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!

27. Chapter 227: Flavor of One's Persona

Chapter 227:If Only I Had Thorns Like a Thistle...The Flavor of Passion!

"Ben…please be alright. This can't be the end. No…it won't be the end because I refuse to let it end like this!"

The moment Lacus saw the Tri-Edge and all the other ships around her get blown into the other worlds her heart was consumed with worry for her boyfriend. But the shock-wave that nearly knocked her off her feet swiftly forced her to think about herself.

The Enji saw her comrades try to cling on with various levels of success, and as the ship was knocked upside down the captain of the ship, the Wave-Rider, a man in his thirties with a brown beard to match his short hair, Rip Hunter, grasped his chair as tight as he could as he frantically tried to look at his ship's systems." Gideon, please tell me the Wave-Rider is not fried!"

"Since I'm talking to you sir, that should be evident enough." The ship's on-board AI dryly retorted." However, I regret to say are engines have been completely disabled from the collision with that burst of energy."

Hiryuumon heard this and gulped." That's good cause I was worried that Beyonder was putting us in real trouble!"

As the ship spun around even faster Terra Branford flew up to stabilize herself, before she saw how fast the Wave rider was spinning and winced." He may not have destroyed the ship outright Hiryuumon, but if we are unable to stop ourselves from hitting something it still is going to be a disaster!"

Rip chuckled grimly as he leaned forward." Well…we will just have to make sure we avoid that fate yes Miss Branford? Miss Lance, if you can get anything at all to respond now would be a good time to know."

As everyone saw the ship descend into the planet's atmosphere the striking blond woman in a white body suit, Sara Lance ran up before she shrugged." Well, the controls are still working, at least we can choose were we crash."

Trunks quickly looked outside the ship, and only saw clouds before he grasped his fist." Based on what we heard so far, I would not expect a warm welcome. I don't sense any power levels below but for all we know the Beyonder can shield every last enemy. Well, lets do what we can. As soon as we stabilize, I'll stop the ship's descent!"

Sarah Lance saw something pop out before she cringed."Hey…you Super Saiyans can move real fast right Time boy? Cause, we need to do something fast!"

Everyone got even tenser as they saw an object popping out of the clouds. As the object got closer Velvet Crow, the more recent member of the Enji Knights had her eye twitch." Damn it, I thought you guys knew what you were doing!? You had us all die for nothing!"

Lacus saw the orange rock get closer before she saw the Wave-rider's shields were still disabled before she grasped her right hand tightly." No, I did not come here just to die! Hold on everyone, it will be bumpy but I will protect you!"

Holy energy shimmered out of her fist before she cast a quick barrier spell to protect the ship. The magic finished just as the Wave-rider collided. To her ally's relief, the angel's magic worked, causing the ship to bounce off without suffering any damage. The Wave-Rider bounced around for a few more moments before landing on the ground. With the only damage being to their stomachs, the group made sure they were still alive before Collette giggled. "Awesome you did it again Lacus! Great, whoa"!

Lacus saw her teammate was dizzier then she let on and tripped over a chair before she smirked."Glad it worked."

Milla Maxwell flicked her long blond hair back as she walked up." We are all grateful to have your vast magic at our side Miss Raystar. It was a rough first step, but we made it. Now, at least we have enough time to figure out where we made that step."

Kirby moaned as he fell off the ceiling." Wait everyone, can't we eat first? I know we have a lot to do but going into another dimension and nearly crashing made me really hungry! Oh…I'm so hungry I could eat a whole mountain! Hey, wait, did I hit my head or does that mountain look like food?"

Lacus raised an eyebrow as she looked out the window and gasped as she saw Kirby was not hallucinating, for the mountain they nearly smashed into was in fact, a mountain sized carrot.

The brown haired Enji flicked her bang out of her face as she looked around and saw that there was a piece of broccoli just as large behind it, with large food all over the garden like area before she raised an eyebrow."I expected a lot of things, but I admit I did not expect this to be how Battle-World looked like."

Ben's Digimon partner could not help but have his mouth water at the sight of all the food before he gulped."Oh man, is this one of those things that look so good to be true that it's a trap Lacus? Because…even if they are all vegetables a place with food that juicy looks great! Maybe this Battle-World really is a eating contest? If that's true, then don't worry between me and Kirby we got this!"

Trunks eyed the area carefully and saw what looked like a beanstalk before he took out his sword." Even after spending so many years patrolling the time-stream, I've only seen a few worlds with food this giant. Be on guard, we could very well be in a world of giants or something. Well, at least this does not look like Planet Vegeta."

Millia's "stepsister" Muzét flew up and giggled before the Grand Sprit floated above Trunks." Well we will never find out if we just wonder in here eh purple man? At least this will not be boring, lets go sister!"

Hiryuumon suddenly paused before he gulped."Hey hold on everyone! What about boss and the others? Won't it be a good idea to make sure he, that all the others are ok?"

Lacus winced as she saw everyone looking at her for guidance. After a moment of her fears about Ben flashing by, she took a deep breath before she leaned down to pet Hiryuumon on the head." I'm worried to, but we both know Ben's to stubborn to let something like this do him in, right? He's ok, I feel it."

Trunks raised an eyebrow as he looked up in the sky."You can sense his Ki? I can't sense anyone outside the ship."

"Not quite that Trunks." Lacus answered playfully as she grasped her chest." But he and I have a bond that's as deep as it gets, our souls were legit one for a while. That's why, even if its faint, I can feel his spark even if it was in another dimension. Ben is ok, for now. I, admit I can't sense the others, but we have to have faith in them. We all got a job to do, so let's work as hard as we can ok?"

As everyone looked assured Rip chuckled."I suppose it is true that theorizing will accomplish little. Might as well see what we are dealing with while we get the Wave-Rider back up."

Lacus made sure the Oath-keeper was secure before she nodded. She suddenly winced and coughed from the stress, and as she swept some sweat off her brow one of Velvet's home world comrades, the red haired green-eyed woman in green with a spear, Eleanor Hume, saw Lacus looking sweaty before she grimaced." Are you alright Miss Raystar? You look…stressed."

Lacus saw a barrage of worried glances before she just unzipped her uniform an inch and fanned herself."No worries. I admit its been a while since I had to push myself so hard but no biggie."

Hiryuumon tensed up before he ran over."You sure Lacus? I know its been a while but, we never really tested what would happen to you if you pushed yourself this hard since you know, you nearly lost your body."

"Don't worry Hiryuumon." Lacus threw out calmly."Its been years since I had to go into the Star Sword to recharge."

"Sorry Lacus, don't mean to make you feel bad. Its just, with the boss hear as his partner its up to me to make sure the woman he loves is ok."

"Your so sweet Hiryuumon. But don't worry, I promise I'm fine. After all, I have to be right?"

Sarah Lance saw Lacus pet the rookie level Digimon before she smirked."I know you're the super angel girl and all Raystar, but don't try and look to tough or when your enemy calls your bluff we all are going to lose."

Before Lacus could respond another of Velvet's native teammates giggled. She was a woman with long, platinum-blond hair and light skin. Her clothing was an eclectic mix of pink and blue, with hints of lavender, and resembles that of a court jester. Her skirt consisted of books, each with a designated purpose.

This magic user, the witch known as Magillanica Lou Mayvin or Magilou threw out a pretend cry of horror before making a dramatic pose." If the beloved angelic savior is tired out we are all doomed! DOOMED!"

Lacus saw Magilou was being coy and just rolled her eyes."Relax guys, I trained with Ben to pass the time, I promise I can go the distance."

The third women in history with the Antitype Apostle bloodline winked before going to walk out of the Wave-Rider she took a glance as the others gathered their gear before she sighed."With the fate of everything on the line, I have to be. I admit…I'm a little winded but, hopefully we won't face anyone to tough till we can rejoin Ben and the others. Just, have to pace myself."

Lacus saw Sarah, the woman with the code name,"White Canary" wink at her before she sighed and walked out. To her relief as she stepped outside into the planet's atmosphere the scans were not off and the atmosphere and gravity felt normal.

Lacus saw a glowing blue butterfly flutter around her, before landing on her finger, producing a smile from her.

As the rest joined her Yuna looked around and shrugged."So…do we just look around for enemies to fight?"

"Even if that's what Battle-World is all about, we might as well be smart about this." Trunks uttered." Not sure if the enemy knows where we are already but, might as well not take any chances. Seriously watch your back, for all we know the vegetables might transform and attack."

Hiryuumon licked his lips as he glanced at a tomato the size of a house."Well if that really is true Mister Trunks, we better eat them first! I did see that Attack of the Killer Tomato's movie, I'm not going to let them sucker punch, or more like sucker bite me! If we are going to have a lot of fighting better have my stomach be super full!"

"Good idea Hiryuumon!" Kirby added eagerly." Its not a Maximum Tomato but it will do!"

Hiryuumon let a small stream of fire out of his mouth to get ready to cook his meal, but as it hit the ground, said ground shook, and a monstrous elephant like roar boomed out. Velvet quickly had her arm blade shoot out before her eyes darted around." I thought you guys where the best of the best? Seems like the enemy swooped in right under your nose!"

Lacus touched the ground, and realized it vibrated a bit before she quickly jumped into the air."That's because the threat's been underneath us the entire time Velvet! Guys, I think we crash landed right into a monster!"

The others quickly saw Lacus was right, as a giant mammoth trunk arise out of the ground. Trunks saw the Wave Rider go flying and quickly used his strength to fly up and catch it.

As Lacus and the others quickly landed on firmer substance she saw the creature was a mammoth like being with furry red body covered in black stripes and had six muscular legs and two long trunks with the body length of one thousand and five hungered meters and a height of one thousand meters.

Seeing the gigantic mammoth roar caused Milla to take out her blade."I figured we would encounter powerful enemies, but I confess they would be a tad more, traditional."

"Maybe this is real enemies pet eh sister?" Muzét threw out playfully as fire formed around her finger trips."Either way, it all comes down to the fact that we can't afford to be the meal today!"

Muzét swiftly unleashed a fire ball right for the mammoth's eye. However, her target roared in response before lifting its right trunk and begun to use it like it was a vacuum the size of a skyscraper. Kirby felt himself being sucked in before he pouted." Hey, I was going to have a snack, not be the snack! Bad Mammoth!"

The pintsized hero dug in before attempting to suck in the vastly larger creature, and as Trunks saw Kirby open his mouth and unleash his own vacuum he cringed." Wait, Kirby right? There is no way you can suck in a monster that big! Lets, oh?"

The purple haired man was shocked to see Kirby unleash enough pressure to match the suction of the Mammoth, and saw the giant monster get dragged a few feet before he raised an eyebrow." Or…maybe you, can? Are, you related to Majin Buu? He…did end up diffusing to have a "family" over the years. Eh…just another thing to check up on with the Supreme Kai of Time when this is done. Just, keep it busy and I'll knock it out in a flash."

Trunks drew his sword, and as the Enji did the same a rough male voice shouted out from the right,"Wait…don't waste all that Jewel Meat! I got it!"

Lacus paused as she looked at the voice. She and her former teammates braced for another opponent, but just as she prepared to defend herself she saw a new figure head not for her, but for the mammoth's head.

As the figure jumped out of the trees she saw the voice came from an extremely muscular and exceptionally tall male with somewhat messy blue neck-length hair. He had three scars running from his left ear to just under his left eye and had strong, angular facial features and somewhat catlike eyes.

He could be seen wearing a tight muscle orange spandex jumpsuit consisting of tight spandex orange cargo pants with pockets on the legs, dark blue knee-high boots, a black belt, a thin tight muscle black t-shirt with a tight muscle orange sleeveless vest both tucked in, and a red arm band on his left arm.

The blue haired man jumped right for the Mammoth with a hungry look in his eye."Your sneaky for a Regal Mammoth, you must have scared the tourists! But I don't have time to waste, I'm hungry! Fold Spiked Punch!"

The scar faced man had his left hand turn into an into a 'claw' or "fork" like position while his right turned into a 'chopping' position. Just as the Regal Mammoth turned to him the man he built up power in his arm, before unleashes it as a flurry of straight jabs. Lacus could make out blue energy that discharged from the man's arm, and saw it almost looked like a nail before it discharged into the massive beast.

A shock-wave broke out, the Mammoth gave a roar of pain before toppling over. The beast was dead the moment it landed, and as Lacus saw blood come out of the mammoth's mouth and saw the one that knocked out the beast land looking like he just blew out a candle caused her to sigh."Well, this seems about right. Let's see how wild this guy's going to be."

Lacus braced herself as she got into a fighting stance. But as the man looked at everyone, he just noticed Hiryuumon and Kirby looking at him curiously before he grinned." Alright, I knew that this place would have new ingredients with all the changes going on lately! Awesome, an exotic touch will really bring out the flavor!"

Hiryuumon saw the blue haired man looking right at him before he growled."Hey what's the big idea? I don't know where you're from man but I'm not food!"

"That's right, eating people is just nasty!" Kirby threw out defensively. The remark caused Hiryuumon to pause before he glanced down at his pink friend." Hey, wait Kirby you eat your enemy's all the time! You eat them even more then Yoshi!"

"Yah but it's only a bad thing when you gobble down bad guys!"

"Guys…you're missing the crucial thing!" Magilou cut in tensely." And that's that we have some crazy strong cannibal who wants to eat us!"

Yuna grimaced as she took out her guns."Great, I knew this Battle-World would be full of savages, but I did not think it would be savage enough that are enemies saw us as mere ingredients!"

"Well I beat back savage wills before, and I'll do it again."Lacus uttered steely as memories of Brad's abuse flashed across her mind." You may feel like you can do what you want where you come from, but I'll make you see the hard way we are not prey!"

The man saw Lacus and all the other woman glaring at him before he winced." Hey wait hold on! Er…sorry if I gave off the wrong impression but I did not want to eat all of you! I have a pretty wide pallet, but I promise humans are not part of my "Full Course". And, if those guys are your pets then I'll pass on eating them, no matter how rare and tasty they look."

