Blood Red Shadows II: The Crimson Shade
Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Products of Wrath, Part 1 of 4
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Alex glared down at Yang, his aura a shimmering blue as he unsheathed his sword.
"S-Saigo?!" Ultimus demanded.
"Alex!" Ruby gasped.
"Eyy! He's alive..! ..You lying motherfuckers." Wildcat grinned, then cast a glance towards Auburn, who had dragged Cade away from the scene.
Alex still stared at Yang, completely unfazed by everyone's surprised gasps.
"I bet you're wondering how I'm still alive. But that really doesn't matter now, does it?" Alex smirked.
Yang leaped up, punching Alex in the face as hard as she possibly could, which only served to leave a mark on Alex's head.
Alex grabbed Yang by the arm, and flung her into the wall.
Suddenly, a man shorter than Alex flew to the ground next to him.
"So, this is the person who nearly killed you?" Vegeta asked.
"HOLY SHIT! IT'S VEGETA..!" Delirious gasped.
Ruby took a few steps backward, her eyes glowing silver as she appeared to scan them. She gasped, and took cover.
"Yes. By the way, good call evacuating the city. It's kind of unfortunate that I have an audience, though." Alex replied, glancing at the small crowd that gathered near the wall.
"I'll let you two have your fun. This 'Raven' should be showing up any moment now, and I would like to test her power personally." Vegeta replied, flying off and landing next to Delirious, who went into full panic mode.
Yang staggered out of the rubble, seething with rage.
How on Remnant was he still alive?!
"Now then," Alex smirked, transforming to his Enlightened Berserker form, with only his hair glowing.
"Shall we begin?"
Yang charged at Alex, screaming in fury as she unleashed blow after blow against Alex, launching him across the city like a ragdoll.
Ruby was shivering with fear, still shocked at what she had seen.
"I... I don't know what's happening anymore..." Ruby shakily gasped.
"What's wrong? I mean, why do you care? Alex was an asshole, wasn't he?" Vanoss asked.
"T-That's not the problem..! I trained my Silver Eye abilities to be able to detect latent power... And..."
"And what?" Twilight asked.
Yang kept launching him around the city, grabbing him by the ankle and slamming him into the ground.
Yang seemingly teleported above him, unleashing a torrent of punches and using a great deal of power.
"He's just toying with her." Vegeta answered.
As Alex was getting punched, he let out a sinister grin, causing Yang to gasp in surprise.
With a single strike, he blew Yang out towards the wall, leaving behind a bolt of violet lightning.
Alex flew near where Yang had been standing, and glared down at her again.
"You see, Yang? I've grown past you so far that you can't even hope to catch up. You've grown stronger since we last fought, but I'm beyond that now." Alex grinned.
"W-What do you mean..?" Yang coughed.
"I mean that you're far out of your depth."
The crowd of furies that had been gathering outside the wall had blown through a huge section of the wall, snarling ravenously.
"Oh, test subjects. Neat." Alex deadpanned.
Alex raised his finger, pointed it to the ground, and sent a small bolt of lightning into the ground.
"Was that supposed to do anything?" Wildcat wondered.
"Get down!" Ruby urged.
Alex sharply flicked his finger to the air, causing each and every Fury in the group to be incinerated over the course of 5 seconds, before the bolt launched into the sky.
"That was just a small taste of my power. Say, 1/12?" Alex smirked.
"... Oh, fuck."
Alex charged at Yang, clothes-lining her with his arm, flinging her through the wall before teleporting and kicking Yang into a building.
Yang charged back, aiming a hard punch at Alex's face.
"I'VE GOT YOU RIGHT WHERE I WANT YOU!" Yang shouted.
Alex smirked as Yang punched... Wait..
"Did he just vanish?!" Spyden gasped.
"I can't tell..!" Twilight shouted back.
Yang's fist flew through Alex, eventually getting punched in the back by... Alex?!
"What." Terroriser stared in surprise.
"O-Only I've b-been able to pull t-that off..!" Ruby stammered in terror.
"As far as you know." Vegeta smirked.
Yang jumped on top of a pile of rubble, unleashing wave after wave of projectiles at Alex, who simply walked through them.
