The attack of Frisk made the entire planetary nation uneasy. We won by sheer willpower and luck, and if something like that happens again, we need to be prepared, we need to train harder. For a month after the attack, we taught Stryker the fusion ritual, and all of us have been using it to train each other, especially Cellio and I in super saiyan 3, we can't let the energy drain be our downfall again. After a lot of practice, the three of us have been able to fuse into one being, but it was highly unstable, we still need to work more on our synchronization, so unless the situation is dire, we're only doing 2 man fusions. Rebuilding the monster cities and other locations of earth didn't take very long, only a few weeks since the damage was mostly concentrated on the ship yard and around the school; but the loss of around 20 planets really made others doubt their safety.

Today, the three of us were having some extremely deserved rest after training non-stop for two weeks, pushing ourselves to near death many times over. Because of our training, our strength has drastically increased, our scouters were essentially useless for reading power levels now as we far surpassed their capabilities after the war. The three of us were just sitting in an open field, looking at the sky and talking.

"So, what's next? Where do we go from here?" The others looked at me with the same wonderment I had. Cellio was about to say something, but suddenly, we all saw a rainbow colored beam of light appear a few miles away. The three of us flew over to see a tall blue man with a staff and some odd robes, next to him was a shorter green man with a white shirt, purple and black striped collar, purple baggy pants and a waist sash with odd symbols on it; however, it was most noticeable that they were accompanied by the Trio of Dangers, and also that we couldn't sense the energy of the two newcomers. We flew down to greet them, but before we could say anything, Bergamo spoke up.

"The three of you, kneel before the god of destruction Sidra, it is a honor to be visited by a figure such as him." Cellio instantly knelt down the moment he heard the name Sidra, and he pulled us down by the shoulders.

"My apologies lord Sidra, if I had known your appearance beforehand, I would have knelt before Bergamo said anything. You'll have to excuse my brother and our friend here, they have not heard much about you."

"It's quite alright, you may stand, Cellio and Cherik of Cauliferon, you as well Stryker of Earth." We all stood up and before I could even open my mouth, he already began to answer my questions.

"I see that you have knowledge of me Cellio, however, allow me to introduce myself, I am the god of destruction of this universe, I am known as Sidra, and this is my attendant and teacher, Mojito." He bowed to us, but didn't say anything. "The reason I came to you is because we heard that the Galactic Destroyer was gone, we assumed that these three did it, but when we asked, they said they would have been no match, but they did point us in your direction, telling us about your power." I did a small pose of cockyness.

"Well, they aren't wrong, we are quite the spectacle." Cellio instantly smacked me on the back of the head.

"You idiot, that's no way to talk to someone with the authority of Sidra, he could erase us on a whim."

"Actually, if you wouldn't mind, I would like a demonstration of your power." Cellio and I turned towards him, but each of us with different expressions, him in horror and me in joy.

"I'm in. Cellio, Stryker, what do you guys think?"

"F-f-fighting lord S-Sid-dra. I-I-I-I." Cellio sat down to comprehend this all, I looked at Stryker and he seemed just as pumped as I was. It took a good minute, but we got Cellio back to his senses and to agree to fight. The three of us fused together into Cherykio to confront him; it was a little more difficult to keep the fusion due to Cellio still slightly freaking out, but we managed.

"Well, the three of you know how to fuse, I assume that's how you managed to defeat the galactic destroyer."

"You know it, now then, let me show you our true power." We charged and powered through super saiyan, through super saiyan 2, and into super saiyan 3. "Hope you're ready, Cellerik in super saiyan 3 was enough to dominate the galactic destroyer, now imagine what I can do."

"Interesting, you saiyans have the ability to transform. Well then, try your best."

"You still doubt me? Fine." We charged forward and threw a punch, that he effortlessly dodged. "What?" We launched a flurry of blows and ki blasts, but he just blocked them all with one hand, and it didn't even look like he was trying. "That's IT!" We charged a blue energy ball in one hand and an orange one in the other, then combined them into a massive swirling ball. "Planetary Nova Crusher!" We threw the ball at him with everything we had, but he just stuck his hand out and it popped into purple sparkles, like a balloon. We fell to the ground, completely dumbfounded by what just happened, we powered down and defused.