Lacus saw the blue haired man look defensive, and tried to read his aura to feel out his intentions before suddenly a new, more collective male voice from behind the other man cut in with,"Toriko, did you cause people to think you were going to eat them again? Damn it, we have enough people to worry about as it is man!"

Lacus and co saw a new man calmly walk up behind this Toriko, a man with short black hair wearing an all-black suit with green bands wrapping around it at the wrists, elbows, waist, neck and an additional one on top of his head. To his side was another man with long rainbow hair wearing a blue and purple outfit and a small kid with black hair with cooking utensils.

The blue haired man, Toriko, winced as he swerved around and chuckled."Hey, give me a break Coco, I smelled the Regal Meat and got excited. You, Sunny or Zebra smell anything important?"

The rainbow haired man smirked as he flicked his hair back."Well, a few, unique things but, we should not forget our manners. Hello ladies, did you just land here recently?"

Lacus looked at her teammates before she responded with a guarded."More or less. This place is strange to us, but you don't seem very surprised about it. Is this…your home?"

Toriko laughed at this before he looked around."No way lady, though Vegetable Sky Zone is a great place to have dinner. We were just looking around here for things."

Trunks eyed Toriko carefully as he responded with a guarded,"Oh, like what? Opponents?"

"Why…does ingredients mean opponents where you're from?" Toriko blurted out." Cause, for us it means things we use for food. Now, if you want to fight your going to get it, but the only ones I have a bone to pick with are the Gourmet Corps and their teammates."

Lacus saw the man looked sincere before she raised an eyebrow."Is that so? Sorry to be impolite. As we landed here we heard the Beyonder say that we had to fight for some sort of grand planet wide battle royal."

Toriko chuckled as he looked back at the bean stock." Oh right, the big voice in the sky's orders, right? It was a pain when he is treating me and everyone I know like a damn game piece, but I'll admit he spiced things up a bit, adding even more exotic ingredients for my "Full Course!" I'm sure as hell going to fight to live and eat, but as one of the Gourmet Hunters Four Heavenly Kings, no matter if the entire universe changes food will always be my top priority."

Hiryuumon saw Lacus and the other ladies giving each other baffled looks before the dragon Digimon sniffed the self-proclaimed Gourmet Hunter before his eyes widened." Oh, wow you guys really do smell like you've eaten all kinds of food, and that's just your breath! So, you four heavenly kings are like, the ultimate chiefs or something? That's great, I'm starving!"

Coco chuckled as he crossed his arms."Not quite dragon pup. Not to be to conceited but, us Four Heavenly Kings are the most idolized and recognized Gourmet Hunters of are generation.

For the countless achievements that we have made in the field of gourmet hunting by discovering countless new ingredients, with Toriko here having discovered over six thousand kinds of new ingredients.

It is these many discoveries and contributions to the Gourmet Age, as well as being the chosen successors of President Ichiryu that have given us are esteemed reputation. The fact that you are not aware of this proves your from far away indeed. Ah well, good thing we found you all when we did before that ignorance cost you."

Velvet eyed the Gourmet Hunters cagily before she shrugged."Oh? Since you insist that you're not our enemy, then your implying that there are other threats around here?"

Sunny flicked his hair back before throwing out a debonair,"Are passion is cooking first my dear, but there are those that want to deprave us of that glory, along with our lives. The Gourmet Hunters Toriko talked about are those enemies, and they are very determined to stop us."

Sarah chuckled as she took out her weapon, a steel fighting staff."Maybe they are but trust us boys, we are girls that can handle some hard-core chiefs."

Toriko raised an eyebrow as he eyed the group in front of him carefully." You really must be from another world like that voice in the sky said if your thinking that. Lady, I don't know how things are on your world, but on Gourmet world, Chiefs, Gourmet Hunters are the most powerful people in the planet!

I'm still the strongest, but the others like that glutton Midora can be a pain. Still, even with all that's going on nothing's going to throw me off my goal! Just been adjusting to all the changes going on but, its not going to stop me for long!"

Lacus was about to respond when suddenly a low collected voice cut in sharply from the right."Your dreams spoiled Toriko, no matter how many allies you attempt to collect you won't have enough ingredients to pull off a victory!"

Everyone looked at the right to see three beings were riding a thin black dragon. The one directing the dragon was a tall pale-skinned man slightly taller than Toriko, with long black hair.

He wore an imposing metal helmet over his face, and was clad like a black knight in formal attire, wearing a large black cloak with numerous crescent shaped buttons and a black cape, along with a formal black top and trousers complete with a white sash tied around his waist and a white napkin stuffed in his collar. On his feet were black armored boots.

Toriko saw the masked man coming for him, and snarled like a beast."Damn it, still trying to take everything for yourself, Starjun? To hell with you and Midora, you been going along with all that tacky stuff in the city, you lost your pride!"

The masked man, Starjun, casually landed on the ground as he flicked back his cape." I' concede that all the webs being weaved by our allies in Xibalba are…a tad tacky for both me and the boss's taste.

Still, as long as they honor the agreement, we will do what we can to help are allies if it realizes the Neo Gourmet Eclipse realized. You were foolish to think allies could help you Toriko, now they will suffer for your foolishness."

Velvet raised an eyebrow before spitting out,"Excuse me? I don't recall us being pals with these jokers. Besides, look down on us and you will be the one eating dirt!"

Starjun gave the woman a detached look, before a much older male voice cackled out," Watch your sass lady, or I'll just have to suck it all out!"

The group of women saw a new man land in front of Starjun. He was a tall man with a muscular build and a hunchback. He had four arms, each pair with a different skin tone. He had two piercings on his neck, three on his chin, and a few on his second pair of arms.

He had white eyes with a very big black iris, which makes his eyes look black. Each iris contains three white pupils adjacent to each.

He wore a bright green bandana with floral patterns and had long, black pants and black shoes. As the man flashed his pitch-black teeth he took out a massive straw." You wanted to put the Kings in their place right boss? Let us handle the tourists!"

Starjun cracked his neck before he walked up to Toriko." Just don't be sloppy, Grinpatch."

The four-armed man grinned as he saw all the Enji get into fighting stances."I get sloppy with a lot of things, meals are not one of them. Heh…the meals look so, appetizing to. Still, looks like they could use some tenderizing! Breath Missile!"

The member of the Gourmet Corps suddenly had his chest expand like he was part balloon, before he unleashed a massive burst of air. The woman from the village of Aball sneered before her right hand glowed and transformed into a demonic shape.

She swiftly charged at the attack, and showed off her power as her demonic hand blocked the wind. As she charged forward she saw Grinpatch's shock and yelled out," I'm not backing down to some punk who thinks he can beat me with a damn straw!"

The black-haired woman had her aura blaze out as she charged right through the gust till her demonic hand grasped the straw hard enough to cut off the air. This caused the many armed man to swell up like a balloon, and Velvet wasted no time seeing weakness in her enemy as a blade sided out of her other arm.

Before she could proceed she saw a large bee going for her. She swiftly sliced it in half, but saw more of its kind coming for her, causing her to curse and back off. Lacus saw swarms of the same bugs flying down like a rainstorm before a higher pitched male voice hissed out,"Grinpatch you got careless! I have to cover your sloppy back again!"

The group saw a new being descend from the insects, and it was a man with a bob cut hairstyle with a pink pigment. He had large compact eyes with black pupils and almost no visible nose and wore red lipstick.

He wore a dark blue polka dotted shirt dotted punk, a lavender veil around his waist, and cerise pants. As the man floated down behind Grinpatch the four-armed man coughed a bit before he got back up."Sorry Tommyrod…the meals looked so appetizing that I lost control."

"The menu does look especially exotic today. But remember, Sous Chef of the Gourmet Corp must do business before pleasure! Don't want boss Midora to get mad now right? Anyone that holds up the cooking is going to squirm! Bomb Egg Storm!"

The demented Gourmet Corps member widened his jaw before releasing a barrage of eggs, that quickly hatched to become hostile bugs. Lacus and the others saw insectoid monsters of various sizes come from all sides before she quickly unleashed her Radiant Storm spell to blow away many of her enemies with a barrage of holy blasts.

Lacus, Trunks, and the others held back on going all out till they were sure just what the extent their enemies could do, and as they fought away the insectoid hoard, Starjun saw Toriko fighting some of the bugs off before he saw the black-haired kid behind him and calmly walked up to him.

As the shorter male saw the masked man walking up to him he cringed, but Starjun merely extended his hand."You're the chief of the Four Kings yes? You must have some luck to have lived along side them this long, perhaps you even have Gourmet Luck. However, your luck is bound to run out when you tag along with inferior chefs. I came to get you kid, so you can cook for the Neo Gourmet Eclipse!"

The kid gulped before shouting out a defiant,"I don't care how scary you and your boss and all the others are! I'm only making a feast for Toriko and the others!"

"Foolish boy, loyalty will just bring you death!"

Starjun went to grasp the boy, before Toriko suddenly appeared at his side to grasp his arm hard enough to stop him in his tracks. As the masked man glared at the blue haired man, his target glared back."Hey…hands off Komatsu! The only one he is cooking for in all of existence, is for me! "Leg Knife!"

Toriko showed off how powerful he could be when he was serious as he swung his right leg, and in a flash a wave of blue energy faintly shaped like a knife roared out for Starjun.

The masked man responded by jumping into the air, but while he evaded the Leg Knife projectile, as he got into the air Toriko was already above him, and just as Starjun noticed this the blue haired man yelled out,"Leg Fork!"

Another blue energy blast shaped like a fork shot out of the man's knee cap and hit Starjun dead on. The masked man was smashed right into the ground, and hit hard enough to cause an explosion.

As the smoke cleared and the ground grumbled Toriko landed on the ground and cracked his knuckles."Don't play games with me, I know that did not take you out!"

The ground shifted, before a smoldering but otherwise fine Starjun jumped out. The masked man cleared some dust off his shoulders before uttering a casual,"I did not expect you to tarnish my uniform, I admit, your getting stronger faster then the Boss thought."

"I come a long way since the Sandy Beach castle, let me give you a sample of just how much I've grown! Nail Gun Punch, Times Fifty!"

In a flash the Heavenly King was in front of his opponent, and Lacus noticed Toriko was fast enough to punch his target fifty times in the blink of an eye. Each punch sent an energy nail into the target's body, causing a barrage of shock-waves to blast out of the masked man.

While he grunted in pain, Starjun showed off his own resilience as he staggered for a bit before stabilizing himself. The long-haired male just grasped his chest as he grasped his fist tightly."To think…you already progressed that move to fifty times?"

Toriko had his muscles expand before he burst at his opponent."And that's just the appetizer Starjun! Fifty times fifty equals, Twin One Hundred Nail Gun Punch!"

The blue haired man unleashed a barrage of blows so furious that even Lacus and Trunks had to focus to keep up. As Starjun was knocked through a giant tomato Toriko was above him when he emerged."I'm not done yet, Fork Cannon!"

Toriko swung his hand rapidly and unleashed a barrage of projectiles that looked like energy forks. He succeeded in hitting his target, and hit him so hard an explosion broke out. Starjun was smashed into the ground, and his mask crumbled as he hit it. The man got back up, revealing his scared face.

Starjun looked at his torn uniform and grinned before he threw it off his chest."To think you hit me hard enough to break my Shiva Helmet…you have become strong Toriko. Huhuh…to be honest my blood is elated, and my appetite is worked up! I knew my battle with you would be a thrill. So…shawl we prove who is the hungriest of them all at last?"

Toriko saw a third eye open on his opponent's face, and as it glowed Torkio's aura exploded."That sounds great to me, I want nothing less then to make this the decisive battle!"

Lacus and her group got alarmed as the aura around the two men got larger and larger, till the aura took shape. The aura around Toriko became a demon with dark red skin, pointed ears, white hair, black eyes with yellow pupils, sharp fangs, and a large tongue which always hangs from its mouth.

At the same time a demon formed out of Starjun 's aura, a blue muscular one-eyed demon with horns.

Lacus saw the two demons punch each other, and as the force shook the entire area she winced."So, both of them are demons? So, we really are caught in a battle between two forces over who gets to eat us? Well, if that's the case, time to show them we are not on anyone's menu."

The woman Enji had her own angelic aura burst out, but before she could attack Toriko 's comrade Komatsu cried out,"Wait, you got it wrong!" As Lacus looked at him Komatsu took a deep breath before he looked assertive." I know he looks rough but Toriko is no monster!

You must really be from another world, but from where we are from what your seeing is Toriko's Appetite Demon! Otherwise known as a Demon of Gourmet Cells... they are "appetite" itself... they are the hunger of a person's soul personified! I know he left a scary first impression but Toriko and the other Kings just want to eat, find ingredients to improve their meals, and beat down people who want to keep others from eating!"

Lacus eyed Komatsu, and made sure he was not going to attack before she saw another bug coming for her and swiftly slashed it in half with her energy ribbon."Well, its not like I seen more monstrous beings turn out to be good natured. I see, you guys take eating very seriously."

An explosion drew her attention as she and the others saw Toriko's red Ogre demon had punched Starjun, his opponent jumped out of the smoke and spat out some blood." Tsc…so this is the extent of your appetite Toriko? Far from enough to satisfy me."

"That so Starjun? Then why are you bothering to block my attacks? Even I don't know my limit!"

"Heh…Toriko…I like that about you. Even after exhausting all your options, you never think for a moment that you lost. In fact, the will to win still dwells in that mettle of yours."

"You think you can mock me? I can see my victory right in front of me, with the Ultimate Routine!"

Starjun saw Toriko, along with the Appetite Demon around him shift their fighting stances before he sneered."Oh, the so called all controlling conduct of Kings? The image of winning might be the ultimate way of building one's confidence. But sometimes reality does not meet your expectations!"

The long-haired man went to throw a punch before in a blur Toriko counterattacked, and hit him hard enough to cause blood to come out. Seeing his opponent's shock caused Toriko to grin."You're already sitting on my plate Starjun! Fork Knife Punch!"

The blue haired man unleashed an energy blast shaped like a Fork, and while Starjun dodged it Toriko made the projectile swerve around. Realizing he did not have enough time to dodge he raised his right hand."Fire Shield!"

