The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 46: Titanic Clash: Goku vs Jiren.
Observation Stands.
"The battles are going well My Lord; we've suffered few losses though it appears that one such member is running out of breath in his fight" Whis commented on watching the rematch of Raijin and Hit; the furious blaze of Raijin's God Ki being met by the equally fierce purple blaze of Hit.
"Yes… I wonder how long that Raijin can hold out against a foe like Hit; he's burning through his energy and stamina too quickly, even for a fighter as skilled as him… he will not win at this rate" Beerus muttered under his breath; though he secretly held Goku and Vegeta in high regard for their incredible ability to claim Godhood through their Super Saiyan God and Blue Forms; he'd been impressed with the primal and animalistic powers that Raijin had discovered and claimed for his own, actually climbing up to an equal level as Goku and Vegeta without the use of God Ki… but he is still not realising his full potential… none of them are as of yet and that is something I eagerly await" Beerus spoke to himself in a low tone; his yellow eyes watching the trio of Goku, Vegeta and Raijin in their brewing battles against Jiren and Hit, though noting that Vegeta kept wandering the arena seeking out an opponent worthy of his stature; an action that irritated Beerus greatly.
"I've never heard you speak so fondly of anyone Lord Beerus" Whis smirked as he spoke; taking note that Krillin and Shin had been too preoccupied with healing and restoring Master Roshi's health and strength to listen though Elder Kai shot Beerus with a knowing smile.
Champa kept pumping both his fists in cheers for Hit while he and Raijin battled it out if a fiercely close fight, each combatant attacking and countering each other for several straight minutes though another fight was brewing and was about to begin; only a tense heavy air hung over the section of the arena where Goku and Jiren stood.
"The strongest member of the lowest ranked Universe against the strongest of the highest ranked Universe are about to do battle within this tournament… this shall be a sight to behold" spoke a short God of Destruction; his entire body covered in a thick black fur except for a pair of wide beaming eyes.
"I am keen to bear witness to the full abilities of these two fighters" spoke a tall yellow-furred and fox-like God of Destruction.
"This will be a battle worth watching…" spoke a God of Destruction with blue scales all over his body; his expression one of cold staring eyes and a stoic and stern perma-frown.
Goku.
Goku crouched low with his hands raised ready for a fight against the emotionless, formless and immeasurable Jiren; Goku's black hair waving slightly in the cold breeze though Jiren's question about helping a near-death Master Roshi irritated him but he needed to keep his mind clear for this fight and any unnecessary thoughts would be detrimental.
In the back of Jiren's mind; a ghostly image emerged from the dark recesses, a dancing figure the moved in and out of his field of vision until a cold hand placed itself upon Jiren's broad shoulders and whispering in the cold calculating voice of Belmod: The Eleventh Universes God of Destruction, "Now is the time Jiren… show this pitiful Saiyan your might and eliminate him; when Son Goku falls his team shall fall around him, you have my permission to use your unparalleled strength and afterwards you can do as you please… ignore the weaklings or go after the other two Saiyans; you may choose at your leisure" with the message delivered; the ghostly image of Belmod vanished from Jiren's mind just in time as Goku began his attack.
Jiren's eyes widened as Goku suddenly kicked off the ground and attacked with a flurry of punches and kicks all connecting with Jiren's well-built torso, standing perfectly still like a statue as Goku backed off several paces and instantly became enveloped in an aura of golden flames as Goku transformed into his Mastered Super Saiyan Form; rushing toward again with a second flurry of punches and kicks to Jiren's torso though Jiren stood emotionlessly staring down at Goku while Goku ranked up to Mastered Super Saiyan 2 with a third furry of attacks only factoring in a barrage of ki blasts which exploded all around Jiren but leaving absolutely no damage to Jiren himself.
Jiren's lack of any form of reaction and the fact that his punches, kicks and ki blasts have left little to no damage and not even damaged his Pride Trooper Uniform; but Goku was not one to be deterred by an immovable object, his body became cloaked in a heavenly red flame that masked his entire body from view until the flames broke away into a flaming aura and his muscular body had slimmed down back into the prime of Goku's youth; a matching red radiance emanated his iris' and permeated his hair having transcended into a Super Saiyan God.
