Chapter 33: The Day of Fate
Last Time our heroes arrived in Salem's domain and are faced off with a large army of Grimm. As what remains of the main forces take on the Grimm, our heroes go to face off against Salem herself with Jason splitting off to face Coda.
Now Salem's powers are drained by the effect of Ruby's silver eyes, but Coda reveals his true power to Jason, causing him some concern. Will, our heroes, be victorious, or will they be killed by Salem and Coda? Find out now!
Salem's Domain…
The ground far below them broke apart as Coda's energy grew immensely going full force. Jason was astonished at the creature's sheer power how did it get so strong and what did Salem do to it he didn't know.
But Jason decided not to focus on that, but the fight itself one bad move against Coda now would prove fatal. When Coda was done, he was surrounded by dark orange energy, his yellow eyes staring daggers into Jason.
Suddenly his hand rose, and he fired several small beams of energy from his fingertips. They traveled so fast Jason could barely dodge the attacks twisting and turning away to avoid the deadly attack, which caused the terrain to explode behind him.
He used all of his senses to detect the attack and dodge it, but as he did so, he was taken off guard as Coda hammered down on him from above. When he made impact with the ground, Jason dug his heels in to stop his momentum, but that was a moot point as Coda attacked him again.
The two clashed several times as Coda pushed Jason back towards the several valleys that laid throughout the area. When they flew over a valley, Coda went to push Jason downwards towards the dark liquid below, but Jason managed to flip over and kick Coda down into it instead.
"I'm not touching that stuff, pal." Jason spat as Coda slowly rose from the liquid.
"I see you are resilient even with my full power you can still keep up with me if just," Coda commented.
"Allow me to experiment more with my power." Coda insisted.
He brought his arms out to the side and lifted them upwards as he did the dark liquid below began to move and fly upwards. Jason flew around the area, avoiding the liquid as Coda manipulated it to attack Jason.
Not wanting to find out what would happen if the liquid would touch him, Jason blasted any that got near him. Soon the liquid ceased to move as Coda lowered his arms, looking at Jason, who looked right back at him.
"What's wrong can't continue controlling it anymore?" Jason questioned.
"No, I just thought that beating you with that would be wrong. I don't understand why." Coda responded.
"Sounds like you want a fair fight," Jason commented as he charged at Coda.
Coda dodged Jason's attack and elbowed him in the back of the neck into the rocky wall behind him. Grabbing onto Jason's head, Coda dragged him through the rock until he threw him away, unleashing a massive blast upon him.
Jason quickly stopped himself and fired an Armageddon Blast to match Coda's attack. However, his own attack was quickly overtaken by Coda's as he crossed his arms to block it. His arm guards were torn apart as the attack burnt his skin and sent him flying away.
When he crashed onto the ground, he coughed up blood as he got to his feet, trying to think of a plan. One did not come to mind, however, when Jason was quickly pulled back into battle when Coda appeared before him throwing a punch.
Quickly countering, Jason was put on the defensive as Coda held the advantage over him. Coda slammed his fist into Jason's stomach before he swept his feet then chopped him into the ground.
Charging up a ball of Ki, Jason planted it into the ground, causing it to explode, catching Coda off guard. The dark monstrosity was sent upward as the ground broke upon seeing this Jason took the chance to attack firing a Mega Flare at Coda.
Recognizing the threat, Coda dodged the attack flying upwards, but the beam bent and followed him. Surprised, he flew around erratically to escape the attack, but it seemed to not let up as Jason controlled the beam struggling to keep going.
"Shit, there is only so much that I can bend this beam until it is rendered useless." Jason thought as he struggled to bend it one more.
Noticing the deterioration of the attack's power, Coda stopped and kicked the beam towards Jason, who jumped up to avoid his own attack. When he was in the air Coda appeared behind him looking to chop him back down.
However, Jason noticed and was able to react to the attack in time, flipping over and blasting Coda point-blank. Jason then spun around and kicked Coda in his face sending him flying away.
"I'm going to borrow your move, buddy." Jason thought as sped towards Coda getting behind him.
"Eat this, Palm Slicer!" Jason yelled as he formed a disk of Ki in his hand and chopped down on Coda.
Coda went to block the attack with his left arm, but he was surprised as the disk cut right through his arm, severing it from his body. He flew backward and away from Jason to prevent further damage staring at his arm in disbelief as it bled.
"What is this? What is this sensation?!" Coda questioned.
"WHY DOES IT FEEL SO BAD?!" Coda questioned further as he screamed, feeling pain for the first time.
"That is called pain and get used to it because that's not the last time I'm going to inflict it upon you." Jason declared as he charged at Coda.
"Don't you dare touch me!" Coda hissed seething with anger.
His energy erupted in dark orange twisting and growing stronger, far stronger than it was before causing Jason to stop in his tracks. The overwhelming energy caused Jason to shake in fear for as long as he could feel it before it subsided as Coda calmed down.
"I almost lost myself to anger. It seems there is much I need to learn still about emotion for experiencing pain has caused them to surface I will need to practice with containing them later." Coda stated as he turned around.
Jason caught his breath as Coda's energy returned to its normal state, horrified of the creature's untapped potential. It seemed as if Coda did not realize his sudden power up due to his focus on the pain.
