The next day, things looked great for Ponyville's new addition. The girls welcomed them with open arms and became friends with them. Ruby became friends with the CMC and Spike as well as other young ones. The girls were shocked to hear that Mitta was once a zombie living in a village full of zombies in the middle of the Everfree forest. They were also horrified at what happened to Ruby. They felt sad about them but were happy that Ash have giave them a second chance of life.

Since Mitta and Ruby didn't have any money, Ash told them that they can stay in his house for as long as they want to. They happily accepted his offer but Mitta wanted to find some sort of work to earn money. Since she was an Earth pony, Applejack gave her a job at her farm, to which she happily accepted. Since Ruby was the same age as the CMC, Mitta let her daughter attend the school where she made many friends.

Ash also told the girls about the forest's new additions. He told them that he created plant monsters that now inhabits the forest. This made the forest more dangerous than before. However, they don't need to fear the forest anymore. Ash told them that the plant monsters were under his control and will not harm them. The only ones who need to stay away from the forest are the enemies.

The girls were awe that he was able to make plant monsters that were under his control. They were also happy that the forest is now safe for them. Since most of Ponyville is surrounded by the forest, it made the village safer than before. Mayor Mare also accepted to change the forest's name from Everfree forest to Death forest. The Death part is a warning for those who wish to harm Ponyville and its inhabitants.

Ash also went to Canterlot to meet with the princesses. He shared his story with Celestia and Luna which shocked and horrified them. They were extremely disgusted at what the village did to a filly for getting her Cutie Mark. They were both very happy at how he dealt with them and that he given Mitta and Ruby a second chance at life.

One day, they were all enjoying picnic near a lake. They enjoyed themselves as they ate Ash's cooking which made them drool. The fillies and Spike were playing with themselves. Fluttershy and Mellow Hoof were beside Ash who laid their heads on his lap. He ran his hands on their heads which made them relax. Everyone was relaxing that day when suddenly, the Saiyan became stiff. The girls immediately noticed this and became worried.

Fluttershy asked, "Ash? Are you okay?"

Ash came out of his thoughts and said, "Yes. I'm fine. It's just that my instincts told me that something is bad going to happen today."

The girls became even more worried and Twilight asked, "When its going to happen?"

Rainbow asked, "And what is going to happen?"

Ash shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't know what it is or where it will happen or when it will take place. All I know is that it's going to happen today."

Gilda asked, "So, what would you do about it?"

Ash said, "All I can do is keep an eye out for things that are out of place."

Pinkie said, "Oh! You mean like when my tail twitches! Or when stuff falls from the sky! Or when it rains frogs! Or when Rainbow Dash is in a skirt!"

Rainbow shouted, "Hey!"

Ash shook his head and said, "No. Not like those. I mean .... frog rain?"

Pinkie smiled widely and nodded. He looked at Twilight who said, "Well, there was this one time when a frog fell from the sky and landed on my face."

Fluttershy said, "Oh. That's my fault. You see, that day, I was taking my frog friends to the swamp where they will make their new homes. One must have jumped out from my basket."

Twilight said, "Oh. That's explains it."

Ash smiled and said, "Well, that was very nice of you Fluttershy."

Fluttershy blushed shyly as she hugged him to hide her blush which only made her cute. Ash smiled and hugged her. He said, "I'm going to be around Ponyville to see what sort of incidents would take place. I need to be very aware of what my instincts told me. You all remain vigilante too. If you do come across something that is dangerous, then shout my name and I'll be there."

The girls nodded and spent their time with him as they enjoyed the picnic. After that Ash walked all over Ponyville in order to see anything out of place. He found none so far. He then suddenly stopped and did a facepalm. Why was he going around Ponyville when he has his infected insects around? Idiot. He then went towards his house and into his room where he continued one of his secret projects. A few hours later, one of his infected insects informs him of something.

This one came from the Silent One from the wasteland. He was informed that a group of strangers clad in armor which hid their features were coming towards the changeling kingdom. Ash waited to be informed at what happened next. After a while, what he found alarmed him greatly. The strangers were somehow able to bypass their defenses and avoid detection from the changeling guards. Even the Silent One lost track of them.

Ash spared no time as he was worried about what their intentions were. He was also greatly worried about Chrysalis and Insectum safety. He quickly used "Kamui" to suck himself into another dimension and teleport to the Changeling Kingdom.

Changeling Kingdom

A group of 50 individuals used the Kingdom's shadow to move around in order to avoid detection. They swiftly moved towards the castle and entered it. Inside, they swiftly and silently killed the guards without them noticing their presence. Soon they arrived at a huge door. That door leads to the queen. They silently opened it and entered the room. Inside they found Chrysalis and her daughter Insectum sleeping on a huge bed.

They group of assassins moved silently but one of them accidentally stepped on a toy *Squeeeee* which awoke Chrysalis. She looked around and when she saw the strangers, she quickly casts a shield around her and her daughter. She stood up and took a defensive stance against the assassins.

Chrysalis said, "Who are you? What are you doing here in my room?"

The assassins pulled out their weapons which were daggers and swords. One assassin said, "Greeting Chrysalis. We came here for you."

Chrysalis snarled and said, "That's Queen Chrysalis to you! Speak why you came here or I will be forced to remove you myself!"

The assassin spoke, "Not anymore Chrysalis. You see, someone needs you dead for the greater good of the kingdom."

Chrysalis growled, "Oh really? What's make you think that you all would be able to do any harm to me?"

An assassin came forwards and pulled down his cloak, revealing himself to be one of them. A changeling. he said with a grin, "Hello Chrysalis."

Chrysalis gasped and said, "Thrall?"

Thrall nodded and said, "Yes. It is I."

Chrysalis said, "What are you doing here?"

Thrall said, "I came back to reclaim what's mine."

Chrysalis asked, "And that is?"

Thrall said with a grin, "This kingdom."

Chrysalis snarled, "This was never your kingdom Thrall!"

Thrall said, "It will be mine. All I have to do is kill you and claim this kingdom as my own."

Chrysalis said, "That will never happen for as long as I live."

Thrall said, "That is why I have come here today to kill you."

'Why aren't my guards coming here?' Chrysalis thought.

Thrall said, "And don't bother calling your guards. We have killed the ones inside this place."

Chrysalis snarled, "How dare you go against your own kind!"

Thrall said, "I'm doing this because this kingdom has become weak."

Chrysalis said in confusion, "Weak?"

Thrall nodded and said, "You have grown weak. Your kingdom has grown weak. So much that you have to ally yourself with the ponies. With food!"

Chrysalis shouted, "They are not food! They are the ones who helped us when we were at our lowest when no one else did!"

Thrall snorted and said, "Whatever you say Chrysalis. You will die here and I will rule this kingdom and make it strong. Then I will conquer the other kingdoms and I will rule it with an iron fist!"

Insectum woke up and said, "Mommy. Who's there?"

Thrall looked at the filly and made a sicking smile, "Well, look what we have here. The daughter of Chrysalis. She will make a great queen by my side."

Chrysalis snarled at him, "Stay away from my daughter you sick freak!"

Thrall said, "That's enough. It's time for you to die."

He swung his sword at the shield and *Crackle* shattered it completely, which shocked Chrysalis. She said, "How? How did you break my shield!?"

Thrall said with a smirked, "I have met a powerful being who I gave my alliance to. He gave me and my comrades these armors and weapons which negate magic."

He and the rest of his comrades lunged at the queen. Chrysalis immediately held Insectum and teleported away from them and outside the room. She then ran away as her magic would do no good in this situation.

Thrall shouted, "Don't let her get outside of this castle! Kill her as fast as you can! But keep her daughter alive! I have use for that filly."

The others nodded and immediately chased her. Thrall look around the room for a second and joined the chase as well. He will have this kingdom as he was tasked by his master. He was so lost in his thought of ruling the kingdom that he failed to notice an ominous presence heading towards the castle.

Chrysalis ran through her castle with her daughter in search for a safe place. She was unable to contact her guards for any help. Something was blocking her hive mind. She only hoped that they would somehow survive from the assassins. She tried to teleport outside the castle but failed. There was some sort of shield around the castle that prevented her from teleporting outside. She was stuck in the castle along with the assassins.

The assassins finally cornered the two and prepared to attack her. Chrysalis put her daughter down and said, "Insectum. I want you to run away from here and try to find your way out from this castle."

Insectum looked up to her mother with sad teary eyes and said, "But mommy. What about you?"

Chrysalis looked at her daughter with eyes full of sadness and said, "My daughter. I want you to know that I will always love you and want you to be safe."

Insectum was crying softly and said, "Please mommy. Don't leave me."

Chrysalis hugged her and said, "I won't. I will be always with you Insectum."

Chrysalis knew that she would not get away from this. The least she would do is try to keep her daughter safe.

Thrall said, "Where do you think your daughter can run? You are cornered. There is no escape."

Chrysalis said, "Wrong."

She hit the wall and *Click* a small hole formed in the wall. She immediately pushed her daughter in the hole in which she fell down.

Chrysalis said, "Be safe my daughter."

Chrysalis looked back at the assassins with hate. She summoned her armor and weapon and took a defensive stance. She said, "You all will die here and now."

Thrall snorted and said to one of the assassins, "Go. Track that filly. I want her alive."

The assassin nodded and began to run away. Chrysalis saw this and immediately lunged at him in hope of killing him from going after her daughter.

She shouted, "No, you don't!"

*Clang*

However, her attack was intercepted by Thrall who said, "Now, why don't you spend your remaining time with us? Hmmm."

Chrysalis cursed as the assassin ran away in search for her daughter. She took an offensive stance and attacked them. If she can help her daughter, then she needs to kill these assassins as fast as possible.

Chrysalis shouted, "You all will die! My kingdom will never follow you!"

Thrall avoided her attack and said, "Oh yes they will. After I kill you and show them your head, they will follow me. And if not? Then I can rule them with force."

Chrysalis yelled in anger and continued her attack on the assassins.

With Insectum

Insectum fell down the hole and reached the first floor of the castle. She looked around and saw that she was alone. She then ran through the castle and found the exit. She was very much worried about her mother's safety and prayed that she is alright. As she was nearing the exit, *Crash* the wall to the side exploded which made her stumble back.

Insectum looked at the destroyed wall that now blocked her path towards the exit. She began to fear as her only path to safety was cut off. Her fear rose when she saw one of those assassins coming out from the destroyed wall. The assassin saw her and smiled widely.

The assassin said, "Well, look who I found. Come here so I can go back to King Thrall."

He began to walk towards her who ran away from him. Insectum ran and ran from the assassin until she became exhausted and fell to her knees. She began to cry when the assassin came closer.

The assassin said, "Come here brat. You will make a fine queen to the king."

He menacingly walk closer to her and slowly began to grab her. Insectum began to cry and curled into a ball to protect herself. She said, "Please leave me alone."

The assassin laughed and said, "No can do brat. You're coming with me."

Insectum could do nothing but pray for her and her mother's safety. She whispered her wish, "Daddy. Where are you?"

"I hear ... your voice."

Insectum eyes opened in shock as she recognized that voice. The assassin however, stopped and looked behind the filly. He saw someone huge standing behind the filly. However, he could not make out what the being looked like as he was covered in shadows. The only thing that he could see was a pair of glowing eyes that sent shivers down his spine.

"What the-" That was all the assassin could say before a huge hand came out and grabbed his face and then *Crunch* crushed his entire head. He didn't even have any time to scream and was killed instantly. Red tendrils came out from the hand and pierced the assassin's body and pulled him into the hand and was devoured whole.

Insectum looked up at the shadowy figure in fear but she stopped when she thought back when she recognized that voice. She gasped when the figure came out from the shadow and showed her who he really was. Someone who she was greatly happy to see.

"Daddy!"

With Chrysalis

Chrysalis panted as she avoided another blow from the assassins. These assassins were really good. They were able to injure her as her magic was negated due to their Ninth armor. She had several cut wounds on her body. Her armor was cracked and broken in several places. Her right arm was broken and she was bleeding heavily. She was also very exhausted from fighting the assassins. As she fought, she was worried about her daughter's safety.

An assassin lunged at her and said, "Take this you bitch!"

Chrysalis was caught off guard when she was blocking an incoming attack but failed to see another attack. She was *Bash* hit in the chest with a hammer that launched her back *Crash* into a wall. Chrysalis slumped on the floor as she felt some of her ribs breaking from that attack. She coughed out some green blood as she breath heavily.

Chrysalis looked at her assassins in her weaken state. She could not fight anymore and only prayed that her daughter is safe from these bastards. She saw Thrall smirking at her defeat.

Thrall said, "Well, look at you now. Eh. Chrysalis! Ruler of this kingdom is down at my hooves. How laughable! You said that becoming friends with others makes your kingdom stronger but where is that supposed strength now!? As I said, your kingdom has become weak but don't worry. I promise you that after you die, I will bring this kingdom back to its former glory."

Chrysalis could do nothing but growl at him which made him laugh. Thrall said, "Also, I'll make sure that your daughter will make a good queen who will bear my children."

That statement make Chrysalis sick to her stomach. Thrall looked at one of the assassins and said, "Kill her."

The assassin nodded and jumped at Chrysalis as he brought down his weapon on her. Chrysalis closed her eyes and waited for her death. She thought about what she did in order to bring prosperity back to her kingdom. She met with a being who didn't look at her like a monster but as a friend. This being not only approached them with kindness but also helped them in their time of need. This being then healed her daughter and punished the ones who harmed her. Most of all, he even accepted her to become part of his family. She loved this being so much that even her daughter has become attached to him. She felt sorrow that she would not be able to spend her life with her lover.

Chrysalis has been defeated by these assassins who betrayed their own kind. And now, she awaits her death. She closed her eyes and waited to embrace death. However, it never came. She opened her eyes and became shocked to see what happened. The very being who had helped her entire kingdom was standing in front of her with her daughter sitting on his shoulder. But what about the attacker who was about to kill her? She shifted a bit to the right and saw in disbelief.

Ash held the end of the attacker's weapon in his hand tightly. He glared hatefully at the attacker who was held in the air along with his weapon.

The attacker and the rest of the assassins were shocked to see this being who not only appeared out of no where but was able to easily stop their attack on the queen. The attacker who was held in the air by his weapon was stupefied as he looked at the being in front of him. When his eyes met with the being, he became frozen with fear. He could feel hatred and malice coming from this being. His body wouldn't even response as he tried to release his grip on his weapon.

