Chapter 19: A New Level of Power! Super Saiyan 2 vs. The Legendary Super Saiyan

With a newfound ferocity he had never felt before, Trunks leaped into the air and smashed a knee straight into the face of the Legendary Super Saiyan. Taken aback by the assault, Broly was shocked, flailing back at the impact of Trunks' vicious blow. The Half-Saiyan didn't stop there, spinning himself around and driving a boot into Broly's face, sending the massive Super Saiyan flying into a nearby rock formation.

Yajirobe looked on from behind what he had claimed as his hiding boulder, amazed at Trunks' incredible new strength. Lightning sparked around the Half-Saiyan as if he were his own thunderstorm. "Great..now these Super Saiya-things can control the weather..what hope do we humans have?" The hefty samurai took a deep breath and turned away, dazing off into the distance before he heard a boisterous yell, the voice of Trunks.

"What are you doing?! Go help the others!" The Half-Saiyan was standing where Broly had stood just moments before Trunks had sent him flying. Turning to face where Broly had crashed towards, Trunks refocused himself on the missing Legendary Super Saiyan. "Now I know that didn't hurt you any, come out!"

Broly was smiling under the rubble that came down upon on him after his impact. This was something he had never seen before, someone dare fight him head on? It was suicide, or so he had always thought. This fight was going to be different..this was a true challenge. He ignited his yellowish-green aura and the rubble around him exploded, a big, green energy ball surging out of the newly formed, enormous cloud of dust.

Trunks nonchalantly raised his arm, swatting the blast to the side. Yajirobe dived from behind his boulder just in the nick of time, the blast leveling his gigantic rock. Running as fast as his feet would let him, the hefty samurai made his way to the next closest ally, Gohan. The fight was raging on behind him as he reached the unconscious Half-Saiyan. Kneeling beside Gohan, the hefty samurai reached into his bag of senzu beans, attempting to grab one out of the brown sack. Just as he did, a bright green explosion encompassed his vision. Expecting the worst, Yajirobe closed his eyes and screamed at the top of his lungs, but no pain ever came. He opened his eyes and turned, revealing the hulking frame of Android 16 shielding both Gohan and himself.

16 spoke sternly to the hefty samurai, "You are too weak to be here. Give me the beans, I'll tend to the others." 16 wasn't sure what these strange legumes were, but he knew they had something to do with Trunks' recovery.

Yajirobe didn't need to be told twice. He didn't know who this strange, gigantic man was, but he wasn't about to disagree with him. "You got it, big, scary man." He handed 16 the bag of senzu and ran as fast as he could, back to his hover car and speeding off back to where he had came from.

16 took one of the beans and slowly put it into the unconscious Gohan's mouth, the magic legume rejuvenating the Half-Saiyan completely. Taking a gasping breath, Gohan awoke to the form of 16 kneeling over him, "What happened?"

"You'll see. Stay here." 16 quickly blasted off towards another incapacitated ally.

Gohan closed his eyes, feeling the clash of two incredible powers, the likes of which he had never felt before. Eyes widened quickly, Gohan caught the battle of titans going on not far from where he sat.

Broly was shooting blast after blast at the oncoming Super Saiyan 2 Trunks, the Half-Saiyan slowly making his way towards his opponent, swatting the blasts away like they were nothing. Trunks stopped walking, tiring of this charade, he flared his electrified aura and blasted off the ground, directly towards the Legendary Super Saiyan. He started the clash with a thunderous right handed punch, though this time, Broly wasn't as surprised. The massive Super Saiyan met Trunks' fist with a massive left handed punch of his own, the clash sending shock waves of energy throughout the wasteland.

As the two were in their stalemate, Broly charged a point blank blast that Trunks met with a blast of his own, the resulting explosion throwing both of them backwards. Landing on his feet, Trunks again dashed towards a now dazed Broly, landing a gut punch the likes of which the Legendary Super Saiyan had never felt before.

Coughing up blood, Broly was hunched over and laughing once more at the prospect of his own pain. As Trunks' fist wrenched itself from Broly's gut, the Half-Saiyan threw his boot into the head of the bent over Legendary Super Saiyan, knocking him straight up, then backwards. Trunks kept up his assault on his flailing enemy, putting one hand in front of the other on his forehead, charging a yellow energy blast. "Masenko-HA!"

