Episode 13 -
When Saiyans Meet
Broly, Cheelai and Lemo followed the unknown Saiyan woman with their eyes, as she floated down and touched the ground, a few paces from her kin, as the latter became guarded, like he had an urge to both defend himself and the others from her and to fight. Cheelai and Lemo were rooted in place, while Broly's own body was slightly shaking, not from fear, but an inexplicable excitement that he had only felt when he fought Goku and Vegeta. His nervousness around another Saiyan, who he was unfamiliar with, made the feeling even deeper.
"Looks like the Saiyan blood in you is already saying more than you." Beranise could feel his tenseness. "So you're the strong, silent type, huh."
"Who...are you?" Broly quietly asked, slightly narrowing his eyes.
"Not very trusting with your kind, are you?" Beranise could sense. "Can't blame you. Saiyans weren't exactly good people. But, I guess your father showed you that side. And the two guys you fought showed you another. Well, one of them, anyway." Beranise corrected. "The Prince is too uptight, but Goku would befriend a dinosaur. In fact, I bet he did, somewhere along the line." she muttered. Broly raised his head some at the mention of Goku, remembering he was the one who tracked him down, wanting to be a friend.
"W-what do you want from him!?" Cheelai spoke up and they turned to see her glaring at Beranise, with her still shaking hand slowly twitching towards her blaster.
"Relax...I'm just here to prod him some." Beranise said, turning back to Broly.
"And whaddoyou mean by that, huh!?" Cheelai quickly mustered the nerve she could not readily found, when Beranise first appeared, to demand to know. "You're here to fight him, too? Well, he doesn't like fighting!" she swiped with her hand. "He's not like the rest of you Saiyans! That's what his father wanted him to be!" she pulled her gun out of holster. "And I won't let you turn him into what he wanted!" she aimed at Beranise.
"She's a feisty little thing." Beranise said, with a side-glance, arms still folded, not fazed by her threat, at all and moved her eyes back to Broly. "It's not that I didn't have enough good fights, in the past few weeks, but after hearing how much trouble you gave the others, I thought I might coax a little more out of you." she said.
"I knew it!" Cheelai exclaimed, keeping her aim firmly on Beranise, who gave half an eye-roll.
"It's okay!" Broly raised his hand, to Cheelai's surprise. "She won't hurt me." Broly said.
"Well, I kinda will." Beranise pointed out. "Unless, you're as good as I heard." she added and Cheelai was not exactly relaxed by her words, but after some hesitation and a reassuring nod from Broly, she lowered her weapon.
"Hey! Don't you try anything funny with him!" Cheelai warned, dripping venom.
"Oh, boy...she's clingy." Beranise muttered, rolling her eyes up and brought them back down to lock them on Broly. "So..." she unfolded her arms. "Let's see what you can do!" Beranise drifted backwards, to a longer distance and placed her left foot forward, with her hands slightly raised and unclenched, taking a half-relaxed stance.
"We should go somewhere far away." Broly said and Beranise lifted her head. "It won't be safe for Cheelai and Lemo, if we're so close." She straightened up, realizing that herself.
"Well...it's not exactly a big planet." she noted and lifted into the air with Broly, then, flashed forward, barely leaving him enough time to block the surprise thrusting punch with his forearms crossed in front of himself. He gritted his teeth, as Beranise pushed him farther out with the attack, driving in more punches that Broly instinctively, yet still hastily, guarded against, meeting her fists with a single forearm, after the first. Cheelai growled in annoyance and ran after them, attempting to follow.
"Hey, wait...!" Lemo called after her. "You're gonna run halfway around the planet after them!?" he yelled, but she either did not hear or care to stop. "Guess so..." Lemo muttered, ran inside their partially loaded ship and fired up the engine. Vados peered through a projection of her staff that almost acted like a telescope, to see their fight.
The insect-like inhabitants of the planetoid skittered under the rocks they crawled out of, as shockwaves thundered across the sky above. Beranise tried to block a side-kick, but her forearm got rammed into the side of her own head and she was sent spinning away, before she stopped herself, facing Broly. She held her sore forearm and lightly massaged it.
