Chapter Two: Women Strike Back!
The men were still having the time of their lives, or rather, their afterlives. They were being waited on by beautiful mistresses and were conversing with people they had only heard about in dreams. Broly, however, sat by himself. He gladly accepted the charms of the Valkyries, but he oculdn't stnad to be in the same room as Bardock. Broly had made his peace with Goku, but Bardock was an entirely different story.
Suddenly Broly felt a light tap on his shoulder. Valeria smiled as Broly looked back at her.
"What?" he asked.
"I've come to take you away from this place." Valeria replied, "Vegeta should be in his room having the time of his life, by now, so why don't you join him?" Broly shrugged and let the woman lead him where she pleased. Broly looked up at wondrous walls of the great hall they were now in. Broly couldn't quite make everything out, but one thing caught his eye.
He looked directly above him and saw paintings of horrible demons being transformed into lovely women. Then another painting right beside it. One of Broly being killed.
"I will not go with you." Broly suddenly said, stopping in his tracks, "I can tell you are evil and are trying to stop us from doing something." Valeria smiled.
"Aw," she laughed, "Poor Broly. I liked you. I really did. You had potential to become a demon. Now you'll have to join Vegeta in second death."
"What?"
"Second death. When one dies they are transported to their respective planet's check-in station. From there they can go to Heaven or Hell, depending on King Yemma's judgement. However, if they are taken to some place OTHER than Heaven, hell, or the station, such as King Kai's planet or our wonderful city of Valhalla, then they can be killed again. This will put the soul through an unendurable process that will expell the person's spiritual energy throughout the afterlife. In other words, it will erase you from all planes of existence."
Broly stood for a second. His mind had returned to him, but he never was the sharpest tool in the shed. Broly really had no idea what she was talking about. All Broly really knew was she was bad, and he had to fight back. And so Broly turned Super Saiyan and lunged at the girl. Valeria smiled and hovered above the Saiyan, raining ki blasts upon him. Her visage changed to that of a succubus, a female demon with the ability to charm men.
"BROLY!" she screamed, "PREPARE TO DIE!" Valeria charged a huge ki blast above her head. It swirled with unholy fire and had a strange aroma to it. Suddenly it was knocked from her hands by Android 18.
"Sorry about that, Valeria." said 18, "But I can't just allow you to go around killing people. It's not nice."
"HOW DID YOU ESCAPE?!" Valeria cried. Bubbles jumped onto Bulma's shoulder and began screaming.
"OOKA OOKA!" cried Bubbles.
"DAMN!" yelled Valeria, "I should've killed you when I took care of King Kai! You were a bit faster than that bug, however. He was soon taken in by our power as well." Bubbles frowned and jumped back to his place on the floor.
"Well," said 18, "You don't have any power over females, do you? Then fight me woman to woman!" Valeria smiled and pulled out a large scimitar.
"My magic may not work," snarled Valeria, "But I'm still one HELL of a fighter!" The demonic woman channeled ki blasts through her weapon, sending them towards 18. The blasts were much too fast for her and 18 fell to the ground.
Meanwhile, Mai ran over to Marron and Bra. "Girls," she said, "Listen, we have been watching you since Goku disappeared after fighting the Dark Dragons. We heard what Super Cell said about you having extreme potential to become great fighters. Well, I think I know how to bring out that potential..." Mai huddled with them and they began to whisper out a plan.
Pan looked on as 18 was destroyed piece by piece. There was nothing she could do. She was dead so she would have no effect on Valeria.
A few feet away, Bulma could do nothing but cheer on 18 in her losing battle. This was almost out of her realm. She knew science. She didn't know ethereal things like this. She was way out of her league here and there was nothing she could do. Suddenly she was blinded by a bright light that came behind her. Bulma turned around to see Mai standing there with a smug look on her face.
Beside her was a being she had never seen before.
"I call her Brarron." Mai said, "She is most definitely stronger than Android 18 and Valeria. But, she's still dead and thus cannot hurt the Valkyries. So I say that Android 18 sacrifices herself for Brarron!" Android 18 turned at this statement and realized Mai was right. During this pause, Valeria took the initiative to fire the killing blast she had made for Broly earlier at 18. Android 18 turned and looked in horror as the giant red ball of death hurtled towards her.
