"The world you are now part is many ways the same as before but also very different. Luckily you are still born and you grow up to be a very powerful warrior but thanks to me you not only retain memories of the previous timeline but all the skill to go with it."
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Young Scotty Blake roared as he slashed his way through a horde of Beowolves as they attacked a village in Scotland.
"Your castle is now named Castle Blake, named after the clan now occupying it but they are essentially the same clan from before."
Scotty marched up the gates, knocking them down and was welcomed by the people inside.
"You are one of them, even if your parents are no longer among them. They passed when you were young like before but you remember them here as before. Brave, strong and would willingly give their live for their son."
Scotty held up his sword and it flashed with Celtic Runes.
"Before their passing they forged your sword and was blessed by a Celtic Priest like before. This sword and its markings make you leader of Clan Blake by law. To your enemies you are the Scotsman to your friends you simply go by Scotty and now as leader of Clan Blake you are Scotty Blake."
The members of Clan Blake held out their swords, cheering and music was played as their young leader was welcomed home. As Scotty looked among the crowd his eyes widened when he saw a young red haired but muscular woman who looked at him with a firm gaze but all he could do was smile back at her.
'Me wife…Alive again.' The Scotsman was beside himself with joy.
From that point on he made it his mission to woo her, win her love as he did before and to his great joy he did…
Albeit it was painful but for her, he would gladly take all the beatings in the world.
'Betty Blake.' Scotty gushed. 'A name so pretty the angels themselves would scowl with jealousy.'
No matter what world he was in as long as he was with her he could take on anything. From that point forward Scotty Blake was considered one of the most powerful Huntsmen in the world.
"But as good rises so does evil. Strength provokes challenge, challenge provokes conflict and conflict provokes catastrophe. You cannot face all the dangers in this world alone. You will need…A team."
Scotty remembered certain people that his buddy Jack encountered in the old world and sought them out.
A scientist, Extor who built weapons not for destruction but to defend. He accepted Scotty's offer to be part of a team, suddenly wishing to do more out on the field than in a lab.
Next came Da Samurai, a man who sought to learn the virtues of the samurai, despite the fact that he liked to add a little dazzle in his steps. A brave man but also came off as annoying and got himself into trouble everywhere he went. Still he was brave and Scotty was able to whip him into shape.
And finally, the Thief. A man who break in just about anywhere with a custom made suitcase that had a setting for every situation. Though his morals were questionable he had a form of honor for never leaving someone to die alone.
Together they were Team SEKR.
"You've mastered the powers and skills this world's warriors have used to keep the darkness at bay but there is one more test." The Guardian of Time spoke to Scotty in his mind. "For the Grimm have their masters and these masters could be considered the true children of Aku. They have his abilities and more but the one who leads them, the King of the Grimm in this world is stronger than Aku."
"Stronger?" Scotty looked at the guardian. "How is that?"
"When properly motivated mortals can become strong enough to rival any force in the universe, especially Aku." The Guardian answered. "The new King, Sammael was trained as a warrior like the Samurai was at a young age and his powers and experience have grown throughout the ages. Through this training he can tap into his powers at a level Aku never bothered with. But there is a way for an ordinary human to match him even now."
"And what is that?"
The Guardian grinned.
Xxx
Scotty Blake versus Agunimon
Agunimon looked to the hulking Scotsman he ran into earlier. 'Crap. I was actually hoping for someone else.'
But rather than complain he nodded to his upcoming opponent who smiled back as they made their way down to the arena.
"He asks to participate and suddenly he's picked next?" Kazemon couldn't tell if this was some crazy coincidence or a sick joke from the cosmos.
"Have faith, Kazemon." Lowemon tried to calm her down. "He promised to forfeit if his wound gets too bad."
"He might have to." Both turned and looked at Extor, a member of Scotty's team. "Our team leader is hailed as one of the most powerful Huntsmen on the planet."
"Dude's leader of an entire clan of warriors from Scotland." Rino continued. "He's not just super strong but got his own brand of magic."
"Glad I wasn't picked to fight him." Keanu remarked.
Raven simply stayed silent while Lowemon and Kazemon both exchanged looks now. Meanwhile Scotty and Agunimon faced each other in the arena as the settings were chosen. Around them came an arena that was half frozen with ice and snow and the other half resembling a volcano with lava spewing up from nearby geysers. Scotty Blake unsheathed his claymore, remaining perfectly still and calm while Agunimon pulled out his Tri-Knives. Major Glory entered the audience, looking down with a firm look while everyone else felt a thick tension in the air.
