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Chapter 5
Planet Cereal, City Ruins…
'Well shit, this isn't good…' An understatement considering the four pronged spear punching two holes in his lungs. Blood fills my mouth as Gas approaches with a smug look.
"You're not anything like your father, are you? He didn't fold nearly this quickly." Gas creates another sword, preparing to run it through my head. Instead of despairing however, a bloody feral grin splits my face before I spit all the blood in my mouth directly into his eyes, making him flinch back and move to clear his vision.
Gripping the two spear heads punched through my lungs and slam my knee into the shaft, shattering it, before removing the spear heads and tossing it away. Then, before his vision clears and mine can darken any further I take a Senzu out and eat it.
As Gas finally regains vision I suddenly feel more blood rush up my throat and I accidentally send a second volley of blood into his face.
"GAH, are you SERIOUS?!" Gas goes back to cleaning himself and I chuckle. Well at least we know what happens if you eat a Senzu with blood in your lungs, neat.
Seeing the opening for what it is though I charge Ki into my fist and deliver a devastating punch into the guy's solar plexus, sending flying through a line of buildings like a horizontal meteor.
Whoo, that literally packed a lot more punch than I thought it would, must've been a hell of a Zenkai. An explosion of Ki roars in the distance and I can see several objects catching the light as they fly towards me.
Once they're closer I can see weapons of all kinds. Axes, chakrams, swords, spears, hammers, scythes and more by the dozens bear down on me.
Oh, this is gonna be good~
A sword reaches me first, but I move just out of its path, snatch it out of the air, and turn to bring it down on the second spear, creating and explosion on impact. Leaping through the dust cloud I flip past several weapons before catching two axes.
Standing my ground I slash my way through several weapons before finally slamming both axes down on a car sized vajra, creating another dust cloud.
I can feel Gas finally trails in after his onslaught of weaponry waiting for me to emerge no doubt. Instead, I give him a taste of his own medicine and toss both axes at him in diagonal arcs.
"Tch!" Gas clicks his teeth and flies up out from the path of my stolen weapons, exactly as I'd hoped. I appear above him again, but instead of another hammer blow I have a crimson orb of spiraling Ki in hand.
I'm sorry, truly, but I just can't resist… Gas looks up just in time to see my bootleg Rasengan grow to the size of a building. "Super…RASENGAN!" Gas creates a shield in each hand and brings his guard up just in time for my massive grinding orb of copyright infringement to slam into him, and launch from my palm.
Gas and my attack slam into the ground and the Rasengan grows even further, grinding into my foe and the land, throwing earth up in huge chunks for miles. We've erased a good third of cities remains at this point…
'That girl is gonna be pissed when she sees this, isn't she?' Sweat trails down the side of my face, and I scratch my cheek in typical anime fashion. 'I can blame this on Gas, right?'
Speaking of, Gas climbs out from the smoking crater, his shields were mangled and useless, his clothes were torn to shit and he was covered in large bleeding wounds. "For someone who was looking down on me so blatantly I gotta say, you look like hell…" Gas snarls at me but says nothing.
Three figures land behind him, likely comrades based on their matching features, maybe family. The tallest in a red long coat steps up. "You must be quite the fighter to put our Gas through the ringer like this. Don't suppose we could just end things here, no? You've more than proven your strength after all, Saiyan."
'Wait… I recognize this one.' That familiar feeling I've gotten since arriving here comes back, stronger than ever. This guy. I don't like this guy for some reason… "What's your name?"
"Typically you should offer your own name first but since you're holding all the cards here… Elec is my name." Ah. It's all coming back now…
"You're the one, aren't you?" Elec raises a brow in question. "You're the one who killed that Cerealian girls mother." He remains silent, clearly not expecting the accusation, before chuckling.
He shrugs, "So what if I did? What does it matter to a Saiyan like yoursel-" A Finger Beam goes through the eldest Heeter's head, and he drops boneless to ground instantly.
Trailing the shot I see it came from Muezli who'd just arrived apparently. Eyes glaring and teeth bared she looked appropriately murderous considering she just blew Elec's brains out. "That was for my Mother you bastard!"
The middle aged siblings were heading Muezli's way immediately with clear murderous intent, but I intercept them with Instant Transmission and start trading blows with both of them.
Gas stared down as Elec's corpse in silent shock, not comprehending what he's seeing. While he's shell-shocked I'm laying a beat down into his remaining siblings. Even two on one, they're losing ground quickly. The big one, Oil, brings his enormous arms down while the sister, macki, backs off. Rather than dodging like they expect, I catch both arms in each hand. The ground beneath me cracks and caves, but I'm unmoved, shocking Oil. I grin and drive my heel into his chin, dazing him severely.
