Poroto was dead. It hadn´t taken Gohtin any effort, just swatted away mindlessly while he had been distracted. Yasai stared at her hands, her bloody knuckles that couldn´t even heal as fast as she punched them raw again. Was that what it meant to have ultimate power? She hadn´t chosen all of them on a whim, they were some of the strongest fighters the saiyan race had to offer. Poroto hadn´t been weak. If Freeza was like that, how was she supposed to ever be his match?

And yet Gohtin had run away in horror. Who had taught him how to be that powerful without teaching him to use it to its full extent? How could you be so weak and soft about killing one person when he could save billions with it? Loosing Poroto wasn´t good. It instantly made all the doubts creep back into her mind, how she had severely overestimated herself and thought she could do it all alone and now she was back at the beginning, ending up as another footnote in history and her achievements just vanished like that! Yasai lifted her head, closed her eyes. She felt the soft breeze from the air vents blow over her face. It didn´t matter. Deep down she knew that she was meant for something great. Gohtin didn´t know anything about the other Yasai in his universe, but she knew that that Yasai hadn´t died like Poroto, swatted away without a glance. And she wouldn´t, either. She leaned her head to the side, listened into the soft whisper of ki around her. Gohtin was back, his energy a bright spot in her mind. She would shine so much brighter than that.

Mikan looked up when she felt Gohtin´s ki return. It must´ve been his first kill, reacting like a child about something that insightful. Mikan grinned while she continued rubbing hand lotion on her busted knuckles. She hadn´t quite believed it when she got the note for this mission. Yasai was good at what she was doing, but Mikan remembered her too well from back when Yasai had still been a group leader serving on Mikan´s ship and had always been a bit too enthusiastic. The only reason Mikan hadn´t dismissed it was the promise to get her out of baby duty should she manage to ascend. With only a year left it was a very good prospect. Staying a year on Vegeta-sei just to produce a child that may even be useless… They didn´t need a commander for that. It wouldn´t even be a royal child.

She stared at the far corner of her room in thought. Poroto´s death was a pity, but one that she could ignore. She hadn´t quite believed that the ascension was that strong. Gohtin had shorted out the scanners, but that wasn´t any good evidence. They always shorted out when confronted by quick energy bursts. Even sensing ki wasn´t any proof, he was stronger, yes, but she had no way to figure out the scale. The technique was too new. But she knew Poroto. She could estimate his capabilities and killing him like an insect… that was remarkable. Ascending would be useful. She was fine with Yasai achieving it first, she was still young and needed the praise, but she would be second. And Mikan was certain that she would find good use for it.

Cilek barely noticed it when Gohtin came back to the ship. He was so damn tired and just wanted to sleep… He felt as if he was back at school, where beating the shit out of each other had been fun. If he was honest, he had only tagged along because he still owed Yasai a favour. Back when they had both been group leaders and she had covered up a busted mission for him. Being a commander was way more political which was a side of the job he enjoyed tremendously. Well, their time was halfway up anyway and then he could go back to his ship, patting himself on the back that he had given it a try.

He sighed and closed his eyes, wondering who would take over Poroto´s command. It was tainted now, of course, dying like that on a dumb training mission, but if there was a chance Cilek was absolutely on board to take over part of Poroto´s territory. Smiling, he felt the darkness take over. It was better not to put too much effort into it. With strength like Gohtin, he would only attract unwanted attention. And he hated nothing more than that.

Yasai wasn´t training this evening. Nashi had noticed the extra hours she put in, the high gravity… of course she had everything to lose. It had been her idea after all, but Mikan had told him already that it was not unexpected. Yasai was still young and way too easy to rile up. Nashi barely knew her, he had a daughter with Yasai´s mother, and he knew that he was only on this mission because Mikan had recommended him. And Mikan… definitely knew him too well. This was exactly what he had been looking for. The only pity was that Yasai had found the mixed and not he. Otherwise, he would´ve never shared the news with basically everyone and simply ascended alone. Nashi was sure Yasai wouldn´t dispose of the two mixed after they were done. Too soft. She was just lucky to be a royal child, otherwise she would still sit out her time in the middle ranks before becoming a commander.

