Chapter 10
"I see well then, I guess I'll have to kill you… and your bastard son." The last part of the Sentenced made Yami Furious as her power flared up so high the scouters broke on all their faces and before the commandoes could react Yami flew past them a fist going right through Turles face as the male Saiyan flew through his ship causing the ship to explode. Turles made his recovery in mid air as he spat out the blood pooling in his mouth.
"Say that again and I will feed you your own tail before I cave in your face!" Yami shouted.
One of the commandoes finally reacted the only female moved quickly in front of the Saiyan and threw a punch into her body planning to knock the air out of the Saiyan. Smiling as she saw her punch landed cleanly and the Saiyan woman's body flinched or so she thought. Yami saw the red woman appear in front of her and prepared to take the punch by simply flexing her abdominal muscles in response. The result, Yami didn't feel any pain and the woman in front of her had a shocked look on her face.
Yami calmly raised an arm as the two females looked into each other's eyes one holding fear as the other had the look of a monster. And with the speed of lighting and the force of a nuclear warhead, Yami Backhanded the woman away, "Be gone," Yami said in anger as the body of the woman she smacked went straight towards the base of the tree. With that done Yami focused in on her real prey and charged to meet up Turles the two engaging in mortal combat but neither seeming to land an actual blow on the other.
The other two red Aliens watched in shock at their companion being slapped aside, but didn't have time to check on her as the two found themselves quickly on the receiving end of a spin kick and a devastating left hand from Xiox, the green aura around him. Xiox watched as the two red aliens flew a distance but slowly recover, obvious damage shown. 'I don't have much time, I need to kill at least on of them so that when my spirit armor runs out I just have to hold out against two of them before Gwynn and Gull finish their armor.' With that thought in mind Xiox pressed his attack. Throwing a punch that was blocked by the angry bearded commando but anticipating the block Xiox quickly grabbed the arms that were used to block as he slammed an open palm strike with his free arm into the nose of the Alien. The crunch of cartilage let Xiox know that his opponent has a broken nose, and not allowing him to recover the Llab followed with a punching combination that focused on the core of the taller alien. The last punch buried into the gut of the bearded alien sending him flying.
The other male appeared right behind him and kicked Xiox at the back of his head; the power behind the kick made Xiox hit the ground with enough force to cause a trench as he dug across the ground. The ponytailed male watched in surprise as Xiox stood back up with no evidence of damage. Xiox looked at the one who kicked him before looking over both his shoulders and saw the other two finally surround him placing him in the middle of a triangular formation. 'This actually might be more difficult than I thought, if that kick hit me without armor I would have been in a good amount of pain right now.'
"Gin, Rum, it's good to see your back from your little break." The alien who kicked him said to his peers.
"Shut your mouth Ale, that bitch is possibly stronger than Turles." Rum said.
Fixing his broken nose and whipping the blood from his face "Shut up, this guy hits harder than I thought." Gin said to Ale.
"Well I think you three are about to realize, that you're going to die today." Xiox said taking a stance as he waited for the three invaders to make their move. Sure enough the three villains pounced onto Xiox, throwing punches and kicks as a cohesive team, but their opponent was far more skilled than they thought, almost each punch and kick were either blocked deflected or avoided only a few punches slipping pass the Llabs defense but their hits don't seem to faze him.
'Damn it all, I can't find a chance to strike back with the three of them...' Xiox said as Rum managed to kick Xiox upward into the air where Gin waited to strike him back down with Ki covered hands, Xiox went to block the attack only to watch as a Green covered foot kicked away his aggressor. Quickly Managing to recover in air Thanks to the help of his ally Xiox turned to Gwynn who had the spirit armor glow around him.
"Took you long enough." Xiox said sighing in relief.
"Ah you know how it is, Gathering the planets energy. Not an easy task, when there is a fight going on, give Gear a minute and he will join us."
Gin and his fellow Brench-seijin huddled back up as they realized that now they faced two opponents. Noticing how the new opponent is covered in the same green energy as the one before Gin quickly realized that they are using some sort of technique that amplifies their attacks and durability. Quickly looking at the younger Llab still meditating with some distance from the fight Gin looked at Ale and Rum as they all nodded in understanding. Acting fast Gin and Ale sent a powerful Ki Blast at Xiox and Gwynn. Their targets dodging as predicted and quickly they engaged in close combat, Rum on the other hand turned her attention to the younger Llab as she charges him before he finishes the technique.
