The Saiyan Devil
Chapter 15
Cabba and Kahseral were in the heat of battle, their attacks being blocked off by the other. Cabba flipped around the dozens of rocks, shooting out Ki blasts in an attempt to disarm Kahseral and hoping the General of the Pride Trooper would leave a slight opening for the Saiyan to attack. Still, it seemed Kahseral aware of Cabba's plan and kept up a solid defense in response.
Cabba flew forward before moving his legs in an arch, shooting out an arched Ki wave at Kahseral, but the Pride Trooper sliced it in half with his Ki blades. Cabba grimaced, hoping to deal some damage with that attack, but Kahseral was prepared.
He was too well prepared.
"You won't beat me by playing it safe, kid. You lack the experience I do."
Cabba didn't respond to the comment but displayed his dissatisfaction by frowning. Cabba got into a stance and began thinking about how to tackle the opponent before him. What would Vegeta do? What would Celeon do? Those questions plagued his mind for a bit, so much so that he didn't even realize Kahseral shot off a ki blast.
"Seems like you're not prepared for this, and I was hoping that fighting a Saiyan would prove beneficial."
Cabba opened his mouth and roared. Sparks of electricity formed around his body. Each spark was a spark of anger. Cabba readied himself for the fight at hand and shot off like a horse on a track. Kahseral felt his body fly back from Cabba's punch, but the Saiyan didn't stop as he used his agility to speed up his punches. It was like rain, getting hit by the harsh drops.
Cabba finished with an unseeable kick to Kahseral's chin, sending him flying back.
"KAHSERAL!" Everyone from the Universe 11 stands, minus the Angel, yelled as he was beginning to get overwhelmed. Kahseral was no doubt one of their strongest members.
"M-Maybe I was wrong about you," Kahseral said between grunts as he picked himself up. "A species that gets stronger by altering their hair. Quite fascinating."
"Don't hold back because I won't!"
Kahseral blinked before nodding. "Very well, kid. I hope you can take a beating!"
The two fighters began again, with Cabba using his speed to overwhelm Kahseral again, but the General was faring much better this time than before. Kahseral blocked one of Cabba's attacks, throwing it off course and allowing him to land a few punches. This exchange kept up for almost a full minute before both decided to jump back and allow themselves to breathe.
Cabba began to charge a Galick Gun, while Kahseral charged a singular hand blast, both shooting it off.
In his new state, Goku dodged Jiren's attacks with angelic grace and dished out his own, but they weren't strong enough to hinder Jiren from becoming immobile. The gray alien snickered in annoyance while Goku kept calm. Goku wasted no time in charging in again, throwing in a flurry of punches, leaving Jiren on defense, which the Pride Trooper didn't want to be in now.
Jiren, seeing an opening, blocked one of Goku's punches and retaliated with his own, but Goku evaded by the skin of his teeth. Their fight continued for a bit before Goku's eyes began to flash between his original pupil and silver. With a mighty roar, Goku slammed a quick Kamehameha into Jiren, knocking him back as he propelled himself to the center pillar. Everyone watched as Goku shot off like a rocket toward Jiren again, bellowing like an angry beast on its last legs.
As Goku approached, he went for one final punch, causing a large amount of dust to cloud the area. As the dust simmered, a red glow could be seen, and Goku's fist was in the palm of Jiren's hands.
"It seems this is your limit, Warrior," Jiren said coldly as he blew away Goku with a strong ki blast. Goku screamed as he was sent flying across the stadium and into the large pit where he first appeared at.
Celeon, who watched everything transpired, tried to rush to Goku to help, but his path was blocked off by a large, round alien-like woman named Monna, who was from Universe 4.
"No way I'm letting you help that fool from Universe 7! You're facing me!"
"That's right, Monna! Defeat that Saiyan!"
"Seems I have no choice," Celeon quickly transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and got into a stance.
Monna started the fight by expanding her body mass and charging with a roll attack. It was like being hunted down by a boulder in a maze. However, Celeon kicked upward, getting Monna to fly into the air.
"She won't be much trouble. Even Cabba could handle her…"
"Let me handle this!"
"Eh-HEY!" Celeon was pushed far away by Caulifla and Kale as Monna came back down, a red mark on her face with a deep scowl.
