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The Saiyan of Two Universes Saga, A Dragon Ball story
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<blockquote data-quote="India Actual" data-source="post: 2760" data-attributes="member: 80"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Chapter 8: (Part 16)</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Meanwhile, a few minutes earlier, Goten and Trunks settled down to the ground in an isolated clearing at the edge of the forest. Goten had done exactly as he was told and got them away from danger as quickly as possible. He gently laid out Shihori’s unconscious body on the ground while he kept her head elevated in his arms, “Quick! Trunks! The bag on her belt. She had senzu in there. See if there are any left.” Trunks immediately began going about untying the bag from around her belt and upturning the small sack to pour the contents out into his open palm. Three senzu fell out into his hand and he looked up to Goten with a satisfied grin, “We’re in business. Here.” He handed one of the senzu over to him. Goten looked down to Shihori’s unconscious body, she was breathing but she was looking pretty roughed up. Goten hesitated to act because he knew what he had to do for her. He took one look at Trunks who was waiting in anticipation for him to give her the senzu, “Well? What are you waiting for?” Goten grimaced at him as he felt the pressure falling square on his shoulders, “Look away for a minute. I can’t do it if you’re watching.” Trunks’ mouth fell open in exasperation with his best friend and he proceeded to roll his eyes at him before he turned his back, “Fine! Just hurry it up.” Goten placed the senzu between his lips and leaned forward to the unconscious Shihori. He fed her the senzu with his lips and ensured it was crushed so she could swallow it, he hesitated for a moment and relished in the soft, warm touch of her lips.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Abruptly, Shihori’s eyes sprang open and Goten became startled by her sudden awakening. He snapped backward in fright; he was embarrassed over the fact that he was relishing in the moment of kissing her again. She began to cough and struggled to sit up in a panicked state, but Goten was there to reassure her, “Easy, easy now. You’re going to be okay.” She began to pat herself down checking her body for injuries. A hand immediately went to her neck to ensure she wasn’t cut open. She still remembered the feeling of the blade slicing into her flesh while she was at Borbon’s mercy. Her red eyes fell onto Goten suddenly which made him blush from embarrassment. “What happened? The last thing I remember was Borbon having me dead to rights. How did-?” Trunks interjected from off to the side which drew their attention to him, “My dad happened. He’s here fighting against her with your father.” Shihori’s ears perked up when she heard that Vegeta had arrived to help her father fight, but her expression still appeared grim after having received the good news. Her eyes fell to the ground in a thoughtful mood as she took a minute to gather herself together. “We need to go help them.” Goten began to protest the idea due to Korian’s instructions to get away and to keep her safe, “I don’t think that we should be going anywhere. Your dad was pretty specific that we should get to safety besides….” He grew a bit sheepish and rubbed the back of his neck as his embarrassment only deepened, “I promised him that I would keep you safe.” Shihori pressed herself up off the ground and popped her neck from side to side, “To hell with keeping me safe.” She looked back and forth between the both of them with a seriousness in her eyes that they both knew all too well. When Shihori put her mind to something there was absolutely nothing that was going to stop her from following through. “You guys…. we have to do this.” Goten threw his hands up in a shrug and asked the most obvious question, “You saw firsthand what she’s capable of, what can we hope to achieve against someone like that?” Shihori turned to face him and surprised him by taking him by the hands. She looked at him with pleading eyes that bored a hole directly into his heart, “Didn’t you feel it Goten? When we fought her, I’ve been through enough battles in my life that I can tell when someone is holding back.” Goten’s mouth drew a thin tight line as his lips pursed together tightly. His breathing grew long and hard as he tried to suppress that anxious feeling in the pit of his stomach. Shihori continued, “I’m not going to lose my father to this psychotic bitch and I’m not going to stand by so Trunks can lose his dad either. We’re all in this together until the bitter end.” Trunks walked up next to Shihori and placed a hand on her shoulder. His attention was focused solely on Goten who he gave a confident smirk to, “Well, what do you say partner? We do this one last time and maybe go out in a blaze of glory?” Shihori’s demeanor grew warm and she smirked at Trunks’ poetic comments. Both of them now looked to Goten for his answer. He began to shake his head from side to side and he looked up to the sky for a moment letting out an exasperated groan, “Aww you guys are killing me! There’s no one else I’d rather fight and probably die beside.” Goten took Shihori by the hand and put it front and center. Trunks slapped his hand down on top and the three of them smiled in agreement that this was their choice. It was now or never.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shihori broke free from their three musketeers moment and went to quickly retrieve her sword from the ground. She quickly sheathed the weapon and inspected her gear for damage including the sword she had acquired from Kanzō. She turned toward the boys seeming even more resolute in her decision, “If we do this, we’re going all out from the get-go. Think you guys can manage one more fusion?” Goten and Trunks looked to each other briefly and Trunks offered a smirk with a thumbs up, “I thought you’d never ask.” Goten shot Shihori an inquisitive look, “What about you?” Shihori responded by spreading her stance apart and cocking her fists back as she began to channel her ki. She huffed and let her ki flow freely over her entire body in a raging golden aura. She took a deep breath and cried out loud, “HAAAAAH!” There was a bright flash that obstructed the boys’ vision but when it cleared there stood a long golden haired Shihori with bio-electric discharge sparking off her body. They were both shocked since this was the first time that either of them had witnessed her transform to Super Saiyan 3 firsthand. Shihori’s intense blue eyes focused on them both and she spoke in a slightly deeper tone of voice, more serious, more determined to finish the fight, “Like I said, we’re going all out.