with Midoriya having delivered the news, Tiger quickly putting some bandages on his arms, to help against the worst of the damage, Tiger told the boy to stay put. but Midoriya, knowing his friend was a target, could not stay put and do nothing. and activating his quirk again, he ran off into the forest, looking for his friend. as for his friend, Bakugou was having one hell of a time, dodging for his life, and being pissed off at being saved by Todoroki, who used his ice to block the waves of blades coming from the villain's mouth. Bakugou, knowing the villains were after him and he had been given permission to fight back, he wanted nothing more than to beat up this villain. but with all the incoming attacks and Todoroki protecting him, he had no chance to even use his own quirk.
the villain, Moonfish, didn't even seem to realize Bakugou was the target for capture. he just seemed to want to kill and eat, being completely deranged. his teeth turned into blades and shot out in wild crooked forms, bending and twisting and stretching, only being stopped by Todoroki's ice momentarily before he launched his next attack. with 32 teeth, he had quite the arsenal of blades to unleash. but with him being focused on his prey, he noticed the threat from behind too late. as it stood there and he turned around, launching some blades at it, they only scratched the machine body, before he received what seemed to be a cannonball to the face, breaking his jaw and knocking him out. it might also have knocked out some of his teeth.
Bakugou and Todoroki looked from behind a block of ice, seeing a large machine, being mostly large legs, a small body with two red eyes on it and two cable-like arms with large ball-like structures instead of hands. from behind the robot, a purple man in a lab coat with a cane stepped forward, looking at the work his machine; Borareta had done, followed by two more robots. the second had a large metallic body cable arms and actual hands, having some form of head structure and a pair of legs, though not as strong as the first one; Pancea. and the last one was the smallest, being stubby, having one large eye, short legs, yet the biggest hands out of the three robots; Koitsukai.
Bakugou wondered, 'who are those scrubs?' the doctor, Paparoni, stepped forward, 'we are the warriors from Universe 3, fighting on the behest of the Omni King, being his warriors of righteous justice.' Bakugou and Todoroki looked at each other in a moment of confusion, 'so, you understand what he meant with that Icy Hot?' Todoroki shrugged, 'guessing he's one of the American villains we were not supposed to fight. though he sounds like even more of a crackpot than the one they just knocked out.' Paparoni smiled, 'Borareta, finish off these brats!' the big robot seemed to nod and started walking forward, before swinging its long and extendable arms forward, slamming through some trees and also Todoroki's ice.
Bakugou wanted to unleash some more attacks but had to retreat, duck and dodge as Borareta started swinging his arms and flinging punches at him. Todoroki wanted to step in and help, but at this time to small Koitsukai started shooting blasts at him from its eye. Todoroki now also dodged and both boys were driven back, like before. Todoroki tried to defend them with his ice, but the balls easily smashed through it and the blasts went straight through it. but just as the two robots seemed to deliver the final blow, Paparoni tapped his cane on the ground, 'that's enough guys. I have found our target. let these kids go and clean their diapers. you have proven your superiority!'
the man started running in another direction, quickly being followed by his robots, leaving Bakugou enraged, having been doubly insulted. in a fit of rage, he wanted to go after that "American Villain" to teach him and his toys not to mess with the future number 1 hero! but with Todoroki's ice in the way, just as he got around it, they heard someone calling for them. Caulifla came their way, having heard Bakugou's explosions, not to mention his cursing. she had come here mostly because of the enemy's energy she had sensed, but now, as she saw the villain Moonfish on the ground, she asked, 'did you guys beat him?' Bakugou gritted his teeth, 'oh I certainly could have, if Icy Hot hadn't kept getting in my way! but then this science freak showed up with three robots. he babbled some nonsense, had his toys attack us than he retreated like the coward he looks like!' Todoroki nodded, 'more or less. he said he had found their target. though I don't know who he means with that.'
at this point, the sound of trees snapping like twigs and a monstrous roaring shook the forest and the sound seemed to be coming in their direction. as they looked, they saw Shoji who was running in their direction, having Midoriya on his back. and behind them, a mass of darkness was moving in their direction. it took a moment for his classmates to realize that it was Tokoyami's Dark Shadow having gone out of control in the dark of the night. it was causing even more destruction than Bakugou's explosions. but as Shoji came closer, Midoriya asked the three of them for some light. with no villains around they could sick Tokoyami's dark shadow on, Bakugou made some explosions, Todoroki shot out some flames and Caulifla shot up a ki blast. with all this light, Dark Shadow was reduced back to its weakest state where Tokoyami had control of it again.
Tokoyami apologized to Shoji, who had gotten one of his tentacles sliced off and eaten by Moonfish. his anger, along with the dark of night is what had caused him to lose so much control. with the apology made, Midoriya explained his idea of how to get back to camp, where the other students, the pros and the teachers were. having Tokoyami and Caulifla, who could both be powerful battering rams, with Bakugou and Todoroki to make light and Shoji and Midoriya to lead the charge, with Bakugou in the middle as he was the villains' main target, with this team they had, they could probably beat any villain they could come across. Bakugou didn't want protection or their help, but Caulifla grinned through it all, 'oh relax princess. even if a villain gets by all of us, by then they're weak enough for one of your explosions to knock them out.' Bakugou did not like it, especially not to be talked to like that by a girl and snapped at her, 'Oh shut up you spiky twig!' this reaction got him a knuckle sandwich right on the nose! while Caulifla was better at controlling her temper, to be insulted by this moron was not something she would accept. with Bakugou having fallen to the ground, she grabbed his face, lifted him off of the ground and dragged him along as the group ran back to where the camp was.
meanwhile, Uraraka and Tsuyu had encountered Himeko Toga, who was assaulting them with a knife, while rambling about wanting to be friends with them. she seemed to be completely out of her mind. but while crazy, she was still fully capable of fighting, being acrobatic and highly skilled with a knife. Uraraka, having learned how to defend against knife combat, was semi-prepared for this. but Tsuyu was not and in an attempt to protect Uraraka, got caught by Toga, who pinned her to a tree, ready to use her knife. but just as she was about to stab, she felt a tap on her right shoulder, she looked back in surprise but didn't see anyone, but as she looked back to Asui, all she saw was a leg. a leg coming at her face!
Toga was kicked back, which caused Tsuyu to come down, as Cabba stepped in front of her and Uraraka came to check on her friend. Toga looked at the new person who had shown up, 'oh, I recognize you. you were in the news twice in the same night! you're the guy who got killed and came back to life!' Cabba shrugged, 'well, a brush with death, pro heroes do it all the time. I had to experience it sooner or later.' Toga smiled, 'Oh great, I get to make a new friend!' she ran forward and attacked Cabba with her knife, but he easily side stepped her, but also came toward her, walking her away from the girls behind him. and with him filling his hands with ki and swinging those at her, she also dodged him.
as there was enough distance between him and the two students, as Toga came at him again, the ki vanished from his hands and he grabbed her wrist, stopping her attack dead in its tracks. she was surprised how easily he had caught her. she tried to pull back, but she couldn't get free. for someone who looked so scrawny, this guy was ridiculously strong! she grabbed one of the needles of her backpack and tried to stab him, but he also caught this, broke it, before squeezing his right hand. in a yelp of pain, Toga dropped her knife before he pulled her close and kneed her in the gut! as he let go of her now, she collapsed to the ground. she was clearly winded from the blow, nearly losing consciousness.
as they finished this, Midoriya and Caulifla and the others came running. they asked what had happened and Midoriya explained they were bringing Bakugou back to camp with Tokoyami as their trump card. but with that said, Uraraka didn't see those two boys. and as everyone looked around, a voice drew them to the top of a tree, where a masked man stood, with Toga over one of his shoulders, 'nice trick ey? I took the boys you're talking about with my magic. a talent like Bakugou's would be squandered as a hero. we'll provide him with a grander stage where he can truly shine. and when I saw your avian friend move around so violently, causing such destruction, I just decided to take him too.'
the man continued monologuing, even as he dodged Todoroki's ice and Caualifla's blasts while carrying Toga until another person started speaking, 'ah, found you. and one of the girls is with you too! splendid. boys, we're going to have a field day. and something tells me, if we crush them, the final specimen will show up soon enough.' everyone looked in the direction of this voice and it was the purple man in a lab coat, followed by his three robots. the masked villain looked at the scientist, ánd who are you that you are taking the spotlight from me?' Paparoni gave the same long-winded speech of being the Omni King's warriors of justice, but this time also introducing himself as Paparoni!
