A/N: I know Recoome's going to seem pretty smart in this story but that's just the way I kind of picture him. He's something of an air head yet still kind of smart, sorta like Goku actually :) so, yeah, he'll probably seem off at first. Oh yeah, this is the longest chapter yet, heh, around 8 and a half pages or so... Also, prepare to see some old faces and meet a new, and pretty big, player in the story. As well as a semi-new character... :p
Chapter Forty - Let the war BEGIN!
Changeling Homeworld:
Tundra and Brolly lunged in at the thin Buu together. They began attacking at such a rate the Buu was having trouble blocking both opponents. His mind was working on possibilities to deal with these fighters but his intelligence was new to him so the answer wasn't coming quickly. Thus Buu was left with only instinct to work with and it was a touch to slow to keep up with Brolly's experience and Tundra's sheer ferocity.
There was a loud crack as Tundra's fist hit Buu's jaw spinning his head around in a complete 360. Buu growled and turned his head back around. Zanis and Shiko watched in awe as the three warriors clashed with each other. She couldn't believe the power this creature had, it was amazing. Each blow thundered across the devastated planet, each attack shook the entire world, and yet the warriors seemed to simply shrug off any blows that got through.
Buu managed to slap them both away. As they were knocked back he opened his mouth wider than seemingly possible. Light flared within his gapping maw and suddenly a deep pink stream of energy surged forth. The two warriors barely managed to dodge the attack. Once more they moved in for a close range fight.
Brolly saw Tundra pull back from the battle and charge a powerful attack in each palm. Brolly jumped back as the Changeling unleashed the red and black energy. The stream tore forward and through Buu completely obliterating his body. Tundra began to smile but Brolly looked about uncertainly, something told him this wasn't over. From the corner of his eye he saw a blob flying at him.
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Above Planet Furor:
Recoome snapped his mouth shut catching another grape. His eyes wondered now and then to the monitors around him, after all, he was leading a strike force at the moment. Not that they need his power for this mission, he was nothing more a figure head here... He didn't mind though, it meant he could lounge around. But he was getting bored. /Jiece and Burter should have had this planet cleaned off by now.../ he thought watching a monitor. /And what the hell is Guldo doing? That city's empty. At least Raditz and Napa are actually being useful./ He sighed and stood up sliding on his armor. /Guess I'll have to handle this./
He'd just climbed into his pod when the computer beeped indicating an incoming message. He reached out and pushed a button bringing up a lizard like face on his monitor. "This is Commander Recoome, what's up?"
"Recoome, sir, I've a message from Brolly. He says the war has begun."
Recoome grinned. Lounging was fun but he was a warrior after at heart. "Understood." With that the face vanished. Recoome pushed a button and his pod was launched toward the planet.
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Planet Furor:
Jiece and Burter watched the short but muscular purple man across from them. He'd displayed more power than they'd expected, they were actually having some trouble dealing with him. It didn't help that Guldo wasn't responding to their calls and was seemingly hiding. Raditz and Napa had done what they could but weren't nearly strong enough to handle this man. At least, not now. Somehow over three hundred beings had become one person in order to create this guy... it was somewhat unnerving.
Jiece cracked his neck as the wind whipped up blowing his hair out behind him while blowing the purple man's green hair out in front of him. They'd seemed to hit a stalemate. "This blows." Jiece said frowning. "How the hell did they do that? He's well beyond anything we've ever fought before mate."
"I know." Burter replied equally frustrated. He was about to say more when Recoome's voice came over his scouter. Burter grinned now. "Well now, looks like our friend here has run out of time. Recoome's on his way down."
"Bout time, but we're gonna really catch it this time. This shouldn't have been such a problem, if Guldo hadn't split on us we could have killed them before this happened."
Raditz chuckled from where he now sat atop some rubble. "Cowards will be cowards." he said grinning. "The little frog just chickened out, that's all there is to it."
Napa laughed as well. "I still say we should just pop the midget and get it over with, he only slows us down."
Raditz rolled his eyes. "So do you moron. Those muscles of yours make you slower than me. I think even frog boy could beat you in a race."
The purple man looked from one to the other for moment before speaking up. "Are we going to finish this are you going to gossip all day?"
Jiece just smiled. "Relax little man, once Recoome gets here you'll get your fight."
As if on cue a streak of light broke through the clouds over head and crashed into the building behind the small group. A moment later the large form of Recoome walked from the dust. "So this guy is the problem?" he asked with a cocked eyebrow. Jiece nodded. "Good, he can give us a hand, our assignment here has just been canceled."
"What's up?" Napa asked leaping off the smashed car he'd been sitting on.
"It's time." Recoome said. Raditz and Napa both grinned excited at the prospect of such a large scale battle on the horizon. The tall man turned to look at the short purple man. "So, what's your name?"
"We are Legion." he said plainly in a voice that seemed to echo within itself. "The collective power of my people."
Recoome nodded toward him. "Our attack here was nothing personal, just orders, orders we are now ignoring. I can understand if you hate us but there is a bigger fish to fry out in space. A war has just begun, an rebellion against the man who ordered us here. Join us, defeat Glacier, and your people will be free."
Legion looked at him for a moment before surveying the city around him. "Most of us are dead." he said. "That cannot be forgiven. You say you work for another? That you were ordered here?"
Recoome nodded. "He's the strongest being in the universe but together, with a few hundred others out there, we can destroy him."
