40.) Cancerous Rashomon.

The central capital of Gahwardia lay painted red with the essence of cancer. Gods below the level of the beast were falling from the odd essence that seemed to attack the cellular system in its totality. Women, men, children, and even small beasts, as well as the elderly were falling to this rare essence floating about. 

Scrâg: "T-This… is insane. (He's causing bodies to drop like flies. This can't just be allowed to go on!) Silvio!!! Resist the bastard!!!"

Silvio: "G… g-g… g…"

Scrâg: "S-Silvio?(Is… it too late!?)"

Silvio(Rasho): "The boy has lost himself to me. Gwehehehahaaa!! Well then godling… shall we have ourselves a bout? " 

Scrâg: "Tch! Well… I can't exactly let my friend be taken." 

Silvio(Rasho): "This'll be quite the treat, dear boy. Let me show you your friends Dragon form… with a twist to it. "

Scrâg: "What!? (He has enough control that he can force a hybrid transformation already. I'll have to hold off until help arrives.) You're not the only one who can use their hybrid form in full. Hmph! *Fwip*… *FWIISSHH* I'll hold you here somehow."

Silvio(Rasho): "This'll be nothing more than your utter demise, boy! But… I can at least use you for practice. *INHALE*  AHHHHHHHH!!!  "

Scrâg: "Gah!?"

A vast force of wind is summoned by Rasho, causing more than half the school to be evaporated along with the staff and children. 

Demetrius: "Wh-What!? He… obliterated them along with the school. Tch! BASTARD!!!" *FWIP* 

MorZick: "D-D-Dammit! I'm dicking around too much. Fong, LET'S GO!"

Fong: "Yes sir! *PEWWW* (You'd better be alright Silvio.)"

Scrâg: "You… really just… did that!?  (All those innocent children… dead! And the Gahwardian teaching staff that were in there. What… what kind of beast is this!?) You'll pay!"

Silvio(Rasho): "Oh, I'd love to see you try brat! N-Ngh!  *FEWWW*

A tattered, deformed wing shoots out the right side of Silvio's back. His right eye and side of his face began to be coated, by a black mass that caused his eye to turn completely red. His right arm turned to that of a black shenlong dragon with an eye directly in the middle. An eye then flashed open on his wing as well. Both had red pupils locked in on Scrâg. Silvio hair turns completely hot pink and claws shoot from his left hand. His school chestplate being morphed by Rasho's black mass. His shoes are ripped apart by his sprouting dragon's feet. 

Scrâg: "What a disgusting sight. How dare you tarnish his brilliant form. Hmph!" *PEW*

Silvio(Rasho): "Heh! This should be fun!  "

Scrâg flashes in front of Rasho and tries to quickly end it all with a massive right haymaker imbued with his Betting birthright. With the odds stacked against him, his power was quintupled by an underdog bracket. 

Silvio(Rasho): "Hrmm!?  "

Scrâg's punch completely destroyed the floating chunk of the school's castle grounds that had the durability of a planet the size of jupiter. 

Silvio(Rasho): "That was quite the blow he tried to down me with. Seems you're not to be underestimated here. (What the hell is a birthright and why was that blow so damn condensed?) "

Rasho rushes in on Scrâg and tries a heavy palm strike to his chest. The blow was imbued with a heavy amount of cancer. Scrâg backs away from the blow, but is struck by a bit of the cancerous essence. 

Scrâg: *Cough* *COUGH* "Damn… he actually got mee!"

Rasho follows up with a swift, left head kick, but Scrâg dodges with a duck and attempts a twisting, right, low sweep kick. Rasho jumps above the kick and grabs Scrâg's neck and smashes him headfirst into the floor."

Scrâg: "GAH!!!"

Silvio(Rasho): "Geehee!!  "

Scrâg is then lifted up and tossed into the air as Rasho prepares a cancerous mega punch with the mutated arm. Within the punch was also some destruction particles from Silvio's own element. Scrâg barely dodges the blow and goes in for an eye poke to Silvio's possessed red eye. Rasho see's the blow coming and grabs Scrâg's hand. Holding Scrâg in place, Rasho attempts to end it all with a Heavy destructive direct hit from his Morphed right arm. 

Scrâg: "N-Ngh!! (What to do!?)"