Coda leaped into the dark pools of liquid below, with Jason still recovering from the experience he was unable to stop him. When Coda reemerged from the pools, his arm was now restored, and his expression once again neutral.
"I can't let him discover that power I need to kill him now before he could get even stronger and serve Salem in her plans." Jason thought.
"Your abomination won't get past Mr. Shin Salem." Ozpin asserted as everyone surrounded Salem.
"Your overconfidence will be your undoing Ozma my creation is far stronger than your alien pawn." Salem boasted as she brought her hand behind her back.
"Even if you think you have me cornered, it won't last forever, and in due time I'll escape," Salem added, distracting them from what she was doing.
Soon liquid from the Grimm pools burrowed through the rock, almost forming veins and entered Salem's fingertips. Everyone noticed the change immediately as Salem became more Grimm than human once more, and now with her power restored, pushed everyone back.
"Case in point," Salem said as she slowly walked over to Ozpin.
"Time to die again," Salem stated as she formed a glass spike over Ozpin.
She was stopped just before she could stab him. However, as Ruby used her semblance to tackle Salem and cut her several times with her roses. After stopping, Ruby swept Salem's feet then stabbed Salem in the gut with her Crescent Rose pinning her to the ground.
"Guess all that training was worth it," Ruby said as Alex powered up a Dragon Arrow above her.
"Move now!" Alex ordered as he fired.
Ruby moved out of the way as the attack hit Salem it sent her into the ground. Salem then went through the wall of a valley until she was planted into the opposite wall. As she got herself out of the wall, she was bombarded by Ki attacks from everyone, causing her to fall to the Grimm pools.
While it caused her great pain to be in there, she was used to it and drew from its power to regain her magic. She manipulated the pools to bring her back up to the cliffside staring at the others as she landed.
As she landed, the ground beneath her glowed and exploded thanks to Yang's magic, and as Salem jumped to dodge it, she was taken by surprise by Damian, who cut Salem in half with a Serpent Cutter.
She didn't spend too much time split in half, however, as her body rejoined together, but she couldn't rest as Pyrrha threw her Miló. It was propelled with the power of Ki and stabbed Salem right through hitting the ground as it passed through.
Using her semblance, she called Miló back, hitting Salem in the head, causing her to fall to one knee. Ozpin approached Salem and stood in front of her and stared her down as she looked back at him.
"Do you wish to persist, Salem?" Ozpin asked.
"Yes," Salem responded, going to attack Ozpin with another glass spike.
She was stopped, however, when Neo appeared behind her and grabbed her arm, stopping her from attacking Ozpin. Salem attempted to shake Neo off, but everyone pointed their weapons at Salem once more, making it a moot point.
"It's over Salem." Ozpin asserted.
As they surrounded Salem once more, she smiled as she contacted Coda with a plan to get her free. She found a way to distract them long enough for her to get out of their little blockade. Salem enacted her plan as she shoved Neo off of her and, in the way a beam of Ki.
Jason and Coda clashed several times around the area, breaking everything they made contact with. Coda blasted two beams from his eyes, which Jason dodged by flipping over and elbowed Coda in the gut.
Following after him, Jason hit Coda several times before Coda recovered and countered his attacks. The two locked with one another their energy colliding. The colliding energy caused the area to twist around and shatter from their power.
To end the power struggle, Jason headbutted Coda then punched him towards the ground. He then proceeded to fire an Armageddon Blast at the monstrosity. However, Coda flew right through the attack and hit Jason.
"He…he's getting stronger! Damn, he must be slowly tapping into that power." Jason thought as he coughed blood.
Jason gritted his teeth as he grabbed Coda's arm and kneed him in the gut before spinning around to throw Coda into the ground. Following him, Jason landed on the ground to follow up on the attack, but Coda was ready for him, grabbing onto him and pinning him onto the ground.
Coda proceeded to slam his foot onto Jason's back several times before he picked him up and planted him into the ground once more. Once done beating down on, Jason, Coda proceeded to charge up Ki into his finger.
"It's over." Coda declared.
"Not yet!" Jason shouted as he fired a large Buster Flare into the ground, propelling him upwards and pushing Coda off of him.
Flipping over to get upright, Jason then fired several blasts of Ki at Coda, who easily maneuvered his way through the attacks. When he got through, Coda tackled Jason pushing him away and through several rock features that littered the area.
The two fought for control of the fight with Jason flipping Coda over for him to take the brunt of the force, and once done, Coda regained control back. This continued for a while until the two separated, hitting the ground. Jason breathed heavily as he was running low on energy and heavily damaged, unlike Coda, who seemed to have taken little damage and is still accessing a portion of the power he exerted earlier.
"Must you continue this I'm done with this you are clearly beneath me in terms of power?" Coda questioned.
"Of course, I have to continue if I don't, then you and Salem will run rampant, and the people of Remnant will die!" Jason responded, getting up.
"It's because of those emotions that you die." Coda asserted.
"No, it's what makes me strong!" Jason declared as he powered up his power, increasing even more to what it had been before.
