"Ooooh. Did anyone get the number of that guys mouth?" Yosuke asked as the group found themselves in a nearby junkyard.
"Anybody hurt? Get broken on a car or anything?" Jackal asked.
"We're good. We landed on a pile of broken mattresses." Sunset said.
"Good. Now let's get back to the school before…"
Jexi was cut off by mega ton sounds of screaming, followed by waves of flames.
"Welcome to the mosh pit, loser heroes!" Shouted the zombie from earlier.
"He's here. Guess that saves us a trip back." Sanji said.
"And he's not alone, look!" Morgiana said as Burner Man was shown on screen as well.
"This dude and I go great together. Every punk rocker needs a pyromaniac in his posse!" The zombie said.
"I'm gonna enjoy burning all of you as payback for back in Drop Stone." Burner Man said.
"YEEEAH! Join us on stage for a battle to the death!" The zombie said.
"Oh yeah!" Jackal said sliding down the cars. "Now this is what I'm talking about! The thrill of being nearly killed. The actual chance of being killed. This is the very thing I live for!" Jackal shouted making his polearm.
"We better get down there before that guy actually kills himself." Jexi said as the heroes ran down.
Zed kept screaming and Burnerman kept burning, destroying everything.
"That My Chemical Romance wannabe and that bipedal blowtorch are destroying San Romero!" Juliet said,
"Oh, I love that one song, Teenager, you ever heard that?" Nick asked.
"No." the heroes said.
"Besides, who ever listens to Punk Rock? It's just a bunch of guys screaming words." Lemon said.
"I'll restring my guitar with your intestines for saying that!" The zombie shouted.
"Yeah. Just come a little closer to your deaths, heroes!" BurnerMan shouted.
The Punk Rocker zombie and robot duo fired more of their moves at them.
"Hey! Quit destroying stuff for no reason!" Nick said.
"Are they even aiming?" Anima asked.
"No. They aren't. At least the zombie isn't. Burner Man seems to be aware of where we are, but isn't hitting us for some reason." Robin said.
"But for what reason?" Jexi wondered.
They jumped onto the stage to see no one there.
"Where'd they go?" Jackal asked before seeing them dive at them.
"Jackal, look out!" Juliet shouted as Jackal blocked the two with his polearm.
"Don't tell me what to do! Worry about yourself!" Jackal shouted.
"Well, looks like someone isn't a team player. I like this guy." Burner Man said.
The punk rocker screamed and looked at them. "Oh, I'm loving this! Their asses are ours! I love the smell of almost dead hero in the morning, YAHOO!"
Zed
Punk Rocker Zombie
Influences: The Misfits
Black Flag
Torturing small animals
"You MONSTER!" Fluttershy said pushing the bio out of the way. "How could you do that to adorable animals?"
"Yeah! I used to be one in life, so it's like torturing a cousin or close personal friend to me!" USApyon said.
"Yeah, what kind of whackjob waterboards Chip and Dale? That makes guyliner here the worst dude ever!" Juliet said.
"Well someone's pissed about my buddy. So pissed they didn't even realize they walked right into a trap!" Burner Man said.
"Trap?" Jexi said as they noticed the stage was wet. "Water? Seriously?"
Naoto then looked at the wet stage. "This isn't water." She said.
"Yeah. It's Kerosene." Burner Man grinned. "Wave Burner!"
"They're gonna set fire to the stage! Get to that dry spot!" Jexi shouted.
"There is no dry spot! I covered the entire stage in it so there's no chance of missing!" Burner Man laughed.
The whole stage went up in flames as the heroes took it head on. When it subsided, they were intact as a barrier was formed just in time.
"A Tetrakarn skill? But who activated it?" Burner Man asked.
"I did. Say hello to my Persona, Legion." Yu said pointing to a defaced head with tentacles.
"Let's rock, you pussies!" Zed screamed.
"Guess I gotta do this the old fashioned way." Burner Man said.
"Get em!" Jexi said as they clashed.
Zed thrusted his mic forwards as he charged a dogging Natsu.
"Hey, that move… isn't that Dante's move?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah. It sort of does remind me of that." Black Star said.
As they fought, Juliet teared into Zed while Megaman blasted Burnerman, which were having no effect.
"Give these guys a taste of their own medicine! Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu shouted sending fire at them.
"Please. Fire doesn't hurt me in the least!" Burner Man said slowly approaching the dragon slayer. "Give it up, bugs. You can't beat us. This world will rot like all the others will soon."
"Never!" Julied and Mega man said blasting Burner Man's head off and slicing Zed in half. But to their surprise, the head came back on and Zed pushed his halves back together.
