Outcasts and Outlaws

Volume 3, Chapter 35

The Final Battle

Short little bit of action to wrap this up.

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

"You and Kane...are together?" Murlough snarled angrily, fuming at the thought of it as Connor stood opposite him on the platform, covered in a mix of dark clouds and golden light.

"It's all because of the Kalos Crystal." Connor began to explain, holding out the plan of his metal hand to clearly show the crystal embedded in it as that hand was circled by Kane's dark clouds. "It's pretty amazing. I was able to let Kane into my mind once again and as long as I keep a hold of this, I can get him out again painlessly. We've teamed up to stop you, hoping our combined strength will be enough to defeat your new body."

"What about the girl? She was in your mind, wasn't she?" Murlough asked, making Connor scowl at him. He hadn't been aware Murlough knew about Ruby sharing Connor's body whilst they attacked the platform, the idea of it disturbed him.

"She is in a place much safer than here." Connor eventually responded, knowing Murlough couldn't do any harm to her from where they were. "It's just you, me and Kane now. We're gonna finish this, for good this time around."

"Little brother..." Murlough then creepily hummed at the mention of Kane, chuckling to himself. Connor was rightly creeped out by the humming, and he could sense that Kane wash feeling too happy about it either.

"He's still a real weird son of a bitch, what drove him to this point of insanity?" Kane commented from in Connor's head, obviously disturbed by his siblings behaviour.

"That's what we're here to find out. You all set?" Connor replied, bending his legs so that he would be ready to spring into action at Kane's signal.

"All you need to do for this to work is give me an opening. That'll allow me enough time to glimpse what's going on inside his head." Kane answered, signalling that he was ready to resume the fight. "After I've found what we need, we can put him out of his misery."

"You're absolutely sure that's how you want to do this?" Connor inquired, hesitating to attack. "He's your brother. Once we've done what we need to, we could let him go free."

"For his sins, he deserves to be punished, that's what Damien would say." Kane assured him. "But Damien would also say you should use your shining light to drag people out of the darkness, like you did him, so we can at least let him die happy."

"What are you talking about over there?!" Murlough yelled at them from across the platform, stamping in foot in impatience, especially since he was unable to hear what Kane was saying. "I thought you came here to fight, not whisper to each other behind my back!"

Music: http/youtu.be/39QhlEqlAF0 [Fairy Tail OST- Third Generation Dragon Slayer]

"Very well, let's get back to business." Connor obliged, leaping forward with his aura trailing off behind him in a display of black and gold. He held one hand on his metal fist as he ran forward, the golden light mixing with the dark clouds. By the time he was within attack range, his right hand was enveloped in a brilliantly shining black cloud, the light poring through the cracks. He punched at his target with all his muscle power, aiming straight for the head.

Murlough easily dodged the first punch by moving slightly to one side, everything seeming to move in slow motion for a minute as the two engaged in close quarters combat. "Too slow, too weak, not enough bloodlust!" Murlough taunted as his hand moved towards Connor's throat, intent on gripping and crushing it within his palm. Before he could grab hold however, Connor's other fist came up, crackling with golden light and punching into Murlough with a small burst, pushing him away.

Charging forward relentlessly with no intention of letting up his attack, Connor held his hands close to each other by his side, charging up and mixing the two elements once again. The Darklight combination grew in size until he was holding a rough sphere between his two palms. He then swung his hands out and threw it towards Murlough, yelling, "Darklight Explosion!" The Darklight hit Murlough head on and exploded in a burst of light and darkness, although he skidded back yet again unharmed by the blast apart from a few minor chips in his steel chest.

"Still too weak! You need more raw power!" Murlough went on taunting as Connor ran at him again, not even remotely worried about the next attack. Connor prepared to punch him again, only to be punched hard in the stomach himself, feeling Murlough's own dark clouds overpowering Kane's. Murlough then kept his hand on Connor's stomach, using it to toss him over his shoulder into the rubble with a crash of dark clouds. "Pathetic! You're a runt! You barely put up a better fight then your stupid parents!"

