Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball (Z/Super/GT) or its characters.
Author Notes: . . .
An electric jolt of pain crossed Asparus' body, his heart racing at an abnormal speed, his breathing going in bursts, sometimes failing other times going way too fast. His body trashed around on the sheets below him, the saiyan prince grunting in pain even still being unconscious.
"Why the angry face?" A soft and caring voice called out to him.
Asparus felt as he was being pulled down in to a spiral of light. His eyes are wide open, but he could only see a blank white place. Then, pieces of stone started to appear in front of him, little by little an entire building raising from nothing; after a few more seconds of the strange phenomenon, his memory reminded him of this place… A scene from his past, coming to life in front of him.
"This is just stupid… Why the old man flew there even knowing it was a trap?" Asparus followed the voice and got a view of himself, sitting at his favorite spot on Sadala's palace, a very upset expression on his face.
"Because that is his job, to protect those whom needs him." Queen Arula stepped in, getting closer to her son on the balcony.
The image of Asparus snorted and stared at his mother. "Oh, so because they need him, he will just go there to encounter I don't know how many bandits and monsters…"
Arula let out a little laugh and sat beside her son. "Don't worry about him; he is the strongest warrior alive. No one can beat him."
"He is bound to someday find someone stronger than him, then what? What if it happens today?" The prince stared at the city, frowning even more. "Then, he will die because of his stupid pride."
"Isn't that fine?" The queen eyed him very serious, her serene expression changing just enough to startle Asparus.
"To die?" Asparagus asked dumbfounded.
"To die fighting for those who believe in you… To know that your sacrifice, even if a little, will change people's lives for better." Arula leaned in, resting her forehead against Asparus's. "Isn't that worth the risk?"
"No! If you die, then, everything is over." Asparus yelled. "It doesn't matter who tries to place this 'trust' burden on you… If you die, it means nothing."
With a swift wave of her hand, Arula hit her son on the forehead. "You're young and naïve… But someday you will find someone." She let out a sigh and smiled to him. "I hope that someday, you find someone that change how you see the world. Friends that will be worth risking everything for." The woman leaned forward, grabbing her son in a tight and motherly embrace. "Just like I am willing to risk anything for you."
Watching from just from the outside of the balcony, the present Asparus felt her mother's words hitting him harder than anything ever hit him before. "Mother…" A few tears started to escape his eyes. "Yes… I was naïve." Taking his right arm up, he started to rub away the tears, a soft smile appearing on his lips. "I found them… Friends worth risking anything."
A pulse of light took away the scene in front of him, the white background coming back like a wave. His chest burning even more, a pain strong enough to make him bend even on his dreams.
"Come… I... Cured you already." A strange and really young voice sounded on his head, the tone of this voice ringing on the invisible walls around the prince.
"Please… Asparus." Then Kale's soft voice came in, her tone showing a bit of concern and sadness.
A second pulse of light came from bellow, taking Asparus away, washing his body up in a stream of energy. "Arrgh…" With another grunt of pain, the prince's eyes spread wide open; his upper body jumping out of the ground, making him sit with both hands on his legs.
"He's awake!" A small pine-green boy shouted with joy, he waved happily to Cabba and Caulifla, who are sitting on the other side of what seems to be a quite small house, made of white stone.
"Good job Nerin, I knew you could do it." Pirina patted the kid on the head, a big smile showing on his lips.
"Thank goodness, I was so worried about you." Kale wrapped her arms around Asparus, her left cheek resting on his neck.
Asparus felt a warm sensation on his chest as a few tears rolled down from Kale's chin. "Where are we?" He eyed his surrounding, new strangers getting on his view. Saonel is sitting on a ruined bed, with Danah standing next to him.
"This is my home village… or what is left of it." Saonel said with a sad grin. "But still, it is better than nothing."
"You gave us quite a scare." Cabba said with a joking smirk. "You're making a habit of doing this."
"My bad, I will try to not get my chest pierced with a sword again." The prince gave Cabba a sly smirk, then he bended forward, his right hand reaching to the scar on his chest. A sensation overcame him, a force pulling him forward, something calling out to him yet again.
"Sorry, I tried to heal your skin too, but the scar didn't fade away." Nerin said with his head hanging low.
"Don't be sorry, you saved me right?" Asparus said with a smile. "Thank you." The prince's words made the namekian boy smile and get embarrassed, but most of all, feel proud of himself.
Cabba cleared out his throat, getting everyone's attention. "What happened there? After that pillar of light I can't remember anything else but feeling an unbearable pain." The soldier looked over to Caulifla and then Kale. "I asked them, but they say that they went out at the same time as me."
Asparus looked to Caulifla with a confused expression; she is wearing his long green shirt, while his short blue one is lying close to him. The girl looked away from him, an ashamed look on her eyes as she tries her best to not show it to anyone else.
"After he beat you guys, I tried to run away." Asparus' said with a troubled face, his words coming out cold. "However, the guy was too fast and made this with his sword." He pointed at his scar.
Caulifla immediately turned to look at Asparus. 'What is he talking about?' She glared at him with a mixture of angry and lost expression. The prince returned her gaze with a half-smile.
