Chapter 27: Protecting Cashew Village and Testing One's Power
(Opening Theme: Unbreakable by Fireflight)
Cashew Village
It was dark out when Kenshiro returned to Cashew Village with his Mother, Barit, Jade, and Brocc. They were almost shot at, but the villager on patrol recognized him and Shurayuki. Everyone was tired from flying to the Village, so were allowed to rest the remainder of the night. Everyone stayed at Jinbei and Kamiki's house, they had more than enough rooms to spare. The next morning, Kenshiro was the first to wake up in the house. He headed to Shurayuki's room first and she opened the door before he could knock. She was dressed in brown shinobi gear with a bow and arrow on her back. "Mom, are you sure that those will help?" he asked, indicating her bow and arrow. "They do have normal human soldiers. If the wound doesn't kill, the poison will," she said, "Go wake everyone else, I'll make breakfast." "Okay, remember, Grandma and Grandpa can only have brown rice and tofu, with green tea sweetened with honey, no sugar," Kenshiro said as he went to Barit's room next.
The Namekian groggily got up and said, "The damn sun isn't even up yet." "Welcome to the country, city boy," Kenshiro said with a smirk. Barit just glared and went back to his room to get dressed. Jade and Brocc had chosen rooms further from everyone else, and he made his way to Jade's room first. He knocked on the door and didn't get an answer. "Jade?" Kenshiro called out, no answer. Kenshiro tried to sense her ki signature, and saw she was in Brocc's room. "Oh you gotta be kidding me," Kenshiro groaned. He got to Brocc's room and put his ear to the door, he could hear the sound of very quiet moaning, and something hitting the wall. He slammed his hand on the door as hard as he could without breaking it and said, "Quit screwing around! People's lives are at stake here!" Jade squealed from within the room and Brocc yelled back at him, "Just getting a good warmup in!" "Just get a shower and then get ready for breakfast!" Kenshiro told them, and headed up to his Grandparent's room.
He gently knocked on their door and he heard his Grandma Kamiki say, "We're almost ready, Kenshi-chan." Kenshiro waited two minutes before opening the door, Kamiki and Jinbei were dressed in their regular clothes, for Kamiki that meant a light blue kimono with her hair up and wooden geta sandals while for Jinbei it meant a red yukata and matching hakama and brown farm boots. They were struggling to stand, and leaned on Kenshiro as he led them down for their breakfast. "You should move closer to Tsubaki-sensei, she'll be able to take care of you since I won't be able to be here as much," Kenshiro said as they sat down at the table. Jinbei sighed, "I see." He coughed up some as his food was served then said, "Of all the times to get the damn Cashew Flu, when I'm needed most." Jade and Brocc returned came to sit down, Jade dressed in a blue Buu-gi and Brocc in Bardock's Outfit minus the chest armor. "So, who's this stranger?" Kamiki asked when she saw him.
"Name's Brocc," the Saiyan said, "Came here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, all out of bubblegum." Jinbei laughed a little at this, "You got guts boy. But Kenshi-chan's right, you'll need a lot more than guts to get out of this fight alive." "I got plenty of power," Brocc said, and to prove it he hawked a loogy right through a spittoon on the other side of the room, and the wall behind it. Shurayuki dope slapped him for that and told him, "Don't destroy the house just to prove you've got a dick." "Alright, that's enough of that!" Kamiki declared, "The Village will be meeting in an hour, and you all will need your strength for the fights ahead, I'm sure. For now, let's focus on eating, and then head to the Village Square." Everyone did as she said, no more talking during breakfast, and once the dishes were cleaned, Kenshiro took Jinbei while Shurayuki took Kamiki and everyone flew to the Village Square. Most of Cashew Village was already there, many hadn't seen Jade, Barit, or Brocc before, but everyone recognized Shurayuki and Kenshiro.
"Why is that whore here?"
"Can we trust that murderer?"
"She'll stab us in the back, just you watch."
"That man has blue skin! And purple hair!"
"Such strange folk Kenshiro brought…"
"Would they really help us?"
That was the talk among the villagers and similar, many still believed that Shurayuki had murdered Shiro all those years ago, and the older generation didn't trust outsiders to fight for the Village as hard as they would. High Priest Hideaki banged his staff on the ground to silence the villagers, "Now then, as promised, Kenshiro has brought us aid. If what he has shown us holds true for these outsiders as it had for him, then we are in good hands. Like many of you, I'm not sure of Shurayuki being here, however, it has been said that desperate times call for desperate measures. We cannot face an army by ourselves, and I am sure that all of these warriors know the ways of battle far better than us. I say, let them speak for themselves." The Villagers agreed to this, giving Kenshiro, Shurayuki, Jade, Brocc, and Barit time to huddle together to discuss a plan.
"What are we actually going to do? All I could think of was us going on patrols and stuff on the edge of the Village, then calling for help when needed," Kenshiro admitted. "That's a good start, son. We can go with that, for now. Tomorrow, I can try searching for the Neo-Red Ribbon Army's camp, if they're nearby, try to find any intel. Jade, you'll come with me when I do this. Follow my instructions to the letter, understood?" "I understand, Sensei," Jade said. "I'm no strategist," Brocc said, "So I think that's a good idea." "I don't think we have a choice, we don't know enough about our enemies. I'm for it," Barit said. Everyone broke from the huddle and Kenshiro addressed the Villagers. "My people!" he started, "I can assure you that I trust my life with everyone I've brought with me from Conton City. All of them is a powerful warrior, nearly my equal, if not my superior in power and skill! My Mother has experience in the ways of war, and will be a valuable ally to us. I am young, I cannot fight alone, and even the five of us cannot battle an army when they have powerful cyborgs. I ask that you help us, help us to keep your homes and your families safe!"
There was talk among the Villagers, and after thirty minutes of discussion they finally chose Sheriff Jiro to speak for them. "Kenshiro, most of us don't like this, but we know that we need help. We'll go along with whatever plans you have," Jiro said. Kenshiro nodded and addressed the Villagers, "For now, I suggest that you return to your homes and keep your guns ready. We will be patrolling the Village, looking for any signs of the enemy, and be ready to protect you. That is all, for now." The Villagers all nodded and started leaving, though there was still grumbling.
"Not much of a plan."
"We don't need outsiders for that."
"Shurayuki will stab us in the back."