Chrysalis looked at her lover in shock and happy that her daughter was safe. She said, "A-Ash?"

Ash turned his face around to face her. He gave a soft smile and said, "I am very happy to see that you are alive Chrysalis. I'm sorry I didn't come as soon to save you from all of this."

Chrysalis smiled and said, "You have no need to apologize Ash. I see that Insectum is safe. If it was not for you then I fear for my daughter's safety and future."

Insectum looked at her mother in fear and shouted, "Mommy!"

Insectum jumped from Ash's shoulder and flew towards her mother. She hugged her and cried for her safety. She said, "A-are you g-going to be okay m-mommy?"

Chrysalis smiled and hugged her daughter softly. She said, "Yes I am. Now that your father is here. He will protect us from the bad ones."

Insectum cried as she was being comforted by her mother. Ash was already angry that they were going to kill Chrysalis but he became enraged when he heard what these bastards were going to do to the filly. He growled and looked back at the assassins. More importantly at the one who he grabbed the weapon of the attacker.

Ash said, "You dare try to kill one of my precious family."

The assassins took some steps back from the being's intimidation. The attacker didn't have any time to react when Ash swung his right arm upwards, launching the attacker towards the ceiling.

*Splat*

The attacker's head became paste when his head collided with the ceiling with such force. The assassins look up in horror as they see one of their own was stuck on the ceiling. After a few seconds, the headless corpse then fell down from the ceiling and onto the floor, in front of the Saiyan. Ash raised his right leg and stomped on the corpse. Several red tendrils came out, wrapped around the dead body and devoured it. This caused the assassins to gasp in horror as they saw the body being eaten within seconds.

The assassins were now on their guard against this being. Thrall said, "What are you creature? What business do you have here?"

Ash growled, "You dare ask me that when you just tried to kill a part of my family."

Thrall was confused and asked, "What family? I don't see any of your kind here?"

Chrysalis chuckled which gained the assassins attention. Thrall said, "What are you laughing about?"

Chrysalis said, "You imbecile. You don't recognize who is standing in front of you."

Thrall snarled, "What are you talking about? Should he be someone I need to be concerned about?"

Chrysalis chuckled and said, "You really don't know who he is? Then allow me to tell you who this being is. He is the one who helped my kingdom when no one did. He is the one who made a friendly alliance with the ponies. He is the one who saved my kingdom from starvation. He is the one who rid of us the predator who eats out kind."

The assassins were surprised to hear that but Thrall was not interested with that. He said, "Those are some good praises but what does that have to do with him being here?"

Chrysalis grinned as she said, "The one standing in front of you is none other than the famous monster hunter! Ash!"

The assassins' eyes widen in fear as they take a step back from the Saiyan. They have heard about him about how he was able to kill strong monsters with ease, about how he fought and killed every fighter in the griffin's tournament and mangled the griffin king, about how strong her was to be able to fight a titanic giant and kill it. They were very fearful about this Saiyan and wished that they don't encounter him in their life but it seems that didn't go well.

An assassin stutter, "A-and w-what is he d-doing h-here?"

Chrysalis smiled and said, "Oh! That's very simple! I am part of his herd."

Silence took hold of the air. That one statement made the assassins tremble in fear. They were already afraid of the monster hunter but now they know they fucked up. They have hurt and tried to kill one of the Saiyan's herd mates. They did everything in order to avoid meeting the monster hunter but it seems that fate just screwed them over and now they are going to pay as they have angered the one being they didn't want to meet.

Thrall was also trembling in fear. He said, "T-that .. can't be .. you must be joking! There is no way a being like him is interested in our kind! Much more to have you, a queen in his herd! You're lying!"

Chrysalis chuckled and said, "What need I have to lie about this? Ash is the only one who didn't see our kind as monsters due to our appearances. He has done so much for my kingdom and didn't ask for anything in return. That is why I fell in love with him and he accepted me to be a part of his family."

The assassins gulped in fear as they hear that. How are they going to get away from this? They were only asked to kill the queen but if they try to gain more info about their target, they would have found that she was part of the Saiyan's herd. They failed to do that as they thought that killing Chrysalis would be childs play as they receive special armor and weapons. Now they are in deep shit.

Ash *Crunch* crushed the weapon in his hand and devoured it. He found that the weapon was made from Ninth metal. He looked at the rest of the assassins and found that their weapons and armors were made up of Ninth metal as well. Who gave them these equipment?

Thrall pushed aside his fear and said, "Come on men! We don't need to fear someone like him! We have these special armors and weapons. With them, we can overcome his strength! So don't fear him! We can do this! And when we are done, this kingdom will be ours!"

Play this music for their slaughter.

The other assassins stopped trembling when they heard that. Their greed was more powerful than their fear. So they stopped trembling and took offensive stances as they are ready to fight the Saiyan. An assassin lunged forward at the Saiyan with intent to skewer him with his sword. However, that didn't happen. When the sword made contact with the Saiyan's flesh, it failed to pierce its flesh.

Ash didn't defend against the incoming attack as he wanted to test out his "Unbreakable Skin" and he has to say that he likes it. No longer has he need to use "Tekkai" against incoming attacks. He saw that the tip of the sword was unable to cut his skin and stopped the attack.

The assassin looked in shock at his failed attack. He looked up just in time for his face to meet with a huge fist that launched him back with his face blowing up into gore and paste. The dead body flew above the assassins and landed behind them. The assassins looked back at their dead comrade in shock. They then look back at the Saiyan in fear at how easily he killed their comrade with just a punch as they were professional assassins.

Thrall yelled, "Don't attack straight head on! Surround him first and attack him from every direction!"

The assassins nodded and ran towards the Saiyan. They began to surround him but Ash didn't let them get pass him because behind him were his precious family. Chrysalis and Insectum. Ash *Bash* punch away an assassin when he was about to get pass by him. Another one tired to ran by him in order to get behind him but failed as Ash spun around and *Bash* kicked him away. He hit a wall and fell down dead as his spine was broken from that strong.

Ash defended Chrysalis and Insectum from the assassins for a while but when they tried to rush by him, he growled and made some forms of hand signs. He slams his hands on the floor and shouted, "Earth Style Earth Spikes"! He sent his chakra into the floor and from it, several spikes shoot out and skewered the assassins who were about to pass by him.

*Shik* *Kerip* *Shik*

The assassins screamed in pain as they were skewered by the spikes. Too bad they didn't die from it. They were skewered from their stomachs, arms and legs. They struggled to free themselves but it only made them scream in pain. Ash shouted "Sound Armor" to cover Chrysalis and Insectum in transparent armor made of sound. He then shouted "Sound Wall" and created a wall made of sound in between the two and the Saiyan. This separated Chrysalis and Insectum from the rest which would protect them from the assassins.

Ash can now focus on the assassins as his two precious family members are safe now. He faced his opponents. No. The enemies of his family. They hurt one of his family members and tried to kill her! They tried to take away his daughter from him! He will not let them live. He will Crush Them!

A bulky assassin came forward who wore heavy armor and held a huge sword. He challenged the Saiyan to a test of strength. Idiot.

The assassin said, "I see that you use strength to face your opponents. You are just like me. I too seek strength and I would like to test my sword with you. Cutting your body in half that is."

Ash said nothing to him and simply signaled him to come at him, which the assassin gladly accepted. He rushed at him and raised his sword above him. He tensed his muscle and brought his sword down on the Saiyan with all of his might. He grinned at the thought of cutting the Saiyan as no one he encounter was able to stop his attack.

*Clang*

The assassin's grin fell when he saw his sword stopping when it made contact with the Saiyan. He saw that his sword didn't even cut the Saiyan's skin but where did that metal sound come from?

*Crack*

The assassin's eyes widen when he saw several cracks spreading on his sword and then *Crackle* shattered into thousands of pieces. The other assassins were shocked to see one of their weapons breaking when it came in contact with the Saiyan's skin. How did this happen? Ash not only allowed the sword to hit him but used "Repulsion" to send all of that incoming force from the sword back at it at 10 times more. This caused the sword to shatter into several smaller pieces.

The bulky assassin stepped back in horror at seeing his sword break just like that. He began to tremble in fear and tried to turn around and run for his life but he stopped and grinned. He said, "You may have broken my sword but you won't be able to break through my armor. Out of all of us, I have the strongest armor! I will be stopping your attacks while my comrades deal with that bitch!"

However, this proved to be his downfall because Ash was not intimidated by his lousy claim. Instead, he was only angered when the assassin insulted Chrysalis. He got an idea of using his water manipulation in his attacks. He clenched his right fist and put some water energy into it. If the assassin likes boasting about his armor, then it would only be fair to destroy it. He pulled back his right first and gathered a small amount of water from the air. Then he lunged it at the assassin as he said "Gyojin Karate Hyaku Maigawara Seiken"!

*Bash*

The assassin was not only launched back by that powerful punch but his armor, ribs, heart and spine were destroyed from that attack. The attack sent out a shockwave that traveled through the water. It first destroyed the armor and then the chest bones and then the heart and spine. It was like a straight line shockwave that forced its way through the assassin's body.

Gyojin Karate Hyaku Maigawara Seiken or Fishman Karate Hundred Brick Fist
A punch that releases a shockwave through water that can send an opponent flying. This attack is so strong that it can break through one hundred tiles.

The assassins look in horror as their strongest comrade was killed in front of them. Thrall snarled and said, "Forget about surrounding him! Attack him all at once!"

The assassins did that and charged at the Saiyan in a group. Ash saw this and tense his muscles in his right arm. he pulled his right arm back while he channel power into his arm. When the assassins covered half of the distance, he thrust his right fist forward. This made the assassins confused and stopped a few feet in front of him as they saw the Saiyan hitting nothing but air. They looked at each other and began to chuckle. They slowly made their way towards the Saiyan who didn't move from his position as he kept his right fist stretched forward.

"Hey hey! What's this?"

"Is he playing with us?"

"He isn't even moving. Why is that?"

"I don't care what's happening but I don't want to pass this chance."

"Yeah. Let's kill him and the bitch and be done with it!"

"Yeah!"

The assassins converse with themselves as they came closer to the Saiyan. They prepare their weapons and were about to attack him but stopped when they saw something. On the ground, the assassins saw a small piece of rock that began to roll away from them. Then another rock rolled away and then another. They became more confused when they began to skit away from the Saiyan. They yelped when they saw some of their body parts bending in unnatural way. Their abdomen even caved in. After a few seconds of this unnatural phenomena and then.

*Boooom*

A huge shockwave exploded that lunched all of the nearby assassins away.

Their insides were severely damaged and more than half of their bones were shattered into pieces. The assassins that were blasted away fell on the floor in immense pain as their limbs were broken. Chrysalis, Insectum and the rest of the assassins looked at the scene in awe and shock.

After a few seconds of silence, Ash said, "Gyojin Karate Karakusagawara Seiken".

Gyojin Karate Karakusagawara Seiken or Fishman Karate Arabesque Brick Fist
He punches at a fair distance from the intended targets. This transmitting the force of the blow through the water vapor in the air to release a shock wave that sends them flying. The shockwaves are not concentrated upon being released but in exchange has a much wider area of effect. This move has a delayed effect, as the shockwave takes a while to reach the opponent but when they do reach them, it will cause devastating damage to them. Both externally and internally.

Thrall saw how easily his comrades were killed by this Saiyan. His instincts were telling him to run away but his greed for becoming a ruler of this kingdom made him stay and face the monster hunter. He will not run when his prize is right in front of him. All he has to do is to get rid of this Saiyan and he can easily kill the queen and become king of this kingdom.

Thrall shouted, "All of you! Continue attacking him! I'm going to do something!"

A assassin asked, "What are you going to do?"

Thrall grinned and pulled out a crystal ball. He said, "I am going to use this gift that master has given me."

Another assassin said, "You are going to use that here!?"

Thrall said, "Yes. It may be the only thing that can fight that Saiyan. Now attack him and buy me some time."

The assassins nodded and charged at the Saiyan. Ash heard what Thrall was doing and was interested to see what that crystal ball would do. So he fought the assassins while he waited for Thrall to finish what he was doing. Thrall began to put his magic into the crystal ball which made it shine. He continued to pour more and more magic into it in order to activate it. Ash saw the light coming from the ball but ignored it as he continued to kill the assassins.

Ash didn't move from his position as he was defending Chrysalis and Insectum. He let the assassins come to him. As they charged at him, he *Bash* punched the nearest one in the face and then *Bash* uppercut the next one into the ceiling who went *Splat* as its head became paste. Three more lunged at him, only for him to turn his arm into "Blade Arm" and *Shing* cut them horizontally.

An assassin jumped into the air and brought down his hammer onto the Saiyan. Ash lunged his left leg towards the assassin and gave a powerful kick that *Clang* not only stopped the incoming hammer but *Crackle* destroyed the hammer. The kick didn't stop as it made its way towards the assassin and *Bash* hit him in the gut which launched him back and made him puke out loads of blood.

While Ash's left leg was in the air, an assassin chose to take this opportunity to attack him while his guard was down. The assassin lunged forward as he readied his poison daggers to cut him just once for the poison to take effect but he didn't get his chance as Ash brought his left leg down upon the poor bastard. Ash stomped on the assassin's head that *Crunch* crushed it and devoured his headless corpse.

Two assassins rushed at him together as they brought down their blades on the Saiyan but to their shock, the Saiyan ignored the incoming weapons and grabbed them by their throats. The two assassins were lifted above the ground. They struggled to free themselves as they slashed their blades at the Saiyan but were unable to cut him. Ash then slowly squeezed their throats and choked the life out of them. When they suffocated to death, he *Crunch* crushed their necks and devoured them.

Two assassins took out their bow and shot the Saiyan with poison arrows. Ash saw the incoming arrows and simply caught them with his fingers which shocked them. He then flicked the arrows back at them and hit their heads who died instantly. The rest of the assassins saw no other way to get away from this situation. So they all charged at him in hopes of getting past him and kill the queen but Ash never let them get closer to Chrysalis and Insectum.

Ash used his wires to *Shing* cut the assassins into several pieces. The rest of the assassins spread apart and some used their wings to fly above him in order to keep their distances away from him.

