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    Halos for the most part simply followed Kamae as they moved throughout hell, the Titan spawn unsure of what to do now that he was here. He had many questions for sure, why did he feeler stronger than ever now that he was here, what was the purpose of this or that, why did the Shinjin create such a bleak place that seemly served no purpose for their unwanted and why was Kamae so keen on coming here. Not that he could blame him, form what he understood the demon wanted to see just what had changed from one realm to another and for him it would be his first time visiting the direct creations of the Shinjin. Their mortal enemy's territory, a great place to learn of them and their weaknesses. Also, a great place to be discovered by them, however Halos realized that sometimes without risk there was no reward.

    To this end Halo's had worked with Kamae to learn a new method of travel, a method that allowed the two use Hell as a nexus of travel to anywhere in the galaxy. The downside was that it was an extremely taxing method of travel for them to do, the unstable nature of the method forcing each of them to rest for some time as their powers stabilized over time. With both of them they could come to hell and leave together quickly if things got dicey, each of them able to escape with the other if the need presented itself. 

    Gripping his hands into tight fists as he focused on his newly strengthened power, his blood burning inside him as the infernal energies surged inside him. He felt amazing here and despite by the rush he was getting from the land of the damned, the Titan had not missed the change in Kamae. If Halos felt great then Kamae must have felt amazing here, the short battle with the ogres proving it as even Halos was hard pressed to follow the action, even with his own increased power. "It seems the air here.... agrees with us wouldn't you say? It seems to agree with you extremely well even, I could barely follow you before Kamae. I guess if there was ever a time for you to crush me it would be now, wouldn't you agree?"  he jested, as the Titan moved next to Kamae.

    It was entirely true that he knew Kamae was unlikely to harm him, the smaller demon beside him had plenty of opportunities before now and even knew enough about him to seal his fate. However, he was unable to help himself with the jest, his memory recalling the time Kamae had asked the exact same question to him when they had first met. The irony was simply too much for the stoic titan to let be, an ever so slight grin showing on the man's face as he matched Kamae's pace.

    "I wonder just how closely this place is watched? He wondered aloud, his eyes still scanning for threats as they continued on. 

Halos had been nearby thankfully, so regrouping was easy enough. The demon withdrawing his wires into his gloves quickly so Halos could get closer. Though he didn't know Halos has a sense of humor that he could get, but with the words he had thrown so carelessly at Halos now returned, he appreciated the irony of it. Fiddling with his gloves while he looked about the place. He felt so alive, his heart was beating in his ears and his pulse was quickened.

Adrenaline, pumping through his veins for the first time in eons. He felt ancient but young... a paradox that didn't seem to fit quite right in his head. But nonetheless, Kamae chuckled at the man's joke.

"Hmph... You have grown cheeky. Good, I do not enjoy idle silence. But yes this air suits me far better than I originally thought... It would seem I have truly returned to being a full fledged demon... One without falling apart with my primordial magic. My word Halos, this universe is truly marvelous."

Kamae was then suddenly interrupted before he could continue his thoughts by an impact. The blue little creature standing up and revealing itself as a majin. Pitiful creature then asking who they were only to be suddenly struck by pain. No physical injuries could take a majin down, torment would most likely have to be spiritual or mental... Kamae had used Majin DNA to make the Akshaya Vata, he would never forget how useful their dna had been in making his dream come true.

Now he was staring one down who seemed determined to fight him. The demon's face turning to surprise at being challenged... Then his smile turned to amusement. Slowly stepping forwards, the demon kept his gaze on the majin.

"That my dear friend is a Majin... It cannot be killed normally, it must be destroyed down to its cellular level... but its dead so that possess the question..."

Kamae then stood between the titan halos and Liari. There he stood silently for a moment, examining his foe. He couldn't see anything of value to be learned on first glance.

"Most likely its being tormented by someone... Might even think we are their tormentors. I highly doubt she will let us just... walk away... Shall we entertain her?"

Chuckled the last bit, knowing somehow there was something wrong with this majin. He couldn't identify what sort of control the individual had upon her, but he knew she wasn't simply going to let them go. Not that he minded, he hadn't tested this new flesh out anyways beyond Halos... This new sensation he felt was unlike anything he had dreamed of before. He was no where NEAR as powerful as he could be... but he was almost to his old strength.

