Hello everyone!
I spent yesterday and today composing a short story for you all, for my first ever Pat, Goku. I know his name is from the Dragon Ball Z universe, it actually wasn't planned to be that for my first Barbarian. When I first installed Diablo 2 1.03 Classic, then 1.07 LoD, I made a test Barbarian, Goku, to make sure my game's data was saved and I would be able to patch in 1.09. Well, I got kinda lazy and ended up keeping Goku as the my character and just worked out that way! Anyways, Goku from Dragon Ball Z is a badass, we can't deny that!
So anyways, I had fun writing this story. My favorite Diablo books were the Sin War books from Knaak, especially the introduction of Lilith, the sexy demoness! I found it fun to tie in some of the events from the Diablo universe into my character, as it added some depth and gave my imagination something to chew on when I played. Throughout my time playing Goku, working my way to Patriarch, I would constantly go over stories and scenerios in my mind. There were dozens I could of used, but I finally decided on the one below, simply because I really wanted to make a character who had an evil past and better yet, bring in Lilith somewhere in this.
So you have it! Its a very rough write up, since I sped wrote it in under 12 hours. As time goes on, I will be fixing grammatical errors, run ons and all that stuff I should of learned in my college English haha. I know there are plot holes in my story and in tieing it to the Diablo 2 realm but, like I said, this was just for fun for me. Hope you can look past the many errors at this point and enjoy the read, as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Goku - Lies in Betrayal
Sometime around the events that took place in the Sin Wars...
Goku lived in a village on the outskirts of the large city, now known as Harrogath. The name of it long forgotten as he only lived there for a short time with his siblings before it was destroyed by a band of demon Venom Lords led by a lusty, blood thirsty maiden of Hell. He had forgotten everything before this event, including that of his family and the village they lived in. He did remember that night he met his lover. The band of demons swooped in at dusk and by the time the sun had set the town was obliterated, the scream of villagers silenced, faint smoke rising in the starless sky. His mother and father tried to barter with the demonic beast that invaded there home, by giving Goku to them for exchange of their own lives, and to spare also the lives of his other brothers and sisters. The demons pretended to accept his parents offer, though after confiscating Goku, they slayed his parents before his eyes. What happened to his brother and sisters, he does not know, nor did he even care but it was safe to assume they were slaughtered. Next, the massive hand of the Venom Lord clasp around the small boys neck, the long nails piercing his flesh. Goku’s eye’s protruded from his head, veins in his face swelling, his face turning as red as the skin from the apples that his village grew. At that moment, a lady appeared, drinking the blood of the slain, so quickly that it was a merely green lightning like flash to Goku’s eyes. Before him, finding himself completely enthralled despite his predicament stood a beautiful, blonde haired maiden. Even many years later, he still remembers the first time he smelled her sweet, floral scent, how abyssal her eyes were, the rich redness of her soft lips and how perfect each strand of hair on her head was placed. Instantly, the pain of his parents’ betrayal and the detrimental situation that now plagued him faded into her beautiful green eyes. If not for his future lover interrupting the Venom Lord, Goku would of died that night along side his parents. The demon like woman took to the young boy instantly, seeing something within him she wanted. She gave one look towards the demon holding Goku and the demon released him, it bowed lowly and franticly grabbed his minions moving out of the home, knocking over pots and furniture on their way out.
Mesmerized at the very sight of this woman he felt weightless and after time he can’t recollect how long, passed, he was far, far away from the village. Goku was only 11 winters old at this time, already nearly full grown. He was clearly barbarian, was very muscular, short, husky, hairy, tan, had a big head and a thick neck. His legs were like tree stumps and he had a low center of gravity, more so than even adult barbarians. His hair was short, black, a chiseled face with thick black eyebrows and piercing blue eyes. As if waking from sleep, he gasped for air and looked beyond him to see the gorgeous maiden leading the way, the full moon providing light, though he swore that is was somehow amplified because he could see farther ahead than any mortal can at night, even under the light of the moon. Sometime later he did learn he had a spell put over him that allowed him to see at night. He found that his hand was in hers, her flesh so soft compared to his already rugged callused hands. She gently pulled him along, he didn’t know why but he trusted this woman more than anyone else, ever. A whisper, that Goku was sure was said without being spoken, came into his ears “You are safe now, you are mine forever”. The moonlit road was enshrouded with overgrown dense jungle. Much different than the forest of Arreat that he was accustomed to. The air was warm, muggy and humid, the soil beneath his feet soft and moist compared to the rocky tundra of his village. Goku was sure they were nowhere near his homeland, though couldn’t figure out how they moved away from his village in so little time. In time though, all his questions to these bizarre occurrences are answered. Soon after he figured out that Lilith had magical powers and simply teleported him from the village to a massive, hidden forest temple where he lived for many years with her in Kejastans jungle.
