Outcasts and Outlaws
Volume 3, Chapter 23
Beatdown
First of all, apologies for the delay. I've been job searching like crazy and I finally got one, so now I have a bit more time to concentrate on this. I also am going to start writing Volume 6 very soon, which I have wanted to write for so long. I'm very excited. Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
Outcasts and Outlaws
Volume 3, Chapter 23
Beatdown
Opening Music: https/youtu.be/jOz5mHKWaQ8 [GATE OP 1]
(Music starts)
(Note: Characters listed next show up at the same time as the letters in the video)
(Shows Yang)
(Shows Jim)
(Shows Irileth)
(Shows Kane)
(Shows Mars)
(Shows Damien)
(Shows Ruby)
(Shows Connor)
(Quickly shows the letters of the title)
OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS (Shows Connor walking down the corridor of Beacon)
Toku ni nani mo nozomu koto (Connor looks behind him)
nante nai!
(Ruby is behind him)
Minihodo wa shite
(She smiles at him) iru sa!
(Yang comes out of her room) Sonna boku de sae mo
(She pretends to be grumpy but let's out a small smile)
oku no hou ni!
(Shows Irileth in the arena facing away)
Yuzuritakunai
(She spins around and faces forward)
ikou geedo wa
(Attacks with her dual energy whips)
arurashii!
(Shows Stephane walking away from the arena)
Mamorutte angai to
(He scowls angrily)
muzukashii ne!
(Shows Mars raising his fist into the air)
Aki-
(Shows Kane charging into battle) -ra-
(Shows Jim punching with his metal arm)
-meru
(Shows combat air ships leaving Beacon) wake ja nai kedo!
(The air ships arrive at the naval platform)
Aoi sora no hate
(Everyone jumps down from the air ships and lands on the naval platform)
tsunagatta machi no yukue
(They walk towards the soldiers) Kitto teki to wakari
(The soldiers fire at them)
aenai
(The team fires their semblances) dakedo
(Their semblances take out the soldiers)
iin ja nai!
(Shows Mars using Mystic State) Hirata tobira wa
(Shows Kane surrounded by dark clouds)
subete o kaete
(Shows Jim's muscles growing stronger)
yuku!
(Shows Daryl standing on the roof watching the battle)
Sora no akatsuki no you ni!
(Shows Michael in flying around in his dragon exo-suit)
Oh wow wow! (Shows Michelle teleport behind Irileth and Kane and swing her twin-blade at them) Oh wow wow!
(Shows Wolf slicing at Jim, Yang and Stephane with his claws)
Oh wow wow!
(Shows Jorge firing a chain gun at Mars and Damien)
Oh wow wow!
(Shows Mars, Connor, Jim and Kane trying to push a tank back) Oh wow wow!
(Shows Michael, Michelle, Wolf and Jorge)
(Shows Mars and Damien)
(Shows Yang, Jim and Stephane) (Shows Kane and Irileth)
(Shows Connor and Ruby)
(Shows them all cheering in a line)
Music: http/youtu.be/tuAUAuilk0s
[Log Horizon OST- Tatakau Kakugo]
"Kane!" Connor yelled out to his friend as he was pushed back by another blow from Michael's metal, dragon like exoskeleton, seeing his teammate fall to the ground next to Irileth just after finishing off his enemy. He desperately wanted to go and help him, but couldn't get past his own opponent, who kept blocking him and punching him back. "Out of my way, you bastard!" Connor shouted, charging forward and punching once again, only to be block by a thick metal arm and then punched in the stomach by the other. He was pushed back far by the blow, dropping to his knees as he once again tried to recover from being winded.
"You're not getting through." Michael told him, speaking for only the second time during their entire fight. All four of the Enforcer generals seemed to be like that, concentrating on taking down the intruders rather than chatting away mid fight. "This exoskeleton is made of chrome steel and designed to possess the strength of a dragon, you'll soon be watching your ally's last breaths."
Mars and Damien were concerned for two downed pair too, but we're also locked in an endless power struggle. Their shield created from the combined forces of their semblances wasn't going to hold up for much longer, but even if they ran and tried to reach Irileth and Kane, they'd be torn to shreds by Jorge's bullets. "How much longer do you reckon we've got?" Damien asked Mars as a bead of sweat ran down his neck from the effort of keeping the barrier active.
"I can only estimate, but I'd say may aura will hit rock bottom in about ten minutes, unless I do something about it." Mars answered, also feeling strained, something he hadn't experienced in years. "I could enter Mystic State and boost my power levels back up, but I'd need time. Without the shield that's time I won't have!"
"So what you're saying is, we're screwed unless someone helps us?" Damien groaned, a sharp pointed bullet cutting through the side of his hand, but he ignored the pain. "Kane and Irileth won't last much longer if we don't stop the bleeding, so let's hope someone gets over here soon!"
