Beerus, Chronoa, and Whis sat around the crystal that allowed them to watch the girls and their friends go on their adventures, sipping on their drinks and occasionally eating one of their many snacks. They had shifted the gaze of the crystal so they could watch the World Martial Arts Tournament unfold, especially since Shin was going to be there, and were somewhat amazed that Goten and Trunks could hold back their true power. Whis had said that, because of their young age, that controlling their powers would have been difficult, as both Rainbow and Applejack had spent weeks gaining some level on control over their own abilities. He was, however, willing to admit that he was slightly wrong about them, as it appeared that the two boys were actually quite skilled for their age... and he had the feeling that there was more to them than what he and the others were seeing.
Beerus, however, remained silent for the most part as he watched Vegeta's interactions with the person called Mighty Mask, who eventually revealed that his true identity was actually Nappa, the recently revived evil Saiyan that had been chained up in Hell until a year ago. He watched as Nappa killed innocent spectators and forced Vegeta and his friends to follow him, leading Shin right to the resting place of Majin Buu's ball. He and the others were shocked when Dabura assaulted Shin's group, killing Kibito in one swift motion and turning both Krillin and Piccolo to stone shortly after that, which had been a way to make sure that Shin and the others entered Babidi's spaceship. He was impressed that Gale, Trunks, and Goten were able to take out three of Babidi's minions with some level of ease, which told him that the power Babidi had granted his followers hadn't been enough to grant them victory. Even Goku, who fought one on one with the creature known as Yakon, proved that he was able to overpower his opponent, once he understood that Yakon fed on the energy of light and could easily be destroyed with the same thing he ate.
And then the group noticed that the guardian of the Third Stage was none other than Dabura himself, where they watched as Shin stepped forward and declared that he would battle the King of the Demon Realm... and that he would be Dabura's only opponent.
"I have never seen Shin this angry before." Chronoa commented, looking at the expression that was on Shin's face, as she knew that Shin and Kibito had been good friends up until the events outside Babidi's spaceship, "The last time he was anywhere near this level was when Majin Buu was around and killed the other four Kaioshin that were living at the time."
"I have seen the anger in Shin's eyes when he mentions that time," Beerus said, remembering all the times he and Shin had sat down while they were training and he asked the God of Creation what was eating him up, until he eventually got the story of how Majin Buu killed his closest friends, "it served as a good motivator for him, a constant reminder that if Majin Buu wasn't stopped than that would happen to so many other people. Shin is well prepared for what lies ahead... we just have to put some faith in his abilities."
Chronoa and Whis looked at Beerus for a moment, knowing that if the old Beerus had been sitting here he would have criticized Shin in whatever manner he wanted before leaving to either blow up a planet or find someone interesting to fight. The new Beerus, the one that Chronoa had fallen in love with all those years ago, had personally trained the God of Creation to the best of his ability, making sure that he was well prepared and actually trusted that Shin would know when it was time to retreat. It made her smile as she looked back at the crystal, as Beerus had learned so much from watching Rainbow and Applejack over all the years they had been on Earth... and she knew that the universe would benefit from Beerus finally gaining a moral compass.
"Shin's choice of words makes me wonder when Rainbow and Applejack will fight," Whis spoke up, causing Beerus and Chronoa to look at their daughters for a moment, where they discovered that the two of them were standing in the middle of the group, "Neither of them have stated that they wanted to fight a certain opponent, which makes me wonder if they are planning for the revival of Majin Buu."
"With how Vegeta and Nappa's fight is going, I would say that Applejack's plan is a good one." Beerus said, knowing that Applejack would have likely determined that Majin Buu was going to wake up, one way or another, and was likely creating a plan of attack with Rainbow, "We'll just have to wait and see what happens... though hopefully Shin's group arrives in time to see Vegeta put Nappa back in his grave."