This was Goku’s recollection of his first time meeting his first and only love Lilith, the village and his parents, vague after the years but his moments with Lilith seemed to be burned into his memories permanently. For 26 winters he spent with her, over this time he she taught and showed him much, including her demonic form, the power of Edyrem, the Prime Evils and even how to be a lover. As he matured, he become very knowledgable, especially in the latter. Awakening the powers within him, Lilith helped him flourish with shapeshifting, teleporting, being in two places at once, charming animals, placing curses and summoning demons. She wore her demonic form when she was teaching Goku, she wanted him to see her true self when sharing her knowledge for her power. He was entranced and found her attractive in all forms of appearance she wore. She taught him about Mephisto as well, her father and the Lord of Hate. She even sent Goku through a portal to Mephisto after a long ritual, to have Goku become a demon. A journey he did not soon forget. Mephisto spent little time getting to know Goku before having demons ravage his Earthly flesh away, leaving him but a pile of bones. Mephisto killed several demons and reconstructed Goku in the image he found acceptable, looking very similar to Lucion, Lilith’s brother and Lilith herself. He then commanded Goku to do his will and only his from that point on. Goku pretended to be obedient to Mephisto, thus Mephsito feeling satisfied sent Goku back to Sanctuary to do his biddings. However, Goku’s master was Lilith, and he had no intentions of following anything Mephisto instructed unless it somehow correlated with that of Lilith’s commands.
Coming back to the mortal world, Lilith sat anxiously awaiting. After seeing the newly formed demon, Goku, before her, she too changed into her demonic form and tested Goku’s new power. After some time, she found herself satisfied and more attracted to Goku, they soon went to bed enjoying one another’s demonic flesh. Lilith was persistent from then in teaching Goku how to use his demonic powers, to enslaving lesser demons to work for him and to hypnotize humans as pawns for their liking. She spoke much of her Edyrem and she has many followers now at this point, and believed one day Goku, herself and her followers would be the rulers of the universe. After some time, he grew very keen to this idea, to this new life, a life he meant to spend entirely, forever with his lover.
Years and years had past. Goku was in a in a constant state of inebriation, constantly drinking in Liliths seductiveness, the demon power he now has, doing as he pleased and world of Sanctuary within grasp for him and his love. They were working on a plan to destroy the Inarius. As Goku understood, a fallen Angel who betrayed Lilith and had sought to kill her and enslave Sanctuary’s citizens to do as he willed. They had no intentions of letting the deranged Angel to take over and had a plan to capture him using Liliths recruits as well as many demons, slay him and then slay his all his followers. Putting their heads on pikes throughout the large cities would leave a message for locals to join Lilith’s cause. His cause.
On the eve of the plan to kill Inarius, Lilith had left to grab supplies for the angels trap. Her portal left behind, sat there pulsating blue, purple and black, spiraling in a black hole’ish circle. The portal sat unchanged for a full night. As the morning came, then afternoon, still no sight of his love, Goku decided there was something terribly wrong and had to enter the portal to investigate. Changing into his demonic form, he sought out many lesser demons, Liliths followers strangely missing, to join him on his rescue mission. After gathering a small army, he entered the portal.
As soon as he popped out of the other side of the portal, pain radiated throughout his very being, pain that burned his very soul. Looking around to see if his demons had suffered the same fate as he, he realized he was alone. They did not make it through the portal with him. Before he could make sense of his surroundings and make sense to what had happened, his massive demonic legs buckled as if the world itself was being supported by them. Broken leg bones pierced the scaled skin and blood shot out, spraying out at such a high, concentrated speed, that it was as if someone or something was pulling the blood out themselves as quickly as possible. Goku felt a wave of intense weakness. Using all his might to muster some magic to fix his broken bones or to put up a shield to protect himself failed. He was completely powerless now. Trying to see through his bloodshot eyes, realizing now that blood was spraying from them now too, he could see he was in a large room, covered in crystals from floor to ceiling.
As he was now on all fours, he realized he was on some form of a sacrificial slab of stone. And his blood, by some form of magic, was shooting directly into grooved ditches and tunnels that ran from the slab of stone to the floor. Following the ditches, they went from the table he was on, to the floor and on the floor, traveled to the center of the room. His fading vision followed the blood filled ditches to the center of the room only to find an incredible blinding light enshrouded, with the outline of a man, standing behold. What Goku could not see was behind the figure in the center of the room, was a large vase, the blood from the floor moving up its bulbous sides, pouring into the large opening at the top. The light from the figure penetrated Gokus demonic eyes and as if the light filled figure seeming to know at that moment that Goku finally noticed him, intensified it. Incredibly weak, to the point where each breath was laborious, Goku tried to turn his gaze away, but within a fraction of a second, the light emulating from the mysterious figure became so magnificent, it burned out the demonoid’s retinas, leaving Goku now blind. The sound of blood rushing so loud in his ears, he did not hear the figure move towards the table he now was at. Losing all strength, he fell to his belly. The weight of his own body now suffocating him and he knew his end was near.
