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 4: (XCIV) Endurion's War Cry
Jōshō and his crew were currently on their ship after they just pillaged a random village for no real reason. They knew that they had a lot of time on their hands due to dealing with Aku's hellspawns.
"Oi, how much time we got?" Keitaro asked.
"About three episodes." Jōshō said. "I'm tempted to just to skip ahead with Metsu Control."
"Well go ahead. We'll all on the ship." Delia said flicking her white hair.
Jōshō got holding the yellow Metsu Emerald in his hand and readied himself. He raised up and shouted, "METSU CONTROL!" The emerald glowed surrounding the ship in a yellow force field while shifting time on the planet to the next "canon" point. For them that was the point where the High Priestess made her appearance to fight Ashi. Once done, the crew set themselves up. Using a Henge (Transformation Technique), Jōshō appeared to be Jack and sat meditating. Delia used a Henge to appear as Ashi and the rest of the team used Henge to appear as the rest of the daughters. Right on the cue, after Shinobu slaughtered the Orc Army by herself, HP made herself known.
"The samurai is here, but why do you not attack?" She asked only to get punched by Delia right in the ribs. "What the?"
Puffs of smoke came as they broke their Henges. High Priestess pulled her dagger only Keitaro to shoot it out of her hands with Haruka. HP got her iron claws out and foolishly charged at Jōshō.
"Iron Body." He said as she came down to strike.
Her claws shattered touching his skin and Jōshō grabbed her to give her a headbutt which cracked her mask.
"What happened to the samurai and my daughters?" HP said holding her face.
Jōshō then had a devious idea.
"We killed the Samurai under Aku's orders. He is aware you were making supersoliders without his permission and we have detain them." Jōshō said deviously. "You are lucky I don't call Aku to deal with you now."
The High Priestess panicked in horror seeing that Jōshō held the samurai's accursed blade like it was a mere trophy for him. Delia and the crew caught on to what Jōshō was planning.
"Please, don't call the Master." She said in a panicked tone.
"Well then, you're going to have to appease us then." Jōshō said leaning up against a rock. "But there is nothing you can do. You're simply going to just have to die."
Jōshō did not tolerate abusive parents at all considering his "childhood" or lack thereof. He might have been a villain, but even he had had twisted standards. Keitaro was on the same boat considering his aunt and grandmother. HP tried to flee only to get shot in the knee by Keitaro's Haruka. Jōshō raised his hand charging a black and yellow energy sphere.
"Metsu Big Bang Attack!" Jōshō said rocketing the ki sphere forward.
The energy sphere vaporized HP along with half the mountain in a mass explosion. Jōshō calmed down as the dust cleared. The team promptly left the mountain, but they ran into someone who stood in front of their ship. It appeared to an old man with dark skin, grey hair, and wearing a men's kimono. He had a storage scroll in his hands and upon closer inspection had a thunderbolt mark over his left eye.
"So we finally meet at last? Jōshō." The old man said.
Jōshō drew Paradise Lost on instinct sensing the old man's warper blood. The old man was to the team's shock an eighth level warper meaning he was an extension of some Earth Primer's dream.
"No need to fear me. I am not long for this world. You are an Endurion without Saiyan blood, yes?" The old man asked.
"Yes, I am." Jōshō said.
"The Endurion race is one of endurance. A true parallel to the Saiyan race. Mix the two and you have a balanced and dangerous fighter. However, they lose access to the superforms the Endurions have due to their dominate Saiyan gene. The only exception is the accursed Power family. However, they can only achieve it due to having piece of the deity Voltias mixed within them and even then it's only a mutated form of the true Endurion form. The true form itself had been lost to time." The old Endurion explained. "You can awaken it!"
"Why me? I'm not exactly a nice guy." Jōshō mused.
"I know off four great evils rising. One of darkness, one of lust, one of a wicked smile, and one of apathy. You'll have to aid in crushing them. Besides, if the world in going to fear anyone, it should be an Endurion." He explained to Jōshō sternly. "However, there is a price."
"Don't care about it, show me how to awoken." Jōshō said with a glare.
The old Endurion opened the scroll showing a sealing matrix and explained that a bolt of pure Endurion lighting on it would trigger the required electromagnetic pulse. Jōshō channeled the Metsu Emerald and formed electric energy in his hand. Jōshō took the plunge slamming his hand onto the seal to unseal it. The result sent a subtle pulse across the multiverse. What Jōshō neglected to hear was that by doing this, he gave all Endurions who do not have the Saiyan blood access to these super forms. Which meant that his uncle Akira, his father Kaneda, his sister Katsumi II, and his half-brother Tatsuya could achieve these forms in time. Granted they had no idea…expect Katsumi, who was watching Jōshō from her office at the Order of Reality's headquarters.
"I need to call Evie. Akira need to hear this." Katsumi said getting her BlackTab.
It was then a shiver went out the spines of many warpers. Akira was already a powerful warrior and had the Kaio-ken and the Potential Unleashed form under his belt. It was the nightmare of many warpers that the Endurion race had its own SUPER FORM, and it was soon to come true. Even if Jōshō knew this, he still would have done so either way.
"You already have the power level needed to get this it. You need to do in hone your bio-electricity, focus on it over your body, and power up. As a warper, this will make it easy for you." The old man said as the scroll dispersed into white flames. "Especially how close you were to the pulse and you were the one to unseal the power within. I warn you that for you especially, it will hurt a lot."
Jōshō fell to his knee is evident pain screaming in agony. Electricity surged around him as his team promptly backed away to a safe distance. The clouds grew dark as thunder crackled. The air reeked of ozone.
