Semifinals (x90 gravity)

Natto slept like a freaking rock! He blanked out and had this weird dream about his past; where he remembered about the first time he had come to Vegeta after being sent away as an infant. The dream was very realistic and it got him into thinking for quite a while before he could manage to get back into sleeping. He felt unease about it, but he chose not to pay much attention to it, as he didn’t want his focus to be taken away, he had some intense training to do on the upcoming day. His body was too tired for conquering the gravities of 70G and 80G on a single day. Along with that, he had faced some intense training session with two hard-light holograms that were configured to pose as real challenges. The young saiyan commander could still outclass them without having to resort to his super saiyan transformation, but the last one really took a lot of effort. The illusory namekian Tsumuru and the earthling Kokonut were down, now there was only two more challenges on his way to conquer the impressive mark of one hundred times normal gravity, and he was quite excited.

As he woke up, his body had recovered most of its tiredness, but it was still feeling a little sore, and that was absolutely normal. He was also stinking as hell, since he hadn’t take a shower after his training session, and sleeping all sweaty didn’t help his smell at all. ”Dammit! I need a shower like… Right now!” he thought to himself the moment he sit on his bed, after getting up. ”And I should definitely wash my blankets and sheets…” he thought, when he stared at his bed, seeing how dirty it was. He would get really embarrassed if Tomoroko saw such a mess. With that in mind, he took the blankets and sheets to the laundry machine and put it there, while he went to take a shower. It would take pretty much the same amount of time, and he could also use a warm shower to relax his body for the training to come.

After the shower, he took the sheets and blanket and put it into a drier before going to his dining room, to have some breakfast. As always, Natto chose meat as his meal and drank water. Water was pretty much the only beverage he liked, even though he liked that thing called bear when he met the demon Alaistair with Kaula, but it got his mind a little dizzy and he didn’t like the feeling. Natto liked to have his mind completely sane and focused most of the times, and he already had to deal with spurs of rage to cloud his reason from time to time; he didn’t need alcohol to be added to the list of clouding mind things he had on his lap. ”I’m excited for my next opponent… But I will most likely have to become a super saiyan to be able to defeat it… And the gravity of 90G… Wow! That looks almost like an impossible obstacle to overcome… Even though I’m feeling much stronger than before! It’s impressive how much I’m growing since I acquired this gravity chamber… I just hoped the others were as dedicated as me, Tomo and Aspa… And Riku! Can’t forget about him! He is really impressing me! I shall ask him to join the squad soon enough!” he thought, as he finished eating.


Before heading to the training hub, Natto took the sheets and blanket out of the drier and took it to his bedroom on the crew quarters. Now he was more than ready to start his training. The young saiyan reached the gravity chamber and instantly turned on the gravaity to the impressive amount of ninety times the normal gravity. As he did that, his body almost fell to the floor. – Holy crap!! – he said, startled, as it was much greater than he had expected. – Wow! If 90G is this absurd… I can’t even begin to imagine how terrible 100G is! And I’ll face it today! Don’t think I can withstand it without turning into a super saiyan beforehand… But, as for 90G, I will try my luck, even though the opponent I’ve configured is almost three times stronger than the current me, especially due to the gravity enhancement. – he considered, but then he shrugged, he actually liked the challenge as it got him completely excited about the battle to come. If he could overcome such an obstacle, or at least endure for long enough without having to transform, it would tell a lot about his fighting skills. Of course it wasn’t anything like a real opponent, but it was the closest he could get of a real difficult challenge, since there was no one on Planet Vegeta who could act as a worthy sparring partner, with whom Natto could go all out with.

– Okay… Now for the setting… It’s recorded right heeere… - and, with a press of a button, the machine made a loud sound and the holographic engines started working. The scenery slowly changed into the Vegetean Arena, with dirt as the ground, and with the large crowd all over the place, composed mostly by saiyans. The fat and short saiyan announcer, Dackus, was right there on the middle of the arena, with his large grin upon his face. Natto started warming up, since this time he was having real trouble with the gravity. Sweat was already running down his temples, as he just stretched his muscles. Dackus approached him and stared at the saiyan as he did his little exercises. – Sir… Are you ready? – he asked, with his high spirited tone. Natto stared back at him and shook his head. – Wait a little bit… I need to warm up first! – the young saiyan responded, making a grimace, as he felt the huge gravitational pressure upon his body. ”Can I really keep up a fight this way?” he asked himself, as he started hopping on the tip of his toes. Every little hop took quite a lot of effort to be done, and that meant that his agility and reflex would be highly hindered during the fight.

