge. What, he and your grandfather spent decades fighting each other?"

"Not quite. When my grandfather married my grandmother, Dio ambushed them and killed Jonathan in the process. While Dio was incapacitated for a time, he wanted to make everyone close to my grandfather suffer so badly that he took off Jonathan's head, and used his body as his own body to make his own power kill those he loved."

Doug saw Aqua gasp, and Luigi look like he was going to throw up before he just laughed." Got to hand it to this freak, he's hardcore about his grudges. Still, right now he seems to be the one that's in my way so if you guys know how to best shut him down, then sounds like we got something in common."

"I like the sound of that. The Joestar family has been fighting Dio for generations, the boy over there is my grandson Jotaro. Don't mind him if he comes off as rude, the grudge Dio has for my family made him grow up fast.

Things were already rather intense, but then we all got sucked up to this" Battle-World" and things got bizarre even for us! We did find some allies, but sadly Dio found a lot more.

To be honest I'm survived to even find more people, Dio's been doing a good job of killing anyone that would be loyal to him."

Doug looked back at his ship before he shrugged." Don't know what to say other than being late to the party dude. Speaking of that, we may be late but sounds like being in the dark during this party is a keen way of dying quick. So that being said what is the deal here?"

Jotaro cleared his throat before walking up." It's nothing to complex, this Beyonder wants people to fight till a champion is decided. Between putting this world together out of ours and others its clear whoever this person is he has god like power. He also does not care about rules, anything flies as long as it furthers "the game". However, he said working in teams is allowed."

Doug eyed Airy carefully before he leaned forward." What I don't get is what pint-sized girls like you are doing here. Unless you really are a fighter that's just hiding eh?"

As Airy shrieked Joseph stroked his beard." Not everyone here is a fighter, the Beyonder transported countless civilians here just to, in his words, "raise the drama". Strange, I thought Dio exterminated them all with that massacre his servants Yuga, Cia, and Volga lead."

Airy looked anxious as she cowered under a rock." I don't know what happened, I just kept hiding till the yelling stopped! I just did not want to die, I kept hoping that the nightmare would end but nothing seems to be able to stop him!"

Jotaro just cracked his fist before coldly muttering," No matter how much power he amasses, Dio is not as invincible as he wants everyone to think, otherwise he would not be hiding in a castle. But, if we don't stop him soon it's going to be a real pain."

"Just curious, you guys have a plan to kill this Dio? Is it to punch him with, well now that we are on that just what was that guy that came out of your back?"

Joseph chuckled as he pointed at his grandson." I take it you never saw a Stand before? Seems to only be a thing from our world, but that "other guy" was Star Platinum, Jotaro's stand. Don't have time for the official explanation but Stand's are, personifications of "life energy" whose abilities are given visual form. They can take many shapes, mine, Hermit Purple, is just a bunch of purple vines.

While that minion my grandson dispatched can summon an entire sun. Everyone that is a Stand User is because of the ritual Dio unleashed, his zeal for power backfired, for the moment. Still, I admit we don't have a way to kill Dio yet. However we do have a plan that could work. In fact we were traveling across this here Geurdo dessert to get to where we need to be.

However, after all this I doubt the Yiga clan will not notice us now. Eh…still better than being killed by the sun. That being said, I'm glad we could help but we better get going soon to meet up with Speedwagon and the others. Your welcome to join us but, be warned that where we are going is going to be brutal."

"Don't you Joestar 's worry, brutal is the norm where we come from and I'm all to bust some prick's faces in! I admit it would be easier to navigate if we had a map, you guys have a base or something?"

"At the moment no." Joseph uttered bitterly." For a time we held out under Princess Hilda's castle, but Dio captured her thanks to his treachery. He not only had a traitor named Yuga, but he was able to seduce Hlida's servant Lana, enough that she called herself Cia and kidnapped Hilda. At the moment, this world has no government, anyone that does not submit to Dio's rule is spending every moment running for their lives."

"Works for me to be honest dude, no politics keeps it simple, just bust up all the bad guys till things are simple. "

Jotaro went right up to Doug before looking at the others. As Luigi winced the hat wearing man merely narrowed his eyes." Are the ones here all of your comrades? To be blunt, unless your hiding something this won't be enough to stop the army Dio has amassed."

Aqua looked up at the sky and got dismayed." To be honest we have many more comrades, but all our friends seem to have got sent to the other worlds by the Beyonder. Together I know we can stop Dio and anyone else that tries to get in our way! Have, you guys managed to find a way to contact the other worlds?"

Airy looked dismayed before she flew up to land on Aqua's shoulder." Um…even if your friends are as strong as you say, if they truly landed on the other world's I'm afraid it will be impossible to reach them. From what I heard, Rabum Alal has forbid any interaction between the planets till Battle-World enters its final phase."

Doug saw everyone get worried before he cleared his throat." We will see about that missy. Even if that's how it is, your all going to see that you have all that's needed to shut down all the punks with what you got!

I don't have the "special" stuff Ben, Lacus, Ezan, and some of the others have but I tell you what I have more than enough grit to outlast whatever tricks these punks have, and put them in their place!"

As everyone saw how determined Doug looked a new coy voice from above cut in with," Besides, don't assume things till you saw the full unit dude!"

Everyone glanced up to see a man clad in black with long purple hair, the Enji from the world of Terca Lumireis, Yuri Lowell, walk out of the ship. With him were his comrades from his home world and former members of the "Brave Vesperia" The pink haired magical princess in white, Estellise Sidos Heurassein or Estelle, the older black haired male archer in purple attire named Raven, the short brown haired ace magical user Rita Mordio, Yuri's dog, the blue furred eye patched canine with sword skills Repede , the glamorous blue haired spear user of the Kritya race, Judith, and Yuri's childhood friend the blond haired knight Flynn, along with Jude and Leia, and some of Star-Lord's comrades Gomora and the green muscular Drax the Destroyer.

As everyone got off the Zodiac Pinion Doug just chuckled." There you are Yuri, almost thought you all were going to play cards while we got the job done!"

Yuri shrugged before responding with a casual," Sorry about missing out with that other sun, when the ship crashed the door to the upper deck got jammed. Between that and Raven, Judith and the new girl getting impaled with rocks upon impact, we were dealing with a few things."

Doug winced as he saw Judith grasping her recently healed stomach before he nodded." Damn…sorry about that. Guess things got crazy fast."

Judith winked before responding with a sultry," Its ok, you made up for it by helping prevent us from being barbecued. Besides…we don't seem to have time to argue on the small stuff with how crazy a world we are dealing with."

Leia saw how damaged the Zodiac Pinion looked from the outside before she cringed." No…what's the point of being the one to write the best story since the end of the Cosmic War if I can't survive to publish it! You guys can fix the ship right?"

Jude winced before adding," The scanners still work at least, being able to probe a world like this would give a treasure trove of information. I suppose it's a moot point if we can't return."

"No duh part timer." Doug shot out before he got in front of everyone." We got to come out on top or nothing's going to matter dudes, don't worry about anything else!"

Yuri nodded before throwing back a steady," We heard most of your talk with these guys Doug, we got the general idea of what's going on. Only thing now is, what do we do from here?"

Doug shrugged before looking at the Joestars." Depends on what these other suckers are doing. You said running around here looking for something that can take down this Dio punk? Is this something a thing that's more than a hope?"

Jotaro looked in the distance before pointing behind Doug." Yes. We had a plan to hijack, or more like take back the Divine Beasts that Dio took under his control. The Divine Beasts were created with Princess Hilda's power to be able to penetrate Dio's castles power and take him out. They were made to be used against the other planets so they have a very high level of fire power.

We are risking everything to take them back, at the moment we were going to try and retake control of the winged Divine Beast Vah Ruta. After beating it out of a lackey we know it's going to be by the castle in the Hebra mountain region. That's, over there."

Doug turned around to see that in the distance he could see large snowy mountains and shrugged." I make a rather sweet mountain climber. You sure the punk was not just luring you into a trap?"

Jotaro heard Dio's minion cough up blood in the distance before he cracked his knuckles." At the very least, I can say the information from that Hol Hourse was reliable. Still…if we take too long Dio 's forces might detect us. That's why, I highly suggest we depart now."

"Why, how much time you think we have before."

Yuri's question was cut off as a beastly roar boomed out in the distance to the right. The older of the two Joestar 's swerved in that direction and winced." Damn, all of the areas of the planet and the scouts were near us! We have a ride but, no way it will fit all of you."

"I'm starting to sense some power levels coming our way. One of them is not half bad. This that Dio guy?"

In the distance everyone heard a wild yell before a gruff voice uttered,"I spot a wreckage boys, looks like we found fresh meat just in time for a meal!"

