[O][D] The Battle for Sanguine Castle

[Reijin]

All around him, death bloomed in the guise of chaos. Without even touching a single man, blood was soaking the battle hardened warrior, covering him from raven hair to Saiyan boots. In one hand, his gloved fingers were grasping an opalescent blade of light, bathing his entire side in a shimmering hue of holy righteousness. In his other hand, he wielded a shadowed blade of void, a weapon of oblivion that absorbed the light from the other blade in an epic struggle between the two opposing polarities, threatening the existance of all the soldiers nearby.

Dodging in and out of the various fights, Reijin's ears detected numerous explosions around him as he neared the castle walls. His eyes shot left to see one of their towers groaning as support ropes began to snap, throwing soldiers from the tower to land among the men below. Then the great monolith itself began to sway. Instinctively, the Saiyan dived past the battering crew through the front gates of the castle as the tower crashed atop the soldiers behind him. He had not had time to warn them. Rising slowly, he saw a number of Outcast soldiers turn to him. He simply raised his arms to his side with his two honed blades ready.

"Stand down, fools..." his strained voice rasped. "You do not wish to die this day. The creature leading you is not going to survive this fight. He hopes to hide within a large meat shield of your friends and brothers, knowing that he's going to die either way. Instead of allowing you all to leave this tournament peacefully, he wishes for us to carve through each of you despite knowing that the outcome will be the same." Bloodstained eyelids slowly opened as the warrior looked up into the faces of doubting men. A trickle of blood covered his cheek dramatically. "His viewpoint is that he's going down, but he wants to see as many of us die on each side as possible. He wants to see our own soldiers of Dante lying atop the corpses of your own. This creature enjoys death in all forms, so friend or foe, he wants us all to die."

He raised an arm to wipe his brow of blood to keep his vision clear. "This is why Super Buu detonated the entire Hypterton Fortress. Your leaders wish to destroy everything they have built here, in some childish tantrum, feeling that if they can't have it then noone can. There is no strategy in this. They lose regardless; they just want everyone to feel their pain. I am offering you the opportunity to step aside. Even now, a number of your own brothers have turned and are assisting us in hopes of bringing an end to this struggle with as few casualties as possible. On either side." Reijin spat crimson at the ground. "I cannot say the same for Cell Jr, I'm afraid. I believe he wants as many deaths as possible."