Round 2: Single Arena

This whole tournament had been many dirty plays throughout, while some of the other universe had tried being honorable, others did not. He found it unfortunate that he hadn’t been able to watch the other Arenas nearly as much as he wished, at least to get lead against this opponent. All he knew was that he had been strong enough to take out not only Komatsu, but Nasu as well. That already made him a scary threat. It didn’t help that some of his own prior wounds while healed slightly, were still present somewhat. He could feel the pain of them still albeit dulled quite a bit more than before.

This guy was strategic enough however to survive against their strongest warriors, and here he was not knowing anything about him or his techniques. Even as Tomina barked for him to use the Spirit Bomb, he contemplated it. If he was to do so, that would be a lot of energy going to waste on an enemy who managed to defeat much more powerful foes, foes twice as strong as himself. “I’m not using the Spirit Bomb yet, we know barely anything on this guy and yet he’s managed to take out two of our strongest fighters. Before we go wasting all of our energy, we need to know what he can do first.”, he would admit through his own telepathy as he held back and kept an eye towards Pierro. He didn’t like this, not one single bit, but there wasn’t exactly much he could do yet, it would be too risky to go full out against someone like this, someone who again had managed to defeat the best combatants they had to offer. No, they needed to take it easy first.

As he gazed towards his Team, mostly familiar faces, he couldn’t help but smirk a bit, even if they had lost Cornatto for now. It wasn’t over yet. He spent a year training with Bernael in particular and knew exactly what kind of technique their mentor had left him. Cervez as well, a partial mentor, one with powerful techniques at that, he was there to help them with his variety of attacks, albeit he was also incapacitated a bit, but not if a certain healer were to help him possibly. There was a demon there as well, he hated some of those demons with a passion, for everything they had done to him, to his family, to his sister. This wasn’t that demon though, he wasn’t one who deserved anger towards. He was just a father, like he was to be himself soon. They all held something they loved, the spirit bomb wasn’t going to be the trick this time, no he knew full well what he had to do in honor of someone they had lost already here, someone who gave their life to keep the team going. Even for this whole time Tomina had tried acting as the captain, it didn’t matter, the title meant nothing to people who didn’t care for them. Admittedly they had some good plans sometimes, this time was not one of those however.

“Ka…Me..”, he would begin to speak as he got into position. He had to test these waters first before they rolled the high waters. That was his way, that was what he would do. Even as the wisp began to grow in between his two hands, he couldn’t help but think who this was for. ‘Cornatto, Gouken, this is for you two, don’t either of you give up on me now.’

WC: 623
PL: 501,280
Charging OT-1 Kamehameha 25% to 50% next turn
Stamina 5/5

THREAD PL: 343,046
TRANSFORMATION PL:TRUE FORM [x18] = 6,147,828

 

The first round had ended - leaving the Demon King exhausted and fairly bruised up all over. In his most natural state the Demon King’s Jackal Form was head to toe covered in leaked blood and scratches from the last round of combat. The irony being that it was his own team that nearly killed him both times, rather than the enemy itself. First the Legendary Super Saiyan’s power had overwhelmed him almost, and then the friendly fire from his nephew had almost taken the life out of him. He looked like a mess, and it was fairly obvious. Despite his appearance however, even he had some fight left to go. Unlike their team captain, who collapsed from the result of his injuries. Heizen could only wonder what kind of warrior could do such damage to the Saiyan. Must have been some fighter.

Meanwhile the warriors from Arena Three were not in the best shape. Cervez was missing an arm and had gotten fairly roughed up by the fusion. However The Demon King didn’t look much better than Cervez right now, as he had also taken quite a bit of a beating. The only one who hadn’t taken too much damage was Bernael, the Demon King’s Nephew. He had gotten a bit roughed up by the fusion, but other than that he hadn’t sustained any real damage. Heizen couldn’t help but be kind of impressed by that. He supposed being of Nakiya’s blood however justified his progress and his potential. And unlike his Aunt - Bernael was a real warrior. He put everything he could into his training, rather than relying on magics and other such things.

He couldn’t help but feel a bit of respect for his Nephew-in-law. Even if he recognized that they would likely be on different sides after this. “Same for me regarding you, Nephew,” the Demon King would note with a stern face. “Not to worry… I am hard to kill. I’ve made it this far from nothing, after all…,” the Demon King would say.