Jotaro looked annoyed before he turned to the others." That's not Dio, but it is one of his top men, or top dogs. We fought this Azrael before. His other names are the Mad Dog, He Who Carries Death, Genocider, King of Atrocity and the Tyrant, and a few others.

What matters is that he is one of the few besides Dio that can laugh off my punches, and that is a real pain. I'm no coward but we set up a plan precisely to take him down, and we wanted to avoid fighting him till we could execute that plan."

"That's a shame, but life does not always go down how you planned eh man?" Doug threw out casually." Guess we will just have to adapt eh?"

Everyone started to hear a lot of wild yells, along with very loud footsteps before Luigi looked at the ground." Miss Aqua, you can do a lot of spells right? Maybe you can use some of that magic to hide us in the sand or something? I mean if the guys can't."

Doug suddenly smashed the rock pillar hard enough to leave a dent. As Luigi and the others looked startled the blond man uttered a firm,"We an't running like coward's! We're here to take down the bad guys, so let's get the job done!"

Jude cleared his throat before walking up to Doug." Luigi is right Doug, we should think about this carefully. We don't know the extent of the enemy's power and even if we can win it will tip our enemies off. Is it not best to wait till our conditions are optimal?"

Doug gave Jude a look harsh enough to make him flinch." Someone who only fought enough to get a medal is not going to tell me the best way to fight are we clear? We will never know what we are dealing with if we just run. I want to see if I can go mono to mono with our host's top dogs you got it? If we are screwed well, at least better not to drag it out!"

Aqua saw the raw anger in Doug's eyes but before she could respond everyone felt a tremor before to the right several of the same Molduga monsters as the one Doug punched out burst out of the sand, only this time various men were riding them.

Alongside them were gigantic red nude men stomping to the group, looking like deranged giants with their skin removed. Mario saw the vacant eyes in these titans, and saw they were being lead by a larger titan with all-encompassing layer of plated, armor-like segments of hardened skin and a even larger beast like Titan. He also saw ice blue men riding demonic beasts before he gulped." Mamma Mia, what happened to those people? Are they monsters?"

"They were people transformed by Dio into becoming his monstrous servants." Joseph uttered bitterly." One of the things Dio sees as entertainment is turning parents or kids into monsters to kill the one's they love. Though, the smaller men are just part of a group called the" Wild Hunt" that followed Dio after he killed there leader Eredin in a instant."

Link took out the Master Sword before fiercely declaring," This Dio sounds like as foul a fiend as Ganondorf, and has a heart almost as wicked as that monster of a man Brad Fowltror! We must stop him!"

"Well one way or another we have to go through his lackeys to pull that off so watch your backs!"

Everyone got ready as one of the Molduga suddenly swerved on its side, revealing that it was being ridden by a large, powerfully built man with long, dark blue hair, a goatee, and blood red eyes. He wore a white trench coat with white buttons that barely cover his body.

He had pure white pants with a black cover over his right leg. His shoes were a bright golden hue and large tattoos decorate a great deal of his body, including his back; chest and even forearms. This man saw everyone looking at him and chuckled before he casually landed in front of them." Ah…that eyesore Fatts was good for something after all."

The fellow follower of Dio coughed up blood before weakly moving his broken arm at Azrael's direction." Please, please help me! I can, GUH!"

Azrael swiftly showed what he thought of the man's request for help as he in a blur swung his leg, and kicked the man's heard off." A weakling like you dares ask for help? Just be grateful I'm giving you a quick death!

I was hoping to feast, and I found a banquet! And to find the Joestars, well that's the dessert! I been wanting to show you Joestars who the bigger beast is! You can slither around to gather as many fools as you can, it won't save you!"

Jotaro got into a fighting stance before he stared the man down." Azrael…your barking is getting annoying."

"I could say the same for your insolence boy. If you think your little Stands can change anything by the time you realize how wrong you are I'll be eating it for breakfast!"

"Tsc...If you think so high of yourself why did you bring so much back up?"

The blue haired man glanced behind him as a few others got off and just grunted."Oh, D'Vorah, Caranthir, Verse, and Jagi are more of the cleanup crew. I admit I tend to get, single minded once a hunt starts. Though at the very least they are good enough to clean up the trash."

Doug just spat on the ground before throwing in a crass," The hell does a walking trash pile know what trash is? After all, looks like you're the type that is not picky, and just bites the moment he sees any damn thing!"

Azrael's grin just expanded as he glanced at Doug's direction." My, you really must be fresh meat if your barking without knowing what you're talking about."

"Nah I heard the stories dude, I just don't care. Kick around puppies all you want, being a jackass does not make you strong! I don't have time to."

In a flash Azrael was suddenly in front of Doug, and unleashed the same kick he killed Fatts with to strike Doug in the gut. As a shock-wave was heard the blue haired man laughed widely." Mouth off to me and you're going to suffer punk! Now those you care about are going to, huh?"

Doug quickly showed he was not as subdued as Azrael thought as he swiftly caught the taller man's hand and raised his head up to flash another half-lopped smile." Guess what hot shot, you may be used to being the top dog, but there's a new sheriff in town!"

In a flash Doug unleashed a blazing right hook to slug Azrael in the face. The blow knocked Doug's target hard enough that he was smashed through one of the Titan minions, and shattered it upon impact. Those with Azrael stepped back in shock, before the brutal man quickly jumped out of the sand, and realized blood was trickling down his cheek.

He merely licked it before looking at Doug with raw delight."My…you just might throw a punch stronger then the Joestars! This must have been what the big man meant when he was adding new players for the round! Heh, glad this round won't be so boring! Come on punk, entertain me before you die!"

The man with the goatee unleashed a bloodthirsty roar before a red aura erupted out of his body, with enough force to push everyone back. Doug saw the murderous look in the man's eye and just casually threw his hat to the ground." Leave this dude to me guys, been waiting for a while to have a good punching bag to vent on! I can already tell your momma did a poor as hell job raising you, but when I'm done pounding you everyone will see that you're the whipped dog you are!"

Doug grit his teeth before having his own energy explode with enough force to make the ground quake before he burst at his opponent. As he did Azrael's eyes widened." Let's go! Gustave Blaster!"

As Doug came at him his target had energy surge around his right fist, and swung it upward to have a blade of raw energy form around it. As the attack came for Doug he just had his fist glow before he smashed into Azrael's attack. The impact left a shock-wave that nearly blew the others off their feet.

Aqua stood her ground, and saw that Doug and Azrael were rapidly dashing all over the area and inflecting crackling blows on each other before she powered up as well. "We can't let Doug fight a monster like that alone! C'mon guys!"

One of the others of Dio's forces, a bald man with while skin and chromed teeth suddenly gave out a wild cry."You heretics will not get in the way! WITNESS ME LORD DIO! Witness as your servants bring you glory, in a way that is shinny and chrome!"

The man proceeded to spray chrome on his face before the men, woman, Wild Hunt members, and moblins around him all yelled battle cries. From there a muscular man with scars on his chest and a black skull mask on his face tensely uttered," Don't let these people get in Azrael 's way or he will take it out on us!"

A woman besides the masked man landed on the ground. Doug's friends quickly saw that the woman was not human, and had skin with the appearance of a yellow chitinous hide with four wing/pincers jutting out from her back.

The back of her head was adorned with black markings and her lips were black. On the heels of her feet were what looks like high heel wedges. Her eyes are compound, possessing the same fractured appearance as a fly's eyes. All of her teeth were sharp and pointed, exhibiting possible carnivorous eating habits.

She wore a black top and hood, spiked gauntlets on her arms, armored ringlets on her forearms, and armored shin guards, and a single scarab-shaped piece of jewelry with a green centered gem rests around her neck. As she saw the others glance at her she hissed out," This one thinks Jagi is correct, so let these eyesores be devoured swiftly yes Verse? "

A man entirely clad in black and crimson armor with a torch of energy blazing at the top of its head floated down from one of the titans to land alongside the insect like lady before glancing at the Zodiac Pinion." Agreed D'Vorah, but that ship looks, unique. Lord Dio may find some use to it, take care not to destroy it."

"Very well, I'll merely see all flesh devoured!"

D'Vorah had her arms detach before swarms of green wasps flew out and quickly became a cloud. Aqua saw the cloud of bugs coming her way before she narrowed her eyes." Don't think we are just helpless prey! Enough! Blizzaga!"

The blue haired Enji had her own magical energy flare up before she swung her blade to the right, and unleashed a massive burst of ice magic. Her magic was powerful enough to unleash a massive wave of ice, one that instantly froze all the incoming bugs.

