Literally ripping the twenty-by-fourteen blast doors from the building like they were a soda can, Zeke threw them off behind him as he stormed into the building.
"MOTHER!" he roared, echoing as he stomped forward with a golden aura. It took him only a few moments to track her down. He could sense her energy easily. Sure enough he walked into a lab full of giant glass chambers fogged up to the point where Zeke could barely make out the shape of the silhouette inside. The floor was foggy and everything was highly advanced tech in shiny whites and silver. The building was old but it had been used for a while. Had this... been his place of creation? Or the lab under his home?
She stood there at a large holographic computer. "You sure scream
Mother alot." Sighing, she half turned and pushed her glasses into place, Saiyan tail snapping aggressively. "I can't believe I honestly thought that foolish reject would be able to match you." she stated. "I must be getting old." she stated with a rare smile. Zeke was not amused.
"Age is the least of your worries." he reminded her. He fired a blast directly at her, but a force-field blocked it. Zeke scoffed.
"Yeah, I figured. Your cut from the same cloth as that bitch Natisha. Hiding behind other people and objects and call it your power" Tessa laughed. "Yes, yes. However Natisha was below the average IQ for a Saiyan Female. Clearly, the evidence is in the flame she sparked in that little girl... you know, the half-breed. Throwing more fuel on the flame over and over again may be fun... but it will obviously blow up in your face one day." she stated. Zeke growled.
"Speaking from experience. Last I remember, I had literally blown your face off." he reminded her. She nodded. "Yes, true. But nothing I couldn't have repaired. I should honestly thank you. I rebuilt my whole body back to my youthful self, adding about sixty or more years to my lifespan. I'm getting good at this Constructive Genetic Manipulation." she stated. Zeke nodded.
"Yeah. You made me. And now I want to kick your ass to the moon and back. Great job, ma." he said, faking a smile and giving her a thumbs up.
Tessa sighed. "I gave you life. I perfected your very being. You have the potential to surpass even the Legendary Super Saiyan. Yet... you want to football kick my literal backside to the Saiyan Capital." She clarified, turning completely and walking up to the force-field. Zeke pointing out
"--And back. Don't... leave that out." he told her. He crossed his arms.
"Tends to happen when you fail to be a mother... experiment on your child... I still have surgical scars, scarred memory and major trauma with no good memories of you what-so-ever, apart from the bullshit you tried... and failed... to embed in my head to assure your own safety and allowed Father to beat the living hell out of me over and over in a mad drunken rage nearly every day SINCE I CAN FUCKING REMEMBER!"A burst of Ki on the last few words shattered all the chambers around him. She was surprised. "Right... So I'm a cunt." she stated. "However having a killing machine capable of slaughtering a being who will inevitably appear and wipe us all out... It was worth it to me to sacrifice being a good mother." She stated, turning back to the computer. "And unfortunately I'm not done yet. You need to be able to face
anything, Zeke. So... I prepared a present for you. She pressed a few buttons and turned around with an almost evil smile.
"You're not going to like it."
The floor began rising beneath Zeke. He jolted and backflipped off of the supposed platform only to realize it was another glass chamber.
Has she ever heard of composite fiberglass? he thought. It wouldn't shatter as much. Steam ominously rolled out of the chamber as the liquid within drained through some tubes. Zeke stood waiting... Then it burst out of the glass. Zeke jumped back as the being stumbled out, barely able to keep itself up. Wires and tubes snapped off of its body as it took one slow step after another towards him. Tessa laughed from behind the Chamber. "I found this lying around in the woods... and made a few
improvements. I thought you would like to
see her again!He recoiled.
"What... do you mean... what is that!?" The figure stood up straighter as it came into view. A woman... and he knew her. From a long... long time ago. She looked older now, as she likely
would have looked if she was still... alive... But she was tainted. A long black dress with a slit in it, opposed to the usual blue. Bright white hair tied back instead of blonde. Jet black eyes replaced the cheerful, caring ones Zeke remembered, outlined in darkness with long pointed stripes coming down over her cheeks. It opened its eyes wide and tilted its head to the side... Whispered one word.
"Zeke..."
Zeke was horrified. It was her. Blonde hair turned bleached white. Blue china dress faded and turned nearly black. the golden trim had turned gray. It was the girl he'd fallen in love with over thirteen years ago... the girl who vanished into thin air without as much as a goodbye note... and he had searched and searched only to eventually face the truth that she was gone. And he mourned for so long... and alot of people became the target of his building grief and rage. So... many people... died.
"Renée."Tessa walked out of the room. She spoke to herself. "Renée. to be '
Reborn, or Born Again.'. Such was always her destiny when she was introduced ton you. To die. To scar you. Then to be reborn... and destroy you. Either physically... or emotionally.." she stated. Her goal was to use this to harden Zeke. And she knew it would work.
She jolted violently and let out the blood curling scream of a banshee. The sound was so intense that every glass chamber shattered spewing liquids and freeing the partly formed Dead Shadows that relied on the units to survive. They violently seized and shook, still held by the pipes and wires. Zeke had to cover his ears. He knelt down from the intense pain as blood ran from under the palms of his hands. He looked up and she floated upward, spreading her fingers to reveal retractable claws. She had an enraged look on her face... a look of pure evil.
