Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Red Baron ❯ Light and Darkness ( Chapter 34 )

The Red Baron

 

Light and Darkness

 

The Red Baron simply couldn't move. His eyes were open and he seemed like he could move but the way he shook and the look of all the cuts and bruises that covered his body would have made anyone believe that he might as well be dead. But it was more than just the pain that was keeping the Red Baron on the ground.

 

The others simply stood and watched. They couldn't do anything to help, not even Josh. This was something out of their hands, something they couldn't really deal with even if they wanted to. In fact, they weren't even sure whether they wanted to help. Seeing Shadow's Shadow Slash made them all by hysterical. They were frozen in place.

 

Shadow was now standing over his would be old brother. The brother of the body the embodied darkness had taken for its own. He looked down at the Red Baron, who could only look up right back at him.

 

“How sad. To think this is the best my big brother could give me. I really expected better. That's what the master said you would be much stronger. He said it would be you who would help me gain enough power to please him and give him the ability to rule this world and all others.”

 

The Red Baron looked up at Shadow, his brother. He mustered what he had left just to speak to him.

 

“Andy, don't you know that he doesn't care about you? Don't you know that you're as good as dead once you get him what he wants? You're just a stupid puppet, can't you see?”

 

Shadow giggled at his attempt to gain his alliance.

 

“After all I have done, Baron, you still try and win me over? I told you that Andy is dead. He is no more. He is log gone and I have taken his place. I think that was a good trade, don't you?”

 

His words infuriated the Red Baron and with a sudden burst of power, he tried to get up. But with lightning fast abilities, Shadow had the upper hand. He immediately saw the Red Baron attempt at escape and once he was in position, grabbed him at the neck and began to strangle him with one hand.

 

The Red Baron tried to struggle out of it. He furiously kicked and wiggled and punched at Shadow but it was no use. He was just too strong and attacks bounced off Shadow.

 

“Stupid Baron! You can't beat me like that. You can't beat me at all. And if you must know, I am fully aware of my master's plans for me when I succeed here.”

 

The Red Baron stopped instantly at his brother's words?

 

“What…what do you mean you know? Then why are you helping him?”

 

“Kind-hearted brother, you are so naïve. The very power of the Shadow Dragon is what he desires because it will make him nearly invincible. If he wants it so bad, he'll have to kill me and with this power, a power not even at full strength, then he, too, will die and I will reign in his place.”

 

The Red Baron was simply unable to comprehend what was happening. To him, it was his brother saying these things. The brother he had loved so much was the one who not only was given to the darkness but now already plans to kill his master and take power himself. It was just too much. His body went limp.

 

Shadow saw his body give out and began to laugh out loud, seeing victory handed to him. Baron's friends called out to him to rouse him. Dawn called out to him.

 

“Carlos! Wake up! Get up!”

 

Devyn called out too.

 

“Come on! You have to wake up! You have to do something!”

 

Josh cheered, too.

 

“Come on, Carlos! You can do it!”

 

But the Red Baron wouldn't move. And Shadow didn't like the cheering.

 

“You kids better shut up!”

 

Shadow, using his eyes, shot small but powerful blasts of energy and sent them toward them. Though he purposely hit the ground in front of them, the blast and shockwave was enough to send them all flying back with great force and rolling onto the ground behind them.

 

The Red Baron only watched as Shadow just had his way.

 

Inside the warehouse, the White Warrior was having her own problems. As she fought wave after wave of the soldiers of death, she was either being attacked from behind or the Dark Baron was firing cheap shots that she barely evaded.

 

Every time he attacked firing energy balls, she constantly had to flee into the shadows of the warehouse. Even worse, each ball of dark energy he shot constantly reminded her of the devastating attack that nearly killed her the first time they met. She just had to break through and make her mark before she was killed.

 

Breaking once again through the Shadows, the White Warrior came out again and went straight toward the Dark Baron. Flying directly toward him, she began to charge a great deal of energy into he right fist. Literally diving toward him, she pulled her fist back and powered pure white energy into her fist.

 

“Fist of Light!”

 

The attack was charged and as she said it, she was within punching range of the Dark Baron and she attacked and connected. But as she punched, a solider of death took the hit for his dark lord and was automatically destroyed, leaving the Dark Baron untouched.

 

The White Warrior pulled back and began to fire a series of energy shots toward the Dark Baron. With each blast, she slowly propelled herself backwards into the air. Every blast began to hit its mark, one after another. Soon, the blasts created a dark cloud of dust and smoke that covered the Dark Baron from site. But the White Warrior simply kept firing blast after blast. She screamed with such rage and anger that it nearly took her breath away. Her eyes were completely on its target, or so she thought.

 

She finally stopped but the smoke cleared and all she saw were the remains of several dozen soldiers of death. But no Dark Baron. She quickly became more alert and aware of her surroundings. She tried to sense hi out but she couldn't.

 

“Where did you go, you monster!?”

