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// Tournament: Berserker's Awakening 
// Story: Dragon Ball Super: Fate of the Multiverse 
// by Blackdrag-rose 
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Goku, Vegeta, Rainbow, and Applejack stared up at the antechamber as soon as they confirmed that Universe 9 had been erased, because they were all shocked by the sudden action and were once again reminded of what was at stake for all of them, as to lose all their warriors meant one of their universes would disappear. Even if they were the last two universes left in the tournament, after fighting everyone else and knocking them off the fighting stage, they would still have to watch as the other was erased, something that they would be reversing with their wish, so it would only be for a few minutes. Still, it was quite the surprise to watch as an entire universe was erased before their eyes, despite the fact that it was Ro's fault for ordering all of his warriors to fight the four of them, and they weren't the only ones that were caught off guard by the fact that Universe 9 was gone, as the rest of the warriors were standing still as they stared at the antechamber. Even the gods were shocked and surprised by this turn of events, though the only ones among them that seemed to be having any sort of fun was Belmod, who apparently felt that Jiren would lead his universe to victory, and Quitela, who was likely imagining seeing both Beerus and Sunset, including their universes, disappear as well.

"I can't believe they actually erased Universe 9." Vegeta commented, though at the same time he and Goku released their Super Saiyan Blue forms, as they didn't want to burn through their stamina so close to the start of the tournament, and returned to their base states.

"Yeah, this is just like the time the Future Zeno erased Future Trunks' timeline." Goku replied, as he remembered what he and the others had seen while they were trying to escape the destruction of the future, because it was hard to forget seeing those white spheres with blue auras, the Erase ability that belonged to the Kings of All.

"Though that was for the best, seeing how Zamasu was trying to become the universe." Rainbow added, because the foe they had fought in the future had been one of the most arrogant enemies they had ever fought, and one of the most stubborn since he just refused to die, regardless of what they threw at him, and it took the Future Zeno showing up and erasing the entirety of the future just to get rid of him.

"I guess if Lord Zeno wants to erase something, then it's getting erased." Applejack said, though she frowned as she looked up at the antechamber, as she really didn't approve of how childish the Kings of All were acting, but she said nothing about that since angering them was a bad idea, hence why she resolved to focus on their enemies and not worry about the Kings of All until another universe met it's end, "I guess it's a good thing that we're all fighting to get our hands on the Super Dragon Balls and fix this once the tournament is over, as I would hate to leave the multiverse with only five universes, instead of the normal thirteen."

The others looked at her for a moment, knowing that she was right in her thoughts, that each of the twenty warriors they had between their two universes were fighting for the same thing, to save all the universes that were going to be erased during the Tournament of Power, and knew that they needed to focus on the rest of their foes.

"Oh well." a voice said, to which Sunset and her fellow gods glanced over to where Mojito was standing, where she noticed that he seemed indifferent about losing his universe, meaning that he either didn't care about them or he felt that Sidra and Ro deserved their fate, before the Angel shrugged for a moment, "I guess, as the liaison to Universe 9, their erasure means that I'm the first one out. Well, I suppose that's to be expected, since they were the ones with the lowest mortal level out of all thirteen universes."

Some of the other Angels seemed a little surprised by Mojito's lack of concern for his charges being erased, even though a few of them were of the same mindset, while the other gods figured that their Angels really didn't care about them and left it at that, as they preferred to turn their attention to the fighting stage and put the erasure behind them, so they could focus on their own survival. What interested Sunset was that Whis was the only Angel that had any concern on his face, showing the effects of being exposed to Rainbow and Applejack for so many years, while Vados seemed a little worried about her universe's survival, which shocked Champa a bit as well. The rest of the Universe 7 and Universe 13 warriors, while shaken a little from seeing a universe erased before their very eyes, calmed themselves down and focused on their mission, that being winning the tournament so they could undo this madness, and among them Sunset noticed that only Sombra wasn't as shaken as the others, though she had the feel that he was keeping his emotions in check and was keeping his guard up, since their enemies might be coming at them soon. Even Frieza, who had been known to blow planets up during his reign as the tyrant of Universe 7, before his death and reformation at the hands of Rainbow, Applejack, and Beerus, seemed a little sick about the fact that Universe 9 was gone, even despite the fact that they had sent foolish assassins after him, Goku, and the entirety of Sunset's team.

Interesting enough everyone seemed to be rethinking how they were going to approach the tournament, both the gods and their warriors, so much so that Sunset and the others got to watch as the central pillar lowered into the floor of the fighting stage a little, showing that part of the time limit had gone by, just like the Grand Priest said it would... which served as a reminder to the other warriors that they were still fighting for the safety of their universes, causing the battles to resume before them.

"Everyone is eager to get started again, despite a universe being erased." Applejack commented, though at the same time she and Rainbow noticed a purple humanoid creature in a trench coat, with his hands in it, walking towards them with a large yellow bear, that was dressed in a red jacket of some kind, walking towards them, "And it seems that Hit and Botamo are eager to face you guys again, no doubt hoping to repay you after what happened in the tournament between Universe 6 and Universe 7."

"Applejack, why don't you and Rainbow go help someone else?" Vegeta inquired, though even as he said that the girls noticed that he and Goku pushed themselves back into their Super Saiyan forms, the lowest of the transformations that they had access to, "Kakarot and I can handle these guys."

