SHONEN ALLIANCE
RE:BIRTH
OPENING THEME:KU ZEN ZETSU GO (Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters)
The overwhelming power of Yugi's Egyptian God Cards were more then even the overwhelming number of present monsters could stand against, though the mindless horde tried anyway.
"GAIA, THE FIERCE KNIGHT!" Yami shouted, summoning his fierce Knight to his Dark Magician's side. Dark colored flames engulfed Dark Magician as a blinding light shone from Gaia and the two emerged as Magician of Black Chaos and Black Luster Soldier! "CHAOS SCEPTER BLAST!" Yami ordered as his Magician blasted a line of creatures, utterly annihilating them! These creatures were lucky, however, compared to the ones that found themselves in the paths of Obelisk, Slifer, and Ra. To say they fell fighting would be over generous as the gods erased any that stood against them effortlessly!
Ichigo and Moka were just watching in awe as the gods tore their way through the foes.
"Heh, glad they're on our side," Moka admitted, chuckling as Luffy's arm stretched to the top of a light post and he pulled himself on top of it, staring up at the three gods.
"WHOA! THAT'S SO COOL!" he shouted.
On a nearby rooftop, Seto Kaiba scowled at the Egyptian gods. Those three cards had been the bane of his existence for longer then he cared to admit. He wasn't sure what was going on, leading theory for the moment was another virtual world fiasco, but whatever the case, he wasn't about to let Yugi show him up again.
"I summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue Eyes CHAOS Max Dragon!" he shouted, placing his cards. The two massive Blue Eyes monsters roared menacingly as they descended from the sky on either side of the god cards!
"Are those… Blue Eyes White Dragons?" Jack stuttered in disbelief.
"Awesome!" Jaden shouted, "we get to see both the god cards and the Blue Eyes White Dragons in action!"
Toshiro Hitsugaya was among the fighters paying minimal attention to the powerful creatures that had entered the fight on their side, slicing a monster in half with his Bankai. He charged another and swung his sword at it, but moments before the blade cut through, the creature and all its allies turned to black smoke and vanished from sight, leaving the heroes alone!
"What!?" he exclaimed, looking around in surprise.
"Did they retreat?" Naruto asked, looking around as Luffy jumped down beside him.
"Alright, we won!" he shouted excitedly as the two knuckleheads exchanged a high five.
Ichigo and Moka weren't so convinced the fight was over as both stood ready, expecting their enemies to reappear at any moment. Ichigo looked up to a nearby building top and saw something that made his stomach turn and his eyes widen with fright and disgust. The Dark Saiyan of Gluttony, Devour, stood looking down on the heroes, hungrily licking his teeth.
"What the hell is that thing?" Moka stuttered, staring up at it.
"No… why is he here!?" Renee cried, stepping back.
Devour jumped from the building top, landing in front of the gathered heroes! Looking from hero to hero, deciding his first meal.
"Now, who to eat first?" he wondered, chuckling menacingly.
"Eat? Uh, does this guy think we're food!?" Luffy exclaimed in surprise.
"Everything is food to me!" Devour answered, "and now, I feast!" he shouted, charging the group!
"Slifer! Attack!" Yami ordered.
"White Ultimate Lightning!" Kaiba ordered as both Slifer and Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon opened fire on the advancing Dark Saiyan. The blasts hit their mark, forcing him to stop in his tracks, holding his hands up to hold back both blasts.
"GETSUGA TENSHŌ!" Ichigo shouted, firing off his blade shaped blast at the off guard Dark Saiyan, striking him in the stomach, throwing him off balance and allowing Blue Eyes and Slifer's attacks to overtake him, creating an explosion that hid Devour in a cloud of smoke.
"SILPHIA! RINOA!" Renee shouted, flying up above the Dark Saiyan. Rinoa and Silphia took to the sky as well, creating a triangle with the cloud below their center! "TAKE HIM DOWN!" their older sister screamed as all three princesses fired off a barrage of crimson, violet, and golden energy blasts into the smoke, causing more and more explosions that created a cloud of smoke that rose higher then the princesses.
