Chapter 9: Pivotal Triggers

(Narrator POV, The North Neutral Universe's earth)

"Well done. Two Stars Dragon's poisonous smoke, Three Stars Dragon's lightning, Four Stars Dragon's fire, Five Stars Dragon's vibration, Six Stars Dragon's fraction rain and Seven Stars Dragon's shadowstitch abilities. None of them can't even get you." said One Star Dragon.

"You don't say." replied Hachiman.

"Their ability is one thing, your raw strength is another story. One hit and I'll be done for." thought Hachiman.

One Star Dragon, who merged with his fellow shadow dragons and turned into Omega One Star Dragon, has launched several lightning, fire, speed draining rain, poisonous smoke and vibration attacks but Hachiman responded by spherizing them through his gravity manipulation ability.

While Hachiman spherized the attacks, Omega One Star Dragon appeared from the nearby shadow through Seven Stars dragon ability and shot a massive ki wave at him like a merciless cannon.

However, Hachiman foresaw the plan through his mind-reading ability and used Solar Flare technique during the pivotal moment that made the ambushed ki wave miss him.

After completing his spherizing, Hachiman shot the spherized Omega One Star Dragon's attacks back.

But Omega One Star Dragon, even though he's slightly blinded from Solar Flare and took the hit head on, didn't faze even a bit.

Seeing that Hachiman can put up the fight well, Omega One Star Dragon praised him for it.

But Hachiman definitely is not happy about it, especially when he's aware of the difference between his power and his opponent's.

"Let's have fun, shall we?" said Omega One Star Dragon.

"How about no?" said Hachiman.

*Swift*

*Boom*

"Guwaaaaahh… You… How… ?!" groaned Hachiman.

The fight resumed as Hachiman teleported away from Omega One Star Dragon but ended up exploding as soon as Hachiman appeared.

It's Omega One Star Dragon's ability to manipulate some of his opponent's ki and turned it into a massive explosion with a glare.

So not only that Hachiman would be weakened and damaged, One Star Dragon also has no decrease in both of his stamina and ki.

"I see. The reason why you can handle the other shadow dragons. You can read our mind, right?" said Omega One Star Dragon which made Hachiman averted away his eyes.

Hachiman was sweating while bleeding upon hearing that.

Because Omega One Star Dragon used the explosion technique on Hachiman on impulse and quick without even planning it beforehand, leading to Hachiman couldn't prepare himself for it.

At that time, Omega One Star Dragon could figure out what Hachiman truly was capable of.

"Oh, not just that. It's because your current enemy is only one not many so you can't display your secret technique, right? The one that you used on Two, Six and Seven Stars dragon." said Omega One Star Dragon.

"No comment." replied Hachiman.

"Even without considering his raw strength, everything else was true. Damn it!" thought Hachiman.

*Boom*

"Guwaaahh…?!" groaned Hachiman.

"Farewell. Hikigaya Hachiman." said Omega One Star Dragon.

"Damn it. I couldn't teleport in time." thought Hachiman.

After saying that, Omega One Star Dragon launched a powerful ki cannon at Hachiman.

"Hiyaaaaaaahhh…!"

"Let me go! Let me go! Let me go!"

"Shut up, you yellow teddy bear!"

"I don't want to die so please."

"You coward bear!"

And then the ki cannon that launched at Hachiman is deflected, or should it be called 'bounced away'.

"You guys…" said Hachiman.

The ones who did that are Kefla and Botamo.

With Kefla in her Legendary Super Saiyan 2 and Botamo as her shield, she appeared in front of Hachiman and blocked the attack then bounced it away.

"We still haven't settled our score yet so don't just go and die." said Kefla.

Upon hearing that, Hachiman's veins on his head popped and shouted.

"CABBAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Sorry Hachiman-san. But it can't be helped. If I'm not spill the beans she won't help you." said Cabba.

"You…?!" said Hachiman.

Although Hachiman was safe, he still greatly displeased at the fact that Cabba went and spilled the beans to Caulifla of all people.

And when taking a good look at Cabba, the Potara earrings given by Fuwa that he was supposed to wear are gone, which explains why Kefla joins the fight.

Also, while Hachiman fought with Omega One Star Dragon, Cabba probably healed everyone that was possessed by shadow dragons up until now.

