I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 33: Stranded
Gohan and Broly clashed in high in the air with vicious punches and kicks. Almost dead even were their speed and strength, and it showed as every blow was blocked by either fighter. A half-hour had passed and neither fighter had thrown an energy blast yet, just a continued assault with brute strength. Goku and Vegeta watched extensively while the other Saiyans helped the Protoss leave the area. The Dark Templar had been evacuated first, except for Zeratul, he had insisted on staying until everyone was out. Bardock and Tora had flown out with the land transports to guard them against Zerg attacks. Fasha stood by and watched the long brawl going on outside, occasionally glancing around to make sure no Zerg were approaching. Though she would detect them without much trouble, it was hard to concentrate on anything other than the extremely powerful battle being waged. She found she had to stay as a Super Saiyan to even detect the movements of Gohan and Broly, and even then it wasn't enough. As she looked on, she didn't notice Zeratul coming up alone behind her.
"You have the look of one who has fought and won many battles, yet has lost something so important that you think as a bystander," his grim voice stated, stepping up to her left side.
She turned and examined his features slightly, "How did you know?"
"I've seen it many times from my own race, and they are much harder to read than a Terran," Zeratul chuckled slightly.
She frowned slightly, "Well I do feel like the bottom rung of a ladder here. I am the weakest Saiyan on this planet right now. Everyone else is so much stronger. I feel so useless!"
"Cheer up, it's not always the strongest mind or the strongest body that matters. Quite often it is the strongest heart that ends up being the most important tool in any warrior!" he explained.
She smiled softly, "Sounds like something my mate would say!"
"He must be a great man then. You're lucky!" Zeratul smiled, though it was hard to see it.
"Well he's not exactly a man yet, and were trying to find him. He's a great person yes, great power and skill, but he has been through so much stress and anguish that I don't know if he's the same anymore!" Fasha said, choking back a tear.
"Is he that gifted youngster fighting in the air there? I can certainly see what you're talking about," Zeratul said as he observed.
"No, that's Gohan, his best friend. No he was captured by the Zerg back on Earth and.." she started before Zeratul realized who it was.
"You mean that small boy is your mate? I was to understand that most Terrans couldn't mate before maturity. How strange," he could barely contain his own laughter at this.
Fasha looked steamed, "It was slightly different then and it was arranged!"
Zeratul put his hand up to calm her, "Yes I know what you mean, at my age you must laugh whenever you can just to keep going sometimes. I have engaged the boy twice, so I can understand what has happened to him. It's an ability of perception inherited by my people. He is quite skilled and powerful, and went through many of my brethren like a hurricane. I know of his power and his good heart. I also know the danger of the beast that was released within him, was he always as unpleasant as that?"
Fasha looked distressed, "No, he's a great and just warrior, but he was also a pacifist. He didn't like to fight others without a purpose. I can't say that many Saiyans are like that, including myself."
"It's alright, we will find him eventually. I promise that I will do everything I can to help him if possible," Zeratul said before stepping backward. Fasha turned back to respond but found nothing but air, and Zeratul was nowhere in sight.
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Ah man, this new version of Broly is even tougher than the old one, Gohan thought as he continued his barrage of blows to the bigger infested Saiyan. He had managed to slip past Broly's defenses a number of times and pounded the big Saiyan like crazy. More than enough to at least break bones at this point. He had barely scratched him at all and he felt that he would begin to lose power soon if he didn't make any progress. Unlike Broly, who seemed to get stronger by the minute, he wasn't getting anywhere. Gohan knew he really wasn't getting any stronger, but it felt like he was a cat against a large mountain lion. The cat might do a little damage, but the lion would definitely win in a fight like this. When he saw another opening, he punched Broly as hard as he could in the face before backing off and charging a Masenko blast. He powered up the yellow blast with his reserve ki, knowing he may need the mixed energy for the finishing blow. He fired and watched as it collided with Broly.
After the explosion, Broly sat there with a fat grin on his face, smoking a little on his limbs, but otherwise unaffected. Gohan expected this and decided it was time to turn up the speed a little. He charged in and watched as Broly tried to grab his head. He got behind the big man as Broly grabbed at his after image before kicking the large Saiyan in the back. He followed up by gliding down and hitting a fierce uppercut to the chin, sending a large amount of saliva out of Broly's mouth. Gohan took the chance to connect on as many punches to the chest and stomach as possible before the big Saiyan knew what was going on. He dodged when Broly tried to grab at him again and let loose a big round of ki blasts, drawing on more of his reserve energy. This left Broly scowling when the smoke cleared, and Gohan still looking for an answer. Great, no effect, guess I can't have them all easy to beat.
