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Demon Heart [x2], Mastered Power [x5], Makyo Star Power [x10], Full-fledged Demon [x11], Demon Lord [x17], Demon King [x23], Darkness Demon [x29], Hybrid Potential [x43]
Gravity Machine [x100G], Advanced Medical Machine,
Uchigatana, Senzu Bean, E. Dragon Radar
Slowly but surely, Bernael would come out of the other side of his Demonic Gateway, feeling it close behind him the exact moment he even touched the other side fully. "Damn portal... wish it wasn't so unstable" he would mutter slowly and only to himself, slowly looking across the demonic realm with a bit of interest in his eyes. "So this is where my demonic half comes from... huh..." was all that would come out after a few seconds of awe before he would snap out of it. "Right.. Atsuko is here... need to find her..." could the Demonic Prince really be more relieved to know she was here, to be honest? He hadn't seen her in forever in his eyes... and in the last battle he thought she died... just knowing she was alive still made him relax just a bit... and now he needed to see her alive for himself. Nakiya had talked about Atsuko being around there somewhere at least. With that, the demon boy would slowly look out towards the giant Palace of Makaii that was before him, he sort of wondered if anybody was around at the moment? Perhaps... his senses weren't actually focused on anything as he was more focused on the possible people waiting there for him than anything else.
He was also curious as to if anybody would recognize him... he changed his looks, possibly for the worse to be honest... he looked more human than demon now and that could get him some flack, possibly... he just had to try not to worry about it as he entered his mastered potential state and flew towards the palace as fast as he could, just looking towards it with a sort of intent smirk on his face, as he definitely knew something within him was pulling him there over everything else, looking down and seeing the hordes of demons that populated the landscape but either none of them caring about him, being afraid of him, or just not fast enough to actually go towards him as he left them all in the dust as he broke speeds to get over to the palace as soon as he could, his aura staying and flickering in its half red and half white state as it sort of just cracked with energy, burning like a heat around his body as he started to walk towards the palace after landing.
"I hope at least something is here..." he would mumble lightly to himself, slowly putting his hands in his pockets again as he looked up towards the palace, his steps starting to echo up to the palace itself, his voice doing so as well. He was sort of worried as well... he didn't know much about his path or heritage enough to know what would be in a Royal looking palace like this... what if it was just going to end in his demise? Probably not but he didn't care, as he would just start to walk into the main part of the palace.
Atsuko was finally able to get a somewhat decent rest. Apparently the Demon Queen had applied some sort of rejuvenating ingredients to the bath, as a lot of the injuries that the Albino Saiyan was still coping with were now absent; although there was still the fact that she had broken herself down almost to zero in that fight against Nasu, and subsequently pushed herself beyond said limitations with the Super Saiyan Three form... And used it for an extraordinarily long time that would probably end up leaving her unconscious normally. Yeah, she was doing well enough, but not perfectly.
But she had her wits about her now, and she finally didn't have that damned Caesar to worry about now... What's more, she was a little excited. Bernael was on his way! Thankfully, the maids delivered the Saiyan a change of clothes. It wasn't what she would have normally picked, but it was definitely a lot better than using a mere towel to cover herself... The sad fact was, her old set of clothes and armor were ruined, too. They were fit for little more than kindling for a fire now. Wasn't a bad way to retire the old outfit, really...
Suddenly, the Knight felt an impressive power just... Appear! It must have been another one of those Portals. But this power was one that she recognized... That was Bernael! The Knight would quickly make her way to him, the adrenaline was once more surging through her body and allowing her to ignore the fatigue that she was otherwise still coping with. As the Half Demon would reach the door, the Saiyan would open it and at first just... Stop and stare at him. It felt like they had been apart for ages, and now they were finally reunited after everything that happened.
It proved to be an emotional ordeal for her, as one would have expected. Atsuko would proceed to pull Bernael into a hug, it was a side of her not often seen, even to those she trusted most... Just how vulnerable she really was. "I don't think you know just how happy I am that you're here...", the Albino Saiyan stated. Feeling a little silly after just 'ambushing' him like that, she'd ease up on the hug and smile lightly at him. "I... Really owe Nakiya for helping me when she did. And I convinced her to help with Jarvis."
The Knight explained, her smile now fading as the seriousness of that topic hit her. "I had a fight with him. He showed me what he did on Earth, and I...", the Knight paused for a moment. She looked down for a moment, as if a little unsure... But she'd finally return her gaze to him and appear more determined. "I ascended again. I reached Super Saiyan Three, and I used that to beat him down.... Though it was Nakiya that rendered him unconscious. After that she took him back to his home, after I was certain she would keep him from starting a war against us."
She didn't really want to overwhelm him with so much information all at once... But he needed to know. "He also showed me what he did to you...", the Knight added. It was a little odd to consider that she saw all of that, but... She wasn't mad at him. He had no way of knowing just how out of hand that would have gotten. Still, there was a small part of the Albino Saiyan that felt a little betrayed. Bernael didn't trust her enough to talk to her about any of that...
