[2] Group 3 - Town/Market

[Burter]

20. Olibu
21. Metal Koola
22. Vegeta
23. Reijin
24. Bebi
25. Uub

The flash of light is gone, and the entire Town Hall is gone. The corpses are back to being unanimated dead bodies. The monster Vegeta was fighting is gone, as is the ghostly male.

Bardock and Katel are gone.

Uub is heading that way, looking for Reijin.

[Burter]

EVENT

Bebi has left the group.

[Sammah]

"What in the living hell?" His words had a sort of ironic feel to it as a bright light flashed before his eyes. It was almost as if someone had just performed Solar Flare at point blank range. The smell still remained, but suddenly became less entoxicating. Vegeta's heart felt that something was wrong, something was very...very wrong. With the light fading out and his eyes refixing themselves to the current standings, he noticed that he was standing back outside in the middle of the still corpse-filled city. The lead demon he was fighting vanished from infront of him. But the wounds and aches in his body still remained. Even the town hall had been taken from them, but who, and why?

Wait, he just remembered a voice that echoed from the back of his head during the engagment. It was that ghostly figure, it had reappeared and said something along the lines of "Helping us". Bah, Vegeta knew they didn't need anyone's help. The power that group 3 held was above any others, except perhaps Raditzu. His mind trailed off for a quick second on the low class Saiya-jin who had surpassed even his own power. It angered him just to think of it, but now he held a dragonball which gave him the same kind of power. The power to ascend into a grand level of Super Saiya-jin, but he was anxious to use it when the time called for it. He knew that facing Raditzu would probably cause for his chance, but with Reijin around, it would be of no use.

"Fuck him." Vegeta cursed under his breath towards the ghostly figure. "Who was that?" He questioned out loud. No one could respond with the correct answer, obviously since they all knew the same about this 'game world'.

"Not sure, but I doubt he was an enemy." Reijin noted.

"I don't care. He interrupted my fight." The prince's fists curled and tightened up with great intensity. Sparks of ki still pulsed around his body as if they danced with delight to a beautiful tune of music. Helping was one thing, but getting in the way between Vegeta and his opponent was another. He wouldn't stand for it, and it just fed the fire to him wanting to kill this Brim character. All around them were dead bodies, unanimated without any hint of life or souls. This was a graveyard, and nothing more. His eyes glanced around at his team.

"Where's Bardock?" He noticed the numbers had decreased slightly.

"I saw him run off with Katel." Metal Koola seemed a bit disappointed at the current events as well. He wasn't one to have his blood bath removed from his grasp either.

"She left? Fuck her then." He felt another power suddenly rise and head off into the same direction as Katel departed in. It was Bebi. "Him too huh?" Vegeta shook his head. "I guess everyone's just trying to get a piece of ass huh? This is hardly the time." He spat on the ground before pulling out the map he was giving in the beginning of this game.

"Everything is the same." Olibu noted as he slowly descended from the sky. He brought up the point that perhaps Katel had left something in the small hut in her rush to stop the group from doing something stupid. Stupid, now that's just funny. No one in this group was stupid, or weak. Bravery and courage surged through their bodies, with the fact that trusting anyone that showed up in this game was to trust death himself. Olibu quickly shot off towards the hut, knowing once he had his fill, he had better return to the group so they may proceed with plans. But what plans did they exactly have? Everything they worked for was pretty much taken from them. They had no lead, no hints, no plot, nothing. They stood there almost clueless in the middle of a ghost town.

"Hm?" Vegeta turned his head in response to his LENS beeping on. "There's someone coming." His senses locked onto the figure approaching and realized just how familiar it was. "Heh, Reijin, you have company." It was none other than Uub, the human that Reijin was engaged in combat with before this game had taken them so abruptly. "Hopefully things will get a bit more interesting from here."

