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Author Notes: Hey, I did said that the new update would come faster and here it is. enjoy!
"Good gods…" Ghill coughed hard, blood flying out of his mouth. "So much power… but still, this is not enough." The warrior wiped the blood out of his lips and frowned, disgusted in what he is about to do.
Kefla's feet crashed on the ground, exploding pieces of the island to the water. "You bastard, how dare you…" She snarled in anger, in pain, as tears continued to run on her cheeks. A bright green ball of energy emerged on her hand, shooting sparks of light around her. "I will make you pay!" With a swing of her right arm, she threw the energy on the white-haired foe.
Holding his left hand sideways in front of him, Ghill deflected the attack away. The small orb went spinning on to a tiny island on the back, and as it hit the ground, a massive explosion erupted, tearing a giant hole on the green sea of Namek.
The sound of waves crashing against each other distracted them for a moment. "What a twisted joke, don't you think?" Ghill said with a creepy smile. "For the prince of a proud and powerful race, like the saiyans, to die in such miserable and pathetic way." He shook his head, taking one hand to his forehead. "It brings a tear to my eye."
"SHUT UP!" Kefla charged in, swinging her arms in a frenzy of punches. With a lot of effort and an unatural speed, Ghill managed to block the first few hits, but at each strike, Kefla's movements are getting slower and sloppier, making a lot easier for the warrior to dodge her assault.
"But you just asked about him, can you make up your mind? Do you want to hear about your little prince or not?" Ghill eyed his opponent, noticing her pained expression as his words got to her. "I take this expression of yours as a yes." He smiled and pulled away from her, jumping to the edge of the island.
Kefla jumped after him, her glare burning hot in anger. But as she was getting closer to him, a fast ball of silver energy exploded on her face, casting her away. "Shut up… I don't want to hear anything more from you." She raised herself from the dirt, preparing her legs for another jump.
"Come on, don't be such a spoilsport." Ghill dodged to the side, as Kefla flew pass him in a fast kick. "Don't you want to know his final moments?" He stepped in and deflected one punch from the saiyan girl, using his own fist.
Little by little, his words are getting to her. Kefla started to show hesitation, she wanted to blow his head with a punch so badly, and yet she was holding herself down, trying so hard to maintain what little control she still has.
On this moment of hesitation, Ghill charged in, his left fist coming from the side, exploding right on her left cheek. "What's the matter? Don't you want to avenge your fallen prince?" He pressed on, his right leg went swiping in, delivering a powerful kick on her side, shooting her body to the ground on the other side of the island.
Pressing her belly with one hand, Kefla rolled on the grass, slowly getting back on her feet. "Where is he?..." She whispered to herself, her voice coming out so low that it could be mistaken by just a long breathe.
'Almost, almost there.' Ghill clenched his fists, a conflicted expression on his face. He breathed heavily for a moment and braced himself for just one last sin. "Like a worthless coward, your prince begged for his life. Can you imagine that? He kneeled in front of me and begged for me to not kill him." The warrior let out a loud snort. "Of course, I drove my blade right into his heart."
The reoccurring trembling on Kefla's body ceased, her head is hanging low, hiding most of her face from Ghill's gaze. "You…" She bit her lips with enough strength to drawn blood. "ARE DEAD!" With a fierce shout, Kefla raised her face to glare at her hated enemy. Her eyes are blank and full of rage, the bright blue pupils completely gone, leaving only a dreaded sea of white madness.
"What?!" The warrior got startled and tried to raise his guard. However, his vision became dark and his chest ached in a pain so unbearable that his mind shut off from a few seconds. "Gaah!" He spat blood in the air, his head crashing down on the stony ground. "What happened?" As he opened his eyes again, the sight of the green clean sky of Namek appeared in front of him.
"DIE!" Kefla's right hand clapped onto his chest, making the warrior grunt in pain. She grabbed him by the neck and threw him forward with so much power, that his body went spinning across three separated island, until his back clashed into a long and slim mountain. Before the warrior could hint any sign of response, a gigantic wave of green energy blasted the entire island into nothingness.
"DIE! DIE! DIE!" Kefla continued her outburst of attacks, exploding one wave after another on the giant hole formed into the dark green waters.
Still dazed by the blunt force inflicted on him, Ghill is peacefully floating away on the ocean's surface. "Now I have done it. Garh! I think I broke something…" He hissed in pain, taking his left hand to his right side. "And what in the world is she doing?" Following the undying sounds of explosions, Ghill turned his head to look at the raging saiyan warrior. "Oi, what are you attacking there?" He shouted loudly, but to no avail. His voice didn't pass on to Kefla, due to her own shouting and screams.
Kefla rampage finally came to a stop, when a fast ball of silver energy exploded on her back.
"I finally got your attention. Why don't you aim your attacks more properly?" The warrior taunted, but got no response for Kefla; she stood frozen on place, glaring at him from a distance. "Tsk, can't she even understand what I'm saying anymore?"
In another insane fast dive, Kefla zoomed in, instantly appearing in front of Ghill; arching her right arm in a striking motion. This time, the white haired warrior read her movements, throwing a punch of his own to intercept her attack. As their fists collided in a match of strength, Ghill felt his entire left side be pushed back by a massive force.
