118.) Bubauno Epidemis PL...

Stuliathan… a word not heard by many. A word not understood by many and known by even fewer. It's a name given to creatures of a higher dimensional value than even the gods themselves. Not much is known about the beings other than the fact that Studies as a whole are of their creation. Stuliathans as a whole are gigantic creatures that are fabled to hold up to five studies and a core concept those five are centered around. Their strength on average completely dwarfed that of even the most powerful gods. These creatures were truly beyond a realm of our natural understanding. Such is the nature of beings higher than the natural order of things.

At current, many things went down and the likes of Shiishii and Haydes went to war with one another. Having their allies assist with their missions and personal goals as both sides collide. In the end, both sides were deemed as equal, but Haydes still came out with a loss. It was utter defeat at his fault, a lack of preparation and planning for what was to come. Also for what MAY happen in the time of battle as not even fate can truly hold a candle to the random happenings within a battlefield. Upon this loss, a truth was told and many mysteries were brought to light. Including the invasion of a being of unprecedented proportions!

Bubauno: "RRROOOUUUGHHH!!!" *STOMP* *STOMP*

Kareezim: "Damn, Seeds of Rebirth; Self and Company!!!"

Kareezim sends out small seeds of green essence that spread to everyone within the vicinity, as well as himself. They were all completely healed and rejuvenated by this technique. And not one of them hesitated to transform to their maximum output. Releasing more than a dozen clan forms all at once. They were prepared to go to war against the strange beast. That included the TRUTH members that were present as well. The beast walked towards them, staring at Rasho and Ato as it did. It was then that Kareezim figured out what was going on and WHO it came for.

Kareezim: "Crap! (GAIA!?)"

Gaia: (We're nearly there, what's the status!?)

Kareezim: (I can't believe it even after seeing Rasho and Ato, but the legends are true. Gaia… it's a damn Stuliathan and it's here for those two!)"

Gaia: *Gulp* (Alright… ETA is ten seconds Kareezim. It'll be a full front!) "Clarissa… it's just as you said. A Stuliathan has entered our omniverse in search of Ato and Rasho!"

MorZick: "Hm… do we even stand a chance!?"

Clarissa: "No… but we can at least try our best. I won't tell you my full prowess, but with me here… we can hold out."

Zenki: "Hold out?"

Clarissa: "Yeah… though we also have another secret weapon. Another weakened Stuliathan who holds three studies." *Smirk*

Shiishii: "I think I know who has it too. Makes sense as well, considering who their father is!"

Jollister: "Holy… the HUNTER!?"

Clarissa: "The Hunter's son my man."

Jollister: "Good… this should be- ex…citing." *Stare*

Zenki: "Oh… wow, it's bigger than your planet."

Miitto: (I hope you're watching this, XigXahm!)

XigXahm: "I am… and I'd rather you all retreat, but Clarissa would be against that. I trust her visions since it's been on the money thus far."

Miitto: (Indeed, we'll be back before you know it. But man… this thing is crazy!)

XigXahm: "Mhm…"

They made it to where Bubauno lied in wait. They could see it making slow steps towards Rasho and Ato while taking the brunt of many big attacks. Many of which were capable of destroying Universes upon universes and even multiverses as well. But none of that could even make this creature flinch. It was as if they didn't even exist to this creature, all he saw was his two targets. That was until Clarissa herself released her full power and hit the beast with a round-house. She added the power of Catastrophe behind the strike as it was her Birthright. And due to Bubauno's natural instinct to look down on Gods, Catastrophe actually struck. Knocking him all the way back outside of the Colossaverse I. He was infuriated to say the least.

Clarissa: "It's best we get our act together, I give us a second before he's back!"

Kishin: "He's THAT fast!?"

Clarissa: "Yes-"

Bubauno: "GROOOUUUGHHH!!!" *SWIPE*

Clarissa: "Hmph. *Smirk* True Zenchi's Catastrophe!!!" *WOOSH*

???x2: "APPRAISE!!!"

Haydes: "Pinpoint IMPROVEMENT!!!"

Clarissa's attack was boosted to new heights, allowing her to easily repel Bubauno's odd greed strike from his left paw. She could see Curti and Thermias flying towards their group with ZeeArc and others in tow. Haydes leapt beside her in his War Form. Shiishii and his brothers joined her side with the exception of Vashjai. He and Ebon were back on Gaia's planet burying Joseph. It was the perfect spot seeing as her planet could keep his body preserved just in case of Rebirth and the use of the Godly second chance. Bubauno regained his footing and opened up thousands of mountain sized pores all over its body. These same pores released dozens upon dozens of green, slimy balls of essence. They gave chase to the dozens of warriors gathered around to fight him. Seems Clarissa has earned his attention!

