Author Note: Now we can enter the fight against Pyron! I swear, my OC is not going to enter and instantly strike down the galactic overlord. Oh yea, and don't send any reviews about Pyron's text. I planned it that way!

Sorry about the overly LONG period of no updates… sorry, but life doesn't work out the way we want it to sometimes. For those who don't know, I used this a pic from deviantart as a reference for a scene in this chapter. Since I can't link to it here, ask to see it.

Episode Five: Opening Rounds

As the threat of instant destruction vanishes, along with a few square miles of New York City; Phobos lowers the energy barrier and the group looks out over the still smoldering ground. Pico buries herself into Felicia's arms as small fires continue to burn. "Felicia…" The tiny neko quivers as the light generated from the massive explosion begins to dissolve into the night.

"Well, we might as well get going." Hsien-Ko grabs onto the custom-built claws from inside her sleeves and looks at her sister. "Standing here isn't going to defeat that guy."

"You are correct Hsien-Ko." Agrees Mei-Ling before transforming into a yellow talisman and attaching to Hsien-Ko's hat. The empowered duo jump off of the cliff and race towards the city. Jeff's hands are still shaking from witnessing Pyron's lightshow and realizing how grave the situation is.

No way… the city has been nearly wiped off the face of the earth. How can this be happening?

While the rest of the gang preps to head towards the city, Pyron floats down to the scorched surface and looks at his mark on the world. This world is weaker than the previous one… I should just destroy this miserable planet and the Darkstalkers with it! Something catches Pyron's attention and he warps away just as a flaming skull slams into the ground where he was just hovering over. Hmm? Pyron reappears high in the sky and locates the individual responsible for the projectile. The vampire still lives?

"I shall not let you defeat me a second time." Pyron laughs at Demitri's statement. You let me defeat you? You are as confused as you are weak. This time, I shall not stop until I have completely destroyed you! The creature of pure cosmic energy warps directly in front of his opponent and readies a strong energy blast before Demitri can react. Before the glowing fist charges completely, something crashes into the middle of Pyron's back and explodes. The sudden attack causes Pyron to look away from his target allowing Demitri to deliver a crushing double overhead slam onto the top of Pyron's head and drops the creature towards the ground. Pyron smashes through several windowless buildings demolishing the already heavily damaged structures.

There's another? Strange… they didn't work together last time…

Morrigan appears from the clouds and smiles as she floats down to Demitri. "Well, well, well… guess who's attack hit?"

"Don't get confident witch." An unimpressed Pyron instantly appears in front of the winged duo with his arms folded across his chest. "This battle's just starting."

"I wouldn't be here if it was going to be easy."

Pyron lunges forward and pushes two energy spheres into his opponents. The attack explodes on contact with the darkstalkers thus seemly destroying the combaters. Thinking that the battle is over, Pyron lands on the concrete and enjoys his apparent victory before two different sized fists smash into opposite sides of his head. Utilizing after-images, Morrigan and Demitri begin to pummel Pyron with an unrelenting twin attack consisting of kicks, punches, and wing strikes. Stunned from the barrage, Pyron is blown into a nearby building by a dual high damage attack fueled by Morrigan's charged Soul Fist and Demitri's Demon Bullion.

Already damaged from Pyron's earlier blast, the building collapses kicking up a large dust cloud blanketing the area. Demitri and Morrigan soar above the cloud of dust to get a better view of their enemy. "What kind of attack was that?" I thought the daughter of King Berial would have more ability than that!" Morrigan turns to face her ally who has noticed her limited range of moves. "Back off, I can't raise my ability any higher without…"

"I knew it, you've grown soft since accepting that other half of you. Heh, without her you're only half of threat to me."

"I can still handle you without Lilith, you self proclaimed lord!"

My my… do I sense some resentment between you two? Before Morrigan or Demitri can react Pyron grabs the back their heads, slam them together as if they were symbols and throws both fighters to the ground. Morrigan strikes a balcony on the way down, bounces into an alley, and out of view. Demitri crashes into the street, quickly returns to his feet and fires a volley of shots at Pyron who deflects the volley by turning his legs into spheres and spins them around his body. Is that all the "Demon King" has to offer? PATHETIC!

Pyron raises a fist and launches his "Cosmic Destroyer" at Demitri who avoids the attack but is struck in the face by a piece of concrete. Furious at Pyron for cutting his face, Demitri unleashes his full demon mode and fires several thunderbolts at Pyron who defends with a barrier. As the barrier vanishes, Demitri clocks Pyron with a right hook snapping his energy head back and claws out a large chunk of Pyron's body. HA! Pyron teleports Demitri to the ground and slams him headfirst into a mail box. The box is torn to shreds as Demitri rips it off of his demonic head and comes face-to-face with an energy ball. Die. A loud roar is heard as Hsien-Ko runs through the streets making her way to the battle field. "Sounds like someone got there first." The rest of the band of fighters follows behind in the transformed Phobos-mobile.