A pillar of blue fire erupted to melt the projectile, and as it shattered Starjun casually looked at his attacker. "I see…you did not "scatter" nor "concentrate your Fork, but focused as hard as you could for your attack to attempt to skewer me."

"Your flames are clearly as hardcore as they get, but let's see how fast they are!"

Starjun noticed energy forks and knifes of energy form around him before Toriko grinned."Everything…attacking from every direction. I've formed the ultimate image of your cooking Starjun!"

Toriko grasped his hands before projectiles rained down from every direction. In a flash Starjun drew his sword, before flames burst out in all directions to vaporize all the attacks. Toriko saw the blue flames around him and shrugged before he took out a cigar and lit it up." So, your sword's not just for show eh? Whatever, I can cause a fire when I cook to! C'mon, come at me!"

"Your mistaken." Starjun retorted calmly as he pointed the sword at him." Its not a sword, its my preferred" kitchen knife". Yes, my "Burner Knife". It can both "cut" and " grill" something at the same time. A Kitchen knife used for special ingredients, made to fit my requirements. I set out to use it on one of the Divine Beast Kings, but you will do well enough. Heh…this will be the first time I'll use it on a human."

"I think I'll take that, as a compliment."

Starjun grinned, before suddenly swinging it down. A wave of blue fire rocketed towards Toriko, and the blue haired man just managed to avoid it. Seeing the very ground melt caused Toriko to grit his teeth, before he unleashed another barrage of energy forks. Starjun sneered before he swung his sword around and unleashed a tornado of blue fire. The fire went on to consume all the massive vegetables around him.

As the massive Cabbage melted and one part fell over Starjun 's vision, in less then a second Toriko was behind him and prepared to strike him in the back. Starjun just chuckled before he swiftly stabbed behind him. Toriko cursed and caused Forks of energy to form and act as a shield.

As the Forks quickly melted Starjun smirked."Oh, did I forget to tell you my third eye lets me see moments into the future. Sorry about that, guess you won't live long enough to make use of that."

Toriko saw his right arm get pierced by the blazing blade and grunted in pain, before snarling out a driven,"God damn it, I'm not cooked yet!"

The Gourmet Hunter unleashed the most powerful Nail Fork Gun strike he could muster to hit Starjun in the back. The long-haired man grimaced in pain but kept up his assault." Your stubborn, but even the most foolish meals, realize their food sooner or later."

"Maybe, but I'm a Gourmet Hunter, I'll never be prey!"

The Red Ogre still hovering above his body surged with power, before unleashing a punch that shattered the other Appetite Demon in front of him, and hit Starjun off of him, and through several of the vegetables. The other Gourmet Corps commanders saw their superior get smacked away before Grinpatch grimaced."What, that punk can' t do that! We are the predators, not the food!"

"Your wrong!" Kirby shouted." You're the food to me meanie!" The man with the green cap cringed as he swerved around to see Kirby coming form him form above. As he shifted his straw to try and suck Kirby in, the pink member of the Justice Force unleashed his own jaw, and sucked in the much larger man before he knew what was going on.

Kirby shifted his jaw before swallowing Grinpatch. He ejected his meal a few moments later, but not after absorbing his power, forming his enemy's green bandanna and a version of his own straw. Ben's short pal saw his new gear in awe."Ah cool I never had a Straw power before!"

Kirby quickly used his new power to suck away some of the insect swarm, and as Sunny saw this the man with rainbow hair raised an eyebrow."Is…this guy, a Gourmet Hunter? He's, more vicious then I thought."

Grinpatch was alive but being eaten made him curl up in a fetal position."I…I feel so, violated!"

Tommyrod saw the state of his comrade before he narrowed his eyes."Damn it, we can't let theses idiots make fools out of us!"

Muzét giggled before her aura flared up."Oh honey, with that outfit you don't need our help looking like a fool. Ah well, I was curious just how many bugs you could spit out but now I'm bored. You have a lot of bugs but time they all go squash! Gravity Well!"

Muzét swerved out of another charging bug's path before she had a purple orb form in her hands. She threw it above her enemy, before it unleashed a powerful gravitational force. Tommyrod saw all his insectoid agents be smashed to the ground and snarled, before Colette had her angelic wings widen and she took to the air." No matter how many minions you spit out, you're not going to pin us down! Angel Feathers!"

Lacus's teammate threw her charkrams at her enemy, and had them slice through one bug after another till they hit their master, and cu him across the chest. As the pink haired male saw his wound his face rapidly got more and more demonic."Stupid girl, I'm not just a threat because I can swarm! I'm both quality and quantity!"

The member of the Gourmet Corps had his jaw widen, before a massive insectoid leg the size of a large tree trunk suddenly burst out with the intention of impaling Colette. The blond haired Enji widened in shock, but while the sudden attack was to fast for her to react, it was not to fast for Trunks.

The Saiyan Time Patroller agent warped right in front of the sudden attack and caught it with one hand. As he showed off his power by crushing the attack with one arm he gave his enemy a cold look." To bad for you we got the edge in both! Enough of this, your done!"

Tommyrod quickly realized how wide the gap in strength between him and Trunks was and tried flying upwards, only for Sunny to have his hair extend to grasp the man's limbs. Seeing his target glaring at him just caused the rainbow haired Gourmet Hunter to grin."Sorry, you're not bouncing off from what you ordered!"

Coco nodded before his aura expanded, and his right arm suddenly turned into a purple, toxic color."That's right, you bit off more then you could chew, but its to late now! Poison Cannon!"

Coco unleashed a beam of pure poison right for his target, and in responds Tommyrod grimaced before having his wings take the hit. As he saw his wings start to melt he yelled in anger."Damn all of you! You're going to learn your place, I swear it!"

He tried to release even more bugs from his mouth till Eleanor jumped up to shout,"Enough creep its time you face your justice! Spiral Hail!"

The red haired Enji thrusted her spear forward before a frosty cyclone. As her target froze up Magilou giggled before flying up to her comrade."You tell him girl. Sometimes a guy can't take a hint, so let's drive it home eh?"

Elanor paused before she saw what her comrade meant and grinned."My pleasure. Excelion Pierce!"

The two woman swiftly unleashed a duel Mystic Art attack, which started with Elanor creating a glyph in front of her before throwing her spear through it. Magilou then added her own glyph on top of Eleanor's, sending a beam at Tommyrod.

The spear pierced the targets shoulder before the two women used the glyph in front of them to send the spear and target up into the sky before unleashing an explosion of light upon them.

At the same time Milla, Terra, Yuna all unleashed magical blasts of their own to blast the Gourmet Hunter out of the sky. Lacus roundhouse kicked a bug out of the way before she saw her teammates progress and smirked."Great work guys, least not all of the enemies are unstoppable so far. Sorry you had to do the heavy lifting, just been on the look out in case any surprises popped up."

"No worries Miss Raystar." Milla answered politely." We will handle the lesser enemies, so you can conserve your strength. In any case this battle looks like its about to meet its end."

Coco looked back at where Toriko was, and where he hit Starjun before he sighed." Maybe, maybe not. I'm glad you all know how to fight as it made this go even faster then we hoped. Still, Starjun 's only beneath the leader of the Gourmet Corps in terms of strength so it won't be that easy. Guess we will see who gets full first."

Everyone saw an explosion of fire as they saw Starjun emerge from where he landed. The man with three eyes saw his own wounds, and then saw Toriko before he snickered." I admit I never thought you would push me this far Toriko. Your far more then the basic savage I first thought you were.

But your still to unrefined to win, double so in a contest this vast! However, you still have your use. After all, your unsubtle nature makes you fine bait. And, it would seem you just managed to fulfill your role."

Before Toriko could respond everyone heard a thunderous roar that shook the ground. Sarah just rolled her eyes as she looked around." How many people are part of this gang? Whatever, guess it saves time if we fight them all at once."

Hiryuumon was cheerfully munching on a piece of the giant tomato that had fallen till he sniffed something and suddenly tensed up."Don't get to lax Miss Lance! Lacus, I feel something really huge and nasty coming so get ready!"

Lacus saw her Digimon friend was looking serious and nodded. Before anyone could say anything they heard another roar, before a massive hoarse like monster with the height of twenty two thousand meters landed right out of the clouds.

As the dark brownish green colored beast with a mane of bright orange color landed with a shock-wave creating thud Trunks saw the beast and just cringed." Well…with the food this big it's not too surprising that there would be things big enough to eat them. Well, this is going to be a work out all right."

As the half-Saiyan cracked his neck Coco saw the massive hoarse and gulped."My god, is that really Heracles, one of the eight monster kings? But, this is not where its territory is supposed to be!"

Sunny chuckled uneasily as he walked back a few inches."Well…things have changed since we merged with other worlds for this whole cosmic contest thing, guess now we are in the range of one of the great beasts. Just dandy, was looking for rare ingredients but not this rare! C'mon, if we craw in to the grass maybe it won't notice us!"

Starjun staggered back to his feet, and after seeing Heracles wag its tail hard enough to leave a crater he sniggered." At last, it worked. Like a shark drawn to blood, the prime beast is drawn by the scent of equisetic Gourmet Cells. My thanks to your ceaseless appetite Toriko, it accelerated our plans more then a bit. Alas, either way your reward is only death."

Toriko saw Heracles look intently at him and his Gourmet Demon before his grin widened. "So that's what a monster with a capture level of six thousand two hungered looks like huh? From just one look I can tell that the rumors like it being responsible for Area 8's ecosystem of dangerous and bizarre torrential rains with its breath, that the amount of air it could take in one breath really amounts to three hungered and sixty billion tons!

Starjun, you think you trapped me? Wrong, I trapped you, because this brings me closer to my Full Course! You may be one of the kings of the entire world Heracles, but I'll show you my appetite is even larger then yours!"

As Toriko gave a battle cry Heracles saw the blue hared man's face, and growled. The Gourmet Hunter saw the giant hoarse coming for him and slowly got into a fighting stance."How's he going to fight? I haven't got a clue…but there is no point thinking, I'll just punch him with everything I got!"

The food loving man had his aura blaze out before he shouted a resolute,"Okay, lets go! I don't back down Heracles of the great kings! Nail G, GUH!"

Heracles showed its reputation was well earned when the instant it saw Toriko prepare to attack it launched a bullet of air from its nose, one that hit Toriko before he even realized it, and vaporized half of his body effortlessly, while also leaving a building sized crater.

Lacus gasped as she saw Toriko twitch and fall down on the ground."No…this beast nearly seems as powerful as monsters like the Blue Eyes White Dragon! Well, not quite but its nothing to take lightly."

Hiryuumon growled as he eyed the beast carefully."It may not be a Digimon but its clearly at least as powerful as a Mega level! Good thing I filled up just in time to get serious!"

Velvet just face-palmed as she saw Heracles move past Toriko."And I thought the Gigantos on my world were trouble. Great, he made Rokurou and Eizen look patient. Can't feel too bad, that dumbass taunted that monster like a moron. So much for men relying on their" instinct." Great, now we have to clean up an idiot's mess, again!"

Komatsu saw the half of Toriko's face cough up blood before he turned pale."No, not like this Toriko! We have to make the Full Course together! We swore we would survive even this Beyonder's game! Toriko!"

Using his instincts despite his wounds Toriko saw a healing potion he brought with him and chugged it down. He gulped it down just in time, and his body trembled before his limbs twitched, and regrew. However, when they regrew, they were blue in color.

Toriko convoluted violently before he turned into a blue demon. The newly grown hand twitched again, before grasping a exotic fruit at the top of the bean stock, and in the blink of a eye gobbled it. The fruit caused the aura around the transformed hunter to flare up before he gave a roar loud enough to cause Heracles to swerve around.

As it did the giant hoarse saw Toriko extend his right arm unnaturally and smash the monster in the face. The impact caused Heracles to snort, and seeing blood drip down caused Toriko to chuckle erratically."That's some great snorting, perfect for playing around at a rodeo! Devil Fork!"

Toriko's other hand transformed into a fork before he extended it to try and stab his target in the eyes. The giant hoarse responding by kicking the attack with its massive hoof. As the impact caused a shock-wave Sunny grimaced."Great, I never saw that Appetite Demon take over before! This is bad, we don't know what might happen!"

Velvet saw Toriko slash at Heracles erratically before she readied to strike."I could understand being possessed by a demon, but this guy has two demons possessing him at the same time?"

"Toriko seems to be, a special case girl." Coco answered tensely."I don't know, that Igor dude said it was because Toriko was a wild card and could have many aspects of his soul. Eh…dude seemed a bit weird, but he was spot on so did not seem like he was lying about us. The problem is that since it's an unstable process, the demons can only act for so long before, huh?"

Everyone saw Toriko prepare to unleash an attack, only for his face to twitch and for him to return to normal. As he landed with a thud Sunny cringed." Damn, guess the Blue Oni was more unstable then we thought! Damn, this is bad!"

Trunks saw Heracles sniff the now unconscious Toriko before looking at them before he glanced back at the Wave-Rider." If I go Super Saiyan I should be able to tame this big horse without too much hassle. Still, depending on how many other guys join the party we might want to retreat and regroup till we get a grasp on the situation more. Gourmet demons, I know I heard their name before but I don't know where."

"Aren't you supposed to have a firm grasp on all history dude?" Sarah snapped out with sass as she rolled her eyes. Hearing this caused Trunks to roll his eyes back." You ever tried remembering everything in history? I try my best but I'm only human. Well...half Human half Sayian but still. The Supreme Kai of Time and a few of the other angels who have been customized for the purpose are able to know all of time.

Still, I do remember her telling me about their being demons with appetites far worst then Majin Buu, who were far more of a threat. Hopefully this is not that threat."

"Whatever dude." Sarah moaned out." Personally, we don't own theses hunters anything. Everything in this" Battle World" is out to get us right? Then even the friendly things are just enemies waiting to pounce right? So, let them kill each other while we figure things out."

Lacus saw how worried Sunny, Coco, and Komatsu were before she felt their feelings with her skills and looked conflicted."I'm not so sure its that cut and dry. They feel…real Sarah. We don't know if we will need allies before we catch up to Ben and the others."