Chronoa glanced over at the fight that Beerus had mentioned, where she saw the two Saiyans fighting each other and allowing their powers to shake the area around them. Vegeta was clearly holding his own, as it appeared that he was in the Super Saiyan form and keeping pace with Nappa, but that told her that something was wrong. She was sure that Nappa was playing with Vegeta, as if he wanted a crowd to be present for when the two of them got serious about their fight... or at least for when he got serious. There was something about the evil Saiyan that told her that he was planning something big, something that had to do with Vegeta, though as the thought entered her mind she quickly brushed it away and turned back to the main fight.
She, just like Beerus and Whis, was sure that Shin would be able to defeat Dabura, but right now it was hard to tell what the two combatants were thinking... which meant all they could do now is wait and watch the start of their battle.
"You will be my only opponent?" Dabura asked, as he stared at the Kaioshin for a moment, just to be sure he had heard him right, though when Shin nodded his head Dabura chuckled as if he had said something funny, "No, I'm afraid that you and I will not be fighting today. Now go back to your group and send out someone whose worth my time and energy... or send everyone at once."
"There is no need for me to involve anyone else, unless you can defeat me first." Shin replied, to which he glared at Dabura for a moment, as he never expected that challenging the King of the Demon Realm would be so difficult, as it appeared that Dabura wanted nothing to do with him.
Dabura growled and dropped into a battle stance, apparently getting ready to leap over where Shin was standing and attack someone behind him, though before he could actually do that a voice in his head told him to stop.
It's fine Dabura. Babidi said into his mind, causing the demon to stand up straight as they conversed, as well as allowing a straight expression to appear on his face, to avoid betraying his emotions, If the Kaioshin wants to be dealt with first, then we should grant his wish... after all, his friend Vegeta is unknowingly giving us the energy we need to awaken Majin Buu. Oh, but do try to stop yourself from killing him while you fight... I have some plans for him before he meets his end.
Very well, Babidi-sama. Dabura replied, knowing that his master must have some sort of plan in mind, to which he stared back at his pitiful first opponent as the room changed before their eyes.
They appeared in some sort of rocky area with a red colored sky and a lightly red colored water river, which told Shin that they must have been teleported to some other world, just like with the last two Stages. Shin supposed that this world resembled Earth in a way, though he never saw anything like this in the times that he and the others were watching the girls during their adventures, while at the same time the area possessed a certain flare of the Demon Realm. It was a perfect stage for the two of them, as it appeared that the planet they were on didn't give either of them any power boosts at all. With a wave of his hand the rest of his group moved away from where he was standing and landed on a nearby plateau, allowing him and Dabura to fight without injuring any of the spectators.
Considering what he knew about the group he was sure that they wouldn't step in to help him unless he called foe aid, though Shin suspected that he wouldn't need to do that at all.
"This place will suffice as our battlefield," Shin said, to which he let out a sigh as he adopted one of Beerus' favorite stances, where he stood straight up and stared at his opponent, "Well then Dabura, I'll let you make the first move."
Dabura growled as he dropped back into his battle stance, staying that way for a few seconds to make sure that his foe wasn't moving from where he was standing, before launching himself forward as he raced towards where Shin was standing with a punch that was aimed for his face. Shin copied the motions that Beerus would have gone though and moved his body back just a tiny bit, to which he followed that up by grabbing Dabura's fist with his left hand, causing the collision of their energies to create a small crater around them. Dabura seemed stunned by what had just happened, to which Shin seized the opportunity that presented itself and raised his other fist into the air, where he punched Dabura in the chest and sent him flying towards the rock peak behind him.
The rock peak collapsed as Dabura passed through it, though not a few seconds later he was back up and charging at Shin again, to which Shin merely floated into the air and braced himself for what was coming next.
