The Snowy Mountains of Rogue City
The pain of the Super Saiyan 3 form still tore through Vegetto's body, and in a desperate cry, the Potara fusion dropped to one knee. He clutched his chest, breathing heavily while his hair receded back to its normal length and his eyebrows returned. Despite the damage, he still remained in the basic Super Saiyan form, glancing around with a panicked stare.
Vegetto tensed, his eyes turning immediately onto the rushing Xy'phers. If they reached him, his weakened state and distracted focus would make him fully vulnerable to their rush. Yet the defeat did not come; the earth shattering force tore through the ground itself and destroyed the creatures with ease.
The Potara fusion panted lightly as the rocks began to crumble and cascade down from the sky around him, a small nod given towards the Kryptonian. His eyes darted down, his mind racing once more but the transparent vision remained unchanged before him no matter his efforts.
Relive the memory...how she must've felt. She knew I had the power of a god...she knew about Blue. She must've been scared...
Vegetto's breath hitched, forcing himself to think on the perspective. The wave of fear and desperation washed over him despite it not being his true emotions, immersing himself in what he believed the state of his lost wife's mind to be. The glowing apparition of the world before him began to shift ever so slowly; the warmer breeze washing over all the occupants in the area first. Small changes like an extra ray of sunshine warming the gathered fighters, to the new grass being tangible enough to collapse and be crushed in the falling rocks.
The Potara fusion gasped at the sight, glancing around.
There...that's it...but it's still not enough. She wasn't just afraid...she...had to have wanted the fight. She always wanted to help me, and she believed she could. She knew I wanted a fight...she had a plan to win...
The ground directly in front of Vegetto suddenly imprinted; two footprints pressed into the grass before him. The prints were significantly smaller than his own, but Vegetto kept his eyes closed as he continued his thought.
She wanted to prove she could beat me.
Thunderous electricity crackled in the open air, snapping Vegetto from his trance. His eyes widened at the first sign of a golden aura nearly identical to his own forming; swirling around an invisible source. The bright energy continued to mount and grow, however, as the crackling lightning swirled outward in every direction. He blinked, his eyes widening at the familiar voice roaring at the top of her lungs and soon, spoke for the first time from beyond the grave.
"KAIOKEN!!"
The redish aura swirled outward in a devastating expulsion of power, and for the first time, the woman appeared inside with her fists clenched together. Vegetto walked outwards, his stunned stare unchanged at the sight of the realistic memory now come to live before him. Standing transformed as a Super Saiyan, a younger Kassava glared across the way and panted heavily in attempting to control the transformation.
The memory of the fight continued to materialize before Clark, Wordplay and Air Dancer during their battle; the shout from Clark about the plan finally being answered in the form of a new figure appearing directly into the tornado. Vegetto's own voice rung out in an annoyed, cocky grunt as an identical version of him appeared out of no where within the devastating tornado. The flash and flare of his Super Saiyan aura dispersed the wind and flames in an instant; the tangible memory itself having power of its own just like the duplication of Kassava. Yet the Vegetto that stood before Clark and Air Dancer paid them no attention; the memory playing out before them without pause as the Vegetto variant turned to the side and seemed to speak into his ear piece even as debris and rocks tore through his afterimage.
"The Kaioken? That's what you were teaching her? You promised me a challenge, Whis...she can't hope to beat me with just that."
The real Vegetto standing next to the ghostly image of Kassava let out a chuckle in disbelief, staring on with a content smile.
"Kass..."
The strange shift in reality seemed to suddenly pause, however, despite the energy signatures and pressure of the memory Kassava and Vegetto remaining. The real Vegetto raised his dual voice, his confident tone returning as he called out to Clark.
"This is it Clark! It can adapt and respond to any attack...but it can't change history! If I can power this memory...if I can distract it with a battle it can't change...we can get our hits in! Get ready!"
Vegetto broke out into his cocky smirk once more, spacing his legs. His eyes turned onto Kassava, the thoughts of forcing himself to see the fight from her eyes once again powering the now tangible memory of their world to continue. The ghostly afterimage radiated a growing power, her eyes still locked onto the other Vegetto.
"I'll show you!"
The real Vegetto broke out into another small chuckle, his eyes shut as he followed the flow of the memory with his own energy rising.
You sure did, Kass. And I can't wait...to see it again. Show them all what you can do...
Lightning crackled once more around the fusion's body, the surge of the red Kaioken energy engulfing his golden aura. Vegetto slowly opened his eyes and stared down the apparition of himself across the way, his stance mirroring Kassava's while he stood next to her with a long sigh of air.