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(Not much to work with)

[Metal Koola]

As he landed his punches and kicks into the dead that attacked him he was started to feel slightly fatigued. Sure, he could keep this up for quite some time more, but not forever. These things were tough, not necessarily strong, but tough. They're bodies were a lot more dense than he thought zombies were, and they just seemed to take the hits. Metal Koola spun around, low to the ground, whipping his tail out and knocking all the nearby monsters to the ground hard. With a few well placed shots, he put all of them out of commission for good.

He stepped over the blood dripping corpses making his way over to the real challenge at hand. The little nasty looking brute who had summoned all these things was MK's real enemy here. The asshole thought he could simply dismiss him to fight his subservients; that wasn't the way the changeling liked to play.

Slowly walking to his ?main attraction? he punched out the zombies on his way. One, causing a significant amount of trouble for him, he ended up punching directly through his head... but that was it! A flash of light was summoned that blinded all in the room. Metal Koola stopped, shaking off the zombie corpse on his arm that he could only feel, and listened to it drop to the ground in front of him. ?What the hell is going on!?? He shouted to his comrades, but heard nothing in response.

The lights settled, and he saw himself where he had been standing moments ago, but now there were no zombies... just corpses again. This little game was starting to wear on him; they thought they could just introduce them to battle and then, when there was a chance they might win, which they would, they could just say ?Oh wait, you can't do that!? Fuck that. Everyone around him seemed to be in a stupor... as if still under the trance the light had forced them into.

He looked around the room and watched as Bardock seemed to take off, and glancing out the door, he could see the green female many yards in front of him. Where the hell was that Saiya-jin heading? He could only assume after that green bitch who probably set them up. He probably wanted a little revenge, and that was perfectly fine with him.

Vegeta finally emerged from his catatonic state and glanced around the room, as if taking a head count. ?Where's Bardock?? he finally muttered. He looked around once more to make sure he simply hadn't noticed him.

?I saw him run off with Katel.? He shook his head and crossed his arms as he made his statement, showing minor disappointment. This was not a situation anyone had hoped to be in. They felt as if they were toys in some child's game. ?I don't know about you guys, but I'm kind of curious what's in that room that creature came out of... anyone care to join me?? He didn't really wait for an answer, since the question was rhetorical. Instead, he made his way towards the back doorway their opponent had previously emerged from.

[Old Dave]

Wind howled passed the bronzed warrior as he tore though the atmosphere toward his target. A small band of warriors lay just up ahead, and in the group was the ki signature of Reijin. ?I?m close....now I?ll finish what he started!?

?Reijin, looks like your friend is just out of town and moving in fast.? Vegeta?s L.E.N.S. scouter displayed the moving ki signature. ?You think you can beat him?? it was a question to get his companions blood boiling. * Who know?s, he might just lose...then maybe I?ll get to bash that cocky son of a bitches head in myself * Reijin?s eyes retracted into slits at the comment.

Uub?s dark obsidian aura exploded into a silver flame as he allowed his cells to unleash his newly acquired powers. It was strange the difference in his bodily functions, his brain waves seemed to spike, allowing for greater processing of tactics and better flow of information. His vision sharpened, filtering the light around him to avoid the effects of blindness from glare. His muscles bulked, his blood raced through his veins, his hearing sharpened to a higher extent. It was truly an amazing shift, almost like a rebirth, and he noticed now how horribly inadequate his senses and powers were in his reverted state.

A cyclonic wind blasted past the band of warriors. ?SHIT!? Vegeta jumped back as a silver blur shot past his line of vision. Immediately he darted his glance toward?s Reijin?s position. Where was he? The prince looked side to side trying to pick up the faintest glimpse of action, but saw none, instead he felt it and heard it as a thunderous explosion rocked the air around him.

Two swirling masses of golden and silver energy danced through the misty sky as Uub and Reijin?s knuckles smashed into each other. * He transformed in a blink of an eye to counter my surprise attack * Uub snapped his wrist and bucked the Super Saiyan?s fist upwards into the air, leaving his foe?s right side open to attack, but only for the briefest of seconds. Taking advantage of his opportunity he shot his knee into the unprotected rib?s, grinning as the sound of contact echoed to his ears. ?Nice try.? Reijin spat, having caught the knee with his left hand. ?Your gonna have to step it up if you!?