"Run away?" Cabba eyed him suspiciously. "Well, I won't hold that against you… What was that guy? He is insanely strong."
"Yeah… Insane." Asparus pressed his new scar again, the annoying pain never going away.
"Are you really okay? Kale pressed her hand softly on his back. She noticed his strange behavior and how his hand never left his chest. "If anything is wrong, you can tell me." Her soft lips parted in a kind smile.
"Kale, you shouldn't worry about me." Asparus whispered on her ears, making the girl blush. "It was you guys that fought against him, not me."
"Ahem, so about what we were talking about, how should we do it?" Pirina changed to topic, as the mood on the room was getting a little too uncomfortable for him.
"Now that wimp is awake, we can start it." Caulifla jumped out of the ground, brushing the dust from her pants. "Thanks to the kids we are fully healed and ready for another one."
"Are you sure about this?" Pirina asked. "I remember seeing that Freeza guy on the tournament and he was bad news, now there is someone even stronger with him."
"Hell yeah, I am sure! This time we are going to wipe the floor with that sword freak and then it will be easy to teach a lesson to Freeza." Caulifla punched the air, her chest puffin with confidence.
Cabba stood up, an amused smile on his lips. "If the lady wants to fight, I will fight beside her at any time."
"Heh, I knew we could count on you guys." Saonel raised from the bed, smiling cheerfully for the first time. "It seems that fate hadn't abandoned us after all."
"Time to settle this score." Pirina cracked his fists. "But you guys will need to go on ahead of us. We need to take these two to the grand elder, only then we will be able to fight with you."
"Hah, by the time you come back, we will have beaten those guys." Caulifla boasted with her confident smirk. "Just leave it to us."
"That we can't do! it will take some time, but we will fight together with you." Saonel said back. "Oh well, however if we get there and is already over, I will not complain about it."
With sonorous laugh Pirina smacked the back of Saonel and nodded to the saiyans. "Last we saw of Freeza and his lackey, they were moving south-west of here, there is a village there were they guard the six stars' ball." He pointed in the direction of the door. "We will be going to the elders' village, north-east from here, they keep the three stars' ball there, but is a well-guarded place., the boys will be safe there."
"Ooohhh, I am getting fired up!" With a fierce shout, Caulifla punched the air in front of her. "Let's get this over with and save Namek from these freaks."
"I am not going." Asparus' voice cut the air like a cold blade, killing all the heat Caulifla has made.
"You're not coming? W-What do you mean by that?" Cabba was the first one to talk, the shock making him stumble a bit on his words.
"Exactly what I said, I will not follow you after that monster." The prince's response was dry, mimicking the way he used to talk before.
Caulifla stomped her way to Asparus, and grabbed him by the shoulders. "Are you that scared after losing to him once?" She asked furiously. "Are you this much of a coward?"
"Yes, I am scared of dying. Can't you tell that after I tried to run away from him?" He responded with no restrain.
Caulifla got even more startled and angrier after his reply, her fingernails clenching on his skin, leaving deep marks on him.
"Caulifla, that is enough." Cabba called out to her. "I don't think we should pressure him. If he doesn't want to come, so be it."
She completely ignored Cabba's words and leaned in closer, her face getting so close to Asparus that she could feel his breath. "What are you doing?" She whispered to him.
"Lying." He whispered back to her. "Just like you are."
"And why? Why are you pretending to be afraid? After almost beating him once, why are you trying to run away?" She continued to whisper her questions, the proximity between the two making Cabba and Kale really uncomfortable, and the fact that they can't hear any of it only making things worse.
"Is that what you remember from that fight? What I recall is seeing all of you covered in blood and wounds." This time Asparus was the one to hold on her shoulders. "I won't see that again."
"Okay, that is enough! You two are acting way too stra-" Cabba jumped back startled when the sound of Caulifla's fist colliding with Asparus's face echoed in the small house.
"FINE! if you want to stay behind and cower in fear, suit yourself." Caulifla grabbed Cabba by his left arm and started to drag him out of the house. "Let's go Cabba, Kale. Leave this coward by himself, just like he wants to be."
Kale crouched next to Asparus, she stared at him a bit confused as she helped him stand up. "She doesn't really mean it, what she said…" Kale ran her left hand on his back. "You will really stay here?"
"Sorry Kale, I have to." Asparus looked at her, his eyes almost tearing up. "I can't go with you this time."
"Okay…" With a bitter feeling, the girl looked at the door. In her heart a strange feeling, as if she walked out of the door, something would change, and yet she started to walk towards, following her friends.
"Kale, wait." Asparus wrapped his arms around her back, his hands softy holding on to her hips. "I love you." He whispered on her left ear, his voice carrying a lot of passion and bit of sadness.
The girl giggled, her cheeks getting a shy tint of red. "I know and I love you too."
"I really meant it, I love you. I love you so much." The prince turned her around and gave a peck on her lips, a quick and sweet kiss. "Just the thought of losing you, makes me miserable."
"H-Hey… Asparus, you're worrying me, is something wrong?" Kale pulled herself away from the prince, just enough to look at his face. However, another sudden kiss surprised her, before she could ask anything more.
"You don't need to worry; I am just being silly. It happens to a guy when his girlfriend is so cute." With a wink of his right eye, the prince took his hands away from her, sitting on the ground again.