Silvio(Rasho): "This will all end with this next blow brat! Then comes the rest of this pathetic building and this whole civilization. "

Scrâg: (Damm… I'll have to use that.) "Betting: Situation, Block or No Block! (This will allow me to take no damage if I can block it. But I'll also take twice the punishment if my guard is broken.) Hmph!" *FWIP*

Silvio(Rasho): *GRIN* "This is a fool's bargain!  "

Scrâg: *THUMP* "M-Mrrrhmm! Sh-Shoot man. It's a heavy blow for sure… but I know what must be done…. HRRRMMMN!!!... GAH!!!"

Scrâg manages to block the full force of the punch and receive no damage as a result. 

"You seem to be underestimating me and it's allowing me to win quite the lowbrow wagers. Keep it up and I'll defeat you."

Silvio(Rasho): "Hmm? You've got a point. " *Pwetiff*

Scrâg: "Huh!?"

Scrâg is taken aback by the sudden burst of speed released by Rasho. A palm strike is awaiting Scrâg that he can't manage to avoid or block. The strike hits home and sends Scrâg flying into the wall, slightly injected with more cancer essence. 

"Guah!!! (I've taken in even more of that damn essence.) Tch- HUH!?"

Silvio(Rasho): "Die, you BRAT!!  "

Rasho throws yet another heavy, right haymaker with his morphed arm. Right as the blow is about to land, Scrâg manages to bring forth a large concentrated amount of ice essence with yet another bet included. 

Scrâg: "(If he actually backs up then I'll have the condition met to have strength equal to him. Though it's going to be quite painful later.) Let's do this!!!"

Silvio(Rasho): (The brat's going to be dumb enough to actually try and bet again. That's where his death has been written.) "Destructive Pulse, CANCER!!!"

Scrâg: "Wait!? (His attack is meant to erase me completely! I-I.. Don't stand a chance here!)

*FWIP* A quick burst of force and ever expanding essence expands across the central universe as the force from the blow settles in. From what could be seen, the likes of Scrâg and another chunk of the school were completely disintegrated.

Silvio(Rasho): "Ah. The brat is finally out of my hair and it would seem my essence has had quite the time to settle in. Now I just have to- Grrr!  "

???: "Sorry, but… I won't be allowing the death of ANY student within the school. School staff as well, you bastard!" 

Silvio(Rasho): "Ah, my host has told me that you're a threat beyond reasoning. If that's true then I'll be devouring a fool like you, becoming more virus like. "

Scrâg: "N-Ngh… ngh! What- S-Sir, Demetrius?? Am I… G-Glad to see you sir. He nearly killed me." 

Demetrius: "You did well to hold out, but let me handle rescuing Silvio here. Alright?"

Scrâg: "Y-Yes sir."  

Demetrius: "Alright then." *Pewtih*

Silvio(Rasho): "What!?  "

*FWIP* *THUD*... *BOOM* Demetrius throws a hammer fist at the possessed Silvio, that plummets him straight into the floor. Causing the entire platform to crumble beneath them. 

Silvio(Rasho): "GAH!!?  "

Demetrius: "You'll pay for these crimes against we, Gahwardians and our great clan."

Scrâg: (I'm capable of following speeds beyond light yet I couldn't see Sir, Demetrius even for a second. His speed is incredible!)

Silvio(Rasho): "TCH!  " *PEW*

Demetrius: "Struggle as you will. It will get you nowhere, beast of the old era." *PEWTIH*

Rashomon attempts to appear before Demetrius, but is flanked instead as Demetrius appears right behind him.

Silvio(Rasho): "HUH?!  "

Demetrius: "Let the boy go. *SMASH* 

A nasty uppercut to Rasho's chest has both him and Silvio gasping, struggling to catch their breath.

Silvio(Rasho): "GRRRGH!  You worthless piece of TRASH- *SMASH* GAH!!  "

Another heavy blow to Rasho's chin shuts him right up. Rasho bursts in anger and gives chase to Demetrius who swiftly dodges all of Rasho's wild punches and kicks. 

Demetrius: "You won't get anywhere coming after me so wildly. *Thud* *PRCH* All you're doing is leaving yourself wide open."

Silvio(Rasho): "Why… YOUUU!!  "

Rasho gives chase to Demetrius and attempts at landing a wild heavy right superman punch. Demetrius dodges swiftly as he flies back then dashes even higher into the sky. Rasho attempts the same thing but with his left arm and is flanked as Demetrius dodges to his right. He throws a quick jab at the tip of Rasho's chin and completely rattle's Silvio's brain, causing Rasho to become discombobulated. Demetrius then kicks Rasho with a right legged, drop kick to his neck. Rasho goes crashing into the floor causing a crater more than a thousand feet in diameter to form. 

