Worthy or unworthy? [Open]

Nasu was flying straight to the newly opened arena. The Arena was being prepared to the upcoming fight between Jie Shan and Komatsu in the next day, but, for now, it would be good to use it to test the strength of that conceited saiyaness named Leena. She had guts to come to Planet Natto with nothing but two little buffoons who couldn’t accomplish to anything and request an alliance with one of the strongest factions of the whole universe. ”I can’t say I won’t enjoy seeing uncle Miso beating the shit out of this cheeky woman! But, still… A part of me wants her as part of the Alliance. She is strong and bold in her own way and a Saiyan! This is supposed to be a place where saiyans who grow sick with the Empire can live in peace and continue to develop our race’s culture. So… Annoys me the fact that she is seeking the same thing as my parents with another faction! Is the Alliance’s name so damaged that they see us as just some stupid allies they could have?! Well… Maybe I just have to beat some sense into her brains!” Nasu thought to himself as he got closer to the fighting arena. It would be fun. His red advanced scouter already picked Miso’s power signature and that was good.

Nasu stared back, over his shoulders for a bit, seeing the saiyaness with the corner of his black eyes. ”She sent those minions of hers back to Earth. That’s good. They weren’t all that strong and I honestly don’t care if they come here or not, they are not saiyans and I know better than to trust random creature just because they wish well or anything like that. My father was trusting and that only got him killed. We have far too different cultures, even if we are not like the Empire. It won’t ever work unless they are willing to subdue to our culture and society, and most of those aliens are incapable of understanding how a true saiyan feels. A shame, because we could most definitely use some more power… Anyway… It’s useless to be putting so much thought into it. Let’s leave such thoughts for after this fight. It will definitely tell a lot about this saiyaness, and show if she is worth keeping or not…” Nasu thought to himself, staring back to the direction they were heading.

The duo arrived at the arena shortly after that and Nasu landed in the council area, while Leena landed in the arena. Miso was already there with folded arms, stomping his foot on the floor. – Took you forever to arrive! Heh! So, this is the girl? – he asked Nasu, while his scouter analyzed her power level, making him frown his brows and narrow his eyes. – Yes, that’s her. – Nasu confirmed. – She has a strong power level. She isn’t a super saiyan, you say? – Miso asked, just to make sure, and Nasu shook his head. – No, she isn’t, she may trigger it, though, she is really close it seems. She managed to rise her power level even more after she went to her ship, so she may be using some steroids, or she was hiding her power before, I can’t tell you for sure. You worried? – Nasu asked, cracking a teasing grin on his face. Miso chuckled in response. – Scared? Me? Heh. Don’t fuck with me, maggot! I’m gonna turn her bones into dust! – he said in a bragging tone, and Nasu just chuckled, heading straight to his comfortable chair, while Miso jumped from the council area down to the arena.

Miso
[Power Level: 127,715]

As soon as he got down to the arena, Leena spoke to Nasu saying she was ready for it and that she would love for the superiors of the Alliance to watch this and asked for it not to be a battle to the death, making Miso laugh out loud. – Already scared?! But I didn’t even begin to hurt you yet! Hehehehe! – he said in a cocky and teasing tone. Nasu sighed a bit and spoke. – It won’t be. And the other councilors are kind of busy at the moment. But you have enough here to witness your display of power, Leena of the Lanza, so, please, give your very best. – Nasu said in a serious tone. Miso then cracked both his fists and neck, leaning it from one side to the other. – Hope you’re ready, little bug! Because I’m about to smash you! – the bulky and absurdly tall saiyan, with over seven feet in height said.

– Begin this fight already! – Nasu said, almost in a bored tone. The battle had been authorized and, as soon as Nasu spoke, Miso immediately charged a blue-colored energy sphere in his hand and fired the ki blast right at Leena, aiming for her face. – Take that, maggot! Hehehe! – Miso exclaimed, laughing as he fired his attack.

