Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, but I kinda phased out for a moment. It got kinda bad; I've written and re-written this chapter about a dozen times now. Grrrrr. Writer block ay… WHY WOINT IT JUST BECOME UNVBLOCKED AND LET ME GET MY SANITY BACK!… oh, hold on…I lost that a LOOONG time ago. Thank-you Shindo for that. Oh yeah, and another thing, sorry about the Interlude. I was struggling with this chapter so I stuck up those three 'episodes' just to tick things over. I think I'll make them into their own short Fic once this is over and done with.
Enjoy…
Chapter 11: Brolli Attacks.
Brolli's charge caught the others off guard. Goku spun and hopped to the side and Trunks somersaulted skywards. Gohan dodged under the Saiyan's arm and hurled a fireball into his side as Vegita just there stood waiting with an expression of shock on his face. Gohan's attack seemed to effect the juggernaut, as the blow brushed past the Prince's cheek. Brolli didn't miss the second time.
Brolli's knee came thundering upwards, catching Vegita in the stomach, and doubling the warrior over as an elbow appeared with a blur and smashed him to the floor. Brolli turned and went for Gohan, who had just enough time to go ascend Mystic, his kai aura blasting around him. Around to Gohan's right, Goku burned with a golden light as his hair lengthened, turning golden as it grew, and hung down his back. Brolli swung around, throwing a punch at Gohan. Goku's son blocked the punch with a forearm and then spun and lashed out with his leg. Brolli ducked the attack and brought his other arm up in an uppercut. Gohan flung his head back as the fist thundered past his face, then swept his hand around in a back-handed punch that caught Brolli off-guard.
Brolli merely smiled as the punch impacted off his cheek, and then with a mighty flash, he lobbed one of the green glowing green energy bolts into Gohan's chest. Gohan spun and tumbled through the air as the attacks pushed him away, then finally managed to get free, landing on the floor and skidding back several yards.
Then Goku swung into action. With a blur he appeared behind Brolli, sending a volley of powerful attacks and punches into the other Saiyan's back. Brolli grunted lightly, as on of Goku's fist lashed up into his kidney, then whirled around. He grabbed Goku by the face and lifted him easily off the floor. Goku snarled against Brolli's palm then swung himself around. Goku's foot slammed off Brolli's face, an attack that actually made the larger Saiyan's head flick to the side. Brolli looked back at Goku and laughed.
"Well done, Kakkarot! That one actually hit!" Twisting his body around, Brolli hefted Goku higher into the air then brought him down in an arc that ended in the ground. Goku gritted his teeth as rock and boulders smashed against his back. Muffled by the great hand, but still audible was a roar and then an explosion. The hand vanished and Goku could see a fireball expanding from Brolli's chest. Goku flipped out of his small crater and landed on the far side and watched as another fireball impacted into the side of Brolli's head.
"WHAT!" The larger man roared as he turned to see Gohan speeding towards him, a much larger bolt of yellow fire already leaving his hands.
Gohan roared as the yellow bolt flew towards Brolli. Brolli growled and leaped high, over Gohan's fireball and sent a volley of his own bolts at the eldest son of Goku. Gohan weaved around the green orbs, which exploded harmlessly behind him, and then leaped up. His fist hit Brolli's stomach and the beast grunted. Swinging around, Gohan slammed his knee into Brolli's back, sending Brolli forwards slightly. Brolli lashed backwards in a roundhouse punch, catching Gohan in the face and spinning him around on his own axis, slightly dazed. Brolli laughed as he reached for the stunned Saiyan teenager.
"Nobody hits me and gets away with it!" Goku looked back and saw that Vegita had picked himself from the ground.
Vegita had his fists clenched shut tight and his muscles bulged as he roared, his golden aura exploding around him, ripping up the earth from his feet as his hear lengthened and turned gold.
