Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 3, Chapter 30

Two on One

Opening Music: https/youtu.be/KSLG_oeD1yw [Attention Question- Tohka]

! Means a beat in the music

Music Starts

(Shows Daryl standing in Dust Valley, holding a gun. He raises his arm and points the gun whilst flashbacks of his team and his past appear behind him)

Music stops for about a split second then starts again

(Shows Connor standing in Dust Valley, looking at the ground with hair covering his eyes. He looks up as flashbacks of Team Kalos and the rest of his friends appear behind him)

(Connor runs at Daryl and aims a punch)

(Daryl fires his gun)

OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS!

Are kore kakaekonde omoeba iranai mono made

(Shows Connor sitting with his head between his legs)

Umaku naru iiwake to myou

(Shows Ruby sitting inside of Connor's head with her legs drawn up to her chest)

na PURIADO!

(Shows Kalos sitting on top of the stone wall)

Jibun wo tana ni agete (Shows Jim, Yang, Kane, Irileth, Mars, and Stephane standing in Dust Valley, their hair and clothesflapping in the wind)

hito no koto aadakouda!

(Shows Murlough standing on the naval platform amongst the dead bodies of the generals)

Iu tsumori mo nai kedo!

(Zooms in on Murlough's face as he punches his hand and grins evilly)

Mukishitsuni

(Shows Daryl towards someone) Mawaru Tic and Tac!

(Shows Damien walking towards Daryl)

Ganbaru tte

(Connor and Kane approach Daryl from either side)

nandarou!

(Connor and Kane charge at Daryl) Attention! Question! Nantonaku nagasateru socchi no mizu wa (Shows Connor and Kane fighting Daryl with their semblances)

amai desuka!

(They hit Daryl's air current barrier with their golden light and black clouds)

YES/NO!

(Shows Isabella in tattered clothes with purple energy around her) YES/NO!

(Shows Mars with green energy around him)

Atari mimawashita totan ni!

(They shoot their energy blasts at each other)

Koko dake

(Connor goes into Dragon State and launches himself off a rock face)

toki ga tomaru

(He flies out and hits Daryl) COLOUR!

(Shows a massive light in Dust Valley)

(Shows Connor on the naval platform)

(Shows Murlough on the naval platform)

(Shows Murlough and Connor looking at each other from afar, Murlough with black clouds trailing from him, Connor with golden light trailing from one hand and black clouds trailing from the other) (They charge at each other)

END

Hesitating no further in attacking their foe, Connor jumped from atop the cliff face and sped through the air towards Daryl, propelled by his golden light, which now surrounded lower legs, and Ruby's speed. He let out a battle cry as he charged forward through the sky on his way down, Daryl simply staring back at him carelessly. "Who do you think you are?" He bluntly said.

"I'm the warrior of light!" Connor answered proudly, his golden glowing fist impacting with the shield of air currents around Daryl as he said so. A small boom sounded from the hit, dust being thrown up between the two and clouding the battlefield for a mere moment. The second the dust cleared, Connor was straight on the offensive. He kicked out at Daryl's side with one of his golden glowing legs, feeling the air currents blocking the attack once again. He quickly followed up, throwing a golden shining punch at Daryl's head, which he dodged by simply moving slightly to the side.

Before Connor could pull his arm back and carry on attacking, Daryl expanded his air current barrier slightly for just a second, knocking Connor back and sending him flying backwards into the air. Meanwhile, Kane had decided he wanted to join the fight and was skidding down the side of the almost vertical cliff face on just his feet, his dark clouds trailing behind him.

"We're winning this fight!" Connor stated as his foot hit the ground and he started running forward again, saying it more as a threat than a fact. "We'll stop your senseless killing!"

"Oh?" Daryl responded mockingly, unimpressed by the claims.

"But first, I'm gonna kick your arse!" Connor finished, drawing ever closer to Daryl once again as he picked up speed. Sensing the danger of letting him get too near, Daryl moved the air currents around Connor, commanding them to shoot forward in multiple directions and push him around. However, Connor easily dodged the air currents, moving his body slightly after sensing the small changes in the breeze and expertly avoiding the almost unseeable attack. He even skidded down onto his knees to duck under one current.

