Chapter Forty-two

Deciding that this all must be a bit much for your little sister you make your way to her to make sure she's not overwhelmed by all this.

"So... how does it feel to be surrounded by aliens?"

"This... is... AWESOME! These people look so weird! Especially you guys-" She points at your kids and you reel back a bit. "But that just makes you so much cooler! Especially since you are like, totally my age!"

"Heh-heheh... yeah." You laugh nervously.

"So... Cabba is going to fight that guy?"

"Yeap."

"I hope he won't get too hurt."

"Oh don't worry, I'm sure he'll be fine.

Because he's going to die AFTER the tournament! Not during it!" Your sister then hits you in the elbow. As you rub your wounds you return your attention to the arena where the announcer finished his spiel and the Saiyans are getting ready.

"Good luck master!"

"Hmph... don't waste your breath wishing me luck! You'd do better to watch out for yourself! Now... come on Cabba! Show me how much you've improved!"

"Yes teacher!"

Cabba then crosses his arms before himself and then swings them to the side with a loud shout.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

You frown "Jumping straight to super, huh?

Okay... Guess we'll see what's so special about theses Universe 7 Saiyans."

"C-Cabba can turn blonde?!"

"Yes. It's a special power Saiyans have.

They become much more powerful like that."

Your sister blushes a little. "He's so cool!"

And you grit your teeth. "I'm gonna kill him."

"Impressive. Looks like you've gotten a bit stronger since last time!" Vegeta says with his arms crossed. "However... Don't think that will be enough!" And with a burst of yellow energy he follows suit.

"Of course they can do it as well. Silly me. And here I thought they might not be as BS as ours."

The two Saiyans then jump at each others throats and start exchanging blows. Despite being encased the shockwaves escape the stadium and can be felt even by you. Watching these two fierce warriors fight really sends shivers down your spine. After all, this is the first time you've seen two saiyans properly duke it out. "Wow... that guy is good! Really good!" You observe.

"Y-You can see them Eric?"

"Uuuuh... yeah?"

"I don't see anyone! I just feel these quakes!"

"Oh boy. Then you won't like it when they get serious."

"WHAT?!"

Sensing your confusion Vados walks over to you to help Elena acclimate a bit. "Both of these saiyans have seen numerous battles over the years. But I'd say that Vegeta is definitely more of a seasoned warrior than Cabba is."

"Yeah. That's obvious. At least Cabba seems to be stronger. For the time at least."

"Yes... I assure you, Champa had a very good reason to go with the strategy he chose.

It's unlikely that Cabba can win this."

"That bad huh?"

"Much worse..."

"What are you two talking about?" Elena asks Vados.

You form a funnel with your hands and shout.

"KILL HIM VEGETA!" The shouting coming from the ENEMY of all people seemingly catches the Saiyan off guard, causing Cabba to sneak in a devastating punch. "DAMN IT!"

Then Elena steps on your foot. "You're rooting for the wrong team bro!"

"S-Sorry! Got it mixed up! Hehe! Erm... care to explain it to her Vados?"

"I think it'd be way easier if I showed it instead." Lowering her staff so Elena can look into the crystal ball affixed to it, Vados began projecting a slowed down version of the fight.

"Oooooh! Thank you lady!"

"You are very welcome!"

Returning your gaze to the match you see that the two saiyans have stopped as Vegeta wipes some blood off of his mouth. "Not bad! You certainly developed a much better fighting spirit in the Tournament!"

"Thank you teacher! Now... what do you say about getting serious?"

"Yeees..."

Both saiyans seem to relax for a moment, the eponymous eye of the storm. Then... They explode. First Cabba whose hair changes slightly but still noticeably. His hair becomes much more spiky, with each strand standing up, probably due to the lightning arcing around his body. "So this is that famous Super Saiyan 2. Which means-"

You look over to Vegeta and find yourself choking on your own words. "W-What... IS this?!"

Vegeta does NOT follow-up with the same transformation. Instead his body is undergoing some... subtle change which feels... strangely familiar to you. His ki entirely disappears and from his body emerges a strange power, unlike anything you've seen before. The intense focus he exerted somehow brought about a light which clad him in what you could only describe as a sort of ki residue. When it flaked away it revealed... Blue.

"H-He changed color?"

"Hmmm? What's wrong Eric?"

"Is- WHY does this feel like Champa?!"

Vados then pauses. "Interesting..."

"This... is called Super Saiyan Blue." Vados explains.