"Well damn, I did it now!" Clarissa says as she smiles at Bubauno, and surprisingly enough… he smiled back. Every member present from both sides took evasive maneuvers. They all had the same thought process when it came to what they expected from these attacks. Each and everyone of them would be screwed if it touched them. But after dodging and evading for a bit, everyone noticed that the beams weren't getting any closer. They weren't getting any further away either. They were stalling everyone and chasing them away from Ato and Rasho.

Bubauno: "GeHAhehea." *Smirk*

Rashiono: "I refuse to become food to an inferior Stuliathan! Cancerous Destroyer Waves!!!"

Atoshen: "I couldn't agree more! Elemental Particle BOMBS!!!"

They both threw a barrage of attacks at Bubauno as he trotted towards them proudly. The attacks closed in quickly, but were quickly turned into green ooze that was riddled with black dots. Their attacks were redirected towards them, but at slower speeds. Both Ato and Rasho were able to dodge, but quickly noticed the pressure they were under. Bubauno knew what the situation showed and that not one of the warriors present could stop him. Not even their combined efforts would matter at this point. Which they got to find out quite quickly.

"Everyone get their attacks set and READY!!!... FIRE!!!" Shiishii yelled out as the complete offensive force of Strife II and the TRUTH members smashed into the face of Bubauno. He simply sat idly by and turned all their attacks into green ooze. Sending each and every attack back their way with added force and boosted speed. Everyone took the brunt of their own attacks and were shot out into the void of space. Clarissa and Kareezim were the first to rebound with Reguluus following soon after. All three rush back in on Bubauno, who was preparing a huge claw attack aimed at Ato and Rasho.

Thermias: "Curti, Haydes, Shii and Kishin. Let's use our Birthrights to give them a boost!"

All four: "Let's do it!"

They line up and hold out their arms, sending out streams of their essence to Kareezim and the others. All the while, Miitto, Gaia, Zenki, MorZick and Jollister charge a large ball of essence together. Hoisting it up above their heads in order to increase the potency and size. Clarissa, Kareezim and Reguluus all use high kicks with Zenchi wrapped around them to stop Bubauno's slash. The boost they received from Shii and the others allowed their combined might to push his paw back without much recoil to be seen.

Clarissa: "Fire that thing NOW!"

Gaia: "Perfect timing since it's charged up already!"

Jollister: "Let's do this then, that creature won't be getting its way today!"

They send their combined attack at Bubauno, striking him almost instantly after the blast leaves their vicinity. He was unable to dodge due to being knocked off balance from the previous attack. The ball was large enough to be considered Bubauno's equal in size. His belly and body pushed up against the blast as he was dragged through the south end of the galaxy. Clarissa gave chase to him as he began to slow down and gain his footing. She grabbed hold of his essence and literally Stole it as she pinched it away. Absorbing it for later analysis. Bubauno could sense himself within her and got irritated at the sight of such folly.

"Grrrggh…" He growled as he stared her down, smashing the attack to pieces and absorbing the contents. It was his way of telling Clarissa she did nothing special. She smiled and vanished into the void of space, he roared as he sat there in aggravation. He then gave chase to her as she retreated back to where the rest were. He was able to make it across the galaxy within a second. Swatting at Clarissa as he approaches the group once more. Clarissa uses her control of Mischief to deceive Bubauno. He ended up hitting an illusion of Clarissa. It was at this point that he actually showed some real reaction. This led to an attack no one was expecting…

Kenny: "It's about that time!"

(???: "Indeed… Use my power to assist those at the front lines.")

Kenny: "Right, let's get this thing going, Merlin Houdinous MC"

(Merlin: "It's been too long since we fought together, Ken.")

Kenny: *GLARE* "Yeah." *Fwisssssk*

Kenny's natural Magician's War Form mutated into a masked man with a fedora. He wore a white vest with a black dress shirt underneath. Instead of gloves, he had gauntlets with eyes on the back of the hands. Golden wings folded around his waist like a tied sweater, coming out of his lower back. His pants were slim fit with white penny loafers to go with his outfit. He now had a third eye at the center of his forehead and a black coat that sat on his shoulders. His staff had become a scepter filled with Dark Magic. Ato and Rasho both reacted to the sudden awakening of yet another… Stuliathan.