Gwynn was currently in a contest of strength as he and Ale Grasped each other, but Gwynn wasn't focusing much as he saw the female warrior charge his son, thinking quick Gwynn tucked his legs close to his body, and while still holding on to the arms of Ale he placed his feet on the aliens chest using it as a spring board that knocked the Aliens breath out and launched Gwynn towards rum in order to intercept her.
Rum was about to attack the adolescent Llab Ale appeared behind the boy and Gwynn sent a Ki blast quickly to repel the attacker the blast just nearly hitting his own son who didn't react to the world around him. 'I have to make sure my Son's concentration doesn't break otherwise he will have to restart the meditative process again. Taking up a defensive stance by his son Gwynn prepared himself to through some of the heaviest attacks at his opponents. 'No one is touching my son!' Gwynn thought to himself as he blocked two punches from Rum and Ale.
Meanwhile with Xiox, finally free from the multiple opponents the older Llab focused on his one on one brawl with Gin, the ponytailed alien putting up a tough fight, but nothing Xiox hasn't encountered before. Trading punches Xiox was knocked back by the power of the attack but thanks to the armor he didn't feel they would be affects while Gin wasn't so lucky and spat out some blood. 'I have to End this so I can help protect Gear!' Xiox said as he charged up some energy and prepared the Signature attack of the temple warriors.
"Blinding," Xiox said right before appearing point blank behind Gin whose eyes widened at the sudden burst of speed. "Blaze!" Xiox said as the attack crashed into the Alien, incapacitating the commando. Xiox looked down at the falling semi charred body of the commando he defeated letting out a curse in frustration realizing the alien survived, but instead of confirming the kill The Elder charged in to help Gwynn who is starting to slow down from defending against two opponents.
Sure enough Gwynn grew tired despite the Spirit armor still granting him a buff, but between attacking at his full strength and receiving a few heavy hits in return the Llab cursed his low stamina as he is focusing on trying to protect his son, the constant attacks from two more powerful opponents is testing his limits as the last time he pushed himself this hard was in one training session with Yami. Sure enough his Endurance proved enough as Xiox appeared, quickly tackling Rum out of the way as Ale now faced off against Gwynn.
"Fine Guess I'll have to kill you first!" Ale said charging the largest ki attack in the fight so far, but Gwynn stood his ground controlling his breath as he prepared himself. Ale launched the attack at him as Gwynn quickly maneuvered into the attack and with graceful steps and a lot of effort Gwynn redirected the attack back at Ale as he shouted the word. "Reflection!" Ale stood in shock as he was completely caught by the attack leaving him buried in a crater, unconscious but not dead.
Now heavily winded Gwynn starred in awe as the man he defeated was still alive, "How durable are these bustards?" He asked before suddenly finding himself unorthodoxly catching Xiox as the older Llab unexpectedly collided with Gwynn sending both flying before the two quickly untangled. Looking back at the culprit the only female of the alien group stood not too far away as she looked back and forth between where her injured allies lay.
"You know, it's very unfortunate you chose to knock them out before me…you see my friends are a very prideful duo, always trying to prove they were the strongest in our group. Some stupid manly bravado, about pride or something. But now that they are unconscious, I can finally cut looses without destroying their pride." She said as she continued to power up her strength climbing to be almost as high as the two Saiyans above fighting in the trees.
"Judging by how your attacks matched our before, the green aura around you must push you past your normal limits" Rum didn't get to talk much longer as Gwynn rushed her with a few punching combinations that seemed to barely harm her before she Slammed him back to the earth below with both hands before she ate a punch from Xiox that made her recoil back. Surprised at the pain she was feeling from one punch.
"Gwynn I'll face her head on, you're still winded from using reflection, so Stand back and attacks from range. Sadly your punches can only daze her at best now."
"Got it!" Gwynn said
'Before her power level was only a little lower than mine but now she is clearly out of my range, I'll have to hit her with Judgment call before my armor runs out of time.' Xiox said realizing he had about a minute left before he had o recharge his armor.
