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DBDBZ: Don't worry man/manette, it's been a bit dark recently but the humor will slowly come back now that the whole "evil unstoppable villain" bombshell has been dropped.
Chapter 6: The Broly finale
Elsewhere: Seconds ago
The unstirred figure watched as the young warrior battled with the so called "Legendary Super Saiyan" and scoffed inwardly as the younger, less-experienced fighter brought him to his knees. "Pathetic" the figure thought loathingly, "Though...I suppose it wouldn't hurt to give him a little…helping hand…hmhmhmhahaha!" they laughed maniacally, sending their magic through the timeline to "influence" the situation.
Namek: Present
"Do you give up? Or do I have to kill you?" Gohan asked coldly, his eyes a picture of calm, collected rage. The larger man snarled and something strange happened. Something Gohan had never seen. A purple light seemed to emanate from Broly's eyes and a wispy purple aura steamed off the Saiyan's skin.
"G-Goooo….haaaaan…" Broly forced out quietly with his eyes to the ground.
"What the f-Agh!" Gohan's train of thought was interrupted by a sudden upwards kick to his chin that sent him flipping back, "What's going on!" he shouted to no-one in particular. He received no answer and instead was rewarded for his lack of concentration with an elbow to his temple that he barely managed to roll with. He allowed his body to turn in the direction the elbow was pushing him and swung around with an outstretched leg, smashing Broly in his side. He followed it up with a knee to Broly's throat. It wobbled the larger man but he lashed out with a hand and blasted Gohan's body with enough energy to wipe out Namek 2 times over. Gohan's armor plate was completely disintegrated by the blast.
He made his way back to his feet and caught a flying straight that would have hit his chest. With a roar Gohan pivoted on his heels and did one full 360. With another great heave he did another spin and from their he used Broly's weight and the momentum of his swing to carry him through the next swing, and the next, and the next, and the next until he finally let go and threw Broly straight up into the sky. Gohan caught his breath a moment before rocketing off into the sky following Broly. "I can't afford to play around here; I have to end this as soon as possible! Focus Gohan, FOCUS!" He screamed internally, repressing the urge to make his enemy suffer at his hands.
He reached Broly and zipped up above him and struck out with a vicious elbow drop that collided with Broly's kidney and pulled his fingers into a right knife hand and collected the sufficient Ki before striking for the possessed fighter's neck. He plunged his hand down and felt it sink into flesh like warm butter up to his elbow but was surprised to find that his target had jerked to the side at the last second and left Gohan's hand impaled through Broly's right shoulder blade, emerging from the upper right pectoral.
The skewered warrior wailed in horrendous agony as blood spilled from the wound and dripped, falling through the clouds. The blood came quickly and in large amounts as Gohan's hand had passed straight through too quickly to properly cauterize the lesion. Through the pain however Broly reached out with his left and propelled it across his body, grabbing a tight hold of Gohan's wrist. With his right arm he hurled his elbow backwards around into Gohan's outstretched elbow. A resounding and sickening crunch signified the breaking of Gohan's arm.
Gohan cried out in anguish, his scream echoing over Namek alongside Broly's. Gohan concentrated his energy again and tore his arm back out the hole he created, further opening and damaging the injury, earning him another loud grunt of suffering from Broly. Gohan inspected his arm while Broly desperately tried to close the wound with his hand. By Gohan's judgment the broken bones would heal fairly easily if aided by a healing Namekian. But to do that first he had to win the fight, which might be considerably harder with his better arm out of commission. He growled in frustration and lunged at Broly kicking him with a powered up flying kick to the entry wound on Broly's right shoulder-blade, taking advantage of the still sensitive rent in his opponent's flesh. A satisfyingly pained roar met Gohan's ears and he tried to follow up but in an act of desperation Broly back-kicked Gohan in the chest which sent him on an arching trajectory through the air momentarily before he fell back through the clouds and slammed into the hard ground miles below, creating a large crater from the impact of his body.
