The Pride and Arrogance of Peppa
"They really erased it?" Vegeta said with a hard look about him.
"Yeah, this is the second time we have seen a universe erased" Goku says catching the attention of Vegeta and Peppa. He walks up to them with deeply disturbed Korn.
"Yeah, your right" Vegeta says in a solemn voice.
"You seen this happen before?" Peppa looks over at him with a skeptical look.
"Yeah, it's a long story but we went into the future faced off with an evil we couldn't defeat and had to rely upon Zeno for help-"
"And he erased that universe? Shouldn't you have been erased to then?" Peppa narrows his eyes at Goku.
"We escaped back into our timeline and Zeno followed and that's how we have two Zenos now" Goku explains. Peppa's left eye twitches. Korn gives a darkening look to Goku as he walks to his right hand side.
"You're the reason there are two of those things up there?" Korn asks in a low voice and clenches his fists tightly. Goku just frowns and nods. Korn just scuffs and turns his head away.
"If Zen-Chan decides to erase something it's getting erased" Goku explains.
"Clearly…" Peppa crosses his arms looking around. No one is fighting and very few other people are talking. Everyone is just too mortally shocked to do anything.
"That's why I'm going to fight to the end and be the last one standing" Goku said with a smile.
"That's if your universe survives my assault" Peppa smiled wickedly. Goku and him give a smile to one another. Vegeta smiles and closes his eyes.
"The one who's lasting until the end and getting the super dragon balls is me, Vegeta the prince of saiyans" Vegeta mocks.
"We'll see about that your highness" Korn smiles back raising his right fist.
"Super dragon balls? What are those?" Peppa gave a confused look. "They sound familiar…" Peppa thinks to himself trying to recall where he heard that word before.
"There were dragonballs on namekian home world remember before you blew up the planet and killed Winter and all the Namekians" Korn reminded. Goku and Vegeta gave a worried look to one another.
"Yeah, that's right, I wonder what is so special about these super dragon balls" Peppa wondered.
"They are a set of seven planet-sized Dragon Balls created by the Dragon God, Zalama. The Super Dragon Balls are the original set of Dragon Balls, created by Zalama in Year 41 of the Divine Calendar. These Dragon Balls are the size of planets and their star marks remain the same no matter from what angle one looks at them, which was patented a year later. Each ball has a diameter of about 37,196.2204 kilometers which means they are almost three times larger than Earth. To summon the Dragon of the Gods, one must chant, Come forth, Divine Dragon, and grant my wish, peas and carrots! in the language of the gods. After a wish is granted, the Dragon Balls are scattered throughout both Universes 6 and 7. Granting a wish drains the Super Dragon Balls of their light, and in order to grant another wish, one must wait for the lifespan of a cockroach" Goku educated the two saiyans.
"So a year but if there scattered between Universe 6 and 7 and for some reason 6 or 7 gets erased then-" Korn gets cut off by Peppa.
"The Super Dragon Balls had to have been gathered again for the Tournament of Power, as a prize for the winner of the tournament I assume" Peppa speculated. Goku nods confirming Peppa's suspicion.
"What do they do tho?"
"The winner of the Tournament of Power gets to use them to grant any wish his heart desires" Goku smiles. Peppa turns away deep in thought something about the tournament, the wish, and all this didn't sit well with him. He couldn't put his finger on it but something about all this disturbed him a great deal.
What's to stop someone from wishing back all those who got erased? Then what would be the point in doing this whole tournament? Peppa also thought if lesser dragon balls existed in other universes as did there why not just collect those and make a wish? Unless they can't bring back those who have been erased...The more Peppa thought about it the more disturbed he became.
"Any wish huh?" Korn looked back up at the now vacant spot where Universe 9 use to be. Its angel just sitting there with an amused look. The faces of horror and fear on Universe 9's members before they were erased haunted Korn's thoughts.
"Oh well. I guess, as liaison to Universe 9, that means I'm first out. Well, I suppose that's to be expected" Mojito said out loud to no one. Korn heard him as he pictures the faces of Roh, Hop, and the others before they were erased. He couldn't clinch his fists any tighter as unspeakable anger welled up inside of him. Korn calms himself by letting out a deep sigh.