Tarden's pov
As Tarden approached the city he saw that he was already late the few temple warriors and law enforcement are doing their best to fight against the larger invading force, albeit it the warriors are easily taking out multiple at a time, the pure numbers of the alien forces might prove too much. Tarden rolled his eyes at the sight before him, 'I was hoping to blow up the ship before it landed; now I clean up this mess.' Quickly Powering up to the power he used to defeat Amond's Gang all the scouters on the invades side quickly flared in his direction before overheating. And in a quick burst of speed Tarden Rushed through the enemy lines like a bowling ball knocking down some pins and the Temple warriors and law enforcement watched in awe before cheering and rallying up behind Tarden, helping to speed up the defeat of the enemy.
With every punch and kick Tarden managed to knock out several aliens and with the help of the other temple warriors and law enforcement Almost all the grunts were taken out before one blue skinned Humanoid easily defeated a few of the temple warriors and shrugged off the law enforcements attempts. The humanoid had yellow hair as he Laughed and challenged Tarden.
"I am Lager the Forth Commando of the Crusher corps, I heard you defeated Amond and his weak subordinates, well I got news for you bud I'm…" Before Lager could continue he was punched twice by Tarden before being kicked away, the attacks dazing him as he tried to shake it off. "Hey that freaking Hurt you know, I was trying to properly introduce myself…" Lager once again was caught off as he blocked a few punches and kicks before Tarden maneuvered behind the blue alien and placed a Hand on his back before letting out a powerful Ki Blast. Sure enough the attack broke the armor and left a few scorch marks as Lager shouted in pain before turning around in anger.
"Damn it brat, let the adults finish talking before you start fighting, that's very unsportsmanlike of you!"
"Tch, despite being a dumbass he is actually a lot more powerful than the idiots from before." Tarden said as a few of the healthy temple warriors flanked behind him ready to assist as Tarden simply waved them off. "Despite how he looks he is out of your league. I'll take him.
"Hey stop insulting me I'll have you know I am the fourth strongest out of six commandos in the crusher corps."
"Fourth?" Tarden asked as the Blue humanoid before him smiled and laughed as he rubbed his nose with his index finger.
"The other three are with Lord Turles while my weaker subordinates are attacking the temple!"
"I see, say I'm kind of in a hurry, if possible can we settle our fight with one attack?" Tarden said smiling as Lager nodded his head in approval.
"Yes honorable of an approach a simple test of power, very well I accept, but don't go haunting me when you end up dead." He said as he held a hand outwards and grasped his wrist with the other. The Llabs witnessing the events play out in front of them were concerned and worried for Tarden as the few conscious crusher corps soldiers cheered on Lager.
Tarden on the mean hand took a power stance as he raised his Ki even higher, Smiling and confident the Whole time Lager charged his attack oblivious to the fact that Tarden's power started to eclipse his, and when he threw his attack he thought he won, that is until Tarden roared a very powerful Ki blast from his mouth. The attacks collided and seemed to be at a stalemate before Tarden put even more power into the attack finally surprising Lager as the energy came his way. Sure enough in one major attack Lager was found dead in the center of a large crater. The Remaining crusher corps shocked into surrender as they were placed under arrest. The temple warriors cheering in awe as Tarden sheepishly scratched the back of his head as one of the local law enforcers lectured him about causing a major crater in the city, lucky that they evacuate all the citizens beforehand.
After things in the city were taken care of Tarden was able to sense a power level that suddenly rose higher than even his own back at the tree of might, a power level that seemed to come from someone other than the Saiyans. Worried about what that may mean he quickly charged in that direction, trusting the elders back at the temple to defeat the other two commandos Lager mentioned.
At the temple
The fighting at the temple had begun several minutes ago as Several Masters fought of wave after wave of crusher corps soldiers. Several of them trying to fight of the other two commandoes who also appeared to be shades of blue similar to Lager.
Two elders have already gotten severely injured as they tried to buy time for the others to use spirit armor, but most of the elders barely matched Gwynn in strength the two blue Aliens seemed to be too much to handle without spirit armor. The last Elders currently holding their own against the two where Elders Cram and Lucis, with five having bought enough time to allow the Last two to summon spirit armor. Lucis and Cram being the strongest Elders of those that remained in the temple, although in reality they are weaker than even Gear. Sure enough with battle raging around them Lucis and Cram both faced the other two blue warriors, all four of them running out of breath
"Incredible, to think there was still warriors strong enough to match us, huh Whiskey."