It was at that moment that they were transported to the second stage… where he was to fight alongside Saiyans. Hybrids it seemed based off their features. He loathed these beings with a passion. What he would give to be able to shove a Dark Gravity Orb right in their faces. But such was the tragedy of these circumstances.

How ironic that he would have to team up with a bunch of Saiyans against one of his own kind. He stared at the Clown Demon for a few moments.. Before his attention was drawn to the stands.

It would appear their Hakaishin was rather foolish. Doing the same thing Jarvis was erased for doing. He clenched his teeth as she dared to strike at the stands. His head turned to the Zeno-samas and the Daishinkan. He wouldn’t have dared to address them earlier, but this was one such occasion where he could risk it..

“Daishinkan-sama, Zeno-samas: How are we to focus on your entertainment if we have to worry about this Goddess in the stands attacking our loved ones? Spectators like this should be dealt with, no?”

He would say, implying that her erasure should be immediate and permanent. He ignored Tomina’s idiotic challenge and response to the Hakaishin’s threats. He doubted even a Saiyan as strong as her would be able to touch a Hakaishin. The Gods were not easily to topple, and her miniscule power level was not enough for her to make such threats. Convincing the other Gods to intervene however was a much more fruitful approach potentially.

He telepathically messaged Tomina, trying to gently place himself in her head to communicate. {“I’d focus on our enemy in front of us here instead of worrying about her. The fact that this Demon is our final opponent doesn’t mean anything good for us. On top of brute strength…

We Demons also possess the ability to siphon power from sources of negative energy to enhance our power. If our enemy here… hasn’t tapped into that power yet… Then he has the potential to multiply his energy. Or if he’s only tapped into a portion of that pool… he’ll be able to flatten us despite the numbers advantage.

Your only chance at defeating an opponent strong enough to defeat the Brothers of Natto is if you hit him with an attack of enough power to overwhelm even that, or to catch him off guard in a situation where he can’t counter: such as the Anubian’s Solar Flare which will attack his retinas and stun him for a brief moment,”} Heizen would explain to Tomina.

He hated having to reveal the secrets behind their Makyo Power, but such was the best chance their Universe had. His suggested strategy would be important for the future however. It was the only way to get Piero to step down. Catching him off guard was the more likely option considering it was five against one. He would forget about one of them most likely and get caught off guard. Heizen was of course assuming that Piero fought like he did. That Makyo Power was useful for taking out opponents stronger than the Demon, but should he find himself to be overwhelmingly powerful then it was better to be used up across multiple attacks, spread out to overwhelm vermin over time to make them use up their trump cards early. And if he was anything like Heizen then he would get caught up in the fight and make a mistake.

For all they knew he had already used up his Makyo Power to take out Komatsu and Nasu. But a pit in his stomach told him that this Demon was utterly terrifying and beyond their capabilities. Sweat rolled down his face as the Demon God of Destruction made his way to the arena. A beast he was. Even though his power could not be sensed… somehow Heizen’s feral instincts told him that this was a predator not to be provoked. If Heizen could he would find a way to hide from the fighting until he could finish gathering back his power. He just wasn’t in the position to touch this monster yet.

And even when he got his power back… it wasn’t looking good for him. {“This could very well be how I die…,”} the Demon King could not help but think to himself. He made no effort to showcase his power, leaving it calmly suppressed to be on par with the others. Maybe if he was lucky Piero wouldn’t pick him to be engaged first. The Demon King simply stood firm with the others and awaited the fighting to begin. Christopher began charging a Kamehameha, while the others were focusing and preparing themselves. Heizen merely continued trying to regain as much energy as he could as quickly as possible.

{“If you guys can manage to keep me and Bernael alive for a short while - we will be able to provide healing for you with our Demon Magic. It might give you the edge you need to pull one over on Piero,”} he transmitted to the entire team that time with his advanced telepathy. Hopefully they would be willing to do their best to allow them to recover their stamina. This type of healing would allow him to revive their stamina and give them the ability to turn the tables if Piero exhausted his own energy in the process.