As for Stephane, Jim and Yang, they were still stationed in a circle with their backs to each other, looking out for their invisible enemy. Jim was still clutching his closed wound with one hand, wincing a little from occasional pains. Stephane's left eye had been cut right through by Wolf's claws, the three scratches starting at his forehead and running across his face, all the way down to his cheek. Yang had yet to be injured, but was just as wary as the other two.
"This is getting us nowhere, we need a way to find out where he is and I know how!" Stephane declared valiantly.
"What do you suggest?" Yang asked him, up for any ideas in their current situation.
"Something I learned in Mythril, if you concentrate hard enough you can pinpoint the enemies aura." Stephane explained, closing his eyes and starting to do just that.
"I never learnt that, so don't expect me to be able to!" Jim argued, not believing in Stephane's plan. "On top of that, they don't teach it at Beacon, so Yang definitely won't know how!"
"It's fine, I'll do it myself." Stephane told them, keeping his eyes closed and concentrating hard with his sword stabbed into the ground. After just a moment he could feel his allies aura around him, but that was the easy part, finding an enemies aura would be more difficult. After a few more moments though, he snapped open his eyes and pulled his sword out of the ground, swinging it in front of him and hitting the metal with a clang. "Damn, I just missed him!" He cursed, looking around to see where Wolf's aura signature had moved to. He quickly found it headed towards Jim and called out to him, "Jim, on your left!"
Heeding the warning, Jim swung a boomerang off in that direction, keeping the string in his hand. Blood then splattered in midair, only a small amount, but enough to confirm the hit. "You only nicked him, stay on guard!" Stephane reported, seeing Wolf's aura flowing through his entire body to work out where he'd been hit. His eyes then followed as Wolf headed for Yang, speedily switching targets.
Before he could even yell out to her, Yang screamed, blood spilling out from a deep cut running up her left side and stopping just under her armpit. Jim and Stephane both snapped their heads round in horror as they watched the red goop fall from her body. Stephane was impressed but also shocked by the speed at which Wolf had attacked, even whilst tracking his aura he couldn't move fast enough to even yell a warning. In another instant, Jim screamed with equal pain, three metal claws stabbing out of his chest from behind. Wolf hadn't missed any vital organs purposefully this time, he'd pierced right through the centre of Jim's body.
As the two fell to the ground, which was now covered in their own blood, Stephane felt extremely conflicted. He wanted to go and help his friends, stop the bleeding with his semblance, but if he stopped tracking Wolf's aura them he'd get hit too and then there would be no one to save them. Reluctantly he turned away from them, towards where he sensed Wolf was standing, as Yang and Jim weakly crawled towards each other.
Jim had managed to flip over onto his back, blood trickling out of his chest wound and staining his clothes. Yang had pulled herself towards him, her blood smearing the metal flooring beneath her. She grabbed hold his hand as her head was positioned above his, looking down at his face as her blonde hair dropped over it. His other hand came up, barely able to stay there without shaking, and settled on her cheek as he said to her, "You're so beautiful...you know that right?"
Her heart pumping faster as she heard those words from him, only causing her blood to leak out at a quicker rate, she muttered his name to herself weakly with tears in her eyes. He ignored her and said it again, his face and hers going pale from blood loss. After a few seconds of serene silence, she replied, "You're not so bad yourself..."
Those were her last words before she fell on top of Jim, her head landing on his chest as her strength left her and she stopped moving. Jim repeated her name and held onto her cheeks, "Yang? Yang? Yang?! YANG?!"
"YANG!" Connor then heard Ruby yell from inside his head, hearing her for the first time since they had arrived at the naval base, as he simultaneously yelled, "JIM!" After that, he ran forward in ignorance of the enemy standing right in front of him. Consequently he received a hard metal punch to the stomach, a single hit so hard his vision went blurry and he thought he might pass out. Michael then threw him off his fist, only stopping his journey through the air when he hit a hard metal wall back first. He could feel his consciousness slipping away and blood filled his mouth, coming up from his belly. He couldn't help Jim or Yang, he couldn't help Kane or Irileth. He felt so useless and pathetic.
"I've got you this time!" Stephane meanwhile declared triumphantly, dropping his sword and reaching out his hand towards his invisible opponent, still sensing his aura. Just as he had planned, his hand caught on to the fabric of Wolf's clothing and he immediately sent his aura rushing in. Wolf reacted swiftly, slashing at Stephane's arm to relieve his grip, but the deed had been done. When he stepped away and expected to still be invisible, Wolf discovered that he was except for one thing. A luminous blue aura now surrounded his invisible body, revealing his location to everyone one the battlefield. Not knowing what to do, he simply stared at himself and deactivated his semblance, knowing it was now useless. Before Stephane could rush in for the final attack however, something happened behind him.
