A lone Saiyan pod floating through space before making its way to Earth.
Inside was none over than Broly, having survived the battle with Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks and Piccolo, albeit heavily injured and clinging to life.
"Kaka… KAKAROT!" Broly wheezed out, barely conscious, the jewel on his necklace glowing an ominous black color.
As the weather grew colder, water began pouring into the crater.
Broly finally lost consciousness, buried in an icy tomb at the bottom of the crater.
And there he would stay. For how long? Well, that's what you're here to find out.
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Gohan looked at himself in the mirror in front of him and contemplated his choice of outfit, that being a red kimono, a white wig and a pair of dog ears 'Why and how I let Kagome talk me into going to a costume party dressed up like Inuyasha, I'll never know.' he frowned slightly at the mention of Inuyasha 'It's been 6 months since all of that happened. Meeting Inuyasha, Sesshomaru, Koga and everyone else, awakening my Dragon Saiyan power, fighting Naraku and Magatsuhi, destroying the Shikon Jewel. It feels like that was all ages ago, even if it's only been half a year. Like Lady Midoriko said, the Bone Eater's well hasn't worked since the jewel was destroyed, and I haven't seen any of them either. I've been trying to get through to dad to see if he had found any of them, but I have no idea how to contact him from down here, and I can't lock onto his Ki for some reason either. I know we destroyed Naraku and Magatsuhi and the jewel disappeared, but I still have this feeling in the pit of my stomach. Something's going to happen soon, something bad.'
"Hey Gohan, you ready?" a voice called.
"Coming!" Gohan made his way downstairs and nearly started drooling at the sight.
Kagome stood before him, clad in a black unitard with a tail poking out of the base of her spine, as well as a headband with a pair of cat ears attached to them "Everything alright?"
"...Yeah, just a little distracted that's all." he took Kagome into his arms bridal style and quickly took to the air 'I can't tell Kagome about this foreboding feeling I have, it would just make her worry. I'll talk with Piccolo and the others tomorrow. I know he and Kai are off training somewhere right now, but I wonder what Trunks is doing right now? Oh yeah, tracking down Dragon Balls. I forgot that I asked him to do that while I was doing this.'
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Trunks was in the middle of tracking down Dragon Balls 'I get Gohan wants to keep them around for emergencies, but why was he so adamant on having me do this while he and Kagome are at some costume party?' then he heard his phone ringing "Hello? Oh hey Krillin, how's it going?" his face darkened "I see, so he's got one of the Dragon Balls? Okay, thanks for letting me know. Bye." then he hung up 'So Krillin and 18 know that Android 17 has at least one of the Dragon Balls, he's not plotting world domination and/ or destruction like the one from my time, he's a park ranger, and now he has his own wife and kids? Well 18 did marry Krillin so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Still though, if we're gonna go up against guys as powerful as Naraku or Cell, or maybe Cooler or Bojack then we're gonna need the Dragon Balls on stand by as much as we can.' then he noticed the island 'That must be the island that 17 is protecting, it looks pretty big too. According to the Dragon Radar the Dragon Ball should be somewhere below me, so that must be where I'm going to find 17.' then he noticed an explosion 'Or maybe I should start there instead.'
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That explosion was actually caused by 17 himself facing off against some poachers, before he easily deflected every bullet they fired at him with one hand "They never learn do they?"
Then the poachers panicked and fired rockets at him.
17 was unfazed and then began punching the poachers out with considerable ease, before knocking out the last one with a chop to the neck "There's no end to these idiots."
Then Trunks dropped in "Hi." he forced himself to resist the urge to grab his sword and cut 17 in half then and there.
"You're Vegeta's kid, the one from the future right?"
"Yeah, it's been awhile since we've met. Not since you drop kicked me while your sister beat my father to a pulp on that highway."
"My sister drop kicked you not me, I was busy choking Tien and punching out Piccolo. Wait, you're not here because you're bitter are you?"
"No… Well kind of, I-"
"Hold that thought." 17 looked back to where more poachers in tanks were coming.
