The grand hall in the center of the Devil Castle was barricaded behind a barrier of great magic, with which only those with the credentials to enter could open the way. Inside this grand hall, hundreds of the remaining Ogre Demons danced and sang.
"Inside the highest steeple!"
"In the castle of the devil."
"Lies the solemn sleeping princess."
"And her demons who revel!"
Only 6 people in the room were not dancing or singing or laughing.
"Waiting day by day."
"Anticipating night by night."
"Come what may!"
"The Earth will feel a fright!"
Lucifer, the Vampire Demon, and former Demon God and King smiled graciously as he sipped some blood-colored wine, whenever he seemed to make a toast, the demons would cheer even louder, reaching a fever pitch.
"The princess hides from the land."
"Awaiting her evil sire."
"And they have one demand."
"To purge from the sky its eternal fire!"
At his side was Bulma. She was tied down to a chair. Exotic and enchanting demonesses would offer her food and drink, but she'd turn away angrily each time. Though it seemed like her struggles only caused the demons to laugh. Her lips were curled in disgust. She was displaying fear and a defiant rage at the same time, but she held her tongue.
"For humans who hear and weep."
"Don't even beg, start running!"
"For your lives are ours to reap."
"You know you had this coming!"
Yamcha was strapped to two chains coming off the ceiling by his arms. He was covered in whip marks and couldn't open his eyes, more than a few teeth were missing, and he had lost a nearly fatal amount of blood. Puar and Oolong hid in a corner of the room, they had flown to the balcony area so that the demons wouldn't catch sight of Oolong's transformation ending, and Puar remained looking like a demon in order to try and help them hide in plain sight. They wanted to try and help in some way, but at the moment, they all were on the brink of despair.
"And through the princess's might."
"We conclude our tale so grand."
"The sun will die to our dark light."
"And all civilization will be ground up…"
Goku was somehow buried into a wall of rock, unconscious, and bleeding from his ears. They were all intimately familiar with his strength, and fearful of the enemy even more because of it.
"AND WILL BE DASHED TO DUST AND SAND!"
The demons continued to cheer as many pointed at the moon, which shined down at a diamond in the center of the room. It was massive, the size of two fists clenched together, and glowed in an ominous green and indigo light.
Whenever Bulma glanced at the stone, she could almost swear she saw a girl writhing in pain around it, but she couldn't tell for sure.
"My children…" Lucifer began, "as you know, we had been disposed from our rightful home, and cast to this wasteland of a world. Humans are weak, cowardly, and stupid, yet it is we who must hide. Why is that!?"
The Ogres Jeered and stamped their feet.
"We know why! It is the sun! Their light! Their life! It gives them hope! Gives them power! It is the reason Yokai and our fellow monsters and demons believe there may be coexistence one day. These idiots, they run around in circles when it takes a being of action, determination, and vision to lead us to the future we deserve!" He laughed, "in 4 hours, the sun shall rise, and with it, the dawn of our dark era! With my Devil Castle Cannon!" He turned to Bulma, smiling. "I've amassed enough power to destroy the sun. And with the sun's destruction, the earth will become cold and uninhabitable, the perfect death, and the perfect proving grounds for my new army!"
He turned to Bulma, who spit on him. He replied by smacking her in the face. "And I consummate my victory with two feasts, first, the blood of a child, and now… the blood of a woman!"
"I'm not just a woman! I'm a virgin!" Bulma shrieked angrily.
"...That's not something to be mentioning Bulma…" Oolong grit his teeth.
"We have to do something!" Puar shouted.
"We can't!" Oolong shook his head, "we'll be lucky to survive tonight!"
…
Jazz woke up from his 20-minute power nap.
As he opened his eyes, he saw the teachers and Krillin were still arguing with each other.
"I'm telling you I'm not leaving without my friend! We can't just burn down the island!"
"It's too late for your friends!" Jorge shouted back. "Our only hope is releasing thousands of yang talismans amongst the island then destroying it! If we can't purify the island, the world will end! You are a disciple of Master Roshi, your master should have taught you about Sacrifice for the Greater Good!"
