Finally Back

Jayr POV - Challenge Space - ???

[The winner of the last duel and of this Champions Challenge with a score of 2 to 1 is Jayr Pucci, the Man of Culture! As the Winner, Jayr will grab the power of Nikita's Blessing to empower and evolve his own, meanwhile, Nikita will lose her Blessing together with the powers it granted, her Soulbound Territory, and the capacity to explore the Omniverse on her own.]

As soon as the last of Culture's words fell onto this now empty space, I instantly felt something in me change and almost blank out as my mind was briefly overwhelmed by the sudden surge of new information, everything around me felt clearer, unanswered questions that were roaming in my mind for quite a while started to get unconsciously resolved, the plans I had before started to instantly change as I noticed more flaws in them then I thought possible, even some mysteries that eluded me until now started to get clearer, it is almost an intoxicating feeling.

At this point, it is clear what the new level of power of my blessing brought to me, it has enhanced my overall intelligence, it isn't a big improvement in itself not so much that it has fundamentally changed who I am and how I think, but the well-rounded nature of the enhancement itself made it so that I can grasp, memorize, analyze and comprehend much more information a lot easier than before.

To make a simple example it is like my computer had a few years old gen processor, and now, I finally upgraded it to a last gen one.

Suddenly Nikita's voice brings me out of my musing as I hear her ask, "Wait! What do you mean by losing the capacity to explore the Omniverse on my own?"

Culture's voice then calmly explains, [It's pretty simple if you have or gain the capacity to move to another Universe on your own without the use of the Unigate, you can still do so but you can only go to Universes you or other Champions have already been before but you can't visit new Universes unless you are accompanied by another Champion...]

Then Gravity's voice is heard as it adds, [Moreover, even if you can travel to other Universes on your own, I advise you to be careful from now on, since you lost the protection of the Blessing and so the travel between Universes is now a lot more perilous than before, you can end up in a space storm that will rip you apart, or be intercepted by mighty being or cosmic horrors, you can even end up in the void and be consumed into nothingess, and the list of bad stuff that can happen goes on infinitely. There is a reason why even though there are many methods to travel across the Omniverse, only the Champions, the desperate, and the mad genius daredevil like Rick Sanchez truly dare to carelessly travel the Omniverse without any preparations.]

Nikita takes a few seconds to grasp everything the Concepts just told her, and then she asks, "What is going to happen to me now?"

This time is Gravity the one who replies first, [Well, you can live the rest of your immortal life however you want, and in the unfortunate circumstance that you get killed and die, if you want as promised your soul will get reincarnated once more with a blessed fate that will guarantee a happy life, but all your memories of the Omniverse will be wiped out like it usually happens to everyone else under the Omniversal Reincarnation Cycle.]

Followed by Culture who adds, [Regarding your most immediate future, you have 2 choices ahead of you. You can choose to be returned to your Home Universe, the Vampire Diaries Universe, where you will be reunited with your friends and family. Or you can choose to be returned to your last visited Universe, in this case, The Boys Universe.]

Hearing that, Nikita lowers her head and mutters, "Aahh! What should I do? I promised Zandeer that we would meet once again in the Dark Souls Universe and then travel the Omniverse together... damn it! Things were getting good between us, we even had a list of worlds to visit and things to do but we didn't plan on what to do if one of us lost and was able to keep his/her life... I could go back home and wait hoping that he would come and search for me, but that's way too passive for my liking, moreover, he could meet some other wench and forget about me thinking that I died..."

While we wait for her decision, she draws circles on the ground with the point of her right foot as she continues, "... But on the other hand, I don't have any other means that can be used to travel across the Omniverse... Maybe I could go back home and search for some magic ritual that allows me to do it, but the usual rituals of my Universe are already dangerous and prone to have unexpected results on their own, something as dangerous as that could easily bring hell on earth on some other shit like that... damn it!"

