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The Saiyan of Two Universes Saga, A Dragon Ball story
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<blockquote data-quote="India Actual" data-source="post: 1271" data-attributes="member: 80"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Chapter 3: (Part 2)</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">As she fell away and lost sight of her attacker, she felt a sense of relief which was quickly replaced with dread that they were falling to their deaths. She felt a sudden and painful shock to her body as she bounced off some rocks on the way down, it hurt like hell and she heard the sickening thud of Korian’s body doing the same, but it all stopped rather violently as they both crashed hard into a body of water at the bottom. For the briefest of moments her entire body screamed out in pain, but it was quickly turned off as the impact had knocked her unconscious and her limp body sank into the icy, cold depths of the underground lake. Something in her brain sent a shock like her sub-conscious screamed “WAKE UP” as she was jolted awake and choking on the water that had entered her lungs. She fought back all the pain her body felt to give a few hard kicks so she could break the surface of the water to get some air. Sorrel broke free from the frigid water’s icy grip as her lungs struggled to replace water with oxygen. She gagged which caused her to throw up the water in her lungs and she finally began to cough and get some gasping breaths in between. After her body realized she wasn’t dying any longer, her mind became more panicked as she splashed around frantically trying to reach out for Korian. “Korian! Korian!” She thrashed about the surface to no avail and took a deep breath to dive under the surface of the water which just nearly claimed her life. She bumped into something under the water and grabbed it with both arms as she kicked frantically for the surface once again. Once she managed break free from the lake once again, she knew that she had him in her grasp and struggled to keep herself afloat and keep his head above the water. Her body was about to give out once again, but her mind was screaming “NO” to every muscle to not quit on her and to keeping pushing just a little farther. She held him afloat against her chest and kicked as hard as she could until she felt herself bump into a hard, rocky surface. She grappled with the wall as she used its edges to pull herself along until she could hopefully find a surface to get out of the water. She found it not too far along as she reached what felt was a flat, rocky beach at the edge of the water, she pulled herself and Korian out of the water so she could check on his breathing. He wasn’t and he was icy to the touch, but she wouldn’t quit, not now. She pumped on his chest and leaned down to breath into his mouth. “Come on! Don’t you die on me!” She struggled against all her pain and exhaustion, with tears of frustration now welling up in her eyes as she continued compressions on his chest. “Come on, you f$@#ing dummy!” After one more breath into his lungs she felt him lurch forward a bit as he coughed the water came out from his lungs. She turned his body to the side to let his lungs drain as she cradled him in her arms. She began cry her eyes out in an act of release from all the stress and a bit of happiness that he was still alive. Her head felt funny now that she was coming down off the fight or flight high, but her body was screaming in pain all over. She could still move, and she remembered the wound on his back and ripped her shirt off over her head leaving her wearing a form fitting tube top. She tore up the cloth of her shirt and wrapped it around his torso in a bandage to stem the bleeding. She knelt by his side to check on his breathing and felt all the pain in her over used leg muscles and aching back from striking the rocks on the way down. She bit down hard and whimpered in pain as she wiped the tears from her eyes that came with all the pain she was feeling. She cursed to herself for leaving all their supplies back at that village, but remembered she had a small pouch attached to her belt with a light and a small multi-tool in it. Sorrel fumbled in the dark to turn on the light as its tiny beam broke through the darkness and hurt her eyes for a moment. It landed on Korian who was laying on his side and looking horrible, but he was still breathing which was good. Panning the light around it seemed they were in a cave with an underground lake and at the far end of the rocky shore they presently occupied there appeared to be a tunnel. Weak, cold, and in terrible pain, Sorrel got to her feet and reached down to lift up Korian onto her shoulder as she began to drag him along down the tunnel in search of a way out.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The tunnel seemed to be carved and was flat in its lay out, yet it twisted and turned as she snaked along the passageway. Much to her surprise a light appeared around the next bend in the tunnel and she called out “Hello?” as her voice echoed off the rocks all around her. Once she managed to turn the bend, she was faced with intermittent torches lining the walls of the tunnel as it seemed to open into a larger area at the far end. She could swear that there were shapes moving at the far end, but she struggled to keep her balance with Korian in tow. She leaned against the wall as she felt very dizzy and her vision started to close in on her. Perhaps she was more hurt than she thought she was, and it began to take its toll on her. She called out “Please, someone……help.” She began to slide down the wall of the tunnel to the ground as everything went to black around her and her consciousness faded away. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sorrel began to experience a nightmare of seeing Mira and his female companion close in on her in a dark void, she frantically searched for Korian who much to her horror was sprawled out on the ground in a large pool of blood. She ran over to his body and before she could reach him, Mira appeared in front of her and ran her through the chest with a knife hand. This startled her awake as she jumped up and realized she was alive and was covered by a blanket. She searched around the room in a panic for any sign of Korian, to no avail, but took in that she was in what appeared to be a makeshift bed space in what appeared to be underground. Her clothes were now dry, and her wounds were freshly bandaged, she spotted her hat on a wooden chair across the room underneath which were her boots. There seemed to be a sheet hung up to separate this room from whatever was on the outside. Sorrel rose carefully off the bedroll which she had been lying on and tip toed barefoot over to her boots which she began to lace up, but she was startled by someone entering the room through the now open sheet and jumped up about to throw a punch. There stood before her was a young girl, perhaps about her age, a purple furred cat, she had yellow eyes, darker purple markings on her cheeks and a mop of dark purple hair. She seemed unfazed by Sorrel’s supposedly aggressive actions and suddenly knew exactly why because at her side was a red clawed hand with the claws extending outward quite a few inches and looking razor sharp. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you” the cat girl said coolly. Sorrel eased up and backed down knowing that she didn’t have much of a fight in her regardless. The cat girl retracted her claws and circled around Sorrel, sizing her up with those sharp yellow, feline eyes. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” Sorrel clenched her fist and spoke “My name is Sorrel, and we came to your planet to explore, but we didn’t know what was happening here.” Sorrel looked down at her bandages and her red eyes shot back up to the cat. “Where’s my friend?! What have you done with him?” she said sounding frustrated. The cat girl just looked quickly to the side as if to peer into the other room, but her gaze quickly fell back on Sorrel. “Easy. He’s in rough shape, but he’s alive.” She gave a thumb point to indicate that he was in the other room and Sorrel quickly bounded in that direction to see him. Korian was laid out on a bed roll like the one she had occupied and was being watched over by several people, a few cat people, some wolf people, and others she didn’t recognize right away. They seemed startled at her sudden appearance but seemed to calm down once they saw the cat girl, she had been conversing with appear behind her. Sorrel rushed over to Korian without delay and saw that he was all bandaged up around his torso and seemed to be resting peacefully for the moment. The young cat girl came up beside Sorrel and looked down at Korian. “He’s tough, that’s for sure, but he needs a healer. That unfortunately we don’t have for him right now.” Sorrel looked at the cat girl somberly who directed Sorrel to have a seat as she sat opposite of her. “My name is Hopp. We need to talk about what’s going on here.” </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Hopp began to explain about herself and the current situation that plagued this world, she stated that the two blue skinned humanoids on the surface were demons named Mira and Towa. They came to their planet to enslave the people and use their bodies as a source of energy for some nefarious purpose. Some of the unkinder folks on their world willingly gave themselves over to Towa’s influence for the promise of power, only to become her unwitting puppets. From what Hopp knew there were survivors being held near the capital to be used for Towa’s ends. She did give some hope that perhaps with her help they could sneak in and release the prisoners, at least one or two of whom might be her village healer. She went on to explain that normally her people were poor farmers that while struggling to make a living they practiced a form of earth-based mysticism and that there were those that could tap into the life energy of the planet and use it to heal. This gave Sorrel hope as she sprung up from her seat with a clenched fist and determination in her eyes. “What are we waiting?! Let’s go now!” Hopp stood up and grabbed her hand to stop her from charging off head long into danger. “Calm down, Sorrel. I can tell he means a lot to you, but we can’t just go charging in there looking for a fight. We’d just get captured ourselves or worse.” Sorrel wanted to make excuses, but she knew Hopp was right and they’d need a plan to succeed. “Don’t worry your little cotton tail off yet. I’ve got fool proof plan and your little behind is the key to success!” Hopp smiled with confidence and Sorrel didn’t know whether she should be worried or believe in her.