Dragon Ball: Cold Vengeance

Dragon Ball: Cold Vengeance is a story created by Hyper Zergling and KidVegeta. This story tells the tale of Yuki, daughter of Nitro, and her effort to murder her father's killer. Yuki sets up her ambush of the Saiyan on a curious Mrovian outpost... but as soon becomes apparent, the planet has just as many surprises for her as she has planned for him.

Conflict Of Interest
 <774 AGE>   Chaiva: And where are you going? Cuber: What do you mean?  Chaiva: I asked you a question, Cuber. Cuber:  I’m going out to train. What else could I be doing? Chaiva:  Again? Cuber: You know I’m out every noon. It’s part of the routine. I don’t know why you’re asking me about that. Chaiva: You’re always out! We never see each other anymore. Cuber: So what? Training’s important. Chaiva: You know, now that we’re together, I thought we were going to actually spend some time together. You are never interested in me! Not since that night- Cuber:  Oh, you can’t be serious. I didn’t think you were this soft, Chaiva.  Chaiva:  Soft?! Cuber: We’re Saiyans. What do you expect? Chaiva:  Get out!   Cuber:  Bitch! What the hell’s her problem?  Fine, if she wants to act like that, I’m not staying around. 

Cuber: Fifteen billion?  Quoeyg: <THROUGH MIND TALK> Cuber, are you going somewhere? Cuber: <GRUFFLY> I don’t know. Quoeyg: You and your mate were participating in quite a tirade. We could hear from the Fountain. Cuber: It was all her. She’s been angry at me for no reason for months. I don’t know what to do. <HE PAUSES> She’s better blowing off steam alone. Quoeyg: Are you sure? Cuber: Yeah. I need a break from her too. I’ll just go train on some other planet. <CUBER TURNS TO LEAVE WHEN QUOEYG STOPS HIM> Quoeyg: If you are going now, Cuber, I must make a request. Cuber: <COUNTERPOINT> Yeah? Quoeyg: We have an outpost in the northern region. If you could stop by and see what is going on there, that would be most helpful. Cuber: Why? Quoeyg: We have stopped receiving transmissions from them. We need to know what happened there. Cuber: Can’t you just send your own ships there? Quoeyg: We were going to, but it would be much faster for you to go there. Cuber: Fine, I’ll do it. Quoeyg: Very good. <CUBER NODS TO HIM BEFORE WALKING OFF; HE SIGHS AGAIN> <CUTS TO A DIFFERENT SCENE> Voice: Tell me his name. <THE SCREEN COMES INTO FOCUS; THERE IS A SMALL, SKULL-CHEEKED ANIMAL WITH TALL FANGED TEETH; ITS EARS COME OFF A POINTED BONEY APPENDAGE; HE IS WEARING SIMPLE CLOTHES, AND IS BLEEDING QUITE A BIT; HIS NECK IS RUNNING WITH PURPLE BLOOD; ITS SKIN COLOR IS A SKY BLUE ALL OVER, WITH DARKER SHADES AROUND THE EYES AND ALL ORIFICES> <HOLDING HIM, IN ONE HAND IS ANOTHER CREATURE; THIS ONE IS TALLER AND PALER; ITS SKIN IS WHITE WITH A SLIGHTLY PEACHY HUE; IT IS BIPEDAL, OBVIOUSLY OF THE SAME RACE AS FRIEZA, BUT ALSO DIFFERENT; ITS EYES ARE STRUCTURELESS, MERELY AS SIDEWAYS SLITS; ON THE TOP OF ITS HEAD IS A PLUME OF HAIR THAT IS BLACK; IT SPIKES UP AND OVER THE HEAD, DOWN THE BACK; THE LENGTH HITS TO ABOUT THE BASE OF ITS TAIL; THE TAIL IS JUST LIKE FRIEZA’S; THE ENTIRE BODY IS VERY STREAMLINED AND CURVED, WHILE MAINTAINING A LEVEL OF MUSCLE MASS WHICH APPEARS MORE REFINED AND BUILT THAN MOST CREATURES; THE CREATURE HAS BREASTS TOO; IT IS FEMALE> Voice: I asked you a question. <THE FEMALE CREATURE DIGS HER FINGERNAILS FURTHER INTO THE HELPLESS ALIEN IN HER HANDS; HE BLEEDS MORE> Alien: I-I don’t know what you’re talking about! Voice: My father fought him here. My father’s records would not lie. <SHE SQUEEZES HIS NECK MORE> I’m sure you wouldn’t, either. Alien: I wouldn’t! I don’t what a Saiyan is. You can’t expect me to. Voice: <SNEERING> Do you have any idea who I am? My father Nitro was the ruler of the universe! Your foul planet means nothing to me. Your life is inconsequential! <SHE THROWS THE ALIEN ONTO THE GROUND> Don’t test my patience. Alien: I didn’t mean- <THE FEMALE ALIEN FLEXES HER HANDS AND SENDS OUT A WEB OF PURPLE BLASTS, WHICH OBSCURE THE SCREEN FOR A MOMENT; THEY NOT ONLY DESTROY THE ALIEN SHE HAD IN FRONT OF HER, BUT WRECK THE LAND ABOUT; WHEN THE DUST SETTLES, HER FIGURE IS UNMOVED; THE LANDSCAPE IS MADE BARREN, THE TREES, GRASS, WATER, LUSHNESS, ALL DESTROYED IN PLACE OF CRACKED AND SMOKING ASH> <THE FEMALE ALIEN LOWERS HER ARMS> <A SOLDIER COMES UP FROM BEHIND HER; IT IS WEARING THE STANDARD PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION ARMOR; PURPLE ON BLACK> Kirka: Lady Yuki, shall we move on? Yuki: Put all fleets on standby. Kirka: Yes, my lady. <KIRKA IS A SMALL DARK CREATURE; I’D SAY HE LOOKS LIKE AN IMP; HE IS VERY SERVILE> <YUKI RETURNS TO HER SHIP, WHICH IS IN ORBIT OVER A BURNING PLANET; BEHIND HER SHIP IS A FLEET OF ALL HER OTHER SHIPS> <THERE ARE DOZENS OF SHIPS HOLDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS> <YUKI PACES; BEHIND HER ARE OTHER SOLDIERS, WORKING THE SHIP; SHE IS IN THE CONTROL ROOM> <KIRKA IS HER MAIN ASSISTANT; SHE HAS ONE OTHER, NARO> <NARO IS A MEDIUM SIZED CREATURE WITH A BIPEDAL, HUMAOID BODY, AND A SWIFT SHRIEKER’S FACE; HE IS A PURPLE CREATURE WITH ORANGE EYES; HIS ARMOR IS GREY ON RED> <YUKI SETTLES DOWN IN HER CHAIR; SHE LOOKS OVER HER BATTLE SCREEN, WATCHING AS HER FLEETS SPREAD OUT OVER PLANETS AND BEGIN CONSUMING THEM> Yuki: Did father ever speak of his name? Kirka: I never knew it. I doubt he did either, my lady. Yuki: He must be within the region. Turn the long range scouters on. His level will be far above any other’s. Naro: <IN THE BACKGROUND> Done. Yuki: He’ll be on one of these… I’ll flush out that stinking monkey myself. <YUKI PAUSES, AND ULTIMATELY STOPS HER THOUGHT AS SHE WATCHES HER COMPLETE ARMIES PILLAGING AND PURGING THROUGH EACH PLANET WITHIN NITRO’S TERRITORY; SHE SETTLES DOWN INTO UNBLINKING WATCHING OF THAT, WITH ONE EYE TRAINED ON THE SCREEN THAT SHOWED THE LONG RANGE POWER LEVELS FOR EACH PLANET BEING ATTACKED>

