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Gohans Home - Orange City

"No! Chisato!"

Gohan shouted that to the crystal ball, seeing her held aloft by her neck.

"He had a clone all this time? No way!" Yamcha said, smacking his fist on the table.

"Just when she was getting the upper hand, too," Krillin added. He sighed. "Man! I haven't been this nervous since Beerus showed up."

Android 18 looked on with a frown on her face. "She's holding back."

Everyone turned to 18. The beautiful android moved aside her hair and added, "I can tell these things. There's more power she hasn't shown us yet."

"For all our sakes I hope you're right about that, 18," Krillin said.

The baby in Gohans arms squirmed, as if sensing his mother in peril. Kolard made a face and began wailing, big tears rolling down his face. "Wah...! Wah...!"

His half saiyan father comforted him, rocking him back to stillness.

'Chisato....! Hang in there...!'

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Planet 04

"Gugh!"

Rhuda kicked her legs uselessly, both hands clawing and prying at the tight grip around her neck. 'I...I can't breathe!'

And that was true; for the girls eyesight was beginning to dwindle down, as was her Stamina bar. It wouldn't be long and she'd lose consciousness. There was only one thing for her to do. Rhuda grabbed the forearms of Granola around her neck and charged her Ki until MAX, needing the extra boost.

'Take this!'

With a little rocking force she raised both legs, swinging like a pendulum before taking aim with the heel of both feet and landing them squarely into Granola's manhood.

"Hu---!"

She was free.

Her Ultimate Nut Cracker move had worked well enough, and looking at the other Granola, he too was affected. Both of them were clutching their god given goods in pain. That was good for Rhuda, as she needed the time to recover her lungs, which were crying out from abuse and lack of oxygen. She knew there would no doubt be a ring of bruises around her neck at least.

Once Rhuda could breathe without it being a painful hiss, she looked to the sky. "...It's time I lost some weight."

With those words she chucked off one boot and tossed it at the background. That single boot created a massive sinkhole upon landing, cracking everything nearby. The other boot she then discarded, and it likewise rearranged the background with a lovely explosion.

"How nice..." she sighed, wiggling her toes a moment.

It had been her father's idea to train under the extra weight, knowing she would need every advantage in battle. A battle just like the one she was in currently. With two opponents with expert sniping skills and super speed, Rhuda sought the boost to her own prowess. She leaned forward and touched her toes and stretched her arms to the sky, loving the freedom of movement. The tail that had been wrapped around her waist wagged in eagerness.

"Now then...time to get serious."

Granola and his clone had recovered but took substantial damage, bringing his total Health Bars down to 17x. The Ultimate Nut Cracker indeed.

"You'll pay for that!" He said.

Rhuda vanished.

Both enemies looked around but it was vutile. Her new speed couldn't be seen by the naked eye, really, even ones as good as Granola. That had been her father's doing as well, ensuring the entire time she trained with him in the Time Chamber was underneath such a heavy load. "Don't take them off unless you really, really need to," Goku had told her.

'Now is as good a time as any,' she thought, beginning a rapid offense to their backsides, ribs, and knocking them forward onto their faces.

"Are you watching me, Dad?" She asked, smiling.

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Arena Stadium

Goku smirked. "So she finally took 'em off."

"Well you look at that! Splendid idea Goku, making her train wearing resistance." Whis complimented, beaming a smile his way. Goku rubbed his head, "Ahh, well, I knew it would come in handy. Just like it did for me back then. Just watch; Chisato will end this match before you know it."

"Hmm. Don't be so sure." Whis said.

"Don't be a debbie downer Whis," Goku said. He pouted and looked to the screen, "She's got this."

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Planet 04

"Dah dah dah dah dah!"

Rhuda shot blast after blast to both Granola's, keeping him pinned to the ground, before releasing two kamehameha waves. It was a new technique she'd developed, wanting to make the move unique. Instead of bending and shooting off one, she spread her hands and charged two equally sized blue beams, matching the other one in power. With a yell she lunged forward in the air and let them go.

That move had used up all her Ki for the moment, and she tapped down, seeing that it had been very effective.

'13x bars left! I can do this!'

The bounds of the fight wouldn't allow for her to see how Vegeta and Beerus were doing against one another, and she took a second to think over her next attack.

'With four eyes instead of just two, Granola still has the advantage. I need to be quick and finish him.'

Thinking this she used a sensu bean, bringing all Stats back to MAX, and as those two rose from their respective craters she was ready and waiting.

[Primal Form activated]

[Kaioken]

"URAH!"

