12-11-2005, 11:40 PM
The door had shut with eerie silence, leaving Bra to rest and hopefully attain peace with herself. Reijin struggled with newly implanted thoughts of concern for the daughter of one of the greatest individuals that he ever met. On a personal level, he didn?t even know the child, and yet from a duty standpoint and a slight bit more, he felt obligated to help her. He continued around the corner into the main room of the watchtower, completely disregarding the creature that had interrupted the two during their talk. Making his way up the stairs, he contemplated on exactly what they could expect to happen soon. Gabriel had done them no favors in this fight, and he had left the Saiyan to question the reasoning behind this struggle.
As he reached the apex of the stairway once more, he heard a loud commotion from over the railing. His legs hastened into a run, and he flung himself over the railing, landing gracefully upon the grass at the ground floor of the watchtower. The angels were murmuring loudly amongst themselves as the creature that had followed Reijin landed shortly behind him, rising immediately. Reijin turned to the fight and found that Bardock was still in a standoff with Kao, looking no worse for the wear it seemed. Reijin slowly shook his head as his eyes deadlocked on Gabriel, the general of these heavenly armies.
He turned those words over in his mouth distastefully, and walked around the circle of angels, disgusted with them. They had Kao here within their grasp, and once more they were doing nothing. He found Seraph standing uneasily in the back, and he approached him. ?Just what the hell are you doing?? he growled.
The goliath looked at him as if he were caught in a struggle internally and then shrugged. ?Gabriel said that none of us should move. It is not our way to interrupt a struggle that is meant as a personal grudge. We can only assure you that Kao will not leave here alive, but to attack him now would be dishonorab-?
The Saiyan?s anger cut through his words cleanly. ?To hell with that!? He came to silence as a couple of the other angels turned to him. ?I trained you to fight for more than just honor! If Kao survives the fight with Bardock, he?s going to then challenge another of us. The only reason I?m not interrupting them is because Bardock is a Saiyan, and I know exactly what he?s going through right now. A Saiyan is capable of handling themselves, but let?s not get stupid.?
He eyes caught the image of another figure landing a short distance away and he just turned, completely ending the conversation before it had begun. He walked up towards the new arrival, hearing him speak to the green insect creature as he did so. The newcomer had no Ki signature, so Reijin assumed that he was an Android. His clothing was sheared in multiple places, having nearly reverted into rags along his youthful body. He spoke hastily, taking multiple unneeded breaths as he did so. ?A massive army of demons led by Satan is rapidly nearing our current position. I don?t want to go to Gabriel because his inaction is what created this entire mess, but we need to do something or this battle will be over before it ever began.?
The words began turning over in Reijin?s head like gears, working like a machine to take in exactly what this could mean. The green creature finally spoke up lividly. ?Gabriel is a sniveling coward!? he spat. ?How he achieved such high position within the angels? ranks is beyond my comprehension. Any of us here outmatch that fool in spirit? if not outright power.? Reijin could have scoffed at these words. He could sense that the angel was holding back a large amount of power, and these fools could not even tell that. The warrior himself had no wish to engage himself with these angels to find out what they were capable of, although from what he?d seen they?d always choose the honorable dueling method over true warfare.
The emerald warrior?s eyes twitched as he fought to control his emotions, and finally he achieved a look of complacence, offering his services to the Android. ?I?ll help you, but what do you ask of me??
A Saiyan would never take anything at face value. Doing so would leave you open to possible death with no chance blame withheld information. ?Guard Bra,? he ordered them. He knew that the moss colored warrior was not asking him what to do, but he demanded him regardless. Someone had to take control of this situation. ?Make sure that this shit doesn?t get to her. I?m going to go survey the situation.? He didn?t allow any of them to argue as his ears had already shut their words out.
