Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 3, Chapter 22

Another One Bites the Dust

MOAR ACTION!!

Music: https/youtu.be/03ikrnkXpzU [Fairy Tail OP 13]

[Music starts, pans up to show the massive floating arena, full of people]

OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS VOLUME 6

[Shows a close up of the crowd looking pumped]

TANJUN DAKEDO

[Shows Connor, Cobra and Ozpin talking in the judges box]

JUNSUI NA YATSU!

[Shows Logan step into the arena and clench his fists, letting out a battlecry as the silhouette of a dragon appears behind him]

SONO ME NI WA ITSUMO UTSUTTSEINDA!

[Shows George spin and dance forward, ending with holding his western style hat down over his face to look cool]

TAISETSU NAI MONO!

[Shows Naomi timidly turning and waving with a smile]

ASHITA NO KOTO!

[Shows Dean glaring and slinging his massive weapon over his shoulder]

HONTOU NO TSUYOSA!

[Shows Team FNGL standing together]

GA NANIKATTE KOTO!

[Quickly shows a flash of Team FLCN]

OH OH!

[Shows Greed walking forward through darkness, joined by a few other dark silhouettes]

KIMI NO KOTO WO OMOIDASHITE!

[A tall dark figure steps in front of them all, their cloak flapping as they stare into the camera with a dark purple eye]

CHIPPOKE NA JIBUNGA OKASHIKUNATTA!

[Shows Jim and Kane take stances next to each other, Kane being straight faced while Jim sticks his arms out and smiles. Then, Harry and Marie appear in front and cheer]

NANIMOKAMO HOURIDASHITE MIRAKURU MISETE YARU!

[Shows Harry running with all he's got, getting exhausted, with Cole and Nathan hot on his heels]

MAE NI MAE MI

[Kane passes all of them]

MOTTO!

[Shows Dean, George and Logan competing for first place]

MAI NI ZENRYOKU DE KAKERO!

[Shows side characters such as Ruby, Osiria and Irileth cheering in the crowds]

ZETTAI KOU DA TO OMOTTA TOKI GA UNMEI

[Zooms in fast on Dean's back as he looks over his shoulder, looking calm and confident]

SA!

[Dean dodges Lucy's attack with a flip and shoots dark clouds at her whilst in mid air]

SEIIPPAI NO!

[Shows Leanne grin and send out a hydra head made of cherry red flames]

KOE DEMOTTE SOUL MOTTE!

[Jim dodges it with a burst of speed, then reappears dashing out of the smoke behind her, grinning as he clenches a fist]

BUTSUKATTE IKE YO!

[Shows Kane fire off two massive dark cloud blasts on either side of himself]

SANKOUSHO WO

[Shows Harry weaving through them with a fist pulled back as white light pulses through his finger, then a white burst of energy comes out when punches the air, the recoil lifting him off the ground]

NIRANDEDATTE NAN MO NAN NEE SA!

[Shows Naomi and Gale facing off in the arena]

OH OH OH OH OH OH!

[Music continues, shows Nate agilely dodging punches as George grits his teeth and keeps trying to land a hit]

[Shows Yang yelling at the fighters from the stands]

[Shows Osiria standing on Ruby's lap and cheering]

[Shows a quick shot of Deagle, then Carter and Lime in the commentators chairs]

[Shows Cobra and Ozpin look up from their judges chairs]

[Connor drops into the middle chair, zooms out until a shot of the judges booth overlooking all the fighters]

END

"I...I will make Master Daryl proud of me...I will destroy you..." Isabella weakly threatened, barely able to stand on her feet without wobbling after Mars' barrage of super powered attacks. The only reason she could still stand was her semblance, the similarities between her purple energy and Mars' green energy meant she had a slight resistance.

"Make all the claims you want, but you won't be able to do anything in your condition." Mars disagreed, knowing the extent of the damage he had done to her. "I've hit you with energy attack after energy attack, I'm surprised you haven't yet keeled over."

"You should just lay down and give up while you still can." Damien added, wanting to get this battle over with so they could go and help the rest of the team fight Daryl. "If you continue to oppose us, you will die."

"I...will not...disappoint...MASTER DARYL!" Isabella suddenly screamed in response, her entire body pulsing with incredible energy. She was surrounded by energy like Mars', but purple, and it's power was more like some of the attacks he had used. Her hair waved about above her head, being blown around by the force of the energy around her as it ravaged through her body. The sudden burst of aura had given her great power, but her injured body was taking the toll for it. She was in pain, but was going for it anyway.

