Disclaimer: Toei Animation, Bird Studios/Shueisha, Akira Toriyama, and FUNimation own all three Dragon Ball Series. If I owned them, which I don't, I'd be rich, which I'm not, and you'd be watching this fan fiction on TV, not reading it on a computer. Now, onto this story already!
Oh man... I was seriously iffy about writing this chapter this way... I'm happy with it, but it strays from the story I originally created a great deal... But this often happens when I rewrite a story. I hope you guys enjoy it. Now, onward!
A Saiyajin's Pride: The Ascension of Trunks
"No!" Cried Trunks, shaking his head in disbelief. "It can't be!"
Dauta looked up and noticed Trunks among the clouds, and threw his head back in mad, deranged laughter.
Trunks began to shake with anger as a deep growl tore itself from his throat, his form exploding into its Super Saiyajin Two state. "I hate you!"
Dauta's face contorted into Vegeta's again. "Is that so brat?"
Trunks's eyes softened as his aura died down. "Fa... Father?"
"You're damn right, boy."
"You took over the body!" Trunks's face lit up, his anger forgotten in happiness.
"Of course I did! There's no way I'd let Daun control me for long, and it feels good to be free son." He smiled. "The only things I could think of were you and your mother... But now that I'm in control, we can bring everything back to normal."
"What about freeing you from Daun's body?"
"I don't know, I kind of like the power."
Trunks eyes narrowed as he clenched his hands into fists so tightly that blood began to run down his palms, his aura flickering wildly. "You're not my father!"
"What are you talking about boy? Of course I am son!"
Trunks growled. "You can't fool me that way, demon! My father would never let some other creature share his body, he's too proud a man for that!"
Dauta scowled, his face reverting to Daun's. "Clever little brat." Daun flew up at Trunks, preparing to crush the boy.
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The enormous, red skinned Lord Enma growled at his numerous companions. Every dead Z warrior along with King Kai, Higashito, and Senpai Higashi stood before Enma's gigantic desk. And now, the newly dead Goku added to the amount of persons.
"This building may be called the Checkpoint because this is where souls check in to the afterlife, but it is not a hotel!" Yelled Lord Enma.
"But Lord Enma," started King Kai, "We have to stay here! This is the only place that can allow all of the warriors to return to the living realm."
"For the last time, I cannot let that many people travel to the universe of the living!"
"Enma," said Higashito, "You will have every living being in existence running through your Checkpoint in a few hours if you don't do something to aid us."
The great ogre sighed. "As much as I would like to, it's just not in my power to send all of these souls to the living world. Letting them keep their bodies is strain enough!"
"Enma!" Shouted Senpai. "Do you fully understand the consequences of us doing nothing?"
"Yes, I am fully aware. But as I said, there is nothing I can do."
"I've got it!"
Goku. Always coming through in the clutch.
"What is it Goku?" Asked King Kai.
"Yeah, fill us in," chided Krillin.
He grinned. "The Spirit Bomb!"
Everyone fell flat on their faces.
"What?"
King Kai dusted himself off, the others following suit as they got up. "Goku, the Spirit Bomb won't help, we can't magically teleport all of that energy to the living world! Besides, dead things can't give life to the bomb!"
"No, no, no," said Goku shaking his head. "I mean, Trunks using the Spirit Bomb."
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Dauta swung his fists and legs hard, striking the half-Saiyajin again and again. Dauta stopped and smacked the boy across the face with the backside of his hand, knocking the child back.
With a snarl, Dauta thrust his leg out at Trunks.
Trunks's eyes widened and he quickly righted himself and side stepped the kick.
"What!" Roared Dauta. "That's impossible! You stupid mortal!" With that, he phased from sight.
He reappeared in front of Trunks, and slammed his fist directly into Trunks's chest; the fist was plunged into his body, much to the pained surprise of Trunks. Dauta grinned and forced his fist deeper and charged up some dark ki, and began hacking away at Trunks's innards, the sound of flesh and muscle tearing and being ripped coming from inside of Trunks.