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian’s vision was closing in on itself quickly as more of his strength was sapped from his body from being viciously asphyxiated. Vegeta had grown still but was barely conscious and struggling against her vise-like grip. Borbon continued her gleeful sneer, the uplifting sense of victory was so tantalizingly close she could taste it. Without warning Borbon released her foes from her death grip. Both Vegeta and Korian collapsed to the ground gasping for oxygen as their bodies adjusted back to being able to breathe once again. Without warning Borbon spun around to react to the threat that appeared before her. Shihori exploded onto the scene in her Super Saiyan 3 transformation, both her katana and Kanzō’s longsword were driven forward in overhand slashes toward the Angel. Borbon snatched both of her blades mid-stroke with her bare hands and wrestled with the small statured young lady. “Shihori…. you’re saving me the trouble of hunting you down later.” Borbon said with a hint of mirth in her voice. Shihori emitted a growl between her tightly clenched teeth as she unleashed more of her energy in an attempt to overpower her foe. Borbon rolled backwards with Shihori’s weapons still in her grasp, she began to drag the young lady along with her. Borbon rolled onto her back and as she hit the ground her foot was planted into Shihori’s abdomen. She forcefully tossed her overhead into the rock face that she had been choking Korian and Vegeta against. She struck the rock wall with great concussive force that caused part of it to give way and explode outward as if it was exploding from within. The young lady cringed in pain as her body collapsed into the rock, but she mustered herself together and quickly twisted her body to plant her feet against one of the pieces of stone that had been wrenched free. Korian and Vegeta looked on in surprise as the rock they had slumped against began to explode around them from the impact of Shihori’s body. Korian looked on in awe as his daughter moved to re-engage the Angel directly. As a father he felt the deepest sense of horror being forced to watch his child fight such a dangerous enemy on his behalf. Shihori kicked off the rocks which caused another shockwave back toward the now broken rock wall. The two collapsed Saiyans that were sitting at its base were forced to dive out of the way or be buried by the tons of rubble that was now freely flying through the air. Shihori came at Borbon with both swords at the ready but attacked one slash at a time. First, the katana was brought down in an overhand slash which was quickly slapped aside by a knife hand from the Angel. Next, Shihori’s acquired longsword was slashed from below at a strange angle, it was so strange in fact that it confused Borbon as to why she would even attempt to attack from such an orthodox position. The attack provided no power and appeared far too telegraphed to be the least bit effective. As Shihori completed the stroke it became clear that she never intended to strike her opponent in the first place. The blade came free from her hand and flung past Borbon’s face like a huge throwing knife. Borbon cursed herself for not paying attention as she felt another huge power creep up behind her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks soared between the trees and saw that Shihori had thrown the longsword from her grasp. He flew directly toward the incoming projectile and managed to snatch the sword out of mid-air. He came at Borbon now from behind with the curved longsword sweeping across her frame horizontally in an attempt to bifurcate her body. Borbon’s eyes began to glean with a shade of silver and her body reacted impossibly fast in response to Gotenks’ surprise attack. She managed to leap off the ground and throw her body over the top of the blade as it cut the air harmlessly underneath her body. In mid-air Borbon began to spin and lashed out with fists and feet at both Shihori and Gotenks. A foot slamming into Shihori’s chest and her fist smashing into Gotenks’ face. Each attack had an unreal amount of speed and power to it, so much in fact that both of them were thrown to the ground with enough force that their bodies bounced before coming to a halt. Shihori skidded to a stop and came to a rest in a crouched position, she hissed in pain and grasped her chest which now unprotected since her armor was completely destroyed from battle. Gotenks hit the ground on his chest and managed to dig his fingers into the earth to arrest his movement. He pushed up off the ground and spit blood off to the side that began to flow from in between his lips.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shihori spun her sword around with the tip of the blade aimed at the scabbard, she snapped it quickly and efficiently back into place. She braced her body against the ground and threw her hands forward to meet at the wrists. She called out with a “HAAA” as she began to unleash rapid fire energy bullets from her palms that were directed at Borbon. The trees in the forest began to explode due to the impacts of the stray energy bullets that Shihori was firing at her. A sizable gray cloud of smoke began to billow up from the location in which Borbon was standing. Gotenks began his own assault by throwing his hands forward quickly and in an alternating fashion. He launched a continuous barrage of high energy missiles into Borbon’s location that added to the ever-expanding plume of smoke and fire in the area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In a surprising and abrupt move, the flames quickly parted and Borbon made her presence known by moving toward Shihori at high speed. Shihori ceased her attack as soon as she realized it’s lack of effect and sudden onslaught by her enemy. Borbon phased in and out rapidly, leaving after images in her wake as she closed the distance between them. In a flash, she was right in front of her and lashing out with a swift kick that slapped viciously into the side of her face. Blood erupted from her mouth and a large cut that was opened up underneath her eye. Shihori tumbled to the ground but surprisingly managed to hold on to consciousness. Her shaky hands reached down to draw her sword, so she was able to better defend herself. Borbon seemed to be there in an instant ready to strike her down with an impaling knife hand through her chest. Just as she was about to finish her off, Korian appeared in front of her to catch the strike with his bare hands. Vegeta was attached to Korian but the blue haired Super Saiyan God quickly removed his hand from the furry Saiyan’s arm and went on the attack. Shihori cried out from behind them in surprise, “Papa!”