Above him the figure stood and in a booming voice yelled “I.. INARIUS! WILL NOT BE SQUANDERED BY SOME DEMON PEASANT FOOL! JOINING WITH LILITH WAS YOUR MISFORTUNE. YOUR BLOOD WILL PREVENT LILITH AND HER FOLLOWERS FROM PENETRATING MY SHEILD NOW THANKS TO YOU! A FLY IN A JAR, YOU.. WILL.. DIE!”
Goku tried to muster something, understanding now he was trapped by the one he sought to kill, Inarius, but words could not form on the airless vocals. The sound of blood in his ears, slowed and the rushing lessened. One last time, Goku tried to focus his power to make a shield to prevent his blood from pouring out but once again, his powers were thwarted. His doom imminent, his last coherent thought, turning into a prayer, that he would do anything to see Lilith one last time. He heard a “ting” like metal hitting rock, then his neck felt hot like someone poured hot wax on it. His thoughts instantly went fuzzy and he felt completely weightless. His hearing fading now, heard a “thud” like he himself fell from the stone table, but he did not feel his body follow. Above him now, he heard words he could not understand, faded and muffled. Quiet sat in and infinite blackness. Everything was forgotten, though yet never existed. Everything was nothing.
Inarius stood above the slain demon, a mighty sabre in his hand, that, like himself, was covered in gold and shined brightly. Blood from the beheaded demon did not even touch the sword. In a rage, Inarius ordered in servants, informing them to chop up the body into many pieces, burn them and spread the ashes in select locations. He was very careful in his instructions about the procedure, as if he was afraid of something from the remains.
Goku knew no thoughts, no cares, no emotions. Just blackness. Then out of it all, he saw her, Lilith, shimmering in her green and gold garments as he had seen her the very first time, her hair flowing over her perfect shoulders. Her lips perfect, red and luscious. He longed to move forward to press his lips against hers. She stared at him, though after some time, he realized, she stared through him. As if she did not see him. He tried to speak though no words formed. In agony, only wanting to be with her, to have her comfort him, she disappeared. Slowly, noise surrounded him. Many voices, coming and going, whispers and shouts. Screams and laughter. Blackness gave way to red cavern walls. Sensations came back, he felt scaled fingers on his arms and shoulders, cold and lifeless they were. His vision no longer panoramic, but channeled, he tried to move it to see what held him. He realized that he had feeling in his hands, feet and neck. Using these renewed senses, he turned his neck to see the large snake-like demons holding him. They wore ebony plate armor, long ebony swords hung from each hip. They had smooth scaly skin that shined like the ebony armor they wore. They were muscular, had stout short legs, a very long whip looking tail and skinny arms. They only had armor covering their vital organs, most likely having more agility without wearing boots, gauntlets and helmets. Each hand had four long, razer sharp talons, that made Goku think twice of giving them any resistance. He noted that they were similar in many ways to their very small snake cousins in Sanctuary that move on their bellies, as they licked the air with their split tongues, though unlike their small cousins, they all had big scaled heads, cat eyes, and devious twisted grins with many jagged teeth hanging past their chins.
Goku realized his frightening demonic captures were kneeling down on the cavern floor. He himself felt he could not move his legs or arms to rip away from their grip or stand up, though he wasn't sure he'd want to. It then struck him, they were kneeling! He shot his gaze forward with all his strength to move his neck, seeing before him a huge throne, immaculate and majestic. Many jewels covered the outer metal frame, diamonds, topaz, amethyst, rubies and emeralds lined the huge chair. There was extreme craftsmanship that he had never witnessed prior to this occassion. The cushions were of soft red velvet, made from some rare furs or animal skins, from the distance, though Goku could only wonder. A massive, creature, looking very close to the demon captures that held Goku. though far bigger and much more intimidating. This snake demon sat at the throne clad in royal attire made of gold and silver, he held a highly decorated, massive jeweled scepter. His eyes were big, cat like, piecing and demonic. His lips formed to make a twisted smile that made Goku cringe. He feared the worse because he knew he was now some pawn to this demon kings will and could only wonder what the demon lord had in store for him.
