The Three Legendary Saiyans

Chapter 53: Universe 3's Last Order.

Vegeta.

"Dear prince… you face the final order of Universe 3! The mutant machine-lifeform: Agnilasa!" Paparoni spoke from within the pillar of purple light as the combined machine: Koiceareta, the two beings standing together as the light only grew in intensity, though Vegeta could barely make out their silhouettes while shielding his eyes with his arms; his eyes barely able to make out the two figures merging into one enormously tall being that stood just as tall if not taller than the Pillar in the centre of the arena.

Vegeta took a step back just to be able to see the monster's face; its empty crimson eyes, the wide mouth, the red jewels set into its forehead, forearms and chest, and the long antennae jutting out of its head, he'd hate to admit it but he knew he couldn't win this fight alone.

Agnilasa's empty crimson eyes leered down at its sole challenger; its lips parting to reveal row upon row of razor-sharp teeth before the back of its throat ignited with a purple laser emitting enough heat to cause the air itself to shimmer with its target being Vegeta.

Frieza.

Looming over an injured and defeated Cabba; Frieza loved watching the young Saiyan drop to his knees in defeat when the giant form of Agnilasa loomed over their heads, the sheer heat generated from the mutated machine-lifeform distracting Frieza for a split second.

Sensing the opportune time to get away from the evil tyrant; Cabba's black hair burst into golden spikes before dashing away from Frieza's sight without so much as a single word, Cabba rushing through the broken tiles and boulders at blinding speed leaving only a golden streak behind him; only the sting of the burns inflicted by Frieza's razor sharp beams in his memory, his mind questioning how Saiyans as noble as Vegeta, Goku or Raijin could even tolerate such a monster on their team.

"Just like a little prey to escape from the hungry predator… oh well; I'll enjoy hunting him down later" Frieza smirked to himself; making a promise to eliminate Cabba himself before casually walking towards the site of the final adversary from Universe 3, but it was watching yet another Universe disappear that Frieza anticipated most.

Raijin.

Rising back to his feet with a grunt; his temper calmed and the sting of his bruises faded in the past few minutes, the clashing energies of the battles had excited him for his next opponent and with the inviting purple light and the towering figure of the imposing Agnilasa.

"Looks like the time has come to re-join this tournament" Raijin spoke to himself; his white gi in tatters that left his legs up the knee exposes and part of his chest showing but the dirty stains of dust, sweat and blood bothered him the most.

"Hey! Don't forget you have to teach me Super Saiyan 3! You promised me!" Caulifla barked; rising from her own seat atop a broken tile, her eyes focussed and staring intently at Raijin as if demanding he uphold his promise.

"Alright; fine… I'll teach you when this next battle is over" Raijin sighed heavily; he disliked the idea of teaching Caulifla a form that was such a double-edged sword but he had promised her the form in exchange for her helping him and Hit battle Jiren.

"I'm going to hold you to that!" Caulifla shouted; an excited gleam sparking in her eyes, her own outfit damaged in minor places for Raijin could see the curves of her legs through the rips in her baggy pants.

"You should find Kale and Cabba; make sure your teammates are safe" Raijin made sure to look to Caulifla out of the corner of his eyes as he spoke; speaking with a tone of concern he held for the Saiyans of Universe 6, his black hair blazing with golden light as he turned away and kicked off into the air only to leap off a spire towards the battle.

"Will do… and don't boss me around asshole!" Caulifla screamed and cursed; shaking her fist at Raijin as he left her alone to seek out her comrades, walking out into the ruined arena when she spotted a golden streak passing between the spires and opting to chase after the golden streak.

Goku and Gohan.

With barely any time to rest or recover after their own struggle; Goku and Gohan both wordlessly ran towards the gigantic form of Agnilasa at their top running speeds.

"What do you think that thing is?" Goku spoke; the usual cheerful excitement in his voice gone when laying eyes on the massive creature and its terrifying energy levels.

"My best guess… the trump card for either Universe 3 or 2… though it'd bet on it being Universe 3" Gohan guessed; a twist in his gut causing him to feel like he might be correct in his assumption.

