The Saiyan Devil
Chapter 7
The travel to Planet Namek wasn't long as it usually would take on any other spacecraft. The divine Cube took only a single hour to make it to the green planet. Along the way, Caulifla kept her head on the glass with sparkles in her eyes seeing the various planets they flew by. Cabba was sitting cross-legged on the floor, while Kale also shared Caulifla's curiosity.
As they arrived on the planet, they seemed to have been expected, well, given the fact a large cube descended on their planet, the Namekians on the ground were prepared for any sort of fight, but they were all stumped when they saw four young looking Saiyans within the large cube.
"I…wasn't expecting Saiyans," An elderly Namekian spoke as he walked up towards the new arrivals. He was darker than the others around, it might be due to his age.
Celeon walked out of the cube first and inspected the area. It seemed he was in a small village. Celeon eyes locked on with the Namekian elder and a smile formed on his face.
"Sorry to intrude so suddenly," Celeon said with a respectful bow. Caulifla furrowed a brow at Celeon's behavior since she wasn't used to seeing this side of Celeon often.
"I don't sense no evil desires within you, only constant confliction. What is it you need from us?"
Celeon looked back to see several Namekians readying themselves for a potential fight. "We're here on a mission from the God Of Destruction, Champa."
The Namekians, mainly the elders that were around all seemed to pale hearing the name.
"T-The God Of Destruction?" What is it he needs this time?"
"You mean he came here before?"
"He threatened to destroy us if we didn't point him in the direction of a Super Dragon Ball. I hope he hasn't sent you to destroy us…"
Celeon rubbed his head and chuckled nervously. "Don't worry, I'm not here to do that. We're looking for strong fighters for an upcoming tournament."
The elder looked confused. "A…tournament?"
"Not just any tournament, sir, but a tournament of survival. If we lose, we're all going to seize to exist. We're looking for the strongest fighters in the universe to help us."
"That's….a lot to take in, young Saiyan."
"Grand Elder…allow me to show my strength. If this tournament is as they claim, then It's only right we fight as well. We can't stand idly by and let this happen," A deep voice called out as they approached.
Celeon looked to see a large-looking Namekian walk up. He had an opposing figure, given his height but Celeon was still quite tall. His skin was pine green, like most of the other Namekians. It was a different contrast to the Namekian from Universe 7.
"Pilina? Are you certain?"
Pilina's outfit consists of a long, dark brown vest with a beige sash tied around the midsection, black underwear, white gloves, and brown boots.
"Of course," Pilina reassured confidently, getting Celeon to grin at this.
"I wasn't expecting to fight, but if that's what you want this let's do it," Celeon spoke as he got into the traditional Saiyan stance.
Caulifla, Kale, and Cabba all jumped back, getting a safe distance away from Celeon and Pilina. The Namekians all followed suit, going to a safe distance to watch the fight that was about to ensue.
"Don't expect me to hold anything back, Saiyan."
Celeon lips cracked into a smirk. "Wouldn't have it any other way."
No other words were spoken as Celeon and Pilina met fists. Both fighters continued to clash fists, but none of their attacks seemed to break through the others. Celeon decided to step it up and went for a punch to Pilina's gut, slightly disrupting the large Namekian, but he was quick to recover and counterattack with his own punch, which caused Celeon to skid back.
Celeon had to admit, he wasn't expecting the punch to hurt, but it seemed the brutish Namekian had packed quite the punch. Pilina opened his mouth and fired a beam, throwing Celeon off guard, and getting the young Saiyan to raise his arms to defend himself as he was enveloped by the blast.
"Man…he's good," Caulifla voiced hesitantly as she wasn't expecting Celeon to have a bit of trouble.
"I think…he's gauging the Namekian's strength," Kale spoke up shyly. This got Cabba and Caulifla to look at her. "He hasn't used Super Saiyan yet…at least that's what I t-think."
"You might be right, Kale. I was worried for nothin'!" Caulifla beamed with a smile.
Celeon appeared out of the dust cloud that formed around him and punched Pilina right in the face, getting the Namekian to step back. Celeon didn't stop as he connected two more punches to Pilina's gut and ended it with a spinning kick to Pilina's chin. The Namekian gripped his face in pain as the attacks stung a bit.