Starjun was still recovering from his own injuries, and as he saw some of the Enji looking at him, he saw Heracles look at him before he grit his teeth." I admit…I was prepared for Toriko to have some surprises, but not to the extent of him having multiple troublesome allies. This, could get complicated."

"Don't embarrass yourself Starjun. I'm stepping in for the sake of the plan."

Starjun suddenly felt an immense presence above him, and glanced above to realize a new male was flying above him, and he happened to be one of the people Hiryuumon fought during the Incursion, Midora. Seeing the scar faced man with long hair caused Starjun to tense up."Boss, your handling this personally?"

The man with even longer hair saw everyone suddenly looking at him and merely licked his lips." At this stage of the game, I want things to go as smooth as possible. Besides, I smelled a few, foreign scents and wanted to see for myself, how they tasted."

Since it still was only a few days ago, seeing Midora glance his way caused Hiryuumon to tense up."If things were not clear before they are clear now! Remember that guy Lacus? I fought him for a while back in the future, or, er, the past!

Whatever it was, I fought the bearded guy when things were getting crazy while you were fighting the others! No way he's anything but a bad guy, and a strong bad guy to! I was able to hang in their when we fought, but even going all out I was not able to do more then make him itch!"

Trunks raised an eyebrow at that, before looking at Midora closely. Seeing the man's calm, but empty eyes caused the Saiyan to grit his teeth."So, he was one of the "Generals" previously eh? Well, he does seem to be hiding something. This might work to our advantage, if we take out one of the major players this early we can change the future!"

Before anyone could respond Heracles gave another growl and started stomping over to Midora. The man that would soon become the Dimensional Nihilo General saw the massive monster starting a charge and unfolded his arms." Stupid beast, prey that does not realize it's the prey will be punished, and tenderized! Hungry Mountain Tongue!"

Midora widened his mouth before his Tongue shot out, and everyone aside from Hiryuumon was shocked to see the organ rapidly grown in size as it did. Midora showed his Tongue had even more flexibility then it seemed as it shot to the side of its target, and easily wrapped around Heracles's neck. Midora kept having his tongue extend to wrap around his target hard enough to choke it.

Heracles roared with outrage and unleashed the same air bullet that cut Toriko in half, only for Midora to casually bat away the projectile with his bare hand.

As his target was choked hard enough to fall to its knees Midora had a wild look in his eyes."Kukkukkuku…I do enjoy the cooking process in all its forms. You may have the pride of a king, but you will submit to me like the rest! Then I will have one more ingredient to making Acacia's main dish, so at last humanity can be cooked in the manner it de, oh?"

Midora felt a gust of air and swiftly lifted his left arm, blocking a sword, the sword Trunks had aimed for his neck. The man with wild long black hair saw Trunks looking shocked, and despite his tongue still being extended he muttered a collected."Your one of the ones with the unique scent. Nice form…but you're quickly going to realize the normal methods of hunting mean nothing to me. Boy, your about to learn the hard way what power the Leader of the Gourmet Corp ha."

Trunks suddenly extended his hand, and unleashed a massive energy blast to hit Midora in the face, the same blast he used long ago to kill the tyrant Frieza.

While Trunks did not assume he beat his target with just that attack, he quickly realized how little his attack did when Midora 's massive tongue shifted, and Trunks saw that the organ was powerful enough to intercept the projectile. The Time Patroller agent realized to late that the maneuver was not just intended for defense as the tongue smashed upward, knocked Trunks high into the air.

Midora saw the purple haired man rebound, and smirked as the target coughed up blood."Did no one tell you its rude to interfere when someone is eating boy? You have both spunk and skill, but that won't be enough to stop my feast."

"As it stands now, your right. That's why, time to get serious!"

Trunks shocked everyone as he yelled at the top of his lunges. His aura then surged before it turned golden, before his hair did the same.

Hiryuumon saw Trunk's eyes turn green and lighting now crackle around his aura before he looked on in awe."Oh, wow Lacus, he has done the same kind of stuff Ben does when he goes full power! Guess he really is the same as that Goku guy eh?"

Lacus saw how determined Trunks looked before she smirked."That's right Hiryuumon, he turned Super Saiyan. Its not quite at the level of Ben's full power, but this hungry jerk is going to fine its nothing to take lightly."

Trunks heard Lacus, and took out his sword."I admit I'm still not as strong as Goku or my father even after all this time. But while I don't quite have God Ki or reached Super Saiyan four, I have managed to reach a level beyond basic Super Saiyan, to be on par with Gohan.

Just like how Android 18 and 17 made things so much of a hell I risked everything to go back in time to change the future, once again, I'm going to make sure you don't change the future!"

Midora just eyed Trunk's new golden aura before he licked his lips."I must say, I have not seen someone like you before boy. Though, your scent reminds me of someone for some reason. Curious, what kind of Appetite Demon do you have boy?"

"If you want to see what kind of appetite a Super Saiyan has for fighting, be my guest! Finish Buster!"

Trunks made a series of dramatic hand gestures before unleashing a massive golden energy blast. Midora saw the attack was much larger then the previous projectile and muttered,"Shield Tongue!"

The head of the Gourmet Corps had his tongue become a makeshift shield by spinning it rapidly enough. Trunks was relived to see that even with his defensive move his enemy was being pushed back and wasted no time moving with a burst of speed right above Midora.

With little more than a small battle cry Trunks tried to dive his sword down his enemy's head. However, Midora suddenly batted away the Finish Buster attack before he glared upward. "Thought that was enough to cook me? Think again, Meteor Burst!"

Trunks slowed as he saw Midora coming for him, and slowed even further as his target suddenly unleashed a massive black energy beam from his mouth. Trunks quickly became on the defensive, and while he blocked the energy beam with his sword he felt him self being pushed higher and higher before he tensed up."Damn it, this glutton at the very least is stronger then Cell! Guess if the enemy's someone with godly power, that's not to surprising. Even so, I'm not going to lose here!"

Everyone saw Trunks push back the Meteor Burst but saw Midora look more and more eager the more his target struggle. This sight caused Hiryuumon to growl." That's it, I'm not going to let this hungry jerk get away with making a mess again! No matter how tough he is he's going down! Get ready Lacus this might get nasty! Hiryuumon, Warp Digivolve to!"

The Digimon was consumed with a sphere of light. After a shock-wave of energy erupted he swiftly emerged in his more humanoid Mega Level form."Shinryudramon!"

Ben's pal quickly burst for Midora with his new speed, and just as the long-haired man noticed him he yelled out."Maybe it's a bit cliché but chew on this jerk! Giga Drill Breaker!"

The Royal Knight type Digimon aimed his drill right for his target's neck. In response Midora caught the drill with his hands. The two struggled for a bit, but while Shinryudramon was pushed back a few inches, he growled and headbutt Midora. This forced the bearded man to cut off his mouth blast, thus Trunks was able to slice in half the weakened Meteor Burst blast.

Midora jumped back and saw the two-hero's glare at him before he cracked his neck."More exotic spices eh? This Battle-World has been amusing, if nothing else."

"You're going to find Digimon are not easy pickings like what you seem to be user to jerk!" Shinryudramon retorted as he had his energy beam saber flare up. Seeing him get into a fighting stance caused Midora to raise an eyebrow."Oh, so your one of those Digimon from the new sector 5? Interesting, I did not think one would join the humans, or whatever you call your allies."

"Wait there are other Digimon here?" Shinryudramon blurted out."Eh…I'll worry about that later. This time, I'll beat you so bad you will have to eat with a straw when this is done!"

"Oh, so we fought before? I don't remember you, and that can only mean you were not worth remembering."

"Er…well…maybe I was thinking of someone else. Either way, your going down!"

Midora saw both Trunks and Shinryudramon prepare to fight before he yawned." Spare me the rants on justice. Such ideas fade in time, and only the hunger remains. No matter what your passion is, you won't be hungry enough to outlast me!"

The two-hero's nodded before they attacked Midora on both sides. The three men moved fast enough to appear as mere blurs, but Midora was fast enough to block both of them at once.

After countering both of them for nearly a minute Midora looked amused at their determination before his mouth widened."I love a good fight, but I love a good feast even more. My full appetite, mixed with the spice that is my hatred, will not be stopped by anyone! Machine Gun Tongue!"

Midora casually grasped the swords of both of his attackers, and just as they looked shocked he opened his mouth and unleashed a barrage of lighting fast tongue blows to hit the two numerous times in the span of a second. As they were knocked into the air Midora warped behind the two to utter,"Your unique so I want to savior your taste. Eternal Knocking!"

The chief of the Gourmet Corps had his fists vibrate before he punched both of the men in front of him in the neck. Trunks prepared to counteract, but as the blow hit him he suddenly could not move a muscle, and saw Shinryudramon was suddenly immobile as well. Midora grinned at the two's frozen looks as he licked his tongue." Yes, lay in despair as you realize your fate."

Sarah saw Trunks not move and swore."Damn it, I thought we were getting the universal heavy hitters and Trunks and your Digimon buddy are knocked out with something like that?"

Coco eyed the two above him carefully before he grit his teeth."Wait its not what you think lady! Midora, he used the Knocking skill! It's a very advanced martial artist move. It generally involves striking the nerves or pressure points that control movement of living creatures with the use of specialized techniques. Midora is nearly as masterful with the Knocking art as Master Jiro! Damn him, he's not a god!"

Lacus saw Midora's confident eyes before she grasped the Oath keeper sword tightly."No he is not, but he's someone who's being a real pain. We better find his weakness soon before, huh?"

Everyone saw the aura around Midora suddenly surge like a blazing fire, before it formed into his own Appetite Demon, a huge turtle demon-like beast with sharp fangs and dark markings on its eyes similar to Midora's scars.

As the Appetite Demon roared Midora had a crazed look in his eyes."No matter where your form, or what skills you know, you're not powerful enough to stop my hunger! I'll devour everything in my way!"

Midora's Appetite Demon began to have energy form around its mouth before Terra flew up above Midora and looked determined."Monster, humans, and all other innocents are not just food to amuse you! Ultima!"

Terra unleashed her most powerful magic spell to try and help her comrades. At the same time Milla flew up from the other direction."That's right, villains with desires as fiendish as you must be stopped! Elemental Mastery!"

She, Muzét, Yuna and Collette unleashed the most powerful attacks they could produce form all sides. As Midora saw the attacks coming for him his eyes narrowed." Justice? I'll show you the true taste of justice, Meteor Spice!"

The wild man's Appetite Demon unleashed a massive blast of energy in the form of spice from its mouth that fluttered down like a meteor shower spreading as dashes of spice. This attack intercepted, and over powered every one of the Enji's spells.

Seeing the lady's various expressions of shock caused Midora to widen his grin."My ideology is rather simple woman. I do what it takes to feast, because to me all things are food for me to devour! Enough, I'll make this a binge feast! Tongue of Thorns!"

Before the Enji could react Midora cracked his neck, widened his jaw, and extended his tongue once more, only now it changed the shape to that of numerous thorny whips. Lacus saw the tongues of thorns heading for her and all her comrades, before she cringed and cast an energy barrier over everyone.

Her barrier held, but the impact knocked Lacus to her knees. Ben's lover saw the raw hunger in Midora's eyes before she steeled herself."Damn it, this guy looks like he's fond of some really, abusive ideas. I had it with men who's hunger runs amok, no point holding back if everything's at risk!"

Midora saw a holy aura surge up around Lacus, and he was about to respond when he saw some hair grasp his fist. He noticed both Coco and Sunny glaring at him, and as the two had their own Appetite Demons form he snickered." Tsc…you so called Kings still cling to the delusion that you're not trash?"

"We and Toriko may not match your raw power yet Midora, but are appetite is even greater then yours!"

"Bah… Ichiryu was naïve to let idiots like you have such delusions. He will realize how foolish he is when I send your devoured heads back to him after I spat them out!"

Midora had more thorny tongues shoot right for the duo. However, before they got close suddenly from the sky building sized golden chopsticks rained down to intercept them.

The chopsticks instantly clamped down to squeeze all the thorny tongues and squeeze them. As Midora winced he and everyone else heard a grisly male voice utter." Damn it Midora, when the hell did I say you could eat my students?"

Lacus looked up and saw that above the massive energy chopsticks was a muscular, tan-skinned older man with blonde hair and a long blonde mustache donning a formal deep blue suit with an orange dress shirt and purple tie. Lacus saw the mustached man casually flying in the sky before she saw Komatsu look hopeful." I take it this new guy is one of your allies?"

"Not just a friend miss," The young chief blurted out."That's President Ichiryu! He's the boss of IGO, or the International Gourmet Organization, the order that implements all food-related laws in most of the world!"

Sarah shrugged before throwing out a casual," Well if that means he can kick enough ass to shut this guy up kid, then I'll roll with it."

Midora saw Ichiryu unfold his arms before he cracked his knuckles."Ichiryu, so you want your stupidly to end? I'll be all to happy. At last this rivalry can reach its conclusion. Your going to regret wasting time grooming naïve idiots."

"The ones the future can be entrusted to have always been those who can sit around the same dining table Midora."Ichiryu answered brazenly. "You always wanted to hoard everything to gouge yourself, if you did not have so many god damn Gourmet Cells in yah you would be a bloated bastard.

Still, you been even more crazy then usual lately, and when Zebra told me you were heard going in the direction where Toriko and the others were checking out I figured it might be a good idea to check in. Good thing I did since things seem to be a real mess eh boys?"

Sunny saw Ichiryu look at the still unconscious Toriko before looking at him before he chuckled uneasily." Sorry boss, things have been getting carried away here."

"Yah I noticed that's why I'm here! Whatever, we will talk about this after I have this, brotherly dispute."

Midora's eyes narrowed before he hissed out,"I devoured the bond we once had Ichiryu, while we once were close, now your just another thing for me to devour!"

Midora had his various tongues retract, before he widened his jaw and had his organ come out in its massive Mountain Tongue shape once more, and at once tried to smash his rival.

