Piccolo stood leaning against a tree, pondering the situation 'This is unbelievable. First I meet my father in Hell, fight him and then assimilate him, then Cooler shows up and brings me to the planet of the Grand Kai, whom I haven't been able to meet, and now I'm just waiting for this next test while Cooler goes off to fetch my partner for it and I'm stuck waiting here without so much as a simple explanation.'
"Oh good, you're here." King Kai came up to him "I heard about how your test went, I hope you didn't find it too hellish?" he let out a chuckle, only to receive a glare "You're no fun."
"Why am I here?"
"Oh right. Well you see, Goku and I were talking before the World Martial Arts Tournament and we came up with a plan, the first part of which you did almost flawlessly. But still though, even as you are now you still don't stand a chance against Magatsuhi or his Kings of Destruction."
"So what exactly do you want me to do here then?"
"Well you see Piccolo, I have two other Namekians up here that know very well about Magatsuhi and all the trouble he's causing and they're willing to lend you their power, but only if you prove that you're strong enough and worthy."
"So where does my supposed partner come into this?"
"They're really traditional, they'll only fight you in a two on two match so I sent Cooler to fetch the strongest available fighter in Other World."
"Available?"
That was when Cooler showed up "I'm sorry I took so long, the partner wanted to be restored to his original gi and then wanted to be brought to the other side of the planet so he could make a great entrance."
"...You don't mean-" Piccolo was cut off when Shoot to Thrill started playing.
"He also gave me his phone so we could play Shoot to Thrill for it."
"So you're saying that-" then Piccolo's head snapped in a certain direction "What the- What's that power? That power level is massive, it's gone beyond even my own! I don't recognize it though." he looked closer and his eyes shot wide "Is that…?"
Sure enough, Kai burst onto the scene, clad in his typical crimson red gi, blue Zen Ryuken aura flaring as he landed on the ground and skidded to a stop "Hey Piccolo, how's it going? You miss me?"
"Kai… but you don't have a halo… We all thought you were…"
"Dead? Sorry to disappoint you Piccolo but both me and Gohan are alive and well, it was kind of a close call but the Supreme Kai save us and brought us back to the Sacred World of the Kais. I've been there with Gohan and my mom training for the past 2 days and getting ready for the big showdown. But nevermind that at the moment, I think we should focus on the here and now."
'It's definitely Kai, no doubt about it. But something's changed about him. He's carrying himself differently and he has a whole new look in his eyes but it's more than that, all of his Ki has changed too. On top of that, he's leagues beyond what he was before.'
"So what's this challenge we're supposed to be facing?"
"Apparently we're going to be fighting two Namekians that want to lend us their strength for the fight against Magatsuhi but only if we can defeat them."
"Cool, so where are they?"
King Kai looked further down the path and grinned "Perfect, here they come now."
"Asked and answered."
Sure enough, at that moment, two bluish colored Namekians stopped in front of them "I take it you are the challengers that King Kai had told us about."
"That's right. I am Kai Sato a full blooded Earthling, and this is my martial arts teacher Piccolo and we both come from the planet Earth in the North Galaxy."
"I am Saonel and this is Pirina, and we both come from the planet Namek in the East Galaxy."
"Alright, now that the formalities are out of the way where are we gonna do this?"
"Allow me to settle that." King Kai cut in "I can send you guys to where you need to go, there's a remote planet on the edge of the North Galaxy with no living inhabitants so you guys can feel free to go all out. Are you ready?"
"No arguments here, let's do this."
"Alright." King Kai pointed two fingers, and Kai and the three Namekians disappeared 'If all goes as it's supposed to then only Kai and Piccolo will return.'
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Kai looked around at their new surroundings "So this is the place. Just like King Kai said, I can't sense any other lifeforms anywhere on the planet so that means that we're free to unleash our full power without any worries."
"Indeed, now let's go!" Saonel and Pirina charged.
Kai charged in with Piccolo.
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Gohan found himself enduring the embarrassing first part of the ritual being used to unlock his full potential 'This is just wrong, it's only been 3 hours and I already want to blow this old man's head off! Then I've gotta endure him reading manga and watching porn for another 20, and meanwhile Kai is having the time of his life!'
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"Gotcha!" Pirina fired a Mouth Energy Wave.
Kai activated the first level of his Zen Ryuken 'He's fast!'
Pirina blitzed above Kai and kicked him into a plateau.
"Now!" Saonel launched himself at Piccolo with a furious barrage of attacks.
"Dammit!" Piccolo was forced on the defensive.
Saonel sent Piccolo crashing to the ground with a kick, wounding Piccolo's right shoulder in the process "Got you!" he charged in after forming a Ki blade from his hand.
"The hell you do!" Kai suddenly appeared and caught the blade with one hand, then held out his free arm "Get a load of a new technique I developed! Nail Gun!" he fired a white Ki blast from two fingers, sending Saonel tumbling back and forcing him to retreat "Hey Piccolo, are you doing alright?"
"Yeah don't worry about me." Piccolo popped his shoulder back into its socket "I've gotta admit I'm really surprised though, I didn't think any other Namekians as strong as these two even existed. It's kind of exciting."
"I know what you mean, I finally get why Gohan and the others find fighting strong opponents to be so exciting. I might be getting ahead of myself, but I'm really excited to be fighting guys as strong as this. Let's show them what the Z Fighters are made of. Let's go!" and he charged into the fray, with Piccolo following.
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By this point, Old Kai finally finished the first part of the ritual and sat down "Alright, you can sit down now if you want to."
"Thanks." Gohan did just that "So now we're gonna sit here for the next 20 hours to finish the ritual?"
"Oh yeah, now let's get to it."
"Right." Gohan got into a stance and began meditating.
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"Now!" Saonel and Pirina fired a combined barrage of Ki blasts.
'Dammit!' Piccolo was quick to leap out of the way.