Dumb name aside that power is pants-shittingly terrifying. So much so that even your kids are starting to shake as they gaze upon the forms majestic light. "Daddy... I'm scared."

You grab her hand, not necessarily to calm her down but because you need it just as much as she does. *gulp* "Don't worry... he's not gonna hurt us... I think."

His ki even LOOKS different. It looks... it almost looks alive. And it's clearly VERY dense. Vados then lets go of her staff, letting it hover near Elena while stepping up to you.

"Its original name was Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan-"

"Ohkaaay that's dumb. Thanks. Now I'm less scared."

"Anyway, it's a form which utilizes God Ki."

"God Ki?"

"Yes. A form of Ki which is exclusive to the Gods... Well, it used to be exclusive. These Saiyans appear to have gained access to it through that transformation."

"Unbelievable!"

"No. What's unbelievable is that you noticed it.

I... admit I didn't expect this side effect-"

"What side effect?!"

"Your situation is a bit more unique than 99.9999999% of the multiverse. You were exposed to God Ki before regular one. So it appears you are a bit more sensitive to it."

"Phew... And for a second there I thought something was wrong with me."

She shrugs. "Depends on how you look at it.

Now... Let us watch."

Looking back at the arena you see the two Saiyans charging each other again but this time the tables have been turned. Dramatically! Cabba even in his Super Saiyan 2 state simply pales in comparison to Vegeta. Most of the time he can't even hit the guy and when he does it does negligible damage if any. For a few minutes the two fight but it seems more like Vegeta is just having fun with Cabba.

"He's... training him!"

"Yes. Vegeta appears to have a soft spot for Cabba and even taught him during the last Tournament of Destroyers. Cabba isn't calling him teacher for nothing."

As the fight continues it becomes very apparent that Cabba stands no chance.

And it shows.

"You did well. But you still need to improve much more. If you master this form you can move onto Super Saiyan 3. Then... who knows? Maybe even the level of Gods. However-"

Vegeta then pulls back his fist before disappearing in a flash and rushing Cabba.

"This is over!" He punches the boy in the gut.

"GUH?!"

Vegeta looks down and it seems like Cabba caught his fist. "No more!" He looks up into the eyes of his mentor. "I put everything behind this! Because I'm not falling for the same trick twice!"

Cabba then tightens his hold on Vegeta with one arm while raising the other one. A frankly humongous amount of ki is collected in his hand as he bears his fangs and grunts excessively in exertion. "GALICK CANNON!"

Cabba then rams the one handed attack into Vegetas face. The energy beam which he poured every ounce of his energy into explodes upon contact, creating the equivalent of a nuke going off in a bottle.

The stadium around them shatters and the force of the explosion threatens to break into the audiences sphere as well. Luckily the two angels step up and begin mending the damages instantly with their staves.

When the dust settles Cabba chuckles awkwardly as he's held up by Vegeta who looks like he's only slightly winded from the attack. Meanwhile the boy is completely drained. Taking pity on him Vegeta tosses Cabba out of the ring and gets declared the winner. As the boy is being carried away the Universe 7 Saiyan smiles a little.

"Looks like you carry the spirit of our people after all!" And his Blue form disappears.

As the loser gets taken out Champa looks over to the remaining contestants. "kale... you're up."

"HEY KALE!" You shout to her and she turns around. "Good luck!" You give her a thumbs up. "And remember! You rule the beast! We believe in you!"

She nods happily and your sister pokes you in the side. Giving you a smug smile she begins teasing you. "Since when did you become a romantic?

"Shut up! She's a nice girl, okay? But watch..."

Your tone gets much more serious. "Because you're about to witness something out of this world."

As the girl flies down to the stadium her soon to be opponent laughs. "AHAHAHAHAHAH!

The girl? You could've sent down anyone other than the Earthling and you chose her!

Please... let's skip this charade and give me Hit! I'm looking forward to that rematch!"

But instead of being justified Champa just waves him off to keep going. And he doesn't get much more from Kale other than a cold stare.

"What?" He asks. "Got nothing to say for yourself?"

kale then growls. "Talk is cheap!" She then flexes her arms and starts building up energy.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."

Kale goes on for a while with no noticeable change in her powerlevel. To the point where her opponent starts to grow suspicious. But before Vegeta could say anything... Kale erupts.

Her eyes go yellow, her muscles expand and a green aura envelops her. Vegeta is clearly... shocked by this but before he could react in any way Kale jumps straight into Super Saiyan while maintaining her wrath state.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"WHATTHE-" Vegeta shouts as Kale rushes him.