"It's his first time facing my semblance, but he's dodging it?" Daryl thought to himself in minor surprise. Connor gave him no time to ponder on this however, he quickly stopped skidding and rose to his feet, pulling back his fist as he neared Daryl once again. His forearm shone with flickering golden light, more intense than ever before. Daryl was still too shocked by the dodges to react how he should've, only just raising his barrier in time.

"Explosive Golden Fist!" Connor yelled triumphantly as he punched at Daryl, a thin layer of protective air being all between the fist and the enemy. Before he pulled back his arm however, the light let off a brilliant golden explosion, small but packing a punch. Whilst still protected by his barrier, Daryl was pushed back by the blow, ever more surprised at how much he had underestimated his enemy. Kane then landed next to Connor, his dark clouds hovering not too far behind and soon absorbing back into him as the two stood side by side again.

"I have made the mistake of thinking this would be easy, I will be sure to put more effort into your annihilation from this point onward." Daryl spoke, mostly to himself but still out loud for all to hear.

"More effort, huh? You should've done that from that start, we ain't messing around here." Kane responded cooly as the three of them stared each other down.

"We're gonna be the ones to annihilate you." Connor added, looking obviously angry.

"Why do you disagree so avidly with my ways?" Daryl questioned. "I only kill those who deserve such harsh punishment and yet you see me as a murderer."

"You're killing people who don't deserve it, no matter what you say." Connor replied, the look on his face turning serious at the mention of that subject. "You'll slaughter anyone who even tries to argue with your judgement and you even kill petty thieves. Your superiors may overlook it because of your military standing, but you'd be a serial killer any other way."

"What do you think killing me will accomplish?" Daryl asked, still looking at the two of them with an almost disgusted expression.

"Maybe once your gone, the higher ups will realise that you were a corrupt murderer." Connor answered, readying himself to attack again. He had had enough talk, he wanted to fight it out and get the whole ordeal over with.

"Hey, let's make a bet, shall we?" Kane suggested to Connor, making him look round curiously, "A challenge, lets say. Which one of us can beat him first?"

"Not really the best time for a competition..." Connor mumbled, then becoming more confident as he said, "But I've been looking for a chance to prove I'm stronger than you, Kane."

Music: http/youtu.be/bB_Qpt7TqLM [Fairy Tail OST- Kurogane]

"I'll take the first go, then!" Kane declared, a cocky grin appearing on his face as he took a step forward. As he took more steps, everything seeming to move in slow motion as tension filled the air, his dark clouds began surrounding his body and piling on all over him.

As he prepared to start running at Daryl, with his heel just off the rocky ground, Kane's entire body was cloaked by the dark clouds and the air around him was host to them as well. He had a kind of grin Connor had never seen on his face before, one of an emotion Kane had never before shown. A lust and excitement for battle. "What could this puny little runt do to my air barrier?" Daryl thought to himself doubtfully. "He doesn't come close to Murlough's power."

Just a second after that thought, as the dark clouds reached a brutally high intensity around Kane, he yelled out, "Dark Stream!" He then shot forward with so much speed that no one even saw him move. All that was visible was that he had moved to the other side of the valley in a spilt second, leaving a long trail of dark clouds behind him. He had missed Daryl completely, but done it on purpose. As he had rushed past, the force of being near the speed of his attack alone had knocked Daryl over to the side as if being pushed by a strong gust of wind and also left a trail in the ground like that of an airplane crash landing.

Not leaving Daryl a moment to collect his thoughts and counter-attack, Kane circled around and zoomed past Daryl again from his right side, leaving another dark cloud trail. Once again Daryl was knocked backwards by the mere force of the stream, another trail being carved in the rock. Reaching the cliff face on the left side of the valley and planting a foot on it to turn himself mid-attack, everything moved in slow motion as Kane prepared to charge again. This time he launched himself off of the cliff face and hit Daryl directly with his dark cloud stream. Daryl brought up his hands and activated his semblance to protect against the attack, pushing air against Kane to soften the blow, but he was inevitably still pushed back. Kane kept pushing him further and further back until his back hit the cliff face on the right side of the valley, the rock behind him cracking under the pressure. He pushed back with all the force his air currents semblance could muster, but was only able to avoid being pushed back any further and not repel Kane.

