Akatsuki of YCM's Hidden Base

[El Make]

"You want to see my evasive maneuvers Jazeth? I'm starting to think you're more interested in scouting me than fighting." Yurusu smirked. Yet in the back of his mind, behind the cool nature, was fear.

Jesus! He can control the frikin weather, shoot fire from his mouth, basically make a hurricane... I'm going to need more pay for this one... Yet, this particular attack will be kind of easy to dodge. I just worry about what's going to happen after I get out of the way... As the ice shards closed in on Yurusu, he stepped forward, disappearing all together. As the ice hit bare ground, Yurusu stood behind Jazeth, his zanpakuto's tip steadily resting against the back of Jazeth's neck.

"You know, I hate using flashsteps. It kinda takes a lot out of me, but if it means dodging my death, I'm more than willing. Now, I know if I try to put this sword through you, I'm dead meat... but that doesn't mean I can't try!" Yurusu said as he lunged forward.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

He laughed loudly throughout the whole conversation but there seemed to be a reason for his doing such, when his opponent finally appeared behind him he let him say his little speech and thought for a second. "Not bad....." the words echoed for some reason and made a blurry outlook throughout his "arena" before the blade penetrated Jazeth it seemed to cause a ripple effect on his skin and eventually as the sound faded out so did Jazeth.

 

Back where Yurusu had been standing Jazeth appeared to be standing normally his sword still on his back, and him glancing forward without any worries, as his opponent tried to see straight Jazeth gave an explanation. "sound....it's an interesting little element, normally taken for granted but look what some can do with it.....I managed to not only mess with your ears but I made your ears deceive your eyes.....you actually thought I was still standing there....of course that move only works if all your concentration is on me...so aren't I lucky that that was the case....." He struck his sword in the ground and soon enough the field they were on started to shake, the fire in the arena flared up and surrounded them to the point of no escape, and Jazeth's grin was as wicked as ever.

[El Make]

Yurusu scrambled away from Jazeth, or what he presumed to be Jazeth at the time.

"Okay, you're a frikin demon or something! You control the elements, mess up my senses, and seem impossible to beat! Damn, If only Tenkai hadn't offered so much money, I'd still be back at the tavern!" Yurusu shouted. His opponent was strong, almost too strong to be an actual person. And now he couldn't escape, for the fire surrounding him was too great. And then, yet again, everything went dark.

Yurusu, it's too late to go back now, just release the seal. It's the only way you can LIVE!

Are you for real? This guy is insane! I need to get out of here before I'm slaughtered!

You fool, you haven't even activated Shikai and you're ready to give in? I could understand if our bankai was matched by him, but you haven't even removed the seal! Do you honestly expect me to sit by and watch you get battered because you refuse to use the msot basic of zanpakuto release!?

Fine then! If you're going to be like this... I'll activate Shikai! Now that his vision returned, Yurusu stood tall, holding his soul cutter with both hands, out in front of him.

"Pursue... Sutoraiki!" The blue zig zag patterns on his sword came to life, glowing and detaching themselves into ten, shimmering blue streaks of lightning, hovering around Yurusu, creating a faded blue glow. Raising his sword, Yurusu slashed at one, and it shot off towards Jazeth.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

"There we go! finally you show gumption!" He laughs sadistically and opens his arms allowing the lightning blast came towards him at blinding speed but at the last second it hit Jazeth frying many of Josep's Nerves as it hit, Jazeth however barely so much as flinched and looked ahead. "very good, I would rate that quite well against other opponents, I have tested you strength, speed and agility but.......It's still not measuring up....I know you have much more....I can sense it from that sword of yours....it seems.....incomplete.....not only that the blast you shot was weakened by that "flash step you used" the strain of the heat behind you, the shaking earth.....yes, this isn't even one/tenth of your power....you have potential....alot of it. and you asked earlier if I was scouting you......I was, not for you to join me....and not even to see if you're a worthy fighter.....but....to see how your soul will taste....and believe me, a person like you, made up almost entirely of aura....will be delicious......." He lifted his hand in the air and a bolt of lightning struck his arm and encircled him the closer the energy was to his heart the darker it became. "Now then...let's compare....." He shot the blast of Black lightning directly at Yurusu's sword, seeing how it would face off.

