Dragon ball Xenoverse 3 Friendship is Power
Chapter 3 volume 2: The birth of a new power
Previous ChapterNext ChapterFive days have pasted since Applebloom has begun her training under Spear. And thanks to her hard work, her new sayain DNA, and her newfound passion for martial arts, her skills have improved dramatically.
She even found an old book in her sister's room that's all about martial arts in her bedroom that could help in her training.
As for Spear, he knew that if he was gonna pull off what he is planning, he needed to re-unlock his alicorn magic again. When his alicorn abilities were first discovered, it was because he helped Twilight in discovering and completing Starswirls unfinished spell. And while Twilight had ascended into a alicorn, Spear didn't undergo the same thing.
Instead, his power was unlocked and now, he can assess all the same powers and abilities as all the princesses. And technically, he also ascended into being a prince, just like Twilight ascended into a princess.
Thankfully, he was able to slowly access his magic as more and more time when on. And eventually, after five days, he was able to use all the magic he learned as a mobiun.
Which wasn't too many spells to begin with. It was the standard levitation spells, a magic barrier spell, a teleport spell, and even a magic lazer spell he picked up from the Princesses.
Luckily, the book that Sweetie bell borrowed from Twilight didn't just have healing spells in it. It also had binding spells, contentment spells, and energy manipulation spells.
But Spear had one Spell he had in mind at the moment. It was called 'Miracle cure'. A advance healing spell that is supposed to not only heal any wounds the user or the target has on the outside, but also on the inside.
This was one spell that nopody has ever been able to replicate due to the strain on a magic mana the caster endures. Suffering mana burn out, to even damaging the users mana internal storage. Either weaken or causing one to losing their magic completely.
Luckily, there are treatments to gaining ones lost magic back, but the risks are still to daunting on any unicorn out there. Even the alicorn princesses are weary of trying to master this spell.
And even Spear wondered if this was even safe to try. Cas, if he messed up the spell, he'll end up being really crippled.
However, during his research, Spear noticed something interesting. The basic principles of the spell are almost identical to the kaioken. One needs a calming focus of magic to control the spell. While with the kaioken, the user needs a calming focus of ki to control the intense surge on ones body. Was Starswirl trying to copy the kaioken with magic?
That's when Spear thought of something. 'What If I can activate the spell AND kaioken at the same time? Would that work?'
Spear then began to focus on on his ki, while at the time, channeled his alicorn magic. Trying to harmonize the flows of both ki and magic. However, he quickly found out that using both magic AND ki at the same was difficult. Especially in a new body.
However, after a few days, something Interesting happened. As Spear and Applebloom were in the middle of a sparring match, Spear used the kaioken, while using his levitation spell to throw some practice boulders at Applebloom. When he suddenly felt strange.
He began to feel his magic and ki begin to synchronize with each other. Flowing together in harmony, as his aura began to change. The kaioken's wild,pronounced, orange-reddish aura, has changed into a more calm, controlled, crimson aura. Lightning sparked all around him ,and even his eyes were crimson colored as well.
Applebloom saw Spear change and was surprised at what happened and said "Master! What happened? You look...different."
Spear looked at himself and saw that he did change. He then said "Whoa. This feels weird. I've never felt anything like this before."
Applebloom then wondered something. "Master? Is it possible for me to have that skill too?"
Spear was surprised when Applebloom asked to learn this new power. Part of him wanted her to get a bit stronger to have a better chance at controlling the power. But another part of him believes that she's ready. After all, she's shown some great progress as a warrior since he started training her in the art of the warrior.
However, Spear wants to test this power out and see how it stacks with the original kaioken. Before he could tell her however- *Boom* "What was that?!"
From the entrance of the acres, a beast came walking in and stared at the duo. But as it came closer, Spear then recognized the figure. It was a Saibaman. But not a ordinary Saibaman, it was big, red, and bulking. Also like it was a king among Saibaman. A Saibaking. And it had a squadron of different colored Saibaman as well. Each ready to attack the fighters without hesitant.
