Chapter 39: Conquest of The Tuffles


Goku, Gohan and Vegeta rushed out as soon as the ship touched down on the barren planet. Little to no life visible around them, but they ignored the scenery, heading straight for the tall chimney-like structure on the horizon. The trio busted through the building, halting to examine the surrounding area.

"Yo Vegeta, how come Tarble survived when Frieza blew up our home planet?"

"You really are ignorant Kakarot. Tarble was banished to the outer reaches of the galaxy for his cowardice, low power and unwillingness to fight. In other words, not a true Saiyan at all." Vegeta answered, narrowing his eyes in concentration.

"And what's a Tuffle?" Goku questioned once more, making Vegeta sigh in annoyance.

Vegeta glanced at him before shaking his head. "Planet Vegeta, named as I was for my father, used to be known as Plant...that was the name the Tuffles gave it. We Saiyans used to be locked in an unending war with them for control of the planet. Our warriors were much more powerful than theirs, but they were cultured, advanced, masters of technology, whereas we still lived in caves. The war raged on throughout the years, with neither side able to gain an advantage. Finally, a full moon which was a rare event on our home-world, caused our entire race to transform into Oozarus, and we wiped them out. After renaming the planet after my father, the king who'd led us to victory, we quickly adapted to the Tuffles' technology...unfortunately, it was not long after that that we were enslaved by Frieza completely."

"So our predecessors were essentially primitive in comparison to them? And if all of the Tuffles were wiped out, how and why did they survive?" Gohan inquired.

"Before taking over Tuffle technology, your analogy of our race was pretty accurate. And how the hell am I supposed to know how they survived? All I was told that our race left absolutely no trace of them. It seems my father was wrong, as they are before us right now."

"Right..." Goku looked over at the tower. "So this guy's one of these Tuffles?"

"We'll see. He looks the part, anyway, as does his technology." Vegeta faced the tower, shouting a challenge up to the heavens. "Well, we're all here! You wanted us and you've got us! Are you going to come out and face us, or are we going to have to drag you out of there? Answer me!"

The giant screen showed their enemy's face. "You are correct...my name is Dr. Raichi, and I am the last of the Tuffle race intact. Well...perhaps not even that. I am but a ghost now of what I was before I became deceased, the embodiment of my people's hatred for you...anyway." He adjusted something off-screen. "You will have your battle, Saiyan. You will face the pinnacle of our technology...deploying Hatchiyack and Lude right now."

"All right...here they come!" Gohan growled, as he, Goku and Vegeta entered fighting stances. Hatchiyak strode out of the tower's entrance, gems burning green and emitting a constant pulsing stream of ki. The other being was much more massive, standing at a good 40-50 feet tall. It had the appearance of a teddy bear, though much more menacing. Dr. Raichi and his underling dubbed it Lude.

"What the heck is this thing? Some kind of joke or mechanical teddy bear?" Gohan questioned, flashing Super Saiyan.

"Funny you should say that, Saiyan. Of course your feeble minds wouldn't understand nor comprehend what stands before you. This is the creation another cohort of mine developed called Lude. The creator, Dr. Myuu, intended this to be another instrument of destruction for the Saiyans. Hatchiyack over there is the instrument of the hatred we have for your kind. You'd do well not to underestimate Lude."

"Noted," Gohan stated. Said teenager turned to his father and Saiyan comrade. "I'll take care of this Lude thing, you two get Hatchiyack."

Vegeta grunted, shrugging his shoulders. "Whatever. Hatchiyack's the bigger threat anyway, I could careless."

"Go ahead son. We'll help finish him off when we're done here or vice versa."

The hybrid nodded and shot a quick ki blast at the mechanism, gaining its attention. "You're fight is with me," Gohan said, gesturing towards himself with a thumb. "Come on." The teenager launched himself to the outside of the room in less than a blink of an eye.