"Who are those guys?"
"Just your typical poacher scums."
"Are you gonna take them out?"
"Not like I have a choice, it's part of the job. If you're free then you mind helping?"
"Well it's not like I'm gonna stand back and let innocent animals get hurt."
"Just be sure you don't hurt the animals, and don't kill any of these guys either. They're not worth it." 17 then kicked one of the tanks and rammed it into several others, causing all of them to explode.
"I know how it works." Trunks followed his lead, leaving all of the poachers who tried to attack him out cold.
17 then scared off the only poacher still conscious by glaring at him, leaving him to retreat with the rest on a boat, before he turned to Trunks "Even if I capture them, others will just keep coming."
"Why, is there something on this island?"
"Most of them are after the horns of the Minotaurus. They can sell them and make a fortune from it." 17 led Trunks to a large purple bull-like creature "That's it over there. My biggest reason for being here is to protect that."
"So wildlife protectors defend those kinds of things too?"
"Even they are living creatures."
"Fair enough." then he realized that the Minotaurus had noticed him and was charging them in a rage "Crap."
"Run." 17 flew upward.
Trunks followed his lead "And I thought dad on pizza night was violent."
"They used to be docile creatures, but humans over-hunted them and they became increasingly hostile. They're an endangered species that's been written into the Red Data Book. That's probably the last of its kind on Earth, as a species they're already extinct. Anyway, thanks for helping me out back there."
"Sure, no problem." note how strained his voice was there "I honestly didn't think I'd meet you again until about an hour ago."
"Back then I was looking for Goku so I could kill him because of Dr Gero's orders, but I was absorbed by Cell before I could find him. The end result, I never fought him and now it doesn't look like I ever will."
"Yeah, he died fighting Cell and didn't want to be wished back. Still, with your strength back then you would never have lasted a minute against him, or me, father, Gohan and Piccolo. But as for now, I honestly don't know anything about your current strength or your intentions at the moment."
"Chill out bowlcut, if you think I'm gonna go Great Destroyer like your timeline's version of me did then you've got it all wrong. This timeline is nothing like yours, so you shouldn't go around making assumptions like that." 17 gave him a cocky smirk "Unless you want to get some of that negativity out of your system."
"As if you had to ask." Trunks removed his jacket "I could use a stress reliever. Come on, let's go Android 17!" he charged.
17 dodged and leapt up into the air, where he began trading even blows with Trunks, then ducked under a fist and kicked him towards the ground, then rushed to stop him from hitting the forest upon impact.
Trunks managed to stop himself in mid air "Not bad." he flashed into Super Saiyan and charged forward.
"It's about time you got serious." 17 charged and once again began clashing with Trunks throughout the skies, ending it with a clash of fists in the middle.
"I'm both surprised and impressed, as well as a little bit unnerved. I didn't think you'd get as strong as this."
"It's not like I've spent these past few years just sitting around on my ass doing nothing."
"Don't think I'm the same as I was back then either." Trunks then began trading an even exchange of blows with 17, neither one gaining any sort of advantage.
17 ended the clash by slugging Trunks in the gut and then pummeling him upwards through the clouds.
Trunks took a brief moment to recover, then dodged a punch and kicked 17 away, and flashed into Super Saiyan 2.
"So you can transform even further and take on a form beyond your standard Super Saiyan. I'm guessing this is how Gohan beat Cell?"
"Yeah, but to be honest I didn't think I'd have to use it."
"So you were holding back. I'll be honest, even for someone with Vegeta's blood that's just way too condescending."
"Well it's not like you were going at full power either."
"Touche. Now then, shall we continue?"
"Fine by me, there aren't any forests or wildlife to worry about up here so that means we don't have to worry about going all out." Trunks drew the Sounga from his back "This is something I recently acquired. Dragon Twister!" he fired a black tornado from the edge of the blade, engulfing 17 in the blast.