But she couldn't hold it against him. "I'm not mad at you for anything that happened, so... Don't worry about that. I probably shouldn't have remade the Dragon Balls to begin with.", the Saiyan admitted, looking down at the ground. As much as she hated Nasu and the rest of the Saiyans... That didn't change just how much her confidence had been destroyed by them. "Everything has gotten so out of hand... I don't even know what I should do now.", the Saiyan finally said. It must have been weird seeing her so defeated like this, especially after a victory against Jarvis.
Maybe she knew how hollow it was, and just how unlikely it would be for Nakiya to actually keep the 'god king' in check... And if she couldn't even stop her own brother, what hope did she have against something as seemingly unstoppable as Jarvis? He certainly wasn't mortal now... And if he truly never aged, then it really was just a matter of time. The inevitable hopelessness of the situation was settling in for her, and she didn't want anyone to see her in that sort of state, but... She couldn't just keep it bottled up forever.
If Atsuko did ever make it back to Earth, then she needed to appear strong, but just for now, here in Makai and while it was just them... She could afford it, even though it might have been the last thing Bernael wanted to see at the moment. It must have been so unfair, or at least that was how she perceived it. But after everything she had been through, she wanted to be just a little bit selfish... "Well, I guess we still have a lot more to talk about, but... Why don't you come in first?"
The Knight asked, then opening the doors a little more so he could enter. "I can show you the way to my quarters. Nakiya has been a very gracious host.", the Albino Saiyan then added. The fatigue she was under was now a little more apparent since the excitement was beginning to wear off. Still, she was so relieved to see him, even despite how distressed she seemed at the moment. She still didn't like the idea of thrusting the position of being her guardian for a little while on him, but... She really did need it right now.
Demon Heart [x2], Mastered Power [x5], Makyo Star Power [x10], Full-fledged Demon [x11], Demon Lord [x17], Demon King [x23], Darkness Demon [x29], Hybrid Potential [x43]
Gravity Machine [x100G], Advanced Medical Machine,
Uchigatana, Senzu Bean, E. Dragon Radar
As soon as the Demonic Prince would stare up at Atsuko... his heart would lift a heavy bit, his senses finally coming back on and feeling her energy... the familiar energy that made him swoon so many times before... but the same energy that also made him oh so constantly fear for the worst on the day that he felt it just disappear from the brink of his feelings... thinking he had lost her forever. But now... he would slowly look up upon her figure... taking note of the different clothes but not lingering too long as his mind was more on just staring into the eyes of the girl that he fell in love with and asked to be his... it was like he was being carried away by his feelings for a few moments.
However he would be taken back a bit when she would pull him into a hug, his eyes going slightly wide for a few moments before calming down a bit, his energy in Mastered Potential wavering and turning off so he was just the regular old him that was there... holding her in his arms as they had that intent and caring moment that almost felt like it lasted forever. "I... I really don't but... I don't think you know just how happy I am... to see you again..." he would say in an almost cracked tone, slowly gripping a bit harder onto her back as he would just not want to let go at all... being lost in something that felt so familiar and so calming. A soft breath would exit out of him that more sounded like just a breath of relief as he would slowly calm down. "I missed you so much... I thought you were taken from my life... right after... everything else and I just... I couldn't handle it... for so long..." he would say in a very chilled tone that wasn't angry but a bit reserved for the time that had stuck with him from a while before he would just release from his hold, smiling back almost right away, just like she did.
However his smile would sort of just drop, the Demonic Prince sitting there for a few moments, just thinking over what she said for a bit after seeing her smile drop as well, he felt really bad but didn't know how to explain it all... but when she brought up that Jarvis showed her what he did on Earth, Bernael's soul just sort of shattered again, the thoughts returning for a few moments as he thought about what all had happened there with the person he once called a close ally... and how Bernael was the cause of it all... how he was just a terrible person for all of it. "I see..." he would murmur out a bit, thinking over it all and just sort of nodding with a smile when she brought up ascending again and Nakiya helping her out. Though, it sounded like... his aunt knew Jarvis? It was a little odd but he didn't want to go into it too much just yet before the next thing Atsuko said would sort of hit into him.
The demon hybrids face would sort of drop towards the floor as he would clench his fists, not hard enough to go into his skin or anything, but definitely still enough to make his hands shake... or was that his fear? He could only think over so much... as he would think of how everything was his fault... how he could have saved so many people but he didn't... he was a monster... Bernael was worse than Jarvis in his own eyes. He heard Atsuko's next words about not being mad at him... and he just sort of gave out a sad noise that couldn't really be described.
"No... you should hate me... you should turn me down... I told you. I told you I wasn't worth it... I just... did all of that without your knowledge or permission... I just... I caused all of it and I got people killed! I could have stopped him from even making it out of there alive but I didn't. I kept secrets from you despite having the thoughts that I could regret it later... I hate every moment of keeping it from you but I did it anyways..." he would say, slowly looking at his hands as he used his shape shifting powers to turn all of his arms black, sort of like some sort of corruption. "I'm a terrible person... I let people die... I don't deserve to be in your presence after everything I've done... why don't you hate me..." he'd start shaking a bit, making his shape shifting creep over him till all of him was pitch black... even his hair... the only part that wasn't was his eyes that were amplified into a deeper red.