Rainbow and Applejack stood to the side as the Saiyans charged towards Hit, who disappeared after Botamo jumped in front of him, showing that his tactic was to fight the two of them, a good idea since his body couldn't be harmed by any normal means, meaning that the only way to actually get him off the fighting stage was to hurl him from it. The fat bear seemed pleased to have two targets to himself, no doubt remembering his own defeat so early in the Tournament of Destroyers, and purposely let the duo throw a few punches at him, all while Champa seemed happy that his warrior would be able to knock out two of Beerus' greatest warriors in an instant. After a few seconds Botamo tried to throw a punch at the pair in front of him, allowing Vegeta to grab onto his arm before attempting to throw him, as if he was thinking that nothing would have changed since their last encounter, but as the bear started to grin both Vegeta and Goku jumped into action, tying his rubbery arms in a knot in front of his body. Once Botamo realized what was going on, and was shocked by what was happening, the girls watched as Vegeta picked the bear up and started to walk over to the edge, so he could throw him off the stage, but before he could make it he had to dodge an incoming attack that came from Auta Magetta, the robotic Metalman from Universe 6, while dropping Botamo, who used his teeth and undid his arms.

Of course, to show that they weren't falling for any underhanded tricks this time around, Botamo climbed up onto Magetta's back and sat on his shoulders, where he placed his hands over the Metalman's ears as the two of them readied themselves for battle, all while Goku grinned as he joined Vegeta, as he knew that the two of them would be able to overcome the challenge that was in front of them.

While all that was going on Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, Tien, and Krillin found themselves under attack once more, as one of the winged warriors, a green bird-like humanoid whose arms were his wings, flew above them and tired to push them apart by firing a large ki blast down at them. Gohan, seeing the attack coming easily enough, moved in front of the intended target, which happened to be Krillin in this instance, and raised his hand as he used a little bit of his ki to counter the attack, destroying the ki blast before it could actually hurt any of them, while the beam itself nearly hit the bird warrior and narrowly missed him. Of course that upset him to some degree, as he flew towards them like he didn't have a care in the world, to which Piccolo tossed his weighted armor off to the side as the five of them separated from each other a little, as their foe was firing multiple ki blasts from his mouth and was currently targeting Krillin, though that was a mistake on his part since he seemed to be forgetting that he had allies that were fighting beside him. This was one of the few times where Krillin was happy that many of their enemies considered him to be the weak link and either forgot about him or tried to eliminate him first, because the fact that he was the bird warrior's main focus meant that he wouldn't be ready for what they had planned when something like this happened.

What they did was Krillin held his right hand towards the sky and let his ki take on a disc shape, the signature move that he called 'Destructo Disc', but this time it was different, as when he threw it it separated into three smaller discs, his new 'Triple Blade' technique, and while two of the discs missed their target the third one clipped his target's left arm and stunned him for a second, allowing Master Roshi to gather his ki and fire a Kamehameha that knocked their foe over the edge of the fighting stage, much to the annoyance of Rumshi when his warrior returned to the stands.

"You guys have some decent teamwork." a voice said, to which the group landed and turned their heads towards the speaker for a moment, where they found that Sombra was standing near them, who they hadn't noticed until that point in time, and while he might not actually be fighting anyone yet the group knew that to underestimate him would be a terrible move, especially since he seemed to be the strategist for his team.

"I can't take all the credit, since this is the plan that Shin and I came up with." Gohan admitted, because while it was smart to keep some of their warriors together, as in the five of them, it was also a tactic that had been jointly created by both him and Shin, to conserve their energy for when they had to split up, an unavoidable event in both their minds, "Say, I haven't seen you fight anyone yet. Why is that?"

"I'm just conserving my strength for the moment," Sombra replied, as that was part of the truth, because he wasn't quite ready to show off the fact that he had the Hogyoku resting where his Hollow hole was located, before he turned his attention to one of Universe 7's warriors, "It looks like Android 18 is fighting someone from Universe 4."

Sure enough Android 18 was currently exchanging blows with a anthropomorphic wolf warrior, who had dark green colored fur, complete with a tuft of fur around his neck, though he was currently wearing a red suit that had golden zippers and some black shoes. It actually seemed like she had the advantage, since her attacks were slipping through her foe's defenses and it was hard for the wolf to keep up with her, before Android 18 delivered a powerful kick that knocked the warrior to the floor, only Sombra could tell that it wasn't a killing blow and the wolf let his tongue emerge from his mouth, as if he was acting like he was dead. While he considered it an interesting tactic, as playing dead would allow the warrior to fool many into thinking that Android 18 had killed him, thus disqualifying her in the process, it was a cheap tactic in the end and it could only come from one universe, to which he glanced up at Quitela, who seemed pleased with how things were going for his team. It was confirmation that the mouse Destroyer was trying to play the underhanded game with them and the other universes, though since one of his warriors had fallen off the stage for trying something like that he had to assume that the rest of the team had been picked with other similar abilities in mind.

What happened next was exactly what he expected would happen, as the wolf snapped his eyes open and kicked Android 18 up into the air with his feet, before loosing a storm of ki blasts that were designed to knock her off the fighting stage, trapping her between all the blasts and preventing her from moving... and instead of rushing to her aid he stood back as Krillin rushed forward, as it wasn't his place to assist her just yet.

"You see that? This is Shosa's specialty, playing dead!" Quitela stated, once more not realizing that calling out what each of his warriors did only allowed the other universes to plan ahead for when they had to fight them, though since most of their enemies seemed to be targeting Universe 7 or Universe 13 at some point it hardly mattered in the end, since a good number of their foes would be taken off the stage instantly, "Take that, Beerus!"

Quitela's fun was ruined when the storm of ki blasts ended, as Shosa determined that it would be enough to send his foe off the fighting stage, only for Krillin to jump over the edge, grab onto his wife, and then use his own ki beam to push them back onto the arena, causing a smile to appear on Beerus' face as his warriors overcame Quitela's tactic.

