Soon the next fight was ready to start, in came the fighters of Universe 3 ready to do battle. The three robots, Koitsukai, Panchia and Bollarator entered the ring and faced off against Gohan and his friends.
"Alright, we're up against robots, not sure how this will go though," Gohan said.
"They don't look that tough, they're actually kinda goofy looking," Seventeen said.
"Just be careful!" Vegeta warned. "They were pretty tough for you and your sister during the Tournament in this timeline!"
"I almost find that hard to believe, I'll chalk that up to them getting," Seventeen said. "Trust when I say that I'll blast you out of this ring in a quick second!"
Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Almost forgot how arrogant this Seventeen was."
"Let the next fight begin," Whis said.
The three robots rushed in to attack with Koitsukai attacking Eighteen with it's long arms, Panchia trying to ram into Seventeen and Bollarator throwing a few kicks to Gohan.
Eighteen flew up and fired some ki blasts that were deflected by Koitsukai's punches, as he then tried to grab Eighteen's ankle. The moment he made contact however, Eighteen quickly blasted the hand away and flew in to kick the robot in the head.
Seventeen and Panchia traded some blows, Seventeen having a slight advantage due to his longer arms and better reach as he kept a distance while attacking.
Panchia jumped back and attempted to ram Seventeen in the stomach, though the cocky Android had been able to block and kick the robot back, flashing an arrogant smile.
"Make this a little more fun will ya," Seventeen taunted, then flew in to kick Panchia again, knocking him across the ring.
Gohan quickly dodged Bollarator's kicks and was eventually able to grab it's leg and slam it down on one side and then again on the other. Before this could continue, Bollarator was able to free itself after kicking Gohan in the head a couple of times, making him a little dizzy and then rushing in for another attack. Gohan however regained his focus and dodged giving him the chance to kick Bollarator away.
"Whoa, they're crafty," Gohan said.
"Crafty how!?" Seventeen asked from nearby. "These things are too easy!" Seventeen shouted, then rushed in to attack some more, though got himself whacked back with a strong blast from Panchia.
"Don't get overconfident Seventeen!" Eighteen shouted, punching Koitsukai's away from her, then tried to blast it. It managed to dodge and rush in with a strong punch to Eighteen's gut."Damn, not bad," Eighteen then elbowed it away and started blasting it again.
Gohan moved quickly while avoiding Bollarator's attacks, making sure to keep the robot in his sights since he won't be able to sense his energy otherwise. Regardless of Seventeen's cocky words, this robot was pretty tough, as expected after hearing what Vegeta just said.
"Can't let them get the best of me," Gohan said, and then kicked Bollarator up into the air and then kicked it back down towards the edge of the ring, hoping for a ring out win. Unfortunately Koitsuka was quick to help his ally by grabbing onto him after having dodged a strong blast from Eighteen.
"Wow, that robot's a quick thinker," Gohan commented.
Mosco started to beep, the other robots beeping as well, much to the confusion of Gohan and his friends.
"Any chance one of you can tell me what they're saying?" Gohan asked.
"How would we know?" Seventeen asked.
"Huh? Should you be able to speak robot? You're both Androids after all," Gohan said.
That left Seventeen and Eighteen somewhat speechless, waiting to hear if Gohan started laughing. It started to worry them when he didn't, it meant he was serious.
"Gohan...please tell me you're joking," Eighteen said.
"I'm not, I figured you might have somewhat of an understanding," Gohan said.
"What are you stupid or something!?" Seventeen asked. "Just because we're cybernetic doesn't mean we speak 'robot'!"
"Hey I was just brainstorming, pardon me for not knowing how your cybernetics function," Gohan said, then focused on the robot opponents, "But they are up to something!"
The three robots quickly jumped toward one another, and then started to stack, with Panchia jumping on Bollarator's head and Koitsuka jumping on top of Panchia. The three robots started to fuse together, surprising Gohan and his friends.
"Looks like they're combining!" Gohan said..
"Didn't expect that," Seventeen said.
Vegeta rubbed his chin, "They barely wasted time doing that, that was probably their plan from the start and were simply just measuring the power of Gohan and his two Android friends."