The maddened saiyan's left arm shot from below, reaching for another punch. With his sharp reflexes, Ghill ducked under her reach, and then jumping on a somersault above her head; his long and silky white hair swiping across Kefla's face. As the tip of his toes touched the ground, he jumped high again, twirling his body in a fast swoop, smashing two powerful kicks on the left side of Kefla's head.
The saiyan girl let out a huffed grunt, bending her body just a tiny bit to the side.
"Really now?" Ghill felt a lump on his throat, as the Kefla turned her face to glare at him with her blank eyes. "I have to say, you are the strongest-" Kefla's left fist exploded on Ghill's forehead, sending his body crashing on the ground.
With a click of his tongue, the warrior got back on his feet, sweeping the dust out of his chest with his left hand. "Fine, no more talking. It's a waste of breath if you can't even hear me." Ghill's right hand lit up in a bright silver light, then he slowly glided it on the air in front of him. A thin round energy mass appeared in front of him, taking the shape resembling a crystalline mirror. "Azure Lance!" In a swift motion, the warrior clapped his right hand against the back of the mirror like surface. With a roaring sound, a dark blue laser of energy exploded from Ghill, destroying everything on its way to Kefla. In response, she created a massive ball of green energy on her left hand and a red one on right hand, merging both together firing an even larger wave of energy onto the blue laser.
"That is how you will react to any attack?" Ghill didn't even waited to see the result between the clash of their powers, he jumped far to the left. "Then, take another one." With an even quicker movement, he fired another laser at Kefla.
In a bit of delayed reaction, Kefla turned to her right, just in time to smack the attack away with back of her hand. A third laser make its presence known by exploding at her back, tearing a giant hole on her shirt, blood spurting away to the air.
A gush of wind sounded to the saiyan right side, long white hairs floating away with the winds. "Azure… Lance!" Ghill appeared crouched behind her, poised with both hands in front of him, almost touching Kefla's belly.
"Not so fast, you damned sneaky creep." To his surprise, Kefla spun around, tackling her left leg onto his left shoulder, kicking the warrior away. "Not like that… He wouldn't want to see me like that." Her bright pupils coming back to view, as she shook away the madness away from her mind.
"Finally back to your senses? It matters not." Ghill raised his left hand to the height of his shoulders, holding its palm wide open aiming forward, and placed his right one just below his bellybutton, holding it on the same way. "This shall be your end!" His entire body lit up with energy, his pure silver ki sipping in to the space between his hands and turning to a beautiful cobalt color. 'Lend me your strength, my sweetheart…' The white haired warrior shouted in a mixture of pain and determination, moving both hands together in an elegant action. "Elazul's Sword!"
Ghill disappeared behind a pillar of pure light, this light expanded everywhere, consuming and destroying anything that touched.
Kefla took three steps back, crossing both arms in front of her face to protect her eyes from the terrible howling winds. The saiyan warrior watched as the pillar got closer and closer to her, she clenched her teeth embracing herself for the impact. She would not back away, she will never run away from him.
At first moment, Kefla felt her entire body hurt, her legs almost giving out to the pressure pushing him to the ground; a few sharp cuts appearing on her arms, blood running down on her hands and then nothing…
The struggle to keep her ground, the crushing weight, everything disappeared like it was never there. In place, her own power erupted from within her, wraping her limbs, protecting her body, pushing out the bright light surrounding her. A loud and powerful shout escaped her mouth, making her aura explode in size, tearing away the cobalt light, destroying completely the pillar of energy that was consuming everything.
Ghill fell to his knees, hot sweat running down on his chin. "It was not enough, huh?" He let out a smile, marked with a bit of sadness. "It seems that the victory is yours, young saiyan."
His remark made Kefla even more angry, she hates this man so much and she wants nothing more than to completely annihilate him. However, she feels something wrong deep inside of her. "You will pay for what you did… for hurting him." She started to channel her power, creating a spiral of green and red energy on the palm of her hands.
"So, end this. For your prince that died by my hands." Ghill closed his eyes and rested his hands on the grass.
"Tch, even when you lose, it feels like I didn't win." Kefla cursed quietly under her breath. "For everything you have done… TAKE THIS!" She unleashed her Gigantic Burst aiming at the kneeled warrior.
A gentle silhouette appeared on Ghill's mind, making his arms twitch and his heart ache. He opened his eyes and got a full view of an enormous energy attack flying at him, he gritted his teeth, frowning at his impending demise. "Elazul..." He whispered to himself, closing his eyes yet again.
Unconsciously the warrior raised his right arm, holding his hand open in front of him. "Hakai." The word came out of his mouth, just as the Gigantic Burst reached his hand; the entirety of Kefla's beam attack turned purple with a tint of pink. The massive wave of energy as soon as it reached its target, completely disappeared, turning into little orbs of light scattering to the winds.
"WHAT?! HOW?" Kefla was left agape, stunned by the unexpected turn of events.
"I had made up my mind to die on this battle, to see through the retribution of my sins…" Ghil sighed heavily, "But in the end, I am unable to surrender and just die." He punched the grass beneath him, slowly getting back up to his feet. "To think that I would use this power… I'm sorry saiyan warrior, but I also have something dear to protect."
