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Chapter 381 - The Tournament of Power 7/27

Jayr POV - Dragon Ball Universe, Null Realm - Age 780

Shortly after Kahseral's Justice Bomber exploded upon impacting Android 17, creating a thick cloud of smoke, I hear the voice of the God of Destruction of the 11th Universe, Belmod, as he proudly comments, "Kahseral is a battle professional who has conquered many planets. He can focus his energy to form weapons that he uses in a versatile manner."

But while Kahseral and Belmod are very confident of the result of that attack, the smoke clears and reveals the figure of a perfectly fine and calm Android 17, whose body is enveloped in a green energy barrier.

At the same time, Android 18 arrives to Goku's rescue and starts firing Ki Blasts at Tupper, who is still bear-hugging Goku while increasing his weight, while calmly saying, "Get off him already!"

After taking a couple of Ki Blast on his back, Tupper is forced to release his hold on Goku and back away to Zoire's side while complaning that Android 18 is too ruthless while Goku jumps out freeing the feet that sunk into the fighting stage's floor thanking Android 18 for the help making her complain, "Jeez, try to be a little more careful."

At this point, Zoire uses his Justice Spin to create a tornado once more by spinning himself at an extreme speed.

Android 18 is greatly annoyed with all the Justice-themed techniques and thus she carelessly fires Ki Blasts at Zoire and makes Goku do the same, but unfortunately, the tornado created by Zoire is powerful enough to repel ranged attacks from Goku and Android 18 back at them.

At the same time, Tupper, in his petrified form, crouch down holding his legs and starts to spin like a wheel before he launches himself towards the tornado, merging with it and after a series of vertical and horizontal rotations, Tupper comes out the tornado spinning while also being ignited and soon crashes into Android 19 with enough force that it creates a crater on the fighting stage made of Kachi Katchin.

Confident of the fact that he has knocked his opponent out with their combined technique, Tupper, who is still in the same stance he took to spin like a wheel, looks at Goku and happily chuckles.

However, his chuckling is cut short when Android 18 emerges from the crater, lifting his body with a single hand in an impressive show of strength, especially considering that Tupper had increased his body weight to such a level that even Goku in his base form had trouble with it.

Without any hesitation, Android 18 sends Tupper rolling with a powerful throw while yelling, "This is a goodbye!"

Just like that, Tupper quickly rolls toward the edge of the fighting stage while yelling in panic and doing anything in his power to stop himself before he rolls over the edge and with a great effort, in the end he is able to do it as he stops just on the edge of the fighting stage.

For a moment, it seems that Tupper was able to save himself, however, his abilities turned out to be his downfall as his enhanced weight caused the already damage edge of the fighting stage under him to crack and crumble making him fall out of bounds making the Zenos mark his elimination and comment in synch.

""The 11th Universe's Tupper dropped out!""

Seeing his fellow Pride Trooper knocked out from the fighting stage and finding himself in the unfaforable situation of two against one, Zoire doesn't hesitate to use his tried and tested Justice Spin to temporanily blind his opponents using the strong currents generated by the tornado to raise a smokescreen using the dust before retreating and regrouping with his teammates.

At the same time, Kahseral, who is fighting Android 17 using his Justice Saber again, recieve the news of Tupper's elimination and thus he forms a compact Ki Sphere in his hand, which he then throws on the ground, creating a dust cloud that he also uses as cover to retreat and regroup.

Shortly after that, Kahseral arrives in the area where Cocotte and Kettle are facing a tired Caulifla and a still-trapped Kale.

His sudden arrival makes Kattle momentarily stop harassing Caulifla with his Ki Blasts and call him out in a surprised tone, "Oh? General." Kahseral cuts to the crux of the matter and directly announces, "Change of plans," which makes Cocotte ask, "What's wrong?"

At this point, Zoire also arrives and informs his teammates, "Everyone, Tupper's down!" which makes Kahseral says, "Curses. Since we're a man down, focus on the two we know we can take out!" before he quickly orders, "Cocotte, give us a dome! Don't let the other warriors get close!"

Cocotte doesn't hesitate and says, "Roger!" before she raises her right hand and calls out, "Cocotte Zone, max!"

Cocotte then creates an enlarged version of Cocotte Zone where she can engulf surroundings while entrapping a target by a normal zone at the same time to ensure that Goku, Android 17, and Android 18 do not interfere.