Before I can capitalize, Macki jumps back in with energy blades coating her fingers, trying to slash at my throat. I duck under her swipe and kick a leg out from under her and slam a powerful punch into her stomach. She goes flying into her brother and the two are sent into a ruined house behind them.
I'm hopping from one foot to the other and grinning like a loon. The atmosphere had gotten heavier with the drama but I was still having a blast. And fighting these two was even more fun than Gas since at least one of them actually threw punches back at me!
In the ruined house…
Macki was coughing from both the blow to her stomach and the dust and debris from the house they were punched through. "*groan* This guy is way too strong…", Oil complained.
"*cough*cough* It doesn't matter! Elec is dead and we can't avenge him while this fucker is in our way!" She places a hand on her Mind Restraint Necklace. "We need to Awaken!"
Oil looks startled by the idea but turns resolute and nods. "Let's do it, Macki. We'll make em pay!"
In one move they rip off the restraints and Ki erupts from their bodies as they morph.
Back outside…
~Skillet: Surviving the Game~
The house erupts as the two Ki signatures inside explode in strength. Macki and Oil are screaming, nearly animalistic. Their muscles bulged and they each grew at least a foot in height. Their skin tone was a bit lighter and their eyes were whited out.
Tusks had also grown downward from their brows, framing their face. Oil's bottom canines had grown far more pronounced and tusk like as well. The two were practically feral as they roared in unison and charged at me.
Not wanting to engage these two on their terms I charge their way too, catching them off guard. I smash my knee into Oil's chin, driving him backwards and away from Macki. I bring my elbow down on his nose and it crunches audibly, making him grunt in pain. He retaliates by trying to crush me between his giant hands, but I use his chest as a springboard to leap out of range.
Just as I land, Macki pounces on me with energy claws swiping at me in random directions. I weave through most of the strikes, but some make contact and leave deep gouges in my flesh. By the time I escape the pseudo blender my gi top is all but gone, and hanging over my belt sash.
Oil is behind me just as Macki is at my front again and launches a powerful haymaker at the back of my head. I duck just in time, and the punch finds purchase in Macki's gut, sending her back a few meters and making her take a knee holding her gut.
I drive my elbow into Oil's gut and drive him back the same distance. Then I lob a Spirit Javelin at each of them, which land and explode. Two pained cries are heard and I charge into the smoke cloud containing Oil for round 3.
With Gas…
Gas remains in shock during all of this, simply staring down at the brother he'd fought for all this time. What was he supposed to do now? Who would direct him? What did he fight for?
"What are you doing standing there?" Gas' eyes shoot up and a phantom of his eldest brother that only he could see stood over his own corpse.
"The other two have the right idea. Aren't you going to avenge me?" Suddenly the phantom is behind him, whispering in his ear. "Aren't you going to kill those two at all costs?"
Gas' eyes widen further and his hand shakily raises towards his circlet…
Back with Aikon…
Oil and Macki were driving me back now, both throwing a flurry of punches and kicks I was failing to counter fully. In truth, these two had become both stronger and faster than me by a decent margin after transforming. The only thing keeping me ahead was the fact they were berserk, animalistic, and predictable.
As a consequence of my Spirit Control training, I gained a fleeting sense for others intent. Compared to Pybara and the others I was trash, but with unrefined opponents like this? Their intent was clear as day. It was almost like having a Sharingan, but less visual.
But now I was being overwhelmed. Attacks kept slipping through my guard, and the damage was piling up quickly. I was covered in deep claw marks and giant bruises, and yet… My blocking grows more precise, bit by bit, until I'm not taking many hit at all anymore. Then I'm able to get an occasional counter in return.
And whether I taking damage or dishing it out, I couldn't wipe the grin off my face if I tried. I'm having so much fun right now! "heheh HAHAHA! I'M HAVING A FUCKING BLAST!"
I dive under Oil's enormous fist and deliver two of my own. He brings both fists down, but I've seen this so many times now. His chin meets my foot and rolls onto his back. Macki swipes at me but I duck under her claws but she kicks me in the ribs and I'm sent rolling before grinding to a halt on my feet again.
Oil and Macki both lunge towards me and I raise my hands behind me, wreathed in crimson Ki. "Hell Razor…" Bringing both arms down I release two giant crescent waves at both Heeters. The attack hits both its marks, and the two berserkers are carried off for miles.
"Heh heh… *cough*" I drop to a knee and cough up some blood. As much fun as this is, I'm sustaining too much damage. Luckily I just bought the time I needed to fix that. I pop my second Senzu of the day, and my wounds disappear in a second. I can feel I Ki replenish and grow explosively. My body becomes stronger, more durable. My bones become denser, and my senses are sharper.