"Kale let's go already, why are you taking so long?" Caulifla's impatiently stormed from the outside; She is getting more and more irritated.
"We will come back for you, okay?" Kale said, looking at Asparus' eyes.
"I know that. But go, before she starts to throw a tantrum." The prince shooed her away, a playful grin on his lips.
Kale did as he asked and walked away, stopping a few times to look at him. Something was telling her that she should stay with him, an ill feeling raising from her belly to her throat. In the end she decided to step out of the house, following her friends to the village where they can find the villainous emperor.
"You really don't mind letting your friends go without you?" Pirina turned to Asparus and asked.
The Saiyan prince only stared at him, he snorted in answer to the tall muscular namekian. Asparus pulled his shirt from the ground, quickly putting it back. "Sometimes we have to do things that we don't want to."
Pirina eyed him, not too sure of what he should say.
"And that may fall to you too." Asparus raised from the ground, scanning all around with his eyes. "I will need to ask you to stay here for a few hours."
"And why the hell wound we do that?" Pirana said, his voice storming inside the house; his angry eyes ever judging Asparus actions.
"Because I want my little savior to stay where is safe." He pointed at Nerin. "Say, mister, er.. Namekian. Have you ever felt so scared that it makes you sick?"
"You don't have the face of a scared man." Saonel stepped in the conversation. "At least not scared for himself... What are planning on doing?"
"Something that only I can do… or at least it feels like it." Asparus walked over to the entrance door, looking for any signs of the other saiyans. "You said that the other village was north-east, right?"
"Yes, is not a precise description, but going in that way, you will find the elders' village." Pirina responded.
"Why there…" Asparus hushed a whisper. The prince turned to look at them, his eyes dead serious. "I can feel that THING there, just looking at that direction is enough to crush me on the weight of it."
"You're saying that the grand elder is at danger?" Pirina shouted alarmed. "Then we need to go there right now!"
"Calm down Pirina." Saonel raised one arm, blocking Pirina's path. "I don't know what you're talking about, but, you are saying that another one of those monsters is already there?"
"Look, I will not try to stop you, if you want to rush there and try to do something." Asparus let out a tired sigh. "However, I would feel bad if I just let you go straight to that." He frowned and clenched his chest, on the spot of his new scar. "Stay safe here and protect them or follow me and risk dying. The choice is yours." Without nothing else to say, the saiyan prince walked out of the little stone house, marching his way towards the elders' village.
Pirina looked at the two kids, his head going at full speed, not being able to find a proper answer. "What should we do?" He glanced to Saonel.
"I don't know, but… That saiyan, the look on his eyes. Whatever he is going to do, I don't want to be close to it." Saonel took a sit on his previous spot, his eyes staring at the door. "Let's just hope that they can help us end this nightmare."
The group of three saiyans continues to fly their way to the dragon ball of six stars, Caulifla is flying in front of them, still frowning and at times spatting cursing words at the winds. Cabba and Kale are flying side by side; they look at each other, trading glances at each time Caulifla leashes out her anger at nothing.
"So, are you going to tell us what was that about?" Cabba called out to Caulifla, he is now the one frowning in annoyance. "Whatever is going on with you two, I think we deserve to know."
"Really, you're going to talk like I am having something with him?" She yelled a response to Cabba.
"Well, if you start to behave so defensive, I might start to worry about something as stupid as that." As Cabba replied, he felt a rush of wind coming his way; he stopped midair as Caulifla charged at him.
"Okay, you want to know? Fine." Caulifla yelled so loud that the critters on land, far below them, got startled. "I lied and He lied too, that is what happened."
"Lied? About what?" Kale slowly flew closer to her friend, a trouble expression on her face.
With a huge sigh, Caulifla glance to her friend. "I didn't get knocked down like you two were; I was very awake when Asparus fought against that sword freak."
"So he didn't run?" Cabba asked surprised, but feeling a huge relief.
"No he didn't run, he…" Caulifla tugged her new improvised shirt and bit her lips. "He was winning, I couldn't believe my eyes. And then I screwed up, because of me he almost died."
"He beat that guy, alone?" The saiyan soldier looked lost for words; he couldn't understand how something like that was possible, for Asparus to beat an opponent that the three of them could not. "They why would he lie about running away?"
"THAT'S WHAT IS PISSING ME OFF!" Caulifla yelled even louder. "He beat that guy once, why would he refuse to fight this time? He got that scared of dying after his fight?"
"Asparus… Maybe I should go back. He is acting way too strange, even for him." Kale looked back to the way they came.
"We need you Kale, there is no way we can take on that guy without you." Caulifla pulled the girl's arm. "If he is not well, then it is best to leave him there."
"I don't know about this, Caulifla." Cabba looked back too. "After what he went through, I'm afraid that he can do something stupid."
"Then what? We will babysit him while Freeza gets the dragon balls and vanishes somewhere else? We don't even know what he will do with them." Caulifla pulled both Cabba and Kale, making them look at her. "I am worried about that dumbass of a prince too, but we need to do this."
"You have a point… But." Cabba swallowed a bad taste on his mouth, his gut feeling telling him that he should turn back, but his head giving reason to Caulifla. "Let's end this and go back for him. It's better than be waiting here doing nothing."