And now it's Hachiman's turn to receive his healing while harbors grudges against him.

"That's so praiseworthy even for such recycled puppets." praised Omega One Star Dragon.

And then someone said "Thanks for compliments." and kicked Omega One Star Dragon away.

That someone turned out to be incredibly large size Bergamo.

Since his ki is the undetectable type so Omega One Star Dragon let his guard down on him.

"Not bad, not bad." praised Kefla.

"Shut up. I almost got myself killed thanks to your crazy plan!" retorted Bergamo.

"Aren't you capable of gaining power from taking the hits? You should be grateful to me, y'know?" said Kefla.

"I have my limit for each absorption, you nuts Saiyans!" retorted Bergamo.

"Who knows?" said Kefla.

"Who knows, my untainted ass! We've agreed to let me take the little hit from that guy but you just fed me that huge!" complained Bergamo.

"If it weren't for getting revenge on that dragon I will never cooperate with this bitch in the first place." thought Bergamo.

"Would you please let go of me now, please?" begged Botamo but his request reached to no one's ears.

*Boom*

"Kyaaaaahhh?!" groaned Kefla as she fell to the ground.

Before Kefla could continue her banter, she exploded in the same way as Hachiman's.

"It didn't work on you, eh? But your absorption already hit the limit, right?" said Omega One Star Dragon.

"Ugh…h" groaned Sainel and Pirina.

While the fused Saiyan argued with the giant humanoid dog, the villain they needed to defeat came to them after being kept accompanied by Saonel and Pirina and heard their conversation while choking the two Namekians' necks.

Omega One Star Dragon glared at both Kefla and Bergamo at the same time but only Kefla affected by it since the technique wouldn't work on undetectable type ki much to Omega One Star Dragon's surprise.

"Tch. How persistent!" said Bergamo.

Omega One Star Dragon then dropped the eventually unconscious Namekians from the sky and pointed his weapon-like right arm at Bergamo.

"It's over." said Omega One Star Dragon as he shot the ki wave at Bergamo.

Bergamo couldn't possibly have dodged with his gigantic size.

"As if I'm going to die like this! Full Power Wolfgang Penetrator!" shouted Bergamo.

After that, Bergamo went all out with his Wolfgang Penetrator to push back Omega One Star Dragon's attack.

"Guwaaahh…?!" groaned Bergamo.

But Bergamo's struggle eventually proved useless as his Wolfgang Penetrator being overwhelmed while his body gradually minimized to his original size and then took the attack hit on.

"Hmm?" confused Omega One Star Dragon.

Not only that Bergamo survived, but two more people also appeared on his left and right side.

The two people who appeared are Lavender and Basil. However, three of them are bulkier than how they used to be.

"Dangers Triangle Ritual success!" said Lavender.

"Are you alright, Big bro?" said Basil.

"Thanks. That was close." said Bergamo.

Basil and Lavender were both grabbed one of their hands on Bergamo's right and left shoulder while their another hands grabbed each other which formed a triangle.

With Bergamo as the center of the absorption, Lavender and Basil, who joined the ritual, are able to get their power boosted through the divided absorbed energy, which minimizes the risk of Bergamo getting killed before the absorption completes.

"Let's go, Dangers' Triangle!" said Bergamo as he prepared double Wolfgang Penetrators.

"Roger!" said Lavender as he prepared a poison breath.

"Sure!" said Basil as his legs coated with energy blades.

And then the three of them pushed Omega One Star Dragon on the defensive.

Meanwhile, Cabba, after he has finished healing Hachiman, goes to heal Saonel, Pirina, Botamo and Kefla next.

"Universe 9 surely got stronger. They're able to push that monster into the defensive." complimented Cabba.

"You're wrong." denied Hachiman.

"Eh? Why?" asked Cabba.

"I highly doubt that the monster you're talking about absorbed his comrade just to gain only strength." replied Hachiman.

"Uwaaaaahhh…?!" groaned Bergamo, Lavender and Basil.

And it's just as Hachiman said, the trio's formation is broken in a blink of an eye after the end of the conversation. Even though they managed to reform their formation afterward they were still disadvantaged against Omega One Star Dragon.

"Dangers' Triangle was destroyed?" said Cabba.