"Gotcha!" Pirina suddenly extended his arm and caught Piccolo by the ankle "You let your guard down. Saonel!"
"Right! Mystic Flash!" Saonel fired a Namekian Ki wave towards Piccolo.
"Masenko!" Kai blitzed in front of Piccolo and fired a Masenko into the Mystic Flash, both attacks cancelling each other out, then stomped down on Pirina's arm and broke it off, causing him to cry out in pain.
"Pirina, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, don't worry." Pirina quickly regenerated his arm.
"I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you guys have that ability too." Piccolo noted "You guys are Namekians after all."
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Gohan was beginning to lose his patience as the ritual continued 'This is ridiculous, we've been at this for 4 hours already and he's being so nonchalant about it. While this is going on I can sense Kai and Piccolo going at it with two other guys I don't recognize, and considering how strong they are it's hard to tell if they're gonna win. I just hope that dad and the others back on Earth can hang in there until we're ready.'
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Saonel cracked his knuckles and got into a combat stance, with Pirina doing the same "Let us continue this battle you two, all of us are still standing so it's not over yet."
Kai dropped into his own combat stance "Well if that's how you wanna play this game then fine, let's do this!"
"Fine." Saonel split up from Pirina and faced off with Kai "I must admit I'm surprised, you two are the first warriors that have been able to keep up with myself and Pirina in several years. It has us quite fired up." he looked down and saw that his body was being surrounded by a faint white glow, the same with Pirina "In more ways than one."
"Piccolo."
"You sense it too?" Piccolo guessed.
"Yeah, the minute they powered up something changed."
"They have a strange intense feeling to their Ki." then Piccolo froze, seeing the silhouettes of several other Namekians behind Pirina, a bead of sweat dripping down his head 'Don't tell me…'
"Now!" Saonel and Pirina both charged and slugged both Kai and Piccolo, sending them flying.
Kai managed to rebound 'That attack was straight on but it's like there was something about it that prevented either of us, their speed and power just shot up to a whole new level that I couldn't track even with my Zen Ryuken. What does it mean?'
"Come!" Saonel charged.
Kai met the charge in the middle, resulting in the two of them clashing in mid air.
Saonel slammed Kai down to the ground with a kick to the head and brought down a Ki blade forming on his hand.
Kai quickly caught his wrist.
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"Come on!" Pirina charged at Piccolo.
"Right!" Piccolo met the charge, their elbows meeting in the middle "I think I finally understand it now, how you and Saonel are as strong as you are." he fired a barrage of Ki blasts "Ever since the fight began, for years before this, both of you have been two yet not two at the same time haven't you? Hellzone Grenade!" he clenched his fists, causing all of the Ki blasts to swarm towards each other and slam into Pirina, engulfing him in an explosion.
Pirina extended his arm from within the smoke and easily managed to grab Piccolo, then slam him into a plateau behind him "Yes, that's exactly right. The ability for Namekians to be able to assimilate others and boost their power to new heights, the Namekian version of fusion. Tell me, what do you know about the sudden change in climate on Namek?"
"Only that there was a sudden change in climate and that Guru was the only Namekian who actually survived."
"Yes but do you know what caused that change in climate? An evil demonic creature of incredible power, and his name was Magatsuhi."
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Kai froze and nearly let go of his grip on Saonel "Wait, Magatsuhi? You mean-"
Saonel nodded grimly "Yes, the same demon that now threatens your world. He used his dark demonic power to change the climate on Planet Namek, slaughtering every single Namekian he came across. In order to save our people from certain destruction, almost all of the survivors, dozens out of the original thousands, volunteered to allow myself and Pirina to absorb them into our beings. We fought Magatsuhi with everything we had and we were able to drive him away but at the cost of our lives, and as a result Guru was the only Namekian to survive that horrible event. One of the main reasons we were killed in that battle was because we had been unable to wait until our powered up bodies fully stabilized from the assimilation process. However, now is not the time to regret or lament. Pirina and I fight with the members of our race who gave their lives for us, even if our bodies no longer live the resolve of the Namekian race will never die!"
"Is that so? Well then I fight for the proud people of Earth!" Kai suddenly powered down his Zen Ryuken technique and flared his white aura, his power increasing further 'That Old Kai's ritual really worked, now that I've unlocked my hidden potential I'm way beyond what my Zen Ryuken could muster before! I don't have time to lament though, I've gotta hurry and give Piccolo some backup.' he quickly blitzed between Piccolo and Pirina, severing one of Pirina's arms in the process.
Piccolo looked up as he freed himself from where he was embedded in the rock "Kai…"
"Listen up Piccolo, I've got a plan. I'm gonna fight off those two in the front for a little while, and while I do that I want you to charge as much Ki as you can."
"You mean you want me to use that technique?"
"Think about it, if they've both fused with dozens of Namekians and that was hundreds of years ago along with the fact that they're both dead then that means that their vitality should be extraordinary right now. We don't have to worry about accidentally destroying their bodies and erasing them from existence, and that's why I'm done holding back and now I'm gonna go at full power." and he burst forward to continue the battle.
"Come on!" Saonel charged and began dodging a furious barrage of attacks.
Kai quickly kicked him into the head and forced him to retreat.
"Now!" Pirina attempted to knee Kai in the head.
Kai blocked the strike and kicked him away.
Saonel managed to catch Kai in a chokehold using his Mystic Attack to extend his arm "Hurry Pirina, now's your chance! Take him out while I've got him like this!"
"Right!" Pirinal charged upwards and prepared to fire a Mouth Energy Wave.
"Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo quickly fired off a not fully charged Special Beam Cannon and nailed Pirina straight in the stomach, but failed to pierce his stomach.
Now losing his cool, Pirina fired a Mouth Energy Wave, the blast slamming into Piccolo and engulfing him in an explosion.
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Kumiko watched through a crystal ball "Wow, now that's what I call a battle."
"What's going on over there?" asked Gohan.