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Borbon snapped a quick short-range kick at Korian to give herself some space to maneuver and deal with Vegeta. He was already pressing inside of her guard and throwing a furious uppercut which narrowly missed her jaw. Gotenks flew in to join the fray still clutching the curved longsword that Shihori had given him. He came with a battle cry as he attempted to cut Borbon down, but she just smirked with amusement at him. She avoided Vegeta’s latest attempt at attacking her which was a close-range blast that was immediately deflected off a sweeping knife hand. She ducked low and collapsed herself to the ground, striking out with a kick out which caught Vegeta in his pelvis. This attack collapsed him to the ground quickly and effectively as his center of gravity was kicked out from under him. Borbon spun to deal with Gotenks’ attack by enveloping her hand in energy to form a ki blade. As Gotenks swiped the longsword at a diagonal angle, she swiped her energy blade upward at an oblique angle to cleave the blade neatly in two. Shocked by the sudden loss of his weapon, Gotenks was staggered backward by the unbalancing effect it had on him. It gave Borbon enough time to snatch the broken half neatly out of mid-air and thrust it toward Gotenks’ chest, “Two little birds with one stone.” Korian appeared using Kai Kai directly in line with her attack on Gotenks. He got himself in the way and barely managed to throw up an arm in time to block. The broken sword tip impaled cleanly through his right forearm, coming out the other side in a bloody display which spattered across Korian’s face and chest. Borbon grinned at the results of her attack like an insane cherish cat. She smashed a backfist across his Korian’s face which sent him careening away quite forcefully. She focused on Gotenks again who tried to muster up a defense by coming at her with a ki laden fist of his own. Borbon activated her Ultra instinct technique again which caused her body to quickly maneuver offline his attack. She responded by leaping into the air and pile driving fist down straight down into his back. Gotenks was slammed to the ground with an explosive force which caused a quick flash of light as the fusion broken down. Goten and Trunks toppled to the ground on opposite sides of the impact crater that Gotenks had made with his body. Shihori groaned as she made her way to her feet and painfully touched the open wound on her cheek. She sheathed her weapon and took off flying low and fast just a few feet above the ground. She snagged Vegeta off the ground by his arm which caused him a great surprise as she rocketed past Borbon. The Angel let out a “Hmph” as a mocking scoff at her decision to run. Goten and Trunks looked at one another while she was distracted and decided it would be best to make a break for it themselves. They followed behind Shihori as fast as they could get out of dodge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Shihori saw where Korian had landed and made her way over to him still clutching Vegeta. Once she touched down on the ground, she released her mentor who unleashed a foul-mouthed display of protests, “Damnit, I said get your hands off me! I didn’t ask to be rescued by you!” Shihori powered down to her Super Saiyan form and ignored Vegeta’s scathing remarks. Goten and Trunks joined them shortly after and settled in near Vegeta. Shihori made her way over to her father who had managed to sit up under his own power. He was back in his base form now, the back to back protracted battles and amount of damage he suffered had finally taken its toll on his body. He grimaced in pain as he tried to move his disabled right arm. Blood was flowing steadily from the wound that still contained the broken piece of Kanzō’s sword. “Shit, doesn’t look good.” Shihori knelt down next to him and looked up to see the pain written all over his face. “Yeah, it doesn’t feel too good either.” His arm was shaking involuntarily most likely due to nerve damage from having been cut so deeply. Shihori gingerly took a hold of the broken piece of sword and looked her father in the eyes as if to ask for permission. He nodded to her sharply and focused on her eyes to brace himself. In one fierce yank the blade was removed which caused Korian to scream out loud in pain. Now that the sword was removed, they could clearly see the gaping wound which was heavily hemorrhaging blood. Korian growled between his teeth at the tremendous level of pain he was experiencing. He tried to steady his breathing as he clamped down on his wound with his opposite hand. Shihori tossed the broken piece of sword she had removed from his arm off to the side. Without prompting she went about untying the bag containing the senzu from her belt and she poured the last two into the palm of her hand. She offered to feed her father one of them since he was occupied with keeping pressure on his gaping injury. He bit down on the senzu that she shoveled into his mouth which drew a scoff from Vegeta. The proud Saiyan prince crossed his arms and appeared decidedly more haughty than usual, “Pathetic.” Trunks prodded his own father which drew an intense stare, “Don’t start with me Trunks. I’m not in the mood.” Korian’s body started to quickly recover from the damage and he stood up flexing his right arm.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Vegeta was surprised when Shihori walked up to him and offered him the last senzu. Vegeta kept his arms crossed in a defensive posture and shunned the offer, “I don’t need it.” Shihori’s face twisted with a perplexed look about her features. Vegeta had seen better days as his face bore several bleeding cuts to include a bloody nose, a bloody mouth, and a cut above his left eye. Shihori rolled her eyes at him and sucked her teeth “Tch. Do you ever stop being such an asshole? Because you’re being a huge asshole right now.” Vegeta’s eyebrows shot up in surprise and he bristled with anger at her blatant showing of disrespect, “What did you say to me?! Listen girl, don’t think just because you-” As he began to yell at her she quickly seized the opportunity to shove her fingers into his mouth and force feed the senzu to him. The other three went completely wide eyed with shock at the very brazen act Shihori just did. Vegeta’s eyes bulged and he gagged at the sudden intrusion of her hand into his mouth, but her plan worked and the senzu was swallowed by the angry Saiyan. Shihori calmly turned and walked away from him while dusting her hands off, “You’re welcome.” Vegeta fumed at her as she walked back toward her father.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian finished his stretching and looked to Vegeta and the others, “We’re never going to win at this rate.” His eyes looked across all their faces and settled on Vegeta’s which appeared as his usual stern self, “I have an idea, but for it to work I need you to try and hold her off as long as you can. Do you think you can manage?” Vegeta scoffed to himself, “I may live there but I’m not some pathetic Earthling. I can handle her.” Korian smirked at Vegeta and felt reinvigorated to put his plan into motion, “I’d expect no less.” Korian quickly raised his power level and tried to feel out the power he had experienced before. That primal Saiyan nature that he had learned to tame with the help of Shihori’s kind heart. There was a brilliant golden which preceded a primal cry. When all the activity had subsided, he stood once again in his powered-up form with red fur on his body, long dark hair, and a pair of sharply focused golden eyes. This elevated power drew the attention of Borbon who quickly maneuvered her way to meet up with her prey.