Crossover Fan Fiction ❯ Not Your Normal 9 to 5: Overtime ❯ Chapter 6; Opening Salvo ( Chapter 7 )

Opening Salvo

Tetsusaiga

 

Shippo's eyes were wide as he took in the numerous silver bodied warriors that were now around him. Luckily his size was still small enough that they paid him scant attention so he was able to close the distance to Inuyasha with little trouble. He sniffed when he arrived at his side and his nose quickly filled with the stench of the half demon's blood. His nose filtered through the seriousness of the injuries and even though it had only been hours, the wounds were starting to smell of infection. He hoped they could get him out of here soon so that his demon blood could start to heal without being constantly aggravated by his captors.

 

The young fox glanced around again to make sure the Kremon soldiers still weren't paying attention to them and once again was amazed by the numbers. They were everywhere, silver armor reflecting the mid day sun, causing bright flashes to fill the meadow.

 

However, not all the flashes were caused by light reflection. Shippo's eyes happened to be looking in the right direction to see three soldiers flung upward into the sky by a small explosion, and the green form of the Namek, Piccolo quickly following them. The Namek's movement however was controlled unlike his enemies and he quickly dealt blows that sent them hurtling into their comrades below. The green alien quickly went to the ground disappearing to find another opponent.

 

Shippo felt Lennex in that area too and could catch the occasional glimpse of him as bodies shifted and moved. It looked like the young Sayjin's face was warring with two different expressions, one of concentration in fighting so many opponents at once, and pure enjoyment for the same reason. Leave it to Sayjin battle lust.

 

A green flash a few feet away drew Shippo's attention as he watched Sesshomaru unleash his swords most powerful attack. The green energy flew from the sword into multiple bodies, cutting through armor and then flesh with ease.

 

A noise from behind him made him quickly spin around, fox fire surrounding his fists, but that fire quickly died out as he saw the noise was made my Kagome as she skidded to a stop on the other side of Inuyasha's prone body, dropping to her knees. In her arms she held the sheathed Tetsusaiga. Their enemy must not have paid the girl any more attention then they had him if she was able to make it to where they were and pick up the sword along the way. And why should they when they had much more powerful foes to deal with.

 

“Are you ok, Shippo?” she question as her hands quickly probed Inuyasha's body for any more injuries that may have incurred since her last inspection.

 

“Don't worry about me,” The young fox replied “I'm a demon, much stronger then you humans.”

His bravado brought a small smile to the young woman's lips as she finally glanced up at him.

 

“I am sorry for underestimating you Shippo, I won't do it again.” She replied stroking the kits ego as her hands came away from Inuyasha's side with blood on them, causing her to loose the brief smile she had just moments ago.

 

“The wound on his side has reopened again, we have to get him out of here but I was told we had to stay right here.” She said as she looked around at the battle behind Shippo and Inuyasha.

 

Shippo did the same gazing towards his other two friends as they attempted to make their way to them. Miroku was still carrying the wounded Sango through the throng of Kremon guards and every time one of them tried to impede his progress, Krillian or his wife, 18, was there to nullify the threat. Their speed and teamwork was exciting to see.

 

“I see how you made it over here without any problems.” Shippo said to the raven haired woman.

 

Kagome glanced over her shoulder at what the kit was referring too and nodded slightly, still concerned with her wounded companion, she continued to probe the injuries he had sustained.

 

The brief reprieve however was interrupted when two Kremon soldiers dropped from the sky and landed next to them.

 

Kagome tried to unsheathe the Tetsusaiga, the only weapon she had available to her, but the closest man swiped the sword from her hands, knocking the weapon to the ground. Shippo's hands ignited with his signature fox fire as he hurled a ball of flame into the face of Kagome's attacker. The man grabbed at his face, trying to dispel the fire as quick as possible, and leaving Kagome a moment of time to pick up the fallen sword.

 

Shippo grinned at his heroics, but the feeling was lost as the second man, seemingly forgotten, kicked the small demon in the back. The force of the blow sent Shippo flying over the prone Inuyasha and into Kagome, causing her to once again drop Tetsusaiga, as they both fell to the ground in a tangle of arms and legs. When they separated themselves from each other and sat up, it was to find the two soldiers standing over them. Almost as one the two men raised their silver garbed arms and a glowing ball of energy formed into their outstretched palms.