"Well Kai and Piccolo are fighting two other Namekians and from the looks of it the battle is pretty evenly matched, even though Kai is using his full power."
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Piccolo lay unconscious in his mindscape, pondering what Saonel and Pirina had been saying to him throughout the course of the battle 'The resolve of the Namekian race, huh? I've gotta admit, it sure packs one hell of a punch.' he looked around and saw the silhouettes of Nail, Kami and King Piccolo standing around him 'These guys…'
Kami pointed ahead.
'In front of me?' Piccolo looked forward and his eyes widened.
Kai was standing in front of him and shielding him from Pirina's Mouth Energy Wave, although the top of his gi was now shredded and one of the legs on his pants was ripped and scorched from the blast, and he looked back at Piccolo "Sorry about that Piccolo, I ended up letting my guard down and because of that you had to fire your Special Beam Cannon before you finished charging. Kind of disappoint from your student isn't it?"
"Kai…"
"You mind giving me one more chance to get it right? We can win this, both of us together as master and student."
"...Yeah sure, let's do this."
"And we'll do it together."
"Sorry about that Saonel, I couldn't finish them off and I ended up wasting that opportunity that you made." Pirina muttered.
"Don't worry about it, what's more important right now is that I underestimated just how much power that earthling is capable of." Saonel quickly regenerated his arms.
"Then let me give you a front row seat!" Kai burst forward and slammed Saonel into the ground with a full force fist to the face.
Saonel attempted to grab Kai with his Mystic Attack, extending his arms.
Kai easily ripped off the arms, forcing Saonel to regenerate them.
"Gotcha!" Pirina charged in.
Kai dodged the attack and matched Pirina's fist with a fist of his own.
"There!" Saonel charged upwards and attempted to slash Kai with his Ki blade, before he went with Pirina to launch a combined attack.
Kai fended them off, dodging and blocking every strike and trading even blows with them 'Okay Piccolo, if you're gonna start charging another Special Beam Cannon then now would be the time to do it!'
Piccolo stood back up and chuckled "I guess I should be the one to apologize Kai, I ended up letting myself get swallowed by their intense spirit and after I spent all that time talking down to you and Gohan about becoming warriors. What you said before was true though, no matter who or how many we face we'll fight together to the fullest as master and student!" and he began charging a Special Beam Cannon, fully intent on finishing the battle."
"Come on green men!" Kai returned to the ground "I saw we end this, and I'll do it with my newest technique that I created in honor my best friend, the man I see as a brother, and that is Son Gohan, the Dragon Saiyan!" he held out his arms and cupped his hands, in which he began charging his Ki.
"Very well." Saonel motioned for Pirina to get back onto a plateau behind him, then formed a Ki blade in his hand "Let's end this!" he charged in.
"DRAGON CANNON!" Kai fired a pure white Ki beam attack, hitting Saonel at point blank range and engulfing him within the full force of the blast.
"Saonel!" Pirina fired a full power Mouth Energy Wave, resulting in a beam struggle as he began push Kai's Dragon Cannon back.
'Dammit, even now their power is insane.'
"I've got you!" Saonel suddenly reached through the beam struggle and grabbed Kai by his arms.
'Oh come on!'
"And now I'll finish it!" then Saonel looked behind Kai and nearly froze.
Piccolo was standing behind him, his fingertips crackling with Ki "Sorry to keep you guys waiting, now let's end this. I hope you're ready. Special Beam Cannon!" he fired a full power Special Beam Cannon, hitting both Saonel and Pirina at the same time by piercing directly through their stomachs, drilling holes through them.
Saonel spat out some blood "So this is… the power of… a living Namekian… incredible… you fought well…"
"This ends now!" Kai pushed more power into his Dragon Cannon, engulfing both Saonel and Pirina and sending them flying into a mountain.
Kai promptly fell to one knee 'That was so awesome, even if I could only use about 60% of my full power since my body was still adjusting to the ritual. Still though, the thought that fusing could make Namekians that much stronger. It's mind blowing. Hey Piccolo, you alright?"
"Yeah, just a couple of scratches." Piccolo walked up to him as he materialized a new weighted turban and cape "Good job, you did very well in that fight."
"Only because I had a good teacher and a fellow student who were willing to show me the ropes, that's the only reason I was able to keep up with you and the other two and fight for as long and as hard as we did. Seriously though, it takes a full 24 hours for my body to fully adjust to that ritual that awakened my full power
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Kumiko pumped a fist "Alright, that's my baby boy!"
"What's going on over there?" asked Gohan "How are Kai and Piccolo doing?"
"They just won and they did it in style, and Kai was only going at about 60%."
"Really?"
"Of course." Old Kai let out a grunt "For warriors with as much potential as him it normally takes almost a full 24 hours to adjust, it's only been about 14 ½ hours so of course he's only at 60% power. Which reminds me, we've got about 14 more hours until your ritual is complete."
"Good to know."
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Saonel looked at where Pirina was lying on the ground unable to move, then looked up and saw Kai and Piccolo standing before them "Let me guess… you're disgusted that we belong to the same race as you after losing like this?"
Piccolo shook his head "After seeing the two of you fight the way that you did how could I belittle you like that? I'm glad to know that there are other Namekians that are as strong as the two of you, dead or alive."
"Well it won't be that way for long… not if Magatsuhi has his way with your world…"
"We will stop him, I promise."
"You can't… not as you are now… But you're more than either of us could have expected… in all respects, your power surpasses the great Namekians of old. And yet despite this, even your vast strength will be wasted… As you are now you will fare no better against Magatsuhi than we did, and considering how we are now you don't need to be told that we did not fare well."
"Well what exactly can I do?"
"You can choose to merge with us… You need only place a hand on the both of us… Our personalities will remain… only our strength will persist…"
"...Are you sure about this?"