"How is he becoming stronger, does his energy react to his emotions? I guess I don't fully understand the Saiyan race like I thought." Coda thought as he blocked Jason's attack.
The two traveled throughout the area keeping towards the ground every attack Jason threw Coda countered, but in turn, every attack Coda threw Jason also countered. Even after energy into the mix, the two couldn't get through the other's defenses as their fight lit up the dark sky.
Ducking under a kick from Coda, Jason flipped onto his hands and kicked Coda in the chin. Getting back on his feet, he planted his fist into Coda's chest, but the monstrosity took it no problem and elbowed Jason in the face.
It seemed as if they were equal in power at the moment as Jason pushed himself to his limit, but it seemed that it would soon come to an end. Coda slowly realized the hidden power within him as he saw the need for more power to fight Jason when he knew this, he finally felt the hidden power within him.
He never noticed it before, but he had more power than he could imagine or could properly gauge the reason he never noticed was because he never had a need for such power. It only ever surfaced during Coda's sudden spurt of anger. As they fought, the more he could draw out this power causing him to gain the upper hand on Jason.
Coda grabbed onto Jason and flew up until he threw him down so hard that a huge crater was formed. When Jason hit the ground, he was unable to recover as Coda came down from above and tackled him into the ground, pushing him through the rock.
Upon resurfacing, Jason managed to break from Coda's grip. Afterward, he used the rocks scattered in the air from the force of Coda, pushing him through the ground to attack Coda himself. Grabbing onto two large boulders, he slammed them together into Coda then kicked the creature away.
In response, Coda fired several beams of Ki at Jason, who hid behind the rocks, which still fell from the sky. As the attacks hit, the rocks everywhere were shattered, and Jason was pierced through the stomach.
Falling down to the ground, Jason landed on one knee as Coda flew towards him, but Jason was ready preparing a Palm Slicer. When Coda arrived, Jason went to hit him with the Palm Slicer, but Coda grabbed his arm, stopping him.
"You can't hit me with that move again." Coda asserted as he hit Jason in his wound.
Coda then tossed Jason over towards the castle, landing across the valley from the ruins of the throne room. Soon he was joined by Coda coming down from the sky to kick Jason while he was down, but Jason managed to move out of the way just in time.
"It's over with each moment I grow stronger while you continue to be beneath me." Coda declared.
"You are just a broken record trying to make me quit," Jason complained as he got to his feet.
"Doesn't matter once I'm done with you I'm going to kill the other intruders," Coda replied.
"If you hurt anyone of them, I…Will…Kill…You!" Jason asserted, glaring at Coda while he closed his wound.
"How do you plan on doing that? My power dwarfs yours this whole fight has become boring to me even if your Tuffle friend came to help it wouldn't matter." Coda stated.
"I thought that I would entertain the notion that you could beat me so that I can further test my power, but now my power is so great that you aren't even a challenge for me it's a pity I once thought that you were going to surpass my power when I first came to be," Coda added.
"If you really plan on killing me then prove it," Coda demanded.
As he said this, Coda was contacted by Salem with her plan, and on cue, he pointed towards the castle and fired a small beam. Jason was unable to stop him from firing, and he was speechless when he saw who got hit by the attack.
"Show me what you'll do now," Coda stated.
Jason's eyes were as wide as could be as Neo was shot through the chest, falling to the ground her aura trying to heal the wound to no avail. The image of Evan dying flashed through Jason's head as he watched his girlfriend fall to the ground, gravely injured with Salem attacking the others.
"Not again, why could I do nothing again!" Jason thought as he began to tear up.
"You...bastard." Jason seethed.
"I'll make you suffer for that!" Jason screamed as he snapped in an explosion of energy.
Sparks formed slowly around his body as the ground shook soon it exploded as Jason's energy climbed to unprecedented heights that even gave Coda a cold sweat. Though the creature had never before felt fear before in his short life Jason was going to make sure to provide him with a long lesson about it.
"What the hell!" Coda gasped as he took a step back from Jason who's energy was far larger than just a moment ago.
Everyone fighting Salem and even Salem herself stared in disbelief at the sheer power Jason had as the dust settled. Jason stood there with his torn clothes, his hair, and tail spikier than ever before, with only two strands of hair in front of his face as he was surrounded by golden energy and lightning.
"I hope you've gotten everything you wanted out of your short life because I'm going to kill you." Jason declared as he glared at Coda.
"But h…h…how?" Coda questioned.
"How could your power increase like this?" Coda wondered as Jason kicked him in the chin then punched him in the chest sending him straight into the sky. Jason suddenly appeared with the others in front of Salem, chopping her deep into the ground.
"That will give you time to prepare. Jaune, if you don't mind, can you focus on healing Neo, please." Jason insisted.
"Yeah, sure," Jaune replied.
"Thanks," Jason thanked before disappearing again.
He appeared next to Coda staring coldly at the dark creature before him. Coda breathed heavily, having several of his ribs broken from Jason's attack, feeling pain for the second time in his life.
"What is going on?" Coda questioned, still not understanding his current situation.
"What would explaining do for you since I'm about to kill you," Jason responded
"Plus as something who can't even understand emotions like love I wouldn't expect you to understand," Jason added as Jason blasted Coda away with a small blast of Ki.
