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Chapter 56

Bardock climbed out of a crater and dusted himself off. He looked up and saw Broly floating above him laughing manically. The young Super Saiyan shot from the ground at the giant of a warrior.

Broly side-stepped and put his arm out in an attempt to clothesline the Bardock before he could land a meaningful attack.

Bardock saw Broly's arm sticking out where he would surly hit it a moment too late for him to stop his momentum. Luckily for the young demi-Saiyan, he knew Instant Transmission. The boy teleported out of the way of Broly's arm at the last second. The boy reappeared floating behind the Legendary Super Saiyan sending a flurry of energy blasts at his back.

The blasts impacted against the huge warrior's back sending him stumbling forward. Broly turned, barely fazed by the attacks, and fired a huge beam of energy at his enemy.

Bardock teleported out of the way of the energy beam, letting it pass harmlessly into space and appeared behind the mountain of a Saiyan with a devastating kick to the back of his head.

Broly shot forward from the impact but Bardock phased out of sight, appearing in his path with another kick that sent the huge Saiyan traveling in the opposite direction.

-Dbz-

"Ladies and Gentlemen," the announcer said, "this has been an exciting tournament so far and it all comes down to this match. On one side, we have the former champion, Kakarot. While he has been absent from the last couple of tournaments, he remains undefeated. His opponent, Krillin, has been in the tournament many times and has performed well. Which one of these fighters will come out the winner?"

Kakarot stood in the ring facing his longtime friend in the ring but his mind was elsewhere. He could still sense Bardock and Broly fighting on the other side of the earth. At the moment it seemed that his son was still doing alright but in a fight of this magnitude that could change in an instant. He turned to face his friend in the ring. "Sorry Krillin," he said, "but I'm going to have to end this quickly."

"I won't go down without a fight," Krillin said getting into a fighting stance.

"Fight," the announcer said.

Kakarot charged at his friend, instantly transforming into a Super Saiyan.

Krillin's aura flared red as he pushed the Kaioken as high as he could to prepare for his friend's attack but when Kakarot arrived, the Saiyan faded into an after-image. Kakarot reappeared behind his friend and send a quick chop to the back of his neck. Even with the Kaioken x60, Krillin didn't stand a chance. He hadn't even seen the Saiyan coming. Kakarot's chop hit him in the neck and the bald warrior fell to his knees and then to his hands. The red aura faded as Krillin's power left him.

As Krillin struggled to get to his feet, Kakarot came down on the back of his neck with an elbow driving his friend into the ground, leaving an imprint in the ring. This time the monk didn't get back up.

"Ladies and Gentlemen," the announcer said. "This has been one of the most one-sided fights so far. Kakarot has downed his opponent in two hits. The count will begin. One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six… Seven… Eight… Nine…"

Krillin groaned and pushed himself to his feet rubbing the back of his neck. "Nice one," he said. "But I'm not going down that easily." He knew that Kakarot was strong but he'd expected the Saiyan to make more sport of the fight than this. He didn't have much chance to win but he still had to try. He would probably regret this but it was the only option he had left. The monk clenched his fists at his side as his aura once again erupted in red. "Kaioken x75," he shouted as he charged at Kakarot praying that his body would hold out. Then ex-monk charged at his friend and threw a punch at the Saiyan's head. Unfortunately for him, Kakarot phased out of sight before the attack could connect.

The Saiyan appeared right where he had been only seconds before catching Krillin off guard. He drove a fist into Krillin's stomach causing the short warrior to bend over involuntarily. Kakarot didn't waste a single moment and grabbed his friend by the shoulders, bringing his knee up into Krillin's face. The shorter warrior flew back from the impact but was stopped when Kakarot appeared above him, bringing both fists down on his chest sending him back down into the floor of the ring.

"Krillin is down once again," the announcer said. "One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six… Seven… Eight… Nine… Ten! Kakarot is the winner."

-Dbz-

Bardock stood looking up at Broly as he tried to catch his breath. He had to admit that this fight was beginning to take its toll on him. Broly was also bruised and bleeding but the demi-Saiyan couldn't tell if the large warrior was also tiring.