"Impressive, I can't remember the last time anyone besides Mojito forced me to use 5% of my power." The three of us gaped at the absolute power before us, this was no normal being. "Now, I came to present you with these, as a token of our appreciation for not having to deal with this menace ourselves." He nodded to Mojito, who waved his staff in front of his hand to produce a purple box with a green lace wrapped around it. Sidra took the box, opened it and gave us each a red and spiky fruit. "This right here, is a fruit from a special species of tree shared among all of the gods, the tree of might. One of these fruits can increase the power of an individual many times over with just a single bite, quite a special gift as normally only deities are allowed to eat it, but for you three, I'll make an exception, just promise me you will not plant any of the seeds, as one single tree takes the energy of an entire planet to grow."

"We promise." We all said in unison and accepted the fruit.

"Now, be sure to regulate the use of the fruit as its effects only last 24 hours, afterwards, you need to eat from it again. Now then, I will be on my way, but we'll be sure to visit you soon." We nodded as the 5 of them flew off. We looked up in amazement, then back down to the fruit we held; just one bite would increase our power enormously, we had to make sure to save it.

After the visit, the three of us stashed our own fruit in a secret and safe place for the future. The three of us met up at the lookout after climbing the tower and presenting korin with gifts to get more senzus.

"So, we all saw we got creamed by Sidra right? Well, if we're ever going to reach that kind of power, we need something more. But what? Any ideas?" Cellio spoke up.

"Beats me bro, but what if we do something nuts? Something that is just crazy enough to work."

"What are you talking about Cellio?" Stryker looked at him in worriment and confusion.

"Cherik, I've been thinking, our great ape form has essentially been useless since we unlocked super."

"Where are you going with this?"

"What if we go great ape, and we go super as well?"

"Would that even work? Back during the war, we went super to fight all the other saiyans in their great ape forms and we didn't transform."

"But we went super first, what if we go super second?"

"I see where you're going with this."

"Honestly, it's insane, it's stupid, and I'm game. However, if the multipliers still apply, one of you will need to fuse with me in case things get dicey." We agreed with Stryker.

"I'll do it. We'll let Cellio try it first. I have been hogging all the new forms anyway." Cellio punched me in the shoulder before we walked into the chamber. Once inside, he charged a power ball while Stryker and I fused into Cheryker and went super saiyan 3 just in case. Cellio launched the power ball, detonated it and began to transform; it may have been because it's been years, but he briefly went on a rampage before coming to his senses.

"Oh boy, I hope that doesn't happen while we're testing. Anyway, let's try this out." He began to charge up, the fur on top of his head spiked up while the rest of it became a golden color. We watched in awe, but then realized that the worst had happened, he began to rampage again, but in a much stronger form, firing energy beams everywhere, stomping around and just reverting to a primal state. We decided to put a stop to it before he destroyed the exit to the chamber and flew up in his face to confront him.

"Cellio, what are you doing?! You're not a primal beast! Don't you remember?" He grabbed us, and even though we were stronger and could easily break out, we played along. "AGGHHH, Cellio! Don't you know who you are? Who I am? Who we are?" Even though his expression didn't change, we saw realization happen within him.

"Cheerrrriiiik. Strrryyyykeeeerrrr." He let us go, and suddenly a soft golden aura surrounded him, and he began to shrink in size, but as he did, his power actually grew far higher than ever before. We looked down to see, what appeared to be Cellio, but his hair seemed longer and thicker, from the sleeves of his armor we could see his arms were covered in a red fur and so was his tail; when he opened his eyes, we saw that they were yellow instead of the blue of a normal super saiyan form.

"C-Cellio?" He looked up at us and smirked.

"Damn. This power is awesome, way stronger than Super 3 ever could have been. Wanna know something? I think this is it, the final level of super saiyan we've been searching for, I don't have that longing feeling anymore."

"So, what do you think? Finish off the number tier with Super Saiyan 4?"

"I think so, it just feels right." Stryker and I defused, then I prepared myself to tame the primal mind once again.

"You guys stay separated, Cellio, don't turn that form off, we might need its power." I looked up at the power ball and felt the changes commence. It only took a few seconds to regain control of the giant body, now for the part I wasn't too excited about. I powered up as if I were to go super saiyan, suddenly, I was thrown back in my mind as an astral projection within a red glass box. I beat at the walls as hard as I could, but to no avail; suddenly, I felt and saw myself go down, my body looked around to see Cellio floating there, and once that happened, the walls of the box shattered and I regained control. The change into super 4 was different; I felt a calm, yet raging power flowing through me the more I shrank, as if I was unlocking a secret, long forgotten to time. I saw the fur change from gold to red, I felt my hair lengthening a little bit as well as the muscles decreasing in size a little, but still bigger than normal. Once I was done, I stood up from my kneeling position as a full on super saiyan 4, face to face with my brother and Stryker.