Spear then thought that this will be a great test for Applebloom and said "How about this A.B, if you can take out 30 Saibaman on your own, I'll help you unlock this power, AND teach you some fun attacks! We have a deal?"
Applebloom smirked at her master and said "Better think of some fun moves for me! Cas I'm NOT planning on losing here!" She then got into her fighting stands, ready to blow the Saibaman away.
Knowledge is power (by BGM, Pony Degeneracy)
The two of them charged at the Saibaman hoard feeling extremely excited to fight. This definitely felt less like a fight for their lives and more like a test of their new powers.
Applebloom, to see how far she's come, and Spear to put this new power through its paces!
DUSK 'TIL DAWN, I STUDY ON!
BOOKS PILED HIGH, TIME RACES BY!
FACTS AND FIGURES, HISTORIES!
THEORIES, CONCEPTS, AND MYSTERIES!
MAGIC SPELLS TO ANALYZE!
KNOWLEDGE FEEDS MY CURIOUS MIND!
ILLUMINATED BY CANDLELIGHT!
I READ UNTIL THE DARK OF NIGHT!
Applebloom was doing a excellent job on her new skills as a fighter. Using the environment to her advantage, she managed to slay the Saibaman fairly quickly. Getting two of them in one attack almost effectively at this point.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
PASS BY THE HOURS!
CAUSE OVER TIME YOU’LL COME TO FIND!
THERE’S NOTHING STRONGER THAN YOUR MIND!
KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS!
SO SING IT LOUDER!
SO MUCH TO SEE, TO LEARN AND KNOW!
TO MAKE A PONY GROW!
Spear was also having a easy time with the Saibamens as well. In fact, it could be a even easier time then Applebloom was. However, that maybe the fact that the Saibaking was Spear's true target of interest. This was a new enemy, and he wanted to test his strength against it.
WATCH ME GROW IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS!
SOLVING RIDDLES, SO PROFOUND!
KEEN INSIGHT IS MY REWARD!
MENTAL ACUITY IS MY HONED SWORD!
Spear then charged that the Saibaking and noticed two things. One, the Saibaking is way stronger then any other Saibaman in existence. And two, while it's big and powerful, it's slow. And Spear used his speed to keep himself save from getting hit.
THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE NEVER QUENCHED!
EVER HIGHER, I ASCEND!
STRIVING TO UNLOCK THE KEY,
TO WISDOM'S VAST INFINITY!
THE MAGIC OF AN OPEN MIND,
LEAVES IGNORANCE FAR BEHIND!
AN UNRELENTING QUEST TO GROW,
AND MASTER ALL THERE IS TO KNOW!
As Spear punched it and blasted it with ki, Spear discovered something else about it. It had high defenses. So normal attacks weren't gonna do much. So, he charged up a Kamehameha and blasted it point blank in the face.
While it did do a bit of damage, it was still only able to singe it as it surprised him and grabbed him with its claws. He only had one chance to pull this off. Time to unleash his new power!
As the crimson light shined around him, he used his new strength to break out and fly above him. He noticed that Towa's magic was empowering it as its aura was purple and its eyes were red. Spear knew that he needed to end this fast before it reached ponyville.
HOW I YEARN TO LEARN IT ALL!
PUSHING LIMITS, STANDING TALL!
EQUESTRIA'S GUIDING LIGHT!
WITH KNOWLEDGE AS MY STRENGTH AND MIGHT!
ADVANCING MAGIC WITH MY MIND!
ALWAYS SEEKING TRUTHS TO FIND!
TENACIOUS SPARK NONE CAN DENY!
FUELING THE TWINKLE IN MY EYE!
Applebloom meanwhile was already at 25 Saibaman on her kill count. Five more, and she'll get the new skill her master had discovered. She then used a roundhouse kick to decapitate the last of the Saibaman and saw that she finished the last of them with the flying head. She then counted and saw that she took down 29 Saibaman with that last attack.
Applebloom then saw then saw the Saibaking and Spear, now glowing crimson, and wanted A piece of the action. So, she ran to join the fun.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
PASS BY THE HOURS!