Before the wave could hit D'Vorah, Verse got in front of the magic and had his right fist glow. He swiftly punched the magic, unleashing a massive pillar of fire that instantly melted it. As Aqua looked shocked Verse pointed his fist at her." You may not be helpless, but in the face of our power your powerless all the same!"

Verse had the orb on its chest glow before the top parts of his shoulder armor shot out and transformed to a pair of glowing hands. As Aqua saw the flying hands shoot for her, Axel suddenly jumped up and threw his flame charged Eternal Flame weapons at them.

Verse was shocked to see his fists were hit hard enough to be deflected before the former Dark Enji smugly landed on the ground." Guess it's another round of showing the posers their place eh guys? Let's dance freak!"

Verse just narrowed his eyes and in a flash moved behind Axel to try and rip his head off. To his shock, Axel was fast enough to counter him, and the two quickly unleashed a barrage of blows fast enough to be blurs.

Aqua saw Axel get further away before she struggled to figure out if Axel or Doug needed her help more, till her decision was brought to her when D'Vorah screamed and had stingers form out of her arms before she charged at the blue haired woman.

Aqua swiftly parried the insect like woman's assault, and as she kept up with D'Vorah's assault Azrael noticed Aqua keeping her opponent at bay, and then noticed that Mario and Luigi were taking down a Titan by hammering its toes with their hammers while Yoshi blinded it with eggs.

He then noticed Link slicing through some of the moblin soldiers while Yuri and Flynn sliced another Titan's legs through as Raven blinded it with enhanced arrows.

He then noticed Rita and Estelle blast one of the Modula with spells before Judith killed it with a spear attack, and saw Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon snipe some of the chrome mouthed raiders while Jotaro, Joseph, and Drax smashed them into another Titan. The sight of all this action caused Azrael to smirk, before Doug punched Azrael in the head while yelling out."There is no time for side shows here hound!"

Doug saw Azrael just laugh off his punch before in a flash he roundhouse kicked the blond male back. After seeing the Enji just glare at him the blue haired barbarian snickered." I can see from that ship you dogs are not from the same land as the Joestar's or most of the other meat around here. Just where did you crawl out of? You come from one of the other worlds?"

"You don't really need to know me when you're a dead man walking. All you need to know is that I come from the land of kick your ass! Sphere of Might!"

The member of Squad 7 had his muscles budge and in a second he amassed yellow energy in his right hand before he hurled it at Azrael. However, the blood thirsty man saw the energy sphere coming for him and widened his eyes eagerly."Oh…that's how you want to play it? Glower Field!"

Doug's target had his energy explode, before the Sphere of Might Projectile was suddenly caught in the red aura around Azrael. The goateed villain saw Doug's shock and threw out a wild," So your someone that can use kai eh? Have not seen to many around here with that trick. The Jostar's Hamon is not enough. But still, thanks for the meal! Phalanx Cannon!"

The blond man cringed as he saw his opponent's aura turned his projectile red, before it got absorbed into it. Azrael had his aura explode before he swung his right hand, and unleashed a massive red energy blast at Doug faster than the Enji expected.

Doug was overwhelmed by Azeral's attack and blasted into the ground. The Phalanx Cannon unleashed an explosion moments later, one with enough intensity to shake the entire area.

The man with the title of the mad dog laughed eagerly at the sight of Doug's comrades being shocked at the outcome. He then turned to Jotaro and growled out," Nice try Joestar, but all the cannon folder you're desperately gathering can only hold off things so long! Time to, oh?"

Before he could move on everyone saw a surge of power erupted out of the blast zone, before Doug unleashed enough power to blow the flames out. Azrael saw that while Doug's shirt was partly burnt, aside from a few burnt marks he looked more annoyed then hurt.

The Enji just cracked his neck before sourly spitting out,"For a mad dog you sure love your tricks. If that's how you want to play it, time to take the kid's gloves off! Fury Aura!"

Azrael saw a large amount of energy suddenly formed around his opponent's gauntlet's and greaves before he grasped his fist tightly." That your special move mutt? Well, maybe I'll feel your punches now! I'll give you that your giving me a better rush then I thought.

But all who I fight become my meals sooner or later. My fury is so great that my aura seeps into my prey, and erodes them body and soul! Don't worry, since you're not a disgrace to the art of the fist I'll give you my word that your death will be quick!"

"Tsc…I can already tell you're a pain in the ass fight junkie like Akuma. I don't need your mercy, by the time we are done you're going to need mine! Bursting Machine Gun Punch!"

In the blink of an eye Doug was in front of his foe's face before unleashing a barrage of punches. Azrael realized he had to move fast to block Doug's punches, and after blocking them for ten seconds he avoided one punch, only for Doug's energy enhanced right gauntlet to go pass Azrael's cheek, and leave a small cut in the process.

As the blue haired man noticed his wound Doug wasted no time punching in a way to kick up enough sand to get in his opponent's face. The antic blinded Azrael long enough to give Doug enough time to yell out,"Shippu Jinraikyaku!" And unleash a brutal combo hard enough to produce flames around his limbs before he ended the barrage with a swift roundhouse kick to the larger man's head.

As Ben's friend heard his target yell in pain Doug powered up before charging to unleash a follow up assault. But as he did Azrael recovered faster than he expected, and had a wild look in his eye before screaming out,"Enchant Dragunov!"

The tattoos on the muscular man's body suddenly glowed red, before his muscles bulged and his aura exploded with enough force to instantly blow the flames out and knock Doug back.

As veins now formed out of the body of Dio's enforcer Azrael suddenly slammed the ground with enough force to have the stone ground underneath the sand to shoot up and smash Doug in the head. As Doug got knocked back his attacker snickered." You do have good instincts, good enough for me to take this seriously and show you ultimate power before you die!"

Doug quickly bounced back before he wound up his right fist." I don't give a damn how strong you are Azrael, you're still a man, and if you're in my way I'm going to take you down! Zan'ei Shitenshuu!"

The Enji brawler suddenly hunched over and put his right forward and then suddenly burst forth with his index finger, middle finger and thumb in a claw-like configuration. As Doug prepared to unleash his moves Azrael just widened his eyes." Oh, that's how you want to do it? Fine, Scud,"

In an instant Azrael burst at Doug to block his new move with his own right palm extended in to a thrusting strike. As the two men's fists left an impact strong enough to create a shock-wave Azrael saw Doug's shock and eagerly howled out," Punishment!"

The blue haired man suddenly swung his other palm forward in a reverse style, and slammed it right into Doug's chest where his heart was. An explosion of red energy blasted out and Doug swiftly screamed in pain, before the impact smashed Doug hard enough to blow him right through the rock pillar where the Zodiac Pinion still was stuck on.

Before Doug even emerged from the other side of the rocks Azrael appeared behind him and kicked him in the back of the head to smash him through the rock once more. Doug's pained grunts just made Azrael laugh harder as he speed blitzed Doug hard enough to smash him around like a pinball before after a few more blows he ended the combo by drop kicking Doug in the back to smash him hard enough to the ground to cause a crater.

As the villain with a goatee landed hard enough to cause a tremor he cracked his neck." What a scrappy pup, and a dense one to! It's nice of you to mix it up with some crane style moves but, even a simple-minded meat bag like you must start to realize who is superior! Those that are chosen by the Beyonder are superior to all others! You can either show respect, or you will pay tribute when I rearrange your corpse!"

To his shock Doug just calmly got up, and forcefully put in place his right arm after Azrael broke it with the blow without even grunting. Doug then gave Azrael a look cold enough to make the taller man chuckle." I seen what power your boss man has, so what? Think I care? Listen mutt, I don't care how much power anyone else has! I won't wag my tail and roll over, I'll fight back no matter what! You're going to learn real quick that we won't let some jackass force me to do what he wants no matter how big his ego or his power is!"

"So your just too proud to kneel eh? That's fine by me, real men settle things with their fists anyway!"

"Well at least we can agree to that so shut up already!"

Azrael chuckled and powered up again, only to see Doug charge at him with more speed than he expected. The two quickly exchanged blows and dashed all over the area. Aqua saw the two for a moment, and felt a chill down her spine as she saw Doug nearly had as wild look on his face as Azrael before she heard buzzing noises getting closer to her, forcing her to switch her attention to D'Vorah.

Her opponent suddenly had more bee like stingers sprout out of her back to try and impale the Enji. Aqua swerved out of the way just in time to see some of her hair get sliced off before she angrily unleashed a small beam of ice from her free hand. Her target flew over it and retaliated by raining down more acid at Aqua.

The former teammate of Ben's cousin Max quickly cast a magical barrier to try and reflect the acid, only to see the acid not only fail to bounce back at her attacker, but start to cause the barrier to melt.

