"So someone actually managed to defeat one." Dabura muttered, letting the information sink in.
"What should we do then, King Dabura?" Gomah asked.
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"Big sister, did you hear the news?"
"Yes, Degesu. I've already been informed… Hmm. I suppose she knows as well…" Arinsu replied through a communication device while sitting comfortably in her chair.
"When you say she, you mean…"
"Towa, of course. Who else?" she cut him off.
"Then yes, I think the king's sister must know too." he replied.
"Find the person who obtained the Dragon Ball. We'll decide what to do afterward. Since they got the Dragon Ball from the Third World, they should head to the Second World next."
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The next day.
Kaido was sitting on a rock. Far below him stood Panzy.
"Little one, do you know the way to the Second World?" he asked.
"Yes. To travel from one world to another here, you have to use a Warp Master and say the password." she replied.
'How did I even end up in this situation?' she wondered internally.
"Good. You're coming with me. Put this in your ship."
He tossed her the Dragon Ball, which she barely managed to catch since it was quite large for her.
"Oh… okay. By the way, mister, what's your name?" she asked while placing it in her ship as he had instructed.
"Kaido."
"My name's Panzy." she introduced herself.
Panzy climbed into her small ship while Kaido followed as they headed toward the Warp Master in that region.
They soon arrived.
"1022." Panzy said to the giant fish.
The Warp Master allowed them to pass and transported them to the Second World.
Unlike the dry, desert-like Third World, the Second World was filled with water. The sky here was green, and instead of floating islands there were small planets scattered everywhere.
"Hm… this place… it's Namek, isn't it?" Kaido said while looking around.
"Yes, it's Namek. Have you been here before?" Panzy asked.
"Yes, this is Namek… but I've never seen you here before, dragon." another voice said at the same time.
'Neva.' Kaido thought as he saw the individual approaching with a cane.
"Indeed, I've never set foot here until today. But I've seen a very similar place before." Kaido replied.
"Hehe… so the Namekians who fled this world survived outside." Neva concluded.
"Outside?!" Panzy exclaimed, surprised to realize from the conversation that Kaido didn't come from the Demon Realm.
"Just when I thought I had seen everything… but a dragon whose link to his Dragon Balls has been severed… that I have never seen before… hehe. And is that a Dragon Ball I sense inside that ship? Interesting… so you defeated one of my creations, a Tamagami."
Neva observed Kaido, clearly intrigued by him, then spoke again.
"You probably want to go to the Tamagami of this world, the Tamagami Number Two?" Neva said, looking up. Kaido nodded in response.
"Then I can take you there… if you bring me along."
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Later, inside Panzy's ship.
"So, Neva, do you live alone?" she asked while piloting.
"Yes." he replied, looking out the window at Kaido, who was flying alongside the ship.
"Doesn't the loneliness bother you too much?"
"A little." he admitted.
"Then why didn't you leave with the others?" she asked.
"I like this place… and I must protect it until everyone returns."
"I see…" she said, then continued. "Say, why did you create the Tamagamis?"
"Originally, the Dragon Balls were meant to reward the Namekians for their efforts. But ill-intentioned people discovered their existence and began using them for evil purposes. So I made them harder to obtain."
"Hmm… And Kaido is a Dragon Ball dragon, if I understood correctly. That means there are others…"
"Yes. Seeing him surprised me, but it's not that surprising in itself. It makes sense that others were created outside. However, the fact that he separated himself from his Dragon Balls, that is surprising… in every way… There. That's where the Tamagami is." He pointed toward an island.
"Kaido! He's on that island!" Panzy shouted before beginning to descend.
When they arrived on the island, Neva and Panzy exited the ship and saw Tamagami Number Two standing farther away. He held a trident in one hand, rigid like a statue, positioned in front of a fountain.
Kaido landed before him.
This Tamagami was less imposing than the third one.
"I've come to take the Dragon Ball."
The Tamagami came to life and noticed Neva, his creator, in the distance waving at him.
"I see. Very well. I am Tamagami Number Two. Let us fight… for the Dragon Ball!"
He spun his trident and struck a pose, pointing the weapon toward Kaido, remarkably similar to the Third Tamagami. "Let's begin."
He charged forward.
He was faster than the third one and chained together rapid trident strikes.
"Sh, sh, sh."
He aimed repeatedly for Kaido's face, but Kaido either dodged or parried the attacks.
Kaido teleported and tried to punch his opponent, but the Tamagami dodged as well.
The Tamagami spun his trident like a helicopter blade and lunged at him.
"Ororororo… here."
As the Tamagami rushed him, Kaido fired a wave of Kikohas infused with magic, blasting the Tamagami into the water.
From the water emerged a blue cross-shaped energy attack heading straight for him.
"Grrrr!" Kaido groaned as he received the attack.
He braced himself against the attack, which pushed him back. He deflected it to the side, but while he was dealing with it, the Tamagami slipped behind him to attack.
Still distracted by the energy attack from moments earlier, Kaido deflected the Tamagami's trident with his tail, then followed with a kick that knocked the Tamagami back into his own energy blast.
"Guuuuuh!"
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On the island shaking from the shockwaves…
"To think he hasn't even tapped into a fraction of his full potential yet…" Neva whispered.
"Who? The Tamagami?" Panzy asked the old Namekian.
"No… the dragon."
He lowered his head with a smile to look at her, then returned his gaze to the battle unfolding before them.
