The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 40: The Berserker's Rampage
Raijin.
After witnessing the erasure of The Ninth Universe's Team; a cold sweat beaded down the side of his face, forgetting about Caulifla for a moment before Caulifla's legs suddenly wrapped around his neck and threw him to the floor.
"Ha! Getting distracted again! Fucking loser!" Caulifla screamed with joy in her voice; grabbing Raijin's left arm and wrenching it back into an armlock.
Raijin grit his teeth; cursing himself for allowing Caulifla to get an advantage against him, the golden fire of his aura blazing higher and bright while his own golden hair blazed so brightly that Caulifla closed her eyes for fear of being rendered blind and leaping off Raijin's back.
"What the hell was that?! Is there a Form higher than this?!" Caulifla lunged forward until she was face-to-face with Raijin; her barely-covered chest inches from Raijin's own chest.
"There is… but you're not ready for Super Saiyan 3" Raijin cursed himself immediately after mentioning the higher form.
A sudden but powerful blast of air resonated throughout the section of the arena where Raijin and Caulifla were fighting; both glancing up after feeling a cold sensation in the backs of their mind.
"What is this? It feels… angry" Raijin muttered; looking around for could possibly be radiating such energy only finding the red skirt and top-wearing girl he'd spotted earlier when he'd reunited with Cabba and Hit.
"I know this power… Kale!" Caulifla paused upon feeling the intensely angry energy present in the waves of air, the tingling of the very angry emotions prickled at her exposed skin like she was being burnt.
Caulifla immediately turned tail and ran over to the girl clad in red of whom was clearly named Kale; only for Caulifla to be pushed back by another blast of immensely angry wind, Kale rose from kneeling behind a torn up floor-piece into a standing position; a strange green flame igniting into life around her while jolts of green lightning coursed around her entire body.
"What is happening? Is she a Saiyan too?" Raijin demanded in an ordering tone; taking a step towards Kale and Caulifla only for Kale to glare at him with blank white eyes as another blast of angry green energy to blast him off his feet.
"Yes she is; but you should run!" Caulifla struggled to maintain her footing; the blasts of energy affecting her just as much as they affected Raijin.
"Why? What is she doing? What is she becoming?" Raijin demanded an answer to his questions though answers were no longer needed as the very air itself became heavy and dense, the misty grey atmosphere of The Null Realm shifted and changed as if reacting to the absurd power Kale was releasing.
Kale's entire body was vastly increasing in muscle mass though it didn't appear that she was shifting into a Super Saiyan Grade 3; the green flames that blazed with a blinding radiance only gave away a silhouette of Kale's body undergoing her transformation until the blaze faded revealing Kale had nearly doubled Raijin's own height during her transformation but her black hair had turned green instead of gold, the thick muscles had formed a perfect figure of unknown strength.
Raijin felt a smirk spread across his lips; thinking for a second that Kale may have made the same mistake as Caulifla in bulking up until Kale suddenly vanished from his sight in a demonstration of blinding speed just as a huge fist slammed into his chest and knocked the wind right out of his lungs.
Raijin spat up a mixture of saliva and blood while Kale loomed over him; the nervous and scared girl had suddenly turned into a Berserker and a Form that Raijin had no idea even existed; managing to regain his footing while Kale glared through blank white eyes at Raijin and waiting for him to make the next move, Raijin leapt up into the air with the intention to get Kale into a stranglehold and choke her out only for Kale's right hand to seize Raijin by his tail; driving Raijin down into the hard floor with such force that the Kachi Kachin broke apart on impact.
Raijin lay in the broken fragments of Kachi Kachin; barely holding onto consciousness while Kale stomped away leaving a dumbstruck Caulifla behind.
17 and 18.
An explosion rocked the area where 17 and 18 faced off against six of The Pride Troopers; a radiant green dome-shaped shield covering the two Androids from a combined volley of blasts from all six Pride Trooper members.
