The Three Legendary Saiyans.
Chapter 71: Reunion of Warriors.
The Arena.
The figures clad in white manifested one after another within the floors of the repaired arena floor as one after another; the white light melted away revealing each and every single member of the erased Universe's Teams, every single soul returning into existence thanks to a single wish; Raijin couldn't help but smile to himself as he spotted Hit and Caulifla amongst the numerous warriors brought back by his wish.
After a brief second of silence as The Teams came to realise they'd been brought back before a unanimous roar of relief and cheers for their resurrection, the deafening sounds only matched by the cheers from Team Universe 7 up in the seats as they witnessed Raijin's selfless wish being granted.
"How? How were we all brought back?" Brianne cried out; speaking with joyful tears streaming down her face as her fellow Maidens and the replacement trio of Kakunsa, Roasie, Zarbuto, Ranbanra and Zirloin all sharing in her tears of joy.
"I'm not sure… Zeno's power of erasure is absolute… wait" Paparoni spoke as he ran through a holographic display emitted by his cane before coming to a realsation that they'd been restored by the very prize they'd all been seeking.
"The Super Dragon Balls!" spoke the masked hero: Catopesra; taking off his helmet to reveal his handsome face and short white hair as he looked around sharing the astounding view of the stars and planetary bodies of The Null Realm now that the clouds had been dashed away.
"But who made the wish?!" snarled one of the Universe 3 Team Members; the beast-like Nigrissi speaking as his bead-like eyes scanned for the person most likely to make a wish from the other teams but coming up with no results due to a lack of data.
At that moment; Hit locked eyes with Raijin and took notice of his beaming smile of happiness, tapping Cabba, Caulifla and Kale on the shoulders as they tapped their fellows from Universe 6 as the group of nine warriors though Frost remained behind before sneaking away; Team Universe 6 approached Raijin as the members of every Universe Team turned to focus their attention on the following exchange.
"It was you… wasn't it?" Kale spoke carefully; her eyes bubbling with beading tears of happiness as she looked to the man who'd saved The Erased Universes.
"Raijin?! You saved our… no; all the Universes?!" Cabba asked again; a look of excitement and eagerness to get the answer that was only matched by the gleeful expression on Caulifla's own face.
"Yeah… I used The Wish to restore all of you, back to this plane of existence; to reverse the unjust erasure of you, your families and your homes" Raijin answered with a wide smirk; expressing his own happiness at seeing his cross-universe comrades after getting them eliminated with his failed plan to defeat Jiren and his efforts to defeat them himself.
A moment of dumbfounded silence filled the arena as the only sounds were the footsteps of Raijin's own teammates descended from The Observation Stands and back into The Arena before a rapturous cheering chant of Raijin's name blared from the warriors' mouths as their cheered for the man who'd restored them.
As soon as Raijin had waved his hand and ceased the cheering; the various warriors broke off into groups and frequently moved from group to group, each discussing the battle, where they came from, showing each other photos and stories about their homes and families, swapping technique and training methods, exchanging a friendly punch or two.
Vegeta stood to one side with Toppo as Raijin took a guess that Vegeta may be asking about how to achieve a God of Destruction Form like Toppo had done, Goku getting questioned by Caulifla and Kale about God Ki and mastering higher forms of Super Saiyan.
Raijin.
Spotting Dyspo over to one side of the talkative members of The Pride Troopers but stood with nobody to speak with; taking a deep breath as the experience of predator/prey fight they'd had came rushing back to his memory.
"Dyspo… I wanted to say I'm sorry for punching out your teeth the way I did" Raijin spoke only to pause as Dyspo turned to stare at him with a touch of hostility and fear even though Raijin's base form didn't bear any of the predatory features he wore as a Super Saiyan 4.
"Think nothing of it… we were in the heat of battle but that predatory state you were in scared me a fair bit" Dyspo spoke freely; dropping his initial wariness upon hearing Raijin's apology and instead taking Raijin's hand and shaking it.
"Ha! Next time we meet; let's just have a simple race to determine who's faster" Raijin proposed with an excited grin; his hand tightening on Dyspo's as he suggested the race.
"You're on! I'm not going to lose a race to the likes of you!" Dyspo laughed loudly before answering; tighting his own grip on Raijin's hand as he accepted the challenge.
"I'm looking forward to it" Raijin confirmed; the tightly gripped hands of Raijin and Dyspo shaking in agreement as their future race was set.