Dabura started swinging his arms and unleashed a barrage of wind type attacks that could cut into the peaks around them, but Shin had seen this sort of move while Gale was fighting Cell seven years ago and simply moved out of the way. He would have been concerned for the others, but one quick glance told him that they would be alight, as Applejack was maintaining one of her barriers to make sure that stray attacks didn't hurt her or the others. A few moments later Shin appeared behind Dabura and kicked him in the side of his body, sending him flying towards another rock peak, though this one collapsed on top of him and buried him for the moment. Not even five seconds later Dabura forced the rocks off of him as he ascended into the air, though the rocks floated up with him, indicating that he had some plan for them.
Dabura chuckled as he leveled his hand with Shin and sent the mess of rocks hurling towards him, though instead of dodging them Shin merely gathered his ki and loosed a volley of small shots at the incoming rocks, obliterating all of them in series of small explosions.
Shin, using the smoke cloud caused by the explosions to his advantage, flew through the one place that Dabura wouldn't bother to check and targeted his opponent, who was busy searching for him. A few seconds later he burst out of the smoke and threw his fist into Dabura's chest, causing him to cough for a few seconds, before he used his left fist to punch him in the upper part of his chest and send him flying into the air. A few seconds later, as Dabura started to correct himself, Shin appeared above him and brought the base of his leg down on his shoulder, sending the demon hurling into the ground below them. Shin immediately followed that up by bringing his hands close together and gathering some of his energy, to which he loosed a burst of ki energy that exploded the moment it came into contact with where Dabura had been laying.
A few seconds later he felt a change in the air and quickly spun around to block the incoming attack, to which he grabbed onto Dabura's outstretched arm and stopped the attack in its tracks... though before Dabura could get irritated Shin spun around and hurled the demon into another rock peak, causing the entire spire to break apart and collapse.
"It seems that I have been underestimating you this entire time," Dabura commented, while at the same time getting rid of the rocks that were laying on top of him and pulling himself to his full height, to which he brushed some of the sand off of his cape before turning to Shin once more, "Babidi-sama told me that you were just a weakling and a coward, but it appears that you have improved yourself beyond what my master was expecting. Allow me to show you some respect and fight on your level."
With that said Dabura stretched out his arms as his ki flickered to life around his body, though his ki took on the form of lightning that wrapped around his arms, his legs, his body, and even his head. As Dabura powered up the entire area around them shook in response to his power, though Shin remained where he was standing, as he had seen the power of Beerus the Destroyer firsthand and knew that nothing would be able to top what his friend could do when he decided to power up. A few seconds later, when Dabura was finally down powering up, he flashed through the air and sailed towards Shin's location, though Shin wasn't about to let the demon get away with anything as he flew towards his opponent... though when their fists collided the air around them shook as a nearly rock peak cracked.
For the next minute or two the two of them bounced around the area they were in, their attacks perfectly colliding each other almost every time, before Shin was able to score a lucky hit and sent Dabura flying into the base of another rock peak. The moment Dabura touched the rock Shin was on top of him, kicking him hard in the chest and causing the entire area behind him to fall apart, though Dabura also moved away to get some distance between them. Once that was done Dabura gathered his energy and started breathing beams of fire at Shin, which ended up scorching the ground and even destroying the earth beneath his attack at times, though Shin dodged them all as he made his way to where Dabura was standing... though when he punched at his target he found that it was an afterimage.
"Time to die!" Dabura shouted, to which he loosed a decently sized ball of energy, colored red like his last attack, that went flying towards where Shin was standing and detonated upon impact.
"You missed me." a voice said, though before Dabura could do anything Shin appeared to the left of where he was standing and slammed his fist into his face, sending the demon flying into yet another rock peak.
A few moments later Dabura launched himself into the air and raced up to a point that was higher than where Shin was standing, to which he started firing more of the fireball attacks that he had fired at Shin earlier. It was a sign of desperation, as it appeared that his anger at not being about to hit Shin was making it hard for the King of the Demon Realm to concentrate. Shin, on the other hand, simply moved around the area that he was in, allowing the fireballs to race towards the other rock peaks and blow the tops of them to pieces. Shin studied Dabura for a moment, who appeared to be aiming wherever he spotted him, before flashing behind the demon and planting his own blast in the demon's back, sending him flying in the opposite direction due to the force of the blast.