For the time being however he simply waited. The most important thing to do was to disengage and let the more active and undamaged people distract his attention…

WC: 1262

Stamina: 2/5 -> 3/5 
[PT-2] Dimensional Teleapthy used to contact Tomina to offer some intelligence for her about the situation, and then the rest of the Universe 7 team to request them to help them stay alive so they could perform healing on the others. 
[PT-2] Ki Suppression is used to keep Heizen's PL Level with everyone else's on the team despite being transformed. This is to make him seem equal to everyone else.  


Nasu Bernael  Tomina  

Nasu was brave to charge in at the opposing God of Destruction, she would give him that. There was no possible scenario where he was going to win a one on one fight with a God of Destruction though. It was a very impulsive decision that wasn’t well thought out. Although Tomina probably would have done the same thing if she was up there too, considering that her sister was the one who was almost blasted into nothingness.

Just as it looked like their God of Destruction was going to make Nasu die the second time in an hour, both of them were stopped by the grand priest. He did it almost effortlessly too. Was he the second strongest being there? She had no way of telling, other then what she could observe. Still, it meant that both Nasu and her sister were saved for the time being. Although all of that would be pointless if they lost the tournament.

Tomina’s eyes stayed on the other Universe’s God of Destruction, studying her face and watching her behavior. She looked completely spent and utterly terrified. She had seen snippets of emotion from Lagerus here and there. This was the first time she had seen a God of Destruction exhibit very clear emotions. Those were the ones that she wanted to see: the fear of being erased forever. Or whatever fate awaited her if Universe 7 won and Tomina was the one to make the wish. Whatever the case, she was scared that her side would lose. Satisfied with what she saw, Tomina turned her attention away from the spectators and back to the fight.

Tomina resolved to keep her best poker face on, despite the irritation she was feeling towards her teammate. Now that his life wasn't in danger, he was back to doing his own thing. Well, at least he was keeping the telepathic channel open.

<Test the waters?! He defeated Komatsu and Nasu at the same time! I trained with Nasu for a year and he showed me his full power. He was.much stronger then when you fought him with that Fusion form. And this demon wiped his ass over both him and Komatsu at the same time! And he isn't even out of breath!>

Everyone in the arena had to be on the same page if any of them were to stand a chance. The Spirit Bomb was likely the only thing that would be able to do serious damage to Piero quickly. Testing the waters against someone as powerful as this guy was a waste of time, at least from her point of view. If they didn't take it seriously from the start, then he could end them in an instant.

<I don’t want to take any chances with this bastard. I’m going to do everything I can to distract him. But I won't be able to take him down on my own. And without Cornatto here, you're the only other person here who can do significant damage here. I’m pretty sure slaughtering a paragon of good and the planet he’s on makes you an evil bastard, so your spirit bomb would light his ass up if it hit him!>

She wasn’t going to waste any more time trying to convince him to budge if Chris disregarded her again. If he wanted to do his own thing, then Tomina would simply coordinate with the others. If Chris still insisted on doing things his own way apart from the others, then he would likely not last very long.

One of the demons didn’t respond to her her telepathic message in any way. Although Tomina was surprised when she got a response from the other one. She honestly expected to get the silent treatment from both of the demons, considering how strained the relationship between them and the Saiyans were. She scoffed, shaking her head as he told her to focus on her opponent.

<So you’re telling me to just ignore it when someone tries to murder my sister just to hurt me? I don’t care if she’s a God of Destruction, I’m not going to let anyone get away with that shit. Well you don’t have to worry about me losing focus: I’m done talking to that spiteful bitch of a deity. Witnessing her in that pathetic state is all I needed to see.>

Tomina’s eyes widened as the demon told her a crucial piece of information that she didn’t expect. He was outright telling her about a powerful ability that the demons possessed. The hybrid knew how hard it must have been for him to share that information. He had just tossed away the element of surprise should the Saiyans and Demons ever fight again in the future. A very slight smirk graced Tomina’s lips.

<Well no wonder you’re all so damn strong. With a power like that, it’s no wonder you had representation in this tournament on both sides. Well I’m a bit of a pessimist, so I take a particular approach when it comes to the unknown. I assume the worst case scenario and treat the situation accordingly. So let's tackle him as though he hasn’t tapped into any of this negative energy pool your kind has. I doubt he could defeat both Nasu and Komatsu at the same time without doing that, but at this point nothing would surprise me anymore.>

Tomina found herself agreeing with the demon she was talking to. If things weren’t so serious, she would have laughed at the irony of the situation. In a tournament with everything on the line, the two most cooperative people on her team were a Saiyan who fought against her mother in the Alliance Empire war and a demon who probably had a role in Nakiya’s plans. By all rights she should have hated them more than anyone else in the arena. Yet here at the end of all things, they were talking as though they had been squad mates for years.

