Chapter 16 – Toorah
"Would you look at that?" In Otherworld, Toorah and Radditz watch as Goku and Mirai Trunks fight each other.
"Amazing. But foolish. They might blow up the planet using this much ki." Radditz frowns worriedly.
"Isn't there another way to solve this?" Toorah asks his father.
"I don't have a clue," Radditz admits. "It is a messed up situation: Vegeta never expected the devil's bond to be so strong and unique. He'd probably react the same way when Mirai Trunks bonded with someone else. That's the thing with those damned dominant Saiyans. They're so fucking aggressive, it's ridiculous."
Toorah's mouth falls open. "What did you just say?"
"That dominant Saiyans are needlessly violent?"
"No, before that… Father, you're a genius! I know how to settle this without anyone getting killed!"
"What are you talking about?" Radditz looks at the empty space beside him.
His son is gone.
It takes all of Vegeta's self-control to refrain from participating in the fight. At first, Kakarot was winning, but at long last it seems that Mirai Trunks is having the upper hand. They already transformed back to Saiyan form, the fight was too intense to last long.
Mirai Trunks swings his sword at Goku, who catches it with his bare hands. Blood starts to drip to the ground as Mirai pushes the blade down.
Groaning, Goku falls down on one knee. Vegeta is torn apart on the sideline. He knows is supposed to help Kakarot, but he is also bonded to Mirai and has to do as he wishes. Tears of despair well up in his eyes…
Goku looks up at Mirai Trunks, feeling dizzy from the loss of blood. He knows the fight is over. Still he can't convince himself to let go of the blade. His instinct tells him to hold on just one more moment…
Goku gasps and looks past Mirai as he sees a familiar face. Mirai Trunks is distracted and pulls back his sword, thus giving Goku a chance to escape. He looks over his shoulder and then the world fades to black.
"What the hell just happened?" Vegeta, his vision blurred by his own tears, hasn't seen what just happened.
"He just vanished…" Goku chokes out. "I thought I saw Toorah…"
"Toorah? What the hell has he got to do with anything?"
"I think your son just saved my ass," Goku states tiredly. "I don't know what he's up to, but he probably knows what he's doing."
Vegeta ITs them to the hospital wing of Capsule Corp.
"Just patch me up, Vegeta. No senzu."
"You want to heal naturally?"
Goku nods with a weak smile. "You've been away for a long time, now you'll have to take care of me."
"I love the sound of that," Vegeta smirks. He starts to work on Goku's injuries and then takes off to the cabin in the woods, carrying his sleeping mate in his arms.
Mirai Trunks finds himself in the darkness that surrounds him. A bright light appears in front of him and he recognizes Toorah's face. He growls, instinctively knowing it was Toorah who took him away from the fight. The darkness remains, making him realize that he's not regained his consciousness yet.
'Stop growling, you idiot,' Toorah says. 'Don't you see? I saved all of your asses by taking you away from the fight. If you would have killed Kakarot, Vegeta would have been miserable for the rest of his life. He'd be devastated, and so would you, since you are bonded.'
Mirai glares at Toorah defiantly.
'I don't believe you. If that's true, I would never have been able to even attack Goku. My bond with Vegeta forbids me to do anything that would harm him.'
'Your bond with Vegeta also tells you to destroy anyone who could represent a threat to your relationship. I don't know if you were really able to kill Kakarot, but I figured it'd be best if we didn't find out.'
'Hn. You can't keep me here against my will, Toorah. I will go back there and finish what I've started.'
Toorah chuckles. 'In your dreams, Trunks.'
'Nani?'
'There's no way I let you get away from me now… You're talking about my father and my uncle here! I won't let you harm them…'
'Screw you, Toorah!' Mirai curses his weak body for not waking up. He gasps as he hears Toorah's reply:
'That's a very interesting suggestion indeed, Trunks.'
Mirai wakes up, fighting for air. He looks around frantically, but Toorah is nowhere to be seen. Mirai gets up and walks out of the room. He recognizes the cave where he celebrated his first Saiyan victory party.
'Thank Kami. All I have to do is IT myself out of here.'
Mirai puts his fingers to his forehead and vanishes.
When he opens his eyes, he's still inside the cave. Toorah looks up to him from below and grins.
'Uh-uh, Trunks. I made sure you won't be able to escape that way.'
"You Kami-damned bastard! What have you done to me?" Mirai screams down to him.
"I gave you a time-out, Trunks. Plain and simple. As long as your motivation to return to Chikyuu is the destruction of Kakarot, you won't be able to leave here." Toorah floats up to where Mirai is standing.
He fazes out and reappears right in front of Mirai, grabbing his throat and pushing him up against the wall.
"Don't you dare call me a bastard," he hisses. "I never killed anyone who didn't deserve it. You on the other hand are an obsessed psychopath who is desperately in need of help. There are two ways to do this, Trunks. Either you let me help you through this, or…"
"Or what, big guy?" Sarcasm drips from Mirai's voice.
"Or you'd force me into doing things I don't want to do to you," Toorah growls.
"Touching. I never knew you cared."
"I do. Not just because I'm supposed to look after my family, but also because I care about you."
"If you care about me, you let me go take care of my business."
"Forget it." Toorah releases him and jumps back to the floor.
Two days later. The situation is driving Mirai Trunks insane. His instincts tell him that he has to find a way back to Chikyuu and claim his mate. But he's stuck here… He's tried everything to convince Toorah to let him go. He even talked to Radditz and King Vegeta, but to no avail.
"Fucking bastards," he whispers powerlessly. Fever burns inside his body. He hasn't eaten in two days. He feels restless. And Kami damn it, horny as hell. He can't help himself; images of Vegeta flash through his mind.
Naked.
Crawling.
Sucking.
Coming.
Tears well up in his eyes as he rolls into a fetal position. Sobs rack through his body.
"Trunks?" Toorah carefully enters the room, expecting Mirai to attack him.
"Seems… to be… my destiny…" he hears Trunks choke out. "To have… others… dominate me… against my will…"
He approaches Mirai Trunks and puts a hand on his trembling shoulder.
Mirai slaps his hand away and crawls back until he reaches the nearest wall.
"Get away from me," he pleads. "I can't… take this anymore…"
"Let me help you, Trunks," Toorah says. "Just let me in."
Mirai leaps forward and throws Toorah off his feet. Holding him down, he hisses: "If you want to help me, let me go! Being away from Vegeta is killing me!"
Waves of despair wash over Toorah as he looks in Mirai's eyes.
"I can't let you go," he replies in a determined way.
Mirai Trunks bares his fangs and hits Toorah repeatedly. He soon feels how Toorah lifts him up and swings him into a wall. Mirai crashes through it and lands in the cave hall. He jumps to his feet and watches how Toorah flies at him. Rage clouds his mind and senses as he flies up to fight the other Saiyan.
Radditz senses the rise in ki and runs inside. Warriors form a ring around the two fighters circling around each other.
"It's about time someone had a decent fight again," Nappa smirks as he notices Radditz enter the hall.
Radditz sighs in defeat. "This is going to cost us another mountain."
Nappa chuckles. "It's the only way to go!"
"I just hope Toorah gets out of this in one piece."
Nappa looks at Radditz surprised. "Are you kidding me? No one here is a match for him, why would this half-breed be?"
"He's Vegeta's future son."
"Nani?" Nappa's jaw almost drops to the floor. "Then this could get very interesting…"
They refrain from further comments as the watch the fight. Surely, the mountain starts to crumble and collapse in an early stage of the fight. The other Saiyans have to run to prevent being buried alive.
Toorah and Mirai Trunks continue their fight outside…