Goku looked a little concerned, "This might be tough for them, they're gonna really have to put their power together to stand a chance."
Within moments, the three robots had become the combined warrior, Koichiarator. The robot started charging up another attack and launched it right at the trio of friends, though fortunately they were able to dodge, but still felt some shockwaves from the explosion.
"I think it's power increased too!" Gohan said, landing down alongside the Androids.
"Great, just what we needed," Eighteen said.
Gohan became a little worried, then turned to his friends. "So...I don't suppose you two could fuse together."
"If we could, don't you think we would have done that a long time ago when we were fighting Majin Buu!?" Seventeen asked, getting very annoyed.
"Maybe you could and just forgot?" Gohan asked. Seventeen then bonked Gohan on the head, greatly annoying the half-Saiyan. "Hey! We're suppose to be on the same team you jerk!"
"You're the one with the idiotic ideas!" Seventeen shouted.
"Can you two argue later! That thing's about to attack again!" Eighteen shouted as Koichiarator rushed in to attack again, causing the group to spread out to avoid it's attacks.
"Let's attack together!" Gohan said, the trio rushing in and throwing a punch to the robot.
The attack connected and a huge shockwave occurred, but it wasn't enough to take Koichiarator down, and it started to shoot lasers at the three, which they quickly dodged.
"Wow, tougher than I thought," Gohan said, wiping some dust off his clothes.
"Ugh, I'm not losing to a bunch of petty robots," Seventeen said, getting into another stance.
Gohan chuckled a bit, "Weird for you to say that since-" Gohan's retort was silenced by a very angry glare from Seventeen.
"Go on, finish that sentence," Seventeen said with a tone that sent chills down Gohan's back.
"N-nevermind," Gohan said.
Eighteen groaned, "Gohan, while you're undeniably my favorite person in existence, you can be too much like your father on occasion."
"What does that mean?" Goku asked, scratching his head.
"Gee, I wonder," Vegeta sarcastically said with Trunks and Mai glancing awkwardly at each other.
Gohan then focused his attention on Koichiarator. "Let's just knock this guy out of the ring somehow."
The three rushed around the robot, with Seventeen and Eighteen firing ki blasts and Gohan doing some punches. Their attacks were doing some damage, but Koichiarator had suddenly flew up and started hitting the ring with various ki blasts, the group quickly dodging.
Gohan fired a Masenko, hitting Koichiarator, but the fused robot had rushed in and delivered an attack twice as hard to knock Gohan further back.
"Ow, that was a hard hit," Gohan said.
"I think it's time for you to stop holding back," Eighteen said.
"Huh? Oh right, I guess so," Gohan said. "Looks like I'm already gonna need to transform."
Gohan got into a stance and then started to power up, letting out a mighty yell as he transformed into a Super Saiyan, getting a look of surprise from some but for most it wasn't anything unusual.
"Kinda weird seeing that transformation on a kid," Caulifla said.
"Gohan's starting to show more of his power, it's really amazing," Cabba said.
"So, he is hiding more power," Brianne said, smirking a bit. "Gotta say, he looks better with his hair blonde."
"Weird I don't remember the Gohan of this timeline changing his hair like that," Dyspo said.
Gohan got into a stance familiar to many, "Ka...Me..." The Androids stood by him and charged up their own energy attacks. "Ha...Me...!" Koichiarator went to attack, hoping to knock Gohan off balance, unfortunately he was unable to as Gohan sent out his father's known move. "HA!"
The Androids fired a blast at the same time as Gohan's Kamehameha, and while the fused robot attempted to stand strong and block the attacks, the combined force was too strong and managed to push Koichiarator out of the ring and ending the fight.
"That's three in a row for our Universe 7 team!" Whis said.
Goku looked estatic, "Great job Gohan! I knew you had it in you son!"
"Wow, pretty impressive job," Cabba said, clenching his fists in excitement. "I'm getting pretty eager to fight against Gohan soon."
"Same, just to wipe away that confidence of his teammates," Caulifla said with a grin.
Mosco beeped a message, which his angel translated. "Lord Mosco says Koichiarator did his best, there are no regrets."
The three robots unfused, then did a light bow to Gohan, which the young Half-Saiyan returned as they returned to their Destruction God and angel.
