Drageria
Ch.15: Judgment of a God, Death to Yakuza Part 2.
Several Minutes ago,
Rappa and Crna Straza engaged in a full-blown brawl, distracting one another, while the other Yakuza members and soldiers engaged in a battle of their own! Four battalions of heavily armed soldiers grouped up to make four walls of shields. In comparison, two battalions of heavily armed soldiers filled the gaps between them, with the less armored soldiers sprinkled around the perimeter of the circled Yakuza. The Yakuza, although prideful and strong, could tell the position they were in. And with one of their strongest men fully distracted, things were not looking up for them.
"Um, I think we're surrounded.", Yu Hojo stated with a nervous sweatdrop.
"Yeah, we might've bitten off more than we can chew.", Deidoro Sakaki agreed with him, looking at the numbers surrounding them.
"We don't even have a boss here! He could take these guys out in seconds!", Soramitsu Tabe exclaimed, panicking.
Toya Setsuno sighed in aggravated anger at his teammates' lack of confidence and told them, "Calm yourselves. All we have to do is wait until the boss returns after killing their leader."
"Besides, are you really so pathetic that you think some third-world idiots could take the Yakuza down?", Mimic told them off in a scolding and disappointed tone.
General MacArthur made a hmph noise in his throat at their conversation and stared challengingly, "Bold of you boys to assume you even thought of having a chance. And even more stupid of you to think your leader has even the slightest chance of defeating Lord Tachibana."
"We'll see about that, old man.", Chronostasis challenged back while removing his hood and mask. He said, "Ready yourselves, boys, without looking at his subordinates. This is going to be a slaughter fest."
As he said this, the other members readied themselves for a battle! Mimic cracked his neck and fingers; Shin Nemoto stood close to Hekiji Tengai, who put up a shield around himself, Yu Hojo, Soramitsu Tabe, Toya Setsuno, and Deidoro Sakaki. The first man, Yu Hojo, produced crystals all over his body. The second man, Toya Setsuno, pulled a knife from his back pocket. The third one, Soramitsu Tabe, ripped apart the cloth around his mouth to reveal his giant mouth of giant teeth! And finally, Deidoro Sakaki took out a bottle of hard liquor and put it down in seconds! Rikiya Katsukame tapped into his stamina reserves and doubled in size, roaring as parts of his clothes were pulled and ripped apart in the wake of his expanding body! The soldiers all seemed taken aback by this and seemed to falter for a moment, except for the General, who simply raised an eyebrow in amusement.
He chuckled at Chronostasis' previous statement and replied to it, "For you maybe, for us….not so much."
All the Yakuza were already pretty steamed at this point, but Toya Setsuno was boiling as he finally exploded and yelled, "I'm gonna personally reteach you some manners, old man!"
Hekiji Tengai dropped the shield protecting him, and the man made the first move, charging toward the old man! A heavily armed guard with a sword jumped in front, ready to attack, but Toya threw the knife he was carrying right at the soldier's face! The object deflected off the face mask of his helmet, making him flinch just long enough for the Yakuza to use his quirk! The man's sword disappeared from his hands, making him falter at the suddenness of it, giving Toya the chance to use the weapon to knock him out with the pommel!
Once the soldier was down, Toya used his body to vault himself up and try to attack the General from above! But MacArthur saw this coming from his years of experience and moved in the nick of time, allowing the sword to hit nothing but the ground! Toya came up with the blade, but the General dodged it again with minimal effort and movement! Toya swung the blade around his body in a sloppy fashion, but the General curled his finger into his palm and struck the man in the face with it, causing the beak to break and him to flinch and stumble back! Before he could recover, MacAuthor ducked low and stuck the blond man with his elbow! As Toya gaged from the force on his abdomen, MacAuthor used his opposing hand to punch him square in the jaw, nearly sending the man flying upwards from the impact!
At this point, the Yakuza dropped the sword. They were nearly ready to fall over from the debilitating damage he sustained, shifting around in a vertigo-induced painful daze, showing his back to the General, who took full advantage of this moment. In one swift movement, General MacArthur grabbed the blond man's head and broke it in one movement, snapping and twisting his head in a 180-degree motion! A look of shock and horror spread across the man's face as his neck was snapped and just before his deceased body hit the ground with a flop! Silence filled every corner of the battlefield, apart from Rappa and Crna Straza, as the Yakuza looked on in awe and shock, while the other soldiers looked on with pride and amazement at their leader!
