Dark storm clouds filled the skies above while rivers of magma rushed around in the chasm below. In between them both, was an obsidian disk that spanned miles, and on top which was Marimba, who had been sitting there meditating for nearly an hour.
The death of his king so soon after his rise was still disturbing the mutant. But there was a time to grieve, a time to think, a time to fight, and a time to prepare. This was the latter of those times. As the standing regent of the Mazoku clan, he needed to prepare not only himself, but the entire clan for the coming invasion of the Super Saiyan.
Reaching out with his mind, Marimba soon found the recipient he was looking for and began to speak to them telepathically.
"CABASSA. THIS IS MARIMBA."
"LORD GANDIGAN HAS FALLEN. WE ARE THE LAST TWO WHO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO OBTAIN A POWER WORTHY TO RULE THE LAND BEFORE THE COMING THREAT ARRIVES. WE MUST SHATTER OUR LIMITS, AWAKEN AND TRANSCEND THAT POWER, OR ELSE PERISH AT THE HANDS OF LOTTUS!"
"COME TO THE NORTHERN SCAR. IT IS THERE THAT WE WILL STRIVE TO ACCOMPLISH JUST THAT!
Cabasa was wistfully taking in the vista of the Outer Plaint provided by the towering mesas where she stood while mulling over her thoughts. Gandigan was now dead, slain by the very Super Saiyans who he warned her about. Despite how much the Teal Mazoku wanted to see her detested king bleed, this didn't feel like a suitable end for the newly crowned Daimyo of the Mazokus. Indeed, it should have been her to bring an end to his reign or die trying, not some unrelated simian alien.
"These dirty apes..." She growled to herself, her fists balling up into quivering orbs bleeding her emotions. Before the winged huntress had the time to subjugate the vicinity to her cataclysmic tamper tantrum, she received a telepathic utterance from Marimba.
"..." The network of crimson blood vessels lancing across the void of Cabasa's sclera receded to her pupils; her brethren's words galvanized her with a newfound sense of purpose. Focus came back to Cabasa. With a grin followed by a low squat, she took to the air with an explosive jump creating a small crater atop the mesas before flying toward the seneschal of the Mazoku kingdom with an explosive sonic boom.
In a matter of seconds, Cabasa reached the First Scar, following Marimba's energy signature like a shark would with the scent of blood. She plummeted down to the green mutant, her figure wreathed by a trail of purple ki oozing from her distended muscles. With a knee brought forward, she aimed to welcome her battle brother by crashing it against one of his shoulders.
"MARIMBAAAAAAAAA! MAKE ME BLEEEEED!" Her war cry was a fine one, bordering on the verge of a blood-curdling shriek. Now was not the moment to waste precious, finite time on the like of formalities; with her wings unfurled and hissing fangs, Cabasa made sure that her intentions were clear through tangible acts of aggression.
PL: 51,000 (Cabasa is in her Base form.)
Cabasa aims a non-kp attack at Marimba! UT used: Hikou (Ki Flight)KP: 6/6 - MP: 1/6 (+1) - HP: 000/250 Resources: Battle Wisdom, Regeneration, Trump Card, Vampiric
WC: 317 TWC: 317
Last Edit: Oct 25, 2023 15:15:38 GMT -5 by Deleted
Marimba's grim scowl of anger curls into a wicked smile upon witnessing Cabassa's spirited approach. Seeing her like this reminded him of when he had first hatched, brimming with untamed passion, pride, and potential, fully convinced of their ability to overcome all odds and strike down any foe! The mutant unleashes a deafening battle cry of his own. His crimson aura flares violently outward, and his body grows instantly to a massive 40 feet in height. Then, dashing forward at top speed, the giant cries out with his retort.
"I'LL BLEED YOU OF EVERY DROP!"
"RAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!"