Ichiryu grasped the tongue with his massive energy chopsticks, only for Midora to have his tongue wrap around it, and devour the construct. Ichiryu winced as he saw Midora gleefully swallow before he spat out,"God damn it, licking a man's chopsticks are bad manners, not to mention its gross!"

Midora sneered as he had his massive tongue swerve around to try and smash the rival chief, only for Ichiryu to dodge. The tongue swerved down to smash the ground, and hit hard enough to burst right through the floating landmass.

Velvet saw Midora try and lash at his target like a whip, only for the bearded man to evade each strike before she shrugged."This boss of yours at least seems skilled enough to match this jackass. If he knows his moves and can create an opening, we can shut his big mouth up."

"Hold back a bit miss." Ichiryu threw out casually as his aura flared up even more." Normally I never turn down dancing with gorgeous woman, but I have to settle things with my "brother" personally. So…have you noticed it yet Midora? The slips in movements…they're errors below the micro-level, but what can I say I sense unease, just as I expected."

Midora cracked his neck before he muttered."Was it…the" Square root's law"?

"Glad you did not forget are studying! Say I have one hungered particles here, the square root of it, a mere tenth of those particles, will move with exceptional behavior. This is a purely statistical law.

Say creatures made of one hundred atoms is released into the sky. Of the hundred atoms that it make up, ninety fall to gravity normally. But the remaining ten behave in an exceptional manner such as trying to rise, stopping in mid-air, or other ways that do not obey gravity.

It's said that us organisms are made up of a large number of atoms in order to increase the precision of our biological activity…in order to lower our rate of error due to the" Square Root of Law".

Midora grit his teeth before barking back,"There are many creatures that fly in the sky…but you are the one using exceptionally small stray atoms to fly, Ichiryu."

"Right now, they're still a minority, but one day they will band together to change the world, to change the flavor of the entire universe! Midora…the minority inside you is starting to gain influence little by little as well."

"Nonsense."

Midora snarled out as he tried to crush Ichiryu, and as the two exchanged blows Starjun glanced at his superior with shock."This showdown had to happen sooner or later, but best to get the biggest threat out of the way. Old man Ichiryu may have been a legend but he got lax and soft from luxury.

Midora should be able to crush him easily. Very easily, to the point where he should have finished it by now. Is he dragging this out because of nostalgia? Or, is it because of that odd scent around him."

He and the others watched the fight unfold with a mix of awe and dread, but despite how furious a assault Midora unleashed his target kept evading his attacks, till another energy chopstick construct blocked the tongue strike outright. Midora then tried to close in and punch Ichiryu, only for his blow to miss. As Midora widened his eyes in shock the man he once was close to smirked."Your slipping, so hard that I hardly have to dodge anymore. Seseri Bashi!"

Suddenly the bearded man had a small chopstick extend out of his hand and launch into Midora's gut. The man with wild hair saw the burnt mark on his chest as his eyes widened." Old man…what is this? The precision of my movements, is this some cheap spell?"

"Heh…It seems the minority atoms in you have created a large error Midora. You been making quite the racket Midora, so much that I had to go all out. But now its my time, thanks to the power of my trump card, Minority World!"

Everyone saw the bearded man's aura flare up in a sphere around Midora before Sunny whistled."Damn…this is the old man's true power? Guess its needed for a guy as stubborn as Midora."

The man chosen as a candidate to be a Dimensional Nihilo General saw the area around him, including his body before he sneered."Talking in strays? That sounds like you old man. Bah…the world where the "minority" fully makes its power felt eh?"

"No." Ichiryu uttered calmly as he formed two large chopsticks in his hands to use as weapons." They already…are no longer a minority. Nigiri Bashi!"

Midora saw his target throw a giant chopstick right for his head and sighed."Slow, and far to simple. You will, huh?"

Midora prepared to counterattack when suddenly the chopstick was in front of him faster then he expected. He prepared to brace for a hit when it suddenly flew right into the sky.

Ichiryu saw Midora's shock at realizing he had a cut across his face before he laughed." Hu…I wonder if that flew all the way out of the planet. When I'm grabbing them like this, the delicacy of my moves fails, but it still leaves an impact. Well…I don't need sensitive control anymore."

Midora saw energy chopsticks start to rain down before he realized the ground started to sink, throwing off his movement enough for the chopstick projectiles to hit him and explode. As Midora was blown into the air he snarled at feeling burned and lashed out with his tongue again.

Ichiryu did not move at all, but Midora still missed entirely, causing his target to laugh." What you aiming for? I have not moved one step! Now finally, your body is not listening to what you tell it. The rocks that make up the ground…the atoms that try to stay hard…and adhere to one place…are being ruled by one place…are being ruled by that atoms that are trying to run away…so the texture has changed to become soft. Midora, the atoms inside of you are already controlling your body. Your orders are being sent to a body that won't listen."

Midora prepared to strike back when suddenly his eyes twitched and he had trouble breathing."What? My lunges are, not taking in oxygen!?"

"Just getting the true terror of Minority World eh? It does not just affect conscious movements, the effects of the minority reaches out to all the organs that make the body function.

Your lungs stop absorbing oxygen, your liver stops synthesizing glycogen and stops counteracting the toxins. The heart muscles stop and thus it stops pumping…blood starts to flow in retrograde and the blood vessels and the heart will eventually break down…the information transfers through nerves is halting…all of the systems that maintain" life" will progress to death.

You looked down at me but the moment I bound you to Minority World this was decided. Its over Midora, I should have ended it that day…I've had to eat that decision for over five hundred years. Time to die, we will talk things over in the afterlife, little brother. Ippon Bash! "

Ichiryu formed his hand into a fist, projecting a single, huge chopstick floating above. All of a sudden the massive golden energy chopstick dove down from the sky, and as it headed for him Midora just grinned.

The man that called him brother thought he was just being defiant but grew alarmed as suddenly massive holes formed around his attack, till holes also erupted around his left arm. As he cried in pain he saw Midora had stabbed himself in the heart, and looked glad.

Midora saw the bearded man in front of him's cry of pain before he grinned."If I'm heading towards death, then the facility for trying to live in minority world would be the minority act yes? So because of that the Minority of life wins yes? Kukuku…you were a little too confident about your trump card, and you did not even think about mine! That's why you did not realize till it was to late, your body being eaten by "the space with a vast appetite". Starting now it was your time? Wrong, its my time, for your in my aura, the Hungry Space!"

Ichiryu saw Midora 's Appetite Demon and saw Midora look pridefully at his own wound before he sighed."I…I don't believe it. To end your own life and push yourself into the jaws of death. That's truly, amazing. I suppose, it was a little too arrogant to brag about how my power worked before this was over."

"You think? Your controlling the minority effects inside your body…I've imitated that. It was quite the task though."

"Huhuh…is that right? Now that you mentioned it, you've been good at imitating since way back in the old days. Still….that' can't be done that easily. The minority effects extend to every physiological phenomenon inside the body. And…stopping the beating of the heart is the one thing even you can't control! Or did you forget something? Minority World, rescind!"

Midora attempted to strike till suddenly blood came out of his heart. As Midora coughed up blood the man he called brother stroked his beard." If I cancel it, the damage you did to your own heart becomes the majority, or in other words it becomes what happens when someone normally stabs their own heart dumbass! Your smart, but not smart enough!"

Midora saw his chief rival prepare to strike before he snickered."Am I? I told you, old man, now its my time!"

Ichiryu felt his wounds and tried to move back, only to feel a jabbing pain in his leg before he yelled out." Damn it all, this almost feels like your filthy tongue! Wait, you said, you said your tongue made everything food. But no, its not possible!"

Midora laughed as his aura covered the entire sky." It is for me. What hungry tongue and its variations eats is not only solid objects, but it also swallows up the" air" in space….activating in the vacuum formed in the path the trajectory it takes is a invisible energy that I call "Hungry Space"! It springs like a trap and eats the prey that touches it. And the moment even my lingering energy touches it I learn that prey's taste, so that the next time it enters it gets devoured!"

Ichiryu cursed and tried to move before suddenly blood came out of his leg and right shoulder, causing Midora to lick his lips hungerly."Kukukuku…just try and block it. It gobbles up every last atom, so that the area's that has been eliminated has no minorities or majorities…all that there is, is the unstoppable desire known as " appetite"!"

Everyone looked in horror as Ichiryu fell to his knees. As the two had been fighting Lacus healed Trunks and Shinryudramon while her enemy was distracted. Upon hearing Midora's rant the Mega Level Digimon saw Coco and Sunny look on in dread before he grimaced."Oh come on this guy is just making stuff up! I know a lot of stuff is still over my head but I know you can't eat" Space"! This guy's so full of himself that its driving me, AHH!"

Shinryudramon tried to fly up but as he did his shoulder collided with part of the space that had become" Hungry Space" and instantly was shredded.

As he yelled in pain and fell down he grimaced."Ow…guess he was not bluffing! This is crazy, did this Beyonder jerk let him just make up the rules as he goes along? That's cheating!"

Lacus put a hand on his shoulder before smiling."His power really is insane, but we beat beings who could warp reality before right? Sorry you had to face the blunt of his wrath so far guys, but I think I got a plan. Hopefully, the feel I have for him is spot on. Just get ready."

Kirby nodded before he rubbed his head."This guy just might be even more hungry then me! Wait, but if I eat him, then I'll have the biggest appetite of them all! He's not that big, I can do it!"

Kirby floated below everyone while they were distracted, for Midora was still focusing on his former" comrade". Ichiryu was focusing on trying to keep himself stable before he saw the wild hunger in Midora's eyes and reacted with a bitter sigh."Damn it all, even if you eat nonstop. Midora, even if your belly is bulging…your meals don't end do they?"

"They do not. My appetite…is absolutely insatiable. In the pit of my stomach, if I'm not content, I won't let anything stop me. Neither you or anyone else in Battle-World can stop it!"

Midora prepared to finish the CEO of IGO before he noticed Kirby flying above him. The hero of planet Popstar looked determined as he shouted out," You really are a hungry guy mister! But no matter how big a belly you have it does not give you the right to eat everything! If you try, I'll eat you first!"

Kirby tried to suck Midora in, and the black-haired man was impressed that he was pushed in a little. However, he grasped his fist tightly before hissing out," Your courage, amuses me. But no matter where you're from, you will learn the hard way that everything is an ingredient for my plate!"

Midora lashed his with his tongue again to try and devour Kirby. But before the two could decide who was the hungriest of them all a magenta energy ribbon lashed out to grasp the tongue. Midora quickly saw that the one who stopped him was Lacus, and also that she had unleashed a holy energy spell right for him.

The black-haired male snickered as Lacus had her holy energy flare up."You really do want to eat everything huh? I seen men with insatiable appetites before, but I admit I never seen one like you who wants to pull it off seriously.

Still, even if you really devour everything, what happens when your full? Did you even bother to think that through or are you the type that does not think that far ahead and wings it? Maybe your trying to hide from your pain, but I can't let your delusions endanger what I care about?"

"Bah…you dare think you can lecture me woman? I'm no picky eater, rile me and you will be devoured alive!"

Terra saw Midora's Appetite Demon appear above him again and winced." Lacus fall back, we can't afford to lose you! Let us handle this!"

"Don't worry Terra I got this." Lacus answered assuredly." Just follow my lead."

Lacus had her holy energy surge around her body, before her angel wings formed out of her back. Midora sneered as she flew upward but realized the aura around her was pushing away his Hungry Space, causing him to raise an eyebrow."Is this, an illusion? It has to be, no barrier can neglect being devoured, nothing can!"

"Well guess you just have not seen as much as you thought eh Midora?" Lacus retorted ruefully." My light won't be devoured by you, I won't allow it. You may think your hunger is absolute, but you're just trying to run away from something, I can see it in your eyes.

I know from experience, that the more someone tries to run from their pain, sooner or later it catches up to them. How about save us all a lot of trouble and face it sooner then later eh? That would be nice, to be honest I have a lot more to get done here then subdue you."

"Damn tramp, you may dress like an angel, but you think that you know me?" Midora roared out as Lacus's casual demeanor just made him angrier." After all the foolishness I saw humans do during the world war, I know without a doubt that the only use they have is as food! Bah, your just as naïve as Frozhe was, and that idiocy cost her everything! Damn it, you have the same kind of eyes as her, the same foolishness! I won't be fooled again!"

"You sealed your heart to not feel pain, but do you really think it could never work again or do you just tell yourself that so that you won't have to feel the pain? I told myself things like that in the past, and I nearly lost everything because of it. Please, just give up this nonsense now so others don't have to suffer needlessly."

Ichiryu saw Midora did seem conflicted about what Lacus was saying before he cleared his throat." Midora, you can act like an unflinching demon all you want but I know you, you never got over Frozhe's death and mistook your hunger for your pain. Your, a slave to it!"

Midora chuckled bitterly as he had a wild look form in his eye." I won't deny that. I was…crumbled ever since that day, like a shirt that never was changed. My heart was crumpled, and the only moment when this tightening in my crumped chest eases at all…is when I eat something. Tsc…humans…whatever happens to them, they have to eat. No matter what pain…or sadness…they have to chew it, swallow and keep eating. My only choice is to constantly try and satisfy, this madding, unrelenting appetite. "

"Damn, I was only joking but you really are a slave to your appetite Midora! It was our mission to succeed Acacia 's will and Frozhe's heart!"

"And I will complete that mission, because I'm not afraid of going all out to make it come true! I won't deny I'm a slave to my appetite. Yes…the dark shadow born of the dazzling light called "The Gourmet Age" is me. The fiendish devil, driven by the Gourmet Cells burning in me, without a doubt I am a slave to my appetite, and I will obey its will!"

Lacus saw the raw hunger in Midora 's eyes and just sighed." I see, so you reveal in seeing others as food eh? Then, there is little else to say."

The Enji unleashed another Holy spell at her enemy, and while Midora casually batted it away, as he did it unleashed a blinding light. As Midora growled in annoyance, with a burst of speed Lacus suddenly dashed forward with all her might and thrusted her palm into Midora's throat.

The large man felt his throat get crushed and saw Lacus glaring at him."If you insist on throwing a tantrum, you won't be allowed to eat if I have anything to say about it! Godly Sixty-Four Strike Deviation!"