Saonel shared a look with Pirina and smiled "Yes… Magatsuhi needs to be stopped… and if giving our lives means that his terror ends… we gladly would many times over… Besides… it's not like you have anything to lose… doing this… do you?"
Piccolo tightly gripped one hand from both of them "I promise, your sacrifices will not go to waist in this fight."
"Only if you succeed…" and with that, both Saonel and Pirina were engulfed in white flares of Ki, which then suddenly absorbed themselves into Piccolo's body. When the lights subsided, there was no sign of them or any indication that they were there.
Piccolo stood, now a few inches taller with his muscle mass being slightly greater, and his skin gained a bluish tint to them.
"Piccolo?" Kai finally spoke "You're still… you aren't you?"
Piccolo slowly turned to face him, then shot him a smirk "Yeah right, like I'd lose myself that easily."
"So how does it feel?"
"...Absolutely amazing, I didn't it was possible for me to reach this level of strength." he looked down "Their sacrifices will be forever remembered and never forgotten."
"But it's only gonna mean anything after we win."
"That is correct." a new voice cut in.
Kai looked back to see Kibito appear "Oh hey, when did you get here?"
"After the battle started, the Supreme Kai wished for me to collect more details on how you would perform after having your potential awakened. I must say that I am pleasantly surprised."
"You should be, it's only right after you spent the majority of my training talking shit about me and Gohan when you had none of the strength to back it up."
"...Yes. Anyway, I can take you back to Earth to rejoin your comrades now if you wish."
Kai looked at Piccolo, then turned back to Kibito "Actually I was hoping you could take me back to the Sacred World of the Kai's, I just want to stay by Gohan's side until he's finished with that ritual."
"Despite vowing to make him pay for making you undergo it despite the benefits?"
"Hey I'm nothing if not loyal to my friends." he looked back at Piccolo "So Piccolo-"
"It's alright, I get it." Piccolo waved it off "You and Gohan do whatever you have to do, just be sure to get strong enough to wipe the floor with Magatsuhi. In the meantime, Goku, Vegeta, Mirai and I will be sure to hold the ground."
"Right. And Piccolo, good luck." then Kai disappeared with Kibito.
"You too."
"Are you ready?"
Piccolo looked back to where Cooler stood waiting "Yeah, let's go."
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Kai returned to the Sacred World of the Kai's with Kibito and promptly sat down in front of a tree next to Kumiko "Sorry I took so long mom, a friend needed my help."
"Yes but you're a mess, let me take care of that." she promptly spat on her hand and began wiping off the cuts.
"Mom come on, not in front of Gohan and a bunch of gods!" he batted her hand away "By the way, how's Gohan doing with the ritual?"
Kumiko pointed to where Old Kai was still performing the ritual on Gohan while reading a porn magazine "You were fighting those two for a long time, we still have 10 hours left though."
"Good to know, wake me when it's time to save the universe." and he rolled over to take a nap, which ended with light snoring.
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Goku stood on the edge of the Lookout, staring down at the Earth below, his fists clenched furiously as he tried to restrain himself from going Super Saiyan 'Magatsuhi… he's trying to gain up on us.'
"Sorry I'm late."
Goku looked back to see Piccolo and Cooler materialize "I guess your training went alright?"
Piccolo flared his aura slightly, the brief fluctuation nearly shaking the entire Lookout "You tell me."
"Good job, if I didn't drink the Ultra Divine Water then you'd be leagues beyond anything I could ever muster out."
"I doubt I could do anything to Magatsuhi though, I'll stick with fighting Janemba while you and Vegeta lead the others to deal with Frieza and the rest."
"Right." he looked down "He's been destroying one city after another, at least ⅓ of the people down there have been killed already."
"He's probably trying to lure us down there so he can finish us off." Bankotsu came up to him.
"You've got more experience with Magatsuhi then I do, what do you think we should do?"
"It's painfully obvious that you and the others have grown as strong as you can get with so little time, the only thing we can do now is go down and confront Magatsuhi and end this before it can begin."
"You're wrong, it's already begun. But you're right, ending it now is the only option we have now that Gohan, Kai and Broly have been killed."
"You're right. Gather all of the warriors we've got, we'd better leave in one hour."
"Right."
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Kumiko frowned "This isn't good."
This was when Kai woke up "What's going on?"
"Goku and the other warriors back on Earth are mobilizing, they've finished training and now they plan to take the fight to Magatsuhi himself."
"That's not good, Gohan still has about 4 hours left before his ritual is done and neither of us can go back until it's finished."
"They aren't pushovers, they can hold him off until you and Gohan are ready."
"I hope you're right mom, I really do."
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Goku stood in front of the gathered warriors on the Lookout 'We've got me, Vegeta, Mirai, Piccolo, Bankotsu, 17, Cooler, Yamcha, Tien, Krillin, Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Miroku, Sango, Koga, Sesshomaru, Kohaku, Raditz and father. That's 20 in total, at least one of us for each of the Kings of Destruction. Alright, let's do this. Everybody ready?" he received firm nods from everyone present 'Good, nobody's backing down. I figured at least Krillin and Yamcha would. Alright, let's go." and he took off first, with Vegeta, Mirai, Piccolo and everyone else following close behind him.
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Magatsuhi stood on a cliffside looking out at the ocean 'They're here.' he looked behind him, but saw only Goku standing behind him, with the others being a fair distance further back "You had 4 more days, you could have stayed in hiding and continued training."
Goku stayed firm "Cut the small talk, you know why we're here."
"And your answer?"
"You can forget it, there's no way my friends and I will hand over the Earth or this universe to the whim of a monster like you."
"So you choose to fight rather than surrender?"
"That's right."
"Is that your final say on the matter?"
"Yeah it is."
"Very well then." Magatsuhi held up a hand and Goku and the others behind him all suddenly disappeared in a flash of white light 'It really does have benefits to be able to send others to different parts of the planet, like getting rid of people who get on your nerves.'
That was when Cell showed up with Bojack and the others.