"Let the match begin!" Capital G shouted, signaling the start of the next fight.
(Fighting by Yellowcard Starts)
Scotty was the first to make a move as he pointed his gun-leg back; readying a Gravity Dust shot that was then fired and propelled the Scotsman at the Warrior of Fire with such speed it was almost like he was flying. In quick response Agunimon jumped up, somersaulting over Scotty's sword. Landing on his feet Agunimon charged at his opponent while his back was turned but the Scotsman held his sword over his shoulder, blocking a knifed punch from Agunimon. Spinning around Scotty swung his sword at Agunimon who blocked with both knives but grunted when he felt the Scotsman's strength.
'He's strong.' Agunimon thought as he dodged another slash and tried to punch Scotty in the face.
The Scotsman spun his sword, deflecting Agunimon's fist with the blunt end and followed up with a series of slashes, forcing Agunimon back as the Warrior of Fire hastily dodged.
Grunting slightly Agunimon lashed out with a flaming kick. "Pyro Tornado!"
Scotty held his sword as it glowed and released an icy blast that froze Agunimon's flaming attack and almost his leg. The Warrior of Fire quickly pulled his leg before the ice attack hit. Feeling his wound flaring slightly Agunimon shrugged it off and charged at Scotty again, engaging him in close combat with Fire Dust coating his knives in flames. Luckily Scotty's skills in hand to hand combat and his sword allowed him to block or deflect all of Agunimon's strikes.
As the fight continued on Agunimon seemed to start pushing Scotty back, his martial arts allowing him to gain the upper hand while Scotty primarily relied on strength and his guard was centered on his chest with both hands holding his sword. A few blows were landed but Scotty's Aura easily protected him and he didn't seem to notice as he pulled himself together.
"Off to a pretty good start." Keanu remarked. "Flame boy's actually managing to keep up."
"Both are just testing each other." Rino remarked. "Going through the motions."
Kazemon tried to keep her concern hidden as she watched the fight. In the meantime back in the fight Agunimon suffered a few slashes that thankfully were blocked by his armor and started to become dis-coordinated before Scotty elbowed him in the chest. The sheer force of the strike was actually strong enough to leave dent in the armor as he was sent flying back, crashing into an icy pillar.
"Did he just leave a dent in Agunimon's armor?" Lowemon questioned with a shocked face. "The armor is made of Chrome-Digizoid. That's strongest armor in the Digital World."
"Ain't nothing Scotty can't break." Keanu remarked. "Especially when you combine his strength with his Semblance."
Kazemon glanced at Team SEKR. "His Semblance?"
"Scotty's Semblance allows him to enhance the kinetic force of his physical strikes. Alone Scotty is physically one of the strongest humans alive, easily reaching the limit of the human body and bordering on superhuman. Add in his Semblance and his strength is augmented perhaps by thirty times, reaching into superhuman levels comparable to that of Major Glory or even the Infraggable Krunk." Extor explained.
Upon hearing that Kazemon and Lowemon shared silent glances before looking back to see Agunimon slowly climb out of the icy pile he had been buried in. Shaking his head Agunimon looked up to see Scotty raising his gun/leg and fired at him. The Warrior of Fire leapt to the side and started running, rushing behind several icy walls, putting his knives away and pulled out his rifle. He leapt out and kept running as he pulled the trigger and shot several Dust coated shells at Scotty who quickly blocked with his sword.
The Warrior of Fire ducked behind another ice wall and noticed Scotty had stopped shooting. Agunimon peeked out from his cover to see what Scotty was up to, only spin around and see a small blue portal appear beside his head and a fist flew out, clocking the Warrior of Fire across the jaw. Before Agunimon could retaliate the fist flew back into the portal which disappeared. Immediately after a dozen more portals appeared around the Legendary Warrior and out of them came punches and kicks that struck Agunimon all over his body, followed by Scotty's claymore that came out of one portal that left slash marks on one side of his body and then changed position to another side of Agunimon's body, slashing away.
More portals appeared and the sword came out, delivering quick slashes and pulled away to do the same thing from another portal. By the time it was over Agunimon was still standing but his armored body was covered in dents and slashes and he was struggling to remain standing. Finally one more portal appeared in front of him, only this one was larger and from it came Scotty Blake who delivered an upper cut that sent Agunimon flying into the air and crashing into the volcanic side of the battle field.
(Fighting by Yellowcard Ends)
"Agunimon!" Kazemon shouted, standing up and looked at Major Glory. "Please tell me you are going to call the match."