"How long can you maintain this shield; Brother?" 18 questioned; having only ever seen 17's Energy Omni-Shield once before in a fight against Piccolo.
"Do you really need to ask; Sister?" 17 snapped back; smirking a mischievous smirk.
"Heh; you're right" 18 smirked; leaping out from behind the barrier once the volley had ceased and fired a set of twin Destructo Discs with each hand, the discs buzzed through the air until being met with the gloating eyes of Cocotte; her eyes peering through a luminous pink shield identical to 17's.
Cocotte dispelled her own barrier just as the three bruisers of their team; Vewon, Kettle and Tupper all kicked off in a sprint towards the two Androids only to be intercepted by a towering figure clad in blazing green flames, the force of the towering figure knocked all three of the Pride Troopers to their rear-ends; the trio as well as the Androids staring in confused horror as Berserk Kale turned her white eyes to the trio with a snarling expression.
"She's very dangerous" 17 muttered to 18; a tense crease forming in his brow.
But before 18 could convey the warning to The Pride Troopers; Vewon, Tupper and Kettle all leapt back up to their feet and fired another joined energy blast, their three beams merging into a single beam which Berserk Kale merely backhanded away; sending the beam careening into a battle between a skinny blue man from Universe 10 and a tall buff man from Universe 2.
Tupper, Vewon and Kettle stood stunned as their strongest combined beam was batted away so easily; something that only Toppo and Jiren could do; the trio felt nothing from the impact as Berserk Kale had charged at them with a fierce lariat and drove all three Pride Troopers into the floor, turning her eyes to the terrified and fearful Zoire and K'nsi.
"We should get out of here before she turns to us" 17 patted his sister on her shoulder; pulling her near-undivided attention away from Berserk Kale.
"Agreed; I'd rather not be eliminated this early in the Tournament" 18 agreed; turning on her heels with 17 in tow.
With those words 18 and her brother ran off in the opposite direction leaving Berserk Kale behind while she lifted Zoire and K'nsi up by their small bodies and hurling them both off the side of the arena before firing of a barrage of green energy orbs and blasted Vewon and Kettle off the side of the arena though Tupper and Cocotte escaped the blast within one of Cocotte's Barriers.
The dust from Kale's barrage came to a halt; Berserk Kale's blank eyes turned to meet the emotionlessly cold stare of a tall muscular figure adorned in a Pride Trooper Uniform: Jiren.
Berserk Kale growled in a low but gruff voice while Jiren blankly stared at her; his muscular body unmoving for even a moment while Berserk Kale charged at him with her right fist raised, roaring loudly as she brought her fist in a direct path for Jiren's face as a white gloved hand moved into the path of Kale's fist and halting her attack.
Jiren didn't speak a single word as scarlet flames ignited to life around his glove left hand and enveloped Berserk Kale's body entirely in a cocoon of scarlet flames; Berserk Kale pounded at the cocoon with both fists while Jiren lifted her into the air before letting the cocoon explode in a wash of scarlet flames that could be seen by every single fighter and divine being.
Observation Stands.
Beerus, Whis, Shin and Elder Kai sat in shock as Berserk Kale had defeated Raijin in a single attack and forced The Androids to flee; having been rendered speechless while watched as Berserk Kale had stampeded through four members of Universe 11's Pride Troopers had been flung/blasted from the arena and into the stands where they sat with sad expressions while Belmod looked equally shocked at Kale's power until Jiren had stepped in and defeated her.
The Grand Priest stood on his tiny pedestal overlooking the arena while The Two Zeno's sat in wide-eyed amazement at Jiren's sheer strength, "Contestants Kettle, Vewon, K'nsi and Zoire of Team Universe 11 have been eliminated; quite a pity".
The group of four Pride Troopers bowed their heads in defeat for only a moment until stopping that Jiren had stepped in to avenge them; their expression of defeat quickly changing to looks of triumph as Jiren defeated Kale with a single blow.
