So Much Training, So Little Time...

[Fredrex00]

Mazinkaiser forces Solranous backwards, the sound of clashing blades silencing. Mazinkaiser then pants, the fight taking a bit out of him. He then notices something in the area. His G-Stone gleams and he stands up straight. He turns to his right and looks to a small area then allows the G-Stone to gleam more.

"You'd better come out now or we'll kill you." Mazinkaiser growls to the hidden object. The being moves and stands up. Its body like a lion and pure green eyes strike shock into both Mazinkaiser and Solranous.

The lion roars and launches itself at Mazinkaiser. The beast then clamps its jaws down on the blade of Mazinkaiser, both the lion's eyes and the G-Stone on the fore-head on Mazinkaiser shine with the brightness of the sun.

The two then head straight to the dirt, creating a giant dust cloud as the smash into earth. Mazinkaiser forces the lion backwards, the two glaring each other down. "Who are you!?" Mazinkaiser shouts, "You...you look like..."

"Galion...." the lion snarls to the super robot. "I am Kaiser Galion...heir to the King Of Braves."

[Azure_Ghidorah]

Kisara scowled as she was thrown up by the Shade Shockwave, she could see the Abyssal Stream that was going to be fired at her, and she didn't know if she could afford to take that hit full force. The Shinigami reoriented herself in mid air as best as she could and brought her blades between herself and the oncoming wave, with said blades causing it to disperse around her.

She wasn't spared from damage though, the energy that she was dispersing wasn't effected enough to do that, and she snarled painfully as the attack rended at her body and threw her away. She landed hard, elicting a strangled grunt from the pain of landing on very fresh wounds.

'damn it all to hell... that hurt way more then I thought it would...' Kisara thought, cringing as she tried to lift her body again.

"You've got determination, girl, I like that. Perhaps you're more ready then any of us thought." the zanpoktou replied back.

'Ready? You mean... for Shikai?'

"Mhmm... Oh yeah, you're ready... My name... is Shimo-Girochin, which translates to 'Frost Guillotine'" the now revealed zanpoktou answered. "As for the release call for Shikai... the last pit should just... come to you."

Kisara frowned somewhat, and focused on that name. Much to her surprise, Shimo's words were true, it did come to her. Now outlined with orange reiatsu, she stood back up, almost ignoring the wounds from the Abyssal Stream. Kisara smirked at Shiryu, raising her blades. Then she called out,

"Kizuato! Shimo-Girochin!" (Scar! Frost Guillotine!)

An icy wind whipped up around her, partially obscurring her from everybodies view as she unlocked her Shikai. Orange-colored ice started to form over her body and her swords, forming armor on the body and changing the shape of the swords. As the wind receded, Kisara smirked as she now had a full body 'suit' of ice, ironicly similar to the spirit armor Shiryu used before his most recent transformation, though she lacked any sign of wings or a tail that were so common of draconic-themed armor or body.

Taking a moment of reprive, the Shinigami looked herself over. The ice covering her hands flexed freely as if they were gloves, and were fingerless. Actually, it flexed freely wherever her joints were, which she assumed was so it could both provide some protection and allow her to keep every scrap of her mobility. As for her blades, each was now a much thicker broadsword, and gained about half a foot in blade length, said length looking entirely crafted out of the same orange ice that covered her body, though instead of flexing at places, this ice stood firm at all parts.

"Wow. Wasn't expecting something like this... then again I didn't really know what to expect." Kisara commented, then scowled as she noticed her 'boots' had talons on them.

'Why do so many things have so dragon-like theme to them here?' she thought sarcasticly.

"Hey, not my fault, I'm only here because of your reiatsu branching off from Solranous... consider it an unexpected homage to that..." Shimo replied.

'Whatever, its not like I can change it if I want to.'

"damn straight..."

Kisara then blinked as she noticed something. 'Hey... why am I not in pain anymore? Not that I'm complaining, but...'

"You released a lot of reiatsu when you unlocked Shikai for the first time, its not unreasonable that it would regenerate unwanted damage to your body... but this is a one-off thing, you still have to be careful because unlocking this form does not grant you regeneration like Shiryu's new form does." Shimo explained.

