"How does it feel?" Beerus crooned as he dodged two of Goku's punches and launched forward with a kick aimed at the hero's skull. "How does it feel to have the power of a god?!"
Goku didn't answer at first and easily caught the god's kick in his right hand and then spun to throw him higher into the sky. The throw disoriented the god of destruction for the slightest of moments, but he recovered quick enough to send two minor energy blasts at the Saiyan hero. Goku rushed up and slapped the bombs aside with relative ease before he charged right into Beerus with fist primed to strike. "How I feel doesn't matter!" he yelled out as he ushered the punch right at Beerus's skull, only for the god to catch it mid-attack, and a charge of invisible energy rushed out from around them.
Beerus looked to Goku's captured fist in his hand and then back to the hero, and then noted the scowl of displeasure on Goku's face. "And why exactly not?"
"As long as I have the power to beat you, that's all that matters!" the Saiyan God yelled in reply as his fiery, red aura flared to life and he drove past Beerus's defenses to land an elbow strike to the god's sternum.
Beerus sputtered upon the impact and was left wide open as Goku sent a knee right up to the god's chin and topped off the assault with an axe handle to the side of Beerus's head. That final strike sent the god of destruction careening out of the air and nearly crashing into a lone island below. However, Beerus recovered before striking, and with a flare of his aura took off into the distance with Goku hot on his trail.
In a matter of seconds, the two crossed an expansive amount of terrain. They crossed an entire ocean in no time flat and had come upon a city. Just as Goku was about to catch Beerus, the god dove down into the city and began darting above the streets and between the multi-level buildings. Still, Goku didn't give up the chase. He was right behind Beerus for every move and once again, just as the hero had nearly caught up once more, the god disappeared right before his eyes. Shock spread through the hero instantly, but before he could begin to fathom where Beerus could've went, the god of destruction materialized right by his side and struck with a backhand. Goku was sent flying into the nearest building, but with a flare of his aura, managed to keep from completely wrecking the structure.
With a grunt, Goku rushed back over to Beerus and swung out a fist, but the god dodged the attack effortlessly and teasingly danced around Goku as the Saiyan hero continued to attack. Finally, with a sly smile, Beerus ducked back out into the city and flew around the nearest corner. Goku scowled in frustration and flew off to chase the god down once more. This time, Goku wasted no time catching up. The god of destruction had just enough time to casually fly around a railway before Goku stopped him by grabbing his ankle.
Beerus's eyes widened for a second in shock and before he could counter, Goku moved around with a punishing knee to the stomach. While the god curled in on himself, Goku offered a dropkick to his face that sent Beerus spearing into the air. The Saiyan god flew off in pursuit readily. However, long before Goku could press on with another attack, Beerus reclaimed his senses and thrusted out a hand that sent out a powerful kiai that halted Goku instantly. The hero had even flinched away from the invisible wave, but just before he could move in for another attack, Beerus disappeared once more and then materialized behind the hero. Before Goku knew what was happening, Beerus locked him in an immobilizing bear hug.
"You really mean to tell me that you don't enjoy this power that you have now, Goku," Beerus spoke while squeezing down on the hero's body.
Goku barred his teeth against the vice lock around his body. He flexed his arms to try and break the hold, but found Beerus's strength daunting. "It isn't my power; so why should I enjoy it?!" Goku yelled out and his aura flared to life once more as he found the strength to break the bear hug. Beerus staggered back in slight shock, but when Goku spun quick with a roundhouse kick, the god was quick to duck.
While Goku's leg whipped over his head, Beerus quickly floated away from the Saiyan God and offered a cheeky smile at the hero.
Goku equipped his own confident smirk and then added, "But then again, I suppose I should at least try to have some fun, right?"
"In that case, would you care to take this up a notch?" Beerus asked before his own violet aura began surging around his body.
Goku didn't bother answering before he charged the god of destruction again. He moved in like a bolt of lightning and was primed to take Beerus's head off with a single punch, but the god was quicker. Beerus dodged Goku's punch almost effortlessly and before Goku knew what to do, Beerus's boot slammed across his face with such force that the hero was sent flying through the air like a freshly fired rocket.
"Hey 18, look at this thing!" Android 17 called out as he suddenly snatched up one of the rampaging demons by its tail. The demon squawked out in alarm and turned to the android with an angry leer, but before he could lash out, 17 was casually swinging it around like a ragdoll. "I want to keep it!"