17 and 18.

"Do you feel that? 18 spoke after resting for a few short minutes; the floor beneath their feet trembling as the spire of purple energy shot into the murky clouds only to reveal a towering monster.

"Yes; it has an Infinite Ki Generator… just like us" 17 commented as the towering form of Agnilasa already began its laser assault on whoever was challenging the colossal monster.

"We better get over there… it'll take all of us to even have a chance against that thing" 18 stated; pulling the ruined remains of her pink tracksuit jacket on through the sleeves had been torn off entirely and her midriff was showing.

"I agree…" 17 nodded noting that he's taken a lot less damage to his clothes; his jeans having torn around his knees and his Park Ranger armband had been lost, both siblings taking off for what would be one of the biggest battles of the Tournament.

Team Universe 7.

Spreading his arms wide just as Agnilasa fired its mouth laser; Vegeta forcefully fired a pair of blasts to propel himself backwards at the laser struck the spot where he'd been standing only for the beam to melt through the ruined Kachi Kachin floor from sheer heat and firepower, gulping to himself as taking that head-on would have been the end of him not only in the Tournament but might have killed him.

Vegeta hadn't ever felt so tired when fighting as he did; when he blinked he saw two figures looming over him though he couldn't quite make out their faces but they stood ahead of him, shaking the images out from his sight moments before a giant fist struck Vegeta head-on; screaming from pain and frustration at letting himself be distracted by the strange figures in his vision.

Vegeta clutched at his chest as his already damaged armour cracked more; threatening to crumble if he took any more hits like Agnilasa's punch, the monster looming over Vegeta with a pleased look upon its monstrous face; its gigantic hand reaching down to grab hold of Vegeta when a blast fired seemingly from out of nowhere struck the backside of its hand.

"Vegeta!" Goku yelled; his eyes and hair bright red in his Super Saiyan God Form, Gohan rushing past his father and pushing Vegeta just out of the monster's fingers.

"Kakarot?! The hell are you doing here?! This is my fight" Vegeta barked; annoyance briefly overtaking his feelings of pain from attempting to fight this battle alone.

"Vegeta; its plain to see you cannot handle this thing alone" Gohan spoke for his father; laying down the facts to set a point that Vegeta could not deny.

Before Vegeta could answer Gohan's words Agnilasa brought its giant hand down on top of the Saiyans only for another beam to knock the monster's fist back.

"Gohan is right Vegeta; just accept you need help from time to time" spoke the voice of Raijin; the man himself climbing through two torn up and broken tiles before joining Gohan's side, Gohan giving Raijin a warm yet relieved smile to see he was still in the competition.

Vegeta grumbled under his breath at the sight of Raijin and confirmation that he'd survived against Jiren did little to please The Prince; giving a silent nod to his teammates and fellow Saiyans as the four stood united against Universe 3's final weapon.

Agnilasa showed no sign of concern with more targets; its many-tooth filled smile only widened as it had more prey, the beast raising his hands high above the Saiyans as the jewels in its forearms glowed before a rain of energy bolts showered down on top of the Saiyans.

"Get down!" screamed a voice; following the voice came a bright green shield covering the four Saiyans along with two others, the lasers raining down continued for what felt like an entire minute before letting up, the shield breaking and giving the Saiyans a chance to see that their rescuers were in fact The Androids.

"No time to exchange pleasantries; we need to survive" 18 shouted; her hands glowing pink as two Destructo Disks burst into life around her hands, 17 matching her but with two shields ready to defend them.

Raijin dug his feet down; drawing on his recovered energies only to transform directly into Super Saiyan 2, standing with white lightning sparking and forking around his body at Full Power.

Vegeta cloaked himself in blue flames as he dug deeper into his powers as a Super Saiyan Blue as those two same shadowed figures entered his vision again; the figures both seemingly looking at him with white eyes, shaking the vision out of his head as Agnilasa loomed over the team.

Without warning; lasers shot from Agnilasa's eyes, and the jewels set over his body, the lasers raked across the floor engulfing anything they touched in a sea of flames; the heat emitted from the flames being hot enough to melt Kachi Kachin.