Peppa noticed with his left arm crossed and his right hand rubbing across his chin deep in thought. He glances up at Mojito and like Korn is disturbed by how lightly he is taking the fact his universe just got erased.
"Universe 9's erasure was a necessary sacrifice" Anat, the Supreme Kai of Universe One comments. Korn shoots him a spiteful look. Anat looks down at Korn and explains "The universes that would have been arbitrarily erased by Zen-Oh sama where given a chance to survive because of Goku" Anat explains. "But once defeated, they must be erased to balance the levels of all universes" Anat explains to everyone. Korn looks back at Goku thankful but noticed Peppa looked disturbed not believing that was the whole story.
This reenforced Peppa's belief that once erased the dragonballs can't unerase you. He also wondered how the balancing worked. What if like with their universe had they not known those two weaklings who they beat out of their spots would be here representing them when knowing full well they were stronger than them. So What if some of the other universes had stronger warriors and were not utilizing them. The more Peppa thought the more disturbed by this whole thing he became.
"This is the purpose for the Tournament of Power" Anat proclaimed.
"Erasing universes because their mortal level or whatever isn't up to par? That's just sick…" Korn said outraged. There was alot of murmuring growing between the other warriors now.
"To be erased is to become nothing…" Peppa gave a maddening look to Korn. Korn just stares at him. "I wont become nothing" Peppa smirked evilly. Goku and Vegeta had serious looks on their faces.
The gods and kais murmur to themselves, other warriors like Krillin a bald human of Universe 7 wearing an orange gi and black belt steels his resolve. Frieza comments to himself how he finds the Zenos quite vexing with their cute smiles and unspeakable acts of horror. The Androids of Universe 7 psyche each other up commenting about playing on their strength of energy absorption and never getting tired. So they can cut loose as they go back on the attack.
Everything is deadlocked, as kais and gods rethink their strategies now that they know the Zenos will erase universes. Universe 9 was too aggressive and they were the first to be erased. They now know they can't act carelessly. However, time will not wait. The tak falls as the time counts down to the end of the tournament itself.
"Everyone's stopped fighting" one Zeno comments. "I wonder why?" the other asks. Korn and Peppa looked up disturbed at the sheer stupidity of the question wondering if those two truly know what they have done or are doing.
"They should start again shortly, I see warriors growing impatient here and there" the Grand Priest explains to the Zenos.
"Kakarot, don't waste your power" Vegeta cautions him.
"You better not play around too much either" Goku smiles. As fighting resumes, Korn watches Goku run off. Peppa looking troubled mentions something about finding an opponent to take his mind off of things and teleports away. Vegeta says something about paying some guys back and flies off. Korn just stands there watching all the fights break out around him and he wonders if he can do this, bare the responsibility of being the cause of another universe erasure.
Heles and Pell notice Korn standing there looking distraught as if he is trying to process everything he has just recently learned while struggling with the guilt he has toward Universe 9.
"He doesn't look so good. Being partly to blame for the erasure of Universe 9 is crippling Korn. If he doesn't come out of it soon I'm afraid his role in this tournament will be over" Sour noted for no particular reason. Heles and Pell looked back down at Korn who has his fists balled up and his eyes close shaking in place as he is trying to bring himself to get back into the fight.
Heles let out a sigh and closes her eyes and telepathically communes with Korn. For Korn everything grows dark and silent around him. He quickly opened his eyes to see Heles standing before him in his mind's eye in all her splendor and beauty.
"I don't know if I can do this…" Korn frowns.
"Do what? Fight?" Heles asked.
"No, not that. Be responsible for the erasure of another universe, this feeling I'm feeling it's worse than killing someone. At least they are still alive on the other side. But this?" Korn gestures all around him. "Snuffing out a universe's very existence? My cousin may get off on that kind of thing but I don't. There is no honor in this!" Korn hands fall to his side. He lowers his head in shame.
"You truly are too kind for this my dear Korn" Heles smiles lovingly at him and lifts his chin up. "I understand how you feel and I wont ask you to do more than what you can bare" Heles tells him.
