Gojo stared towards the overwhelming vastness of the sixth universe from inside the glass cube vehicle, admiring the stars in every direction. They had already dropped off the other fighters after losing the tournament, which was intentional on Gojo's part, to the seventh universe. Gojo remembered the fit Lord Champa had thrown, threatening to annihilate his fighters, well not him ofcourse, he was under the protection of Vados, his adopted mother. The only thing that saved them from that gruesome fate was the arrival of the Lord of everything, the Omni king, Grand Zeno. Gojo chuckled to himself as he remembered how terrified the two deities were. The Omni king promised a tournament even bigger than the one they just had, a tournament between all the universes. The thought sent a ripple of excitement through Gojo, if beings with god-like power like Goku and Vegeta existed in the universe neighboring theirs, what else lied beyond the stars he was seeing? He had to get stronger. He remembered his fight with Goku, the seventh universe's fighter was obviously a better fighter than Gojo was, sure Gojo has infinity but sometimes he likes to strip that advantage away and look at things in another perspective. If it wasn't for Gojo's infinity then Goku would have won for sure. But alas, Gojo was dealt with that card and he'd be damned if he didn't make the most of it, not that he wasn't grateful for the ability. He looked up and saw Vados seated on the front edge of the cube, taking them home. Lord Champa was at the back, devouring a stake, his bad mood was a thing in the last now that he knew what Lord Beerus had wished for. Gojo sighed as he imagined trying to convince Vados to let him out of her sight for any period of time, Vados was awesome, but she tended to be a little overprotective, just convincing her to let him fight in the tournament included a lot of sweet talking from both Champa and Gojo himself. But she never held back on his training atleast, that's why Gojo's as strong as he is. The space cube stopped traveling at hyper speed which meant that they were home. Lord Champa's planet was always a sight to behold. Minutes later, the cube was now flying over the vast forest that covered 2/3 of the planet, gigantic statues of Lord Champa were everywhere, at the center of the small planet was a gigantic tree like structure which, believe it or not, was their home. Gojo smiled widely as he exited the cube.
"Finally, i'm exhausted." he said as Vados floated beside him, Gojo always found it embarrassing that she was taller than him.
"You'll sleep after you've eaten something." she placed a hand on Gojo's shoulder as they walked towards the tree house, Lord Champa was lazily tagging along behind them, still biting at his stake.
"Absolutely not!" Vados screamed as Gojo tried persuading her the next day.
"Come on Vados why not?" Gojo whined as he trailed behind her.
"You know why, you're one of the most valuable creatures in the entire multiverse, so much so that the Omni king had two choices, either erase you in fear that you'll turn out to be a deranged lunatic or to let you be trained so that one day you may take the mantle as the sixth universe's destroyer. And i cannot give you any training whilst you're not even in the same universe as i." she elaborated in her cranky tone as she increased the pace, Gojo had trouble keeping up.
"Well it's not like i'm going off on a retreat. The reason i'm going is to train, you're the one who said that i needed a little competition now and then." Gojo argued as they reached the big table where Champa and their oracle fish were having breakfast.
" You're living with a destroyer and an angel, we're the biggest competition you're ever going to have." she exclaimed as she turned to face him.
" That doesn't count. " Gojo argued.
"What're we talking about?" asked the oracle fish,as if he hadn't forseen this conversation weeks before.
"None of your business," Vados snapped at it, "Now sit down and eat." she said to Gojo as she served some boiled eggs and handed them to him on a plate. Gojo sighed and sat down. Champa stared up from his plate,
"You really shouldn't be a stick in the mud Vados, let the kid socialize a bit. I could also use some peace and quiet from all your noisy training. " Vados and Gojo both glared at him. Gojo turned back to Vados,
"Look, ill make you a deal..."
"I'm not making deals with you young man." she said as she sat down next to him. He went on,
" I know you're just worried about me so how about this, ill make contact every two days. I'll let Whis babysit me if you want, and i promise to bring back some souvenirs from their earth. " he knew the souvenir promise was a deal breaker since the earth that was restored on their universe was still centuries behind the one in the seventh. Lord Champa eyes lit up, so did the oracle fish's. Vados sighed in defeat,
" You promise to call?" she asked and Gojo knew the worst was behind me.
