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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: 2748" data-attributes="member: 80"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Chapter 8: (Part 4)</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">After several minutes of flight, the group managed to arrive at Korin’s tower in the Sacred land of Korin. Shihori was barely hanging on and had fallen unconscious on the journey to the tower. Goten felt her body go limp as time went on. Goten landed at the tower and called out as loudly as he could, “Master Korin!” Trunks set down just after Goten did and let Mai stand on her own two feet. A short white cat holding a wooden cane lumbered out from a doorway not far away. He was wearing night cap appearing as if he had suddenly gotten out of bed, “Whose there?” Goten hurried over to him clutching Shihori’s bloody and mutilated body. He spoke rapidly with panic in his voice but tried to remain as polite as possible to the sagely cat., “Master Korin, we need senzu now, please!” Korin appeared startled by the state of things and quickly turned back the way he came, “Bring her here and be quick about it!” Goten did as he was told and followed Korin inside the tower. In the adjoining room the feline martial arts master pointed to an open spot on the floor, “Set her down there, gently.” Goten did as he was told while the sagely feline continued over to a jar that contained senzu. He tossed Goten a bean which the boy caught, he proceeded to place it in Shihori’s mouth. The bean just hovered in Shihori’s blood filled mouth without being swallowed. Her life signs continued to wane as her breathing was growing very erratic and weak. Trunks and Mai stood at the back of the room and watched the scene unfold with a great deal of concern. Goten noticed she couldn’t chew on her own and took it upon himself to put it in his mouth and feed it to her. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers, he administered the senzu to her. Goten sat back upright with some of her blood staining his lips and waited for the effect to take hold, “Please, please work.” Mai had her hands clasped together in prayer for her friend to pull through. After a few moments, Shihori’s eyes opened up and they focused on Goten hovering over her. She took a deep breath through her nose and exhaled as if a soothing calm washed over her. She pushed off the ground slowly and sat upright, Goten cautioned her, “Easy now.” She looked over her own body and lifted up her shirt to expose her stomach which bore no sign of injury. Only her own blood which had stained her clothing and skin gave any indication that she was wounded in the first place. She went about unbandaging her right arm and noticed the same result; she flexed her arm as if to make sure it was fully functional. Trunks breathed a sigh of relief and Goten gave her a relieved smile. Korin tossed a senzu to Mai, “Eat up kid.” Mai looked at the senzu and ate it as she was directed. After a few seconds she looked over to her own injury which had miraculously closed up on its own. Trunks pulled her into a tight hug as he was beyond relieved that she was okay. Shihori stood up and finished peeling the bandages off her body, she was still amazed at the results from the senzu. She felt herself slipping away in her last conscious moments on their way to the tower and now here she was feeling better than ever. She wasn’t even hungry like she had been before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">After sharing their thanks to Korin who humbly declined such praise, Mai and Shihori shared a tender hug while the raven-haired young lady bawled her eyes out. “I thought I was going to lose you.” Shihori wiped tears from her own eyes as well, “Without you I would have been a goner. Thank you so much.” The ladies stepped back and gave each other a heart-warming smile, they appreciated their bonds of friendship even more now after surviving such a harrowing situation. Shihori looked to Trunks, “How did you know where we were?” Trunks reached into his pocket and produced his cell phone, “Mai called me and told me you were under attack. So, I used GPS to track your location. Thank goodness for technology.” He smirked feeling proud of himself. Goten stood by looking sheepish but he gathered himself enough to speak up, “I’m glad you’re okay, Shihori. You had me worried sick.” Shihori’s eyes fell on her former lover and she looked down to the ground averting her eyes from him. Goten noticed this and he felt a wave of shame come over him when he noticed her reaction to his presence. She looked back up to him after a moment, “Thank you Goten. I appreciate what you did for me,” she said cordially but gave him no further indication she wanted to engage in conversation. Goten nodded and knew that he shouldn’t get his hopes up even though he still held onto his feelings for her. Mai began to notice the tension between the two of them and decided to change the subject, “Shihori, any idea why he was after you specifically?” Shihori shook her head almost immediately, “I don’t have a clue, but I have a feeling he’s not going to stop. He’s dead set on the join my side or die mentality.” Mai thought about it for a moment, “He mentioned everyone by name including you two.” She pointed at both Goten and Trunks who seemed taken aback by this information. Trunks shook his head and scoffed, “So what? He knows our names, big deal. If he shows his face around again, we’ll just be sure to wipe it clean off the face of the Earth.” Shihori looked troubled by all this information and Goten noticed her mood become more pensive, “What’s up?” She shook her head, “It’s just that during our fight I can tell he was holding back. Like, a lot. I’m not sure we can defeat him as we are now.” Trunks crossed his arms over his chest and shrugged his shoulders, “So what do you propose we do?” Shihori turned her attention to Mai and she looked anxious, “Can I borrow your phone? Mine sort of got drowned during the fight.” Mai nodded and handed her cellphone over to Shihori without any protest. Trunks looked at her curiously and felt like he should inquire what she was up to, “Who are you going to contact? My dad is off-world and Goten’s dad is nowhere to be found.” Shihori started to tap away at the screen while looked up contact information to send a text message, “Your mother actually. I need her to bring my equipment.” Trunks made a face like he didn’t understand, “Why do you need your combat gear if you said we don’t stand a chance against this guy?” Shihori finished sending the message to Bulma and tossed the phone back to Mai. She turned and began to walk over to the edge of the tower. “I never said I was going to fight him. Besides, there’s something I need to fix first.” Trunks only got more confused at her cryptic remarks and shrugged in response, “Wait, what do you mean? Fix what?” Shihori put her hands on the railing of tower and turned her head back to the group, “Myself.” Goten appeared shocked by her words and suddenly he knew exactly what she meant to do. She quickly leapt off the side of the tower and took off in flight straight up in the direction of Kami’s look-out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Universe 9, Basur</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">It was early morning at a quaint home tucked away near a lake in the mountains. Korian was sitting at the kitchen table munching away at the delicious breakfast that Sorrel had made for them. She was sitting next to him enjoying a much lighter fare and a cup of hot tea. While Kitsune was sitting across from them, she was dutifully serving Kuroba cut up pieces of the same breakfast they all shared. The young boy looked at the smiling fox with his rust colored eyes as he happily shoveled his breakfast into his mouth. “That’s a good boy, Kuroba. You’re going to be big and strong with that appetite.” Kitsune’s attention was drawn to Korian who had stopped eating and he gave her a smile while his cheeks were puffed up full of food. The sly fox stared at him with a stern expression filled with motherly admonishment for his lack of table manners, “If he copies your bad manners, I’ll make you wish you were never born.” Korian gulped down his food and scratched the back of his head nervously, “Sorry. I’m just amazed how much he takes after me.” Sorrel propped her head up against her open