After some time passed, satisfied from studying his new subject, Goku, spoke. “I AM BELIAL! LORD OF LORDS! KING OF ALL! THE FORGOTTEN EVIL! BOW BEFORE ME GOKU… YOU ARE NOW MY SERVANT!”
As Belial spoke, Goku heard a thousand voices, all saying the same. He had heard of Belial from his teachings of the Three but never learned of Belial. Goku had no idea what this demon lord was capable of or what purpose he could have. After being told to bow, he thought he would not be able to do so, but as soon as Belial finished, feeling came back to him. He was able to bow low, feeling the cold, damp, stone with his fingers. A sour, putrid musky smell hit his nostrils though he made an effort not to show his distaste of it. He tried to speak of thanks but still no words would form.
Belial watching Goku closely bellowed “RISE GOKU THE BARBARIAN! LOVER OF LILITH, SON OF MALHKAR, SON OF UM UM IRVINE, SON OF THEODRIM, SON OF FAYDO, SON OF TY BRUTO, SON OF HAUS, SON OF BUL KATHOS! “ Changing positions on his throne, crossing his leg over top the other and moving his tail to support his chin as a man would use his arm to “YOU DEFIED YOUR HERITAGE.. SON OF BUL KATHOS! YOU CHOSE TO BECOME A DEMON OF MEPHISTO! I AM FLATTERED! HA.. HAHAHAHAHAHA!” . The demon lord laughed in a thousand voices hysterically for a time. Then coughing, spitting up, shooting a phlem ball to the stone floor spoke again “I AM FLATTERED.. CHOOSiNG TO LOVE A DEMONESS LIKE LILITH, KNOWING YOU ARE MORTAL. YOUR LOVE FOR HER, SO STRONG, YOU GIVE UP YOUR MORTAL LIFE, BECOMING A DEMON. VERY INTERESTING!” Belials voice booming throughout the cavern.
“WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HER AGAIN? TO CARESS..SSSSsss… HER FLESH ONCE MORE?” The demon lords tongue flying wildly about as he spoke, now grabbed Goku’s attention hinting at the possibility of reuniting with Lilith. He felt his eyes filling with water, just the mere thought of seeing Lilith once more, hopefully getting back to her before Inarius springs his trap on her. If he had not already, another possibility, that Goku was sure could of already taken place. His failures of dying on Lilith and leaving her to fend Inarius off without his help, began overwhelming his senses. He held his breath to fight back the tears from rolling down his cheeks, his full of anguish felt like it was going to swell and eventually burst. He wanted to respond to Belial though figured his voice would fail him again if he tried to speak. He tried once more to speak, drawing in a deep breath, then pushed the air into vocals, now moving his tongue and lips to form a word, though surprisingly, this time, it worked. In a very low, raspy voice, Goku mustered “Ye.. sss” Coughing, trying to add moisture to his dry throat, he repeated himself “Yes!”, afraid the demon did not hear him before. Belial, seemingly losing interest in the peasant before him, admired his well kept long nails on his fingers, without glancing an eye at the Barbarian, thundered so loudly that it shoot the cavern walls “THEN YOU WILL WANT TO WORK WITH ME!”
-to be continued…
Prologue:
Goku ends up working with the Demon Lord Belial, striking a deal to gather the souls of Andariel, Mephisto, Diablo and Baal. He is also to give Belial any powerful artifacts he comes across in his journies that can assist the demon lord or his demon servants. There are 3 parallel universes the demons use to obtain more power, more souls, more destruction with, each different, yet each the same. Goku must travel to each universe, slay all the demons, gather all there souls and once every demon soul has been captured, Belial will summon back Goku, take the souls and send on his way to the the next portal, the next demension, doing this until all 3 all cleared. For the first time, Goku will have to rely on his Barbarian ancestry to gain the strength he needs to pull him through the perilous journey, for Belial could not resurrect a demon made by Mephisto, so his incredibly powerful demonic form can not be used.
What Goku does not know is he is just a puppet, oh and he had been dead for over a millennia, as this is just a scheme from Belial, Lord of Lies, to enter freely into Sanctuary unchallenged from the other, more powerful Demon Lords. Belial's plan is to begin his reign of the world in greatest desert city in Kejistan, Caldeum. With Mephisto’s power gone as well as his influence there, Belial can get to work with no resistance. As we learn in the not to distant future, he quickly finds himself another puppet to further help his plan, Emperor Hakan II, sealing the fate for the future of Sanctuary.
