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.

Awards

 * 2014 Official Dragon Ball Fanon Wiki Awards - Best Collaborations/Roleplays:

Character List:

 * Cuber
 * Aysuida
 * Baochoi
 * Salhior
 * Chaiva
 * Saibron
 * Quoeyg
 * Yuki - main villain
 * Nroop
 * Kirka
 * Yuki's Soldiers
 * Naro
 * Ledas
 * Mrovians
 * Cubas
 * Ryori

Chapter 1: The Empire Strikes Back


<CUTS TO A BAR ON PLANET NITRO 001 IN THE TOWN OF GENNI; MANY SOLDIERS ARE LOUNGING, SOME PLAYING SNIRAAK, OTHERS GETTING AS DRUNK AS THEY CAN; MANY ARE MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION IN THEIR DRUNKEN EUPHORIA AS THEY DANCE AROUND; A HEAVYSET GEOMOGEO, BROWN-SKINNED AND BROWN-HAIRED WITH AN OCULAR IMPLANT THAT GLOWS BLUE, LEANS BACK IN HIS CHAIR, EXHALING HORRIBLY AFTER TAKING A SHOT OF MAULXE GIN; HIS COUNTENANCE HAS SLACKENED AND HE LOOKS ALTOGETHER TOO PLEASED WITH HIMSELF AS HE SLAMS THE SHOT GLASS ONTO THE TABLE>

Nroop: Ya know, I say we blow ‘em all away. I mean, why bother? If they’re not going to submit , we should just blast ‘em away!

Soldier 1: You know, doctor, I always thought we should destroy them all. Why bother with diplomacy? Those who won’t submit to the empress should be punished accordingly.

Nroop:  I hear you, I hear you. You should tell the empress!

Soldier 2:  Good idea! But, given our position, it’s not like we could say anything. You’re the captain here.

Nroop: Captain? I’m just a doctor…

Soldier 1: Aw, don’t be modest, doc, you know as well as we do you’re one of the empress’ elites.

Nroop: You know, you’re right. I should tell her. I mean, she could use my advice, right? I’m her lead scientist!

Soldier 2:  Yeah… better you than us.



Nroop:  Ya know, I banged her mother.  I did!  That’s gotta be worth something. And… I don’t want to gloat or anything, but I was the one who created h–



Yuki: What did you say?!

Nroop:  I-I-I… I’m sorry, my lady! I didn’t mean it! I was… careless with how I phrased that…





<THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT WHILE ALSO REMAINING AT GROUND LEVEL, REVEALING THREE ALIENS WHO ARE OBSERVING THIS FROM THE BALCONY OF A LARGE BUILDING; THE FIRST IS A DIMINUTIVE IMP-LIKE CREATURE WITH DARK PURPLE SKIN, BIG EARS, AND FOUR YELLOW EYES; THIS IS, VERITABLY, KIRKA; STANDING BESIDE HIM IS A TALL, MUSCULAR SOLDIER, WEARING FULL ARMOR AND A HELMET (WITH A SCOUTER BUILT IN), WITH ORANGE FUR AND BLUE EYES; THIS ALIEN IS NARO; AHEAD OF THESE ALIENS IS A PEACH-SKINNED ARCOSIAN-LOOKING ALIEN WITH LONG, SPIKY BLACK HAIR AND DARKER CRIMSON PATCHES AND A SLENDER, FEMININE PHYSIQUE; THIS BEING IS NITRO’S DAUGHTER, YUKI>

Yuki:  How many?

Kirka:  One thousand two hundred forty-three, my lady.

Yuki:  They will have to do. Even if we do not know the location of Mrov, we will draw them out to us with this offensive. The Mrovians will have no choice but to respond to our invasion.

Naro: These aliens are pathetic, brittle creatures; I will tear them limb from limb, leaving nothing behind. My soldiers will serve you faithfully, my lady. You have nothing to worry about.

Yuki: <STARING OFF AT THE SAUCERS> I have no doubt, Captain. But you must remember this: the Mrovians murdered my father. I don’t know how or under what circumstances they managed it. <GRITS HER TEETH AND LOOKS AWAY, ALMOST EMBARRASSED> They were lucky. That’s it. But it doesn’t matter. I will sweep them aside, like the vermin they are. They will get what’s coming to them. Not even Kuriza can stand against me. The Mrovians are nothing compared to him.

<THE CAMERA PANS BACK SLIGHTLY AS THE THREE OBSERVE YUKI’S SOLDIERS BOARDING THE SPACESHIPS>

<CUTS TO GLAYSIA, ON-PLANET>

<CUBER FACES OFF AGAINST SALHIOR; BOTH ARE IN THEIR TRAINING CLOTHES AND STANDING ON THE GOLDEN BATTLE PLATFORM ANCHORED AT THE DEPTHS OF GLAYSIA’S OCEAN; CUBER FIRES OFF A STUN BOLT, PROMPTING SALHIOR TO PUT UP AN ENERGY SHIELD TO BLOCK IT; AYSUIDA COMES UP FROM BEHIND CUBER WITH A PLASMA BATON ACTIVATED OUT OF HER RIGHT HAND; SHE ATTACKS WITH TWO QUICK HORIZONTAL SLASHES, BUT CUBER MOVES FORWARD, AVOIDING BOTH SWINGS; THE SAIYAN IS NOW ONLY SEVERAL METERS IN FRONT OF SALHIOR>

<SUDDENLY, THE NINE-YEAR-OLD BAOCHOI, WEARING THE SAME GRAY LEGWEAR HIS FATHER HAD AS A CHILD, IN ADDITION TO A SKIN TIGHT TANK TOP OF THE SAME COLOR, DROPS ONTO CUBER WITH A DOUBLE-FOOT STOMP SURROUNDED BY PLASMA ARCS (LIGHTNING STOMP); THE RESULTING EXPLOSION BLASTS OPEN A CRATER IN THE PLATFORM AND HITS ALL THREE OF THE OTHER COMBATANTS; CUBER IS EMBEDDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CRATER WHILE THE MROVIANS ARE LAUNCHED DIAGONALLY UPWARDS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER; THE ADULT SAIYAN QUICKLY RECOVERS AND STANDS BACK UP>

Baochoi: Sorry!

Cuber: You just gotta watch where you stomp.

<THE MROVIANS, HAVING RECOVERED, APPROACH THE SAIYANS FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS; BAOCHOI LEAPS OVER AYSUIDA AND THEN DESCENDS WITH ANOTHER LIGHTNING STOMP; AYSUIDA BLOCKS BAOCHOI’S ATTACK WITH AN ENERGY SHIELD, AND THEN GRABS HIS ENTIRE FACE IN HER LEFT HAND; SHE SLAMS HIM ACROSS THE GROUND AND BEFORE HE CAN FLY TOO FAR, SHE BRINGS HER PLASMA BATON DOWNWARDS IN A BIG VERTICAL ARC, SENDING THE YOUNG SAIYAN FAR AWAY; AS BAOCHOI REGAINS COMPOSURE AND BEGINS FLYING BACK TO THE PLATFORM, AYSUIDA DASHES TO THE EDGE, PREPARING TO REPEL THE YOUNG SAIYAN>

<CUBER, WHO IS FACING SALHIOR, GLANCES BEHIND AT AYSUIDA BEFORE RIGHT-FLYING-BACK-KICKING SALHIOR IN THE FACE; CUBER THEN BARRAGES AYSUIDA WITH A BURST OF STUN BOLTS, FORCING HER TO ABANDON HER PLAN, THUS ALLOWING BAOCHOI BACK ONTO THE PLATFORM; CUBER TURNS HIS ATTENTION BACK TO SALHIOR WHILE AYSUIDA APPROACHES HIM FROM BEHIND; SALHIOR FLIES UP TO CUBER WITH HIS ARMS CROSSED IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXPLOSIVE WAVE, BUT BEFORE HE CAN RELEASE IT, BAOCHOI ONCE AGAIN DESCENDS FROM ABOVE WITH A LIGHTNING STOMP, HITTING ALL THREE OF THE OTHER FIGHTERS, YIELDING THE SAME RESULTS AS BEFORE>

Baochoi: Sorry dad!

Cuber: <AFTER STANDING BACK UP> You really need to stop doing that.

<CUBER IMMEDIATELY GOES AFTER SALHIOR, WHO HAD JUST LANDED ONTO THE PLATFORM; IN ONE SWIFT SEQUENCE, CUBER HITS SALHIOR WITH A POINT-BLANK STUN BOLT FOLLOWED BY A HARD CLOCKWISE TAIL SWEEP TO THE LEGS, SENDING THE MROVIAN FAR INTO THE DISTANCE>

<WITH AYSUIDA BEING HIS ONLY OPPONENT REMAINING, CUBER FLIES TOWARDS HER; AS CUBER APPEARS TO BE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE, AYSUIDA SWINGS HER PLASMA BATON VERTICALLY DOWNWARDS WHILE HOPPING BACKWARDS; CUBER SLOWS DOWN JUST ENOUGH TO AVOID THE BLADE AND GOES INTO AYSUIDA WITH A DRILL KICK AND THEN GRABS HER BY THE THROAT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND; HE THROWS HER STRAIGHT UP WITH THE HELP OF HIS OTHER HAND AND FIRES A BURST OF STUN BOLTS UPWARDS BEFORE PURSUING WITH A DOGOM FLIP; AYSUIDA FLIES OVER CUBER’S TAIL AND RIGHT HEEL BUT CUBER CONTINUES TO CHASE HER DOWN, THIS TIME WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK; THE MROVIAN RETREATS FROM THIS ATTACK AS WELL AND CUBER RETREATS BACK TO THE GROUND>

<FROM ABOVE AND AIMING DOWNWARDS, AYSUIDA THROWS A BACKHAND SLASH, BUT CUBER BLOCKS THE ATTACK WITH AN ENERGY SHIELD; THE MROVIAN THEN REACHES OUT WITH HER LEFT HAND, ALTHOUGH CUBER MOVES OUT OF THE RANGE OF HER TELEKINETIC PULL AND THEN CONTINUES TO DASH TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM AYSUIDA VERY QUICKLY; AYSUIDA ATTEMPTS TO CATCH CUBER BY FLYING AT HIM WITH TWO QUICK HORIZONTAL SLASHES, BUT SHE MISSES AND IS MET WITH A DRILL KICK; AS AYSUIDA IS PUSHED AWAY, CUBER TRIES TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER DRILL KICK, WHICH SHE IS ABLE TO RETREAT FROM AND ATTEMPTS TO RESPOND TO WITH A RISING FOREHAND SLASH; CUBER NARROWLY LEANS AWAY FROM THE PLASMA BATON AND THEN LEAPS TOWARDS AYSUIDA, WHO DOES NOT WASTE TIME WINDING UP ANOTHER AERIAL ATTACK; THIS TIME, AYSUIDA SUCCESSFULLY CLIPS CUBER WITH A DOWNWARD VERTICAL SLASH AND TRIES TO FOLLOW UP WITH ANOTHER, BUT CUBER RETREATS FROM THE SECOND SWORD SWING BEFORE COMING BACK WITH A GLANCING DRILL KICK THAT PUTS HIM BEHIND HIS OPPONENT>

<CUBER RELEASES AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE, WHICH AYSUIDA IS ABLE TO NARROWLY MOVE AWAY FROM AND RESPOND TO WITH A RISING FOREHAND SWORD SWING; CUBER, HOWEVER, ENDURES THE MROVIAN’S ATTACK AND RELEASES ANOTHER EXPLOSIVE SHINE, THIS ONE SUCCESSFUL, VERTICALLY LAUNCHING HER THE WAY THE ATTACK TYPICALLY WOULD DO; CUBER FLIES OVER AYSUIDA BEFORE DESCENDING WITH A DRILL KICK FROM ABOVE, BUT SHE LEANS AWAY FROM IT AND THROWS OUT A RISING BACKHAND SLASH WHILE PERFORMING A BACKFLIP; CUBER NARROWLY DODGES AYSUIDA’S PLASMA BATON AS HE FLIES BELOW HER>

<CUBER COMES BACK UP WITH A LEFT FLYING CURVED KNEE AIMED SLIGHTLY DOWNWARDS, SENDING AYSUIDA TOWARDS THE OCEAN; THE SAIYAN FOLLOWS THE MROVIAN BELOW THE EDGE OF THE ROOF AND LANDS A DRILL KICK IN AN ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THE RINGOUT; AYSUIDA CRASHES THROUGH AN UNFORTUNATE MROVIAN PROBE BEFORE SHE STOPS HERSELF FROM TOUCHING THE WAVES, ALTHOUGH THE AIR BENEATH HER CREATES A HUGE TEMPORARY WATER CRATER; STILL ON THE MOVE, CUBER DRIFTS BACK TO THE WALL OF THE TOWER BEFORE LEAPING OFF OF IT AS HE DID IN HIS FIGHT AGAINST CHAIVA A DECADE PRIOR BEFORE HITTING AYSUIDA WITH ANOTHER DRILL KICK; THE MROVIAN STILL RESISTS THE SECOND RINGOUT ATTEMPT, BUT THIS ONLY PROMPTS CUBER TO FOLLOW UP WITH ONE LAST DRILL KICK THAT FINALLY FORCES AYSUIDA INTO THE OCEAN, RESULTING IN THE INEVITABLE KINETIC EXPLOSION>

<CUBER TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND SMIRKS, SATISFIED IN HIS VICTORY, BEFORE FLYING INTO THE OCEAN HIMSELF; HE COMES BACK OUT WITH AYSUIDA’S ARM OVER HIS SHOULDER SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AND SETS HER ONTO THE ROOF>

Baochoi: Dad, that was awesome! She really got destroyed.

Cuber: Yeah, that had to be the nastiest finish I have ever pulled off. <TO AYSUIDA> You alright?

Aysuida: <AS SHE STANDS UP> Yes.

<SALHIOR LANDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLATFORM>

Salhior: Well fought, but now, we must return to our duties.

Cuber: Yeah, of course. And thanks for agreeing to this again, both of you. <TO BAOCHOI> Come on, Baochoi, let’s go home.

<ALL FOUR INDIVIDUALS DISAPPEAR IN MROVIAN TELEPORTATION>

<CUTS TO THE INSIDE OF CUBER’S RESIDENCE FROM RETURN OF THE ANCIENT ENEMY; THE AUTOMATIC DOORS OF THE SIDE ENTRANCE OPEN UP AND CHAIVA, IN HER TRAINING CLOTHES, STEPS INSIDE>

Baochoi: Hi, Mom!

Cuber: Welcome home. How was the patrol? Same as usual?

Chaiva: Yeah, nothing new to report.