High Priest Hideaki went to Kenshiro and put his hand on his shoulder, "Son, come with me." Kenshiro followed the High Priest to the Village's Shrine, Hideaki leaning on him as they climbed the stairs. Once they were in the shrine, Hideaki sat down in front of the altar and lit incense while the village miko, Kagura and Yuri, attended to cleaning the shrine around them. Kenshiro kneeled down respectfully and bowed his head while the High Priest prayed. Hideaki clapped his hands to show he was done and rang the bell of the shrine before returning his attention to Kenshiro. "You haven't been corrupted by the city. I had feared that you no longer cared for our traditions," Hideaki said. "Never, High Priest," Kenshiro said, "I've never forgotten where I came from." Hideaki nodded at this and asked, "Tell me, what do you really know of these people you brought here?"
"Barit has been a great friend for me in Conton City since I came there. We are brothers, in all but blood. My Mother, I will always trust her, and defend her honor to anyone. I don't believe that she killed Father, or that she would betray Cashew Village, for my sake if nothing else. As for Jade, I do not know her very well, but her sister and I are lovers. Pearl, her sister, is wiser than she realizes, and one of the kindest people I know. Although Jade is different from her, she is not evil, and I know that she cares for others. I admit, High Priest, that Brocc is the only one I do not know well, he is Jade's lover. From what little I know he is arrogant, but he is also very powerful, and his people, the Saiyans, are natural warriors who are always eager for a fight," Kenshiro explained.
The High Priest nodded and stood up, Kenshiro stood up with him. Hideaki placed his hand on Kenshiro's head and said, "In the name of the kami who preserve us all, I bless you, Oroshi Kenshiro, that you and your allies may have the strength to face all obstacles in your path. Go now, and defend us." Kenshiro bowed to Hideaki and slowly left the shrine. When he returned to the Village Square he saw Brocc was waiting for him. "We decided to do two patrols, you and me take the South, Jade and her Sensei took the North," Brocc told him, "The Namekian's snoozing over there." Kenshiro looked and saw Barit was leaning against a tree, snoring. "Let's go then," Kenshiro said, and they took flight, Kenshiro in the lead.
Meanwhile, Shurayuki and Jade were on patrol, mostly the forests around Cashew Village. Shurayuki showed Jade how to jump from tree to tree using only her physical power, no ki, so they would not be detected.
Shurayuki had smeared her skin all over with mud, and had Jade cover herself as well to act as camouflage. After two hours of patrolling and seeing no sign of the Neo-Red Ribbon Army, Shurayuki decided to stop and rest on a large branch. Jade sat down and said, "Oh man, Sensei, my legs and butt are so sore right now!" "Shh!" Shurayuki told her, "Lower your voice. Our enemy could still be nearby. The original Red Ribbon Army had shinobi work with them. Granted, they were terrible shinobi, but the same might not hold true for the enemy we face now." "Sorry, Sensei," Jade said, "I think part of it was that warmup Brocc and I did." "Is that so?" Shurayuki said, "And just what did this 'warmup' involve?" Jade had a chill in her spine from the look her Sensei gave her, but still answered, "Uh…well…nothing…vaginal…Butt stuff doesn't count…right?" Shurayuki snorted angrily, "If you believe that, then you're an idiot. Disease doesn't care which hole he sticks it in." "Brocc isn't sick…he told me he wasn't…" Jade said uncertainly.
"How old is he anyway?" Shurayuki asked. "Nineteen," Jade answered. "At least he's not some dirty old man," the kunoichi said. "Do you want me to stop seeing him, Sensei?" Jade asked. "That is your decision, no one should tell you what you do with your body except for you. I do think you should have waited longer, and gotten to know Brocc better," Shurayuki said as they went on patrol again. For another hour they searched, using their ki sense to look for anyone along with their eyes and ears. Jade stopped when she heard something below and looked down. Shurayuki stopped as well and jumped beside her. They looked down to see a buck and a fawn running through the bushes below. Shurayuki whispered, "Draw a kunai, apply the potion to it." Jade did as she was instructed; pulling out a kunai and a small bottle of a potion, dribbling the potion generously on the kunai.
Five soldiers soon appeared in khaki uniforms, wearing brown helmets with goggles that hid their faces, and each carrying an assault rifle, ready to use them. Jade focused on the men and heard them tell one, a man who appeared short yet very muscular, "Captain, can we stop now, sir? We have encountered nothing except deer and raccoons for the last three hours!" The short muscular Captain nodded and ordered his soldiers to rest. "Aim for him," Shurayuki said, "He may know things that we need. I'll deal with the rest. Aim for his shoulder or leg." Jade nodded and got ready to throw the kunai. Shurayuki then jumped off the branch and landed in the middle of the five soldiers. "Th-" three of the soldiers fell instantly to Death Beams through their skulls. Before the fourth could shoot at Shurayuki, she turned around and tossed a kunai into his throat. Jade tossed her own kunai as soon as Shurayuki landed, hitting the Captain's right shoulder. The Captain screamed in pain, but when he tried to run, he stumbled, and fell.
Jade opened up her ki sense and didn't detect anyone else, and joined her Sensei on the ground. Shurayuki was looking through the Captain's clothes, stripping him completely before opening his mouth. "No false teeth," the older kunoichi said and flipped him onto his stomach. "Is that really necessary?" Jade asked as Shurayuki shoved her fist up the Captain's anus. She pulled out two grenades from the orifice and said, "I think it was very necessary." Jade turned a lighter shade of green and nodded as Shurayuki put the grenades in her belt. "Check the rest for weapons, do you think we should take their guns and ammo, or destroy them?" Shurayuki asked. "Um…I think we should take them with us," Jade said. "Then you can carry them back to the Village," Shurayuki said as they checked the dead soldiers, Shurayuki checking for any hidden weapons or technology and finding none. As soon as they were done, Shurayuki lifted up their still naked prisoner while Jade picked up all the rifles and ammo and they headed back to Cashew Village.
Meanwhile, Kenshiro and Brocc were busy on their own patrol, however like Shurayuki and Jade they saw nothing for about two hours. Brocc decided to fly down a little at a lake and drink some of the water there and Kenshiro joined him. "So," Brocc said after drinking his fill, "What's your girl like?" "Is this really the time?" Kenshiro asked. Brocc shrugged, "Come on man, we're gonna be workin' with each other for Dende knows how long, we might as well get to know each other." "Fine. Pearl is…one of the most amazing girls I met. She's always kind, smarter than me in a lot of ways, and powerful, more than she realizes," Kenshiro said, getting a dreamy look on his face. "Come on man, don't skimp out on me now. What's she like in the sack?" Brocc said. Kenshiro threw him a dirty look then, "Seriously? Now?" "What?" Brocc said, "It's just us guys here. Come on, don't tell me you don't like doing a Majin more than the other girls back in Conton City. They're the only ones that don't get harder the more they train, just stay nice and soft."