"Indeed Vodka, this has been an incredible fight, a shame things have to end. Let's kill them!" The two Brench-seijin said talking to each other as the green auras around Cram and Lucis began to flicker signifying that the ability is about to run out. Whiskey and Vodka quickly charged in again as Cram maneuvered to interfear while Lucis charged up his final attack. Sadly Cram barely held his own as he was blasted back into the temple and when he landed the spirit armor finally faded out, joining the ranks of the injured elders before him but his efforts were not wasted as Lucis released the attack on the stronger of the two Aliens. Whiskey Watched as his brother was at the receiving end of a very powerful green Ki blast.
"Vodka!" Whiskey watched as his brothers lifeless body fell to the ground as Lucis collapsed out of exhaustion. Some of the previously injured Elders started to prepare themselves as the tired but now angered Whiskey looked to kill them all.
"That's it all of you will die!" Whiskey shouted as he summoned the largest attack he could the remaining elders all tried to charge up their attacks even Cram and Lucis who where beyond tired mustered what strength they could as they all released Blinding Blazes at the monster ball of Ki heading their way, but the Attack from Whiskey was too strong. Quickly the remaining warriors of the temple, masters and some apprentices fired their own Key blasts to assist, which managed to help before the crush corps soldiers added their own attacks to Whiskey's Sure enough every warrior involved that could still fight on both sides added to the attack, and it seemed it was all at a stalemate. Shortly Soldiers and temple warriors alike collapsed in exhaustion as the two massive Ki attacks wrestled for dominance.
Whiskey noticing everyone getting tired suddenly gained a second wind as he put his all into the attack once again slowly wining the power struggle. Slowly the temple warriors started to lose hope as they watched the attack slowly overwhelm their combined efforts that was until one warrior put herself in front of the entire attack. Eyes widened as the Master warrior known as Ginny stood in front of the elders who were barely holding out.
"Girl, I thought we told you to stay inside and help the wounded. This is no place for a child no matter how strong you may think you are." Lucis tried to warn her, the older man had ordered all those under the age of 12 inside the temple, telling the ten year old that if they were to fall they would be the last line of defense.
"With all due respect Lucis, I think it's time I actually fought. After all my Brother wouldn't approve of me standing around doing nothing but tending the wounded…" She said as she thought of Tarden, and how he fought the alien before. "Besides, I'm probably the strongest person here!" She said as the Elders tried to convince her to hide before it's too late that she is being cocky. That was before she raised her key to levels they didn't know she had. "I train with Powerhouses all the time back home…..This guy is nothing in comparison." She then took on a Stance that the rest recognized was used by The Youngest Elder Tarden. Purple Key started to charge in Ginny's hand more Ki than anyone there could muster up at the moment as she said the words to the technique she asked her step brother to teach her.
Flash back
Ginny was training with Tarden trying to use her speed to get in a good hit as her secret crush blocked and overpowered her. "Come on Ginny, I thought you wanted to learn some of my moves." Determined to prove herself worthy she tried again to hit him only for him to doge and kick her away as she overextended.
"The rule was if you managed to actually hurt me I would teach you my families move, if you claim to actually be my sister this should be easy." Ginny pouted as he reminded her the rules to the sparring session they had when suddenly a evil smirk appeared on her face.
"Ugh Oh, Tarden Your mom looks to be heading this way and she doesn't seem to happy." This caused the young Saiyan to flinch as he quickly looked over his shoulder only to realize no one was there and before he know it Ginny managed to kick him right between the legs. Crying out in pain Ginny cheered in her victory.
"That's not fair you cheated,."
` "It's your fault for getting distracted, if this was a real fight maybe you could have died." Ginny said sticking out her tongue as Tarden Grit his teeth in pain and frustration at the fact he loosed. "Now own up to your end of our deal, and teach me the technique."
The next few Hours were one Of Ginny's most favorite memories in her short life as Tarden taught her the move that she felt will forever keep them close….
End Flash back
'Time for our training t pay off, I wish you could see this Tarden' Ginny smiled at the memory as she thought to herself. Looking up at the ball of death before her Ginny's smile turned into stoic look similar to Tarden as she shouted out with all the power she could muster "Galick Gun!"