Uub tilted his head in acknowledgment and roared as he grasped the man before him by the shoulders. ?With pleasure? he said with effort as he channeled energy into his palms. Reijin lifted his eyes in surprise as two miniature explosions blasted him backwards, breaking his guard and leaving him completely open to attack. ?Shit!?

Blood arched from the saiyan?s mouth as Uub phased into sight before him, smashing his elbow across the opponents jaw. Both hovered in mid air as a white gloved hand wiped the blood from Rejin?s chin. ?Your not half bad, but I?m done screwing around.? Uub cocked a grin. ?Then prove it.?

The super powered human vanished along with his foe, both reappearing on ground below, both radiating powerful auras as they blasted towards one another. The two raced back towards the center of the group, rearing back to strike their fists glowed with their respective energies. And in a flash Vegeta and the others blasted backwards forced into opposite directions as a silver and golden aura exploded outwards into the misty night. The fight was back on.

[Reijin]

The stars twinkled in the distance as two forms darted amongst them, dancing like fireflies in the night sky. The two shooting stars streaked across the sky, trading blows with each other endlessly. Reijin?s fiery mane had retracted to a slight streak of color around him. He preferred tight control over his energy field as opposed to an extravagant techno show. A slight tingling sensation washed over him from the bottom corner of his right foot, and he spun side ways in the air, pulling his feet in as if he were a skateboarder doing an air trick. His tight barrel roll nimbly dodged the blast of energy and he quickly kicked off in the opposite direction with a blast of energy, changing course as rapidly as his inertia would allow.

Uub?s eyes flashed open as he found himself rushing headfirst into the oncoming Saiyan. His teeth ground against themselves and he gathered energy into his palms, thrusting them forward to meet the Saiyan?s coalescing energy. But before the two made contact, Reijin rolled in the air, dropping elevation a bit to fly directly beneath the startled human. Uub?s surprise was cut short as Reijin gently touched his palms to the warrior?s chest as he passed by. The tanned being?s vision followed the Saiyan?s form beneath himself as he reacted quickly, releasing his own energy shot in order to grab the Saiyan by the legs as he passed. He rolled forward into a near flip as the Saiyan tried to leave him, only to find Uub suddenly spinning and throwing him off to the side.

Reijin tumbled through the cool atmosphere and finally righted himself, quickly flashing a Ki Shield in front of himself. His eyes glinted as he held two hands calmly at his sides, twitching his fingers in a peculiar method, as if drumming them. With a determination that was not to be outdone, the human smirked in an almost Saiyan arrogance as Reijin spoke. ?So why exactly have you come for me during this event?? Reijin was in no way intimidated, but rather mystified as he no longer cared about attacking Uub for the moment, having had his concentration shifted to another subject.

Uub?s eyes shifted as he spoke dryly. ?I believe that we have a fight to finish. You seemed hell-bent on testing me, so I decided I would bring the fight to you rather than allow you to hunt me down while here.? His almost belligerent attitude taunted Reijin. ?Or are you afraid of what you now see before you? You aren?t going to allow this unexpected event to interfere with our fight, are you??

Showing no sign of irritation, Reijin simply turned over the side of his shoulder and spat. Uub?s retina focused on the water droplet as it hurtled towards the ground that was so far beneath them. Refocusing on the Saiyan, he allowed his adversary the chance to respond. ?Fool? I care nothing about your new abilities, however advanced you seem to think they be. To me, it is nothing more than a simply aesthetic change. You are still nothing compared to a true warrior.? Reijin?s eyes lost their focus on Uub himself and seemed to follow a trail back toward himself while smiling playfully. ?You are merely a carrier of something I wish to possess. I really do not care if we fight with each other, although I will willingly oblige you if that is your wish. However, I believe that the circumstances have changed and that I have other obligations that I must now fulfill. I have a group that will get themselves killed if I do not help them out, and you come here insisting that we continue this little quarrel on an instance of your pride? Arrogant little twerp, are we not??