Legion looked them over. He didn't like these people, they seemed to take joy in killing his people, yet he could see the hatred of this other man in each of their eyes. He saw that part of it was from being ordered around but part of it was from what they were ordered to do. Yes, these people were killers, but that didn't mean they always liked it. "We shall lend you our full power." Legion clutched his fists tight and arched his back. "People of Furor! Lend us all of your might! Let us become one! Let Legion be complete!"
The small group looked around them in bewilderment as light came from a handful of buildings and from the horizon. They could see people inside these lights as they flowed into Legion. Raditz and the others had seen this all ready but not on such a grand scale. The Legion they had been fighting had only been the planet's six strongest people. This new Legion was being created by the entire planet's remaining population, some ten thousand people. Recoome's scouter was reading each power as it came in and joined with Legion. The being's power was building quickly, two hundred here, a thousand there, it wasn't long before he was stronger than Recoome. When it was all said and done the previously three foot tall Legion was now as tall as the six and a half foot Recoome with muscles like Napa's. "We are ready."
Recoome blinked at the power reading on his scouter and smiled. /212,631,155. To bad we killed so many of them already or this Legion may have been a force to be reckoned with. Someone even Glacier may have feared. I wonder if he knew they could do this? It would explain the order to kill them all./
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New Namek - Glacier's Palace:
The sound of feet clicking on stone echoed through the halls. The handful of low level soldiers in these lesser used halls parted quickly as the form passed by, cape billowing behind him. Through his green tinted scouter he glared at the people he passed. Sure, they were still parting, but they were giving him a look like he didn't deserve their respect anymore. Him! Zarbon! How he hated being humiliated... But there was nothing that could be done about it. He was as strong as he'd ever get so there was no way for him to surpass that brat who had killed him... it was all just so frustrating. Finally he'd had enough of their looks and lashed out with his right fist at the nearest grunt sending them crashing through six walls. Needless to say, after that, no one even looked at him as he passed.
A moment later he walked into one of the semi-restricted areas of the palace. Semi-restricted because it was a training/rec. room for high level soldiers and officers only. Zarbon grunted as the usual sight greeted him, Dodoria sitting on his fat rear stuffing his face. "I see your keeping in shape." he said sarcastically as he got a sandwich out of a nearby machine.
"I see dieing again didn't make you any less arrogant." Dodoria replied licking his fingers. "Though I have some news that may make you happy."
"Oh?" Zarbon said faking interest. He doubted Zarbon had any information he wanted.
"I got a message this morning, you probably did as well but knowing you..." he waved a fat hand in the air. "Anyway, it was a call to battle. It's started, the war I mean."
Zarbon grinned at this, a grin that would have sent shivers done most peoples spines. It even disturbed Dodoria slightly. Neither one had any idea who was running the little rebellion that was seemingly now underway, or who all was a part of it, but neither really cared. Anything to get rid of Glacier. They each despised him more than they had Frieza. "You were right Dodoria, that did cheer me up." He sat his partially eat sandwich down and turned to leave. "I have work to do now, I'll see you on the battle field."
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Otherworld - Supreme Kai's planet:
"I don't know about this Supreme Kai." Goku said looking down at the sword below him. "I mean, shouldn't you have gotten Mirai for this? He's the one that knows how to use a sword."
"Yes." Shin said nodding. "But you are much more powerful than he is, and far more pure. It is power and purity that allow one to wield the Z Sword." He floated around to the other side of the sword to look at Goku. "This sword was forged many millennia ago out of pure energy by a former Kai. It was used in the Demon Wars. This sword may be the only thing that can stop Majin Buu. Being made of pure energy it is his exact opposite, cut him with this and he'll be unable to regenerate the injury."
"Amazing." Goku said looking down at the sword.
"Indeed, but there are problems." Shin said softly. Goku looked up at him confused. "You see, no one has been able to pull the sword out. Either they were not strong enough or not pure enough. I myself have tried a few times but it will not come free, only shift slightly. That's more than many before me but its not good enough."
Goku smiled. "That's okay, I'll just transform and..."
"No." Shin said shaking his head. "A Super Sai-jin cannot pull the sword either. In order to transform you must tap into the darkness inside of you therefore a Super Sai-jin is not pure, not even you. That brings us to the second problem. As a Super Sai-jin you may not be able to wield the sword after you've pulled it..."
"What! But, I wouldn't be fast enough to even catch Buu!"
Shin side. "Yes, exactly the problem. But I may be wrong, once the sword senses your pureness you may be able to use it even transformed. However each new level you attain adds more darkness to your energy so you may not be able to go past just the first level."
Goku nodded. "Alright. Well, there's only one way to find out." Goku reached down and grabbed hold of the sword. As soon as his hands touched the hilt the entire sword began to glow a vibrant blue. Shin pulled back in surprise as Goku just stared down at it. Taking this as a good sign he pulled on the sword and it slipped easily from the rock. "Well would you look at that!" he cheered holding the glowing sword up in front of him.
"Goku, see if you can still use it while transformed." Shin said.
Goku nodded and quickly transformed into a Super Sai-jin. There was a faint screech from the sword which faded away as quickly as it came. Along with it went most of the sword's glow. Goku looked at Shin who nodded. In a flash he ascended to the second level. The glow vanished completely, the sword wailed loudly, then suddenly ripped itself from Goku's grasp. "Whoa! I guess it dosen't like me like this." Goku said starring at the blade which was now firmly planted in the ground. Powering down to normal he grabbed on to it again and once more it glowed and allowed him to pick it up.
"Very well Goku, it seems you can use it as a Super Sai-jin but no more. Come now, it's time to begin your training."