"Dodge this if you want but the planet will die if you do," Broly said interrupting Bardock's momentary break. The young Saiyan looked up to see the Legendary Super Saiyan with one hand outstretched and a massive beam of energy pointed right at him.

"You wouldn't," Bardock said. "You would die too.

Broly laughed manically. "Do you really think that a planet's explosion is enough to destroy me?" He let the energy ball fly down at Bardock.

The young Saiyan had no choice but to raise his hands to block the energy from hitting the Earth. As Broly's attack reached him, he caught it stopping its advance. The energy burned his hands and pushed him into the ground. His feet sunk into the rock as the energy attack continued its decent toward the Earth. "I will not lose," Bardock shouted as he pushed back against the ball of energy.

"No, you will die," Broly said as he hurled another ball of energy into the first. The two attacks exploded shaking the earth. Minutes later when the dust finally cleared all that remained below the Legendary Super Saiyan was a massive crater that stretched for miles around.

-Dbz-

Kakarot stood in the middle of the stage as the championship belt was presented to him. "Ladies and Gentlemen," the announcer said. "The former World Champion, Kakarot has once again proven he is the strongest in the world."

Kakarot reached a hand out to accept the belt but suddenly felt Bardock's power dropping fast. "Thanks," he said. "But I've got to go." The Saiyan warrior raised two fingers to his forehead and vanished from the stadium.

"It appears that our champion has left in a hurry," the announcer said.

-Dbz-

Kakarot appeared in the bottom of a huge crater next to his son. The boy was battered and bruised but still in his Super Saiyan 2 form. "How you feeling?" he asked his son.

"I've been better," Bardock croaked out. The boy slowly rose to his feet and limped a step forward.

"Why don't you let me handle it from here?" Kakarot said. "You look like you could use a break."

Bardock grinned. "Yeah that last attack was a killer."

"I see that," Kakarot said. In an instant he was a Super Saiyan. He clenched his fists at his side as his aura expanded in all of its golden glory. Lightning joined his aura as his hair spiked further and his muscles expanded slightly. "I'll take it from here," the Super Saiyan 2 said. Kakarot teleported out of the crater, locking onto Broly's energy. He appeared behind the legendary warrior and slammed a fist into his back sending him flying forward. Kakarot never let up for a second. He blasted at the flying warrior, his aura flaring in golden glory. The Saiyan pummeled the monster of a man with a flurry of kicks and punches before he could even begin to recover.

-Dbz-

"Bardock's power is dropping," Raditz said as they watched the ceremony from the box that Bulma had rented.

"Kakarot is already there," Vegeta said.

Raditz felt his brother's energy rise on the other side of the world. "He may still need help."

"You fools," Paragus said. "Don't you get it? Broly cannot be beaten."

"I am the Prince of all Saiyans," Vegeta said. "I will defeat this unstoppable warrior and prove once and for all that I am the strongest."

"Didn't Kakarot prove that when he beat you," Bulma said laughing.

A vein bulged on Vegeta's forehead. "He hated to be reminded that he wasn't the strongest. But his pride wouldn't let him back down from this fight."

"Vegeta's right," Raditz said defusing the situation. "If Bardock was defeated by that guy, Kakarot may need help."

"Let's go then," Vegeta said shooting out the top of the box and heading toward the battle.

"Wait up," Raditz said as he followed his prince.

"It won't do any good," Paragus said laughing.

"Shut up already," Yamcha said driving his fist into the Saiyan's stomach.

-Dbz-

Broly righted himself, recovering from Kakarot's attack. He turned to face his new opponent. Upon seeing Kakarot facing him confusion was washed from his face by pure rage. "Kakarot," he shouted his rage driving his power higher. Broly raised a hand and pointed it at his mortal enemy and let fly a barrage of energy blasts at Kakarot.

Kakarot teleported out of the way of the blasts and appeared behind the legendary warrior. Before he could strike, Broly turned and grabbed Kakarot by the chest with a massive hand. The Legendary Super Saiyan hurled his enemy into the ground as his blasts came around to slam into Kakarot as he hit the ground.