[El Make]

"Great, of all people, I get the guy that's immune to lightning!" Yurusu growned. As the lightning neared, Yurusu simply held out his sword for the blast, remembering his training he once had...

 

It was stormy that night, and young Yurusu was learning from another shinigami who also had a lightning zanpakuto. Their swords were very much alike, so they could train together, knowing that lightning and such had the same effects on their soul cutters. But that night, the other shinigami was teaching about their soul cutters and real lightning.

"You see, if a bolt of lightning ever hits you sword, its power will become yours. However, if it is lightning, say from another person who controlled it, then it's your power versus the power of the blast. If you can increase your power to be greater than the attack, you'll be able to use it... but if not... well, you know."

 

The black lightning crashed into Yurusu's soul cutter like two trains colliding, a collision of powers. The blast began to become to strong, and Yurusu was just barely holding it off. His zanpakuto began to turn black, a stain that creeped down from the tip, working its way towards his hands.

Damnit! I can't lose... if I do... agh! No, I'm the lightning user here, I use it solely. If I can't control my own element... then... but ack! This isn't normal lightning! NO! I refuse to give in! This... is... my... ELEMENT! Now the blade was entirely black, the lightning around Tenkai began to turn black as well. Now the streaks looked like shadows standing upright, ready to strike anything. And Yurusu's zanpakuto was one color: black, the color with no bright side. But, the blast faded, and yet Yurusu remained unharmed, full control over the lightning he was attacked with.

"You made a mistake Jazeth," Yurusu called out, his eye whites now black as well, "I control lightning. It's my thing to do, and someone liek you won't overpower me in that aspect!" He swung his soul cutter at all the black lightning bolts around him, each zipping off towards Jazeth.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Fusion's head drooped at Tenkai's words. "You disappoint me Kurayami. If that's how you're going to be, then I will take you in. I won't let you hurt anyone." With that, Fusion staggered over and punched Kurayami's gut with the intention of making him unconscious. He then fell to the ground, completely out of energy. "Fusion! Fusion, are you alright?!" Go ran towards Fusion and looked for any fatal wounds. "I'm just wiped is all," Fusion replied. "Go...our fight is finished here. Is there a city or town nearby?" "Yeah, Hadora City is a bit away from here, maybe a day's journey." Fusion nodded and said, "Go I need a favor. I want you to take Kurayami here and ensure he's imprisoned. He's made it clear that he will never turn back from evil." Go nodded and carried Kurayami over his shoulder. "Be careful though, he could be playing possum and try attacking you." Go laughed and said, "This guy's almost as half-dead as you are, it shouldn't be a problem. But what are you going to do Fusion?" Fusion said, "I'm going to go to the country of ninjas. There's this village called Kougakure whose leader ran out on them and I'm gonna try bringing him back to them." Go shook his head, "Always the nosy interloper. After this errand, I'll be at Master Kenwei's alright?" Fusion nodded as Go then said, "Fusion do me a favor. Get a freakin' cell phone already, it's annoying to get in touch with you." With that, he swung off leaving Fusion laughing to himself. Suddenly, he noticed that Tenkai had dropped something. He crawled over and saw it was a book. A bingo book to be exact. So he had one on him too...why would Kurayami of all people have- Fusion stopped on a certain page and his eyes widened. Side by side, were 2 pages of B-ranked criminals. One was of Tenkai Kurayami, the other of Fusion X. Denver.

 

"Why...why am I in here?!" Fusion yelled to no one in particular. "It says 'Shown to have dangerous capabilities which are held responsible for the partial destruction of Karamana Town, many eyewitnesses viewed their fight from afar and deemed both criminals dangerous.'" Fusion slammed his fist on the ground. "This is your fault! Damn you Kurayami!" All that yelling and increase in adrenaline, however, exhausted Fusion's mentality and he fell unconscious as well. I swear...I swear I will clear my name...even if it...kills me..