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Mirai pulled back from the battle to catch his breath and try to get a better hold on his slipping transformation. Shortly after the Supreme Kai had left Hiroshi had set in the auto pilot to New Vegeta and led everyone to the main training chamber. There was no gravity machine but the room was two hundred yards by two hundred yards which gave them plenty of room an every man for himself sparring session. Videl and Hercule were the only two not present as they were watching from another room.
Mirai flinched as Gotenks landed a hard blow to the back of Vegeta's head. Then a second later Da'kar's foot slammed into Gotenks's face. As the fusion hit the ground Mirai landed as well and let his transformation fade away unable to keep it up anymore. Another person crashed to the ground to his right, turning to look he saw Gohan standing back up.
There was a flash of light and Gohan transformed to the third level. Vegeta looked down at him and grinned quickly following suit. The two launched at each other clashing in the center of the room. Suddenly Hiroshi was there kicking them both in the stomach. Mirai watched the three fight each other at the same time for a moment then turned to see Gotenks, Piccolo, and Da'kar fighting each other. Both groups were giving it all they had and Mirai could feel their power. Any normal ship would have been destroyed by such battles but the room was designed to absorb massive amounts of power and siphon it to power the ship while the excess was simply jetted out.
There was a loud crack as Da'kar's foot slammed into Piccolo's face knocking him down into Gotenks and both warriors hit the ground. Gotenks pushed the now unconscious Piccolo off of him and stood up. He was panting and having trouble standing. Mirai could feel his power fluxing, his transformation was slipping away. Then suddenly he yelled up at the other. "I have to get stronger!" His arms and had shot back and a scream erupted from the pit of his stomach. All the fighting in the room stopped as everyone turned to watch Gotenks. There was a flash of light and a burst of power and then it was over. Golden hair flowed down over the fusions back and hairless protruding eyebrows hung out over his eyes.
"He's ascended to the third level..." Gohan said in awe.
Hiroshi landed. "Right, time to change things." he said. "Mirai, Vegeta, it's time to fuse."
A moment later a new person stood before them with Vegeta's spiky hairstyle but with Mirai's hair color and his eyes. "Trugeta at your service."
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Earth - Capsule Corp.:
Matrix looked out at the spherical ship from her window. Dr. Briefs and Bulma were constructing a new space ship for her and Mainframe to use to help the others. Mainframe wasn't big on the idea of helping Goku's friends but he was all for revenge on that pink thing. Matrix, on the other hand, just wanted to get this over with. When the thought of fighting powerful warriors had first come up her Sai-jin side had wanted to jump right in. Now, after about ten days to think it all over, she didn't really want to go. She'd rather just forget about everything and start a new life.
Yet she was going. Why was she going? Sure, there was the Sai-jin blood running in her veins now but there was more to it than that. During the seven years stuck in Dr. Gero's lab she'd done little more than sleep. Now, however, she was experiencing life and the once dormant Human part of her was waking back up. That part was afraid but it also wanted to protect the Earth, and those who had protected her like Bulma. And then there was that little Human nuisance of her conscience. She sighed heavily turning from the window. The ship would be ready later that day and get them to New Namek in about three weeks time, she'd have time to think about all of this then.
"Matrix?" The Android looked up at the sound of her name and saw Bulma standing in her doorway. The bluette had kept a close eye on the girl, not out of suspicion but concern. She'd seen the turmoil going in inside of her, the constant conflict between her multiple sides. She was Human, Sai-jin, and Machine. She was Brandi and Matrix at the same time. It was obvious to Bulma that the girl wasn't sure where she fit in. "You doing okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good." Matrix replied with a nod. "Just thinking about some things. I'll be okay."
Bulma stood there quiet for a moment before speaking again. "Just thought I'd let you know we're almost done with the ship, shouldn't be more than an hour now."
Matrix nodded once before turning to look out the window again. She was aware of Bulma still watching her for a few moments before leaving. With another heavy sigh she lay back on her bed and closed her eyes digging through her memory. It was so weird thinking back to the seven years she'd spent trapped in that space station. Back then she'd had no emotions, no free thought, only the programming. But now... it was different now. She had her emotions back, and wasn't sure she wanted them, and she could do what she wanted. She wondered if the same were true for her brother, and if it was, was that a good thing?
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Brolly whirled on the flying blob but it quickly latched itself to his arm. "Damn it, get off me!" he cried swinging his arm. Finding that useless he began trying to pry it off his arm. Then he saw another one coming at him that slammed into his face making it impossible to see. Beside him Tundra was looking around anxiously for any more the things. Suddenly something latched about his waist. As he tried to remove it more came at him and Brolly and within seconds both warriors were hidden from view. Bobidi stepped out from his hiding place to watch what was happening.
Slowly the two writhing gray blobs merged into one that began to stabilize and turn pink. Suddenly two thick, pink, and muscular arms punched out of the blob. Then four horns came spiking out of the top. Think powerful legs took shape followed by a muscular body. Buu was now as big and muscular looking as Brolly. His eyes were teal and there was purple on his shoulders. He had Tundra's horns on his head and the long antenna like thing on his head was purple and hung halfway down his back. Bobidi smiled at this, he'd absorbed them! His power would be even greater now than it had been.
Shiko and Zanis watched on in shock as the new Buu looked itself over. Then it looked to its right and off into space. "Power..." he said in a deep voice. "I know you, the firsts." He frowned following the powers there. He'd beat them when he was weaker... "No challenge. Where are you?" He turned in another direction picking up a few high powers, one of which was growing. But it stopped at a power just lower than the spiky haired one had been it, much below his power.