Ash glared at them with hate and said, "You really think you are safe from me with a little distance? You will die. All of you. None shall be spared!"

The shadows around the area began to extend and join with Ash's shadow. Then the shadow expanded through out the area that covered all of the floor. From the darkness, shot out hundreds of dark tentacles that *Kerip* ripped the remaining assassins apart. Not even the flying assassins were spared as they were dragged into the shadow where they were *Kerip* ripped apart and *Crunch* crushed into nothingness. None were spared.

Ash created a new skill called Shadow Of Death.

Shadow Of Death
He controls the shadow around him with his magic and solidify them in many shapes that he can command to attack his enemies with.

After the assassins were killed, the shadow receded back and returned back to their original places. Ash devoured the remaining corpses and looked at the last one, Thrall. He saw that the crystal ball was shining brighter and brighter which made everyone cover their eyes. When the light subsided, Chrysalis, Insectum and Ash looked in shock at what was standing in front of them.

The thing that was standing near Thrall stood at 10 feet tall. It was a hulking being whose muscles out did Ash's muscles. It had a metal brace on each of its wrist and ankles. A bone came out from each of its elbows. It wore an armored skirt like a samurai. It wielded a huge axe-sword that seemed to be made out of solid stone. It had black messy hairs, red eyes and sharp teeth. All in all, it looked like a monstrous figure that shows true strength.

Thrall smirked at their shocked expression. He said, "This is a gift from my master for my loyalty to him. According to my master, this being that I have summoned is a demi-god. He was once hailed as a powerful hero but due to the jealously from another god, he was cursed with madness and soon became a hate filled creature that attacks everything in site. When he died by poison, he was cast down into Tartarus where he forever beat and kill the souls. His name is Berserker Hercules."

Ash could very well see how strong this being looked. He was wary of this Heracles as he was something else. Thrall did say that Hercules was a demi-god. So it was a powerful being that he is facing.

"GGGGGGGRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"

Ash tensed his muscles when Heracles charge at him with such speed that was unnatural for such a large being. However, with his eyes, Ash was able to see him and gather some power in his right arm. He clenched his right fist and when Hercules came closer, Ash said, "Gyojin Karate Sen Maigawara Seiken"!

Ash gave a powerful punch *Bash*. Hercules grunted in pain when he was hit in the chest and he skidded several feet away from the Saiyan. A small trench was made in the floor when Hercules skid on it.

Gyojin Karate Sen Maigawara Seiken or Fishman Karate Thousand Brick Fist
A much stronger version of the Hyaku Maigawara Seiken. This move can break through one thousand tiles.

Ash was surprised that Hercules didn't fly back or fall on his knees when he punched him that hard. That punch should have at least destroyed some of his organs but Hercules just stood there like nothing happened to him. This shocked him very much as his attack should have killed him but it didn't. This being was something different from all the monsters he fought and killed. Just punching Hercules once gave him a lot of info about him. He needs to be careful as he fights this being.

Thrall said, "What are you doing Berserker! Your master has given you to me so obey my command! Kill him and then kill the queen! But spare the filly as I have use for her."

Hercules growled in rage and charged at the Saiyan with his axe-sword behind him. As Hercules ran closer to Ash, he tensed his muscle and looked at the being's muscles. He saw how Heracles was preparing a strong attack. When Hercules was closer, he swung his axe-sword at him with all his might. Ash saw the axe-sword coming towards him. He raised his right arm in front of him in order to stop it. However, instead of stopping the attack, something unexpected happened which took him completely by surprise.

Ash was launched away at a wall and he *Crash* through it. Chrysalis and Insectum were shocked to see Ash being hit away from the monster's attack. Thrall was grinning like a mad man as he saw the great monster hunter being launch away from Berserker's attack. He was right in bringing out this creature to aid him in fighting against the Saiyan. He began to think of what he will do after Berserker deals with the Saiyan and killing the queen. He will begin to conquer the other kingdoms with Berserker's help. With an unstoppable force beside him, he would soon become the ruler of Equestria.

Thrall said, "Good Berserker. I see that you are able to deal with the human. Before you engage him, I want you to kill the queen and bring me the filly. After that, you can take your time with the human. Now go!"

Hercules snarled and charged towards Chrysalis and Insectum. When Heracles was about to reach them, *Crash* he crashed into an invisible wall. It was a "Sound Wall". Hercules looked in front of him and saw nothing. He used his hand to feel something solid in front of him that stopped his advance. Hercules growled and raised his axe-sword above his head. He then brought it down on the invisible wall and began to attack it continuously.

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Clang*

Chrysalis was scared from the beast but at the same time, she was happy that the sound wall Ash made protects them from it. Speaking of Ash, she was worried about him. She has seen how he fought and killed stronger monsters but this beast was able to hit him with such strength that even he was thrown away. She hopes that he is fine and not hurt.

*Crack*

Chrysalis came out of her thought when she heard that sound. She looked in front and gasped in horror at what she saw. Cracks began to form on the sound wall as Heracles attacks it.

*Clang* *Clang* *Clang* *Crack* *Clang* *Clang* *Crack*

More and more cracks keep on spreading on the sound wall as it sustain damage under Hercules' attacks. Chrysalis hugged her daughter in fear as she saw the wall slowly breaking from the beast's attack. She only hoped that Ash is okay.

With Ash

Ash laid on the floor on his back and was a bit dazed from that attack. He was really not expecting that kind of strength from a 10 foot beast. Because of this, he let his guard down which costed him. He then felt pain coming from his right arm. He looked down and was surprise to see that his right arm was broken and was hanging by some flesh and skin. To not only have enough strength to hit him away but to get pass his "Unbreakable Skin" was surprising to him. Looks like the "Unbreakable Skin" can only stop an attack to some extent. If the attack is a powerful one then the skin will break. So this means that he has to use "Tekkai" again.

Ash realized what he did with Luke Cage who he got the DNA from. He was able to pierce the hero's skin with his "Shigan" which he put in a lot of strength into it. This proves that his "Unbreakable Skin" is not that great or he may be able to fix that in the future. Yes. With various DNA, he will be able to make his "Unbreakable Skin" the unbreakable.

Ash began to think about the beast's power status. For something only 10 foot tall, it packs quite a punch. 'Oh yeah' he thought. Thrall did say that Hercules was a being called demi-god. A being born from a god and mortal. A being that has godly trait and strength. A being that was able to harm him! Ash growled at this. He will not let something like this beast harm him or his family! He will destroy Heracles and devour him!

Ash got back up and his virus healed his severed arm. He ran through the walls as he thought about the beast attacking Chrysalis and Insectum. He *Crash* charged through several walls and *Bam* rammed into Hercules who was about to swing his axe-sword at Chrysalis and her daughter. Ash launched Hercules through *Crash* several walls and away from the queen and her daughter.

Ash knew that Hercules would not go down that easily. He will have to face him alone and without any distractions. Speaking of distractions, he looked at the last assassin, Thrall and appeared in front of him in a burst of speed.

Ash grabbed Thrall and said, "You! I'll deal with you later."

Ash's eyes changed into Mangekyō Sharingan which he used to swallow Thrall in a swirl and into his Kamui dimension.

After trapping Thrall, Ash appeared in front of Chrysalis and Insectum. The filly hugged his leg and looked up with teary eyes. She asked, "Is mommy going to be okay?"

Ash bent down and hugged the filly. He said, "Yes she will be fine Insectum."

This made the filly smile. Ash touch Chrysalis with his hand and a red membrane spread out from it, covering her whole body in a red cocoon. After a few seconds, the red membrane returned back into his hand. Chrysalis was now fully healed.

Chrysalis looked at herself and hugged him. She said, "Thank you Ash. Thank you so much."

Ash hugged her and said, "It's okay Chrysalis. I will always help and protect my family. Now I want you and Insectum to leave this castle."

Chrysalis asked, "Why?"

Ash said, "I am going to fight that beast."

Insectum asked, "Is he really that strong?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yes he is Insectum. Hercules is a a being born from a god and mortal. He possesses godly blood and is very strong. Strong enough to hurt me."

Chrysalis's eyes widen in fear but Ash took away her fear when he said, "I am going to fight Hercules with my strength. When I fight him, it will be like I am fighting a storm. I want to focus on fighting him without any distractions. So you two must leave this castle and prevent others from entering it, for they will only become distractions for me."

Chrysalis nodded and held Insectum. Before leaving, she kissed him and said, "Be safe my love."

Ash smiled and nodded. Chrysalis and her daughter left the castle. Now Ash was alone in the castle with the demi-god. He turn around and walked towards to where Hercules was thrown. He gathered a lot of his Ki energy and turned into a Super Saiyan. He needs this power since he is going to fight a half godly being.

Hercules stood up in a room and looked around to see where he was thrown. Hercules soon found who threw him and was pissed off that a mere mortal had did this to him. Heracles growled when he saw the Saiyan walking into the room through the hole in the wall.

Ash glared at the demi-god with hate and bulged his muscles. He said, "Bastard. You got guts in trying to harm my family.For that alone, you will suffer and die painfully!"

"GGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Both of them roared and charged at each other and when they clashed.

Outside The Castle

Chrysalis and Insectum ran out of the castle and into the streets. She stopped and rested for a while. She found that she was able to use her hive mind and called in her guards. A huge group of guards arrived before their queen.

A guard said, "My Queen. What is it you require of us?"

*THROOOM*

They all look at the castle and saw it shake from that shockwave. From the castle, several sounds of walls breaking, floor crushing, furniture breaking, door busting etc were being heard.

A guard asked, "My queen. What is happening in the castle?"

Chrysalis said, "Ash is fighting a beast of great strength in there."

The guard asked, "Where did the beast come from?"

Chrysalis said, "A group of assassins of our own kind came in to kill me and become ruler of this kingdom."

The guards growled at that thought and asked, "Then we better get in there and get them."

The other guards nodded and were about to enter the castle when Chrysalis stopped them, "Don't go in there. It's not safe."

The guard stopped and said, "But my queen. What about the-"

Chrysalis said, "Ash has already dealt with the assassins. Only the beast is left to which Ash is fighting it alone."

The guards were grateful that the Saiyan has saved their queen from being killed and is now fighting a beast of strength.

A guard said, "Then we better help our savior and join him in fighting this beast."

The other guards agreed but Chrysalis said, "No don't! You all will only get in his way. He already told me to stop anyone from entering the castle until he deals with the beast."

A guard said, "But my queen-"

Chrysalis said, "I know that you all want to help him but if you go in there then you will become a distraction for him while he fights the beast."

The guards nodded and stood in front of the castle as they heard several fighting sounds coming from it as the castle shook many times from several shockwave.

Insectum looked up at her mother and said, "Is daddy gonna be okay?"

Chrysalis smiled and hugged her. She said, "Of course dear. Your father is very strong. He won't let some beast stop him like that."

Insectum smiled and look backed at the castle and shouted, "Go daddy! Show that beast what you are made of!"

This made the guards cheer with her. They all began to cheer for Ash to beat the beast and win.

Inside The Castle

*Boom* *Smash* *Crack* *Bash*

Inside the castle, two beings of immense strength were fighting each other to death and from the looks of it, neither of them wants to stop until one of them dies. Ash punched and kicked the demi-god while Hercules swung his axe-sword and punched the Saiyan. Both of them attack each other without defending against their attacks. Each attack was brutal meant to kill a normal person but these two are far from being normal. That's why they survived the attacks and continued to attack each other.

Ash was bleeding heavily and healing at the same time. He was impressed with Hercules strength. Hercules was strong enough to penetrate his "Unbreakable Skin" with his weapon and his punch carries power that hurt him. However, Ash didn't care since he can heal from those injuries.

However, Ash was having difficulty in fighting Hercules. This demi-god was getting stronger and stronger as the fight went on. He even activated his Kaioken. This time he was fighting equally with Hercules. After much bashing around and destroying more stuff within the castle, he punched Hercules who punched back and *Crack* broke the Saiyan's arm. Ash was shocked to see that his own right arm was broken in a test of strength. This pissed him of so much.

"You piece of shit!"

The virus realigned his arm back in place and healed it. He glared at the demi-god in much hate and gave a devastating punch to Hercules. Ash pulled his right fist back and poured a huge amount of power in it. The water in the air gathered in front of him. Hercules growled and charged at him and when he came close, Ash punched at him through the gathered water and hit Hercules in the stomach.

Ash shouted, "Gyojin Karate Gosen Maigawara Seiken"!

*THROOOM*

Gyojin Karate Gosen Maigawara Seiken or Fishman Karate Five Thousand Brick Fist
A much-stronger version of the Senmaigawara Seiken. It is a very powerful punch. This attack is fifty times stronger than Hyaku Maigawara Seiken and five times stronger than Sen Maigawara Seiken. It can break through five thousand tiles with ease.

Since Hercules' outer skin was strong as steel much like Ash's "Unbreakable Skin", the monster hunter used this attack to inflict huge damage on the demi-god. Hercules did not expect this and simply charged at the Saiyan but that soon turned to be his downfall. When Hercules was hit by that attack, the punch did nothing to him as his steel skin negated most of the force but it failed to stop what the punch was suppose to do. It failed to stop the incoming shockwave.

A huge amount of shockwaves were released from the water that traveled through Hercules' skin and spread through out his body thanks to the blood inside of him. The shockwave damaged much of his internal organs as they spread out through his blood. Hercules flew back as blood came out of his mouth. Hercules went through *Crash* several walls and scraped the floor. Soon he came to a stop. He then slowly rose as he felt pain through out his body. Hercules puked out loads of blood but still he stood tall and growled at the Saiyan that did this to him.

Ash saw that Hercules was able to get back up which frustrated him. He can't go all out as that will destroy the castle and some part of the kingdom. He looked around and saw several weapons of the assassins that he devoured. He grinned evilly as a plan formed in his mind.

Ash look back at Hercules and said, "You really are a strong one Hercules. You have taken some of my most strongest punches and still stood tall. Well, I did not expect this from you but then I realized that you are no ordinary creature. You are a being that has been born from a god and a mortal. You are a demi-god and such you have none of my respect."

Heracles growled at him. He began to charge at him but stopped when he saw several weapons floating above the ground.

Ash said, "Do you know why you have none of my respect?"