The corner of Jiren's eyes twitched upon witnessing this sudden transcendence from Goku's previously golden and light blue bolts of lightning coursing around his body to a divine flaming image; the corner of his lip twitching into a tiny smile.
God Goku rushed in with his fist flying at such a speed that his arms moved in a blur with each punch striking Jiren with unimaginable speed that Jiren's arms surprisingly moved in response; each of Goku's punches was met by an opening handed guard from Jiren though each impact seemed to push Jiren's feet back by an inch with every punch landing against his hands.
Goku couldn't help but notice that few inches Jiren had been driven back by during his third assault; grinning before taking a backstep as his radiant red flames shifted as they changed shade from red to blue, a white cloak overcoming Goku's body while transforming to Super Saiyan Blue.
Observation Stands.
With a groan and a slow rise; Master Roshi rose into a seat with support from Krillin and Shin, his old and weary eyes quickly finding Goku amongst the chaos as though he'd known what had happened even at a point of near-death.
"How is everyone doing? Are we still fighting?" Roshi groaned in a hoarse voice.
"Yes we are… Goku dropped you off the arena to save your life but he was then confronted by Jiren" Shin explained; opting to sit with their defeated team members rather than on the higher seats alongside Elder Kai, Whis and Beerus.
"I'm not sure it is smart for Goku to burn through stamina with repeated transformations though I don't blame him for skipping Super Saiyan 3…" Krillin observed while watching Goku; his tone of voice giving away how nervous he felt.
"I see what you mean Krillin however… like Raijin is acting in his battle with Hit; Goku cannot afford to hold back anything against an opponent like Jiren whose strength surpasses that of the Divine, he is merely doing as a Saiyan would do… measuring his opponents strength with measures of their own and utilizing his own Divine Forms seems to have an actual effect on this opponent" Whis explained; his eyes narrowing upon Goku like he was still waiting for something to happen.
"I just hope Goku knows what he is doing" Shin commented; a worried look overcoming his normally calm expression while watching Goku and Jiren meeting for another standoff, earning yet another dissatisfied look from Elder Kai and Beerus.
The eliminated Pride Troopers all gazed down at the arena with an expression of mixed keen interest and shame in their elimination; each one watching as Jiren stood by and did nothing while Goku attacked him relentlessly though they all knew Jiren's strength was without equal in their Universe and
"Fear not fallen members" Belmod rose from his seat; earning the gaze of not only his own team but that of the Gods, Kai's and defeated members of Teams Six and Seven, "You all know the might that Jiren The Grey wields and this fight may be important as when Son Goku has been crushed then all other teams will release that it is pointless to stand against him! So sit safe in the knowledge that once this ant falls then all others will surrender The Super Dragon Balls to us!".
Beerus gritted his teeth after hearing Belmod's speech; rising to his feet and bellowing down to Goku, "Goku! Do not fall to such an opponent! Show these fools how wrong they are to rank our Universe to weakly!".
Goku.
Jiren's eyes widened as Goku emerged from his cloak of blue flames in his Super Saiyan Blue Form; his eyes widening further just as an out-of-nowhere windstorm enveloped the entire arena, powerful gusts of wind twisted and turned and threatened to blow the weakest members of the arena out with just Jiren's pure might that could induce such a storm.
Goku smiled while throwing yup his arms to protect his eyes from dust; a confident smile in the fact that Jiren was finally reacting to his own strength and willpower to fight on regardless of the danger Jiren represented, clenching his teeth and fists upon completing his transforming and burst out a windstorm of his own with only his own energy.
Observation Stands and The Arena.
"Is… is this really the might of just one man?" Beerus muttered to himself; beads of sweat beading upon his forehead after sensing the unmatched strength of Jiren as well as the full strength of Goku that was nearly rivalling his own.