The feeling of big Zenkai's are always an incomparable rush. Oil and Macki pull themselves up from the dirt and roar in the distance. I can tell from their Ki they sustained a lot of damage from our last exchange too, and unlike me they can't heal instantly. "Heh, time to wrap this up! HAH!"
My aura flares up around me and I prepa- *SMACK!* A large hand smacks into me from the side and I'm thrown violently through several houses, bounce off the top of a half broken statue, and crash through the roof of another house. I'm laying on a now broken dining table trying to get my head to stop spinning.
When I get my bearings back I look around and notice some pictures hanging off the wall. Two adult Cerealians, clearly married, and a young girl held in the Mother's grasp. Muezli… " *sigh* This drama isn't what this fight is about." Picking myself up I get a closer look at the photo, and my fist tightens up. "And yet…"
With Muezli…
The entire time the Saiyan boy had been fighting Oil and Macki, Muezli had been reeling from the shock of having avenged her mother so easily. She was pleased, but not satisfied. And even if she was…
She watches Aikon get blindsided by the now Awakened Gas and backhanded into…! That's her old house! Bastard! She brought her hands together in a finger gun and charged up her Brilliant Spear. But as soon as she started to build up Ki, Gas looked directly at her.
'Don't stop charging that attack, no matter what!' What?! That wasn't Monaito in her head, that sounded like that Saiyan boy!
Gas roared at her and leapt at her vantage point. He closed the distance in the blink of an eye, but just before reaching her, Aikon appeared between them and kicked Gas in the chin. Gas fell back and Aikon drop kicked him, sending him crashing into the ground far faster and more violently.
With Aikon…
I'd felt Muezli charge up that powerful attack of hers the same time Gas had, and instantly formed a plan of attack around it. Gas and I were relatively close in power at this point, but it was three on one as things stood. I might be able to put Oil and Macki down quickly enough, but if Gas got much stronger, I'd lack the attack potency to take him down.
Muezli's attack was both FAR stronger than herself, but also had a great deal of piercing power. It was very reminiscent of the Makenkoseppo. So I have three jobs, protect Muezli, eliminate Macki and Oil, and get Gas vulnerable.
Gas makes his move towards Muezli, it's go time. Teleporting between them I catch Gas completely off guard I'm able to get us away from Muezli and bring him to the ground.
Macki and Oil have caught up by now and are making their way to me. I can see deep gashes across their torsos where they'd taken my newest attack.
They seem so much slower to me now after my Zenkai. They were almost a non issue compared to Gas, but they'd prove distracting no doubt when I need to keep focused on their youngest and strongest.
I point at Gas and a thin red beam lands on his chest, leaving a glowing red dot on his chest, but no damage. "Tag, you're it."
In one hand I create a large Shatter Star and in the other, a Death Ring, Headhunter? Eh, we'll workshop it. I toss both of my splitting attacks towards Gas and focus on Oil and Macki.
That spot on Gas was quite literally a tag I'd developed for situations like this. Something that'd allow to to fire and forget essentially. The Tag would be a homing point for the attacks I fired at it, and the enemy would be pressured while I focus on other ones.
Now I'm free to warp between Oil and Macki. I'd only just started to become consciously aware how much my Instant Transmission had improved since this battle began.
Everything I'd learned about Spirit Control had just started to…click, now that my fighting Spirit wasn't being stifled.
Regardless, I grab ahold of Oil's arm and swing him into Macki, sending them flying back together. Then I charge a volleyball sized orb of Ki, " Spirit Javelin!"
The attack grows larger the closer it gets to its target until its the size of a house and it consumes them whole. The orb carries them far into the sky and explodes in the upper atmosphere. Their disappearing Ki told me they were in Otherworld now.
~Fate Ost - Saber Alter Vs Berserker Theme Epic Version~
Then
~Heavens Feel III. Spring Song Ost Rider vs Saber~
Meanwhile, Gas was dealing with my homing attacks. He dodges the rings and swats many of the Ki blasts away.
The attacks are all approaching from his front now and he releases a roar that created enough pressure that it disrupts the barrage of Ki, and pushes me back even from a distance.
Geez, this guy gives me Heracles vibes right now…
He's running at me so fast its like he teleported when he appears behind me.
"GAH!" His arms come down on me and I'm sent crashing into the ground. I've barely dragged myself up when he's on me again. His fist slams home into my sternum.
"KUH!" I'm sent flying again, this isn't going well. Need to counter.
He lunges after me as I right myself, but I expected it this time so I move in between his arms, grab his tusks, and flip backwards to throw him face first into the dirt.