" I swear on Lord Champa's underwear drawer." he said putting a hand up in mock solemnity.
"Hey!" Champa yelled as his cheeks flushed red, the oracle fish burst out laughing, a smile played on Vados' lips.
"Fine. When would you like to leave?" she asked as the oracle fish fell from it's bowl in fits of laughter.
Two days later, Gojo stood before the glass cube vehicle that was going to take him anywhere he wanted to go, in this universe and beyond. He planned to visit planet Sadala first before heading to the seventh. He was wearing a blindfold to prevent the annoying mental fatigue from hindering the long journey ahead. He could still reconstruct the image of his surroundings using his other senses as was taught by Vados, he could also see the flow of ki from every living being around him in incredibly high resolution, even in his blindfold. Vados was the only one who came to see him off, Lord Champa was running around the planet trying to burn of the huge amount of calories he'd eaten the previous day. Gojo grabbed the bag containing his black fighting clothes and threw them into the cube, they passed through the glass as if it was non existent. He turned and walked towards Vados, her eyes were puffy, she was obviously crying behind Gojo's back.
"This is it," Gojo said taking Vados' hands.
"Make sure you're properly fed. Don't stop training, remember..."
"Fifty thousand push ups a day, Whis will provide the weighted clothes for me, yeah i got it." Gojo said chuckling.
"Then you best be on your way, don't linger so much on planet Sadala, those savages don't deserve you." she said, tears were already brimming her eyes, Gojo knew he had to bounce before the waterworks started.
"Love you, bye." Gojo said quickly kissing her cheeks and turning to sprint towards the cube.
"Remember to call." Vados shouted at him, he turned and waved before entering the vehicle. The glass cube slowly levitated and shot upwards faster than the speed of light itself. Vados stifled a sob.
Planet Sadala was a maroon colored world with two moons. Gojo had never in his life been there but he was sure he had passed by once with Vados. It had a barren look, meaning that a large number of the people were probably starving, Gojo decided to take Vados' advice and not linger for long. His vehicle entered the atmosphere roughly but slowed down before landing. Gojo made sure to hide the vehicle and his belongings before setting out to venture the landscape. Even without the blindfold Gojo could still get a read on everything. He knew that there was a populated area a couple miles west so that's where he decided to go. He made a mental note to try some of the food they ate and probably interact with one or two of the strongest warriors the planet could offer. Gojo knew that most of the planet's army was off world fighting a war against the barbarian king. The white haired saiyan took to the skies and slowly flew towards the city. The landscape had little vegetation but it was still a sight to behold, he would have enjoyed seeing it with his adopted mother. He arrived at the city in minutes, the buildings were not exactly huge, but they were decent, fellow saiyans were going about there day oblivious of the powerful figure flying over their heads. Gojo noticed that none of the saiyans had gained mastery over their ki enough to be able to fly, as a matter of fact, their energy levels were lower than he'd expected. He landed atop one of the buildings and looked down at the bustling city below him. He took of his blindfold, his senses became ten times better, he noticed the merchants selling their obscure merchandise, some kind of religious zealot was preaching about an unknown god to the passerbys who were paying him little attention, there was a small park where saiyan children were receiving basic training, he smelled the scent of roasted meat, his stomach started to rumble. Using his six eyes, Gojo pinpointed the exact location of the one cooking the meat cooker, he smiled as he put his blindfold back on. He then clasped his hands together and the distance between him and the cook reduced to near zero in an instant, appearing infront of the other saiyan and startling him. There were other saiyans there as well who looked at him as if he just dropped out of the sky, which he technically did.
"Hi there." Gojo said , waving to the cook. Meat the size of his glass vehicle was being roasted on an abnormally large grill. He was obviously selling the food, it's a good thing Vados gave him some Sadalian money.
"How much for three gravitons of the stuff?" he asked.
"That will be fifty veylars. " said the guy. Gojo brought out his purse and counted fifty veylars. Vados made him take classes about the planet's currency so he knew how much fifty veylars was. He gave the man the cash and the man cut of a huge piece and handed it to Gojo, being Saiyans, the weight was barely a bother. Gojo walked with his roasted meat toward a bench where two saiyan couples were feeding each other pieces of it. Gojo sighed as he sat far away from them as the bench allowed, it seemed every civilization had one of those. He bit into his meat, it was pretty tasty, and greasy as well, he ate in silence until he was done. He unintentionally overheard two teenagers, probably a few years younger than him, talking as they ate their graviton of flesh.