Cuber: I figured as much.

Chaiva: <TO BAOCHOI> How is your training going? Are you still doing doubles with Dad?

Baochoi: <LOOKS DOWN> Yes…

Chaiva: You can’t rely on him forever. You’re going to need to learn how to fight by yourself against stronger opponents.

Baochoi: I know, but–

Chaiva: <SMIRKING LIGHTLY> I am off-duty for the next few days. It will just be the two of us. How does that sound?

Baochoi: You’re just gonna beat me up the whole time!

Chaiva: So?

Cuber: Come on, Baochoi. It won’t be that bad. I’m sure you’ll have plenty of fun.

Baochoi: Ugh, fine.

<CUTS TO LATER, IN CUBER AND CHAIVA’S BEDROOM>

Chaiva: I still don’t get it. It didn’t matter if we won or lost; we just fought. But Baochoi…

Cuber: He just doesn’t like losing.

Chaiva: He needs to be challenged in order to get stronger.

Cuber: To be fair, Chaiva, he is far stronger than either of us were when we were his age. If I was as strong as he is now, I would’ve easily wiped out all those Planet Trade Organization soldiers back then.

Chaiva: Our son was born with a power level that likely rivaled Kailon’s at birth, and he also has access to much better resources for training. You shouldn’t make that comparison.

Cuber: Maybe not, but there aren’t any major threats right now either, so what’s the rush?

Chaiva: Did you already forget about Nitro’s and Frieza’s other relatives who are probably still out there?

Cuber: Come on – you, me, the Supreme Admiral, and Aysuida – each of us is now far stronger than Nitro ever was. I doubt we will have that much trouble dealing with his family if and when they do show up.

Chaiva: That might be true, but sooner or later, Baochoi will need to be able to fight for himself. We were already fighting for survival when we were his age, so he should be learning to do the same.

Cuber: You’re right. Just don’t be too hard on him. He’s a Saiyan, so of course he likes fighting. We don’t want to beat that out of him, do we?

Chaiva: Like you said, he’ll be fine.

<CUTS TO THE FORTRESS OF ATTAINMENT, HOVERING IN ORBIT OF TYPHON; CUTS TO THE BRIDGE OF THE SHIP, WITH MULTIPLE MROVIAN WARRIORS WORKING AT VARIOUS COMPUTERS AND THE LEADER, WEARING GOLD ARMOR TRIMMED WITH WHITE AND WITH HELMET AND PAULDRON DESIGNS OF AN ADMIRAL, STANDING BEHIND HIS SUBORDINATES; ZOOMS IN ON THE SCREEN OF ONE OF THE MROVIAN WARRIORS>

Mrovian Warrior 1: Admiral Saibron, our deep-space observers are detecting multiple warp signatures on approach. They appear to be of Planet Trade Organization origin, and among them is a power far greater than anything we have ever faced.

Saibron: So they have returned after all. Bring those below aboard and open a channel to the Lance of Mrov!

<CUTS TO OUTER SPACE, WITH TYPHON VISIBLE IN THE DISTANCE; YUKI’S VESSELS APPEAR AND RAPIDLY DECELERATE FROM WARPING AND REMAIN AT A DISTANCE BEYOND THE RANGE OF TYPHON’S ORBITAL DEFENSE LASERS; THE FINAL SHIP TO ARRIVE IS NONE OTHER THAN YUKI’S SAUCER; WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE TOP HATCH OF HER SHIP OPENS AND AND SHE SLOWLY RISES FROM IT, ARMS CROSSED; SHE FLIES TO THE FRONT OF HER FORCES>

<CUTS TO THE MAIN COMMUNICATOR SCREEN IN THE BRIDGE OF THE FORTRESS OF ATTAINMENT, WHICH IS ZOOMED IN ON YUKI>

Saibron: This must be one of Nitro’s relatives Chaiva had spoken of, and yet, she appears to radiate the energy of a Saiyan. No matter. She will destroy us before Cuber’s arrival. Prepare the primary sterilizer!

<CUTS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE FORTRESS OF ATTAINMENT, WHICH GRADUALLY TILTS ITSELF TO EXPOSE ITS VENTRAL PRIMARY CANNON TO ITS TARGET; THE STERILIZER VIBRANTLY GLOWS BLUE-WHITE, ILLUMINATING ALMOST THE ENTIRE SHIP>

Saibron: Commencing sterilization!

<THE GIANT MROVIAN SHIP DISCHARGES ITS CANNON; A SINGLE IMMENSE PULSE NEARLY AS WIDE AS THE SHIP ITSELF MAKES ITS WAY TOWARDS THE PLANET TRADE ORGANIZATION SOLDIERS; IN RESPONSE, YUKI IMMEDIATELY HOLDS OUT HER RIGHT HAND, TELEKINETICALLY STOPPING THE HUGE PLASMA BOLT IN PLACE>

Saibron: No...

<WITH YUKI CLOSES HER HAND INTO A FIST AND THEN REOPENS IT; THE STERILIZER PULSE RETURNS TO ITS SENDER, NOW SLIGHTLY NARROWER THAN ITS ORIGINAL FORM; IT TEARS THROUGH THE FORTRESS OF ATTAINMENT, DETONATING IT ALMOST INSTANTLY, AND CONTINUES ITS WAY INTO DEEP SPACE; WHEN THE EXPLOSION VANISHES A SPLIT-SECOND LATER, THE SIDE OF TYPHON FACING THE EVENT IS REVEALED TO BE COMPLETELY MOLTEN>

<THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON YUKI’S FACE; IF ANYTHING, SHE LOOKS IMPATIENT>

Chapter 2: Empire Of Dirt
<CUTS TO A SNOWY WORLD FROM SPACE; THIS IS NIFLHEIM, WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY A FREE WORLD>

<THE CAMERA SLOWLY ZOOMS IN ON THE PLANET; A BLUE SPACE POD ENTERS THE SCREEN FROM THE LEFT, APPROACHING THE SNOWY WORLD; THE CAMERA CUTS TO 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 GETTING OUT OF THE POD; SHIVERING, HE LOOKS AROUND, HIS BROWN FURRY TAIL MOVING ABOUT IN SLIGHT IRRITATION; THIS TWELVE YEAR OLD BOY IS LEDAS>

Beelzebub: <OVER THE COMMS> You’re close to a planet called Kharhone. The bounty’s this dude named Kohitsu. He’s nothing super impressive–just a pirate–but it’s not a bad price for someone of his power.

Ledas: <OVER THE COMMS; DISMISSIVELY> Uh huh. I’ll get around to it eventually. I’ll be taking a little break first. I’ll let you know when I’m hunting again.

<WITH THAT, THE SAIYAN CUTS THE COMMS; LOOKING BACK AT HIS OPEN POD DOOR, HE RAISES A HAND; A MOMENT LATER, AN ENGRAVED PYRAMID, NO LARGER THAN A SMALL TELEVISION, FLOATS OUT FROM THE DOOR>

Ledas: <STARING AT IT> Just me and you again, old buddy. I wonder what would happen if I destroyed your prison. Would you get out, or would you die? I guess we’ll never know.

<HE LOWERS HIS HAND, ALLOWING THE PYRAMID TO FALL ONTO A PATCH OF SNOW>

Ledas: Are you bored in there? I hope so. <HE RAISES HIS LEFT HAND AND CUTS THROUGH THE SNOW AROUND THE DEVICE WITH A WEAK YELLOW ENERGY BEAM, MELTING ALL OF IT> Some days, I want to let you out just to test myself against you again. But that’s my pride speaking, not me. I have to be in better control of my emotions.

<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>

<JUMPING UP, THE BOY NOTICES 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; LUNGING AT HIM THE CREATURE ATTACKS, ITS MANDIBLES DRIPPING SALIVA>

Ledas: Ah! <KICKS OFF INTO THE AIR AWAY FROM THE BEAST, A DISGUSTED LOOK ON HIS FACE> Ew, ew, ew! Get away from me!

<KICKING THE BEAST ASIDE, THE BOY TAKES TO THE AIR ONLY FOR ANOTHER BUG TO LUNGE AT HIM FROM BEHIND; DODGING THE ANIMAL WITH A BACKFLIP, THE BOY REAPPEARS BEHIND THE CREATURE AND THEN HEEL-KICKS IT TO THE SNOW; LANDING, THE BOY HOLDS HIS ARMS OUT, ORANGE ENERGY FORMING IN EACH PALM; AS HE GOES TO AIM AT THE FALLEN BUG, ANOTHER ONE RUSHES HIM FROM THE LEFT, POUNCING ON THE BOY; HOWEVER, THE CREATURE FLIES RIGHT THROUGH THE BOY’S BODY; IMMEDIATELY AFTER, SEVERAL DOZEN ADDITIONAL BUGS LUNGE THROUGH LEDAS’ AFTERIMAGE, CRASHING INTO A PILE TOGETHER>

<REAPPEARING IN FRONT OF THEM, THE SAIYAN BRINGS HIS ARMS TOGETHER, MERGING BOTH BALLS OF ENERGY INTO A GREATER ONE, THEN AIMS AT THE PILE, AND RELEASES A TORRENT OF BURNING KI; HIS ATTACK TEARS THROUGH THE BUGS, INCINERATING THEM QUICKLY; AS HE DOES THIS, MORE OF THEM ATTACK FROM ALL SIDES AND HE HAS TO RISE INTO THE AIR, MOVING HIS HANDS IN A SWEEPING MOTION TO OBLITERATE ALL OF THEM; STEAM RISES AS ALL THE SNOW IN THE AREA MELTS; THE BUGS ARE VAPORIZED WITHOUT MUCH PROBLEM; LOOKING AROUND, THE BOY REMAINS ON GUARD, THOUGH HE LOWERS HIMSELF TO THE GROUND AGAIN>

Ledas: <SCOWLING AND SHIVERING> Maybe I should’ve picked somewhere warmer to relax…

<SUDDENLY, THE BOY DETECTS A HUGE POWER LEVEL; GASPING, HE SPINS AROUND, HAND RAISED AS IF TO BLAST ANOTHER BUG, BUT HE SOON SLACKENS HIS POSE WHILE STILL STARING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE>

Ledas: Whoa! That power’s insane. <HIS HEAD JERKS TO THE RIGHT AS HE PICKS UP ANOTHER HUGE POWER LEVEL> And there’s another one heading right for it. Interesting. <HE SMILES SLIGHTLY> I haven’t felt anything like that since… <HE GLANCES AT THE MIND PRISON, PSYCHOGENICALLY SHIVERING> Maybe I should check it out. I bet they’re gonna fight!

<WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT, THE BOY AIR DASHES OVER TO HIS POD, JUMPS IN IT, AND FLIES OFF AFTER THE POWER LEVELS HE HAD SENSED; THE CAMERA PULLS BACK SLIGHTLY, WATCHING HIS TAKE-OFF FROM BEHIND THE MIND PRISON; AS THE POD FLOATS INTO THE AIR AND THEN SHOOTS OFF, THE PYRAMID REMAINS UNFOCUSED IN THE FOREGROUND>

<CUTS TO A MROVIAN TRANSPORT EXITING A WORMHOLE ABOVE TYPHON; WHILE STILL IN SPACE, CUBER, WITH HIS HELMET ON, IMMEDIATELY EXITS HIS SHIP VIA THE VENTRAL LIFT AND MAKES HIS WAY TO THE SURFACE; HE DOES NOT SEE ANY OTHER SHIPS IN ORBIT>

<CUTS TO YUKI, WHO IS STANDING ON OPEN GROUND ON THE SURFACE; BEHIND HER IN THE DISTANCE A WAYS BACK, THE LANDED SAUCERS ARE OFF-LOADING THEIR TROOPS SLOWLY; IN MOMENTS, HER SCOUTER EXPLODES, FOLLOWED BY THE SCOUTERS OF THE REST OF HER SOLDIERS; YUKI HERSELF IS NOT CONCERNED, WHILE MOST OF HER SOLDIERS ARE STARTLED; SHORTLY AFTER, CUBER LANDS A FEW DOZEN METERS IN FRONT OF YUKI AND GOES INTO HIS FIGHTING STANCE; HIS HELMET DISAPPEARS, REVEALING THAT HE IS ALREADY IN SUPER SAIYAN FORM>

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

Cuber: <AFTER A BRIEF MOMENT OF SILENCE> He killed my brother, and he also nearly killed my friend.

Yuki: <SAVORING THE THOUGHT> Well, I’m sure that was very traumatic for you, monkey. <NARROWS HER EYES AND LUNGES AT HIM> I know that feeling all too well, myself, thanks to you.

<CUBER LEANS BACK, EVADING YUKI’S INCOMING LEFT OVERHAND AND THEN SHOOTS HER WITH A STUN BOLT BEFORE GOING IN WITH A DRILL KICK FOLLOWED BY A VERTICALLY-LAUNCHING EXPLOSIVE SHINE; AS USUAL, CUBER FLIES AROUND TO END UP ABOVE YUKI AND COMES DOWN WITH ANOTHER DRILL KICK; HE CUTS PAST HER IN MORE OF A GLANCING BLOW AND LANDS BEFORE SHE DOES; FROM BELOW, CUBER THROWS OUT A RIGHT SCORPION KICK, BUT YUKI STOPS HERSELF JUST SHORT OF ITS RANGE AND THEN STOMPS ONTO CUBER’S BACK WITH HER RIGHT FOOT, BURYING HER OPPONENT AND EXPLODING THE GROUND BENEATH; WITH HER FOOT STILL ON CUBER’S BACK, SHE KICKS HIM FORWARD, LAUNCHING CUBER THROUGH THE WALL OF THE CRATER AND CREATING A MOLTEN VALLEY IN THE PROCESS>

<AFTER BEING SENT OUT OF THE GROUND AT A FLAT ANGLE, CUBER STOPS HIMSELF, STILL WINCING IN PAIN; THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON HIS BACK, SHOWING A LARGE GAPING HOLE IN HIS UPPER BACKPLATE, REVEALING HIS BRUISED SKIN UNDERNEATH; HE LOOKS FORWARD AND SEES YUKI ALREADY MAKING HER WAY TOWARDS HIM; CUBER SHOOTS HER WITH A STUN BOLT, WHICH SHE IS UNAFFECTED BY, BUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO ALLOWS CUBER TO PULL BACK FROM HER DOUBLE-FIST PUNCH; HE COMES BACK WITH A LEFT FLYING SIDE KICK, HITTING YUKI IN THE FACE; YUKI BARELY FLINCHES AND GRABS CUBER’S ANKLE WITH HER RIGHT HAND, AND THEN PULLS HIM INTO THE GROUND BEHIND HER; AS YUKI RELEASES HER GRIP, THE SAIYAN CONTINUES HIS WAY ACROSS ANOTHER NEWLY-FORMED BURNING VALLEY; CUBER LEAPS UP FROM TUMBLING AND BREATHES HEAVILY>

Cuber: <THINKING TO HIMSELF> Shit, she’s stronger than I am; my attacks are barely fazing her. I’m going to have to keep my distance. This will have to be a war of attrition.