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The Angel appeared standing not far from the group with a sly sneer drawing across her face, her eyes narrowed as she focused in on each one of their surprised faces, “There you are my dear little Saiyans! Now that I have you all together, how about we just go ahead and wrap this up?” She raised an open palm in front of her body and abruptly brought bear a red ki orb that crackled intensely with a dense amount of energy. Vegeta walked forward to stand in her way of the rest of the group, “Not so fast. You and I have unfinished business.” Borbon snapped her hand closed around the attack she had charged up in her hand, “Fine, I’ll play along with you Vegeta. Not that it truly matters to me in what order I get to kill you.” She pointed at them all like she was lining up items to be counted. “Then I think I’ll take a little detour over to Universe 7 to go visit your loved ones.” Vegeta clenched his fists together tightly in anger at her threats to his family, “That’s the only time you’re ever going to threaten my family!” A blue aura exploded around Vegeta’s body as he focused all his godly powered forward to match the might of the Angel’s Ultra instinct. Vegeta exploded off the ground toward her in a fierce barrage of fists that came lashing out all at once. Borbon hadn’t expected such violent resolve from him and she was pushed back under pressure of his sudden onslaught. She quickly changed gears and focused her power to activate the Ultra instinct state. Her eyes watched his attacks flow toward her like if they were moving in slow motion until she finally seized upon an opening in his attack pattern. Borbon slammed a powerful uppercut into Vegeta’s gut which caused him to gasp and hunch over her fist that was still pressing into his body. What surprised her next was that Vegeta clamped down both hands forcefully on her forearm with a hiss of anger. He planted his feet and spun her around wildly before casting her off into the sky. He focused on his opponent and brought his hands to his side with the knuckles touching one another, “GALICK……HO!” A large golden beam fired from his hands as they were brought forward into attack position. The beam cascaded along until it collided with Borbon’s tumbling body in mid-air in an enormous explosion. Vegeta didn’t wait for a damage assessment, he leapt off the ground and took off to ensure that the attack was successful. As he approached the cloud of smoke, he was surprised by the rapid appearance of Borbon from behind the veil of smoke. She had a silver sheen to her normally violet eyes and remained steadfastly focused on Vegeta. She came at him too fast to react and as he attempted to lash out at her with a punch to counter her advance. Her body quickly moved out of the way of his attack, leaving him punching at nothing but open air. She came up directly inside his guard, so close that she could whisper into his ear, “Pathetic.” Vegeta was stunned but what came next truly left an impact as he was hammered continuously with dozens of blows that seemed to rain in so impossibly fast that he had no time to even raise his defenses. After it was over Vegeta barely managed to remain conscious as he was left a bloody and battered mess. He began to collapse to the ground and fall out of the air, but Borbon clutched him by what remained of his clothing before he tumbled out of the sky. “No, you’re not getting off that easy Vegeta. You need to pay for your hubris, and I just happened to have the right tool for the job.” Her eyes narrowed to small slits and her voice carried her words callously. She lifted him up effortlessly above her own head and reached back with her free hand to form a knife hand that she pressed to his chest and intended to impale him brutally slow like she had done to Sidra.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Trunks, Goten, and Shihori were in awe of Vegeta’s sheer ferocity while engaging Borbon one on one. Korian got their attention back down to earth by calling out to them, “Guys, I’m going to need your help this time.” The three younger warriors all turned toward him with attention to what he wanted to do. “When I was fighting Vardier and he struck me with hakai energy, I noticed this body is really good at absorbing energy. I was able to maintain even that amount of power and redirect it right back at him. Even as I am now, I don’t stand a chance against Borbon, but if you three lend me your energy, I think it just might be enough.” Shihori brought her power up to transform into a Super Saiyan without any further questions. Her steely blue-green eyes looked back toward Goten and Trunks, “Well, come on guys, what are you waiting for?” Trunks chuckled at Shihori’s no non-sense approach and he quickly transformed into a Super Saiyan as well. Goten met Shihori’s eyes and he gave her a warm smile which was returned in kind from the determined young lady. He raised his power as well and in a golden flash he had transformed. The three teens surrounded Korian who looked around at each one of them, “Is everyone ready? Let’s do this!” They each raised their power output which began to envelope Korian and the entire area in one large fiery golden aura. Korian began to focus on taking all the energy into his body in measured amounts. The sensation was overwhelming at first as so much power was flowing from them that it threatened to completely engulf him. Korian clenched his teeth together tightly and remained focused on storing up as much ki as possible. Beads of sweat began to form on his brow from the strain of trying to hold in all the energy at once. Shihori grew concerned for him and started to back off a little, but she was caught off guard by his sudden outburst, “No, this isn’t enough. I need more power!” Shihori hesitated but her father looked at her directly with such passion that she obeyed him without question and added more of her ki. Korian began to tremble as he felt the waves of energy flow into him more intensely, but he suddenly cried out loud in a ferocious roar that caused a backlash of ki that knocked the three younger Saiyans to the ground. For a moment they were all dazed and disorientated from the ordeal of having their energies siphoned off so rapidly. When they finally managed to focus themselves, they all gasped in unison at what they witnessed. Korian stood with energy sparking off his body and a red hue emanating over his entire body. He took one step forward and looked up toward the sky before taking off into the air without another word. Shihori held up a hand to shield her eyes from the shockwave that was emitted once he bounded off the ground in such a hurry. She felt a swell of pride and confidence in her father’s plan of action but deep down she couldn’t help but worry for him and his chances of victory.