Cabba and Caulifla stepped forward, 'that villain would be after us. and it seems he mentioned Kale too,' Cabba spoke up, while Caulifla finished, 'you guys go and catch that other villain and get your friends back.' with her saying that the masked villain started running away over the trees in the direction of the meeting point of the league of villains! the group of UA students ran after the masked villain, who managed to even dodge Todoroki's biggest wall of ice. Cabba sighed, 'it would have been nice if we had been able to help them. oh well, guess we need to deal with this guy first.' Caulifla frowned, 'he just looks like some pencil neck! and he has brought some tin cans ready for crushing. let's do this!'
meanwhile, Awase from class 1-B was dragging Momo out of danger, as a Noumu was after the two of them. this monster was big, strong and had multiple arms on its back, but instead of hands, it had drills and chainsaws, spinning and slicing. and it was catching up to the two of them. had Momo been fully conscious, they might have been able to outrun it, but as she was injured and Awase dragged her along, the monster kept getting closer, bringing their death with it! but just as it reached them, a blast of lime green landed on it from above! the beast was torn to pieces and any sharp and pointy objects that could have hit them were blown away from them by a strong wind of energy. as Awase looked behind him, he saw his classmate, the transfer student Kale Saiyan. he had never been so happy to see anyone. but even in his surprise, he could notice how similar these two looked.
Kale looked Momo over and determined that, while she was injured, it wasn't life-threatening. but Awase needed to get her back to camp as soon as possible. she sensed around the two of them all the way to camp and told him he could head straight, as there were no more villains to either chase them or to get in their way. Awase asked her to come with them, but she explained that her "twin sister" Caulifla, along with her cousin Cabba, were about to fight against and Ämerican villain" so she needed to go and help them. he understood, knowing he couldn't help her, not in his condition. nor was he allowed to by the pros. but as he brought Momo back, with Kale having called Caulifla her twin sister, which, to the extent of his knowledge, she was; Momo looked more like a twin sister to Kale, except that Kale was more tanned.
Kale started heading toward Caulifla and Cabba, who were ready to take on Paparoni's three robots, Bororeta, Pancea, and Koitsukai. Jerren was fighting Jiren at the mountainside, while Lazuli was facing Ribrianne and her two lackeys. the Omni King's warriors had all found their targets and were ready to fight. but their targets were all ready to fight back. meanwhile, the league of villains had their target and another. this was the worst-case scenario!
Paparoni stepped back and let his three robots Borareta, Pancea, and Koitsukai step forward. Cabba stepped forward, 'well, after all that training, I guess it's time to see how much our control has improved.' Caulifla nodded, 'that's true, but not sure if crushing these tin cans will prove anything!' the three robots all ran at the two of them and Borareta started kicking at them, Pancea started launching punches and Koitsukai ran around, shooting blasts at the two of them. the two Saiyans blocked this first initial assault and could feel the power of each individual machine. while each attacked in their own way, they were roughly at the same level.
as the two took a step away from the fight, they both powered up, both going straight to super Saiyan 2. they had trained for two days by fighting against each other and at dinner they had eaten their fill. while they had been trained by humans who barely knew how their powers worked, the simplicity of the training had been most effective for them. the two launched forward and started fighting back, controlling their energy; placing it in front of their fists and legs, hitting the steel with power, without damaging themselves. the machines still fought back, but while they had power, they seemed to be too basic to pose any kind of real threat to them.
Paparoni observed how his machines fought against these two Saiyans and he was impressed that two on one, they could roughly keep up with them, while the two of them had powered up to match the strength of his machines. the robots started fighting systematically with one another, trying to fight and find a strategy to beat the Saiyans. but with Cabba having fought in the military and Caulifla being a fast learner, they disrupted their attack and defense motions by focusing on one of the three opponents to take that one out of the equation. it didn't matter which one it was, as their calculations required all three of them for the group attack and defense.
as Borareta was pushed back, it got kicked from behind against the back of its eyes. it stumbled forward, where Cabba kicked at its legs, making it trip before Caulifla kicked it into the air before it hit the ground. the one who had kicked it forward, Kale, went into super Saiyan 2 as well, though her version was a tad bigger and more muscular than the other two. she shot into the sky, before kicking the machine down into the ground, before landing in between the other two, 'fighting these things two on three? not really fair is it?' Paparoni smiled, 'well, you are my targets and those two seem to handle themselves fine.' Kale shook her head with a smile, 'Nah, not that! as we are now, one of us could take on all three. don't you have something stronger?' Caulifla was impressed that Kale was the one to say that. she was certainly becoming more headstrong.
Paparoni smiled, 'well, since the lady asked, and it being part of the experiment, I will oblige.' his cane, before pointing it at his three robots, 'plan X! programming phase, begin!' Koitsukai was the first to react, 'plan X. order received.' the three robots jumped into the sky, announced their names, before beginning a transformation. Pancea pulled in its legs and its arms, before landing atop Borareta, who also pulled back its arms. Koitsukai pulled in its legs, before landing atop the top half which was Pancea, before growing out its arms. they all announced their names again, before saying in unison, 'Merge!' Paparoni looked at the light of his cane, 'functions fully unleashed at 1256 percent, introducing Universe three's modified warrior; Koichiarator!'
Caulifla looked up at the big machine that now stood in front of them, 'okay, guessing this thing is more than just big and numbers.' Kale nodded, 'or cans stacked atop each other.' they both looked at Cabba, who sighed, 'well, Kale got her wish. it seems each machine powers the other two, which increases its power a lot! so now it might pose a challenge to us.' Caulifla grinned, 'good, I was getting bored kicking those cans around.' Paparoni grinned and looked at Kale, 'you don't mind that it's one on three, do you?' Kale looked at the machine, before grinning, 'fight first, decide later.' Cabba nodded, as this was the sort of opponent he might be able to push his limits against. and Caulifla was always up for a good fight. but, as they were about to get started, she asked, 'hey you two; did you manage to get all the students out of the forest?' Cabba nodded, 'yeah, except for the ones who are after the villains.' Kale added, 'all other students, both concious and unconscious.' Caulifla nodded, as this meant they could really cut loose on this robot.
at the mountain, things were getting more hectic. with Jiren having powered up some, making the mountain itself shake through the release of power, Jerren knew this would not be easy. he had launched volleys of marble-sized ki blasts, all highly compressed and very explosive, but Jiren had seemed to have put up an energy barrier around himself, having powered through all of them and was now taking the offensive! as Jirren reached his opponent, he unleashed a punch. Jerren tried to block it, but unlike before, the punch went through the block, packing much more power than any of the prior punches. Jerren shot into the sky, trying to balance himself and regain his composure in this fight, drawing on the god ki channeled in his light hawk wings, strengthening himself before launching several more blasts at Jiren, who simply powered through them all.