"But…" Korn went to say something but is cut off by her.
"Just defeat the strong opponents that come after Brianne and the others and protect them from being knocked off. Remember, the universe that has the most warriors at the end wins by default. In that instance, you can't be held accountable for the erasures of the other universes because they all had an equal chance to survive" Heles smiles sweetly. Korn looks up and nods with a new resolve. He watches Heles turn but stops her.
"My cousin…" Korn stops. Heles turns around and looks back at Korn.
"Hmm?" Heles perks up her eyebrow.
"Just know, no matter how sick, cruel or violent he may and will become everything he does from now till the end of the tournament. He does to ensure our survival" Korn cautions her.
"Is there something I should know about him?" Heles inquires.
"Losing Supreme Kai of the West...hurt us both…" Korn pauses. Heles notices it was difficult for him to speak about her. "More so for him then me. He does not handle loss well...losing her pushed him so far into the dark…" Korn paused again trying to find the words to make her understand. "That power, that pain, that's where his hate comes from. From loss…" Korn pauses he was going to open his mouth to say something else but Heles stopped him.
"I understand you don't need to say anymore. Just protect our warriors and defeat the opponents that prove too problematic or powerful for them" Heles pleads. Korn nods. Heles open her eyes looking over at Pell who gives her a questionable look. "He'll be alright, it's the other one I'm concerned with now" Heles stated. Pell looks at her. She crosses her arms and looks back at the arena. Pell looks over seeing Korn with renewed vigor take off to support the other warriors of Universe 2.
Peppa teleports all around the arena staying in a spot only for a few seconds at a time to scout the area seeking out a worthy rival to do battle with. Peppa appears a fair distance away from a group of Universe 7 warriors Gohan, Piccolo, Tien, Master Roshi, and Krillin as they take on Jium a green bird-like humanoid who has wings instead of human-like arms. His eyes are purple and he wears a red and yellow hat. His outfit consists of a white tank top with red line and a purple and red skirt attached along a black belt and a pair of red shoes.
Krillin use a triple Destructo Disc defend with. Peppa's interest is piqued as he watches Jium evade the three sharp discs of ki energy. Only to be knocked out of the air and off the arena by Master Roshi's Kamehameha Wave. Peppa smiles committing to memory on how they both used those ki attacks. Peppa makes a red Destructo Disc and does the hand motions and builds a red light of ki energy in his hands like Master Roshi did. Peppa grins evilly.
"Looks like Peppa, just learned two new ki techniques, his ability to learn an opponent's attack patterns and ki attacks after seeing it done once is impressive" Sour committed starting to take a slight interest in his universes warriors. Heles and Pell watch Peppa closely.
"Hmmm, Universe 10 is already down 2 warriors, they may be a good warm-up for me before moving on to the main course" Peppa snickers evilly. He glances up to the stands where Universe 10 is.
Meanwhile Vegeta struggles as a Super Saiyan against Botamo a tall hairless ursine character with a large build with his skin being fairly yellow and glossy. He has a brown nose and a small yellow tail on the back of him. He wears a red tank top that covers his whole upper body, orange-red wristbands, and red boots. He does not seem to have any bones at all and has a rubber like body composition and Auta Magetta despite resembling a robot, he is not one. He has a large build and stature. His chest, lower jaw, wrists, and ankles are all silver in color and the rest of his body is bronze and purple. He also has two glowing cyan eyes and transparent reactor cores containing magma. Magetta also has a steam pipe on his head which sets off when he is tense.
Whis points out that No.18 is doing well against a warrior from universe 4 known as Shosa who resembles a traditional werewolf having very feral looking legs. He also has a tuft of fur around his neck. He has large arms as well as hands. He wears a red suit with golden zippers and black shoes. Additionally, Shosa has normal white sclera eyes blue iris eyes in comparison to the Trio De Dangers' yellow sclera, more animalistic looking eyes.
No.18 forces him back with a flurry of punches and kicks. She leaps up and kicks him hard into the ground. He remains motionless on the ground with his tongue out seemingly looking defeated.