"You think that hurts us? We just jizzed a little!" Zed said, screaming again as multiple speakers rained down.
"Sorry, Mega. But we've all been modified. Now any attack you fire at us, has absolutely no effect!" Burner Man said.
Both jumped onto the loudspeakers.
"Guess were smashing stuff now! Go for the Speakers and give them less room to maneuver!" Erza shouted.
"I got this!" Jackal said as he took off his other glove. "I don't just create things. I can also destroy them!" He shouted putting it on the speaker, making it fall apart completely.
"Holy cow!" Zed and Burnerman shouted.
"In life, there are always creators and destroyers. So I decided to become both." Jackal said putting the glove back on.
The rest of the speakers were destroyed, but in desperation, Zed called down a giant speaker and prepared to attack.
"I can cut through that, just cover me!" Juliet said tearing into it.
"Stop her, man!" Zed said to Burner Man.
"Don't gotta tell me twice." He said jumping off and falling to Juliet. "Point Blank range. There's no way for her to run from that." Burner Man grinned pointing his burners at her, only for Natsu to rush in front of him. "The hell?"
"Mega man's been hogging too many good robot opponents. It's time I took one down. Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu shouted as a ball of fire was formed. Burner Man looked at it in fear as it hit him.
"Hahahahahaha! This is how I've always wanted to go! Burned away into nothing! This is the best death ever!" He shouted as the only thing left of him were his legs.
"Aw crap! My pyromaniac has left the building!" Zed shouted as Juliet finished cutting through the speaker.
"Youre mine!" Jackal said running him through with his polearm, but Zed still didnt die.
"That one… actually hurt a little, bastard!" Zed shouted bursting into a red aura.
"He's at full power now! How're we gonna hit him when he's so fast?" Nick asked.
"I have an idea." Megaman said scanning the remains of Burner man. "Wave Burner Acquired. Lemon, get ready to end him as soon as I hit him with it." Mega Man said.
"Got it." Lemon said activating her Elec Armor.
"Scanning targeted area. And… Wave Burner!" Mega Man said blasting Zed as he passed by.
Lemon then made a sword completely out of electricity and jumped into the air.
"Eat this, screamer! Lighting Blade!" Lemon shouted slicing Zed in half.
"AAAAH! It hurts! But I wasn't done screaming YEEEET!" Zed shouted exploding into shadow. They all then heard an eerie voice. "Meus vita rege, pro nefario coepto."
"My Life. King. for your dark enterprise." Sunny translated.
"So that's why he was easy to beat. The Ritual has to include them all somehow." Robin said.
"But it won't be easy… to defeat the others." Morikawa said limping onto the stage.
"You're okay?" Jackal asked.
"Not...for long. The monster….destroyed a lot of my vital organs. But I can at least help before I move on. Zed was only the weakest of the Dark Purveyors. There are still four more of them rocking the school." Morikawa said. "They are born from dark magic, and by now have already corrupted most of the school and city with the other Robot masters."
"So if we wanna stop this…" Sunset said.
"You are correct. You must defeat the others, and when the ritual meets its climax, perform a counter ritual with music of your own. You did it with the Dazzlings, you can do it again. That's why Shade Man wanted you six out first." Morikawa said.
"But we didn't even bring instruments with us." Rainbow said.
"I can easily make them with leftover materials when the time comes." Jackal said.
Morikawa then put blood stains on a map of the school, each representing the remaining Purveyors and robots.
"Each of these locations is a site of the ritual. You must place one member of your band each at these spots. I recommend.. for Zed's space...Fluttershy." Morikawa said.
"M-me?" Fluttershy asked nervously.
"Well, it should be fine for you since you aren't that big into fighting. All we need is to make a tambourine and your set." Jexi said.
"And you were against zeds main influence. See how the junkyard is harboring your Cutie mark now on the map?" Morikawa said pointing to a butterfly shaped pattern on the map.
"Wow. What a coincidence." Jexi said.
Morikawa then coughed up blood as an elevator came down. "I'm afraid my time has come. The rest is up to you now." Morikawa said.
"Morikawa, before you go, Master wanted to give you a message. He says you made a fine pupil out of Juliet." Evan said.
"Heh. Fitting that the last words he says to me would be that." Morikawa said pulling a presnent out. "You always were my best student. Happy Birthday...Juliet." He said before passing away.
"We cant let his death be in vain. Let's end Shade Man's run and finish Nebula for good!" Jexi said as the heroes cheered.
Juliet opened her present as her chainsaw then glowed. A compartment opened up revealing a motorcycle engine.
"Oh my gosh, thanks sensei! Chainsaw Dash!" Juliet said.
"Now that's a sweet ride!" Nick said.