The Game of Life: Dragon Ball Edition
A/N: "The following is a fan-based work. Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Shueisha, Dimps, and Akira Toriyama. I'm just a guy havin' fun. :p."
Four Days Later
"We're about to arrive. Do you understand your objectives?"
I stood in front of my small group of Saiyans. Broly didn't bother to wear any upper body armor, leaving his bare muscular chest exposed. Bleuras was wearing a white and black armor piece, with the emblem of Leek's empire on the back. Kakarot just wore traditional Saiyan armor,
"There is one large factory on the planet. You'll be heading to that one while we split off from you and wipe out everyone in the smaller ones," Kakarot replied, earning a nod from me. "Bleuras and I will stick together. Broly is on his own."
"It's pretty simple. This is one of the planets that they use to breed and artificially grow their soldiers," I reminded them, "It's a small cog in their machine, but it'll make them aware that we aren't going to sit back and allow them to increase the size of their army."
"There's going to be a fair amount of powerful soldiers here. This should be fun," Broly grinned to himself while flexing his muscles, "I've been hearing that these androids are formidable opponents."
"Yeah, so be careful. Don't make any stupid mistakes. They won't hesitate to use that slip up to kill you," I told them, although I could tell that the only one paying attention was Bleuras. He'd fought them already, so he knew what he was facing.
"If you can't handle a situation, use your communicators to let me know that you need back up," I ordered them seriously, "Kakarot, Bleuras, don't hold back against them. Broly, you can only use your ordinary Super Saiyan form. We want to secure this planet, not destroy it."
He growled in response but left it at that. I was surprised at his compliance, but I wasn't going to complain. For the entire journey, I stayed as far away from him as I could, only forcing myself to be in his presence when he sparred with Kakarot and Bleuras.
"If all is understood, let's get going. We have a mission to complete."
The planet was quite giant, even larger than Planet Saiyan. The ground was a dark red, along with the trees and plants. From space, it just looked like one giant tomato.
I figured out that they had a planetary shield, so I decided to leave our ship in orbit where it would be safer. Kakarot used the new technology to breathe in space, while the rest of us could do it casually. It was easy to slip past the barrier with my portals, and once we were in, I turned to face them.
"Go."
They flew off quickly, Broly in his direction and the two boys in the other. I flew straight to where I knew that the main factory would be. This mission has the potential to go very wrong.
Bleuras had trained hard during the month leading up to the mission, as I'm sure that all of the Saiyans had. He'd been beaten and humiliated by the androids, so he had something to work towards overcoming. Plus, he'd received a Zenkai boost from it. I wasn't sure how much he'd improved yet, so I was a little concerned about his safety.
I trusted them to use their communicators if they needed help, though, and I would leave whatever I was doing to make sure that they were safe. Well, maybe not Broly, but that was to be decided.
I got to my destination quickly, glaring at what was probably the biggest factory that I'd ever seen. So much smoke billowed out of the top of the building that it created clouds of black that covered the entire planet. I wonder what technological wonders wait have for me here.
From my spot high in the sky, I could see many different aliens scurrying around with materials, bringing them in and out of the factory. It was reported that they wouldn't have many defenses, as their planetary shield was high-end, so this would be a cake-walk. I hadn't been the only one to get stronger during the last month.
I drew my new, completely blacked out sword from my inventory, sliding into a portal and beginning my assault.
The footsoldiers didn't stand a chance as I sliced through them and made my way to the entrance. I made sure that there were no aliens alive outside that could call for reinforcements.
By the time I'd made it into the factory, the majority of the androids inside had surrendered. I killed them anyway, knowing that they'd been using that tactic during the last month to infiltrate our ships and then self-destruct. There'd been several low-tier middle-class androids in the building, but a few flashes of Kaioken ended them quickly.