"Fine," Kenshiro reluctantly admitted, "You got me there. But it's not like that's a bad thing for other girls to get stronger." "I know, but what I really hate is that a lot of girls don't bother grooming anymore. Last girl I was with, felt like I was sticking it in a cat. Second I saw her naked I thought, 'Damn I need some hedge trimmers!'," Brocc said with a laugh, "That chick was crazy though, seriously, jealous all the time. I thought the meganekko were supposed to be all shy and quiet. But Jade…Man, soft and smooth all over." Just then, gunfire rang out, if they hadn't kept their ki at 100000 then they would have been riddled with bullets. "Ki users! Unit 99 attack!" a voice yelled. "I got the troops, you get the cyborg," Kenshiro said as a small woman with bowl cut style black hair wearing a black jumpsuit flew in and blasted pink ki balls at Kenshiro and Brocc. Kenshiro dodged the attacks and went after the three soldiers he saw. Kenshiro knocked the first out with an uppercut, then turned around and caught the bullets of the second soldier with one hand until his gun ran out of ammo, then blasted a weak ki ball at him to knock him out. The third soldier was already running. Kenshiro caught up with him, too late as the soldier radioed in, "Send in two more Units at Gamma Quadrant!"
Kenshiro quickly knocked him out with a chop to the neck, only to then get blasted back by a green ki blast. Kenshiro recovered quickly to block a punch from a tall, thin bald man with red eyes. Kenshiro quickly kicked him away just in time to dodge a kick from another regular height man with spiky blonde hair and green eyes. Both of them were wearing the black jumpsuits that showed they were Units. Kenshiro quickly found himself dodging and blocking punches and kicks as fast as he could, but he saw that these Units weren't very powerful compared to him. He quickly flew up to avoid another simultaneous attack and summoned a Death Ball over his head, sending it flying at the blonde one. The Unit was destroyed immediately by the attack, but then the bald Unit caught Kenshiro by surprise as it monotonously declared, "Activating Super Saiyan Form." "Oh shit," was all Kenshiro got out before the Unit's eyes turned turquoise and a golden aura surrounded him.
The next thing Kenshiro knew a hard boot slammed into his jaw followed by a gold ki blast that knocked him back. Kenshiro stopped his flight and quickly yelled, "Kaioken Times Three!" Kenshiro's aura turned red as he and the Super Saiyan Unit clashed. Kenshiro quickly saw he was winning after three exchanges and then saw his chance after kicking the Unit back and yelled, "Super Destructo Disc!" Kenshiro tossed the massive Destructo Disc after turning his hand to the side, cutting the Unit clean in two down the middle, blood and green oil spouting everywhere as the Unit fell. Kenshiro deactivated Kaioken and saw he was far from Cashew Village. He looked up at the stars to get his bearings and realized his fight had taken him over a hundred miles away from the Village. "Oh shit."
While Kenshiro battled the two Units, Brocc had fought Unit 99. The small woman quickly showed her strength and speed with a hard kick to Brocc's stomach, knocking the wind out of him and followed with a dropping elbow to the back of his head. Brocc hit the ground hard but quickly got up and blasted her back with a Perfect Shot. "Alright bitch," Brocc said as he clenched his left hand and went Super Vegeta, "Let's dance!" Brocc brought his hands together as red ki formed in his hands. "Times Ten," he said as he focused his power and Unit 99 blasted ki balls at him, "Kamehameha!" The Times Ten Kamehameha Wave tore through Unit 99's ki balls and hit her dead on, sending her flying. Brocc quickly followed, blasting ki balls the whole time at her. Unit 99 stopped in midair and dodged his ki balls before saying in a monotone voice, "Activating Kaioken Times Twenty Mode." Red ki glowed around Unit 99 as she slammed feet first into Brocc's face.
She followed up by grabbing his hair and kneeing his chin before blasting the top of his head at point blank range. Bage stopped himself from hitting the ground and blocked an axe kick from her, the impact from the kick formed a crater around them. Brocc summoned energy from his stomach and quickly blasted a Dimension Cannon out his mouth, knocking Unit 99 back. "Fuck you're strong! Didn't think I'd ever need this against an Earthling," Brocc said as he clenched his left fist again and summoned even more power, transforming into Super Vegeta 2. Brocc flew at her even faster than before and landed a hard punch to Unit 99's face, then blasted her with dozens of ki balls. Unit 99 dodged most of the ki balls and came at Brocc, but he was ready, quickly getting ready for a counter. Unit 99 tried another kick, but this time he blocked it with a back fist and yelled, "Reverse Mabakusenko!" He blasted her with ki from his left hand, annihilating the Unit instantly. Brocc sighed as he returned to his normal form, that had taken more out of him than he thought.
He saw the soldiers were still unconscious and lifted them onto his shoulders, just as Kenshiro came back. "What happened to you?" Kenshiro asked, Brocc was already developing bruises. "Nothing I can't handle. That little bitch was strong, and she could use Kaioken Times Ten," Brocc told him. "One of the Units I fought turned Super Saiyan," Kenshiro told him. Brocc's eyes widened in shock, then he saw Kenshiro was far less wounded than he was. "You are one badass dude, Kenshiro," Brocc said as they flew back to Cashew Village with their prisoners. When they returned to the Village Square they were greeted by the sight of Shurayuki and Jade giving some assault rifles to Sheriff Jiro and some Villagers and passing a squirming, tied up, naked man to him as well. "Looks like we missed something fun," Brocc said as they arrived.
"This guy was a captain leading a squad of scouts," Shurayuki informed them. "What happened to the squad?" Brocc asked. "What do you think?" Shurayuki asked in return. "We caught these guys scouting out just outside the Village. They had a Unit with them, and two more ready to reinforce them. We got them though," Kenshiro reported, helping Jiro tie up his own prisoners as they came to. "What the Hell!?" one of the soldiers yelled. "Don't tell them anything private!" the Captain yelled, then stuck out his tongue. Before the Captain could bite down, Shurayuki shoved her fingers down his throat to stop him, and Kenshiro quickly did the same with two of the privates he and Brocc captured. "Get some gags to stop them from biting their tongues off! We need them alive for interrogation!" Shurayuki yelled. Jiro quickly pulled out his bandanna and gagged the Captain with it, then two of the Villagers did the same with the privates.