"You rabid dog! I'll tear you in half!" Vegita roared, launching from the ground with such force that the earth beneath him splintered and exploded behind him. Brolli turned slowly and released Gohan with a slight smile. His eyes gleamed and then went pure white as his hair stood on end and flared golden. Though they still had their greenish tint, it was clear that Brolli had ascended to his Super-Saiyan state. This didn't throw Vegita off any, and he flipped backwards in mid-air, catching Brolli under the chin with both his feet. This picked up the much larger brute, and as Vegita spun back he followed his attack through with a rapid series of large kai-powered fireballs. They hit Brolli true, the wrath of the Saiyan prince exploding off Brolli's huge torso. Goku gritted his teeth in a growl and he cupped his hands together.
"KAME-HAME-HA!" he roared, thrusting his hands forwards and sending the blue-white bolt of kai energy hurtling from his body. Vegita dodged to the side as Goku's attack wave sped past his head and slammed into the slowly expanding explosion that was coming from Brolli. A large flashed within the ball of flames signified the Kame-Hame-Ha's strike.
Trunks started hurling his own attacks into Brolli, great bolts of fire smashing against Brolli's form. Trunks was of yet to power-up, but he gritted his teeth and fired everything he had at the man who had attacks his father and friends. The fireball around Brolli was now immense, and Vegita felt its heat as he continued to fling bolt after bolt at him.
Goku hunched down and pointed both hands, palms outwards, at the centre of Brolli's fire-cloud and roared. Bolts of kai streamed towards Brolli as all four Saiyans started a mighty assault against the Juggernaut. Gohan backed away slightly and cupped both his hands together.
"Ka-a-a-a-a! Me-e-e-e-e! Ha-a-a-a-a! Me-e-e-e-e!" the bright blue bolt of kai burned a brilliant white as Gohan formed the Kame-Hame-Ha wave in his hands. He brought them back, as the bolt grew much larger, then thrust them forwards.
"H-A-A-A-A-A!" Gohan shouted. The attack wave flew straight and true into Brolli's form and slammed into him. There was a bright explosion within the fire-clouds, the blast blowing the fire outwards to consume the rest of them. As the glare from Gohan's attack died down, the others saw Brolli standing there, smouldering slightly but unharmed. He looked up, his golden aura flaring around him and he laughed, wiping a scorch mark from his cheek.
On the ground below, Trunks shot a nervous glance at Goku then returned his attention back to Brolli. Goku caught Trunk's glance just after he turned away, and saw he was still in his normal Saiyan state.
"Trunks, quickly! Go super!" Goku shouted. Trunks looked at him before nodding in compliance. He bunched his muscles and concentrated, feeling his kai energy feeding his body. Soon, his hair burst into a golden hue and his kai aura turned from white to become like golden fire. He continued to ascend, pushing more and more energy into his body from within. Then he yelled, his aura bursting farther out and ripping away the ground, such as Vegita's had done, and lightning began to surge across his body. Another moment passed, and Trunk's yell became a roar, as the sparks of energy grew larger and crackled louder as they passed over his young body. Pretty soon after starting his transformation he burst into the third stage of the Super Saiyan, his hair growing longer and hanging down his small back.
Without taking his gaze from Brolli, Vegita felt his Son's power growing and he smiled. His son had been taught well by Goku, something he would have to thank his rival for at a later point. But for now, all that needed to be done here was hurt Brolli.
Brolli looked down at the young one transforming, and he grinned. Without a warning cry or roar, the large Saiyan swooped down and headed for Trunks. Trunks looked up, returning the grin and leapt, throwing a large firebolt down at Brolli's back as he swooped beneath him. The attack rocked through Brolli's body hard and it sent the man down to the ground, his body tumbling as he righted himself.
The earth heaved as Brolli erupted from the detritus with a growl. His pure white eyes spooked Trunks a little, but he didn't let it bother him. Trunks spun around gracefully and dodged Brolli's second lunge. As Brolli turned to attack again, a large bolt of energy caught him in the shoulder, pitching his body. Brolli turned with a snarl and looked at both Vegita and Gohan hovering there to his left, then Goku rose to his right. As his attention was caught away for a moment, Trunks blurred around and up, kicking Brolli in the side of the face. There was a moment as Brolli's huge form shook from the blow, and Trunks roared, as he blurred again, sending a rapid series of punches into Brolli's tight abdominal region. Brolli bent double, and his cheeks bulged. He was shocked at how much strength this child possessed. He had underestimated his foe, a mistake he wouldn't make again.
