Power Classification by Team
1. Universe 11
2. Universe 7
3. Universe 6
4. Universe 4: One-Punch Man (apart from Saitama and Boros, the others aren't in a really extraordinary level)
5. Universe 2: Toriko
6. Universe 3: One Piece
7. Universe 10: Fairy Tail
8. Universe 12: My Hero Academia
9. Universe 9: Akame Ga Kill
"Ugh... when are they coming back?"
On Lord Giin's planet in the Twelfth Universe, Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki, Fumikage Tokoyami, Momo Yaoyorozu, Tenya Iida, Eijiro Kirishima, Itsuka Kendo, Ibara Shiozaki and Hitoshi Shinso were all grouped up, simply wandering about on the planet, pondering, or in deep thought about all of the revelations, and what they could possibly be up against.
Goku and Top to their knowledge, presumably had the strength equal to that of a God of Destruction, able to destroy galaxies with ease, while they could barely even destroy a mountain, but their job was to save lives, not destroy lives or things.
"I believe they must have been away for quite some time now, but I can't seem to fathom why," Tokoyami mused to everyone. Martinu had left them on the planet and left without a word a few minutes after they were dropped off here for some reason, probably to let their brains take in all of this information.
"They probably left to complain to those brats about this damned tournament happening in the first place."
"Bakugo, you must refer to the gracious Omni-Kings by their proper title!" Iida scolded the Explosion Quirk user, who seemingly had no regard for respecting those who they just found out are above him. "They could easily erase us at any given moment on their whim, and they could even in fact, be listening to us at this very moment!"
"Dude, I know we just found out about all this, but don't you think you're taking this too seriously? You're not being very manly right now, ya know? Just try to simmer down a bit," Kirishima exasperatedly sighed at the Class President's behavior. Sure he had a point, but he was always so uptight, as he had already begun to address the Kai and Destroyer with their titles and names for those up in hierarchy.
"Our lives are at stake here, Kirishima, the entire Twelfth Universe as a matter of fact! In what degree are we to take this lightly if we are ever to become aspiring Heroes in the future?! Should we lose, which any other deity above forbid, there won't be a future for us!"
Everyone took those words to heart, including the all nervous Izuku Midoriya, who walked around, twiddling his thumbs with his hands pressed against one another, muttering over and over, but it was too quiet no one could decipher what he was saying.
Then, a bright light came from the sky and shot down onto the prairie, with multiple voices being heard.
"Ow, that smarts!"
"We said to hold on tightly, didn't we?"
The light faded away to reveal all the deities of Universe Twelve, along with some other familiar faces. Some was much less than exaggerating as there were actually many.
There was All Might first, but somehow, he was in the form he used for Hero work before his retirement, looking just as powerful as he was in his prime.
Next were other Heroes, Gran Torino, who was looking two to three decades younger now, Endeavor, Mirko, Best Jeanist, Gang Orga, Hawks, Ectoplasm, Mount Lady, Midnight, Eraser Head, Ryukyu, Wash, Power Loader, Fat Gum, Cementoss, Kamui Woods, Vlad King, Present Mic and finally, Yoroi Musha.
Then, there were the other students of U.A. High, consisting of Mina Ashido, Mei Hatsume, Denki Kaminari, Ochaco Uraraka, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Mirio Togata, Nejire Hado, Shihai Kuroiro, Yui Kodai and finally, Kinoko Komori.
Soon, chatter broke out amongst the students as the new arrivals quickly made their way towards the members of the Universe 12 team, but a minute or two later, they were all summoned once again by the Destroyer.
"Now then, all ten of you are wondering why have we brought some of your teachers and classmates, and now it shall be explained," Giin began. "All ten of you will be divided amongst yourselves to work with one of the other students and two teachers we have brought here. More will be explained once you are all transported into your separate spaces."
Out of nowhere, all of the mortals were blinded by a bright white light as Martinu had raised her staff high, and once everyone was able to see clearly, they could only see white, as they all had been separated.
Midoriya at the moment, was accompanied by Mirio Togata, Gran Torino and All Might at the moment as Giin came along as well to share more information.
But there was something strange about this. All of a sudden, he felt really heavy, so heavy that he was forced to stay on one knee since he was unable to stand for a short while, until he was able to stand up fully.
"W... where am I?"