The overly strong cosmic fighter hovers over the new crater in the street and finds his two opponents missing. Bah, there's no one worth fighting on this weak planet. Mere moments later, Pyron hovers over the pitching mound of Yankee Stadium and begins to gather power in the form in the palm of his extended left hand. I'll just destroy it and move on to find worthy opponents. The ground rumbles as a large ragged blue blade exits the dirt and pierces Pyron. What is this? Mei-Ling appears and cuts off Pyron's left horn with a blunt edged sword. Hsien-Ko launches a volley of spiked balls, one of the projectiles connect with Pyron's face but is absorbed into his body as his horn recovers. Phobos crashes through the bleacher section of the stadium and freezes Pyron with a beam. Felicia bounces off of Phobos' head and uses her "Rolling Buckle" to knock the iced Pyron into the air and is locked on by two of Jeff's shoulder mounted beam cannons from the upper deck. "Wind shift taken into account, power maxed… game over." Jeff squeezes the trigger and launches the beam attack shattering the frozen Pyron into ice dust.

The recoil of the cannons knocks Jeff out off the cheap seats and sends him falling towards the field. "Oh shit!" Jeff drops the cannons and shuts his eyes to the closing in ground only to realize he's stopped falling thanks to his robot friend. "Thanks Phobos." Good thing I went to the bathroom before we got here…The golden mech drops Jeff on the ground and begins to silently scan the area. The unlikely allies gather in the middle of center field to discuss their next plan of action while Jeff tries to see if his cannons are still operable.

"Well, that was interesting…" Comments Hsien-Ko. "… I thought he'd give us a harder time than that."

Warning, enemy energy signature has not vanished. Attack imminent!

In a flash Pyron appears in front of the group and creates a large throne out of a pile of debris in the stands. "You just had to say that didn't you?" Jeff sighs as he whips out a pair of bean handguns to replace his damaged beam cannons. I know these aren't going to do shit against Pyron… "Hey Phobos, why don't we combine?"

Enemy will destroy this unit during the unification process… request denied.

The relaxing Pyron looks down at the uncommon allies and ponders from his throne. When did humans start fighting with the Darkstalkers? Doesn't matter, I have the upper hand. To the surprise of the group, Pyron vanishes from his throne. Looking around, they try to find the enemy expecting a surprise attack each one tries to sense him before the attack.

After a period of two minutes, Pyron returns with a guest in his right hand. "Pico NO!" Felicia gasps as the little neko struggles in vain to escape Pylon's unrelenting grip. He laughs at the inability of Pico to escape. You weaklings won't attack while I have this one with me will you? Pyron opens up his left hand and creates five small differently colored whisps of flame which float down to the field. On contact with the surface, they expand into five miniature Pyrons each one with its own separate distinctions. I have deemed you all too weak for me to fight… however, my "children" will have the role as removers of weaklings. The spawn of Pyron charge forward at the band of fighters who ready themselves for combat. Now be good weaklings and DIE!

Suddenly, something slams into the ground between the two bands of fighters. Pyron's team backs off and stands ready at the base of his throne. As the dust settles, an impaled Dhylec lies buried handle pointing skyward as it pops out of the ground and spins away. The weapon moves behind Donovan and comes to a rest on his back. Anita walks out from behind his left leg and stands next to him holding her headless doll tightly. Pyron looks to the east end of the field and chuckles at the Darkstalker hunter.

So, another weakling as arrived to try and defeat me? Donovan looks up at Pyron; he does not respond nor show any emotion from his face. Pico kicks Pyron as hard as she can in the face and snaps his neck. In a sickening moment, Pyron snaps his head back into position and stares down the catgirl. He throws the girl down the stairs to the feet of his five clones. Mewing softly, Pico looks up and is frozen with fear as the massive yellow clone stands over her. It raises both arms over the neko with the intention of smashing her, Felicia dashes forward on all fours in an attempt to stop the attack. But she finds herself being hoisted off the ground by the four armed greed colored clone. "Let me go! Pico!!"

Pico shuts her eyes tightly as the yellow clone lowers the boom. At the same instant, Donovan moves his yellow eye to the north as a gust of wind blows through the stadium. A heavy shockwave moves the ground as a cloud of debris covers the two clones and their two nekos. The cloud dissipates as Pyron turns his head slightly as his yellow clone's arms have become stuck in the earth of the outfield and the green clone is standing up holding its back with a look of severe pain twisting its featureless face. That power… maybe this world isn't a weak as I thought!

To Be Continued!

Trailer for the next episode:

If one Pyron was world destroying, then five clones has to be… THE END OF ALL EXISTANCE!

Jeff: When did Joe get so strong?

Hsien-Ko: He's amazing!

Felicia: But, something's not right about him….

Next time… Episode Six: Surprising Strength… Joe's Return to Battle!

Pyron: Go forth my children…

Joe: Children? Those are some DAMN ugly kids!

Author Note: What is this… an update? Can't be but it is!