"I don't care. You can spit any bullshit that you want. You will die, today." She glared at him, but strangely enough, all the reservations she had before disappeared. For Kefla, this feels like their real fight in just now starting.
"Then, that the gods may have mercy on you." The silver ki aura around the warrior died out, quickly getting replaced by a dark purple on. "For I will have none."
"Are you sure about this?" One of the elder namekians asked.
"We gave our words on this. We only stayed here, until we found anyone to look after the kids." Pirina answered.
Nerin clenched his hands, gazing at Pirina with guilty eyes. Danah on the other hand held a stoic expression on his face.
"The whole planet is shaking, we can't just stay here and pray that everything ends well." Saonel added. "I have a bad feeling about all this."
"Then you have my blessing to go." A tall and muscular namekian stepped forward, holding a wooden staff on his hand. "If what you said is true, then our allies are in need of our help."
"Thank you grand elder." Pirina said with a smile. "We will make short work of these invaders."
"What about that other man?" Neirin took two steps forwards, looking down to the dark grass. "The one that went later by himself?"
"We will lookout for him first, the others will probably yell at us if anything happens to that fella." Pirina walked closer to the little kid, patting him on the head.
"He chose to go alone, I say you leave him be." Danah said harshly, the confident boy has both arms crossed in front of his chest. "If he is smart, he is probably hiding somewhere."
"Danah!" Neirin called out. "Why are you like that?"
"Just saying the truth." Danah replied with a frown.
"Let's go Pirina. We have to get to them before anything happens with the Dragon Balls." With a quick nod from his comrade, Sanoel flared his ki up, flying away with Pirina at his side.
After getting a room of their own, the saiyan duo rarely receives any visitor; since everyone tends to interact with them only when they are out and about, leaving them alone in their privacy. This room is quite small for two people to live in, but is a very cozy little place. Two single beds are arranged on the far back wall, a somewhat new wardrobe on the right one, leaving the left wall and the front one for a bit of free space.
Three soft knocks sounded on the metal door, getting the saiyan soldier's attention
"It's open, you can come in." Janola answered, quickly putting a shirt back, covering his well-defined and muscular upper body.
"Hey soldier, good morning to ya." Yamcha peeked with his head, a friendly smirk on his lips. "How are you feeling?"
"Better, I can barely feel anything other than a slightly burning sensation once in a while." The saiyan tapped his left shoulder. "I'm good as new."
The captain eyed a small table resting sideways on the wall, his gaze then returning to the saiyan, who is sweating and breathing heavily. "Geez, what is up with you saiyans? You were stuck in bed just a few days ago and look at you now." The captain walked in and punched Janola on the arm. "You have to teach me how to heal that fast."
The young saiyan scratched his left cheek, smiling awkwardly. "Say Captain, where is Coorin? I haven't seen him since yesterday morning."
"He is busy at the moment; he has been helping us reallocate a lot of the refugees to a safer place." Yamcha sat on an empty bed, putting his arms behind his head. "We can't put everyone here; we barely have any space left."
"I see… Sorry for not being able to help on this." Janola leaned against the wall.
"You know, we spent most of our days fighting to not lose or more accurately, fighting to not die." The captain laid down, resting his back on the soft mattress. "That is, until you guys showed up. Now we have hope, a final goal… and I believe that we can find peace in this living hell that we live in." He tilted his head to the side to look at his saiyan friend. "Thank you, for giving us hope."
"You have no need to thank me or Coorin, for that matter." Janola took one hand up, messing with the back of his black and red hair. "To help anyone in need, that is what it means to be a soldier of the defense force… No, that is what it means to be a saiyan."
Yamcha raised himself from the bed, a giant grin on his lips. "Man, I'm ever so glad to have meet you guys." He laced his left arm around the young saiyan's neck, forcing him to follow the captain towards the door. "Why don't I show you to a few of my friends, they will love you I am sure."
Janola knew exactly what he means by a few 'friends' of his. "Ah… I don't know about that."
"Bwahahaha, I'm joking with you. You don't need to get so worried about it." Yamcha pulled away, waving one hand in front of him. "I don't want to get squashed by a certain angry saiyan, do I?"
"I would probably be the one getting squashed." Janola replied with a 'joke' himself. His nervous smile, gave away that it was not much of a joke and more of a statement.
"True enough, haha. I will let you get some more rest." The captain pushed the door open. "We are going to need you for our next big plan. I can't wait to see Red's face when we show up on his fortress." With that, Yamcha walked away, closing the door behind him.
"Yeah, I can't wait to see the face of the bastard who tried to blow us up." Janola cracked his right fist. He quickly took off his shirt again, resuming the workout he was doing before Yamcha barged in his room.
The fight that was once one-sided, is now going on for more than several minutes. After awakening the true potential of his powers, Ghill started to fight back and even get more ground on their exchange of attacks. And after so many being traded between the two incredible powerful warriors, the landscape on this part of Namek is left in a complete state of ruins, with only a few larger island still surviving this brutal battle.
Kefla dived in, firing a ki wave onto her enemy. Her attack was easily dodged by Ghill, but that was part of her plan. As the warrior jumped away from the energy wave, the saiyan girl flew upwards towards him, smashing her left elbow on his chest.
