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Ginga GIRI GIRI! The Universe is in Danger!
By SSJ Heero (http://66.75.107.143/animenext)
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---- Chapter 15: Darkness Beyond Twilight ----

Somewhere in the Other World, a force was brewing. In an isolated cave within a rather
small series of mountain ranges, a boy sat on his chair, waiting for something or other.
There he was, brown haired and blue eyed, wearing shades even though he was indoors. He was
dressed in wretched clothes and not caring a bit; I guess he was strong in more than one
aspect.

The boy spoke, seemingly to no one in particular as he sat at a small, round table, "It is
time... SSJ... Amiko... TM... Cindy... You shall all feel my wrath!" He shook a fist and
downed a cup of water. He scratched his back; the tan cape was beginning to itch.

A smaller voice interrupted the scene and announced, "Master, the omelets are finished."
Off in the background, a fire burned with a pan suspended over it. Indeed, two seemingly
delicious pieces of yellow eggs sat there on the hot pan.

Still, the boy replied, "Not now, Devimon. I'm 'foreshadowing'."

"Well, okay then," replied Devimon. Indeed, it was the same Devimon so featured in the
Digimon animated series. He reached into the hot pan and pulled out one of the omelets with
his bare hands, placing it in his mouth and swallowing it after meager chews.

He walked to the boy's table and placed the pan down in the middle, sitting down in his own
chair as the boy continued, "You shall not escape, fools. FOR I AM THE DARK DIGIMON TAMER!"
He slammed his fists into the table. His head was directed elsewhere besides Devimon,
glaring at the air.

Still, he noticed Devimon slyly reaching for his omelet. "Don't even think about it," he
said without looking. Devimon looked away innocently.

***

It was at that time that the crew stepped into a rather strange town. Everywhere they
looked, there was a bright luster that almost blinded them. They heard clangs of metal
everywhere, and from that figured they had entered a town made completely of metal.

'DIDN'T THOSE MORONS THINK OF THIS?!' SSJ thought as he shielded his eyes. He then looked
up at the scene written before the current one. He sighed in a monotone voice, "I HOPE WE
DO NOT MEET A NEW CHARACTER."

Amiko was covering her eyes and walking ahead when she heard SSJ yell that. She turned back
and asked him, "Why do you say that?"

SSJ shrugged. "I don't know. I just have a feeling that SOMEONE MAY JOIN AT ANY MOMENT."
Yes, he yelled those words for emphasis. Amiko just sighed.

Something then caught TM's eye. "Look," he said as he pointed at a short building full of
noise and violence. "There's a bar."

"No shit," SSJ harshly commented. "It's not like I'm blind..."

"But I am!" yelled a random passerby. The four paused and looked at the man as he
continued, "Damn kids don't appreciate sight!" And he was gone before the four could even
ask him why the Hell he bothered stopping.

Indeed, they were silent for a bit before Cindy finally muttered, "Okay, that was
completely random."

"Anyway, let's wait for a side quest to appear or something," TM advised. Such was the
right thing to do in such a situation. With no direction or aim in the town, they waited
for anyone to offer them a job.

Indeed, their expectations were true, for a random lady wearing a long cloak came in the
foreground. Her face was covered with a veil, leaving the Outlaws to wonder who she was.
She just said, "Hey, would you kids like to participate in my random uninteresting side
quest that'd feature you in a nuclear reactor? It's guaranteed to be wacky and hijinx WILL
ensue." They were silent. Not ANOTHER one of these quests... But she added, "I'll pay you
all-"

"We'll take it," TM interrupted without any other thought.

***

"Here's the place," said the random lady as she and the Outlaws stood before a gigantic
nuclear base.

The scene was a giant nuclear base a little ways from the city of iron. The air had a
noisome odor of sewage; maybe because a river of green muck flowed past. Green steam blew
from giant pipes in the roof of the large complex. They all stood at the beginning of a
long hallway leading into the base, several corridors branching from the sides of the
hallway and twisting into a circle.

"So, this is where we put our lives (among other things) on the line," SSJ commented as he
peered through the halls of the base. He then turned to TM, "...For what again, TM?"

"The lady dropped her purse near the reactor," TM answered as he checked through his
notepad.

SSJ sighed, "How did she get there in the first place?"

"Apparently, the reactor wasn't on when she did so. It just started up for some reason."

SSJ looked about the area, and to his left was a giant box marked "POWER". He pointed to it
and asked the group, "Will that work?"

Amiko grew annoyed at the two antics, so she just said, "Just shut up." She walked over to
the box, violently ripped the cover off, and looked inside expecting a random array of
wires and levers. Inside, however, there were several small switches that controlled the
different generators...and a giant one conveniently marked "THIS ONE SWITCH WILL TURN ALL
THE OTHERS OFF."

SSJ commented to Amiko, "Don't you think this is a little TOO convenient?"

Amiko nodded and replied, "I think it's a trap."

TM looked up at the ceiling with the hints. He then saw something. "Uh... Does it have
something to do with that?" TM pointed to the ceiling. Everyone looked up and saw a giant
spiked mace ready to drop and kill anyone stupid enough to push the button.