 

Kagome's hand quickly found Shippo's and she prayed this wouldn't be their last moment together

 

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Lennex was slowly getting the hang of fighting so many enemies at once. Before he had always concentrated on trying to outthink his opponent. To be one step ahead, to anticipate what moves or techniques would be used against him and how to counter those moves. But those were one on one fights, and this was completely different. The time for thinking was not present and it as pure instinct for the most part. The only tactic was hit hard and fast, and to make sure those hits took the opponent out of the fight as quickly as possible, before the next foe in line showed up, and from what the young sayjin could see, the line was long indeed. He and Piccolo had been dropping armored bodies left and right and they were just barely keeping from being overwhelmed, and the young sayjin found it exciting to say the least.

 

He could hear battle all around him, could feel Vegeta above him in the air, Piccolo beside him, and the demon Sesshomaru behind them. From across the clearing he could sense Krillian, and he assumed 18 would be there around her husband, as she had no detectable ki. During his search for his companions ki's he took advantage of his opponents meager defense and drove his fist through the chest armor of the solider, opening his palm inside the warrior and letting out a small ki blast, killing him on the spot.

 

He quickly pulled his hand from the body and spun around, kicking the corpse hard, sending it flying into incoming soldiers, slowing their advance.

 

“Are we having fun yet?” he asked the Namek beside him with a smile as he blocked six incoming blows.

 

Piccolo snorted as he watched his one time student retaliate to the attack before replying. “I will never understand Sayjins.”

 

Lennex grinned as he kicked at a rushing attacker. “You know you love us.”

 

The kick carried the solider into his comrades knocking them down into a heap and clearing Lennex's view. What he saw wiped the smile from his face.

 

“Kagome, Shippo. No!” he shouted as he watched two Kremon solders raise their arms, preparing to fire ki blasts at his friends. He tried to leap into the air, prepared to fly to their rescue, when Piccolo quickly grabbed the neck plate of his armor, hauling him back to the ground.

 

“No,” the Namek said grabbing the first of a solider who sought to capitalize on Piccolo's inattention, and squeezing until the bones broke, “you stay here with me and protect my back, your friends are fine.”

 

Lennex learned over the years to no argue with the Namek and continued to fight back to back, looking back to his friends who were in trouble and soon saw what Piccolo was talking about. There was a reason to not argue with Piccolo, and the smile he had earlier was back on his face.

 

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Kagome and Shippo glared up at the two, Shippo quickly gathering his energy to form a shield and he hoped he could withstand two point blank shots. The question became mute as an orange clad figure appeared between the two men, grabbing their arms pointing them skyward just as they fired. The energy balls soared into the sky harmlessly as the two looked in surprise at the man between them. Goku smiled back at them, quickly dropping their arms. Before the soldiers or even gravity could take effect on their arms Goku stuck both arms out in front of his body and quickly swung them backwards, connecting with each man's chest plate. The armor shattered under the blow and sent both bodies flying away. Goku looked down at the two on the ground.

 

“Yo.” He said as he offered his hand to Kagome to help her up.

 

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Krillian shook his head at his friend's simple greeting after the impromptu rescue. He could see Goku was happy now that he was in the fight. The earth raised Sayjin didn't like being left out of the main fight, but Vegeta had explained his role in the plan and Goku had agreed to stay out of the fight unless it was absolutely necessary he enter it. And now he had that reason and he continued to fend off soldiers that got too close to the man garbed in red on the ground and his companions. A man who Krillian was trying to get his own charges too. A task that wasn't being made easy for the short man, as Kremon after Kremon continued to get in his way. He and his wife were making slow but steady progress, keeping the young monk and the woman in his arms safe from attack. They moved fast in a revolving circle around Miroku, kicking, punching and blasting enemies away.

 

Krillian took a moment to look at his beautiful but deadly wife and spoke.

 

“Well honey, I promised you all the bad guys you wanted. Can I deliver or can't I.”

 

He saw her lip twitch in a smirk before he face blanked as she killed another Kremon that tried to attack her. He blocked an attack aimed for his head, and flipped the offender over his shoulder and onto the ground. Krillian then drove his knee into the grounded man's face, hearing the crunch of the breaking helmet, and the nose bone underneath.

 

His wife quickly jumped forward into a mass of Kremon guards that were blocking their path, disappearing in the sea of sliver bodies. Krillian watched in anticipation at what 18 could be doing and then he heard her call out an attack.

 

“Energy Blitz!”

 

After the words were spoken and azure sphere of energy expanded from her body and anything that it touched was flown away, feeling as if it had been electrocuted. The sphere expanded in perfect two meter radius from her body, effectively clearing a path to their goal.

 

Krillian smiled and ushered Miroku forward, taking up a rear guard position. As the monk passed Krillian spoke.

 

“When you get there make sure everyone is holding onto each other and yell out that you're ready.”