D'Vorah saw the tense look on the woman below her and just hissed." Your barriers won't save you woman!The Kytinn tribe has evolved to erode any barrier that tries to elude its prey. This one has already melted away the last hope's of those who oppose Lord Dio, you shawl be the next mark!"

Aqua saw D'Vorah unleash another salvo of bugs and this time cast a lighting spell to try and zap them all. She succeeded in electrifying the smaller insects only for her main target to block the lighting blast. Seeing the insectoid woman sneer at her just caused Aqua to smirk back." That acid does seem impressive. Still…if I can't defend I'll just have to attack!"

"This one understands your logic, but does not reach the same conclusion. You may be to delude to see the truth but the reality is that the only thing that awaits those that defy Lord Dio, the will of Rabu Alal itself, is death!"

D'Vorah unleashed another burst of acid, forcing Aqua to dash backwards. The buggy follower of Dio kept pressing the assault on Aqua, but the blue haired woman tried to fire off one spell after another at her enemy. Yet no matter how wide her spells were D'Vorah proved to swift to be hit by them.

Aqua dodged yet another burst of acid and pushed her free hand deeply into the ground before she cartwheeled backwards, only to find the rock pillar behind her. Her enemy grinned at the sight before she had all of her stringers extend out of her back." You're out of options now, nowhere to run, nothing left but to squirm in agony!"

The Kytinn warrior had more smaller bugs swarm around her before she charged right at Aqua. Before she could attempt to impale her with her attack Poison Ovipositor Charge.

Suddenly the ground where Aqua previously touched glowed blue, and before D'Vorah could even react the blue sphere exploded into a massive pillar of ice that went as high as the Titan's or the rock pillar.

Aqua saw that her now frozen opponent looked shocked before she grasped her blade tightly." Just because you're not aware of how an ice mine spell works it does not mean the option does not exist. Sorry…but."

In a flash the Rainfall Katana surged with energy before she slashed at the ice pillar. A moment later it shattered, along with the still frozen D'Vorah. As she saw the remains of her opponent shatter she just looked down." I don't have time to waste with those who resided themselves to being blood thirsty pawns."

Aqua heard more roars and saw more moblins coming for her before she prepared to resume fighting. As she did Verse saw her, and also saw what remained of D'Vorah shatter before he grasped his fist." Damned wench, you will pay!"

The armored man had his floating fists shoot at Aqua, only for Axel to redirect them while yelling out," Hey chuckles she's not paying anything while I'm around!"

"Damned vermin, you're not armed enough to stop me!"

Verse had a red aura blast out of him before he had another pair of floating fists form out of his aura before the four fists all charged at Axel. The red-haired man saw his spinning wheel like weapons get punched by two of the hands before he narrowed his eyes." How would you know, you don't even have eyes! Whatever, Fire Tooth!"

Axel had flames erupt out of him before from those flames many more Charkam of pure fire erupted out to collided into the flying hands. Verse saw Axel catch his original weapons before he grit his teeth. He then uttered a war cry and the orb on Verse's chest shined with even more intense light. before he fired a massive red energy beam at Axel. The former Dark Enji was able to keep the energy beam back by spinning his Eternal Flame weapons rapidly. As Axel was pushed back a few feet Verse only had his energy grow larger." Fool, you will pay for not knowing your, GUH!"

Verse was preparing to try and overwhelm Axel, but before he could make his beam stronger an arrow infused with light energy shot right into his head. The blow ruptured his power, and as Verse yelled in pain a voice cried out," You're the fool villain! For regardless of his power he is not alone in this fight, Tri-Force Slash!"

Verse turned around just in time to see a small golden beam hit him. Moments later the symbol of the Tri-Force, the golden triangle from Hyrule that welded massive divine power appeared, binding the demonic man. Link then showed himself as the Master Sword shimmered with light, before he proceeded to unload a barrage of magically enhanced slashes.

Verse roared in pain as the barrage carved into him, and as Link finished his assault his demonic opponent suddenly gasped." Wait, this energy, where have I sensed this before? Is this the energy that Lord Dio, GUH!"

Axel promptly silenced Verse by throwing his flame infused weapon right at his head while the other one hit his chest. Between that and Link's Tri-Force Slash attack the energy in Verse ruptured, and he promptly exploded in a blast of red light.

Axel coyly caught his thrown weapons and had enough time to spin one on his finger." Guess we saw whose passion burned hotter eh boys? Still, that was not that half bad of a sneak attack Link. Fine curve-ball for such a straight arrow."

Link looked at the remains of Verse before he looked back at the Master Sword." I had to do my fair share of sneaking around to thwart Ganondorf 's servants in the past. There is far more honor in saving a friend then giving honor to one that does not deserve it. Still, was that man babbling in his final moments or did he truly sense the energy of the Tri-Force? I suppose…what matters is that he is vanquished."

Axel saw Aqua and the others holding their own against the other enemies before he nodded." True that, from the stories Ben was telling was not sure if we could do anything at all to this Beyonder clown, guess good for us he picked guys from history that were out of their league eh? Er…hope he is not hearing that. Anyway, c'mon!"

Link nodded before the two men user their skills to take out a group of enemies that was nearing Aqua. Mario saw Axel and Link's victory over Verse and grinned, before he saw one of the remaining Titans running for him.

The sight just caused the plumber to glare at the much larger being." Think you can a boss us around because you're such a big bully? Think an again, size is not something just you guys can do! Do it Luigi!"

His brother nodded before he took out a Mega Mushroom that he brought with him and quickly consumed it. In mere moments Mario was as tall as the titans, and as the Armor and Beast Titan saw Mario's stunt the plumber just looked determined." Let's see how tough you all a are when you're not the biggest guys around!"

The Armored Titan threw a punch at the giant plumber, only for the hero of the Mushroom Kingdom to jump out of the way. Mario turned that jump into a attack, only to see his blow just bounce off his armored opponent. Mario saw his opponent give a smug look before he narrowed his eyes." Think your armor's a tough eh? You may have a tougher shell then a Buzzy Beetle, but don't a think your the only one that has metal here!"

The member of the Justice Force quickly threw a green box with a question mark into the air and punched it. The Armored Titan punched him, but as he did Mario's body turned to solid metal.

As the punch slammed into the now Metal Mario the mustached man unleashed a Giga Fireball to set his target ablaze.

The Armored Titan endured the blow but the heat made him staggered. Having squashed enough bad guys by now to know when he saw a opening, Mario swiftly swung his enlarged Ultra Hammer to smash the Armored Titan down.

As he did Jude and Leila jumped up together to charge at one of the other Titan's while they were distracted before Leila yelled out a passionate," We don't need to be big to take you out! Now Jude, Earth Cracker!"

The two Enji unleashed a linked Mystic Art attack to hit the Titan on both sides of the head with all their might. As they did Yuri unleashed his Savage Wolf Fury attack to slice into the Beast Titan's foot. Azrael noticed the titan get demolished from the attack, then saw Joseph use his Hermit Purple Stand to bind the last Titan by the neck before he threw it to the ground in the direction of Jotaro.

The younger Joestar swiftly had Star Platinum appear once more to punch the Titan with savage fury, before upper cutting his large target with enough force to knock it into the air and to the ground with a broken jaw.

The blue haired fighter saw most of the forces with him were defeated before he snarled." What the hell is this? They were even more worthless then I thought!"

"Aw what's wrong dude scared you have to fight all alone now and that you might lose?" Doug snapped out as he saw the blue haired man's irritation grow." Tsc…don't misunderstand me clown, I did not need them to kill you. It's just now I have to do more work, and for that your all going to suffer!"

Rita suddenly ran up in the two's direction before she gave Azrael the finger." Shut up you creep! You're the one who is going to pay for making this all a pain! Mystic blah blah blah…Indignation!"

The elite Enji magic user gathered her power before she unleashed a massive lightning bolt at the lead enforcer of Dio. At the same time Estelle added a determined," No matter how nasty you are you will answer for your crimes! Holy Lance!"

The pink princess fired off a lance of holy energy to aide her friend, and at the same time Star-Lord and Rocket Racoon fired high powered plasma cannons as well. However, as Azrael saw the four projectiles heading his way he chuckled and merely unleashed his Growler Field once more to absorb all four attacks at once.

As the attacks got absorbed into the hero's target's aura, and said aura suddenly surged Azrael had a sadistic look in his eye as he looked down on Rita." Well now, if the tension was too much and you just wanted it all to end, then why did you not just say so? Phalanx Cannon!"

With a cry of rage the man known as the mad dog unleashed an even more powerful red energy beam then before. Aqua quickly cast another barrier and while she was pushed back a few feet, she was able to focus enough to redirect it in the distance.

