Clone Wars and Continuous Fire!
"Two universes have been erased from existence. All ten of their warriors knocked off the stage in a vicious battle royal in which only one universe can survive and all to placate the whim of a god-like a child who is so far removed from creation he possesses no empathy or basic understanding for life. Now, because of Goku, there are two Zenos and unlike the future timeline of Universe 10 where we all got erased by Future Zeno because of the actions of a rogue Supreme Kai Zamasu, we were arbitrary erased from existence. However, now, instead of being erased all at once we are fighting tooth and nail for our survival having to watch in horror as whole universes get erased one by one as their warriors fall. This is the reality of my situation, Goku may have given us a chance to survive but this is by far a much more cruel fate that it is…" ~Korn
"Ow, ow, ow, ow" Roshi says as Goku helps the old man to sit on a large rock.
"Are you ok Master Roshi?" Goku inquires.
"I'll be fine with some rest" Roshi answers back dryly. "Hurry up and go on. Be sure to fight for me" Roshi orders his former student. Goku to looks at him with a concerned look. "Go on, go on" Roshi shoes Goku away. Goku looks around to make sure its safe.
"Right, you be careful to Master Roshi" Goku uses his Instant Transmission and disappears. Roshi lets out a deep sigh using his left hand to tap on the right side of his head. Deep in thought of what Korn said in anger. He saw the look in his eyes, the look of a deeply disturbed individual and it was an individual like that who prove to be unpredictable in their actions.
Vikal was flying around the arena when she spots Korn among some pillars near the center of the stage. She flies down to him which a concerned look seeing him clenching his fist tightly trying to restrain his power.
"Korn-sama are you ok?" Vikal gently reaches out to touch his cheek but he grabs her hand. She pulls away. "I'm sorry you just look very-"
"Disturbed? That I am Vikal" Korn says dryly turning his body to the left away from her before she could say anything Korn's head looks in the up direction as if he sensed another presence.
"I see you have some skills" Dr Rota laughs making his presence known to them. Dr. Rota has red skin, with a large snout and tusks protruding out of his face, similar to a warthog. He has a small pair of glasses, and a black shark fin on his head. He wears a black robe, fastened at the waist with a white belt. Vikal describes Dr. Rota's ugly appearance to him as she shrieks hiding behind Korn.
"Ewww, he is so ugly and smiley get rid of him Korn-sama!" Vikal screams. Korn just lowers his head frowning wondering why him.
"Let me show you why I, Dr. Rota am called the Doctor!" Dr. Rota calls out to them.
"Ugh, why me...why can't I get anyone good to fight…" Korn uses his right hand to face palm himself. "Let's just get this over with" Korn shrugs Vikal taking a defensive stance listening carefully since he still doesn't have his sight to rely on.
"My ability is-" just then an energy blast comes out of nowhere striking Dr. Rota as he falls off the ledge he was on of upheaval ground smacking into the ground before Vikal and Korn unconscious but not before for muttering "Im...poss...ible...urgh" Vikal puts her hand over her mouth in shock.
"What just happen Vikal?" Korn calls out to her alarmed.
"I believe it was an attack focus energy in one adjusted point" Vikal explains.
"Why do I get all the enemies with bizzare abilities" Korn frowns.
"Calm down Korn, it's just Prum watching your back" Heles appears to Korn in his mind's eye. "Prum uses drone like orbs to locate enemies and that reflect Hermila's blast at them" Heles she explains to him.
"Good to know" Korn smiles relieved.
"What's that Korn-sama?" Vikal asks him. Korn looks over to her then relies what Heles told him.
"Oh wow the goddess herself spoke to you giving you insight. That's such an honor!" Vikal said with star struck eyes. Korn just shrugs. Vikal walks over to Dr. Rota and pokes him several times when he stirs Vikal ran behind Korn and turned his body to face Dr. Rota. "Ewww, it's still conscious do something Korn-sama protect me!" Vikal screams and hides behind Korn. Korn lets out a heavy and annoyed sigh holding out his hand firing a ki blast and blows Dr. Rota off the stage.