When the prisoners were secured Shurayuki told Kenshiro, "Do you know any techniques that can stop him from killing himself? At least until we get the information we need?" "I know just the one," Kenshiro said as he walked up to the Captain. With a sharp kiai Kenshiro struck both sides of the Captain's head with his fingers and said, "You will not kill yourself. You will do as I say." Kenshiro untied Jiro's bandanna from the Captain's mouth and the Captain had a wide-eyed look of shock on his face. "It looks like it worked. Open your mouth," Kenshiro commanded, and the Captain did as ordered. Kenshiro shoved his hand down the Captain's throat and hit the pressure point in the back of it. "Now, you will answer all our questions truthfully. How many non-cyborg soldiers are in the Neo-Red Ribbon Army?" Kenshiro asked. "The last time I heard it was eleven thousand, three hundred and seventy recruits," the Captain answered, "What did you do to me!?"
"Pressure points," Kenshiro said, "Now, what do you know about the Units?" The Captain reluctantly answered, "The Units are composed of highly trained martial artists who have learned to control their ki. We capture them, lobotomize them so they can't rebel against us, reinforce their muscles and skeletons with special alloys from what little surviving notes and designs we discovered about the Androids designed by Doctor Gero and Doctor Flappe for the original Red Ribbon Army. We enhanced all the Units to even greater heights, and installed cameras in their eyes as well as control units to record and send us the data they receive." "Is there a way to bring them back to normal?" Jade asked. The Captain said, "They're lobotomized, only their fighting intellect and knowledge wasn't affected, they're the perfect soldiers now, obeying any order given to them, any order."
"What do you mean, any order?" Brocc asked. "The higher command have them perform sexually for them, depending on their tastes. Saw one General Green with two young teenage boy Units, Units 12 and 13, another time I saw General Pink order Unit 116, a real muscular woman, get on her knees and service him and six other men-" "ENOUGH!" Brocc yelled, his blue skin turned a lighter shade as he pointed a glowing hand at the Captain. The Captain shut up. Brocc glared daggers at the prisoners, but lowered his hand. "What do the Unit numbers mean?" Kenshiro asked, his own anger was apparent to everyone as he sent a death glare at the Captain. "The numbers rank them by strength, 1 is the weakest, 124 is the strongest! Even before we captured her she had a Power Level in the hundreds of millions! You can't win!" the Captain yelled. "SHUT UP!" Brocc screamed as he tried to blast the Captain with ki, only for Shurayuki to get between him and the Captain and deflect the blast.
"We still need him, we still have questions!" Shurayuki said, then turned to the Captain, "Where is your base?" Just then, the sound of gunfire went off, and the Captain was riddled with bullets, along with the three other prisoners. "We're under attack!" Shurayuki said as she grabbed Jiro and two of the Villagers and pushed them down, making a ki barrier over the four of them. Kenshiro quickly made a larger ki barrier to protect the other Villagers in the Square. "Where are they!?" Jade yelled, only for Barit to then appear over them and point to the sky, a flying drone armed with three assault rifles was trying to escape. "Barit, destroy that thing!" Kenshiro yelled, and Barit destroyed the drone with a ki ball. "Get the Villagers to their homes, Kenshiro! We'll pair up again and keep on the lookout!" Shurayuki yelled. Kenshiro did as ordered. "Brocc, with me, Jade, you and Barit. Take the East, Brocc and I'll take the West! Go!" Shurayuki ordered, and everyone did as she said.
For more than eight hours they all took turns on lookout, pairing up and going solo at different intervals, Shurayuki said to keep themselves from becoming predictable and forming a pattern that the Neo-Red Ribbon Army could exploit. Nothing else happened, and eventually they had to stop to eat. Shurayuki and Brocc were paired up again, a little girl from the village had given them some rice balls and tofu to eat with water. As Shurayuki and Brocc ate, Shurayuki looked at Brocc, "I know what you and Jade have been doing." Brocc swallowed a rice ball before saying, "I don't see how that's your business." "She's my student, I am her Sensei, her wellbeing is my business," Shurayuki replied. "Hey, she can still wear white at a wedding at least," Brocc said. Shurayuki's hand struck out and she grabbed him by his throat, "That's bullshit and you know it. As far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as 'technical virginity', as soon as you stuck your dick in her, she was no longer a virgin as far as I'm concerned. You exploited her naivete to slake your own lust. A disease doesn't care how it gets in, I've seen plenty of girls saying they were 'technical virgins' as they tried to hide the boils and herpes they got from 'fooling around', and I'm not letting that happen to Jade."
Brocc looked her in the eyes and replied, "I never made her do anything, and she liked it as much as I did. I never meant to exploit anyone. Jade wanted it, so did I." "That's the only reason I haven't killed you," Shurayuki said, "That, and the fact that we need as many fighters as we can get. But I'm warning you, Brocc, if she catches any disease from you, I'll rip your dick off and feed it to you." "Duly noted," Brocc said, "And just so you know, I'd never do that to Jade." Shurayuki let go of him and they continued on their patrol, nothing else happened in Cashew Village that day.
Conton City
(To understand the context of this part, please read 'Ryo vs the Xenoverse' Chapter 32)
Everyone had just finished training at the Bamboo District when they saw Ryo knockout Order of Reality Elite Councilwoman Rebecca Dill. Bage, Kaoru, and Megumi were all satisfied at this, as were June and Amaya. "That bitch finally got what she deserved!" Kaoru said. Kenshin only quietly nodded. "Ryoshiro has yet again proven that he should not be taken lightly by his enemies," Amaya said. Rachel however was not happy. "My nickname is 'Discount Batwoman!? Who the Hell does she think she is, calling me 'Discount'!?" "At least it sounds kind of heroic," Bage pointed out. "I don't know," Amaya said teasingly, "I think 'Bloody Phantom' sounds pretty badass." Bage blushed at that, then said, "Not as badass as 'Temporal Titaness'," as he nodded at June, then looked at her, "Or 'Bloodhound of Mist Vega'." "Exactly!" Rachel yelled, "Discount Batwoman…How the Hell do I change that?" "You should worry about that later," Amaya said to Bage and Rachel, "Now that you officially have bounties, interdimensional bounty hunters will be gunning for you now."
