The begining of a darker tomorrow

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The sudden Surge of power this boy provided was startling to Suki, He didnt need to grab hold of suki's tail to remove it, for the moment the small wounds began to cauterize Suki knew the boy was in a new state of mind, His focus was uncanny, and in desperation it appeared his body was pushing out some sort of crazy energy, one that Suki would need to consider before continuing.

Leaping backwards after Releasing Zach, Suki noted that his energy had skyrocketed Higher than he had expected from the human. clearly this planet was more then met the eye, however in his moments of pain and weakness suki had caught a glimpse of what zach was thinking, he was fighting to save the town behind them, he was preparing to power up in order to save the city, did he not know that Suki was not out to destroy the planet. Could it be that this human was there only line of defense? Where was the captain, and what of the android whom had also opposed him. This slightly angered Suki as he had wanted to fight with other warriors and now it appeared that it was only Zach.

"I should have killed you while I had the chance, a mistake I will not repeat"

He said pointing his finger at Zach and firing a deadly 'Death Beam'. The concentrated energy was fast and unforgiving, and aimed directly for the boy. However Suki knew this would not be the end of the fight, no his power was to great now, he wouldnt simply be hit, he would fight back, and hard.

[Zach]

Zach was free even before he knew it as his sudden transformation seemed to surprise the alien. That was good, if it could be scared, it could be defeated. Still on his knee’s though and level with Suki, Zach’s expression of discomfort had all but vanished, a temporary effect of gaining so much power but enough to make him very, very intimidating. He still felt his broken ribs quite keenly, but the rest of the aching in his guts seemed to dull significantly.

As the alien raised his hand and lamented about having not killed him already, Zach reacted like lightning. The boy knew what was coming, it had to an energy attack, there was no other reason that Suki would have threatened him with his finger twice if it wasn’t dangerous in some fashion. In an instant Zach’s left arm came up, his hand closing into a fist pointed back at Suki and at once, the convoluted cone and bowl shaped shield he’s recently developed formed around his hand and got it’s baptism by fire.

The violet beam of energy that shot forth from Suki’s finger crossed the distance between them in an instant. With his aim true, Zach managed the harrowing interception with his shielded hand. The convoluted shape of the shield did it’s job, guiding the thin stream of energy around the inner surface of the force field and then directed it strait back out in the direction that it came from. Oh it would be such poetic justice, Zach though, if this alien menace was cut down by his own attack. He could then relax, the world would be safe, the city around them would also be safe and as another grand consolation, he’d be safe. With any hope his sudden use of the Cone buster to redirect Suki’s attack back at him would win the day, or at the very least put a nice sized hole in the tiny dictator.

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Suki's newfound smile began to fade in the seconds that transpired.

The death beam moved in the time of 1 second, and the following took place within the 2 seconds it took, to get to zach, and to come back to Suki.

The beam moved straight and quickly into the cone shaped energy prison, and was catapulted out equally as fast as it had gone in, the energy now flying back at suki.

To those watching it all happened in a slip second, however this is not how Suki had felt the time pass.

His first reaction brought his smile to a frown. at 1.2 seconds Suki began to think.

'No, not possible, my attack, its...he...DAMMIT'

This led him at 1.4 seconds to raise his Right hand just enough so at the perfect moment of 1.9 seconds he would wave his harm in such a manner that the thin beam would be slapped by the back of his wrist, and thrown into a nearby hill.

And it happened just as planned, the beam hit the hill, but rather than simply going through it like it would a human, the energy was forced to compile on the spot and was completed with a massive explosion.

The boom even shook the ground slightly as small pieces of rubble began to fall from the sky. Suki of course was less than pleased, he now knew of an attack from his opponent that could redirect his attacks. This was angering, it would not stand.

Suki held out his hand, palm facing out and grabbed his wrist with his left hand.