"There he is gone" Korn says uncaringly. The Grand Priest announces the drop out for Universe 6 and the Zenos black out his pic. Vikal throws her arms aroundKorn's neck giving him a bunch of kisses on the cheek. Korn just frowns "Why does this keep happening to me?" Korn garbs Vikal's arms pulling her off of him. "Enough already" Korn scolds her. Then is suddenly taken back to his fight with Hop of Universe 9 and how she called him her prey and that frozen horror struck face she made before vanishing from existence.
"Oh...I'm sorry Korn-sama-"
"It's fine...just don't be so expressive" Korn thinks about how annoying Vikal is but finds himself realizing he'd rather her be around to annoy him then not exist at all. "Lets go" Korn motions her to lead the way and she happily skips ahead grabbing him by the arm and leading him. Korn cracks a sly smile. "Vikal may have her faults, but her heart is in the right place" Korn is brought to that moment of Universe 9 being erased. "I'll fight to the end so that they don't get erased…" Korn sees the Kamikaze Fireballs, Pell, Heles, and Sour in his mind's eye.
"Looks like you guys lost another warrior?" Peppa comments to Caulifla from their hiding spot.
"Dr. Rota was just a filler space like that winged girl in your guys' universe" Caulifla points out the two useless warriors in their respective universes. Peppa just smirked in agreement.
Prum opens his mouth and scatters more orbs around the stage to act as a spotter for Hermilla to snipe at the other warriors and to provide long distance support for their teammates.
"They haven't moved in a while over there" Future Zeno points out. "I wonder what's wrong?" Zeno replies. Grand Priest raises up on his platform before them explaining to them there is a sniper over there keeping the warriors in the area pinned down. "A sniper?" Zeno asks the Grand Priest.
"Yes, someone who hides and shoots enemies from far away" Grand Priest explains.
"Wow, snipers are amazing!" Zeno says with excited glee. "Yeah amazing" Future Zeno says with not so excited glee. Korn listened in while Vikal lead him by the hand in deeper sniper territory to aid their teammates after they wound other warriors so they can throw them off the stage.
Korn knew aside from him, Peppa, Ribrianne, Kakunsa, and Rozie the rest of their universes warriors were pretty weak so for them to endure to the end and win Korn knew teamwork would play a pivotal role in Universe 2's survival. He just wished Peppa would quit messing around with Universe 6 and fall in line but knew Peppa prefered to fight alone. Korn wondered how far that would really get Peppa in the end.
Tien checks out the area where Dr. Rota was taken down and eliminated. Goku and Vegeta join him soon after. Scouting the situation of the sniper.
"Goku! Vegeta! Don't make any careless moves!" Krillin warns them from the stands.
"But if they don't move they will never defeat the enemy. There at a disadvantage here" Beerus casually reminds Krillin.
"Tien" Goku calls out to him.
"Why are you slacking off" Vegeta demands reminding him there already down to five warriors.
"Both of you get down! There is an enemy shooting from far away!" Tien warns them.
"That's laughable, all we have to do is dodge-" a blast fires past Vegeta's cheeks causing both him and Goku to stop drop and roll to cover.
"Where is he shooting from?" Goku asks Vegeta and Tien.
"He's hiding like a coward! What an annoying enemy!" Vegeta scuffs.
"Whats going on now Vikal?" Korn asks resting up against a pillar of rubble.
"Prum and Hermila have what looks like three warriors from Universe 7 pinned down" Vikal answers him. Korn tries to sense their power but finds that they are masking it.
"Do you know which three?" Korn asks her.
"The two saiyans and what looks to be just a regular warrior" Vikal tells him.
"Son Goku and Vegeta" Korn says with a malicious tone. "Darn it, I'm not ready for them yet. Why did Prum and Hermila have to pick a fight with them now" Korn lets out a troubled sigh. Tien throws a couple of rocks in the air and watches the energy beam come out of nowhere striking the rocks.
"Hey, I think its tracking us by our body heat" Tien guess.
"We can hide our power but not our body heat" Goku clenches his fist.
"We can do this!" Vegeta inspires the group.