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Several hours later, the rabbit and feline duo had concealed themselves at the edge of the capital near a small embankment. Out of the side of the hill was a pipe jutting out into a small waterway, a slow yet steady flow of water poured from the end of the pipe. As they approached Sorrel clasped her hand over her nose and looked to Hopp with surprise and disgust. “You have got to f@#!ing kidding me? We’re going into a sewer pipe?” Hopp waved her hands in a ‘whoa, slow down’ gesture. “I never said WE were going into a sewer pipe and besides only you’re small enough to fit.” Sorrel did not look convinced at all as Hopp offered to give her a boost into the end of the dark, stinky pipe. “What’re you going to be doing?” Sorrel said still covering her nose from the smell. “Me? I’m the diversion so you can get inside and free the captives. Once they’re out you circle around to the back of the city and I’ll be waiting so we can make a clean getaway.” It all sounded too good to be true that it would be so easy to pull off a heist like this with 100% accuracy, but Sorrel knew if she didn’t act soon then Korian could die. The little rabbit relented with a sigh and climbed into the sewer pipe encountering things she really wished she hadn’t “Oh God! It’s worse than I thought!” Sorrel activated her small light to show the path ahead and she turned her head around to give one last look to Hopp on the outside. “Remember to wait for my signal to move in. I’ll try to make as much noise as possible. Good luck!” The purple feline disappeared in the darkness as Sorrel scowled and tried to breathe through her mouth as much as possible on her own personal journey through hell.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">It seemed like an eternity, but Sorrel managed to make her way to a grate covering which sealed the top of the drainage pipe, she pushed it off with minimal effort. She climbed her way out of the pipe and looked a complete mess, dark stains covered her fur and clothes not to mention she smelled like an open sewer. She crept her way inside the perimeter of where Hopp had said the prisoners were being held and surveyed the area carefully so as not to miss any enemies that might be lurking. She spotted some large caged in areas where there appeared to be some sizeable groups of people being held in captivity. It seemed strange to her that there were no guards in sight or any roving patrols, but everything seemed silent, so she just waited until Hopp set off her diversion to make her move and begin freeing the captive people. After a few moments, there was a loud noise which sounded like an explosion off in the distance and she heard the commotion of demon’s followers rushing to the scene to investigate the source. She decided to move now or never and bounded over to the cages with haste, she held out her palm and tried to focus on exerting as little energy as possible to get the job done, she released a small blast which melted the lock off the door to their confinement. “I’m Sorrel, I was sent by Hopp, I need everyone to move now!” She kept everything as quick and concise as possible which stunned a few of the people, but nevertheless they understood that someone had freed them and that was enough to get them moving. The people huddled together in groups while she worked to free the remaining captives and they began muster them to the appointed rendezvous with Hopp, but just as she was about to leave the area to join up with the fleeing citizens, she was jumped by a trio of the demon’s followers and violently knocked to the ground.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">This certainly caught her by surprise, but the rabbit just rolled forward and came up into a crouch. She faced off with the three enemies as she stood up and clenched her fists, knowing that the fight was on and she couldn’t let them catch up to the escapees. She lunged forward rather nimbly and struck out with her fists in quick jabbing strikes, Sorrel was rather quick and stronger than she appeared to be, but the challenged remained to fend off three attackers at the same time. All three had the same red glow to their eyes and became enveloped in a dark purple aura of energy as she struck out at them in quick succession, she used her foot work to stay mobile and hard to nail down as a target. Sorrel knew that she would have to end this fight quick as she was at a physical disadvantage from the gravity and the number of attackers, she blocked a strike from one of them which was aimed at her back but was caught in the jaw with a punch from the other side. She spit blood onto the ground and suddenly became furious that these grown men would attack a young girl so callously, her palms erupted in energy as two white energy orbs sprang to life in her hands, she charged forward and came in low on one of them, burying one of the orbs into their gut which exploded and sent her foe rocketing away. She spun around and pitched the other ball of Ki energy she was holding into the face of her next closest attack, the man collapsed to the ground in agony from catching that blast to the face. Finally, she lunged forward and tackled the last man standing and straddled him on the ground, she unleashed a Ki blast to his face at point blank range which quickly ended the fight. She stumbled back off the bloody mess she left on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief after the battle ended. She was about to head and join the others in their daring escape when Mira suddenly appeared behind her with frightening speed, he snatched her up one handed by the neck but his large hand completely enveloped her tiny neck, he immediately began to squeeze the life out of her and lifted her off the ground without any effort. Sorrel pulled at his vise like grip around her neck as she fought the panic of suffocation which caused her to eyes to go blood shot and her body to thrash about, but just as she was about to black out, his grip loosened enough for her to catch a gasping breath of air. Towa glided in from above rather elegantly and made a soft landing directly in front of the seized young girl. She looked rather pleased with herself as she had that same self-serving smirk on her face when she spoke to her. “Aren’t you just full of surprises? Here I said that you were useless and for that I offer my apologies. I do believe we’ll find use for you yet.” Towa’s voice and demeanor changed to a colder more sinister tone as her staff reached out and projected dark energy into Sorrel which caused the little rabbit to scream out in agony, much to the delight of her captors.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Hopp had gathered up the last bit of escapees from the prison break and looked around for Sorrel, with her nowhere to be found said to herself “Sorry Sorrel, I hope you’re okay.” With that she shepherded the frightened civilians onward to safety through the forest and back to the caverns. It had taken several long hours into the early morning to arrive back at their haven, but everyone had arrived back in one piece. Hopp did her best to comfort her friends and neighbors that they were all safe and everything was going to be alright. If anything had gone right with their plan of action now it was that Korian was able to get the attention he needed to begin to make a full recovery. Two elderly felines were knelt on either side of his unconscious body, surrounding him in a warm glow as they focused the life energy from their surroundings to heal his wounds. After some time of this procedure, the two women ceased and Hopp strode over to observe the condition of the now slowly rousing young man. Korian opened his eyes to slowly focus in on the purple feline as she stood at his feet with her chest crossed, she looked a bit anxious as she leaned forward and spoke to him, “About damn time you woke up.” Korian sat up bolt upright as the realization of his surroundings had set in and he looked around for Sorrel in a bit of a panic, “Sorrel?!” Hopp just shook her head and let out a sigh as she prepared to give him the details about what went on since he went lights out. She explained how she found the pair with a barely conscious Sorrel still clutching onto his badly wounded and unconscious body. She continued with her plans to retrieve her people and remembered to add in the secondary goal of getting him the medical attention he so desperately needed. Indeed, Korian’s body was completely healed without a single trace of injury and as a matter of fact, he felt great, even better than that; he felt amazing. He leapt to his feet in a hurry and prepared to take his leave to go find Sorrel where Hopp had left her. He didn’t out right blame her for leaving Sorrel behind, but he certainly didn’t care for her carefree attitude about the whole affair. “Where are the rest of my clothes?” he asked since he was still without a shirt and he didn’t see the rest of his clothing or equipment. Hopp just shrugged and shook her head. “Damaged beyond repair, but here….” she tossed him a black shirt which he snagged out of the air. “Consider this a parting gift.” He got himself dressed and quickly turned to head out of the caverns when Hopp called out behind him and caught his attention. “Hey Korian, I hope she’s okay and for what it’s worth be careful out there.” He turned his head and gave her a small parting wave of his hand as he quickly disappeared.