"You think you can retract my attack, Ill show you, I will make you PAY!"

as he spoke the beam in his hand formed, the ball was a purple and black swirling mass of pure Ki energy. Suki's right arm began to pop with veins as the powerful Ki took its toll on his arm. Suki was about to use what he considered his finisher, a powerful move that he would fire at zach, so incredibly large and powerful, that he intended to overpower the cone, and destroy zach.

"PUNISHER CANNON!"

Suki shot the beam of energy, that upon being released expanded to a diameter of 3 feet around, this beam was large enough to encase Suki's body, and was now flying at Zach. How would his defenses hold up to this?

[Zach]

Having successfully redirected Suki’s beam back at him, Zach shifted position, pulling his right up and getting that foot firmly planted on the ground. He was probably just as displeased as the little alien, although not because the beam had been redirected, but because Suki had been able to avoid getting struck by his own attack. He could only spare a fleeting hope that no one was on the hill that had just been demolished as the fight to defend the planet was the most pressing matter at hand. Poised and ready to rise back to both feet rather then the one knee he was stooped down on, Zach glared across the distance between them as his alien opponent held out his hand and started to gather energy. Then the fatal mistake of a lot of fighter’s Zach had encountered was made, the guy started talking again.

‘Honestly, what is it with people and chit chatting while you’re trying to rip each other’s head’s off? I’m not here to talk.’ Zach thought to himself as Suki prepared to launch his attack. By the looks of it, it was going to be something big but Zach knew the Changeling wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice, not when he was spending so much time preparing the shot. No he either wanted it to be deflected or this was something he’d have no chance at bouncing back. Deciding to take the cautious route and avoid the blast all together as he had no idea how much he was currently outclassing his opponent, the blonde waited and watched for just the right moment.

It came quickly, Suki, like an armature called out the name of the attack while he was launching it and released a massive ball of purple and black energy. As soon as Zach saw the flash of the launch, the young man wrapped his left arm around his torso to help hold everything in place, namely his ribs, and then launched himself skyward both with his power of flight and also with a titanic push off from his right leg. The kick off also threw debris into the air where Zach was an instant before. He hadn’t planned it that way but the debris would hopefully detonate the energy blast and provide additional cover as he arced up and over the attack and descended at top speed intending to bring both knees down right on top of his distracted opponent. He hadn’t time to refresh his energy armor as it had dissipated earlier when the boulder squashed him and his mind was now focused on maintaining the cone buster and dropping himself at his best speed, so his ordinary unarmored knees would have to do the job.

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The Punisher cannon was a destructive beam, one shot from ground level would cause the ground to create a rift roughly 3 feet around as the beam continued forward, burrowing through everything in its path. Suki was convinced that after the boulder incident, it would never occur to zach to simply dodge, however he was indeed wrong. The blond teen could be seen just at the point of impact making his triumphant escape from beam.

Suki's mind began to explode with question's.
Nobody simply 'DODGED' the punisher cannon, that wasnt possible! How, how is his speed so much higher!?

However he hadnt the time to spend watching the pretty colors continue forward, he needed to watch zach, because with his new speed, it was only a matter of time until....

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Two large knee's, for the first time in this battle, made direct contact with Suki, both hitting him, one on the forehead, and the other on the side of his jaw. Suki was so rarely struck that this was somewhat shocking to him, the attack caused him to fly backwards hitting the ground hard and then progressing to roll multiple times, to the point where once zach decided to attack again, he would need to move several feet in order to reach Suki's body.

Suki chose to lay on the ground, he was stunned that the man had actually hit him. He wasnt angry...or sad... no this emotion, he couldnt pinpoint his true feelings about what had just happened, so he would lay there and think about it.

'Well, he hit me, dodged both my signature, and my finisher, and has withstood my entire onslaught....'

Although Suki was capable of getting up, he chose not to, but rather to lay flat on the ground, and consider his situation.

But what ever happened to that punisher cannon you say? No simple amount of gravel would cause this beam to stop, it was designed to destroy small moon planets, let alone some minor gravel.

The beam traveled all the way back, and as Zach would be well aware, there was a city nearby.