Dackus nodded and walked back to the center of the arena. – Just tell me when you are ready! – he said, and, by the time he got back to the center of the arena, he spoke to the crowd. – My fellow warriors! The semifinals are about to start!! Our rising star, Commander Natto is just finishing warming up so that the battle can begin! Please give all of your support to the representative of our race on the greatest tournament of the whole universe!! If our commander manages to win this time, and he will!! – he paused for a bit, with the crowd going crazy with screams and applauses. – He will face the previous supreme champion of the universe! And then he will make sure that the saiyans are, indeed, the greatest on the whole universe!!! –[ he finished, stretching his arms wide open, so that the crowd could continue her support to Natto. That announcement bought him enough time to finish warming up, and, even though the gravity was still absurd, he was being able to move more naturally; Natto was getting used to gravity really easily lately, since he had been training with it almost nonstop for the past weeks. This was the best acquisition he had after the Star Javelin itself.

”With a healing pod, and the escapes pod, this will be the perfect spaceship! I would be completely satisfied… But it’s no time to think about this! I’ve got to focus on my next fight!” he said to himself, inside his mind, as he slowly walked towards the center of the arena. When he did so, Dackus stared at him, and Natto nodded in agreement, signalizing that he could start the battle. The fat saiyan nodded and started speaking again. – Very well!!! We are about to start and, on my left side, just beyong those gates lies a very powerful enemy to our Commander! He may not look like much, but he is a ferocious killing machine! He is an artificial earthling, and android! His name is Android 119! And he was created with the sole purpose of killing all the greatest fighters on the universe! An evil machine depleted of feelings and mercy!!!! – he said, to the horror and anxiety of the crowd. As the iron gates opened, the creature slowly walked towards the middle of the arena.

The Android 119 looked exactly like an average human. He had bloody red straight hair, with strands of hair covering part of his face. He had a very muscular build and wore a white t-shirt with a bastard sword on his back, with a shoulder strap wrapping it on his body. He had fingerless orange gloves and blue jeans, with a holster holding an automatic plasma pistol on his right side, the same of the hilt of his sword. The jeans had some tears on it that seemed like they were made on purpose. He also wore orange boots that went as far as to the middle of his shin. The android stared at Natto with his light blue eyes and smirked. – Detecting a saiyan… Power level of 230.370. Probability of success: 77%. Decision: Engage! – the android said with a perfectly human voice, which made him sound completely weird, but Natto wouldn’t judge it, all he wanted was to fight and defeat the illusory creature.

– 77% chance of defeating me?! You are quite cocky, aren’t you, robotboy? I’m not going down so easily! Hahaha! – he said as he slid to his battle stance, consisting of his left foot going forward, both knees slightly bent. Natto’s left hand was raised to his chin level, with fingers slightly opened, while his right arm as brought near his body, with elbow bent and a clenched fist. His eyes stared straight into the robot’s eyes as he waited for the start of the bout. – Both contestants ready?! Then… It is TIME!!! FIGHT!!!! – the fat saiyan said, before flying away as fast as he could.

Natto took the initiative and flew towards the android. In order to be able to move at a respectable speed, he had to flare his ghostly-white aura around his body as he charged towards the enemy, since without his full potential, he was as slow as a saiyan with one third of his own power level. However, as he approached, the machine vanished, making him arch his eyebrows and widen his eyes. – Too fast! – he got really startled as he heard a noise from behind him. Natto quickly turned around and only managed to see his punch approaching his face. The young saiyan couldn’t do a thing, but to get hit. And it was a heavy hit! The strength of the punch was enough to send him flying towards the walls of the arena, and it was only the wall that stopped Natto. The saiyan’s body left an outline on the wall, as he started falling down to the ground. However, before he could even touch the ground, Android 119 reappeared in front of him and landed a heavy hook to his gut, making him spit and moan as he got completely winded. As Natto’s body started flying up, he vanished once again, reappearing above Natto and hitting him with a downward elbow strike to his back, making the saiyan scream again as he fell straight to the ground.

Natto’s body created a crater as it hit the dirt, but before he could do anything, the android was already there and kicked him to the ribs, sending him against the wall again with an amazing strength. ”Crapbaskets! He is beating the shit out of me! I can’t even keep up!!!” Natto’s mind was racing like crazy, as he was getting severely punished by the impressive strength of the hard-light foe and the handicap of gravity. As he hit the wall again, he could see with the corner of his eyes that he was about to be kicked again, and he tried to use his rapid movement to escape, but even his rapid movement wasn’t enough and, as he dodged the kick, he was caught by the hair in a tight grip, that made him scream in pain, as he felt the burning sensation of having some of his hair tore from his head.