Hope you were able to enjoy my story! Look here in the future for my continuation of this and ulitmately the outcome of Goku and his deal with Belial. Thanks for reading! Hope you have a nice weekend! Bye-bye! (^_-)_//
-ZeroAffex
I spent yesterday and today composing a short story for you all, for my first ever Pat, Goku. I know his name is from the Dragon Ball Z universe, it actually wasn't planned to be that for my first Barbarian. When I first installed Diablo 2 1.03 Classic, then 1.07 LoD, I made a test Barbarian, Goku, to make sure my game's data was saved and I would be able to patch in 1.09. Well, I got kinda lazy and ended up keeping Goku as the my character and just worked out that way! Anyways, Goku from Dragon Ball Z is a badass, we can't deny that!
So anyways, I had fun writing this story. My favorite Diablo books were the Sin War books from Knaak, especially the introduction of Lilith, the sexy demoness! I found it fun to tie in some of the events from the Diablo universe into my character, as it added some depth and gave my imagination something to chew on when I played. Throughout my time playing Goku, working my way to Patriarch, I would constantly go over stories and scenerios in my mind. There were dozens I could of used, but I finally decided on the one below, simply because I really wanted to make a character who had an evil past and better yet, bring in Lilith somewhere in this.
So you have it! Its a very rough write up, since I sped wrote it in under 12 hours. As time goes on, I will be fixing grammatical errors, run ons and all that stuff I should of learned in my college English haha. I know there are plot holes in my story and in tieing it to the Diablo 2 realm but, like I said, this was just for fun for me. Hope you can look past the many errors at this point and enjoy the read, as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Goku - Lies in Betrayal
Sometime around the events that took place in the Sin Wars...
Goku lived in a village on the outskirts of the large city, now known as Harrogath. The name of it long forgotten as he only lived there for a short time with his siblings before it was destroyed by a band of demon Venom Lords led by a lusty, blood thirsty maiden of Hell. He had forgotten everything before this event, including that of his family and the village they lived in. He did remember that night he met his lover. The band of demons swooped in at dusk and by the time the sun had set the town was obliterated, the scream of villagers silenced, faint smoke rising in the starless sky. His mother and father tried to barter with the demonic beast that invaded there home, by giving Goku to them for exchange of their own lives, and to spare also the lives of his other brothers and sisters. The demons pretended to accept his parents offer, though after confiscating Goku, they slayed his parents before his eyes. What happened to his brother and sisters, he does not know, nor did he even care but it was safe to assume they were slaughtered. Next, the massive hand of the Venom Lord clasp around the small boys neck, the long nails piercing his flesh. Goku’s eye’s protruded from his head, veins in his face swelling, his face turning as red as the skin from the apples that his village grew. At that moment, a lady appeared, drinking the blood of the slain, so quickly that it was a merely green lightning like flash to Goku’s eyes. Before him, finding himself completely enthralled despite his predicament stood a beautiful, blonde haired maiden. Even many years later, he still remembers the first time he smelled her sweet, floral scent, how abyssal her eyes were, the rich redness of her soft lips and how perfect each strand of hair on her head was placed. Instantly, the pain of his parents’ betrayal and the detrimental situation that now plagued him faded into her beautiful green eyes. If not for his future lover interrupting the Venom Lord, Goku would of died that night along side his parents. The demon like woman took to the young boy instantly, seeing something within him she wanted. She gave one look towards the demon holding Goku and the demon released him, it bowed lowly and franticly grabbed his minions moving out of the home, knocking over pots and furniture on their way out.
Mesmerized at the very sight of this woman he felt weightless and after time he can’t recollect how long, passed, he was far, far away from the village. Goku was only 11 winters old at this time, already nearly full grown. He was clearly barbarian, was very muscular, short, husky, hairy, tan, had a big head and a thick neck. His legs were like tree stumps and he had a low center of gravity, more so than even adult barbarians. His hair was short, black, a chiseled face with thick black eyebrows and piercing blue eyes. As if waking from sleep, he gasped for air and looked beyond him to see the gorgeous maiden leading the way, the full moon providing light, though he swore that is was somehow amplified because he could see farther ahead than any mortal can at night, even under the light of the moon. Sometime later he did learn he had a spell put over him that allowed him to see at night. He found that his hand was in hers, her flesh so soft compared to his already rugged callused hands. She gently pulled him along, he didn’t know why but he trusted this woman more than anyone else, ever. A whisper, that Goku was sure was said without being spoken, came into his ears “You are safe now, you are mine forever”. The moonlit road was enshrouded with overgrown dense jungle. Much different than the forest of Arreat that he was accustomed to. The air was warm, muggy and humid, the soil beneath his feet soft and moist compared to the rocky tundra of his village. Goku was sure they were nowhere near his homeland, though couldn’t figure out how they moved away from his village in so little time. In time though, all his questions to these bizarre occurrences are answered. Soon after he figured out that Lilith had magical powers and simply teleported him from the village to a massive, hidden forest temple where he lived for many years with her in Kejastans jungle.