"Kale." Caulifla called out to her.
"I know. I'm coming…" The saiyan girl glanced back one last time, green sky and sea being the only thing she can see. "Just stay safe, Asparus."
Scorched ground and destroyed houses is the sight to be have on the elders village, The three suns of namek, shine their light right on top of this place, making a special, now, eerie atmosphere. Asparus walks slowly on the desolated scenery, his eyes slowly scanning his surrounding in search of someone, but he can't find anyone, dead or alive; As if this place was always a deserted site.
After a few moments looking between damaged houses, the saiyan prince made his way to a giant house on the north end of the village. He stopped right in front of the dark door, his heart beating so fast that anyone could hear it, if there were someone here. One more time, the scar on his chest tingled, the sensation getting stronger at each step he took towards the entrance.
"So you did came. I was starting to doubt my prediction, but alas." A familiar voice called out to him.
Inside the enormous house is almost an empty space, with a few pieces of pottery and dried food stashed on baskets. However, on the middle of the room sits a giant throne made of white marble, with light blue cushions adorning the inner side. Sitting on this throne, is Ghill, holding on his hands the Dragon Ball of three stars, his sword lying on wait on its sheath.
"Here you are." The white-haired warrior laid his pink eyes on Asparus, his lips curving in an amused smile.
"Where is everyone?" Asparus said, his voice almost cracking up. His throat is dry like the desert, his fingers fidgeting impatiently and his black eyes every now and then diverting to the sword.
"They left." Ghill responded with ease, and his words being a very strange surprise to Asparus. "You just need to destroy some houses and give some iron-firm threats that they will abide. No need to kill anyone."
"And yet your friends have killed so many on their little invasion." Asparus replied, his words making Ghill frown for a moment.
"I take no pleasure on killing innocents, but don't take me for a saint." The swordsman dropped the dragon ball on the ground. "So you're not charging in to attack me, like your friends did? I can respect that, a warrior also has to know how to trade words with an enemy."
"And why would I want to talk with you." Asparus clenched his fist and took a step further.
"Come on little prince, you have been looking more at my sword than to me." Ghill let out a little laugh; he closed his eyes and grabbed the hilt of his weapon. "You can feel it, calling out to you, reaching out for your soul; it is truly an intoxication of feelings." His pink eyes shot wide open, glaring at Asparus in a mad frenzy. "You're just like me… The first I have ever met that has the same gift as me."
As Ghill clenched the hilt of his weapon, a faint glow came out of it. A mixture of cold and warm sensation exploding on Asparus' chest, forcing to take his right hand to it. "What is that… thing?" The saiyan pointed to the sword, a sweat drop falling from his eyebrows.
"Well you have proven yourself a patient listener, so I will indulge you on a little story." With a fast and elegant movement, Ghill unleashed the Omega Blade, its bright surface shining with the tiniest bits of sunlight. "As you probably know, there are multiple universes beside this one. I myself come from one of those universes. Many universes have already met their fate and vanished back to the void, as the time moves on, many others will surge to life; that is how things are."
"And how that has anything to do with that sword or me?" Asparus said in an aggravated tone.
"You see, when a universe dies, all of its energy goes back to the void, the entirety of something so big as a universe is reduced to nothing." Ghill shook his head, a pained expression on his face. "But there was a universe that was different than any other, its civilizations were the most advanced, its stars shone the brightest… this was a place of utter perfection; However… Like anything one day, this universe came to its final day." The warrior closed his eyes, firmly holding his sword sideways in front of him, a bright light started to come out of the blade. "The gods couldn't save this universe that they were so proud of, but they could not let it just turn into nothing. All gods united themselves and shattered the universe in a mass body of pure energy and with that, they forged something that would hold the essence of this perfect existence forever… With the energy of this universe, they forged this sword." The Omega Blade started to release a few pulses of light, as if it was responding to Ghill's story.
"A universe inside a sword?" Asparus eyed the warrior incredulous, his eyes drifted again to the bright sword, an surge of feelings taking place on his chest. "If what you are saying is true, why would your master give something like this to you?"
"This weapon is filled with the pure energy of creation; Gods of Destruction can't wield it. They only know how to destroy; they are the complete opposite of what this sword is." Suddenly Ghill's expression changed, a hateful scowl appearing on his face. "The Supreme Kais are unworthy of the Omega Blade; they are just a disgusting waste of godly energy, never willing to fight in their own fights, running away on the first opportunity…" As his face was starting to turn red with rage, Ghill snapped out of it, returning to his calm demeanor. "This weapon is destined for only the ones chosen by fate; Mortals with the ki of the gods, like you and me."
"Gods? Are you saying that I am a god?" Asparus raised his shaking hands close to his face, his eyes starting at them with disbelief.
"We are better than that, we have their power, but we don't have their weak resolve." Ghill laughed at his own words. "We have the true light of creation inside of us."
"This cursed thing inside of me… is the power of gods? Hah… Haha… What a sickening joke." Asparus pressed the scar on his face with his right hand.
"You have my sincere empathy; hearing about your true nature is really shocking at first. I felt the same way when I discovered it." Ghill said in a friendly tone. "Say, since you have been such a good chat partner, I will tell you another thing."