Jazz stifled a yawn and walked towards the front of the barrier. He placed a hand on it. The barrier was magical in nature, its job was to nullify physical and ki-based attacks, it could be disrupted by magic, but the same magic would be nullified in such an attempt. It would require a combination of magic and ki to break through being used at the same time.
He turned to the teachers. "Hey…"
They turned to look at him.
"Thanks for coming to help." Jazz shrugged, "If I can make a way for you guys to enter the barrier, will you be able to defeat the enemy?"
Ebizu was the one to speak. "I don't know, but it would give us a better chance to use those talismans on him."
Jazz nodded and closed his eyes, he walked towards the barrier. The only way he didn't panic was due to him being able to feel all his friend's ki. Goku's and Yamcha's were faint, but he had a Senzu, he'd be able to save them. He recalled Senzu healing being lessened based on the amount of bean used but knew that the lower the power level, the higher the effect of the bean. He felt his body bulking up and began to concentrate his Kamehameha and flames. He concentrated with all his force until he felt his body breaking apart, even then, he continued to concentrate until the Kamehameha gathered into the size of a tiny marble. Despite its size, it radiated an incredible heat, with the flames wrapped around radiating a yellow light that clashed harshly with the Kamehameha's violet and blue light. Jazz pressed the beam against the barrier, feeling his life force dropping rapidly. "Here's my theory…"
…
Lucifer paused, turning to watch as the barrier he had carefully erected over the course of the day shattered. "WHAT!?"
Almost immediately, a deluge of water crashed into the grand hall. The smell of the ocean filled the air and demons began to die left and right around him.
"LUCIFER!" The demon turned to the shout and prepared himself as Warrick charged forward, followed by a livid Ebi Mizu.
"How… HOW DARE YOU!" Ebi shrieked, she launched water whips imbued with ki, spears of ice, and poison-filled mist filled with razor-sharp miniature icicles. Despite her efforts, Lucifer seemed to dodge her attacks with ease.
"How dare I what?" Lucifer asked nonchalantly as he blocked Warrick's two-handed blow with a simple flick of his wrist.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about!" Her enraged words matched the inflamed expressions on all the teacher's faces. The second Jazz broke through the barrier, a flood of dark energy filled the air, despite that, they felt Lucifer's energy, and alongside his energy, they felt the essence of countless Monster-Kin, victims of his habits as a vampire. "How many!" She screamed.
Lucifer took on an exaggerated pose, "how many donuts have you eaten, fatty?" The teachers rushed the demon lord, who laughed and took on the approaching monsters. Jazz split the bean into uneven portions, the larger he kept, the smaller he handed to Krillin.
"Feed that to Goku!" He shouted, rushing towards Yamcha.
Yamcha was in bad shape, covered in whip marks and still bleeding, his skin was clammy and his cheeks blue, but he was still breathing and seemed to be whispering something. Jazz fed him the senzu bean.
"AAAAARGH!" Yamcha screamed out in pain as energy flooded his veins and his wounds almost fully healed.
"Good to see you!" Jazz cut down his chains.
As Yamcha fell to the floor, he was approached by the tearful Bulma and Puar.
"B-Bulma…" Yamcha muttered weakly "...is it prom already?"
Bulma hugged Yamcha and tearfully giggled.
Jazz looked at Yamcha and solemnly asked, "can you fight?"
Yamcha nodded, slowly getting up. He saw the Monster-Kin fighting Lucifer and raised an eyebrow. Jazz shrugged, "I learned some wild things since we last met."
Yamcha kissed Bulma on the cheek and turned to Puar and Oolong. "Take care of her." They nodded and escorted Bulma out of the castle.
On Krillin's end, when Goku ate the Senzu, he opened his eyes weakly.
"Krillin?" he called out feebly.
"Goku!" Krillin called, smiling.
"Sorry… I should have listened to you." Goku smiled sadly, "now we're in trouble."
"Yeah Goku, you should have listened!" Krillin looked mad, but grinned, "but now we'll get you out of this, we just need to…" he attempted to break the stone surrounding Goku. The stone was impossible for him to crack.
"You'll find that it's a little too hard to break open." Lucifer grinned, "this stone is actually the calcified bones of my victims, imbued with my essence, nothing weaker than me can break it."