'Well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, I say...'

"Whatever fits the situation..."

Kisara smirked, then readied herself to continue the match, "You ready for round two, Shiryu?" she quipped.

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Solranous' eyes were wide with the appearance of Kaiser Galion, and at what the newcomer said.

'Heir to the King Of Braves... GaoGaiGar... Wait. If Kaiser Galion is the heir... and the G-Stone is with Mazinkaiser... then does that mean... Will Kaiser Galion try to take the G-Stone from Mazinkaiser... or will the two of them fight to a draw, invoking a fusion that will create a new GaiGar so that the Genesic Machines can be reactivated, there by reviving the King Of Braves, Genesic GaoGaiGar, under a new name?'

Mentally, Solranous pictured all the possiblities he could think of, the most prominent one being the fusion of Mazinkaiser and Kaiser Galion.

'This is going to be quite the spectacle... and seeing it concerns the crowning of the new King Of Braves... it would be best if I not interfere...'

With that thought, Solranous resealed his Bankai and stood back as lion and super robot were likely ready to fight.

[shdwdrgn]

"Well now that you have it let's see you flaunt it a bit", he whispered in her ear.

He let loose a wave of energy as he was going to up his assault on Kisara to test what she was now capable of. He spun around backwards delivering a hefty kick to her side. As she flew he caught her in a bear hug and shot straight up into the air as he reached the peak he engaged his Night Slash as he spun releasing her sending her flying away from his body. He closed the gap between them and spun head over heels sending her into the ground.

"So just how much more durable have you become Kisara? I want you to show me something now to prove you really have unlocked this state and that it's not just a desperation act", he called.

Mercurio was sitting watching as Shiryu was putting Kisara through her paces. She wondered how she might fare in close range combat since she only had a ranged attack that could do substantial damage all her melee were rather weak and wouldn't be able to do much of anything to an opponent.

How can I find a way to protect myself at close range. I need someone that can teach me a good weapon to use or some powerful hand-to-hand combat to better myself as a combatant, but who to learn this from?

[Azure_Ghidorah]

A mid-sized blizzard rose up from the smoke and surged at Shiryu for his answer, slim particles of ice in the wind giving him several long, but shallow cuts. Shallow cuts that were coming in the hundreds, quickly lacing Shiryu's body with them. While the Reaper was distracted by the blizzard barrage, Kisara Flash Stepped behind him, looking surprisingly unharmed save for a cut where the Night Slash had been used on her.

"I assure you, this is no desperation move." Kisara chimed, cluing Shiryu in as to where she was. As the Reaper was turning, Kisara caught the back of his head, and brought him down into her knee, which she was bringing up with all the power she could manage, the savage blow of two forces slamming together breaking Shiryu's face. Kisara then hammered Shiryu into the ground below and dropped back to where she had left her swords, combined into their staff-like form and spinning. She grabbed the staff and seperated it back into two swords and closed in on the recovering Shiryu, stabbing his leg and pinning it to the ground before punching the Reaper in the face and slashing a deep gash down his chest, which accumulated a decent layer of frost, now that the passive effect from the sealed state was improved in Shikai.

Kisara kicked the Reaper again, the force of which causing his leg to be cut as it was being peeled away from the blade that was pinning him. Retrieving her sword, Kisara forged a soccer ball-sized sphere of ice and kicked it at Shiryu, intending for it to blow up into several medium sized shards on impact.

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Meanwhile, Myrr, Xeno, and Thaea reached the Floating Island, and crossed inland, instantly alerting Solranous to their presence.

'Well... whos the new comer?' the dragon wondered, but seeing as Myrr and Xeno were with her, he wasn't too concerned.

Myrr turned over mid-flight to look at Thaea, "Well, here's the island." She said to the dragonkin.

"Now where are those guys?" Xeno wondered, before conveniently spotting them, "Oh! Oh! There they are!" the hybrid exclaimed and swooped down a decent distance from the matches, watching Myrr and Thaea follow them.

