Chapter 6 Dragon Universe
The dust and sand flew softly with the wind, yet the simple whistling sound only added to the fragile tension that permeated in the arena. Goku still had his arms stretched out, waiting for anyone to make the first step. Suddenly, more than five hundred men and woman come rushing out, encircling Goku's position. Normally, the sight of such daunting odds would waver one's moral, but not Goku. He stood his ground, finally retracting his arms to his sides, placing a cocky smile on his face. To him, the prospect of fighting hundreds of new fighters with a plethora of unknown abilities is a dream come true. He could then hear the contestants move from side to side, obviously trying to find any weak spots. No one spoke, not even the announcer wanted to break the tension. Everyone and everything was silent, the only sound was that of the wind blowing through the sand. The tension was choking everyone. Then, Goku let out a sudden burst of energy, surrounding him with a white, pulsing aura. "I hope you weren't fooled by my crazy entrance back then," Goku said, striking his signature martial arts stance. "You better give me your all, or else I'll send all of you flying!" And with that, one man sent out a massive battle cry that shook the arena, and then another cry and then another one, one after the other, they screamed, and all at once, they charged, dashing full force towards Goku! Goku simple hopped up, avoiding the contenders that crashed into each other in a massive pile up. "WOW! Our new challenger, Goku just jumped over all the carnage, saving from certain defeat!" The announcer blasted through the speakers. Goku then flew straight towards several men, diving head first, before crashing feet first, creating a shockwave that sent the said men flying towards the arena walls. Another man tried to land a punch, but using his immense speed, Goku catches the arm easily, before sending him up into the air, grabbing him by his foot, and spinning him around like a top! Before the man could get dizzy, Goku let go of his leg, throwing the man through other contestants, knocking them down like bowling pins. Then, a large, burly man bear hugs Goku from behind. "Whoa, it looks like Goku has been caught by a surprise! It might be the end for the new challenger!" The announcer yelled.
"You've got a lot of nerve, barging in and making a mess!" The man shouted, "Quickly, get him now!" As he shouted, a woman appeared in front of Goku, aiming her palm at him. Goku immediately saw what the gesture meant as he leaped into the air, shocking Mr. Burly before turning himself upside down. The burly man's height meant that his head would be the first to hit the ground, and Goku's momentum made it pointless to resist.
"Waitwaitwaitwaitwait!" The burly man yelled out as he panicked, "What are you doing?" Goku simple smiled as he plummeted to the ground below, hitting the sandy ground with an almighty BANG! The woman from before ran towards the smoke, concern had replaced her bravado.
"ZACKSUS!" She shouted. When she finally stopped running, she saw a silhouette rise from the dust, her concern was quickly replaced with an overwhelming sense of shock.
"Whew. That was a good plan, it could have actually worked, you know." Goku casually said. The woman stood stunned, pointing a finger at Goku.
"No, but that's impossible!" She said. Goku gave the woman a funny look.
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Goku asked, with a genuine sense of curiosity. The woman was too stunned to answer, giving the announcer enough time to commentated.
"Holy sweet goodness! Goku has survived a head on collision with the hard rocky floor!" The announcer shouted.
"How, no-one has ever been able to break free from Zacksus's Bear Trap!" Another man said, standing next to the woman. Goku's confused expression changed, like he found out the answer to a secret riddle.
"Oh, well, if this Zacksus guy was stronger, I could have been in a real jiffy." Goku said, not realizing the implications of his words. "All I had to do was jump up real high and make that his head hit the ground."
"If Zacksus... was stronger?!" The woman stuttered, before she and the gang that was with her turned tail and ran away, screaming like little children. Goku's confused expression returned, but this time he couldn't ponder for long, as several fast ice shards flew from Goku's left. Goku easily dodged all of them, but then noticed that the ice shards were still head straight towards him. He also noticed that the ice shards had a distinct resemblance to that of eagles. Goku raised his hands to block the oncoming attack. But then the ice shards curved, completely avoiding Goku's front. Goku saw what was happening, and used his immense speed and quick thinking to shatter all the ice shards. When Goku tried to pinpoint where the attack came from, he was suddenly ambushed by a giant, ice dragon. With his guard down, he was sent flying. He would have hit a wall, if he hadn't stopped his momentum.
"My goodness, looks like Lyon has caught Goku by the ropes!" The announcer shouted. From where he was floating, Goku saw that his assailant was a slim, young man with bluish silver, spiky hair. He wore some strange tunic with a blue and gold color-scheme, almost looking like a noble.
"Goku, huh?" Lyon asked, "Let me say, I'm impressed. If you hadn't shown you strength, I wouldn't have believed you to be good at anything." Goku chuckled.
"Yeah, I'd say I'm full of surprises." Goku said, cockily. Lyon chuckled as well, before his expression grew more serious.
"Now let me say one more thing." Lyon stated before using high speeds to appear behind Goku. Goku had a smirk on his face, eyeing where Lyon currently was. "This attack will put an end to your surprises!" Lyon declared. He then aims his palm behind him, and from it, a large, blue circle appeared and from it, a massive ice tiger! Lyon then sent the giant charging towards Goku, with its jaws ready to chomp down on him. Goku pulled back his fist, charging his attack, and... Vegeta appears out of nowhere, crushing the ice tiger under his knee, shattering it into millions of pieces!