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Not long after, Korian flew overhead the capital and tried to spy any sign of Sorrel on the ground below. Although it should be mid-morning by now the sky had an eerie red haze which dimmed any sunlight that would reach the surface of this world. He landed in the middle of the street and closed his eyes trying to reach out his senses like Kitsune taught him in the course of their lessons. It was all a mess and his eyes snapped open as he felt a rush of cold tingle down his spine. He was quickly surrounded by the remaining followers of Towa and Mira who numbered perhaps a dozen or more, all of them bearing red glowing eyes and a visible purple aura around their bodies. Korian was unmoved as they began their attacks on him with Ki blasts sailing in and striking all around his stationary form. The dark energy users just cackled to themselves thinking they had finished him off with their barrage, but Korian flew out of the smoke in a blink and crushed one in the air with a spinning back kick. It gave the rest pause as Korian looked over his body in surprise, he was amazed at the level of power his body was exhibiting even in his base form. It was equal to what he was previously capable of while transformed into a Super Saiyan. His surprise quickly turned into a confident smirk as he clenched his fists “Alright, let’s go!” </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In a flash, the remaining minions set upon him and he was just gone from the spot he previously occupied. He came from above and behind on another and drove a vicious elbow to the back of his neck, putting him out of the fight. He sped around the entire battle space delivering incapacitating strikes to each of his foes with little resistance. When he was finished the street below was littered with the broken bodies of his enemies. He pressed on deeper into the cityscape trying to reach out and sense Sorrel’s energy signature. He was caught off guard by a ball of purple Ki which sailed just in front of his face, he felt the crackling energy cause his hair to stand on end as he twisted his body to make a clean evasion. What truly shocked him was the sight of who the attack had come from, Sorrel was standing on the ground with glowing red eyes. Mira and Towa standing not too far behind her, Towa was looking absolutely elated at the current situation. Korian quickly touched down and faced off against his dear friend who charged another blast and shot the purple beam aimed straight for his face. He quickly swatted the energy down with a knife hand and began to look serious as a violent purple aura erupted around Sorrel’s body, she quickly charged him with a rising knee which he blocked with his hands, but the nimble rabbit used the leverage he gave her to twist her body and send a kick directed to the side of his head. He brought his arm up to block but didn’t soak up all the kinetic energy from the strike. Sorrel kicked off his body and back flipped a short distance away to land in a crouch. She was ungodly strong from whatever they had done to her and she showed no signs of relenting in her attack. Korian didn’t want to attack her and he continued to stay on the defensive as she came at him again with lightning flexes to rain in several combinations, of which a he struggled to block or parry. “Sorrel! Snap out of it!” She remained unmoved his by his words as Korian caught the laughter of Towa in the background. “She’s mine now, you silly Saiyan. Such bittersweet irony that you two will have to tear each other part.” Korian ignored her words and focused on keeping Sorrel safe as she continued to press her furious attacks down on him, unrelenting in her assault. Her glowing red eyes and purple aura gave off a cold feeling and yet he didn’t give up on reaching her for even moment. As she came in to strike him this time, he parried the blow and brought her into a tight clinch, the rabbit thrashed and fought with every fiber of her being to be free from his grasp. “I’m sorry I let this happen to you. I’m to blame for bringing you here and having you ending up like this. If anyone deserves to be happy it’s you, if anyone deserves to live it’s you.” She headbutted him in the mouth which drew blood, she managed to create some space and drive a hard knee into his stomach which allowed her to break free from the grapple. Korian was hunched over with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth when he looked at her, searching for forgiveness from the one he cared about so much. After hearing what she went through for him, he was going to do anything to protect her. “I’m truly sorry.” He said softly, almost to himself as the vicious rabbit dove in like a feral animal to finish what she started. She never got the chance as he spun out of her attack line and came around with a crushing fist into the side of her head to put her out of commission. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sorrel went quiet as she laid curled up in the crater she made in the ground from the force of the blow. Korian fell to his knees besides her in horror at what he had done and touched her gently to brush the dirt from her fur. She gave a sudden spasm and was breathing again as she felt his fingertips brush against her. He felt her chest for a heartbeat, and it was weak, but she was most definitely alive. His face twisted in anger at what the demons had done to her as his attention turned back to Towa and Mira, a short distance away. He clenched his hands so tightly that they began to tremble as veins in his face and neck protruded in his state of rage. “I will make you monsters pay for what you’ve done to her!” he cried out as he transformed into Super Saiyan in a spiraling golden aura. Mira just unfolded his arms and stepped forward to meet him in combat as Korian launched himself forward and the two clashed like a thunderclap. The two moving at such breakneck speeds and meeting with concussive force that they began to tear apart the buildings around them as they fought. He caught Mira by surprise with an elbow strike to the ribs which caused the demon to come crashing into the closest building. Korian made haste to follow and press his attack but saw an incoming red energy blast headed straight for him now. All he could do attempt to block the attack as there wasn’t enough time to evade. The blast enveloped him just like it did the last time, but now instead of ripping him to shreds, it just sent him sailing further into the air. Mira became incensed that his attack didn’t have the desired effect and came upon the Saiyan in a flash and drove him to the ground like a rocket with a double hammer fist strike to his back. Half buried in the ground and a little bruised, Korian pushed off the ground and came back into the air swinging at Mira who easily caught his strike. “You’ll have to try harder than that, monkey.” Mira began to power up with a blood red aura as he clung to Korian’s fist, suddenly Korian felt the intense blow of Mira landing a heavy right hand down on him which knocked him out and sent him back the way he came. He came to after a second and was looking up at Mira over the top of his body on the ground, he was about to come down on his head with a stomp to finish him off, but Korian threw his hand out and fired a Ki blast to his face. The blast causing the large, blue skinned demon to stagger which gave Korian enough pause to recover himself and sweep Mira off his feet and onto the ground with him, he quickly slammed a backfist down into Mira’s solar plexus. The demon choked as Korian kicked up and made it to his feet first, this small victory was short lived as Mira simply pushed off the ground to get back upright and deliver a head butt to Korian’s forehead, this drew blood which began to stream down the bridge of his nose. Korian gasped at the sudden shock of the blow and the pain searing through his head, but there was no time to think about it because more pain followed with Mira delivering a vicious front kick to his chest that sent him crashing into what remained a nearby building. Korian was out of it but thought of Sorrel lying helpless on the ground pushed him on to get back up so he could stagger out of the rubble and keep going. He thought to himself that Mira was too strong for him and that there was no way he could match his power now. He heard a weak voice call out to him, “Kor….ian” and his attention turned to Sorrel lying awake and bleeding on the ground, she was reaching out for him desperately and then he knew that he had to finish this here and now for her sake. He angrily turned his gaze back on Mira who began to power up even further and Korian knew he was stronger now than before and he just might be able to last long enough to finish him off for good. “I guess I’ll have to resort to using THAT form, even if it costs me my life. I’ll take you down with me. Anything to keep Sorrel safe.” He closed his eyes and focused in on the time Kitsune was training him to control his Ki energy in Super Saiyan form, he remembered the sensation and the build-up of energy in his back as the power came rushing forth and that last time nearly ripped him to pieces. This was time different, he was different, he was stronger, more focused, and he this needed more than anything to save Sorrel’s life. He focused in on the same feeling and let the power come rushing to the surface, he let it course throughout his entire body. The energy caused debris around him to lift off the ground and swirl around his body like a cyclone, his hair becoming more rigid and slightly growing in length, his muscles became more defined as electrical sparks emanated from his body. Korian opened his eyes now and stood there transformed much to the surprise of both Mira and Towa. He felt his rage was sharpened like a finally honed weapon ready to strike at his enemies. