Chapter 7
Tribute to the Doomed
The 3 UFOs floated on through the dark realm, not landing or stopping anytime soon. Dylan, Genosect, and Samantha still couldn't move or speak, but they figured they would be safe on the saucers.
Boy were they wrong.
The 3 UFOs were shot down by some kind of metallic arrow and as they fell, the ones riding them fell off, unable to do anything. Luckily for them, the UFOs did not explode and the injuries they suffered were much worse than the few yards they fell to the ground. Even though they couldn't move, they could still see, and they did not like what they saw.
"Hahaha looks like you all have suffered already before Bowagan shot you down." a man said. He had tan skin and wore a black shirt with a purple cape and tan pants. He had a golden band wrapped around each arm, carried some kind of staff, and had large, spikey, sand-colored hair. He also had a rather psychotic expression, but despite that, the 3 of them hoped that he would just leave them alone.
"Although it would be much more fun to torture you fools, I'll be nice and just kill you instead." the man said with a psychotic smirk. He held his staff up high and what looked like an eye on the staff started to glow.
So I guess this is it. Dylan thought. This is how I die. After all of the people I have saved and the villains I've killed, I am going to die by some stranger in a state where I can't do a damn thing about it.
Fuck. was all Samantha thought.
However one of then thought of nothing, it didn't need to think, it knew that it had the upper hand all along and that it would save them.
"What's this?" the stranger wondered as Genosect slowly stood up and stared at him. "Well it looks like we have one who doesn't know when to die. Bowagan, shoot this robot down."
Bowagan, a green eyeball with arms holding a metal crossbow, shot Genosect once, but the large metal arrows failed to even make a dent and Genosect blasted the monster to smithereens with his cannon.
"I must admit that laser is rather impressive. But Bowagan is one of the weakest monsters I have, so lets see how you deal with Des-" but before the man could speak another word, Genosect had dashed right into him, sending him flying right into a large boulder they were by.
"Agggh, I see you pull no punches." the man said as he stood up and walked toward the insectoid. "I'm going to enjoy killing you."
"Then what about me?" a voice said weakly and in an instant, every atom in the mans body was annialated by a yellow and green beam of Gamma Rays. "That's better." Samantha, the one who spoke before, said and Genosect looked at her.
"I never gotten the chance to thank you for rescuing me." she said "You saved my li-" Samantha was cut short when she saw the stranger suddenly materialize from purple miasma.
"Did you really think you could kill me that easily?"
"Yes. I thought atomatizing someone with Gamma Ray Burst was the best way to make sure they would never survive." Samantha snarked.
"Well It is going to take more than that to kill me. We are in a world made by the one who created the Shadow Realm, which is a void of nothingness and horror. But the Shadow Realm was simply a realm the Darkness created as a simple test. You can not kill the manifestation of rage and anguish who could control a realm far inferior to the one we are in right now. A realm that was built using darkness and chaos that can easily bring beings of hatred back using the things that make them up."
"Sooooo, since this place is more evil that the realm you controlled, it can bring you back since you are a manifestation of rage and anguish and not a simple human being like us?"
"You learn quite fast. Not that it will matter when I-" the mysterious man was knocked into another large boulder by a dash from Genosect, which stopped him short.
"I am quite sick of the both of you now. I have a better use for the two of you," he said as he stood up once again.
"And what would that be? Another monster for Genosect to crush?" Samantha sneered.
"No. Sacrifices."
"Sacrifices?" Samantha exclaimed as she slowly sat up.
"Yes" the man said and noticed Dylan stirring "Consider it a gift for your barely living friend over there." Samantha and Genosect turned their heads toward Dylan and he was indeed coming to.
"Thank Kishmoto he is alive but w-" a pillar of lava suddenly engulfed Samantha and Genosect, killing them instantly while the stranger laughed evilly.
"Now I sacrifice these two to bring out Lava Golem!"
The lava melded into a large humanoid creature made entirely out of lava with a small face. What looked like a birdcage then materialized around Dylan and it floated over to the beast and attached itself automatically to the chain hanging from the middle of its body.
The stranger laughed evilly. "Now to wait for this fool to wake up...if he CAN!"
Several moments had passed as Dylan was lying there, unable to speak or fully process the whole situation. However after around 29 minutes, he slowly stood up, holding his right arm with his left, knowing it is barely attached.