Jazz surveyed the battlefield. The few living demons were fleeing or barely conscious, so he turned his attention to Lucifer. The demon fought against the teachers in an interesting fashion. He pressed his advantage then seemed to back off at set intervals, inviting them into a rhythm. Jorge would always aim for his blind spot, and he'd aim to trade blows, allowing Jorge to hit but slowing down imperceptibly, allowing the Kappa to dodge him. Jazz watched as he healed from those wounds. When Pondanuki attacked him, he dodged and weaved past the wrecking ball and seemed immune to Pongitsune's magic. Warrick's and Ebizu's attacks just weren't strong or fast enough to give him worry, but they fought with enough synergy to keep the vampiric demon from killing any of them. But Jazz could tell Lucifer was playing with them. He could feel Lucifer's ki, and judging from what he felt from the namekian villagers and some warriors, then based on Roshi's power and his understanding of Roshi's general power level, he realized that Lucifer's power level was likely above 300, but no greater than 600. 'He's simply playing with them to buy time, he probably thinks they broke his barrier, so he wants to keep that second barrier.' He observed the cannon pointed straight upwards, a tinge of familiarity filling him as he saw it. He last turned towards Goku and Krillin. Goku was in a very weak state, but he was alive. Jazz rushed up.
"Look man, we can get out of this, we just need to get you some help."
"Krillin, I can't get out of this, I've tried!" Goku strained against the stone.
Jazz ran up. "Krillin, help them fight against that Lucifer guy. You're one of the strongest people here."
Krillin nodded. "Help Jazz!"
Jazz nodded, then turned to Goku.
"Goku…" he began slowly.
"Hey… Jazz…" Goku looked happy but very tired. "Long time no see… when did you get back?"
Jazz shook his head, "we don't have time for that right now Goku, right now, we need to deal with that bastard Lucifer."
Goku shook his head. "I… I can't win…" He frowned, "I already tried, I'll lose again, and I'm too tired to do anything."
Jazz nodded, "I get it, I really do, but we've got to try. Goku, I need you to do me a favor." Goku nodded weakly. "Thanks, man, look up." Jazz pointed to the sky, at the moon. Goku stared at it, in a trance. As he was in this state, Jazz began to flood Goku with his last reserves of ki and then imbued some fire within. As he did so, he stared hard at Lucifer and attempted to pour all of the pent-up killing intent within him into Goku, and towards Lucifer. "Let's see you take him out… please work…" Jazz collapsed.
…
Lucifer laughed. An hour had already passed, and the teachers save for Warrick, Ebizu, and Pongitsune were exhausted or severely injured. The young humans, Yamcha and Krillin, stayed in the fight, but they could almost be considered non-factors. Even when Krillin shocked the Devil King by launching a small blast of ki, a blood bomber technique from Lucifer quickly overwhelmed and blew Krillin back.
"Don't you realize?" Lucifer laughed. "I am the Demon King! Your lord! You should either beg to follow me or wash your necks so I can enjoy my meal."
"MURDERER!" Ebizu screamed.
"Hehehehe! I have my first volunteer!" Lucifer, reacting with lightning-fast speed, grabbed the girl and prepared to sink his fangs into her. Krillin and Yamcha leaped up in the air, Yamcha then launched Krillin down like he was spiking a football, and Krillin slammed his weight into Lucifer's head. It was enough for the demon to bite his own tongue.
In a fit of fury, Lucifer unleashed a wave of ki, knocking back the heroes.
"Damn you!" He turned to Krillin, grabbing him by the neck. "I'll kill you first!" He began to squeeze, slowly.
"No!" Yamcha charged forward and imbued the last of his ki into his Wolf Fang Fist. The vampire ignored the attack, tensing his body to push the weaker fighters away. As Krillin's eyes glazed over, he turned to glance at Goku, crashing through the stone wall and growing in size.
Lucifer turned and gaped in surprise at the boy.
"Yes… YES! THE POWER OF DARKNESS! COME, BOY! TAKE IN THE MOONLIGHT! BECOME MY SCION!" He laughed as the great ape Goku roared and beat its chest. Lucifer then turned to the exhausted combatants, "this is it, this is you-" He was cut off as a massive fur-covered fist smashed into him, launching him through the grand hall's wall.
"UUUUUURRRRAAAAAAGH!" The Great Ape roared.