This was Goku’s recollection of his first time meeting his first and only love Lilith, the village and his parents, vague after the years but his moments with Lilith seemed to be burned into his memories permanently. For 26 winters he spent with her, over this time he she taught and showed him much, including her demonic form, the power of Edyrem, the Prime Evils and even how to be a lover. As he matured, he become very knowledgable, especially in the latter. Awakening the powers within him, Lilith helped him flourish with shapeshifting, teleporting, being in two places at once, charming animals, placing curses and summoning demons. She wore her demonic form when she was teaching Goku, she wanted him to see her true self when sharing her knowledge for her power. He was entranced and found her attractive in all forms of appearance she wore. She taught him about Mephisto as well, her father and the Lord of Hate. She even sent Goku through a portal to Mephisto after a long ritual, to have Goku become a demon. A journey he did not soon forget. Mephisto spent little time getting to know Goku before having demons ravage his Earthly flesh away, leaving him but a pile of bones. Mephisto killed several demons and reconstructed Goku in the image he found acceptable, looking very similar to Lucion, Lilith’s brother and Lilith herself. He then commanded Goku to do his will and only his from that point on. Goku pretended to be obedient to Mephisto, thus Mephsito feeling satisfied sent Goku back to Sanctuary to do his biddings. However, Goku’s master was Lilith, and he had no intentions of following anything Mephisto instructed unless it somehow correlated with that of Lilith’s commands.
Coming back to the mortal world, Lilith sat anxiously awaiting. After seeing the newly formed demon, Goku, before her, she too changed into her demonic form and tested Goku’s new power. After some time, she found herself satisfied and more attracted to Goku, they soon went to bed enjoying one another’s demonic flesh. Lilith was persistent from then in teaching Goku how to use his demonic powers, to enslaving lesser demons to work for him and to hypnotize humans as pawns for their liking. She spoke much of her Edyrem and she has many followers now at this point, and believed one day Goku, herself and her followers would be the rulers of the universe. After some time, he grew very keen to this idea, to this new life, a life he meant to spend entirely, forever with his lover.
Years and years had past. Goku was in a in a constant state of inebriation, constantly drinking in Liliths seductiveness, the demon power he now has, doing as he pleased and world of Sanctuary within grasp for him and his love. They were working on a plan to destroy the Inarius. As Goku understood, a fallen Angel who betrayed Lilith and had sought to kill her and enslave Sanctuary’s citizens to do as he willed. They had no intentions of letting the deranged Angel to take over and had a plan to capture him using Liliths recruits as well as many demons, slay him and then slay his all his followers. Putting their heads on pikes throughout the large cities would leave a message for locals to join Lilith’s cause. His cause.
On the eve of the plan to kill Inarius, Lilith had left to grab supplies for the angels trap. Her portal left behind, sat there pulsating blue, purple and black, spiraling in a black hole’ish circle. The portal sat unchanged for a full night. As the morning came, then afternoon, still no sight of his love, Goku decided there was something terribly wrong and had to enter the portal to investigate. Changing into his demonic form, he sought out many lesser demons, Liliths followers strangely missing, to join him on his rescue mission. After gathering a small army, he entered the portal.
As soon as he popped out of the other side of the portal, pain radiated throughout his very being, pain that burned his very soul. Looking around to see if his demons had suffered the same fate as he, he realized he was alone. They did not make it through the portal with him. Before he could make sense of his surroundings and make sense to what had happened, his massive demonic legs buckled as if the world itself was being supported by them. Broken leg bones pierced the scaled skin and blood shot out, spraying out at such a high, concentrated speed, that it was as if someone or something was pulling the blood out themselves as quickly as possible. Goku felt a wave of intense weakness. Using all his might to muster some magic to fix his broken bones or to put up a shield to protect himself failed. He was completely powerless now. Trying to see through his bloodshot eyes, realizing now that blood was spraying from them now too, he could see he was in a large room, covered in crystals from floor to ceiling.
As he was now on all fours, he realized he was on some form of a sacrificial slab of stone. And his blood, by some form of magic, was shooting directly into grooved ditches and tunnels that ran from the slab of stone to the floor. Following the ditches, they went from the table he was on, to the floor and on the floor, traveled to the center of the room. His fading vision followed the blood filled ditches to the center of the room only to find an incredible blinding light enshrouded, with the outline of a man, standing behold. What Goku could not see was behind the figure in the center of the room, was a large vase, the blood from the floor moving up its bulbous sides, pouring into the large opening at the top. The light from the figure penetrated Gokus demonic eyes and as if the light filled figure seeming to know at that moment that Goku finally noticed him, intensified it. Incredibly weak, to the point where each breath was laborious, Goku tried to turn his gaze away, but within a fraction of a second, the light emulating from the mysterious figure became so magnificent, it burned out the demonoid’s retinas, leaving Goku now blind. The sound of blood rushing so loud in his ears, he did not hear the figure move towards the table he now was at. Losing all strength, he fell to his belly. The weight of his own body now suffocating him and he knew his end was near.