Demetrius: "He definitely felt that one. (And it would seem chief's on his way here. He'll be able to leash the bastard up real good and save the kid from anymore bodily harm.) *RUMBLE* Hm?"

Silvio(Rasho): "I'll… I'll… DESTROY YOU!!! BOOOY!!!  "

Scrâg: "That thing isn't going down that easily."

Demetrius: "Oh trust me I know. But I've just about learned what I need to do for this beast to go down. (Luckily none of the students and faculty were hurt here. Dr. Yoltenhiem controls this domain and made the school that very domain. They were all flashed out the instant the roar was let out. Such is the strength of those given the responsibility to bring in and look after the next generations of gods.) Now then."

*SMASH* Rasho comes bursting out of the rubble with parts of his wing being torn off by the impact of that last fall. The damage began to be repaired and Rasho stood very still in an infuriated state.

Silvio(Rasho): "This bastard… has pissed me off quite a bit. Oh I mean, QUITE A BIT! Cancers… RETURN!!  "

All the cancerous essence and the cancer it caused throughout the universe all began hauling towards Rasho at once. Fusing to his body and speeding up the recovery process. With the accumulation of cancerous essence, Rasho sprouted yet another wing and the left side of Silvio began to match his right side. A third eye opened on his head and the eye on his right hand transferred to his left wing. Silvio's tail completely sprouted out in a deformed state with spikes protruding from random spots on every part of Rasho shown on Silvio's body. 

Demetrius: "This is unforeseen."

Scrâg: "What is!?"

Demetrius: "The beast set up a trap upon exiting his million year slumber. Those clouds of cancerous essence he spread were solely to accumulate and create cancer that he could absorb and use for power. It seems temporary, but… as of now. He has become my equal in stature."

Scrâg: "Y-Your equal!? But how is that possible? You're a 40 and he was barely a 27 just now!"

Demetrius: "Well with more than a million different cancer pulses coming at you to add to your power at a constant. It'd be easy to see how he could grow in power so much. But those cancers and the essence that came with them can and will be burned through with me being his opponent." 

Scrâg: "Hmm. Alright then sir."

Demetrius: "Hmmph. Alright then. Let's get this done!" *Pewtih*

Silvio(Rasho): "I'll end you all right here, right now!  Viridian C BOMB!!!  "

A huge explosion of essence began to engulf the entirety of the central universe at great speeds. 

MorZick: "What the hell is going on here!? Fong!! Come!"

Fong: "Yes Master MorZick? *GRIP* Huh- What!?"

MorZick: "This essence around us is strong enough to harm me at full power if it were to explode. I can't allow you to get harmed though, so stay on my hip just in case."

Fong: "Yes sir! (Silvio… I really mean it…. Please be safe.)" 

Silvio(Rasho): "It's safe to say the boy is all mine now. Unless you defeat me that is."

Demetrius: "Ha! Gladly! (Damn monster has actually fully linked with Young Silvio. Silvio will be too greatly harmed if this continues for much longer!!!)" *Fwip* 

The huge cloud of essence that was going to detonate, was completely dispersed by Demetrius' arm swipe. Demetrius closes in on Rasho within a mere millisecond. He attempts to punch Rasho head on with his right fist, but is countered by a similar punch thrown with the opposite hand. The two clash and blow away another chunk of the school as Demetrius is forced back slightly. Rasho notices and throws three straight jabs right after. *Right* *Right* *LEFT* The last punch manages to knick the left side of Demetrius' face as he flanks to his right. 

Demetrius: "Damn! Piece of shit. That was pretty good! *Grin* Heh!"

Rashio: "Gehehee! Seems even this brat is enjoying this. He loves that he gets to fight a great legend like you."

Demetrius: "His admiration for me is astounding."

Rashio: "Indeeed. But I wonder how he would feel… if his hands were the ONES THAT KILLS YOU!!!"

Demetrius: "Tch!"

Rasho throws five more jabs at Demetrius, who makes certain to block each one. Then as a sixth one came from Rasho's right. Demetrius extends his left hand out and swiftly goes into the blow. Starting from the wrist as he rotates the arm upwards and outwards, then back around while stepping into Rasho's bubble. Demetrius' arm goes bent, forcing Rashos arm outwards and slightly paused. Demetrius throws a full powered palm strike at Rasho's chest that sends him flying back more than three hundred feet. 

Rashio: "Damn it all! HMPH!" *SWISH*... *KABOOOOOM* 

Demetrius: "What!? (He just destroyed more than five galaxies to the south of here. This bastard is enjoying this too.)"

