A/N: The first part of this chapter may not make sense at first, but think really hard, and think of the title, and then it should be 'crystal' clear. (Bad pun intended :P) Anyway, good news. I got into writing the Glacier Vs. Legion fight. When that happens the writing is always better than when I'm bored with the match.
Chapter Forty-three - Plan's Unraveled, Twisted Memories Released!
Earth:
A basketball sized crystal sphere shimmered in from it's perch in the trees. Images danced within the crystalline orb as a glow began to emanate from within it. It didn't take long before the glow completely engulfed the orb. Then, a moment later, the ball shattered and streams of light shot off in various directions. Most arced off into space, one seemed to fade into nothing, and another shot toward Capsule Corp.
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New Namek:
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Kakkarotto Vs. Goku
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"So, where's all your power coming from?" Goku asked his counter-part as they split apart from battle. So far they'd been fairly even. "Last I checked, I wasn't evil."
Kakkarotto smirked. "No, I suppose not. I guess there's no harm in explaining it. You see, from the day you were born, and for months afterwards, I had a steady inflow of power. Then, suddenly, nothing." he shook his head. "Imbecile hits his head off a rock and bam, no power for me." he muttered under his breath. "Anyway," he continued. "I went without any new power for years, every so often you'd go Oozaru and I'd get more energy coming in. But nothing as impressive as what I got while you fought the Red Ribbon army. Of course, that paled in comparison to the power I gained when you found Krillin dead after the one Budokai.
"Your entire 'revenge' that followed fed me nicely. Of course, the biggest boost came from your transformation to Super Sai-jin. Those ten days you spent waiting for the Cell Games to start! Those were the best! You see, your pure heart forced all the negative energies induced by the Super Sai-jin state out of you and into me! Then you had go and die, moron. I died with you but you kept getting stronger, and so did. And now, here I am."
Goku nodded figuring he understood. Slowly he smiled. "Well then, this should be easy." There was a flash of gold and Goku powered down to base.
Kakkarotto cocked an eyebrow. "Giving up? But the fun's only just started!" Goku remained silent. "Alright then, fine. We'll do this the fun way!" Kakkarotto charged in and smashed his fist into Goku's face knocking him reeling. He followed up with a kick to the stomach and an elbow to the back that smashed him into the ground. Goku stood slowly but didn't move.
In the sky Kakkarotto growled and shot down toward Goku. He slammed into him full force and began to pummel the Sai-jin. Goku just smiled. With another fierce growl Kakkarotto leapt into the air and smashed a spinning kick into Goku's head with the intent to kill him with the blow. However, it had no effect. Kakkarotto just stared at his foot and Goku's head in shock. "What... happened?"
Shaking it off he pulled back and slammed his fist into Goku's face also to no effect. Suddenly his red aura sputtered and died and his power vanished as he reverted back to base. "What... no, this can't be!" he cried looking at his hands. "How did you... how did you know!" his voice echoed across the planet as he faded from existence.
Goku stood there a moment longer, still smiling, as a tear rolled down his cheek as his injuries vanished. Slowly he closed his eyes and let the wind blow through his hair and ruffle his GI. /He was a part of me, my darker side. All I need to do was face him, mentally or physically didn't matter./ As he opened his eyes he took a deep breath as a new understanding filled him. And with it, a new hope.
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Otherworld, Supreme Kai's Planet:
The elder Kai had been watching events on New Namek with a sense of dread. But something had been tugging at his mind and he eventually turned his attentions to Earth. When his gaze had found the sphere in the trees it had been in the process of shattering. "What the... that looks like one of my essence orbs. But I don't remember making one...." He turned as a spark of light appeared over the horizon and a stream of energy came toward him. It hit him right in the head and flowed into his body and mind.
He fell over in shock, his eyes going wide in disbelief. "Oh no!" he cried getting back up. Quickly he changed the image on his crystal ball to get a look at the entire universe to look for any instabilities. "They're fading faster than I'd expected! Oh, this isn't good, this isn't good! We're running out of time!"
