Babadi Saga: Part 3
Trunks analysed the arena that was covered in smoke thanks to his earlier attack. Cooler's energy signature had completely vanished. Either that attack killed him, which Trunks knew was highly unlikely, or he was masking his power extremely well. A nearby cliff suddenly crumbled away, alerting the Saiyan and causing him to turn around. However, as he did so, a purple arm appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his neck.
Cooler laughed at his prey who was desperately trying to release himself from the titanic grip, "What a fool. I honestly can't believe you fell for that. I expected more of a challenge from you, son of Vegeta, but it appears you're nothing in comparison to me."
Air began to swarm into Trunks's lungs as Cooler let go suddenly, but pain soon erupted from his chest thanks to a powerful kick from the Arcosian himself. Trunks couldn't control himself as he was launched straight into a nearby mountain, shattering it and causing the boulders to fall on him.
The tyrant began channeling energy and after a few seconds, an uncountable number of energy missiles escaped from Cooler's hands, causing Trunks's intended tomb to become a wasteland of chaos.
Dabura stood baffled at what he was witnessing. For the first time ever, a victim to his spit was escaping from the attack's deadly effects. Tarble's stone body crumbled away revealing the flesh underneath as he regained his previous form.
16 was astonished by what was happening as well, but he was more worried about Tarble's aura. Instead of the golden aura that everyone normally would expect to see when looking at a Super Saiyan, his aura was pitch black. 16 had no doubt that something bad was going to happen.
Tarble suddenly lifted his hand and pointed at Dabura with a vicious smirk planted on his face, "You... demon king... fight me. We never finished our match."
Dabura focused his power and stopped the swirling orbs that were previously orbiting around him. The spheres entered the demon king's body and his power began to rise dramatically.
The green Android stood silently, observing the situation. Tarble's voice sounded incredibly vile and it didn't help that Dabura, the demon king, was undergoing a powerful transformation.
Tarble watched with newly gained curiosity at the demon, who was rising in power every second. His shadowy aura sparked rapidly as he began to notice his own energy was getting tremendously powerful. He gasped when he finally noticed how much negative energy he was producing. Slowly closing his eyes, he began to focus for the source of this foul energy. However, when he found it, he heard an echoing laugh and everything turned to darkness for the Saiyan Prince.
Android 16 watched as Tarble opened his eyes. The android's own mechanical eyes widened in shock as he saw nothing but darkness swarming all over Tarble. Any trace of positive energy had completely vanished. Everything was beginning to make sense to him. Tarble used to be a young man who had nothing but positivity within his soul. However, when he left to find out why Trunks's energy level was going crazy, he returned with a thirst for blood. 16 knew then that something had happened to the boy when he went to fight Broly. His actions during the party nearly a year ago raised 16's suspicions even further that something was terribly wrong with him.
But he never expected that the reason for Tarble's arrogance and evil energy was another being entirely. Something was inside the young Saiyan and it was nothing but pure evil.
His thoughts were interrupted when lighting struck the sky, signaling the beginning of the fight. The now powered up demon lord charged forward with inconceivable speed that even 16 struggled to comprehend.
What surprised him even more was that Tarble dodged the attack with ease, retaliating with a slam that forced the Demon King to travel several metres into the Earth. Said Earth screamed in agony producing a violent earthquake. 16 quickly grabbed Pan and Kaisha's stone bodies and jumped into the air to prevent any damage that would prevent their revival. The green Android floated in the sky, gazing down at the crater that had just been created. He believed Dabura's power up was something to worry about, but Tarble's negative power caused Dr. Gero's creation to experience fear for the first time.
Shin, Kibito, Gohan and Broly finally reached the bottom of Babadi's ship. Gazing around, they initially saw nothing. However, only seconds later, they heard the giggling and cheering of the target they were looking for. Broly charged towards the direction of the voice and seconds later he emerged out of the debris with his hand around the wizard Babadi's chest
"You... fool! Let me go right this instant!" Babadi screamed at Broly, attempting to free himself, but the Legendary Super Saiyan's power was too much for him.
"Tell me, where is Silver?" Shin asked, glaring at the wizard who was trying to wiggle free still. "We know you teleported him here."
Gohan noticed something shiny near the debris of whatever room Babadi was in. Curiosity encouraged him to walk up to this object and he did so. Crouching down, he picked up a strange crystal ball. To his surprise, when he gazed into it he saw the figure of somebody he never thought he'd see you again.
"Cooler..." Gohan muttered. "What is he doing here?"
"For the last time! Let me free you pathetic whelp!" Babadi continued to scream, greatly annoying Broly. "I'll tell you what happened to Silver if you just let me go!"
"Guys, you should check this out." Gohan called out to Shin and the others, gaining their attention. He threw the ball at the Supreme Kai who caught it swiftly.
"What... what is this?" Shin questioned, unsure what he was seeing. All he could see was a cloud of smoke and an unknown alien standing triumphantly.
Babadi's unexpected laughter caught his attention, "You fool! Don't you get it? That's my little pet Cooler! I revealed Silver's true identity and dispatched Cooler to dispose of Trunks! It appears my servant was VERY successful!"
"Trunks?" Gohan and Broly gasped simultaneously.