"Looks like you have finally awakened." the man said.
"Wh...what's going on here?" Dylan wondered, still not fully aware.
"Hmhmhm, I have given you a little present called Lava Golem, use it wisely."
"What?" Dylan looked around and he finally noticed that he was in a suspended cage attached to a gigantic beast. "What the hell is this thing?"
"I told you, its Lava Golem. But be careful, made of nearly 100% lava, he doesn't hold together well." the stranger warned smugly.
"What do you me-RRRGGGHH!" Dylan screamed in pain as a glob of lava landed on his foot. "Just who in the hell are you? And get me out of this fucking thing!"
"I'm glad you asked. I am Marik, the one who will add you to the army of Darkness!"
"What? What are you talking about?"
"Oh you didn't know? Whoever is killed in this world gets added to the Darkness' army."
"You mean...whoever dies can be brought back by the Darkness to fight for him?"
"Precisely."
"Well I can't let that happen. I'm busting out of this cage, Summoning Ju-"
"I would watch what you do if I were you. If you move around or cause to much racket in that cage of yours, Lava Golem may fall apart right on top of you. And we wouldn't want my gift to break the day I gave it away. It wasn't cheap to get either, it cost both of your friends to bring it out."
"What are you talking abou- AGGGGHH!" Dylan screamed again as a glob of lava landed on his left shoulder.
"Lava Golem requires two of my opponents to be sacrificed to bring him out, so I chose the closest ones."
"You mean you KILLED Samantha and Genosect to bring this...this THING out?"
"I didn't kill them, I sacrificed them. There is a big differen-"
"SHUT UP! So some nobody just shows up and offers my friends lives like some kind of payment and leaves me trapped in a molten cage for the rest of my days! This is not how it is going to end, I am going to get out and get them back!"
"Heh, you are a fool if you think you can save them. The Darkness has powers far beyond mine and anyone elses."
"I know how strong the Darkness is, everyone does. But I'm not worried about it at the moment, my focus is killing YOU."
"And just how do you plan on doing that in that cage of yours?"
"By using the gift you gave me. Lava Golem attack him!" Lava Golem raised its arms, causing lava to land all over Dylans back, but he dealt with the pain, and shot a huge stream of lava from its mouth, coating the area in front of it with it.
"GAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Marik screamed as he was incinerated by the lava.
"That wasn't so hard." Dylan said, but then remembered that Marik can not be killed in a traditional way as purple miasma started to form.
"Heh, all of that for nothing. Now its my turn and I assure you what I bring out will trump whatever you could even dream to summon. But first I need to bring back some people that I know you will recognize." Marik said and some kind of emblem appeared above him, one with green waves, and blue crest on top with a red jewel in the middle of it.
"What are you doing?"
"Bringing back 3 friends of yours."
Three pillars of light shot out of the ground and there stood Vampire Lord, Sasori, and Ritsuka.
"WHAT? What the hell are you doing?"
"I needed to bring some people back from the dead to sacrifice for my ultimate beast."
"S-sacrifice? But I thought they were...tele...ported. NO! NO! HE WAS LYING! THAT LITTLE PEICE OF SHIT KILLED THEM ALL! "
"Hmhmhm, to make matters worse for you-"
"Shut the hell up Marik! You leave them alone! If you want to try and kill me, bring it on but LEAVE MY FRIENDS OUT OF IT!"
"Heh, they are no longer your friends now. They died so they are now in the army of darkness and I NEED them to kill you. So now I shall offer these three as a tribute to summon my Egyptian God!"
"Egyptian...God?"
"Now great beast I offer thee three tributes to come forth and fight for me…WINGED DRAGON OF RA!"
There was a huge glowing sensation in the sky, slowly sinking and Dylan watched in awe as the light faded to reveal the golden beast. It had the body of a dragon, the wings of an owl, and the face of a bird and it was colossal.
"Just what in the hell is that thing?"
"The strongest of the Egyptian Gods, The Winged Dragon of Ra!"
"So you just sacrificed my friends like that to bring that thing out?"
"For the last time fool, they are no longer your friends."
"No, they still are! It doesn't matter if the Darkness turned them evil!"
"Heh, you still can't bring them back with those words of yours. After all, every ounce of good left in them was wiped out by the Darkness."
