The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 51: The Sixth Universe Namekians.
Gohan and Piccolo.
The echoing boom of the central pillar as well as the run off of the remaining fighters entered in The Tournament of Power had been listed off by The Grand Priest; leaving Gohan and Piccolo sitting in an isolated spot away from the fighting so to recover the energy they lost fuelling Goku's Spirit Bomb, though the shrieking laughter of Ribrianne and Roasie could be heard through a wall of shattered tiles and boulders.
"What do you think we should do Piccolo? All the remaining fighters are really strong and I don't won't to go anywhere near Jiren of his allies" Gohan poke with concern; not wishing to go anywhere near Jiren or his comrades until they were at least worn down or the last team they'd have to face.
"I'm afraid we might have to… though something interesting had come to mind" Piccolo spoke through gritted teeth as another explosion caused by Ribrianne's Love Arrows shuddered the barrier they had between them and her.
"What's that? Another tactical plan?" Gohan asked; speaking somewhat out of turn but his respect for Piccolo gained over years of standing side-by-side remained intact.
"Somewhat… I was thinking about how Raijin allied himself with Hit and the other Saiyans from The Sixth Universe; allying ourselves with our Twin Universe might not be a bad idea" Piccolo spoke rationally; his mind flashing back to having been witness to Raijin's and Hit's battle against Jiren that had sadly ended with Hit's elimination but he regretted not joining the fray.
"But what happens if they decide to turn on us… I'm not sure they're all as honourable as Hit or Cabba but if we're going to defeat those two so-called Maidens then we need the rest of the team or allies and fast" Gohan spoke; bringing up a very real possibility that the Universe Six Team Member's that they'd not met some months ago would eliminate them when their backs were turned.
"Yes; that is the risk factor… but is it one worth taking?" Piccolo pondered on the risks; his senses already picking up a strange sensation like multiple Namekians when there were truly only three including himself.
"I'm not sure… we have no idea where the Saiyans are nor the whereabouts of those other Namekians, the Saiyans or Botamo" Gohan spoke in a lower tone; noticing that Ribrianne was glaring out in their direction though they were sheltered by the debris of the arena's torn up floors.
"Actually… I can locate the Namekians" Piccolo stated; the antennae on his head twitching slightly as he was trying tot sense their location and communicate but was having little success without focussing and the explosions were disrupting his focus, "I just need a few seconds".
"Oh yeah… I forgot about your telekinesis" Gohan admitted; glancing over the barrier only to spot Ribranne and Roasie grouped together with their three male teammates; one big blue-skinned man in gold armour and a royal purple toga, an older man in a red suit and cape with a matching helmet and a short orange male with a jewel set in his forehead, "They'd stopped fighting for now… hurry".
"Let's just hope they're friendly" Piccolo muttered under his breath; crossing his legs as he sat down to begin concentrating on locating the allies they needed if they were to defeat The Maidens.
Team Universe Two.
"How many have we lost?" spoke an elderly man in a white and red bodysuit with a matching helmet; his moustache covering his mouth whenever he so much as spoke.
"Haven't you been paying attention? Us five are all that is left and we cannot afford to lose another Maiden!" barked another male warrior; a man with orange skin and a purple jewel set into his skull but only dressed in a pair of tan breeches.
"It matters not… for each one of our lovely comrades that have fallen we shall eliminate all of the rest" spoke the gruff voice of an imposingly tall and muscular man in gold armour covering his shoulders and head but left his blue-skinned face exposed while his body was clothes in a purple toga.
"But what of The Eleventh? That that strange power that man from The Seventh used?" Roasie spoke; examining her outfit and spotting how frayed her bright yellow gi was as well as the cracks in his visor.
"We shall deal with them both in due time; but right now I think the two that are hiding around here should be next to experience the power of our Love" Ribrianne spoke up; silencing her remaining teammates s her smiling gaze narrowed on the exact spot where Gohan and Piccolo hid.
Piccolo and Gohan.
"How's it going? Found them yet?" Gohan spoke; sweat visibly beading on his forehead as Ribrianne was zeroing in on their hiding spot; her footsteps edging closer with each passing second.