"Did we get him?" Renee cursed.
"Huh, that wasn't to tough," Luffy quipped, "can we go back to fighting the other guys now?"
"Or we could just be done," Moka suggested, "I'm about done with this crap."
Suddenly, the smoke blew away at the princesses' altitude. Rinoa had no chance to react before the Dark Saiyan appeared in front of her! With a powerful, overhead blow, he struck her on the roof of her skull, sending her plummeting, knocking her into the street, hard!
"Rinoa!" Isabella exclaimed, flying over to her unconscious twin.
Silphia was next, being struck in the side of her head with a powerful spin kick attack before she'd even registered that the foe had rushed her. She was sent flying powerlessly towards a building, only missing crashing into it thanks to Ichigo, who caught her and managed to slow her down before both of them crashed through the outer wall of the building.
"RINOA! SILPHIA!" Renee shouted despairingly, "BASTARD! I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER FOR THAT!" she roared furiously.
"Heheheh, seems you've learned nothing. How did that temper of yours work out for you last time?" Devour taunted.
"SHUT UP!" Renee screamed, channeling her energy into a golden Super Saiyan aura. She pointed the palm of her right hand out towards Devour then placed her left hand against the back of the hand as an orb of red energy appeared in front of the outstretched palm. "EAT THIS! CRIMSON WRATH!" she roared, firing a powerful blast of crimson energy at the Dark Saiyan.
"If you insist," Devour responded, opening his mouth. The blast slammed right into his open mouth as he seemingly began to drink in the energy attack! After he had devoured every ounce of energy from the attack, he burped out a cloud of smoke and laughed. "Nice and spicy! That burnt all the way down."
"You've gotta be kidding me," Renee cursed.
"Any other tricks you'd like to try, or shall I move to the main course?" Devour asked, licking his teeth in a way that made Renee feel sick. Before she could try another attack, however, Ichigo appeared behind Devour, Tensa Zangetsu raised over head and his Hollow mask formed over his face.
"GETSUGA…," he called out in his distorted, hollowfied voice, "…TENSHŌ!" he roared, unleashing his attack into Devour's exposed back at point blank range! The Dark Saiyan was completely blindsided by the attack, roaring angrily as the Getsuga drove him towards the ground. Moka sprang into action, jumping at the plummeting Dark Saiyan and planting a powerful kick right into the upper half of his face, above the abnormally large mouth. With a furious roar, the Dark Saiyan released a surge of energy that blew Moka backwards and dissipated the Getsuga!
Moka crashed into the ground hard enough to create a small crater as Devour vanished and reappeared above Ichigo, slamming his fist into Ichigo's face with enough force to shatter the Hollow mask and send the Substitute Soul Reaper crashing helplessly into the ground below.
"Would anyone else like to try interfering!?" Devour demanded indignantly!
"DESTRUCTO DISC!"
Devour barely managed to move his head before a thin, yellow energy disc sliced it in half, a deep, bloody gash on his cheek proving his failure to fully avoid it.
He turned and angrily glared at Krillin, who immediately began charging his energy.
"Power up as much as you want. It won't make any difference after I make you a meal," Devour growled angrily.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
Unfortunately for Devour, he wasn't aware that Krillin wasn't powering up to fight him. Gohan had separated from the group to deal with a horde of creatures elsewhere in the city who had been otherwise unopposed. One of those crystals had landed shortly after his arrival, condensing the horde into one of the creatures with power comparable to Frieza, however this had only served to save Gohan time. Now, as he sensed Krillin charging his energy, he immediately recognized it as the S.O.S. it was.
"Looks like the others are in trouble. I better hurry!" he declared, blasting off towards the power source.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
In the ruins of Pieta, Miria's Claymores, the Ghosts of Pieta, were making final preparations as Miria and Clare talked with Teresa and Piccolo. Vegeta was watching with the orange haired girl, Kayla, as Flora tried to land a single blow on Goku.
"Too slow," Goku gloated as he dodged a punch from the young princess. Vegeta scowled and growled angrily.
