A/N: Love Hina belongs to Ken Ass-matsu, Lord Dominator belongs to Disney, Def Jam belongs to EA, Samurai Jack to Genndy and everyone else belongs to their respective owners. I only own my plotlines, the Blackthorn name, and my OCs. Please review, follow, and favorite this and enjoy your read.

"Long ago, in a distant land, I, Aku, the shapeshifting Master of Darkness, unleashed an unspeakable evil! But a foolish samurai warrior wielding a magic sword stepped forth to oppose me. Before the final blow was struck, I tore open a portal in time and flung him into the future, where my evil is law! Now, the fool seeks to return to the past, and undo the future that is Aku..."

(Aku leaves and a new chilling voice has taken its place)

"However, unknown to the foolish samurai or the bumbling Aku, was a new evil coming to swallow him up in the void of darkness. Unaware that this threat had knowledge of their world to a tee and a badass crew. With that in tow, the world will suffer under a new evil, under the wrath of I, Jōshō."

The Fall of the Future

Jōshō Arc 5

Chapter 3: (XCIII) The Daughters' Kafkaesque Losing Battles

Jōshō and his team were traveling through the woods near the river. They had plans to confront the Daughters of Aku. Simply put, they were going to promptly capture them and disable them. Once they got deep into the woods, the team layed in wait for them to come. Nearby, the Daughters were on the run searching for the Samurai. Of course, Jōshō and the team left a fake trail with their Warper's Will. If they were properly trained, they would have released something was wrong like the fact, the trail split into five different directions. But, they split up anyway.

-Jōshō vs Aoi (Katana) and Ami (Kusarigama)-

The katana wielder and the kusarigama user walked in silence. Each trail was sent to be far enough for the other sisters to not interrupt or get wise to the trap. Aoi and Ayi saw what appeared to the Samurai sitting in a meditate pose.

"Prepare to die, Samurai!" Ayi said throwing her sickle at the "Samurai" to pull him toward her.

The "samurai" was actually a dummy with a bomb that blow up in Ayi's face sending her flying face first into a tree cracking her mask and giving her a concussion.

"Show yourself!" Aoi said not showing concern for her dizzy sister.

"You asked for it." Jōshō said before jumping down from a tree with his sword, Paradise Lost, in his hand.

"You are not the samurai." Aoi said as Ayi staggered trying to regain her balance.

"And you're a fool. The samurai is mine." Jōshō lied.

"You'll fall like the rest." Aoi said charging at it.

They came to a clash of blades and they appeared evenly matched. However, Jōshō was about to show the new techniques he learned over the year. Using an iaido technique, he bashed Aoi in the face with the pommel of his sword sending her back. Like Ryker and Akira, Jōshō also studied techniques from a certain green haired swordsman. But unlike Ryker, Jōshō made an effort to get training from Mihawk, himself just like Akira did.

"Frostonium Drive: 36 Caliber Phoenix!" Jōshō said as his katana glowed icy blue.

Leaping back to gain distance and dodge a strike from Aoi, he holds Paradise Lost horizontally above the shoulder of his sword arm, and then performs a circular swing that launches the freezing air compressed projectile spiraling towards Aoi. Aoi tried to block it only to get frozen solid by the cold air projectile. Jōshō held back on purpose not wanting to kill her. He walked up to the staggering Ayi and with a chop to the neck sent her to unconsciousness.

"And that's that." Jōshō said satisfied.

-Michiko vs Abi (Dual Sai)-

Abi came to the river finding the trail ended there. Michiko was watching her from a distance with a perverse smile on her face. A year with Jōshō had turned the former Motoko Aoyama into quite a pervert. When you're given freedom, you tend to go nuts with it. Michiko was no exception basically becoming a rather hypersexual person. She eyed Abi's curves and body slowly. Abi had the feeling she was being watched. Michiko really didn't want to harm her, but she knew Abi wasn't going to yield without force. So, Michiko came out.

"Look I like you and I want you. We can do this the easy way or the hard way." Michiko said cracking her knuckles.

Her swords were sheathed. Abi raised her sai before throwing one right at Michiko. Before the sai got close to between her eyes, Michiko vanished leaving an afterimage causing the sai to vanish as well. Michiko had caught it, but Abi hadn't seen it. And that sai clocked in for about over 50 mph, but Abi could hear Michiko's mocking laughter.

"Such a sharp girl, yet you're pretty much close to bimbo. Only difference is you're only good for fighting." Michiko said hidden to Abi's vision. "But alas, you suck at that to."

Abi, in her frustration, threw her sai in the direction of the voice, but got no sound. Before Abi could react, Michiko rushed her sending her up against a tree. Honing her energy into her palms and combining it with Warper's Will, Michiko jettisoned into Abi a feeling of immense pleasure. Being that she never felt anything like before, she passed out after just one orgasm. Michiko let Abi's body slump to the ground.

"Better get used to that. Depending on what happens next, you'll be feeling a lot more." Michiko said with a smirk.