The battle had started and things were already getting tense, despite the continuous teases of both the warriors down at the arena. Leena wasn’t one to remain silent and that would make things far more interesting to say the least. When she said that Miso was a meat bag he laughed out loud. – Hehehehe! Sharp tongue! Just makes beating you to the pulp even funnier! – he said in a quite cocky tone, with his pride intact; it would take much more than some cheap offense and names to get to Miso’s nerves since he was, after all, a seasoned warrior, been fighting for nearly sixty years now, a veteran of countless wars. When she called him a freak of nature, Miso chuckled a bit and narrowed his eyes. – Oh yeah! I’m freak! Freaking powerful! Hehehehe!! And I’m going to freaking make you eat dirt of this arena, little bug! Heh! – it really seemed like Leena’s words were having the opposite effect, since Miso just got even more fired up and excited for his little fight; it had been a while since he could go all out, without any regard for his opponent’s well-being and, although it wasn’t a fight to the death, he could most definitely beat her to an inch of her life.

Then, as he attacked, Leena easily deflected his initial ki blast with her hand, but not unscathed, trying to tease him again, which only led to another set of chuckles. Nasu narrowed his eyes, noticing that her hand was slightly scorched. ”Her skill is absolutely poor, I can already tell that much. Shame Miso just likes to use brute strength. If he used the Soy Style, this fight would be done in seconds… Prideful bastard…” he sighed in mild annoyance at his uncle’s stubbornness. When Leena asked if he knew about her power, Miso laughed again. – Why would a veteran like me know shit about a baby saiyaness who just stepped out of her incubation chamber?! Heh! – he said in a rather teasing tone, pointing out to the abyss in experience the two warriors had. Miso then noticed she was charging an attack with her gun which led him to laugh again. – Gonna use that thing? Heh! Didn’t take you for a crippled maggot! Hehehe! – saiyans who couldn’t freely use energy with their hands were usually called cripples in the Empire and for Miso to know such term it was clear he once belonged to them.

Then, Miso opened his right palm and charged a blue-colored energy sphere on it. ”Spirit Canon… Already? Hmm…” Nasu thought to himself as he watched the battle. Miso draws his hands backwards as Leena gets ready to fire her attack at him and, the second she actually fires it, he throws his hand back forward, firing a powerful energy sphere. – Let me show you what true power is! Spirit Cannon! – he exclaimed with a large evil grin on his face. His energy sphere hit Leena’s own and a beam struggle started. The attacks were really close in actual strength, but Miso’s attack started gaining the upper hand, until it finally dissipated Leena’s blast and continued to head towards her. Obviously there was little energy left, but it was still Miso’s victory in that clash of power. – Did you really thought you could hit me with such a half-assed blast, you crippled little big?! Heh! You are so weak that makes me wanna puke! Heh! – Miso teased her again, having so much fun that he couldn’t even remember the last time he was in such good spirits.

Nasu remained serious and concentrated in the fight, his mind was working like crazy but it was impossible to know what was actually going on inside his head.

The remaining of the beam struggle headed towards Leena, who used an afterimage technique to dodge the attack. Nasu arched one of his eyebrows as he watched her doing that. ”Good move… But this will tire her down rather quickly…” he thought to himself, in silence. Miso, on the other hand mused about it. – Heh. – he followed her as she reappeared by his side, about five yards away and already speaking again. Miso laughed at her words, showing all his despite. – But of course not! Why would I use all of my power against such a weakling little bitch?! Heh! – he said, teasing her once again as he started walking in her direction, chuckling while he did that.

She started speaking angrily to him, demanding he backed himself up since Miso stated that she would eat dirt, and he just turned his chuckle into laugher. – Well, well, well… We have a little chatterbox here! Heh! She barks a lot, ain’t that right, Nasu?! I wonder if she barks like that when she is getting fucked too! That would be quite an amazing sight, but… Well! I left that behind once I abandoned the Empire for good! Heh! – he said in an evil tone as he continued to approach her, completely ignoring her attempts at provoking him; Miso was in control of this fight and he wouldn’t let Leena get under his skin, he was far too seasoned to let that happen easily.