As the four start to beat on Caulifla, Android 17 and Android 18 try to break into the Cocotte Zone by attacking either with physical attacks or Ki Blast but they both fail, at the same time, Goku even tries to use Instant Transmission to teleport himself inside but it is unable to do so as the Cocotte Zone is like a whole separated dimension making Goku unable to sense any energy or Ki inside of it and thus unable to locate and teleport inside.

The four decide to finish off the weakened Caulifla, and Zoire once more uses his Justice Spin to create a tornado that slowly approaches the kneeling Cualifla while a trapped Kale can only watch with tears in her eyes.

Kneeling in front of the trapped Kale, the weak and tired Caulifla slowly stands up and announces with clear resolution in her tone, "Kale. I'll protect you. You are... my protègèe, after all."

After saying that, Caulifla moves toward the approaching tornado and starts to recklessly punch it, however, she gets easily blown back, making a worried Kale yell, "Ane-san!"

Kale, watching the struggling figure of her respected mentor, can't stop herself from feeling a strong and intense self-hatred while muttering with tears in her eyes, "I... I'm nothing but a burden for Ane-san. This pathetic me... I'm sick of it. I hate... who I am!!"

At this point, Kale's self-hatred at not being of use causes her Ki to massively spike and transform once more, however this time it is clear that something is different, she isn't in her berserk Legendary Super Saiyan form, but rather a regular Super Saiyan which means she remains in control of herself.

In this form, she grows noticeably taller and likewise increases in muscle mass and build, while not nearly as much as her berserker Legendary Super Saiyan form, she is almost as large as Super Saiyan God Goku in both regards.

Her hair is golden with a slight green tint, and her aura is the normal golden color; her hair also spikes up, and she loses her ponytail and retains visible turquoise irises.

Immediately after transforming into Super Saiyan, Kale launches a powerful Energy Wave that breaks through the Cocotte Zone, trapping her and impacting against Zoire's Justice Spin, breaking the tornado apart while also pushing Zoire back.

Then they all watch as the Cocotte Zone shatters apart, revealing the figure of Super Saiyan Kale, who looks at her own hand in wonder and mutters, "Is this... me?"

After a brief moment of shock, Caulifla walks up to her protègèe and exclaims, "Kale!?" which makes Kale unconsciously call her out, "Ane-san!"

Hearing that, Caulifla happily asks, "You can recognize me!?" which makes Kale enthusiastically reply, "Yes!"

At this point, Caulifla genuinely praises her protègèe, "Way to go, Kale! You're not going berserk and are in perfect control of your energy!" before she adds in a confident tone, "Of course, I always knew you had it in you."

Suddenly, Kahseral breaks the beautiful moment by shouting, "Dammit! No fear! Her hair color changed, that's all. Let's attack together!"

Under Kahseral's lead, each member of the Pride Trooper strikes a different pose and charges a uniquely-colored energy blast in their hands before firing and yelling in perfect sync.

""""United Justice Stream!!""""

Kahseral's blast is yellow, Cocotte's blast is purple, Kettle's blast is dark blue, and Zoire's blast is dark cyan.

Their multiple energy blasts advance and combine into an even larger and stronger red energy wave that quickly approaches the two young Saiyan women.

In response, Caulifla also transforms into a Super Saiyan and yells, "Here goes, Kale!" making Kale immediately understand her intentions and reply as the two also fire their own Energy Waves while roaring out loud.

The combined United Justice Stream clashes with Caulifla and Kale's Energy Waves, resulting in the most iconic and classic of Dragon Ball's staples, the beam struggle.

For a moment, it seems that the situation is in equilibrium, but then Kahseral yells, "Pride Troopers, max power!"

As a result, the United Justice Stream starts to overpower Caulifla and Kale's Energy Waves, making the former yell, "Kale, dig in! You're my friend! Follow me to the end!"

Moved by her mentor's words, Kale further digs into her slumbering power, and with another roar, she transforms into her Legendary Super Saiyan form before unleashing a very powerful green energy wave that starts pushing the United Justice Stream back.

Seeing that, Caulifla chuckles and exclaims, "That's ultra super! I'm not done yet either! Let's finish this now!" before she transforms into Super Saiyan 2, increasing her energy output and turning her energy wave from the usual yellow color into a bright red one.

