Tao growled angrily at the two teens before him. Both had paper talismans on their heads and stared at him with playful expressions.
"Well," the boy, Jazz, said. "I guess I'll go first…"
Before Tao Pai Pai could yell, he transformed into a Saturn V rocket again, this time, however, the assassin felt some of his organs burst as the sonic boom shattered the ground around them. In almost an instant, the Jiang-Shi-transformed-Jazz was above him, fist raised and smashing down on the cybernetic warrior. Tao attempted to regain his bearings, but before he could react, PaoPao's sword pierced his chest. Tao tapped his chest, and a spark of golden light engulfed his body. The shock wave separated him from PaoPao, who cocked her head in interest.
"Oh? What's that?" She smiled as she flipped her sword around lazily.
"The doctor upgraded my body, I'm something even greater than you could imagine!" Tao spat in indignation, "with this strength, speed, and power!" He was interrupted as Jazz 3, propelled forward by a combination of ki, magic, and psychic energy, tackled him to the side and upwards.
"Let's take this fight somewhere further away so we don't hurt anyone." Jazz 3 muttered, smirking. He activated Pump Up 2x and launched Tao hundreds of feet away. PaoPao joined his side, flying on top of her sword.
"That seems a little excessive, don't you think?" PaoPao asked.
"General White claimed to have a bomb inside his body, we don't know what Tao has." Jazz 3 replied.
"That's fair." PaoPao nodded, eyes narrowing, "sorry, it's just… this must be what my people feel when I activate my power." She couldn't help but smile again.
"Yeah yeah…" Jazz 3 muttered, smirking as he offered his hand.
PaoPao took it, and the two of them began to dance in a circle. Every time they made a full rotation the spinning increased in speed, eventually, instead of dancing, it was more like they pulled and swung each other around and around, applying more and more speed into their movements. Finally, Jazz let go, slingshotting PaoPao forward, towards Tao PaiPai. The cyborg was unable to get his bearings as the blade sliced through his body bisecting him from the torso.
Tao fell to the ground, and PaoPao prepared to swing down a killing wave of ki. Jazz turned and charged towards the ground. PaoPao paused, allowing Jazz to reach the ground and swing a fist forward. PaoPao widened her eyes as a hand caught the first, the air exploding around them. Jazz narrowed his eyes, the beings in front of him were invisible, but he could sense their ki. At first, he had thought it was a powerful singular person, but he realized then that it was two beings, one who was around PaoPao's strength without the Talisman, and one who was even stronger than the both of them.
"Aww… I thought we'd be able to get in a good surprise attack." A sultry voice called out, "but I guess you're really full of surprises, there's no way you should have detected me unless you can sense ki."
Jazz 3 flinched, how had this girl known? All of a sudden, the two signatures of ki surrounding him disappeared. He exploded out into fire and energy, barely pushing back a blade to the neck. He took to the skies and reached PaoPao's side.
"What the hell is going on?" PaoPao shouted, "Is there some invisible barrier around Tao?"
Jazz followed her gaze, only to narrow his eyes as a field of magical energy dissipated, revealing a massive, 8-foot tall Jiang-Shi. Jazz could not help but marvel at the sheer amount of musculature on the blue-skinned man, who wore a dark violet, Chinese-style shirt with emerald-colored buttons and dragon-pattered weaving that decorated the cloth. The man wore a hat with a large talisman over it, reminiscent of a true Jiang-Shi. Jazz turned to PaoPao, who narrowed her eyes.
"That's a true Jiang-Shi."
"A...true Jiang-Shi?" Jazz asked.
"My Jiang-Shi are zombies puppeted around by dark magic, which also increases their power several times over, a true Jiang-Shi is made by puppeteering a recently deceased corpse, the power is greater by a little less than an order of magnitude."
Jazz 3 nodded, "so… the corpse is almost 50 times stronger than what it used to be?"
PaoPao nodded, "something like that, but you understand why I'd never be able to cast such a spell or do such a thing."
Jazz frowned, "I feared something like that…" The monster before them was almost 3 times stronger than Goku using the wrathful form. "Where the hell are these monsters coming from?"