"You start out pretty average, but a few hits in and you catch up to whoever you're fighting. And you don't stop there." Beranise told him. "You remind me of someone." Broly had no idea who she was referring to, but was likely intrigued if it could have been another Saiyan. Someone who also improved as fast as he did, while fighting. "This should look familiar." Beranise stated, flexed her body and with an erupting pillar of golden light, turned Super Saiyan. Broly, of course, remembered the form and how overwhelming it was, in the beginning. Cheelai stopped in her tracks, panting, as she saw the glow from afar.
"Oh, no..." she muttered. "Not that thing!" she cursed, then, hearing a ship approach, turned to see Lemo coming in. He slowed to a stop over her head and hovered close to the ground, opening the door of the cramped cargo bay. Cheelai took a running jump and grabbed onto a handle, as she was inside. "Go!" she exclaimed and they were on their way.
Broly was already on par with and his attacks were slowly overpowering Beranise, who knew what to expect from him, from the start, as she felt herself being beaten backwards, again. She retreated from another attack and with another flexing of her whole body, turned Super Saiyan 2. Broly slightly tilted his head at the subtle change in appearance, but he could feel it was far more of a change in power.
"Those guys rushed things too much." Beranise told him. "And being thrown in the deep end is best for a Saiyan. But, we don't want you snapping too soon." Broly did not appreciate the toying much and started powering up, with white energy still flaring around him. He dashed in and the first few of his punches were easily driven to the side, while the ones from Beranise, hit him in his face and stomach, knocking the air and saliva lose. Cheelai and Lemo were closing in on where they were.
"Please, don't lose yourself..." Cheelai worriedly whispered.
Beranise briefly took control of the fight, once again, beating on Broly, noticing it was quickly having less effect. From all the heavy hits, he became more incensed and powered through the rest, suddenly shrugging off all of her attacks, pushing on, even with her fist in his cheek and Beranise was, again, not surprised he was raising his power to match and overtake hers so fast. Lemo sat the ship down, behind a boulder and barely turned off the engine, as Cheelai was already hopping off to run towards them, taking cover behind larger rocks, close enough to be within earshot of their raised voices. She watched Beranise being blown backwards by a vicious right-hook, the shockwave of which reverberated from the rocky surface. Beranise lowered her forearms she partially blocked it with, exhaling, as she looked at Broly, whose eyes were a beastly yellow and his aura a deep green. Beranise found herself smiling.
"I like your eyes!" she told Broly, who was not much for complements and probably for words, either, at that point. Cheelai frowned, as she overheard. "And I never say that to any man!" Beranise added, floating just slightly closer to Broly and Cheelai raised a brow, in confusion at her words. "Looks like I'll have to skip a level, if you're gonna be this difficult." she said and Broly silently regarded her with an oddly patient, yet predatory glint in his wild eyes, obviously still capable of understanding her, as if he was waiting for her to become stronger, so they could fight more. Beranise did as expected and with a roar that turned deeper, her voice rougher, she took it up to Super Saiyan 4, which left Cheelai and Lemo staring and even Broly's mouth was slightly agape at its furry, feral appearance, as it was obviously new to him.
"Let me guess..." Beranise started. "You were expecting something blue." she muttered and attacked. Her brute strength and speed were as much above Broly's, as with any of her previous transformations, but they both knew he had a lot more power, even as he struggled to hold Beranise back. Cheelai and Lemo were hiding behind the same boulder that was already broken, barely covering them.
"Is it too late to get back to the ship and off this planet!?" Lemo shouted over the quaking they felt both in the ground and the sky.
"We'll be lucky if it stays in one piece!" Cheelai replied.
"You mean our ship and the planet!" Lemo did not have to exaggerate.
"He won't stand up to this, for much longer!" Cheelai watched Broly bear the brunt of the brutal battering Beranise was giving him. "He's going to lose it, again! They have to stop!" Beranise caught Broly in the chin with an uppercut that did not send him flying and her eyes narrowed, as Broly's spasming head slowly lowered, pushing her fist back down with his chin and he glowered at her through pupil-less eyes. His hair started to stand on its ends as a green aura surrounded him. "Enough!" His white eyes widened and the energy that Beranise felt swelling began to ebb. "Broly, please stop!" Cheelai pleaded with him and his normal black eyes started showing from the mindless whiteness they nearly vanished into. Beranise pulled her fist back, as Broly's thick, violent aura died down and disappeared, leaving only the meek, awkward boy, panting from the exertion, but he caught his breath quickly enough.
"I don't want to lose...control. I don't want to hurt Cheelai and Lemo...or you." he calmly, but tiredly said, afraid of his own strength.
