Chapter 14: The Chosen
In the midst of the firey rubble, Kassava's scream echoed out in crashing through one of the last standing structures. The Saiyan skidded along the ground, kicking up stone and metal alike in her slowing in the small crater she had formed. She panted heavily, clutching at her side and laying still with tightly shut eyes for a moment.
Her eyes shot open within a second, quickly pushing herself up to her feet at the command of her instincts. She clenched her fists, scowling with turquoise eyes at the approaching being across the way casually walking towards her. The golden shine of Blaze's skin shone brilliantly with the flames surrounding him from the wreckage, his eyes narrowed into slits with a slightly amused tone.
"You still haven't answered my question. We both have golden forms, but tell me: why does mine shine with the lighting while yours only seems to get duller after every punch?"
Kassava snarled, letting out a vicious roar as a golden aura shot up from underneath her boots. The Saiyan immediately bolted forward in a dash, launching her arms like pistons in mid stride into a flurry of small yellow energy blasts. Blaze slightly rolled his eyes, lightly and lazily slapping each blast in multiple directions and quickly catching Kassava's right arm once she had closed the gap towards him.
"Again? Surely you would've come up with a different approach after the fourth failure."
Kassava winced heavily, bending forward from the knee now lodged into her ribs. She hacked heavily, attempting to suck in air before bolting backwards at the strike to her right cheek. The Saiyan cried out, flipping against the ground and sliding to a halt in another small crater. Her arms trembled, the golden hue of her hair fading away in her struggle to stay conscious.
She lifted her chin up at the sight of Blaze's golden legs, staring up at the warrior.
"Really? Four counters, and you're down for the count?"
A small chuckle escaped his lips.
"Your brother would surely be disappointed."
Kassava snarled once again, finding a small amount of strength from the rage. However, her body collapsed back onto the floor in her attempt to rise up. Her eyes continued to stare up at Blaze, her tone venomous.
"What's more disappointing is that I can't see your face with that glare. Surely...you could've picked a better color palette than that tacky gold."
Blaze chuckled in response, raising his right arm slightly and looked over it.
"Yes, I suppose it is a bit gauche, isn't it?"
He shrugged his shoulders once.
"How about I glow a neon blue while radiating sparkles in my aura? That might be-"
Blaze huffed, blasting back from the sudden white fisted glove connecting with his chest. Vegetto smirked, slowly standing upright as he drew his arm back while his matching blue hair and aura lightly flowed in the breeze.
"Well, there's a small taste of the 'neon blue and sparkles' you wanted. Would you like some more?"
Blaze slowly pushed himself off the nearby building he had collided into, reaching up and brushing off his left shoulder.
"About time you showed up. I was beginning to think you were going to let your friend there die."
Vegetto narrowed his eyes slightly.
"You don't know anything about me."
Blaze chuckled once again, shaking his head.
"Oh, that's where you're wrong...Vegetto."
The fusion blinked at the spoken name, watching on as Blaze turned his head to the right.
"I know all about you Time Patrollers. You powers...even-"
The larger golden Arcosian whirled around, Frieza bursting out from the building behind him in a matter of seconds. Blaze laughed once more, having locked Frieza's own golden head in his right arm and quickly bringing him to the ground on one knee. Frieza blinked in confusion, clawing at Blaze's arm in his hacking while Blaze continued.
"-your new recruit that bested me in another timeline."
Vegetto tensed, watching Blaze lightly jab his right arm into Frieza's rib before tossing him like a ragdoll towards the two Saiyans. Frieza flipped around, landing gracefully at Vegetto's side while Blaze continued.
"I have been blessed with visions of what is to come, and given the strength to reap what has been sown..."
Vegetto clenched his fists, watching Blaze erupt into another confident chuckle.
"The Masters have spoken! I am the chosen one!"
Trunks blinked, turning towards the Supreme Kai with a frown.
"The Chosen One?"
The Supreme Kai of Time kept narrowed eyes as well, staring down at the small screen.
"The Masters..."
Her eyes turned slightly towards the material of the Scroll itself, studying the dark purple tint.
Where have I heard those titles before...
Vegetto let out a thunderous roar, launching both arms forward with palms connected at Blaze. A monsterous neon blue energy beam shortly followed, tearing up the rock beneath it in its path towards the golden warrior. Blaze frowned at the sight, rapidly dashing to his left, only to catch the full force of Frieza's left leg directly in his stomach. Frieza's expression was hidden beneath the mask of his form, but his confidence was clear in his tone.