Once she had stabilised the energy around her, she collected it in her hand, forming it into a pulsing purple ball that looked like it was bubbling with an acidic aura. The ball grew larger and larger, until it was the size of a football, and was releasing an enormous amount of aura just by being held there. Pulling her arm back and preparing to throw, Isabella yelled, "Secret Art! Atomic Ripper!" She then tossed the ball towards Mars at an incredible speed, so fast he could barely track it with his eyes as he worked quickly to bring up a shield.

He hadn't had time to do so however, before Damien had stepped in front of him and taken the full force of the attack. He had attempted to block it with his semblance, but was nowhere near as adept with it as his brother Daryl, and so took the ball to his chest. The ball radiated with indigo energy as it blasted aura straight into Damien, he screaming in pain as it scarred his chest. When the bright blast finally died down, Damien fell back, Mars catching him and laying him down on the rocky ground.

The attack had done severe damage, damage that didn't look like it would heal quickly. Damien's chest was scarred to all hell, the contact of the ball alone having seared through his skin and the aura blast having completely disintegrated parts of his flesh, leaving him with small chunks missing from his chest, the holes freely bleeding. His shirt had been torn to shreds, but that was the least of his worries. "Idiot! Why'd you do that?!" Mars shouted at him. "You know I could've blocked it!"

"I don't know that even you could've...it was a hell of an attack...a secret art..." Damien replied, coughing up blood as he finished his sentence trailed off. "Don't worry about me though, I'll live...I think..."

"Take another one!" Isabella furiously screamed at Mars, not even stopping to give the two of them time to do a thing about the wounds. Also growing furious, Mars stood up and faced Isabella, right as she threw another of the dangerous purple balls directly at him.

Music: https/youtu.be/UuJiQWaokBg [Fairy Tail OST- Ultimate Final Death Battle]

Turning around before the ball had a chance to reach him, Mars charged up his green energy in one hand and straightened his fingers and palm into a karate chop shape, then sliced his hand right through the ball. With the help of his semblance, he cut right through the ball, his own green energy overwhelming and destroying it. Isabella looked on in shock as he easily took down her strongest attack with no problem, unable to believe his strength. Mars then wasted no more time, going back into Mystic State immediately.

Meanwhile, Connor and Kane were still trying to break through Daryl's barrier, the others having to attack from long range. Their gunfire simply bounced off of the sphere of air currents Daryl had around him, leaving him completely unharmed. Connor ran forward to attack, covering his fist in golden light once again. Daryl prepared to push him back, but was knocked to the side by Kane's Dark Stream crashing into him again. He almost couldn't stabilise his footing in time to use his semblance, but still managed to send air currents to push back Connor, and then Kane, before he was hit. Getting back up to his feet and feeling his legs begin to ache and his aura deplete, he looked over his shoulder, seeing Mars in Mystic State and Damien on the ground. "Mars!" He cried out, signalling that he could help if need be, but Mars didn't respond. He planned to finish it with his next attacks.

"You have gone too far...hurting one of our teammates like that..." Mars said to Isabella as he began to collect green, thunder like energy in his hand. "Even if he is scum...he's trying to change! I won't stand for you hurting him!" As he finished his sentence, the green energy in his hand stretched out and formed a new shape. It thinned and lengthened itself, taking the form of a spear like weapon, but thundering with green, lightning like energy. Mars then pulled his arm back and, just as he threw it, yelled, "Energy Javelin!"

The javelin flew through the air at an incredible speed, reaching Isabella before she had any way to block or dodge it. The tip of it ran her through, the body of it piercing through her stomach and sending her flying back with the force of it. She hit the cliff edge and upon moving, realised she was stuck. The energy javelin which was stabbed through her stomach and was causing her an immense amount of pain, had pinned her to the rock. She was a sitting duck.

Mars took his chance then. He cupped his hands together and held them at his side just like before, then swung them as if swinging a golf club whilst yelling, "Secret Art! Energy Drill!" The enormously thick and powerful blast came from his fist as he swung, the green energy rotating like the head of a mining drill and hurtling towards Isabella and a ridiculous speed. She openers her mouth to gasp, but didn't have time for even that. The blast hit her head on, completely enveloping her in the rotating drill of energy as it smashed into the cliff face.