<AS YUKI APPROACHES CUBER, HE FLIES AWAY BACKWARDS WHILE BOMBARDING HER WITH STUN BOLTS; WHEN SHE ALMOST REACHES MELEE DISTANCE, HE TURNS AROUND AND STICKS HIS RIGHT LEG OUT BEHIND HIM IN YUKI’S DIRECTION WHILE FIRING OFF AN ORANGE-WHITE ENERGY WAVE OUT OF HIS FOOT; THE BLAST HITS YUKI, NOT INJURING HER MUCH AT ALL, BUT DOES ENOUGH TO PUSH HER BACK, ALLOWING CUBER TO CONTINUE HIS STRATEGY>

<CUTS TO FURTHER AWAY, WITH YUKI CHASING AFTER CUBER, WHO CONTINUES TO KEEP HIS DISTANCE WITH BARRAGES OF STUN BOLTS AND THE KEEP-AWAY ENERGY WAVE KICK; BOTH TAKE ON THE APPEARANCE OF DANCING LIGHTS IN THE DISTANCE, WITH CUBER BEING YELLOW-WHITE AND YUKI, BLUE-WHITE; EVENTUALLY, BOTH DESCEND AND HOVER ONLY A FEW METERS ABOVE THE GROUND>

<CUTS TO YUKI’S SOLDIERS; MANY OF THEM ARE STANDING AROUND OUTSIDE OF THE LANDED SAUCERS, UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO; AHEAD ON A ROCKY OVERLOOK, NARO, KIRKA, AND A FEW DOZEN OTHERS ARE WATCHING CUBER AND YUKI FROM A DISTANCE; INDEED, AS THE TWO CONTINUE TO FIGHT, THE FAINT LIGHTS OF THEIR AURAS FADE TO TINY POINTS>

Soldier #1: Where are all the damn Mrovians? I’m getting bored.

<A SOLDIER TO HIS LEFT, COMING DOWN THE RAMP OF ONE OF THE SAUCERS CARRYING A CRATE OF SUPPLIES, SLIPS WITHOUT WARNING, FALLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RAMP WITH A YELP, SPILLING RATIONS ALL OVER THE DESERT>

Soldier #2: <GASPING AS HE SITS UP AND WIPES THE SAND FROM HIS EYES> One just went speeding by! He knocked me off the ramp!

Soldier #1: <SCOFFING> Oh, nice one, man. First you make a fool of yourself and now you go blamin’ the wind…If only we still had our damn Scouters.

<SHAKING HIS HEAD, THE ALIEN MUTTERS TO HIMSELF AND WALKS OFF>

<THE CAMERA TURNS RIGHT, FOCUSING BACK ON THOSE WATCHING THE FIGHT FROM BEHIND; NARO HAS FOLDED HIS ARMS, WHILE KIRKA IS LEANING AGAINST A BOULDER; AMONGST THE GROUP, ALTHOUGH NO ONE HAS NOTICED HIM YET, IS A BOY IN A RED HOODIE, HIS FURRY TAIL FLUTTERING ABOUT IN EXCITEMENT AS HE PERCEIVES WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE FAR-OFF BATTLE>

<CUTS TO YUKI UP CLOSE>

Yuki: <TELEPATHICALLY TO CUBER> You call yourself a Saiyan? Fight me, you coward!

<CUBER DOES NOT RESPOND AND DOES NOT CHANGE HIS COURSE OF ACTION; YUKI’S AURA, ULTRAMARINE IN COLOR, ENVELOPS HER BODY; SHE ACCELERATES TOWARDS CUBER, NOW TEARING THROUGH ALL HIS ENERGY ATTACKS UNHINDERED, AND GOES FORWARD WITH A RIGHT VERTICAL PUNCH; CUBER JUST BARELY LEANS AWAY FROM IT BEFORE RETURNING WITH A DRILL KICK AS YUKI HOLDS UP HER FOREARMS TO BLOCK; CUBER’S LEFT HEEL HITS YUKI’S GUARD AND HE FOLLOWS UP WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE BEFORE SHE CAN RETALIATE; WITH YUKI STILL ON DEFENSIVE, CUBER GOES FOR ANOTHER DRILL KICK, BUT THIS TIME, THE HALF-ARCOSIAN GRABS HIS ANKLE AGAIN, SWINGS HIM OVER HER HEAD, AND THEN SLAMS HIM ON THE GROUND BEHIND HER INTO A NEW CRATER ABOUT AS LARGE AS THE FIRST; YUKI RELEASES HER GRIP AND LIFTS HER RIGHT FOOT TO STOMP ON CUBER, WHO IMMEDIATELY ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY; YUKI’S ATTACK ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN ANOTHER EXPLOSION, DEEPENING THE CRATER SHE ALREADY MADE>

<CUTS TO CUBER, WHO IS ON HIS FEET NO MORE THAN FORTY METERS AWAY FROM YUKI’S CRATER; SOON, YUKI FLIES OUT AND LANDS AT ITS EDGE AND FACES HER OPPONENT>

Yuki: <FURIOUS, BUT REMAINING COMPOSED> That can’t be all your power.

Cuber: You’re a lot stronger than your father was, I’ll give you that.

Yuki: Why are you surprised, monkey? You should already know about me. Hasn’t your friend told you anything?

Cuber: What are you talking about?

Yuki: I must confess, I do find it odd that there are two monkeys in this area of space, so far from home. Frieza blew up your homeworld all those years ago, and that was in his territory halfway across the universe. Why did you end up in my father’s empire?

Cuber: <UNSURE OF HOW TO APPROACH THIS> What does it matter to you?

Yuki: I haven’t seen my mother in more than a decade. She went with my father to Mrov, and, like the rest of them, never came back. Don’t know why I expected it. Now I’m stuck living under the tyranny of my uncle. Thanks for that.

Cuber: So Chaiva is your mother...

Yuki: <EXHALES; SHE TELEPORT-KNEES CUBER IN THE CHEST, SENDING HIM TO THE GROUND AGAIN> You should have been prepared for this. I know she told you about me. She must have.

Cuber: <GETTING EVEN MORE FLUSTERED> She knows about you?!

Yuki: <OVER-TALKING HIM IN IMPATIENCE> Tell me what you did to her! Is she still alive? Did you make her your whore?

Cuber: <GOING REAL RED> You’ll never find out. You’re not leaving this planet.

Yuki: <SIMMERING WITH RESENTMENT; SMUGLY> I don’t think you quite appreciate the situation you’ve gotten yourself into, monkey. Fighting you, I can see how my father would succumb to such power, for he never held the passion for battle as we do. Yet, it appears that you’ve slacked off in your training since murdering him. You’ve grown too content with your power. Moreover, it has become abundantly clear that you cannot stop me. What a pity. You dishonor our species.

Cuber: <MOCKINGLY> Our species? By your own logic, you’re a monkey too.

Yuki: <CHUCKLING SOFTLY TO HERSELF> I’m not the one groveling in the dirt.

<SHE STEPS FORWARD, HER AURA COMING UP AROUND HER; CATCHING HIS BREATH, THE SAIYAN GETS TO HIS FEET, A LOOK OF DISTRESS AND FURY UPON HIS FACE AS HE PREPARES TO FACE HER AGAIN>

Yuki: Now, monkey, fight me as if your life depends on it. Enough playing around!

Chapter 3: And The Horse You Rode In On
<YUKI’S ULTRAMARINE AURA FLARES UP AROUND HER AS SHE FLIES STRAIGHT AT CUBER; HER FOREHEAD IMMEDIATELY IMPACTS HIS, KNOCKING HIM BACK; AS CUBER CONTINUES TO FLY BACK, YUKI FLIES AROUND HIM TO END UP BEHIND AND UPPERCUTS HIM INTO THE SKY; YUKI ONCE AGAIN FLIES PAST CUBER, THIS TIME ABOVE HIM, AND THEN DOUBLE-AXE-HANDLES HIM BACK INTO THE GROUND; THE IMPACT CREATES A FAR LARGER EXPLOSION ANY OTHER IN THIS FIGHT>

<THE SMOKE CLEARS, REVEALING A HUGE POOL OF LAVA; YUKI LIFTS HER RIGHT HAND ABOVE HER HEAD AND CREATES AN IMMENSE PINK ENERGY BALL ABOVE IT; SHE THEN THROWS THE SPHERE DOWNWARDS AT THE NEW LAVA LAKE, AND SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING HER HAND, THE SPHERE EXPLODES INTO MILLIONS OF SMALL BOLTS THAT RAIN DOWN>

Yuki: <TELEPATHICALLY TO CUBER> Get up, wretch! You think you can insult my father’s memory by putting on such a weak show?

<CUBER EMERGES FROM THE LAVA AND FIRES A PAIR OF STUN BOLTS AT YUKI, WHO TAKES THEM IN THE FACE; ALTHOUGH THEY DON’T REALLY DO ANY DAMAGE, THEY DO SERVE TO BLIND HER BRIEFLY, ALLOWING CUBER TO GET BEHIND HER AND STRIKE WITH A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK, HITTING HER AWAY AT AN UPWARD ANGLE; CUBER FOLLOWS YUKI AND GOES FOR A DOGOM FLIP FROM BELOW; YUKI DODGES BY FLYING AROUND CUBER TO END UP BEHIND HIM; WHEN HE TURNS AROUND TO FACE HER, SHE WHIPS HIM ACROSS THE LEFT CHEEK WITH HER TAIL; WHILE CUBER IS STILL IN PAIN, YUKI SHOOTS TWO EYE BEAMS THAT HIT CUBER RIGHT IN THE THROAT>

<DOING HIS BEST TO FIGHT OFF THE PAIN, CUBER PUTS UP AN ENERGY SHIELD, BUT YUKI BACKHANDS RIGHT THROUGH IT AND THEN PROCEEDS TO PUNCH HIM REPEATEDLY IN THE FACE AND FRONT OF THE TORSO WITH ALTERNATING FISTS WHILE FLYING FORWARD, CARRYING HIM AROUND THE WORLD; AFTER A FINAL GUT PUNCH, YUKI GRABS CUBER’S HEAD WITH BOTH OF HER HANDS BEFORE PERFORMING A BACKFLIP; WITH HER HANDS GRIPPING HIM, SHE SWINGS CUBER OVER HER HEAD AND INTO YET ANOTHER CRATER; BY NOW, CUBER’S ARMOR ABOVE THE WAIST IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, SANS HIS GAUNTLETS>

<YUKI LEAPS OVER CUBER AND THEN STOMPS DOWNWARDS WITH BOTH FEET, INEVITABLY DEEPENING THIS CRATER WITH YET ANOTHER EXPLOSION; WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, YUKI TAKES HER LEFT FOOT OFF WHILE KEEPING HER RIGHT ON THE SAIYAN’S BACK>

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

<CUBER LETS OUT A PAINED GRUNT IN RESPONSE; YUKI OPENS HER PALM AT CUBER AND RELEASES A TORRENT OF BLUE-WHITE ELECTRICITY>

Cuber: <THINKING TO HIMSELF; NUMB FROM YUKI’S ATTACK> So this is how I die. Pretty ironic, isn’t it? I made it this far only to be killed by the child of my lifelong enemy and...my best friend.

<SEEING THAT CUBER IS LESS THAN RESPONSIVE TO HER SHOCKING BEAM, YUKI STOPS IT AND DIGS HER RIGHT TOES DEEPER INTO HIS BACK, GRIPPING HIM BY THE FLESH BEFORE THROWING HIM UP INTO THE AIR; YUKI FLIES AROUND CUBER TO END UP ABOVE HIM, AND THEN ELBOWS HIM BACK DOWN INTO THE NEWEST CRATER, DEEPENING IT EVEN FURTHER>

<CUTS TO A CLOSEUP OF CUBER, WHO IS PRONE>

<CUE CUT VERSION OF OVERLOCKED’S “PASSING OF THE BLUE CROWN” REMIX OF THE MEGAMAN 3 MAIN MENU THEME>

Cuber: <THINKING TO HIMSELF> But Chaiva...Baochoi...<A TEAR ROLLS DOWN CUBER’S RIGHT EYE, FLOWING DOWNWARDS INTO HIS LEFT> I won’t ever see them again. I never even got to say goodbye…

<CUBER’S EXPRESSION SUDDENLY CHANGES TO ONE OF ANGER>

Cuber: No…

<CUBER SLOWLY STANDS UP>

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

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 0:24; CUBER’S YELLOW SUPER SAIYAN AURA FLARES UP AROUND HIM; HE FLIES AT YUKI WHILE FIRING A BARRAGE OF STUN BOLTS AT HER, SOME OF WHICH HIT BUT DO NOT AFFECT HER MUCH>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 0:28; WHEN CUBER REACHES YUKI, SHE PREPARES A RIGHT OVERHAND, BUT THE SAIYAN IS FASTER AND THROWS A LEFT CURVED KNEE TO HER RIBS; NOT HAVING EXPECTED THE ATTACK, YUKI CLUTCHES HER SIDE WHERE CUBER HAD HIT HER AND THEN LOOKS UP TO SEE CUBER COME DOWN ON HER WITH A DRILL KICK>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 0:33; YUKI RAISES HER LEFT FOREARM, SUCCESSFULLY BLOCKING CUBER’S HEEL, AND THEN AS CUBER DESCENDS PAST HER GUARD, SHE REACHES OUT WITH HER RIGHT HAND; CUBER NARROWLY DRIFTS AWAY FROM YUKI’S HAND AS HIS AURA FLARES OUT MORE VIOLENTLY, BLUE-WHITE PLASMA ARCS FLICKER AROUND HIS BODY, AND HIS HAIR STRAIGHTENS FURTHER UP AND BACK>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 0:37; CUBER UNLEASHES A FLYING REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK, CONNECTING HIS HEEL TO THE SIDE OF YUKI’S HEAD, CAUSING A PITCH-BLACK GOLF-BALL-SIZED SPHERE TO APPEAR AT THE POINT OF CONTACT, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE HALF-ARCOSIAN IS SENT FLYING UP AND AWAY BY A HUGE ORANGE-WHITE ENERGY WAVE>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 0:41; CUBER, NOW CLEARLY IN SUPER SAIYAN 2, WAITS FOR YUKI TO RETURN TO THE BATTLEFIELD>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 0:48; YUKI APPEARS SEVERAL DOZEN METERS IN FRONT OF CUBER>

Yuki: So, you’ve finally achieved the state beyond a Super Saiyan. I would have expected you to have reached it sooner.