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Mira was shocked by the rapid surge in power this boy exhibited and his anger grew upon sight of the transformed state. Mira cried out “Your power is nothing to the demon clan! You hear me?! I will tear that girl apart with my bare hands and make you suffer in agony before I destroy you myself!” Korian just looked at him from across the field of battle with a cold, and apathetic expression that pierced through Mira and gave him pause. Suddenly, the boy was gone in a blink as Mira had lost sight of his movements and looked around at searching for him. He saw him now at the side of the young rabbit girl, he had crouched down to pick her up into his arms and then he disappeared again.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian had gone some distance from the battle and behind the cover of a building, he carefully laid Sorrel down on the ground who groaned in pain and looked at him with one eye open, the other being stained by blood from a head wound she received during the fight. She reached up and gently touched his face, “Go get that son of a bitch.” He touched the back of her hand which was on his cheek and nodded before he disappeared again and seconds later reappeared standing a few feet apart from Mira. The demon growled in anger through his teeth as he saw the boy reappear so close to him. “And here I thought you had run for your lives, yet here you are ready to sacrifice yourself to my power.” Korian cut in just as he finished his grandstanding. “Do you feel fear, demon? I want to know whether or not I should waste my time making you understand that you should be afraid before you die.” Mira balled up his fists in anger and launched himself at full speed to attack him while he appeared unprepared to meet him head on, but he only managed to take a swing at empty space where he once stood. “Right here.” A voice calmly stated behind him as Mira turned in surprise only to be met with a jumping front kick to his face which sent him at blinding speed into a nearby pile of rubble. “Mira!” Towa cried out in surprise from the side lines of the battle, she was utterly shocked that this boy could possibly be overpowering him this way. Korian just slowly turned his head to give her a stone-cold glare as he pointed at her. “Don’t move. You’re next.” She looked shocked at not just his audacity but felt a creeping sense of dread come across her when he uttered those words. The boy disappeared and just as Mira had blown apart the rubble he was buried under with his powerful aura he was quickly set upon by the Saiyan, who appeared in front of him in the air and struck out with a front side round house kick which Mira attempted to block. The kick landed which such force that although Mira thought he had prevented a crushing blow to his rib cage, it instead snapped his right arm just above the elbow into an unnatural ‘V’ shape, a complete look of shock crept across Mira’s features. Korian landed behind him as Mira fell to his knees and clutched his broken arm, the demon hissed in pain. He shouted out as he felt the rage build in him as he spun to attack and came forward in a strike with his remaining arm, Korian ducked under the punch effortlessly and pressed the attack in on Mira’s stomach with a piercing right fist that bore a hole through his midsection and came out the demon’s back. The blue skinned demon looked completely aghast as he coughed up a large amount of blood, his eyes sank down to the golden haired Saiyan boy who had impaled him on nothing but his fist. Now Towa was afraid for her life as she watched the Saiyan pull his bloody fist out of her greatest creation. He proceeded to carry him one handed by the neck over to her location and threw Mira down to the ground like a mere piece of trash. “God damned Saiyan.” Mira growled in pain through his teeth as Towa looked to him with fright in her eyes. Korian raised a hand and charged up a one-handed Ki blast ready to finish both at once, but Towa just tapped her staff on the ground and the two disappeared in a flash without a trace. Korian brought his energy down and closed his eyes, returning to his base form as he opened his dark brown eyes and looked up at the sky knowing that this was not the last time they would meet in battle.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In short order, Korian returned to the location he had left Sorrel. The battered bunny was sitting up right against a broken wall with her head hanging in a motionless. Korian’s heart sank as he rushed to her side and lifted her head at her chin to check her vitals, she immediately rolled open her one eye and looked up at him with a tired half smile, “Can’t a girl get some peace and quiet around here?” He pulled her into an embrace which she weakly reciprocated as she rested her head on his shoulder. Korian felt a sense of relief and unbridled guilt at what he had done to her, “I’m so sorry for what I did. Please forgive me.” Her eyes welled up with sadness at the thought that she had put him through this turmoil, so many ‘If only…’ thoughts ran through her mind that it made her dizzy head spin worse. She remained quiet and didn’t let him see her tears as she knew it would make him feel even more down. Korian picked her up and cradled her in his arms as he leapt up into the air and flew with her tightly curled up around him on their return journey to their allies.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A cheering crowd brought Korian down from his flight path as he landed near the edge of the village they originally visited on their arrival. Sorrel even seemed surprised at the appearance of the people from their underground sanctuary and climbed down out of Korian’s arms and gingerly leaned on his shoulder to support her aching body. Hopp broke through the group of people and walked up to them with a very serious look but she threw both arms around them and pulled them into a group hug. “I can’t believe that you did it we’re free now. Thanks to you.” She took a step back and looked down to the wounded Sorrel and grabbed her hand with a tight squeeze, “I’m sorry I abandoned you back there. I hope you’ll forgive me because I like you, I hope we can be friends.” Sorrel was surprised at first with her honesty as she just smiled with a nod and gave Hopp’s hand a little squeeze. “Friends have to learn to forgive one another.” They both laughed as Hopp’s normally cold demeanor broke and she supported the wounded rabbit in a hug and even managed lift her short body off the ground, much to Sorrel’s chagrin which caused her to yelp in pain at being man handled so lovingly, “F@*$ing shit!”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Several days later after some much-needed recuperation, the Saiyan and rabbit duo met up with Hopp and some other new friends at their ship. It was time to return home to their own lives as the curiosity of adventuring had taken enough toll for one trip. Everyone exchanged their hugs and good-bye gestures with one another before it was time to depart, soon after Sorrel piloted their ship off the ground. Hopp and company all waved as they streamed through the sky and plotted a course for home. Before it was time to sleep on the journey home Sorrel set the auto pilot and turned in her seat to look at Korian who met her eyes at the same time, they both tried to speak, but excused one another and Korian started by clasping her hand, “Sorrel, I’m sorry I dragged you out here on my misguided adventure only for you to get hurt, I mean you could have died…..” She cut him off by pressing a finger to his lips and gave a disapproving shake of her head. “None of that matters, what matters is that we were there for each other. I see that there’s only one block headed guy in this whole damn universe who would do all the crazy things you did all for me.” He tried to apologize again for putting her in danger but that was stopped by her grabbing him by his spikey head and pulling him into a passionate kiss. Korian never felt this way before and he knew then as it all fell away in that moment, they both knew that everything was going to be great.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em>Planet Basur</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Days later, they had arrived back home as Sorrel dutifully piloted the craft through the skies of their home world and made a course directly for Kitsune’s house. As the ship set down a short distance from the house, Korian exited first and he helped Sorrel down from her side of the space craft. They both smiled to one another as they gathered their belongings and headed for the house. Sorrel was especially cheerful as Korian proposed the idea of her staying over on a more permanent basis. She walked backwards as she spoke to him, “I don’t think Kitsune will mind. Besides I provide a much-needed feminine element to the family….” She stopped in her tracks when she saw his facial expression change to a far more serious demeanor. She spun around and saw that the front door to the house was wide open and Kitsune never came outside to greet them. In an instant they were both at the front door of the house as Korian called out for his mother, “Kitsune!” They both stopped their panicked looks when they noticed she was sitting at the kitchen table looking with a thoughtful and serious look, she clutched an open bottle of whiskey while she was busy staring off into space but was only roused by their sudden appearance. “Kitsune? What’s wrong?!”, Sorrel stated with concern. She looked at them both with dead seriousness in her eyes that seemed locked on to Korian specifically, “They know about you.” Korian looked confused as he sat down next to her and took her by the hand. “Who knows about me?” She gripped his hand tightly with fear in her eyes, “The gods.”