 

Miroku nodded his understanding and hurried forward. Krillian blocked a punch and simultaneous kick that two solders tried to hit him with and countered his attackers, keeping track of Miroku's progress.

 

“Not much longer now.” He thought.

 

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So far everything was working the way Vegeta had wanted it to. He calmly blocked the punches and kicks that the Kremon commander, Jizu and the men that had joined him in the air with ease. Compared to his men, Jizu was a commander for a reason, his power and skill far surpassed the grunts, but compared to Vegeta, they might as well have been the 3rd string lineup.

 

Weak opponents however gave the Sayjin prince a chance to observe his opposition. The Kremon alliance was living up to the reputation he had read about. Their tactics and fighting abilities was top notch, and their team work was impressive. Had they any power to back that up, Vegeta might have been worried. It also gave him a chance to observe the progress of his allies. Other than his idiot students mistake at the beginning of the battle, everything was going smoothly. Everyone was following their part f the plan and the second phase was about ready to begin.

 

Only two people were unaware of what the second phase was. Lennex would be easy to clue in; the demon lord Sesshomaru however was a wild card in Vegeta's whole operation. He would hardly care about the outsider, but at this stage of the conflict, the tactician in Vegeta did not want to waste any potential resources so early in the game, so he made an executive decision. He focused on his opponents and shot forward between the two soldiers that were trying to flank him and stopped right in front of Jizu.

 

The Kremon commander's eyes widened in surprise to have his enemy so close, so quickly and before he could react, Vegeta had placed both of his palms on the commander's stomach. A giant ball of energy shot out from those palms and quickly engulfed the commander. The ball wasn't to be deadly to the commander, for Vegeta wanted him to be able to report this altercation, but it did carry him away from Vegeta and the battlefield.

 

His two warriors however were not so lucky as Vegeta spun back to them and casually shot an energy blast from both hands, one for each solider. The energy lanced out and pierced both soldiers in the chest, killing them instantly. As the bodies fell to the ground Vegeta used his speed to rocket towards the ground landing beside the demon, watching as the white haired creature pulled his broadsword out of a dead soldier's stomach and his eyes searched out another opponent before glancing towards Vegeta. The Sayjin prince regarded the demon lord's killer instinct and was impressed. This was a man of few words that got things done, like Vegeta himself.

 

“Since you provided a distraction for us, I'll clue you in. In a matter of minutes we won't be here anymore, so if you don't want to get overrun, you'll leave.”

 

The demons eyes grew cold and narrowed as he replied back to the warning.

 

“This Sesshomaru does not run, nor does he fear these weaklings.”

 

At that moment a warrior tried to get the drop on the white haired demon and received Tokijin to the gut for his trouble.

 

Vegeta smirked again at the site, taking in the grace of this man's movements as he dispatched an enemy. He lifted off into the air and called back.

 

“Perhaps it wasn't you I was worried about, but those that may depend on you that are close. When we leave they will scour this area looking for us.” And with that Vegeta turned back to the sky, seeing that Jizu had finally nullified the beam of energy that carried him away and was flying towards Vegeta, this time with five other men at his back.

 

Vegeta glanced back towards the ground and silently chuckled to himself at the utter disgust on Sesshomaru's face. The disgust that Vegeta was right. The tall demon quickly glowed a soft white before shrinking into himself, forming a ball of energy that rocketed away from the battlefield.

 

Vegeta had just enough time to glance down to the center of the battlefield before Jizu and his men were upon him.

 

Almost time now.

 

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Kagome quickly gathered Inuyasha into her lap after her attackers were defeated by Goku, Shippo taking up guard at her side. She cradled the Tetsusaiga against his chest as she quickly glanced around at the chaos of battle. Goku stayed close to them, defending them from any attacker that got too close. A noise drew her attention to her left side and she tensed as she turned to face it. When she saw what made the noise the tension lessened but didn't go away. It was Miroku skidding to a stop beside her from a dead run, the wounded Sango cradled in his arms. Kagome took note of the girls pale skin color and the anguish of pain written all over her face. She had yet to regain conscious, but every so often a whimper of pain would escape her lips.

Miroku dropped to his knees, trying his best not to jar his wounded friend.

 

“Lady Kagome,” he greeted as he adjusted Sango, trying to comfort her as best he could, “our friends say we should hold on to each other.”

 

Kagome nodded, 18 having told her the same thing and looked to Shippo and nodded. The young kit nodded back and quickly got between the two groups kneeling on the ground and grabbed each of them on the shoulder. With Shippo acting as a bridge, the five of them were now connected.

 

“I got the both of you!” Shippo exclaimed, tightening his hold.

