Proving Grounds: Nappa’s Trial in the Pit

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin listened as Nappa spoke and nodded as he instant transmitted to the monolithic colosseum he had built for training his warriors and for Ruba to train unhindered by his training spot being leveled, the colosseum appeared to be made of a bright white stone that reflected the light off of its surface causing it to give off a holy glow, it stood hundreds of thousands of feet tall with numerous towers and statues on the top of it. Devlin looked up and smiled as he put his arms behind his back.
“Welcome to the Pit, two men walk in one man walks out victorious. Unfortunately victory is not what we are here for, you shall enter first and when you reach your spot on the stage I shall enter as well.”
Devlin said and waved a hand as the giant doors dragged open loudly.

[Nappa]

Nappa felt himself be transported at some unknown power to a magnificent marble white colosseum. He watched as the large double doors open with a loud groan, like a boulder being pushed across sand. He saw Devlin gesture for him to enter into the arena and began to walk forward. As he crossed the threshold of the double doors, tribal drums began to play and thousands of people began to cheer as he entered. He stood in astonishment for a moment, but continued to move forward toward two pillars in front of him. He took in a deep breath and pushed forward as the pillars erupted into white flame. He resisted the urge to cover his face or closes his eyes to the overwhelming heat and continued forward.

Nappa finally arrived on the other side of the arena and turned back toward the double doors and realized he couldn't see Devlin due to the distortion of the flames around him. He took in another deep breath and remove his coat and shirt. He wiped away the sweat from his forehead with his bandana and tossed it aside, watching it fall to the ground. Nappa then began to stretch as he noticed what could only be known as the Azurian army cheering for Devlin to enter the pit. He gave a sigh as he stood tall with his arms crossed in front of him and waited for Devlin to enter.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin watched as Nappa entered and heard the drum beat begin, he waited a few moments listening as the fire roared and the crowd roared over it. Devlin began to walk in as he heard the drum beat quicken and as he entered through the crowd erupted on sight of him, Devlin began to strip his gauntlets and armor and tossed them aside. Devlin ripped his undershirt off and used it to tie his hair up in a singular pony tail and began to stretch as the drums went faster and faster and then struck a pose with a singular finger pointed upwards.
“WELCOME BACK TO THE PIT, BEFORE YOU STANDS A MAN WHOM I HAVE LNOWN FOR MANY YEARS ONE WHOM I HAVE PROPOSED THE HIGHEST HONOR I CAN TO. WELCOME NAPPA THE SAIYAN AMONGST YOUR LEAGUES AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AS ONE OF YOUR BRETHREN FOR HIS TRIAL STARTS NOW!”
Devlin shouted and shifted into a fighting stance as the pillars of white flames exploded around him causing the very building to slightly tremble.

[Nappa]

Nappa watched as Devlin dressed down and met him on equal footing, exposing his chest and tying his hair up. He listened as Devlin addressed the Azurian army and dropped into a fighting stance. The pillars of flame erupted and caused the very ground to tremble. Nappa inhaled a deep breath and got into his classic fighting stance. He let out a roar as his lightning aura erupted around him with a golden sheen.

He stared at Devlin as his eyes began to shift from black to a teal green. His beard and eyebrows began to shift to a brilliant gold. Nappa focused his instincts and eagerness for battle to complete his transformation. The ground around him erupted as a smoke screen of sand was sent everywhere around him. As it began to settle, Nappa stood will a brilliant golden aura around him, his eyes a pricing teal color, and what hair he had was a brilliant gold.

He locked as with Devlin and gave him a smirk and said, "You wanted everything I had to offer... here it is!" Nappa powered up and then charged at Devlin, delivering a powerful punch to his arm, capable of severing it, but instead sent Devlin into one of the flaming pillars.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin watched patiently as Nappa powered up to Super Saiyan and shouted at him, Devlin’s pale blue eyes remained locked on to Nappa and within a second the giant was rushing him delivering a crucial punch to the arm sending Devlin into one of the burning Pilar’s. As Devlin disappeared into the flames the tower of fire erupted along with the others as if being activated and Devlin shot out of the one behind Nappa and returned the favor with a firm kick to the side causing him to side step, Devlin took this opportunity to throw two quick jabs pause momentarily and then swing a third.