"Well, they're still going at it... best to just sit an' watch then." Myrr mumbled, sitting down and getting as comfortable as one could when they sat on rock. Unfortuneately, the place she decided to sit down at gave way underneath her, plopping the half dragon into an embarressing situation by being up to her chest in the whole with her legs and arms preventing her from potentially falling any further by clinging to the ground around her. She squirmed abit, trying to get some purchase so she could pull herself out, but luck wasn't on her side, she was stuck there.

"... A little help please...?" Myrr muttered, scowling, It was only then that Xeno decided to quit laughing and jump to her sister's aid, grabbing the half dragon's arms and pulling her up and out.

"Thanks, Xe..." Myrr said to the hybrid, half glaring and half smiling at her as the dark half of the duo broke out laughing again, "I think I'll just stand..." the light half of the duo finished.

[Fredrex00]

The new Galion snarls at Mazinkaiser, "You are the heir! You carry a false G-Stone!! You must!" Mazinkaiser still baffled by the appearance of this "Kaiser Galion" doesn't realize that he is being attacked by the claws of the lion.

A long slash is formed on the robot's stomach. Sparks fly from the wound and Mazinkaiser shudders in pain. He looks at the lion who is again going to attack him. Fangs barring outwards, they then sink into the shoulder of Mazinkaiser. The robot yells out in pain and tosses the robo lion off of him.

As the lion glares him down, Mazinkaiser looks with a worried face. Suddenly, his G-Stone glows, his wounds also glowing. The lion continues growling towards Mazinkaiser, then his forehead begins to shine brightly in the same green glow as Mazinkaiser's G-Stone. A panel opens up and reveals that the lion also had a G-Stone embedded within his body.

"You're false G-Stone," the lion mutters, "Seems to be reacting with my G-Stone"

"That's because my G-Stone isn't false!!" Mazinkaiser explains.

"SILENCE YOUR LIES!!" Kaiser Galion roars, charging straight at Mazinkaiser. The super robot blocks the lion with his left arm infront of his face, but the lion just clamps down onto the robotic limb. Mazinkaiser screams out in pain and forces the lion to the ground.

The lion snarls and attempts to get away, slashing with his front paws at the chest of Mazinkaiser. Mazinkaiser then grabs the paws of the lion, attempting to stop the machine. The lion roars and bites again into the shoulder of Mazinkaiser. Mazinkaiser, roaring in pain, then grabs the lion by the head, ripping the beast from his shoulder, and then tossing him straight into the ground.

Both machines can hardly stand, Mazinkaiser slumped over and Kaiser Galion slowly standing up. "You...you can't be...the heir..you.." Kaiser Galion begins to say, but is interrupted by Mazinkaiser.

"YOU STUPID FOOL!! THE G-STONE IS-!!!"

Then the two stones placed on the foreheads of the machines burst into a radiant glow that envelops the two. Each of the two robots experience their pasts and their memories. A rush of energy flows between them, the image of the G-Stone being burned into the brains of the two machines. The Genesic Machines circle them within their minds. The images of Final Fusion echoing within them. Then, the image of the two machines combining to make the Genesic God of Destruction.

A white light then blinds them both and the glow disappears. The two machines look at each other, their eyes widened. Mazinkaiser muttering, "What....was...was that?"

"That...." Kaiser Galion says, "....must be our future...."

[shdwdrgn]

Mercurio saw the Myrr's as they were landing with a new figure in tow. She walked over to them to say hi and find out who this person was. As she approched she saw a slight resemblance between the new person and Myrr.

"Hey Myrr, Xeno nice to see you two again. It's been a while how have you been? Oh and sorry to be rude but who is this you brought with you", she asked. "Oh where are my manners my name's Mercurio."

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Shiryu smirked at her final shot catching it with one palm.

"Very good Kisara you should be very proud of yourself today. I know I didn't make it easy on you but you toughed it out like a true warrior. Now let's tone things down and go meet the new person while we wait for Sol and Mazin to finish up", he told her as he placed the ice orb on the ground under his foot.

He walked over to the Myrr's and Mercurio as well as the new person getting ready to greet them all.