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="India Actual, post: 2760, member: 80"] [FONT=verdana][B][SIZE=5]Chapter 8: (Part 16)[/SIZE][/B] Meanwhile, a few minutes earlier, Goten and Trunks settled down to the ground in an isolated clearing at the edge of the forest. Goten had done exactly as he was told and got them away from danger as quickly as possible. He gently laid out Shihori’s unconscious body on the ground while he kept her head elevated in his arms, “Quick! Trunks! The bag on her belt. She had senzu in there. See if there are any left.” Trunks immediately began going about untying the bag from around her belt and upturning the small sack to pour the contents out into his open palm. Three senzu fell out into his hand and he looked up to Goten with a satisfied grin, “We’re in business. Here.” He handed one of the senzu over to him. Goten looked down to Shihori’s unconscious body, she was breathing but she was looking pretty roughed up. Goten hesitated to act because he knew what he had to do for her. He took one look at Trunks who was waiting in anticipation for him to give her the senzu, “Well? What are you waiting for?” Goten grimaced at him as he felt the pressure falling square on his shoulders, “Look away for a minute. I can’t do it if you’re watching.” Trunks’ mouth fell open in exasperation with his best friend and he proceeded to roll his eyes at him before he turned his back, “Fine! Just hurry it up.” Goten placed the senzu between his lips and leaned forward to the unconscious Shihori. He fed her the senzu with his lips and ensured it was crushed so she could swallow it, he hesitated for a moment and relished in the soft, warm touch of her lips. Abruptly, Shihori’s eyes sprang open and Goten became startled by her sudden awakening. He snapped backward in fright; he was embarrassed over the fact that he was relishing in the moment of kissing her again. She began to cough and struggled to sit up in a panicked state, but Goten was there to reassure her, “Easy, easy now. You’re going to be okay.” She began to pat herself down checking her body for injuries. A hand immediately went to her neck to ensure she wasn’t cut open. She still remembered the feeling of the blade slicing into her flesh while she was at Borbon’s mercy. Her red eyes fell onto Goten suddenly which made him blush from embarrassment. “What happened? The last thing I remember was Borbon having me dead to rights. How did-?” Trunks interjected from off to the side which drew their attention to him, “My dad happened. He’s here fighting against her with your father.” Shihori’s ears perked up when she heard that Vegeta had arrived to help her father fight, but her expression still appeared grim after having received the good news. Her eyes fell to the ground in a thoughtful mood as she took a minute to gather herself together. “We need to go help them.” Goten began to protest the idea due to Korian’s instructions to get away and to keep her safe, “I don’t think that we should be going anywhere. Your dad was pretty specific that we should get to safety besides….” He grew a bit sheepish and rubbed the back of his neck as his embarrassment only deepened, “I promised him that I would keep you safe.” Shihori pressed herself up off the ground and popped her neck from side to side, “To hell with keeping me safe.” She looked back and forth between the both of them with a seriousness in her eyes that they both knew all too well. When Shihori put her mind to something there was absolutely nothing that was going to stop her from following through. “You guys…. we have to do this.” Goten threw his hands up in a shrug and asked the most obvious question, “You saw firsthand what she’s capable of, what can we hope to achieve against someone like that?” Shihori turned to face him and surprised him by taking him by the hands. She looked at him with pleading eyes that bored a hole directly into his heart, “Didn’t you feel it Goten? When we fought her, I’ve been through enough battles in my life that I can tell when someone is holding back.” Goten’s mouth drew a thin tight line as his lips pursed together tightly. His breathing grew long and hard as he tried to suppress that anxious feeling in the pit of his stomach. Shihori continued, “I’m not going to lose my father to this psychotic bitch and I’m not going to stand by so Trunks can lose his dad either. We’re all in this together until the bitter end.” Trunks walked up next to Shihori and placed a hand on her shoulder. His attention was focused solely on Goten who he gave a confident smirk to, “Well, what do you say partner? We do this one last time and maybe go out in a blaze of glory?” Shihori’s demeanor grew warm and she smirked at Trunks’ poetic comments. Both of them now looked to Goten for his answer. He began to shake his head from side to side and he looked up to the sky for a moment letting out an exasperated groan, “Aww you guys are killing me! There’s no one else I’d rather fight and probably die beside.” Goten took Shihori by the hand and put it front and center. Trunks slapped his hand down on top and the three of them smiled in agreement that this was their choice. It was now or never. Shihori broke free from their three musketeers moment and went to quickly retrieve her sword from the ground. She quickly sheathed the weapon and inspected her gear for damage including the sword she had acquired from Kanzō. She turned toward the boys seeming even more resolute in her decision, “If we do this, we’re going all out from the get-go. Think you guys can manage one more fusion?” Goten and Trunks looked to each other briefly and Trunks offered a smirk with a thumbs up, “I thought you’d never ask.” Goten shot Shihori an inquisitive look, “What about you?” Shihori responded by spreading her stance apart and cocking her fists back as she began to channel her ki. She huffed and let her ki flow freely over her entire body in a raging golden aura. She took a deep breath and cried out loud, “HAAAAAH!” There was a bright flash that obstructed the boys’ vision but when it cleared there stood a long golden haired Shihori with bio-electric discharge sparking off her body. They were both shocked since this was the first time that either of them had witnessed her transform to Super Saiyan 3 firsthand. Shihori’s intense blue eyes focused on them both and she spoke in a slightly deeper tone of voice, more serious, more determined to finish the fight, “Like I said, we’re going all out.” Korian’s vision was closing in on itself quickly as more of his strength was sapped from his body from being viciously