"How are we going to defeat him?" Shin posed his question to a very smug reaction from both Belmod and his accompanying Supreme Kai; though their Angel sat with a just as enigmatic expression as Whis did.
"Stupid boy; stop wasting time with ridiculous questions and observe! These Saiyans always find a way to overcome impossible odds" Elder Kai shouted back; forcing Shin to shrink in shame for speaking out of turn.
Whis remained very calm while observing the arena; his eyes carefully observing the fights still in progress, his eyebrows lifting slightly as he spotted Raijin regaining consciousness and a strange blue slime approaching Goku from behind.
Krillin.
Krillin glanced away from Majora when a blast of heat and a scarlet blaze lit up the dull atmosphere; dreading who could possibly have fallen victim to such strength, muttering a silent prayer that it hadn't been Goku.
Even Majora turned away from Krillin; his normal calm expression turning to one of disbelief at the inhuman power he'd sensed.
Gohan and Piccolo.
Gohan and Piccolo stood amidst a debris field of shattered fragments of Kachi Kachin; both watching the scarlet light of Jiren's tremendous power which lit up the dull grey atmosphere of The Null Realm.
"That Jiren truly is stronger than even a God of Destruction" Gohan murmured to himself and Piccolo; his eyes wide with shock that a mortal could possess such power.
"It is not wise to challenge a man such as him without a plan of attack" Piccolo spoke his exact thoughts; thinking it wise to not go after Jiren while there were still so many other enemies present in the arena that could interrupt or interfere with the battle to defeat Jiren and even then it would likely take all of Team Universe 7 just to even challenge him.
"You're right" Gohan spoke; realising that dozens of silvery orbs floated in the air around them and cursing himself for not noticing them sooner, a beam fired out from the distance and striking one of the orbs before refracting across multiple orbs and striking Gohan in the knee; leaving a burning hole in his Saiyaman costume.
Piccolo turned his head so fast this his neck cracked; flinching just as another beam fired from a completely different angle from the beam that narrowly missed Gohan struck him in the shoulder, Piccolo flinched in pain but the wound closed itself with Piccolo's natural regeneration.
"Gohan; watch out… seems one of the teams has a Sniper" Piccolo grunted as the hole piercing his left shoulder closed up leaving only a barely noticeable smudge of his purple blood on his dark purple gi.
Piccolo and Gohan shifted their stance to a back-to-back stance as the orbs surrounded the pair while a plump fighter lurked far away with a straight line of sight through the damaged arena towards the pair.
Frieza.
Frieza chuckled after watching Jiren deal with Berserk Kale; the sheer power and might of Jiren was a wonder to behold and a foe Frieza had no intention of facing any time soon, opting the vanish into the shadows of the damaged arena instead of lingering and meeting with another would-be opponent.
Raijin.
Raijin groaned as he sat up; looking around and feeling glad that he'd not been eliminated by Kale or for having passed out for a few moments, glancing down at himself and noting that his white gi had suffered some dirt and some slight blood stains.
"So you're still alive…" Caulifla spoke; her eyes a little watery after watching the crimson burst of energy from Jiren defeating Berserk Kale, Kale herself having reverted back to normal and laid with her head in Caulifla's lap.
"What happened?" Raijin spoke through a groan; lifting himself up out of the crushed section of the floor and facing a suddenly more solemn-looking Caulifla, noting that Kale's outfit looked burnt and stretched after whatever she'd been through in her transformed state.
"It's Kale's Super Saiyan Form; its too powerful for her to control and she goes berserk…" Caulifla spoke with such compassion for her friend that her words stunned Raijin into a state of surprise.
"Makes sense…" Raijin muttered; his eyes focussing on the barely conscious Kale, her soft sleeping expression reminding him of how Bulma and Bulla slept.
"Now will you just get lost already!" Caulifla snapped; the compassionate side of the girl vanishing back to the aggressive warrior Raijin knew.
"Alright… I'll leave for now; but next time we meet I won't be holding back" Raijin gave a bow of his head; running off in search of his own teammates in case any of them happened across an opponent they'd need help with.