Kakarot slowly rose to his feet, inside the small crater that Broly's energy attacks had made. His fighting uniform was now in tatters and cuts and bruises covered his body.

Broly floated above the crater. "Now you die Kakarot," he said as he formed an even bigger energy blast than he used against Bardock. He let the blast fly at the Saiyan warrior.

Kakarot looked up as he saw a massive ball of energy heading toward him. He knew that he couldn't dodge and attack of this magnitude without the whole earth being destroyed. The Saiyan warrior cupped his hands at his side and began to gather energy of his own. He'd have to put everything he had into this one attack if he hoped to save the planet. "Ka…Me…Ha…Me…Ha!" he shouted sending the beam of energy to meet Broly's attack. The Kamehameha Wave hit Broly's energy ball and pushed against it slowing its decent. But the blast still moved slowly toward the earth and the Saiyan trying to defend it. I need more power, Kakarot thought to himself.

"That crater will be your grave," Broly said laughing as he pushed his own attack closer and closer to the Earth.

"I will not lose," Kakarot shouted as he pushed as much power as he could into his Kamehameha. It was no use, Broly's attack kept moving slowly toward the planet below. I have no choice, Kakarot thought. I hope my body can handle this. "Super Kaioken," he shouted as his golden aura mixed with red. His power rose and his Kamehameha increased in size pushing Broly's attack back at the Legendary Super Saiyan.

The combined force of both attacks hit Broly like a ton of bricks exploding on impact. The legendary warrior fell from the sky, quickly reaching terminal velocity, where he hit making a crater of his own.

Kakarot floated out of his crater panting from the exertion of mixing the Kaioken with Super Saiyan 2. He flew over to the crater where Broly had fallen to the earth and discovered the Saiyan laying in the crater. He was no longer huge and bulky but a tall and skinny Saiyan with dark spiky hair. He was also unconscious.

Bardock floated down by his father holding his ribs. "Is it over?" he asked.

"He's going to be out for a while," Kakarot replied.

"What are we going to do with him?" Bardock said.

"We can't just kill him," Kakarot said.

"Why not," Vegeta said finally arriving on the scene with Raditz. "He's too dangerous to be left alive."

"I have to say I'm with Vegeta on this one," Raditz said. "How could we keep him under control?"

"He is bat shit crazy," Bardock said.

"What do you mean?" Kakarot asked.

"Well when I first started fighting him, he kept screaming your name in a fit of rage," Bardock replied.

"So it isn't that he's evil," Kakarot said. "He's just nuts."

"Does it matter?" Vegeta asked. "We need to destroy him before he wakes up."

"I've got an idea," Bardock said. "I know mom has some energy blocking wristbands and a belt that she's testing. We could put those on him to keep him under control until we can try and treat his mental condition."

"It's worth a try," Kakarot said.

"Are you nuts?" Vegeta asked. "This plan is retarded."

"Don't worry," Kakarot said. "If it doesn't work we can always beat him again."

"What about Paragus?" Raditz asked.

"Who's Paragus?" Bardock asked.

"He's the big guy's father," Kakarot explained. He turned to Raditz. "I don't think he's too much of a threat. "We can put energy blockers on him for now and see what happens."

-Dbz-

Kakarot, Bardock, Vegeta, and Raditz appeared in the lab at Capsule Corp with an unconscious Broly in tow. Bardock ran over and grabbed the energy blockers and slipped them on the legendary warrior. All of the warriors felt the unconscious Saiyan's power drop to barely noticeable levels. "That should hold him," Bardock said.

"Let's hope so," Raditz said. "Or there may be hell to pay."

Power levels

Broly:
6.75 billion (Legendary Super Saiyan)
7 billion (Legendary Super Saiyan enraged)

Bardock:
6.75 billion (Super Saiyan 2)

Kakarot:
35 million
2.6 billion (Super Saiyan)
6.6 billion (Super Saiyan 2)
9.85 billion (Super Kaioken)

Krillin:
25 million
1.5 billion (Kaioken x60)
1.875 billion (Kaioken x75)