SailorStar9: Chapter 12 goes up and no review. You guys don't love me anymore. *Wails*
Disclaimers: I don't own Sailor Moon and Flame of Recca since if I did own them both, the Planetary Senshi will have equal footing as Sailor Moon and the Domon/Fuuko pairing would be canon. But you don't see that happening do you? However, I do own the pairing, I hope.
Chapter 13: Escape from Another Dimension! Battle in the Evil Place!
In the arena...
Domon had landed his punch on Magensha's mask. Unfazed by the attack, Magensha retaliated with a punch of his own.
In the stands...
Koganei, Recca, Saichō, Anhara and Yanagi had returned to the arena.
"Domon!" Recca shouted, dashing down to the ring side.
On the ring side...
"Recca's finally made it back!" Kondo beamed.
"With Saichō and Koganei!" Ganko added.
"How's he doing?" Koganei asked.
"That's..." Kagerō started.
"But not long ago, Magensha's strength and aura appeared out of nowhere." Mikagami replied. "Or more to the point, the original Magensha reappeared."
In the ring...
"How can it be..." Domon was shocked. "My punch was unstoppable a while ago... so why?"
On the ring side...
"Domon! The one you fought before was a fake!" Recca shouted.
"What?" Domon turned back.
"The real Magensha tried to kidnap my hime." Recca told him. "But he couldn't beat us so now he's back."
"He's right, Domon-kun." Yanagi agreed.
"Brother, why?" Gashakura asked. "How could you be so manipulating?"
In the ring....
"All of you shut up!" Domon hollered. "And cut the bullshit! I've been beating this bastard since the match started. He didn't have the time to switch!"
On the ring side...
"No," Gashakura corrected. "My brother is able to teleport anywhere in his evil dimension. That's the power of his madōgu."
On the ring side...
"Domon!" Recca shouted.
In the ring...
"That's bull!" Domon yelled as he charged. "I'm the strongest!"
"This is pointless!" Magensha retorted as Domon rained punches on him. "Your meager punches have no effect!"
With that, he knocked Domon back with a punch.
"I'm the strongest!" Domon hollered, charging back in.
"No matter how many times you hit me, it won't work!" Magensha barked as Domon continued his tirade before knocking him back again.
"I'm the... STRONGEST!" Domon hissed, coming at Magensha with a punch of his own.
"It can't be..." Magensha muttered, after Domon's fist connected with his mask. "One by one, his punches are getting stronger. What potential he has..."
As Domon was about to land another punch, Magensha reacted first, knocking the teen into one of the demolished pillars.
"Before he has the chance to become any stronger...." Magensha noted, taking out his Houmashin.
On the ring side...
"That's the... Houmashin." Kagerō gasped.
"The madōgu that killed Jisho." Koganei added.
"Nipping the bud huh?" Anhara mused.
"This is bad..." Saichō remarked, recalling his last encounter wit the weapon. "Even my Nuno Zarashi couldn't completely stop that thing... and Domon-san doesn't have anything."
"To protect himself with..." Kondo added.
"Domon! Enough! Run away!" Ganko shouted.
In the ring...
"Ganko, what are you talking about?" Domon replied. "Remember what I said? I'm the strongest."
I know I'm stronger than he is... otherwise... he thought as he stood up.
"Die!" Magensha fired his weapon.
"Otherwise, I won't be saving Fuuko!" Domon completed his sentence, stopping the energy blast with a fist.
On the ring side...
"Wha?" Saichō was shocked when Domon punched the blast away and sending it crashing into Magensha's mask.
"The Houmashin can be blocked?" Koganei was similarly stunned.
"That's gonna leave a mark." Anhara remarked, seeing the mask's crack widen.
In Magensha's dimension...
"What is this? A space quake?" Fuuko asked as the area shook.
"What's happening?" Kashamaru inquired.
"The darkness of this evil dimension is shifting." Tsukishiro noted.
"What?" Kashamaru gasped as he and Fuuko turned to see a streak of light.
"What's that blue light? Fuuko thought to ask.
"Magensha's aura!" Kashamaru exclaimed.
"No doubt about it." Tsukishiro remarked. "Magensha is over there."