"Damn…" Korn says in a low voice. Vikal turns her head toward Korn.
"What?" Vikal asks in a concerned voice.
"Their making their move" Korn crosses his arms kicking off the pillar slightly shaking uncrossing his arms and shaking them getting psyched for the upcoming fight. Meanwhile, Goku catches on to what Vegeta is doing by superheating the rocks around them and follows suit. This confuses Prum for he is unable to locate their body signatures.
"What are they doing?" Vikal asks wondering if Korn knew.
"There masking their power and heating the area around them making it hard for Prum to track them via their body heat" Korn educates her.
"They saw through that tactic quick" Vikal gives a concerned look.
"Yeah, I hope they have a better for of attack because they don't then there through" Korn frowns.
"Can't you do anything Korn-sama?" Vikal pleads.
"I'll do what I can but without my cousin its two Super Saiyan Blues vs a blind Super Saiyan Rose. The odds are not in our favor" Korn stresses to her but he rises to the challenge anyway.
"What? What's going on?" Prum said in a frustrated whisper. Unable to find the Universe 7 Warriors heat signature. "Well then!" Prum stands up and Hermila fires energy into him and Prum fires it from himself to sending it out everywhere saturating the stage in energy beams.
"What's Prum doing?" Vikal shericks.
"Calm down he is just eliminating their ability to hide" Korn says calmly not even worried in the least. Goku, Vegeta, and Tien rest on the edge of a pillar as the rubble and pillars around them get destroyed. Goku turns his head spotting Prum.
"Looks like there's someone shooting and someone reflecting shots" Goku mentions to the group.
"Why?" Vegeta watches with a sly grin. "I'll start with the closer one" Vegeta leaps toward Prum.
"H-hey!" Goku calls out.
"You take the other one" Tien suggest to Goku.
"Right, I got it" Goku takes off calling after Vegeta.
"Damn, Korn-sama! Goku and Vegeta are going to attack Hermila and Prum!" Vikal warns. Korn pushes of the pillar he was leaning up against lightly uncrossing his arms taking in a deep breath, letting his senses paint a picture of what his surroundings before he goes on the attack. Blue laser beams devastate the surrounding area while Goku and Vegeta run toward the pillar Prum was standing on taking the low ground to avoid detection.
"I'll end this immediately!" Vegeta boast.
"Oh well I'll help you Vegeta" Goku forces his help on Vegeta.
"Hey Peppa looks like Son Goku and the other saiyan are about to attack two of your universes warriors" Caulifla points out. Peppa leans forward poking his head around the corner narrowing his eyes and watches the fight unfold. Goku and Vegeta fire a Kamehameha Wave and a Galick Gun attack toward Prum and destroy the surrounding pillars and expose him from his hiding spot for all to see.
"Hiding like a coward that pisses me off" Vegeta scolds and points at Prum. "I'll blow you away in one shot!" Vegeta makes a fist at Prum.
"Oh yeah?" Prum replies confidently. Vegeta fires another high powered Galick Gun attack landing a direct hit at Prum who absorbs it and reflects it right back at Goku and Vegeta stronger then before bombing the area in an impressive display.
"A reflection attack? That's impressive" Peppa comments to Caulifla and Kale as they watch the fight with him.
"W-What?" Vegeta said shockingly.
"He can reflect ki waves?!" Goku said in an annoyed tone.
"That's right! I knew you would come after me first" Prum laughs mocking them to their shock as Hermila appears on the scene.
"There doing quite well, I guess I kind of overreacted a little Korn-sama?" Vikal blushes embarrassed. She notices Korn did not relax if anything he listened with a severe intensity. Hermila fires another beam from his wrist cannons which reflect off of Prum stronger and fires it at Goku and Vegeta who jump back to avoid the full impact explosion.
"My job is to observe enemies and simultaneously act as a mirror!" Prum expains to them.
"What?!" Goku yells out surprised.
"So we should have gone for the source of the attack first" Vegeta pointed out their error.
"Your too late to realize that. It over for you now!" Prum mocks them confidently.
"They fell for the enemies trap to" Krillin mentions in the stands while the rest of eliminated Z-Warriors watch on.