Rhuda propelled forward, her strength and speed even more incredible when doubled with the Kaioken technique. Granola had no other choice but to protect his vitals, and even then the damage was significant enough he and his clone withdrew.

"Where are you going, Granola?" She asked, following after them in pursuit.

She stopped her advance.

He and his clone had created an energy shield, making any attack mostly useless for the moment.

'So he can do that as well...' She gnawed her lip a little.

One Granola teleported behind her, and Rhuda elbowed him but was blocked. He snatched her arm in his grip and smirked down. "Vital spots found..."

"L-Let me go!"

She struggled, even attempting a blast to knock him back, but that hand, too was grabbed. In other words she was trapped between both Granola's with no way out.

[Ki burst]

It freed her limbs for the moment. She kicked the first away, but he teleported and grabbed her ankle and slung Rhuda down to the blue grass, as his other ally began a barrage of vital point attacks.

*Boom boom boom*

'No! Argh...! I let down my guard!'

Rhudas chest throbbed with every blow. Granola was shooting to kill now, so she made an X with her arms, rolled to the side and hopped up.

"Get her!" He shouted to his other self.

Granola had 10x bars of Health left, or 5x split between his clone. Her own was holding at 2x, but with every burning shot to her body it was dropping lower and lower.

'So they're just focused on getting any kind of damage in now.'

She had no choice but to disperse Granola, knowing that at least one of them couldn't do as much as two. "Masenko!"

His clone blocked it and teleported, 'swffss' right behind Rhuda. Her green eyes followed his movement, left hip rotating to kick him away, but found that the other him had been waiting for that change of focus. Granola 'ssfwss' to her other side, choosing that moment in her panic to grab Rhudas bicep. He held if there and aimed two fingers to her face.

*Bakooom*

She fell down coughing and stunned.

[Use Sensu? Yes / No]

"Yes."

Once more she was ready to go, back at full power.

[Primal Form activated]

[Kaioken]

It was with great determination that Rhuda copied Granola, aiming to get any kind of damage. Her first actions were breaking the clones guard and following up with a nicely done knee into his nose. It poured blood and he dropped away, leaving the real one firing shots. Her fingers sizzled as she caught his barrage of energy bullets and protected the main organs, using the other hand to focus on firing Ki blasts to the stunned clone.

"I have...to win this!'

She grit her teeth and charged her Ki higher, IT behind the real one and pinned his arms down. The clone recovered and made chase, but Rhuda used that time and put both hands to the real ones chest and said, "Sorry...Granola."

*booom*

A close range kamehameha wave.

The real Granola fell forward, taking the brunt of the attack and grabbed his seared chest, where his outfit had been blown away, revealing peachy skin. He yanked off the white scarf, which was in tatters and stood. "Enough! It ends here," he said.

The clone came back to him and the two became one.

'He has 7x bars left...! I...almost have him!'

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Gohans home - Orange City

"Yes!" Krillin cheered.

Gohan wore a wide grin of happiness, seeing how well his 'baby momma' was doing in battle. Even he had been surprised by the smart and calculated moves she achieved. 'All that training with Dad...really paid off!'

His chest tingled, and if he weren't careful, the pure hearted half saiyan would be crying tears of joy.

She had left his home so scared and doubtful, but once the fight began her instincts had taken over and pushed all the worrying aside.

'When she gets back here, I'll train her myself. Me and Piccolo could help her I'm sure.'

Thinking this he smiled down at Kolard, who also had a tiny and cute, chubby faced grin on his face.

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Planet 04

Rhuda jumped back to keep distance between her and the sniper Granola. The main reason was her low amount of Items, having healed so much. As it was she only had one sensu bean left.

Granola looked worse for wear. His scarf was gone and his top was in rags, but she couldn't say much better, as her own were needing replaced. The orange fabric had been ripped away at her left shoulder and she took her hand and pried the tickling remains of it off, tossing it into the wind.

Slowly she walked forward in her bare feet and stopped.

"Ano...I still like you, Granola." She said. "I hope you won't be too upset that I had to win."

Her confidence had come from managing to best him thus far, but Granola merely shrugged his shoulders and rose his hand. "You've had the upper end of me. That was my fault. I thought you'd be an easy target, but I know now that Goku taught you quite well."

She nodded. "Dad pushed me every day. And I have to say that he was a lot tougher than you. Sorry."

Her green eyes narrowed. "It's time I show you my real power."