Goku shot a questioning glance at Vegeta. "Hey, do you mind if I have a crack at this guy first? I want to see what he's made of."

"Go ahead, knock yourself out," Vegeta grunted. "I'm only excited about the prospect of killing Raichi himself; his puppets don't concern me. But I'll be watching, in case you fail and I have to show you how a real Saiyan fights."

"Alright, you do that. Though you might not get the chance to fight him." Said Saiyan grunted and turned Super Saiyan then ascended.

Goku turned to face Hatchiyak's approaching form. "Now, as for you...show me what you've got."

Hatchiyak stomped up to Goku, lunging at him. Goku jumped back, easily avoiding the swing. The machine punched again, and Goku caught its forearm in both hands, swinging it over his head and smashing it into the ground behind him. "Hah! Nice try, but you're too slow to catch me."

Hatchiyak recovered quickly, spinning around and leading with a low kick, followed by a double-handed swipe. Neither hit their target, Goku darting around the attacks and closing the distance for a flying kick to Hatchiyak's chest, sending it flying into the wall of the tower. He grinned, rubbing his leg where it ached from striking the robot's armor. "Hey, feel free to give up any time you like. You won't beat me like that."

Hatchiyak lumbered out of the shadows, still expressionless, but now visibly damaged. Silently, it crossed it arms in front of its body, the glow in its gems growing in intensity. Without warning, its ki shot up for an instant, then it released the gathered energy in a massive emerald blast, leaving a cone-shaped crater in the ground in front of it...except for one section, upon which Goku stood, one still-smoking hand held out to block the attack. "Not bad. I've had worse." Seeing Goku unharmed, Hatchiyak reassessed the situation.

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Gohan ducked under his massive opponents swing, then launching a few consecutive ki beams at the mighty foe. The Lude monster staggered back quite a bit, before stomping on the ground and launching a mouth blast of destruction.

The hybrid put one hand behind the other to counter the incoming projectile. Orange ki became apparent around the palms, as Gohan shouted his signature move. "Masenko-HA!" The golden/orange blast with a purple outline collided with the white beam from Lude. Easily, the Masenko ripped through its opposing force, launching the mechanical monster across the rugged terrain.

The hybrid could only watch as his opponent stood up with only a few scratches and scorch marks. "What the? No damage whatsoever? This is gonna be harder than I thought..." Gohan muttered, evading another strike from the mechanical behemoth. The monster then shot eye lasers, which the Saiyan evaded as well.

Reacting, the teenager cocked back his hand, gathering navy blue energy. "Daisenko-HA!"

The beam struck the behemoth where there was a hole with a circumference of about 10 feet and an area around 17 feet. The Lude shot back considerably more than before, and electricity sparked outside of the mechanisms heart. The eyes of Lude rolled back into the socket and stayed that way until it righted itself.

"That must be its weak point," Gohan stated, observing the situation like his mentor would. "One direct hit caused all of this, so maybe multiple hits to the heart will put this thing down? It's worth a shot." The hybrid shot at faster than lights speeds, burrowing his elbow into the Lude's core.

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On Earth, Piccolo sat in a meditation stance, finding energy within himself and bringing it out. Suddenly, his keen ears picked up on a strong breeze of air molecules that shouldn't be possible at the altitude they were on. The air compounds would be too spread apart, and there was also very little oxygen at the altitude besides the trees of the lookout. Also, he couldn't sense this new disturbances ki whatsoever. It was as if another android had come.

Said being set foot on the lookout in a matter of seconds. Though invisible to the eyes of everything, Piccolo, Dende and Mr. Popo could tell it was there using their other five senses, especially the "sixth sense" of reaction.

"I know you're there. Who are you? What's your reason for coming up here?" Piccolo questioned, ready for anything.

"I don't think you know what you're getting into by challenging me," said Defectron. "But I'll indulge you anyway. I am Defectron, and I am here to have a private talk to this planets leader. This planet shall be renamed from Planet Vegeta to Planet Tuffle. I plan on recapturing what the Saiyans have taken from us."