With a growl, Brolli swept his hand around and down, swatting Trunks away from him with a slap. Goku watched, and gasped, before sending a large kai blast at Brolli. But he disappeared.
Goku ducked as Brolli lashed out from behind and then spun down, firing a second blast from below the large Saiyan. Brolli dodged sideways to avoid Goku's clumsy attack, forming his own kai bolt in his hand as he moved. Grasping the bolt, Brolli hurled it. Goku pinged with fear and pulled himself into a ball, bringing his knees up and crossing his arms over his chest just in time to feel the explosive force of the bolt explode against his body.
Vegita growled as his son steadied himself in the air with a burst of his kai, then roared and attacked again. Within a moment, Vegita lunged out and sent a vicious blow at Brolli's head. Brolli cocked his head to the side, dodging the attack, and then countered. Snapping his head to the other side, he pinned Vegita's arm between his temple and shoulder. Vegita snarled as he pitched in the air then brought both feet down hard against the vile creature's face. Bracing his legs, he started to push away, hoping to tear Brolli's head from his body.
But it was no good. Brolli simply released Vegita's arm, sending the Prince flying away as the torque in his legs released at once. Just to be certain, Brolli sent a kai bolt hurtling after the prince, a small flash in the distance signalling the explosion. Brolli turned back around to attack Goku, but the Saiyan had disappeared. Looking around him, Brolli couldn't see a sigh of any of the others. Several large bolts of kai hit him from above, and as the juggernaut looked up, Goku's fist smashed into his right eye socket. Pain flashed across his face as he swung at Goku, but his hand passed through nothing. Another punched impacted into his left cheek and Brolli swung around with his arm. There was a short cry as Gohan was knocked from the brute, hand wiping something from his mouth.
Snarling as he turned, Brolli felt yet another attack hit him from behind. Brolli flashed around and saw the golden flash as a kai-blast smote him in the face. His head reeled back, but his hand flashed outwards. A volley of the green kai-bolts shot through the air, sending Trunks hurtling backwards. Flipping around, Brolli dodged another of Goku's attacks, and then swung around and hammered the longhaired Saiyan in the chest.
"You cannot defeat me, Kakkarot!" Brolli shouted as he brought his other hand around and smashed it into Goku's face. Goku pitched in mid-air, giving Brolli the time enough to strike again.
He did.
Goku's body tumbled down from the sky and he was dashed into the ground, leaving a large groove in his wake. Gohan roared seeing this and attacked again. His fists flashed as he endeavoured to strike the Saiyan opponent with an attack worthy of his father. Brolli weaved and ducked and dodged Gohan's attacks, adding to the eldest son's fury. Flashing blindingly, Gohan finally landed a heavy punch against Brolli's mouth, then lunged with a leg and kicked him in the gut, pushing Brolli back a little way. Brolli reared back and was about to retaliate when a bright flash momentarily blinded him. He made to turn around, but instead found himself caught in the energy wash of a lance of blinding energy and was swept away. Gohan turned in the direction and saw Vegita standing there, both hands together as he glowered.
"The only thing worse than attack me is attacking son!" Vegita said, ending on a roar. He gritted his teeth and roared again.
"FINAL FLASH!" Another lance of blinding light soared past Gohan, tugging on his clothes as it whipped past him, and struck Brolli once again, sending him farther away. Trunks hovered up to Gohan and then looked back at Vegita, who hung in the air heaving in anger. Goku joined the two younger Saiyan, the front of his gi ripped slightly.
"Dad, are you okay?" Gohan asked anxiously. Goku nodded and saw the blood gently running from Gohan lip.
"Never mind me, what about you?" Goku replied. Gohan wiped the blood away self-consciously and nodded.
"I'm fine, dad, I promise." Goku nodded and looked at Trunks with a smile.
