(Accidentally) Sieging the Castle

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Being a guard for the newest Queen of the Saiyans was simultaneously a very easy and incredibly frustrating job. Easy because frankly there was nothing to guard her against, Kayen was, as far as they knew, one of if not THE strongest person in the galaxy right now, perhaps even the universe though there was no way of telling what sort of warriors existed out in the other quadrants. Legends DID say that the Premier still existed out there somewhere. Regardless the number of people that could actually harm her were likely able to be counted on a single hand. It was however also frustrating for that very reason.

Kayen barely even saw reason to HAVE a guard and for the most part their work was something more akin to acting like bouncers at a Radditsu district club rather than royal guards, keeping out people the Queen would rather not have bothering her at that particular moment. She had no interest in maintaining a schedule that they could use to clear and scout the places she sought to visit for danger, because she saw no danger.

Really the only reason they had adapted with as much relative ease as they had was the fact that many of their numbers were relatively new and the rest of them were composed of former guards who had remained or been stuck on Vegeta, or those who had served under Vocado and had experienced much the same under him.

Right now the Queen was making use of one of the recently repaired indoor training centers and had stuck around long enough for more than just Skash to be present to secure the room, all had seemed relatively good with the only snag being Kayen’s insistence that some of them participate in her workout.

And then suddenly all of their scouters beeped frantically at a sudden surge of power in the room, the guards all responded as quick as they could surrounding the intruders with Skash even drawing his sword, the intruders were not reading exceedingly above average power but the fact they had the gall to appear in the palace itself meant there was a chance they were simply hiding their true power.

The smaller intruder, some alien they could not immediately identify, perhaps a Brenchian Konatsian hybrid Skash guessed, appeared to be frantic shouting at her Hakai-jin accomplice.

Their formation was soon broken as the small intruder claimed they were friendly as one of the newer guards was shoved to one side, not by an intruder but by the Queen herself.

Kayen was amused by the events as they played out, and much to the chagrin of her guard and Skash in particular she knew, she was curious about these intruders, plus with the power they were giving off they posed no actual danger, really the Hakai-jin was actually more a risk to her guards than herself.

“Yaknow kid, we’ve got doors for a reason” Kayen said crossing her arms over her chest as she looked down at the group, there was something… strange about the ‘kid’ now that she really looked at her, like she was something a bit… more than usual. Maybe she was some demon or something?

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Kayen nodded placatingly at the tiny ‘god’ not entirely sure what to make of this, there WAS a chance that the ‘kid’ was not actually a child, Demons took on strange shapes that did not always match their true age compared to a mortal being so it was entirely possible this ‘kid’ was a Demon of some sort that thought itself a God.

Or maybe she WAS a god.

Was that even REALLY that strange? Probably. It did not matter much to Kayen either way, even if the ‘kid’ was actually a God she certainly was not a particularly threatening one she would likely have trouble fighting her Hakai-jin companion or any of Kayen’s guards let alone Kayen herself. The Hakai finally spoke up after the tiny god’s outburst apparently already familiar with her.

“The one and only, It’s fine it’ll keep my guards on their toes for a while knowing someone might accidentally pop in” Kayen said with a laugh, Skash meanwhile groaned knowing that it really WOULD be a huge hassle and probably require a massive restructure to their usual patrols, while the pair were not exceptionally threatening there was no reason to believe that it was impossible a genuine threat could do the same.

Kayen raised an eyebrow at the Hakai’s challenge and was amused when the little Goddess was the one to act as voice of reason, the Hakai persisted though and finally the little God relented and gave Kayen free reign to beat her… friend? Guard? Whatever, senseless.

“You’re funeral I suppose, I don’t use a Blutz Generator myself but I DO have this” Kayen said shooing away her guards who only put up a nominal fight before dispersing back to their usual positions, once they were gone Kayen formed a orb of red energy in her palm and tossed it in the air “I call it the Blood Moon, I’ve focused it on you so give it a look and lets see what you can do", the orb shot high into the training room hitting the ceiling and bathing the room in its red glow, if Brand did as she said he would even find his power boosted a bit more than he was used to. "If you can make me use my sword this might even be worth my time" she added with a grin, taunting the Hakai to see if she could rile him up a bit to get even more intensity out of him.