Hercules looked at him waiting for his reply and what he got only made him angry. Ash said, "It's because you are born from a god. A god who doesn't help his own creation. A god who simply sees his own creation die in pain and despair and does nothing to help them!"

The weapons then pointed towards Hercules who took a defensive stance for the first time when fighting the Saiyan.

Ash said, "God is not needed and as such you are not needed for this world. You will die but in a cowardly way. You will die before you even come close to me. You will die like a piece of trash!"

Ash used his "Telekinesis" to control all of the weapons and with a wave of his hand, the weapons flew at the demi-god.

Hercules began to swing around his axe-sword as several weapons flew at him. He swung around and *Crackle* broke them. He side stepped and rolled away to avoid getting impaled by the flying weapons. He *Clang* blocked them and bashed them away but the weapons still fly back towards him. Hercules was dodging and swinging around his weapon like a mad man. For several minutes, Hercules swung his weapon to block and break the weapons. Hercules kept on dodging but even his stamina was beginning to run out.

Hercules panted and looked around. He thought that he had broken enough weapons so their numbers would be dwindled down but that didn't happen. To his shock, he saw several weapons flying around him. How could this be? He knows that he has broken a lot of weapons so why is it that there are still more? Hercules eyes widen when he saw the reason to the weapons number.

Ash was not only controlling the weapons but he was also repairing them. When Hercules broke a weapon, Ash simply used his power to repair them and threw it at the demi-god. Hercules broke more and they were repaired again and threw them at the demi-god again. This way, the number of weapons didn't dwindle but remained the same. So Hercules guarding himself against the weapons was nothing but a wast of time.

Ash grinned at Heracles and said, "My oh my. Aren't you getting a bit sluggish? Lets see how long you can defend yourself against these weapons. Lets put a bit more force in them shall we?"

Ash now put some power into the weapons to make them stronger and fly faster. He used "Telekinesis" to shoot the weapons at Hercules with eye blinding speed.

Hercules' eyes widen and swung his axe-sword at the incoming weapons in order to defend himself. Well, at least he tried to. When Hercules hit a weapon, his own weapon was recoiled back from the force behind the weapons. He found out that they were faster and much stronger than before. While he was in a state of shock and defenseless, two weapons flew straight at him and *Shik* impaled the demi-god through his chest.

Hercules' eyes widen when he felt the pain but ignored it as he became angry at the Saiyan who did this to him. He swung his axe-sword in order to bash away the incoming weapons. He was successful in doing so as he put more strength into his swing but some weapons managed to get past his defense and impaled him. This made him angry and he growled at the Saiyan in hate. How dare a Saiyan do this to him.

"GGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Ash smirked at the demi-god and said, "What's this? Is the demi-god crying about getting hurt? If you don't want to get hurt then you should have stayed where you belong. You should have stayed away from my family and now because of what you were trying to do, you will die. I will show you your place, which is beneath my feet!"

Ash shot out more weapons at the demi-god and impaled him. Though Hercules did manage to deflect some weapons away, the majority of the weapons impaled him. This went on for some time and after that, Hercules was straining to stand on his feet while his body was riddled with several weapons that impaled him. A lot of blood flowed out of his wounds that drenched his clothes. Hercules stumbled in his steps but still kept on standing as his breath became ragged.

Ash seeing how the demi-god struggled to stay on his feet made him a little bit forgiving. Just a tiny bit. No! No mercy to his enemy! No mercy to his family's enemy! They will be punished and they will die without mercy!

Ash said, "Ohhhhh. Well I see you still refuse to fall. Even after all of that, you are still willing to go against me. For that, I will give you a bit mercy. And that mercy is ... to toy with your pathetic existence!"

From Ash's back, several chains came out and shot towards the demi-god. Hercules was shocked and when he tried to dodge it, he failed since his body was wounded severely. Hercules gathered his strength and jumped into the air as he avoided the incoming chains but he failed to see one chain coming up from behind him.

*Clang*

Hercules is hit from behind and flew down to the floor *Crash*. When the dust settled, the demi-god is found lying in a huge crater is formed. Hercules struggles to stand back up and growled in pain. Even if his body was severely damaged, he would not give up. So he simply gritted his teeth and slowly stood back up on his feet.

Hercules saw that several chains float around him, just waiting to attack him. He does not like this and growls at the Saiyan. He gripped his axe-sword and prepared himself for the incoming attack. As soon as the chains flew towards him, Hercules spun around and swung his weapon at the chains *Clang* that pushed them away. A small smirk made its way to Hercules' mouth at the success of his attack. However his smirk soon turned to a growl as he saw the chains coming back towards him.

Several chains flew at Hercules and knocked him around like a rag doll. A chain grabbed his leg and began to swing him around like a lasso and threw him at *Crash* several walls. Next, Hercules was dragged back and thrown up and *Crash* hit the ceiling. Then *Crash* slammed him into the floor several times that shook the castle.

Hercules was whipped on his back by the chains making him scream in pain. The chains flew and hit his body, limbs and face. His nose was cracked and bleeding heavily. Blood also came out from his mouth but Hercules didn't fall after that brutal beating. Heck, some chains hit him so hard that his skin was damaged and were able to pierce him. After brutally beating him around like a frigging rag doll, it was time to end this. The chains flew at him and wrapped around his body and limbs, restraining his movements.

Hercules struggled to free himself but was unable to break the chains. How could this be possible? Because the chains were not normal by any means.

Ash said, "You must be thinking how mere chains are able to hold you yes? Well, that easy. These chains are called "Enkidu" or in this case, "Chains Of Heaven". They are specifically made to hold down godly beings such as you."

Enkidu
Chains made from the blood of an Uzumaki that runs through his blood. With a bit of Holy magic, the chains become special that can be used to hold or capture godly beings.

Ash said, "You have been captured Hercules. Cease your struggling and surrender."

Hercules didn't listen and kept on struggling but the more he struggled the more his confidence wavered. Hercules has fought countless opponents and won each of them but now, he was not only being beaten but also toyed with.

Outside Of The Castle

All of the guards stood in front of the castle as they held their breath. All of the fighting noises coming from the castle suddenly stopped. The guards looked at each other and talked about it.

"Is it over?"

"The castle has become silent."

"So Ash has won against the beast?"

"I think so."

"What do you mean you think so? Of course he won!"

"Yeah! Ash is our savior!"

"There is noway he could have lost against whatever he was fighting."

"Yeah!"

A guard approached Chrysalis and said, "My Queen. I believe we should go inside now."

Chrysalis said, "No. Not until Ash comes out from the castle."

The guard said, "But my Queen. I think that it's safe to go in now."

Chrysalis said, "Why do you say that?"

The guard said, "All of the fighting inside the castle has stopped. I think the fight is over and we are safe to go in and see what happen."

Chrysalis looked over at the castle and saw how silent it was. She thought about it for a while and then thought about what happened to Ash. She nodded and said, "Okay. I want 5 groups of guards to accompany me inside the castle while the rest of the guards stand right here in case something happens. I also want 5 group of guards to keep my daughter safe."

The guards nodded and 5 group of guards went with Chrysalis inside the castle while 5 group of guards stayed with Insectum while the rest of the guards stand in front of the castle.

Inside Of The Castle

Chrysalis along with 5 group of guards entered the castle and searched for Ash. Soon they came into the throne room and gasped at what they saw. There right in front of them in the middle of the throne room was a monstrous being that was restrained with several golden chains. Also, the being was impaled by several weapons but the creature still stood tall.

The whole group stood still with their jaws on the floor and their eyes bulging out. They all stared in utter awe and shock at what the thing Ash was fighting alone. To them, it was a monstrous being that could destroy their whole kingdom. It would truly be their death if Ash was not here to face against this creature and win.

They also saw Ash standing beside the creature and he was panting. They saw that his clothes were ripped in some places and they were smeared in blood. Chrysalis gasped at that and ran towards him and hugged him.

Chrysalis said, "Ash! Are you okay!? Are you hurt!? Is this your blood!?"

Ash chuckled and hugged her. He said, "I'm fine Chrysalis. I admit that this beast is a strong one that hurt me but not anymore. Look. He can't move or harm anyone anymore."

She looked at Hercules and saw how he couldn't free himself from the chains no matter how much he struggled. She sighed in relief but then realized that someone was missing.

Chrysalis said, "What happened to him?"

Ash asked, "Who?"

Chrysalis said, "The one who came here to kill me. The one who summoned that thing. Thrall. Where is he? Did he get away from here?"

Ash said, "Oh him. You don't have to worry about him anymore Chrysalis. I have him trapped in a dimension where he cannot escape from."

Chrysalis sighed in relief and asked, "Thanks goodness. What are you going to do to him?"

Ash said, "He tried to kill you and tried to take away Insectum. For that he will be punished severely. He will pay dearly for this. No one gets away from harming my family."

Chrysalis smiled and hugged him. She said, "Thank you Ash for being in my life."

Ash hugged her and said, "As do I Chrysalis."

After hugging for a while, Ash asked, "How is Insectum by the way?"

Chrysalis said, "She is safe and outside of the castle. She is really worried about you."

Ash smiled and said, "Well, she will be happy to hear that I am okay. I won't leave you two alone. Ever."

Chrysalis teared a bit at that and said, "Thank you."

Chrysalis looked back at Heracles and said, "So what are you going to do about that thing?"

Ash said, "Hmmm. Hercules is a demi-god and such is a very powerful being that can toe to toe with me. Most of my attacks didn't damage him much. I'm thinking of taking him to a secure location and see just how durable he is and what weakness he has. After that, I'll just kill him."

*Clang* *Clink*

All of them look at Hercules and saw him struggling against his restraints. Hercules growled at his situation. He could not believe what was happening to him. A being as powerful as him was wrapped in chains and captured by a mere mortal. Him! A demi-god was captured. And now, he was being humiliated in the presence of others. He couldn't take it anymore which made him angry which in turn raised his strength.

*Clang* *Clink*

A guard took a step back from the raging monster and said, "W-what should we do about him? It looks like he does not like it?"

*Clang* *Clink*

A guard said, "Oh come one. What could it do? It's wrapped in chains so there is nothing it can do."

*Clang* *Clink*

Another guard said, "I don't know but I think you should stay away from it."

*Clang* *Clink*

The guard said, "Oh really? What's it gonna do?"

*Clang* *Clink*

A guard said, "Come on man. Step away from it. It looks like its about to rip you up!"

*Clang* *Clink*

The guard said, "Oh please. It's beaten and captured. It's finished."

"GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Hercules roared in rage and his struggle against his restraints increased more and more.

*Clang* *Clink*

Ash saw Hercules increased in strength and looked at his chains closely. He saw that some cracks were forming on them as they were being overpowered by Hercules.

Ash shouted, "Get away from! He's getting loose!"

*Clang* *Clink* *Clang* *Clink*

*Crack* *Crackle*

That did it. Hercules broke his restraints and the cocky guard that was near him was the first one to be killed by his axe-sword. After the guard was kill, Ash quickly pushed Chrysalis away as Hercules lunged at him and tackled him *Crash* through a wall.

"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Ash roared as he battled with Hercules again. Hercules just won't let this go and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the monster hunter. Ash dodged and blocked while he attacked as well. However, since Hercules strength increased drastically, his attack didn't do that much damaged. he needs to us some powerful attacks but he can't do there as there are innocent lives here.

Hercules roared and hit him away with his axe-sword. Ash crashed into and wall that fell on top of him , burying him underneath it.

"Ash!" Chrysalis shouted.

This gained the attention of Hercules and he began to run towards her. The guards saw this and charged at the beast while some came towards their queen and protect her from him. Hercules growled and swung his axe-sword at the changeling guards who were *Shing* cut apart and thrown away. It didn't take Hercules long when he reached the queen. After swatting away the last guard, he looked down at the queen and raised his weapon above his head with intent to kill her.

Chrysalis was frozen in fear at the site of the beast that was upon her in a short time. She saw how easily her guards were killed and was terrified when the beast raised his weapon to kill her. She could do nothing but close her eyes and pray for Ash to save her. Which was heard by him.

Ash who was buried under a collapsed wall heard her and saw Hercules was about to kill her. His eyes widen and went red in rage.

*Boom*

The collapsed wall was blown away when Ash dashed towards Heracles. Before the demi-god could swing his weapon down at the queen, Ash came behind him and wrapped his arms around Hercules' waist. Ash bent down a bit and jumped up and *Crash* crashed through the ceiling.

Ash jumped with such strength that he and Hercules crashed through all the floors of the castle and even crashed through the roof. He crashed through the castle and went up towards the ceiling of the underground kingdom and *Crash* crashed through it and above the surface. Ash and Hercules left the changeling kingdom and went to the surface.

Bad Land Desert

From the sand, burst out two huge beings and crashed on the soft surface of the desert. After landing, Ash kicked Hercules away from him and glared at him with hate. Hercules stood up and glared back at him with equal hate. Both of them glared at each other and waited. Silence took hold of the air as both figures stood still.

A nearby snake was slowly making its way towards a desert lizard who was unaware of the impeding doom. When it felt that it was in danger, it was too late. When the snake snapped at the lizard, that was the signal that made the two huge figures charge at each other as they roared with hate.

"GGGGGGGRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

"RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

*THROOOOM*

Changeling Kingdom

The walls of the underground kingdom was shaking as the two beings battled to the death on the surface. The changeling civilians were running around in fear. The mothers were taking their children back into their houses to protect them from this Shaking. Chrysalis came out of the castle and was immediately hugged by her daughter.

Insectum look up to her mother and asked,"Is daddy okay mommy?"

Chrysalis hugged her and said, "Sure he is dear. Daddy is very strong."

This made Insectum smile. A guard came and said, "My queen! There's trouble!"

Chrysalis said, "What is it?"

*BOOOM*

Another shockwave went throughout the kingdom and several cracks began to form on the ceiling of the huge cave.

The guard said, "With all of this going on, several cracks are forming on the ceilings and I'm afraid to say that we may have little time before the ceiling collapses on top of us. What should be we do?"

Chrysalis began to think what must be done. She knew that Ash will take care of the beat. So there is nothing to worry about but now she needs to do something for her kingdom that might be on it's way to being crushed by the ceiling.

Another guard came and shouted, "My queen! We must evacuate everyone out from here before the ceiling collapses on all of us!"