The bastard then proceeds to spin on his face to grab my leg, slam me onto the ground hard enough to bounce, spin again, this time on one hand, and deliver two painful kicks into my chest.
This fucker is too agile! He's already on me again but I slap a bright ball of Ki directly in his face and close my eyes while materializing ear plugs directly in my ears.
" Flash Bang!" The ball explodes with the same effect as an actual flash bang, only much louder and brighter. Gas screams while holding his hands over his ears.
I pop another bean and can feel my flesh and bones mend once again. Now that my ribs aren't pressing into my lungs I can charge a ton of Ki into this next attack.
Between my hands forms a crackling ball of Ki that expands as I press it into Gas' chest. "DIE YOU FERAL FUCK!"
The blast expands and erases several miles of lands. I'm left panting expanding so much energy so quickly.
I can feel it, that did a lot of damage, his Ki is plummeting. I might pull this off without Muezli after all!
With Gas…
Gas pulled himself up from the glowing hot wasteland that blast had made. His feral mind couldn't decide between gasping for breath and growling at his enemy.
"You aren't making much progress in avenging me, are you? Maybe it's my fault for thinking you might do something right for a change…"
The phantom of Elec was before him again, his expression screamed of extreme disappointment. It did not…feel good.
"It's about time you reclaimed your true power, don't you think? Get yourself together and kill those brats!"
Gas' eye twitches before he clutched his head in his hands. Steam rised off his form then his aura burst to life. He screamed into the sky as his form began to shrink.
Back with Aikon…
…Are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?! I feel you getting stronger over there, fucker! This is exactly what I was afraid of, I just didn't think he'd actually get any stronger. Who forgot to tell this guy only Saiyans get the asspulls?!
I come up on Gas' location and I can confirm, yes, he looks different. He looked like his first form only grown up.
It was like this transformation put him in his prime body, kind of like Super Saiyan 4 did for Goku. His tusks remained from his berserk form though.
His eyes were back to normal as well. His clothes were still trashed and then not as he replaces them with a new set similar to the old one, just baggier. "So you gonna explain what these transformations are about, or…"
"...I owe you nothing, least of all the breath I'd waste explaining such things to a corpse." His aura envelopes him and the ground quakes and shatters around him.
"I am Awakened, and this is your final resting place, Saiyan…"
End Chapter
Hoo~ Got this one done much faster than the others. I was definitely motivated here though, I love trying to write out these epic battles and I hope you all like it.
Zenkai. I agree with most that it's a narrative device more than anything clear cut and calculable, but I still like trying to rationalize it.
In my case I believe the strength of the Zenkai depends on both the damage they recover from, and the level of power the Saiyan is intimately aware of. Saiyans with the ability to sense Ki see larger increases due to this.
Goku's ridiculous Zenkai on Namek is, to me, because he was sensing the battle with Frieza as it went on during his recovery plus the immense damage his body received.
Perhaps the only reason he wasn't even stronger is that he was already mostly recovered by the time Frieza was in his Final Form, or perhaps it's because Frieza was massively suppressed while playing with his food. Either way works.
I swear, I could be a college professor on theoretical dragonball race biology. Also the Heeters transformations don't have clear cut multipliers as far as I'm aware, I made it 5 times for Awakened so the Power Creep wasn't quite so severe.
I failed. Transformations make it… difficult!
Same with True Awakening, though my head canon with that one is that it varies based on the Heeters potential.
In the Power Level section you'll see Aikon's Saiyan Progress. This is a sort of hybrid of Saiyan Power and Pure Progress. Aikon is very naturally in tune with his Saiyan instinct, being a violent psychopath on the level of Kenpachi, increasing his Saiyan ability to grow in battle.
The Pure Progress is from the foundation he created training his Ki Control with both the Namekians and Yardrats. He grows faster due to his high level of Ki Efficiency, and will improve even faster once his Spirit Control training is complete.
AtlasStelle1, thank you for the suggestion! I hadn't heard that one before and it's definitely one of my favorite Skillet songs now!
I also love Fate and its music if you can't tell. I'd like to right a FSN story at some point, but my best idea is a sequel/crossover with the Naruto story I plan on writing.
Anyways, as always thanks for reading and I love any and all feedback! Till next time~
Power Levels
Aikon (1st Zenkai): 460,000
Aikon (2nd Zenkai): 950,000
Aikon (Saiyan Progress): 1,290,000
Gas (Full Power): 380,000
Gas (Awakening): 1,900,000
Gas (True Awakening): 9,500,000
Muezli (Enraged): 200,000
Elec: 15,000
Oil: 115,000
Oil (Awakening): 575,000
Macki: 130,000
Macki (Awakening): 650,000