Zeldora nodded. "I am the legendary Super Saiyan after all, Lord Gohan personally recognized my strength to be extraordinary." She bragged as Karen rolled her eyes.
"Yeah yeah." Karen said as she made her way back to the booth where Gohan was waiting for her. "I will take four with me to my home, so far I have Elite Narma and my next person of interest is 1st class Seripa."
As he turned to Bardock and King Vegeta. "Would you lead the way?" He asked as Bardock bowed.
"Of course." As he started floating with King Vegeta.
"Elite Narma." Gohan said as she turned to him. "My lord?"
"You're coming with." He said as her eyes widened. "Also Super Elite Saperos."
"My lord?" He asked as he walked up to him.
"I have a test for you, pass it and you will be my second official apprentice, are you up for it?" He asked as Narma's eyes lit up while Saperos was at a loss for words but not for very long Gohan wanted smile at Narma's expression but remained neutral he really liked her fiery personality so right now she was his favorite apprentice even if he didn't know it himself.
"Of course!" Saperos called out confidently.
"Good." Said Gohan as he turned to face Saperos. "The test is…to dodge, if you fail to move you die." He said as he stared at Saperos, although there was no air pressure.
"Gohan?" Karen asked surprised at the comment, she wanted to object but bit her lower lip. 'I need to trust him.' She thought.
"Saperos?" Narma asked as she saw his face was ghostly pale as he stared at Gohan who slowly got into a punching position." I suggest you all prepare yourselves." Before the pressure erupted.
The pressure was odd, it wasn't pure power but killing intent and it was dreadful even Karen was surprised by the bloodlust as she felt her chest tighten. 'What did he go through to be able to make even me feel like this?' She thought as she relaxed slightly.
Saperos stared at Gohan, his body felt heavy and stiff not to mention the ungodly amount of fear he was feeling, he wanted to step back but his body was frozen in place as he started to sweat.
"If you do not overcome this your life is forfeit, do you agree?" He asked as he got no response. "DO YOU AGREE?" He asked as he yelled at Saperos who just stared in fear as the sky thundered.
'Move, you have to move.' Saperos thought. 'My legs feel like they are locked firmly in place…what do I do? I'm going to die? I'm going to die here!' He thought as he felt it, Gohan was about to attack him and in the blink of an eye it would all be over for him he could see that Gohan was not going to stop.
"My lord?" Narma croaked as she stood frozen along with the rest except for Karen, Narma coughed as she tried to move but to no avail she was frozen in fear. "Stop…please don't kill him." As she transformed into a Super Saiyan but it didn't make a difference.
The killing intent exploded as he stepped forward and time froze for Saperos because in an instant Gohan's fist was mere centimeters from his face everyone closed their eyes at the last second power swelled within him as his head dodged by mere inches.
Gohan smiled at Saperos who was on his knees panting from the test, slowly they all opened their eyes and saw him on his knees breathing and panting as sweat pour from his forehead.
A golden light was radiating in the booth as Saperos was barely conscious but his hair was golden and incredibly spiky with electrical discharges all around him while shaking the arena just as Narma had albeit slightly more violent.
"You passed." Said Gohan as Saperos fell on the ground and relaxed but his transformation remained.
Narma ran next to him. "You did it!" She said as he looked scarred laying on the ground but slowly he relaxed more and more.
"I passed." He said as he started chuckling nervously. "Your test was probably the hardest thing I have ever had to overcome in my life…I thought I was about to die."
Gohan smiled and held out his hand. "Congratulations on being the second saiyan to achieve the next evolution: Super Saiyan 2 and overcoming death you are incredibly talented."
The other Super Elites in the booth were still frozen in place even struggling to catch their breath.
"What?" He asked as he sat up and grabbed Gohan's hand as he pulled him up to his feet Saperos stared at his reflection. "You are now above Elite Narma and are the second strongest saiyan of your planet to live." Gohan congratulated. "That is if you are a better fighter than her otherwise she can still defeat you."
"Thank you my lord." Saperos said as he slowly stood his legs still somewhat shaking. "If you don't mind me asking but what was that? It felt like I was fighting death itself." He said.