"I hope that's not all, I still have energy in the tank," Celeon said smugly, which wasn't like him.
"Tch. I'm far from finished!" Pilina voiced with frustration as he stretched his arms out, getting Celeon to think fast on his feet and avoid the stretching limbs.
Celeon grabbed ahold of Pilina's arms and pulled forcefully, causing the Namekian to fly towards him.
"W-What!" Pilina said as he was pulled in. He was quite heavy so this came as a shock to him. Celeon grinned and bashed his head into Pilina's face, which left Pilina with a red mark on his head.
Celeon released his hands from Pilina's arms and watched as the Namekian fell to his knees.
"Damnit," Pilina said through grinding teeth. "I concede."
Celeon stared hard at Pilina before sighing. "You'll do."
"W-What?"
"You're strong, I can only tell you're conceding because you don't want to use your full strength right now, right?"
Pilina stood up with a baffled expression on his face. "That's…correct."
"Let me fight next!" Celeon and Pilina turned around to see another Namekian come forward, who looked like Piccolo but with pine-green skin and smaller ears.
"Saonel?"
"Let me test this Saiyan, I refuse to let us go down like that!" Saonel said with a triumphant smirk on his face.
Celeon blinked at this and was about to agree.
"Let me fight him!"
Celeon turned his head to see that it was Cabba walking forward. "Cabba? Are you sure?"
"Yes. I need to see how far my training has come, and a fight with this Namekian will help me see that."
"Well…you seem confident. Fine, I'll watch," Celeon said, much to his dismay.
Celeon jumped over to where Caulifla and Kale were standing and watched Cabba with interest.
"Well aren't you short, very well then, let's fight, kid," Saonel spoke as he prepared himself.
Cabba got into the traditional pose and readied himself for the fight. Cabba's expression was stern while Saonel seemed pumped up about this. After a tense few seconds, both of them shot off and clashed fists. Saonel looked surprised by Cabba's strength and vice versa. Both fighters pulled back and shot off ki blasts, causing mini explosions to occur.
Celeon watched the fight with keen interest. He was shocked to see Cabba so worked up, he's never seen this side of him. Was it because of their Saiyan blood? Or was it just to see how far his training has gone? Celeon began to quiver with excitement. He really wanted to fight Cabba now.
Cabba and Saonel continued to throw ki blasts for a few seconds longer before they stopped, seeing that it was pointless. Cabba darted into the fray with his fist cock back, ready to strike but Saonel remained in his spot and grinned as he stretched his right arm at Cabba, stopping the Defense Force Elite midway. In his other hand, Saonel shot a blast. It seemed to be stronger than Pilina's mouth beam which caused Cabba to kick it up a notch and flare off his ki, getting Saonel to lose his grip on Cabba.
The small Saiyan narrowly dodged the blast and closed the distance between him and Saonel, as he was right next to Saonel, Cabba landed a downward punch that caused the Namekians face to bury into the ground. The spectators were all surprised by the punch as they weren't expecting such strength from such a small fighter. Even Celeon looked overly impressed by this.
"He's gotten a whole lot stronger, eh'?" Caulifla said as she lightly elbowed Celeon.
"He fights a lot like you now…" Celeon said as he glanced at Caulifla. "Not that it's a bad thing."
Caulifla turned her head away as she lightly blushed. "Y-Yeah…the guy fights way too sophisticated, it's good to fight wild sometimes, ya know?"
"Heh. I guess so,"
Cabba and Saonel went back to trading blows before Cabba found an opening and punched Saonel in the chest and used his agility to speed around Saonel and blast him with a kick wave. Saonel was beginning to grow tired of Cabba's antics and decided to blare his ki.
"You're a nimble little kid, but speed won't save you!"
"I wasn't going to use this but…we need to gauge your power…HYAH!" Cabba's power spiked and his hair went gold. The Namekians were all stunned by the sudden transformation.
"What the hell…your power just went up," Saonel steeled himself. He didn't know how the battle will go down now.