Coda was sent miles away with Jason following close behind, kicking him back into the ground. Jason fired several blasts of Ki at Coda, who flew around to dodge the attack until Jason appeared in front of him and elbowed him in the head.
"No no no no no no NO! I'm supposed to be superior, how is he so much stronger than me?!" Coda questioned as he struggled to get up.
He began to feel anger for the second time in his life, but unlike before, he was unable to contain his anger. Coda screamed as his energy was let free finally in his full power. However, this time, when met with this power, Jason gave it no mind now having ascended to a new level of power.
Now unable to think straight due to his uncontrolled emotions, Coda recklessly attacked Jason, who easily dodged his attacks. Almost as if to add insult to injury, Jason continued to play with Coda choosing to dodge and not attack Coda back.
"This is the power that Gohan must have felt when he fought Cell, huh it feels great, almost intoxicating." Jason thought as he jumped over Coda and kicked him in the back.
Jason then fired a point-blank Armageddon Blast into Coda's back tearing it apart as he was pushed into the ground. When Coda got back up his back was severely damaged and he was unable to heal fast enough as Jason appeared in front of him and grabbed his head.
He tossed the monster into the air and punched him in the left cheek sending him into a nearby mountain. Jason appeared behind Coda intercepting the creature as he joined his hands and batted the monster back towards where they were. The Saiyan now had control of the battle.
Salem's Castle...
With the others, they were preparing for Salem to return as Jaune healed Neo by boosting her aura. Some even watched the battle between Jason and Coda in astonishment as the two powerhouses squared off.
"How's she doing?" Pyrrha asked as she stood next to Jaune.
"Not great, thankfully, the bleeding stopped, but the rest is up to her aura, so I am focusing on boosting it," Jaune answered.
"Be ready, everyone she's coming back up," Ozpin announced. Soon Salem rose from the hole that Jason had put her into her wounds slowly healing.
"What was that?!" Salem questioned, brimming in anger.
"That was the tide of battle turning in our favor," Ozpin stated.
"Keep her busy I need to focus on healing Neo." Jaune requested.
"On it," Damian replied as they engaged Salem.
Damian sliced at her with a Serpent Cutter but Salem dodged the attack. Before she could counter Damian used a Speed Serpent to avoid her and deliver several small cuts on her. Salem had no time to recover as Yang planted her fist in the back of Salem's head putting her into the ground.
Weiss summoned an Arma Gigas which pierced Salem in the stomach with its sword pinning the witch there. She wasn't stuck long though as with the help of her magic the sword shattered and she floated above the group.
But she was met with Ruby who using her semblance got up to her level and spun around to cut Salem up with her Crescent Rose. As Salem fell Ruby managed to use the power of her eyes once more to turn her several pieces to stone.
When Salem broke free from the stone and regenerated she was met again with several balls of fire courtesy of Yang. Blake and Pyrrha were the next to attack as Pyrrha shot Salem with Ki before joining Blake in cutting at her flesh.
Having enough of their attacks Salem released a burst of wind pushing everyone away. It was so powerful Jaune had to stop healing Neo so that he could keep himself and Neo in place.
With Elias...
Elias obliterated the last of the large Grimm leaving the stragglers to the others. After an hour of work, they managed to take out Salem's army of Grimm, however, not without sacrifice.
Not a single airship survived as the survivors of the crashed flagship entered the main one the final surviving part of the army they had brought. Elias wished that he could have saved more of them, but he took solace knowing that in battles like these, any number of survivors was great.
"Seems like Jason has the battle with that monster taken care of he must have ascended like he talked about," Elias whispered to himself as he flew to help the crew of the flagship.
With Jason...
Jason tossed Coda around, beating the creature to an inch of his life, wanting Coda to suffer for almost killing Neo. He thought that he was angry before when he saw Evan die, but when he saw Neo being shot, he reached a new height of rage.
It gave him pleasure to make Coda suffer. It was odd he didn't know why he enjoyed it so much, but he believed that it was because of the power that flowed through him at the moment. After planting Coda into the ground, Jason crushed the creature's left leg then kicked him away slowly following.
"I'm done here I'm just going to kill you here and now." Jason declared.
"I will not die, yet I must serve my mistress," Coda replied.
"Well, that's not happening. It's too bad if she didn't give you such bad advice you could have won." Jason stated.
"I don't understand what do you mean?" Coda inquired.
"You suppressed your emotions unknowingly to you sealing off most of your power, and your inexperience with emotions caused you to further lose control of that power," Jason explained.
"In the end, you were just some mindless puppet with no real goal to push him forward," Jason stated.
Jason raised his hand and created a ball of Ki to blast Coda to oblivion, and when firing it, Coda blasted an attack of his own, but it was overpowered by Jason's attack. The attack left a large crater filling up with the dark liquid that littered the land, unable to sense Coda's energy. Jason believed him to be dead as he flew back to the others. Unbeknownst to him, Coda had survived if barely slowly regenerating by feeding off the Grimm pools as he watched Jason fly away.
"Does his emotions truly give him power has mistress mislead me?! I can't accept it! I need to be stronger. I have to be stronger. I WANT TO BE STRONGER!" Coda thought as his Saiyan DNA flared.