"This is my fault, I let her go and she decided to learn what I wouldn't." PaoPao narrowed her eyes as she glared at the young woman. Jazz, in his shock and fear, hadn't yet bothered to look at the girl, who smiled at them. Jazz cocked his head, the girl looked a lot like PaoPao, their faces were similarly shaped, but the girl before them had a slightly smaller nose and lips, her eyes were a little bit more piercing, and her hair was a lustrous long black, long enough to sweep the floor beneath her. She was also tall, almost 6 feet tall, and quite shapely. In many ways, she looked like a more adult, more sensual-looking PaoPao.
"Who on Earth is she?" Jazz muttered. PaoPao gently flew to the ground. "Hey… hey!" Jazz shouted, PaoPao ignored him as she flew closer to the pair, who now stood over the dying Tao.
"Ah, you came closer." The girl smirked at PaoPao, causing Jazz's friend to grit her teeth. "Well, it's been a while since we've seen each other, so I would have been curious as well."
"Who are you?" Jazz 3asked.
"Oh?" The girl turned a lazy eye to Jazz, he noted her brown eyes and ruby-red lips, which pursed as she winked at him. "Come on cutie, can't you be a gentleman? I'm trying to talk to my sister."
Jazz 3 narrowed his eyes. He remembered what PaoPao said about his sister and father. "You don't seem like much of a sister to me." He spat coldly.
"Aww…" The girl turned to PaoPao, "did you air our dirty laundry to the cute peasant?"
PaoPao didn't respond to that, instead, she simply muttered, "...Mei Lin…"
"I didn't give you permission to speak my name!" Mei Lin took out a Katana and unleashed a wave of ki in a devastating slash. Jazz widened his eyes at the level of ki control on display, the girl was weaker than both of them in their states, but the energy in that attack was insanely powerful.
PaoPao extended her straight sword and fired off her own beam of ki, which shattered the wave of energy fired by Mei Lin and charged towards the girl. The Jiang Shi stepped forward, blocking PaoPao's slash with a single hand. Jazz noted that while the Jiang Shi was fast, it wasn't the blinding speed he would have expected from the power radiating off of its body.
"What the hell…" The young woman, Mei Lin, shook her head. "PaoPao, is that any way to greet the sister you abandoned?"
"You are not my sister, not anymore," PaoPao spat, "how could you?!"
"Oh?" Mei Lin tapped the Jiang Shi, who lifted the talisman, revealing a handsome but stern-looking man with a full mustache and beard, he had long flowing black hair and several scars on his face that didn't take much away from his handsome appearance. "What do you mean?" She continued, "I think father looks quite great after all."
Jazz froze, "father?" He remembered PaoPao's words, a true Jiang-Shi required a freshly killed corpse. "Holy shit." He looked at the psychotic glint in Mei Lin's eyes.
"I'm sure she already told you that the True Jiang-Shi requires a freshly killed corpse." Mei Lin began, "but there are several things required to make sure your Jiang-Shi is truly powerful. A normal corpse Jiang-Shi will at most be maybe ten times greater, less if it wasn't killed by your own hands. And being killed by you isn't enough, they have to feel betrayed, the rawer and more heart-wrenching the emotions, the more powerful the final result." She looked down at Tao, who looked at her, fear slowly dawning on his face as he registered her words and read the desire in her eyes.
"You bitch!" Those were his last words as her blade punctured his skull, killing him.
"Now, where was I…" Mei Lin smirked, "after you instill this sense of betrayal, you kill them, and using their blood as a catalyst, write several runes over their body."
"I won't let you!" PaoPao shouted, the black energy around her sword intensified, but she didn't budge forward even slightly. The Jiang-Shi of her father pulled back his fist and swung down at her. Jazz 3 yanked her away.
'This makes no sense,' Jazz 3 thought. He cupped his hands together, activating Pump-Up 2x, "TRI-BEAM!" The massive blast hurled towards the pair. The Jiang-Shi stood forward and smashed the blow away. Jazz 3 let PaoPao go and charged towards the jiang-shi. After 15 seconds, he backed away. "I see… the power is great, but she can't access it all, she can't use him at his fullest potential." Pao Pao had once said that if the power was too great, she couldn't control the Jiang Shi, Mei Lin couldn't sense power levels likely, or else she would have noticed the hidden trap behind his Tri-Beam, which burned an imperceptible hole into the already dead Tao. "But for Mei Lin to be able to control the Jiang Shi to this extent…" He narrowed his eyes, the puppet wasn't as fast as Goku using Wrathful form despite the insane power, but it was likely due to Mei Lin being unable to bring forth that level of power, still, the power and speed he did display was impressive. PaoPao had said her sister was more talented, but he didn't believe it would have been to this extent."