Gohan groaned in pain when he felt a heavy foot slam into his chest and it brought him out of the blackness of unconsciousness. He remembered where he was and what was happening and cracked his eyes open to see a very tired, very hurt-looking Broly. He smiled to himself. Checking his energy he calculated that he would still be able to win if he played his cards right and didn't expend any extra Ki than necessary.
He gathered Ki again in his hand and slashed at the back of Broly's knees, severing the tendons. Broly buckled at that knee as blood gushed out of it. Gohan used his elbow to knock the foot to the side of his chest onto the ground next to him putting him between Broly's legs. Free of the weight on his chest, Gohan moved to a crouch and pivoted so he was back-to-chest with Broly. He elbowed Broly in the gut making him bend over forward and then, closing his eyes and gritting his teeth, thrust his Ki enforced knife-hand into the exposed throat that was currently hovering just over his shoulder. He heard the gurgled cry that made his stomach twist but he knew it had to be done.
He yanked his hand back out and he saw the purple aura fade away from Broly's eyes and body. He saw the man struggling to hang onto his life and, despite himself, pitied the man. He felt an attachment to the guy, knowing that he was a Saiyan just like himself. It hurt him somewhere deep within his being, knowing he was forced to murder one of his own kin because of his insanity but he took comfort in knowing that in a way he was freeing Broly from his eternal struggle. He saw the crazed look leave Broly's eyes and instead a look of fear overcame him. His Super Saiyan faded away and he looked around, as if waking up from a bad dream. Gohan stepped forward with an expression of sorrow across his features.
"I'm sorry" he began, embracing Broly, "May you find peace in the afterlife brother." Gohan stepped back and began charging a final blast in his hand. Broly looked at the blast and then at Gohan and a sad but thankful look was reflected in them. He nodded at the younger fighter and closed his eyes with a smile on his face which on its own seemed to say, "free at last…"
With a final glance Gohan blew Broly to smithereens. Disintegrating the warrior instantly and painlessly. As he did so a single tear rolled down his cheek. And with that Gohan closed that last page of Broly's chapter in his life.
Gohan wasn't quite sure why he was so emotional over this; the guy had kinda caused him immeasurable amounts of pain throughout his life. But still, it was kinda upsetting. The poor guy had been insane his whole life and only found peace in death. Gohan fell to his base form and passed out then, letting the inviting, restful darkness of unconsciousness take him.
2 Days later: Chi-Chi's capsule house
Gohan's eyes cracked open finally to the image of his mother hovering over his face. "Uhhh mo-." he began but was interrupted by an outburst from her that quite frankly turned his face paler than Chiaoutzu with a fever.
"Gohan!" she hissed in a whispered tone, "She's here" she said with a tone that reminded Gohan of a mix of excitement and rage. Already Gohan felt his blood running cold by the look in his mother's eyes. In a voice barely above a whisper Gohan steeled his resolve to find out what the bipolar he called "mother" was trying to say.
"W-who's here mom?" he inquired tentatively, not knowing if he should just attempt flying into space where the current temperature was likely warmer than it was in Chi-Chi's presence. He lay there unblinking, not breathing, not swallowing lest his adam's apple go down with all the fear that was choking him up in that moment.
"Waiting just outside, according to Krillin, is the girl that's going to make me a grandmother! That is, your girlfriend that you never told me about!" She affirmed with awe sparkling in her eyes, right next to the fury that is Son Chi-Chi. At hearing the last word and the connotations surrounding it Gohan's blood froze instantly, becoming solid in his veins.
"Oh dear lord no" Gohan immediately thought. Whatever poor girl his mother had set her eyes on would soon wish she hadn't been born. This literally can NOT get any worse, he thought whiningly. He would immediately learn regret those words for the rest of his life as his mother moved past Krillin, whom was currently smirking ever deviously, to open the door. Gohan briefly wondered who could possibly be behind that door but instantly decided he rather never know. Because for him to see her, his mother would have to see her, and once his mother saw her, the poor girl's fate would either be sealed to his or condemned to the deepest depths of hell with the likes of Frieza and Cell. That's right, Chi-Chi would slaughter and destroy the girl so utterly if she didn't like her, that simply being the subject of such a slaughter would be sin enough to be sentenced to hell by King Yemma himself. What would happen to Chi-Chi you ask? Simply typing the words to describe the fate of whomever tried to sentence her to anything less than the most luxurious of heavens would cause me to violently vomit up my own insides from every orifice in my whole body. But I digress.