"That was a taste of my killing intent, I made sure to limit it accordingly to your level, if you can overcome the very limit your body has then reaching the next level is possible, however, let no one get funny ideas because if done incorrectly you will die, in order for it to work your life has to truly be on the line." Said Gohan as Saperos paled.
"I could have really died?" He asked as Gohan chuckled. " Well yes but just because my intent to kill you was there doesn't mean I had any power behind my punch, you wouldn't have died due to my punch just from your heart stopping if you couldn't handle it."
Narma watched Saperos in admiration she wasn't even the target of the bloodlust and she couldn't even stand while Saperos managed to not only stand but also dodge even if it was by a few centimeters.
Gohan suddenly glared into the distance. "I completely forgot about the Eve Empire stealing stars from this quadrant." He frowned as his jaw clenched he could sense thousands entering their quadrant.
"Batman did mention that didn't he? It sounds like you know them personally." Karen said as he shook his head.
"No, I met them while in my coma but that was just a fake world based off of how their energies felt."
"I will deal with that as soon as I am done here." He said as he turned to Bardock and King Vegeta.
"Lead the way." They nodded and took off with Zeldora, Narma, Saperos, Bardock and King Vegeta.
King Vegeta's stern glare stopped any others from following as they flew across New Vegeta, many Saiyans saw them and bowed as they flew by but two young Saiyan teenagers seemed to be in the middle of a fight with another Saiyan teen laying wounded and unconscious as Gohan slowed to a stop with the others noticing his lack of movement.
"You think you will be able to join the Academy? Keep dreaming! You aren't even a Super Saiyan yet!" The young saiyan yelled at the other one who growled as he shook his friend who wasn't moving.
"Oh yea!? You aren't either! So what gives you the right to hurt Cabba!" The female saiyan yelled at him.
"Because I am much stronger than you!" He said as his aura burst to life surprising everyone watching from the skies, for a young adult probably in his late teens his power level was certainly very impressive. "Just admit it Caulifla you and Cabba are nothing but trash!" He said as he grinned and aimed his hand at her charging a ki blast.
"We have to stop this!" Said Karen as Gohan stopped her. "Wait."
"Wait? He is going to kill them!" She argued as Gohan smiled at her. "This is the way of the Saiyan race, I don't agree with it but this probably happens all the time and right now she has a choice to make die or survive because we won't always be here." Gohan pointed out as she grit her teeth.
"He is not wrong." King Vegeta agreed. "We Saiyans are bathed in blood at young ages."
"Besides, I won't let anyone die." He smiled at her as she relaxed at the words. "At least not while I am here but saving her and her friend from death will make them even more miserable in the long run."
"You…you wouldn't!" Caulifa said in fear as she backed up. "Yes, yes I would I fear no one in your family!" He announced as he released the blast.
Caulifla flared her aura and caught the blast with great difficulty. "Stop!" She screamed as her hands started burning as she dropped to her knee with the unconscious Cabba behind her.
'Is this the end for you?' A voiced echoed in her mind. 'Will you die here and be forgotten? Or will you prove him wrong?' The voice asked her as she looked around confused.
'Who are you?' She asked as she winced the skin on her hands searing now.
'That doesn't matter, if you don't stand and fight back you will die here with your friend, dig deep as deep as you can and release everything, all the anger you're feeling, if you don't death is all that waits for you and those you care about.' The voice said as tears fell from her face. 'Do you want that?' The voice asked.
"NO!" Caulifla screamed as she stood up with a fire ignited inside her, her power started rising as a golden aura enveloped her.
'Deeper…keep digging.' The voice said as Caulifla screamed as her pupils disappeared and her hair rose up in a brilliant golden aura as she pushed the blast upwards and glared at Marrow who was staring at her in disbelief as the Super Saiyan of legend stared at him fully enraged as she walked towards him but stopped when someone started clapping.
"Well done!" Gohan said as he landed and Caulifla stared at him.
"That voice…it was you in my head?" She asked as he smiled.
"Well done." He said as Marrow fell back in terror and flew off at full speed, Caulifla was about to chase him but a hand on her shoulder stopped her.
"Your friend needs help." She quickly lost her anger and ran to Cabba.
"Cabba! Wake up!" She said as he slowly stirred.
"Sis?" He asked as he saw her appearance. "You're a Super Saiyan…" He said in shock as he stared at her weakly.