palm and smiled at her son, “He may have your looks but we both know he’s mommy little boy. Isn’t that right, cutie?” Kuroba returned the smile in kind to his mother and continued to eat as he was served by Kitsune. Sorrel turned her attention back to Korian, “So what are your plans for today?” Korian had just finished his many helpings of food and stood up to help clear the table, “I was going up to the mountains to go train for the rest of the morning. Then early in the afternoon I figured we could go surprise Hopp with a visit. She hasn’t seen you since you were pregnant and I’m sure you’d like her to meet Kuroba.” Sorrel nodded and began to wash the dishes, “Fine just don’t come back all muddy like last time and track it all over the house. This time I’ll throw you in the lake.” Korian chuckled at her threats which drew a narrow eyed cold stare from the tiny rabbit, “I’m serious.” Kuroba laughed in response to the silly banter between his parents. Kitsune picked him up out of his highchair and set him down on the ground. The little monkey tailed boy hurried toward his mother and started to cling to her leg very excitedly, “Mama! Go play?” Sorrel smiled and nodded to him, “Sure thing sweetie.” Korian crouched down and stuck his arm out for Kuroba. The little boy clung to his father’s arm like he was about to perform pull ups. Korian lifted him up in the air to allow him to dangle from his outstretched arm, “That’s my boy! You’re getting stronger by the day.” Korian curled his arm toward his body and Kuroba leapt forward into a clingy hug, “Papa!” Korian hugged his son tightly and patted his messy dark head of hair. Sorrel smiled at the loving exchange between the pair, she reached out for Kuroba who gladly switched over to the self-proclaimed favorite parent. Korian gave Sorrel a kiss goodbye and waved to his son who excitedly wave back at him, “Bye bye!” He stopped to give Kitsune a quick hug goodbye and the fox patted her overgrown man-child of a son on the back, “Make sure you brush up on your defensive techniques. I’ve noticed you’re getting sloppy.” Korian scratched the back of his head again in a nervous fashion, “Yes ma’am. I won’t let you down.” Shortly after leaving the house he leapt into the air, taking off for the mountains in the distance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">After gathering themselves together, Sorrel and Kitsune headed down to the lake along with Kuroba. He began to play with the sand on the shoreline, mingling small pebbles he would find in with his sand constructions while humming a song he heard Shihori singing on her recent visit. Sorrel and Kitsune sat nearby in conversation while Kuroba played not more than a few feet away. “Both of them are growing up too fast. Shihori is grown up now and out on her own. Last time I checked he was still just an infant, now look at him.” Sorrel sighed and shook her head. Kitsune smirked, “Hmph. You’re forgetting one thing though. No matter how old they get or how far away they might be. They’re still you’re children and they’ll always love you.” Her comment put a heartwarming smile on her face, she nodded appreciatively to her mother in law, “Like how Korian is still your little boy no matter what?” she said teasingly in retort to the sagely advice. Kitsune coughed after Sorrel caught her off guard with her smart comments but she managed to regain her composure trying to play it cool, “Exactly.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Suddenly, Sorrel noticed that she didn’t hear Kuroba’s humming any longer and she began to frantically look around for him, “Kuroba?!” Kitsune stood up quickly in an unnerved state as well and fanned out attempting to locate him. The white rabbit raced along the shoreline looking into the water with a dreaded sense that she wasn’t paying attention for one moment too long. “Kuroba!” she called out at the top of her lungs. Her keen ears picked up on the sound of his voice above her and she looked up to the sky. She saw he was floating in the air near two other people she hadn’t even noticed until now. She jumped off the ground and took flight to go retrieve her son. Once she drew nearer to Kuroba she noticed that one of the two men was engaging in conversation with her son. Kuroba was striking up a conversation with them about playing outside like they were the oldest of friends. Sorrel took note that she had never seen these two before and something about them seemed a bit off. “Kuroba, there you are sweetie.” She took the little boy by the hand and made sure he stayed close by her side. She gave the two men a courteous smile, “I’m sorry if he was bothering you. He’s just at that age where everything interests him.” The gigantic red skinned man gave her a smirk and waved his enormous hand dismissing her apology, “No problem at all. The little guy was just telling us about what kind of games he was playing. Isn’t that right Shinamo?” The other man appeared very stoic and emotionless; his arms were tucked behind his back in a casual stance. Sorrel gave them a leery eyed gaze and nodded to them politely, “Thanks for looking out for him. You guys have a nice day.” She scooped up Kuroba into her arms and turned to fly away when the large man spoke up, “Excuse me, we were wondering if you could help us out with something.” Sorrel stopped dead in her tracks and suddenly became overcome an eerie sense of dread. She had her back turned and she wore a terribly serious expression as if this nagging feeling wouldn’t go away. She turned around just then wearing a polite smile on her face, “Of course. How can I be of help?” Maida formed an unsettling smirk that crossed his lips, “If you could do us a huge favor and tell us where your husband is right now, that would be great.” Sorrel’s façade quickly dropped, once again she drew a serious expression on her face, “Who the hell are you and what do you want?”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Kitsune had noticed Sorrel in the air and moved quickly to join her, the fox came up behind her daughter in law and placed a hand on her shoulder. Sensing something was off about this situation she chimed in, “Come on, Sorrel. We should get going.” Kuroba looked between his mother, grandmother, and the two strangers he encountered very curiously like he was interested what might happen next. Sorrel spoke again, this time demandingly without averting her bright red eyes from the ominous pair of men opposite of her, “Like I said, what do you want?” Maida crossed his rather large arms over his bare chest and started to ponder an idea, he muttered to himself briefly before addressing Sorrel, “Hmmm. Let’s see, maybe if we start with these three then he’ll listen to us. Well that depends on your answer but let me say that we just want to be neighborly, yeah that’s right.” Kitsune narrowed her eyes at the two now and sensed a whole heap of bullshit coming from the big one’s mouth. Maida continued to speak, “Except there’s just one thing, you all are friendly with some gods we don’t like very much. Do you think you would be willing to reconsider and just mind your own business?” Kitsune moved to position herself between her family and the two strangers, “How about this? You go your way and we go ours then nobody has to get hurt.” Maida uncrossed his arms which caused Shinamo to bring his metal arms in front of his body. The big man shook his head, “Not going to happen. If you’re going to be so standoffish then I don’t see any other choice than this resorting to violence.