Leaping quickly into the air, he saw a few figures below shoot him a look of surprise, which he quickly disregarded. If they cared, they would assist him. His white aura surrounded the dark haired youth, and he felt the massive burst of energy expel from behind him as he ascended into the skyway. Streaking through the wind like a torpedo, he extended out with his senses, hoping to find the individuals that the Android had warned them of. He could feel nothing. Yet there was a slight sense of urgency that began to fill him, as if he wanted to go? That way.
A sonic boom echoed from around him as he simply burst into a sudden speed and began to jet quickly across the horizon. The sky was still dark, and the moon had fallen into cloud. The Saiyan reached down to his belt and activated his Cloaking Device, seeing his form quickly recede into shadow. He did not want to stand out as a beacon from his fiery mantle, especially near demons and undead.
He began to see a flickering in the distance, almost something like torchlight, but as he grew closer his eyes glazed over a bit as he realized that a large fire had spread into the trees of Kala. Reijin still found himself struggling, trying to understand why they were fighting so resolutely to save a barren asteroid, one that had had its occupants exterminated through a terrifying experiment. From the Saiyan?s point of view, the most efficient way to destroy these creatures would be to find a way off of the asteroid, and then to destroy the floating orb of rock from the vacuum of space, leaving no one on the rock to survive.
Even if there were other survivors, Reijin was willing to sacrifice them. To not do so would condemn them all to a fate worse then death. He rushed forward and began to see a large mass of blood stricken devils crossing the landmass, burning everything in their wake as they neared the watchtower and training grounds. ?Fuck me?? he found himself mumbling, realizing that the overly placid angels were going to have to fight these things whether they were ready or not. A dark shadow fell into his mind as he entertained the thought of the angels attempting to flee the scene as cowards. He hoped his training for them would be enough to help them grow as fighters. They were expertly trained in the use of their arms; the just needed to be trained in the use of their minds.
As if to mock him, Reijin felt a slight surge of power begin to course through his body. He looked down quickly and saw his form flickering into sight, and his hands fumbled across his belt to see his Cloaking Device. ?Shit!? he cursed, realizing that from his time on Kala, he had not had the opportunity to charge his equipment. They had been here for an era, and they had been taken without a chance to ready themselves. His image slowly faded into view, and Reijin ceased his flight, attempting to fade his aura as much as possible.
Sardonically, the creatures immediately sensed him, as a large flaming rock immediately ignited the sky near him, exploding and showering him in fiery ash. Profanities escaped his mouth once more as he spun around, flying straight down for the ground. These things must have been able to sense his Ki signature, but he?d give them more credit than that. If he tried to fly as quickly as he could back to the watchtower, he would be exhausted when they arrived. He would have teleported only to find the same result. He struck the canopy in the darkness and felt his fall break, slamming roughly into the ground.
Leaping to his feet professionally, his boots dug into the ground attempting to help him in his escape. He saw a faint liquid amassing in the air before him, and he rushed through it, slamming into it with an explosion that sent the thing in multiple directions, a loud screech emanating around it. He had no clue what the thing was, as he found himself once more near the area that he and Akira had been. Realizing their proximity to the watchtower itself, he came across the fallen bodies of burned corpses from their previous fight.
Almost immediately, something struck him across the back. He hit the ground hard, and rolled immediately to his feet. He came face to face with himself. His eyes lost their typical calm and widened. ?What the hell?? he gasped. The other Reijin smiled a twisted grin as he suddenly reached out a gloved hand, clasping the true Saiyan by the throat. Reijin quickly activated his Gravity Well attack, but the creature seemed completely unaffected by the attack. The assumption that the creature had no true sense of balance was his only thought as the blackness began to already overtake him.
His foot slammed into the creatures gut, and it lost its grasp on his throat. He quickly grabbed at the arm once more, and tried to snap it at the wrist. To his surprise, the arm completely fell away, splashing into the ground as if made of nothing more than water. Reijin struck the ground, bruising the side of his shoulder and he rolled back, climbing to his feet once more. The false Reijin before him was still smiling at him with that same sick look as it extended a nub towards him. Sprinkles of water seemed to rise from the ground and slowly gathered together into another arm for him.