"G-Goku!?" Krillin turned to look at Goku with shock and fear. At the same time, the teachers tensed up, they didn't need to feel power levels to know Goku was now out of everyone's league. The Oozaru turned towards them, and smashed its fists down, but stopped suddenly. They then did a double-take as green flames began to pour out of the Oozaru's eyes.
"Goku?!" Yamcha shouted in alarm. "He can turn into such a thing?!"
Krillin began to remember when Goku said his grandfather wouldn't allow him to look at the moon. "Oh god… he's the moon monster? But… what about Jazz?" His stomach dropped when he saw Jazz, lying motionless on the floor.
Ebizu looked at the giant monkey and scowled. Its body was muscular, it was fully covered in fur except for its toe fingers, fingers, and snout, it had a baboon-like face, a long tail, and a body that was a cross between a Gorilla and Chimpanzee in definition and fur density. But what worried her was the essence of the phoenix and mountain spirit that blazed through its eyes. The monster clearly looked to be struggling, and she couldn't help but turn to the unconscious Jazz, it seemed like he had done something. She wanted to believe it was simply to steal Goku's body, but she couldn't help but realize that Goku was a threat to them all, and save trying to kill him, this seemed to stop the violence.
Lucifer crashed through the wall, screaming in rage. "YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!"
Oozaru Goku's head snapped to the vampire in an instant, and the two rushed each other.
The battle took seconds. As powerful as the vampire was, Goku in his Oozaru form was even stronger, he lifted the demon up in a single grasp, and launched him into the air, then, before everyone's eyes, they watched as a beam of ki, dwarfing anything any of them had ever seen, crashed into the vampire and vaporized his body, despite killing the vampire, the Oozaru continued to fire the beam upwards, more, more, more, and further still more until finally the beam exhausted, and the giant fell down on its own, unconscious.
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Jazz was the first to wake up, but it took him 2 hours to do so. He awoke to the groups, Yamcha, Krillin, Bulma, Puar, and Oolong on one side of the castle hall, and the Monster Kin teachers on the other side.
Bulma turned to Jazz, smiling at him. "Hey moron!" she said in a greeting.
"Look Bulma, I'm sorry I forgot to visit."
"Forgot?" Bulma's smile widened. "Pft… yeah, year right." She turned around and returned to tending to Yamcha, who was sprawled on the floor, sleeping.
Jazz's gaze turned to Oolong and Puar, both of whom smiled at him, then to Krillin, who gave him a thumbs up.
"Vin Diesel!"
"Again, who the hell is that?!" Krillin groaned.
Jazz simply chuckled, then turned, watching as one of the teachers, Ebizu, approached him.
"Hey…" She began, "you…" but before she could continue, the shield around the cannon shattered.
"Oh… that…" Bulma looked on distastefully, "we haven't been able to break the barrier yet, so we were waiting for you or Goku."
"Me?!" Jazz could understand Goku, but not himself.
"You broke the last barrier, and despite being tired, Krillin said that only after a 20-minute nap, you could destroy the barrier. We need to destroy that cannon, and the diamond inside, it was designed to destroy the sun."
Jazz nodded, then turned to the teachers.
"No matter what happens, Jazz, put our differences aside and destroy that crystal," Pongitsune said sadly.
Jazz nodded.
"Oh no… no one's taking my diamond." The group turned to see Launch, aiming a machine gun at the group. "You're gonna break open the barrier, then hand it over, nice and…" a gust of ocean wind blew in through the exposed castle wall. Launch sneezed, revealing her blue-haired form, which dropped the gun. "Oopsie!" She looked at the injured group, "did I do that?"
Jazz and Krillin were the only ones to laugh, as Jazz made his way towards the barrier, he began to bulk up which made Bulma gasp in shock. "You've been working out huh…" She said.
Jazz ignored her as he approached the barrier, but for some reason, the barrier broke on its own.
You want power…
"Huh?" Jazz responded, the voice seemed to both whisper in his ear, come from right in front of him, and echo in his head.