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Maida started forward toward them when Kitsune pushed Sorrel back with her hand, “Move! Now!” Maida pressed forward quickly but didn’t move to attack either one of them. Shinamo remained on guard but unmoving behind his large friend. Sorrel started to fall back when Kitsune moved in on Maida low and fast, striking him in the stomach with side kick. The hulking red skinned alien didn’t even so much as flinch when the kick made a thunderous impact into his abdomen. He closed his eyes and shook his head in disappointment toward Kitsune, “You see that Shinamo? I told you they weren’t going to cooperate.” Maida grabbed onto Kitsune’s leg with his powerfully large hands and spun her around into Shinamo’s waiting metal fist. The fox’s head was snapped back after a sickening metallic *clang* rang out against her skull. Maida grabbed her completely around her upper torso with his massive hands and brought her down onto his knee in a vicious back breaker technique. Kitsune’s face was already a bloody mess from the open head wound she received after being slammed face first into Shinamo’s fist but when Maida smashed her into his knee an audible *crack* of bones was heard and she gasped sharply in pain before falling unconscious from shock. The cyborg sighed from behind his mask and his featureless red eyes were directed to his partner, “You make it sound like I was hoping this would happen. Let’s just go find the Saiyan.” The cyborg turned away from the scene now and appeared very indifferent to the damage he had done. “Kitsune!” Sorrel cried out with concern as she pulled Kuroba’s head against her chest to shield his eyes from the violence being wrought against his grandmother. Maida dangled her limp body from a single hand and shook her slightly in front of Sorrel like he was taunting an animal with bait. Kitsune was unconscious with blood dripping off her face, “You want her so badly, rabbit? Go fetch.” Maida proceeded to toss her carelessly aside which caused her to fall out of the air and come crashing down into the ground below in a tangled heap. Sorrel’s expression was a mixed bag of fear and anger, she was terrified of what they might do to Kuroba but the rage she was feeling for what they just did to Kitsune was overwhelming. The flight instinct won out and she turned quickly to fly down to the ground with Kuroba securely tucked in her arms. The little boy whimpered as he was becoming unnerved by what he sensed from his mother.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Once she touched down on the ground she went directly to where Kitsune had fallen. She took one look at her and knew it was grave, she wasn’t moving, her chest was barely rising with each labored breath she took, and blood slowly seeped from her wounded face. There was little Sorrel could do for her at this point and she knew Kitsune would be treating Kuroba as her first priority if their roles were reversed. She made a quick dash for their house but was intercepted and stopped dead in her tracks by Maida and Shinamo’s sudden appearance. The big man spoke very straightforward, “You know I just had a thought, why have us bother with tracking your husband down when he can just come here to us.” Sorrel clung to Kuroba very protectively and began to slowly back pedal away from him, “I’ll never tell you!” Maida took a few steps toward her and completely overwhelmed her in terms of size, “I was hoping you would say that.” Unbeknownst to Sorrel, Shinamo was now standing behind her and when she had backpedal enough, he struck out and grappled her by the ears. Sorrel was shocked by her sudden apprehension and Shinamo capitalized on it by seizing Kuroba from her arms. Kuroba began to cry out and reach for his mother who desperately fought to retain him in her arms. When she turned toward him to fight back, she was given a shove backwards into the waiting arms of Maida who proceeded to squeeze her between his massive hands. The rush of pain came very suddenly and seemed to overtake all her senses at once, Maida applied steady pressure to her body which prevented her escape. Kuroba began to fight against Shinamo’s grasp trying desperately to reach his mother. The cyborg kept him at arm’s length and grabbed him by the tail which had the sudden and welcome benefit of causing the young boy to seize up in pain. Shinamo dangled him upside down by his tail and held him up at eye’s level to inspect his condition, “It appears this child is in some physically induced state of shock.” Even though Sorrel was suffering against the pain brought on by Maida’s clutches, she still gave the giant red skinned alien a ravenous look that only a mother fighting for her children could produce. Maida took notice of her expression and gave a slight chuckle, “HA! Just look at you, just what do you think fighting me is going to accomplish, huh?! Your husband is nowhere to be found, the fox is barely alive, and we have your son. Let me be honest with you, I was hoping you would resist. I can’t wait to see Korian’s face when I show him how we left his family for dead. Now go ahead and scream for me, call out to your husband.” Sorrel spat at him defiantly and continued to struggle against his massive clutches. Maida blinked as her spit trickled down his face, he sneered at her with sinister intentions, “He can’t hear you if you don’t open your mouth. Here let me show you how it’s done!” Maida applied crushing force to Sorrel which began to crush her tiny body, she screamed in agony as some ribs began to pop under the pressure. After several agonizing seconds of pain, Sorrel had fallen unconscious in his hands. Her head slumped to the side with a small trail of blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth. Maida looked disappointed, “*Tch* What a joke. Come on, Shinamo. We’ll take the kid with us and go look for him ourselves.” Maida dropped Sorrel’s unconscious body onto the ground with a clatter. “Let me just leave him a little message before we leave.” Maida began to chuckle to himself in a sinister fashion as he raised his massive boot above Sorrel’s head.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Maida brought his foot crashing down toward Sorrel’s unconscious body, but just before he dispatched the helpless rabbit there was a distinct *snap* of energy dissipating through the air. Maida began to feel resistance under foot and craned his neck to see what could be causing such an issue. Korian had appeared next to Sorrel and had seized Maida by his exceptionally large boot which prevented him from dealing his intended coup de grace. “It’s him, its Korian!” Maida began to shout but he was abruptly cut off as a golden aura erupted around Korian’s body. He had near instantaneously transformed into a Super Saiyan and used the power boost to quickly overwhelm the giant red alien. Korian adjusted his grip on Maida’s foot to include his ankle and he pulled down hard swinging him around in a circle. Once a significant amount of centrifugal force was achieved, Korian released him from his grasp with a heaving motion like Korian performed a hammer throw. This caused Maida to sail far off into the distance, wailing the entire way down to the ground. The giant red alien came crashing down into the far end of the lake. Shinamo was stunned by the display of raw strength from the Super Saiyan and brought Kuroba tighter into his grasp to use as a human shield, “One more step and I’ll snap his neck.” Korian’s blue-green eyes snapped a fierce look in the direction of the masked cyborg, “Get your filthy hands off my son, bastard!” Korian kicked off the ground and launched himself directly at Shinamo with his fist cocked back. Shinamo’s red eyes began to glow just before a pair of eye beams cut through the air directly at Korian. Just before the deadly beams struck their mark, Korian vanished without a trace. The masked cyborg began to scan the area, “What the? How did he?” There was another *snap* behind Shinamo and he turned just in time to see Korian plowing a ki laden fist directly into his face. Shinamo’s arms flew open which released the half-conscious Kuroba as his hostage, Korian quickly snatched his son out of the air. The Saiyan spun around and sent a back kick into the cyborg’s chest which sent him careening off into a mountain side.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian cradled Kuroba in his arms and gave him a smile, “It’s going to be alright, Kuroba. Papa is here.” The little boy was just beginning to come out of his daze as his rust colored eyes settled on his father. Korian vanished off the spot with great speed and closed the distance with Sorrel in an instant. He knelt down and lifted her over his shoulder before quickly vanishing again. He reappeared near Kitsune’s crumpled body and placed both Kuroba and Sorrel down on the ground as gently as possible. He reached down to his belt where a small brown leather bag was affixed, and he went about retrieving three out of four senzu that Kakarot had given him some time ago. He lifted up Sorrel’s head and slipped a senzu carefully between her lips. Next, he did the same for Kitsune but due her grievously injured state he placed the senzu between her canine teeth and made sure she bit down on it. He fed the third one to Kuroba who began to chew as soon as Korian offered it to him.