General MacArthur looked down over the dead man's body and vexed him, asking sarcastically, "Well? Where's my lesson in manners? I thought you youngins knew more than my simple-minded generation? I'm rather disappointed."
"No way.", Yu Hojo muttered out in disbelief.
"BRO!", Soramitsu Tabe cried out in anguish.
Chronostasis growled at this and yelled, "Kill them!"
"Engage!", General MacArthur commanded with a calm yet firm tone.
Then all hell broke loose as the Yakuza and soldiers clashed with one another! Yu Hojo attempted to break through one of the four shield brigades, but their defense was far stronger, and all he could do was clank his crystals against them! He kept trying to push them back or even pierce one of them with his attack, but nothing broke through. Then came Deidoro Sakaki and Soramitsu Tabe; the first used his quirk to induce vertigo in the men, and the next came in and began to eat both their weapons and shields, allowing Yu Hojo to easily break through and send several of the soldiers flying back or getting impaled or gashed by his crystals! When the remaining soldiers tried to attack them, a bubbled barrier appeared around them, blocking the attack and allowing the counter!
"This is the power of the Yakuza, you dug rats!", Deidoro Sakaki boasted as whatever soldiers were left fell to the ground while vomiting.
"This is for bro Toya!", Soramitsu Tabe proclaimed while chewing through another shield.
Yu Hojo pointed his crystallized finger at the old man and challenged, "Once we're done with your troops, your next old man."
"If that's the case….take me out. If you have the nerve.", the General vexed them with a smile.
Meanwhile, Shin Nemoto, still near Hekiji Tengai, was trying to get closer to the General to use his quirk on him. The two men were under a protective barrier provided by Hekiji Tengai. However, progress could have been faster because Hekiji had to multitask between putting up and dropping many barriers, and his own wasn't very mobile. So Shin Nemoto couldn't get within shouting distance of the General. That and the fact that several soldiers were trying to break through the barrier, though with little results. Spears poked, axes and swords sliced, maces and halberds crashed, and guns fired at them, but nothing made the forcefield even jiggle.
At this point, the more dapper-looking plague doctor was getting annoyed with the slow progress and moaned to him, "Can you speed this up a bit? Everyone will be dead before I can get close enough to find their weakness."
The Yukata-clad man groaned in annoyance, closed his eyes, and snapped back, "I'd very much like to see you do what I'm doing right now! Now, keep quiet; I need to concentrate."
Shin Nemoto growled at the response but begrudgingly accepted it as he settled for their slow progress. Rikiya Katsukame was in a one-sided brawl with the other three shield brigades and other ground forces as this went down. He sang his huge hands back and forth with devasting shock waves and whirlwinds! The shield brigade couldn't do anything to stop his blows, and the ones they could be on in small pairs just to dodge. Anyone he hit ended up getting their vitality stolen in moments! Replenishing the man and making him grow bigger! He laughed at this and challenged the soldiers to keep coming! His body even grew tough enough for weapons and firearms to bounce off him and not to feel any of the electrical damage the weapons did!
In an entirely panicked frenzy, a younger soldier came up to the general at this time and exclaimed in fear, "General! That big guy isn't going down easy! He just keeps blowing everyone away and absorbing their energy! Not even our weapons do anything! What do we do?!"
"So, he absorbs energy, eh?", the General simplified.
"Well, yes, but-!", the younger soldier tried to say something, only to be cut off.
"Well, then, let's see just how much power he can take.", the General said, a glint of an idea crossing his mind.
Confused, the younger soldier looked at the man and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"
MacArthur took up his bullhorn and announced, "Attention all attack infantry, you are now granted permission to use your quirks! Directed yourselves at the muscular one! Engage!"
At this, several dozen soldiers dropped their weapons and began to scream as if they were in pain! Thrashing about while still standing, they grabbed their heads and bodies as their screams quickly turned into the roaring of war-bound animals! Their eyes glowed blue, drool dripped from their mouths, and their helmets fell off to reveal teal-colored hair that flew up in the air!
"What the hell is going on?", Hekiji Tengai asked as he stared at the unusual sight.
Shin Nemoto encouraged him, "I don't know, but we have an opening. Move!"