Cindy sarcastically added, "My gosh, I think it does."

"We need to have someone no one cares about open the switch and test," SSJ said,
thoughtfully rubbing his chin. When everyone answered "Relena," SSJ just said, "Okay
then... Relena!"

Relena appeared, then, in a flash of red light. She replied calmly, "Yes?" She knew not of
their plan.

"Turn that switch off over there," SSJ told her.

"Huh?" Relena turned to see the switch. She then began to ask, "Why not you, SSJ-san?" Only
she stopped mid-sentence when she saw that everyone already stepped back several hundred
feet, hiding away from her.

SSJ yelled from afar, "I'm sure we can count on you, Relena!"

Relena sighed, "Okay..."

Relena stepped up to the box, nervous about her fate. (Un)Luckily, she slipped on a banana
peel and flipped into the air. She yelped and by complete accident kicked the box as she
flipped. She then fell flat on her back just BARELY before the mace hit the wall and
certainly activated the switch. Relena felt a slight pain as she got to her feet, unaware
of the giant mace now embedded into the wall. "Whew..." She then yelled back to SSJ and
waved, "I'm okay!"

Every one of the four had their mouths on the ground as Relena waved. They could hardly
speak. Finally, Amiko screamed, "DAMN IT!" They stepped up to the nuclear base, though
Amiko did so while grudgingly yelling, "WHY CAN'T I FOR ONCE SEE MY ENEMIES BE BEATEN INTO
A BLOODY PULP?!"

SSJ just sarcastically said, "Relena was virtually a pulp, or even lower, when I first
caught her, remember?"

Amiko clapped in glee as she recalled it. "Oh yeah!" she said with enthusiasm.

It was at that point that TM reached the first door. "Hey guys!" he yelled back. "It's
open!" With that, he shoved apart the door, expecting to see another hallway. No, instead,
he saw inside the mouth of a gigantic demon dog. The blood flushed from his skin. He
recognized the red tint of the thing's skin. It was Kerberos from just last chapter.
"Hehehe..." He apparently was nervous. "Hi... Ker...ber...os..."

And Kerberos gave a rather menacing howl as TM quickly pulled the door shut. He did so not
a second too late, for just after it slammed shut, two large, sharp dents rushed past both
sides of TM's head. He panted with relief and sighed, "Oh jeez, not it again..."

Still, everyone silently approached the door. They exchanged glances, needing a sacrifice
in order to get past Kerberos. They chose SSJ, the only one of them who didn't face
Kerberos yet. He just glared at them and stepped up to the door. He took a breath and
shoved it open.

Kerberos instantly let out a bellow, and as quick as possible, it dashed at SSJ. SSJ
countered with the best technique he knew; he stuck out his foot, causing Kerberos to trip
straight over it, rolling, tumbling, crashing out towards the exit, hitting the spiked mace
on its way out and overall not having much fun. With that done, Kerberos never bothered the
party again.

They all looked back at the bloody Kerberos, mace sticking in its side. "Okay," SSJ began,
"We got past that first door without a hitch, let's see what's behind the second." They
stepped further into the hallway, making it to another set of doors. SSJ pulled the doors
apart to see a large room. There was nothing in the room except for a door on the other
side, making it somewhat suspicious. The entire group entered the room, and suddenly the
doors slammed shut behind them.

"Okay, now this is definitely a trap," Cindy pointed as Mokona rested on her shoulder. She
looked about the room, searching for any obvious clues. None. They all turned to SSJ.

"Relena again, right?" When everyone nodded, SSJ commanded, "Relena!" As Relena appeared,
SSJ was already saying, "Walk through the room."

Relena was confused with SSJ's rather strange commands. Still, she did as told. She stepped
around the room. She walked around, waiting for something- anything -to happen that made
SSJ and company so fearful. Yet, absolutely NOTHING happened as she reached SSJ after
making a trip around the room. Everyone blinked. "I guess it isn't a trap," Amiko muttered
as Relena returned.

TM just walked to the other side of the room and turned to begin, "There's no t-" And
suddenly, there was a giant explosion at the door; TM was thrown at the others by the
immense force.

Everyone dodged the flying body and TM crashed into the door, denting it with pain. His
body fell to the floor in a crumpled heap, but he finally managed to shove off to his feet.
Everyone looked at where the explosion was and saw a large silhouette standing before the
brightly glowing reactor. "You have finally come," it said.

Amiko glanced at TM, then turned to the large silhouette. "Who are you?" she demanded.

"I... am... Jallopsimon."

Everyone sweatdropped at the peculiar name. "EH?!"

At that point, the random lady suddenly appeared just beside Jallopsimon. She announced, "I
am... A RANDOM LADY!"

Everyone suddenly was silent at that, not quite sure what to say. All TM said was, "We
figured that..."

"You need not insult me, for you shall pay the piper. I am Jallopsimon's only follower."

"Shut up, you damn annoying piece of Shatner!" SSJ swore at the random lady.