"It may not look like it but that monster's actual speed probably was way too fast for someone with that big of the body structure." said Hachiman.

"No way. That monster has been hiding that the whole time." said Cabba.

"I don't think that's the case. That monster. Its speed raised to whole new levels just by wishing about it. How fit for being the evil counterpart of Shenron. Yet again I wish I didn't have this ESPer ability." thought Hachiman.

"Hachiman-san. Aren't you learning some techniques from Universe 7's Grand Supreme Kai? Are all those techniques useless?" asked Cabba.

"It's not like they were all useless techniques." replied Hachiman.

"Then please use it!" begged Cabba.

"I need people to distract my enemy for that technique, and they have to keep distracting the enemy no matter what. Just you and those three won't be enough distraction." said Hachiman.

Then someone bursted her ki upon hearing that. It's Kefla.

"You've got some nerve forgotten that I'm here!" said Kefla.

"Coming from you?! I'm not your personal shield so let me go already." said Botamo with teary eyes which resulted in him being knocked unconscious by Kefla (but still keeping him as her equipment).

"That's right. We still have you. Wait, where's the Potaras on your ears." asked Cabba.

Then another ki burst being noticed and its owner appeared.

"Then let me, Pironel, take part in that role too."

It's a Namekian resembling both Saonel and Pirina with Potara earrings on his ears.

"That answers your question, Cabba." said Kefla.

"I see. They merged. Then we're counting on you, Pironel-san." said Cabba.

" *Sigh* Fine. Just don't die on me." said Hachiman.

Then Cabba was about to ask for Hachiman's permission which Hachiman let them do it with a sigh and warned them not to die on him.

Pirona went full power, Kefla powered up to Legendary Super Saiyan 3 while Cabba powered up even further in his potential unleashed form. Three of them assisted Bergamo, Lavender and Basil afterward.

Omega One Star Dragon fired a strong ki cannon so Dangers Trio clashed with Triangle Dangers Beam in response.

Pironel shot an attack similar to Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon, Cabba shot a powerful Galick Gun, Kefla shot Gigantic Breaker, all the mentioned attacks combined with Triangle Dangers Beam and pushing back the attack from Omega One Star Dragon.

"I'm surrounded by idiots, aren't I? They don't even know how much responsibility I have to take for every mistake I made through this technique. It can't be helped, Stealth Hikki Maximum mode on." muttered Hachiman.

After finishing muttering and confirming that Omega One Star Dragon is fully distracted from him, Hachiman put on Potara earrings and a Time Ring he obtained from Universe 7's Supreme Kai.

Hachiman formed a powerful energy blade on his right hand where he put on the Time Ring.

"Future Rift Strike." said Hachiman.

After saying that, Hachiman swung his energy blade much similar to Monarch's luxurious dish but with incomparable speed.

However, even though he went all out with slicing, there's nearly no impact that is supposed to happen whatsoever.

"Argh…?!" groaned Omega One Star Dragon.

"LET'S DO IT! HAAAAAHHH…!" shouted Bergamo, Lavender, Basil, Kefla, Pirona and Cabba in unison.

*Boom*

Omega One Star Dragon, who clashed with Bergamo, Lavender, Basil, Kefla, Pirona and Cabba, suddenly had his eyes, shoulders and bare chest being sliced by some undetectable unknown attacks.

Even though it's just a short amount of time and damages he received weren't that heavy, all of that still enough to push Omega One Star Dragon to a disadvantageous situation and has to take the direct hit since he's currently blinded.

"What lucky timing. Maybe I will get better at math this time." self-muttered Hachiman.

Future Rift Strike is a technique that creates a temporary time rift that connects to one of the locations in the extremely near future of the user's choice with a Time Ring and sends all sorts of user's attacks through it.

Combined with his mind-reading ability, Hachiman is able to guess the location of Omega One Star Dragon in the near future and send as many attacks as he can to him through the Future Rift Strike.

"But if I missed and unnecessarily harmed any outsiders it would result in time law violation which is death penalty. Seriously, my life is truly on the line even though I'm not in the front line." thought Hachiman.

"What's…that…?!" said Omega One Star Dragon.

"Tch. Still not enough, huh?" said Kefla.

"There's no way it's enough. Remember what Hachiman-dono said. Keep distracting him no matter what!" said Pironel.