"You're not Renée. Maybe you were once... " Zeke said, standing after using his Healing to restore his ears.
"... but now your just another walking corpse that needs to be returned to its natural state. You deserve to rest."Song: Metal Gear Rising - A Soul Can't Be CutShe charged him with a scream. Zeke jumped back as she slammed into the ground and tore the metal flooring away with a single swipe and lunged after him again. Zeke dodged a swipe from her other hand and spun behind her to smash a well aimed punch to her spine. She lurched forward but countered with a kick from her heeled shoe to his face and turned around with an open handed claw to the head. Zeke seen stars for a moment before he was sent spinning across the room with the cursed reanimated corpse of his former romantic interest followed closely. The moment Zeke collided with the ground, her foot slammed into his gut to pin him there. She stood over him, raising a hand to the air. Zeke grabbed her leg and tried to force her off, but to no avail.
"Shit." he muttered. Her hand came down and slammed through a thick black smoke. Zeke had vanished and re-appeared up on a catwalk above. She turned just as he jumped off.
"Blaze-ZING-PUNCH!" He roared as the punch connected with her arms as she blocked. The impact was so intense that it still sent her smashing through the facility and out into the snow. A blizzard had stirred up, creating a complete white-out. She stood up to see Zeke walking from what was left of the burning laboratory, pieces of the ceiling caving in. She jolted forward and slammed into Zeke, smashing him through a tree and into the ground, sliding across it. Zeke managed to throw her off as they slid long and fired a Ki blast. With ease she clawed through it and charged him again. Zeke activated his Blade Armor and released several blades from his legs to anchor him in place, then drew both arms back. Just as she was about to slam into him again, he shoved forward with all his power and interlaced his fingers with hers. The impact slammed Zeke down into a crater, but he remained anchored to its center.
Zeke held on, looking into her cold, dead eyes. With a vicious roar, he heaved her around in a circle and slammed her body down in front of him. There was another meteor-like impact, but she still recovered quickly, ripping her hands free. She sprung back and two black Ki-Wings shot from her back, keeping her airborne. She opened both hands wide to charge her finger tips with Ki. The energy then turned into thin, whip like beams. Similar to Akassa's, only Renée had mastered the technique to the point where she could summon a total of ten. And on top of that... they weren't normal whips anymore. This was her Razor Ki Shredder technique.
Zeke retracted his leg's blades and dove just in time to avoid the Shredding power of the Razor Whips as they carved thin but deep gouges through the earth like it was butter. Before, she had only ever used this on training dummies or for show. Very few times on people, except in self defense. Now she didn't hold back. Zeke had to be extremely careful as she could extend them almost indefinitely. He employed his Tri-Blade technique, using his Shadow Summon to conjure Muramasa in his left hand, his old Nadochi held in his tail, and a new sword matching Muramasa in length in his right hand. This was his Shingetsu. 'New Moon.' With its round black Tsuba (Guard) having a thin border of chrome around it that got wider on one side to visually represent a New Moon. It was created when he actually had pride in Akassa, hoping she would bring in a new era for Vegeta. New Moon. It was meant as a gift when Akassa showed herself to be a great leader. This gift... had yet to be bestowed.
The Razor Whips closed in as Zeke charged up energy.
"Ki-kou-ken... JUTSU!" He roared on the end, releasing three crescent shaped slashes around him and disintegrating the Razor Whips. He charged her and continued slashing his way through them as best as he could. He hoped his swords could hold out against them for a little longer. Renée was throwing swipe after swipe at lightning speeds as Zeke closed in. Then with a crunching blow, Zeke slammed the Kashira (butt) of his sword into the center of her chest with a vicious amount of force.
She came to a sudden stop. Frozen there for a moment, then fell over. Zeke caught her and brought her down into the snow. He knelt down, holding her up. Black blood ran from her mouth as Zeke held her up and looked at her. Coughing, she managed a word.
"Z-eke."
He nodded.
"Yeah. Its me." he said. He laid her down in the snow and sighed. He remained kneeling as she lay there. He had crushed her heart with that impact... her reanimated body was shutting down.
"If you're actually in there at all... I'm glad to have seen you one last time. Even if it was... really messed up." he said.
He stayed there for a little bit. The corpse returned to its true state, possibly releasing her soul trapped within. The snow fell softer as he stood and held out a hand. With a calm wave of black energy, he dissolved her body to ash and threw it to the wind. He thought he would be sad... but it had been thirteen long years and he had mourned her loss greatly. Now he was happy to have closure. He knew she was gone off to a better place and her body could never again be used in such a vile manner. Witch turned Zeke's attention.
"Mother. This... is far from over. Wherever you went... I will find you." He muttered, walking off into the white.
"Then... This ends."[[Fin, PL please. Acquiring 'Shingetsu' Sword.]]
New Techs:
Reaper Drive: An alternate form of Zeke's Overdrive, that rather than boosting his overall power, will release Zeke's killer instinct. This increases the accuracy of any lethally intended attacks. This also numbs his ability to feel pain, allowing him to continue fighting as he takes damage. It does not effect his natural healing process or energy loss.
[Used in post 2, paragraphs 3-8 or so]
[Renée as she appeared before death]