Chapter 2

Void World

Ryu could be seen laying down on top of the timer for the finally finished structure of the fighting arena for the Tournament of Power watching as the different universes started to arrive and so far, he found himself unimpressed at the warriors they brought for the tournament.

Though the moment universe 11 arrived Ryu's eyes immediately came upon the sight of a man with grey skin with big round black eyes wearing a Pride Trooper outfit.

'So, this is Jiren, the strongest in universe 11. Even though he is hiding it I can feel some of his Ki and I understand why he would be considered the strongest.' Thought Ryu as a grin crossed his face at the thought of fighting Jiren.

As Ryu waited he looked over at universe 6 and found his eyes staring at a girl with shoulder-length black hair in a ponytail and grey eyes. She wore a red shirt showing off her midriff matching the red skirt she wore showing off her tan legs.

Jumping down from his spot Ryu made his way over to universe six to stand in front of the girl who had caught his eye. The girl seemed to flinch the moment he came over and hid behind a girl wearing a magenta top and low purple pants.

"I never thought I would see a beauty such as yourself in this tournament." Ryu said only for the girl in the magenta top to scoff as she scowled at him.

"Get lost weirdo. Flattery isn't going to keep me from kicking your ass out their on the field." She said.

Ryu smiled, "I think your mistaken I wasn't talking to you, but the beautiful girl behind you." The girl behind her looked at Ryu with a blush.

"You stay away from Kale or else I'll make sure you never walk again asshole." Said the girl glaring at Ryu.

Ryu grinned pissing off the girl in front of him, "Well you're a feisty one aren't you, well I have other people to meet, but it was pleasure to meet a beauty such as yourself Kale." With that Ryu walked away to see that universe 7 had finally arrived before moving over towards them.

"It is good to see you Goku it wouldn't have been much fun if you didn't arrive." Said Ryu as he looked at Goku's teammates.

"Heya, I can't wait to fight you again Ryu, I told Vegeta here about you and he wants to fight as well." Goku said in a cheery tone.

"Well if you want to beat me Goku at your current strength you will need help from your teammates." Ryu stated earning him a scoff from the man beside Goku, which Ryu assumed was Vegeta.

"Like I'll believe that you are capable of beating us Saiyans, we were born warriors and as prince of the Saiyans I will show you the true power of the Saiyan race." Vegeta said in an arrogant tone making Ryu frown.

"It would be good to know there will always someone out there stronger than you and if you come at people with such arrogance it will surely be your downfall." Ryu said only to get a scoff for a response.

"Hey where is your team Ryu?" Goku asked wanting to know if Ryu had brought some strong people to fight.

"Don't have a team, since I'm good friends with Zen-Chan he invited me to participate in this Tournament of Power. Anyway, I don't need a team to win this thing, after all I just have to knock everyone off before the time runs out or they beat me with having more people on the field." This caused the some of the fighters from universe 7 to look at him like he had grown a second head. Goku on the other hand was thinking to himself on how strong Ryu had to be to confident on not having a team to watch his back.

"Since you have no team you paint a target on your back where people will team up to throw you out." Gohan said already thinking of ways to beat Ryu since he, Toppo, and that Jiren character were the biggest threats in this tournament.

Ryu shrugged, "They can try, but in the end, they will inevitably fail and Goku lets save our fight till end it would suck to beat you at the very start of the tournament." He said before hearing the Grand Priest, "It is time for the Tournament of Power to begin. With that said all angels and God of Destruction must move to the observation deck. All fighters prepare to fight!"

Before the tournament started Ryu got a kiss on the cheek from Vados and Cus as they both wished him luck.

Ryu looked at Marcarita who was already in the observation deck sitting behind her God of Destruction. "I didn't get a kiss from you Marcarita." Ryu said only for her to blow him a kiss with a mischievous grin on her face.

Ryu could only shake his head with a smile on his face before turning his head to look at the Grand Priest and saw the fake smile on his face as he gripped his staff tighter.