She then starts to walk back and forth as she continues to loudly think about her situation, "And remaining in this Universe won't be useful either! Their technology isn't enough to help me, and the Supes' powers aren't useful for something like traveling to other Universes... So even if I wanted to ask someone to help me... Wait!!"

All of a sudden, she turns her head and stares at me with a fiery gaze, then she rushes in front of me and yells, "You! You did this to me! Take responsibility for what you have done!!"

Hearing that, I can't help but rebut on instinct, "Phrasing!" but then, curious I ask, "What do you mean?"

Nikita grins and explains, "Well, since it is dangerous for a young innocent beautiful charming woman to travel the big bad Omniverse alone, I want to come with you, at least until I meet with my friend once again. I promise that I will be a good girl, you won't even notice my presence. Pretty please?"

She then starts looking at me with puppy eyes and I start to think about it, 'I see nothing wrong with helping her, in fact, if I meet this other Champion Zandeer she talked about, who is apparently in love with her, I can even make use her presence and the fact that I helped them reunite to turn him into an ally... Only I have to ensure my and my family's safety... and the only way to do that is to ask the highest authority in the Omniverse.'

Reaching this conclusion, I look back at her and say, "I'm inclined to take you with me and help you reunite with your boyfriend... But to do that, you'll have to sign a binding contract witnessed and enforced by the Concepts that ensure that you won't knowingly harm me and those dear to me both directly and indirectly and will make you unable to reveal any secret you will learn, in exchange, I'll also sign one with the same terms."

She doesn't think about it for even a second when she quickly replies, "Okay, I'll do it."

At the same time, a table with a pen and the contracts in question lying on top of it appears between us, as Culture's voice declares, [A contract under our name has been requested by the Man of Culture and the former Woman of Gravity. All the Concepts in existence will witness and make sure that this contract's terms are held in such a way that both parties won't casually breach it, but if one of the parties breaches the terms of the contract then his or her soul will be fully and forever erased the same instant he or she does so, nothing in the Omniverse will be able to save them.]

After Culture finishes saying that, Nikita loudly gulps before moving toward the table and without hesitation picks up the pen and signs her name on the contract, then she looks at me and offering the pen, she says, "Done! Your turn."

I take the pen with a smile and also sign the contract, and as soon as I lift the pen from the paper, the contract shines with a multicolored glow and turns into countless motes of light that are then absorbed into our bodies, making me realize that now the contract is fully in effect.

Soon after that, a flash of bright multicolored light blinds us causing Nikita to curse loudly "What the...!?" while I sense my surroundings quickly shift.

Jayr POV - Earth, New York City - 2022

The next instant, I can once more feel my previously sealed powers coming, my Spiral Cosmo once more freely course through my body, and I can clearly feel everything happening around me.

All this makes me realize that I'm once again back in my apartment in The Boys Universe, at exactly the same spot I left, in fact, looking at the clock on the wall, I also notice that only a couple of seconds passed further confirming that the Challenge Space is an area outside the regular rules of time and space.

Then I let out a huge sigh of relief realizing that I finally defeated Nikita, lifting a heavy weight from my shoulders as it was now possible for me to return back home in time, 'Luckily everything went well. In some ways that was harder than simply fighting and defeating an opponent making me realize that the Champions Challenge is way more dangerous than it appears especially if one aims to win this whole thing. Anyway, now I can finally go back home, I truly miss everyone.'

My thoughts are interrupted by Nikita's presence who casually moves toward the fridge and takes out a carton of fruit juice, pours it into a glass, and loudly drinks it, then she exclaims, "Ahh~! That hit the spot! Damn, calling all those effects and combo made my mouth and throat so dry."

She then crashes on the couch and lazily asks, "So what is the plan now? Are we going to some other Universe? If yes, where? Are you gonna collect some more members for your harem?" and she continues with the barrage of questions.