"You are in a dimension different from our own," Giin explained. "Here, the gravity is five times more than your planet, you and your teammates are the only ones who were to be affected by this. Temporarily, it has been lifted, but it will go into full effect once your training commences. It will be a sufficient part of your training since as we've said before, you have all been divided between yourselves in this dimension, as all of you will train here until the tournament commences. All three of these men will be your personal trainers and sparring partners."
"Isn't this simply swell, Young Midoriya?!" All Might exclaimed in his booming and heroic voice, flexing his giant muscles, the very one Izuku adored and admired, as well as missed so much. "Look at me now! Oh, you can only imagine how invigorated I feel, I feel as if I could take on any Villain back on Earth again over and over!"
"But... how is it possible?!" Midoriya wondered. "Your injury-"
"The Supreme Kai was able to heal it so he could train you at his full potential. They can revive the deceased so there isn't any reason why they shouldn't be able to heal injuries and return or grant these Quirks as you call them," Giin said. "And before you ask if they can be part of the team instead, you and all of the other students have the potential to surpass the strength of the mightiest Heroes on your planet! Once your training is complete, you will see the full fruits of it!"
"But... what about Togata? His Quirk was erased, so shouldn't that be different?" The Ninth holder of One For All was completely mesmerized by how this was possible, but he remembered these were actual deities they were dealing with.
"Once again, the Kai's are capable of granting those as well, Agu IS after all, the reason you all have Quirks in the first place." Now the boy was even more amazed, but he didn't get the chance to ask another question, as the previously Quirkless member of the Big Three beamed with a smile that shone in Izuku's eyes.
"Isn't this great, Deku?! That Supreme Kai fellow gave me my Quirk back so I could help you out here! Says I'm part of a replacement team or something like that!" Mirio beamed, his voice as joyous and pleasant as ever.
"Actually, it's more of a complementary team," Giin retorted. "Midoriya, after Martinu dropped you off here, I recruited ten more students from your school, those whose Quirks could possibly work in harmony with yours and the other students representing our universe. During the first five years you have, or days whichever you feel will be more comfortable, you two will train over and over again and improve your own individual Quirks to the absolute maximum, then a ceremony will take place, during which you, Midoriya, along with the other nine will be granted their partner's Quirks! In your case, you will be granted Togata's Permeation Quirk, which you shall spend the final five years training that, to get your body used to wielding both of these great powers!"
Now for possibly the fourth or fifth time today, Midoriya was speechless at Giin's plan.
"It's great, isn't it?!" cried Mirio. "With this training, you will be invincible!"
"But... but Togata... I-I can't take your Quirk away from you! You already lost it once!"
"Don't worry about it! Besides, I would much rather lose my Quirk again than lose my life, and for me, it would be an honor if you were the one to get my Quirk to save us all! And if we win, I'm getting it back so there's really no reason to worry about!" This was one of the things Deku admired about Togata, he was always sticking to the positive side of things, no matter what.
Putting his hand on the newbie's shoulder, Mirio raised his thumb, somehow giving Izuku more confidence than he did before.
"You're gonna a great hero, Deku. You have to be... for everyone... for Eri..."
Immediately, feeling a surge of stress, Deku swallowed his saliva. This was all very hard for him, he had an enormous amount of pressure oh him which added lots of weight on his back and he was afraid he wouldn't be up to the task.
Simply shrugging his shoulders, Giin decided now as a better time than ever to leave and check on the other groups, leaving the quartet to their devices.
"I hope you're ready, Young Midoriya!"
And in an instant, Deku felt All Might's fist hit him in the stomach with full force without warning, as he coughed up a combination of spit and blood.
"Because your training begins now!"
Member 1: Midoriya, Alternate: Mirio, Coaches: All Might, Gran Torino
Member 2: Todoroki, Alternate: Kaminari, Coaches: Endeavor, Mirko
Member 3: Bakugo, Alternate: Nejire, Coaches: Best Jeanist, Gang Orga
Member 4: Tokoyami, Alternate: Kuroiro, Coaches: Hawks, Ectoplasm
Member 5: Kendo, Alternate: Kodai, Coaches: Mount Lady, Midnight
Member 6: Yaoyorozu, Alternate: Ashido, Coaches: Ryukyu, Eraser Head
Member 7: Iida, Alternate: Hatsume, Coaches: Wash, Power Loader
Member 8: Kirishima, Alternate: Tetsutetsu, Coaches: Fat Gum, Cementoss
Member 9: Ibara, Alternate: Komori, Coaches: Kamui Woods, Vlad King
Member 10: Shinso, Alternate: Ochako, Coaches: Yoroi Musha, Present Mic
"Iron Dragon's CLUB!"