They were hiding some pretty impressive things in this factory. There were thousands of growing humans and aliens in here, ranging from newborns up until late teens. My [Observe] told me that they were all around the same age, despite the difference in size. Each one of them was kept in little tanks, which were filled with a weird pink semi-liquid.
I'd used the remaining ten attribute points to raise my charisma to 30, deciding that I'd naturally increase my perception. I'd gotten it up to about 40 in the last month, and I saw the differences. I was better at sorting the junk from the useful and was going to take advantage of that.
The technology that they used for the tank was very intriguing. I threw a few of them into portals, along with the beings inside, planning on examining them later. Once I was satisfied, I cut the power in the entire factory, halting all of the accelerated growth and the electricity to the machines.
"How are you guys doing on your end?" I asked after going through the factory for what felt like hours.
"I think we'll manage!" Kakarot replied, although I could tell from his voice that he was tired.
Broly simply didn't respond. I expected that from him, but it didn't matter to me. Broly living or dying wouldn't affect me at all.
"This Saiyan was surprisingly troublesome. I could tell that he believed he was more than trash," The voice on the other end of the communicator was unfamiliar, putting me on my guard. The voice came from Broly's line, but it wasn't Broly.
"If my sources are correct, as I'm sure they are, this is Broly, son of Paragus and one of the Saiyan elite." The voice seemed amused. "He'll make a good prisoner. I've got to say, I'm disappointed. I heard that he was an exceptional fighter."
"Who are you?" I asked a moment later. Did someone defeat Broly that quickly? He didn't ascend into Legendary Super Saiyan because I would have felt it, but even still, he would have had to knock out Broly before he could transform. This person was dangerous, which meant that he was worth a lot of experience.
Before he could answer the question, a portal brought me to where I could feel Broly's aura. A smaller factory to my left was in flames, probably due to Broly. I had a feeling that he wouldn't follow my orders, and I was right.
At my feet, Broly lay motionless in his base form. He was unconscious with a large bruise on the side of his neck. I looked up at the figure who stood a few feet away from me. The android looked like a typical human, with no outward features identifying him as an android. He looked similar to General Blue, but I couldn't be sure.
I couldn't read much about him using [Observe], only finding out that his name was Commander Axel, and his title was Second in Command. I narrowed my eyes considerably. Is this man the Second in Command of the Liberation Army?
I wasn't sure if I was lucky or extremely unlucky. I was betting on the latter.
"As you can see, this was a setup. As if pathetic Saiyans could outsmart us. We knew about the spies the moment that they joined us," Axel was oozing with confidence and arrogance, "I was expecting a bigger force to come and invade this planet. But instead, they only sent four of you."
"I'm sure you'll find that four is enough," I said as I brandished my sword in front of me.
"Even still, I'm sure capturing you all will be more than adequate," He ignored me in favor of looking down at Broly, "Especially this one. Another one of the most powerful Saiyans taken out by the Liberation Army. I can already see the headlines!"
Battle Begins!
Enemy:
Commander Axel
1,000,000 EXP
That amount of experience points? This fight is going to be tough. While my opponent focused on Broly, I started my assault. Moving through a portal, I appeared behind Axel, sword already slashing at his neck. He ducked underneath the attack, effortlessly dodging me as I kept up my offensive.
"I've heard a little about you too, Frost Demon," He casually spoke while dodging my blade, "You're from the same species as the previous Emperor of the Universe, Frieza. From what I've read in the records, all but one of you vanished 15 years ago."
I sliced horizontally at his midsection, while simultaneously swinging my tails serrated edge at his legs. He rotated his body at superb speeds, going completely horizontal and dodging both attacks at once. Before I could counter his dodge, he twisted in the air and extended both of his legs, effectively pinning my tail to the ground and knocking my sword out of my hand.
A portal caught it and sent it back at him, but in a flash, he caught the sword while still looking me straight in the face.