"Well, aren't you considerate?" Beranise put her hands on her hips and reverted to normal. "They would've been protected, anyway." she referred to Vados, unbeknownst to him. "And as for you hurting me...I have more up my sleeve than this or whatever Goku and the Prince could give you on their own." She let her hands down. "But, I had my feel of you." she added with a slight smile, just loud enough and it predictably made Cheelai angry.
"Hrrgh, shut up with that kind of talk, already!" Cheelai yelled at her, balling her fists and Lemo tried to calm her, defensively raising his hands, sweating bullets as she carefully approached her.
"Uh...maybe she's not the kind of person you oughta get jealous with." he told her and she reddened in her cheeks, in shock.
"W-what!? W-who said...!? I-I'm not jealous!" Cheelai exploded.
"Overprotective, then." Lemo calmingly suggested, like he was negotiating, to make the situation sound less embarrassing for her, as long as it cooled her off and Beranise followed Broly's eyes to see Vados floated down behind her, likely ready to depart. She looked back at Broly.
"Well, this has been a nice little work out, if nothing else." Beranise said. "You still got a lot of power in you. You just need to learn how to rein in it." she glanced at Cheelai. "She's a good start." Broly raised his brows, looking at Cheelai. "Something to think about to keep yourself in check." Beranise suggested and looked back at him. "But, you gotta learn to control it all, without her, too." Cheelai listened, her expression softening. "She won't always be there. And she shouldn't be, when things get rough." Broly looked uncertain. "I already met a Saiyan like you." He looked surprised, but his suspicions were proven true. "And if they could do it, then, so can you." Beranise told him and Broly felt some relief in her experienced words. She halfway turned to Vados, not completely looking at her. "We're leaving." she told her.
"Already?" Vados somewhat teasingly asked her. "You did not even have to use what is up your sleeve." Beranise's brows briefly twitched into a glare, as Vados had been eavesdropping, before she turned away from her.
"Shut up and let's go." Beranise muttered and Vados briefly closed her eyes, then, looked at Broly with a smile.
"Goodbye!" she told him and Broly looked over at Beranise, who gave him a nod.
"Later." Beranise said and they beamed away. Broly turned his eyes up at the light, until it disappeared and kept looking towards its direction, then, he lowered his head, looked at his hands, thinking about what he was told and lightly clenched his fists. He saw Cheelai and Lemo coming out from behind their cover and floated down, landing in front of them.
"Are you-…?" Cheelai and Broly started at the same time, then, stared at each other, for their timing.
"Uh..." Broly hesitated, so Cheelai spoke up.
"Hey, if what she said is true...then you can learn to control your power!" she excitedly reminded him. "It's not impossible! And she said whoever she knows who's like you already did it, so it might not even take that long." she pointed out, with a warm, encouraging smile and Broly, giving one of his own, nodded in agreement.
...
The waves split apart in the ocean, being blown away by high-winds, as well as by Goku and Vegeta, who were sparring above, with one occasionally driving the other down and they skimmed the surface, launching back up. On the resort, Beerus was left alone, as Bulma and the others were done with their holiday and were back to their work. The staff, having been left with very specific instructions, tended to his needs, without actually knowing just how much danger their existence was in, at any given moment, given his character. Hidden on the top of the nearby cliff, the portal to another dimension glowed with a faint light. Inside Whis was facing Gohan, who was already trying to attack him, after quickly acclimating to the different properties of his new surroundings. His movements had been growing sharper and more precise with every passing minute and Whis had a small smile as he floated away from all of his attempts, while he verbally analyzed his performance.
"Impressive up-take! As your father told you, it took the Prince six months to reach the form they so aptly named Super Saiyan Blue. And he started further back from where you are now." he pointed out to him, as encouragement.
"Yeah. Dad did tell us." Gohan paused to reply. "And he did it even faster...but, then, he was further along, considering he could go Super Saiyan 3 and then he had a feel of Super Saiyan God, too."
"I do recall your father also telling me you have always progressed at a much faster rate than either him or Vegeta, ever since you were a child." Whis stated.
"I did. But, after Old Kai helped me unlock this power, I thought that was it." Gohan said.
"Until recently." Whis understood. "And given your earlier rate of progress, in reaching and then regaining this level of power, it should not take long for you to find out how far you can still go."