"Shut the hell up Marik, once I get done with you I'm saving my friends."
"That's some big talk coming from someone who is facing an Egyptian God."
"Yeah well...you aren't the only one who can bring out a powerful beast."
"Is that so? Well don't forget about Lava Gol-"
"I know about this fucking monster and I know how to stop it."
"Heh, then just try."
"Very well then...I offer 5 years of my lifespan to summon MY great beast." Dylan stated as a black aura enveloped him.
"Five years eh? Seems like an unfair trade off."
"Maybe to someone like you, but I know the power of what I'm about to unleash."
"Then do it already so I can kill you."
"Alright...come on out RAVIEL- LORD OF PHANTASMS!"
A huge pillar of darkness shot out of the ground nearby and there stood a muscular blue demon that was twice the size of both Ra and Groudon.
"What? That creature looks like Obelisk the Tormentor!"
"I have no idea what that is, but Raviel is going to finish you off and free me from this trap."
"And just how do you plan on doing that?"
"Easy. I can offer an ally of mine as a sacrifice to power my friend here up and since your little gift belongs to me..."
"No! You can't!"
"I see you're catching on now. Raviel, I offer Lava Golem to increase your strength!"
Raviel grabbed the molten beast as it dissolved into darkness while Dylan now stood unscathed, aside from his previous injuries of course.
"Your monster is still weaker than mine!"
"Care to put your claim to the test?"
"Rrrg...Ra, attack his Raviel and finish this fool off!" Marik ordered and the golden beast breathed out a large stream of white hot fire and Raviel countered by shooting a purple beam from its hands. Mariks eyes widened in shock as Dylans beasts attack was slowly overpowering his.
"No! I convert my life force to power for Ra!" he shouted and dissolved into darkness, then appearing on the head of the divine beast.
"What?"
"Haha! Now Ra, finish what you started!"
The flames coming from the winged creatures mouth became larger and faster and quickly overpowered Raviels attack. The demon was torched by the fire and fell to the ground, defeated by Mariks Egyptian God.
"Raviel!" Dylan watched in horror as the strongest creature he could summon fade away as Marik laughed evilly.
"I think I'll finish you off myself." he stated and separated from his most powerful monster. Ra faded in light as Marik slowly walked over to his opponent, grinning and chuckling evilly. He then pulled his staff apart, revealing a sharp point underneath. Dylan gritted his teeth, but began sweating a little, thinking there is not much he could do to defend himself.
"I'm afraid its the end for you." Marik said, held his staff high, and drove it right through Dylans heart.
No! was all he had time to think before his life faded away. Marik laughed evilly as he pulled out his staff and stared down at the bleeding body in front of him.
In the sky
"Alright, lets show them what we are made of!" Jane exclaimed.
"But its useless! Even if we DO win we will all be killed anyway!" replied Renji. The metal disc that their group was standing on was plummeting to the ground at an alarming speed, and Eggman and Bowser had no problem keeping up.
"He's right, but there has to be a way to save us all." 9 said and Samus and Sam started thinking of a plan.
"Hahaha, its useless! Just give up." Bowser said and threw a couple Mechakoopas at the group. Mark pulled out a ray gun and blasted the machines to bits. "Its gonna take more than a couple of your robots to beat us!" he said.
"Then maybe THIS will!" Eggman exclaimed and did an arm sweep with one of the hands on his hovercraft.
"SHI-" Renji was cut short as the entire group was knocked off of the platform.
"Well that sucked..." Jane said to herself as her gang fell to the ground.
"Weeeeee caaaaaaaan't diiiiiie yeeeeeeeeet." said Glowmoss, but Samus sighed in defeat.
"Glowmoss, its over. There is nothing we can do." said Sam sadly.
"And just to make sure you all don't survive." Bowser then threw some Bob-ombs from his Klown Kar, he and Eggman still keeping up with them.
"No, not yet." said Naruto lowly "Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Many clones appeared in front of the team and they all took the force of the explosions.
"Well you saved us that time, now protect us from FALLING!" exclaimed Mark.
"Maybe we will survive after all, look!" Ristar said, he being the only one of the gang that could fly at that point.
Below them was a massive serpentine dragon, one that dwarfed even the Egg Carrier. The beast had large wings, skinny arms, and curved spikes along its body, but perhaps the most interesting feature of the dragon was its two mouthed head.