"Well done, Trunks. You did well. But it's not over yet," Goku said, his face turning stern. "Vegita! Come on, we're going after him!" Vegita nodded in the distance and powered up, shooting off after Brolli. Trunks turned his head, following his father.
"Hey, wait for us!" he cried after him, then he himself powered up and charged after them. Goku and Gohan powered up wordlessly and flew after the others with a flash of power.
Piccolo smiled to himself as he watched the fight with Dende.
"That's it, Goku. Show him for me what you're made of!" the tall Namek said.
"Hey, Mister Piccolo, aren't you going to start training Applor? Since you are going to enter the Time Chamber lastly, perhaps you could make use of the Briefs' gravity room?" Dende suggested. Piccolo considered this and nodded.
"Yeah, great idea. Vegita sure won't be using it when he comes back from that crusade of theirs. I'll grab the kid and take him to Capsule Corps." Piccolo said eventually.
With that he turned and moved over to where Applor was standing sheepishly with his mother and Cukumbri. The younger of the two women nodded at Piccolo's approach, and Applor, noticing the nod, turned around to see what she was nodding at.
"Piccolo!" Applor said happily. Fru paused mid sentence and turned around, then bowed slightly seeing the Namek.
"Excuse us, but what can we do, Master Piccolo?" Applor's mother asked. Piccolo shifted uncomfortably.
"I'm just going to take your son away to train until our time comes to enter the chamber," Piccolo explained, "there is a machine that can increase the effects of gravity, and I felt that Applor could start his training in there with me."
Fru nodded. "Of course, Master Piccolo. Please take my son and do as you will, I am sure he would make a great warrior."
"I am sure of that also." Piccolo said then turned to Applor. "Well, kid? You commin' or not?"
Tomatta was having his own troubles inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Goten was really progressing now, and even in the third stage, Tomatta was having problems evading all the young half-Saiyan's attacks. A large bruise across the older full-Saiyan's left cheek was evidence to this statement.
Tomatta ducked a whirling kick and countered with a low sweep. Goten simply hovered in the air and delivered a rushing kick into Tomatta's chin, lifting his relative off the floor and flipping him over. Tomatta Landed on his hands and flipped backwards, already charging a kai bolt. He hurled it at Goten… but Goku's son had vanished! Whirling around to find his prey, Tomatta felt a series of rapid punches connect with his back. Light as they were, they still packed quite a punch. Tomatta blurred with speed and appeared behind Goten, lashing out, but hitting nothing but the fading shimmer of Goten's blur. He blurred again, narrowly avoiding Goten's counter blast of kai, which past straight through Tomatta's fading blur at head-height. Goten vanished in a blur again and attacked his elder cousin.
Tomatta hopped backwards, blocking every strike Goten made with his forearms and shins, not letting the youngster to get past his defences. The battle took them all over the chamber's floor, sonic-booms and blast-waves following their passage as they darted about, attacking and withdrawing.
Goten swooped in on the attack once more, pushing Tomatta backward with a series of devastating punches and kicks, despite the difference in size between the two of them. Goten twirled and lashed with the heel of his foot, brining it about in a roundhouse kick. Tomatta ducked the kick and countered, brining his own fist up in a powerful strike into Goten's gut. Goten shot upward with the force of the punch, whimpering as he went.
Tomatta flew up after him and soon overtook the young one's ascent. Lashing down with an elbow, Tomatta gave Goten a solid blow to the back and then brought he knee out to catch Goten across it.
"Oooph!" Goten complained, doubling over Tomatta's knee. "Hey, you big dumbo, that hurt!" Tomatta's laugh was cut short as a small foot smashed into his jaw, sending his head back sharply. In a heartbeat, Goten was over his cousin and rearing back. Tomatta twisted around to avoid the next attack, but instead only present a more inviting target.
Goten clasped his hands together into a single fist and brought them down in a blur, striking across Tomatta's face with a crack. Tomatta twirled in the air as he dropped to the ground heavily, sending up a large cloud of dust and marble, sending a large impact crater sprawling across the floor of the chamber. Goten dropped to the floor and powered down from Super Saiyan and stood at the lip of the crater, looking down at Tomatta laying at the crater's centre, moaning softly, his long golden hair arrayed about him.