Feeling a newfound rage surge through him at the mention of his dead parents, Connor hastily stood back up, shrugging rubble off of his body. He puts his hands by his side again and once again charged up energy, Murlough sensing the power and actually seeming anxious about it this time. Once the Darklight had been fused, Connor concentrated it into a small ball in the palms of his hands, then stuck his hands out in front of himself and shouted, "Darklight Cannon!" The resulting beam was incredibly powerful, just as the times when they had used it before. It blasted out towards Murlough in a wide beam of Darklight, clouds mingled in with light, which slammed into Murlough's chest full force and shook the whole platform as he was pushed back by its ravaging power.

Before he reached the edge, the blast wore off, Connor looking rather exasperated from the effort. Murlough held his arms out at his sides, as if about to boast about not being hurt, but then multiple ginormous cracks appeared running along and across his steel chest. He gasped as he looked down at himself and saw he was injured, but couldn't even curse his opponent before Connor was right in front of him again, his hand around his neck before slamming him into the ground. "Kane!" Came his call, telling Kane to do what they had planned. They didn't get the chance just yet however, as Murlough sent a dark cloud enveloped punch Connor's way, knocking him off of him and giving him time to get back up before Kane could pull off whatever trick he was planning.

[Stop Music]

"You actually damaged this body...not bad..." Murlough sneered at them as he got back up to his feet, his dark clouds orbiting him as he grinned creepily. "I underestimated the power of those Darklight attacks."

"Connor, I didn't have enough time. We need another opening." Kane informed Connor, sounding slightly worried now that the dark clouds around their enemy were growing more intense. "Just a second or two, that's all I need. Just a second or two of uninterrupted time."

"If you want that, you're gonna have to give me a little more power. I can barely get a hold of him, let alone keep him in place." Connor responded, also growing concerned about what was happening to Murlough. By this point the dark clouds had covered the majority of his body, his face being one of the only things still showing through the blackness.

Music: http/youtu.be/Zjb109KA6Po [Fairy Tail- Cobra Theme]

"I'm gonna rip you apart!" Murlough declared as he rushed in to attack, his dark clouds trailing behind him as they clung to his body. He launched a punch as he neared Connor, who dodged unbelievably quickly. The punch kept going however, the blast of dark clouds following it ravaging through the rubble. Before Murlough could even fully turn around, Connor punched out at him with a more power than before with a Darklight fist, sending him crashing into the rubble. "What is this power?!" He exclaimed as he stood back up, surprised by the sudden leap in strength.

"This is the combination of Knight State and Dragon State!" Connor announced upon reaching Murlough again, his hands pulsing with more Darklight energy as he held them by his side. "Darklight God Sword!" He then yelled, smashing a long and thick blade of Darklight into Murlough's side and sending him flying in that direction.

Getting up once again as he felt the steel of his right arm begin to crack, Murlough launched himself into the air with his dark clouds, looking to do an aerial attack. Before he had even reached high enough though, Connor appeared above him, having used his Dragon State wings to fly up at the speed of sound, and slammed down on Murlough's chest. The hit sent him sprawling back down onto the platform's metal surface with a crash and before he even had a chance of getting back up, Connor landed above him, sticking a sword made out of dark clouds into the cracked arm and snapping it off.

Murlough gasped as his arm was broken, not being able to believe that he was being beaten. Connor took the opportunity to signal Kane again and this he got what he needed. "Found it!" Came Kane's cry, just as Murlough pushed Connor off with his dark clouds. Furious at losing a limb, Murlough cried into the air, calling all his dark cloud power into his remaining hand and preparing for one punch strong enough to end the fight in an instant. He punched forward, still crying out in fury, but soon his voice left him. Connor had launched a punch of his own, the Darklight surrounding his hand being enough to smash through the cracked metal of Murlough's chest and come out of the back.

"It's over."

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

Next time: The Final Chapter Of The Fighting!