"Damn, there too careless!" Beerus complains.
"Kakarot, listen you take care of this guy" Vegeta orders Goku. "I'm going to go get the other one" Vegeta informs him.
"You wont escape!" Prum yells out to them. "Hermila, shoot!" Prum orders to his battle partner. Hermila jumps from pillar to pillar firing laser beams from his wrist cannons at Prum who continues to reflect the powerful blast at Goku and Vegeta keeping them bogged down. Meanwhile Tien eyes Hermila.
"He is shooting while moving" Tien talks out loud deep in thought. Tien powers-up and creates four copies of himself. This captures Peppa's attention. This attack was different from his After Image or his After Image Feint.
"What is that attack?" Beerus looks on curiously.
"It's called multi-form it lets him create four clones" Krillin explains.
"Interesting" Peppa gets up off the ground watching with a little more interest he wanted to observe this attack to understand it so that he could add it to his list of growing skills and abilities.
"So he was hiding such a wonderful attack, were sure to win now" Shin says with confidence looking down at Krillin who look up to him for a moment before turning around looking back down at the stage.
"Well that attack has its weakness" Krillin cautions the Z-Warriors watching from the stands. The four Tien clones charge Hermila with glowing white eyes. Hermila fires taking down one of the clones with one shot, leaving only three remaining.
"When he splits, his speed and power are split into four as well" Krillin reveals the weakness behind the technique.
"Huh? Thats no good!" Shin replies. Hermila keeps jumping from pillar to pillar.
"Looks like he moves each time he shoots" Tien studies Hermila tactics, while Peppa teleports closer to on the pillars above to study Tien technique.
"Damn, its Peppa!" Shin points to him on the pillar.
"Is he going to take a cheap shot at Tien to?" Krillin stresses.
"I wonder if he is going to steal that technique as well?" Belmod comments watching with an aggravated look. Vikal explains to Korn that Peppa has come out in the open but is keeping his distance and watching the warrior who is charging Hermila. Korn just stands there in silence listening.
"He's there!" Tien dashes toward Hermila. "With these nine eyes of mine-" another clone gets blasted by Hermila. "I can find my enemy!" Tien encourages his clone as they continue to press forward.
"He used a clone as a shield?" Shin said with a surprised look on his face.
"Tien's eyes are good enough that he can see an enemy's attack, but he doesn't have the defensive ability to guard against it" Krillin points out to the Z-Warriors.
"I see" Beerus crosses his arms, closes his eyes and lowers his head. "Either he reaches the enemy first or he takes down all four clones" Beerus reasons. "It's a risky gamble either way, especially with Peppa on the scene" Beerus opens his eyes again to watch the fight unfold.
"You can do it Tien!" Krillin cheers pounding his fist into the palm of his hand.
"Kakarot, lets attack to!" Vegeta encourages Goku picking up a boulder and hurling it at Prum. "If ki waves don't work then-" Prum jumps out of the way to avoid being hit.
"Huh, I see" Goku holds his right hand above his eyebrow watching. "Pretty smart" Goku lowers his hand and turns to face Vegeta. "Okay me to" Goku flexes his left arm. Goku and Vegeta continuously hurl giant car sized rocks in Prum's direction.
"Hey Hermila! Hurry up and shoot me!" Prum orders.
"Oh no! Looks like Prum is in trouble and Hermila can't shoot him so he can use his reflection attack!" Vikal warns Korn who walks past her to the edge of the ledge they were on.
Korn senses where Prum then lets out a roar as a gold aura appears around him turning him into a Super Saiyan. This catches Goku and Vegeta's attention when they feel his power grow dramatically nearby. Vikal slides back from the force of Korn's power-up. Korn fires a powerful ki blast at Prum taking over for Hermila. Prum reflects more powerful blasts ripping through the rocks turning them into dust and forcing Goku and Vegeta to fall back.
"Damn it!" Vegeta complains.
"Oh man, Universe 2 has some good teamwork, they really know how to cover for each other" Goku points out.
"Great job Korn-sama!" Vikal while bent down on one leg throws her hands up in a cheer.