Gohan sat himself up slightly, as much as it pained him. He needed to be in a position that would allow the soul behind the door to see him as he apologised to her for everything. However when the door opened his blood both froze in his veins and melted into his cheeks. Because on the other side stood Videl Satan and his mouth dropped to the floor, "I am so f*cking dead" he thought to himself, as his face heated up hotter than any of Frieza's supernova's could have possibly hoped to burn. However the situation worsened instantly when Chi-Chi did a once over of Videl and her face seemed to fall. "Uhhhh ohhhh" he murmured internally.
"Hey there, Chi-Chi is it? We haven't really talked but I'm Gohan's fr-." she started off with a cheerful smile and a hand extended but Chi-Chi had other ideas.
"YOU!?" she screeched? Receiving the most confused stare from Videl anyone had ever conjured, "YOU are my son's girlfriend? The hussy in booty shorts!?" Chi-Chi's voice boomed across the universe more powerfully than Gohan's strongest Kamehameha, "Uh uh! Oh no! Not happening! I'm NOT letting my innocent wonderful son get fooled by a two-faced hoochie who wants nothing more than to bed him, steal his innocence and disappear out his life!" Chi-Chi harped and the half-breed Saiyan behind him sunk back into his bed and sighed the most pained, frustrated sigh any living being had ever breathed. He glared at Krillin whose face was absolutely maniacal as he grinned from ear to ear at his best friend's son. Gohan mouthed the words, "I hate you so much" at the short man, earning him a larger grin, if that was biologically possible. Though, Krillin doesn't have a nose so maybe he could pull it off.
Videl seemed to snap back into action after that verbal slap to the face and her cheeks heated up immensely at some of the woman's choice words. Her face flushed with a mix of anger and embarrassment, "EXCUSE ME!? FIRST OF ALL! I AM NOT YOUR SON'S GIRLFRIEND! I AM JUST A FRIEND OF HIS FROM SCHOOL! SECONDLY, I AM NOT THE KIND OF GIRL WHO SLEEPS AROUND, I AM MOST CERTAINLY NOT A HUSSY! I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF GOHAN WAS OKAY AND THANK HIM FOR SAVING US FROM THAT BROLY GUY, NOT BONE HIM THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" With this last part Videl planted her hands on her hips and leaned in towards Chi-Chi's face with a ferocious snarl, the gesture was not reciprocated however as Chi-Chi leaned back in surprise and put a hand over her mouth in surprise.
"THIRDLY! I WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO GOHAN! I CONSIDER HIM A VERY GOOD FRIEND AND IF I WERE EVER TO "BED HIM" AS YOU SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT, I WOULDN'T RUN AWAY AFTERWARDS, I'D BE THERE TO STAY! Ugh! NOT THAT THAT MATTERS, B-BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO!" she defended, realizing the implications of what she said, which she noted made Gohan's back go stiff as a board as he lay there in his bed. Videl leaned back and crossed her arms with her chin up indignantly, "Oh and FYI they aren't booty shorts they are my spandex fighting shorts! I'm wearing them because I wanted to ask Gohan to train me!" she finished marginally quieter than the rest of her rant.
As Videl waited for a return explosion from the woman she couldn't help but get embarrassed at most of what Chi-Chi said again, followed by what she herself said. "Idiot! Gohan probably thinks I'm some kind of weirdo fan-girl now! Ugh! Stupid stupid stupid! And then I scream at his mother?! What was I-huh?"