Suddenly, Broly lept in front of the blast, taking it all himself.
"Broly!" everyone yelled. But it was too late. His body had been disentegrated, as had his spirit. Broly was gone for good. He had died the second death.
Everyone stopped for a second. Even Valeria hadn't seen that coming. She didn't think Broly would ever sacrifice himself for anybody, let alone someone he didn't even know. But all Broly was thinking about was how he could repay Goku. How could he repay this man whom he had dedicated his life to destroying, but at the last minuted decided to become his ally. Broly decided what better way than to ensure that his friends would live. That, even though he would never be able to return, he would be remembere by these people as the one who changed the most suddenly.
Android 18 suddenly fell limp and when she awoke, her halo had returned, and Brarron's was gone. As a matter of fact, Brarron was attacking Valeria full-on. Although this new fusion had no idea how to fire ki blasts, her inner self suddenly unleashed and a dozen spheres of pure energy flew at Valeria. The succubus screamed as she died, her demonic soul returning to Hell.
In the main hall of Valhalla, the other Valkyries died in a great flash of light.
"What just happened?" asked Yamcha. Vegeta walked out of his bedroom a little beat up and with a bit of a hangover, but other than that he was fine. The women walked in from the main entrance and the group was reunited. Bulma filled them in on everything as Brarron unfused.
"So, it was all a big trap." said Dende, "But why? And who set it?" Suddenly Dende was knocked into nearby wall due to the full force attack from a certain mystical uru hammer.
"I say thee nay!" yelled Thor, swinging his hammer, "Mine friends and followers of Odin, the Valkyries, have been slain by your trickery! We shall not stand for this!" Thor held up his hammer as Hercules, Samson, and Gilgamesh took their places behind him. Beside them stood Bardock, Tapion, and King Kai, each with a menacing look on their faces.
"Thy time has come, purpetrators of evil!" yelled the thunder God again, "For Midgard! For Odin! FOR ASGARD!" And the battle began.
The Z-Warriors fought the fallen heroes with everything they had, but their enemies seemed to be getting the best of them. Bulma analyzed the situation and quickly came to a solution. She tapped Shu, who was crouched down in a corner, on the shoulder.
"WHAT?!" screamed the scared little dog.
"Do you have some sort of shuriken on you?" asked Bulma. Shu nodded and handed it to Bulma. She gave it to Android 18 and gave out orders. Soon, Samson felt a whizzing object go by and his hair was cut off. Samson soon died at the hands of one of Yamcha's ki blasts.
Bulma thought back again to some of the weaknesses these characters had in their stories. Gilgamesh was merely a strong human and when piled upon could be defeated. And he was by the combined might of Yamcha, Android 18, and Master Roshi. Chaozu was being manhandled by Hercules. Yamcha went after him but was cut off by a lightning bolt from Thor.
Bulma remembered that Hercules died only when he was bludgeoned to death by near-Godlike power. So, using herself as bait, she lured Hercules into the path of Thor's hammer. Hercules died.
Now only Thor was left. Bulma decided to use trickery to subdue Thor, and proceeded to place a voice box on a certain frog in Saiyan armor.
"Thor!" said Captain Ginyuu, "I will destroy you!" Thor's eyes widened in anger at this.
"LOKI!" he yelled, "You have followed me to Valhalla and have placed yourself among these murderous jackals! Your mischievious tricks will not go unpunished this time! I'll have your head for... wha?" As Thor was speaking, Vegeta, who had been holding off the Thunder God singlehandedly, stole Mjollnir, Thor's hammer, and beat him to death. The legendary heroes lay dead around the Z-Warriors. Bardock, Tapion, and King Kain still stood in their path.
"We've let this go far enough." snarled Tapion, "There's no way we'll let you succeed."
"Succeed?" said Vegeta, "Succeed in what? We weren't even doing anything!"
"Not yet." replied Bardock, "But you would've eventually stumbled upon everything."