At this point, Kale and Caulifla combine their Energy Waves to create a large red and green Energy Wave that completely overpowers the United Justice Stream, breaks apart the Cocotte Zone enveloping them, and knocks Kahseral, Zoire, and Kettle out of the fighting stage.

Cocotte, on the other hand, immediately realized that the situation was turning grim and thus she sealed herself in a mini-dimension to avoid the blast, thus saving herself from the elimination.

Without wasting any time, the Zenos start to mark the eliminated Pride Troopers on their GodPads.

"Zoire, Kettle, Kahseral. Three from the 11th Universe dropped out."

"Ooh!"

Soon after that, Caulifla in her base form and Legendary Super Saiyan Kale walk toward the group of Goku, Android 18, and Android 17, with Caulifla casually saying, "Sorry to worry you all. But we knocked three of them off, so show some gratitude."

Goku looks at Kale and asks, "Is she all right like that?" which makes Caulifla reply in a confident tone, "Yeah. She's got this ultra super power completely under control. Impressive, huh?"

Suddenly, Kale returns to her base form and faints in a worried Caulifla's arms while Goku reassures her, "It looks like she's tired out after all. The Legendary Super Saiyan form is quite straining, both mentally and physically. The strain is, in fact, comparable to that of the Super Saiyan 3... It takes some time to get used to it."

At the same time, Cocotte, still sealed in her own Cocotte Zone, haughtily laughs and says, "Hohoho. I'm safe in here. Nobody can attack me."

However, Android 18 simply picks up the barrier with Cocotte inside and throws it off, eliminating her while saying, "Then I'll toss the whole thing."

Seeing that, the God of Destruction of the 11th Universe can't help but exclaim in a worried tone, "Five of the Pride Troopers at once!?" which makes Marcarita, the Guide Angel, calmly say, "There are only four left, yes." followed by the Supreme Kai Khai who comments, "This may not be the time to be saving our power."

At the same time, the Zenos marks Cocotte's elimination, and the Grand Minister calmly comments, "The initial fight is over. It's time for the powerful warriors. The fight is going to get more intense."

Hearing that, Zeno-1 exclaims, "It's exciting!" followed by Zeno-2, who says, "It's thrilling!"

Meanwhile, Goku allows Caulifla and Kale to retreat so he can fight them at their full strength after they rest, while above the group, he is unaware that Brianne de Chateau is observing them.

Brianne is a human-like slender young woman with shoulder-length green hair with an orange hairband with two pink gems with a white case surrounding them on both ends and a pink dress with a white collar. She also wears a white belt, black leggings, and pink high-heeled shoes.

(Image Here - Brianne de Chateau)

While I'm watching the situation of the fighting stage, I notice that Zeno-1 is scrolling through the universes on his GodPad while muttering, "The 2nd Universe... the 3rd Universe... the 4th Universe... the 6th Universe... the 7th... the 9th... the 10th... the 11th... Jayr's Universe..."

Zeno-1 then notices something and comments out loud, "Hmm. They've kinda decreased," followed by Zeno-2, who confirms, "Yeah, they have."

Hearing that, I take a look at the central pillar that marks how much time is left from the conclusion of the Tournament of Power and think, 'There are around 40 minutes left to the conclusion, and 36 warriors have already been eliminated. The Tournament's flow is pretty fast considering that the major players are still holding themselves back or didn't make a move at all. I mean, Jiren is still observing the situation. Then there are warriors like Top who are fighting, but he is clearly holding back, and the same can be said for Goku, Vegeta, Broly, Gohan, Cell, Goza, and many other warriors. Then there are some like Hit who is also studying his opponents while engaging in as few battles as possible and supporting his teammates whatever possible. And lets not forget about Orphèe who is still casually playing his lyre sitting on top of the central pillar and Kiki who looks more like a spectator enjoying the ongoing battles than a warrior.'

While I'm thinking that, I hear Brianne de Chateau as she calls for her female companions, Sanka Coo and Sous Roas, to get ready to fight, "Sanka! Sous! Now is the time to show our power!"

Sanka Coo is a human-like young woman with long brown hair, brown irises, and round light green earrings.

She wears a dark blue dress with short sleeves, light green frills and a light green neckerchief, dark blue sleeve gloves, dark blue leggings, and high-heeled blue shoes.

