Vegeta wandered around after leaving Cabba by himself. He wasn't one to be mushy and comfort his pupil with nice words. In fact, he'd rather die than say anything remotely close to that. As he walked, he sensed something coming from above and leaped out of the way. When he landed on his feet, all he could see was a large, round women with green skin and indigo hair. Her yellow suit clung to her body as her white belt flowed to the side.
She snickered, pulling her leg out of the ground, "Nicely dodged! But don't underestimate Monna of universe 4!". She powered up considerably, her lower body expanding large enough to look like an oversize cannon ball. Vegeta merely stood there, his arms folded as he was unimpressed by her transformation. Even when she charged directly at him, he remained still until a random red energy blast slammed itself into her ribs. She gagged, the blast pushing her high into the sky before it exploded, shocking Quitela that another one of his fighters were down. The large women fell into the stands, stunned as to what had happen. Meanwhile, Vegeta watched the spectacle and turned to his left to see who fired that attack.
"Now who are you supposed to be?" Vegeta asked, his tone signaling that his opponent's presence is unwanted.
"I'd take that you are also Saiyan like Son Goku and Kuzuku Ayoma," Toppo assumed, his glare staring him down.
Vegeta unfolded his arms, immediately sensing his battle prowess. He smirked, finally getting a decent match-up, "You're correct except you missed one small detail. I am Vegeta, prince of all Saiyans and the strongest fighter you'll ever meet.".
"Strongest? I don't recall Jiren ceasing to exist already?" Toppo taunted by feigning to be dumbfounded.
"Jiren? That's right, the one who defeated Kakarot. How about you move aside and let me take him on. I am not interested in dead weight." Vegeta insulted, a smirk creeping onto his face.
Toppo closed his eyes, unfazed by his insult, "Dead weight? That's tough talk for someone who hasn't had any real opponents. But I can sympathize as I'd much rather fight Son Goku.". Vegeta felt a vein pop, his blood boiling to an incalculable level.
"You'd rather fight Kakarot!? If you think that clown is more of a challenge than me you're dead wrong! Come see for yourself! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Vegeta roared, turning Complete Super Saiyan Blue instantly. Toppo powered up as well and charged in at the same time Vegeta did.
Their fist clashed, creating a continuous ripple of shockwaves that shook the area before dispersing into a large explosion of Ki.
Moving Onto 21's Situation...
In one part of the arena, it was silent for a moment. But it wasn't silence that was comforting and safe. In fact, it was a momentary pause in the battle before something big would happen. In a split second, several shockwaves pattered the sky, each one appearing in a random location before stop in mid air. In the center, 21 and Bell clashed arms before the majin threw a kick towards his head. Bell ducked, avoid the strike as he soon decked her across the face after. She was stunned a bit, however, due to her recuperating abilities she manage to maintain composure. Retaliating, 21 decided to hammer him down to the ground with a barrage of Kiai's from both arms. Each time they collided, Bell inched closer and closer to the ground before he was overtaken. He rocketed at high speeds but he somehow managed to land on his feet in order to stop himself. The cyborg watched the majin experiment land on a pillar, raising her hand in order to make a large reddish-pink energy ball. At first he thought she was going to throw it at him but what he didn't anticipate was the fact that the energy ball dispersed into numerous ones that rained upon him at all sides. He looked around, accessing the situation before making his moves. Through his eyes, calculations were made in a less of a second, each one coming up with the perfect way to get out of this. His eyes shined a straight green line across as a signal that the calculations were complete.
"Is that all? This is nothing!" Bell smirked, leaping backwards to avoid the first three coming towards him. He then spun around, kick numerous of them into nothing before creating a large barrier that evaporated all the energy waves. A enormous dome of Ki surrounded him before diminishing, revealing him to be unscathed. Bell was confident for a second after escaping such a attack until he felt something placed on his shoulder.
He turned around, seeing 21 smirking directly at him, "You feel for it. It probably didn't dawn to you that I can teleport as well by using my own energy blasts as the target.". Instantly, she transported them both into the air before teleporting away. Bell was confused for a second until he looked around him to see three energy blast surrounding him from all sides. With no time, they collided into him, exploding upon contact. 21 appeared not too far away from the explosion as she wasn't sure of her victory. She turned around to see a large aura flare violently enough to blow away the smoke. In the center was Bell who looked pretty battle damaged but he was still strong.