"How many people have you killed, how many souls did you extinguish?!" PaoPao suddenly shouted.
Mei Lin, who had been painting on Tao's body, glanced up, "I don't know, perhaps 1,000, it's not easy to increase the power of dark magic you know, I'm surprised you even developed this far. Unless had you been using your soul as collateral?" Mei Lin giggled, "that's cute, you're hilarious you know," she frowned, "I cannot believe I allowed you to live as long as you did."
PaoPao did not answer, she turned to Jazz, who nodded. The two of them charged at Mei Lin from different sides. The Jiang-Shi slammed them to the ground almost instantaneously when they were within 5 meters.
"I know what you're trying to do." Mei Lin giggled, "you think killing me will stop the Jiang Shi, well, you're right, but unfortunately, father won't let you get within 5 meters of me. He's a lot faster when he wants to protect his little girl." She hopped onto the zombie's shoulder and kissed his cheek. "Thanks, Daddy!"
PaoPao screamed out in fury and charged forward. Jazz tackled her out of the way as the Jiang Shi opened his mouth and fired a devastating mouth beam. They turned in shock as the beam charged forward, engulfing the city in a blast of fire and destruction, reminiscent of Goku destroying the island accidentally. "You… you!" PaoPao took out several talismans.
Jazz 3 grabbed her hand. "PaoPao!" He shouted, snapping her out of her shock.
She turned, "Jazz! Don't stop me, I have to teach her a lesson!"
"No you don't, not like this, you'll kill yourself." Jazz 3 shook his head. "Get the others, we need their help."
"What makes you think I'll let you guys just escape?" Mei Lin snapped her finger, causing the jiang-shi of her father to open his mouth once again. Jazz 3's eyes gleamed blue as he tipped the floor, causing the attack to veer up into the air, completely missing its target.
"I'll hold her back for… maybe 10 minutes?" Jazz 3 shouted, "just go!" He unleashed a deluge of water towards the pair. Mei Lin turned back towards Tao.
Alright, dad, I'm annoyed now, just kill PaoPao and her little boyfriend. The jiang-shi charged forward.
PaoPao took to the sky and Jazz 3 split in two. They launched a stream of fire towards the water, creating a massive steam cloud.
"Not this time!" Mei Lin shot forward a blast of ki to clear the cloud of smoke, she was too late as standing in front of her was a single Jazz. "Damn… I didn't get to see it." She sighed angrily, "well, at the least, I can assume you're now stronger than you were before." She smirked at the young man before her.
"First of all, bitch." Jazz said, cracking his neck and knuckles. "I'm older than you." He wore the clothing of the metamorans, signifying his transformation. 'I'm going to have to pace myself, if I go all out from the beginning, I'll destroy my body.' He grit his teeth then activated Pump-Up 1.5 alone. He burst forward towards the pair, shocking Mei Lin with his speed. The second he got within 5 meters of them however, the Jiang-Shi stopped his movements and knocked him back. 'It seems that he only moves at full speed within the 5-meter zone, perhaps the order to protect her overrides the speed at which she can normally react and pilot him. Let's see if we can test his limits.' Jazz 3 charged forward again, but before he touched the Jiang-Shi, he disappeared in an after image. A chill crawled up his spine as he saw the zombie's head and eyes turn to face him almost instantly. 'Even this fusion isn't enough…' He leaped away as the Jiang-Shi smashed the ground he used to stand on, then pulled back his hands, lifting the ground around them. Mei Lin leaped into the air, carrying Tao's corpse, while the Jiang-shi floated up beside her. Jazz noted how she remained concentrated on her ritual, writing down her runes as quickly as possible.
"I'm surprised you kept this hidden from the others, so you do have a technique that utilizes the multiform to bring you back even stronger than before. But it's a shame, all that power and it's still not enough." She giggled.
Jazz 3 narrowed his eyes, a minute had already passed, and he could feel vile ki beginning to emanate from Tao's body.
"It will be fun," Mei Lin began, "killing my sister, I mean." She giggled, "in fact, I'll kill you right now and make you the one to do it." Jazz 3 ignored her provocation, he fired out ranged blasts of ki and took to the sky as he felt the Jiang Shi gather ki for a mouth blast. The monster followed his movements, then snapped his head back down. Jazz felt his sweat drop as he turned to see PaoPao, only halfway to the city.