"Whether I look like one..." and then he would just change back to how he was right before all of it "or not... I'm just a monster... the other side of me was right..." he'd say, slowly clenching his fists and looking down and away from Atsuko. He felt like he had to bare the burden of all that he did... and he had to punish himself for it... he didn't deserve to see her anymore. But within the next few moments he would just slowly shake his head... he didn't need to beat himself up like this forever... he was being rude... he didn't need to bring her down like that. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry I had that outburst but... I really don't understand how you can stand to look at me... at all..." he would let out a soft sigh before thinking back on everything she had said... right before he outbursted like that... he felt like a fool for not just keeping quiet and nodding along with her.
"Atsuko I... yeah we have a lot to talk about... I'll just... I'll come in now... I am glad that my Aunt has been a good host... she's a lot better than I am probably. I just hope you feel a little better soon.. you look tired..." he would say in a sort of sad tone before walking up a bit towards her. He still felt absolutely terrible about everything he did... even the outburst made him feel bad... and the demonic prince just hoped that he could make it up somehow. And that he could... get some sort of forgiveness.
It seemed that Bernael was just as shocked and then happy to see her, his power began to shrink back down to it's base form as he returned the hug. It was such a simple gesture, and though it didn't last all that long truthfully, it felt like it lasted far longer. The half demon then vocally expressed that he felt the same way about seeing her again. The Albino Saiyan would smile a little at that. "I'm sorry for giving everyone that type of scare... I just felt what Jarvis was doing, and I couldn't keep my attention on Nasu any longer."
The Knight began to explain what happened back there. "I told them all off for being selfish, and I turned and flew towards Jarvis... I was stupid and I lowered my guard.", the Knight admitted. "It turns out that my brother is opportunistic, and took the chance to seal his victory over me with his technique, the Spirit Ball... You can't avoid it, he's able to control it even after throwing it towards his target.", she'd go into detail about that particular beast. Since there was a possibility that they would end up fighting again after all.
"So that was bad, I had an incredibly powerful attack coming behind me, and I had no time to react to it... And up ahead, I see a portal form. I have no time to be able to react to either thing, other than... I could just speed through the portal. It worked, and it bought me a little more time to turn around and block his attack.", the Albino Saiyan continued her explanation. "I saw the portal close soon afterwards. The battle was over, and the adrenaline left my body, which unfortunately rendered me unconscious due to the repeated blows I had taken."
The Saiyan stated... Then she grimaced a bit, growling under her breath. "Bastard's probably been gloating about his victory ever since... He's no brother of mine.", the Knight would add with hatred in her tone of voice. Nasu was one of the two people that she despised most of all. Tied for the position of most hated was none other than the 'God King Caesar'! After them... Well, she didn't hold a high opinion of Saiyans or their modus operandi... It was because of that single damned race that everything horrible was happening in her life.
The Knight now fully believed that her predecessor was justified in banishing the Saiyans from Earth, they deserved far worse. That was the only criticism she had for the Previous Guardian, they were too merciful on those monsters! ...The Saiyan made the same mistake of always being too merciful. Maybe it was time she stopped doing that, it would be easy enough to just start executing the Saiyans that stepped out of line, especially now that she was a Super Saiyan Three... In a most concerning fashion, she'd probably take a perverse pleasure out of it, as well. But that dark chain of thought was interrupted.
Bernael began to go into how it was his fault that things had gotten just as bad as they did, how she should hate him, and he couldn't understand why she didn't view him as a monster. It was more or less a mirror of how the Knight felt about herself, because she kept making mistakes, and because her people could play so little faith in her, everything turned out horribly... But finally, the Half Demon would apologize for his outburst. It pained her to see him so sad like this, but... She could understand why he was.
Turthfully, the Albino Saiyan was just as depressed. But, she could suppress that for now. He needed to see her when she wasn't so vulnerable. He expressed a bit of relief that Nakiya turned out to be a good host, and hoped that she would recover soon. It was true, Atsuko was still worn out from everything that happened... But she straightened herself out a bit, and tried to make herself appear more awake. "Ah, I'm fine Bernael! You know how we Saiyans are! Nothing if we're not stubborn as hell.", the Knight attempted to make a light joke.
The Knight wanted to see him happy again, she was willing to put her own troubles aside for that. The Saiyan would begin leading the way calmly through the Palace. "As for how I feel about you... I don't hate you, Bernael. I don't view you as a monster, because you had no way of knowing... Any of this would happen. I knew the risk of creating the Dragon Balls, but I took such a risk regardless.", the Albino Saiyan would explain in a feigned calm tone of voice. "What happened with Jarvis is my responsibility. I'll take care of it."
On top of being the gentle one that was judged and hated by her race... She needed to be the strongest one, the one that all of her friends could look up to and receive a bit of hope. It wasn't the easiest burden to bear, but it was hers, and she wasn't going to abandon it now. It was her mistake to show just how vulnerable she was earlier, but... That hug was something she just needed to do, and besides all of that, Bernael deserved to know what happened. He was more or less caught up to speed now.
"I just hope I can get back into training soon! They keep telling me to take it easy, but... I don't know, I feel like I've been lazy.", she'd continue. It was likely pretty obvious that this was an act for a variety of reasons, but she had to try. Her friend deserved better, and she was willing to give that, even if it had to be a bit of a lie. The Knight wasn't sure if it was selfish or selfless... Maybe both, hell, she just didn't know what the right thing to do was.