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Kai's head snapped in a certain direction "This is…"
Kumiko nodded grimly "Yes, it's finally starting. It feels like they're spreading out all over the world, the battle to decide the fate of the universe is about to begin."
"They can't win on their own, we've gotta hurry and help them." he started running.
"And how do you plan on getting there? Besides the only thing you can do right now is wait for Gohan to finish with the ritual, you two are the best hope for winning this battle and you can't let your emotions cloud your judgement."
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Android 17 looked around and saw 13 right in front of him, with Krillin, Miroku, Sango and Kohaku right beside him 'The arctic, or more specifically the glacier where Gohan killed this guy. Guys just stay back, let me handle this one and don't get involved until I tell you to attack."
"Are you sure about this?" asked Kohaku.
"Trust me, I know how to fight an android made by Dr Gero and I'm better suited for it than all of you."
"You heard him guys." Krillin stepped back, with the others following.
'Good, now I can cut loose a little bit.'
13 beckoned a finger "Come on inferior model, show me what you've got."
"Inferior huh? We'll see about that soon enough." 17 blitzed behind 13 and dealt him a chop to the neck, sending him stumbling forward, then burst forward and dealt him a furious barrage of attacks to the front.
13 had enough and grabbed 17 by the fist, then kicked him in the face and sent him flying.
17 rebounded off of a glacier and kicked 13 in the face, resulting in the two of them trading even blows throughout the skies.
13 went on the evasive and began dodging 17's attacks, then attempted a counterattack.
17 disappeared and elbowed 13 in the back, then kicked him in the face and sent him crashing down to the ground "How's this for an inferior model? Photon Flash!" he then fired off his Photon Flash, hitting 13 from behind and engulfing him in an explosion.
When the blast subsided, 13 was in the air, his blue skin slightly scorched "Better than those other failures."
"Well how about this then!" 17 charged into the fray and clashed 13, both of them trading even blows, ending when he dodged a kick and aimed one of his own.
13 dodged and fired a Full Power Energy Wave.
17 defended himself with his Android Barrier and landed a roundhouse kick to 13's face, sending him towards the ground as he descended himself "You getting tired of this?"
"Hell no!" 13 suddenly formed Ki blades on both hands.
"Making weapons out of your energy, a useful ability I guess."
13 charged forward and thrusted his Ki blades forward with a furious barrage of attacks.
17 dodged most of them, receiving a slash along his shirt that didn't go skin deep, and quickly leapt out of the way when the Ki blades extended.
"Enough of this!" 13 lost his temper and fired his SS Deadly Bomber, hitting 17 and engulfing him in an explosion.
When the smoke cleared, 17 stood with his Android Barrier activated "Well that was a pretty stupid attack, hey Krillin if you're gonna do this then now's the time."
"What the-?"
"Got it! Destructo Disk!" Krillin suddenly blitzed behind 13, his Kaioken 10x aura flaring, and he fired a quick barrage of Destructo Disks, cutting off 13's arms and legs before he could react or dodge.
"Dammit!"
17 slowly and calmly walked up to 13 and fired a Photon Flash, blasting his head clean off, leaving nothing behind "How's that for an inferior model?"
"So what now?" asked Sango "Should we go and aid the others?"
"You guys go ahead and aid the others, I'll just dispose of the rest of the scrap metal and catch up with you."
"Right." and Miroku, Sango, Kohaku and Krillin quickly took off.
17 looked at where the remains of 13 were supposed to remain 'Something's definitely off, the minute I blew his head off what was left of his body just disappeared. Either way something definitely isn't right.' then he flew off to join the others 'One down, 9 to go, one of them being Magatsuhi.'
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A barren wasteland.
That was where Vegeta found himself, with Tien and Yamcha by his side 'So this is how it is, Magatsuhi is planning to use their grudges against me to fuel the dark power within the fruit and increase their power.'
Turles smirked "How I've longed for this moment, if I eat enough fruit from the Tree of Might then not even the likes of Magatsuhi will be able to stop me. I'm utterly going to destroy both you Vegeta, and then the entire universe will kneel before me."
Slug let out a scoff "Not on your life Turles, revenge on Vegeta and universal domination both belong to me."
"Well then it would seem that our goals are the same."
"The universe is mine to rule and there's no place in it for you."
"You're both wrong." Vegeta dropped into a combat stance "The only thing that you'll both be getting is a trip back to Other World, after we kill you."
"You little-"
"Calm down." Turles held up a hand "How about a temporary truce?"
"So first things first is it? Fine then, I guess I can agree to that."
"Yes, Vegeta you're going to regret interfering with our business." Turles held up a fruit from the Tree of Might and ate the whole thing, causing his entire body to glow a pitch black aura, with slug doing the same.
"Bardock you can handle Slug, I'll go after Turles myself." Vegeta told him.
Tien grunted "Fine by us, Goku actually right taught us a technique that I've been wanting to try out."
"Yes hilarious, now spread out."
"Right." Tien and Yamcha disappeared, with Slug following after them.
'And then there was one, although he's far more powerful than before after eating that fruit. Still though he sickens me, a Saiyan has to risk their life to train and get stronger and he just cheated his way up to here without any effort.'
Turles chuckled "I've eaten the fruit of the Tree of Might infused with Magatsuhi's dark power, my energy keeps expanding to an amazing extent and now I'm completely invincible!"
"Don't be so sure."
"Do you really think you can beat me Vegeta? Your power next to mine is like that of an anthill next to a mountain."
"We'll see about that."
"Indeed we will." Turles flared his new black aura "This is amazing, I can feel the energy inside me building up endlessly!"
Vegeta had to brace himself 'This is ridiculous, even now I can't sense any sort of end to his power!'
"Time to see just how far a fruit from the Tree of Might can take me now." Turles suddenly burst forward and appeared behind Vegeta faster than he could track "Oops."
Vegeta aimed a kick at Turles' head.