Blood and saliva flew out of his mouth, his eyes closing with the pain. He arched forward, swinging his left fist at Kefla's left side.
"Too slow." She jumped away from the attack, letting him fall slowly to the ground.
"Crescent!" Ghill shouted, the palm of his right hand getting engulfed by the silver light of his ki. "Where are you looking at?" He asked with a smirk.
Kefla turned her face to the right, getting a glimpse of one of his silver energy mirrors forming right beside her. "This will not work again. Not while I'm back in full control." She flared her aura, letting out a short burst of energy pushing her backwards, away from the mirror's range.
"Again, you lost sight of your enemy." Ghill appeared behind Kefla, holding his left hand upwards. "HAKAI!" A concentrated orb of dark purple energy fired out of his hand, giving Kefla no time before it clashed against her back.
A big dome of light formed around the saiyan, bursts of lighting crashing down on her from all sides of the purple sphere. "Gaarh… Aarrgh." Kefla shouted loudly in pain, it was like her entire body was being torn into pieces.
Ghill approached his dome of destruction, putting his left hand on the side of it; a bitter saddened expression on his face. "This is the end, girl. You have pressed me right into the abyss of despair, but in the end… This is my victory." The warrior pressed his finger even more against the orb's wall. "I am sorry." Another purple ball of destruction formed on his right hand. Ghill forced his eyes away from Kefla and pushed his second attack on the ongoing storm of power.
"This…. Gaargh." Kefla arched forward, the pain getting even worse, as her body started to glow in a strange white light. "This is NOTHING!" She slowly raised both arms, holding her hands at the height of her chest. With a thundering shout, the saiyan warrior unleashed the massive power of her ki, pushing the purple lightings away from her.
"Unbelievable… that is the power to destroy worlds." Ghill watched, frozen in place, as Kefla pushed his energy away, forcing the dome to expand more and more, cracks of bright lighting appearing on the surface of the dark sphere.
"I... WILL NOT… LOSE!" A final burst of power exploded from Kefla's body, destroying everything string of light surrounding her. "If this is the end, then it is YOURS." She flew in, spinning incredibly fast on the air; she swung her left leg in a wide arc, smashing Ghill's left side with a devastating kick.
Ghill screamed wildly in pain, as his arm bend in half in an unnatural position, rendering it completely useless.
Not relenting on her attack, Kefla did a fast flip, smashing both of her feet on top of Ghill's head, sending him crashing down onto the grassy ground, making a huge crater on his fall. The girl followed her opponent, landing right on top of him, with one hand aiming at his face.
Coughing more blood out, the white-haired warrior stared at Kefla. "Do it." He said with a hiss of pain.
Little orbs of green energy formed in front of her hand, a deep frown showing on Kefla's face. "Yes, I will do it. You will die for what you did; you will pay for killing him." The little orbs went crazy as she pressed her hands forward, they merged together and started to spin at full speed. Then the powerful attack fizzled into nothing, Kefla's body started to shine with a bright light, getting separated again into different beings.
"A limit once reached…" Ghill pulled himself from the ground, quickly jumping towards the light. With a fast sideway kick, he tackled Caulifla away, following he used his right hand to punch Kale down to the hole where he was stuck in.
"Goddammit, we were so close." Caulifla jumped from the grass, running down with haste towards her friend. "Kale, are you okay?"
Kale glanced upwards, her eyes shining with large tear drops. "I'm fine." She replied, slowly getting out of the hole. "I'm fine…" She lowered her head, her arms trembling with each weeping sob coming out of her.
Ghill started to float, going above the island, his eyes locked down onto the two saiyan girls. "I know that deep down there's still a trace of you, I can still feel a piece of you in me…" He raised his good arm, holding it above his head. "Lend me this cursed power just one last time."
"Looks like he still has something to throw at us." Caulifla clicked her tongue. "Come on Kale, we have to finish this."
Kale did not respond to Caulifla's words, she kept hiding her face behind her hands, tears still flowing down her cheeks.
"KALE!" Caulifla shook her friend's shoulders with both hands. "I know how you feel, I really do." She felt a few tears forming on her own eyes, her hands going down and clenching on the dark blue long shirt she is wearing now. "But we have to beat this guy, we have to… For Asparus."
"But how?" She responded, finally showing her face to Caulifla. "Not even Kefla could stop him."
Caulifla smiled and hit her chest with one hand. "Of course she could, I mean, of course we can. We are Kefla, doesn't matter if this stupid earring stopped working." She grabbed the piece of godly jewelry and tossed it to the side. "Together, we can beat anyone."
"Sis…" Kale teared up even more, but now a shy smile appearing on her lips. "Yes, we can."
"Omega Blade, third phase: Obliteration!" Ghill felt a surge of power taking over his body, a deformed cross of energy forming in front of him. "This is so hard without that sword." He gasped hard, getting out of air, his hand trembling out of control. "Take shape, stay still you damned thing." He bit his lower lip, concentrating everything so his attack would not blow on his face. As if it was following his command, the energy started to merge together, mushing into a spinning sphere of pure silver light.
"I don't like the look of that thing one bit." Caulifla said in a jest. "Let's give our all too, Kale."
"Right!" Kale nodded with a lot of energy.