 

After hearing that, Kagome tilted her head back and shouted. “We're ready!”

 

Only she wasn't sure what they were ready for. She turned to the monk and by the look in his eyes; he was just as clueless as she.

They didn't wait long to find out, however as Goku was beside them. He reached down and grasped Miroku's free shoulder and put his other hand up towards his face, pointing two fingers to his forehead, a look of concentration on his face. Kagome had a few seconds to ponder this action when her sight went dark.

 

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Lennex and Piccolo watched Goku perform the instant transmission from where they were fighting their group of warriors. The six individuals disappeared from the ground leaving and empty meadow floor behind. The Kremon soldiers were puzzled but turned their attention to those enemies still around. Lennex smiled to himself, knowing that the technique Goku used had teleported himself, and anyone he was touching and they were touching, to wherever Goku wanted. In this case, back to their cave hidden headquarters.

 

“Mission Complete,” the shout came from the air and Lennex glanced up at the speaker, “let's get out of here!” Vegeta roared, backhanding Jizu across the face, sending him to the ground. Vegeta didn't bother with the other solders in the air around him and he rocketed away. Piccolo and Lennex leapt into the air, energy auras surrounding them as they powered up and followed Vegeta, moving so fast that they left a contrail in their wake. From across the battlefield Krillian and 18 did the same.

 

Those that could fly in the Kremon battle group took to the air to follow, and those that couldn't raised their arm cannons and fired. The five fighters from the future wove through the air around the blasts as best they could, Lennex and Krillian taking minor hits leaving singed clothing and burned skin at the impact sites, before they were clear of the meadow.

 

Lennex flew on pulling up beside Vegeta before looking backwards. He saw twenty or more Kremon commandos following them, and the silver troop carrier lifting off from the meadow floor, turning to pursue them.

 

“We have company!” he shouted to the prince.

 

Vegeta glanced over to him and grunted. “Fly faster.” Was the only response given.

 

Energy blasts started whizzing by their bodies as the soldiers behind them fired, hoping for a lucky shot. Vegeta dove towards the tree tops and the others followed, the blasts that missed them fell into the trees, destroying any that were hit.

 

“Should we split up?” Lennex asked as he caught up to Vegeta once again. The prince shook his head.

 

“Stay close, it shouldn't be too much longer and you don't want to be separated from us when the time comes.”

 

And the time came. Goku reappeared a few hundred feet in front of them, his hand still pointing to his forehead as he reached out with his other arm. Krillian and 18 clustered to Vegeta's left side as Lennex and piccolo went to his right. Krillian and Lennex grabbed onto Vegeta's shoulders, while piccolo grabbed Lennex's and 18 Krillian's. They closed the distance quickly and Vegeta reached out, clasping Goku's outstretched hand. The moment the orange clad Sayjin felt the contact he concentrated on the base he had just come from. In those few seconds three things had happened. The five fleeing warriors had come to a full stop so as not to ram into Goku, Vegeta had turned his head to face the pursuers, Jizu being in the lead of that group, and smirked at the commander, and Goku performed the technique, whisking them away to safety.

 

Jizu cursed as the six people who had given his battle group so much trouble disappeared. He clicked his scouter, looking for traces of their energy and found nothing, his men doing the same, but Jizu knew it was futile. He ordered his men back to the camp to take care of their dead, injured, and repairs to said camp. He glanced back to the spot where his prey had disappeared and then followed suit. His main thought being that lord Arcus was not going to be happy with his failure.

 

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When Kagome's sight returned to her, she noticed that she was inside a modern looking facility, with modern technology. She glanced around the room and recognized the two teal haired women approaching them as Bra and Bulma Briefs. The two women wasted no time as Bulma instructed Miroku to take Sango over to one of two large tanks in the room. Goku, seeing everything being handled put his fingers back to his forehead and disappeared.

 

Bra knelt next to Kagome and lifted the wounded Inuyasha from her arms, turning and walking towards the second tank, Shippo trailing her as he was curious at the tanks functions. Kagome stood also curious but the last days events were suddenly catching up to her as she realized they were now safe. The shock of that and prior events stayed her feet and she continued to watch her friends walk away. Even though it was only to the other side of the room, it almost felt like Kagome was being left alone. And in a way she was alone, with nothing but her thoughts and the still sheathed Tetsusaiga she held loosely in her left hand.

 

That's when the hand gently touched her shoulder. Kagome turned towards the touch and she gazed into a pair of eyes that looked so very much like her own. She instantly embraced the woman that owned those eyes, tears streaming from her own as she uttered one word.

 

“Mama!”