Turles blitzed behind Vegeta and kicked him in the back, sending him into the air.
Vegeta rebounded and fired off a quick Big Bang Attack.
Turles easily deflected it with one hand "Pathetic." then he suddenly burst forward and slugged Vegeta in the face, sending him flying into a plateau "How did you like that one?"
'I didn't expect him to be so powerful.'
"This is incredible, it's beyond anything I could ever have imagined! Nothing can stop me now, especially not you!" he burst forward and aimed a fist.
Vegeta barely dodged the attack.
Turles rebounded "Looks like I overreached thanks to this overwhelming power, but I won't miss this time." he promptly slugged Vegeta in the gut, then attempted to smash him further into the ground.
Vegeta managed to block the strike 'His power and speed are both far beyond what they were before.'
"Don't bother, you can't win this fight." Turles began launching a furious barrage of kicks, eventually managing to knee Vegeta in the jaw, sending him crashing to the ground "Don't give up now, I'm just warming up!" he grabbed Vegeta by the legs, swung him around and let go, sending him flying into another plateau.
Vegeta rebounded and charged.
Turles then forced him on the defensive with a furious barrage of attacks, then followed up with a purple Ki blast.
Vegeta was forced to block it, engulfing him in an explosion. When the smoke cleared, it revealed Vegeta in his Super Saiyan 2 form.
"I've been waiting for you finally bring out the big guns."
"I figured that as a Saiyan you at least deserved to see this form as what was going to wipe you from the face of the universe."
"Oh how very kind of you, well if that's the case then I suppose it would only be right if I went all out as well." his aura burst into life, now gold instead of black.
'But that's-!'
"Are you surprised? Don't be, after all of the fruit I've eaten from the Tree of Might over the years and even the last one before you killed me it turns out that it had already pushed me into the early stages of transforming. Now we're both Super Saiyans, only I've eaten the fruit of the Tree of Might so I would say that the advantage is mine."
"Don't be so sure, you may have unnaturally boosted your power to incredible heights but you're still only in the first unrefined Super Saiyan form. I've trained in this form, mastered it and even gone beyond it, so I would say that I have the advantage here."
"Well we'll see about that soon enough." Turles charged.
Vegeta met the charge in the middle, resulting in them trading even blows, which promptly ended when Vegeta blitzed behind Turles and aimed a kick at the back of his head.
Turles dodged the attack and the follow up attack and aimed his own fist at Vegeta's gut.
Vegeta blocked the attack with his forearm, then broke away and began firing a barrage of Ki blasts.
Turles stopped the onslaught directly in the middle with his own barrage of Ki blasts, eventually breaking off from the clash and forcing Vegeta to go back on the defensive with a furious barrage of punches "If you're struggling against me then you've got a long way to go!"
"Please, as if I was going to lose to the likes of you!" their fists met in the middle, sending out a massive shockwave.
"One more!" Turles fired off his Kill Driver.
"One step further!" Vegeta managed to fire a quick Galick Gun after entering his newest transformation: Strengthened Super Saiyan 2 "Get ready Turles, this is where the true battle begins!"
"Of course. I must admit, a battle like this was well worth the wait. You truly are a worthy foe to defeat in the heat of battle!" he fired his Sudden Storm barrage.
Vegeta quickly blitzed through it and slugged Turles, sending him skidding back.
Turles lowered his arms after blocking the attack "My arms are numb and I can feel chills going down my spine. Come on, let's get serious now." he flared his aura.
"Then I'll do the same." Vegeta flared his aura.
"I'll crush you!" Turles charged.
Vegeta disappeared, then reappeared in front of Turles and promptly slugged him straight in the gut, the force sending him flying back into a plateau.
Turles burst up from the rubble panting slightly as he wiped the blood from his lip "I have to admit that one actually hurt, but I'm far from finished in this fight!"
"You're persistent and willing to fight, maybe there is a true Saiyan within you after all."
"Let's go!" Turles fired another Sudden Storm.
"That attack isn't going to work against me anymore. Galick Gun!" Vegeta fired off a quick Galick Gun, cancelling out the Sudden Storm.
"Gotcha!" Turles blitzed behind Vegeta and kicked him in the temple, sending him tumbling away and crashing to the ground, as well as knocking him out of his Strengthened Super Saiyan 2 form "What a shame, I was hoping you would put up more of a fight than that. So much for the proud prince of the Saiyan race."
"Who said I'm done?" Vegeta staggered back to his feet, a white, blue and purple aura rippling up his body "Not yet… Not to you… I will not lose to a disgrace of a Saiyan like you!" his blue, white and purple aura flared wildly, his pupils turning silver.
"So you still wish to fight do you? Well fine then, have another taste of my power." he fired another Sudden Storm barrage.
Vegeta suddenly batted them all away with ease, deflecting them all into nearby plateaus that were promptly destroyed in the ensuing explosions "Well then what do you call that?"
"It's a fluke, nothing more nothing less! But a miracle never happens twice, I'll be sure to blow you away this time!" Turles fired another Sudden Storm.
Vegeta turned and dodged every single blast with ease 'This must be one of the powers granted by drinking the Ultra Divine Water, now my battle instincts are at their peak! I can see every attack coming and dodge them like they're moving in slow motion!'
"I don't understand, how is this possible?"
"I'll tell you how this is possible, it's through the power of Super Saiyan Silver." Vegeta then leapt back onto the top of a plateau and flared his aura with a beastly roar "It's over, you no longer have a chance of beating me."
"Well I'm willing to take that challenge." Turles leapt back onto a plateau "Well don't think I'm going to go down so easily, I am the strongest Saiyan in existence!" and with a furious roar, he ascended to Super Saiyan 2, his aura crackling with black electricity "Yes that's it, that's the power of the Saiyan blood coursing through my veins! Go ahead and power up as much as you want, I'll just push myself beyond that!" he summoned a Sudden Storm, which then formed a much larger Ki blast "Now then, just let yourself be erased with the rest of the miserable failures who call themselves Saiyans!" he burst forward and fired the Ki blast.
