OOC- 'K gaiz, so I'm now running the show, I guess. I think it's time to spice things up a bit, don't you?
Little could be heard but the fierce roar of battle as innumerable green bodies smashed against themselves and their enemies endlessly. Explosions carved scars in the landscape and tossed many of the Saibamen like ragdolls. The whole scene was a bloody mess, a tangle of lifeforms flailing left and right in a sea of confusion. In time, the Earth warriors began to gain the upperhand, and the once-many Saibamen were now reduced to only a few. This time, they weren't growing back.
Seeing the state of things, Cassius could only chew his thumb raw in frustration at the bitter defeat he was being handed. He hadn't anticipated this level of ability in any of the fighters on Earth, yet there they were, making game of his special Saibamen. Eventually, the tension got the better of him, and he began to consider stepping in personally.
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This isn't going how we planned. Someone didn't give us accurate information."
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Lord Cassius?" Cicero questioned, doing so more out of respect than genuine curiosity.
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The Saibamen should've been more than enough to deal with what we came here prepared to face, and look at them! They're being tossed around like small children! And that man...with the glowing red eyes...he somehow broke our illusion. Forget the others, if the three of us had to fight even just him..."
By now, Cassius was fuming. He couldn't stand being shown up- he just couldn't. With a sudden spark of an idea, he whirled about to face Cicero and the female, plodding forward in thought while the battle continued behind him.
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Cicero!" he finally barked, glancing back at the man, "Prepare the ships. We'll join you shortly, after I make sure to get the last word in with these backwater galactic trash."
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Sir!" the giant replied, crouching low and then blasting off into the sky.
As Cassius turned back to edge of the ruined structure, overlooking the scene of the battle, the female beside him glanced worriedly out at the warriors who stood against them. She thought it a wise move to retreat, but she wondered what Cassius was doing staying behind longer. It seemed pride had gotten the better of him, and it was simply beyond his capability to accept loss without giving loss in return. Saiyan blood flowed through her veins as well, but even she could see that this was a dangerous idea born from emotion rather than thought.
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Now..." the Saiyan snarled maliciously, charging both of his hands with Ki, "...I'll leave them a few casualties to pick off the streets!"
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You won't be doing anything."
Cassius froze in place at the sound of that voice. He had heard it earlier, and even now, chills went up his spine from the sound of it. He could feel a pair of intense eyes stare at him- eyes equally experienced in the ways of killing as his own. But there was something different. Something he lacked. A sort of coolness- a state not of enjoyment in killing, but of peace with it. What was this thing, this thing he lacked? What was this icey, powerful sensation that nearly drove him to his knees? Could it be...hatred?
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Just who the hell are you, anyway?!" Cassius demanded, trying to cover up his growing fear as a gleaming blade slid before his face, "Those eyes...that power... Who or what in the hell are you?!"
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My name is 'Uchiha Itachi'." the shinobi declared with a tone of great calmness and, at the same time, firmness, "These eyes- my Sharingan -are my bloodline...and my birthrite. This power- my power -is the power of the Uchiha Clan...and the power of the only one who can ever defeat me. My identity is of little concern to you, but there is perhaps one thing that you should take to heart in these final moments of your life: I am your executioner..."
As the Uchiha readied his blade for the killing blow, his attack was halted by the sudden intervention of the female Saiyan, who charged headlong into him and tackled him away from Cassius. The stout Saiyan, relieved to be free, saw the girl quickly overpowered and knocked unconscious with a blow to the stomach. No pride was enough to blind him now; he knew he had to escape immediately.
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G-GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!!" he shouted, unleashing a volley of Ki blasts as he flew back in retreat.
Poorly-concentrated ribbons of Ki pelted the structure and reduced it to nothing, sending up a billow of dark dust that fanned out over a large area. For a moment, he stopped to look into it, but to his horror he saw Itachi completely unscathed, staring at him with those eyes- eyes that were now locked with his, conveying the full brunt of their menacing appearance. However, there was something else. Some...object...in Itachi's hands...