Atsuko could only follow her instincts in the end.
Demon Heart [x2], Mastered Power [x5], Makyo Star Power [x10], Full-fledged Demon [x11], Demon Lord [x17], Demon King [x23], Darkness Demon [x29], Hybrid Potential [x43]
Gravity Machine [x100G], Advanced Medical Machine,
Uchigatana, Senzu Bean, E. Dragon Radar
The demonic prince would just stare towards the Saiyaness for a few extra moments with a sort of reserved sadness... it was so sad to see her try to look outwardly more active and alert. He honestly didn't know if it was fake or if it was real but the way she looked before was enough of a sign that she was at least worn down a bit... and the fact that she just out of the blue perked up a bit after being so tired and worn down caused him to look to the side and sort of think about it all... how could he believe it true even if it was realistic... especially after that little show he just gave off. However, the words she said almost phased him enough to give a light smile.. but he would still make an attempt at smiling up at her. He wanted to be strong for her... he was done with his sob story. She had to have gone through so much, it probably hurt somewhere in there a bit too much. And honestly... even with his sad looks and outbursts he was genuinely happy to be able to look at her face again, to be able to be around her in general.
"Yeah... I suppose that is true!" the demonic prince stated out very lightly, giving off a slight smirk before following after the Saiyaness with a calm pace and feeling to his walk as he just tried his best to think about all the positives. His aunt was taking care of Caesar so he wouldn't be a problem for the time being... Nasu probably couldn't get to Makaii, all things considered! But... how exactly did Caesar get to Makaii anyways, Bernael saw the portal but it still didn't make much sense, why was that? Oh well... there was no matter, perhaps he had developed some sort of feeling of demonic energy at some point, maybe that was why he turned so dark as he did. Or it was part of that godly wish that he pulled off that Bernael still felt a bit shattered and betrayed over. However he knew it was for the best to move on past that for now and just listen to Atsuko as he slipped his hands into his pockets and looked towards the ground with a sort of thoughtful expression that showed he was thinking about something and piecing things together as she was talking.
"I-I'm glad that you don't hate me... or view me as a monster... that was just a little of something I had to get off my chest after everything. It was all my fault and stuff and I... I don't know.." he would slowly shake his head before looking up to the sky. "I guess I just felt so guilty... I could have stopped either Komatsu or Nasu from killing Jarvis back then... he played that card on me. He also had so many people looking down upon him at so many turns, but I didn't... I felt like he was a genuine friend, you know? So when he died... I felt so bad.. broken even. When he came back and pulled the 'let him die' card... the guilt just came flooding over me. We knew from when he sent Emi here that he was the leader of an Empire and then some of his people came and asked me directly to help him do stuff... told me that I couldn't tell anybody, even you. I felt so bad about it all... I felt like there was a possibility I would regret it and I wanted to tell you... I really did.." the boy would then look up from the floor for a second to look over to Atsuko once more.
"But... I guess I'm just a sucker for being at fault. Like when that girl I told you about died because I wasn't fast enough. Stuff like that trips me up so hard... so him basically blaming me... for his death. And then telling me that I wouldn't be a true friend if I didn't help... I don't know, I guess I played right into his hand alongside his stated wish to ensure his empire stays healthy. In the end I was at fault for trusting him in the beginning... for ever feeling bad... I guess its just my bad. But I wont beat myself up over it, however you should't beat yourself up for the Dragon Balls... they had a good intention and possibility behind them. I just messed it all up and gave it away to a bad person..." the demon would just sigh after he talked so much. It was an information dump yeah but it still felt good to get it off his chest for that moment.
"The past is past now I guess, and I am just happy to see you again... however, I will also take Jarvis as my own responsibility... or we can work on him together, if you'd like... but I just want to get back at him for everyone he killed... right in front of me..." he would slowly grit his teeth before listening to what she had to say next. "Well... just ease into it alright? Don't force it all out... I'm here too now so if you'd like we can both train... I'd reckon it could do us both some good... I've fallen a bit out of training to the point that I am lagging behind you all, doubt I can beat Jarvis now..." he would say before shaking his head. It was sort of in his face what she was dong but he didn't care... he wanted to go along for her sake to not just break it down for his own reasons. However, he would slowly just walk up next to her with a small smirk on his face. "You said we have a lot more to talk about, right? Anywhere you'd like to start?" he would slowly just look forward from there and continue walking next to her. He was genuinely feeling better now and he was a bit happy to just be there for the time being.
However he wouldn't push anything on her for the time being when it came to asking about doing stuff or moving into training right off the bat. It was all genuinely slow at that point, and he just wanted to make sure that the other was going to get their spirits off the ground too, all of them being sad would get them nowhere where as just one of them being happy would bring the mood down all the same.
Nyxosa had been in her room for the past few hours worrying of thought whether her mother gotten the blue man home safely. Whether of a lot of things. She was worried for her mother's safety and of being alone here once more. She was still wearing the heavy weights she had been given but the weight they had presented before now was mostly gone in its entirety. That still didn't stop her from worrying though of what was to come next. How would she be able to help her mother if she couldn't work a stupid portal just because she had never been to the outside world. She had lived in this darkness and corruption of a world her entire life.