Piccolo narrowed his eyes as Dende spoke up. "The leader would be me. And this planet isn't called Vegeta, it's Earth. I don't know what your deal is, but there are no Saiyans on Earth right now."

"But the Saiyans live here, this is their stronghold. Therefore, this planet must be recaptured. As for you leader, I only have one word to say to you. Die." The sinister swiftly maneuvered through the air silently and invisibly, almost undetectable. Just when he was about punch through Dende, Piccolo connected a punch to Defectrons' head via elongating his left limb.

"No, I'm your opponent. Keep those two out of this," said Piccolo, glancing at Dende and Mr. Popo. "Mr. Popo, take Dende and leave. This could get ugly."

Piccolo began powering up, though keeping his turban and cape on just to test his new abilities.

"Not a chance. You're all going to be exterminated." The sinister artificial intelligence unit turned visible. Then it launched two narrow beams from its eyes at the retreating form of Dende and Mr. Popo. The warrior Namekian deflected the lasers with ease, locking his eyes on Defectron.

"I see. You can't keep up your invisibility forever. If I had to gauge the time limit, I would say five minutes at most. Then you would need another five minutes to recharge before doing it again. That's all the time I need to take you down."

"How observant," Defectron mocked. "But do you really think turning invisible is the only thing I can do? You must be a fool to consider such a noti-"

Piccolo seized the opportunity and launched at the mechanism while it rambled on, chopping him in the back of the neck. It sent Defectron stumbling forward quite a bit. The Namekian then moved forward quickly, punching the Intellectual unit in the face twice, then delivered a massive array of strikes, every one of which made contact.

Defectron found itself knocked around in the sky in Hypersonic booms. Luckily his Katchin body allowed him to be nigh indestructible from any attack. Piccolo drop kicked the unit towards the ground at speeds that surpassed a meteor.

"Impressive," said Defectron, breaking off momentarily. "Not bad."

The Namek charged him again, only to be halted when he was repelled by an electrical force field.

"So you can create energy shields around yourself as well. I wonder how long you can keep that up."

"Another great observation, Piccolo." The Katchin mechanism commented, letting down the shield. "I realized I underestimated you as you weren't a Saiyan. I won't make that mistake again. Electric Sonar!" An influx of bright electric power arose from the unit, blinding and shocking Piccolo at the same time. This gave Defectron the advantage, as he whirled around Piccolo's frame, making the spikes on the AI's body turn into rapid fire turrets of ki.

"Sayonara." It whispered. The rapid fire turret shot multiple bullet like ki blasts onto the back of Piccolo. Each one made imprints on his back, purple blood started spurring out and holes in the cape were made. The rapid fire continued until he realized Piccolo was laughing.

"What's so funny?"

Piccolo kept laughing until he whipped around, blasting Defectron into a cliff side. "After taking about 20 shots, I let my ki free, evaporating your attempts of harming me with my own energy. I can tell that your not a powerhouse, just a unit with great intellect and unique abilities based on technology."

The unit shot out of the debris, electricity dancing around him. "You're right. However, I'm not out of tricks yet."

The AI unit shot into Satan City, the closest city in proximity to him, with Piccolo trailing. "Get back here!"

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++Primary Threat Identified: Highest Power Level Located++

++Neutralizing++

Extending one hand forward, Hatchiyack hurled its attack at a ready Goku. The Saiyan simply stretched one hand forward, catching the beach-ball sized energy sphere with the tips of his fingers. He then threw it away as if it were a regular ball. Hatchiyack flew toward the explosion, its massive right arm cocked back. But just as it reached its opposition, Goku appeared above him in an instant, spinning down with an angular right kick that sent him plummeting toward the metallic surface.

The blow left a dent in the chest plate of the Tuffle hatred machine.