The beam struck a larger mountain nearby the city, causing at first nothing, however after a few moments of impact, the entire mountain exploded into thousands of smaller rocks and stones, the shock wave itself, although miles away, could be felt by Zach even if only a little, and the debris would begin to fall on the surround area's, such as on Zach and Suki's battle, and oh of course, the rebuilding Satan City

[Nam Reikonaga]

(Since nobody else wanted to do it, I just made this thread a bit more realistic and added the press. Remember, ZTV can be controled by anyone. xP I do not get any gains from this, unless Nam joins in later on.)

“AAAAaAH!” multiple voices screamed out as they ran around in panic. Rocks were falling from the sky, previous to the explosion of a mountain. Nobody knew the cause, but the debris fell on the streets. Big boulders would crack the ground, dent vehicles, and crater the walls of Satan City’s infrastructure. The ambulance’s sirens filled the air; someone was already injured. The people fled to their homes and nearby buildings. Some took cover in the sewers, others under public tables of their favorite outdoors restaurant.

A man was sitting down, drinking his coffee as he watched a documentary about Central City’s disappearance. “Freddy Firecracker…” he said disdainfully. “That guy doesn’t compare to my crew.” The man finished drinking his coffee and tossed half of his cigarette to the ground as a medium sized boulder crashed on a table adjacent to his own. Unfazed, the man adjusted his brown leather coat. He signaled his crew to enter the van with the ZTV logo emblazoned on the sliding doors. Debris was falling all around him, but none of them seemed to hit him although he was walking a serenely are possible. He mounted on the white van, next to the driver’s seat in the front and they were soon on their way, zigzagging across the street; avoiding the falling boulders and rubble.

In the back of the van, the ZTV crew members were observing high tech machines that seemed capable of detecting energy signatures. They were convinced this was the cause of the hiatus. The man in the coat calmly watched a large boulder make a hole though Mr. Satan’s mouth on an old promotional banner, while he lit another cigarette and placed it on his limps. Mr. Satan was long gone, but he was still a legend in this old city. With that said, this particular news reporter knew that the man was nothing but a joke. Yes, Mr. Satan was indeed stronger than the average human, but he never did all of those amazing things people praised him for. Dick, was just one of those people who knew the inside scoop.

Finally, the radars have navigated them outside of the city, and not too far away in the outskirts of Satan City. The man could see two figures, what was left of the mountain, and a long and big disturbance of the land, as if a plane had just crash landed and left its trail; except the man in the cozy brown coat knew this wasn’t the result of a plane crash, he wasn’t blind. He knew it was the result of the battle taking place between the two figures out in the distance. “Get closer…” the man released the smoke from his cigarette. “And get the camera ready.”

The van drifted close by until they reached a full stop, and just as it did, the doors flew open and people wearing ZTV logos on their shirts began setting the stage. The man took his time getting off the vehicle and tossed his cigarette on the ground.

The camera turns on. “Good afternoon,” he began. The cameraman adjusted the camera so it portrayed the reporter from the waist up. “This is ZTV’s Dick Salaham, live, bringing you the latest news.” He paused for a dramatic effect. “Recently, Satan City has been socketed by the pelting debris of an unknown source. But we, ZTV, have found the culprit.” The camera zoomed to the two figures out in the distance, where the reporter had been signaling. There was what seemed like a shirtless, blond man and a white figure resting on the ground; for which they couldn’t get a good view. “For safety reasons, we cannot go any further, but I urge you to stay and watch with us as the events of this battle unfold.”

Aside from being a tough guy, the man really knew how to grab the attention of the audience. The crew stood there, camera still on and focused on the battle, waiting to see what happens. The reporter’s black and slick hair waved in the mild breeze, along with his clothing.