The demons face would slowly begin to revert back to its broken state. The flesh of his lips pulling back to reveal sharp teeth, fangs meant for rending flesh but tested by the void energies that were flowing through him. His flesh looked as if it was clay broken, torn muscles and flesh dangling from around his mouth.



"Hear me Majin... Do you know the reason we fear the unknown...?"

Kamae stated, adjusting his gloves, walking forward as black ooze pooled from each step. A tar like substance that created swamps of primordial magic behind him. His Green hair flowing upwards as his energy began to grow more and more. 

"There has always been that fear that something in the dark was waiting around the corner. The boogey man... the stories of the things in the dark people are always afraid of since the dawn of time..."

Kamae's power would flatten out, he didn't know how strong this majin was, but he was hoping it wasn't his level.

"The things most people consider not real..."

With that the demon would take his jacket off, tossing it over his arm while he smiled his jagged broken smile at the Blue Majin.

    Kamae's speech might've worked on a living creature, someone who still feared the ultimate unknown of 'Death.' Even as his face cracked apart like cheap plaster, Kamae's declaration about those that hide in the dark rebounded off Liari as if it had struck a thick wall of rubber! The majin had learned that there was more to fear in the people you knew rather than those you didn't, those who you've grown comfortable with... who would stab you in the back when they feel it's convenient. Liari had learned of demonic creatures that would flay skin-from-bone JUST by powering up if they wished it, creatures that made the physical boundaries of the universe out to be mere walls of water they could dip their fingers into. 

    ...So telling Liari to fear the "unknown," the boogieman that hides under her bed, to fear KAMAE... was laughable. Not least considering she could read his energy like an open book, his power barely even beginning to scrape upon the true magnitudes of what she herself was capable of... even in this state. Liari's eyes flicked to the other one, the giant. He seemed more perplexed or stoically resolved by her presence than he was afraid. ...Then it occurred to her... They couldn't sense her power, could they? That must've been the case as, if they could, they would no doubt be TREMBLING in FEAR! Liari smirked. Fine. She would make them crumble the old-fashioned way! 

    Liari's foot would SHOOT OUT, ELONGATING like a spear to DRIL into Kamae's stomach before the rest of her body SHOT FORWARD, Liari SMASHING her head towards Kamae's in a brutal headbutt! 

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    Whether her blows connected or not, the feral majin would then lunge towards the giant, Halos, bringing her fist up to CRASH under his chin in a brutal uppercut punch! She would then whirl around, swinging her leg about to CRASH across his cheek and send him crashing to the ground! Liari would land between the two, grinning widely, expecting them to buckle NOW! After how humiliatingly she had been beaten by that... Saiyan, she needed to feel powerful... STRONG! VICTORIOUS, something to counteract that CRUSHING feeling of weakness bubbling up inside! She could feel the demon in her head, feeling through her fingers, seeing through her eyes, as if she were merely a suit for that creature to wear! ...And she needed to take out those feelings... on these two.

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TWC: 1101

Kamae had done much preparation in subduing a weak majin, but this one? He doubted he could catch or even kill her at this moment. But to be mocked so openly was not on his list of favorite things. The demon standing up right before feeling rage boil inside his heart. How long had it been since someone had made him angry like this? A long time, a very long time. The demons eyes would begin to glow as he held out his hand, the spear of Bael returning to it while he rolled his shoulder. His teeth gritted so hard black blood oozed down his chin. His eyes following suit by leak the same blood, tear like stains forming on his skin.

"You...."

Kamae stated with pure venom in his voice, a slight distortion as he felt his energy rising a bit. He wasn't anywhere near strong enough but he was growing quickly. Even this fight was just going to be another stepping stone. He just needed to calm down... As much as the rage within him boiled, the calm that settled in might have been more disturbing to Kamae. His stance relaxing yet his eyes were wide open, golden veins forming in the corners of his eyes.

"I am blinded.... I WILL see again..."