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Unfortunately, I can't waste time or chakra dealing with you." he muttered coldly, brandishing a...drill, "I'm still nowhere near my full power, and if I keep exerting myself by using these eyes, I could die. That's why...I must..."
Itachi's eyelids fluttered and his head bobbed up and down, as if he were suddenly getting sleepy. His stance wavered, and he began to sway from side to side like he was about to pass out.
Cassius looked on, dumbstruck. He couldn't find words or thoughts to comprehend the situation, and he began to get a strange feeling all of a sudden as he looked on and observed the Uchiha's strange behavior.
The Saiyan flew back a little in surprise, quite understandably shocked by the outburst. It was like he was facing a completely different person now. Stranger still, the object in his hands started growing.
As an unusual green aura began to build up around Itachi, the weapon began to grow in size even more. Several meters off to the side, the female looked up from the dirt, laying incapacitated on her abdomen. She struggled to catch a glimpse of what was going on, and was quite astonished at what she was witnessing.
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H-how can this be? What is this? Is that his...weapon? His Ki?"
Finally, something clicked- or rather, snapped -inside of the head of Uchiha Itachi. All at once, as if in response to the unheard mutterings of the Saiyan woman, he threw his head up with a deranged grin, and with the whole of his being cried out,
A torrent of wind flung Cassius off balance and sent him tumbling uncontrollably. As he tried to right himself, he suddenly noticed Itachi hovering before him, his arm cocked back with the obscenely-massive drill aimed for a killing blow to the Saiyan warrior's chest. There was nothing he could do but howl as the attack hit home.
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GIGA...DRILL.....BREAKER!!!!!"
With the sound of Cassius' fading scream, a flash of white illuminated the sky for miles all around, followed shortly by a resounding crack not unlike violent thunder. When all was said and done, Itachi dropped to the ground on his knees, back to his normal state of mind and panting heavily. Along with him fell Cassius, who bore a gaping wound in his chest and coughed as his back hit the hard Earth. Luckily for him, his armor had managed to block a significant portion of the attack when it connected, and he remained alive. Alive, but otherwise immobile. Itachi stared at him confidently for a few more seconds before his red eyes turned completely black. His Sharingan were gone. However, despite his outward confidence, deep down, he was greatly shaken. That strange kunai... Where the hell had Kisame gotten such a thing?
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Now tell me why you're here." he suddenly commanded, drawing Cassius' forced attention, "Tell me who you three are and why you came here, and I will spare your life. If you refuse to talk...well...I spent more than a year in ANBU. I've done my share of interrogations..."
Cassius' chest heaved up and down, each breath growing increasingly difficult to manage. Still, a defiant, grunt-like chuckle escaped through his bloody clenched teeth, causing him once more to cringe.
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You had me fooled... I thought you were tough, but you're just all talk. You couldn't even kill me when you had the chance..."
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Make no mistake..." Itachi warned the Saiyan firmly, "You're only still alive because I want information."
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The hell if I'll give it to you!" Cassius snapped back angrily, ignoring the pain of his injuries.
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We'll see about that..."
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All of a sudden, on the outskirts of the city, five streaks of light crashed into the Earth, heralding the arrival of five new prescences...
OOC#2- Whew. That took longer than expected. Yes, mostly Itachi nut-hugging, but honestly, what did you expect with me at the helm? Anyway, I've left a few of you some neat little rewards: Brutus, by request, gets to intercept Cicero, the female is left incapacitated to be either ravaged by Eliwood or killed by Felix before Eliwood gets to her for the lulz, and we've got some new guests who are going to kick things up a notch. BAM.
500 Ki spent on this post, which leaves me with 7,300 Ki. Also, Sharingan deactivated along with SL, so my next post shouldn't require Ki...but it will. Heh heh heh...reactivation...