Gohan then powered out and did a thumbs up to everyone. "So far we're doing great!"
"Yeah, but it might get harder after this," Eighteen reminded.
"Would it really?" Seventeen asked. "These fights were decided randomly, for all we know the next group could be unbelievably weak compared to us."
"Or they can absolutely clobber us," Gohan stated.
"Well let's just take a few minutes to rest up before the next fight," Eighteen said. "Or at least let Gohan rest up."
"Or he could take one of those Senzu Beans," Seventeen said.
"No that's fine," Gohan said. "It seems like a waste, plus I kinda like the challenge of it. It's a good way to see how well I can gauge my strength and my stamina."
"Smart boy as always," Eighteen said, rubbing Gohan's hair. "This is good training too, so far we've seen some different ways of fighting, and it's only the first three teams."
"Let's see what weirdos these other teams are," Seventeen said, getting a pitiful glare from Gohan and Eighteen.
"Be nice Seventeen," Gohan said. "They could think we're weird too. I did just change my hair color for a moment, that would be weird among most humans."
"Yeah, you're right, you're pretty weird too," Seventeen said, much to Gohan's annoyance.
"Dude, you're such a jerk sometimes" Gohan said.
"Getting mad little guy," Seventeen said with a cocky smile.
"I will beat you up next after this!" Gohan warned.
"Just try it," Seventeen taunted.
Eighteen lightly chuckled at this, childish as this was, she loves their brotherly interactions. Gohan really has become an important part of her life, as well as her brother's, and she's enjoying this a lot as well, being able to fight alongside her two favorite guys.
After some time passed, the next Universe stepped in, that being Universe 9.
"This might be tricky for them," Goku said. "Those guys do know a thing or two about teamwork."
Vegeta nodded in agreement, "Let's see how well they do against them, while those three were weak compared to our Super Saiyan powers, I am eager to see how well they fight against opponents a bit closer to their level."
The Trio stood across from Gohan and his friends, doing their best to be intimidating to their opponents.
"Now we're up against these mutts?" Seventeen asked, very uninterested.
"Watch your tongue there," Bergamo warned. "You're about to fight Universe 9's strongest team. We, are the Trio De Dangers!"
"The Trio De Dangers?" Gohan rubbed his chin while thinking over something, "You know, we should have a team name too."
"Like what?" Seventeen asked.
"Um, not sure, any ideas?" Gohan asked.
Seventeen shrugged, "None at the moment."
"Same, can't think of one," Eighteen said.
Gohan faced the Trio and got into a fighting stance. "I guess we can worry about that later, right now let's show this Trio De Dangers team just how strong we are."
"You may begin fighting," Whis said.
The Trio de Dangers immediately surrounded Gohan and The Androids, running around to keep them on guard.
"You're now trapped within our Dangerous Triangle," Bergamo said. "From here is only a certainty of your loss."
"And they say I'm overconfident," Seventeen said, then tried blasting the trio, though they each dodged and rushed in to attack.
Eighteen also sent blasts but each one dodged almost easily as Basil got in first, going for a kick, which Eighteen managed to block. Basil continued to throw his kicks at the blonde beauty, which she had no trouble blocking, though this just allowed Lavender some time to cover his claws with his toxins.
He then charged at Eighteen though got knocked away by Gohan, the young Saiyan pursuing after the youngest of the three brothers.
"You're fighting me!" Gohan said, though as he got close, he got sprayed in the eyes with Lavender's toxins, blinding him for a moment.
"Ha! Just as easily as your future counterpart!" Lavender said with a sinister chuckle. "Now I can have a form of revenge for what that overconfident Saiyan brat did!" Lavender rushed in and kicked Gohan hard toward the edge of the ring.
Seventeen, who was blocking attacks from Bergamo, noticed Gohan close to losing. "Come on kid! Don't lose to a weirdo like that!"
"Call my brother what you will," Bergamo said. "But even the strongest are no match for his toxins."
"Wait, toxins?" Seventeen asked, then turned to see that Gohan's eyes were shut tight. "No, Gohan!"
Seventeen was about to help, but Bergamo blocked his path. "You still have me to contend with!"