[BlackSkullCortez]

Cortez already destroyed more than half of the attack force, and he was not scratched once. Well, the air is retreating, how's the ground? He saw that nobody was helping him. He looked down to see where Shadow was, and realized he mistook somebody else for him. "Why does this always happen at the worst possible moments?" he asked himself. He leapt off of the ship and spun so he was in a spin-dash. He bounced off of the ground, and the shockwave knocked the pirates back. "Now then, if you want to live..." Cortez swung his sword, and the wind burst knocked the front line back. "... leave this place right now, pirates!" Cortez saw the pirates begin to retreat. So, how are this tribes "punishments" going to be? he thought to himself, expecting that the Ranmyaku tribe would think that he caused the predicament. But they were panicking over something else. Cortez rushed over to see what was happening. He saw Ranmyaku panicking, and he heard everybody else, saying that the prince was taken away by the pirates. Cortez thought differently, and gathered his senses. Shadow probably hightailed out of here a while ago, but the Chaos Energy still must be there. He finally felt a trace of Chaos Energy trailing towards an enclosed building quite far away. "Might as well track you down, Shadow Zero," he whispered out loud as he dashed towards the horizon. "Going somewhere, Cortez?" Cortez stopped to see Yakunan leaning against a rock, spinning his sword. "H- how do you know me? I wasn't even born yet!" Yakunan said, "I exist beyond the time stream. My memories are from the past, present, and future." Cortez said, "So you lived through everything in history. Then why didn't you stop the battle?" Yakunan looked at him, and said, "The stream of events will end in a way you couldn't expect, but for the better. The reason I conquered half of the world and killed so many people was so that fate could happen." Cortez stared into his eyes. "So you're the first Avatar?" Yakunan said, "Correct. I was the first, and I am forced to bend history so that it never changes in the first place."

 

Back in present day, Liz Morgan was watching Fusion in the criminal pages of the book. That's bullcrap. He did do some damage, but he did more good than harm. Liz tried to figure out what she could do, but realized she didn't know what she should do, since she's new to this "hero" title. Cortez was currently in an unknown location, so he was out of the question. Cortez, where are you when we need you the most? She decided to call for Derek, since he would probably better at dealing this.

[Fusion X. Denver]

After about a day, Go made it to Hadora City, coincidentally city with the most and tallest skyscrapers in the world. It's like an urban dream, I never thought I'd be here.. Go started to swing on webs and eventually found a place called Gorion Security, a huge institution that held some of the world's most infamous criminals. He thought its security would be sufficient enough to keep Kurayami in. He got to the exchange point and handed Kurayami in, who was taken away. The Warden thanked Go and said, "Say, you wouldn't happen to know anything about his accomplice, would you?" Go was confused, "I didn't realize he had one." The warden took out his bingo book and showed him the page of Tenkai's supposed accomplice. Go's eyes widened and yelled, "That's not his accomplice, that's my friend, Fusion X. Denver!" The warden's eyes narrowed. "These two destroyed Karamana Town from a silly quarrel, you expect me to believe he's innocent? And you say you're a friend of his, are you? What's your name?" Go suddenly realized the situation he was in and said, "My friend Fusion is not evil, you've made a terrible mistake!" The warden snapped his fingers and security troops came in through the door. "I'm afraid we're going to have to bring you in for questioning." Go leaped out of the window behind him and took off through Hadora City. Master...I'm afraid I won't be back to Senkora for a while now..

[El Make]

Tenkai stayed on the brink of conciousness as the gaurds took him to his cell. He was pushed into a room made of cold hard steel, only a single light reflecting off the metal outline. In a corner was a meager bed, an icy mat of steel and a sheet with a rock hard pillow. In the opposite corner sat a curtain and a toilet, the curtain obviously for privacy.

"I'm sure you'll get real cozzy in here Kurayami. You messed up Karamana Town pretty well. Serves you right to rot in here." The on of the gaurds said. As he walked away, Tenkai flicked his hand up, the shadow of the gaurd whacking him in the head.

"That's what I think of you... now leave me alone idiots, I need to rest." The gaurds left, but not without some taunting first. Tenkai crawled over to the bed and layed down, the metal feeling very uncomfortable.

So this is where my efforts brought me... bah! I'll use this to my advantage... I'll rest up for a while and breakout when I'm ready. For some reason, I feel like somethings going to happen. When it does, I'll get out of this place...