The two Mazoku charge one another, with Marimba swinging a vicious right hook to the vampire's face upon entering striking distance. The hook is immediately followed through with a left straight piercing claw jab aimed at gouging Cabassa's left eye; proceeded by raising his elevation slightly before delivering a falling right elbow to her back, driving her down and slamming her against the obsidian plate. The sheer brutality of his assault gave every indication that he was willing to kill the blue Mazoku if she failed to fight back.
Upon delivering the impact, Marimba rebounds into the air and begins hailing down a barrage of ki blasts at the grounded Cabassa one after another. The bombardment is so immense that it begins to scorch and erode the obsidian plating, which had been magically reinforced since ancient times to endure such attacks. At the end of the barrage, Marimba flexes his arms and spreads his wings to their fullest span as he screams down at the smokey aftermath below.
Contrarily to Gandigan who showed restraint and scowled her when she displayed her savage nature, Marimba welcomed his brethren's bloodlust in earnest. Much like he did when facing the insolent Treses at the coronation, the green mutant grew to titanic size, a feat of Namekian physiology that still eluded Cabasa. Instead, an aura of purple flared around the Teal Mazoku's figure, the red of her pupils lancing across the inky void of her sclera in the form of a crimson spiderweb of blood vessels.
"GRAAAAAAAAAGH!" Despite his portly build, Marimba's speed and ferocity were truly a thing of beauty; it is with baffling ease that he was able to gouge Cabasa's eye before spiking her on the obsidian plate, or perhaps it is willingly that Cabasa endured these blows as a figurative baptism by fire.
A resounding thud accompanied by the satisfying crack of broken bones made itself heard throughout The First Scar. In her torpor, the winged demoness spat out copious amounts of blood, but her adrenaline-induced frenzy made her able to recover fast; it is with a kip-up that her body returned to straightness.
"THAT'S IT, RAIN HELL DOWN UPON ME!" The Teal Mazoku spread her arms wide, seemingly welcoming the vicious barrage of ki blasts aimed her way. With her mouth slightly ajar, a spore-like substance of inky black fell from Cabasa's lips. This dark miasma began to swirl around her figure, enveloping her in a shadow chrysalis that hardened as the bombardment rattled the obsidian disk whose magical wards were struggling to weather Marimba's strength.
Her cocoon of shadow ki turned to dust once the barrage subsided. When the smoke cleared out, Marimba was able to see Cabasa tearing her gouged eye right from its socket, throwing it on the floor to step on it with a soaked squelch. Cabasa bared her fangs and hissed, a pink hue beginning to build up in the hollow hole of her eye socket and across the surface of her remaining eye. Then, she jutted her head forward, a pair of pink eye beams instantly extending out from the pools of radiance to slash Marimba across the stomach with the hopes of leaving a crying gash. Such an attack had little chance to succeed given the gap in power between the two Mazokus, but Cabasa cared little about success; she wanted to indulge her mentor with exactly what he asked for.
"BLOOD FOR BLOOD!"
PL: 51,000 -> 255,000 (Cabasa is in her Bloodlust form and activates her Mazoku Clan free MP Power Boost!)
Cocoon of Darkness = 20% - 2 KP - Shield = 51,000 vs 176,554 = 125,554 - 37,666 (30%) = 87,888 (35%) damage taken by Cabasa!
Though the smoke of the bombardment had obscured all vision, Marimba could sense that the life force of his target held relatively firm. Cabassa had managed to defend herself well, forming a protective cocoon-like barrier around themselves to weather the barrage. Now, it was the master's turn to experience the offense of his apprentice.
"CABASSA! HOLD NOTHING BACK!
"SHOW ME YOUR WRAAAAAATH!!!"
As the smoke started to clear, two pinkish lights began to radiate from below. Then the lights lashed out, beaming into the sky above, and headed directly toward Marimba. Instead of defending against the deadly attack, the giant dropped his guard entirely, allowing the fully powered lasers to slice cleanly through his vital points and painfully open a massive gash that sprayed out his purple plasma like a fountain. The injured Namekian made no effort to clot his wound, allowing his blood to pour out onto the vampire as a reward. "It requires a great deal of Ki mastery to use that attack while missing an eye. It's almost impressive."