"Now then, why don't we knock him off the fighting stage?" Krillin asked, though at the same time he shifted his stance and let Android 18 stand again, as there would be time for them to speak about how he risked himself to make sure she stayed in the tournament, because it could have failed horribly and taken both of them out, before both he and Android 18 took on their battle stances as they faced Shosa again.

"That won't be happening, as you'll be the ones to fall first." Shosa stated, as he was annoyed that his tactic had been interrupted in such a manner, but at the same time he was actually pleased about that, as he could fight and knock off two enemies instead of one now, "Personally, I suggest you jump off the edge before I make you do it. Otherwise, it won't be my fault if that pretty face of yours gets all messed up."

"Yeah, that's not happening at all." Krillin replied, because that would defeat the purpose of him saving Android 18 like he had, and he wasn't about to let his wife get knocked of the fighting stage in such a manner, before an idea came to mind, causing him to turn towards Android 18, "Hey, do you want to try out that attack we practiced earlier?"

"Sure, I'm game." Android 18 answered, as it had been something they practiced shortly after Goku left them, which had been after telling them about the Tournament of Power and the rules of the battle royal, and this seemed like the perfect time for them to actually use the technique in battle, against someone who wouldn't even see it coming.

Shosa rushed them the moment Android 18 was done talking, showing that he had no patience for the two of them discussing what sort of plan they were going to go with, and the duo rushed forward to meet him, allowing their fists to collide with his as they blocked his kicks with his own. They also used their feet to block his incoming punches and used their arms to stop his kicks from reaching him, annoying Shosa in the process, but while all that happened he focused on Android 18 and let Krillin get behind him, which was another moment where Krillin thanked the fact that many overlooked him due to thinking he was weak. Since he was being ignored for now he charged some ki into his right hand, pink colored this time, and hurled it through the air, where Shosa seemed to sense that it was coming towards him and moved out of the way, thinking that it was an attack meant for him, though the reality was that he missed a critical function of what the attack did, which they revealed as Android 18 raised her hand and bounced the sphere back at Krillin. At that point the two of them had Shosa trapped between them as they bounced the attack back at each other, where it picked up both speed and power with each rebound, as it grew in size every time one of them sent it back towards the other, and while Shosa tried to dodge them even he seemed to realize the danger that he was in. It eventually reached the point where Android 18 bounced a rather large ki blast at the wolf warrior, an incredibly fast one at that, and before Shosa could even do anything it collided with his chest and detonated, where the force of the explosion sent him flying over the edge of the fighting stage, much to their joy.

As the pair clapped their hands together, showing that they were pleased with their attack working so well, they also noticed that Quitela wasn't too happy with Shosa, showing that he might be getting annoyed by the fact that his tactics weren't working as he intended... but that turned to joy as a new opponent, a green Fennec fox that was slimmer than Shosa was, kicked Krillin to the ground, before being kicked to the side by Android 18.

"You got me with a surprise hit, I wasn't expecting that." the Fennec warrior said, though at the same time he picked himself up off the ground and stood up, where he covered her mouth with the sleeves of his robes, while the duo also noticed that his eyes were closed, meaning that he was either blind or extremely confident in his abilities, "I let my guard down for a moment and that's what I get. However, that's the last time you'll be able to do something like that. Can you defeat someone like me?"

"I would suggest the Solar Flare, but if he's going to keep his eyes closed there's no reason to do so." Krillin stated, but he had been expecting that most of their abilities would only be able to get at an opponent once or twice, before they caught on to what they were doing, before he determined that they needed a new plan of action.

"So, even without me doing anything, you have guessed that I might have lost my sight." the Fennec warrior said, to which the duo noticed that a slight frown appeared on his face for a moment, like he wasn't used to enemies figuring that out before hand, before the expression disappeared as he focused on them again, "But even knowing that I have lost my sight, and my sense of smell has improved as a result, doesn't mean you can beat me in combat."

"Want to try fighting me then, darling?" Rarity asked, to which she walked over to where the duo was standing, though she put herself between them and the Fennec warrior as she did so, surprising both Krillin and Android 18 for a second, before she closed her eyes and focused on what Sombra had taught her in their training session.

Krillin and Android 18 watched as a faint dark aura appeared around Rarity's body, just like what happened when Goku and the others used the barrier technique to defend themselves against Lavender's poison, before strands of dark energy began to emit from her eyes, though not enough to make the duo worry about her. The Fennec, on the other hand, growled as he rushed through the space between them, intending to use his legs to kick Rarity in the chest with enough force to send her flying backwards, but before his attack could even reach his target Rarity moved to the side and kicked him in the chest, knocking him backwards as she returned to the stance she had been standing in seconds ago. What came next was the Fennec warrior unleashing a series of kicks and swings with his arms as he rushed at Rarity again, and once more Krillin and Android 18 watched as she seemed to move out of the way, as if the shadowy aura that was around her body warned her of where an attack was coming from and allowed her to dodge it with little effort. The other nice thing about the power that Rarity was using was that she could wait for the best opportunity to attack her foe, though Krillin did notice that her attacks did knock the Fennec back and annoyed him, meaning that whatever she was doing seemed to be working in her favor.

In fact when the Fennec tried to use ki blasts Rarity still avoided them, like the aura was allowing her to instinctively dodge any attack that was coming her way and retaliate with one of her own, and it wasn't long before Rarity gathered her energy into her right hand and loosed a screaming sphere of energy at her target, one that struck the Fennec in the chest and knocked him off the fighting stage.