"Nevermind!" Mei Lin laughed, "I'll do it myself, she is my sister after all!" The beam fired off.
Jazz 3 saw red as he activated Pump Up 2x and the werewolf transformation. He rushed forward and charged a tri-beam blasting against the mouth beam and sending an attack careening towards the pair. As the smoke cleared, Mei Lin giggled as she saw Jazz 3's form, that of a small white puppy wearing what appeared to be orange floaties on its forelegs.
"Positively adorable!" She cooed, "I see why my sister likes you, you must be some sort of comfort animal."
Jazz 3 growled, transforming into his humanoid form. Mei Lin noted in interest that his eyes were now blue, instead of their normal green. "I'm going to hurt you." A rocket smashed into the jiang-shi, sending him flying. At the same time, Mei Lin felt a hand grasp at her neck. She gasped in shock, blood spilling from horrid scratches. Her Jiang-Shi flew back at speeds she had never witnessed before, Jazz 3 for his part gathered up his ki and fired off another Tri-Beam, at the same time, water began to materialize from thin air as he summoned and created it with his magic.
The Jiang-Shi launched a flying punch, but Jazz 3, powered up both by the fusion dance and by the talisman PaoPao had placed on him, dodged to the side of the attack by barrel rolling in mid-air. He then launched a spinning flying kick towards the Jiang-shi who sluggishly blocked the attack. The Jiang-shi moved its other hand to grasp at Jazz's skull, attempting to crush him like a grape, but a ki blast connected with the monster's stomach, pushing it back. Jazz 3 flew past the Jiang-Shi, only to smash his fist into a barrier. Mei Lin glared at him, clutching her neck, then smiled.
"Bitch…" She muttered.
Jazz leapt away as the Jiang-Shi reached out for him. The monster grabbed his leg, and without hesitation, Jazz cut off the limb, allowing it to transform and exploding it. The Jiang-shi rushed through the smoke, but Jazz 3 was ready. He transformed once again and dodged past the Jiang-Shi. He took the form of a titanium giant and concentrated his ki into his fist to smash into the zombie, which launched it back in the air. The giant's arm shattered after the impact, causing Jazz to transform again, into a starfish, then back into a human form. Starfish naturally regenerated, which sped up the growth of his limb once more. Just as he flipped in the air, he dodged out of the way of a sword swing. Mei Lin, riding her father's shoulder, circled around and prepared to charge forward again. Jazz 3 exploded into a cloud of billowing smoke, causing the girl to narrow her eyes, trusting her instincts, she held her blade close to her face, and just in time, as a blade nicked her cheek.
"That's… an interesting form." Mei Lin's tiny wound slowly oozed blood, but it was already beginning to close due to her magic.
The interesting form she referred to was Jazz 3 covered in shiny, onyx black skin, with several blades poking from his skin. He was about 6 foot five inches in this form and seemed to have a smooth, biker-helmet-like face covering. The air was thick with the smell of ozone, however, and the palms of his hands were a dark grey and had a rubbery-looking texture. Jazz 3 did not speak as he charged towards the Jiang-Shi. The Jiang-Shi reached out to grab him, but Mei Lin widened her eyes, forcing it to pull itself back, the blades all around Jazz's body dug into and cut into the creature. The power difference currently between the metamoran fused, jiang-shi-powered Jazz 3 was lower than, but still comparable to the full power of the true Jiang-Shi.
"You think just because you can cut my father, it's over?!" Mei Lin giggled, "it's not like you'll be able to hit him!" She brought the jiang-shi closer to her and began working even faster on Tao. "Besides, when I create this second one. I'll kill you."
Jazz 3 fired off blast after blast of water. The jiang-shi simply stood, allowing the water to blast him. Then, in the third blast, Jazz appeared behind the stream of water, bladed arms outstretched. The Jiang-Shi dodged out of the way in time and attempted to punch Jazz, only to hold back as he blocked with his bladed arms.
"We're in a stalemate." Mei Lin laughed.
Jazz 3 shook his head, then pointed all around. The water around them began to rise and surround them. Mei Lin raised an eyebrow at the water, nearly the size of a small pond. Jazz 3 raised his hand, causing the water to flow towards his hand. In his other hand, a capsule popped out, revealing a large clear plastic bag full of a white, powder-like mineral. He scattered the powder into the water, turning it into a cloudy white powder, then entended his hands into the water. Almost immediately the water seemed to boil, yet instead of disappearing into the hot steamy mist, it simply disappeared. Jazz 3's visor began to gleam, and eye-shaped lights appeared on it, which curved into crescent moons. A spark of flame leapt forward, igniting in the air and unleashing a massive explosion. Jazz 3 spoke for the first time in this form, "potassium hydroxide is very water-soluble, and when you launch a steady stream of electricity into the water, it separates out the water into hydrogen and oxygen. Which is extremely flammable."