The blast sent Broly once again across the landscape, his body bashing against the ground, rolling multiple times before settling on his back. As he picked himself up onto one knee, Broly was again under assault from Trunks. Before the Half-Saiyan could land a blow, Broly countered with a thunderous fist straight into Trunks' gut, the first hit that had been mustered against the Super Saiyan 2.

Trunks' body smashed into the ground, Broly's echoing laugh lauded over him again. Anger rising, Trunks smashed his hands on the ground beside him, creating a crater from the thunderous blows. Broly now stood above the newly formed crater, laughing at Trunks, but then suddenly, the Half-Saiyan disappeared.

Meanwhile, 16 had delivered the senzu to all remaining allies, Piccolo and Vegeta were awake and healed. Gohan quickly joined the other three, watching the fight from the sidelines. The Half-Saiyan was astonished at the amount of power being thrown around. "What can we do?"

"Nothing." The Saiyan Prince snickered, "We are useless here." Vegeta continued to try and follow the fight, but even his eyes struggled. "For goodness sake, we can barely see them."

Gohan was about to yell, but Piccolo placed a hand on his back. "He's right Gohan, we are clearly outclassed."

16 confirmed both Piccolo's and Vegeta's assessment, his calculations concluding the massive difference between Broly, Trunks, and themselves. "Affirmative. We would be a distraction to Trunks at this point, much like that overweight human."

Gohan didn't protest, but as he stared in awe, something sparkled on the ground nearby. The Half-Saiyan walked over slowly, kneeling as he grabbed Trunks' sword off the ground with his one arm, a strange feeling withing him told him that he should keep hold of it.

Trunks had since re-appeared behind Broly, his speed baffling the Legendary Super Saiyan as he drove his boot into the massive Saiyan's back. The blow sent Broly falling into the crater, and Trunks didn't let up, leaping and driving his knee between the fallen Super Saiyan's shoulder blades, and for the first time, a scream of actual pain came from Broly's mouth.

Before another blow came, Broly rolled over and threw a blast straight into Trunks, sending the Half-Saiyan back out of the crater. The Legendary Super Saiyan slowly stood up, stretching his shoulders and back, reveling in the pain. His laughs again began, like he was enjoying the thrashing he was receiving.

Trunks stood above, perplexed at the continuing joy being exuded from Broly, "What is he? Some sort of masochist?" The Half-Saiyan shook his head, not understanding the strange vibes he was getting from his opponent, "No matter..it's time to end this."

Broly turned quickly and caught another flying fist that came from Trunks, spinning and throwing the Super Saiyan 2 into the ground, following up with a flying fist of his own. Even so, the Half-Saiyan once again was too quick. He had spun and landed on his feet, throwing up his arms in defense of the blow. Trunks crashed into the sidewall of the crater, his body smashing through rock and dirt, ending up in the darkness of the underground.

Trunks stood for a few seconds, moving his arms in front of him in a familiar, lightning fast pattern. As he finished his movements, a beach ball sized gathering of energy appeared at the end of his outstretched arms. "Burning Attack!"

The large, yellow energy ball blew its way through the rock and dirt, enlarging the hole that Trunks' body had formed. The blast collided with Broly full force, lifting the Legendary Super Saiyan into the air and resulting in a large explosion. Trunks ignited his electrifying Super Saiyan 2 aura, blasting his way back to the surface of the wasteland, knowing the fight wasn't over yet.

Broly floated in the air, the burns from the Spirit Bomb were stinging after being further irritated from Trunks' attack. Broly exploded his aura outward, green flashing through the air as he charged a massive energy ball, arm extending outward towards Trunks, laughing the whole time.

Trunks stood on the ground, about one hundred feet in front of where Broly floated, his own hands stretched outward and upward slightly, as a sphere of energy encompassed the whole body of the Half-Saiyan, staring at his floating opponent. "Heat Dome Attack!"