Music: https/youtu.be/XhvKjW1xoxQ
[Naruto OST- Breakdown]
Jim had carefully lifted Yang off of him and was rising to his feet, the purple glow of his Kalos Crystal clone emanating from his chest and sparking out like lightning. His eyes had sealed shut and a third eye in between the others, on his forehead, had appeared and was glowing bone white. On top of all that, his muscles were larger and stronger looking than ever before as his aura pulsed through them, even his metal arm looking more brilliant. "Cyclops State..." Jim muttered in a low, guttural voice, signifying the new stage of his semblance.
For a moment of awe everyone still on their feet stared at him, taking in his mighty power. In an instant of leg muscle powered speed however, he rushed forward and punched Wolf with the hardest hit any of them had ever seen. The blow sent Wolf flying across the platform towards the edge as he felt his ribs shatter instantaneously from the impact, bouncing multiple times on the steel ground before coming to a stop. Luckily for him he stopped before he reached the edge, lying on the ground feeling crazy levels of pain as he looked to his left and saw a bone sticking out of his elbow, his arm past that point twisted and mangled.
He had no time to brood over that however, as Jim was in the next second on him again. The aura pumping through the muscles in his legs was allowing him to move incredibly fast, and the aura flowing into his fists and arms made his punches uncontrollably strong. Next Jim stood behind his opponent as he laid on the floor, unable to rise, and stomped his bot clad foot down on his leg. Wolf screamed in agony as his legs bones were cracked and smashed into many pieces, Jim moving over and doing the same to the other leg afterwards. He then grabbed Wolf by the scruff of his shirt and threw him through the air, catching up to him and smashing him in the face to send him flying even further.
When he landed for the second time, Wolf was in a terrible state. Both his legs were shattered, one arm was broken and now his jaw and nose were nothing but rubble like remains. As he saw Jim running for him again, he lifted up his remaining arm and tried to get a hit with his claws. Jim however, simply fisted the claws, the metal breaking on impact and doing nothing to his hardened skin. He then followed through and punched Wolf's fist, the shockwave of energy travelling up his arm and destroying all the bones inside. Wolf screamed in pain once more, never having felt such agony in his life.
Jim next decided it was time to finish the job and flipped his enemy over into his back, stepping over Jim and readying his fist. In the final moment of the fight, he punched straight down onto Wolf's chest with all the force he could muster with the help of the Kalos Crystal clone whilst yelling, "Annihilate!" As his fist hit its target, there was a blinding white light as Wolf felt every single bone in his body breaking, every organ bursting, every vessel rupturing. He was dead in seconds.
Finally running out of energy, Jim stepped away from the defeated general, feeling more exhausted then ever, and collapsed onto the ground.
Ending Music: https/youtu.be/KruXhNuindw [Naruto Shippuden OP 3 V2]
(Shows Damien on the left and Connor on the right)
Habata itara
(Shows Damien's flintlock pistol and Connor's Katana)
modoranai to itte!
(Shows Connor's eye, then Damien's eye, then Ruby's eye with a tear)
Mezashita no wa
(Shows Connor on his knees in front of a shadowy figure)
aoi aoi no sora!
OUTLAWS AND OUTLAWS
(Shows Connor falling through the sky towards the naval platform) Kanashimi wa mada obeorarezu! Setsunasa wa ima tsukami
(Shows Connor floating next to Damien)
hajimete! Anata e to daku kono kanjou mo!
(Shows Ruby holding her hands to her chest)
Ima kotoba ni kawatte iku!
(Shows Jim with Stephane and Yang)
Michi naru sekai
(Shows Kane with Irileth)
no yume kara
(Shows Mars with Damien) mezamete!
(Goes back to Connor falling through the sky)
Kono hane wo hiroge
(He straightens himself mid-air and his fists glow with the golden light of his semblance)
tobitatsu!
(Shows the four generals in a circle)
Habata itara modoranai to itte! (Shows Mars, Jim, Connor and Kane)
Mezashita no wa
(Shows Mars and Damien fighting Jorge)
aoi aoi no sora!
(Kane and Irileth fire their semblances at Isabella) Tsukinuketara
(Shows Jim, Stephane and Yang fighting Wolf)
mitsukara to shitte! Furikiri
(Connor throws a punch at Michael)
hodo
(Shows Connor fist fighting Michael)
aoi aoi ano sora!
(Shows the four generals together) Aoi aoi
(Shows Daryl with a shadowy figure)
ano sora!
(Shows Connor standing up)
Aoi aoi ano sora!
(Shows the Beacon team standing on the naval platform in front of Daryl, the shadowy figure, and the four generals)
END