Asparus raised his gaze to Ghill, his eyes unfocused and dazed, like he is about to pass out.
"We will take these Dragon Balls and infuse it with enough energy to create the new Super Dragon Balls, just like the gods have made with the Omeba Blade." With a saddened sigh, Ghill closed his eyes and sheathed his sword. "It's a shame that you all will have to die together with your universe."
"I came here to take that thing away from you." Asparus pointed to Ghill's sword. "But now… I will stop you; I will not let you take everything away from us."
In a blur of white, Ghill blinked from the white marble throne, stopping right in front of Asparus. "Of course you will fight me to protect your loved ones or I would be severely disappointed on you." The warrior showed a warm and bright smile. "But I will not hand this sword to you nor will I fail on my mission!" His fist flied upwards, pushing and cutting the air in front of it, with a last push, his punch collided with force on Asparus' abdomen.
The saiyan went flying away, shocking his back against the house's wall, he fell to his knees gasping for air and with an instinctive reaction, raised both arms up, crossing them in front of him. Ghill's right foot came clashing like a meteor, crushing Asparus against the wall.
"Where is your bravado from earlier today?" The warrior shouted as he prepared to toss another kick. "This time I will fight to destroy you, saiyan prince. I will not make the same mistake I did earlier and go easy on you."
As the second kick came in, Asparus rolled to the side and with quick set of movements, jumped on Ghill's left side. "I will be the one destroying you!" His body flared up in the familiar golden aura, his hair swinging wildly with a cher amount of energy pouring out of him.
The warrior from the fourth-universe flared up his own ki aura, a powerful shell of silver energy covering his entire body. He grabbed Asparus's hand, before a surprise attack could reach him, then with a twist of his body; Ghill forced Asparus upper body to jerk forward, locking the saiyan prince in front of him. "Then show me your real power!" The warrior pressed his hand against the saiyan's neck, while holding his ring finger and pinky down. "Mirror's Light!" an explosion of silver energy erupted out from his hand, the light coming out of it was so pure and intense that everything seemed to be consumed by it in a matter of moments; with a loud thunder-like noise, the whole giant house exploded, sending pieces of stone all around the abandoned village.
Asparus got tossed all the way to the center of the village, his body rolling up on the ground with a few clouds of smokes still lingering around him. Fresh new wounds already tearing up on his arms, large drops of blood pouring on the grass as the forced himself up.
"Ready to fight back yet?" Ghill walked out from the giant dark cloud coming out of the house, a sly smirk on his lips. "If you don't pick up the pace, my next strike maybe the last."
Asparus turned to face his opponent, his eyes burning with anger and resolve. He charged at full speed, his left elbow clashing against Ghill's. "Take this." Asparus raised his right hand aiming at the warrior's chest. A big sphere of silver energy appeared in front of it, the prince pushed his hand forward, unleashing his attack.
Ghill's body flashed in a blur of white for a moment, his left hand immediately appearing in front of Asparus' beam. Pressing his fingers against the ball of ki, the warrior completely suppressed the attack, not letting it be fired away properly. "Is this all?" He laughed triumphantly.
"Rrhaaaaaahhh!" Asparus let out a mighty shout, his aura tripling on size, a strange glow of energy appearing on his eyes and his hair starting to flash with lights, a few hair strands changing from gold to white and then going back to gold again. The orb of energy exploded in size overtaking Ghill's grip on it; a giant wave of energy flew from Asparus' hand, taking the swordsman away with it to the sky.
A ray of twisted white light fell to the ground like a comet, Ghill quickly landed, kneeling on the grass. "See… when you use your gift, how much power you can show?" He slid his right hand to the hilt of his sword, slowly pulling it out of its sheath. "How about I power up a bit too?"
"You cannot win using that thing, I can feel it. Every move you do while wielding it, I will see it." Asparus said between gasps.
"Omega Blade, first phase: Creation!" Ghill threw his right arm forward, his limb trembling wildly as the sword started to shine with mighty pulses of light. With one flash of light, an army of Ghill's copies appeared all around the village, their number almost reaching the hundreds. Then with a smooth movement, the warrior danced with the blade in the air and hit the tip of the blade against the ground, extinguishing the bright light that was coming out of it.
"Huh… Me and my big mouth…." Asparus clenched his fist in front of him, his eyes gliding from one copy to another, to the prince seemed like there was not end to them.
"Hahaha, Let's put your words to the test." Ghill swung his sword in front of him, then changing his grip to the left hand; all the copies mimicking his movements. After his first step towards Asparus, all the others started to run to the saiyan prince, swarming him from all sides.
"Checking on the last report from the force, it seems that the number of criminals have diminish in a rapid speed." Greeno said, he flipped the last page on the large pile of report files on his hands. "Your Majesty, the return of our soldiers is already showing results on the galaxy."
"What about Asparus' request? The situation about Earth?" King Sadala shifted his hands around his throne, his eyes focusing on his vassal.
"I have personally sent one of our squad there, it may take time but they will get there." The old soldier replied. "And by the prince's report, we have two soldiers already on the planet. They should be able to control the situation until support arrives."