</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="India Actual, post: 1271, member: 80"] [B][SIZE=4]Chapter 3: (Part 2)[/SIZE][/B] [FONT=verdana][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]As she fell away and lost sight of her attacker, she felt a sense of relief which was quickly replaced with dread that they were falling to their deaths. She felt a sudden and painful shock to her body as she bounced off some rocks on the way down, it hurt like hell and she heard the sickening thud of Korian’s body doing the same, but it all stopped rather violently as they both crashed hard into a body of water at the bottom. For the briefest of moments her entire body screamed out in pain, but it was quickly turned off as the impact had knocked her unconscious and her limp body sank into the icy, cold depths of the underground lake. Something in her brain sent a shock like her sub-conscious screamed “WAKE UP” as she was jolted awake and choking on the water that had entered her lungs. She fought back all the pain her body felt to give a few hard kicks so she could break the surface of the water to get some air. Sorrel broke free from the frigid water’s icy grip as her lungs struggled to replace water with oxygen. She gagged which caused her to throw up the water in her lungs and she finally began to cough and get some gasping breaths in between. After her body realized she wasn’t dying any longer, her mind became more panicked as she splashed around frantically trying to reach out for Korian. “Korian! Korian!” She thrashed about the surface to no avail and took a deep breath to dive under the surface of the water which just nearly claimed her life. She bumped into something under the water and grabbed it with both arms as she kicked frantically for the surface once again. Once she managed break free from the lake once again, she knew that she had him in her grasp and struggled to keep herself afloat and keep his head above the water. Her body was about to give out once again, but her mind was screaming “NO” to every muscle to not quit on her and to keeping pushing just a little farther. She held him afloat against her chest and kicked as hard as she could until she felt herself bump into a hard, rocky surface. She grappled with the wall as she used its edges to pull herself along until she could hopefully find a surface to get out of the water. She found it not too far along as she reached what felt was a flat, rocky beach at the edge of the water, she pulled herself and Korian out of the water so she could check on his breathing. He wasn’t and he was icy to the touch, but she wouldn’t quit, not now. She pumped on his chest and leaned down to breath into his mouth. “Come on! Don’t you die on me!” She struggled against all her pain and exhaustion, with tears of frustration now welling up in her eyes as she continued compressions on his chest. “Come on, you f$@#ing dummy!” After one more breath into his lungs she felt him lurch forward a bit as he coughed the water came out from his lungs. She turned his body to the side to let his lungs drain as she cradled him in her arms. She began cry her eyes out in an act of release from all the stress and a bit of happiness that he was still alive. Her head felt funny now that she was coming down off the fight or flight high, but her body was screaming in pain all over. She could still move, and she remembered the wound on his back and ripped her shirt off over her head leaving her wearing a form fitting tube top. She tore up the cloth of her shirt and wrapped it around his torso in a bandage to stem the bleeding. She knelt by his side to check on his breathing and felt all the pain in her over used leg muscles and aching back from striking the rocks on the way down. She bit down hard and whimpered in pain as she wiped the tears from her eyes that came with all the pain she was feeling. She cursed to herself for leaving all their supplies back at that village, but remembered she had a small pouch attached to her belt with a light and a small multi-tool in it. Sorrel fumbled in the dark to turn on the light as its tiny beam broke through the darkness and hurt her eyes for a moment. It landed on Korian who was laying on his side and looking horrible, but he was still breathing which was good. Panning the light around it seemed they were in a cave with an underground lake and at the far end of the rocky shore they presently occupied there appeared to be a tunnel. Weak, cold, and in terrible pain, Sorrel got to her feet and reached down to lift up Korian onto her shoulder as she began to drag him along down the tunnel in search of a way out.[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)][FONT=verdana] The tunnel seemed to be carved and was flat in its lay out, yet it twisted and turned as she snaked along the passageway. Much to her surprise a light appeared around the next bend in the tunnel and she called out “Hello?” as her voice echoed off the rocks all around her. Once she managed to turn the bend, she was faced with intermittent torches lining the walls of the tunnel as it seemed to open into a larger area at the far end. She could swear that there were shapes moving at the far end, but she struggled to keep her balance with Korian in tow. She leaned against the wall as she felt very dizzy and her vision started to close in on her. Perhaps she was more hurt than she thought she was, and it began to take its toll on her. She called out “Please, someone……help.” She began to slide down the wall of the tunnel to the ground as everything went to black around her and her consciousness faded away. Sorrel began to experience a nightmare of seeing Mira and his female companion close in on her in a dark void, she frantically searched for Korian who much to her horror was sprawled out on the ground in a large pool of blood. She ran over to his body and before she could reach him, Mira appeared in front of her and ran her through the chest with a knife hand. This startled her awake as she jumped up and realized she was alive and was covered by a blanket. She searched around the room in a panic for any sign of Korian, to no avail, but took in that she was in what appeared to be a makeshift bed space in what appeared to be underground. Her clothes were now dry, and her wounds were freshly bandaged, she spotted her hat on a wooden chair across the room underneath which were her boots. There seemed to be a sheet hung up to separate this room from whatever was on the outside. Sorrel rose carefully off the bedroll which she had been lying on and tip toed barefoot over to her boots which she began to lace up, but she was startled by someone entering the room through the now open sheet and jumped up about to throw a punch. There stood before her was a young girl, perhaps about her age, a purple furred cat, she had yellow eyes, darker purple markings on her cheeks and a mop of dark purple hair. She seemed unfazed by Sorrel’s supposedly aggressive actions and suddenly knew exactly why because at her side was a red clawed hand with the claws extending outward quite a few inches and looking razor sharp. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you” the cat girl said coolly. Sorrel eased up and backed down knowing that she didn’t have much of a fight in her regardless. The cat girl retracted her claws and circled around Sorrel, sizing her up with those sharp yellow, feline eyes. “Who are you and what are you doing here?” Sorrel clenched her fist and spoke “My name is Sorrel, and we came to your planet to explore, but we didn’t know what was happening here.” Sorrel looked down at her bandages and her red eyes shot back up to the cat. “Where’s my friend?! What have you done with him?” she said sounding frustrated. The cat girl just looked quickly to the side as if to peer into the other room, but her gaze quickly fell back on Sorrel. “Easy. He’s in rough shape, but he’s alive.” She gave a thumb point to indicate that he was in the other room and Sorrel quickly bounded in that direction to see him. Korian was laid out on a bed roll like the one she had occupied and was being watched over by several people, a few cat people, some wolf people, and others she didn’t recognize right away. They seemed startled at her sudden appearance but seemed to calm down once they saw the cat girl, she had been conversing with appear behind her. Sorrel rushed over to Korian without delay and saw that he was all bandaged up around his torso and seemed to be resting peacefully for the moment. The young cat girl came up beside Sorrel and looked down at Korian. “He’s tough, that’s for sure, but he needs a healer. That unfortunately we don’t have for him right now.” Sorrel looked at the cat girl somberly who directed Sorrel to have a seat as she sat opposite of her. “My name is Hopp. We need to talk about what’s going on here.” Hopp began to explain about herself and the current situation that plagued this world, she stated that the two blue skinned humanoids on the surface were demons named Mira and Towa. They came to their planet to enslave the people and use their bodies as a source of energy for some nefarious purpose. Some of the unkinder folks on their world willingly gave themselves over to Towa’s influence for the promise of power, only to become her unwitting puppets. From what Hopp knew there were survivors being held near the capital to be used for Towa’s ends. She did give some hope that perhaps with her help they could sneak in and release the prisoners, at least