Android 18 fired off a blast into the distance, not really caring what it hit, before she looked down at her childish twin brother. She positively shuttered at the appearance of the demon. "Get rid of that thing 17! It's disgusting!"
17 paused playing with the demon to pout up at his sister, but that was all the time it needed to bite him. The android released the demon and yelped as he floated away from the creature, leaving it just enough time to flip off 18 before flying away. It didn't make it far, though, before 18 disintegrated it. "No!" 17 cried out while 18 rolled her eyes.
"Androids!" Vegeta suddenly declared as he appeared out of nowhere, floating up to meet the devilish pair.
Completely forgetting about the death of his pet, 17 smiled as he looked to the Saiyan Prince. "Look, sis, I told ya our old friends were back," he said.
"Well, Demigra did promise us a good time if we came with him," 18 replied and casually floated down to Vegeta, hands on her hips as she smirked at him. "And you were definitely one of our most fun kills."
Vegeta sneered. "Maybe in whatever universe you originated from, but I think you'll find that I surpass all expectations from you hunks of scrap," he replied and casually lifted a hand to point directly at 18. "Case and point..." An orb of golden ki formed in the palm before it expanded to the size of a beachball. "BIG BANG ATTACK!"
With that, Vegeta fired out his signature attack, leaving it to fly right at the girl droid. 17 watched the attack fly in against his sister with a look of mild curiosity, and 18, for her part, allowed a moment of alarm to cross her features before she smirked devilishly. Vegeta watched the girl's expression change and then his eyes widened in full blown shock as a dark aura seem to surge around Android 18. Instead of attempting to dodge the Big Bang Attack, 18 met it head on and with one strong backhand, managed to knock the destructive attack off course and send it careening into the sky.
Vegeta was stunned.
"Aww, I remember that expression," 17 crooned as he casually drifted up behind the Saiyan Prince, a dark aura now roiling around the male droid as well.
Before Vegeta knew what to think, 17's palm slammed into his spine and while Vegeta curled back around the strike, 18 rushed in with a clothesline that completely flipped the Saiyan prince over. Both androids cackled out in humor as they proceeded with a coordinated mass assault against Vegeta before finishing with a conjoined boot to the hero's chest that sent him flying through a nearby skyscraper.
"Want to finish him like we did last time?" 18 asked.
"Does that include you breaking his arm first again?" 17 replied.
The girl smirked as she swept a lock of blonde hair out of her eyes. "You know it," she replied and rushed off to finish their attack, but she found herself stopped as a blast of energy rushed in from nowhere. 18 narrowly dodged the attack and then scowled as she looked to the sky for her attacker. "Your dead, buddy!" she yelled out in anger, only to find no one.
"18, watch out!" 17 exclaimed.
The girl looked back to her brother in confusion and found her attacker, or rather attackers, moving in from behind. Goten and Trunks rushed in with amazing speed and just as 18 turned to attack them, they vanished. The girl offered a swear in frustration and just as she turned to locate Goten at her side, Trunks appeared behind her with a kick that slammed in her ribs, and while she cringed on the impact, Goten knocked her aside with a dropkick to her face.
"Doesn't feel so nice being teamed up on, huh?" Trunks quipped with a cheeky smile.
18 recovered quick enough and leveled the boys with a scathing glare. She didn't even have to look to see 17 appearing at her side. "I don't remember these two," she said.
"Doesn't matter; they don't look so tough," 17 assured her, but 18 smirked.
"Trust me; they're not," she replied.
And with that, the twins rushed the Saiyan preteens, who both happily turned Super Saiyan to match the might of their android accosters.
At that moment, Vegeta reappeared in the sky, but now with King Cold on his tail. The PTO monarch laughed evilly as he chased after the Saiyan Prince. Vegeta scowled as he looked down at the Frost Demon and suddenly disappeared from sight. King Cold paused in midair and looked momentarily stunned before Vegeta reappeared at the king's side with a punch that sent Cold flying back across the sky, but he didn't go far before flaring his aura to stop.
"So you're not all talk?" King Cold announced as he casually wiped a stray trail of blood from his mouth. "You are outstandingly strong compared to the Vegeta I fought in my universe. Frieza and I did have a marvelous time eradicating you, your friends, and then your pitiful little planet, and we will have even more fun with this universe's weaklings."