<CUBER DOES NOT ANSWER AND GLARES AT HER IN SILENCE>

Yuki: No matter; you are still nothing compared to me.

<YUKI POWERS UP, HER ULTRAMARINE AURA SHINING EVEN MORE BRIGHTLY THAN EVER BEFORE; HER MUSCLES ENLARGE SLIGHTLY AND NOWHERE NEAR TO THE EXTENT OF FRIEZA AT 100% POWER>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 1:13; YUKI FLIES AT CUBER WITH A RIGHT FLYING SIDE KICK; THE SAIYAN LEAPS OVER YUKI AND THEN THROWS A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK INTO HER BACK ON HIS WAY DOWN; YUKI DOES NOT FLINCH MUCH AND RETALIATES WITH A RIGHT BACKHAND, WHICH CUBER BLOCKS WITH AN ENERGY SHIELD, THIS ONE MAINTAINING ITS SHAPE; CUBER DEACTIVATES HIS SHIELD BEFORE ATTACKING WITH A DRILL KICK, BUT YUKI BLOCKS WITH HER FOREARMS; THE SAIYAN TAKES UP INTO THE SKIES AND YUKI FOLLOWS SOON AFTER; NOW FACE-TO-FACE, CUBER ATTACKS WITH A LEFT CURVED KNEE, WHICH YUKI DODGES BY DRIFTING BACK; IMMEDIATELY AFTER MISSING, CUBER RETREATS BACK TO THE GROUND AND THEN FIRES A STUN BOLT AT YUKI, WHO FLIES OVER IT BEFORE PURSUING HER OPPONENT>

<WHEN SHE REACHES HIM, SHE THROWS OUT A RIGHT OVERHAND, BUT CUBER PULLS BACK AWAY FROM HER FIST AND THEN PUNISHES YUKI’S MISSED ATTACK WITH A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK; YUKI DOES HER BEST TO ENDURE THE HIT AND PREPARES TO DELIVER ANOTHER BACKHAND, BUT THE SAIYAN VERTICALLY LAUNCHES HER WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE BEFORE SHE CAN THROW OUT HER ATTACK; CUBER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS HER AND HITS HER WITH THE DOGOM FLIP; STILL STRONG ENOUGH TO RESIST, YUKI SOON RESPONDS WITH A CLOCKWISE SWIPE OF HER TAIL, BUT CUBER DUCKS UNDER IT AND RETURNS TO THE GROUND; JUST AS YUKI LANDS, CUBER RELEASES AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE, BUT SHE BACKS AWAY JUST IN TIME; THE SAIYAN PURSUES YUKI, WHO RAISES HER FOREARMS TO BLOCK THE FOLLOW-UP EXPLOSIVE SHINE; CUBER THEN MOVES TO THE SIDE AND GRABS YUKI’S THROAT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND, CAUSING HER TO DROP HER GUARD, AND THEN HOOKS HER ACROSS THE FACE WITH HIS LEFT FIST AS HE RELEASES GRIP, KNOCKING HER BACK>

<YUKI STOPS HERSELF BEFORE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE CUBER MOVING TOWARDS AND AWAY FROM HER AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS, ALMOST TOO QUICKLY FOR HER TO FOLLOW; YUKI GOES INTO A DEFENSIVE STANCE, UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO; AFTER NO MORE THAN A SECOND, CUBER RELEASES AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE, WHICH YUKI IS ABLE TO BLOCK WITH HER FOREARMS RAISED; YUKI REACHES OUT AGAIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO GRAB CUBER, BUT HE RETREATS AND THEN COMES BACK WITH A DRILL KICK; YUKI NARROWLY DODGES THE ATTACK BY FLYING AROUND CUBER, WHO TURNS AROUND IMMEDIATELY AND FIRES A STUN BOLT; YUKI REACTS QUICKLY ENOUGH AND PUSHES HER LEFT PALM FORWARD, HITTING THE ENERGY BEAM RIGHT BACK TO CUBER; ALTHOUGH CUBER’S OWN ATTACK HITS HIM, HE BARELY FLINCHES, FLIES OVER AND AROUND YUKI, AND STRIKES HER WITH A RIGHT FLYING BACK KICK, AND FOLLOWS UP WITH A DRILL KICK THAT SCRAPES HER THROUGH ANOTHER MOLTEN VALLEY; YUKI ONCE AGAIN STOPS HERSELF FROM GOING TOO FAR; JUST AS SHE PUSHES HERSELF UPRIGHT, CUBER DRILL-KICKS THE GROUND NEXT TO HER, CREATING AN EXPLOSION THAT LAUNCHES HER UP IN THE AIR>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 2:17; CUBER IMMEDIATELY ASCENDS ABOVE YUKI BEFORE NAILING HER WITH A FINAL DRILL KICK; ANOTHER SMALL PITCH-BLACK SPHERE APPEARS AT THE POINT OF CONTACT AND AN IMMENSE ENERGY WAVE OF BLUE-WHITE SURROUNDED BY ORANGE COMES OUT OF CUBER’S HEEL AND PUSHES YUKI DOWNWARDS>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 2:19; CUTS TO A SHOT OF TYPHON FROM OUTER SPACE; TWO MASSIVE EXPLOSIONS APPEAR NEAR-SIMULTANEOUSLY ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PLANET; A BLUE-WHITE STREAK LEAVES OUT FROM ONE OF THE EXPLOSIONS, WHICH CAN BE ASSUMED TO BE YUKI AND CUBER’S DRILL KICK BEAM>

<MEGAMAN 3 REACHES 2:23; CUTS BACK TO CUBER, WHO LOOKS DOWN AT THE LAVA CRATER THAT IS EVEN LARGER THAN YUKI’S FROM EARLIER>

<MEGAMAN 3 ENDS>

<WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, AN ULTRAMARINE LIGHT APPEARS IN THE DISTANCE AND CUBER LOOKS TO IT; CUTS TO YUKI UP-CLOSE; SHE IS FLYING AT CUBER, ANGERED AND BRUISED; CUTS TO CUBER, WHO BOMBARDS THE INCOMING YUKI WITH STUN BOLTS; YUKI DODGES SOME BOLTS WHILE LETTING OTHERS HIT HER AS SHE CHARGES UP A VIOLET-WHITE ENERGY SPHERE IN HER RIGHT PALM; JUST AS YUKI THROWS THE ATTACK WHICH TAKES ON THE SHAPE OF A LARGE TEARDROP (DEATH SURGE), CUBER’S AURA AND PLASMA ARCS VANISH, AND HIS HAIR BECOMES LESS SPIKY; HIS EYES WIDEN AS YUKI’S ATTACK APPROACHES HIM>

<CUTS TO A FEW HUNDRED KILOMETERS AWAY; YUKI’S ATTACK EXPLODES, TAKING ON THE APPEARANCE OF AN OVERLY-BRIGHT SUN; CUTS TO CUBER, WHO IS BLASTED BACK; SOMETHING CATCHES HIM BY THE THROAT, AND WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE EXPLOSION DISSIPATES, IT IS REVEALED TO BE YUKI’S TAIL; YUKI IS BEHIND CUBER, POSING THE WAY FRIEZA HELD VEGETA ON NAMEK>

Yuki: Looks like you finally ran out of steam. Now I will make sure to enjoy this.

<YUKI CREATES TWO ENERGY KNIVES, ONE IN EACH HAND, AND REPEATEDLY SLICES INTO CUBER’S BACK; NOT MUCH BLOOD COMES OUT OF HIS WOUNDS, AS YUKI’S BLADES VAPORIZE MOST OF THE BODILY FLUIDS THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH>

<CUTS TO YUKI’S SOLDIERS>

<THE CAMERA SHOWS NARO, KIRKA, LEDAS, AND YUKI’S ELITES WITNESSING THE EXPLOSION OF YUKI’S LAST ATTACK; IT EXPLODES IN THE SKY, SOMEWHAT FAR-OFF IN THE DISTANCE, THOUGH STILL BRIGHT ENOUGH TO FORCE THEM TO LOOK AWAY; IT IS ONLY AS A HELMET-WEARING SOLDIER DOES SO THAT HE NOTICES THE BOY IN THE RED HOODIE STANDING AMONGST THEIR GROUP>

Soldier #3: <TOO LOUDLY> Hey! What the hell?! Who are you?!

<LEDAS DOES NOT EVEN LOOK AT HIM, BEING TOO FOCUSED ON THE FIGHT GOING ON IN THE DISTANCE TO CARE>

Soldier #4: <IN A WHINY VOICE> Captain, we’ve got an enemy spy in our midst!

<THAT GETS NARO AND KIRKA’S ATTENTION; THE BULKY WARRIOR APPEARS ANNOYED AS HE APPROACHES THE BOY; HIS FRAIL COHORT LOOKS MORE THAN A LITTLE AGITATED AT THE SIGHT OF AN ENEMY SO CLOSE BY>

Naro: <IN A DEEP VOICE> Form up! <HIS ELITE SOLDIERS, AROUND THREE DOZEN STRONG, SPLIT OFF AND SURROUND LEDAS, WHO HAS YET TO MOVE> Now who the hell do you think you are, kid? This ain't no place for you to be. How’d you get here?

Ledas: <TO HIMSELF; RAISING HIS ARM UP TO HIS EYES> That power's awesome! I've got goosebumps!

Soldier #4: Hey, brat! Listen up! The captain's talkin’ to ya!

<HE GRABS LEDAS BY THE TAIL TO GET HIS ATTENTION; INSTANTLY, THE BOY SLAPS HIM AWAY, AS IF THE SOLDIER WERE A BUG, SENDING HIM FLYING INTO THE AIR AND SOON DISAPPEARING IN THE DISTANCE WITHOUT A SOUND; THE OTHER SOLDIERS FREEZE UP IN SHOCK; NARO FEARLESSLY STEPS FORWARD>

Kirka: <CALLING OUT DESPERATELY> Look at that tail, Naro. He's a Saiyan!

Naro: <RELAXING> That makes sense. I was wondering why he didn't look like those damn photosynthesizers.

Kirka: He must be that other warrior's son. Be careful trying to fight him! Use extreme caution!

Ledas: <ENGAGING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME> Huh? Which warrior? Who’s fighting out there anyways?

Naro: You mean you don’t even know? I find that hard to believe.

Kirka: <SHOUTING PASSIONATELY> Never trust a monkey!

Ledas: Look, I don’t care about you guys. You’re all really weak. I’m more interested in the fight going on over there. One of the powers is fading fast. That must mean it’s over. <HE FLASHES A CHEEKY GRIN> I’m gonna challenge the winner!

Kirka: <COVERING HIS MOUTH AS IF LEDAS HAD JUST SPOKEN NAKED HERESY> An ape like you could never challenge the Empress! You would be vaporized immediately.

Ledas: <COCKS HIS HEAD TO THE SIDE> Ooh, an empress? Is she really strong?

Naro: Stronger than you could imagine. But you won’t be facing her. You’ll have to get through me first. That’s not happenin'.

Ledas: <LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING; BITES HIS LOWER LIP, THEN STEPS UP TO FACE THE THEKAR> Alright, show me whatcha got.

Naro: I’ll knock your teeth out!

<NARO PUNCHES AT LEDAS WITH HIS RIGHT FIST; THE BOY CATCHES HIS FIST AND JERKS HIS ARM SHARPLY TO THE SIDE, RIPPING IT FROM HIS SHOULDER; THE THREE-EYED ALIEN ROARS IN PAIN AS HE FALLS TO HIS KNEES, BLUE BLOOD SPURTING OUT FROM HIS GAPING WOUND; THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON LEDAS’ FACE; HIS GREY EYES SHINE WITH COLORLESS ENERGY FOR A MOMENT; THEN, THE CAMERA SHOWS HIS POINT-OF-VIEW AS YUKI’S FLYING SAUCERS SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPLODE; THE EXPLOSIONS OVERTAKE THE WEAKER SOLDIERS, VAPORIZING THEM BEFORE THEY KNOW WHAT HAS HIT THEM>

<HOWLING, NARO RAISES HIS REMAINING ARM AND FIRES A CRIMSON FINGER BEAM AT LEDAS; HIS ELITES WHOOP AND SHOUT AND SCREAM THEIR WAR CRIES AS THEY TOO ATTACK THE BOY WITH A VARIETY OF ENERGY BLASTS; THE SAIYAN THRUSTS HIS ARMS OUT, CREATING A RED-ORANGE BARRIER OF ENERGY AROUND HIMSELF; AS THE ATTACKS HIT THE ENERGY SHIELD, HE CLOSES HIS EYES, CAUSING HIS ADAPTIVE BARRIER TO SELF-DESTRUCT, A WAVE OF BRIGHT BLUE KI WASHING OVER NARO AND HIS ELITES, DECIMATING THEM; KIRKA, WHO HAD JUST BEEN STANDING THERE, SHRIEKS LIKE A BANSHEE AS HE IS THROWN OVER THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF BY THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION>

<RISING INTO THE AIR ABOVE THE SMOKE, LEDAS DOESN’T SCAN TOO THOROUGHLY FOR SURVIVORS BEFORE DASHING OFF TO THE BIG POWER LEVELS HE CAN SENSE IN THE DISTANCE>

<CUTS BACK TO CUBER AND YUKI; THE LATTER OF WHOM NOW HAS CUBER TURNED AROUND TO FACE HER; SHE IS PUNCHING CUBER REPEATEDLY IN THE ABDOMEN; THE SAIYAN IS SUFFOCATING, UNABLE TO COUGH UP BLOOD; YUKI THEN PAUSES, SMILING AS SHE READIES A SMALL PINK BEAM IN HER RIGHT HAND, FINGERNAIL OUT>

Chapter 4: True Love Waits
<THE CAMERA FADES IN FROM BEHIND YUKI AS THE PINK GLOW OF HER ATTACK ILLUMINATES HER AND HER PREY; AS CUBER CONTINUES TO SUFFOCATE, GAGGING SILENTLY, THE HALF-ARCOSIAN RAISES HER FINGER AND POINTS IT AT HIM; THE SAIYAN IS LOOKING UP AND TO THE LEFT, NOT AT HER, THOUGH HIS EYES ARE WIDE OPEN IN SURPRISE, WHEN A DARK BLUE ENERGY BALL EXPLODES AGAINST THE SIDE OF HER HEAD; AS SHE HAD COMPLETELY DROPPED HER GUARD IN HER LUST FOR VENGEANCE, SHE LETS CUBER SLIP FROM HER GRASP JUST IN TIME TO BE PELTED WITH DOZENS OF ADDITIONAL ENERGY BALLS>

<CUBER’S BODY FLOPS AROUND LIKE A RAGDOLL UNTIL HE’S LOST IN THE SMOKE AND DUST; HIS HAIR HAS CLEARLY REVERTED TO BLACK AGAIN; YUKI DODGES MOST OF THE BLAST, SWATTING A FEW ASIDE WITH HER HANDS AND TAIL, GAINING DISTANCE FROM THIS NEW ATTACKER; THE CAMERA PANS BACK FROM HER AS SHE LOOKS UP INTO THE SKY, REVULSION ON HER FACE; THE CAMERA FLIPS AROUND TO REVEAL LEDAS IN SUPER SAIYAN 2, PLASMA SPARKS FLICKERING IN HIS GOLDEN AURA, WHICH IS LIGHTING UP THE SKY>

Yuki: <IN AN AGITATED AND IMPATIENT MOOD> Another monkey?! Are you serious? And this one knows how to perform that trick as well. Unbelievable. Where are they coming from?

