16 - Full Power Unleashed! Super Pictoro is Born

The foul stench of Pictoro's gaseous and liquid excretements leaking from his pores assaulted Jesse's nose as he felt a massive rise in ki. Eventually, all the gas had dispersed, and standing there was an almost totally new being from what Jesse had previously seen.

Instead of his former average human height, the Bio-Android now measured a monstrous 8 feet tall and his muscularity had gone through the roof. He had rippling and shredded muscles to the point of disbelief.

Rather than his skin looking patchy and frankensteined, full of many different colors and textures, it was now a solid, reflective and glossy black all across, besides streaks of yellow through his arms in a similar pattern to a Namekian. The horn on his head had grown in size and similar horns sprouted out from all around his head, appearing as a sort of crown of horns. Upon his back massive bat-like wings had sprouted and sharp vampire-like teeth appeared in his mouth, likely from the vampire DNA of Vidya. Finally, his eyes were sharper, colder, more menacing, and calm, and they stared deeply and confidently at Jesse.

Jesse gulped his saliva at the sight of this now smirking monster, clenching his fists in anger and fear, he was angry that he'd killed Vidya after all. There was however one saving grace.

'He's not even terribly powerful, not even as strong as King Piccolo was, even though it seems like he had Namekian DNA, he's still defective after all.'

"So, it seems the tides have turned, or whatever you humans say. Now I'm the apex predator of the world! I feel so much better! Calmer. More complete. Powerful!"

He said as blasted a ki orb towards the trees, destroying any of them in its way.

"Y-Yeah, you're definitely tough now, tougher than me… But don't get cocky! I'll still beat you into the ground!"

Jesse exclaimed as he went to max power, ready to put every ounce of his power into fighting.

"Oh ho, so you still feel like fighting? Well, not like it matters… I wasn't gonna let you go anyway."

Pictoro said with a devilish smirk before rushing forward, in the blink of an eye, he had reached Jesse and punched him in the gut, launching him all the way back into one of the castle walls, smashing right through it. Getting up in some pain, Jesse walked out of the castle, immediately seeing Pictoro with his arms crossed, flying above with his wings.

'He's way too strong… maybe I should try to retreat for now… No! He'll single handedly ruin the whole world if I do! What the hell am I supposed to do here!?'

Jesse had put himself in a terrible situation, he could only grit his teeth and fists and fight as hard as he could for now.

"So so weak, you're pathetic, whatever your name was. Even though I feel much calmer now, even though I've lost just about all the rage you put me through earlier... I can't forgive your disrespect, its the principal of the thing, you get it?

"Oh I get it… I wouldn't have it any other way!"

Jesse yelled before swiftly launching a counterattack. He crossed both his arm and launched two weak ki blasts at the dirt around Pictoro, sending thick dust clouds everywhere. He then immediately ran forward to punch Pictoro straight in the face. Pictoro could still see pretty much perfectly in this dust, and quickly sent his own fist at Jesse's face. His fist simply passed right through the boy's face instead of pounding it in like he wanted, an afterimage. From behind Jesse made his actual attack, connecting a direct full power punch at his head.

"Die!"

Yet, its effect was lackluster. Pictoro turned around with a kick and struck Jesse in the stomach, launching him straight through several trees before he stopped.

"Well I see you're a little bit stronger than I thought, I could feel that little sneak attack of yours at least a little bit, after all."

Jesse was thinking the same thing about him, but in a different magnitude. This finished Pictoro was even stronger then he had already thought, there really just wasn't anything he could do to him.

"And you're a monster… hehehe… honestly I don't th-think anything I do will affect you…"

He nervously laughed.

'Wait, unless?! I haven't successfully done it even once yet… but this could be my only chance…'

"So how about instead I run away!"

Jesse immediately fired a full power ki blast at the monstrous bio-android then ran backwards into Pictoro's castle, destroying the roof so rubble blocked the entrance as he made his way deep into it. Pictoro wore a disappointed, somewhat angered face, he was enjoying that, and he wouldn't just let this boy run away. Despite what it seemed and what he had said, Jesse was not actually running away, he was buying himself some time.

"Alright… please work…"

Jesse said as he began to deeply concentrate his energy.

"Get back here this minute or I'll just blow the entire castle up, and then I'll kill your little friend out here!"

Pictoro yelled out in an annoyed tone as he crossed his arms. Jesse was totally ignoring him, getting into a stance.

'You're gonna kill me anyway asshole…'

He set his legs spread far apart and moved his hands closed together at his left side. It was clear what he was doing, he was attempting a Kamehameha. The thing about ki attacks is that they had a certain multiplier of their own, and with the strength the Kamehameha grants plus a large percentage of his own ki, Jesse was hoping it'd be enough to defeat Pictoro.

"Kaaa…."

"I'm giving you ten more seconds before I destroy your friend boy!"

"Meee…."

Pictoro's hand began to spark and glow as he raised it up, seemingly a ki attack of his own being readied.

"Haaa…."

"I would like to absorb you, but I will not hesitate if I must destroy you along with the castle! I know you're still in there too, I can feel your energy!"

"Meee…."

'That's strange, some kind of energy is growing somewhat in there, I can't tell so well though, not quite used to sensing energy yet…'

Pictoro thought to himself

"Haaaa!"

Jesse screamed out. The iconic and blaring sound of the Kamehameha rung out loudly, it was a success! A blast of the Kamehameha Wave came blasting out of Jesse's hands, smashing through the castle walls, aimed right at where Pictoro's energy could be felt.

'Please don't miss…'

He nervously thought to himself

'That energy is getting closer…?'

"Oh I see! You're launching another pathetic ki attack at me? Well it wont wo-"

Suddenly at high speeds, a large blue beam of energy, pulsating with energy and light burst out from the rubble, bolting straight at Pictoro. The bio-android raised his eyes in surprise.

"The Kamehameh-? OH SHIT!"

Before he even realized, the blast had totally engulfed his body, and it was much stronger then he expected. Pictoro screamed in pain as he took the full power of it head on, before the beam eventually faded. When Jesse came out of the castle, breathing incredibly heavily, Pictoro was nowhere to be found. Jesse fell down to his knees with a relieved smile on his face.

'That was clo-'

"WELL NOW I'M PISSED OFF AGAIN!"

Without warning Jesse was clawed from behind, ripping multiple cuts into his clothes and skin as he started to bleed. Pictoro had survived the attack, he was clearly pretty damaged from it, but he was alive. If he hadn't used so much of his energy, Jesse could have defeated this weakened Pictoro. Jesse screamed in pain as Pictoro picked him up by the neck, digging his claws into his skin slightly. Pictoro held an enraged face as he grabbed Jesse's skull with his other hand, starting to squeeze down slowly.

"I'm gonna squeeze you down harder and harder until your head pops like a balloon, bastard!"

Jesse screamed out in pain, he had no energy to fight back against Pictoro's hold, there was nothing he could do.