"Hmph, she has some nerve mouthing off to me if this is the best she can do."
"Please forgive her," Kayla pleaded timidly, "I know Flora can be… difficult, but she does mean well."
"Quit your sniveling. If your sisters, that makes you half-Saiyan as well, doesn't it. Show some pride! You don't need to be saying your sorry for what your sister does!"
"Eep! I'm sorry!" Kayla cried, "I didn't mean to make you mad!" Vegeta could feel his anger and annoyance drain away as he listened to her.
"Gah, damn it," he finally cursed, "I'm sorry, that was uncalled for."
"Looks like even Vegeta has his weaknesses," Piccolo commented, smirking.
"What's your story, anyway," Clare asked, "I can tell you're not a Yoma, but you don't look like a human either."
"Yoma?" Piccolo repeated the term curiously, "I don't look human because I'm not human, though now that you mention it, I could ask you a similar question. You look human, but I can sense a very distinct kind of energy emanating from you."
"You can sense my energy?" Clare questioned, clearly confused.
"I imagine we all have plenty of questions for one another," Miria admitted, looking at Teresa, "especially for you."
"And I promise, I will answer what I can when I can," Teresa promised, "but for now, there isn't time. One of my younger sisters is in grave danger. We must depart, quickly!"
"We're ready, Miria," Deneve declared, approaching the group, "are you sure about this?"
"This is something I need to do," Miria admitted, "but I won't force any of you to go along. I'm well aware I'm being selfish, but…"
"Just stop," Deneve ordered, "we're going."
"We could all use a change of scenery. We've been stuck here in this snowy hell for six years!" Helen complained, "besides, this sounds fun."
"What about you?" Miria asked Clare.
"I imagine I have many of the same questions you do," Clare admitted, "so I'm going as well."
"Then we should go," Teresa ordered.
Before the party could go anywhere, Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo all grew tense.
"Is that…" Piccolo wondered aloud.
"I can barely feel it," Goku admitted, "but that's definitely Krillin's energy!"
"Is that possible? He should be in a different world, shouldn't he?" Kayla asked her older sister.
"He would have to raise his power level very sharply to be sensed through the boundaries between worlds," Teresa admitted, having sensed the energy as well, "I doubt he could maintain such a high spike for the duration of a fight."
"He's not fighting," Goku realized, placing his pointer and middle fingers to his forehead. A moment later, he vanished.
"Uhh, where'd he go?" Kayla asked.
"Damn it, Kakarot!" Vegeta cursed, "move it, woman! We need to go after him!"
"After him?" Teresa repeated.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
Krillin felt exhausted as his power began to level and then drop. He could only hope that someone had gotten his message. Devour seemed unimpressed.
"Was that it?" the Dark Saiyan demanded, "what a disappointment. I had hoped someone here might provide a challenge."
"Don't get… to comfortable," Krillin gasped between breaths, "you might get more then you bargained for."
As if in response to Krillin's warning, from out of nowhere, Goku appeared between Krillin and Devour, surprising the both of them.
"GOKU!" Krillin exclaimed happily, "man am I glad you're here."
"Huh? Where is here?" Goku asked looking around at Karakura Town.
"Well, after you, Vegeta, and Piccolo left with Flora, another woman suddenly showed up at Capsule Corp. Apparently, she's Flora's older sister, Rinoa, and she needed help, so we went with her to help out. This is another world, completely separate from ours.
"Oh, that makes sense. So it's like Clare's world. A reality completely separate from our own!" Goku pieced together, looking around, "wait, you said we…"
As though they were answering Goku's question by their arrival, Tien and Chiaotzu arrived at the scene. Yamcha arrived almost immediately after them, then Goten and Trunks, and finally, Gohan. Devour was already surrounded by the Z-Fighters when several blue, orange, and silver balls of light appeared on the ground before forming into human shapes. The light vanished as Vegeta and Piccolo flew up to join the confrontation, leaving Teresa, Kayla, and Flora with Miria, Clare, Helen, Deneve, Cynthia, Tabitha, and Uma (A.N. I'll be referring to the Claymore character Yuma by the alternative spelling of her name, Uma, from here on, in order to avoid confusion when Yuma Tsukumo from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal eventually joins the story).