"Uncle Tom, you okay?" Goten called out, feeling a little embarrassed that he just did that. Tomatta slowly picked himself out the small indentation at the bottom of crater; bits of rubble falling from his hair as it swung down his back.
"Yeah, Goten, I'm just fine. Now, let's get us some food."
"YAY!" Goten jumped for joy and ran back to the living area as fast as his little legs could carry him. Tomatta watched with a smile and then trudged from the crater, bits of tile and rubble still cascading from his body as he went. He powered down mid-stride, his golden hair turning dark brown and shortening so that instead of hanging down his back, it merely hangs down between his shoulder-blades like Raditz's did.
As Tomatta walked across the floor towards the speck of the living quarters in the distance, he found his thoughts turning towards the others outside in Real Time.
"Hmmm… I wonder how the others are doing?" he spoke out loud to himself.
Vegita saw Brolli's presence up ahead and he narrowed his eyes and forced himself to fly faster.
You bastard! I've got you now! He thought as he started to gain on Brolli's bulk. The wind snapped at his long golden hair that hung reassuringly down his back, a sign of his supreme strength as a Super Saiyan. Something shot passed him and Vegita turned to see Goku surging on ahead, a scowl across his usually cheerful features. Turning back, Vegita saw the golden glow of his son and the white aura of Goku's eldest brat heading towards him and grinned. The group of them were vastly more powerful now than they had been when they fought Brolli all those years ago on 'New Vegita.' Brolli's power had barely increased, yet he was still powerful enough to give them a serious problem.
Vegita looked back at Brolli and thought he could hear something against the rush of the wind. A bright blue glow burned across his retinas and Goku shot a Kame-Hame-Ha at the fleeing image of Brolli. Vegita shielded his eyes with his arms as the sudden flash of bright light burst across the sky, washing the area with an intense white light. As the glare died down, Vegita saw that Brolli had stopped and hung in the air waiting. Waiting for them? Couldn't be, not after what had just happened.
Something new grabbed Vegita's attention. Ahead of him slightly, Goku shimmered and vanished.
"Kakkarot! You fool, don't do it! He's still more powerful than you!" Vegita shouted after Goku, but to no avail. Goku had reappeared nearer to Brolli and they were squaring up against each other. Vegita snarled and pushed onwards, Gohan and Trunks doing the same as they saw what was about to happen.
Gohan gritted his teeth as he flew as fast as he could, pushing himself forwards with greater speed. He knew Trunks was capable of speeds much faster than this, so had just guessed that Trunks had wanted to stay with him. But Gohan didn't like the idea that Brolli was about to engage his father one-on-one. His father knew that Brolli was more powerful than all of them, and had stood up top a massive bombardment just minutes earlier. What was he thinking?
Gohan sighed and concentrated harder on increasing his power level, wanting to get to his father as soon as he could so he could step into the fight.
Brolli glowered at Goku, his lifeless eyes taking in everything.
"Ah, Kakkarot! You're back so soon?" Brolli asked.
"Yes Brolli, I'm here to stop you, like I said I would." Goku said. Brolli just laughed at the statement.
"You talk too much." Goku was about to respond, but Brolli's arm lashed out and a stinging punch shattered Goku's body. Goku's spun with a cry of pain as Brolli began his vicious assault on his body. Punch after punch pounded Goku's face and chest and gut with lightning speed and thunderous power. A crushing blow to the shoulder dropped Goku partially to the ground, and a diving kick sent him the rest of the way, his golden aura marking his passage as he impacted into a canyon floor beneath them, wrenching open the earth.
Brolli lowered down, smiling insanely as his gaze was fixed on the hole in the canyon.
"Come on, Kakkarot! Fight me!" Brolli roared. Looking down into the canyon, Brolli gasped. "What!?" Brolli spun around and found Goku standing behind him, already rearing back in position. Brolli braced himself as Goku lunged forward with his foor, the bridge smashing across his face and then the heel of the other foot came around and struck him in the jaw in the follow-through. Goku spun again, bringing his knee up into Brolli's chest with such force that it lifted the brute off the floor a little. Brolli, however, just smiled. Goku looked on in horror and took a step back as Brolli landed with a ground-shaking jolt, then began to stride forward towards Goku.