"You came out of nowhere but are relatively powerful. Are you a sign that the Frost Demons are returning?" He pressed down harder on my tail, before swinging his other leg at me. I tried to counter his kick with an energy ball, but his leg split the attack in two, causing it to detonate prematurely. Even despite the explosion, his kick struck me, filling me with pain.
"Why side with the Saiyans? Can't you see that they've been a great pain for everyone but themselves?" He asked me calmly while he kicked me repeatedly. "Siding with them means death."
How strong is this guy?! I expelled ki out into the ground underneath us, obliterating it and freeing my tail. I tried to flee backward, but quickly found my sword lodged into my shoulder. I didn't even see him throw it!
"Do you see the gap in our power? Even still, I can tell that you've got more in you, Frost Demon," He got into a fighting stance that I had vague memories of seeing. It was from Earth. "Show me your true strength."
"Kaioken X2!" I ripped the sword out as I dashed at him, my power doubling due to the Kaioken. I threw two of my disks at him, igniting them once they were close enough, but he had been wary and jumped up in time to dodge them.
I threw my sword into a portal before jumping at him and swinging an uppercut at him. Axel dodged by tilting his head to the side before grabbing my arm and throwing me over his shoulder. I recovered from it quite quickly, swiftly spinning and trying to slash his throat open with my tail. Empty air met me.
"Kaioken X4!" I pushed my body even further, coming around in a spinning kick. Instead of dodging or blocking, he put a hand on my leg and redirected my attack upwards. The smile on his face was so prominent that it made me feel sick.
A portal opened up behind his head at that moment, my sword coming flying out. With inhumane reflexes, Axel tilted his head to the side and let it fly harmlessly past him. I caught it with my tail as I tried to string together punches.
Even in Kaioken X4, he redirected my punches with ease. Using my tail, I threw my sword into another portal, which then opened in front of him, near his abdomen. His body began to move to dodge again, but this time I'd expected it. Wordlessly sliding into Kaioken X6, I blitzed behind him, opening up portals in each direction so that his only escape was where I was waiting.
My fist became a ball of crimson energy as I focused every drop of energy into a single fist. My body burned, but I pushed it even further, the red aura around my fist brightening so harshly that it looked like a supernova. This was my first time using it in combat.
"Kaioken X8!"
I'd unlocked the next two stages of Kaioken during the last month, mainly by working on improving my endurance stat. A few hours sitting under gravity that I couldn't even stand in helped bring up my endurance stat by enough points that I could manage it without immediately breaking my body.
I drove my fist Axel's chest, who now only had the choice of dodging my sword or my punch. His eyes widened slightly as my attack approached, but to my surprise, he didn't seem to be moving anywhere. He underestimated me, and that would be his undoing.
Once contact was made, the explosion that followed rocked the planet to its core. Underneath us, the ground cracked for miles, and the clouds dispersed. I heard someone talking on my communicator, but I didn't catch it over the ringing in my ears.
"Impressive. I'd be lying if I said that I'd met a non-android that was as strong as you…"
Is he alive? How?! Dust filled my vision, so I tried to retract my fist from what I thought would have been his body. Instead, I felt a tight grip on my wrist. He caught it?!
"You should reconsider allying yourself with the Saiyans. I'll even offer you the title of Commander in the Liberation Army," As the dust cleared, my eyes widened as just how undamaged he was. "It would be a shame to see your power go to waste."
For a split second, I considered it. Was it worth it to die for the Saiyans? The thoughts were quickly dismissed by the fact that Bleuras was on this mission. If I joined the Liberation Army, what would they do with him? The Liberation Army had a No-Saiyan policy, and I wasn't going to sit back and watch them kill Bleuras.
Axel must have seen the resolve on my face because his grip on my wrist tightened considerably. I winced but continued to stare definitely into his cold eyes. With a flick of his wrist, mine was not just broken, but my entire hand detached from my arm. I growled through the pain, using my freedom to try to strike him again, with my other hand.