As the announcement for the tournament to begin was declared almost all the warriors started to fight each other. The explosions from the Ki blasts thrown around made the 2 Zenos' eyes shine with excitement.

The only one not fighting at the moment were Jiren, who looked at the battle as if it was beneath him. Ryu saw the excitement in Goku's eyes as he looked at all the fighting that was taking place in front of him.

Ryu ducked as a Ki blast flew over his head as he looked behind himself and found Toppo standing there.

"Even though you are nothing compared to my comrade Jiren, you pose the biggest threat in this tournament. As a Pride Trooper I will do my best to eliminate all threats to protect my universe." Toppo said as he sped towards Ryu.

As Toppo got closer to Ryu his eyes widened when the man disappeared before Ryu appeared behind him and round housed him into some rubble.

"You are strong but at your current strength you are incapable of beating me." Ryu said before walking off only to find himself surrounded by fighters from universe 4 and 2.

"Your strength is a threat to our survival, so we will use numbers to defeat you and drop you out of the arena." Said Quitela, the God of Destruction of universe 4 with an evil smirk.

"I must agree with my fellow God of Destruction, your display of strength in the exhibition match is a threat to the love of universe 2." Said Heles.

From a distance all those from universe 7 watched Ryu wondering how he would deal with the situation he was in.

Ryu smirked as he looked at the warriors around him, "If I were weaker then this tactic would work but unfortunately that isn't the case."

"You really believe that you can beat the best warriors in my universe. My universe is the one that will win and get those Super Dragon Balls." Quitela said as he scoffed at the thought of Ryu beating his warriors.

Ryu shrugged before looking up at where the 2 Zenos were sitting, "I hope you're watching Zen-Chan."

With those words he sped towards Shosa and backhanded him in the direction of Majora before backflipping over Ki blast from three girls from universe 2. Without wasting any time Ryu reappeared in front of the girls blocking a kick from the one named Su.

"In the face of love, it was fated for you to lose to such a powerful force." Said by the one named Brianne with her hand in Ryu's face as she shot a Ki blast in his face at point blank range.

As the smoke cleared away those that were watching the fight couldn't help but widened their eyes as the smoke cleared to show Ryu still standing without a scratch on his face.

"I'll admit love is powerful, but it hasn't met someone like me. Now let me show you the difference in power between me and the love that supposedly drives you." Ryu said before kicking Brianne in the chin sending her into the air while sweeping his leg underneath Su and Sanka. He jumped into the air and used his forearm to block a kick from Brianne before using her as a springboard to dodge a Ki blast from Su.

Ryu flashed his arms outward catching the offending leg and fist from Majora and Shosa. "Right now, you are all disappointing me, but I did intend to give Zen-Chan a show. Well I only have one thing left to say to you two."

"What do you have to say?" Shosa asked glaring at Ryu.

"Grit your teeth." In a show of speed Ryu dropped the offending limbs his held before punching the two from universe 4 in the gut as the coughed-up blood as they started flying to the ground.

Before Majora and Shosa could hit the ground, Ryu was already there and round housed Majora in the head knocking him into Brianne. Ryu turned to Shosa and palmed his chest as he was sent flying into rubble.

Ryu saw the three girls from universe two stand side by side looking at him, "Love conquers all and with it in our hearts we will show you the power it holds." Brianne said as she starts to transform with Su and Sanka doing the same.

Looking at the girls Ryu could only sigh, 'You are idiots to believe that such a transformation could beat me.' He thought as he shrugged appearing in front of them at mid transformation.

Ryu punched Brianne in the stomach launching her away, round housed Su away through a column of rubble, while sweeping Sanka's legs out from under her and palmed her chest knocking her away leaving him all by himself.

"Well that was boring." Ryu said ignoring the angered yells from Heles for stopping her girls from showing the love of their universe.