Then he felt it. Turning to look off in a new direction he focused. It was strong but not as strong as he... but suppressed... He smiled as his new knowledge identified the power. "Glacier." he rasped softly then started laughing like he'd gone mad. After a moment he relaxed and looked off toward the power. "Challenge!" he cried lifting into the air. Suddenly he sped into the sky, "Glacier!" and off into space leaving Bobidi, Shiko and Zanis to stare after him. The short yellow wizard yelled for Buu a few times before retreating to his ship to give chase.
Shiko and Zanis took a moment longer to recover and quickly returned to their ship in silence. It wasn't until they reached the bridge that Zanis broke that silence. "What the hell just happened out there?"
"No idea." Shiko said shaking her head. "But I do know I don't like it. That thing was strong but it seemed to absorb both Brolly and Tundra. Do you have any idea how much power that is?"
"I don't think I want to know." Zanis said pushing a tech out of the way to sit at the terminal himself. As he began to pull up data he continued. "The good news is it wants to fight Glacier. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll kill each other."
"And maybe it'll absorb him too. Damn. This is not good."
Zanis played back the video of the short battle that had just happened watching the power readings as he did. "It's worse than that." he said swallowing. Shiko looked down at the flashing number that represented Buu's power level. It read over 780 million.
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Otherworld - Supreme Kai's planet:
It had only been six hours since Goku had pulled the Z sword (and fifteen minutes since dinner) and he was already wielding the sword with ease. "This isn't all that hard." he said finishing another swing. "But I don't know how well I'll do against Buu as just a Super Sai-jin..."
"At the moment Goku, it's the best we've got." /After all, we can't rely on the hope... I just wish I could tell them, we could use that kind of power in the coming battle./ Shin shook his head. "Time for a test." He held his hand up over his head and a block of metal formed. "This is a block of the strongest metal there is. You should be able to cut right through it."
Goku got ready. "Alright, pitch at me!"
Shin nodded and threw the block of metal at Goku. He held the sword at the ready waiting for it to get closer. Then, just as it started to pass over head. He raised the sword and brought it down quickly. There was a loud screech as the sword moved through the air and the metal block fell in two pieces to the ground behind Goku.
"Alright!" Shin cheered. "That's great! You should..." he stopped as he saw Goku looking down at the sword. "What's wrong Goku?"
The Sai-jin just lifted the sword up to his face to get a better look past the glow. "I think it's cracked...." he said at last touching the small crack he thought he saw. Suddenly there was a loud snap and the sword broke into two. Shin's eyes bugged out of his head as the point of the blade stuck into the ground, the hilt still in Goku's hand. Somehow the glow stretched between the two for a moment before pulling into a bright ball in mid air.
The ball of light shot off a few feet were it hit the ground causing a minor explosion. Shin was still staring at the broken sword while Goku saw a shape taking form inside the dust cloud. "Um... Supreme Kai..." he said pointing. Shin turned just as the dust settled and saw an old wrinkled Kai standing there.
"Wha-who? Who are you? Where'd you come from?" He asked in one breath still in shock that the sword had broken.
"I am a Supreme Kai, what's it look like!" he cried brushing himself off before cracking his neck. "I've been cramped up in that sword for at least a million years, man does it feel good to be out."
"But-but-but-I don't..."
The elder Kai ignored Shin's rambling for the moment and eyed over Goku. "Funny, he dosen't look like a Kai to me..."
"I'm not." Goku said smiling and holding out a hand. "My name's Goku."
The elder Kai shook his hand frowning. "I always expected it to be a Kai who finally set me free of the infernal sword! Ah well, I don't really care, I'm out, that's what matters."
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New Namek - Glacier's Palace:
Glacier stood looking at the Gateway. His precious and beautiful Gateway. It wasn't done just yet, not just yet, but soon. Soon it would be done and he could truly gain the ultimate power, truly become the strongest being in the universe. Hundreds of techs fan and flew about the device constructing it as quickly as possible. Were they working under normal conditions such a project would have taken decades. As it were they'd only been working on it for a year. That's the kind of influence the threat of death can bring. Glacier smiled.
A nearby tech stopped dead at the sight of the towering Changeling. In the years since his last actual battle Glacier had decided to remain in his fourth state, the same form that had been Frieza's final form. However his look was a bit different. He had two horns growing up and back from the side of his head and the lower half of his face wasn't armored though the rest of him was. The biggest difference was the fact that he was almost seven foot tall as opposed to only four foot.
"Soon, very soon, I shall be forever unstoppable!" he cried laughing.
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New Namek - Underground Compound:
Zarbon had everything set up already, the plan was set now. /However this being that had absorbed Brolly and Tundra may end up being a problem./ He shook his head trying to forget Shiko's report a few moments ago. He wasn't sure what was more unsettling. The thing's power, or the fact it was flying to them through space under it's own power.
He looked over the list of names in front of him. Well over six thousand people were going to partake in this little revolt. Even if it failed Glacier would lose about three quarters of his army, that was something at least. He sighed wondering if perhaps this weren't the best situation to be in right now. Why couldn't he have just become a doctor like his mother had wanted? Life would have been so much simpler that way...
