Babadi Saga: Part 4
Gohan carefully scanned Pui Pui's feelings and found out quickly that the minion was going to strike first. Clearing his mind, he prepared for battle. As expected, Pui Pui dashed off his feet, his speed enhanced with his new power. Thanks to the moment he had to clear his mind of any distractions, a unique technique taught to him by his father in Other World, he effortlessly dodged Pui Pui's punch, leaving the alien fighter astonished. As his enemy let his guard down, Gohan used what time he had to strike Badadi's minion with a deadly punch and kick.
When Pui Pui recovered from the attack, he hastily looked around, only to find out that Gohan had completely vanished. He was too late to realize what had happened as pain mercilessly attacked his chest, sending him flying once more.
"Why aren't you searching with your other senses?" Gohan's voice whispered into his ear. Pui Pui quickly jumped to his feet and slashed the area where he heard the voice, only to see afterwards that nothing was there. "You would think someone of your power would know that there are other ways that will allow you to locate your opponent. For example, you can listen out for their movements." The voice whispered in his other ear. Pui Pui repeated the same attack but it was unsuccessful.
"You! Show yourself!" Pui Pui roared. To his surprise, the next time he looked forward he saw Gohan standing in front of him. Angrily pointing at him, Babadi's minion screamed with anger once more, "Stop being a coward and fight me! You're nothing but trash talk you pathetic boy! You won't be able to beat me you wretched little whelp!"
"I find it ironic you're the one accusing me of trash talk." Gohan laughed. He initially thought this battle would be a challenge for him, but even after Pui Pui's power boost, this was nothing more than a little comic relief.
Tarble stood silently as the gigantic energy blast approached him. He began to chuckle himself as the attack finally hit him and his location became a veil of smoke. Dabura smirked confidently as the smoke cleared itself, but he gasped with shock as he saw Tarble standing unharmed.
Foolishly allowing his anger to control him, Dabura attempted to attack Tarble with his demonic fury. Unfortunately for the demon, he found himself being pounded relentlessly by Tarble's negative powers. Dabura started to become incredibly desperate, performing every trick in the book ranging from a countless number of energy missiles to his spit ability. However, Dabura's efforts did nothing to help him secure the victory he currently desired.
"Have you got anything else left or shall I end your pitiful existence?" Tarble asked, leaning down and spitting in Dabura's blood soaked face. Dabura attempted to speak, but all he managed to do was spit out blood.
Tarble's right hand suddenly erupted with a colossal amount of energy; as the demon king began to notice this new event, an unbearable and indescribable amount of agony ruptured his chest. The corrupted Saiyan Prince had tore a hole right through Dabura's chest with his vicious powers. Tarble let Dabura go as his body fell to the floor almost instantly.
Standing up proudly, Tarble curiously scanned the area around him to see if there any more who wanted to meet their demise. He was answered quickly as a familiar green warrior landed in front of him.
Android 16 glared at Tarble, but hesitation was possessing his entire body. The Android remembered his courage and spoke, "Who are you?"
Tarble smirked in response, "All I can tell you is that I am not Tarble. No... I am what feeds him... I am what gives him his true power. Luckily for you, I can only possess his body for a short time and afterwards, I will not be able to do so for a long time. I can feel my control slipping away, so I will give you a warning."
16 was reluctant to reply; he could hear the demonic voice and this foe was definitely something to fear. He had never experienced anything like this before; the raw power was overwhelming.
"Loss for words, android?" Tarble's possessor smirked. "I honestly don't blame you, my power is quite frightening, isn't it? How would you like to hear that this is only about a quarter of my true power?"
16 showed no emotion on the outside, but on the inside his fear escalated to inconceivable levels, "Only... only a quarter? That's impossible... I've never experienced so much... fear... before. Was I even designed to feel these kind of emotions or was it due to Bulma's engineering?"
"Oh dear, I just remembered I'm wasting time by bragging to you about my power. I don't have much longer. To get the point, I am only giving you this warning as it'll make things much more interesting for me. Things will be far too easy if you're not expecting me to strike and haunt your nightmares. Although I hadn't planned on revealing myself today, that wretched demon's increased power and his spit caused me to take over so Tarble could win. Now, I am here for a simple reason. I want somebody belonging to the Z Fighters. This fighter is very valuable to me and my plans." The unknown being continued. Immediately after finishing his sentence, he pointed at the horizon. 16 looked behind him and was astonished to see who he was pointing at.
"You... you want Kaisha?" 16 muttered, unable to fully comprehend what was happening currently.
"No..." His voice sounded even more vile as he paused, leaving 16 in suspense. "I want Pan."
"Why? Why do you need her?" 16 asked, interested in what this creature was planning to do with the young girl and why it exactly needed her.
"I will not tell you why I need her, but she is vital to my plans. Yes, I could easily snatch her away but she is not in the state which I require her to be. Her stone body should be fading away soon since I destroyed that pathetic demon. Even after her rejuvenation, she will be useless to me. To conclude my little warning, I am after your little Pan and to prevent any opposition, I plan to wipe your little Z Fighters out one by one. Unfortunately, I'm now starting to feel my powers fading away, so I'm afraid this will be farewell for now." The creature continued, ready to finish the conversation and return to his host.
