An Unburdened Fury
Chapter 13: Now I Am, Part 1
"We knew the world would not be the same...a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him,takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds." - Julius Robert Oppenheimer
There was no ceremony to the start of their conflict. After Broly's threat, the Super Saiyan rushed the duo, his aura tearing up the ground like fragile glass.
Torbie and Galech quickly moved out of the way of the runaway train that was their opponent. The teen then swung his legs out and drilled them into the ground before pushing off in the direction of the red head. It was only then that the duo realized that Broly's first attack was a mere bluff, something to separate the two.
Galech launched a ki blast at the Saiyan but he slapped it aside without a thought. Unable to do more than defend, she put up her arms to block the clothesline that slammed into her with the force of a meteor and sent her flying away end over end.
The blond warrior chased after her for a follow up attack but Torbie slammed the soles of his boots into the back of the Super Saiyan's neck. Not expecting the blow to hurt so much, the teen let out a slight choking sound before crashing into the ground.
Broly picked himself up a moment later with a growl and dusted himself off while Torbie and Galech regrouped.
"He's way stronger than before..." Muttered Galech as she rubbed her forearms. That was going to bruise later.
Torbie chuckled in response as he fell into a defensive stance. "So are we."
Broly charged them once more with a war cry, his Saiyan instincts and bloodthirstiness inhibiting his strategic thought. The woman jumped away while hitting the Saiyan with another ineffective ki blast. The smoke from the explosion blocked his vision however which gave her partner an opening for a right hook into the teen's abdomen.
Broly, noticing the attack at the last second, turned his body and let the punch sail past him. He responded by slamming his hammer of a fist into Torbie's face. The blow caused the bug man to stumble away disoriented which the Super Saiyan took advantage of by stepping into his guard.
The kai's student was unable to get his bearings in time to avoid the teen's open ki-filled palm. An intense light filled his world for merely a moment before he was sent flying away by the pure kinetic force of the explosion that hit him.
A savage grin planted itself on the youth's face as he straightened up from his attack and popped his neck. It was promptly washed away when he felt the familiar sensation of his ki being taken away.
The leech!
Quickly turning around, Broly launched several dozen ki blasts with a wave of his right arm causing building sized eruptions all over the landscape. A distinct, humanoid shape jumped up and away from one of the blasts which the teen gave chase to.
Several quick jabs to the abdomen had Galech doubled over but a moment to get over the pain was out of the question as the blonde youth then grabbed her ankle. Her organs jumped into her throat as the teen dive bombed straight down, dragging her along for the ride.
A split second later, a new crater was formed on the ground with her body being responsible. A groan tried to escape her but it was cut off when the brute that was her opponent latched onto her throat.
"That won't work on me this time, bitch!" Yelled the Super Saiyan as he raised a fist. Galech, not willing to go down without at least hurting the bastard, put her hands on the teen's arm and instantly absorbed a large chunk of his ki.
Rather than store the power, the woman transferred a majority of the ki to her eyes and launched two green beams at Broly's right eye. The former prisoner unleashed a beastly wail as he let go of Galech and brought his hands to his eye. "AAAAAAAH! I'm going to rip you apart for that!"
Before the Saiyan could make due on his threat, Torbie came along and slammed his shoulder into an unsuspecting Broly's torso. The Super Saiyan quickly grabbed onto the bug man to keep from being launched away and slammed his boots into the ground.
The blond warrior used the momentum from Torbie's attack to fall back and slam the kai's student in a suplex. Broly rolled over and began raining blows upon his enemy's head.
Despite Broly's attempts, the bug man had enough presence of mind to bring his forearms up to defend against the vicious pummeling. The teen pulled back his arm for a great lunge which bought him a precious moment which he used to dodge by shifting his head to his left.
The Saiyan's arm went elbow deep into the ground.
Quickly making use of the opportunity, Torbie grabbed his foe's hair and threw as hard a punch as he could into Broly's injured eye.
The pain that exploded on the right side of his face caused Broly to fall over with a yell, a hand applying pressure to the injury in a fruitless attempt at stymieing the agony.
"YOU OVERGROWN PEST! GAH!"
A frightened Galech made her way to an equally scared Torbie and offered her hand which he took without hesitation. The bug man noticed a small increase in his power from the touch. It seemed she was able to steal some energy from their opponent.
He quickly gathered as much ki as he could spare into his hands and gestured for Galech to do the same. "Quick, we need to blast him before he gets up!"
"Got it!" She exclaimed as the duo both launched massive energy waves at their downed opponent.
Broly had managed to push himself up on all fours when he noticed a steadily growing light emerge from the corner of his unimpaired eye. In a panic he would forever refused to believe he felt, the Saiyan raised a ki shield that the blast slammed into.
A few seconds passed in relative silence.
"Is...is he dead?" Galech dared to ask with an ounce of hope in her voice.
'I'm afraid not.' Answered a familiar voice in her head.
The red head and Torbie glanced at one another with the same confused look. Was that South Kai?