There was another thing on her mind as well. That lady named Atsuko. She had been so mean before only to change to such a kindness that she didn't know whether to trust or if she would change back into some kind of a vicious lady. She understood the reasoning she had but at the same time it had been so unnecessary. She had tried to be nice but why was it that the earthlings were so cruel. They acted like all demons had hearts of solid obsidian. It wasn't fair in her eyes. The human's had people worse than them and from what she had read in her studies they had done terrible things as well to one another but yet whenever there was a new race they would treat them like complete and utter outsiders without rights.
The Earthlings were all but parasites as well killing their own planet of useless gains. She just couldn't understand why the creators would create such people. He meeting with Atsuko had opened her eyes to the true cruelty of those in the upper world. She would make the earthlings pay for the injustices to the demons and the other races. She would seek out the ancient powers and would learn to control the corruption in others. She would make them destroy each other with their own darkness born from their hearts.
That was when she heard someone in Atsuko's room. She would walk over to the door and lightly knock as she would walk in her scaleless form. There was another demon in here and she could only wonder if this was who her mother was talking about. "Mama told me to ask if you could show me the mark to prove who you are." Nyx would say with a sincere voice. The four year was doing exactly what her mother had asked. She was still obviously staying rather far away from Atsuko still scared of her from the previous incident.
Both of them were trying to act like their usual selves, and... Well, it was fairly obvious for both sides that it wasn't the real thing. But they had to try, right? Atsuko wasn't going to give up, as much as she wanted to let her emotions run wild, her people needed someone strong. It wasn't easy to bite it all back and act with dignity... Nasu practically stripped it all away from her with that bullshit victory of his. The Albino Saiyan just couldn't shake that dark thought for long, making him pay for everything he did to her.
Making him pay for everything that he indirectly allowed to happen because he was selfish. Damn it, she wanted to punch something to vent her frustrations! But all she could do was just sit here and try to act like everything was okay, like hell it was! But... The Knight would let out a quiet exhale. Part of her wanted to scream, let her power rage out of control. Another part of her wanted to hide away from it all... But there was one thing she wanted more than either of those. Revenge. She wanted it delivered especially cold and cruel.
And it was seeming like there was an ever growing line of people that wanted her to beat them into the dirt and slowly choke the life out of them... And she was getting to the point of giving them exactly what they wanted. But she had to set that aside again, as Bernael began speaking about what happened. Why he chose to keep Jarvis going after the Dragon Balls a secret, and he knew that there was a possibility of regretting it... Like he regretted being unable to save the Caesar's life back during the battle of the Lookout.
And being unable to save the life of the woman he met. "Bernael... Those deaths aren't on your hands, you had no way of knowing just how out of hand the situation with that Demon could have gotten.", the Albino Saiyan would begin her response. "And that battle on the Lookout took it's toll on everyone. I became blinded by my hatred for Athren... That hatred is turning towards the Saiyans in general nowadays.", the Saiyan admitted. She hated her race, she wanted to see each of them burn for their crimes... Alliance, Empire. That didn't matter, they were all the same.
Scum of the Universe. "Still... I went through with creating the Dragon Balls despite the risk. I knew there was a possibility that someone could gather them, and I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. But now... I'm going to make sure the cursed things remain deactivated.", the Saiyan stated. No matter what anyone had to say, the failures were solely her own. If she hadn't made the Dragon Balls, Jarvis wouldn't have become a twisted shadow of his former self... If she had been a better friend, Bernael would have trusted her more. If she were a better fighter...
Nasu would be the one dealing with a defeat, Chris and the others would still be alive. But she failed on all accords, how could she even hope to keep Earth safe from the constant perils? Finally, the Half Demon admitted that the past was in the past, and he was happy to see her... But that he also felt Jarvis was his responsibility. "...I can't let you fight him, Bernael.", she'd state rather bluntly, turning to him. "He'll kill you. He won't even think twice about it. He can barely control himself, and he'd want to get at me."
The Saiyan explained. "...I can't ask anyone to fight with me anymore. So many people died... I have to take care of this alone.", the Knight would finish. He had also said for her to take it easy on her training, to get back into it slowly so as not to break herself down too much, and there was a fair point to it. "Yeah, I know what can happen if I keep pushing myself... But I have to try. I'm willing to bet Nasu's even stronger than me now, and I know he's not slacking off either way."
Atsuko paused for a moment... Because of all of the distractions, she couldn't land a single hit and passed up the only opportunity to win because it might have killed her brother... And everyone was so quick to criticize her no matter what she did. "I hate him... Jarvis too.", the Albino Saiyan would then say coldly. "I want the power to see them dead after everything they've done to me. I have to force myself to go on.", the Albino Saiyan would add. This... It was different from earlier, when she was depressed. This was her pure hatred.
"I can't think of a reason to spare them. Every time I've done it, they've come back worse.", she'd comment, as a knock on the door then interrupts her train of thought, Nyxosa enters the room while in her scaleless form, the one that resembled Nakiya so much. The four year old mentioned something about a mark, and her mother asking her to see if Bernael had it... Mark? Like the M that Nasu had? No... It wasn't on Bernael's forehead, so it had to have been something else she was referring to. But this was definitely Bernael.