Atoshen: "That feels like…"

Rashiono: "Mer-"

Bubauno: "MERLIN!"

Rashiono: "Did he actually…"

Gaia: "TALK!?"

Clarissa: "Seems we just weren't worthy of his words. But the beast within Kenny is?"

Kareezim: "Well… the creature does have a slightly higher level than a council member. So it doesn't surprise me, which would mean God's are lesser beings to it."

Reguluus: "Seems that way."

Clarissa: "And Stuliathans, no matter how weak they may have become, are deemed as beings of equal status. And one with that much power must have his attention and respect even more so than either Ato or Rasho."

Gaia: "That's crazy, who knew young Kenny had such a secret. Well… guess the cats out the bag!"

Kennerlin: "Ye who goes by the name of Clarissa. Lend me your hand in this front against thine great beast over there. The two of us should be able to pull something off."

Clarissa: "Hmm… you're not Kenny are you?"

Kennerlin: "Not entirely, no."

Clarissa: "Hmph, let's get a move on then old man!"

Kennerlin: "Hmph! You'd be surprised but you're older than both Kenny and I, old woman." *FLASH*

Clarissa: "Oh… well shit." *FLASH*

They both take off for Bubauno with scepters in their hands. Merlin uses Ken's affinity for magic to boost his scepter Dark Arts and Magic. Clarissa used her thievery to snatch a bit of it for herself and gain affinity for it. She was then able to change her Source to Mana so their combos would come out more coordinated and compatible. They cross their scepters and use a combined attack right off the bat.

Both: "Dark Catastrophe: Curse of the Conflicted Destroyer!"

Bubauno's March suddenly stopped and his body began to break apart. He was quick to pull himself back together, but it continued to occur even after that. He was a bit dumbfounded, just not enough to forget how to counter such a thing. He manipulates his own body and rearranges his cells as he sees fit. Reading their attack through every cell in his body and gaining an Immunity to it. This was well within their expectations though, which led Merlin to feed Clarissa his Mana. It fueled her ability to Cheat, and when I say cheat… I mean CHEAT!

Clarissa: "Cheater's Magical Displacement!"

She placed a hex on Bubauno that aimed at his Immunity ability. Placing a fracture in its function, resulting in a nasty splint to his ability to resist their attack. His body began to fall apart once more, but it was at a much slower pace. Bubauno ignored the breaking and aimed at the casters instead. Awaiting his Immunity system to fix itself as his cells and body were naturally restructuring themselves while healing. Clarissa Astral projects a Colosassas to match his size with Dark Magic Circles on her chest, back and shoulders. Bubauno smacked her projection with his right paw, but Clarissa grabbed it and pulled him in closer. A left hook puts him flat on his butt.

*SHAKE* He shakes his head and immediately jumps back up at Clarissa. She throws a right jab that he swipes down, she then follows up with a left uppercut. Bubauno sways to the right while throwing a left paw strike. Clarissa manages to block the blow, but is pushed back as a result. Bubauno attempts to bite her head and misses his strike. She sways back and goes into a nasty left handed haymaker that pushes Bubauno back. Clarissa then grabs him at the waist and slams him on his back. Bubauno was quite the quick one though as he bites her arm and slams her as payback. Mounting her and charging a blast, but he stopped… showing a look of confusion as he stared at the projection. Her actual body was nowhere to be found.

Kennerlin: *WOOSH* Now then, let's see if this great behemoth can take this one. Black Magic: Dark Dimension!"

Clarissa: *PEW* "Hehe! Chaos Monarchy; Catastrophe Verse: Catastrophic Realm!"

The two worlds mix and trap Bubauno inside. Causing a spur of looped, chaotic curses to strike Bubauno and his concepts. Stirring them and breaking them apart bit by bit as he tries to overcome it. He focuses his ability to affect the Status as a way to change his own. His current status would stand as being erased overtime. Bubauno constantly flipped that status until it changed from erased overtime to… completely rebuilt. But just as he did, Catastrophe struck once more, but with the added bonus of a curse. Magnifying the effects and sending him well outside the Omniverse itself. Which drained a lot of essence considering the target that was sent away.

Clarissa: "WHOOH! I'd say we got about five minutes, so one of you three will explain."

Gaia: "Mhm… yeah, I'd love to hear about what and who that thing is."