After a few seconds of this, Daryl snarled angrily and increased the force of his semblance, succeeding in knocking Kane away from him and stopping the attack. He then let out a battle cry and rushed forward, his short rapier style sword sliding out of his sleeve and into his hand and his fury grew. As soon as his feet hit the ground, Kane conformed his dark clouds into his hand in the shape of a blade and declared, "Dark Sword!" He then used the sword to combat against Daryl's blocking the steel with the darkness as the two of them clashed in epic sword fight.

Kane could tell Daryl was an expert swordsman. He must have trained hard with his weapon, as he was exceptional at using it. Kane kept up the fight however, blocking every hit and swiping back as his opponent seethed with anger, now wanting blood. As their swords clashed once more and the two of them pushed against each other's blades in a power struggle, they stared each in other in the face. Daryl's face was showing his short temper, whilst Kane was confident, even cocky. "You chose to live the way you live, now you're gonna pay the consequences for it!" Kane threatened over the edge of the blades. Growing more annoyed at that, Daryl pushed forward with his semblance, the air currents bashing into Kane and sending him far back, almost smashing him into the cliff face.

[Stop Music]

"You irritating pests made me forget myself!" Daryl growled angrily at them through gritted teeth as he tried to recompose himself. It had been a long time since an opponent had been able to bring out such fury in him, he was usually so good at staying calm in such situations. Something about those two made him excruciatingly mad. Breathing in through his nose and letting out a sigh, Daryl then said, "For you who make a man like me lose their rag like that, only despair in the pits of hell await. I will purge you from this world just like all the others, for the crime of assaulting a military officer with intent to kill. You will burn and die by my hand."

Music: http/youtu.be/fB5eXq32vlU [Fairy Tail OST- Cobra Theme]

"Shut your damn mouth! You'll be the one to suffer in hell for your sins!" Connor snapped back, stepping forward towards his enemy. "Now it's my turn!"

Charging forward as Kane stepped back and his teammate take his go at the enemy, Connor threw a golden light enveloped punch at Daryl. Daryl simply moved his head to the side as he had done earlier, not being at all bothered by the assault. He then slashed out in front of him with his sword, forcing Connor to take a short jump back to avoid being cut open. He then swiftly put a hand in his jacket pocket and pulled out a small pistol, raising his arm up to aim it at Connor's face. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, Connor yelled, "Golden Dragon Wings!" The gun was then knocked out of Daryl's hand by a golden fin like wing on Connor's forearm and elbow made out of hardened light.

Taking advantage of Daryl's temporary drop of defence, his firearm flying far away from the battle, Connor sped in for more attacks. He swung his arms efficiently and expertly, slashing the sharp, golden dragon wings on his forearms at Daryl, who blocked all the hits with his sword. Just like Kane had, Connor quickly realised that Daryl was quite skilled with his blade, and that this was perhaps not the best way to fight him. Acting on a sudden idea, Connor jumped up into the air flipped over Daryl's head. By the time Daryl had begun to turn around, Connor was already charging up his next attack behind him. "Explosive Golden Fist!" He cried out as he smashed his fist, which was covered in flickering golden light, into Daryl. Daryl blocked with his arms across his chest and pushed back with his barrier, but the following blast of light sent him skidding backwards in his feet, unfortunately still unharmed.

[Stop Music]

"Looks like we've got you on the ropes, huh?" Connor taunted, knowing it would rile Daryl up. "This two on one situation isn't so easy to deal with is it?"

"You dare mock me, as if to poke at the teeth of a mighty dragon?" Daryl replied, trying his hardest to remaining uncaring, but feeling his temper rising once more. "You have seen nothing yet, whelp."

Meanwhile, the other two airships had just come down to the bottom of the valley at the other end. They had decided to stay away from the fight as they descended for fear of being shot down, but now that they had landed, the rest of the team could help out. Mars, Jim, Damien and Yang got off of one airship, Irileth, Stephane and Nora appearing from the other before both of them flew back up in the sky to avoid being hit in the midst of the battle.

"All right, let's get in there. Those two could probably use our help!" Mars orders, bellowing at the top of his voice to be heard over the rotors of the airship.