Gohan then stood upright and charged mixed energy balls in his hands. Broly just grinned at this and prepared to take them head on. Gohan smirked slightly himself and let them go, hitting right on and giving off a bright green explosion. Hopefully they shredded him like they did Borgos. The light cleared along with the dust and smoke. Gohan's face turned pale when Broly's grin remained.
"Were you expecting that weak attack to do something? Well, it might have wiped some sweat off, but I'm afraid it was just a waste of your energy!" Broly boasted. Gohan fell back to determination, before his hands lit up and he let loose with a furious assault of mixed energy blasts. Each one of them hit over about a thirty-second time period before he stopped to see what sort of damage they had done. Broly's Zerg cells had taken the impact and been broken up, but the Saiyan skin was beat red. He saw the large bruises and cuts beginning to heal themselves, but other than that it hadn't done much, Broly still looked un-fazed. Gohan flew back a little and drew his arms back.
"Alright big guy, let's see what you think of this one! Kamehame..." he chanted. Broly phased out and struck Gohan over the head with a double arm smash. Gohan was able to pull some of his energy back before losing the charge as he fell quickly to the ground. He caught himself a few feet short of the ground before powering up more and blasting into the sky. Broly gave chase and cut him off on the rebound with a nasty clothesline, about taking Gohan's head off. He grabbed his head with his huge hand and kneed the half Saiyan repeatedly in the face and chin. Blood trickled down from Gohan's forehead and around his nose before he got a taste of it. The taste of his own blood appeared to snap him out of it as Gohan managed to block the last knee, but couldn't block the other fist as it hit him hard in the face. Broly then spun and kicked Gohan in the side and abdominal region, sending him to the ground for sure this time. Gohan struggled to get up, spitting up blood and wiping some off that had gotten into his eyes. Damn, I'm starting to lose power. I must still be a little tired from yesterday, I have to keep away from him for a chance at ending this, I need time.
Broly looked a little bored, "Done already boy, would your father like to play again then? Or how about your Protoss friends?"
Gohan stood up and shook a little, "You leave them out of this!"
"But they are already in this fight, you are merely the first helping to the main course! I guarantee no one is going to leave here alive!" Broly said, holding a strong ki blast in his hand, then over his head. It increased in size until it was as big as the Capsule Corp headquarters. Broly let it spin above him before turning and throwing it to his right. Gohan tracked the ki blast and its destination, quickly realizing that he wasn't aiming for him or anyone close by. It traveled much further than he expected, and much quicker. He sensed Broly was still controlling it a little, keeping it in the air longer. He had to reach out further to sense it at all, it had to be miles and miles away. Gohan was trying to think of anything that might be there, before he picked up on Bardock and Tora flying with the Protoss back to the ship. They were not moving, meaning they were already there and were the only thing around where that massive ki blast had gone.
"Oh crap!" he said before putting his two fingers to his head and teleporting out.
Broly chuckled slightly when he felt where Gohan reappeared, "It won't make a difference boy!" Vegeta and Goku were searching the skies and general area for Gohan before they realized he went back to the ship. They felt a large but far off explosion a few seconds later.
"Oh no, Gohan!" Goku shouted into the air. Gohan instantly appeared in front of him, along with Tora, Bardock and several hundred Protoss who all tumbled to the ground in surprise.
"That was close," he said as he turned back to Broly.
Tassadar was the closest one to Gohan, "What just happened?"
"I used the Instant Transmission technique to get you and the others off and away from the ship quickly," Gohan said as if it should have been obvious.
"But why…" Tassadar started to ask.
"Because he just blew it up!" Gohan stated calmly before rising into the air again.
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"Blast it, how in the hell are we going to get off this rock now?" Vegeta barked at anyone who would answer.
"I don't know, but I think that is the least of our worries right now," Tassadar exclaimed as he watched Gohan engage Broly again, this time being on the losing end decisively.
"Damn, your brat isn't going to win on his own Kakarot! We're going to have to all attack at once like we did before, it'll give him the chance to finish him off!" Vegeta suggested.