Through that explosion, Jazz 3 charged forward, slicing off the jiang-shi's right hand and piercing Mei Lin's barrier. Flames appeared in his hand as he attempted to unleash a blast of fire within the barrier to cook Mei Lin alive. He exploded out just as it happened, separating into individual Jazz 3's before joining back together.
Mei Lin grinned maniacally… "oh my god… I really want you as one of mine now…" She raised a talisman and placed it on Tao's head, Jazz 3 could only watch angrily as the dead assassin arose and stared down at him. "How about it? I promise I'll be gentle until the end!"
"His ki… isn't as high as the other one's ki is…" Jazz 3 muttered, ignoring Mei Lin's words. Tao leapt from the barrier down towards Jazz 3, who held his hands forward to charge a Kamehameha, only to have them explode. "Dammit!" He spiraled into a free fall as the zombie assassin got ever closer. A youth on a flying nimbus intercepted the assassin, throwing him back and launching him a distance away. Jazz turned to look and smiled. "Oh, thank kami..."
Goku turned to look at him, his eyes gleaming in gold light. "Jazz, are you okay?" He asked.
Jazz 3 nodded quickly.
"Oh! It's the tailed boy… Son Goku, right?" Mei Lin, still in her barrier, leaned on her sword. The Jiang-Shi of Tao rose, he roared as he glared at Goku. Jazz turned to get a good look at the figure. He was shirtless, and it looked like his entire body, except for his right arm, had been restored. His ponytail flapped in the wind at the high altitude he was in, and a long talisman covered his face.
"Who's that girl?" Goku asked, "Is she a bad guy?"
"A bad guy?" Mei Lin repeated, "wow... that-" Jazz 3 interrupted her.
"Super bad guy!" Jazz 3 chuckled, "yeah, she's a terrible person, really, really bad." At the same time, flying towards them were nearly 100 Crane Students, led by Master Shen. Jazz noted in interest that he hadn't been feeling either Tien's or Chiaotzu's ki amongst them.
"More of those bad guys!" Goku said angrily, his eyes began to glow as he took on the wrathful form. Jazz marveled at the Saiyan boy's power, but then shook his head sadly, it was weaker than the strength of his fusion powered by PaoPao's talisman.
"Goku," Jazz began, "that guy up there, both of them, are really strong." The Jiang-shi of Tao smirked. He had come out weaker than the Jiang-Shi of the father of PaoPao and Mei Lin, but was still stronger than Goku. Jazz still felt pain wrack his limbs, which continued to burn away as the ki fought to be released from his body, but he fought to stay conscious. "Be really careful."
"They're stronger than me?" Goku asked, looking at them, "what about those guys?" He pointed to the rapidly approaching Crane School students.
"Those guys over there, flying towards us? They're weaker, but I wouldn't be worried about them." Jazz watched as an airship rapidly descended from the skies. Flying down from the top, several powerful individuals could be felt.
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Jazz 2 cocked his head in confusion, he didn't know where the island that held King Gurumes was, but he had been searching for a while. All of a sudden, he felt a massive ki a faint distance away. "5 minutes… just five minutes away." He commanded the Kintoun forward.
Jazz 2 closed his eyes and allowed his mind to be accessed by the other Jazzes.
"Yo...Jazz 2, mind telling me what the flip you've been up to?" Jazz 1 sounded ticked off.
"I am trying to find Jazz 3."
"Any reason you decided to go no contact?"
"Well, seeing as everyone was silent of Jazz 3's silence, I decided to try and find the guy myself, at the last place he updated us on." Jazz 2 shrugged, even though the others couldn't see him. "Anyways, how have the rest of you been handling?"
"Oh, you know, just hanging around, got a lot on my mind." Jazz 1 growled, causing the semi-feral doppelganger to chuckle.
"I've been doing alright." Jazz 4 murmured quietly, "but… Jazz 2, why were you so militant about finding Jazz 3?"
"Cause I think the moron's fallen in love." He said simply.