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Outer space, several light-years from Namek:
Matrix glanced out her window into the depths of space. She and Mainframe had trained some along the way but not much. She was anxious, extremely anxious, about the coming battle. Using the systems on the ship she'd managed to access the computer networks the Neo Sai-jins had set up and gathered information on Glacier. It didn't look to promising really. But there was one option she and Mainframe had discussed already, merger.
They'd been designed with the idea that they could merge into each other. When the system was activated nano-bots from both would move into the other's. Their Biological systems would be suspended and the mechanical systems would link-up. Then the biological material would be combined and restored creating a new warrior. They weren't sure about using the ability however... they didn't know if they would be able to separate again afterward. She suddenly looked up as a mechanical voice spoke out.
"Prepare for landing, arrival on New Namek in 1 minute."
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Glacier Vs. Legion
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Glacier watched as Legion launched into the air at him. The warrior was almost eight foot taller, a head taller than Glacier (minus his horns). Glacier smirked as the warrior neared, he was powerful but slow. The fused Changeling dodged around the other warrior and slammed his fist into Legion's stomach. He reached up to backhand the large alien but suddenly found a knee buried in his stomach that doubled him over and inflicted more pain than he'd felt in years.
Glacier brought his arm and blocked Legion's elbow before shifting to the right to dodge his foot. The two continued to trade blows as they drifted across the sky, much to the shock of everyone watching. Legion had the edge in power but Glacier had the speed advantage. The tyrant arced around behind Legion and slammed his knee into the other's back, then he kicked him higher into the air.
Glacier surged up and jammed one of his large horns into Legion's stomach. He grinned for a moment at the shocked expression on Legion's face but suddenly got an knee slammed into his back and an elbow smashed into his face. Glacier pulled back quickly and watched as the wound in Legion's body healed. "Legion will not die here." he declared. "Your foul existence must be removed!"
Glacier laughed. "You have no idea what you're up against!" he straightened up and floated up to eye level with Legion. "I'll admit, you have me beaten in strength, an impressive feat, but you're not guaranteed victory here." Glacier licked his lips. "Allow me to give you a small demonstration!" he threw his shoulders back and his muscles bulged slightly. His power barely increased any but he vanished suddenly.
Legion looked around him quickly for any sign of the tyrant. A foot smashed into he back of his head, by the time he turned around Glacier was gone. Then, suddenly, he appeared right in front of him and smashed his fist into Legion's face. The people gathered below watched on in disbelief as a streak of purple light danced through the air smashing Legion this way and that. Several of them turned and fled in fear.
Glacier came to a sudden stop in his assault as a blast of energy smacked into him. It had been incredibly weak and he'd barely felt it, but still, who dared interrupt his fight? Turning he saw several dozen people floating across from him. They all had wild black hair and determined black eyes, but that lasted only a moment. In a cry and flash each of them, 38 in total, transformed into Super Sai-jins.
Glacier snarled. None of them were near his equal but he hated that look. Those green eyes and golden hair... it brought back memories from Frieza and Cold of Goku and Mirai. Suddenly the 38 Super Sai-jins shot out in every which direction and began to charge in at Glacier. He smirked and began to smack them away as they came, killing each of them with a single blow and laughing. "Even in my first form you couldn't hurt me! In my forth you stand no chance!"
Eight of them pulled back and shot into the air above Glacier and formed a circle. They held their arms out toward each other and channeled all of their power into one massive joint attack. In a flash they sent the massive ball of KI down at the large tyrant. He merely grinned and did a back flip kicking the energy back up at them. The eight stared on in horror as their on attack bore down on them. A second later they were incinerated.
The distraction at and end Glacier turned to find Legion but he was missing. "What! Oh, come out here and fight me! You're only delaying the inevitable!" he cried looking around. There was a thunderous crack as Legion came surging down from the sky and slammed his knee into the back of Glacier's head driving him down into the ground. He bounced up into the air and went to blast the fallen tyrant but the fused Changeling countered with a burst of KI that knocked him off balance.