"Pathetic. I expected more from you." Alex scoffed.
"I-I'LL END YOU..!!!" Yang leaped at Alex again, only to get punched in the face so hard it blew the rest of the wall down.
"You'll die trying." He replied.
Yang was blown back several meters before she was able to pull herself up, grinning in satisfaction.
"How... Predictable.." Yang smirked, glowing with a new energy as she launched herself at Alex once more.
"How is he keeping up with her? I thought she kicked his ass last time!" Natsu gasped.
"That's not keeping up, that's an ass-kicking..!" Gray stared in shock.
"It's true... He'd only been gone for about a month... What happened in all that time..?" Erza wondered out loud.
"Sure, it had been a month for you, but for us, we've been training for 2 years." Vegeta answered.
"TWO YEARS?!" Ruby gasped.
Yang threw a flurry of punches, with Alex simply dodged.
"HOLD STILL!!!" Yang demanded in pure rage.
"Make me." Alex retorted.
Yang hit Alex with an uppercut, leaving Yang relatively satisfied.
The young man staggered backwards, clenching his jaw in 'pain'.
"Ow. Ow. The legendary Yang hath broken my jaw. It wounds me so deep- doesn't at all." Alex deadpanned.
"DAMMIT!!!!" Yang shouted, punching Alex repeatedly in the chest with unfathomable wrath.
It wasn't long before Alex transformed, the sheer energy forcing Yang back a few dozen feet.
"What the?!" Oreonna gasped.
"Okay, shit.." Mini blinked as he watched the fight.
"Heh.. Poor, poor little Yang. She never realized what she was getting into." Alex laughed to himself.
Yang forced herself to power up to max, screaming in anger.
"MOTHER TRAINED ME!! SHE GRANTED ME THE POWER TO FINISH YOU OFF, ONCE AND FOR ALL!!! WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!!" Yang demanded.
"Hm.. So you're completely over the edge now. Wonder how you'll react to this.." Alex grinned.
"Oh, you're kidding me!" Natsu shouted.
Alex charged his energy further as the same blue aura materialized around him, seeping into his hair and turning it into a sort of aqua-colored flame. Suddenly, 10 heavy metal bars launched out of his arms, legs, and torso, leading Alex to start floating.
Yang stared on, now absolutely horrified as she powered down.
"I... H-How..?" Yang stammered.
Alex floated back down, glaring at his former partner and wife in tranquil fury.
"Feast your eyes on my final form, Xiao Long... I'll cut this short and just call it the 'Mythic Warrior'." Alex grinned, cracking his knuckles.
Yang quickly transformed back into her Inflamed Demigoddess, preparing a devastating attack.
"THE WEAK DIE! THE STRONG SURVIVE!! I'M. NOT. LOSING TO YOU!! BURNING ECLIPSE!!!" Yang roared.
Yang set off a violet-orange attack, spiraling towards Alex.
"Guess we're playing by Raven's rules then." Alex shrugged, swatting the large beam aside, teleporting, and repeatedly punching Yang in the chest before pulling out his sword.
Using the split-second she had, Yang punched Alex in the chest. Again, it had no effect.
Quickly, Yang's armor was scratched, then outright torn apart, exposing her under-armor as Alex struck her forehead..
...Severing the circlet in two, unknowingly freeing Yang.
"Wait.. That-That headress... Where have I..?" Vegeta wondered.
"What was that doing on her head..?" Lucy asked herself.
Yang powered down immediately, gasping for air.
Alex then stopped, wondering what strategy she was using.
"A-Alex.." Yang gasped weakly, only to be kicked to the ground.
Alex teleported again near Yang, grabbing her by the neck as he unsheathed his blade.
"Reduced yourself to simple mind games? Nice try." Alex mocked, punching Yang in the kidney. Again.. And again... And again.
"Holy shit.." Lui gaped.
"He's... Not stopping..!" Twilight stared on in horror.
Even Vegeta himself was somewhat shocked, seeing Yang getting beaten in a manner similar to his own beating at the hands of Frieza on Namek..
Yang, still being badly beaten, couldn't speak up to her own defense.. She was completely helpless.
Vegeta's eyes quickly widened with terror as soon as he realized where he'd seen that device before.
