Dragonball M, Chapter 4: Kidnapping! Invasion! A new Threat Strikes First!

[KingofPie]

Auroc grunts as he does so, trapping him.

"Well don't you look mighty stupid right now?" Sasheem taunted, raising a hand. The god of the Threshlings. That's a knee slapper right there. "Gotta be embarassing! You'd be better off dead!" he smirked, the energy he'd absorbed with his Daijinryuu Ken, tripling the power of his next attack several times more than his own. The attack in this instance being a, "SAMEHADA!" the giant energy blade being shot at Auroc point blank.

[KingofPie]

The opponent is weaker, but quicker. Your first blows land and rock them, but their speed lets them get away.

They appear behind you, grabbing your tail, and swinging you into and through multiple boulder chunks of ruined shrine before smashing you into the ground.

"Ack! Oof!" Blizzar grunted, rubble painfully decorating his back after his violent collision with several boulders and subsequently the ground below. He still didn't get a clear read on whoever was attacking him but it was beginning to get him rather ticked off. The Arcosian Activated his TK once more, this time pulling his arm back to quickly yank the smaller opponent towards him.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Ochazuke let’s ‘Silence’ reign as his Mastered Kiai sends the form fleeing from Etrina’s mind, the Maven’s form quickly fleeing the scene.

Dash, you and Praxat observe a semi-transparent figure flee from Etrina and fly quickly towards where Auroc battles Sasheem and Rex.


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Sasheem, your point blank attack reflects off a shimmering shield that just appeared there, blasting you full force in the face and letting Auroc free.

He floats back, snarl on his face as semi-transparent figure appears before him.

“I didn’t need your help, Maven! I could.....”

“Shut up you fool!” The Maven hisses, gripping Auroc’s chin tightly. “The time has come! We have lost our primary position and advantages. You know what needs to be done. I carry the power to re-birth our people, you carry the power to survive. We knew this was possible, but in your arrogance you wanted to face them head on! Now we have no choice and will do things my way!”

Auroc grimaces, than slowly nods.

“It will be but the once. I cannot do it again, Maven.”

She nods and aparates a strange device with a sharp end on it. She plunges it into Auroc, power flowing into him from it. He grunts, his pores letting out steam as he does so. The Maven weaves a spell, and the steam creates a cocoon that surrounds the two and hardens. After a moment, the cocoon shatters and a wave of terrible power beats on the air.

Floating high above is Auroc, though his skin is now Threshling dark and his body more slender, more graceful. He nods, flexing his hands and when he speaks, the voice sounds a blend of Auroc and The Grand Maven.

“It’s time.”

They gesture, and the Grand Rune Sigil of Destruction starts to trigger.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Ochazuke, Neva, Etrina, the Rune flares and a wave of terrible power can be sensed from high above.

Any moment it will activate, so if you plan on doing something, now is the time.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

"Ack! Oof!" Blizzar grunted, rubble painfully decorating his back after his violent collision with several boulders and subsequently the ground below. He still didn't get a clear read on whoever was attacking him but it was beginning to get him rather ticked off. The Arcosian Activated his TK once more, this time pulling his arm back to quickly yank the smaller opponent towards him.

A shout of surprise, and the thing is flung towards Blizzar.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

She wanted to ask the man again who he was, but she was also sure she wouldn't have gotten much but a vague answer. The whims of these higher beings were beyond the thoughts of mere mortals like her, to the point that even learning his name would have melted her mind.

Or something.

At the moment, it wasn't really a concern of hers. There was power to be unlocked and a pretender to be killed. From the feel of things, the battle with Auroc hadn't ended yet; she had time to get a few shots in to repay him for his actions on Vocado.

When Goku placed his hand on her head, she hesitated, but reciprocated. Psychic training was an unfamiliar, but interesting notion for her. "So everything we do in this psychic battlefield will translate to the real world?"

Goku shrugs.

“Some amount of it will carry through in normal mind sparring. But what we’ll be doing is....a bit different.”

They two are standing in a blank mental landscape suddenly.

“Okay, power up as high as you can!”

Goku goes Ascended Saiyan, power flaring off of him.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Inanna, the magic against teleportation is about 80% drained when you feel the surge in Auroc’s power and the potential flaring of the massive Rune below your allies.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

Goku shrugs.

“Some amount of it will carry through in normal mind sparring. But what we’ll be doing is....a bit different.”

They two are standing in a blank mental landscape suddenly.

“Okay, power up as high as you can!”

Goku goes Ascended Saiyan, power flaring off of him.

Parsley nodded and power up, also, pushing her power as far as she ever had during her training in Vaikuntha.

[Cleric of Hell’s Brigade]

Parsley nodded and power up, also, pushing her power as far as she ever had during her training in Vaikuntha.

He nods.

“That’s pretty good. Ok, this is...going to suck real bad. Your body is close to the tipping point, but you need a massive shock to get you over and into Super Saiyan 2. So......”

He screams and his power flares even higher, dwarfing Parsley’s. His hair grows longer, his eyebrows vanish, and she bears witness to a true Super Saiyan 3. Goku’s energy is almost too much to even stand this close to.

[Sub-Zero MKA]

He nods.

“That’s pretty good. Ok, this is...going to suck real bad. Your body is close to the tipping point, but you need a massive shock to get you over and into Super Saiyan 2. So......”

He screams and his power flares even higher, dwarfing Parsley’s. His hair grows longer, his eyebrows vanish, and she bears witness to a true Super Saiyan 3. Goku’s energy is almost too much to even stand this close to.

