Author's Notes- Hey guys, I've got a new chapter here! I really should have finished this yesterday. I'll try to get the next update out a little sooner than usual to make up for the lateness of this one so the story's schedule can get back on track. Alright, let's jump right in. Enjoy!

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Super Saiyans Among the Stars: Cut Crew Saga

Chapter 7- Cut

Corono was observing the strange object in his hand that Scallio had called the info watch. It had been a week and a half since his fight with Nomu. He still wasn't quite sure how it worked, and wanted to find out. Feeling clueless just didn't sit right with him. He wondered if he could get things straightened out with the Super Galactic Patrol somehow, and then maybe he could get one of these. Being a bounty hunter sure felt pretty exciting, but it was sad that he had to hide due to his status as a fugitive. A status that he did not truly deserve.

Before he could think any more, a message appeared on the screen. Though he didn't know much about the device, the message clearly showed itself to be from Cut.

"Scallio, there's a message here!" Corono called to the other Saiyan. Scallio quickly bounded into the room.

"Yeah, looks like we have a bounty to fight for." Scallio told him.

Without another word, the two headed to Scallio's ship. Once again, the criminal's location wasn't too far from planet Flora, so they could make it there quickly. Scallio set the destination and the ship took off. Corono felt the excitement well up in him.

The ride to the criminal's location was fairly silent. Once they reached the planet and the criminal's location, the ship landed and the two Saiyans stepped outside. The criminal had been knocked out and secured, and Cut and Nomu were standing at the ready, prepared to face the challengers.

"Alright, so whoever wins this gets the bounty." Cut said, powering up to Super Saiyan. "This time, the two of us will fight you together."

Scallio and Corono also powered up to Super Saiyan. Nomu took a fighting stance beside Cut. At this point, Corono wished he and Scallio had gone over some team fighting tactics while they were sparring, but unfortunately, they hadn't.

Cut charged at the two of them. Nomu fired an energy wave, which they both now knew had the potential to chase after them. Scallio quickly moved to deflect the energy wave, after which Nomu fired another one and the two began their combat. This left Corono to deal with Cut, the stronger of the two.

Corono met Cut's fist with a punch of his own. Corono quickly reacted with more rapid punches. The first two or three connected, but then Cut managed to meet every one of his strikes with another. One particular punch had a force behind it that caught Corono off guard. He was knocked back, after which an energy wave came at him. He didn't have enough time to recover from the hit and get out of the way, so the blast tore into him.

Corono fell to the ground in pain. Cut's blasts hurt more than Nomu's, though dodging them was more feasible. Corono recovered quickly and decided to use the smoke to catch Cut off guard. Cut wasn't as sharp with his senses as Nomu, and his fighting technique didn't seem to be much. The other Saiyan mostly had power on his side. Much like Scallio, Corono realized. Corono was able to catch Cut off guard with a punch, after which he followed it up with several more punches. This time, Cut wasn't able to block and of the hits. Corono ended his combo with a kick that sent Cut flying.

Cut's power level seemed to be completely even with Corono's own, though it was confusing as Scallio was stronger than him. Scallio had beaten Cut last time, though, so it did make some sense.

Corono looked over and saw Cut getting back up. The lighter skinned Saiyan quickly threw a barrage of ki blasts to distract Cut. Afterwards, Corono charged in and was able to begin another furious physical assault. His first attack was actually a kick, which caught Cut in the midsection. Corono quickly followed up with a punch and continued to throw a string of punches after that. Fighting was a real rinse and repeat type of thing for him.

Cut began to release a shock-wave to stop Corono's assault. Corono caught it just in time. He jumped back, firing a few ki blasts that would catch Cut just as the shock-wave ended. Corono charged in, but Cut caught him with a punch to the face, which sent him flying backwards. Corono used his feet to bounce back to continue the fight. It looked like Cut wasn't expecting this, as he had began to power up, but Corono's fist interrupted it.