[Zach]

After finally managing to land a strike and a big one at that, Zach touched down on the steaming ground where the beam had vaporized a path towards where he was once standing. Still holding onto his ribs with his left hand, the still glowing cone buster wasn’t in a position to be used, it was just simple habit for him to use his left arm over his right. The teen was about to switch arms when the blast he’d avoided finally detonated, completely demolishing a mountain behind him. Turning quickly to see what exactly had exploded, Zach could no longer see the mountain, only a rising mushroom cloud of dust and smoke.

Looking back to his fallen opponent as debris started to fall about them, Zach growled and started to run towards the alien’s ship rather then his the alien himself. He wasn’t in any condition to go dodging rocks with his broken ribs so opted to seek cover in the hatchway to the space craft. His reason for taking refuge in the ship was two fold. If Suki got up before the rain of stone had subsided and came at him, their fight would hopefully cause enough collateral damage so as to cripple the ship. The second of course was because it was a convenient place to take cover.

As he looked out of the entryway though, his gaze fleeting between Suki and the city beyond, the boy noted a hover vehicle coming to a stop in the distance. “What the hell? Are they insane?” the boy asked rhetorically. Of course they were insane, they were the press. “I can’t worry about that now, I have to concentrate.” the boy added under his breath and started to gather energy. Letting go of his sides, Zach cringed a bit as he dismissed the Cone Buster and stretched his arms out to either side in the doorway. This was the beginning stage of his technique that allowed him to mend his broken bones. He needed time to gather the energy though and hopefully Suki would stay down long enough for him to complete the charge.

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Suki's head rolled slightly to the right only to see Zach heading towards his ship, this was a big negative. Suki would not allow for his ship to be destroyed, and Zach was just the kind of unpredictable human that might destroy his ship in the process of taking cover, and Suki couldnt take that chance, he let out a loud scream, that this those around would be very clear.

"NO!"

It was long and drawn out, but cut off suddenly and abruptly.

Two fingers to his forehead, and Suki completed the final technique in his arsenal, the Instant Transmission, which brought him upright and suddenly in front of zach in the doorway of his ship, before Zach would even be able to enter the ship, the Icer would appear in front of him, already in mid spin, with his tail flying quickly at the side of Zachs head.

He would prevent zach from entering his ship at all costs, he couldn't risk damage to it, and wouldn't let it come to that. Regardless of if that attack made contact Zach would not be able to clearly see suki for what he had accomplished, there was a fair amount of blood running down suki's chin from his lip where the knee had made contact, otherwise it was difficult to see, but there was minor bruising of the forehead. The icer race did not bruise easily so when even the smallest injury could be seen, you knew it had caused damage.

The other feature that would draw to mind was Suki's eyes, they seemed to have a large amount of anger in them, they were red and seemed aggravated, as though for the first time in the fight, Suki had shown anger and disapproval in the battle.

Now was to see how Zach countered

[Zach]

{So negating the last to paragraphs of my previous post… Ok. Well, sorry news crew, I was going to notice you, not any more.}



As Zach approached the ship and ascended it’s entry ramp, his crimson aura still billowing all around him, the boy was cut off suddenly by his diminutive opponent, already moving to strike him. The teen didn’t even know how the alien got ahead of him, just that he was there. The distance between them was no so short that he couldn’t stop himself and jump back to avoid getting hit, but could still block it. His left arm, the Cone Buster still active on his fist, was occupied being wrapped around his ribs so it was Zach’s right that went up. And up it went, high over Zach’s had so that the muscular tail would strike the teen’s tricep and at that intent the boy would pull his arm down again hard. The idea behind the move was to trap Suki’s tail between Zach’s arm and his side and hopefully gain some level of control over the slippery alien. The rapid motion though jarred his ribs and forced a grunt from the blonde as he attempted to entrap his opponent’s appendage. The actual impact hurt as well, but had slapped into steeled muscle that Zach had put into harms way because it could take it, and so the pain added to that which he was experiencing elsewhere was minimal.