Bubbles walked up to King Kai and began to hop around him. Suddenly the catfish God let loose a thundrous kick sending Bubbles right next to Dende in the pile of rubble created by Thor's blows.
"What?" exclaimed Yamcha, "King Kai?" The three of them laughed, as their faces and bodies seemed to morph into demonic forms.
"It's not really them." said Vegeta, "This city. The Valkyries. The legends. They were all traps. I don't know what happened to the real King Kai, but these three are nothing but demons."
"Very powerful demons." snarled Bardock, "Ones you cannot hope to defeat. You are done for. All of you will suffer as Broly did." The three enemies suddenly sprouted tiny horns and a pointed tail.
"We are Oni." said Tapion-Oni, "We are your downfall. Time to die."
Vegeta kicked at Bardock-Oni, but was met with only thin air. Bardock-Oni beat Vegeta into the floor, but Yamcha and Android 17 saved him at the last minute. Bra and Marron fused again, only to find themselves outclassed by Tapion-Oni. King Kai-Oni, however, was destroying everyone else. Android 18, Goten, Pan, Master Roshi, and Chaozu were all felled by him.
"Idiots." laughed Bardock-Oni, "There's no way you can defeat us!" The fighters began switching off. Android 18 helped Brarron with Tapion-Oni while Goten saved Android 17 from a humongous Kikoho from Bardock-Oni. Pilaf rolled his eyes as Mai urged him to help her fight. Pilaf shrugged and they pulled out their mech-suits, taking on King Kai-Oni. Shu helped too.
The battle raged on furiously and Bulma watched on helplessly. Yajirobe was even fighting while Ubuu was getting Dende and Bubbles to safety. Mr. Popo let loose a flurry of Muay Thai-style kicks on Bardock-Oni, stunning him long enough for Vegeta and Goten to combine Big Bang and Kamehameha into one attack, which killed the demonic copy of Goku's father.
Tapion swung his sword at Master Roshi, who jumped it over and over again, barely dodging second death. Yamcha and Android 18, however, fired horrendously powerful simultaneous Sokidans, killing the sword wielding copy.
Now only King Kai-Oni was left, but he had a hostage. He held an unconscious Chaozu in his arms, ready to unleash a powerful ki blast. Suddenly Karin attacked King Kai-Oni from behind, allowing Brarron and Android 17 to destroy him.
At that exact moment, Valhalla faded around them and they found themselves back on King Kai's planet. Gregory was back to normal and waved at them as they walked up to King Kai's house. Suddenly, King Kai himself walked out of the house, his sunglasses cracked and his kimono torn a bit, but other than that he was normal.
"You all met the renegade Oni, I see." smiled King Kai, "They're rebelling against the Gods, and they're quite powerful. I have no power against them, which is why they were able to kidnap me and make a copy of me. Of course, you all know what this means."
The befuddled Z-Warriors stood silently. There was an awkward silence.
"JUST TELL US ALREADY!" Vegeta and Android 17 said in unison.
"Well," said King Kai, "You're going to have to go to Hell. And you're going to have to fight all the renegade Oni and their leaders."
"Who's their leaders?" asked Bulma.
"Two Oni named Gozu and Mezu." replied King Kai, " And then there's something, or someone, controlling them. Whatever the case, they will be able to give us clues as to what's happening. But first, I want to do something." King Kai walked up to each person in the group and touched their foreheads.
"All of you have now gotten a power increase. Whether that means you're going to merely become stronger, in Vegeta, Yamcha, Ubuu, and the Android's cases, or learn the ability to fly, Bulma, or use ki blasts, Marron and Bra, it will help you substantially. But be warned that these powers will leave you as soon as you exit Hell, saying that you are still alive. Now go. You have much to do." With that the Z-Warriors travelled back to Snake Way.
"So," said Yajirobe, "We going to do this or not?"
"I cannot." said Dende, "Going to Hell will impurify me. I'll lose my status as God. I will have to stay." And so Dende travelled back to the Earth's Check-In Station, accompanied by Karin, Mr. Popo, and Shu. Mai pulled him back at the last moment.
"So." said Goten, "Let's go."
And so they jumped off of Snake Way, descending to Hell.
And oh what a descent it was.
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