When the blast subsided, it turned out that 17 had protected himself using his Android Barrier, then used the explosion as a cover to charge forward and clashed his fist with Trunks', the force resulting in an explosion, with both of them trading even blows as they rocketed downwards towards the ocean below, only for them to quickly resurface "I really think this is where we should call it quits, any more of this and we may end up destroying the island."
"Yeah I guess you've got a point. Now that I think about it, the Gohan from my time did mention that they never bothered to pay attention to collateral damage or they always just tried to fix it with the Dragon Balls. Still though, seeing you of all people as an ally really does feel pretty weird."
"Because the me from your time was pulling the great destroyer shtick?"
"Well… yeah."
"Well I'd say sorry, but I doubt it would really do any good so… yeah. Anyway, you got oneshotted by 18 last time we met but if you and the others were at this level then I definitely would've lost."
"Somehow I'm not sure of that."
"You're still not at full power are you?"
"I don't have to be able to sense your energy to know that you're holding back too."
"So what's changed since then?"
"A lot of stuff actually, most of it with Gohan."
"Does it have anything to do with that weird sword you're carrying?"
"Actually yeah, but you can't tell anyone."
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1 hour of explanation later…
17 took a sip of his cup of coffee "That's a lot of stuff to go down in just 6 months."
Trunks sighed "Tell me about it. So what exactly have you been up to?"
"Thanks to my being resurrected by the Dragon Balls, it was like I had gotten a second chance at life, so I got this job and met my wife. We were blessed with children and now this is the life I live."
"Where are your wife and kids anyway? You think you could introduce me?"
"They're not on this island, I work away from home."
"Do you have any pictures?"
"You really want to see them that bad? Alright." he took out his phone and showed Trunks a picture.
"So you have three kids?"
"Two of them are adopted."
"Is that right?"
"So what brings you all the way out here anyway? You didn't come all the way out here just to hear my life story did you?"
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. Gohan sent me to track down the Dragon Balls while he's off at a costume party with his girlfriend, and Krillin told me that you have one."
"I've actually got three." he went into his tent and brought out the Dragon Balls "What exactly are you and Gohan planning to wish for anyway?"
"Well I don't really have a wish, Gohan and I just thought it would be better if we kept them around in case of emergencies. And for the record, the Dragon Balls can grant up to two wishes now, so it won't be that much of an issue."
"I was actually gonna wish for a boat, or to be more specific, a large cruiser that's worth about 5 billion zeni. It's my dream to travel around the world with my family by sea someday. Anyway, you wanna stay the night? I usually don't get human company out here very often that isn't trying to waste me or the animals."
"Sure why not, I'll head out and grab the last two Dragon Balls in the morning."
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Unknown to the two of them, the ferocity of their little sparring session had accidentally awakened Broly from within his icy tomb, having been preserved by the ice.
Broly was almost instantly sent into a rage, being reminded of Goku's constant crying and remembering his defeat at Goku's hands 5 years before, not long before the Cell Games took place.
It was time for his second coming.
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Morning came.
17 was woken by a sudden explosion, and looked to see Trunks still fast asleep 'How the hell can Saiyans sleep through stuff like this? Nevermind, deal with that later. I'd better go and see what's going on, hopefully none of the animals have gotten hurt yet.
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Things weren't looking good.
17 quickly made his way towards the lake in the center of the island, only to find Broly, in his regular Super Saiyan form, floating in the center of it. He quickly dodged a Trap Shooter blast and shot a glare at Broly "You've got a lot of nerve there big guy, there are helpless animals down there. And I'm not talking about savages like you, I mean real animals."
Broly said nothing, he just thrusted his thrusted his fist forward and grabbed 17 using his other arm, then threw him away with his Dashing Punch.
17 quickly stopped himself on the shore of the lake "Well it looks like somebody woke up with a bad case of anger fleas."
Broly then used his Gigantic Throw to hurl 17 down into the lake, and was about to finish him off with an Eraser Cannon, when…
"Burning Attack!" Trunks suddenly appeared, Super Saiyan 2 aura crackling with electricity, and stopped Broly with a Burning Attack "I don't know who or what you think you are, but if you hurt my- him, then-" he froze when he realized who he was talking to "Broly… but how? Goku defeated you, there was no way you could've survived."