Should manage to actually entrap Suki’s tail, Zach intended to reverse his direction and drag the alien backwards, out of the ship and into the torrent of falling rocks. He’d no intention of staying out in the raining debris, only remaining long enough to attempt a full revolution and launch the tiny tyrant into the side of his own ship before retreating back inside.

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Suki's tail fell right into Zachs entrapment, how could it not? The plan was certain to work, however Zach had not considered what Suki would do to escape from this comical position.

The first thing for him to do, was to quickly whip the end of his tail, somewhat like a fish out of water, while the base was caught by Zach's surprisingly strong hold the very end had enough room that it would begin whipping Zach's face, a very minor attack, however if successful could damage his eyes, or simply cause him distracting pain.

The second, and far more important tactic to getting free was actually a jerk reaction suki had, with his tail trapped, suki would turn quickly with his left arm, now charging a fairly average Ki blast, and shoot point blank at the person holding his tail. If zach had turned around like he intended, then the shot would hit his lower back, If he had not yet gotten the chance, it would be yet another strike to his already destroyed mid section just below where his arm was holding his ribs. Regardless it would either hit, or Zach would have to release suki's tail to escape. Or possibly to suki's amusement, both.

Suki put his plan into motion, not entirely sure what to expect. He was unsure of how long this state of euphoric adrenaline would last on the teen, or if he could hold out in his present state.

[Zach]

As rocks dropped from the heavens all around them, Zach managed to latch onto Suki’s tail. The blonde was still in the process of dragging the alien clear of the entrance when the thinner half of the appendage started to whip around madly. Twice it managed to slash across Zach’s face, cutting his cheeks and drawing a grunt from the boy. Still he wouldn’t let got, not when he had such control over his opponent. No, his tactic was going to change now, forget throwing him into the ship, Zach was going to use his handhold to beat the ever living daylights out of the monster.

Wrapping his right arm fully around the appendage, the young man was about to start his swinging motion with the intent of using Suki’s body like the ball on the end of a flail. Instead an instant after he started to twist, the alien’s ki blast exploded into his midsection.

“Hhhaaagh!...” Zach gagged and almost dropped to his knees. The blast had rocked his innards and left his pants burned but thankfully intact. One didn’t bare the thought of facing this menace naked. His grip didn’t loosen though, in fact it got tighter, mainly from his muscles contracting from the pain in his midsection. However once the initial shock of the strike had passed and since the repeated whips to his face had not ceased, Zach rage exploded out of control again.

“Rrrrraaaaahh!! That’s it!” the teen screamed as his left arm unwrapped from his ribs, the Cone Buster vanished and his left hand camped down on the immobile end of Suki’s tail. Cringing in pain from his ribs, guts, face and just about everywhere, Zach let out a second roar and dropped to one knee, crashing Suki’s tail down on his other knee with every ounce of force he could bring to bare.

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The Coup de grace

Zach had finally done it, he had inflicted a blow that caused Suki to scream out in pain. Certainly this would be satisfying for the young warrior to hear, as his tail was crushed under the weight and power of Zach's knee's. Suki decided it was time to finish this, that enough was enough. He had not wanted to reveal it so soon, but this earthling had proven to much to handle in his normal form

"You.....vile"

Suki's arm reached out and latched hold of zach's neck, something that zach could easily pull off...that is until the hand began to grow.

"Pompous"

The arm that was attatched also began to grow with the hand, his nails became large, his chest grew plates as did his shoulders

"Arrogant"

The head that was fixxed on Suki's shoulders shrunk slightly, the horns grew elongated atop his head.

"Ignorant"

The tail that Zach had crushed Whipped out from under his knee, and to his surprise seemed to grow thinner, but much, much longer.

"IMBICILE"

The last word came out in a strangely deeper voice, as suddenly suki stood, his height, which before was nearly half as short as zach, was now nearly a foot taller.

Suki would have a firm grasp on Zach's neck now, this time with an arm that Zach would find surprisingly hard to move, and much to the horror of the human, he would notice that Suki appeared refreshed from the fight. His energy was anything but weakened, even his busted lip was gone, the blood wiped clean.