The pressure from Kakarot's power was absurd. Parsley crossed her arms in front of her to block the wind and force, but she still found herself sliding back.

It was like when Sir Kakarot transformed for a brief moment to free himself from her chains and help push her over the edge and free him from the runes. It was only a second, but the depths of his true power were unfathomable at that moment. Standing there and witnessing the true breadth of this previously unheard of level of power was breathtaking.

Wait, massive shock? Surely he doesn't mean...

[bruceleegreyhulk]

Dash, you and Praxat observe a semi-transparent figure flee from Etrina and fly quickly towards where Auroc battles Sasheem and Rex.

Praxat goes after the semi-transparent figure.

[KingofPie]

A shout of surprise, and the thing is flung towards Blizzar.

Blizzar erupted out of the crater he'd made in the ground and charged forward at his opponent with an even greater amount of speed his target was being flung towards him. Extending a fist he shot forth with an explosive ki punch! "TK.O!"

[KingofPie]

Sasheem, your point blank attack reflects off a shimmering shield that just appeared there, blasting you full force in the face and letting Auroc free.

"HHHrnrnrbbuauagagadubah!" Sasheem spat in surprise as his own blade of ki bounced back an cleaved him in two right down the middle.

He floats back, snarl on his face as semi-transparent figure appears before him.

“I didn’t need your help, Maven! I could.....”

“Shut up you fool!” The Maven hisses, gripping Auroc’s chin tightly. “The time has come! We have lost our primary position and advantages. You know what needs to be done. I carry the power to re-birth our people, you carry the power to survive. We knew this was possible, but in your arrogance you wanted to face them head on! Now we have no choice and will do things my way!”

Auroc grimaces, than slowly nods.

“It will be but the once. I cannot do it again, Maven.”

She nods and aparates a strange device with a sharp end on it. She plunges it into Auroc, power flowing into him from it. He grunts, his pores letting out steam as he does so. The Maven weaves a spell, and the steam creates a cocoon that surrounds the two and hardens. After a moment, the cocoon shatters and a wave of terrible power beats on the air.

Floating high above is Auroc, though his skin is now Threshling dark and his body more slender, more graceful. He nods, flexing his hands and when he speaks, the voice sounds a blend of Auroc and The Grand Maven.

“It’s time.”

They gesture, and the Grand Rune Sigil of Destruction starts to trigger.

"Sasheem exhaled, calming down enough to try and press himself back together. "Don't think this is over-"

"-just 'cause you cheated!" he ranted, the two halves of his face still slightly ajar.

Sasheem felt a negative sensation. As if it were an engine were starting up. It was a sickeneing feeling. A magical feeling. It was then that he finally looked up and saw what Auroc had absorbed. What he had become....even uglier. But that was beside the point. He was doin' something. Something...troublesome. The nature of which eluded him. The Majin decided to inquire just what the hell was happening the magic nerds in the group via the telepathic link.

"Just what kinda-"

"Roody-poody, candy-ass magic is he conjurin' up?!"

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

Inanna, the magic against teleportation is about 80% drained when you feel the surge in Auroc’s power and the potential flaring of the massive Rune below your allies.

Inanna sensed what was coming, and paused what she was doing.

One supposed blowing up the planet when you're seconds away from losing was certainly ONE way to win. Of course... The woman cupped her hands and began drawing in power, all while searching for Auroc's tell-tale stank.

[Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki]

"HHHrnrnrbbuauagagadubah!" Sasheem spat in surprise as his own blade of ki bounced back an cleaved him in two right down the middle.

"Sasheem exhaled, calming down enough to try and press himself back together. "Don't think this is over-"

"-just 'cause you cheated!" he ranted, the two halves of his face still slightly ajar.

Sasheem felt a negative sensation. As if it were an engine were starting up. It was a sickeneing feeling. A magical feeling. It was then that he finally looked up and saw what Auroc had absorbed. What he had become....even uglier. But that was beside the point. He was doin' something. Something...troublesome. The nature of which eluded him. The Majin decided to inquire just what the hell was happening the magic nerds in the group via the telepathic link.

"Just what kinda-"

"Roody-poody, candy-ass magic is he conjurin' up?!"

Neva is the one who answered.

'It's a rune or sigil... set to destroy the planet, among other things. Worry not, we are working to... defuse it. It will be just a moment.'

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Voyavoda, having broken away from the now-almost concluded melee below, floated up beside Sasheem. Shingan shining as he looked at Auroc's new form, he reached a troubling conclusion... Auroc's power had swelled tremendously, and it was already beyond most any individual here. Victory still wasn't impossible, but...

He glanced at the Majin next to him. Many centuries ago, he'd encountered one of their kind, and he knew of their frightening capabilities well. High levels of power, regeneration... absorption. A small grin spread across his face as an idea formed in his mind.

'You, Majin... Sasheem, was it? I'd like to propose a plan to... even the odds, shall we say. With the absorption of the Grand Maven, Auroc's power has swelled tremendously. I propose we do the same.'

To most, it would be an insane proposal, but while it would not offer nearly the same level of power increase as the Maven's absorption did, the end result would be formidable indeed. Heightened regeneration, both types of shingan, millenia of battle experience... and both their technique repertoires, as well as the ability to synthesize those techniques together.

He was sure that Tasure or Totoma would beat him out of the Majin if the latter got too... clingy, so to speak.

'Shall we?'