Just as the two of them had gained significant ground to their target, the young soldier who reported to the General stood in their path with about two dozen of the far less armored soldiers armed with rifles! The first dozen were kneeling while the second was standing, making an impromptu wall of pointed guns.
The young soldier pointed a finger at the protected men and said, "Open fire, men!"
Without hesitation, the soldiers began unloading their clips at the protected men! Although the attack wasn't at all effective at breaking through, it did its job as a deterrent and distraction! As the bullets rained hell upon them, Hekiji Tengai had to use almost all his conversation to keep the shield up and stable! He didn't even have a chance to protect Rikiya Katsukame, not that he needed it. Thus, their advance came to a screeching halt before it could pick up any ground.
As this happened, the now berserker-looking soldiers began wildly attacking Rikiya Katsukame with no tact or strategy in mind! They were like animals, clawing, roaring, jumping, and doing anything to attack the huge man! But this didn't deter the man or even harm him. It helped him! Ordinary people were like small snacks, but these sliders were like a whole meal to him! He'd grab one, absorb their vitality, throw them away, and move to the next one! It was like fine dining, and he was having an absolute blast doing it and getting even bigger and stronger in the process!
"BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Yes! YES! Keep coming! Keep feeding me! I haven't felt power like this in ages!", he encouraged the feral men to attack him.
Although this was the worst possible outcome he could try, he quickly realized that their numbers stayed the same instead of striking as they should. Once he thought he drained them and threw them to the side, they would simply get back up as if their vitality had never been stolen in the first place! The ones who did have it taken multiple times were more like zombies as they stumbled or crawled toward the huge man.
"HEY! Wait! Why are you all still coming? I swore I drained you dry! How are you still kicking?!", Rikiya Katsukameyelled at the still oncoming soldiers while still trying to drain them dry.
This continued until Rikiya Katsukame swelled from a muscular man to a human balloon! "No. No! NO! Stop! Wait! It's too much! I can't stop!" the man yelled in desperation as his quirk got out of control, continuously absorbing their vitality without his control and the many soldiers climbing all over his ever-swelling body!
Then, in an instant, Rikiya Katsukame's entire being resounded in the battle with one final KABOOM! The giant man's giant body couldn't take any more power and burst into a blood explosion of gore and fluids! The sound alone was more than enough for everyone's attention to be drawn away from what they were doing! Weapons dropped as the crazed soldiers writhed in the man's remains, roaring and cheering like animals! Blood splattered all around, even where the group of three Yakuza was fighting. This also gained the attention and broken focus of Hekiji Tengai, who dropped his shield around himself and the remaining members.
The General saw this and commanded, "Attack!"
The soldiers flinched for a second as if they didn't know whether they were or what they were doing, but a moment later, all of them were swarming the three Yakuza so thick that Hekiji Tengai couldn't make visual contact to cover them! Even still, no matter how many of the soldiers swarmed them, Deidoro Sakaki, Soramitsu Tabe, and Yu Hojo managed to keep them at bay with surprising teamwork despite the other two rarely working with Deidoro. The rifle-wielding soldiers took a moment to reload, but once they did, they kept the other two Yakuza from advancing any further.
Despite things looking in their favor, the General was getting rather ticked off about how long this dragged out. He sighed and said to another soldier beside him, "Send in the special until. I want these three to be gone, effective immediately."
The soldier nods and runs off into the crowd of other soldiers. After a few minutes, four fast-moving figures run through the crowds efficiently without losing speed. The General smiled at seeing this and announced, "Raise shields!"
Several soldiers with shields raised them above their heads, making a makeshift walkway toward the three Yakuza. The moment it was made, the four figures jumped onto the line of shields and began to run atop them briskly! The last person in all four lines threw their figures up into the air, and they all landed at opposite corners of the fight! Flying and landing like cheesy 90's superheroes before turning around and facing off against the three thugs. These four people were impossible to distinguish since they all wore the same androgynous armor, which looked like a mix of the first two. Fulled covered from head to toe, but they were more sleekly designed to move freely and be lighter. They all shined with silver sheens and had different colored plums on their helmets, like that of a royal knight. Each of them carried a different weapon, and a few smaller features were their separate traits. The one with a Red plum carried a spear, and the one with a Blue plume carried twin shields that were smaller and sharp at the bottom and looked more muscular. The one with a green plume had two whips that seemed to grow from their arms, and the one with a yellow plume had six arms, each with a knife being carried.