as Jiren reached him, launching another punch, Jerren dodged the attack, retreating back and going higher, getting some more distance between him and Jiren. his physical attacks had barely any effect on the big guy and while his ki blasts had torn up the top of his uniform, those were now being blocked. and the only reason those had worked was because he had caught Jiren by surprise. such things can only help you so many times. but he still had some tricks to unleash! as he was flying higher, he was releasing blasts of ki, which he had already compressed in his wings to the size of marbles and spreading them around him and Jiren who was coming after him.
as Jiren was in range, Jerren started his assault. one blast launched at Jiren and grew in size and flew at Jiren. the big guy saw it coming and the barrier around him blocked it. but as Jiren kept coming, Jerren kept launching blasts, sometimes more than one at a time, all from different angles. and while most were blocked, some blasts actually hit Jiren and these blasts also created smoke! and when Jiren's vision was obscured, Jerren stepped in quickly and launched either a kick from the front or a punch from the back, before retreating. these were hit and run attacks, but if it could help him bring down Jiren, he would use any trick in the book and some he had written himself!
but all this constant blasting, hitting and running while covering his line of sight with smoke was angering Jiren. a red aura started burning around him before a wave of just air and force exploded away from him, hitting all Jerren's compressed blasts and destroying them. Jerren tried to prepare, but Jiren was behind him before he saw the big guy even move. the moment Jerren tried to look back and turn around, he received another fist to the face. and this time, there wasn't any way to block it or lessen its power. he was knocked out of the sky and into the forest down below. Jerren's face was pretty swollen, his body was pretty bruised and some of his clothes were torn, but he could still get up.
but as he had managed to get back up to his feet, he heard footsteps coming toward him. as he looked, it was as if the forest around him was brimming with darkness, as an omen of things to come. and coming out of that darkness was an ominous red aura, swirling around a pale alien with dark eyes and a muscular body. Jiren looked angry and was taken this fight more serious than before. while his footsteps were soft, to Jerren, each one sounded like an earthquake to him, as the weight of the power behind the being causing those sounds was so enormous. Jerren could at least be glad that Jiren was using normal ki, no matter how immense and powerful it was. had Jiren been capable of god ki; this fight would have ended the second it started!
back with Lazuli, her three on one fight was getting easier and easier for her. while concentrating on the fire, she relaxed her mind as much as possible to make snap decisions as quickly as possible. after that one moment where her body moved on its own, she had not experienced that sensation again. but this was the closest she could manage while conscious. Ribrianne, Rozie and Kakunsa were bruised, had burns and their clothes had tears and holes in them. still, they didn't give up and charged at her three at a time. but as they did, no matter how many punches they through or slashes they launched, Lazuli placed a small compressed shield right in between their hits to block them. and with some shield, she made them double-layered, placing a ki blast in the middle. so when the outer shield broke, the ki blast exploded, hitting them, while the shield behind it protected her from the damage.
Lazuli blasted all three of them away, before cracking her knuckles, 'okay, are you done? or ready for round three? I have all the time in the world and in the end, I will have Ki to spare.' the three got up, glaring at her angrily. she had been taunting them ever since the start of the fight. their anger had disrupted the calm control it took to manage the use of god ki. the three regrouped, looked at each other and nodded. they had not thought they would have needed these in their fight with her where they would have the advantage. but she had proven herself to strong of an opponent. they all pulled out two glowing sticks, holding one in each hand and they raised them to the sky.
Lazuli smirked, 'what? did I hit you so hard you lost your minds? or what was left of them anyway.' Ribrianne grinned, 'oh, we have not lost our minds, my dear! this is simply what we use when we face an opponent that turns out to be too powerful for us. so feel proud that you pushed us to use this.' Kakunsa, 'everyone in our universe, everyone who believes in us, the maidens of Love and sends their feelings of faith and love into their batons, that trust and love are transferred to us and transformed into power!' Rozie, 'and as a bonus, the power of love heals us!' and indeed, as they had said, their wounds healed, their power returned to what it had been at the start of the battle, before growing even greater than that. and as a bonus, their clothes were repaired.
Lazuli sighed, 'so, we have to start all over again? even with each of you being stronger now than before, even three on one, you won't win against me. work together as much as you want, take the love and power from others, cheat as much as you want; in the end, I will still beat you! it's just a matter of time.' Kakunsa was about to pounce at her, but Ribrianne put a hand on her shoulder, to calm her down, before stepping forward herself, 'oh, we will see about that; as you have no idea how strong we are now!' Ribrianne rushed forward. and while Lazuli did throw up a shield, several even, Ribrianne punched through them all and knocked Lazuli to the ground, where Kakunsa ran by her, threw her up in the sky and slashed at her, where Rozie awaited and gave her a pummeling.
Lazuli landed on the ground, before slowly standing up, while Ribrianne said, 'the time has come to put you down for good!' Lazuli glanced at her, before smirking, 'okay, I will admit,... if all this power you three share had gone to one person than maybe you could have beaten me! but now,...' Lazuli shot toward Ribrianne, who threw a punch at her. Lazuli caught it by the wrist, pulling her in while launching a knee kick at her fat face, kicking her into some trees. Kakunsa came running at her, slashing through the shields Lazuli had put up, before suffering the result of all those shields having had ki blasts put in them, each exploding in her face. and as Rozie rushed in, Lazuli jumped over her, before clasping both her knees around the sides of her head and bending down. as Rozie bend backward, Lazuli put her hands on the ground, before flipping over and slamming Rozie face-first into the ground. Lazuli knew she had to put in some more effort, but that didn't mean she was worried about this fight!
in the forest, with the Saiyans, fighting Koichiarator, they were pushing the merged robot back more and more. for its size it sure was fast and its punches were strong, but there were three of them and they pushed it back more and more. with it having one eye and one of them sending a bright blast to its face, even when it blocked the attack, the other two would attack its sides, legs, and torso, sometimes from behind. eventually, it stumbled and tripped, falling on its back, right at Paparoni's feet. Kale smiled, 'well, at least that was a decent workout, right sis?' Caulifla smiled, 'sure. I could had dealt with something stronger, but at least it was a good workout.' Cabba nodded, 'agreed. too bad it was so easy.' Caulifla and Kale looked at him in shock; had he just said that? had he jinxed them?!
Paparoni chuckled and as his machine stood up, his can started glowing, before jumping onto his machine, where the light went over onto Koichiarator and hid both of them from view. but as something came into view, they realized the scientist had added a biological component to his machine, as the humanoid form before them had a face and mouth, two eyes, having muscles instead of mechanics as well as some sort of jewels on certain parts of its body. this new monster unleashed a roar and a wave of power so enormous, everyone could feel it, villains, students and pros included.
the entire forest shook under the release of power, the heroes and villains could feel it, with some wondering what was going on, with some of the students getting scared, while the pros, who knew the truth, hoped the aliens wouldn't come this way. they were happy that most of the students were here and safe, hoping the ones who were still in the forest were also unharmed. Midoriya and Uraraka, feeling this wave of power and hearing the massive roar that came with it, from the position where the Saiyans were fighting, they knew this had to be the doing of one of the Omni King's warriors.