'I noticed some worrying fluctuations in your ki. Given that this is Broly...' The manner in which their mentor said the name made the duo flinch. They were going to be in trouble if they survived this battle. '...I thought I should lend a hand. Well, voice really.'
"We appreciate the help, South Kai." The weary bug man replied as he kept his eyes on the fading smoke cloud. He had to make sure this monster of a man was put down permanently.
'Look alive, his ki is growing!'
The remaining smoke left by the duo's wave was blown away by a burst of ki from Broly who's enraged visage warn them of unimaginable pain to come. They took some solace from the scorched, bruised skin surrounding his shut eye.
"If it bleeds, you can kill it." as the saying goes.
As for the teen himself, his outward anger belied a hidden shock at the force of their combined attack. It came terribly close to breaking through his shield.
Broly clenched his fists and his entire body tensed as he let loose a torrent of power from his body. A hundred feet of land around the Super Saiyan sunk instantly before his might and fountains of raw energy flowed from the cracked ground.
The sudden displacement of the ground beneath them threw the kai's students off balance which Broly exploited by rapidly closing the distance between them.
The bug man, seeing his opponent's tactic in time, regained his bearings in an instant and leapt forward to block his fist with an elbow that stopped the Saiyan cold. Before the teen could react, Torbie wrapped his arm around Broly's own and socked him in the gut causing spittle to fly out of his mouth. The Super Saiyan was about to reply in tandem with his free limb but Galech suddenly captured him a full nelson.
The ire that rose from being caught resulted in the ex-prisoner momentarily taking his attention away from Torbie. Not one for letting opportunity slide, the bug man kicked at his opponent's knee which promptly brought the teen down with a grunt of pain.
Torbie let go of the Saiyan's arm and continued the assault with a quick jab to his injured eye followed by a kick to the ribs. The kai's student was going to finish with a ki enhanced punch intended to knock Broly unconscious but the teen caught the attack mere inches from his face.
With a groan of exertion, Broly pulled the bug man in close and knocked him away with a vicious headbutt to the nose.
The blond warrior then fell onto his back with all his might eliciting a pain-filled cry from Galech. A yank of his arms later and he was free from the hold.
He took a moment to breath. The parasite had taken a lot of his ki which left him feeling woozy and Torbie's brutal attacks were beyond unpleasant to take.
It was beginning to feel like the last time they fought.
Broly turned to Galech, his visage twisted by the white hot anger flowing through him from the last reflection. 'These two aren't going to humiliate me this time.' The teen thought as he raised a boot and slammed it down onto the redhead only for her to roll away at the last moment. A warning from South Kai in her head had saved her.
A moment later, his failed kill jumped up onto her feet and shifted into a shaky stance. Torbie joined her an instant later with a bleeding nose. Despite the struggle they have endured so far, the duo were determined to see him defeated.
Noting their solidarity, Broly sneered at the two. They thought they could win.
An eerie silence permeated the air as the two sides had something akin to a stare down.
The teen started to chuckle as remembered his trump card. It would have been easy to just transform from the get go but he thought his zenkai could have taken care of things. Needless to say, he was wrong.
"Do you really believe you can defeat me this day?" Broly mocked as his aura intensified, throwing loose debris around the battlefield.
Torbie smirked at the Saiyan. "Tell me, Broly. How was prison?"
The air around the trio seemed to drop considerably in temperature at the utterance. The question had struck a nerve of sorts if Broly's instant shift to a more subdued appearance meant anything.
Another bout of quiet came. The kai's students met each others eyes in confusion.
"...It was hell..." Was the only response that Broly came up with and, in his mind, it was as good an answer as any. The constant spilling of his blood kept him weak, delirious, and left him broken more often than not. Not even sleep offered sanctuary as nightmares constantly plagued his mind.
Somewhere deep within him knew that what he did wasn't "good" from any perspective. He held no illusions as to where he would go when he died, the only kind of afterlife he was worthy of.
But to think that he, a self proclaimed devil, was kept in chains by such a...an...- A pause in thought as the Super Saiyan searched for the proper word. -...insignificant race wounded him in ways he didn't think possible and to top this whole thing off, the one escape was...- He stopped himself and closed his eyes.
The teen took a moment to crush the strange emotions welling up within him. He was the embodiment of carnage, not a fool to be pitied.
"...being kept in chains by some beings who were not worth the effort necessary to crush them beneath my boots."
'Yet I cared for one.' Came the startling, unwanted thought. He shook his head and pointed an accusatory finger at the duo.
"And it's all your fault for not killing me when you had the chance!"
"Y'know, most people would be grateful for being left alive." Retorted Galech, unaffected by his troubles. If you asked her, this monster passing for a man deserved it. Torbie scrunched his nonexistent eyebrows and closed his eyes in frustration at Galech's outburst. This was no time to poke the bear!
Broly narrowed his eyes and scowled. Even now, they refused to give him the respect he deserved and demanded! "I'm through playing around. It's time you've seen my true power."
