SHONEN ALLIANCE
RE:BIRTH
OPENING THEME: KU ZEN ZETSU GO (Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters)
Naruto had begun the charge, but Luffy had overtaken him by the time they made contact with the enemy.
"GUM GUM JET BAZOOKA!" the Gum Gum pirate roared, sending the front most creatures hurtling back into the horde with tremendous force.
Naruto wasn't far behind and his Giant Rasengan struck a beast with no less tremendous force then Luffy's blow had.
The pirate and shinobi duo may have had less then half a standard brain's power between them, but they quickly set out to prove that they were second to none when it came to instinct for battle. Sticking themselves into the center of the horde, they went to work, making quick work of every beast in striking range, a range that Luffy's rubber limbs and Naruto's Shadow Clones insured was not insignificant. They weren't alone in the fray for more then a few seconds before Ichigo had covered the charge distance as well. Zangetsu's blade cleaved effortlessly through beasts with every swing.
"GETSUGA TENSHŌ!"
The crescent shaped energy blade carved through a line of monsters, only being stopped when one of the more powerful beasts intercepted the attack, dissipating it. Five beings, all with power comparable to the being called Frieza leapt out of the horde, striking for the three heroes. Two small figures halted their advance as Goten and Trunks flew above the battle to face them.
"Ready!?" Trunks shouted.
"Yeah!" Goten shouted as the two boys pointed their arms away from each other.
"FUUU… SION… HAA!" they shouted in unison as they stepped through their fusion dance. A bright light hid them momentarily before quickly fading, revealing Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks where the two had once been.
"Ta da! The hero of justice, Gotenks, has arrived!" he shouted, quickly decimating the Frieza-level monsters in a way that made it very clear he was showing off.
"VICTORY CANNON!" he roared, atomizing the final two simultaneously with a massive beam of ki.
"Whoa! That was so cool!" Luffy shouted excitedly, "I wanna learn how to do that!"
"Oh yeah! We could fuse!" Naruto realized excitedly.
"Right!" Luffy exclaimed! "The ultimate Pirate-Ninja! Luffyruto!" Luffy shouted, getting carried away by the thought.
"Uh, name might need work," Naruto admitted.
"We can work on that later," Luffy agreed.
Clare and Ichigo, fighting back to back nearby, overheard the two knuckleheads' conversation.
"Those two fused together?" Clare groaned, "I don't know if I could handle something like that."
"Could be worse," Ichigo admitted, "GETSUGA TENSHŌ!" he roared, launching his crescent energy blade into a horde of foes.
"Can it? Death actually sounds preferable," Clare admitted.
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Moka, Yukari, Mizore, and Kurumu were battling together against a surrounding swarm of foes, decimating the enemies around them.
A group of creatures were frozen solid, shattered moments later by a powerful kick from Moka. Another batch of monsters were driven back by a barrage of golden washtubs before Kurumu flew in and cut them down before they had a chance to recover.
"There're a lot of them," Mizore cursed as Moka jumped back beside her.
"Of course there are. We're assaulting their home," Moka replied matter-of-factly, "we just need to get through them."
"What about the captives? We've got to get into that palace!" Yukari protested.
"It can't be helped, we just have to fight through!" Kurumu declared firmly.
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Teresa was currently thinking the same thing Yukari had. The longer this battle dragged out, the more difficult their mission would become. Her soldiers could hold their own against these beasts, but if their more powerful variations arrived, they'd be effortlessly overwhelmed. She was leading their assault along with Renee, Rinoa and Silphia, with Isabella healing the injured behind the front lines. Flora and Kayla had been left at the castle in Lunaria. Renee and Teresa were both tearing through their foes in their Super Saiyan state while their younger sisters protected their backs.
Teresa glanced down at the jade colored palace the creatures were ruthlessly fighting to keep them out of. They needed to get in there if they were ever going to win this battle.
One of the creatures tried to attack her while her focus was elsewhere, only to discover the eldest princess had not been as inattentive as it'd believed, receiving a backhand from her that sent it flying away from her, it's flight being cut short when Teresa's energy blast atomized it.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
"LIGHT GRENADE!" Piccolo roared, carving a path through the enemy forces with a powerful energy blast.