Ledas: <IN HIS MIND; HIS EXPRESSION IS RELAXED> That other guy’s a Super Saiyan too. It felt like he was about as strong as me, and he was beating her before his energy ran out.

<HE GLANCES BACK TO WHERE HE LAST SAW CUBER, BUT ALL THAT REMAINS OVER THERE ARE A SERIES OF SMOKING CRATERS; INSTANTLY, YUKI LEAPS AT HIM, CLOSING THE GAP WITH A FLYING KNEE INTO LEDAS’ STOMACH; THE BOY RECOILS SLIGHTLY, BUT ABSORBS THE BLOW EASILY NONETHELESS>

Yuki: <LOOKING SLIGHTLY ALARMED> Impossible!

Ledas: Psh, that was nothing special. Watch this.

<WITH A SUDDEN LEFT SPINNING HEEL KICK, THE BOY KNOCKS HER BACK TO THE GROUND; YUKI CATCHES HERSELF ON HER TOES AND FINGERTIPS JUST AS SHE HITS THE GROUND, PREVENTING ANOTHER CRATER FROM FORMING; COMPOSING HERSELF, SHE GETS TO HER FEET, RUBBING THE SIDE OF HER JAW AND SPITTING OUT A MOUTHFUL OF BLOOD; LEDAS DESCENDS TO THE GROUND AND APPROACHES>

Yuki: <TRYING VERY HARD WITH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND SUCH NOT TO LOSE CONTROL OF HER TEMPER; IN A HIGH, PRETENTIOUS TONE> So tell me, are you his son? Have you come here to vanquish me and save Daddy all by yourself?

Ledas: Huh? What? Who?

Yuki: The other monkey. You’re too young to have been born when Frieza vaporized your species’ homeworld. That means you must be his son.

Ledas: I dunno who that other guy is. I just sensed a couple big powers over here, so I came to watch you and him fight. I was watching some of it with your soldiers. That was pretty awesome. But then I had to kill them so I could come fight you myself.

Yuki: Insolent beast. You’ve left everything up to me. I am going to hurt you for what you did to my soldiers.

Ledas: <SARCASTICALLY> Ooh, you’re a real pleasant lady. <SHAKING HIS HEAD> You must be the empress.

Yuki: <RATHER MAD THAT THE BOY DOES NOT ALREADY KNOW WHO SHE IS> I am Yuki, Empress of the Planet Trade Organization, and I will not be mocked by a stinking monkey!

Ledas: <NOT LISTENING> Cool, looks like I found a girl Frieza.

Yuki: How dare you speak of me in such base terms?! I am the daughter of Emperor Nitro. Don’t you dare compare me to that loathsome worm!

Ledas: <BARELY PAYING ATTENTION> Mhm, mhm. You know, I fought Cooler once. That was intense. Your uncle was pretty strong.

Yuki: Liar! He would have ground you to dust, boy. Do not boast so recklessly in my presence. Do you take me for some common housewife?

Ledas: I sensed you fighting earlier. You’re gonna have to power up a lot more if you wanna to beat me. Can you even do that? Do it. I’m not afraid of you.

Yuki: Very well, little man. You’ll regret this. If I do power up to my next form, you will have no chance against me.

Ledas: <UNCONCERNED> Yeah, yeah, yeah… let’s see what you got, Miss Empress Lady.

<YUKI FOLDS HER ARMS, UNIMPRESSED; LEDAS STANDS UP STRAIGHT IN A POSE WHICH IS SLIGHTLY FACING YUKI; HIS HANDS ARE DOWN AT HIS WAIST, PULLED BACK SLIGHTLY; AS HIS AURA BEGINS TO SIMMER DOWN A BIT, YUKI’S OWN AURA CLINGS TO HER BODY, SOON BRIGHTENING ENOUGH TO FULLY ENSHROUD HER; WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A SCREAM, SHE BUILDS HER AURA UP EVEN MORE UNTIL A SHOCKWAVE RIPPLES THROUGH THE AIR, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY ANOTHER, AND THEN THE LIGHT QUICKLY FADES AWAY; LEDAS SHIVERS, FEELING HER NEW POWER>

<YUKI STEPS FORWARD WITH A SMIRK ON HER FACE; SHE IS AT LEAST A HEAD TALLER THAN SHE WAS BEFORE, AND NOW HAS A FOUR-SPIKED HELMET OF BIO-ARMOR THAT STARTS AT THE BOTTOM OF HER FACE AND GOES THROUGH THE BACK OF HER HEAD; HER HAIR IS NOW GOLDEN, SPIKY, AND STANDING UP LIKE A SUPER SAIYAN’S; HER AURA HAS SPARKS OF PLASMA>

Ledas: Uh-oh… I really probably shouldn’t have allowed that! <SHOCKED AT SEEING HER> Hey! What the heck?! Your hair looks like mine!

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

Ledas: I bet you got your ugliness from her t–

Yuki: You are the first person to witness this form… not even Kirka has seen me power up to this level. You’re in for a rare treat. The pain will be unbearable… <SHE SWALLOWS A CHUCKLE> but isn’t that what you wanted? Tell me your name, monkey, before I obliterate you.

Ledas: <EYEING HER SUSPICIOUSLY> My name’s Ledas.

Yuki: You have done well to push me this far, Ledas… but it’s time for you to go. Goodbye.

<SHE RUSHES AT THE BOY, CATCHING HIM OFF-GUARD; THOUGH HE TRIES TO BLOCK HER, THE FORCE OF HER PUNCH SENDS HIM SKIDDING BACK SEVERAL FEET; BEFORE HE CAN REACT, SHE IS ON HIM AGAIN, THIS TIME LAUNCHING HERSELF AT THE BOY WITH A SUPERMAN PUNCH; LEDAS DESPERATELY TRIES TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY, BUT SHE SLAPS HIM WITH HER TAIL, KNOCKING HIM INTO THE AIR; YUKI PURSUES THE SAIYAN, STRIKING HIM WITH A RIGHT ELBOW; THIS TIME, LEDAS’ GUARD BREAKS; HE FRONT-FLIPS HIGHER INTO THE SKY, ABSORBING THE BLOW WHILE GAINING ENOUGH DISTANCE TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK OF HIS OWN>

<THIS TIME WHEN YUKI RUSHES HIM, LEDAS MANAGES TO FIRE A CYAN ENERGY BEAM DOWN UPON HER BEFORE SHE CAN REACH HIM; THE HYBRID, WHO IS DASHING UP TO HIM, DOES NOT HAVE TIME TO BLOCK; A MOMENT LATER, SHE SLAMS INTO THE GROUND IN A CRATER; NOT WAITING FOR HER TO GET BACK UP, LEDAS CLOSES THE GAP BETWEEN THEM, BUT REMAINS HOVERING IN THE AIR AS HE FIRES AN UNRELENTING ENERGY BURST AT HER, TEARING APART THE LANDSCAPE AROUND YUKI AS HE PUMMELS HER WITH HUNDREDS OF BRIGHT GREEN ENERGY BALLS>

<FROM OUT OF THE RISING DUST CLOUD, A THIN PINK FINGER BEAM SHOOTS UP AT LEDAS, BLASTING THROUGH MULTIPLE ENERGY BALLS ALONG THE WAY; LEDAS TRIES TO DODGE, AND WHEN HE DOES, IN A MIDAIR SPIN TO THE LEFT, YUKI FLIES UP TO HIM, UPPERCUTTING HIM WITH HER LEFT FIST; YUKI PURSUES HIM AS HE SAILS HIGHER INTO THE SKY, LEADING WITH A LEFT FLYING KICK INTO HIS STOMACH, FOLLOWED BY A BACKHAND TO THE MOUTH, A RIGHT HAMMERFIST TO THE NOSE, WHICH OF COURSE BREAKS HIS NOSE, THEN A LEFT SIDE KICK TO THE BOY’S RIBS; YUKI TAKES LEDAS BY THE THROAT AND THROWS HIM TO THE GROUND; BEFORE HE REACHES IT, SHE AIR DASHES DOWN TO HIM, HER AURA FLARING UP AROUND HER, AND ELBOWS THE SAIYAN IN THE BACK, SENDING HIM TO THE TURF WITH A SICKENING CRASH>

<WINCING, LEDAS FLIPS UP TO HIS FEET, THEN KICKS OFF TO THE LEFT, STAYING LOW, FLYING AROUND YUKI AS HE SHOOTS DUAL PARTICLE BEAMS FROM HIS EYES AT HER; THE HALF-ARCOSIAN SLAPS HIS PURPLE ENERGY BEAMS ASIDE WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT, THEN, HER TAIL SWINGING IN IRRITATION, SHE THRUSTS HERSELF AT LEDAS, FIST OUT; HE TRIES TO BLOCK, BUT THE POWER OF HER ATTACK BREAKS THROUGH HIS DEFENSES, SENDING HIM TO THE GROUND; BEFORE HE CAN GET UP, SHE STOMPS ON HIM AND THEN KICKS HIM AWAY; AS HIS BODY FLIES THROUGH THE AIR, YUKI READIES A VIOLET-AND-WHITE TEARDROP-SHAPED ENERGY BLAST; INHALING, SHE RELEASES THE BLAST, TELEPORTING AWAY FROM HIM IMMEDIATELY AFTER>

<THE BLAST EXPLODES, SENDING A SHOCKWAVE THROUGH THE AIR; YUKI EXHALES, LOWERING HER HAND; OUT FROM THE SMOKE, LEDAS RUSHES AT HER, HIS LEG EXTENDED IN A FLYING KICK; YUKI DODGES TO THE RIGHT, SPINNING TO SLAP THE SAIYAN IN NOSE AGAIN WITH HER TAIL; HE FLIES BACK, NARROWLY AVOIDING HER ATTACK, AND REGAINS HIS BALANCE IN MIDAIR ONLY FOR YUKI TO ATTACK HIM AGAIN WITH ANOTHER LEFT UPPERCUT, SENDING HIM SAILING INTO THE AIR; WITHOUT MERCY, SHE TELEPORTS ABOVE HIM AND KNEES HIM TO THE GROUND, WHICH HE IMPACTS WITH AN EXPLOSION, LEAVING THE SAIYAN IN A CRATER>

<AS LEDAS FLIPS UP TO HIS FEET, YUKI SHOOTS ANOTHER FINGER BEAM AT HIM, BUT HE IS ABLE TO FRONT-FLIP OVER IT; THE EMPRESS RUSHES IN FOR THE KILL WITH A GRAB, BUT WHAT SHE GRABS IS MERELY AN EXASPERATED-LOOKING AFTERIMAGE; REALIZING THIS SLIGHTLY TOO LATE, SHE PUNCHES LEFT, BUT THE AIR DISPLACEMENT SHE HAD FELT WAS JUST ANOTHER AFTERIMAGE; PANICKING, SHE SPINS AROUND, HER RIGHT LEG SWINGING THROUGH YET ANOTHER AFTERIMAGE; LEDAS APPEARS BEHIND HER, DROPPING TO HIS PALMS TO KICK OUT HER LEGS FROM UNDER HER; HE FOLLOWS THIS UP WITH A RIGHT ELBOW, AND HALF-A-HEARTBEAT LATER, HE STRIKES THE BACK OF HER NECK WITH AN OPEN-PALM STRIKE WITH HIS LEFT HAND, WHICH SENDS HER FLYING HORIZONTALLY AWAY FROM HIM; LEDAS’ AURA FLARES UP AROUND HIM MOMENTARILY AS HE FIRES OFF A SOUNDLESS KYORRA FLASH AFTER YUKI WHICH EXPLODES AGAINST HER TUMBLING BODY A FEW DOZEN METERS AWAY>

<CATCHING HIS BREATH, LEDAS DISGUISES HIS ENERGY AMONGST HALF A DOZEN AFTERIMAGES, WHICH FORM A HALF-CIRCLE AROUND THE EXPLOSION; EXPECTING YUKI TO HAVE SURVIVED, THEY ARE IN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS; BEFORE THE DUST HAS SETTLED, A FLURRY OF PINK FINGER BEAMS SHOOT OUT FROM THE SMOKE, TAKING OUT THREE AFTERIMAGES BEFORE THE REST ARE ABLE TO REACT AND DODGE ASIDE; THEN, YUKI, HER COUNTENANCE REMAINING CALM, AIR DASHES OUT FROM THE SMOKE CLOUD, FLYING AROUND THE VARIOUS AFTERIMAGES FEINTING SEVERAL ATTACKS, CATCHING THEM OFF-GUARD; AS SHE SEES THEIR REACTIONS, SHE SOON NOTICES WHICH ONE IS THE REAL LEDAS, ALLOWING HER TO RUSH IN WITH ANOTHER PUNCH; ALL OF LEDAS’ EYES START GLOWING PURPLE AGAIN, INDICATING HE’S ABOUT TO FIRE ANOTHER PAIR OF PARTICLE BEAMS; YUKI COUNTERS THIS WITH AN EXPLOSIVE WAVE, THE FORCE OF WHICH SURPRISES THE BOY, COUNTERING HIS REMAINING AFTERIMAGES AND SENDING HIM FLYING INTO THE AIR BEFORE HE CAN ATTACK>

<SPINNING TO STOP HIS MOMENTUM, LEDAS RETALIATES WITH A PURPLE AND BLUE ENERGY BEAM; YUKI KNOCKS THE PLAYFUL GALICK ASIDE WITH LITTLE PATIENCE AS SHE CHARGES UP AT HIM AND PUNCHES THE BOY HARD IN THE STOMACH; THEN SHE HEADBUTTS HIM VICIOUSLY, SNAPPING HIS HEAD BACK; EXHALING IN A GROAN, LEDAS ALMOST LOSES CONSCIOUSNESS AS HIS EYES NEARLY SHUT; HE FALLS FROM THE SKY ON HIS BACK AND HEADFIRST AS THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT JUST ENOUGH TO SHOW HIM HIT THE GROUND WITH A DULL THUD>

<CUTS TO CUBER, WHO HAS BEEN FLUNG AWAY FROM THE FIGHTING GOING ON; HIS STAMINA DRAINED, THE SAIYAN IS COVERED IN BRUISES AND OPEN WOUNDS, BREATHING HARD; HE IS WATCHING LEDAS AND YUKI CONTINUING THEIR FIGHT>

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> Cuber.

