Cyborg Gothic
Part 28
"You're late" the organiser of this event complained.
He looked at me expectantly, no doubt wanting an explanation for my tardiness. So I decided to give him one.
"I am so sorry" I said "I needed to shower and change after restoring order to Hell. Saving the universe from an extremely powerful and insane Saiyan tends to make you a bit messy".
Out of the corner of my eye I could see King Kai looking at me sternly. Somehow the small blue alien was able to make me feel like a naughty schoolboy. It was a useful talent that some teachers had and this one had it mastered.
"Gothic, I have already signed you up" North Kai said as I walked over to him "You'll be fighting soon, and remember not to use your Super Cyborg transformation unless you absolutely must. We want to keep it a surprise for whoever you face off against in the last match".
I nodded at my mentor as we headed towards where the fighters were waiting. Some of the other warriors were more than five times my size. But I didn't feel threatened at all, as their power levels when compared to mine were not that impressive.
"What idiot let a human enter the tournament?" a big red hairy alien asked the others "They're nothing but weaklings".
I should have been pleased that these people were underestimating me as that would make it so much sweeter when I kicked their asses, but after fighting Broly again I found it hard to control my temper. The insane Saiyan made me so mad.
"Wait maybe he's here to serve us drinks" another said "I hear humans make good slaves".
I decided then if I fought that alien I would make the fight the most painful experience of his afterlife.
"No I'm actually participating in the tournament." I told them.
I then took a moment to straighten my Gi. Like the last one I'd worn it was black with a trim, only that was silver now, and it had the Turtle School symbol on the front. I had after all trained under Master Roshi, if it was only for a couple of days. On the back it had the symbol used my King Kai, this informed people that I was his student.
The huge hairy alien then grabbed his big round belly and laughed. He was making fun of me, and had it not been against the rules I would have taught the foul xenos why it was a bad idea to make fun of me. But it was better to wait so that he could be humiliated in front of the entire audience.
"Did you hear that guys?" the oversized and ugly alien asked the others "The weaklings gonna fight us".
Rather than say anything I turned around and walked away. My intention was to focus on the fights so I could study the winners, but that didn't get me anywhere as the current match ended as soon as I started to pay attention.
"Pikkon is the winner!" The announcer shouted
I'd suspected that I would met Pikkon on the battlefield again, and that the next time we wouldn't be battling alongside each other. Out of everyone here the green skinned being was my only real challenge. Granted he might not have had much success in fighting Broly, but that was mostly due to him greatly underestimating the insane Saiyan rather than a lack of skill. Our match would be different because Pikkon had seen me in action, and so he would know what to expect.
My trail of thought came to an end when my name was called out. I was being called to the ring to fight, and as it turned out the big, rude alien was my opponent. This brought me great joy.
"Go, Gothic!" I heard King Kai cheer.
It was pleasing to know that someone out there was on my side.
"Now let the match begin!" the announcer declared.
The brutish being was five time bigger than me, at least, and he looked strong enough to pick up a house. However that meant little.
"It's just a jump to the left!" I sang as the big alien attempted to crush me under his massive and smelly feet "And then a step to right"
My mockery had the desired effect. The red skinned thug lost what little self control he had, and tried to stamp me out of existence without any concern for his own safety.
"I curl my hands into a fist!" I sang "And then I knock out your lights!".
My words were soon put into action as my fist met the face of the ugly being, and in a single punch I sent the thug flying out of the ring.
"Yay, Gothic!" cheered King Kai.
It took a few moments for the audience to process what had just happened. None of them had expected a mere human to defeat such a large creature, and it had been rather sudden. Of course I wasn't a mere human, but they didn't know that.
Soon I got some applause, but as I walked out of the ring I didn't pay in any attention as I wasn't here for glory. I was here to prove that I was the best fighter in the universe, and I was now one step closer to that goal.
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Sometime later my name was called again.
"Up next Gothic and Caterpy!" the announcer called out.
For a second I wondered if I was going to be fighting a pokemon.
"Guess I'm up" I said to myself.
I flew as gracefully as I could into the ring and then I scrutinised my opponent. He was a giant caterpillar thing with gloves on all many hands, and also he was wearing purple trousers.
"Shouldn't you be in Wonderland?" I asked the big bug guy.
The announcer, who looked like one of those people mushroom from Super Mario Brothers was now going over the rules.
"If you fall from the ring, start to cry, or give up you lose the match. And poking in the eye or hitting below the belt are plain mean and are not allowed" we were told "Needless to say you can't kill anybody in this tournament cause they're already dead!"
Well Broly had seemed dead to me as I'd cut him to pieces, but perhaps he wasn't. I didn't really understand how things worked in Otherworld, and I figured it would take me a very long time to learn everything.
"Let the match begin!" the announcer then yelled
The crowd started to cheer.
