Dragonball M, Chapter 2: Lighthouse! Across the Shores of Shattered Time!

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Tasure burst out of the Potato lake, carrying the conked-out Totoma and Zaofan, who were still entangled with Sasheem. She looked... incredibly annoyed. Why the hell was there a lake of mashed potatoes in the middle of the tundra and... why the hell had no one told her this before? Earth really was a weird place. Mashed potato lakes... of all things...

She set down Totoma and Zaofan, then turned her attention towards Luop and Sarada, who were already engaged in battle. It was only right, of course, that the queen enter the fray first, between the two of them. Still, from what she was sensing... this enemy was no joke.

Heh, good.

She exhaled sharply, her ki exploding outward and her body transforming into its Hitozaru state...

*snip*

Taking a moment to power up more, her aura became wild and erratic, and then she shot at Luop, a Diamond Fang engulfing her right hand, as he was distracted by Sarada's assault. However, the queen attacked with a Cardinal Touch, causing her to break off the attack... and extend the Diamond Fang into a Diamond Barrier that engulfed Luop, thus keeping the explosion nice and concentrated.


OOC: Basically a dual tech version of what 17 did to Jiren in the ToP.

The duel tech between Sarada and Tasure works, the explosion contained around him.

Sarada noticed Tasure duck in with a technique of her own, erecting some kind of barrier to keep Luop from getting away from her blast. Perfect. Even more so was that it worked.

"Nice job!" she called out with a thumbs up.

Luop was a strong one, the strongest person she had fought by far. That explosion wasn't enough to beat him, even if he was caught flush in it. She stayed airborne and on guard, alert for him to pop in from in direction.

[Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki]

The duel tech between Sarada and Tasure works, the explosion contained around him.

Sarada noticed Tasure duck in with a technique of her own, erecting some kind of barrier to keep Luop from getting away from her blast. Perfect. Even more so was that it worked.

"Nice job!" she called out with a thumbs up.

Luop was a strong one, the strongest person she had fought by far. That explosion wasn't enough to beat him, even if he was caught flush in it. She stayed airborne and on guard, alert for him to pop in from in direction.

Tasure appeared behind Sarada, her back to the Saiyan Queen. This foe likely knew of the weakness of Hitozaru--the tail, and would certainly go for it, in order to turn the tides of battle back in his favor. As such, it was best that she cover the Queen's back. Thanks to training with the girl and things Totoma had said, she knew, to an extent, how Sarada moved and fought. Synchronizing with her would be relatively easy.

"Heh, this is the first real battle we've fought together," said Tasure. "Let's make it a memorable one!"

Diamond Fang held at the ready, she waited....

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Ishtar, the glaive will carry a charge.

——-

Luop grunts and explodes his energy out, breaking the barrier. From the blast he looks rougher but still dangerous.

“More saiyans? A bit irksome to be honest, but not insurmountable.”

He flashes forward and spin kicks Sarada’s head into Tasure’s chest.

[Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki]

Ishtar, the glaive will carry a charge.

——-

Luop grunts and explodes his energy out, breaking the barrier. From the blast he looks rougher but still dangerous.

“More saiyans? A bit irksome to be honest, but not insurmountable.”

He flashes forward and spin kicks Sarada’s head into Tasure’s chest.

Tch... fast *******, wasn't he? No matter, that just made her fighting instinct boil even more! Having expected an attack, Tasure rolled with the strike, simultaneously slowing Sarada's velocity with her free hand, then curving around the Saiyan Queen for a vicious strike at Luop with her Diamond Fang.

Incidentally, the way she'd maneuvered Sarada would allow the Saiyan queen a good angle from which to launch her own attack...

[KingofPie]

Asha’rah, a foot plants itself in your chest, denting it in and sending you flying backwards into Nevalinna, the two of you then grabbed and thrown into the horizon towards a distant mountain.