"Why don't we fuse then Vegeta?" Goku asked plainly.
Vegeta scowled, "Not on your life, third class!"
"Oh well, it was worth a try!" Goku shrugged as he began to power up.
Back in the air, Broly was using Gohan as a punching bag, mostly to punish him for ruining his fun a few minutes before.
"I'm going to kill you and your friends no matter how many times you save them, it makes no difference now that you have no ship to get off of this planet! Give it up!" Broly ordered as he had Gohan by the scruff of his blue jumpsuit.
"No way!" Gohan said right away. Broly threw him a good distance before preparing a similar energy blast that he had just used to blow up the ship.
"Time to end this boy!" he declared.
"FINAL FLASH!" he heard behind him. A large yellow beam smashed into Broly from a certain Saiyan prince who stood in his Super Saiyan two form. Broly seemed mostly unaffected by the attack, but he felt it for sure as his attack lost its power. Goku, also at level two, knelt down to his son, who was breathing hard and bleeding from the forehead.
"You okay Gohan?" he asked.
"Yeah, I think so. I think I still have enough energy to beat him, but I'm sore and tired, I need time to power it up!" he said, getting up to a sitting position.
"Yeah, I know, just remember not to doubt yourself. Vegeta and I will hold him off till your ready!" Goku said as he rose and started stepping towards Broly.
"Okay dad, be careful, he hits a lot harder than it seems!" Gohan joked as he began to summon his deep power. Broly was giving Vegeta quite the cocky look, who returned a scowl.
"You really should not have done that, fallen prince! You apparently forget what happened last time you tried something like that!" Broly threatened.
Vegeta grunted at this, "Ha, and you forget what happened to you. You are not invincible, you can be beaten! Whether it's by Kakarot, his brat or me, you are going down!" Vegeta declared as he powered up further to Super Saiyan three.
Broly kept his grin, "Go ahead, show me how you're going to do it!" Vegeta charged in and unleashed a furious assault of punches and kicks while Broly dodged and evaded all of them. Vegeta didn't give up and caught Broly in the chin on a spin kick while avoiding one of the big man's punches. He saw a very familiar grin when his kick made contact, and jumped back before Broly could club him again. He fired many ki blasts at the big Saiyan, who just flew forward through it all until he was in Vegeta's face. He punched Vegeta in the gut once and it doubled the prince over in extreme pain. He repeated this a few times before holding Vegeta up by his long hair so he could talk directly to his face.
"And to think you were almost as strong as I was not too long ago against Majin Buu, just goes to show that you can never compete with me in strength!" Broly stated before laughing like crazy. He prepared a large ki blast in his free hand, ready to turn Vegeta to ash.
"Time to send you to hell, prince!" A small but potent ki blast hit him in the back of the head, enough for him to turn his head to the source. A mighty war cry came in along with Goku's boot to his upper chest, a powerful enough kick to release Vegeta and make Broly fly backward a bit. Before Goku and Vegeta could react though, he came right back, plowing over both Saiyans with his big forearms and grabbing a hold of them. He flew towards the large cliff and threw them both into the side of the plateau. He charged in and punched them both in the stomach hard, causing two very loud screams of pain as he did it over and over again.
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Gohan struggled with his energy as he was charging as much mixed energy as possible, but trying not to unleash too much ki into it. He knew that he couldn't get the maximum power out of his body if he allowed that to happen. In turn, his hair flashed back to black a few times, but he managed to keep his Super Mystic form. Tassadar had made his way over to him along with Tora, Bardock and Artanis.
"Gohan, what's the problem? Can't you just blow this guy away?" Tora asked.
"No, my powers are too complicated! I'm not balanced enough to crank out the power I need to beat him! I need more Psi and I just don't have it!" he explained.
"Then just use your extra ki power, I can sense you still have plenty of that!" Bardock suggested.
"I want to use all of it, but it won't generate what I need Grandpa! This power is hard to use for a reason I think. If only we had a Senzu bean or something!" Gohan said in doubt.
Tassadar and Artanis looked indifferent, "Is there anyway we can assist you then?" Tassadar asked.
Gohan looked at them, shocked, but then very excited, "Oh of course, you guys have tons of Psi energy running through you! Could you give some of it to me, so I can beat him!"
"Yes, of course, but how exactly," Artanis asked, looking at his three-fingered hands.