"What?" She asked as she pulled her hair down and saw it was gold. "When did that happen?"
"Are you okay?" She asked as he just nodded.
"Yeah I was knocked unconscious and I think I have a concussion." He admitted.
"So this was your plan?" Karen asked as Gohan nodded.
"I don't like that teenagers are forced to live like this…" She said as Gohan nodded. "These Saiyans may not be evil but fighting is in their blood, weaker Saiyans are often looked down upon and can lead to these situations." He answered. "But we Saiyans can overcome anything if the right conditions are met that's why we can evolve ourselves mid battle you need the will to live and see the next day and your instincts will provide you with enough power which in most cases is Super Saiyan." He answered.
"This is how we become stronger through burning in the fire of battle countless times." He said as she stared at him in fact everyone around stared at Gohan. 'Then what did you go through to become so much more powerful than all the other Saiyans.' She thought to herself sadly.
"Your name is Caulifla right?" He asked as she nodded. "You should get your hands checked out but the damage doesn't seem too bad so you'll be fine just take it easy."
"Thank you." She said as she started trying to power up more. "I feel like this isn't the limit." She said as King Vegeta smirked.
"You are truly a warrior if you figured out there is another level beyond that of Super Saiyan after the first time you used it." Gohan nodded at King Vegeta's words.
"Keep this up and in a few years you will join me for training but for now, get used to Super Saiyan." Said Gohan as the other's stared at him in shock.
"Who are you?" She asked as King Vegeta stepped forward who she recognized and bowed.
"My king!" She said as he spoke. "This is the Saiyan God Lord Gohan." He said as her eyes widened.
"My lord!" She said as she did a small bow to him and everyone because if they were travelling with him and the King that meant they were all incredibly important to New Vegeta.
'I only heard of him when everyone came back from the invasion, I lost my father that day.' She thought. 'The reason why everyone started looking down on us was because the only Super Saiyan in the family was exiled.'
"Good job." Said Gohan as she bowed again. "No thank you for helping me!" She said as she stared at her hands she couldn't shake this feeling of power in her back as she closed her eyes and relaxed, Gohan looked on in confusion until her power kept climbing and climbing.
"No way…" He muttered as he watched her, someone was about to speak but Gohan quickly raised his hand and silenced it as he floated towards her and watched her as her aura burst to life.
"You are incredible…" He muttered as he spoke again. "You got it, keep concentrating do not stop." He pushed her.
"Keep digging." The others watched in confusion as the female Saiyan suddenly took all of Gohan's attention.
But soon everyone's jaw dropped except Karen who watched in confusion, she suddenly started screaming and shaking the planet as static electricity zapped around her and her hair became spiky but it didn't stop as her power stabilized.
"Wow…" Gohan commented as he stared at the young Super Saiyan 2. "You must have a ridiculous amount of S-Cells."
"To think that a mere Saiyan child would become one of the strongest Saiyans alive." King Vegeta watched in shock as the ground rumbled as her aura glowed brilliantly.
"Can you go further?" Gohan asked as she stared at her hands. "I have this weird tingly feeling in my back." She muttered as she started powering up more. "Unreal…" As the wind started picking up even more but the planet was violent shaking now and just like that he sensed something wrong as a golden crack appeared on her face. "Stop!" He said as she stopped her power up and the crack vanished stunning everyone.
"You wanted me to stop?" She said as her power dropped back to Super Saiyan 2.
"If you power up any more you will explode, your body cannot handle Super Saiyan 3." He said as everyone stared at her in shock.
"Super…saiyan 3?" Narma stared in shock. "I didn't even know such a state existed." She said completely surprised.
"Listen to me Caulifla, never ever power up beyond the second state you will kill everyone on planet Vegeta and wipe out this Solar system." said Gohan as she backed up in fear and dropped out of Super saiyan 2.
"Good girl…" He sighed. "But you are certainly amazing you even rival Zeldora here.…have you always known you had such potential?" He asked as she shook her head as Zeldora took an interest in the Saiyan that seemed to be around her age.
"No I couldn't even transform before, I tried every single day to train and get stronger but my strength barely grew." She explained.