[BlackSkullCortez]

Derek swooped down in front of the security guards, stopping them in their tracks. "You have no quarrel with this one, and he's right. Fusion is innocent." The warden glared at Derek. "The Avenging Archangel, huh? Doesn't matter. He still destroyed half of the town. Everybody witnessed it." The security guards continued to charge. Derek used his Old Power to tie the guards into the ground. "I said, stop. He's innocent." He walked straight up to the warden. "So, this is what it comes to, huh? You think that these men killed many innocent people, and that gives you a reason to try to take them in. However, this one you are labeling an accomplice of him is making you do harm to one more innocent person. So you're giving him unusual punishment without a jury. How much heroism is in that? False heroism won't change the past. Putting those two in shackles will probably end up doing more harm than good. You saw them fight, didn't you? Wouldn't their power just get them to escape and possibly cause more damage in this city? How many innocent people are you saving by doing that? Those that only you care about?" He saw the warden steaming up in anger. Derek readied himself. Just then he felt the yellow light of his "father" enter him. The next thing he noticed, Earth covered him giving him a beak and two talons, and his vision and hearing sharply increased. He felt like he could hear every single footstep in the city, and locate it. "Come at us if you want, but I won't let you take this man in."

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

"You are an interesting meal......you even took a Black lightning blast and controlled it, very good, you pass my first test......" The Blast completely destroys his half of the arena a giant cloud of dust and smoke cover the area with cracks of lightning sparking the entire area, nothing is heard from the attack, but soon enough the storm starts subsiding and the hard winds become a gentle breeze that wash away the smoke, Jazeth stood there, his clothes horribly burned and a gash on his chest, blood dripping from his mouth and he looked like he had been run over by a herd of chainsaws, yet, he just stood there smiling. "That was fun....." it was a horrible thing to be heard but it seemed only Josep's body had been compromised, but Jazeth was fine in all. "too bad his body is hurt....but let's see your incomplete release go against this......" he smirked and raised his hand, and a darkened energy spins in front of his open palm and distorts the air around it, a few pebbles from the ground start floating up slowly and as they touch the black orb they disintegrate immediately, as if being erased from existence. "Lightning is powerful....but I want to see how you do against my own element, Enigma........" the energy condenses and starts sparking, he holds it in his hand as he waits for his opponent's reaction

[El Make]

"What are you!? You look like you got beaten up in the worst bar fight on Earth and still have the energy to stand like that!? Nevermind use a new power!" Yurusu took a step back, not believing what his eyes told him. A normal person would have been wrecked by that blast, but Jazeth stood tall, with blood dripping from his body, yet seemingly unaffected. For the 3rd time this fight, Yurusu was trown into his zanpakuto's world.

Damnit Yurusu! Can't you see you can't win without our full release!

But... this guy is insane. I don't think bankai will cut it hear... I'm still not used to using flash step that much, and at this right I could slice him in half... and he'd just stand up like nothing!

You're right, as much as I hate defeat... I think we must run...

But the fire! Even with flash steps I'd get burned... I think we're stuck here!

But, don't you remember? I'm still charged up with that black lightning of his! I think we can blow a gap in the fire... it will be risky, but if you run fast enough...

"All right..." Yurusu said as he returned to his fight with Jazeth, "Sorry J.J., I gotta run!" Whipping around, Yurusu swung his charged up zanpakuto at the wall of fire, a single wave of electricity releasing from his soul cutter. Upon impact a gash was torn into the wall, allowing a moment to escape. A second later, the wall closed up, but Yurusu had aready flash stepped out and was running for his life, his zanpakuto re-sealed.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

Jazeth looked as his opponent ran, but he could tell it was an intelligent retreat at the most. "Get stronger so you're soul will be more appetizing......." He closed his palm and the blast dispersed going to cover all of his wounds and slowly erasing them, but as he did the mood in his eyes softened, The ring of fire fell, the storm clouds withdrew, the rain had stopped falling and the ground had stopped shaking....all the commotion in the area had become peaceful except for one thing. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HOLY FRICK WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ME??!?!?!?" It wasn't something that Josep could take easily, as soon as Jazeth's eyes had turned back in Josep's

 

"Oh dear lord why!!!! this Enigma energy doesn't help you son of ahhhhhh" the dark energy that ate away at his wounds still caused bodily harm on it's own, it was like pouring salt, Alcohol and poison on an open wound...... but after a good while and after he had no air left to keep screaming to the high heavens Josep managed to stand up and saw as Josep's clothes disappeared and his clothes came back. "that is easily the most metrosexual technique we got....."