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Not long after, all three were back in good shape and starting to come around. Korian was surprised by the results of using the senzu on his injured loved ones and silently thanked Kakarot for supplying them. Kuroba had quickly come around and climbed on top of Sorrel urging her to wake up, “Mama! Wake up! Mama!” She pushed herself up off the ground and when she noticed her son was safe and sound, she quickly snatched him up in a hug, “Kuroba! I’m so glad you’re okay!” The little boy clung to his mother’s neck and wouldn’t let go. Sorrel noticed that Korian was kneeling next to her transformed into a Super Saiyan. She lunged at him as well and clung to his neck. Tears trickled out of her eyes and down her furry cheeks, “Oh, Korian!” Kitsune groaned as she sat up rubbing the back of her neck like she was working out a knot. It had taken a bit longer for the senzu to provide recovery to her since she was so grievously wounded and had been near death, “What happened? Last thing I remember was getting knocked out by that freak with metal arms.” Sorrel kissed Korian lovingly on the cheek while he had turned his attention to his adoptive mother. He motioned to Sorrel to let him assist Kitsune, so she slipped off her clingy hold on him so he could help his mother. He began to help her to her feet when the waters of the lake began to show signs of a large disturbance beneath the surface. Suddenly an enormous geyser of water erupted from the surface and out of it shot Maida who started to look around the area for his attacker like a mad hornet. Maida and Korian noticed each other simultaneously and each man gave the other a deathly serious gaze. Korian tossed the bag containing the last remaining senzu over to Sorrel, “Get as far away from here as you can. I’ll handle this myself.” Kitsune moved over to Sorrel and took her by the arm to help her off the ground. The tiny white rabbit looked over to Korian who turned his head slightly until their eyes met, “Be careful and kick his f@&*ing ass.” Korian nodded as the three of them took off running in the opposite direction to put some distance between the battle that was about to ensue. Quite abruptly, a lone figure crashed down into the ground in front of them creating an impact crater. He rose up with glowing red eyes and clenching a metallic fist in front of his body, “Going somewhere?” Sorrel and Kitsune came to a screeching halt as they faced off with the cyborg Shinamo.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian heard the impact of Shinamo against the ground behind him and as he turned his head to see, Maida launched himself down at him from the air in a blitz attack meant to smash him into the ground with both fists. Korian kicked backward off the ground to allow Maida to impact the ground harmlessly where he once stood. The thunderous crash of his large body caused the earth to crack and splinter into pieces from the impact. Korian flew backwards toward Shinamo while Maida worked on pulling himself together from his missed attack. Korian lashed out at the cyborg with an elbow strike which was caught in a single metallic hand, but the force of the blow had caused Shinamo to slide backwards across the ground, clearing the way for the three of them to escape from danger. They hurried toward Kitsune’s house to get some cover from the fight. Maida quickly gave chase to Korian and Shinamo who were locked in close combat with one another. Korian lashed out with his other fist, which was caught by Shinamo’s other hand, leaving him with nothing but his legs to attack. He tried to pull the masked cyborg in closer for a knee strike but Shinamo’s quick reflexes allowed him to block with a knee strike of his own. He now had the Saiyan completely locked up and unable to defend, “Now!” Maida had come racing in from behind and smashed Korian in the back with one of his massive fists, the strike caused him to cringe in pain but what really hurt was being smashed into the ground and buried by quite a bit of earth once he had impacted the ground. Korian cried out as he was swallowed up by the ground which caved in around him. Both of his attackers peeled back with Maida showing a satisfied grin across his face. On the ground a large plume of dust still pervaded the impact crater. There was a *snap* of energy dissipating on the ground below and quickly another *snap* directly in front of Maida. Korian appeared out of thin air and pressed into the red alien with a furious barrage of strikes. Maida was noticeably slower than Korian due to his large size and became hammered with the Super Saiyan’s rapid blows across his body. He just smirked through it at all as they did little in the way of damage to his hulking body, “What was that? A massage?” He swung his large fist down on him which Korian ducked to the side to evade. He was caught from behind by an extending metal arm to the back of his head which caused him to lurch forward from the hit. Korian hissed in pain and rubbed the back of his spikey head. He decided it was best to break contact with the two of them and get some distance to reevaluate things.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shinamo and Maida quickly gave chase to the golden-haired warrior who stopped in mid-air with his fists clenched and his arms brought across his torso in an ‘X block’ fashion while his raging golden aura seemed to be drawn into his body. The cyborg and the giant red alien both smashed their fists into his guard which surprisingly had no effect at all. Korian’s hair fell to its normal shape just as a flaming red aura took over his body. He stared at his attackers from behind his guard with crimson red eyes, “HAAA!!!!” He cried out in a booming kiai as he lashed his arms out, sending them both rocketing away from his body into the ground. Korian launched himself quickly down from the sky toward Maida who was just now pulling himself up off the ground. Korian’s fist collided with Maida’s jaw in a splash of purple blood. The Saiyan didn’t let up as he planted his feet and grappled onto the alien’s massive arm, he hip-tossed him over his shoulder to send him careening toward Shinamo. The cyborg was recovering himself just as his large partner in crime came sailing down into his grasp. He tried in vain to arrest the big alien’s movement by catching him, but he could do little to stop them both from collapsing into the ground. Korian narrowed his eyes at the pair and sprung forth two points of ki energy in his palms. He brought them together in front of his body and snapped his wrists together with each thumb, first, and second finger extended outward, “Kyūbiko-HAAAA!!!” A large red energy wave shot forth which crashed into the pair and completely evaporated a large swath of trees and part of the mountain behind the forest. When the dust settled, both of them were lying unconscious in a smoking heap in the scorched trench the energy wave had created. Korian breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes letting his fiery red aura subside and his natural features take over once again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian made his toward Kitsune’s house to reunite with his family. He called out to them from outside the house, “It’s safe to come out now.” The door slowly cracked open and a pair of white rabbit ears poked out followed by a large orange hat and a set of red eyes. Once Sorrel saw that the coast was clear she threw the door open and rushed over to Korian. He threw open his arms for a hug but instead received a punch to the chest, “What the hell Korian!!??!! Who did you piss off now?! They tried to kidnap our son! Hell! They tried to kill me and Kitsune! F*@#!” She continued to swing at him, but he tried desperately to interject and get her to calm down, “Easy, easy! I didn’t piss off anyone, I have no idea who those two were.” Sorrel backed off some and crossed her arms very haughtily with a *Hmph* “Fine, but why would they say something about us being friendly with gods that they don’t like? I figured you had something to do with this Mister Super Saiyan God.” Korian nervously scratched the back of his head and looked to his angry wife with pleading eyes, “No, I swear, honey! It wasn’t me!” Kitsune joined them cradling Kuroba in her arms. He still looked a little shaken up from the whole experience and Korian gently ruffled his messy hair. Kitsune surveyed the level of destruction brought on by their battle, “It can’t be a coincidence that they possessed advanced knowledge of us, but it is troubling they know about our association with the gods. Something doesn’t sit right with me about it. We need be cautious going forward because there could be more of them.”