"And since this place is like the Hyperbolic Time Chamber..." Gohan indicated, looking around. "I can get a few weeks or even months-worth of training, in as many days!" He clenched a fist. "I don't have to take time away from my family or from work." he reasoned.
"Almost comfortably ideal." Whis agreed. "But, of course, the hard work still has to be done." he emphasized that despite the arrangement's lack of constraints, time-wise, Gohan will have to work harder than ever before.
"I know." Gohan affirmed, flared up and reengaged Whis.
...
A beam of light was shooting through the vastness of space in the 6th Universe, heading towards its unofficial Destroyer's palace. In it, Vados glanced over her shoulder at Beranise, who was holding onto the shaft of her staff with just her tail.
"Planning to do the usual this afternoon?" Vados asked.
"Tell the others to prep for training, then go down and find Fuwa." Beranise said.
"Oh?" Vados subtly raised a brow. "And what should I tell the Supreme Kai that you need from him?"
...
The Seven, Caulifla and Kale were gathered on the balcony. Caulifla had her hands on her hips, impatiently waiting, as usual, when Beranise came outside.
"And where've you been?" she immediately got annoyed with her.
"Missed me, huh?" Beranise mockingly asked.
"Pff." Caulifla frowned at her.
"Well, I hope you enjoyed your day-off, then." Beranise said.
"We weren't doing nothing, you know, just because you weren't here to boss us around!" Caulifla folded her arms. "We trained all day."
"So you learned how to behave, while I was away. Good girl." Beranise did not miss a beat to piss her off and Caulifla took the bait, internally growling at her, making fists. "Don't worry…you'll get to beat on me, soon enough." Beranise told her, folding her arms and Caulifla's glare was replaced by confusion. Vados arrived above and all looked up as she descended, then, walked up to Beranise.
"You got 'em?" Beranise unfolded her arms.
"Of course." Vados stated. "He said to be careful with them." she added
"Kais can just materialize this stuff, like a damn printer. What does he care?" Beranise grumbled and extended her hand. Vados brought the hand that was behind her back forward and placed a pair of Potara earrings in Beranise's palm. Caulifla and Kale remembered them well, especially since they recently watched their own fused selves fight and it made them realize what sort of training Beranise had in mind for them. Vados let her staff float on its own.
"The seven of you will train outside!" Beranise told the others and turned to the pair. "You two..." she tossed them the earrings, which they caught with two hands, as Vados opened the portal. "Get in there!" she nodded at the entrance. Caulifla clenched her fist around the earring, grinning in anticipation. She gave Kale a side-nod towards the portal and they went in.
"This should be a milestone, even after Lord Heles." Vados said and Beranise turned to follow Caulifla and Kale inside. "I wish I could peek!" Vados teasingly complained, pretending she felt left out and Beranise gave her a side-glare as she entered. The portal promptly closed behind her and there she found Kefla floating in the misty energy, with her arms folded and a cocky smile.
"Yo." she greeted Beranise.
"Kefla...you know where you are?" the latter asked.
"Yeah. I remember everything that's happened to Caulifla and Kale, since that Goku guy beat me in that tournament, including what you did to us. I owe you and that guy a beating!" she punched a fist into her palm, smirking.
"You oughta be a lot tougher now, after I beefed those two up. So, why don't we skip the first two or three dances and start from the top!" Beranise told her and Kefla grinned.
"Your funeral!" she said and screamed to power up, turning Super Saiyan, then, electricity shot out and around her, as she turned Super Saiyan 2, standing ready.
"That'll do..." Beranise said and briefly closed her eyes, with her bangs lifting up and she opened silver ones. "For now." she said. Kefla leaned forward, taking a wider stance.
"Hmph." she kept smiling at the form she recognized and hoped she would fight again. This time, with a lot more power. Vados stood near the sealed portal, with her back to it, as the others started training, briefly glancing at it and she had no idea what powers would soon clash inside.
The introductions between two Saiyans were made, the best way they know. Broly was given some much needed hope the power he feared could be controlled, which reminded Beranise of Kale. Taking the idea of fighting her one giant step further, she made Kale and Caulifla fuse. Now, after having trained both of them, an even stronger Kefla could be born from their combined and multiplied power. And the fusion warrior confidently faced down the very same form that caused her defeat in the tournament. With the dimension sealed shut, Vados and the other Saiyan women had no way of knowing what would happen inside. But, we are going to find out, on the next Dragon Ball Super!