one or two of whom might be her village healer. She went on to explain that normally her people were poor farmers that while struggling to make a living they practiced a form of earth-based mysticism and that there were those that could tap into the life energy of the planet and use it to heal. This gave Sorrel hope as she sprung up from her seat with a clenched fist and determination in her eyes. “What are we waiting?! Let’s go now!” Hopp stood up and grabbed her hand to stop her from charging off head long into danger. “Calm down, Sorrel. I can tell he means a lot to you, but we can’t just go charging in there looking for a fight. We’d just get captured ourselves or worse.” Sorrel wanted to make excuses, but she knew Hopp was right and they’d need a plan to succeed. “Don’t worry your little cotton tail off yet. I’ve got fool proof plan and your little behind is the key to success!” Hopp smiled with confidence and Sorrel didn’t know whether she should be worried or believe in her. Several hours later, the rabbit and feline duo had concealed themselves at the edge of the capital near a small embankment. Out of the side of the hill was a pipe jutting out into a small waterway, a slow yet steady flow of water poured from the end of the pipe. As they approached Sorrel clasped her hand over her nose and looked to Hopp with surprise and disgust. “You have got to f@#!ing kidding me? We’re going into a sewer pipe?” Hopp waved her hands in a ‘whoa, slow down’ gesture. “I never said WE were going into a sewer pipe and besides only you’re small enough to fit.” Sorrel did not look convinced at all as Hopp offered to give her a boost into the end of the dark, stinky pipe. “What’re you going to be doing?” Sorrel said still covering her nose from the smell. “Me? I’m the diversion so you can get inside and free the captives. Once they’re out you circle around to the back of the city and I’ll be waiting so we can make a clean getaway.” It all sounded too good to be true that it would be so easy to pull off a heist like this with 100% accuracy, but Sorrel knew if she didn’t act soon then Korian could die. The little rabbit relented with a sigh and climbed into the sewer pipe encountering things she really wished she hadn’t “Oh God! It’s worse than I thought!” Sorrel activated her small light to show the path ahead and she turned her head around to give one last look to Hopp on the outside. “Remember to wait for my signal to move in. I’ll try to make as much noise as possible. Good luck!” The purple feline disappeared in the darkness as Sorrel scowled and tried to breathe through her mouth as much as possible on her own personal journey through hell. It seemed like an eternity, but Sorrel managed to make her way to a grate covering which sealed the top of the drainage pipe, she pushed it off with minimal effort. She climbed her way out of the pipe and looked a complete mess, dark stains covered her fur and clothes not to mention she smelled like an open sewer. She crept her way inside the perimeter of where Hopp had said the prisoners were being held and surveyed the area carefully so as not to miss any enemies that might be lurking. She spotted some large caged in areas where there appeared to be some sizeable groups of people being held in captivity. It seemed strange to her that there were no guards in sight or any roving patrols, but everything seemed silent, so she just waited until Hopp set off her diversion to make her move and begin freeing the captive people. After a few moments, there was a loud noise which sounded like an explosion off in the distance and she heard the commotion of demon’s followers rushing to the scene to investigate the source. She decided to move now or never and bounded over to the cages with haste, she held out her palm and tried to focus on exerting as little energy as possible to get the job done, she released a small blast which melted the lock off the door to their confinement. “I’m Sorrel, I was sent by Hopp, I need everyone to move now!” She kept everything as quick and concise as possible which stunned a few of the people, but nevertheless they understood that someone had freed them and that was enough to get them moving. The people huddled together in groups while she worked to free the remaining captives and they began muster them to the appointed rendezvous with Hopp, but just as she was about to leave the area to join up with the fleeing citizens, she was jumped by a trio of the demon’s followers and violently knocked to the ground. This certainly caught her by surprise, but the rabbit just rolled forward and came up into a crouch. She faced off with the three enemies as she stood up and clenched her fists, knowing that the fight was on and she couldn’t let them catch up to the escapees. She lunged forward rather nimbly and struck out with her fists in quick jabbing strikes, Sorrel was rather quick and stronger than she appeared to be, but the challenged remained to fend off three attackers at the same time. All three had the same red glow to their eyes and became enveloped in a dark purple aura of energy as she struck out at them in quick succession, she used her foot work to stay mobile and hard to nail down as a target. Sorrel knew that she would have to end this fight quick as she was at a physical disadvantage from the gravity and the number of attackers, she blocked a strike from one of them which was aimed at her back but was caught in the jaw with a punch from the other side. She spit blood onto the ground and suddenly became furious that these grown men would attack a young girl so callously, her palms erupted in energy as two white energy orbs sprang to life in her hands, she charged forward and came in low on one of them, burying one of the orbs into their gut which exploded and sent her foe rocketing away. She spun around and pitched the other ball of Ki energy she was holding into the face of her next closest attack, the man collapsed to the ground in agony from catching that blast to the face. Finally, she lunged forward and tackled the last man standing and straddled him on the ground, she unleashed a Ki blast to his face at point blank range which quickly ended the fight. She stumbled back off the bloody mess she left on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief after the battle ended. She was about to head and join the others in their daring escape when Mira suddenly appeared behind her with frightening speed, he snatched her up one handed by the neck but his large hand completely enveloped her tiny neck, he immediately began to squeeze the life out of her and lifted her off the ground without any effort. Sorrel pulled at his vise like grip around her neck as she fought the panic of suffocation which caused her to eyes to go blood shot and her body to thrash about, but just as she was about to black out, his grip loosened enough for her to catch a gasping breath of air. Towa glided in from above rather elegantly and made a soft landing directly in front of the seized young girl. She looked rather pleased with herself as she had that same self-serving smirk on her face when she spoke to her. “Aren’t you just full of surprises? Here I said that you were useless and for that I offer my apologies. I do believe we’ll find use for you yet.” Towa’s voice and demeanor changed to a colder more sinister tone as her staff reached out and projected dark energy into Sorrel which caused the little rabbit to scream out in agony, much to the delight of her captors. Hopp had gathered up the last bit of escapees from the prison break and looked around for Sorrel, with her nowhere to be found said to herself “Sorry Sorrel, I hope you’re okay.” With that she shepherded the frightened civilians onward to safety through the forest and back to the caverns. It had taken several long hours into the early morning to arrive back at their haven, but everyone had arrived back in one piece. Hopp did her best to comfort her friends and neighbors that they were all safe and everything was going to be alright. If anything had gone right with their plan of action now it was that Korian was able to get the attention he needed to begin to make a full recovery. Two elderly felines were knelt on either side of his unconscious body, surrounding him in a warm glow as they focused the life energy from their surroundings to heal his wounds. After some time of this procedure, the two women ceased and Hopp strode over to observe the condition of the now slowly rousing young man. Korian opened his eyes to slowly focus in on the purple feline as she stood at his feet with her chest crossed, she looked a bit anxious as she leaned forward and spoke to him, “About damn time you woke up.” Korian sat up bolt upright as the realization of his surroundings had set in and he looked around for Sorrel in a bit of a panic, “Sorrel?!” Hopp just shook her head and let out a sigh as she prepared to give him the details about what went on since he went lights out. She explained how she found the pair with a barely conscious Sorrel still clutching onto his badly wounded and unconscious body. She continued with her plans to retrieve her people and remembered to add in the secondary goal of getting him the medical attention he so desperately needed. Indeed, Korian’s body was completely healed without a single trace of injury and as a matter of fact, he felt great, even better than that; he felt amazing. He leapt to his feet in a hurry and prepared to take his leave to go find Sorrel where Hopp had left her. He didn’t out right blame her for leaving Sorrel behind, but he certainly didn’t care for her carefree attitude about the whole affair. “Where are the rest of my clothes?” he asked since he was still without a shirt and he didn’t see the rest of his clothing or equipment. Hopp just shrugged and shook her head. “Damaged beyond repair, but here….” she tossed him a black shirt which