– Enemy getting weakened. Probability of success rising: 81%. Extermination mode loading. – the android said in his too humane tone, that freaked Natto’s up, since he talked like a damn machine. ”81% my ass! I’m gonna beat you, fucking thing!!!!” he thought, feeling his rage rising up inside his guts. – Damn you! Explosive Wave!!! – he shouted, and then he bursts out energy from all over his body, successfully repealing the android away from him, as he had to leap backwards to avoid the radius of the explosion. Natto fell on top of his left knee, panting a bit as he stared at the android, with the annoying smirk on his face. ”Damn thing! Too strong for the current me! But maybe I can counter him with my afterimage technique!” he strategized, as he saw the creature vanishing again. He knew pretty well, by its attacking pattern, that he would reappear on his back, so he got his body ready and waited for the right moment.

The moment he felt his body reappearing, Natto moved so swiftly that an image of him was left behind, fooling the android. The image couldn’t perform any physical task, but was perfect for a nice dodge, since it would fool the enemy into thinking that he hit. Natto then used it to create a perfect opportunity to counter, as he reappeared behind the creature. The android’s hand just passed through the afterimage. – Warning! Afterimage technique detected! Expect counter attack! Defensive mode on! – a bright orange light started engulfing the android’s body, but Natto was already ready to shot his attack.

Natto drew his right hand back to his right side and charged a red energy sphere that reminded him of Tomoroko’s ki energy color. Truth be told, he created this technique with the girl he love in mind, and it was one of his best techniques. Then, he brought his hand forward and fired the energy sphere in the form of an energy wave at the android’s shining back.

– Try to defend all you want! But you will still taste the power of my Shine Trigger!!! – he shouted, as he fired the beam of energy towards him.

The attack hit on the mark, causing an explosion that engulfed the android’s body, getting it covered by both smoke and dust. However, almost instantly, the android flew out of the smoke with a smirk that showed his teeth and ready to attack. – What the heck?! – Natto exclaimed, as he stood helpless, being hit by a powerful knee strike to the chin that send him flying away, sailing through the air. Following that, the android drew his gun from the holster and shot countless beams of red energy towards Natto hitting them all, making the saiyan scream. Natto managed to cross his arms around his face and chest, and to bend his body to lower the targeting area and potential damage, but he still suffered the injuries of the blasts. Before he could do anything else, Android 119 reappeared above him and kicked him towards the ground.

The saiyan once again fell onto the ground, opening another crater. He could feel the pain going as far as to his bones, but they didn’t crack yet. The android then tried to land with both of his feet on Natto’s back, but the saiyan used all of his speed to once again use the afterimage technique to avoid it successfully. Natto got back on his feet, a couple feet away from the enemy, panting heavily as he felt his body getting all sore. The android slowly stared at him. – Pattern of the technique recorded. Chance of working again: 3%. – he said. – Smartass, aren’t you?! – Natto said, chuckling a bit, as he slid back into his fighting stance.

– I can’t believe my eyes, my fellow saiyans!!! Our commander is getting destroyed on the arena! Is that his limit?! Or does he have something up his sleeves that can turn the tables?! I don’t know for you guys, but I’m getting pretty nervous with this fearsome battle! – Dackus said from afar, making Natto sighed. ”He is right… I’m getting destroyed. He is too strong for the current me… But if I become a super saiyan it will be too easy to defeat him… The only opponent I configured to be a challenge for a super saiyan was the last one… But do I have another option? I can’t see anything else on my arsenal to work… Unless…” a drop of sweat ran down his temple, not only due to his tiredness, but also because he was getting pretty tense, as he didn’t want to transform yet. ”Unless I can improve my afterimage even further… I may be able to do that if I push myself above my very limit… But it’s still only a chance… But I’ve got to try it!” he nodded to himself, as he decided about his upcoming strategy. He had to do it, otherwise his body wouldn’t be able to keep up with the beating; even with the opponent being made of hard-light, the configuration of the gravity chamber used the gravity control to increase the force of the attacks, in order to provide better sparring partners that could keep up with the user for far longer than a weaker version of the machine. The one Natto bought was top tier and he was glad he saved enough money for that.