"Just focus it out of you and towards me, but do it gently. It's like that Psi storm thing you guys do, just a lot lighter!" Gohan explained.
Tassadar seemed to understand, "Yes, it is similar to that Praetor. Gohan we will begin when you are ready!"
"Go for it!" Light blue energy emerged in the air from the hands of the two Templar and went directly to Gohan, whose silver aura began to emit smoky waves of green around him.
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"Is that all the two of you have?" Broly asked as Goku and Vegeta struggled to get out of the mountain.
"Any ideas Vegeta?" Goku asked.
"Why are you asking me imbecile? You're the great hero!" Vegeta snapped back.
"Heh, oh yeah. We still need to keep his attention away from Gohan, but I can barely move, we're both still tired from yesterday!" Goku pointed out.
"Argh, that brat of yours better hurry up!" Vegeta barked as they both powered up for another go. Broly was waiting patiently once he saw the large golden auras go back up. Both Super Saiyan Threes hit Broly, who was unable to block them both with the speed that they came in at. They both hit him hard in the stomach area, knocking him backwards for a good ways. Goku and Vegeta then powered up more side-by-side before drawing back in a similar pose, mirroring each other. In between them formed a large golden ki ball. Both Saiyans dropped down to level two by emitting so much energy, their hair shortening. Broly regained his composure and charged back in quickly, mad as a hornet.
"Final Kamehame, HAAA!!!" Goku and Vegeta both shouted, releasing the blast together. The golden beam roared towards Broly, who stopped and fired his own ki beam to oppose it. The beams collided, pushing against one another ferociously. Broly struggled a bit, but then grinned more and sent more power down his side of the battle. This pushed Goku and Vegeta's beam backwards until it was gone and the two Saiyans were hit hard by the return fire. They both flew into the mountain, dropping out of Super Saiyan completely as they hit the ground.
"There's two nuisances down, now for the boy!" Broly said as he turned to see Gohan's form. Gohan was still receiving Psi energy from Tassadar and Artanis, not ready for any attack at the moment. Bardock and Tora realized this quickly and jumped out ahead of him, powering up to level two.
"Oh, aren't you two entertaining!" Broly said with disgust.
"Tora, let's try the fusion," Bardock whispered to his closest friend.
"Yeah let's do it!" Tora said back, jumping to about eight feet away. As they regulated their power levels, they began the dance.
"Fu…sion…" Broly saw this and grinned sharply as he fired a single ki blast with his finger. The blast hit Tora right as they came back around to finish the dance, knocking him off position with his fingers. A bright flash followed, leaving behind a large and overweight Saiyan with hair like Gotenks, only all gold.
"Oh, shit," Fat Tardock said. Broly sent out an invisible wave of ki that smashed into the fused invalid and sent him into the crowd of Protoss. Some of them got out of the way, the rest were bowled over like pins before hitting the mountain. The only good thing about this was that the fused fat Saiyan then defused once he bounced off the rock, both fighters out cold.
"Now where were we?" Broly asked as he kept his smirk and turned back to Gohan, who was still charging. Suddenly a cold feeling overcame him and he seemed to freeze in place. Ice formed around his legs and crept upwards until a blue shield of it surrounded him and seemed to harden and crystallize. Zeratul then shimmered into view a few feet ahead of him, his arm outstretched. He activated his sword and prepared to strike. The ice began to melt and was then blown right off as Broly powered out of it. Zeratul was blown back a bit by the sudden power up, but ran forward with his sword. Broly chuckled at this and fired a small ki blast at him. Zeratul then vanished as the blast arrived, hitting nothing. Broly's grin dropped when he realized he didn't see where he went. His blank eyes searched side to side and all around, not catching a trace of the Dark Templar. A large and smoldering cut then slashed its way across his large back. He grabbed it by instinct before spinning around to obliterate whoever did that to him. He found nothing again as an invisible sword struck his legs and shoulders next, again from behind. He jumped back, snarling as the wounds healed themselves.
"Come out Protoss, show yourself you coward!" Broly shouted at the air. Zeratul reappeared a bit away from where Broly was, to his left.
"Ah there you are, now stay still so I can kill you!" Broly suggested.
"Such a vile creature can only be a creation of the Overmind itself, you will be destroyed by my hand!" Zeratul declared.