To others, it probably sounded like gibberish uttered by a mad man yet in that moment the demons very own eyes changed. By sheer will alone, the demons eyes and magic had begun to change back to their original state. The memories in his genes awakening as he began to feel his old powers returning... but not fast enough. The thick black liquid from his eyes parting as a crack formed on the side of his face, as if plaster was coming off. He was pushing past his limits and it was taking a toll on his body.

After a moment, the demons eyes adjusted so that he could finally see. The blurry vision made it hard to see anything but when he blinked, the demon would feel shocked to see the world back to the way he remembered it. All was black with white lines to indicate the presence of objects. Blinking once more the demon's unnatural eyes locked onto the titan, where he looked down to see the man's heart, pumping quickly. His lungs inhaling and exhaling. He could see his very blood vessels and the cells that made them up now. He remembered this sensation, the sensation of seeing beyond this realms thin boundary. 

Turning his gaze back to Liari, the demon locked eyes with her. The newly evolved eyes of Kamae soon taking all the information it could, nerve endings firing, and muscles contracting. While it wouldn't win him the battle, it would certainly give him more information than he had before. The spear of bael shuttering in his hands a moment as the demon chuckled. It would seem not only had his eyes evolved, but the spear was also awakening... It would seem fighting someone as strong as Liari was good for the demon despite his hatred of her.

Holding out his hand, the coffin would disperse before returning to his palm in particle form. The darkness gathering in his palm forming a disk of black liquid. Kamae simply spun the disk in the air before lowering his hand, the flying black disk then launching itself at Liari. Kamae on the other hand stabbed the spear of Bael into the ground, the tip of the spear turning the grass a dull grey as they seemed to turn to powder. 

The disk flying at Liari would attempt to slice her in two down the middle of her forehead, and should it succeed it would log itself in her head before erupting into spikes in an effort to blind her a moment. The attack disguised as a simply creative attack but actually serving to buy time. Kamae was still recovering from his new eyes, and with the spikes hopefully blinding Liari a moment, she wouldn't see him hurling a javelin with chains on it.

The javelin not meant to contain her but simply slow her down so that Halos could finish the job. Once those attacks were finished, Kamae placed a hand to his eyes, his eyes spasming from the change. He was currently blind as if flash banged, but after closing his eyes the demon felt the pressure relieve itself. He knew he wouldn't be able to see again till his eyes were fully ready to change again. He could feel it, he could grow even further in this fight!

A toothy smile forming along his face as he felt the first bit of joy. Kamae had never felt like this before, physical growth had never felt so good. Is this why the martial artists fought? Was this the feeling warriors got when they began to change? Perhaps not literally but the demon was far from normal. He hurt like hell but he also felt good, really really good. He could only hope he didn't die from this and it all be for nothing.

    "Awh... Are you crying...?" Liari bellowed mockingly, watching as the demon-thing's face practically melted in black from his eye-sockets. He looked more... sad than terrifying, a creature so desperate to do... whatever he was doing, he was willing to burn himself from the inside out just to secure his point. Liari LAUGHED at the sight of the demon, even harder when he declared the eventual return of his sight, the majin merely raising a pair of fingers and firing two thin, needle-like energy-beams from the tips into his inky eye-sockets! Should they connect, they would bury deep into his head... before dissipating, almost more like an energy construct than a ki-blast!

    "So much for that guy." The majin smirked before turning to the giant. He seemed so shocked, so surprised such a little lightning bolt could be deflected the way it was. It was almost comical, the behemoth, displaying anything other than a certain stoic certainty upon his face. He looked more like a really tall human than any kind of threat! Her coaxing to the man seemed to render little, if any, reaction and so... she would go to him. She would take her time, walking towards the man as if it were the most natural thing in the world, kicking up a cloud of dust in front of her before reaching her hand into it! Liari would close her finger into a fist and, as she withdrew her hand from the dust, a sword would manifest within her hand, drawing it from the cloud as if from a scabbard! She whistled a toneless tune as she twirled the blade in her hand in a haphazard circle, its edge drawing glowing pink cuts in the air as if causing the dimensions themselves to bleed!