Mars still wasn't done however, he wanted to be sure she would be done with this time. He cupped his hands again and swung them in the same motion, but on his other side, sending a second Energy Drill towards her. The second smashed into her just the same, the first still blasting her. He then swung again and again, sending yet another two blasts towards her, and finishing it up with a bigger fifth. Once that one hit, the entire cliff face was destroyed in a brilliant green light. It collapsed into pieces, creating an enormous rockfall. Once the dust settled, Isabella was nowhere to be seen. There wasn't even a body, she had been completely annihilated.

Damien turned his head whilst still on the ground and looked over, seeing Mars had won his battle and left destruction in his path. He smiled weakly, hoping that kind of power could stop Daryl, then winced as his wounds stung. Mars began to run over to check on him, having dropped out of Mystic State, but Damien called out to him with all his energy, "Don't worry about me! Help them!" Mars then stopped and looked over to where the others were still engaged in their battle with Daryl, seeing they weren't doing so well. It was a noble thing for Damien to do, put them first, but at the end of the day he wanted his brother dead. Mars acknowledged his request and turned around, running towards Daryl to assist in that battle.

Music: http/youtu.be_gkpCx5W3gw [Fairy Tail OST- Shippu Jinra]

"Isabella has fallen again?! Useless woman!" Daryl exclaimed, cursing to himself at the thought of having to kill everyone himself.

"Don't talk about people like that, not dead people!" Connor yelled at him, running forward for an attack to take advantage of his temporary open defences. "She tried her best to impress you, to not let you down, and you call her useless?!"

Whilst Daryl was still too shocked over Isabella having lost too pay attention to what was happening right in front of him, Connor punched out with a golden fist. The blow impacted the air barrier, which was still automatically protecting Daryl. The impact snapped Daryl out of whatever thoughts were distracting him, he turning his head and preparing to blow Connor away again. Before he could however, Connor threw a barrage of golden punches at him, so fast his fists were blurs. He couldn't use his semblance to push away, he had to concentrate all his energy on blocking the unbelievably speedy assault. Connor kept up the punches, throwing one after another in a blur of incredible speed, using Ruby's semblance to his advantage. "Kane!" He yelled mid punch, calling for his teammates help.

Quicker than Daryl could even turn his head to look over his shoulder, Kane was right behind him, his fists covered in swelling dark clouds. He joined in on the punching, going just as fast as Connor was, the two of them now a golden and black blur on either side of Daryl. "If they keep going like this, they'll find the weak spot in my barrier!" Daryl thought to himself, starting to panic.

Keep going was exactly was the two of them did. If anything, their barrage of punches became faster as they put all their might into breaking through Daryl's barrier. They both let out a battle cry as the my increased the power of their semblances and their punches, both of their bodies being circled by their respective element. "I'm gonna be faster!" The two of them cried out determinedly.

"They're still competing with each other?!" Irileth exclaimed in comical surprise as the rest of the group were also just as shocked. Despite being in such a dangerous fight, Connor and Kane were using it to determine which of them was stronger.

In a spilt second, Daryl's expression changed from panic to sudden fear as he realised they'd found the weak spot in his barrier. They been punching all over it, all around him, looking for a weaker area, and had finally found it. Connor and Kane's next hits both aimed at the same area in front of Daryl, and the their combined strength broke through the weaker section of the air barrier. Daryl winced and let out a small cry as they hit smashed in the chest, knocking him back over so slightly and opening his defences for another blow. Seeing they were going to try for more successful attacks, Daryl tried to quickly steady himself and held his hand out in front of him, ready to push them back.

He didn't get the chance however, as a ravaging bolt of green energy hit him from the side in the next second. He looked to his right as he was pushed back by the powerful blast impacting his right arm and saw Mars standing there with his cloak removed and his shirt unbuttoned, but not in Mystic State. The blast kept pushing him back, almost knocking him off the edge of the cliff before it died down. The attack had torn the right sleeve of his brown trench coat to shreds, leaving no sleeve on that side, and had badly bruised the arm itself.

He still stood tall on his feet as Mars, Connor and Kane all stood side by side with each other, looking on at him with scowls on their faces. This was the ultimate team, he could see why they called themselves that. He wouldn't let them beat him though, he was far from done. He would just need to ramp up his power levels a little.

