Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Not Your Normal 9 to 5: Overtime ❯ Chapter 5: The Opening Round ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 5: The Opening Round

 

While Jizu and Vegeta Began talking about how to divide the planet between the two factions, for that was what Vegeta wanted to talk about, Lennex's mind was firmly on Kagome's plight. The alien commander seemed surprised that Vegeta's opening statements were about conquering the planet for sale together and splitting the profit, but listened to the Prince with rapt attention. Lennex could hear Inuyasha's groans of pain and he kept trying get up to follow Kagome accompanied by Shippo's low growls and whines for his surrogate mother. In fact the only silent one was Sesshomaru who stood there with a bored expression on his face. Kagome had been out of view for only a couple minutes and the noise that was being made behind the building was to quiet for them to hear. He prayed for the young girl's safety and attempted to patiently wait while his master's plan came to fruition.

 

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Kagome rounded the corner of the building and made to take off through the forest, not quite believing that Lennex and his friends would leave her to this fate but quickly pushed those thoughts aside. Her current situation was much more important. She almost made the tree line when she was tackled from behind.

 

“Now now love, you don't want to miss the fun do you?” the solider questioned her as he rolled her onto her back and straddled her.

 

Kagome tried to resist but solider chuckled and didn't budge an inch and he looked into her eyes.

“You are going to remember this for the rest of your life girl. Be honored.” He laughed at the end of his comment and his eyes traversed down to the girl's chest.

 

Kagome had heard horror stories about this type of thing, and like a typical young girl from the 21st century; she always believed it could never happen to her.

 

`He can have my body, but he will never dominate my mind!' she thought to herself as she turned her eyes towards the forest, refusing to watch what he was about to do, but also refusing to close her eyes in submission. Her view however was not what she expected. Her minor struggles against the man on top of her ceased as she gazed at a yellow and black boot.

 

The solider on top of her was just reaching for her shirt when he felt the girl still. He thought she might put up more of a fight, he liked when they fought him but he guessed he was wrong. He looked at her face and saw that he wasn't the focus of her attention. He followed her gaze and saw the same yellow and black boot that she did. He quickly followed the boot and attached leg upwards until he gazed into the most ice blue eyes he had ever seen on a woman, and they looked extremely cold at the moment.

As he was bent over the girl he quickly tried to get his feet under him and raise his cannon arm to bear but the woman was too fast. She grabbed his arm with the cannon gauntlet and her other hand closed in over his mouth, ceasing his ability to make noise. The soldiers' eyes widened as she picked him up off the girl with little effort and brought him close to her face. Kagome quickly rolled out from underneath them and put her back against the building watching in bewilderment. She studied her savior and saw a very attractive blond woman in a white shirt and black vest, along with simple pants and the ever present yellow and black boots.

 

The woman spoke to the solider as she brought him mere inches from her face, “I don't tolerate scum like you who pick on defenseless girls.” Her voice sounded bored, like she wasn't putting any emotion into her convictions, but her actions spoke louder than her words as she squeezed the soldiers' arm, shattering the cannon and bone at the same time. The solider tried to cry out but the hand over his mouth wouldn't allow it. The blonde woman quickly released the now broken appendage and with her free arm flattened her hand, fingers straight and next to each other forming a point. She then thrust her hand through the soldiers' chest, killing him on the spot.

She then took the dead man's helmet off and examined it for a moment, tossing the dead body a few feet away. After a moment she reached inside the helmet and ripped a small square box from the inside and pocketed it. She then looked at Kagome.

“In case you haven't figured it out yet, we are here to rescue you. Stick close to me and don't make a sound. My name is 18.”

And with that brief introduction 18 quietly moved to the side of the building to peer around it. Kagome swallowed a couple of times before inching towards the woman, being careful not to make any noise, or to look at the body.