"Out of the way!" Seventeen shouted, trying to knock Bergamo out of the way, though his attack was blocked and the two were going at each other.
"Sis! Help Gohan!" Seventeen shouted between punches.
"Huh?" Eighteen asked, jumping back from Basil as she noticed a bad situation. Gohan was seen walking around the ring with his eyes shut tight, like if he couldn't open them.
Goku looked concerned, "Not again..."
"Where is everyone!?" Gohan asked, trying to feel where he is.
"I'm right here!" Lavender said, suddenly appearing and punching Gohan to the floor.
"Crap," Eighteen went to help, but Basil kicked her down.
"Don't take your eye off of you opponent," Basil said, going for another kick, one Eighteen rolled out of the way of.
"Fine, take this then!" Eighteen said and blasted Basil away, then rushed toward Lavender. "Hey mutt! You're against me now!"
Eighteen threw a punch but Lavender was able to dodge and then tried attacking her with his toxin filled claws, but she was able to dodge them. However she was getting distracted by her worry for Gohan.
This distraction nearly allowed Lavender to strike her face, which she was fortunately able to dodge, though could not dodge an incoming attack from Basil which knocked her aside.
"Eighteen!" Seventeen shouted and moved Bergamo aside to go after Lavender and Basil. Lavender attempted to hit Seventeen with his poison Toxin, but Seventeen was able to put up a barrier very quickly, then went in with a strong punch to Lavender before clashing with Basil.
Eighteen got up from, trying to shake the cobwebs out of her head, then found herself punched down by Bergamo.
"Best to stay down, you're out of your league," Bergamo said, then stomped on her, causing her to yell out in pain.
That got Gohan's attention really fast, "Eighteen! Where are you!?"
Seventeen looked toward Gohan's direction during his clash, "Gohan! Just try to sense their energy! You don't need your eyes for that!"
"I know, but I can't sense them!" Gohan said. "It's weird but I don't sense any-"
Gohan was interrupted he a punch from Bergamo to his stomach, which was followed by a kick to his head.
"You won't be using your fancy energy sensing abilities with us," Bergamo said.
Seventeen clenched his fist, "That's impossible, everything gives off energy, aside from Androids, which I'm pretty certain none of you are."
"We have our secrets, ones we won't be sharing with you," Bergamo said. "Sorry but you won't be defeating us, we're close to having our revenge on you Universe 7 fighters!"
"I swear you better not be blaming us again for what we did in this timeline!" Seventeen said. "We're from the past, we haven't done anything to you yet."
"It matters little to me, I just want to prove myself superior to Universe 7, we all do," Bergamo said.
"That ain't happening!" Seventeen said and went for a kick, which Bergamo blocked and then punched Seventeen across the ring.
"How foolish, you're clearly outmatched against me," Bergamo said, then felt a kick to his back. He turned around to see that Gohan was standing there, though still blinded from the toxins.
"I may not be able to see or sense you, but I sure can hear you," Gohan said.
"Little brat," Bergamo said, charging some energy as he stood up. "I'm going to-"
Seventeen took the moment to knee Bergamo in the gut and then did a back kick to the side of his face to spin him around a bit before he fell.
"Let's hurry and knock this guy off, Eighteen needs our help," Seventeen said, seeing his sister trying to fend off both Lavender and Basil.
"Like I'll let you!" Bergamo said rushing in, though Gohan again used his hearing to aid him, and he got a good punch to Bergamo's stomach, stunning him long enough for Seventeen to fly in with a few quick strikes and then a ki blast to the face.
Basil noticed Bergamo's situation, "Big bro's in a tough spot, you handle the girl, I'll go after her two allies."
Basil dashed towards them as Lavender continued fighting Eighteen.
"Your friends won't last long against my brothers!" Lavender boasted.
"More like you won't last long against me!" Eighteen said, elbowing Lavender in the face, then hitting some hard strikes against him and knocking him more towards the center.
"What a pain," Lavender said and flew to attack some more, clashing hard with Eighteen.
Basil and Seventeen were clashed against each other, Basil trying to defeat Seventeen using some of his strongest kicks, though so far Seventeen had either dodged or blocked them.