"Power Output Restriction Relinquish: Authorized!" A computer like voice said. Immediately, Bell roared, his power increasing greatly compared to how it was before. Despite 21's gaze being completely on him, she couldn't even track down Bell's movements, so much so that he completely got behind her. Her eyes widened, realizing just now that he had rushed pass her. Quickly, 21 turned around, blocking the barrage of punches as her best hope of defense. With each punch, the weight on her arms increased as they began to grow weak. It got to the point where she was so caught up with defending a blow to the face that she forgot to defend her abdominal area to which she paid dearly for it with a sharp side kick to her stomach. She keeled over a bit, gritting her teeth to bare with the pain until another kick landed right in her chin before blasting her away in the gut. Bell chased after her, not letting up his assault for even a second. The majin flipped herself upright and powered up even more.
"I better wrap this up fast. I can't keep taking damage while I am in this form or I'll lose stamina," 21 noted thoughtfully to herself. She caught bell's fist, kneeing him in the stomach as punishment for making such a direct move. As he was stunned, 21 punched him twice across both sides of his face before kicking him across the stomach back and forth. She then tripped him with a low kick to his right leg, swatting him down with her trail as he bounced off it a bit and letting out a shockwave that sent him fly. She took off into a sprint, running past him enough to catch him in a binding energy ball: condensing it to a smaller size in order to submit him under pressure. But it proved futile as her very own energy ball began to turn green as he tried to break free.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHH!" Bell roared, destroying his binds while blowing 21 away. She skid back for a few seconds until she was immediately grabbed by the face and rammed through various pillars. After having his way with slamming 21 from rock to rock, he threw her to the side of a boulder. She collided, breaking it in two before coming out of the other side. 21 could feel the scrapes coming along and the friction of her feet sliding against the ground heating up her feet. She came to a full stop just in time to block a frontal elbow: the force of the passing behind her as it scorched the ground beneath them. 21 broke his posture with a swift kick to his stomach, allowing her to deal in some extra blows such as another kick across his face and two body blows. After getting in some hits, she blew him away with a Kiai, only to place both her hands together in front of her similar to Vegeta's stance for the Final Flash.
"Plasma Storm!" She shouted. Continuously, 21 unleashed a barrage of thin energy waves at the recovering cyborg. However, the universe 3 warrior managed to flip himself onto his feet, power up so much that his foot sunk into the ground a bit before taking of towards her. In what could only be described as a stream of green light flashing pass the countless energy waves, Bell managed to close the distance between them punch her in the gut with a fist coated in his Ki. Faintly, a pulse of Ki channeled to his already enveloped fist, signaling for a large energy to cover the majin before exploding into a energy wave that pushed her a great distance away. 21 cried in pain as she wave engulfed in the explosion. She flew out of the smoke, tumbling across the scorched ground as everything behind her was obliterated.
She groan, the smoke oozing off her body and her clothes were torn all over though it wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. The most that had happened was two wholes on the knee area of her pants and the thigh of her shirt was ripped. Besides that, all she really cared about was coping with the pain somehow in order to continue the fight. She tried to stand, each attempt making the pain worse. The majin groaned loudly, persevering through the pain by managing to at least stand up on her own two feet. Her knees were bent, showing how fatigue she is after that attack. 21 tried to get her breathing under control, only to see Bell walk out of the smoke.
He looked serious though it was evident that he was tired as well, "You're...finished. I can tell you don't have much left in you.". 21 stopped breathing heavily for a moment, only to continue to exhale again. She was still transformed but barely maintaining it for the time being. She watched Bell get ready to charge again, this time dealing the final blow.
"Looks like you've lucked ou-GRAAAAAAAAAGH!" Bell's sentenced stopped abruptly before he could even make a move. Without warning, the energy waves from before had turned around, slamming themselves into his back: exploding continuously upon contact. He howled in pain, falling to one of his knees. He tightened even fiber of organic muscle in his body, holding out until the barrage finished it's assault on him.
All while this was happening, he could hear the majin talk to him, "You're the one who had lucked out. I thought ahead, knowing that there would be a possibility of us ending up at this point. You liked to use calculations in order to fight your opponent but knowing that won't help you predict the future let suspect something like this.". Bell gritted his teeth after baring the last of her energy waves, his temper rising through being outplayed.