Now, he looked bored. I wasn't using Kaioken now because my energy had depleted so much from the attack. In a flash, I felt as my other arm was torn off from the elbow down. The pain quickly became intense, sending me into a daze me for a moment. He took that opportunity to kick me in my chest, his foot breaking right through my bio-armor, and sending me crashing into the planet below.
Well, this isn't good at all. I coughed up some blood. I watched Axel as he began to slowly descend from the air. I glumly noticed that he'd taken my sword attack in favor of redirecting my punch. The sword was lodged up to the hilt in his abdomen, right where his lungs should be. It didn't affect him at all, somehow, as he was still speaking just fine.
"I won't kill you. I'd like to take you back to the Doctor. I'm sure that he'll be interested in examining his first Frost Demon," He stopped to pull my sword out of his body, this time wielding it for himself. While he did, I glared at the wound in surprise and horror.
It looked like it was stitching itself back together. The process wasn't quick, but it was noticeable. What was even more bizarre was the fact that as his body mended itself, it turned a flamboyant pink; before turning back. Don't tell me that's what I think it is?
At the moment, there was only one valid option. We needed to retreat. Axel had to be at least double the strength of my Kaioken X8, and that fact was enough. Thank goodness for my portals.
I reached out in an attempt to find Bleuras and Kakarot's aura signatures, only to be unpleasantly surprised when I felt them fast approaching. They weren't hard to miss when they came into view, their golden aura flaring around them like flames. This isn't good.
"Ah, so this is the rest of the squad," Axel hummed as turned his attention away from me. He glared at the two Saiyan pre-teens, both of which had no idea what they were up against.
"Sub?" Bleuras looked down at me, his eyes widening and his fists clenching. His teeth ground against each other as his power level slowly began to increase. It won't be enough.
"I'm alright, but you CAN NOT fight him!" I shouted from the ground, amplifying my voice to be as long as I could. "He's beyond your skill level! We're done here!"
"Done? I'll be the one deciding that."
Axel's voice was suddenly a lot closer than before. I opened up my mouth to speak but felt a sharp metal enter my mouth and out of the back of my throat, piercing me to the ground and effectively forcing my mouth open. I gargled against the blade, realizing that it was my sword and that Axel was standing right above me.
Oh no. Bleuras was next to Axel in a second, but just as quickly as he dodged my attacks, he danced around Bleuras. With no hands, it wasn't easy to pull the sword out of my mouth, but I managed it by using my tail. The pain was immense, and I could feel the cold air rushing through the gap created by the puncture.
Unlike with me, Axel wasn't talkative while fighting Bleuras. It didn't take long for Kakarot to join the fight too, but even still, Axel wasn't even breaking a sweat. I'm glad I saved these points until now.
The world paused and blurred into grey. I'd been saving my feat and special move points for such an event. With eight feat points and 16 special move points, I had plenty of options. My feat and special move lists popped up, and I scrolled through it quickly.
First, I needed to upgrade [Self-Healing] 3 times, increasing the times I could use it in a day by two and then upgrading it's quality so that I could regrow even torn limbs. Desperate times call for drastic measures, so I used two of those points to get me to [Kaioken X10]. I saved the last three feat points for another time, before moving on.
My eyes fell on one ability, causing a devious smirk to stretch across my face. I bought it without a second thought, using the last remaining feat points to upgrade it two times.
The world faded back into color, and I immediately used [Self-Healing] to regenerate my hand and arm as well as bring me back to full health. While I was still out of the fight, I began to put my plan into motion...
By the time it was prepared, Kakarot and Bleuras were losing their rhythm, exhaustion setting in. Axel went on the offensive for the first time in the fight, swinging a punch down at Kakarot that I knew would kill him. I opened a portal in the path of the attack, sending the punch right back at Axel. He stopped his fist right before he punched himself.
"You're healed? You sure are an interesting creature." Axel retracted his fist from the portal, but before he could carry on speaking, I appeared behind him from another portal. He dodged my attack, of course, but Kakarot and Bleuras came behind him with a joint kick. He looked surprised for a moment before the kick sent him flying.