"Please forgive me for what's ensue!"
Saonel raised an invisible brow before his eyes dilated and went blank. No one saw Cabba move from his spot and were shocked to see his fist lodged into Saonel's stomach. The Namekian spat out blood and reeled over, landing face-first on the ground. Cabba had a hardened face before he powered down.
"Y-You guys are crazy," Pilina spoke to everyone. "You can do that too?"
"We all can big guy!" Caulifla said with an unrestrained grin.
"Incredible…" The elder spoke with awe. The elder walked up to Saonel and had his hand hover over and a bright light appeared. A few seconds later, Saonel awoke and picked himself up.
"I…got beat didn't I?" Saonel spoke with his head low.
"Sorry! I don't know how to hold back while using that form," Cabba apologized.
"Heh, you beat me fair and square, kid. I'll also help you guys out. If the universe is at stake, then we have no choice."
Celeon nodded. "Great. You and Pilina are both strong fighters."
"Saonel, Pilina," The elder called out to both the participating Namekians. "You're both our strongest warriors…but when you both fought those Saiyans, you were outmatched. We've come to a conclusion that we're going to fuse with you both…not just us, but the entire planet."
"W-What?" Cabba stuttered as he heard the news.
"Fuse?" Celeon said confused.
"I heard about it…but I thought it was a rumor. Namekians can fuse with one another to grow stronger," Cabba answered.
"If the whole planet fuses with them…" Kale looked like she was about to cry. This tournament was already taking its course. Saonel and Pilina will be the only two Namekians left.
"Yeah…" Celeon said as he wrapped his arm around Kale to comfort her. This was his fault. A whole species is reduced to two members in a single moment, this angered Celeon to no end.
"But Elder…"
"Pilina…we've made our choice. We'll all be watching from within, so please, don't hold anything back. Focus solely on victory."
Pilina and Saonel both shared a glance and nodded firmly.
"RIGHT!" Both Namekians shouted.
The process wasn't painful as everyone placed their hands on each other's back, soon after a giant light encompassed the area and after a minute, it died down, showing only Saonel and Pilina, but they stood tall proudly, and more powerful. Both of their ki's flared in response to the power-up.
Both Namekians clenched their hands and let the power flow through them.
"We're ready."
Celeon looked at both Namekians and nodded his head. He could feel the immense power they attained and if he had to gauge, he'd have to use Super Saiyan 3 just to compete.
"Well, you certainly pulled your weight, Saiyan. I was beginning to worry you'd be late," Champa voiced with his hands tucked into his pockets.
"It's my fault this tournament is happening so the least I can do is find adequate fighters to join us."
"Hmph. We still have a day left, I managed to convince Magetta and a Cerealian named Crunch."
"A Cerealian! Wow," Cabba expressed with a bright smile.
"They're quite strong, where are they?" Celeon asked as he looked around Champa's planet.
"HEY GET OUT HERE AND MEET THE TEAM!" Champa shouted, shaking the planet itself.
"No need to shout so loud, Lord Champa, I was right here," A hushed voice spoke up as they appeared beside Champa.
The Cerealian was fairly tall, about 5'9, with messy green hair, and dual-colored eyes, with the right being pinkish-red and the other being green. yellowish-green shirt under a green coat with yellow buttons, a long gray scarf, a dual-buckled belt, and dark yellowish-green gloves and boots.
Celeon and Crunch both shared glances at one another, sizing each other up to gauge their powers. It was a tense silent minute and Champa was beginning to grow irritated with what was happening.
"If you two want to fight, save for after the tournament! We need to conserve your strength," Champa said irately at the two hotheads.
"Fine…I was hoping to see what this Saiyan got," Crunch said defeatedly. "Don't expect us to be friends, only reason I joined is that I want to keep my people alive."
"That's fine by me," Celeon shot back. Sparks began to fly between Crunch and Celeon before Cabba appeared at the center of the two.
"Now, now guys…we can at least talk about strategies, you seem like a smart individual, Crunch. My name is Cabba."
Crunch shot Cabba a hard look, causing the small Saiyan to flinch. "I heard of you, the infamous Cabba of the Defense Force. You're shorter in person."