Dabura regained himself once more, though this time he simply stared at Shin for a few seconds... before he held a hand out and materialized his curved sword, knowing that Shin likely didn't have a weapon and that this would allow him to win this fight so he could move onto the next challenger.
Dabura then chased Shin around the area, swinging his sword and breaking every rock peak that Shin moved towards, though at the same time he growled as he realized that they were on different levels. He had known that his opponent was the Kaioshin, the God of Creation if what Babidi-sama had said was true, but he never expected there to be this great a gap between their powers. Every time Dabura swung his weapon at his target the Kaioshin would move out of the way, as if he was reading his attacks the moment he decided which one to use, and he always destroyed one of the rock peaks or parted the water below them for a few seconds. He had never encountered an opponent that he couldn't hit before, which told him that he might not actually be able to help his master at all... to which he growled and swung at his opponent once more.
As his weapon move through the air, however, Shin seemed to get tired of dodging the blade and raised a hand into the air, to which he caught the sword before it could even hit him, causing a look of confusion to appear on Dabura's face. Shin then raised a foot into the air and slammed it into Dabura's chest, causing the demon to fly back into one of the rock peaks that were around them, while at the same time having to let go of his weapon. As Dabura cleared the smoke away, and focused on his opponent, Shin looked down at the weapon that he had caught and gripped the handle with his other hand for a moment... though that was swiftly followed by him bringing the back of the blade down on his knee and snapping the blade in half.
Once the deed was done Shin tossed the pieces of the sword to the side and turned his attention back to Dabura, who seemed to be doubting his chances of wining this fight... while at the same time noticing that the demon seemed to have come to terms with the fact that he couldn't win.
"You're finished Dabura," Shin said, bringing his hands together as his ki flickered through the area around him, gathering in a form that resembled the Kamehameha, "This is for Kibito... and everyone else you have killed since you joined forces with Babidi!"
Shin leveled his hands with Dabura and launched the attack, to which a beam of energy, one that easily resembled a Kamehameha, burst from his hands and raced through the air as it zeroed in on where his target was standing. Dabura had enough time to raise his hands and fire a red beam of energy in return, as if he was trying to prove that he wasn't as easy to take out. The two beams of energy met in the space between the two combatants, the collision of their energies causing the surrounding rock peaks to break, but it quickly became obvious to the observers whose attack was stronger. Shin's beam started to push Dabura's back almost immediately, once more illustrating the fact that Shin was a strong fighter and wasn't to be messed with, before the red beam started to lose ground at an alarming rate.
Dabura barely had time to move out of the way as he realized that his attack was going to fail him, to which Shin's beam of energy slipped passed his and struck him in the chest, sending him flying through the air as the energy started to pass through his body. He kept his beam attack going for as long as he could, fighting against the power that was being used against him, before more of Shin's energy flew passed his and struck him in the chest. This time, however, Dabura watched as the tips of his fingers and bits of his arms started to break before his eyes, though that was when his energy beam finally gave out and the full power of Shin's attack surged through his body. Dabura had just enough time to let out a scream of pain as the energy devoured his entire body... before he was silenced forever.
Shin let out a sigh as he cut off the attack that he had been using, to which he glanced around the area to be sure that there wasn't something he had missed. Once he was sure that Dabura had been defeated, and had been erased from the world of the living, he turned towards the rest of the group and flew over to them, though at the same time the scenery changed until they were back in Babidi's ship. When he landed he found that most of the group was a little shocked by how well he had fought against Dabura, though the look in Goku's eyes told him that the Saiyan would no doubt want a match at some point in the future. Everyone else seemed happy that he had beaten his opponent and saved their friends who had been turned to stone, though Shin noticed that Applejack and Rainbow were thinking about something.