"Is kicking all you do? What no power in your punches!?" Seventeen asked.
"Believe me, I can defeat you with my hands just as easily, I just find more satisfaction with my kicks," Basil said.
"I doubt that!" Seventeen said, attempting to blast Basil away. The Universe 9 fighter was too quick and used this as an opportunity to kick Seventeen towards the edge, then readied one of his ki blast kicks.
"It's over for you!" Basil said, kicking the blast toward Seventeen, who put his hands out, trying to stop it. To make things harder, Basil readied another blast and prepared to kick it to knock Seventeen off balance, but a quick blast from Eighteen knocked him out of his stance.
"Not today mutt!" Eighteen shouted.
Eighteen resumed fighting Lavender as Basil tried to regain his composure. "Damn that girl, I shall make her suffer for her constant annoyances!"
"That's my sister you're talking about, the only one allowed to insult and plan revenge against her is me!" Seventeen shouted, tossing the blast away and rushing in with a strong punch to Basil's gut. "Since you like kicks so damn much, here's one of mine!"
Seventeen kicked Basil into the air and then flew up to kick him hard down to the ring below.
"What a pain," Basil said, standing up and glaring at Seventeen. "I still won't let you defeat me!"
Basil rushed to kick Seventeen, but the cyborg had blocked the attack and did a strong punch to his stomach, then aimed both hands in front of his opponent. "Say good-bye!"
With a strong blast, Seventeen had blown Basil right out of the ring, reducing Universe 9's numbers.
"They finally got someone out!" Goku said.
Lavender looked in surprise, seeing his brother blasted out of the ring. "Oh no!"
This distraction allowed Eighteen to kick his arm with immense strength, nearly breaking it as she did a few more quick punches to the toxin user. She knocked him toward the edge where she did one last kick to send Lavender flying out of the ring.
"Two down," Eighteen said, then focused her attention on Bergamo. "Now for the last one."
Bergamo was still attacking Gohan, delivering various hard strikes to the poor blind Saiyan kid.
"Now to end this little-" Bergamo was interrupted when the Android twins flew in and kicked him away from Gohan.
"That's enough from you," Eighteen said.
Seventeen helped up Gohan, "Come on kid, let's take this guy down."
Gohan started to cough a bit, "I still don't feel so good."
Bergamo chuckled sinisterly, "Looks like my little brother's toxins are affecting you greatly young Saiyan child, soon you'll be rendered motionless."
"Fight through it Gohan! You can do it!" Goku cheered.
"Don't give up!" Trunks encouraged.
"He better stay alive long enough to fight me," Caulifla said, much to Cabba's annoyance.
"Can you not say things like that?" Cabba asked.
Caulifla shrugged it off, "Just saying what's on my mind."
Kale looked on, feeling a bit concerned for the young fighter, "I hope he'll be alright."
Gohan continued to cough as Eighteen patted him on the back, "We'll make it quick Gohan, fight as hard as you can."
"I'll try," Gohan said. "I still won't be able to see well, but I'll try to use my other senses."
"Come defeat me if you can!" Bergamo taunted.
"Gladly," Seventeen said with his usual confident grin.
The three then rushed at Bergamo, the wolf fighter taking advantage of Gohan's blindness to target him first with a strong kick, then battling against the Androids. Seventeen and Eighteen's synchronized attacks were working in their favor, the two fighting as a single unit very effectively. Even with one less fighter, Bergamo was still having a lot of trouble, these two really were a strong duo.
Gohan got back up and tried to hear where they were. He then rushed in and got a good strike to Bergamo's stomach, surprising the Universe 9 fighter.
"Nice one Gohan!" Seventeen cheered.
"Wow, that's impressive!" Cabba said.
"Meh, could be better," Caulifla said, again to Cabba's annoyance.
Bergamo glared at the three, before sinisterly chuckling. "You haven't won yet! Try to come at me with everything! I dare you!"
"Someone's lost his mind," Seventeen said, then charged up. "Alright pal, if you insist!"
He flew in and attacked Bergamo with some hard strikes, with Eighteen joining in with hard strikes of her own. The two continuously attacking though unaware of something, the more they hit Bergamo, the more started to grow.
"Oh no! 17! 18! Watch out!" Goku shouted.