In a single fluid motion he sprung back up to his feet and spun around slamming his fist into Legion's stomach and knocking him backward. Charging in he pulled back his right arm and charged KI about his fist. Reaching Legion he swung his fist full force but stopped it inches from the others face, and smirked. There was a blinding flash as the KI exploded into a stream of energy that tore free from his arm and ripped into Legion's body. When the attack ended and the tyrant touched down on the ground again the entire upper-half of Legion's body was missing.
"And that is that. Pity." he said kicking the remains into the air and blasting them into ash. "Should have seen that coming, you weren't much of a warrior. Did give me a nice work out though. Now... how are my soldiers doing?" He closed his eyes and searched for his warriors but couldn't find any of them except Kakkarotto who, suddenly, became extremely weak and then vanished. "Bah! Worthless! Fine then, I'll destroy them myself!"
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Elsewhere on the planet Gotenks began to stir. He reached up and placed a hand on his head and, as he did, he began to glow. There was a flash of light and he split apart again. Goten began to turn to look at Trunks when a sudden flash of purple exploded from below him. He looked down to see Mirai under him, and glowing. He floated up into the air quickly and watched as Trunks began to glow too. "Oh no, they touched!" he cried as the glowing Trunks phased into the glowing Mirai. Slowly the light began to shrink away and Goten's eyes widened. "He's... disappearing! Trunks!"
Just as the light reached a speck in size there was a flash of light and it exploded back to full size taking on the shape of a person with large muscles. The light faded to reveal Mirai... only not. His muscles were a bit larger, he looked a bit younger and shorter, his hair was a lot darker, and so were his eyes.
"Where... where's Trunks?" Goten asked worriedly as Mirai looked at himself.
The Sai-jin looked up and put his hand on Goten's head. "Don't worry Goten. He's okay... sort of. We seem to have merged... the power boost is awesome! I'm stronger than Gotenks or Trugeta... amazing..."
Chapter Forty-three - Plan's Unraveled, Twisted Memories Released!
Earth:
A basketball sized crystal sphere shimmered in from it's perch in the trees. Images danced within the crystalline orb as a glow began to emanate from within it. It didn't take long before the glow completely engulfed the orb. Then, a moment later, the ball shattered and streams of light shot off in various directions. Most arced off into space, one seemed to fade into nothing, and another shot toward Capsule Corp.
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New Namek:
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Kakkarotto Vs. Goku
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"So, where's all your power coming from?" Goku asked his counter-part as they split apart from battle. So far they'd been fairly even. "Last I checked, I wasn't evil."
Kakkarotto smirked. "No, I suppose not. I guess there's no harm in explaining it. You see, from the day you were born, and for months afterwards, I had a steady inflow of power. Then, suddenly, nothing." he shook his head. "Imbecile hits his head off a rock and bam, no power for me." he muttered under his breath. "Anyway," he continued. "I went without any new power for years, every so often you'd go Oozaru and I'd get more energy coming in. But nothing as impressive as what I got while you fought the Red Ribbon army. Of course, that paled in comparison to the power I gained when you found Krillin dead after the one Budokai.
"Your entire 'revenge' that followed fed me nicely. Of course, the biggest boost came from your transformation to Super Sai-jin. Those ten days you spent waiting for the Cell Games to start! Those were the best! You see, your pure heart forced all the negative energies induced by the Super Sai-jin state out of you and into me! Then you had go and die, moron. I died with you but you kept getting stronger, and so did. And now, here I am."
Goku nodded figuring he understood. Slowly he smiled. "Well then, this should be easy." There was a flash of gold and Goku powered down to base.