"Good luck!" Broly said, stomping closer. Zeratul sighed and stood ready, green sword shimmering. Broly fired off several ki blast rounds, watching the elder warrior dodge and parry them easily with the sword. Broly fired another big ki blast, seeing Zeratul zip away as swiftly as any Saiyan. Broly turned to see the Dark Templar standing further away, not even singed by the last attack, or even winded.
"You better stay still old one. Your people are right behind you!" Broly pointed out. Zeratul glanced back to see that he was right, he also took note that Gohan was now charging all of his power into his next attack. Tassadar and Artanis looked tired, but had begun to get away from him. Zeratul looked back at Broly, spreading his arms out wide, bringing them together in front of him. He charged a small white ball of Psi energy, getting ready to direct it at the large Saiyan.
"Yeah right Protoss, that would be the day. But to humor you, take your best shot!" Broly laughed loudly.
Zeratul did just that, "Feedback!" The white blast struck Broly square in the chest and faded. Broly looked at this and laughed louder than he thought he could laugh.
"What was that? A normal human could have taken that! That was absolutely pathetic! My master was afraid of you? Muhahahaha!" Broly shouted loudly.
"Call it weak if you want, but you won't destroy any planets today!" Zeratul said, keeping calm. Broly rose into the air, ready to prove him wrong.
"I beg to differ, you're all going to Hell now!" he shouted, calling on his power. When his aura appeared, white lightning streaked around all over his body and he fell to the ground in a heap, getting shocked over and over again as if Mother Nature had it in for him. Only difference being that the lightning came from within. Goku and Vegeta stared at this with wide eyes, as did most everyone around. Broly struggled to get up and activated more of his ki, getting the same result.
"Incredible, the old Protoss downed him with one blast!" Vegeta pointed out.
"I don't think that was a normal blast Vegeta, I couldn't sense it!" Goku said.
Zeratul glanced over at them and grinned a bit, "Correct, it wasn't what your kind would consider normal, but it does well against all those who represent darkness!"
Broly struggled more, getting shocked more and more, "Not me!" He powered up as much as possible, shaking the ground and causing his body to glow white because of the feedback influence. He then managed to stand up slowly and push outwards with all of his power. The white lightning glow then snapped off like broken glass and normal ki flowed within him. Zeratul was at a loss of words himself, never mind anyone nearby with a pulse.
"It seems your little trick doesn't work so well against a superior power like my own!" Broly declared, using his energy to push Zeratul backwards. He got punched in the sides by Goku and Vegeta, but shook them off and sent them back into the ground easily.
"Broly!!!" he heard his name shouted. He turned to see Gohan drawn back in his stance, his aura flowing greatly and his finishing blast spinning behind him. Broly could see that Gohan was struggling slightly with this blast, it had all of his energy behind it.
"This is it Broly, you're going down! Ka...me...ha...MEH!" Gohan began. Broly grinned and fired several ki blast rounds at Gohan, trying to disrupt him.
As those flew at the Mystic Saiyan, Goku sat up and shouted towards his son, "Use it Gohan!" Gohan shifted a bit before drawing back a bit more and staring right at Broly. The large ki blasts rained in and exploded right where he was. Broly began to laugh crazily again until he heard a distinct whoosh of air right next to him, causing his grin to vanish.
"HAAAAAA!!!!!!!" Gohan's green beam smashed into Broly and pushed him into the air with it, before rushing over and through every part of his body while he screamed. His body faded into the light as it zoomed through the ash clouds of Char and into space.
Power levels:
Infested Broly: 730,000,000
Super Mystic Gohan: 700,000,000(drops to 650,000,000); Super Warp Kamehameha: 750,000,000
Goku (tired): SS2: 430,000,000; SS3: 545,000,000
Vegeta (tired): SS2: 410,000,000; SS3: 520,000,000
Bardock (SS2): 440,000,000
Tora (SS2): 430,000,000
Fat Tardock: 200,000,000
A/N: Well Broly's been toasted by Gohan, but it took a lot to do it. What's next for our heroes, and have they seen the last of Broly?
Next time on DBV: The Saiyans recover from their battle with Broly and receive word from Kerrigan that he will be back in three days time with a substantial amount of Zerg forces. Elsewhere, Evil Verto's mind begins to break down, and he sees visions of enemies in everything he sees. He then goes berserk and begins to kill everything around him in a fit of rage. Next time.