Her train of thought was completely derailed when she was pulled into a vicious bear hug at the hands of the son matriarch who subsequently squealed, "Your PERFECT!" she shrieked, lifting the shorter girl off her feet and spinning her around, "So much fire in your eyes and heart! You can put my boy back in line when he is dumb, just a warning dear all boys are inherently dumb in this family, even if they're geniuses like your future husband! Oh and you fight, you're strong, you're independent! You remind me so much of myself when I was your age! And the passion in your voice about never leaving him! You are going to make a fine addition to our family! Come along Krillin let's leave these two alone!" she finished with sparkling eyes, grabbing Krillin by the back of his gi and throwing him out the door, dusting off her hands as she followed.
Videl was pushed through the doorway and right up next to Gohan's bed, the door slammed behind it and the two teens were left to their own embarrassment. "S-sorry about my mother, she's extremely overbearing and weird like that. She means well and-" Gohan began his apology but was stopped by Videl.
"It's okay! I get it, my dad can be like that too." She explained, still blushing. "Anyway, let's pretend that didn't happen okay?" she asked with a sheepish smile which was returned by Gohan who replied.
"I wouldn't have it any other way." His grin lessened slightly in intensity and he asked, "So what can I do you for Videl?"
Videl seemed to remember why she was there all of a sudden and moved closer and gave Gohan an awkward hug, "Thank you for saving us all from Broly. I know you've probably never been thanked for doing what you do, so I wanted personally to thank you for everything you've done for us and all of Earth" she said to him and Gohan felt a slight warmth in his heart at it. Gohan felt her move away from him and he began to thank her for her appreciation.
"Hey thanks V-" he started but he stopped at the sight of Videl holding up her hand to silence him.
"I'm not done yet, there's something I want you to see now that you're almost fully healed. C'mon, follow me" she instructed with a smile on her face walking to the door of the capsule house. Gohan, confused as he was, got up despite his aching muscles protesting and followed her to the closed door.
Videl turned to him with a bright smile and said, "Again, I'd just like to say…" and at that she pulled the door wide open and Gohan was granted with a sea of faces. Saiyan, Human and Namekian alike erupted all at once like a sudden explosion,
"THANK YOU SON GOHAN!" was heard from all sides from the huge crowd of thankful people. Among the ocean of people were banners with his name written all over them, 'THANK YOU' written in bold, fancy lettering and balloons and party poppers went off all throughout the crowd.
Gohan's jaw dropped, he had never wanted the recognition at fear of putting his family's privacy at risk, but now, seeing all these people, smiling faces, happy families, all cheering his name and thanking him for his contribution to their survival. It made him feel….good. It made him feel extremely happy and good about himself. It made the atrocities he had committed as Earth's defender all worth it, all irrelevant in the face of this gargantuan display of adulation. Slowly but surely, a smile came out against Gohan's features. Not just a smile, but rather a thousand watt grin. His arm moved up behind his head and he laughed right from the heart in sheer happiness. He was finally being acknowledged for all he had done and it felt nice.
After the celebration: With Gohan
Gohan watched as slowly people filtered back to their homes and families. He stood off to the side with his arms crossed watching with a smile on his face. He felt content and happy with how things had turned out. He noticed Videl approach him from behind and turned his head to her slightly. "What's up Videl?" He asked casually.
The girl in turn responded, "Hey Gohan, I couldn't help but notice how sorely outclassed I was by not only you and that Broly guy, but by even Goten and Trunks. I felt so hopeless, so I was wondering….would you…train me? Starting today?" she asked.
Gohan's eyes drifted up to the sky as a small, soft smile adorning his features. His lips parted in a short statement barely more than a breath, "I finally got one Mr Piccolo" he muttered to himself with a dreamy look in his eyes. Videl briefly wondered what he meant by that but took it as a yes. She wondered what training she'd be doing with her friend.
Later that day
"DODGE!" Gohan bellowed, striking Videl with an open palm blow to the gut that winded her and lifted her feet off the ground. Knocking the oxygen right out of the teen girl's lungs as her vision went fuzzy from lack of oxygen to the brain mixed with the sudden shock to her pain receptors. She was beginning to regret this training already. But Gohan knew what he was doing right? She sure hoped so.
JJ: I managed to push out another chapter real quickly just to finish off from the last one. It's a bit shorter than normal but the next one will be normal length. Till next time y'all.