The Knight would close her eyes, taking a few deep breaths to recollect herself... Then she'd look over at the child with a soft smile. "I've met Bernael before, and I can vouch that this is definitely him. I can't mistake that energy at all.", the Albino Saiyan would state with a tone of voice that was more natural to her usual self. She seemed to understand what those dark thoughts were like, and how it might influence the opinion of those around her. But she couldn't just keep it bottled up forever, Atsuko wanted to do something... Anything.
Besides just stay silent and pretend everything was alright.
Demon Heart [x2], Mastered Power [x5], Makyo Star Power [x10], Full-fledged Demon [x11], Demon Lord [x17], Demon King [x23], Darkness Demon [x29], Hybrid Potential [x43]
Gravity Machine [x100G], Advanced Medical Machine,
Uchigatana, Senzu Bean, E. Dragon Radar
The demon prince would sigh slowly, hearing over Atsuko's response made him feel sort of good but at the same time he knew he was in the wrong for everything that happened... that if he had just pounced on the action to do what was right, everything would have been better. "No... they are on my hands. I could have killed the bastard as soon as it showed its face... before it could take her away. I could have unleashed an attack and stopped Nasu or Komatsu, maybe if I did that to make sure Jarvis was alive he wouldn't have fallen so far so as to do everything that he has been doing. And then... I could have killed Jarvis right away but I didn't as I wanted to believe there was still some of him in there but he ended up killing three people. I can't see it any other way I guess... no matter how much I'm told I didn't cause it I feel like I could have done something to save people in all three scenario's but never once ended up doing it, I'm no earth protector.." he would sigh once more before looking off, listening to Atsuko's talk about how her hatred increased even more on to Saiyans in general.
He just couldn't help but listening over her words even further, talking about how she went through with creating the Balls either way, it seemed both of them were at a slight road of fighting each other over who was to blame for what and it seemed sort of pointless in the end, it really wasn't a good conversation to be having, but how Atsuko was responding to something else he brought up made him sort of stop speechless and no longer talk for the moment that she was actually going into all of it, the boy clenching his fists and looking down at them. "I'm too weak right now... and he'll probably kill me without even thinking about it, yeah. However... I don't care about that anymore, I just want to take him down, to make up for all the missed opportunities that I could have used to kill him... I could have... and he wouldn't have been able to stop me at all and he would be dead right this instant but now he'll probably keep growing till I can't beat him still." the demonic hybrid would then just unclench his hands and look over to Atsuko.
"Come on... people fighting with you doesn't cause death... everybody that died, did so away from you. Last time they all died next to me because of my inaction. I saw so many people join up with you and fight alongside you but none of them actually died, you know that right? And I'm not wanting you to ask me to fight alongside you... I just want you myself, on my own accord. Plus I have something that ails me... that I need to set right..." he would slowly exhale after his talking to think it over. He really hoped that he could be a help in the near future for Atsuko and the others in battle... it would just need some time if he honestly wanted to be strong enough to do anything with it. "Well, if you want to go into it like that... if you want to try... I can help at the very least... even if you don't want me to, I'd love to train you again..." was all he could say before being basically stopped in his tracks by her next words, which made him stop and just sort of stare.
Was this the same person? Of course it was.. but, the hatred and the anger towards people was just so strong, unlike the person he saw sparing people and giving them chances. It was just hard to believe for a moment because of the dramatic change with her and all of this. What had happened, was she just mad about how Nasu took advantage of all of those sparing moments? What exactly happened here while Bernael was gone exactly.. how could he make everything right and make her a bit cooled off. Perhaps it was just time that was needed but that didn't mean he wouldn't strictly want to be able to help. He just wished those days were back... before Nasu and all of them started being so antagonistic... and when Jarvis hadn't turned into such an evil and corrupted force. All of those times were long passed however and there was nothing left aside from the people in it... but the old interactions seemed far gone at this point. "I'm sorry that they've grown into such hateful figures... and that they have drove you to want them dead so much... I wont stop you from those feelings, not that I can... I just... I guess I feel bad still but..." he would shake his head a bit mid sentence.
"I understand that sparing just seems pointless now... but, perhaps its about the time for us to stop talking about all the negatives... we don't want to bring everything down even more, you know? Perhaps its about time to get a more positive mood into the roo-" but he'd be cut off once more, but by an outside force this time as the knock on the door broke him out of it and he sensed another power. He was surprised to see such a girl walk in... and he didn't know who she was or what was up with her but she seemed so familiar with those features... seemed so much like him and Nakiya that he wondered if his Aunt was actually a mother of this child? It was an interesting thought but when the girl brought up her mama wanting him to show his mark to prove his identity, he would confirm that more or less.
"Oh... my mark? Like uh... the one for my family?" he would ask slightly, before lifting up the lower left part of his shirt, showing the six-way star on his lower abdomen, the mark of the Devla family. "This is the same one that Aunt Nakiya had on her neck... I think this is what you mean?" he would ask curiously before letting his shirt down and smiling towards Atsuko. "Yeah... we've known each other for a bit. So I think she knows more than most people who I am... to be honest. BUT! I can see that isn't exactly the focus of the conversation anyways. Who are you, little missy? Is your Mama actually Nakiya? Would that... make me your cousin?" he would ask a bit curiously as he looked back to Nyxosa at the end with a sort of thoughtful look on his face. He didn't know much about this family stuff, but he thought that was how it worked. He just had to ask for the time being, either way.