"DID YOU REALLY THINK I'D LET YOU GET AWAY WITH A STUNT LIKE THAT, KAKAROT!" Vegeta shouted angrily.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Goku replied innocently.
"DON'T 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN' ME! WE BOTH KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO HOG ALL OF THE ACTION FOR YOURSELF!"
"WHAT!? Come on, Vegeta, you fought the last guy. That's only fair."
"That last guy was no challenge at all!" the Saiyan prince retorted, glaring at the Dark Saiyan, "besides if this freak is truly supposed to be some kind of Saiyan, then it is my right to obliterate it!"
"Hey, that's no fair! I'm a Saiyan too, so I should get to fight him!"
With Rukia and Chad's help, Ichigo had just managed to sit up after a great deal of struggle.
"What the hell?" he groaned, "that guy took Moka and me down like we were nothing. Are those two really arguing over who gets to fight him alone?"
Yami, Jaden, and Yusei had gathered to the same rooftop to watch events play out, Magician of Black Chaos and Elemental Hero Neos behind them.
"What's with those two? Aren't they going to fight that thing together?" Jaden questioned.
"It doesn't look like they are," Yami admitted, curious about the new arrivals.
"Alright, guess there's only one way to decide this," Goku declared, punching the palm of his hand.
"Fine," Vegeta growled, facing Goku.
"Ready!" Goku shouted, "Rock, Paper, Scissors!" he called out as he and Vegeta punched at each other. Vegeta held out a clenched fist while Goku held out an extended palm.
"Damn it," Vegeta growled.
"Alright!" Goku exclaimed happily, "paper beats rock! Looks like I get the first round!"
"Hmph, you'd better not screw this up, Kakarot!" Vegeta declared, floating backwards, his arms folded, scowling angrily.
"Heheheh, you're going to fight me alone? You have no idea who you're facing!" Devour mocked, "I am Devour, Dark Saiyan of Gluttony! You are nothing more then a morsel for me to gobble… AHHH!" he shouted, his speech interrupted as a punch from Goku slammed into his nose. "AHHH! What the…"
"Sorry about that, but you kinda left yourself wide open. Bad move," Goku admitted, laughing joyfully.
"Why you!" Devour roared angrily, charging at Goku. He grabbed for the Saiyan, but missed completely as Goku shot to the side and spun around, kicking Devour in the back of the head, knocking him flying forward several feet. The Dark Saiyan clenched his teeth and growled angrily, turning and swinging his fist around to try to catch Goku off guard. He failed as Goku vanished, reappeared above him, and slammed his fist into Devour from above, sending him crashing into the ground.
"What the hell," Ichigo stuttered.
"We could barely land a blow on that guy," Moka admitted, "but that guy is taking him apart. I can barely follow what's going on!"
"Then you're going to have a bad time when they get serious," Clare admitted, walking up alongside the two.
"What?" both Moka and Ichigo asked simultaneously.
Devour roared furiously as he exploded out of the crater flying back up until he was level with Goku.
"So, are you ready to get serious?" Goku demanded.
"You… YOU'RE GOING TO REGRET THAT!" Devour roared angrily, channeling an aura of dark, purple colored energy, "I'm going to devour you until there's nothing left!"
"Alright, now we're getting somewhere," Goku declared, smiling. He let out an Earth shaking roar as he channeled his energy before erupting into his Super Saiyan form. "Alright, let's go!"
Devour moved with surprising speed, even catching Goku slightly off guard, though he easily managed to raise his forearm and block Devour's punch. The Dark Saiyan jumped back immediately, firing a blast at Goku who deflected the blast and counter-attacked with a blast of his own. Devour fell backwards, letting the blast sail over him before back flipping to face Goku once again.