"Vegeta!" Goku yelled out in surprise.
"What the hell were you thinking, Kakarot!?" barked Vegeta, as he grabbed a random man's arm, sending him on the ground.
"Come on, Vegeta, you heard Lord Beerus." Goku replied, "I know the plan was to wait until the final event, but this takes multiple days, I can't wait that long!"
"And in what universe is it a good idea to dive head first into a tournament?" Vegeta growled.
"I know it's not a good idea at all, but be honest with yourself, can you honestly expect you or me to wait a whole day when there's a fight going on?" Goku yelled back.
"Maybe you can't, but I can, you damn hillbilly!" Vegeta retorted. But the argument didn't last long, as Vegeta had to dodge a high speed ice shard from Lyon.
"Hey, you. I don't know who you are, but you better get out of the way before you get-" But before he could finish, Vegeta was directly in front of Lyon. Shocked by the abruptness of the movement, Lyon's mind couldn't react, before Vegeta landed a hard gut punch, sending him flying towards the wall.
"Hmph, that'll teach him." Vegeta said, before having to evade a slash from what seemed to be cat claws.
"Whoa, what is this?" The announcer shouted, "Looks like another challenger has entered the ring!"
Vegeta jumped back a few meters back, eyeing his assailant, what he saw was rather strange. His attacker was a young, cat-girl. She had cat-like eyes, nose, and mouth. And to top it all off, her brown hair was stylized into cat ears, and she sported whisker-like tattoos on her cheeks. She even had a tail.
"Hmph, I'm guessing you're the token cat girl, am I right?" Vegeta asked, sporting his iconic smirk.
"You bet!" The girl answered, "And this cat girl is going to be the one to kick your sorry butt from here to the moon!" Vegeta sighed, planting his palm firmly on his forehead.
"Kakarot gets to kill Frieza and here I am stuck with this random cat girl." Vegeta said, either not knowing how this angered the cat girl, or ignored it entirely.
"WHY YOU!" The girl growled. She then charged at Vegeta, claws at the ready. Vegeta didn't change his posture. He simply stood tall and firm, waiting for the girl to hit him. The girl then jumped, cocking her claws behind her. In a split second, the girl was behind Vegeta, breathing heavily. But before long, the cat girl collapsed, knocked out cold.
"You should have aimed for the stomach." Vegeta stated, still smirking. "Blows to the body hurts more than the head."
"Wow!" The announcer shouted, "This new challenger has knocked out his attacker with- I don't even know what!"
"Vegeta, did you really need to go that far?" Goku asked, pouting. It was almost like they were just in a random hill. Vegeta simply scoffed, crossing his arms.
"Any softer and it would've taken two hits to knock her out." Vegeta replied. "This is pathetic. If these are the epitome of strength in this world, I'll be leaving soon." But before Vegeta could fly off, he was suddenly stopped by the slash of a sword, or more accurately, a sword still in its sheath.
"You think you can just walk away, after what you've done to Millianna?" A feminine voice called out. Vegeta turned his head to see a young woman, with long, straight, black hair and dark yellow eyes. And her expression was grim. Not that this intimidated Vegeta in anyway.
"Yes." Vegeta answered abruptly. "Not that YOU have any say in my departure." The woman's expression turned from grim to filled with anger.
"I'll make you eat your words! COME AT ME!" The woman shouted before charging at Vegeta with her still sheathed, long sword, with a mighty battle cry. During this conversation, Goku was handling some other randoms. Goku was somewhat let down at how easily it was to knock these fighters out, some of them avoided him completely. But even with this lack of difficulty, he still felt the urge to get a little serious, here and now. Goku has long since dropped his cheerful smile, replacing it with a serious look. But it wouldn't take long for his attention to be drawn, as several bright beams of light curved and cut their way through the air, trying to cut through Goku. The beams seemed to be so bright, they seemed to drain their surroundings of their light. Goku managed to dodge all the beams, however, the abruptness of the attack didn't allow Goku to stay fully on guard. So, one beam managed to nick his wrist. Luckily, that was the last attack headed his way, so when Goku stopped dodging, he could pinpoint who his attacker was, and where he was. Not that he really needed to, as his opponent was standing right in front of him. His opponent wore a long, crimson vest that looked like something a rich kid would were. He sported a ridiculous hat that sported an even more ridiculous, pink plumage. And he even had a small mask that wrapped around his eyes.
"So you must be Goku, am I right?" The man asked. Goku smiled, striking a stance.
"Yep." Goku answered, "What about you?" The man smirked, oozing pride but in the annoying sense.
"Why, my name is Rufus Lore." Rufus answered, "And you should feel honored, foul monkey, for you face a member of the Sabertooth guild! The number one guild in all the lands!" Goku could tell that this guy reeks of confidence.
"Listen, Rufus, I don't care what on earth a Sabertooth is, or even what a guild even is in the first place." Goku sternly said, "All I care about is a damn good fight! And by the way you talk, you guys must think you're real tough, don't you? So what are you waiting for!? Show me what you've got!" Rufus chuckled softly, before jumping up, eyes glowing, and hands sparking.
"You know not who you meddle with, foul monkey!" Rufus yelled out, "My magic will be the end to your little rampage!"
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