"You guys are lucky, you get so many forms to become stronger."

"Hey, don't blame us that you're human." I covered my mouth, not knowing how gruff my voice became after the transformation. I looked myself over and saw that my leg armor was still on, and my top armor somehow turned into a sleeveless, but I liked it. I felt next to no strain in this form, unlike super 3, it almost felt as the drain was as much as normal super.

"Say, Cherik. Wanna test out our new strength?"

"Yeah, sure. Go 3 and hit me with a full force solar crusher."

"Alright then." He powered down to base, then powered up to 3. "Odd, I tried powering down straight to 3, but it seems like it's a whole different level we can access without cycling through our other forms."

"Neat." He flew up and charged a full force solar crusher, while I just readied a basic energy beam. He launched the attack at me and I blasted my own, they were both equal at first, but after charging just a tiny bit more, he was overwhelmed and had to dodge the combined beams. "Wow. That right there started as 1/10 of my power, then I just overtook you with 1/8."

"Alright, so this form is strong, efficient and fast to turn into. I really really like it. Hold on, I wonder..." He charged up and went into 4. "Alright, so we're able to still turn into it if we cycle through transformations. But what if we're in base?" He turned it off, then transformed into it again directly from base. "Yep, I love this new form!"

"Alright, mega jealous right now. I wish soul charge gave me that sort of power. Hey, what kind of power does super saiyan 4 Cellerik have?" We looked at each other eagerly and jumped backwards.

"You ready Cellio?"

"Oh hell yeah I am!" We initiated the ritual, which was now shortened to us connecting fists, then breaking and punching forward. The fusion began, and the power that I felt was incredible, even stronger than super saiyan 3 Cherykio, far, far stronger.

"This is.. I just... wow... I mean... wow." We were dumbfounded, the power was like nothing ever seen before, it felt like we could just flick away super saiyan 3 Cherykio. We defused and powered down.

"This is the power we need, the power to defend our universe to the end. Alright guys, let's train." We stayed in the chamber for just 2 months, mostly working on our synchronization skills in order to fuse a lot easier; by the time we left the chamber, Cellio and I could fuse by locking fists and turning while Stryker and I could fuse after a fist lock and a punch lock; Stryker and Cellio though, they could only fuse during the kickoff backflip, still, it was progress.

We actually had an entire year of peace after the visit from Sidra, but that doesn't mean we stopped training, on the contrary, we trained harder than ever before, and around this time, if I were to put a number to my feeling of power; I feel like I'm around 160 million, Cellio feels like 157 million and Stryker seems to be around 120 million. Today, we were all doing some light sparring, when a familiar beam of light appeared over the horizon, we flew over to it to see Sidra, Mojito, and some other person who had a turquoise color skin, a white mohawk, purple robes that seemed different from Mojito's and gold dangling earrings with red orbs in place. We landed and bowed, with Cellio greeting like normal.

"Greetings Lord Sidra, what brings you here today? And if I may ask, who is this?" The new person looked slightly surprised, while Sidra and Mojito let out a chuckle.

"Rise you three; this here is the supreme kai of this universe, Roh, a god of creation if you will. Now as to why, we've come to ask for your help, you see, there is someone above even the gods and angels, he is known as the Omni-king, Lord Zeno." We were shocked that there was someone who dwarfed even the gods. "He plans to hold a tournament for the survival of 8 different universes, the lowest ranked." Stryker stepped in.

"Wait, the survival? What do you mean?"

"Only one universe can remain at the end, the others will be erased from existence." We just stood there in shock. The losing universes will be erased... "Each team must be composed of 10 members, we already have 7, including the trio of dangers, we were hoping you three would be the final pieces to our team. I stood up for the others.

"We're in. I have a feeling that the new power we've unlocked will definitely be enough to win." He looked at us with curiosity.

"Show me then. What have you learned?" I put out my hand to help Cellio up, he blinked a few times, but then took my hand and stood up.

"You ready bro?"

"Still processing everything, but sure, let's do this." We fused together while Stryker stood at the side with a smirk on his face.

"Only the two of you? Why not all 3?" We spoke as Cellerik.

"Because, this is the only way we can access this power." He kept his look of curiosity, but then we powered up instantly into super saiyan 4 and he seemed almost impressed.