"If what he said is true, then I should not hold back my emotions no, I will embrace them I will become stronger than him no matter what I WILL FIGHT HIM AGAIN AND WIN!" Coda thought as he continued to regenerate.
"He mentioned a goal...this feeling of pleasure I had in fighting. I want more. I want to fight more! I want to fight him! I want to fight all strong opponents!" Coda decided.
Soon Jason landed with the others who continued to fight Salem at an equilibrium. When he got there, everyone was surprised to see him as joined his friends against Salem.
"Impossible, where is Coda?" Salem questioned as the others recovered from her last attack.
"He's dead," Jason answered.
"How's Neo?" Jason asked.
'She's stable, but it would be best to get her to a hospital." Jaune responded.
"It's over now. There's nothing you can do, Salem, you've lost." Ozpin asserted.
"After centuries of waiting and planning and now being so close just to lose!" Salem complained, glaring at everyone.
"Welcome to my world," Ozpin stated.
"Nice look, by the way, love the lightning!" Nora complimented as she waved her hand through his aura.
"Thanks," Jason replied, not looking at her.
"I think this form makes him even more tense," Nora whispered.
"Right when he got back to being normal too." Ruby agreed with a sigh.
"Miss Rose, do you think you will be able to use the power of your eyes once more?" Ozpin inquired.
"Yes, I think I will be able to," Ruby answered.
"Good if you wouldn't mind making Salem human again so that she can no longer control the Grimm," Ozpin ordered.
"With pleasure," Ruby replied as she approached Salem.
Before Ruby could even begin, she was interrupted by Coda landing behind Salem on top of the Castle. Everyone was shocked to see him still alive, especially Jason. However, he was not unharmed for the entire right side of his body, excluding his leg was destroyed and not restored.
"How do you still have a problem with double-tapping?!" Yang questioned, looking at Jason.
"He's still at death's door," Jason replied.
"Perfect timing my creation get us out of here!" Salem ordered.
"No." Coda refused defying Salem shocking everyone.
"Excuse me?" Salem questioned.
"I will not I wish to fight the Saiyan some more," Coda responded.
"I WANT TO FIGHT I WANT TO WIN I WANT TO BE STRONG I WILL NO LONGER DENY THE FEELINGS INSIDE OF ME I WILL ACCEPT THEM AND HAVE FUN!" Coda declared as he jumped down next to Salem.
Everyone was shocked at what he did next as he grabbed onto Salem and began to absorb her into his own body. His body healed as Salem was slowly consumed by Coda, who laughed uncontrollably.
"What are you doing?!" Salem questioned as her body sank further into Coda's.
"Stop this Coda I order you to let me go!" Salem demanded trying to use her control spell on him.
"No, I no longer will listen to you. I will do what I want to do and once I have fully assimilated you, I will be the ultimate immortal lifeform in the universe!" Coda shouted, resisting her power.
Jason attempted to stop him, but Coda was able to deflect his attack as he finished absorbing Salem, causing a massive explosion. After everyone recovered from the sudden explosion and the dust settled, Salem was gone, and only Coda remained.
Coda now looked very different as his pitch-black skin and tail now had black fur all over as his hair stood up spikier than before and his yellow pupils now dark red. The monstrosity breathed deeply with a large evil smile on his face as he stared down the people in front of him, now surrounded by a dark orange aura with red lightning.
"Now then shall we continue where we left off?" Coda asked.
Acting immediately, Jason punched Coda straight through the castle following after him. As he went for his follow up attack, he was stopped by Coda, who caught his fist.
"We're on equal ground now Jason. It won't be so easy anymore!" Coda boasted, slamming his fist in Jason's gut.
In response, Jason headbutted Coda then blasted the creature point blank with a Buster Flare. Jason smiled as he dealt some damage, having blown Coda's left arm clean off, but soon the arm regenerated as Coda punched him away.
"Seems like I can still damage you while you can't do much to me. If my theory is correct, your body hasn't fully adjusted to Salem's power yet, so you're not immortal, not yet." Jason theorized.
"Even if I'm not, I soon will be, so don't give your hopes up now fight me some more!" Coda replied as he attacked Jason.
The two clashed over in the sky, causing several explosions in their wake it seemed as if they were equal in power, but both continued to discover new heights in their new forms. Jason flipped over and kicked Coda in the head to send him towards the ground. However, Coda stopped his decline and fired a beam at Jason.
The Saiyan flew out of the way of the beam as he charged at Coda, who proceeded to fire more beams at him. Jason weaved through the attack deflecting any that got too close to him, and once he reached Coda, he kicked him in the face.
Grabbing onto Jason's leg Coda attempted to break it, but the Saiyan spun around, causing Coda to be thrown off of Jason. Once free of Coda's grip, Jason created two Palm Slicers the size of large disks Jason followed Coda.
Jason attempted to cut the creature in two, but Coda managed to dodge every slice that was thrown at him. Trying to sandwich Coda between the two disks, but Coda managed to squeeze between them and elbow Jason in the chest.
The intense blow caused Jason to dispel the two Palm Slicers as he was thrown away, and no sooner than when they disappeared did Coda hammer Jason towards the ground. Before he hit the ground, Jason managed to fly away, flying parallel to the ground as Coda began chasing him.
