Chapter 15 – Brolli II
Brolli charged back up to the lookout, his lifeless eyes blazing with fury, the golden aura burning across his body as the clouds vanished behind him. Already charging a bolt of brilliant turquoise/green energy in his hands, Brolli flipped around to the surface of the Lookout and slammed his fist down into the unsuspecting Gohan.
Gohan yelped as the fist sundered him across the floor and over the edge of the tower. Goten hopped to the side as a giant golden foot slammed into the shattered tiles where he knelt, and then hopped to the side of the energy bolt that exploded at his feet. Trunks snarled and kicked at Brolli's broad back, only to feel Brolli's knuckle catch his cheek and send him hurtling off.
Brolli's menacing gaze roamed across the lookout roof and he saw something he had never seen when he had been there earlier. A tall green creature was knelt beside Vegeta, his hand running over the Prince's body, a green glow coming from the palms. Brolli watched Dende for a moment and then turned sharply away, catching Gohan's fist as it struck past his face. The eldest son of Gohan had made his way under the lookout and appeared on the other side behind Brolli, hoping to catch the beast unawares from behind. But Brolli had felt Gohan's oncoming and had dived to the side, but not before hurling a bolt of kai right into the body of Gohan. Brolli's bolt exploded, sending Gohan back a little, but not far. Gohan rallied by sending a large kai blast through the dark night sky and directly at Brolli, who hovered upwards and over it easily. Gohan growled to himself and rose up to battle with Brolli, hoping to protect Goten and Trunks who remained safe on the ground below them.
Brolli's jewels, embedded on the gold plate that hung around his neck and the golden band worn across the forehead, shone with a dazzling purple light as the monster grinned, the blue-green energy rippling over his swollen body with loud a buzzing noise. Vegeta groaned and opened his eyes as he felt Dende's healing touch moving across his body, his life's energy returning slowly to his body. Up above him he saw the large bulk of Brolli blurring eye-wateringly fast as he fought on with Gohan, the Saiyan Prince feeling the demi-Saiyan's power lever soaring upwards.
"What on Earth…" Vegeta whispered hoarsely as he rolled onto his front and pushed himself off the ground and onto his feet. Staying mindful of Gohan's power level, he looked up at the Namek who rose beside him. Briefly, Vegeta remembered back to the brief time on Namek, when this tall green creature had been a thing no bigger than Gohan, yet he was more powerful than Vegeta had originally given him credit for.
Dende drew back from Vegeta as he saw something in the Prince's eye, some sort of inner light as he looked beyond the Namek and into the middle distance. Dende took a step back and looked towards Popo, who nodded and took several paces back. Dende followed Mister Popo and turned, watching Vegeta for what was about to happen.
Vegeta still monitored Gohan's power; as yet it was still growing. Vegeta was amazed at how strong Gohan was becoming so quickly, it was like he was… No, that surely wasn't it, was it? Looking up, Vegeta had to make sure, because if he was right, then the result could be disaster.
Goten growled to himself as his brother fought on with the Beast, constantly defending himself from Brolli's barrage of attacks. Gohan swerved and caught the arm of the great Saiyan and swung his leg around, aiming a kick into Brolli's gut. Brolli. Blocked the kick and swung Gohan away by his foot, but not managing to send Gohan far enough. Gohan countered with a heavy kai attack as he dropped back into the air, the blast hitting the Beast in the chest and sending him wheeling back with a scowl. Brolli had also been feeling the power level increase within Gohan's wiry body as he flipped and spun in the air, blocking, countering and attacking with faster and harder attacks each time. Brolli growled in frustration, blocking yet another of Gohan's attack, the force from the kick shaking the brute.
As Vegeta looked up, Goten screamed as he swung his arm around, catching Brolli in the side of the face with a powerful punch that knocked the beast's head around slightly. Brolli smiled against the punch and spun around, slowly at first, but then suddenly blurring as the Saiyan reached out his arm, fist clenched, and struck Goten in the jaw. The youngster's voice ended as Goten bounced off the Lookout floor, and this only seemed to fuel Gohan's anger.