*BOOOM*

More cracks formed which terrified the civilians. Chrysalis formed a plan and said, "Guards! I want all of the mage units to spread around the kingdom at once!"

A guard said, "But my queen. We must-"

Chrysalis said, "Do it! Or we will die!"

The guard shut up and obeyed. Soon all of the mage units were spread around the kingdom and awaited orders.

A guard came to her and said, "My queen. It is done. What now?"

Chrysalis nodded and said, "Now, we save our kingdom from being crushed."

The guard asked, "But how?"

Chrysalis said, "Just watch."

Chrysalis used her Hive Mind to talk with the mage units,"Is every mage unit spread ready?"

"Yes my queen!"came the reply of hundreds of mage units.

Chrysalis said, "Good. I want half of you to create a shield around the kingdom. Now!"

"Yes my queen!"

Half of the mage units used their magic to cover the kingdom in a green shield. Just in time too. Several huge rocks fell from the ceiling and hit the shield and made some cracks on it. The mage unit kept on sending magic into the shield which repaired the shield.

"My queen. What do we do next?"The mage units asked.

Chrysalis nodded and said,"Good. Now I want the rest of the mage units to repair the ceiling."

"Yes my queen!"

The rest of the mage units used their magic to repair the damaged ceiling. The huge rocks that hit the shield were levitated back up into the ceiling and became apart of it again. With their magic, the cracks were repaired in a short time.

*BOOOOM*

Another shockwave came and made more cracks on the ceiling and several more huge rocks fell down on the shield. The mage units again used their magic to protect the kingdom and repaired the ceiling.

"My queen. How much longer do we need to do this?"Asked the mage units.

Chrysalis said,"As long as we need to until Ash kills the beast."

"But my queen. We can't do it for long. Our magic is running out."Said the mage units.

Chrysalis said,"Don't worry about that. I'll send magic support to all of you. So continue and protect this kingdom for as long as possible."

"Yes! My Queen!"

Chrysalis looked at the guards and said, "Listen to me guards! I want all of you to go to the mage units and supply them with your magic. They are running out of their magic and we can't have that as they are the only ones who are able to protect this kingdom. Go!"

All of the guards saluted and said, "Yes! My Queen!"

All of the guards then ran towards the mage units and supplied them with their own magic. This really saved them as the mage units magic supply were refilled and were able to protect the kingdom.

*BOOOOM*

Another shortwave went throughout the kingdom and the mage units protected the kingdom while the guards supplied them with more magic. Chrysalis looked at all of her subordinates working hard to protect the kingdom.

Chrysalis look up at the ceiling and said, "Please Ash. End this soon. I don't think my guards would be able to protect my kingdom for long."

On The Surface

Ash and Hercules were fighting against each other in a brutal way. Both of them were bleeding heavily again but Ash simply recovered from it with the help of his virus. During the fight, he heard what Chrysalis said and he needs to end it sooner or the kingdom would be crushed. Ash has been punching, kicking and using Fishman Karate on the demi-god which damaged him greatly but he still refuse to go down.

This infuriated Ash and began to think of another way to get through Hercules' tough skin. After thinking for a while, he got one way. Ash brought both of his hands together and clap them together. He did some form of hand signs and clap his hands again. This technique that he was doing was a bit difficult as it required three different element chakra, Earth, Wind and Fire into one. Several dust particles began to fly from the sand below and swirl around his hands and legs.

Hercules saw this and just growled. Thinking that mere dust would be able to do anything thing against him. However, if he knew what the dust meant then he would be cautious. In fact the dust was really dangerous to anything. Hercules charged at the Saiyan and prepared to attack him with his weapon.

When Heracles reach the Saiyan, he swung down his axe-sword at him. Ash saw the incoming axe-sword and punched it. Hercules almost laughed at that stupid way of stopping a weapon. The demi-god didn't care and continue his attack with intent to cut through the Saiyan's hand. However, that didn't go his way.

*Clang* *Bssssss*

Hercules stood there with a stupefied expression. He couldn't believe what just happened. He looked at his axe-sword and saw ... well most of the weapon was gone as dust flew from it. Hercules didn't know what happened to his weapon and looked at the Saiyan for answers.

Ash saw this and said, "You might be wondering what happened to your weapon? You were thinking of cutting through my fist and then cut me up but that didn't happen now did it?"

Hercules growled and waited for him to explain to him what happened to his weapon.

Ash said, "As for your weapon, well the simply way to say this is that your weapon crumbled into dust."

Hercules looked at him with a confused expression and looked at his weapon. He saw that from the end of his missing weapon, some dust was falling from it. How can this be? His axe-sword was specially made for him and it was unbreakable. But now, half of his weapon was turned into dust. He was so lost in his thought that he was caught off guard.

Ash said, "Don't turn your eyes away from your enemy or you will get hurt!"

*Bash* *Bsssssss*

Hercules roared in pain when he was punched by the Saiyan. He staggered a bit and looked down at his chest. His eyes went wide in disbelief at what he saw. A small part of his chest was dented inwards and his skin and flesh was missing. Several dust was flowing out from his wound. Hercules looked back at the Saiyan in confusion.

Ash took a stance and said, "I just found a new way to bypass your tough skin. This new way gets me through your defenses. This new style is called "Dust Style Disintegration Martial Art". With this style, I an able to manipulate dust and use it to disintegrate anything on a molecular level. Which means that no matter how tough your skin or how perfect your defense is, they are nothing against this style."

Hercules growled at him and charged at him. Ash said with a grin, "Ready or not. Here I come!"

Ash lunged at Hercules which caught him off guard. Ash *Bash* punched the demi-god in his left cheek. *Bsssss* The sound of the flesh on Hercules left cheek turning into dust alarmed him. He roared in pain as the muscle on his left cheek became visible. Hercules swung his half weapon at the Saiyan who *Clang* kicked it away which *Bssss* turned into dust. Now Hercules was weaponless. His axe-sword was turned into nothing but dust.

Hercules saw the remains of his weapon turn into dust right before his eyes. His weapon that he has been using for so long that decimated his enemies was destroyed completely. With the loss of his weapon, Hercules became furious. No! He was pissed off. How dare a mortal did this. Not only, did the mortal harm him but also destroyed his favorite weapon. With a look of pure rage, Hercules charged at the Saiyan with a war cry.

Ash on the other hand was simply calm. He felt how angry the demi-god was but he didn't care. All he knows that he is going to make Hercules scream in pain and that's it. Hercules lunged at him with a punch to which he simply dodged it by turning his head a bit to the right. As his attack missed, Hercules was defenseless which Ash took the opportunity to give two devastating blows to the demi-god.

Ash pulled back both of his fists and give *Bash* a "Double Hammer" to the demi-god's stomach. Hercules bent down and held his abdomen in pain as part of his abdomen was *Bsssss* turned into dust. Ash pulled back his right fist and opened it. He then gave *Bash* a palm thrust to Hercules chin that launched him up into the air. The flesh on the demi-god's lower jaw *Bssss* turned into dust and exposed his muscle.

While Hercules was in the air, Ash appeared on top of him and *Bash* stomped on his chest, launching him down towards the desert. *Crash* Hercules grunted in pain as part of his chest *Bssss* was turned to dust. Heracles slowly began to stand back up as his body scream in pain.

Ash landed a few distances away from the demi-god. He saw how Hercules was struggling to stand back up. He took this chance to dash towards him while his guard was down. Ash will not let this demi-god go free. Hercules will be punished severely by giving him as much pain as possible before finally killing him.

When Ash reached Hercules, he grabbed his head and *Bash* knee him in the face. *Crack* From the sound of it, Hercules nose was broken from that hit and as well as part of his face *Bssss* turning into dust. Hercules' head was launched back by that attack and he roared in pain but he didn't get to retaliate as the Saiyan *Bash* elbowed him in the right cheek. Now the left cheek *Bssss* turned to dust as his muscle was exposed.

Ash was effectively taking down Hercules defense. It was like destroying a sand castle by simply stomping it. Hercules was screaming in pain when ever he was hit and when he was hit, part of his body was discriminated into dust. After beating the demi-god for a while, Ash leaped back a good distance away from Hercules. He stood there and looked at the demi-god.

Hercules was standing with most of the flesh absence from the face, chest and abdomen area. He was bleeding heavily from his wounds, his body was trembling but still he was standing even after all of that beating. Ash was really impressed by the demi-god's durability.

Ash said, "You really surprise me Hercules. Even after all of that punishment, you still stand before me. I got to say that if it was anyone else, they would be dead already but you! You are one stubborn bastard. My new fighting style sure is deadly but it lacks one thing. Speed. Since you still stand against me, I'll just have to take it up a notch."

Hercules roared at him and began to run at him. He snarled with intense hatred against this mortal. All it wants is to kill the Saiyan and then kill off the changeling kingdom. Little did he know that today was the day that he will breathe his last breath.

However, as Hercules came near, he suddenly fell on his knees and started puking out loads of blood. He was confused as to what happened to him to vomit this much blood out. He looked to the Saiyan for answer.

Ash said, "Hoooooo. I see its working. You ask what's happening right? Well that's simple. Your insides have been damaged severely. How? Let me explain. I am using Dust Style to turn your tough skin into dust and here we are fighting in a desert where dust is plentiful. There is dust even in the air."

Hercules was confused for a while and then his eyes widen when he realized where the Saiyan was going with this.

Ash continued, "Yes. You have been inhaling a lot of dust into your lungs. From there, the dust entered your blood stream. Once they have entered your blood stream, I simply commanded the dust to transform into tiny sharp blades. Yes. Those tiny sharp blades are running through out your body and cutting you apart from the inside out."

Hercules was seething in rage. He was being mocked and humiliated by a mere mortal. With an energy boast, Heracles again charged at the human with a war cry. Ash saw Hercules running towards him and he smiled.

Ash said, "Thanks for coming to this world Hercules. For you have given me a new fighting style. Now I am going to improve this style by adding a bit of speed into it. Lets see what happens shall we?"

Ash disappeared from Hercules' site and the next thing he knows is that he was launched backward when the Saiyan *Bash* kicked him in the chest. In the next second, Hercules found himself being hit all over his body. Ash unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks upon the demi-god. Hercules tried to attack but the Saiyan was too fast for him to hit. Hercules could do nothing to defend himself against the Saiyan's onslaught. Almost all of the flesh on Hercules' body was disintegrated into nothing but dust.

As Ash was beating the crap out of Hercules, he said, "Take this and that and this and that and this and that and some of this and some of that and a little more of this and a little more that that and some of this and a mixture of this and finally an uppercut!"

*Wham*

Just like he said, Ash gave a powerful uppercut at Hercules lower jaw that sent him flying into the air. When the demi-god was in the air, Ash formed some hand signs and slammed them on the ground and shouted "Earthy Style Flying Earth Daggers"!

Several sharp rocks emerged from the ground and launched towards the air born demi-god like a bullet. Hercules' body was *Shik* *Shik* *Shik* skewered by several long sharp rocks. His body was now riddled with sharp rocks. The rocks were able to pierce the demi-god as most of his tough skin was disintegrated into dust. Hercules fell on the ground *Thud* and was rendered unmovable as most of the sharp rocks impaled him in his joints.

Ash looked down at the barely alive body of Hercules and scoffed at him. He said, "Looks like you're finally down. Ehhh boy. Well now I am going to kill you and make sure that no one finds your pathetic body."

Ash made some hand signs and slammed them on the ground and shouted, "Earth Style Earth Whirlpool"!

The sand around Hercules began to move in a circular way. Soon a huge amount of sand was moving around Hercules like a whirlpool. Large boulders were swept into the whirlpool and Hercules was trying to get out from it but he kept on sinking into the sand. Soon the demi-god was swallowed up whole by it and buried deep below the ground.

After Hercules was buried deep in the ground, Ash formed more hand signs and slammed them on the ground again and shouted, "Sand Style Desert Burial"!

All of the sand that was near the demi-god under the ground began to compress him with such force that *Crunch* he was crushed and so ended his life. After killing Hercules, he sighed in relief that it was over.

Ash said, "Damn. Fighting a demi-god is a pain. Killing him was even a bigger pain in the ass. Well, now its done and its over."

Ash suddenly realized something and did an epic facepalm *Smack*. He said, "Shit! I forgot to take a DNA sample of that demi-god but now I can't since he is crushed into nothingness."

Ash was glooming over the fact that he could have gotten a DNA sample of a demi-god was able to fight him head on. Damn! If he had that DNA then he would gain some special trait from it.

After a while, his face brighten up when he remembered something. He said, "Oh yeah! I did impale him several times with the weapons back at the underground castle. A lot of his blood was spilled there. So I just need to go back and take the blood sample. Good. I should see how Chrysalis and Insectum is doing."

When he turned around, he stopped when he saw Chrysalis, Insectum along with some guards coming towards him.

Ash walked towards them and said, "Hey you all."

"Ash!"
"Daddy!"

Chrysalis and Insectum tackle hugged him who hugged them back. He said, "Hey you two. What's all the worry about?"

Insectum looked up and said, "Is the mean monster away?"

Ash smiled and said, "Of course the monster is away. Daddy is really strong. No monster can match my strength."

Insectum nuzzled into his chest and said, "Yaaaa! Daddy is the strongest!"

Chrysalis said, "I'm glad you're okay Ash. You had me worried."

Ash said, "It's okay. The thing is dead. How is the kingdom by the way?"

Chrysalis said, "The kingdom is safe. While you were fighting with that thing, the ceiling of the caves were breaking from it."

Ash said, "Oh. Sorry about that. If I knew about that, I would have finished my fight quickly."

Chrysalis said, "No. You don't have to apologize for it. In fact, I should be thankful to you. Because of you taking away that beast away from my kingdom, the civilians of my home were spared from all the destruction from your fight."

Ash smiled and said, "Thanks for that. Good thing I took Hercules out here and fought here rather than back in your kingdom. It would have destroyed a part of your kingdom."

Chrysalis hugged him and said, "Thanks for that Ash. Again you have done something for my home."

Ash kissed her and said, "I always help those who need it."

Chrysalis said, "What about Thrall? Is he still trapped in ..?"

Ash nodded and said, "Yes. He is still trapped in another dimension. I'll personally deal with him later. For now, lets get back to your home and rest for now."