CAUSE OVER TIME YOU’LL COME TO FIND,
THERE’S NOTHING STRONGER THAN YOUR MIND!
KNOWLEDGE EMPOWERS!
SO SING IT LOUDER!
SO MUCH TO SEE, TO LEARN AND KNOW,
TO MAKE A PONY GROW!
As Spear used this new crimson power, he noticed that this WAS the advance version of kaioken he was looking for. All his battle traits have doubled like before, but also, his body wasn't taking recoil damage anymore, and even his magic was stronger in this state.
However, there was ONE drawback to this power. He felt his stamina getting drain from using this power. So, he needed to finish it fast.
Luckily, Applebloom showed up, ready to help. With the two of them, it'll be enough to finish this Saibaking before his stamina ran out.
THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE NEVER QUENCHED!
EVER HIGHER, I ASCEND!
STRIVING TO UNLOCK THE KEY,
TO WISDOM'S VAST INFINITY!
THE MAGIC OF AN OPEN MIND!
LEAVES IGNORANCE SO FAR BEHIND!
AN UNRELENTING QUEST TO GROW,
AND MASTER ALL THERE IS TO KNOW!
As Spear and Applebloom tagged teamed the Saibking, their teamwork improved, since they fought the Raditz's Saibaman squad. They charged up a combined attack to finish off the Saibaking. "Apple Flare! Galick Gun!" The two attacks swirled together and destroyed the Saibaking for good.
Dramatic Finish!
As the dust settled, despite being wiped from battle, the two fighters jumped for joy as their training paid off! Applebloom hugged her master and said "We did it Master Spear! We beat the Saibaman and their king!"
Spear smiled as he saw Applebloom. She's definitely come a long way in a short amount of time. If he had to guess, she's definitely stronger then Krillen and Gohan were when Vegeta and Nappa first invaded earth, but not as strong as Goku.
This make his decision much easier and said "Alright Applebloom, a deal is a deal. I'll teach you to harness this new power!"
Applebloom was extremely excited as her hard work had paid off! But a question then came to her him and asked "Master. How did a Saibaman get to equestria anyway? I thought we destroyed them all in the past. AND on earth. It makes no sence."
Spear then looked at one of the corpse of the Saibaman Applebloom decapitated. Looking at her now, her gi was COVERED in Saibaman...blood? And he noticed he was covered in Saibaman blood too. Which was gross AND confirmed his suspension. "These Saibaman were freshly grown. This wasn't a random anomaly. This was a planned attack. The question is, who else is here?"
Meanwhile, in a unknown period of time
In a version of earth that looked similar to Trunks dark future, two figures stood on tip of a ruined building, blasting everything for the fun of it.
As we look closer, one of the figures, dressed in sayian armor, with a older model scouter,and looked identical to Goku and Spear said in a elegant voice "*Phew* I guess we over did it a little, did we?" His name, is Turles.
The other figure was a namekien in a space warrior get up, had a gruff voice, named Lord Slug, grunted as the two heard a deep voice say "Turles,Slug!"
The two stared as they saw a figure in a black jacket, a dark red jumpsuit, black pants, black combat boots, spiky brown hair, a scar on his face, and a stone cold demeanor on him.
Behind him was a girl, blue skined, aqua colored hair, wearing a one piece purple jumpsuit, black heels, a lab coat, wearing glasses and holding a mage-like staff.
The man in question then said "Why didn't you two return to HQ like you were told? You were to report back from your scouting mission hours ago."
Slug then gave a irritated look and said "I can do anything I Damn well please. I only join you two to get my revenge on Goku and those Damn Time patrollers."
The man in question then gave a snarl and said "You will treat Lady Crystal with respect, GOT it?"
The girl in question, Crystal, then placed her hand on him and said in a elegant manner,
"Now,Now Wrath. This isn't the time to get into a unnecessary fight. We don't need to kill off the hired muscle, do we?"
Just then, Turles then walked up and said "Our most sincere apologies lady Crystal. We simply lost track of time when we got back. Though, our info from our scouting mission SHOULD prove useful to you?"
Crystal then smiled wickedly and said "Alright, We'll listen. What have you to report?"