"...Oh?" Jazz 4 replied. "And… that's bad?"
"Our mission is to get back home, and survive this crap, do you have any idea how irresponsible it is to even think about feelings? He's not even the original, he's a copy, just like I am." Jazz 2 growled.
"He is my original copy." Jazz 1 replied, "and he'd been around the longest, and besides, it's not as big a deal as you're making it out to be, he is me… right? So he knows."
"No, you don't get it…" Jazz 2 and Jazz 4 said at the same time.
"I… I don't?" Jazz 1 asked, "and, why don't I?"
"We will rejoin you Jazz, everything we've done and attained is as part of an original being, meaning the concept of us, will disappear." Jazz 4 said simply, "Also, Jazz 1, I'm sure you've noticed, our personalities are wildly different, aren't they?"
"I mean… not… not too much…" Jazz 1 stopped, "damn, okay, yeah, we're all pretty different."
"We may share the majority of the same memories, but we've had 1 year apart, with our own experiences, so of course we'll have a difference in how we interpret the world and form our opinions." Jazz 4 said.
Jazz 2 did not add anything as he zoomed further. The powers became clearer as he got closer, and it left him and the other Jazzes quite confused.
"Holy shit…" Jazz 1 began, "These are power levels… greater than Goku's, who's stronger than the last time we met… is Goku at 3000? 4000? But… those two, vile energies, they are even higher, twice as much or more with both of them…"
Jazz 2 shook his head, "but… huh? Jazz 3?" He felt Jazz 3's energy, marveling at its power, "wow… this guy's been really hitting the bench! So has everyone else... geez I feel kinda embarrassed."
"Moron, it's just… PaoPao's talisman, in fact, that's everyone!" Jazz 1 muttered.
In front of Jazz 2, a massive battle took place. It took him a few seconds to realize that it was a three-way fight.
On one side, Master Shen led an army of Crane School disciples, on the other side, the two massive ki signatures charged towards two sides. While coming down from above…
"Yeah! I'm fired up!" The blonde Launch revved up an impressive amount of ki, after the year and some change of training, she was about as powerful, if not stronger than Krillin was during the Budokai Tenkaichi, this, coupled with PaoPao's talisman, made her power shoot through the roof.
"This certainly feels amazing…" Yamcha clenched his fists and gave the witch a small smirk, "are you certain you can handle this though? You stated it's difficult to control and direct someone with a higher level of power than you." Talismans of PaoPao's make were attached to each of their foreheads, and like Jazz's, they had both a great level of energy and total free will.
PaoPao smiled, "well, yes… that's true, but you forget, except for Krillin and Goku, no one has a higher amount of ki than I. Launch's and Chi-Chi's expert spirit control not-withstanding." She turned and narrowed her eyes, "though… you are certainly an enigma."
An extra figure was with them, his two eyes were closed, but his third eye was open as he looked at them calmly. "Yes, I'm sure it must be confusing," Tien admitted, smiling.
"It's not just confusing, it's annoying!" Chi-Chi glowered, "I heard you attacked Son-kun! How dare you!"
"He came to my dojo and school, and attacked my people." Tien replied calmly, "but… I don't think I'm a member of the Crane School anymore"
"Why did you leave?" Krillin asked, his back was turned from the former Crane School disciple as he stared down at the battlefield.
"Do you know why they are out there?" Tien looked down, clenching his fist. "They received machine upgrades from Dr. Gero to attain more power, sacrificing their own allies who didn't survive the procedure and experimenting on captured prisoners and slaves all in order to perfect his techniques… it's… it's obscene and shameful. A true martial artist, a true warrior gains strength by putting his body, mind, and spirit on the line, it isn't enough that Gero's 'enhancements' are a slap in the face of the effort we put in to improve every day, but they think it's fit to use other lives because they can't risk their own? Master Shen could have sent his men to help Master Tao against you and Jazz, but he held back, fearful of what could happen. Now that it looked like you were weakened, he ordered us to get ready and go out and attack… I can't fight like that, I'm a warrior… a cold assassin of the Crane School, but… my pride, it won't allow me to partake in such a cowardly fight."
"What of your attack on my home?" PaoPao retorted.
Tien smiled at her, "who struck who's home first?"
Rolling her eyes, the witch handed Tien a talisman. "Take this."
Tien smirked, "I told you, didn't I? I watched the fight, I won't need it."