"Its humongous!" exclaimed Jane.
"What? No! We can't let them survive!" Eggman shouted, slamming his fists.
"I won't let them." Bowser said threateningly and pressed a button on his craft, sending a gigantic wave of fiery Bullet Bills at Jane and her friends.
"Looks like we are getting some more passengers Slifer." said Temari, noticing the plummeting group, Slifer swept its tail with great speed, catching the gang on it. The dragon then shot a blast of energy from its second mouth, destroying the Bullet Bills.
"No!" Bowser exclaimed.
"Slifer, what do you say we finish them off." Temari said with a smirk. Slifer roared and sent a large red lightning bolt down from the sky, striking both Eggman and Bowser and sending THEM plummeting to the ground.
"Are they...dead?" asked Jordan, one of the people in Temaris group.
"Who knows?"
"Well that was sweet!" Sonic exclaimed.
"What was?" asked Nario obliviously. Nario looked a lot like Naruto wearing Marios outfit except his hat and overalls were orange, his shirt was light blue, and his eyes were always closed.
"Have I mentioned I love your dragon Temari? It reminds me of Kyles!" exclaimed Whitney, an orange haired girl who wore a green dress, a yellow jacket with a blue jewel on each arm, and a green mesh-like shirt.
"Oh I wouldn't claim Slifer as mine. He IS a god after all." replied the ninja.
"A god eh? How did you manage to bond with a GOD?" Julia, a blonde haired girl who wore glasses, an orange shirt, white pants, and a blue cape, shouted.
"In dragon class a long time ago." explained Britney "It isn't all that difficult, Dialga and Palkia are great friends of mine and they are the gods of time and space."
"Nobody is taking note to our guests here." Bryce stated and turned his head to Samus and the others "Welcome." was all he said to them.
"Thank you so much for saving our lives." Samus said gratefully.
"Oh don't thank us, thank Slifer." said Alan with a grin.
"Um...thank you oh great dragon thing!" exclaimed Mark.
"I should probably warn you all, but I see another dragon showing up!" shouted Jordan.
"You're right Jordan, but there is no way its gonna take down Slifer." Temari replied.
"Well let us not take any chances, does anyone else have a dragon summon thingy?" asked Nario and Julia raised her hand.
"I...might have one." said Britney to herself.
If Arceus brought him back to life as well. she thought.
"Heh, no dragon in your arsenal could stand a chance to the Leviathan." a stranger said as a tan dragon raised its head through the black clouds, as big as Slifer himself but much longer.
"And just who are you?" asked Sonic demandingly.
"Just call me Hande II." he said, who looked like an evil version of Isa. His pupils were red, his shirt was gray, and his hair was somewhat spiked.
"An evil clone? How cliché!" shouted Julia "We will beat your ass back to where you came!"
"Heh, that's some though talk coming from someone so weak. You see, the Leviathan is stronger than any beast you have ever faced. And guess what? It isn't flying."
"You mean that dragon is long enough to reach the sky from the ground?" Temari said in shock, her eyes widened.
"Coiled up." Hande II said threateningly
"You should know that size doesn't always matter." explained Bryce.
"Oh really? Leviathan, show them your power." Hande II ordered. The Leviathan roared and fired a blue beam from its gaping mouth.
"Slifer, counter it! Hurry!" exclaimed Temari and the Egyptian God shot two yellow beams from both of its mouths, evening out the Leviathans attack.
"Looks like our beasts are matched."
"Everyone, whoever has a flying summon or can fly, do it now!" ordered Temari.
"Kyaaaa! SUMMONING JUTSU!" shouted Julia and a black dragon appeared next to Slifer. It had curved spikes, skinny limbs, horns, and glaring red eyes. The blonde haired girl hopped on her dragon and Sonic, Nario, Bryce and Alan did the same.
"No passengers! Find your own dragon!" Julia ordered.
"This is serious Julia, so abandon that selfish attitude of yours." Bryce ordered right back.
"Summoning Jutsu." Britney quietly said and to her surprise, her golden dragon appeared. She smiled and quickly hopped on it, Whitney, Sam, Samus, and Jane joining her. Jordan jumped off of Slifer and turned into his Meteor Black Dragon form.
"Can't accept any rides unless you want to die in boiling lava." he said.