"Damn...YOU!" Bell snapped, cursing out of frustration. He fell to his knees, the restrictions that he had uplifted before now taking its toll as he can't sustain his output for much longer. 21 felt a hint of relief in her chest, however, at the same time her knees were threatening to buckle down on her.
She fell to one knee as well, clutching her fist from trying to not collapse completely, "I'm barely holding on to this form. But now, it looks like I have the stamina advantage. I need to maintain it in order to win against him.". She watched Bell get up from his feet, getting ready to charge in again through sheer will power. 21 did the same as well, grunting a bit but still pushing her body pass it's limit.
"I won't be able to recover enough in time which means...I have to win with what little power I have left!" 21 told herself, rushing towards Bell at the same time he dashed towards her. The two met in the middle, both of them locking eye to eye with each other for a brief moment before throwing out their last attacks. Simultaneously, their foreheads slammed into each other. In what can only be described as after shock, the area around them first became inverted in color until a shockwave blew everything away. They both rocketed, passing by various rubble. But fortunately for one of them, they crashed into a boulder thus stopping them from nearly falling out of bounce while the other was flown off stage his green implants shining as he fell till they vanished back into the stands...
Back With Goku and Caulifla...
The two were staring at the sounds and explosions of battle that was not too far from where they were standing. Suddenly, Goku took off running, leaping from rock to rock before finally making it to the top of a large pillar. Caulifla merely stood there, her arms folded until she leaped to where Kale was. The young Saiyan looked up at her big sister, happy to see her okay but she couldn't hide the confusion on her face. At first she was afraid to speak but somehow, she mustered up the courage to do ask, "Sis...why didn't you take him out when you had the chance? Why did you...let him go." Her voice trailed off to a whisper, the courage she mustered diminishing as the sentence approached it's end.
Caulifla placed her hands on her hips and sighed to the side, "It just didn't feel right, not right now that is.". Kale looked up at her and tilted her head as she watched her sister turn her back on her. She peered down at the battle that Goku was observing not too far from her.
"We technically owe him for the help. The least we could do is wait for his teammate to finish his battle and let him watch from afar. After that, we'll take him out along with the rest of his team." Caulifla explained, her eyes now gazing upon the battle completely. In the midst of the surrounding rubble, streams of both amber and white-blue Ki clashed in various knots before the amber one was punched hard in his stomach. Kuzuku flew through various pillars as Stark chased him down, the pillars melting due to the sudden extreme heat of their Ki. Kuzuku flipped himself onto the side of another pillar and leaped upwards to avoid the devastating pun from Stark. The universe 4 warrior chased him all around the cylinder rock before reaching the top. In a split second, the two broke out into a clash of punches once again, neither caring about the damage they were taking. Unpredictably, Kuzuku maneuvered around his roundhouse kick, gaining his back and dealing a powerful back fist the side of his face.
His universe 4 adversary rocketed to the ground, breaking several sound barriers in the process. His feet skid uncontrollable as he tried to maintain his balance. Stark's eyes immediately diverted behind him, sensing something coming from behind. He faintly caught glimpse of a stream of Kuzuku's Ki coming towards him. Swiftly, he turned around, trading punches across the face with the Saiyan. There was a slight pause but after a short instance, a power shockwave blew away the surrounding rubble along with making a decent size crater. The two were dazed a bit but not too long after they separated, leaping back a good distance away. Stark was the first to touch ground and notice that Kuzuku was still flying backwards. To take advantage, he pointed his finger out, "Fifth King's Radiance: Relentless Flash Cannons!". Kuzuku's eyes widened at the sudden barrage of energy waves coming towards him. To touch ground faster he flipped backwards, using his hands to perform acts of flexibility to avoid the waves. As they past by, he felt them brush the side of his ribs and arms. He grunted but bared with the pain any way. When the last one finally passed, he managed to land on his feet while already gather two red energy orbs to his hands. He combined them together forcefully and brought them to his side.
He roared loudly, "X10...KAMEHAMEHA!". Now it was Stark's turn to be shocked, the large red energy wave coming towards him so fast that he barely had any time to react. All he could do was shield his arms to defend against the attack and hope that it doesn't over power him. The wave collided, wrapping itself around him as it extended out of the arena. He tried his best to resist the blast, desperately holding his footing against the ground. But it was futile, the Kamehameha eventually overtaking him and pushing him along the stream. He howled in agony as he was flown to a undetermined distance.
Eventually, the wave pushed him to the edge, detonating into a impactful explosion that shook the ring. However, it is undecided whether or not that attack was deciding factor in finish their battle.