Luop floats mid-air, his body battered but very much still going. He swoops low, moving faster than Sasheem can follow, and grabs the majin. Moving at speed and using his stretchiness, he wraps Sasheem around Totoma and Zaofan, before bashing their heads together and throwing them into the Potato lake to drown.

He kicks a twenty ton boulder into Parsley’s woundes form before stalking towards Ishtar.

“We are not done.”

"Hey!" Sahseem exclaimed as he was suddenly grabbed and wrapped like a piece of rope arpund Totoma and Zaofan. And then unceremoniouslyly tossed into the potato lake. Funnily enough, being semi-aquatic, he'd have survived the regular lake easily enough. But to now drown on pillow mounds of mashed potatoes, shackled to two idiots...Sasheem could think of worse fates but this wasn't a particularly amusing one.

Tasure burst out of the Potato lake, carrying the conked-out Totoma and Zaofan, who were still entangled with Sasheem. She looked... incredibly annoyed. Why the hell was there a lake of mashed potatoes in the middle of the tundra and... why the hell had no one told her this before? Earth really was a weird place. Mashed potato lakes... of all things...

She set down Totoma and Zaofan, then turned her attention towards Luop and Sarada, who were already engaged in battle. It was only right, of course, that the queen enter the fray first, between the two of them. Still, from what she was sensing... this enemy was no joke.

Heh, good.

She exhaled sharply, her ki exploding outward and her body transformed into its Hitozaru state...



Taking a moment to power up more, her aura became wild and erratic, and then she shot at Luop, a Diamond Fang engulfing her right hand, as he was distracted by Sarada's assault. However, the queen attacked with a Cardinal Touch, causing her to break off the attack... and extend the Diamond Fang into a Diamond Barrier that engulfed Luop, thus keeping the explosion nice and concentrated.


OOC: Basically a dual tech version of what 17 did to Jiren in the ToP.

"H-huh? Who the hell are....well, nevermind, thanks lady..." the Majin stated, untangling hinself as the Saiyan woman set him down. Had he seen her before? Sasheem hadn't recalled if he did. And while another Saiyan on Earth....of a reputable power level was the last thing he needed, he was at least genuinely grateful for the help. After all, he wanted to eat mashed potatoes not drown in them! And speaking of which...Sasheem ate a handfull of the mashed potatoes. Pretty tasty!

Feeling energized, Sasheem rocketed off to engage Luop further.

OC: Majin Metabolism now active. 5x power level boost for offensive techniques activated for this an the next 4 posts.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Ishtar, the glaive will carry a charge.

——-

Luop grunts and explodes his energy out, breaking the barrier. From the blast he looks rougher but still dangerous.

“More saiyans? A bit irksome to be honest, but not insurmountable.”

He flashes forward and spin kicks Sarada’s head into Tasure’s chest.

"Think so?" Sarada pondered. "You'd be a fool to- MMMRPH!" Sarada's head was kicked to the side, spinning her around. Her momentum carried her back. Luckily, though, she landed face-first on something soft and pillowy.

Two things, actually, from the feeling of things.

Hm? What could this b- wait, was that a heartbeat? How... oh no! Oh no!

Oh yes!!

This was a once in a lifetime chance she had been dreaming about for years. By the gods! They're just as big and soft as I thought they'd be. Damn it, if only I had been born twenty years ago!!

As much as she wanted to enjoy this moment forever, she couldn't. They were in the middle of a fight, after all. Also, Tasure was already paired, and she herself was in love with Ishtar.

Tch... fast *******, wasn't he? No matter, that just made her fighting instinct boil even more! Having expected an attack, Tasure rolled with the strike, simultaneously slowing Sarada's velocity with her free hand, then curving around the Saiyan Queen for a vicious strike at Luop with her Diamond Fang.

Incidentally, the way she'd maneuvered Sarada would allow the Saiyan queen a good angle from which to launch her own attack...