 

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Lennex was getting impatient. Vegeta was talking circles after the first five minutes and he recognized it as a stalling maneuver. He wondered when Jizu would also make that realization. He kept glancing superstitiously at the building and wanting very badly to go after Kagome and her attacker. What little energy the man had been putting out it was gone now. Lennex could only figure he was too relaxed in what he was doing and it set his teeth to grinding. He couldn't believe Vegeta would let this happen he just…. He stopped in mid thought as a small lock of blond hair peeked around the corner of the building followed by a blue eye. When the first visual was made the rest of her head followed and Lennex could make out 18.

He was immediately happy and had to control himself not to start grinning like an idiot. Vegeta did have things planned out after all. He watched 18 look around and then looked towards Sango and Miroku's prison and nod. Lennex very carefully moved his gaze that direction and saw Krillian keeping low to the ground and moving up to the cage. Now Lennex realized what the plan was all about and silently berated himself for doubting Vegeta.

“As well you should, whelp.” The voice of Vegeta sounded in his head.

Sayjins were borderline telepathic, and with concentration, they could project a thought into someone's head. Lennex grinned on the inside and kept watch on Krillian's progress, willing the small fighter to hurry.

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“Easy, Krillian, your almost there. No one's watching you so there's nothing to worry about.” The pint sized ex monk kept telling himself as he crept toward the crude cage and the tied up monk that sat outside it. Krillian kept one eye on his objective, and the other one on all the soldiers who were busy watching Vegeta, willing them to not turn around. If they did it would put a major monkey wrench into this plan. He kept the cage between himself and the group of enemies as much as he could but now came the tricky part. As he came to the back corner of the cage he slipped to the side and crept slowly towards Miroku.

“So far so good.” He muttered to himself

He knelt at the corner of the cage and put his hand on Miroku's shoulder, hoping he wouldn't startle the monk into making a sound. He shouldn't have bothered. Miroku sat motionless, barley blinking and didn't seem to know Krillian was there even though he was touching him. Krillian edged forward a little to see the monk's blank stare focused upon the wrapped hand in his lap. The hand seemed to have an invisible wind seemed to be whipping the cloth around it this way and that with startling ferocity.

 

“That will be just my luck too if that thing goes off while I am right next to it,” Krillian said shaking his head. If he didn't want that to happen he had better get a move on. “Listen buddy, I'm a friend of Lennex's and I'm here to help you and your friends, but you gotta cooperate with me. Its real simple you just have to chew this bean and swallow.” He said holding up the small green bean.

When he didn't get a response or even a glance at the bean that was being waved in front of his face, Krillian knew he had his work cut out for him. A low moan drew his attention away from the inattentive monk to the girl behind him. She was a pretty young thing, Krillian decided, and he could see why the monk in front of him might be smitten with her. Her beauty would have been greater had there not been a curve in her spine that shouldn't be there. The pain she had to be in must have been excruciating and it was making her moan in pain. She let out another whimper as her body tried to move for more comfort and she paid for it. The good thing about that whimper however was that when it happened he felt Miroku's shoulder twitch just a bit under his hand.

“Well well, not as switched off as everyone thinks, are you pal?” Krillian said and leaned close to Miroku's ear so he could talk quietly without drawing attention from the Kremon soldiers.

“Listen, I know you're worried about going up in a blaze of wind here, and if that happens not only will you die, but you'll kill me, which I'm sure you're not too worried about, but you will also kill the girl here and I'm almost positive you don't want that. So if you want to save her, really save her, just chew this damn bean and she will be safe and sound before you know it.”

Krillian let his words sink in and got the desired response. Miroku's head turned just a bit to focus on the hand in front of him and his mouth parted just a bit. That was good enough for Krillian and he quickly shoved the bean between Miroku's lips. He then got to work on the rope that tied him to the cage. It wasn't much of a security measure, but with the catatonic state the monk was in, it was really all that was needed. He snapped the rope with little effort, which was a blessing, since any more energy would have set off the scouters around him. Once he cleared the rope he looked around the monks head and saw life returning to it. The wind around his hand had stopped blowing.