Kale and Caulifla looked at Cabba with a frown, before Caulifla stated, 'you never say a battle is too easy! even if it is!' Cabba blinked, 'but Kale did the same thing.' Caulifla looked over to Kale, who replied, 'well, that was when it was so easy, even three of them on one of us, we could have won.' Caulifla sighed, 'well, now we have to deal with this guy. and at the very least, we're going to get a better fight out of it than the rustbucket from before!' the monster before them stopped its roar, stopped powering up and the forest stopped shaking. it grinned and stepped toward them, thinking itself strong enough to deal with the three of them by itself.
and while none of them wanted to admit it, it was right; for now! they would need more than super Saiyan 2 to beat it! they momentarily looked each other in the eyes, before focusing on the foe before them, all three of them let their power explode around them, before they each drew their power into their bodies, keeping it inside and activated their god ki. the golden ki vanished and turned red, turning their hair and eyes red. they all took their own stance, as the monster still looked at them with a confident grin, as it stood there, towering over the trees! Caulifla, who had learned patience, had also learned the advantage of taking the initiative of the first attack! she shot forward and darted around the giant, while Cabba and Kale followed her example.
they were all moving at great speed, before simultaneously attacking it from three different sides. the green jewels in the monster's antenna glowed for a moment before it moved! for something so enormous and likely heavy, it moved ridiculously fast. not only keeping up with their speed but surpassing it, spinning, turning, ducking and attacking, dodging their attacks and countering, smashing all three of them into the ground, all in a crater of their own. they slowly got up, seeing the monster coated in his lavender aura, seemingly powering up further, before unleashing the aura around him in a multitude of blasts.
the trio dodged the blasts, time and time again, while the forest around them was slowly being destroyed; the ground and the trees. the three Saiyans started releasing blasts of their own to counter the monster's attacks. and if not completely stop the opposing blasts, then at least parry them to the side, into the ground and away from them. what was important now was to keep this monster here, focused on them, as it was now. good thing it was after them and had found them; had it found the students, then this could have been a disaster. as the blasts stopped raining, while it had been a massive attack, fueled by a lot of energy, the monster didn't even seem winded. maybe because it was mostly machine.
the three Saiyans came together again, before deciding to fight this thing with everything they had, while also fighting smart. Caulifla and Kale would fight it head one, while Cabba would stay to the side and launch a blast now and then when the monster wouldn't suspect it. but Cabba would also stay back, as he was good at strategizing and analyzing; so hopefully, he could find the weakness in this monster. Kale stepped forward, before powering up further. bulking up in her god ki state and starting to overflow with divine ki, before attacking the monster, quickly followed by Caulifla, while Cabba stayed back, but did launch a volley of ki blasts at the monster.
at Jerren's fight, he was taking a step back as Jiren walked toward him. the weight of this man's power was enormous; as if the sky itself was made of lead, weighing him down. not to mention the serious intent to do harm to his opponent and Jiren's anger made the weight of his power all the more nerve wrecking. Jerren knew that if he made a mistake, Jiren would obliterate him easily. he had trained in the power of his light hawk wings, he had received angel training, he had observed how others used god ki, had picked up on it and imitated it and had added it to his wings. just his wings were powerful, each wing had immense power. and even god ki by itself gave a massive boost. he was now using three and a half wing, each wing fueled with god ki. his power was at the highest point of his own effort. yet it seemed to be nothing to Jiren.
Jerren charged up a ki blast in each hand and behind his back, compressed them, but not as much as before, before throwing two of them, spinning and firing the third. but Jiren slapped all three aside with his right, before firing a blast from his left hand. Jerren put out his hands, catching the attack and holding it back with all his might, yet the attack still pushed him back several meters. it would likely have continued pushing him, if not for that tree root sticking out of the ground. Jiren tripped and in doing so, threw the blast up into the sky. as his back hit the ground, he rolled back and jumped onto his feet again.
but the moment he landed was the moment he stood face to face with Jiren, before kneeing him in the gut. Jerren felt like he was about to be launched into the sky, except Jiren was faster than that. he spun around and brought down an axe kick on Jerren's back, knocking him into the ground, before he continued to kick Jerren in his ribs and this time launching him through a few trees. Jerren felt as though his stomach had been crushed, his back had been shattered and his ribs had been broken. yet, he couldn't give up! if he did, Lazuli would be taken and he would die! then all his fighting up to this point would be for nothing!
he stumbled and struggled, but he managed to get back to his feet. Jiren took his time walking toward Jerren, going step by step, knowing he could beat this opponent. but this gave Jerren time. time to think and strategize! time he would use to think and act! if he shot out power, it would turn into a blast of energy, or a beam. controlling that energy, he could add more power to it, increasing its size. also increasing the blast when it hit the target. but, at this camp, having learned how to compress his blasts and at great speed, he could now create such massive blasts of energy, but make them the size of a grain of sand; but the explosion of power was much more powerful. adding to that the power of his wings and his god ki, he could unleash some massive power. now, focus! to use god ki, one needs to draw in their excessive ki, keep it in the body, keep it from leaking out and calmly control it within the body!
going back to the basics can be a great help. and applying something new to it could have great results. and in this case; explosive results. taking the god ki already within his body, taking the power of his wings within his body, he controlled it further, compressed it as small as he could, still within his body and controlled it for the use of god ki, letting his ki rotate faster through his body. through its compression within his body, it pumped out more power. he reenergized himself, fought through the pain and stepped forward to face Jiren. the power in his wings; both light hawk wing ki and god ki, now compressed, streaming at high speed and controlled through the very nerves of the body and through the wings; the power of the wings increased. but to keep things from being obvious to the opponent, Jerren also controlled his wing size, keeping it at the same size. except for the fourth wing, which had started growing due to this development!
Jerren than rushed forward, surprising Jiren by the sudden increase in speed, as well as power! Jiren kneed Jiren in the gut, raised both his hands, clasping them together, before bringing them down in Jiren's face, knocking him to the ground, before sending out three blasts, each hitting Jiren, making him roll further over the ground. as the gray alien got up, he didn't seem too pleased, but at least he had gotten the message that he shouldn't underestimate Jerren. as even when not using tricks, he had the ability to hurt the juggernaut!
at Lazuli's fight, she kept up her game of dodge, taunt, beat; wash, rinse, repeat! as the trio kept on coming after her, she now had to put more force behind her counterattacks! Lazuli gave all three a merciless beating, even simultaneously! punching them in the face, kicking them in the gut, breaking their legs, blasting them with massive amounts of god ki, but no matter how much she hurt them; they pulled out their glow sticks again, had their injuries healed, their energy restored and they kept on coming after her again and again! Lazuli had her infinite energy engine, which was now pumping out god ki! but, she could only pump it out at a certain level. she could not yet let it out at infinite levels. if so; these three would be a piece of cake.
the fight continued, having turning into an impasse. the three warriors were having their wounds healed and energy restored, while Lazuli kept on blocking all their incoming attacks and reacted with devastating counters, which was then undone by the healing! Lazuli looked at the three as they were preparing another attack, 'seriously? you still want to continue? our fight has become pointless. no matter how much you show your true ugly side by cheating in the worst of ways, you won't beat me! and, with your healing, I won't beat you. so what is the point of this fight?!' Ribrianne smiled, 'oh, you will see. because the more people send us energy through their love; the more powerful we become! our power won't stay at the same level, unlike yours!'
the three attacked again, at the same time and as she set up her double-layered shields with ki bombs in between, they punched through both shields, through the blasts which now also hit her and proceeded to hit, kick, blast and scratch at her, before knocking her to the ground. Ribrianne smiled as she walked toward Lazuli, 'and now, we have the advantage. you are the one whose hurt! and unlike us, you can't heal! so now, you're going to pay for humiliating me in my own universe! Ribrianne proceeded to drop down on Lazuli, sitting on her belly, while Kakunsa and Rozie held both of Lazuli's arms pinned to the ground, as the big fat cheater proceeded to pummel Lazuli in the face, sometimes grabbing her hair to pull her up and hit her with all her strength.