"Hehe…yeah, I get that a lot," Cabba chuckled embarrassingly. "Anyway. We're glad to have you here helping us."
"Don't mention it. Like I said, keeping the Cerealians safe is why I'm here. This bastard here is one of the reasons why our universe is going to end up erased and I can't have that," Crunch said with a glare toward Celeon, who shrugged in response.
"You know…we're not supposed to fight, but I really want to fight you," Celeon said as he pushed Cabba aside so he could glare at Crunch.
"Ha! You read my mind!"
"Well, this is an unexpected turn of events. I take it you'll want me to open up the other realm so you can fight to your heart's content?" Vados pitched in, as she was quite eager in wanting to see Celeon and Crunch face off.
"HEY DON'T INSTIGATE!" Champa shouted throwing his hands up.
"I'm quite interested in this too!" Caulifla voiced, with Kale nodding her head timidly.
Hit, Frost, Magetta, Saonel, and Pilina all kept silent but were also interested in seeing how a fight between a Saiyan and a Cerealian would play out. Champa seeing this just huffed in defeat.
"Fiiine, go ahead and fight it out, just don't kick the bucket!"
Vados tapped her staff on the ground and in an instant, they were all in the training realm as Celeon called it. Celeon and Crunch immediately took the center, both of them itching to beat the other.
"It's very uncharacteristic for big brother to act this way," Cabba voiced with some worry. "Never thought he would let someone get under him like this."
"Yeah me too…It's kinda scary seeing him like that," Caulifla added with her own worry. "But still, I wouldn't worry about it, shorty, he's going to kick some ass!"
"T-That's right!" Kale pitched in, slightly interested in seeing the fight happen.
Cabba just shook his head. He knew he couldn't talk the others out of this, so he had no choice but to watch and see how everything plays out. Thankfully, time worked differently here, they could stay a full year in here and go back to the real world stronger than ever.
"You may begin!" Vados called out.
Celeon dashed forward, while Crunch stood his ground and smirked.
"You're fast, I'll give you that!"
Crunch spun in place and slapped Celeon in the back, causing the Saiyan to almost trip forward, but Celeon was fast enough to react and turn around, however before anything could happen, he was shot in the fast by a painful ki blast. Several more blasts crashed into Celeon's body, causing explosion after explosion to occur.
Crunch had two fingers together and his thumb pointed up, making guns out of his hands. "Cerealians are master marksmen, we never miss a shot!"
"Oh yeah?" Celeon jumped out of the smoke with his hair upturned and his eyes blazing crimson as he connected a punch to Crunch's face. Crunch shook his head to numb the pain but was met with more pain as Celeon went for a barrage of punches.
Crunch was able to catch one of Celeon's fists, stopping the assault and dishing out his own with a kick to Celeon's chin, causing the Saiyan to stumble back. Both Celeon and Crunch glared daggers at each other before shooting off and meeting in the air. Each fist was blocked by another as they tried to connect an attack.
"Crunch certainly is strong, big brother went straight into Super Saiyan."
"Nah! That's not it," Caulifla said as she inspected the fight with narrowed eyes. "Crunch is stronger than Celeon right now, he needs to go higher and go Super Saiyan Two."
Cabba looked at Caulifla with widened eyes. "Seriously?"
"Yeah, this Crunch guy is no joke!"
Frost hearing this smirked to himself. He had some vengeance to dish out on the Saiyans, and this tournament was the perfect way for him to do that. For now, he'll play his cards and help, after all, he couldn't get his revenge if he's dead.
Celeon soon was on the defensive as Crunch's strikes became sharper and faster. The Cerealian couldn't help but put on a jovial grin.
"What's wrong!" Crunch said as he uppercut Celeon. "That can't be everything you got!"
Celeon was kicked away but was grabbed by the face and slammed into the blank tiles. Crunch held Celeon down by the face and kept his smug grin.
"You're the Saiyan Devil, I expected more from you!"
Hearing that, Celeon's ki exploded in fury, getting Crunch to jump back.
"Figured you'd know me by that title."