Amiko added, "I'm tired of this damn small talk. Let's show them who's boss!" Cindy looked
at Amiko and company, then at the newly arrived enemies, not quite sure of the events.

"Oh my!" the lady spoke as she gave a laugh. "You seem to think you can defeat us-"

"Lady, just shut the Hell up," Jallopsimon coldly interrupted, eye twitching in annoyance.

The random lady's eyes suddenly filled with tears. She stammered, "W-WHAT?!
J-JALLOPSIMON-SAN?!"

"You've been annoying the crap out of my since you started following me, you damn stalker."

"BUT-" And she was suddenly cut off. No, really, Jallopsimon just cut her to pieces with
her own bare hands. Needless to say, it was pretty gory and not a pretty site for the four
who stood there in utter awe.

"Okay, now I can finally kill you all," Jallopsimon said as he turned to the Outlaws.
"Rantmon won't be disappointed."

SSJ suddenly felt an immense wave of surprise. "RANTMON?! HIM?!"

As SSJ stood there in surprise, Amiko just smirked, however. "You can't possibly be that
hard," she deduced. After all, he was a boss in an RPG, and hence, he was supposed to be
easily beaten.

Jallopsimon just calmly took out a piece of paper, "Look." The four stopped, looking at the
blank paper. He wrote "Plot Holes" and "Humor" upon the paper before saying, "Look again."
With that, he completely obliterated the paper into little tiny shreds so tiny not even an
electron microscope could have analyzed the pieces. Everyone paused, trying to figure out
the meaning.

"Oh damn," SSJ suddenly swore. "It seems my ability to use plot holes have been blocked."
Everyone swore.

Jallopsimon smirked. "This won't be hard, eh?"

Super Dragon Ball Z fight scene now: Jallopsimon instantly moved behind SSJ and gave him a
hard chop to the back. SSJ yelled in pain from the blow and roundhouse kicked Jallopsimon
in the face. Jallopsimon reeled back slightly from the kick as SSJ just laughed, "HAH..."

But when Jallopsimon rolled his eyes and grinned at SSJ. SSJ swore, "Shit." Jallopsimon
then gave SSJ a hard punch to the gut, sending him flying into the opposite wall. With much
pain, he felt strength draining from him. "Itai... Oro..." And he was down for the count.

"OH CRAP!" Amiko said with surprise. The AUTHOR HIMSELF was knocked out. That couldn't have
just happened!

Jallopsimon was suddenly behind Amiko. He spun about and roundhouse kicked her, kicking her
with his heel. Amiko bounced and skidded off the ground as she was thrown by the kick.
Jallopsimon then noticed TM, who was running around the room to try and avoid him.

Unfortunately, Jallopsimon moved faster than TM could see. He was suddenly in front of TM
and kneed him in the gut. TM nearly coughed blood, but before he could, Jallopsimon quickly
backhanded TM with his right hand. He then grabbed TM's head and ran it into a wall. TM was
out like a ton of bricks.

Cindy froze. All her worst nightmares were coming true. She looked around at the
unconscious bodies of SSJ, Amiko, and TM. Jallopimon quickly was in front of Cindy. Cindy's
pupils shrank and she breathed fearfully.

***

The next day was much more pleasant, indeed. SSJ awoke with his shoulders and legs sore.
They were REALLY sore, and he wondered what happened. He looked around and saw his hands
and legs shackled tightly to the steel wall. He looked around and realized he was standing
on a small ledge really high above the ground.

The room had a circular shape. He was still in the nuclear base. He knew its true face; a
missile silo. To his right and left and ahead of him, SSJ saw Amiko, TM, and Cindy. Above,
there was a large domed window, with bars protecting it. Below, there was a single catwalk
suspended over a really tall and shaft. On each side of the catwalk lay doors, one of them
opening as SSJ groaned, "Where are we...?"

On the catwalk under SSJ, he saw the door across from him reveal to his unpleasant surprise
Rantmon. Man, how he hated that guy already. "So, you've awakened," Rantmon commented while
smiling evilly.

SSJ just yelled in reply, "Where are we?!"

Amiko was stirred awake from that yell. She just mumbled sleepily, "Eh...? Huh?" And then
she tried to rub her eyes. When she failed to move them, she opened them to see the
surroundings, especially her shackles. "Oh, damn." She then saw Rantmon. "Oh. It's you
again..."

"Correct."

Now, Cindy awoke as well, muttering, "Huh...? Wha-?" as she tried to pull herself from
slumber.

"Nice to meet you, Cindy," said Rantmon with a bow.

Cindy blinked, suddenly awake. "Eh? Do I know you?"

"Of course not. I am Rantmon."

"Such a nice guy, aren't you?"

Rantmon laughed and said, "Of course."

SSJ would have none of this. "If you are..." He then began to violently rattle his shackles
in a much feeble attempt to escape. He just screamed, "THEN GET US OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE!"

And TM finally awoke and muttered with closed yes, "You shouldn't yell when people..." He
gave a large yawn and continued, "...try to sleep..." He opened his eyes. He saw he was
shackled. He saw Rantmon. He was suddenly awake as well as he swore, "Ah, shit. It's you."

