A New Life Chapter 4
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Chapter 4
In a blur of red and black, the witch and the Wind Walker of Gaimindustri clashed, as they both entered a blade lock. IF gritted her teeth as she tried to win over the contest of strength " HA!" With a mighty yell, flames burst out of the agent body as she parried the witch's staff away.
Surprised by the sudden burst of strength, the witch was caught off guard, seeing the opening, IF smirked as she spun a full circle before thrusting her leg out, planting it into the Witch's gut " Arg-!" The witch grunted as she was launch toward the wall, creating a large crater as she slammed into the rocks.
" Not so tough now are we?" IF taunted as the witch stood back up, adjusting her witch hat " Tch, cocky bastard..." She uttered under her breath as she vanished.
" Huh...?" To the agent's confusion, IF scanned the area around her while keeping her guard up " IF! Behind you!" Gohan yelled as she immediately spun around throwing her leg out, performing an overhead kick.
Unfortunately, it was easily blocked by the staff, the witch let out a laugh as she swiped IF off her legs then she planted her staff on the agent's abdomen, then she fired a black magical orb at point-blank distance.
" Gah-!" IF yelled in pain as the orb exploded, sending her soaring through the cave. ' Damnit, it's no good, IF's not strong enough...' Gohan while standing on the side observing the fight unfolds, he decided it would be best if he observed how his opponents fight, after all, it's never clever to rush into battle blind, but seeing how things were happening, he might have to step in.
' B-But this isn't my fight! I'm not supposed to fight! I'm only supposed to guide them through this journey... but I'm supposed to protect them as well... If this continues, IF will be- Damnit!' Gohan struggles to come up with a solution as the sound of metal clashing against each other was heard throughout the cave.
The two fighters had long surpassed the speed of sound, with each clash, the two seems to accelerate even faster than the last one. Entering into another blade lock again, IF now seems to be irritated by the fact that she hasn't inflected any major damage on the witch yet, while her stamina is burning out with each clash.
" HAAA!" Boosting her strength with a burst of flames again, IF's attempt to break through the witch's defence failed miserably as the witch merely sidestepped, IF's Katars went along the side of the witch's staff, unable to halt her movement, the agent found herself falling forward, leaving herself completely opened for the witch to screw her up.
" HAHAHA! Who's the tough one now?" The witch mocked the falling agent as she fired another black orb at point-blank distance, sending the Wind Walker across the cave as she hit the wall. IF felt air leaving her lungs as she bounced off the wall, coughing consecutively for few seconds, she eventually got back on her foot.
" Still standing huh, fine. I'll give you another beating... to the death!" exclaimed the witch as she dashed forward the injured agent, raising her staff over her head before bringing it down with the intention of breaking the girl's skull.
IF quickly raised her Katars up just in time to block the devasting blow, she can feel the force of the strike as it went from her blade down to her legs, another crater was formed as IF summoned another burst of flames, boosting her strength as she threw her arms to the side, redirecting the blow to the ground next to her.
The staff struck deeply into the floor " Tch..." The witch grunted as she struggled to remover her weapon off the ground " HAAAAA!" Summoning another burst of flames, IF launched herself toward the occupied witch in blinding speed, she knows her stamina won't last, so she put everything into this last attack which would decide the results of this match.
Engulfing her Katars with raging flames, IF threw it outward, the witch's eyes widened in shock knowing that she's unable to dodge or block her EX-drive, Heaven Demon.
IF's Katars sliced through the witch cleanly, leaving a trace of red linings behind, once she dashed past the witch in pain, IF leap to another point and rushed in at a different angle, slicing the witch again in the process.
IF repeatedly dashed in and slashed the witch from different angles, making it impossible for the witch to dodge her strikes.
She passed through the witch, slicing her one last time, before turning around and launching the witch high into the air with a thrust of her Katar.
" HAAAAA-!" IF wasted no time as she propelled herself toward the soaring witch, the flames engulfing her weapons flared even more violently than before, she sliced the witch, leaving an 'x' of flames, indicating the place her slashes were made.
Skidding along the floor, IF came to a halt as she raised her hand and snapped her fingers, with that simple command, the flames began to whirl around the witch as it began to compress, unable to contain the pressure, it soon exploded.
White energy began to flare ferociously and black lightning cracked fiercely around IF's fist, the heat waves she's emitting goes all the way out of the cave.