"Good, maybe those earthlings have a lot more to offer the galaxy than just an inner war on their home." The king stood up from his seat. "Anything more?"
"Well, we have to address the preparation for the prince's coronation." Greeno hardly could hide the proud grin on his face.
"Save that for when he completes his mission." A surge of pain took the king by surprise, he stumble forward, almost falling down the steps of the throne; the air escaping him, like he was out in space. An ill sensation filling his heart, something so bad that he could feel a foul taste on his mouth.
"My king!" Greeno rushed to his lord's side, supporting him with both arms. "Are you okay? Should I call a medic?"
"Don't!" King Sadala straightedge his stance the better he could. "It was just little pain that took me by surprise, no need to be alarmed." The large man caressed his chest with his right hand, his mind wandering somewhere else, like this pain was some sort of a warning to him.
In a dark space between the planes, a bright transparent green ball is cruising solitary on the empty void. Whis is carefully guiding the team with him, on the way to the sixth universe, behind the angel, pressing one hand on his back, is Beerus with a somewhat usual annoyed expression on his face; the next in line is Vegeta, holding onto Beeru's shoulder with one hand, while Goku is the last one, holding himself onto Vegeta.
"But Lord Beerus, how come that guy didn't feel nothing when your brother tried to erase him?" Goku tilted his head to the side, a confused look on his face.
"I don't know, normally if we try to erase a mortal, they will just be destroyed." Beerus responded with a cool voice.
"And how come that fella was just fine?" Goku asked yet again.
"I already told you that I don't know." This time Beerus response showed a tiny bit of impatience growing on him.
"Haaah, he looked so strong, I can't wait to fight him." Goku grinned.
"And who said you will be the one fighting him? The great Vegeta is going to be the one to destroy that freak." Vegeta butted in.
"What?! Not fair, I called it first and I really want to fight against him." Goku replied with a frown.
"Who cares with what you want, you always get to go first, not this time!" With a loud shout, Vegeta turned his face to look angrily at Goku.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Beerus yelled so loud that the giant green dome carrying them got a few cracks. "If you two don't stop with this childish bullcrap, I will leave you two here, in the middle of nowhere."
Without notice, Whis froze the barrier's movement, stopping the group on void space. The angel stared at the black empty space, a startle look on his eyes a few mumbles coming out of his mouth.
"Why did you stop Whis?" Beerus asked, one of his ears bending downwards as he looked confused to his attendant.
"Graaahh!" Vegeta let out a loud grunt of pain and grasped his white body armor in front of his chest. The saiyan prince gasped heavily for air, letting go of Beerus' shoulder, making both him and Goku to fall on the barrier's bottom.
"Oi, Vegeta!? What's wrong?" Goku helped his friend to get on his knee. The saiyan prince pushed him away, his pained expression slowly fading away.
"Ho… You felt it too?" Whis flew down, together with Beerus. "That is interesting."
"Felt what, exactly?" Beerus turned his gaze to Whis. "I didn't noticed anything."
"A pulse of energy… Godly energy." Whis waved his staff in front of him, creating a magical screen on the air. "And this is the source."
On the transparent screen, images of Namek started to show, a ruined village with smoke clouds coming out of the houses and clashing sounds, imitating a fierce and rapid trade of blows.
Goku leaned in closer, his eyes following the streams of light flying everywhere. "Hey, that is the sword guy, who is fighting against him?"
Whis waves his staff again, the image getting more focused on the battle, showing a young saiyan with golden hair fighting against more than six Ghills at the same time. "If I remember it right, that would be the Saiyan Prince of Sadala." The angel leaned in closer too, putting one finger in front of his lips. "It seems that the source of the pulse is the sword, but is also coming from those two… This is strange."
"Saiyan Prince?" Vegeta stared at the screen, the pain on his chest coming back alive again. An ill feeling making him shut his eyes with troubled thoughts. 'Why the hell does that kid feels so familiar to me?'
"That silver light flying everywhere, isn't that a thing of the supreme Kais?" Beerus asked with a serious voice, frowning but still showing interest.
"Yes, that is correct, Lord Beerus. The light of creation, but I don't see any gods with them." Whis responded with an elusive smirk.
"Let's go Whis." Beerus said in a demanding voice. "I want to get there before this gets even more out of control."
"As you wish, Lord Beerus." Hitting the base of his staff two times on the barrier' ground, Whis shrunk the size of the green dome, he turned to face the void again, but left the transparent screen on its place, close to Goku and Vegeta ,who are still closely watching the fight unfold. With another hit of his staff, the angel resumed their travel, now cruising at a much higher speed between the void's darkness.
Asparus bent forward as another slashed connected on his back, tearing a new wound on his flesh. The prince swirled in a fast movement, grabbing another two copies of Ghill, one with each hand, and crushed them against the ground, they quickly faded away to nothing, leaving only a deep and empty holes.
"Impressive, oh so impressive." Ghill started to clap in cheer. "To think that you would survive the first phase of the Omega Blade, even if you are in this sorry state now."
The saiyan prince glared at the swordsman, his face drenched with sweat with a few streams of blood. "Now… that your puppets are gone… I just have to deal with you." He coughed in exhaustion, his chest moving up and down in a very rapid rhythm.