Then, she fired another attack, a quite feeble one, which Miso laughed at. – You call that an attack?! Hehehe! – he said as the attack approached his face. Then, he closed his mouth for a brief moment and immediately after it he opened it, letting it glow in a light-blue hue as he revealed an energy sphere inside of it that quickly became an energy wave, heading straight towards Leena, destroying her ki blast on its way as if it meant nothing to him, just like the first time. – Mouth Blast! – he roared, as his attacked approached the saiyaness with the remaining strength it had. Nasu sighed in boredom back at the upper part of the arena. ”Dammit, Miso! Just wreck her already! Push her to her limit and show our power…” he thought to himself, but chose not to interfere with the way his General decided to take that fight.

When Leena said “enough games” Miso’s grin widened a bit and he leaned his head to the side, mocking her. Then she came, rushing towards him aiming to throw a punch at his face. Miso remained there, without moving until her fist came dangerously close to his face. On that second and that second only, he moved his head to the side, completely avoiding her punch almost like it meant nothing to him. – Heh! – he chuckled. Then she aimed a punch at his torso and, which a swift side step, he spun his body a bit, letting the fist graze by his battle suit and, yet, Miso remained unharmed. He continued to just slightly dodge her attacks, until Miso made a quick and swift jump backwards and flared his light-blue ki aura. ”Now he will start it…” Nasu thought to himself, as he knew his uncle very well and was able to recognize that smile on his face.

– Okay, little maggot! You are boring! I’m bored! I will just break you apart and get done with it! Heh! – he said in a cocky tone. Then, Miso’s vein started popping out on both his temples and he started charging his ki energy to its very peak. – AAAAHHHHHH!!! – the absurdly tall saiyan roared and his light-blue ki aura started to change, becoming bright gold in color and fiery like. His long black hair quickly changed to a bright gold hair and his black eyes became teal in color: he had just ascended into a super saiyan, but not only that! His body became absolutely bulked as his muscle mass almost doubled in size, turning him into a real fearsome monster.

[Super Saiyan Transformation. Current PL: 894,005]
[Bulking used! Current PL: 1,149,435/510,860]

The ground beneath Miso cracked with his absurd power and as soon as he finished his transformation, he stared back at Leena with a large grin on his face. – Hehehe! You can start crying now! – he said in a cocky and rather cruel tone. Then, without wasting any time, Miso charged a large blue colored energy sphere on his right hand, drew it backwards and then threw his hand back, firing the large energy sphere right at Leena. – Since I’m a Super Saiyan, how about a Super Spirit Cannon! Heh!! – he exclaimed, laughing a bit at the end, as his attack soared towards Leena at an amazing speed. The technique was fearsome and absolutely dangerous.

”She keeps on talking to that gun of hers… it must have some sort of artificial intelligence of some sort… Not that it will be helping much now. Miso is using that Ultra Super Saiyan form of his. I wonder if this girl has potential or not… It will be quite a waste if she doesn’t.” Nasu thought to himself, as he sighed in boredom; this fight was way too one-sided and that was no fun at all. Well… At least Miso was having some fun now, as his Super Spirit Cannon soared towards a defenseless Leena. When the saiyaness threw the weapon she held, Nasu didn’t fail to notice it. ”Yeah, she really cares about that thing… I will be wise to take a mental note of that…” the young Overseer thought to himself, rubbing his chin with his index finger and thumb. Leena was thrown against a wall, completely devastated by the blast, it appeared to be over, and that made Nasu sigh again. ”What a waste…” he thought to himself, getting up from his chair.

But then something happened. The Overseer’s advanced scouter beeped detecting a sudden rise in power level that wasn’t normal at all. – Hmm?! – Nasu stared at the wall Leena was at and noticed that she was still conscious and that impressed Nasu quite a bit. ”Resilient… I will give her that…” he thought in curiosity, wondering if she was really about to ascend. Miso was cocky and failed to notice the reading on his scouter. – Oh, little maggot! You are still breathing?! Heh! Quite an impressive feat I have to admit! I could’ve ended you with my most powerful attack, but the Overseer was insistent on keeping you alive! Heh! Lucky you! – he said, chuckling a bit as he slowly approached her.