"What in the world was that?" Gohan asked, as he was sure that none of them had seen a technique like that before, even though they were used to Universe 13's warriors having some interesting and unusual abilities, before he turned towards Sombra, who was nodding his head in approval.

"A technique called 'Dark Instinct', one of the most powerful Dark Magic based abilities that a practitioner of the arts can learn, depending on their skill anyway." Sombra replied, though he was happy to see that their training had been worth it, as Rarity now had a much finer control over the technique and could use it whenever she wanted, but right now she was switching it off before she revealed more of her power to the other universes, "The user will clad themselves in a dark aura, like the one Rarity used, and will either keep their eyes open or close them, allowing the Dark Magic to aid their instincts when the user is in the middle of a battle, allowing them to dodge almost any attack and retaliate within seconds if they so desire, despite the attacking part being harder to learn than the dodging part. Rarity had a decent knowledge of how to use the dodging part of the technique, from her own adventures, and I made sure she knew everything she needed to know about her power, and I was able to teach her how to continue to improve the other half of the technique, despite the fact that it will take her some time and effort to master it."

"Does that mean you have the same technique?" Piccolo inquired, because with everything that Sombra had said he had to assume that the unicorn warrior had to know about the technique as well, and based on what he was seeing the rest of his group was agreeing with his statement.

"No, Dark Instinct is one of the three Dark Magic techniques that I haven't learned." Sombra stated, though at the same time he shrugged, showing that it wasn't much of a concern for him, since he had a fair amount of power and didn't need to know every Dark Magic technique, even if he knew about them, "Allow me to properly introduce myself, I am Sombra, the former King of Darkness, now King of Hueco Mundo, and I am the undisputed master of Dark Magic, as I know what the other two techniques are, even if I haven't learned them yet."

Gohan had no idea how many techniques Dark Magic had, since Sombra wasn't going into great detail about what he knew and what the other abilities were, but right now he was glad to have him on their side, as he had the feeling that the warrior might be able to take many out of them out before they could eliminate him, if they had been enemies. Before any of them could say anything else Rarity seemed to sense that something was coming and jumped out of the area that she was in, though that was when Frost, the Frieza lookalike from Universe 6, appeared behind Krillin and spun around, using his tail to knock Krillin from the fighting stage, much to the surprise of everyone that was watching them. As Rarity and Android 18 focused on the warrior, however, Frost threw a ki blast at the ground and used the smoke to make his escape, annoying the both of them in the process, while at the same time Krillin sighed and hung his head in defeat for a few seconds, as he had been hoping to last a little longer than this. Beerus, of course, wasn't very happy about Frost doing something like that, but he was happy that Krillin had helped knock out a few  enemy warriors, even if that left them with only nineteen warriors between their two universes, while some of his warriors weren't happy about Krillin being eliminated so early into the tournament.

Android 18 was angry, at Frost for doing what he did, and Android 17 deemed Krillin as pathetic for letting something like that happen to him, though as Rarity let the shadows disappear from her eyes she made sure to keep her guard up, as she was sure that Frost would try to attack some of them again, while they were distracted by other enemies.

"Hey, Beerus!" Champa said, though at the same time Beerus could hear the unpleasant tone of his brother's voice, one that suggested that he was very happy with what had happened and was expecting the same thing to happen in the coming minutes of the tournament, and he was grinning as he spoke, "How does it feel, knowing that the countdown to the erasure of Universe 7 has finally started? And what do you know, the greatest warriors on your team are going to be next to be eliminated!"

Beerus hated how Champa was acting, as he was far too happy to have one of his warriors being taken out like he had been, before he focused on the battles that were happening in front of him once more, where Goku and Vegeta were avoiding the lava that was being spit at them, which came from Magetta's mouth... and, from what he could tell, Cabba was approaching the Saiyans, no doubt intending to knock them off the stage as well.

"Master." Cabba said, staring at Vegeta as he and Goku came to a stop, though as he emerged from the smoke of all the fighting a red skinned humanoid warrior, who looked like a hand to hand fighter, and another warrior with large green eyes rushed at him, before he blocked their attacks without looking and sent them off the fighting stage, allowing him to focus on the duo once more as he took on his Super Saiyan form, "It's time the two of you dropped out."

"Sorry, but that's not possible for you." a voice said, where Rainbow and Applejack dropped down and stared at Cabba for a moment, who took a step back for a few seconds, as he knew nothing about either of them and didn't trust his chances at facing them in battle.

Fortunately their presence stopped Cabba from attacking them and caused both Magetta and Botamo to pause as well, as none of them knew what the girls were capable of, despite the fact that they knew they were Beerus' daughters, so they kept their distance and readied themselves for whatever happened next. While they stood there, in their stalemate, Rainbow noticed that Hit was in the middle of dealing with Narirama, as he dismantled his arms and then, when his foe tried to hit him with the cannon in the middle of his chest, he knocked the warrior over the edge, no doubt using the Time-Skip ability to pause his foe and then knock him off with a well placed jab. Off in the distance she could see Kale being beaten by one of Universe 10's warriors, a red skinned boxer fighter, and when Kale seemed to hit his head back, however, the warrior used his mouth to trap her hand and then punched her in the stomach, forcing her to take a few steps back until she stepped on the toe of Napapa, who gripped her hair and hauled her into the air. What annoyed her, and also ticked off the rest of her group, was that Kale was beaten by the first warrior she had been fighting, who took advantage of what his teammate was doing and threw punch after punch at Kale's stomach, eventually rending her unconscious for a moment, as Napapa didn't let that stand as he slapped her a few times before deeming her as nothing more than trash, to which he let go of her hair and kicked her towards the edge of the fighting stage.