"Of course, only very few people have such dense ki like yours. No matter what title you've been bestowed, I will trample over it and become someone people come to fear."
Celeon's felt his brows twitch as he got into a stance. "Fear? You haven't even experienced it! HAAAA!"
Crunch braced himself as the wind raged. Celeon's hair sprouted, growing past his waist, with sparks of electricity traveling around him like a dome.
"I'll stop holding back, this is Super Saiyan Three."
"He still needs to teach me that!" Caulifla said as she felt her blood boil in excitement. Oh, how she wished she was the one fighting.
"This is you at full power? I was expecting more, bastard."
"Keep talking and you might just see my next form, but for now, I think you're only at this level."
Crunch didn't take kindly to that. "You're holding back? Get real! I want to fight you at your fullest so I can make an example out of you!"
Celeon grinned. "Fine then…you'll regret it."
Celeon's hair retracted back to normal. Crunch began to feel uneasy as he felt a great disturbance around Celeon, it was then that purple flames expunged out of Celeon in waves. The flames were a protective veil. Celeon's hair shot up like it would for Super Saiyan but this time, it was more to it, Celeon went Super Saiyan 2, but the gold color immediately vanished and became purple. Crunch's mouth was slightly open as he felt the divine presence that Celeon's was giving off.
"This is you at full power…heh, this ought to be good!" Crunch said with amazement.
"This is the combination of Super Saiyan Two along with the energy of a destroyer, you'll make a good test dummy!"
Celeon was faster, shocking even Vados for a split second. Celeon landed a heavy blow to Crunch's stomach but he didn't hunch over as he went for his own punch, but Celeon was fast enough to catch it and land yet another punch.
"W-What! Amazing, his speed is tremendous," Cabba spoke in awe. "So this is his Super Saiyan Blue equivalent?"
"That's correct, I suppose Super Saiyan Purple would be the correct name now," Vados spoke melodiously. "Oh! This makes me quite happy seeing how far his training have gone."
"Wait a minute, you're training Celeon?" Caulifla asked as she felt out in the dark.
"You sound jealous," Champa said with a snarky grin.
"OF COURSE I AM! HE'S BEEN GETTING TRAINED BY GODS!"
Hit was amused by everything that was playing out, the warrior within him shaking to its core seeing how far Celeon has gotten.
Celeon was overpowering Crunch, intercepting punches and kicks with ease, before he landed a heavy blow to Crunch's nose, getting the Cerealian to shout in pain, however, Celeon continued to attack Crunch in the stomach before kicking him into the floor, causing dust to accumulate again.
Celeon flew down and walked towards the dust but he moved his head quickly as several sniper shots of energy shot from the dust. A few of them struck Celeon, while others he was successful in dodging. Crunch flew out of the dust and went for a different tactic, getting Celeon to go back to dodging. Crunch's attacks were aimed at vitals, using two fingers instead of all, it seemed that Cerealians were also good at hindering their opponent's success by disrupting their nerves.
Celeon wasn't sure how to deal with this, he never fought anyone who struck vitals, aside from Hit. Crunch's face was a bit bloody, but he still kept up a confident face.
"I'll admit, you may have gotten the upper hand with that form, but that's as far as you go!" Crunch said as he jumped back from attacking Celeon.
Celeon blinked before dipping his head, grinning. "And I'll admit, you're pretty strong to have lasted this long against me in this form."
"HEY! I WANNA FIGHT!"
"Eh?" Crunch and Celeon said as they were interrupted by Caulifla who got in the middle of them.
"Caulifla…"
"You've got some nerves hiding something that cool from me! And We're supposed to be rivals and all that."
"She's your rival?" Crunch said with confusion.
"That's right, so get in line, buddy!"
"Heh! You got spunk too, you wanna fight?"
"HELL YEAH!"
"Well…this is also unexpected," Vados smiled seeing new rivalries bloom.
"I'm kinda tired, so I'm going to get my last bit of sleep, who knows, might be my last time sleeping!" Champa voiced as he walked through a portal Vados opened, following suit were Frost, Magetta, and the Namekian warriors.
Hit decided to stay and watch the young ones fight. They reminded him a lot about himself back in the day.