They watched as the warrior of the three-eyed-clan utilized the multiform technique, splitting into two equal beings. "I finally figured it out." They said simultaneously, standing to the side and extending their arms. "FU...SION...HAAAAAA!"
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Jasper(Jazz) Duncan
Age: 17 years (happy belated birthday)
Hair color: Red
Skin color: white
Race: Quarter Caucasian(White American of English-Irish descent), Quarter Asian (Korean), Quarter Black(African-American), Quarter Hispanic (Cuban)
Height: 5ft 11inches | 177.8 centimeters
Weight: 159 lbs | 72.12 kilograms, bound by a Crane School Training/ Torture device
Skills: Skills are what you make of them, it doesn't matter what's known, just how to use it
Powers: Magic Materialization (Fire) (Mastered Understanding), Magic Materialization (Water) (Mastered Understanding), Magic Materialization (Ice) (basic understanding), Magic Materialization (smoke) (basic understanding), Magic Materialization (steam) (basic understanding), Magic Materialization (lightning) (beginner Understanding) Telekinesis (Mastered),
General magic: Basic Understanding
Shapeshifting, Mastered Skill level (indefinite)
Noble Werewolf. Juvenile Awakening, 1.5x,
Emissive Techniques: Kamehameha, Don Don Pa, Solar Flare
Body Techniques: Max Power/ Pump Up (1.5x (mastered), 2x (capable), Four Witches Technique, 12 Eyes Technique
Fusion Dance
Powerlevel: 30, will raise to 45 temporarily when using Pump Up/Max Power 1.5, or 60 when using Pump Up/Max Power 2x, if using Juvenile awakening, power will be 67.5 or 90 respectively
Jazz 2 (Currently developing and training his werewolf and pump up ability)
Werewolf: Adolescent Awakening (1.65x), Pump Up/Max power: 1.3(gains power and speed), 1.575(gains power and some speed (the same speed gain as 1.3) ), 2.1x(speed is not reduced (same speed gain as 1.3))
Powerlevel: 35, will raise to 55.152 or 73.5 utilizing Pump Up, raises to 57.75 utilizing juvenile awakening alone. If utilized with Pump Up, raises to 75.075, 90.95625, and 121.275 respectively
Jazz 3 (Currently training with Master Roshi)
Powerlevel: 47.5, Pump Up: 71.25 or 95 respectively, with Juvenile Awakening: 71.25, if utilized with Pump Up: 107.25 or 142.5 respectively
Due to PaoPao's talisman magic, power level is temporarily: 237.5
Meaning: Pump Up: 356.25 or 475, if with Juvenile/Adolescent awakening: 534.375 or 712.5
Jazz 4 (Currently on the 6 month trip to Namek with Kami)
Powerlevel: 42
Staff Technique: Intermediate
Hand to Hand Technique: Intermediate
Ki techniques: Basic
Magic materialization: Intermediate
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Afterword:
Powerlevel time: (for plot reasons), killing someone via an act of betrayal will allow you to make a corpse out of them, in exchange, the corpse loses the majority of the ego the soul once held, and the soul is condemned to hell, this is a taboo amongst taboos, and is very similar to the way the Demon King Piccolo's victims are all condemned to hell and cannot reincarnate if killed by him or his minions. (an actual lore tidbit that has yet to be disproven). Since the arbitrary number for the max power of a puppeted living person is 5x, I decided the power of the Jiang-Shi made from a freshly dead corpse has a multiplier of 20x-50x. PaoPao's father, as an adult, given the context we had of strength, should have power level ranging between 100 and 110 at that time, PaoPao, using the power of the talisman and self transformation into a Jiang-Shi, overwhelmed her and Mei Lin. They were exiled, and during that period, they trained in order to get revenge. Mei Lin found the first of PaoPao's witchcraft teachers, then delved into the full brink of dark magic, killing her father. The sense of betrayal was quite strong, so I determined (arbitrarily), that the multiplier would be 46, and that their father (who remains unnamed in the story so far), had a power level of 180 before he was killed, giving him a grand total power level of 8280, also, fun fact, he died by poisoned tea, offered by his daughter, a fast acting but fatal paralytic poison that asphyxiated the body. Mercenary Tao on the other hand had a higher power level of 230, but the multiplier is "only" 29, giving him a power level of 6670. Their major weakness however is the fact that Mei Lin cannot use their full power, she simply lacks the ability to move them that fast or exert all their energy, but much like Frieza, they are much more durable than their apparent fighting capability presumes.
