Chapter 23: Pure Hatred vs. Uninhibited Rage
The floating figure of Dr. Raichi looked on in glee, his ultimate hate machine seemed to be dominating his opponents, they were reduced to fleeing the Revenger Cannon that Hatchiyack was repeatedly firing. Laughing maniacally as he watched, the doctor began to gloat, "You can't beat my Hatchiyack! Just lay down and die, Saiyans!"
As another Revenger Cannon was fired off, Gohan, Broly, and 16 were still on the run. "It seems to take him a while to charge that attack..maybe we can get him off balance." Gohan shouted to the others as they were jumping out of the way.
"I have calculated it takes approximately fifteen seconds for his attack to gain it's full force, we have been dodging him pretty easily. I am unsure why he has not gone to a more offensive approach." 16 meticulously analyzed the fighting, calculating constantly as per his usual methods.
"Once he fires off again, let's all charge him." Gohan directed, speaking just soft enough so that he didn't think the massive machine or Doctor Raichi could hear him.
Broly had been silent throughout this endeavor, his golden aura flickering as he tried to maintain constant control. He wasn't struggling too much with controlling his power, but he was struggling on how to tell Gohan that his strategy wouldn't work. Broly had sensed the power coming from Hatchiyack, and it easily rivaled his own full power, this level of physical attacks were not going to work. The large Saiyan attempted to speak up, but just as he started, another Revenger Cannon blasted out of Hatchiyack's chest.
As the group once again dodged, Gohan went straight to action, charging the large mechanical being, "Now!"
16 was quick to join in on the assault. Even with his hesitation, Broly was right behind. Gohan and 16 went for the top half while the larger Broly dashed behind and went for Hatchiyack's legs, hoping to knock the giant hate machine off its feet.
The onslaught worked at first, Gohan and 16 clotheslined Hatchiyack from either side as Broly rammed his shoulder into the machine's tree-like legs. For a moment, it looked like they had gained an upper hand, but as Hatchiyack was falling, the mechanical Tuffle spun in mid-air like a sideways tornado. One of his gigantic arms smashed into Broly, slamming the Super Saiyan into the ground. The other arm was driven right into Android 16, smashing him into the side of Gohan, and creating a cloud of dust as the two warriors crashed into the dirt.
Hatchiyack had managed to land on his feet, the hate machine calculating to itself quietly as his opponents were momentarily down, "Different approach required, changing to offensive strategy." The large, mechanical Tuffle lumbered over to the nearby Broly, who was just getting back to his feet. Standing nearly toe to toe, Hatchiyack towered over the Super Saiyan, who while not in his legendary state, was not short by any means.
Broly threw a desperate punch, knowing it probably wouldn't do much, but he had no time to figure out another approach. His fist was easily caught by Hatchiyack, who proceeded to lift the Super Saiyan off the ground with one hand. Pausing for just a mere moment, the large machine suddenly smashed Broly into the ground, forming a large crater under the two beings. The large Saiyan screamed in pain, but his cries did nothing to stop Hatchiyack's onslaught as the mechanical Tuffle repeated the process, driving Broly's entire body into the dirt below before raising him up once more.
"BROLY!" Gohan had finally made his way back into the fight, flaring his aura and rushing to the large Saiyan's aid. Crashing into Haychiyack with his entire body, the Half-Saiyan managed to make his mechanical opponent drop Broly onto the ground, staggering the hate machine briefly. Though he managed to get Hatchiyack to drop Broly, Gohan was suddenly a sitting duck as crashing into Hatchiyack had stopped the Half-Saiyan's momentum completely.
Then, as if he had appeared out of nowhere, 16 suddenly came to Gohan's rescue. The large Android careened in the side of Hatchiyack, once again knocking the mechanical Tuffle off balance, but only slightly. Gohan quickly took advantage of this chance and as soon as 16 was out of the way, he cupped his hands on his forehead and gathered a yellow blast of energy, "MASENKO-HA"
The yellow energy beam quickly shot out of Gohan's hands and engulfed the whole upper torso of Hatchiyack, but it was to no avail. Walking towards the Half-Saiyan unschathed, the mechanical Tuffle drove a gigantic, pink fist into Gohan's torso and sent him flying across the landscape.
16 rushed Haychiyack from behind, using both of his sizable hands in a hammer like punch to the hate machine's head. The blow caused the large machine to look down, but nothing else. Twisting in a lightning fast fashion, the pink and red covered Hatchiyack delivered a spinning backhand across 16's face, causing the Android to crash into a nearby boulder full force, destroying the large rock on impact.