Empire Of Dirt
<CAMERA IS ON YUKI, WHO IS STILL GLARING AT THE HER SCREEN FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER>

<AS EXPECTED, HER SCREEN SUDDENLY BEEPS, SHOWING HER THAT THE LONG RANGED SCOUTERS DETECTED A HIGH POWER LEVEL OF 22.2 MILLION; THE SCREEN THEN SHOWS THE SOURCE OF THE POWER, A SPACE POD, AND THEN SIMULATES THE TRAJECTORY AND ESTIMATED DESTINATION OF THE POD>

<YUKI TAPS HER ARM COMMAND>

Yuki: Naro, I’ve found him. Send all forces to this location.

Naro: <FROM BEHIND> They’ll be there.

<SHE SETS A BEACON ON THE PLANET WHERE THE POD IS SET TO COME TO; YUKI SMILES >

<CUTS AWAY>

<PLANET BRAXIS>

<IN A FROZEN WASTELAND>

<THE CAMERA SLIDES ACROSS THE SNOW AND SLOWS DOWN AS IT PASSES A SPACE POD; THE CAMERA STOPS SLIDING WHEN A CHILD IN A RED HOODIE AND JEANS IS SEEN; HE IS SHIVERING FROM THE COLDNESS AROUND HIM>

<THE BOY IS SITTING IN THE SNOW, HIS KNEES SPLAYED OUTWARD; IN FRONT OF HIM IS A SMALL DEVICE, SQUARISH AND TALL; IT IS BLACK, WITH SILVER; ABOUT TWO FEET TALL; HE IS STARING AT IT>

Ledas: It’s just me and you again. I didn’t want to bring you… but Ryori was mad at me anyway, I guess. It’s better this way. He’d accidentally open you up or something. <THERE IS NO RESPONSE> I wonder what you’re doing in there.

<THE CAMERA COMES AROUND AND SHOWS A SHOT FROM RIGHT AT THE DEVICE, LOOKING UP INTO THE BOY’S EYES; HE IS STARING WITH A HUGE LOOK AT THE THING>

<LEDAS STANDS UP; HE CREATES A SMALL YELLOW ENERGY BEAM WHICH HE SHOOTS AS A CONTINUOUS BLAST AROUND HIM AND THE MIND PRISON, MELTING THE SNOW OUT OF THE WAY>

<HOWEVER, AS HE DOES THIS, A GREAT RUMBLING OCCURS AND LEDAS STUMBLES OVER AND FALLS BACKWARD INTO THE SNOW; BEFORE HE CAN GET UP, A DARK SHAPE SPRINGS UP FROM RIGHT UNDER THE MIND PRISON AND SENDS IT FLYING DOWN THE SLOPE>

<LEDAS JUMPS UP IN A HANDS FREE FLIP; HE LOOKS TOWARD WHAT THIS NEW SIGHT IS; AS LEDAS CAN SEE, IT IS A BEHEMOTH; A HUGE ARMORED INSECT LIKE ANIMAL, BLACK AND BROWN; IT STARES DOWN AT LEDAS WITH ITS MANY EYES, AND REACHES FORWARD WITH ITS MANY ARMS>

<IT LUNGES AT HIM, BITING HIS ARM AND KNOCKING HIM INTO THE SNOW; BEFORE THE INSECT CAN BITE AGAIN, THE CHILD KICKS UPWARD AND BREAKS FREE>

<LEDAS LANDS, AND WITHOUT A BEAT CREATES A NEW ENERGY BLAST IN EACH HAND; HE AIMS HIS HANDS UPWARD AND SHOOTS THE BLASTS AT THE CREATURE; THE TWO ORANGE BEAMS OF ENERGY LAND ONTO THE CREATURE AND BEGIN DESTROYING IT; WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE BURNING ATTACK HAS BURNED THROUGH THE INSECT’S ARMOR AND INCINERATES IT FULLY; HOWEVER, BEFORE LEDAS CAN EVEN LOWER HIS ARMS, MORE INSECTS POUR OUT FROM THE HOLE LEDAS MADE>

<THESE ONES ARE SMALLER, ONLY ABOUT HALF HIS HEIGHT; THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THEM>

<THE SWARM CHARGES AT HIM; LEDAS LOCKS HIMSELF DOWN AND DROPS TO A KNEE; HE YELLS OUT AND SHOOTS THEM ALL WITH HIS BURNING ATTACK AGAIN, WHICH ENVELOPS OVER ALL THE CREATURES>

<AS THE OTHERS COME FROM OTHER SIDES, LEDAS TURNS AND SHOOTS TWO SWEEPING ARCS OF THE ATTACK BEHIND HIS BACK TO HIS SIDES, WITHOUT TURNING; HUGE WALLS OF FIRE SHOOT UP BEHIND HIM, AS EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED>

<WITH THAT, THE CREATURES ARE ALL KILLED; LEDAS LOOKS AROUND FOR ANY MORE, BUT THERE ARE NONE>

<EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO MORE SNOW AROUND HIM, LEDAS GOES BACK TO SHIVERING; BUT THEN, HE TENSES UP EVEN FURTHER WHEN HE FEELS SOMETHING>

Ledas: Who’s there?

