Author's Note: Well, here's my new rewrite of Sabria's Saga. Same name, but the story in question has changed vastly. I do hope the story is to everyone's liking (myself included) and has fun reading each chapter as I release it. Without further ado, here is chapter 1.
Meanwhile, in Timeline 5.
Somewhere on a different timeline there existed a particular being whose desire was the destruction of anything and everything, including that of his own family. Why he became so power hungry is probably thanks to the staff he just so happened to "find." It had a red orb which sat on the very top of the staff white the rest of it was black in color.
The being in question is named Xiphos, his appearance was that of an elderly man dressed in black and white, his beard was gray and wrinkly while most of his hair had degraded over time. When he declared himself proud Eternal Emperor of the Universes after having used the power of his staff to ensnare and enslave anyone he came across, he induced a great deal of fear into everyone from every planet and moon.
For Xiphos, simply having the inhabitants under his thumb wasn't enough to sate his lust for power so he did something no one thought was possible. He began accessing dark magic through the use of his staff to harvest the life energy of anyone he came across but he was unable to harvest the energy of those he deemed to be "weak."
One after another, every individual Xiphos consumed only added a small portion of power to his own, much to his great annoyance. Desperate to find suitable powerful individuals, he began locating and harvesting the life energy of the Supreme Kais located in the far reaches of the 5th universe but found his magic had zero effect on them and fled after being easily overwhelmed by two Supreme Kais.
"Dammit! Why isn't my magic having any effect on them? These Supreme Kai should be mortal, right? I can't seem to sense they're ki, so that can't be the case…" Xiphos thought to himself after fleeing the fight, grievously injured by the combined might of the Supreme Kai of Time the Elder Kai. Even with the injuries sustained, Xiphos was able to slip away amongst the smoke he conjured up.
Several days after the sudden attack, the two Kais were pondering on what they're next move is. "This isn't good… it doesn't matter where we hide, he'll still find us. We need to come up with a plan of action." The Supreme Kai of Time pondered on the situation, trying to think of a way to take down Xiphos before all life is extinguished. She didn't come up with any ideas that day, the Elder Kai beside her was looking through the universe for something.
"Elder Kai, just what do you think your looking for?" The short, pink colored Kai asked her comrade who didn't respond to her question at first. But after a few minutes of searching, the old Kai turned his attention to Chronoa who was now impatiently waiting for a response.
"Hope. That's what I'm searching for." Elder Kai responded to Chronoa who gave him a weird look and turned her gaze towards the sky.
Several thousand light years away, Chronoa and Elder Kai noticed Xiphos heading to a planet inhabited by countless millions of people that he intends to consume. "This isn't good. We need help! Can't Beerus help us?" Chronoa suggested, but Elder Kai shook his head in disbelief.
"It's Lord Beerus. Please learn some manners." A voice echoed from behind the two and quickly turned around. Standing before them was a rather tall man with a ring around his neck and carried a rather unusual staff in his right hand. He casually waltzed over and gently tapping the ground with his staff, conjured up an image of what was happening right now.
"Whis… dangit. Its happening again, isn't it? Why can't we have some level of peace for once? Is that too much to ask for?" Elder Kai said with a sigh, watching the image projected from the staff as Xiphos begins siphoning the life of everything on the planet he was hovering over. Upon further inspection, Chronoa and Elder Kai noticed the inhabitants of said world are fighting back with everything they have.
Before they're very eyes, a barrier was conjured over the entire planet, temporarily shielding the people below from the effects of Xiphos' siphoning magic. Adding more power to the spell, the barrier begins to crack under the pressure, much to Elder Kais' fear but Whis was unmoving, still watching on. However, what happened next caught both the Supreme Kai of Time and Elder Kai by surprise.
The three of them then noticed a green and red energy beam shoot through the barrier and make contact with Xiphos, catching him by surprise but survived the attack with little to no injuries. "Xiphos the Unyielding huh? I was wondering when you would show your face here. Rumor has it you were heading to a planet in this sector, but we never thought you would come here of all places! Why have you come here? We're a weak species you know, not many of us know the art of battle. Save for me."