"And this time, we'll do it together."
The memory Vegetto that stood before Clark and Air Dancer on the ground began to roll his eyes, the muffled sound of Whis' voice in his ear before the Potara fusion promptly cut off the angel and spoke again in annoyance.
"What do you mean, 'there's more'? What is this; what is she planning?"
The mechanical voice that followed rung out louder this time, and Whis' confident and warm tone could be heard by Clark and Wordplay as the angel spoke for the final time.
"To go even further beyond."
The line cut out in the memory Vegetto's ear, and suddenly, a torrent of storm force winds blasted the entire area. The memory Vegetto's eyes narrowed, his gi and golden hair whipping around in every direction.
The deafening scream rung out seconds later. Kassava's roar mixed with Vegetto's in a tumultuous shaking of the entire mountainside. Both Saiyans stood as their energy exponentially rose; the Kaioken multiplier surging beyond 20 times in strength. Yet the energy did not stop there; the immense flair of the golden aura soon followed as both of their energy signatures multiplied even further as their golden spiky air extended out over their backs. Strangely, however, the memory Vegetto was moved; like someone moving a projector and the image simply shifting into a different position. The real Vegetto's eyes turned onto Air Dancer; an indication that the real Vegetto could control the direction and position of the realistic memory playing out wherever he wanted.
With the memory Vegetto now standing directly behind Air Dancer, the creature could feel a sudden surge come from the real Potara Fusion's counterpart. In response to Kassava's growing power, the memory of Vegetto had thrown his right arm forward and shot a medium sized energy sphere. The energy was real in either tearing through Air Dancer, or the creature being able to avoid it; unchanged in its flight towards Kassava as she and the real Vegetto let out a thunderous, final roar in their power up. The energy blast struck Kassava as it did in the original memory; both Saiyans disappearing inside the smoke cloud that rose.
Only seconds passed however in the calm that followed the explosion, and soon, the smoke dissipated away entirely. Now fully transformed into a Super Saiyan 3 with the multiplier of Kaioken on top of her transformation, Kassava suddenly shot forward across the ground with her fists reeled back. The real Vegetto mimicked her exact movements as he dashed forward; a few feet to her left as the pair approached the Air Dancer.
Kassava snarled as she swung a devastating right fist forward in an uppercut; the memory having been shifted to position Air Dancer in between her original target and her punch. Regardless if the creature would defend or counter the strike, her fist would sail through and the energy itself would power through whatever defense provided to hit the original target: the memory of Vegetto. The memory of Vegetto hacked out in pain with wide eyes as her fist slammed into his stomach; having been originally caught off guard by the sheer speed and power of Super Saiyan 3 with the Kaioken. Vegetto landed and mimicked Kassava's strike and pose a few feet away from Air Dancer, his eyes never once leaving the creature. A silver gleam mixed with the turquoise blue of his eyes while his power surged, the strange display before Clark.
Shortly after landing the first blow, the memory of Kassava suddenly vanished into thin air. Whipping around in and out of sight, Kassava flew around Vegetto and struck with a flurry of punches and kicks; overwhelming the memory of the Potara fusion in a blitz from all angles. Once again, the real Vegetto moved the memory to position his own apparition as close to Air Dancer as possible to not only confused the creature on which Vegetto to strike, but to place it in the trajectory of the memory Kassava's attacks. The memory of Vegetto whipped around from her strikes, and whether or not the Air Dancer got caught in the strikes too did not change the outcome of the memory playing out. The real Vegetto continued to mimic Kassava's exact strikes and motions, controlling his fists and legs to strike even without a target to hit. His eyes remained tightly shut as he did, focused completely on reliving her side of the battle while moving the memory to keep Air Dancer caught in the middle of their fight while he moved around in the motions a few feet away from the creature.
The memory of Vegetto soon recovered from the initial bursts, his smirk widening fiercely as his gloved hands shot forward. With Air Dancer caught in the middle of their hand lock, the memory Vegetto chuckled in amusement as he pulled Kassava in closer.
"Ha! You didn't think it'd be that easy, did you?!"
The monstrous flair of Super Saiyan Blue erupted forth from the memory of Vegetto, his energy surging as his arms and legs flew up to defend the onslaught of the aggressive, offensive strikes from Kassava. The defensive strikes and counters from Vegetto shooting forward, while Kassava lashed out aggressively in offense; both sides of the two's historical fight lashed out at Air Dancer caught in the middle while the real Vegetto continued to mimic and copy Kassava's every movement, guiding the fight to lock Air Dancer within.
