Today was the 10th anniversary since we won the tournament of power, a lot has changed since then, and just to reminisce, I took a flight from my now much bigger house, still on Earth; while Cauliferon was my home planet, Earth was my first and true home. I flew all over the world, looking back at my journey; seeing the crater where I first landed, flying up Korin's Tower, who has now long left universe 9 to permanently stay in universe 7, knowing we're in good hands. I flew up to the lookout to say hi to Stryker who had thought it over and decided to become the guardian of earth about 2 years after the tournament, close to the time Moro was defeated, we still see each other and he still trains to not get soft, but he spends a lot of his time up here, mastering his magic and spirit control.
"Hey Stryker, how's it going?" I walked up to him meditating atop the point of his staff with one foot; he opened his eyes and looked at me with a smile.
"Cherik! good to see you again." He hopped off the staff and we locked hands together for a midair arm wrestle, my power slowly overwhelming his, then he went soul charge, then I went super, then he unleashed his determined guardian form, having learned to master it after all this time, but eventually I won, breaking out four.
"Dammit, still can't beat your raw power." He said with a grin.
"Well, then how about we just spar for old times' sake." I lifted my hand in the air with the other over my chest. "I monkey swear I won't go super saiyan."
"Challenge accepted." He threw off his guardian robes, revealing his usual fighting gi. We sparred for a bit, even though I outmatched him in power, he was by far the most skilled, especially with his soul powers and other techniques he learned while training in universe 7. By the end of it, we were both breathing heavily, but with smiles on our faces, he extended his hand and I shook it, ending our match.
"I'll catch you later then man, this was fun though. I'll bring Cellio next time."
"Can't wait." He waved as I flew off, continuing my nostalgia trip. I flew over the world tournament arena where many tournaments have taken place over the years, and our trio has won many of them, we eventually stopped participating to let others have a chance, that and we had way too much money. I flew to the battleground where Stryker and I first met Cellio, the giant human shaped crater in the ground becoming a popular tourist attraction. I then over the monster city, which now was the capital of monsterkind and as for them, they've been fully integrated into modern Earth society and are thriving all over the planet, all thanks to one blonde kid who fell down a mountain.
To finish my journey, I teleported to Cauliferon to say hi to my parents who have slightly shown signs of aging, and to greet the newly coronated King Cauliferon V, since it was time for his father to step down. Over many years on Cauliferon, there were more and more saiyans able to unlock super after Cellio and I demonstrated the form to be more than just a legend, but only about 1/100 of the population knows how to do it and those are recruited for the saiyan army, however, there is the rare prodigy from time to time that is able to unlock super saiyan 2, those select few saiyans are recruited for the royal guard, the new king knows how to do it too, so does my father, still captain after many years of service. There is a small battalion in the army of about 6 other saiyans, dubbed "The Juggernauts" that have accessed the power of Super saiyan 3, even though they can only hold it for a very short time, that short time is all it takes for them to finish off whatever opponent couldn't be taken down.
Once my visit to my homeworld was complete, I went back home and was greeted by Cilan running towards me and jumping up to hug his dad, I said hi and put him on my shoulder, looking back at the house to see my wife Cucum leaning in the doorway, smiling at us, wearing her usual attire, a dark blue, tank top with ripped jeans as well as her long, but slightly unkempt hair. A year after the tournament, I decided to finally try to find myself a girlfriend, most of my Earthling friends from high school would probably not remember me, not that I made many connections to begin with, but back on Cauliferon, there were a few willing to give me a chance, Cucum in particular, I had the most in common with, she understood all my jokes, loved earthly culture, got into a lot of the same entertainment I did and even though she wasn't much of a fighter herself, she couldn't say no to a spar every now and then.
"Hey Cuke, what's up?" She walked over to me and Cilan and kissed me.
"Ewww mom and dad are being all lovey." Cilan jumped off while we laughed at him; he climbed up his favorite tree and hung upside down by his tail.
"Anyway, Cher, I just wanted to see if you..." She leaned in close, but suddenly slammed me down on the ground. "Were keeping your guard up." She began to laugh, but I just gave a mischievous smile, got up and tackled her down.