 

“Now, now, I thought that tribe of yours taught you manners before they were killed.”

 

The White Warrior turned around in time to see the Dark Baron put his fist together and club her straight down into the ground. The force drove her nearly 5 feet into the ground. But even though she could get up, she stayed.

 

How am I going to beat this guy? He just keeps putting those shit head in front of my attacks.

 

Blasting her way out of the whole, she flew in the opposite direction of the Dark Baron and with a new goal. Powering up, she blasted and blasted every solider of death in her sights. The Dark Baron watched without so much flinching as the White Warrior eliminated every one of his soldiers of death.

 

Then, flying in front of him, she smiled.

 

“Now you don't have those stupid things in my way, you're not going to get away from me now.”

 

The White Warrior blurred to him and began to send as many punches and kicks as she could toward him at super high speeds. But to her dismay, the Dark Baron simply dodged each attack, moving swiftly and easily past her attacks as if she weren't even trying.

 

The White Warrior was most unhappy about her and powered up again! Her brilliant white aura glowed with all her power. She began to take more and more shots at the Dark Baron to the point where he was now having to block the attacks. The Dark Baron had a look of worry in his face. This gave the White Warrior much confidence.

 

She was making more and more direct hits and was getting closer to actually getting a good hit on him and soon, she did. Her punch connected and the Dark Baron was forced to spin around, allowing the White Warrior enough time to charge an attack.

 

“FIST OF LIGHT!!”

 

Forcing all her power into the attack, she hit the Dark Baron square in the face. The impact of the blast caused a massive shockwave to race through the entire building. Every window, every piece of glass shattered into pieces and even some foundation fell to the floor.

 

The White Warrior was breathing hard. She had finally done it. She made her deadly mark on the Dark Baron. But as she looked up, her sweat drenched face went from satisfaction to dread and horror.

 

The Dark Baron stood there, now unphased. He had hardly moved an inch from the attack. His eyes were still wide open without emotion. All he had was a smile on his face.

 

The White Warrior almost went into shock as she began her attack again, punching and kicking at the Dark Baron. But this time, she would punch and he would blur to the side. Her kick would miss and he would reappear behind her. And attempting another punch, the Dark Baron reappeared next to her and delivered a punched into her left cheek.

 

She had no time to dodge it and the attack sent her flying across the room. But out of her rage she stopped in mid-air and began to charge another attack. Her screams were deafening and he rage was off the charts. All in her mind was to defeat the Dark Baron, beat him before he got his hands on Carlos.

 

I can't let the Dark Baron get to him. I won't let him. I will not let him die!

 

Summoning her remaining strength, she called don her most powerful technique. The Dark Baron was rushing toward her, not knowing the attack was coming. And when he was in range, she used the attack.

 

“HEAVEN'S JUDGEMENT!”

 

The attack filled the entire warehouse and stopped the Dark Baron in his tracks. Even as the attack covered the area, he felt a bit uneasy and tried to brace himself for the impact. Soon, he was covered in a white, brilliant energy. The attack was so intense that as the White Warrior screamed, the explosion of white energy destroyed the warehouse and disintegrated it.

 

The explosion was immense but as it died down, the view became clear. A few bits of structure were left standing, none any more than a few feet high, but in the battlefield, no sign of the Dark Baron. But also no sign of the White Warrior.

 

The Red Baron and the others saw the explosion. He could feel and sense the entire fight as it happened. But now he could not feel anything, not from the Dark Baron, not from Vanessa.

 

No, it can't be. What happened?

 

Shadow, who looked like the explosion was of no concern, looked at the Red Baron.

 

“Well, Red, are you ready to die?”

 

The Red Baron looked back up toward him and opened his mouth to speak.

 

“So, are you really Shadow? You are no longer my brother?”

 

Shadow laughed again.

 

“Yes, of course! I told you this a hundred times, my dear brother. Now, if we can get on with the fight…”

 

Then Shadow felt a huge sensation of pain, like he'd never felt before. He steeped back and back a little more. His arm was still around the Red Baron's neck, but his arm was no longer with him. The Red Baron had grabbed onto his arm and literally ripped it off.

 

Shadow nearly fell back out of fear and anger as he favored the gaping hole on his right shoulder. The Red Baron stood up straight. He was now powered up again. His red and black hair were sanding on end like never before. Even after everything that had happened, even with the cuts and scratched and bruised all around his body, he stood there, erect and tall and strong, all his focuses and anger on Shadow.

 

“I'm sorry, Shadow, that I had to do that. I didn't want to hurt my brother's body anymore but you have left me no choice.”

 

Shadow, though a little shaken, wasn't about to give up yet.

 

“You fool! Have you really learned nothing? You aren't going to win here. I am the all powerful one. Your powers are nothing. I have the power of the very shadow dragons this earth feared hundreds of years ago. You can't beat the darkness. You are just a stupid, red haired, moron! Why can't you see that what you do will only get you and them killed!!?”

