//------------------------------// // Prologue: The Rituals! Born to Fight Evil! // Story: AlakaZam ! Majins Dimensions ! // by Zephyr Fiels //------------------------------// Universe Nine, an eternity ago… Centuries before the Equestrians started to take over their world, a civil war was raging between the Shinjin and the ones among them that were born evil, the future Makaishin, as they fought to either protect or seize the universe. Sadly, the latter clearly dominated the struggle by their sheer power, not limited by moral, where the Kaioshins were able to hold their ground only thanks to the strength of their teamwork and number, their pure hearts preventing them from using their full powers to retaliate. But this status quo couldn’t be allowed to carry on much longer, rumors were heard that an alliance between the Makaishins and the race from the demon Realm. So, the Eastern Kai decided, with the help and support of the three other supreme Kais of that time period and the Daikaioh, to summon a stronger warrior that would help them fend off the attackers. Using magic learned from some wizards living in the mortal realm, the five Supreme Kais gathered on what would become the Z-sword’s Plateau in some universes and started the ritual. Taking a deep breath, the Eastern Kaioshin, a red headed man with pink skin displaying an iroquois hairdo, extended his arms in front of him and started to pour his ki in one of the Kaiju’s fruit picked up earlier by the Daikaioh. As he started the ritual, the man looked over the fruit to see his sister, the Kai reigning over the quadrant opposed to his own, a blond woman that was used to bear her hair as some braided ponytail, doing the same thing as he was. On his left was standing a rather fat Kaioshin, completely hairless except for his beard, a white goatee, charged of managing the southern quadrant of the universe. But He knew better than to judge his capacities solely on his physical body, as in fact his ki was the strongest of them all. So when the bearded kai started to pour his own ki into the fruit, it suddenly got bigger, pulsating from the power that dwelled into its core. The Eastern Kai then looked to his right with a smirk, the Northern Kai biting her lips as the power they were using started to oppress her . Her pink twintails mistreated by the wind that rose from the combined powers of her fellow Kais, she sighed and extended her own arms, unable to just sit back and let the others take all the risks for themselves. Once the four supreme Kais were all feeding their ki to the fruit, the Daikaioh picked up his sword, his towering stature allowing him to use the weapon despite its size equal to one of a standing Kai. The blade held above the fruit, he imbued the sword with his own energy, ready to strike the thing that would be born from the ritual if it proved itself to be too dangerous to handle. After all, he reluctantly picked up a fruit from the World Tree, killing the Kai destined to be born from it, on the account that the ritual would give them an asset over the evil Shinjins and their allies from the demon Realm. So he was understandably on edge, hoping it the ritual would work and prove itself to be of use…. But just as the Fruit stopped glowing and its pulp and skin started to dissolve, blasts of ki collided with the plateau, projecting dust up in the hair, blinding the Kaioshins. But, as they weren’t fully focused on the ritual, the Eastern and Northern Kais were able to react at the last second, shielding the group from any incoming attack. With a swift backhand, the Daikaioh cleared the dust, pushing it against the shield so it would still conceal their positions. But, dumbfounded by the sudden attack, he dropped his sword and cut the fruit in two… Allowing two creatures to come into this world. Their looks, however were the most surprising part of their being: the “things” indeed possessing a peculiar body as it looked like some kind of goo-ish matter, assembled to look like two childish creature. The one on the right, closer from the Northern and Eastern Kais and colored in a light shade of blue, tilted its head as it looked at them before to smirk, showing some sort of fangs. Though, it didn’t looked like it was about to attack, simply watching their glowing hands. The other one, more sluggish turned its faded green head up to the shield, yawning before to scratch its butt. Amazed by what they created –and a bit shocked by the lack of manners- the Supreme Kais were suddenly pulled back to reality as the shield started to crack under the attacks thrown by the half-dozen of evil Shinjin flying above them. Grunting, the Daikaioh picked up his sword and swung it over his head, slashing the air as it created huge blades of ki that headed straight for the enemies, scattering them as they dodge for the most part. One of them falling into the lake as the blade exploded to his face, knocking him off the sky. The blue creature, sensing that manipulation, turned its head and mimicked the gesture, but no blades appeared, much to its dismay. A loud cry was suddenly heard as the Western Kai clutched her size a red strain quickly spreading on her waist. Looking around to see how his sister got hurt, the Eastern Kai charged up his hands, ready to blast off the culprit with his ki. Not that he needed to wait that much as the shield was suddenly pierced by a rain of dark ki constructions. Luckily, no-one got hurt by the attack, the Northern Kai only collapsing from the strain put on her by both the ritual and her efforts to protect the others. Enraged by both her exhaustion and his sister’s status, the Eastern Kai rushed upward, his hand covered in white ki sparks of power sometime crackling around them. -“SHOW YOURSELF COWARDS!” he shouted as he couldn’t see anyone around him aside from his allies. Looking around like a madman, he jumped a bit when a sultry voice was heard, thundering from every directions at the same time. -“I am not hiding, I’m merely making sure insects like you can’t gaze upon their new mistress!” Ticked off by such cockiness, the Daikaioh joined his fellow Kaio in the sky, leaving the girls under the Southern Kai’s protection, the creatures having disappeared, much to their dismay. Steadying his sword, he then puffed: -“You dare think you’ll beat us into submission? You’re too cocky!” -”My, my… you’re the one that is arrogant... allow me to correct that… Paporina? Show them how they will soon come to bow to me, the most powerful sorceress of the New Shinjin, Pirikala the great!” Suddenly, a