"Alright, Babadi." Broly began. "I suggest you tell us what-"
An unexpected kick unleashed Babadi from Broly's grasp and caused the latter to be sent back several yards into a nearby wall. Babadi blinked several times wondering what on Earth happened when he saw one of his servants standing proudly next to him, "Pui Pui! You are absolutely splendid!" Gohan, Shin and Kibito got ready for a fight as Babadi got up and began laughing once more. "Pui Pui, how about I let you deal with these whelps while I get ready to summon Buu into the world? I'm certain that Cooler has stolen more than enough energy from Trunks!"
Pui Pui bowed in agreement, "Of course, my master."
Babadi muttered some words and vanished from sight, causing Shin to spit on the ground in disgust, "Just great. Now we have no idea where he is."
Pui Pui smirked upon hearing the Kai's response as he began performing the transformation that Dabura and Cooler had already initiated. A white orb appeared out of nowhere and began to dance around him.
Noticing Pui Pui's power was rising quite rapidly, Gohan gathered his own energy and ascended to a Super Saiyan and then went beyond that to a Super Saiyan 2.
Broly, who had recovered from Pui Pui's ambush, smirked at the son of Goku, "I'll let you have this one, Gohan. While I would love to smash in that whelp's face, I'd like to see how your training has paid off. Now seems like a good opportunity to see what the son of Kakarot can really do considering I've never seen you fight before."
Gohan smiled proudly in response and relocated most of his energy to his fists. Gohan charged forward with incredible speed, slamming Pui Pui in the head causing him to smash into the floor.
"Excellent," Shin thought to himself. "Even with Pui Pui's unusual power boost, Gohan still has a clear advantage. This should end quickly."
Cooler analysed the ruins of the canyon that he and Trunks had fought in, searching for any signs of life. He wasn't satisfied with the battle he just had. He knew that Trunks was hiding something and he wanted the wolf to unleash his fangs; it would certainly make the fight much more fun and interesting for Cooler.
A smile formed on Cooler's face as a catastrophic energy blast exploded out of the boulders, revealing the lightning charged Super Saiyan, bruised but ready for round three.
Trunks breathed in and out, inhaling as much oxygen as he could, "I don't know if I should use that technique just yet... I haven't mastered it and I don't know if I will be able to properly control it..." Trunks thought to himself.
"So, Trunks, are you ready to play some more?" Cooler laughed at the injured warrior.
Trunks's energy aura expanded in size slightly as he powered up to whatever his maximum was now considering injuries. Suddenly, he fired an energy blast at Cooler who easily deflected it into the cloudy sky. What Cooler didn't notice was that Trunks had completely disappeared. Just as he figured out that he fell for the easiest trick in the book, pain erupted from his back as he was sent onto a collision course with the surface thanks to an ambush from Trunks.
Trunks raised his hand skyward as he began to form energy. A bright blue ball appeared within seconds and he gripped it tightly. Searching for Cooler's energy signature, he locked on and fired.
Meanwhile, Cooler emerged from his tomb only to be welcomed to the world by yet another energy blast. As he prepared to deflect this ball, while keeping an eye behind him, he was surprised to see that the ball split into six. The six smaller balls stopped in mid-air and suddenly began to strike Cooler at unpredictable times and speeds. While Cooler suffered the impact of the first two spheres, he blocked against the remaining four. However, this left a nasty burn mark which slightly immobilized the Arcosian's arms due to the pain.
"I think I'm starting to enjoy this little game." Trunks mocked.
Dabura couldn't comprehend how badly he was losing this battle. Every single attempt at drawing blood ended up in complete failure as Tarble dodged with ease and struck back without mercy. It made no sense to him, the transformation should have made him much stronger!
The Demon King wiped away some blood from his mouth and growled at Tarble, "You... boy! I'll rip you to shreds!"
"Looks like your feelings are hurt," Tarble said in his more demonic voice. "Maybe I can make you feel better by killing you? How does that sound?"
"You won't be able to defeat me once I get my hands on you!" Dabura shouted, attempting to slash Tarble once more, although the latter dodged it effortlessly.
"Listen, I understand you're much weaker than me and I'll give you some credit for trying, but this is getting incredibly boring. At least try some fancy attack that I've never seen before?" Tarble mocked Dabura's anger.
Dabura stopped in his tracks and began to chuckle with laughter, "Alright then..."
Babadi's minion back flipped and began charging his energy. His body began to glow a bright red as two demonic spheres formed in his hands.
"Wow, I'll admit, those energy blasts look pretty powerful," Tarble smirked. "They might be able to kill a fly if you're lucky!"
"Arrogant BOY! I'LL KILL YOU!" Dabura screamed, unleashing his attack reinforced with anger and disgust at Tarble. Tarble smirked in response as he got ready.
16 placed Pan and Kaisha's bodies in a place further away from the battle. Currently, he could feel the colossal force of Tarble and Dabura's battle taking place. Thankfully, the battle was getting too out of hand that it wouldn't cause any effects to the environment in this area. Praying to the Kais, he hoped that the two stone bodies would remain safe until Dabura was defeated.
With a sigh, he charged off back towards the battlefield.
Tarble (Super Saiyan 2 + Unknown Power Up): 1,250,000,000
Dabura (Majin Power): 1,100,000,000