Waking up (Complete)

[Antary]

"What was that?"
It`s as if awake from a sleep after a wild party and completely hungover, Antary`s mind felt so fragile, that it felt like the wind could completely shatter it and blow away.
A loud roar, like thunder interrupted the somewhat peaceful state of silence. The common defensive reaction would be to go deaf, to block the ears away from the horrendous noise, but for some strange reason, this mechanism did not work. It was painful.
It shattered. Something did, but it did not completely break. Another roar would break that something, and something bad would happen. That`s what Antary thought, at least.
He tried opening his eyes. Too fast, he was blinded by bright light. It shattered again. The more damage it took, the more colder it was. But how to spring back from this dark world, back into reality, without breaking your own mind?
Who knows. At the very least, it felt safe here, in this world of darkness. It was quiet and warm. So why bother? Though a pinch of curiosity would not let Antary go back to the peaceful sleep again. He wanted to take a better look.
This time, he opened his eyes slowly, letting them get used to the light. The light was still there, but through it, there was something. A man. Indeed, a tailed man standing right there. But what was that in front of the man? It was big, also had a tail, but was more... Animal like? Yes, that`s it. And what`s that above them? Some sort of circle. Looks like it was emitting this eye straining light.
For the first time in this strange world, Antary moved. He intended to block the glowing circle, maybe that would let him see better. So he did. When he moved his arm, it felt strangely cold, but the light disappeared, allowing for some peace for the eyes, at least.
Strange, the figures were both gone. Now, there was something else. Some sort of... purple glow? Further down it, it looks like it collided with something and is struggling to go further. What was this?
And who is that? A man just flew by. Looks like he is doing something, casting a spell? Oh, look at that, another glow, this time blue. It`s coming for the middle of the other two glows that are colliding.

Explosion.

The pain, the noise and the sudden strain on the eyes caused that something to break. It felt like it was hanging on a string, being held together by almost ripped wires.
In the shock, Antary`s arm disappeared. It turned into dust, and disappeared into the nothingness of this world. But why stop the show now that it got so interesting? He still had one more arm. It was scary, though. What if he loses the arm? What if his mind breaks completely? "It won`t happen." He said to himself, that echoed throughout the world. Those loud and proud words made Antary remember who he truly is. He opened his eyes.

Ruins. Destroyed buildings, a large crator. Helicopters far, far away. It was still night. The saiyan could not control his currently giant body, and was swinging his fists around, blasting energy at whatever was left. "What are you doing? Stop this, this is so dumb!" He stopped swinging his arms around. It was silent yet again.
He could move his arms. He could walk and turn his head to see. He was the great ape monster, the mighty Oozaru, infamous for frenzy and unreasonable rage. But there was something different. Antary now felt at a relative peace, he could control himself. Something was lacking. He turned to face the moon, expecting to fall into frenzy yet again, but didn`t.

[Antary]

Events of the past few hours, days, weeks... years were all returning, overwhelming the still unrecovered and fragile mind. "Did I do all this damage? No... It was... Meishi." He kept thinking to himself, recalling all most recent events. Thinking about who destroyed the city made Antary recall the purple demon, Meishi. Meishi`s name reminded him of the person who told him that name, Nam. It was a chain reaction that could not simply be stopped. Unwillingly, slowly and painfully he remembered everything. From the beginning, till now.
To the saiyan, it felt like it took forever. But in reality, it only took a few seconds. "So this... Is the legendary power of the saiyans? Their true form?" He cletched his fists in front of him. "Raw strength, both spiritual and physical." He was talking, his voice loud and low. It echoed throughout the now empty town, but nobody was around to hear. Everyone was dead. Everyone left. He was all alone now. But Antary was used to this. Since his birth he was essentially alone. The people around him did nothing to befriend him, nobody loved him. They were either jealous or afraid of his strength. It annoyed him. It hurt him.
But he was more or less used to the pain. As used as it can get, maybe. Could you ever get used to this pain completely? No, probably not.
But what now? The Great Ape looked upwards to the dark sky filled with stars. It was a nice, pretty night. Without the city lights blocking the stars, it was beautiful. The silence around was almost scary. What was once a great city is now nothing more than a hole in the ground.
Was Antary going to stay like this forever? No, probably not. He heard many saiyans undergo this transformation to attain great temporary power, but they probably returned to their original form after... Maybe after the moon disappears?
On the other hand, this is one hell of an amazing power. If he was set loose, he`d destroy more than just a city. He could easily blow up the planet. And now that he can actually control this power, he could probably easily achieve his dream... But then came the realization that Antary is not the only tailed saiyan, and if he managed to do it, someone else will.

There was nothing left to do. The great ape dropped on his back, laying down. He wasn`t tired. It was something else. Something that made him feel tired. Something was missing.

Maybe... Maybe his source of anger was missing? His source of pain? Because he was not alone anymore. He met a lot of people who are capable of fighting him, even defeating him.
It was... So quiet without that something. Antary was not used to this. Maybe it was the consequences of taking control over the Oozaru form? Who knows. Who cares? Time to move on.

The saiyan slowly gotten back to his feet. He had nowhere to go like this. It was probably a good idea to go back to that old man`s place. Maybe he has more training prepared. Speaking of that, he promised to meet with Nam, or something like that.
Slowly, almost clumsily Antary walked out of what used to be Central City. It didn`t leave him angry, but instead with a slight feel of disgust towards Meishi, maybe even disappointment. What were his goals with all of this?

Antary spent hours of simply walking and thinking over things. Time passed, the sun rised, and the saiyan turned back into a human being. He was still confused.
At John`s place, nobody was around. "Guess he`s doing some things, huh. I need some rest. Maybe i should write a note?.. He`s blind, that`s right. Oh well."



(Zeni and tail mastery pls)

[Gray Callahan]

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