"That's because you hit a plateau once you achieved the first level you were already ready to achieve the second level but your body can't handle anymore power without training, you may explode if you lose control of all the power." He warned.
"Would you like to train with me and learn to control that power?" He asked as her eyes shined before nodding vigorously.
"I would leave you but you might not be able to master your power and it could be the end of you if you train without knowing what you're doing." He added as he started floating with everyone else following suit.
"Take care of your friend until I come back for you and do not try and go to the third evolution, this is an order." He said with a smile as she nodded. "The second evolution is all yours to use, however, I suggest using the first evolution first, I wouldn't want to start revealing training secrets just yet."
She nodded as he flew off with everyone else her eyes were sparkling. "I heard about him but I didn't think he was real the moment he showed up all your potential is suddenly released." Cabba said as she grinned at him.
"We need you to get Super Saiyan bro, otherwise I am going to leave you behind!" She said as Cabba smiled and groaned.
"Let's get home mother is waiting for us." He said as she nodded and helped him as they flew off.
"I had no idea there was a third stage." Zeldora said as Narma nodded. "Indeed who would have thought there was a level beyond the second stage."
Gohan just chuckled as Bardock chimed in. "We should be reaching 1st Class Seripa in a few moments." He said.
When they arrived they found Seripa training with another Saiyan female in an open field. "My king!" She said as they both bowed to the arriving group they wore similar outfits, both had universe 7 saiyan armor just like all the other saiyans but Seripa had purple armor and her sister had red armor and they both had hairstyles similar to that of Kale.
"So you are 1st Class Seripa." Gohan said as he stepped forward surprising her and her sister.
"Lord Gohan…" She said stunned as her sister's face froze at his name. "That's him?" Her sister muttered to her as she nodded and gestured for her to shut up.
"I hear you are among the strongest that New Vegeta has to offer." He started as she nodded.
"Impressive, you certainly have a great deal of power." He complimented as he smiled and looked at the other saiyan. "I take it she is your sibling?" He asked as she nodded.
"Yes this 1st Class Garlia." She introduced as Gohan nodded. "Please to meet your acquaintance." As he got into a fight stance.
"Could you all give 1st Class Seripa and I some space." As they all started flying and made space the only other person there was Seripa's sister who quickly took flight and joined group.
"Show me everything you have." Gohan said as she nodded and powered up to max transforming into a Super Saiyan she didn't know why he wanted to fight but she would never turn down a fight but this caught him and everyone by surprise when her hair floated upwards before changing golden with no tremors or violent aura bursts.
Gohan noticed this and smirked and gestured for her to attack him. "Hold nothing back, fight as if you want to kill me." He said as she nodded and charged at him.
They traded blows and fought evenly as Gohan assessed her abilities and the way she fought and controlled Super Saiyan.
"Not bad." He said as he blocked her punch and delivered a bone crushing jab into her stomach which winded her.
"But is this all?" He asked as she gasped for air before smirking.
"I was hoping to master this so that I can defeat general Bardock to take third place." She said as she started powering up, everyone watched thinking that maybe she would somehow tap into Super Saiyan 2 but to their surprise it wasn't Super Saiyan 2 but the power was amazing.
"Color me impressed." Gohan said with a smile. "So you unlocked Super Saiyan grade 4 with no assistance." He commented as she looked at him confused.
"Grade 4…what's that?" She was glowing with a bulkier body.
"This." Said Gohan as he transformed growing slightly more bulkier and far more powerful. "It's still Super Saiyan but a sub-category of it, as far as I know there are four grades of Super Saiyan, what many of you fail to realize is that Super Saiyan is incredibly efficient."
Seripa nodded excitedly as she continued. "See I told you Garlia!" She grinned as Garlia rolled her eyes. "If we master the legendary state that we can become even stronger I had this idea when I watched Lord Gohan fight his father the way they controlled Super Saiyan was amazing no wasted movement no wasted energy!" She explained as Gohan watched her with a smile on his face clearly enjoying her passion for training.
"Good job figuring out the secret, do you even need my training?" He joked as she looked smug before she deflated. "Wait no-" But she didn't get to continue as Gohan continued.