Before Midora could recover the Enji unleashed a barrage of lighting fast holy infused palm strikes. The angelic woman's form was true and completed her combo attack flawlessly, ending the barrage with a roundhouse kick that knocked Midora into the air.

The head of the Gourmet Corps quickly recovered, and as he stabilized he glared at Lacus with raw contempt."Your form was true girl, but your beyond naïve if you thought such weak attacks could be enough to stop me! I think its time for a little demonstration in, huh? GUH!"

Midora prepared to go on the offense yet again, but as he prepared to lash out with his tongue, his mouth twitched before he coughed up blood. He snarled and raised his right arm, only for his right shoulder to twitch and for an explosion of holy energy to blast out of his shoulder, causing him to yell in frustration."What, what is going on? My, Gourmet Cells, are not responding!?"

"Your right about their being a demonstration, but I'm going to be the one giving it." Lacus retorted ruefully." I'm not an expert on these Gourmet Cells but all things are linked to mana energy in some way or another. No doubt you have massive power, but my last move sealed that power. You want to be a pig, expect to be put down like them."

Midora's eyes widened with rage as he took in what she said and had his muscles expand." You think your little trick can seal my power? I'll beat some humbleness into you to cut off this stunt!"

"I long ago lost patience with men telling me how to "behave". Burst Stream of Judgment!"

As Midora charged at her Ben's girlfriend unleashed her holy energy blast. Midora tried to bat it away but with his power still unstable he was pushed back. Even with his power sealed he still managed to push it back.

But while he glared at her Shinryudramon flew up and had his shield form into a cannon."Let's make it clear punk, dinner time's over! Infinite Exia Ray!"

The Digimon added his own energy ray to back Lacus up. While Midora still struggled to push it away he suddenly noticed Trunks was beneath him. The Super Saiyan had his aura blaze up before he pointed his hands straight above him. "Your reign of terror ends here! Burning Attack!"

Trunks unleashed the same massive energy attack he used to kill Cell in his timeline, with far more power than when he used the move before. The attack slammed into him from behind, and as it exploded the other two attacks hit him as well.

As an even larger explosion blasted out Midora was blown to the ground, and landed to the still unconscious Heracles. Midora survived the triple blast but his right arm was so charred it was unusable. He coughed up blood as he glanced at the Enji and their allies."Damn that woman, why, why can't I break out of her spell? What is she, how can her power neglect mine so easily?"

Starjun, who at this point had mostly recovered from his own injuries jumped over to his leader and looked at him."Boss…that woman's spell can't be forced off? We…might need Joel and that Kiryūin woman's help to shrug it off. As much as I want to finish this, we still need to pull things off to win the final round."

Midora eyed at the still unconscious Toriko, and just snorted." When we are this close to finishing the meal, no point choking for the final dish. Damn it, this will be fixed soon enough. That uppity Ragyō, her brat and that android better be keeping up momentum on their end. No matter who tries to stop me, even the angels and god itself won't stop the "Neo Gourmet Eclipse", Acacia's true will from being realized!"

Starjun saw Coco and Sunny coming for him and smirked." Its not over yet "Gourmet Kings". But when the conclusion is realized, you will wish it ended here. Yes, all who allowed the world to be like it was, a world that gave me despair, will be cooked to its proper shape at last once I win this godly contest!"

Lacus was about to respond when she and the others saw dozens of humanoid birds fly up to surround the still unconscious Heracles. Some had retrieved both Grinpatch and Tommygun, and more were heading her way before Shinryudramon, Milla, Terra and some of the others all got in front of her." Reinforcements eh jerk? That's not going to help change anything they might as well be, huh?"

Shinryudramon saw the new reinforcements suddenly glow before Trunks hastily fired a barrage of Kai blasts and they all exploded, causing the Mega Digimon to raise a eyebrow." Well I was going to say scrap but that was faster then even I figured!"

Komatsu saw more of the creatures explode to blind the Enji before he noticed Starjun taking something out of his pocket."No, those GT robots are just a distraction while they escape!"

As Trunks and the others noticed Midora grinned." To late, we will settle this soon. Now Starjun."

"Right… Backchannel, Fiber Link Transfer…Honnōji Academy!"

Trunks, Shinryudramon, Velvet and some of the others tried to attack Midora but fibers on Starjun's outfit suddenly raised up like strings and glowed before the entire area around him, Midora and the rest of the Gourmet Corps vibrated, till in the blink of an eye they were gone.

Sarah saw all the enemies seemed gone before she rolled her eyes." Great, all that and we did not take anyone out cause of some lame warp spell? I mean sure we are alive but, now we just have to settle this later. Great, guess we don't have much of a choice but to find where the hungry bastard ran off to eh?"

Coco glanced at everyone before he closed his eyes."I'm aware of the Back-channel skill, its used to slow down time. They must have used it combined with some other skill to go back to their base."

"So, he really is working with that crazy woman. Damn it Midora, you really will, ugh."

Ichiryu could not go on as he coughed up blood and collapsed. Coco looked alarmed as he and Sunny ran up to him."Hang on old man! Damn it, I think Toriko had the last Cure Water! It better have held up when he was getting bashed around! Don't worry, we will think of something."

Lacus saw the worry the two men had for their master before she looked at them carefully to read their intent and took a deep sigh."Don't worry about it, I'll heal him."

The woman with angel wings nodded at her comrades to watch the others incase they attacked before she walked up, and put her hands over Ichiryu and unleashed healing magic.

Sunny saw the older man's wounds heal up in moments before looking in awe."You can heal that good, and you were powerful enough to make Midora back off? Who are you lady?"

Lacus paused before she just winked."Oh, you can call me miss miracle for now. I guess, I developed a knack for reading people in the past few years, you could say it's part of my job to get a read on how to handle them. Don't worry about it, you helped us so its only right long as this is not some trap."

The newly healed Ichiryu looked at his healed body and chuckled."Don't worry miss, I'm not keen on betraying gorgeous woman that saved my life. Hell, I'll pay you back with a date if you want, its all you can eat no matter what food you like!"

"Haha…thanks but my boyfriend might get upset about that. Still, if you want to thank me I would really appreciate being filled in on just what is going on. We kind of just landed here and were greeted with giant vegetables and freaks that wanted to eat us."

"Heh…fair enough. Let me just, get my bearings miss. I came here in a jiff because I knew Midora would be to much for my boys to handle. Just hope, this was not a total lost."

"Don't worry chief." Komatsu said cheerfully." Right before all the fighting erupted I was able to get the AIR ingredient."

"Ah good, then long as Toriko wakes up ok we are on track. Ugh, I'm not dying now but I'm still tired, getting back is going to be a pain."

Sarah checked her transmitted before she shrugged."Well, Rip says the Wave-Rider's repairs are complete so, we can give you a ride as long as you boys don't mind behaving we can give you a ride. Can give us time to catch up and besides, we are new here and could use some directions to make sure we don't fly head first into another attack."

"Heh…sounds like a fair trade. That works in our favor anyway because where we needed go, we needed to get in without drawing attention. Its not hard once you know the direction, cause it's not only the only floating city in this planet, as it stands it's the only city period that's functioning in this Battle-World."

Lacus looked at her allies before she flipped her hair out of her eye."I see this Battle-World has been even more brutal then I figured. Well, lets go talk inside the ship before we stumbled into something else yes?"

Lacus saw the Gourmet Hunters nod and start to head into the Wave-Rider. As her friends made sure their guests did not suddenly attack Lacus glanced at all the damage caused by the burst of fighting that unfolded and sighed as she grasped her necklace tightly and looked up to see the other planets in the sky before she thought of Ben for a moment, and steeled herself to not get to distracted and focus on what as in front of her till she could get back to him.

As the recovered Wave-Rider took off and everyone was healed Lacus saw Coco eat the flounder the ship's computer produced for him before clearing her throat."So, sounds like you have been fighting this Midora far more then a few days. I take it that this means you been fighting him before you were part of this Battle-World? Is, everyone that's fighting have theses Gourmet Cells you Hunters seem to have? No offense but, we have never seen people take cooking as seriously as you guys and your rivals."

"I don't know about the other worlds miss." Ichiryu threw out brashly." But most of this world is from our old world, though about a quarter of it is a mix of other worlds this Beyonder cooked together.

I see you never heard of Gourmet Cells before. Well, in our world its mostly separated into two parts; the Human World and the Gourmet World. The Human World is where modern civilization exists and occupies just thirty percent of the planet, the rest is the Gourmet World, which is inhospitable to most humans due to the strength of the wild life and extreme climate changes.

This change was brought ever since the Gourmet Age. I won't bore you with the full lesson but it's the title given to the golden age of food-driven prosperity that the Human World had known for over five centuries.

It began around five hundred years ago with the actions of the legendary Gourmet Hunter Acacia, my master. He ended the preceding Gourmet War, the war that nearly brought the end of all life to our world. It was a war that lasted a century and nearly devastated the planet.

The cause of this war was not due to politics, ideals, races or economics, but was something much more primitive; the war was a struggle for food, in a world of ever shrinking resources.

People thought it was end times, but my Master Acacia ended it by enlightening world leaders with the mystical taste and power of his main dish, the Gourmet GOD that introduced Gourmet Cells into the world."

Trunks eyed the still sleeping Toriko carefully before he shrugged."Theses Gourmet Cells must have some power, they seem to have even more power then the likes of the Midi-chlorian's the Jedi used to use the Force or the S-Cells we Saiyans use to transform."

"Heh, I don't know what those things are kid but without seeing it myself I'd say it's a fine chance we are stronger! Gourmet Cells are physical embodiment of savoriness and Appetite Energy, the source of life and all known ingredients.

The cells have extreme regenerative and strength-enhancing qualities, can empower evolution, but most importantly greatly enhance flavor of any organism they are part of. An individual's Gourmet cells 'evolve' when they consume delicious foods that suit them and the 'tastes' of the cells; this enhances the strength of the user and their abilities.

Certain individuals can also develop new abilities or resistances as a response to harsh new environments, instantly creating adaptations which allow the user to survive. Training one's Gourmet Cells to adapt to a variety of such environments is an integral part of training to survive in the Gourmet World.

Ever since the dawn of the Gourmet Age, individuals known as Gourmet Hunters who have usually trained their abilities to that of superhuman as you seen from my elite students here, are regularly hired by restaurants and the rich to seek high-level ingredients and rare animals. They want to bring prosperity to the world, and eat a lot while doing it.

However, there are those that think we are wasting are talents on "the weak" and as you seen the chief person who had that idea is Midora. Midora and his Gourmet Corps want to hoard all the food in the world for themselves, so that only those they see as "worthy" can eat, and live."

As people gasped around him Kirby just looked confused."And I thought King Dedede was a jerk when he wanted to hoard all the food in Dream Land but at least he wanted to tax people to eat, this Midora guys is even more greedy!"

"Maybe." Lacus added somberly." But like I said before I felt a sadness to his soul. Sounds like he was not just born a monster?"

"Spot on miss." Ichiryu answered with a ting of lament."Midora, did not have it easy. We did not have the same mother, but we were raised as family by Acacia, along with the "Knocking Master" Jiro. He loved our foster mother, "Chef Goddess" Froese more then anyone, and when she died in a attack, the pain of loss drove him mad, to the madman you just saw."

Lacus sighed as she thought about her own traumatic experiences."No matter what world it is, people can't seem to escape the cycle of hatred. That's why we got to survive this to make that dream a reality."

Velvet saw how serious Lacus looked and rolled her eyes." Your feeling sorry for that monster? Having something traumatic happen to you is no excuse to be a monster, trust me I know. Anyway, sounds like you been fighting this guy for a while now, so you know what he is trying to do in this Battle-World?"

Coco saw his boss look conflicted before he smirked." We were about to decide things with Midora and his lackies like Starjun and the others in the Cooking Festival, when we were transported to this Battle-World. A lot was the same, but suddenly there were all these other weird new places and people.

Some of them shared our values, some were more in line with Midora and teamed up with him in some bargain between devils. I don't think they are that tight, but they can stomach their differences enough to unite to try and kill us all, and its been a pain."

"So, all that really matters in this contest is who kills everyone else first?" Trunks threw in warily." When it boils down to it mostly, but there are a few rules. The big light in the sky said that who ever collects or harvests the most Magatsuhi, or Spirit of Calamity, will be the over all champion not just for this world but of all the battle worlds. It seems to mean that who ever not just kills the most but gathers the most energy will be the winner.

Midora seems to have got an idea on how to pull that off, with his new ally, that Revocs Corporation's CEO, Ragyō Kiryūin."

Lacus saw her comrades looking at each other in confusion before she threw out,"Never heard of a Revocs Corporation's. Is it some sort of military organization or governmental body?"

"Nah…it's a fashion company."

Sarah was one of the many who looked confused before the woman with the code name" White Canary" blurted out," That's the best joke you can think of? A fashion company is one of the groups selected to take part in this super ultimate contest of fighters?"

"Hey, I don't make the rules dame. Its not form our world, but from what our contacts have told us Revocs is a heavily influential textile company owned by the Kiryūin conglomerate and on their world the company accounts for 100% of global apparel industry sales. Its weird to us to but Midora clearly is using them for more than making his crew's uniforms. They have theses" Special" uniforms that act like artificial Appetite Demons. Still don't know to much but our contacts say they are not made of Gourmet Cells, but things called Life-Fibers.

They of course can't compare to a legit Appetite Demon but, I suppose they are strong enough to make your average joe or jane a threat. At the very least Midora is amused enough by these things to work with this Kiryūin. "

"Do you know what theses two's end game are?" Milla threw out carefully."

"Nope, Revocs seems to be hell a good at keeping their secrets, even with things as chaotic as they have been.

But, the fact that Midora even captured one of the Divine King Monsters seems to me that he is trying to admass a massive amount of energy and those Life-Fiber outfits might be a way to help him cheat to reach his goal early. On top of that, this fused world seemed to cause people to awaken semi Appetite Demons on their own in this city, though they are calling them Persona's for some reason.