Trunks stood beside his father watching the battle, and what he saw Gohan do, he could not believe. In the shortest of moments, Gohan's white aura vanished with a blinding flash, and it was immediately replaced with the Golden aura of the Super Saiyan and his hair lengthened as it flashed Golden. His power level was still rising, and his speed grew faster and faster. Brolli's arms were a blur as he blocked the attacks lashed out by Gohan at an increasing pace, but the Brute was moving with ease. Vegeta gritted his teeth and powered up, transgressing into the third stage of the Super Saiyan in a single, bright flash that pushed Dende backwards across the Lookout floor. Vegeta was in the air and slamming his knee into Brolli's back with as much force as possible before Trunks had time to blink. Brolli gritted his teeth as he felt the knee of the Saiyan Prince biting into the thick layers off muscle in his back, and arched his back to avoid the arm that came blurring in from Gohan.
"Get off me, Vegeta!" Brolli grunted as he kicked out, his foot biting deep into Gohan gut, sending the demi-Saiyan up into the air by a few yards. Vegeta spun as Gohan was blasted skywards, and aimed his elbow at Brolli's temple, hoping to stun the beast long enough to get a good shot in.
Brolli ducked.
Vegeta growled at his slowness and flipped back in the air and pointed a palm towards Brolli with a scowl etched into his features. Brolli turned in the air and started a lunge towards Vegeta, but was interrupted by a small golden blur that struck him directly in the stomach, doubling the Brute over with a grunt.
"NOW!" Vegeta shouted to himself as he let loose a purple blast of kai at Brolli before dropping lower and charging a larger golden yellow charge in both hands. The purple bolt struck with a great explosion that sent Brolli skywards, revealing the purple glow of what had struck him.
"You!?" Vegeta said with amazement, firing off the attack with great force. The blast flew past Applor and exploded against Brolli, who had righted himself in the air behind him.
"Yes, me," the young pureblood said simply and turned to attack Brolli in his expanding fire-cloud. Vegeta was stunned at the sight of the Super Saiyan who had been a young whelp only a day earlier.
Applor blasted upwards, charging an attack blurred towards Brolli, a being almost five times his size and god-only-knows how much stronger.
"ARRGH!" Applor yelled as he thrust his hand out, sending out a large blast of spiralling energy that Gohan immediately recognised as Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon attack. Thinking his old sense and friend was at the battle-site, Gohan powered up and sped back towards Brolli, knowing full-too-well what would happen to the Namek if he got too close.
For Applor, the fight was going well. Brolli had been unawares of the young Saiyan until it was too late, taking the Special Beam Cannon attack heavily in the face. Sending him wheeling higher into the air, then flinging out his arms to stop himself form heading higher. Applor had kept rushing forward after he loosed the attack and ploughed his fist into Brolli's throat, slightly winding the great Saiyan and giving Gohan the time to charge down and slam his elbow into the crick of Brolli's neck.
Brolli grunted and retched, his throat pinned between two Super Saiyans, and he squirmed in the pincer as Gohan pushed his elbow into the back of Brolli's neck as hard as he could. In a blur, Gohan pulled back and sent his leg low, slamming his knee into the small of Brolli's own spine, causing the brute's anger to flare violently as Applor backed away a little. Gohan spun the opposite way form the kick and drove his outstretched heel heavily into Brolli's eye socket, causing the colossus to flinch badly. Gohan withdrew his foot quickly to drive his other knee in to the back of Brolli's head, but alas, he didn't move quickly enough. Brolli's arm snapped out and a great fist tightly wrapped itself around Gohan's ankle. Gohan snarled angrily and tried to pull his leg free, but all it managed was to tighten the grip around it.
Applor slammed a series off rapid punches into Brolli's stomach, causing not even a flinch to cross across Brolli's features as he began to swing Gohan around by the ankle. With a snarl, Applor rose and dealt the same punched directly into Brolli's face, again not getting a response, not even a flinch. Brolli turned his head, as Applor's fists crashed into his cheeks and jaw, then released Gohan into the Lookout floor.
With a roar, Gohan bounced off the ground, sending up spray of shattered tiles as he was grounded, then spun himself in the air so that he landed in a crouching position, his palm flat against the shattered surface of tiles that lay against the floor of the Lookout. Gohan looked up and saw Vegeta appear in a blur over Brolli, both hands clasped together and being swung downwards into Brolli. The force of the blast shook the brute and there was another blur as Vegeta flipped in the air, bringing his who body around and driving both heels against Brolli's cheek. Brolli's who body shook to the blow and Vegeta followed through, a dark shadow against the dark night sky, a blackness with its arms held wide against the shinning stars.