The attack she released joined into the attacks of her allies and slowly but surely began to push back Whiskey's, soon whiskey found himself trying to push back with all his might but his body began to fail him and he soon became engulfed by the attack. All the remaining warriors finally succumbed to exhaustion and fatigue as they watched the corpse of Whiskey fall to the ground. Ginny on the other hand felt her arms go limp to her side as she put everything into to the attack; heavy gasps escaped her lips as the sweat built up on her brow. The remaining soldiers where in shock and suddenly the youth of the temple rushed out to engage the weaker ones in battle, at full strength and with their numbers the crusher corps quickly became over whelmed as the battle at the temple finally ended.
The Elders looked at Ginny commending and apologizing for underestimating her as she smiled before suddenly falling over and collapsing, but before she hit the ground Lucis caught her, and gently laid her down. "Youngsters these days, Gwynn your family is an inspiration to us all. Even your daughter is incredible." The Elder said whispering under his breath.
"Those who still have strength see too it the prisoners are detained, as for the rest of the council to the catacombs we go, assist we must help Wax."
In the Catacombs under the temple
Deep inside the catacombs in the grand elders chamber the large pond of the planets life energy has regained its healthy green shade, but at the cost of The Grand Elders strength, the once Seemingly youthful elder finally looked his age as his body showed the major signs of ageing his skin became loose his muscle mass has shrunk and his hair has gotten dry and sickly, the Grand Elder was in the center of the pond combining his energy with the planet, slowly dying.
"I…. must continue this….Battle. Of all the… Times the planet lent us its energy, it is time we return the favor." Wax muttered to himself, ever sense he began to bathe in the life energy of the planet he would feel the pain the planet felt due to the tree of might, it was like the most sufferable tumor and Wax has done his best to prevent the planet from losing much energy. The tree absorbing every ounce of Ki and Life energy he has to offer. "I Like the Grand Elders before… will return to the planet what it has given us…. Hurry Yami, Xiox, Gwynn, I can only do this for about an hour more."
Due to being exposed to the planet's life stream Wax has been able to see everything on the planet's surface should he focus, the sight of everyone fighting and doing their best motivating the Grand Elder to keep struggling.
"Tarden MY boy…..You must hurry….i can already start seeing the spirits of Grand elders before me calling my name…. Telling me to submerge completely into the planets life stream."
Tarden Pov
Tarden was almost their before he suddenly heard the Grand Elders Voice telling him to hurry, confused but deciding to wait after the tree is dealt with to question Wax on how he spoke to him. After all Tarden felt another energy level spike up and he smiled, "It seems like the fun is getting closer to an end."
At the Tree
Xiox's armor has finally ran out along with Gwynn's, the two using everything they had including a Judgment call to defeat Rum. The Red Woman currently unconscious and covered in scorches. The bad news was that Gin and Ale have managed to recover. While not at full power the two can definitely handle a weaken and tired Xiox and Gwynn. Luckily before any more confrontation could go on Gear's eyes opened and the green aura of spirit armor enveloped around him.
"Xiox, Father, thanks for protecting me. Now it's my turn to protect you." With that said Xiox fell and sat down to rest while Gwynn was on one knee catching his breath getting ready to support his son.
"Relax a bit Gwynn; your other son should be her soon." Surely Gwynn sensed Tarden approaching and He relaxed a bit. Ever sense Gear learned spirit armor He and Tarden have been even better rivals and the gap between them grew severely smaller. Not so worried for his son now Gwynn focused above, where Xiox has been watching the whole time. Yami and Turles have been brawling for over 30 minutes straight and neither Saiyan has gotten the advantage.
"Rest up, for after we finish these guys we have to face Him, and if Yami falls…..We're all dead." Xiox said as Gwynn frowned.
"I guess we should start recharging the spirit armor." Xiox laughed as Gwynn casually said that.
"Indeed, at the very least we could cause an opening for her to kill him."
Author's note
Hello reader, I hope you're enjoying how the Tree of might Arc is going. Crazy how strong the enemy is. Now the question lies with most of the enemy forces defeated and the biggest bad still largely untouched can Tarden and his Friend end things before things take a turn for the worst, find out next time right here on Dragon Ball EV.
P.S. Please leave a review on how you feel things are going, the review help motivate me to write and anything is welcome even some criticism, I just want to see how the fan base feels about this story as I really want to finish this, but we are only scratching the surface. Please recommend this to any other fan fiction readers and dragon ball fans and if you know anyone who can draw in the DB style tell them to message me so I can have them draw Yami and Tarden, and use the drawing as the book cover!