The two androids stopped and noticed that Bergamo had grown, he had become a giant wolf much to their shock and surprise.
"Oh crap!" Seventeen shouted.
"Oh crap what?" Gohan asked. "What's going on?"
"Now I'll crush you beneath my feet!" Bergamo said, stomping down. Seventeen and Eighteen were quick to dodge, the latter grabbing Gohan first. They were backed to the edge of the ring, with Bergamo taking up a lot of space.
"Wait, how can he even grow that big in a small looking right? It doesn't seem like good strategy," Trunks said.
"Well it did almost work for Piccolo once," Goku pointed out, remembering the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament.
"Now what!" Seventeen asked, gazing at the giant fighter.
"I'm not sure, this is gonna be tricky," Eighteen said.
"What's going on!?" Gohan asked, then started coughing again.
Eighteen looked worried, Gohan wasn't getting any better and the situation looked bad. "Maybe we should forfeit."
"No way! I'm not giving up!" Seventeen said.
"What's the point!? This isn't an actual tournament, it's not like we'll get a prize if we win. Gohan's getting sick from that other guy's poison breath, let's just forfeit and settle on trying to win the next fight," Eighteen said.
"I can't just forfeit, so far these Universe 9 guys have pissed me off more than the other Universes, I'm not letting them off so easily!" Seventeen said.
"Dammit, what's the point in-" Eighteen had to grab Gohan and quickly dodge, as did Seventeen when Bergamo again attempted to crush them.
"I'm not letting you off so easy!" Bergamo said. "This won't end until neither of you can't move anymore!"
"What a brute," Brianne said, then shouted. "Take it easy! We all came to fight as well!"
"I have little interest for your other fights, just to prove myself!" Bergamo shouted, again trying to stomp them, to which they quickly dodged.
"Eighteen, I need you and Seventeen to distract him," Gohan said, getting Eighteen's attention.
"Huh? For what?" Eighteen asked.
"I'm going to charge up my Kamehameha and blast him out of the ring, I don't know how big he's gotten, but even with enough energy it should work," Gohan said.
"Gohan, I don't think you should, besides he seems to absorb damage," Eighteen said.
"There's probably only so much he can absorb before it overwhelms him," Gohan said. "Look I just need you to trust me, I need the both of you to cause a diversion and try to keep him in one spot."
"If we want to overwhelm him with energy, wouldn't it make more sense if Seventeen and I attacked? We have unlimited energy," Eighteen said.
"I doubt he'll just let you do that, and I can't distract him without my eyesight," Gohan said. "Let's just try this plan."
Eighteen relented and nodded in agreement, "Alright, we'll do it your way."
Gohan powered up into Super Saiyan 2 as Eighteen flew up and started hitting Bergamo with some blasts.
"Fool! That won't work with me!" Bergamo said, trying to whack her out of the air. Fortunately Seventeen also flew in to attack and hit some blasts to Bergamo.
"Keep firing Seventeen, don't stop!" Eighteen said.
"Give up on your forfeiting idea?" Seventeen asked.
"Well something changed my mind," Eighteen said, using her eyes to gesture towards Gohan.
Seventeen seemed to notice the gesture and looked down to see Gohan powered up and charging a Kamehameha.
"Oh I see, keep this big guy distracted long enough for Gohan to knock him off," Seventeen muttered. He focused back no Bergamo, "If you want to knock me out cold, then you're gonna have to go all out!"
"Gladly!" Bergamo shouted, trying to punch the Android out of the air.
The two Androids flew around Bergamo's head, sending quick blasts, allowing Gohan to continue charging energy. He started to feel even more sick, the Super Saiyan form actually spreading the poisonous toxins around faster. He maintained himself and continued charging, trusting his friends to keep Bergamo distracted enough.
Bergamo kept swiping until he managed to grab Eighteen. "Got you!" He then began crushing her in his hand, causing immense pain for the Android.
"Eighteen!" Seventeen shouted and started throwing stronger blasts in Bergamo's face. "Let go of my sister you hairy bastard!"
Bergamo then grabbed Seventeen and started crushing him as well.