[Ultimate Assassin Ninjew]

"Dragon Lords, gather in the main hall," Sven's voice rang out through the building. Sven was sitting in a throne, personally made by himself, designed in the Dragon image. Kisune and Azera soon appeared through small scrolls that lay in front of the throne. They were kneeling when they appeared. "Ah good, it worked as you said Kisune," Sven commenting on Kisune's scrolls used for instant teleportation. He looked at the two men before speaking, "It is now time for our plan to be set in motion. We will destroy one town and then announce our presence to the world. We will state that we are going to take control over this world and any who try to stop us will be killed. Is that clear?" Wihout raising their heads their both said, "Yes, My Lord."

 

Then as Sven got up, they did too before following him out of the base. Once outside they all disappeared into a rip into space. It was a garganta that Sven created. In moments they all were above a city, a somewhat large city, but not a major one. Suddenly the sky darkened and rain began to poor down onto the city. Suddenly the city was trapped as Kisune made a large water wall to surround the city. Then suddenly the water turned to fire and the city was trapped in fire, while fire poured from the sky. People began dying until suddenly, Azera melted the city down with his hell flames. No one survived the attack and the walls of fire disappeared. The sky soon turned to normal and the city was left a melted mess of ruins.

 

A large garganta appeared over the city, displaying the destruction. Similar garganta's appeared everywhere a life force was. This was possible because Azera had a map of the world because of him being king of the hell. Each garganta, except for the one over the ruined city, displayed the destroyed city and the dead corpses there. Then it zoomed in on the 3 men hovering in midair, like it was a camera capturing the incident. In another second it showed all 3 of their faces before the one in the middle spoke, "We are the Dragon Lords. I am Sven Trago and I am the leader of the Dragon Lords. We have been put through enough and now our time has come to take over the world. Any that try to stop us will be destroyed."

 

Leaving the garganta open to show the remains again, the 3 men disappeared in a puff of smoke. The garganta led to the city, any that would seek out the group could start there, but from there the trail would be cold since it was a teleportation that they did. These men would surely be tough to find and face as well.

[El Make]

Tenkai awoke with a start at the sound of voices screaming. The gaurds in the hallway were running for the doors, saying things like "My kids! I had kids there!" and "What if they attack us next!?" With all the commotion, Tenkai knew it was time. Although he had only been able to recover somewhat on his trip with Go and meagerly with his few hours of sleep, it was enough to give him his shadow powers back. Tenkai formed an "X" with his arms, shadows lining up with him, and chopped the air. An "X" shaped blast hit the meatl bars, making them give way just enough so Tenkai could slip through. Once outside, he ran for the door, knocking aside gaurds who didn't seem to care where he went. Finally out side, he forward his shadow plane and raced off into the distance, far away from the city where he saw mountains looming.

There... I'll hide out in those mountains until I'm ready... As he flew away, Tenkai noticed the message that seemed to play over and over again to the people in the city.

And... they could be a problem.

 

Yurusu's legs at last gave out, forcing him to stop at the base of a large sized hill. He panted, trying to regain his breath after running for hours away from Jazeth.

"That guy was frikin stong... but, I escaped. And this message that keeps playing in the sky. These people... are even stronger than Jazeth! They wiped out a whole city without so much as batting an eyelash!" Yurusu growned, "I need to train if the world is endangered by people like this! Now... to find Tenkai..." Yurusu stood tall, clasping his hands together. Soon he sat down again, his hands at his sides.

"Going to a mountain, a Tenkai? Guess you're planning to recover, you seem weakened... yet Fusion's still around, so you didn't do it. Hehehe... poor Kurayami. I ought to catch up with him though. Although, that means draining myself with flashsteps... FAR flashsteps..." And so Yurusu got up, and began his journey to chase after Tenkai.