The terrain around the was obliterated by explosions from the fight as Jason stopped and fired an Armageddon Blast at Coda, who matched it with his own attack. The two attacks collided, causing a gigantic beam struggle causing the terrain to be unrecognizable to those who lived there and drying up the dark liquid below to a certain extent.
However, the struggle did not last long as the attacks exploded, covering the entire area, including Coda and Jason. When the dust settled, neither were injured as they charged at one another, both throwing a punch.
Coda's punch passed right through Jason as he reappeared above him, kicking him into the ground proceeding to fire Ki into the resulting hole. Unaffected by the attacks, Coda shot back out from the hole and grabbed Jason by the neck, chocking the Saiyan.
Jason broke free from Coda's grip by slamming both his fists on opposite ends of Coda's arm breaking it in two places. This caused the dark monstrosity to let go of Jason, and once freed, he swept Coda's legs and planted his elbow into Coda's gut.
Coda grabbed onto Jason's head and threw him away as his arm repaired itself then he proceeded to bombard Jason with several balls of Ki. The Saiyan did his best to avoid the several attacks, but he was hit by many of them that he could neither dodge nor deflect.
"Shit, he's getting stronger guess I shouldn't allow myself to get too full of myself. I won't hold anything back!" Jason thought as he powered up to full power surrounded by golden energy and lightning.
Once done, he quickly ducked under a kick from Coda, grabbing onto his tail and slamming him into the ground several times. Coda planted an arm into the ground to stop Jason then spun around to kick him in the face.
Rolling over on the ground until he managed to stop, Jason spat out blood as he stared at Coda. The dark monstrosity had a sinister smile on his face, clearly feeling joy for the first time in his life.
"This feeling is amazing. I love it, and I want to feel it some more! I now understand why you, Saiyans crave battle so much I feel so alive so fulfilled! Fight me some more so that I can continue to feel this way, Jason!" Coda demanded as he charged at Jason.
Jason charged in turn as the two collided with one another before spinning around, hitting their kicks against one another. The others watched from the castle with Neo lying unconscious on a wall. They waited for the flagship to arrive and give them aid as they planned on what to do next.
"Can we do anything they are beyond our power?" Weiss questioned.
"True, but we should wait in case he needs some kind of backup," Pyrrha argued.
"Good point." Blake agreed.
"Who knows, maybe my silver eyes can still do something to Coba." Ruby pointed out.
"It's Coda." Yang corrected.
"Right him." Ruby laughed.
"He looks like part Grimm and he just assimilated Salem so it may work." Ruby voiced.
"I only pray that Salem didn't create an immortal monster." Ozpin voiced as a large explosion appeared over from the battle.
Coda shot out from the top of the explosion as Jason soon followed after him. The two continued their battle, clashing throughout the sky with Jason shoving a ball of Ki into Coda's face. In response, Coda blasted Jason point-blank in the gut pushing him through a mountain.
When Jason hit the ground, he quickly flipped over back onto his feet to avoid another attack from Coda. Jason kicked Coda in the head, pushing him to the ground before firing a Buster Flare disintegrating one of Coda's legs as the monstrosity sent Jason away with a shockwave.
As soon as his leg was restored, Coda raced back to Jason, who uprooted the ground to block Coda's attack. Once Coda broke through the rock, he was surprised to see that Jason was gone only to appear next to him, landing a strong blow to his head.
Reeling from Jason's attack, Coda managed to wrap his tail around Jason's neck, dragging him along. Soon Coda let go sending Jason into a mountainside embedding him into the rock face.
Once he freed himself from the mountainside, Jason prepared himself for Coda's next attack but didn't see the dark monstrosity anywhere. Focusing on his Ki sensing, Jason found Coda to be right under him, jumping up to avoid Coda's surprise attack.
Coda broke through the ground holding a ball of Ki to attack Jason, but he was countered when Jason jumped up and blasted him with a Mega Flare. Sent further into the ground, Coda was forced to explode with energy to free himself, allowing Jason to fly away.
Now a reasonable distance away from Coda Jason fired a Splitting Flare at him, causing Coda to have to dodge the attacks instead of following him. But that was just a distraction as Jason disappeared and reappeared next to Coda, kicking him in the spine.
After landing a solid blow, Jason wasn't going to let up as he followed it with several consecutive blows thrashing Coda around. Once he saw through the attacks, Coda stopped Jason by grabbing his arm and firing a beam through his left leg.
Jason fell to the ground in pain as Coda went to attack him once more, but he was stopped when Jason wrapped his tail around Coda's leg and tripped him. As Coda fell to the ground, Jason took back to the sky with Coda quickly following when he recovered.
"Mistress Salem tried to deny me such pleasure she was foolish I wonder if she ever realized such power could exist if you let your emotions free well look closely as I show you what true strength is ma'am for once I'm done with Jason I will summon the gods and fight them!" Coda thought as he chased Jason.
Coming to an abrupt halt, Jason went to hammer Coda in the stomach, but the dark monstrosity flipped over Jason and blasted him in the head. When the blast hit, Jason fell towards the ground having his concentration interrupted by the pain but soon caught himself.