"No… there are many conflicts happening at this moment, Vegeta is fighting what's left of Team Universe 3 but things aren't looking good for Vegeta" Piccolo spoke; sensing the clashing of Vegeta's energies with what felt like three beings combined into a single super-being.
"Then we need to deal with Ribrianne and Roasie as soon as possible and help him" Gohan countered; his worried tone of voice causing Piccolo's brow to furrow in light of their own challenges in the incoming bout with Universe 2.
"You're right… I'm also sensing that Cabba has encountered Frieza though Goku is thankfully near us too… Raijin and that girl Saiyan named Caulifla are in hiding while they recover their energies but the other girl… Kale is in the worst possible place..." Piccolo spoke slowly; picking up the energies nearby though he smiled when detecting Goku.
"She's near Jiren isn't she" Gohan spoke again worried that Kale may end up eliminated at the hands of Team Universe 11.
"Yes… in fact Jiren is already aware of her presence but has not taken any action" Piccolo spoke with a somewhat misguided sense of relief; showing concern for a Saiyan from another Universe.
Before Gohan could answer; an explosion rocked the duo and disrupting Piccolo's telekinesis and knocking him out cold as an enormous heart-shaped arrow tore through the Kachi Kachin boulders around them followed by a shrill laughter.
Gohan.
Showered by falling fragments of Kachi Katchin and witnessing Piccolo taking a sizeable fragment to the head resulting in unconsciousness while the fragments showering him only slightly scratched at his skin; tiny beads of his blood leaking through the cuts in his cheeks as he backflipped away from the shower only to be met by the pudgy and smiling face of Ribrianne.
"Interesting… to think you'd survive the love of my Love Arrow" Ribrianne spoke with a surprised tone of voice but her smug smile had vanished; instead lay an uncertain frown as her eyes glanced to where Roasie was fighting instead of focussing on Gohan.
Gohan couldn't help but grit his teeth for Ribrianne was a powerful opponent; possibly as strong as his father or possibly even stronger; white flames igniting and licked across his arms and legs as Gohan drew on his Ultimate Form before any attack could be launched.
Ribrianne only smiled down upon Gohan and his burning energy; knowing too well that she needed to recharge her so-called Love Power and refrain from combat for a short time after battling many foes from the other Universes until the quaking and splintering of The Arena caused by Goku and his Spirit Bomb though she herself had knocked foes from The Fourth Universe out from the arena alongside her remaining comrades.
Gohan barely had a chance to attack Ribrianne when her three male allies jumped him; the jewel-headed male and the old man attacking with beams while the muscular brute of a man brought his heavy fists down on top of Gohan's head.
Crossing his arms with a block moments before the brute's attack landed but the two blasts struck Gohan's unguarded back though little damage made it through the reinforced fabric of his Saiyaman Costume; smiling towards the brutish man when opening his hands and firing his own Masenko in point blank range but making a mental note to thank Raijin for the move later.
"Who… who are you?" the brutish male spoke; his voice equally gruff as he was muscular, his two comrades jumping to his sides in anticipation for a three-on-one match-up.
"I am Son Gohan: son of Son Goku! Otherwise known as The Great Saiyaman!" Gohan proudly declared; making sure he clapped his hands as he announced himself though his helmet nor his sunglasses and turban were nowhere to be found and had his face fully exposed, none the less Gohan continued to utilise his superhero identity in defence of his Universe.
"The son of Son Goku… this'll be an interesting battle" spoke the elder of the trio; his thick white moustache curled as he very likely was grinning, the jewel-headed man snickering behind the elderly fighter.
"Will you honour me with your names?" Gohan asked; crouching with his knees bent and his hands up in preparation for battle, white flames licking off his body as the young Saiyan again called on the powers gifted to him by The Elder Kai, the three warriors merely grinning widely as they stared down their outnumbered opponent.
Piccolo.
Piccolo's consciousness slowly returned after being shellshocked; his eyes unfocused for he saw two ghostly figures standing either side of him but both were not looking at him but were staring at the dazzlingly bright pink pair of butterfly wings protruding out of Ribrianne's back as she hovered in the air drawing in energies from her comrades.