Kale would have gone off right than and there, but she was saved by Caulifla, who flashed through the air and grabbed onto her before Kale could go over the edge, allowing her to land nearby and set her companion down for a few seconds, where she intended to let Kale rest as she turned towards the pair who anger in her eyes.

"How dare you hurt my protegee." Caulifla said, though at the same time she thought about which of them she wanted to eliminate first, as either of them would be great, but she wasn't going to complain if she managed to send both of them over the edge for what they did.

"Don't worry, you'll be crying just like her in no time." Napapa replied, though both he and his companion stood at the ready, as they knew that she'd be coming at them and they were planning on taking her out in a matter of seconds, all so they could finish off the weakling that she had saved, and then they could focus on the other warriors.

Caulifla growled as she pushed herself into her Super Saiyan form, surprising Goku and Vegeta for a moment, as they were sure that only Cabba knew that technique in Universe 6, before the female Saiyan burst through the space between her and her targets, where she loosed a series of rapid punches into the chest of the red boxer, who was stunned by the fact that she was much quicker than she had been moments ago. One final punch sent her foe flying, not quite off the fighting stage, but before she could seal the deal Napapa charged at her and used his weight to push her backwards, like she was one of the practitioners of his fighting style, while Caulifla used her power to try and stop herself from being pushed towards the edge of the fighting stage. As she suspected her foe felt that she was the one that was going to be eliminated, but she managed to stop Napapa just before he could reach the edge and hurl her over the side, causing him to be surprised for a moment, but that instant was all she needed to increase her power and lift him off his feet, allowing her to pull him over her head and slam him into the floor behind her, where the stage cracked and started to fall into the abyss surrounding the stage. Once that was done Caulifla got off the small section of the stage that Napapa was resting on and started to make her way back towards Kale, though while Napapa descended into the abyss and returned to the stands near Rumshi, who was, once again, annoyed with one of his warriors failing him, she switched off her Super Saiyan power as she neared her companion.

While Rainbow and Applejack kept Cabba, Magetta, and Botamo from doing much, since all three of them seemed worried about what sort of power they might wield, Goku and Vegeta stepped away from the three Universe 6 warriors and gave themselves some space, as they both caught Caulifla staring at them for a moment and knew that she was a little interested in what they were capable of... and when she started to approach them she also kicked away the Yardrat that was coming their way as well, meaning she was interested in them and wasn't willing to share.

"Caulifla, Kale, it seems like you're ready to fight us." Goku stated, as both he and Vegeta knew that at least one of the Saiyan girls would eventually seek them out and test their skills, because they were thinking of doing the same thing, which was why they remained in their Super Saiyan forms as the girls approached them.

"I'm more interested in what you two showed off earlier." Caulifla replied, revealing that what she was really focused on right now was the Super Saiyan form they had used to push the Trio of Danger off the fighting stage, even though that resulted in Universe 9 disappearing, "You two changed into a Super Saiyan color that I've never seen before, didn't you? When you were fighting those wolves earlier."

"Yes, we did. It's a form we call Super Saiyan Blue." Vegeta answered, as there was no harm in revealing the name of the transformation to the girls, as both of them and Cabba were far away from being able to access that level of power and use it against them.

"Forget the name and just teach it to me." Caulifla stated, showing that she wanted power and they were the only ones that could teach her how to unlock more of the Super Saiyan transformations, no doubt for the purpose of showing everyone that she was the strongest warrior in the multiverse, "Teach me how to turn into this 'Super Saiyan Blue' form and, as thanks, I'll beat the stuffing out of you both."

"Sis, that's not how you say 'thanks' for something." Kale said, revealing that she didn't much like the fact that Caulifla wanted to beat both Goku and Vegeta up after learning how to transform into the form they used earlier, while at the same time noticing that the older Saiyans were thinking about something.

"You've got potential, that much we can see, but you aren't ready for Super Saiyan Blue yet." Goku said, because that was quite a jump in power, going from a normal Super Saiyan and suddenly taking on the power of a god to make the form that he and Vegeta used almost all the time these days, and while he said that Vegeta nodded his head in agreement, showing that he felt the same way about this situation.

"Oh, I get it, you're mocking us." Caulifla said, showing that she felt that they didn't want to teach her because they felt that she couldn't handle the power, after just saying that she had the potential to grow her power, before a thought came to mind, "Okay then, have it your way. Kale, transform into your other form and let's take these jokers out."

Kale didn't seem surprised by the request, as Goku and Vegeta were sure that Caulifla had been asking her to do that since the tournament started, because she tried to focus on ascending to a Super Saiyan state, using the 'tingly back' technique that Universe 6 Saiyans used to ascend, something that was completely different from how they unlocked their first form. The sad part was that Kale didn't seem to have quite as much experience or luck as Caulifla did, as she failed to do anything that would show them what sort of power she had hidden away inside her body, causing her to look absolutely disappointed in herself, almost as if she felt that she was worthless.

"Oh well, I guess it can't be helped." Caulifla stated, though while she sighed at what she was seeing, because she had been hoping that Kale would have mastered the ability to call on her own power, she focused her attention on the elder Saiyans that were standing near them, still waiting for them to make the first move, "I'll show the two of you an amazing transformation! Prepare to wet yourselves!"