he snagged out of the air. “Consider this a parting gift.” He got himself dressed and quickly turned to head out of the caverns when Hopp called out behind him and caught his attention. “Hey Korian, I hope she’s okay and for what it’s worth be careful out there.” He turned his head and gave her a small parting wave of his hand as he quickly disappeared. Not long after, Korian flew overhead the capital and tried to spy any sign of Sorrel on the ground below. Although it should be mid-morning by now the sky had an eerie red haze which dimmed any sunlight that would reach the surface of this world. He landed in the middle of the street and closed his eyes trying to reach out his senses like Kitsune taught him in the course of their lessons. It was all a mess and his eyes snapped open as he felt a rush of cold tingle down his spine. He was quickly surrounded by the remaining followers of Towa and Mira who numbered perhaps a dozen or more, all of them bearing red glowing eyes and a visible purple aura around their bodies. Korian was unmoved as they began their attacks on him with Ki blasts sailing in and striking all around his stationary form. The dark energy users just cackled to themselves thinking they had finished him off with their barrage, but Korian flew out of the smoke in a blink and crushed one in the air with a spinning back kick. It gave the rest pause as Korian looked over his body in surprise, he was amazed at the level of power his body was exhibiting even in his base form. It was equal to what he was previously capable of while transformed into a Super Saiyan. His surprise quickly turned into a confident smirk as he clenched his fists “Alright, let’s go!” In a flash, the remaining minions set upon him and he was just gone from the spot he previously occupied. He came from above and behind on another and drove a vicious elbow to the back of his neck, putting him out of the fight. He sped around the entire battle space delivering incapacitating strikes to each of his foes with little resistance. When he was finished the street below was littered with the broken bodies of his enemies. He pressed on deeper into the cityscape trying to reach out and sense Sorrel’s energy signature. He was caught off guard by a ball of purple Ki which sailed just in front of his face, he felt the crackling energy cause his hair to stand on end as he twisted his body to make a clean evasion. What truly shocked him was the sight of who the attack had come from, Sorrel was standing on the ground with glowing red eyes. Mira and Towa standing not too far behind her, Towa was looking absolutely elated at the current situation. Korian quickly touched down and faced off against his dear friend who charged another blast and shot the purple beam aimed straight for his face. He quickly swatted the energy down with a knife hand and began to look serious as a violent purple aura erupted around Sorrel’s body, she quickly charged him with a rising knee which he blocked with his hands, but the nimble rabbit used the leverage he gave her to twist her body and send a kick directed to the side of his head. He brought his arm up to block but didn’t soak up all the kinetic energy from the strike. Sorrel kicked off his body and back flipped a short distance away to land in a crouch. She was ungodly strong from whatever they had done to her and she showed no signs of relenting in her attack. Korian didn’t want to attack her and he continued to stay on the defensive as she came at him again with lightning flexes to rain in several combinations, of which a he struggled to block or parry. “Sorrel! Snap out of it!” She remained unmoved his by his words as Korian caught the laughter of Towa in the background. “She’s mine now, you silly Saiyan. Such bittersweet irony that you two will have to tear each other part.” Korian ignored her words and focused on keeping Sorrel safe as she continued to press her furious attacks down on him, unrelenting in her assault. Her glowing red eyes and purple aura gave off a cold feeling and yet he didn’t give up on reaching her for even moment. As she came in to strike him this time, he parried the blow and brought her into a tight clinch, the rabbit thrashed and fought with every fiber of her being to be free from his grasp. “I’m sorry I let this happen to you. I’m to blame for bringing you here and having you ending up like this. If anyone deserves to be happy it’s you, if anyone deserves to live it’s you.” She headbutted him in the mouth which drew blood, she managed to create some space and drive a hard knee into his stomach which allowed her to break free from the grapple. Korian was hunched over with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth when he looked at her, searching for forgiveness from the one he cared about so much. After hearing what she went through for him, he was going to do anything to protect her. “I’m truly sorry.” He said softly, almost to himself as the vicious rabbit dove in like a feral animal to finish what she started. She never got the chance as he spun out of her attack line and came around with a crushing fist into the side of her head to put her out of commission. Sorrel went quiet as she laid curled up in the crater she made in the ground from the force of the blow. Korian fell to his knees besides her in horror at what he had done and touched her gently to brush the dirt from her fur. She gave a sudden spasm and was breathing again as she felt his fingertips brush against her. He felt her chest for a heartbeat, and it was weak, but she was most definitely alive. His face twisted in anger at what the demons had done to her as his attention turned back to Towa and Mira, a short distance away. He clenched his hands so tightly that they began to tremble as veins in his face and neck protruded in his state of rage. “I will make you monsters pay for what you’ve done to her!” he cried out as he transformed into Super Saiyan in a spiraling golden aura. Mira just unfolded his arms and stepped forward to meet him in combat as Korian launched himself forward and the two clashed like a thunderclap. The two moving at such breakneck speeds and meeting with concussive force that they began to tear apart the buildings around them as they fought. He caught Mira by surprise with an elbow strike to the ribs which caused the demon to come crashing into the closest building. Korian made haste to follow and press his attack but saw an incoming red energy blast headed straight for him now. All he could do attempt to block the attack as there wasn’t enough time to evade. The blast enveloped him just like it did the last time, but now instead of ripping him to shreds, it just sent him sailing further into the air. Mira became incensed that his attack didn’t have the desired effect and came upon the Saiyan in a flash and drove him to the ground like a rocket with a double hammer fist strike to his back. Half buried in the ground and a little bruised, Korian pushed off the ground and came back into the air swinging at Mira who easily caught his strike. “You’ll have to try harder than that, monkey.” Mira began to power up with a blood red aura as he clung to Korian’s fist, suddenly Korian felt the intense blow of Mira landing a heavy right hand down on him which knocked him out and sent him back the way he came. He came to after a second and was looking up at Mira over the top of his body on the ground, he was about to come down on his head with a stomp to finish him off, but Korian threw his hand out and fired a Ki blast to his face. The blast causing the large, blue skinned demon to stagger which gave Korian enough pause to recover himself and sweep Mira off his feet and onto the ground with him, he quickly slammed a backfist down into Mira’s solar plexus. The demon choked as Korian kicked up and made it to his feet first, this small victory was short lived as Mira simply pushed off the ground to get back upright and deliver a head butt to Korian’s forehead, this drew blood which began to stream down the bridge of his nose. Korian gasped at the sudden shock of the blow and the pain searing through his head, but there was no time to think about it because more pain followed with Mira delivering a vicious front kick to his chest that sent him crashing into what remained a nearby building. Korian was out of it but thought of Sorrel lying helpless on the ground pushed him on to get back up so he could stagger out of the rubble and keep going. He thought to himself that Mira was too strong for him and that there was no way he could match his power now. He heard a weak voice call out to him, “Kor….ian” and his attention turned to Sorrel lying awake and bleeding on the ground, she was reaching out for him desperately and then he knew that he had to finish this here and now for her sake. He angrily turned his gaze back on Mira who began to power up even further and Korian knew he was stronger now than before and he just might be able to last long enough to finish him off for good. “I guess I’ll have to resort to using THAT form, even if it costs me my life. I’ll take you down with me. Anything to keep Sorrel safe.” He closed his eyes and focused in on the time Kitsune was training him to control his Ki energy in Super Saiyan form, he remembered the sensation and the build-up of energy in his back as the power came rushing forth and that last time nearly ripped him to pieces. This was time different, he was different, he was stronger, more focused, and he this needed more than anything to save Sorrel’s life. He focused in on the same feeling and let the power come rushing to the surface, he let it course throughout his entire body. The energy caused debris around him to lift off the ground and swirl around his body like a cyclone, his hair becoming more rigid and slightly growing in length, his muscles became more defined as electrical sparks emanated from his