The Three Legendary Saiyans

Chapter 50: Vegeta vs Universe Three.

Vegeta.

The shift in The Null Realm's atmosphere was noticeable to the entire arena; every fighter paused for the half-way point had been met with the echoing boom of the central pillar dropping another section, Vegeta himself stood alongside his fellow-Saiyan Goku while the latter could still barely stand after the battle with Jiren.

Vegeta stood with his back pressed against a wall of floor fragments leering down at a worn-out Goku while the sound of metallic footsteps drew closer and closer while Goku slowly and painfully rose back to his feet after a couple minutes of resting and regenerating what little of his energies that he could.

"I see you haven't done much fighting yet… that's unlike you" Goku spoke through a pain-ravaged smile; his body still not recovered from his use of Ultra Instinct.

"Of course not you dolt… the fighters worthy of fighting are too far away on this battleground" Vegeta stated; his armour still in pristine condition but his bodysuit bore some slight dust and dirt stains from Goku's Spirit Bomb's enormous explosion, but his fixation on only fighting opponents worthy of him was something new; ever since Golden Frieza, Zamasu and Black had been defeated it appeared that Vegeta's drive to fight and do battle had narrowed only to those that would induce the greatest possible growth in Vegeta's own strength.

Goku cracked his typical smile; limping over on his aching legs and nudging Vegeta with his elbow, "You've been like this ever since Frieza returned last time; only fighting people you consider worthy… don't you worry that you'll get rusty and lose strength by doing that?".

"Shut the hell up Kakarot! You just fight anyone that crosses your path and that dolt Raijin is no better! You both sit around with your families and somehow you both are so strong without the extreme training that I put my body through every damn day!" Vegeta shouted and barked; veins popping in his forehead to prove his point.

Goku took a slow backstep from Vegeta; noticing a shimmering flame igniting around Vegeta's body while he shouted, "Hey now… that's something neither of us can explain right now, wait… do you sense that?".

Vegeta turned on his heels upon sensing a sinister intent closing in on them from behind; sensing and knowing that a metallic blue slime was creeping ever closer and closer with only a single red eye focussing on its target: Goku.

"I can sense you… stop creeping around already you pathetic wretch" Vegeta shouted in his princely tone; his eyes leering out in the distance though his senses were sensing everything around him, including the current fights and fluctuations in energies.

Maji-Kayo's smiley body shuddered as it hesitated for only a moment; his slimy body leaping from the broken tiles of the arena's floor only to fold and warp into a new form within Vegeta's and Goku's field of view, the gigantic bulky muscles done away with for a more slimy and slick snake-like form that twisted and turned in the air like a snake ready to strike; Maji-Kayo's red eyes leering down at Vegeta with his cocky smile.

"Is that it? a snake?" Vegeta scoffed coldly; clearly unimpressed with the abilities of the cyber-evolved being's body-warping abilities.

His cocky smile dropped before he could even strike; Maji-Kayo was sure that this form was the most terrifying that he could conceive but he still had a trump card until a sudden impact blasted his form apart, Vegeta had barely moved but Maji-Kayo felt like he'd been struck with a wall of sheer force but it was unlike that of Goku's Blue Flames for Vegeta wasn't triggering a transformation nor did he even motion for any beam attack but had merely exuded a shockwave of sheer willpower from his form.

Maji-Kayo felt his body splitting and falling away as every drop of his slimy body was propelled through the air and out of the arena's boundaries leaving his plans for revenge shattering in his hubris.

"What a pathetic waste…" Vegeta turned on his heels to find that Goku's pain-riddled body was gone; faltering for only a moment until hearing a mighty voice booming at him.

Goku.

Goku had watched Vegeta effortlessly defeat Maji-Kano with just sheer willpower; smiling with impressed delight in his rival when a sudden collision took him off his feet and drove him hard into a wall with little time to gasp for breath as pain wracked his entire body, coughing and gasping for breath as he only saw a flash of purple light and then felt a rush of new energy enter his body but the giver of this energy was nowhere to be seen but he knew who this energy belonged too for he'd sensed it many times; it was Frieza's energy.

Vegeta.

"Whirlwind Speed Mode! 300% Cyclone Kick!" roared the owner of the voice; Vegeta easily sidestepping as a white blur rushed past him, the blur stopping to reveal a man in a full white bodysuit with red streamlines down his arms, legs and ribs, his white helmet's visor having turned purple and a large red S printed across his chest.

