"Dragonball AS: Ultimate Cell Saga"

Chapter 74- "Best Served Kold"

By- Tiny

Goku was heading rapidly for his son's from the Lookout, where he had dropped all the non-fighters and a few others off at, his aura fluctuating wildly as he searched moved frantically to help his son. He had sensed Cell's power long before any of the others and it had, despite his years of experience in battle, frightened the elder Saiya-jin out of his mind. And clearly he wasn't the only one, since he had met Vegeta and Brolly up on the Lookout, each with identical looks on their faces as they dropped their younger family member's off.

The three warriors were getting very close to Gohan's location, close enough to sense his nearly depleted energy as well as another, familiar energy who had currently engaged the raging bio-android. Videl was there next to Gohan, as well as another Saiya-jin power, but none of them were currently fighting as Cell stayed occupied with the person already socking it to him. What really worried the Saiya-jin men, however, was that while the newcomer's energy was slowly declining, Cell's hadn't gone down in the slightest.

"This isn't very good," Brolly commented, "If this Cell creature is really that powerful that nobody can weaken him, then it will be very difficult to defeat him one on one."

"I'm with Brolly on this one, Kakarot," Vegeta grunted, "We'll have to team up against him this time. Otherwise, we won't last much longer than your son did."

"Teaming up, what a grand idea!" a booming, sinister voice called out, causing the Saiya-jin to stop in midair, "That's exactly what Cell and myself had in mind..."

Looking around to see who had addressed them so blatantly, the three Saiya-jin came face to face with three warriors that each of them knew quite well save Brolly, who had never been around at the time they fought. The three dark powers were none other than the Kurudo-jin, King Kold and Koola, and the large green alien that Gohan had killed years ago, known as Bojack. Koola and Bojack didn't look any different than the last time that they had shown up, but Kold now greatly resembled a much larger Koola, only with black where Koola was white and blue where he was purple.

In addition to the new physical status Kold had obtained, Goku could sense that his energy levels had shot clean through the roof, far above even the power that Shenlong had possessed years earlier. It may have been nothing to worry about if it was three on one, but it was an even game now, with three players on each side, and that frustrated the three Saiya-jin greatly.

"It's been quite a while Saiya-jin," Kold chuckled, "I do so wish my other son, or rather daughter, could be here with us. However, you're little descendants put an end to that, didn't they!?!"

"He...err...she was a threat to this planet and it's people!" Goku snapped, "Goshin only did what any other would have done in his position!"

"That's no excuse!" Koola spoke up in defense of Reiza, "My...sister came to humiliate you and you all killed her, even though she hadn't actually harmed a single person! Now, the time has come to put an end to you monkeys once and for all, in the name of all those you have killed!"

"I only see three unjust killers here, Kurudo-jin," Brolly huffed, fixing his gaze on Koola, "And I'll personally see to it that you are sent back to Hell where you and your kind belong!"

"Then I hope your prepared to experience pain, monkey boy!" Bojack smirked, charging up, "There's no possible way any one of you could defeat us!"

"Poor fools," Vegeta chuckled, his eyes turning crystal blue, "You're all dead and don't even realize it...YET!!!!"

Pride flung his sword at Trunks again, narrowly missing the Saiya-jin prince as he brought his own blade down with a clang to knock the Sin's to the ruins below. Pride seared with rage as he watched the finely crafted blade fall to the ground and embed itself in the asphalt. He had worked for years on perfecting that sword's design and now, as though it had been nothing at all, a Saiya-jin who only years before Pride had beaten around with little effort had taken it away.

All around the leader of the Sin's more battles raged, each one equally as intense as the one between himself and Trunks and some even more so as the opponent's were more closely matched. They were all too distracted to try and help their now unarmed leader, making the bulky Sin greatly regret his decision to split off against the group of warriors.

"You look worried Pride," Trunks smirked, holding his sword in a somewhat relaxed manner, "Finally realized how stupid it was to challenge me?"

"Hardly, you stupid monkey!" Pride growled, "I would never lower myself to the same level as one of you simian freaks!"

"Wow, he can use big words," Trunks mocked, sheathing his sword, "What a shock, I'd have never...."