pink mist appeared around the two Kaioshins, closing on them as the Daikaioh had just enough time to throw the Eastern Kai out of the area, soon enclosed in the same gooey matter that composed the creatures from earlier. As he tried to cut through it with his sword he soon realized he couldn’t do that, the “flesh” of the entity known as Paporina being too resilient for him. Suddenly, he cried in despair as he understood the source of the beast’s power, on its way to the plateau it absorbed a massive majority of their people, Shinjin, evil or not, it has been no difference for the creature. Starting to despair, he was about admit his defeat when his arms were grabbed from outside of the cocoon he was in. Indeed, the creatures summoned by the Supreme Kais had just enough power to pierce through their older “sibling’s” skin. But the massive blob wasn’t about to give up, trying to expand itself on them… “No more holding back! Gekiretsu Shin'ou'hou!!!” roared the Eastern Kai, stopping it as it was about to encase the three of them with a huge blast of ki that hit the goo, vaporizing a massive part of its mass. But such and effort took a toll on him, leaving him with very little part of his strength. The Goo, simmering in anger, suddenly seemed to contract itself, letting go of the Daikaioh and the creatures as it suddenly took a more feminine form then the two that were just summoned. Paporina, adapting to a form more suited to fight, created herself a face with two green eyes encased in a black sclera, a mass of goo amassed on the top of her head to form some weird looking ponytail, more akin to an antenna than real hair. Her body was covered by a dark purple fighting outfit close to the ones than some of the Demons would sometime wear, even if she seemed to have added a white piece of clothes around her waist... And, as off-putting as it was, this outfit sported some pink hearts on it. Once fully reformed, the creature dashed forward so fast on could think she teleported herself, suddenly firing two ki blast, one for each of her look-alike. But, as the Daikaioh put himself back together, he punched her across the face, sending her flying away. Grunting, he then flew back to the others to get an evaluation of their status… It wasn’t that bright: the Western Kai was hurt and it seemed the wound was starting to rot at an alarming speed, the Northern and Eastern Kais were exhausted, only standing thanks to the ki the Southern kai was providing them. And the creatures, while able to fly still weren’t ready to fight… So the Daikaioh took a decision and, crossing his arms, started to create a shield around them, closing his eyes as he shared his plan with his fellow Kais. The plan was simple, the Southern Kai would give all his power to him and let one of the creature absorb him while the Northern Kai would do the same with the other one. Once inside them, they needed to give them as much knowledge as possible so they could be of use while the Daikaioh and the Eastern Kai would go out and fight, trying to seal the Makaishin and their demonic allies away. Once their mission accomplish, they would come back and help them un-fuse from the creatures. -“Can’t we name them? It’s weird to always designate them as ‘it’ or ‘the creatures’” the Eastern Kai said before rubbing his neck: “I learned the ritual from the Majins, maybe we should name them like that?” the Daikaioh then sighed, still wary about them: -“As long as no one give them any true name… they are golems we invoked, not pets or sentient beings for Zen-oh’s sake!” Once this point made clear, the Eastern Kai and the Daikaioh flew off, leaving the Majins Sibling with the other Kais. Devoted to their task, they both jumped on the creatures, rising their ki to look menacing, thinking maybe the absorption could be a reflex and then triggered by a sudden shock… And it didn’t failed, surprised by the sudden aggressions, the blue one grew larger before to suddenly close around the Northern Kai, absorbing her with a loud yelp as she went through years of training and education in a few second, falling on her knees as her body grew more feminine, the clothes the Shinjin was wearing moving to cover her. But where their fusion went nicely, the other ones went through some troubles as the Makaishin that hide earlier attacked, unleashing a devastating amount of ki blasts at them. Disturbed by the pain, the Southern Kai wasn’t able to give the Majin the brain that went with the techniques he knew… so, while the Majin adopted the Kai’s built, he didn’t grew much, still as childish as earlier. Not that he had time to use any techniques, as they saw the creatures regenerate despite their efforts, the Makaishin holding their hands to create another circle, their eyes glowing before to shoot beams at the siblings, forcing them back together before to seal them in an egg like container… the effort then showed to be too much, the four evil doers too weak to evade the remaining Kai’s last attacks. They all fell as she crawled to the cocoon, resting her forehead against it as she cries the loss of their world and her own weakness. -“I-I’m sorry… t-that spell is way out of our league without you two… m-may you find a peaceful place to break free if the seal ever wears off…” And with her last remaining power, the Kai teleported the cocoon far away, on another planet. Many years later, Equestria -“And that planet is our?” asked a white alicorn with a flowing mane to her friend, a grey unicorn stallion that wore a magician's hat sporting as many bells as his cape. -“That’s what the legends says, to know if the thing you found next to the Tree is the Kai’s last residence or not is yet another question”. -“And what if it is? Would they be friendly or seek to harm our little ponies? Maybe Discord left a trap for us in this cave!” inquired a dark blue alicorn as she stepped in with them, a scowl on her face. -“From what the legends tell us, they should be pacifist or at least friendly, the Kaioshins were known for their love of peace, even if their history has been soiled by this civil war. And Discord can’t possibly get that close from the Tree of Harmony. So Princess, don’t worry they shouldn’t…” He suddenly stopped his sentence as a sharp noise echoed around them, like steam escaping from a pressure cooker. Worried, the three magical beings teleported themselves in the cave, only to see the cocoon split open, its halves resting on the ground behind the tree. But there was no sign of any being other than the three ponies in the cave…