"You're fine?" Bleuras asked in shock, his eyes lingering where the hole in my throat once was. Kakarot kept his eyes on where Axel had flown.
"I'm fine. I'd say we should escape, but I doubt he'll allow it. We're going to have to end him quickly," I informed them. They both nodded their head, and we all turned to see him floating opposite us.
"I'm surprised that you landed a good hit on me. But it won't happen again," He no longer sounded amused.
"Kakarot, back us up with ki blasts. Bleuras, come with me! Use what I taught you back in the training session!" I ordered Bleuras, before dashing forward at Axel. Bleuras was right behind me.
I opened up with a horizontal slash, which Axel ducked underneath. Bleuras came out of one of my portals underneath Axel, aiming to punch him in his spine. The android swiveled expertly out of the way, but back into my path. Flaring into [Kaioken X8], I jabbed at him, aiming to stab him right, though.
Blue energy balls came flying from all directions, aimed at Axel. He barely dodged my attack, a small cut on his left side. Using a portal, I appeared next to Bleuras, just in time to see all of Kakarot's blasts collide with Axel and cause a massive explosion.
I knew that he wasn't done, though, so I immediately went back on the offensive, appearing behind him in a second. Kakarot was powerful, but compared to this monster, that attack was like a warm breeze. Any distraction would be good, though. My next attack should settle this.
He'd regret underestimating us. I swung at him with a mighty downward flash, but he caught my wrist before it could connect. Bleuras came up from behind him, a feral but pained look on his face.
"SUPER KAIOKEN X2!"
His golden aura melded with red, becoming a dull orange. I'd taught him the Kaioken back in the chamber as a gift after he promised not to show anyone without my express permission. He didn't make much progress with it, only being able to double his power level while in Super Saiyan, but it was enough for my plan to succeed.
Axel couldn't catch all four fists at one time, so he was forced to block with his other arm entirely. He growled in frustration, a bead of sweat dripping down his forehead. Out of another portal, my tail shot out at his back. Simultaneously, my plan came to its pinnacle. A third person came out of a portal in front of Axel, but it wasn't Kakarot.
"W-What?! Impossible!" Axel shouted in shock and slight panic. In front of him, another version of me burst forward, sword raised, and energy blazing.
The Multi-Form technique was an interesting move, one which I wouldn't have considered buying if it wasn't for the fact that I'd invented absorption tech. The Multi-Form splits your ki in half when you make a clone of yourself, which would have been a massive disadvantage if I didn't have the absorption seeds that I'd stored massive amounts of my own Ki inside.
When I made the clone, I injected it with a seed and injected myself with one also. That raised our individual power levels to 50% more than my usual peak, putting us both at 9 billion.
"KAIOKEN X10!" My clone roared, his power level jumping from 9 billion to 90 billion in an instant. His massive energy filtered into the sword in his hand, expanding the length and ultimately shifting the color to blood red. Lightning sparked off of the blade, and from two openings in the hilt, excess energy was dispersed. In this form, it looked similar to Kylo Ren's crossguard lightsaber.
In what was probably a second, Axel began to panic, trying to fly back to dodge the attack. My tail waited patiently, cutting deeply into his back when he tried to escape. I gritted my teeth due to the pain I knew I'd feel, before expanding my crimson aura rapidly, following my clone into Kaioken X10.
He couldn't let go of my wrist, or else my attack would slice him in two, and Bleuras was on his other side. He had no choice but to take the clone's attack. His eyes widened in shock and horror as the burning sword cut right through his flesh and bones.
He couldn't dodge it completely. I noted gleefully, noticing that one of his ears and his right arm had been completely severed from his body. The goal was to cut him in two, similar to what Future Trunks had done to Frieza, but his reflexes were incredible. But they won't be enough to save him.