"ICE-MAKE: HAMMER!"
"CIRCLE SWORD!"
Simply floating about, while moving around as gracefully as an exotic butterfly, Kusu had a smile implemented on her face, along with her eyes being closed, as several Mages attempted to hit her. Despite the fact that there were three of them working together, Erza Scarlet, Gray Fullbuster and Gajeel Redfox could not touch Kusu at all. Even worse, since there was a chance they would attack at the same time, they would inflict damage to their own partner, as Gajeel's fist hit Cobra, while the Mage was trying to attack Kusu from behind.
"OW! Why don't you watch you aim!"
"Don't blame me, it's your fault for getting in my way!"
Kusu sighed watching Gajeel and Cobra bicker about, distracted from their main objective. It was shameful that they were always going on and off like this repeatedly.
"Lightning Dragon's ROAR!"
"Sky Dragon's ROAR!"
Sensing Wendy and Laxus' attacks rushing at her, Kusu stood still, before finally taking a single quick step to her left to avoid them as the gigantic beam-like attacks rocketed past her, Gildarts and Jellal had expected this reaction as they leaped towards her from two different sides, expecting her guard to be let down and lowered due to having dodged the two Dragon Slayer Magic attacks.
"ALL CRUSH!"
"Meteor!"
Shockwaves were created as the two fists collided with Kusu's hands as she gripped them tightly, inflicting immense pain on the two of them, before spinning around for many seconds like a top, almost creating a tornado.
"A valiant effort, but unfortunately unsuccessful!" Kusu teased as she released the both of them, as she stopped spinning, dispatching the tornado, but still sending both Gildarts and Jellal flying away, while she landed below on the grass gracefully.
Opening her eyes, Kusu saw the ground buckle beneath her feet, and out of the ground, popped out Natsu Dragneel, thanks to the help of Jura Neekis, allowing the Natsu to approach the eldest Angel sibling. Now the wizard was right in front of her, his fist covered in fire.
"Fire Dragon IRON FIST!"
Hit in the face, the little Angel was seemingly covered in the middle of an ocean of flames. Seeing the fight from afar, Happy rejoiced, performing multiple airborne backflips.
"YAY! Someone finally hit her!"
"You're wrong," Panther Lily retorted, floating next to his fellow Exceed, arms crossed. "Just wait for all this to clear, then you'll see for yourself."
Indeed, as the flames disappeared, Natsu saw Kusu, in front of him, smiling as she wasn't injured at all.
There was but a scratch to be seen on her anywhere as she blocked his attack using her staff. Standing stiff as a statue with a small smile, she held out her other arm releasing a Kiai, which was more than enough to make the Dragon Slayer fly back, bumping into Jura.
However, he recovered quickly as Natsu, along with the rest of Team Universe Ten began to surround the Angel, but it mattered not to the teacher of Lord Rumsshi. It didn't matter how many of them banded together, she outclassed them in every possible way.
"My turn."
She disappeared once more, a reoccurring event due to her speed, but none of them were paying attention to their objective, as they were too focused on finding their target.. And a moment later, Wendy felt a finger touch her forehead, while Kusu was in front of her.
"You lose."
All of the Mages turned around, and say Kusu with her palm in front of Wendy Marvell's face.
"Wait, how did we lose?! That doesn't make sense, we can still keep going, ya know!" Natsu snapped, angry that she stated they didn't win just because they didn't touch her.
"I'm not finished yet, during this tournament, each team will have a special fighter on whom a complete strategy will be based upon! In your team, Ms. Wendy Marvell is that special thanks to the fact that she has healing powers, able to play a support role, along with an offensive roles. In short, you lost because if I were anyone else, I would have eliminated Ms. Wendy quickly and there wouldn't be anymore healing factors on your team, am I understood?"
"Your strategy each was to concentrate your power, which in turn, caused you to neglect in believing in the possibility in going on defense! In a match against a singular opponent, it might be a good strategy to attack first and beat your opponent in seconds with one powerful attack, however, this is not the case for a battle royale! The only good it will do is burn out your power too quickly and the other universes could quickly band together to take you all out! While also attacking, you will also need to plan a defensive strategy, while effectively protecting Ms. Wendy."