"That punk bastard! Kicking me in the face, I'm gonna squash him…Oh, it's you two," Monna said as she rubbed her face to lessen the pain her face was feeling.
Caulifla heard the bastard part and immediately went to Super Saiyan. "No one gets to call Celeon a bastard but me!" Caulifla said as she pointed a thumb to herself. "And definitely not some bimbo like you!"
"Uh…sis?"
Caulifla ignored Kale as she ran forward, locking hands with Monna as they struggled to overpower the other.
"All you Saiyans are annoying! Especially Celeon!" Monna commented with a cocky grin on her face. "After I wipe the floor with you two, I'm returning for Celeon. No one kicks me and gets away with it!"
Caulifla saw red and kicked Monna in the gut, causing the olive-green fighter to spit as they flew in a couple of boulders.
"I've never seen sis act like this before…it could be what Lady Vados said. Caulifla might like Celeon more than she realizes," Kale thought as she watched Caulifla and Monna trade punches.
"You're not bad…for a bimbo, at least," Caulifla complimented. "But that's about it."
"Tch, Saiyan girls are even cockier," Monna expressed distastefully.
"Heh heh, don't tell me this is all you got, and you think you could fight on equal footing with Celeon? Get real!"
Caulifla cloaked her fists in ki and smirked. "I've been meaning to try out something. Maybe you'll help!"
Caulifla aimed her fists so it was lined up with Monna's before punching, sending a ki blast forward, which Monna dodged.
"Ha! Is that it?"
The same thing happened again before Caulifla kept punching the air, sending ki blasts upon ki blasts at Monna, who was beginning to sweat at how many ki blasts were being sent her way. The ki blasts collided with rocks and boulders, causing dust to cloud the area again. After half a minute, Caulifla stopped, getting Monna to lower her guard and out of the dust, a smirking Caulifla, with her right fist ignited, punched directly into Monna's gut, getting blood to spit out and sending the Universe 4 warrior to fly out of the arena.
"AAH! NOT AGAIN!" Quitela yelled in dismay, getting Champa to laugh.
Caulifla sighed as her hands dropped to her side. "Seems like it was a success. Think I'll call that one Energy Fist."
Kale smiled. "We're still in the lead, tied with Universe 7."
"Nice work, Caulifla," Celeon said as he regrouped. "Although…I think you went overboard."
"Oh, shut it, mister! I can't have anyone badmouth my rival!" Caulifla said before reverting to base form with her arms crossed.
"I appreciate it. But since we're reaching the climax, everyone will be pulling out many tricks, so be prepared."
"Yeah, yeah, we know!" Caulifla shrugged it off with her eyes closed and snickering in the process.
"Damnit! It's just us left, Caway."
The remaining two fighters for Universe 4 were named Ganos and Caway, trying to hide and let the timer run its course.
"No need to tell me that!" Caway rebuked quite angrily, getting Ganos to step back a bit.
"I was wondering where the rest of Universe 4 was at, and it seems I found you," The voice of Crunch echoed as he sat on a rock. Ganos and Caway flinched as they looked up at the Universe 6 fighter.
"You're from…Universe 6, I won't let you win!"
"Oh please, do us a favor and jump off. I could've easily shot you both down, but I didn't," Crunch said as he placed his head on the palm of his hand with a bored expression.
"Arrogant bastard, I'll end-"
"Not the best final words!"
In a moment, Crunch had both hands in Ganos and Caway's faces before throwing them out of the ring.
"NO, NO, NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!" Quiltela shouted as he looked to see all his fighters sitting with their heads hung low in shame.
"In accordance with the rules, Universe 4 shall be erased!"
"BYE-BYE, UNIVERSE 4!"
"WAAAIT!"
In a brief flash, Universe 4 perished.
Crunch looked up with a smirk on his face. "Another one bites the dust."
"Show us what a Namekian from Universe 7 can do," The arrogant voice of Saonel could be heard as he was face to face with Universe 7's Piccolo, a Namekian from Universe 7, and the one called Gohan.
"Fine. Gohan, let's start!"
"Right!"