"You both put up a better fight than I expected, but in the end, my power exceeds yours. Now I can have my revenge against Universe 7 and prove the power of Universe 9!" Bergamo boasted as he crushed the two more, causing them to scream in pain.
"He's going too far!" Cabba shouted.
"This fight needs to end!" Brianne shouted.
Goku looked concerned, this did bring back some painful memories for him. Weird enough he was standing next to the guy who had him in a position like that.
The two Androids kept screaming, much to Gohan's dismay. He can't allow this brute to hurt his friends any longer. "You're not going to defeat us!" Gohan shouted from below. Bergamo looked down and saw Gohan sending off his attack. "Kamehame-HA!"
The blast hit Bergamo, with the young Saiyan putting everything he had into the attack. Bergamo started to feel himself getting pushed back, and did his best to stand his ground and tried to absorb some energy. Though his focus on trying to withstand the attack allowed the Androids to break free.
The two caught their breath for a moment, then flew to Gohan and assisted him by firing beams of their own, combining into Gohan's blast.
"No! I can't lose again!" Bergamo said, trying to withstand it.
"Too bad! It's already happening!" Gohan shouted, and all three were able to finally push Bergamo out of the ring, the fighter shrinking in size as he fell out of bounds.
"And our winners are Universe 7!" Whis said.
Gohan felt relieved, before slipping into unconsciousness from exhaustion and the toxins in him.
"Oh no!" Goku shouted, then turned to Vegeta. "Quick, grab a Senzu bean!"
"Right," Vegeta said, grabbing a bean from the pouch and giving it to Goku. "Here you go, now hurry."
"Don't have to tell me twice!" Goku said, flying over to Gohan and feeding him the bean.
Gohan slowly started to regain his eyesight, the toxins completely leaving his body. He looked around and saw Goku with his well known Son Family smile.
"Looks like you're feeling better," Goku said.
Gohan nodded, "Yeah, close one though."
"You fought well son, you even managed to win despite the odds," Goku said.
Gohan looked around and saw that Bergamo had fallen out, leaving Gohan relieved. "Good, I almost didn't think I could win there."
"Of course you won, you had us," Seventeen said, holding his ribs.
"Yeah," Eighteen said. "We make a great team."
Gohan looked worried when he saw them. "Are either of you in a lot of pain? It sounded like that guy was really hurting you."
"He tried to crush the two of us, but we'll be fine," Seventeen said, a bit non-chalantly. "He didn't do any major damage."
"You really helped us out there, great work Gohan," Eighteen said, rubbing his head.
Now it was Gohan's turn to do the Son Family smile. "Thanks, you two are great teammates."
Seventeen stood up, ready for the next fight. "Let's keep going."
"Let me fix this ring up a little first," Whis said. "Both teams really did a lot of damage, it was quite something."
As Whis fixed up the ring, Gohan noticed Lavender and Basil helping up Bergamo. The young half-Saiyan flew to the edge of the ring. "Hey, Universe 9."
Bergamo glared at Gohan, "What?"
Gohan held out his hand, "You fought well, you nearly had us. I can see why you're the strongest of your Universe."
Bergamo looked a little surprised at the gesture and compliments. He could have sworn that his younger brother had just blinded this boy and then he himself tried to crush his friends. Yet he saw no deception in this boy's eyes, like he genuinely enjoyed the battle.
"You're quite a friendly boy, naïve though, and that could end badly for you," Bergamo said, then shook Gohan's hand. "I accept your gesture of sportsmanship however, but know that next time we meet, I will defeat you."
"I won't make it easy for you," Gohan said, smirking a bit.
"Heh, I'm sure you won't Gohan," Bergamo said, then walked with his brothers back to Sidra.
Goku chuckled a bit, looking really proud of his son. "Making friends of rivals, that's my boy."
Cabba turned to his allies, "Let's take this next one, Gohan looks completely refreshed, and I want this opportunity to fight him at his best."
"Fine by me," Caulifla said. "I just want to kick his ass."
"S-sis, don't say such things!" Kale said.
"Relax Kale, it's just friendly Saiyan talk, that's all," Caulifla said.
Cabba eagerly turned his attention to Gohan, "Finally, we'll have our long awaited fight. I will make this count."