Uub gave him a questioning look, not quite understanding. After all of this time, was Reijin now bored with his quarry? Perhaps he was a bit intimidated, although if he was then he was not showing it. His eyes narrowed suspiciously as he tried to process what exactly the Saiyan was attempting. He kept following his eyes between himself and Uub, perhaps measuring the distance between them so that he could use an attack that required a specific distance? And yet? There was no sign of the Saiyan powering up any form of energy. All Uub could feel in the air was the slight tingle where the Saiyan had glanced his form earlier, and he could only attribute that to a bit of an aftereffect of the leftover energy from Reijin?s missed attack.

Putting strength behind his voice, he retaliated verbally to his opponent. ?So you are only after my dragonball??

Reijin shrugged while keeping his hands at his sides, still drumming them playfully. ?What can I say?? He smiled disarmingly. ?I?m a rather simple guy. When the time comes for me to take that ball from you, you?ll know it. I?ll seem find you and remind you that we have a little business to discuss.?

Uub thought for a moment and then shook his head. ?I don?t like that idea. I?d rather remove you from this competition here and now.?

Reijin shrugged. ?As you wish. Although that wasn?t exactly part of my plan.?

Uub laughed at him. ?We?ll see how your plan goes.? His aura burst freshly around him, and he reveled in the sheer power that coursed through his veins.

Again, the Saiyan looked unconcerned. He smile mystically and softly whispered, loud enough for Uub to catch it. ?You are but a spider upon my web?? Uub narrowed his eyes in thought, but before he had the opportunity to stumble onto the Saiyan?s meaning, Reijin spread his arms to his side. Uub quickly threw up his hands and powered energy to them to prepare for a frontal attack. Then he saw it. He felt a power rise, but it was from nowhere near Reijin, but rather near himself. He glanced down and saw two glowing lights where Reijin had touched him earlier.

Reijin allowed him the chance to open his mouth to yell before his fingers danced in the air. Only he could see the faint silk trail of energy that he had woven amongst his fingers. The trail of energy was like a thin weave of spidersilk, leaving small energy packets that were woven around Reijin?s fingers and trailing all the way to his foe, to two small packets of nearly undetectable energy that Reijin had connected to his opponent on contact. Reijin had always enjoyed the subtlety in his Ki Mines attack, and suddenly released the slow feed of energy that empowered them along his tiny string of Ki. In the time that it took even the empowered form of Uub to react, the two mines triggered, suddenly collapsing in upon themselves and them expanding rapidly, exploding repeatedly and feeding themselves until a major explosion erupted from Uub?s chest.

He was thrown backwards from the impact and knocked out of breath. Reijin quickly followed by dart after his prey and curving down, coming straight towards Uub like a diving hawk. Uub?s eyes were blurry and unfocused as his chest burned with a fire unlike the typical energy blast. That was not exactly something the ascended human had anticipated. His vision shifted repeatedly in front of him, showing him nothing more than broken images as his eyes closed slowly. He fought to clear himself from his disorientation as he felt cool air rushing quickly past him in his free fall as he reached terminal velocity. Mastering his calm, he reopened his eyes. Like two broken mirrors suddenly realigning the pieces, his vision repaired itself only to see the smirking Saiyan rushing down upon him.

He threw his hands up into the air for a quick defense and Reijin flipped again, shifting from a headfirst descent to a feetfirst fall alongside Uub?s form. Uub powered his aura around him to cease his fall and Reijin dropped beneath him, quickly reacting in suit and flaring his own Super Saiyan aura around himself. He arose to find Uub prepared for his onslaught and he caught a quick boot to his face. He was pushed away by the jab and he spun, his forearm catching the second kick in a parry. He phased quickly to the side, and attempted to throw a punch to Uub?s rib. Uub expertly twisted, grabbing Reijin?s wrist moments before the connection and twisting it around behind himself in a quick lock. ?Looks like you lose, Saiyan,? he whispered.