Turles then began to debrief what they found on their mission. "Well, it's like you suspected my lady. The time patrol has learned of our presence. They have already disposed of Raditz and corrected the change in history. But not before we gathered damage energy."
Turles then handed Crystal a container of energy and said "It's not much, but at least it's far more then what that oaf generated LAST time."
She then looked at the container and then at the two villains. She smiled and said "Good work gentlemen. This amount of damage energy proofs that these new time rifts can provide greater temporal energy then the OLD method."
Turles then chuckled and said "Thank you my lady. However, I fear that the Time patroller that was sended to correct the anomaly wasn't a ordinary Time patroller."
Crystal scoffed and said "I figured that wasn't the case. Wrath, what is the process of the Saibaking we dispatched in equestria? Has it taken care of the population already?"
Wrath looked on his mini terminal to check on the Saibaking and said "Negative. I'm afraid the Sibaking has been terminated."
Crystal started to looked annoyed and said "What? I've spent time and energy breeding that thing and it failed?! Was it from the alicorn princesses?"
Wrath shook his head and said "Negative. I'm afraid we have a bigger problem then the princesses."
Crystal then looked confused as wrath showed the last recording of what it saw. "I'm afraid the Time patrol has found out about equestria sooner then we expected, and sended one of their men to eques to interfere with our plans."
Crystal then looked at the footage and a small grin grew on her face and said "I see...well then. This will be more intriguing then I thought. At least this not only clears up a few things, but also provides some interesting date for us to work with."
Slug looked at them saying "How is this intriguing to you? Are you saying you WANTED the Time patrol to find us?"
Crystal rolled her eyes at Slug and said "You clearly don't get it, do you?"
Turles them smirked and said "It seems that our vengeance is coming sooner then expected my friend."
Slug then grined wickedly and said "Is it that green rodent and his friends? Haha! FINALLY I can get my revenge on them!"
Crystal then motioned her finger and said "I. Don't. Think. So. Your gonna wait here Slug. Turles will be going on this mission once the rift is primed and ready."
She tapped the ground and a red gem appeared and landed gently on her palm. "Now that was know that these NEW time rifts work, I can amplify their energy with these! The Chaos emeralds power will amplify the time breakers power far beyond regular magic can do."
She then showed all nine emeralds on the screen and said "With the Chaos emeralds, dark emerald, AND the Master emerald, we'll get PLENTY of damage energy from the time rifts."
Turles then looked confused and said "And how exactly did you get them anyway? I thought they were in the Time vault under lock and key?"
Crystal giggled and said "Thanks to a new friend of ours, who has a mutual goal with ours."
Just then, a figure then stepped from the shadows. He was sayain with blue spikey hair. Turles then rised a brow and said "You got a Time potraller to get the Emeralds for you?"
Crystal looked at Turles and said "Not exactly." She turned back at the potraller in question and said "You can drop the Disguise now, show off your TRUE form.
The patroller then Started to wickly laugh as green flames covered him. His sayian disguise then burn off has a black bettle like insect took his place. This was none other then the queen of the changelings herself, Chrysalis.
Chrysalis then walked up to Crystal on all fours and said, "FINALLY, I can stop looking like a monkey. I hope this plan of your works. Getting those Emeralds was more trouble then I thought."
Crystal then petted the Chaos emerald and said "OH trust me. It'll be worth it. And once my plan works, your have all the power from those ponys you and your subjects could EVER want."
Turles looked and Slug and said "And we'll have our revenge on Goku and and those Time patrollers once and for all! By the way, you DO have what I requested don't you?"
Crystal nodded and snapped her fingers. A sack then fell into Turles hands. Full of fruit from the tree of might. "This batch of fruit has been enhanced as requested. It takes time to make. DON'T lose it."
Turles laughed and said "Oh I'll make GOOD use of them. I'll make sure to collect TONS of damage energy on my mission." Turles flew up and begun to prepare for his mission.
While Lord Slug stood up and said "Guess I'll go wait for when Turles eventually fails and I can waste the lot of them!"