Raichi had floated over to the edge of the crater that Broly was nearly unconscious in, "You see, Saiyan? You have no chance. Your Saiyan power is nothing compared to the hate we Tuffles have for your barbarian race."
Broly had made his way to his knees, struggling to breath and covered in blood and bruises, "You don't know much about me, strange, blue man." Broly wiped a drip of blood from his mouth as he looked up at the floating Tuffle, "I have just as good a reason to hate Saiyans as much as you do."
"You have no idea what kind of hate I have for your people!" The blue doctor screamed in anger at the large Saiyan, "You slaughtered my people!"
"I did no such thing." Broly stood up slowly, looking the Doctor in his strange, black eyes, "I have slaughtered many people, and I certainly would have remembered killing your whiny race."
The anger continued to raise in Raichi's voice as he screamed at Broly, "I will enjoy watching you and your friends die!"
Broly's anger spiked as Raichi continued to antagonize the large Saiyan, his aura turning a sickly green. He slowly watched as Gohan and 16 continued to struggle against Hatchiyack, the pair not making any progress whatsoever. Broly didn't want to unleash his power, but he had finally come to the conclusion that he had no choice. Without Trunks here, the others stood no chance against this kind of power, now without him at his strongest.
"You said you know the power and violence of the Saiyan race.." Broly's eyes once again met with Dr. Raichi's, it was as if he was peering into the Tuffle's soul, "You know nothing of power.." Broly's golden aura brightened, "And you haven't seen violence yet."
As if the Earth itself was breaking, the ground beneath Broly shook violently. His yellow Super Saiyan aura quickly turned into a sickly green aura and erupted as the large Saiyan let out an ear piercing scream. His body quickly doubled in size and his hair became a spiky, rigid blond. Slowly, the now gigantic Saiyan began floating in the air. Broly continued screaming, his whole body trembling. The fighting going on had stopped, Gohan, 16, and even Hatchiyack were transfixed by the strange display that was going on. The Half-Saiyan observed the transforming Broly with a puzzled, and almost scared, look on his face, "That power...this definitely isn't the same transformation he used against us…"
Deep in space, on the Capsule Corporation Ship...
A striking feeling hit Trunks like a freight train, he shot straight out of his temporary bed, "What the hell?!"
Piccolo had been standing near the door, not needing sleep, but observing the strange behavior of the Half-Saiyan that now stood before him. The large Namekian had an instant look of panic on his face as he suddenly felt the same thing that Trunks just had, "Trunks..what is that?"
"That's Broly…" Trunks took a deep breath, "If he's using that much energy..they must be fighting somebody."
"Or he's killing all our friends."
"No." Trunks stood up, shaking his head, "Broly isn't like that anymore. I just spent a year training with him. He's really not a monster...he's in control."
"We better hope so." Piccolo looked out a nearby window, "We're still a long way from home."
Back on the battlefield...
An enormous explosion of Ki suddenly pushed through the area, even just it's residual force was enough to nearly knock Gohan and 16 off their feet. Raichi had nearly been completely blown away by the knockback force, as he gathered himself and looked up, the Doctor observed a completely changed Broly. The large Saiyan was no longer double in size. He was maybe about one and a half times his normal size now, but he was completely engulfed in a green outline that was topped off with a flame-like aura that slowly radiated off of him. His hair was still extremely rigid, but the blonde now had a slight green hint to it. If the Tuffle hadn't seen it for himself, this would not appear to be the same Saiyan that had just been kneeling in the crater below him.
Gohan looked to 16, puzzled by Broly's transformation, "His Ki...it's different. It's almost like it's completely under control."
"It appears to be the same kind of form that Trunks called Full Power Super Saiyan." The Android confirmed, "But Broly seems to be much stronger than Trunks when he used it."
"Broly's energy is different, that's probably why. He doesn't seem to progress like a normal Saiyan.." Gohan looked in awe at Broly's controlled power, "It's incredible."
Broly's bright green eyes stared down at the flustered Raichi, smiling in an almost devious way, "You said the Saiyans slaughtered your entire race. Well, it looks to me as if they failed." In a flash, Broly suddenly was standing over the blue skinned Tuffle, "Let me finish where they started."
The Full Powered Legendary Super Saiyan wrapped his fingers around Raichi's skull, lifting him off of his floating orb and into the air. The Doctor let out a muffled scream, but the sound quickly faded to nothing as Broly crushed the Tuffle's skull between his massive fingers. The corpse of Raichi didn't stick around long though, as it completely faded to the same purple gas as the enemies from before had done.