Leena was mad that super saiyans kept on pushing her down and that anger was becoming somehow visceral. Nasu immediately understood what was going on and narrowed his eyes. ”She will ascend…” he stated in his own mind. Miso, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care all that much. – Oh yeah! Because we are a higher tier of saiyans than you, bug! We are Super Saiyans! That’s where the super comes from! Heh! – he continued to tease her. Nasu almost told him to shut up, but he chose otherwise; if Miso was going to be caught off-guard that was his problem for being overconfident. He should know better than to underestimate a saiyan on the brink of ascending. And then it came.

With a loud scream, her power level skyrocketed to over a million and half, her hair became spiked and glowing, golden in color, and her dark green eyes became teal. On top of that, she was also imitating Miso and reaching for a far stronger version of her super saiyan form; her muscle mass increased many fold, making her far more bulky and quite less feminine. In truth, Nasu disliked that use of the super saiyan form, it was incomplete and immature, but he wouldn’t say anything yet. Leena was mad, absolutely mad, and determinate to take revenge upon Miso for humiliating her. The Saiyan General changed his cocky expression to a more serious one and, with a vile tone, he answered her. – Come at me, maggot! – he didn’t show any signs of fear, even though his green scouter was alerting him that she was far stronger than him right now, and that was somehow annoying. She started charging an attack, and Miso did the same, charging the light-blue energy sphere in his right hand. As Leena fired her attack, Miso also fired his own. – Spirit Cannon!! – he roared, firing a less powerful version of his previous attack due to being drained from before. A beam struggle started, but the outcome was obvious as Miso’s attack was quickly dissipated by Leena’s own. Miso stared at the blast coming his and his body reverted to his regular super saiyan form, letting go of his bulking just in time to be fully hit by the attack.

He screamed in an absurd pain as he was blasted away from the arena and right through one of the walls. His entire battle suit had been vaporized, his scouter was destroyed and he was – by some sort of miracle – still alive, but just barely. The General of the Saiyan Alliance was completely defeated. Nasu hovered to where he was and checked, confirming he would survive and grabbed some sort of syringe, injecting some substance in his body. Then, he turned at Leena and shrugged. – He will survive. I’m satisfied, he did what I expected of him and made you ascend. From what I’ve saw back at the meeting room, you were pretty close and your anger was fueled by your pride. Now you are a super saiyan too, congratulations. – Nasu said in a serious tone, staring at the saiyeness right into her teal eyes.

– But let me remind you that there are super saiyans and super saiyans. I, myself, am on an entirely different league. Allow me to show you. – he said and, effortlessly he flared his bright golden aura, transforming immediately into a super saiyan, but his aura was much calmer and less fiery-like. The power output, however, was much higher, almost like he didn’t need that rage in order to transform, and that was not wrong.

[Super Saiyan Full Power. Current PL: 2,919,200]

Nasu’s power level was almost two times stronger than Leena’s own. The young super saiyan folded his arms, staring at the saiyaness with a serious expression. – On top of the power gap, I’ve watched you fight. You are quite clumsy and unpolished. You lack style and you can’t even harvest your true potential. I’m sorry to inform you but your Lanza group alone will be a feeble society that could be wiped out by quite a handful of people I know, me included. – Nasu stated. – So, Leena of the Lanza… How about you become Leena of the Alliance? I’m offering you not only a position in this society built for saiyans who were sick of the Empire’s wicked ways, but I’m also offering you knowledge, status and power, both for yourself, as well as power to make a difference in the universe. – Nasu said, in a serious tone. Now Leena had to choose, and her choice would definitely affect the future of both factions.