</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="India Actual, post: 2748, member: 80"] [FONT=verdana][B][SIZE=5]Chapter 8: (Part 4)[/SIZE][/B] After several minutes of flight, the group managed to arrive at Korin’s tower in the Sacred land of Korin. Shihori was barely hanging on and had fallen unconscious on the journey to the tower. Goten felt her body go limp as time went on. Goten landed at the tower and called out as loudly as he could, “Master Korin!” Trunks set down just after Goten did and let Mai stand on her own two feet. A short white cat holding a wooden cane lumbered out from a doorway not far away. He was wearing night cap appearing as if he had suddenly gotten out of bed, “Whose there?” Goten hurried over to him clutching Shihori’s bloody and mutilated body. He spoke rapidly with panic in his voice but tried to remain as polite as possible to the sagely cat., “Master Korin, we need senzu now, please!” Korin appeared startled by the state of things and quickly turned back the way he came, “Bring her here and be quick about it!” Goten did as he was told and followed Korin inside the tower. In the adjoining room the feline martial arts master pointed to an open spot on the floor, “Set her down there, gently.” Goten did as he was told while the sagely feline continued over to a jar that contained senzu. He tossed Goten a bean which the boy caught, he proceeded to place it in Shihori’s mouth. The bean just hovered in Shihori’s blood filled mouth without being swallowed. Her life signs continued to wane as her breathing was growing very erratic and weak. Trunks and Mai stood at the back of the room and watched the scene unfold with a great deal of concern. Goten noticed she couldn’t chew on her own and took it upon himself to put it in his mouth and feed it to her. He leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers, he administered the senzu to her. Goten sat back upright with some of her blood staining his lips and waited for the effect to take hold, “Please, please work.” Mai had her hands clasped together in prayer for her friend to pull through. After a few moments, Shihori’s eyes opened up and they focused on Goten hovering over her. She took a deep breath through her nose and exhaled as if a soothing calm washed over her. She pushed off the ground slowly and sat upright, Goten cautioned her, “Easy now.” She looked over her own body and lifted up her shirt to expose her stomach which bore no sign of injury. Only her own blood which had stained her clothing and skin gave any indication that she was wounded in the first place. She went about unbandaging her right arm and noticed the same result; she flexed her arm as if to make sure it was fully functional. Trunks breathed a sigh of relief and Goten gave her a relieved smile. Korin tossed a senzu to Mai, “Eat up kid.” Mai looked at the senzu and ate it as she was directed. After a few seconds she looked over to her own injury which had miraculously closed up on its own. Trunks pulled her into a tight hug as he was beyond relieved that she was okay. Shihori stood up and finished peeling the bandages off her body, she was still amazed at the results from the senzu. She felt herself slipping away in her last conscious moments on their way to the tower and now here she was feeling better than ever. She wasn’t even hungry like she had been before. After sharing their thanks to Korin who humbly declined such praise, Mai and Shihori shared a tender hug while the raven-haired young lady bawled her eyes out. “I thought I was going to lose you.” Shihori wiped tears from her own eyes as well, “Without you I would have been a goner. Thank you so much.” The ladies stepped back and gave each other a heart-warming smile, they appreciated their bonds of friendship even more now after surviving such a harrowing situation. Shihori looked to Trunks, “How did you know where we were?” Trunks reached into his pocket and produced his cell phone, “Mai called me and told me you were under attack. So, I used GPS to track your location. Thank goodness for technology.” He smirked feeling proud of himself. Goten stood by looking sheepish but he gathered himself enough to speak up, “I’m glad you’re okay, Shihori. You had me worried sick.” Shihori’s eyes fell on her former lover and she looked down to the ground averting her eyes from him. Goten noticed this and he felt a wave of shame come over him when he noticed her reaction to his presence. She looked back up to him after a moment, “Thank you Goten. I appreciate what you did for me,” she said cordially but gave him no further indication she wanted to engage in conversation. Goten nodded and knew that he shouldn’t get his hopes up even though he still held onto his feelings for her. Mai began to notice the tension between the two of them and decided to change the subject, “Shihori, any idea why he was after you specifically?” Shihori shook her head almost immediately, “I don’t have a clue, but I have a feeling he’s not going to stop. He’s dead set on the join my side or die mentality.” Mai thought about it for a moment, “He mentioned everyone by name including you two.” She pointed at both Goten and Trunks who seemed taken aback by this information. Trunks shook his head and scoffed, “So what? He knows our names, big deal. If he shows his face around again, we’ll just be sure to wipe it clean off the face of the Earth.” Shihori looked troubled by all this information and Goten noticed her mood become more pensive, “What’s up?” She shook her head, “It’s just that during our fight I can tell he was holding back. Like, a lot. I’m not sure we can defeat him as we are now.” Trunks crossed his arms over his chest and shrugged his shoulders, “So what do you propose we do?” Shihori turned her attention to Mai and she looked anxious, “Can I borrow your phone? Mine sort of got drowned during the fight.” Mai nodded and handed her cellphone over to Shihori without any protest. Trunks looked at her curiously and felt like he should inquire what she was up to, “Who are you going to contact? My dad is off-world and Goten’s dad is nowhere to be found.” Shihori started to tap away at the screen while looked up contact information to send a text message, “Your mother actually. I need her to bring my equipment.” Trunks made a face like he didn’t understand, “Why do you need your combat gear if you said we don’t stand a chance against this guy?” Shihori finished sending the message to Bulma and tossed the phone back to Mai. She turned and began to walk over to the edge of the tower. “I never said I was going to fight him. Besides, there’s something I need to fix first.” Trunks only got more confused at her cryptic remarks and shrugged in response, “Wait, what do you mean? Fix what?” Shihori put her hands on the railing of tower and turned her head back to the group, “Myself.” Goten appeared shocked by her words and suddenly he knew exactly what she meant to do. She quickly leapt off the side of the tower and took off in flight straight up in the direction of Kami’s look-out. Universe 9, Basur It was early morning at a quaint home tucked away near a lake in the mountains. Korian was sitting at the kitchen table munching away at the delicious breakfast that Sorrel had made for them. She was sitting next to him enjoying a much lighter fare and a cup of hot tea. While Kitsune was sitting across from them, she was dutifully serving Kuroba cut up pieces of the same breakfast they all shared. The young boy looked at the smiling fox with his rust colored eyes as he happily shoveled his breakfast into his mouth. “That’s a good boy, Kuroba. You’re going to be big and strong with that appetite.” Kitsune’s attention was drawn to Korian who had stopped eating and he gave her a smile while his cheeks were puffed up full of food. The sly fox stared at him with a stern expression filled with motherly admonishment for his lack of table manners, “If he copies your bad manners, I’ll make you wish you were never born.” Korian gulped down his food and scratched the back of his head