"Thanks Korn!" Prum yells out. "Keep them coming and I'll eliminate those two" Prum says confidently.
"Hey, I'm in trouble over here" Hermila yells out. His voice falling on deaf ears as he watches the two Tien clones bear down on him. He looks around then up to see Peppa standing there on the pillar staring down at Tien and him. Sweat ran down the face of the anxious Hermila wondering what Peppa was doing or if he would intervene to help him, there teammates after all right? Hermila thought.
"Damn, we couldn't stop them from working together! I can at least take this one out!" Tien motivates himself. Hermila fires again, the Tien clone jumps in front of Tien taking the blast. "I'm the last one. But, now that I'm this close…" Tien looks up to see Peppa has not moved from the pillar let alone took his eyes off of Tien. "I wish I knew what that psychopath was up to!" Tien thought to himself taking the gamble on his plan to take out Hermila since he got this close. Tien puts his hands together in the shape of a triangle. "New Ki Cannon Blast!" he yells out.
Tien let out a massive ki blast that ripped through everything including the massive rock formation Hermila used as cover. When the dust cleared Hermila was on his knees in defeat. Smoke emitting off of his body.
"Did you see that Piccolo?" Gohan points out from the stands. Piccolo watches Peppa closes. "Tien did it" Gohan prematurely congratulates him. Hermila looks up at Tien who glared down at him. Hermila looks past Tien to see Peppa disappearing from the pillar. "Did he just seriously abandon me?" Hermila had a stressed out look then he turned back to Tien.
"Will shoot?" Tien asks him. "Who will go first you or me?" Tien realizing he can win now that Peppa left.
"That guy is scum! He abandon his own teammate!" No.17 said in a disgusted tone.
"That guy only cares about power and the strong, he knows he is stronger then Tien so there's no challenge there and why protect a warrior who is weaker then him and Tien" Piccolo theorized to the group on why Peppa suddenly up and left.
"Look at his shoulder" No.18 points out from the stands as they follow her gaze.
"I-I can't...I can't even target you anymore" Hermila says shamefully. Tien eyeing the massive burn on the deltoid of the left and right shoulder muscles.
"I see, you did well for an enemy. You have my praise" Tien tells him. Tien makes the triangle symbol with his hand getting ready to finish him when he notices too late Hermila's wrist cannons flaring up and unleashing a powerful blast breaking up the edge of the stage around them. "What?" Tien stumbles back as the ground shakes then blows apart taking Tien down with him into the void.
"Oh no!" Gohan calls out.
"He let his guard down at the very end" Piccolo points out.
"You did well for an enemy" Hermila laughs.
"Hermila stole a move out of Peppa's play book. Man that was dirty" Vikal informs Korn who keeps firing ki blast into Prum who reflects them back at Goku and Vegeta who keep falling back further and further away. Hermila jumps up only to be seized by the other three Tien clones.
"When did you? Let go!" Hermila orders them but of course they don't listen. They leap off the edge taking Hermila down with him.
"Oh no! Hermila!" Vikal yells out.
"Vikal go!" Korn orders her.
"Roger Korn-sama!" Vikal kicks off the ground at unreal speed soaring across the stage and after Hermila. Hermila falls, he comes face to face with the real Tien free falling with him.
"I wont go down alone!" Tien gives the startled Hermila a righteous glare. Vikal flew down grabbing Hermila by his feet slowing his descent. Tien smiles, the clone holding the left arm of Hermila lets go and Hermila being heavier and having the other two clones holding on to him causes him to fall faster. Putting him with in grabbing distance of Vikal. "Your coming with us!" Tien yells out.
"NO!" Vikal eyes widen.
"Oh no! There in trouble!" Heles looked started. Pell was at the edge of his seat biting his nails. Korn and Prum glance over in that direction hearing the commotion but realizing it's too late for them to do anything. Just as hope seems lost, a pinpoint ki blast fired out striking the two Tien clones. The one holding Hermila's right arm, and the one about to grab Vikal, and then the real Tien falling in front of Hermila stunning them.