Natto stretched his hand towards Android 119 and fired a couple ki blasts that he dodged so fast that they seemed to simply pass through his body, making the saiyan laugh a bit. The next moment the creature was already in front of Natto ready to land a roundhouse kick. Natto focused all of his speed and impulse and tried to go above the afterimage technique, but as he left the image behind him, the android spun his body, landing his heel on Natto’s back, as he reappeared behind him, sending the saiyan plummeting across the ground, screaming in pain as he did so. – Pattern mastered. Chance of success: 0%. – he said, as he reappeared behind Natto.

The young saiyan commander gritted his teeth and frowned his eyebrows quite a lot. ”Come on body!!! Defeat this damn gravity!!! I need more SPEED!!!” he growled to himself, as he saw the foot of the android coming down towards him, aiming to stomp the saiyan. This time, however, Natto was so amazingly fast, that it was almost like he had some sort of Wild Sense of combat, as he managed to move even faster than he did with the afterimage. His speed was so amazing, that it caught the android completely off-guard, allowing for an almost instantaneous counter. Natto roundhouse kicked the android to the side of his face, sending him flying away sailing through the air. – Warning!!! Unregistered speed! Unknown technique used! Unable to record pattern!!! – there was some sort of danger sense on his tone this time, and that made Natto really happy, but he wouldn’t stop there.

He brought his arms to their sides, charging up his energy as he did that, and then threw his hands forward one after another as he rapidly fired many energy blasts. – Continuous Energy Bullet!!!! – he shouted as he kept on firing countless energy blasts towards the android. He knew for sure that some of them hit, as they exploded as they reached his body, and, after sending more than ten blasts, Natto started charging another attack to hit as his enemy got out of the explosion area. The android got somehow injured, but, just like the other time, came flying straight towards Natto, with an angry look on his face. It was the first since the beginning of the fight that he wasn’t smirking largely.
However, Natto was already ready for him, as his left hand was already engulfed by a fiery-like blue-colored energy and, as the android got into melee range, Natto landed a powerful energy punch on his face, sending him flying away again. Immediately as he did so, he stretched his arms and opened his palm, condensing the energy in the form of an energy sphere. – Take this!!! TYRANT LANCER!!! – he shouted as he fired the blue energy wave from his hand, hitting the android head on. Another explosion took place, and Natto was now panting heavily as he floated a few feet above the arena. He managed to give his all with this counter attack, thanks to having overcome the afterimage technique and, therefore, creating his new technique: the Wild Sense.

– Holy crap!!! It seems like out commander managed to turn the tables!!! He had indeed an ace up his sleeves! What a speed! What a skill! He is indeed an amazing fighter, completely capable of winning this tournament! I don’t think our Android 119 will still function after such a heavy sequence of attacks!!! – Dackus said, and the crowd went crazy for a while, until the smoke cleared and they all emitted a scared noise: Android 119 was still standing. His clothes were scorched and he was a bit injured, but he was still in a great shape. – Chance of success decreased: 69%. Extermination mode on! Engage immediately!!! – the android said, making Natto sigh and then laugh. – Freaking thing! I was sure it would do far more damage! Hahaha! – he spoke to himself, feeling a little frustrated. Well, at least he mastered another technique, so it wasn’t a complete waste of time and energy, but right now he had to focus on the fight instead of celebrating his own small evolution.

The android then vanished again, making Natto frown his brows. ”On my back?!” he though, getting ready to turn, but, before he could do that, the android reappeared in front of him, surprising the young saiyan commander and then proceeded to “bear hug” him, locking his arms by the side of his body. The grapple was really strong and he lifted Natto from the ground, pressing it further and making the saiyan feel a huge pain on both his arms and chest area as it was being heavily compressed. – AAARRGGHHH!!! DAMMIT!!! – he shouted. ”Gotta… S-seize… The chance… B-blow his face up!!!” he thought to himself. He was done holding back, he had to use a stronger technique and he had to do it now. The saiyan opened his mouth and charged an energy sphere at an amazing speed. Then, he fired the energy sphere in the form of a dense purple energy wave at the android’s face, inflicting a huge amount of damage as his energy wave hit. It was his Break Cannon, strong enough to throw the android to the ground, releasing Natto from his death grapple.

The young saiyan fell to the ground, feeling the pain on his arms and chest. He was panting too much and there was little he could do now and he doubted he had defeated the android. He struggled to get back on his feet, feeling the heavy gravity pushing him down, but after a couple seconds he managed to stand up again. The android was still on the floor and stood there for a while, with an ugly scorched face that showed a lot of his metallic skull. – Chance of success decrased: 45%. Danger!!! Go full-power now!!! – his tone seemed rather desperate and Natto knew he couldn’t take anymore punishment, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to face the finals under an even greater gravity. The saiyan sighed, bringing both of his arms to the side of his body, bending his elbows and clenching his fists.