"I can't wait to go over there and show Connor how strong I am! I'll break that Daryl's legs with my hammer!" Nora excitedly exclaimed, forgetting the seriousness of the situation and acting like her normal childish self.

"Hey, concentrate for just a little while Nora. This is a serious fight!" Yang lightly scolded, even she not in the mood for playing around. She wanted it to be over just as much as everyone else.

"Don't be so stressed out, babe, we got this." Jim added as he walked over, lightly slapping Yang's butt as he did so.

"Did you just call me babe?! And you touched my arse?! Yang snapped at him, feeling a little mad at his sudden wandering hands. "I'm not just eye candy, you big-!"

"Hey, can you two have this little lovers tiff later? We're kinda in the middle of the biggest fight of our lives here!" Irileth interrupted, stopping Yang before she got truly angry.

"I concur, we need to go and assist the other two." Stephane added, smiling cheekily before saying, "Although, I will say Jim has scored a nice arse to slap."

Stephane scored himself a grin from Jim for that comment, as well as a scowl from Yang. Before anything further could happen however, Damien stepped up and told them, "That's enough, let's get over there and help already."

At Damien's word, the conversation ceased, Yang making a note to save a punch for Jim as punishment for touching her inappropriately. They didn't get far however before Mars suddenly stopped in his tracks, stepping to the side of the group and shielding them from something. They didn't have to question what was wrong. A second later a bolt of purple energy came crashing into Mars, who brought up a green shield of his own just in time to protect himself and the group.

"Where did that come from?!" Jim wondered out loud, searching around for any sign of another enemy.

As Mars looked too, another bolt of the purple energy shot into Damien, who was barely able to keep it from injuring him with his semblance. "You all go, we'll take care of this, whoever it is!" Mars commanded the others, who wasted no time in following that order, trusting his judgement. When they were on their way to the other part of the battle, where Connor and Kane were now throwing combo attacks at Daryl, Mars and Damien looked around for their opponent.

Before long they saw a shape jump down from the stop the cliff face and land in front of them and instantly recognised who it was. They looked worse off than when the team had last seen them, having stripped off their armour and now standing in just torn clothing. Their eyes were filled with determination despite the bruises over their body, face and arms and the purple energy floated around them like an ominous aura.

Stood before them was Isabella Charon, one of the four generals.

Ending Music: http/youtu.be/YRLW-llroVw [Fuyugyaku Replace]

! Means a beat in the music

Wake in loneliness! Loneliness!

(Shows Connor standing on the naval platform)

Falling inside your story!

(Shows Murlough standing opposite him)

Walking after you! After you! (Zooms in Connor's face)

I will share my time!

(Shows naval platform)

(Shows Connor in Dragon State) OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS Maykoinda sekai de!

(Shows young Connor in front of his parents bodies)

Boku no kage to kasanatte

(Shows Murlough in Connor's hometown)

Ima! I can't go back!

(Shows Connor losing control of the dark clouds in his hometown) Ketteiteki no boku shoumei wa! (Shows Connor in his original outfit) Jidai wo ima koete monogataru! (Shows Ruby reach out in front of her)

I will be the brand new age!

(Shows Team Kalos and Allies) Yeah! From this day!

(Shows young Connor and Murlough walking)

I will save myself!

(Shows Connor with Kane's shadow behind him)

And the time is now!

(Connor opens his eyes, one is black, one is gold)

Kill my weakness!

(Shows Connor in his original outfit running towards volume 2 Murlough)

Weakness!

(They change to their volume 3 versions)

Kanarazu koete naite satte!

(Shows a flashback of the Murlough VS Connor fight from volume 2)

And I stay alive!

(Their semblances hit each other) Alive!

(Shows the naval base in a fiery explosion)

Saigo wo shinjitaku wa nakute! (Shows Connor's village being destroyed by black clouds)

Kill my weakness! Weakness! (Shows Murlough summoning dark clouds all around him)

Itsuka kidsuita to shita mo!

(Shows Connor going into Dragon State)

I will prove myself that I have lived today!

(Shows Connor and Murlough fighting in their most powerful states)

Starting now!

(They both hit each other's fists and let off their semblances)

END