[D][S] The Battle for Aztec Tower

[Reijin]

With those words, a demon stepped forward from the shadows. Reijin watched his former ally and friend not as executioner but as an exorcist, simply waiting to release Vejita from his pain. He turned as the others stepped into the shadows, not knowing if they had left or not. Reijin had already told them what he wanted to do, and they had agreed to it, however hesitant they were.

Each boot step sent echoes through the room, sounding the drums of war, as he approached the powerless Saiyan before him. "Why?" he asked, his voice trembling. The royal blooded turned and refused an answer. Reijin simply continued on. "You betrayed your alliance. We have hunted down traitors and have cast them into oblivion together for being treacherous scum. We have equally vouched our distaste for those that run out and join another without the respect of notifying us. Yet you did this..."

His hand extended, open palms facing up, as he motioned his point around him. "Yet I find that after some thought, I have to accept your reasons for betraying your own family and friends as your own, hoping that I might one day understand why you did this. It won't be this day, however. On this day, I wish to make you experience the pain of betrayel." His words seemed to be falling on deaf ears, for the Saiyan before him was clenching his eyes shut and refusing to speak. Reijin's gutteral yell broke the silence in a roar. "Die with dignity, dammit! At least take your pride with you!"

A moment lingered between them before Vejita calmly opened his eyes and looked up at his former ally. "So death is what has been chosen for me," he whispered, his emotions betraying nothing.

Reijin simply nodded sharply before speaking. "At least I give you the opportunity to die as a Saiyan rather than as human scum. You shall experience a pain on a level of nothing you've ever imagined, to show you that if you EVER cross me again then I will make you wish for this pain again to avoid what else you could encounter... And then I will release you. This is simply a game," he mentioned, glancing at the King for the next words, "so killing you is not truelly killing you. I will be simply eliminating you from this tournament. As you know, the King," he stressed, "is going to return to his position as the King of the Saiyans. You are no longer King. You are hardly a Saiyan."

He held two hands before him and the lights blew from their sockets, casting the room into total darkness as the walls seemed to crack from the pressure that surrounded Reijin. "As Videl was turned to ash so that she could arise anew, as a pheonix... I offer you the same." His voice whispered venom that all around could hear. "To fire with you."

In that moment, the former King's body suddenly alit as a funeral pyre, arcing flame from Reijin's own palms as the entire room was bathed in radiance and casting all others further into darkness. The light managed to illuminate the faces of Broli and King Vejita, who both finally turned at the last moment, unable to continue watching.

Reijin simply stood over the writhing still living body of his tormented accomplice. "Go now, my friend, and may you find your peace." The body continued its throes of agony until it finally slowed to a rest, its skin fading to simple ash...

The door to the room was kicked open as Reijin stepped forward, doing the thing that the other two were unable to do on their own. Announce the execution. Light entered the room once more and the two Commanders followed their Lieutenent out the door as Reijin held his hands up before the troops. "The Prince Vejita has chosen death over any other outcome. Therefore, I have granted him this. We shall speak no further of traitors, but rather of allies. My companions... All of you are invited to be accepted into our alliance, Xero Tolerance Complex. For any who decline, I am understanding. For those who accept, I welcome you into the fold. This offer extends to everyone of you, including our King, returned to his throne, and Broli, or equal Commander."

Reijin then turned and strode from the platform, leaving them all in thought.

(OOC: Broli, King Vejita, Akane, Pigero, King Cold, Grandpa Gohan, Minoshia, this is the offer to join XTC. The IC one. Obviously if you are in another alliance, you are in no way expected to drop and join, but you are able if you desire.)