[Nappa]

Nappa watched as Devlin disappeared into the flame of the pillars and the flames ignited into a supernova. Nappa wait patiently for Devlin to reappear, but was caught off guard as Devlin appeared behind him. A swift kick connected with Nappa's ribs, causing him to slide a few feet from Devlin's new position. As Nappa turned to face Devlin, he was caught in the face with two quick jabs. Nappa watched as Devlin hesitated before throwing the third jab and took the opportunity. As the punch came toward him, Nappa caught Devlin's fist and used his momentum and lifted Devlin in the air. As Devlin began to fall back down to him, Nappa reached up and clapped his hand with Devlin's body in the middle, one firmly against his chest and one against his back. Nappa then dropped onto his back and delivered a quick kick to Devlin's midsection and sent him flying into the air.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

As Devlin’s punch swung towards Nappa it was caught and Devlin felt himself being lifted into the air, as he felt himself come down Nappa caught him with a clap to the back and chest and then kicked him upward with a hefty kick. Devlin flipped through the air and quickly recovered feeling the damage caused to him and he bag to chuckle loudly.
“Hahahaha!! Finally someone who’s serious! Let us clash Nappa!!”
Devlin laughed and shot at Nappa ducking low to avoid a punch and delivered a decent shot to his stomach and then sweeped his feet out beneath him using the momentum to spin Nappa around and towards a burning pillar.

[Nappa]

Nappa watched as Devlin went spinning into the air from his kick. He furrowed his brow as he saw Devlin catch himself in midair and began to chuckle. He growled as Devlin was already showing eagerness toward the fight and knew that Devlin was about to get serious. He got to his feet just as Devlin came in low and caught him in the stomach with heavy blow. Nappa hunched over as he felt the air in his lungs get forced out. Before he could recover, Devlin swept his legs out from under him and spun him around and threw him toward a pillar of fire.

Nappa landed against the pillar and felt his skin began to burn. He grumbled for a moment before stepping to the side of the pillar. Then, he reached out and grasped the flaming pillar in his hand and ripped it from the ground. He held the burning pillar in his burning hands and tossed it toward Devlin, hoping it would give him the opening he needed. He watched as the pillar exploded apart in front of Devlin. Nappa disappeared and reappeared behind Devlin and smirked as he saw Devlin covering his eyes, giving him an opportunity. First, Nappa grabbed Devlin and delivered an uppercut, sending Devlin into the air. Then, he teleported and piledrived Devlin into the ground. Finally, he stomped his foot onto Devlin's stomach and jumped away from him. He looked down at his hands and could see the bones of his fingers and wondered if his tactic was worth it.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin watched as Nappa hurtled towards the pillar and landed against it and promptly step to the side and lifted it up, Devlin smiled genuinely as Nappa lifted his White Hot Searing Ki Flame as casually as he did and then lobbed it at him. Without flinching Devlin brought an arm up as the pillar exploded and Nappa teleported behind him and grabbed him sending him upwards into the air with a hefty uppercut, as Devlin shot upward he was met with a pile driver to the ground. Before he could respond Nappa stomped on his stomach and darted away. Devlin lay there on the ground as he chuckled softly and whispered to himself extinguish as all White Hot Searing Ki Flames went out. Devlin slowly rose to his feet and sighed softly as he ascended to Super Saiyan and he looked to Nappa. Within an instant Devlin was face to face with his opponent with dead eye as he grabbed his opponents arm and flipped him on his back and propelled himself into the air and slammed both feet into Nappa’s gut and then landed a few feet away.
“I will say this now, as the man who raised me for 24 years you have definitely earned my respect, but a great many races knew me as a deity as a child. You have proven your role thus far which is why I shall restore what was burnt from this point forth it’s Saiyan against Saiyan no tricks or bullshit.”