"Reign over the frosted heavens, Hyōrinmaru!" Hitsugaya ordered as an ice dragon erupted from the tip of his sword, tearing into the enemies.
Either Piccolo or Captain Hitsugaya alone would have been an overwhelming foe for any number of the monstrosities. Launching a synchronized assault, the two tore through the enemy lines almost effortlessly. On the ground below them, Yami Yugi and Yusei Fudo assessed the situation while being protected by Obnoxious Celtic Guardian and Junk Warrior.
Goku and Vegeta hadn't stormed through the foes to get at the Dark Saiyan as Yami had expected them to. He was glad the heroes still had their help against the horde , but he also knew the heroes needed to get into the castle and begin rescue work, before Debauchery was backed into a corner and decided hostages were more valuable to him then trophies.
Quickly, the young man who had almost instantly and effortlessly slipped into the role of the team's strategist analyzed his options. Yusei stood beside him and Piccolo and Toshiro flew above him. Nearby, Zoro and Sanji were fighting… the enemy? Each other? Both? Yami couldn't help but shake his head when he settled on the answer "both", but it spoke to the two's immense strength that they were still tearing the enemy apart despite being more focused on their personal bickering.
Moka's younger sister, Kokoa Shuzen, and Kakashi Hatake rounded out the heroes nearest Yami. It was a bit of a patchwork team, but Yami was confident it would work. Piccolo and Toshiro landed in front of him as he finished his plan.
"We've got to get in there!" Yami ordered so all the heroes near him could hear. Zoro, Sanji, Kokoa, and Kakashi joined the duelist, even Kokoa refraining from making a fuss, which surprised Yami. Piccolo, Toshiro, Yusei, and Kakashi all gave Yami a nod. They were ready.
"Clear the way for us! SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON!" Yami ordered as his Sky Dragon, raining death from above onto the battlefield, instantly moved to comply with its master's orders, using it's Thunder Force attack to clear a massive path from Yami's team to the front gate of the castle.
"Get the door, Stardust Dragon!" Yusei ordered. It took only one shot from Stardust Dragon's breath attack to blow open a hole in the enemy stronghold, more then large enough for the strike team to enter.
Now it was Kakashi's turn to act. "EARTH STYLE: MUD WALL!" he shouted, placing his hands on the ground, causing two walls of mud to burst from the ground on either side of their path, slowing the monsters trying to close their route!
"Let's move!" Toshiro ordered, "before they have a chance to block our path!"
Yusei threw out a capsule Bulma had given him, releasing his Duel Runner, while Yami summoned Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight. Zoro and Sanji jumped to the tops of the parallel walls, kicking and slicing down any foe trying to scale the walls as they advanced. Kakashi and Yami jumped onto Gaia's steed while Kokoa joined Yusei on his Duel Runner!
"Charge, Gaia!" Yami ordered as his Knight led the charge, followed by Yusei as Piccolo and Toshiro flew over them.
Sanji and Zoro proved to be more then sufficient to take down the vast majority of the creatures trying to scale the barricade. Very seldomly, one managed to slip through and get into the trench Yami and Yusei were charging through, but Gaia's spear never slowed as it made quick work of these "lucky" few.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of ground to cover, and as Zoro looked ahead, it became clear they weren't moving fast enough.
"Damn it, they're swarming over the wall near the entrance!" he cursed as he saw the creatures begin to tumble into their trench near the castle entrance, "get the lead out, you lazy chef!"
"Can it Moss Head!" Sanji retorted angrily, kicking a creature and sending it skyward, "I'm surprised you haven't forgotten which way the entrance is yet!"
"Shut up! There's only one way I can go!"
"That's never stopped you before!"
"Those two are annoying," Kokoa growled.
"If they fought the enemy as hard as they fight each other, they'd probably be unstoppable," Yusei admitted, "we need to deal with the ones swarming our path!"
As if on cue, Blue Eyes White Dragon and Red Dragon Archfiend flew over the advancing heroes, their respective duelists standing on their respective dragon.