[Fredrex00]

Kaiser Galion growls at Mazinkaiser, "Your G-Stone....I accept it as a real G-Stone..." The lion then turns away to go away, "But I still don't trust you."

"That's where we're different..." Mazinkaiser says, making the lion turn around, "I trust you. You are the descendant of the first Galion, so I can trust a person like that."

The lion smirks and mutters, "So much for giving a warning..." The lion walks off heading towards the edge of the island, "Don't worry if something bad happens, I MIGHT show up to save your skins..."

As the lion disappears, Mazinkaiser chuckles to himself. "He's such a liar."

You sound like you knew him since you were born.....[/b]

The voice of Devil Kaiser rumbles in Mazinkaiser's head. "After what we both experienced....I feel like I do."

You're pathetic.....

"And you're just a voice in my head." Mazinkaiser retorts to the voice. The robot felt the presence of Devil Kaiser fade back into the recesses of his mind. He then turned to Solranous, speaking, "I think our duel is over my friend. I apologize for the interruption."

[Azure_Ghidorah]

Solranous waved off the super robot's words. "No apology needed, there's always a next time, should you ever want it. Now, however, we have a newcomer, it would be best to greet her." At those words, Solranous started walking over to the group.

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Kisara nodded, first dispelling the unused sphere of ice, and then resealing her Shikai, with a little guidance from Shimo, and walked quickly after Shiryu.

Myrr grinned at the group that was assembling before them. "Yeah, long time no see, Mercurio. Anyways, Mercurio, Shiryu, Kisara, this is Thaea, I found her hanging around the abandoned district, but she's got a story that would be best heard from her, instead of me." the half dragon replied, following an introduction.

'Wonder how mom's gonna take being a grandmother?' Xeno asked of Myrr.

'I assume stare and mumble in disbelief, then faint from shock.' Myrr replied.

'Betcha twenty-dollars she doesn't' the hybrid challenged.

'Deal.'

[Talon]

Thaea practically beamed at all of the attention she was getting, and after her mother finished, stated with a half-bow,

"Hi! I'm Thaea, and I come from about 200 years in the future! I happen to be Myrr and Shive's daughter!"

She stood up straight again, folding her arms over her chest and nodding.

"S'true, ya know. I don't have the tech on my person at the moment to prove it, but I have another way!"

She put a hand to her mouth and gave a small cough, clearing her throat. She then inhaled, and added,

"The full name of Solranous's Zanpoktou is Kyouran Kizoku Shounetsujigoku, Kisara's got a snake phobia, Myrr gets REALLY hyper when she eats marshmellows, and Da- err, Shive used to have a kitten by the name of Calvin."

She sniffled, giving a smirk.

"That do it for you?" She asked, folding her arms again.

[shdwdrgn]

Shiryu looked at Thaea trying to discern if her relations were legitimate.

"Well you look like your father from what I can tell and you've got a personality like Myrr. Now the big question is how much of Sol's family is in you versus how much of Shive's blood does", Shiryu said. "My bets are on heavier ties to your father than grandpa here."

Shiryu clapped his hand on Sol's shoulder as he joined the group.

Mercurio shied over to Shiryu and half stood behind him as she waited for more of Thaea's character to be revealed.

"But Shiryu haven't we had enough battling for the time being? Can't we all just head home and relax for a bit now", she asked quietly into his ear.

"Oh come on this could be really interesting. I'm sure everyone else wants to know who she takes after more. Her mother's side or her father's", Shiryu issued to the surrounding group.

[Azure_Ghidorah]

Solranous blinked as he heard Thaea's explanation.

"... Deja vu..." was all he said.

Kisara, meanwhile, had lifted her hand up and was pointing at Thaea with her eye twitching. she muttered some unintelligible phrases, and then started to fall back. Solranous noticed this, and Flash Stepped behind her, letting the fainting shinigami land in his arms.

'Twenty dollars, pay up when we get home.' Myrr grinned mentally.

'You know... I just remembered why I don't bet... I dun have any money...' Xeno replied, glancing down.

