Twilight Sparkle Dies in Lava

by payasofobia

God or Demon? Mazinkaiser Seeks Revenge!

What used to be Japan.
Somewhere.

One right turn,

A left one.....

.....a straight one?

She sure as hell wasn't sure where she was. All she saw was ghosts, and beyond them, the empty sea.

It had to be a powerful weapon. She couldn't make out a single building. Hell, she couldn't even see the ground!

Everything had disappeared, swallowed by the water. Everything around her....

As she went, she couldn't help but be distracted by the strange, gruesome sights around her.

She should have payed more attention.

"Augh!" Tomoko crashed into something large and hard. The last problem she expected a ghost to run into.

"Oh. A human, and a young one at that." The figure turned around, now paying full attention to the ghost who just collided with him.

"Ow..." Tomoko caressed her head."I....my---m--my mist-"

Tomoko wasn't known for dealing properly with social situations. That is, positive ones. Now she had crashed into someone. She was completely lost.

Tomoko was just about ready to run away, whimpering away from the stranger. "I-I-just.." She looked at him.

"!!!!!!!!!"

She saw his... it's face. Discolored skin, grayish. Spiky hair. Bulging, yellow eyes. The monster was entirely dressed in black. But most terrifying of all, it's grin. Sharp teeth, left to right, like daggers. It exuded viciousness.

If Tomoko had wanted to run away before, now she wanted to disappear entirely.

She wasted no time and all and ran away, faster than she had ever ran in her life.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooo............!!!!!!!!!!!"

"....." The Death God was left alone.

".....Humans are such strange creatures."

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It was all a blur, a mix of a thousand colors. Spectres, more strange figures, the blue, then black of the sea. Some falling steel, sinking boats. She ran with no clear direction. It did not matter where she went, she just wanted to get as far away from the creature as she could.

And before she knew it, she had reached the bottom of the sea.

This place wasn't as empty as the places before..

She could see what little managed to survive the destruction of her country, at the very bottom. That which did't disappear sunk into the depths of the ocea.

It wasn't much, though. Just bizarre, bent shapes, debris, more dirt, some robots....

....

"Robots?"

She looked more closely.

On closer inspection, she could see only one robot. The others were way too damaged to be called anything more than scrap metal at this point.

She moved even closer, towards the only intact robot.

........

"Gah!"

Tomoko was paralyzed. From the ground beneath her, rose some incinerated bodies....and soon, so did their lost spirits.

"Death all around us!"

"This is the End!"

"Please, save us!"

They moved in circles, repeating somewhat depressing mantras. While their late bodies floated in place, kicking up dirt as the currents moved them.

It was absolutely horrifying for Tomoko, yet she looked on, wary of the ghosts, expecting the worst.

But they never did anything more than that. Doom and Gloom, all around. They weren't going to attack, at least....

...............

Tomoko decided she had wasted enough time as it was, and quietly moved away from them, still trying a little bit to avoid their attention.

But her real objective was the robot, she came even closer to it.

And as she did, the robot's identity became obvious.

"Mazinger?"

There was no mistake about it.

Black and white and red, some dark blue.

Rounded, lanky. A "V" shaped insignia on it's chest.

Rather large fists, she knew their purpose very well.

"Rocket Punch, huh?"

Steel grates over it's mouth. Or was that it's mouth? She wondered if it could open it. She imagined it, the results were unsettling. Appropriately demonic.

But the most significant part, for her, was the head. Or rather, a big hole right at the top of it. It was large enough to fit something. What it was? She didn't know.

"You got hit badly, didn't you, Mazinger...?"

For a moment, she had expected it to respond....

And so, she stood there, admiring the fallen titan.

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Middle Earth.
Pinkie Pie kills the Multiverse.

"I don't give a fuck!"

Superman Prime is Dead!

"No! We must do battle!"

Koji Kabuto is Dead!

EXPLOSIONS!

Everyone is Dead!

"MY BRAIN!"

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What used to be Japan.
Bottom of the Sea.

"I refuse to do this." Said Ryuk, plainly. "Too much work makes me a sad death god."

"Just shut up and sort them out, already! It's not like this is any more fun for me...." Answered Ichigo. It had been a long time since he had to do some real reaping work, and boy, was it annoying.

"HATE AND TORTURE!"

"Oh, shut up!"

Ichigo smacked the soul away, which scurried away, in the darkness. Ichigo felt satisfaction for an instant, before it quickly turned into even more annoyance.

"Good job, Ichigo. Keep scaring the souls away some more, see if you make this any harder than it is."

Ryuk had a point. Now he had to go and find the crying soul. In the middle of a million more, crying, confused, mass of souls.

"Oh, brother...."

In that moment, Ichigo knew it was going to be a long day....

......

*FLASH!*

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"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK!"

"Uh..."

"AGAIN!"

Death is Dead.

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*FLASH!*

The world stopped violently for both Ichigo and Ryuk.

Something terrible had happened, an action had taken place which shook the entirety of existence and the natural order.

"Oh, crap...."

And, in an instant, Ryuk and Ichigo poofed out of reality.