"We might be able to win this. That monster is already blinded. Let's do it everyone!" said Cabba.

"Don't order me around!" said Kefla, Bergamo, Lavender and Basil but still followed anyway.

Although Omega One Star Dragon's strength is obviously able to outshine all of his enemies that they couldn't seal the deal with him, he couldn't seal the deal with them either, especially with blinded eyes.

Omega One Star Dragon kept attempting to attack back but all of his attempts were interfered by Hachiman's Future Rift Strike, not to mention that he still kept being sliced by him up until now.

"How annoying. All of you were just powerless puny puppets." said Omega One Star Dragon.

"Just die!" said Kefla as she launched herself toward Omega One Star Dragon and attempted to fire Gigantic Burst at him in the face.

*Boom*

"That idiot!" shouted Hachiman.

"No… way…" groaned Kefla.

"What a good timing, Saiyan." said Omega One Star Dragon.

Seeing that Omega One Star Dragon has been cornered for a while, Kefla got cocky and tried to finish him off at point blank range on her own as she already forgot that her opponent was still much stronger than her.

As a result, Omega One Star Dragon not only survived her strongest attack, but also grabbed her neck tightly without any intention of letting her go while enduring the huge amount of pain which he suffered from getting sliced by Hachiman up until now.

"Release me, you dic—Mmmnn?!" groaned Kefla as she's in pain and dropped Botamo.

After that, Omega One Star Dragon's body turned into several bandages and forcefully tied Kefla into mummy before proceeding to do a transformation.

This left Hachiman no other choice but to let Omega One Star Dragon off the hook to ensure the merged idiot Saiyan's safety.

Once the transformation is completed, the one appearing in front of everyone is a figure of Legendary Super Saiyan 3 Kefla with green scleras and pupils, dark purple hair and jet-black skin emitted with Omega One Star Dragon's ki aura.

It's no doubt. Omega One Star Dragon managed to possess Kefla since she is strong enough to contain him.

"Guwaaahh…?!" groaned Cabba, Pironel, Basil, Lavender and Bergamo.

"It's much better for having a pair of healthy eyes." said Omega One Star Dragon.

The five front-line warriors have been instantly defeated by Omega One Star Dragon's single glare altogether.

"I've already said it before and now I was reminded about that again; I'm surrounded by idiots, aren't I? They don't even know how much responsibility I have to take for every mistake I made through this technique." thought Hachiman.

(The South Neutral Universe's earth)

*Boom*

"Ji…ren… De…feat… him…" weakly said Toppo and Dyspo.

Sound of fist clashing and ki clashing resonated everywhere as Jiren and Moro exchanged their flows.

At first, Jiren was at much advantage against Moro.

Most of Jiren's attacks are able to deliver heavy damages to Moro to the point of having body parts torn apart again and again while Moro's attacks could only left a little graze on Jiren's body at best.

Thanks to Piccolo's regeneration ability which Moro gained through the absorbed Seven Three who had copied Piccolo's abilities, let him survive Jiren's attacks.

And with Gohan's Saiyan ability, each time Moro regenerated from the near death, his power was raised dramatically afterward.

Seeing that, Toppo and Dyspo decided that they definitely must not let Moro gain any more power than he already is, and decided to join in to finish off Moro.

But Moro used Solar Flare technique which Seven Three copied from Gohan, blinded all three strongest Pride Troopers warriors at once before quickly regenerated and knocked off Dyspo and Toppo while using Decuple King Kai Fist technique which Seven Three copied from Gohan.

Although Jiren still blinded, he was still able to tank Moro's attacks like how he was before having his eyes blinded.

So Moro decided to get away from Jiren by speeded up with Septuagintuple King Kai Fist.

But Jiren didn't just stand there as he quickly after Moro's ki so Moro rained down meteors near the earth at Jiren's direction to distract him.

While dealing with falling meteors, Jiren's eyes eventually recovered.

And the first thing Jiren saw after his eyes recovered is…

"Toppo! Dyspo!" said Jiren.

Moro released Toppo and Dyspo to the ground after grabbing their necks.

"I'm really not into consuming appetizers just to prepare myself a main dish but it can't be helped." said Moro.