Vegeta scoffed. "Don't get ahead of yourself, Cold. You and Frieza are probably two of the weakest - so called threats - that Demigra even bothered to bring back. Even with whatever extra power he may've given you, I'll still crush you."
"Now who's getting ahead of ourselves, Vegeta," Cold declare as he smirked maliciously. A dark aura started coiling around the monarch then as he said, "Don't get your hopes up, you Saiyan monkey! This isn't even my final form!" With that, Cold's dark aura exploded outward with a dark undertone of violet flaring within the storm of energy.
Vegeta didn't bother flinching against the erratic splay of wind and energy, but instead watched attentively until the dark aura receded and Cold's power up ended. Now, floating far from the prince was King Cold in his fourth form, a form that Vegeta had never seen the king take until that very moment. Beneath his façade of disconcern, Vegeta was mildly shocked at Cold's power. He could tell that even without Demigra's added influence, Cold would've been an unstoppable force had he'd transformed that fateful day that he and Frieza arrived on Earth.
Alas, the past was indeed the past.
The Saiyan prince smirked as he watched the blend of darkness and violet coil around King Cold, who in turn, smirked maliciously. "You know, Cold, I am going to enjoy this!" Vegeta declared before his golden aura flared to life and he leapt into his SS form.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Gohan yelled out as he fired a powerful wave of energy across the sky.
The massive wave careened in on two figures floating defiantly in the air, and as it rushed in on them, they made no move to dodge. Gohan kept his eyes open against the blaring light of the energy and the gusting wind to watch what kind of damage the attack could do, but as he watched the wave draw closer and closer, he feared the worst.
Just as the Kamehameha was ready to swallow up the two figures, it suddenly seemed to slam against an invisible force field before seeming to be drawn into the figures. The wave stopped just short of disintegrating the two to now being absorbed into their bodies and when Gohan watched that happen, he was quick to cut the attack short. He glared up at the androids looking back down on him and sneered as Android 19 practically twitched with the power now coursing in his circuits.
"Stop feeding them your energy, Gohan! Demigra has already made them tough enough," Piccolo admonished as he appeared at the teen's side. The wise Namekian shot a disapproving glance at Gohan before looking back skyward to Androids 13, 14, and 15.
"Yeah, I know, sorry," Gohan grumbled. "I was just hoping I could short circuit them or something. It should be impossible for them to take so much of our energy now. We're a hundred times stronger than we were back then."
"My technological skills far outclass any improvements that you and your friends have made since the day that I and my android army slayed you all. Now, I may even be able to coerce Android's 17 and 18 into fulfilling their ultimate purpose. The ones in my universe had to be put down, unfortunately, but now I'll be able to give rise to the perfect fighting machine!" Gero declared before cackling out in glee.
"We're already acquainted with Cell, Gero. Trust me, he's not that impressive," Gohan fired back, to which Gero sneered down at him.
"Shut your mouth and die!" Gero yelled out before giving 19 the command.
Android 19 didn't waste a second before charging down at the hero. Gohan and Piccolo were quick to move apart as 19 speared by them. While the crazed android turned to come back, Gohan met offense from Gero, who rushed in at his blindside, hoping to land a sneak attack, but Gohan dodged the punch and knocked the scientist aside with a strong roundhouse kick. Before Gero could reclaim his senses, Gohan aimed to attack further, but 19 reappeared with a headbutt crash to Gohan's chin that threatened to take the hero's head off his shoulders, and while Gohan reeled back in pain, 19 pressed on with a barrage of punches and kicks across his torso before ending the attack with an elbow slam to the top of Gohan's skull.
Meanwhile, Piccolo met offense from all three of the other androids, who all swooped in with a hail mary attack on the Namekian. Piccolo worked hard to block or dodge against the collective attack of the androids, but even he found it overwhelming as 13 pressed through his defenses with a boot to his abdomen. 14 and 15 pressed the attack with a round of punches across Piccolo's body before 13 appeared overhead with a destructive energy orb that was sent down to slam Piccolo into the outskirts of the city below.