Trunks let out scream after scream of utter torment, just as Dauta pulled the fist out of him, which was drenched in blood and had torn flesh hanging off. It was gruesome indeed.
"Bastard…" Trunks spat, as blood leaked out the sides of his mouth.
Dauta just laughed. "Perhaps. But it matters not at this point boy. You'll be beyond death when I'm through with you!" Dauta slammed the fist back into Trunks's, making the boy scream even louder.
The ki was charged again, the sound of Trunks's screams becoming commonplace.
After suffering for a few moments more that seemed like hours, Trunks mustered every bit of strength that his battered form would give, and clamped down on the forearm of Dauta and held it steady.
Dauta raised a brow. "What? Insolent child!" He tried to plunge his fist deeper, but Trunks held it still. "What! You are weaker than me damn you, now just die!" He forced the fist deeper until it burst out of Trunks's back.
Trunks gasped, blood running down his chin out of his mouth, thick trails of the crimson fluid running down his chest and back. He looked Dauta in the eyes and roared for everything he was worth, his aura exploding about him as he forced Dauta back.
Dauta fell back, his arm messy with blood and torn flesh. "How can you still stand against me child? I am clearly your superior!"
Trunks simply hovered in that spot, gasping for air. His wound was just too great, and Dauta was just so strong.
It looked as if the son of the Prince of Saiyajins would lose this fight.
Dauta thrust his palm out, and slowly but surely, Trunks's golden aura was converted into a darker than dark aura. In moments, his form was completely hidden from view.
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Utter darkness clouded his vision; even with open eyes he could see nothing.
This must be the destruct attack... Trunks thought to himself. He sighed deeply. Forgive me father... I've failed you...
"Trunks!" Cried an ethereal voice.
Trunks looked around, but again realized he could see nothing, and stilled himself, thinking the voice a delusion brought on by fear.
"Trunks! Listen up!"
It sounded like... No... It couldn't be... Goku?
"You haven't got much time Trunks, so I'll make this as quick as possible. Lift both of your hands as high as you can!"
"Son Goku?"
"You're going to die if you don't do it, and the whole universe will be destroyed! Now please, raise your hands!"
Trunks raised both of his hands high. "Okay Goku, I did it."
"Aww man... Put your hands down... We have to get you free first!"
"What are you talking about?" Nothing. "Goku? Goku! Where are you?"
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"Come on guys," called Goku, placing his hand on King Kai's back. "He needs our strength."
Nodding and saying their agreements, the Z warriors one by one began to place their hands on King Kai's and Higashito's backs. First Gohan, then Krillin, Piccolo, Yamcha, Tien, and Shinto all placed their hands palm down on the gods' backs.
"Now!" Shouted Goku, roaring loudly as his body was corrupted by a brilliant golden fire, his onyx black locks splitting and multiplying into golden strands, strands snaking their way down his back to the back of his thigh
Gohan roared as well, his spiked up black mane burnt golden by a similar fire that encased his father, his eyes becoming a brilliant emerald green, his aura sparking with blue bolts of electricity.
Every other warrior roared loudly all at once, their bodies becoming encased in brilliant white auras, the seven Z warriors' aura melting into one, enormous aura of whitish gold, the entire Checkpoint gleaming with their enormous aura.
Goku stood at the center of the crowd, his long Super Saiyajin Three mane fluttering in the great breeze their power was generating. Even the two gods were glowing quite brilliantly.
King Kai and Higashito both began to furrow their brows, focusing the great power being endowed upon them by their mortal allies. The great roar of the Z Senshi grew louder as the two gods drew more and more power from them, delivering all the strength they were receiving to one very needy Earthling.
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"Destruct!"
No explosion.
Dauta's eyes widened. "No! This isn't possible! Destruct!"
The dark aura began to glow, a yellow light shining against it from within.
"He isn't as powerful as the fusion, he can't do this! Destruct!"