Broly continued to laugh maniacally, energy building in his blast, launching the massive ball of energy towards Trunks. The Half-Saiyan's own energy had built up, shooting a wave of red and yellow energy back at Broly, meeting the Legendary Super Saiyan's massive ball head on. The two massive blasts crashed into each other, pushing against one another like the tide of the ocean pushing against the rocks of a hardened shore.

The others watched as the incredible struggle continued, Gohan gripping Trunks' sword tighter as the battle unfolded. "We have to be able to do something, this is ridiculous."

"Stop it, Gohan." Piccolo rose his voice slightly, "We can't help Trunks now."

Vegeta stood in silence, a mixture of anger and pride bubbling up inside of him. He couldn't believe the power that his son was displaying, he was matching, maybe even beating the power of this Legendary monster. Jealousy raged inside of the Saiyan Prince like a burning fire, but it was equally matched with a burning pride the likes he had never felt before. He never got to know his son, but the boy had managed attain this kind of power without him? A slight smile came across Vegeta's face, though he was still unsure of his feelings.

The two incredibly powerful Super Saiyan's continued struggling against one another. Broly still laughing, Trunks gritting his teeth and struggling to put more power into his blast. The two seemed to be in an indefinite stalemate, pushing against one another repeatedly, neither gaining a significant upper hand.

Trunks mind raced with thoughts of his home destroyed, his friends dead, his mother..the Half-Saiyan's power surged as these thoughts continued pushing to the forefront. He had to be strong enough this time, this power was not going to fail him. Screaming in frustration, Trunks put all the energy he could muster into one last surge, the Heat Dome Attack almost doubling in size and the massive boost of power pushed its way through the blast.

The massive wave barreled through the gigantic energy ball, covering Broly's entire body, ripping and tearing at the Legendary Super Saiyan. Trunks leaped high into the air, knowing once again that this wasn't the end.

A strange feeling came over Gohan, like the pushing of fate, it enticed the Half-Saiyan to throw Trunks' sword as hard as he could. Piccolo shouted at his former student, "What are you doing?!" The sword met Trunks at the apex of his jump, the Half-Saiyan grabbing the hilt of his familiar blade, using his ki to engulf the blade as he fell downward, straight towards the floating body of his massive opponent.

Broly was barely coming to as Trunks met him mid-air, the Half-Saiyan swung his energy covered blade as fast as he could, slicing and tearing at the Legendary Super Saiyan's body repeatedly. In between his laughs and screams of pain, Broly began slowly bleeding, something he had done only twice before, and never in this form. Trunks stopped briefly, but only to flip and bring a crushing boot to the top of Broly's head, sending the massive Super Saiyan crashing to the ground.

Broly lay face down on the ground, bleeding from his now cut up torso, continuing his maniacal laugh. Trunks floated to the ground slowly, standing over the Legendary Super Saiyan. Trunks could feel his opponents energy was fading, for the first time all day, he had been truly injured and possibly beaten. Broly slowly made his way to his knees, blood dripping down from his torso and soaking the ground.

For the first time in what seemed like hours, Broly's laughter had ceased. The Legendary Super Saiyan was on his knees silently, and if Trunks didn't know any better, he would have thought that Broly was praying to a higher power. Trunks lifted his sword, energy again engulfing the blade, ready to execute the devilish Super Saiyan.

As he continued to stare at the ground silently, only two word left Broly's mouth as Trunks sword quickly came closer to the back of his neck, "Thank you."


Thanks again for reading! This first real arc of The Unbridled Future is just about wrapped up, and with the ascension to Super Saiyan 2 by Trunks, I felt a scaling of power was needed.

Broly (Restricted Legendary Super Saiyan): 1,000,000,000

Trunks (Full Powered Super Saiyan): 950,000,000

Broly (Legendary Super Saiyan): 1,400,000,000

Krillin's Spirit Bomb: 1,300,000,00

Trunks (Super Saiyan 2): 1,450,000,000 (If you are wondering, yes, he is weaker than Gohan's SS2, but Gohan had accessed it once in the Hypersonic Lion Tamer before fighting Cell, therefore had access to more power in this form than Trunks. As you can see, it was still enough to beat Broly head on.)