Chapter 43 - Ascension!

It was now time for the 4th round, Kayn was absolutely confident in winning this tournament. The contestants walked onto the stage and the battles turned chaotic as usual. The fights and the rounds, in general, would end faster with fewer people now.

Bardock was healed fully and saw a good ZenKai boost for his difficulties. However, he had no tail now, which would provide him with some assurance during fights.

"Ohhh! Pikkon has won another battle and will proceed to the next round!" The Mushroom headed announcer said loudly.

It was now Gine's turn, she was fighting a guy named Froug, who was South Kai's disciple. As for his looks, he was a humanoid frogman. Kayn told her that even if she went Kaio-Ken x4, she wouldn't have a chance against this guy.

As soon as the match started, she activated Kaio-Ken x10, which was enough to put him down. Absolute strength would end a battle really quick in the Dragonball world. This victory caused King Kai to gloat and brag more. This only served to piss off South Kai, but this wasn't his strongest disciple.

He only had one disciple left in the tournament and his name was Torbie. Kayn had to admit that Torbie had a cool design. Sadly, this guy was fighting Bardock as his next fight; South Kai was 100% certain that Torbie could beat Bardock with ease.

Kayn now had to fight himself, he was fighting a guy named Maraikoh, who was West Kai's disciple. In terms of looks, he resembled a rip off of Spyro, but he stood straight up like a human and humanoid beast.

"Little weakling, you better surrender, haha! I'm going to win this tournament after I fight Pikkon. Afterward, I'll be the strongest of South Kai's disciples, hahaha!" Maraikoh laughed as if he had already won the battle.

"Ready, Fight!"

"Prepare for a hurting, weakling!" Maraikoh lunged at Kayn and punched toward his face. Kayn shook his head and grabbed Maraikoh's fist.

"What!?" Maraikoh was stunned, but it didn't end there.

Kayn pulled Maraikoh in, then started slapping him rapidly before he fainted and flew out of the ring into a wall.

"Winner, Kayn!" The Mushroomed headed man said.

"This is impossible!" West Kai's Monocle fell off his face in shock. Maraikoh's strength was 30 million from what the measuring machine had shown, how was he beaten so easily?

West Kai calmed down, it was only in the low millions; this was nothing compared to Pikkon, whose strength had bypassed 1 billion.

"Haha! It looks like you only have 1 disciple left in this tournament, just throw in the towel!" King Kai, of course, found time to gloat towards West Kai.

"Pikkon's strength is multiple times stronger than Maraikoh, you can talk when you've won the tournament!" West Kai pouted and didn't say anymore, but this only caused King Kai to chuckle.

The battles continued, it was finally Bardock's turn. This time, his opponent was one of the strongest in the tournament, Torbie! Torbie walked on the stage with an indifferent expression.

Kayn already evaluated that even if Bardock turned into an Oozaru, he wouldn't win against this guy. Bardock had gotten some really good Zenkai boost, his base state was already about to surpass Gine's.

"This will be the last 2 fights before we enter the next round, I hope everyone enjoys it!' The announcer spoke loudly and with full enthusiasm.

"Saiyan, you can't win. You can't transform anymore, so this is your opportunity to leave the stage unharmed." Torbie's voice was devoid of emotion, he looked like the serious type but his voice and words proved that he really was.

"Sorry, but I'm not exactly the surrendering type!" Bardock smirked. He answered and stared into Torbie's eyes with strong determination.

"You can't say I didn't warn you, you'll understand true strength after this fight." Torbie's voice didn't change; remaining cold and distant.

"The next matches will be Torbie Vs Bardock and Olibu vs Caidus!"

"Let the match begin, now!"

As soon as the match started, Torbie disappeared on the spot. Bardock was briefly stunned, then put up his guard as he looked around the arena cautiously.

"Looking for me!" Torbie's voice appeared behind Bardock. Bardock turned to shoot an energy attack but he was punched across the arena before he could do anything.

"Damn!" Bardock quickly recovered and stood up, he powered up a huge blue energy attack and shot it at Torbie. This was the same attack he used against Frieza's death ball before his demise.

Torbie didn't bother to dodge and stuck out his hand. The attack soon arrived and exploded on his palms before turning into a mini dust cloud that dispersed rapidly. However, Bardock didn't sit still to see the results of his attack, and he arrived by the side of Torbie.

Torbie had already picked on Bardock's movements. Bardock sent a spin kick toward Torbie's waist, but his leg was grabbed.

"It's useless, completely useless, I'll really have to let you understand how weak you are!" Torbie was angered by Bardock's efforts, he couldn't understand why he was trying to win against someone he simply couldn't win against.

"I don't give up, but I guess that's what someone like you would do!" Bardock sent his other foot in for another kick, this time it connected, knocking Torbie away a few feet.

Bardock burst with energy and charged at Torbie who just recovered. He still had that indifferent look on his face. "Give up? You'd only be wasting your time fighting against something you can't win against, I'll demonstrate it to you!"