I loudly sigh again, this time, an exasperated one, and say, "Please ask one question at a time. Anyway, to answer some of your questions, we will stay here for a couple of days, just to make sure that everything in this world is on the right track and deal with a couple of unresolved situations, nothing too time-consuming."

Hearing that Nikita nods, then I continue, "After that, we will go back to my home universe and stay there to take part in my sister's wedding, and after that, we'll stay there for some time as I have to be there to make sure that my girlfriends give birth safely-"

At this point, Nikita interrupts me as she jumps up from the couch and yells, "Wait! Wait! Wait! What!? You are going to be a father!? Isn't it way too soon!? How irresponsible! Are your pregnant girlfriends old enough to even understand what are they doing?"

I smile and reply, "Well, Tio is 564 years old, while Saori's physical body is 17 years old, but she is the reincarnation of the Goddess Athena, so she can be considered a few billion years old..."

Hearing that, Nikita nods and comments, "So you are into older women... MILFs... this means that I'm safe..." making me exclaim, "Hey you would be safe anyway, I'm not some kind of anime that lusts after every beautiful woman that appears in front of me, especially if she is already in love with someone else. And I'm not into older wo-"

But I stop as I realize some truth behind Nikita's words and start to mutter, "Wait. Tio and Saori are one thing but Seika and Eri are also both 1 year older than me... am I into older women?"

After that revelation, both I and Nikita started to watch Homelander's trial live while eating some popcorn, and I have to admit that the idea of his fanboy lawyers, who are clearly trying to use his "inhumane" childhood as a "product" as a means to dismiss all the charges against their clients trying to plea him as mentally ill so that the court should not deem the offender morally responsible for his behavior isn't too bad.

Seeing all that, I can't help but scoff while thinking, 'Sure, Homelander isn't totally right in the head, but he can easily recognize the difference between right and wrong, it's just that he doesn't care, for he is too "powerful" and "great" to care for the rules of "inferior" beings... or at least it was, its funny watching min struggle as he tries to break the handcuff, or trying to blow someone up with his Heat Gaze only to fail and realize that he truly lost his powers. But I admit that he seems quite crazy right now, damn it even tried to attack his lawyers, and the bailiff had to tackle him.'

In the end, the fanboy lawyer failed in their attempt and Homelander was given multiple life sentences just like Stan Edgar, but he won't stay in prison for long, because I still have to maintain my promise with Butcher.

After the trial, I opened a portal to my Soulbound Territory and invited Nikita to take a look.

As soon as I stepped into the portal and appeared on the other side, I instantly realized the difference, now that my Blessing is stronger, my Soulbound Territory also changed, its dimensions once again doubled becoming 10 km2, and there is basically enough space to create a small city, and I admit that now it feels kinda empty, maybe I should create some more flora and fauna for this place, maybe even a fully working ecosystem.

But my musing is interrupted by Nikita who exclaims in wonder, "It's so huge... Zandeer's one can't even be compared to yours..." making me once again exclaim, "Nikita... for the love of my Goddess girlfriend, watch your phrasing!"

Then I once again look at Nymphs Orchard in the distance and at my villa nearby and mutter, "Damn, I missed this place, my home away from home..."

After that, I give her a tour of the place, not that there is much to look at, a farm of medicinal herbs that I collected from all the world I visited which is now being regularly taken care of by the Nymphs, the training area, the Nymphs Orchard, which made her screech as she was almost overwhelmed by the Nymphs' cuteness, and of course, my villa.

But what caught her attention were the 4 mechas standing beside it that made her scream, "Wait are those Gunmen!? Did you go to the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Universe!!?"

Hearing her question, I simply smirk and reply, "Yes and it was one crazy experience! I almost died 2 times, saved Kamina, talk no jutsued Lordgenome, saved Nia, fought against an army of planet-sized mecha, saved Kittan, and took part in a galaxy-sized mecha battle! One of the most fun moments in my life."

In response to my brief summary, leaves Nikita too stunned so much so that she opens and closes her mouth unable to say anything.

