Co-Saga: Northern Pellonia, The Castle

[jinx]

Return from the Shadow


Barnibus and Sysiphus both may have been to busy to notice immediately but the same blue electric energy that had swirled around Jinx earlier started, in tiny, dull arcs to jump around his body. In the dried out pupils of his eyes a faint light began to glow. Slowly his flesh appeared to recreate itself, the muscles knitting to the bone and filling out his once proud body. The process was slow at first, and had begun only few minutes or so after Jinx’s “death” on this plane. As his body filled out more, and the blue electric arcs became more frequent and brighter the process appeared to speed up. Soon a loud crackling sound could be heard, even over the bark of war, and a great white light blasted out Jinx’s eyes as his now fully restored body began to levitate into the turning slowly as small spheres of white light spun around Jinx’s body, appearing to wrap in a cocoon of light. Jinx’s body began to turn upright.

The light cocoon was becoming very bright and began a piercing whine. Soon cracks began to appear in the light and the blue electricity started to arc around the cocoon. The cocoon suddenly shattered and an implosive wave sucked in all the air and debris around Jinx’s body for a moment and then just as quickly sent a shockwave of energy outward.

There Jinx stood, some how back from the dead. The blue electricity continued to arc and crackle around his body. His eyes were a pure white light. He turned just in time to see Sysiphus’ blade pierce Barnibus’ body.


“SYSIPHUS! DEFILER!” Jinx screamed, his voice once again half animal roar. He threw out his chest and arms and huge burst and crackle of energy flew around his body. Suddenly he disappeared, flying towards Sysiphus, “Guardian Rush!”

Jinx threw a massive ki-enhanced punch into Sysiphus side, then a ki-enhanced roundhouse intended to knock Sysiphus away from his weapon. Finally Jinx fired a huge spirit energy blast directly at Sysiphus, if it impacted it would totally engulf him. Jinx followed up with a rapid fire ki balls, about fifteen in total all aimed at or around Sysiphus. Jinx then quickly flipped back to tend to Barnibus

[lionheart]

Kain


(OOC: Again, for better understanding, I'm giving Yumi a color. Don't whine, it's just a color, people! )

Kain had just fired his beam, when he heard someone approach from behind. He spun around, ready to kick the ass of whoever it was, but noticed it was but a little girl. His expression turned from serious to confused, mixed with annoyed. "If you value your life, stay away..." he said, turning back to the ball of smoke Kain's beam had created, expecting Mephistopheles' return any moment now.

Suddenly she began talking to him, even though the demon wasn't even there. "Sorry to interrupt, but you must die now, Mephistopheles!" Kain gave her a strange look, not quite sure what was going on. The girl was dressed as a fighter, but when Kain noticed her blue hair, he had to chuckle.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He asked with amusement on his face, not anger. "You? Challenge him? Yeah, right..." He said, his arms now crossed, since it seemed Mephistopheles was either hit very, very hard, or had been distracted by something.

"Let's make a couple things clear first..." the girl said, the expression on her face dead-serious.

Kain tried his best not to start laughing out loud and pressed his lips hard together, trying to look serious. "Okay... let's..."

"I don't like Saiyans!" she said, giving Kain a *look*.

"Yeah, that's fine, I don't like them either... anything else?" Kain said, a grin on his face. It seems she wasn't done talking just yet.

"Two, from what I just witness, you can't win silver Saiyan! Let me take over. I'm far more powerful than you. If anyone can stop this creep it's me! I'm not doing you a favor, I just need to send this guy to the next dimension!" the girl finished, obviously saying whatever had been on her mind.

For a moment the smile on Kain's face disappeared as he looked at her, cocking his head to the side for a bit. Images from the past, from his studies flashed before his eyes, remembering some things he had learned from the scientists about this. Suddenly Kain broke out into laughter, rolling over, clutching his stomach harder than if he had received Mephistopheles' blow back then. Tears began streaming down his face as he couldn't stop the laughter. After a couple of long seconds he finally managed to pull himself together, wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Okay, now it's my turn... First... are you a tuffle? You are, aren't you? You're a Tsufuru-jin?" Kain said, then began laughing again, but managed to control his laughter this time. "Look, I'm not sure where did you get that spunkiness from, or how you managed to come from being midget-people with sh** power, to someone who's actually... human in size and can fly, although your sense of style is awful... blue doesn't suit you well at all. And, don't get me wrong, I'm impressed on the progress of your people, especially considering they're extinct, but you're in the wrong f***ing place at the wrong time."

Kain looked around, making sure Mephistopheles wasn't coming at him, then turning back to the girl, his expression more severe, not much amusement in his face. "Second, what exactly did you witness? How I escaped from his Ki blasts unscathed or how I lay a serious amount of hits on him before he even managed to touch me? Or maybe how I blew him away just a moment ago? I think you should get your eyes checked... And while we're on the subject... I'm not your f***ing Silver Saiyan..." he said, pointing at his hair. "That's white... say it w-h-i-t-e!" Kain didn't like her and wasn't hiding it.

Now Kain bent down his head slightly, his eyes glowing red and now his face showing no joy whatsoever. "And I'm not letting you take over sh**... What do you compare our powers by anyway? Then again... don't answer... I don't give a sh**. If you *were* doing me a favor I'd probably kick YOUR ass and then get back to Mephistopheles, because I hate unwanted company. And, by the way, what dimension are you exactly going to send him to? The dimension of fluffy, pink bunnies? Yes, I believe that Mr. Horny there will feel right at home..." Kain said, turning his back to the Tsufuru-jin youth. "Do yourself a favor and stay out of our way. If you interrupt my fight before it's over, I swear Mephistopheles will be the least of your concerns... I don't need any cheap Saiyan rip-offs getting in my way. Now go fight a Balrog or something..." Kain said, trying his best not to just kill her right there and then. He was hoping he wouldn't have to concern himself with her anymore.


Absol



Just as Absol's foot hit the ground he felt the fused Saiya-jin's hand on his shoulder. Absol smirked as Garekiah threatened him once more, obviously he either had really great power reserved, or he still hadn't learned who he was dealing with. Possibly it was both...

Absol felt the unbelievable surge of power behind him and smirked. This would be good... The demon rose up a foot in the air and unhurriedly flew, putting about a hundred feet behind him and the Saiyan, looking at his long shadow, created by the immense light behind him. The smile broadened.

Absol finally turned around, looking the now Super Saiya-jin the eye. "This ends now..." Garekiah said, and begun charging a quite scary-looking attack, obviously planning to blow Absol away completely. "May-Sen-O-Mattic-Ka-Me-Haaaaa!!!" he shouted, firing an unbelievable Ki beam, seemingly a combined attack of the to fusees.

"I certainly hope not..." Absol replied, a smirk on his face. "Hellthunder!!" he shouted, and suddenly his right arm lit up on fire, the flame burning so hot it scorched any earth in a twenty-foot radius, incinerating any zombies in the same distance. His left hand began shining bright blue, long and powerful bolts of lightning shooting in all directions, bringing anyone that wasn't careful in danger. He brought both arms together and suddenly a spiral of flame and lightning shot forth, mixing and becoming a rather dreadful-looking pillar of red, flaming lightning, smaller than Garekiah's beam, but it was obviously just as strong, as, when the two met, the powers canceled each other out, not moving an inch to either side. Absol chuckled, then stopped pouring energy into the beam, moving out of the way of the beam Garekiah had launched at him.

"Now... shall we begin?" Absol said, suddenly appearing before the fused Saiya-jin fighter, his fist headed for his gut. Next was a punch to the side of his head, and Absol's knee to Garekiah's stomach. Suddenly Absol attacked with a flurry of attacks, beginning to laugh. "Come on, Saiyan! I have been locked away for long, I thirst for a good battle!!" Absol shouted and finished the flurry with a punch from his flaming right fist.

[yumi]

OOC: ROFL! Good post Kain!

Yumi had made her views quite clear to the saiyan. For a moment the smile on Kain's face disappeared as he looked at her, cocking his head to the side for a bit. Suddenly the white haired saiyan broke out into laughter, rolling over, clutching his stomach. Tears from his eyes rolled down to his cheeks. After a couple more seconds of laughing, he whiped away his tears and pulled himself together. Yumi gritted her teeth and mage a growling noise, like a pissed off dog, which amused Kain.

“Okay, now it's my turn... First... are you a tuffle?

“Yes I am, I am a tuffle. The queen of tuffles! A race destroyed by your filthy people!”
Kain began laughing again. Yumi’s face turned bright red. The ignorant saiyan continued to speak. “Look, I'm not sure where did you get that spunkiness from, or how you managed to come from being midget-people with sh** power, to someone who's actually... human in size and can fly, although your sense of style is awful... blue doesn't suit you well at all. And, don't get me wrong, I'm impressed on the progress of your people, especially considering they're extinct, but you're in the wrong f***ing place at the wrong time."