"And who the hell are you?" Vegeta scoffed; grimacing for this opponents outfit reminded him of the ridiculous getup that Gohan was wearing to this Tournament as well as the whole Babidi Situation.

The White-clad man turned and gave a salute before striking his belt buckle; the streamlines of hi suit and visor shining with colours until the red S on his chest shifted to an yellow R, the streamlines turning yellow while the visor turned red, "I am Catopesra! Hero of Justice in The Third Universe! And with my Raging Battle Mode with 300% Battle Power! The Seventh Universe shall fall to my noble hands!".

Vegeta had heard enough; all this idiots power came from was his suit and that was nothing when compared with the strength of a Super Saiyan much less The Saiyan Prince, but he couldn't deny that this was an opportunity to attempt whatever it was that Kakarot had utilised.

"I'm Coming! Justice Miracle Punch!" Catopesra yelled; rushing Vegeta with a series of fast punches, each and every one of his fists finding Vegeta's body and striking hard enough to cause damage to Vegeta's armour but Vegeta just stood with his eyes closed and slightly swaying from side to side.

Vegeta felt nothing but the sensation of Catopesra's fists colliding with his body; a fist meeting his left pectoral muscle and cracking his armour, his body did not move an inch like he wanted it to nor did he feel anything different, gritting his teeth in anger for his own idiocy Vegeta threw a blazing Energy Punch into Catopesra's helmet with enough force to smash his visor and knock the warrior flying backwards into a pile of debris.

Vegeta's dark blue flames burnt off his body; his armour slightly cracked and a couple of scorched marks on his bodysuit were the little damage that Catapesra could deal to him, marching forwards while Catopesra rose back up from the debris and struck the belt buckle once again causing his suit to change once again as the streamlines turned purple with a purple U emblazoned on his chest but his damaged visor turned green though his blue-skinned face was visible through the damage.

"Behold! My Ultimate Mode! In this state both my strength and speed are multiplied by 300%!" Catopesra yelled while making a salute before crouching down and bending his knees as if getting ready to break into a sprint, kicking off the floor and rushing towards Vegeta only to bypass him entirely; kicking off any surface he found until he was literally running circles around Vegeta.

Vegeta stood with both his fists burning with dark blue flames; a vein popping in his temple in irritation with this opponent for he was nothing more than an incompetent fool, watching closely as Catopesra lapped him again but Vegeta noticed the smug look of the man's face while he raced by but that smugness wouldn't last long.

Vegeta's and Catopesra's fists met in a flurry of white arms and dark blue flames, the exchange of their fists resonating with shockwaves that blew stones, loose tiles on the floor and even the section of the arena itself budging and edging slightly further away from the rest of the arena, Vegeta gradually smiled while he fought; a sense of enjoyment filling his senses while he fought for this sense he'd not felt ever since facing Cabba.

Vegeta smashed his two blazing fists together allowing the dark blue flames to burn across his entire form in dark blue tongues of flame that wrapped around his entire body; his black hair wavering with the strength of his own energy circulating around his whole body, Catopesra smirking widely upon crouching low against a wall torn up out of the damaged Kachi Kachin floor; catapulting himself directly towards Vegeta for his final attack.

"Miracle Starlight Tackle!" Catopesra yelled at the top of his lungs; his arms flung wide with the intention to tackle Vegeta and force him out of the arena with his multiple power and speed only to be met with a sudden punch to his gut, Vegeta roared in defiance as the dark blue flames burst out from his fist planted in Catopesra's gut until the flames burst with a resounding boom sending Catopesra flying out of the arena fated to be eliminated.

"My my… you've learnt some new tricks haven't you Vegeta! You used to just rush in recklessly and fire blindly" spoke a shrill but condescending voice from behind Vegeta's back.

Vegeta scowled as soon as he heard the voice; turning and meeting the ruby-eyed glare of Frieza and it infuriated him, "If not for that idiotic dolt Kakarot you'd still be rotting in Hell!".

"And what you attempted a minute ago wasn't idiotic? Watching you be pummelled like that was quite amusing… and quite memorable of that time I killed you on Namek" Frieza spoke in a mocking tone; not even trying to hide his wide smile as he recalled the enjoyable memory of how he'd murdered Vegeta without mercy back on Namek all those years ago.

Vegeta grit his teeth; every second he spent around the former tyrant grated on his nerves, let alone the irritation he felt for Kakarot's idiotic idea to promise that monster a resurrection in exchange for whether or not they win The Tournament of Power; but Vegeta couldn't focus on that now for another opponent was approaching due to the whirring sounds of mechanoid enemies.