Cuber: <TELEPATHICALLY OVER COMMUNICATOR> What is it, Quoeyg? I’m kind of dying here.

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> We have been observing the fighting on Typhon.

Cuber: <TELEPATHICALLY OVER COMMUNICATOR> Then you know that there’s no point in sending anyone else out here. Nitro’s daughter is too strong; it must be… Chaiva’s DNA. This other Super Saiyan doesn’t look like he’ll last much longer either.

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> I contacted you to inform you that not all hope is lost.

Cuber: <TELEPATHICALLY OVER COMMUNICATOR> Wait, what do you mean?

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> The engineers of that outpost were developing fusion devices, which have been tested on various fauna with successful results. These devices can merge two beings into one, and the abilities of the resulting entity are drastically magnified. You must go to the Typhon facility immediately if you hope to stop Yuki.

Cuber: <TELEPATHICALLY OVER COMMUNICATOR> You’re telling me to fuse with the kid? Are the effects permanent?

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> They are not. Removal of the device should restore each of you to your original forms.

Cuber: <TELEPATHICALLY> Alright, I’m on my way.

<CUBER GETS UP AND FLIES OFF IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OUTPOST>

<CUTS TO YUKI AND LEDAS; THE SAIYAN IS ON HIS FEET AGAIN; YUKI DESCENDS TO THE GROUND, HER ARMS FOLDED; NOT ALLOWING HER TO ATTACK FIRST THIS TIME, HE FIRES A STREAM OF RAZOR BLASTS AT HER WHILE RUNNING AROUND HER TO THE LEFT AGAIN; UNIMPRESSED, YUKI STANDS MOTIONLESS AS THE ATTACKS SIZZLE AND BURN AGAINST HER AURA, WHICH HAS GROWN IN SIZE, NOT SO MUCH AS TOUCHING HER; HE GOES IN FOR A LEAPING KICK, BUT SHE CATCHES HIM BY THE ANKLE, SLAMS HIM AGAINST THE GROUND FOUR TIMES BEFORE TOSSING HIM INTO THE AIR AND CATCHING HIM BY THE THROAT; SHE SQUEEZES HIS NECK, HOLDING HIM UP TO HER FACE; SHE SMILES CRUELLY AS SHE WATCHES HIM STRUGGLE FOR AIR>

<THRASHING ABOUT, LEDAS CANNOT BREAK FREE OF HER ONE-HANDED GRIP; AS HIS FACE STARTS TO TURN BLUE, HIS LEFT HAND REACHES OUT AND GRABS ONTO HER RIGHT TIT, AND HE TWISTS THE NIPPLE SIDEWAYS AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN; IT GOES ALMOST A FULL CIRCLE; YUKI LETS OUT A HORRIBLE SCREAM OF PAIN; SHE DROPS LEDAS, HUNCHING OVER AND HUGGING HER OWN CHEST; SHE LOOKS OVER AT HIM WITH A TERRIBLY MAD LOOK>

Yuki: Impertinent ape! How did you know to do that?

Ledas: <COUGHING TAKING A FEW BREATHS BEFORE SPEAKING; WITH A LITTLE GRIN> I think I know my geography pretty damn well.

Yuki: You’re a dead monkey!

<SHE RUSHES HIM, FORCING LEDAS TO BLOCK PUNCHES FROM BOTH FISTS; CLEAR EXHAUSTION IN HIS FACE, THE BOY HAS CLEARLY NOT YET RECOVERED FROM THE PREVIOUS ASSAULT; HE SLUGGISHLY HOLDS HER BACK FOR A FEW SECONDS, PROMPTING YUKI’S AURA TO GROW AS SHE CALLS FORTH MORE OF HER POWER RESERVES>

Ledas: <IN HIS MIND> Well, that could have gone a lot better… Oh well, guess it’s time to run.

<YUKI IS PUSHING HIM BACK, ABOUT TO BREAK THROUGH HIS BLOCK, WHEN LEDAS RAISES HIS TAIL OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER, AIMING IT AT HER FACE; HE SHOOTS THREE PARTICLE BEAMS AT HER FROM HIS TAIL, EACH ONE HITTING YUKI IN THE FACE IN QUICK SUCCESSION; NOT EXPECTING SUCH AN ATTACK, SHE LETS OUT A SCREAM AND RELEASES HER HOLD OF LEDAS>

<HE KICKS OFF INTO THE AIR AND AIR DASHES AWAY AS FAR AS HE CAN; INCIDENTALLY, HE IS HEADING BACK TOWARDS YUKI’S DESTROYED FLEET; THE HALF-ARCOSIAN, WHO HAS BEEN MOMENTARILY BLINDED, DOES NOT PURSUE HIM YET; THE CAMERA STAYS FOCUSED ON LEDAS, TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND LOOKING UP AT HIM FROM BELOW AS HE FLIES OFF, HIS BROKEN NOSE STILL LEAKING BLOOD, AND A MUCH MORE WORRIED LOOK UPON HIS FACE>

Chapter 5: Splicer No Splicing
<IN THE DISTANCE, THE CLIFF-FACE THAT YUKI’S SOLDIERS HAD BEEN WATCHING HER FIGHT CUBER FROM CAN BE SEEN; SMOKE IS YET RISING FROM HER DESTROYED SAUCERS BEYOND IT; AS THE CAMERA REMAINS FOCUSED ON THE CLIFFS, A GOLDEN AURA SHOOTS INTO VIEW FROM THE UPPER RIGHT, APPROACHING THE ROCKS; AS THE FIGURE MOVES ACROSS THE SKY, TWO PURPLE BALLS OF ENERGY SHOOT INTO VIEW, CHASING THE FIGURE; THE CAMERA CUTS TO HIM, REVEALING SUPER SAIYAN 2 LEDAS, WHO IS BREATHING HARD AND LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER WITH A GRIMACE>

<HE BARELY MANAGES TO RAISE AN ADAPTIVE BARRIER IN TIME AS YUKI’S ATTACKS HOME IN ON HIM; THEY EXPLODE AGAINST HIS ORANGE ENERGY SHIELD, SHATTERING IT WITH A MASSIVE DETONATION THAT DESTROYS THE ENTIRE CLIFF AREA, VAPORIZING THE REMAINS OF HER OWN SHIPS AND THE MOUNTAINS BEYOND THEM; THE CAMERA CUTS TO SPACE, SHOWING THE DETONATION EXPANDING MASSIVELY OVER A PORTION OF THE TYPHONIAN DESERT>

<CUTS BACK TO THE SURFACE; A MASSIVE CRATER HAS REPLACED THE LANDING AREA, GOING DEEP ENOUGH TO EXPOSE THE MANTLE; IN THE DISTANCE, THE FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION HAS SHATTERED THE NEAREST MOUNTAIN RANGE, VAPORIZING ABOUT EIGHTY PERCENT OF IT, LEAVING THE REST AS A PILE OF ROCKS, OF WHICH A DUST CLOUD WAS YET RISING OVER>

<YUKI APPEARS OVER THE CRATER IN HER FIFTH FORM SUPER SAIYAN 2 TRANSFORMATION WITH HER ARMS FOLDED; SHE DOES NOT LOOK PLEASED AS SHE SEARCHES FOR THE BOY IN THE NEAR VICINITY>

Yuki: Where are you, monkey?! <THERE IS NO REPLY; SHE FLIES HIGHER SEARCHING FOR HIM STILL; AFTER NO MORE THAN HALF A MINUTE, SHE COMES TO A HALT AGAIN; SHE RAISES THE INDEX FINGER OF HER RIGHT HAND; A LIGHT PURPLE BALL OF LIGHT BEGINS FORMING ABOVE HER FINGERTIP> Perhaps I expected too much of him. No matter. Whether he’s out there hiding or dead, it won’t make a difference. This planet has no further use.

<THE ENERGY BALL EXPANDS TO THE SIZE OF A VOLLEYBALL WHEN THE FIRST SALVO OF HOMING FINGER BEAMS COME RACING AT HER FROM BEHIND; SHE MERELY INCREASES THE POWER IN HER AURA TO VAPORIZE THEM BEFORE THEY CAN IMPACT AGAINST HER; THIS TIME, SHE REMAINS ALERT AS SHE INCREASES THE DEATH BALL’S SIZE TO THAT OF A BOULDER; ONCE MORE A GROUP OF YELLOW HOMING FINGER BEAMS FLY AT HER AND DISSOLVE AGAINST HER AURA; HOWEVER, IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, A PAIR OF PARTICLE BEAMS FOLLOW; YUKI SMILES, KNOWING WHERE THE BOY IS HIDING>

Yuki: Found you. Now, let’s see if you can handle but a sliver of my power.

<SHE RELEASES HER UNDERPOWERED ATTACK AT THE BROKEN MOUNTAIN RANGE; A BLUE AND BLACK ENERGY BEAM IMMEDIATELY FLIES OUT FROM THE ROCKS TO MEET HER DEATH BALL, PUSHING IT BACK; YUKI STOPS THIS AT ONCE, HOLDING HER ATTACK IN PLACE>

Yuki: Do you really think detonating it up here will save you? Not a chance. You have no hope, either way.

<SHE FORMS HER HAND INTO A FIST, CAUSING THE DEATH BALL TO EXPLODE IN MIDAIR, CAUSING ANOTHER DEEP CRATER TO FORM IN THE PLANET’S SURFACE; SHE GROUND SHAKES INTENSELY AS WATCHES HER ENERGY OVERTAKE THE MOUNTAIN RANGE>

<CUTS TO CUBER, WHO HAS ARRIVED AT THE GOLDEN STRUCTURE, TYPHON’S OUTPOST, WHICH IS UNDAMAGED, BUT ENTIRELY ABANDONED>

Cuber: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> I’m in.

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> I am sending the appearance of the device as well as the instructions for its use to your neural implant.

<CUBER FLIES ACROSS A FEW HALLWAYS UNTIL HE REACHES A ROOM; UPON ENTERING IT, HE SEES A ROW OF FUSION DEVICES, EACH SUSPENDED IN ITS OWN BLUE ENERGY COLUMN AGAINST THE WALL>

Cuber: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> Found ‘em.

<THE GROUND SUDDENLY BEGINS SHAKING VIOLENTLY, SLIGHTLY DAMAGING THE INSIDE OF THE OUTPOST>

Quoeyg: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> Make haste, Cuber. The boy–

Cuber: <OVER COMMUNICATOR> I know. I can feel his power dropping.

<CUBER, DESPITE HIS INJURIES, GRIMACES IN PAIN AS HE FLIES QUICKLY BACK THE WAY HE CAME, SURROUNDED IN ORANGE-WHITE ENERGY>

<CUTS BACK TO YUKI AND LEDAS; THE CAMERA IS AIMED AT YUKI FROM THE GROUND AND A GOOD DISTANCE AWAY; SHE IS STANDING ON THE EDGE OF ANOTHER MASSIVE, SMOKING CRATER; EVERYTHING IS BLURRY, AND YUKI IS WALKING TOWARDS THE CAMERA; THE BACK OF LEDAS’ HAND COMES INTO VIEW AS THE CAMERA BECOMES CLEARER; HE IS ON THE GROUND; STILL FROM FIRST PERSON, LEDAS STRUGGLES TO SIT UP, PANTING, BLINKING LONG, AND ROLLS OVER ONTO HIS KNEES; HE NOTICES YUKI APPROACHING>

<THE CAMERA CUTS TO LEDAS IN THIRD PERSON; HAVING REGRESSED TO HIS BASE FORM, THE BOY REMAINS ON HIS KNEES FOR A SECOND WITH A BLANK FACE; HE GRIPS HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WITH HIS LEFT, AS HE QUICKLY FEELS OVER HIS DAMAGED BODY FOR ANY SERIOUS WOUNDS>

<YUKI CONTINUES WALKING EVER SO SLOWLY TOWARD THE SAIYAN; SHE IS MAYBE HALF A KLICK AWAY FROM HIM; LEDAS TAKES ONE DEEP BREATH, THEN GOES SUPER SAIYAN 2; HE DARTS AWAY, FLYING LOW AND FAST OVER FLAT GROUND TOWARDS THE NEAREST SHATTERED MOUNTAIN, AS THAT IS HIS ONLY HOPE OF HIDING FROM HER>

<SEEING HER QUARRY GETTING AWAY, YUKI FLIES AFTER HIM, BUT DOES NOT GET THERE IN TIME BEFORE THE BOY IS LOST IN THE MAZE OF JAGGED ROCKS AND RISING DUST; YUKI RAISES HER RIGHT PALM AND SWEEPS IT TO HER LEFT, OBLITERATING MUCH OF THE LAND BEFORE HER IN ONE COLOSSAL ARCING PURPLE ENERGY WAVE; A FEW YELLOW SHARDS OF ENERGY COME SHOOTING AT HER FROM ABOVE; THEY KNICK HER, BUT DO LITTLE DAMAGE>

<SHE SENDS OUT A SECOND ARCING BEAM, WHICH CLEARS THE DUST OUT OF HER WAY AND DESTROYS MORE POSSIBLE HIDEOUTS AMONGST THE ROCKY LANDSCAPE; YUKI LIGHTS UP HER KI ENERGY AROUND HER AND FLIES AFTER THE SAIYAN AND INTO THE RUBBLE AT LAST>

<LEDAS IS BELOW HER, STUCK IN A CANYON OF SPLIT ROCKS; HE IS SITTING UP AGAINST A WALL WITH A DIAGONAL CRACK RUNNING ACROSS ITS FACE, DAZED AND STILL BREATHING HARD; HE IS NOT IN SUPER SAIYAN 2 ANY LONGER IN ORDER TO CONSERVE WHAT ENERGY HE HAS LEFT>

<AS A RAIN OF BLASTS COME DOWN AROUND HIM, LEDAS HOPS UP, SHIELDING HIS HEAD FROM FALLING DEBRIS BEFORE FLYING OUT OF THERE; AS HE DOES SO, HE FIRES SEVERAL HOMING FINGER BEAMS BEHIND HIM TO CONFUSE YUKI; THEY COME ROARING UP AT HER UNEXPECTEDLY, FORCING HER TO PUT SOME SMALL EFFORT INTO DODGING THEM; SHE NARROWS HER EYES FURTHER, BECOMING AGITATED; ONCE MORE, SHE DECIMATES THE NEARBY LAND, REDUCING THE SURFACE TO A DEEP CRATER; TYPHON SHAKES AGAIN, CAUSING MORE OF ITS LAND TO BREAK APART AND COLLAPSE>

Yuki: Come out, coward! Face me!