The ground began to shake and rumble, cracking apart. Her aquamarine hair in primal form broke free of its braided chain and flowed back, swaying with the changing energy. Three strikes of lightning crashed down to the ground around her, and the girls bare feet began to plummet through the cracked namekian soil.

Granola's multicolored eyes widened. "You...had a new level beyond that one?"

"...Yes. It's not perfected, you see. But I must give it my all." Sharply she smirked, revealing fangs, and tilted her head back almost cockily. "This is going to be what ends you, Granola."

"I don't think so."

She stopped talking as her withheld power surged and created blast after blast, pushing Granola away in the process. It was her Awakening state, which she'd tapped into when Kolard had been born.

'It won't last very long, but it should give me enough to bring him down.'

Cliff sides began to split and rise around her, as did the tiny pebbles and trees. She swat them away and grinned, her aquamarine tail flicking around in confidence.

Finally it was done, yet the crackling energy never left her body, instead whizzing up and around.

[Primal Form 2 activated]

With that new form, however, came a timer with it. In her field of vision she saw that it would give her two minutes of use.

'Two minutes...to end this!'

Rhuda propelled forward and broke apart the ground, colliding her fist into Granola's chest. He flew back and crashed into the bounds of the fight, where he rebounded and took time to stand. She allowed him that time and waited, walking ever so slowly towards her target. Her hand raised, and a blue one handed kamehameha burst from it.

Granola IT to her, and her sunset orange eyes flicked over, seeing him there. With one backhanded punch he fell away and grabbed his face. Blood ran not only from his broken nose but also his mouth, and he snarled. "I've been holding back too."

Calmly Rhuda lowered her brows. "I see."

Granola charged his energy and wiped away the blood from his mouth. "The form you have now...isn't like Ultra Instinct. I can still see your vitals."

She nodded. "I'm aware. As it is, this is the extent of my power. There were too many abilities to master to focus on perfecting it, though I tried very hard. That is why I saved it for this moment."

"Hmm!" He smirked and lifted his hand, grabbing his bicep and aiming for her chest. "...All it takes is one good shot."

"Then you had better aim for my heart." She said, one side of her mouth lifted in a taunt.

Granola chuckled. "You're so confident. The you from before, and the one now...could be different people."

"Are you going to talk the whole time?" Rhuda asked. She sighed and leaned down, "I'd rather show you why I'm going to beat you."

He shot from his two fingers a well placed energy bullet, which she deflected with energy. Seeing it ineffective without breaking her guard, Granola lowered his arm and IT to her, and the two began melee attacks. It was unclear who was winning at that point, but their fierce battle began to change the environment.

Knees, elbows, and hands collided time and time again, each one making a ring of equal energy around them.

The namekian ground sank lower and lower, until it was large enough that a new lake could have been created. Up above, the green sky began to change as well. Clouds rolled in and thunder rolled, lightning striking randomly.

'One minute left...and he's at 5x bars.'

[Kaioken]

"Got you."

Rhuda smirked, her hand to the back of his head, pressing into the wavy light green locks. "Say goodnight."

He was gone.

'There!'

Her body reacted just in time, twirling and kicking him back. Granola smirked and lowered his crossed arms, "You're not going to tuck me in, Rhuda? How mean."

"..."

'Looks like I'll need to step it up!'

Time was ticking down. She could see it, her Primal Form 2 going to be gone before she was ready. With that knowledge, Rhuda wasted no energy and came for him time and time again, until he broke her Guard and she flew back, stunned.

"Ha...ha.." She wiped away her sweat and followed his every movement.

'This is it. It's all up to me! And then I'll get you too, Fu!'

*boom*

She squint her eyes, seeing that Granola had manipulated the ground below and created a massive explosion. 'There's so much dust...no! I can't sense his energy!'

Rhuda's heart began to race not with adrenaline but panic, and she couldn't see past the clouds of dust to know where Granola was.

'This is bad...!'

He used the time to Lock On to Rhuda, who was expecting an attack but didn't know where it would come from, and thus didn't see that he'd made it behind her.

"Guh!"

Her back had been hit. With it, the Primal Form faded and she fell down, gasping for air. 'Where did he hit me at? It hurts so badly!'

"Your spleen." Granola said. "If you were wondering. It can be quite painful, and left untreated...you'll bleed to death internally."

Her nails dug into the soil, trying to lift herself back up. "You...you tricked me!"

Slowly he walked forward and peered down at her. "A good fight. But it ends here."

Granola pointed two fingers at her face and she saw her life flash across her minds eyes.

Her eyes pricked with tears, staring into Granola's.