"Bring them on," Beate said as she went Super Saiyan, "Anyone wants a crack at my girl has to go through me." "Calm down babe," Rachel said, and Beate immediately calmed down to her normal state. "I see you've been practicing your Warper's Will," June said. "I've been training in everything," Rachel said. "How about we go on some Parallel Quests to see how strong we've gotten?" Pearl suggested, then turned to the Himuras, "Why don't you try one as well? Kaoru-san, Kenshi-san, you can go together." "Yes, I wouldn't mind that at all," Kaoru said with fire in her eyes, "And it gives us a chance to try this new technique we practiced while you babysat Kenji for us." "Oh?" Pearl said with a smile, "Then you two should go first then." "Gladly," Kaoru said as they made their way to the Time Machine Station.
Kaoru and Kenshin went to the Parallel Quest station and checked in with the robot. "Wish us luck," Kenshin said. "Go get them, Oka-san! Tou-san!" Kenji cheered as the two disappeared in a flash of light. The Parallel Quest they chose was the Sixth One: Saibamen's Revenge. On the screen above the Station, Kaoru and Kenshin appeared in the Mountains. They flew to the right, to the portal guarded by a Kaiwareman, and to everyone's surprise, they brought their hands together and then separated them, ki forming between their hands, yellow for Kaoru and red for Kenshin, until they let go and grasped the beams of ki at one end. "What is that!?" Bage asked. "It looks like some kind of…ki-blade," June said. "You can do that!?" Kenji said as the Kaiwareman charged them. Kaoru charged at the blue alien and sliced it in half with her ki-blade. "I'd say so," Pearl said as Kenshin and Kaoru flew into the portal the Kaiwareman guarded.
Inside they saw three yellow Kyukonmen waiting for them in the Wastelands. This was when Kenshin stepped up, and to everyone's surprise sliced all of them to pieces almost too fast for them to see! "Holy smoke!" Bage yelled in surprise. That was when three regular Saibamen arrived. Working together, Kenshin and Kaoru quickly cut down all of them, then returned back through the portal they entered. They flew as fast as they could to the other portal and the Kaiwareman guarding it was decapitated by Kenshin. Kenshin and Kaoru flew into the portal to see three Copymen waiting for them. Again, the creatures were no match for the Himura's superior skill or ki-blades, and soon three Tennenmen arrived. That was when Kaoru let her ki-blade disperse as she summoned up her power then to everyone's surprise sent a Vacation Delete at them, stunning the Tennenmen and allowing Kenshin to quickly dispatch them. "Go Oka-san! Go Tou-san!" Kenji cheered as the Himuras returned to the Mountains through the portal they entered.
Three Jinkoumen then appeared in the Mountains. Kaoru recreated her ki-blade while Kenshin dispersed his and then unleashed a Full Powered Ki Blast Volley at the Jinkoumen, destroying two of them, while Kaoru took out the last one. "Wow! They beat it in under two minutes!" Pearl said, that was when their final opponent flew in, Nappa. "Now then… I'll play with you a little. Heh heh heh," Parallel Quest Nappa said. Kenshin tried Full Power Energy Blast Volley again, only for Nappa to dodge the attack as two Saibamen charged at him. Kaoru quickly cut down the Saibamen, and Nappa charged at her with his arm wrapped up in pink ki. "Oh no!" Bage said, "The Arm Crash!" To everyone's surprise, Kaoru lifted her hands over her head in an X-block, and caught the massive Saiyan's fist between them. Kaoru let out a loud kiai and then sliced through Nappa's stomach and to the other side of him. "How could I…a Saiyan…lose…" Parallel Quest Nappa said as he died.
Kenshin and Kaoru returned to Conton City and everyone went to them. "What was that!? You cut through everything like it was made of butter!" June yelled. "We call it…Ki no Ken, Ki-Sword," Kenshin explained. "We're not that good at hand to hand combat, but we are sword masters," Kaoru pointed out, "So we decided to try our hands at it. I'd say it worked." "Amazing, it's just like Krillin's Destructo-Disc, but even more concentrated like Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon! You could probably defeat anyone with that technique!" Pearl pointed out. "Alright, it's my turn now!" Beate yelled as she stepped up. "Take me to Number 23: The Explosion of Namek!" Beate demanded from the robot. "Alright!" the robot said, and in a flash of light, Beate was gone. On screen everyone saw her facing Frieza in his Final Form, the planet Namek dying all around them.
Parallel Quest Frieza taunted, "There's no way you could defeat me!" "Think again, fucker!" Beate yelled as she went Super Saiyan. "Oh no! Not that!" Frieza yelled as he launched a Death Slicer at Beate. Beate quickly dodged Frieza's Death Slicer and hit him point blank with Sudden Storm. The dozens of ki blasts stunned Frieza, and Beate quickly seized her chance to hit him with Justice Combination, slamming punches and kicks into Frieza's body. Frieza quickly recovered however and appeared behind her before backhanding her away. "Let me praise you before you die," Frieza said, "The power you showed was…quite amazing! You would have been the greatest in the Universe, if only I wasn't around!" Frieza then proved his point by throwing a Death Ball at Beate. The attack hit her hard, knocking her into a mountain that collapsed into the lava. "Beate!" Rachel yelled, only for the wounded Saiyan to fly up and use a Capsule.
"Alright, time to quit screwing around," Beate declared as Zenkai boosted her power. She tossed ki balls at Frieza like nobody's business, only for Frieza to deflect all of them. "Is that the best you can do?" Frieza taunted. Beate however smiled and said, "Go suck King Vegeta's dick in Hell! Hellzone Grenade!" Frieza didn't know what hit him as all of Beate's ki balls slammed into him at once, obliterating the tyrant. "Go Beate-san!" Kenji cheered, and that was when three Time Patrollers appeared, all of them Frost Demons. One was short and skinny, wearing blue Berserker armor with large horns and a mask like Fifth Form Cooler's, the second was about average height but still skinny wearing black and yellow Elite Suit with smaller horns, and the last one had no horns but was tall and muscular, wearing a grey and black gi. "Care for a match?" the muscular one asked. "Sure thing!" Beate confidently said as she powered up.