Both girls placed their arms together, side by side. Caulifla took a long breath and forced herself to transform into her Super Saiyan 3. Kale closed her eyes, focusing on her own ki; her hair quickly gained size as she entered on her Super Saiyan 2 in full power.
The scene in front of him brought a smile to Ghill's lips. After so long he has finally remembered what is like to fight like a real warrior. "You have earned my respect, saiyan warriors. I shall remember about you… But with this, our duel is over!" Swiping his hand downwards, the warrior unleashed the massive spinning ball of silver energy.
"Ready Kale?" Caulifla stomped her right foot on the grass. A bright red orb forming in front of her hands.
"Yes, Sis." A green orb of ki appeared on Kale's hands, growing in size each passing moment.
The saiyans responded shooting a combined wave of red and green, both streams twirling on top of each other, flying at full speed against their opponent's attack. Just above the highest peak in the island, both projectiles meet one another engaging on a power struggle, shooting bits of ki everywhere.
"Puuush… Dammit, we have to push it back." Cailufla said. Her feet making a little trail of dirty on the ground, her body getting pushed back by Ghill's attack.
At Caulifla's command, both girls put out even more power on their beam, enlarging it by double of its original size. However, their attack was still losing space, as the giant spinning ball continued to spiral downwards, literally eating through the red and green wave; with each inch that it gains on the struggle, more it grews in size and speed, somewhat mimicking what the Omega Blade used to do when absorbing ki.
In a separate island to the east side of where the fight is happening, Goku and Cabba landed on top of a high mountain. The young saiyan soldier dropped all the three balls he was carrying, gritting his teeth with the view of that crossing of kis.
"CAULIFLA!" Cabba poised himself to fly again and help his lover. But a firm hand grasped him by the shoulder, forcing him to stay in place. "What are you doing? I have to help them." Said the soldier in panic.
"You have to? Really?" Goku stared at him, a serious expression on his face. "Why don't you put a bit of faith on them? I watched you defeat Freeza against really big odds, can't you trust them to do the same?"
Cabba looked away from Goku, placing his gaze on the ongoing fight. 'Caulifla, Kale… Please, don't lose.'
The silver spinning terror of light is descending more and more, sharps tips of pure light are now touching the ground of the island, ripping away rocks and grass. Caulifla and Kale are losing heavily their fight, their combined forced is almost completely gone, just a tiny part of their beam is still left, keeping Ghill's attack away from them.
"Ha… Ha… I am not a god after all, hahah." Ghill whispered under his rugged breath. His hand is trembling, no, it's shaking out of control; with each harsh unconscious yank of his limb, the warrior grunts in pain. "I know that my words can't reach you, but." His eyes closed for a moment, his head falling slowly. "Sorry for breaking my promise. I can't go back to you, Elazul…" His right arm fell to the side, his concentration breaking and his powerful attack frizzling into nothing but little orbs of light. Ghill closed both eyes again, his body slowly gliding down into a controlled fall.
"NOW!" Caulifla shouted an order, pushing her hands forward. Kale followed her action, pushing even more of her power. Their streams flew past the scattered little orbs of silver light, rising in an uproar of power, consuming anything on its path. The beacon of red and green, swallowed the white-haired warrior, his body quickly disappeared in a flash of a moment. After battling so much, going far pass his limits, he has finally been bested.
"Is it over?" Kale fell down to her knees; returning back to normal, feeling completely exhausted after using so much power.
"I think so… he is gone!" Caulifla said excited, then fell with her butt to the ground, her hair back going back to the normal size and color. "What a crazy strong guy he was, I'm just glad that we pulled through."
"So am I." A soft male voice sounded from behind her, firm hands reaching in, embracing Caulifla closely from behind. "I'm glad that we all pulled through this."
"Cabba!" She called out, twirling around to look at his face. "You're back to us!" She hugged him back. "Then Freeza is gone?"
"He is. I told you, I could handle him by myself." The soldier responded with a bright smile.
"But it sure was a close call, wasn't it?" Goku soon landed next to the saiyan couple, much to the girls' surprise.
"Son Goku?!" Caulifla glared at him. "What are you doing here? And what was a close call?"
"Calm down Caulifla, we can't answer everything at once."Cabba said.
"You look like a mess, look at this!" She raised herself a bit from the ground, pointing at the various wounds on his back. "How can you ask me to calm down?"
Goku tilted his head to the side, his gaze changing towards the other saiyan sitting by herself. "Yo Kale, are you okay?" He asked after noticing her strange lack of reactions after such a fierce fight.
"I-I have to go…" She replied with a quiet voice. "I have to find him, I need to find Asparus."
"Kale…" Caulifla looked sadly at her friend. Cabba glanced to the side, feeling a bit lost and confused.
"You don't need to go anywhere." Vegeta said with dry words. He landed close to Kale, carrying the body of the young prince and two other items with him. Without any other words, he kneeled down, placing both Asparus and the broken Omega Blade close to the girl.
Kale eyed the form of her beloved prince, his expression is so calm and serene it almost makes it looks like he is just sleeping. She traced down, looking at the blood staining his pale skin and then the deep stabbed wound open on his chest. "I am sorry…" She rested her forehead on his chest, a few teardrops running down on her cheeks and falling onto him. "I should have stayed with you." She whispered to him, her sobbing getting even more intense.