<LEDAS REALIZES THAT THE POWER IS COMING FROM SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY; BUT THEN, HE FEELS ANOTHER, STRONGER POWER HEADED TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF THE FIRST POWER>

<THE CAMERA IS FROM BELOW AND BEHIND ON THE GROUND, LOOKING UP TO LEDAS>

Ledas: Wow, those are some big powers. I bet they’re gonna fight. <CURIOUS AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON, HE CLIMBS INTO HIS SPACE POD AND TAKES OFF> I wanna see this. <THE CAMERA DOES NOT FOLLOW THE SPACE POD AND STAYS ON THE FROZEN GROUND; IT MOVES DOWN THE HILL, DOWN INTO THE SNOW; IT ZOOMS ONTO A SMALL OBJECT, WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE THE FORGOTTEN MIND PRISON, HALF BURIED AND UPSIDE DOWN>

<CUTS BACK TO YUKI; SHE HAS HER SAUCER-LIKE SPACE SHIP ALREADY ON THE GROUND BEHIND HER; SHE IS STANDING ON THE SOIL; THE PLANET IS MOUNTAINOUS AND DRY; CRAGGED AND BROKEN; THE SKY IS RED AND ORANGE AND THERE IS SILENCE>

<YUKI WALKS FORWARD AS HER OTHER SHIPS BEGIN LANDING BEHIND HER>

<YUKI APPROACHES HER TWO COMMANDERS, NARO AND KIRKA>

<KIRKA IS KNEELING OVER A ROCK OVERLOOK; NARO IS STANDING NEXT TO HIM; THE TWO OF THEM ARE LOOKING DOWN ON SOMETHING; DOWN THE CLIFF IS A SMALL ARRAY, FILLED WITH SEVERAL BUILDINGS AND A TOWER, BUILT INTO THE FAR MOUNTAIN>

<THE ENTIRE COMPLEX IS DESTROYED AND FILLED WITH MELTED METAL, LONG SINCE BURNED OUT; SEVERAL GROUPS OF YUKI’S SOLDIERS ARE ALREADY DOWN THERE, OBVIOUSLY HAVING ALREADY DESTROYED THIS PLANET’S OUTPOST>

And The Horse You Rode In On
<AND THERE CAME A TIME, AT SUDDEN REPRISE THAT A SMALL OBJECT ENTERED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE; NAY, VERILY IT WAS A SPACE POD, AND IT HELD THE SLEEPING CUBER>

<THOUGH HE DREAMT OF MANY A THING, INTO HIS MIND DID NOT ENTER THE IDEA, THE SIMPLE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE COULD BE REAL, ACTUAL DANGER AWAITING HIM ON THIS VACATION PLANET OF HIS>

<CUBER’S POD TOUCHES DOWN QUICKLY; THERE IS NOTHING AROUND HIM, SAVE FOR THE BROKEN AND CRAGGED STEPPES OF THE OVERLOOK WHICH HE LANDED ON; CUBER GETS OUT AND LOOKS AROUND; HE SEES THE SUN SETTING IN A BRILLIANT STREAK OF ORANGE AND PURPLE ACROSS THE FAR SKY>

<HOWEVER, CUBER PICKS UP SEVERAL HIGH POWER LEVELS, AND IMMEDIATELY SNAPS INTO A SERIOUS MOOD; REALIZING THAT MROVIANS, EVEN IN THEIR BATTLE SUITS, ARE BARELY A FRACTION OF THE POWERS HE IS SENSING, HE ASSUMES THE WORST; HE DROPS OFF THE BUTTE AND FALLS INTO A LOW FLY; HE CONCEALS HIS POWER LEVEL AS HE GOES>

<CUBER FLIES TO THE MASS OF POWER LEVELS HE FEELS; THEY DO NOT PICK UP ON HIM; HE FINDS THEM, AS EXPECTED, AROUND THE MROVIAN OUTPOST; THEY ARE PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION SOLDIERS; EVERY ONE OF THEM WEARS THE STANDARD ARMOR; THEIR COLORS VARY>

<CUBER LANDS AND CROUCHES DOWN; HE SNEAKS UP FORWARD, GETTING CLOSER TO THE SOLDIERS; HE DOES NOT WANT TO IMMEDIATELY KILL THEM FOR THEY COULD HAVE MROVIAN PRISONERS, AND HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING; THEY COULD BE FRIENDS!>

<BELOW, NARO AND KIRKA ARE ORDERING THEIR PLATOONS INTO THE COMPLEX, AND INTO THE CAVE THAT THE BUILDING IS BUILT INTO; INDEED, THE MROVIAN RESEARCH CENTER IS PROTRUDING RIGHT OUT FROM THE CAVE SIDE>

<AS THEY ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH, CUBER SEES THAT NONE OF THEM ARE IN A HURRIED MODE, AND NONE OF THEM APPEAR INJURED; HE CANNOT SEE ANY BODIES ANYWHERE, NOR ANY CRATERS OUTSIDE THE COMPLEX; HOWEVER, THE BUILDING ITSELF LOOKS LIKE IT BLEW UP A LONG, LONG TIME AGO; ITS METAL IS TWISTED AND BURNED, STREAKS OF ASH COAT THE SIDES; THE DOORS AND WINDOWS ARE DEACTIVATED; THE ROOF IS PARTIALLY CAVED IN, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE BUILDING HAD BEEN ON FIRE; BUT NOT RECENTLY>

<CUBER DOES NOT THINK THAT THE PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DONE THIS>

<AS HE GETS TO THE ROCKS, A GROUP OF SHARP BROWN ONES THAT JUT OUT RIGHT OVER THE HILL LOOKING DOWN INTO THE COMPLEX, CUBER HEARS A NOISE; HE STIFFENS UP, AND WHEELS AROUND>

Yuki: <WALKS OUT FROM BEHIND THE ROCK, HER TAIL UPRIGHT BEHIND HER; THE FIRES BURNING BRIGHTLY TO SILLHOUETTE HER FIGURE> Looking for something, Saiyan?

Cuber: <TURNS AROUND> What?

Yuki: I'd imagine you to be quicker, after what you did to my father. Perhaps wit does not accompany brawn.

Cuber: Your father?

Yuki: <THROUGH GRITTED TEETH; SHE JUMPS DOWN AND LANDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF CUBER> Lord Nitro.

Cuber: So you're his daughter?!

Yuki: That's right, <SHE WALKS RIGHT UP TO HIM AND SLAPS HIM ACROSS THE FACE, BARING HER TEETH AND BREATHING HIM DOWN> worm!

<CUBER GETS UP; FEELING HOW STRONG YUKI IS, AND EXPECTING HER TO WANT TO KILL HIM (BECAUSE HE, OF COURSE, ALREADY MURDERED HER FATHER), HE TRIES TO POWER UP RIGHT AWAY; YUKI STANDS BACK AND LETS HIM; SHE SEEMS NOT THE LEAST BIT CONCERNED; WITHIN SECONDS, CUBER’S HAIR TURNS A LIGHT SHADE OF GOLD, HIS MUSCLES EXPAND, AND HIS AURA FLAILS OUTWARDS IN SPIKES; HE IS IN THE ASCENDED SUPER SAIYAN TRANSFORMATION; HIS POWER NOW DRASTICALLY ENHANCED, HE FEELS FOR HIMSELF THAT HE IS THE STRONGER ONE>

Cuber: Don’t make the same mistake your father did.