"If Capital G believes Agunimon can't fight anymore he will call the match." Major Glory replied solemnly. "He asked to take part in this and these battles are meant to push everyone who participates to their limit. Even though I wished he would have waited I have to respect Agunimon's decision to fight until we are sure he is done."
Kazemon wanted to argue but Lowemon put a hand on her shoulder. "He's right. We can't end the match every time we're afraid one of us is hurt too much."
"Good news is he is getting up." Keanu pointed back to the arena.
Kazemon watched as Agunimon managed to get back up to his feet as lava erupted from a nearby geyser.
"How did he make those portals? I thought you said his Semblance was a form of kinetic manipulation." Monty decided to change the subject.
"I don't suppose you would believe us if we said…Celtic magic." Extor mused.
"…Sure." Monty shrugged.
"I'd believe it." Nigel offered.
"Me too." Abby nodded.
"Been there." Wally said.
"Yep." Artemis agreed.
"Makes sense." Connor said.
"As you would say…Been there, done that." Rolf said as he held up the Shepherd's Cane.
"I smell my fingers after I eat cheese." Ed said dumbly, making everyone stare at him for a few seconds before continuing.
"Well, Scotty Blake is the leader of Clan Blake, one of the most powerful warrior clans in Scotland. His sword was blessed by a Celtic priest who engraved magic runes on his sword. Those runes symbolize Scotty's position as clan leader. As you already know we rely on Aura which is the manifestation of our own essence as our main source of power but it is fairly limited since the Semblance you gain usually only manifests one ability. Magic on the other hand allows one to bypass those limits." Extor continued. "Not only is it made with enchanted steel but also has various forms of Dust embedded into the blade, giving it access to many more powers. As you can see the runes allow him to create portals from one location to another and they are almost completely without limit."
"Handy." Artemis crossed her arms.
"Scotty Blake is hailed as one of the most powerful warriors on the planet for a reason." Ross stated. "Hard to say if any of us outside of the Justice Friends could hope to take him on."
"Not me. I'd like to live a little longer." Doyle muttered.
Agunimon grunted as he managed to stand up, feeling the area of the lava geysers around him as he spotted another portal appear and out of it came Scotty Blake. 'Damn he's strong. Food Witch and Katz got nothing on this guy. Hell, even Dracon might have his work cut out for him.'
He felt his wound flaring up but he wasn't ready to thrown in the towel yet. If Agunimon could not win than maybe…
Scotty watched as the fractal code surrounded his form and he became BurningGreymon. "That's a neat trick."
"Now what is this?" Yara asked, looking very interested. "Did he just transform?"
"Indeed he did." Major Glory crossed his arms. "He used this form against Crom."
Lowemon and Kazemon were silent, watching as their friend entered his Beast Spirit Form. Omnimon was silent as well, watching as the two warriors prepared to battle again. Back in the arena BurningGreymon flexed his arms, looking at Scotty.
"All right. Let's see how you do against me now." BurningGreymon stated.
"All right." Scotty fired his gun leg, once again using Gravity Dust to propel him at his opponent.
(Catch Fire by Jenix Starts)
BurningGreymon's wings flared and he blasted up into the air, aiming his arm cannons down. Scotty fired his leg again, blasting him off the ground and he collided with BurningGreymon, slamming them both through the stony terrain.
"Crimson Fanger!" In his new form BurningGreymon's strength was much greater and he managed to send Scotty crashing into the ground, taking a second to make sure the Scotsman didn't fall into a lava geyser.
Scotty easily regained his balance and he charged again, his sword meeting BurningGreymon's pointed arm cannons that were used to block.
"Pyro Barrage!" BurningGerymon shouted and from his arm cannons came laser blasts that forced Scotty to jump back.
He then aimed and fired his laser blasts at Scotty who spun his sword in one hand, blocking and deflecting the incoming shots. BurningGreymon shoot off into the air and kept on firing at the Scotsman who jumped and took cover.
"Guess I'll have to take it up a notch." Scotty said as the magic runes on his sword started to glow.
With a slash of his sword another portal was formed under him and he jumped into it. BurningGreymon spun around, seeing Scotty falling towards him with his sword glowing bright.
The sword emitted a frosty glow as it swung down and BurningGreymon hastily met the sword as his body was engulfed in flames. "Wildfire Tsunami!"
