Without Mercy. [Solo, x60 Grav.]

Here she stood, alone inside one of the many Gravity Chambers their beloved training facility had to offer. Bloodied and beaten, tired and exhausted, but not defeated. Kaza worked herself to the bone in a desperate attempt for more power. The war with the Mazoku inched closer during every passing moment. It loomed on the horizon, and soon, Kaza would also be forced to fight in many battles, that could lead to her own demise.

The Majin was well aware of the sheer, brutal power they were up against, and the intense destructive capability of Ourobouros. They had murdered their own General in cold blood, who was one of the Empire's strongest soldiers- even stronger than Kaza herself.

Time after time did Kaza merely shrug off the intense power they were up against. Hell, at first, Kaza was even blatantly underestimating them. But now that she was actually this close to fighting in the war herself, and most likely meeting up with Xylo...

    ...She was afraid.

For the first time in her life, Kaza felt genuine fear for what she was going to face. In a few days, Vennel, along with many allies, would expect the Majin to invade Arcose...One of the most important planets in Xylo's grasp. What type of power awaited her on the planet? Would Xylo himself show up...? And what about Ourobouros...?

To desperately try and blot out her fears and doubts, Kaza trained relentlessly for the past hours upon hours. She needed power...More power. Power that could rival Super Saiyans, and much more. Many fights against the SSE's most capable soldiers had proven time and time again that Kaza was still much too weak to make a difference. Sure, she could hold her own, and sure, she was a resilient combatant...But...

    ...Could she ever hope to defeat people that rivalled Super Saiyans?

The anwser was a blatant and simple 'No.', and she too, was aware of this. Kaza hoped to be able to change her outlook on things, and grow strong enough to anwser the question with a 'Maybe', or even a 'Yes'.

''COMPUTER!'' She hissed in an upset tone, the sweat and blood caking her bruised face. ''Activate a hologram...! Appearance: Xylo...'' She said in a clear tone...Yet a scared one. Unconfident in her abilities to do this...

    Yet she had no choice but to try.

    ''...Power Level: Five Million.''

The sirens inside of the Gravity chamber blared, announcing the intense danger Kaza's orders held.

    [CRITICAL DANGER DETECTED. DO YOU STILL WISH TO PROCEED?]

''...Yes.''

As the gravity continued to push against Kaza with incredible force, a robot entered the chamber from the Gravity Chamber's walls. It's inner workings gave it the ability to morph its own appearance, and it took the shape of Xylo...A near perfect copy of the slug-man's appearance. Not that Kaza would know, as this was the first time she'd seen his face.

Kaza braced herself for the incoming smackdown she would receive. Mechanical, glowing red eyes stared Kaza into her very soul, the sheer power the robot held sending shivers down the Officer's spine. Kaza held her ground, however, and glared viciously at the robot, as if he were the actual Xylo. She bared her fangs, eyes widening with intense hatred and determination. ''COME ON! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, HUH!?'' She screamed at the Android, her voice cracking numerous times as her knees quaked.

In the blink of an eye, the robot shot forward with a bellowing whirr. The metallic, green fist planted itself straight into Kaza's face, and sent her tumbling to the walls of the chamber before she could utter a grunt of pain. Before Kaza even had the chance to crash into the walls, though, the Android dashed by her and swung its leg with such ferocity that it'd certainly break Kaza's spine if she had one.

The Majin vommited her purple blood out on the floor as she let out a defeated whimper, the Xylo-bot's leg sending her careening back to the other wall at mach speeds. Kaza crashed into the metallic wall, sending cracks down the reinforced steel plating as her eyes blanked out, mouth hanging agape as she bounced off the wall mercilessly.

Suddenly, though, the Android's fist rammed itself into Kaza's chest once more, shattering her armor to bits and piercing her very flesh. Pinned to the wall once more, shanked by the Android's fist, Kaza suddenly regained her consciousness.

The first thing that escaped her lips was a mangled, blood-curdling scream of fear and pain.

''TURN IT OFF!- TURN IT OFF TURNITOFF!!'' She screamed helplessly, overtaken by fear as the Android's eyes lit up even more, a powerful electricity crackling viciously, threathening to erase Kaza from existance.

    She closed her eyes...

''COMPUTER! CANCEL TRAINING SESSION!- NOW!''

And suddenly, everything stopped. The Gravity continued to whirr, yet the Android infront of her died down. The ominous red eyes dimmed out until they were nothing but translucent bulbs, along with it's power generators being killed off in an instant. Kaza's breaths were heavy, hyperventilating out of pure fear and regret. The beating she had received didn't help Kaza regain her confidence whatsoever. It only made her more and more afraid of Xylo's power.