"Wait, so then how are we supposed to throw them off the ring if we're gonna be on defense most of the time?" Natsu questioned her.
"There are a multitude of ways for you all to emerge victorious. For starters, if there is still more than one team remaining after time runs out, the team with the most members currently in the ring will come out on top! Either that, or if there is only one team left before time runs out, so let us assume there are eight contestants left at the end and your team still has five participants on the field, your team will then be declared winner! Also, letting the other teams tackle each other would be a good idea too."
"I think it's a cowardly method," Gajeel remarked. "What's even point of training like this if were not even gonna be fighting so cowardly?"
"Heheh, I can assure you all our training is going very well. However, that doesn't mean you will be the strongest," Kusu remarked, chuckling.
"You need to look at the bigger picture here, moron," Laxus snorted at the Iron Dragon Slayer. "This isn't some random tournament where we can try again next time, this is the fate of everything, we only have one chance here. Right now, it won't matter if I look like a coward or if I put my pride aside, if we're going to come out on top, we need to establish the right strategies."
Kusu beamed with pride. "Precisely, Laxus, I do hope the rest of you are able to view the same picture as well."
A small white flash shone before dissipating, showing Gowasu arriving, along with Rumsshi, the latter still stared at his team in disgust.
"Well, look who's back!" Natsu chastised, wanting to have another round at the Destroyer who humiliated them all. His body then burst with power, his flames surrounding him like a fiery aura. "I'm ready for another round when you are!"
"Natsu, wait!" Erza exclaimed. "Have you ever forgotten what Kusu said?"
"Yeah, strategy and all that, I haven't forgotten."
"Laxus and Gildarts! Go forward! Gajeel to the left and Cobra to the right! Natsu and Jellal! Behind me! Wendy, in the middle! Gray, Jura and I will stay around you."
Simply nodding, each member fell into formation, before facing Rumsshi. Ignoring their strategy, Rumsshi began the short beatdown by running towards Gajeel and Laxus and did not waste a moment to put them down.
Watching them fight again, Gowasu saw the Mages being knocked out one after the other. And despite the fact that Wendy was there to heal them, the damage the Destroyer was causing was too much to allow them to fight back again.
Once again, the God of Destruction had won in less than a minute.
"I'm afraid," Gowasu confessed. "I don't seem to see the slightest difference in any of them, compared to a year ago."
Kusu agreed with the Supreme Kai. "I share the same sentiments. It's true they've lasted as long as the previous year, however at that time, Lord Rumsshi had not moved and only fought with his trunk! This time, he fought much more seriously and with his fists! They would never have lasted so long last year. "
"But will that be enough?"
"Only time will tell."
"Observation Haki..."
Closing his eyes, Katakuri allowed the robot to run around him in circles constantly. The machine was fast, so fast that it looked like it had multiplied, but Katakuri managed to find which one of these wasn't an afterimage. So as the robot finally stopped to punch him in the face, Katakuri managed to dodge it, before attempting a counterattack.
But it was all a sham. Anticipating Katakuri's counterattack, the machine split his arm in half, and a rocket shot out of it. Unable to avoid it, Katakuri as a result was hit hard, unable to avoid as it launched faster than two torpedo's combined. Having his arm destroyed, he reconstructs it using mochi.
Panting, he showed his fatigue. He had been training non-stop for almost a year and a half and, mainly, he only rested for four hours each day. He noticed that his body was improving. However, so does his opponent. The machine had evolved so much that it now seemed invincible. Katakuri had to practice twice read to be able to defeat her.
Looking then, he saw Law and Luffy having trouble with their own opponents as well. No matter how hard they tried, the machines managed to predict their movements and it had become impossible to land a clean hit on them.
What's going on? We managed to improve our power drastically so what are we missing?
Finally, ignoring his own opponent, he ran over to Luffy's. And he surprised the machine by hitting it with force, destroying it with one blow.
"Hey, what are you doing?! That one was mine!"
"We aren't improving quickly enough, something is missing here!" Katakuri exclaimed, seeing the two robots come back to face them. "So what are you suggesting? Good old, fashioned teamwork?"
Katakuri sighed. "Unfortunately so, yes."
Law landed next to them, agreeing with the other two as well. "It seems we share the same opinion, this tournament is going to force us to fight together whether we like it or not, so we might as well start now!"