Just before Piccolo and the bomb could strike the ground and the ensuing blast could level over half of the city, Piccolo's translucent aura flared to life around the warrior and as electricity spark around him, he managed to stop himself just before crashing into the intersection of a street. With a grunt of concentration, Piccolo managed to fly the bomb back into the air and once he was comfortably above the city again, he slammed a boot into the bomb and sent it flying right back at the trio of androids.
Easily enough, the trio managed to avoid 13's destructive bomb and then they all looked back to Piccolo, who was positively surging with energy. "I'm ending this now before you all manage to cause more destruction than you're worth!"
The three androids paused their stare down of Piccolo before glancing to one another and then smirking. They both turned to Piccolo then, aiming to assault the Namekian in coordination once more, but before they had the chance, Piccolo warped across to them in an instant. Without wasting a second, Piccolo slammed a punishing punch into Android 14's chest, the ferocity behind the punch stopping 14 on a dime and nearly forcing Piccolo's fist through the droid, but instead 14 was sent flying back across the sky. Before he could fall out of the sky, his insides detonated and left him to explode midair.
15 watched his comrades destruction in awe before he snarled and charged Piccolo. The Namekian watched the android's moves like a cat and when 15 was ready to strike, Piccolo moved in quicker with a halting knee to 15's abdomen. The droid curled in on the attack and Piccolo pressed on by grabbing 15's arm and suddenly judo throwing him through the air.
Android 13 called out in concern of the android, but before he could do anything, Piccolo ushered out a special beam cannon that flew across the sky to meet 15 and destroy the android instantly.
Piccolo then turned to face down his last accoster and noted the smirk that had formed on Android 13's face. "Boy, you just don't know what kind of hurt you just set yourself up for," the android declared before his eyes flashed red briefly. On cue, the artificial intelligence chip and bomb of 14 and 15 suddenly lifted into the sky and circled in on 13. The chips carefully molded themselves into 13's skull while the bomb moved into his chest. The last thing 13 noticed was that unimpressed scowl on Piccolo's face just before his sight went white.
13 curled in on himself as his body started to grow, eventually to twice its size. His muscles bulged out incredibly, ripping at his shirt while his skin turned blue. His hair even spiked up and turned orange as his transformation completed. And now, when Super 13 looked to find Piccolo in his former spot, the android was surprised to see that the Namekian had disappeared.
"Where are y-" but 13 found his words trapped when he realized what was now surrounding him.
Piccolo floated on the outskirts of the dome of energy blasts surrounding Super 13, arms folded casually as he'd sat and waited for 13 to complete the transformation. "We're done here," Piccolo announced before turning his back on 13 and floating away, calling out "Hellzone Grenade!" as the dozens upon dozens of energy orbs careened in on Super 13 in a grand splay of explosions.
"No! Super 13!" Gero called out in alarm as he looked over to watch one of his ultimate creations get eradicated. The super scientist watched the attack complete itself before Piccolo crowded his vision, and he sneered with anger as the Namekian watched him. "You monster! How dare you destroy my creations?! I will make sure you suffer!" Without even having to ask, 19 was already up on guard for his creator and ready to rumble with the mass surge of Gohan's energy still within him.
Piccolo looked undeterred as he watched 19 casually. "You should finish your first fight before trying to pick another, Gero," Piccolo replied and then nodded his head when Gero and 19 didn't seem to get the hint.
Both droids turned then to see Gohan back in the sky with his own aura surging around his body. The teen didn't look to have a scratch on him and he positively smiled when Gero sneered at him. 19 was already charging at Gohan again before Gero could make the command, but Gohan wasn't bothered. He dodged the barrage of strikes that 19 ushered out before he finally moved on the offensive with a punishing elbow strike right into 19's face. The android reeled back in what looked to be pain before he sneered with anger and charged Gohan again, but the teen hero evaded the attack effortlessly before landing a round of kicks across the androids's body and then sending it flying with an especially powerful roundhouse kick.
It took a few seconds, but 19 finally managed to recover and stop his precarious flight across the sky, but when he looked back to where Gohan should've been, he was shocked to see that the hero was gone.
"Looking for me?" Gohan crooned from behind 19, who sparked with alarm and quickly turned for battle.
However, Gohan met the android head on with an instant Kamehameha. On pure instincts, 19 ushered up his hands to catch the blast right as Gohan fired it. Gohan looked unbothered by the maneuver though. In fact, he smirked as 19 aimed to absorb all of the energy and instead of cutting off the attack, he continued firing it out.