This time, instead of starting a whole barrage of punches, Corono just used one strong punch to knock Cut backwards. Cut suddenly phased in front of Corono to begin an assault, but Corono matched him blow for blow. Corono noticed that Cut had a somewhat frustrated expression on his face. He was probably not happy with how this was turning out, and as a result, he might get sloppy.

Corono thought back to when he had the sparring match with Caulifla prior to coming to this universe.

"Somebody's getting too nervous to focus." She had singsonged as she managed to hit him a third time.

He could use this to defeat Cut. Corono looked for openings as the other Saiyan frantically attacked. Finding several, Corono landed three solid hits on Cut, the third one followed by another combination of punches and kicks. His last strong punch sent Cut flying backwards yet again. This time, Corono fired a full power energy wave at his opponent. The blast hit Cut just as he stopped himself from slamming into the ground.

As the dust from the blast cleared, Corono could see Cut on the ground, now back in his base form. But Corono was feeling his fighting stride, and he wanted to be sure he had won. Without hesitation, Corono fired a second blast at the downed Saiyan. Cut's eyes widened and he quickly dodged the blast.

"What are you doing? Stop!" Cut shouted in terror.

But Corono delivered a kick which sent Cut into the air, after which he fired a blast volley at him. They all hit and Cut dropped back to the ground, now clearly defeated.

Corono looked over at Scallio, who was standing and looking like he didn't take much damage. Nomu was on the ground, soundly defeated. Cut got to his feet, and Corono instinctively charged to attack again. Nomu had gotten back up as well, and was quick to fire a blast which stopped Corono's charge and kicked up dust and smoke. When it cleared, Corono saw Cut's ship retreating into the sky.

"Hey, you lose somethin'?" Scallio suddenly appeared and asked. Corono saw that he was holding the criminal that the bounty was on.

Scallio flew Corono back to planet Flora, and then went back to deliver the criminal to the Super Galactic Patrol for the bounty reward. Later on, the two were inside the hut that they were living in, talking about the past few encounters with Scallio's brother.

"I still can't stop thinking about what could have happened to that treasure!" Corono confessed.

"It's weird. You would think we'd feel a power level of someone doin' that, but I guess we were too busy fightin'." Scallio said. "I'm more confused about what happened today. Bro really wiped out today."

"He didn't seem too happy about it either. I might have even overdone it a little." Corono laughed.

"Oh well, I'm goin' to bed. It's late. We could talk about it in the mornin'." Scallio told him.

- The next day -

Corono had just eaten breakfast made by the inhabitants of Flora. He thought about the money they had just gotten. True to his word, Scallio split it in half, taking half for himself and giving half to Corono. It probably wasn't much (Corono had no idea what the value of currency was since he wasn't at all familiar with this universe) but it would be nice to get some better food than what he currently had to live off of.

But he sensed something odd. Cut's and Nomu's energy signals were approaching the planet. They weren't going to the hut where Corono and Scallio lived, but it felt like they were landing somewhere else on the planet. Scallio was next to him.

"Do you feel that? Cut and Nomu are here!" Corono told Scallio.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say, they wanted to meet us here. I don't know why." Scallio said offhandedly.

"I guess we should go then." Corono said.

They two of them quickly flew over to where they could sense Cut and Nomu. It wasn't long before Corono spotted the two of them just standing in the middle of one of the dry fields, seemingly waiting for them. Their ship stood in the distance. Corono and Scallio landed.

"Corono, I'm challenging you." Cut said seriously.

"Huh?" Corono said, confused.

"To a fight. There's no bounty. This is just personal." Cut clarified.

"Is this because you lost yesterday?" Corono teased.

"That was dumb luck for you to win and you know it. But it's more than that. You attacked me after I was down. And you humiliated me. I can't take that lying down. I have to make it right." Cut explained.

"Wow, talk about being a sore loser. Whatever, I'll just beat you again." Corono declared.

Cut powered up to Super Saiyan. His power level was slightly higher than it was the previous day, but Corono was confident that he could win. Corono took his own Super Saiyan form, powering up to max power, and prepared for battle. Scallio and Nomu stood off to the side. They didn't need to be involved in this battle.