Above him the figure stood and in a booming voice yelled “I.. INARIUS! WILL NOT BE SQUANDERED BY SOME DEMON PEASANT FOOL! JOINING WITH LILITH WAS YOUR MISFORTUNE. YOUR BLOOD WILL PREVENT LILITH AND HER FOLLOWERS FROM PENETRATING MY SHEILD NOW THANKS TO YOU! A FLY IN A JAR, YOU.. WILL.. DIE!”
Goku tried to muster something, understanding now he was trapped by the one he sought to kill, Inarius, but words could not form on the airless vocals. The sound of blood in his ears, slowed and the rushing lessened. One last time, Goku tried to focus his power to make a shield to prevent his blood from pouring out but once again, his powers were thwarted. His doom imminent, his last coherent thought, turning into a prayer, that he would do anything to see Lilith one last time. He heard a “ting” like metal hitting rock, then his neck felt hot like someone poured hot wax on it. His thoughts instantly went fuzzy and he felt completely weightless. His hearing fading now, heard a “thud” like he himself fell from the stone table, but he did not feel his body follow. Above him now, he heard words he could not understand, faded and muffled. Quiet sat in and infinite blackness. Everything was forgotten, though yet never existed. Everything was nothing.
Inarius stood above the slain demon, a mighty sabre in his hand, that, like himself, was covered in gold and shined brightly. Blood from the beheaded demon did not even touch the sword. In a rage, Inarius ordered in servants, informing them to chop up the body into many pieces, burn them and spread the ashes in select locations. He was very careful in his instructions about the procedure, as if he was afraid of something from the remains.
Goku knew no thoughts, no cares, no emotions. Just blackness. Then out of it all, he saw her, Lilith, shimmering in her green and gold garments as he had seen her the very first time, her hair flowing over her perfect shoulders. Her lips perfect, red and luscious. He longed to move forward to press his lips against hers. She stared at him, though after some time, he realized, she stared through him. As if she did not see him. He tried to speak though no words formed. In agony, only wanting to be with her, to have her comfort him, she disappeared. Slowly, noise surrounded him. Many voices, coming and going, whispers and shouts. Screams and laughter. Blackness gave way to red cavern walls. Sensations came back, he felt scaled fingers on his arms and shoulders, cold and lifeless they were. His vision no longer panoramic, but channeled, he tried to move it to see what held him. He realized that he had feeling in his hands, feet and neck. Using these renewed senses, he turned his neck to see the large snake-like demons holding him. They wore ebony plate armor, long ebony swords hung from each hip. They had smooth scaly skin that shined like the ebony armor they wore. They were muscular, had stout short legs, a very long whip looking tail and skinny arms. They only had armor covering their vital organs, most likely having more agility without wearing boots, gauntlets and helmets. Each hand had four long, razer sharp talons, that made Goku think twice of giving them any resistance. He noted that they were similar in many ways to their very small snake cousins in Sanctuary that move on their bellies, as they licked the air with their split tongues, though unlike their small cousins, they all had big scaled heads, cat eyes, and devious twisted grins with many jagged teeth hanging past their chins.
Goku realized his frightening demonic captures were kneeling down on the cavern floor. He himself felt he could not move his legs or arms to rip away from their grip or stand up, though he wasn't sure he'd want to. It then struck him, they were kneeling! He shot his gaze forward with all his strength to move his neck, seeing before him a huge throne, immaculate and majestic. Many jewels covered the outer metal frame, diamonds, topaz, amethyst, rubies and emeralds lined the huge chair. There was extreme craftsmanship that he had never witnessed prior to this occassion. The cushions were of soft red velvet, made from some rare furs or animal skins, from the distance, though Goku could only wonder. A massive, creature, looking very close to the demon captures that held Goku. though far bigger and much more intimidating. This snake demon sat at the throne clad in royal attire made of gold and silver, he held a highly decorated, massive jeweled scepter. His eyes were big, cat like, piecing and demonic. His lips formed to make a twisted smile that made Goku cringe. He feared the worse because he knew he was now some pawn to this demon kings will and could only wonder what the demon lord had in store for him.