Caulifla and Kale both bunkered down behind an enormous fragment that shielded them from the windstorm; Kale laying in Caulifla's lap following an exhausting rampage in her Berserk Form, Kale's eyes snapping open and sitting up in a screaming fit as green lightning coursed around her body; threatening to trigger a second transformation.
"Kale! Try to control yourself! I was barely able to save you last time" Caulifla shouted; her eyes watering and barely able to hold back tears of joy for Kale waking up after having suffered a mindless rampage that was sure to have had some negative side-effects for such power.
"What… what happened?" Kale asked; the lightning ceasing to course around her as she noticed the windstorm and sensing the immense powers clashing in two separate locations.
"Well you absolutely wrecked that tailed guy from The Seventh; and Jiren stepped in to eliminate you but you narrowly missed falling over the edge" Caulifla recollected the account though failing to suppress a laugh upon recalling the mental image of Raijin being planted in the floor but the image of Jiren stepping forwards and defeating Kale with no effort at all still scared her.
Gohan snapped from his mournful stupor to sense the powerful windstorms generated by Jiren's and Goku's energies; muttering a silent prayer for his father before rushing off to reunite with Piccolo before another opponent could find him though he failed to notice the blob of blue smile following after him, its sole gleaming red eye fixed on Gohan.
Androids 17 and 18 dodged and threw up barriers to deflect any and all light and arrow attacks from Ribrianne and Roasie as they could; the pair of Maidens from The Second Universe were hot on their heels and pursuantly attacking in vengeance for the elimination of one of their comrades, a volley of heart-shaped arrows struck 17 hard in the back and pinned him against a pillar of Kachi Kachin.
"Brother! Are you ok?" 18 yelled; rushing to her brother's aid and dropping her guard.
"I'm fine… watch out!" 17 yelled back just as Roasie leapt into view and fired a series of yellow rings at 18; each ring latching onto her wrists, ankles and neck like cuffs, Roasie delivering a swift sidekick into 18's blind spot in her back and sending her cracking into another large fragment and leaving her pinned there.
Toppo stood atop a spire of broken Kachi Kachin; his eyes staring down as Goku and Jiren clashed; their combined powers forcing the entire Null Realm itself to shudder, "Jiren… fight to your heart's content and fulfil your wish".
"I finally found someone worth my time…" spoke a high-and-mighty but pompous voice from behind Toppo; causing Toppo to turn and face whoever was speaking to him only to find Vegeta standing there with his arms crossed and a foul expression.
Toppo smirked behind his incredibly bushy moustache; he'd seen fighters like Vegeta before and they never lived up to their boasts.
Goku.
When the windstorm finally subsided Goku stepped forwards until he and Jiren stood eye-to-eye; a tense air hanging over to the until Goku's right fist flew into Jiren's jawline and sent the titan crashing through a torn-up floor fragment and shattering it into pieces, Goku rushed after Jiren; passing by several other pairs of fighters including Ribrianne and Roasie, Raijin and Hit and a tall blue-skinned muscular man in gold armour facing off a purple-faced scientist.
Jiren had both arms crossed in a guard against Goku's fist while his back ploughed through wall after wall of torn-up floor fragments and passing by other fighters; his eyes widening and firing a volley of punches at such speed that the volley was invisible, each fight finding a section of Goku's body and forcing a separation between the two fighters; watching for only a fraction of a second while Goku was propelled backwards from the invisible punch volley only to kick off the ground and meet Goku in the air and stomp Goku's stomach into sending him crashing back into the floor, Jiren followed with blinding speed only to grab Goku by the ankle and throw the Saiyan into another wall before pulling him back to meet him eye-to-eye and punch Goku with such force that his orange gi tore off from his body.
Goku gritted his teeth so tightly that his gums bled; a red flame bursting into like alongside his blue flame aura by utilising his Kaio-Ken x10 along with Super Saiyan Blue, the force of sheer power halting his flightpath to the arena's edge and allowing him to leap back into battle where Jiren waited with his right fist glowing with crimson shimmering flames.