Jiren charged at Moro but Moro dodged in time and rapidly fired ki blasts at Jiren.

"That technique." said Jiren.

"Justice Flash, isn't it? What a lameass name for just simple ki blasts don't you think?" said Moro.

"It's beyond the comprehension of villains, that's why." retorted Jiren as he just deflected Moro's attacks with his invisible eyes blasts.

Then Jiren rapidly fired several ki blasts at Moro which the latter just smirked and quickly dodged the attacks at incredible speed much to Jiren's surprise and disappeared.

But Jiren still managed to catch Moro's ki and found him which Moro still ran away from him with incredible speed like before.

"Now it's Dyspo's Speed enchanted ability, huh?" said Jiren.

Jiren and Moro played hide-and-seek for a while, Moro eventually stopped running away from Jiren.

"Can't run anymore, huh?" said Jiren as he prepared to launch Power Impact at Moro.

However, after the Power Impact hit Moro, the latter just merely dissipated in front of Jiren.

"Illusion?" said Jiren.

"I'm sure I'm not letting him out of my sight and yet. This guy can progress faster than I thought he was." thought Jiren.

"HAAAAAHHH…!" screamed Jiren.

Jiren produced a massive impact through his kiai to every direction around the earth causing it to shake heavily.

"Found you!" said Jiren.

With immense impact from his kiai, not only did Jiren manage to dissipate all of Moro's illusion clones in an instant, but also using it as an active radar and eventually found the real Moro.

"Huh?" uttered Jiren.

Once Jiren spotted Moro, he found him holding a massive energy ball in his hand which shrunk down to a small size and went into Moro's mouth.

"HAAAAAHHH…!" screamed Moro.

The moment Moro swallowed the energy ball, he released numerous bolts of lightning, indicating that his power increased massively as the impact surpassed Jiren's kiai from earlier.

"What's this? He's much, much different from how he was earlier. What's going on here? Wait! Don't tell me…" thought Jiren.

"You've noticed it, huh? That's quite late, y'know?" said Moro.

At first Jiren thought that Moro just easily progressed but that was wrong.

Ever since Moro first used Dyspo's Super Maximum Light Speed Mode, he already created illusion clones which were what Jiren had been chasing after up until one of them being dissipated.

While Jiren was chasing after the illusion clones, the hidden Moro has been absorbing his energy quietly all the time.

"Let's resume my cooking." said Moro as he pointed his left fingertips at Jiren.

*Boom*

"Tch." said Jiren.

"Fiercer than you thought, right?" smirked Moro.

Although those were Justice Flashes copied from Toppo like before, the power and impact were completely different than how they were even without any King Kai Fist boosted, indicating how much energy Moro has absorbed up until this moment.

"Here I come!" said Moro.

Moro begins his counterattack against Jiren and proves his decisively superior might, easily outclassing Jiren almost entirely.

No matter how many ki blasts Jiren used against Moro, they were all dissipated by Moro's numerous lightning, not to mention that Moro wouldn't allow Jiren to have enough time to draw out massive energy for usages, putting him at a disadvantage with superior speed.

*Boom Boom*

Although Jiren can overwhelm Moro with Infinity Rush but soon enough Moro keeps up with him after using Quadruple King Kai Fist combined with Super Maximum Light Speed Mode.

"Gak?!" groaned Jiren as some of Moro's punches hit his stomach.

Eventually, Moro managed to break Jiren's Infinity Rush and close the gap between them the moment his Quadruple King Kai Fist boosted to Decuple King Kai Fist.

"What?!" uttered Jiren.

"Finally I caught you, my main dish." said Moro.

While Jiren was distracted by the pain inflicted by Moro's hits, he was captured in a human-sized Imprisonment Ball by Moro.

"Something like this is just…" said Jiren as he struggled to get out of the Imprisonment Ball.

"Just what?" playfully teased Moro.

"Damn…(huff huff) you…" cursed Jiren.

No matter how much power Jiren put out to break out of the Imprisonment Ball, all of them went to Moro's absorption.

Eventually, Jiren pants visibly.

"Jiren, was it? I'll make sure to enjoy your defeat to my heart's content." said Moro.

Upon hearing such disgraceful remarks from the villain in front of him, Jiren's mind went berserk.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH…!" screamed Jiren.