As Bardock was charging over, Torbie charged himself, but he was faster! He sent his knee into Bardock's face in a blink of an eye.

"Ugh!" Bardock g.r.o.a.n.e.d as he was about to be knocked away, but as he was about to be knocked flying away, he was pulled in by the leg. Torbie slammed Bardock onto the stage constantly like a rag dog.

Bardock howled in pain before he was kicked in the stomach and sent flying again. He landed on the arena without any further movement.

Gine clenched her fist, she was finding this hard to watch. She swore that if she fought this Beatle looking guy, she would do the same thing to him.

"Oh, no! This doesn't look so good for contestant Bardock, has he fainted?" The announcer seemed concerned.

"Do you understand now? It's all useless in the end, you can't win! If this was a real fight, you would have died 5 times already." Torbie shook his head.

Bardock stood up, but he wasn't looking so good.

'Well, at least he tried, he'll get stronger in do time.' Kayn sighed and deemed this fight as Bardock's loss.

Bardock started to recall some memories, these were images of Frieza! He was too weak to save the Saiyan race, he even died in the process. His people were constantly mocked by mere lowly foot soldiers in Frieza's army, they were forced to fight and kill against their will.

This caused Bardock to feel a burning rage all of sudden, he was too weak. He needed more power, he needed to defeat his enemies before they destroy what little he had, what he had! Bardock clenched his fist and teeth tightly.

"I-I can't lose, not anymore! I won't give up!" Veins appeared on Bardock's forehead. Suddenly, the clouds in the sky started to move, lightning appeared; striking down in places outside of the tournament area.

Kayn looked around stunned, what was going on?

"The weather seemed to be changing, I didn't know it Thunderstormed here." The announcer didn't know what to say.

"I have to kill Frieza, he has to pay!" Bardock's hair flashed for a minute, before reverting back to normal. Thunderstruck down faster, Torbie couldn't understand what was going on, but he just watched Bardock the whole time curiously.

"No way!" Kayn was stunned for a second, then he grinned!

"What's going on?" Gine could feel Bardock's strength growing somehow.

"Ahhgg!" Bardock finally changed, as a Yellowish-Golden Ki circulated around his body.

"W-what!? What is that, it is...!?" Gine's mouth opened wide, she had never been so lost before.

"He....did it." Kayn said with emotion.

That's right, Bardock became a Super Saiyan!

"What is this new transformation and how will it change the tide of the battle?" The announcer was astonished as well.

Bardock didn't even pay attention to his new transformation and looked at Torbie, whose face had changed dramatically. King Kai nodded at the side, he wasn't surprised seeing this transformation.

He also knew it improved Bardock's strength greatly.

Torbie put up his guard this time, he started to charge to his max strength. Torbie made his move, but he found a knee in his stomach.

He spat out a mouth full of saliva before he was sent bouncing across the arena like a ball.

"How can this be, how could you have improved this fast?" Torbie couldn't understand, he was winning, so it had to be this golden transformation.

"I told you, I don't give up. But you can give up, you can stop now and throw in the towel or I'll have to show you my strength." Bardock glared at Torbie, he only saw Torbie as a quitter who deserved his death.

"Hahaha!" Torbie roared in laughter, Bardock was using his own words against him.

Bardock didn't say anything.

"Okay, I give up." Torbie kneeled and tapped the arena before jumping down.

"And there you have it, Bardock is the winner!" The announcer said excitedly.

"Yeah! I told you this Bardock guy was the real deal!" Some guy in the audience sighed in relief.

"I lost some much money, I placed my bet on Torbie, ahhh!"

Some people in the audience were happy while some screamed and wailed for their pockets.

Bardock walked over to Kayn and Gine with a smile on his face. Gine was still shocked, Kayn had already told her that he had gone Super Saiyan. This was something that she and the rest of the Saiyan race believed to be a myth.

How could it be real? So was it possible for her to be a Super Saiyan, maybe?

"Y-you did it! You're a Super Saiyan, you're really amazing Bardock!" Gine was still at a loss but she was very happy to see Bardock ascend. In his Super Saiyan state, his strength had passed hers, but if she went all out, Gine was sure she could still win with her trump card.

Bardock suddenly changed back to normal, losing his Super Saiyan state.

"Uh, I don't think I can turn into it whenever I want to." Bardock tried to draw that power out again, but he couldn't find out how.

"All in good time, you'll be able to control it." Kayn knew how he could grasp this power, so he would teach him later.

Gine and Bardock looked at Kayn in wonder. "Hmm, Kayn, have you by any chance turned into a Super Saiyan yourself?" Gine couldn't help but ask.

Kayn nodded and didn't try to hide it. He was going to tell and show them back on Derail 7 until they were interrupted by the nerdy Ogre at that time.

"What!?" Both of them yelled in unison.