Brolli turned his head and fixed a lifeless glare on Vegeta as he clenched his fists, pulling the balls together in front of him, still at arms length, two bright balls of energy collecting around his hands as they came together.
Brolli began to move, his teeth ground tight together as he started his lunge towards the impudent Saiyan Prince who had struck him so. Vegeta's build up of energy was as high as it would get, and the prince and ruler of all Saiyans narrowed his eyes into a fixed glare.
"FINAL FLASH!" he screamed as the lance of energy erupted from his clenched fists, the recoil great enough to send Vegeta back a little way. The blast struck Brolli square in the chest and sent him tumbling down into the floor of the Lookout with a tremendous crash, his body shaking and cracking the tower and its support tower. The whole structure shook, and deep, jagged stress fractures erupted across the whole Tower, the slim structure that ran from the Lookout platform to the ground buckled and began to split. Large pieces of mortar were ripped away from the Lookout and fell through the air and crashed heavily into the ground. Superstructure rained down to the earth, frightening away animals and leaving an area of destroyed ground around about the tower that sprang forth from the ground and stretched high above into the heavens. Goten's unconscious body bounced and tumbled towards the lip, unseen by anybody on the Lookout floor. Vegeta slammed on downwards, striking his boot into the back of Brolli's head as he picked himself off the floor. Brolli's arms buckled slightly at the elbows as he pushed himself upwards, but then he vanished with a blur. Vegeta hopped to the side as a golden boot slammed down from above, hitting the floor with such force that the entire segment of tower erupted around Brolli. Turning and blocking a blow from Applor, Brolli snarled and swung with a great burst of energy, Applor being plucked from the air and sent flying backwards, striking the main building heavily, his head snapping back and hitting the white structure hard enough for what remained of the thing to come tumbling down. The youngest Saiyan fell to the floor, and was immediately buried by the fallen debris from the falling building, a white cloud of dust balling up around the building as Vegeta narrowed his eyes and blurred into the attack once more.
Brolli smiled as he engaged with the Saiyan Prince one on one once again, arms and legs blurring across the Lookout floor as Brolli pushed Vegeta backwards towards the edge of the tower.
Goten's body hung perilously over the shattered edge of the Lookout Tower, his right arm and leg dangling uselessly over the inky void below. Still nobody had noticed, even Gohan, who had pounced forward, pitching forwards and planting a hand down on the floor. Gohan used his momentum and swung his body around, his hand still panted firmly on the floor as his legs swung around. He felt his feet slam against Brolli's chest and he felt the Brute stumble back, allowing Vegeta to turn away from Brolli distracted lunge, turning the avoidance into a counter strike which took the Saiyan off his feet and landed him several yards away.
The momentum from Gohan's attack carried him around again, and he sprung to his feet, landing with his back to an exhausted Vegeta, facing Brolli as he lay sprawled on the floor, momentarily stunned. The impact of Brolli had sent a tremor across the Lookout floor, and Goten tumbled off the edge of the tower into the dark void below.
Goku reappeared, and Bulma jumped in alarm as the Saiyan Warrior materialised out of thin air, a look of deep concentration on his placid face. She brushed away the hot tea that had landed in her lap and looked up at Goku as he looked around.
"Uh… Hi?" Bulma said shakily, unsure as to why Goku had just appeared. As far as she knew, he and the others were away training for something. Bulma took this time to look the Saiyan over. His orange gi was torn badly in places, the blue of his undershirt showing from beneath. Black scorch-marks had been blasted into his skin and clothing, a particularly bad one taking away a large portion of both gease and shirt, leaving a portion of bruised flesh to the eye, but Bulma knew it took a lot to physically harm a Saiyan warrior, especially one as powerful as Goku. His pants were just as ragged as his top, one leg almost being scorched away, and a hole over the left knee revealed a slightly bloody patch of skin from where Goku had been blasted into the floor by one of Brolli's attacks. His brown boots were battered and beaten, the rope that tied them to his feet were smouldering as if they had been on fire, the smoke leaving a pungent, bitter odder hanging in the air.