The main point is, something big is going on in that city but with how well know me and my boy's like Toriko are to Midora we can't get to close without being the target of every punk in there. However, you guys may have just tangled with them but at the very least you're not registered in to their defense systems database."

Hiryuumon grinned before adding a chipper." Don't worry, we sneaked into entire enemy planets before, we can get into this city! Huh? Whoa, I'll admit never got into one quite like that before!"

The Wave-Rider's alert system went off as the group saw a massive city, nearly the size of a country was floating in the sky surrounded by a dozen sliver wings that kept spinning rapidly. Rip noticed the massive golden energy barrier before he cleared his throat."Mister, Ichiryu yes? Is this floating city another thing that is a result of these" Gourmet Cells"?

"Haha…hardly." The ICO president retorted."This is the city of Xibalba. Rumor is that the ship came from Maia, a star in the constellation Pleiades."

"Oh…is that another one of the races in this world?"

"Who knows, it's just a rumor. Funny thing is, this city came together after someone said that rumor, it legit came together from thin air! Not sure if that Kiryūin woman used a spell to pull it off but, its not your normal city.

A few cities from other worlds merged together to make this city, but the biggest chunk is Honnō City, and on the top is Honnōji Academy. It passes off as a high school but its really where Ragyō, as Board of Directors Chair, has been grooming her own army where her own child, Satsuki Kiryūin as "Student Council President" over sees the army.

Its structured like an army to, the place is to gaudy for us but our contacts say that its divided into four levels of residential buildings that are delegated to each student and their families based on the student's Goku Uniform ranking at Honnōji Academy. The higher the Star ranking, the more prestigious the standard of living, with No-Stars being relegated to the slums."

Lacus sighed as she saw that Xibalba indeed seemed to be shaped like a pyramid, with the fascists skyscrapers in the top and the shabbiest ones in the bottom." Great, and I thought I was done with high-school drama, but this seems like it's an even more snobbish place then the Jugend Athena Academy, and that was supposed to be where the elite of the universe went to high school. Ah well, at least this time I don't have to hold back."

Trunks saw Lacus giggled and raised an eyebrow as he looked at the Gourmet Hunters."Wait, did you say, Goku Uniform? What's that supposed to be?"

"Have only seen a few of them myself and sometimes they are called sometimes called Ultima Uniforms, but they are uniforms worn by high rank students at Honnōji Academy. Created by their Sewing Club, Goku Uniforms provide their wearer with incredible superhuman powers.

The strength and abilities of a uniform varies by the percentage of Life Fibers it is made from, represented by the number of star-shaped markings emblazoned on them. Word is they are all named after the ultimate fighter."

"Ugh…if dad hears that he will be bitter about it for another century. But anyway, sounds crazy all right, but how is a bunch of food and outfits going to give them the means to defeat the other planets?"

"Not sure but either they know what they are doing or are just completely crazy. Either way, they seem to be kicking off their plan soon. Fact is just as we enter that Satsuki kid is about to kick off the School "Naturals Election" commemoration to kick off the ascension to glory, by purging the weak.

They are making a city-wide event out of it, which means this is our best shot of finding up what she and Midora are up to before it kicks into high gear. So, my idea is for you guys to use your fancy moves to move in while they are distracted.

We do have contacts that can help. The fourth of the kings, Zebra is scooping things out and we made an ally with a double agent in this Honnōji Academy, a teacher who goes by Aikuro Mikisugi.

On top of that not everyone in the city has submitted to Ragyō, Mitsuru Kirijo, a rather strong-willed woman that is heir to the second most powerful corporation in the city, the Kirijo Group, pretends to be loyal in public but has contacted us to try and make a move. So, between all of that the odds are not that bad eh?"

Lacus saw the flying city getting closer before she thought things over, and then steeled herself to project her most confident smile."Maybe not the best odds, but we overcame worst situations in the past, just got to make sure we get through this as well right guys?"

Lacus was relived to see everyone nod confidently back at her before Rip sighed."Yes that's all well and good but first off, how the bloody hell do we land in this city without crashing or being shot down?"

"Ah right. Don't blow a blood vessel man these cities let in new comers as more get thrown in with each round, they are eager to since some of joined Midora. Just, be smooth."

After a quick instruction on just where was the hanger bay Lacus was able to get the guards let them into the flying city after pretending she was in awe of the Honnōji Academy's might and wanted to join. Thanks to her casting an extra barrier around the Gourmet Hunters to make sure they were not detected the Wave-Rider managed to park in Xibalba without incident.

The Enji braced themselves for anything, but where shocked to find what seemed a normal, even mundane reception. While Lacus sensed numerous strong power levels in the distance none where coming for her, and so she and her group carefully made their way to the city.

While they saw a few erratic and oddly dressed individuals, Lacus had seen just as many kinds of people in Neo Acadia and many of the other capital cities she had visited. After a few blocks of apparent normalcy Lacus heard some screaming, and with a quick nod to the others ran to its source.

While she expected some sort of public execution or something of that sort she realized the earlier scream was one of excitement, and as they ran in to what seemed like a city square she realized it was because their seemed to be a music concert going on in the middle of the square.

In the center of the raised platform was a woman with long copper colored hair tied in two pigtails, brown eyes and pale skin. Her outfit consisted of an orange shirt with puffy sleeves above a white turtleneck shirt.

To her right was another elegant young woman with long turquoise hair in a revealing black and white outfit with long black gloves and thigh-high black boots.

To her left was a young woman with long black hair with her bangs clipped together by five clips, and gray eyes wearing black strapless tube top, hotpants with a bright pink belt, transparent light pink length socks, and boots.

Lacus saw the idol trio's song was being both danced and sang expertly before she saw the banners below the stage and walked up to what seemed to be an unassuming guy with blue hair in a school outfit before she smiled at him."Excuse me, do you know what's going on?"

"What? How can you not know what's going on?"

"Ah well, just kind of got here and all."

"Oh, sorry they did say there were going to be more recruits soon. Well, the famous idol Rise Kujikawa is teaming up with Tsubasa Oribe and Kiria Kurono to kick off the Naturals Election Festival! President Kiryūin went all out to give us a good show before the final test starts! She may push hard, but her rewards are just as intense!"

"Seems that way." Lacus uttered as she saw Kiria do a sexy twirl to get the man, and all the men around him's attention. The Enji just rolled her eyes before going back to her teammates."

The contrast in tone is, vast to say the least. If the Beyonder wanted to see a fight, why does he have all these apparent bystanders just hanging around living normal lives?"

Coco shrugged as he took a hotdog that was at a convention stand."We heard that the guy hosting this gig wanted people who were not fighting because he wanted to see how those besides warriors reacted to the fighting.

Lacus paused as she saw the audience scream loudly after the song finished, and looked up at Honnōji Academy in the distance past the stage." That's right, Cosmos did say the Beyonder missed out on most of history. Is he, trying to learn about culture?"

"If he is he could have picked better singers." Yuna threw in sassily." This song might have energy but its all fluff, my songs were real works of art."

Collette saw how proud Yuna looked before she raised an eyebrow." But Yuna, I thought once everyone realized your singing skills came from the powers that dress-sphere thing had to that singer Lenne and heard you sing 1000 WORDS by yourself that they called you a fraud? I mean, last year only Tidas and a few others were they're for your reunion, right?"

"Well, that's, ugh shut up Collette your remembering it wrong! Tidas just put the wrong location down and people were confused, that's all it was! Besides, I just, decided my efforts were better focused in other areas."

Velvet grimaced before putting out a disgusted,"Anyone's efforts are better suited then stuff like this if they can. Maybe its just a culture thing, but while I won't deny music being helpful, from what I seen this idol junk is just stuff for men to objectify woman into their puppets and to get girls into thinking that their life is best suited being groomed into being said puppets."

Lacus could not help but giggle at the other woman's reaction and winked."I can't deny so many women have suffered being abused by people who pressured them into being beyond human.

I had, firsthand experience with that kind of pressure after all and I'll admit I nearly cracked from the stress more then a few times.

Still, its not all bad being a symbol that inspires...if its done the right way. After all, I'm kind of trying to being the ultimate symbol to the universe Velvet, you think that's all amounts to junk?"

Velvet paused as she saw Eleanor, Milla and others looking at her and sighed."Not quite Lacus. For one you helped me move on from my own trauma, you proved your not just pulling a stunt to make money."

"Thanks. I'm trying my best to make it more than just an illusion, just got to get out of this mess in one piece, right?"

Sarah saw Lacus still looked tired before she smirked." Just don't push yourself to hard you hear girl? Special powers or not, don't forget your a gal like everyone else, with their own desires and all that."

Lacus blushed as she anxiously flicked some hair back, but before anyone could respond the song ended. After the yelling died down and a bout a dozen flowers were thrown into the stage the woman Rise giggled before she walked to the front." Hey everyone, glad you liked the special combo song True Reincarnation Story we worked on just for today! My special thanks to President Maiko Shimazaki and all of Fortuna Entertainment for allowing me to work with Kiria and Tsubasa!

But of course most of all my heart goes out to Lady Satsuki, who not only let us preform for her event but also very gracefully allowed us to not take part in the contest. Speaking of her she wants to give you all a pep talk before the big event so please give her your full attention!"

Lacus saw Rise, the other singers, and everyone else on stage quickly leave before a bunch of muscular men that nearly looked like clones all march into the stage. The angelic Enji saw they each had grey uniforms with gold stars with X like shapes across their chest before she sighed yet again and looked at Hiryuumon."Let me know if you smell anything odd, looks like the real show is about to begin."

The dragon Digimon nodded as a large, muscular young man who has a darker-toned complexion and short blonde hair with thick eyebrows dressed in a Three-Star Goku Uniform stomped into the front before quickly barking out,"Attention pigs, all show your respect for Lady Satsuki!"

The Enji were shocked to see the massive crowd all but become silent, with most of them saluting as a tall slim woman with an angular face and long dark blue tinted hair and blue eyes calmly entered.

She had the same uniform as those around her but it was slightly fancier and had more gold stars then the others. This woman took a sheathed sword and slammed it into the ground.

She surveyed those around her before she narrowed her eyes, and boomed out a commanding,"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world! And you will all surrender to them, you pigs in human clothing!"

Despite the less then kind tone she was reacted with another fanatical burst of applause. Lacus saw how fanatical some of the students were, especially the ones in uniform, before she winced."I was wondering why a high school would be selected for the ultimate cosmic battle royal and I think I got my answer because they seem more like a cult. Figures."

Satsuki raised her hand to get those in front of her to calm down before her stance only hardened."My fellow students, I know we have been pushing you hard as of late, but because of the extremely unique circumstances nothing less than perfection would suffice!

And, aside from a few setbacks, things have been going as planned. Despite the powers our enemies on the other worlds might have, nothing they have will overcome our ultimate might!

Thanks to our allies we will soon begin the final phase. And for those who have proven themselves worthy I will make sure you are as equipped as possible. That's why, those who proven themselves worthy will be rewarded their new uniforms for the coming battle. Come forth, so you can get ultimate power! You may start right away Ira. First up is the president of the garden club!"

As another barrage of applause broke out the tall man from before a chubby man walked up to get a uniform. However suddenly one of the stage pillars fell down to head right for them.

Ira snarled with rage and punched the pillar out of the way. As a fragment fell on the head of the garden club's president a crude female voice cut in with a sharp." Man, your full of it Satsuki! So sick of you thinking you're a goddess! time I poke a hole in your ego and drag you back to earth!"

Suddenly a seventeen-year-old girl of medium height and mid-length black hair with a single left-swept red highlight on her bangs jumped onto the stage from the left. Her blue eyes had peculiar gear-shaped pupils with eight grooves around the edges that were blazing with furious determination.

She was clad in a navy-blue sailor uniform. Her shirt looked like a crop top with mid-length sleeves that bared her midriff. Her sailor-style collar with red stripes was tied by a multicolored scarf. Her skirt was held up by suspenders attached to a belt.

In her hand was a red blade that looked like a scissor, and as she drew it Satsuki just chuckled."So, you showed yourself at last, Ryūko Matoi. If you wanted to make a scene you did do it at the best possible time. Still, that's all your going to do because a fool like you has stalled my plans for the last time."

"Shove it!" Ryūko retorted fiercely." You looked down at me for the last time Satsuki! No matter what your plans are, I'm going to cut them all down!"

A blond woman near Satsuki glared at Ryūko before snarling out."How dare a lowly transfer student like you barks at lady Satsuki like that! The like's of her and the rest of the elite don't have to dirty their hands with trash like you! I'll lob a serve so hard it will break your filthy mouth!"

The blond woman grasped something on her sleeve, causing red fibers to break out and form a blood red tennis racket in her hand. The blond-haired woman pointed it at Ryūko before hissing out."No star trash like you are nothing! And if you can't realize that you must be taught by the ultimate teacher, pain! Time for I, captain Omiko of the Tennis club will serve punishment!"

The crazed Tennis club captain formed a ball of raw energy in her hand, but just as Lacus and her allies prepared to move in they saw Ryūko just smirk."Did not get the memo brat? I'll show you who's trash! Life-Fiber synchronization, Kamui, Senketsu!"

The wild woman bit a spike on her right sleeve to pull it out, causing her entire outfit to glow blood red. Suddenly fibers burst out of her clothing and consumed her, and an aura of energy burst out.

Moments later the light faded, the outfit Ryūko was wearing had transformed, and her hair became even more feathery and was accented with vibrant red undertones and horn-like clips.

Her shirts "eyes" extended into wing-shaped crests jutting out from Ryūko's shoulders and his upper and lower parts transformed into a black, skimpy suit of armor with red stripes.

The top section of the armor covered Ryūko's neck, lower-jaw, arms, and upper breasts, and possessed a red, triangular ventilation grill centered on Ryūko's upper back. The top armor piece was connected to her skirt by three red strings (two in front, one in back), leaving everything between the underside of her breasts and her waist exposed. Her legs were also covered with thigh-height, high-heeled boots.

Her opponent had her eye twitch at seeing Ryuko's transformation before she snarled."So you really did get some counterfeit outfit eh? A fake won't cut it tramp!"