Then she launched toward the witch in midair " Get Blown To Hell!" She yelled from the bottom of her lung as she threw her raging arm forward, the fist made contact with the witch's face as a huge explosion occurred, shaking the whole cave.
As the smoke slowly cleared, a standing shadow was visible through the smoke, regaining his vision, Gohan can now see IF de-transformed and weakly standing in the middle of the crater created by that devastating blow, with further inspection, the witch was laying on the ground, face buried in the ground.
Victory!
Item Obtained
None
Level Up
Neptune lv 9
Compa lv 9
IF lv 11
" Iffy... wow! You actually won against that witch! You're so cool and strong in that form!" Compa exclaimed " Yeah! I'm so glad you've joined us Iffy, Otherwise, things could have gone completely south." Neptune speaks through the barrier, which brings attention to Gohan.
" Strange... The barrier is still up..." Gohan muttered in his thinking pose, that's when he noticed " IF! BEHIND YOU!" Gohan yelled as the agent turned around, eyes widened in shocked, a staff was planted right at her chest, the one holding it was no other than the witch.
Smirking, the witch adjusted her hat and wiped a bit of blood of her face. Then she fired an orb, sending the beat up agent soaring backward, acting quick, Gohan dashed forward and caught the agent before she hit the wall, IF's now badly injured, brushes and cuts everywhere, her clothes are torn apart, with only a few pieces hanging on to cover her private parts.
" Iffy!" Compa rushed toward the damaged agent as she began to treat her wounds, the witch began to laugh.
" Well, with that out of the way, I suppose it's time for me to collect my reward..." the witch started walking toward Neptune, a hole with a diameter only enough to fits a person's arm opened up in the barrier, dark purple aura formed around the witch hands as she launched herself toward the lilac hair girl.
" I'll be taking your powers and the Key Fragment now, Neptune!" The witch exclaimed as she's only meters away from the barrier, acting quick, Gohan launched himself between the witch and Neptune in a speed that no one was able to follow, grabbing the witch's hands, completely stopping her on her tracks, an action which Gohan would soon regret.
" Wait, where did Gohan go?" Compa questioned as she finished healing Iffy's wound and somehow fixed her clothes, just to find Gohan between the witch and Neptune " When did he-" Iffy was cut off as the purple aura began to engulf the young Saiyan.
The witch's eyes were widened, but not because of the interference of the boy, but it's because of the raw power she's getting from the boy.
Just only seconds after the aura engulfed him, she could feel unstoppable raw energy with nothing but the purpose of destruction pouring into her body.
" ARGGGG-!" Gohan screamed in agony as he fell on one knee, it's like his power was being sucked away, he felt his Ki slowly gathering at the hand he grabbed the witch, and if this continues, it would be sucked out of his body!
Fortunately, Compa and IF managed to break the process before his Ki was stolen, but he felt different, he's a lot weaker then before, probably only one-tenth of his full strength, it's like the Saiyan part of him is gone without a trace.
" This power..." Amused by the result, the witch laughed " I'll admit I wasn't expecting this, but with this power... I feel like I could blow Gamindustri up in one blow!" The witch laughed as Gohan grunted his teeth.
' Damnit Gohan! Why were you so certain that we've won! You dropped your god damn guard again! ' Gohan yelled in his thought. " O-oh no... I jinxed it... things had gone south! I'm sorry guys..." Neptune muttered with guilty.
" Nep-Nep, it's not your fault. We'll beat this witch and release you, just hang in there." Compa said as Gohan stood up " Do you know what that dark purple aura is?" Iffy asked " Yeah, I think I have a grasp on how it works. When I was engulfed by that aura, I felt my power drained out from my body."
' It's not just that, somehow, she was able to completely remove my Saiyan biology and imply it on herself! Though it's fortunate that she didn't know how to control her Ki, otherwise, we might be screwed. ' Gohan thought to himself.
" So she can steal people's energy?" Iffy asked with a frown " You're close, but not accurate enough." The witch exclaimed " You see, I have the ability to steal others ability and copy their power for my own use." The witch explained as she shrugged " Though, I doubt will knowing my power do you any goods, you all going to die here, with this power, your death is guaranteed."
" Who are you?" IF asked, a bit of fear was visible on her face, " My name is Arfoire, the one who shall become the being known as True Goddess!" Arfoire exclaimed loudly " Now, prepare yourself, cause I'll be sending you to hell now!"
" This is no time to be holding back... IF can you transform?" Gohan asked " Yeah, thanks to Compa, I'm completely healed now." IF replied as flame burst out, engulfing the guild agent as she turned into her Flame Awaken form again.