"Kakarot…" Broly snarled, his warped mind making him think Trunks was Goku, the black jewel on his necklace glowing ominously "KAKAROT!" he flared his green aura, the sheer force splitting the lake in half, then charged at Trunks before he could react with his Revenge Demon, knocking him into the lake below.
Trunks emerged and wiped the blood from his lip "Well that's just typical, he's even stronger than last time."
17 blitzed beside him "So what exactly are we looking at right now?"
"That's Broly, a bloodthirsty Super Saiyan who was way stronger than Cell when we faced him. Now he's even more powerful, I'm not sure that even the two of us together would be able to beat him on our own."
"Yeah, I could tell from that first shot."
"Kakarot!" Broly fired his Trap Shooter.
17 was forced to use his Android Barrier to protect himself and Trunks, but Broly's raw power nullified the effects somewhat, leaving them injured.
Broly then blitzed in front of them and attacked with his Bloody smash, completely unfazed by their attacks, and promptly slammed both of them into the ground.
Both emerged, somewhat wounded.
Things went downhill from there. Trunks and 17 were throwing everything they had at Broly, but he wasn't fazed in the slightest, aside from a few very minor scratches.
Trunks pulled 17 back to regroup "Okay, the way I see it we've gotta pool all of our energy into one combined attack. You've got limitless energy, so let's use that to our advantage."
17 nodded "Agreed, I've got this attack I've been working on but it'll take a minute for me to charge it up."
"Fine, I'll go first." Trunks went forward, charging a ball of energy above his head "Finish…"
17 then went alongside him and got into a stance "Super… Electric…"
"BUSTER!"
"STRIKE!"
Trunks fired a full power Finish Buster alongside 17's Super Electric Strike, both attacks combining into one and ramming straight into Broly, resulting in a massive explosion.
When the blast subsided, Broly emerged, not fazed in the slightest "Kakarot!" he then fired his Double Eraser Cannon, the attacks slamming into both of them and sending them flying, then prepared a follow up attack, intent on killing them both, until…
"Meido Zangetsuha!" two Meido slashes then swallowed both blasts, rendering them harmless, followed by a "Dragon Inferno!" and a demonic fire dragon then engulfed Broly, sending him crashing down to the earth below.
"Kakarot… KAKAROT!" Broly let out a roar, his Ki spiking even higher.
By this point, Gohan had chosen to arrive on the scene, Ryuuga claws radiating massive amounts of demonic energy "Broly… you should be dead." then he froze 'Wait, what the hell am I sensing from him? It's different from Broly's normal Ki, and I felt it from him during our last encounter too. No, it couldn't be. I'd better hurry and try to subdue him, then get him over to Kagome. But I'll save that for later, for now I'd better check on Trunks.' he quickly made his way over towards Trunks and 17 "Are you guys alright?"
Trunks slowly opened his eyes "Gohan… you're here…"
"Yeah, you guys did a good job and handled yourselves well but this isn't your fight to finish. My father is gone, so Broly is my concern now." then he turned to 17 "Just guessing here, but you're Android 17 aren't you?"
17 nodded "Yeah, how did you know?"
"You look like a guy version of 18." then Gohan flashed into Super Saiyan 2 "Like I said, you guys did well but this is my fight so I'll take it from here."
"Kakarot!" Broly charged at Gohan in a rage.
Gohan quickly tried to lead him away to another island 'So it's my dad you're after just like always, why is it that scum like you always want revenge for being put in your place? Well if it's a fight you want then it's a fight you'll get.' he swiftly dodged a punch from Broly and attempted to knee him in the head.
Broly dodged the knee and kicked Gohan in the gut, avoiding a Ki blast.
Gohan quickly braced himself 'He's still as much of a challenge as the last time we fought him, and now he's even more powerful. I'm definitely gonna need a vacation after this.'