"What a weakling, get up" No.18 scolds him. When he does not respond Whis wonders if she has ceased his breathing. She knows if she kills an opponent she will be disqualified. "Whoopsie. I went too far" she says outloud. Just then he opened his eyes and kicks No.18 in the air as he rolls over back on his feet unleashing a volley of ki blasts. They strike No.18 all over her body as they carry her off the ground and toward the edge of the arena. Her screams can be heard in the general area.
"See that? Shosa's specialty is playing dead! Take that Beerus" Quintela boasts. Beerus watches in utter shock unable to do anything to help her.
"Oh no!" No.18 yells out as the relentless ki blast carry her over the edge. But just then Krillin leaps off the edge and grabs No.18 his beloved wife in his right hand and uses his left hand to fire a ki blast to propel them up and back to the edge of the arena. Krillin smiles at her. He heroically saves her from being knocked off. However, as they're about to land Peppa appears in front of them with a wicked smile to their horror. Before they can counter Peppa quickly holds up his left hand.
"Disappear!" Peppa says with utter malice. A massive reddish orange ki blast fires from his hand and sends them back down into the void. No.18 and Krillin appear in the stands for Universe 7. The Grand Priest announces there drop out as Zeno darkens their display picture on the Godpad.
Krillin feels embarrassed as for No.18 she is furious she gets knocked out of the tournament by what she considers a cheap shot. Peppa lets out an evil laugh. He runs his hands through his hair looking up at Beerus. "Sorry about that, did I take you by surprise?" Peppa mocks them.
Beerus yells out angry and hateful comments to Peppa for taking a cheap shot at his warriors..
"He just eliminated two warriors at once…" Pell commented.
"But it was cheap and not beautifully done at all" Heles scolded.
"Does it matter? Your existence is on the line, who cares how he does it as long as he eliminates warriors to ensure your survival you can worry about the details later if you have a tomorrow" Sour scolds her in a condescending tone. Heles just lets out a heavy sigh.
"That scene was almost touching, what a shame I had to spoil it" Peppa continues to mock Krillin and No.18 from the arena. He turns his back on them to focus back on the tournament when he is confronted by Shosa himself. Peppa just stares at him uncaringly looking around for stronger opponent or another opportunity to knock someone off.
"You'll be falling off next!" Shosa taunts Peppa who stares at him with a bored look on his face. "I'd suggest you drop out now" Shosa warns him. Peppa tries to keep a straight face but bursts out with laughter unable to take him seriously. Shosa stands there confused and bewildered.
"Oh that's a good one you crack me up" Peppa continues to laugh grabbing his side then suddenly stops laughing and gets a serious look on his face. "Like you can compare to me. Please, do yourself a favor and sho. Get lost!" Peppa mocks him with a sly smile.
"I'm going to wipe the floor with your smug face and mess you up" Shosa gives Peppa a deadly glare. Peppa just crosses his hands and smiles evilly not even caring his back is toward the edge.
"That's our Shosa, a wild one isn't he?" Quitela comments not realizing how savage and wild Peppa can be.
"What's wild about him? He played dead then Peppa took a cheap shot at my warriors!" Beerus scuffed angrily. "Neither one of them have any sense of honor or fair play!" Beerus scolds.
"I admit what Peppa did was not beautiful or graceful but with our existence on the line can you blame people for taking advantage of a situation?" Heles steps up and finds herself defending Peppa's actions much to her and Peppa's surprise who glances up at her with a curious look. "Your just angry it was your warriors! Had one of your warriors did the same thing you know full well you would have given them your love and support!" Heles scolded Beerus who just grunts and turns his head back to the fight.
Peppa just shrugs and takes a defensive stance realizing now he just has to knock this warrior off if he is going to continue seeking out the strong warriors.
"If you're not coming I will!" Shosa charges Peppa who just smiles. Shosa throws a fast punch to which Peppa dodges with ease exchanging spots. Shosa quickly realizes he is the one at the edge and pivots his foot and goes on the attack. He strikes Peppa a couple of times in his attempt to dodge but once Peppa gets the pattern and rhythm of his attacks down he easily dodges like someone dancing to the rhythm of music. Any further attacks on himself his muscles seem to remember where Shosa throws his punches and kicks.