You want power, come, take me, that's what you want… right? Make me yours, make me your queen, your goddess, your tool for destruction…
Jazz stared hard at the diamond, then gripped it. "HOLY-" As he grabbed the diamond, he realized what Bulma meant. 'Even if Goku went Oozaru right now, the energy within this diamond is literally more than hundreds of thousands, if not millions of times stronger. I could wipe the planet off with a fart with this power, I… I wouldn't need to worry about dying!' He felt great greed and hunger overtake his mind. Then he looked down at the crystal, and thought to the voice, it sounded, bitter, not evil, and almost sad. He then spoke out loud, "you hate this… don't you?"
The human group looked on in confusion, but the teachers shouted in alarm, "NO! Jazz! Don't!" They charged forward, only to be blocked by a powerful red barrier, the barrier emanated from the diamond.
I have amassed power for millions of years, I… that is my purpose, that is my penance, and until I am run empty, I cannot have… have peace…
Jazz thought to himself, then looked at the group. "Alright." He reached his ki into the diamond and felt the power begin to course through him, but instead of absorbing it, he channeled it, launching it out of him and into the sky, as it leaped from his body, he began to split the beam into smaller, smaller, smaller, and even smaller pieces, doing so infinitely into infinitesimal pieces, then having the pieces spread throughout the universe. Pieces of energy so small, they naturally split apart in the vacuum of space.
You… but why?! Why not destroy me!?
Jazz looked at the diamond, which began to crumble to pieces. "I mean, wouldn't that destroy us all? Such an unstable amount of energy, not allowed to release, also, wouldn't that hurt you? I think millions of years of boredom is enough punishment."
I won't thank you, in fact, I'll curse you to your grave, you won't even offer me distrust, you offer me kindness? What!? Do you make fun of my struggle!?
"I don't know what your struggle is…" Jazz replied, "but regardless, it's so far in the past that at the moment, it's more like I'm speaking to a suffering soul in need of help, not some ancient evil, not like you even have power anymore."
There was no response. Jazz shrugged and let go of the powder dust. To be honest, the second he felt the power of the diamond, he had an overwhelming desire to consume it, but unfortunately, he felt that same feeling about the weakened Goku and from the vampire demon Lucifer. "That wizard won't have the last laugh…" Jazz turned to the teachers, who looked at him like he was a different person. Eventually, Warrick walked up and clasped Jazz's shoulder.
"Good job, and take a break today, we'll see you in class tomorrow."
Jazz nodded nonchalantly as they transformed and flew away.
"I have no idea what that was about…" Yamcha said, "but you must have done something really impressive there, good job, and thanks, you saved my life." he punched Jazz light-heartedly on the shoulder, then flinched as Jazz fell over in exhaustion.
"Sorry…" Jazz began, "I feel like I just ate a 23 layered 15-foot long hero sandwich and spent the majority of a hot summer afternoon shitting it out in one solid unbreakable log."
"So you feel shitty?" Krillin asked.
"Badum pshsh.." Jazz muttered.
As they bickered amongst themselves, Bulma eventually turned to Goku. "So… that giant monkey, was it Goku?"
Yamcha nodded. "Goku was amazing. I was impressed and frightened by his power, he almost attacked us, but he seemed to recognize Lucifer as his enemy."
"Well I mean wasn't he literally the devil?" Bulma said, "that should be expected."
Jazz hid his interference, as he himself was somewhat ashamed. Speaking of the devil (pun intended), Goku began to wake up.
"Goku!" Krillin ran to hug Goku, and Oolong gave Goku his overalls to put on. Goku nodded and wore the clothes.
"Thanks!" He looked around, "what happened to that Lucifer guy?"
"You don't remember?" Bulma asked in disbelief.
Goku shook his head.
"Wow, unbelievable." Bulma laughed, "you saved us!"
"I did?" Goku asked, surprised.
"Yeah, it was amazing!" Yamcha waved his hands, "you turned into a giant monkey! And you punched and squashed that demon, then you blasted him to smithereens!"
Goku's smile dropped, "no, I didn't!" he said, panic in his voice.
The others took this for excitement, but Jazz simply closed his eyes, he had already messed up the timeline, so he had to try and let things take their course sometimes, lest his interference makes things worse.
"Yeah!" Krillin added, "just one look at the moon, and you turned huge! You were so amazing!"
Goku didn't respond verbally, instead, he ran towards the hole in the wall and fled the castle.