Broly approached Gohan, his deranged and furious glare intensifying as he suddenly leapt into the air.
Gohan followed his lead, the ground beneath them beginning to collapse.
Broly fired an Eraser Cannon downwards towards Trunks and 17 on the ground.
Gohan was forced to blitz in front of Trunks and 17 and quickly deflected the Eraser Cannon away, but just barely, then used a demonic wind shield to protect them from the recoil of the blast, but they were still sent flying, and the force of the blast opened up a small pool of lava in the center of the island. Gohan shot a glare at Broly's descending form "I've had just about enough of you Broly, I'm ending this now." he got into a stance, his hair and aura turning orange as he awakened his Dragon Saiyan 2 form "Alright, let's go."
Seeing Gohan finally getting serious, Broly powered up to his maximum, and with a furious roar, he entered his Legendary Super Saiyan form.
Gohan hit Broly with a full force fist to the face.
Broly wasn't fazed in the slightest and slammed Gohan into the ground.
Gohan kicked Broly in the head an escaped, then kicked Broly in the neck.
Broly, unfazed, grabbed both of Gohan's wrists and kneed him in the spine, pushing his knee even further.
Gohan looked down at the pool of lava 'I don't have enough time to charge up a demonic lava blast strong enough to kill him for sure, so luring him down into there might be the only shot that I have to beat him. I'm gonna have to hurry.' he flipped upside down and kneed Broly in the face, allowing him some time to escape, with Broly hot on his trail. Thinking quick, Gohan quickly drew his sword and fired fire and earth dragons simultaneously, creating a lava dragon, which grew as it absorbed the lava from the pit, and shot forward, engulfing Broly and pulling him down into the lava pool below 'Good… I think I got him…' then he collapsed.
The last thing Goku saw before he passed out was a caped figure flying towards him.
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When Gohan later came to, he saw what looked like Piccolo floating above him, his back facing him "Piccolo!"
Then came the shock when Piccolo suddenly disappeared, revealing Kai in his place, clad in the gi, turban and cape and everything "Hey!"
"Wait a second, Kai is that you?"
"Yeah." Kai dropped to the ground in front of him "I've been dying to try this out on someone that wasn't myself in the mirror, so what did you think?" then he promptly discarded the turban and cape "I'm just glad I got here in time."
"Tell me about. Seriously though Kai I can't thank you enough, if you hadn't shown up when you did then I would've ended up deep fried just like the big guy. You really are a great friend, I hope you know that."
"You'd never last without me and I'd never last without you, that's what friends are for after all right?" then he looked at the lava "So that Legendary Super Saiyan guy you told me about before is back is he? Well he must've been pretty sore at your dad to travel all the way from some distant planet just for the sake of a rematch."
"To be fair Frieza did the same."
"Yeah but then Trunks showed up. Still though, it looks like you and the big brawny psychopath were more than willing to step in for round 2."
"Well of course, you know who and what I am." then he suddenly noticed a small bit of lava spurting upwards "Why am I not surprised?"
Then Broly emerged, having survived the lava using his Energy Shield "Kakarot…"
Kai was becoming increasingly unnerved "Okay, that was a pretty neat trick. Tell me something, is it just my imagination or is that beast staring right at me? Unbelievable, I always get singled out. Well that's what I get for trying to be a good friend. Oh well, if I'm gonna get slaughtered then I'm going out in style! Kaioken 20X!" his crimson aura blazed into life as he charged forward.
Broly sent him flying with a single Eraser Cannon.
"You know what? You go ahead, I'll catch up in a minute…" then he passed out.
"Kai!" Gohan charged in, Dragon Saiyan 2 aura blazing as he dodged Broly's Trap Shooter.
Broly hit Gohan with an Eraser Blow to the gut, knocking him to the ground, then grabbed him with a vicious Bear Hug in an attempt to break his spine.