After those words left Tavurth's mouth, Xiphos halted his attack for a few, moving his staff to his right hand and began to speak. "Well now, what nonsense is that? A fighter are you? You couldn't even fight a cold, lest an army of all things. And from the looks of it, it would appear your power is inferior to mine, maybe even that of a Supreme Kai. But that is about to end. I can't let an ant like you slip through my fingers. Time to get serious." Xiphos declares, throwing his staff away and taking his jacket off, his power increasing more than before and charged forth at Tavurth, dealing significant damage to him.
With the last attack, Xiphos sent Tavurth crashing down to the planet below, much to it's peoples fear and shock. They all scattered as Xiphos slowly descended down to the ground below, landing in front of Tavurth who could barely move from the sudden onslaught. Not giving up for even a moment, Tavurth finally punched Xiphos in the face with little effect, the annoyed man grabbing the weaker one by the neck and tossed him aside.
"You assumed I came here just to consume or torment your people, yes? Oh hoe painfully wrong you are. Remember the first law I put in place after I conquered the universes?" Xiphos asked Tavurth who struggled to get up from the strong attack. He hadn't forgotten, at the start of each month a single person of each planet must be sacrificed to Xiphos in exchange for the survival of said planet.
But this wasn't the only law put in place, there were four more after that. The 1st law of course, as discussed above, required a single person of a planet sacrificed to Xiphos so he may experiment on them. Law number two prohibited the art of combat or rebellion against Xiphos unless he allows it such as death battles, the third law required everyone to donate a fraction of their power to Xiphos and expect to be killed immediately afterwards, the fourth law forbids the use of magic that isn't in Xiphos' possession no matter who it is. The fifth and last law prohibited any kinf of Kai from interfering with his plans, even though they are supposed to be peace keepers.
"How could I forget? We are supposed to donate one person to you, but it isn't time yet. That's at least two days from now. If you gave us more time, we-" Before Tavurth could finish his sentence is pinned to the ground by the use of Xiphos' magic, leaving him completely paralyzed. "I don't care what day of the month it is, when I ask something you better damn well give it to me this instant!" Xiphos stomped the ground with his foot, destroying much of it with little effort.
"Please, Emperor Xiphos. We need more time to think, a moments notice is too sudden for us! Please, we implore of you!" When Tavurth begged Xiphos, he removed his staff from the appointed position, releasing Tavurth from the spell and began walking towards the center of the planet. Stopping for a moment and looking towards the sky, it looked as though he was going to leave the planet and consider Tavurth's offer.
"Hear me, citizens of Planet Rave! Heed my warning, for I shall not repeat it again! One of you has been sneaking onto my planet and stealing some of my supplies! This has bern going on in a matter of only two months and came to my attention merely days ago! Whoever has been stealing from me, step forward this instant or all that you hold dearly will be destroyed in an instant! Let this one be an example of what happens to those who steals from me and expect to get away with it alive!" With a simple wave of his staff, Xiphos shot a beam at a random villager, instantly killing them in the process and disappeared moments later.
After that sudden death, everyone went into a sudden panic and started running amok while Tavurth approached the now deceased person, placing his hand over the girls eyes and sealed them shut. "Dammit all... not again. This is the third time this month that it happened. But who could possibly steal from Xiphos? Nothing can escape his gaze, can it? And why would anyone want to steal from him? It doesn't make any sense..." While he pondered on the situation, he was approached by a villager.
"Tavurth, we were thinking about who we should give up in exchange for our freedom. We were hoping you would listen to us." The male short villager said, Tavurth finishing his burial of the deceased and got up from the ground, wiping off the dirt from his clothes and turned his attention to those gathered before him. However, what he saw next to one of the villagers was a small child, wearing a blue hat but the clothes themselves were tattered rags.
"No... you can't be serious. Not her! Xiphos has no need for someone like around! She-" His voice was interrupted by the seriousness he could see on the villagers faces.