Then something behind his head drew her attention to it. It was three bright stars, glowing away.

'Stars? Out here?'

She had seconds to decide what to do.

As he released a point blank blast, Rhuda rolled at the last second and fired one of her own. Not at Granola but to the first shining star up above. He turned, seeing just what it was she was trying to hit, and his eyes widened.

"You...!" He stepped back just as she used the last of her Sensu beans, restoring everything to MAX for the last time.

With renewed energy she Locked On to the remaining two stars and shot those as well. A few seconds passed as Granola stood there, mouth agape, and darkness fell over Namek.

"You're going to fight in the dark?" He asked.

She nodded. "I am. Even if it means I lose to you, Granola, I won't go down without a fight."

'But first...his eyes. I need to make it hard for him to find my vitals..!'

Rhuda flew back, looking around in the darkness for her broken power pole. She saw both sticks jutting between craters and snagged them up, facing her opponent.

'If I use Ki he'll sense me.'

It was her chance and she wasn't going to waste it. Rhuda lowered her energy and hid behind two broken cliffs, which were beginning to heal themselves back into one piece, thanks to their Arena being immune to destruction. Her heart climbed into her throat, trying to see him before he saw her. Finally the tip of his boot shone in her dimmed vision and she reached up, yanking his ankle up and over the rise, pinning him down with her power pole.

He struggled and shoved her off as she knew he would. Rhuda hit the cliff and coughed up blood, but sent energy to her power pole and began to move them secretly.

'Trunks used this same technique on Lord Beerus. I have to be like him! Win with my brain!'

Granola either didn't sense or didn't care that the power pole was headed his way, intent on finding the tiny saiyan girl, whom had hidden herself again.

"Come out!" He barked.

'Got you.'

Rhuda lifted her fingers and the poles moved. At that second Granola spotted her and aimed, intent to blast her through the rocks, as he could detect her heart beat and blood cells.

It was too late, however.

Both pieces of her treasured power pole shoved into his eyes. He released the blast from his finger and she dodged, rolling away and jumping up.

'I did it!'

With his weakened eyes Rhuda stood a better chance. She knew using Ki would be stupid, giving herself away, so the saiyan hero remained in her base form and began using IT to move around him, attacking time and time again.

Finally, he had 1x Health bar left.

"This is it, Granola!" She yelled, jumping above him and clapping her hands together. "Final...Flash!"

As he sensed the rise in her energy his face lifted, blurred eyesight seeing a bright light headed his way. Granola IT away from her attack, and pinned her down, throwing her body like a torpedo to the soil below.

"Ah!"

'No...! I'm so close...!'

It was a narrow margin that she dodged his expert sniping skills, even in the darkness of night and her lowered Ki.

With one last attack in mind the girl flew away to the bounds of the area and squat down. She removed the bits of clothing sticking out, only a meager amount left of the Gi top. "....Kolard..." she whispered, "...I love you. Please...protect him, Trunks...Gohan!"

Rhuda summoned her energy and shot towards the sky, not to hit Granola, but to do something else entirely. It was her fortune that she had knowledge of that particular event, thanks to Trunks memories being within her.

The energy ball lingered as did her hand rising above. She stared up at it, swallowing down ice. 'C'mon....work! Work!'

Finally she began to undergo the change.

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Arena Stadium

Broly and Goku ran down the benches, but were stopped by Grand Priest. "Return to your seats." He said.

"I'm sorry--I can't do that," Goku said, trying to get the the transport platform.

"This battle is not yours to fight, Son Goku." Grand Priest said.

Broly and Goku both glared heavily at the chief angel. "Move." Broly said, growing angry.

"She's going to die if we don't help!" Goku shouted. "I can't stand by and watch this anymore!"

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Gohans Home - Orange City

"It got all dark." Oolong said.

Gohan swallowed a thick lump, knowing without realizing it what Rhuda intended to do. He said, "Fortuneteller Baba...you can go there, can't you?"

The old witch blinked twice and smirked. "I can. But you'd need to be dead to go there. And it'll cost you."

Everyone turned to look at Gohan.

The half saiyan handed Kolard to 18. "Then...Krillin...use your destructo disk and--"

"--What! No way!" Krillin yelled. "I'm not gonna kill you!"

"You have to!" Gohan shouted back. His shoulders trembled, not able to see what the fight had became due to the darkness. "I can't let her die!"

It dawned on everyone at that moment.

"...Gohan..." Yamcha said, standing up and touching his old friends shoulder. "...We know you care for her but...dying? You'd be leaving behind Pan and Videl..."