" Good, Compa, you stay behind, I and IF will face her. IF, we're taking her on with full power from the start!" Gohan exclaimed as white aura flared around him " You ready?" Gohan asked as he unleashed his sword and took into a battle stance, " You bet I'm." IF replied as she took her Katars out.
Silence filled the cave not even Neptune dared to break this staring contest, the tension is so thick that it feels like it could be cut with a knife. The sound of debris hitting the ground indicated the start of the battle.
Gohan and IF launched themselves toward Arfoire as Arfoire shot a wave of magical orbs toward the duo, Gohan sidestepped dodging the orbs as IF dropped on to the ground, sliding pass the projectile as it exploded behind them, launching herself back on her foot, IF rejoined Gohan in their frontal assault.
" Tch... You don't know when to give up, do you? Fine, have more of it, for all I care." Arfoire said in annoyance as she released more waves of orbs. However, that didn't stop the two from advancing as they began to make their way past the projectiles by cutting through it with their blade.
Once they're within range, IF was the first to leap toward the witch, thrusting her Katars out, in response, Arfoire easily parried the attack as she somersaults backward, allowing Gohan to dash pass her.
Once he's pass IF, Gohan spun around as he threw his legs outward, performing a tornado kick, Arfoire raised her other arm up, readied for the incoming strike, but Gohan phrased out moments before the strike lands, which allows IF to leap in and deliver an uppercut, sending Afoire soaring upward.
Gohan reappeared behind Arfoire, keeping his momentum from earlier, Gohan's leg slammed into Arfoire's back, a scream of agony was heard following up with a loud crash with smoke emerging from the craters created.
The smoke cleared, as Arfoire dashed out of the crater, toward IF, raising her Katars in an 'x' IF readied herself for any incoming assault, in a flash, Arfoire closed the distance between the two, thrusting her staff forward, forcing a gap between the duo blades.
IF let herself fall backward as Arfoire went over her, once she's in a position where she's under Arfoire, she launched herself upward as she thrust her legs toward Arfoire abdomen, sending her upward.
Jumping up, Gohan swung his sword toward Arfoire, which she somehow managed to dodge that, using the remaining momentum, she spun a full circle before slamming her staff on Gohan.
Acting quick, Gohan raised his sword and blocked the strike, but the remaining force sends him crashing onto the ground " Gohan!" IF called out as he jumped out of the crater and gave a thumbs up indicating that he's fine.
Arfoire now switched on to the offensive as she constantly goes after IF and Gohan, it was a contest of endurance and stamina as they proceed further into the cave, out of Compa and Neptune's sight.
IF and Arfoire entered into another blade lock as the ground beneath them began to crack, IF summoned another burst of flames boosting her strength, but Arfoire sidestepped again, as IF began to fall forward, she smirked.
Twisting her body, she slashed Arfoire's legs, causing her to scream in agony as she fell on her knees, then Gohan came up from behind with a dropkick, aiming for her head, but Arfoire managed to grab IF legs and threw her in front of herself.
Gohan's eyes widen as he phrased out before his attack reaches IF, reappearing behind Arfoire, however, Arfoire already see this coming, throwing IF toward Gohan as she shot a huge magical orb toward, it exploded upon contact.
As the smoke cleared, Gohan was seen holding a knocked out IF on his arms, in bridal style... Anyway, Gohan disappeared and reappeared next to Compa, slightly shocking the Nurse in training, he places IF next to Compa " Treat her wound " She did her best. I'll take care of the remaining from now on." He said in a calm yet commanding voice, without hesitating, Compa begins to heal Iffy's Injures.
" Fight me alone? Well, aren't you very brave?" Arfoire said with a bit of sarcastic as Gohan reappeared and slowly walked forward " Or are you just stupid?" " We'll see." Gohan simply replied with hints of anger under his calm voice.
The two dashed toward each other at speed greater than before, in mere seconds, the two are locked in an exchange of various blows, wind whirled around them and electricity sparked around them violently.
Even though they're quite far away, and wasn't able to observe the match, Compa and Neptune were able to feel the ground beneath them shaking " Nepu-! Earthquake!" Neptune yelled as she dived onto the ground, while Compa tried to prevent the unconscious IF from rolling away.
The two were now in a blade lock once again, Gohan knows he needs to finish this soon, this cave won't hold any longer, it feels like it would collapse anytime now.