"Wait!" 16 shouted, gaining the possessor's interest. "Why are you in Tarble's body? If you're so powerful, why do you hide within him? And lastly, what is your name?"
"Sadly, I will not be able to answer that question, android. Trust me, you will find out eventually. As for my name... I'm afraid you'll have to wait as well." The unknown being answered. As he finished his answer, 16 began to notice that Tarble's negative energy was rapidly depleting and his dark aura was fading away, allowing the gold aura of a Super Saiyan to come into existence.
A burst of light burst from Tarble's body as all negative energy disappeared from existence like it wasn't there to begin with. 16 stood astonished as the renewed Tarble opened his eyes and collapsed onto the ground with heavy exhaustion. The green android caught Tarble's tired body and sighed.
A voice caught his attention, "16? What... where... where are we...?"
"Rest, Tarble. I will explain everything later." 16 responded as Tarble's exhaustion finally hit a nerve and caused the boy to fall unconscious.
Babadi giggled with joy at the outstanding event that he had just witnessed. Although the loss of Dabura greatly irritated him, this strange being that was within Tarble's body intrigued the wizard greatly. He wondered if he could dig deep into Tarble's heart and find negativity, thus taking control of him as well as the strange being inside.
The small warlock looked over to his two other crystal balls which observed Cooler and Pui Pui's fights. Although Cooler and Trunks seemed to be fighting evenly which pleased the wizard as energy was being given to Buu, watching Pui Pui's battle was embarrassing; his minion couldn't do anything. When the inevitable happened and Pui Pui was annihilated, it would only be a short amount of time before the Kai and his friends found him, which struck a nerve in Babadi's head.
Babadi began to concentrate, thinking of a way to turn the tide in his favor, "There must be a way to aid my minions. Majin Buu must be revived and I can't be killed when I'm so close to victory!"
He had no choice. Babadi decided he would have to travel deep into Tarble's mind to find even an ounce of negative power. Since the boy was unconsciousness, this act would be much easier but it would still take a lot of time, time Babadi didn't want to waste.
Focusing his magical powers, he located Tarble's presence and began searching for any signs of corruption.
Android 16 was surprised to see Tarble awakening after a few minutes of being unconscious. The android decided to stay put, keeping an eye on Tarble and the statues. He wondered why Kaisha and Pan hadn't been restored yet considering the creature inside Tarble implied that the demon lord's death would fix any damage he had done.
Helping him to his feet, 16 wasn't surprised to see that Tarble had no idea what had happened to him. All he remembered was fighting Dabura and then nothing.
What did surprise him as when Tarble finally stood up, he began to scream with agony all of a sudden. 16 sensed something very similar to the negative energy produced by the being within Tarble, but it was slightly different. Whatever was going on, it was causing Tarble massive pain.
"Tarble, what is happening to you?!" Android 16 finally asked.
"Something..." Tarble muttered, struggling to speak due to his excruciating pain. "Something... is attacking me... inside... it's... too much..."
"I am starting to get very worried about your friend, Tarble." Shin whispered to Broly, who got slightly annoyed at the Kai as he was interrupting him watching the battle between Gohan and Pui Pui; a battle Gohan was still destroying. "His power was horrifying high earlier, and now his power is soaring high once more. What I'm afraid of now is that I can sense Babadi's magic in the area as well."
Broly smashed his fists together, startling the Supreme Kai, "This is the third time you've told me this, Kai! You know what? I'm going to go back up there and see what the heck Tarble is doing just to shut you up. I don't even care that you're the amazing 'overseer of the universe', you're really annoying me."
"Fool!" Kibito shouted. "That is no such way to speak to the Supreme Kai!"
"I'm more than twice as strong as the blasted Kai! He's done nothing but talk, talk and talk even more!" Broly yelled back, beginning to approach the exit. Continuing walking, he added, "Don't follow me. I've been in a bad mood ever since I sensed Kaisha's energy drop. She may be hiding her energy, but if I find out she's dead I'll smash both your heads in."
Kibito was speechless; nobody had attempted to talk like this to the Supreme Kai. Shin merely sighed as Broly disappeared from sight, most certainly flying back up to the surface, "I certainly hope Babadi didn't detect the anger in Broly's heart just now. It appears he still needs to control it."
"Oh my! This day started off pretty bad, but now it just seems to be getting better and better! I find not one, but two new recruits!" Babadi jumped for joy after witnessing Broly's outburst. "I still think Tarble should be able to do the job, so I'll keep Broly as a backup."
Babadi quickly checked on the progress of Trunks and Cooler's fights to see if his favorite minion was winning. However, they were still equal. Moving on to check Pui Pui and Gohan, he growled in disappointment.
"If Pui Pui doesn't do something, he'll die, and that'll leave me totally defenseless if Tarble doesn't come here!" Babadi screamed in his head. "I'm so close and one minion's failure has a chance at killing me! But then again... maybe I can use this to my advantage! I could allow Pui Pui to die and allow the Kai and his buddies to find me. They'll corner me and the rats will probably be smirking believing that they've won! Then out of nowhere, I'll call Tarble and maybe Broly down and they'll all die by their own teammates! Oh, Babadi, you genius!"
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