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

Being stuck in the middle of the plains Josep could see the images from various points in the sky, except of course from the direction were it had been broadcasted. "an entire village gone in a matter of seconds.....they didn't need to broadcast....I saw it all....." the last particle of dark energy had vanished and he had been healed, but now his heart hurt as he could hear the screaming auras of those who had just passed. "Bastards....they killed them all....." he looked to the side where he had woken up, and Jazeth's sword was sticking out of the ground. He walked up to it slowly and started smelling the auras in the air, those that have passed and those that caused this, he grabbed the hilt of the blade with both hands and pulled it out splitting in two and revealing their forms as a black katana and a white Jian. "now then...where are they....my quest can wait.....you know that too right Jazeth? if they rule the world....what will you do?" He Places the two blades in front of himself as they dematerialize and form a pendant on his neck, in the shape of two crossing swords. "Then let's find out where they are....."

[El Make]

As Yurusu worked his way around the thin ledge, the wind started to pick up, threatening to make him fall. He stood, high up in the air, near the peak of the mountain, looking for Tenkai Kurayami.

His power says it's coming from inside the mountain. He must have made a home in one of the natural caves. But what kind of training and recovering could he do all the way up here!? Yurusu's thoughts were interrupted by a cracking sound, and he looked at his feet to see the rock was about to give way. Quickly he flash stepped a few feet, coming to a wider opening with sturdier rock. He was standing in what seemed to be the entry way of a decent sized cave, a small flicker of light coming from deep within it. Suddenly, a shadow shot out and wrapped itself around his neck, bringing Yurusu to his knees. He heard soft foot steps coming from within, and soon Tenkai appeared from the darkness.

"Well, well," Tenkai muttered as he released the shadow's grip, "Yurusu... I don't supose you won your little battle?"

"Nope," Yurusu grumbled as he rubbed his neck, "It turns out the guy I was fighting shared a body. But he wasn't hampered by the injuries I gave him at all! And I guess you've seen the sky?"

"Yeah, you and I are going to do intense training up here. For the next few days, I will mold you into a cutting edge fighter, a fighter that will be able to strike down one of the members in that group."

"Hehehe... do you honestly think I can do that? You saw what they did to that city."

"Idiot, I sensed the power coming from you during your fight with that guy. You didn't even release bankai yet the power coming from you was amazing, all because a bolt of lightning hit your sword! When I'm done with you, not even the groups leader will stand in our way..." Tenkai motioned for Yurusu to follow him, and they descended into the darkness.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Go stared at the message in the sky with bewilderment. "All those people...they're gone. These Dragon Lords...they're the biggest threat I've seen aside from that man..." Go swung on his web and landed on a ledge, looking down at the screaming chaos below. "These people need a protector, someone they can count on. I'm sorry Master Kenwei, but I definitely won't be returning to Mt. Senkora." He then swung down into the chaotic mess called Hadora City. I'll fight crime non-stop and train myself. I gotta be ready.

 

Some hours later...

Fusion woke up feeling like he'd been sleeping in a cramped coffin for quite a while. Everyone is gone...I'm the only one here. He stood up with some stiffness and did some stretches. Maybe I'll feel better once I get going with my day. I guess I'll head over to Kougakure now. Fusion looked around and decided to try something. He released a continuous jet of fire from his hands, and found that he could maintain its release. He then decided to try something he'd never done before. Fusion focused the energy he usually mustered for fireballs, but released it through his legs. Suddenly, Fusion went up a few feet from the fire emitting from his feet like a jet. Who knew fire had a practical use like this? I wonder... Fusion jumped up as far as he could then started emitting fire from his hands and feet like jets again. He stayed like that in midair for a few seconds and then tried flying. It was working! Fusion could fly from directing his palms and feet behind him to propel himself forward. "Wahoo! Now I don't need Neo Fusion to fly! To Kougakure!" Fusion then sped off to the country of ninjas, unaware of the chaos that was ensuing around the world.