"Did you hear? The tournament's about to begin shortly. " one said.
"Yeah, i hear Caulifla's the one holding the champion's ring, girl's got a mean right hook." the other said in admiration.
"Oh please, she won't be holding it for long, Ryzen will be among the challengers, that self entitled little prick is going down." the first one declared.
" Whatever, y'know there's a reason why even the army respects Caulifla." the other countered. Gojo was immediately intrigued by this, he approached the two saiyans.
" Hi, sorry to intrude but may i ask where that tournament is being held. Just point the direction." Gojo requested politely. The two turned to look at him.
" It's right below the Nexus." said one of the boys, pointing towards the tallest building Gojo had seen so far. Gojo thanked them and took off like a rocket, making the jaws of the two drop in amazement. He entered the arena inconspicuously, it looked like an illegal business. There was a large saiyan outside demanding for everyone to pay first before going down to the basement. Gojo entered the abnormally huge basement. There was a gigantic ring in the middle and seats all around, much like an ampitheater. Gojo took his seat in excitement and waited for the fight to begin. The whole place was packed with people, all saiyans with jet black hair, Gojo was the only one with white hair in the whole room which made him a little more conspicuous. The crowd's mumble died when a saiyan took to the stage, judging by the way he was dressed, Gojo knew that he was a ref.
"Ladies and gentlemen, i welcome you to the Zenith Clash!" he shouted, he didn't even need a device to make himself audible. The crowd roared, causing Gojo to flinch a little.
"I give you, Caulifla!" he shouted and the crowd's roar increased in volume. Gojo shook his head in irritation as he took his blindfold off and turned to look at the champion they were cheering so passionately for. As Caulifla steps into the ring, the air seems to crackle with raw energy. Gojo couldn't help but feel a twinge of unease as his eyes lock onto her. She's smaller than he expected, but every inch of her radiated power. Her wild, spiky black hair frames a face that's equal parts fierce and beautiful, with sharp, determined eyes that flash with an intensity that sends a shiver down Gojo's spine.She's dressed in a red crop top and matching pants, her muscular arms exposed, and he could see the definition in her toned physique—she's clearly no stranger to battle. The confidence in her stride is almost intimidating, each step deliberate as she entered the ring, a single hand up in the air. And in that moment, Gojo realized that he was in trouble.
"Now i know there's a number of you lot just begging to have a shot at her, but first, we must begin with the main challenger, i give you, Ryzen!" the ref shouted, a gigantic saiyan wearing the typical saiyan armor entered the ring, Gojo's six eyes enabled him to read the ki levels of almost everyone in existence except angels, he could even get a glimpse of a destroyer's ki if he bothered to look. Right now, Gojo got a read of everyone in the room and already knew that Ryzen was the one with the highest power level in the room. Caulifla was a close second. Gojo knew that that wasn't enough to determine the victor of the fight, infact, Caulifla seemed to have more potential than Ryzen could ever dream.
"You may begin!" shouted the ref and immediately Ryzen charged at Caulifla like a deranged bull, that proved to be futile because of Caulifla's speed, the girl was incredibly fast and agile which only increased Gojo's curiosity towards her. Ryzen proved to be big and strong but that's it. Caulifla on the other hand was moving with speed and precision, striking the vital points of the huge saiyan. Even though the saiyan seemed to be unaffected, Gojo's six eyes could detect the amount of damage the blows were inflicting on him. It would have been a problem for the female saiyan if Ryzen were to get a hold of her, but Ryzen never even got close to touching her, a few more blows and the big saiyan was on the ground, out cold. The crowd roared in celebration. Caulifla looked like she barely even broke a sweat. She lifted her fist up, showing the shiny silver ring she wore, which Gojo assumed was the champion's ring.
"The next challengers will be volunteers. Who wants to have a go at her?" the ref shouted.The crowd grew silent, many of the saiyans who sat at the front hoping to challenge Caulifla were now staring at each other.
"P*ssies." though Caulifla kept her voice low, Gojo could still hear her. A smile crept up his face once he made his decision.He put his blindfold back on.