Gohan nearly blacked out, but then looked at the others 'Kai… Trunks… 17… they're all going to die… Never… Never again… my friends… they need me… they're in danger… If I don't defeat him… then they're all going to die… Kai… Trunks… 17… Kagome… Get up… you have to get up… Beat him… you have to defeat him… I promise… I will… I WILL PROTECT THEM!" and with a furious roar, he flashed back into his Dragon Saiyan 2 form "I've had just about enough of you." and he got into a certain stance, a ball of fire beginning to blaze in his hands, small pebbles also gathering in the center.
Broly gave a malicious smirk "Not until you lay dead at my feet, Dragon Saiyan." the center jewel on his necklace glowed a strange black shade as he retreated back to the top of a plateau and charged his Omega Blaster.
The blast in Gohan's hands turned deep orange and brown "Get a load of this one you psychopath! Dragon Magma Ka… Me… Ha… Me…"
Broly fired his Omega Blaster.
"HAAA!" Gohan fired off a lava powered Kamehameha, but despite the boost in power it was still being pushed back by the Omega Blaster.
Then Trunks showed up and flashed into Super Saiyan 2 "I'm right here by your side Gohan! Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HAA!" he fired a full power Kamehameha alongside Gohan's, but even together they were still being pushed back by Broly's attack.
"Sorry I'm late." a wounded Kai slowly limped beside them "I needed a little time to recover, but I said I'd be with you all the way and I never go back on my word. KAIOKEN 30X!" his crimson aura flared higher than ever "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HAAAA!" he fired a Kaioken enhanced Kamehameha.
"Where the hell did you learn the Kamehameha?" Gohan shouted over the noise of the beam struggle.
"I got a few tips from Yamcha and Master Roshi after the whole thing with Android 13 in the arctic, back when you were off dealing with demon fire birds."
"Cool." Gohan pushed his further.
"KAKAROT!" Broly pushed his Omega Blaster even further and increased its power by firing more Ki blasts, laughing maniacally all the while.
This was when an injured 17 limped towards the clash "I don't give a damn if you are some kind of Legendary Super Saiyan, nobody f*cks with my island and gets away with it!" he fired a Full Power Energy Ball at the clash, severing Broly's connection with his Omega Blaster.
'What?!' Broly tried to power up his attack, but it didn't take.
"NOW!" Gohan, Trunks and Kai all maxed out on their attacks with every ounce of their strength, pushing the Omega Blaster back and overpowering it.
"KAKAROT!" Broly gave up trying to power up the Omega Blaster and instead powered up his Energy Shield, lowering himself just enough to avoid being hit by the blast, but the force still sending him rocketing towards the ground at high speeds, towards a pool of lava.
Gohan blitzed over with Instant Transmission and grabbed Broly by the arm "Once is enough of that for one day."
"Kakarot…" Broly then prepared to fire an Eraser Cannon, his eyes suddenly turning red and his features slightly more feral.
"Nope." Gohan knocked him out with a chop to the neck "Alright, that's enough of that."
Then Trunks flew over "Gohan, with all due respect, are you out of your mind?! Broly is far too dangerous to be allowed to live!"
"The same was said about Piccolo. And your father. And the androids. And Zangya."
That shut him up.
"I've been sensing something from him every time we fought him, I didn't understand the first time around but now I do, and I know just how bad it is."
"What do you mean?"
"Take a look at his necklace, look familiar?"
Trunks stared long and hard at it, and nearly froze "You don't mean… Broly has the Shikon Jewel?"
"It's not exactly the same but it does have the same properties. Either way, we're going to have to deal with Magatsuhi again. I don't know how, but he somehow returned after that wish that Kagome made, created another defiled Shikon Jewel, and then used it to taint Broly, corrupting his mind and turning him into the bloodthirsty psychopath we've come to know and loath."
"You're saying that without the defiled jewel influencing him he'd turn over to our side?"
"I'm not guaranteeing anything but it's a possibility, for now let's grab Kai and 17 and see if Kagome can purify it."
"Whether you're right or not Gohan, there's absolutely no chance your mom would let you bring him home and he's not staying with my family either."
"Of course not, I'd have to be out of my mind. We'll dump him on Master Roshi."