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"AAAAAAAH...Belmont! Welcome to my cast-"

*POOF*

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"Black Star! Stop being such a-"

*POOF*

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"No! They got the Commissar!"

"We are done for! RUN!"

The jet-black Nightbringer watched as the puny, Imperial Guar-

*POOF*

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"Well, if it isn't my dear cousin Hercules? Came to see good'ol uncle Had-"

*POOF*

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Orbital Defense Station H.E.A.V.E.N

"....Oh sweet Jesus, we have a problem."

Then Jesus appeared, intent on reviewing the situation at hand.

.....

"This is worse than bad. Gabriel, we must call.....HIM.

"...God?"

"No, we must call...... HIM."

"....That guy from the Powerpuff Girls?"

"No! Not Him! I'm talking about......HIM."

"....My Lord, I don't get it...."

Then Jesus looked at the camera, visibly exasperated.

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What used to be Japan.
Before the Storm

...........

Utter silence.

...........

Sudden pain.

..........

Unspeakable pain.

..........

"Ow.....ow......OWWWWW!" Tomoko squirmed in place, making the most adorably pathetic sounds of suffering this side of Japan.

Death just got way more unpleasant for everyone involved.

If ghosts made sounds, you would be excused for mistaking Japan for hell. Wailing and gnashing of teeth, as the wandering souls merged with the little piles of pain that was their remains. Scattered puddles of organs and melted skin, now still dead, yet very alive.

Japan had experienced it's physical destruction, now it faces spiritual decimation. No man is meant to endure punishment such as this, the soul couldn't handle it. It would break, plain and simple, then it wouldn't be human at all. And today, 100 000 000 souls would know the harrowing pain of a broken soul.

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Over the Seas of Japan.
The Bat-Boat.

"Bats, Doc. We may have a problem here." The Captain stated matter-of-factly. "The dead roam the earth and, and it just happens that we are standing right on top of a million corpses. A million angry ones."

"Well, at least we found survivors." Said the Doctor.

Batman drove away. He knew all they could do was observe. The matters of the soul was completely alien to them all.

He also wondered what this meant for the world at large.

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"KYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Tomoko had never known any significant pain in her life. This only served to make her even more miserable. She hurt all over and then some more. She hurt in places she didn't know even existed.

And she was not alone. The pain had exceeded individuality. The pain of one became the pain of many as the souls broke down and rejoined, each time, imperfectly. As they broke down and joined, small each absorbed a little bit of another. The souls were becoming a single entity, born out of torment.

And in this torment, they saw different, newer shapes. Unscrupulous beasts, demons clawed their way to the spirits. The torment, the strong emotion had caught the attention of them. They were bent on reshaping these anguishing souls into a form more fitting to their liking.

Why?

Because they could. It was in their nature.

The entirety of Japan would soon turn into a demon.

Tomoko now knows real terror.

.......

.......

.......

.......

.......

A heartbeat.

Join me....

The pain subsides. A voice speaks to her.

Kuroki Tomoko...... If you wish to save yourself....

She seeks the source. She twists her head and body around, looking for the source. She realizes the world had turned silent. She is confused.

..... If you wish to save yourself....you must join me!

Then it struck her. She turned towards the titan. The Soul of Mazinger spoke to her.

.....Join me and we shall receive the power....the power to save everyone!

........

A lofty request.

"........."

"Why?"

"........."

"Why me?"

.......

It was finally her chance. The chance to be a hero.

But she doubted.

The weight of responsibility dawned on her. The mysteries that lie beyond.

"Why not someone else?"

....You are...

"I'm not." Responded Tomoko. "I'm nothing.....I'm just...."

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She was just a normal girl.

Kuroki Tomoko had spent her entire life in the sidelines, observing as the passing crowds grew and turned into something bigger and better.

The sidelines...

She was comfortable there. he had no real responsibilities or worries. Life was dictated by the people around her, they did the thinking, and if they told her to do something. To hide or run, she did so with no complains. It's not like she could do anything more.

After, she was just a common girl, with common worries. A common family and a common lack of friends. This was her place.

And it was great! She could live a comfortable life, and be happy. She needed nothing more.

All was well with the world.

A beautiful lie.

She was just a mistreated girl.

Life has always been unfair to Tomoko. She tries her hardest to please people around her, yet this selfish world rejects her,it always find a way to mock her. She walks around, minding her own, but people always demand more out of her.

I need to be a better person....I need to change....

Bullshit.

She wasn't the problem, it was everyone else. Her brother was cold, mother was distant and detached, and father was never even there for her. And the rest of the pigs around her, they took life for granted. They mocked her with their lives. They did not deserve her sympathies, they did not deserve any of it! They could all just die, and she wouldn't care.

Die already!

The biggest lie.

She was just a lonely girl.

Kuroki Tomoko was afraid of life. It left her behind, and it didn't even look behind. Her friends, they were better off without her. She did nothing more than hurt them. Her family....she did not deserve their love...

She never gave father a chance.

"Tomoko I....I'm so sorry, I never knew....I just..."

She never gave her brother a chance.