"Guess I'll join in on the fighting," Hit voiced with excitement, which wasn't like him at all.
"M-Mister Hit?" Cabba said with an open mouth. "Y-You're going to fight too?"
"Why not? Time works differently here, right? Maybe I can get a bit stronger before I have to fight Goku again," Hit voiced his reasoning, which Cabba understood.
"Then, allow me to spar with you!"
Hit raised an invisible brow. "You?"
Cabba bowed. "Yes, I feel as if I'm being left behind, any guidance you can give me would be welcomed."
Hit was astonished by this but smiled. "Maybe I was wrong about you, Cabba was it?"
"Yes!"
"Very well. Let's see how strong you are," Hit said as he got into his stance, with his hands poised to strike.
'It seems Celeon has started something new here…never thought Hit would want to fight.' Vados thought addedly.
"I…" Kale watched everyone begin their fighting, with Caulifla taking a shot at Crunch in her Super Saiyan state, and Cabba working to crack down on Hit's timeskip. Kale felt…left out.
"What's wrong, Kale?"
Kale peered over to Vados, who was looking at her with a stern look.
"I…I want to fight too, but I feel…left out."
"Ah. You also want a bit of action. Well, Celeon certainly looks like he's bored too, why not ask him?" Vados said as she noticed that Celeon was sitting down watching Caulifla and Crunch fight.
"I…don't know. I feel like I bother him too much."
"Nonsense! In fact, he talks about you quite a lot when he's training with me and Lord Champa."
"R-Really?" Kale asked shocked by hearing the news.
"Indeed, dear. You shouldn't feel so isolated. Just go right up to him and demand a fight. From what I can tell, Saiyan men like dominant women…so go be dominant!"
Kale blushed and looked away. "R-Right!"
Celeon continued to smirk as he watched Caulifla have trouble with Crunch, it seemed Crunch was way beyond Caulifla in Super Saiyan, so she decided to power up and try to turn the tide.
"C-Celeon…"
Celeon turned his head to see Kale covering her face with her hands. In a way…it was cute.
"Yeah?"
"I…." Kale paused. "I WANT TO FIGHT!"
"EH?" Celeon said loudly, not expecting Kale to scream at him. Celeon stood on his feet and looked at Kale with a steely gaze. "Are you sure? We still haven't mastered your Super Saiyan state…"
Kale removed her hands from her face and looked at Celeon with burning determination. "Yes! That's exactly why we should train. We can stay in here for a full year, meaning we have enough time for me to control my power. I don't wish to be a burden during the tournament."
Kale's resolve seemed to shock Celeon from where he was standing.
"I…I see," Celeon said as he sheepishly rubbed his hair. "Very well, let's train!"
And with that, universe 6 began training, all of them knowing what the tournament was going to bring. And just like that…
The time has come for the Tournament Of Power.
END
AN: This chapter will be released on New Years, so happy 2023 to everyone, it's a new year and that means, the arc you've all been waiting for starts.
Stuff that went down in the tournament will NOT be the same in my story, there will be blood, emotions, and stakes. Some of the fights that happened will probably not happen in the story, there's no point in me just rewriting what we saw, so I hope you guys enjoy what I cooked up. I and a friend worked nonstop on major fights, and stuff. Now as you guys can see, the characters are way stronger than what we have seen, especially Cabba. He's a genius character who's also a Saiyan but was hindered by poor writing, Hit, and Frost as well. They will NOT be making the same errors that we saw in my story.
As you guys can also see, I decided to add in a Cerealean, since Universe 7 and Universe 6 are sister universes, Cerealeans should be in U6.
Celeon and Crunch will be the U6 equivalent of Goku/Vegeta so expect some team-ups in the tournament and arguments.
Now I know I've been pushing Celeon and Caulifla more than Celeon and Kale but there is a solid reason for that, which will be explained during the tournament, we will be diving into Celeon's past more. Celeon's and Caulifla's relationship is much deeper than what's been seen so far, despite one another not going for that final push beyond friendship.
With that said, please review, I'm curious to know how you guys feel about stuff like Super Saiyan Purple, etc.