Corono fired a small blast at Cut, who dodged it. It didn't matter, as the point of the blast was to pick up dust. Neither Saiyan could see their opponent, but Corono figured was able to sense energy better than Cut, and was used to doing so during battle, whereas Cut didn't seem to use his energy sensing much during the actual fight. Corono caught Cut with a punch to the face, but Cut was able to retaliate with a punch to Corono's face. After that, the two Saiyans exchanged blows at high speed. Most of their punches and kicks were matched blow for blow, but Corono landed a few hits on Cut. Cut landed a couple of hits on Corono, but not as many as Corono landed.

Corono used a stronger punch to knock Cut back, but as he went flying, Cut released a shock-wave that also knocked Corono back. Cut managed to land on his feet instead of slamming into the ground. As the two stood across from each other, Corono took a few seconds to get some of his energy back. He then noticed Cut chuckling ominously, after which he began to power up.

"Raaaaaaa!" Cut let out a shout as his power suddenly jumped up.

Corono's eyes widened. His power had jumped up by a lot. The increase was about a fourth or fifth of what his power level had just been. Still, he was stronger than Corono now.

"W-what?" Corono stammered.

"I think now you're starting to get an idea of what you're up against." Cut sneered. "I never reveal my full power right off the bat. I usually start off being around eighty percent of my true power level. The only reason you were able to beat me yesterday is that I never got the chance to go to full power."

Corono saw Cut charge and tried to brace for the oncoming assault, but Cut was too fast. His speed had increased. Corono was hit with a punch to the face, followed by two more. Before Corono could recover from them, he was being kicked repeatedly. Eventually, the kicks stopped, but Cut was now throwing a barrage of punches at him using both fists, and they all connected. Finally, Corono was hit and plummeted to the ground. Cut had put his hands together and hit him.

Not only had Cut gotten faster, but his blows had gotten stronger as well. Corono got up and recovered from the assault, and charged again. He threw a strong punch, which Cut blocked, but used his other fist to punch Cut in the gut. Corono knew that gut punches typically stunned an opponent, and now he was ready to use that to give him an opening to start his string of attacks. Corono followed up with a punch aimed at Cut's face, but Cut blocked and stuck his other hand in Corono's face. Before Corono could react, he was blasted with an energy wave right in his face.

Corono went crashing to the ground yet again. He decided to lie on the ground for a few seconds regaining his energy. Cut hadn't had much fighting technique, but his strength, speed, and apparent resistance to pain was making this fight harder than Corono expected. He was able to beat Cut when he wasn't at full power, and Cut wouldn't stay at full power the whole fight. He had to use his energy at some point. How could Corono let him use up enough energy to drop from full power without taking too much himself? Unlike Nomu, Cut's blasts didn't track Corono. Maybe he could somehow get Cut to fire and miss a lot.

He got up just in time to see Cut charge at him again. This time, Corono ducked low and hit Cut with an uppercut, and once again tried starting a combo. But Cut suddenly flipped and kicked him away, firing another energy wave, which crashed into Corono.

The young Saiyan plummeted into a rock formation behind him. If Corono took a few more hits like that, he would be too damaged to continue the fight. He got up quickly, though his body protested in pain. The only way to win was to get Cut to use up some of his energy. It didn't even have to be all, just enough that his speed would decrease and give Corono the advantage. Corono knew he had better fighting technique, so speed was the only thing keeping Cut ahead in this fight.

"You just don't stay down, do you?" Cut told him. "I have to admit, no one I've fought before took this much damage and still managed to get up, much less remain in their powered up state."

He flew backwards and fired a few weak ki blasts at Cut. These were of course not designed to do damage, but to trick Cut into firing off energy of his own. Corono's blasts kick up dust around Cut, but Corono still concentrates on his energy sensing. It's no surprise when stronger ki blasts emerged from the dust, and Corono easily dodged. As the dust cleared, he saw Cut firing even more energy blasts his way. He flew around, dodging all of Cut's blasts and occasionally firing a few weaker ones of his own to goad his opponent.