Chrysalis nodded and they then began to walk back to the kingdom. However, their walk was halted when the ground began to shake. Ash looked around in search of the cause of this tremor and he found it. A few distances away from him, the ground bulged out and then exploded.

*Boom*

When the dust settled, everyone, except for Ash, were horrified at what they saw. After the dust cleared, a huge 10 foot tall figure was standing there but what shocked them was that all of its skin was red. They then realized who this was. It was Hercules himself and his red skin was actually muscle. All of his skin and flesh was destroyed underground. Only his muscles remained.

Hercules growled at the mortal that dare did this to him. He was beaten, thrown, impaled, skewered, have his skin and flesh disintegrated, bone broken etc but still he stood against the mortal.

Ash was happy and angered at the same time. He was happy that Hercules was still alive which means that he can now get a DNA sample from him. He was angry that even after all of that brutal beating, the demi-god still stood against him. It looks like he will need to permanently kill Hercules. That means, to devour him completely.

The guards took defensive positions in front of Chrysalis, Insectum and Ash. Insectum was trembling at the site of the monster and its appearance. However, she stopped trembling when she was embraced by her daddy. She look up and saw him smiling down at her. A red aura was released that washed over everyone that took away their fears.

Ash then gave Insectum to Chrysalis and said, "Wait for me until I am done with Hercules. He will die right now."

Chrysalis took Insectum and kissed him. She said, "Be safe my love."

Ash smiled and said, "Always."

Ash then calmly walked towards the demi-god who was now running towards him. It's about time he kills this demi-god for good. Ash formed some hand signs, slammed them on the ground and shouted, "Ice Style Nitro Prison"!

The water in the air around Hercules and in the sand beneath him began to solidify and in the blink of an eye, the demi-god was encased in solid ice.

Everyone looked in disbelief at the frozen block of ice that now contained the demi-god. The were really shocked to see someone using ice skill in the middle of hot scorching desert, which was impossible for them to do since it was too hot here.

Ash then walked towards the frozen demi-god and stopped right in front of him. He held out his right arm and said, "Well Hercules. I think it's time for you to die. But know this that you didn't die from a mere mortal. You died by the hands of a monster hunter. You are not a godly being. Just a mindless monster that needs to be put to end. Good bye."

Ash's right arm bulged as his muscles tensed. Power began to gather in his arm as he said, "1*Biki*2*Biki*3*Biki*4*Biki*5*Biki*6*Biki*7*Biki*.."

Ash's muscle in his right arm bulged with each number he say and with each number, power gathered in his arm. His goal was to reach 30 but that didn't went his way.

" 8*Biki*9*Biki*10*Biki*-"

*Throom*

Ash was unable to continue his attack when Hercules burst out of his ice prison and *Bash* punched the monster hunter in the face. Ash skidded back a good distance and he held his face with his left hand. He grunted in pain as the punch damaged his eyes which was unexpected.

"Ash!"
"Daddy!"

Chrysalis and Insectum screamed for Ash's safety when they saw him get hit by the beast. Hercules saw that the Saiyan was blinded and charged at him with intent to kill him. However, even though Ash was blinded for a short time, he was able to hear Hercules approach him and prepared himself.

When Hercules reached Ash, he was prepared to attack him. However, the demi-god didn't expect his attack to be dodged. Ash blindly dodged the incoming attack and countered it with his own incomplete attack and hit Hercules face and said, "Explosion Punch Time 10"!

*Bash*

Hercules' face was slammed him into the ground and then *Boom* Boom* shockwaves were released throughout his body which further damaged him. The demi-god was pushed further into the ground with each shockwave that was released. *Boom* With the final tenth shockwave, Hercules was buried in the sand but a while later he jumped out from it, freeing himself. His rage just kept on growing which gave him the energy to keep on fighting the Saiyan.

Ash's eyes was healed soon and he glared at the demi-god with hate. It's still standing against him and refused to go down. His eyes widen when he saw Hercules looking at Chrysalis and charged towards her. Ash snarled at him and he charged at the demi-god who was going after Chrysalis. Hercules must still be following his order from Thrall.

When the guards saw the beast running towards their queen, they quickly ran in front of her and took a defensive position to protect her from the demi-god. The guards knew that they won't be able to stop the raging beast but still if there is even a chance of protecting their queen, they would take it and give their life for her. Before Hercules would reach Chrysalis, Ash tackled him into the ground.

Ash held Hercules and did a suplex *Crash* that made his upper body stuck in the ground. With few seconds to spare, Ash thought about taking the demi-god away from here and then deal with him permanently. He can't do any powerful attacks here in fear of destroying the changeling kingdom. Then he did the next best thing.

Ash snapped his fingers and opened a dimensional gate to a dead world. He then grabbed Hercules' leg and tossed him into the gate. Ash looked at Chrysalis and Insectum and smiled.

Ash said, "I'll be back. Stay safe."

With that, Ash jumped into the dimensional gate and went into a new world. The gate collapsed soon after he entered it, leaving behind the mother and daughter for a short time.

Unknown World

Hercules fell into a void for a while and then *Crash* he fell on the soft ... sand? He got up in pain and looked around. He saw white sand and white trees that were dead. He looked up and saw it was night with a crescent mood in the sky. But most of all that was weird is that there was no noise or any sigh of life around him. It was nothing but white desert for miles and miles.

*Thud*

Hercules came out of his thoughts when something landed away from him. He turned around to see what it was and when he did, he growled in rage. A few distances away, the Saiyan that beaten and humiliated him was glaring at him with equal hate.

Ash said, "You are getting on my nerves Hercules. I beat you, I break you, I skinned you alive and yet you still stand against me. You still try to harm my family! That's it! The gloves are off! No more holding back! You son of a bitch!"

Ash tensed his body muscles and planned to use something else. Something that would greatly increase his physical strength. He will use the "Eight Celestial Inner Body Gate"!

Play this music for a beat down.

Ash spoke as he released the chakra gates inside his body, "The first gate, The Gate of Opening. Release!"

The Gate of Opening
This allows the user to use 100% of the user's strength. Cannot use for long term. Can only use it for one fight in a while.

Thick blue energy manifested around Ash. This was chakra that became visible and swirled around him.

"The second gate, The Gate of Healing. Release!"

The Gate of Healing
This forcibly increases the user's physical strength and temporarily re-energises the body

The sand began to swirl around him along with the chakra. Soon a big sand tornado was formed that blinded the demi-god.

"The third gate, The Gate of Life. Release!"

The Gate of Life
This increases the flow of blood which increase the user's reflex speed. Thus turning the user's skin red.

"The fourth gate, The Gate of Pain. Release!"

The Gate of Pain
This further increases the user's speed and power. This also causes some of the muscle tissue to tear on use.

A crater began to form underneath the monster hunter due to immense increase in Ash's strength and speed.

Ash's body was overwhelming in unbridled strength. So much strength that he could have dream of and it's only half the chakra gates he released. However, at the same time, he was under immense pain as this was tearing some of his muscles apart. It was the first time he used this skill to increase his strength but in time, his body will get use to this and the drawbacks to this skill will be erased.

Ash looked at the demi-god who was standing there with a stupefied expression on his face. Looks like Hercules didn't think that he would be facing a mortal that could increase his strength by several folds. Enough strength to overwhelm him! A demi-god!

Ash gritted his teeth as his muscles bulge in immense strength. He said, "Your end is here Hercules. Today a demi-god will die and will be devoured by me. Clench your teeth!"

*Zooom* *Throom*

In the blink of an eye, Ash disappeared and the land was torn apart as he ran towards the demi-god with such speed that make him look like he teleported.

*Bash*

Hercules was met with a rising kick to his lower jaw that sent him flying high in the sky. Ash disappeared and appeared in front of the demi-god. He punched him and sent Hercules flying down. However, the demi-god didn't crash into the ground. He was instead punched back up into the sky by the monster hunter who appeared in the blink of an eye and disappeared the the next second.

*Bash* Crack* *Bash* *Crack* *Bash* Bash*

Ash appeared and disappeared as he punched and kicked the demi-god around in the sky like a rag doll. Hercules could do nothing as he was hit around. He couldn't even make out the area around him as his site changed in the next second when he was hit. His body began to take on huge amount of damage and his bones began to crack under the immense pressure of the Saiyan's hit.

After beating Hercules around for a while, It was time to end this with a bang! Ash first punched the demi-god towards the ground. He disappeared and appeared on the ground and kicked the demi-god high up into the sky. When Hercules was really high in the sky, Ash appeared behind him and several chains came out of his back and wrapped around the demi-god. After wrapping Hercules up, Ash grabbed him and dived down at the white desert.

As he was descending with his victim, Ash began to spin violently with Hercules in his grip. He spun around like a tornado as he dived down at the ground with such speed that shattered the sound barrier and crashed into the ground.

"Primary Lotus"!

*THROOOOOM*

A huge explosion occurred as they crashed into the ground that send out a small earth quake. Ash jumped out of the explosion and waited for the dust to settle. After the dust cleared, Ash saw that Hercules was ... well dead.

Hercules' limbs were broken in so many places and were twisted. Several deep dents were carved into his body and some of his bones pierced out from his body. The ribs were crushed into dust as his chest caved inwards. Heracles neck was bend in a odd angle which clearly showed that it was broken. His red eyes had a dead look in them. The mighty demi-god, born from a god and mortal, a hero in the past before becoming a mindless beast due to madness, laid dead before the monster hunter. Even a godly being stood no chance against the might of a powerful monster hunter.

Ash sighed in relief that it was finally over. He deactivated his four chakra gates and when he did, he screamed in unbridled pain due to several muscles that were torn apart from using the "Eight Celestial Inner Body Gate"! He fell on the ground in pain as his virus slowly heals him. While his body was healing, Ash looked at the corpse of the demi-god and crawled towards it.

When he reached the corpse, several tendrils shot out and impaled the corpse before pulling it towards the Saiyan and devoured it whole. From the new source of biomass of a demi-god, all of his torn muscles and damaged cells were healed. He even gained some good traits from Heracles DNA.

Upgrade Unbreakable Skin
His iron skin has been upgraded to steel skin.

Body Durability
The durability of his body has been increased greatly. Which means that he can take on more damage before getting tired.

Godly Strength
With the blood of a demi-god, his normal strength has been increased significantly.

Berserker
Can now create very strong infected brutes.

Ash sighed that he got some good traits from devouring the demi-god. He laid on his back and stared up at the moon as he rest. He reached into his coat and grabbed a senzu bean. He ate it and his wounds were healing way faster while he rested. After resting for a while, he stood back up and look around the white desert. Truly there was no sigh of life here. Why is that?

With a shrug, he began to walk in a direction to see what this white desert has. After walking in a single direction for a few hours, he found absolutely nothing. It was like this world is dead. As he continued to walk, he heard a sound of fighting. Who could be in this desolated waster land? He ran towards the sound and after a while, he came across a ruined temple. The sound of fighting were coming from inside the temple. So he entered it.

When Ash walked inside the temple, he saw a huge court without a ceiling. In the center of the court where two ... things with weird masks for a face, were fighting each other. On the side of the court were several more of the things in different shapes and sizes that knelt on the floor. Beyond the court were some stairs that lead up to a throne on which a figure sat. This figure wore black robes, a gold chain on his right hand and a gold crown on his head. But the thing that shocked him the most was that the figure that sat on the throne was neither a human or a living being. It was a skeleton.

As soon as Ash stepped into the court, the fighting ceased and everyone looked into his direction. Even the skeletal figure look at him with interest.

The skeletal figure said, "Well well well. What do we have here. A human? And a live one at that? Are you a Shinigami?"

Ash didn't understood what he was asked and answered, "I don't know what a Shinigami is that you are talking about. No. I am a human."

The skeleton said, "Not a Shinigami but a human? Aren't humans suppose to be weak to be here in Hueco Mundo?"

Ash said, "So this place is called Hueco Mundo then? And no. I am not weak because I am more than a simple human."

The skeleton said, "Hmmm. More than a human? Whats that?"

Ash said with a smile, "Well, you can call me a human that has been given the strength to hunt and kill monsters. I am a monster hunter. I am an Evolved. I am a Shinobi. I am a Saiyan. I am Ash. What may I call you?"

The skeleton said, "Hmmm. You are called so many things. I like it. Hear me human. For I am the undisputed King of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan Louisenbairn. I am the Hollow king!"

Ash looked around and saw that the other hollows were bowing to Baraggan. He said, "But don't you need a roof for your so called kingdom?"

Baraggan laughed and said, "I don't need a roof. The sky of Hueco Mundo is my roof. All of Hueco Mundo is my kingdom and I rule them all. No one goes against me and live."

Ash said, "That's a pretty big statement you got there. So what are you? And what are the ones with weird masks?"

Baraggan looked at him for a while and said, "You really don't know what they are? Considering that you are in Hueco Mundo?"

Ash shook his head and said, "No. It's my first time being here in this world. So everything is new to me."

Baraggan thought about killing the human and be done with him but he was bored for so long that he decided to answer his question. After he is done with it, he would kill the human and devour his soul.

Baraggan said, "Alright. Listen up human. I'll only say this once. We are a race of creatures called Hollows which are born from human souls who for many reasons do not cross over to Soul Society or Heaven as living humans call it. After their death, if they stay in the Human World for too long, they become corrupt spirits with supernatural powers and a hunger to devour souls of others because they feel empty inside. By eating souls, they try to fill that void by devouring other souls. The more souls a hollow eats, the stronger they get and they are pl;aced in classes depending on their strength. Those classes are labeled as Menos, Gillians, Adjuchas, and the strongest level a hollow can reach is called Vasto Lordes."

Ash asked, "What level are you then?"

Baraggan smirked with his skeletal face and said, "I am of the highest level a hollow could ever dream of reaching. I am a Vasto Lordes!"

Ash was impressed that he was in the presence of a higher being. He asked," So are there any other beings out here that have supernatural powers?"

Baraggan said in distaste, "Yes there are quite a few more who have supernatural powers like us hollows. There are those called Shinigamis and Quincies who are able to manifest their spiritual power into the form of weapons. A sword is what a Shinigami use for fighting while Quincies use bows."

Ash said, "I take it you hollows are not on friendly terms with them?"