asphyxiated. Vegeta had grown still but was barely conscious and struggling against her vise-like grip. Borbon continued her gleeful sneer, the uplifting sense of victory was so tantalizingly close she could taste it. Without warning Borbon released her foes from her death grip. Both Vegeta and Korian collapsed to the ground gasping for oxygen as their bodies adjusted back to being able to breathe once again. Without warning Borbon spun around to react to the threat that appeared before her. Shihori exploded onto the scene in her Super Saiyan 3 transformation, both her katana and Kanzō’s longsword were driven forward in overhand slashes toward the Angel. Borbon snatched both of her blades mid-stroke with her bare hands and wrestled with the small statured young lady. “Shihori…. you’re saving me the trouble of hunting you down later.” Borbon said with a hint of mirth in her voice. Shihori emitted a growl between her tightly clenched teeth as she unleashed more of her energy in an attempt to overpower her foe. Borbon rolled backwards with Shihori’s weapons still in her grasp, she began to drag the young lady along with her. Borbon rolled onto her back and as she hit the ground her foot was planted into Shihori’s abdomen. She forcefully tossed her overhead into the rock face that she had been choking Korian and Vegeta against. She struck the rock wall with great concussive force that caused part of it to give way and explode outward as if it was exploding from within. The young lady cringed in pain as her body collapsed into the rock, but she mustered herself together and quickly twisted her body to plant her feet against one of the pieces of stone that had been wrenched free. Korian and Vegeta looked on in surprise as the rock they had slumped against began to explode around them from the impact of Shihori’s body. Korian looked on in awe as his daughter moved to re-engage the Angel directly. As a father he felt the deepest sense of horror being forced to watch his child fight such a dangerous enemy on his behalf. Shihori kicked off the rocks which caused another shockwave back toward the now broken rock wall. The two collapsed Saiyans that were sitting at its base were forced to dive out of the way or be buried by the tons of rubble that was now freely flying through the air. Shihori came at Borbon with both swords at the ready but attacked one slash at a time. First, the katana was brought down in an overhand slash which was quickly slapped aside by a knife hand from the Angel. Next, Shihori’s acquired longsword was slashed from below at a strange angle, it was so strange in fact that it confused Borbon as to why she would even attempt to attack from such an orthodox position. The attack provided no power and appeared far too telegraphed to be the least bit effective. As Shihori completed the stroke it became clear that she never intended to strike her opponent in the first place. The blade came free from her hand and flung past Borbon’s face like a huge throwing knife. Borbon cursed herself for not paying attention as she felt another huge power creep up behind her. Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks soared between the trees and saw that Shihori had thrown the longsword from her grasp. He flew directly toward the incoming projectile and managed to snatch the sword out of mid-air. He came at Borbon now from behind with the curved longsword sweeping across her frame horizontally in an attempt to bifurcate her body. Borbon’s eyes began to glean with a shade of silver and her body reacted impossibly fast in response to Gotenks’ surprise attack. She managed to leap off the ground and throw her body over the top of the blade as it cut the air harmlessly underneath her body. In mid-air Borbon began to spin and lashed out with fists and feet at both Shihori and Gotenks. A foot slamming into Shihori’s chest and her fist smashing into Gotenks’ face. Each attack had an unreal amount of speed and power to it, so much in fact that both of them were thrown to the ground with enough force that their bodies bounced before coming to a halt. Shihori skidded to a stop and came to a rest in a crouched position, she hissed in pain and grasped her chest which now unprotected since her armor was completely destroyed from battle. Gotenks hit the ground on his chest and managed to dig his fingers into the earth to arrest his movement. He pushed up off the ground and spit blood off to the side that began to flow from in between his lips. Shihori spun her sword around with the tip of the blade aimed at the scabbard, she snapped it quickly and efficiently back into place. She braced her body against the ground and threw her hands forward to meet at the wrists. She called out with a “HAAA” as she began to unleash rapid fire energy bullets from her palms that were directed at Borbon. The trees in the forest began to explode due to the impacts of the stray energy bullets that Shihori was firing at her. A sizable gray cloud of smoke began to billow up from the location in which Borbon was standing. Gotenks began his own assault by throwing his hands forward quickly and in an alternating fashion. He launched a continuous barrage of high energy missiles into Borbon’s location that added to the ever-expanding plume of smoke and fire in the area. In a surprising and abrupt move, the flames quickly parted and Borbon made her presence known by moving toward Shihori at high speed. Shihori ceased her attack as soon as she realized it’s lack of effect and sudden onslaught by her enemy. Borbon phased in and out rapidly, leaving after images in her wake as she closed the distance between them. In a flash, she was right in front of her and lashing out with a swift kick that slapped viciously into the side of her face. Blood erupted from her mouth and a large cut that was opened up underneath her eye. Shihori tumbled to the ground but surprisingly managed to hold on to consciousness. Her shaky hands reached down to draw her sword, so she was able to better defend herself. Borbon seemed to be there in an instant ready to strike her down with an impaling knife hand through her chest. Just as she was about to finish her off, Korian appeared in front of her to catch the strike with his bare hands. Vegeta was attached to Korian but the blue haired Super Saiyan God quickly removed his hand from the furry Saiyan’s arm and went on the attack. Shihori cried out from behind them in surprise, “Papa!” Borbon snapped a quick short-range kick at Korian to give herself some space to maneuver and deal with Vegeta. He was already pressing inside of her guard and throwing a furious uppercut which narrowly missed her jaw. Gotenks flew in to join the fray still clutching the curved longsword that Shihori had given him. He came with a battle cry as he attempted to cut Borbon down, but she just smirked with amusement at him. She avoided Vegeta’s latest attempt at attacking her which was