"In fact when my father and I trained to control it he discovered that it is possible to live as a Super Saiyan once you master it, that state is called Mastered Super Saiyan or Super Saiyan grade 4, we became so good at controlling Super Saiyan that we could fall asleep while fully transformed." He said as he slipped in and out of Super Saiyan effortlessly transitioning between Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 while not even moving the sand around his feet, the others looked on bewildered as Gohan flexed his control of Super Saiyan.
"You can sleep as a Super Saiyan?" She asked as Gohan nodded.
"Well you have mastered Super Saiyan so when you get the chance just try it and see what happens." He encouraged. "But with this you are not yet ready for Super Saiyan grade 5 or Super Saiyan 2." She looked confused.
"Simply mastering Super Saiyan will not raise your base strength just increase the amount of latent power you can draw out but create a solid foundation for the next level so your Super Saiyan 2 will be superior to any Super Saiyan 2 that has already appeared on New Vegeta." Gohan said as he turned to Narma and Saperos.
"So that means if she were to attain Super Saiyan 2 right now she would even dwarf Zeldora in terms of raw power making her the strongest Saiyan alive in this universe as Seripa's eyes widened at the news.
Even Zeldora looked shocked. "But am I not the legendary Super Saiyan?" She asked as he nodded.
"Yes you are but you have never really trained to control your Super Saiyan power right?" He asked as she slowly nodded suddenly feeling very ashamed of herself.
"If you master Super Saiyan and use it as your foundation when you transform into the Legendary Super Saiyan you will be an absolute monster in regards to pure power you might even be enough to force me to use twenty percent of my power in base." He said. "Not sure if it's possible but if you achieve Legendary Super Saiyan 2 or even three you will be a good fighter for my base strength but Super Saiyan 3 is kind of pointless."
"Well pointless to me I guess, I am pretty sure I can even achieve the third evolution if I really want to but with my ultimate power Super Saiyan 3 is pointless."
"Pointless?" Bardock questioned. "It's Super Saiyan 3…"
"Well if my father ever comes back I'll ask him to show you guys." Gohan said. " If I had to attempt the transformation for the first time I might shake solar system into pieces." He said.
"Oh but I can give you an idea of how strong it makes you." He said as he started charging his ki as they all sensed it rise beyond what they thought was possible, easily eclipsing the power Zeldora released when she fought Karen before stopping.
"This is how strong you would be if you used Super Saiyan 3." Gohan said as she stared at him in shock, the power was ridiculous and he was still in his base. "It boosts your base battle power by about four hundred times but that's just a speculation from what I sensed from my father when he used it for the first time."
Seripa couldn't believe her eyes as she powered down. "If that's mine than what would be yours?"
She asked as Gohan chuckled.
"Well it would have to boost my base battle power by four hundred and right now I am barely using five percent of my strength so I would first need to reach full power in my base before transforming into my ultimate form and suppressing myself accordingly but that would be far too much work, maybe one day if you see me fight someone who can handle it than sure."
She just nodded. "If I may ask why did you want to fight me?" She asked.
"I wanted to see if you are worthy of becoming my apprentice and from what I can tell, yes, you are the only saiyan that figured out super saiyan is key and mastering that will give you power half as powerful as Super Saiyan 2 with no strain or power drain plus it creates a solid foundation for the next evolution." Gohan praised as she blushed and nodded.
Karen narrowed her eyes as she rolled her eyes and smiled. "You really are a lady's man aren't you?" She asked as he chuckled nervously.
"Nothing like that." He defended. "Would you like to train under me and skip the tournament?" He asked as she nodded vigorously.
"Great." He said as Garlia looked on in envy as she returned to her sister's side and whispered. "You better teach me this grade 4 state." She said as Seripa smirked.
"I think that covers everyone, give me a few hours I need to go into deep space to fix this problem between the Lou and Eve Empires." He said as they all nodded as he transformed into Super Saiyan god and looked at Karen.
"Race you to the eastern quadrant." He said as she smirked.
"Prepare to lose!" She said as she took off at with Gohan following suit but it happened so fast the Saiyans couldn't even follow them before someone with red hair suddenly struck New Vegeta shaking the planet tremendously.
Gohan was confused as he laid on his back in a crater as Karen came to a full stop looking at Gohan before looking at the new arrival.
Goku was panting in the sky with white hair as he dropped to the ground barely capable of flight with Vegeta furious.