Reijin simply twisted in the air in a very unorthodox manner and completed a sideflip, freeing his arm from the shoulder lock he had been placed in. He drew back his other fist as Uub snatched down on his arm to bring him down. Reijin?s eyes focused on his point and he moved for a quick kick to Uub?s gut. Uub nimbly darted to the side as Reijin righted himself. Uub powered up a quick beam and thrust his arm forward, firing the blast knowing that Reijin would not have enough time to fly the distance between them. Reijin suddenly appeared directly beside Uub, removing two fingers from his forehead as everything seemed to slow down to bullet time around him. He saw the Saiyan smile deceptively, fading into existence from his teleportation and thrusting forward with his fist that had been drawn back preemptively. Before Uub had the chance to react, Reijin?s fist quickly connected with Uub?s throat, ceasing the flow of air for him and nearly causing him to throw up on reflex.

The flow of time caught back up with him as pain shot through his nervous system. Reijin quickly drew back, and then grabbed the human by the throat before rushing straight towards the ground. Uub?s hands moved by instinct to wrap around the Saiyan?s iron grip begging for release, while not succeeding. Reijin continued his drop as his teammates came into view. Uub was moments away from passing out from lack of oxygen combined with the weakness that had come from the initial punch to the throat when he found himself twisted under Reijin to be used as a living cushion as the two slammed into the ground at terminal velocity.

Uub?s bones nearly cracked from the pressure as he found himself suddenly ceasing to move. He lost consciousness for a brief moment and then came back into life. He weakly climbed to his knees and then threw up repeatedly, releasing his transformation. As soon as he realized where he was he quickly looked around for Reijin. However, Reijin was standing next to Vejita, discussing with him something while the others watched Uub. Uub was moments away from retreating away to lick his wounds when the Saiyan turned, and began to walk towards him. The raven haired Saiyan was bleeding profusely from a gash along the side of his cheek, and his eyes were dark from the fight. He spoke up.

?Just where do you think you are going?? he demanded.

Uub glared at him in response. ?It?s obvious that I?m not wanted here, and I have no intention of giving you this ball.?

Reijin slowly shook his head. ?No. We are not after your ball today. However, you fight fairly well, for a human. However, if you are insisting on joining our little group, you have another thing coming.? With that, he turned and began striding off in the direction of the group.

Olibu slowly passed Reijin and looked at him from the side as he approached Uub. ?What he means is that he wouldn?t mind you working with us for a bit. Unless you are still bloodthirsty. You bruised him up pretty bad, and he?s impressed by it, not that he?d admit it.?

[Old Dave]

He had thing's yet to learn, he had grown cocky since his transformation, and now he stood blood slowly dripping from his mouth, how foolish he had been to end his training with Burter so early, that would have to be a matter for another time. Join them, the tought crossed his mind as he spit crimson salvia onto the cracked ground. I lost, this time at least, next time I'll show him what I can really do.

"So, what do you say?" Reijin said as he turned back around. "We don't have all day to wait for you to make up that pathetic mind of your's." he turned back to face vegeta, his ever passive face betraying any sense of emotion.

"Fine, for now, but we were not done yet Reijin." he rubbed his shoulder as he walked towards the group, a white handed glove smearing the blood away that ran down his bronzed chin. "Another day Saiyan, after this, were going to clash again, and you won't find the same result as today." he stopped next to his adversary, his obsidian pupils contracting. "But for now, I'm at your disposal." he extended his hand out of respect, he might have beaten him, but he also received in return what he dished out, they were warrior's, and now Uub respected this man.

Maybe there was something to come from this, what though Uub could not be sure, but the future could be a surprising mistress, and he looked forward to finding out.

[Burter]

END OF ROUND

Joined together, it was now once again time to find that god damned clue...