nervously, “Sorry. I’m just amazed how much he takes after me.” Sorrel propped her head up against her open palm and smiled at her son, “He may have your looks but we both know he’s mommy little boy. Isn’t that right, cutie?” Kuroba returned the smile in kind to his mother and continued to eat as he was served by Kitsune. Sorrel turned her attention back to Korian, “So what are your plans for today?” Korian had just finished his many helpings of food and stood up to help clear the table, “I was going up to the mountains to go train for the rest of the morning. Then early in the afternoon I figured we could go surprise Hopp with a visit. She hasn’t seen you since you were pregnant and I’m sure you’d like her to meet Kuroba.” Sorrel nodded and began to wash the dishes, “Fine just don’t come back all muddy like last time and track it all over the house. This time I’ll throw you in the lake.” Korian chuckled at her threats which drew a narrow eyed cold stare from the tiny rabbit, “I’m serious.” Kuroba laughed in response to the silly banter between his parents. Kitsune picked him up out of his highchair and set him down on the ground. The little monkey tailed boy hurried toward his mother and started to cling to her leg very excitedly, “Mama! Go play?” Sorrel smiled and nodded to him, “Sure thing sweetie.” Korian crouched down and stuck his arm out for Kuroba. The little boy clung to his father’s arm like he was about to perform pull ups. Korian lifted him up in the air to allow him to dangle from his outstretched arm, “That’s my boy! You’re getting stronger by the day.” Korian curled his arm toward his body and Kuroba leapt forward into a clingy hug, “Papa!” Korian hugged his son tightly and patted his messy dark head of hair. Sorrel smiled at the loving exchange between the pair, she reached out for Kuroba who gladly switched over to the self-proclaimed favorite parent. Korian gave Sorrel a kiss goodbye and waved to his son who excitedly wave back at him, “Bye bye!” He stopped to give Kitsune a quick hug goodbye and the fox patted her overgrown man-child of a son on the back, “Make sure you brush up on your defensive techniques. I’ve noticed you’re getting sloppy.” Korian scratched the back of his head again in a nervous fashion, “Yes ma’am. I won’t let you down.” Shortly after leaving the house he leapt into the air, taking off for the mountains in the distance. After gathering themselves together, Sorrel and Kitsune headed down to the lake along with Kuroba. He began to play with the sand on the shoreline, mingling small pebbles he would find in with his sand constructions while humming a song he heard Shihori singing on her recent visit. Sorrel and Kitsune sat nearby in conversation while Kuroba played not more than a few feet away. “Both of them are growing up too fast. Shihori is grown up now and out on her own. Last time I checked he was still just an infant, now look at him.” Sorrel sighed and shook her head. Kitsune smirked, “Hmph. You’re forgetting one thing though. No matter how old they get or how far away they might be. They’re still you’re children and they’ll always love you.” Her comment put a heartwarming smile on her face, she nodded appreciatively to her mother in law, “Like how Korian is still your little boy no matter what?” she said teasingly in retort to the sagely advice. Kitsune coughed after Sorrel caught her off guard with her smart comments but she managed to regain her composure trying to play it cool, “Exactly.” Suddenly, Sorrel noticed that she didn’t hear Kuroba’s humming any longer and she began to frantically look around for him, “Kuroba?!” Kitsune stood up quickly in an unnerved state as well and fanned out attempting to locate him. The white rabbit raced along the shoreline looking into the water with a dreaded sense that she wasn’t paying attention for one moment too long. “Kuroba!” she called out at the top of her lungs. Her keen ears picked up on the sound of his voice above her and she looked up to the sky. She saw he was floating in the air near two other people she hadn’t even noticed until now. She jumped off the ground and took flight to go retrieve her son. Once she drew nearer to Kuroba she noticed that one of the two men was engaging in conversation with her son. Kuroba was striking up a conversation with them about playing outside like they were the oldest of friends. Sorrel took note that she had never seen these two before and something about them seemed a bit off. “Kuroba, there you are sweetie.” She took the little boy by the hand and made sure he stayed close by her side. She gave the two men a courteous smile, “I’m sorry if he was bothering you. He’s just at that age where everything interests him.” The gigantic red skinned man gave her a smirk and waved his enormous hand dismissing her apology, “No problem at all. The little guy was just telling us about what kind of games he was playing. Isn’t that right Shinamo?” The other man appeared very stoic and emotionless; his arms were tucked behind his back in a casual stance. Sorrel gave them a leery eyed gaze and nodded to them politely, “Thanks for looking out for him. You guys have a nice day.” She scooped up Kuroba into her arms and turned to fly away when the large man spoke up, “Excuse me, we were wondering if you could help us out with something.” Sorrel stopped dead in her tracks and suddenly became overcome an eerie sense of dread. She had her back turned and she wore a terribly serious expression as if this nagging feeling wouldn’t go away. She turned around just then wearing a polite smile on her face, “Of course. How can I be of help?” Maida formed an unsettling smirk that crossed his lips, “If you could do us a huge favor and tell us where your husband is right now, that would be great.” Sorrel’s façade quickly dropped, once again she drew a serious expression on her face, “Who the hell are you and what do you want?” Kitsune had noticed Sorrel in the air and moved quickly to join her, the fox came up behind her daughter in law and placed a hand on her shoulder. Sensing something was off about this situation she chimed in, “Come on, Sorrel. We should get going.” Kuroba looked between his mother, grandmother, and the two strangers he encountered very curiously like he was interested what might happen next. Sorrel spoke again, this time demandingly without averting her bright red eyes from the ominous pair of men opposite of her, “Like I said, what do you want?” Maida crossed his rather large arms over his bare chest and started to ponder an idea, he muttered to himself briefly before addressing Sorrel, “Hmmm. Let’s see, maybe if we start with these three then he’ll listen to us. Well that depends on your answer but let me say that we just want to be neighborly, yeah that’s right.” Kitsune narrowed her eyes at the two now and sensed a whole heap of bullshit coming from the big one’s mouth. Maida continued to speak, “Except there’s just one thing, you all are friendly with some gods we don’t like very much. Do you think you would be willing to reconsider and just mind your own business?” Kitsune moved to position herself between her family and the two strangers, “How about this? You go your way and we go ours then nobody has to get hurt.” Maida uncrossed his arms which caused Shinamo to bring his metal arms in front of his body. The big man shook his head, “Not going to happen. If you’re going to be so standoffish then I don’t see any other choice than this resorting to violence.” Maida started forward toward them when Kitsune pushed Sorrel back with her hand, “Move! Now!” Maida pressed forward quickly but didn’t move to attack either one of them. Shinamo remained on guard but unmoving behind his large friend. Sorrel started to fall back when Kitsune moved in on Maida low and fast, striking him in the stomach with side kick. The hulking red skinned alien didn’t even so much as flinch when the kick made a thunderous impact into his abdomen. He closed his eyes and shook his head in disappointment toward Kitsune, “You see that Shinamo? I told you they weren’t going to cooperate.” Maida grabbed onto Kitsune’s leg with his powerfully large hands and spun her around into Shinamo’s waiting metal fist. The fox’s head was snapped back after a sickening metallic *clang* rang out against her skull. Maida grabbed her completely around her upper torso with his massive hands and brought her down onto his knee in a vicious back