 

The Red Baron did not scream back at him but he had his voice high and strong, stronger than ever before.

 

“Because I still believe in what I have always been raised to believe in. I believe in something that the body you now won believed in before you destroyed it and stole it from my brother. At his funeral, it was read that `…He leads me to the path of righteousness for His name's sake. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me. Your rod, Your staff, they comfort me.'”

 

The Red Baron began to walk toward Shadow and with each step, the ground shook and the rocks around him broke into pieces. It was as if the Earth's fury toward Shadow's evil was erupting along with the Red Baron.

 

“It is because you have threatened my family, my friends, and the Earth. Even now, your are in my way while another one is in danger of death. And I swear if she dies, I will show you no mercy even in hell.”

 

The Earth shook so violently that Devyn and Dawn had to curl up behind a huge rock to avoid being hit with debris. Dawn, trying to yell over the rumbling, complained to Devyn.”

 

“Sure `We're your best friends,' you said. `You ain't going anywhere without us,' you said. Now look at where we are! We're going to die being his friend.”

 

Devyn yelled back and replied.

 

“Oh shut up! You came, too! Stop being such a baby. We'll make it through this.”

 

I hope.

 

Even Josh was really unable to stand up to the rumblings and soon, went to go hide with them.

 

The Red Baron and Shadow were getting closer and closer to each other. Their powers were flustering together and the closer they got, the more unstable the two energies became. Shadow tried to make an attack.

 

Charging as much energy he could, he began to fire small, spinning energy blades that she shot from his nails. Each time he swiped toward the Red Baron, more energy blades came out and came toward the Red Baron. But each blade that hit made no mark. They would simply disintegrate.

 

Shadow became frantic and was panicking. He dashed toward the Red Baron and began to attack with a huge under of punches, going faster and faster, all the more furious and all the more powerful. But the Red Baron simply kept waking forward, taking each shot as if it was merely the wind. Shadow had to move back little by little as well, not able to slow him down.

 

“That's it! No more Mr. Nice Shadow! SHADOW SLASH!”

 

This time, not having his right hand, Shadow used the just as powerful left hand and his attack hit with superb precision. But to his greatest fear, the Red Baron broke through. He was not even scratched. Not a flinch.

 

Shadow couldn't move. And the Red Baron merely put his hand right next in front of his face, palm wide open and facing Shadow.

 

“Now you will feel the power of justice, Shadow. For your crimes, I now send you to hell where you belong! I am sorry brother.”

 

Shadow still couldn't move and he only stared as the Red Baron charged his attack. The hand began to glow with red energy like never before and the Red Baron spoke one last time to him.

 

“I'm sorry, Andy. HAAAAAAAAAA!”

 

The Red Baron shot a blast of bright, crimson red energy that engulfed the entire body of Shadow. Shadow screamed out in pain and agony as his body slowly obliterated into nothingness. The blast was so powerful that it could be seen for miles. But soon, it was over and Shadow was gone.

 

The Red Baron didn't untransform. Not waiting a second longer, he began to walk toward the torn up warehouse where the White Warrior was. Behind him, his friends called out to him. Josh spoke.

 

“Carlos! Are you okay? Speak to me.”

 

“Let's go, Josh. I have to go find out what happened.”

 

“But what about your brother?”

 

The Red Baron turned around. They could now see that his tears were down to his cheeks. He had been privately weeping.

 

“WHAT ABOUT HIM!?”

 

They were quiet for a moment but Devyn spoke up.

 

“We just wanted to say we were sorry.”

 

The Red Baron's rage died down, but he did not smile.

 

“Ya…I'm sorry too. Thanks.”

 

Before he turned around, Josh handed him something. It was a bean.

 

“What's this?”

 

“It's called a “sensu” bean or something like that. Master Janus gave it to me. Told me to use it in extreme emergencies.”

 

“What do I do with it?”

 

“What else, eat it.”

 

The Red Baron, thinking about it a little, looked back up at Josh.

 

“Hay! He said it was good. Just eat it, he said. This is an emergency. He said it's a very sacred bean that does something good. Told me his ancestors used to use it all the time.”

 

The Red Baron ate it and swallowed it. After about a second, he felt nothing real different but soon after, he felt strong again, no longer weak. And like magic, his wounds healed. He felt all the swelling go away and he did feel a tad bit stronger than before.

 

“He told me that there was only one so I hope you enjoyed it.”

 

“I did, but now I have to go.”

 

He turned and began to make his way toward the warehouse. Behind him, the three of them were following, running a little ways behind him.

 

“What are you guys doing?”

 

Devyn answered again.

 

“We told you, we're sticking with you, so deal with it.”

 

Dawn sighed.

 

“What's this we stuff? Can't we have some input?”

 

The Red Baron had to smile a little but turned back toward the warehouse. As he though about it, this was now the final battle. Everything was going to end here one way or another.