Gohan broke out of the blade lock with a swipe of his feet, knocking Arfoire off balance, then he spun around and planted his heels firmly on her jaw, performing a reverse roundhouse kick, sending Arfoire off the ground with a scream of pain.
Gohan reappeared on top of Arfoire, swinging his blade down, his sword slashed a large portion of her body, Gohan immediately performed a somersault and landed a hammer kick, sending her crashing down on the floor, following up, Gohan threw a barricade of Ki blast towards Arforie as it all exploded upon contact. Hmmm, looks like Gohan had learned the spamming technique, nice.
Gohan landed back on the ground, as the smoke cleared, he could see Arfoire standing weakly on the middle of the crater, with a large wound located diagonally from her left shoulder to her right hip.
She's gasping for air as she struggled to not past out " Urg... You... What are you...? Even after I took your power... you're still able to beat me with ease...? You aren't a human... What in the world are you?" The injured witch asked with hints of anger.
" I guess you've noticed since you took my genes huh... Well, I'm going to have to ask you a question first. Do you know Neptune?" Gohan asked " Of course I do, I know her like the palm of my hand!" Exclaimed Arfoire, as much as he wants to keep on asking about this matter, but he knows that he can't hold her at bay any longer, plus, he got more important things to do.
" Now to answer your question." Gohan pointed to himself with his thumb and smirked " I'm Gohan, and I'm a Saiyan born from Earth." Gohan protest.
" Hmm... Gohan, huh..." Arfoire said as a blinding light filled the cave " Remember this, Saiyan from Earth, one day, you will pay for what you've done to me today!" Arfoire exclaimed as the light dies, leaving no trace left of the witch.
Then he felt his Saiyan genes returning, he's now back to full power, however, looks like fighting without his Saiyan abilities had put a toll on his body, he soon fell on the ground as he entered a long sleep.
Victory!
Item Obtained
None
Level Up
Neptune lv 11
Compa lv 11
IF lv 13
A breeze of wind woke the hybrid Saiyan, however, he isn't in Gamindustri, one quick look of his surroundings was all it took for Gohan to know that.
He was back on Earth, with Piccolo and Krillin, his eyes widened as his memory caught up to him ' No...' Gohan thought to himself, yet again he found himself unable to control his body.
The grunts of a familiar foe had brought Gohan's attention, standing in front of him, a fairly muscular man, with a mustache that splits into two sections, his Saiyan armor mostly destroyed, revealing his upper body.
Gohan tried his best to regain control over his body, trying to avoid the inevitable, but he was stroke with fear, and so, the Saiyan before him, also goes by the name of Nappa, let out a mighty roar before thrusting his arm forward, releasing the energy blast he had been charging.
Then it happened, it all happened so fast that it took a few a seconds for Gohan to register what happened. His mentor Piccolo had rushed in front of Gohan, arms spread wide open to shield his mentee, tanking the Ki beam for the young Saiyan.
" ARGGGG-!" The Namekian screams in agony as the beam slowly vaporized his clothing, despite the pain, Piccolo didn't falter, he vowed to protect the weak child behind him, then in a flash, the beam died down, leaving Piccolo standing weakly in front of Gohan.
" It's okay kid..." He spoke weakly, now that he has protected his mentee, he finally gave in to the urge to driven off into a deep slumber, and so, the Namekian never opened his eyes once again.
AN: Oh dear, why do I get the feeling that plenty of people are going to hate me for what I've done...
Neptune: You're just imagining things, chill out, author. You've already dug quite the hole for your grave already.
AN: Neptune you ain't helping me out here... anyway, to further dig a deeper grave for me, here's the updated PL list.
Power Levels Ain't Bullshit
SSJ Multiplier - x50
SSJ2 Multiplier - x100
Gohan (Base) - 20,000,000
Gohan SSJ - 1,000,000,000
Gohan SSJ2 - 2,000,000,000
Level Multiplier - 1 lv up = 5% Increase
HDD Multiplier - x40
Neptune lv1 - 19,000
Purple Heart lv1 - 760,000
Neptune lv99 ~ 2,380,000
Purple Heart lv99 ~ 95,000,000
Compa lv1 - 4,000
Compa lv99 ~ 500,000
Flame Awakening Multiplier - x35
IF lv1 - 9,700
IF Flame Awakening lv1 - 339,500
IF lv99 ~ 1,200,000
IF Flame Awakening lv 99 ~ 43,000,000
Arforie - 800,000
Arfoire ( Gohan ) - 1,800,000