Yumi’s mouth fell open. Nobody in her life had ever disrespected her the way he did. The teen was in so much shock, that she tried to speak but no words could come out. A bead of sweat dripped down from the side of her face. She put her left hand over her mouth, not believing it. "Second, what exactly did you witness? How I escaped from his Ki blasts unscathed or how I lay a serious amount of hits on him before he even managed to touch me? Or maybe how I blew him away just a moment ago? I think you should get your eyes checked... And while we're on the subject... I'm not your f***ing Silver Saiyan..." he said, pointing at his hair. "That's white... say it w-h-i-t-e!" Yumi’s eyes bulged at the white haired saiyan.

Okay Yumi, cool down! Calm down!

"And I'm not letting you take over sh**... What do you compare our powers by anyway? Then again... don't answer... I don't give a sh**. If you *were* doing me a favor I'd probably kick YOUR ass and then get back to Mephistopheles, because I hate unwanted company. And, by the way, what dimension are you exactly going to send him to? The dimension of fluffy, pink bunnies? Yes, I believe that Mr. Horny there will feel right at home..."

To show his level of disrespect, he turned his back on her as he continued to speak. "Do yourself a favor and stay out of our way. If you interrupt my fight before it's over, I swear Mephistopheles will be the least of your concerns... I don't need any cheap Saiyan rip-offs getting in my way. Now go fight a Balrog or something..."

A smile suddenly lit up on the teens face. “Hmm, I wouldn’t be making threats if I were you. That is no way to speak to a queen! HOW DARE YOU, YOU LITTLE RUNT! You had better watch your mouth or I will be sending you to hell. How do you like that? As for backing off, watch my middle finger” she said as she slowly raised her middle finger in the air. “With your white hair I would say you’re the rip off saiyan, you retarted reject! Cheeky little monkey!” Mephistopheles was now back on the scene. “Yumi, what are you doing here? What of Elena?”

“Let’s just say I put her in her place!”

Yumi lowered her head, then raised it up again. A bolt of blue electricity raced around her body.

“Oh yes, I remember now, you threatened to destroy me! I’m standing here! Come try!” Yumi teleported in front of the demon. “Monkey, I’m taking over. If you got a problem with that do something about it!”

[damius]

(OOC: Actions taken by Mephistopheles in the previous post are null and void, as they weren't sanctioned by me. So you all know.)

Just before Kain's final attack hit him, Mephistopheles concentrated and let it hit him. He allowed some of the blast to go around him, causing smoke to hide him. He absorbed the rest and used it as a speed boost to take him far away from the battle, to where Elena lay, defeated. He grinned and laughed inside. Damius had been good for something. His ability of energy manipulation was quite useful.

He kneeled down and spoke softly in Elena's ear, making her eyes wide.

"You failed, Elena. And what's worse, she's interupting my fight. My first true fight in thousands of years." He glanced over to far away where Yumi and Kain were bickering. "You know what that means Elena. And this time, not even Sisyphus will bring you back. My brothers will make sure of that."

He grabbed her by the back of her skull, his massive hand easily fitting around it. He then pulled his hand back quickly, ripping her head off in one deft movement. He body cam only inches off the ground, and fell gently back down, limp, with thick, dark blood spraying everywhere. He stood up, and tossed her head up and down for a moment. He looked back to his battle and grinned. Still having some energy from Kain's attack, he was there instantaneously.

"I must say, Kain. You are quite fast. Maybe faster than me." Mephistopheles laughed inside at the thought. He loved to build his prey up before he tore them down. After all, the more the pride, the greater the shame. "But your attacks are lacking. But I'm sure you'll find some way to get around that." He then turned to Yumi. He had addressed Kain with respect, but her he addressed with anger in his eyes.

"As for you, girl. You barely defeated Elena, and you think you can defeat me? I'd laugh if it wasn't so pathetic. Oh, and by the way, Kain, I love your style of insults. If you were a demon, you'd be right up there with me and my brothers. Oh, that reminds me."

He tossed the head of Elena to Yumi, and watched the horror on her face.

"I believe you two know eachother." He laughed loud and long. "Kain, if you wish, I can make this a more private battle? Or you can beat her, or I can kill her. Then we can continue our battle. After all, we were just warming up."

[yumi]

Somehow, while Kain and Yumi had been arguing, Mephistopheles had managed to travel towards where Yumi and Elena had battled. He had returned with the head of her opponent. Yumi was shocked to see her head inside his hand. “As for you, you barely defeated Elena and yet you think you can defeat me?” He tossed her head over to yumi. She caught it then let go of it, and watched as the head dropped to the ground. “I believe you two know each other.” A lame comment made by the demon. “Kain, if you wish, I can make this a more private battle? Or you can beat her, or I can kill her. Then we can continue our battle. After all, we were just warming up."

Yumi stared down at the head, then looked back up at the demon. “What kind of person, kills their own kind? She was defenceless, there was no need for that. Make no mistake about it, I have the power to defeat you, but if you really want to waste your time on this pathetic saiyan be my guest.” She turned towards the saiyan. “I know you won’t last.” She turned back to the demon. “After he fails I want you next, got it! I will make sure you pay for underestimating me!” Yumi flew out of the twos way. She wanted the pleasure of watching the two rip each other apart. One thing was for sure, Yumi didn’t care what the outcome of their battle would be.

OOC: I'm a post whore! In this post I am simply quoting what he said, not controlling his character!!

[damius]

Mephistopheles:

Mephistopheles laughed at Yumi's question.

"You want to know what kind of person does that?" He gestured all over his body. "See the horns? See the wings? See these claws? They aren't for you serving Sunday dinner to a bunch of goody-two-shoes, they're for KILLING!!!! I'm a fucking DEMON!!!! GET IT?!!! DE-MON?!!! Fucking twit."

He turned to Kain intent on violence now. "You know, this is why I hate mortals. Not because you're all bad, but because the fact you can breed and become self-righteous knit-wits! I'm tired of this talk." Mephistopheles snapped his finger, and a large barrier appeared around the two warriors in the shape of a sphere, dark red in color. It was easily big enough for the fight, but still small enough to make it interesting.

"Now Kain, we can fight in peace. No more bull-shit. Full power, both of us. And by the way, don't touch the barrier, for your own good."

At that Mephistopheles' aura flared up and nearly incompased the enitre field of energy. He put his hands in front of him, palms outward. A jet of flame appeared in his hands, and mixed with energy from him, creating a spear of energy and flame.

"Your move, Kain."

[lionheart]

(OOC: Yeah, we noticed... )

Kain


Yumi seemed to get mad at what Kain said. In fact, she turned red as a beet and started shouting at him. Kain was having trouble keeping himself under control. This Tuffle was being such a pain... "That is no way to speak to a queen!" she said, to which Kain only snorted.

"If you call yourself a queen, then f***ing act like one," he hissed, although she probably didn't even hear him through her own ranting.

"You better watch your mouth or I will be sending you to hell! How do you like that? As for backing off, watch my middle finger!" she said, perfectly demonstrating the maturity and calmness of a nation's leader. No... wait... no, she wasn't...

"God... damn it..." Kain cursed, his arms now shaking with anger. "You little biatch... why don't you try going through f***ing puberty and THEN call yourself a queen?"

"With your white hair I would say you're the rip-off Saiyan, you retarded reject! Cheeky little monkey!" at first Kain was about to snap something back, but, as the last word came forth from her lips, it seemed Kain's anger disappeared and there was only... confusion. All of a sudden it was like Kain was all alone and there was nothing but blackness and emptiness.

'...Monkey?' Kain thought, completely dumbfounded by Yumi's "insult". He wasn't sure what he should do now... beat the sh** out of her, or spank her...

Suddenly Kain noticed something with the corner of his eye, Damius was back, holding some woman's head in his hand. He wasn't one afraid of gore, but the sight still made him grimace. "I must say, Kain. You are quite fast. Maybe faster than me."

"Please... I'm not your little Tsufuru-biatch. Don't belittle me..." Kain murmured, his arms still crossed, but now ready to fight if the need arose. Correction... *when* the need arose. Kain had to chuckle at Mephistopheles' comment about his insults.

"I'll keep you and your brothers in mind for when I go to hell..." he said, half-jokingly, three-quarter-seriously.

Kain only rolled his eyes as Yumi did her 'righteousness for the masses' speech after Mephistopheles tossed the demon woman's head to her, obviously getting on both Kain's *and* Mephistopheles' nerves, but laughed at the demon's reply to her stupid question. "I know you won't last," the Tsufuru-jin said, glaring at Kain as she flew away, tail between her legs, making Kain grin, but he still felt a great big urge to kill her. Or at least show her she's picking a wrong person to fight.

For a moment Kain watched her leave, then turned his head slightly, speaking to Mephistopheles. "Maybe we should just kill her...?" he said, then smiled, the entire Yumi situation lessening the tension between him and the demon, almost putting them on the same side for a moment.

Now that Yumi was gone, Mephistopheles turned his attention back to Kain and he turned around to face the demon, uncrossing his arms. "You know, this is why I hate mortals. Not because you're all bad, but because of the fact you can breed and become self-righteous knit-wits! I'm tired of this talk," the demon said, then snapped his fingers, creating a rather large barrier surrounding them. "Now Kain, we can fight in peace. No more bull-sh**. Full power, both of us. And, by the way, don't touch the barrier, for your own good."