"Uh, what can I do for you, Goku?" Bulma asked. Goku looked at her though his fringe that hung down over his eyes and smiled grimly.
"Bulma, quickly. Where is the Dragon Radar?" He asked, his voice stern and lacking its child-like pleasant tones it normally carried.
"It's in its usual place, Goku. Bottom drawer in the office desk. Why do you need…" Goku walked off quickly before she could finish her question, and left Bulma standing awkwardly in a wet, tea stained t-shirt. He returned shortly, holding the device in his hands and he placed his finger to his forehead.
"Thanks," he called back, over his shoulder and then frowned, moments before he vanished.
Bulma blinked as he vanished, and sighed. "Your welcome."
"KAAAAAAAAAA!"
The ball of bright energy appeared between the clasped hands by the waist.
"MEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The energy grew into a large ball, and the fingers wrapped themselves around the ball tightly, keeping the ball of kai-energy compact.
"HAAAAAAAAAA!"
The glowing ball became blinding, sending beams of light from between the gaps in the fingers, lighting up the darkened area covered in the shadows of the ruined city at night.
"MEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The beams and the ball itself became almost impossible to look upon, the brightness of the ball casting the figure that held it in darkness, whilst the much larger and bulkier figure approached ever onwards, one foot in front of the other, that ever-present insane grin smothered across the beast's mouth.
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The attacker flung both hand forward, releasing the bolt of energy point-blank into that monster that kept on marching forward slowly. The Kame-Hame-Ha welled up around the figure, slowed down by the sheer bulk of the brute, and then blasted down the street, kicking up a cloud of dust as it past. The dust around the first figure cleared, and instead of the destroyed remains that was expected, Brolli loomed in the dark night, grinning and not even injured. Goku lowered his hands that he had held out in front of him and looked up at the insane beast, swallowing hard as a hand lashed out, taking hold of Goku's hair and lifting him off his feet. The last attack had taken everything Goku had out of him, and he dangled weakly from the mighty fist of Brolli as he held him up and laughed. Goku's face twisted into one of rage, and he summoned his strength for one last attack, but he was flung aside before he could even lash out into Brolli's glee-filled face. Goku's body smashed through the wall of a nearby building, and Goku rolled to a halt on the ruined insides.
Gohan growled as he picked himself off the floor, bursting into stage two as he lunged. Brolli watched with amusement as Gohan's hair darkened slightly and lightning-like energy burst around his body, the boy speeding towards the gargantuan Saiyan that had so far bested each and every one of the Super Saiyans that had made their way to New Vegeta.
Brolli twirled in the air, faster than Gohan could respond to, and the larger beast lunged out once again, grasping Gohan by the throat and throwing him downwards into the floor. That was it for young Gohan, as his battered body bounced heavily off the ground, his hair turned black and he lay motionless on the floor.
Vegeta watched it all, hanging back into the shadows and constantly studying, and now something stirred inside of him. He clenched his fists and lowered his head, looking up at Brolli across his eyebrows as he snarled between clenched teeth. Suddenly, he snapped his arms out and to his sides, flinging his head back. The golden aura blast outwards as he was raised off the floor by the sheer power his body contained, dust and rubble around him being vaporised and blasted into oblivion by his transformation into Super Saiyan.
"I am Prince Vegeta!" Vegeta roared into the night. "Ruler of ALL SAIYANS!" He placed a foot behind him and pushed himself away, heading blindingly fast towards Brolli, who stood there gloating over the fallen bodies of Goku and Gohan.
"Nobody insults me and lives! And you shall not live to do so again!" Vegeta shouted, swinging his fist around and forward to strike at Brolli. But the beast just swung his arms upwards, catching Vegeta's wrist and flipping him over backwards. Vegeta roared as he spun, controlling his spin so that he landed on his feet and bending his knees, putting his energy into his legs as his rear foot dug into the ground, taking purchase. In one large burst of energy, Vegeta released the tension in his legs and blurred into Brolli's face, fist first with a satisfied expression on his face.
But as powerful as that strike had been, Brolli merely smiled at Vegeta, the movement of the facial muscles dislodging the Prince's fist. Vegeta's look of satisfaction suddenly became a look of horror, and he quickly hopped backwards as a fist came thundering down to crush Vegeta into the ground. Brolli missed, and Vegeta hurled a bolt of kai into Brolli's chest, then another, and watched with horror as they exploded harmlessly. Brolli lumbered onwards through the flames and directly towards the Saiyan Prince.