Nyxosa could only seek to listen as the mean strange lady named Atsuko began to speak of how this had to be the one she knew and was promised to have come to her. She could probably trust the lady but she had to do what her mother said. If she didn't than she would just be a bad daughter right? Yes that was why she needed to do this. To prove for her mother she was doing this for her. She has to check to be sure. Nyx only hoped that there wouldn't be any trouble. At least there hopefully wouldn't be.
"I..I'm s..sowry Miss...Mama wants me to check to ju..just to make sure." Nyx would say he voice expressing still her sincere fear of Atsuko. Even after Atsuko had explained it there was nothing to stop that fear she had instilled in her for Earthling's. In fact if it weren't for the demon who was here with a tinge of familiarity to his ki of that of her mother's she would most likely be avoiding this room as much as possible. She wished her mother was here but she had most likely already left. She had to do this on her own.
As the other demon began to unbutton his shirt and show his marking that proved him of the Delvia family she couldn't help but feel a bit relieved. This was the one. He had the same marking her mother had. "M..my name is Nyxosa..mama calls me Nyx for short.." She would say still rather shyly. "My mama is Nakiya but I call her mama." Nyx would explain as she looked at her cousin apparently. "Mama says I'm half demon and half slithris." She would say as she began to revert back to her normal form as her legs changed into her tail and her skin gaining a purplish hue like with her mother's full demon form. However Atsuko would be able to notice a difference that it seemed Nyx's hair from her scaleless form had imprinted permanently on her normal form. Her hair was no longer white but rather the same red as the scaleless form. Nyx completely unaware of the new changes with her hair.
Atsuko couldn't fault Bernael for thinking he could have done something, anything to change what happened. But... The simple truth of the matter was, that wasn't the type of person he was back then, he had no way of knowing what would happen, and even if he did, how would he act on it? "Bernael... It's not that simple. That entire battle on the Lookout was out of anyone's control... If you recall, I had to destroy a portion of it myself, just to make sure the entire location wasn't lost.", the Albino Saiyan explained; hopefully that taught him a valuable lesson.
That even if you could do something, it may not be what you wanted to do. "And the girl... If you attacked the Demon right away, you could have put her life in just as much danger. It would feel much worse to have accidentally taken her life trying to defeat your enemy.", she continued the explanation. The Albino Saiyan knew how much that event in particular hurt him... But it could have gone so much worse than it already did, she wouldn't count it as a blessing, but it was something, however small it might have been.
"And even though Jarvis has been twisted... He was still your friend, it's too much for anyone to ask that you simply kill him because the opportunity arose.", the Knight pointed out next. Ultimately, Bernael felt like he wasn't a protector of Earth at all, and he was willing to die to rectify all of that now. Atsuko would shake her head. "Bernael. Dying in the process won't change anything, I still intend to face Jarvis personally if that war ever occurs... But if you want to help, make sure none of his allies intervene. I know he won't face me in a duel again."
The Saiyan commented. The Half Demon still wanted to help out with her training, and it was true enough that when they pooled their efforts together, they were able to become strong at a very noticeable pace. So maybe it was time that they started doing that again... She definitely needed that type of help anymore, her power was rising so slowly in comparison to what it used to be rising at, maybe that was just because of the fact that she was still recovering from all of the strain she had put her body through.
But something told her that even once she was fully recovered... Most conventional methods of training her body were barely going to affect her at all. She had hit the point where it would take a truly special form of training, or at least nonstop training in order to make any noticeable progress... Knowing that Nasu was most likely stronger than she was, didn't sit well with her either. She was going to close the gap, and surpass him again... It didn't matter how long it would take, he would likely become content with the power he's achieved, that gave her an opening.
"I suppose I could use the help with training, so... Once I've recovered enough, I'm open to the idea!", Atsuko would finally state, she was slowly seeming more like her old self. It was just... Everything had been getting to her, and it wasn't stopping. Was it really so unbelievable for someone to get pushed so far that they did things unlike their usual selves? The Albino Saiyan personally didn't feel like it was, but then again... Most people were viewing her so differently, as well. Even the people she had just met were doing that.
Bernael apologized for how things had played out in terms of her own life, and admitted that sparing likely seemed very pointless anymore. But perhaps it was time to stop focusing on all the negatives... That was fair enough, the Saiyan just needed a change in her mindset, right? If she didn't focus on all the bad things, maybe she'd be able to recollect more of her old self. Nasu had broken it apart quite effectively, but the Knight wasn't going to stay that way. She was going to gather each piece and place it all back together. One by one.
After that... She didn't know what she was going to do. Atsuko just knew what she wanted to do. In any case, Bernael would then offer a bit of information about the mark, perhaps unintentionally. So it was one related to his family? The Knight was a little curious about what exactly the mark was, and so she investigated as he pointed out where it was... A six pointed star. Something about that was very familiar. Nakiya had it as well? Interesting... The Knight was wondering where she could have heard about that before, but she honestly couldn't remember where.