Music: http/youtu.be/4HlwLq4cQXg [Fairy Tail OST- Fire Dragon VS Flame God]

The three all felt power amassing around Daryl then, as if his air currents were growing stronger. The wind flowing into him made their hair and clothes flap around in the gust as he hunched over with his arms around himself. When the gusts stopped, he raised his head and the whites of his eyes had turned a blood red. He next swiftly raised a hand in their direction, a blast of air currents much more powerful than before rushing towards them like hurricane Katrina. Connor and Kane were pushed back into the air by the winds, Mars just about keeping his footing by utilising his own semblance around his legs. Connor and Kane grabbed a hold of the fabric of Mars' shirt, hanging on for dear life. Seeing their resistance, Daryl scowled and upped the power of his semblance even more, sending all three of them fat back along the valley, smashing through a wall of rock leading into an enclosed pit with cliffs on all sides.

Having seen all the carnage from the side of the main valley, Damien stood and watched his brother step near the massive hole in the rock he created, staring in at his opponents. Damien clutched his side agonisingly. Most of the damage done to his chest, while, severe, wasn't fatal. His side however had a bigger chunk missing and was profusely bleeding, covering his hand in red. "Brother..." He muttered to himself as his wounds ached and stung, wondering when he should interfere.

In the pit they had been smashed into to, Connor, Kane and Mars painfully rose to their feet, wincing at the bruising they had sustained. They saw Daryl staring in at them from the other side of the whole and scowled right back at him, acknowledging his leap in strength. "Damn...if I hadn't used so much of my aura fighting Isabella..." Mars cursed, damning his recklessness. He had enough left to put a fight, but he didn't think he could break through Daryl's barrier, especially with it at such power levels.

Despite that, he and Kane ran at Daryl again, determined to strike back and win the fight. Kane gathered a cluster of dark clouds around his fist, whilst Mars summoned a load of green, thunderous energy in his punch, both of them charging straight at Daryl. Their hits impacted the barrier, green energy and dark clouds trailing off behind them, being blown away by the winds and having no effect. Running in between his two teammates, Connor charged up golden light in his next punch, hitting the barrier just as they had. He had hoped the consecutive attacks would have some effect, but still nothing happened.

Flashing a furious grin at the three of them from behind his barrier as his anger rose like it had earlier, Daryl pushed air currents towards them again, splitting them up in the process. Kane and Mars were violently blown to his left and into the cliff face, while Connor was viciously thrown to his right. Connor didn't hit the cliff face like his comrades however, he landed on it with his feet and launched himself right back at Daryl as the winds died down. He charged up as much energy as he could muster in his next punch, but was ultimately blown away again, by the most powerful and savaging air current yet.

"Connor!" Kane and Mars called out together, seeing their teammate limply flying through the air as the air currents pushed him back. He hit the cliff face with a crunch and a crash, harder than all the times before. The rocks cracked and shattered behind him, creating an enormous rockfall and burying him among the debris, leaving no sign of him.

Music: http/youtu.be/C7YY8I8oX-c [Fairy Tail OST- We Are Fairy Tail]

When Connor next opened his eyes, he was back in the white realm of nothingness. The realm where Kalos connected to his mind, where Ruby was being safely held. This time however, he was sat leaning against the other side of the great stone wall that Kalos usually perched on. His body was limp, out of energy, probably due to what had just happened to him.

Looking over his shoulder atop the wall, Kalos saw Connor and uncaringly said, "Again?" Ruby must have immediately known what he meant, as she came running around the wall, sitting down beside Connor.

"Rubes..." Connor weakly said to her, feeling the drain of his aura. "I think I was in a rockfall or something, all the smashed up boulders piled on top of me...I don't know if I'll be alright after that..."

Ruby looked extremely concerned at hearing that, hanging her head as if to hide tears. Connor felt a ache in his heart and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Hey, don't cry." He told her. "I promised I wouldn't make you cry..."

"I'm not crying!" Ruby exclaimed, raising her head up and looking back at him. She looked like she had been fighting hard to hold back tears, but had prevailed. She faced Connor with a cheerful smile on her face, keeping her sprits high. "You promised me you wouldn't make me cry...so I promise you that I won't."

Connor smiled back at her at hearing that, feeling the pang in his heart for her he hadn't had a chance to feel in so long. Then, remembering the situation he was in, he grimly said, "He's so damn strong Rubes...really strong..."

"Don't talk like that." Ruby told him, still giving him the sweet, innocent smile he had fallen in love with. "You have to remember that you're fighting for both of our lives now. You're fighting to protect me."