Kain nodded in agreement. He was surprised to see a demon that had this much common sense. In fact, he felt that under other circumstances they could have been friends. Even if he was bit cruel for Kain's liking. Suddenly his opponent's aura seemingly blew up, filling up most of the barrier they were supposed to fight in. Kain felt the aura licking his body like flames, hot and uncomfortable. Sweat trickled down his forehead, it was like sitting in an oven. 'Time to turn down the heat...' Kain thought as he raised his arms, creating pressure on his muscles, fists clenched, his entire body as tense as it could be. Electricity flickered momentarily. Between his feet, his arms, head and hand, for brief moments the energy Kain was building up came on the outside in the form of electric power. His eyes shot up to Mephistopheles, a grin creeping onto Kain's face. He was slightly scared because he realized full well that he was probably no match for the demon, and there was a possibility he would have to listen to that little Tsufuru-nut's b**ching after he lost, but, as it was usually the case when facing someone stronger, the fear was an adrenaline rush like none other, and came together with an enormous dose of excitement. Kain had yet to test the full extent of his strength after the tournament, and it was obviously an accurate moment to do so. With a shout a powerful wind, like a hurricane began blowing from Kain, going straight through Mephistopheles' aura and opening a lot of room for Kain's, his white aura now taking up half of the barrier, the two flame-like forces quite accurately dividing the rather large barrier in halves.

Then Mephistopheles moved his hands forward, his palms open and suddenly a long spear of flame and energy appeared. "Oh, gimme a break..." Kain sighed at the prospect of fighting Mephistopheles unarmed, while the demon was wielding a lance of flame.

"Your move, Kain," he said and Kain sighed again.

"As far as I know it's usually the horny ones that take the offensive... but, in your case, I'm willing to make an exception..." Kain snickered, toning his aura down to just a few inches around him. It still kept him safe from the heat, but didn't consume anywhere near as much energy as the full flare. In a moment Kain's white aura disappeared, leaving a large void for a moment, but from the distance something like a white flame diving into the red could be seen.

Kain was going full power now. He couldn't last too long, but he had more chances of doing damage this way. First came a punch to Mephistopheles' head, Kain's body parallel to the ground and on the level of the demon's head. Using the momentum of the punch, Kain flipped around to deliver also a kick. Quickly getting behind the demon's back he attempted two quick, but strong punches to his sides, then a drop-kick to his shoulder, shooting upwards and firing a powerful Ki beam at his opponent. He had to see what Mephistopheles fought like... creating a tactics without that was a ridiculous idea.

[barnibusquentin]

Damius
(OOC: excuse the slight control Damius)
Diamond sharp pain ran up Damius' arm. He screamed out and tore his arm from the hole, a giant arc of blood sprayed across the room from the stump of his wrist, hand now somewhere in the darkness. Out of the dankest corner of the room echoed a voice, laughing.

"Blood for blood," it said, and through the pain-rimmed edges of his eyes Damius could see a doorway open in the wall exposing a set of rotting wooden stairs downwards.

Beyond the stairs was another room. A bright red carpet dominated the center of the room. There were two chairs placed there facing each other. One was little more than a worn stone and the other was a varnished wooden throne. A ghostly figure sat in this. As Damius approached it whispered, barely audibly.

"I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?"

[damius]

((OOC: BTW, forgot to mention this last post. The barrier around us sucks your soul straight into hell if you touch it. So my advice would be to everyone, don't touch it.))

Mephistopheles:

As Kain darted for him, Mephistopheles thought for a split-second of what to do. He delved into Damius' abilities, and decided on two to use. When Kain finally made contact, Mephistopheles just stood there, unmoving from the assault. When Kain fired the ki-beam, Mephistopheles raised his spear toward it, not even looking. The beam was completely absorbed into it, making it that much stronger.

Mephistopheles lowered his arm, concentrated for a second, and initiated Damius' Blowback ability. The power of Kain's attacks and then some were sent back to him, directly, almost as an invisible attack. He knew it had hurt him quite, as there was no way around the attack. Then Mephistopheles braced himself for what he knew was coming. He ended the little trick, and felt Kain's attacks full-force. He staggered backwards a few feet, but was consoled by the fact Kain was hurting worse.

He regained his standing posture, and dashed towards Kain, swinging his spear almost wildly, attempting to hit him in the arm, leg, and torso. Then, bringing his lower body up, tried to drop-kick Kain, as well as stabbing him in the head with the spear. He flipped backwards, landed with both feet on the ground, and held out his hands in front of him, spear parallel to the ground.

The spear was then channeled into a massive blast of fire and energy, massive in size, and the equivilent of 5 high-power ki blasts. Mephistopheles was about to follow up with another attack when something happened. He became immobile, deep within his own thoughts. Damius had passed the first test, unknowing though he was. Mephistopheles almost didn't see Kain coming at him again.


Damius:

Damius thought for a few moments about what was obviously a riddle albeit from an interesting source. He then looked directly at it, semi-confident in what he was about to say.
He tried to speak, but the pain from his arm still caused him much trouble. He worked his voice through it, but the pain was still evident in it.

"An arrow."

[barnibusquentin]

Rooniku, etc.
The two energy attacks collided in midair and unleashed a thundering shockwave that shook the ground for miles, as the energy exploded outward and dissipated into nothingness. Rooniku came tumbling in to the creature's skull with a punch powerful enough to break a chip the size of a text book from its head and send a shower of brains and maggots into the sky. A flurry of punches widened the crack enough to expose rotting brain matter underneath. Rooniku was just their long enough to see it pulse horridly before pushing away. However, as he did he felt a sick tearing along the back of his thigh. The creature had tried to grab him as he retreated, but succeeded only in clawing him. However, that would be enough. Already Rooniku could feel gross pangs of disease moving up his body.

Second later Rooniku returned. A cackling ball of purple energy grew to significant proportions in his hand.

"I'll bet this was unexpected. OK, it's gonna be mouthful. Vanishing Ball Zer0blivion Attack!" he screamed, before launching the attack.

The attack cut through the sky, changing zombies in its path into wisps of ash. The giant undead reacted too slow to dodge, but threw up a shield of energy with both hands. The attack hit and exploded outward. The creature flew backwards and smashed clean through the castle wall, causing it to crumble to the ground. All around where the demon had stood was a blackened circle. Trees, stones, and zombies alike were reduced to nothingness. The air was tinged with electricty remaining from the attack, and for a second the entire battle halted as both sides turned to marvel at the destruction. Slowly the other walls of the castle, now without support began to sag. Bricks fell one by one, multiplying now, two by two, and three by three. It wouldn't be long before there was nothing left of the castle.

From amid all the destruction, the Balrog pushed itself to its feet and shook the dust from its shoulders. It was injured badly but not defeated yet.

(OOC: Jinx, a post for you and I later today.)

[roos]

Rooniku felt the disease pulsing up his leg and reacted quickly, smashing his right fist into a karate style chop at the leg, severing it from the rest of his body using his Demon Body technique. He looked at the infected leg for a moment, then it fell to the dirt below. He noticed the Balrog getting to its feet and his jaw dropped in disbelief.
[glow=red,2,300]"How are you NOT dead yet?!"[/glow] Rooniku sighed irritably and focussed, his aura expanding, and it became a bright gold as he tapped into Carniku's Super Saiyan Two powers. Then he dug deeper into Roos' strengths, activating Roos Comet and surrounding that golden aura in another red one. Then he brought it all together and yelled at the Balrog,
"If this doesn't finish you I don't know WHAT WILL!" He charged at the beast, all this added on energy focussed into one massive punch in his extended right fist, which was glowing like a bright star as Roos shot across the distance between himself and the Balrog in the space of a moment, Rooniku was confident this one massive punch would surely finish the beast, regardless of the fact that yes, he had forgotten to grow back a new leg. The huge punch was aimed for what had now become a weka spot, the Balrog's skull.

Meanwhile, Zammy's own battle with the zombies was going well. The Ki rifles made short work of them and any who got too close were cut down by their helmet blades. They had brought down their force fields to allow for full power in their attack, but unfortunately this had caused them to suffer two casualties already. The small army had formed into a group at the edge of the battle-field, distracting the hordes of zombies from Eden's Finest, which had been Zammy's plan.
"Commander Zammy!" one of the other soldiers yelled above the sounds of gun-fire. Zammy yelled back, after blasting off another member of the undead's arm.
"What is it soldier?!" the soldier in question, who Zammy couldn't see as he was directly behind him, shooting over his head, answered,
"The Roos Blaster sir! It's fully charged!" Zammy grinned under his helmet as he remembered their secret weapon. He paced backwards, firing still, and cried,
"Cover me boys, I'll deploy the Roos Blaster!" The soldiers obediently formed up a wall in front of their commander, the stacatto sounds of their attack speeding up as they made another sudden effort, clearing away several more of their enemy.

[barnibusquentin]

(OOC: Well, this basically ends the running of the co-saga, unless anyone feels like dying to come help. It got kind of bigger than I figured it would, but oh well. You all have some awesome fights going, so keep it up as long as you like. And Damius, I will keep running the maze thing for you. Roos feel free to take control of the Balrog for a good death--I didn't get around to writing it, but basically your attack will kill it. To everyone else, it's been fun and keep reading if you want to find out the fate of Barnibus and Sisyphus.)

