Chapter 17: The Legendary Super Saiyan

Broly's body continued to convulse, his screams echoing through the wasteland. Trunks walked up slowly behind the other Z-Warriors, who were observing the strange transformation that their opponent was going through. The Half-Saiyan's golden, spiked hair slowly blowing in the wind as he looked up towards the transforming Legendary Super Saiyan, "Damn..I'm too late."

Gohan was the first to turn towards his former pupil, "It's good to see you, Trunks." Gohan silently looked Trunks over, he hadn't seen him in a few years. The Half-Saiyan's purple jacket had a few tears in it, probably from the crash. His aura was almost non-existent, it looked almost as if it were a simple, golden outline. Though Trunks' energy was silent and nonchalant, Gohan could feel the power radiating off of him as he got closer, "You've gotten...strong."

Trunks struggled to hold back the emotions bubbling up as he greeted his mentor, this wasn't the time for pleasantries or jolly reunions. "It's amazing to see you again, Gohan..you're no slouch yourself." The Half-Saiyan unclipped the sword from his back, removing his torn up jacket to reveal his black tank-top. Trunks looked up at Broly as he reattached the sword to his back, "Though, I'm not sure we will be enough."

Piccolo silently observed the back and forth between the two Half-Saiyans, it was strange to see Gohan in what was normally his role. Even though he knew Gohan was an adult, Piccolo always remembered him as that little boy he trained in the woods.

As this was all going on, Vegeta looked on from the side. He could barely fathom what he had seen, this new Super Saiyan on the scene, his energy was oddly familiar even though he hadn't really felt it before. "This must be him.." The Saiyan Prince thought to himself, "My son..Trunks." The power he felt from Trunks was almost equal to what Broly had been demonstrating in the previous fight, before this monstrous transformation.

As if a storm had just ended, silence swept over the battlefield. Broly's screams had stopped, the now massive Super Saiyan was quiet, floating in the air as he observed his new transformation. For the first time since any of the Z-Warriors had seen him, Broly spoke in real words, "It's been...years." His voice had deepened tremendously from before, the Super Saiyan laughed to himself for a minute before looking at the group of warriors standing before him, almost as if he had just realized where he was. An eerie smile crept across his face, "Which one of you killed him?"

Vegeta broke out of his trance, looking at the devilish Legendary Super Saiyan with a smirk, "That would be me, cupcake." The Saiyan Prince knew his bravado wasn't going to get him far in this situation, but he wasn't going to let this demon have the satisfaction of knowing his fear. "I snapped his neck like a twig."

Broly turned his massive head towards the Saiyan Prince, "I'd like to thank you first." Suddenly, Broly disappeared, his movements too fast for most of the warriors to comprehend. The massive Super Saiyan reappeared directly in front of Vegeta, driving his fist into the Super Saiyan Prince's torso. The group could hear Vegeta's ribs cracking, even from almost a hundred yards away. The Saiyan Prince's hair turned black as his body flew backwards, crashing into a rock formation and shattering it.

"Father!" Trunks blasted into the air, rushing towards Broly, "Damn it!" The Half-Saiyan began his assault with a foot to the back of the Legendary Super Saiyans head, seemingly having no effect.

Broly's eerie smile never faded from his face, turning and swinging his tree trunk sized arm towards his Half-Saiyan adversary. Twisting out of the way, Trunks narrowly avoided the crushing blow, bringing another boot to Broly's face, again to no effect. Unsheathing his sword, Trunks swung with all his might at Broly, but the blade didn't even pierce his skin. "Damn it..it's just like in the past."

16 had stood silently, his body had been slowly rebuilding ever since Broly's transformation had begun. The damage done to him was finally repaired and the Android was observing Trunks' assault on the monstrous enemy. His internal computer calculating the energy output of both Saiyans. The Android calculated that if Trunks had shown up before Broly transformed, him and 16 could have defeated the devilish Super Saiyan without much trouble, now though, maybe this whole group was outmatched.

"We gotta help him!" Gohan shouted, starting to blast off towards the fight.

"Damn it, Gohan, we're outmatched." Piccolo shouted, stretching out his hand and grabbing his Pupil.

"Piccolo, we can't just let Trunks fight this monster by himself!" Gohan struggled a bit, but not wanting to hurt his former Master, "Let me go!"

"We can't make a diff-"

Before Piccolo could finish, 16 spoke up, "The Boy is right." Turning to the two warriors, "We may not make much of a difference, but Trunks cannot beat him. We need to fight." 16 levitated into the air, blasting towards the clash between the two Saiyans.

Piccolo let go of Gohan, "He's right." The Namekian surged his power, "Let's go." Master and Pupil rushed towards the fight, 16 just in front of them.

Trunks was breathing heavy, struggling to continue dodging Broly's thunderous blows. The Half-Saiyan was bobbing and weaving, twisting and finally landing back onto his feet. Broly was too fast though, a crushing punch finally landing directly across the Half-Saiyans face, knocking him into the ground face first causing the Super Saiyan to drop his sword on the ground, "Damn it!" Trunks thought before quickly rolling to the side and on his back, narrowly avoiding a crushing stomp that left a crater in its wake.

Charging a blast in his hand, Trunks threw the blast directly into the Legendary Super Saiyans face. The attack didn't do much damage, but it disoriented Broly enough for Trunks to get back on his feet. Just as the Half-Saiyan began to throw a punch, 16 had made it to the fight and threw his own large fist at Broly. Gohan and Piccolo were right behind him, surrounding their enemy on all sides, golden and green fists flying towards the massive Super Saiyan.