Kakkarotto cocked an eyebrow. "Giving up? But the fun's only just started!" Goku remained silent. "Alright then, fine. We'll do this the fun way!" Kakkarotto charged in and smashed his fist into Goku's face knocking him reeling. He followed up with a kick to the stomach and an elbow to the back that smashed him into the ground. Goku stood slowly but didn't move.
In the sky Kakkarotto growled and shot down toward Goku. He slammed into him full force and began to pummel the Sai-jin. Goku just smiled. With another fierce growl Kakkarotto leapt into the air and smashed a spinning kick into Goku's head with the intent to kill him with the blow. However, it had no effect. Kakkarotto just stared at his foot and Goku's head in shock. "What... happened?"
Shaking it off he pulled back and slammed his fist into Goku's face also to no effect. Suddenly his red aura sputtered and died and his power vanished as he reverted back to base. "What... no, this can't be!" he cried looking at his hands. "How did you... how did you know!" his voice echoed across the planet as he faded from existence.
Goku stood there a moment longer, still smiling, as a tear rolled down his cheek as his injuries vanished. Slowly he closed his eyes and let the wind blow through his hair and ruffle his GI. /He was a part of me, my darker side. All I need to do was face him, mentally or physically didn't matter./ As he opened his eyes he took a deep breath as a new understanding filled him. And with it, a new hope.
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Otherworld, Supreme Kai's Planet:
The elder Kai had been watching events on New Namek with a sense of dread. But something had been tugging at his mind and he eventually turned his attentions to Earth. When his gaze had found the sphere in the trees it had been in the process of shattering. "What the... that looks like one of my essence orbs. But I don't remember making one...." He turned as a spark of light appeared over the horizon and a stream of energy came toward him. It hit him right in the head and flowed into his body and mind.
He fell over in shock, his eyes going wide in disbelief. "Oh no!" he cried getting back up. Quickly he changed the image on his crystal ball to get a look at the entire universe to look for any instabilities. "They're fading faster than I'd expected! Oh, this isn't good, this isn't good! We're running out of time!"
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Outer space, several light-years from Namek:
Matrix glanced out her window into the depths of space. She and Mainframe had trained some along the way but not much. She was anxious, extremely anxious, about the coming battle. Using the systems on the ship she'd managed to access the computer networks the Neo Sai-jins had set up and gathered information on Glacier. It didn't look to promising really. But there was one option she and Mainframe had discussed already, merger.
They'd been designed with the idea that they could merge into each other. When the system was activated nano-bots from both would move into the other's. Their Biological systems would be suspended and the mechanical systems would link-up. Then the biological material would be combined and restored creating a new warrior. They weren't sure about using the ability however... they didn't know if they would be able to separate again afterward. She suddenly looked up as a mechanical voice spoke out.
"Prepare for landing, arrival on New Namek in 1 minute."
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Glacier Vs. Legion
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Glacier watched as Legion launched into the air at him. The warrior was almost eight foot taller, a head taller than Glacier (minus his horns). Glacier smirked as the warrior neared, he was powerful but slow. The fused Changeling dodged around the other warrior and slammed his fist into Legion's stomach. He reached up to backhand the large alien but suddenly found a knee buried in his stomach that doubled him over and inflicted more pain than he'd felt in years.
Glacier brought his arm and blocked Legion's elbow before shifting to the right to dodge his foot. The two continued to trade blows as they drifted across the sky, much to the shock of everyone watching. Legion had the edge in power but Glacier had the speed advantage. The tyrant arced around behind Legion and slammed his knee into the other's back, then he kicked him higher into the air.
Glacier surged up and jammed one of his large horns into Legion's stomach. He grinned for a moment at the shocked expression on Legion's face but suddenly got an knee slammed into his back and an elbow smashed into his face. Glacier pulled back quickly and watched as the wound in Legion's body healed. "Legion will not die here." he declared. "Your foul existence must be removed!"