Damius
The apparition nodded and evanesced away. The walls of the room began to vibrate, sending painful waves of sound into the room. After a moment the etire room broke apart, like bricks of lego. First the walls shattered, then the roof, carpet, chairs, even Damius himself. Each piece floated as if suspended in zero gravity for a minute before reforming back together in a different order. Damius now found himself standing on the side wall of a room. Nintey degrees below him was a coffee table and three chairs set around a blazing hearth. The wall he was staning on was hung with long tapestries depicting alternating scenes of batle, triumph and loss. Above him on smooth marble opposite wall was a stairwell leading into blackness beyond. The only problem was how to get there. He dropped a small piece of lint from his pocket and watched it fall to the wall below him, it seemed gravity had oriented itself ninety degrees opposed to normal.

Jinx, Barnibus
Suddenly there was a powerful yell from behind Sisyphus. The shadows that held fast to Barnibus turned slightly to look, and in the split second their concentration was broken the Old Man found the energy to grit through the burning pain and cast. He poured every ounce of energy he had into his hand and slammed it into the side of Sisyphus’s smiling face.

Bright lines of alternating black, red, blue, green, and white raced down the Wizard’s arm and tore into Sisyphus’s face. The Necromancer screamed at the top of his lungs as the skin below Barnibus’s grip was burned away, a great plume of black smoke flew away from the wound, like a spirit leaving the body. There was just enough time for Sisyphus to put a hand to the Old Man’s chest and slam a ki ball into him from point blank. There was an explosion that sent the frail wizard flying back nearly a dozen feet. As he flew through the air the two shadows jumped into his body and began tearing apart his body and soul from the inside out. He landed with a thump and was gone to blackness.

Sisyphus didn’t see the first blow coming. It thundered into his side with a crack of bone. He spun in time to duck under the roundhouse, the residual energy from the kick singeing his hair. But, as he turned Jinx caught sight of his horrifying face: half burned away to black bone, one eye nearly gone and spilling blood across the pale cheek. The blast of spirit energy slammed into Sisyphus knocking him over the edge of wall, but at the last second he grabbed hold of a stone, and held himself dangling like a leaf in the wind.

The Necromancer’s words were spoken through a curtain of pain, “Well done Jinx, well done. You and the Old Man have killed me. But, itss not going to be that easy.” He paused for a moment, body wracked with bloody coughs. “When I die, I’ll simply come back through the gate again, it’s keyed to my soul and it can only be closed from the inside. Even if you have the three artifacts, you’ll need my soul to close it.”

Speech done, the Necromancer gave one last smile, and let himself drop from the wall.

Everyone
In the chaos of battle no one noticed the Necromancer fall, but as he crashed into the ground a ripple of his power dissipating could be felt by everyone.

Mephistoeles, Absol, and the Balrog all stood stunned for a split second as their connection severed with their master. But for the powerful demons it didn’t last long, now they were completely free of control. Their power grew exponentially as the cap was lifted off the well of the energy, without the controlling influence of Sisyphus they were free to delve as deep into it as they wished.

For the weaker demons the change was quite opposite, without a single master to control them they went crazy. Demons fought each other, some simply flew and ran away, others cowered, and more still turned berserk. Zombies changed from slow shambling to quick running and jumped on any one within range. The master may have been dead, but the battle surely wasn’t over yet.

What’s more he could return at any moment.

Jinx, Barnibus
The Old Man lay on the cold stone walkway and watched the stars overhead. He flitted in and out of blackness and smiled as the sky spun. Out there somewhere was his Home, the one he was fighting for. The one he had come to Eden to protect in the first place. Jinx ran over to him. Barnibus tried to lift his head, but waves of bright pain stopped him. A rapidly growing pool of marbled black and red blood was growing around him. He chuckled at the swirled lines of black, motor oil. It was what kept him running well. The shadows squeezed at his hear and an image of an old man slugging back a bottle of 10W 40 passed through his mind. He chuckled again. He was beginning to hallucinate.

“Jinx, you’re not dead. What happened?” The Old Man asked, nodding through the pain at the reply before continuing.

“I can’t let him come back through the gate, if he does this is over. I won’t ask you to come with me, but you can see where the gate is.” Stars flashed in front of his vision as the last of the Old Man’s life blood spilled away. “Don’t move my body, leave me here.”

The Cold grip of death took him.

The two shadows leapt from the Old Man’s body, work finished, the dove for Jinx, incorporeal hands clawing at his life force.

[jinx]

The Necromancer’s words were spoken through a curtain of pain, “Well done Jinx, well done. You and the Old Man have killed me. But, itss not going to be that easy.” He paused for a moment, body wracked with bloody coughs. “When I die, I’ll simply come back through the gate again, it’s keyed to my soul and it can only be closed from the inside. Even if you have the three artifacts, you’ll need my soul to close it.”

Speech done, the Necromancer gave one last smile, and let himself drop from the wall. Jinx watched as Sisyphus fall to the ground and spat towards him, “Ten thousand years in the darkest corner of hell is not enough for you…” A shockwave of Sisyphus’ dark life force shook through the battlefield. At this Jinx moved quickly towards Barnibus.


“Jinx, you’re not dead. What happened?” The Old Man asked, nodding through the pain at the reply before continuing.

“I met my ancestors and was given a gift…they knew about Sisyphus…he told me his soul was keyed to the gate, it can only be closed from the other side regardless of the artifacts. He said we’d need his soul to close the gate.”

“I can’t let him come back through the gate, if he does this is over. I won’t ask you to come with me, but you can see where the gate is.” Stars flashed in front of his vision as the last of the Old Man’s lifeblood spilled away. “Don’t move my body, leave me here.”

Jinx put his hand on the Old Man’s shoulder as he passed, “I follow where ever the darkness leads…”

Suddenly the two dark spirits leapt from Barnibus onto to Jinx’s body and threw him backwards rolling over the rampart of the castle. Not this time boys…I know your game… Jinx leapt up and covered his hands in spirit energy and grabbed the two dark ones forcibly pulling them from his body, their ethereal arms ripping away and dissipating. Jinx held the two dark ones at arms length and started pouring spirit energy into them until they exploded in a mix of shadow and light.

Jinx walked solemnly towards were his spear lay and picked it up. He checked to make sure the artifact was still secured in the folds of his clothing. The blue electric energy crackled around him as he took off into the energy mass of the portal.

As he approached it was as if his ki aura was nullified and he was sucked in. The initial journey was much more violent. Jinx felt as if he was been sucked through a tunnel too small for his body. He felt disassociated from his body as he was pulled towards the darkness…

[Musashi]

(OOC – If I’ve misread any part of this thread PM me and let me know, there were a lot of posts to sort through)

It was in the brief lull of the fighting that Musashi and Kuwanlelenta appeared on the battlefield. Musashi looked, trying to locate Barnibus, and realized that he did not sense the man’s life force on Eden. He focused harder, concentrating, opening his mind to further realms. He found the man, in the Otherworld, and realized that Barnibus was gone.

The man wanted to swear, but restrained himself, clenching his fists in rage. His knuckles popped and cracked as the veins popped out beneath his cloak. “Another friend gone, he thought to himself, “ And for what? For someone’s lust of power?” The knight wretched his focus back to where it belonged, the battlefield. Other friends and allies were fighting, and he could feel the explosion of power within their three demonic opponents. He came here with a purpose, grief would have to wait.

It appeared that for the moment, everyone was too busy with their individual battles to notice their arrival. That would change soon. He spoke softly to his apprentice, one last time, [glow=white,1,500]”Fight well my student, “[/glow] and with that turned away.

Rage was building beneath his calm exterior, the volcanic heat of his anger building pressure inside him. He sank down, feet spread, and the white fire from his belly rose to meet him, swirling around him, billowing his cloak and turning his inner anger into a power. [glow=white,1,500]”Kiaaaaaaaaaaa!”[/glow] he yelled out as the tension racked his body. He shook with effort as the ground cracked and shook beneath his feet.

“Good, good,” the little voice inside his head told him, “Use that anger, don’t you feel their evil?” And so he poured more of himself into the battle, pushing his kindness, his personality deeper and letting his saiyan heritage bubble to the surface. “But you won’t go that far will you? “ it taunted him, “You’ve been afraid to go that far since you came back”

Musashi felt the temptation. He knew the power that lay in his heritage, and yet he held back, even now. “It will be enough,” he told himself, “I haven’t used this much power since I stopped Bryce’s blast, it will have to be enough,”

He shouted mentally to the others, letting them know he’d arrived, as if they hadn’t felt his appearance, [glow=grey,4,500]”I’m here,”[/glow] he started, [glow=grey,4,500]”The others will not be far behind, and they have the artifact!”[/glow]

Musashi’s eyes gleamed with battle light as his aura raced upwards towards the sky. He Sensed two combatants locked behind a barrier he knew he could not pass. The King Roos was engaging a large demon of his own, and a saiyan who seemed both familiar and alien engaged one of his own. Musashi decided that Roos could handle his own and it would appear that the other Saiyan was under attack, the demon lashing out with a flurry of blows.
“There,” he thought to himself. He moved forward like water, knowing that the surrounding battle would give him the element of surprise, as the lesser demons tore themselves apart. He saw the demon launching it’s physical attacks at the powerful saiyan and he took careful aim.