Vegeta took another hop backwards and found himself in the corner of two large towers. He quickly looked about himself for a way to escape, but there was none. Turning back to Brolli, he took up a battle stance and watched as the Brute lumbered onwards, grinning with pleasure. Brolli was only several footsteps away now, and Vegeta prepared himself for a fight to the end.
Suddenly, a grey blur jumped in between himself and Brolli, and Vegeta opened his mouth to shout a warning, but the others voice shouted out first.
"Father! Move!" cried Trunks as he brought both hands together, charging a large blast of kai between his hands to try and protect his father, to the death if necessary. Trunks roared as he summoned every ounce of strength he had in his body and channelled it into his hands, then thrust the attack forward, once again hitting Brolli point blank. The explosion raged around Brolli, and Vegeta saw his time to escape.
"Don't just stand there, you fool! Move!" Vegeta shouted as he shot past Trunks.
"No! Run, save yourself!" Trunks shouted after his father and stood his ground. Vegeta glanced back, hesitating, then sped away from the fireball as fast as he could.
Trunks waited for the fire and smoke to clear so he could fight it out with Brolli properly, no more prancing about. This was it; this was where he would see if he was worthy enough to fight alongside Goku or his son Gohan, or even his own father who had fought so valiantly against Cell when he had been almost killed by the android.
Trunks' recollections were brought short when a massive arm and fist shot out the fire and crushed against the bottom of his jaw, sending him up high, leaving the floor and the fight far below in the darkness that swept over him as he passed out. Brolli watched Trunks' ascension for a second, and then turned sharply, moving quickly and chasing after Vegeta.
Vegeta surged onwards, and was suddenly away of his son's life force suddenly dropping dangerously low. Turning back to see, his expression suddenly changed to one of fear as Brolli charged towards him with that demented grin on his face. Vegeta turned and tried to flee, but it was far too late for that. Fingers grasped around the back of his head as Brolli pushed him forward as fast as he could, right towards a great mountain directly ahead of them. The mountain stood erect and alone in the middle of the grey land, the cliffs that served a wall for the city spreading out from the base of the towering peak. Vegeta struggled against the grasp of Brolli, but it was useless. Moments later, he felt his face slam hard against the surface of the mountain, and he felt the rock buckle under his cheek as he was forced deeper and deeper into the living rock of the mountain. Finally, Vegeta's body came to rest, Brolli pushing all of his weight into crushing the Prince's head into the solid rock, the force of the blow already causing a great crater to appear into the side of the mountainside, Brolli and Vegeta just the merest of specks at the crater's centre. Vegeta finally passed out, his hair turning black, and Brolli simply let the Saiyan fall to the ground below.
Vegeta flinched at the memory, and snarled. This battle was more than just a fight to save the earth, in the eyes of the Prince, it was revenge! As Gohan ran towards the fallen and stunned Brolli, Vegeta summoned his strength and watched as he gulped air into his lungs, trying to still the ferocious beating of his heart as it strained to supply oxygen-carrying blood to his screaming muscles. Gohan's power was still swelling, and as the half-Saiyan came within striking distance, something happened. His aura flamed around him and swelled greatly, blasting outwards as his golden hair lengthened down his back. With a golden flash, Gohan's leg lashed out, his foot flying out and slamming into Brolli's back, sending the Brute flying off the tower with a great roar. Gohan narrowed his eyes, and he couldn't help but think of when Piccolo was kicked up by the same creature that he had just sent yelping off into the air. Gohan's fury rose higher, and Vegeta looked up and saw it… something was happening within Gohan, something new, something unknown, but Vegeta had a good idea what it was.
Applor exploded out of the fallen building, heading skyward, and dived downwards, channelling his energy together, wanting to take his anger out on something, and that something just happened to be Brolli. The Brute had stopped his flight in the air and hung in the darkness, looking up at Gohan with a deep scowl full of hatred, even those eyes of pure whiteness were gazing deep into the body of the eldest of the demi-Saiyans. Gohan returned the glare, and felt another power level rise suddenly. Looking left, he aw Applor's whole body glowing brightly, and then a line of burning gold appeared between the boy and the beat, Applor suddenly standing in the air behind Brolli.
