LOCATION: MULTIVERSE 2, UNIVERSE 12, PLANET OF DEATH (REFER CHAPTER 5-'HE'S HERE')
From the outset, it looked like any other normal Earth-like planet, calm, silently wobbling around its parent star. It had no interesting features; the same old rocky terrain; oceans made of liquid water, woven across the sphere through a zigzag of huge canyons; mighty mountains, whose the zenith was unreachable; and there existed life similar to that on this universe's Earth or any other universe's. Albeit all this, one could easily say that this Earth-like planet was different, it had a different, demonic aura, one could feel the stench of billions of souls that wandered aimlessly on this piece of pebble; this was the kind of life that the planet had evolved, for, this planet was under the rule of the God of Death!
"Ah! It seems they have crossed paths." The God said, sitting on a mighty throne, in a palace that was mighty big!
"Yes my lord, our spy has reported witnessing a small bout involving Goku, Vegeta and Saitama." The minister informed the God of death.
"Hmmm... That was not the only meeting that took place now, was it?"
"Your highness?" the minister was confused, what was the God of Death talking about?
"Hell's Devil has made his move." Sweat trickled down the God's Forehead. The air in the court room became heavy, and utter silence was all that was heard. The name that personified evil itself was spoken. Of course that was enough to shake the nerves of all those present. The aura around the court room intensified and the twelve ministers present seated, trembling in fear, hoped and prayed that the name would not take a physical form.
The God of Death felt a shiver down his spine, in the silence he could hear a cruel laugh echoing in his mind, he could see a distant memory playing in his head repeating itself over and over again. It was a memory of the dark ages of his life, he had erased it completely, never to reminiscence again, or so he thought. Veins popped up on his head, The God looked at the only empty throne in the room, unused and rusting away, sitting at the end of the thirteen thrones. Its occupant had never returned, and now, the God of Death felt that it was ten years too late to be reclaimed. He clenched his fists and strode past the twelve occupied seats, His eyes focused on the last seat, and as he approached it, he could hear the souls screaming in his ears to back off, to run away, to surrender to the one who was not there. The God's hand shook with anger, "I, Yama, The God of Death and the master of souls, swear to destroy the Devil and all those who seek refuge in him. I swear on the GODS!" He raised his right hand and as he started chanting, white smoke engulfed his hand "Be relieved, the seat of the grim reaper, you shall no longer serve your master!" Yama was about to crush the empty throne when the court room's door exploded and was sent crashing into him, sending him flying towards his throne. The ministers were too stunned to even move, "Your Highness!"They cried.
"He's dead."
The ministers turned to look in the direction of the voice. 'This voice…it can't BE!' They realized whom this voice belonged too; they did not even need to see!
The dust settled and revealed the form of a red haired man clad in black armour, his face marked with an evil smile, his black empty eyes filled with excitement.
"I have come to reclaim my throne! And take your souls!"
"YOU! How dare you come back to the holy lands and attack our king!" One of the braver ministers or probably the more foolish one spoke back.
"Oh! Sorry for intruding without prior consent! I guess it's been a while, eh?"
"You do not belong here. Be gone, else we shall kill you!" the minister needed all his courage to speak, for he was confronting the Devil.
"HAHAHAHA! You will KILL ME! You insolent fool! Not even Death itself can do me harm!" The Devil roared. He slowly approached the ministers who were now blocking his way from reaching the throne. "You are in my way, move." He spoke. The ministers did not budge. "You are in my way, please move." The Devil said. "We won't move an inc-"A hand went through the minister's chest, and the minister fell dead. "Now, anyone else?" The ministers painfully moved aside, they had lost a comrade in front of their own eyes, but they could not act, blood was spilt on holy grounds and nobody was there to avenge it, nobody dared to avenge it, it was, after all, the Devil's work.
Out of nowhere, The Devil was struck by a Ki-Blast so powerful that it dwarfed a supernova explosion!
"Your highness!" The ministers felt relieved. Yama stood back up clearing the rubble that was on top of him.
His face was scarred and drops of blood made their way down his hands.
"Are you alright? Your majesty you are…!" The ministers were shocked, they could not believe that somebody was powerful enough to make The God of Death bleed!
"Back off!" Yama yelled at the ministers, he pointed towards the body of the dead minister, "Take him and leave, report this incident to Beerus and Whis. I'll handle the rest! This is my last order!"
"But, your majesty…"
"Thank you for your services, all of you, you are all FIRED! LEAVE!" Yama roared, tears welling up in his eyes.
The ministers bowed down, each one of them crying, yet what could they do; this was beyond them, only few could face the Devil. "We believe in you, your majesty, show him hell!" The ministers took the dead body, they each held their hand and started chanting, a Blue halo engulfed their bodies and in a flash of light, they disappeared.
"Thank you for letting them escape." Yama turned towards a pile of rubble. "Now I can fight with my full strength!"
The Devil rose from amidst the rocks, smiling widely "Yama, you've lived long enough; it's time to Die, God of DEATH!"
"You bastard, first it was Champa and now you've killed one of my friends, I won't forgive you!"
Yama bellowed, raging emotions!
The souls in the palace reacted to their master's emotions; the whole palace seemed to tremble, violent gusts of air swept across the court room, causing cracks to appear on the walls. A million souls shrieked in fear and it looked like the whole planet would succumb to the God's rage.
"Hoho! How scary! Come! Let's fight, God of Death!" the Devil wrapped himself with in a black Aura, the evil energy.
They clashed head-on; their fists collided with immense force, completely wiping out the whole planet. Yama roared as he landed a volley of destructive punches, The Devil smiled, he retorted using the same move. Each punch had enough power to wipe out an entire solar system, "Is that all you've got!" The Devil kicked Yama in the Chest, Sending him Hurtling towards another planet. They were now fighting in outer-space.
Yama stopped himself from crashing into the planet. He balled his fist and pulled it back; he slowed his breathing and concentrated all his energy into his right fist, so intense was the power that the whole universe shook, galaxies were destroyed, stars collapsed and all the planets in his vicinity were eviscerated, this was the power of a God. "DEATH STAR, HELL BLAST!" Yama put his all into this attack, he realised that if he did not go all out from the beginning, then there was no way of defeating his foe!
"IS THAT ALL YOU"VE GOT!" The Devil laughed. "Erase!" He whispered just before the Ki-blast would hit him. The Energy dissipated into nothingness.
"IMPOSSIBLE!" Yama was in disbelief and before he could say anything, a punch broke his armour and Yama coughed blood,
"It is the end YAMA!" The Devil threw another strong punch with enough power to kill any being, but it was stopped mid way, somebody had caught his hand before the punch landed, somebody had appeared out of nothingness to save Yama's life.
A Blue hand tightened its grip around the Devil's fist. The pressure was immense, even the Devil slightly struggled to remove his hand from the grip. He looked up to see whom this hand belonged to and he smiled nervously.
"I was just about to come and find you, Whis-san!"
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