Before Broly could comprehend what had happened, an enraged Hatchiyack blew by Gohan and 16, rushing the large Super Saiyan and ready to deliver a crushing blow. Without even turning his head to face his charging enemy, Broly caught the massive fist of Hatchiyack, "Excuse me, I wasn't quite ready to kill you yet."
Broly waited a few seconds before turning his head to face his mechanical enemy, a deceivingly friendly smile came across the Super Saiyan's face, "Now I'm ready." He suddenly strengthened his grip on Hatchiyack's fist, causing the machine's arm to buckle. It undoubtedly would have caused any organic being immeasurable pain, but Broly was unsure if Hatchiyack actually felt pain or not. He definitely planned to put it to the test, throwing a crushing punch to the mechanical Tuffle's torso, and for the first time all day, sending it flying through the air and onto the ground, rolling in the dirt.
In this new form, Broly's demeanor had completely changed. He wasn't the same rage monster he was when he was completely dominating the Z-Fighters just a few days earlier, but he definitely wasn't the same quiet, shy person he had been after Trunks and him had left the Time Chamber just a little while ago. This change however, seemed to be only on the outside. As he started to make his way towards the fallen Hatchiyack, Broly could feel it deep inside, his rage. His inside demon was screaming to get out, constantly fighting the Super Saiyan as he struggled to use his legendary power, but also keep it under control.
Gohan cheered as Broly sent Hatchiyack flying, but 16 wasn't as excited. The Android was keeping a cooler head about the now overwhelming power of Broly, possible because of his being a logical, computerized lifeform, or it was because he couldn't help but think that this was the same Saiyan who had just wiped the floor with them barely forty eight hours earlier, only stopped by an unprecedented power displayed by Trunks. 16 knew that Trunks wasn't here to save them if Broly got out of hand again.
Hatchiyack had stood back up rather quickly, rushing an approaching Broly head on. The massive Super Saiyan dodged the first blow rather easily, but had to quickly block another flying fist from the hate machine. The two massive fighters were quickly going blow for blow, each fist thrown was repeatedly colliding with a fist from the other. Each collision seemed to shake the Earth, massive gusts of wind blowing across the land as their fists smashed into each other.
As the fight went on, Broly seemed to be gaining an advantage over Hatchiyack. He was quickly striking another crushing blow to the machine's torso, knocking it to the ground again. This time however, Broly quickly continued his assault, and just as Hatchiyack had stood up, Broly hit the mechanical Tuffle with a crushing clothes line. He followed through by continuing to push the machine through a massive boulder before throwing it across the landscape, creating a massive cloud of dust as the large mechanical Tuffle crashed and tumbled across the ground.
The Saiyan stood in place for a few seconds, though soon he realized his opponent hadn't retaliated yet. With a devious smile, the Super Saiyan started to taunt the hate machine, "Come on, I know that didn't hurt you! Come out and play!"
Gohan was counting the seconds, he quickly realized what was going on before Broly did, shouting as loud as he could to help his Saiyan ally, "BROLY, LOOK OUT!"
The warning came just a little late as a massive energy beam came from behind the dust, quickly engulfing Broly's entire body. The large Super Saiyan let out a scream of pain as the mechanical Tuffle's Revenger Cannon had hit its mark.
Gohan watched in horror as it appeared their only hope in defeating this monster had been destroyed. Preparing for the worst, the Half-Saiyan spiked his energy to it's max. 16 turned to the panicking Gohan, he stoic voice calming the Super Saiyan, "Do not worry."
Hatchiyack stood on the edge of a massive crater, the large hole undoubtedly created by the hate machine's ultimate blast. A cloud of dust covered the mechanical being's handiwork, all it could do was wait. After a few moments the dust cleared, and standing there, in the middle of the crater was Broly. He was once again covered in burns and blood, but smiling from ear to ear.
End of Chapter 23.
Hey everybody! Once again, thanks for reading. Yes, Broly has exhibited a new form, I mean, kinda, not really. I would describe it as his own version of Full Powered Super Saiyan, though much stronger than a regular Full Powered Super Saiyan. (No, he isn't stronger than Super Saiyan 2 Trunks currently is, but is about the same power as a completely untrained Super Saiyan 2.) I hope you enjoy this fight as much as I am going to enjoy writing it! Please feel free to ask any questions, I always try to answer any reviews.
Thanks again!