"That device...! Was the same one used to manipulate Broly..! Whoever this 'Raven' is, she's been controlling this 'Yang' individual from the start!"
"Stop!" Vegeta demanded, firing a ki blast at Alex.
"I'm in the middle of something." Alex glared, powering down to his base form.
"That doesn't matter! Your friend here's being-!"
Alex slashed at the ground, causing an arc of lightning to whip past Vegeta, keeping him back.
"This has nothing to do with you. Back. Off." Alex angrily ordered.
"You dare defy me?!" Vegeta demanded.
"Stop!" Ruby demanded, kicking Alex in the chest. With no effect, of course.
Alex scowled.
"I said BACK OFF!!!" Alex grabbed Ruby by the leg, throwing her back.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Ultimus demanded.
"GET AWAY!!!" Alex fired a bolt of lightning at Ultimus, blowing him backwards onto the ground.
The entire party stared at Alex, appalled at what he'd become.
Coldly, Alex scowled back at them.
"Four... Years.. Four... FUCKING YEARS... I save most of your asses, and this is all I get?! More BULLSHIT?! I've been tortured.. Dismembered.. And THE SECOND I think I'm finally out of the loop, BOOM! My wife and mother-in-law stab me in the back!!"
Yang's eyes widened in horror. She'd always thought that adversity gives a person strength.. In Alex's case, it was an obligation. He had to protect himself, because, until he met Karis, his own life was pretty much the only thing he had left.
And that was stolen from him.. Time and time again...
He couldn't take it anymore.
"I don't expect any of you to understand..! Not even whoever this heap on the ground is anymore!" Alex shouted.
"You think you have it so bad?! We were in ANOTHER FOCKIN' UNIVERSE while you were fockin' wit Vegetable over there!" Nogla shouted.
"At least you didn't have to lie to a dragon just to avoid another war!" Lucy yelled.
"For the time being. Ember will find out Alex is alive." Auburn told her.
"FOCKIN' ANODDER UNIVERSE!!!!! FOR 2 MONTHS!!!!" Nogla screamed louder.
"Yeah, that is terrible, but.." Vanoss shrugged.
"ENOUGH!!!!" Alex roared.
The others immediately grabbed their weapons, glaring at Alex.
Alex only smirked back.
"Hehe.. Somehow, I always knew it would end like this, with all of you turning against me... BRING IT ON!!!" Alex shouted, unsheathing his sword.
As quickly as the standoff started, a sudden burst of energy alerted the attention of everyone who could sense it.
"That feeling..!" Ruby gasped.
"No way..! That's Raven?!" Twilight gasped.
"Hmph... This 'Raven' is powerful... But not even close to my power." Vegeta scoffed.
Soon, a dark figure floated down from the sky, wearing her Grimm Mask as she drifted down, and cast a glance at the group.
"Alexander. So it seems you've survived... And you've brought your friends.." Raven greeted.
"Raven." Alex spat back.
"Raven..? Oh, that isn't my name... Not anymore.. I am Corvus." Corvus smiled, filling the air with a dark energy as her Aura suddenly erupted with power.
Next Chapter: Chapter 67: Products of Wrath: Part 2 of 4 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 59 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Sorry I've been slacking off with chapters again! I wanted to release 'Undertales of the Vanished before I got the four-parter started. I'll try to work on both stories on a rotation system, but I don't exactly schedule, so...
One thing I wanna make clear: Undertale won't be featured in the main story much in comparison to the other universes. Even less than CoD Zombies or SCP, as a matter of fact. Only one character from UotV is really going to make much of a difference or even appear, and that'll be all the way in the Osiris Arc.
(Also, the character in question isn't even canon in Undertale.)
*IMPORTANT*
Undertales of the Vanished has been cancelled because A: I wasn't sure where else to go the story or how to handle it, and B: Undertale is cringy as hell now.
So, yeah. First chapter of the Products of Wrath line is basically Alex attacking Yang, I'll give hints of the next one:
Alex, Ruby, Vegeta, Auburn, Twilight, Erza, and Corvus are gonna fight. Not going to say whose fighting who, but just throwing it out there.
-The Destoyer