Reijin turned, quickly throwing back a large branch at the creature as he attempted to escape. He wasn?t quite sure to do with this situation, not with all of the other demons so close. If he were to fight the creature without the impending swarm, he was sure that he could destroy the imposter, but here had had to face the fact that he was racing against time itself. The creature shifted in front of him, completely blocking his path and Reijin slammed into him hard, taking him to the ground. The moment before the true Saiyan had struck him, the creature seemed to shift forms, as if overlaying another form on top of him, changing into a form of liquid once more. It shrieked at him with a spectral mouth, and the crystals of water spiraled into a blob in the air as Reijin continued running through it. He was almost there! He felt the blob strike him in the back, and the ground rushed up to meet him.
Rolling over to his back, he struggled to get back to his feet as his hands felt forced to the ground by to massive rocks that seemed to have formed from the creature. He looked up widely as the blob began to force its way into his open mouth, attempting to move down into his body. He screamed as a presence began to assert itself over his own, trying to squelch him from existence.
The image of Bra lying on the bed at the watchtower pervaded his thoughts, and simple words filled his ears. ?Remember? Your father would fight for you.?
He couldn?t give in now. Not to some identity stealing blob of piss. Anger boiled within him and he felt the fire begin to course through his veins. He heard an angry his from within as he fought to make a sound. He was Saiyan, and he had to take care of Bra for Vejita. He wouldn?t go down like this! The fire inside seemed to take an almost true form, and Reijin could feel hatred trying to mask over his identity, as if the creature were unable to handle the flames. The creature suddenly left through the pores of Reijin?s body, as if being sweated out and he screamed excruciatingly.
The creature began to reform into another form before him, and the Saiyan climbed to his feet as a large cat struck him, opening a gash across his shoulder beneath his armor. He openly howled in anger as he tried to realize how to get away from the creature. His eyes met a squirrel on a tree as it scurried away from the predator, and for a moment, he found himself cynically admiring the luck of a creature as small and innocent as to be overlooked by this shape shifting prowler.
It was that thought that triggered something that the morphling had implanted within him. As soon as he imagined the squirrel?s own viewpoint, he felt a sudden rush of air around him, and the world suddenly changed in ways that he could not quite understand. The cat grew larger, and he spun around, sprinting off as the creature slammed into the tree, exploding into a shower of water. Reijin scurried as quickly as he could up a tree before reaching the top of the canopy, seeing the tower in the far distance. He could do this? He ran as fast as his tiny legs could carry him before he leapt from tree to tree, swinging as his claws nearly missed a branch.
After what seemed to take hours of running, he leapt from the thicket and scurried over the grass, ignoring the gargantuan forms that were in every direction. None of them seemed to pay him any attention as he climbed up the side of the watchtower and then over the railing, the metal feeling quite strange beneath his padded feet. He really wanted to bust a nut in his mouth about now, or crack a nut inside of a hole, but he realized that his sack was empty. Realization crept over him as he felt the alien presence of such thoughts. Why did he have these urges? The doppelganger was not inside of him. He scurried down the stairway and across the carpeted floor of the main room until he reached the doorway.
He wanted the door to open right now! He needed to get to Bra! Almost as if by telepathic message, the door weakly crept open, a large aquamarine haired girl peering out of it curiously. ?Reijin?? she whispered deafeningly as he burst through the crack into the room. Reijin? Who was? He was Reijin! He looked down as she turned around and suddenly took in a gasp of shock. She had turned to see the image of a squirrel suddenly exploding into a cloud of air. She coughed, fanning at the air until the image of a tall Saiyan stood before her, arms crossed. ?What the hell? Were you just a chipmunk?? she asked him.