Shin decided that now wasn't the time to ask them what they were thinking about, as the moment the door in the floor opened he and the others descended down to the final Stage... leaving Applejack and Rainbow alone for a moment.
"Shin's fighting style... it looked too much like dad's." Applejack commented, to which she turned her head towards Rainbow, who happened to be nodding her head in agreement.
"Ever since I unlocked that Avatar form of mine I have been mimicking our father's moves as well." Rainbow said, recalling how she had fought when she had transformed in front of Cell, "It's surprising that Shin would know our father's methods as well as we do... something doesn't seem right about all of this, because the last time we saw Shin fight he never used those moves."
"We'll have to ask him about that later," Applejack stated, to which she walked over to the tunnel the others had passed through, "Come on, let's catch up with the others before we miss out on watching Vegeta rip Nappa a new one."
Rainbow nodded and together the two of them jumped into the tunnel that was in the middle of the floor, to which they descended down to the last Stage of the ship that was between them and Babidi. It didn't take them long to catch up with the rest of their group, though as they landed on top of another plateau, in an area that looked like the one where they had first fought Nappa all those years ago, they found that everyone else was watching the fight. As they joined the group they noticed that Vegeta had gone back to his Super Saiyan 2 form and currently had the upper hand, but at the same time they noticed that the evil Saiyan was still in one piece.
The two sisters looked at each other for a moment, knowing that Nappa had to be more durable thanks to the power that Babidi had given him, before they turned their attention back to the fight that was happening before their eyes.
"Ah, it looks like our audience has finally arrived," Nappa said, grinning as he watched the entire group of heroes enter the area that he and Vegeta were fighting in, because he had been planning on giving all of them despair at the same time, "Now I can finally get serious about our fight."
"Oh god dammit Nappa," Vegeta muttered, because he couldn't believe his luck at the moment, before he stood straight and looked at the evil Saiyan, "You mean to tell me that I have been fighting you this entire time, with my full power no less, and you aren't even serious about using your own power?"
"Well, I did want the others to see my full power at the same time you did," Nappa replied, to which his aura flickered into existence once more, indicating that this time he was actually going to get serious about their fight and show off the power that Babidi had given him.
Vegeta had to wonder what else there was to Nappa's power, because the Majin form he was using wasn't giving him nearly enough power to match his Super Saiyan 2 form, though at the same time Nappa descended to an area that he could actually stand on. Once he was in position Nappa started to focus his energy, which was starting to increase his power based on what Vegeta and the others were feeling, before the ground shook for a few seconds. Vegeta watched as Nappa's aura took on a more golden color, similar to what he and the others used when they went Super Saiyan, before he noticed something else; Nappa's mustache was glowing with the same color that a Super Saiyan's hair had.
Not a few moments later Nappa's aura sparked as red colored lightning danced around his body, just like what happened whenever Vegeta or the others took on the Super Saiyan 2 form... which made Vegeta sweat for a second.
"There we go," Nappa said, to which he looked up from where he was standing and stared at Vegeta, who could see that the evil Saiyan's eyes were now red colored, unlike the greenish-blue color that came with his own Super Saiyan transformation, "You've seen me in my base form, and then in my slightly more powerful Majin form... now witness the power of my Super Saiyan 2 Majin form."
Vegeta growled as he dropped into his battle stance, because he had no idea that Nappa even had the required emotional experiences to ascend to the rank of Super Saiyan, much less a Super Saiyan 2. It appeared that Babidi had given Nappa more power than he had originally thought, because there was no way Nappa could have gotten this strong in only a year, especially because he couldn't move in Hell at all since the time he had died. He still had a shot at winning this battle, despite the fact that his chances had drastically decreased with Nappa's transformation, though he still had an ace up his sleeve... one that he was trying to keep hidden so he could use it against Majin Buu.
One thing that Vegeta knew for sure was that their fight was going to be over within the next few minutes and that there was going to be a clear winner... and he hoped that meant he would be sending Nappa's soul back to Hell, where it belonged.