Yuki: <SEES HIM GO SUPER SAIYAN; SCOFFING> That is your secret? Don't make me laugh. <SHE FLEXES HER NECK SIDEWAYS AND READS HIS POWER LEVEL WITH HER SCOUTER> You're nothing.

<YUKI LIGHTS HER AURA SLIGHTLY, WHICH IS ULTRAMARINE, POWERING UP JUST ABOVE CUBER’S FORM; HE DOESN’T NOTICE IT IN TIME BEFORE HE ATTACKS>

<CUBER CHARGES AT YUKI WITH A KICK, WHICH SHE DODGES; CUBER AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKS YUKI, BUT SHE BLOCKS AND AVOIDS HIS PUNCHES AND KICKS EFFORTLESSLY; SHE IS CLEARLY TOYING WITH HIM; CUBER EVENTUALLY LANDS A KICK IN HER CHEST, CAUSING HER TO STUMBLE A LITTLE BIT; WHEN SHE REGAINS BALANCE, SHE SMILES; SHE CLEARLY TOOK ALMOST NO PAIN FROM THE ATTACK>

<WITH A YELL, CUBER CHARGES AT HER AGAIN AND PUNCHES HER IN THE ABDOMEN, SENDING HER FLYING BACKWARDS; YUKI IMMEDIATELY FLIES STRAIGHT BACK AT CUBER AND RETURNS THE SAME PUNCH; AS CUBER IS FLINCHING FROM THE PAIN, YUKI KICKS HIM ACROSS THE HEAD, AND THEN KICKS HIM A SECOND TIME STRAIGHT TO HIS FACE; CUBER ATTEMPTS TO THROW ANOTHER ATTACK, BUT IS KICKED IN THE CHEST AND FALLS; YUKI GRABS HIM BY THE COLLAR AND LIFTS HIM UPRIGHT>

<YUKI HOOKS HER RIGHT FOOT AROUND HIS HEAD WHILE SHE CONTINUOUSLY KICKS HIS CHEST WITH HER OTHER; YUKI LETS GO, CAUSING THE LAST KICK TO SCRAPE CUBER ACROSS THE GROUND; SHE FLIES AT HIM, BUT HE IMMEDIATELY GETS ON HIS HANDS AND KICKS UPWARDS INTO HER CHIN, SHATTERING HER SCOUTER; CUBER THROWS MORE FUTILE PUNCHES, BUT THIS TIME, YUKI IS ALSO ON OFFENSIVE; AFTER LANDING SEVERAL MORE BLOWS AND BLOCKING AT THE SAME TIME, YUKI PUNCHES THE SAIYAN DEEP INTO A CLIFFISDE, CREATING A MASSIVE SIDEWAYS CRATER>

<TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, YUKI CREATES A MASSIVE BALL OF KI, A PINK ONE NO LESS, AND THROWS IT AT THE CLIFF; BEFORE IT REACHES THE GROUND, IT SPLITS INTO MILLIONS OF SMALL BALLS AND RAINS DOWN ON THE AREA, INCINERATING EVERY PIECE OF ROCK AND FOLIAGE AROUND, WITHOUT CREATING A HUGE CRATER AND DUST CLOUD TO ALLOW CUBER TO ESCAPE>

<CUBER BLOCKS THE ATTACK, BUT DOES NOT GET UP; HE IS BREATHING QUITE HARD>

Yuki: Get up, wretch. You think you can insult his memory by putting up such a weak show?

Cuber: Aaahh!!

<CUBER LAUNCHES A ONE HANDED, RED ENERGY BLAST UP TO YUKI; SHE BATS IT AWAY; HOWEVER, IN THE TIME IT TOOK HER TO DO THIS, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO KEEP WATCH ON CUBER; HE HAS VANISHED; BEFORE SHE CAN PUT UP A PROPER DEFENSE, HE COMES CRASHING DOWN ON HER HEAD, HIS HANDS INTERLOCKED>

<SHE FALLS, BUT CUBER PURSUES AND FLIES AROUND TO HER PLACE OF IMPACT; YUKI WILD SENSES THROUGH HIS FLYING FIGURE, AND SPINS UPSIDE DOWN BEHIND HIM; AS HE TURNS AROUND, IN SLOW MOTION, SHE WHIPS HIM IN THE FACE WITH HER TAIL; HE STUTTERS BACK, IN THE AIR; YUKI FIRES OFF TWO EYE BEAMS, WHICH KNICK HIM IN THE THROAT; HE BLEEDS FROM THAT>

<YUKI RUSHES AT HIM AND BACKHANDS HIS GUARD, SHATTERING IT; SHE THEN BEGINS A DIZZYING ATTACK OF PUNCHES INTO HIS CHEST, STOMACH, AND FACE, WHICH CUBER CANNOT DEFEND; HE IS BATTERED MERCILESSLY; CUBER’S AURA HAS LONG SINCE VANISHED, BUT HE IS STILL IN SUPER SAIYAN>

<YUKI STOPS AND PUNCHES HIM IN THE GUT; AS CUBER KEELS OVER, SHE GRABS HIS HAIR WITH BOTH HER HANDS AND DOES A BACKFLIP, PROPELLING HIM UP AND OVER, AND DOWN AGAIN, HARD INTO THE GROUND; HE LANDS ON THE BLOODIED EARTH AND STUMBLES TO GET UP, BUT HE CANNOT>

<HIS ARMOR AND CLOTHES ARE TORN AND BROKEN>

<YUKI LAND BEHIND HIM; SHE BRINGS HER CLAWED FEET DOWN HARD ON CUBER’S BACK, SLAMMING HIS FACE BACK TO THE GROUND; SHE KEEPS HER RIGHT FOOT ON HIS BACK LIKE THAT>

Yuki: If you cannot offer me a better challenge, I will just have to pull the life out of you right here. It’ll be very slow, I promise you that.