He shrugged. ?We need to get ready. That damn Satan army is on its way here, and it?s not far. I barely made it here, so we need to be ready. Some shit is about to hit the fan.? He turned, opening the nightstand drawer and pulling out some bandages. He winced realizing that he was going to be hurting after this was over. He looked over at her. ?I?m going to try to heal this gash on my chest. I need you to help me out of this armor. I?d do it myself, but I can?t really move that arm to well. Help me bandage this, and then I can will try to heal it.?
As he reached the apex of the stairway once more, he heard a loud commotion from over the railing. His legs hastened into a run, and he flung himself over the railing, landing gracefully upon the grass at the ground floor of the watchtower. The angels were murmuring loudly amongst themselves as the creature that had followed Reijin landed shortly behind him, rising immediately. Reijin turned to the fight and found that Bardock was still in a standoff with Kao, looking no worse for the wear it seemed. Reijin slowly shook his head as his eyes deadlocked on Gabriel, the general of these heavenly armies.
He turned those words over in his mouth distastefully, and walked around the circle of angels, disgusted with them. They had Kao here within their grasp, and once more they were doing nothing. He found Seraph standing uneasily in the back, and he approached him. ?Just what the hell are you doing?? he growled.
The goliath looked at him as if he were caught in a struggle internally and then shrugged. ?Gabriel said that none of us should move. It is not our way to interrupt a struggle that is meant as a personal grudge. We can only assure you that Kao will not leave here alive, but to attack him now would be dishonorab-?
The Saiyan?s anger cut through his words cleanly. ?To hell with that!? He came to silence as a couple of the other angels turned to him. ?I trained you to fight for more than just honor! If Kao survives the fight with Bardock, he?s going to then challenge another of us. The only reason I?m not interrupting them is because Bardock is a Saiyan, and I know exactly what he?s going through right now. A Saiyan is capable of handling themselves, but let?s not get stupid.?
He eyes caught the image of another figure landing a short distance away and he just turned, completely ending the conversation before it had begun. He walked up towards the new arrival, hearing him speak to the green insect creature as he did so. The newcomer had no Ki signature, so Reijin assumed that he was an Android. His clothing was sheared in multiple places, having nearly reverted into rags along his youthful body. He spoke hastily, taking multiple unneeded breaths as he did so. ?A massive army of demons led by Satan is rapidly nearing our current position. I don?t want to go to Gabriel because his inaction is what created this entire mess, but we need to do something or this battle will be over before it ever began.?
The words began turning over in Reijin?s head like gears, working like a machine to take in exactly what this could mean. The green creature finally spoke up lividly. ?Gabriel is a sniveling coward!? he spat. ?How he achieved such high position within the angels? ranks is beyond my comprehension. Any of us here outmatch that fool in spirit? if not outright power.? Reijin could have scoffed at these words. He could sense that the angel was holding back a large amount of power, and these fools could not even tell that. The warrior himself had no wish to engage himself with these angels to find out what they were capable of, although from what he?d seen they?d always choose the honorable dueling method over true warfare.
The emerald warrior?s eyes twitched as he fought to control his emotions, and finally he achieved a look of complacence, offering his services to the Android. ?I?ll help you, but what do you ask of me??
A Saiyan would never take anything at face value. Doing so would leave you open to possible death with no chance blame withheld information. ?Guard Bra,? he ordered them. He knew that the moss colored warrior was not asking him what to do, but he demanded him regardless. Someone had to take control of this situation. ?Make sure that this shit doesn?t get to her. I?m going to go survey the situation.? He didn?t allow any of them to argue as his ears had already shut their words out.
Leaping quickly into the air, he saw a few figures below shoot him a look of surprise, which he quickly disregarded. If they cared, they would assist him. His white aura surrounded the dark haired youth, and he felt the massive burst of energy expel from behind him as he ascended into the skyway. Streaking through the wind like a torpedo, he extended out with his senses, hoping to find the individuals that the Android had warned them of. He could feel nothing. Yet there was a slight sense of urgency that began to fill him, as if he wanted to go? That way.