Meanwhile With Cabba...
Cabba had wandered off on his own in base form, thinking about what Vegeta had said to him. He pondered, becoming somewhat grateful for his master's assurance of his universe's revival at the end of the tournament. At this point it was almost stress relieving to the point where his desire to fight was almost diminished. But, remembering his teacher's words made a fire to light up in his eyes.
"Remember this Cabba. Until the very end, fight. Fight with every ounce of strength you have left, win or lose. Just know that when all this is over, I'll obtain the Super Dragon Balls and revive your universe so you can keep the promise you made to me."
He unconsciously clenched his fist, a smirk forming on his face, "Master is right. If he's gonna fight with everything he's got to revive us then I'll fight the same way so that I can someday keep my promise by bringing him to Sadala.". As he thought to himself, he stumbled upon a small figure, accidentally bumping into it. He looked down to see it looking up. At first he was confused for a second until he realized that it was yet another fighter who had somehow survived. He was blue with numerous spikes coming out of his head and had red circles on his cheeks.
"Well I wonder what I little guy like you is doing here. I guess it doesn't matter so I will blast you off without much pain, okay?" Cabba smiled, patting it's head as it gave him a quizzical look. In a split second he blast the tiny man off the stage, eliminating him without much effort or pain. Quitela looked to the side with shock as that would mean Stark is the last surviving fighter for his team.
"Graaagh! Shantza what the hell were you thinking! Why did you just let him knock you off?!" Quitela scolded. Shantza didn't reply, only tilting his head in confusion.
Cabba chuckled until he felt someone approaching him from behind, his amused laughter giving him chills down his spine. He turned around, feeling the ominous vibes coming off this new opponent who seemed to be cupping his chin, his tail accidentally striking the ground. His uncanny resembles to Frost was clear and his red eyes already spelled danger. He immediately took a stance, transforming into a Super Saiyan right from the start. That only earned him more mused laughter from the demon at hand.
Frieza's laughter settled, giving off a sinister grin, "What a merciful way to blast him off stage. Honestly, I can learn a lot from you.". Cabba didn't say a word, only inching one foot closer at a time.
"Hmmmm? Ah, yes. You are Vegeta's so called 'pupil' so you must not be much of a talker when it comes to me. He must of at least told you how his planet got destroyed, right?" Frieza chuckled, appearing in front of the young Saiyan. Cabba stumbled a bit from being caught off guard but it didn't take long for Frieza to wrap his tail around his neck and begin to squeeze the life out of him. He squirm, amusing the emperor even more with his struggles.
He brought his face closer and smiled smugly, taunting him as he struggled, "You know, I really loathe you Saiyans. After I am through with you, I'll take care of those girls as well and after this is all over and my revival is complete: I'll simply head over to universe 6 and turn it into fireworks. Just like I did to Planet Vegeta...". Cabba's eyes widened at that realization, his temper growing hotter and hotter until it practically boiled over.
"Like hell you will!" Cabba roared, his Ki flaring suddenly as electricity covered the area. He broke free from Frieza's grip and began to unleash a flurry of punches all over Frieza. To is distress, none of them landed a direct hit as Frieza blocked them with one hand as he peddle backwards. Eventually he got annoyed, roaring and powering up even more, so much that he caught Frieza by surprise. He threw a powerful punch that broke through the emperor's guard, rocketing him away a bit before leaping back in preparation for a devastating attack. Frieza landed on his feet and peered down at his hand, noticing a tingly feeling coming along. He looked up to a purple glow, electricity springing around like a wildfire.
"Now take this, Galick GUN!" Cabba shouted with ferocity, unleashing a large energy wave at Frieza. The universe 7 villain merely stood there, unmoved by his attack until it collided with full contact. The explosion created a large cloud of smoke that covered his body, leaving the target's condition unclear.
Cabba panted, wondering whether or not if that defeated him, "I...know I felt it hit. There's no way he'd survive that.". But he was dead wrong. It was like time froze or something comparable to a horror scene in some movie where the protagonist or victim believes that the whole thing wasn't real until they get a wake up call.