"Do they have hot potato on your universe?" Peppa jokingly asks and fires a ki blast at Shosa who dodges.
"What?" Shosa asks realizing Peppa isn't there but on his other side firing the ki blast back at him only to be on the other side striking it back at him. Heles and Pell watched Peppa play a game of hot potato teleporting to either side to hurl a ball of ki back and forth as it gets bigger and stronger. Shosa is stuck quickly dodging the attack continuously. Peppa makes it a point to show off his raw speed and reaction time. Eventually, the ball of ki becomes to big for him to dodge and it explodes at the ground before his feet. Shosa get knocked off the arena. Peppa yawns.
"Well that was boring time to find someone more interesting" Peppa comments looking around for an opponent who can actually challenge him.
"That was super!" one Zeno says. "Super duper" the other Zeno adds.
"He knocked off three warriors quickly and efficiently. If he keeps going at this pace I'm confident we will survive this" Pells adds.
"But there are still much stronger warriors out there. We shall see how he handles them" Sour interjects and kills the mood once again.
"You're both pretty weak. To be eliminated by the saiyans of Universe 2" Quitela scods Nink and Shosa annoyed. Peppa is seeking out another warrior when he is suddenly attacked by a warrior from Universe 4, Majora who attempts to spin kick him. Peppa senses him then ducks and catches the kick and tosses the warrior back who takes a defensive stance. Peppa eyes his next opponent.
Majora bears resemblance to a green Fennec fox. Compared to his teammate Shosa who has a heavier built, Majora's physical appearance in general is more slender and maybe more elegant. He wears a purple robe with golden zippers and very long sleeves. He wears blue pants with bandages on his legs leading to his black shoes. He wears two hooped earrings on his right ear. His eyes are always closed.
"Another warrior from Universe 4..." Pell comments. He notes Peppa looks uninterested in this opponent as well. Majora leaps in the area to launch a downward kick attack. Peppa sighs jumping up so they past on the opposite side of one another then quickly twists his body and knees Majora to the ground. Majora hits with a thud while Peppa lands on his feet with his arms crossed.
"I'm fine with you guys keep coming at me but can I please get someone worth my time?" Peppa mocks holding out his hands looking very annoyed.
"Looks like universe 4 is trying to take out Peppa for some reason" Pell comments.
"Opponent of opportunity" Sour comments uninterestedly.
"You actually got me with a surprise hit, I let my guard down" Majora picks himself up off the ground. Peppa raises an eyebrow.
"Dude you're blind and your power is laughable. Do yourself a favor and get away from me" Peppa scolded turning his head away from him. Majora gave Peppa an angry look. "If you're one of the strongest in your universe then your universe is pitiful and deserves to get erased" Peppa commented.
"Your arrogance and overconfidence will be your undoing" Majora warns Peppa who gave an interested look toward him. He dashes toward Peppa once again jumping in the air to kick him. Peppa quickly responds by catching his leg and force palming him in the chest, sending him flying back to the ground.
"Man, this is just sad now" Peppa shakes his head. Majora gets back to his feet once more. "Do you not see the difference between your power and my power? Geese, the nerve of this guy thinking he can challenge me" Peppa starts looking around again for a more worthy opponent.
"Don't get cocky kid! Do you want to be torn apart?" Majora says in anger. Peppa glances back at him and starts laughing unable to take him serious.
"Try it if you think you can? I'll take that challenge I got nothing better to do" Peppa mocks him.
"Hah, I never been mocked this much before!" Majora said in an annoyed tone. "I'll use all my strength to defeat you!" Majora proclaims. Peppa shoulders sag as he bends his knees with a twitching eye.
"Which isn't much on your part trust me" Peppa mocks him once more. Majora lunges toward Peppa who crosses his arms and glides back evading all the attacks from Majora. "You can't defeat me if you can't touch and by your rhythm I have seen all your moves now" Peppa leaps back and tries to walk away but Majora fires a volley of ki blasts that Peppa easily dodges gracefully.