She charged at the muscular one first, they traded blows right and left, but Beate soon gained the advantage before she slammed her foot into his chin then spun around and kicked him down into an island, knocked out. Beate took out the short one with Sudden Storm quickly, only to take a powerful Final Flash from the last one in the Elite Suit. He then used Instant Transmission to get behind her and slam his elbow into Beate's back. Beate however refused to go down and quickly spun around for a spinning back fist that caught the last Frost Demon by surprise, giving her time to hit him with Justice Combination too, knocking him out.
Beate and the three Frost Demons appeared in Conton City and the last one stepped forward. "You were far more powerful than we expected. Pleast take this as a token of our respect," he said, and handed her the Four-Star Dragon Ball. "Thanks. You guys were pretty tough yourself," Beate said as she accepted the Dragon Ball. "Alright!" Beate said as she held it up, "I'm even stronger than before!" "Congrats," Rachel said, "Now, it's my turn." Rachel stepped up and chose Number 20: Frieza! Show Yourself! Rachel waved goodbye to Beate, and in a flash of light she was gone. She was on Namek on screen, and that was when she spotted the first of Frieza's soldiers. The dhampir's eyes glowed as her fangs grew long and she flew at him. He didn't know what hit him as she sank her fangs into his throat and drained him dry. Rachel's ki aura turned dark red as she once again entered her Blood Rage state. Kaoru and Kenshin watched in horror as she tore her way through twenty of Frieza's soldiers, easily, and drained three more while she was at it.
Kaoru held Kenji close as they watched, and then the final opponent appeared, Frieza in his First Form. "My my, it would seem you've roughed up my men quite thoroughly," Frieza told Rachel, "But I suppose there's no use grieving over the loss of low-class warriors." Rachel flew right at Frieza for a punch, only for Frieza to grab her fist and toss her aside, "I, on the other hand, am a far different story." Rachel got up and hissed with her vampiric fury before powering up ki in her hands. "Light Grenade!" she yelled, and the blast hit Frieza, knocking him back. Frieza suddenly appeared behind Rachel and swatted her back before blasting her with Death Beams. Rachel however quickly healed from her wounds, her healing aided by the lives she had drank earlier. Rachel stood up and clashed with Frieza, landing and blocking blows as fast as they could. Frieza soon gained the upper hand however and kicked her back.
Rachel wasn't done however and before Frieza could power up she hit him with a Kamehameha Wave, stopping him. "You're more stubborn than I expected," Frieza told her. "But, you won't be able to defeat me." "That's what you think," Rachel said as she flew up into the air and summoned all her power, "Neo-Tri-Beam!" Over and over again Rachel blasted away at Frieza, slamming him further and further into the ground before stopping, her stamina depleted. She flew down and saw that Frieza still wasn't dead, but he was barely standing. Summoning what strength she had left Rachel jumped on him and bit deeply into Parallel Quest Frieza's neck, and drained him dry. She stood up exhausted and with flood all over her lips as she returned to Conton City, clean as a whistle. Kaoru and Kenshin looked at her and Rachel swallowed, "You wonder if I am connected to the one who destroyed your world. I am. His name is Yuu Lupei, he is my Father. He is a vampire, and I am his half-vampire spawn, a dhampir." Kaoru swallowed hard at this, looking as if she was about to fight or flee.
Rachel raised her hands and said, "Kaoru-san, I swear, I am your friend. I would never hurt the innocent like him. I've been searching almost my entire life for him, so I could destroy him! Please, believe me, trust me." "It's true!" Pearl vouched for her friend, "Rachel isn't like him! She's kind, and caring, you can trust her!" Kenshin swallowed and said, "This is all…a lot to take in. Please, give us time to think on this." "Okay," Rachel said, as the Himuras flew off. Rachel looked down and Pearl patted her shoulder, "Just…give them time. They're good people, they're…just afraid." "I know," Rachel said, only for Elder Kai to run up to Pearl, "Where have you been, Recruit!? You're needed at the Time Rift in Guru's House on the double!" Elder Kai then gave Pearl her beeping Scouter. "Oopsy," Pearl said. "Keep it with you from now on!" Elder Kai ordered. "I'm sorry," Pearl said.
She turned to her friends and said, "Go on without me. This could take a while." Pearl switched her glasses for her Scouter and flew off to Guru's House. She entered the Time Rift and Time Rift Nail ran to her, "It looks like the enemy is attacking in a team this time. Let's repay the compliment and combine our strength!" "Of course!" Pearl said, and they flew off to face the enemy. To Pearl's chagrin, it was the Ginyu Force, again. This Time Rift just never ends! Pearl thought as she and Nail flew at the Ginyu Force. To Pearl's shock though, they all scattered and blasted ki balls at her and Nail. Pearl quickly let loose with an Angry Shout to disrupt the ki balls, and then used an Angry Explosion to disperse them, and destroyed Guldo in the process.
Pearl's next target was Jeice, while Nail took on Recoome. She quickly slammed a knee into Jeice's face and followed up with Tri-Beam. Pearl flew at Jeice, only for him to jump up and slice her stomach with a ki blade from his hand. Pearl stopped and healed the wound, and got a Crusher Ball to the back while it was turned. "Alright, now I'm mad!" Pearl yelled as she charged up a Majin Kamehameha and erased the short red alien from existence with it. She looked and saw Nail kill Recoome with a hard punch to his throat and she flew over to face Burter. She surprised him by grabbing him from behind and pounding on his head then stretching back and slamming her knees in his back, knocking him into the ground, making a perfect target for Majin Kamehameha. Burter wasn't defeated though and he flew in circles as fast as he could yelling, "Blue Hurricane!" Pearl stood her ground as she unleashed an Angry Explosion, destroying Burter's attack and him as well in one go. Pearl turned to see Captain Ginyu defeat Nail, slamming him into the ground.
"Nail-san!" Pearl screamed as she used Instant Transmission to reach him and blasted Ginyu back with Tri-Beam. Pearl quickly used Majin Magic to heal him, then turned to Ginyu and blasted him back again with Majin Kamehameha. Before he could recover, Pearl took to the skies and summoned even more power, "Kaa-mee-haa-mee-HHHHHAAAAAA!" Her Super Kamehameha Wave destroyed Ginyu, leaving a black smear where he had once been. Pearl and Nail gathered up the Dragon Balls and returned to Guru's House. "You have my thanks for saving me," Nail said, "And for your continued help to my people." "I'll always be there for my friends, Nail-san," Pearl said, then left the Time Rift. Her Scouter went off again and Pearl saw it was Majin Buu's House that needed her. She quickly flew around, gathering food and checking up on her friends, to see that Amaya had done a Parallel Quest already, while Bage was finishing his, fighting Turles and Slug on the dying Namek. Bage destroyed Turles and Slug with a powerful Giant Meteor attack and returned to Conton City as she arrived.
