"Man, it wasn't on fire so much when I was comin' over here!" Goku shouted to Nariyoshi, jumping to the side from a falling, burning tree. Just one of a whole lot going right ahead of them going all the way back to where he came in from, he guessed. With all of it so smokey and shiny, it was kinda hard to tell but one thing was for sure, all of it bugged his nose even more and his eyes were starting to get super watery.

Nariyoshi wasn't taking it good either, from over Goku's head, he started coughing real loud like he was trying to get something big a nasty stuck in there out of it. "You okay, pops?"

"Y-yes!" He coughed again, looking kinda weird. "Just... been a while since I was in the middle of something so... exciting!"

Another tree went down with a loud crashing noise in front of them but it wasn't the loudest thing Goku heard, that'd be the Grimm snarling from behind a ways off. The monsters were gonna get to where they were real soon if he didn't do something. Well, Nyoibo helped him out the last time he needed to get someplace so why not again!

"Couldja grab my neck? I need my hands free."

"O-Of course!"

With his hands-free, Goku took Nyoibo out and went back a little for a bigger running start. "Hold on old pops! This is gonna get wild!"

Before Nariyoshi could ask what he meant, Goku was already blasting off back to the dropped trees. "Nyoibo!" He shouted, bringing it up for a thrust. "EXTEND!"

Smashing it into the ground right before the trees, they both went up and up, rising even over the tall trees for a little while. Thanks to the speed he built up, they were able to go over a lot of the burning forest but Goku could tell it wouldn't be enough. They'd have to jump a few more times to get back out.

"Keep holdin' tight pops! I'll get us out!" Goku shouted to Nariyoshi over his screaming. With a loud thud, they landed to an even more messed up part of the forest but blasted off again once Goku got another running start. They went like this for a while, even with things burning more and more the closer they got to where Goku went into the forest through. From what he could tell, lots of Grimm were already getting to the town and whoever was busy tossing water outside boss' house was gone.

That's when Goku heard something shout from the sky. It wasn't like the others already there or from any Grimm he'd heard before. The sound was sort of shrill, making his ears hurt. What followed it was flapping noises, the kind from what sounded like a big bird. At the top of their last big jump out of the forest, the noises got suddenly louder and Goku swore he felt the wind snap behind him.

With a whole lot of power, the Grimm making this racket blew right past them close enough to not only freak both of them out but to accidentally smack into Nyoibo. The staff shook so much it was impossible for Goku not to lose his grip and pretty soon they were all falling pretty high off the ground.

For a second in mid-air, Goku let himself stare at the biggest Grimm he'd ever seen. It looked like a bird but so ginormous its wings looked like they could cover up the entire town it was busy going after. With its big clawed feet, the monster flew down to then ripped off the roof of a big house!

But he had way bigger problems than a giant, evil bird. He had to save the old man who definitely wouldn't survive falling from that distance. Remembering another one of Grampa's lessons about taking a fall, Goku curled himself up into a ball, making him smaller and letting him fall first. The second he hit the ground, he started running to where Nariyoshi was falling and shouted, using all his strength to jump across the air and grab him. Then he spun around, landing back down with Nariyoshi being held overhead.

"Phew! That was close, you alright pops?"

"Y-Yes, quite... alright..." Nariyoshi answered through the banging of his teeth. Goku heard Nyoibo smack down nearby but getting to him was gonna take some more fancy moves: the Grimm were looking their way. No wasting a second, Goku grit his teeth and went for his staff and sure enough, one of this big bear Grimm came for him.

"Why are you-" The old man tried shouting but Goku just kept running right at the mean looking monster in-front of them. Timing his jump right, he managed to dodge the claw swipe and use the bear Grimm's head to bounce off closer to Nyoibo.

Doing the same thing to a couple more Grimm, Goku grinned when his tail finally snatched the staff off the grass and bounced it back to his hand. Nariyoshi was back putting his arms around Goku's neck.

"I'm gunna get you someplace safe so I can go fight, alright?" With another running starting, Goku extended Nyoibo and went back to jumping long distances to the town. The bird Grimm was too busy going after people there to knock him down, thankfully.

"T-There's a basement under my restaurant! B-But if the Grimm overrun the city..."

"Aw don't worry! I'll beat em up good!"

After lots more jumping around, they finally stopped on the roof of a small house on the edge of town. Lots of people were running around, shouting and either running away or trying to fight the Grimm. So much of the place was on fire too with a ton of busted buildings everywhere.

"Where's yer place?"

"That way." Nariyoshi shakily pointed to just the place the big bird Grimm was circling around, where lots of fire was popping up around it.

"Okay! Hang on a little longer, kay?" With another jump, Goku got back to ground level. He didn't think hopping around the roofs was a good idea with the bird monster around. Instead, he jumped around those car things, big and small ones, around there to keep them both from the running people and Grimm down there.

On the way to the restaurant, he'd sometimes whack one of the monsters with Nyoibo when they were gonna nab someone. Even if it got them both into some trouble. By the time they got to the restaurant, the birds yelling was getting bad enough to hurt Goku's ears. That was when he heard a familiar voice too, screaming at other people.