"Chosen one or not, you haven't changed a bit."
Blaze's eyes then turned towards his left, collapsing to the ground on all fours from the force of Vegetto's elbow slamming into his upper back.
"You never could keep up with a speed blitz."
Blaze snarled, rapidly spinning across the ground and sending out a violent beam of energy across the surface. Vegetto and Frieza both lept in opposite directions to avoid the energy wave aimed at their feet. Vegetto blinked, his right boot having being gripped onto tightly by Blaze's right hand.
The fusion cried out, swinging back around towards Frieza at the command of Blaze's arm, colliding head first into Frieza's chest. The two rapidly blasted backwards, Blaze following after them with reeled fists. The golden warrior roared, launching a flurry of punches at the two. Vegetto kept a glare, desperately trying to recover and barely fended off each strike, floating backwards with Frieza in an attempt to dodge the blows.
Vegetto then reached upwards, catching one of Blaze's fists in both hands while Frieza caught the other. Both warriors roared in unison, pulling Blaze forward and driving both of their knees into the being's stomach. The two released their grip, allowing Blaze to stumble backwards along the ground for a brief moment and clutch his abdomen.
The golden warrior chuckled to himself, slowly straightening himself upright and holding clenched fists at his sides.
"Adorable. Bitter enemies for years, and now, perfect teammates in a fight. It'd be inspiring if your powers weren't so pathetic."
Vegetto raised an eyebrow, his eyes widened quickly from the blow to his own stomach. The fusion dropped to his knees, clutching his abdomen in pain and blasting backwards across the ground.
The fusion grunted, throwing up his arms and sending out volleys of bright blue energy blasts, Frieza dashing to his left to avoid taking the force of the blows. Blaze casually strolled forward, disappearing into the smoke of the blasts from the impact before quickly remerging on the other side, throwing his left arm forward in a punch.
Blaze then suddenly bolted to the side, narrowly doding Frieza's long golden tail cracking the ground beneath where he stood moments ago. Blaze tapped the ground with both feet before dashing forward after Frieza, only to fall backwards in Vegetto's tight bear hug. The fusion roared as he slammed Blaze down onto the ground, throwing punch down a flurry of punches aimed at Blaze's face.
Blaze chuckled, twisting his neck from side to side in an eerily bone breaking fashion, dodging the blows with each crack in the ground being made by the fusion's fists. Vegetto blinked in confusion, gasping slightly before suddenly bolting upwards from the force of Blaze's left elbow.
The fusion barely had time to recover, hacking heavily as Blaze instantly followed after him in a teleport, encasing Vegetto's throat with his right hand. His head turned towards Frieza, letting out a small dark chuckle at the oncoming red blasts. Blaze lazily spun around, using Vegetto's body to block the oncoming blasts.
The fusion cried out in pain, soon disappearing with Blaze into the smoke. Frieza narrowed his eyes after grunting in frustration, watching Vegetto rocket out from the smoke and crashing into the ground a few feet away from him. He soon turned his eyes back up to the smoke cloud, watching it disappate away from a single wave of Blaze's right hand.
Frieza quickly bolted upwards, clashing head on with Blaze in a furious assault of kicks and punches.
Vegetto huffed heavily, his arms trembling a bit as he pushed himself upright in the small crater he had formed from the impact. The top left portion of his gi had been ripped from the blasts, small red scratches having littered his body from scraping along the ground. He closed his right eye for a moment, his attention locked on the approaching Kassava sprinting towards him.
The female Saiyan tugged at his arm, helping him upright on the ground.
"Vegetto! Are you alright?!"
Vegetto grunted, watching the fight between Frieza and Blaze above.
"Yeah...I'm fine..."
His eyes then immediately narrowed, turning his head towards Kassava.
"What on Earth were you thinking? You could've been killed!"
Kassava glanced down, avoiding his stare before returning an angry stare matching Vegetto's.
"I know, alright?! Let's just get out of here...you can yell at me later!"
Vegetto shook his head once, pausing to take a breath.
"No...this Blaze...there's something wrong with him. It's affecting the Scroll and the time stream...we have to find out why."
Kassava frowned, still clutching onto Vegetto's arm.
"But how? He's too strong to fight head on."
Vegetto grinned slightly, his eyes turning up towards Frieza. Despite the two having nearly matching transformations and power, it was clear Frieza was on the defensive and retreating slowly down from the air.