    ...And moreso, Ourobouros, who apparently held the strength to rival the most powerful being in existence.

She had no chance of survival. Convinced now more than ever, Kaza knew that she was destined to die at the hands of Xylo and Ourobouros in this war. Kaza didn't have the strength that people like Vennel or Shemha possessed...She was weak.

    Too weak to survive. Too weak to make a difference. Too weak to serve the Empire to her fullest.

With a quivering leg, Kaza kicked the lifeless android off of her, its arm grossly pulled out of Kaza's midsection with a gooey, sludgy noise. Kaza instantly fell to the floor, on all fours, excessive, shaky breaths escaping her raspy throat. Focussing on her injuries, Kaza used a great deal of energy to patch up the gaping hole in her chest, along with the other injuries she had received during her relentless training sessions.

She couldn't shake the fear and doubt off of her, especially now that she was shown first hand what someone at Xylo's level was capable of...Terrified, Kaza buried her defeated face inside of her forearms.
   
    For the first time in her life, Kaza cried.

Tears of sadness, tears of fear...Tears of hopelesness. Defeated whimpers and sobs escaped her as she sniffled in loneliness. Tears flowing freely down the width of her forearms. For so long, Kaza had acted tough, fearless of anyone or anything, and shown continuous arrogance...Yet this was what she was truly feeling, wasn't it?

She herself didn't even realize until two days ago...Kaza had truly buried all of her fears and doubts under a mountain of arrogance and pride. For herself to be this weak, in truth, disgusted her. She wanted to be strong- strong like Vennel, both physically, as well as mentally. To show no fear, no matter how strong the opponent. Kaza finally broke down...Her desperate search for power only lead to herself realizing how weak she truly was.

    How could she serve the Empire as a proud, unwavering Soldier if she still felt emotions like fear and doubt...?

        Realizing this, something suddenly happened...Something mystical, unknown to even Kaza.

Whilst the Majin was still crying her eyes out, her body vents suddenly began to open up without her realizing it...Out of it, a mystical, purple smoke fumed. It merged with itself until it had created a large cloud infront of Kaza's crying, defeated body...And it began to take the shape of...Kaza herself.

    Suddenly, Kaza stopped crying, and her eyes opened in an unsettling silence.

''...Kaza...?'' A voice eeped infront of her- a familliar one...Her own voice. She looked up slowly, to see the same pair of white boots, black leggings, and purple armor she was wearing...And then...A face. Her own face. ''Are you okay...?'' It asked, its lips curling up into a friendly smile. While she looked like an exact copy of Kaza, there was one striking difference. This Kaza lacked the red stripes on her face, and her eyes were coloured a peaceful, sky blue.

''...Who are you?'' Kaza asked herself after a long silence, her tone caked in pure disbelief. ''I am...You.'' The much more timid ''copy'' of Kaza replied, as she squatted down to get on eye level with the ''real'' Kaza. ''You're fucking with me.'' She hissed back, her mind suddenly overtaken by a worrying amount of rage. Her doubts and fears had suddenly vanished, but was it because of the sudden appearance of the 2nd Kaza, or something else...?

The second Kaza eeped, her lips quivering slightly before she calmed down a bit again. ''N-no...I'm serious...! You...Made me...I am you.'' She paused, before smiling sheepishly. ''Or...A part of you. I am your 'Good' side...The side of you that feels remorse...Mercy, sadness, compassion...All those things.'' It explained. The Good Kaza's eyes welled up, and a single tear streamed down her cheek.

The other Kaza was flabbergasted. Her mouth hung open in pure disbelief as she looked herself over. Was she hallucinating...? What happened to her...? Was she still real? Kaza looked around the room- yet the only noise she heard was the continuous whirr of the gravity chamber. That is, until she glanced toward the side of the room.

The metallic plating of the outer wall had a reflective shine to it, and Kaza could see her own reflection inside of it. Instantly, she noticed something different about herself: Her eyes had turned completely black, and the irises were a glowing red.

    ''...What happened to me...?''

The Good Kaza responded with a melancholic giggle as she flicked away her tears. ''Silly, you still don't get it, do you?'' She said, placing a hand on the Evil Kaza's cheek. They both looked eachother deep in the eyes, her Evil side breathing shakily. ''Your fear and sadness was so great that you would do anything in your power to get rid of it...So you split yourself in two, Kaza...Me, the good side...And you...The evil side.''

    ''Together, we are Kaza.''