A hollow said, "Damn right we aren't! Who gave them the right to hunt us when all we do is eat to survive!?"

Another hollow said, "Yeah! What he said!"

Hollows began to talk between themselves. Baraggan shouted, "Silence!"

The Hollows became quiet as they were afraid of making their ruler angry.

Baraggan sighed and said, "It is as what they said. Both Shinigamis and Quincies use their powers to kill us hollows. Though in the past, it seems that they have developed some king of rivalry along the way since both sides thought that they were the only ones that should kill Hollows. However, after a while, the number of Quincies began to fall until only a few of them were left."

Ash nodded and said, "Well, what do you here?"

Baraggan said, "I do what ever I want. I rule everything here. I have an army of hollows under my command. A few moments ago I was so bored that I was planning to divide my army and have them fight to the death against each other."

Ash shrugged his shoulders and turned around to leave. He said, "Well, you have your fun. I'll just leave this place."

Baraggan lifted his right hand which signaled the hollows to surround the human, blocking his path.

Ash said, "What is the meaning of this Baraggan?"

Baraggan chuckled and said, "That's king Baraggan to you human! Did you really think I would let you, a live human leave this place alive? No, you will die here and I will get to feast on your soul."

Ash closed his eyes and said calmly but in a dangerous tone, "Do not make an enemy out of me Baraggan. I could have killed all of you without revealing my presence. I could have killed all of you with a crushing force. I could have cut all of you into pieces without you even knowing it. I could have wiped out all of you with a powerful attack. Do not make me angry. For it will be your last day at life."

The hollows around him were terrified but Baraggan didn't take his warning and said, "Empty threats from a mere human. Kill him!"

The hollows fear evaporated when their king ordered them and attack the human. However, they all stopped right in their tracks when they saw the human dive on his hands and began to spin his whole body around with his legs stretched out.

The hollows just stood there in confusion as they saw the human spinning on his hands and was gaining speed significantly.

Baraggan look in confusion and said, "What are you doing human?"

Ash didn't answer and kept on spinning faster and faster. Soon, wind and sand began to spin around him like a tornado. The spinning human soon began to create a powerful vortex that started to pull in the hollows against their will.

The nearest hollow was skidding towards the spinning human. It tried to stop but the pull of the vortex was too powerful and was taken off its feet. The hollow crashed into the spinning human and was *Splork* cut apart into pieces. His legs were acting like a spinning buzz saw that cuts anything that gets near it.

Soon more hollows were pulled into the spinning human and were *Splork* cut apart. The rest of the hollows who were surrounding the human jumped away from him. Baraggan became alarmed when he saw how much speed the human was gaining. Years of ruling made his senses keen and from it, he knew that if the human was not stopped, something bad was going to happen.

Baraggan commanded, "What are you fools waiting for!? Stop him before its too late! Kill him now!"

However, by the time the hollow king ordered his soldiers to stop the human, it was too late. When Ash gathered enough speed, he unleashed a powerful omnidirectional attack.

Ash shouted, "Rankyaku Amane Dachi"!

What happened next left most of the alive hollows stare in disbelief. A compressed air blade was released in a circular manner that spread outwards and *Shik* went through most of the hollows while those who had a sensed the attack duck down just before the attack could cut them. The attack spread left, right, forward, back and diagonally. It spread in every direction.

The compressed air blade didn't stop there as it spread more and more and in the blink of an eye, *Shhiik* it cut throughout the ruin temple. From the outside, the upper part of the temple jumped a few meters in the air before crashing down and destroying the rest of the temple.

The attack happen like this.

Rankyaku Amane Dachi
The user stands on his hands and began to spin his body around rapidly. After gaining enough speed, he throws a circular Rankyaku around him at attack the surrounding enemy in every direction.

After unleashing that attack, Ash jumped back on his feet and saw the result of his attack. He has to say that he was really impressed by it. Even if it takes a short time to prepare the attack, the end result is worth it. He look around and saw that almost half of the hollow army was cut in two while the rest were alive and unscathed only because they were able to duck down in time or they would have been killed like the rest.

Baraggan on the other hand jumped up into the air when he saw the compressed air bald coming in his direction. When he was in the air, he was shocked to see that his temple was cut in half horizontally and was destroyed. His castle was destroyed. More than half of his army was dead. And most of all, he was humiliated by a human. A mere human that hollows feed upon. This pissed him off greatly. No one mocks the Hollow King!

Baraggan landed on the floor and said, "How dare you human. How dare you humiliate me in front of my subordinates! After what you did here, you will not leave here alive! I will kill you and I will eat your pathetic soul! Gran Caída (Axe of Ruin)!"

From Baraggan's robes a huge battle axe came out. It was black as the abyss and had two huge pointed blades and a large spike protruding outwards from its center. There are four golden chains present around the base of the spike which appear to extend into his cloak before attaching to an ornate golden bracelet worn around his right wrist. He wielded the huge axe with a single hand.

Baraggan pointed the battle axe at the human and said, "You will die for what you have done to me human. And you will die slowly and painful!"

The remaining hollows quickly jumped away from the human as Baraggan lunged at him and swung his axe at the human. Ash first avoided the axe as his instincts were telling him that making contact with the axe is bad news. So he put some distance from his opponent and picked up some rocks. He tried to test what the axe could do. He threw the stones at Baraggan who slashed the stones with ease. Ash's eyes widen when he saw the stones dissolving into nothing dust.

Baraggan saw the human's shocked face and laughed. He said, "I see you have witnessed a demonstration of my power. I will explain it to you since you are going to die. I am the hollow who represents the Aspect of Death! My power relates to aging brought on by time itself. I control one of the universal law! Time. Anything I touch will rot away!"

Ash's eyes widen at that. A being that can control a universal power intrigued him. So much so that he wants to see what he would get if he devours this being. Ash crouched down and dashed towards the hollow king and punched him but something strange happened. When his fist came close to the hollow, he seem to slow down which gave Baraggan enough time to dodge with ease.

This shocked and confused Ash. How could Baraggan dodge his attack that was really fast? From the corner of his eye, he saw the hollow slowly bring one of his skeletal hand towards him. Immediately his instinct screamed at him to run and so he did. He disappeared and appeared away from the hollow king.

Baraggan saw this and laughed at the human. He said, "Hahaha! What's the matter human? Too afraid to come near me? Hah! In the end, you're nothing but a mortal that will die by my hands."

Ash narrowed his eyes at the hollow. He thought about another way of fighting this hollow with making any contact with it. He looked around and saw several huge broken pieces of the floor. Ash grabbed a big piece and tossed it towards the hollow king but to his dismay, the piece never made contact with Baraggan. When the huge piece of stone came near Baraggan, it dissolved into dust.

This attempt to hurt the hollow king made him laugh. He said, "Your attempts to harm me are very amusing. Like I said, everything I touch or comes near me rots away."

Ash growled and used "Telekinesis" to lift several huge pieces of stones and threw them at Baraggan. However, the end result was the same as before. they all dissolved into nothing but dust.

Baraggan laughs and said, "Like I said before human. Death is an absolute certainty in all things. It comes to all things regardless if they are alive or not. Plants die. Animals die. Insects die. Structures rot away and die. People die. Everything around me dies into nothingness. That is my true power. There is nothing you can do against me!"

Ash didn't give up. He lunged at him and did a flying kick, only to be dodged by the hollow king who also grabbed his leg. Ash felt something wrong with his leg and immediately jumped away. When he landed on his feet, he found that his right leg was not responding. He looked down in confusion which made his eyes widen in shock at what he saw. His right leg was hanging freely. Like there wasn't any bone left in his leg. Soon his virus healed his right leg by making new bones for his leg.

Baraggan chuckled and said, "You see human. I can't be harmed by anything. And anything I touch will rot away."

Ash began to think of a way around Baraggan's power. How can he combat something like that? There has to be something that he could do against this power. With his advanced brain, he began to think of thousands of ways of combating Baraggan's power. Then his mind clicked when he found the answer. He looked at his right leg for a while and then back at the hollow king. He possess something that only he has. Ash grinned at the hollow which confused him.

Baraggan asked, "What are you grinning about human?"

Ash didn't answer and dashed towards the hollow king. Baraggan saw this and didn't move. He said, "Oh. So you are going to attack me with something like a one hit thing? Then so be it. It will be your fall."

When Ash reached Baraggan, he thrust his right hand towards him. The hollow king didn't move and simply let the human make contact with him. Ash did feel that he was slowing down when neared the hollow but even then, he didn't stop and continue to push his right hand at him and finally grabbed Baraggan's robe.

Ash looked at his right arm and saw how it began to age and started to shrivel up into an old arm. The hollow king saw this and laughed at his stupidity.

Baraggan said, "Didn't you hear me human. Anything I touch or be touched will rot away. You are going to lose your arm if you don't release me."

Baraggan expected to see a shock and painful expression on the human's face but what he didn't expect was to see the monster hunter smirking at him. This greatly confused him. Did the human really want to lose his arm rather than releasing him? Baraggan became shocked when he looked at the human's right arm.

Ash's right arm that was becoming old and skinny rapidly began to rejuvenate back to its original youth. If Baraggan had a fleshy face with eye balls, then his eyes would have bulged out of their eye sockets in disbelief and his jaw would have dropped on the floor. Well, the later did happen as his skeletal jaw nearly unhinged from his skull.

Ash's right arm was slowly returning back to its original youth. How what that happening? How did he come across to battle Baraggan's power? The answer is simple. His Prototype virus. This is how it happened. The cells in Ash's right arm began to get old rapidly but his virus on the other hand started devouring the old cells in order to make new ones that restored youth to the arm. Then the new cells began to age and were devoured by the virus to make new ones. This process went on repeatedly which is why Baraggan's power failed to turn the human's arm into dust.

Ash's smirk soon turned into a grin and he pulled back his left fist. He gathered powered into his left arm which made his muscles bulged. When the energy gathered in his left arm was enough, Ash punched the hollow king in his chest and shouted, "Explosion Punch Time 40"!

*Bash* *Boom* *Boom* *Boom* *Boom* *Boom*

Baraggan was launched backwards when he was punched and soon several powerful shockwaves exploded from his body that damaged his bones. Since he was a skeleton in robes, he didn't have any flesh and organ to divide the damage. His bones were the only thing that took on all of the blunt of the force and it was devastating!

Baraggan crashed into the remains of his temple and dug deeper into it with every shockwave that was released in his body. After the shockwave ended, Baraggan slowly dug himself out from the pile of rocks which turned into dust. All of the hollows were shocked to see the appearance of their king.

Most of Baraggan's bones were severely broken. His right leg, left arm, middle spine, some of his ribs and the right side of his skull was broken into pieces. This appearance shocked the other hollows who panicked.

"How can this be!?"

"Our King has been wounded!"

"How could a mere human hurt Baraggan-sama!?"

"Only a Shinigami could harm our king!"

"This has to be a dream!"

"Baraggan-sama is the strongest hollow there is!"

"And the human hurt him!"

Ash smirked at the hollow king's situation and said, "How you like them apples! Huh!? Don't like it on the receiving end now, would you?"

Baraggan snarled and said, "How ... how dare you .... human .... how dare you do this to me! I will kill you if its the last thing I do!"

Ash motioned him to come and get him and said, "Come. Lets see what you can do when you fight someone that can go against your power."

Baraggan roared and lunged at him with his battle axe. He brought it down on the human to cut him in two. And he did.

Baraggan grinned at this and said, "Hah! This was your mistake human! you underestimated me and now you die!"

Baraggan laughed like a maniac at the cut human ... only for him to dissipate into nothingness.

Baraggan shouted in shock, "What!? How can this be!"

"Oh. Never heard of after image?"

A voice came from behind the hollow king. He turn his head and saw that the human was behind him in an attack position.

"What-Ggrraak!!!??"

*Crunch*

The hollows gasped in shock and disbelief when they saw the fall of their king. Ash skewered Baraggan through his chest with his right hand. He then lifted the skeleton above the ground. His battle axe *Clunk* fell on the ground.

Ash said, "You have lived for far too long. All that knowledge? All that power? For several years, you have wasted them all for what? To be a king and rule this land of the dead? Pathetic."

Baraggan voice came out in a broken tone, "Y-you h-have no r-r-right t-to s-say t-that t-t-to me-e-e! I do w-what I w-want! I l-l-live h-how ever-r-r I want-t-t!"

Ash said, "Then its time your put down Baraggan. Rest assure that your powers will be put to good use and save life of others rather than take one. If only you let me leave and didn't let your arrogance blind you. You would have lived. It was nice knowing you. Goodbye."

Ash then brought the hollow king's head towards his mouth. The other hollows around him were first confused at what he was going to do but then they gasped at what happen next. Ash opened his mouth and then *Crunch* bite off the skeleton's head and ate it.

*Crunch* *Crunch* *Crunch*

Soon, the rest of the skeleton or what remain of it was devoured by Ash. even the golden crown, golden necklace, golden chains and black robes. This day was the day that the king of Hueco Mundo, the one ruling this dead desert for several years, died by the very thing his kind feed upon. A human. Baraggan Louisenbairn, the undisputed King of Hueco Mundo was beaten and devoured by a human. And this happen right in front of the hollow king's subordinates.

After Ash devoured the hollow king, there was still the army of hollow left for him to deal with. He had fought enough for one day. So he will end this within seconds.

"He killed our king?"

"He ate our king?"

"He murdered our king!"

"Kill him!"

"Tear him apart!"

"He must be killed for our dead king!"

Hollows began to march towards him as they surround him. They were not going to let Ash leave this place just like that. Ash was thinking the same. He would not leave any of these hollows alive since they serve the hollow king. Red viral flesh began to move around his entire body. Parts of the flesh bulged around as something was gathering within him. Something bad for the hollows who were clueless about the incoming doom.

Ash shouted, "Tendril Barrage Devastator"!

Several viral tendrils shot out from his body in all direction. *Shik* *Shik* *Shik* *Shik* The tendrils skewered all of the hollows that surround him. No hollow was spared. No even a single hollow escape this slaughter.

After skewering all of the hollows, they were pulled towards the Saiyan where they were then devoured whole. Every hollow was devoured. Not even a single drop of blood was left behind. After devouring the last hollow, the ruined temple was silent as no one was left alive. Ash looked around and saw how this place was now devoid of any life.