[Blake]

Black was walking down a plains path, with a small knapsack over his back. He had been staring up at the sky for a while, and then the curious message appeared in the sky. He knew exactly what the transportation devices they were using were. Garganta. If those people were going to be trouble, Black had an ace in the whole. He kept his eye on the spectacle as he walked. He saw the horrors, and took them with a shrug. They bothered him, but it was nothing he had not seen within his own. As Black continued, he saw another traveler, or so he assumed, who had been staring at the sky as well. "Hey, you." He called to Josep as he walked through the plain to get to where he was. "Would you mind telling me a couple of things?" He asked politely. "First, where am I? Secondly, who is controlling the Garganta in the sky?" He did not know if Josep knew waht the Garganta was, so he elaborated. "Umm... the Garganta is what those things are called. I have experience with them, so I know. Anyways, could you help me?

[Lord JZ of the Enigma]

Trying to move quickly while still partially injured was not easy...or good on his back, but he treaded on either way, hoping maybe he'd get lucky, the sun was now beating down and he almost wished Jazeth's storm cloud was looming over as usual. after a good 5 hours of walking and hoping he would die or fall into a beautiful oasis he heard a voice come from behind himself, he thought it may be a hallucination, much like the hallucination of a dancing cow skeleton earlier but it was a man. "Dang, why can't I hallucinate about a cute girl?" he joked as he tried to listed closely.

 

"Well, first, I wish I knew, I've been stuck in this place for quite a while...kinda like I fell in a horrible dimensional rift to another plain....but the case is most likely I'm just lost in a desert also.....why are you talking about a Garganta....you speak spanish? and why is THAT thing called a Garganta......it doesn't particularly look like a throat.....oh wait...." he turns his head to the side and pictures a giant head opening it's mouth. "Yeah...it does kind of look like a throat....but only kind of....oh, right well, I don't know who...but they call themselves the Dragon Lords....a bit of a presumptuous name.....I don't remember the Dragon Council electing any lords.....but yeah..." he thought about his words "so....you know at least something about those abilities.....that seems helpful." he says with a smile.

[Blake]

Black shook his head. "No, I just know bits and pieces of Spanish that correspond with my abilities. Also, I only know about one of their abilities, to my knowledge. Garganta." Black let his right hand turn white, and the sleeve on it shorten a little bit, and tightening, becoming white with black trim. With a flick of his wrist, the space and time rending rectangular shapes of the Garganta began to open up, an take their mouth-like shape. With another flick of his wrist, the Garganta closed itself, and any evidence of the portal was gone. "I might be able to help further. By the way, the name's Black." Black offered his hand down to Josep, as to shake hands with him. "Oh, by the way, I know smidgeons of Japanese as well, to go along with that Spanish." As Black waited for the handshake, he asked another question. "What is a Dragon Council? Sorry, I'm not from here, I'm just travelin' around."

[Fusion X. Denver]

Fusion landed in Kougakure stealthily so he wouldn't get caught. He stopped in a tavern to try and find information on Bando, but no one had heard anything. Fusion then decided to go to the place where ninjas were assigned missions, the people there would probably have a better idea regarding Bando's whereabouts. He met with a man named Kalban who told him that they had sent several ninja groups to search for him, but no one found anything yet, the search had been going on for quite a while too. Fusion then took off into the sky grumbling to himself. This guy's going to be a pain in the butt, I can already tell. Kalban had decided to examine Bando's profile in the Bingo Book after Fusion left. He then flipped through some pages when he found Fusion in there. He started panicking and deployed four ninjas to give chase after Fusion.

 

Go had fought probably 20 different crimes in the morning already and it was only 12:09 P.M. He sat on a park bench to catch a breather and snoozed off for a bit. Now that I think about it...that guy Derek said I was a spider or something like that. Maybe he knows something about my powers. Should I find him? Maybe he can help me grow stronger... With a new purpose, Go resumed web-swinging to look for Derek. I heard he made a commotion at the security joint after I left, I'll start there.