"Let's finish this, Jason!" Coda yelled as he charged a large amount of orange Ki.
"Fine!" Jason replied as he charged two balls of Ki one blue and one red before combining them into one purple ball.
"DARK REVELATION!" Coda yelled as he blasted a large orange beam.
"NOVA CRUSHER!" Jason shouted as he fired a sizeable purple beam.
The two beams clashed, and the area was thrown into disarray breaking apart as energy was thrown around. No sooner did the beam struggle start. Did Jason realize that Coda was getting stronger, clearly indicating his fusion with Salem was nearing completion.
"I have to end this now before he becomes immortal!" Jason thought as he poured more power into his attack.
"This isn't good. If things continue like this, we'll run out of time!" Alex pointed out.
"Yang, I need you to throw me!" Ruby ordered shocking everyone.
"What! Ruby, what are you talking about?!" Yang questioned.
"If I can get close enough, I believe I can use the power of my eyes to give Jason an opening, and if nothing is done, then all of this will be for nothing!" Ruby explained.
"Alright, let me get ready," Yang replied as she let Ki come into her arms and strengthen her up, then using her maiden powers to strengthen up even more.
"Okay, Ruby, I'm ready!" Yang declared crouching down to throw Ruby.
Ruby ran up to her, jumping into Yang's hands, then she was thrown high up into the sky using her Crescent Rose to propel her forward. Once she was high enough, she used her semblance to get closer, and as she got close enough, she focused on her feelings.
She remembered the day she first met all her friends and their time at Beacon and Haven, then on her time at home with Yang and her Dad, and finally with her Mother. Her eyes began to glow brightly as she thought on more precious memories.
Coda began to realize what was happening near him, spotting Ruby getting close with her eyes glowing. His entire body began to scream in fear to run away, knowing that if she were successful, he would be petrified. But Coda at the same time knew that he could not run for if he stopped his attack Jason's would surely hit and deal massive damage that he could not recover from.
"Nonononononononononononononononono! What do I do?" Coda questioned.
"It's over!" Ruby declared as her eyes shone in bright silver light.
In a panic, Coda stopped his attack to stop Ruby, but he was too late as he was encased in stone. With his attack unchallenged, Jason put everything he had in it, hitting Coda as he fell blasting the statue into pieces.
"So in the end, even with my emotions unchained and with Salem's power, I was unable to win. You Saiyans are truly a marvelous race. I may not have had a long life, but thank you Jason for allowing me to experience joy of this amount." Coda thought his last as he was obliterated and killed, bringing Salem with him to the grave.
Jason smiled as he stopped his attack and caught Ruby before she hit the ground. A battle that had been fought for centuries was now over a new dawn of peace await Remnant assuming the right people took the right steps forward.
Soon Jason and Ruby landed back with the others who surrounded them celebrating their victory. Jason powered down back to his normal base form no longer in Super Saiyan after a long while.
"I forgot what it felt like to not be in Super Saiyan. It's going to take some getting used to." Jason laughed.
"You were awesome was that the ascended form you spoke of?" Nora asked.
"Yes, I think it is when I compare it to the power Gohan showed during his fight with Cell," Jason answered as he looked around.
"Where's Neo?" Jason asked, concerned for his girlfriend.
"She was picked up and brought back to the flagship, Jaune and Pyrrha went with just in case, but they said she should make a full recovery," Damian responded.
"That's great news," Jason replied, shedding a tear.
"I just can't believe it." Ozpin voiced, getting everyone's attention.
"After several centuries of planning and fighting only to come up empty-handed, it's all over Salem is no more," Ozpin stated.
"Are you sure she's gone what if she reforms now that Coda is gone?" Ruby questioned.
"I'm sure I felt her spirit finally be free from this mortal realm, which means this will be my final life for when the time is right, we will gather the relics and summon the Brother Gods to judge us once more," Ozpin answered.
"We still have a long way before that, don't we?" Jason asked.
"Yes, and it won't be easy even without Salem the Grimm will come, but now it will be safer to live outside the kingdoms what we much focus on now is to unify the world to unify both humanity and faunus our job has just begun," Ozpin explained.
Afterward, they were picked up and brought back to the flagship, where they gave Ironwood the good news to give to the world. Avoiding the uproar of the people by defeating Salem, everyone went their own way to relax as Jason stayed by Neo's side in the infirmary. The last members of Salem's group being Mercury and Hazel were arrested and taken aboard the ship as well, causing them great confusion when they woke up from unconsciousness.
"I'm surprised you're not celebrating or at least eating your full Mr. Shin," Ozpin said as he joined Jason in the infirmary.
"It's true I'm hungry, but for once I want to do something else right now, I want to stay by Neo's side until she wakes up," Jason replied.
"I see you've matured a lot since you entered Beacon your Master and Mother would have been proud," Ozpin commented.
"That reminds me, Professor, there was something I've meant to ask you how did you meet Mura?" Jason asked.
"I knew you would ask eventually," Ozpin replied, pulling up a chair.
"I met Mura thirty years ago when your mother was training under Kai." Ozpin began.