What caused this was the villain's aloof voice, "Ah, how touching. One time, that impudent monkey you call 'master' did the same thing when he was younger. Obviously...". Before he could even process the pain, Frieza shot a death beam at Cabba's ribs. He cried out in pain until two more went right into his right shoulder and left leg. Once the smoke cleared, all he could see was Frieza's golden form smiling at him with his finger pointed towards him. He'll never forget that evil grin he wore, his eyes glowing red as he began to laugh maniacally. Before he knew it, a flash of countless death beams struck his body. He howled in pain, the beams not penetrating him but were enough to cause antagonizing pain at the point where it won't kill him. The barrage stopped, leaving him to deform and collapse to the ground through exhaustion. Cabba's body was visibly shaking and not too long after, Frieza's foot was now crushing Cabba's head.
"You know, I could eliminate you right here but I want to know if your will to fight has been crushed complet-" Frieza stopped talking for a moment, noticing Cabba's hands trying to pry his foot off his head. He sighed, realizing that he had already got his answer. With his grip still strong and lifted Cabba with his foot and dropped him, kicking him hard enough to send him crashing into a boulder. Frieza then extended his hand out, firing a large energy wave that engulfed Cabba and the boulder completely.
The explosion sent him flying off the stage, leaving him to be helplessly eliminated. Frieza stood firm with his hands behind his back, deforming back into his base form in order to conserve stamina. He sighed disappointingly, "What a waste of my time. But at least I hope I managed to spite that monkey Vegeta. I love torturing these creatures.".
Returning Back To Kuzuku and Stark...
Kuzuku listened to the explosion behind him, knowing full well that it was something caused by Frieza. Though his mind was really focused on 21's condition as right now, he could sense her power drop but yet she was close enough for her to be in the ring. Either she was losing or she had just won her fight were his only assumptions. This made it all the more for him to finish this fight so he can go check on her. The gut wrenching feeling of nervousness was all he could feel right now. He peered closer into the smoke but it wasn't needed as it cleared up for him. From what could be hope was soon shot down as Stark revealed to be still standing. His brown vest was completely gone, only showing his chest and the obviously blast markings showed that he indeed took damage. Stark uncrossed his arms, his posture still strong through his will. He was silent, almost as if he was plotting something. At first he was going to dash in and continue on with the fight at hand until he heard a voice coming from the stands, "Stark! Finish him off quickly, you're our only fighter left! At all cost, you mustn't fall off!".
The last universe 4 warrior turned to Vyrian, his expression now serious. Stark gulped, closing his eyes as he turned to face Kuzuku. He clenched both his fist, raising them to his sides as he tensed his muscles.
"Very well, for my people...I CAN NOT AND WILL NOT FAIL!" He roared, powering up to the point where eyes glowed blue. Kuzuku crossed his arms, shielding himself from the winds generated. In a instant, they both disappeared all around the area, their clashes generating numerous shockwaves before one was punch straight to the ground. Kuzuku felt his feet skid across the ground, the friction create small flames until he came to a stop. He fell to one knee, his stamina beginning to drain just a bit. Kuzuku took a moment to think, only dodging the kick from above by leaping away. Stark glared at the Saiyan, throwing another kick at his face to which he blocked it with his forearm. Accordingly, the universe 3 warrior vanished behind the Saiyan, kicking him in his back before appearing in front of him with a uppercut to the gut. Kuzuku groaned, only to have two more punches dealt to him on both sides of his face. Stark was far from done, kicking him twice with a double roundhouse across the stomach while also unleashing a barrage of punches all over Kuzuku's body before blowing him away with a Kiai. Not too long after that, he fired several energy blast, dashing along with them in order to throw him off. The Saiyan landed back onto his feet, kicking away the energy blasts that pursued him while also clashing fists with his opponent. Then they clashed opposite knees, and then kicks until Kuzuku spun around and fired a point blank Kamehameha in the face. However, Stark pushed through it decking him in the face so hard that he rammed into three large stones.
Tracking his movements down, Kuzuku looked above him as he was already ready to back fist him to the ground. Quickly, the Saiyan used instant transmission, and teleported behind him with a Kamehameha ready to fire. Stark flipped onto his feet and crossed his arms, blocking the Kamehameha that was stronger than the one before. Forcefully and uncrossed his arms, breaking the wave while flaring his Ki even more. Kuzuku flew backwards, skidding a bit from the force created.
The Saiyan caught a glimpse of his facial expression as more power began to build up within him, "He's beginning to become desperate. As the last survivor of his team, he's pushing himself beyond what should be impossible for his body to handle. The veins on his body and the intensity of his Ki is evident of that.".
