Dragon Ball Z: The Power Pole and the Ring of Shadows – Labyrinth of the Goblin King Progressive Rock Type Beat
The sky over the Spirit World wasn’t its usual calm pastel blue; it was bruised purple, swirling with a ki so cold it made the hair on the back of the neck stand up.
Goku stood at the edge of a jagged cliff, his orange gi tattered. Beside him, Yusuke Urameshi leaned on his heels, thumbing the bridge of his nose, while Prince Phobos stood tall, his regal cloak fluttering in a wind that smelled of ozone and ancient magic.
"The world has changed," Goku said, his voice unusually somber. He looked down at his calloused palms. "I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air."
Yusuke spat to the side. "Yeah, well, the air smells like a dumpster fire, Goku. Get to the point. What are we looking at?"
"Much that once was is lost," Goku continued, his eyes locked on the horizon. "For none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings."
The Great Distribution
Long before the Dragon Balls were scattered or the Spirit Detective was born, artifacts of immense power were crafted to tether the dimensions together.
The Three: Given to the Guardians of the Veil—Will, Irma, and Hay Lin. They were the wisest and most attuned to the elements, tasked with keeping the heart of Kandrakar beating.
The Nine: Gifted to the Super Saiyans. These rings amplified their golden aura, granting them the strength to protect the galaxy from those who would seek to undo it.
The Seven: Bestowed upon the Kings of the Underworld. These were men and demons who, above all else, desired power to rule the realms of the dead.
"But they were all of them deceived," Phobos interrupted, his eyes narrowing. "For another ring was made."
The Rise of the Serpent
Deep in the shifting shadows of Meridian, in the fires of a forbidden forge, Cedric, the snake-wizard, poured his cruelty and malice into a single band of dark gold.
He didn't want to protect a realm or honor a legacy. He wanted a leash.
As Cedric slipped the Master Ring onto his scaled finger, the other rings began to hum with a discordant frequency. The Super Saiyans felt their ki being drained into a dark void; the Underworld Kings fell into madness, becoming wraiths of their former selves. Even the Guardians felt the Veil thinning, the elements turning brittle and volatile.
"So Cedric's the one holding the remote, huh?" Yusuke cracked his knuckles, a faint blue spark of Spirit Gun energy dancing on his fingertip. "I’ve dealt with power-hungry creeps before, but this sounds like a universal headache."
"It’s more than that," Goku said, finally turning to face them. his expression hardening into the look that usually preceded a planet-shaking transformation. "He’s coming for the rest. If he gets the Three, the Veil falls. There won't be an Earth, a Spirit World, or a Meridian left to save."
The Path Ahead
Phobos looked at the Saiyan and the Spirit Detective. An unlikely alliance, born of a world that had forgotten its own history.
"My sister is with the Guardians," Phobos said, his voice tight. "If Cedric thinks he can claim the Veil, he will find that some fires cannot be extinguished by a snake's shadow."
Goku nodded, a small, determined grin finally breaking through his serious facade. "Then let's go. I’ve been itching to see just how much power that ring really has." get your popcorn and lickerish ready caus your going to like how this got started
Soundbites from Dragon Ball, Read or Die, Yu Yu Hakusho, Lord of the Rings, Pokemon. Wizards of Waverly Place, Witch. & Yugioh With Samples from Steve Earle, 3 Doors Down, Zeppelin, Cream, DJ Pain 1& Bad Religion
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