Goku brough back both hands and firing an un-chanted Kamehameha at Jiren while Jiren thrust his empowered punch directly into the beam causing the blast to splinter off into several rays that tore through Kachi Kachin, opting to use of one Raijin's move; Goku leapt from fragment to fragment firing volleys of ki blasts while Jiren leapt after him and batting away Goku's blasts with only his left arm, catching up to Goku and grabbing his ankle again and tossing the Saiyan down into the floor; Goku striking the floor with such impact that a mixture of blood and saliva escaped from Goku's mouth, struggling to rise back up to his feet before Jiren's booted left boot stomped onto his back.
Jiren stared down at Goku; emotionlessly reaching down and grabbing Goku by his brilliant blue hair, lifting Goku to eyelevel before firing an energy blast of his own that burnt through Goku's blue undershirt and exposing his abdominal muscles while Goku himself was propelled backwards and crashing into a spire of Kachi Kachin.
Goku opened his eyes after the brutal and merciless attack to a blurred sight of Jiren slowly walking towards him; the echo of the central pillar falling indicating the ticking of the time limit was still counting down ringing in his ears, Goku had tried almost everything in his toolbox against Jiren and nothing had worked except one technique that had never failed to defeat his foe.
"Darn it… no choice; I have to use my last resort" Goku bit down on his lips; the blue in his hair vanishing as he powered down and leapt to the top of a Kachi Kachin spire and throwing both his arms aloft before raising his voice, "Everyone on Team Universe Seven! Please lend me your energy so we might defeat Jiren!".
Goku grit his teeth; he knew that relying on The Spirit Bomb was risky because of how much time it would take to gather the necessary energy from his comrades and kneed that same energy into the form needed to defeat Jiren, "Darn… this was a mistake; I need too much time and I don't have Raijin or Vegeta to shield me this time!".
"I shall wait, this is your trump card… Is it not? I shall allow you to prepare" Jiren spoke in his monotone voice; his dark eyes eerily staring up as Jiren stood stoically with no sign of any form of attack being given away.
"Thanks Jiren" Goku paused before speaking; unable to believe that Jiren would really just stan by and wait while Vegeta, Frieza and Kid Buu had all tried to kill him during the preparation stages and had only succeeded thanks to his friends but now an enemy was willing to allow him to use hi most powerful skill.
"Alright… you asked for it!" Goku shouted; the silvery streams of energy shimmering through the cloudy grey skies that quickly formed into a growing ball of pure energy; light blue in colour
Impressed with Goku's sheer determination and strength of will; Jiren lowered his hands down as a crimson flame burst into life around his body for only a split second, his bulbous eyes glaring as a volley of invisible punches and a shockwave of his own willpower struck The Spirit Bomb causing the mass of energy to warp and contort dangerously; the glowing mass becoming more and more unstable with each push from either Goku or Jiren until the bright blue mass vanished on the spot with an ominous humming lingering in the air.
Goku felt thankful as he felt the energies of Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Master Roshi, Androids 17 and 18 and even Frieza donating their energies to him and thanks to The Androids' Infinite Ki Generators as they'd built up most of the Spirit Bomb within seconds though he understood that Vegeta and Raijin did not donate any energies since he'd sensed the conflict between Raijin and Hit while Vegeta was undoubtedly either watching his back or seeking out a worthy opponent.
Observation Stands.
Krillin and Master Roshi both felt exhausted after giving every drop of energy they had recovered following their elimination from The Tournament of Power; both sitting back into their seats with prideful smiles and strong belief in Goku coming out on top with a victory in hand.
"Well done; you gave all you have and hopefully this might have more of an effect against Jiren" Shin spoke with a hint of confidence despite his naïve belief that Elder Kai was already looking down upon his successor with an obvious dislike for the transpiring events.
The black-furred God of Destruction watched The Spirit Bomb with fascination, "a technique that borrows energy from others; strength in unity is always quite impressive".
"To think such a lowly Universe had produced such a powerful warrior; this is a wonderous day2 spoke another God of Destruction appearing to be an elderly withered man with yellowing eyes and blue lizard-like lips and grey wrinkled skin.