"Precisely. I hope you all had a wonderful night."

Everyone was silent. They exchanged glances before complaining about their situation and
how bad their sleep was. It made Rantmon wish he never said that. Everyone slowly grew
silent. Then, everyone looked at Rantmon while thinking the same thing.

"In case you're wondering," he said as if he seemed to read their minds. "I let you live
because I'm such a nice guy. I'd NEVER allow Jallopsimon to kill you." The four were still
silent as he continued, "Now, if you excuse me, I shall go attend to my tasks." As he
stepped towards the door, he said, "Don't even try to escape. I have ordered Jallopsimon to
actually kill you this time if he sees you..." He turned and bowed. "Have a nice day." And
he was gone.

SSJ spat down into the depths of the cylindrical room. "I hate that guy," he muttered with
anger.

A voice came from below, "Ack! What was that?! Spit?!" Everyone sweatdropped.

"Anyway, we need to escape," TM muttered.

"Duh," Cindy said with sarcasm. "But we're shackled. Apparently, SSJ can't use plot holes,
or we'd have already escaped." ("Thank you for saying that for the stupid people," SSJ
whispered. Cindy smiled.)

"I think some NEW CHARACTER comes to save us," Amiko said with monotone, expecting a plot
twist sooner or later.

***

Little did she know how close she had hit the mark. The Dark Digimon Tamer was behind the
door, about to open it an reveal himself, but then he froze. She knew. He swore, "Damn it!
They've already found out!" He cursed his luck and his poorly planned introduction. He
finally sighed, knowing he needed to do something.

***

SSJ just stood there in the painful, tiring position as he muttered, "Damn it, we can't do
anything."

"Are you just giving up?!" a small voice suddenly called behind him. Needless to say, he
was a bit surprised.

"Huh?" SSJ turned his head this way and that, searching for the source.

"Are you just going to sit here and let Rantmon defeat you?!"

"Of course not. But I can't do anything for now."

"Well, apparently you haven't been trying enough! Break free from those shackles!"

"What the Hell do you think I've been trying to do?!" He was growing angry at the voice in
his head. At least he thought it was the voice in his head. He couldn't be sure, seeing as
he never heard the voice in his head before.

It was silent for a bit, as if assessing his previous line. "...Try harder."

"Shut up." Indeed, SSJ was growing quite annoyed.

"Go ahead! You know you are powerful enough to break from the shackles."

"No, I'm not. My bishoujo were taken and I have no one to draw strength from."

The voice paused again; SSJ was sure that the voice didn't comprehend the relationship
between bishoujo and strength. He just added, "If it's too complicated for you, LET US OUT!"

During this, SSJ forgot the other three were there. They looked at him yelling out of
nowhere. "Uh... Don't you think it's weird SSJ's just talking to himself?" TM whispered to
Amiko and Cindy. Amiko and Cindy nodded. They were still in the same room, and seeing SSJ
suddenly talking and yelling to no one in particular scared them.

Suddenly, there was an echoing clang. SSJ's shackles unlocked and opened up with a clack.
SSJ dropped onto the catwalk, getting up to look at the door behind him. TM also fell to
the catwalk as Amiko and Cindy's shackles opened. They jumped onto the catwalk from the
sides, following SSJ's gaze. SSJ explained, "This is the control room, I guess."

The door slid open at that, revealing the Dark Digimon Tamer for the first time to the
Outlaws. They saw his tan cloak and messy hair but really cool shades. "That is correct,"
he said. "I am the one who has saved your hides." Everyone sighed. "For it is I who am
superior to you, SSJ! I am..." He paused.

And damn, did he pause. He kept the team waiting a whole half a minute before finally
finishing, "THE DARK DIGIMON TAMER!"

Everyone sighed. "Great, a NEW character," TM sighed, never expecting SSJ to follow through.

Cindy quite meanly said, "And I thought he was actually someone important..."

"What do you want?" Amiko demanded the shorter kid about her age.

"The question is, what do YOU want?!", said the tamer, hereby known as the DDT.

"To escape," SSJ answered.

"Exactly. I can help you!" The four exchanged glances. They had nothing to lose, they
guessed.

***

There suddenly was alarm. Calls of help rang through the lines. Occasional bodies fell to
the bottom of the silo. Rantmon and Jallopsimon, stood at the bottom of the silo in a large
room full of computer screens, surprised at the sudden activity. "Rantmon!" yelled
Jallopsimon as he leaned over a computer screen. As Rantmon turned to him, Jallopsimon
looked up to the top and said, "The shackles on our prisoners were released! They're
escaping!"

"WHAT?!" Rantmon yelled in surprise. "That's impossible! Everyone with knowledge of this
place have been completely brainwashed..." He suddenly paused. He remembered one
alternative. He sighed, "It's him."

"Who?!" Jallopsimon asked in surprise.

"The... DARK DIGIMON TAMER! THE TRAITOR! Has he broken into our storage for the prisoners?!"