"If we beat Magensha, we cat get outta here." Kashamaru concluded.
"Hold on, you two!" Fuuko called, the two Uruha Ma's members taking off.
"If Magensha's really here, like you say, then what's in the ring?" she asked.
In the arena...
"Bastard!" Magensha cursed. "How dare you damage my Jigenkai Gyoku!"
On the ring side...
"His aura is still strong..." Mikagami noted.
"But Domon's is almost even with his." Recca added. "It's the first time I've ever seen his ring shine so bright."
In the ring...
Domon and Magensha met each other with a punch to the face each, with Domon's fist throwing Magensha's mask off.
Upon seeing the faceless Magensha, Umi screamed.
On the ring side...
"Just as I suspected." Anhara noted as everyone else looked on in shock.
In the ring...
"What the hell?" Domon exclaimed, seeing Magensha's headless body.
"His head can fly?" Umi stammered as the fallen head floated upwards.
"What?" Domon turned to the floating head.
"I knocked your block off..." he choke as Magensha's hands wrung his neck.
"Humph...." Magensha scoffed. "Haven't you been listening? I'm immortal."
"It can't be." Domon replied. "I'll bet you're hiding under this sheet."
With that, he ripped the cloak off, only to discover there was nothing beneath it.
On the ring side...
"What the hell?" Recca exclaimed.
At the commentary table...
"What's going on?" Tatsuko declared. "Magensha's body doesn't seem to be there!"
"Obake... it's a ghost!" Nemi shivered.
"He can't be..." Tatsuko protested.
In the ring....
"I bet you used some madōgu like your buddy Tsukishiro.!" Domon concluded, gripping onto Magensha's wrists, throwing him off.
"It's unfortunate you can't handle the truth." Magensha remarked.
"Shit..." Domon cursed as he readied himself when Magensha charged down at him. The seemingly ghost-like fighter then reappeared behind Domon, knocking him down with a punch.
"Damnit..." Domon cursed. "What the hell is going on?"
Inside Magensha's dimension...
"It's like a giant puppet." Tsukishiro explained.
"A giant puppet?" Fuuko echoed.
"Yeah, a giant puppet with no strings." Tsukishiro replied. "The Magensha you fought was just an empty shell."
"Magensha hides in this dimension and controls that armor like an action figure." Kashamaru added.
"Makes sense." Fuuko snorted. "I couldn't connect when I attacked him. He was hiding here all along... what a coward."
"Is that him?" she asked, the real Magensha coming into view.
"That's Magensha." Kashamaru confirmed her suspicions.
"That's the real Magensha." Tsukishiro replied.
"You can still stand up, huh?" Magensha scoffed as he viewed the battle through his madōgu that served as a crystal ball. "What a persistent bastard..."
"That's the real Magensha..." Fuuko growled.
"Take this!" Magensha grinned.
In the ring....
At its wielder's command, the puppet pummeled Domon onto the ground.
"Scared? Be afraid." the floating puppet chuckled.
Inside Magensha's dimension...
"And die where you stand." the puppeteer grinned.
"Freeze!" Fuuko barked.
"What?" Magensha gasped.
"It's you... Kirisawa Fuuko, with Tsukishiro and Kashamaru as well?" he turned to the three his puppet had trapped inside his dimension. "How did you find me?"
"I see." he looked up at the crack. "The Jigenkai Gyoku must have made that crack. I didn't realize it would affect this dimension as well."
"No more playing with your dollies." Fuuko snapped, the three readied for battle. "It's time for you to give up." as Tsukishiro and Kashamaru took their places.
"Shouldn't you be the ones to submit to me?" Magensha mocked. "Do you really expect to beat me?"
Resting his hand on the madōgu, he took in its energy.
"What?" Fuuko gasped as Magensha powered up.
"Magensha is absorbing the light form the crystal." Tsukishiro realized.
"He's turning blue..." Kashamaru paled.
"In my dimension, I am in control of who lives and dies." Magensha declared.
"Kaze no Tsume!" Fuuko attacked first.
"Bimbo!" Magensha scoffed, knocking her off the air with an energy blast.
Kashamaru jumped in, attacking Magensha's shield with his knife, only to be thrown off.