"Mark my words, Kuzuku Ayoma! You will fall here!" Stark roared, dashing past the Saiyan to where it shocked him. Kuzuku stumbled a bit trying to get away but for some reason he couldn't. He looked down to see his legs somehow bound, his mind going through numerous scenarios to figure out when that had happened. Snark growled, "Rinkaku Arts Variation, Seventh King's Radiance: Heaven's Judgmental Binds! Now there is no where for you to run!".
Stark opened up both of his hands into a claw-like gesture and placed them together in front of Kuzuku's stomach, "Ultimate King's Tenth Radiance...!". His hands began to glow into a full on ring, generating pulses of Ki as he began to charge up. Kuzuku's eyes widened, now panicking from what he was about to endure.
"TEN RADIANT CANNONS!"
What had happened was something that could only be described as pure devastation. A large, yet noticeable passed through Kuzuku's gut, stunning him to where he couldn't even make a audible sound of pain. The shockwave appeared to be whitish blue in color and the force it generated was just massive, destroying whatever was behind the Saiyan into complete nothing. If Kuzuku were to describe the pain, it was like having a continuous amounts of every attack that he's dealt with up to this point ramming themselves into him nonstop. The shackles, binding Kuzuku to that very spot shattered, leaving the Saiyan to fly across the stage as a large pulse of Ki blew him away at the end of the attack.
"Kuzukuuuu!" Zugo cried from the stands as he watched the Saiyan crash from rubble to rubble. He couldn't see where he landed, only waiting to see if he was eliminated or not. Beerus along with Piccolo and Hudo were now starting to become worried, especially after seeing the aftermath of that attack. When the smoke was beginning to clear, it revealed that every single large piece of rubble ranging from just a small boulder to a ginormous ones were completely disintegrated. The ground was completely covered in blast markings and the radiating heat was enough to leave lingering effects of the attack to be known. For a moment, there was no sign of the Saiyan, leaving not only the universe 7 team worried but also the audience at home worried as well.
Krillin began to sweat some bullets, "Oh no...Kuzuku...".
"He took a direct hit from a attack of that magnitude with little time to prepare...I don't even think that even Goku or Vegeta would walk out of that unscathed," Roshi commented.
Bulma slapped the old guy in the back of his head, "Stop putting in some bad thoughts in our head and be a little bit more optimistic will yah?!". Roshi rubbed his head furiously as his bald head burned with pain. Riley clutched her shirt, hoping for her brother to be okay.
"Come on, you know something like this won't take you down Kuzuku. Just show me that you are standing...," Riley prayed alongside with Kuzuku's friends who were standing beside her.
Meanwhile, Stark panted heavily from the overexertion of Ki. He stared closely at the damage that he had caused, accessing whether or not that the Saiyan had survived his last attack. The blue glow from his eyes dial down though still visible yet dim enough for his pupils to be seen. He walked slowly, searching for the Saiyan's body as it seemed he wasn't eliminated yet, "I didn't think he would force me to use the Tenth King's Radiance. But I doubt he would survive that attack with enough will to continue fighting. By creating a ring of Ki with all ten fingers, I can circulate Rou to amplify the attack to extreme levels. The problem is that it's draining due to the user having to push out enough Ki to maintain the ring to reach the necessary output.".
"After this I gotta find a place to rest so I can recover and think of a plan to deal with Jir-!" His last thoughts stopped from seeing something unfathomable.
Suddenly, a large Ki blew away the remaining clouds that shrouded the area. The light was so great that it covered the owner's figure as he walked towards him. It was noticeable that his pants were torn and the Gi around his waist was withering away a bit. Stark could tell who exactly that was, his eyes widening with disbelief and fear, "Just...what in the hell are you?!". Everyone who was watching from universe 7 began to cheer at his return. Kuzuku took one step out of his own aura.
"I'm...just a Saiyan from universe 7!" Kuzuku answered, stepping out completely, revealing himself completely.
Kuzuku placed his fist onto his chest where his heart is located, remembering everyone from Codia, Otherworld, and his friends back home, "And it's my duty to protect it!". He roared, the small amount blood in his mouth spitting out as he claimed profoundly for everyone to here. Stark's eyes eyes widened before they scrunched into a angry scowl. He took a few steps for, slowly transitioning into a full on run.