"Please, understand. I'm just trying to...."

She never gave her mother a chance.

"Tomoko, you are going to be a woman soon. I just want you to..."

And her friends.

"I wish you would all die and leave me alone!"

I'm worthless.

She alienated everyone on her life. Now she was alone, and she deserved it.

With no motivation or future. No friends or love, Kuroki Tomoko gives up on life. She was given everything, but threw it all away.

........

......

........

A rather cruel lie.

"Tomoko! You must never give up, no matter what!"

Kuroki Tomoko was not alone.

"...I just want you to be happy."
"...I just want to help you."
"...I want you to grow up."

She was never alone. She, they were always there for her.

She didn't realize. Why didn't she realize? She....

She just tried to....

.....

Kuroki Tomoko must not give up. She had to make amends, she had to change....she....

She had to live.

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JAPAN

Lightning Strikes!

It shakes the earth as a pillar of light, shining brightly! Shoots out from the ocean!

"I WANT TO LIVE!"

The million souls grind to a halt!

I WANT YUE TO LIVE!

As a single soul, no, two mighty souls, now joined as one, illuminates the gloomy bottom of the ocean!

An incandescent glow, the fire of life, ignites the ocean as the Black Iron Tower wakes up from it's slumber!

Tomoko!

And from the deadly waters, a shape forms! It's the glorious human form, the form of Kuroki Tomoko!

Mazinger!

They shoot out, reaching for one another! They collide!!!

Fu--sion!

And the ocean, and all the souls within, implode!

The suffering, the death, all absorbed into a mighty entity!

The joining of a million souls, they coat the Titan!

The damage is repaired, then transformed! Tumours grow from the Titan's wounds!

They reshape!

It's naked back breaks apart and large fingers emerge! They merge! The fingers change shape and, crests appear from in-between, melding with one another, forming a pair of demonic wings!

It's limbs are shed, they fall and more tumours extend from the stumps! Behold! Black Iron Hands! Blade-Sharp claws!

It's face degrades then evolves! It's mouth opens wide, as steel separates into a million pieces and sharp fangs emerge! It's mouth, wide-open, acidic, dripping drool!

It's eyes sharpen and fill with killing intent! Large Horns emerge from it's skull as it hardens and takes a more sinister form!

It's body, steel no more, now dons jet-black armor, scaly and robust both, agile and strong. The most powerful of all armors!

Part machine, part demon, part human!

The sea evaporates in fire that burns the sun!

The Titan-god of justice is reborn! Light shoots out from it's eyes, high! Splitting the skies!

Mazinger no more, the Black Iron Wall shouts it's new name in a gravely voice that chills the gods!

MAZIN!

KAISER!

HELL!!!

A large explosion sears the Earth! Revealing itself to the world, the galaxy, and everything exists!

The new Death God seeks revenge.

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The Seas around Japan.
The Bat-boat

IT IS REVEALED!!!

"What the hell is that?!" Banner knows fear. He had known no fear since the Hulk became one with him.

Batman and Captain America shared the sentiment in silence.

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Battlefield: Earth
The Undead Wars

IT IS REVEALED!!!

The War stops for the first time in months. Peace reigns once more, if for a moment.

"Impossible, then this is..."

"Space Marines?"

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Space Battleship Kurogane
The Frontlines

IT IS REVEALED!!!

"...."

Donté and Dante both could muster no words. The power they sensed...

"Those two guys, they actually shut up for once." Elzam couldn't help but note.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

Sanger's gut-feelings were rarely wrong.

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Orbital Defense Station H.E.A.V.E.N

IT IS REVEALED!!!

"Jesus Christ!" Screams an angel.

"Who calls me?!" And Jesus Christ heeds the call.

"...Sir? You might want to look at this...." The Angel points at the screen.

Jesus knows what must be done.

"We must now call...."

"Sir, there is no, uhh, HIM. I'm afraid we will have to intervene."

"Directly."

Jesus turns around, he had no choice.

"We will deploy in 15 minutes. Gabriel, Uriel, Pit, prepare for battle."

"Oh, and would you please...." He turns around "....bring me my Gundam?"

Jesus would get his Gundam.

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-This World, and one Farther away.-
Detroit.

IT IS REVEALED!!!

An enigmatic cloaked figure looks on, in the distance.

"It begins."

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Middle Earth.
Blown to smithereens.

IT IS REVEALED!!!

THE WINDS OF DESTINY!

Pinkie Pie turns around, a foreboding feeling taking over her. She fills with dread and excitement both at the battles to come.

But a scream quickly snaps her out of her trance.

She turns around once more.

"Well, this is awkward." Pinkie looked on at the galactic-sized demon that stood before her. Made from the souls of a billion warriors from far-away lands.

It yearns for blood.

Their blood.

"Indeed." Kenshiro took a fighting stance. "And we shall greet awkward with DEATH!"

Pinkie followed.

And they fought.

Comments

[FoldabotZ]

I have NO idea what's going on! I just saw "Mazinkaiser" in the chapter title and clicked immediately!
Question: Why the Stoner Sunshine theme, though?