"If you hope to beat me, your gonna have to do better than that." Goku stated, getting into a fighting stance and shooting off at his opponent in a flash.

Before Hatchiyack could even meet with the ground, Goku caught up with it, hitting it in the chin with a strong uppercut that sent it back up into the air. Its body, shrouded in emerald green, glowed against the darkness of the Tuffle stronghold. Goku continued chasing it, slamming punches and kicks into its upper body. The ascended Saiyan's speed and power left a trail of sparks as they battled their way across the giant stronghold above, creating shock waves as well as fissures within the air.

The Hatred Machine finally was allowed to plummet to the ground, landing with a thunderous crash that shook the ground for miles.

++Analyzing Situation: Negative++

++Chances of Victory Under Circumstances: 10% and Approaching 0%++

++Activating Protocol #1++

Hatchiyack gained bright emerald colored light on his cerulean gauntlets. A super explosive wave followed immediately vaporized everything in its radius, leaving a larger crater dozens of meters across. The pure hearted Saiyan crossed his arms in front of his face, his crackling aura providing protection. But the sheer power pushed him back a good amount nonetheless. His feet dug into the ground as he skidded to a stop, creating fire due to the friction created.

"Is that all you have? I was hoping for a true battle. Oh well," Goku ruffled his hair in a Son family manner. "I guess I'll take you down now."

++Report: Energy Supply at 97%. Armor at 78%. Estimate 30-60% disadvantage in current combat++

++Conclusion: Current situation Negative++

++Chances of Victory: 5% and Approaching 0&++

++Activating Protocol #2++

Hatchiyack's image began to shimmer, slowly separating out into two Hatchiyack's, three, four. It kept splitting, dividing, growing in number until a whole horde of copies surrounded Goku. The Low Class Saiyan looked around and found he was completely surrounded. "So the ol' multi-form technique eh? Good thing I know the weakness."

Goku looked from one to the next. "What the? They aren't afterimages—they all have Hatchiyack's ki...but if it's the Multi-Form technique, I've never seen it used on this kind of scale before. What's more is that his ki doesn't seem to have gone down at all!" He took in a deep breath, preparing to attack. "I can fight one of him without too much difficulty, but this is a completely different story. Whatever, I'll attack this challenge head on! Hyaaa!" He leaped, charging the nearest Hatchiyack and punching straight through it. Then it did something completely unexpected. The clone bursted into emerald energy, blowing Goku away in surprise.

"Wha-" Another one came up behind him, kicking him in the back. Goku hissed, turning to face it. "I see! So that's the only real one! Now where..." It was already gone, lost amidst a sea of copies. "Damnit! Which one is the real one?"

I'm not going to get anywhere just hitting them one at a time... He spread his arms and began firing small ki blasts in all directions, turning as he fired, dissipating dozens of clones. He kept firing until finally, one of the blasts hit something solid. "There!" He rocketed forwards, drawing back his fist, but the real Hatchiyack effortlessly created a swarm of new copies to replace the destroyed ones, and they all rushed him at once, flying straight at his face and blocking his view.

"Get out of my way!" he yelled, throwing out a wave of energy around his body and blasting away all the copies at once. However, at that exact moment, the real Hatchiyack flew up behind him, smashing an elbow into his shoulder and knocking him to the ground. "Ugh!" Goku skidded to a halt, standing up straight and scanning the many images of Hatchiyack floating above him. "Well, this is just great. How am I supposed to beat this guy now? Unless.."

Vegeta snorted with crossed arms. "Oh, I can't wait to see what kind of brilliant strategy the idiot here comes up with," he deadpanned.

Goku smirked, cupping his hands to his sides. He began the familiar chant of his signature move. "KamehameHA!" The cobalt blast plowed through the army of Hatchiyacks with ease, with the real one barely able to get out of the way.