First she rams her forearm into the saiyans arm which makes the untransformed Vegeta gasp as he's flung into the air. But before he could get clear of the raging girl Kale catches his leg and pulls him back in. Swinging him around like a ragdoll above her head she smashes Vegeta into the ground so hard that the stadium nearly breaks in half. As his body bounces up from the impact Kale reverses her grip on his leg and begins to repeatedly smash him into the ground over and over again.

The screams of the male Saiyan fill the arena and his wife starts shouting in fear. "VEGETA!"

Finally bringing her opponent up Kale arm crashes into him one final time and sends him out of the ring. As Vegeta gets disqualified for being out of bounds Kale spits on the ground and says only this. "Puny god."

As the loser struggles to sit up his teammate begins to laugh at him. "Not so funny now, is it Vegeta? Hihihihihi!"

"G-Go to Hell Kakarot! And give... Give me a damn senzu already!"

"You got it buddy!"

After his friends take Vegeta out of the arena they heal him with some sort of medicine and he immediately begins to complain. "What the HELL was THAT?!"

"I know right! Looks like she managed to properly control it! She's still not as strong as Broly buuuuut~"

"Grrrr... Damn it!"

"Whoop! Looks like it's my turn! Stand over Geets!" Jumping into the ring he walks up to Kale. "Yo!"

"Son... Goku!"

"Yeap! I'm glad you remember me! Maaan you got good since the last time we met!"

"DAMN RIGHT SHE DID!" Caulifla shouts.

"YOU'RE AMAZING KALE!"

"You know... We met a guy who's a lot like you back in our universe! I think it'd be fun if you two met! But... we'll have to discuss that later!" Goku then assumes some sort of a stance.

"He's... different." You observe. "This guy has form, finesse... technique! He's a martial artist!"

"Yeap." Vados confirms you.

"Sorry Kale. But I'd like to fight the others as well. So I'll not mess around too much!"

"Good..." Kale responds. "Give me your best... Son Goku! I want to prove... How much stronger I am!"

"Hihihi! You got it!" Gokus body then erupts in actual flames as he transforms.

"Oh what now? Red?"

Vados nods. "That's the regular Super Saiyan God transformation. Similar to the one you saw before but different in execution.

This form utilizes God ki unlike its blue counterpart, focusing not on brute strength but speed and finesse."

"It also feels a lot less... violent."

"I guess this is a more pure form of God Ki than the other one."

"So... any particular reason why this isn't called Saiyan God and the blue one Super Saiyan God?"

Vados then looks at you in utter silence, clearly puzzled. "Why didn't I think of that? Why didn't Whis?"

But as you discuss dumb naming conventions Goku taunts Kale into charging and the girl is more than happy to oblige.

Kale tries to rush down Goku similarly to how she did to Vegeta but finds her opponent to be much harder to catch off guard now that the jig is up. The red saiyan dances around the girl, sommersaulting, cartwheeling and jumping around like a monkey all the while leaving after images behind to aggravate Kale.

And it's working.

"Stop! Dodging! Around!"

"Sorry! But you're gona have to catch me for that!"

"HRRRR!"

You stare at this uncomfortably. "Oh no... Kale is falling for it!"

"Indeed." Vados replies. "Despite your best efforts it seems that Kale still has to put in a lot of effort to maintain her control. With such a strain on her mind it's no wonder such simple tactics work on her..."

"What's scary is that guy saw right through it!"

"Quite..."

As Kale starts to become more and more aggravated through the shenanigans of Son Goku she starts recklessly charging him which spells her doom. With a grin Goku grabs Kales arm and with a little twist throws her over his back, right out of the ring. The confused girl shakes her head and when she notices she's been knocked out undoes her transformation. Smiling Goku walks over to her.

"Hihihi! Nice match!" He then extends a hand to her which Kale takes after a moment.

Goku dusts her off as he starts commending her. "You did really good by the way! I'd say you improved quite a lot!"

Kale smiles. "But it looks like not enough.

That's okay. I still want to get better together with my friends."

"Hihihi! Looking forward to it!"

As Kale flies back to you however her shoulders drop and she sighs. "I messed up..."

"Are you kidding me? You were amazing! That guy was terrifying and you mopped the floor with him! So chin up! We'll work just as hard on your technique and next time you'll make them both eat their words!"

"Hehe..." Kale blushed.

"Yeap! As I said: You're awesome Kale!"

Caulifla also steps in and pats her friend on the back. "Now... let's watch! Because this is gonna be good!"