The seven warriors scattering to avoid the lasers with 17 staying put and throwing up Shields wherever he could while Raijin, Goku, Vegeta, Gohan and 18 took to sprinting around the gigantic body of Agnilasa and fired a series of small ki blasts aimed for his ankles and knees in hopes of bringing the monster crashing down.

Agnilasa barely reacted to the targeted beams and blasts; lifting its own right foot before stomping back down on the floor sending a blast wave of dust, debris and its own energy that sent the warriors crashing backwards, Raijin struck a wall instantly spitting up saliva and blood, Goku and Vegeta both crashed into 17 while Gohan and 18 ended up in a crumbled heap though all raised back to their feet.

Goku and Gohan locked eyes while on opposite sides of the monster; nodding to each other before firing a beam each with their targets being Agnilasa's eyes, the beams striking true as Agnilasa roared as its eyes were taken out though his fists slammed down into the floor where Goku and Gohan had been standing with the pair only avoiding the attack by 17 and 18 tackling the Saiyans to the floor.

"Thanks 18" Gohan thanked his saviour, 18 only giving a warm smile as Agnilasa's eyes instantly regenerated.

"Self-Repair… wish Gero had thought of that" 17 muttered to himself as he helped Goku to his feet; cursing his creator's short-sightedness lack of any kind of self-repair technology.

Agnilasa's teeth-filled grin spread higher as its hands raised again; showering the arena with razor blades instead of beams, the blades shredding through anything and everything in its path.

"Get behind my Shield!" 17 yelled a fraction of a second too late; having assumed Agnilasa was a heavy firepower model machine and hadn't anticipated a blade attack, 17 himself, Goku, Vegeta and 18 managing to get behind his shield though Raijin and Gohan fought hard against the attack; their arms a blur as they both batted away blade after blade though blade they missed tore through their clothes with ease and staining them with bleeding wounds.

Panting for breath from the heavy assaults; Raijin and Gohan both stood with their blood beading from the wounds to their arms and legs; wishing that Buu had joined them with his healing techniques but he exclusion couldn't have been helped.

Frustrated with any lack of damage being done; Vegeta launched himself up with his fists blazing with his energy, his Energy Punch primed and ready though Agnilasa merely grinned as he saw Vegeta coming; drawing his own fist back to knock Vegeta back down to the ground.

A bright purple laser shot right by Vegeta's head before striking Agnilasa's fist; the fist stopping its path to knocking Vegeta out cold as the laser left a slight burn on his knuckles, "My my Vegeta… is the mighty Super Saiyan having trouble?".

Vegeta didn't dare look at the source of the voice for he knew that cold tone anywhere, Frieza casually walking into the battlefield without any regard for Agnilasa's threat level; his cold smile and staring red eyes aimed solely for Vegeta.

With a mighty yet frustrated roar; Agnilasa's roar sent shockwaves throughout the arena with his voice alone, the seven fighters of Team Universe 7 all covering their ears in the wake of such an sensory attack, dazed by the vocal shockwave; none saw the downward punch Agnilasa drove into the seven fighters and crushing the floor under their feet.

Sensing victory was finally at hand; a shimmering purple light emitted from Agnilasa's back forming into a pair of eagle wings with a huge wingspan of nearly the entire arena's length, the winged monster hovering up into the air with his fist drawn back for another attack though its skin seeming to be shimmering with its overflowing energy.

Without so much as a word; the trio of Vegeta, Goku and Raijin fired off a trio of beams in an attempt to stop Agnilasa's second sky-dropping punch, the beams merely bouncing off the monster's skin

"What happened? Why'd the beams not work?" Goku called out; his body wracked with pains from fighting against Jiren with Ultra Instinct, struggling against Pretty Black Hole and being beaten to a pulp by Agnilasa.

"Must have some anti-beam coating or something" Raijin guessed; recalling how Bulma's Bio-Warriors could switch from offence to defence at the flick of an internal switch during training sessions.

"Then why didn't it use that from the start? Beams were working then!" Vegeta bellowed; slamming his fist into the floor with so much force that he cracked the already ruined floor.