<There’s no chance of anyone on our team being able to take him on in a one on one fight, especially your group. Even if you weren’t all beat up from fighting in the other arena the only way you’d be able to possibly do damage to this guy is through combination attacks or with some type of special technique when his guard is down. Me and Chris will be the ones to directly engage them. The rest of you need to recover as much strength as you can until you’re certain you can do something. I’m actually rather impressed that this many of you survived that fusion. I was certain that at least 2 of you were going to fall to whatever monstrocity you faced, going by the energy that I sensed. Of course Carva had to die though… bah! That buffoon is never around when I need him.>

Tomina had heard him gloating from the stands earlier, so she was sure he must have played some important role in bringing that fusion down. His presence right now would have been really useful though. Without Corn in the mix she would have had another ally to fight against the monstrocity they were currently up against. She would take any help that she could get at this point, even if it did mean having to listen to Carva while fighting Piero.

The demon also sent out a mass telepathic message to everyone in the arena. He was a treasure trove of information, and was willing to work together with her. Now she knew a little bit more about what her side had at its disposal. It certainly sounded promising, assuming that her teammates were able to survive.

<Well I certainly hope you’re better at patching me and Chris up then you are at fixing yourselves. Cause look at you guys! Your opponents really put you through the ringer. That victory must have cost an arm and a leg. We’ll do all we can to keep you guys alive until you can use those techniques. Course I can’t make any promises when we’re talking about a being who defeated Nasu and Komatsu at the same time.>

The creature who looked like he was the same species as Lagerus didn’t say anything to her directly. Although his vocal distaste of the power that their opponent had was valuable in of itself. Apparently he had received this power in some way from their God of Destruction. Meaning that not only was that not a natural form that he obtained, but it meant that his capabilities would likely be similar to those of a God of Destruction. Whatever those capabilities were. Given the way he talked, he seemed to know something.

<You know something about that form he has, don’t you? We all ought to know what we’re getting into, especially since I intend on trying to make him focus on me. So spill the beans. What kind of ordeal are we in for when fighting this guy? Is there any chance I can last long enough for you guys to recover a significant amount of energy before he tears me to pieces?>

Tomina wasn’t a fool. She knew she wasn’t going to last long against him in a one on one fight, even with the gift Serge had given her. Hell, she wasn’t even sure that they could hold him off for long if Chris decided to cooperate and fight with her with all he had. Still, it looked as though that they may have some intel on that form he had before even getting into the fight. Hopefully it would be something that they could use against him.

The hybrid turned her attention over to their demon opponent. He was the last and final obstacle they would have to deal with in order to win this tournament. And already he was looking down on them. She didn’t really feel anger towards him specifically: that was all reserved for the woman who tried to murder her already dead sister Still, the fact that the toughest opponent in her life looked like a circus clown was rather annoying. She cracked her knuckles, staring Piero right in the eyes.

“That’s some impressive talk coming from a circus clown borrowing power from the offspring of a human and a house cat. Even if you were an actual God my answer would be the same. It doesn’t matter that you defeated the strongest in our universe: I’ve come too far and endured too much to give up to an asshole asking me to throw away all my principals in exchange for a merciful end. Oh this is going to hurt, I’ll give you that. But it’ll be a cold day in hell before I regret ever getting into a challenging fight.”

Tomina’s voice rang in the minds of everyone on her team. At the very least she hoped that the three weaker ones would take what she was about to say to heart. She needed Chris to fully cooperate in order for them to have chance, but having little to know impact on what he could do was a serious detriment if it continued like this. Tomina pulled back her arm, clenching it into a fist as she took a fighting stance. The ground around her rumbled as her energy began to risk, her arm glowing faintly as rubble was kicked up by the pressure of her ki.