She points at the arena where Hit already arrived and is now staring down his opponent.

"Goku..."

"Hit!"

The assassin then smiles. "I admit I was a little disappointed when I didn't get the chance to fight you in the Tournament of Power. Tell me... how did it go?"

"Hihihi! Badly! We almost lost! And I almost die like... a bunch of times!"

"Must've been fun!"

"It sure was! But... I was also looking forward to this!"

Hit then clenches his fist. "Well then... I think we both waited enough! What do you say? Shall we get comfortable?"

"Yu-huh! But fair warning: I'm not gonna hold back!"

"Oh? Jumping straight into it are we? I suppose I understand. You need that power to compete with me. But here's my warning: Don't think you've figured me out Goku..."

Hit then assumes his stance and shit hits the fan hard.

Son Goku despite appearing like a large goofball up until now suddenly gets serious. His ki flares up and while it starts out as the vanilla Super Saiyan gold, it changes drastically. First it goes somewhat greenish before it becomes much more pale and eventually the yellow is drowned out and only blue remains.

They both charge at the opponent and you imagine this fight must look HELLA confusing for everyone else because Hit goes nuts with his time-skips. He freezes time here and there, jumps all over the place in an attempt to blindside Goku like a good assassin, however the Saiyan seems to be a step ahead of him.

The two exchange blows but neither lands a decisive strike.

"I... I didn't think anyone could stand up to Hit like this!"

"Pretty astonishing isn't it?"

Goku and Hit clash fists which sends out a shockwave as the two stare each other down... smiling. "I'm impressed Goku! You can keep up with my half second time-skip now?"

"I kinda have to! Using Kaio-ken is not healthy!"

The two break away and assume a neutral stance once more as they stare each other down. "So... you're not gonna use it?"

"Not unless you make me!"

"You may regret those words!"

Hit then extends his fist and fires off a very familiar looking technique, which even Goku seems to realize as he dodges to the side.

"This again? Sorry but I'm not dying to that twice!" Hit smirks which scares Goku.

"Huh?" He looks around until he spots the slithering, nearly invisible beam.

"WhoawhoawhoaWHOA!"

"GOKU!" His friends shout after him as he begins to fly around, dodging frantically.

But despite seemingly being able to dodge the homing Flash Fist Crush, Goku is still not out of this one as Hit attacks him. Goku is caught off guard as he realizes Hit is trying to catch him in a pincer maneuver. Chopping with his arm the saiyan tries to punch Hit away but it... phases through him. Huh... "Oh crap!"

Goku shouts as he looks behind him. It was a fake out. The attack that's been tracking him is now too close. He got distracted. And so he makes a painful choice. He dodges but it's not perfect, the attack catches his arm and deals some serious damage. Or at least hurts really bad. "Grrrrr... Since when does that bend?!"

"Since now-ish." Hit responds and makes you have a big, dumb smile that most people in the audience don't get. "And there are plenty more where that came from."

"Hehe... Looks like I spoke too soon! Okay... You asked for it. KAIO-KEN!"

"GOKU!" Everyone in the opposing audience shouts.

The saiyan erupts in a crimson aura which somehow goes on top of the blue one and looks like... flames almost. But blood colored. Fitting as it seems to cause him considerable pain. Hit getting seemingly what he wanted the two have another go at it.

Only this time Hit doesn't seem to bother with time-skip and you wonder why. It seems nigh suicidal at this point. However seeing his motions makes you figure out what he's about to do. As the angry saiyan prepares to rail on the assassin Hit uses the other technique you figured out. And things get a lot more... interesting.

At first Goku doesn't know what hit him but through sheer gut instinct or fighting genius kinda figures out what's going on. They seem to be pretty evenly matched in terms of overall fighting capability but that's only because Hit relies on some rather unconventional tactics.

Using time-skip and time-lag in conjunction with that weird phasing technique he continues to bewilder his opponent with fake outs, unpredictable movement and massive amounts of mindgames. To the point where Son Goku starts eating some serious shit halfway through the whole thing and takes several hits to his vitals.

But for every five or so pinpoint attacks he eats, he punches back at least once which seems to deal just as much, if not more damage than Hit. Finally the two face off against one another, tired in both body and mind. "Heeee... heeee... Whooooo Hit! How did you get this strong after the tournament?

Because this feels fresh!"

"Heh... I've been... busy..."

But as this goes on one thing becomes desperately apparent. That Hit won't win this one. Well... judging by his struggled expression he could. But he doesn't want to. For some reason. You'd guess he has some technique that'd net him the cheesiest of victories. And he doesn't want that.