"Enjoy this splattering of blood while you can. Use it wisely to prepare yourself!"
The masochistic Mazoku bears a nasty, sharp-toothed smile as his aura flares violently outward, continuing to grow as his fighting spirit is stirred by the searing pain pulsating through his being.
"BECAUSE NOW. I'M COMING TO TAKE ALL OF YOURS!"
"WHAT CAN YOU DO TO STOP ME!?"
WC: 232
You can apply retroactively apply vampiric to your last attack if you wish.
Cabasa's eye beams found their mark, cleaving a gaping wound across Marimba's gut that wept copious amounts of blood. Cabasa eyed the raining gore with hunger, spreading her arms wide and welcoming the sweet ambrosia that her hematophagous self craved above everything else. Drinking from a Namekian was a sin forbidden by Gandigan, so she guzzled as much as she could given the exceptional circumstances, licking her lips and suckling whatever tainted her fingers.
"THANK YOU FOR THE FEAST, BROTHER MARIMBA!" Cabasa chimed with a cackling fit, knowing well that such things wouldn't come for free; Marimba promised to bleed her of everything she had. If he was Mazoku, he'd stay true to his words and shatter her body, casting the agonizing leftovers in a mold of pain and anger to improve his sister.
"WHAT WILL I DO TO STOP YOU?" Words came out from Cabasa's mouth spontaneously, her invigorated self speaking with the fierceness of a warrior ready to die. "I WILL STRUGGLE AND WRITHE UNTIL THE VERY LAST BREATH IS DRAWN. EVEN AGAINST INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, EVERY SECOND MY ADVERSARY WASTES IS A PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR MY ALLIES TO COME AND SLICE THE MEAT OFF THEIR BONES! I WILL DIE AT THE HANDS OF LOTTUS, MY SKULL CRACKED UNDER HIS BOOTS SO THAT UNTOLD THOUSANDS MAY LIVE! RAAAAAAAAARGH!" Cabasa launched herself back into the air with a powerful flap of her wings, reaching an altitude putting her at eye level with her gigantic adversary.
"You took one of my eyes; only a weakling would let such act go unpunished!" Cabasa extended both arms forward, her outstretched claws doing a clenching motion. Sparks of red energy lanced with a black glow began to dance between her curled fingertips, coalescing in her palms as spheres of crackling volatility that unleashed a sustained stream of electricity aimed to dance against one of Marimba's eyes.
PL: 51,000 -> 255,000 (Cabasa is in her Bloodlust form.)
"I WILL STRUGGLE AND WRITHE UNTIL THE VERY LAST BREATH IS DRAWN. EVEN AGAINST INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, EVERY SECOND MY ADVERSARY WASTES IS A PRECIOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR MY ALLIES TO COME AND SLICE THE MEAT OFF THEIR BONES!
I WILL DIE AT THE HANDS OF LOTTUS, MY SKULL CRACKED UNDER HIS BOOTS SO THAT UNTOLD THOUSANDS MAY LIVE!
RAAAAAAAAARGH!"
While Cabassa ascends into the air to face Marimba, the body of the gigantic Mazoku bulks up even further. His aura becomes thicker, more violent, and more focused before every ounce of fat in his body morphs into pure muscle. Crimson lightning dances around colossal, hulking Namekian as a second set of arms emerges underneath the first. Gazing intensely into the remaining eye of his apprentice, he cries out his response.
"WELL SAID, MY SISTER!"
"NOW IT'S TIME YOU DEMONSTRATE WHAT YOU SPOKE!!!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
With exceedingly swift and mighty wingbeats, Marimba rushes at the vampiric Mazoku, who in turn spreads out her arms and conjures a deadly stream of blood-red ki-lightning that arcs between her hands, forming condensed spheres between her claws digits as the potency of the attack gradually increases.