As the explosion rocked the ground Doug winced, and glanced at his comrades." Stay out of this, with how strong he is its better if I just take him down man to man! The rest of you will just get in my way!"

Aqua saw the anger in Doug's eyes before she sighed." Doug, with how powerful this man is we need to work together to come up with a plan!"

"Damn it this is not the time girl the plan is to not get in the way while I finish this!"

Axel saw the tension between the two before he sighed." C'mon dude, think it's a good idea to bet everything when you don't know what this freak's limits are?"

Doug shot the former Dark Enji an angry look before snapping out," It don't matter what his limits are Axel, my fists will smash through them!"

Azrael chuckled at Doug's retort before he glanced at Aqua." So full of yourself that your dissing your own comrades? Here I was thinking you're a great fighter when only a real dumbass does not even bother thinking of a plan!"

"Getting really damn tired of wissass's like you assuming things! I already got a winning plan, shut you up with my fists! Final...Shoryuken...Heaven!"

Doug had all of his energy pour into his fist before he burst at Azrael. Doug's target saw this and merely cracked his neck." You want to see who can throw the bigger punch? Fine by me! Patriot, Apocalypse!"

Azrael suddenly had his right fist glow bright red before his aura increased enough to be a cyclone of murderous energy before he unleashed an uppercut like blow to greet Doug's attack. The collision of fists caused an explosion nearly like a volcanic eruption, Aqua had to cast a barrier to protect the others from the backlash.

After a moment of wondering if she could withstand the impact, she got alarmed as Doug suddenly crashed into the barrier. She saw Doug's entire right arm was burnt before she widened her eyes in shock."No, Doug!"

Doug saw Aqua glance at her before he spat up blood." Don't freak out girl, this Azrael just sucker punched me that's all."

From the smoke Azrael emerged, and aside from a slightly more bruised arm he looked find after matching Doug's ultimate attack. Seeing Doug glare at him just caused him to laugh again." That was not really your best shot was it? C'mon, show me a good time or you're going to suffer! With how much you don't want the others meddling just let me kill the others already so we won't have any distractions! The blue haired lass looks even more annoying than that dental floss wearing Bullet. Shutting her up will make things a lot easier for everyone."

"Keep talking about Aqua like that and it will be your last mistake Azrael!"

"Oh please, I'll be doing you a favor, I'll be freeing you from all that holds you back from what you truly are! After clashing fists with you enough times I can tell you're a true fighter! Instead of half-assing things to try and hide what you're not you're just limiting yourself from being the strongest class of men!"

"Tsc…I never bought that speaking with fists thing that well, don't act like you know what I want!"

"Oh, trust me, after how much I fought I can see what people are in their eyes. I can see your like me, someone who lives to fight, to embrace the thrill, to be the strongest! All other things are just means to reach the ultimate thrill, the pinnacle of a fighter's strength! But only after one embraces who they are can they,"

"SHUT UP!"

Doug suddenly shout out so furiously that he cut Azrael off. Everyone saw despite his injuries, Doug looked more aggravated then hurt, and was turning red with raw anger. As his energy exploded he seethed out," You don't know a damn thing about me! Becoming the ultimate fighter was never what I cared about! I always want to be on the top of my game, but while I always enjoy a good fight I never really cared about being the ultimate fighter.

Ezan was the one who cared about being the perfect warrior, and Ben was the one wanting to be the ultimate hero! I just wanted to be strong enough so that no one can force me to do what I did not want to do, so that I could have the freedom, the true freedom to do whatever I wanted!"

Azrael saw how passionate Doug's responds was before he snickered in disgust." Did that woman put ideas in your head boy? Bah…freedom is worthless when its,"

"That's for me to decide, not you! You think your all big and tough with all that true warrior crap!? It's all nothing but a joke, and it's not even a good one! I heard baddies like you who thought they were all that rant about how great their damn ideas where, and I'm so god damn sick of it! I thought I was done with it, and now your boss is dragging me back for an annoying as hell rerun!

I got dragged into a pain in the ass cosmic war all because of punks like you who were so stuck up in your ego's you thought that they were worth a damn! But in the end dude, all your ideals amount to nothing! No matter how strong a man you are, you die one way or another someday, and everything you thought of turns to jack! Only thing that's real is the rules of nature Azrael, everything else is just damn noise that makes life a pain!"

Azrael got mad enough to viciously grind out," Sounds like you're just a coward to me runt! If you're too afraid to embrace what…"

Doug suddenly had his energy turn red as he burst out and charged for his opponent."I DON"T CARE WHAT YOU THINK!"

The member of Squad 7 unleashed a barrage of punches with such fury that Azrael was shocked that he had trouble parrying the blows. As he saw Doug's rage he seethed out," You're not even fun anymore, when I get my hands on you I'll,"

"Who said you're getting the chance bastard? All of you punks are just eyesores, and I want the noise to stop so I can be free of all that crap once and for all! I just want to make it ALL stop! Kaio-Ken!"

Ben's friends were shocked when Doug unleashed the same move that they thought only Ben and Master Myers knew before his aura turned fiery red, and he punched Azrael with a burst of speed. His opponent angrily tried to smash Doug back, only for Doug to vanish in a after image.

Ben's close pal's fury increased so much that he was leaving after images all over the area, and kept landing blows on his target, moving so fast that he was not only kicking up a twister around Azrael to blind him, but move at such a pace that it became a fiery cyclone, making it even harder for Doug's opponent to track him down or dodge his blows.

While none of the blows where critical, Azrael realized Doug was moving at such speed now that each blow he unleashed produced a burst of force, knocking him back with each move.

As the tall man was barraged so much that he could not focus he seethed out," You can run around all you want, you're going to tire sooner or later! I'm going to shatter you eyesore! Black Hawk Sting,"

"I SAID SHUT UP! Futae no Kiwami !"

Doug suddenly reappeared in front of Azrael long enough to slam his opened right palm at his enemies throat. The impact was powerful enough to force Azrael to choke. As the savage villain coughed up blood, before the blood even fell down Doug suddenly dashed up and thrusted his hands down his enemy's throat before the tall man could rebound.

Doug saw Azrael look shocked and just formed a savage grin." You wanted to eat us right? Well have a full course of this at point blank range you annoying bastard! Masenko!"

Doug swiftly unleashed his most powerful energy blast, as his hands were down the throat of his target. As a result, the blast erupted from his insides Azrael gave Doug a hateful glare, before a moment later the blast erupted inside his body, bypassing his defenses and vaporizing the majority of his body.

Doug's allies and enemies alike were motionless at the blond-haired man's brutal combo. Aqua saw even the likes of Yuri, Jotaro and Axel wince, and saw Luigi look like he was going to throw up before tears formed in her eyes." Doug…just how hateful have you become?"

Jagi, the most highly ranked member of Dio's forces left saw the remains of Azrael fall down before he gulped." No way, Azrael was even more hardcore then Raio! This, this has to be a joke!"

Doug glared at the masked man before he shattered the remains of Azrael with a casual flick of his wrist." C'mon at me bro, see what the real joke is eh?"

Jagi saw his remaining forces hesitating before screaming out,"Don't back down now, champions of Dio don't back down to vermin! They are wary now, we can over whelm them while, huh?"

One of the vehicles exploded before a new male voice shouted out a bravado filled," You barbarians have neither numbers nor power, not now! Go Sliver Chariot!"

Everyone saw a man with long sliver hair gelled straight up charged from the right before a humanoid knight appeared and rapidly slashed through the nearest moblins. As he saw the hostiles around him curse him out the man grinned." Guess there were more thugs left here then we first thought so how about some back up eh Noriaki?"

A man with red hair showed up behind him before Noriaki just sighed." Don't be reckless, Polnareff just getting in to position. Take them out Hierophant Green! Emerald Splash!"

Noriaki had his own Stand form, a green humanoid being appeared above him before firing a barrage of green crystal projectiles at all the enemies in front of him. As many of Dio's forces cried out a younger voice yelled," Hey, save some for me damn it! Go Shinning Diamond!"

A man with black hair in a blue uniform jumped in to have his own Stand, a Humanoid being clad in tall headgear, part of a mask (occasionally resembling a Corinthian helmet); and armor-like plates on many large surfaces of its body. Cables joined the back of its head to its upper back.

It looked like a heart motif between the top of its head, its chin, shoulders, celiac plexus, belt and knees; with pairs of short spikes protruding from its shoulders and ankles that had a color scheme consists of a bubblegum pink interior and light blue or silver armor.

Shinning Diamond quickly smashed through anyone it came in contact with, and as Jagi saw this he winced." Damn it all, you will regret defying Lord Dio! But, we need more power to deal with these scums! Retreat! Caranthir do your magic thing!"