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Items: None

Current KP: 2/3

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Kayen was curious exactly what sort of reaction the Blood Moon would get out of the Hakai, she was familiar with them but not enough to know the ins and outs of their ability to boost their power, that they could benefit from Blutz was certainly interesting though it remained to be seen just how much it could squeeze out of the cat.

The remainder of the little god’s entourage backed off along with her guards as power began to surge around Brand, Kayen could soon feel his actual power rising rapidly however once his transformation was completed the end result was unfortunately rather lackluster, at least for HER it was, he would tear through the bulk of her guard if need be, even Skash was unlikely to pose much of a challenge to him short of becoming an Oozaru. But while Brand was impressive compared to average and even a bit above average warriors now.

He was still a far cry from the caliber of fighter than Kayen was used to. Still though the power of the Blood Moon, seemed to bolster the Hakai’s bravado as he made a bold declaration and rushed at her. For the Haki she imagine he likely believed he was moving at a blinding pace, and she could see that some of the guards were even caught off guard by the speed of his rush likely losing track of him until he ‘appeared’ before her.

But for Kayen it was like he was moving in slow motion, even without her Super Saiyan power she was more than a match for him, but out of curiosity she made no moves, simply standing her ground as he made his feint and then struck her leg with his tail, the move itself was impressive, close to something she had pulled against Vocado during their last fight.

The tail however was not trying to grab her, just likely trying to trip her, instead it cracked against Kayen’s leg to no discernible effect.

“You aren't bad, at least in terms of technical skill, I liked to pull those sort of tricks when I had my tail. I’d be careful about that though, thats also how I lost my tail” Kayen said casually giving the Hakai a grin before making her own move, quick as she could Kayen would raise her foot and stamp on Brand’s tail banking on her speed and the failure of his attack to function as he intended to be enough to keep him from pulling it back to safety.

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Items: None

Techniques: None

Current KP: 3/3

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Kayen’s grin widened at the Hakai’s feeble attempts to free himself adding a patronizing shake of her head as his attention returned to her directly, this was very shortly met by the Hakai’s open palm being directed at her face. Kayen imagined that he was probably used to actions such as this resulting in the opponent fleeing or perhaps if he was lucky being blasted away by the sheer power he wielded.

Unfortunately neither such thing occurred when his blast enveloped her face, the only vague sense of reaction that Kayen had to the blast being fired at all was one on a level the Hakai could not actually detect, but one that the Shinjin could, a light pulse of energy to provide protection not to herself but to her eyepatch, the material was durable certainly but there was no sense in taking a risk of having it randomly destroyed because she was not paying attention to where exactly his blast was centered on.

And so the wave washed over her leaving light singing but eliciting no apparent reaction, and most importantly for Brand. Not resulting in his tail being set free. “Cute” Kayen commented grinning at him in a way that promised retaliation for what little harm had HAD managed to do to her.

With the Hakai rather firmly stuck where she wanted him Kayen cracked her neck taking her time with her actions, until suddenly she struck, a quick jab aimed at the Hakai’s face while she dug her boot more firmly down onto his tail, if it hit the blow would likely TRY to send the Hakai flying, only for her boot to keep him in place, and unless she was vastly underestimating just how connected the Hakai was to his tail Kayen would follow up with a quick flurry of blows, treating the Hakai more like a speed bag rather than an opponent.

Taking her eye off the Hakai she cast a glance at the little god to see what her reaction was, regardless she would give her an amused grin, based off of her reaction before she expected she would be amused to see her companion getting exactly what she warned him about.

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Current KP: 3/3

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Kayen’s amused grin held strong with each strike delivered to the Hakai, it was rather amusingly fun to have the little ‘god’ as her personal cheering section, especially considering that the person she was beating the hell out of happened to be one of her… friends? Attendants? Kayen had not bothered to puzzle out the relationship between the strange group before the impromptu ‘spar’ had begun.