Twin beams of purest white raced from his eyes with a near light velocity, aimed straight at the demons back. They would not kill anything, this he knew, but they could interrupt the things’ timing and distract it, giving the other saiyan a chance to counterattack. He knew that the beams would pain the demon, evil personified as his ki was amplified in its damage on the wicked (OOC- read profile for description). Musashi spoke out, [glow=white,1,500]”Hope you don’t mind if I join in the fun,”[/glow]

[lionheart]

Kain


Much to Kain's surprise, Mephistopheles didn't even bother evading his blows, meaning that he was quite plainly screwed. When he attempted the Ki blast attack, the demon absorbed it in his spear, the energy in it growing and becoming more powerful. "Ah, shit... I'd better not try that again..." Kain swore, thinking of any more attack possibilities he had. However, no matter how the thought about it, nothing worth trying came to mind.

Mephistopheles didn't move for a moment and Kain tilted his head out of curiosity, then suddenly felt a sharp pain in his side, as if he had taken a powerful blow. Then several more and the Saiya-jin rolled up in a ball, clutching his stomach, trying not to hurl. 'What the shit was that?' he thought, not understanding where that attack had come from in the first place. He fell to the ground, sitting on his knees, doing his best to regain his composure. He finally managed to get up on his feet and now it was time to look Mephistopheles up.

The demon didn't require a long time to find, as Kain saw a spear swing headed straight for him the moment he raised his eyes. Kain leaned backwards, the spear missing his arm by an inch, jumping up to dodge the swing for his legs and dashing sideways not to get impaled by the jab for his gut. The sudden and unexpected damage he had taken really was messing with his head and also with his speed. Slowly, almost groggily he looked back to Mephistopheles, who brought his leg down in a powerful drop-kick to Kain's shoulder. He felt a sudden jagged pain and screamed as the kick broke his shoulder bone, forcing Kain on his knees again. Somehow the pain had brought back his awareness and reflexes, and Kain managed to lean back, evading the stab, then quickly fired a small Ki beam towards Mephistopheles' face just to put at least a little distance between them.

He rolled over and leaped to his feet, dashing as far as he could without touching the barrier. There he turned around, looking at Mephistopheles, hoping for an opening in which he could heal his shoulder. But that wasn't the moment then as the demon suddenly fired an immense Ki beam, mixed with flame at him. Kain was in trouble, he realized that and this moment reminded him of his fight against Zack in the tournament. He suddenly darted upwards as fast as he could, almost getting out of the way, but putting up a Ki shield just in case. The beam caught the very bottom of the shield, which almost sent Kain flipping through the air, but he managed to stop and brace himself quickly, expecting another attack from Mephistopheles any moment now, but it never came.

It seemed the demon had felt something that disturbed him, but whatever happened wasn't really Kain's concern. He quickly raised his left arm up, gritting his teeth as the pain shot through his entire body. For about ten seconds there was a nasty cracking noise as Kain's bones reconstructed themselves. After ten seconds Kain hissed through his teeth, going towards Mephistopheles once more, trying to quickly think of any decent idea. Beating him was no longer Kain's goal, it was doing the greatest amount of damage possible before hitting the floor. Although he didn't like admitting it, he realized that he stood little chance against this foe, but if he couldn't cause at least some inconvenience, he could never forgive himself.

With a shout Kain's entire body gained a bright white glow as he empowered himself everywhere, partly to surprise his foe, partly because he didn't know what he'll do yet. Drawing back his fist for a punch for the slightly distracted demon, Kain suddenly disappeared from sight, appearing right behind him. Not losing a tenth of a second, Kain grabbed Mephistopheles' wing with his left arm, delivering possibly his most powerful blow ever to the joint between the demon's wing and his back. If he was lucky, that would have broken the joint or at least made things uncomfortable. Quickly he switched to the other wing, grabbing it's outlines with both arms, and thrusting both his feet at it with all his strength. Yet again, he wasn't quite sure of Mephistopheles' sturdiness, but he could have put a hole through the wing, which seemed to be the weakest point in his body.

Kain quickly flew back a bit, panting. The power-up, combined with the sudden speed-burst really took a large chunk out of Kain's strength. He wasn't even sure anymore if he'd be standing after Mephistopheles' next attack. Probably he wouldn't be...

[damius]

Mephistopheles:

Mephistopheles was so distracted by Damius' progress that he didn't have time to brace himself at all, rendering Kain's attacks fully-effective. His first wing was broken, and the second was ripped almost in half from Kain's attack. He lurched forward, feeling immense pain from Kain's attacks at his wings. He cursed himself for being so careless, and raised his hand toward the sky, coallaescing a ball of fire in his palm.

The ball suddenly dispersed as Mephistopheles felt the connection with Sisyphus sever. He looked over in time to watch Sisyphus die and Barnibus fall to the ground, mortally wounded. He turned back to Kain and grinned.

"It appears you mission was succesful, Kain. But you've lost to fighters on this day. Damius, and Barnibus." He said the last name with utter satisfaction, knowing it would anger Kain. He was about to resume his attack when the power Sisyphus had been holding back from him began to surface. His wings erupted into flame, as did the tips of his horns and claws, both of which grew more than before. His size almost doubled yet again, making him and easy 12ft tall. His aura began expanding on it's own, more than doubling in size and intensity. The barrier which he had erected could longer contain his power, and shattered into nothingness. He glared at Kain, his eyes now nothing more than orbs of hot fire.

"It seems, Kain, that Barnibus just did you a great disservice. It seems that crafty necromancer was holding back all of our true power. I'll give you a taste, so you can see Barnibus one last time before you die."

Mephistopheles appeared in front of Kain as soon as the last word left his mouth. Kain barely stood up to his waist, which made him laugh inside. He reached down, quickly picking Kain up, his hand wrapping around his chest and shoulders. He pointed Kain towards the castle, and shot a massive blast from his hand, rocketing Kain in that direction. He didn't bother going after him, becuase he was sure Kain would no longer be a problem, wether he was alive or not.

Mephistopheles turned, his back to the castle, and announced his disire for more carnage.
"IS THIS ALL THIS PLANET HAS TO OFFER ME?!!" His challenge was directed towards anyone that heard it.

[gareeku]

Garekiah grimaced with slight frustration as the attack he had launched was held at bay by Absol. Things were certainly not going as smoothly as the fused saiyan had planned, and they sure as hell weren't going to get any smoother.
"Damn it, this isn't gettin us anywhere!" Zack's voice said in Garekiah's mind, frustration quite apparent in his voice.
"Patience, my friend. Battles such as these are not won that easily. We need to focus and use our moves more effectively" Gareeku's voice answered, seemingly in thought about what course of action to take next.

The saiyan wouldn't have long however, as Absol suddenly reappeared in front of Garekiah, with a fist headed towards his gut at an alarming speed. Quickly bringing up a fist, Garekiah's aura burst violently into life as he did so to parry Absol's punch, before swinging his own fist in at Absol's jaw with his other arm. However, the punch would not meet its intended target, as it then collided with Absol's fist as the demon attempted his own punch to the side of the fused saiyan's head, creating a small shockwave as the two attack collided with colossal force. However, Gareeku then gasped with a mixture of shock and pain, as Absol's knee buried itself in Garekiah's gut, winding the warrior slightly.

"Come on, Saiyan! I have been locked away for long, I thirst for a good battle!!" The demon cried out with laughter, beginning an assault of various punches and kicks, to which Garekiah responded by doing the same. Small shockwaves boomed out across the surrounding area as the two warriors fought, feet and fists colliding violently. However, it would be then that Garekiah's body would be sent crashing to ground as Absol's punch found its target, the fused saiyan colliding with the ground violently, throwing up a large cloud of dust as a sizeable crater was formed.

A few moments of silence passed, Absol most likely wondering if he had won the battle, when suddenly a loud scream echoed throughout the landscape; a eerie scream that consisted of two voices in unison, filled with rage and resolve. Suddenly the large cloud of dust was blown away by a colossal force, soon to be revealed as the golden aura that surged violently around Garekiah's frame. Ceasing his screaming, the fused saiyan looked the demon in eye, resolve burning fiercely with the emerald green orbs. It was then that the warrior suddenly shot forward, a loud boom ringing out through the landscape as Garekiah easily broke the sound barrier, accomapnied by a distinctive smell of o-zone as the warrior's golden aura blazed behind him. As the warrior moved in, his arm begin to glow brightly with blue energy, which crackled violently down his arm. In a matter of milliseconds Garekiah was upon his foe, a fierce kick swinging in from the side as it thundered towards Absol's ribs. Not stopping there, Garekiah then brought up his other leg in the form of a knee towards Absol's gut, before bringing his energy-filled arm down to the demon's skull, a bright blue dragon quickly taking form around the warrior's arm as he did so; a sign that the fused saiyan was employing one of Gareeku's attack; the Krazoa Fist.