The tennis captain giggled darkly and threw the glowing energy sphere at Ryūko, only for the scissor wielding woman to casually slice the projectile in half. Ryūko grinned at seeing her opponent's shock before a wild look in her eye blossom."That's funny, seems to be you're the one wearing rags! But since you're the tramp, even that's to good on you! Senketsu, Decapitation Mode!"

The raging woman dashed right for her racket wielding opponent, and while Omiko tried to block the strike Ryūko swerved around and slashed her across the chest. The strike ripped a chunk of red fibers, before the entire outfit was ripped up and absorbed into her own clothing. The blond woman gave a cry of outrage as she fell to the ground completely naked.

Ryūko just smirked as she roundhouse kicked the now naked woman off the stage and glared at her true target. As she did Lacus took all she just saw and just face palmed." So the outfits here are skimpier then what some strippers wear and they rip each other completely naked? Who, designed the rules here again?"

"Ugh…must have been some pervert who put this disgrace together."

Ichiryu chuckled before he threw in a sly,"From what Zebra and our insiders dug up it was in fact that girl's mother, Ragyō, who came up with the rules and designed the outfits. Guess woman can be perverts to eh? Not that I'm complain since….er….gives us more opening or…something…yah. Anyway, this little grudge might give us an opening."

Lacus nodded as she and the rest tried to slowly move through the other side of the stage, as they did Satsuki glanced at her defeated underling and just sighed." I see you sharpened your skills. To bad your still as uncouth as ever."

"Save it, I'm not going to be polite to someone involved with my father's murder! You can confess now or spit it out naked like your groupie cause none of your mass-produced crap is going to save you!"

"To true, but the one that's going to be begging for mercy is you Ryūko. I'll confess that Senketsu is proving to be quite powerful. But I'll show you true power! Let me show you the true shape of my soul! "Life Fiber Override…Junketsu!"

The head of the Student Council president pulled on her sleeve before she was transformed in her own cocoon of red energy, releasing a shockwave in the process. When the energy sphere faded Satsuki emerged transformed like Ryūko, only her outfit had slightly spiker shoulder pads. The woman with the scissor saw her opponent's transformation before she cringed." The hell, you have something like that to? I was kind of forced into this, your telling me you proud looking all slutty?"

"Heh…my actions in donning Junketsu are, like the Kamui's name implies, "utterly pure" For what shame is there in welding ultimate power? This is something an ungainly commoner like you could never understand."

"Oh shut the hell up! I don't want to have the mindset of an elitist monster like you! If you value that outfit so much, I'm going to enjoy ripping it apart! I won't give in to a fake!"

Ryūko burst right for Satsuki, but in a flash the woman in blue swung her sword fast enough to release a shockwave. Ryūko wined and nearly was blown off her feet blocking the blow." Rejoice, you will be the first offering to my Junketsu."

Ryūko just cursed before she tried to dash behind the taller woman to strike her, only for Satsuki to swerve and parry the strike without even turning around. Satsuki gave a dismissive sigh as she rammed the hilt of her blade into the shorter woman's chest, with enough force to smash Ryūko into one of the concert stages pillars with enough force to shatter it.

As she saw her opponent cough up blood Satsuki sighed."Your Senketsu is powerful, but it's clear you're to unfocused a warrior to make use of it. You can rage all you want Ryūko, but you will never have the power to stop me!"

Satsuki charged at Ryūko to attempt to finish her off. However just as Lacus was about to move, suddenly a beam of ice shot down from above to freeze the charging woman's sword arm solid. Just as Satsuki looked shocked another calm woman voice cut in with,"That may be true Satsuki, but its not her along that will topple you, its my will as well!"

Satsuki's eyes hardened as she saw the source of the ice reveal herself as a woman jumped into the stage behind her. She was a woman with long red hair covering her left eye clad in a white fur coat over a black catsuit. As the woman drew a red rapier Satsuki sneered." So, you at last make your move, eh Mitsuru Kirijo? Did you think you were fooling me? Honestly with humanity currently clustered to one large city it was easy to see who was covering for each other.

It was obvious you would not want to be assimilated Kirijo, but while the resources of the Kirijo Group are powerful, they are nothing compared to the might of the Revocs Corporation! No matter how much you try, you're just a human, and one unchosen by the Kamui is nothing to me!"

Satsuki casually shattered the ice off her hand and charged at the interloper. But seeing Satsuki come for her just caused Mitsuru to glare at her." True, I don't have the power of the Life-Fibers, but I don't need them for I have power of my own! I command thee…freeze her solid, Artemisia!"

Satsuki was caught off guard as Mitsuru had her own aura surge around her, before she casually pointed a gun at her own head and shot herself. This special Evoker gun shot a beam of energy into her, quickly causing the aura around her to transform into a woman in a black gothic dress with a red bird mask over her face. The woman glared at Satsuki before waving her hand, causing a mirror of ice to form around her and Mitsuru. Satsuki winced and backed off, and in a flash saw a whip come for her.

As she dodged the whip she saw ice erupt where the whip struck. But as Artemisia kept lashing at her she just chuckled."So, this is the power of the Persona, the so called "shadow self" brought out from the depths of the heart? It's nothing to take lightly but it's an inferior process of drawing out the power of one's soul compared to Life-Fibers!

I know the Kirijo Group had been doing all kinds of research with your SEES agents and Shadow Operatives. Impressive, but it's an inferior process, and like when all companies prove who they are superior, its time you, and all your supporters are put in your place!"

Satsuki shattered the ice attack sent her well and slashed at Mitsuru 's Persona. While she looked like she was going to overpower her target, the Kiria dancer form before jumped back on the stage with grim determination."Maybe not alone, but sometimes quantality does beat quality! Are combined starlight will beat yours Satsuki! Do it now Tharja!"

The singer had a blue light surge around her before she transformed as well. When the light faded her hair turned bright teal tied in pigtails and her eyes turned red. Her face became obscured by a mask covering her right eye. Her outfit became more armored, though still revealing with her midriff bared.

A weapon formed in her hand, a combination of a staff and microphone stand.

Just as Satsuki noticed her Kiria unleashed a tornado of ice in her direction. The attack was big enough to force Satsuki to jump into the air.

As she evaded the attacks she saw various people with Persona 's coming for her she sighed." I see, you enticed over the Mirage Masters at Fortuna Entertainment, those Phantom Thieves, and whatever other drop outs you could recruit eh? Its useless, all of you put together lack my vision!"

Mitsuru raised an eyebrow before countering with a sharp,"What kind of deranged vision involves working with Midora and the rest of those savage thugs? Such a vision is one of brutal madness, it can't be allowed to be the vision that wins this Battle-World contest!"

" Tsc…I thought we had similar upbringings Kirijo, but your clearly to squeamish to do what truly is needed to shape the future! Our reason, will reshape the nature of existence itself. The impure that stand in the way will be crushed without mercy!"

Satsuki observed Mitsuru's allies surround her before she heard a chuckle and saw Ryūko get back up with her face brimming with hostility." Heh…I'm going to crush them."

"What is that?"

"You heard me! I don't know what you really want to pull off. But I'm going to take all those precious dreams and aspirations and crush every last one of them! That might make you talk more!"

"Heh…how amusing. You all think the likes of you can steal my heart and my dream? Honnōji Academy is my kingdom, and those who invade it will be crushed, even if its everyone else in the universe!"

Mitsuru sighed as she looked at her allies and glared back at her rival."Then its time to see who's words will become reality! Don't let up the pressure, only being relentless will break her pose! Now Yukari!"

One of her allies used her own Persona to have a barrage of energy arrows rain down. As Satsuki was attacked her followers rushed to her defense.

As Lacus saw the two school groups erupt into a violate bout of Mortal Combat she eyed the erupting clash carefully, and eyed the ominous dark energy she sensed in the academy above to best figure out her next move.

As tried to do that, she heard the two sides give school cries, making her face palm."Somehow despite everything I feel like I'm back where I was in High school. Just great, on top of everything I'm stuck with the worst parts of high school drama on top of it being a freaking war with crazier maniacs then usual. Whatever…no matter how convoluted this gets, I'm not going to let this be what stops me from protecting everyone. Just, got to figure out the best way to trudge through this insanity. After all I been through, the likes of this won't trip me up, for the sake of Ben, and all that I care about, I won't allow it."

Authors Notes: Ah well, this will be the arc with the most less known stuff as a whole but hope it won' t be to confusing.

First off Kill La Kill aired on Adult Swim so hopefully its mostly known to most of you. I know its a highly, stylish series to say the least, but I swear I included it hear for more then fan service and that hopefully its elements can lead to some growth for Lacus among the insanity.

Oh yes and quickly, Sarah Lance was from the Arrow show and is the current lead in the Legends of Tomorrow. While a minor role for this, figured she could be a good person for Lacus to bounce off of, along with Velvet and her team.

Toriko is a anime and manga that finished a few years ago. It did have a dub but was never aired on TV, and the anime ended just as it got good. It was in the recent PS3 and PS4 J-Stars victory VS cross over fighting game so hopefully some will be aware of it. For a time they tried to hype it as much as Naruto and Bleach, even putting it in crossover specials with Dragon Ball and One Piece but it never caught on.

I admit the series has its flaws, it lacks female leads even more then some like Jojo, and lacks Jojo's style. Still, despite a slow start the fighting was really creative and the series had more uniqueness to it then other recent series like Black Clover or My Hero so I figured it was worth adding in, hopefully by the end of the arc it will be seen as a worthy addition to the show.

For one thing as this chapter showed, despite the odd slow start, some of the cast reaches at least Buu saga level of Dragon Ball power by the end game so, it was a crazy ride lol.

Lastly is the Persona series. I know Persona's been getting popular as of late and has had anime and manga adaptations but I also know that its still no where as well known as Final Fantasy, and heck, I only got into it really a few years ago myself so for those that are unaware, Persona,also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, is a video game franchise developed and primarily published by Atlus.

Persona is a spin-off from Atlus' Megami Tensei franchise, and was originally based on the high school setting of Shin Megami Tensei If... The first entry in the series was released in 1996. There have since been five further main titles, with the most recent Persona 5, being released in 2016.

Persona began as a spin-off based on the positively-received setting of If.... Its trademark features include a high school setting, a group of students as the protagonists, a silent protagonist similar to the mainline Megami Tensei franchise, and combat using Personas. Since the release of 3 in 2006, the main series has used a social simulation function called Social Links, which is directly linked to how Personas evolve.

Each of the games have very strong plot and character development, I admit 3 and 4 mostly having random dungeons put me off for a while but going back to when they were not random in 2, and having non random levels in 5 allowed me to get into the series more.

At the moment I find them more polished , and sure as hell more focused then Final Fantasy has been in the past decade. Because of that I wanted to give a nod to them and so here we are.

If you never played the series most of the focus will be on elements of three with those like one of the main leads from 3, Mitsuru Kirijo, along with a few more elements from 2 and 5 with the rest mostly being cameos.

See, Persona is like Final Fantasy in that each main game has a different cast, but they are all in the same world, hence why the cast of 3 and 4 interacted and were in the same story for the side story fighting game Persona 4 Arena Ultimax , a game made by the same guys that did Guilty Gear and Blazblue. The game was popular enough that some of the fighters are in the up coming Blazblue Cross over game( Even if most of them seem to be part of the massive DLC...damn it Altus why you have to sell out?)

Anyway for a quick summary to point out the differences in the games is

Persona one was the first for the Playstation, and set in the town of Mikage-cho, it follows a group of high school students from St. Hermelin High, who are forced to confront an outbreak of demons in their hometown.

Persona 2 was so big that it was split into two games.

The first part, Innocent Sin was set in the coastal city of Sumaru, the story follows Tatsuya Suou, a student of Seven Sisters High, as he confronts phenomena generated by reality-altering rumors. Its also the one where Hitler was the final boss lol.

Because of the whole Hitler thing Innocent Sin was not released in America, though the PSP port did come out in 2010 and its possible to find copies of it currently if your lucky.( Apparently as long as you put sunglasses over Hitler its not as bad).

The second part, Eternal Punishment was set shortly after the ending of Innocent Sin and was also the first Persona game to come out to America. The story follows Maya Amano, a supporting character from Innocent Sin, as she confronts a similar rumor-created threat along with Tatsuya.

The first three Persona games were ones where you summoned the Persona's, ones " shadow self" in the real world, but after that the cast would summon Persona's in " other worlds".

In Persona 3, the player takes the role of a student who joins the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), a group of students investigating the Dark Hour, a time period between one day and the next that few people are aware of. During the Dark Hour, the player enters Tartarus, a large tower containing Shadows, creatures that feed on the minds of humans.

The game's most iconic feature is the method by which the members of SEES release their Personas: by firing a gun-like object called an Evoker at their head

Persona 4 takes place in the rural town of Inaba, where a group of students investigate a series of killings related to a realm known as the Midnight Channel that's entered vie TV's.

Persona 5 takes place in modern-day Tokyo, and follows the player-named protagonist after his transfer to the fictional Shujin Academy after being put on probation for an assault of which he was falsely accused.

During the course of a school year, he and other students awaken to their Persona powers, becoming a group of secret vigilantes known as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts who explore the Metaverse, a supernatural realm consisting of the physical manifestation of humanity's subconscious desires, to change malevolent intent from the hearts of adults

A example of what was from Persona is that Xibalba was the final area of Persona 2 Innocent Sin, a flying city created by rumors. Many things were created by rumors in that game, good thing alternate facts can't become reality TO easily lol.

Kiria Kurono is not from Persona but form a spin off on the Wii U that was a unofficial crossover between Persona and the Fire Emblem series, Tokyo Mirage Sessions FE . While not directly related to Persona since there fashion focused cast fit in well I figured I give a few nods to the game as well lol.

Well that should cover it, hope you like the start of Lacus's arc, despite the combination of insanity I feel like despite the differences between the shows, the Appetite Demons in Toriko, the Personas, and the Life-Fiber outfits in Kill La Kill all are ways of expression one's " Soul" so there was enough in common for them to work together without being a total mess.

Well, I hope it will lead to a fun ride. As always hope to see a review and till next time.