In unison, my clone, Bleuras, and I delivered a crushing kick to Axel's shocked body, sending him crashing into the factory nearby. Having exhausted all of his remaining energy, my clone faded away.
"Kakarot, get over here! We'll finish it with this attack!" I gathered two massive balls of energy at either hand, similar to how I would usually charge my Arrow Of Death. However, instead of sharpening it and pointing the end, I left it blunt, stuffing it with as much energy as I could muster. The 50% boost was fading off quickly, so I was going to juice it for all that it was worth it.
Bleuras stood at my left and Kakarot at my right, both of them gathering their signature attacks. In a joint movement, we all heaved forward, launching our attacks.
"DESOLATION BEAM!" I grunted as the energy exploded out of me.
"SPIRAL CANON!"
"FINAL SPIRIT CANON!"
The resulting beam of red and golden energy was so large that it completely covered my field of vision. I felt the world around us begin to destabilize, the ground fracturing and cracking in all directions. I tried not to focus on the destruction, instead directing my attention to our attack.
We kept it up for what felt like a minute before the beam faded. We all fell out of our respective forms, Kakarot and Bleuras's hair turning back and my body almost crippling itself in pain. Was that enough?
Wait. There's no way! Green aura already started to heal me, my second use of [Self-Healing] coming into use. The red ground surrounding us was destroyed, lava from the core spilling out from every crevice. In the direction where we had fired the attack, nothing remained. Everything in that direction was simply gone; an entire chunk of the planet seemingly deleted. So why haven't I received any experience?
That was when I saw it. Floating in the space, a single rock remained. And on that rock, a very pissed off android glared at us.
Impossible! How?! Axel had his arm extended towards us, and this time I was confident that his skin had turned pink. A wisp of golden and red energy lingered near his pink hand, before seemingly being sucked in. Excess energy crackled around him like lightning. Oh, don't tell me he can absorb too?!
How did I forget that some androids in Canon could absorb?! I turned my head to look at Bleuras and Kakarot, who were holding each other up, unaware that the enemy was still alive. By the time I looked back at where Axel had been, he was gone.
The sound of flesh being torn apart greeted my ears. I slowly turned my head, my [Gamers Mind] not even preparing me for what met me. Axel stood a few feet quietly; his remaining arm lodged up to the elbow through Bleuras's chest. Bleuras's face twisted into one of agony, his eyes already glassed over. His heart still pumped in Axel's hand for a few seconds, before stopping completely.
"I would have been dead if it weren't for the fact that I can absorb ki. You don't cease to impress me," He spoke compliments, but they were laced with poison. His clothes were burned off at points; some articles even melted into his flesh. "As impressive as you are, I've decided that you need to be terminated rather than captured. This mockery ends now."
"Bleuras…" I muttered as I stared at his corpse. Axel dropped him like a piece of trash, his body hitting the ground hard. This is my fault. I should have used a long-distance portal to get him back to Planet Saiyan, the moment that I started fighting Axel…
I felt anger that I hadn't felt before surge through me. Nothing seemed to stop it, not even [Gamers Mind]. I slowly looked up at Axel, letting the anger flow through me like electricity through a wire.
Kakarot roared and jumped at Axel, but was shut up by a backhand so hard that it caused the ground below us to erupt. I didn't need to look at his body to know that he was probably dead.
"Give up, and I'll make your death painless," Axel said as he got into his fighting position. Despite his missing arm, he still looked fresh and ready to fight. Lightning cracked around him like a whip, a portion of the energy that we'd attacked him with circulating through his body.
"I could say the same for you," I growled in response, the words barely forming through the anger. A portal opened up next to me, Broly's unconscious body dropping to the ground. I aimed my finger at him, shooting a thin red beam into his leg. It wouldn't be enough to maim him, but that wasn't my goal.
Broly's eyes opened with a snap, his pupils appearing for a brief second before they rolled into the back of his head. The surrounding area pales for a second, and then everything turned green.