Lazuli tried to fight back, tried to pull free, tried to put up barriers, but to no avail! she was trapped and each fist striking her face, felt like a hammer hitting an anvil! and Ribrianne continued by charging her fists with ki, blasting Lazuli in the face as she hit her. in taking her revenge, she no longer looked beautiful at all. but as she thought she had won, having knocked Lazuli unconscious, wanting to hit her once more for good measure, Lazuli's head moved out of the way, before he body twisted to the side, pulling both arms free before hopping into the sky and spinning around, knocking all three opponents in the face and to the ground, sending a ki blast after each of them, before landing on her feet. Lazuli stood there, motionless, without emotion, before blinking and the light coming back to her eyes. it seemed to have happened again. and again when she was in a dazed near unconscious state. but, she was still in the fight.
back with the Saiyans, things weren't going well! while Kale had bulked up and had reached the beast, giving it as much of a beating as she could, backed up by Caulifla, the monster still dodged most of their attacks and countered them with massive strength. Cabba shot blasts at it from straight shots to crooked angles. he even shot multiple shots in different ways, at different angles, but each blast was either blocked or dodged. but Cabba had gotten a sense of what was happening, 'the jewels on its antena light up whenever an attack is launched at it. so while it might look like it's flesh and blood, I think it's still mostly machine, analyzing and scanning at high speed before counter-attacking.'
Caulifla and Kale jumped back, joining him again, before Caulifla asked, 'so, what do we do now? how do we get passed those scanning jewels?' Cabba thought quickly, 'Uhm,... keep it from moving, then someone smashes them? but that's what those two jewels seem to do. it makes me wonder what the other jewels on his body do.' Caulifla nodded, not really liking the technical aspect of it, but she did understand that this was what needed to happen to win this fight. she looked to Kale, 'you up for keeping it in place?' Kale smiled, 'if I can grab a hold of one of those legs, I should be able to bring it down! then both of you can take out those antena!' the three Saiyans nodded, before seeing what the monster was doing.
it pulled back a fist, while it was too far from them to hit them. but as it launched its fist in a punch, it suddenly disappeared, leaving half an arm behind. the next moment, a light shone before the Saiyans, before the monster's fist shot out, hitting Cabba, launching him into the forest. the fist was pulled back and it was on the monster's arm again. it continued moving, warping its fists, but also feet. but the way he attacked was not where the attack came from. front, behind, left right were all uncertain!
with the monster in front of them throwing punches and kicks and warping them through space to hit them, with it moving fast enough to keep up with them at the level of super Saiyan god, it was becoming a more serious threat than it already was. any attempt the trio made to get close to it was blocked by vicious attacks. getting used to the warped attacks was not easy, as the warping did not happen in a straight line. while the monster punched straight, the punch didn't have to come from the front. it could come from behind, from the sides, or even from below or above. and the same went for the kicks and stomps. while the kicks were forward and the stomps went down, those could also come from any of the mentioned directions.
while Cabba struggled to keep up with the speed and the seemingly random assault, as sometimes one of them was attacked multiple times before the monster switched to another one of them. Caulifla was doing her best to fend off the attacks and had switched to parrying, to brush aside the attacks, at least as best as she could. Kale was holding up the best out of the three of them, having bulk for extra strength, but also for extra defense. she could block most attacks and remain on her feet. but she was pushed back by most attacks. though she had attacked a few of the incoming attacks to counter them. but as things were now, they were fighting a difficult battle.
the monster, Aniraza; as it was known, was scanning its opponents, had been doing so since it had been four parts and was still doing so, observing and scanning their moves and their attacks. it had them on the defensive now! its next move; start to annihilate them, one by one! it launched a punch forward, but as it warped, Aniraza opened its hand and as it reached Caulifla, she noticed too late that the massive hand was open. the hand closed around her, grabbing her, before it retreated, holding her in a right grip and it had a smug grin on its face. Kale and Cabba saw it had grabbed Caulifla and wanted to rush to her aid, but were met with Aniraza's blasts, which it launched from its free hand, without even looking at them.
Caulifla tried to break out of the grip, but found it too strong to do so, even as she was a super Saiyan god! and the more she resisted, the more Aniraza kept squeezing her, more and more, as if it enjoyed her struggle, liked to see her be in pain! it then also filled its right fist with his burning ki, hurting Caulifla more, distracting her from her struggle, causing him to nearly crush her in his hand! Aniraza made a growling noise while it grinned, almost as if it were laughing, before bringing Caulifla closer to its face and opening its mouth; it was planning to eat her! Caulifla, beaten, crushed, burned, saw what the monster was planning to do to her; she wouldn't have it!
in a massive scream, pushing herself beyond, her red aura became blue and her power skyrocketed as she went super Saiyan blue! and in a last struggle, she forced the monster's hand open as she was nearing its mouth, before throwing both her hands forward, unleashing a massive blast of red energy. the monster got blasted in its mouth, making it step back and close its mouth, before Caulifla jumped forward with all the force she had, before unleashing a powerful punch to its forehead, cracking the red crystal that was there; slightly. Aniraza stumbled back a few steps, as Caulifla joined her two fellow Saiyans, who both agreed with her that it was time to end this monster. and to make sure of this; Cabba build up his energy, before his red aura too became blue and he joined Caulifla on the same level. while Kale was still red, power-wise, they were on nearly the same level.
at Lazuli's fight, she was being forced into a corner by Ribrianne and her lackeys. while she still held them back as best she could, as she was injured now, that was more difficult. and Ribrianne had also noticed something she and the other girls could do that Lazuli could not. while Lazuli's attacks were strong, she could only put a limited amount of power behind it, even though she had a limitless amount of power. but the three of them could unleash much more powerful attacks, despite them running out of energy after a few rounds of such attacks. but they could do this because their fans send them their love, which was turned into their power!
the three grinned at her, making Lazuli smirk, 'if only your fans could see you now! cheating, grinning evilly, acting like ugly villains!' the three of them exploded in anger, thus making them lose the calm control. Lazuli took any advantage she could, to lessen the impact of their attacks. but even though she put up her trap shields, Ribrianne punched through them, grabbed Lazuli by the face, before tossing her to the ground, before rolling over her. Kakunsa dashed by lazuli, scratching at her arms, legs, torso and her face in multiple dashes back and forth. she then picked up Lazuli, spun around and tossed her away. Rozie came running, before jumping in and drop-kicking Lazuli in mid-air, before punching her back to the ground! as all three women turned to Lazuli, they all shot a blast at her.