The dust kicked up by the blasts was actually helping Corono. Cut would fire blindly and miss, decreasing his own energy. At least, that was what happened for a while. Corono was caught off guard when a barrage of ki blasts came hard and fast straight at him. He used his forearms to block, but then he saw Cut rushing in to attack with another physical assault.

"You were using those blasts to create smoke so I couldn't see where you were. But your little strategy is over." Cut said as the two exchanged blows.

Corono was once again able to match Cut blow for blow. It was true that Cut figured out what Corono had been doing, but by then Cut's power had dropped to the point that Corono could keep up with him. Surprisingly, Corono still couldn't land a hit on Cut, but he kept going anyway.

Eventually, Cut's face began to twitch in frustration, and Corono knew that now was his chance. It wasn't long before Corono saw an opening. First he landed one hit on Cut, then two. Cut was still exchanging blows with him, but Corono landed three in a row on the other Saiyan. Corono then used a powerful uppercut which knocked Cut back slightly. Corono then followed up with a string of punches, ending with a roundhouse kick that sent Cut back into a rock formation.

Corono now focused on what his senses told him about Cut's energy level. It was about half of what his full power had been. Yes! Corono would win for sure. Even though there was no bounty involved, Corono didn't want to lose any more fights than he already had.

Cut raced out of the ruins of the rock formation and charged at Corono again. This time, he was sloppy and it was easy for Corono to deliver a hard punch to Cut's chest which knocked him back. Before Cut could recover, Corono fired a blast volley his way, which hit. Cut dropped to the ground, but remained on his feet.

"No. No! NOOOOO!" Cut screamed, pulling at his still shining, blond Super Saiyan hair. It seemed like he knew he was losing. "I can't let this happen again. I CAAAAAAAAAANNN'TTT!"

As he was screaming, something very strange seemed to happen to Cut. A purplish, black aura suddenly encased him, his golden hair now given a strange shade on top of it. The dark shade seemed to cover his entire body, and his eyes were now glowing red. And most importantly, his power level shot way up. Much higher than his full power had been earlier.

"No!" Corono heard a shout from the distance. He turned and was surprised to see Nomu with his eyes wide. Scallio looked on in surprise and confusion as well.

"What is happening?" Corono frantically asked the Namekian.

"It isn't possible. How could he have entered this form on his own?" Nomu stammered.

"What are you talking about?" Corono demanded.

"He entered this form once before, though there were other beings that made him do so. I can sense that they aren't here right now. Last time, he wasn't able to power down or control himself. He..." Nomu stopped abruptly.

"What?" Corono asked, but Nomu simply turned and flew towards Cut's ship.

Corono suddenly felt a brutal punch to his jaw. He went flying and crashed into another rock formation. He could taste blood in his mouth. He looked up to see Cut, surrounded in the purple aura, standing over him with a crazy look on his face. The punch had knocked Corono out of his Super Saiyan form.

Corono tried to get up and counter, but Cut somehow threw another powerful punch and knocked him back before he had the chance to attack. Corono saw Cut suddenly disappear and reappear right in front of him. It wasn't like his earlier phasing, which was really just fast movement. He literally appeared right in front of Corono in a fraction of a second. The blows came too fast for Corono to block or parry. He felt several punches pound him, the last one knocking him away. But somehow Cut warped over there too, in the same fraction of a second. Cut once again hit Corono with a series of punches, knocking him away again. Cut warped to Corono's location one last time and did a punching combo, ending it with a downward punch which threw Corono to the ground, creating a crater.

Corono felt the sting of the blows as he lay on the ground. By the time the smoke cleared, he was still on the ground, and saw Cut standing at a distance from him, still clad in the dark aura, but it looked like he was done attacking. Cut suddenly winced. Sitting up a bit, Corono saw Nomu next to him with what looked to be a some kind of needle. It was a syringe, filled with blood which somehow maintained the dark aura.