Broly erupted his aura, blowing every single one of his enemies back. "More roaches to crush under my boot." That same eerie smile continued to encompass Broly's face, "This day keeps getting better and better."

Gohan didn't even had time to regain his footing before the massive forearm of Broly came across his chest, taking the air completely out of him. The one armed Super Saiyan struggled, unable to move as Broly drove his arm forward, throwing Gohan and smashing him through what felt like a dozen boulders before he hit the ground. Gohan's breathing slowed as his hair went black, reverting to normal.

Piccolo and 16 raced after the two Super Saiyans, reaching Broly just as he threw Gohan. The Android's hand cocked back before throwing a large punch straight into the back of Broly's head. Piccolo flipped and landed right in front of the massive Super Saiyan, driving a knee into Broly's abdomen. The Legendary Super Saiyan laughed, unmoved by the two pronged assault. He reached behind his head with one hand, grabbing 16's arm while using his other hand to grab Piccolo's leg, spinning around and tossing the two in opposite directions, both of them crashing to the ground.

Trunks swerved, dodging the flying body of 16 as he rushed towards Broly. Starting with the strongest punch he could throw, Trunks hit Broly straight in the face. Trunks' attack had no effect, again, but the Half-Saiyan didn't let up. He flipped behind Broly, trying to sweep Broly's leg, but the tree trunks that appeared to be the legs of the Legendary Super Saiyan stood firm.

With the same smile that never seemed to leave his face, Broly quickly turned and grabbed Trunks by his hair. Lifting the Half-Saiyan off the ground, Broly kept a firm hold on Trunks as he cocked his fist back, smashing his large fist into the ribcage of the Half-Saiyan. "You're fun." Trunks body hung from Broly's hand like a sack of flour, slowly forming back into place before another massive fist his it's torso.

Trunks let out a ear piercing scream as he felt his ribs starting to crack from the thunderous blows connecting to his body. The world around him seemed to slow down as another massive fist flew into his torso, more cracking could be heard and the pain ran through Trunks' body like a jolt of lighting, convulsing his whole being.

The Half-Saiyan closed his eyes, his golden hair changed back to its natural purple. He hung there, expecting another blow to come any second, pain coursing through his body like he was floating down a river of spikes. Then suddenly, his body dropped to the ground with a thud. Slowly, Trunks' opened his eyes to reveal long, twisting green arms that were wrapping around Broly like a constrictor snake. The Namekian stood about twenty feet from Broly and Trunks, stretching his arms out towards the massive Super Saiyan.

Broly struggled in Piccolo's grip, his arms at his side, squirming and shuffled, trying to break free. Piccolo smiled a bit, feeling he had Broly trapped, but his joy was short lived. Broly suddenly stopped struggling, laughing as he rose his energy, ripping through Piccolo's arms as if they were tissue paper. Piccolo screamed out in pain, his arms torn apart. Purple blood covered Broly's skin, chunks of Piccolo's arms lay on the ground around the Legendary Saiyan. Broly charged the screaming Namekian, grabbing his head and driving the alien into the ground and dragging him across the landscape.

Blood flowed from Piccolo's still outstretched arms, painting the dirt purple as Broly drug him across the ground. The Legendary Super Saiyan stopped dragging the Namekian, throwing him into a nearby boulder. Piccolo howled in pain as his body dropped to the ground, the outline of his body etched into the rock. Struggling to keep breathing, Piccolo began to regenerate his arms, slowly healing the ripped apart muscles.

16 had once again gotten up, rushing towards the massive Super Saiyan, but Broly was ready again. He caught 16 by his robotic throat, smashing the Android into the ground. He laughed as he lifted 16 back up, the Android struggling to escape the massive hand of the legendary Super Saiyan, but to no avail. Broly continued laughing as he crushed 16's throat, decapitating the Android, his head and body landing separately on the ground.

Broly continued laughed at his work, surveying his beaten and broken opponents that lay across the landscape. His laughs echoed through the air as they became louder and more maniacal, "Is that all? Seems it's time to destroy this desolate rock.." As he looked around, Broly noticed something strange a bit into the distance, a bright blue ball that he hadn't seen before. It was floating over where the fight had began.

A bruised and blood covered Krillin stood still, his hands above his head. He smiled briefly as he felt the piercing eyes of his enemy meet his, thoughts racing through his head. "Well damn..it seems he finally noticed me." A bright blue ball, seemingly about one hundred feet in diameter, floated above Krillin. It contained all the energy on the planet that Krillin had managed to gather in the few minutes he had been standing. The others began to notice Krillin as well, and though they were beaten and battered, one by one the warriors raised their arms. Trunks smiled as he lifted his arm, Gohan and Piccolo followed. Even Vegeta, who had just barely awoke, begrudgingly raised his arm. Tien was lying beside where Krillin stood, one of his arms in the air as well.

Broly stared at the azure colored ball of energy, he could feel its power radiating through the area, the Legendary Super Saiyan was enticed at the challenge it brought to the table. Broly slowly lifted into the air before rushing towards it, laughing maniacally, greeting the danger with that same eerie smile on his face.

Krillin froze in fear for a second as Broly rushed him. The short monk was unsure of himself, but he quickly pushed his fear to the back of his mind, throwing his hands forward, the gigantic blue ball moving with them, gearing up for a collision with the devilish Super Saiyan, "Well..here goes nothing. Let's hope this works, King Kai. SPIRIT BOMB!"