<CUBER LETS OUT A PAINED GRUNT; YUKI TRIES A SHOCKING BEAM ON CUBER, BUT HE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE TOO PAINED BY IT; UNSATISFIED, SHE DIGS HER CLAWS FARTHER INTO HIS BACK BEFORE GRIPPING HIM AND THROWING HIM UP INTO THE AIR; SHE TELEPORTS BEHIND HIM AND ELBOWS HIM BACK DOWN INTO THE GROUND>

<YUKI PICKS CUBER UP WITH HER TAIL; SHE WRAPS IT AROUND HIS NECK; HE IS FACING AWAY FROM HER; YUKI CREATES TWO KNIFE BEAMS IN EACH HAND; SHE TEARS INTO CUBER’S BACKSIDE WITH THEM, RELENTLESSLY CUTTING, SLICING AND CUTTING AGAIN AND AGAIN; CUBER’S ARMOR HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND FALLEN OFF; HE STILL WEARS THE JUMPSUIT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN RIPPED OFF HIS BACK; HE IS BLEEDING AND BRUISING BADLY ON HIS BACK>

<YUKI DOES NOT STOP AS CUBER’S BLOOD IS SPLATTERED ACROSS HER BODY AND FACE; SHE SMIRKS SLIGHTLY>

<IN THE BACKGROUND, ANOTHER POD COMES ROARING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE; THIS ONE IS BEING DRIVEN BY A CONSCIOUS DRIVER; LEDAS IS FEELING THE POWER LEVELS HE FELT BEFORE, AND THEY ARE FIGHTING; WELL, ONE IS DOMINATING, HE CAN TELL>

<HE STEERS HIS POD AS CLOSE TO THEM AS HE CAN, AND LANDS IT SOFTLY; HE SPRINGS OUT OF HIS POD IN A CHIPPER JUMP; LEDAS LOOKS AROUND FOR THE FIGHTERS, WHEN HE SEES A COLLECTION OF PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION SOLDIERS; HE FIRST RUNS TO THEM>

<HE SKIDS DOWN THE ROCKY DIRT TO THEIR CAMP, IF IT COULD BE CALLED THAT; IT IS MERELY A COLLECTION OF A FEW SAUCER SHIPS; LEDAS RUNS UP TO A NEARBY SOLDIER>

Ledas: Hey? I’m here for the fight. Who’s fighting?

Soldier 1: What are you talking about? <HE TURNS AND GETS A GOOD LOOK AT LEDAS> Who… who are you?

Ledas: Ledas…

Soldier 1: Right. Are you a native or something? I’m, uh, like, not in the mood an uprising right now.

Ledas: No, I’m here for the fight.

<ANOTHER FIGURE COMES WALKING IN, LAZILY>

Naro: A fight? What’re you on about, soldier?

Ledas: <DEVILISH GRIN> What’re you talkin’ about, I’m not a soldier.

Naro: Ah, no armor. Should’ve known.

Ledas: Psh, I have a set, but I don’t wear it anymore. They’re too bulky.

Naro: Are ya saying you could even fight? Look, you’re scrawny and barely as big as my boot. Hell, I’m reading your power level right now, and it’s pathetic. <HE CLICKS HIS SCOUTER>

Ledas: Do you wanna fight, then?

Naro: Fight? It’ll be more like a massacre. Yeah, a massacre. I love those. <HE CRACKS HIS KNUCKLES> Hey, Kirka, come here. Look at this kid I found. He wants to fight.

<KIRKA COMES ZOOMING OVER; HE LOOKS MIGHTY ANNOYED>

Kirka: What’s that? You finally found the owner of this place? Did he say what happened to his-

Naro: No, he’s just some kid.

<LEDAS GRINS AT THEM, AND DROPS INTO A FIGHTING STANCE; HIS TAIL GOES UP IN THE AIR BEHIND HIM TO GIVE HIM PROPER BALANCE FOR HIS FORM; HIS FORM HAS HIM LOW TO THE GROUND, PUSHED FORWARD; HIS KNEES ARE BENT BACK AND HIS ARMS ARE POINTING FORWARD, IF PUSHED BACK; HE IS LIKE A CAT READY TO POUNCE>

Kirka: That tail! He’s a Saiyan!

Naro: A Saiyan, really? <HE LOOKS VERY SURPRISED> What are we supposed to do? Kill it?

Kirka: Capture it! Lady Yuki will want to interrogate him!

Naro: All right, Saiyan. I’m going to beat the hell out of you, take you on my ship, and let my boss torture you for information. In that order. Sound good?

Ledas: <HILARIOUSLY SERIOUS REMARK AND FACE; HE IS INCREDULOUS> No.

Naro: Well, too bad. That’s what I’m doing!

<NARO ATTACKS FIRST, WITH A SIDE HOOK; LEDAS’ FORM COUNTERS THIS OPENING PERFECTLY, AS HE IS ABLE TO BLOCK THE ATTACK WITH BOTH OF HIS HANDS; NARO FALTERS, AND CANNOT GET HIS HAND LOOSE; LEDAS, TONGUE PINCHED, RUNS AROUND THE SIDE OF NARO, WITH THE SOLDIER’S ARM STILL IN HIS HAND, AND TWISTS IT UP AND BEHIND THE ALIEN; NARO LETS OUT A SCREAM, AND KICKS BACKWARD; THIS KNOCKS LEDAS LOOSE; NARO TURNS AROUND AND LANDS, FEELING HIS SORE AND DISLOCATED ARM; BEFORE HE CAN SPEAK, HOWEVER, LEDAS IS CHARGING>

<NARO ATTEMPTS TO SIDESTEP, BUT THAT IS FOLLY; LEDAS IS FAST ENOUGH THAT HE CAN CONTROL HIS CHARGE AND CHANGE DIRECTIONS WITH PINPOINT PRECISION; HE ANGLES HIMSELF INTO NARO’S CHEST, HEADBUTTING THE ALIEN>

<NARO LETS OUT A LONG GRUNT, AND FALLS; HIS CRACKED ARMOR OOZES WITH HIS ORANGE BLOOD; HE IS DEAD>

<KIRKA HAS WIDE EYES>

Kirka: N-naro?!

<BEFORE KIRKA CAN SQUEAK ANOTHER SYLLABLE, LEDAS DESTROYS HIM WITH A FINGER BEAM TO THE THROAT; THE OLD STEWARD GURGLES BLOOD BEFORE SWINGING HIS ARMS WILDLY AND FALLING FLAT ON HIS BACK; LEDAS SENDS OUT ANOTHER VOLLEY OF HOMING FINGER BEAMS, WHICH TAKE OUT ALL THE SOLDIERS AROUND; HE ALSO DOES A FEW HEAVIER BLASTS, SOME ICE CANNONS AND PLAYFUL GALICKS TO TAKE OUT THE SHIPS AND CLUSTERS OF TROOPS>

<WITHIN THIRTY SECONDS OF NARO’S DEATH, LEDAS HAS WIPED OUT ALL OF YUKI’S FORCES>

<LEDAS NOW BECOMES ACUTELY AWARE OF THE FIGHT GOING ON, AND ANXIOUS TO SEE IT, HE FLIES OVER TO WHERE CUBER AND YUKI ARE DOING BATTLE>