Lazuli rolled over the ground, before jumping to her feet again. she looked at the three, who had taken out their sticks again, gaining back the power they had spent as they geared up for their next onslaught! maybe it was time for her to drop her defenses and go on the attack. yes, they could heal, but she could continue attacking them! she took the training from Jerren, compressed her blasts and shot out a true rain of small blasts spread over the battlefield! the blasts were the size of raindrops, but their explosions were the size of Bakugou's normal blasts, though much stronger. her attacks did have some impact and did some serious damage, but Ribrianne still bravely charged forward, using even more force than before. she punched Lazuli in the face, knocking her away, before she grabbed her ankle and slammed the blond woman face first in the ground, before jumping on her back and pushing her face into the ground.
as Lazuli lay there, she noticed that Kakunsa and Rozie were using this time to heal up. seeing this, she used an expanding shield to punch Ribrianne in the face and knock her off her back. Lazuli jumped to her feet, before punching Ribrianne in the face. but before she could continue her attack, Kakunsa rushed in, pouncing on Lazuli, knocking her to the ground again, before leaping off of her and grabbing both her wrists and pinning them above her head. Rozie than came in twirling, before launching a barrage of punches on Lazuli's face, torso and belly, as Ribrianne took this time to heal up. as she was finished, Rozie jumped aside, while Ribrianne came in rolling, rolling over Lazuli, before jumping back and landing on her stomach, heels first!
Lazuli screamed in pain before Ribrianne kicked her in the face, but Lazuli wouldn't give up! she swung up her hips and her legs, before rolling backward, kicking Ribrinanne in her back and knocking her into Kakunsa. she jumped to her feet again, before spinning around and lashing out against Rozie with a roundhouse kick, knocking her into her two friends who had barely managed to get up! Lazuli was out of breath, but not done. she gathered her compressed shields around herself, making small scales out of them and linking them together, creating an armor out of compressed barriers on herself, even making a helmet to protect her face and gauntlets for her hands. the three stood up again and all reached for their sticks, but Lazuli lashed out, shooting blasts at them, but there was more to it.
the three dodged her blasts, which hit the earth and exploded. but as they tried to heal and power up again, the scales she had put into her blasts had scattered and were now on them and on her command, they exploded. the three went down again, but Kakunsa and Rozie rushed her right aya, using great speed, strength and power, using all their might to shred through Lazuli's armor. and the moment they were done, Ribrianne was done healing and powering up. and worse, with a wave from the sticks of Kakunsa and Rozie, she gained some of their power too. the next moment, Ribrianne was in Lazuli's face, before she smashed it into the ground.
at Jerren's fight, he was taking everything he had learned to basics but pushed those basics to their limits as he kept going after Jiren, who was now putting up a much stronger defense. Jerren launched punches and blasts as fast as he could, but kept them at a small targeted line, straight forward and close by. charging up his power, his fighting techniques, blasting his opponent, using his light hawk wings, using his god ki, using his new compression skill, all back to basics; before moving each to the next level and then to the next. Jiren was trying to stay in place but didn't find it as easy as before. Jerren's earlier attacks had caught him by surprise but as he fought more serious now, leaving no room for error; Jerren was still pushing him, having forced him to take two steps back so far.
the two clashed, smashing their fists against the others, causing sounds of explosions and the trees around them cracked from the impacts the two caused. Jiren knew he had his mission to defeat those who opposed the Omni King and he would complete that mission! but at the same time, he was intrigued by this opponent who now stood before him. from the start of the fight till a moment ago, he had been like any other opponent, no matter how strong they were or got, they were no match for him. but now, after having been beaten back, after having his entire bag of tricks destroyed, after being knocked down by real power, this guy seemed to have responded in kind! Jiren did not know how he had managed it, but this guy was using every ounce of power, every muscle in his body, every technique he knew and he was refining them before his eyes; reaching new levels of power by being pushed to the limit.
Jiren knew he could end this fight whenever he wanted, but he wanted to see how far this guy's rise in power could go. once this guy couldn't go any further, once he had reached the limit of his power; that would be when he would end this fight in an instant! and at the same time, that would be his show of respect to this warrior. he may have fought with backhanded tricks, but when facing real power; that could be excused! especially with how he fought now. Jerren had only a single-minded pursuit; defeat Jiren. he would push himself as far as he could go, beyond that even. these so called warriors of justice were working for great evil; a villain. and as he had learned here; "a true hero would always find a way for justice to be served!" so he would follow the words he had heard and for himself; show what they really meant. he would go beyond; plus ultra!
back with Lazuli, she was getting in more and more trouble, as the three now also shared their power for the final attack of their combos. whether it be Ribrianne's brute force, Kakunsa's high speed and claws or Rozie's high speed punches. with the power of their universe behind them, as well as their god ki, they were a serious threat. but when two of them send power to the third, that one would gain, at least for a moment, triple the power they had already. Lazuli, who tried to shield herself as much as possible, while trying to focus on who to parry next, was being pushed back more and more, yet she pushed herself to keep going more and more. the only reason these three hadn't defeated her already was their reckless anger. it made them lose control of their god ki, making it less potent.
Ribrianne rushed forward., launching a barrage of massive punchees at her. Lazuli fended them off as best she could, but was stabbed in the back, or cut, as Kakunsa ran by, slicing at her back and tripping her legs. as Lazuli was brought to her knees, Rozie stabbed in and, with power sent to her by the others, she unleashed a high-speed barrage of powerful punches, beating Lazuli into the ground. the three jumped back, used their sticks to regain their full power, before combining all three of their powers, all aimed at Lazuli. they formed their hands into heart shapes, before sending out their power of love, in the shape of a black heart, exclaiming; pretty black hole! a large black heart, filled with love and gravity and god ki and the power of a universe, gathered above Lazuli before the three of them brought it down on her.
Lazuli was pinned down to the ground, being crushed and pulled by the surrounding gravity, which was burning with god ki. all this power around her, gravity from all sides, while also pushing her down, Lazuli, as she struggled to fight back, wondered; was this what it was like to be stuck in a black hole? as this attack pushed her further and deeper into the ground, Lazuli pushed herself as far as she could go. her infinite energy engine was working overtime to produce god ki and she was pushing it out at a greater rate than ever before. maybe she should try to use all she had in one big blast! it was the only thing she could think of under these circumstances!
in a large blast of yellow energy, which shot as a pillar of light into the sky, the attack of the three was negated. but, with the help of their universe, all the power they had used was quickly restored. they walked to the hole in the ground and looked down, surprised to see Lazuli standing. but what surprised them more was the silver aura that was burning around her. and as she looked up at them, her blue eyes shone silver. the next moment she was gone from their sight before landing behind them. next, all three of them received a powerful blow to the face.
Ribrianne, Kakunsa and Rozie stood there, in front of the hole they had just made. Lazuli had just disappeared from sight but sensing her energy, they knew she was behind them. but, the moment they wanted to turn around, each of them felt a powerful force impact their face. despite Lazuli having already passed them by, as she had hit them so fast, the moment they actually felt what happened was delayed. and now the force they were hit with shot all three of them into a different tree. as each was dazed by the impact and looked, they all saw Lazuli standing there in a silvery aura, her eyes sharp, yet not really focused on them.
as the three jumped out of the tree, they saw lazuli as she was looking at herself, sensing the energy around herself; within herself. Lazuli closed her eyes, drawing the silver aura around herself into her body, before a tremor started around her. the ground shook, the air vibrated and the clouds above were all forced apart. Lazuli's body seemed to be shaking, as she was trying to hold in all this power. and as she powered up further, the silver aura came leaking out, before it grew into a small spire around her. as lazuli started to breathe out, letting her voice be heard, it sounded like two deep female voices together, echoing off of one another.
as lazuli really cut loose, really started to yell, the silver aura, which had some light red and blue burning within it, those colors came forth more. the ground shook, some of the trees bend over, all away from her as she unleashed this massive power, which seemed able to cause natural disasters around her. the light red became lighter and turned pink, while the light blue shifted to teal, before turning green. these two colors started taking over the silver, before it disappeared and a large pillar of light shot into the sky, before creating a sort of mirage in the sky of pink and green vapors. the power she unleashed was beyond anything she had ever unleashed before. and, with her body in this state, she seemed able to unleash the full potential of her infinite energy engine to be true to its name!