"I heard rumors of a man training people high on a mountain in a power that surpassed aura. Upon hearing this, I was intrigued and hoped it was something that could aid me in my fight with Salem." Ozpin continued.
"When I first arrived as was greeted by Kai in his….usual manner and your mother, who was twelve at the time. I asked Kai about the power and told him who I was, and soon after, he brought me to meet Mura." Ozpin went on.
"Instantly, when I met Mura, I could feel his power, something that was neither magic nor a semblance. He explained to me what Ki was and that he alone would teach people he deemed worthy I understood his reasons and entrusted him with the knowledge of Salem so that he would send anyone he teaches or deemed worthy to me to train them as huntsman." Ozpin continued.
"In the end, we started a long friendship, and it is how your mother and eventually you and Mr. Knight got into Beacon." Ozpin finished.
"Wow, that explains how Mura got Evan and me in one year early," Jason commented.
"Now, Mr. Shin, I have a question for you," Ozpin stated.
"What is it, Professor?" Jason asked.
"What will you do now that there are no more enemies to fight?" Ozpin inquired.
"I haven't thought about it, but I think I'll go home to Saiyatown and do some work as a huntsman there. The kingdoms have taken a beating in the last year and a half, and the villages are still not in a great place, so I'll do my best to support them." Jason answered.
"A respectable answer I hope that if needed, you will lend us a hand in Vale's reconstruction with the help of the other kingdoms now that they won't be so occupied it should be finished in the next couple of years," Ozpin replied.
"Sure, I'll happily help," Jason said.
"Thank you. I'll leave you two alone now." Ozpin thanked as he left the room.
"So, where do I fit in your plans?" Neo asked haven awoken a few minutes before.
"Neo, you're awake!" Jason smiled as he gave her a hug.
"That hurts," Neo complained.
"My bad, sorry, but as for you in my plans, if you want, you can come live with me in my old house," Jason answered.
"Really, you want to live with me alone in a house?" Neo questioned, blushing.
"Yeah, what do you say?" Jason asked in turn.
"I would love to but on one condition," Neo replied.
"What's that?" Jason asked.
"I want to sleep in the same room in the same bed as you." Neo insisted.
"Really, oh uh, ok, I don't mind." Jason accepted, rubbing the back of his head, embarrassed.
After that day, they all went their separate ways for a while though still keeping in touch. Damian and Alex decided to travel and offer to teach people how to use the sword and bow while Amber now no longer under threat of Salem decided to go back to her nomadic life and help people.
"Mind if I join you?" Elias asked, surprising Amber.
"You want to come with me, really you know I don't need protection anymore," Amber replied.
"I know I want to. It's better to travel with friends, plus I always wanted to travel the world while training." Elias stated.
"Well, then I don't mind at all," Amber said. Team JNPR and Qrow decided to go back to Vale to help with reconstruction and clearing Grimm while Team RWBY decided to go around to help everyone and work on faunus rights with Blake.
Ozpin worked with Ironwood and the other two kingdoms to organize a new peace. Instead of the kingdoms being separated, they were unified as the councils of each kingdom combined into one unified organization.
Jason and Neo lived with one another in Jason's old home, helping everyone they could find in Anima and people close by. Occasionally they would help their friends if they were near or needed it and with the reconstruction of Vale.
One year later, Vale was completely restored and reopened to the people with Beacon planning to start up the next year. That same year the new Faunus Rights Movement made waves and laws were passed in each kingdom to protect faunus from being discriminated against, bridging the gap a great deal.
Ozpin decided that it was time to summon the gods that year and when he announced that everyone decided to meet together for the summoning. On that fateful day, when the gods returned to Remnant was the day all life on Remnant ceased to be.
Salem and Coda are finally defeated freeing Remnant from their evil. However, it seems the fight is not over what happened when the Two Brother Gods returned to Remnant find out Next Time!
Author's Note:
Hey guys, sorry for the late chapter. I had a little bit of writer's block in this, but I managed to get it done. I hope the fight didn't feel rushed or short, but I felt that continuing the fight like it was would make it feel repetitive.
I know this arc was really short, but since I've been building up to it since the beginning of the Cooler Arc, so I think that it's still okay. Quickly to address this, the reason why Ruby was still able to petrify Coda was because he still had the nature of a Grimm, seeing as he was born from the Grimm pools and since he absorbed Salem.
Also, I know Jason turning Super Saiyan 2 wasn't as awesome as it could have been, but I couldn't make anything that could compare to Gohan turning SSJ2 for the first time. Don't worry for I will be making up for it in the next arc.
But rest assured that the next arc which will be longer than this one I assure you will have much more fights that last longer as well! If you couldn't tell already, the next arc will be the Twin Brother Gods arc that's right shit's getting real when I end the main RWBY part of the story in the next arc.
Don't worry though this fic is far from over, and the What If spin-off is still being written, chapter one should be done soon, but I cannot say when. Several unanswered questions will be answered next arc, such as why humanity exists on both Remnant and Earth and why there are Kai's and the Two Brothers!
As always, I hope you guys enjoyed it, and I will see you next time with a new cover art! P.S. Since I may not upload on or before then this Friday the 8th is my 20th birthday and the end of my fourth semester in college!