"This will react only with Cut's blood, and cause him to transform into this form again if it is applied to him. Scallio told Cut about the powerful, vicious Super Saiyan you encountered. We may need this power again if he decides to strike us." Nomu explained.

Cut seemed to silently accept the answer, but Corono wasn't sure this was a good idea. Cut seemed vicious himself when he was like this. If Nomu needed the syringe to power Cut up again, it obviously wasn't a form that Cut could summon at will. And if that were the case, it was likely that Cut couldn't control the power, like Caulifla said about Kale's power. But it was more than that. Cut's energy had a somewhat evil feel to it the minute he took the form, one that it had not had prior. Cut didn't seem particularly evil, but that power was something else.

Without another word, Cut turned and retreated to his ship, apparently satisfied with the way the fight had turned out. Nomu quietly followed him.

Corono's body still ached from the force of the blows. Especially his jaw and lip, which was still dripping with blood. He heard footsteps and looked over to see Scallio approaching him.

"Bro sure did a number on ya, didn't he?" Scallio asked.

"Yeah. That power..." Corono trailed off.

"It wasn't normal. I can tell it's not somethin' that he normally does. He definitely didn't do it when I was fightin' him last time. You actually did pretty good against him." Scallio complimented.

"Yeah. I'll get him next time." Corono smiled weakly.

"Well, let's get you to the people who can heal ya." Scallio said. Corono nodded.

Scallio picked Corono up, threw him over his shoulder, and took off. As they made their way to the healers, Corono reflected on the battle. He wasn't mad about the fight. He knew he could best Cut under normal circumstances.

- On planet Totokama -

It had been one day since the battle between Cut and Corono. Nomu had placed the syringe in the high tech glass container and closed it as soon as they got back. He was currently in the room with it, seemingly studying its contents. Cut walked into the room. He had calmed down, dropped the dark aura, and powered back down to base form once they got home.

"I really lost control yesterday, Nomu. I wanted to win, but… let's just say next time, I need to try to win without that form." Cut said.

"Agreed. That form is dangerous. I know it is a challenge at times, but you must keep control of your emotions. Failing to do so is what was causing you trouble during the battle." Nomu told him.

"I know. Next time, I'll..." Cut trailed off.

He adopted a strange, blank expression on his face, as if he were in a trance. Nomu simply waited a few seconds until Cut's trance was over. It was apparent that Nomu knew what was happening. Once Cut came out of the trance and regained his senses, Nomu spoke.

"You had another vision of the future, didn't you?" The Namekian asked.

"Yes, I did." Cut responded.

"What happened in it? What was it that you saw?" Nomu asked.

"I saw you. You and a girl I didn't recognize were running through some sort of facility. You were telling her that you and she were the only ones that could save me and some others. Your exact words were 'We are the only ones who can get Cut and the others back to normal'." Cut explained.

"It was me and an unknown girl?" Nomu inquired.

"Yes. You called her Caulifla." Cut said.

"Strange. I don't know anyone by that name." Nomu confessed.

"Neither do I, but I guess that'll change soon." Cut responded. "Well, I'm going to sleep. You should too."

"Yes. Goodnight." Nomu politely responded, retreating to his room for the night.

He had been in his room for about ten minutes, not quite able to fall asleep. He was meditating and attempting to relax himself when he heard the loud noise that startled him.

CRASH!

The sound of glass breaking filled the entire base. Nomu ran into the room he had left the syringe in to make a horrifying discovery.

The syringe had been stolen.

Author's Notes- Okay, so that's the end of chapter 7. I had a slightly difficult time writing this chapter, but it helped that my OC's have consistent fighting styles, combos, and attacks. And as you saw, Cut has visions of the future, and they are quite accurate. I know this chapter had pretty much all OC's but there will be canon characters in just about every one from now on. Reviews are appreciated, and stay tuned!

Next time: A dangerous, dark power is on the loose! Who's hands is it in, and why? What will this mean for Nomu and the Saiyans? And what was the vision that Cut had?