So... Hit does the only thing he can. "I give up."

"H-Huh?"

"Why look so surprised? You pulled the same thing last time."

"Oh come on! I was just getting excited!"

"Sorry Goku. But if we go on somebody is gonna get hurt. And besides. We still have other contenders."

"Yeah but... come ooooon~!"

"Heh... Sorry about that." Hit then steps off the ring. "Maybe this time I'll pay you to come and fight me!"

Hit then returns to you and you give him the most bizarre of looks. "Why did you do that?"

"Payback. And I gave it my all. I ran out of tools to use." He then turns to Caulifla. "Did you get that all?"

"Yeap."

"Will it work?"

"Possibly."

"Good."

Caulifla then turns to you. "Hey... I got a favor to ask..."

"Sure. What is it?"

"If I win..."

"Yeah?"

"We'll have that tour of Earth you promised!"

"W-What? I mean... of course! It'd be a pleasure!"

"Then it's settled! HEY KALE! He said yes!"

"Yeay!"

"Good... Now I have something to fight for...

Other than kicking his shit in!"

Flying into the ring Caulifla then greeted her opponent. "Yo."

"Ah Caulifla! How's it going?"

"Good. I came to pay you back for the Tournament of Power."

"Oh? Really?"

"Yeah. So prepare yourself! 'Cause I'm not here for fun! But to knock you out!"

"Hehe... Okay! But I'm telling you! It might not be so easy!"

"Oh shove it! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Cauliflas hair turns gold but her power doesn't jump nearly as much as it should, which gets a reaction out of Goku. "Oooooh! What's that?"

"A trick. Plenty more where that came from!"

Caulifla makes the first move and it becomes readily apparent that her opponent is pretty stumped since he can't sense her Ki. But even still, both seem to be familiar enough with the others moves that neither of them can lend a decisive blow. Their little brawl then turns into something more akin to a dance than a fight as they dart around one another, only occasionally locking arms with the other.

Goku begins to grin as he starts chatting mid battle. "Not bad. You got a bit better. But... You still got a long way to go before you can match me in Blue! So come on... Go Super Saiyan 2!"

"Shove it!" Caulifla delivers a chop which Goku stops.

"What's wrong?"

"YOU ARE!" Suddenly the girls arm begins to move as Goku can't get a good grasp on it any longer.

"WHOA!" He dodges but only barely, making Cauliflas nails graze him. "Where did THAT come from?"

"Heh... I told you! I got a few tricks! In fact... HERE ANOTHER! HAAAAAAAAAA-"

She flies at Goku once more but rather than fighting him head on she does something... unexpected. Her body begins to tilt to the side and she seems to start flying around awkwardly. And although she barely seems to know where she is going the same goes for her opponent. Recognizing this you let out a little grin.

"That sly little-"

"Indeed." Vados follows you up. "Looks like you were a bit inspirational for her!"

Caulifla slides all over the ring with little control over her actual movement and tosses ki blasts at her opponent who doesn't take too kindly to it. The man cups his hands together and begins shouting.

"Kaaa-meeee-haaa-meee-HAAAAA!"

"I've been waiting for that!" Cauliflas movements crawl to a halt and she turns to face the massive wave of energy. Charging up a ki blast she fires it straight into the beam. But it seems way too small to actually do much. "CRUSH CANNON!"

The balls strike the massive wave, disrupting it just enough for Caulifla to grin and jump straight in. Using as much of the energy suppressed wiithin her to endure the wave she slides right through it. Coming out on the other hand she grins straight into Gokus face.

"Ding Dong!" Then with all the energy pent up in her body she... oh dear god...

*CRAAAAAAAACK*

The blue hairdye is knocked right off of the Saiyan as he lets out a high pitched little whimper and every male member of the audience reflexively reaches for his privates, except the Namekian of course, as the collective male hivemind relays the pain of the poor soul into each of your groins.

As you see Goku falling to the ground in slow motion you spot Caulifla cracking her knuckles and prepares a follow up attack.

"CRUSH BUNKER!" She grabs the head of the poor guy and perhaps in a display of mercy pushes every last ounce of her remaining Ki out through her hand in the shape of a concussive wave. Much like how she knocked you out.

But this guy... this absolute lad is probably happy for it. At least now he doesn't feel that.

Caulifla then spits on the ground and calls out the announcer. "HEY! Stop grabbing your dick and start counting!"