breaker technique. Kitsune’s face was already a bloody mess from the open head wound she received after being slammed face first into Shinamo’s fist but when Maida smashed her into his knee an audible *crack* of bones was heard and she gasped sharply in pain before falling unconscious from shock. The cyborg sighed from behind his mask and his featureless red eyes were directed to his partner, “You make it sound like I was hoping this would happen. Let’s just go find the Saiyan.” The cyborg turned away from the scene now and appeared very indifferent to the damage he had done. “Kitsune!” Sorrel cried out with concern as she pulled Kuroba’s head against her chest to shield his eyes from the violence being wrought against his grandmother. Maida dangled her limp body from a single hand and shook her slightly in front of Sorrel like he was taunting an animal with bait. Kitsune was unconscious with blood dripping off her face, “You want her so badly, rabbit? Go fetch.” Maida proceeded to toss her carelessly aside which caused her to fall out of the air and come crashing down into the ground below in a tangled heap. Sorrel’s expression was a mixed bag of fear and anger, she was terrified of what they might do to Kuroba but the rage she was feeling for what they just did to Kitsune was overwhelming. The flight instinct won out and she turned quickly to fly down to the ground with Kuroba securely tucked in her arms. The little boy whimpered as he was becoming unnerved by what he sensed from his mother. Once she touched down on the ground she went directly to where Kitsune had fallen. She took one look at her and knew it was grave, she wasn’t moving, her chest was barely rising with each labored breath she took, and blood slowly seeped from her wounded face. There was little Sorrel could do for her at this point and she knew Kitsune would be treating Kuroba as her first priority if their roles were reversed. She made a quick dash for their house but was intercepted and stopped dead in her tracks by Maida and Shinamo’s sudden appearance. The big man spoke very straightforward, “You know I just had a thought, why have us bother with tracking your husband down when he can just come here to us.” Sorrel clung to Kuroba very protectively and began to slowly back pedal away from him, “I’ll never tell you!” Maida took a few steps toward her and completely overwhelmed her in terms of size, “I was hoping you would say that.” Unbeknownst to Sorrel, Shinamo was now standing behind her and when she had backpedal enough, he struck out and grappled her by the ears. Sorrel was shocked by her sudden apprehension and Shinamo capitalized on it by seizing Kuroba from her arms. Kuroba began to cry out and reach for his mother who desperately fought to retain him in her arms. When she turned toward him to fight back, she was given a shove backwards into the waiting arms of Maida who proceeded to squeeze her between his massive hands. The rush of pain came very suddenly and seemed to overtake all her senses at once, Maida applied steady pressure to her body which prevented her escape. Kuroba began to fight against Shinamo’s grasp trying desperately to reach his mother. The cyborg kept him at arm’s length and grabbed him by the tail which had the sudden and welcome benefit of causing the young boy to seize up in pain. Shinamo dangled him upside down by his tail and held him up at eye’s level to inspect his condition, “It appears this child is in some physically induced state of shock.” Even though Sorrel was suffering against the pain brought on by Maida’s clutches, she still gave the giant red skinned alien a ravenous look that only a mother fighting for her children could produce. Maida took notice of her expression and gave a slight chuckle, “HA! Just look at you, just what do you think fighting me is going to accomplish, huh?! Your husband is nowhere to be found, the fox is barely alive, and we have your son. Let me be honest with you, I was hoping you would resist. I can’t wait to see Korian’s face when I show him how we left his family for dead. Now go ahead and scream for me, call out to your husband.” Sorrel spat at him defiantly and continued to struggle against his massive clutches. Maida blinked as her spit trickled down his face, he sneered at her with sinister intentions, “He can’t hear you if you don’t open your mouth. Here let me show you how it’s done!” Maida applied crushing force to Sorrel which began to crush her tiny body, she screamed in agony as some ribs began to pop under the pressure. After several agonizing seconds of pain, Sorrel had fallen unconscious in his hands. Her head slumped to the side with a small trail of blood trickling out of the corner of her mouth. Maida looked disappointed, “*Tch* What a joke. Come on, Shinamo. We’ll take the kid with us and go look for him ourselves.” Maida dropped Sorrel’s unconscious body onto the ground with a clatter. “Let me just leave him a little message before we leave.” Maida began to chuckle to himself in a sinister fashion as he raised his massive boot above Sorrel’s head. Maida brought his foot crashing down toward Sorrel’s unconscious body, but just before he dispatched the helpless rabbit there was a distinct *snap* of energy dissipating through the air. Maida began to feel resistance under foot and craned his neck to see what could be causing such an issue. Korian had appeared next to Sorrel and had seized Maida by his exceptionally large boot which prevented him from dealing his intended coup de grace. “It’s him, its Korian!” Maida began to shout but he was abruptly cut off as a golden aura erupted around Korian’s body. He had near instantaneously transformed into a Super Saiyan and used the power boost to quickly overwhelm the giant red alien. Korian adjusted his grip on Maida’s foot to include his ankle and he pulled down hard swinging him around in a circle. Once a significant amount of centrifugal force was achieved, Korian released him from his grasp with a heaving motion like Korian performed a hammer throw. This caused Maida to sail far off into the distance, wailing the entire way down to the ground. The giant red alien came crashing down into the far end of the lake. Shinamo was stunned by the display of raw strength from the Super Saiyan and brought Kuroba tighter into his grasp to use as a human shield, “One more step and I’ll snap his neck.” Korian’s blue-green eyes snapped a fierce look in the direction of the masked cyborg, “Get your filthy hands off my son, bastard!” Korian kicked off the ground and launched himself directly at Shinamo with his fist cocked back. Shinamo’s red eyes began to glow just before a pair of eye beams cut through the air directly at Korian. Just before the deadly beams struck their mark, Korian vanished without a trace. The masked cyborg began to scan the area, “What the? How did he?” There was another *snap* behind Shinamo and he turned just in time to see Korian plowing a ki laden fist directly into his face. Shinamo’s arms flew open which released the half-conscious Kuroba as his hostage, Korian quickly snatched his son out of the air. The Saiyan spun around and sent a back kick into the cyborg’s chest which sent him careening off into a mountain side. Korian cradled Kuroba in his arms and gave him a smile, “It’s going to be alright, Kuroba. Papa is here.” The little boy was just beginning to come out of his daze as his rust colored eyes settled on his father. Korian vanished off the spot with great speed and closed the distance with Sorrel in an instant. He knelt down and lifted her over his shoulder before quickly vanishing again. He reappeared near Kitsune’s crumpled body and placed both Kuroba and Sorrel down on the ground as gently as possible. He reached down to his belt where a small brown leather bag was affixed, and he went about retrieving three out of four senzu that Kakarot had given him some time ago. He lifted up Sorrel’s head and slipped a senzu carefully between her lips. Next, he did the same for Kitsune but due her grievously injured state he placed the senzu between her canine teeth and made sure she bit down on it. He fed the third one to Kuroba who began to chew as soon as Korian offered it to him. Not long after, all three were back in good shape and starting to come around. Korian was surprised by the results of using the senzu on his injured loved ones and silently thanked Kakarot for supplying them. Kuroba had