Caulifla smirked as Raijin left; her intentions to force Raijin to teach her Super Saiyan 3 having not wavered nor been forgotten but only put aside until the next time they met in battle.
Goku.
Goku stared in amazement as Jiren took down Kale and halted her rampage with a single shot; the desire to fight one-on-one with Jiren that already pressed down on his mind only grew more desirable after witnessing Jiren's strength first-hand, that desire was suddenly halted as a think blue liquid suddenly ensnared Goku in its grip; the slime gripping Goku's struggling body like a thousand hands and kept gripping one part of his limbs before reaching out and gripping another.
"What is this?" Goku grunted through gritted teeth; struggling to even move his arms and legs.
"I am Maji-Kayo of The Third Universe" the formless blue slime spoke just as a child-like face emerged out from the slime covering Goku's right arm, "I was going to try to suffocate that Jiren fellow… but after that show of strength I do not think I can handle him… but you on the other hand! I'm going to enjoy sliding my slime down through your every orifice and expand your lungs until they burst; then I'll move to your other organs… your liver… your heart"
Goku felt repulsed by how sadistically Maji-Kayo talked about the sick pleasure he derived from internally killing opponents; focussing his powers on radiating a wave of energy instead of burning through his stamina with a transformation, the light blue flames of his aura ignited to Maji-Kayo's shock as the energy pulse forced him to separate from Goku's body.
"Damn you… you can use energy pulses?" Maji-Kayo spat; his eyes narrowing at Goku after realising Goku held the very technique that could repel him.
"Yeah; I won't need to transform to beat you" Goku smirked; opting to save his energy and not waste it with unnecessary transformations.
Maji-Kayo grimaced as the slime contorted and folded over itself into the form of a small child-like body; a snide smile on his metallic face just as his childlike body suddenly grew, the slime folding and expanding at high speed until Maji-Kayo stood with a hulking physical form that rivalled that of Berserk Kale or Jiren.
Impressive; but it's just a copy of those stronger than you!" Goku shouted upon rushing into Maji-Kayo; slamming his left shoulder into Maji-Kayo's metallic abdomen and tearing right through his slimy body, turning on his heels and firing two energy blasts that tore through the smile body again and pushed him closer to the edge.
Maji-Kayo hesitated upon being driven closer to the edge of the arena; gritting his teeth just as a second duel energy blast blasted him off his feet, Maji-Kayo's arms shot out and grabbed a hold of the edge just as he fell from the arena; melting his body back into its liquid form and sticking to the side while keeping his red eyes looking out for anyone else present, finding nobody present and crawling his liquified body up the arena and reforming into the hulking form.
"The Saiyan is gone… shit!" Maji-Kayo cursed Goku for leaving with a premature victory; melting back down into his Liquid Form before slinking off with the intention of preying on others.
Master Roshi.
Master Roshi glanced out as he spotted more combatants falling from the arena; all screaming in despair as they vanished into the murky nothingness of The Null Realm before being transported into The Observation Stands, keeping his hands behind his back until hearing the sound of sneaking footsteps amongst the torn up floor.
"You should come out of hiding… I know you're there" Roshi spoke; turning to the exact spot where the shadowy figure was hiding.
"Well; I didn't expect to be found out by such an old man" Frost announced himself; stepping out from behind a large Kachi Katchin fragment with all the grace of a king stepping down from a throne, his ruby red eyes glaring down at Master Roshi as if deciding whether to crush an insect or not to.
"With age comes wisdom brat" Master Roshi spoke; the lens' of his sunglasses glinting from the serious light in his eyes.
Frost smirked widely; the same menacing smirk he'd worn when he'd poisoned Piccolo and Goku spread across his face when faced with an experienced opponent like Master Roshi, "I'm going to enjoy this… it's been a long time since I've tortured an old man to near-death".
Next Chapter: Frost's Revenge.