Vegeta sidestepped the attack "What was that supposed to do?"
"Shut up and stop dodging you fool!" Turles aimed a kick.
Vegeta ducked under it and easily dodged the oncoming barrage of punches and kicks with an amused smirk on his face.
"Are you trying to mock me?!" Turles quickly grew frustrated and fired a Sudden Storm from each hand.
Vegeta just moved around a little bit and dodged every attack with ease, gliding off of the plateau with his feet grinding into the side.
Turles burst downwards to meet him.
Vegeta sent out an Invisible Eye Blast, sending Turles flying through several plateaus as he landed on the ground.
Turles furiously burst back up from the rubble and leapt onto another plateau "What was that supposed to be? Sure your moves are pretty impressive but your attacks are pitiful. That isn't all you've got is it Prince?"
"Far from it, in fact I'm just getting started."
"Oh please, you'll never beat me with attacks like that. I don't very much appreciate that attitude of yours either, get ready because I'm not holding back this time."
Vegeta suddenly blitzed behind Turles and began dealing him a furious barrage of punches to the chest and stomach, the force destroying the plateau they were standing on and sending Turles crashing to the ground.
"That's impossible…" Turles emerged and blocked another fist with his forearm.
"What's wrong? Don't tell me this is all you can do."
Turles aimed a kick.
Vegeta blitzed behind Turles and kicked him, sending him flying through several plateaus, then fired a sort of air cannon from his fist, the force sending him crashing into a mountain.
Turles furiously flared his aura and broke free from the mountain "You little…"
'This form may be powerful but my body can't stand the strain for very long, I'll have to hurry and finish this fast. This next attack is going to finish it."
"You wretched… I won't lose, not to you or anyone else!" Turles then tapped into the power of the Strengthened Super Saiyan 2 form.
'His power just shot up, that means that he's losing his cool.'
"Well fine, if that's what you want then I'll hit you with everything I've got!" his golden aura flared even higher, releasing several laser like beams made of his Ki in every direction, cutting off the top of every plateau or mountain in the area.
'It looks like cornering him the way I did enraged him to the point where he's unleashing this of all things in the form of a sort of fight or flight response, this might turn out to be problematic.'
"Say goodbye!" Turles unleashed a barrage of blasts of black electricity.
Vegeta charged forward and dodged every one, though a few of the blasts grazed his hair and his elbow 'This is bad, if I get hit by one of those then I'm as good as dead. I'm going to have to end this in one shot.' he leapt back onto a plateau the previous attacks had carved through and cupped his hands at his side, purple Ki building up between his palms "This is it." he dodged another blast and landed on a piece of rubble "No more." he dodged more blasts by leaping onto different pieces of debris "We're ending this right here."
Turles fired a massive Sudden Storm barrage in every direction.
Vegeta leapt through the attack, barely managing to avoid being hit "We're ending this right now."
"If you say so my prince! This attack isn't something you can dodge in mid air!" Turles formed a Kill Driver in each hand and combined them into one massive Ki blast "I win this battle, now burn in Hell! Kill Cannon!" he fired the blast.
'Now!' Vegeta used one foot to kick the air and propel himself upwards, then used the attack he was charging to grind up the Kill Cannon like a wheel until he was right in front of Turles and held up the blast "Hyper Galick Gun!" he fired the enhanced Galick Gun at Turles at point blank range.
Turles was sent flying by the blast, screaming in agony as the Galick Gun slowly incinerated his body, leaving nothing behind.
With that battle over, Vegeta fell to one knee as he reverted back to his normal form 'This new form is powerful but it drains my stamina so fast, it was the best move for me to use my Galick Gun. For now I'll have to hope that the others hold up on their ends and finish the other Kings of Destruction.'
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Tien noticed the battle unfolding from afar 'Woah, the levels of power those two are unleashing is incredible. I guess the Ultra Divine Water really is amazing.'
"Hey Tien." Yamcha snapped him out of his thoughts "As much as I'd love to see your hate boner for Vegeta in action, we've got other things to deal with right now."
"Yeah you're right, we can't let this guy walk away from this battle alive."
Slug gave an arrogant smirk "Quite the bold statement triclops, care to back it up or would the two of you rather become my new underlings?"
"Thanks but no thanks, we're both self employed."
"Is that so? Fine then, I've always staked my own claim here so walk away now and I might just let you live."
'This guy's power is incredible, now I'm getting flashbacks of getting smacked around like a rag doll by King Piccolo.'
"You know what on second thought, I'll just kill the both of you and be done with it."
"Man this chump is asking for it. Just stay back Tien, I've got this one. Kaioken!" Yamcha then flared his Kaioken into life and charged.
Slug promptly backhanded Yamcha, sending him flying.
"Change of plans Tien, he's all yours!" and Yamcha landed on the ground a fair distance away from the two of them.
"Yamcha!" Tien charged at Slug, Kaioken 20x aura flaring.
"Oh please." Slug blitzed into the air and dodged the attack with ease.
"Dodon Ray!" Tien fired a Dodon Ray.
Slug deflected it with one hand.
Tien charged.
Slug blitzed forward and slugged him in the face, then began trading even blows with him before he easily caught his fists "Is that all you've got?" he kneed Tien in the gut and smashed him to the ground.
Tien landed in the ground head first, his feet sticking out.
"You know there's a certain sport I excel at."
"What's it called?"
"Competitive Bitch Toss!" he promptly tossed Tien through a mountain.
"Ow…"
"Hey." Yamcha limped over to him "Looks like we've really got our work cut out for us this time huh?"
"Yeah, looks that way. Look Yamcha it's pretty obvious that we're not gonna beat this guy as we are even if we attack together, we're gonna have to use that technique."
"Goku's secret weapon?"
"Goku's secret weapon."