Now, as you know, I give self fusion (splitting yourself in half, then using those two halves to fuse) is a x10 power level multiplier, so Jazz 3's power with the talisman was 2375, which could jump all the way up to 7125 using Pump Up 2x and Werewolf transformation, the fusion and power of the talisman unfortunately uses too much power for a quarter doppelganger to handle, and Jazz 3 was split apart early and suffered backlash.
Goku currently, due to all the fights he's been in plus all his training, has a power level of 406, this jumps to 4060 using wrathful form, or (head cannon of x15) 6090 using Wrathful form stage 2.
Krillin, after all of his hard training, currently has a power level of 240, he had a powerlevel of around 150 during the 21st Budokai, and it's been almost a year since then, so he's done a lot of training, attempting to catch up to the power Goku displayed. In the original, it takes them 3 years to jump from a power level of around a little over 110-130, to over 150. With Multiple Training partners, Krillin is definitely moving up in the world.
PaoPao is a bit weaker, at a power level of 185, but she'd been training her magic alongside her physical abilities. Using the amped power of the talisman, she can jump to a power level of… over 9000 / 10! That's impossible! This technique of hers makes any group fight a wash now.
Yamcha, through grit and determination, currently has a power level of 170, he had a whole lot of catching up to do, but he's already built up tenacity from his preparations and work ethic. In three years time in the original cannon, he's close enough to Tien in power to give the three-eyed warrior a semi-decent fight, so I'd imagine a power level of around 160 or 150 vs Tien's 180, but, like Krillin, most of the Z fighters work hard to catch up to the level of power based on whoever the strongest goal is. The Z warriors had the image of Raditz and prepared with that goal in mind, going from power levels below 300 to strength at, around, or above 1500, a nearly 5 times multiplier in 1 year. Of course, they had the divine teachers in Kami and Mr. Popo, but a motivated instructor like Roshi, especially after how close of a scare he had in the 21st Budokai Tenkaichi, would definitely train his students hard.
Chi-Chi has a power level of 175, she had a lower power than Yamcha in the original, given that he was able to knock her out easily in the original. She caught up and surpassed him due to her training with her father, then a bit of training with Roshi, but Yamcha hadn't been too far behind due to his long time fighting against the Oni. I also imagine that her desire to keep up with Goku and PaoPao fuel her determination.
Hercule has a power level of 140, making him one tough cookie. He's in the background a lot, as there's not much for him to do on screen just yet, but he's a hard worker, and quite talented. Unlike the others, his martial arts background, while decent, doesn't give him the same base at the others, and they are several months ahead of him in strength, but still, jumping from around 80-90 to 140 in a little over a year is quite impressive.
Last but not least: Launch, with a powerlevel of 120 when blue-haired, and 168 when blond. Blond Launch was said in the anime to have a powerlevel of 26, which is crazy for a "normal" human woman without any training, she's her very own mini supersaiyan lol. Blue-haired Launch basically suffers from the same thing Gohan does, his lack of confidence in the early portions of Z led to him hiding away vast portions of his power, only to release them in times of stress.
If you want to know, if all the Jazz's were to recombine right now, their power level would be 154, which doesn't seem like much until you add in the the strengthened werewolf and pump up transformations, which would give him a total power level of above 535.34. Time will ultimately tell who wins this arms race of strength before the next Budokai Tenkaichi, but they have a little under 2 years left now before it occurs. (of course, when recombined, the self fusion will not implode, giving him a power level of 5353.4, or an astounding 26,767 if also relying on PaoPao's talisman
Addressing the last thing: Tien being able to do the fusion dance. Like Mei Lin, he was cloaked by magic, causing Jazz to not sense his power level. When he saw Jazz 3 split in two and do the fusion dance, he realized that the technique was likely the secret to Jazz's power. He currently has a power level of 330, born from intense training after his clash with Goku a year ago. This will increase to 3300, weaker than Goku's 4060, but the tri-clops may have a few more tricks up his sleeve. As for how Tien saw Jazz transform? Jazz attempted to throw up the smoke screen, but Mei Lin cleared it away with ki, allowing Tien to catch it with his third eye. It was already foreshadowed, and established in the original manga that Tien could copy techniques with his third eye, unfortunately, Toriyama doesn't like doing that with Tien, but this is a fanfiction, so I decided to take the liberty. Sue me.
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