"...Goku?!" Krillin asked in shock.
The resting Jazz got up and activated his shapeshifting, turning into a golden eagle and flying after Jazz.
…
Goku's head hurt, and his mind was abuzz with questions, accusations, self-doubt, and guilt. The overriding message however was loud and clear.
'I killed grandpa…'
Goku reached the edge of the beach and collapsed into tears. He had been sad losing his grandfather, but realizing he was the cause of death, that he was the moon monster his grandfather warned him about, hurt him.
"...It must be hard."
Goku quickly turned to Jazz, who hunched by his side.
"...leave me alone."
Jazz shook his head, "I can't, I also can't make the memory go away, nor can I make it feel better, or make you feel good over what happened."
"Then why are you here?!" Goku asked angrily.
"I'll help you control it." Jazz replied.
"Control the monster that killed my Grandpa?" Goku sounded disgusted.
"Do you suggest cutting off your tail permanently?" Jazz snapped back, "or do you prefer hiding away on a moonlit night? What if an enemy like Lucifer comes into existence? Can you win as you are now?"
"You… you were controlling me, right Jazz?" Goku asked, "you can do it again!"
"Excuses!" Jazz shouted back, "I won't always be here. What if you slip up and I'm away? We have our own lives, I can't make you follow me, and you'd be bored out of your mind otherwise, not to mention that I also have obligations to fulfill, and so I can't just follow you."
Goku nodded slowly. "Okay…" Jazz knocked him on the head. "Ow!" Goku charged towards Jazz, who beckoned him forward.
"Alright, come on pansy!"
The two clashed quickly. Goku had the immediate advantage, but Jazz could transform, shifting his shape and size almost constantly, this threw Goku off badly. He removed his weighted clothes to offset the difference. This prompted Jazz to do the same.
"You're stronger than me, but you're out of stamina!" Jazz shouted, "meanwhile I'm fresher than un-driven snow!" Jazz shapeshifted into Lucifer. "What if he returns! Or what if someone even stronger arrives? If we die, the Earth your grandpa loved will be gone! Goku!" Jazz forced Goku to look at him as they fought. "You must control it, it is only your monster if you keep running, and if you fear things, you'll have both me and Krillin on those days!"
"...Promise?" Goku asked, pulling back.
"Promise…" Jazz replied. He watched as Goku bowed and returned to the castle. Jazz waited there, then trembled. "He broke my left arm, what's with him and breaking my bones?"
…
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Jasper(Jazz) Duncan
Age: 15 (and 4 months), physical appearance: 15
Hair color: Brown
Skin color: white
Race: Quarter Caucasian(White American of English-Irish descent), Quarter Asian (Korean), Quarter Black(African-American), Quarter Hispanic (Cuban)
Height: 5ft 7inches | 170 centimeters
Weight: 151 lbs | 68.49 kilograms (the namekians granted him a pair of 10, 15, and 20 kilogram wrist and ankle weights. (3 sets of weighted clothing in total, 4 parts each, 22 pounds, 33 pounds, and 44 pounds respectively.)
Skills: Decent Sports Talent for Age, Semi-Above Average Intellect for age, basic martial arts skills,below average ki control, decent pain tolerance, trap building, basic weapons mastery, basic boxing, basic mma, street fighting skills
Powers: Magic Materialization (Fire) (Rudimentary Understanding)
Max Power/ Pump Up,
Shapeshifting, Intermediate Skill level (3 hours of time, 30 minute cool down)
Powerlevel: 30, will raise to 45 temporarily when using Pump Up/Max Power
Due to exhaustion and regeneration, powerlevel is temporarily 20.
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Afterword:
If I didn't make it clear, Lucifer is legit the movie character's name. Look up Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle. I couldn't think up a less iconic name that would still work, and as far as I'm concerned, Lucifer is a little less obvious and uncomfortable than literally calling him Satan. Also, in the original, Lucifer died by taking the cannon to the face, so I thought a kaiju beat down would be a little more climactic. Goku actually missed his first in-series transformation by a month (in this version of events, he left to save Jazz, so missed the Pilaf debacle and the full moon), so this felt like a fair in between, which is also why I moved the events further than what the movie implied, as it takes 29.5 days for the next full moon, almost a full month.