The Saiya-jin prince stopped speaking suddenly as he felt a new presence in the area, so close in fact that it felt as though it was actually inside of the Saiya-jin's own body. Trunks searched anxiously for an exact location of the energy but could find no source, only a small nagging sensation in the back of his head while Pride simply watched in amusement as the Saiya-jin pulled at his hair. Whatever this new signature was, it really was inside Trunks' head and it wasn't going anywhere.

"Who the hell are you!?!" Trunks snarled, "Get out of my head!"

"But I am here to help you, my Saiya-jin friend," a somewhat familiar, squeaky voice chuckled, "Help you to exact revenge on one of your oldest and most hated enemies."

"I can do that perfectly well all by myself, thanks!" Trunks snapped at the unseen guest in his mind, "Pride is no big deal...."

"That foolish Sin is of no concern," the voice huffed, "No, rather I am referring to an enemy that is very close to yourself. In fact, you might say that he is you!"

"What are you talking about?" Trunks inquired, his curiosity aroused, "Wait a second...no...not him..."

"Yes, your future self, the one that earned the one thing you never could; your father's approval," the voice confirmed, "He is quite strong, after all."

"I don't give a rats ass how powerful he thinks he is!" Trunks growled, narrowing his eyes, "Defeating him will be no problem and then, just maybe, father will realize just who his son REALLY is!!!"

"Then you will allow me to help you?" the voice nearly purred, "I can make you stronger, so much so that it will surpass even Son Goku!"

"Then do it!" Trunks roared, "Give me the power I need!"

"As you wish, Saiya-jin...."

Pride, who had been watching with relative amusement as the Saiya-jin before him practically beat himself up, looked on in confusion now as Trunk's aura shot out a deep, blood red. Black bolts of energy shot out all around his body as his fur turned a sinister black color and his already long purple hair shot down his back, turning an almost eerie silver color. The entire planet began to shake as the prince powered up to his maximum and then continued to push beyond even that, his aura going from blood red to midnight black in an instant.

The Sin backed off for a second as one of the stray energy bolts shot off and burned his hand, the aura around the Saiya-jin suddenly filling with more hatred and malice than even the Sin's were capable of. Pride couldn't see Trunks' eyes as he kept his body lurched forward, but he would've nearly died of fright had he seen the blood red color that they shone. Something about the Saiya-jin had changed as Pride watched him right himself in the air, tightening the grip on his sword as the Sin noticed a black 'M' just over the Saiya-jin's eyes.

"What the hell is going on!?!" Pride snarled, "Are you sick or something? It sure would be a shame to defeat you on a technicality!"

"No, I'm not sick, my foolish friend" Trunks muttered in a wicked, almost evil tone, as he flared out his aura slightly.

Pride never even saw Trunks move before the Saiya-jin's sword ploughed through his chest, sending a brilliant spray of black blood out of his backside. The Sin's eyes went wide with agony that he couldn't even express, glazing over in seconds as the shimmering blade split his heart in half. Just to be sure he had finished off the job, Trunks sent a beam of energy through the blade, incinerating the Sin's body in a brilliant flash of yellow energy that could be seen from even space.

The other Sin's watched in horror as the smoke cleared, revealing the Saiya-jin man's sword caked in his blood even though there wasn't any other trace of the most powerful Sin remaining. The Z fighters noticed this also and cheered for their friend, unaware of his change, and looked about ready to finish off the remaining Sin's and go celebrate with him. It wasn't until they noticed those burning red eyes glaring down at them, Trunks' normally placid face twisted into a sick, sadistic smirk, that even the ones who called themselves the prince's friends and family truly felt afraid for their own lives.

"As a matter of fact," Trunks smirked, moving towards his 'friends', "I've never felt better...."

NEXT TIME: Goku and his two allies are fighting with three former nemesis's while Mirai tries desperately to hold his own against Cell, hoping desperately that Gohan will recover and jump in to help him. Yet something sinister and dark has taken hold of this timelines Trunks, something that could threaten the lives of Hell's escapee's as well as the Z fighters! What has come over Trunks to make him turn on even his closest of friends? Find out in the next installment of Dragonball AS!!!!!!!!