Jallopsimon tapped on the keyboard. The screen changed. "Damn!" he swore. "Yes, he did.
Their items are gone, along with those useless pokeballs."

Rantmon suddenly felt a wave of discomfort. "Crap! Send out every guard! Find them and kill
them!"

***

Bullets flew everywhere, none hitting the escaping five, however. It was by the Law of
Practical Invincibility established by James Bond that guaranteed none of them being hurt
by simple bullets. Dents appeared in the maze of catwalks down the missile silo, none of
them hitting the gigantic missile which the catwalks surrounded, luckily enough.

So the five dashed down, slicing whatever was in their path. "So, as you said, you once
worked for Rantmon?" asked SSJ as he hacked his way through a guard, sending some tomato
juice-like substance to flow all over the place.

The DDT took his time punching his way through another crowd of villains with poor
eyesight. What made it worse was that he wore metallic gloves stolen from the previous
storeroom, and pain filled every guard it hit. He answered SSJ's inquiry, "Not for, but
with."

"And why are you doing this?" asked TM as he impaled a series of guards through the heart.
He suddenly realized how desensitized he got after a couple of months. Still, he pulled his
bloody katana out and continued wreaking havoc upon the enemy forces.

DDT laughed at TM's line. "Well, it'd be more fun against Rantmon," he replied, kicking
another one off the very high catwalk.

Amiko then yelled, "Trowa!" With that, Trowa suddenly appeared inside the Heavyarms,
landing in the middle of the catwalk (and consequently on top of some poor, unlucky
soldiers). "Fire all your missiles at our enemies!" she commanded.

"Yes, Amiko-sama," was all Trowa said before the weapons appeared from all over the
Heavyarms. Missiles flew everywhere, destroying other catwalks and sending a great many
enemies to Kingdom Come. Parts of the catwalk they were on, itself, was destroyed, and the
walls damaged to an extreme degree.

SSJ said so, "That's a little extreme, ain't it?!"

Amiko sarcastically replied, "I can't help it if Trowa uses explosives." SSJ was silent
then.

It was then Cindy's turn to add to the mayhem. She yelled, "Mokona! Do that thing of yours!"

"Puu!" Mokona replied as he flew off Cindy's shoulder and landed upon the partially
destroyed catwalk. With that, he suddenly grew to a great height, a giant among the
Outlaws. Screams were heard as the gigantic white mascot of doom came tumbling after their
enemies. The five followed after Mokona, heading down towards the bottom.

Eventually, the exit came near. They were nearing the floor of the silo. They were only a
few stories away from the bottom. Little matter. Mokona leapt off the catwalk, and everyone
followed. They bounced off Mokona and landed safely upon the concrete floor. "Okay! Let's
go!"

They all rushed forward, towards the doors leading out. They weren't swinging doors; SSJ
and DDT grabbed both doors and pulled them apart with a gigantic screech. Indeed, it led
out side. A long street lay ahead, inclining up to the surface. Convenient cars lay around
for them to steal.

"Going somewhere?" they heard with surprise. The Outlaws leapt away from the door.
Jallopsimon was there, in the middle of the parking lot. He pulled out a remote. "You won't
be heading anywhere." He pressed a button on the remote, and immediately the area was
bathed in red light.

A voice came from loudspeakers in the silo, "Warning. Self-Destruct system activated."

The five froze. "Shit," they all said in unison. Still, SSJ and TM got into their battle
stances. Amiko and Cindy stepped back, nervous as Jallopsimon stood there.

Jallopsimon then turned to the new one. "DDT!" he yelled. "How dare you betray Rantmon?! I
have no choice but to exterminate you!" And then he noticed the other four for the first
time. "And you too!" They facefaulted.

SSJ immediately got to his feet and yelled, "Are you saying I'm not important enough to
attack?!"

Jallopsimon shook his head. "No, no... I'm saying you're too WEAK to attack."

SSJ fumed. "THAT'S ALL I'M TAKING FROM YOU!" he screamed, and quite ironically, he got out
of his battle stance.

Jallopsimon smirked. 'Fool, what idea does he have?'

SSJ just put his hands together and muttered quietly, "I summon of all the darkest evils,
beyond Celine Dion and Britney Spears..." Jallopsimon knew not what was happening.
Jallopsimon just looked at him as SSJ thrusted his hand into the air. "Supreme author
powers! Come forth, Ultimate Being! Owner of all!"

The room was suddenly bathed in a white light, as opposed to the red one just a moment
before. A silhouette formed in the light. A human figure, indiscernible and quite
threatening appeared before them. It was big, overshadowing the rest. It floated in the air
with menace, muscles seeming to bulge. Everyone gasped.

A voice came from the figure, "My, my, you must've provoked SSJ if he wants to summon
ME..." Ironically, the voice wasn't booming and powerful; it was high-pitched and
completely weak.

"What the Hell?!" Jallopsimon muttered without fear. The figure landed upon the ground, and
the light faded to reveal a sickly, skinny and bony nerd by the name of Bill Gates. Every
one of the Outlaws, save for SSJ, could not help their mouths dropping to the floor.