He raised both arms, meeting Scotty's sword and the resulting collision sent massive tremors through the battle field that forced the light shields to come online to protect the audience. They both crashed to the ground and Scotty quickly jumped up, dodging the blasting of fire. He swung his sword, creating a trail of ice around BurningGreymon and slid forward, seemingly skating around BurningGreymon and quickly started slashing with his sword that his winged opponent hastily blocked with his arms. The Legendary Warrior of Fire whipped out his tail to try and trip Scotty but the Scotsman jumped over the tail, actually somersaulting in the air and fired several Ice Dust coated shells that hit BurningGreymon head on, freezing him in a block of ice.
Scotty landed perfectly on the ground and turned around, watching as the ice was easily melted and BurningGreymon spun around to face him and followed up with another Pyro Barrage that the Scotsman hastily deflected with his sword. BurningGreymon shot forward as he fired and shot out a three clawed hand that grabbed Scotty by the head by the head and was lifted off his feet. Both flew out of the volcano arena and back into the ice arena with BurningGreymon slamming Scotty into an icy wall. Fortunately Scotty's Aura protected him from the worst of it. Grabbing the arm holding him Scotty clenched down on it and followed up with a head butt that forced BurningGreymon to release him.
Scotty then slammed a fist into the ice wall behind him, causing cracks to form. The cracks traveled up the icy wall, stopping at the cliff above them and then everything broke apart that created an avalanche that fell down on the two. However Scotty easily evaded by creating a portal on the ground and jumping into it while BurningGreymon hastily jumped back, spreading his wings and flew back.
Only in his haste to avoid being hit he fell right for Scotty's trap.
A portal appeared just as BurningGreymon passed under it and Scotty fell from it, crashing into BurningGreymon and leaving them skidding across the ground. Scotty then grabbed the Warrior's tail and with a mighty pull BurningGreymon was lifted off the ground and let out a disgruntled yell as Scotty spun him round and round in a circle before finally letting go and watched as the warrior was sent flying to the other end of the arena, crashing into an icy hill and going right through it. The Warrior could see the edge of the arena as he came out the other side and hastily fired his arm cannons, saving him from falling out as the recoil sent him flying back. He tumbled back through the icy arena, sliding to a halt several feet away and slowly got up.
(Catch Fire by Jenix Ends)
The audience was left stunned by the fight by the two opponents and could hardly believe no one had won yet.
"This is…so hardcore!" Wally pumped a fist. "Man, this is awesome!"
"You got that right!" Yara nodded in excitement. "More! More!"
"More! More!" Ed chanted along with Yara.
"Flaming dragon warrior flew faster than father's shoe on bath night!" Rolf couldn't help but comment.
BurningGreymon was slightly dizzy from being spun around but managed to shake it off as he looked at Scotty who was calmly looking back, ready for anything the Legendary Warrior might throw at him.
"You got some pipe in ya, laddy." Scotty smiled and laughed. "But I think you be running out of steam by now."
BurningGreymon felt the stab wound acting up again, even in his Beast Spirit Form. "Not yet…This isn't everything."
"Oh?"
"Truth be told I wanted to hold this one back but it took this form to bring down the Food Witch once and for all. I have a feeling I'll need it to take you down." BurningGreymon stated as the fractal code once more surrounded him. "So here goes!"
Kazemon, Lowemon and Omnimon watched with widened eyes as BurningGreymon transformed again, taking his final Fusion form known as Aldamon. In this form, he had the chest armor and wings of his Beast Spirit form, as well as the cannons on his arms, as well as the tail and lower legs of the same form. Otherwise, he had the same body as Agunimon.
Scotty raised an eyebrow at the new form. "Something tells me this might be a wee bit hard."
"Well, that is something new." Major Glory commented. "I don't recall him using this form against Crom." He looked to Kazemon and Lowemon. "You said he could use his Beast Spirit form but you mentioned Agunimon was one of the two who could go beyond Human or Beast spirit form a while back. I assume this is that?"
Lowemon nodded. "His final and most powerful form: Aldamon."
"Aldamon." Major Glory repeated softly, looking at the new form.
Aldamon raised his arms and from his arm cannons let loose an energy burst at Scotty who quickly jumped to the side. It was a good thing he did as the attack easily melted through a small ice hill, leaving absolutely nothing behind. He raised gun/leg and fired another barrage but Aldamon shot up into the air, dodging the bullets and flew straight down at the Scotsman. Scotty aimed his leg down and was blasted off the ground, meeting Aldamon in mid-air, his sword clashing with new Warrior's arm cannons like before.