"Go ahead, 19! Drink up!" he yelled out before pouring more of his power into the blast, 19's already alarmed eyes growing wide with concern.
The android's eyes suddenly flashed red as if warning him to stop, but he couldn't and could only hold up his arms even longer as he absorbed more and more of Gohan's power. He'd taken up so much that his body swelled from the immense intake and when Gohan could see that the android was finished, he stopped. The hero straightened up and smirked at the sight of the swollen 19, who's eyes were constantly flashing with alarm. The android whimpered in fear of what was sure to happen next. It shot one quick glance back to Dr. Gero before it took off into the distance. He hardly made it out of eyesight before exploding, leaving Gero to gawk at what had transpired.
"Told you so, Piccolo," Gohan announced as he appeared at Piccolo's side, who scoffed in reply to the teen.
Both eyes then fell on Dr. Gero, who looked thoroughly unnerved. The doctor floated back in fear, to which both heroes floated forward to intimidate the man. They briefly glanced at one another before Piccolo gracefully floated back to allow Gohan the chance. The teen happily took the opportunity as he readied to send Gero packing. However, just before he could finish the good doctor off, both hero's minds perked as two, very familiar energy signals appeared.
Vegeta smirked devilishly as he dodged around the barrage of punches that King Cold ushered out. The Frost Demon monarch snarled in outrage with the way that Vegeta taunted him and when he could take no more, he allowed his aura to flare outward in a flashing explosive wave. Vegeta's expression hardly changed as he warped away instantly and evaded being swallowed up in Cold's expanding energy.
Cold flared his energy out for several meters before allowing his attack to die out. "Putrid Saiyan monkey," he snapped in anger as he looked across the sky to see Vegeta floating, arms folded in condescendence.
"Are you done now, Cold?" Vegeta asked casually. "I've grown tired of entertaining you. I think its time that we end this."
"Who do you think you are, Vegeta?!" Cold yelled out in anger. "You're nothing! You're race is NOTHING!" The king practically snarled with anger as his aura flared and he charged the Saiyan Prince. "YOU WILL DIE BY MY HANDS!"
Vegeta floated there and observed the king with mild interest as the enraged alien rushed in. King Cold moved in at a rapid pace, but time seemed to slow as he closed in on Vegeta and just as his large frame loomed over the Saiyan warrior, he aimed a fist for the prince. Vegeta merely smirked at the incoming fist and dodged out of sight at the last second, leaving the fist to plummet through nothing and Cold stupefied.
Well, until Cold felt a hand press at his back.
"No," was all that King Cold had time to utter before a gigantic wave of energy poured out from Vegeta's palm and completely obliterated the Frost Demon.
Vegeta allowed his pleased smirk to linger a moment longer before he lowered his hand. "Good riddance," he griped before his eyes were drawn down to the ensuing battle between Trunks, Goten, and the Androids. He watched 17 dodged around Trunks's kick and then backhand the boy aside, while 18 blindsided Goten with a kick that sent the preteen flying across the air and colliding into his friend. The boys rumbled around in confusion before they realized who the other was and then they turned back to the Androids, who were casually floating over towards them with dark auras circling around them again.
Vegeta scowled. "They'll get obliterated if I don't help," he muttered to himself just before his aura flared to life. He prepared to rush down and catch the androids off guard, but before he could move an inch, two dauntingly familiar power levels caught his attention.
"YOU DAMNED SAIYAN MONKEY!"
Vegeta's eyes were suddenly drawn to the sky above him, where two people that he now considered friends floated. Cell and Frieza glared down on the Saiyan Prince, the latter looking seconds away from foaming at the mouth. Vegeta's aura died out as he quirked a brow in confusion and looked to the former villains. "Frieza? Cell? What are you doing here?! Why aren't you backing up, Kakarot, or getting rid of that Demon God?!" Vegeta snapped at the two. When neither made any move to speak, Vegeta prepared to give them a proper tongue lashing, but was stopped dead in his tracks as a dark aura suddenly coiled around Frieza.
The Saiyan Prince gaped in shock. "Wait; you're not..."
Frieza pointed a finger to the sky, where a Supernova formed instantly. "How dare you kill my father?!" Frieza screamed out before slinging his hand down to Vegeta and the surrounding city. "I'll make you PAY!"