Gohan went in first, colliding fists with Saonel, but Pilina appeared at the side, hoping to strike Gohan, but Piccolo blocked the attack and pushed Pilina back. Gohan managed to land a blow to Saonel's face, sending them back. Gohan kept up his momentum, landing successful attacks on Saonel's face and chest. The Namekian pulled back to get some distance from Gohan, but the Half-Saiyan fired off a quick Kamehameha that enveloped Saonel.
Gohan sighed as he hoped that was enough to weaken the Namekian, but an arm stretched out of the smoke and grabbed Gohan by the face before pulling him in.
"Now, Pilina!"
"RIGHT! HA!"
Pilina, from the sidelines, fired off a mouth blast at Gohan, causing a small explosion.
"Gohan!"
Saonel pulled his arm back with a shaky grin, but that soon flipped completely as Gohan appeared out of the smoke and slammed a heavy overhead punch that sent Saonel to the ground. Gohan jumped high in the air, charged another much stronger Kamehameha, and shot it down.
"AAAH!"
"Saonel!" Pilina tried to rush in to help, but a sharp pain went through his shoulder, sending him crashing into a boulder.
Gohan's attack caused the arena to shake a bit. As Gohan returned near Piccolo, they prepared themselves for more of a fight.
"Seems we underestimated you two. That won't happen again," Pilina voiced as he appeared next to Saonel.
"That attack hurt…a lot," Saonel groaned as he felt a surge of power, something Piccolo caught up on before his eyes widened in shock. Behind Saonel and Pilina, he could see tons of shadowed figures. They were all Namekians!
"By the looks of it, it seems you caught on, eh?"
"We fused with everyone on our Planet Namek, carry their hopes, and intend to win this whole thing!"
Gohan gulped silently. Even he could feel the immense power the two Namekians were feeling. Gohan looked at Piccolo and closed his eyes in thought. He had done some secret training. He didn't even tell Piccolo about it.
"Piccolo, charge up another Special Beam Cannon. I will hold them off until it's complete."
"But–"
"Trust me on this one. I'm not as weak as you may think."
Piccolo opened his mouth in surprise but nodded firmly. "If you believe you can hold them off, very well, I'll wait for an opening."
"Thanks! Now, let's begin round two!" Gohan charged in, with Saonel and Pilina doing the same. As they met, a rush of swift punches were exchanged, with Gohan blocking their attacks, much to their surprise.
Gohan elbowed Saonel away before kicking Pilina in the stomach, separating the two Namekians.
"EAT THIS!"
Saonel stretched out his arms but was pulled in as Gohan yanked him in. Gohan delivered two quick jabs to Saonel's face before throwing him into an incoming blast that Pilina shot out. With a kick and a flip, Gohan shot off a few ki blasts, nothing too overwhelming since he wanted to manage his stamina.
With a roar, a white aura surrounded Gohan, and a bang appeared over the middle of his forehead. "Time to get serious!"
"This guy just powered up?"
"He's a Saiyan. What'd you expect?" Pilina responded as he cracked his knuckles. "This is going to get more intense."
"Here I come!"
The three fighters all charged in at each other with a battle cry and began to dish out attacks. Saonel and Pilina hoped to overwhelm Gohan with their numbers, but he kept pace quite well. It was shocking to think about. They just got their second boosts from fusing, but it looked like Gohan's power-up was equal to both.
Gohan ducked, elbowed Saonel in the chest, and jabbed Pilina in the face, but the two Namekians weren't faltering at all and were also beginning to keep pace, which didn't surprise Gohan.
Piccolo watched with surprise lit in his eyes. Was Gohan intentionally holding out? That was a question for another time, but he was thankful Gohan was taking the initiative and fighting all out. They needed to survive no matter what!
"I should almost be done…just a minute longer, Gohan!"
"Understood!"
Gohan began to pick up the pace, speeding his attacks more, which threw the two Namekians off guard as they felt Gohan's attacks land more. Gohan ducked under a quick mouth blast and gave a brutal uppercut to Pilina's chin, getting the Namekian to spit out blood from the impact. Gohan proceeded to kick Saonel away and slam Pilina into the ground.
With a jump back, Gohan began to charge a Kamehameha, this time much stronger than the last few times. "Ka….me…"
"No way I'm going to let you do–"
As Pilina got up, they both saw Piccolo's hand out, and soon after, a beam shot off with blue rings to it. The attack was faster than they anticipated and pierced through both of them. Saonel and Pilina had their mouths open in amazement and bafflement. The attack was faster than they calculated.