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Things were quiet at Capsule Corp.
Vegeta sat on the roof of the main building, for once deciding to just do some quiet thinking instead of training 'Tell me, how did you always do it Kakarot? That's how you've always been, ever since the day I first met you. You were always ready to meet the next challenge, no matter how much bigger it was than you. No matter how much I pulverized you, you just wouldn't give up and kept pushing yourself until you surpassed me. It was the same on Namek, you had improved so much that it made Recoome look like he was standing still. Your power had increased so dramatically since our battle on Earth that I thought you had done it, I thought that you had become a Super Saiyan. It tore me apart inside, how could a low class soldier so easily accomplish what I, the prince of all Saiyans, had struggled my whole life to achieve? Then at last it happened, I too awakened the power of the Super Saiyan. After living every moment every day for the sole purpose of surpassing you, I myself awakened that legendary power as well. The prince had at last reclaimed his throne and his destiny had been fulfilled. But no matter how strong I became, your power still exceeded mine. Now your son has followed in your footsteps and surpassed me, and now I feel my own son from another time will do the same at one point. At first I thought it was your loved ones, that it was your instinct to protect them that spurred you on and pushed you to go beyond your limits time and time again, but now I find myself with a family of my own and I don't feel my power increasing at all. I used to fight for the sheer pleasure of it, for the thrill of the hunt. I had the strength unmeasurable and unrivaled, I spared no one. And yet you on the other hand chose to show mercy to everyone, even your fiercest of enemies, and even me. Yet you never fought to kill or for revenge, only for the sake of testing your limits and pushing yourself to go even further beyond them, for the sake of becoming the strongest that you could possible be. How can a Saiyan fight the way, and yet at the same time be so gentle that he wouldn't hurt a fly? It infuriated me for years just thinking about it. But perhaps it is my anger that has blinded me to the truth for as long as it has. Your power comes from caring about others more than yourself, because you don't have any selfish desires of your own. To be honest Kakarot, I think I may understand you better now. Your strength comes from much more than just muscles or brains, it comes from strength of self, of character, of spirit. So maybe that's the secret Kakarot, if I'm going to surpass you then I have surpass you in character as well as in power. I already have intelligence pretty much down.'
"Father."
Vegeta floated down to see Trunks, Gohan, 17 and Kai carrying an unconscious Broly towards him "I hope there's a good explanation as to why those two are here."
"It was Gohan's idea."
"Of course it was. His energy feels different."
"You can thank Gohan for that one too."
"Should I be there to understand whatever happens?"
"If my hunch is right then we've got another fight on our hands." Gohan told him "Cell may pale in comparison to this threat."
"And now you have my attention."
17, on the other hand, looked and saw Piccolo leaning against the doorway "Hey, how's it going?"
"Are you stronger than you were back then?" asked Piccolo.
"I should be asking you that, after all our battle was interrupted when Cell decided to show up and act like a creepy predator."
"That's true." Piccolo removed his turban and cape and surprised everyone present by holding out his hand "I heard everything, having you on our side against such powerful opponents will be a big help. Thank you."
17 seemed surprised, but gladly accepted the hand "I look forward to working with you Jolly Green Giant."
"The feeling's mutual, but don't ever call me that again."
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Gohan later set Broly down on a couch "Alright, Kagome do you think you can purify that jewel in his necklace?"
"I'm not sure, but I'll give it a try." Kagome knelt down beside Broly and placed her hands over his necklace "There, if this really is anything like the jewel then it should work."
Broly slowly opened his eyes and looked around, then locked eyes with Gohan "Son of… Kakarot… thank you…"
Gohan knelt down beside him "It's alright Broly, I'm not your enemy, at least I hope I'm not. But tell me, how did you end up with that jewel on your necklace?"
Broly held up the now purified jewel "I can't really remember how… All I know is that when your father and I were infants, when his constant crying terrorized me to no end, I heard a voice telling me to embrace the anger, the hatred, and that he was the one to blame for me being stabbed and my father and I being sentenced for execution."