He took off and left Crystal, Wrath, and Chrysalis alone as the queen said "Wouldn't it be easier to dispose of them now? It's possible they'll betray us sooner rather then later."
Crystal then gave a wicked smile and said "Why waste time and energy destroying them, when my enemies can do it for me? And IF both the liabilities AND my enemies die, then that's a bonus."
Chrysalis then felt something she has never felt before...kinship. like a actually connection was forming here with Crystal. She then said "You know, I've always thought friendship was a waste of time." Chrysalis then smiled and continued, "But now I see it has it's...benefits. I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!"
Crystal then said "Oh, I was hoping you would say that! Well, I vote on getting manicures while we wait for our plan to come together. I mean, gotta look good for our subjects, right?" The two of them left while Wrath returned to HQ, waiting for an update on Turles's mission.
Back to our heroes
As Master and student were about to walk bacl to the farm, the mailmare then said "Mail call!" She left a letter in the mailbox as Spear opened it and read it out loud.
Dear Spear
I hope you and Applebloom are doing good on the farm. Granny smife and Big Mac are doing just fine, but im afraid they'll have to stay in Manehattan for a month or two. And I won't be back till another week. I'll have to go to Fillydelphia to help Twilight and Starlight with a friendship problem. Take care of things while I'm gone.
Signed,Applejack
After reading the letter, Spear then wondered what the Friendship problem was. And also thought that he can teain Applebloom more to defend herself even better then now.
However, Applebloom then said "Phew! We stink worse then a pig in a Manure pile. Guess we better go and wash up, huh?"
Spear chuckled and said "Yeah, we don't want the bad guys to smell us before fighting us, right?"
Applebloom then blushed at her smell and said "Too bad the plumbing is out now. I could really use a shower..
Spear then remembered something as he rushed to the case and pulled out capsule number ten, pushed the button, and threw it next to the barn.
The capsule exploded into a large capsule building that had multiple bedrooms, a fully stoked kitchen, the latest gravity chamber, a deluxe entertainment center, a command center, and most importantly, a deluxe luxury bathroom with plenty of scented bath bombs and shampoos.
There was one problem...even though the bathroom was huge...there was only one...and that meant that Spear and Applebloom are gonna have to share the tub since they both terribly stink. This was gonna be awkward to say the least.
The two of them were in their towels as they wanted to decide who gets the shower first. However, after twenty games of rasambo, (Rock,Paper,Scissors) Applebloom then annoyingly said while holding her towel around her.
"Ugh, this is pointless! Look, if your worried about this getting awkward between us, don't worry. I've bathed with Big Mac before, so I've seen a males...you know..." She blushed as she remembered that they needed to save water and awkwardly, she got paired with Big Mac one night and accidentally saw ALL of her big brother.
Since then, she's sorta been a pervert of her school and snuck into the colts locket room and spotted them change out and into their gym clothes. She thought it was the greatest show around as she would lick her lips seeing their flanks.
Spear then blushed furiously. He didn't think Big Mac had done that with Applebloom, or that she would turn into a filly version of Master roshi! He gulped and said "Grrrr...fine. But don't make it weird,OK?" She nodded as the two of them entered the bath.
The bath, thank Celestia, was safe for them as they sat back to back as they enjoyed the bath. Applebloom however, then commented "Mmmmm~ your back is wide and hard like a board. So strong~" "Applebloom...Don't!" "Fine,Fine. Soap?"
Applebloom and Spear then walked out and, despite her almost lewd comment, enjoyed thr bath together as he said "You know A.B, if you keep your perverted comments to a minimum, I wouldn't mind doing that again."
Applebloom smiled and said "You got it Master! Now,*yawn* I'm tired. Can we hit the hay?"
Spear smiled and said "You got it kid." Spear carried her to the farm house, tucked her in her bed and said "Goodnight Apple bloom."
Spear walked into his room, got into bed, and fell to sleep. Ready to rest for another day of training.
Author's Note
I know that last part is kinda weird, but I wanted to capture the original dragon balls humor in SOME way during the equestria down time. Hope you guys like it and I'll see you all for volume 3 of chapter 3!
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