Kaido and the Tamagami continued exchanging blows when suddenly a monster burst from the depths of the sea with its jaws wide open.
They both fired attacks simultaneously, sending it crashing back underwater before resuming their fight.
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On another island farther away from where Neva and Panzy stood.
"Big sister… do you see what I see?" Degesu asked while transmitting the scene.
"Yes… I see it. That demon is powerful…" she replied before continuing. "Did you find any information about him in the Third World?"
"No. The villagers didn't know who fought Tamagami Number Three because they arrived after the battle had already ended." he replied.
"You can come back. I've seen what I needed to see."
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"You're faster than you look." Tamagami Number Two said, missing his trident attacks, and covering himself with a blue energy that served as a shield.
"Protecting yourself like this won't change anything." Kaido grabbed the Tamagami with a hand and began hammering him with the other.
Sensing danger, the Tamagami fired a blue energy sphere from his mouth straight into Kaido's face, forcing him to release his grip. The Tamagami landed several blows before creating distance to avoid the next attack.
Kaido formed a lasso of magical lightning and caught the Tamagami, who was firing energy spheres at him.
"Khzhhhzhh!" Tamagami Number Two tried to free himself from the lasso.
But Kaido yanked him in and headbutted him, then grabbed his head and teleported them onto an island, where he began smashing the Tamagami's head into the ground weakening the energy shield.
The Tamagami tried to struggle, but nothing could stop it, Kaido's grip was locked.
Finally, he extended his ki claws and severed the Tamagami's head.
"You defeated me…" the Tamagami said to Kaido, his head looking at his broken body on the ground, before murmuring softly. "Forgive me, Neva… no, Father… I failed to protect the Dragon Ball."
With those words, he became inanimate.
Thus, the battle came to an end.
Kaido took the Dragon Ball from the now headless body of the Tamagami and teleported back to where Neva and Panzy were waiting.
"Put this away, kid." he said as he appeared in front of them, tossing the Dragon Ball to Panzy.
She caught it and quickly went to store it inside the ship.
"An impressive fight, Kaido. But tell me… why do you want to gather the Dragon Balls?" Neva asked, curious about his intentions.
"Old man… you'll see." Kaido replied.
"I'm one of the few people you can call that, dragon." Neva commented with amusement.
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[ Dabura's Castle ]
Inside the throne room, a magical screen displayed what had just happened in the Second Demon World.
"Stop this, Gomah." the king ordered his subordinate, telling him to turn the screen off.
"Of course." Gomah replied, immediately ending the transmission.
'I need to get my hands on the Third Evil Eye.' Dabura thought, replaying the images he had just seen in his mind.
"King Dabu-"
"My brother, you should cut the Warp that connects the Second World to the First." a woman said as she emerged from the shadows, interrupting Gomah.
'That's exactly what I was going to say.' Gomah thought, slightly annoyed at being cut off.
"Towa… my sister. You finally decided to leave your laboratory." Dabura commented. "You, you think I'm afraid?" he added coldly while looking at her.
"No, of course not. It was only a suggestion." she replied calmly.
He narrowed his eyes at her before speaking again.
"Gomah, do not cut the access."
"And since you're here, Towa… go retrieve the Dragon Balls they've obtained."
"Uh…"
"Is there a problem?" he asked her, resting his head on his fist.
"Tss. No... I'll go."
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[ Second Demon World ]
Night was beginning to fall. Kaido was flying behind Panzy's ship when she checked her ship's readings.
"Kaido! We should take a break. I need to recharge my ship!" she called out.
"Very well. Let's stop here for today." he replied.
They landed on the nearest planet. Panzy took the opportunity to pull out some food from her ship.
Kaido and Panzy began eating while Neva observed their surroundings.
"This isn't good… we're-"
'On the planet of giants.' Kaido thought.
"-on Planet Mega." Neva said in a panic.
"The one where the Megaths live?" Panzy asked while snacking.
"Yes. The second most dangerous planet in the Demon Domain. Everything here is gigantic, bigger even than Kaido himself." he explained to the young demon. "No one comes here. This is bad… very b-!"
"Calm down." Kaido said, putting a bit of pressure on the old Namekian.
"In any case… I'll deal with it."
After that, they rested.
The next day, Panzy was repairing her ship.
During the night, Kaido had to deal with a few creatures such as giant spiders and beetles, but nothing troublesome.
"All done, it's ready to take off." she said, wiping her forehead with a tool still in hand.
"Then let's go." Kaido replied.
Neva and Panzy boarded the transport ship, and they set off toward the Warp Master who would grant them access to the First World.
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Far away, near a small house.
A little boy was playing with what appeared to be a dog, he was throwing a branch when he spotted something while looking up.
"Hey Mom! Look over there! A flying lizard!" this little boy, not so little, was a young Megath, he pointed, referring to Kaido who could be seen in the distance.
The giant child's mother stepped outside to see what he meant and spotted the lizard flying far away.
"You should tell your father when he gets back. He'd probably like to stuff one like that." she told her son.
"Yeah, I'll tell him. I wonder if there are lots of them hiding in the grass." he replied.
"Now go clean your room." the Megath mother said before returning to her chores.
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Kaido and the others had now left the planet and were heading toward the nearest Warp Master .
"We're going to the First World." Kaido told the fish.
"Password?" the Warp Master asked.
"6666!" Panzy replied from inside the ship.
"You may pass."