<CUTS BACK TO CUBER AND YUKI; THE GROUND IS DRENCHED WITH BLOOD AND PIECES OF FLESH; CUBER HAS NOT BROKEN FREE FROM THE STRANGLEHOLD; HE HAS TURNED HIMSELF AROUND, AND IN DESPERATION HAS BEEN FIRING OFF ENERGY ATTACKS AT YUKI, WHO IS MERE FEET AWAY FROM HIM; THIS RISKS KILLING HIM, BUT HE HAS NO OTHER CHOICE; EVEN HIS DESTRUCTION PALM BARELY DOES MORE THAN A GLANCING BLOW TO YUKI>

<SHE RETALIATES WITH A FINGER BEAM TO HIS STOMACH, WHICH PIERCES HIM AND MAKES HIM GO QUIET; CUBER SLUMPS OVER AND FALLS>

<YUKI PICKS UP CUBER, KNEEING HIM IN THE FACE AS SHE DOES SO; HE STUMBLES FORWARD AS SHE WRAPS HER TAIL AROUND HIS BODY AND NECK AGAIN>

<CUBER BEGINS SUFFOCATING AS YUKI MERCILESSLY PUNCHES HIM IN THE GUT TIME AFTER TIME; HE WOULD SPIT UP BLOOD IF HIS THROAT WAS OPEN; SUFFICE TO SAY, IT IS NOT>

<YUKI PAUSES, SMILING AS SHE READIES A SMALL PINK BEAM IN HER RIGHT HAND, FINGERNAIL OUT>

<JUST AS SHE STOPS, CUBER MAKES HIS MOVE; HE GRABS HER BOOBY WITH HIS NEAREST HAND AND TWISTS IT SIDEWAYS AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN; IT GOES ALMOST A FULL CIRCLE; YUKI LETS OUT A HORRIBLE SCREAM OF PAIN; SHE DROPS CUBER, CLUTCHING HER NIPPLE IN HER HANDS; SHE LOOKS OVER AT HIM WITH A TERRIBLY MAD LOOK>

<YUKI GINGERLY CARESSES HER SWOLLEN NIPPLE, WHICH, IN ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD HAVE HAD AN EFFECT ON CUBER>

Yuki: What?! How'd you know what was my weak spot?!

Cuber: I think I know my geography pretty damn well.

<CUBER STANDS UP, SNIFFS HIS NOSE AND SPITS OUT BLOOD BEFORE FALLING INTO A BATTLE STANCE AGAIN>

Yuki: Don’t make me laugh. It’s hopeless. I’ve won this fight.

<AS SHE SLOWLY AND DELIBERATELY APPROACHES CUBER, IN A SLEEK AND STREAMLINED GLIDE, NOT UNLIKE A PANTHER ON THE PROWL, A FIGURE COMES SHOOTING FORWARD>

<HIS FORM IS BLOCKED OUT FROM THE LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN, BUT YUKI IS TURNED AWAY FROM HIM, SO SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN HIM ANYWAY; IT IS LEDAS, AND HE HAS, JUST NOW, JUMPED FORWARD AND KICKED YUKI IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD>

<SHE WAS NOT POWERED UP, AND NOT DEFENDING, SO THIS ATTACK WAS ABLE TO THROW HER TO THE GROUND AND GIVE HER A SHINER>

<SHE FLIPS OVER, IRATE; HER EYES FALL UPON LEDAS>

Yuki: Get away! You have no business here.

Ledas: <WALKING FORWARD, SERIOUS; LOOSENING HIS SHOULDERS> You know, I was just going to watch, but then I saw who you were. <HE STOPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER> Your soldiers wear the same armor as Frieza’s. And it looks like you’re no better than him. Anyone like Frieza is an enemy to me. <LEDAS LOOKS OVER TO CUBER; CUBER NODS TO HIM; LEDAS LOOKS BACK AT YUKI> I’m going to kill you now.

What Is This Even?
<CLEFT SQUARE BOX>

<YUKI IS FACING LEDAS; CUBER IS LYING BLOODY IN HIS RUIN BEHIND; CUBER HAS SINCE FALLEN TO THE GROUND AND REVERTED TO HIS BASE FORM, HIS ADRENALINE RUNNING OUT; YUKI HAS A SERIOUS FROWN UPON HER FACE>

Yuki: Kill me? Is that so?

<HER LAZY POSTURE SHOWS HER CLEAR DOUBT>

<LEDAS CLENCHES HIS TEETH AND SOUNDLESSLY GOES SUPER SAIYAN 1; SINCE HE CAN MAINTAIN THIS FORM EASILY, HIS SUPER SAIYAN 1 FORM, INHERENTLY, IS FULL POWERED>

Ledas: Yeah. You’re Frieza’s daughter, aren’t you?

Yuki: Frieza? You keep mentioning him. Why does he matter?

<Ledas: Because I’m a Saiyan.

Yuki: <TEETH OUTBREATH> So is he.

<SHE MOTIONS BEHIND HER TO CUBER>

Ledas: Yeah, well I’m a lot stronger than him.

<LEDAS STANDS UP STRAIGHT IN A POSE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY FACING YUKI; HIS HANDS ARE DOWN AT HIS WAIST, PULLED BACK SLIGHTLY; YUKI PULLS HER ARMS DOWN, FLARING THEM AS IF THEY WERE WINGS BEHIND HER; SHE WALKS FORWARD; AS YUKI NO LONGER HAS HER SCOUTER, SHE IS NO LONGER ABLE TO TELL HOW STRONG LEDAS COMPARES TO HER>

<WHEN SHE GETS TO LEDAS, SHE STOPS; SUDDENLY, SHE SPINS BACKWARD, PULLING HER ELBOW AROUND AND SHOOTING IT INTO LEDAS’ FACE; BUT THIS ATTACK GOES THROUGH; IT WAS AN AFTERIMAGE; SLIGHTLY TAKEN ABACK BY THAT MOVE, YUKI STUMBLES FORWARD; THE REAL LEDAS IS NOT FAR BEHIND; HE COMES FLYING DOWN AND STOPS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER FACE; SHE LOOKS UP AT HIM; LEDAS KICKS HER ACROSS THE FACE AND SENDS HER FLYING>

<HE PURSUES BY TELEPORTING BEHIND HER, KICKING HER HIGHER UPWARD; LEDAS TELEPORTS AGAIN, AND CATCHES HER BY THE TAIL; AS HE THROWS HER DOWNARD, SHE HALTS HER MOMENTUM, BRINGING HER AURA UP AROUND HER AND AIR DASHES BACK UP TO LEDAS; LEDAS CANNOT BLOCK, AND IS INSTEAD HIT ACROSS THE FACE WITH A HARD PUNCH; HE CLENCHES HIS TEETH AND PUSHES YUKI OFF OF HIM WITH AN ENERGY WAVE; THE TWO ARE SOMEWHAT FAR APART NOW>

Yuki: <IN HER MIND> I can see him, but I can’t move fast enough to evade his attacks.