"Now," Gates spoke. "I'll commence with my ultimate technique... I'll see you in court."
The Outlaws turned white with that prospect. Jallopsimon, however, was not scared of the
legal process, seeing as he was part of an illegal operation. Without saying anything,
Jallopsimon killed Gates in a very, very, VERY gory way.

"Feh," he muttered as blood sprayed everywhere in a somewhat humorous way. "Now to kill
the... rest..." He trailed off. The lengthy, stupid, lame dialogue allowed the heroes to
escape. They were all long gone... ...along with a guard's BMW.

"SHIT!" the guard screamed. He had bigger problems then, however. The self-destruct
sequence had reached its last few seconds. Jallopsimon and that guard swore.

A gigantic firestorm flew into the air as the missile silo (or nuclear base, whichever)
exploded. Giant shards of shrapnel and dust flew into the air, causing a massive shockwave
to echo through the area.

***

And what do you know, there was a highway near the base, with an off ramp leading to a
metallic set of doors. The doors slowly opened. A car suddenly burst out, barely escaping
damage from the doors. An explosion followed, clawing out from the doors before forcing
them out.

It barely missed the BMW, a nice convertible, no less. The BMW skidded away as Heero barely
regained control of it. Yes, he was driving, considering he was the only one of them who
knew HOW. Skid marks etched onto the highway as Heero steered the car back away from the
city of iron. Amiko fiddled with the radio as she sat in the passenger's seat by Heero.
eventually, she came to a somewhat appropriate song- "Driver's High."

The car sped forward, passing trees and cliffs as they headed onward. The ocean was visible
a long distance away, with a tangle of trees between them and the ocean way off to their
right. They passed trees and entered the shade of the forest, occasionally broken by
sunlight.

"So, where are we going now?" SSJ asked.

"Rantmon controls that town," explained DDT. "We must go elsewhere."

"Which'd that be?" Amiko asked as they continued along the road.

DDT thought for a bit. "I don't want to say it," he began, "But we're actually on a
peninsula and heading for the tip. The way to the main continent was the other way." The
others suddenly had their joy sucked out. They turned to DDT with a look to kill. DDT
sweatdropped and explained, "Don't worry! Right on the tip is the port town called Osseke.
We'll head out from there."

Still, the others glared at him. Finally, TM sighed, "This bodes."

Suddenly, Heero's yell penetrated their conversation, "Shit!" Everyone turned to him as he
explained, "We have company."

The group, except Heero obviously, turned to see what Heero was talking about. Behind them,
there was a car chasing after. Three guys stretched out of the windows with guns aimed at
the group's car. From the sunroof, Rantmon was seen standing there, commanding them. The
five sighed.

Cindy demanded with aggravation, "How can he still be alive after that explosion?!"

Rantmon just turned to the three henchmen hanging from his window, "Fire."

"Okay!" the underlings said at once. Bullets flew everywhere once more. Such was bad when
you were confined to a thin road. Heero quickly used his MADD DRIVING SKILLZ to dodge the
shots, which was all he could do considering the situation.

"Can we fire back?" Cindy asked the others. They shook their heads. A bullet struck the
backlights.

Amiko cursed as they raced forward, struggling to get ahead of Rantmon. Useless. Another
bullet barely grazed DDT and hit the rear-view mirror. Everyone was frozen with fear,
knowing what could have happened if the bullet was off by a couple of centimeters. "Oh,
crap!" DDT muttered. "Heero! Step on it!"

Heero took the hint and slammed on the gas. The amazing car, stolen from James Bond, maybe,
sped about 210 miles per hour. They began to pull away. The group sighed with relief. Well,
until Amiko pointed, "Damn it all! They're still chasing us!"

It was at that point that the car reached a tunnel, where a line of pillars separated the
two opposite lanes. The BMW went the right way; the other car went the wrong (or, ehr,
left) way. Bullets hit the side of the BMW as Rantmon's car rode side-by-side with their
own.

SS swore and muttered, "There's just no end to this."

More bullets hit the car door, and started moving up. Everyone ducked. "Damn it!" Heero
swore as his shoulder was hit. Heero's arms lost grip on the wheel as he grabbed his
shoulder. Amiko screamed as the car lost control. And at 210 miles per hour, that's not a
good thing.

"Crap!" SSJ swore as he leapt forward and caught the wheel. As Amiko called Heero back, SSJ
slipped into the driver's seat with much anxiety. He knew little save for steering and
braking. He didn't know much else except that the harder you pressed on the gas pedal was
proportional to your speed. He slammed the gas.

Cindy leaned over SSJ's shoulder as bullets flew all around. "You CAN drive, can you,
SSJ?!" she asked.

"Not a bit," SSJ just answered.

Everyone was silent. "We're all gonna die," they said in unison. The cars then raced out of
the tunnel into the sun. The group gasped to see how dangerous their position suddenly
became. Their road was suspended high above the forest below. They were on a cliff, a fall
awaited them if they veered to the right and through the guard rails.