The attack stopped Aldamon's momentum, knocking him back with the ground actually melting beneath his feet. His eyes glaring Aldamon released a great force of fire that caused the ice and snow around them to begin melting at an extremely fast rate.
"Someone's turning up the heat." Scotty waved off of some sweat as he smiled. "If I didn't know better I'd say you were the Fire Elemental."
"I have been through that already." Aldamon replied, grimacing slightly. 'I might be on my last leg with this. I didn't expect to have to take things this far but this guy…He's so much stronger than the Food Witch that I had no choice.'
"Aye, probably would be able to take me down if you are anything like the Fire Elemental." Scotty looked around at the rapidly melting ice. "I suppose you can control, summon and manipulate fire too."
"Yeah." Aldamon nodded, wondering where Scotty was going with this.
"Then I guess I have to go all in." Scotty sighed, sheathing his sword. "Really hate doing this because it makes me feel like I am overthinking things…But I saved this for big problems."
Aldamon could only look confused at what he was talking about while up in the audience Extor along with Rino and Keanu suddenly understood and looked very shocked.
"No way! He's going to do it!" Keanu exclaimed in shock. "Tell me he's not going to do it!"
"Looks like he is." Rino shuddered a bit. "Been a while since I've seen this."
Raven glanced at the three, having never seen them so on edge. "What's gotten into you three? What's he going to do?"
"He's going to unlock his full Aura." Keanu answered.
While most were confused there were a few who understood such as Ross whose eyes widened and North who stood up and looked at the three. "What?! You're not saying he can do that, are you?"
Extor nodded. "He can."
"Hey, what's going on?" Wally cut in. "What are you guys so worried about?"
Extor sighed, adopting a very serious look. "Tell me, have you heard of the seven chakras?"
"Chakras as in the focal points on the body where energy flows through the spinal column?" Raven replied, knowing all about them from her time on Azarath. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"It has to do with the unlocking the purest form of Aura." Extor answered, gathering all eyes on him. "As you know, Aura is the manifestation of our soul. It allows us to manifest unique abilities to make us strong enough to stand against the Grimm and most people think that by unlocking our Semblance we are pretty much at our limit…But that is nowhere close."
As Extor spoke Scotty's eyes flashes as multiple points on his body along the spinal column started to glow, all of them different colors ranging from red, orange, yellow, green, azure, blue and purple. These points all glowed along with Scotty's Aura as it flared and soon enough energy was released from these points, mixing with Scotty's Aura and causing it to manifest multiple colors.
"The seven chakras, the Chakras of Aura physically and mentally limit the amount of Aura one can handle. They say the spirit lies in the body but what connects spirit and the body in the first place? It takes years of training to master one's Aura and mental discipline to having the slightest hope of opening one chakra but if you can unlock just one…It can boost your reserves enormously." Extor explained.
"When I was in Jade Academy the students in the advanced classes began this type of training to attain higher levels." North cut in. "I am somewhat of a novice in this area but I never heard of anyone outside of the grandmaster himself managing to unlock all seven."
"What happens when you unlock all seven?" Nigel asked.
"If you were to unlock all seven…It would be like unlocking your own Aura many times over and when the seventh and final one is unlocked…" Extor took a deep breath. "You can manifest Aura and a Semblance without unlocking the seven chakras but with all seven unlocked…Then any and all limits would be erased."
Just as Extor finished that sentence there was blast of light from the arena and everyone looked down, watching as Scotty finished unlocking his full power. With all seven chakras unlocked his eyes were glowing pure white that soon became fiery orange with a similar glow surrounding his being, mimicking the color of his original Aura. Aldamon looked on with a shocked face, sensing Scotty's new power rolling off of him in waves. So did Raven from up in the stands and she could honestly say she was completely shocked by the power she was sensing.
It reminded her of her own power at its most primal, freed from the dark influences of her father.
"So this guy can use it anytime he wants?" Nazz asked, staring in complete awe at Scotty.
"Not exactly. Scotty can open and close the chakras at will but at the same time if he stays in that form for too long he loses all connection with everyone and everything around him, including emotional connections to his friends and family. It's important to remember why you have such power in the first place." Extor explained. "Which makes me wonder he would risk it in a spar, even against an opponent such as this Aldamon. I would have understood if he used it against Crom Cruach but someone else beat him to the punch that time. If he's using it now it must be because either this Aldamon is really strong…Or this might be a test of some kind."
With that said, the new and improved Scotty Blake faced down Aldamon. "Now, where were we?"