 

He met Miroku's eyes and this time they were alert and had a question in them. Krillian cut that off quickly.

“We're here to help just stick close to me, were going to get the girl and move as fast as possible towards the guy in red on the ground over there. I'm guessing you'd like to carry her?”

Miroku nodded as he got his legs under him, a great feat as they had been motionless for hours. He did voice a question quietly. “Do you have another of those beans for her?”

Krillian checked the soldiers again before moving quietly around Miroku to the cage lock, examining it.

“No, you were the main threat since your injury could have killed anyone around you at any time. We have a way to heal her back at our hideout. Just don't let go of her when you get to your other friend. If you can, grab a hold of him too and don't let go. That's important.” Krillian finished while staring at the lock. It looked simple enough. Just a normal key and bolt system, nothing very fancy about it. He wondered if maybe the aliens have found it already here in feudal Japan and were just using what they had available. He reached up and slowly pulled the door and watched the metal bar that was the lock bend and finally snap. The noise was almost nonexistent which he was grateful for. He opened the gate and motioned Miroku through. The monk slowly stood and went through the door towards Sango. Krillian turned his attention back to the soldiers one last time to make sure they had not been noticed. They were still watching Vegeta. This was going to work he decided.

He knew it was that sentence that destroyed the doomed, when almost all the soldiers turned as one to look at the cage. Krillian swallowed loudly. “Miroku, buddy, you better hurry up, there's been a change in plans.”

 

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“And with the division of the planet the way I have stated, we both become equally profited.” Vegeta finished. Knowing that any smart negotiator would see through the smoke and mirrors and realize Vegeta had divided the majority of the planet in his favor. Jizu didn't disappoint.

”Your terms are unacceptable. It's clear you favor your kind and leave my faction the most work and little gain. In fact, this whole farce is getting tiresome. I want to know what you're really doing here. Last we checked, Sayjin do not have space travel capability, and I find it ludicrous that your even here.” The commander spat, glaring at Vegeta.

The prince smirked to himself and readied another argument when he saw the left eye of every helmeted solider flash briefly with a text message. Almost as one the group turned around directly towards the cage, seeing the intruder who had opened it. Jizu turned a half second later after seeing the majority of his men turn around and stared in shock and bewilderment at the cage with the injured woman and the now seemingly healed man. The shorter third person was a complete mystery. He whipped around to face Vegeta. He wasted no more time on talk.

“Eliminate them all!” he shouted. His men were well trained and a second after the order was given they acted.

A sizable portion turned and headed for the would-be rescuer while the rest moved forward to Vegeta and his team

 

Vegeta met the charge head on, yelling over his shoulder, “Make sure the runt gets to his friends!” and then he disappeared into the enemy ranks.

 

Lennex rushed to Shippo's side as the two men who were so eager to kill the fox demon before were trying to do exactly that now. He grabbed an arm and used his strength to throw the solider like a rag doll. The second man reacted to his peer's attacker and fired point blank into Lennex's side. The energy blast stung more then Lennex thought it would and actually caused him to take a step backwards.

He grimaced to himself and raised his power level a bit more careful not to give away too much of his strength. The second solider moved in and swung at the young Sayjin's face, when the blow missed the solider let his momentum spin him around and he kicked out with his leg, catching Lennex in the face.

“You guys may not be very strong, but you do have some skill.' He commented as he used superior speed to breach the man's guard and hit him three times in the blink of an eye. The power of the attacks sent him tumbling backwards into two of his comrades. Lennex took that moment to give instructions.

 

“Shippo I'll clear you a path, you need to get to Inuyasha and get there quick.”

The small fox nodded his understanding and Lennex took a quick look around. Vegeta had put down seven soldiers already and now was in the air fighting Jizu and one of his more advanced soldiers. He glanced to his left and saw that Sesshomaru was not to be left out of the fight and had taken a group of men for his own, using his demon speed and demon blade to put them to the ground permanently.