The three Yakuza looked at the Power Ranger-type knight and stared at them with both confusion and intrigue. Deidoro Sakaki chuckled in amusement, and turning to his teammates, he asked, "Is this for real? Who are these dorks?"
"I think the old guy called them the Special Unit.", Yu Hojo said, scratching his head.
"What, like the Special Olympics? They shouldn't be too different from these other cannon fodder.", Soramitsu Tabe laughed in their faces, making them take more aggressive stances.
"Oooooooohhhhhhh! Scary! What next? You'll sing us your team intro song?", Deidoro Sakaki vexed them.
As he said this, many of the soldiers around them doubled back and gave a much larger area for them to fight in, meaning only one thing. These guys were business! The one with the red plume pointed their spear, and the other three engaged with surprising speed! The blue and yellow plume stood off against Yu Hojo, the green plume faced off against Deidoro Sakaki, and the red plume faced off against Soramitsu Tabe. The Yakuza quickly realized what they were doing, but by the time they did, they were all separated from one another, and the battle was on! And the Yakuza quickly realized there was a very good reason for being called the Special Unit! Their speed, power, and varicosity were on the same level as any smaller rival gang looking to gain something of theirs through blood!
Deidoro Sakaki only barely managed to keep his opponent from overwhelming him thanks to his quirk, though it was difficult thanks to their range. Deidoro's quirk worked at a certain range, and the green plume whip barely shot out of that range. Every time Deidoro tries to get close, the green plume only jumps back and attempts to slice him apart with his razor whips!
Yu Hojo only had slightly better luck thanks to his higher defense, but his movements were like soggy pancakes compared to the two soldiers' quick movements with their naked eyes. The one who gave him the most trouble was the Blue Plume, who could easily break through his defenses but let him open for an attack! However, the yellow plume would come from behind every time he did and slice his crystals up!
Though they didn't do much damage, if he allowed them to continue his attacks for long enough, they'd break through and make an opening! So he would consistently have to swipe at them and then regrow the damaged or broken crystals. Then there was Soramitsu Tabe, who was too fat with his pride and sloppily tried to chomp down on the Red plum spear—rushing them at every chance and trying to take a bit out of them, only to be easily dodged. It's like a lame game of cat and mouse.
Eventually, the Red Plume got tired of all the keeping away and finally made its move. After systematically shocking nonlethal parts of the large-mouthed man's body, he got fully enraged and came at the Red plume with his mouth wide open in a furious yell! The Red plume took their chance and, spinning their spear around, they quickly jabbed it into the Yakauza's mouth, causing him to get electrocuted from the inside! Soramitsu Tabe convulsed and twitched until the Red plume pulled its electric spear from his mouth, allowing him to fall to the floor in a near-paralyzed mess. Several other spear-wielding soldiers soon joined them, and all of them raised their spears above their heads before bringing them down on the man!
Soramitsu Tabe screamed out in pain as his body was set alight with electricity for several seconds until it stopped just as quickly when his body began to blacken and smoke! When the spear wielder pulled away, the Yakuza member lay on the wooden deck, body black and smoking with only residual twitching from whatever watts were left coursing through his system! In conclusion, he was dead, which only left two. Both of them hadn't noticed their partner was dead.
The Red plume disengaged from the group and headed over to the Blue and Yellow plume, fighting Yu Hojo. Red Plume spared no time in running up towards the man with blinding speed and shoving their spear into one of the exposed weaker parts of his crystal armor, which is near his chest! The man buzzed and convulsed in a paralyzed state, being held perfectly in place for the Blue plume to break the crystals around his head and neck, then stabbing him in his collar bone while the Yellow plume jumped on his back and used his six knives to decapitate him!
Meanwhile, with the Green Plume and Deidoro Sakaki, the yakuza finally managed to grab hold of his opponents' whips and hold them in place despite the electricity! Deidoro Sakaki began to pull him in bit by bit to get him in his quirk's immediate range, but he quickly saw the other three coming from behind Green Plume! He flinched for a moment, but a moment was all that was needed for him to die. Since he never noticed that the teal berserker soldiers snuck up behind him. By the time he noticed, it was far too late. Even being well within his quirk range, the crazed soldiers were not inhibited by the Virgo-like effects. They most certainly are affected, but their crazed state prevented them from acting on it, and the man was quickly swarmed like wasps on a dog and ripped to shreds! His screams only lasted for five seconds before going dead, and a pool of blood leaked around him.