From the looks of it it was unlikely any of them were actually related, so likely they were either a collection of friends OR perhaps if the little one really WAS a god or something they were her followers? Or at least they might believe that to be the case.

Kayen let out a loud laugh as the little god made a request, in theory she COULD do exactly that though a dip in a healing tank would probably actually have him up before the end of the day unless she decided to use Fateburn, but really that was just a bit TOO much, the Hakai had not actually done anything to offend her, he just lacked a comprehension of his power compared to hers.

Kayen reared back and with a bit of extra force sent one last hay maker of a punch aimed at Brand’s face, if it connected she would, mercifully, also release his tail and allow the Hakai to be sent flying across the room and likely into a wall.

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Current KP: 3/3

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Kayen smirked at the little god’s reaction to her companions defeat, it would perhaps have been a bit disconcerting that she was THIS pleased with the turn of events had Kayen not also spotted the young god’s signal to one of her many other companions to go check on the Hakai, that at least showed that while she DID enjoy the beatdown that she was not entirely without concern for her crew.

If she hadn’t made the effort Kayen might have tried to offer the Hakai a place in the Kingdom, she STILL might though that all depended on how things proceeded, and assumed that the Hakai would be conscious any time soon… and willing to listen to her. Really it wasn’t HER fault, he’d been the one to issue the challenge.

Kayen watched curiously as the little god knelt next to the Hakai, what exactly she was up to as her Majin companion had already clearly discerned the Hakai’s unconscious state was unknown, perhaps she planned to write on his face or something?

Instead Kayen was surprised to feel the little god’s power surge and then begin to flow over the Hakai, the feeling of the energy she was putting out was completely unlike what Kayen was used to, it lacked the harshness she usually associated with energy instead almost feeling welcoming in a way.

And of course most importantly it was not slowly or quickly vaporizing the Hakai and instead seemed to be repairing the damage he had sustained, his face once battered to a near unrecognizable state slowly returning to it’s proper shape. THAT was a very interesting trick, she knew it was possible to do quite a lot with the more mystical expressions of energy, but outright undoing harm was new.

“No problem, it was a fun warm up. As your companion mentioned earlier I’m Kayen, though his information was a bit outdated, I’m not just a Pirate Queen anymore, I’m not also Queen of the Saiyans” Kayen said stepping closer to the little god and offering a hand to her “What might you be the god of? I was under the impression the gods reigned over individual planets, such as Earth’s Guardian” Kayen’s grasp of the divine heirarchy was… spotty at best, Habana had only really ever written of it in the context of Maeve and general information on such things was more or less relegated to myth rather than concrete facts.

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Kayen found herself very interested in the little god’s response to her question. Kayen had not actually expected to get much of a response out of her on what her role was figuring that the Kais were supposed to keep such things secret, but apprently Kiko was willing to break that rule if it existed or perhaps it simply did not exist. She was, presently, not actually in charge of anything but had asperations to become ‘Supreme Kai’ which considering the context of how she spoke of it seemed like it was supposed to be perhaps the highest rank?

It certainly SOUNDED like it, considering she implied it was a positon over ‘the whole universe’

Aswell it appeared that she WAS infact a young Kai as she aimed to be the youngest Kai to assume the role of Guardian. Thankfully Kayen WAS familiar with that position through Habana’s old notes, at least vaguely, Habana had been no expert on what Maeve’s job as Guardian of Earth had been but the gist of it that Kayen had gotten was that they acted as a sort of protector and guide for the people.

The most interesting though was that Kiko offered the idea of taking up such a role here on Vegeta.

“That could be interesting, I’m only passingly familiar with what the role of Guardian actually entails, my ancestor Haban was friends with Earth’s former Guardian, and I met with a girl seeking to become the new one, but Earth and Vegeta are rather… different. Do you think you would make a good fit as Vegeta’s Guardian?” Kayen asked curious what the little god had to say on the matter, as long as becoming Guardian gave the little god no actual intrinsic power over the planet there was ultimately no actual harm in her taking up the position in theory.

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