"How can this be?" Cabba stared in shock at his deceased friend. "Why is he dead?"
"He has chosen his own path." Vegeta said in a loud voice. "He fought to protect you and he gave his life so you could have a chance of winning." He pointed at the sheathed sword lying on the ground. "What would happen if that guy had his sword just a few minutes ago? That was probably why the boy chose to face him alone."
"But that is not right." Cabba raised his voice, glaring at his master. "Why is he the only one?"
"Are you stupid?!" Vegeta yelled right back at him. "All that matters is that that you have won. If you three are safe, then you can do something about this, right?" He raised the Dragon Ball on his hand.
"The Dragon Balls!?" Cabba said, his eyes widening at the realization.
Kale looked up, a glint of hope showing on her eyes.
"Yeah, the Dragon Balls that you left there on the other island." Goku waved one finger at the young soldier. "I couldn't carry all of them by myself, so I just left them all there."
"Not a really good job in guarding them, was it?" Pirina landed hard on the ground, he is holding three of the orange balls with him.
"Leave at that Pirina, they have beaten all the bad guys. No problem in leaving them out in the open for a few minutes." Saonel landed right next, bringing the rest with him. "You really did destroyed them before we could join in, huh?" He said looking to Caulifla.
"Well, I don't know half of what is going on. But this is turning out to be quite a strange ordeal." Pirana glanced at Goku and Vegeta. "Even those guys are here."
"I would like to explain it all to you, but now we should first call out for the dragon inside the balls, don't you think?" With his signature warping light, Whis appeared in the middle of the group, Vados coming right in with him.
"Whis! Where is Lord Beerus?" Goku asked.
"Lord Beerus is currently helping his brother deal with the source of the problem without destroying the entire universe with it." Whis replied in his normal stoic way. "Now, if you would please." He pointed his staff to the namekians.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry." Pirina laid the balls on the ground, with Saonel following suit. Vegeta slowly walked forward putting the last one together with the rest of the set.
"Now what? Do we need to call him with the namekian language?" Goku asked to the bulky green man.
"No need for that, you can call Porunga yourself." Saonel said in response.
"Really? Then let's get this done with." Goku said with a child-like grin.
"Wait, Kakarot." Vegeta called out to him. "They did all that job, leave the wishes to the kids."
"What?..." Goku glanced back, a disappointed frown showing on his face. "If you say so." He stepped aside, letting Cabba walk closer to the Dragon Balls.
The young soldier stared nervously to the ground in front of him. "What do I do?" He turned his face to look at the other people.
"Just say: Porunga come forth and grant my wishes." Pirina responded with an amused smirk.
"Erh… Porunga?... Porunga come forth and grant my wishes!" At first the soldier was hesitant, but in the end he ended up shouting the words at the top of his lungs.
The Dragon Balls started to pulse with light, the air getting heavy and the clear bright sky of Namek got dark, full of black clouds. A massive body of light escaped from the glowing items, flying all the way to up, with incredible show of lights coming to a pause, two large red eyes appeared, glaring intensely at the young saiyan soldier.
"You have awakened me from my slumber." The giant green dragon said in a deep and mystical voice. "You may have three wishes. So speak your first wish."
"Look at that thing. He is HUGE." Caulifla commented, completely at awe with appearance of the sacred dragon.
"Go ahead Cabba, make your wish." Goku said cheerfully.
"But how do I ask this?" He glanced to Asparus and then to the namekian men. "So many people have perished." He looked to Vegeta, searching for an answer.
"Ask the dragon to revive the people who have died on the invasion from the fourth universe." Vegeta said, again with a frown.
"Wait, but didn't they destroyed a bunch of the planets on their way here?" Goku jumped in. "If we just revive them on open space, then they would die right after. Ask if he can rebuild the planets they destroyed first."
Cabba gave a quick nod and turned to face the dragon. "Porunga, can you restore every planet that was destroyed in the raid of the fourth universe?"
The dragon stared at the saiyan for a few seconds. "That is impossible, to restore a planet like that is beyond my power, it is even more so when you speak of multiple ones."
"He can't? We do what now?" Caulifla asked disheartened. "We should just revive the people that still have a planet?"
"I wouldn't worry about that." Vados spoked up. "It seems that every planet that was destroyed, is now back to normal." She displayed a vision of Udim on top of her scepter.
"Hm… So that discharge of energy we felt was the saiyan prince bringing all those planets back to normal?" Whis glanced at the Omega Blade. "What at interesting turn of events."
"Then if we don't need to restore the planets." Cabba cleared his throat. "Porunga, could you revive every innocent person that died on the invasion?"
Once again the Dragon stood quiet in place, staring down at Cabba. "An easy feat." His words brought a new ray of hope to the young team of saiyans, especially Kale. They looked at each other trading smiles and nodding with happiness. The dark red eyes of Porunga shone with a powerful light, a gush of wind coming out of him. "It has be done."
Cabba, Kale and Caulifla, all looked down to Asparus. They prepared themselves for welcoming him back, to bathe him with warm words and bright smiles. However, the prince showed no sign of waking up. His wounds still open and his eyes remaining closed.
"What happened? Should he be back by now?" Cabba asked confused.