A sonic boom echoed from around him as he simply burst into a sudden speed and began to jet quickly across the horizon. The sky was still dark, and the moon had fallen into cloud. The Saiyan reached down to his belt and activated his Cloaking Device, seeing his form quickly recede into shadow. He did not want to stand out as a beacon from his fiery mantle, especially near demons and undead.
He began to see a flickering in the distance, almost something like torchlight, but as he grew closer his eyes glazed over a bit as he realized that a large fire had spread into the trees of Kala. Reijin still found himself struggling, trying to understand why they were fighting so resolutely to save a barren asteroid, one that had had its occupants exterminated through a terrifying experiment. From the Saiyan?s point of view, the most efficient way to destroy these creatures would be to find a way off of the asteroid, and then to destroy the floating orb of rock from the vacuum of space, leaving no one on the rock to survive.
Even if there were other survivors, Reijin was willing to sacrifice them. To not do so would condemn them all to a fate worse then death. He rushed forward and began to see a large mass of blood stricken devils crossing the landmass, burning everything in their wake as they neared the watchtower and training grounds. ?Fuck me?? he found himself mumbling, realizing that the overly placid angels were going to have to fight these things whether they were ready or not. A dark shadow fell into his mind as he entertained the thought of the angels attempting to flee the scene as cowards. He hoped his training for them would be enough to help them grow as fighters. They were expertly trained in the use of their arms; the just needed to be trained in the use of their minds.
As if to mock him, Reijin felt a slight surge of power begin to course through his body. He looked down quickly and saw his form flickering into sight, and his hands fumbled across his belt to see his Cloaking Device. ?Shit!? he cursed, realizing that from his time on Kala, he had not had the opportunity to charge his equipment. They had been here for an era, and they had been taken without a chance to ready themselves. His image slowly faded into view, and Reijin ceased his flight, attempting to fade his aura as much as possible.
Sardonically, the creatures immediately sensed him, as a large flaming rock immediately ignited the sky near him, exploding and showering him in fiery ash. Profanities escaped his mouth once more as he spun around, flying straight down for the ground. These things must have been able to sense his Ki signature, but he?d give them more credit than that. If he tried to fly as quickly as he could back to the watchtower, he would be exhausted when they arrived. He would have teleported only to find the same result. He struck the canopy in the darkness and felt his fall break, slamming roughly into the ground.
Leaping to his feet professionally, his boots dug into the ground attempting to help him in his escape. He saw a faint liquid amassing in the air before him, and he rushed through it, slamming into it with an explosion that sent the thing in multiple directions, a loud screech emanating around it. He had no clue what the thing was, as he found himself once more near the area that he and Akira had been. Realizing their proximity to the watchtower itself, he came across the fallen bodies of burned corpses from their previous fight.
Almost immediately, something struck him across the back. He hit the ground hard, and rolled immediately to his feet. He came face to face with himself. His eyes lost their typical calm and widened. ?What the hell?? he gasped. The other Reijin smiled a twisted grin as he suddenly reached out a gloved hand, clasping the true Saiyan by the throat. Reijin quickly activated his Gravity Well attack, but the creature seemed completely unaffected by the attack. The assumption that the creature had no true sense of balance was his only thought as the blackness began to already overtake him.
His foot slammed into the creatures gut, and it lost its grasp on his throat. He quickly grabbed at the arm once more, and tried to snap it at the wrist. To his surprise, the arm completely fell away, splashing into the ground as if made of nothing more than water. Reijin struck the ground, bruising the side of his shoulder and he rolled back, climbing to his feet once more. The false Reijin before him was still smiling at him with that same sick look as it extended a nub towards him. Sprinkles of water seemed to rise from the ground and slowly gathered together into another arm for him.