"You took one of my eyes; only a weakling would let such act go unpunished!"
Having quickly run out of time to accumulate more power, Cabassa unleashes her attack, extending forth her arm and launching the entire bolt at the approaching juggernaut's right eye in an attempt to sear it beyond use. But as the attack nears its mark, Marimba's eyes exude a crimson light, forming a ki-barrier in front of him just in time to dissipate the attack before vanishing.
"PATHETIC!"
The next thing Cabassa knows, she is being hammered from every conceivable angle, fists bashing and bloodying her from the front, sides, and even from behind as afterimages of Marimba seem to swirl around her as they strike, not allowing their quarry any room to breath, or be sent flying away.
"DID YOU THINK AN ARC FUELED BY SUCH HALF-HEARTED SPITE COULD MAIM ME!?"
"YOUR ATTACK BEFORE THAT HAD SOME ACTUAL STRENGTH AND SOUL BURNING BEHIND IT! IT WAS SWIFT!, CONCISE!, SHOWING REAL POTENTIAL TO WOUND ME! POTENTIAL I CHOSE TO HONOR AND EXPERIENCE TO IT'S FULLEST!"
Appearing back in front of Cabassa, Marimba fires an uppercut at the blue Mazoku's chin, sending her rocketing into the sky.
"ANYTHING LESS!"
The hulking arms of the green titan elongate and extend upward, grabbing the vampiress by the legs before proceeding to swing downward, dragging Cabassa down from the sky and slamming her face-first against the enchanted obsidian plate. "WILL NOT SEE FRUITION IN THIS BATTLE!!"
The arms release their grip, retracting back to the giant and returning to their original length.
Cabasa was infamous amongst her kind for her intense mutations, but what Marimba exhibited absolutely took her by surprise; the fatness of his figure transformed into muscles and a second pair of clawed appendages sprouted right underneath his arms. Yes, Cabasa felt kinship with this mutant's idiosyncratic appearance, but the aura dancing alongside vermilion lightning around his body did not bode well.
Quickly, right after Marimba sung her praise, Cabasa attempted to gouge out one of his eyes with a paltry lightning discharge. Her efforts were thwarted by something that had the appearance of a pure reflex; without any incantation or telltale motions, Marimba's eye was shielded by a barrier that formed out of thin air. "DAMMIT!" She cursed, crimson pupils widening with apprehension as the Mutant closed the gap between himself and his quarry, initiating a brutal flurry that saw Cabasa's body getting rattled like a vulgar ragdoll.
Knowing that this combination of strikes could very well spell her demise, Cabasa assumed a fetal position, the pink plastrons adorning her limbs swelling and hardening as onyx spore-like particles oozed from her pores to dance around her purple aura. Even with this defense, the satisfying crack of shattered bones made itself heard, mingling with the violent cough of a wounded Mazoku who spat out copious amounts of blood thanks to the trauma inflicted to her form.
The ruthless giant was correct in his scolding; half-assed measures wouldn't bear any fruits when fighting against a foe dwarfing her both in size and strength. The lesson was punctuated by a fierce uppercut sending Cabasa flying. Before she had the time to flap her wings to capitalize on this brief moment of respite, Marimba shot his arms forward, gripping Cabasa by the legs to slam her against the obsidian disk with a thunderous boom. A vast network of newly-created fissures appeared on the disk right under Cabasa's agonizing body.
Slowly with a quivering arm, she braced herself against the enchanted mass of obsidian, flipping herself around with a push before standing up with a clumsy kip-up that almost saw her stumble. "Hehehehe..." Out of the blue, Cabasa crammed a clawed index in her eye socket, giving it a wicked twist that elicited a soaked squelch. "The eye beam actually cauterized it." She pulled her bloodied finger out, bringing it to her lips to give it a greedy suckle. As she feasted on her own purple ambrosia, a bubbling mixture of flesh and blood oozed out from her hollowed eye, stabilizing to give her a newfound vision heralded by the cracks of expedited bone recovery. Cabasa stretched and blinked, testing her regenerated body parts. "Much better~"
With a deep sigh, she glared at the giant. "Marimba..." Her eyes began to shine with that pink hue again. "...do you..." Her hateful leer produced twin eye beams aimed directly at the giant's crotch. "...FEEL MY SPITE?!?!" Cabasa erupted in laughter, the dopamine provided by the pain sprawling across her nerve-endings fueled her sadistic cravings.