The armored man behind him hissed with disgust before raising his staff, unleashing a blinding light in the process. As Doug shielded his eyes he cursed." Damn cowards, you're going to finish what you started! Huh, no!"

Doug quickly punched the air in front of him hard enough to unleash a shock-wave. However by the time the smoke cleared Doug saw that the enemies that remained were gone." Damn it! So sick of these god damn hypocrites!"

Joseph looked around to make sure no hostiles were left before he chuckled." Eh don't have a stroke about it son, we took down all of the enemies worth a damn and Dio is going to find out one way or another so at least we have some time to kill, because Dio likes to make examples out of failures.

Still, that last burst crushed what was left of their resolve, so nice timing Josuke! I'm glad all my grandsons have my stylish sense of timing!"

Josuke had Shinning Diamond vanish before he grinned." It was nothing! Glad we were not too late to the party!"

Axel looked at Josuke, before he looked at Jotaro, then looked at Joseph, and then looked back at Josuke again." Ah so your brothers eh? Wait, did I miss something or did you say Jotaro was your grandson?"

"Ah yes well, I admit Josuke was well, part of something I did not plan out in my life." Joseph muttered as he tried not to look ashamed. Doug just walked up and chuckled." Hell man no need to be shy about it, you're just a man who was not bound to a woman eh?

A man should not have to let his freedom be shackled by anyone just because they throw a hissy fit over something they don't like! When it comes down to it we are not in a place where trivial things are worth much."

Link saw tension in the face of Doug, Aqua, and a few of the others faces before he cleared his throat." Even after all these years I still don't know all the distinctions between the cultures of different worlds, but I think it's safe to say we won this battle? What I want, no, what we all need to know is, what comes from here? Should we expect a second even harsher wave in moments."

Jotaro looked at his fist before he walked up." Dio likes to take his time so we should be able to catch our breath. That being said we don't have time to waste if the plan is to go off. Josuke, Polnareff, were you able to find that merchant?"

"Just in time Jotaro." Polnareff answered confidently. Not too hard to find people when there are so few alive left in this world. Hey, you can come out now um, what's you name? Oh right, come on Ravio you're not going to die for now at least!"

Everyone saw some part of the sand in the right shift, before a man clad in purple robes wearing a bunny like mask over his face emerged. Ravio looked around and saw the remains of Dio' s forces before he winced. "Wow you guys really are quite brutal! I, I don't know if I want to get involved with this!"

Joseph grinned before throwing out," Don't worry Ravio, just get us in position to start things off to allow us to infiltrate Dio's castle and your clear. After all, you're not lying, right?"

"No of course not Mister Joestar, I don't lie from my gold star customers! I was telling the truth, I can get you guys on the Sprit Train that will go to that tower near where they are looking over one of those Divine Beasts. I, I want to see Princess Hilda safe before that scary Dio does something to her, and goes through with the forsaken Demise ritual! But we don't have much time, you have to follow me!"

Jotaro looked at Doug's group before he cracked his neck." Alright, we seen you can fight alright so what do you guys plan to do? To be blunt, there is no safe or peaceful place in this world, Dio has seen to that."

"That's fine with us dude, we did not come here seeking peace." Doug stated as he casually whipped off some of the blood off his face." Just give us a moment to tend to our affairs and we will be set. One way or another have to figure out how to keep my ship Zodiac Pinion out of sight. It's my personal ship and I did not put so much into it only for it to be lost because we started off with some bad luck."

Josuke saw Doug glance at his ship before he grinned." That's your ship eh? You said it only broke recently? Well, I might be able to do something about that, it will make this easier if we could move faster after all! Let's go to work Shinning Diamond!"

Doug raised an eyebrow as he saw the youngest of the Joestar family suddenly jumped up to the top of his ship. As the man's Stand reappeared, the blond-haired man tensed up as Josuke suddenly started punching it." Yo what you doing kid? Not sure how things work on your world but where I'm from breaking things even more is not fixing it! You better, huh?"

Doug was about to punch Josuke off his ship, when he noticed that the Zodiac Pinion was glowing as the Shinning Diamond Stand punched it. Suddenly, Doug's ship glowed with light before it slowly repaired itself, and looked like how it was before it crashed. Josuke glanced back at the Enji before grinning." Relax despite what my old man thinks I'm not a dumbass dude. It's just my Stand, Shinning Diamond, has a special ability to be able to restore objects to their original form after I infuse enough energy into it."

" Heh…I'll give you that's a handy power to have dude. Alright, its sure as a hell of a lot easier to carry everyone around on a ship so think we can fly to where your plan is to take off without this Dio punk spotting us?"

"Eh…even if he is watching us this very moment from the castle your ship will just allow us to kick things off faster." Jotaro muttered as he glanced at the spaceship."

"Cool beans dude, let me just check to make sure all the systems are a go so we don't blow up when we take off and I'll lay down the welcome mat for you folks. Sooner we waste this blow hard the better."

Axel eyed Doug carefully before closing his eyes." Just one thing man. Saw you use a move that looked a lot like Ben's Kaio Ken move back their."

"Heh, it was not like it dude it was that move! I learned it on my own, I was always a better natural fighter then Ben was anyway so it was no sweat. I wanted a ace in the hole for the next Enji Budokai. After all, that was suppose to be the only time guys like us could cut lose anymore right? Whatever."

Doug suddenly took out a cigar and used one of the flaming corpses to light it. As he smoked it Estelle gasped." Doug, your smoking? Why would you do something so dangerous?"

"Chill Estelle, with how much advanced things we got these days cancer's not going to mess with me."

"Still, it's an foul smell that,"

"No offense Estelle but this is my choice alright? Already got enough crap from Ben with him ranting I was taking unneeded risks. I get the dude takes it personally because his mom and grandfather both had cancer but he needs to chill out. Anyway, give me a sec to check out my bird alright guys? At least if it blows up in my face…it will only hurt my pride."

Doug quickly dashed to his ship, and as Aqua saw everyone look on edge she cleared her throat." I'll go with him, to check over things."

The blue haired woman left before anyone could respond. As she did Luigi looked again at where Doug killed Azrael before he gulped." Bro is it just me or does Doug seem a lot more…different then before?"

"Maybe it's the beard bro." Mario responded as he glanced where Doug dropped the cigar." It does a look like he's a let his beard grow wild Luigi. I should give him tips on how to trim it to a fine mustache! I mean it's been a few years, not everyone can keep looking as in shape as a us!"

Yoshi whimpered before adding," Yoshi thinks it's more than Doug' s beard that's changed Mario. Doug's been a fighter since we met him but now he's acting, scary. He was as mean as that super bully Brad!"

Airy suddenly flew around the three before giggling." He may be scary but if that scary rage is enough to take down all the scary guys then it works for me!"

Yoshi eyed the fairy curiously before muttering,"Hey, where did you go when everyone was fighting?"

"I was hiding under the rocks silly! What, you expected me to try and punch that scary Azrael?"

Link walked over before he shrugged." Nay Airy, but never the less you be more careful. Hear, go into this bottle for protection."

"What, you think a bottle is a fitting home for a fairy?"

"Aye…you would be surprised how well it works."

Ravio then slowly walked up to Link before uttering," Hey now, I happen to settle bottles! I can get you a nice price!"

"Is that so? Hey wait, forgive me Ravio but you look like someone I remember."

"AH what's that you wanted to buy something Mister Joestar? I'm coming."

"I must have sand in my ears, I heard nothing. Well in any case, we must go over all you know so we can best overcome the trails ahead. From what it seems, some of us have more than one kind of test to overcome."

Link did not go into details, but as Mario saw the fellow member of the Justice Force was looking at the Zodiac Pinion he just nodded before the five went over to talk to the Joestar family.

Meanwhile Doug had walked into his ship, and saw that Josuke seemed to be telling the truth as everything looked on his ship how it looked before the Beyonder unleashed his shock-wave.

As he saw the systems checked out he went over and saw his beer case in the fridge was working and smirked." Ah hell yah! Would have been a real pain to have to find theses again, replicators can't replicate vintage after all."

Before he could go further Aqua suddenly cut in with a wary,"Is drinks really the biggest thing your focused about at the moment Doug?"

Doug paused as he saw Aqua behind him before he just chuckled." Settle down Aqua, I just wanted to ensure we had something to celebrate when we shut down this pain eh? Is it that big a deal to think for the future? What you hear for anyway?"

"I came here to get a few extra potions for the coming battles Doug. However, to be bunt I want, I need to talk to you Doug!"

"Calm down Aqua, no one tell you that pre-battle confessions are a hell of a red flag?"