Rashio: "Oh wow. Did I do thaat? Must not be in control of my own strength." 

Demetrius: "Oh yeah? I'm about to have to stomp you into the floor!"

Rashio: "Oh? Heh… here's my response boy!!" *FWIP*…  *PEW* *Pew* *pewtew* **Pew *PEW* *PEW* *BOOM* *P-Pew* *KaBOOM* *pew*

Demetrius: (This could work for me.) *FWIP* 

Rasho lets out a massive barrage of random Cancer shots in all directions. Demetrius activates his Mental Zenchi as he dashes forward, so that he can see into the future and greatly increase his precision when dodging. Demetrius uses some fancy footwork and leaps above three shots at once then does a quick burst the second his foot hits the ground. This helps dodge more than 6 shots that came right after. He then extends his hand out and invokes his element which helps him collect a number of blasts and fuse them into one. He catches more than 15 within a second using a flying formation known as Crescent Flight. He circles back around and dives in head first using the collection of Cancer Blasts as a shield from stray ones flying at him. 

Rashio: "Ah… this brat here is quite the battlebourne warrior. Let me form my orb as well then! *Vwimp* *Vwimp* *VWIMP* Ha!" *Vwi-TING* 

Demetrius: "HahaHAAA!" *FWIP* *VwiTING* 

Both fighters clash with their Cancer orbs, causing both to disperse the instant they touch each other. The resulting shockwave causes a huge explosion that casts its light across more than 20 universes surrounding Gahwardia's Capital universe. 

Rashio: "Well then brat, want to tell me how you did it?"

Demetrius: "It was simple really. I used my Taming birthright to stack the effect repeatedly and cause a reverse on your cancer. Making it a cure while using my Black Gravity element to hold and force together the separate blasts. Hence why I could use it to cancel your slightly stronger one out. Though it came with a little price."

Rashio: "It would seem you have been affected by my Cancer particles formed by my essence I use. That just means more power for me."

Demetrius: "Hmm. That ain't a situation I can really get into. So I'll have to-" *PEW*

Rashio: "Hm?"

Demetrius smashes his left hand into Rasho's chest, causing yet another shockwave to happen and send Rasho flying back.

Rashio: "Damn bastard! Huh!?"

Demetrius smashes the back of Rasho's left leg using his right, then kicks him out of the zone of the school using his left leg. 

Rashio: "Gah!" 

Demetrius flashes in for yet another heavy palm strike, but Rasho endures the blow with some damage and counters with a 10 hit, heavy fist barrage. Ending it with a heavy, right haymaker that sends Demetrius crashing into the ground.

Rashio: "Hrrmn! That son of a bitch made it seem like my extra boost isn't worth squat. I'll destroy the brat!" *Step* *Step*

Demetrius: "Hard to imagine you destroying me, my guy. I'm going to have to shut you up now."

Rashio: "How so?"

Demetrius: "My fighting style is known as Boolat Fist and it has a delay effect found in the force of the blows. Palms have this effect best. You see, you let me land three heavy strikes… that's ten hits each my guy."

Rasho: "Hmph!... Kukukuu! You certainly jest well my Gahwardian friend- *POW* GAH! What the!?"

A sudden blow hits Rasho in the chest and leaves a slight dent. Rasho takes a few steps back and tries to dash at Demetrius, but is stopped in his tracks by another sudden nine strikes that all land in different areas of his chest.

Demetrius: "Ah. *Rise* *Step* Mhm! *Pat* *pat* Welp… seems this'll be all she wrote. My fist has the Tengan Ten Bell symbol imbued within them. Depending on the type of palm strike, I'll leave a different number of delayed strikes that drill into the enemy like an essence bullet from a powerful god or god weapon. My hands always have essence built up within them so that the marks can be left correctly. 

*PRCH* *POW* *BOOF* *POW* *POW* *PCH* *PRCH* *POW* *BOOF* *POW* *PRCH*

"And now that you've been hit by my attack. My Tamer's essence oughta be kicking in by now."

Rashio: *Kneel* *THUD* "G-Gyack! *COUGH* *BARF*…  *Huff* *Huff* Y-You damn bastard! What's going on?... It's hard to even want to attack you specifically right now."

Demetrius: "I have been slowly making you tame with each blow. You are slowly seeing me as a master you cannot harm."