"Well then, let me see what you're capable of." We smirked and began to charge at him, actually being somewhat equals, but it wasn't long before he threw us to the ground. "I think that is a good imrovement, you made me use 10% of my power this time." We stood up and chuckled, then began to laugh. "What is it?"

"Oh it's nothing, it's just that... So was I." The look on his face was priceless.

"Wait, what?" We powered up to full power and punched him away faster than he could react. He stabilized himself and powered up as well. "Very impressive, this power rivals that of my own." We were about to collide blows, when Mojito stopped each of us with one hand, effortlessly.

"Now, now, let's not get too hasty. If you two were to come to blows, the entire universe might have been destroyed, let's save the fighting for the tournament." The two of us instantly reeled back and acted like nothing happened. Cellio and I defused and powered down, then Sidra talked to us again.

"That power of yours is quite impressive. What do you call it?" At the same time, we both said it.

"Super saiyan 4. Jinx! Double jinx!"

"Triple jinx"

"Quad.. Dammit!"

"Hahahaha, you've never been able to beat me at that Cellio."

"So, will you enter the tournament? Final offer."

"Yes."

"I'm in."

"Let's do this."

"Very good. The tournament begins in 20 hours, we will transport you to my planet to meet the rest of the team. Stay close." We huddled together and Roh said two words.

"Kai kai." Then we were transported to a world with a sunset like sky, a castle and a forest. In front of us was the rest of our team; the Trio of Dangers, a metallic dragon guy, a bat-like humanoid, a bunny girl and a cat-like girl.

"Guess they're from the solo planets, cause I've never seen their species before."

"Yeah, they are, Cauliferon scouts have documented them, and their strongest warriors. The metal dragon is known as Chappil, the warrior with the iron skin, the bat guy is Rozel, he's more of a speed fighter; the bunny and cat girls are from the same planet where they evolved from predator and prey species into allies, the bunny is Sorrel, while the cat is known as Hopp, they're both fierce when they need to be, especially Hopp." Stryker and I nodded at the insight, then, they all saw us and chaos ensued. We were swarmed by everyone who was super excited to see the saviors of the galaxy. The swarm didn't last long as Sidra stomped his foot, releasing a shockwave. Roh spoke up to brief us all.

"Now then, you've all been selected because you're the best fighters this universe has to offer. Within 20 hours we'll be on the fighting stage and facing off against other universes for the survival of our own. Now, you all know Cherik, Cellio and Stryker here; they did save many galaxies twice already, however, during the fight, they aren't celebrities, they are your teammates and you must cover them like you would cover anyone else, no swarming. Now, I want all of you to rest before we leave, because when we get there, you will need every ounce of power you have to crush the opposing universes... Especially that Son Goku of Universe 7." He said that last line while turning away and clenching his fist, which makes me think something happened beforehand.

We all just stood around, getting to know each other, the Trio sticking around us and telling us about the exhibition match, that they fought 3 warriors of universe 7 and 2 of them were saiyans, with one being Goku, the person Roh was talking about.

"Man, if saiyans from other universes are that strong, I can't wait to meet them." I punched my fist into my hand in excitement; suddenly, a glow began to appear from Stryker's chest, and it seemed that he wasn't causing it because he seemed just as surprised as all of us. "Stryker, what's going on?"

"I-I'm not sure... I think... because I have so much at stake, my soul is becoming overflown with determination." His soul suddenly turned green and he produced a shield, then he became light blue, then orange, then his soul became dark blue and he looked like he was being thrown to the ground, it then turned purple, and a sort of string shot out from it, tethering him to a wall and a tree. Finally, he concentrated and it turned back into gold.

"Stryker... what the hell as that?" I was just as shocked as Cellio was.

"The determination must be allowing me to access all of the soul traits and gain their powers... probably because I absorbed their essence so long ago. Wait, let me try something." He stuck his hand out to me, then my soul appeared and turned blue, where he then forced me to the ground. He turned it off and looked at his hand, then at his soul. "I can also control the soul traits of others... THIS IS AWESOME!" For the rest of the time we had, Stryker practiced with his new powers, and he was getting very good with them; then, it was time to go.

Roh, teleported us to, what looked like a top, but it was the size of a small city, this was the arena that we would be fighting in. I took one look around at the combatants and I just felt joy.

"Oh, this is gonna be goooooooood."

A/N: Yep, tournament of power here we come. Just so you guys know, this is gonna be a bit of a long arc, but it'll be worth it. Little Cherik has grown so much, and now he's fighting for the fate of his universe. Stay tuned to see what happens. Till next time, peace.