Or even what it was that she had heard. Perhaps she would need to peruse the Timeless Lookout's Library when she got back to Earth... All of that aside, Nyxosa was still so afraid of the Knight, fumbling over her own words as she just pointed out she was doing as the Demon Queen asked. "...I'm not a monster that you need to be afraid of, honest. What you saw back then wasn't normally like me.", the Knight tried to defend herself a little, though her tone of voice was still soft. She really wasn't trying to scare the poor girl anymore.
"And... If I did hate Demons, it would be a little silly for me to be such close friends with Bernael, right? There's also my little sister, Cambia. She's part Demon too.... So I don't hate all Demons. I just don't get along with the bad ones. Do you understand?", Atsuko finished her explanation to the young girl. Interesting... Her hair seemed to be a permanent red color now, though was the four year old even aware of that change? She didn't seem to be, the Albino Saiyan didn't have much reason to comment on it, either.
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The demonic prince would very lightly smile to the pretty scared sounding girl... feeling sort of bad and wondering what exactly happened to invoke that reaction from her in the first place. Perhaps at some point of anger, Atsuko scared her or something and due to being such a young looking girl, there was a chance she just associates the knight with some sort of fright that would be hard to get away. However, he thought perhaps it wasn't going to be a good thing to linger on that thought for too long as he would shake his head very gently. But, before he could even respond to anything about how the girl was so stuttery and incoherent at times when it sounded like she was terrified, it sounded like Atsuko was explaining something to the girl that made the demon boy sort of curious about what exactly happened between the two... he lightly knew some things from what was talked about but he didn't know many fine details.
"You can trust me a bit, I hope... knowing that I am somewhat related to Nakiya and am trusted by her enough to come around here." the demonic boy would say, after closing up his shirt and sort of rolling his shoulders to settle his jacket onto him as he would slowly look back down to the little girl with a sort of smirk on his face. "But, Atsuko is a really good person to a lot of people, she protects the earth, and people on Earth aren't actually so bad. Take it from me... I've lived there for all of my life and have met many more good people than bad. In fact, the number of bad people I've met is more or less encompassed by people from other worlds so, even that is sort of wrong. Either way... Atsuko isn't somebody to be afraid of, she's really sweet when you get to know her, I suppose only bad people get anything bad, guess we've had a few more of those than is ever needed however." the prince would sort of dust off his jacket for a moment before nodding. He felt pretty confident about what he said, hoping he didn't say anything that would count as a negative aspect to anybody, especially Atsuko, definitely not wanting to make their relationship even worse off than it already was considering how the girl was reacting to the sight of Atsuko in general.
It was then that Bernael just sort of stared over to Nyx as she talked about her name and that Nakiya is in fact her mother. "Ah nice, I suppose that indeed does make us cousins. Nyxosa huh? That is quite the unique name... although Aunt Nakiya calls you Nyx I think I'll call you your full name, no point to changing something to unique when it can be used to its full potential eh?" the demon would just continue on with that before just sort of reeling back in a small awe. "O-Oh my.." he'd stutter out a bit, blinking before giving off a very soft and amused chuckle. "Can't say I was expecting your lower half to turn into a long snake tail~ I have to say... I've never once seen a girl like you before haha" the boy would say as he heard the name of the race that she was on the other half of a Demon... it was quite interesting. "Well then, I can certainly tell you're one of us... we always seem to have this huh?" the calm prince would say, activating his demon heart hoping that maybe if he was more demonic in nature, the girl could perhaps calm down knowing another demon was truly near. With the activation though, his eyes would peel back into a weird, unnatural pattern, his energy glowing a very tainted purple and the surge of demonic energy pumping through veins grew stronger.
However, in all those moments, he would slowly reach out to see if he could touch her hair a bit, taking note of its color and everything he could about it, whether or not he could touch it wasn't of importance over everything else however as he just needed to see it to confirm what he would say next. "I don't have much to go off of... but, I met your mother... and then of course myself... and now you. It seems all of our bloodline have this red hair... huh?" the demonic hybrid would say, quite fascinated as he would slowly move back up to stand tall, his energy itself lowering to be a lot more tame but his added features stuck as well as the power for the time being. "But a Slithris huh? I've never actually heard about those but I suppose that is where you get those snake-like features from? That is quite an interesting race... I must say that its a good look, wouldn't you say Atsuko?" the boy would slowly slip his hands into his pockets, hoping maybe a compliment from himself and an agreement from the Saiyaness would spark up maybe a bit more trust from the little girl.
He would just think back to what Atsuko stated at the end however, and just thought over the words for a few moments before finding them to be more or less true no matter how he looked at it, so of course he could back it up without saying anything negative. "Yeah, trust me... me and her spent an entire year alone together and nothing bad happened, it was definitely a positive bonding experience. Anyways... I can definitely back her up when she says that she doesn't exactly hate demons... but don't take that last bit wrong or anything, when it comes down to not getting along with bad ones, that more or less sets itself down with everything. Even I don't care for the Demons that are actually causing a negative environment for everyone involved... anything causing a negative or lethal environment gives me a bit of disdain... whether its humans, saiyans, demons, or any other race out there! So... think of it like a protector thing, nobody is looked down upon for race, even us!" he would slowly, if he was allowed to, pet the girl on the head in an affectionate and hopefully calming way, looking to make her a bit more calm if there was any more negative thoughts.
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Last Edit: May 30, 2016 10:56:29 GMT -5 by Bernael
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