"Hey! If you're racing then you need to let us in on this action too!" screamed the voices of The Trio of Danger in unison; as well as several hands from other fighters amongst the group all eager to get in on the action of a speed-based race.
Goku.
"I want to know how to become a Super Saiyan God! You tell me or I invade your Universe and get the info anyway" Caulifla bellowed without care of who overheard, Kale and Cabba joining her in eagerness on how to attain the God Ki levels of Super Saiyan themselves.
"Ok I'll tell you how… on a condition, I get to fight Kefla again next time there's another multi-universal tournament" Goku thought on the matter of giving Universe 6 the valuable information though his drive to fight stronger opponents led him to propose a rematch.
"Deal!" Caulifla screamed with an excited expression; not noticing that Botamo and Magetta were both listening in whilst having conversations with the biomechanical team from Universe 3.
"Have you used these Earrings before?" Kale spoke with her normal hushed tone of voice; her eyes expressing eagerness to know about Goku's past fusions as he'd defeated Kefla.
"Yeah; with both Vegeta and Raijin, called ourselves Vegito and Raijoku" Goku explained as he pointed to an irritated-looking Vegeta and a laughing Raijin as he was being challenged to races and tests of strength by many fighters from other Universes.
"Interesting; how strong were you when fused?" Cabba asked; silently wishing that he might have been the one who'd fused with either Caulifla or Kale with The Potara Earrings as the experience seemed to have an enriching effect on those who experience the union indicated by the unparalleled strength possessed by Goku, Vegeta and Raijin.
"Well… when fused with Vegeta we nearly beat an immortal, indestructible genie, and with Raijin we almost defeated a genocidal deity" Goku recounted the experience as being strengthening as the sensations of their bodies and energies combining to form an extremely powerful warrior of unparalleled strength and might but each time had failed to successfully defeat the enemy due to a fatal weakness of overconfidence in that power.
"Nearly?! We crushed Raijin and nearly decimated you!" Caulifla screamed whilst pointing an accusing finger at Goku and poking him in the chest but blushing as she briefly felt the thick, honed muscles from years of fighting and surviving against all kinds of powerful foes.
"Yeah; nearly decimated me" Goku repeated with an amused smirk; putting extra emphasis on the word "nearly" though much to Caulifla's irritation and chagrin.
Gods of Destruction.
"To think… barely an hour ago all these mortals were fighting to survive and now… because of a Wish, all life has been restored" Arak spoke; his scaley reptilian skin creasing as he opened his mouth to speak so much so that his tendrils on the sides of his face twitched with every word he spoke, silently amused by how such bitter enemies can suddenly turn friendly and exchange discussion unlike The Gods who remained hostile forever.
"Mortals are truly interesting beings" Iwan nodded his head that sent his fur-covered body into ruffles; his beady eyes showing fascination with the battles he'd been witness to and the clashes of glorious energies such as Ultra Instinct, The Spirit Bomb, Pretty Black Hole, Time Skip, Super Saiyan's multiple levels and Kale's Berserk Variant, Heatwave Magnetron, Gravitation Magnetron, Toppo's Destroyer God Form and The Omni-Barrier Rampart, all of which Iwan had committed to memory for the future.
"Once again I owe Universe 7 my life… I will never be able to repay the debt I owe your Saiyans Beerus" Gowasu spoke solemnly; his life being saved when Goku and Beerus stopped Zamasu's assassination attempt and their battles to stop the crazed Fused Zamasu in a now-obliterated timeline.
"I will never accept that Beerus' Universe saved us… I'll get you back someday Beerus!" Quitela spat; his venomous words not going unnoticed by the other Gods but most of all by his own Angel: a tall, blue-skinned Angel with a white pompadour hairstyle but dressed in identical robes to Whis but with broader shoulders.
"I'd like to see you try Quitela" Champa scoffed; surprisingly taking Beerus' side in an act of brotherly comradery, even Vados staring in amusement by Champa's uncharacteristic actions towards his brother when he was typically stand-offish.
"Universe 7's Love knows no bounds… he saved not just his own Universes but all of ours" Heles spoke wistful; holding out her hands to the crowd of warriors now engaged in discussion as she observed The Three Maidens of Love giving an idol performance to the teams as entertainment; taking note that Roshi, Botamo, Doctor Rota and the entirety of her own team were joining in a synchronised dance routine involving flips, jumps and waves of the arms.