-Keitaro vs Ani (Kanbo)-

Ani didn't get a fight. The arrived she got there, she was shot in the face with a suppressing/concussive blast from Keitaro's sidearm Haruka. Iaido really helped his speed to in arming and disarming. It was a bit tricky for guns, but Keitaro was ready to make do.

-Shinobu vs Ashi-

It was luck of the draw that those two would be fighting. Shinobu cracked her knuckles and with a well-timed eye blast destroyed Ashi's weapon. Shinobu jumped down with her slippers changed into ninja sandals. This was a battle of unarmed combat.

(Cues: Naruto Shippuden Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 OST - Forest Hideout)

The music set the mood as Shinobu and Ashi charged at each other. Both nailed each other in the face each drawing blood. Shinobu used a kiai to send Ashi back, but she stood her ground kicking the chef in the stomach. That would definitely leave a bruise, Shinobu thought. Taking a stance, her body hardened under her Tekai Stance. Ashi's punches had hurt less, and Shinobu gave a front kick sending Ashi back into a tree. Shinobu made a few handsigns and channeled her ki.

"Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu!" Shinobu said.

She was concealed underground and dragged Ashi down into the earth, robbing her of her mobility. Ashi was completely unable to move after she was shoved underground, and Shinobu shot out of the ground.

"Release me and I might spare you Aku's wra—" Ashi said before Shinobu kicked her face in to shut her up. "Gahhh…"

Getting a scoop of dirt in her hand, Shinobu used Warper Edit to edit the dirt to give it properties of knockout dust before blowing it on Ashi's face. She slumped over asleep, and Shinobu rubbed her bruised face.

"At least, it's a bruise and nothing's broken." Shinobu said.

(Music Ends)

-Delia vs Avi (Dual Butterfly Swords) and Acai (Naginata)-

Delia twirled the Spark Spear around her hands as she stood in the trees. She had poured water all over the ground where Avi and Acai would come. Once they did, Delia leapt down stabbing the ground with the spear triggering an electrical pulse through the wet ground. Delia's body was off the ground holding the spear airborne. Acai and Avi screamed out in evident pain but pushed forward to strike. The electric shock wasn't meant for major damage, but more of the tipping point. With acrobatic skill, Delia twirled forward smashing both her feet into Avi's face pulling the Spark Spear out of the ground. Avi dropped one of her swords.

"You two are formidable, but it won't be enough." Delia said blocking a strike from Acai's naginata with Spark Spear.

Triggering the electricity on the spear, Delia electrocuted Acai's naginata burning her hands further which made her drop her naginata.

"What are you? A demon like Aku?" Acai asked as Delia preformed a spin kick that hit Avi square in the face cracking her mask.

"No. I'm much worse than Aku." Delia said with a fanged grin.

Without looking back at Acai, Delia fired out a Death Beam from her left index finger pointed behind her. The attack tore through Acai's body near the heart sending her into a state of disorientation which got her to drop her other sword. Avi flinched as Delia turned to face Acai to blast her with two more Death Beams to each leg to disable her movement before turning back to Avi.

"I'd say give up and I won't beat you up. But that'd be a bold face lie." Delia said maliciously producing a dark aura.

Delia had gained a slew of new abilities and skill over that year and one of her favorites was producing killer intent. It was having its effect on Avi and Acai who were remotely getting terrified of her.

"Shave." Delia said before vanishing.

Avi would fall victim to a vicious combo, Darkness Blaze. Avi would see Delia coming too late as Delia reappeared slamming her elbow into her face shattering her mask which cut her face. Delia's elbow was shielded with Iron Body which only added to the pain Avi was in. Delia charged ki into her palm before giving a palm strike to the stomach sending a rush of ki into Acai's stomach. Delia kneed Acai between the legs before using Finger Pistol to impale Acai's shoulder with her fingers. Acai somehow forced herself up to which Delia used Avi's own body to smack Acai into the tree.

"You interrupted my combo!" Delia screeched giving Acai a blow to the solar plexus.

Avi would be painfully beaten with Iron Body-enhanced punches until she finally passed out. It took seventeen punches to get her to pass out, and Delia's hands was coated with Avi's blood. Acai was already out cold from being hit in the plexus.

"And another one bites the dust." Delia said relaxed.

Now aboard the Pavlovena, the team dragged the bodies of the Daughters of Aku into the ship's lab. They were quickly restrained.

"Ok, let's decide what we are going to do with them." Jōshō said. "We agreed we can't keep them as camp whores being that's cliché."

"I have a suggestion. Why not sell them to Merch?" Shinobu said innocently.

Jōshō had to laugh at that.

"Yeah. No. Merch ain't exactly trusting me at the moment and I've rather not involve him. However, you did remind me of his last clients. I have an idea." Jōshō said. "We could use an ally or two."

Jōshō brought up two faces on the supercomputer. "Third Oracle" Shinji Ikari of EVA Universe 12307551 who didn't have a warper bounty yet and "Spiral Slayer" Desmond Bishops, a fellow 10th level warper, who was wanted for 20 million.