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A/N: So, what do you all think? And to those of you waiting to see a Mystic Goku, sorry, not going to happen. There will be no Mystics in this story as a result of things you are still unaware of. You know, it looks like the entire universe is against Glacier, dosen't it? Well, things are finally starting to come to an end but it'll still be several chapters more yet. I'm expecting about a total of 50 in all, but that may change. Anyway, leave a review please, thank-you.
Chapter Forty - Let the war BEGIN!
Changeling Homeworld:
Tundra and Brolly lunged in at the thin Buu together. They began attacking at such a rate the Buu was having trouble blocking both opponents. His mind was working on possibilities to deal with these fighters but his intelligence was new to him so the answer wasn't coming quickly. Thus Buu was left with only instinct to work with and it was a touch to slow to keep up with Brolly's experience and Tundra's sheer ferocity.
There was a loud crack as Tundra's fist hit Buu's jaw spinning his head around in a complete 360. Buu growled and turned his head back around. Zanis and Shiko watched in awe as the three warriors clashed with each other. She couldn't believe the power this creature had, it was amazing. Each blow thundered across the devastated planet, each attack shook the entire world, and yet the warriors seemed to simply shrug off any blows that got through.
Buu managed to slap them both away. As they were knocked back he opened his mouth wider than seemingly possible. Light flared within his gapping maw and suddenly a deep pink stream of energy surged forth. The two warriors barely managed to dodge the attack. Once more they moved in for a close range fight.
Brolly saw Tundra pull back from the battle and charge a powerful attack in each palm. Brolly jumped back as the Changeling unleashed the red and black energy. The stream tore forward and through Buu completely obliterating his body. Tundra began to smile but Brolly looked about uncertainly, something told him this wasn't over. From the corner of his eye he saw a blob flying at him.
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Above Planet Furor:
Recoome snapped his mouth shut catching another grape. His eyes wondered now and then to the monitors around him, after all, he was leading a strike force at the moment. Not that they need his power for this mission, he was nothing more a figure head here... He didn't mind though, it meant he could lounge around. But he was getting bored. /Jiece and Burter should have had this planet cleaned off by now.../ he thought watching a monitor. /And what the hell is Guldo doing? That city's empty. At least Raditz and Napa are actually being useful./ He sighed and stood up sliding on his armor. /Guess I'll have to handle this./
He'd just climbed into his pod when the computer beeped indicating an incoming message. He reached out and pushed a button bringing up a lizard like face on his monitor. "This is Commander Recoome, what's up?"
"Recoome, sir, I've a message from Brolly. He says the war has begun."
Recoome grinned. Lounging was fun but he was a warrior after at heart. "Understood." With that the face vanished. Recoome pushed a button and his pod was launched toward the planet.
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Planet Furor:
Jiece and Burter watched the short but muscular purple man across from them. He'd displayed more power than they'd expected, they were actually having some trouble dealing with him. It didn't help that Guldo wasn't responding to their calls and was seemingly hiding. Raditz and Napa had done what they could but weren't nearly strong enough to handle this man. At least, not now. Somehow over three hundred beings had become one person in order to create this guy... it was somewhat unnerving.
Jiece cracked his neck as the wind whipped up blowing his hair out behind him while blowing the purple man's green hair out in front of him. They'd seemed to hit a stalemate. "This blows." Jiece said frowning. "How the hell did they do that? He's well beyond anything we've ever fought before mate."
"I know." Burter replied equally frustrated. He was about to say more when Recoome's voice came over his scouter. Burter grinned now. "Well now, looks like our friend here has run out of time. Recoome's on his way down."
"Bout time, but we're gonna really catch it this time. This shouldn't have been such a problem, if Guldo hadn't split on us we could have killed them before this happened."
Raditz chuckled from where he now sat atop some rubble. "Cowards will be cowards." he said grinning. "The little frog just chickened out, that's all there is to it."
Napa laughed as well. "I still say we should just pop the midget and get it over with, he only slows us down."
Raditz rolled his eyes. "So do you moron. Those muscles of yours make you slower than me. I think even frog boy could beat you in a race."
The purple man looked from one to the other for moment before speaking up. "Are we going to finish this are you going to gossip all day?"
Jiece just smiled. "Relax little man, once Recoome gets here you'll get your fight."
As if on cue a streak of light broke through the clouds over head and crashed into the building behind the small group. A moment later the large form of Recoome walked from the dust. "So this guy is the problem?" he asked with a cocked eyebrow. Jiece nodded. "Good, he can give us a hand, our assignment here has just been canceled."
"What's up?" Napa asked leaping off the smashed car he'd been sitting on.
"It's time." Recoome said. Raditz and Napa both grinned excited at the prospect of such a large scale battle on the horizon. The tall man turned to look at the short purple man. "So, what's your name?"
"We are Legion." he said plainly in a voice that seemed to echo within itself. "The collective power of my people."
Recoome nodded toward him. "Our attack here was nothing personal, just orders, orders we are now ignoring. I can understand if you hate us but there is a bigger fish to fry out in space. A war has just begun, an rebellion against the man who ordered us here. Join us, defeat Glacier, and your people will be free."
Legion looked at him for a moment before surveying the city around him. "Most of us are dead." he said. "That cannot be forgiven. You say you work for another? That you were ordered here?"
Recoome nodded. "He's the strongest being in the universe but together, with a few hundred others out there, we can destroy him."
Legion looked them over. He didn't like these people, they seemed to take joy in killing his people, yet he could see the hatred of this other man in each of their eyes. He saw that part of it was from being ordered around but part of it was from what they were ordered to do. Yes, these people were killers, but that didn't mean they always liked it. "We shall lend you our full power." Legion clutched his fists tight and arched his back. "People of Furor! Lend us all of your might! Let us become one! Let Legion be complete!"