"This is serious Doug! I'm worried about you! We put this in the corner long enough but we have to talk about it while we have some time! You know what this is about, so are you going to tell me what's really bothering you or not?

For Cosmos's sake the others did not even realize you were off on your own, that you were doing your own thing when the angels summoned you! We have been putting on a façade for the others but I want to know what's causing you to be on edge!"

"Heh…everything's close to being destroyed from some god before there was even time, that enough of an excuse for yah to be stressed out for yah? How about the fact that this kind of thing was supposed to not happen anymore because that damn war was supposed to have destroyed every bad guy there was? Guess Cosmos did not count her kid eh? Figures, the elite always have double standards."

Aqua took a deep breath before she answered with a slow," You were sober when they were talking about why the Beyonder was a loophole right Doug? It's a pain but that's how it is. Besides, we both know you were acting this way before any of this. Doug, what the hell brought that outburst with Azrael? Even the likes of Akuma and Brad did not make you go ballistic like that. The others may be shocked but, me and Axel have been seeing you act this way for a while now in lesser out bursts.

Doug, what really happened when you went to see your relatives? Far as I can tell, everything changed after you got back from your brother. I am sorry they all died but, I thought you were not close to most of them?"

The blond-haired man had his eye twitch before bitterly uttering," That's just the thing eh Aqua? You thought things, you, Ben, Lacus, even Cosmos herself just assumes you know what a common man like me thinks and wants! To be fair, I'm guilty of it to. When all of this started I thought you knew what I wanted with this but guess that was expecting too much eh?"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean? Doug, I joined you on the Zodiac Pinion to work with you in the business you wanted to start so we could be together! You're the one who does not seem to be taking it seriously! You're the one who kept breaking commitments or endangering everything by trying to do something illegal! You are aware that the Enji Masters, Ezan and more are aware of what you done right? They only did not bring it up to Ben and Lacus because they knew how much that would upset him!"

"Not my fault bro is supposed to be the big man yet has a fragile ego eh?"

"Damn it Doug its upsetting me to! But you just laugh it off and go drinking at the nearest bar, sometimes jumping to lightspeed just to do it! You leave me and Axel to clean up whatever mess you make, but how do you seriously expect to build a reputation for our business when you seem to be willing to sabotage things on a whim?"

Doug just burst out laughing before he leaned down."That's the thing, I'm building the kind of reputation I wanted! I'll give you that it's my bad I assumed you understood me, but I was hoping you were not one of those shallow dames that only cared about being on the top of the hill! I never cared about being a rich snob like Weil Zabi and the others! Cash is just a means to an end with me Aqua, as long as I have enough means to be free to do what I want that's all I need.

I never cared about fitting in with "the man", they never wanted me as part of their system! They think I was too dumb to hear them? That I was just Ben and Cloud's side kick and that I was not worth respecting? TO hell with that, if saving the universe was not enough for them then nothing will!"

"Doug it's not as simple as that! True some of our clients were rude, but you were rude back! If you did not show respect why did you think they would show respect to you?"

"I saw it in their eyes Aqua, they thought they were better than a "commoner" like me!

Even if all the really evil pricks like Weil died when Zannacross went down, I still was never part of the elite's world, and I don't want to be part of it either! Its fine if that's how some folks like it but the simple life was always the best for me. Ben always wanted to prove he was not trash and could make it to the top but I'm fine being one of the decent, honest folk.

Aqua, if you want different things then me in life that's fine but if you misunderstood then let me make it clear now that I don't give a damn if my job does not change from where it is now till the day I die, till the day everything dies!

I'm a man who cares about the simple honest pleasures girl, just having a good time eating, drinking, punching, and all that basic stuff that a man was meant to do. I'm not going to turn into something I an't, not for old man Gouken, Ben, Cosmos or even you!"

Aqua grasped her fist and asserted all her willpower not to look upset before she looked down." Doug, I don't care about being a "Elite" either but I do care about my honor! The reputation one has in the media, the public, is one thing, but I do care about people being able to trust me, to trust my word!

You say it's because things change, and maybe it's true sometimes the people we dealt with were not always telling us the truth. However, you did not even bother to try and reach a understanding, despite what you say I saw the look in your eyes, you were just all too happy to be defiant, to cause conflict! It may not be trying to push for war but you seem to enjoy pushing for a conflict, to unravel the peace Ben and all the Enji are trying to impose!"

"I thought you were smart Aqua, smart enough to know Ben's dream utopia world is just a dream! People don't want to get along, its who we are! If everyone was not so hell bent on being political correct and be honest about how things where it would be so much simpler! Maybe it makes the weak unhappy but, that's just how things are! Push things to hard your just like Zannacross and his fan club, trying to remake things just to how one person wishes things! Ben's starting to forget that, c'mon you saw what I saw and you don't think that?"

"Ben and Lacus have earned the right to try and do what can be done to improve things for the better Doug. Besides, are you the final authority on what is right? You think everyone should just be how you think you are? Is that the excuse you had when you kissed that girl Doug?"

Doug's eyes hardened before snapping out,"Don't give me that excuse Aqua! That was just a woman thanking me for a job well done, and it's nothing compared to what you done! You think I'm just a moron? Think I did not know how you and Axel are getting closer? Think the writing is not on the wall? I been down that road, I'm just sparing the drama this time."

"Damn it Doug, now who is jumping to conclusions? Look, I know Maria deceived and cheated you and I'm sorry for that. I would never do what she did and cheat on you behind your back! But yes, I have been getting closer to Axel. Neither of us meant for it to happen, but we just got closer, as you got more distant.

I needed someone to confine in, but you should know I swear me and him have done nothing serious, nothing, physical. I've been tempting, but I also wanted to fight for what I thought we had! I'm willing to fight for it but only if you are!"

Doug saw Aqua looked earnest, before he chuckled bitterly." I'll trust that you have not screwed Axel yet, but you already mentally cheated on me anyway. But, I don't care, true love is just another con anyway, the only people that are loyal to each other till they die are the ones that have no choice or don't give the other any choice. You don't seem keen on the path I'm going on so that's all there is to it eh?"

"Is that seriously the best excuse you have? Love has worked for countless others across time Doug, it can work if you just try! I know you wanted to travel but I hoped we would have a home of our own at some point! But you turned every single planet down!"

"Ben and Lacus have their home being a ship and I don't see you moaning about that!"

"It's not the same and you know it! You have not even bothered thinking about having a home for us!"

"Maybe I'm just fine on being rootless eh Aqua? Houses are a pain, all that house up keep crap is what kick-started half the fights in my family. Damn it, this is just who I am! Maybe Ben and all the other "special" people can make it work out but not for a common man like me Aqua. Nah…I just can't stomach putting up a show for the con job anymore, all I care about is keeping it real."

"Doug…please tell me what the hell happened with your family? With what really happened?"

The member of Squad 7 suddenly looked like he was going to erupt again before he yelled out," Why the hell does everyone keep asking that? I woke up Aqua, I woke the hell up! Everyone else may want to stick their heads in their dream worlds but I rather be honest and do what the is real! True freedom, that's always been what I cared about more then anything!"

Aqua was starting to get upset before in the distance Yuri shouted out," Hey what's the holdup guys? Those Joestars are getting antsy, something wrong?"

Doug paused for a moment and just chuckled." Nah Yuri, just double checking things. Tell them I'm coming."

"Alright then, see yah on deck."

Doug glanced back at Aqua and just smirked." I keep saying I don't like drama, and I'm honest about it. No point dragging the others down with this, it's my affairs to set in order, no one else's."

Aqua just turned around before she grasped her hands tightly." Your right that this is not the time Doug but, when it is time I'm going to get you to spill everything about this no matter what. Doug...no man is a island, no one can live in complete isolation no matter how strong they are. One way or another, I can't seeing you like this."

Doug saw the woman he said he loved walk out, and when she left he just spat on the ground." God damn it Aqua, just see what kind of person I am and give it up already! No matter how hard you try, I'm not going to be Max!

After what happened to my family its clear what I am. Trying to be what I'm not just drags out the drama. All these big fancy ideas are just jokes because you all can't take admit the truth.

But, the simple things are the only things that are real! I'll take those basic pleasures over the cons no matter what. But it's because smug punks have to keep making noise with their con jobs and dreams that things keep being a pain. Damn it, I just wanted to be truly free, from expectations, from everything! But they keep dragging me back.

Maybe it really is impossible for a man to live on his own, but then its Cosmos's fault for making "True Freedom" just a big joke! But no matter how hard she tries to spin things, in the end its just a fancy mask for how things really are, for how things always will be!

Heh, in the end everything dies, so I'll just do what I can to hold on to real pleasures when I see them.