 

The Kremons that moved towards the cage raised their arms and fired their energy cannons at Krillian and Miroku. The small fighter leapt in front of the monk and batted the balls of light away as quickly as he could while Miroku picked up his wounded comrade. He also noticed 18 moving from behind the building to flank the group that was attacking her husband and that Kagome was hurrying towards Inuyasha. That was the last that he saw as three silver armored warriors were upon him.

 

“You guys are out of your league.” The Sayjin commented to them as he bullied his way forward towards Inuyasha. The closer he got to his friend on the ground however the more soldiers got in his way. They were no match for him individually, and he treated them as such. Showing off his speed as they tried to hit him and he moved around their blows and calmly countered. He was beginning to enjoy himself.

That however was his undoing. The grunts suddenly started to work in unison, one would strike from the front and Lennex would dodge around the blow, right into another one that was launched simultaneously. A score of blows had knocked the young Sayjin for a spin before he realized the new tactics were being used against him.

 

He tried to back away and get some space, but these men were trained well against stronger warriors then themselves. The cocky attitude he had at the beginning of the fight was gone and he now was relying on reflex to try and find a way out of the mess he was in.

The quickest way was increase his power, maybe even to Super Sayjin, but he knew Vegeta wanted that kept secret for as long as possible. He tried an explosive wave, a technique that gathered his energy and exploded it outward forcing his attackers away, but these men must have seen this attack before and it only caught a few of them off guard.

 

Lennex would knock one away and two more would take the place, pummeling him with attacks. He was stronger alright but the numbers were pressing in on him. He was now officially worried.

He heard the noise to late as two cannons were fired into his back. The energy pitched him forward right into two legs that were swinging towards his face. The boots connected and the young Sayjin found himself flipping backwards and crashing onto his back, the force of the blow rolling him into a reverse somersault and he tumbled onto his stomach. He looked up at the now nine Kremon grunts that had been tag teaming him.

“Guess this is the wrong time to ask for a fair fight eh?” he asked hoping the comment would buy him a little time to figure a way out when all nine men pointed their weapons at him. The ends of the cannons glowed red.

“Guess not.” He readied himself to leap into the air when two energy blasts impacted the ground throwing the soldiers away. Lennex felt someone grab him by his armors neck plate and haul him off the ground. He was then face to face with Piccolo, and the Namek didn't look happy.

“If you're through showing off, perhaps you'd like to join this fight seriously. Pick an opponent and finish him off quick and fast. Superior power isn't always stronger then numbers. And we have a lot more numbers then we thought.”

 

Lennex followed the Namek's eyes as they glanced towards the sky, and Lennex saw two large air cars moving into potion over the clearing. Doors on either side opened and more soldiers leapt out onto the ground, some of the stronger ones stayed in the air under their own power, looking for the best way to put down their opposition. The regular grunts hit the ground and moved to reinforce their brethren. A sea of sliver armored bodies quickly surrounded the two fighters and Lennex realized this was a brand new fight, one he had little experience with.

Most of his fights were one on one and they left him ill prepared for this mass assault. He looked at Piccolo and nodded to his other teacher and readied himself for the coming battle as more then twenty soldiers moved towards them at once.

 

This was no longer a skirmish, he decided as he chose the closest Kremon guard and hit him as hard and fast as he could putting him out of the fight and moved to the next man in his way.

It was the opening battle of a war.

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A/N: Well this wasn't really were I planned on ending this chapter but I figured it would be to long if I finished what I wanted to do so once again I shall split it into another chapter. My original plan was to have the contents of the last chapter, this chap, and the next be one, but apparently I had a lot more to say then I thought concerning this scene of the story. I hope everyone is enjoying and the next chapter hopefully won't take as long, but I am starting a new job this week, so it might take away some of my writing time. Thanks to Benny45 for the continuing support and to really-likes-noodles for adding the story to their alert list. I appreciate it. As always read and review and we shall see you next chapter.