The small group looked around them in bewilderment as light came from a handful of buildings and from the horizon. They could see people inside these lights as they flowed into Legion. Raditz and the others had seen this all ready but not on such a grand scale. The Legion they had been fighting had only been the planet's six strongest people. This new Legion was being created by the entire planet's remaining population, some ten thousand people. Recoome's scouter was reading each power as it came in and joined with Legion. The being's power was building quickly, two hundred here, a thousand there, it wasn't long before he was stronger than Recoome. When it was all said and done the previously three foot tall Legion was now as tall as the six and a half foot Recoome with muscles like Napa's. "We are ready."
Recoome blinked at the power reading on his scouter and smiled. /212,631,155. To bad we killed so many of them already or this Legion may have been a force to be reckoned with. Someone even Glacier may have feared. I wonder if he knew they could do this? It would explain the order to kill them all./
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New Namek - Glacier's Palace:
The sound of feet clicking on stone echoed through the halls. The handful of low level soldiers in these lesser used halls parted quickly as the form passed by, cape billowing behind him. Through his green tinted scouter he glared at the people he passed. Sure, they were still parting, but they were giving him a look like he didn't deserve their respect anymore. Him! Zarbon! How he hated being humiliated... But there was nothing that could be done about it. He was as strong as he'd ever get so there was no way for him to surpass that brat who had killed him... it was all just so frustrating. Finally he'd had enough of their looks and lashed out with his right fist at the nearest grunt sending them crashing through six walls. Needless to say, after that, no one even looked at him as he passed.
A moment later he walked into one of the semi-restricted areas of the palace. Semi-restricted because it was a training/rec. room for high level soldiers and officers only. Zarbon grunted as the usual sight greeted him, Dodoria sitting on his fat rear stuffing his face. "I see your keeping in shape." he said sarcastically as he got a sandwich out of a nearby machine.
"I see dieing again didn't make you any less arrogant." Dodoria replied licking his fingers. "Though I have some news that may make you happy."
"Oh?" Zarbon said faking interest. He doubted Zarbon had any information he wanted.
"I got a message this morning, you probably did as well but knowing you..." he waved a fat hand in the air. "Anyway, it was a call to battle. It's started, the war I mean."
Zarbon grinned at this, a grin that would have sent shivers done most peoples spines. It even disturbed Dodoria slightly. Neither one had any idea who was running the little rebellion that was seemingly now underway, or who all was a part of it, but neither really cared. Anything to get rid of Glacier. They each despised him more than they had Frieza. "You were right Dodoria, that did cheer me up." He sat his partially eat sandwich down and turned to leave. "I have work to do now, I'll see you on the battle field."
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Otherworld - Supreme Kai's planet:
"I don't know about this Supreme Kai." Goku said looking down at the sword below him. "I mean, shouldn't you have gotten Mirai for this? He's the one that knows how to use a sword."
"Yes." Shin said nodding. "But you are much more powerful than he is, and far more pure. It is power and purity that allow one to wield the Z Sword." He floated around to the other side of the sword to look at Goku. "This sword was forged many millennia ago out of pure energy by a former Kai. It was used in the Demon Wars. This sword may be the only thing that can stop Majin Buu. Being made of pure energy it is his exact opposite, cut him with this and he'll be unable to regenerate the injury."
"Amazing." Goku said looking down at the sword.
"Indeed, but there are problems." Shin said softly. Goku looked up at him confused. "You see, no one has been able to pull the sword out. Either they were not strong enough or not pure enough. I myself have tried a few times but it will not come free, only shift slightly. That's more than many before me but its not good enough."
Goku smiled. "That's okay, I'll just transform and..."
"No." Shin said shaking his head. "A Super Sai-jin cannot pull the sword either. In order to transform you must tap into the darkness inside of you therefore a Super Sai-jin is not pure, not even you. That brings us to the second problem. As a Super Sai-jin you may not be able to wield the sword after you've pulled it..."
"What! But, I wouldn't be fast enough to even catch Buu!"
Shin side. "Yes, exactly the problem. But I may be wrong, once the sword senses your pureness you may be able to use it even transformed. However each new level you attain adds more darkness to your energy so you may not be able to go past just the first level."
Goku nodded. "Alright. Well, there's only one way to find out." Goku reached down and grabbed hold of the sword. As soon as his hands touched the hilt the entire sword began to glow a vibrant blue. Shin pulled back in surprise as Goku just stared down at it. Taking this as a good sign he pulled on the sword and it slipped easily from the rock. "Well would you look at that!" he cheered holding the glowing sword up in front of him.
"Goku, see if you can still use it while transformed." Shin said.
Goku nodded and quickly transformed into a Super Sai-jin. There was a faint screech from the sword which faded away as quickly as it came. Along with it went most of the sword's glow. Goku looked at Shin who nodded. In a flash he ascended to the second level. The glow vanished completely, the sword wailed loudly, then suddenly ripped itself from Goku's grasp. "Whoa! I guess it dosen't like me like this." Goku said starring at the blade which was now firmly planted in the ground. Powering down to normal he grabbed on to it again and once more it glowed and allowed him to pick it up.
"Very well Goku, it seems you can use it as a Super Sai-jin but no more. Come now, it's time to begin your training."