Suki was showing the cards he had been hiding, this was a form that truly described the ambition and cocky attitude that Suki had displayed at the banquet.

This was the power of Suki's transformation

[Zach]

The scream from Suki was indeed music to Zach’s ears and so was the satisfying crunch the bones in his tail made when he smashed it over his knee. The boy was all set to continue the punishment and was even starting to stand back up when the little monster’s hand latched onto his throat. Zach couldn’t believe what he was seeing as the monster ripped his tail right out of his hands and started to physically change. The grip on his neck become unbearably strong and with nothing for his hands to hold onto, both were free to grab a hold of Suki’s arm in a vane attempt to pull it off.

Within seconds Zach was lifted clear off his feet by the alien, grimacing from the added pain and trying to take the weight off of his neck as much as possible with his hands. He knew his whole torso was open but couldn’t rick this guy just getting a cheap kill by breaking his neck, he had to hold on and keep the weight off even if it meant sacrificing his already wrecked midsection and now his chest to any blows the alien might deign to deliver.

Still he did have one ace up his immaterial sleeve, he’d not used his one energy attack yet and now was about the best chance he was going to get for it. With his face still twisted in pain, Zach started to gather his remaining energy. He needed to make sure to throw everything he possibly could into the attack as he very much doubted this monster would give him a second chance.

{Charging for one post because Zach’s über desperate now.}

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Suki began to walk out of the ship as far as he could make it, talking one small step at a time, the human dangling from Suki's firm grip.

"My ship is an off limits area, we cant play there, we need to stay over THERE!"

On the last word suki pulled his arm back, and with all his force pitched zach out as far as he could, Unfortunately Suki had destroyed everything that could potentially cause the boy to crash, so he would have to improvise.

Holding his hand up into the air, Suki caused the remaining falling rocks in the area to all find one solo target, Zach. This would lessen the blow on the area, and possibly save a few lives, while greatly endangering one.

Suki turned his head until it made a distinctive cracking noise, after popping his neck he let out a deep laughter saying;

"Its been so long since I have transformed, I always get so stiff"

He then made his way towards what would not be a massive pile of rocks. Unless the teen had pulled off a miraculous dodge, he would be in this pile, and suki would end this battle, the way it should have ended back before the teen's outburst of energy

[Zach]

As Zach hung from Suki’s arm and gathered his remaining energy, he was carried away from the monster’s ship by the monster himself. After a distance the alien started talking again, prompting Zach to think to himself ‘Geez this guy just goes on and on.’ Yes, by now the teen was getting scared but he could spare himself a little humor while dangling in this uncomfortable position. Finally Suki let go of his neck, but not before hurling Zach out across battlefield. The boy wasn’t prepared to be sent flying, having diverted his entire production of ki energy to his chest where it was being stored just prior to the launch of his attack.

Unfortunately not only was he no longer in the prime spot to deliver the attack, the energy was in the wrong place to allow him to fly. To make matters worse, as the teen tumbled towards the ground, he could see several large boulders all flying towards him. He didn’t want a repeat of his fist experience with the rocks as it’d likely kill him, or at the least shatter what was left of his ribcage. Zach’s only option was to try and avoid the rocks now. He knew by the purple glow accompanying the projectiles that his alien opponent was guiding them so it wouldn’t be easy.

Falling back towards the ground by now, Zach waited for the first boulder to get close and attempted to roll to angle his legs towards it. Once his feet made contact he shoved off, propelling himself relative to the boulder towards another. He attempted the same, flipping end over end to get his feet in the right position and then kicked off once more. The rapid twists and turns were making his ribs worse, threatening to drive one into his lungs if it hadn’t happened already. Eventually he and the mass of rocks crashed to earth, although Zach had managed to avoid getting completely crushed by them. He ended up on top of the pile but the landing was hard and the teen was sprawled out on his back, groaning. The only thing going through his mind was to hold onto the energy he’d collected and wait for his chance.