"Looks like someone else wasn't keeping her guard up." I jumped off before she could kick me; then began to dodge her punches without effort. She got stronger over the years, but still not as strong as me, I was thinking of teaching her Super one of these days, but it could be saved for later, not much of a need. We eventually stopped when we felt three other energies close by; we looked to see that Cellio, his wife Nion and their daughter Arti fly overhead and land in front of us. Cellio was actually dating Nion for quite a while and didn't tell me until our post-tournament celebration. They got together between the time the war ended and Frisk showed up and honestly, she's a great match for him. She nearly rivals him in height, which is impressive since he's pretty tall and her attitude definitely keeps his in check, I really don't want to know what goes on late into the night at their house, unlike me, they decided to stay on Cauliferon, since it's been their home since they were born.
"Hey little bro, don't tell me you guys are having a fight."
"Nah, we're good, Cuke here just doesn't want to admit I'm better." She punched me in the shoulder, enough to feel it, but not hard enough to cause serious damage.
"Hi Cherik."
"Hey Nion, so, what brings you guys over?"
"Ah nothing much, just wondering if you guys wanna come over for a 10th anniversary party, Stryker's coming along too, also, Arti wants to hang out with Cilan." As if on cue, the little guy jumped down from his tree and ran over to us.
"Uncle Cellio, aunt Nion!" He jumped up to them and landed on Cellio's head.
"H-hey sport, what's up?" He grabbed him off to look at him.
"Did you guys bring anything?"
"Not this time, but there is someone who really wanted to see you." He looked confused, then to the side to see the smaller saiyan child hiding playfully behind her mother, then his eyes lit up.
"Cousin Arti!" He jumped down on top of her and the two little ones began to spar a small bit, then just began to play. We all laughed, then let them do their thing.
"Anyway, yeah, we'll be there for the party, you'd better have the good stuff on hand."
"Don't worry, we stocked up way ahead of time."
"Good, now, who do we get to watch the kids."
"I think I can get someone." We looked to our left to see Stryker who had teleported in, wearing casual clothes instead of his regular guardian robes, he walked up and high fived us. "Toriel and Asgore would be more than delighted to take care of the kids, given that Azzy's gone to college now." He and Asriel became really good friends after his adventures in the underground.
"Cool, so it's settled. Cherik, Stryker, come to our place, we'll be waiting, along with some others." We nodded and they flew off, we allowed Arti to stay and hang out with Cilan more, and Stryker called to confirm that they're taken care of, he then stuck around the rest of the day. The party was really close to celebrations on Cauliferon, the extras that Cellio invited were the Trio of Dangers, some friends of his from Cauliferon and by some unkown reason, Sidra and Mojito were there enjoying themselves. It was a fun night, and on the way back home, possibly or possibly not drunk, I just thought back to everything that led up to this.
Over time, we have met up with others from the tournament of power, Mojito even being generous enough to allow us travel between universe 9 and 7 to spar and train with Goku, though, once Stryker got control of his teleportation and fully registered Goku's Soul signature, we didn't really need Mojito's help anymore; he did offer to train us, but we politely declined, wanting to get stronger our own way, the primal saiyan way and Stryker was content with the power he had now. Cellio and I haven't broken our bond, we're still perfectly synchronized in battle, same as me and Stryker, each one of us was a force to be reckoned with alone, we were unbeatable when we worked together. Any threats that came across were not even close to a match for my family, not that there were many threats to begin with, considering every planet that used to be under Zoltris's rule was now either reformed or on its own, and all the reformed planets joined together into one ultimate power, with its heart lying on Cauliferon. Earth has seen many improvements over the years as well; monsters are now worldwide as I said before, and Mettaton is the greatest star to ever live; there are now many humans able to unlock their soul traits and crime rates have actually been decreased to nearly nothing. Humans now have access to fast intergalactic travel and other highly advanced forms of technology, so Stryker has it easy with his whole guardian thing. So, with everything happening because of us, we've lived relatively peaceful lives, only being called when absolutely needed, but that is an extremely rare occurrence, even then, only one of the three of us is ever needed.
I landed back home, Cucum helping me to bed and I drifted off to sleep, only to wake up with a hangover I haven't felt since I was seventeen.
A/N: another chapter updated to be far better than it originally was