a close-range blast that was immediately deflected off a sweeping knife hand. She ducked low and collapsed herself to the ground, striking out with a kick out which caught Vegeta in his pelvis. This attack collapsed him to the ground quickly and effectively as his center of gravity was kicked out from under him. Borbon spun to deal with Gotenks’ attack by enveloping her hand in energy to form a ki blade. As Gotenks swiped the longsword at a diagonal angle, she swiped her energy blade upward at an oblique angle to cleave the blade neatly in two. Shocked by the sudden loss of his weapon, Gotenks was staggered backward by the unbalancing effect it had on him. It gave Borbon enough time to snatch the broken half neatly out of mid-air and thrust it toward Gotenks’ chest, “Two little birds with one stone.” Korian appeared using Kai Kai directly in line with her attack on Gotenks. He got himself in the way and barely managed to throw up an arm in time to block. The broken sword tip impaled cleanly through his right forearm, coming out the other side in a bloody display which spattered across Korian’s face and chest. Borbon grinned at the results of her attack like an insane cherish cat. She smashed a backfist across his Korian’s face which sent him careening away quite forcefully. She focused on Gotenks again who tried to muster up a defense by coming at her with a ki laden fist of his own. Borbon activated her Ultra instinct technique again which caused her body to quickly maneuver offline his attack. She responded by leaping into the air and pile driving fist down straight down into his back. Gotenks was slammed to the ground with an explosive force which caused a quick flash of light as the fusion broken down. Goten and Trunks toppled to the ground on opposite sides of the impact crater that Gotenks had made with his body. Shihori groaned as she made her way to her feet and painfully touched the open wound on her cheek. She sheathed her weapon and took off flying low and fast just a few feet above the ground. She snagged Vegeta off the ground by his arm which caused him a great surprise as she rocketed past Borbon. The Angel let out a “Hmph” as a mocking scoff at her decision to run. Goten and Trunks looked at one another while she was distracted and decided it would be best to make a break for it themselves. They followed behind Shihori as fast as they could get out of dodge. Shihori saw where Korian had landed and made her way over to him still clutching Vegeta. Once she touched down on the ground, she released her mentor who unleashed a foul-mouthed display of protests, “Damnit, I said get your hands off me! I didn’t ask to be rescued by you!” Shihori powered down to her Super Saiyan form and ignored Vegeta’s scathing remarks. Goten and Trunks joined them shortly after and settled in near Vegeta. Shihori made her way over to her father who had managed to sit up under his own power. He was back in his base form now, the back to back protracted battles and amount of damage he suffered had finally taken its toll on his body. He grimaced in pain as he tried to move his disabled right arm. Blood was flowing steadily from the wound that still contained the broken piece of Kanzō’s sword. “Shit, doesn’t look good.” Shihori knelt down next to him and looked up to see the pain written all over his face. “Yeah, it doesn’t feel too good either.” His arm was shaking involuntarily most likely due to nerve damage from having been cut so deeply. Shihori gingerly took a hold of the broken piece of sword and looked her father in the eyes as if to ask for permission. He nodded to her sharply and focused on her eyes to brace himself. In one fierce yank the blade was removed which caused Korian to scream out loud in pain. Now that the sword was removed, they could clearly see the gaping wound which was heavily hemorrhaging blood. Korian growled between his teeth at the tremendous level of pain he was experiencing. He tried to steady his breathing as he clamped down on his wound with his opposite hand. Shihori tossed the broken piece of sword she had removed from his arm off to the side. Without prompting she went about untying the bag containing the senzu from her belt and she poured the last two into the palm of her hand. She offered to feed her father one of them since he was occupied with keeping pressure on his gaping injury. He bit down on the senzu that she shoveled into his mouth which drew a scoff from Vegeta. The proud Saiyan prince crossed his arms and appeared decidedly more haughty than usual, “Pathetic.” Trunks prodded his own father which drew an intense stare, “Don’t start with me Trunks. I’m not in the mood.” Korian’s body started to quickly recover from the damage and he stood up flexing his right arm. Vegeta was surprised when Shihori walked up to him and offered him the last senzu. Vegeta kept his arms crossed in a defensive posture and shunned the offer, “I don’t need it.” Shihori’s face twisted with a perplexed look about her features. Vegeta had seen better days as his face bore several bleeding cuts to include a bloody nose, a bloody mouth, and a cut above his left eye. Shihori rolled her eyes at him and sucked her teeth “Tch. Do you ever stop being such an asshole? Because you’re being a huge asshole right now.” Vegeta’s eyebrows shot up in surprise and he bristled with anger at her blatant showing of disrespect, “What did you say to me?! Listen girl, don’t think just because you-” As he began to yell at her she quickly seized the opportunity to shove her fingers into his mouth and force feed the senzu to him. The other three went completely wide eyed with shock at the very brazen act Shihori just did. Vegeta’s eyes bulged and he gagged at the sudden intrusion of her hand into his mouth, but her plan worked and the senzu was swallowed by the angry Saiyan. Shihori calmly turned and walked away from him while dusting her hands off, “You’re welcome.” Vegeta fumed at her as she walked back toward her father. Korian finished his stretching and looked to Vegeta and the others, “We’re never going to win at this rate.” His eyes looked across all their faces and settled on Vegeta’s which appeared as his usual stern self, “I have an idea, but for it to work I need you to try and hold her off as long as you can. Do you think you can manage?” Vegeta scoffed to himself, “I may live there but I’m not some pathetic Earthling. I can handle her.” Korian smirked at Vegeta and felt reinvigorated to put his plan into motion, “I’d expect no less.” Korian quickly raised his power level and tried to feel out the power he had experienced before. That primal Saiyan nature that he had learned to tame with the help of Shihori’s kind heart. There was a brilliant golden which preceded a primal cry. When all the activity had subsided, he stood once again in his powered-up form with red fur on his body, long dark hair, and a pair of sharply focused golden eyes. This elevated