Silently, the Evil Kaza removed the hand from her cheek with a frustrated grunt. Her teeth grit together- she could feel it...She DID split herself in half...And with that, her power as well. Kaza was even weaker now...The last thing she wanted to happen. With a grunt, she stood up and walked over toward the Gravity Chamber's plated walls, staring into her own reflection with cold, dead expression. ''You mean to tell me that I purposely weakened myself to get rid of my fears and doubts...?''

The other Kaza stood up as well, her blue eyes also staring into the Evil side's reflection, before she nodded. ''You couldn't conquer your fears, Kaza...So you expelled them.'' She explained once more, a sentimental, bittersweet tone to her voice. Suddenly, the Evil side's eyes widened, as if she just came to a realization.

    ''...Conquer my fears...?''

A shaky, ominous grin formed on Evil Kaza's face as she opened her mouth. An ominous, raspy breath turned into terrifying, soft laughter. ''...Kaza?'' The good side muttered, her tone doing nothing to hide her fears, as if she knew what the evil side was planning to do. The evil side's neck cracked loudly as she gazed over her shoulders. Widened, black and red eyes stared deeply into the good side's white and blue eyes....Bloodlust was clearly seen in them.

''P-please!- T...Think this through, you don't have to do this...!'' The good side desperately croaked at her, backing off slowly- only made harder due to the intense gravity inside of the room. The Evil Kaza had fully turned around now, a blood-crazed smile plastered on her face as her eyes stared coldly, unblinking.

Ominous steps were taken to the Good Kaza, who only grew more and more scared by the second. ''Please...! PLEASE...! DON'T ABSORB ME! YOU'LL CHANGE FOREVER- YOU WON'T EVER BE THE SAME KAZA YOU USED TO BE!'' She cried out, falling to the floor and crawling backwards, overtaken by fear.

    ''T̴̛H͝͠ÀT͡ ̴̸̢I̸̧S̕͠ ̷EX̛AÇ͘ŢL̨Ỳ̨ ͏͞W̢҉H̶A͡T͢ ̡͜͠I͘͘ ͏W̨͜͜AŅ̷͠T''

A blood-curdling scream came from the insides of the Gravity Chamber, yet they were drowned out by the sound-proof walls. Merilessly, the Good side of Kaza was slaughtered in the blink of an eye, unable to regenerate herself.

The Evil side stood over the lifeless corpse of her own good self, panting loudly and excitedly. An eager, psychotic smile rested on her face as she hyperventilated, once more overtaken by the indescribable lust for absorption...
She crouched down and placed her hands on her other half's corpse, as her purple flesh began to expand and bubble in a disgusting display of cannibalism. The gooey flesh crept and crawled over the corpse of her other side until it was completely encased.

It shrunk slowly- ripples of the good side's energy sent back into her original body. The Evil side cackled as she felt her original power return to her as the Good Kaza's corpse faded from existence and disappeared inside of herself.

    ...But with the original power, suddenly came much, much more...

Kaza gasped as she felt her power amplify and grow to levels she first thought impossible to reach. It slowly ramped up, ticks of newfound strength resonating inside of her body like the beating of a heart...

    ...And then, the final beat echoed through her very being.

In a furious, vicious display of her new energy, Kaza was overtaken in a rampaging aura of purple, swirling her like a cyclone as she let out a powerful cry! The computer malfunctioned as her aura crackled with purple lightning that travelled along the reinforced floors and walls of the chamber.

Once the aura faded, the gravity machine had turned itself off, and Kaza stood silently inside of the Chamber, a calm and collected look on her face. Final sparks of electricity shocked off of the Majin and disappeared into the air as she breathed in deeply. Kaza felt incredible...More powerful than ever before. THIS was the power that she had been searching for this entire time...The power that rivalled Super Saiyans, and much more.

No longer did Kaza feel any fear, regret, or doubt inside of her body. Not even when actively thinking of death...She truly did change...Her Good side was right all along.
   
    ...And it was glorious.

With echoing steps, Kaza walked over the plated walls of the Chamber once more, and stared into her reflection, curious to see if her appearance changed alonside her power. And it did change...! Kaza's eyes were still blackened like an abyss, and her red irises showed just how ruthless the change had made her. Alongside that, the red stripes on her face seemed to disappear, leaving her with a perfectly clear, periwinkle face.

    ''...I'm gonna miss those stripes.''

Kaza chuckled, finally content with the power she had received from 'conquering her fears', and left the Gravity Chamber in silence.

Kaza was ready for war.

Evil Majin (x11/x15) UNLOCKED!

Unlocked through Fission, and absorption of Kaza's good side!

Requesting PL!

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