quickly come around and climbed on top of Sorrel urging her to wake up, “Mama! Wake up! Mama!” She pushed herself up off the ground and when she noticed her son was safe and sound, she quickly snatched him up in a hug, “Kuroba! I’m so glad you’re okay!” The little boy clung to his mother’s neck and wouldn’t let go. Sorrel noticed that Korian was kneeling next to her transformed into a Super Saiyan. She lunged at him as well and clung to his neck. Tears trickled out of her eyes and down her furry cheeks, “Oh, Korian!” Kitsune groaned as she sat up rubbing the back of her neck like she was working out a knot. It had taken a bit longer for the senzu to provide recovery to her since she was so grievously wounded and had been near death, “What happened? Last thing I remember was getting knocked out by that freak with metal arms.” Sorrel kissed Korian lovingly on the cheek while he had turned his attention to his adoptive mother. He motioned to Sorrel to let him assist Kitsune, so she slipped off her clingy hold on him so he could help his mother. He began to help her to her feet when the waters of the lake began to show signs of a large disturbance beneath the surface. Suddenly an enormous geyser of water erupted from the surface and out of it shot Maida who started to look around the area for his attacker like a mad hornet. Maida and Korian noticed each other simultaneously and each man gave the other a deathly serious gaze. Korian tossed the bag containing the last remaining senzu over to Sorrel, “Get as far away from here as you can. I’ll handle this myself.” Kitsune moved over to Sorrel and took her by the arm to help her off the ground. The tiny white rabbit looked over to Korian who turned his head slightly until their eyes met, “Be careful and kick his f@&*ing ass.” Korian nodded as the three of them took off running in the opposite direction to put some distance between the battle that was about to ensue. Quite abruptly, a lone figure crashed down into the ground in front of them creating an impact crater. He rose up with glowing red eyes and clenching a metallic fist in front of his body, “Going somewhere?” Sorrel and Kitsune came to a screeching halt as they faced off with the cyborg Shinamo. Korian heard the impact of Shinamo against the ground behind him and as he turned his head to see, Maida launched himself down at him from the air in a blitz attack meant to smash him into the ground with both fists. Korian kicked backward off the ground to allow Maida to impact the ground harmlessly where he once stood. The thunderous crash of his large body caused the earth to crack and splinter into pieces from the impact. Korian flew backwards toward Shinamo while Maida worked on pulling himself together from his missed attack. Korian lashed out at the cyborg with an elbow strike which was caught in a single metallic hand, but the force of the blow had caused Shinamo to slide backwards across the ground, clearing the way for the three of them to escape from danger. They hurried toward Kitsune’s house to get some cover from the fight. Maida quickly gave chase to Korian and Shinamo who were locked in close combat with one another. Korian lashed out with his other fist, which was caught by Shinamo’s other hand, leaving him with nothing but his legs to attack. He tried to pull the masked cyborg in closer for a knee strike but Shinamo’s quick reflexes allowed him to block with a knee strike of his own. He now had the Saiyan completely locked up and unable to defend, “Now!” Maida had come racing in from behind and smashed Korian in the back with one of his massive fists, the strike caused him to cringe in pain but what really hurt was being smashed into the ground and buried by quite a bit of earth once he had impacted the ground. Korian cried out as he was swallowed up by the ground which caved in around him. Both of his attackers peeled back with Maida showing a satisfied grin across his face. On the ground a large plume of dust still pervaded the impact crater. There was a *snap* of energy dissipating on the ground below and quickly another *snap* directly in front of Maida. Korian appeared out of thin air and pressed into the red alien with a furious barrage of strikes. Maida was noticeably slower than Korian due to his large size and became hammered with the Super Saiyan’s rapid blows across his body. He just smirked through it at all as they did little in the way of damage to his hulking body, “What was that? A massage?” He swung his large fist down on him which Korian ducked to the side to evade. He was caught from behind by an extending metal arm to the back of his head which caused him to lurch forward from the hit. Korian hissed in pain and rubbed the back of his spikey head. He decided it was best to break contact with the two of them and get some distance to reevaluate things. Shinamo and Maida quickly gave chase to the golden-haired warrior who stopped in mid-air with his fists clenched and his arms brought across his torso in an ‘X block’ fashion while his raging golden aura seemed to be drawn into his body. The cyborg and the giant red alien both smashed their fists into his guard which surprisingly had no effect at all. Korian’s hair fell to its normal shape just as a flaming red aura took over his body. He stared at his attackers from behind his guard with crimson red eyes, “HAAA!!!!” He cried out in a booming kiai as he lashed his arms out, sending them both rocketing away from his body into the ground. Korian launched himself quickly down from the sky toward Maida who was just now pulling himself up off the ground. Korian’s fist collided with Maida’s jaw in a splash of purple blood. The Saiyan didn’t let up as he planted his feet and grappled onto the alien’s massive arm, he hip-tossed him over his shoulder to send him careening toward Shinamo. The cyborg was recovering himself just as his large partner in crime came sailing down into his grasp. He tried in vain to arrest the big alien’s movement by catching him, but he could do little to stop them both from collapsing into the ground. Korian narrowed his eyes at the pair and sprung forth two points of ki energy in his palms. He brought them together in front of his body and snapped his wrists together with each thumb, first, and second finger extended outward, “Kyūbiko-HAAAA!!!” A large red energy wave shot forth which crashed into the pair and completely evaporated a large swath of trees and part of the mountain behind the forest. When the dust settled, both of them were lying unconscious in a smoking heap in the scorched trench the energy wave had created. Korian breathed a sigh of relief and closed his eyes letting his fiery red aura subside and his natural features take over once again. Korian made his toward Kitsune’s house to reunite with his family. He called out to them from outside the house, “It’s safe to come out now.” The door slowly cracked open and a pair of white rabbit ears poked out followed by a large orange hat and a set of red eyes. Once Sorrel saw that the coast was clear she threw the door open and rushed over to Korian. He threw open his arms for a hug but instead received a punch to the chest, “What the hell Korian!!??!! Who did you piss off now?! They tried to kidnap our son! Hell! They tried to kill me and Kitsune! F*@#!” She continued to swing at him, but he tried desperately to interject and get her to calm down, “Easy, easy! I didn’t piss off anyone, I have no idea who those two were.” Sorrel backed off some and crossed her arms very haughtily with a *Hmph* “Fine, but why would they say something about us being friendly with gods that they don’t like? I figured you had something to do with this Mister Super Saiyan God.” Korian nervously scratched the back of his head and looked to his angry wife with pleading eyes, “No, I swear, honey! It wasn’t me!” Kitsune joined them cradling Kuroba in her arms. He still looked a little shaken up from the whole experience and Korian gently ruffled his messy hair. Kitsune surveyed the level of destruction brought on by their battle, “It can’t be a coincidence that they possessed advanced knowledge of us, but it is troubling they know about our association with the gods. Something doesn’t sit right with me about it. We need be cautious going forward because there could be more of them.”[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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