Shin Nemoto was smart enough to know what exactly had happened to his compatriots in the following minutes and felt they were next! He was about to warm his partner until the onslaught of bullets stopped out of nowhere. Both men wondered what the heck had happened or what was happening now, though Shin had a brief idea until a whole squad of spear-wielders surrounded them with the tips pointed at their shields.
Hekiji Tengai grunted in amusement at this and stated in a vexing tone, "If everything before didn't manage to break my shield, what makes you think poking it will?"
"Oh, don't you worry about that? We're not gonna poke it, " the younger soldier leading the gunmen from before said to him on the other side, making the man raise an eyebrow inquisitively. Your quirk makes it so no kinetic forces can't through, but what about constant pressure from, say….every side?" he said with a threateningly challenging tone, making the normally stoic man quiver for a moment in shock.
Before he could say anything in reply, the younger soldier wordlessly raised his hand before bringing it down, pointing it at the forefield, to which all soldiers jammed their electric weapons into it simultaneously while keeping constant pressure on it! Hekiji Tengai immediately felt the effects and began to falter in his concentration! He fell to his knees, sweating bullets and holding up his hands, which is something he rarely did to keep his quirk active!
Shin Nemoto looked around in a frenzy of panic as the forcefield began to flicker and fail visibly! He looked at the grounded man and yelled, "What are you doing?! You're supposed to have the ultimate defense!"
Hekiji Tengai opened one angry eye to stare at Shin and told him off in a ragged tone, "It's like a bunch of people trying to pop a zit! I….cant….hold it….!"
Shin Nemoto knew where this was going and prepared himself! And just as he thought, the forcefield finally fell, and the dapper man made his move! Ducking and rolling under the soldier's legs before booking it as hard as he could, leaving his partner to his fate! The moment that Hekiji Tengai lost concentration was when his life ended as well! Several of the soldiers who were pushing in lost balance and pushed in on the man himself, zapping him in the process! But once they pulled away, the Yakuza showed his fortitude when he regained control and tried to put up another forcefield!
However, this was quickly foiled as another soldier came up and nearly cracked his head open with a spiked mace! Hekiji Tengai managed to stand firm somehow before finally being killed by the Green plume. The special soldier first removed his hands with his first razor whip before the second one bisected him diagonally! Leaving his severed parts to fall to the wooden ground.
Shin was far luckier than his cohort. Once he was out of the crowd, he attempted to fight back by pulling out a gun and pointing it at ten younger soldiers who had vexed them before! But before he could fire, a soldier with a sword stabbed him from behind, sending electricity into his body and leaving him to fall to the ground, completely knocked out in one go!
Once seven of the Eight Bullets were captured or dead, only Mimic was left standing, or so they thought. Once the mass of soldiers surrounded the doll, it fell to the floor, lifeless and inanimate. A few brave soldiers approached the plague doctor plushie and poked it a few times, but nothing happened. Suddenly, one of the electric maces floated up into the air and began to beat on every one of the soldiers close enough to it! Many of the soldiers were confused or frightened, and some began to run! Especially when the weapon suddenly grew arms to grab more weapons to attack with!
Even when the Special Until Soldiers came in, they had significant trouble dealing with the seemingly hauled object! Once the Mace fell out of its possession, all of their weapons came alive and attacked them! This went on until MacArthur arrived and finally put an end to it. He waited for Mimic to animate the next weapon, and once it did, the General went to work to show why he was in charge. He easily dodged what was now a sword until the floating object began to tire visibly. Once it did, he hit juuuuuuuuuuuust the right spot on the weapon for it to break apart into several pieces. With the weapon now several entities instead of just one, Mimic was forced to eject himself from it….his huge, hulking, muscular, intimidating figure that attempted to crush the General!
Yet again, the General showed why he was a pro when he dodged three of Mimic's attacks before using his index finger to block a nerve on both his arms, making them go limp as pancakes! Once Mimic was stunned and confused, the General used the same technique, this time on his neck, and the huge man screamed like he was in pain! His eyes rolled into the back of his head, and he fell face-first into the dock.