the earth trembled in the clearing where they stood, trees bend over, bushes were blown away and Ribrianne, Kakunsa and Rozie were all blown back by this massive power, which even blew away all the clouds in the sky. but this power went far beyond the place where they fought. the entire forest shook with power. even those who could not sense divine ki could feel the immense heat this form of Ultra Instinct gave off, even if they didn't know what it was. the students and teachers could feel it, as could the villains Dabi and Twice. Dabi, who had tried to recall the Noumu, was wondering why it wasn't coming back, even though he commanded it and it should only follow his commands. could it have been captured? was whatever caused these tremors, shockwaves and heat responsible for what had happened to the Noumu?
just as he wondered this, Twice noticed something in the sky, as mister Compress was coming down, having been tackled by three students; Shoji, Todoroki and Midoriya. at the Saiyan's fight, all three of them could feel this massive power as well and even Aniraza seemed to notice, looking away, alerted to it by its sensors. all three Saiyans, who had been dodging its attacks, took advantage of this opening and all launched their own attacks, hitting it in the face, chest and one of its knees, knocking the giant down, before continuing to blast it as hard and long as they could, doing as much damage possible, before the monster counter-attacked again.
at Jerren's fight, he sensed this massive power too, feeling it coming from Lazuli's position, but never having sensed anything like this. had he not sensed Lazuli's energy so many times, even in god ki state, he might not have recognized this energy as hers. it was so different from normal. but beyond that difference, this energy was so massive, so heavy, so sharp and it kept growing! her power was beyond his, even beyond Jiren. in this state, she might have enough power to have taken on Trigon by herself. maybe also even the Omni King. Jiren, who couldn't sense god ki, did feel the tremors in the sky and in the ground and the heat in the air; he was impressed by the enormous power she was unleashing.
as Ribrianne and her two lackeys stood back up, Lazuli turned to look at them and slowly started walking toward them. the three of them started walking toward her as well, but when Lazuli took another step, she was right in front of Ribrianne's face; which then proceeded to get its nose broken. Ribrianne was send flying but was stopped by Lazuli grabbing her ankle, spinning around and tossing her into Kakunsa, knocking both to the ground. Rozie than jumped forward, starting to unleash a barrage of punches, only to be shocked to see Lazuli effortlessly dodging them all, before whispering into her ear; 'my turn!' Rozie didn't see any of the punches, but the fact her entire body was aching with pain was a whole other story!
back in universe 10, Gowasu returned to the world of Rumush and Cus, looking around to see where they were; having been gone for only a day and he could only hope that his plan would help. Rumush came outside, having sensed his other half had returned and came to greet him. at this time, Cus came out of her staff, along with Saonel and Pilina; whose's power was far beyond what they had been before. when they went in, Rumush would compare both of them to pebbles. now they had grown to mountains. he could only guess that's what a years worth of Cus training them would do for them. they were now in a constant state of god ki and exuded raw, primal Namekian power!
Cus looked at her master and Gowasu, 'so, we're all back. did we all succeed?' Rumush nodded, 'yes, I have contacted Shin, the supreme kai of universe seven, who contacted the Galactic Patrol, who contacted our friends and warned them of the danger.' Cus smiled, 'well, I am happy to inform, as you can sense, that Saonel and Pilina's power is beyond anything that it was before; the wishes their dragon can now fulfill will be close to, if not equal to, the Super Dragon ball's wish. and, their dragon has three wishes.' Gowasu nodded, 'that's good. I myself had to break the rules to do what I did; but considering what we're up against; going back into the past to use the dragon balls, I can only hope that things will turn out for the best.'
Cus picked up her staff and looked into it to observe the seventh universe to observe their friends, seeing they were all currently in battle. Jerren was fighting the mighty Jiren with all his might, though slowly coming closer to matching the power Jiren currently fought at. the three Saiyans were fighting a large monster with crystals on its body; all three of them were using god ki, meaning it had to be powerful. and Lazuli's training was finally paying off. she was using a form of Ultra Instinct in a fight of three on one. though as she was now; it was more one on three. though, as this was her first time using this power, with how far she was pushing herself, she was worried about her.
Ribrianne Kakunsa and Rozie stood up, healed up and powered up with their love sticks before they all launched their own attacks at Lazuli. Kakunsa dashed around her, attacking her from behind, Ribrianne rolled up, launched herself into the sky, before rolling down, while Rozie rushed forward while swinging her fists and launching ki blasts. Lazuli effortlessly knocked those attacks aside and as all three arrived, she moved out of the way; but at such speed that she seemed to teleport. the three crashed into each other, before Lazuli moved in from the side, kicking all three of them once each, making them crash into different trees.
Lazuli simply kept standing where she was, as the trio crashed, healed up and came to attack her again. but no matter what tactic they used, Lazuli kept beating them. she no longer talked, she just watched calmly as she stood there as they came at her. she dodged, blocked and parried, before counter-attacking. the trio had no idea, as they couldn't sense Lazuli's energy, that the android was still getting stronger. her Infinite energy engine was going faster than ever before and supplying her body with several dozens of times the god ki she normally used, not to mention her body was sharpened the longer she remained in this state, the more refined her dodging became and the more devastating her attacks.
Ribrianne came back to her earlier strategy of using their full power to crush Lazuli with everything they had, as they could replenish their energy and heal with the power of love. but to be certain; they all took in double the power from before, charging up their strength as much as they could, before they all fired a massive blast at Lazuli and her surroundings. Lazuli didn't even blink as the attack came her way. as it reached her, a barrier appeared in front of her in the form of a spinning disk with grooves in it. as the energy hit the spinning disk, the grooves brought the access energy to its edges, where it dissipated. as the attack ended, the trio stood exhausted and surprised.
Lazuli dropped her barrier, before raising a hand to them, a small ball formed into her hand, before it extended into a piercing beam! the three barely managed to dodge it, each getting burned by it. as they landed, they all reached for their sticks, but they were gone! they looked to the others, seeing them in the same predicament. as they looked to the middle of their little triangle, Lazuli stood there, holding all six of their sticks in one hand, 'now; no more cheating!' she closed her hand, crushing the sticks to powder, opening her hand, letting it blow away in the wind, before making a quick spin; too quick for them to see.
in that spin of hers, she had launched a spin kick, hitting all three of them. all of them were knocked away from the other two before they crashed into the ground. now, without their cheat, weakened, exhausted and hurt, against this more powerful Lazuli; they knew they stood no chance. they tried to run away, all in another direction; hoping that doing so would allow at least one or two of them to escape. but Lazuli was too fast for them. she shot after all three of them in but the blink of an eye and punched all of them in the face, knocking them into each other, before approaching them again, cold and merciless. with the trio having had their fun hurting and tormenting them, now it was her turn!