(Image Here - Sanka Su)

Sous Roas is a young, pale-skinned, human-like woman with purple hair and a pair of glasses that perfectly frame her green eyes.

She wears a white hat with a yellow overcoat, an orange skirt, and a white undershirt with long baggy sleeves.

The skirt reaches to the top of her thighs, and she also wears red shoes.

(Image Here - Sous Roas)

The three quickly regroup and jump on top of one of the highest rubbles before Brianne de Chateau gains the attention of the remaining fighters by yelling, "Warriors, attention!"

The battle momentarily stops as everyone looks at the three young women while Brianne de Chateau asks her companions, "Are you two ready?" which makes Sous Roas reply with a direct, "Yes." followed by Sanka Coo who adds, "This stuff is best done up high."

At this point, Heles, the God of Destruction of the 2nd Universe, stands up, strikes a pose, and theatrically announces, "And now, lovely flowers shall bloom on the battlefield."

Hearing that, Beerus can't help but repeat in confusion, "Huh? Lovely flowers?" followed by his brother Champa, who yells, "What are you saying all of a sudden!?"

At the same time, the three young women introduce themselves by striking a pose in the same flair as their God of Destruction.

"I am the warrior of the 2nd Universe, Brianne de Chateau!"

"Sanka Coo!"

"Sous Roas!"

"Let it bloom. Let it ring. The song of love and victory!"

This last call is then repeated by the remaining warriors of the 2nd Universe, who shout in perfect sync.

"""""The song of love and victory!!"""""

Following this, Brianne de Chateau announces, "Now, it's time to transform!" followed by her companions who shout, ""Yes!""

At this point, Brianne de Chateau shouts, "Formation!" before she starts to twirl around while doing the usual gestures of a Magical Girl transformation as her body shines in a pink magical light full of pink hearts, and she chants, "Brianne. Brianne. Bri-bri-anne!

Sanka Coo does the same, the only differences are that the light is light blue and the same is true for the released hearts, and lastly, the chant is also different from the one used by Brianne de Chateau, "San-san. Kak-kun. San-kak-kun!"

Lastly, Sous Roas also follows the same pattern as the previous two, with the difference in color, which is yellow, and in the chant, "Su-su. Suro-suro. Su-suro-suron!"

The light show generated by their very slow and showy transformation is very interesting and causes quite a bit of discussion among all the people present, some of whom are excited, others bored, or unimpressed.

"Oh! Are they gonna power up!?"

"It looks more like a recital for powering up."

"Silence. This is a ritual. The fighting spirit of the 2nd Universe warriors!"

""Ohh!""

However, before they can finish, they are immediately blasted by Android 17, making Heles complain, "How vulgar! Who dares?"

At the same time, Goku looks at the nearby Android 17 and asks, "Android 17, did you just do that?" which makes him plainly reply, "They were wide open. Is there a problem?"

As Goku explains to him that they were about to transform, the girls quickly approach them and confront Android 17 on his vulgar actions with Brianne shouting, "Hey! Listen! Every part of the transformation process has meaning! How could you interrupt it!?" followed by Angemon who lands right next to them and says, "That's right! Every transformation sequence is a sacred process! Even more so when it is done by cute girls!"

Suddenly, even Top comes to their defense by saying, "For a warrior to assume a pose is justice! That was disrespectful, you swine!" followed by Goku, who tries to convince him, "Look, let's just let them transform fully!"

After a few moments of silence, Android 17 simply gives them a silent "Go ahead" sign before he retreats, while Brianne thanks Top and Angemon for their understanding before everyone calmly returns to their positions, making Beerus complain, "That idiot! He's supposed to eliminate enemies before they go full power!"

At this point, the God of Destruction Heles makes a fake cough and says, "Once again, then," before she strikes a pose and theatrically announces once more, "And now, lovely flowers shall bloom on the battlefield."

Hearing that, Beerus can't help but question in a frustrated tone, "From there?" followed by his brother Champa, who yells in the exact same tone, "From there!?"

At the same time, the three young women introduce themselves by striking a pose in the same flair as their God of Destruction.

"I am the warrior of the 2nd Universe, Brianne de Chateau!"

"Sanka Coo!"

"Sous Roas!"

"Let it bloom. Let it ring. The song of love and victory!"

This last call is then repeated by the remaining warriors of the 2nd Universe, who shout in perfect sync.