"You absolute bafoon!" Vegeta roared at Goku as he picked him up by the neck. "How could you!?" Vegeta screamed.
As Goku looked down in anger. "You know full well that we would have died if we stayed any longer." Goku argued back.
Vegeta seemed to simmer down at the words but he was fuming with rage. "Then we should have died a warriors death!" He said. "Take me back right now!" He bellowed.
"Both of you shut the hell up!" Beerus yelled, he was battle damaged and he was missing an ear. "Goku made the right decision so quit your whining Vegeta! Would you have died and made Champa's sacrifice be for nothing!? Who knows how long Margarita, Vados and Whis can hold him off for."
"Father?" Gohan asked as he held his cheek from the blow, the last thing he remembered seeing was Goku and Vegeta appear before him out of a portal as he flew up he was back handed by Vegeta back into New Vegeta.
"What happened?" He asked as he looked at their condition, Goku was incredibly battle damaged and had a whole in his torso and Vegeta was basically covered in blood while Beerus was a sight to behold beside his missing ear his attire was in tatters.
Karen stared at them surprised. 'Isn't that Gohan's father?'
Beerus looked at her and Gohan and the rest of the Saiyans. "Be privileged mortals you are the only lower life forms who have ever seen a god of destruction look like this." He said as he dropped to his back relaxing.
Goku returned to base and dropped out of Mastered Ultra Instinct with Vegeta following suit out of Mastered Ultra Ego.
(Please note that this is not the final level of their strength, True Ultra Instinct has not been achieved by Goku, and Vegeta has not yet achieved his equivalent of True Ultra Instinct as some form of True Ultra Ego)
Vegeta turned to King Vegeta and made his way over to him while the others looked at him in shock. "Get us to your nearest healing pods we don't have a minute to spare!" Vegeta barked.
As Gohan finally came closer. "What happened?" Fearing the worst as he stared at Beerus who was borderline sleeping.
Goku turned to Gohan and fell on his back. "We'll explain as soon as possible but we need to be healed!" Goku said as Goku nodded and turned to King Vegeta who nodded and powered up to Super Saiyan 2 surprising everyone as his power soared eclipsing Zeldora's shocking everyone as Gohan picked up Goku and King Vegeta picked up Vegeta and Karen picked up Beerus before they quickly blasted off towards the royal palace at break neck speeds.
"Keep up if you can." Gohan said to them all.
All the remaining Saiyans were shocked before quickly composing themselves and transforming flying towards the palace, they took a few seconds to arrive before King Vegeta barked.
"Put them in the most advanced healing pods we have available!"
"Sir!" They yelled as they were put into the pods.
"What could have done this to your father, Vegeta and the god of destruction?" Karen asked, she was well aware of their power and strength.
Goku while in the pod spoke telepathically to everyone. "It was Merno…" He said as he passed out completely.
If you find any mistakes please do not hesitate to point it out and I will fix it immediately and any inconsistencies because proofreading is a chore and honestly there is a vital piece of information that I am forgetting to add in this note so I will update it when I remember. I will have a poll up on my page for those interested regarding the story, thanks for reading and enjoy your day! And for those confused Merno is not an OC I made, he is from a fan manga I found and it was amazing the first manga is a weaker version of him but the continuation of it is who they escaped from but if you guys know who Merno is then you should know that escaping so far away means nothing.
Edit: I now remember what I forgot to add, it was the note on Caulifla, she and Cabba are siblings in this story and just because the author aka Akira Toriyama gave her busted potential I will too BUT she doesn't have God ki so she will be strong but in comparison to characters with god ki she won't stand a chance even if she unlocked Super Saiyan 4 but obviously if Super Saiyan 5 was introduced ((Which it won't)) then it would definitely stand a chance but no god ki equals stomp with late Cell saga strength hell even Gogeta Super Saiyan 4 would push Beerus as much as Super Saiyan god did the first time they fought but Gogeta would still lose they would need some sort of equivalent outside factor like Kryptonian DNA or ancient magic or something ridiculous to stand a chance if no god ki is present within them and to achieve Super Saiyan 5 their base strength would need to be able to slap around a post GT level Super Saiyan 4 which they are all VERY VERY far away from in terms of strength and will probably never reach that level of power.