Well, it couldn´t be changed. At least Poroto was gone. Nashi didn´t want to share the spotlight with too many people. The ascension was stronger than he had thought... He wasn´t certain it would be a match for Freeza, but it was definitely enough to widen out the saiyan territory. Maybe even loosen their connection to the planet trade organization some. There was potential in it and he was positive that after this unexpected death Yasai would be more than motivated to get it over quickly. One training accident was bad luck. Two showed what a bad soldier she was. And people like Yasai only wanted to impress.

Goten was too tired to do more than sigh. Yasai was already furious before they flew to their training spot. He didn't know why, even. It couldn´t be because she was sad over Poroto´s death. None of them seemed to particularly like each other and it was still very present in his mind how she had told him Poroto´s death didn´t matter. And for the first time she was wearing a grey T-shirt instead of her tight uniform. Maybe she´d come to the same conclusion as Goten had in the previous, very sleepless night. That she had to ascend as quickly as possible because he was done with it. They couldn´t harm him anyway and once one of them was a super saiyan he would be out of it. Goten wasn´t sure if Yasai had the necessary base power already, they were all so weak compared to what he knew, but maybe that just meant she had to be angrier. And from the looks of it she was getting ready for that just fine.

The moment they landed Yasai turned around to him, her aura flaring wildly. "Time for playing around is over!"

As if. He waved her over, a bit away from the others. "Try to hit me. I know you worked more than the other´s, so show me some of it."

Yasai grumbled. Goten saw her tail tighten around her waist before she lunged forward. He had no trouble evading her attacks, she was too weak and although she was miles ahead of him in terms of technique there was still no speed to back it up. He moved shortly aside and slapped her on the back, making her stumble forward. And she thought he had fun doing this all day. "I wonder what you have been doing all that time. Your power level isn´t that much higher than Nashi´s and honestly, you´re so slow I could do something else and you´d still be unable to hit me."

"Shut the fuck up! Yesterday Poroto landed a punch!" She jumped, disappearing shortly before contact, just to ram her knee into his spine. It stung, but it didn´t really hurt. He turned around, stopping her fist mid air. "Well, good try Yasai, but even if you connect you just don´t do any damage. I thought you were the best the saiyans had to offer? Maybe I was wrong, maybe Vegeta is the only elite who can manage the transformation and only the ones you dismiss as weak are able to do it."

She tried to pull her fist away from his grasp but he didn´t let her. She and all the other commanders hadn´t tried to hide how little they thought of everyone not from their tight, privileged circle. They didn´t even look at Gine when they entered the kitchen. They thought they were so far above everyone else that hearing how the son of some lowly soldiers managed a transformation that was seen as legendary would definitely raise the blood pressure. Getting played by a tailless bastard… would work as well.

"I killed someone because of you and you can´t even manage to get stronger. Are you even trying? Or do you think we´ll go back and daddy will pat your head for effort and blame it all on me? Do you?" He pressed harder and she groaned under the pressure. A little more and he would break her hand. He wasn´t so sure he wanted to stop in time anymore.

"Let go. Let GO!" She pulled harder, something cracked under his hand. When Yasai screamed he let her go, concerned for a moment. When she looked up he knew it couldn´t have been so bad. He actually felt it when her left fist connected with his cheek bone, making him see stars for a moment.

"Don´t you dare think you pathetic excuse of a saiyan are better than me. I earned it."

Goten stumbled a step away, grinning while he rubbed the sore spot on his cheek. "What did you earn? Getting born isn´t a big feat, everyone manages that." He laughed and when he felt her ki rise higher than ever before he laughed even louder. "All you EVER did was being a privileged brat! None of your achievements are that great when you consider…"

"Shut up!" He ki was flaring so wildly it was blowing up the dust around them, whipping against the plants on the hillsides. Mikan, Nashi and Cilek had come closer, curiously. Yasai had noticed them and her ki instantly decreased a little. Still trying to hold up a façade for her colleagues… He had to change that.

"When you consider that it was GIVEN TO YOU! Have you ever worked for anything in your life? Have you ever done anything worthwhile? It wasn´t even your doing that you found me, it was dumb luck that Youzi had brought us to you! You´re good at nothing and you know it."

She had stomped a step closer and shot a huge energy ball at him. Goten swatted it away, but it burned his hand while doing so. He pretended not to feel it. It was better that way.

"Do you honestly think you´d ever be as good as I am ? You´re just mediocre by your own standards. Guess Nappa only fucks you because it´s convenient."