Even the Twin Zeno's watched with awe and interest in the battle; the spectacle of The Spirit Bomb would burn itself into their memories for many centuries to come for the battle was a visual spectacle that little could possibly top.
Goku.
Jiren calmly watched as The Spirit Bomb lowered down on top of him; somewhat impressed with the enormous size of the technique but curious as his comrades and teammates had contributed towards the strength radiating from the mass of energy, raising both hands up and a brief burst of crimson flames came into life but quickly vanished as Goku's Spirit Bomb halted its descent only to begin moving back towards Goku.
Goku felt an alarming sense of danger as The Spirit Bomb was so easily repelled when Kid Buu had struggled to push it back; concentrating hard on pushing The Spirit Bomb back and the blue flames of Super Saiyan Blue engulfed his body in a transformation once more, "Jiren! I'll use all my strength to win this fight! This is Universe Seven' Spirit Bomb!".
Silently and emotionlessly watching as Goku used his Super Saiyan Blue strength to push The Spirit Bomb back into a descent towards Jiren; his crimson flames bursting into life for another brief second as Jiren against forced The Spirit Bomb back with only an almighty push of his own energy.
A tense air hung around the suspended Spirit Bomb; the perfect spherical form warping and contorting under the force of two powerful willpowers pushing it from two sides.
Goku screamed as jolts of pain ran up his arms; the skin on his arms breaking and blood spurting from fresh wounds, gritting his teeth and digging deep into his own energy and stamina as a red flame burst into life alongside the blue flames of his Super Saiyan Blue Form matched with a Kaio-Ken x20, a multiplication of Kaio-Ken's power that Goku had never used nor knew the ramifications for.
Jiren's wide eyes watched as Goku was putting everything he had into one final push and The Spirit Bomb responded by descending back towards Jiren once more; impressed with the show of willpower and endurance thus far Jiren thought he'd give a glimpse of his true abilities as a reward for lasting this long, lowering his arms and a still air hung over Jiren as a blast wave of willpower burst from his hulking frame and forced The Spirit Bomb again moved back towards Goku.
Panic surged through Goku's mind; his reserves on energy and stamina had already run dry and was now fighting back with spirit alone, the blue and red flames flickering and reducing down to mere embers; his eyes catching sight of onlookers all watching from an estimated safe distance, finding Raijin and Hit watching, Vegeta and Toppo facing off though only Toppo was watching, many others fighters including Ribrianne and Roasie, Cabba, Caulifla and Kale and the strangely shaped machines.
The radiant blue and red flames that barely flickered around Goku's body vanished in an instant; Goku's body reverting to his base form with every drop of his energy, spirit and stamina having been entirely spent, Goku's tired and exhausted body fell from the air into what appeared to have been empty airspace until the air suddenly grew heavy again and a violent white burst of light exploded out from the space where The Spirit Bomb had vanished and catching Goku within the blast radius; rocking the entire arena with quakes and generating a storm of intense wind that forced even the Gods to cling to their seats for risk of being blown away.
The Arena.
The floor rumbled and cracked throughout the entire arena; crevice's, ravines and entire fragments separating from the focus point of where The Spirit Bomb had exploded, the tears tore through under the feet of a huge red armour-plated cyborg leading him to fall through the tear and into elimination.
A short boar-like man clung to an entirely-flat boulder while the floor gave away from under him; falling through the ever-increasing ravine and falling into elimination along while his opponent: a slender woman in a black bodysuit and a pair of purple wings so she resembled a Harpy utilised her natural flight abilities to avoid elimination all together.
The Grand Priest gave a smile as he counted four eliminations during the subsequent damages to the arena following The Spirit Bomb's explosion, "Doctor Rota of The Sixth Universe, Damom of The Fourth Universe and lastly Nigrissi and Za Pricco of The Third Universe have all been eliminated".
Quitela screamed on in horror as hi team had been reduced by so many leaving him only three fighters remaining, while the hulking armour-plated God of Destruction for The Third Universe beeped furiously instead of speaking.