Rising back to his feet with his vision still blurry but able to see who was standing either side of him, for Nail stood to Piccolo's left with Kami to his right, both looking exactly the same as when they had united with him for Nail still bore the grievous wounds that Frieza had inflicted while Kami still looked as old and haggard as he did that fateful day that they finally reunited into a single being.
"What is happening? This is just like Raijin's mindscape" Piccolo spoke to himself; recounting how he'd once entered Raijin's mind during his Super Saiyan 4 Training and experienced Raijin's own mind.
Beside himself were the standing ghosts of Nail and Kami stood either side of him both remaining exactly the same as the day he united with them both; Nail riddled with bleeding wounds and bruises and Kami as aged and withered as he was old, two more shining figures stood nearby only much brighter than his own as if a literal army of Namekians stood waiting behind two figures though their full figures were covered in a blinding light.
At that moment Piccolo's eyes opened to witness a pair of beams soar over his shoulders; both of which were disturbingly similar to his own Special Beam Cannon only the beams didn't spiral towards their targets but flew like bullets from guns.
Roasie let out a scream as the beams tore through her bright yellow robe leaving gaping holes and exposing her shoulders; gritting her teeth before arcing her arms and throwing a cascade of lightning bolts down on top of Piccolo and the two attackers stood behind him, but thanks to Piccolo's experiences in energy lighting attacks due to training with Raijin for so many years; Piccolo fired a pair of simple blasts upwards and blocking the lightning attacks before reaching their intended targets.
Glancing behind him; Piccolo's eyes widened as he saw the fully unveiled forms of two Namekians; one standing tall and thin without much muscle tone to his body and the other standing taller but with rippling levels of muscle across his entire body.
"We heard your voices… all three of them Namek of The Seventh" spoke the skinnier of the two Namekians from The Sixth Universe; white flames licking off his body though Piccolo could still sense the presence of many more than just the two Namekians.
"Your three voices called for assistance and we answered" spoke a tall but skinny Namekian; slight muscle tone emanated from his body while clothed in a simple hakama and a gi, while a second Namekian but much more muscular stood by his side but dressed in a loincloth and a battle-duster-like tunic.
"My thanks… but I do not know your names yet" Piccolo bowed his head in thanks as was the Namekian Custom in The Seventh Universe but he felt unsure if it was the same in The Sixth.
"I am Saonel and he is Pilina" spoke the thinner of the two Namekians; his right hand gesturing to the bulkier compatriot; of whom bowed his head in the same manner as Piccolo before a voice interrupted their exchange.
"Save introductions for when you're in those stands! Lovely Lightning!" screeched the voice of Roasie; leaping over their heads before unleashing another lightning attack directly on top of the three Namekians, the pain flaring through their veins as the lightning scorched their bodies and left several burn injuries.
Leaping from boulder to boulder leaving only a trail of lightning bolts and the flash of her bright yellow gi; Roasie gained some distance from the three Namekians for she was outnumbered and her energies were running low after having defended herself with a lightning shield after the explosions from Goku's and Jiren's battle, though her escape attempt was quickly followed by a duo of energy bolts from Saonel and Pilina.
Piccolo kept his index and middle fingers on his right hand on his forehead; electricity sparking across his hand and down to his wrist while charging the one technique almost guaranteed to eliminate Roasie provided he could hit her.
"How long does this technique take to charge?" Pilina spoke his question through a telepathic link; keeping their dialog hidden from Roasie and any other opponents overhearing their plan to defeat The Second Universe.
"Only a few seconds; it used to take five minutes at most" Piccolo spoke telepathically; his tone as gruff as always, the electricity sparking so wildly that his technique was ready to be used though he still didn't have a clear shot.
"Seriously?! You'd be eliminated or dead if it still took that long to use" Pilina and Saonel spoke in unison; a tone of surprise and shock at the absurdly long preparation time of Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon.
"Indeed… the training greatly reduced the charge time" Piccolo stated with a slight tone of embarrassment conveyed telepathically.
"We'll pin her down so you can get a good shot" Saonel muttered in a grumbled tone; beams scattering out from between his fingers though Roasie kept dodging each bolt .