The young soldier ran up to the General and exclaimed in a panicked yet relieved tone, "General! I can't believe it! We won!"
The General raised his hand, and the young man clamped up in confusion before saying seriously, "Don't celebrate just yet, son. The battle isn't won until the white flag flies from the enemy."
The young soldier wondered what he meant until he saw him point over to another part of the dock where Rappa was still fighting with Crna Straza. The young man felt stupid for forgetting about them. As the huge squad of soldiers alongside the Special Units approached and surrounded the two brawling men, Crna Straza blew back Rappa just enough to briefly yell at all of them.
"None of you are to interfere!" he announced, then pointed towards the Special Units, telling them, "Especially you four!"
Though the Special Unit seemed to obey his command, the troops remaining began to slowly close the circle around them, making Rappa annoyed to have their fight interrupted. He looked almost ready to throw down with the other soldiers before Crna Straza jammed his huge sword into the ground, making them all instantly stop! He then pointed a convincing finger at the General and ordered him, "Tell your troops to fall back, old man! Unless they, too, wanna get caught up! This is our fight and no one else's!"
The General rolled his eyes at the armored man's antics and obliged, telling him, "If that is what you wish. Fall back, men, double time. Allow Crna Straza to get his jollies."
With this command, all the soldiers doubled back away from the fighting zone of the two men but still stood in a circle around them just in case. Rappa smiled at this before looking back to Crna Straza, who nodded at him. Rappa chuckled before breaking out into full-blown laughter!
Once he stopped laughing, he said to his opponent, "I must thank you for that interference on your part. It is rare for me to have a good fight, let alone one that I can fight without being held back by a bunch of goons!"
"It too has been some time since I could fully sharpen and utilize my skills," Crna Straza agreed, yanking his sword from the ground and pointing it at the other man. He then proclaims, "But do not underestimate any opponent in any battle! They could mean the difference between victory and defeat!"
Rappa threw his head back and laughed up into the air before proclaiming, "I only consider those whose strength of body and will are strong enough to stand against my blows to be considered strong!"
Crna Straza took a strong attacking stance and retorted, "Then I shall defeat you in the names of those you find weak!"
Rappa smiled at this declaration under his mask and opened his arms while offering a challenge, "Then go ahead! Strike me all you want!"
"Gladly!", Crna Straza chipperly agreed.
In a flash, they re-engaged in a brawl of fist and sword swings! Despite his bulky-looking armor and the sheer weight of what his sword could hold, Crna Straza was shockingly fast for a man his size! Rappa had speed behind the strength of his punches, and because of this, he was a true menace to deal with! Crna Straza could seemingly keep up easily against the man's strikes. The whole fight went down like any typical Shonen anime fight scene.
The two of them trade equal blows and others seem to gain an inch until one does and either dodges, double back, takes the hit, or is on the receiving end until they can break out and put things back at a stalemate. Every time Crna Straza seemed to be on the losing end, the soldiers would tense up and draw their weapons, but the Dark Knight always told them not to interfere. Rappa always liked this, and when he was on the losing end, his shockingly durable body would take the sword strikes despite the wounds he received!
Crna Straza was impressed by this and made note of it. Even so, throughout their fight, Rappa laughed with delight at every punch and swing of the blade! Even Crna Straza was beginning to get somewhat giddy from finally having a good sparring partner. However, he had to remind himself that this was a fight, not a brawl between friends. Though he sure wished they could be, Rappa's mindset was somewhat similar.
Rappa made a risky move and swung under the man's legs, which Rappa saw, and jumped over the blade with ease! He reeled back a punch and sent it flying at the Dark Knight's face, which he blocked with an open palm! The impact was hard, but Crna Straza could fight it off, especially when he was sent back a few inches!
Rappa threw his head back and let out a bellowing laugh as he proclaimed, "I haven't had this much fun in years! And to think my ultimate spear has met another! Another chance to show my power!"
Crna Straza seemed to be taken aback by this before throwing his head back and laughing at his statement, proclaiming back, "HA HA HA! Ultimate spear?! Don't make me laugh, you beak-faced slob! My 'spear' as you call it is far more than for attack!", as he said this, his armor seemed to crawl off and around him like smoke before collecting around his left arm. Within seconds, a medieval knight shield was formed around his arm. He took up his sword in the other hand and proclaimed, striking a stance, "I also possess a shield!"