After that, I showed her my villa, while telling her to pick up any free guest room she liked, then we passed the time playing with the PS3 and getting to know each other better until it was finally time to meet with Butcher, Hughie, Annie, M.M., Frenchie, Kimiko, and Meave.

Once it is time, we get out of my Soulbound Territory and I teleport us to the chosen location of our meeting, an empty plot of land outside New York City, away from prying eyes or any living being.

As soon as we arrive, I realize that everyone is already here waiting for us, and funnily enough, some of them are "armed" with onions, sliver crosses, wooden spikes, and the like making Nikita next to me groan out loud, while I can help but snicker especially of ridiculous some of them look, especially the nervous Hughie, the imposing M.M. with the silver cross raised, and most of all Butcher who has an onion necklace around his neck.

At the same time, Butcher comments, "We heard about your meeting with some fucking bloodsucker... is everything alright?"

With a smirk, I point at Nikita and say, "Guys meet Nikita Mikaelson, another person from a different universe like me and a former opponent who I defeated, and she isn't simply a Vampire, she is a Tribrid, basically a Vampire, a Werewolf, and a Witch all at the same time, and she has none of the usual weakness of Vampires and Werewolves and is practically immortal."

Then Nikita says, "Nice to meet you. And for the love of god! Why the hell do you guys think that onions and crosses are some kind of deadly substance for us!? While silver is effective against Werewolves but not against Vampires, and a normal wooden spike to the heart doesn't kill us, for it to somewhat work it has to be a specific kind of wood, and that only works on the weaker ones."

After that, I add, "Moreover, she is a good person, hell, Butcher here is a worse human being than her." making Huighe remark, "Yeah, after all, she didn't hurt me... but you know when one hears Vampire the first thing that comes to my mind isn't good..."

I then quickly introduce everyone to her and move on with the reason behind this meeting, "Okay, now that everyone is here, I want to deal with some unfinished business then I can finally go back home."

Kimiko then makes some signs with her hands and Frenchie translates, "Kimiko wants you to know that she is grateful for everything you have done for us and that without your help she isn't sure that we would have ever been able to bring down the Vought and Homelander." which I simply nod with a smile.

At this point, Butcher steps forward and says, "Speaking of the Cunt, while it is nice to see him despised and spit on by everyone that admired him... You promised to send him into some kind of fucking living hell."

I focus my senses and search for Homelander's signal and once I find him, I say to Butcher, "And I plan to deliver... but to do that, I need the help of a powerful entity, and that can be strange..."

Curious, Nikita looks at me and asks, "Wait! What do you plan to do!?" but I don't reply to her, and teleport Homelander a few meters in front of us, then without giving him any chance to understand what is going on, I raise my hands and materialize a big dark green truck above them.

Seeing that, Nikita mutters in confusion, "A truck?" followed by Butcher, Highie, Annie, and Meave who exclaim, "What the...?"

Then I jump high in the sky with it, and at the same time, Nikita yells, "Don't tell me...!?" while, Homelander who just regained his bearing looks up and yells, "SHIT!!"

With a smirk, I start to fall toward Homelander while yelling, "Truck-kun Da!!"

With a huge impact, I crushed him with the truck creating a big crater on the ground, but strangely even if I created a regular truck and didn't use any of my energy to reinforce it, the truck remains intact, in fact, its turn on by itself and starts to drive away while honking a couple of times before disappearing in the distance not only from my sight but also from my senses, leaving behind only the crushed unrecognizable remains of Homelander, which I quickly vaporize as it is pretty disgusting to look at.

As I calmly walk back toward them, an angry Butcher asks, "Wait! That's it!? You crushed him with a truck? What the fucking-." but before he could continue, Nikita rushes forward and exclaims, "Holy shit! Was that really Truck-kun!? I can't believe that Truck-kun really exists!"