The two faced off for only a moment before rushing each other again, engaging in a fierce rounds of fisticuffs, exchanging fierce blows, each looking for an opening in the other's defense. Goku found the opening he needed first, landing a crushing blow into Devour's stomach, causing him to stagger backwards, clutching his stomach and drifting a few feet towards the ground. Taking full advantage of the opening, Goku delivered a powerful flip kick that nailed the Dark Saiyan of Gluttony on the crown of his head. Devour let out a cry of pain as he hovered, dazed by Goku's powerful blow.
Goku flew back a bit, waiting to see how the Dark Saiyan was going to react. His reaction was to let out a loud and powerful roar, unleashing a surge of black energy that forced Goku to raise his arms to protect himself from the surge.
An orb of black and purple energy encased the Dark Saiyan. On the ground and building tops, the heroes watched in horror as the orb began to grow in size until it was nearly the size of a building. The black energy rose into the sky, spreading like dark, furious clouds to blot out the sun and blue sky. Eventually, the energy began to dissipate and vanish.
The being that emerged from the orb bore no resemblance to the one that had entered. It stood as tall as the tallest building in Karakura Town, it's bloated and grotesque body threatening to level nearby buildings with every movement. Most sickening of all was the creatures face. It's mouth was now the size of a bus with jagged teeth that looked to be stained red as though he had taken a bite of something bloody and the flesh of his face had completely rotted away, leaving two exposed eyes staring down at Goku from skeletal sockets. This was unsettling enough, which made it that much worse that two identical faces jutted out of each side of the monstrosity's head, giving it three mouths and six eyes that rolled around in their sockets, looking over the heroes below it.
"Yep, I'm definitely gonna be sick," Naruto admitted.
"I had no idea the Dark Saiyans could transform!" Flora exclaimed, fright causing her to tremble violently.
"Neither did I," Teresa admitted, "how do we fight against something like that?"
"Worthless Saiyan!" Devour roared, its voice distorted and booming, "you'll all tremble with fear and beg for your end before I devour each of you, one by one!"
"We'll see about that," Goku replied, "you might look disgusting, but you'll need more then that to intimidate me."
"Then allow me to rectify that!" Devour shouted, swinging his massive arm over his head and down onto Goku, crushing the Saiyan between his hand and the pavement!
"Oh no!" Ichigo cried out.
"GOKU!" Flora shrieked despairingly.
"Grrr, how long is that fool planning on clowning around!?" Vegeta hissed angrily, "Kakarot! If you're not going to put an end to this farce, then I'm taking over!"
As if to give a response to Vegeta's threat, a golden dragon suddenly exploded through Devour's hand! The Dark Saiyan roared with anguish as the dragon faded to reveal Goku floating in the air. Fear robbed Devour of all words as he stared up at Goku in slack jawed disbelief.
"Fine, I guess there's no point dragging this out any more. Not if this is the best you've got," Goku admitted, sounding disappointed.
"There's no way! What… what are you!?" Devour demanded.
"I would think a Dark Saiyan would know," Goku replied, "I am Son Goku, a Super Saiyan!"
"A… a Super Saiyan!? You lie! Some of those bratty princesses can turn into Super Saiyans! They aren't nearly this strong!"
"Sounds like you need a lesson about Super Saiyans," Goku revealed, "see, this is actually what's called an Ascended Super Saiyan. A Super Saiyan who has pushed his limits beyond those of an ordinary Super Saiyan. You can call it Super Saiyan 2 if it helps."
"Super Saiyan… 2?" Ichigo repeated, confused.
"I didn't realize there even was a level beyond Super Saiyan," Teresa admitted, clearly taken aback.
"Uhhh, there's more then one," Flora revealed.
"Huh? Like an Ascended Ascended Super Saiyan?" Kayla asked, the gears in her head clearly working overtime to process that new information.
"Well, I guess you showed me your full power. It wouldn't really be fair if I didn't return the favor," Goku admitted. He began to roar furiously, channeling so much energy that the world around him began to violently quake.
"What the Hell!?" Naruto exclaimed as he and Luffy began to panic.