Sidra sat in a cross-ledged position as he patiently waited for Mohito to bring in Kurome, as he had something to help her out for the tournament. It was only him though as Roh had just left to attend a meeting between the Supreme Kai's held by Khai, the Supreme Kai of the Eleventh Universe. Perhaps since there were six days left until the Tournament of Power began, they wanted to discuss some things about it, but Sidra didn't know what.
"You called for me?"
Sidra turned and nodded to the duo of Kurome and Mohito. "Indeed, come with me. Mohito, you may go back to monitor the others."
With a bow, the Angel took his leave, leaving the mortal and the Destroyer God to their devices. "So what is it you want from me?"
"Well, this concerns your Imperial Arms."
Kurome raised an eyebrow. "And what about it?"
"If I am not mistaken, all of the dolls you previously used are still in contact with the sword, correct?"
Kurome nodded. "Yeah, go on..."
Sidra continued. "And ever since you began training here, you can handle your Imperial Arms without needing the use of any sort of drugs."
"Well you're right about that. I can control all of my dolls at the same time and if I had more, that wouldn't be a problem at all."
"That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about, how would you like to have two more dolls?"
Sidra then sat on a chair in front of a table, as he motioned Kurome to sit on the other across from him, as the crystal ball in the middle showed a slightly impoverished planet.
"Even without the thought of our existence hanging in the balance, this planet has been nearing it's end for quite some time now, on it reside giants they call Titans, which are indeed as barbaric as they come. As of now, there seems to be a war going on and now would be the perfect time to intervene. Do you think you can easily kill a Titan and claim one for yourself?"
Kurome smirked. "Definetly."
"Wonderful, and if you succeed, we have another mortal you can use as a puppet." The crystal ball's image then changed from the barren planet to show being resembling horned demons. "These are the Blodias, demonic beings I exterminated thousands of years ago. Like the Titans, they were indeed ruthless, but are much more powerful, more so than you when we first met."
Kurome frowned. "Then why didn't you recruit them instead?"
"They have an uncontrollable thirst for blood which cannot be ignored, they can't help but kill whatever they fight, it's almost a vital need for them. I've visited them before to reason with them, but I didn't succeed. Even eviscerating their leader didn't change their aspects, so I was left with no other choice but to destroy the planet, allowing King Yemma to take control of them."
"And what does this have to do with me?" Kurome questioned the Destroyer.
"Your power can maybe control one and make it an obedient tool, and with one of these mighty warriors, our team will have an even better chance of winning."
Four days have gone by, and so far, things were looking good for Team Universe Seven. Sure Goku, Gohan and Vegeta weren't training for it a lot, since they would much rather spend these days with their families as much as they could, should they lose this, but that didn't mean they didn't train at all for this.
Besides, everyone else had been told the truth from the start, no bribery or anything. All they needed to hear was they would be erased and they immediately accepted. Tien and Roshi trained a bit by themselves, Krillin, Androids 17 and 18 went at each other every so often, Gohan trained with Piccolo and Goku and Vegeta would push themselves to the limits in the Gravity Chamber at Capsule Corporation, while Majin Buu just sat at home reading some comics and eating some sweets to let time pass by.
Right now, a teacher and student were training, as an energy ball shot forward towards Piccolo, but he swiftly deflected it, sending it towards the sky, temporarily letting his guard down as he saw Gohan coming in, attacking him with a series of punches and kicks, but despite his past as a remarkable fighter, Gohan had difficulty keeping up with the pace imposed by the Namekian.
"Alright... I think... we can stop for a bit," Gohan panted slightly as he lowered himself to the ground on a rock, the dusk sky basking behind him and Piccolo.
"You can't be serious, Gohan. Do you honestly think you'll be given an opportunity to catch a break during the tournament?"
"I know and I'm sorry, Piccolo, but it's been a long time since I trained seriously."
"Yeah, Frieza's resurrection and invasion not too long ago was proof of that, but now you need to pull yourself together, otherwise someone could get the drop on you and throw you off the ring."
"I know, I know..." Gohan mused. He needed to find a way to become much more powerful... for everyone... for Videl and Pan...
"I think I have an idea."
"Is that so?" Piccolo mused, arms crossed.
"Yeah, but for it to work, I'm going to need the Dragon Balls, and the Hyperbolic Time Chamber."