[BlackSkullCortez]

Derek was perching on top of a gargoyle on a church tower. Man, the security and police of this town are such one-sided idiots. Seriously, they try to kill me after a simple lecture? Wow. He also remembered what he did. It all seemed like a few seconds, his attacks, but it ended with them hitting the ground at the same time. Man, this power is AWESOME. He lifted his wings, and he heard a police car and a crime fight happening in the same place a certain distance away. "About time for something to come up!" Derek jumped off of the tower and streamlined himself towards the ground. He turned upwards at the last second, and flew forwards at high speeds. This is smoother and easier than it usually is. Does this have something to do with my new power? He saw that the people didn't really notice him flying, and he was not making too much sound. Has he also obtained the stealth of an owl? These thoughts occupied his mind, so Derek didn't really care about too much afterwards. He stopped the gang war effortlessly. He looked into the darkness and saw a web. Go. He leapt up into the air and flew, following the webs, and seeing Go in the distance. Where is he going? Is he looking for me or something?

[Fusion X. Denver]

Go's spider sense went off and he turned around to see Derek there. "Oh there you are. We need to talk." He ceased swinging and landed on a ledge. He started to explain, "I'm pretty sure you've seen the message from the Dragon Lords. They have serious power and they can definitely destroy the world with their skills. I don't think there are many people who can stop them, to be honest, only people with super powers like us stand a chance. I'm hoping Fusion will come here soon if he's seen the message, but in the meantime, we need to train dramatically or we'll all be killed." He paused for a second, then continued, "You said something before about me being a spider. I kinda remember you saying other mystic mumbo-jumbo too, but all I know is some random sorcerer gave me these powers to help a village under attack. I'm grateful to him, but I need improvement. That's why I need you, you clearly know more about my powers than I do. Will you teach me to use them to their full efficiency?"

[Shadow Zero]

Shadow Zero reappeared in a vast and grassy field, the only thing being around him being a few animals. As he approached them, he noticed that they were sniffing at the second Light of Chaos. Shadow Zero walked up to it and picked it up and the animals, instead of fleeing from him, bumped their muzzles up against him as some form of greeting. Shadow Zero patted them each once as a way to return the greeting, feeling at peace for the first time in a long while. However, he knew that he could not linger here, there was still the last Light of Chaos to find. Shadow Zero used Chaos Control to reappear in what seemed to be a laboratory of some sort and found the Light of Chaos directly in front of him. As he picked it up someone walked up to him who looked to be an echidna in human form. Well well well, it looks like I have a visitor. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Alixander, and this is my laboratory. Pray tell, how did you manage to find your way in here without tripping any of the security measures that I had set in place?" Shadow Zero didn't respond at first, but instead considered how he should respond to Alixanders question. Finally, he decided on the truth. "I am from the future, and this is one of the gems of mine that were scattered. However, now that I have gathered them all, there is no need for me to continue to contaminate the timeline any further. But first, I must ask of you have any other items of interest that you found recently. Perhaps a ring of some color other then the normal gold?" As a manner of response, Alixander took a ring out of his pocket, the ring of the wind. "I assume that this is yours as well?" Alixander said as he handed the ring over to Shadow Zero. Shadow Zero shook his head and said "It belongs to a friends of mine, but I'll be sure to get it back to him."

 

Shadow Zero used Chaos control to go back to where he started, but saw that Cortez was gone. Instead, Shadow had something in his hand again, this time a red ring. Shadow Zero used Chaos Control to snatch the ring from Shadow and reentered the normal spacetime spectrum standing at the top of a pole in the center of the clearing upon which a flag bearing the crest of the Ranmyaku Tribe was waving. "You just don't know how to stop taking things that don't belong to you, do you?" Shadow Zero said. However, Ranmyaku Shadou saw what had happened and used a Chaos Warp to suddenly appear in front of Shadow Zero, swinging his Burai Blade so as to cleave him in two. Moving faster then one would think for someone of his size, being taht he was in his hedgehog form and Ranmyaku was in his human form, and blocked Ranmyakus strike with the Burai Blade of which he was wielding with his left hand. A flame then appeared over his heart and, moving by instinct, placed his right hand over the flame over his heart. The flame detached itself and spiraled downwards until it reached his feet, and he then reupted in flames, the black parts of his body having gone orange. He was now easily able to push Ranmyaku back with a swing of his sword, who instead of being enraged, was surprised. Shadow, who was just moments ago having his face twisted in a furious expression suddenly bursted out "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY ANYTHING??!" Ranmyaku Shadou then sheathed his Burai Blade, apparently expecting that Shadow Zero would do the same and said "We have much to speak on. Please come with me."