Rashio: "I'm WHAT!? You think you can tame ME!? The great Rashomon Rashudo MA!? I-I'll show you, you little bitch. Say goodbye to this pathetic… UNIVERSE!!!" *PEWWWSSHHH*

A few dozen planets within the belt surrounding the central universe began to crumble from the cancer essence and sheer force of Rasho's rage. Demetrius stood there, awaiting his biggest opportunity to crush the newly rampaging Rasho. In the distance,but fast approaching was MorZick and Fong who were watching the space-time continuity break down and give way. Rasho's sheer overwhelming build up of essence quickly coated every atom and particle within the universe. 

MorZick: "Huh. Fong stay here and hold your position. I'll be back after I've solved this and found Silvio. Take this small blessing of Adaptive essence. It'll help you greatly." *PEW*

Demetrius: "Ah… What a fool I was to trust you'd bow when the outcome was becoming more obvious. But you do give me the chance to show something off. You see, Dark elements are very unstable in nature. This is especially potent with my Black Gravity. So let me show you what it's like when I take ten percent of my own tame seal off my Black Gravity. *Rip* *BURST*… Shut Down."

Rasho is hit with an abundance of force that smashes the entire school into a flat state. Rasho can't move even an inch and the force is only becoming more and more potent. 

Rashio: "Tch!... Tss *INHALE* Tss *INHALE* GRRRRAAGH!!!"

Demetrius: "Stop your squirming… the leash is already upon you."

Rashio: "L-Leash!? *Latch* Huh!? What in the world is this-"

MorZick: "Sit!"

Rashio: "Gah! *QUAKE*… *Sit* T-Tch!"

MorZick: "Depower Yourself!"

Rashio: "G-Grr… G-Grraagh!!! *Glare* HM!? (I-It's him! That… bastard from a million years ago that used… that… DAMN SCYTHE to rip me apart and seal me. And that damn sister of his… A-And now… he's doing it again!) 

MorZick: "So you refuse? Hmph." *Lift* *SMASH*

MorZick takes his left foot and uses it to smash Rasho's head into the floor.

MorZick: "Depower Yourself!"

Rashio: "G-Goddamn youuuu! I-I… I-I will be BAAAAACK!!! This brat CAN'T HOLD MEEEE!!!" *VWISH*

MorZick: "I know he can't hold you Rasho. That's why we'll show him how to control you, a living concept. Demetrius, shut them down."

Demetrius: "You got it MorZi my man."

MorZick: "Hmm."

Dr. Yoltenhiem: "And I'll restructure the school and bring the students and staff back from my timeless dimension. *SNAP*… Hmmph! And we're all good now."

MorZick: "Good going Doctor. But to believe this bastard would get out again, but this time… he found THE host so we won't be able to get him out."

Demetrius: "Then as you said before, we'll create a way for the boy to control Rashomon."

Dr. Yoltenhiem: "I actually agree with Demetrius."

MorZick: "Yes, but… my Father will have my head for this. He dislikes this being with all his heart. So we must succeed my friends."

Dr. Yoltenhiem: "Oof… your father huh? Mhm then you are right. We must succeed and help Silvio control Rashomon!"

Demetrius: "I'm for it. Plus I'd rather not get scolded by your father MorZick.

Omochi Ma: "Hehe! Then I'd like to help the boy out too. He's my student as well."

MorZick: "Ah Omochi Ma. It'd be great to have your help. Thankyou Omochi."

Omochi: "No big deal sir."

Fong: *FWIP* "Ah! Oh my… it's good to see that he's ok. But… what has happened to the young one? And what'll happen moving forward?"

MorZick: "Simple Fong, I'll be training him even more than ever. As well as you, my girl. It's time to level up."

Fong: "RIGHT! (I'll help keep you safe kid.)

Silvio: "Mhmmm *YAWN* Tah tch teh. My… destruction… is…. Unbeatable."

MorZick: "Hehe! (I won't worry your family back at home. I'll make sure you're good Silvio!)"

In the capital of the Kingdom of Life clan, was Gaia who had just finished speaking with a powerful ally. Now she was to head to the Machinelord Clan. 

Gaia: "Well that was pretty damn successful. They seem to love me, as does the whole clan. (But… what the hell is going on back at home!? Mother and my Uncle are going to blow a fuse. But… for this to all start happening as soon as my cousin returns. Someone… is controlling fate and the events surrounding us. And I'll find out who, then completely destroy the bastard.)"

Gaia worries about the meddling of an outside force that seems to be manipulating the events. With Rasho now in Silvio's body, STRIFE and their allies might just be in for a battle of unfathomable proportions. 

Next Chapter: Goal in the Phoenix Empire.