[Nappa]

Nappa listened as Devlin softly chuckled to himself and whispered softly. Suddenly the flaming pillars went out and distracted him for a moment and allowed Devlin to rise and turn super saiyan. Within the blink of an eye, Devlin was in front of Nappa and staring at him with dead eyes. Nappa was then lifted and slammed into the ground and was hit hard with a dropkick to his chest. Nappa gasped for air as blood slowly began to trickle down his face. He looked and saw that Devlin was not too far from him. He listened as Devlin spoke on how he had already earned his respect and had already proven his role so far. He spoke of healing the burns and facing Nappa like a true saiyan bout should.

Nappa chuckled as he slowly rose from the ground and wiped the blood from his mouth. He stared at Devlin and said, "Don't pity me for my injuries boy, I did this to myself. Now we are going to fight as saiyans should and that's all that matters." Nappa took in a deep breath and he returned to his original fighting stance and felt his hands pulse as he clenched his fists. He looked at Devlin with excitement and said, "This sure has gotten my saiyan blood boiling... I know I won't be able to do much to you, but I'm sure as hell going to try! So here's an old favorite of mine... BREAKSTORM!!!"

Nappa rushed Devlin with his lightning aura enveloping him and pushing his body to the absolute limit. His veins began to swell and burst as he slammed into Devlin with a gut punch. As his opponent hunched over, Nappa raised his knee into Devlin's chin and brought his back up. He then went into a extensive flurry of punches and kicks until Devlin stumbled for a moment He then let out a roar and slammed a massive big boot into Devlin's face and launched him into the wall. Nappa, bleeding all over, yelled out, "I'm not done yet... Take this!!!!" Nappa powered up and leaned forward with his mouth opened and charged a energy sphere. Then, he fired the energy sphere in the form of an energy wave at Devlin with all the power he had left.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin watched as Nappa slowly returned to his feet saying he didn’t want Devlin’s pity for something he had done to himself and then listened as he spoke of his Saiyan blood boiling at the bout as he activated his breakstorm, Devlin quickly shifted into a fighting stance reminiscent of Kakarots as Nappa rushed him with a gut a punch. As Devlin hunched over from the blow he was met with a knee to the chin and a rapid succession of punches and kicks that slowly sent him backpedaling until Nappa finalized the combo with a massive boot kick to the face sending him flying away, as Devlin did he heard Nappa shout he wasn’t done yet and heard the ki wave fire at him. Devlin knew he had but moments to act in response and as he adjusted himself he attempted to catch the wave, at first he succeeded but slowly began to shake as he struggled for control until he shot the wave upwards into the sky and looked to Nappa. By now he had to be damn near done, Devlin knew the damage Breakstorm caused to Nappa and shot forward before Nappa could collapse and caught him. The crowd erupted with excitement and in an instant Devlin shouted one word and the stadium went dead silent.
“MEDIC!!!”

[Nappa]

Nappa watched as Devlin attempted to catch his mouth blast and could feel the resistance on his end. Nappa cocked an eyebrow and forced more power into it as more of his veins began to burst. Suddenly, Devlin threw the beam into the air as the last of Nappa's strength left him. He began to fall forward and felt hands catch him and call for a medic.

Nappa, with his eyes staring at the ground, said, "Imade you... work... to deflect that blast... that was my all... Devlin... I... I... hope that was... enough to... surprise you... I may... be... obsolete... when it comes... to... everyone else... but I'm happy... knowing... I pushed you... to a point of... defending yourself."

Nappa used Devlin as leverage and raised himself up and looked into Devlin's eyes. He could see the worry on his face and the fear of possibly losing him to his injuries. Nappa placed his hands on Devlin's shoulders and said, "I'm proud of you... son. You have grown into a stalwart saiyan warrior and have earned the respect of those around you. What more can I have ever asked for."