"That was amazing!" June told Bage. "Thanks, all that training's really paying off," Bage said. "Yeah, it sure is," Pearl said. "So, you ready to go on a Parallel Quest?" Amaya asked Pearl. Pearl shook her head, "Sorry, I still have some Time Rifts to do, but when I'm done, we'll see." "Good luck," Bage, June, and Amaya wished Pearl, and she flew to Majin Buu's House and entered the Time Rift. She handed out food to all of Majin Buu's children and for half an hour played flying tag with them. Even with her weighted clothes on she was too fast for them, except when she let the young Majins tag her. But the fun couldn't last, as soon her Scouter went off, telling her she was needed on Frieza's Spaceship. "Bye-bye!" Majin Buu and his Time Rift children all said, and Pearl left, flying straight for the Time Rift holding Frieza's Spaceship as soon as she got back to Conton City.
She entered the Time Rift and her Scouter went off, Cooler was on the other end. "Ah, Captain, come to my ship immediately, we have much to discuss," Cooler told her. "On my way, Cooler-sama," Pearl said, and flew to Cooler's Spaceship, right next to Frieza's. Cooler was waiting for her on his throne. "So you finally came to see me? Perfect…" Cooler said with a laugh, "You chose well, Frieza would only have held you back from your true potential. It's time for your first mission. I want you to defeat my younger brother Frieza and prove that I'm the strongest member of our race." Pearl bowed, "I can honestly say, it will be my pleasure, Cooler-sama. Should I allow him to live?" Cooler thought about this and said, "Yes, it will bring me great pleasure to see him squirm under my heel, knowing that I am the more powerful one." "Very well, my Lord," Pearl said as Cooler got up and the two of them left his Spaceship and went to Freiza's. They both went to Frieza's throne room, the Ginyu Force, Zarbon, and Dodoria were all there waiting for them.
"Brother," Frieza said. "I've waited a long time for this, Frieza!" Cooler yelled as he blasted a Death Beam at Frieza. Frieza dodged the attack and went straight to his Fourth Form and charged him. Pearl saw Frieza's soldiers coming and immediately flew to intercept them. "TRAITOR!" Dodoria screamed, only for Pearl to knock him out with a heel kick to his chin. She quickly blocked Zarbon's punches and blasted him back with Tri-Beam before knocking him out with an exploding ki ball. "Ginyu Force! Protect Frieza-sama!" Captain Ginyu yelled as he and Guldo tag teamed against Pearl. Pearl dodged Ginyu's Milky Cannon and saw Guldo prepare to stop time. She quickly used Instant Transmission to get behind Guldo and knocked him out with a chop to the neck. "CHANGE NOW!" Ginyu yelled, but Pearl used Instant Transmission again to get behind him, leaving Ginyu to switch bodies with Guldo! "NOOOO!" Ginyu yelled when he realized he was in the wrong body.
Guldo awoke in Ginyu's body and said, "Captain! I'm you!" "KAMEHAMEHA!" Pearl knocked them both out with Super Kamehameha, then flew to help Cooler against the rest of the Ginyu Force. Pearl quickly got between them and blasted Recoome, Jeice, and Burter back with Tri-Beam, then finished them off with Angry Explosion. Cooler laughed, "Done swatting flies, are you? You can finish by eliminating my little brother." Frieza screamed as he launched a Death Ball at Pearl, only for her to catch it, and deflect it away from herself and Cooler. Frieza slammed into Pearl with Death Crasher, but she quickly recovered enough to kick him in his face and follow up with a hard elbow. Frieza didn't go down easily, and grabbed her with his tail to strangle her and slam punches on her body. "You're completely outclassed you know? Just lay down and die!" Frieza screamed. "Not today!" Pearl yelled back as she summoned pink energy to her hands and put it in Frieza's face, knocking him back with a full powered Majin Kamehameha.
"Ahh," Cooler said, "You're better than I expected. I think I might have to take you on myself." Pearl went to Frieza and finished him with a punch to his throat, sending him to his knees, then stomped on his head, knocking him out. "That was splendid," Cooler said, "Continue to serve me well like this, and you will be handsomely rewarded." "What should I do with him, my Lord?" Pearl asked Cooler. "Bring him with me, make sure to drag him behind you for all to see. We'll throw him in the brig," Cooler said. Pearl did as instructed, dragging Frieza by his tail to the brig on his own ship, making sure everyone saw this. Before they left Frieza's Spaceship, Cooler turned to the crew, all of them fearfully following him. "You're all under new management now, understood?" "Yes! Cooler-sama!" every last soldier yelled as loud as he could. Cooler nodded and he and Pearl left. "We defeated Frieza… I suppose it became inevitable as soon as we teamed up. Well done… Today, you should rest and prepare yourself for the next battle," Cooler told Pearl, then gave her a Capsule saying, "Here's your new uniform. I look forward to seeing you again, Captain." "I'll be ready for when you need me again," Pearl said, and left the Time Rift.
I'm so glad that Time Rifts aren't real, or at least not…my reality? Time and alternate realities and universes gets so confusing, she thought to herself as she returned to the Time Machine Station. She saw that Rachel, Beate, Amaya, and Bage were waiting for her. "Hey guys, sorry for the wait," Pearl said. "It's alright," Bage said. "Where's June?" Pearl asked. "Taking care of her babies. We decided to stay and see what you did," Amaya said. "Alright, now, choose a Parallel Quest," Beate said, "Make it a good one!" Pearl cracked her neck as she looked through her choices, and thought about what techniques to use, before she decided. "Alright, I choose Number 40: The Future Warriors!" Pearl happily told the robot. "Holy cow! She's serious!" Bage said. "Go get 'em girl!" Beate cheered. Pearl smiled as in a flash of light she was gone.
She arrived at the Archipelago and saw Future Gohan and Future Trunks training. Alright, I can hold back here, just knock them out, Pearl thought. "Hello," Pearl greeted them. Future Gohan looked at her and said, "Hello! Wow! You seem pretty strong!" "Thanks," Pearl said as she powered up her ki. "Though its our first time meeting, I can sense your incredible ki. Would you like to spar?" Future Gohan asked. "I'd be delighted to," Pearl happily said. Future Gohan charged at Pearl and she easily blocked his attacks, and the next ten punches and kicks as well before kicking him back and hitting him with Ill Flash from her mouth. "Incredible!" Future Trunks yelled, "How did we miss a fighter strong enough to keep up with Gohan!" "Come on," Pearl told Future Trunks, "I can take you both on!" Future Trunks looked to Future Gohan, who nodded.