That's why I'll trash this Dio punk and every last one of this Beyonder's shills so they can just leave me alone and I don't have to deal with all these god damn ego's anymore."

Doug took a drink from one of the beverages and burped before going to join the others.

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As he did little did he know that his current target was reveling in his power. Elsewhere on the Battle World, in the throne room of a flying castle a man had just entered said throne room, a man had just entered the chamber.

He was skinny with red, braided hair and wore a black robe with a reversed Triforce symbol on his chest, a purple cape with red trimming, blue and black puffy pants and yellow elf shoes. On his face he had eye makeup, diamond earrings, and lipstick. The thin man saw many looking at him and just grinned." I have returned, Lord Dio."

In the distance a man responded with a collected." I can see that, Yuga. What matters to me is if you returned with what I sought."

"But of course, my master. I give the sage Seres credit for being crafty. But, she forgot to address her weakness, her heart. All it took was finding her child and she came to me on cue, leaving her self so open I was able to seal her in a way to properly transport her for your audience."

Yuga then took out a portrait form his pocket and threw it to the ground. He then took out a like staff that resembled a paintbrush before he pointed it at the painting. Moments later a woman in green hair and blue robes appeared, with a young child in her arms.

The woman looked mortified as she saw Yuga grinning at her. She then grasped her scared child." Yuga, what did you do?"

The same man from before chuckled before casually uttering," He brought you to me woman, to your destiny."

As Seres swerved around she saw the man that spoke to her was a thin but well-built man who looked in his early thirties. He had golden eyes and short blond hair gelled to be spikey. The man was clad in gold, black and red clothing with a heart-shaped circlet on his head, and glossy rings for his cuffs. On his lab was a puppy with a human's head. The man had an elegant look to his face, but as he glanced into the woman's eyes she turned pale." No…Dio, Dio Branford?"

Dio slowly descended from his throne with an arrogant smirk." Foolish wench, that's DIO, master of all to you. You must be quite spoiled, your parents never taught you how to beg to your superiors. That's a trait you sorely need, since it will take quite a lot of begging to convince me to not kill someone who still dares to associate with the Joestars."

Seres grasped her child tightly as she whimpered out,"Please Lord Dio, please spare my child she is innocent! I'll do whatever you wish just please don't harm her!"

As she grasped her child a cross like necklace fell off and landed near Dio's feet. The blond man picked it up, snickered and crushed it so hard it became dust before he walked forward. "Only now do you see you put faith in the wrong god eh madam? Let me confirm your desire, madam." He took a rose out of his pocket before he closed his eyes." You will give everything to me without resistance as long as your offspring is untouched correct?"

The woman in front of Dio saw many vicious looking servants around him look at her with amusement before she cried out,"Please, leave my child alone, and I'll do anything you want."

"Anything you say? But, do you have anything to give? Let's see."

Seres held her breath, but nothing happened. She just felt colder and, as she glanced down she realized in an instant all of her clothing was all shredded leaving her naked before Dio. As his servants just chuckled she just winced.

Dio saw her just grasp her child carefully before his human headed pet barked eagerly at the woman. However, Dio swiftly threw him in the air and kicked him so hard that the hybrid shattered.

He put up his hand." Tsc…it's clear that experiment was a failure. Ah…I am no barbarian madam; your resolve moves me to tears. Thus I Dio vow that neither myself or my many followers will lay a hand on your child. But of course, first you must prove your loyalty to me. After all, there should be no worries between mother and child, no fear, yes?"

As Dio discarded the rose and went up to her Seres steeled herself." I'll do what you ask, just please spare my child."

"Ok ok, your desire is clear woman. Now just prove your words are not hollow."

Seres saw Dio get close to her, took a deep breath and put her child down before she got closer and kissed Dio in the mouth. After the two finished kissing Dio walked back and smirked." There, was pledging loyalty to me as horrible as my enemy's propaganda made it out to be?"

The woman suddenly twitched before her head lowered. Her child whimpered before muttering,"Momma, are you ok? Wh, AHH!"

The child screamed as she saw her mother suddenly had fangs. Seres then twitched before rasping out,"My sweet baby, mine!"

Dio saw the woman twitch before she grasped her child, and started devouring her. Dio saw this and merely grasped another rose." As I said, we won't harm the child as I promised. Instead you do it yourself. Yes…it's a tragedy of your own choosing, how sad. Ah, bring that whore to Hilda, a reunion with her old friend will be amusing, for me. But enough about the entertainment, time for business. Have the Joestars been found yet?"

Yuga looked around anxiously, but before he could respond a woman's voice cut in." Lord Dio, I regret I have unpleasant news."

A woman with tan skin clad in a lightly armored black dress with a mask over the upper part of her face walked in. Dio saw her and just smirked." Ah you have nothing to fear Cia, it's those that failed me that should brace themselves. I take it someone indeed discovered that wretched clan, only to fail to bring them before me? Who is it that needs to be punished? That Immortan Joe has been getting to smug as of late. As Battle World enters its final stage I will tolerate no incompetence."

"It is in fact Azrael that failed you Lord Dio, him and his unit. Jagi returned, and said that Azrael, Verse, and D'Vorah all fell in a confrontation with Jotaro. What is more, it seems he had found a new ally, one blond haired man who was powerful enough to overpower Azrael."

This news caused Dio to raise an eyebrow."Azrael fell in battle, to the likes of such vermin? How?"

"Jagi said it was too fast for him to see master, but it seemed this person had enough power, enough rage to overwhelm Azrael."

"Well, I'll concede that was not expected, I figured all the class S warriors were discovered by now. So, Jonathan's scion have managed to stumble on to a powerful game piece this late in the game?"

Before Cia could answer another creaky voice cut in with an eager." He must be one of the new players Rabum Alal was talking about a while back master. But fret not, the Bedman has already used Heaven's Door to read Jagi's memories and get a look on this new ally of the Joestar family, and has assured you he already knows how to use this new warrior's passion against him and has a trap planned."

Dio swerved around and saw the voice came from a purple colored life form with no legs, long thin claw like hands, a wide mouth and wide yellow eyes. Hearing the new arrivals' words just caused the blond vampire to snicker." Now then Antasma, if you and Bedman are just trying to gain favors with a façade your punishment will be most severe."

"Rest assured this is the truth lord Dio! Its clear brute strength is this fighter's element, so we will attack him in his mind! If things go as good as the Bedman thinks, you will have a servant even more brutal and powerful then Azrael, and have a champion beyond your vildest dreams!"

Dio glanced up as he saw the other planets, and just narrowed his eyes." I'll be the judge of that. Either way, it's time to force this entire planet to submit to my will. Yomi, Thulsa Doom, Eredin, Raizen, Aku, Dagda, Enki, that annoying Kenshiro, and all others besides the Joestars have been eradicated.

Once I settle the score with that revolting family once and for all, with the combined power of the Divine Beasts and the Forsaken Demise Ritual I'll amass enough Magatsuhi to take out the champions of the other planets! Jojo rubbish, you can try and stop me if you like but no matter how many fools you amass you will never again deny the will of the ultimate personification of grace that is Dio Brando!

Authors Notes: I know we have a lot of new players introduced in this chapter so if your not aware of them firstly, D'Vorah is a fighter in Mortal Kombat 10, Verse is the final boss of King of Fighters 14, Jagi is a bad guy in the Fist of the North Star series, Caranthir is from Witcher 3 the Wild hunt, Antasma is from the Mario Dream Team RPG game, one of the few worthwhile new people added in a Mario game in the past decade...and Airy is from, something.

Meanwhile Ravio and Yuga are from Link Between Worlds and Cia is from the semi cannon Zelda Dynasty warriors game.

Azrael was a fighter in Blazblue, introduced in Chrono Phantasma. He was a brutal fighter who was not even defeated in the game's storyline but I wanted to show how far Doug had come.

Meanwhile, most of the others like Dio and the Joestars are from the long running series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. While the anime only aired recently and the dub only aired last year Jojo is nearly as old as Dragon ball as the first segment, Phantom Blood, debuted in 1987. As old school as Dragon Ball, it may seem dated at time but still has enough style to be charming, and the quality of its fights still holds up to many modern manga.

Jojo is a series that spans generations, Jotaro is from the third series, the most famous one Stardust Crusaders, while Josake is from the one after that, Diamond is Unbreakable. Its a series that as its title indicates, can be quite bizarre, as a sample one person gains a power that evolves from firing his nails as bullets to projectiles that can alter reality.

It does have its, extremely odd parts but over all its fun.

Well, hope you all liked my adaptation of that series and all the others in this chapter. Hope you liked it enough to leave a review and till next time.