The glow increased in brilliance. "No! Only Gogeta was powerful enough, you're just a little brat, how can you defy me! Destruct!"
The dark ki began to swell until it was as large as a three-story building, then it exploded in a brilliant flash of light, stealing sight from Dauta.
The intense golden glow began to die down.
Trunks stood there, freed, like his father had done... But he was different.
He was an Ascended Super Saiyajin...with a golden tail swishing from side behind him.
Dauta raised a brow. "Do you propose to go Oozaru boy? That will not save you!" He grinned. "But if you think it will... I would enjoy killing a true monkey." He clenched his fist tight and a white flame grew about his hand, then he thrust his hand upwards, flinging the white orb high into the sky, watching it swell until it was the size of the moon. "Go ahead boy, transform!"
Trunks looked up at the shimmering ball of white ki, and gasped as he felt a heavy pull within his chest, his heart starting to pound. His tattered clothes began to tear, golden fur sprouting from his flesh. Hisicy bluepupils faded to nothing as the whites of his eyes began to darken into a crimson red, his face unnaturally elongating into the snout of an ape. His facial skin darkened until it was brown, his body swelling as that golden fur sprouted all over his form, his clothes bursting to pieces about him as he grew.
After a few moments more, Trunks roared, revealing his three-foot long fangs. He was no longer a man, but an enormous golden ape. He began to pound at his chest with his enormous fists, roaring loudly.
Dauta looked on in shock. "A Super Oozaru? How can this be!"
Trunks turned his massive head, his sensitive ears easily hearing the sound of Dauta's cry. He let out another roar and lumbered towards Dauta, the ground shaking terribly beneath his colossal paws.
Trunks opened his mouth wide and fired an immense wave of radiating red ki at Dauta.
Dauta took the blast hard, his chest sizzling as the searing hot ki struck him, and was knocked backward into a crag, breaking the mountain in half. After a few moments he rose roaring loudly, his aura throwing the gigantic boulders all about.
Trunks's ears again caught the sound of Daun crying out; and Trunks opened his mouth and unleashed another enormous wave of red ki that seared through Dauta's left leg.
The dark fusion howled in pain, then turned as he clutched his leg, facing Trunks.
"Did you enjoy that, you little monkey?" Asked Dauta, grimacing as his leg regenerated.
Trunks's eyes widened and he shook violently, his fur sparkling a little as a golden flame overtook him. He threw his head back and roared so loudly that the very planet shook, and every strand of his gold fur was slowly turning lavender, thegolden fire bringing him new strength.
It seems as if the stream of power from the Other World had not stopped, and nor did Trunks's screaming, the sound only growing louder with each passing moment.
Dauta feel to the ground and rolled around in the dirt, clutching at his ears tightly, blood leaking out of them in thin trails as the deafening roar only grew louder, Earth trembling very violently beneath his feet.
"You… Die!" Escaped Trunks in a guttural, animal sounding scream, his body lessening in bulk, his gold fur slowly becoming solely lavender. His enormous strength began to unearth the ground, huge chunks of soil exploding into dust almost as soon as they were raised, the ground beneath the half-Saiyajin's feet being unearthed so greatly that Trunks was sinking into a crater.
His snout slowly lessened in length, almost becoming a normal looking, human face again, then he just exploded in another brilliant flash of gold.
When the light died away, Trunks stood before Dauta new, different, and more powerful than any other Saiyajin dead or alive.
What have I made Trunks become? If you know what I allowed him to become, and you oppose my doing this... then tell me so!
But, if you think about it, Daun beat the other Super Saiyajin Threes, not counting Gogeta, so it wouldn't really make sense for Trunks to defeat Daun when a Super Saiyajin Three Goku and a Super Saiyajin Three Vegeta could not... Unless he was greater than a Super Saiyajin Three...Oh well. You can always tell me how much you dislike that I through that in there, or you can tell me that you did like it and surprise me!
Okay. I've rambled on a little too long... Sayonara!