Reijin turned, quickly throwing back a large branch at the creature as he attempted to escape. He wasn?t quite sure to do with this situation, not with all of the other demons so close. If he were to fight the creature without the impending swarm, he was sure that he could destroy the imposter, but here had had to face the fact that he was racing against time itself. The creature shifted in front of him, completely blocking his path and Reijin slammed into him hard, taking him to the ground. The moment before the true Saiyan had struck him, the creature seemed to shift forms, as if overlaying another form on top of him, changing into a form of liquid once more. It shrieked at him with a spectral mouth, and the crystals of water spiraled into a blob in the air as Reijin continued running through it. He was almost there! He felt the blob strike him in the back, and the ground rushed up to meet him.
Rolling over to his back, he struggled to get back to his feet as his hands felt forced to the ground by to massive rocks that seemed to have formed from the creature. He looked up widely as the blob began to force its way into his open mouth, attempting to move down into his body. He screamed as a presence began to assert itself over his own, trying to squelch him from existence.
The image of Bra lying on the bed at the watchtower pervaded his thoughts, and simple words filled his ears. ?Remember? Your father would fight for you.?
He couldn?t give in now. Not to some identity stealing blob of piss. Anger boiled within him and he felt the fire begin to course through his veins. He heard an angry his from within as he fought to make a sound. He was Saiyan, and he had to take care of Bra for Vejita. He wouldn?t go down like this! The fire inside seemed to take an almost true form, and Reijin could feel hatred trying to mask over his identity, as if the creature were unable to handle the flames. The creature suddenly left through the pores of Reijin?s body, as if being sweated out and he screamed excruciatingly.
The creature began to reform into another form before him, and the Saiyan climbed to his feet as a large cat struck him, opening a gash across his shoulder beneath his armor. He openly howled in anger as he tried to realize how to get away from the creature. His eyes met a squirrel on a tree as it scurried away from the predator, and for a moment, he found himself cynically admiring the luck of a creature as small and innocent as to be overlooked by this shape shifting prowler.
It was that thought that triggered something that the morphling had implanted within him. As soon as he imagined the squirrel?s own viewpoint, he felt a sudden rush of air around him, and the world suddenly changed in ways that he could not quite understand. The cat grew larger, and he spun around, sprinting off as the creature slammed into the tree, exploding into a shower of water. Reijin scurried as quickly as he could up a tree before reaching the top of the canopy, seeing the tower in the far distance. He could do this? He ran as fast as his tiny legs could carry him before he leapt from tree to tree, swinging as his claws nearly missed a branch.
After what seemed to take hours of running, he leapt from the thicket and scurried over the grass, ignoring the gargantuan forms that were in every direction. None of them seemed to pay him any attention as he climbed up the side of the watchtower and then over the railing, the metal feeling quite strange beneath his padded feet. He really wanted to bust a nut in his mouth about now, or crack a nut inside of a hole, but he realized that his sack was empty. Realization crept over him as he felt the alien presence of such thoughts. Why did he have these urges? The doppelganger was not inside of him. He scurried down the stairway and across the carpeted floor of the main room until he reached the doorway.
He wanted the door to open right now! He needed to get to Bra! Almost as if by telepathic message, the door weakly crept open, a large aquamarine haired girl peering out of it curiously. ?Reijin?? she whispered deafeningly as he burst through the crack into the room. Reijin? Who was? He was Reijin! He looked down as she turned around and suddenly took in a gasp of shock. She had turned to see the image of a squirrel suddenly exploding into a cloud of air. She coughed, fanning at the air until the image of a tall Saiyan stood before her, arms crossed. ?What the hell? Were you just a chipmunk?? she asked him.
He shrugged. ?We need to get ready. That damn Satan army is on its way here, and it?s not far. I barely made it here, so we need to be ready. Some shit is about to hit the fan.? He turned, opening the nightstand drawer and pulling out some bandages. He winced realizing that he was going to be hurting after this was over. He looked over at her. ?I?m going to try to heal this gash on my chest. I need you to help me out of this armor. I?d do it myself, but I can?t really move that arm to well. Help me bandage this, and then I can will try to heal it.?
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