SSJ got an idea, thinking as a bullet struck the seat cushion just behind him. He
announced, "It seems we'll have to pull off an insane stunt."

Everyone else was silent, pondering the possibilities. Finally, they said in unison, "You
can't be serious..."

SSJ nodded, however. "Seatbelts, everyone." Everyone obliged. If they were gonna die, at
least they would die while teaching kids a valuable lesson. SSJ continued, "Okay, I've only
attempted this once in Gran Turismo, and I even failed in there. Prepare your last words,
people."

Amiko, not trusting SSJ in the least bit, clasped her hands together and prayed, "Please
God, I have been good to you and your will. Please allow me to enter your eternal
happiness..."

TM sighed, "This is how I die... Crap... I haven't even got to waste my money, yet."

Cindy and DDT just simply yelled at SSJ, "I JUST GOT INTRODUCED!"

SSJ ignored their pleas for reason. He slammed the brakes, and the car started swerving
left and right. Everyone except SSJ ducked their heads down and closed their eyes tight,
awaiting their quick end. Their car was on the left side of the road as it swerved back
towards Rantmon's car. "WHAT THE?!" Rantmon screamed as he ordered his driver to dodge it.

It did so, turning right to pass their car. The radio blared, "Woh! Clash! Into the rolling
morning... Flash! I’m in the coolest driver’s high!" as the tail of the group's car slammed
into the front side of the other, knocking it to the right. Rantmon screamed as his car
slammed through the guard rails and off the cliff, straight down into the forest below.

SSJ was surprised to see that he regained control of the car then. He couldn't believe it.
He was stunned. He slowed down the car to an actually reasonable speed and laughed with
relief, "Hehehe... WE'RE ALIVE!"

Everyone noted it. They got up from their ducks and looked around. They laughed as well,
surprised that SSJ pulled off the maneuver. They cheered with delight. They were home free!
They were filled with joy as "Driver's High" came to a close on the radio.

Everyone then looked ahead and suddenly stopped cheering. Up ahead, Jallopsimon waited in
the middle of another tunnel opening. Everyone swore.

SSJ looked for another path. None. Trees blocked the left, a cliff was still at the right.
Cindy grabbed her hair, "HOW THE HELL CAN HE STILL BE ALIVE?!"

TM just thoughtfully rubbed his chin, "Maybe if we run him over..."

He trailed off. Everyone was silent. SSJ then grinned. "You're a freaking genius, TM," he
muttered. TM looked at SSJ. SSJ then slammed the gas again and aimed the car right at
Jallopsimon. Everyone was thrown back at the sudden change in momentum, and when they
regained their positions, they saw Jallopsimon smiling.

DDT said, "He seems a little... confident for a guy about to be run over..." He figured
something bad would happen. And something did.

As the car struck Jallopsimon, he quickly used both his arms to catch the car. He was
shoved on his feet for several hundred feet, skidding and screeching as he shoved back on
the car. And then, they stopped. SSJ slammed on the gas. No effect.

TM just swore, "Crap, this guy is insane!"

"Impossible," Amiko muttered.

And Cindy added optimistically, "WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

Then, in a completely unbelievable move, Jallopsimon proceeded to lift the front of the
car. Everyone took the hint to leap out before Jallopsimon tossed the car a great distance
away, out of the tunnel exit ahead. The car burst into flames, making SSJ and Amiko weep
for the car.

Everyone else, though, just stared wide eyed at Jallopsimon's strength. Jallopsimon grinned
and got into his battle stance, raising his fists threateningly. He just said, "You think
you can defeat Rantmon?! Come!"

SSJ drew his sword and replied, "If you say so..." TM drew his sword as well with a look
from SSJ. They then dashed at Jallopsimon, swords scraping on the ground. SSJ performed
Squall's Rough Divide. TM helped and did his Crimson Blade technique. They both appeared
back in their old spots as the usual red X's appeared all over Jallopsimon.

Jallopsimon looked all over himself. He then muttered, "Was that it?" SSJ and TM just
sighed. Jallopsimon was quick in sending the two straight into the walls with two punches.
The others were filled with fear.

Amiko groaned, "Not again... Cloud!" As cloud appeared, Amiko commanded, "Use Omnislash!"
Cloud nodded. Cloud ran up to Jallopsimon. But before he could attack, Jallopsimon punched
him in the gut, knocking him out and sending him crashing into Amiko. They were knocked out
as well.

Cindy grabbed her hair and yelled, "NOT AGAIN! ...Uh... Mokona?"

Mokona nodded, "Puu!" With that, Mokona grew to the ceiling of the tunnel and tried to step
down upon Jallopsimon. Jallopsimon just sighed and caught the leg.

Cindy swore, "Shit."

Mokona did so as well, "Puu." ("Shit.") And Jallopsimon just tossed Mokona into the wall
next to TM.

"Damn it," Cindy swore as she faced Jallopsimon. Not twice in one chapter! Jallopsimon
suddenly was in front of Cindy. She gave up. It was over. She closed her eyes and awaited
the punishment as Jallopsimon pulled back his hand.