Roasie twisted in the air following a jump to dodge a clawed fist from Saonel only to then dodge an energy blast of Pilina; the blast singeing the edges of her gi before she landed against a trio of torn up floor tiles that had formed a wall, gritting her teeth as she felt her arm seize up
"FIRE!" screamed the voices of the trio of Piccolo, Pilina and Saonel; the Special Beam Cannon alongside two unnamed beams though coloured a pale yellow and a pale pink collectively fired from the hands of the three Namekians, the beams soaring through the air from three different angles before Roasie flinched in terror at the triple-pronged attack she'd failed to anticipate only for the beams to converge on her position inducing an explosion that appeared to blow the Maiden away and out of the arena but no call for Roasie's elimination was called.
The Namekians panted for air after talking telepathically and expending so much of their energies for that triple pronged attack; the smoke hanging like a veil over their efforts for the few seconds that the smoke cloud hung felt like an eternity until the glow of pink pierced through the dusty mist revealing a heart-shaped barrier held up by none other than Ribrianne.
"Shit…" All three Namekians cursed telepathically; their plan failing due to a single oversight being Ribrianne herself.
Ribrianne wore her smug smirk on her pudgy face but her brow and cheeks were beaded with sweat from the exertion of running to Roasie's side and generating her Cupid Shield within only a few nanoseconds, "Roasie; are you safe?".
"Yes; thanks to you… these loveless brutes would have defeated me without your assistance My Lady" Roasie spoke through deep but quick breaths; her once bright yellow gi now stained and dirty from the dust and her desperate dodging.
"Just as I thought… Ribrianne is the strongest member of Team Universe 2" Piccolo spoke after having suspected those facts given how fond of her the other team members were as if she were some celebrity in their own Universe.
"Is your Love strong enough to handle these three slugs?" Ribrianne asked with little concern in her voice; her eyebrows raised in question of her comrade.
"I think so My Lady… what about your Love?" Roasie answered slowly; her burns causing her to flinch but the questioning gaze of her Team Leader felt like daggers slicing her skin.
"I need to recuperate a little… but I shall return as the Goddess of Love that our Universe requires" Ribrianne spoke with satisfaction in her comrades answer; turning her back on Roasie before leaving with a trail of hearts left behind in her wake.
"Very well' I shall wait your return and honour our Universe with a victory over these loveless men" Roasie spoke clearly; rising back to her feet as Ribrianne left her alone against her three opponents, though she was greatly outnumbered her energy ignited as bolts of electricity raked off her body and carved deep cracked in the floor.
With the trail of fleeting pink love hearts left in her wake; Ribrianne was gone leaving Roasie alone to face the trio of Namekians though she too was worn out and injured from her own battles with her outfit damaged; her visor cracked and a few slight burns on her exposed shoulders and legs.
Piccolo felt a tremble down his spine as he watched Roasie emit her bolts of electricity; he knew what she was thinking: that she'd been backing into a corner, she needed to prove herself and defeating them would allow her to prove her strength even if she was one of the Trinity Maidens.
"It's time Brother" Soanel spoke; the air around his body slowly turning a visible white before bursting outwards into the form of a column of light.
"Indeed Brother… the strength of our people raises its noble head" Pilina spoke alongside his brother; a column of white light bursting out from his body in which Piccolo and Roasie both could swear they could see multiple faces within the columns.
Piccolo could only stare in wonder as he again sensed the presence of hundreds of Namekians until he realised the truth, Pilina and Saonel had united with dozens if not their entire race to boost their strength for the sole purpose of surviving and ensuring their Universes continued existence.
"I see your Love; the faces in your powers are the embodiment of the love your species has for your both… a pity I must see you all erased" Roasie spoke back; her hands raised up over her head as the lightning bolts forking off her body became to direct towards the space between her hands, the lightning bolts folding and forking over each other into they formed a sphere of pure lightning and energy.
"We will not fade into nothing! Light Grenade!" Piccolo shouted; barking his words as he was first to fire his attack, having chosen for a long range battle rather than close-range to mid-range that Roasie excelled in; the pure white beam erupting from his palms amist the combined flames of the trio's auras.
"This is the power of The Namekian Race! Light Grenade!" Saonel screamed; his hands extended with enough force that he cast a wall of air before his pale yellow Light Grenade blasted out from between his clawed hands.