"We need more ammo! Where the hells the Dust?!"

Goku was surprised in a good way when he figured out who it was. "HEY! BIG BALD!"

Standing outside the old man's place with a few of his bodies with those gun things, was the mean guy he met the same night as the boss. His black suit was gone, so was the rope or tie they put around their necks. Goku even spotted a little bit of blood on the side of his hairless head.

For a second, Big Bald stopped and just looked at him with that same, huge eye bulging look. "Y-You! You're alive?!"

"Yup!" Goku smiled then went to the door, letting Nariyoshi climb off. "Don't go outside till we beat em."

"Y-Yes! Thank you! A-And be careful!" The old man told him then rushed inside. Big Bald's guys kept firing on the bird Grimm circling around this chunk of town but it must not have been doing much. It looked like it was ignoring them.

"Kid! Mutt said you can take these things on! Please tell me he wasn't talking crap."

"Huh? Mutt's here?!" Goku asked, feeling hopeful that one of his friends didn't go boom like the boss did.

"He's sleeping inside! Now forget about im and help us! If we don't kill that Nevermore this whole town's screwed!"

"Alright! Leave em t'me!" Taking what must've been his millionth running start for a jump that night, Goku stabbed Nyoibo in the ground them told him to extend. In a quick burst of speed, his staff did its job good, getting him way, way up there around the spot Bird Grimm was flying around.

Then, Goku climbed to the top of Nyoibo with one foot while his tail wrapped itself around the staff. He stood there, being able to see the whole town right from under him. But it wasn't shiny and pretty like before. Now the monsters were there, and everyone was really scared.

Bird Grimm shouted again and this time, it got close enough for him to make the jump. With a shout, Goku told Nyoibo to shrink back to normal, feeling the staff whip against his tail when he made a grab for the monsters wing. He made it!

With every bit of strength he had, Goku grabbed onto the thing tight but boy was it not easy for him. The monster kept flapping it up and down, making it super tough. It didn't help the wind was strong too. Stronger than he ever thought it could get. It took all his own hand and arm strength just to hold on.

He was hoping to get closer to the mouth, use the same trick on the Bird Grimm like he did with those croc ones in the swamp. But something told him there was no way he'd get there without somehow being smashed or blown off so he'd have to it on the monsters wing.

Thankfully, his tail gave him basically a third arm. Slowly, Goku made it edge closer and closer to his right hand while his mouth opened up. First, he bit down on the monsters wing, hard as he could and trying to ignore the horrible taste it had. Bad enough to make him want to never eat again!

But it got the job done, it let him stay attached long enough to slip Nyoibo from his tail into his right hand. Then, with all the power he had in there, Goku let out a muffled shout and stabbed as hard as he could into the wing. The first hit didn't go far, even if the Grimm started yelling again. So he went again, and again, and again until the tough hide started letting up.

By the time he got to dent through it enough, both his hands and especially his jaw was really sore. Enough for them to feel numb. Ignoring this, Goku jammed Nyoibo into the dent as far as he could then prepared himself. Because when his teeth finally let go to give the order, he knew he was gonna get sent flying.

"EXTEND!" He shouted and Nyoibo did just that. With the same rushing burst, Grampa's gift to him went right through the monsters left wing. With nothing but the staff left to keep him up there, he focused his grip on it and practically heard the snapping of meat as the wind blew him and Nyoibo back. Which worked out just fine, this let them cut the monsters wing right off at the midway point.

With a shriek louder than any he'd ever heard before, the Bird Grimm went down and not in the city too. It crashed right where he and Nariyoshi came into town through where lots and lots of other Grimm was trying to get in too. Goku wasn't sure from so far away but he knew when that big thing fell, it must've squashed tons of its smaller buddies right from under it.

That got a satisfied smile out of him but his joy didn't last long. The last gust of wind that blew him back and let him down the monster took Nyoibo right out of his hands. The numbness of his hands was obviously much worse than he thought up there at the moment. Because when he tried to make them grab Nyoibo to soften the fall, Goku's arms just wouldn't listen to him.

Before he could try and figure out another trick with his tail though, the rest of him when numb when he hit the side of something really hard. Then something else, and a few more things before finally landing on top of one of those parks Big Bald and his guys had in-front of A Simple Wok.

"Uuuhhhh..." He moaned out, sort of hearing Nyoibo clank somewhere close by along with someone, maybe Big Bald, shouting his name. He'd fallen from big places before but usually, he broke his fall with something. This was a full-on splat. It was the kind of pain he couldn't even feel right then, the kind you'd feel a whole lot down the line.

A pair of big arms took him off the car, it was Big Bald, he was mostly sure. It was sort of hard to tell from his eyes feeling heavy. Pretty soon his ears went numb too, making whatever he was saying a whole lot of muffled noise. When Goku's eyes finally closed, he wouldn't see, feel or hear anything for a while.

A/N: Guess who's back? Next time, we'll get to the epilogue of the first arc!