Brolli was flipped around and hurled downwards, his body glowing brightly as he powered himself up. He growled through his teeth, the deep voice rumbling across the world, as his growl became a scream of rage, the rage becoming fury as he stopped himself and darted back upwards. Applor waited for him patiently, and then found himself being flung aside by something much greater than he. Brolli wheeled around and plucked Applor from the night sky, the youngster squirming in a fist half the size of his body, but in the end the struggle was useless. Brolli reared back and hurled Applor downwards, hitting the floor of the Lookout with enough force to shatter the remaining buildings upon it. The hyperbolic chamber exploded in a fierce flash of blinding light, the force so great that the whole solar system was lit up like a supernova.
The blast plucked Goten from his place on the Lookout ledge and he dropped into the night, falling to the ground far below him.
Gohan flinched as the wash of energy blasted over him, then looked up at Brolli, who towered above him, laughing insanely as his bulked up body hung in the air, proudly, arrogantly.
"How dare you!" Gohan screamed. "How dare you come here and attack us like this! Why won't you just fucking DIE!"
Vegeta looked up, dazed by the sudden flash from the exploding time chamber, and, for one of the few times in his life, he stood and watched with awe as Gohan's body changed. His golden aura, dancing around him, wavered in the air and then exploded outwards, destroying what remained of the Lookout around him, a large crater opening up at his feet as the golden aura blasted away from him, turning silver as it progressed outwards. His hair flashed and shortened slightly, turning silver as it went then vanished, and his eyes shone with an intense silver energy, bright beacons in the darkness of the night.
Trunks moved over to his father, looking at Gohan with curiosity, and then with fear as his power level vanished completely.
"Dad… what the hell is happening?" Trunks asked, and Vegeta stood up tall.
"I think…" Vegeta started then licked his lips. "I think he just went Mystic…"
"You sure dad? I mean, he doesn't normally look like that when he's Mystic," Trunks replied, shielding his eyes from the blinding light with his hands.
"I am sure of it. You may not be able to detect his power, but it is there. Just look at what his aura did to the floor!" Vegeta said amazed, looking down at where Gohan hovered in the air, at the centre of a wide ball of silver energy that had eaten away all that it had come into contact with. Gohan's silver eyes pierced the darkness easily, and right now they were focused on Brolli.
"Your little light show is most impressive, Half-caste!" Brolli shouted, "But you will be destroyed!"
"Go back to hell, you bastard!" Gohan screamed back, and lunged.
Piccolo hovered in the air, many miles from the lookout and he watched the battle with intensity, his eyes gleaming in the darkness as the bright blasts of light from kai attacks illuminated the sky, bringing artificial daylight across night sky. But something was bothering the warrior teacher. He was about to join the battle when a large ripped across the Lookout, a searing flash erupting in a ball in the darkness in front of him, and then he saw something dark fall against the light.
"Goten!" Piccolo yelled, powering up and chasing after the falling figure as Goten started his long plummet to the ground below.
Brolli's eyes widened in shock as Gohan slammed both fits down against the Brute's skull with a sickening crunch. Brolli staggered backwards and glared at Gohan, a trickle of blood running down his forehead and across the side of his nose. Gohan backed off, glaring up at Brolli as his dull silver hair waved in a non-existent breeze, and then charged once again. Brolli had enough self control to block this time, then reached out and grasped Gohan by the shirt, hauling him upright then turning before rearing back and dashing the demi-Saiyan off the floor so hard that the entire section of the Lookout crumbled and fell from the tower.
Vegeta cursed and took to the air as his son scrambled up beside him, wiping a trickle of blood from his lip.
The wreckage and detritus from the shattered segment of the Lookout dropped to the ground far below as Brolli hovered in he air, looking out for the son of Goku. A flash of brilliant silver energy made everybody look up, and there Gohan stood, arms cross across his chest and eyes glowing blindingly silver.
"Is that all you've got!" Gohan shouted, moving closer as Brolli ground his teeth in frustration. Vegeta couldn't believe what he was seeing, and feeling! Gohan's strength and speed had increased several fold, yet his power-level was almost non-existent. The long silver hair flowed in the darkness, glowing slightly, but the glow being drowned in the sea of light that flooded from the boy's eyes.