She was slowed down just enough by Tasure that pulling herself free was simple. She whirled around when the older Saiyan attacked and fired a blast of her own. Before it quite reached him, it shattered into hundreds of smaller blasts that stuck to him like pollen on a bee's legs. "As I was saying, I wouldn't underestimate us if I were you. Case in point."

The hundreds of tiny blasts exploded, starting at the lowest point and working their way upward.

[KingofPie]

The ships are now past the asteroid belt and moving closer to Earth.

As it does, the drones have their sights trained on it, weapons at the ready in case an attack was imminent. Overhead the battle against Luop, the Combatoids soared through the skies, flying into the clouds to potentially engage this unknown fleet.

The Combatoids specialized in anti-magic tech and judging from the gate these new invaders sprung from, Blizzar wagered that there's a high probability that they wielded some form of mysticism.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

Ishtar, the glaive will carry a charge.

——-

Luop grunts and explodes his energy out, breaking the barrier. From the blast he looks rougher but still dangerous.

“More saiyans? A bit irksome to be honest, but not insurmountable.”

He flashes forward and spin kicks Sarada’s head into Tasure’s chest.

Ishtar smiled, the glaive could hold a charge ... "Good."

Filling the weapon with her own Ki, then, the Oni pauses for an opening; and one a clean shot has been lined up she gains momentum, and with a grunt hurls the glaive at Luop. Blades crackling with the Oni's energy, it hurtles toward Luop then parting the sky above and earth below as it closes in.

... Unlike the last time, however, as the glaive nears its target, Ishtar teleports in, and grabbing hold of the glaive at the last instant guides it toward the intended target.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

He ducks Tasure’s blade, dodges Sasheem’s charge, and even tanks Sarada’s many ki explosions.

In the midst of that, however, Ishtar does get a free shot in with the glaive that he can’t quite dodge, burying itself in his left shoulder.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

As it does, the drones have their sights trained on it, weapons at the ready in case an attack was imminent. Overhead the battle against Luop, the Combatoids soared through the skies, flying into the clouds to potentially engage this unknown fleet.

The Combatoids specialized in anti-magic tech and judging from the gate these new invaders sprung from, Blizzar wagered that there's a high probability that they wielded some form of mysticism.

The fleet of ships start moving apart, and judging from their movements, look like they are going to surround Earth.

And they aren’t slowing.

[Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki]

He ducks Tasure’s blade, dodges Sasheem’s charge, and even tanks Sarada’s many ki explosions.

In the midst of that, however, Ishtar does get a free shot in with the glaive that he can’t quite dodge, burying itself in his left shoulder.

Tch. Yeah, definitely a slippery one.

Tasure pivoted mid-air and pointed her Diamond Fang at Luop. The blade contracted as the energy flowed into the form of another attack. A moment after, she fired off repeated ki blasts at Luop...



Any that happened to hit would seem to do little more than dissipate, as would those that missed. However, this was her Diamond Dust attack, and a keen eye would notice countless tiny little twinkles in the air around Luop... which would shortly converge onto him in a swarm of tiny ki explosions. It was an attack meant to inflict a death of a thousand cuts... or thousand tiny explosions, rather.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

He ducks Tasure’s blade, dodges Sasheem’s charge, and even tanks Sarada’s many ki explosions.

In the midst of that, however, Ishtar does get a free shot in with the glaive that he can’t quite dodge, burying itself in his left shoulder.

"Haha!" He had been injured. Maybe not mortally, but he certainly wasn't going to be able to fight all three of them at once with only one arm and a glavine slowing him down further.

In the midst of the chaos, Sarada kept loose Agony Matrix, hoping to catch him unaware while he was dealing with Ishtar.

[KingofPie]

He ducks Tasure’s blade, dodges Sasheem’s charge, and even tanks Sarada’s many ki explosions.

In the midst of that, however, Ishtar does get a free shot in with the glaive that he can’t quite dodge, burying itself in his left shoulder.