Kennerlin:"That's an easy ticket, so as you know… we are the Dukes of our concepts. Me being the Duke of Dark Arts, Rasho is the Duke of Cancer and Ato is the Duke of Particles and Matter. Knowing this, you should know that we all have complete control and great affinity with our concepts. As do all Stuliathans."

Atoshen: "Bubauno just so happens to be the Duke of Disease. That's what that slimy essence he has is, its natural disease at one of the highest potencies. But disease isn't all he'll have to offer, though it's all he needs in order to beat us and eat us all. He has truly been playing to the point that he has lowered his level to match Clarissa over here."

Kennerlin: "Indeed, we Stuliathans are born with our Origin Concept mastered. We do so within the wombs of our mothers as our first test. No one has failed since the first either. With that being said, such mastery comes with great affinity too. Unlike you gods who search for concepts that match your own, we Stuliathans naturally attract FIVE concepts that fit to and have perfect compatibility to our Origin concept. So… Bubauno who is a complete Stuliathan has five abilities to offer with a great sub ability as well."

Gaia: "What's the sub ability?"

Rashiono: "It's an ability we all have, but do you all know of the 20 Study Classes?"

Everyone: "Yes!"

Rashiono: "And how your parents never told you about TWO of those many study classes?"

Everyone: "Y-Yeah?"

Rashiono: "One is we Stuliathans and the other is our subclass, Class B Stuliathans. We as Stuliathans can use ALL 20 classes as our natural abilities."

Kareezim: "Holy…"

Shiishii: "That's… that's insane!"

Kennerlin: "Indeed it is, so it's best we- *HYACK* … *THUD* W-What the- *COUGH* *COUGH* *HYACK* Shit.. he's back!"

Gaia: "What's going on- *Ba-DUMP* N-Nrgh… what the hell's happening!?"

Atoshen: "Not only were we near him… but all of us were struck by his attacks. Safe to say we have all been inflicted with the most potent disease he could offer. Stuliathans passively affect those around us! *Douff* *THUD* (D-Damn… we might not make it through this… BOY!)"

Zoshen: "S-Shit… how are we being affected too!?"

Silvio: "I think this means that he can affect souls and invisible concepts passively as- *COUGH* *HYACK* A-As well…" *Tremble*

Zoshen: "That must mean… we're all about to be killed and beyond what one would consider repairable."

Silvio: "D-Damn… not like… this." *THUD*

Zoshen: "Sil… vio." *THUD*

Everyone was succumbing to the diseases that Bubauno carried. It even had many residents and star systems of all kinds, and from all over the Gigatoverse they were within. Bubauno was essentially on a quiet rampage as he stormed right back into Gaia's Universe. Once he did, he seemingly turned off his passive disease spread and playfully ran towards his prey. Drooling and licking his lips as he did. One could see the likes of Reguluus, Clarissa, Kareezim and Kennerlin try their best to rise back to their feat. Using their complete arsenals to try and counteract this situation, but nothing worked.

"S-Shit… I didn't think it would be this bad. What the hell are Stuliathans!?" Clarissa said as she coughed up more blood. She fell to the floor, her body trembling as she still stubbornly tries to move. Everyone else could only fight the urge to croak over in pain from the constant attack on their internal organs and cellular systems. It was the most pain any of them had gone through and some have stood in the face of imminent doom and destruction. But this… this torture they had to endure was like nothing they ever faced. Since their mental ability and souls were being attacked as well, folded over and over again to keep them from using their abilities to fight back.

Kennerlin: "D-Damn… if only I had my full capabilities- *Cough* *COUGH* I-I would be able to beat the shit out of that guy."

Atoshen: "All three of us would… but our current situation is why he came for us."

Rashiono: "Easy pickings along with the God's around us!"

Bubauno: "Indeed… *Lick* You were the best source of power I could ask for. Prey that can't even fight back, though it would have been an honor to fight such legendary Stuliathans. But don't worry… I'll tell our brethren all about you pathetic fools who lost to gods!" *Smirk*

Atoshen: "Y-You… bastard!"

Rashiono: "N-Nrgh… D-Damn it all!!!"

Kennerlin: "Mhm… (We've got nothing to worry about.)"

(Kenny: "I know what you mean ")

Clarissa: "It's… almost th-that time."

Bubauno: "You cretins put up an entertaining struggle, but now it's time for you all to become my supper. A nice buffet of essence to be devoured here!"