"A shield barrier, too?! Finally! An opponent I can truly gauge!", Rappa shouted excitedly while raising his arm to the sky with satisfaction. "Not only will I show how much stronger my spear is in compassion to yours, but together we will find out if the spear or the shield is stronger!", the giant man challenged while getting into his stance.
"You'll be disappointed by the results!", Crna Straza challenged back.
With that, the two of them once again engaged in a fight! This time, Crna Straza could use his shield to block or parry before attempting to strike, which Rappa usually blocked. Before, it went down like every Shonen anime battle of the beasts, with a long stalemate followed by one corner gaining the upper hand and getting ground before finding a loophole and starting the stalemate all over again. However, things were a bit different in this fight.
Since he didn't have both arms to swing around his sword, Crna Straza had gone on the defensive, and Rappa's attacks became even quicker than before! Going whole Jojo Stand level of punching speed. The Dark Knight had very few opportunities to strike against him, leaving himself open to attacks, and Rappa knew and exploited this! Leading the Knight to use his shield at every turn. At one point, he changed tactics and slammed the tip of his shield on the ground so hard it kicked up rocks and dust into the Yakuza's face, blinding him for just long enough for Crna Straza to attack!
Which he did by using the flat part of his blade to slam into the man's huge body! Though Rappa countered this strategy or at least attempted to. Since he did two things at once, he only managed to half do what he wanted: block the blunt strike yet still receive all the backlash and strike the Dark Knight, yet doing so supply and giving his helmet a love tap. However, this facial blow was enough to make the armored man stumble backward after launching him several feet away, leaving Rappa with a huge bruise on the side of his body! Crna Straza shook his head and cracked his neck to wear off the stun while Rappa relocated his shoulder!
Once they both were back in better shape, Rappa looked at the man and asked him, "What is your name, Dark Knight?"
Crna Straza made a sound in his throat as if amused by this and answered civilly, "Crna Straza, and you?"
"Kendo Rappa, but everyone calls me Rappa.", Rappa answers with the same amount of civility before saying, "We are going nowhere, don't you agree?"
Even though no one could see it, Crna Straza was smiling under his helmet as he answered with some excitement, "I do, and I see what you're suggesting, and I consent!"
Meanwhile, on the sidelines, General MacArthur slapped his face and shook his head at their exchange. He sighed exasperated and commanded into his bullhorn, "Crna Straza, don't do this. This isn't a damned final stance."
Crna Straza shot his finger toward the old man and yelled before looking back at Rappa, "Shut it, General! I'm ending this my way! One last attack! All or nothing!"
"My thoughts exactly!", Rappa agreed while smiling under his mask. He then got into an attacking stance, preparing his most powerful attack yet! Sweat and roll dripped off him in anticipation as he yelled while charging forward, "Here I come, Crna Straza!"
Crna Straza got into a defensive stance, shield in front and sword above and at the ready, and Rappa dashed forward with his final attack ready and waiting for impact! Rappa screamed with delight as he charged forward along with the Dark Knight, who shouted his excited battle cry! The many other soldiers and General just looked and felt entirely out of place and awkward in this scene. Rappa threw his fist forward, and Crna Straza blocked it with his shield! The attack and block collided, and a huge wave of air pressure and high-pitched sound exploded off the impact with such force that it nearly sent several people off their feet from the fright alone!
After waiting for the victor, Crna Straza's shield began to crack, and spider webs very quickly! Rappa smiled as he saw this and screamed his war cry while cutting even more strength with his fist and pushing in harder! Causing the spiderwebs to grow until the whole shield shattered into pieces! However, instead of receiving the blow from the Yakuza or even becoming shocked at his defense breaking in, it was all according to his plan, which Rappa fell into perfectly.
The Dark Knight smiled at seeing his shield shatter like cheap glass and put the next part of his plan into motion. As the shield broke apart, it turned back into the same material that had smoked off his armor, and this time, it quickly formed around the thug. Within the moments that shield broke, it reformed into an immobilizing bodysuit, making his current position and motion momentarily halt! Rappa stood there with his one fist out, legs and body in a running forward motion, with a black substance that covered him from neck to toe and hooked him to the ground!