After some time passed, satisfied from studying his new subject, Goku, spoke. “I AM BELIAL! LORD OF LORDS! KING OF ALL! THE FORGOTTEN EVIL! BOW BEFORE ME GOKU… YOU ARE NOW MY SERVANT!”
As Belial spoke, Goku heard a thousand voices, all saying the same. He had heard of Belial from his teachings of the Three but never learned of Belial. Goku had no idea what this demon lord was capable of or what purpose he could have. After being told to bow, he thought he would not be able to do so, but as soon as Belial finished, feeling came back to him. He was able to bow low, feeling the cold, damp, stone with his fingers. A sour, putrid musky smell hit his nostrils though he made an effort not to show his distaste of it. He tried to speak of thanks but still no words would form.
Belial watching Goku closely bellowed “RISE GOKU THE BARBARIAN! LOVER OF LILITH, SON OF MALHKAR, SON OF UM UM IRVINE, SON OF THEODRIM, SON OF FAYDO, SON OF TY BRUTO, SON OF HAUS, SON OF BUL KATHOS! “ Changing positions on his throne, crossing his leg over top the other and moving his tail to support his chin as a man would use his arm to “YOU DEFIED YOUR HERITAGE.. SON OF BUL KATHOS! YOU CHOSE TO BECOME A DEMON OF MEPHISTO! I AM FLATTERED! HA.. HAHAHAHAHAHA!” . The demon lord laughed in a thousand voices hysterically for a time. Then coughing, spitting up, shooting a phlem ball to the stone floor spoke again “I AM FLATTERED.. CHOOSiNG TO LOVE A DEMONESS LIKE LILITH, KNOWING YOU ARE MORTAL. YOUR LOVE FOR HER, SO STRONG, YOU GIVE UP YOUR MORTAL LIFE, BECOMING A DEMON. VERY INTERESTING!” Belials voice booming throughout the cavern.
“WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE HER AGAIN? TO CARESS..SSSSsss… HER FLESH ONCE MORE?” The demon lords tongue flying wildly about as he spoke, now grabbed Goku’s attention hinting at the possibility of reuniting with Lilith. He felt his eyes filling with water, just the mere thought of seeing Lilith once more, hopefully getting back to her before Inarius springs his trap on her. If he had not already, another possibility, that Goku was sure could of already taken place. His failures of dying on Lilith and leaving her to fend Inarius off without his help, began overwhelming his senses. He held his breath to fight back the tears from rolling down his cheeks, his full of anguish felt like it was going to swell and eventually burst. He wanted to respond to Belial though figured his voice would fail him again if he tried to speak. He tried once more to speak, drawing in a deep breath, then pushed the air into vocals, now moving his tongue and lips to form a word, though surprisingly, this time, it worked. In a very low, raspy voice, Goku mustered “Ye.. sss” Coughing, trying to add moisture to his dry throat, he repeated himself “Yes!”, afraid the demon did not hear him before. Belial, seemingly losing interest in the peasant before him, admired his well kept long nails on his fingers, without glancing an eye at the Barbarian, thundered so loudly that it shoot the cavern walls “THEN YOU WILL WANT TO WORK WITH ME!”
-to be continued…
Prologue:
Goku ends up working with the Demon Lord Belial, striking a deal to gather the souls of Andariel, Mephisto, Diablo and Baal. He is also to give Belial any powerful artifacts he comes across in his journies that can assist the demon lord or his demon servants. There are 3 parallel universes the demons use to obtain more power, more souls, more destruction with, each different, yet each the same. Goku must travel to each universe, slay all the demons, gather all there souls and once every demon soul has been captured, Belial will summon back Goku, take the souls and send on his way to the the next portal, the next demension, doing this until all 3 all cleared. For the first time, Goku will have to rely on his Barbarian ancestry to gain the strength he needs to pull him through the perilous journey, for Belial could not resurrect a demon made by Mephisto, so his incredibly powerful demonic form can not be used.
What Goku does not know is he is just a puppet, oh and he had been dead for over a millennia, as this is just a scheme from Belial, Lord of Lies, to enter freely into Sanctuary unchallenged from the other, more powerful Demon Lords. Belial's plan is to begin his reign of the world in greatest desert city in Kejistan, Caldeum. With Mephisto’s power gone as well as his influence there, Belial can get to work with no resistance. As we learn in the not to distant future, he quickly finds himself another puppet to further help his plan, Emperor Hakan II, sealing the fate for the future of Sanctuary.
Hope you were able to enjoy my story! Look here in the future for my continuation of this and ulitmately the outcome of Goku and his deal with Belial. Thanks for reading! Hope you have a nice weekend! Bye-bye! (^_-)_//
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