It happened too fast for him to react, a punch so hard he felt one of his teeth break in his mouth and he was pushed back so violently only the mass of plants growing on the hills slowed his momentum. When the shock rubbed off, he saw the glowing light in the distance. Goten quickly flew back to their spot, Yasai on her knees, breathing hard. Glowing golden.

"Congrats."

She panted, her ki scorching the soil around her. "How… how did it happen? I´m not as strong… as you. I thought…"

Goten hesitated for a second. It was better to tell her, the other three would hear it and maybe it helped them ascend quickly as well. On the other hand… he didn´t feel like reassuring her. He didn´t know her well enough to know if anything he had said was true but because of her he had become a murderer. She deserved to feel bad.

"You were so angry you had to let it out some way. That´s how everyone I know ascended."

She smiled and got up, slowly. "Be glad I´ll let you live."

"You can´t even control it properly. Threaten me when you learn how to turn by will."

Her smile widened and she attacked again. He quickly turned and tried to hold his own, but their difference in power was barely noticeable and she used every bit of pent up frustration to make him suffer. When she was done he was sure his nose was broken in more spots than one and the taste of blood in his mouth made him want to vomit. Sparring like that was insane. He was on his knees, trying to gather his senses to get up during the little pause Yasai had given him only to look directly at the ki ball aimed at his face. He wasn´t sure if it would kill him. A short glance behind her showed him the rest of the crew, assessing him. Waiting for his execution. Maybe they even thought it was the proper thing to do, he had killed one of their own, he had been bested, he deserved to die. He looked back at the energy, his heart rate going up until it hurt in his chest. If he died here… maybe they would send him back to his own universe. He didn´t want to spend the afterlife here.

The energy ball dissipated and vanished. Yasai´s golden glow did the same. She was panting hard, and although unharmed she looked exhausted beyond belief. "You´ll live, Gohtin. For now."

"I´m not frightened by your empty threats."

She stumbled back before she rested her hands on her knees. "Not empty. And you know it."

He heard it when Mikan leaned over to Nashi and said "She´s too weak." But Mikan wasn´t the one in charge here. And Yasai would never forget who gave her the greatest power she had ever felt. And once the exhaustion was gone she would want it back, like a shot of heroin. And he would give it to her.

Before the week was up Mikan turned as well. Nashi managed it just before they were ready to leave the planet. Cilek didn´t, but three out of five was good anyway. It only showed that the saiyan women had more to be angry about than the men.

Although they were travelling so fast the view was still full of stars as far as Gine could see. The sight was unimaginable, you wouldn´t get it on any planet and pictures just didn´t do it justice. Gine definitely preferred her assignments on the ground, but travelling never ceased to amaze her anyway. It was probably the best part of her job.

"I know what they did."

Hamu looked at her. He had been lost in his own thoughts while staring at the stars. "What?"

"They became so strong that they messed up the weather and we felt the ground shake although we were halfway across the planet. It´s not just the training."

"How do you know?" Hamu frowned, concern clearly running over his face. "Did you fuck one of them? Gine, that was an awful idea! You know that they won´t help you with a promotion, worst case you´ll get demoted to the last shithole in the galaxy!"

She smiled and patted Hamu´s arm. As if she was that dumb. "I didn´t, don´t worry. The tailless one is actually related to Bardock. My partner. They look very much alike. He told me that they are becoming super saiyans."

Hamu didn´t react for a long while. So long in fact that Gine wanted to check if he was still alive. Died out of shock and disbelief. "Gine, that´s crap. Everyone knows it´s crap."

"That´s what they were doing here. You´ll see."

They left it at that. After they sat together for a while in peaceful silence again, Hamu pinched her arm.

"What?"

"My contract is almost up. What do you say, when we´re done serving we´re gonna go back there and film a documentary. We already got some good locations and you´ve got an eye for good shots."

Gine´s smile turned into loud laughter. She would like that.

"Vegeta-machi palace station 133. Who is speaking?"

"Yasai here. Mission 77-GT-2 was successful. Please proceed with mission 34-FR-9."

"Understood."

Yasai leaned back. Despite her doubts, things were going exactly… as planned.

AN: Alright, I haven´t made up for the whole time but three chapters in a week were still a good run haha. Next chapter will be earliest next weekend though, gotta go to work again I´m afraid (I´d be okay with more vacation haha)

Anyway, next chapter is back to Bra! And if anyone of you want to speculate what will happen in the next few chapters I would love to read it!

Thank you all for reading and see you next time:)