"Support system when feeling threatened? Gohan stated; observing how Agnilasa hadn't engaged any defence until their numbers had increased to a total of seven, he'd thought Agnilasa was just a powerful heavy-firepower type fusion but he'd been slightly wrong; there was a weakness and they had enough people to overcome the monster.

Agnilasa rose back to its feet; its Energy Wings and defensive shimmering skin fading as the jewel on its forehead began to glow for its final attack, its grin widening with confidence that Universe 3's victory was within its grasp.

"Everyone! Power up to your absolute strongest and put everything you have into a beam! Do it fast!" Raijin shouted as he assumed the role of leader in their dire situation; a cloak of red flames covered his body only to emerge as a Super Saiyan 4, his every muscle tensing and stopping his bleeding as he raised both hands over his head as one hand radiated gold and the other red.

"Raijin has the right idea!" Gohan shouted; white flames bursting back into life as his crouched down with both hands by his side charging his Kamehameha.

Both Androids 17 and 18 bought their hands together; their combined energies mixing into a Power Blitz technique radiating both pink and green.

Frieza merely smiled at the idea that a Saiyan would order him around but he still required their aid in order to survive; standing in a cross pose until the white muscles of his body became clad in a golden radiance that shone as brightly as the sun, his entire right hand glowing purple when he usually only fired beams with his index; Frieza opted to use his entire hand against this particular opponent.

Vegeta barely even moved as blue flames coursed around his entire body though something seemed different about his aura; the flames burnt harsher and more violently like Vegeta was nearing a limit of his own.

Goku grit his teeth as he heard Raijin's words; wordlessly agreeing and began transforming into his Super Saiyan Blue, his black hair radiating with blue energy as a bright red aura quickly followed with the implementation of his Kaio-Ken X10; Goku's red-highlighted skin beaded with sweat from sheer effort.

Team Universe 7's collaboration beams fired with such force that the seven warriors almost lost their footing as the pressure of their beams pressed against each other; drawing energy from each other before meeting Agnilasa's Full Power Energy Ball, the clash of energy sent splinters of the beams shredding through the Kachi Kachin floor.

Agnilasa grinned as the seven warriors poured their energy into countering its own Full Power Energy Ball; wanting to put even more energy into its firepower though its System Limits were engaged Agnilasa's jaw opened and glowed as a second beam burst out from its maw only to join the fray.

"Hang on! We can defeat this thing!" Gohan yelled at the top of his lungs; his feet sliding backwards due to the immense pressure being emitted by the beam struggle.

The very clouds themselves began to shift in colour; the clouds flashing from blue, to red, to yellow, to pink, to green and to purple as the multitude of beams struggled against each other, the seven warriors' feet beginning to skid backwards from the force and pressure put on them by Agnilasa's sheer firepower.

Amused by Team Universe Seven's continued resistance; Agnilasa's jewels set into its forearms and its antennae shone as another four beams adding to the two the creature was already discharging totalling six beams in all.

Raijin glanced around himself; bearing witness to his teammates giving everything they had against a singular opponent; when closing his eyes he saw the stone wall once again where he felt his hands pressing against it when he was truly firing his Divine Masenko, feeling the heat of his beam but also a new energy seeping into himself through the stone wall.

Vegeta again saw the two figures standing either side of him; each time he clashed with his monster he felt like he was stepping closer to the two figures though not able to see who they figures were but when he stepped closer to them he felt stronger, Vegeta's blue flames grew stronger and shone brighter as his beam grew stronger with each passing second.

Frieza grit his teeth so tightly that his gums began to bleed; his purple blood dripping from his teeth down to his chin and to the floor, his Death Beam not putting much force against Agnilasa's combination of its Full Power Energy Ball and its finger and eyes lasers; Frieza focussed his energy into both hands directing Death Beams from both his hands.

Gohan felt his own energy waning; he'd put too much energy into countering Universe 2's Pretty Black Hole and now facing Agnilasa without his absolute fullest power levels, Gohan dropped down to one knee struggling to put every drop of his energy into his Kamehameha.