Trunks blasted a Burning Attack at Pearl, but she easily avoided it and hit him with Majin Kamehameha before blocking Future Gohan's kick and punching him in his stomach. She Instant Transmitted to Future Trunks and punched him in his face. Future Trunks backed away, blasting ki balls at her, but Pearl deflected them all. Pearl blocked a punch from Future Gohan and the two of them clashed before she landed five hard punches and kicked him back, then hit Future Trunks with another Majin Kamehameha. It was then that two Time Patrollers appeared over the horizon. Both of them were female, one was an Earthling with pink hair wearing Trunks's CC Jacket, white pants, Android 18's boots, and sunglasses while the other was a purple Majin wearing the top of a purple and blue Dyno Woo gi, black pants, Kid Chi-chi's boots, and gloves. "Alright, if you're so strong, try to take all of us on!" the Majin girl said. "More people!?" Future Trunks said, "This is beginning to be one heck of a day!"
"Alright," Pearl said as she focused her power, "But you asked for it." Pink smoke erupted from Pearl as she transformed, Purified. Purified Pearl quickly summoned a Super Vanishing Ball and tossed it at her four opponents, making them all scatter. It then flew for the Earthling girl, ramming into her at full speed before hitting her with Vanishing Ball. Purified Pearl turned around and hit Trunks with Majin Kamehameha, knocking him out. Gohan and the Majin girl tried to tag team, but Purified Pearl dodged all their attacks before knocking them back with Angry Shout. It then summoned a Teleporting Vanishing Ball and went back to the Earthling girl, slamming it into her face, knocking her out too. Purified Pearl laughed at its opponents before summoning another Super Vanishing Ball and tossing it at Future Gohan, sending him to dreamland. The Majin girl blasted a Super Galick Gun at Purified Pearl, knocking it back.
She then flew at it, and landed three hard kicks before Purifed Pearl blocked a punch and head butted her hard, defeating her. Purified Pearl laughed at its victory, before grabbing its head. With a loud scream, Pearl returned to her normal form. She was breathing hard, and saw Future Gohan and Future Trunks weren't done. "It's no use…This guy is intense," Future Trunks said, "Gonna have to get serious!" Future Trunks then turned Super Saiyan. Future Gohan awoke too saying, "Simply amazing, but I can't think of this as training…It's time to fight to win!" Future Gohan too turned Super Saiyan, and they both looked at Pearl. Pearl looked back at them and nervously cracked her knuckles, "Let's go."
Pearl and the two Future Super Saiyans clashed. To her own surprise, she was actually keeping up with both of them at the same time, not enough to counter attack, but enough to block all their attacks, barely. Future Trunks jumped back from Pearl and she and Gohan clashed, blocking and throwing attacks at each other as fast as she could. Pearl managed to blast Future Gohan back with Ill Flash, only for Trunks to then slice her back with his sword. Pearl turned around and they attacked too, only for Gohan to blast her with a One-Handed Kamehameha! Trunks seized his chance and grabbed her, tossing her up into the air and blasting her with Heat Dome. Pearl yelled as the combined assault took its toll and she fell into the ocean. Pearl quickly grabbed a Capsule and healed herself before summoning her ki.
She used Instant Transmission to get in front of Future Trunks and hit him full on with a Super Kamehameha Wave. She then stretched out her leg and kicked Future Gohan as he tried to charge her, and she then summoned a Death Ball and hit him with it as well, knocking him back. She looked and saw Trunks was unconscious. Future Gohan was still standing though and caught her from behind, grabbing her leg then jumping up and slamming her into the ground. Pearl barely avoided another One-Handed Kamehameha Wave, then summoned another Death Ball and hit him with it, knocking him out of his Super Saiyan form. Pearl caught him as he fell to the ground and laid Future Gohan down. He opened his eyes and said, "Heh, that was one Hell of a fight." "Thanks, it was. Just focus on growing stronger," Pearl told him, and in a flash of light, she returned to Conton City.
The two Time Patrollers that fought Pearl were there waiting for her. "You're something else girl," the Majin said, and handed her the Two Star Dragon Ball. "You guys were pretty strong too, I wouldn't have gone Pure Majin if it was otherwise," Pearl assured them. "Thanks," the Earthling said, and they flew off. "Thatta girl Pearl!" Beate said, "You are one super badass!" "Only because I trained my butt off," Pearl said. "I wonder if I should check up on Kenny though," she said. "It might not be smart," Amaya pointed out, "After all, he is basically at war. It could distract him at the wrong time." "I know," Pearl said. "How about we head to your apartment, I'll make lunch," Amaya suggested. "Alright," Pearl said, and they headed back to her apartment.
They all watched Ryo vs the Xenoverse as they ate, Bage had a satisfied grin at seeing the fate of Jigoku. Pearl got a good look at him then, he had bags under his eyes and was blinking a lot. "Bage, are you alright?" she asked him. "Just…nightmares have been keeping me up," he said, then Amaya finished cooking and they all sat down to eat. "Are they about…that?" Amaya asked him. Bage nodded, "My body's healed, but…not this," he said, tapping his head. "You should try to meditate more, it might help," Amaya suggested. "Maybe," Bage said. Nothing too important happened the rest of the day, and soon night fell in Conton City…
Unknown Dimension
Shadlyn fumed as she watched Pearl and her friends. She took out her crystal ball and it showed Bage sleeping. "Just you wait you little bitch! I might not be able to hurt Ryo physically, but I can still make you all suffer," she said as she used her Warper Power on the sleeping Pearl, Bage, and Jasper. "You aren't safe from me," the twisted Majin said, "None of you are." Yuu looked at her and said, "You're moving too slow." "Shut up! I have to be delicate, they have four warpers now, if I move too fast, they'll find out what I've been doing, and ruin my plan," Shadlyn told the vampire. He nodded, "Very well. Then I think I'll go out and implement my own plan, sort of a Plan B if you will." "Do what you want," Shadlyn said, "As long as that fucker Ryo suffers, I don't care what you do." Yuu smiled darkly, "They'll all suffer."
(Ending Theme: Whispers in the Dark by Skillet)