"Our Brothers came together for a single purpose! Winning this Tournament and restoring our people with The Super Dragon Balls!" Pilina screamed at the top of his lungs; his pale pink Light Grenade blasting from between his fingertips and joining the trio of identical and powerful attacks.
Roasie felt their words; fighting for the sake of the Universes and proudly declaring the desire to return their people to their own bodies left her with a sense of the love The Namekians must have had to commit to such an undertaking for their own race's survival, steeling herself for the imminent clash with her technique crackling over her very head; with a simple florish of her hands Roasie's lightning orb burst into hundreds if not thousands of lightning bolts that arced through the air and met the triple Light Grenade in a splendid display of their powers.
"Unite our powers in a single shot!" Piccolo screamed at the top of his lungs; his hands held together by his fingertips as the space between his palms glowed with an untold radiance, Saonel and Pilina spotting the technique that Piccolo was employing and opted to copy him until each generated a radiance of pale pink and pale yellow together; the trio of Light Grenades firing just as Roasie began her own attack in the form on hundreds of bolts of lightning all crashing down on her targets.
Roasie's lightning coursed and forked through the air; clashing against the trio of Light Grenades from the Namekians while also raking across what was left of their footing, the floors being raked with the energies of the four fighters; bolts of lightning spearing directly through the Kachi Kachin and making the floors unstable under the fighter's very feet.
Piccolo tasted blood in his mouth as his fangs were cutting deep into his gums; the trickle of his purple blood dribbled down his chin in the strain of a long usage of his Light Grenade which was meant to be a single shot instead of a sustained usage technique, though he had to admit he was impressed with the Universe 6 Namekians in copying his technique as well as their strength though it came from sacrificing their whole race.
Pilina and Saonel both felt the lightning raking their arms and legs; even with the strength of their entire race standing behind them and their bodies fully acclimated to the Namekian Fusion Technique, the lightning causing burns as blood dripped from their own fangs digging into their lips from the unexpected strain of using Piccolo's Light Grenade.
Roasie remained wordless as her own bright yellow lightning coursed in every conceivable direction though she felt the strength of the three Light Grenades pushing against her Lightning Love Barrage; the shades of colour reflected in the clash resonating with lights of bright and pale yellow, pale blue and pale pink.
"So… beautiful" Roasie spoke under her breath; mesmerized by the coloured in the clash just as her own attack ceasing to flow into the clash of wills and powers allowing The Namekians power to gain victory, the trio of beams bursting through her bolt of lightning and striking Roasie herself; the force of the three beams taking her off her feet only to be hurlted off her platform and into a fractured side of the arena with nothing to stop her from falling into elimination.
"We won…" Saonel spoke through panted breath; his legs giving out from under him after having spent so much energy distracting and combatting the desperate attacks of Roasie only to put even more strength into their final attack.
"It was a tough battle Brother… we have honoured our kin" Pilina spoke solemnly; smirking in the direction of Saonel and Piccolo, he too falling to his knees on the unstable floor as cracked as it was from the battles.
"MOVE!" Piccolo yelled but their lack of any energy failed the trio's legs as a large heart-shaped Arrow flew seemingly from out of nowhere struck the cracked ground the Namekians stood on causing their footing to only become even more unstable and fall out from under their feet.
As the arena crumbled under their feet; Piccolo's, Pilina's and Saonel's arms extended outwards only to grab a hold of both arms and the left leg of Roasie; of whom struggled against their combined grip strength for all four fighters fell through the crumbling arena and into the dark clouds where only elimination waited.
Ribrianne.
Gasping for breath and drained of energy after her last attack; Brianne had reverted back to her regular state though her stockings had been frayed and burnt, her pink dress torn and damaged in places but worst of all her green hair had becomes messy and split-ends stood out when her hair was normally so gloriously shiny and bouncy.
Brianne grimaced at her battle-damaged and frayed hair and outfit; she hadn't expected the enemy teams to fight so fiercely nor totally disregard her love-themed attacks much less openly fight against her but she needed a break from the conflict, "Guess it's my turn to hide and rest… I cannot lose this tournament… I must not lose! For I shall become the Goddess of Love!".
Next Chapter: Black Hole.