'Then you can expect tonight to be... extra kinky...' Myrr decided, grinning almost like a preadator at Xeno, though nobody could notice.

[Talon]

Thaea looked at her fainted grandmother with a slightly surprised, curious glance, then sighed, shoulders sagging.

"Well that went about as well as expected...!"

She regained her composure, smoothing her tanktop out as she looked about. Shen then abruptly whirled towards Shiryu, leaning forward, and explained,

"It's simple! I get my mother's charming attitude and devilish good looks, while I get my father's sheer power and stubborn-as-hell spirit!"

She grinned, adding,

"Oh, and my grandfather's innate excess of energy..."

At that, she abruptly lashed a hand out to the side, a sudden burst of wind rushing forth as she did so. Several large boulders in its path abruptly collapsed into piles of neatly-diced chunks as she lowered her hand and asked in a playfully stern voice,

"Any questions?"

[shdwdrgn]

Shiryu shrugged pulling Mercurio in front of himself and hugged her. As he held her he looked at Thaea and answered.

"Well I can see the family relations. So I guess I have no questions left to ask. Oh there is one thing, how long are you here and why", he asked her.

As he waited for her answer he noticed that some of the biggest raw power wielders were gathered here all for the same purpose.

It amazes me to no end that even with this much power around that Nightshade still gets so many attacks that give us trouble. Hopefully this place will finally get some peace and quiet soon, it's long overdue.

He waited with Mercurio while the others got the info about Thaea they wanted to hear among other things.

[Talon]

Thaea sighed, that pained look crossing her face once more.

"Should've expected that question again... ah well..."

She cleared her throat, and replied,

"I'm here to save one of your, err... well, I dunno if he's a friend of yours or not, but I'm here to save one of your allies from 'dying', in a sense. Someone you know today will be put through an extremely fierce fight, and will essentially be left for dead, with no way of anyone to reach him. There, he'll be found by a group of extraterrestrial creatures known as 'Einst' that have been laying dormant on the planet. They'll take him and rebuild him as one of their own, but they won't surface until another 170 years or so."

She bit her lip, shoulders sagging.

"But when they do... this person and his allies will open what's called the Cross-Gate and bring forth their main force from the deepest regions of space, of which includes their master, the Einst Regisseur- a being so powerful that even the combined forces of Nightshade's strongest residents could not defeat. This is where I come in. After realizing we couldn't kill the accursed things for good, we decided to stop the problem at its source- the first event that caused it all to happen. The O'Malley of my time designed a machine that'd send me back to this specific date, so I could stop the original event from occurring, thus changing the future no matter what... for better or worse is unknown, but since I'm here I might as well carry out my original orders... unfortunately, such changes will strand me in this time..."

She brushed at her eyes, then replied to Shiryu with a panting smile,

"Man, explaining time-travel can be tireseome... but to answer your question, I'm here to stay no matter what..."

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About a mile or two away, Machinima's shields and cloaking devices all fell at once. The droids there never did something like that unless they had a damn good reason...

[Azure_Ghidorah]

"Yeah... it is tiresome." Myrr replied in response to Thaea's statement about time travel.

"Anyways, if the fight is going to happen today, then do you-" Solranous began, but cut himself off as he jerked his head to Machinima's direction, sensing the suddenly dropping power output.

"... Something's wrong..." the dragon muttered under his breath, then turned to Thaea again. "Please, lead the others to the area where the conflict concerning this ally of ours will take place. Meanwhile, I'll investigate what's happening at Fort Machinima. This is out of the ordinary for them, so reasonably something bad is going on."

"Sol-" was all Xeno got out before the dragon turned and Flash Stepped, having set the still fainted Kisara down.

Myrr sighed, going to Kisara's side and shaking her lightly. The shinigami groaned minorly in protest, but woke up none-the-less.

"... Was that bit about the newcomer real?" Kisara asked, and Myrr nodded. "Oi... I know Solranous already said this but... talk about deja vu..."

"Speaking of Solranous, he bolted once he noticed something with Fort Machinima." Xeno added, causing Kisara to face palm.

"There he goes again, jumping at the first sign of trouble..." Kisara grumbled.