Glacier laughed. "You have no idea what you're up against!" he straightened up and floated up to eye level with Legion. "I'll admit, you have me beaten in strength, an impressive feat, but you're not guaranteed victory here." Glacier licked his lips. "Allow me to give you a small demonstration!" he threw his shoulders back and his muscles bulged slightly. His power barely increased any but he vanished suddenly.
Legion looked around him quickly for any sign of the tyrant. A foot smashed into he back of his head, by the time he turned around Glacier was gone. Then, suddenly, he appeared right in front of him and smashed his fist into Legion's face. The people gathered below watched on in disbelief as a streak of purple light danced through the air smashing Legion this way and that. Several of them turned and fled in fear.
Glacier came to a sudden stop in his assault as a blast of energy smacked into him. It had been incredibly weak and he'd barely felt it, but still, who dared interrupt his fight? Turning he saw several dozen people floating across from him. They all had wild black hair and determined black eyes, but that lasted only a moment. In a cry and flash each of them, 38 in total, transformed into Super Sai-jins.
Glacier snarled. None of them were near his equal but he hated that look. Those green eyes and golden hair... it brought back memories from Frieza and Cold of Goku and Mirai. Suddenly the 38 Super Sai-jins shot out in every which direction and began to charge in at Glacier. He smirked and began to smack them away as they came, killing each of them with a single blow and laughing. "Even in my first form you couldn't hurt me! In my forth you stand no chance!"
Eight of them pulled back and shot into the air above Glacier and formed a circle. They held their arms out toward each other and channeled all of their power into one massive joint attack. In a flash they sent the massive ball of KI down at the large tyrant. He merely grinned and did a back flip kicking the energy back up at them. The eight stared on in horror as their on attack bore down on them. A second later they were incinerated.
The distraction at and end Glacier turned to find Legion but he was missing. "What! Oh, come out here and fight me! You're only delaying the inevitable!" he cried looking around. There was a thunderous crack as Legion came surging down from the sky and slammed his knee into the back of Glacier's head driving him down into the ground. He bounced up into the air and went to blast the fallen tyrant but the fused Changeling countered with a burst of KI that knocked him off balance.
In a single fluid motion he sprung back up to his feet and spun around slamming his fist into Legion's stomach and knocking him backward. Charging in he pulled back his right arm and charged KI about his fist. Reaching Legion he swung his fist full force but stopped it inches from the others face, and smirked. There was a blinding flash as the KI exploded into a stream of energy that tore free from his arm and ripped into Legion's body. When the attack ended and the tyrant touched down on the ground again the entire upper-half of Legion's body was missing.
"And that is that. Pity." he said kicking the remains into the air and blasting them into ash. "Should have seen that coming, you weren't much of a warrior. Did give me a nice work out though. Now... how are my soldiers doing?" He closed his eyes and searched for his warriors but couldn't find any of them except Kakkarotto who, suddenly, became extremely weak and then vanished. "Bah! Worthless! Fine then, I'll destroy them myself!"
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Elsewhere on the planet Gotenks began to stir. He reached up and placed a hand on his head and, as he did, he began to glow. There was a flash of light and he split apart again. Goten began to turn to look at Trunks when a sudden flash of purple exploded from below him. He looked down to see Mirai under him, and glowing. He floated up into the air quickly and watched as Trunks began to glow too. "Oh no, they touched!" he cried as the glowing Trunks phased into the glowing Mirai. Slowly the light began to shrink away and Goten's eyes widened. "He's... disappearing! Trunks!"
Just as the light reached a speck in size there was a flash of light and it exploded back to full size taking on the shape of a person with large muscles. The light faded to reveal Mirai... only not. His muscles were a bit larger, he looked a bit younger and shorter, his hair was a lot darker, and so were his eyes.
"Where... where's Trunks?" Goten asked worriedly as Mirai looked at himself.
The Sai-jin looked up and put his hand on Goten's head. "Don't worry Goten. He's okay... sort of. We seem to have merged... the power boost is awesome! I'm stronger than Gotenks or Trugeta... amazing..."