"I've had enough of you clowns, time to dispose of you both!" Slug charged at them both.
"Solar Flare!" Tien blinded Slug with a Solar Flare and quickly got into a stance, with Yamcha doing the same "FU- SION- HA!" their fingers touched and they were both enveloped in a blinding white light.
"What is this?!" Slug finally regained his sight.
When the light dissipated, it revealed one warrior with features of both Tien and Yamcha "So it was a success, good."
"What in- Who are you?"
"I am neither Tien nor Yamcha, I am the warrior who will destroy you but if you want a name then call me Tiencha, though I personally prefer you call me your executioner!"
"If anyone is doing the executing here it's me!" Slug fired off a fist.
Tiencha caught the fist with one hand "Kaioken 5x!" his crimson Kaioken aura flared into life and he promptly snapped Slug's arm.
Slug stumbled back and grabbed his arm in pain.
Tiencha burst forward and slugged Slug in the face, sending him tumbling back.
'Those two were already beaten, even combined there's no way they could possibly be so powerful!'
Tiencha kicked Slug through a plateau, then blitzed through him several times from different directions before finally smashing him to the ground through another plateau. Then he flew higher up and formed a triangle with his hands "Tri Beam!" he hit Slug with a Tri Beam, engulfing him in an explosion and leaving him deep within a square crater 'Look at that, I've become so powerful I can turn triangles into squares. Oh wait, I could already do that.'
Slug slowly flew up from the crater, his arm now useless, so he promptly ripped it off and grew a new one "Well now, you're full of surprises aren't you?"
'Oh yeah, this guy is a Namekian so that means he can regenerate as long as his head hasn't been damaged in any sort of way.'
"But then again, so am I!" and with a furious roar, Slug slowly but surely transformed into a Great Namekian.
'That's the same giant for Piccolo used against Goku back during the World Martial Arts Tournament!'
"Oh yes, the view is so much better up here with the mountaintops! I must say that I'm impressed, you're one of the few who has seen my true form and not run away."
"Oh I'm gonna do so much more than run! Kaioken 10x!" Tiencha pushed his Kaioken even higher than before.
Slug extended one of his arms in an attempt to grab him.
Tiencha blitzed forward and hit Slug in the face with a Dodon Ray, sending him crashing to the ground.
Slug fired his Darkness Eye Beam out of his only remaining good eye, knocking Tiencha off balance, allowing Slug to catch him using his extending arms, then began slowly squeezing the life out of him, causing him to scream in pain "This is what happens to all of those who defy the almighty Lord Slug!"
"Is that so?"
Slug suddenly found three more copies of Tiencha, one at each ear and one pulling his antennas on top of his head "What?!"
"It's called the Multi-Form, a really useful technique and that's all you need to know. Neo Spirit Ball!" he fired one Spirit Ball into each ear.
Slug dropped the original and grabbed both ears while he screamed in pain.
"Kaioken 20x!" taking advantage of the opportunity arising in front of him, Tiencha powered up his Kaioken as high as he could and with a furious roar he burst forward, ramming through Slug's stomach and out his back "And now to finish it with an original technique, straight from the teachings of Master Roshi!" he cupped his hands at his side, blue Ki forming between his palms "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he fired a full power Kamehameha with whatever strength he had left.
"Impossible, I am the almighty Lord Slug! How can the likes of you even touch me?!" those were Slug's last words before he was engulfed by the Kamehameha and completely incinerated, leaving nothing behind.
That was when the fusion wore off and Tien appeared, with Yamcha appearing directly beside him "I guess the Kaioken and everything else drained the fusion time…"
"Well to be fair that overall battle took about 15 to 20 minutes. Still though, I can't believe we actually got to see how it felt to beat an enemy."
"I know, I haven't felt this important to a fight since Goku killed King Piccolo."
"That was like 20 years ago."
"My point exactly. I can't sense Turles' Ki anymore either, I guess that means that Vegeta must have finished the job."
"Well he never was one to mess around, at least not until his ego took over and ended up ruining everything."
"Like with Frieza, or with Cell, or with Bojack."
"Yeah. Still though, that's 2 Kings of Destruction down and 8 to go."
"Maybe only 7." Tien pointed to where Krillin was flying overhead "Should we follow him?"
"Do you have any Senzu Beans on you?"
"No."
"Then no, I can barely walk as it is."
"I guess you're right." Tien looked up 'Goku, everyone, we're counting on you.'
A/N:
I knew that against Magatsuhi and his Kings of Destruction, even if he was stronger than Super Saiyan 2 level Piccolo still wouldn't be able to figure much in a fight like this. I kept thinking about how I could get him strong enough to keep up with the likes of Goku and Vegeta to a certain extent, and then I remembered how I had introduced Saonel and Pirina in Future Trunks' timeline, so I figured why not have them appear here and showed up what happened to them in this timeline? Also, just so there's no confusion, the reason they're alive in Future Trunks' timeline is because Magatsuhi never appeared in that timeline, hence no reason for Saonel and Pirina to sacrifice themselves.
I've used some TFS references before but I don't think I've ever actually seen a Nail Gun, so I figured why not have Kai develop the technique?
I remember hearing about the sudden change in the climate of Planet Namek but they never really explored it very much, so I figured I would delve into it a little bit here.
The appearance of Super Saiyan Silver is based off of Ultra Instinct from Dragon Ball Super, because that shit is honestly hype as f*ck.
I'm sorry if the Slug and Android 13 fights seem rushed, I promise the good ones are going to be in the next chapter, them being Frieza, Janemba, Buu and Magatsuhi.
It didn't occur to me until now that I never described Kai's appearance before this chapter, so here's a brief description. He has black spiky hair similar to Gohan's but almost as wild as Goku's, black eyes, semi tan skin the same shade as Gohan, a crimson red gi with Piccolo's symbol on the front left, a black obi, and black shin guards, wristbands and boots.