Nasu didn’t fail to notice her communicating with her weapon again and he wondered if she would revel it to him or not, but he didn’t mind about it too much. Leena seemed to be excited to have become a super saiyan and then she ended her bulking technique, reverting to her more feminine look, which was far more pleasant to the eyes. Nasu was adamant in his belief that Bulking wasn’t advantageous, although Miso loved using it. The drawback in speed made it quite vulnerable to attacks and counter attacks, even though the power output could be increased manifold. Leena thanked Nasu for his initial compliments, but he didn’t really care, he didn’t do it in order to make her feel better or anything like that; transforming into a super saiyan was still quite a feat and just a handful of saiyans could manage to tap into such legendary state of power, and those were valuable allies for one to gather, or dangerous enemies that should be quickly eliminated. The Overseer could only hope Leena would be the first, but if she happened to be a threat, he could easily dispatch of her in seconds, so he wasn’t really concerned.

The new super saiyan explained that she never actually had the time to polish her fighting skills, since she was busy with adapting to Earth and Nasu could sympathize with that, since he had spent over a year on that backwater planet and still couldn’t get used to it at all. In fact he greatly disliked Earth and after the traumatizing experiences and shattered pride, he would be happy if he could end his life without setting foot on that shithole anymore, but he knew it wasn’t possible; he had things to settle, and he really did want to damage Atsuko, to humiliate her and ultimately defeat her, showing he was the better saiyan and the true successor of their parents. It was a shame he couldn’t kill her anymore, since they were blood-related and that would greatly sadden his deceased parents in the afterlife, but that wouldn’t stop him from at least seeking to surpass and defeat her. Not even Natto and Tomoroko could take that away from him; even their influence wasn’t absolute over Nasu.

Then, to his surprise, once he spoke about his offering, the weapon itself spoke to him, asking why they should trust him. Nasu arched one of his eyebrows in curiosity towards the object. ”Interesting…” he thought and, before he could answer, Leena spoke again, suggesting they could only become his vassals. She claimed to not mind joining the Saiyan Alliance, but she appreciated her independence, since her group had its own goals, and conquest wasn’t among them. She admitted Lanza could easily be destroyed and that was precisely why they needed her as their leader. Leena reassured she would follow his orders but she wasn’t willing to abandon her troop of freaks just yet and Nasu exhaled deeply, still listening carefully to what she had to say. Continuing, she said that if she must, she could leave her group, leaving the leadership to the android he had just met and explaining what they would be doing next, letting Nasu choose what would become of her.

– First and foremost, your weapon seems to be sentient. That’s quite interesting. As for why you should trust me, weapon, well… - he shrugged. – You don’t know. But the Alliance was built as a safe haven for saiyans and we are quite different from the Empire and you should be well aware of that. – he pointed out, staring now at Leena. – As for independence, don’t mistake us for the Empire. All of our citizens are free, Leena. We have no slaves nor do we allow slavery here. I could take you as vassals, yes, but it’s not in the best interest of the Alliance. We would rather have you on our assets, because you are strong and seem to be smart and useful. If you like this little group of yours so much, they are welcomed here as well. I won’t grant them full citizenship because I don’t fully trust people who don’t have saiyan blood. – he paused. – My father trusted them, and he freed alien slaves from the Empire in all good will, asking for nothing in return. Then he was betrayed and murdered by the same person he had just helped and freed and this scar… - he said, pointing to the cross-shaped scar on his left cheek. – Is to remind me of that! I trust saiyans because I know how saiyans’ mind work. We are ruthless, we are ferocious, but we are not a treacherous race. We may be cruel, but we are not known for plotting and schemes, and if you did your lesson before coming here like you claim you did, you known I’m speaking the truth. It serves for your weapon too. – he paused.