Clarissa: "Ah… (Gaia… have you charged some too?)"

Gaia: (Yeah, I did…)

Clarissa: (Good… I've got one last trick up my sleeve for this bastard. Clarissa and Gaia don't lose to ANYONE!)

Gaia: (Damn right, now take my essence and deal with that thing!)

Clarissa: *RFT* "M-Mrgn… You won't get… your way, ugly piece of shit. I'll show you why you bastards are obsolete now that we Gods are here!"

Bubauno: "You are already under the ailment of my disease. What can you muster here?"

Clarissa: "Didn't you know… I'm a Cheater!"

Bubauno: "Hm?"

Clarissa: "Cheater's Replacement!"

Clarissa's body fades out and leaves behind her soul as a result. Another body, identical to the last in every way, shape and form. Came out from beyond the dimensional wall. It was completely void of her ailments and injuries, allowing her to go at Bubauno one last time. He looked down at her and could see that she was unaffected by his current array of diseases. Figuring that out, he arranges a new set of diseases to be passively sent out. She uses that moment to blitz his person one last time, Summoning a load of Catastrophic and Life essence types. Mixing them together and creating a new technique to be used against the behemoth.

"You just won't believe the attack I got ready for you! Gaia's Zenchi Blessing of Catastrophe." Clarissa called out as she charged the attack into her left leg and kicked Bubauno in the gut. Knocking him on the floor once more as a wave of green essence traveled through his body. Bubauno felt as if nothing occurred from the attack until he felt his own cells moving without him having given the word. They turned on one another causing a Catastrophic battle for dominance. It was as if his body were at war with itself.

Bubauno: "What an interesting ability, Clarissa was it?"

Clarissa: "That's my name, ya ugly bastard."

Bubauno: "GeHAhehea, you're a fool. I can control my cells to the highest degree. Only I can tell such a thing to happen or not happen. *SWFT* Nice try though." *WOOSH*

Clarissa: "Well then, my work here is done. Everyone, continue to fight for your Lives… for they will be saved."

XigXahm: "This must be the moment she spoke of."

Bubauno: "None of you gods can defeat me, so no one will save you. Now… DIE!!!" *SWISH*

???: "Showtime." *FLASH*

Bubauno: "Hrmh- *SMASH* Graaaaugh!!!"

Clarissa: "About time: "

Kennerlin: "Taking forever as always.

Bubauno was hit by a mysterious force that sent him flying through hundreds of stars as he flowed right out of their galaxy. Everyone could only stare in amazement, astounded by who, or whatever could possibly manage such a feat. Just then, their bodies were coated in a mystical blue essence. It began to rejuvenate their bodies and cure their diseases. But it wasn't just them, the user of this ability began to cure the entirety of the Gigatoverse. Shiishii was quick to use his Death to speed up his recovery. He looked up to see a man dressed in red with a white mask floating above them. He had a spiked halo behind his back, it had a color that matched the blue essence Shiishii saw around them and on everyone.

???: "Long time no see Lord Shiishii and Lady Gaia. Wait… the whole gang is down there today!?"

Clarissa: "Yeah, we're all here, but what the hell took you so long!? You can travel a Gigatoverse from end to end within a minute. You were smoking again weren't you?"

???: "Guilty."

*CRASH*

Bubauno: "That kick actually stung. Just who are you, you can't possibly be a God."

???: "Oh but I am my man. I'm a God that was here when the first batch was brought into the omniverse."

Bubauno: "No amount of time can get you to the level of strength I sense."

???: "That's the thing behemoth. Gods are capable of achieving heights well beyond the norm and spectrum. Some of us can reach the status of GaG. Which is basically short for a God amongst Gods, the ultimate level of strength for Gods. We are known as the ones who hunt those above the level of God, i.e… you Stuliathans." *Point*

Bubauno: "Grrrgh… blasphemy!"

???: "And if you wish to know who will be hunting your sorry ass today. Well that's also simple my man, the name is Xebeel Vermilli. A GaG and member of the original Strife, the first Grand Council!"

Bubauno, the Duke of Disease. He came in with a storm of hurt and a clear goal in mind. To devour Ato, Rasho and all those around them. In the midst of this, we find out Kenny held his own Stuliathan within. And if that wasn't enough, the fabled Gahwardian Xebeel Vermilli has finally revealed himself. It'll be Xebeel VS Bubauno in this clash of Titans!!!

Next Chapter: Those Who Hunt What

Lies Beyond!