Journey to the West [OPEN]

The small hooded figure in the white robe continued to float down the street. His masked head swiveled left to right as he examined his surrounds, taking in all the commotion and information around him. The being stopped short, it’s head slowly angling down at a small little girl that had stopped in his way. The little creature looked up at him with a frightening expression across her face. The girl was obviously frozen with fear Nervous and frightful tears started to stream down the little girl’s cheeks. Sure, aliens weren’t all too rare on Earth these days. But Artickahn’s appearance was an unusual one, a startling one. If only the little girl knew the half of it.

Ages ago Acrosian’s dressed like this would visit newly conquered planets as the final step in a planetary exchange. Earth could have very easily been one of those planets back then. However, it managed to escape the Arcosian grasp and strengthen itself through means that were still mysterious to the young Arcosian. Though something told Artickahn that she still would have cried even if he wasn’t wearing this garb. Soon enough, the little girls mother scooped the child up into her arms and carried her as far away from Artickahn as possible. And like nothing ever happened, Artickahn continued floating down the street. He was wandering around, apparently aimlessly. Perhaps he was just as bored as Fan Reims.

Artickahn could FEEL that someone was watching him and that would soon be confirmed. But the cloaked Arcosian would continue floating on down the street, even when the young Fan decided to tag along side. Following the hooded figure close by his side, looking him up and down, examining Artickahn. It seemed the squirt was sizing him up. Artickahn planned on ignoring it, he had no time for human children. But when the boy jumped in front while hurling an insult, Artickahn knew that he wasn’t going to be able to just ignore him. Judging from that stupid grin on his face, the boy wasn’t going to just move aside. What was with Earth children?

It was a pity, he really had no plans on killing an Earthling today. Artickahn sighed, “I suggest that you get out of my way, human child”. Artickahn floated down to the ground, so that his feet laid flat on the pavement of the sidewalk. Artickahn’s height was fully distinguishable now that he was flat on the ground. The being that was Artickahn stood sub 5 feet, about 4 foot and 8 inches. He kept the cloak clutched tightly around himself, still hiding his features. He knew attacking the boy wouldn’t end well, judging by the stories he’s heard about the Earth’s defenders. But if the boy took an offensive maneuver, Artickahn was ready to react. And react he will.

The masked face followed Fan's movements. Afterwards, Artickahn sighed and rolled his eyes at Fan Reim's gallant display. Though the eye roll would be hidden by the mask covering his face. These actions were soon followed by a guttural sound when Fan Reims suggested even the possibility of him being human. "YUCK! No, I am not human, thankfully" a small chuckle followed his words before a pale blue hand burst from within the white cloak covering his body. The hand slowly reached up to the mask he was wear. And with a *HISS* as decompressed air escaped from the mask, it was was removed from his face.

Underneath was revealed a face the same pale blue as his hand. Along with a pair a red, piercing eyes which (not literally) shot holes through Fan Reims. "I am an Arcosian, child. The strongest beings in all the universe" his blue lips curled up into a sly grin. "An aspiring warrior, aye? I've fought in wars you could only imagine, boy". Artickahn wasn't sure why he was bragging to such an insignificant being, perhaps Fan's own boasting brought the same out of Artickahn. However Artickahn's boasting was not false, he had fought in many battles. The most brutal of which took place during the massive SSE War against the Saiyans. The very war the he had almost lost his life in.

Artickahn’s face snarls, his face shifting to show just how angered he was under the surface. ‘How dare this brat ask me to power up! Who does he think he is?! Only the strongest of opponents deserve to see the true power of the Arcosians’ the Lieutenant thought to him. But then he snapped out of his snarl and his face lightened up as his lips formed into a smile. “Hah! Very well, I was bored anyway. And this just might be a little entertaining. But don’t blame me for the collateral damage!” Artickahn finished with a grin.

In one motion of his arm, his white cloak and strange mask were flung off and to the side. The true Arcosian underneath was revealed. Artickahn slid his feet apart, widening his stance. He balled up his fists and brought his elbows into his sides. As he did all of his, the veins in his body, especially his neck, arms and legs started to bulge as if he was filling up with blood. Eventually the strain was just too much and the young Arcosian started to let out a long groan, struggling to release his held in power.

The muscles and bones in his body started to shift. And as they did it created meaty sounds as well as the sounds of bones popping, creaking and breaking. The first thing was his musculature, his muscles grew from scrawny to incredible sizes. It kept going until he body needed to compensate for all the muscle, his limbs started to pop out and grow longer and wider. His spine popped and grew as his height increased inch by inch. Even his neck and skull were enlarging. The horns on his head grew longer and shifted their angles backwards.

His groaning shifted into a yell as he neared his true power. Not only was his body feeling the effects of this suppressed power, but also the area around him was taking a beating. The ground beneath him started to crack and crumble. The damage caused was so severe that a nearby store front caved in on itself. In all he grew a total of two feet as well as added on at least another couple hundred pounds of muscle. The Arcosian now stood at 6 feet, 8 inches. He towered over Fan Reims as he looked down upon him and snickered. “See now, boy?” he said, his power had increased by at least a multiple of 10! The aura the flickered around his body was pure black with an outline of red.



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The look of complete surprise, first genuine and then artificial. He knew that the boy had probably never ran into someone as strong as a full fledged Arcosian. Artickahn was also no idiot, he knew exactly what Fan Reims was doing. The boy was trying to lure Artickahn away from the city to protect the weaker humans. Artickahn wouldn’t fuss, however. The last thing he wanted was to deal with the Earth’s guardians.

He crossed his arms over his brolic chest and hovered up in the air a few inches above the ground. He slowly followed after Fan, knowing he wasn’t truly trying to escape. “Come now, boy. Find a good spot for your futile attempt… Perhaps you can learn a thing or two about manners” the sly grin played across his face. Regardless, the newly muscular Arcosian would follow behind Fan. Tailing him wherever the young teen wanted to go.

Artickahn gladly followed Fan Reims out of the city and all the way to whatever outskirts the lad took him to. When the boy stopped, Artickahn ceased his hovering but kept his arms crosses against his chest. His three toed feet landed hard in the dirt. Then the boy told the Arcosian Lieutenant to come at him! It took a lot of effort for Artickahn not to burst out laughing. The so called Tin Head pointed a finger at Fan Reims and within a moment a stream of icy blue ki shot forth. But at the last second, Artickahn angled his finger downward, firing the skinny beam of blue ki at Fan’s feet with aim of just barely missing.

He would then raise that same index finger and wave it like a scolding parent, “Tsk tsk tsk, now I don’t want this little duel to be over before it’s even started. So YOU come at ME!” the Arcosian laughed, his voice was now many octaves deeper than it once was. “Consider it a great honor” he said with the most perfect shit eating grin. The Lieuntenant crossed his now burly arms across his chest again and waited for the young human’s response. He was curious to see how well this boy could back up all his talk, he figured not much. But he would be lying if he said that the boys spirit wasn’t amusing.