"Here's what we'll do. Ashi will be sent to Shinji and his friends. If I recall, that Shinji is hosting his NERV friends for Death Battles." Jōshō said with a malicious smirk.

"So…sending them her will make them more likely to for them to do a favor for us." Delia said with a smirk.

"I'll start the process of removing the dark powers off them." Michiko said readying her ki.

Michiko stepped in front of the team and glowed with a white aura. Using her warper powers, she cast the aura onto the seven slowly wiping their memory of their mother within them.

"It is done. What are you doing to do about Desmond?" Michiko said.

"I'll send Ami to him. Unlike that gutless speedster, Akira and Genevieve haven't gotten to him yet. There's still a chance he could be on my side. And if he doesn't, there's nothing lost." Jōshō said looking over Desmond's record. "After all, nothing gained if I don't take a chance."

That speedster was Alex Cephon. Jōshō didn't respect him at all finding him a waste. Didn't help that Alex was at the moment, the weakest in power of the second generation 10th level warpers (any 10th rank warper that came after Akira, Genevieve, Katsumi Jade, and Kaneda Blackthorn). On the scale, Desmond had surpassed Alex power level wise after beating Jerry. However, power levels are pretty much a measuring contest. Jōshō decided to manipulate her mind a bit with his own Warper's Will giving her some semblance of normality. Jōshō and Shinobu took Ami out of the room before Shinobu using boiling oil to wash off the tarred skin. Once done, Ami was imprinted with the Warper's Secret in her mind making her a warper. Jōshō handled registration, and Ami was promptly sealed into a rice cooker with the Evil Containment Wave.

"Thankfully, warper phones have apps for controlling people. Like the King's App." Jōshō said using his BlackTab to skillfully program a basic one tailored to Ami.

With a scan of her, the app was set. Jōshō sent it to Desmond with a little message, "Have fun with your new toy! P.S. The app you'll get on your Warper device will auto-activate so Ami will obey your voice. Cheers, Jōshō."

The rice cooker was put in a bubble made of warper energy with the words open me on it and Jōshō sent it off. The bubble was set to teleport right on Desmond's bed set that only Desmond could pop it. Ami probably got the nicer fate. Jōshō spawned out three Spark Galaxy 6 phones (basically the Galaxy S6 for warpers) with the King's App in each one for programming Ashi. Ashi got her mind manipulated by Jōshō and her skin exposed by Shinobu. She was sealed into a rice cooker as well. Unlike Desmond, Jōshō knew he'd have to take different measures. He packed it all into a cardboard box and he also tossed in an interdimensional cable box and DVDs for One Minute Melee for thanks. Jōshō called up what was essentially warper UPS to deliver the package. A deliveryman showed up, Jōshō gave him the package, and he was off to deliver it after Jōshō paid him. In that package was a similar note,

"Shinji and company:

Figured you need these OMM DVDs. These fights are a bit more uncomfortable so take my advice and don't bet on them. Let those NERV fools do that for you. In this package also has a slave girl for you to whatever you want. You can control her with your new warper smartphones as they come with the works and a special app for Ashi. There's also an interdimensional cable box. That thing that lets you watch any possible reality as a television show. Maybe use it to have a movie night or whatever.

Enjoy,

Jōshō Shadow Blackthorn

P.S.: I may call upon you for a favor someday. Don't disappoint."

With those two dealt with, the rest five were shipped off to Planet Servus to be made slaves for some lucky trainers.

"With that done, I guess we can skip dealing with that giant creature or the wolf." Jōshō remarked to his team.

"I can set the ship to follow the canon path." Keitaro said putting in the commands to do.

"Good. We can stop at that city those two stopped it. I feel like Purging." Jōshō said with a smirk.

"Same here!" The rest of team yelled.

Aku sat in his throne room completely bored out of his mind. The session with the therapist wasn't that productive.

"Even if the samurai died, it would be a hollow victory. I'm just bored…and the worst part is I can't do it all over again. I destroyed all the damned portals." Aku said in a slump. "If only there was some excitement!"

Aku had no idea that wish was soon to be granted. Monkey's paw would be his demise.

(A/N: Well this was a productive chapter. Stuff got done and so forth. While this and Kenji story are for the most part, self-contained, I made an exception with this one to do some world-building. Let's see who catches the Servus reference. Either way, about the Alex bit, I will say that Desmond is a bit stronger than Cephon. Not counting Ace or the half-sibling yet to be revealed, there are exactly twelve 10th second-generation level warpers as of now (Akira, Genevieve, Merch, Katsumi I, Kaneda, Yoshinari, and Zone-Tan's father would be the first generation 10th level warpers). So, Alex is still in the top ten…even if he is number ten. Maybe I might do an OMM for it someday. Either way, I've made more build up for "NERV Bets on Death Battle!" and "Evangelion: You Shall (not) Win This Time". Look forward to more, next time!)