<YUKI SENDS A HAIL OF SMALL BLASTS AT LEDAS; HE BLOCKS MOST OF THEM, AND THE ONES THAT HIT HIM, ONLY GRAZE HIM IN MINOR ANNOYANCE; HE FIRES SOME SMALL BLASTS BACK AT HER; HE HOLDS HIS POSITION; YUKI IS SOMEWHAT CAUTIOUS TO PURSUE AGAIN; SHE SETTLES DOWN IN MIDAIR AND TRIES TO POWER HERSELF UP MORE; LEDAS, HOWEVER, DOES NOT WANT THAT>

<HE LETS OUT A YELL AS HE FLIES RAPIDLY TOWARD HER; YUKI STOPS POWERING UP AND BLOCKS, HOWEVER LEDAS TELEPORTS BEHIND YUKI AND KICKS HER BEFORE SHE CAN ACT FAST ENOUGH TO BLOCK OR EVADE THE ATTACK; SHE IS SENT FLYING A GOOD DISTANCE BEFORE SHE CAN CONTROL HERSELF; WHEN SHE LOOKS TO WHERE SHE FLEW FROM, A PURPLE AND BLUE ENERGY BEAM HITS HER IN THE FACE; SHE IS THEN BOMBARDED WITH A SHOWER OF WEAKER GREEN ENERGY BLASTS AND IS UNABLE TO RECOVER; WHEN SHE FINDS THE OPPORTUNITY, SHE IMMEDIATELY DIVES TO THE GROUND, ONLY TO BE PUNCHED IN THE ABDOMEN; YUKI RETALIATES WITH HER OWN SERIES OF MELEE ATTACKS, BUT LEDAS IS ALWAYS ABLE TO AVOID THEM AND STRIKES MORE BLOWS EVERY SO OFTEN>

<PUSHING HER BACK TO THE GROUND, LEDAS FURIOUSLY HITS HER ACROSS THE FACE, THEN LEG SWIPES HER, CAUSING YUKI TO FALL; SHE STANDS UP AND LOOSENS HER SHOULDER; SHE IS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, BLEEDING FROM VARIOUS HITS>

Yuki: <IN HER MIND>Just a second alone and I can power up past him!

<YUKI’S THOUGHTS ARE INTERRUPTED WITH A KICK TO THE FACE; AS SHE GRABS HER BLEEDING FACE, LEDAS CHARGES UP A BLUE AND BLACK ENERGY WAVE AND FIRES IT AT YUKI AT POINT-BLANK RANGE; YUKI’S SCREAMS ARE MUFFLED BY THE BLAST>

<CUTS TO TYPHON BEING SEEN FROM OUTER SPACE; THE EXPLOSION FLASHES AT THE PLANET’S SURFACE>

<CUTS BACK TO LEDAS; THE SMOKE TAKES A WHILE TO CLEAR, BUT YUKI IS SEEN STANDING EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAS, BUT DIFFERENT; SHE IS AT LEAST A HEAD TALLER THAN SHE WAS BEFORE, AND NOW HAS A FOUR-SPIKED “HELMET” THAT STARTS FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER FACE THROUGH THE BACK OF HER HEAD; HER HAIR IS NOW GOLDEN LIKE A SUPER SAIYAN’S>

Yuki: Thanks for the time.

Ledas: Whoa, you changed! What is that?

Yuki: Never you mind. There is no point in educating the soon-to-be dead.

Ledas: <TO HIMSELF>Her power went way up. I’m nowhere near it, even at maximum… <TO YUKI> You’re hair looks like mine!

Yuki: I know. I get that from my mother.

<CUBER GRUNTS IN THE BACKGROUND>

Ledas: I bet you got your ugliness from her too-

<YUKI SNARLS AND RUSHES LEDAS, PUNCHING HIM HARD IN THE GUT; HE KEELS OVER, SPITTING AND GAGGING, IN INCREDIBLE PAIN; WITH THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF HIM, HE DOES NOT DEFEND AGAINST HER AS SHE JABS HIM UNCEASINGLY; HE ATTEMPTS TO GET AWAY WITH A QUICK JUMP UP TO THE AIR; COUGHING STILL, HE LOOKS DOWN AT YUKI, IN HER NEW FORM, WITH HER NEW POWER>

Ledas: <TO HIMSELF> I have no chance. She’s going to kill me.

<LEDAS IMMEDIATELY GOES SUPER SAIYAN 2; HE HAS BLUE ELECTRIC BOLTS CIRCLING AROUND HIS BODY; HE IS IN THE SECOND LEVEL OF SUPER SAIYAN; HE SHOOTS TWO PARTICLE BEAMS, ONE FROM EACH EYE, DOWN AT YUKI; SHE BLOCKS THEM, BUT THEY BURN INTO HER ARMS AND CAUSE MORE BLOOD TO COME OUT>

<ANGRY AT THIS, SHE JUMPS UP AND SHOOTS A LARGE, PURPLE, ONE HANDED ENERGY BLAST AT LEDAS; THE TEAR DROP SHAPED ENERGY IS SO FAST, LEDAS CANNOT EVEN BLINK BEFORE IT HITS HIM, FRYING HIS BODY AND SENDING HIM INTO FREE FALL>

<YUKI JUMPS UP AND CATCHES HIM IN MIDAIR; HE TRIES PUSHING HER OFF OF HIM, BUT IS ELBOWED IN THE FACE; YUKI THEN DROP KICKS HIM HIGHER INTO THE SKY; BEFORE LEDAS GOES TOO HIGH TO GIVE HIM TIME TO RECOVER, YUKI GRABS HIM IN A BEAR HUG AND FLIES BACK INTO THE GROUND, CREATING A MASSIVE CRATER OUT OF THE SHEER SPEED; THE CAMERA QUICKLY CUTS TO CUBER, WHO BRINGS HIS LEFT ARM IN FRONT OF HIS FACE AS HE FALLS INTO THE NEWLY FORMED BASIN>

Cuber: Ah, shit. This ain’t good at all.

<HE LANDS GINGERLY, BLOOD STILL DRIPPING FROM EVERY PART OF HIS BODY; NOT WANTING TO GET CAUGHT IN THE FIGHT AGAIN, HE LIMPS BACKWARD BEHIND A ROCK>

<CUBER FEELS A FUZZY FEELING IN HIS SKULL, BUT HE CANNOT SCRATCH IT BECAUSE IT’S INSIDE HIM; HE SHAKES HIS HEAD LIKE HE HAS WATER IN HIS EARS; WITH A SUDDEN JOLT, HIS BRAIN-SCOUTER BEGINS SPEAKING; CUBER CAN HEAR THE VOICE IN HIS HEAD, BUT OTHER PEOPLE CANNOT HEAR THIS VOICE>

Quoeyg: Cuber, are you there? You never contacted me about landing. Is everything alright?