Connor's face went into an expression of mild surprise at that statement. He hadn't expected Ruby to use such reasoning, but she was right. It didn't matter how hurt he got, just that he didn't die. He had to be the one to protect Ruby, to hold onto the promise he had made her when he asked for her hand in marriage. He had to uphold that. Bending his head back and looking up at Kalos, he called out, "Hey Kalos, can you give me a little boost?"

"You humans with your love related nonsense..." Kalos replied, but seemed sincere. "But...I'll help."

Hearing that, Connor and Ruby both grinned happily at each other. They knew that they would always be together, Connor would never break his promises and Ruby would keep reminding him of them in hard times.

Back in the real world, Connor emerged from the rocky rubble, pushing the debris off his body and he stood and started to glow gold. Daryl stared at him in disbelief as Mars and Kane stared in hopefulness. "Still alive?" Daryl said, somewhat grumpily.

As Connor rose to his feet, the others were all amazed at what his semblance was doing. The golden light circled around him majestically, illuminating his bright soul. Eventually it covered all of his arms and shone on his back, two golden dragon wings growing behind him. "Dragon State!" He declared as his power hit the peak, the golden light spiralling all around him as the light on his arms and the dragon wings behind him glowed brilliantly.

Everyone stared in awe at his semblance, hope filling their hearts. They knew they could do it now, he had given them the strength to carry on, by rising again and again despite his injuries. He, the warrior of light, was a shining star leading them to victory.

[Stop Music]

"I'm gonna take you down right now!"

Ending Music: https/youtu.be/iQGAPewPH1s [My Hero Academia OP 2]

[Music starts, shows Harry in the arena against an unidentified opponent. He looks up at Jim in the stands, who gives him a thumbs up, then gains confidence. He grins and clenches a fist, white energy running through it]

OUTCASTS AND OUTLAWS VOLUME 6

[Shows Naomi stretching to get ready for her fight, a determined look in her eyes]

ITSUKA BOKURA NO UE O SURESURE NI!

TOORISUGITE ITTA ANNO HIKOUKI O!

[Shows George push ups with a confident smile on his face]

FUSHIGI NA KURAI NI OBOETERU!

IMI NO NAI NONI NAZE KA!

[Shows Dean doing final checks on his weapon, looking serious]

FUGAINAKUTE NAITA HI NO YORU NI!

TADA TSUYOKU NARATAI TO NEGATTETA!

[Shows Logan clenching his fist, thinking about things]

SONO TAME NI HITSUYOU NA YUUKI O!

SAGASHI MOTOMETE ITA!

[Shows Harry stretching down]

ZANKOKU GA UNMEI DA!

[He stretches his arms up and looks up at the sky]

SADAMATTERU TO SHITE!

[Close up of his eye as Jim is visible in it, indicating he's thinking of him]

SORE GA ITSU NO HI KA BOKO NO MAE NI ARAWARERU TO SHITE!

[Shows Kane standing in the arena, looking up the sun goes over him]

TADA ISSHUN KONO ISSHUN IKI GA DEKIRU NARA!

[He looks across]

DOU DEMO II TO OMEOTA SONO KOKORO O!

[Shows quick shots of all the competitors]

[Harry sends a blast of white energy out of his finger]

MOU ICHIDO!

[Kane's dark clouds are blown back by it, zoom on his face]

TOOKU E IKE TOOKU E IKE TO!

[George sprints across the arena at full speed]

BOKU NO NAKA!

[Cole looks over his shoulder, looking serious]

DE DAREKA GA UTAU!

[Dean releases a swarm of dark clouds]

DOUSHIYOU!

[Logan propels himself across the battlefield with bursts of flame]

MO NAI HODO NETSURETSU NI!

[Shows quick flashes of Nathan and Naomi, looking excited and fierce respectively]

ITSUDATTE!

[Shows Jim step out into the arena with an arm raised, the crowd cheering madly for him]

ME O HARASHITA KIMI GA NIDO TO!

KANASHIMINAI YOU NI WARAERU!

[Shows Connor cheering loudly for someone from the judges box as Ozpin and Cobra sit quietly]

SONNA HERO NI NARU TAME NO UTA!

[Shows quick flashes: Logan with fiery hands, George throwing a punch, Naomi reaching out, Dean looking serious as dark clouds build up, and then Harry punching with a white charged fist]

SARABA KAKAGERO PEACE SIGN!

KOROGATTE IKU STORY O!

END