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin caught his old mentor and listened as he spoke with pride of making him defend himself against Nappa’s attack calling himself obsolete to everyone else. Before Devlin could respond Nappa spoke of how proud he was of Devlin even going as far as calling him son and Devlin felt panic come over him, the last time Nappa said that to him was when he was taken captive after returning from his Chikimaru Trials and Devlin dug his boot heels into the ground and stared forward.
“Then hold tight dad cuz we aren’t waiting for a medic. Extreme Speed Times 15!”
Devlin said as he kicked off at hyperspeed causing a sonic boom as he shot off and instantly reappeared inside the med bay, he had hoped he made his turns accurately otherwise he’d be dealing with Teelo for breaking stuff. He swiftly put Nappa in a tank and walked over to activate it, after doing so he sat in a chair in front of him and waited.

[Nappa]

Nappa listened as Devlin for the first time in nearly 27 years called him dad and within seconds got him to the infirmary. He tried his best not to vomit as Devlin placed him in what looked like an advanced healing tank. As Nappa leaned back into the pod as a mask came down over his mouth and nose, he watched Devlin pull up a chair and sit in front of him. Nappa smiled under the mask as the tank began to fill with liquid. All of his wounds went numb as he felt his injuries begin to heal everywhere. Nappa knew he might have gone overboard, but he also knew that he caught Devlin off guard.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin watched as Nappa smiled to him and he smirked softly as he watched Nappa slowly heal and he waited for 30 minutes for the healing process to be over.

[Nappa]

Nappa floated inside the healing tank and was surprised by how numb his body was from the healing. He was surprised to see all of him injuries heal in a short amount of time, unlike the Frieza Force healing tanks. The alarm blared as the liquid began to drain from within. Nappa had to restrain himself from destroying the door and instead waited for the door to open. Nappa exited the tank and looked over at Devlin as he cracked his neck. He smirked and said, "What the hell do you guys have in the healing tanks? The Frieza Force tanks would have taken at least three hours to heal my wounds." Nappa gave a soft chuckle as he looked toward Devlin.

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin watched as the tank finished its job and slowly drained then opened and Nappa stepped out, Devlin listened as Nappa spoke of how the pods that Frieza had would have taken hours to heal his wounds and then questioned what was in the tank. Devlin chuckled softly and looked to Nappa with a soft smile.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t say the exact same thing when I first used them here, the healing liquids that Frieza had and the tanks were obsolete versions of the kind you can find on Azurath. The liquid they use is a weaker iteration of the liquid you find here, essentially making it like watered down liquor you need more for the full effect.”

[Nappa]

Nappa listened as Devlin explained the unique liquid as something being from Azurath itself. He then was caught off guard by Devlin informing him that Azurath sold watered down version of the liquid to Frieza. He scratched his beard and said, "So someone made the decision to sell Frieza a weaker for of the tank liquid... my guess is it was Ruba or whoever was king before him. So tell me..."

Nappa went to a nearby stool and sat down and looked at Devlin with a serious look and said, "Be honest with me son... How did I do? was it enough to earn me my place on Azurath or should I prepare to return home with Kakarot?"

[Devlin Chikimaru]

Devlin listened as Nappa spoke to himself about who most likely sold the watered down version of the healing tanks to Frieza and Devlin smirked and then heard him call him son and felt his chest tighten briefly as Nappa asked if he passed or if he was going back to Earth with Kakarot and Devlin laughed.
“Well old man firstly, Queen Teelo of the Azurian race was responsible for that and as for sending you back to that desolate shit hole rock my dearest younger brothers reside on Vegeta included, you have passed my test and are hired by myself personally.”

[Nappa]

Nappa listened as Devlin explained that it was a queen by the name of Teelo and the other Azurians who made the deal with Frieza. He gave a soft smile as he heard the tone in Devlin's voice changed once more. He stared at Devlin as He proclaimed that he had passed the test and was hired on personally by his eldest adopted son. Nappa began to chuckle and then cackle loudly. He wiped his eyes and said, "And just like that, 27 years later, I'm hired by another Vegeta. Its poetic if you ask me. Now I wouldn't say Earth isn't a bad planet... just a certain saiyan who lives on it makes it... unenjoyable. So what's my first order, sir?" Nappa rose from his stool and gave a bow to his new commander.