"W-What the-? What's going on!? What is this?", Rappa asked in a confused daze after starting to snap out of his battle lust.
"You seem to have forgotten the most important rule in a fight, Rappa.", Crna Straza said while letting his arm drop in front of the immobilized man. The winner is not determined by their strength or power alone, but by how smart they can outbattle their opponent!" He then jammed his sword into the ground, and the whole weapon morphed into the same smoke as his shield before, exclaiming, "Behold my Quirk; Iron Titanium Sand!"
Rappa inspected his full body chain with the few free fingers and noticed that even though it looked like a solid, it was very much the same texture as sand. Sand that was held together like anything that had been compressed. The smoke traveling up and around his body was metal particles manipulated by his quirk.
"So that's what your armor and weapons were made of.", Rappa stated in realization.
Crna Straza nods and tells him, "Exactly. Though I must admit, your blows are one of the very few things that have broken my sand. Whenever you struck my shield, armor, or sword, I had to concentrate even harder to keep it from falling apart, constantly repairing the damage you did. I am impressed.", Crna Straza parsed the man as his misted sword began to concentrate around his arm, making it far bigger and adding spikes! As this happened, the Dark Knight offered up to him, "And for that alone, I will take you down with both spear and shield in this final blow!"
Rappa, whose mask had ripped open due to the exploding shield, smiled a wide, open-mouthed, fully-toothed grin while prompting him excitedly, "Then do it…..TAKE ME DOWN WITH BOTH!"
Crna Straza raised his arm back, took a deep breath, and yelled out while his arm was flying hard, "Dark Titanium Fist of Virtute!"
The giant fist collided with Rappa's face and chest, partially flattening all of it! The blow was so hard it created a backdraft from the sheer force of it, and it took several seconds for it to fully break him out of his restraints, sending the man flying back! Rappa flew across the air just feet off the ground, smashing clean through several buildings before finally coming to a skittering and screeching halt on the wooden dock! After what seemed like forever flying and crashing, Rappa finally came to a stop on his back, with blood leaking all over his body and bruises covering his face and chest. His breathing was slow yet ragged as he lay there in horrible pain, pain the likes of which he had never felt before! Pain that he reveled in! It had been so long, and it felt good to feel his bones breaking and his pride crumbling. It was nice to lose.
As he sat in his mind, the heavy metallic boots of someone who knew approached with no rush in their cadence. After a few minutes, the imposing figure of Crna Straza loomed over him with a new blade in hand. He lifted the weapon and brought it down on him! However, instead of bringing it through his head or heart, he pierced it through the ground, just shy of his face.
He looked over at the downed man and demanded calmly yet seriously, "Say it or die, Rappa."
Rappa smiled at his demand, and he was happy to oblige. After all, it was the truth, and there was no use denying it. So he said it out loud before blacking out with a relieved smile on his face, "I….yield."
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"And then we began to clean up the mess and restrain the invaders." The young soldier finished his report and flipped to the last page.
"And?", Tachibana prompted forward, feeling like there was something else.
"And that's it.", the young soldier told him with a shrug.
"What about the last one?" Tachibana asked, making the young man feel nervous and confused about leaving something out that he hadn't noticed before. However, Tachibana put his mind at somewhat ease as he explained his statement further: "You know. The sub-leader with the arrow-shaped hair?"
"Oh, right! Um….", the younger soldier quickly flipped through his stack of notes in a frenzy before finally finding what the Dark God wanted. He then expressed disappointment, explaining, "Actually, he wasn't so tough. Sure, he was skilled and slippery with mastery over his quirk, but the soldiers swarmed and knocked him out quickly. He couldn't penetrate the armor of the Heavy Clad Soldiers; it made him a sitting duck after we and he realized. Honestly, it was kinda pathetic.", he admitted with a complacent shrug.
Tachibana simply gave a closed-eyed shrug at this as well, as if finding it far more lackluster than it probably should've been.
"My lord.", The general Grabbed the man's attention before asking him in a serious tone while motioning to the remaining thugs, "What are we to do with the rest of them?"
Tachibana closed his eyes, crossed one arm, and tapped his chin as he considered what to do. Then, an idea came to his mind, and he opened his eyes with a sinister glint and replied with an unsettling smile, "Leave them to me."