Rabbis: The Multiverse
Being the strongest. That was all that mattered. Even with the thinly veiled excuses they all gave, pretending something beyond the strength once possessed mattered, they all knew. The worlds they have visited were hardly haven for the weak, but those who were weak within them only lived because the strong had uses for felt pity.
Every moment he'd lived so far was living on the edge of a razor blade in a sort. Every day he spent under the thumb another. In his own world, the Triumvirate that ruled the universe dictated his every move. Within the small group him Junip and Tomia had assembled, it was clear Tomia was the leader.
It was shocking to him the attitude he'd adopted. He was born to a woman with no other options, she was weak, and because she was weak, she'd never amount to anything more than an outlet for his Fathers anger and frustrations. She was nothing more than a trophy taken following Max's death. She had the chance to be strong, but had given it up, and her current situation reflected her poor decision.
The strongest being alive was the Father of his betrothed. He was a mountain of power, rivaled by his own father. As much as it hurt him to admit, there was no way he could match up to the two, without somehow changing the games rules.
"Sometimes there is more to fighting than pure power," He could hear the words of his first real trainer in his mind now. "My father taught me that being a great warrior means more than power. It means fighting against the odds even if you a rent the strongest."
It was always a bitter pill to swallow. Everything he'd learned about fighting had been from Lucien, his brother for all intensive purposes. He'd watched from afar as Lucien gained the power to challenge Hiroshi, only to learn just how wide the gulf between the ruling and the ruled was. There had been nothing more spectacular then witnessing the power of thousands of dead worlds as his Father had put it. Lucien had miscalculated, and despite that, he'd never backed down, even when Hiroshi shattered his rib cage. As much a fool Lucien was, he was still the only brother Rabbis would ever accept, his only sin imparting his weak philosophy upon him. And in a way, he'd repented for it in his final moments.
When a wisp of hot air rolled past him, Rabbis knew the second of his comrade had finished her opponents. His face remained stony for a moment before he turned to the Saiyan woman, glancing over her blood covered frame.
" I made it quick." She said, gesturing to the dead teenager before him.
Of course you did. The only person you savor killing is Hiroshi.
Blood dripped from her once white gloves, no doubt from Hiroshi. It was a hired he never really understood. Rabbis never hated Hiroshi, Okarot or the others. In fact, he admired Hiroshif rot he strength he acquired. All he ever wanted to do was transcend them in power, to become so much more then they were. He didn't want the throne, who wanted to rule the universe? That wasn't his goal. The real reason to be thesis torng was to challenge the nature of life itself, not rule the weak.
If you were the strongest being alive, you never had to bend to the will of others. Several years ago now, Tomia had promised them the power they craved. The first reality they jumped into gave him a battle against a being long forgotten. Freiza. The battle was still to this day, the greatest he'd ever participated in. Blood was shed and sweat shown on their frames, and after an hour, Rabbis had pulled above the tyrant, proving his superiority.
" You'll never catch her." Junip remarked coldly. " Tomia I mean."
It was meant as an insult, a jab at his honor. But as much as he hated it... The remark held some merit. It Had all began years ago, when she'd first confronted that redheaded bitch, the one most Hiroshi's galivanted around with. The strange obsession she had was born of spot as queen in their own world, a spot Tomia verbally hated. Even stranger was the fact that her anger at him had become more and more boiling the longer she did it. Years ago, they had been friends, years ago, she was the weakest of all of them. It was those years ago they had fucked regularly, when she and been the weakest of them. The most submissive.
The fact that she used that technique to rip away parts of her soul as she put it, was the strangest of all of it. The fact that she became stranger and stranger every time she drank her soul as she so eloquently put it was all the more depraved. It was like an addiction, a lust that couldn't satisfied.
Tomia had always been her fathers patient servant, while she plotted for rom the side. It was her idea to leave their world and poach other universes until they gained the power to usurp their parents. That was a great idea.
What wasn't a good idea was hunting Claudia after Claudia through different worlds to what? Drink their souls? Certainly she had become incredibly stronger, far beyond what she'd achieved back in their timeline. But at what cost? The more powerful she became, the crazier she ended up becoming.
When she does lose it. I can not be there... Sorry Tomia dear, but your quest will end long before you become 'whole'
" I know." Rabbis finally answered, staring quietly into the ruins around her. " I will surpass her power in death."
The look of concern that spread across Junips face caused him to smirk, the look fleeting.
" Dangerous talk." She responded. " Don't let her here you speaking like that. Unless dying was your goal."
With an annoyed and reluctant nod, Rabbis turned away from her. It wasn't just him that would die if Tomia cam pe for him, a death he knew Tomia rejected as impossible. No one was immortal, even if Tomia claimed to having gained time from that technique of hers. Whatever that meant.
" Talking about my death, brother and sister, I am hurt."
The strangely soft voice was enough to make him tremble for a moment.
Beside him, Junip tensed visibly, meaning he wasn't hearing things. Gulping, Rabbis knew the only one strong enough to defeat Tomia was hundreds of timelines away. The only one they knew was strong enough was the fathers they'd left behind.
" Everyone dies." Rabbis said, trying his hardest to keep the tremble from his voice. " Think about it. Your losing it!"
Before he could say another word, he was hoisted from the ground, clammy, ice cold fingers digging into his throat. Junip stood off to the side, abandoning him to his fate. And in that moment, he held no ill feelings for his betrothed, because in her position he would do the same.
Staring down into his past loves golden eyes, he could see hundreds of Claudia's screaming to get lose. Tomia had become little more then a prison constructed around one woman.
Struggling for air, Rabbis grabbed onto her wrist. Even as a golden spark of energy burst to life around him, Tomai remained unbending, and just smiled back at him, unbending.
" I don't expect anymore incidents." Tomia said in a low, dangerous voice. " I started us on this journey, and I will find what I am looking for. Cause me anymore problems and you will never achieve the power you wish for."
Walking ahead, Tomai dumped the capsule that contained their vessel on to the ground, the vessel as grey and bleak as the world they hailed from.
Seeing her standing there, towering over them like a god, just as their fathers and int heir own world, Rabbis breathed in raggdily. So far, he'd relied on the strength of his own arm, as he'd been taught, yet just as in their own world, his strength had afield him. Hiroshi had achieved his power by stealing it. Meaning Rabbis would do the same.
" Are you two coming?" Tomia's quiet voice broke the silence. " We need to make the next jump. I'm feeling stressed." She almost purred as she walked into the pod. Rabbis shivered as he followed after her.