After he had executed this technique, Garekiah quickly floated back to a short distance away from his foe, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice asking to "join in the fun". Instantly a smile appeared on Garekiah's face; Musashi had arrived.
"Hello again, my friend. You don't need to ask" Gareeku's voice said as it emerged through the fused saiyan's lips. Adopting a stance, Garekiah waited for either Musashi or Absol to make their move...

[yumi]

Yumi wore a grin on her face, as she saw Mephistopheles continue to take apart Kain. It seemed that the demon had been holding back power. Even Yumi herself couldn’t believe how strong he was.

If he had been holding back so much power, could I have possible defeated him? Yes, I still can. I myself don’t even realise how strong I am! besides I am a queen, not to mention a legendary warrior of my race!
Yumi let out a loud laugh, so that the saiyan could hear her. It was another way of her rubbing it in his face that she was right.

Mephistopheles appeared in front of Kain as soon as the last word left his mouth. Kain barely stood up to his waist, which made him laugh inside. He reached down, quickly picking Kain up, his hand wrapping around his chest and shoulders. He pointed Kain towards the castle, and shot a massive blast from his hand, rocketing Kain in that direction. He didn't bother going after him, because he was sure Kain would no longer be a problem, whether he was alive or not.

Mephistopheles turned, his back to the castle, and announced his desire for more carnage. "IS THIS ALL THIS PLANET HAS TO OFFER ME?!!"

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA” laughed the girl. “Kain, I told you that you couldn’t win. You’re pathetic, a disgrace to your saiyan race. All you managed to do was prove how useless you really are! What more could you expect from a monkey? Now Mephistopheles I have listened to you run your silly mouth long enough. You want a real fight, then let’s do this! If it’s a challenge you want then it’s a challenge you’ll get. Elena underestimated me and paid the price, you will too for underestimating me. I was just waiting for when you would beat that saiyan so I can show you what a legendary warrior can do! Are you ready to die?” Yumi powered up in a rage, as her hair turned sky blue.

[carniku]

Rooniku roared and punched at the Balrog's head just as it paused, getting his fist lodged in it by shooting directly through the skull and crashing into the ground past it. He looked panicky and tried to remove his arm by placing his one leg on the creature's remaining head and straining as best he could to get the arm free when suddenly he heard Zammy shouting about the Roos cannon. He shouted out and tried to strain again when suddenly genius struck and he let his arm shoot all the way through. Missing an arm and a leg he floated away as the green and red energy shot streaked through the air from the massive rocket launcher. It was green and mettalic with several handles on it and a red spray paint of Roos, the Roos Blaster was astoundingly powerful. It annihilated the Balrog that was already doomed as its gargantuan form fell to the dust in pieces. Rooniku dusted his hands off and split into the two young warriors, Roos grinned childishly and Carniku tried to look cool and uneffected but this was ruined by his grin. His golden hair slipped back into brown
"That was cool, lil bud. We're doing that again next time we really need help, anyway... Hey, where's Barnibus... Dude... Deal with that guy down there, I need to go look around" Carniku shot down, paused at Mephistopheles and Yumi, he sucked his teeth and said
"Wow, he's still alive? How long have you been at this, girl? Geez, everyones no talk no action these days... Well, see ya" Carniku's power increased and he shot off towards the castle, he zipped in a zooming motion through all the winding corridors continuously looking for Barnibus and shouting
"Barnibus? BARNIBUS!" He spun upwards, punching through the bricks on the ceiling and finally screeching into the chamber with Jinx and Barnibus. He saw Jinx but he didn't look too much at that, what attracted his attention was Barnibus' body.
"Barnibus?" He took a few shaky steps forward and collapsed to his knees next to him "Barnibus... I should have gone after you, this is all may fault..." A few shaky tears fell from Carniku's eyes and he sat looking at the old man's inert frame. He looked sadly and in silence as he waited for what he could do.

[roos]

While Carniku discovered Barnibus' "corpse", Roos observed the battle. He saw the wrecked castle and Carniku heading towards it, the zombies who had now turned on in each other but, most importantly, Mephistopheles holding off every other fighter on his own. Roos frowned, then flew down to Zammy and his loyal warriors.
"Hey Zammy!" he said with a childish grin, skidding into the dirt in front of his general. Zammy saluted in the classic Roosland salute and replied,
"Sir yes sir! Well fought out there, you and Count Carniku put an end to that Balrog creature." Roos smiled at his friend,
"Ah but da Roos Blastah did more of da work! Anyways, 'oo guys should clean up da zombies. I'ma gonna..." Roos was cut off as he caught sight of Musashi's arrival on the scene. He raced up into the sky, causing a large cloud of grey dust kicking up behind him. Zammy yelled to the soldiers,
"Get in firing positions! Fire at will!" The others formed up around him and the thundering sounds of the Ki rifles' shots resumed, as if they had never stopped. The Roos Blaster was taken to the back, and it was doubtful it would be needed again.
Roos appeared above Musashi, both his hands above his head and holding a bright crimson Ki ball inbetween them. He hurled the sphere after Musashi's twin beams, then floated next to him and grinned.
"Hey Moo-sash! Where 'oo bin? C'mon, let's finish what dey started!" he nodded his head to the group of Eden's Finest, before crackling up his aura and activating Roos Comet once more, the bright red aura shining around him and casting a crimson dye upon him and the air around his body.

[lionheart]

Kain


(OOC: Please not that this is not an auto-hit of simply my own accord, but it was something me and Damius had planned already. Yumi, no offense, but you got in the way too early and it might cost ya. )


Kain grinned, as his attacks had been successful. Though obviously not fatal wounds, they should certainly be a cause for discomfort for his demon foe. He was about to retaliate with a ball of fire which appeared and began growing over his head, but it suddenly disappeared, Kain not understanding what happened. Sisyphus turned his head in the direction of the castle, then looked back at Kain,a grin on his face. "It appears your mission was successful, Kain. But you've lost two fighters on this day. Damius and Barnibus..." the demon said, letting the words sink in for a moment, and suddenly Kain felt something snap inside him. He looked up as Mephistopheles' horns, wings and claws seemingly set on fire, growing much larger than they had been, when suddenly Mephistopheles himself grew much larger, now to about 12 feet in height, Kain not being even half of his height (if you'd read his profile, you'd know he's a shorty -D ).

There had been an opening for an attack then and there, but Kain was seemingly lost in himself for the moment, missing his chance to attack. Mephistopheles' aura grew in size and intensity, but Kain didn't even bother putting up a defensive barrier, his failure to protect Barnibus seemingly paralyzing him. Mephistopheles's aura was carrying him back quickly, almost forcing him to make contact with the barrier, but it shattered before Kain touched it.

The Saiya-jin managed to balance himself and stop his movement, glaring at Mephistopheles with no longer determination or anger, but with emptiness and void. The demon was looking at him with eyes flaming like the furnaces of hell themselves. It reminded him of Sol to an extent. "It seems, Kain, that Barnibus just did you a great inconvenience. It seems that crafty necromancer was holding back all our true power. I'll give you a taste, so you can see Barnibus one last time before you die."

Kain noticed Mephistopheles' movement towards him and probably could have managed to arrange at least some kind of defense, but he didn't care at the moment, and let Mephistopheles grab most of his torso in one arm. Even his Saiyan blood-lust didn't give him the urge to fight for his life. He had run away once... now he had flat-out failed. There wouldn't be a third time... he'd rather die. Kain closed his eyes, as he felt the energy amassing at his chest, then release when Mephistopheles launched him together with a Ki blast in the direction of the castle. Kain hit the wall of the structure with his back, then the blast erupted and Kain screamed as the energy engulfed his body, creating a huge dome of heat.

He felt the explosion tear his armor to bits, the force ripping out bits of his clothing. When the light and heat subsided, Kain collapsed on the ground, face-down, his left arm twitching in pain. Although most of his bones had been cracked or broken, here the bone from his forearm had split and come out through the tissue of his arm, sticking out nastily. Kain's body was completely ravaged and basically useless, but in the fight he had preserved an unusually large amount of energy, however it was pointless now. Kain just sighed and closed his eyes, delving into the darkness.



"Kain..." Kain's eyes shot open. Was it her? Kain bolted to his feet, suddenly noticing that he could stand.

'What the...?' Kain thought, looking around, but all he could see was blackness everywhere. Suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and spun around, meeting her deep, dark red eyes. "...Where am I?" he asked, his arms slowly reaching around her.

"It doesn't matter... Just... stay with me... for a little while..." she said and slowly sat on her knees, pulling Kain down too. Kain lied down on the ground, putting his head in her lap and closing his eyes as she ran her fingers through Kain's hair. "You've been through a lot, Kain..."

"What happened? Where did everyone go?" Kain asked, not willing to give in to whatever had happened so easily. Somehow it didn't seem right.

"You have changed... changed a lot since you left... but I see you haven't forgotten your heart..." she said, putting her hand on Kain's chest.

"You aren't real, are you?" Kain asked sighing. He stood up looking at her with sadness in his eyes. "I'm sorry..." he said and shouted. Suddenly it was filled with a light, coming from Kain, pulsing with the Saiyan's heartbeats and the darkness melted away.