Suddenly, DDT's yells filled the tunnel, "FIREBALL!"

Jallopsimon froze. 'No way,' he thought as he turned to the source. Cindy took the lapse to
escape from Jallopsimon's reach. Before the boy could react, balls of flame raced at him
and sped around him quickly, almost forming rings of flame. The ring closed in on
Jallopsimon as he was filled with fear.

Finally, he burst into flames as the balls bursted, letting out the white hot energy.
Jallopsimon yelled in pain, but managed to break free from the flames. "Damn it, DDT," he
swore as his pained arms blocked his face. "You even stole the IFRIT GLOVES?!"

Jallopsimon looked forward and saw DDT. DDT raised his palms at Jallopsimon and said with a
smile, "Of course." Jallopsimon then saw the stance and knew he couldn't win. Not after DDT
screamed, "IFRIT!"

Suddenly, the ground began to rumble. It tore apart, revealing flames that rushed up
through the cracks like blood flowing from a wound. The flames died down to show Ifrit,
hovering over the ground around a ring of cracks and flames. Jallopsimon swore. His victory
passed.

Ifrit bellowed a mighty roar as he made a giant sphere of fire in his hand. Jallopsimon
tried to block as the sphere was hurled at him. The sphere exploded, engulfing Jallopsimon
in flames and throwing him our of the tunnel. Ifrit chased after Jallopsimon, almost ready
to tear him to pieces. It came to Jallopsimon, seeing the guy burnt and in tremendous pain.
It stopped there, disappearing back into the flames of the earth.

DDT saw the onslaught. He said with pride, "OH, YEAH! I KICK ASS!"

Cindy then screamed at the DDT as she pointed to the others, "YOU COULD'VE DONE THAT ALL
THIS TIME?!"

"I needed to induce 'drama'."

The two then looked at the bodies. They sighed, knowing they would have to drag them a long
way. Thankfully, DDT pointed, "Well, there's a small town nearby. I doubt Rantmon noticed
it." So they went away, leaving the unconscious Jallopsimon laying there at the edge of the
tunnel by the wreckage of the BMW.

Jallopsimon lay there. Time passed until he finally regained consciousness. He didn't
regain strength, though. He was too exhausted to move. The pain was too great.

He then heard footsteps. He heard footsteps coming from the tunnel. He did all he could to
turn his head. There was Rantmon, unharmed despite falling off a cliff in his car. Rantmon
sneered at Jallopsimon, "That's all you had? You outclassed every one of them, and that's
all you could do?"

Jallopsimon lay there, looking up at Rantmon yelling at him. "My apologies," he managed to
say. He coughed, hacking out dirt and ash. He then continued, "He had the Ifrit Gloves."

Rantmon's eyes widened. "Impossible," Rantmon muttered. They said nothing more. Rantmon
just looked up. He saw it.

In the sky, there was a floating pile of rocks. Sand rained from it onto the road. It came
to a stop just over the two as the sun disappeared over the horizon. It was silhouetted in
the blue sky, but something was clearly on the floating rock. A castle. Rantmon's castle.

The story was following typical anime cliché: the evil castle in the sky. Rantmon just
grabbed Jallopsimon by the shirt. Then the two were gone.

***

The next day, after a full meal and night at the town previously mentioned, with the author
getting tired of writing, the group stood outside with a path awaiting them. They walked
away from the town, DDT still following. SSJ just asked, "So explain to me again, WHY are
you following us?"

DDT answered, "You need to pay for my services! I saved you!"

Amiko sighed, "Yes, we know that, but how much?"

DDT rubbed his chin in thought. 'I'll make up an insane price so I can stick around!' he
thought to himself. It was an ingenious plan! He then answered, "The low price of twenty
trillion."

Indeed, it was low. It was low to the four, at least, as TM sifted through his pockets and
handed DDT several trillion dollar bills. "There it is," he said.

DDT was taken aback. "Huh?!"

TM pointed to the bills. "There it all is. Twenty tril. Good bye."

And they stepped away, leaving the surprised DDT there. They sighed, for they didn't need a
knew character. The DDT then pocketed the bills and chased after them. "HEY WAIT!" he
yelled.

Cindy looked back at the poor guy. "He's following us..."

SSJ sighed, "Damn it."

And DDT's yells pierced the morning, "JUST BECAUSE YOU PAY ME DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GETTING
RID OF ME!"

---- To Be Continued ----

DDT: YES! THIS PREVIEW IS MINE!

(Silence.)

DDT: (clears throat) Anyway, next time, a secret force is after us. Out to kills us and
take the fame and glory from our bounty. So, I take care of the Space Pirates headed by
Mother Brain and we all live happily ever after-

SSJ: HEY! GET OUT OF MY PREVIEW! THAT ISN'T WHAT'll HAPPEN! You got it all wrong except
for the "secret force" part.

DDT: Then what does happen?!

SSJ: Next episode: "Darkness Rising"

DDT: Another episode of me?! How kind of you!

SSJ: (punches DDT in the jaw) It has nothing to do with you! Get out of my fic!