    "Weeeeell? You gonna cry too?" The majin questioned, swinging her blade up so that the point rested just under the giant's chin. "Gonna just stand there like a lump or... are ya gonna fight...?"

    ...And then, suddenly, something SLAMMED into the back of her skull! ...No... that wasn't right... Liari's field of vision cracked in two as something black WEDGED out the front of her face! Liari stumbled forward, her eyes blinking rapidly, asymmetrically, as she lifted a hand to her face... only to withdraw it and see a sticky, black substance came away on her fingertips! Liari stared at her fingers dumbly before her body STIFFENED and jerked back, blackened spikes ERUPTING out of her skull and mouth, one blasting out of her eye-socket! Liari trembled and jerked, loud cracking reverberating from her body as her one eye focused on the giant, her arm reaching out for his throat, fingers curled into claws in anticipation for a strangle. 

    ...Only for him to disappear in a cloud of smoke.

    "Cow....ards...." Liari croaked around the spike lodged down her throat. "...Will..... die...." A thunderbolt would SLAM into Liari's back AND out her chest, ERUPTING from within in a brilliant flash of white light! Liari's body EXPLODED into black and blue chunks from the waist up, the clatter of Kamae's constructs and the growl of excess electricity and the pitter-patter of smoking majin flesh echoed through the empty hellscape. The lower body slumped forward on its knees before falling limply on its side... but the odd thing was... Liari's energy signature never truly faded. If neither Kamae nor Halos noticed this in time and took action, the smoking wound of the lower body would begin to JERK and contort, twisting in and sprouting outwards! The residual pieces that made up the upper body would begin to coagulated and SPRING into the sky, writhing and contorting into something... vaguely woman-shaped...? SUDDENLY, a new upperbody would SPROUT from the lower, as fresh as it had been moments before and an entirely NEW Liari, a COPY, would form from the mass in the air, gently lowering itself down on the opposite side of the demonic duo! Now TWO Liaris were here... one on either side. 

    "Hey, that was pretty good!" One majin congratulated, stretching her neck, popping the vertebrae. "It kinda hurt. A bit."

    "Yeah..." The other mused, absently cracking her knuckles. "...Maybe we should hurt them in turn..."


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    His heart raced in his chest, his lungs burned, and his guts were cold as he worked in haste. Any of these feeling was not unknown to him, his heart raced as he raged against those who denied him worship, his insides froze when he erred, and his lungs burned when he had spared against Kamae or his children.  But never had he ever felt all three at the same time, and never had the cold feeling in his guts flowed like liquid ice though his insides. Still, he worked though the new strange sensation, his hands shaking as he drew the runes across the ground as he worked on his plan. Still in the back of his mind the feeling persisted though his work, even as he forced himself to shake it off.

    "Just a little more, and we can leave" He uttered to himself quietly, his breath short as he placed the final rune completing his magical circle, the etching in the starting to glow a dull blue as they absorbed the magical energies of hell. It would not be instant but given a short time it would absorb enough power to fuel it work, a quick little gate way for two demons. They simply needed to get back here without overgrown dessert stopping them.

    Standing he listened, his ears perking ever so slightly as tried to tune into the sounds of battle, sounds that he could not hear. It meant the Kamae had somehow escaped or had already been defeated by their attacker. The feeling in his guts only grew colder at the chilling thought, his normally rational reeling as he leaped into the air, rushing back to the battlefield. 

    It only took him a moment to realize his fear was misplaced, his eyes spotting a very much alive suited demon, albeit much worse for wear if new cracks in his skin were anything to go by. And it would seem the demon was up to his old tricks, using his clever tongue when his brawn had failed or might fail. It was a tactic that had worked even on him, a tactic that he had not minded working on him, however he was unsure if they could trust this creature. Its mind seemed gone, or at the very least a broken shell of what it once was. 

    Arriving in ear shot he caught Kamaes final words allowing him just enough time to not attack recklessly, his eyes scanning the blue creature as he awaited a reply, or rather two smaller creatures. A thought that made him worry as he had his doubts on if they could escape one, much less two of them. With a grunt he let Kamae know he had returned, otherwise being silent as to not interrupt Kamae's....negotiations.