"You'd better not disappoint me, Atlas!" Kaiba growled.
"Same ta you! I'll prove the Master of Faster is no second rate duelist! ABSOLUTE POWER FORCE!" Jack ordered as Red Dragon Archfiend soared just above the beasts, taking it's energy covered claw over the right side of the path, clearing away the monsters on that side.
"WHITE LIGHTNING!" Kaiba ordered! His dragon's approach was significantly less direct, firing a tense beam of white energy that tore through the foes on the left side of the trench. By the time Yugi's team reached the area, the path was clear and they were able to charge through unopposed, bursting into the castle's doorway and out of sight of Jack and Kaiba.
"Hmm," Kaiba grunted, "don't you dare screw this up, Yugi."
"Good luck, Yusei," Jack whispered under his breath as the two dragons resumed their attack on the surrounding enemies.
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Teresa could see Yugi's team's bold strike from where she was leading her kingdom's army against the swarm of beasts.
"We're counting on you," she said to herself before turning her attention back to her foes.
/\/\/\/\/\/\
Debauchery watched the screen with amusement as his three prized captives fruitlessly continued their efforts to free themselves.
Queen Fiona, Karina, and Valeria could only watch curiously as the screen focused on Teresa.
"I wonder how your armies would fare if I removed their leader from the board," Debauchery mused curiously, rising to his feet.
The three captives grew more confused when the screen switched its view point to just behind the eldest Princess. Debauchery approached the screen and placed his hands against it. Then, as if the screen weren't solid, his hands passed through it!
/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Keep rallying your men, general!" Teresa ordered, "we do not stop until every one of these poor creatures are released from their torment!"
"Understood ma'am!" the general replied, turning to look at Teresa. At first, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. A pair of arms seemed to be extending out of thin air, reaching around the princess. Teresa only became aware of the phantom arms when one wrapped itself in a vice like grip around her stomach!
"What is…!? Ghmmm!" she exclaimed, her question cut off when the second hand clasped over her mouth.
Renee and Silphia, floating above the battlefield, saw their sister's plight and rushed to her aid as the general ran towards her from the ground. None of them were fast enough. Teresa was pulled backwards and vanished, seconds before Renee charged through the empty air where her elder sister had been only a second earlier!
"TERESA!" Renee shouted in distress, "DAMN YOU! GIVE HER BACK!" she roared furiously.
"Calm down," a voice ordered behind the fiery princess. She looked back as Vegeta descended behind her, "we know he won't kill her. Losing your head now won't do anyone any good."
"But…" Renee began to protest, but decided against it. He wasn't wrong. She didn't see a wry smile cross Vegeta's face.
"This is your chance to prove yourself, woman," he muttered to himself, "let's see how you handle it."
/\/\/\/\/\/\
Teresa didn't need to see whose body her back was pulled against as she found herself facing a green, crystal screen. A powerful arm pinned her own arms to her side while another covered her mouth, preventing her screams. Somehow, Debauchery had caught her completely unaware, and now, she was in his clutches.
Debauchery spun her around, grabbed both her wrists, and pinned them above her, holding her against the crystal screen. Behind Debauchery's terrifying visage, she was relieved to see her mother and two of her missing sisters. They were chained, gagged, and humiliated, but they were alive, each struggling to free themselves and help her. Teresa scowled as her attention turned back to the monstrosity that held her.
"Look at that. My fourth princess of Lunaria to add to my collection. Princess Teresa, the greatest prize of the bunch.
"If you think you're putting me in one of those bikinis, Debauchery, you are a damn fool!" the silver princess swore as her silver hair turned gold. Debauchery had expected an easy win. He had expected to have Teresa reduced to the same state as his other Lunarian royals in mere minutes, his true, greatest prize, displayed for his pleasure. What he wasn't expecting was for a knee to ram itself into his stomach with bone-shattering force, causing him to release Teresa and double over in pain as the princess distanced herself from her foe and assumed a fighting stance.
For everything Debauchery had expected, he had not expected to face a true warrior.
ENDING THEME: BACCHIKOI (Naruto Shippuden)