Goku and Vegeta watched as Caulifla went back into her Super Saiyan form and immediately started to power up as her aura surrounded her, making them wonder if she already had access to the Super Saiyan 2 form, but what ended up happening was that her muscles and her body enlarged. This was a form that Vegeta had used against Cell, thinking that he had obtained the Super Saiyan 2 form, but the reality of the situation was that this form, while giving the user a large boost to their power, actually cut into the user's speed, making it near impossible for the user to hit their foe. Caulifla, not knowing about the disadvantages of this form, took a moment to tell Kale that she believed in her before rushing at Goku, to which Vegeta stood off on the side as his friend took on his battle stance, beckoning Caulifla to come at him and start showing them just how strong she actually was. As they both were expecting Caulifla charged at him and tried to hit him with her punches a few times, even throwing in a kick or two, but Goku, used to training against this sort of form since he and Gohan had found a way beyond it, blocked the attacks with ease for a few seconds, before getting behind Caulifla and let her bulkier frame send her into the ground.

"Why'd I miss?!" Caulifla asked, though at the same time she slowly forced herself into a sitting position, giving her some time to consider what had just happened as she stared at Goku, while Kale seemed shocked that she had missed her target in such a manner.

"You sacrificed speed for power." Goku replied, as he knew the feeling behind using this form, thanks to his own training during the time that Cell was running around their world, and he knew that Vegeta understood the downside to using this power as well, "We call that form Super Saiyan Second Grade, which is just a more powerful version of the base Super Saiyan transformation, but you really shouldn't use it, since it's not good for long fights. The form you should be focusing your attention on is this..."

Caulifla, taking a moment to stand after letting her muscles return to normal, leaving the 'Super Saiyan Second Grade' form behind like Goku wanted her to, turned towards one of her foes and watched as Goku's aura increased in size, while at the same time his hair became more rigid than it was seconds ago, and she even noticed a number of blue sparks that danced around his aura.

"...a form we call Super Saiyan 2." Goku finished, though at the same time he noticed that Caulifla was in awe of what he was able to do, something that he and the other Saiyans had obtained through intense training and, in the case of both Gohan and Vegeta, events that carried an emotional trigger that was greater than the first transformation.

"That form!" Caulifla said, to which she actually rushed up to where Goku was standing and grabbed onto the collar of his gi, in the sense that she was curious about what she was seeing and that she wasn't going to punch him in the face with a cheap attack, "I did it once before, completely on accident, and I haven't been able to use it ever since. Is it all about the back? Make it all tingly like?"

"Well, not really." Goku admitted, as he knew that there were some differences between how a Saiyan from Universe 7 got their various forms and how a Saiyan from Universe 6 got their forms, but one thing was common between them, and that was that anger was the key, "Super Saiyan 2 can only be achieved by having a large amount of energy, acquired from training, some mastery over the first form, and some emotional event that causes your anger to rise beyond what caused the first transformation... at least that's how Gohan and Vegeta unlocked it, as I just trained day in and day out until I was able to unlock the form."

Caulifla looked at him for a moment, as if she was trying to determine whether or not he was pulling her leg, before letting go of him and jumped backwards, though when she landed she brought her hands to herself and seemed to focus on something else, to which Goku and Vegeta watched as her aura flared to life, her hair became more rigid than it was seconds ago, and blue lightning danced around her aura, showing that she mimicked what Goku was doing and actually unlocked the Super Saiyan 2 transformation.

"Yes! I did it!" Caulifla said, with some joy in her voice, showing that she was hoping that this would happen, especially now that she had someone that could show her the various forms that a Super Saiyan could achieve, though while she did that she found that her increased power was far stronger than what she had been using earlier.

"Hey, Kakarot." Vegeta said, to which Goku turned and looked at him for a moment, where they both noticed that the other had a grin on their face, showing that they were both excited about what Caulifla was able to do and were already wondering just how much potential she actually had, "It looks like we might have found Universe 6's version of you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Caulifla asked, as she had no idea whether she should be insulted that Vegeta was saying that she was her universe's version of Goku or if she should be pleased with the idea, causing her to look from one of the Saiyans to the other for a few seconds as she tried to figure out which thought was correct.

"Yeah, her desire for battle matches mine perfectly, and her raw potential is amazing," Goku stated, showing Caulifla that they weren't trying to insult her, rather they were stating that she was a Saiyan warrior and that they were happy to be fighting someone like her, "You know, depending on what happens from this point forward, you might actually have a chance to push your power even further and unlock Super Saiyan 3."

"You're kidding me. There's a 3?!" Caulifla asked, because if the third transformation was anything like the one she was using now, the Super Saiyan 2 form as the pair called it, than she could only imagine what sort of power she'd possess if she managed to unlock this Super Saiyan 3, "How many more forms are there?"

"Well, there's basic Super Saiyan that I'm using, and then there's Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan 3," Vegeta replied, as he figured that since he wasn't going to be fighting for some time, since it seemed that Kale was content to watch from the sidelines, he might as well answer the question that had been asked, "after those three we have the Super Saiyan God and the Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, or as we called it earlier, Super Saiyan Blue. There are a total of five forms that we have unlocked over the years, so don't think that you have to rush through the form your using and unlock the next couple, otherwise you'll have nothing to work towards."