He was still on the floor, still ragged and crushed, but he had snapped out of his lull and helplessness. "Dammit, I am a Saiyan!" he shouted. It wasn't that he was proud of his heritage, he didn't even like his race, but he wouldn't deny it and he would only admit that being a Saiyan determined a large part of his personality. His body was screwed, that much he knew, and hand-to-hand combat was out of the question, but that was not all Kain was capable of. Kain managed to get on his knees, balancing himself with his right arm. Luckily it seemed his bones were not too mashed up for him to hold himself up. 'Okay... here comes the painful part...' Kain thought, suddenly stretching his left arm out, the ejected bone ripping through his skin and regaining it's previous position. Kain screamed as the all-too-familiar cracking became audible, tears streaming down his face although he wasn't crying. The pain was simply unbearable.

Quickly, not losing any time, he flew along the wall, getting closer to Mephistopheles. he stopped where Barnibus' body lay, it seemed that a young boy was beside him. Kain looked up and noticed there wasn't much room for him to go forward. 'This isn't enough...' Kain thought, clenching his teeth. His bare knees were turning dark red from the blood and motor oil he was standing on his knees in. "Listen... kid... take the old man away. He's too close to me, and I don't want his body flying around anywhere, ok?" He called the boy 'kid' even though he himself was probably only a year or two older than him. Well... physically at least...

He had probably come off rude or arrogant again, but this wasn't the time to be nice, although Kain had never paid much attention to what he seemed to others. "JUST DO IT!" Kain shouted back, seeing his indecisiveness. He staggered forward, getting as far from Barnibus' body as he could, but so that he'd still be on the castle wall. He had heard Mephistopheles' shouts for a challenge, he had heard that Tsufuru-b**ches laughing and whining, but he didn't give a damn at the moment. He had to give his all in this fight, otherwise he would never forgive himself. And he had one trump left...

Kain put his right palm to the left side of his face, fingers spread wide and thumb on the inside of it. After a moment white bolts of electricity began pulsing throughout his body, growing larger and more violent with each passing moment, running from his feet to his head, then from his head to his palm one after the other. The Ki he was charging began breaking up the wall beneath him, creating long, deep cracks throughout the entire stone construction, the entire wall beginning to shake.

The large puddle of blood and oil Barnibus had left on the ground began rippling violently, but soon it rose into the air in drops along with the smaller and bigger stones, a swirling vortex of debris appearing around the shouting Kain. He looked up to Mephistopheles. It seems he was together with Yumi. Kain smirked. 'Perfect... I'll hit the demon AND that little b**ch... it seems things are turning up for me after all...' he thought, then stretched out his arm towards them, his palm upright and fingers together, a tiny Ki ball of bright white light hovering before his thumb. He grabbed the wrist of his arm with his left hand, blood spilling from the wound his own bone had made. The pulsing of the electricity quickened, and the sphere began rapidly increasing in size. After only about ten seconds the sphere had grown into an enormous ball of white light about forty to fifty feet in diameter.

"You should have stayed away, b**ch!" he shouted, meaning Yumi, although he was overjoyed she would also be hit. "And Mephistopheles, kick her ass will ya? Here's a parting gift from me!" Kain shouted to the demon, although his voice also could have not been heard over the noise his own attack created. He quickly turned his head, looking at the young Saiyan he had asked to take care of Barnibus' body. "Kid! Shield your eyes!" he told him, then turned back to Mephistopheles. Moving his arm ever-so slightly, so that he would be aiming straight at the demon and Tsufuru-jin, Kain smirked. "FATAL FLASH!!!" he screamed out and suddenly the huge sphere shrunk down to it's previous, minuscule size almost instantly, then exploded into a beam that was about thirty feet in diameter, which was made of pure, concentrated white light.

The attack was immensely powerful, capable of totally destroying the weaker foe and with the power to deal an incredible amount of damage to even the strongest opponent. The little tuffle would see who she decided to insult. He might even do Mephistopheles' job for him. The beam was light-based, so it was impossible to dodge by anyone that moved slower than light itself so, to anyone capable of actually looking at the beam, it looked like an instant, infinitely long beam of light had appeared. Although rarely anyone noticed, the beam almost hit and destroyed the moon, missing it only slightly and leaving a large mark by just passing it. The light it created was so bright it illuminated the skies for several miles. It was impossible not to notice and anyone looking in that direction would surely be blinded for at least half a minute.

After pouring all his energy into his single most powerful move Kain collapsed on the ground, this time not to stand up. Unless someone would heal him, he would lay there for three days straight, until his body recovered the extreme amount of energy spent. But he hit the ground with a smile on his face. At least he had given his all...


(OOC: Sorry, guys, I'll try and get Absol done tomorrow, but this post really wore me out today >_> )

[yumi]

You should have stayed away, b**ch!" shouted a voice. Yumi looked over, it was Kain.

“Huh? How is he still standing?” wondered the tuffle. “What do you want?” she asked, but he did not respond to her comment, instead he said, "and Mephistopheles, kick her ass will ya? Here's a parting gift from me!" Kain shouted to the demon, although his voice also could have not been heard over the noise his own attack created. “You son of a b**ch!” roared Yumi. Her only thoughts were that the saiyan was planning an attack that would be big enough to strike both her an Mephistopheles, and she was right. “Fool! What do you think you’re doing? I am not your enemy, but I swear if you fire your attack at me you will be.... Don’t do it or you will regret it, I swear it on my sister’s life!” Yumi placed two finger on her forehead and waited for the saiyan’s response.

All the saiyan did was smirk. “FATAL FLASH” he screamed out and suddenly the huge sphere shrunk down to it's previous, minuscule size almost instantly, then exploded into a beam that was about thirty feet in diameter, which was made of pure, concentrated white light. The attack was so fast that yumi didn’t have time to transport herself to another location. Mephistophelis tried to block the attack, but failed. it struck them both, sending Yumi a couple of yards away from the area. She crashed into the ground, still in her transformed state, but lying motionless. Yumi had allot of endurance, and she wasn't going to stay down.

Kain, this isn't over. No, not till we are even!

[damius]

Mephistopheles:

Mephistopheles somehow knew that the young girl would be there waiting for him, regardless that Sisyphus and Barnibus were both dead now. He heard her speak her taunts, but when she mentioned Kain, his attention was drawn to him, at least in thought. He sensed him, still alive, even after his attack. He smirked. Saiyans were quite resilient. His attention was drawn back to Yumi, who still hadn't shut her mouth, when she said she was a 'legendary' warrior. He spoke, his voice chilling to even the most hardened warrior.

"Legendary? If there's one tging I've learned, girl, it's that 'legendary' fighters come a dime-a-dozen in this realm. Being powerful, isn't what makes you legendary anyway. It's how you are remebered. After, what's a legend if no one remembers it?"

Then he heard Kain, and felt the massive power build-up he was putting into his attack. Him and Yumi shouted at eachother for a second. He immediately began using his Time Slow technique, which only made a minor difference, but it was enough. Mephistopheles turned around, facing Kain, dug both feet into the ground, and put his hands up towards Kain to try and block as much of the attack as possible. When it hit him, which happened in an instant, was blown backwards by the resulting explosion. He had never even seen the attack come at him. He felt the red-hot intensity of the light start to burn away at his skin. When he finally landed on the ground, hundreds of feet away, he noticed the spot he was standing on before was almost untouched, as was a large trail behind it, leading all the way to him. He laughed at himself. He had taken the full blow of the attack. It was a quite powerful one, too. He tried to stand up, but his hands were almost fried, and his legs could barely hold him. He propped himself up with his flaming wings. Ironically, they were the least damaged part of him.

He looked over and saw Kain collapsed on the ground, next to the castle. At least he wouldn't be any more trouble. He looked around for Yumi, then spoke loudly, so she'd hear him wherever she had run off to. He knew she would make a fatal mistake that would give him the advantage.

"I believe you wanted to fight me, woman. So why are you hiding?"

Damius:

Damius tried for seeming hours to figure out the room with gravity shfted towards the wall. He tried jumping up at the staircase he had to reach, but to no avail. He couldn't even reach the coffee table or chairs. He was walking back and forth on the wall for a while when he tripped over something and fell. He back towards the wall and saw one of the tapestries moved just enough to reveal a ladder. Damius laughed at how simple it was.

He stood the ladder up against the floor, pointed towards the stairs. He climed it, but realized it was too short to reach. He put all his energy into a jump, and barely grasped the stairs with his remaining hand...

[Zechariah Artuna]

(OOC: Gary well done for standing up with all this man, something had to be said and I’m glad someone finally said it.)

(OOC2: Kain PM’d me with his permission to control Absol slightly for my post, as he had no time to reply today.)

As Garekiah was sent slamming down toward the ground below under the force of a mammoth punch, causing a huge cloud of dust to kick up around the point of impact. “Hah…pathetic.” Absol chuckled. Had he won against this fused Krazoa Saiyan so easily? He didn’t see why that wasn’t possible; after all, the two who had fused were only dirty monkeys. It had been just when the sense of victory had began to settle in, which was almost instantly, that a deafening scream boomed throughout the surrounding area, a scream that consisted of two voices in sync, determined and effervescent with hatred. The dust soon cleared due to the pulsating energy of Garekiah’s golden aura. The screaming stopped. Boom. Garekiah was off with a shot.