PL: 51,000 -> 255,000 (Cabasa is in her Bloodlust form.)
Notes: Cabasa uses the Kageken [Max Power] and her Mazoku Clan free MP Power Boost! She also regenerates.
Expeditious Shelling = 30% - 1 KP - N/A = 76,500 vs 264,831 = 188,331 (74%) damage taken by Cabasa!
Marimba did not stand idly by, watching and listening patiently while Cabasa recovered. Instead, the muscular mutant would make her work for it, sending forth a series of playful yet competent kicks, and forcing her to act on the defensive as she completed her regeneration process. Soon, her eye and vision would return, as well as the integrity of her previously broken bones.
"Much better~"
With a deep sigh, she glared at the giant. "Marimba..." Her eyes began to shine with that pink hue again. "...do you..." Her hateful leer produced twin eye beams aimed directly at the giant's crotch. "...FEEL MY SPITE?!?!" Cabasa erupted in laughter, the dopamine provided by the pain sprawling across her nerve-endings fueled her sadistic cravings.
Unfortunately for the cocky green giant, his decision to stick with kicking attacks left his crotch practically at the front and center of the blue sadist's gaze. She seized on the opportunity, blasting it point-blank with max-power eye beams. The mighty mutant's eyes practically bulged out of its sockets as he let out a guttural shriek, tears pouring from his ducts like a waterfall. Clearly, it was still a vulnerable spot for the monstrous Namekian, even in spite his race's lack of certain anatomy.
"AAAAAAAARGH!"
"YOU ABSOLUTE BITCH!"
Marimba swung another kick, but this time, he put his full speed and force into it, sending Cabasa flying away and putting into perspective just how much he was playing around prior to his injury.
"THATS IT!"
"I'M DROPPING THE CURTAIN ON THIS PLAY SESSION!"
Crossing his upper arms, Marimba formed two pitch-black balls in his claws, his red eyes wide as he condensed within them all the negative energy he could spare, which went bolting around the miniature black holes in the form of onyx lightning.
"OBLIVION ORBS!"
The enraged brute flings his arms wide open, sending both deadly spheres flying toward his apprentice. Instead of striking her directly, the balls gravitated around her, picking up speed as they circled closer and closer until they blurred into a dark ring.
"DIE!!!"
Finally, the two orbs strike her center mass simultaneously, bursting into a massive black dome of an explosion that would wipe out all plant life in the area by proxy, if there was any. In the aftermath of the blast, Cabasa would find herself wracked with agony as the onyx lightning continued to course through her body in waves, working to tear it apart from the inside.
"Tch. It looks like I lost my temper."
The giant Namekian cracked his neck and flexed his muscles. The gaping gash spanning his chest promptly closed while the seared flesh flaked off to reveal fresh skin in an act of regeneration. Marimba then proceeded to tap his groin, channeling materialization magic through his pants to patch the hole and at least somewhat restore his dignity.
The opportunity to regenerate wasn't easily gained - Marimba made sure of it by stomping around, trying to squash Cabasa under his boots. She struggled and rolled around, a few close calls occuring before she was finally able to see properly. Then, she found a very suitable spot to exert her vengeance in his crotch sticking out like a sore thumb thanks to the inconsequential flailing of his legs.
Marimba's howl was one of pure agony, a shrill below that reverberated through the disc like ripples across a body of water. Cabasa found great mirth in her teacher's sufferings, her manic laughter devolving into an all-out cackling. Tears of amusement leaked from the corner of her eyes and she grabbed her sides while wildly thrashing her wings and legs around.