Goku hopped back, hurling a kai-bolt into Brolli's chest and then rolled to the side as the Saiyan's mighty boot came crushing down into the ground. Goku snarled and lashed out, aiming a kick to the underside of Brolli's knee.
Brolli never even flinched as the strike hit, but instead twisted and kicked Goku hard, sending the smaller of the two combatants sprawling away into the dirt. Goku picked himself off the floor and jumped away as a glowing green kai ball exploded under where he was standing, sending a shower of rock and dust everywhere.
"BROLLI!" Goku turned at the sound and saw Vegita's foot connect hard with Brolli's face. Brolli reared back for a moment and then dropped back onto a massive hand, taking up his gargantuan weight on his arm, as he kicked out with both feet. Both heels of Brolli caught Vegita under the chin and sent him straight back into the air a little way, but not before he hurled a large kai attack into the ground under Brolli, picking up the brute in the blast and hurling him a short distance away. Goku was also blown back by the blast, but as the dust cleared he saw that Brolli had landed without a scratch and that he was striding towards Vegita.
"VEGITA! RUN!" Goku shouted, hands cupped around his mouth. But Goku knew that the proud and arrogant Vegita would stand his ground. With a growl, Goku ran back into the fray, sending a kai bolt into Brolli's side and then launching himself into the attack. Brolli was knocked to the side as Goku tackled the large Saiyan to the ground and then flicked himself up, landing with his back to the enemy. Brolli reared back on the floor and sent a massive foot into the small of Goku's back, sending him reeling forwards. As Brolli stood, immediately a white-gloved fist smashed into his mouth, sending the massive head back a little. A smile crossed Brolli's lips and a sweep with two mighty arms had picked Vegita off the ground. Vegita landed and spun, dropping, lashing his leg out at the same time. Brolli's expression never changed as his legs were scythed out from underneath his bulky frame. Brolli was once again on his back, and Vegita was about to hop skywards when a bright flash of energy hit the great Saiyan, pushing Brolli's form deep under the ground. Looking up, Vegita saw Goku standing there, hands cupped.
Goku's face was an expression of determination and roared, another bolt of energy flaring into his hands.
"KAME-HAME-HAAAAA!" came the cry, and another bolt of bright energy smashed Brolli deeper under the ground. Gohan and Trunks arrived finally and began their own attack, firing bolt after bolt of energy down into the crater that Brolli was gradually forming. Every time the great brute tried to stand up, another blast sent him back into the ground, opening the rift wider. Vegita leapt up skywards and hovered vertical of Brolli's form and looked down. He snarled and thrusts his hands out.
"GALLICK GUN! Vegita roared and the attack screamed down to Brolli, who was seething with rage in his hole. Goku fired another Kame-Hame-Ha down into the ground, plunging the great man deeper into the Earth as Gohan used one of his own larger waves, sending a great explosion upwards and burying the man. Vegita fired another attack down into the ground, caving in the deep crater over Brolli's body, effectively burying the powerful Saiyan alive. Heaving and panting after their great effort, the quartet looked at each other with dazed expressions.
"Yeah! Right on!" Trunks shouted, flinging a fist into the air with triumph. Vegita just snorted and crossed his great arms over his chest.
"Huh! This isn't the last of it, you can be sure of that!" the Prince stated.
"Vegita's right, Brolli will take a lot more than that to stop him." Goku said, powering up, making ready to leave. "C'mon, lets get back to the Lookout, we need to plan our next attack before Brolli frees himself from his prison "
One by one, the others flew off after Goku and into the setting sun. The battle had taken a lot out of them, but tomorrow two new fighters will stand along the front line, ready to fight against the evil Brolli. Will the large Tomatta and the young Goten give the fighters a little bit more firepower in the events, or will they merely become mere playthings of the brute?