Then curious, Hughie asks, "What is this Truck-kun you are talking about?" and Nikita quickly explains, "It is quite long to fully explain, but in general Truck-kun is the name of a special entity that appears in many stories, usually to kill and reincarnate the protagonist at the start of the story, it was basically a plot device used to kick start a story, but lately some started to consider it at the level of a mythical powerful being, some even think of it as an emissary of the gods or a god itself..."

At this point, I confirm what she just said and add, "Indeed, Truck-kun is a budding Omniversal God whose main role is sending people into the ORC (Omniversal Reincarnation Cycle) under the request of other gods or R.O.B.s (Random Omnipotent Being), and since it also disliked Homelander's attitude and found funny what I had planned for him, it granted me the ability to summon him for only one time."

At this point, M.M. exclaims, "Wait! Wait! That freaking truck was a god!? Are you shitting me?" but Meave then adds, "But after crushing Homelander it did move on its own, and even honked, hell, I'm pretty sure that it vanished into thin air after a couple of meters..."

Then Nikita asks, "So where did it send him?" with a smirk I raise my hand and generate a projection briefly showing some images of the anime My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia, making Fenchie ask, "So it sent him into a cartoon!?"

But I shake my head and correct him while explaining, "No, it sent Homelander into the world that this anime depicts. In this world 85% of the population has a Quirk, basically, they can be compared with the Supes... Only the poor Homelander will be one of the remaining 15% called Quirkless, in his words, he will be a mortal among the many Gods, and we all know how shitty humanity can be with minorities... His new life won't be a pleasant one."

At this point, Butcher starts to laugh out loud and yells, "Hahaha. This is fucking rich! The former strongest Supe will be a normal human among the many, many Supes! I truly hope that they won't use any lube when they fuck with him!"

While Butcher is still laughing, I look at M.M. and remember what I read about him and the Russian's favorite toy Soldier Boy, and ask, "M.M. what do you want to do about Soldier Boy? If you want I can bring him here and inject him with the Anti-V so that you can end him yourself."

Hearing my question, everyone quickly fell into silence and looked at both me and M.M. who is now looking conflicted about how to reply.

This lasts for a few long moments until he lets out a sigh and says, "While I'd love to kill him with my own two hands, that won't bring back my grandfather, and my father was already avenged thanks to you. So now I can sleep in peace knowing that Soldier Boy, that fucking piece of shit is still suffering in the hands of the Russians, and if by some kind of miracle he will be able to escape..."

At this point, Butcher steps forward and with his usual evil smirk he says, "Me and the Boys will be there to kick that motherfucker into the grave."

Hearing that, I nod and say, "Well, that's everything. I can now finally go back home. Take care of your world and be careful not all the Champions are as awesome, handsome, and well-intentioned as me, but if you ever need help you just have to tell Crathy and he will contact me." while thinking, 'Or more specifically pray to me so that I or Crateris can hear him.'

After that I salute everyone, telling Butcher to take care of Becca, Ryan, and Zoe and to not fuck up anymore, to Annie to be the hero she always wanted to be and inspire others to be like her, to Meave to take care and make sure that the new generation of Supes created with the new and perfectly safe Compound J will be better than the previous one, and to Hughie to continue to maintain his good heart as that is his major strength.

Then I look at Nikita and say, "Let's go..." but she then asks, "So... How are we going to travel? Will we use the Unigate?"

I shake my head and reply, "Nope. That's way too wasteful... and my 1 year cooldown period still isn't over. So I will simply teleport us there... but I think it is safer if you stay in my Soulbound Territory..." as I say that, I open a portal to my Soulbound Territory, and without hesitation, Nikita jumps inside.

Then I focus my senses to the maximum, using my Cosmic Awareness to its full potential, and pick up Saori's familiar Cosmo and, like before, I use it as a marker to find my home universe position then I look at the friend I made in this Universe and say, "See ya!" and teleport across the Omniverse to reach home.