power drew the attention of Borbon who quickly maneuvered her way to meet up with her prey. The Angel appeared standing not far from the group with a sly sneer drawing across her face, her eyes narrowed as she focused in on each one of their surprised faces, “There you are my dear little Saiyans! Now that I have you all together, how about we just go ahead and wrap this up?” She raised an open palm in front of her body and abruptly brought bear a red ki orb that crackled intensely with a dense amount of energy. Vegeta walked forward to stand in her way of the rest of the group, “Not so fast. You and I have unfinished business.” Borbon snapped her hand closed around the attack she had charged up in her hand, “Fine, I’ll play along with you Vegeta. Not that it truly matters to me in what order I get to kill you.” She pointed at them all like she was lining up items to be counted. “Then I think I’ll take a little detour over to Universe 7 to go visit your loved ones.” Vegeta clenched his fists together tightly in anger at her threats to his family, “That’s the only time you’re ever going to threaten my family!” A blue aura exploded around Vegeta’s body as he focused all his godly powered forward to match the might of the Angel’s Ultra instinct. Vegeta exploded off the ground toward her in a fierce barrage of fists that came lashing out all at once. Borbon hadn’t expected such violent resolve from him and she was pushed back under pressure of his sudden onslaught. She quickly changed gears and focused her power to activate the Ultra instinct state. Her eyes watched his attacks flow toward her like if they were moving in slow motion until she finally seized upon an opening in his attack pattern. Borbon slammed a powerful uppercut into Vegeta’s gut which caused him to gasp and hunch over her fist that was still pressing into his body. What surprised her next was that Vegeta clamped down both hands forcefully on her forearm with a hiss of anger. He planted his feet and spun her around wildly before casting her off into the sky. He focused on his opponent and brought his hands to his side with the knuckles touching one another, “GALICK……HO!” A large golden beam fired from his hands as they were brought forward into attack position. The beam cascaded along until it collided with Borbon’s tumbling body in mid-air in an enormous explosion. Vegeta didn’t wait for a damage assessment, he leapt off the ground and took off to ensure that the attack was successful. As he approached the cloud of smoke, he was surprised by the rapid appearance of Borbon from behind the veil of smoke. She had a silver sheen to her normally violet eyes and remained steadfastly focused on Vegeta. She came at him too fast to react and as he attempted to lash out at her with a punch to counter her advance. Her body quickly moved out of the way of his attack, leaving him punching at nothing but open air. She came up directly inside his guard, so close that she could whisper into his ear, “Pathetic.” Vegeta was stunned but what came next truly left an impact as he was hammered continuously with dozens of blows that seemed to rain in so impossibly fast that he had no time to even raise his defenses. After it was over Vegeta barely managed to remain conscious as he was left a bloody and battered mess. He began to collapse to the ground and fall out of the air, but Borbon clutched him by what remained of his clothing before he tumbled out of the sky. “No, you’re not getting off that easy Vegeta. You need to pay for your hubris, and I just happened to have the right tool for the job.” Her eyes narrowed to small slits and her voice carried her words callously. She lifted him up effortlessly above her own head and reached back with her free hand to form a knife hand that she pressed to his chest and intended to impale him brutally slow like she had done to Sidra. Trunks, Goten, and Shihori were in awe of Vegeta’s sheer ferocity while engaging Borbon one on one. Korian got their attention back down to earth by calling out to them, “Guys, I’m going to need your help this time.” The three younger warriors all turned toward him with attention to what he wanted to do. “When I was fighting Vardier and he struck me with hakai energy, I noticed this body is really good at absorbing energy. I was able to maintain even that amount of power and redirect it right back at him. Even as I am now, I don’t stand a chance against Borbon, but if you three lend me your energy, I think it just might be enough.” Shihori brought her power up to transform into a Super Saiyan without any further questions. Her steely blue-green eyes looked back toward Goten and Trunks, “Well, come on guys, what are you waiting for?” Trunks chuckled at Shihori’s no non-sense approach and he quickly transformed into a Super Saiyan as well. Goten met Shihori’s eyes and he gave her a warm smile which was returned in kind from the determined young lady. He raised his power as well and in a golden flash he had transformed. The three teens surrounded Korian who looked around at each one of them, “Is everyone ready? Let’s do this!” They each raised their power output which began to envelope Korian and the entire area in one large fiery golden aura. Korian began to focus on taking all the energy into his body in measured amounts. The sensation was overwhelming at first as so much power was flowing from them that it threatened to completely engulf him. Korian clenched his teeth together tightly and remained focused on storing up as much ki as possible. Beads of sweat began to form on his brow from the strain of trying to hold in all the energy at once. Shihori grew concerned for him and started to back off a little, but she was caught off guard by his sudden outburst, “No, this isn’t enough. I need more power!” Shihori hesitated but her father looked at her directly with such passion that she obeyed him without question and added more of her ki. Korian began to tremble as he felt the waves of energy flow into him more intensely, but he suddenly cried out loud in a ferocious roar that caused a backlash of ki that knocked the three younger Saiyans to the ground. For a moment they were all dazed and disorientated from the ordeal of having their energies siphoned off so rapidly. When they finally managed to focus themselves, they all gasped in unison at what they witnessed. Korian stood with energy sparking off his body and a red hue emanating over his entire body. He took one step forward and looked up toward the sky before taking off into the air without another word. Shihori held up a hand to shield her eyes from the shockwave that was emitted once he bounded off the ground in such a hurry. She felt a swell of pride and confidence in her father’s plan of action but deep down she couldn’t help but worry for him and his chances of victory. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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