"Please, hear us out Tavurth. Over the past few days, we have noticed this girl strangely disappearing at random as we noticed at first. But upon further inspection, we saw the girl had been sneaking at exactly four A.M. and flew off to space, we didn't even know she was capable of this feat. Therefore, we propose we sacrifice this child, named Sabria to Xiphos so we may yet live." The same villager Tavurth spoke to earlier said to him, unable to listen any further.
Sabria, a thief? No, it can't be... I've known that child ever since she was conceived into this world but to find out she's the thief... no, I refuse to believe this! But it would appear the other villagers aren't going to listen me. How truly sad this is... to lose such a brilliant child all in one day... The man slumped down to the ground, finding it very difficult to take all of what he had heard in.
"I suppose I won't be able to convince you otherwise. Give me two hours and I'll give you my answer." After hearing those words, the villagers sighed in disbelief and went on their way, leaving the girl on the floor who had tears streaming down her face, unable to bear the thought of being a prisoner of that man. In fact, the very thought terrified her to the point of shivering cold even though the weather outside was nice and hot.
Struggling to take in all what she heard, Sabria quickly rushed to the side of Tavurth and quickly saw he had the same expression on his face as she did, much to her surprise. "There's just no way I can give her up like this... Sabria is such a disciplined child, she would never stoop so low as to steal from anyone, much less an Emperor. What should I do?!" Tavurth tried to think of an easy way out of this, but all his ideas came to one simple conclusion that he thought he could get away with: Give Sabria to Xiphos.
Several hours had passed with Sabria and Tavurth sitting in the exact same spot as before, not moving at all, the muscles completely came to a screeching halt while the rest of the villagers were anxious as to what Tavurth's response would be. "Do you think he'll just turn her over? After all, they are like father and daughter." One villager spoke up while looking towards the two casually sitting on the ground.
"What are you talking about? Of course he'll hand her over, regardless of the relationship between him and Sabria!" Another villager spoke up, earning the annoyance of a few villagers but not all of them. Some were in great disagreement while the rest, not so much.
"And how the hell do YOU know that? For all we know he could be planning to save her life!" A rather young villager spoke up which angered the other villager who opposed him. Soon, all the villagers save for Tavurth and Sabria were engaged in a rather heated argument about weather or not Tavurth would really save Sabria's life or hand him over to that... monster of a man.
This argument continued on and on for what seemed like hours until finally, he spoke up. "That's enough! I've made my decision." Tavurth loudly yelled, a silence overtaking much of the atmosphere. Taking a deep breathe, it was obvious as to what his decision was, earning a saddened glare from Sabria. "We have no choice but to... to... hand Sabria over to Xiphos." His words echoed throughout the land, some of the villagers sighs were a mixture of relief and sadness, but regardless of what they thought Tavurth's mind was made up.
"That's what I thought you'd say." Xiphos suddenly appeared behind Tavurth, catching him by surprise and saw the frail girl was already in Xiphos' left hand. Waving his staff, he created a portal just ahead of him but before he was going to leave, Xiphos placed the girl on the ground and turned his attention to the villagers, inducing a great deal of fear into everyone including Tavurth with his menacing stare.
"Emperor Xiphos? Is the something the matter? We gave Sabria to you, so you can-" Shortly after he said those words, he felt a sharp pain run through his heart as a bright red beam shot out of Xiphos' finger on his left hand, scaring all the villagers in the process and saw as Sabria ran past Xiphos to Tavurth's side. A deep hole appeared at the center of his chest where his heart used to be. Sabria was baffled by what she had seen before her very own eyes and soon after, tears began to form in her eyes.
"Damn you, Xiphos... why did... you... betr..." Tavurth could utter no more words for he had quickly succumbed to his wound. Sabria was now crying over his chest, unable to bear the pain of seeing the one man he cared about the most die before her very own eyes. But Sabria was quickly grabbed by Xiphos who was getting tired of the girls annoying cries and screams following the death of Tavurth and wacked the girl with his staff.
"One day, you'll thank me for this. But now is not the time for that, we leave." Xiphos soon left the planet with Sabria, leaving the villagers devastated by the death of the one man they looked up to as a whole. And what happened to Sabria and Xiphos after this sudden turn of events? Well, guess you'll have to find out in the next chapter!