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Mirai pulled back from the battle to catch his breath and try to get a better hold on his slipping transformation. Shortly after the Supreme Kai had left Hiroshi had set in the auto pilot to New Vegeta and led everyone to the main training chamber. There was no gravity machine but the room was two hundred yards by two hundred yards which gave them plenty of room an every man for himself sparring session. Videl and Hercule were the only two not present as they were watching from another room.
Mirai flinched as Gotenks landed a hard blow to the back of Vegeta's head. Then a second later Da'kar's foot slammed into Gotenks's face. As the fusion hit the ground Mirai landed as well and let his transformation fade away unable to keep it up anymore. Another person crashed to the ground to his right, turning to look he saw Gohan standing back up.
There was a flash of light and Gohan transformed to the third level. Vegeta looked down at him and grinned quickly following suit. The two launched at each other clashing in the center of the room. Suddenly Hiroshi was there kicking them both in the stomach. Mirai watched the three fight each other at the same time for a moment then turned to see Gotenks, Piccolo, and Da'kar fighting each other. Both groups were giving it all they had and Mirai could feel their power. Any normal ship would have been destroyed by such battles but the room was designed to absorb massive amounts of power and siphon it to power the ship while the excess was simply jetted out.
There was a loud crack as Da'kar's foot slammed into Piccolo's face knocking him down into Gotenks and both warriors hit the ground. Gotenks pushed the now unconscious Piccolo off of him and stood up. He was panting and having trouble standing. Mirai could feel his power fluxing, his transformation was slipping away. Then suddenly he yelled up at the other. "I have to get stronger!" His arms and had shot back and a scream erupted from the pit of his stomach. All the fighting in the room stopped as everyone turned to watch Gotenks. There was a flash of light and a burst of power and then it was over. Golden hair flowed down over the fusions back and hairless protruding eyebrows hung out over his eyes.
"He's ascended to the third level..." Gohan said in awe.
Hiroshi landed. "Right, time to change things." he said. "Mirai, Vegeta, it's time to fuse."
A moment later a new person stood before them with Vegeta's spiky hairstyle but with Mirai's hair color and his eyes. "Trugeta at your service."
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Earth - Capsule Corp.:
Matrix looked out at the spherical ship from her window. Dr. Briefs and Bulma were constructing a new space ship for her and Mainframe to use to help the others. Mainframe wasn't big on the idea of helping Goku's friends but he was all for revenge on that pink thing. Matrix, on the other hand, just wanted to get this over with. When the thought of fighting powerful warriors had first come up her Sai-jin side had wanted to jump right in. Now, after about ten days to think it all over, she didn't really want to go. She'd rather just forget about everything and start a new life.
Yet she was going. Why was she going? Sure, there was the Sai-jin blood running in her veins now but there was more to it than that. During the seven years stuck in Dr. Gero's lab she'd done little more than sleep. Now, however, she was experiencing life and the once dormant Human part of her was waking back up. That part was afraid but it also wanted to protect the Earth, and those who had protected her like Bulma. And then there was that little Human nuisance of her conscience. She sighed heavily turning from the window. The ship would be ready later that day and get them to New Namek in about three weeks time, she'd have time to think about all of this then.
"Matrix?" The Android looked up at the sound of her name and saw Bulma standing in her doorway. The bluette had kept a close eye on the girl, not out of suspicion but concern. She'd seen the turmoil going in inside of her, the constant conflict between her multiple sides. She was Human, Sai-jin, and Machine. She was Brandi and Matrix at the same time. It was obvious to Bulma that the girl wasn't sure where she fit in. "You doing okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good." Matrix replied with a nod. "Just thinking about some things. I'll be okay."
Bulma stood there quiet for a moment before speaking again. "Just thought I'd let you know we're almost done with the ship, shouldn't be more than an hour now."
Matrix nodded once before turning to look out the window again. She was aware of Bulma still watching her for a few moments before leaving. With another heavy sigh she lay back on her bed and closed her eyes digging through her memory. It was so weird thinking back to the seven years she'd spent trapped in that space station. Back then she'd had no emotions, no free thought, only the programming. But now... it was different now. She had her emotions back, and wasn't sure she wanted them, and she could do what she wanted. She wondered if the same were true for her brother, and if it was, was that a good thing?
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Brolly whirled on the flying blob but it quickly latched itself to his arm. "Damn it, get off me!" he cried swinging his arm. Finding that useless he began trying to pry it off his arm. Then he saw another one coming at him that slammed into his face making it impossible to see. Beside him Tundra was looking around anxiously for any more the things. Suddenly something latched about his waist. As he tried to remove it more came at him and Brolly and within seconds both warriors were hidden from view. Bobidi stepped out from his hiding place to watch what was happening.
Slowly the two writhing gray blobs merged into one that began to stabilize and turn pink. Suddenly two thick, pink, and muscular arms punched out of the blob. Then four horns came spiking out of the top. Think powerful legs took shape followed by a muscular body. Buu was now as big and muscular looking as Brolly. His eyes were teal and there was purple on his shoulders. He had Tundra's horns on his head and the long antenna like thing on his head was purple and hung halfway down his back. Bobidi smiled at this, he'd absorbed them! His power would be even greater now than it had been.
Shiko and Zanis watched on in shock as the new Buu looked itself over. Then it looked to its right and off into space. "Power..." he said in a deep voice. "I know you, the firsts." He frowned following the powers there. He'd beat them when he was weaker... "No challenge. Where are you?" He turned in another direction picking up a few high powers, one of which was growing. But it stopped at a power just lower than the spiky haired one had been it, much below his power.