Without wasting another second, Brolli charged forward in a blur of speed, locking his great hands around Gohan's relatively small body. Brolli tightened his grip, starting to crush Gohan between those giant hands of his, Gohan nestled in-between the great fingers, gritting his teeth as Brolli crushed and crushed at Gohan's small frame.
"Got nothing left to say, Half-caste?" Brolli growled, rearing back with that powerful head of his. Gohan continued to struggle in his hands, but it was useless. Brolli's forehead came charging forward, smashing Gohan's in the face hard. The light in Gohan's eyes dulled slightly, but then rose to shine even brighter than before as Gohan's arms pushed outwards. Little by little, he managed to prise himself from the colossal grip of Brolli, and then pushed himself away, hurling a blinding bolt of silver kai as he went.
Brolli howled in pain as the bolt smashed into his face, burning his flesh badly and singing the golden-green hair that crowned his head. Gohan spun and clamped his hands together, shoulders hunched over and eyes glaring in the night.
"Kame-Hame-Ha!" he shouted as he channelled the energy for the attack from his body into his hands. The blast leapt from the palm of his hands as he thrust his arms out, the lance of silver and blue energy crashing against Brolli's chest, sending the Brute hurtling out into the night. With a snarl, Gohan shimmered in the night air and vanished with a blur; he hadn't finished with Brolli yet.
Vegeta watched in stunned silence as Gohan departed, then powered up himself before turning to his son.
"Come on, let's not let the son of Kakkarot have all the fun!" the Prince said before charging off after Brolli and Gohan with a blast of his golden aura. Trunks shrugged and headed after his father, then hesitated and turned around. Piccolo's green aura was rising quickly from below him. Trunks looked at his father's golden aura vanishing quickly as he headed away, then shielded his eyes as another bright explosion rocked across the sky.
Making up his mind, Trunks headed down towards the Namek, wondering what he was wanting. As he approached, he became aware of something that Piccolo had held in his large arms, a small bundle held against his chest and wrapped in the heavy white cape he always wore. Trunks frowned, wondering what was wrapped in the cloak, and then his senses caught up with him.
"GOTEN!" he yelled, powering up and speeding downwards. He hadn't seen or heard from his bet friend for a while now, and Trunks had completely forgotten about him during the fight.
Piccolo looked up at the cry, and sped up his ascent, moving to intercept Trunks. The pair finally met up, and Trunks hovered around Piccolo's arms, peering into the cloak as the darkness was once gain lifted by a blinding flash of an explosion from the distance.
"is he.. is he okay?" Trunks asked in concern, the fringe of Goten's hair just poking out from the Namek's cloak.
"Yes, he's just exhausted from the battle, I guess," Piccolo answered, then looked up at what little of the Lookout remained. "What the hell…" he breathed, taking in the devastation that littered the once gleaming surface. The building were wrecked and smoking with they had exploded, and a pulsing white light came from the lower levels of the lookout's bowl-like ground as the spirits of the past Guardians looked out into the world. Piccolo hovered up and gently lowered Goten onto the floor, making sure he was wrapped up tight in his cloak. Trunks landed right next to his best friend and knelt beside him, the muscles of his jaw clenching as he thought of the ways that he would make Brolli hurt. Piccolo backed away, clenching hi fists tightly, and then looked up suddenly. He spun around and gasped at what he saw before.
"What have you done!" the voice rasped.
Goku arrived where he wanted to be and immediately he looked down at Dragon Radar in his large powerful hands. It always reminded him of an old pocket watch, and as he thought that he clicked the button on the side and the feint bleep of the radar picked up the power signature of one of the Dragonballs. Looking up, he narrowed his eyes and then looked back at the radar.
"Hmm, it's close…" Goku mused to himself as he powered down to first stage. Putting the radar in a pocket of his gi, he rushed off about his task.
Now Gohan's Mystic level has become one with his Super Saiyan state, will this vast increase in his powers, strength and speed be what the Z Fighters need to finally defeat Brolli once and for all? Or will it merely succeed in slowing down the inevitable? And as Goku searches for the Dragonballs, will Goten be able to regenerate from his injuries enough to be able to fight against the Brute once more? Stay tuned to TOTAL WAR to find out!