"So try, my Kaigetsu!" Tsukishiro attacked next.
"Weakling. This sucks..." Magensha mocked, blocking the blade with a hand and throwing him off.
"He's good..." Fuuko admitted.
"I'm glad we understand each other." Magensha mocked. "It's impossible for you fools to beat me. And the same will go for the man in the ring."
"Domon..." Fuuko gasped as the teen came on screen.
"Let me finish the Mongoloid first." Magensha scoffed.
In the ring...
At Magensha's command, the puppet raised the Houmashin.
Inside Magensha's dimension...
"If Domon gets hit with the Houmashin," Fuuko realized.
"Shit." she hissed and removed another one of her smaller gems.
"Yo, nice to see you again!" Fuujin greeted his master. "But are you sure... you only have three of us left. We might run out of power soon."
"Now isn't the time to think bout the future." Fuuko snapped. "Fuujin-chan, gimme your power!"
"As long as it's an emergency." Fuujin noted.
"Is that supposed to scare me?" Magensha scoffed. "Your pathetic Kazadama... it may have hurt Gashakura, but I doubt it will affect me."
"We'll see about that..." Fuuko retorted.
"Time to go!" she raised her hand, Fuujin coiling into a furball.
"Kazadama!" she shouted her attack.
"It won't work." Magensha snorted, raising a hand to block the attack.
"Then how about this?" Fuuko added another wind blade.
"What?" Magensha gasped, Fuujin having emerged with the wind blade and splitting into numerous beams of light.
The light beams shot past Magensha and crashed into his madōgu sphere.
"Oh no... the crystal is..." Magensha gaped, his crystal breaking up.
"The evil dimension is..."Kashamaru exclaimed as the dimension started breaking apart.
"Breaking apart." Tsukishiro finished his sentence as the crystal blasted apart.
In the arena...
With the Jigenkai Gyoku smashed, the portal reopened again.
In the stands...
"What's that?" the audience asked, the portal opening in the sky. "Isn't that the other dimension place?"
On the ring side...
"What's going on?" Recca blinked.
"I am assuming the Jigenkai Gyoku broke." Anhara noted.
In the ring....
"That voice is..." Domon looked up upon hearing Fuuko's scream.
On the ring side...
"Fuuko!" Recca beamed, Domon having caught her leg and breaking her fall.
In the ring...
"Ara... Recca." Fuuko blinked. "So that means..."
On the ring side...
"You're back." Recca smiled as Tsukishiro's and Kashamaru's screams were heard.
"And you brought back the two idiots, I see." Anhara noted as Tsukishiro and Kashamaru landed on the ring side.
"Tsukishiro and Kashamaru came with you." Recca added, the two Uruha Ma's members crash-landing onto the ground.
In the ring....
"But Fuuko... what happened?" Domon asked.
"Thank god you cracked his Jigenkai Gyoku." Fuuko told him. "We would never have found where the real Magensha was."
"The real Magensha?" Domon echoed.
On the ring side...
"The one you fought was..." Kashamaru explained. "Magensha's puppet."
In the ring....
"What?" Domon demanded.
On the ring side...
"That ass... not only is he a bastard, he plays with puppets?" Recca growled.
In the ring...
"So where the real Magensha now?" Domon asked.
"Since his evil dimension fell apart..." Fuuko concluded. "He should be here any minute."
True to her words, the puppet's helmet fell off and the real Magensha took its place.
"Am I..." Magensha stammered.
"That's him?" Domon grinned.
"Ummm... wait..." Magensha stepped back nervously and tripped over the Houmashin.
"I can't let you beat me..." he promised, picking up the weapon. "You die! Houmashin.!" and fired the energy blast.
"Domon!" Fuuko exclaimed as Domon charged.
"Fuuko's brought me the real one." he swore, blocking the blast with one fist. "If I lose here, I will be wasting her time!"
With that, he sent the blast back at Magensha.
Magensha screamed in agony as he was burnt by his own attack.
"Now to finish it!" Domon hollered, giving Magensha one last punch and sending him flying across the arena.
"He's done..." Domon concluded.
"Magensha is knocked out, I hope." Umi mummered behind a riot shield. "Right?"