"Gothic" I heard King Kai shout very loudly "Crush him like the worm he is. Show them all why the North Quadrant is best!".
That was the plan.
"Okay lets get this over with" I said to the many armed creature.
The worm man thing walked slowly and when he stood right in front of me the alien, or whatever it was, took a moment to look me up and down while making an expression of disgust. Somehow Caterpillar guy made it seem as if I was the bug
"Behold the perfection that is Cyborg 21" I said to my opponent "It took a planet exploding to kill me!".
Actually I'd suffocated in the cold vacuum of space, but had the world not gone boom then me suffocating wouldn't have happened so it wasn't a total lie.
The bug man thing tried to shove me out of the ring, and then its look of disgust changed to one of confusion because I didn't budge an inch. I also attempt to push him out, only that had no real effect either.
Next the creature leaned forward as is to pick me up. Since the last hug I'd endured had not been at all pleasant I grabbed two of the thing's arms before it could grab mine and that caused it to bend forward. I smiled at him and looked in the eyes, which was possible now as our faces were now at the same height. Then I head butted in many armed being the face.
The Alice in Wonderland extra fell backwards, and then it came right back at me like one of those inflatable wacky waving tube men. Which gave me a chance to hit the bug man monster again, and again.
"Why do I always get the strong ones?" the thing moaned.
My intention was to finish this now, partly because I wanted to and also because the crowd was practically begging for it. I wouldn't normally care for the opinions of the masses, but for some reason this time I wanted to make an exception.
I went in for a solid knock out blow only to stopped in my tracks when my opponent started to glow, and this confused me greatly as the things power wasn't rising, so he couldn't have been transforming into a more powerful form. Since I was so befuddled I decided to ask what was going on.
"What are you doing?" I demanded to know.
Surprisingly I was given an answer.
"I am transforming into my ultimate form" the bug man said as a cocoon formed around his body "I will be done in about 1200 years".
Well I for one wasn't not going to wait over a thousand years for him to transform so I looked at the Grand Kai for some sort of judgement. Only he said nothing so I figured that I would either have to drive Caterpy out of the ring, or somehow break the cocoon. To do this I took my time and charged up an attack.
"Special Beam Cannon!"
The pupa form of this creature wasn't even slightly damaged by the attack, and I didn't think there was anything I could do to break it that wouldn't involve flattening the entire arena. Which meant my only option was to somehow get the bug guy out of the ring.
This thankfully proved to be simpler then I might have expected. I charged up a Big Bang attack, but rather than hit the bug I aimed the ball of energy at the ground.
The whole thing to start toppling over, and I was there to grab the sealed up bug as it fell. The cocoon was incredible heavy, but I was incredible strong so role it out of the ring.
"We have a winner!" the announcer exclaimed "Gothic advances to the next round!"
I smiled, and even waved at the crowd as I made my way back to the waiting area. However while most people were happy about my victory, the fighters from other quadrants were not so pleased. I didn't understand what they were saying, but it sounded rude,
"Are those morons bothering you?" Pikkon asked from where he leaned against a nearby wall "You shouldn't worry about them, they're just compensating for their lack of skill".
In other words they were putting me down in order to make themselves feel better.
"Don't worry about me" I said as a smile spread across my face "You know I can handle myself".
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My next opponent was Tapkar, who was a small person, but I did not judge him by his size. Instead I swiftly jumped on the arena while King Kai cheered me on.
Soon the little Tapkar dude began to run around our space, and he kept going. I figured that this was just his way of warming up before the start of a fight.
As for me I stood still. I was sizing up Tapkar by watching his movements. The alien dude was fast like The Flash fast, all I could see now was a blur as he was speeding up.
Then when the fight started that blur rammed into me, and while I had to be much heavier that didn't matter much as even a small mass could do a lot of damage when moving quickly.
I was nearly knocked out of the ring, and as soon as I got up I was hit again. Thankfully the speedy guy hit me at an angle so I landed in the middle of the fighting area rather than outside it.
"Fuck" I swore as I got up.
Thinking fast I raised my shield and when the little dude hit me again, he was the one who went flying.
At this point had I been Tapkar I would have stopped running, and tried something else, but perhaps the speedy guy didn't have any other tricks because he ran at me again and again.
Thankfully my shield could withstand planet destroying level attacks, so no amount of running about was going to bring it down. Which left me free to stand there while Tapkar ran himself in unconsciousness.
"Gothic is the winner!" The mushroom-headed announcer told everyone "He advances to the final round with Pikkon".
Pikkon was first to congratulate me, and when he did that a few of the other fighters joined in.
"So its you and me, next" I said to the green skinned alien "It should be an awesome match".
Pikkon nodded at me as we both headed towards the ring for the final match of the day.
However before we could get started everything went crazy, and I sensed a great power growing far away. Something very bad was happening, and I got the feeling that I would be the sucker the Kai's would send to deal with it.