"What in the world is this?!" uttered Moro.

Suddenly, Jiren's power rose exponentially, which was enough to break the Imprisonment Ball and caused all the volcanoes on the earth to erupt simultaneously much to Moro's shock.

Jiren's muscles seemingly become more defined and slightly grow in size with veins bulging throughout his body. He also gains a red sparkling aura similar to Goku's Ultra Instinct -Sign- which Moro has fought with before.

In other words, Jiren is now in his Super Full Power mode.

"Those sparkling auras. How nostalgic." said Moro.

—

(The North Neutral Universe's earth)

Ever since Omega One Star Dragon possessed Legendary Super Saiyan 3 Kefla and fought Hachiman, Hachiman kept using Future Rift Strike, not only sending his attacks into the near future. but also sending Omega One Star Dragon's too.

However, without any people to distract Omega One Star Dragon and still need to be concerned about Kefla's life, Hachiman couldn't properly predict where and when to send the attacks to.

*Boom*

"Guwaaahh?!" groaned Hachiman.

"Why didn't that merged Saiyan defused already? One hour supposed to have passed, isn't it?" said Hachiman.

"Is that your plan? Well thought but still naive." said Omega One Star Dragon.

Hachiman was holding Omega One Star Dragon hoping that he might get out of Kefla once she's defused. But unbeknown to Hachiman that the time limit of Potara fusion is nullified as long as Omega One Star Dragon doesn't leave Kefla's body.

After holding himself against Omega One Star Dragon for a long time, Hachiman was low in power and let Omega One Star Dragon have a chance to glare at him, bursted him up.

After being blown up by Omega One Star Dragon, Hachiman reverted into his mortal form and panted heavily on the ground.

"Is this how far I could do?" muttered Hachiman.

"ONII-CHAN! ONII-CHAN! ONII-CHAN!" screamed Komachi.

Without Hachiman's knowledge, Komachi has observed his fight for a while and hurriedly rushed for him upon knowing that her brother was about to be slaughtered.

"Komachi?! Why you…? This place is dangerous, Leave!" said Hachiman.

"No! Komachi won't let Onii-chan die like this!" said Komachi with teary eyes.

"Hello, Komachi. Onii-chan was just badly injured, not dying. I know that at this rate I'm going to be killed but c'mon." thought Hachiman.

"Worry not. You both can go to hell together with my mercy." said Omega One Star Dragon as he blasted Black Gigantic Breaker at Komachi and Hachiman.

*Boom*

"Kyaaaaahhh…!?" screamed Komachi.

*Swift*

"Hachiman-san?" said Cabba.

Hachiman managed to take Komachi and teleported away from Omega One Star Dragon's attack in time as he sensed Cabba's recovered ki. However…

"Komachi! Oi, Komachi! Hold yourself together! Komachi!" desperately said Hachiman with teary eyes.

Although both Hikigaya siblings successfully avoided death, they're both injured since some of Omega One Star Dragon's ki reached them before the teleportation is success.

Hachiman was barely injured any further from the blow. Komachi, on the other hand, her condition is hard to describe whether she's still alive or not, the blood bleeding from her head and fell unconscious.

No matter how many times Hachiman called out to Komachi, his injured cute little sister gave him no response whatsoever.

Then Hachiman shoved Komachi into Cabba's arm.

"Take care of her for me!" ordered Hachiman with an extremely stern tone.

Cabba trembled in fear upon hearing that and just quietly, obediently followed his order and left from his sight.

And then Omega One Star Dragon arrived in Hachiman's sight.

"YOU BASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!" screamed Hachiman.

*Boom*

"What?!" confused Omega One Star Dragon.

After that, Hachiman, not only did he transform into Hikigaya Zachiman 'Transcended', but also somehow did another transformation on top of that.

The kiai formed by the current Hachiman was enough to blow Omega One Star Dragon away as well as trembling the entire earth.

Hachiman's white hair turns spiky and appears to flow backwards, gaining a few yellow marks on the upper sides of his face and luminescent eight arms on his back, his entire body is shrouded in an intense rosé hue.

"Prepare yourself, you scumbag!" announced Hachiman as he angrily clenched his knuckles.

(Narrator POV Ended)

A/N: Chapter 9 for you readers, sorry for being late and please enjoy.