"I'd like to have a go." he shouted as he got up from his seat.The whole crowd including Caulifla turned to stare at him.
"We have a challenger, who appears to either be half saiyan or an albino." Gojo rolled his eyes as he walked down to the ring, as if he's never heard that before. The crowd remained silent, for Gojo, even if they remained silent,their heartbeats and breathing were still loud enough to be considered as noise to him. He finally entered the gigantic ring. Caulifla was upraising him with a smirk.
"Bad idea princess, you sure you wanna go toe to toe with me?" Caulifla challenged making Gojo smile. He liked her confidence and more. The ref backed away from the two Saiyans
"I'll let you have the first shot." Gojo said inviting her to attack. He never bothers to have his guard up because of his limitless technique, the only person Gojo has ever seen to actually bypass it was Vados, even Lord Champa himself couldn't touch him once he activated it, but he didn't even need it to fight her. The smile on Gojo's lips grew wider, this should be mildly entertaining.
"You may begin!" shouted the saiyan referee.
Caulifla studied her opponent just as she was trained to do. She was fairly sure that once she had made an example out of Ryzen, everyone else would be too chicken to try and face her, in her book that spelled an easy win. But then this guy came forward, he definitely has the body of a fighter but what's the deal with the blindfold? He doesn't even have his guard up but Caulifla's senses were screaming at her to run. The first blows haven't even been traded yet but Caulifla was already sweating.
F*ck it! She thought to herself as she jumped high up in the air, her right fist was raised above her shoulder as she descended on the other saiyan. She planned to attack directly above, the guy didn't even bother to tense up, at the last moment, he dissapeared, the impact was massive as Caulifla's fist created a crater on the ground. She heard gasps from the crowd but still didn't move from her position she tried searching for the guy infront of her only to realize a second later, that he was behind her which explained the crowd's gasps. She immediately twisted her body and prepared to deliver another right hook but the guy made a gesture of clasping his hands and then he literally dissapeared, her punch hitting mid air. He danced around her like it was all just a game which pissed her off, she swung left but he was right, she swung right but he was left. Suddenly the guy was behind her, she felt contact on her back, like he was casually laying on her, she heard him softly whisper to her ear
"Since the crowd is watching, i think I'll show off a little, yeah." she turned as quick as her saiyan physiology could allow and tried to swing a blow at him again but the guy had dissapeared again, she felt someone grab her right arm, the guy twisted his upper body and threw her but she was agile enough to avoid being sent flying like a spinning rag doll, she used her hands to touch the ground and slow herself as she spun, but before she could even recover, the white haired saiyan gave her his own savage punch which sent her flying across the ring, she collided with the obnoxiously hard wall of the arena and slid back to the ground, groaning in agony. She thought she was gonna puke, who the hell is this guy? The crowd had been silent ever since the fight started. The ref walked towards the guy and asked him his name.
"Your winner, Gojo!" the crowd roared louder than before. Caulifla spat on the ground as she got up, muttering profanities as she walked out of the arena, the spectators had already began leaving. Kale was gonna have to do without that trinket she's been nagging Caulifla to buy for her. She was already outside when she heard someone call out to her, she turned and saw that it was the Gojo guy. She began walking again.
"Leave me alone snowflake." she grumbled knowing that threatening the guy to leave her alone won't work, she wondered how she was gonna explain to her people how she was knocked on her ass by a half blood. "Hey, you were amazing in there." the guy said as he caught up. Caulifla rolled her eyes.
"Really? You didn't seem to think so when you were throwing me around the ring. " she said venomously as she increased her pace. The guy easily kept up.
"That's different, i'm way stronger than anyone you've ever faced before so ofcourse i was gonna win." Caulifla rolled her eyes again, bold words. "I meant how you fought the other guy, you've got real potential, more than anyone ive seen in this planet." he said in a matter of fact tone. Caulifla stopped and turned to face him,
"What do you want?" she demanded, the guy scratched his head.
"Well the thing is, im new around here, just passing by really and i kinda need a place to stay for the night if you'd have me. " Caulifla couldn't believe this guy, she upraised him again, he looked like he came from the southern hemisphere, that's where the richest saiyans on the planet resided.