The sounds of metallic footsteps ended as the three strangely shaped machines from The Third Universe stood before Vegeta and Frieza; their red glowing eyes flashing and narrowing on the pair before the three spoke in complete unison, "Enemies sighted! Priority targets found! Universe Seven Team: Vegeta and Frieza!".

"I prefer to be called Lord Frieza; these ridiculous machines are really the best an entire Universe has to offer?" Frieza scoffed; spitting on the floor to rid himself of the bad taste of speaking to a mechanical enemy.

As much as Vegeta hated it; he and Frieza did share a hatred for machine enemies that stemmed from Vegeta's crushing defeat by Android 18 and Frieza having been rebuilt with a machine body following his defeat at Goku's hands only to then have been defeated by the mysterious Super Saiyan of whom he'd not been able to find any trace of during his last visit to Earth nor anywhere in the reaches of Space.

"Plan X Initiated!" The three machines spoke in unison; each of their bodies beginning to glow with bio luminous lighting that lined every part of their bodies.

The three towering machine foes gathered before Vegeta and Frieza loomed over the pair; their green cybernetic eyes flashing red with rage as their allies had been eliminated leaving only them and one other still standing and thus giving their Universe a chance to survive, the trio producing a loud whirring sound as machine parts shifted and converted.

Vegeta merely stared as the three machines glowed; the smallest of the three: a small white machine with a single glowing eye withdrew both its arms and legs while the another green-coloured machine withdrew its legs only for the smallest machine to apparently dock with its counterpart, the two machines becoming one while the largest of the three: a green-coloured robot that appeared to be a large set of legs leapt from the floor and collided with the base of the other two docked machines with a metallic grinding sound before all three formed one towering combined cybernetic being.

"Koitsukai! Panchia! Bollarator! Merging Complete!" the three robots spoke in unison; their three voices forming one distinct robotic voice, their hulking form looming over Vegeta with its solitary green eye flashing blue while it performed a visual scan on Vegeta for battle data.

"My… what a crude design; I have no interest is such a foe… do as you like My Prince" Frieza teased and dismissed the combined foe with a wave of his hand before vanishing leaving only the sounds of falling stones from where his feet have kicked off broken tiles from the arena's floor.

Vegeta didn't have time to backtalk the tyrant before a cannonball-like fist came crashing down on top of him; Vegeta had to use both his arms in order to block the strike but the impact had blown his dark blue flames away and causing Vegeta's energies to be entirely devoted to his defence.

"Shit… this bucket of bolts is stronger than I assumed; but The Prince shall not fall here!" Vegeta bellowed with all of the air in his lungs; the body becoming wrapped in a dense red flame that covered his entire form, the fire melting away revealing Vegeta as a Super Saiyan God; his black hair having turned bright red and his muscular physic having slimmed down somewhat and reverted to his prime.

The combined machine took a step back upon analysing Vegeta's energy levels only for them to be immeasurable; the smallest robot atop the head of the merger re-extended both its arms, thick steel cables with metallic vice-like claws on each hand.

Team Universe Eleven.

Toppo stood atop a mountain of rubble alongside his allies Dyspo, Jiren and Kahseral; all overlooking Vegeta's battles against The Third Universe's remaining fighters.

"It appears that Universe Three was saving some unique plans… this one would've been rather bothersome" Kahseral spoke; his cybernetic eye scanning Vegeta and the combined robot.

Jiren stood motionless; his bulbous eyes merely watching the battle play out but his interest in Vegeta was not fading, after facing both Goku and Raijin in battle he wanted to see what this particular Saiyan was capable of in battle.

Frieza.

Frieza stood atop a plateau; the bio luminous light of the robots blazing for all to see, "I shall enjoy this spectacle from here; I'm keen to see how far my past pet and my most hated enemies… this pair of Saiyans have come a long way since Namek… or rather shall I indulge myself with another little monkey" Frieza spoke to himself with an amused tone until spotting someone entering his field of view; a young male Saiyan in a blue bodysuit and lightweight armour: the Sixth Universe Saiyan: Cabba.

Vegeta.

The combined robot swung both its right arms; the claw and the cannonball slamming down atop of God Vegeta's head, Vegeta kicking off the ground leaving a flickering image of himself behind to be crushed under the two blows; thrusting his hands together and firing a volley of golden orbs of fire that exploded on contact with his foe.

The combined robot stomped after Vegeta with surprising speed for something of its size and mass; its thrusters mounted in its feet and back propelling itself forward to gain such speeds, its central eye glowering with green light before firing its laser directly at Vegeta's position.