Caulifla seemed surprised by the number of forms that they could achieve, even if Goku and Vegeta had no idea if the Super Saiyan God ritual could happen for her and the rest of the Universe 6 Saiyans, before both she and Goku jumped away from each other and let their auras disappear. Vegeta switched off his Super Saiyan form as Kale walked over to where he was standing, clearly intimidated since she didn't even try to raise her fists against him, allowing the two of them to observe the duo that was in front of them, before Caulifla and Goku loosed a small ki blast at each other, letting the spheres hit and kick up some smoke before they started their duel. Interestingly enough Caulifla used the smoke to her advantage by rushing into it and tried to punch Goku, but since he could sense ki he was able to raise his left hand and catch the fist before it could reach his face, only for the two of them to smile at each other as they started to punch and kick at their foe in nearly perfect harmony, as their moves nearly mirrored the other's. Vegeta was surprised by the fact that his friend's fighting style seemed to be mirrored in Caulifla's moves, as there were times where she blocked a blow with her arms or legs in the same manner that his friend did, and they even kicked each other in the same fashion, which only made him more interested in their fight as they flashed around the area in front of him and continued fighting.

Goku actually seemed to get the upper hand for a moment, taking advantage of the fact that Caulifla was too engaged in the speed and power of her new form, by punching her straight into one of the few broken pieces of the stage that was above the floor and sent her flying for a second, where she slid across the floor and came to a stop in front of Vegeta and Kale, before she grinned as she stood up and charged into battle once more.

"M... Maybe I can support her..." Kale said, to which she raised her hand for a moment, like she was going to charge and fire a ki blast at Goku, though before she could get very far Vegeta raised a hand and set it on hers, making sure to have the palm face the stage and not the pair that was fighting at the moment.

"Don't. You'd only upset Caulifla if you barged into her fight." Vegeta commented, because while there were times where he and his friend had to fight together, instead of fighting a foe alone, he knew that Caulifla was so caught up in the moment that any interruption from an outside force, even Kale, would only annoy her, "I know you want to support her, especially after everything that she's done for you since the tournament started, but now's not the time to be firing a ki blast at Kakarot. I can see that you have some potential inside you, just like Caulifla does, you just need to focus on drawing your power to the surface and using it against the warriors that are gunning for you two... you need a trigger to unleash your fighting spirit, that's what you really need right now."

"N... No. I'd only bother sis..." Kale replied, though at the same time Vegeta watched as Kale, seemingly defeated by the fact that Caulifla was more interested in fighting Goku, sank to her knees and actually started to cry, something that caught him off guard for a moment, but that was followed by something else, as not even five seconds later Kale wiped her tears away and stared passed him with a look of pure anger in her eyes, "Son... Goku!"

Vegeta jumped back for a moment as Kale's aura formed what could pass as a barrier around her body, just like he and the others had used against Lavender, while taking on a green coloration for a moment, though Goku and Caulifla stopped their fighting as they felt her power rise. The air was vibrating with her power, showing Goku and Vegeta that they had been right in thinking that she had some decent power inside her, before noticing that her muscles were enlarging and that her frame was getting larger than before, almost like she was a completely different person, before a shining green light caused them to look away as the area around Kale exploded. When the smoke cleared they found that Kale was standing before them, allowing them to confirm that her body had grown taller thanks to her transformation, her hair no longer had the ponytail, as it was spiked in a number of directions and had taken on a green coloration, and it seemed like she wasn't entirely aware of the area she was in, especially since they couldn't see her irises at all. In fact Vegeta was quick to determine that she was in a rage mode, possibly better described as a berserk form, as Kale rushed forward and slammed into both Goku and Caulifla, sending Goku flying in one direction while Caulifla went towards the edge of the fighting stage, and the only reason she didn't fall off the stage was because Hit used his Time-Skip to save her.

He took a moment to think about what he knew about the Saiyans and their legends, something that he had a good memory of thanks to the fact that he once wanted to use the power of the Legendary Super Saiyan to destroy Frieza, since he was behind the destruction of Planet Vegeta, making him wonder if this was what the legend was talking about.

Before he could say anything Kale punched Goku backwards and started stomping towards him, her feet leaving foot sized holes in the stage below her, showing that her size and power wasn't to be underestimated, especially since she didn't have control over it, and her mind was entirely focused on whatever had angered her, as it appeared that she was constantly repeating Goku's name over and over as she walked. Goku jumped backwards a few times as Kale tried to punch him, her fists leaving small craters in the fighting stage when she missed him, before she rushed forward and pulled her power into a dark green sphere in front of her chest, one that exploded when it made contact with Goku's chest, and before he had a chance to get away Kale caught his leg and swung him around, hitting him against the ground like he was some sort of rag or towel. After a few moments of that happening Goku called his aura back and pulled himself free from Kale's grasp, to which he kicked her in the face several times, where he found that he wasn't actually doing any damage to her, before jumping away as she started to throw dark green ki blasts at him, something that turned out to be a distraction as she caught his neck with her arm and flew by some rubble, like she was trying to use his head to break the sections of the fighting stage that had been uprooted, before throwing him at a pile of rubble.

Goku came back at her a moment later, where Kale caught his head and dragged him over the ground below them, and when he tried to loose a ki blast at her chest, to free himself from what was happening, Kale took no damage from the attack and used the same thing to send him flying into another rock wall. Kale stood there for a moment, staring at the smoke that had been generated from her attack exploding in such a manner, while repeating Goku's name a few times, before Goku stepped out of the smoke, only this time he had taken on his Super Saiyan Blue form, showing everyone that was watching him that this form was necessary to fight Kale, especially since she was going crazy. The instant Kale started to step towards him, however, Goku pulled his hands to his right side and started to charge a Kamehameha, one that he fired without delay, but what surprised him and the others was the fact that Kale marched right through the beam attack like it didn't even matter, allowing her to extend her hand at a stunned Goku's head and grab onto it, before she hauled him into the air and cut his attack off. Some of the other warriors wanted to rush in and assist Goku, as it felt wrong for this to be happening right now, but Piccolo and Sombra stopped the rest of their warriors from doing anything, as Kale stopped for a moment, with strands of steam emitting from her body for a few seconds, before she tossed Goku to the side and called her aura back, even if she mentally wasn't present to do so, which resulted in a slim tower of rock rising into the air, with her at the very top of it.