"It doesn't matter, you've already lost so call it quits already!" Stark roared, disappearing from the Saiyan's sights to where his movements could only be portrayed as a stream of light. He then completely disappeared, only to strike Kuzuku from all sides as the Saiyan shielded himself from his onslaught. His expression was emotionless until Stark saw a glimpse of his orange eyes. Without warning, the Saiyan delivered a powerful gut wrenching punch to his gut causing him to spew out blood as he was blown back. He stumbled, almost losing his balance. Stark clutched his stomach glaring at the battle damage Saiyan. The scars, the blood leaking from them, the obvious blast wound in his stomach, all those signs would define someone to be on the verge of defeat. The point of the battle where they are at the utmost weakest. Yet despite that, the Saiyan remained strong. Despite that, his eyes remained stern, unwavering with determination. He couldn't help but grit his teeth, powering up to his utmost maximum: spewing out electricity everywhere to which it destroyed anything in sight. Kuzuku watched, not even budging an inch as he stood near the ledge, the lightning bolts passing by him almost too close.
As he levitated, he roared, "I swear I'll defeat you! Releasing all of my Rou and Ki at once into this last attack!". With that said, a large ring at the size of his body appeared in front of him, his two fist ready to strike. He didn't waste any time, already thrusting his arms forward to strike the ring.
"Final Ultimate Tenth King's Radiance: Collapsing Heaven Cannon!" Stark roared at the top of his lungs, unleashing a powerful white and blue energy blast at the Saiyan. Kuzuku scrunched his eyebrows and readied his fist.
He watched the attack come closer and closer until it was now in range. His fist soon came to enveloped with orange Ki with static bolts raging around it, "Then I'll gladly respond. Raging Imperial Dragon's Explosion!". His fist collided with the blast, unleashing a stream of orange shockwave that split his attack in two. Stark was in complete shock, the attack striking him in the stomach while Kuzuku merely stood between the blast that he had fired. Eventually, it faded the aftermath scaring the battlefield.
Kuzuku stood tall, though he felt a tinge of pain wash over his body. His body glowed, deforming him back into base in order to preserve stamina. He looked up to see Stark hovering in the air, his body motionless until it collapsed to the ground. He crashed, landing near the edge of the arena in defeat with little to no power left. He stared into the sky, trying to process what had happened and what will happen next. It didn't take long for Kuzuku to teleport in front of his laid out body, staring down at him with empathy. Stark chuckled, "I've lost didn't I?".
"The fact that you are still conscious is amazing. You should try and speak too much though..." Kuzuku warned, his Gi and shirt blowing in the wind. Kuzuku sighed and began to walk away a bit in order to create some space.
He paused, turning his head slightly, "You are really strong, I bet your team is very proud.". Stark chuckled weakly a the comment.
"I...doubt it. They are...probably mad at me for failing them. I failed my people, my planet, my home. Some King I am...Hehahahah..." Stark muttered.
Kuzuku didn't reply right away, only looking to the sky as he rubbed his head, "Maybe that is true, you did fail. But in my opinion, as long as you tried your best for them. If you didn't give up till the very end and you kept your determination strong, wouldn't that at least amount to you being a hero in their eyes? Isn't knowing that you tried your best is enough?". Stark opened his mouth slightly, trying to formulate a response but he was prevented from doing so. A smile was what prevented him from doing so and he kept smiling as the edge broke beneath him, sending him tumbling into the void.
Stark transported back to the stands, marking him as the last warrior to be eliminated from universe 4. He looked around, the smiling faces of his team comforting him. Hell even Quitela was somewhat proud but his back was turned away from showing it. Vyrian helped him onto his feet, smirking at him, "You fought well...".
"I guess I did, but...I didn't win," Stark replied halfheartedly.
Vyrian patted his head hard, "Who cares, really? It's not like we did much better right? We were all in this together so if we lose, it's everyone's fault. You shouldn't place all the blame on yourself.". Stark couldn't help but shed some tears his eyes covered by his hair. Their bodies glowed as the Zeno were getting ready to erase them. Vyrian turned to universe 7's bench and shouted, "Zugo, Hudo!". The two Astackian turned to the universe 4 warrior they fought at the beginning of the tournament. Vyrian smiled, closing his eyes as he thought of his last words carefully.
"I wish your universe the best of luck...," He said, disappearing along with the rest of his team.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait, last week was probably the busiest I've been all school year. With exams around the corner, the work piled for some reason so I was a tad bit behind and had to delay on releasing a chapter before starting up again.