"Will you ever shut up about Love" Belmod spat with a groan; bearing a gloomy expression for losing when he'd been so certain he would win for having titans like Jiren and Toppo on his team but had allowed The Saiyans to grow too much over the course of the time limit, but he silently appreciated that he, his team and the Universe had been restored.
"Never!" Heles shouted back to Belmod as she turned her back to the clown-faced God; instead meeting the stern-faced amphibian God: Giin of Universe 12, the man merely watching as he'd witnessed two Ultra Instinct Users awaken during the Tournaments events and wondered how his own warriors would fare against Jiren or The Saiyans.
"I refuse to continue speaking to you" Belmod finally breaking out of his gloom and rising to his feet just to shout in Beerus' face; his thoughts of defeat dashing away as he opened his mouth to speak only to be interrupted by the beeping sounds of The Third Universe's God of Destruction now back inside of his tin-can suit.
"Would you get out of that suit Mule! We cannot understand you" Liquiir snapped; his twin fox tails flicking with annoyance at Mule: The God of Destruction of Universe 4, his aura temporarily shimmering crimson around his two tails before rapping his fist against the metal casing the God resided within.
A man-hole cover-like door swung open as the suit opened to reveal a small horned God of Destruction, "I said that we restored Gods should give Beerus a little bit of thanks… though I too feel disgusted by the notion".
"Well… as winners of this little Tournament, I think all of you restored Gods should hail me as the Superior God of Destruction" Beerus spoke as he stood over the other Gods with his arms crossed and his nose turned high up in his sense of superiority.
"That is never going to happen Beerus!" screamed the other Gods in perfect unison; each shooting him with lasers from their hands that Beerus backflipped off the side of The Observation Stands to avoid though the other Gods chased after him much to the team's amusement as the Gods of Destruction chased after Beerus into the infinite reaches of The Null Realm.
The Arena.
"Well it's time to say goodbye" Whis and Vados chimed in together; the two paired along with all the other Angels from the participating Universes stood as the large cube-shaped transports used to ferry the warriors into The Null Realm were reconstructed, the warriors from across Universes exchanging a final goodbye in the form of handshakes, bows and for some hugs, Goku himself shaking hands with Caulifla, Kale, Cabba, Jiren and Hit, while Roshi bowed respectfully to the women he'd fought and defeated all of whom bowed in return, Piccolo and The Namekians from Universe 6 giving each other the Namekian farewell of a deep bow, 17 and 18 giving a farewell wave to the cybernetic lifeforms from Universe 3, Krillin giving the other fighters of small stature a fist-bump as a goodbye, the blind fighter: Majora sharing his techniques with other fighters as the Talisman-user: Dercori was writing and showing off her talismans by sending up fireworks only to be joined by almost all the Pride Trooper members as they, Catopesra, Gohan and The Male Trinity of Love all joined together to demonstrate their Hero Poses until every single member of the many teams were howling in laughter or groaning in embarrassment to be around the posing idiots before heading to their respective Angels and Gods to depart for their homes and families.
"Hold on… there's something I want to say to all the Teams and the Gods who didn't have participating teams" Raijin spoke as he stepped out from between his teammates with his hand raised, turning his sight to Whis as he gave a knowing smile and tapped his staff thus creating a megaphone effect in Raijin's voice so all would hear his words.
"Warriors! Gods! Angels! As winner I want to say something before we all part ways, let's hold this tournament again someday! Only next time… all the known Universes participate and no Universes getting erased on defeat! And I will promise you this… no matter how much stronger you all become; I will defeat you all".
The Grand Priest stood high above listening to the final words spoken by Raijin; his lips curling into an enigmatic smile as the many teams roared in approval of Raijin's challenging words, many of the fighters bellowing in defiance of his proclamation of a second victory in the future, the idea of another Tournament of Power involving all known Universes intrigued him as he glanced towards the twin thrones of The Twin Zenos as they too were cheering in approval of such an event being held a second time.
With several flashes of light; Raijin knew that his final parting words and actions would resonate throughout The Multiverse and would be passed down as a saviour to those who'd participated, fought for their homes, been eliminated and thus restored by his wish, but what excited him most was the prospect that every single man, woman and machine they'd fought would one day face them again and they'd be even stronger.
Next Chapter: The Team Separates.
Author's Note: The Tournament of Power has finally some to an end; this ran a lot longer than I originally intended but I'd love to hear your feedback and reviews on the massive storyline, as I do hope all my readers will enjoy the upcoming encounter with one of my absolute favourite characters: the one and only Broly!.