Torbie's eyes widened as the possibility of a stronger Broly. "Wait, What do you mean 'true power'?!"
The Saiyan chuckled at their terrified expressions and wagged a finger at the duo. "This form is what my father called a 'Super Saiyan'. My escape from prison was only possible because I went beyond this state and became something greater." As he talked, the teen searched within the confines of his body for the power that save his life.
He found it easily enough and tapped into it.
A green misty aura surrounded his form as the ground began to quake. Broly brought his fists up and grit his teeth as the familiar pain from the prison spread through his being. "This will teach you! When you defeat someone, you finish the job! RRRRAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Torbie snapped himself out of his fear induced shock as the full reality of the situation hit him. "Galech, we have to stop him!"
"Right!"
The duo shot off several blasts that exploded off of their opponent's form but his power had already increased to the point that their combined might proved fruitless.
"Come on, let's get in close!" Thundered Galech as she flew towards Broly. Torbie, knowing that every moment wasted was even more power to the Saiyan, followed along with urgency.
Torbie, being the faster of the two, reached the transforming Saiyan first and elbowed his throat but the blond warrior didn't budge nor did his screams waver. Galech, rather than attack, placed her hands on the youth but not only did his ki seem endless, its chaotic nature rapidly sickened her.
Mildly aware of the attempts by the kai's students, Broly's screams turned into maniacal laughter as he grabbed a hold of Torbie's leg and swung him into an incredibly pale Galech, knocking them away with ease.
"HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!" The teen threw his arms down, fists still clenched, as a rush of ki hit him like a runaway train. His body was forcibly straightened out from his overly tensed muscles and a burst of power shot out from his being, sinking the battlefield for hundreds of feet out.
Broly crouched once more and brought his fists up as he struggled to maintain his grip on the chaos pouring through his veins. Lightning flashed all over the environment as the unstable energy simply flooded the area around the fighters; the build up of static electricity from the ki interacting with the air being so great that this mere teen might as well have been a living storm.
Torbie and Galech felt utter hopelessness fill them as a radiant green simply gushed out of their opponent's skin which was being ripped apart. Were it not for his confidence mere moments ago, one would believe this was a self inflicted torture and, in a way, it was.
"RrrrrrrRRRAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Broly's body, no longer able to hold his legendary strength, was torn asunder and exploded outwards. In an instantm it was fully consumed by an emerald orb of ki. Shock waves of energy rolled off of the construct with such force that light itself bent under its pressure resulting in the environment shifting back and forth in differing hues.
"AAAAAerrrRRRRRAAAAAAAHHH!"
The kai's students had to jump away from the awesome display as the ki suddenly expanded even further and threatened to swallow them up as well.
Soon enough, the energy shrunk inwards and faded away.
Torbie felt himself go cold at the sight that greeted the two. Galech was mostly incoherent save for a strange noise that seemed to be made of despair.
Gone was the lanky teen.
Gone was their chance at victory.
In its place stood a monolith of rage and muscle. Pupiless eyes stared up at nothing and grit teeth hinted at fading pain but how can the abomination in front of them feel anything akin to pain?
It focused on the two and grinned malevolently as a crooked finger was pointed at them.
"You two will be my favorite of today's victims."
Author's Note
Yay, only a three week wait this time! Would've been two and a half but I lost my internet for a few days and I keep all of my story documents on this site. e.e;
It's hard to write for Broly at times, just putting it out there.
...any Saiyan really now that I think about it. They're not emotional but they're capable. With Broly however, he's got the added bonus of not being much of a talker. Sure, he mocks his opponents like nobody's business but actually talking? Really tough given there's not much to work with canon wise.
An earlier draft of this chapter had him speaking most of his thoughts before his transformation but then I rewrote it after realizing that no Saiyan, much less Broly, would do something like that.
Next chapter will be the end of the fight and the beginning of a temporary hiatus as I plan out the next saga.
Until then, leave your thoughts on the chapter/story in a review below!
Review Responses!
J. Hellscythe: He'll probably kill the guy (I don't remember his name, but I know he's still alive) before simply powering down and going over to a cliff. When the girl walks up to him he'll say something like, "it's lost its luster."
Swing and a miss. c.c
fightingchampion: Sad though that you will be delaying it for another month though soon. But its understandable. You need time to think.
The wait will be worth it my friend. I've got the hints of a skeleton already written down and it will be fantastic once I've finished fleshing it out.
GunmetalTheHedgehog: I randomly came across this story, it was the first one I even looked at in months. And I am immensely lucky to have come across one this good so easily and quickly.
And I'm immensely lucky in getting a new reader! Welcome aboard.
LSSJGurl: It's good to see you again! *hug*
\('.')/ (My best attempt at an internet hug...)
Masterdragon1: Thought up on a fly or not the ideas you put into this story fits everything so perfectly and i enjoy reading it
I'm glad you think so. Frankly, I'm surprised the story has turned out as well as it has so far.