God Vegeta's calm demeanour maintained for he sidestepped the laser but he didn't anticipate the floor giving out from under him; the laser had cut right through the Kachi Kachin as if it were mere rock and causing even more the arena to collapse from under the fighters feet.

"We fall together!" the combined robot spoke in its combined voices; the green eye glowering red once again as its form rose up to its towering full height as sparks flew out from its arms as they extended to full length and primed for battle.

Vegeta glanced down at the floor; seeing the green clouds under his feet through the cracks in the floor and knew that if this fight were to take too much time then he'd be eliminated and that was unacceptable! He still desired to see Goku utilise that strange power again and to face the mighty Jiren himself in one-on-one combat, bending his knees and clenching his fists; the red flames radiating around his body shifted and burned red to blue, a pillar of blue flames erupting from his feet as he too attained Super Saiyan Blue.

The combined robot burst off the floor with the help of its thrusters until its towering height loomed over Vegeta's emerging form; bringing down both its left cannonball fist and its left clawed hand on top of Vegeta, but being a machine it felt no pain as a flashing blue radiance tore through part of its body and taking off its cannonball hand while its clawed hand was firmly in the grip of Vegeta's own right hand.

"Can a Machine such as yourself feel fear?" Vegeta spoke his question with a smirk; recalling the last time he'd fought an Android and utterly destroyed it with a single blast but this time he'd only taken off an arm, dissatisfied with the damage his blast had done; Vegeta smashed his left fist into the belly of the legged robot with such force that the metal alloy making up its body had a huge dent in it so much so that sparks flew out as Bollarator's wiring became damaged.

The combined robot's singular eye flashed with a luminous green again; firing its laser that tore through the floors again on a direct path for Vegeta himself, Vegeta stood ready with both arms outstretched for his signature attack that he only used against opponents he considered worthy.

"Final Flash!" Vegeta roared with all the air in his lungs; his blast bursting from his fingertips with so much energy and power put into it that the fingers of his gloves were burnt off from the sheer heat of the Final Flash empowered by God Ki.

Vegeta's Final Flash and The combined robot's laser met and clashed creating a furious windstorm as the resounding boom of the energies impact send a blast wave careening through the entire arena, Vegeta grit his teeth as the sheer force of his opponent's laser pushed back against his Final Flash; feeling the floor under his feet lowering as the third of the arena sank lower into The Null Realm and brought Vegeta closer to elimination.

The combined robot's laser only grew brighter and more powerful; the three robots though merged together cackled with electronic laughter for they sensed victory was near, their laser edging closer to Vegeta; its eye scanning Vegeta's body and noticing the damage to his armour and outfit as well as the blood leaking from his teeth and from under his nails.

Vegeta grit his teeth so tightly that his gums began to bleed; digging deeper into his own wellspring of energy and power until he felt a sudden surge of power unlike anything he'd felt before, it felt like his every muscle was being revitalised with a newfound source of strength; his Final Flash immediately growing stronger and more fierce, Vegeta's attack pushing back and overcoming the laser with ease; the combined robot launched backwards and crashing into a mountain of rubble and ceasing all motion or sound.

"Fucking machines… they have no place on the battlefield" Vegeta scoffed; spitting a blob of saliva and blood from between his cracked lips before turning on his heels to walk away only to be met by a purple-skinned man in a Lab-Coat and a cane held by both his hands.

"Who the hell are you?" Vegeta barked; his blue hair having lose some of its lustre after spending so much energy just to knock down the combined robot and now to be faced with the final team member of Team Universe Three.

The lab-coat wearing man merely smiled as he rose his cane and tapped it down on the floor; a wide grin spreading across his face as the combined robot rose back up to its feet though heavily damaged as sparks flew out from its damaged arms, dented metal and scorched armour plates.

"You Saiyans are far stronger than I first thought; I didn't want to use our trump card yet but in light of your kinds immeasurable powers and potential for growth… then I have no choice" the lab-coat wearing man spoke with a spine-chilling resolve as the orb on his cane glowered with purple light.

Vegeta took a step backwards; his body was bleeding, his energy burning low after his last few fights and now he was facing The Third Universe's Trump card… and that excited him.

"Bring it on!" Vegeta barked with a grin; blue flames bursting into life around his body in preparation for the next battle, the gradually sinking section of the arena only intensifying his excitement for this battle against time.

Next Chapter: The Sixth Universe Namekians.