Marimba was furious, a fury that Cabasa felt through this violent kick that punted her in the sky. The sheer force of the blow was enough to fracture her ribcage, but the raging Mazoku was very far from over. Indeed, he conjured two orbs of negative energy, launching them at his mid-air opponent stuck in a painful torpor making it impossible for her to dodge as the two spheres spiraled closer and closer from Cabasa. Once they connected with her body, they engulfed her form in a dome of darkness that reaped the life out of any lesser plant form in the vicinity.
From the roaring blast above, the seneschal of the Mazoku kingdom was able to hear the blood-curdling bellow of pain from his hapless student that plummeted down to the disc with a vicious thud punctuated by the distinctive crack of bones buckling and snapping under the impact. Cabasa's convulsing figure was ravaged by onyx lightning that danced across her figure, tearing away little chunks of her epidermis and opening up weeping gashes.
Marimba truly painted a beautiful canvas with Cabasa, turning her from an insolent brat overstaying her welcome to a well-charred, bloodied husk moaning in muffled agony. Cabasa reached out with a shriveled hand, sparing her mentor one last glance. "Marim- GRLK-" She choked on her own blood, its sweet metallic tang feeling bitter than usual. Then, after puking out a good purple gush, her quivering head fell in the foul-smelling puddle, the blood vessels lancing across the void of her eyes fading away simultaneously to her consciousness.
Was the pain worse than when Gandigan tore both of her arms off? No, but it was a very close second.
PL: 51,000 -> 255,000 -> 51,000 (Cabasa is in her Bloodlust form.)
441,385 vs 255,000 = 173% damage taken by Cabasa!She is also knocked unconscious and inflicted with Bleed!
Bleed = 1/2
Notes: Due to being knocked unconscious, Cabasa reverts back to her base form at the end of her post. UT used: N/AKP: 0/6 - MP: 0/6 - HP: 237/250 (+173%, +15%) Resources:Battle Wisdom, Regeneration, Trump Card, Vampiric
Cabasa reached out with a shriveled hand, sparing her mentor one last glance. "Marim- GRLK-" She choked on her own blood, its sweet metallic tang feeling bitter than usual. Then, after puking out a good purple gush, her quivering head fell in the foul-smelling puddle, the blood vessels lancing across the void of her eyes fading away simultaneously to her consciousness.
In the aftermath of the brutal assault, Marimba dropped to the ground. He could sense that his apprentice had survived his wrath and was now falling unconscious. The giant closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, listening to the whirring noise of his blast's residual energy hanging in the air, dissipating slowly. Then he released a steamy exhale through his nostrils. His aura vanished, and his body began to shrink back to its natural height of 8ft as he managed to calm himself down.
A gentle smile then grew on his face as he approached the blue mutant, still lying face first in a pool of her own blood.
"I couldn't ask for a more worthy apprentice to forge in the fires of my special hell."
"I do not doubt you'll emerge as a great and terrible figure. A warrior rightfully feared throughout the galaxy, bringing the utmost honor and glory to the name of the Mazoku Clan."
"I look forward to the day when you can be the one gouge out my eye. Yes, May you soon grow to challenge even me for the title of the strongest."
Marimba grabbed the limp body of Cabassa with his right arm and carried her away as he hiked to a nearby cavern. Once there, he tossed the injured woman onto the ground. Then, he spat a capsule into his hand, clicked the release button, and flicked it to the wall beside her. The vessel exploded into a cloud of smoke, revealing its contents to be a 20-liter no-drip giant pet rodent feeder that affixes cleanly to the wall. It is filled to the brim with mole-dragon blood.
"There. That should at least wet your lips when you come to."
"My work here is done. Time for me to take a dip in my new pool."
The spotted Mazoku lumbered out of the cave before flapping his wings and taking flight, beginning his journey back to his underground abode near the border of the outer plait.