Then he felt it. Turning to look off in a new direction he focused. It was strong but not as strong as he... but suppressed... He smiled as his new knowledge identified the power. "Glacier." he rasped softly then started laughing like he'd gone mad. After a moment he relaxed and looked off toward the power. "Challenge!" he cried lifting into the air. Suddenly he sped into the sky, "Glacier!" and off into space leaving Bobidi, Shiko and Zanis to stare after him. The short yellow wizard yelled for Buu a few times before retreating to his ship to give chase.
Shiko and Zanis took a moment longer to recover and quickly returned to their ship in silence. It wasn't until they reached the bridge that Zanis broke that silence. "What the hell just happened out there?"
"No idea." Shiko said shaking her head. "But I do know I don't like it. That thing was strong but it seemed to absorb both Brolly and Tundra. Do you have any idea how much power that is?"
"I don't think I want to know." Zanis said pushing a tech out of the way to sit at the terminal himself. As he began to pull up data he continued. "The good news is it wants to fight Glacier. Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll kill each other."
"And maybe it'll absorb him too. Damn. This is not good."
Zanis played back the video of the short battle that had just happened watching the power readings as he did. "It's worse than that." he said swallowing. Shiko looked down at the flashing number that represented Buu's power level. It read over 780 million.
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Otherworld - Supreme Kai's planet:
It had only been six hours since Goku had pulled the Z sword (and fifteen minutes since dinner) and he was already wielding the sword with ease. "This isn't all that hard." he said finishing another swing. "But I don't know how well I'll do against Buu as just a Super Sai-jin..."
"At the moment Goku, it's the best we've got." /After all, we can't rely on the hope... I just wish I could tell them, we could use that kind of power in the coming battle./ Shin shook his head. "Time for a test." He held his hand up over his head and a block of metal formed. "This is a block of the strongest metal there is. You should be able to cut right through it."
Goku got ready. "Alright, pitch at me!"
Shin nodded and threw the block of metal at Goku. He held the sword at the ready waiting for it to get closer. Then, just as it started to pass over head. He raised the sword and brought it down quickly. There was a loud screech as the sword moved through the air and the metal block fell in two pieces to the ground behind Goku.
"Alright!" Shin cheered. "That's great! You should..." he stopped as he saw Goku looking down at the sword. "What's wrong Goku?"
The Sai-jin just lifted the sword up to his face to get a better look past the glow. "I think it's cracked...." he said at last touching the small crack he thought he saw. Suddenly there was a loud snap and the sword broke into two. Shin's eyes bugged out of his head as the point of the blade stuck into the ground, the hilt still in Goku's hand. Somehow the glow stretched between the two for a moment before pulling into a bright ball in mid air.
The ball of light shot off a few feet were it hit the ground causing a minor explosion. Shin was still staring at the broken sword while Goku saw a shape taking form inside the dust cloud. "Um... Supreme Kai..." he said pointing. Shin turned just as the dust settled and saw an old wrinkled Kai standing there.
"Wha-who? Who are you? Where'd you come from?" He asked in one breath still in shock that the sword had broken.
"I am a Supreme Kai, what's it look like!" he cried brushing himself off before cracking his neck. "I've been cramped up in that sword for at least a million years, man does it feel good to be out."
"But-but-but-I don't..."
The elder Kai ignored Shin's rambling for the moment and eyed over Goku. "Funny, he dosen't look like a Kai to me..."
"I'm not." Goku said smiling and holding out a hand. "My name's Goku."
The elder Kai shook his hand frowning. "I always expected it to be a Kai who finally set me free of the infernal sword! Ah well, I don't really care, I'm out, that's what matters."
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New Namek - Glacier's Palace:
Glacier stood looking at the Gateway. His precious and beautiful Gateway. It wasn't done just yet, not just yet, but soon. Soon it would be done and he could truly gain the ultimate power, truly become the strongest being in the universe. Hundreds of techs fan and flew about the device constructing it as quickly as possible. Were they working under normal conditions such a project would have taken decades. As it were they'd only been working on it for a year. That's the kind of influence the threat of death can bring. Glacier smiled.
A nearby tech stopped dead at the sight of the towering Changeling. In the years since his last actual battle Glacier had decided to remain in his fourth state, the same form that had been Frieza's final form. However his look was a bit different. He had two horns growing up and back from the side of his head and the lower half of his face wasn't armored though the rest of him was. The biggest difference was the fact that he was almost seven foot tall as opposed to only four foot.
"Soon, very soon, I shall be forever unstoppable!" he cried laughing.
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New Namek - Underground Compound:
Zarbon had everything set up already, the plan was set now. /However this being that had absorbed Brolly and Tundra may end up being a problem./ He shook his head trying to forget Shiko's report a few moments ago. He wasn't sure what was more unsettling. The thing's power, or the fact it was flying to them through space under it's own power.
He looked over the list of names in front of him. Well over six thousand people were going to partake in this little revolt. Even if it failed Glacier would lose about three quarters of his army, that was something at least. He sighed wondering if perhaps this weren't the best situation to be in right now. Why couldn't he have just become a doctor like his mother had wanted? Life would have been so much simpler that way...
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A/N: So, what do you all think? And to those of you waiting to see a Mystic Goku, sorry, not going to happen. There will be no Mystics in this story as a result of things you are still unaware of. You know, it looks like the entire universe is against Glacier, dosen't it? Well, things are finally starting to come to an end but it'll still be several chapters more yet. I'm expecting about a total of 50 in all, but that may change. Anyway, leave a review please, thank-you.