"HAMEHAAA!"
Gohan's mighty shout was soon followed by a devastating sound reverberating in everyone's ears. The blue boom then struck Saonel and Pilina, swallowing them in its condensed and mighty energy.
"T-These two…are crazy strong!"
"So this is the power of Universe 7?"
Saonel and Pilina were sent barreling out of the arena, much to Champa's chagrin, as two more fighters from his Universe dropped out.
On the Universe 6 stands, Champa wore a disappointed scowl as he looked at his four benched fighters.
"I ought to destroy you all myself…" Champa groaned as he continued to watch the fights down in the arena.
"S-Sorry, Lord Champa…" Saonel and Pilina both said in sync.
"Tsk, don't be sorry. We still have our best down there."
Cabba ducked and evaded Kahseral's attacks with some ease. They were fluid and well-trained, which was hard to dodge as Cabba had cuts on his arm.
"Seems like two more from your universe dropped," Kahseral informed. "And you're next, kid."
"Don't count me out just yet!"
The two fighters began their fight again, but this time, Cabba was fighting faster than before, before one punch was cloaked in blue electricity, which sent Kahseral back. Cabba looked at his hands with surprise. Did he control electricity? It sure didn't feel like it. Maybe he could do it on instinct?
Kahseral came charging back, this time going for slashes of all angles, getting Cabba to go on the defense and block the attacks before he cloaked his hands in electricity once again and punched an incoming slash, fending off Kahseral's attack.
"W-What? But how?" Kahseral said with a startled expression plastered on his face.
Cabba didn't take time to respond as he went for a roundhouse kick to Kahseral's ribs, sending the General back. Cabba continued his assault as he went for lightning-fast punches, quite literally, as they were cloaked with electricity.
"Damnit, this kid is impressive!"
"I'm sorry, but for the sake of Universe 6, I will defeat you here!"
Cabba jumped back and began to charge a Galick Gun, but unlike before, he continued to charge it, leaving himself open to attack. "This is my most powerful….GALICK GUN!"
The attack rushed after Kahseral, who had no chance of evading; just as it came out, it impacted his body, sending him straight out of the arena. Cabba huffed before he reverted to base form.
"He…was…tough," Cabba voiced through heavy breaths.
"Sorry, Lord Belmond," Kahseral said as he had his head down in shame. "I let that kid defeat me."
"No need to worry. We still have our three strongest down there," Belmond responded. He didn't sound angry but confident. "We'll win this."
"I guess we don't have much of a choice right now," The Supreme Kai called Eyre as he flicked his glasses. "Paparoni, you may use that!"
The one called Paparoni, a scientist-looking man, looked up at the Universe 3 stands. "Very well, we shall win this!"
The ones named Borareta, Pancéa, and Koitsukai appeared behind Paparoni as his staff began to glow. A bright light soon enveloped the arena, and after the light dyed down, everyone who was watching the spectacle was in shock as there was now a large, humanoid creature appeared. It possessed solid pink pupils.
"There it is, Aniraza!" Eyre said with a smug grin. "Knock everyone out!"
The large creature, hearing the command, roared.
Celeon, who was nearby, looked at the creature with crossed arms. "This might be trouble."
END
I'll end it there, so Universe 4 is gone, leaving only Universe, 2,3, 6, 7, 10, and 11. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Feel free to review. They help a lot!
Diabolos Aides: Celeon won't have U.I or U.E. I reason that some people might complain that my character is nothing more than a copy-paste of both Goku or Vegeta depending on the form (which is heavily false, he's meant to be more like Super Broly.) I will explain in the context of my story now. Celeon couldn't attain U.I. because of Ki's nature. It's extremely volatile and negative and could affect Ultra Instinct. Ultra Ego would be a perfect match for Celeon, but I don't want to steal Goku or Vegeta's thunder again. However, the form I gave Celeon, Super Saiyan Purple, combines Super Saiyan with Hakai, essentially creating his own Super Saiyan God state, which is why in later chapters, you'll notice why. Also, glad you enjoyed the last chapter. I hope you liked this one too!