– In time, if your people show to be trustworthy, I don’t mind allowing them to become regular citizens, with the obvious restrictions of not being able to become General nor Councilor of the Alliance, since, as the name already tells, this is mostly a Saiyan Alliance. You, on the other hand, will be treated as a full-fledged citizen with all rights. Maybe one day you can even become part of the council and help decide how this Alliance works. – he said, shrugging a bit. – If you join the Alliance, you will have a military rank, since you are a warrior, as well as your companions. I will allow you to work as a mostly independent cell, but I would advise you to try and blend in, if you value building trust and be respected by the people here.- he paused and then he sighed a bit. – If you decide to bring your people, I can assure you that most members of the Alliance won’t be bothered by them. Just a few of us are actually prejudiced about aliens. I’m one of the few, but, as I said, although I’m the Overseer, we have a council here responsible for deciding most things. This is not an Empire and certainly not a tyrant government. – he explained as clearly as he could. - So, what’s your answer? – Nasu asked, staring her right into her eyes.

Leena could choose to join the Saiyan Alliance alone or with the members of the Lanza, that was ultimately her call, as Nasu had revealed he was fine with both, saving for the aforementioned restrictions.

The weapon spoke to Nasu, surprising him once again. It explained that it used to be a living person and a criminal who happened to be attacked by a bunch of galactic patrolmen who ended up blowing his ship and ultimately killing him. That must be a terrible way to die, adrift in space, killed by worthless scum. If there was one thing that Nasu envied in those Kold demon bastards was their ability to survive in the harsh conditions of space. It was something to admire indeed, and one of the major weaknesses the saiyans actually had when fighting all out: should the Kold demon blow up the planet, they would be most definitely done for, if they couldn’t manage to escape in time. Then, before the weapon could explain any further, Leena reprehended him for being so talkative, and Nasu shook his head. – It’s fine. It’s interesting. But I’m sure it can tell me more about it later. – he thought it was good to point that out.

Leena, who had just powered down to her regular base form, said she was honored she was being offered citizenship, and he just shook his head again. – Like I said, this is supposed to be a safe haven for saiyans who are sick of the Empire. That’s my parents dreams. – Nasu repeated before the saiyaness could continue speaking. He also thought it would be better if he powered down too; not because of the strains of the super saiyan form, at this point Nasu didn’t suffer any of it and he could maintain his form almost indefinitely, capable of feats such as sleeping in his super saiyan form without powering down. Those were some of the perks a saiyan would gain when reaching the full potential of that legendary state. Still, it was but the beginning of their path to power, and Nasu wanted to go even further, becoming the first of his generation to attain the uncanny super saiyan two form, or ascended super saiyan, as his father liked to say. Oblivious to him was the fact that Atsuko had already reached such a state, and that would certainly drive him mad in the future, should he fail to reach the form.

Back at the main subject, Leena said that she found his offer acceptable, and said that she wanted him to feel comfortable with the Lanza, but understood his restrictions towards aliens. She said she would be joining the Alliance, and that a rank was not necessary, as she would still be leading Lanza, like he had allowed, and he nodded. She reassured she would be answering to every call the Alliance made and that she would try to keep her allies who were not saiyans to be joining the Alliance. Leena also said that she would come to train with her kin, but right now she needed to go back to Earth and talk with her allies, and Nasu nodded again. In the end, she apologized for sending her ally to intercept a ship and Nasu shook his head. – Forget about it. It was dealt with. – he said, cutting her sentence. Then, once she finished, Nasu started speaking.

– Still, I will be giving you the rank of Sargent. That’s the highest rank we can initially give to a newcomer. However, like I said, I will give you the freedom of leading your group and your terms are acceptable. I’m glad you’ve made such a choice and I’m certain we will be having plenty of benefits from it. – he said, cracking a subtle smile. – Go back to Earth, talk to your people and when you have a chance, come here. I can train you in order to refine your skill. Invest your time and skill to the Alliance, and you will be rewarded! Welcome to your true home, saiyan! – he ended up by welcoming her to the Saiyan Alliance officially.

Nasu was completely pleased, he had acquired another ally and a super saiyan on top of it all. Right now he had five super saiyans at his disposal, although he didn’t know about one, who happens to be his younger brother, but he would soon find out about it in his fight in the arena on the following day. The Saiyan Alliance was growing stronger by the second and soon their enemies would tremble in fear.