"But that was my father." Vegeta pointed out.
"Not according to that voice. Anyway, I spent the next 30 years hating Kakarot and his entire bloodline and rampaging across the universe, that voice making my false hatred for him that much stronger and somehow spreading it to you, and the jewel on my neck amplifying it several times over. It also increased my power to a considerable extent, disgracing my pride as a Saiyan warrior. My entire life, my free will had been stripped away, forcing me into a life as a servant, if not of the voice then of my father's foolish quest for revenge." he bowed his head "Son of Kakarot, prince Vegeta, all of you, no words can express the shame and guilt I feel for the actions I've committed."
Gohan waved it off "Think nothing of it Broly, but there is something I want you to tell me. That voice that manipulated you into hating my dad and my family, who was it?"
"I only learned the name of the voice once, back when I first heard it. The voice called itself… Magatsuhi." he noticed the temperature in the room drop drastically 'So they must already know about Magatsuhi.'
"I see."
"Gohan, Trunks." Kagome's voice was quiet "I think we have to tell him."
"Yeah." he looked over to Trunks and Piccolo "Gather everyone we know, whether they're retired or not. This means 18, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and even Master Roshi."
"You really want them?" Vegeta sounded increasingly skeptical.
"First of all, they're not as weak as you make them out to be. Second, the fact that I'm calling all of them here too shows you just how desperate the situation is."
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2 hours later, Kai, Kagome, Piccolo, Trunks, Vegeta, Broly, 17, 18, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and Roshi had all been called to Capsule Corp and filled in on the situation.
Gohan spent a good long while going into every detail of the situation, and just how much of a threat Magatsuhi posed "I'm sorry I never told all of you this to begin with, but I never thought that we would have to deal with Magatsuhi again after Kagome wished on the jewel that he would disappear forever. Clearly, I was wrong. We don't know when Magatsuhi will return or what he'll do, but what we do know is that we need to be read."
"And you think that whatever he's planning will be so massively dangerous that we're gonna need every single warrior we have to be ready for when he makes his move?" Vegeta guessed.
"Exactly."
"...Fine, I'm in."
Piccolo nodded "Me too."
Kai stepped up "You were there for me so it's only right that I be there for you, you can count me in."
Everyone else agreed, even Krillin and Yamcha.
"Then it's agreed, until this new threat passes we put ourselves through the training of our lives, for the sake of the Earth." he put his hand in, with everyone else doing the same.
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After that, Kagome met with Piccolo outside "Kai said that you wanted to talk to me about something?"
Piccolo nodded "There is, and it's about your powers."
"My spiritual powers? What about them? I can't really use them on anything except for demons, so now I'm pretty much useless."
"You couldn't be more wrong. Your powers have a much greater purpose, and with the right training your dormant power will rival even that of Gohan."
"Really?"
"Only if you're willing to go through the training of your life until the threat of Magatsuhi is over with."
"I'll do it." her answer came almost immediately "Gohan has been putting himself through hell to protect me, now it's my turn to protect him."
"Good. We start tomorrow, we'll see how you fair against Kai after all of the training I've put him through."
A/N:
I was planning to introduce 17 and Broly to this story because they're honestly two of my favorite characters.
I sent Trunks to meet up with 17 to give him some bonus character development since I didn't make him very important during the Inuyasha half of the fic.
As for Broly, when it comes to fighting against someone as dangerous as Magatsuhi they'll need the added raw power. Also, I thought the corrupted shard would give a valid reason for Broly's deteriorated mindset. Thirdly, I feel that like several other movie characters, he had wasted potential.
For the record, Kai learned the Kaioken from Piccolo. Tien, Krillin and Yamcha know it in this fic too because I absolutely refuse to believe that they never at least learned that after spending even more time with King Kai than Goku did.
I added in that scene with Vegeta to give him some character development, seeing how I've neglected him for most of the story or only made him into something for comic relief. Also, I'm trying to make him more Super-ish, since that's his best in my opinion.