– I can’t believe it!!! Even though Natto attacked him nonstop, the Android is back on his feet and angrier than ever!!! I think that’s it!!! There’s no hope for us saiyans!!! – Dackus announced, making the whole crowd tense. Natto didn’t get affected, though; he knew pretty well that this match was already settled the moment he became the legendary warrior and he was ready to do that. The Android 119 charged forward at an amazing speed, with his right hand on the hilt of his sword. He was ready to cut Natto from upside down with all of his strength but, as he attacked, his sword broke to pieces. The blade hit Natto straight on the head, but everything was different now. The bright golden aura engulfed the young saiyan’s body. His hair bristled and was now gold in color, like it was filled with an amazing energy that propelled it upwards and his eyes were now teal in color. Even his skin was a lighter tone now, as he had become the legendary super saiyan. His power was so great now that the android couldn’t harm him with such an attack, and just as he did that, Natto grabbed him by the neck with a tight hold of his right hand.

– I-it’s a miracle!!!! Natto had become the legendary super saiyan!!! It’s almost like my eyes are fooling me, but that bright gold hue is definitely as the legends foretold!!! The poor killing machine has met its challenge now, my friends!!! Our commander is unbeatable now! – Dackus said, with quite a lot of emotion on his tone. Natto didn’t care about the words of the announcer, as he was focused on finishing the training session that had already lasted long enough. Bringing his left hand forward and aiming right at the android’s head, he fired a single ki blast that was more than enough to blow it to pieces. He defeated the android and finished the semifinals of the illusory tournament with ease due to his transformation. However, he wasn’t happy with that. ”If I didn’t transform, I would have failed on this training session… I need to grow stronger… I know it’s not a problem to rely on my super saiyan transformation, but still I want to be able to defeat most of my enemies without having to resort to it… I guess it’s my pride as a saiyan!” he thought to himself, releasing the android’s body from his grip, and, as it hit the ground, it slowly vanished. Dackus flew back to the arena, and pointed his fingers towards Natto. – THE CHAMPION!!!! – he said, making the crowd go crazy for a few seconds, before the holographic arena vanished.

Natto was back to his training hub, and he sighed with the end of the session. The place was still pretty much into one piece, even though it had minor cracks on the floor on a couple of spots. Nothing very serious and mostly due to the times he felt on the ground. The durability of the spaceship was impressive indeed! His hair fell back to its normal black color as he made his aura vanish, and so did his eyes. Slowly, he walked towards the control panel of the gravity machine and, with the press of a button, the gravity was turned off. From 90G it went straight down to 1G and he felt like his body weighted the same as a feather, and that was an amazing sensation. The young saiyan took a deep breath before falling to the ground with a flump, as he was feeling really tired. This time he got injured for real and wondered about it. ”Should I postpone my next training for tomorrow? I could really use some healing before facing 100G..” he thought, but was quick to shake his head. ”No! I can’t be that soft! In both war and in a real tournament I wouldn’t have such an opportunity… I need to deal with my previous mistakes and face the consequences… Maybe I will just set up an emergency turn off system on the next training, so that I don’t end up dying on accident… But that’s pretty much all I’ll do. I will rest for an hour and then go back into training and I will conquer the gravity of 100G no matter what!” he said to himself on his mind.

It was really amusing to think that he was that close on reaching such an amazing level of strength. About a month ago he wouldn’t even be able to see himself enduring such a crazy sort of training and now here he was, ready to, in within the next hour, endure that high amount of pressure during a spar. Even as a super saiyan he would struggle with that one, but that was the main reason he was excited about doing it.

And, with that resolve, he slowly closed his eyes. Natto was quick to get asleep as he was in some serious need of resting. To face intense gravity could be really tiresome and it did take plenty of tools on his body. His training on these past couple days was almost insane, but he didn’t care at all. He had his goals really clear on his mind and he wouldn’t let anything, not even his own limitations to stand on his way. If he could become the strongest on the universe, then the saiyans would be completely safe and no Virtual Poi or Reikiko could ever threaten them again. But, still, he was feeling some uncertainty on the deepest part of his heart. He wasn’t dubious about protecting the saiyan race itself, but… Was this system really worth protecting? Sometimes it felt… Wrong. ”Stop thinking stupid things, Natto… Everything is justified…” those were his last words to himself before sleeping, but they didn’t help much as the dream he had on the previous night sort of made him remember about things he had overlooked for quite a while now, ever since he returned from Argavat.

The seed was already there, the question was: what would it become?