body. Korian opened his eyes now and stood there transformed much to the surprise of both Mira and Towa. He felt his rage was sharpened like a finally honed weapon ready to strike at his enemies. Mira was shocked by the rapid surge in power this boy exhibited and his anger grew upon sight of the transformed state. Mira cried out “Your power is nothing to the demon clan! You hear me?! I will tear that girl apart with my bare hands and make you suffer in agony before I destroy you myself!” Korian just looked at him from across the field of battle with a cold, and apathetic expression that pierced through Mira and gave him pause. Suddenly, the boy was gone in a blink as Mira had lost sight of his movements and looked around at searching for him. He saw him now at the side of the young rabbit girl, he had crouched down to pick her up into his arms and then he disappeared again. Korian had gone some distance from the battle and behind the cover of a building, he carefully laid Sorrel down on the ground who groaned in pain and looked at him with one eye open, the other being stained by blood from a head wound she received during the fight. She reached up and gently touched his face, “Go get that son of a bitch.” He touched the back of her hand which was on his cheek and nodded before he disappeared again and seconds later reappeared standing a few feet apart from Mira. The demon growled in anger through his teeth as he saw the boy reappear so close to him. “And here I thought you had run for your lives, yet here you are ready to sacrifice yourself to my power.” Korian cut in just as he finished his grandstanding. “Do you feel fear, demon? I want to know whether or not I should waste my time making you understand that you should be afraid before you die.” Mira balled up his fists in anger and launched himself at full speed to attack him while he appeared unprepared to meet him head on, but he only managed to take a swing at empty space where he once stood. “Right here.” A voice calmly stated behind him as Mira turned in surprise only to be met with a jumping front kick to his face which sent him at blinding speed into a nearby pile of rubble. “Mira!” Towa cried out in surprise from the side lines of the battle, she was utterly shocked that this boy could possibly be overpowering him this way. Korian just slowly turned his head to give her a stone-cold glare as he pointed at her. “Don’t move. You’re next.” She looked shocked at not just his audacity but felt a creeping sense of dread come across her when he uttered those words. The boy disappeared and just as Mira had blown apart the rubble he was buried under with his powerful aura he was quickly set upon by the Saiyan, who appeared in front of him in the air and struck out with a front side round house kick which Mira attempted to block. The kick landed which such force that although Mira thought he had prevented a crushing blow to his rib cage, it instead snapped his right arm just above the elbow into an unnatural ‘V’ shape, a complete look of shock crept across Mira’s features. Korian landed behind him as Mira fell to his knees and clutched his broken arm, the demon hissed in pain. He shouted out as he felt the rage build in him as he spun to attack and came forward in a strike with his remaining arm, Korian ducked under the punch effortlessly and pressed the attack in on Mira’s stomach with a piercing right fist that bore a hole through his midsection and came out the demon’s back. The blue skinned demon looked completely aghast as he coughed up a large amount of blood, his eyes sank down to the golden haired Saiyan boy who had impaled him on nothing but his fist. Now Towa was afraid for her life as she watched the Saiyan pull his bloody fist out of her greatest creation. He proceeded to carry him one handed by the neck over to her location and threw Mira down to the ground like a mere piece of trash. “God damned Saiyan.” Mira growled in pain through his teeth as Towa looked to him with fright in her eyes. Korian raised a hand and charged up a one-handed Ki blast ready to finish both at once, but Towa just tapped her staff on the ground and the two disappeared in a flash without a trace. Korian brought his energy down and closed his eyes, returning to his base form as he opened his dark brown eyes and looked up at the sky knowing that this was not the last time they would meet in battle. In short order, Korian returned to the location he had left Sorrel. The battered bunny was sitting up right against a broken wall with her head hanging in a motionless. Korian’s heart sank as he rushed to her side and lifted her head at her chin to check her vitals, she immediately rolled open her one eye and looked up at him with a tired half smile, “Can’t a girl get some peace and quiet around here?” He pulled her into an embrace which she weakly reciprocated as she rested her head on his shoulder. Korian felt a sense of relief and unbridled guilt at what he had done to her, “I’m so sorry for what I did. Please forgive me.” Her eyes welled up with sadness at the thought that she had put him through this turmoil, so many ‘If only…’ thoughts ran through her mind that it made her dizzy head spin worse. She remained quiet and didn’t let him see her tears as she knew it would make him feel even more down. Korian picked her up and cradled her in his arms as he leapt up into the air and flew with her tightly curled up around him on their return journey to their allies. A cheering crowd brought Korian down from his flight path as he landed near the edge of the village they originally visited on their arrival. Sorrel even seemed surprised at the appearance of the people from their underground sanctuary and climbed down out of Korian’s arms and gingerly leaned on his shoulder to support her aching body. Hopp broke through the group of people and walked up to them with a very serious look but she threw both arms around them and pulled them into a group hug. “I can’t believe that you did it we’re free now. Thanks to you.” She took a step back and looked down to the wounded Sorrel and grabbed her hand with a tight squeeze, “I’m sorry I abandoned you back there. I hope you’ll forgive me because I like you, I hope we can be friends.” Sorrel was surprised at first with her honesty as she just smiled with a nod and gave Hopp’s hand a little squeeze. “Friends have to learn to forgive one another.” They both laughed as Hopp’s normally cold demeanor broke and she supported the wounded rabbit in a hug and even managed lift her short body off the ground, much to Sorrel’s chagrin which caused her to yelp in pain at being man handled so lovingly, “F@*$ing shit!” Several days later after some much-needed recuperation, the Saiyan and rabbit duo met up with Hopp and some other new friends at their ship. It was time to return home to their own lives as the curiosity of adventuring had taken enough toll for one trip. Everyone exchanged their hugs and good-bye gestures with one another before it was time to depart, soon after Sorrel piloted their ship off the ground. Hopp and company all waved as they streamed through the sky and plotted a course for home. Before it was time to sleep on the journey home Sorrel set the auto pilot and turned in her seat to look at Korian who met her eyes at the same time, they both tried to speak, but excused one another and Korian started by clasping her hand, “Sorrel, I’m sorry I dragged you out here on my misguided adventure only for you to get hurt, I mean you could have died…..” She cut him off by pressing a finger to his lips and gave a disapproving shake of her head. “None of that matters, what matters is that we were there for each other. I see that there’s only one block headed guy in this whole damn universe who would do all the crazy things you did all for me.” He tried to apologize again for putting her in danger but that was stopped by her grabbing him by his spikey head and pulling him into a passionate kiss. Korian never felt this way before and he knew then as it all fell away in that moment, they both knew that everything was going to be great. [I]Planet Basur[/I] [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=verdana][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Days later, they had arrived back home as Sorrel dutifully piloted the craft through the skies of their home world and made a course directly for Kitsune’s house. As the ship set down a short distance from the house, Korian exited first and he helped Sorrel down from her side of the space craft. They both smiled to one another as they gathered their belongings and headed for the house. Sorrel was especially cheerful as Korian proposed the idea of her staying over on a more permanent basis. She walked backwards as she spoke to him, “I don’t think Kitsune will mind. Besides I provide a much-needed feminine element to the family….” She stopped in her tracks when she saw his facial expression change to a far more serious demeanor. She spun around and saw that the front door to the house was wide open and Kitsune never came outside to greet them. In an instant they were both at the front door of the house as Korian called out for his mother, “Kitsune!” They both stopped their panicked looks when they noticed she was sitting at the kitchen table looking with a thoughtful and serious look, she clutched an open bottle of whiskey while she was busy staring off into space but was only roused by their sudden appearance. “Kitsune? What’s wrong?!”, Sorrel stated with concern. She looked at them both with dead seriousness in her eyes that seemed locked on to Korian specifically, “They know about you.” Korian looked confused as he sat down next to her and took her by the hand. “Who knows about me?” She gripped his hand tightly with fear in her eyes, “The gods.”[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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