Dragonball M, Chapter 5: Clarion’s Call! The Signal! The Fate of the Universes!

[Monstrous Bird of Qin, Ou Ki]

Avoca waited for Tasure to change her outlook on the Fusion ritual. That, more than any physical short-comings, was likely the reason. They had to be, as far as she knew, perfectly in sync. Humble, too, probably. She didn't know what that had to do with anything, but whatever. There was no time to waste thinking about it, only to do it! Her children's lives were at stake.

"Alright, take #2," she said as she took her spot across from Tasure. Their movements were perfect. Their mindsets, she assumed, were on the same page. Everything should have gone well.

Yet, when the light from their bodies fusing into one faded, the only thing left in the ritual's wake was a fat, obese, hideous tub of lard.

The half-hour couldn't have possibly gone fast enough for her.

"I don't understand...," she muttered with a deep frown. Everything was just like it should have been. She had been watching closely every time Zaofan/Ochazuke and Parsley/Sarada performed the Fusion ritual successfully. There was no reason she and Tasure couldn't have...

...Wait...

Something was off.

She glanced behind her and realized, "My tail!" It hadn't grown back from when Cancer ripped it off. Was that... could that have been the obstacle the second time? Tasure had her tail, so they weren't perfectly matched. "My tail was the problem..."

A minor detail, but one that... might cause issue. Though it probably didn't matter physically--rather, it was again a mental thing, most likely.

Tails were no longer irrationally prized like in the old days, as Oozaru was considered a bit obsolete, and Hitozaru was rare and... frankly, more effort for less reward for the vast majority of saiyans. Still, echoes of that sentiment still remained, and a tail-less saiyan might feel... lesser because of it, in comparison to a saiyan that still had their tail. Which was absolutely silly for one like Avoca, who had not only achieved Super Saiyan, but gone beyond it... but then, silly beliefs like that could be hard and time-consuming to root out.

Time they didn't have. So the logical shortcut to that, and one that would also fix any physical synchronization issues was...

A bright flash arced behind Tasure, as her Diamond Fang-clad tail... lopped itself off. Hurt like a bitch, but this would put them on the 'same' level, again, and show how determined she was to get this right. As a mother who'd... made some serious mistakes in the past regarding her boy, she knew damn well the feeling of urgency Avoca was feeling right now. That desire to protect and fight off what threatened her progeny... and that feeling of helplessness from knowing that she alone wouldn't be capable of that.

It was maddening.

"Now we're the same, so it shouldn't be a problem," she said, grinning. She assumed the usual position and let Avoca adjust to the fact that she'd so casually lopped off her tail for the sake of this. And then came attempt #3...

Body, Mind, and spirit fully in sync--no hopefully, this time. they were going to pull this off--the two danced towards eachother...

"Fuuuuu-sion... ha!

As their fingertips met, the two's bodies shone brightly, swirling together in an impossible fashion. As the two luminous bodies merged, a giant conflagration of light and ki exploded outwards, and Ilargi itself shook from the eruption of power. An electric buzzing sound permeated the air... As the light and buzzing sound faded, a figure came into view. She bore features of both Avoca and Tasure, and she was clothed in the distinctive garb of a successful fusion.

The fusion opened her eyes and examined herself. One of her halves had fused before, using those bands E Bekon had, but this... this was on a whole other level, even taking into account how much stronger her components were compared to back then. Any comparison would just be unfair.

"Hm... Avoca and Tasure in one fighter..." She crossed her arms as she thought. "...Tasuca, Tasua... no... all wrong... Tavoca?"

Yeah, that one sounded right. Tavoca it was.

Now... did her key... keys (?) still work?

Tavoca closed her eyes and tried to get the key(s?) to respond, which they did. Good.. Now, could she get to where she needed to go? Nevanlinna had gone to help out, so going directly to her was probably the best bet...

Focusing her will and mind to open a path to Nevanlinna, the keys responded and opened a path. Stepping through, there was an odd... whiplash sort of feeling as she stepped from Ilargi's accelerated timeflow to the normal timeflow of pretty much anywhere else. Looking around, she realized she was on Ruco... and than Nevanlinna was lying face-down on the ground. Kneeling to check on her, she realized that, thankfully, the Threshling princess was still alive. Tossing her through the portal before it closed, Tavoca reached out with her ki senses.

There's Maiz, Mais, Kumara, and... that chromakai, but where's Garnish? Damn it, if I was too late...

Maiz, Mais, and Kumara's energy signatures soon disappeared--probably Maiz taking the two to safety--so she turned her attention to... two individuals who should be here, but weren't. Namely, Sarada and Cancer. Where were th--

...

Wait, what in the hell was that pressure? Two of them, actually, from...

Looking skyward, Tavoca saw two figures , neither of which she could actually sense, but were emitting some sort of overwhelming pressure she could feel even from this distance. The two were fighting, as far as she could tell, so that was as good a place as any to start. But first, she had to be prepared...

Clenching her fists, a golden aura burst to life around Tavoca, and with a mighty roar, she transformed into a Super Saiyan!

While her base form was probably capable of taking on either of her halves at their best, Cancer had already proven able to trivialize that sort of power... so she'd start at Super Saiyan and work from there.

Taking flight, she bolted towards the two figures in the sky, and soon enough it became apparent that one of them, amazingly, was Sarada! She was thinner, and her hair and aura were red, but it was unmistakably her. While she was unsenseable right now, Tavoca had the distinct feeling that Sarada's power had skyrocketed to godlike levels... somehow. No idea why, but between this new Sarada and her, they'd be able to pull off something.

Shifting into an attack stance, she began charging ki as she flew. When she reached the battle, she unleashed her attack!

"Diamond Derrière!

Performing some... indescribable physical manuever, Tavoca unleashed a ki-enhanced directed sonic boom at cancer, which would hopefully disorient her and give Sarada an opening.