<A FEW MILES AHEAD, LEDAS CRASHES INTO A ROCK AND FALLS RIGHT INTO A BUNCH OF CRASHING BOULDERS; HE LETS OUT A SMALL CRY AND DOES NOT GET UP, EVEN AS MORE ENERGY COMES RAINING DOWN AROUND HIM, TOSSING HIM LIKE A RAGDOLL>

<CUTS TO KIRKA, YUKI’S ADVISOR, WHO IS HIDING BEHIND A ROCK IN A MASSIVE PILE OF RUBBLE; YUKI IS JUST VISIBLE IN THE SKY, KILOMETERS AWAY FROM HIS’ POSITION; SHE IS STILL SCORCHING AND POCK-MARKING THE LAND, BUT NO LONGER IN HIS DIRECTION; THE AGED ADVISOR’S CAPE IS IN TATTERS, HIS ARMOR CHIPPED AND CRACKED, AND ONE OF HIS SHOULDER PAULDRONS IS SMASHED; THERE IS A DRIED TRICKLE OF BLOOD RUNNING DOWN HIS LEFT CHEEK; SEEING THAT YUKI IS FINALLY MOVING AWAY, HE LETS OUT A SIGH OF RELIEF>

Kirka: Her power is unbelievable… no one can stop her like that… not even her uncle, heh…

<HE LIMPS AROUND A FEW ROCKS TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF WHERE SHE’S MOVING OFF TO IN THE SKY; AS HE DOES, HE NOTICES LEDAS LYING ON HIS STOMACH, ARMS AND LEGS SPLAYED LIMPLY IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS; HE IS NOT MOVING; KIRKA GASPS AND THEN SNIGGERS IN DELIGHT, LIMPING OVER TO THE UNCONSCIOUS SAIYAN; THE FOUR-EYED IMP GRASPS HIS TAIL, PULLING HIM UP BY IT AND HOLDING HIM UPSIDE DOWN>

Kirka: Heheheh, what have we got here? <HE SHAKES LEDAS, BUT THE BOY DOESN’T REACT, HIS BODY MOVING LIFELESSLY> Knocked out, too. Perfect. The Empress will undoubtedly forgive my earlier failure if I take out the brat. Today’s my lucky day!

Ledas: <OPENING HIS EYES; TWISTING HIS NECK AROUND TO LOOK AT KIRKA> I dunno about that.

<A BLUE ENERGY BALL FIRES FROM THE TIP OF HIS TAIL, BLOWING KIRKA’S ARM OFF; IN A DRY SCREAM, THE IMP, WHOSE LUNG CAPACITY IS QUITE POOR, SHOOTS A DARK BLUE FINGERBEAM AT THE SAIYAN AND THEN FALLS TO HIS KNEES; LEDAS, HAVING REMAINED HOVERING IN PLACE AFTER BLASTING KIRKA AWAY, NOW SPINS 180 DEGREES SO THAT HE’S STANDING; IN ALL THIS TIME KIRKA’S ENERGY BEAM HAS REMAINED AS IF FROZEN IN PLACE NO MORE THAN A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF LEDAS; ONCE THE SAIYAN HAS RIGHTED HIMSELF, HE BENDS OVER, TRYING TO CATCH HIS BREATH; OUTRAGED AT THE BOY IGNORING HIM, KIRKA TRIES TO RISE TO HIS FEET, PREPARING TO ATTACK AGAIN; A SHIVER GOES THROUGH THE ALIEN’S ENERGY BEAM, AND NOT A SECOND LATER, IT SHOOTS ITS WAY THROUGH KIRKA’S THROAT AND LOWER JAW, LEAVING ONLY A HOLE BEHIND>

<A LOOK OF SHOCK ON HIS FACE, KIRKA’S JAW SPASMS A FEW TIMES AS IF HE IS CHEWING SOMETHING AWFULLY CHEWY, HIS REMAINING HAND OUT, ONE FINGER POINTED UP; TO LEDAS’ HORROR, THE BOY REALIZES HE HADN’T BEEN POINTING AN ATTACK AT HIM, BUT AT THE SKY; A MOMENT LATER, THE BLUE ENERGY FLARE DETONATES, ALERTING YUKI TO LEDAS’ EXACT LOCATION>

<SHE LANDS WITH A HEAVY THUD RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM, JUST AS THE BOY HAD BEEN PREPARING TO AIR DASH OFF SOMEWHERE; HE GOES SUPER SAIYAN 2 IN REFLEX; UNIMPRESSED, YUKI GRABS HIM BY THE WRIST AND THROWS HIM INTO A NEARBY WALL OF ROCK, CRACKING IT AND FORCING IT TO COLLAPSE ON HIM; SLOW TO GET UP, LEDAS IS SO DELIRIOUS, HE IS BARELY TRYING TO STAVE HER OFF ANY MORE; HE FIRES A CLUSTER OF ENERGY BALLS AT HER BEFORE SCURRYING ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES TO ANOTHER HIDEY-HOLE FURTHER AWAY; HE IS GREETED WITH A RATHER LARGE BLANKET OF BURNING KI ENERGY; LEDAS USES A BARRIER TO SAVE HIMSELF, BUT THIS DRAINS HIS STAMINA SEVERELY; PANICKING, KNOWING HE WON’T BE ABLE TO STOP ANOTHER SUCH BLAST, HE STANDS UP AND SKIDS ON THE HARD DIRT BEFORE SETTING HIS SIGHTS ON THE HALF-ARCOSIAN ONCE MORE>

Ledas: <DETECTING CUBER APPROACHING; IN HIS MIND> Oh no, that other guy’s headed right for us. He probably doesn’t realize we’re here…

<HE MOMENTARILY LOSES FOCUS AND TWISTS HIS HEAD TO THE DIRECTION THAT CUBER IS COMING FROM; YUKI SEES HIM PAUSE AND SNARLS; SHE THROWS A PAIR OF SNOW BLADES AT HIM; LEDAS QUICKLY REGAINS HIS COMPOSURE BY FALLING TO HIS STOMACH TO AVOID THE SHARP BLASTS; HE STANDS AGAIN AND LOOKS AT YUKI, RESOLUTE; HE HOLDS HIS SHOULDERS HIGH AND DOES NOT BACK DOWN>

<YUKI IS APPROACHES AND READIES A PURPLE BLAST IN HER HAND; LEDAS LETS OUT A YELL AND STEPS FORWARD; HE SHOOTS A PULSE WAVE WITH BOTH OF HIS HANDS, SHATTERING YUKI’S GUARD; SHE STUMBLES BACK; HE FOLLOWS THIS UP TWO SALVOS OF PARTICLE BEAMS, EACH ONE HITTING YUKI HARD; SHE STUMBLES BACK FROM THE SUCCESSIVE BLOWS, BLINKING RAPIDLY; LEDAS CONTINUES WALKING FORWARD AS HE DOES THIS; YUKI, FOR ALL HER THEATRICS, HAS NOT TAKEN ANY NOTICEABLE DAMAGE FROM LEDAS’ ATTACKS>

<LEDAS ABANDONS THE BARRAGE, FLICKING ONE FINAL BUNCH OF KI INTO HER EYES; SHE BLINKS THAT AWAY, DISSOLVING IT WITH HER AURA, BUYING HIM A SECOND OR TWO; THE SAIYAN IS ABLE TO PERFORM A HIGH ANGLED JUMP KICK, WHICH COMES DOWN RIGHT INTO YUKI’S FACE; HE SMASHES HER COLLARBONE WITH HIS LEFT FIST; IN HIS RIGHT HAND, HOWEVER, IS A KI SWORD; HE STABS AT HER ABOVE THE EYES; CLICKING HER TONGUE, YUKI TAKES AHOLD OF THE SWORD, DISINTEGRATING IT IN HER GRIP; SHE PUSHES LEDAS BACK, AND CHOPS HIM ONCE AT THE BASE OF HIS NECK, BRINGING HIM TO A KNEE>

<FROWNING IN DISGUST, YUKI PREPARES A DEATH BEAM>

<LEDAS, ON ONE KNEE, LOOKS UP IN DEFEAT AT THE HYBRID EMPRESS; HE LOOKS ONE LAST TIME OVER TO CUBER, WHO IS SLOWLY MAKING HIS WAY AS CLOSE AS HE CAN; LEDAS LOOKS HIM IN THE EYES>

Ledas: <MUTTERING TO HIMSELF> What are you do–

<TWO BLUE BEAMS SHOOT OUT OF CUBER’S EYES AND HIT LEDAS, SURROUNDING THE YOUNGER SAIYAN IN A LAYER OF BLUE ENERGY; THE BEAMS DRAG LEDAS AND CUBER TOWARDS EACH OTHER AT A RIDICULOUS SPEED, WITH BOTH SHIELDING THEMSELVES WITH THEIR ARMS RIGHT BEFORE THEIR MERGING; OF COURSE, LEDAS JUST ABOUT HAD A HEART ATTACK FROM THIS; CUBER WAS AT LEAST EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO OCCUR>

<YUKI FIRES HER BEAM AT LEDAS, BUT IT MISSES; THE FUSION PROCESS HAS SENT HIM FAR, FAR AWAY>

<THIS COMMOTION GETS YUKI’S ATTENTION, WHO TURNS TO SEE A BRIGHT, BLUE, STATIONARY ENERGY SPHERE TO HER LEFT, AND THEN CHARGES AT IT; WHEN YUKI REACHES THE SPHERE, SHE IS PUNCHED STRAIGHT IN HER FACE AND TUMBLES BACKWARDS; ON THE GROUND, SHE LOOKS UP, SHIELDING HER EYES AS SHE BEHOLDS HER NEW FOE>

<THE LIGHT DIMS DOWN, REVEALING A NEW FIGURE WITH PHYSICAL FEATURES OF BOTH CUBER AND LEDAS; THIS BEING’S HAIR IS NOT QUITE AS TALL AS LEDAS’ WAS, BUT IT ACTUALLY HAS SOME SPIKES AND WHATNOT IN IT, WHICH WERE ALWAYS ABSENT FROM CUBER’S HAIR; THIS CHARACTER IS NEITHER AS OLD AS CUBER NOR AS YOUNG AS LEDAS; HE LOOKS TO BE ABOUT AS OLD AS VEGETA WAS WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO EARTH>

<THE FIGURE STEPS FORWARD, TILTING HIS HEAD; HE IS CLAD IN A BLACK JUMPSUIT NECK-DOWN THAT IS DECORATED WITH LINES OF NEON-GREEN LIGHTS; THE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY BOTH FUSEES CAN BE SEEN ON THIS FUSION, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT HE IS SEVERELY WOUNDED>

Cubas: <FLEXING HIS FINGERS; HE SPEAKS WITH NEITHER LEDAS’ OR CUBAS’ VOICE, BUT AN ALL NEW ONE, LIKE GOGETA IN THE BIG GREEN DUB> It still hurts all over. I was hoping this fusion would at least heal me a little.

Quoeyg: Your wounds may not have healed, but the merging does give you the advantage, even as weak as you two were before.

<THE LEDAS PART OF CUBAS FREAKS OUT AT THIS VOICE INSIDE HIS HEAD, CAUSING CUBAS TO JUMP UP IN THE AIR, ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FEET; OF COURSE, NOW THAT QUOEYG HAS COMMUNICATED ONE TIME, THE LEDAS PART OF CUBAS IS NOW USED TO IT FOREVER>

<WHEN HE COMES CRASHING DOWN, CUBAS HAS REGAINED HIS COMPOSURE; HE BRACES HIMSELF AND BEGINS CHARGING UP TO SUPER SAIYAN 2; THE LIGHTS ON HIS JUMPSUIT TURN YELLOW TO MATCH THE COLOR OF HIS AURA; PLASMA SPARKS APPEAR AROUND HIS FORM>

<CUBAS LOOKS OVER AT YUKI AS HE IS CHARGING UP; SHE IS RUBBING HER CHEEK IN ANNOYANCE, THOUGH CUBAS HAS HER FULL ATTENTION; FROM BEHIND THE BITS OF LIGHTNING AND BRIGHT LIGHTS, HE SAYS ONE THING TO HER>

Cubas: You’re done.

Chapter 6: I Would Have Been Your Daddy
<CUBAS IS STANDING STILL, LOOKING AT YUKI, WHO IS UNINJURED, BUT LOOKS CONCERNED; CUBAS IS BRUISED AND BATTERED AND HAS SOME OPEN CUTS ON HIS FACE; THEY STAND THERE FOR A FEW MOMENTS; THEN, CUBAS WALKS FORWARD; HE TRIPS OVER HIMSELF; HE IS NOT USED TO HIS BODY YET; YUKI USES THIS MOMENT TO ATTACK HIM>

<SHE PUNCHES AT HIM WILDLY, ALL OF THEM HITTING; CUBAS STUMBLES UP, TRYING TO BLOCK; HE IS A BIT LATE WITH HIS BLOCKS, SO YUKI REMAINS DOMINANT; SHE BEGINS A DIZZYING DISPLAY OF FINGER JABS INTO CUBAS’ FACE; THIS CAUSES HIM TO FALL BACKWARD; HOWEVER, BEFORE HE CAN HIT THE GROUND, SHE CATCHES HIM WITH HER FEET AND KICKS HIM UP TO THE AIR; SHE PURSUES IMMEDIATELY; HE FLIES OUT OF THE WAY, PROMPTING YUKI TO CHASE AFTER HIM; WHEN YUKI REACHES CUBAS, HE SPINS AROUND AND ELBOWS HER IN THE FACE; SHE IS IMMEDIATELY KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, AND FALLS; CUBAS FOLLOWS THIS UP WITH A QUICK PLAYFUL GALICK; THIS HITS YUKI, SENDING HER TO THE GROUND>

<CUBAS LANDS ON ONE FOOT, SLIGHTLY STUMBLING; HE MOVES UP TO YUKI’S CRATER, FINDING HER UNMOVING WITHIN IT; HE STARTS CHARGING UP A KYORRA FLASH TO FINISH HER OFF; HIS AURA AT THIS POINT IS MASSIVE>

<YUKI, HOWEVER, IS AWAKE NOW; SHE SITS UP, AND LOOKS AT CUBAS INTENTLY>

Yuki: What are you? <HISSING> You both combined together. How did you do that?!