Ribrianne and Roasie both leapt away from their opponents only to employ moves from ballet dance to cross the torn up fragments and ravines to get away from the risk of elimination while leaving 17 and 18 pinned against walls with heart-shaped arrows and golden rings while the floors cracked away underneath their suspended feet.
"This doesn't look good…" 17 spoke with a snide smirk; looking down as the floor cracked away under his suspended feet.
"Would you please… just shut up; first thing was your needless desire for a truck after waking up and now you're stating the obvious? You really need to grow up" 18 barked back; struggling to free herself from the golden rings binding her arms and legs.
"I have grown up; I have two children and a wife, not to mention all those endangered animals on that island" 117 snapped back; though he retained the physical appearance of a teenager he had grown mentally.
"Will you just hurry up a free yourself and them me" 18 sighed; shaking her head at 17's backtalk.
"Fine…" 17 flexed the muscles in his arms and legs only to generate small barriers all over his body that deflected the arrows pinning him down; kicking off the pillar before falling through the ravine into elimination and gripping the golden rings two at a time and tearing them out to free his twin sister.
Observation Stands.
Krillin, Master Roshi, Shin and Beerus all stood stunned as the rumbling echoes of The Spirit Bomb's explosion faded away leaving only a deathly silence where not even the sounds of battles rang out; all fights had ceased and ended during the titanic clash of two titans from opposing universes only for the silence to linger ever still until The Grand Priest and his floating platform hovered over the area of the Spirit Bomb's explosion and seeing only Jiren standing within its vicinity with Toppo and Dyspo standing by his side.
"It appears that Son Goku of The Seventh Universe has been killed by his own technique; as such Jiren of The Eleventh shall not receive any penalties" The Grand Priest announced with a swift motion of his hands towards the ground and where Jiren stood staring emotionlessly up at the priest, while Belmod and his Supreme Kai both rose to their feet and bowed in thanks for the decision.
Beerus growled through clenched teeth; his yellow eyes seeking out The Twin Zeno's who were both peering down upon their Godpad's and staring emotionlessly and intently at Goku's image on the page for Team Universe Seven; both knowing that this whole tournament was only taking place because Goku himself had asked for such an event and suggested that it might have been fun game to play but Goku would ultimately fall to the mightiest man in all the universes.
Champa and Vados only watched in silence; though Champa normally would be celebrating the loss of Beerus' strongest fighter but only stood in silence with his wide yellow eyes only watching as fighters gathered around the crater, spotting Raijin, Hit and Caulifla amongst the incoming opponents.
Fighters gathered around the crater; all with defiant expressions as not only Raijin, Hit and Caulifla gathered, Ribrianne and Roasie both stepped forward in a motion akin to that of a Paso Doble Dance; the pair twirling around each other as they approached, the three strangely shaped robots stood together; their eyes glowing red, Kale and Cabba both approached but stood a fair distance; both wanting to only spectate on this fight, a short blue creature with red cheeks blankly gazed down into the crater with keen interest, and lastly Frieza walked forward with a sickeningly satisfied smile on his black lips and a wonderous look in his blood-red eyes.
Krillin and Master Roshi both closed their hands in prayer; both hoping to any of the Gods, Angels or Zeno's that Goku would return alive or appear with them in the stands while the air felt heavy with the dull silence only for another definite rumbling began throughout the arena's floor resulting in a silvery glowing pillar of light emerging from the epicentre of the previous explosion.
A thick white mist falling over the surrounding area around the pillar leaving most fighters to raise their arms to protect their eyes from the mist though the mist merely passed by without causing any harm to anybody except an warm sensation that felt peaceful rather than the hostile intent radiating from the remaining members of Team Universe Eleven.
"That Saiyan…" Beerus whispered through a broad smile while all other Kai's God's and Angel's stared on with keen interest while Belmod and his Kai stared in jaw dropping shock as a lone figure stood in the pillar of divine silvery light with an expression of extreme pain and grit to endure only for a pair of glowing silver eyes to glare out through the pillar and stare directly at Jiren.
Next Chapter: Omen.