Lazuli pinned them down, punching them in their face and gut, she knocked them to the ground again and again. and when they didn't get back up on their own, she didn't mind grabbing them by the hair and dragging them up. when they decided to fight back, Lazuli would block them before unleashing devastating counter-attacks on them! and Lazuli, as powerful and fast as she was now, was doing this to all three of them at the same time. with each new round, they got weaker and more injured, their god ki was fading, their consciousness was slipping; but with them not having trained for ultra instinct, it didn't happen for them as it had for Lazuli!
the damage Lazuli was causing was becoming worse and worse with each encounter. the craters she made when pummeling them into the ground got bigger each time. she was getting faster and faster as time passed. the trio, which had been so confident about their victory only a short while ago, was now quivering in fear, badly bruised, their clothes were torn and short on power. the area around them; splintered trees, torn shrubbery, shattered ground. Lazuli's power had grown to an enormous extent, so much so that, even with Ultra Instinct, controlling this much power was getting difficult. Lazuli knocked the trio airborne, before swatting them all into a different direction.
she knocked the trio around through the air, all at the same time, causing the air to shake through her tremendous speed, before knocking them into one another in the center of their little triangle. here, all three of them transformed back into their normal states. the fat Ribrianne turned back into the slender Brianne, the feral animal-like Kakunsa turned back into the lady-like Sanka Ku. and the martial artist Rozie turned back into the timid looking Su Roas. they were still bruised, their clothes were still torn, and they were as good as unconscious. Lazuli approached them as the air trembled under her power. they were weak and powerless like they had tried to make her feel. they had come here to capture her and take her to the Omni King. they had now failed! and she would make sure they would never do it again, or attempt to harm anyone else!
she raised her hand to the sky, before making a ball of energy, which then started to grow in size, fueled with massive power! annoying as they were, cheating during the fight as they did; they had been worthy opponents. so at the very least, she would finish them off with what could be considered a final attack! she brought the attack down, but then it disappeared; as pain erupted over her entire body! her skin cracked on her arms, on her legs, on her back and on her belly! her god ki exploded out of her, blowing the trio away into distant bushes before dangerous black ki started crackling out of her as she screamed in pain!
Lazuli fell to her knees, before falling on her face. she could barely progress what was happening to her! it seemed like her infinite energy engine had finally run out of power! or was it because it was producing such high quantities of god ki at such a high speed rate that it could no longer keep up? or was it her mortal and machine body that could not keep up with all that god ki? had she become a goddess, not just a woman capable of using god ki, would she than have been able to handle this? things than became black!
Lazuli lay on the ground, twitching in pain, barely able to move. and each move she did make caused her excruciating pain. the black ki continued to spark out of her, as she was barely conscious. her entire body, which had been fueled by near limitless god ki only moments ago, was now filled with pain! had she pushed herself too far? was this the result of using more god ki than a body can handle? or was this because she pushed the power she gained from ultra instinct too far? or was it both at once?! at this moment, she could barely even focus on that, as she lost what little consciousness she had left.
Brianne slowly woke up, as she lay there, broken and in pain. Su Raos and Sanka Ku lay close to her, also barely awake and seemingly in just as much pain as she was. she wondered for a moment; why are we still alive? wasn't Lazuli about to kill us?! she looked to where her blond adversary had gone, before seeing her, laying on the ground, with a body trembling in pain. she did not know what had happened, but with Lazuli down and out; they had won! but as she tried to get up; her entire body protested against that idea in waves of pain. she barely had any energy left, but they needed to get out of here as soon as possible!
she looked to her two friends, before sending what little energy she had left to them, healing some of their injuries with it. they understood her plan and send her and their energy back to her, healing her injuries. they repeated this three times before they could stand up. all injuries that could have and would have been fatal had been healed and all broken bones had been mended. they all still had serious bruises, but those would heal soon enough. once all three of them had built up their ki again, using god ki, they could heal each other much faster and much better than how weak they were now.
Brianne grabbed Lazuli by her neck, lifting her head off of the ground, before reaching into her dress and pulling out a small device, pressing a button she said, 'my lord Omni King, the mission has been successful; we've got her!' Zamasu, on his end, couldn't be happier to hear that news, he smiled, 'that's excellent! then, allow me to get you all out of there!' he snapped his fingers three times and, with him focused on the earth, where his warriors were, three portals opened at three different locations!
Jerren, who was managing to hold his own against Jiren, was shocked when a portal opened up behind the muscular alien. Jiren looked back at it, before looking at Jerren again, 'it seems your life will be spared. our mission seems to have been a success!' he stepped back through the portal and disappeared! Jerren stood there, shocked at hearing that, before turning to the location where Lazuli had been fighting and rushed toward that location. but as he got there, he saw Sanka Ku and Su Raos carrying Lazuli by the back of her neck and by one of her ankles, walking through the portal. Brianne stood outside still, seeing Jerren's approach, 'ah, this must bring back some memories for you. and to think; all of this could have been avoided, had you only accepted me!' she stepped through the portal too and it closed.
with the Saiyans, they were giving the monster Aniraza everything they had, fighting with all their might, managing to fight it to a draw, while their surroundings were getting destroyed more and more! but just as all four seemed to want to end their fight with the next big attack, a portal appeared under the monster's feet and it fell in before the portal closed. and this time, the portal came not from this monster's power, warping itself through space. this time, it was gone, having left without a trace. they looked around for a moment, before finally letting their guard and their power down. but just as they thought they could relax, the three of them heard two screams coming from two different sides!
what followed was that on the third day, the camp ended and with police protection, the kids were brought to the hospital. as it turned out, Bakugou had been taken by the league of villains, Lazuli had been taken by the "American villains" and Ragdoll was gone too, likely also taken by the league of villains. along with many kids having been injured and others traumatized by being confronted by villains so early. with all of this happening, the media quickly turned on the heroes. ignoring the fact that two villains had been caught; the most deadly two, as well as one villain being killed; by other villains. they focused on the blunders of the heroes and wanted to drag them through the mud.
at UA, the teachers were having a meeting about this, how the villains had found the camp and attacked, while the location of the camp was unknown to most of the teachers. with all that had happened, Present Mic suspected there might be a traitor at UA. and with what Jirou had told them about her suspicions, he now also looked to the so-called "transfer students" with new eyes. Nezu eliminated that idea, 'no, they are not the traitors. nor are they transfer students.' this info shocked some, so he explained further, 'mister Aizawa contacted me this morning, informing me about what they had overheard. I will tell you the full story once this entire mess is behind us. but for now, know; they are on our side. and let's not forget, one of our transfer students was kidnapped as well. by another group of villains, but still.' Present Mic had to admit to that.
in the hospital, Jerren was not happy to be there and wanted to leave, but was blocked by all three of the Saiyans from leaving. he wanted to go and get Lazuli right away. but with the load of injuries Jiren had left on him, even if he could go after them; they would beat him again. and injured as he was; he stood no chance. he didn't care, needing to rescue his partner! only when Cus arrived and told him to calm down and listen before jumping into action, did he actually sit down and could the three Saiyans stop restraining him.
she continued to explain to them, that they had hope and would still have a fighting chance. once they were healed, they could use the dragon balls from the universe 6 Namekians, using one of the three wishes to bring back the super dragon balls, then the second to restore all the lives claimed by the year-long war the Omni King had started. and then the third,... they could use it to bring Lazuli back to them,... or gather all the super dragon balls around them. or, wish away the Omni King with the third wish. those were decisions that would need to be made. Todoroki and Kirishima, who walked by their room, heard some strange terms from them but assumed that was just some American slang mixed with Japanese.
at the Omni King's palace, the little tyrant was overjoyed. looking at the five warriors bowing before him, Jiren, Brianne and her lackeys and Aniraza, who seemed to still be capable of rational thought. he thanked them for collecting his prize. hanging in a forcefield behind him was an unconscious and still bruised and beaten Lazuli. he than told his warriors to prepare for the upcoming and final battle that would come soon! his victory was so close!
