Chapter twenty-one - Where there's smoke,
Brolly was still wide eyed as Trunks surged forward through the air. He pulled back his right fist and swung slamming it into Brolly's face. the large Sai-jin was knocked backward into a mountain but quickly recovered. The two locked into close combat trading thunderous blows. But Goku and the others could that Brolly had the upper hand. Trunks was putting everything into each swing but the larger Sai-jin seemed to shrug off the blows. A moment later Trunks pulled back and fired off a series of energy blasts.
Brolly dodged around them and dove in toward Trunks who jumped over him spinning and kicking him in the head along the way. As he landed he thrust out his palms and fired another stream of energy at Brolly who deflected it off into the distance and charged in again. He slammed his knee into Trunks stomach and then slammed him across the field.
Trunks stopped and stared across the way at Brolly. /What's going on? He wasn't this tough before.../ he floated panting, staring at the big man.
~You're making a fool of yourself!~ Vegeta's voice screamed in his mind.
~Father? What...~
~Argh, you're so scared of him after losing the last time that you can't even hold your own now! Get over it! Now pull yourself together or I'll take over!~
Trunks sighed, /Father's right. I'm so nervous it's holding me back./ He touched down on the ground and closed his eyes concentrating. A spark of blue flashed around him as the ground began to shake. The rocks around him began to float into the air as his aura faded to a slight, glowing, outline.
"What's this?" Shiko asked curiously squinting at Trunks. "This power of his, it's building again..."
Trunks arms rippled slightly as his muscles began to expand. Then the rocks began to fall and his aura flared back up to normal as he opened his eyes. "Ah, now I'm ready." he said and vanished.
Brolly looked around in surprise but wasn't fast enough to catch Trunks who landed six blows, three to his back, two to the face, and one to the stomach, before Brolly even saw him. Trunks stopped and landed a few yards off.
"How's that possible?" Goku asked. "I thought he'd barely survived last time but he's stronger than him now."
"Of course." Vegeta scoffed. "He's a Sai-jin, Sai-jin's get stronger after recovering from severe injury remember? He's stronger now than he was because of that."
"Oh yeah." Goku said. "He's good too, he's improved a lot since he was here last."
"Thanks Goku." Trunks said. Then he turned to Brolly again. "Shall we continue?"
Brolly floated quickly into the air raising a hand above his head. Over the hand a massive energy ball began to form. Trunks looked up and watched as the golden light flooded the valley. After only a few moments the energy ball was over a mile across and Brolly tossed it down.
Trunks reached out with both hands, braced his feet, and caught the energy. The energy began to push his feet into the Earth and slide him backwards. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He began to push the energy back into the air with some of his own.
"What!" Brolly cried. He watched for a moment longer before firing a stream of energy down into the ball. Trunks pushed a massive amount of energy into his attack, then stopped and put his arms up to block. As the surge of energy hit the energy ball it exploded. When the light and dust faded Brolly had landed and had a decidedly unhappy look on his face. The two were just about to go at it again when the ground began to shake violently.
"What's going on?" Krillin asked falling over.
The ground began to split open and a number of the rocks fell into newly formed canyons. This continued for a few moments then the shaking began to die down and seconds later stopped. Then a faint stream of pink smoke began to rise from a crack. Then more streams of pink smoke began to flow from other cracks.
"Oh no!" Shin cried. "The fighting must have cracked Majin Buu's shell!"
"Are you sure?" Goku asked looking around. "I don't sense anything?"
Hiroshi looked skyward at the point where the smoke was forming. "I think he might be right. That smoke's putting out energy..."
Brolly was still wide eyed as Trunks surged forward through the air. He pulled back his right fist and swung slamming it into Brolly's face. the large Sai-jin was knocked backward into a mountain but quickly recovered. The two locked into close combat trading thunderous blows. But Goku and the others could that Brolly had the upper hand. Trunks was putting everything into each swing but the larger Sai-jin seemed to shrug off the blows. A moment later Trunks pulled back and fired off a series of energy blasts.
Brolly dodged around them and dove in toward Trunks who jumped over him spinning and kicking him in the head along the way. As he landed he thrust out his palms and fired another stream of energy at Brolly who deflected it off into the distance and charged in again. He slammed his knee into Trunks stomach and then slammed him across the field.
Trunks stopped and stared across the way at Brolly. /What's going on? He wasn't this tough before.../ he floated panting, staring at the big man.
~You're making a fool of yourself!~ Vegeta's voice screamed in his mind.
~Father? What...~
~Argh, you're so scared of him after losing the last time that you can't even hold your own now! Get over it! Now pull yourself together or I'll take over!~
Trunks sighed, /Father's right. I'm so nervous it's holding me back./ He touched down on the ground and closed his eyes concentrating. A spark of blue flashed around him as the ground began to shake. The rocks around him began to float into the air as his aura faded to a slight, glowing, outline.
"What's this?" Shiko asked curiously squinting at Trunks. "This power of his, it's building again..."
Trunks arms rippled slightly as his muscles began to expand. Then the rocks began to fall and his aura flared back up to normal as he opened his eyes. "Ah, now I'm ready." he said and vanished.
Brolly looked around in surprise but wasn't fast enough to catch Trunks who landed six blows, three to his back, two to the face, and one to the stomach, before Brolly even saw him. Trunks stopped and landed a few yards off.
"How's that possible?" Goku asked. "I thought he'd barely survived last time but he's stronger than him now."
"Of course." Vegeta scoffed. "He's a Sai-jin, Sai-jin's get stronger after recovering from severe injury remember? He's stronger now than he was because of that."
"Oh yeah." Goku said. "He's good too, he's improved a lot since he was here last."
"Thanks Goku." Trunks said. Then he turned to Brolly again. "Shall we continue?"
Brolly floated quickly into the air raising a hand above his head. Over the hand a massive energy ball began to form. Trunks looked up and watched as the golden light flooded the valley. After only a few moments the energy ball was over a mile across and Brolly tossed it down.
Trunks reached out with both hands, braced his feet, and caught the energy. The energy began to push his feet into the Earth and slide him backwards. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He began to push the energy back into the air with some of his own.
"What!" Brolly cried. He watched for a moment longer before firing a stream of energy down into the ball. Trunks pushed a massive amount of energy into his attack, then stopped and put his arms up to block. As the surge of energy hit the energy ball it exploded. When the light and dust faded Brolly had landed and had a decidedly unhappy look on his face. The two were just about to go at it again when the ground began to shake violently.
"What's going on?" Krillin asked falling over.
The ground began to split open and a number of the rocks fell into newly formed canyons. This continued for a few moments then the shaking began to die down and seconds later stopped. Then a faint stream of pink smoke began to rise from a crack. Then more streams of pink smoke began to flow from other cracks.
"Oh no!" Shin cried. "The fighting must have cracked Majin Buu's shell!"
"Are you sure?" Goku asked looking around. "I don't sense anything?"
Hiroshi looked skyward at the point where the smoke was forming. "I think he might be right. That smoke's putting out energy..."