"For this match Ishijima Domon is the winner." she declared, tossing off the shield. "Team Hokage advances to the finals!"
On the ring side...
"He did it!" Recca whooped, dashing into the ring.
"Killer!" Koganei agreed, following him.
"Told you you won't be needed." Anhara grinned.
"They won't even let me fight this time." Mikagami remarked, the rest of the Hokage rushing past the two ice wielders. "Nice job guys."
"You're right." Kagerō agreed. "And Domon-kun really did well in that match. The power he showed against Magensha was amazing. He's really good!"
"Well, guess we'll be listening to his ego-boosting laugh for a while." Anhara joked.
"Don't remind me." Mikagami muttered.
"Congratulations." Gashakura noted. "You'll all go to the finals to face Kurei-sama." "It'll be interesting."
At the commentary table...
"Well done Hokage!" Tatsuko declared. "You're the dark horse that has run all the way to the finals!"
"Someone's coming..." Nemi poked her.
In the ring...
"That's..." Recca growled as Kurei appeared on the Uruha Ma's end.
"Kurei." Domon hissed.
At the commentary table...
"And look, another semi-final opponent, the Uruha Kurenai's leader, Kurei has come into the ring." Tatsuko announced as Kurei entered the ring.
In the ring....
"Magensha." Kurei started. "I consider your actions those of a coward."
"Kurei-sama..." Magensha stammered.
"You disgrace this tournament." Kurei told him. "Prepare to die."
"Please refrain, Kurei-sama..." Magensha pleaded. "I was only following what your father ordered me to do... I really don't have a choice..."
Kurei frowned and as about to release his flame when a thin ice beam straight into Magensha's brain, freezing him instantly.
"That was for Black." Anhara hissed, the bluish aura around her index finger receding.
Kurei snorted and engulfed the frozen Magensha with his flame.
"Brother!: Gashakura shouted.
"You'll never change, Kurei." Recca remarked. "Magensha was a member of your Uruha... and you just killed him! Your black heart made me sick!"
"That's where you're wrong." Raiha corrected, appearing on Hokage's side of the ring.
"What?" Recca turned to the lightning wielder.
At the commentary table...
"And from the other corner, Kurenai's opponent, the Uruha Ikazuchi's only fighter, Raiha steps in." Tatsuko declared as Raiha stepped into the ring.
In the ring....
"Recca-san," Raiha started. "Kurei-sama isn't as heartless as he appears to you. It may look cruel, but he's only following the law of the Uruha. And he can't really be blamed for it. His childhood nightmare during an age of war, Koran Mori-sama's strict upbringing. And the loss of Kurenai-sama. To block them, Kurei-sama fights to be stronger. He created the Uruha, so he must enforce its laws."
"Raiha, you talk too much." Kurei chided.
"No, Kurei-sama." Raiha protested. "Out of respect for you, I make you an offering. I've chosen to withdraw from the Uru Buto Satsujin.
"What was that?" Koganei exclaimed.
"He's withdrawing?" Domon echoed.
"I could never willingly fight you, Kurei-sama." Raiha replied. "By choice, I choose to watch over the Hokage and the Uruha Kurenai. wasn't that dramatic?"
With that, he walked off, disappearing in the shadows.
At the commentary table...
"What's wrong with this?" Tatsuko inquired. "The semi-finals are over before they start as Raiha backs out. So the Uruha Kurenai advances automatically to the finals."
"Tomorrow, the finals will be held between the Uruha Kurenai and Hokage ." Nemi declared.
On the ring side...
"We finally made it." Kagerō noted.
Later....
"Father, why did you try to interfere?" Kurei demanded. "This wasn't in my plan... I demand an explanation."
"Judging on your lack of results, can you blame me?" Koran challenged. "You've left the Hokage get this far. No match is ever definite. You may be beaten tomorrow. So I wanted a little insurance beforehand."
"Impossible!" Kurei barked. "I will never lose to Recca!"
"Would you try to kill me?" Koran scoffed.
"Father. Keep one thing in mind." Kurei growled. "If you interfere with the final in any way, there won't be anything that will save you."
With that, he stormed off.
With Kurei out of earshot, Koran revealed a test tank with a clone of Kurei in it before laughing manically.
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