<CUBAS DOESN’T ANSWER; HE ANGLES HIS BEAM AT HER; YUKI GOES 100% POWER AS QUICKLY AS SHE CAN; HER OWN AURA IS EQUAL IN SIZE TO CUBAS; CUBAS FIRES HIS BEAM; YUKI CATCHES THE BLAST, WHICH BURNS HER HANDS, BUT DOES NOT KILL HER; WITH ALL HER MIGHT, SHE PUTS HER LEGS DOWN IN A LOCKED POSITION AND PUSHES THE BEAM BACK TO CUBAS; CUBAS DID NOT EXPECT THIS, SO HE IS HIT SQUARE IN THE CHEST WITH IT; HE DROPS TO ONE KNEE AS HIS BODY SINGES AND HE FEELS THE PAIN>

<YUKI USES THIS TIME TO JUMP OVER CUBAS; SHE LANDS BEHIND HIM AND SENDS SIX SNOW BLADES FLYING INTO HIS BACK; THEY CUT INTO HIM, THEN EXPLODE; GETTING UP, CUBAS TURNS BACK AROUND TO YUKI AND CHARGES HER; SHE ATTEMPTS MORE SNOW BLADES, BUT CUBAS EASILY BATS THEM ASIDE; HE REACHES HER, AND GREETS HER WITH AN OPEN PALM PUNCH TO THE FACE; YUKI STAGGERS BACK AND PUTS UP HER GUARD; CUBAS PUNCHES HER AGAIN, BUT SHE CATCHES HIS ARM AND THROWS HIM BACK; THEN, SHE TELEPORTS IN A BURST, THEN KICKS HIM TWICE ACROSS THE CHEST; YUKI THEN TRIES TO FLURRY ATTACK HIM>

<CUBAS, HOWEVER, HAS REGAINED HIS FOOTING AND AVOIDS HER ASSAULT BY DODGING AND PUSHING HER HANDS AWAY; WHEN SHE TRIES A RATHER DEEP PUNCH, CUBAS SIDESTEPS IT, THEN COUNTERS WITH A KNEE TO HER STOMACH; THEN, CUBAS GRABS YUKI’S STILL-OUTSTRETCHED HAND AND PULLS DOWN ON IT WHILE KICKING UP, BREAKING IT; YUKI SCREAMS OUT; SHE CREATES A DEATH SURGE IN HER OTHER HAND, AND USES THAT TO BLAST CUBAS BACK; AS CUBAS COVERS HIS BLINDED AND BURNING EYES, YUKI FOLLOWS UP WITH A DEATH BEAM, WHICH GOES RIGHT THROUGH CUBAS’ RIGHT SHOULDER; HE YELLS OUT IN FRUSTRATION BEFORE RELEASING A SUPER EXPLOSIVE WAVE AROUND HIM; THIS BLOWS YUKI FAR AWAY; CUBAS DOES NOT PURSUE, HOWEVER, AS HIS EYES ARE STILL BLINDED FROM THAT POINT-BLANK BLAST>

<HE FURIOUSLY BLINKS UNTIL HE CAN START SEEING BLACK AND GREY FUZZINESS AROUND HIM; THE CAMERA IS IN FIRST PERSON, AND IT SHOWS HIM PUT HIS ARMS OUT, AND SLOWLY REGAIN THE SIGHT TO SEE THEM; AS HIS EYES CLEAR, HE LOOKS UP, AND SEES YUKI COMING RIGHT AT HIM>

<SHE PUNCHES AT HIM, BUT HE CATCHES HER FIST WITH HIS LEFT HAND, AND FLIPS HER OVER BEFORE SLAMMING YUKI DOWN ON THE GROUND; SHE SPINS AROUND ON THE GROUND, KICKING CUBAS, AND MAKING HIM FALL; SHE JUMPS UP AND BACKFLIPS, USING HER LEGS AS LEVERAGE AGAINST CUBAS>

<YUKI STANDS IN FRONT OF CUBAS, STARING HIM DOWN; HE LOOKS UP AT HER, HOLDING HIS WOUNDED SHOULDER; SHE CREATES A PULSE BEAM, A MASSIVE FINGER BEAM THAT IS QUITE DEADLY; CUBAS ATTEMPTS A COUNTER, WITH A YELLOW FINGER BEAM OF HIS OWN>

<THE TWO BEAMS CLASH, SHOOTING THE DUST UP; A GREAT WIND COMES ABOUT, AND PUSHES THE TWO BACK FROM THE POINT WHERE THE TWO BEAMS ARE CLASHING; YUKI IS PUTTING ALL OF HER ENERGY INTO THIS, AND CUBAS IS PUTTING A FAIR BIT OF HIS IN; CUBAS THEN PUTS MORE OF HIS ENERGY INTO HIS BEAM, NEARING HIS MAXIMUM AND STARTS TO OVERPOWER YUKI RATHER EASILY; SHE SCREAMS OUT CURSES TO HIM, BUT HE DOESN’T LISTEN>

<JUST BEFORE THE BEAM OVERTAKES YUKI, CUBAS STOPS PUTTING MORE ENERGY IN; HE KEEPS THE BEAM RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER FINGERS>

Cubas: <IN HIS MIND> No, too easy.

<CUBAS GINGERLY RAISES HIS FREE, WOUNDED ARM, AND AIMS IT AT YUKI; WITH THAT, HE SENDS OFF SMALL HOMING FINGER BEAMS, WHICH RUSH OVER TO YUKI, IGNORING THE CURRENT BEAM STRUGGLE; THEY ALL HIT HER IN THE FACE AND UPPER CHEST, DOING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE>

Yuki: STOP! YOU FOOL! STOP IT!

Cubas: <CLEARLY LEDAS’ SIDE> You deserve it.

<HE CONTINUES SHOOTING HER WITH ADDITIONAL HOMING FINGER BEAMS, CAUSING YUKI TO GIVE UP ON THE BEAM STRUGGLE; AS SHE IS CONTINUOUSLY PUMMELED BY THE ENERGY, SHE FALTERS AND LOSES ENOUGH ENERGY FOR THE BEAM TO OVERTAKE HER; THE LIGHT AND FORCE OF THE EXPLOSION CAUSE THE SCREEN TO GO ALL WHITE FOR ABOUT THREE PANELS>

<THEN, THE CAMERA FADES BACK TO REALITY, FOCUSING ON CUBAS, WHO IS CROUCHING ON ONE KNEE, HOLDING HIS BLOODY SHOULDER; YUKI IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN; AS HE STANDS UP AND MOVES FORWARD, CUBAS SEES A LONG STREAK OF BURNT BLOOD IN A RAGGED LINE LEADING ABOUT HALF A MILE AWAY; YUKI IS LYING ON THE GROUND, UNMOVING, AND IN A POOL OF HER OWN BLOOD; CUBAS LANDS IN FRONT OF HER>

Cubas: I can still sense you, so get up.

<YUKI RAISES HER HEAD AT HIM, AND SHOOTS WHAT ENERGY SHE HAS LEFT FROM HER EYES; CUBAS CASUALLY LEANS HIS HEAD TO THE SIDE TO AVOID THE PATHETIC ATTEMPT>

Yuki: What does it matter? You’ll kill me anyways.

Cubas: <WALKS RIGHT UP TO HER> That’s right.

<CUBAS RAISES HIS RIGHT PALM AT YUKI, WITH HIS LEFT HAND HOLDING UP HIS RIGHT ARM; A BLUE-AND-BLACK ENERGY SPHERE FORMS IN FRONT OF HIS PALM; HE GRIMACES IN PAIN OF USING HIS WOUNDED ARM AS HE GATHERS UP ALL HIS ENERGY; YUKI WATCHES>

Cubas: Any last words? Or are you too much like your father?

Yuki: <GLARING AT HIM> Look at me, monkey!

<CUBAS DOES SO NONCHALANTLY; EVERYTHING GOES PINK AS YUKI RELEASES AN EXPLOSIVE WAVE WITHOUT WARNING; WHILE THE BLAST IS NOT VERY POWERFUL, NOT EVEN FORCING HIM TO BLOCK, IT BLINDS CUBAS, STUNNING HIM BRIEFLY; WHEN THE LIGHT DIMS, CUBAS IS SEEN FIRING HIS KYORRA CYCLONE OFF INTO THE SKY IN ORDER TO AVOID DESTROYING THE PLANET ACCIDENTALLY; THERE IS NO SIGN OF THE EMPRESS; HE QUENCHES HIS AURA IN EXTREME FRUSTRATION AS HE SENSES FOR YUKI>

<CUTS TO YUKI, WHO HAS FLOWN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET; CATCHING HER BREATH, SHE RAISES HER INDEX FINGER ABOVE HER HEAD AND CHARGES UP A DULL-BLUE ENERGY SPHERE; WHEN THE SPHERE REACHES ABOUT THREE METERS IN DIAMETER, YUKI HURLS IT AGAINST THE GROUND, CAUSING AN IMMENSE EXPLOSION; THE ATTACK BLOWS ITS WAY THROUGH THE PLANET’S CRUST AND KEEPS TRAVELING THROUGH THE MANTLE TO THE PLANET’S CORE, WHERE IT SWIFTLY DETONATES, CAUSING THE PLANET TO SHAKE EVEN WORSE THAN BEFORE; THE GROUND BEGINS TEARING ITSELF APART SPECTACULARLY; HER BREATHING NOT HAVING YET RETURNED TO NORMAL, YUKI WATCHES FROM THE SKY AS TYPHON DIES>

Yuki: <HOARSELY> Now I win.

<YUKI IS SO PROUD OF HERSELF, SHE DOESN’T HEAR CUBAS FLY UP BEHIND HER; HE DOESN’T EVEN BOTHER SPEAKING TO HER; INSTEAD, COMES DOWN THE SIDE OF HER HEAD WITH A DIAGONAL FLYING KICK, KNOCKING HER AWAY; HE IMMEDIATELY BACKFLIPS, FOLLOWING HER DOWN, AND ELBOWS HER HARD IN THE GUT; FLIPPING OVER, HE AIR DASHES BELOW HER, KICKING THE HALF-ARCOSIAN UPWARDS WITH BOTH FEET, AND FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH A SLEW OF NEON GREEN KI BLASTS; CUBAS IS ALREADY TELEPORT DASHING UP TO HER; HE GRABS HER BY THE TAIL, PULLING HER DOWN TO HIM IN MIDAIR; DELIRIOUS THOUGH SHE IS, SHE CAN FLY, STEADYING HERSELF JUST IN TIME TO THROW HERSELF AT HIM WITH AN ERRANT RIGHT HOOK; THE HYBRID SAIYAN TILTS SLIGHTLY BACK, AVOIDING HER RANGE, AND THEN LEANS IN, KNOCKING HER HARD ON THE RIGHT EAR WITH HIS LEFT FIST, THEN FOLLOWING THAT UP IMMEDIATELY WITH A RIGHT HOOK TO HER JAW; YUKI THROWS ANOTHER WILD PUNCH THAT MISSES COMPLETELY AS CUBAS REPEATS WITH ANOTHER LEFT PUNCH TO THE EAR AND A RIGHT PUNCH TO THE JAW; HE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS THIS UP WITH AN EXPLOSIVE SHINE THAT SENDS YUKI EVEN FURTHER INTO THE SKY; AT ONCE, CUBAS APPEARS ABOVE, FRONT-FLIPPING, HIS LEFT FOOT EXTENDED, THE HEEL COMING DOWN HARD ON YUKI’S HEAD, SENDING HER SHOOTING DOWN TO THE SURFACE>

<AN ORANGE ENERGY BEAM BEGINS FORMING IN HIS HANDS, BUT AS HE GOES TO FIRE IT, CUBAS NOTICES NOTICES THE GLOWING HOLE IN THE PLANET’S CRUST; REALIZATION DAWNS ON HIS FACE; HE DESCENDS TO THE SHAKING GROUND; YUKI HAS NOT GOTTEN UP FROM THE CRATER HE LEFT HER IN; SHE IS BLEEDING AND BRUISED, CRADLING HER BROKEN ARM>

Cubas: <OUTRAGED> What… what did you do?!

<YUKI ROLLS OVER AND SITS UP, SNEERING AT HIM>

Yuki: <TO HERSELF> Just a minute or so… <TO CUBAS> You’re late. This place will be gone in a few seconds, and you with it. <TURNS AROUND> I, on the other hand, will survive in space, and my father will finally be avenged. There is nothing you can–

Cubas: <INTERRUPTING HER; IN A COLD FURY> Say hello to your father for me.

<CUBAS FIRES THE ORANGE ENERGY BEAM AT HER, GATHERING THE ENERGY FOR IT ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY IN HIS RIGHT PALM; AS THE BLAST CONTINUES TO HIT HER, IT GROWS LARGER AND MORE POWERFUL; YUKI ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK THE ATTACK, BUT WITH A BROKEN ARM AND HER POWER BEATEN FROM HER, SHE IS UNABLE TO EVEN PUT UP AN ATTACK OF HER OWN TO TRY TO STOP CUBAS’; THE FIERY ORANGE ENERGY OVERTAKES YUKI; SHE SCREAMS OUT AS SHE IS OVERWHELMED BY THE ATTACK; IT EXPLODES SOON AFTER>

<THE GROUND RUMBLES HARD, FORCING CUBAS INTO THE AIR AGAIN; AS THE SMOKE CLEARS, HE FINDS NO TRACE OF YUKI; THE CAMERA ZOOMS OUT, SHOWING THE WOUNDED SAIYAN, THE LAST PERSON ON TYPHON, AMIDST THE RUINED AND DYING PLANET; HE EXHALES, LOOKING TIRED, BUT SATISFIED>

<WHITE LIGHT OVERTAKES THE SCREEN; THE CAMERA CUTS TO OUTER SPACE, SHOWING TYPHON EXPLODING VIOLENTLY AND SILENTLY IN THE VACUUM>

Trivia

 * This story was brought about by KidVegeta and Hyper Zergling texting one another with story ideas during a power outage. That's why it is so good.
 * Though it's the last chapter, Bedtime was the first chapter written for this story.
 * In fact, Bedtime was written before this story was even named.