"You don't look ready to deal with anyone, but I will answer your request." The white haired warrior grabbed the sword with both hands, holding it right above his head, he flew far high to the sky. "Omega Blade, third phase: Obliteration!" The sword started to vibrate, bright rays of light coming out of it. "Omega Blade, second phase: Turmoil." The intensity of the light got even worse, Ghill barely being able to maintain hold of his weapon, as his arms flail wildly. "Chaotic Rain!" With a downward swing of his arms, Ghill launched his attack with reckless abandon, five giant cross-shaped beam exploded from his sword, crashing down in an unbelievable speed.
Asparus jumped away from the center of the village, his quick reaction was just enough to not get hit by beams. With another swing of the Omega Blade, another wave of beams came zooming down on the planet, the saiyan prince dodged yet again, but at this point the entire village was completely destroyed.
The merciless chain of attacks was seamlessly non-stop, every time Asparus managed to dodge away, a new wave was coming down on him, and each attempt to defend himself draining what is left of his stamina. "I'm getting really tired of your tricks… Let's see if this power is worth anything." The prince held his hands open to the side, gathering his energy with a calm and relaxed expression on his face. "Gin Taaihoouu!" As another five beams was descending on his, Asparus raised his right hand up, unleashing his own technique.
The saiyan prince's silver wave of energy, clashed against the five cross-shaped beams at the same time, both attacks pushing and pulling not yielding even an inch to one another.
Ghill's attack mysteriously died out, letting Asparus' attack fly freely to space. "Nowhere to run now!" The warrior blinked in a blur in front of Asparus, landing elegantly on the ground. He slashed even from far way with his sword, unleashing now ten cross-shaped beams at the same time.
Asparus pulled back his right hand and pushed his left one in the direction of the incoming attack. Another wave of silver energy flied out from him, stopping Ghill's chain attack a few meters in front of him. With a fierce shout, the prince put more power on his attack, slowly pushing his enemy's away. "I will end this!" The strange glow of before returned to his eyes, again a few of his hair strands turning white, this time permanently.
"W-What?!" Ghill's eyes grew wide in surprise, the saiyan's Gin Taihou exploded in size, it got so big that it was starting to eat away the ground and reaching up to the lower clouds of the green sky. "Without the sword? Impossible!" The warrior shrieked in panic, as the giant silver beam absorbed everything on its path, flying straight to him.
Without even feeling the impact of it, Asparus' attack collided against Ghill's body, sweeping him away with everything as the undying wave of silver continued to travel across the Namek's surface. A thin object was pushed out of sea of silver; it spun uncontrollably on the air, falling right beside Asparus.
"Freeza!" Cabba yelled out loud, his angry voice getting the attention on everyone on the ground.
"Oia, isn't that the saiyan ape that I killed a few weeks ago?" Freeza frowned and hissed. "What are you doing here, trash?"
All of the evil henchmen walked to the center of the place, glaring at the three saiyans flying above them. The terrified namekians took the opportunity and started to run away from the village.
"Look at those clowns; they want to fight against us." Caulifla flew down, landing in front of the group of evil soldiers. "I don't really like to squash weaklings, but this time I will make an exception."
"You know, I'm tired of losing my men on fights they cannot win. It already happened way too many times." Freeza raised from his seat, slowly floating in the air, moving towards his soldiers. "Let's save us some time shall we? I, myself will deal with this saiyan pest." The evil emperor transformed in his so famous final form, his powerful Ki flaring up.
Cabba and Kale landed beside Caulifla, the group of saiyans prepared themselves from battle, all of them going directly to Super Saiyan 2, having no time to lose.
"Oh, the cursed super saiyan that I loathe so much." Freeza grinned with an evil intent. "This time I will get a proper revenge on this cursed race!" The tyrant took a step forward, preparing himself to jump at battle.
A sea of silver energy stormed right in front of everyone, just as they were about to start fighting. The stream of light raged on the village, sweeping most of the houses away, repelling all of Freeza's men away with a powerful shock wave.
"What the hell is that?" Caulifla jumped backwards, startled by the wave. She looked to Cabba and Kale.
"I know this attack… this is." Cabba clenched his fists, the familiar color of this beam, giving a dire signal to him.
"Asparus!" Kale moved in, almost reaching her hands on the energy wave. "I can feel his ki... this is his."
"Dammit, I knew he would do something stupid." Cabba cursed with his eyes closed. The sea of energy suddenly died out, leaving behind a ridiculously massive trail of destruction. "We don't have time; we need to go to him now."
Caulifla stepped in, a dazed expression on her face. "But Freeza is right here."
"You two go, I will deal with Freeza. As we can see, that swordsman is not here, so Asparus is our priority right now."
"Dammit, I don't want to go save one and leave the other." Caulifla stomped her feet on the ground.
"Caulifla, please you need to go with Kale." Cabba looked to Caulifla with a wide grin. "Just trust me, I can deal with him."
"Ahhh, okay, dammit! Don't you dare lose, do you hear me?" Caulifla yelled angrily, but returned Cabba's smile with one of her own. "Kale, let's save that stupid prince of yours."
Kale only nodded, her face showing how her concerns was eating her away. "I hope we can make in time." She eyed the sky above her, a few tears forming on her eyes.