"See ya guys later!" Ristar exclaimed and flew beside the hippie, leaving 9, Glowmoss, Renji, Mark, and Temari on the Sky Dragon.
"Your dragon can't keep that up forever." said Hande II.
"This dragon is a god, if any dragon can't keep up it is yours!" snapped Temari.
"Go after that walking cliché, dragon!" Julia ordered and her dragon breathed out a stream of acid after flying high above Hande II.
"I don't think so!" he shouted and put up a blue electric shield around himself, saving him from the attack.
"I guess it has to be done." said Alan and waved his hand at the clone.
"...What the hell was that?" Julia shouted.
"I have the power to make anyone explode with a wave of my hand...but it didn't work on him. I guess I have to get closer." Alan said while rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Heh, I'll knock him off of that thing. Just leave it to me! Color: Spin!" Sonic exclaimed and what looked like a yellow drill appeared around him and he jumped off of Julias dragon. Sonic was able to fly through the air as a drill and headed right for Hande II.
"Try harder." he said and threw a blue electric orb at the spinning hedgehog, which electrocuted him in an explosion on contact, removing his drill shield and causing him to fall.
"That moron." said Julia.
"Hey, shouldn't you save him and stuff?" Nario asked.
"I got it covered." said Jordan and caught the falling hedgehog in one of his arms.
"I thought people would die if they hitched a ride on you." reminded Ristar.
"My hands are safe though." replied Jordan "Be more careful Sonic, I don't wanna have to keep saving you."
"No problem Jordan, I wont let that guy kill me." Sonic said and gave the molten dragon a thumbs up.
"Oh really? You would have died if he didn't catch you." replied Ristar.
"Nope, I had THIS! Color; Lazer!" Sonic turned into a cyan ball of light and dashed right to Hande II at an incredible speed.
"What is th-" the clone was struck at full force and now HE was the one falling to his death. The Leviathan sensed this and swiveled a section of its body which saved its master.
"Aww! You almost had it!" Nario said in disappointment.
"Has your dragon had enough?" Temari sneered.
"Never." replied Hande II,
Temari smirked. "Well Slifer has."
"Is that so...?"
"Yes. Slifer, get rid of this guy!" she said. Slifer stopped firing its beams, quickly flew out of the way and roared. This sent a red lightning bolt down from the sky again and it crashed into Hande II and his dragon.
"NOOOOOO! I will NOT lose to YOU!" he shouted.
"Its over man, you are as good as dead." Mark stated.
"Never. Only Isa is the one who has any chance of beating me." Hande II said weakly, on his knees and panting heavily.
"Isa?" repeated Britney.
"Let us leave these people Leviathan." Hande II said, offering no explanation. A dark purple portal appeared and his serpent began flying through it.
So it CAN fly. thought Renji.
"You aren't going anywhere!" shouted Ristar and began to fly after him, but stopped when Naruto shouted the word.
"What? But he is getting away!" the star pointed out as the Leviathan flew in completely and the portal disappeared.
"Naruto is right. That guy is rather though and whoever he is after should be able to defeat him if what he says is true. Lets not get into any more fights then we have to." explained Samus.
"So the whole 'its someone elses problem' attitude eh?" sneered Julia.
"Shut up Julia." said Britney.
In a dark realm
"Hmhmhm, it looks like I just took out a lot of your pieces, including the most important one of all." the Darkness said.
"I swear all worlds will be saved." the girl in the crystal said.
"And just how is that going to happen, hm?"
"When you blasted me with your beam you created a crack in the crystal."
"WHAT?"
"And since you don't have the power to heal, there is no way you can fix it."
"That is impossible, I don't see anything."
"Its not visible to the naked eye, but its there. And being a divine being my power still leaks out of it like a fountain."
"Grrr, no matter. This will simply make the game more interesting. You still cant convert my soldiers."
"I can't, but remember THEY can."
"What do you mean by this?"
"If a hero beats a hero turned evil, they go back to being good again."
"So you can claim my pieces just like I can claim yours? Interesting...but with the upgrades I pan on giving them they will be unstoppable."
"I know that they will prevail, you just can NOT win."
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And after nearly 3 months of no updates, I give you what might be the biggest and most interesting chapter yet. Julia is from TAOMAJL and I bet you can guess where Nario is from. Hande II belongs to Hande the Scorpion Rider.