Sorry for the long absence. My exams are over and I've had some time to relax a little, so this story is returning. I'll also like to take a moment to thank a friend of mine who drew the amazing picture that is now this story's image. Check the image out at deviant art and make sure to take a look at her other work too.

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Babadi Saga: Part 2

Tarble began the fight with a steady pace, keeping the demon king on guard. The duo clashed with colossal force, the sheer power emitting from their attacks echoing throughout the canyon. After getting a feel of the monster's technique, Tarble began the search for an opening in the demon's defense.

The remaining Z Fighters watched silently, although most of them truly wondered if Dabura was hiding his true power. Gohan, however, was focusing on something completely different. Pan noticed her father often glancing towards the entrance to the ship as if something was going on there.

"Papa, is something wrong?" Pan asked quietly, somewhat worried about her father's uneasiness.

Gohan looked over towards his young daughter and nodded slowly, "Something's happening inside that ship. I have no doubt there's an amazing battle occurring within."

"That doesn't make any sense," Kibito joined the conversation. "Why would Babadi risk his ship being damaged?"

"I don't know, but I plan to find out." Gohan said, unleashing some of his energy as he lifted off the ground and into the sky, heading towards the entrance of Babadi's spaceship.

The Supreme Kai too began to float into the cloudy sky, flying after Gohan. His assistant, Kibito, followed after his master. Pan stood there confused and wondering what she would do now. She could follow after her father and the others, but what if Tarble needed help? A cold hand on her shoulder caused Pan to shiver slightly. Hesitantly, she looked back and her breathing became clear as she saw it was only 16, "Pan, the powers I sense within the ship are much superior to yours. I think it would help if Broly goes after them."

"As long as I get to beat something up, I'm fine with anything." Broly laughed, smacking his fists together and preparing to fly off.

"It's probably for the best you go. If Tarble defeats this demon guy, there's a good chance he might still want to fight. Knowing him, he'll come after you next," Kaisha reminded Broly of Tarble's grudge against him. "Tarble's got something wrong with him. His planet's restored, why should he still be mad at you? He's an odd guy."

"I'm starting to believe that there is an outside force influencing Tarble's decisions," 16 stated, grabbing Kaisha and Pan's attention. "Tarble's energy at times is highly negative."

"That's probably something we'll have to worry about another time," Kaisha responded. "We need to watch Tarble's back. Dabura doesn't look like a pushover to me."

Trunks caught Cooler's incoming fist with his right hand and gripped it tightly, diverting some of his energy to his right arm and the rest to his left leg. As the Arcosian was about to ravage his opponent with his other fist, Trunks struck gold with an unexpected vertical kick. Remaining on the offensive side, Trunks threw a barrage of endless punches at Cooler who was still trying to recover.

"No! Cooler! You're supposed to be winning!" The screeching voice of the vermin Babadi cried out at his minion who was losing the battle, cautiously floating away from the raging battle in order to remain safe.

As Trunks prepared to greet Cooler with a powered up punch, something heavy slashed his body causing him to be sent flying towards the wall of one of Babadi's rooms. Quickly focusing his energy, the Saiyan stopped within mid air and saw Cooler smirking at him, smacking his tail down on the floor several times.

"I have to admit, Trunks. I'm impressed." Cooler complimented, crossing his arms proudly. "You've surprised me. Perhaps I'll have to use more of my strength after all."

Trunks got back into his fighting stance and responded with a smile, "Go ahead. Power up."

Upon saying his line, Trunks saw a strange orb of gray emerge out of nowhere. Said sphere began to circle around Cooler as dozens of more orbs appeared and began to swarm around the Arcosian as well. Trunks heard the snickering of Babadi nearby, but he chose to ignore it, knowing what Cooler was doing was far more important. Suddenly, these orbs came to a stop and began to slowly sink into Cooler's body.

Cooler's power aura began to flicker uncontrollably and Trunks widened his eyes slightly as he witnessed the alien's power rise dramatically. The Arcosian's aura turned gray as he planted a confident smirk onto his face. Cooler chuckled to himself for a few seconds and looked over towards the son of Vegeta, "So, Trunks. How do you like my true power, quite impressive, isn't it?"

"Yes! What power you have my dear Cooler!" Babadi's uninviting voice boomed across the room, causing both Cooler and Trunks to glare at him annoyingly, although the wizard took no notice. "Yes, Trunks! Thanks to Cooler, all of my minions have the ability to perform a technique that boots their power! You'll never stand a chance now!"

Trunks scanned his opponent carefully, reaching the conclusion that he had to advance to the next level. Tightening his fists he let out a scream as he dug down into his soul to bring out his true power. Cooler widened his eyes slowly as he began to comprehend that the Saiyan boy was truly hiding massive strength that could rival his own. His hand shook briefly, but he clenched it and watched as Trunks finished his transformation.

Electricity boomed across Trunks's body as he intimidatingly glared at the Arcosian. His unstable energy roared furiously at its surroundings and the son of Vegeta knew he would have to finish this quickly. Every blow he took would be contributed to the Resurrection of Majin Buu.

"Parapapa!" Babadi suddenly shouted with a slightly more echoing voice. Trunks didn't bother looking at the warlock as the arena changed into a large area for their fight. Cooler glared around and smiled to see that it was just him and his opponent that would do battle in a rocky canyon. Noticing his enemy was distracted, Trunks dashed off his feet with otherworldly speed. Cooler just barely managed to avoid being slaughtered by a right hook by performing a back flip. The Super Saiyan warrior decided to stay on the offensive with a countless number of attacks that the Arcosian struggled to avoid.