"Put yours back on your ear." Caulifla pulled the potara earrings from her pockets and tossed one to Kale. "With this we will get to whatever place he is, in a moment."
"O-okay." This time with no hesitation, Kale put the earring on her ear and closed her eyes. As Caulifla put hers on, the two girls were dragged to one another and a flash of bright light emerged as they got fused together.
"Cabba." Kefla's echoed voice called out to the soldier. "I will leave this to you." The powerful fused girl, eyed Cabba with a serious gaze, her voice lacking the cheerful charm it always has.
"You can count on me." Cabba nodded and turned away from her, getting his eyes settled on Freeza.
Kefla wasted no more time, and flew away at her max speed, following very close the trail left by Asparus's attack.
"So they fused together again?" Freeza stared curiously to the sky, looking at Kefla flying away on the sky. "And you asked her to go away, instead of helping you? You're not only naïve but a complete retard."
"Freeza, this time I will win." Cabba raised one hand, pointing his fist at the evil emperor. "You will fall again by the hands of a saiyan warrior."
"Your filthy saiyan monkey." With an angry scowl, Freeza hissed in annoyance, a few veins popping on his forehead. His ki flared around his body, his purple Ki pushing and destroying the grass beneath his feet. "I will show you the real meaning of terror."
Asparus fell to his knees, his eyes landing on the sword lying stuck on the grass at his side. The crystalline blade is now almost shattering to pieces, huge and continuous cracks all around its metallic surface. The calling coming from his heart is now a faint little whisper, even with him being so close to the thing that was pulling him in even from out of the planet. The saiyan prince reached for the hilt of the sword with his left hand. As his fingers touched the weapon for the first time, he felt an immense surge of energy taking control of him.
"W-what is… Raaarhhh!" Bolts of energy flared out from the hilt, attaching themselves to Asparus body, making the prince yell loudly in pain. His pupils disappearing from his eyes, leaving a cold white color left on it. His body started to trash around in the ground as the pain and the energy surge got stronger and bigger.
Multiple space windows appeared in above Asparus, all of them showing the darkness of space surrounded by stars and flying rocks. Various chains of energy flew out from Asparus's body going directly at those strange dark holes in the air. A powerful shock wave pushed him over around the grassy plains, closing every little portal that has opened without notice.
The saiyan prince yelled in pain yet again, a pillar of light appearing on top of him. His hair slowly changing to the white color; but before he could lose the entire golden tint on his hair, Asparus forced himself up, tossing the sword on the ground, making the pillar of light disappear.
"What did I do…" He glanced to the Omega Blade laying on the ground.
"You almost destroyed everything…" A deep step sounded from behind Asparus, and then others followed, until Ghill walked in front of him, bending forward to grab his sword back. "It's true that we can control this sword power, but if you try to do it with reckless… bad things can happen."
"How are you still alive?" Asparus fell to his knees again; his head barely raising enough to look at Ghill.
"As long as I have this sword, I will never die." The warrior walked closer to Asparus, kneeling in front of him. "Remember, the power of creation on the palm of my hands."
"That is hardly a fair fight." With a shy smirk, Asparus looked up to Ghill's eyes.
"You will not surrender, will you?" Ghill asked, the intensity of his glare almost piercing Asparus' body.
"A saiyan… doesn't surrender." The prince replied.
"Of course, no real warrior flees from battle, even at the face of death." The white haired warrior pulled his right arm back and then pushed it forward, thrusting his sword against Asparus's chest. "A shame that the sword you wanted so much for yourself is the reason of your death."
The saiyan gritted his teeth, as blood poured of his body. His vision getting hazy and unfocused. "Dumbass… I didn't came here to take this sword for me." Forcing his body in one last great effort, Asparus lunged forward, grabbing the blade still stuck on his chest. A storm of silver energy exploded form his hands, pouring on the cracks, forcing itself inside the sword; Then the light died out with a muffled noise of breaking glass. "I… wanted... to destroy it."
The Omega Blade started to shatter, falling as little pieces of metallic glass on the grass; Ghill nearly fall over his back on his effort to pull the sword away from the prince. His eyes fell on the hilt of the broken sword on his right hand, his entire body trembling in an uncontrollable rage, however, his eyes were stuck staring at the saiyan in front of him. A few tears slid on his cheeks, his face distorted in a mixture of pure hatred, slowly changing to an expression of relief, grief and bitter happiness.
"You… broke the sword." The warrior fell to his knees close to Asparus body still kneeling in front of him. "Thank you." Ghill's pink eyes slowly started to change to a bright orange color, more tears dropping on the grass. "Thank you for setting me free."
He got no response from Asparus, even if his body still stands on his position. The fire of life has left his eyes. Under the three suns of namek, died the saiyan prince of Sadala.
PS: This was a hard chapter to write, I hope you guys will not hate me too much for this one.
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VcArchangel chapter 19 . Oct 29 – Yeah, and now the sword is gone. But, will that be the end of Ghill or does he have something more on him?
I really like when you bring something more to a fight on a story, so when there is a reason for someone be so unbeatable, instead of just having more power level, It feels a bit more intense, like the good guys can still win with strategy.