"Raijin… my sister and I can do something to stop this monster" 17 spoke; sweat pouring off his forehead from the effort the Duel Power Blitz was putting on him and 18.

"What is it?" Raijin questioned; beads of sweat dripping from his bright red fur-covered muscles.

"We both have devices in our bodies that will trigger an explosion capable of defeating this foe… the only downside is that it could destroy both of us with it" 17 answered; the heat of the struggle affecting him as sweat stained his shirt.

"Not a chance! You both have families waiting for you!" Raijin barked back; turning his attention away from his Divine Masenko for a split second but hastily focussing his energy on his beam again.

"And what good will us all being eliminated and erased do?" 17 countered with a valid point that he knew Raijin would not argue with when he too had his family to protect.

Raijin didn't say anything; 17 had a valid point and unless they did something drastic now then they'd never get a second chance, giving a silent nod to 17 and 18 and allowed them both to go ahead with their own trump cards.

"Everyone; just hold on a few more seconds; we'll win this one" 17 spoke loud enough for the rest of the team to hear him over the clashing beams, Gohan, Frieza, Goku and Vegeta all giving nods to allow to Androids to enact their plan though risky as it was.

Just as the Duel Power Blitz faded; 17 threw up a massive green Omni-Shield around himself and 18 that also took a great deal of the pressure from the beam struggle off the rest of the team, surging forwards across the beams while drawing in energy from the high number of beams to fuel their devices.

Agnilasa barely even registered the incoming Androids for its sensors too focussed on the beam struggle; its energy output at its maximum and its internal limiter devices breaking down due to constant use of its Infinite Energy Generator, Androids 17 and 18 both spearing within its eyes cloaked in a broken green shield and their bodies illuminated like the sun.

"Krillin… forgive my actions" 18 muttered to herself along with a silent prayer for her daughter; her entire body glowing and illuminated by her own Self-Destruction Device.

"Thank you… for accepting me as a friend" 17 spoke solemnly though nobody could hear him; his entire body illuminated by his Self-Destruction Device before his and his sister's explosions rocked the entire arena and consumed the gigantic mass of Agnilasa's body.

Not even a final roar escaped Angilasa as its beams ceased; free the remaining fighters from Universe Seven from the struggle, Angilasa's body vanishing behind a curtain of flames, smoke and dust as the arena floor again crumbled around its feet with the beast likely falling into elimination.

Observation Stands.

Every single being whether they be Mortal or Divine sat on the edges of their seats; watching the clashing of Universe Seven and the final weapon of Universe Three, the beams illuminating the very atmosphere until not even The Twin Zeno's had any comment on the struggle, The Grand Priest watching with keen interest as the explosion tore the arena asunder for a second time.

Krillin could only watch in horror at the two Androids vanished from sight amidst the explosive force of the two devices leaving only flames, smoke and dust in its wake.

The Arena.

The colossal explosion lasted several seconds; the flames of the two explosive devices causing the arena to break apart once again, the very floor breaking apart and sinking down into the murky darkness of the dimension the Tournament had been chosen to be set in, the reaming team members of the Seventh Universe could only stare in horror at the floor where Agnilasa along with Androids 17 and 18 vanished into the darkness.

After the explosion finished rocking what was left of the arena; a heavy dust cloud permeated the air leaving no sign of either Agnilasa, 17 or 18, the now disassembled trio of robots along with Paparoni all materialised in the stands along with the other members of the team totalling a full count of ten.

Observation Stands.

The Third Universe's God of Destruction; a mechanical being who communicated only in beeps and whirring sounds opened up as if the body was only a container as a much smaller being stepped out, also dressed in the robes of a Destruction God only coloured gold and green as he glanced over at his Angel.

"It's been fun… see you around buddy" the tiny God of Destruction spoke cheerfully by giving his Angel a thumbs-up before being enveloped in a white glow.

With a white flash the entire team from The Third Universe vanished along with their entire Universe; leaving only four teams remaining and over half the time having passed with another section of the pillar dropping with a thud.

Next Chapter: Clash of The Super Saiyan 3's.