Vikal, with the two Tien clones looked stunned and no they no longer were holding on to Hermila. Vikal kicked the Tien clone who was holding onto his back free Hermila of him. Vikal uses her powerful wings to fly her and Hermila back up to the stage leaving Tien, the clones, and the rubble from the stage to fall into the void.
"You gotta be kidding me!" Beerus erupted in rage. Vikal and Hermila's feet touch the stage as they look up to see who was their recuser. Vikal thinking it was Korn and Hermila thinking it was Prum but both were wrong and surprised to see Peppa standing there with his hands crossed.
"Peppa-sama?" Vikal blinked at him astonished he would go out his way to save them. "You saved us?" Vikal blushes deeply.
"Your the last person I thought would come to our rescue" Hermila tells him. Peppa narrows his eyes at them. "I truly thought you abandoned me back there" Hermila tells him.
"If you believed that then you truly are an idiot" Peppa scuffs turning his back to them walking away.
"Cousin you cut it close too close back there" Korn leaped down rejoining them powering down from being a Super Saiyan as Prum joins them moments later.
"Did you doubt me? Or Vikal's ability to fly her and Hermila back to the stage?" Peppa asks annoyed.
"Well no, it's just-"
"Alright then, what's the problem?" Peppa stares at them as they stare at one another blinking then laughing together. Peppa just raised his eyebrow confused.
"Oh he fell off" Zeno says out loud. "That was exciting!" Future Zeno replied. "Yeah!" Zeno replied as they black out Tien picture.
"Universe 7's Tien has dropped out" the Grand Priest announces.
"I'm sorry" Tien appears in the Universe 7 stands next to his fellow Z-Warriors.
"No, no, no. There is no need to apologize" Krillin walks over and comforts Tien playfully patting his right arm.
"Taking it to a draw and taking out their flyer would have been impressive, too bad it didn't work out that way" Beerus scolds Tien.
"Aw, man we lost Tien" Goku says in an annoyingly casual voice to Vegeta like being down to four warriors was no big deal. "With them regrouped we have missed our chance to defeat them. It be dangerous now to keep fighting at this disadvantage" Goku mentions to Vegeta.
"It doesn't matter" Vegeta stands there arms crossed and eyes closed. "All we have to do is take out the rest of them" Vegeta says confidently.
"Sure hope so" Goku smiles back confidently. Goku looks over to Jiren from the distance as an explosion blocks his view of him. "Well let's both do our best Vegeta. For Krillin and Tien" Goku encourages him. Goku and Vegeta walk away.
Meanwhile, Hermila and Prum nod giving thanks to Korn, Vikal, and Peppa for their assistance and teamwork. Vikal blushes feeling honored, Korn and Peppa give a respectful and silent nod. Hermila and Prum dash off, Vikal takes to the air to go support their other teammates. Korn just smiles feeling them drift apart.
"Wait cousin we need to talk" Korn call out to him. Peppa stops turning around raising an eyebrow. Korn approaches him and gets Peppa caught up to speed about what he learned concerning the Zenos. There was a long silence from Peppa.
"Hmmm, that's most disturbing" Peppa spit at the ground. Peppa turned and started to walk away.
"I meant it earlier. Thanks for the help cousin" Korn smiles.
"Don't mention it. I mean it, don't mention it" Peppa disappears and reappears next to Caulifla and Kale. Korn just smiles.
"There doing great so far, as long as they keep up the teamwork we can win this" Pell says with excitement in his voice clenching his fists looking over to Heles and Sour.
"Yeah, all reservations I had about Peppa are gone. He was there for the team when we needed him most" Heles smiles lovingly.
"Yes, and making it look like he abandoned them team to get Universe 7 to drop their guard was clever. Cheap but cleaver" Sour mentioned giving more insight of Peppa to Heles and Pell showing off his intelligence and his ability to read the intention and explain the actions of a person.
Thanks to Peppa's intervention and the combined teamwork Universe 2 was able to eliminate another warrior from universe 6 and 7. The remaining enemies will no doubt use various tactics against them. But will they be able to overcome and survive till the end and emerge victorious? 32 minutes remain in the Tournament of Power...