Cuber: Yeah, sorry about not calling you when I got here, but whatever your guys were doing, it’s gone wrong. The place was long destroyed.

Quoeyg: Do you know what caused it? Are there any survivors?

Cuber: How would I know? I’ve had my hands full with Nitro’s daughter. She attacked me before I could get a good look at the place. <HE CRANES HIS NECK BACK UP TO THE FIGHT, BUT QUICKLY BRINGS IT BACK DOWN> Another saiyan got here and saved me, but he doesn’t look like he’ll hold up too well either. We’re pretty much gonna die, so you should go tell Chaiva.

Quoeyg: Are you sure the complex was completely destroyed?

Cuber: I already said, I didn’t get a good enough -

Quoeyg: There is one thing you can do, but I do not know if it will work. Of course, this assumes at least one device is still operational.

Cuber: Whatever you guys were working on here?

Quoeyg: Yes, the fusion devices. They will combine any two beings of the same race, and multiply their power greatly. We were testing this to lower the amount of soldiers needed in our armies. You said the other one here is a Saiyan too. Are you sure? I thought your species was nearly extinct.

Cuber: Yeah, I’m sure.

Quoeyg: Then you must go to the installation outpost immediately if you hope to survive. Find a fusion device. I will describe them to you when you get there.

Cuber: <SPECULATIVE> Wouldn’t these devices be unsafe if they killed all your scientists?

Quoeyg: Would you rather stay where you are and let her kill you?

Cuber: <LIMPS FORWARD, OVER A ROCK> Good point.

<CUTS BACK TO YUKI, WHO IS HOVERING A FEW FEET ABOVE LEDAS; SHE IS HOLDING HIM BY THE NECK WITH HER RIGHT ARM; LEDAS APPEARS UNCONSCIOUS; SHE PUTS HER FINGER ON HIS CHIN AND LIFTS HIS FACE UP; SHE PREPARES AN EYE BEAM TO TAKE HIM OUT; SUDDENLY, A LARGE EXPLOSION OF INVISIBLE ENERGY ERUPTS FROM LEDAS, STOPPING THE ATTACK; YUKI SHIELDS HERSELF WITH HER FREE ARM, BUT IS REVEALED TO HAVE NOT TAKEN VERY MUCH DAMAGE AT ALL; LEDAS’ AURA IS NOW AT FULL, WHICH BURNS YUKI’S HAND; LEDAS BRINGS HIS ARM UP; IN IT, HE HAS AN ENERGY SWORD; HE SLICES YUKI IN THE FACE WITH IT; THIS DOES ACTUAL MEANINGFUL DAMAGE AND CAUSES HER TO DROP HIM; BLOOD POURS DOWN HER FOREHEAD AND FACEPLATE WHERE THE CUT IS; SHE WIPES IT ALL AWAY SO AS TO BE ABLE TO SEE>

<LEDAS LANDS A FEW FEET BACK, ONTO THE GROUND>

Yuki: You brat! You dirty little brat! Disfiguring my face is not allowed!

Ledas: There are no rules!

<YUKI FLIES AT LEDAS, BUT HE CREATES ENERGY IN EACH HAND; INSTEAD OF SHOOTING IT AT HER, HE RELEASES THEM ONTO THE GROUND, LETTING IT KICK UP DUST; HE USES THIS TIME TO FLY OUT OF HER WAY AND CROUCH BEHIND A ROCK; AS THE DUST CLEARS, HE PEEKS OUT, SEEING YUKI STANDING THERE, LOOKING AROUND, BUT NOT SEEING HIM>

Ledas: <UNDER HIS BREATH> She can’t sense power.

<LEDAS CREATES A SMALL MILKY WHITE BALL OF ENERGY AND ANGLES IT TO HIS LEFT; IT FLIES PAST YUKI WITHOUT HER SEEING IT, AND GOES UP OVER THE GROUND TO HOME IN ON CUBER, WHO IS LIMPING AWAY FROM THEM; IT HITS HIM, BUT DOES NOT DAMAGE; HE SUDDENLY HEARS SOMETHING IN HIS MIND>

Ledas: You better get out of here. I can only hold her off for a few more minutes.

<CUBER TURNS AROUND, PUZZLED AT HOW LEDAS CONTACTED HIM>

Cuber: What…how did he do that?

<CUBER SHAKES HIS HEAD AND CONTINUES ON>

<BACK AT LEDAS, HE STEPS OUT FROM BEHIND THE ROCK IN SUPER SAIYAN 2; YUKI SEES HIM AND SMILES; SHE CREATES A DEATH BEAM, WHICH LEDAS BLOCKS; THIS, HOWEVER, PREVENTS HIM FROM MOVING OUT OF THE WAY AS SHE LUNGES INTO HIM>

<LEDAS BLOCKS MOST OF HER ATTACKS; AS HE HAS STUDIED HER FORM QUITE WELL ENOUGH BY NOW, HE HAS A GOOD IDEA OF HOW SHE ATTACKS; SHE PUNCHES AND KICKS AND USES HER TAIL, AND LEDAS DODGES THEM AND BLOCKS THEM AND TWISTS AND TURNS AND MOVES OUT OF THE WAY OF THE ATTACKS>

<HOWEVER, SHE HAS MUCH MORE POWER THAN HE DOES, AND HE LOSES ENDURANCE FASTER THAN SHE; FALTERING A BIT, HE MISSES A BLOCK, CAUSING HER PUNCH TO CONNECT; THIS CAUSES HIS TIMING TO FALL OUT OF RHYTHM, LETTING ALL OF HER ATTACKS HIT HIM; LEDAS IS TOO WEAK TO GET AWAY FROM THIS ONSLAUGHT; HE IS BLOODIED QUICKLY, AS MANY CUTS FORM ON HIS FACE; HIS LIP SPLITS>

<YUKI TAKES LEDAS’ FACE AND RAMS IT INTO THE GROUND; THIS BREAKS HIS NOSE AND CAUSES HIM TO SCREAM OUT IN PAIN; SHE BACKHANDS HIM, SENDING THE BOY FALLING TO THE GROUND; BEFORE HE CAN GET UP, HOWEVER, SHE RELEASES A VERY LARGE BLAST WHICH HITS HIM HEAD ON; LEDAS IS THROWN FAR AWAY TO THE BARREN GROUND; HIS CLOTHES AND FLESH SMOLDER AND SMOKE>

<LEDAS IS UNMOVING, HIS KNEES UP, HIS HEAD DOWN, BREATHING HARD; HIS HAIR REGRESSES TO JET BLACK; HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND JUST LAYS THERE>

<HE COUGHS AGAIN>

Trivia

 * This story was brought about by KidVegeta and Hyper Zergling's texting of one another with story ideas.