Kale, clearly unable to control her power right now, roared and ki blasts started to fly out of her aura, a literal storm of ki blasts that flew off in every direction and targeted every warrior that was on the fighting stage, regardless of the fact that some of them were her teammates and the majority were her enemies, as she was attacking friend and foe alike, but all some of Universe 13's warriors did was use some of their energy to summon a few domes around their groups and they remained protected as they waited out the storm.

Thankfully the storm of ki blasts ended not a few seconds later, where Sombra found that Kale had knocked off the red boxer warrior that had been beating her up earlier, while Napapa was holding her anyway, allowing the domed barriers to fall as the team surveyed the damage. Sombra, on the other hand, carefully followed Kale from atop the various pieces of rubble that lined the path she was taking, where a tailless dinosaur-like warrior, wearing the colors of the Pride Troopers, stepped out from where he had been hiding and threw what appeared to be a lasso of some kind around Kale's body. It was an interesting tactic, since it appeared that Kale had stopped in her tracks and actually turned her head back a little, like she was indicating that she was curious as to what was going on, which would normally be the telltale sign for someone to explain what their powers were and why they were attacking Kale, despite the fact that normally a foe shouldn't explain their powers to their enemies, and something told Sombra that the Pride Trooper was going to be doing that in the next few seconds.

"You beast! The Pride Troopers will not tolerate any more violence!" the dinosaur-like warrior said, surprising Sombra for a moment, since they were taking part in a tournament to decide the fate of the condemned universes, in Zeno's eyes anyway, and that there was plenty of violence in the coming future, once the other battles resumed, "My Justice Whip renders evil criminals powerless!"

Kale growled for a moment as she flexed her arms, shattering the energy lasso that had been thrown over her upper body, surprising the Pride Trooper in the process, before she spun around and charged at him, allowing his weak punch to do nothing to her as she punched him in the chest, sending him flying off the fighting stage and making Universe 11 lose one of their warriors at the same time. Once that was taken care of, and a foe was taken out, Kale roared once more, this time causing parts of the fighting stage to rise up, forming valleys and whatnot, while others lowered, as if she was in the middle of destabilizing the entire platform the tournament was taking place on, before she stopped and glared up at the rubble that Sombra was standing on. Instead of saying anything Sombra sighed and jumped down into the area that Kale was standing in, putting a little distance between the two of them, before turning towards the berserker that was in the middle of tearing the entire fighting stage apart, who growled as she turned and looked at him. Not even a second later Kale gathered some energy into a sphere in her left hand and hurled it through the air, no doubt surprising many of the observers to the fact that Sombra wasn't even moving right now, but he wasn't about to let the sphere hit him as his own energy flared for a moment.

"Bakudo Number 81: Danku." Sombra said, to which a transparent wall appeared in front of him, acting like a barrier, and stopped the attack dead in it's tracks, causing Kale to growl as she threw a few more at him, only to find that none of them could even get passed the barrier he had set up.

Kale, appearing to be determined not to let Sombra get away with stopping her in her tracks like this, marched up to the transparent barrier and started punching it with her fists, as if she thought that simply beating it would get rid of it and allow her to actually take him out, but that was exactly what Sombra had been expecting as he flashed some distance that was to Kale's left, shocking her when the barrier disappeared and her fist went through open air, allowing him to raise his left hand towards her.

"Hado Number 88: Hiryu Gekizoku Shinten Raiho." Sombra said, though seconds after the last word left his mouth a gigantic beam of spiritual energy, which had a blue coloration to it and acted like lightning a little, burst out of the palm of his hand and raced towards where Kale was standing in a matter of seconds.

Kale barely had time to move as the beam struck her side, detonating with a massive explosion that rocked the entire area around the two warriors, though Sombra stood his ground as he lowered his arm, because through the smoke and the fire he saw his target, in her normal form, fly out of the smoke and land in the waiting hands of Caulifla, who was relieved to see that Kale was safe, despite a few burn marks on her attire from his attack, though he held a hand to the side and stopped the warriors that were standing behind him from doing anything else.

"Don't worry, she's alive. I only used half of that attack's full power against her." Sombra explained, as he knew that Goku and Vegeta had come to check and see what he had done, though at the same time he turned towards the pair of Saiyans and walked by them, heading back to where the rest of his team was waiting, "Maybe the two of you will get to fight her and Caulifla again in the future, once Kale's calmed down anyway."

Goku and Vegeta watched as Sombra walked away from them, while at the same time Caulifla carried Kale away while Hit followed after them, before turning around to look at the large crater, one that was easily the width of Bulma's place, that rested in front of them, a telltale sign that the King of Hueco Mundo was far stronger than Kale had been. It was in that moment that they were once again happy that Universe 13 was teaming up with them, because with all of the various powers that the displaced possessed it was hard to tell what one of them would do at any given moment, and what they would blow up in the process. They had been told that this crater was the result of Sombra using that power at only half it's actual strength, making them wonder what sort of damage it could do if he was forced to use it at it's full strength, before they wondered what other powers he had hidden up his sleeves. One thing they were sure of, however, was that Sombra had sent a message to the other universes, one that told them that Universe 13 wasn't to be underestimated, and they were worried that it wasn't the best time to say that to their competition, but since some of them were too stubborn to see the truth of the situation, that Goku had given them a chance to survive, they guessed that only time would tell if this was a good move or one that would come back and bite them in the future.