"Oi, Pirina. How long does it take for your wish trick dragon to work?" Caulifla said impatiently.
"I don't know, every time he has brings people back instantly." The Namekian responded, scratching the back of his head.
"Hey Porunga guy, didn't you said that you had granted his wish?" Now Caulifla yelled at the mighty dragon. "Why isn't the Asparus back?"
"So it was like I thought…" Whis said to himself, getting Vegeta's attention.
"I have granted his wish…" Responded the Dragon. "I have revived everyone that died on this invasion, but I can't bring a god back to life."
"No way…" Cabba felt his heart sink. For a moment he had hopes of seeing his friend back, but now that was taken away from him again. He looked around him, Caulifla is biting her lips angrily cursing under her breath, while Kale is just sitting beside Asparus, staring at his face with her left hand caressing his hair.
The entire planet of Namek started to shake, beams of purple light showing on the sky, far to the east. "What was that?" Pirina asked startled.
"A fight between Gods of Destruction is a catastrophic thing." Whis said. "If they keep going at it, your planet. No, the entire universe might collapse."
"Can't we do something?" Goku asked. "I don't want to see everything here being erased."
"And you plan to do what?" Vados asked with genuine curiosity. "Want to fight against a God of Destruction? I don't think that Lord Quitela will be as generous as Lord Beerus."
"Do any of you have any wishes left?" The dragon is running out of patience, after standing still for so long. "Speak up, so I may leave."
"Sorry Porunga, wait just a bit." Goku clapped his hands, bowing in apology to the dragon. "I don't know what we can do, but we need to do something… This god of destruction is just being unfair, he can't just take anything that he wants and leave it at that… After all this invasion of his and now this. I don't think that is right."
"Well said, mister Goku." A serene voice sounded from behind Goku. "I also think that this is unacceptable."
"What?" Goku turned back, his eyes almost jumping out from its sockets after getting a glimpse of the person behind him. "G-G-Grand Priest?" His aggravated voice alerted everyone, even the proud and powerful Dragon bowed in respect.
"It's a great honor to see you, Grand Priest." Porunga said still bowing his head.
"Oh, mister Porunga." The small blue man said with a soft smile. "Your assistance in bringing back so many lives is appreciated, but you may leave now."
"As you wish, Grand Priest." With one last bow, the dragon disappeared back into the Dragon Balls, the seven of them continued to shake on the grass until the light faded away and the sun light came back to the green sky.
"Whis." The Grand Priest said without even looking to his son.
"I understand." The angel nodded in response. "Goku, Vegeta. It seems that we need to take our leave."
"What? No way." Goku protested. "We are finally here, I really want to see that saiyan planet."
Vegeta did not complained with words, but his face was showing the same disappointment that Goku is venting out.
"Please Whis, I really want to see it." Goku went on complaining.
With a snap of his fingers, the Grand Priest instantly teleported Whis, Vegeta and Goku back to their universe. "His spirit sure is energetic." He said with a little laugh. "This may seem a bit unfair now, but I will also need you to leave." His words were directed to the three remaining saiyans.
"Wait, can you help us?" Cabba raised his voice.
With no worded reply, The Grand Priest smiled warmly to Cabba, just before sending the three of them back to Sadala with another snap of his fingers. "The boy with the irregular soul can wait, now is time to put an end to this." He clapped both hands together in front of him, but it made no sounds. Instead everything around the Grand Priest turned a white empty space. This white void began to expand, swallowing almost everything, leaving behind only The Grand Priest himself, Vados, and Asparus's body.
From thin air, all three Gods of Destruction appeared in front of him. Quitela lunged forward, grabbing Champa by the neck, while Beerus jumping to kick the yellow god on the back.
"ENOUGH!" The Grand Priest did not yell or shout, but his voice came out so loud that made the three of them fall to the ground, covering their ears. "It seems that experiencing the completely erasure of your existence is not enough to silence your arrogance."
"Grand Priest, as you can see. These two are plotting for quite some time to get rid of me." Quitela was the first one to get up and speak up. "I only did what was necessary to keep my head."
"Huh?! What sort of non-sense are you spitting out? You damned rat." Champa jumped up, angrily waving his right arm. "I will beat you up again if is that what you want."
"See, the fat thing doesn't even hide his hatred for me." Quitela said with trembling voice, hiding a sly smirk behind his fake scared expression.
"I have watched you since the beginning, from the day that you brought Freeza to this universe to when you appeared on the green planet. I know your role on this show." The imposing priest glared at Quitela. "Just to make myself clear, I don't care what you do, nor how you rule over your people and how you drag them down to an inferior existence." His voice getting darker and more serious, sending chills down the spine of everyone listening. "However, to bring destruction and disorder to a place where you have no rights… Unacceptable."
"Wait, I can explain this." Quitela yelled in desperation.
"You have been warned of how inferior your universe is and instead of making it better, stronger. You try to undermine another in search of personal gains." The Grand Priest vanished from his spot, reappearing right on top of Quitela. "You don't deserve godhood." With just a swoop of his left arm, he disintegrated the God of Destruction, leaving no trace of him behind.
"Damn, I wouldn't wish that even to him." Champa commented.
"After all that ruckus? He got what he deserved." Said Beerus in response.