(Cues: Pantera - 10's)
Despite the pain, Jōshō started laughing. It wasn't the laugh of lightheartedness, no. It was the laugh of insanity.
My skin is cold, transfusion with somebody morose and
old, drop into fruitless dying
Jōshō forced himself up as bolts of lightning came crashing down around him. His skin burned and produced steam reeking of ozone.
It was tempting and bared, the whoring angel rising
Now burning prayers, my silent time of losing
His dark hair rose up with its ends glowing and both of his red eyes visible. Jōshō screamed as a bolt of dimensional lightning crashed on Jōshō's face marking him with a thin yet jagged thunderbolt mark over his left eye. The Mark of Thunderia, Voltia's Blessing, and the Thunder Scar were all different names for it. The mark fresh, it oozed out blood.
My foes - they can't destroy my body
Colliding slow, like life itself
Jōshō gripped his knuckles taking full control of himself. His warper's will giving him the edge to push himself past his limits. Memories of his father and the crap raising he gave him flashed in his mind.
Long for the blur, we cannot dry much longer
Cement to dirt, disgusted with my cheapness
Memories of Jihi came to mind and a crater formed around him with the ground giving off electric shocks to anyone who dare come near. Warper energy flowed around him and with it all coming to a head.
My foes - they can't destroy my body
Colliding slow, like life itself
My foes - they can't destroy my body
Colliding slow, like life itself
Reaching down, staring up (at the forgiver)
Jōshō stared up into the sky and made a powerful roar finishing the transformation and releasing a pure wave of warper energy across the idea. A massive bolt of dimensional lightning crashed onto him enveloping his body. Shinobu fainted as her body couldn't handle it, Keitaro was barely standing, Delia had to use her spear for support, and Michiko was on her knees.
"So he's done it…he's awakened…Shin Warper's Will on top of achieving, the first Endurion super form, Megavolt!" The old Endurion said with a savage grin.
The rest of the crew still awake looked on in awe. Jōshō looked different as his bare back had four small tattoo-eqsue markings appearing like the ends of transformers. An electric blue circuitry pattern was on his skin having an eerie glow. His body appeared leaner, his eyes were now completely black with a red lining around it, and his hair stood up with the ends electric blue.
"You've done it…you're unlocked the first form, Megavolt. How do you feel now?" The old Endurion asked.
Jōshō had a fanged grin on his face showing his new lupine-like fangs.
"I feel electric!" Jōshō said as electricity sparked around him.
"Now I can go and die in peace knowing that you have taken the first step. A warning to you. There are four forms. Megavolt, Gigavolt, Terravolt, and lastly Petavolt. Each form stronger than the last! Goodbye, Megavolt Jōshō!" The old Endurion said before vanishing.
Jōshō immediately broke out of his Megavolt form falling to his knees from exhaustion. The storm faded as well as Delia helped him up. Jōshō had a smirk of satisfaction on his face.
"I guess now my cousins have something to fear. I only stayed out of their way due to their Super Saiyan forms. But now I can even the score…let's see what will happen now!" Jōshō said laughing with glee.
Unknown to Jōshō, Katsumi made plans to leave HQ for a bit to obtain this form for herself. Katsumi was shocked to see that Jōshō of all people got Shin Warper's Will. Their father did have something to brag about now. Three of the four kids he had now possess Shin Warper's Will in their arsenal and if the half-sibling got it would complete the set. The only one of Akira's kids to have Shin Warper's Will so far is Evie, Ryder, and Ryker. Katsumi and Evie had something in common. Unlike the others so far, their Shin Warper Will was an inborn power from birth. Katsumi's BlackTab rang with Evie calling to which she answered.
"This is Katsumi, cuz." Katsumi said.
"I've been doing some housecleaning here in Shin Vega. I sensed it. Jōshō's now the eighth warper to have Shin Warper's Will." Evie said. "I feared this day would come."
"He still has to learn to control it." Katsumi countered.
"True, but this makes the soup all the spicier." Evie said concerned.
"We already have Demeniso and Black Rose as an issue. That old bastard said there was another force. I'm going to have Merch investigate." Katsumi said.
"Increasing Jōshō's bounty?" Evie asked.
"Not much. I'll wait for him to kill Aku and then I'll increase it. Right now, if I act rashly, he'll know I was onto him." Katsumi said sharply. "He'll think it's because of Aku dying."
"Good call." Evie remarked.
"For now, I'll hunt down that old man before he croaks." Katsumi said. "Keep up your training, and hold off getting Akira that message for now."
Evie asked why and Katsumi said that she needed to make sure of a few things before involving Akira and Genevieve.
The world did not know what just happened and they assumed it was just a freak lightning storm. However, people like the Scotsman knew better. This was the beginning of the end…and they made the mistake thinking that was because of Aku.
(A/N: What a chapter! I want to say that I've been wanting to create super forms for the Endurion race I created for years. Closest I had gotten was the Eletrco form for the Power family in my old trilogy. Now I didn't create one proper because most of the Endurions have Saiyan blood. That's when I realized that Jōshō was prime opportunity for expanding the Endurite lore. As for the form's name, the naming is a reference to format bytes. Look up the pattern and you'll get why. As for the number of forms being four, that's a bit of a secret. Either way, I cannot spoil more. Next time, the allies of Samurai Jack are on the chopping back as Jōshō tries out his new form! And as for the force of apathy, that is for another story. The force of a wicked smile was hinted to in another work.)