"""""The song of love and victory!!"""""

Following this, Brianne de Chateau announces, "Now, transform for sure this time!" followed by her companions who shout, ""Yes!""

At this point, Brianne de Chateau shouts, "Formation!" before she starts to twirl around while doing the usual gestures of a Magical Girl transformation as her body shines in a pink magical light full of pink hearts, and she chants, "Brianne. Brianne. Bri-bri-anne!

Sanka Coo does the same, the only differences are that the light is light blue and the same is true for the released hearts, and lastly, the chant is also different from the one used by Brianne de Chateau, "San-san. Kak-kun. San-kak-kun!"

Lastly, Sous Roas also follows the same pattern as the previous two, with the difference in color, which is yellow, and in the chant, "Su-su. Suro-suro. Su-suro-suron!"

This time, the three young women were allowed to complete their lengthy Magical Girl transformation sequence undisturbed.

The first one to complete the transformation is Brianne de Chateau, who transformed into Ribrianne while striking a ridiculous pose and announcing, "Sending love, the happiness of all! Ribrianne!"

Upon transforming into Ribrianne, her more powerful alter ego, her physique becomes near-spherically rotund, and her skin color turns teal.

In this form, she wears a sleeveless red and green dress with a very thick petticoat and bloomers underneath it, yellow gloves and boots, and a rubber cap with an antenna-like protrusion.

(Image Here - Ribrianne)

The second one to complete her transformation is Sanka Coo, who also strikes a pose and announces, "The howl of the wild! The roar of love! Kakunsa!"

As Kakunsa, her skin is a teal color, her hair is dark blue, and she wears a black mask over her eyes.

She wears a dark blue sleeveless bodysuit, green gloves, green boots, and has a dark blue colored tail.

(Image Here - Kakunsa)

Obviously, the last one to complete her transformation is Sous Roas, who, just like her companion, strikes a pose and announces, "With dreams and magic, the strike of love! Roasie!"

As Roasie, her skin is a teal color, and she wears orange sunglasses in place of her glasses.

She wears a yellow and white gown with a purple jumpsuit underneath, she also wears white gloves and white boots.

(Image Here - Roasie)

In the end, the three line up and with synchronized movements and voices, they all complete this "sacred ritual" by striking yet another Magical Girl pose and announcing.

"""Transformation complete!"""

At the same time, the God of Destruction of the 2nd Universe comments in a profound tone, "This is the greatest form of the 2nd Universe's warriors. Their mortal level may not be sufficient, but their love level is the highest in all the universes."

The reactions to the 2nd Universe's warriors are varied, to say the least. The Zenos, Old Kai, Top, the Supreme Kai, and the warriors of the 2nd Universe are very excited about it.

On the other hand, many others are also disappointed by it, as they comment.

"They seemed cuter before they transformed."

"That's it? Their power didn't increase too much..."

"Well, to each his own. And to each universe as well."

At this point, Goku, Android 17, and Vegeta prepare to fight them so they can demonstrate their power, and Ribrianne prepares to unleash a big attack as she announces, "Here goes! Let this emotion... reach you!"

The next moment, Ribrianne, Kakunsa, and Roasie gather their energy and fire hearts out of their hands while yelling. 

"""Love!"""

These hearts combine to form a giant heart that quickly rises up in the air with Ribrianne following after it, and then Ribrianne continuously hits the giant heart with her hands, which blasts numerous small hearts around the area.

The hearts explode on impact, causing damage to anyone they hit, but they also release an aroma that causes people to become infatuated with the three women and drop their guard, leaving them vulnerable to Sneak Attacks.

Because of the aroma that causes people to become infatuated with the three warriors of the 2nd Universe, opponents who succumb to it are unable to dodge the hearts, resulting in them being blasted away, however, the aroma has no effect on heterosexual women or men that have strong wills or are uninterested in romance.

At the same time, Heles proudly explains, "The Light of Love. Once bewitched by its sweet aroma, it's all over. Unable to resist, you will just burn."

Old Kai is impressed by the attack, and Whis points out that the Universe 7 fighters will be fine, pointing out their stoic nature.

Meanwhile, Goza tells his comrades that due to the fighting stage getting more and more destroyed, they should begin to fight independently. Piccolo and Tien agree, and they all separate, telling each other not to get knocked off too easily.

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