As he dodges Sasheem and is dealing with the others, the Majin decides to attempt to place another Cobra Curse on the threshling, by planting a small ki fragment on him. *

The fleet of ships start moving apart, and judging from their movements, look like they are going to surround Earth.

And they aren’t slowing.

The Planetary Defense Drone's begin to glow with a red light, signaling they are about to go on the offensive should these ships not stop or state intent.

*OC: 3 more posts left

[Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki]

Near the battle, Seri stood on a hill, amazed at what she was seeing. First, Queen Sarada had appeared, and then Tasure! When they'd appeared, they'd turned into some... was that the Half-Oozaru form she'd heard rumours about? Well, whatever it was, it was really powerful, and better yet, the tide of the battle seemed to have turned against the bad guy once they appeared. Oh man, this was so cool!

"Yay, go Tasure and Queen Sarada and Ishtar! You can do it!" yelled Seri, pumping her fist in the air.

[Cyke]

Asha’rah, a foot plants itself in your chest, denting it in and sending you flying backwards into Nevalinna, the two of you then grabbed and thrown into the horizon towards a distant mountain.

Luop floats mid-air, his body battered but very much still going. He swoops low, moving faster than Sasheem can follow, and grabs the majin. Moving at speed and using his stretchiness, he wraps Sasheem around Totoma and Zaofan, before bashing their heads together and throwing them into the Potato lake to drown.

He kicks a twenty ton boulder into Parsley’s woundes form before stalking towards Ishtar.

“We are not done.”

Zaofan's arms are still essentially jelly. With no joint control and his head ringing, he finds himself in a daze, gradually sinking into the mashed potatoes.

So it has come to this... this is how I go out. Not with a bang but with some wispy potatoes. And compliments to Sasheem, both for our demise and for the flavor. There are worse ways to go out...

Tasure burst out of the Potato lake, carrying the conked-out Totoma and Zaofan, who were still entangled with Sasheem. She looked... incredibly annoyed. Why the hell was there a lake of mashed potatoes in the middle of the tundra and... why the hell had no one told her this before? Earth really was a weird place. Mashed potato lakes... of all things...

She set down Totoma and Zaofan, then turned her attention towards Luop and Sarada, who were already engaged in battle. It was only right, of course, that the queen enter the fray first, between the two of them. Still, from what she was sensing... this enemy was no joke.

Gasping for air, unable to wipe the potatoes out of his yes, Zaofan yells out, "OH GOOD GRAVY!"

No one is quite sure exactly what he means by that, either literally or as an interjection.

He ducks Tasure’s blade, dodges Sasheem’s charge, and even tanks Sarada’s many ki explosions.

In the midst of that, however, Ishtar does get a free shot in with the glaive that he can’t quite dodge, burying itself in his left shoulder.

"Hah!" Zaofan says as he shakes the potatoes off his body like a dog. "A solid hit!"

Tch. Yeah, definitely a slippery one.

Tasure pivoted mid-air and pointed her Diamond Fang at Luop. The blade contracted as the energy flowed into the form of another attack. A moment after, she fired off repeated ki blasts at Luop...



Any that happened to hit would seem to do little more than dissipate, as would those that missed. However, this was her Diamond Dust attack, and a keen eye would notice countless tiny little twinkles in the air around Luop... which would shortly converge onto him in a swarm of tiny ki explosions. It was an attack meant to inflict a death of a thousand cuts... or thousand tiny explosions, rather.

Zaofan recognizes the Diamond Dust attack. It was similar to Sarada's attack on Lord Shingen several months ago, enough to cause him to cancel his multiform technique. But, because of his state at the time, it only worked on half of Shingen. Thus, from a distance, Zaofan begins charging his eyes, using the one signature move he hadn't yet unleashed on Luop. His eyes glow red, little energy specks cackle and flow into his eyes, ruby lightning begins to emerge as a side effect of the gathered energy. "C'mon... c'mon...!"