<This is a foe beyond anything we have every fought before. Some of us are undoubtedly going to die horribly at the hand of this clown. He may have been given the powers of a God of Destruction, but he’s still as mortal as the rest of us. He’ll bleed if we hit him, he’ll get mad if we humiliate him. And we will make strike fear into his heart until he’s a quivering mess like that bitch up there. Look at their God! Even she can get terrified and fear the end! Even they can fuck up and make mistakes! She was desperate enough to loan her power to a being who will no doubt usurp her if he gets his wish! And that demon over there is only a shadow of what she is right now!>



Tomina grit her teeth as she saw the energy of purple energy emanating from him, growing steadily stronger. She could not sense it and yet could just feel the intensity of the energy coming from him. It was much like the energy that Nasu had when he had gone all out on her in the time chamber. On the pressure coming from Piero was even more intense then that. Still, she held her ground, her own energy rising up to help lessen the effects of the enemy’s aura.

<Don’t any of even think about fucking giving up! You’ve all got shit that’s important to you! Whether it’s for the people you cherish or for the sake of seeing your long term plans of killing your enemies come to fruition, we’ve all come too far now to just quit! Chris, you and I are going to buy the others time. Let’s get a good hit or two on the fucker before we all kick him into the abyss!>

Tomina’s energy burst forward, sending a wave of heat across the arena. The back of her hair had now turned red, and as fanning behind her like flames. She gathered her energy, preparing to charge up an attack to throw at him. She wasn’t going to activate the gift given to her just yet. It was something she could only use when she had to. Until that moment, she was going to keep it a surprise for Piero. She had saved as much as she could going into this fight. She wasn’t going to hold back at all against her opponent. This time, she wasn’t going to fail.

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Tomina telepathically talks to Chris, Heizen, and Cervez in succession. Then mentally addresses everyone on her team.

Tomina enters her True Elemental form. New PL: 24,304,514/23,247,796

Begins Charging [OT-3] Firely Flicker. 100% < 200% damage next turn.

Stamina: 5/5

Racials and abilities being used

Well-attuned Powerhouse: +x1 to offensive PL (hybrid racial)

[li][PT-1]Strong Will[/li]

With the strong training, the user can avoid suffering mind controls for any attack that is below 150% of the user's power level

[150% Mind Control Resistance]


Chris
Bernael
Heizen
Cervez
Piero (Kamen no Saiyajin )

Bernael's hand slowly lowered down by his side as he realized it was sort of pointless to try and attack the being they were up against himself. Perhaps he would be able to do a few things to assist as Heizen said. Avalon was a very powerful tool that the Demon could use to their advantage here, a bit like the Senzu Bean from before. While he couldn't do as much as Tomina or Chris, he could help one of them get back up to full strength should they lose power. It was settled, for the time being, all he had to do was rest up and get his energy back.

His eyes bounced a bit between his teammates. They were all so determined to do this it seemed, and he wouldn't let his own determination falter one bit. They were going to beat this clown into submission and win this tournament for everyone they had waiting back home. It was going to be a very rough and hard fought battle but they could manage, at least, the Demon had hope for that. Both Komatsu and Nasu had immense power for themselves, to lose in a fight against this guy? He had to be equally as terrified as the two of them combined. No pressure.

Nonetheless, Bernael stood sort of relaxed in that state now, nodding to Tomina as she told them that none of them could think about giving up. That was very much true he wouldn't allow himself to think that for but a moment, he'd rather die and lose the tournament than to just give up against this opposing force. "I'll be ready to assist at a moments notice, just make sure we last long enough to make it count." he'd mutter out to his teammates as his white aura flared out around his body in a ghostly glow. His left eye glowed yellow and his right eye glowed even brighter than normal as he stared out over at their opponent. He wasn't going to be a big help when it came to combat it seemed but at the very least he could restore one of their allies and maybe take a single hit. He just had to hope they wouldn't all die before he got the chance.

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Stamina: 2/5 Stamina -> 3/5 Stamina
Offensive / Defensive PL: [410,274 Base] - [17,641,782 Split Potential]
Transformations Used: Split Potential - Pulling out the power of both the Demonic and Human half of his Hybridized body, Bernael keeps a clearer head than what is provided by the corrupted energy of his more Demonic forms, the two halves working together to make him far stronger than anything else he has at his disposal. {390k+} [x43]
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Tags: Nobody in particular, just in general to Tomina Chris Cervez and Heizen