Ash sighed in relief that it was over. To encounter such creatures in a world of death was something new to him. Also, he seems to gain some unique skills from the hollows and the hollow king he devoured. Lets see what he got.

Gained New Powers From Hollow King DNA

Time Dilation Field
He can now project a field around him that slows time, thereby reducing the speed of any target which comes near him and makes attempts to attack practically useless.

Age Acceleration
he now has the ability to accelerate the age of whatever he touches, causing the appropriate damage which comes with aging.

Descorrer
A special ability to open a spiritual pathways called Garganta that can take him anywhere he desire. These Garganta neatly close around them before opening at their destination.

Sonído
It is a high-speed movement technique of the Arrancar that makes a booming or static noise when used. With such speed, he is able to cover tremendous distances in the blink of an eye.

Reiryoku
A new source of power. It is the raw spiritual power a soul possesses. With high Reiryoku, he is more sensitive to the spiritual world and can now see spirits of the dead.

Reiatsu
This is called Spiritual Pressure or the physical manifestation of Reiryoku, which he can release. This can be used like the Intimidating Aura or Killing Intent to stop his enemies where they stand.

Hierro
The user's Reiryoku condenses, creating a steel-hard skin strong enough to block incoming attacks with ease. The more Reiryoku is condensed, the harder the skin becomes.

Cero
It is a powerful blast of concentrated spiritual energy that he can fire at the enemies, from the tip of his finger. It takes a few seconds to gather the required amount of spiritual energy before firing it. The power, force, speed, and blast area of the Cero is dependent on the strength and spiritual power of the user.

Bala
A technique that fires hardened spiritual pressure that is a weaker version of Cero but, thanks to its composition, its speed is 20 times faster, allowing it to be fired in quick succession. In addition, it possesses more concussive force than a typical Cero does.

Gran Rey Cero
By mixing his own blood with a Cero, he can fire a Cero with much greater attack power and speed, in addition to having a change of color unique to them. This version is many times more powerful than a normal Cero as it disturbs the fabric of space as it travels. Upon release, it spins like a razor as it compresses and decompresses due to the sheer speed and raw power.

High-Speed Regeneration
It is an ability which allows him to heal most injuries very quickly.

Pesquisa
He now has a radar like ability which allows him to measure and locate the level of energy from beings around him.

Gonzui
The user inhales and forcefully rips out the souls of his enemies in a large radius around him and drawn the souls into his mouth. After ingesting the souls, his Reiryoku will increase in the process, while resulting in the immediate death of any afflicted victims. He can only suck out the souls of weaker enemies.

Holy shit! That's a lot of skills he's gained from the hollow king. He even got a new source of power, the Spiritual energy. What's more, he got the power to accelerate age of anything he touch and has a new way of transportation to long distances. Also, he got a new ability of not only sensing his enemies position but also sensing their level of power. And lets not forget about this Gonzui thing, the ability to not only suck out souls with just inhaling the air but also increase his Reiryoku. This means that his power will simply keep on increasing by devouring his enemies soul.

Ash look in front of him and saw the Hollow king's weapon. The Gran Caída or Axe of Ruin. He walked towards it and grabbed it. He lifted it with ease and look at it closely. This battle axe is the same size of his "Punisher". He gave a few swings to test out the weapon and found out that it has the same aging power he now possess. Good. A weapon that not only looks evilly dangerous but can rot away things with it. Just one cut and the enemy rots away. Even if it is blocked, the weapon will rot away. So Gran Caída makes a weapon that must be avoided at all cost. Nice.

Ash added the awesome weapon to his arsenal. The virus devoured it and made it part of his body. This is so that he can simply pull it out of his body when ever he wants to. Ash is now very interested in this world that is called Hueco Mundo that he made this dimension a place where he can harvest unique skills and powers from these creatures. He will do that later. For now, he must return back home and meet with Chrysalis and Insectum.

Oh! Before that. Ash used "Kamui" to release his captive Thrall. He spat him out from the Kamui dimension and in front of him. Thrall landed on his face on the sand. He got up and spit out the sand from his mouth. He looked around and saw nothing but white desert.

Thrall said, "Where am I? What is this place?"

Ash said, "Your death."

Thrall turn around to see who it was and found a mouth full of razor sharp teeth that *Shlirk* *Crunch* tore through his head and devoured him. Thrall didn't even get the time to scream as his whole head was bitten off and eaten. After devouring him, Ash got his memory and found that someone else hired him and his goons to kill Chrysalis in an effort of enslaving the changeling kingdom. Whoever this master is, is pretty secretive and clever. Not once has he shown himself to anyone but instead ordered someone lesser than himself to do his bidding. Well, when he finds out whoever he is, he is Dead Meat!

He snapped his fingers and a dimensional gate opened to his Equestria. When he was about to walk through it, the gate began to change into a new one. Ash was confused as to why the gate changed itself into another one. However, from the gate, he was sensing that a poor soul was suffering greatly and was in need of help. He has the power, so naturally he would help whoever this poor soul is. With a sigh, he walked through the dimensional gate and entered a new world.

Unknown World

Ash exited the dimensional gate and landed on a dirt road. He looked around and found nothing but a dirt road, trees and greenery. He looked up at the dimensional gate and saw it collapsing into nothingness. With a shrug, he walked down the road towards the location he was feeling where he needs to be. After walking for a while, he came across a wooden gate way. He saw that there were two humans there who must be on guard duty.

Ash used his eyes to take a closer look at them and saw that they were not normal guards. One has long, spiky, black hair and dark eyes. He has a strip of bandage running across the bridge of his nose and a light-coloured marking on his chin. He wore a flak jacket. The next one has brown hair, and dark eyes. His hair is combed down and always covers his right eye. Both of these guards wore forehead protector with a strange symbol embedded on it.

Ash knew that they would not let him pass with how he looks and will be alert around him. However, what he seeks is in this village and needs to pass them without making any commotion. So he used magic to make himself invisible and used "Kamui" to make himself intangible. He also casts magic that makes him odorless and soundless. With that done, Ash walk towards the gate.

Ash walks in between the guards and walks through the gate without their any knowledge. As he walks through the gate, he saw how this village looks. There were several buildings that looked like apartments, shops etc. Beyond the village, he saw a mountain on which four human heads were carved. Must be important people.

Ash began to explore this village without anyone's knowledge. During his exploration, he did some pranks that made him laugh. He saw a line of peoples in front of a store that sells some kind of food. In the line, he saw a beautiful women stand there waiting for her turn and behind her was a male that had the same clothes as the gate guards. He saw how the male sneak some peeks at the women behind.

Ash wanted to hit him but he stops when he got a brilliant idea that made him grin. He moved towards the women and made his right hand tangle but still invisible. He first rubbed his hands together and then.

*Smack*
"Eeeepp!!"

Ash smacked the women's butt loudly that made her jump in surprise. When she landed, she slowly turn around with a shock face when she looked who was the one that smacked her butt. The man on the other hand didn't know what happened and look at her confusingly.

The man said, "Um can I help you?"

This made the women angry and her face turn to on of pure rage and fury. The next thing that happened gained the attention of even one around them and made men quiver in fear. The raging women lunged at the man and smash his face into the ground. Then she picked him up with strength that a women should not be able to possess, and slammed him down on the ground multiple times. She beat the crap out of that man and that last thing she did made every man, including Ash, to cover their reproductive organ if they want to be a father.

The women jumped into the air and slammed her knee into the man's crotch. Through out the village, there was a girly scream that came from a man.

"KKKKKKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

The poor man was rolling on the ground in pain as he held his poor busted balls. The women stood back up and she 'Hmf' huffed back into the line which made the other men to get out of her way in fear of facing her wrath.

Ash just left that place and went to another part of the village. There he saw another of this same case. A guy was with a girl who were couples. When the girl looked away, the guy ogled at a busty women that was walking by him. Ash got another prank idea and went behind the guy. He shoved the guy forwards who fell face first into a pair of soft marshmallow pillows. Which was the other women's breasts. This made her scream which alerted the guy's girlfriend and what she saw made her face red in anger.

The girlfriend said, "What the hell do you think you're doing!?"

The guy held up his hands and said, "Wait! It's not what you think!"

The girlfriend said, "Oh really? Then what was your face doing in that women's breasts?"

The guy sweat and said, "It's not my fault! someone pushed me from behind!"

The girlfriend was not buying it and said, "Stop lying to me! You are just a pervert and did that because I don't have big boobs! Is that it?"

The guy shook his head and said, "No no! It's not that! it's-"

The girlfriend said, "How dare you play with my maiden's heart! You're dead."

The girl friend cracked her knuckles and proceeded to beat the crap out of the guy. Even the other women joined her in beating the guy who shoved his face into her boobs. When they were finished, the guy looked like he was mauled by ravenous wolfs and was left in a crater. The girls just huffed and went away.

Ash again chuckled and made a mental note of not pissing off any women in this world for it looks like a women's fury can let them achieve new level of power. OK. No more fooling around. He needs to find the one who is suffering in this village. He continued his search till it was evening. He couldn't find the one he was searching for.

*Sob* *Sob*

Ash sighed in frustration and was about to leave the area when he heard some crying. It was a very silent cry that only he could hear with his enhanced ears. Ash walked towards the sound and turned into a dark alleyway. There, what he saw made his heart ache and at the same time, pissed him off. There at the end of the alley, behind a dumpster, was a small boy. This boy wore rag clothes, had scars and fresh wounds on his body.

Ash looked closely and saw that the boy would be at least 4.8 feet tall. He has blonde, spiky hair and blue eyes. He had three whisker markings on his cheeks. Ash saw that tears were running down the boy's face. He was about to approach the boy but stopped when he saw what the boy held. In the boy's hand was a knife like thing that looked like a long and narrow triangle thing which he aimed at his chest. He was going to kill himself!

Ash's eyes widen at that and immediately jumped at him in order to stop the boy from taking his own life. However, he was one second too late. The boy plunged the knife into his chest and pierced his heart. The boy's limbs fell beside him as he fell on the ground with his eyes closed.

When Ash reached the boy, he was horrified to see the knife sticking out of his chest. Blood flowed out and stained his clothes red. But what made Ash sad was the look on the boy's face. The boy had a .... an expression of defeat. An expression that he was alone in this world. An expression that made him think that he was nothing to the world. An expression that he was unwanted in this world and no one would care about him.

Ash growled at whatever happened to the boy. He would deal with that later. Right now, he needs to save the boy's life. He picked up the boy gently and used "Kamui" to send both of them into the Kamui dimension.

Kamui Dimension

When Ash arrived in this dimension, he immediately cocooned the small boy in viral membrane and began to heal him. The knife was devoured along with his clothes. He began to heal his wounds, scars and pierced heart. During healing, he found out how scrawny the boy was, which indicates that he was starving.

Ash was confused that during his exploration, he didn't see any sort of orphans. So why was this boy here like this? It looked like the boy didn't get to eat very often. And what about the boy's scars and wounds? The wounds were fresh which indicates that he was beaten before he found him. As for the scars? This means that the boy was beaten daily or on some days. This made him angry. NO! This Pissed Him Off! How Dare A Boy Who Looks Around The Age Of 6-7 Is Beaten Like This! When He Finds Out Who The Bastards Responsible For This Are! He Will Torture Them For Thousands Of Years!

After healing the boy, he made new clothes for him. A simply shirt and pants that kept the boy warm. Then he snapped his fingers and created a soft bed and laid the boy on it. When Ash was putting on new clothes for the boy, he found something strange. On the boy's belly, there was some marking or like scribe or something. Whatever it is, he doesn't care and clothes the boy. After that, Ash simply waited for the boy to wake up and explain as to why he attempted to take his own life and what happened to his life. Only then, will he will be able to help the boy in his life.

After half an hour, the boy stirred in his sleep. The boy rubbed his eyes and opened them. He was scared to see darkness around him as this was the Kamui dimension.

"Hey there little one."

The boy looked around and saw a huge 9 foot tall muscular man with a face that sent shivers down his spine. The boy began to tremble as he thought he was going to get beaten again.

Ash saw this and said in a soft tone, "It's okay little one. There is no need to be scared. No one here can harm you."

This made the boy stopped trembling but still, the boy kept his guard on. After a while, the boy spoke in a whisper, "Why?"

Ash heard him and said, "Why what little one?"

The boy gulped and said, "Why am I alive?"

Ash didn't answer and stayed silent for a while. After a short time, he said, "It's because I don't want to see a child take out his own life."

The boy lowered his head and said, "Why aren't you ..."

Ash had to clear out his ear and needs to confirm at what he heard from the boy. He said, "Pardon?"

The boy said, "Why aren't you beating me?"

Ash was taken back by this. Who could this ... He don't know that ... Is this why the boy was in such a bad shape? Has this been happening to the boy in his life?

Ash walks towards the boy who began to tremble a bit. Ash knelt down in front of the boy and said, "Little one. Why do you say that?"

The boy began to cry a bit and said, "It's because everyone else does. I get beaten daily by them."

Ash was keeping in his rage as it was increasing quickly. He said, "Why do they do this to you little one?"

The boy shook his head and said, "I don't know why they beat me but they just do."

Ash saw the boy crying which hurt his heart. He slowly brought down his hand on the boy's head and rubbed his hair. The boy looks up and saw eyes that shows sympathy, compassion and kindness.

Ash said, "I am sorry that you have to go through that little one. Harming a child that has done nothing to deserve this is unacceptable. I cannot allow this to continue any longer. Little one. I promise you that I will help you in your life and protect you from the ones that want to harm you. I will see to it that the ones who were responsible for your misery are punished severely."

The little boy was shocked to hear that. No one ever did anything for him. Not even his ...

The boy could no longer hold it and hugged him and began to bawl his eyes out. Ash softly hugged the boy and comfort him. After the boy finished crying, he calmed down.

Ash said, "Are you okay little one?"

The boy nodded. Ash smiled and said, "Oh! How rude of me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ash. What is your name little one?"

The boy gulped and said, "My ... my name ...

Ash snapped his fingers and created a glass of water that shocked the boy. He gave the glass of water to him who drank it quickly.

Ash said, "It's okay. No need to rush. Take your time."

After drinking the water, the boy introduced himself, "Hi. My name is Naruto ... Naruto Uzumaki."

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