Absol was shocked to say the least but he wouldn’t dare show it, that wasn’t his way. He wouldn’t allow this Saiyan to get the better of him, but Garekiah moved in too fast for Absol to also go on the attack meaning he had but one option and that was to defend. Within less than a second his foe was upon him, a dangerous kick swinging in toward his ribs; Absol swung his arm down to his side and blocked the kick, the force almost crushing his bone. It didn’t stop there however as Garekiah followed up with a fierce knee toward Absol’s gut. It hit. Absol, still feeling the force of the last kick, arched forward as his foes knee seemingly imbedded itself within his gut. With the wind having been forced from within his lungs Absol couldn’t even groan in pain. Instantly he flickered from sight and appeared down upon the ground, still holding his midsection, while Garekiah slowly floated down toward the ground just off from him.

It was at this point that he finally realised his position, there being several more of ‘Eden’s finest’ wanting to finish him off. Despite the fact he knew he could obliterate each and every single one of them singularly he had his doubts about all of them at once, even by his standards that would be difficult. Standing tall once more, despite the small amount of pain, Absol began laughing manically. “Hahaha, you fools!” he shouted. “Do you really believe you can defeat me?!”
“Put a cock in it!” Zack’s voice said as it erupted from the fused Saiyan’s lips. “You cannot win demon,” Garekiah continued. “Despite what your delusional mind has led you to believe.” he continued. It was at that exact moment however that something caught Garekiah’s attention more so than the situation at hand, Kain. He wasn’t too far from their position and had used an attack of an extremely large quantity of energy before his own life energy seemingly faded away to nothing. A smirk crossed Garekiah’s face.

Garekiah consisted of two warriors, Zack and Gareeku. Zack’s relationship with Kain was one of hatred whereas Gareeku’s one with Kain was more of a feud than anything else; both didn’t relatively like him, yet there was something burning within the fused Saiyan that caused them grief of his situation.
Kain’s in trouble my friend… Gareeku’s voice said within their mind.
Heh, I noticed… Zack said slowly within their mind, a slightly laugh in his voice. You reckon we should help him out?
I thought you despised him though?
I do, Zack said quickly. But if he’s going to die it’ll be by my hand and my hand alone.

A small smirk slowly appeared upon Garekiah’s face and Absol knew something was amiss; he was going to attack. In a shot Garekiah teleported a few feet forward and was on the move toward Absol, his right arm extended as if about to used the Krazoa fist once more only the blue crackling energy had faded. Absol couldn’t afford to go on the defence again so lifting his arm forward, the one ablaze with fire, he began to charge up an attack to hit Garekiah head-on; he would destroy this pathetic life form. Suddenly Garekiah vanished and appeared directly in front of Absol, placing his right palm upon his arm, the one on fire; instantly the flames froze, as did Absol’s entire arm on the most part. “Lets go on a trip.” Garekiah whispered before both of them flickered from view.

Not even a millisecond later they had both appeared amidst an area of great battle, Garekiah throwing Absol down toward the ground before vanishing and reappearing down upon the ground not too far from that spot. Slowly turning his head to the left he noticed another demon, obviously the source of Kain’s frustration, and slowly turning his head to the right he noticed Kain’s body laying upon the ground in an un-conscious state. “Never trust a freak to do a man’s job…” they spat, turning back to look toward the new demon once more. It was odd but despite not being able to see another person within the area Garekiah could most certainly sense one, but that mattered not as whomever the energy signal belonged to their power was no threat to them. “Oi demon,” he shouted. “Why don’t you come and fight someone with real power? In fact, don’t bother…it’d be a waste of my time.”

[barnibusquentin]

(OOC: Issue resolved, posts have been edited.)

Jinx, Barnibus, Sisyphus
Most stories start at the beginning, or at least close to. But, unlike others, this story begins at the end with a dying man’s last breath.

The Old Man could feel the last of his life blood leaking away from his body burning like molten lead, and when the final exhalation came it was like the relief Atlas felt when Heracles lifted the world from his shoulders. The world was lifted from Barnibus’s shoulders and the cross over into Charon’s realm was as much relief as it was pain. But the peace of the flight into Death was short lived. With the time it took for the second hand to move once it was over.

A world came in to view around him, in dim shades of dun and grey. Barnibus was standing knee-deep in an icy river where the shadowy hands of the current tried to rip him from his balance. The banks were gentle slopes up onto a plain that splayed into a distant mist of void. A few gnarled willows hung over the water and the empty shadowed grass.

But there was no time to marvel at the scene.

Barnibus shook the death-fog from his mind, and looked down at the gaping wound in his stomach, he could see his insides in stark outlines and maggots feeding on the edges of the hole. It seemed even in death the body was only temporary. He tried to catch sight of the man that sent him here, but Sisyphus was no where to be found. A shocked intake of air emanated from behind him. He turned to see the figure of Jinx, blue skin muted, pulling himself from the water. Although for those in the living world, Jinx was still with them, or at least his body was. To their belief he never made it through the gate, as soon as he got close, there was a bright flash of energy and his body dropped like a sack of sand to the ground, lifeless at the stone.

Barnibus went to speak, but there was nothing to say. The shaman had followed him again: they had traveled together farther than any two people should ever have to, not just the edges of the world but beyond.

The Old Man fought the current and pulled himself from the waters, watching as the last thin hands dripped from his robes.

He pulled the clockwork goggles down over his eyes and screamed, “Sisyphus! Where are you!”

A laugh echoed a reply from all around. “Everywhere! You’re in my realm now.” The sound died out and then picked up again, tossed around and bounced off invisible walls in snaking oscillations.

Barnibus spun in circles, searching for the source of the noise, and found it. In the distance a figure, little more than a black blotch could be seen making its way toward a slightly larger blotch that glowed with a pin-prick of washed-out light. The Necromancer was heading for the gate he had created: the one that led back into the warmth of life.

“No you don’t, you snake.” Barnibus said and felt for the threads of magic. They were their, but faint. Magic was the companion of life, but as life flowed into Death magic threaded into the land of the dead, albeit weakly. The Old Man wove the form of teleportation, and vanished from sight

His figure rebuilt itself, through lines of smoke, feet behind his enemy.

“You will not live again, Sisyphus.” He said, and with speed befitting of a cheetah a cage of stone built itself around the portal.

Sisyphus halted and glared at the Old Wizard with eyes glowing red with malice.

“I told you, you are in my realm.”

A hand shot from the ground and wrapped itself around Barnibus’s ankle; he kicked, but couldn’t shake the grip. Sisyphus charged him, a spear of bone appearing from the nothingness of death.

“You can still perish hear. The river will pull you under.” The Necromancer said.

The waters of the river began to slowly slug up over the banks toward the two, and soon it had formed a ring around them. It was a scavenger waiting pull the one that fell into its icy arms.

Sisyphus stabbed the spear into Barnibus’s leg, and the Old Man screamed out in pain. Tiny spines of black chitin grew out of the wound, holding it open. Black blood leaped from the wound and was quickly sucked into Death’s ground. Barnibus narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth and blasted his opponent back with stroke of lightning.

The Necromancer flew back ten feet and regained his balance in mid air and floated there, chest smoking black. He slowly dropped himself to the ground.

“You cannot win Old Man, not here, not when I own this realm.”

Suddenly the ground under Barnibus dropped out and he was sent spiraling into blackness, getting hotter as he descended. Above, the chasm began to close up. He vanished from sight and reappeared, a few feet back from where he was standing, but Sisyphus was waiting for him. He swung down with the spear and sliced a long jagged wound in Barnibus’s chest. Fire erupted from the Old Man’s skin, giving off waves of heat that forced Sisyphus to back away.

“No more!” he yelled.

He grabbed the edge of his robe and pulled down, exposing his body from the waist up. He was rail thin, gaunt, ribs outlined in pale skin. Three long scars stained his aged body, two over the chest cavity and one over the heart: the marks of home done surgery. But what was more unusual were the simple lines and dots of black tattoos that ran over his back, down his shoulders and arms, and draped over his chest, they outlined the chakras of his body, focused the mana in his body, and they were glowing with blue-black light.

Barnibus reached down and wrapped a hand over the wound on his leg. Fire burned away the spines. He grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and plunged it into the wounds in his stomach, on his leg and his chest. The dirt smoked and glowed red, then white as it melted to his skin, closing the wounds in stone. The Old Man didn’t feel a thing.

Great wings of black energy sprung from his back. They were attached to the great body of a dragon that tore itself from his insides. The massive creature took flight from the Old Man’s shoulders and smashed into Sisyphus, exploding in a pulse of pure nothingness. Barnibus stepped toward his opponent, who was writhing on the ground as his energy was forcibly torn from his body.

“You will not go back, snake,” Barnibus spat.

Sisyphus looked him in the eye, “Nor will you” and he drew a glowing rune in the air.

Pain wracked Barnibus, and he dropped to the ground, vomiting over and over as the spasms shook him. Blackness flitted at the edges of his vision and the river began moving toward him. He could feel death, real death, soon looming…