"What are you doing in the northern hemisphere, does the south have a shortage of girls. Go bother someone else. " she started walking again.
" I'm not from this planet." he said, Caulifla skidded to a stop. She turned to look at him again, he definitely got her attention now.
"Where are you from?" she asked, studying him with curiosity.
"You probably won't know the place. It's quite far, and i'm half saiyan, not albino." he said , then he proceeded to bring out a purse from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Here ,you can take it, i just wanna spend the night and i'd be out of your hair, it's probably more than what those guys were gonna give you anyways." he said as she opened the purse. He was right, this was more, much more, the guy had more than three thousand veylars on this pouched, she closed the purse and looked at him again.
"Are you sure you're not from the south?" she asked suspiciously.
"Nope." the guy said making the "p" pop. Caulifla sighed, Kale was definitely not gonna like this.
"Follow me snowflake." she said as she led the way, the Gojo guy gave her a huge smile and followed her.
Caulifla was right about one thing, Kale was pissed, but the guy seemed to get along well with her people, it seemed that he was easily likeable. They ate dinner together where the guy gave her a sketchy explanation about his abilities, Caulifla knew that he still kept somethings to himself but she didn't push him for more information. But he did tell her about the super saiyan transformation, about how he even went beyond that. The next day, Caulifla decided to let him teach her to transform atleast before he left. She tried to convince him to stay longer ofcourse, he could prove useful to her, maybe with his help, she might actually just end the oppression that the north received from the south, but that wasn't the only reason, the fact that he unraveled his blindfold infront of Caulifla alone and she gazed into his blue eyes was when she fully acknowledged that this guy was no normal saiyan, but he insisted on leaving, saying he was only passing by but during the course of their evening, Caulifla knew that fate made them cross paths for a reason, she hoped they would meet again soon. Gojo agreed to teach her how to transform, he said that it should come easy for her due to her latent potential. They stood at the dry open field that morning, Caulifla stood perfectly still as Gojo walked around her, the way he looked at her with the intensity of his blue eyes made her feel self conscious, she could feel blood rising up to her cheeks, something that has never happened before.
"Like what you see?" she asked trying to mask her real emotions with fake ones. Gojo ignored the question.
"Right. This should be relatively easy. Now, try to relax first, i take it you know how to charge up your ki." Caulifla nodded. "The super saiyan transformation is fueled by rage, which conveniently, seems to be in abundance to the saiyan kind. So i want you to think about the thing that you hate the most, draw your rage from there, treat it as a match which you'll use to light the fire. Charge up your ki, let the energy move freely through your spine and then, just let it explode out of you. " Gojo described, Caulifla did as she was told, she closed her eyes and pictured the southern pigs who oppressed them everyday, who treated them as if they didn't belong, the rage flowed through her until she finally couldn't contain it anymore, she felt the power explode from her body, she opened her eyes and saw that she was surrounded by a yellow aura, she's never felt power like this before, she felt as if she could bring down a whole mountain. Gojo was looking at her with a proud smile which Caulifla grudgingly returned, this guy definitely had an effect on her, whether positive or negative, Caulifla didn't know, the only person to ever get this close to her before was Kale, who was still staying as far away from the new guy as possible. Caulifla once again thought about fate, she's only known this guy for a day but it feels like she's known him her whole life. Powering down was easy, she just had to take a deep breath and let it go.
"Watch out Planet Sadala, you've got a super saiyan among you now." Gojo said as he offered Caulifla a high five.
It was evening when Gojo left planet Sadala, he decided he might come back to the maroon colored planet one day, he also couldn't wait to let Vados know that he already made a friend. But now, he had to focus on crossing over to the seventh, that was the whole reason for his newfound freedom afterall. He stared at the silver colored ring that Caulifla gave him, he decided he was definitely gonna come back. The cube shaped vehicle soared across the ocean if stars, heading towards his destiny.
Hullo guys. Hope you like this new chapter, i put a lot of effort into this one. Like i said before this is my very first story ever so i'd appreciate some reviews, and yes, i'm shipping Gojo and Caulifla so you'll definitely be seeing more of her before the tournament of power. I might introduce one or two more JJK characters as the story progresses and ofcourse the next chapter will cover the Planet Pot au feu arc so ill update in like three days time, bye y'all.