Walking around the battlefield Ryu would dodge a random Ki blast as he looked for someone to fight before his eyes came upon the sight of most of the warriors from universe 9 fighting Goku and Vegeta.

"This looks like it could be fun." Ryu said just he appeared in front of Hopp before she could hit Vegeta and kicked her into the air before following her as he held out his hand as a black Ki blast hit her knocking her out of the stage.

"One down, 9 more to go." Ryu said disappearing only to reappear behind Oregano and Hysopp with his hands on their backs before launching a Ki blast knocking them both of the stage.

Not wasting a single second Ryu was behind Comfrey was about to knock him off the stage only to lean back to avoid a punch from Chappil.

"I hope that metal skin isn't just for decor." Ryu said kneeing Chappil in the stomach before sighing in disappointment seeing the guy fall to his knees and cough up blood.

"Well that is just disappointing, I was hoping you would be able to at least withstand me hitting you twice, but I guess that is out of the question." Ryu said ducking as a Ki blast from Comfrey flew over his head.

"Well that was rude of you to interrupt me and for that." Ryu appeared behind Comfrey as he drew his leg back and punt kicked him off the stage.

Ryu looked at Chappil with a knowing look, "You can make it easy for me or I can show you the same treatment I showed your friend.

There wasn't even a second thought as Chappil crawled to the edge and fell off making a smile cross Ryu's face.

Looking at the remaining fighters of universe 9 Ryu saw that the only ones left were the Trio de Danger bothers.

"And then there was three." Ryu spoke getting a glare from the remaining fighters for universe 9.

"Even if we are defeated the least we can do is to take you out for defeating our comrades." Said Bergamo as the three brothers surrounded him in the form of a triangle.

"Such a tactic will not work against me but give it your best shot." Ryu said with a grin as the three brothers shot towards him with intent on knocking him off the stage as they started their attack.

Ryu couldn't help but sigh in disappointment as he fended off the attacks of the three brothers with ease. 'This is why I didn't want to fight in the tournament, there is no fun in fighting the weak.' He thought dodging punch from Bergamo before raising his leg up blocking a kick from Basil.

As the fight between them progressed some who watched were surprised Ryu was able to fight against the coordinated attacks of the Trio. They were further surprised when Lavender's poison breath attack didn't work on him.

"This fight is truly a bore and none of you have been able to leave a scratch on me. So, lets end this farce you call a fight. I want you to try and finish me in one move and to make this a little more fun I won't move from this spot when you attack." Ryu said shocking all those who heard.

"Alright don't come crying when you are knocked off the stage and erased." Bergamo said with a smirk as his brothers stood beside him as their Ki spiked.

"Triangle Danger Beam!" Shouted a Bergamo as he and his brothers each shot a beam of Ki at him.

"You three have potential but unfortunately with me as your opponent that potential will be erased." Ryu said as held out his right hand as a black Ki blast at the attack causing people around him to think that such a small pathetic attack wouldn't be able to overpower such an attack.

They however were proven wrong as the small Ki blast suddenly expanded right before making contact with the Trio de Danger's attack.

The brothers were shocked as the small ball of Ki started overpowering their attack as they poured more Ki into the beam.

"This has gone on long enough." Ryu said as he launched another Ki blast causing an explosion which knocked the three brothers off the stage, which meant all fighters from universe 9 had been knocked off.

Ryu watched with a blank expression on his face as watched the two Zeno erase universe 9 from existence before turning to the stage looking at the fighters

'After seeing universe 9 erased they'll finally understand the reality of their situation and will fight harder to survive, which will bring their strengths to greater heights and bring me stronger opponents to fight.' Ryu thought with a smirk.

Author's Note

Sorry for the wait, but I got writer's block as I tried coming up with the fight scene. Give reviews on what you thought.

Also, on the poll for whether Ryu will be a Saiyan that will stay up right up right before I post the next chapter, but right now it is a tie.

Next on the agenda is that I will be working on one of my High School DxD fics next.

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