"That's impossible!" Yami exclaimed.
"He's so strong…" Moka stuttered, "him just powering up feels like it's going to rip the entire planet in half!"
It took nearly a full minute for Goku to power up, but no one, including the petrified Devour, could move a muscle as he did. When the quaking from Goku's powering up finally ceased, Devour's fear doubled as he looked up at Goku. Goku glared back down at him through the cold, furious eyes of a Super Saiyan 3.
"Y… you don't scare me! I am Devour! Dark Saiyan of Gluttony! I cannot be defeated by a measly little Saiyan like you!"
The Dark Saiyan swung its massive fist towards Goku, but the Super Saiyan 3 slid over the fist and flew towards the massive brute!
"You're finished! DRAGON FIST!" he roared, punching towards the creature. A burst of golden energy engulfed him and a long, golden dragon burst out of the surge of energy. Devour could do nothing as the golden dragon pierced through his chest. The dragon snaked around and constricted the Dark Saiyan.
Devour let out one final desperate cry. "NOO! MASTER… SAVE ME! AHHHH!" he cried moments before the dragon exploded, engulfing the Dark Saiyan and obliterating him. When the light cleared, base form Goku floated alone, descending towards the ground. The Dark Saiyan of Gluttony had been utterly destroyed.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
In another world, far away from where the heroes of seven worlds had stood together against the Dark Saiyan of Gluttony, a large, grandiose castle, seemingly made of crystal, stood, gleaming in the light of the breaking dawn.
In the castle's majestic throne room, eight pillars apiece stood on either side of a red carpet leading from the entrance door to a well crafted, golden throne. Each of the sixteen pillar had two women apiece whose hands were shackled above their heads by chains that bound their wrists to the pillar. They wore nothing but gold and silver bikinis, carefully molded to fit the wearers bodies and do only the minimum required to protect their modesty. Their arms, legs, and feet were bare aside from their shackles and a single golden ring clasped over the left thigh of each woman. A thick, metal bit was held by a strong cord in the mouth of each woman, robbing from them the ability to make any sound beyond a quiet, muffled sob or groan.
This was all according to the will of the creature sitting upon the throne, sipping fine wine from an expensive golden goblet. At first glance, he appeared to be a human with long, black hair clad in a fine, regal looking suit, however, like Devour, the skin around much of the right side of his face appeared rotted. A sight that made the two women shackled to his throne, clad identically to their peers, visibly squeamish.
Their discomfort mattered little to their captor, however. After all, these captives, along with the dozens of others shackled to walls, pillars, and furniture in every room of his palace were nothing worthy of this being's concern. As far as he was concerned, these pitiful creatures were not even slaves, though he had those as well. The slaves, however were often taken from the lower castes of their societies. The commoners he deemed worth collecting. No, the helpless, pitiful creatures, shackled, silenced, and exposed throughout every corner of his castle were those who had once likely thought themselves quite special. Some had been queens, duchesses, and princesses, others were seen as galant, noble warriors, and a few had even been worshiped as goddesses before.
Now, they all shared a common trait. They had been claimed as trophies after their kingdoms, worlds, and homes had been conquered by the being sat upon the throne, Debauchery, Dark Saiyan of Lust.
A young woman with long, golden hair entered the room and ran quickly to the throne. She was clad in the attire all his slaves wore, a brown, cloth bikini, less gaudy and less revealing then those worn by the women who had once ruled over them.
The slave kneeled before the Dark Saiyan, whispering something to him. He laughed loudly at her report.
"So the Princesses managed to kill the fool. Unexpected, though it serves him right for trying to steal for his putrid gullet that which is mine." He sat back in his throne and took a sip of wine while he thought. "I could go collect them myself, but I see no point. After all, I have something they desire." He glanced at the woman shackled to the right side of his throne. She had shoulder length black hair, fair skin, and glared at him angrily with bright, green eyes. "You should rejoice, Queen Fiona. You'll be reunited with your daughters very soon.
ENDING THEME:BACCHIKOI (Naruto Shippuden)