Eventually, the god of luck struck gold for Cooler as he noticed a slower punch. Wasting no time, Babadi's minion grabbed Trunks's hand and swung the boy over his shoulder, hoping for him to crash land into the ground. Trunks retaliated swiftly, landing on his own two feet and turning around to face his opponent. Diverting all his energy to his hand, a bright ball of flame began to form in his hand rapidly. Cooler flew back a few yards as he analysed Trunks's technique for a brief moment. He raised his arms forward and two metallic orbs began to fade into existence.

"SUPER BURNING ATTACK!" Trunks screamed after gathering all the necessary energy, firing a bright sphere of volcanic energy at Cooler.

Cooler smirked as the fire swarmed closer to him. He released his right orb towards Trunks's attack while unleashing his left orb to the sky. Cooler simultaneously watched both of his creations as his first orb collided with the Burning Attack, only slowing its spree of destruction, however. Cooler's remaining orb then soared through the sky behind the Burning Attack and right in the direction of Trunks.

Trunks focused on pushing his Burning Attack even further, but the faint humming of an energy blast nearby caused his eyes to wander off towards a new location. Trunks released his grip on the Burning Attack and barely managed to jump out of the way. In mid-air, he faced the flaming sphere and focused. In a flash, the magnificent attack erupted, allowing all the volatile energy to break free and cover the arena in a veil of dust.

"You're boring," Tarble taunted, avoiding another one of the demon's attacks. After toying with the demon lord and fooling him into thinking he could win, Tarble twisted the table around by exploiting various flaws in the monster's defense. "Could you at least try and make this interesting for me? If you keep being worthless the only satisfaction I'll get from this fight will be torturing you until you die. Tell me, would you rather impress me now and then receive a quick and painless death, or keep attempting to overpower me until I get bored and take my time slaughtering you?"

Dabura suddenly stopped his offensive and flew backwards, a proud smirk forming on his face that sparked Tarble's curiosity. Without warning, Dabura flew forward towards Tarble and spat at Tarble. Said spit landed on Tarble's chest. Not knowing the true effect of the attack, Tarble began to fly forward hoping to end this pathetic fight once and for all. However, the Saiyan Prince never expected for his body to suddenly become paralyzed. Tarble screamed with agony as the curse of stone invaded the rest of his body. The Supreme Kai even warned him about this.

Dabura, who was having the moment of his life, was too focused on his victim to notice an assault from the air. Android 16 eyed the demon lord as his attack caused Dabura to crash into the ground. Wasting no time, he quickly grabbed Tarble's stone body before it began the descent towards the surface, flew down and carefully placed it onto the ground. Pan and Kaisha landed next to him and they were both shocked to see what had happened to Tarble.

"I was so pleased at shutting up that noisy fool," The demon lord announced his return. "Then you just had to ruin my fun."

Dabura stood with a few scratches and bruises on him. Tarble had obviously dealt some damage to him, but 16 knew that he would be a powerful foe to Kaisha and Pan. However, he had something up his sleeve.

"I'm going to guess you're also as powerful as him, so I might as well show off a little technique that all of Babadi's minions possess," Dabura laughed, clenching his fists as a bright red ball emerged by his chest and began to swirl around him. "I hope you enjoy yourself as my power is going to reach inconceivable levels!"

"Don't worry, 16. We'll help you take this guy." Kaisha said, getting into her fighting stance.

Pan mimicked her friend and nodded in agreement, "With us three working together, we can easily do this."

"Yes, I believe this may just work. I thank you two for your-"

16 stopped his sentence as he noticed that the demon king's power had completely vanished. The piercing screams of the two girls caught his attention and he was horrified to see that they both had the vile spit on them. They both wiggled around trying to escape from Dabura's frightening attack. The green Android watched helplessly as two more warriors became victims to the horror of the demon king.

"Sorry about that," Dabura smirked, his red orb still swirling around him accompanied by a few more, indicating he was still transforming. "I just thought that three on one was a little unfair, don't you agree?"

16 glared at Dabura in return, "You will pay for what you have done to Tarble, Kaisha and Pan. I will kill you!"

"That's lovely, but I'm sorry to inform you but-"

A piercing yell gripped both Dabura and 16's attention. Both of them were astonished to see purple smoke emerging from Tarble's stone body.

An echoing and dark voice filled the air startling the two of them, "I... will never... die... you cannot.. imprison me..."

16 had no doubt that this voice most definitally didn't belong to Tarble, but he also knew that this voice was coming from his body. Several cracks began to form around the stone figure and the rock began to crumble away at a rapid pace.

"I-Impossible!" Dabura shouted. "That attack should be irreversible! This doesn't make any sense!"

"I sense a dark power at work." The Supreme Kai announced, catching the attention of the three other fighters. Broly had caught up to Gohan, Shin and Kibito fairly quickly as they flew down several floors of Babadi's spaceship, fighting several of Babadi's weak guards in the process.

"I... I recognize this... energy..." Gohan muttered. He couldn't put his finger on what this energy was. He felt a similar energy when he was a child, but he just couldn't remember what it meant.

Tarble (Super Saiyan 2): 850,000,000

Dabura: 700,000,000

Trunks (Super Saiyan): 775,000,000

Trunks (Super Saiyan 2): 1,350,000,000

Cooler: 725,000,000

Cooler (Majin Power): 1,350,000,000