"Not when we have fusion."
Vegetto reached up to his left ear, grunting slightly as he pulled the Potara earring off and clutched it into his hand. He then turned towards Kassava, his narrowed eyes meeting hers.
"You're going to have to stall him for a minute, Kassava. Can you handle that?"
Kassava glanced around for a moment, frowning heavily before meeting Vegetto's eyes again.
"I...well I don't want you to fuse."
Vegetto raised an eyebrow, still panting lightly.
"Why? What's wrong with fusion?"
Kassava glanced down at Vegetto's question, soon releasing his arm. Vegetto continued to stare on in confusion, watching Kassava rise to her feet and turn back to face towards Frieza and Blaze above. She raised both of her arms about halfway, clenching her hands into fists before letting out a ground shattering scream.
Vegetto glanced around with wide eyes, watching the ground crack around Kassava's feet. The Saiyan slowly rose up into the air, being overtaken by a blinding blue light forcing Vegetto to shield his eyes with his right arm.
Above, both of the golden Arcosians stopped in the middle of their combat at the bright blue sight below, turning to face towards it. Blaze blinked along with Frieza, watching the light slowly fade away and meeting Kassava's now glowing neon eyes.
The fusion gasped, staring at Kassava's back in silence. His eyes took in the sight of the flame like aura that matched her now flowing blue, spikey hair. Particles of light brilliantly shone inside of the aura, sparks of lighting radiating around the woman's body.
Trunks blinked, staring down at the screen showing the newly transformed Kassava.
"What the...she's a Super Saiyan God?!"
The Supreme Kai of Time matched the Saiyan's perplexed stare, opting to stay silent.
Vegetto's mouth continued to hang open, nearly blasting backwards across the ground from the force of Kassava suddenly bolting upwards into the sky. Frieza floated back slightly, watching on as Kassava suddenly blasted past him and connected a punch directly into Blaze's right cheek. The golden tyrant grunted, his head whipping to the side and floating backwards from the force of the blow.
"I...can't...move!"
Blaze soon blasted back down towards the ground, crashing into the ground from another blow dealt to his chest. Kassava kept narrowed eyes, floating down casually a few feet away from the small crater left behind.
Frieza and Vegetto soon moved to her sides, their eyes widening at the sight of Blaze's body slowly rising upwards into the air on its own. The Arcosian grunted a few times, his arms and legs twisting and turning as if they were being manipulated like a puppet.
His body continued to float, Blaze soon slipping out of consciousness with open arms towards the sky. The body began to glow an ominous dark purple, a strange and dark voice booming above the warriors from no particular source.
Insects interfere. They do not understand.
Vegetto's eyes immediately turned to the slow succession of minor shockwaves, dark purple plumes of smoke erupting into a line near Blaze's floating body. Six dark and ominous humanoid silloheutes, with scythe shaped horns from the sides of their heads jutting upwards, stood before Vegetto, Kassava, and Frieza. The middle being spoke first with a mechanical voice.
"We are the six. The Masters...heed our warning."
Vegetto tensed his arms, watching on as the farthest being to the left spoke next.
"Your victory here is insignificant. We are driven by a higher purpose."
The being closest to the middle on the right continued.
"Blaze is our tool...our vessel."
Vegetto's eyes turned towards the being to the farthest left this time.
"The vessel is damaged. But it will be repaired."
The middle being spoke up next, his tone darkening.
"Blaze is ours. Heed this warning: do not interfere again."
Vegetto blinked heavily, watching the six silhouettes each erupt into another plume of smoke, the ground shaking slightly as they disappeared along with Blaze. Kassava let out a small sigh, rapidly descending out of her transformation and turning back to face towards the others.
"We should head back to the Time Vault."
Vegetto's eyes immediately narrowed, locked with Kassava's.
"Hold on a second. What the hell was that?"
Kassava raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
Vegetto frowned.
"That transformation. How did you do that?"
Kassava narrowed her eyes in response.
"Does it matter?"
Vegetto nodded, his eyes widening a bit incrediously.
"Yes...it really does. That transformation is only possible after taking the energy from six Saiyans. How could you have possibly transformed?"
Kassava groaned slightly, placing her right hand on her hip.
"Can we please just get out of here first?"
Vegetto kept narrowed eyes, but turned away slightly in silence as his response, the three warriors soon disappearing into a bright white light.