"His attitude…" Heles says in a low voice.
"I know he should just eliminate him and be done with it instead of wasting time and dragging it out" Pell adds.
Majora lunges for Peppa once more who bends down and sucker punches him in the gut. Majora collapses in pain. Peppa stands straight up shaking his head. Peppa glances back at him holding up his hand to him.
"Just disappear" Peppa fires a forceful ki blast throwing Majora off the arena. He Appears from the air in the Universe 4 stands. "That was just pitiful" Peppa looks up to Quitela. "I really hope that isn't the best you got or erasing your universe is going to be no fun" Peppa jest giving a courtesy bow.
"Arrogant overconfident monkey" Quitela crosses his arms and turns his head away annoyed. The Grand Priest announces Majora's drop out.
"Swipe, swipe" Zeno says looking at Universe 4 again. "Uh, Majora" Zenos darken his profile pic. "Yeah, he's gone" the other Zeno says. Peppa rubs his chin eyeing them thinking to himself how very childlike and naive they are. "More and more are disappearing!" Zeno says excitedly. "This is fun!" The other Zeno adds. Peppa cringes listening to them talk about him and the other warriors like their toys to be thrown away. Peppa wondered if they had any true understanding of the horrendous acts they are committing.
"Peppa is on fire, four back to back eliminations!" Pell yells out overly excited.
"Well isn't this nice" Frost a warrior from universe 6 with an appearance similar to that of Frieza from universe 7 sneaks up behind Peppa who had already sensed his presence. Peppa quickly turns around catches Frost's tail with his right hand and shakes his head and his left pointer finger back and forth.
"Nice try, but you can't use my own tricks against me" Peppa laughs at Frost. Frost yanks back on his tail but Peppa quickly grabs it with both hands and grounds his feet. He pivots and swings Frost around and off the edge of the Arena. Frost panics and fires a Death Beam that passes through Peppa. He disappears like a mirage much to everyone's shock who is watching.
"After Image?" Pell leans forward amused.
"After Image?" Heles asks Pell questionly.
"Yes, it's a prank West Kai use to pull on us making it look like she was here but she is really...there!" Pell points above Frost where the real Peppa was. He was falling back to the ground from the air aiming his hand at Frost with an evil smile.
"Time for you to Disappear!" Peppa fires another massive ki blast that strikes Frost and sends him down into the void. Frost appears in the stands next to Champa. Peppa lands on the ground gracefully laughing outloud looking up to Universe 6 stands where a very angry Frost stares down at him "And that makes number five" Peppa laughs uncontrollably.
"You trickster? How dare you beat me with an underhand and cheap tactic!" Frost yells out angrily. Peppa holds up two fingers to his forehead and gives Frost a salute. Frost watches Peppa turn his back and walks away from the edge of the arena to seek out a stronger opponent once more. Frost aims his right finger at Peppa's back. "I'll kill you!" Frost yells out catching the attention of one of the Zenos.
"No!" Zeno yelled out.
As Frost is about to fire Zeno makes a fist and erases him from existence for all to see. Peppa quickly turns around with a serious look then glances back up at Zeno narrowing his eyes at him. He knew what Frost was going to do and he already had a counter ready. What Frost was about to do wasn't that serious it warranted being erased on the spot. Peppa clenched his fist in anger. Champa was left standing their horror struck.
"No attacks from the outside! Do it again and we will erase Universe 6" Zeno warned in an angry child like creepy voice. Peppa's eyes widen in horror. No matter how child like the Zenos acted they did not mess around at all. They were quick to cease one's existence on the spot and they were willing to go so far as to erase an entire universe for the actions of one.
Peppa did not like this at all. It was too extreme even for him. He watched Champa a God of Destruction bow and apologies to the Zenos on behalf of Universe 6. Frieza who was watching spits on the ground thinking to himself there goes that alliance. Beerus tells Krillin and No.18 the best thing they can do now is cheer for their teammates. Krillin apologies to his team and asks them to pick up his slack. 43 out of the 48 minutes remain…