"This deals with one problem." The Grand Priest said in a calm voice, like nothing had happened.
"One?" Champa asked, he felt a lump on his throat. Even if he hadn't do anything wrong, this man stills stirs fears on him.
"We can't leave the fourth universe without a God of Destruction, right?" The white haired priest said with a smile. "Cognac." He called out.
"Yes, father?" The angel instantly appeared behind his superior.
"There are any successor or suitable pupil to fill his place?" The pale blue man asked.
"Well, there was one with quite the talent. With a few more years I could turn him into an acceptable candidate." The angel then tilted his head to the side. "But he died just a few minutes ago."
A fast snap of finger sounded just as Cognac finished talking. A bright white light raised in front of the Grand Priest. "It's a pleasure to meet you, mister Ghill."
"Where I am?" A voice came out of the bright light. "Heaven?"
"Not quite, but please refrain to just respond what I will ask of you. Can you do that?"
The voice did not replied, instead it remained quiet, waiting for the priest question.
"You are a very rare soul, one that I had watched before. Just like our little friend there." The priest pointed to Asparus, a troubled groan coming from the light. "One time you have strived to be a powerful leader in pursuit of greatness for your people, until part of you was stolen as you picked up that sword."
"The cursed power that stole everything from me." Ghill's voice sounded sadnned, angry and regretful.
"Hm… A choice you regret, but a choice you have taken in the past. Nothing can be done about that." The Grand Priest reached for the light, touching its warmth with his fingers. "But what about now? Would you choose to lead, not only your people, but your entire universe? To guide them towards greatness just like you once strived for?"
"If that path is given to me, I would gladly accept it."
The light shone even brighter, taking the form of a person slowly rebuilding itself into the warrior it once was. His long silk white hair was the first part to can back to life, floating away on the air, soon after Ghill came out from the light, wearing long bright green cloth pants with a darker green belt just under his belly button and a very familiar green stripped attire over his shoulders.
"Then, I welcome you back to life. God of Destruction, Ghill." Like a little show of celebration, the Grand Priest clapped his hands a couple of times. "I would hate to put pressure on you, but I also would like to remember of the poor state that your universe is in. So I will be looking forward to see what you can do in the future."
"I give you my word, I will do anything to correct the mistakes we have done in the past… All of them." The new God of Destruction held his hands together in front of his chest and bowed his head, while making his pledge.
With a tired sigh Cognac walked forward, tapping Ghill's shoulder with his scepter. "We should take our leave then. So much to do, and so much to teach you."
Already knowing much about his new teacher and attendant, Ghill only nodded and smile.
"Are you going to leave your weapon?" The Grand Priest asked, raising an eyebrow.
"That… sword, does not belong to me anymore." Ghill glanced to Asparus lying on the white floor. "That man proved to have a stronger will than mine, he is a warrior worthy of owning that relic."
"I see, so that is your choice?" With a big smile, the priest waved Ghill off. "I hope you don't get to regret this one as well."
This time it was the sound of Cognac scepter hitting the floor that announced their leaving, as an orb of white light engulfed him and his student, warping them back to their home.
"Now I attend to our little prince here." With a chirp smirk, the pale blue man walked over to Asparus, contemplating with himself about what he should do. "Maybe I should make him a God of Destruction too?"
"What?!" Champa yelled in surprise.
"Haha, I'm just jesting with you. But he sure does deserves a big reward." The priest placed his right hand on Asparus' forehead. "Why don't I ask you instead, huh?" A bright white light resonated within the saiyan's body, healing all of his wounds and bringing back to him the warmth of life.
The saiyan prince opened his eyes slowly, bewildered with his surroundings. "Wha- Who?" He babbled without much thought. "Is this a dream?"
"A dream?" The priest laughed with amusement. "Quite the opposite, but if this was a dream. What wish would you want to come true?"
Asparus glanced to the side, looking at all those strange people staring at him. His heart ached a little, a feeling of yearning urging inside of him. "Huh… Maybe, yeah. I want to go home." His simple answer brought a smile to his lips, because if he could wish for anything, what he really wants now, is to go back home.
PS: This was a cool journey, at least for me lol. As you can guess, this is the "end" there will be no new adventures for the our cool saiyan team, but it is not the end of this story. I still have a few more things I want to show you guys, and I think that it will be a pleasant surprise. Wait eagerly for the next one, it will be a fun one.
Oh yeah, Can anyone guess from where the title name comes this time?
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VcArchangel chapter 21 . Nov 28 – A vacation sure is coming, but Cabba is a soldier he has a lot of things before he can be given free time.
I chose to let Cabba win by himself, because I think he deserves, and he didn't get this type of attention on the cannon story. And Ghill is not an enemy Kale could win with just raw power, even without his sword he is a powerful warrior, he is from a race that is like the saiyans on his own universe and he is the next candidate to be God of Destruction, he deserved a powerful last opponent.
Like always, thank you for every time leaving a comment and some notes. Lol, to tell the truth I always keep my attention on the pc until your review appears, it feels really good. ;)
Uchiha247 chapter 21 . Nov 28 – A bit of an unexpected twist, but I'm glad that you like it. Cabba showing his fighting prowess, Sadala's Ace is a strong warrior.