"Now I gotcha," The Saiyan stated, raising two fingers and placing them on his forehead. Before his adversary could create more clones, the palm-haired Saiyan appeared in front of it, breaking through its guard with a hard strike, halting its creation of the duplicates. He slammed into the hatred machine, pummeling it with a barrage of rapid punches and kicks. It didn't take long for one particularly damaging attack to send Hatchiyack plummeting to the ground, landing with a solid thump. There was a slight buzzing noise as its clones disappeared in a burst of energy and the original stood up, sparks flying from several cracked armor segments. Its golden lucrative irises remained devoid of emotion, though you could tell it was disgruntled at the current predicament.

++Protocol #2 Ineffective++

++Report: Energy supply at 89%++

++Armor at 63%++

++Odds of Victory Under Current Circumstances Rapidly Approaching 0%++

++Current Status: Negative++

++Activating Protocol #3++

A low hum began to emanate from Hatchiyack. Its outline started to glow a bright emerald green.

"Uh..." Goku took a few steps back. "Is it just me, or...is it getting even more gigantic?"

"Your powers of observation surprise me," Vegeta muttered with massive sarcasm as he watched Hatchiyack grow to at least ten times its previous size, massively dwarfing all of them. "Now, I suggest we MOVE!" The two Saiyans leapt back as Hatchiyack's gigantic fist crashed into the ground where they'd been standing moments ago. Now the two warriors had another obstacle to overcome it seemed.

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Gohan blocked the Lude monsters first punch, and narrowly avoided the second one. "Man, why does this thing continue to gain strength as the fight progresses? It's much stronger and faster than before, wha-"

The demi-Saiyan was caught off guard by a swift swat to the ground courtesy of the mechanisms hand. Lude then attempted to stomp on the ground that Gohan had stood on, but said teenager zipped out of the way in the nick of time. The Tuffle Mech attempted to stomp on the hybrid again, but said teenager warped in front of the Lude monster. The massive mechanism's arms quickly shot forward, its hands grasping Gohan, squeezing tightly.

"Gotta...get...outta...here...Grrrrr... HAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Gohan pumped his ki up into the hand of the Mech, therefore causing Lude to release his grip on said Saiyan.

"Whew, that was a close one!" The demi-Saiyan flew in a flash of gold, untraceable to the ebony spherical irises that reside within the Mech's sockets.

Gohan flew straight towards the Mechanism known as Lude, but the Mech slapped Gohan away from it. The monster then released a powerful mouth beam capable of annihilating the lonesome Saiyan. In record time, the hybrid warped behind the Mech, launching a rapid fire turret of ki.

The blasts pushed the mighty Lude three feet forward per one. Eventually, the damage started showing, leaving a multitude of dents when the smoke dissipated. "Hmm...so outside attacks won't affect the mechanism. How about an attack from the inside? It's worth a shot."

Gohan raised his palm which had a tremendous output of ki in it. "This had better work." The demi-Saiyan used two abilities he hadn't utilized for years. First, he shifted himself into three Gohans' instead of one. Each Gohan had a third of the ki the full on hybrid possessed. Second, both Gohans' went on each side of the Lude, evading its swift movements and maneuvers.

The two cloned demi-Saiyans put one hand over the other in forming their signature move. "Now!" Gohan shouted, warping himself inside the Lude monster. What the Saiyan saw next startled him. On the inside were multiple people with red bags over their heads and baige colored garbs. Then their was a lilac colored being with his face covered besides his eyes and the outfit donned by only a royal. Finally, there was an alien with blonde hair, a purple jacket, and green pants with brown boots.

They all seemed crying for help, but Gohan ignored them, not taking his attention off of the task at hand. Raising both hands to face the opposite sides of his body, he spread his arm span as far as possible, gathering golden/orange ki with a purple outline.

"Double Masenko!"

The hybrids clones also launched their own beams, and the results were that the beams ripped through Lude, and the hybrid shifted himself away from the damage that would consume the mechanism of extinction.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!

The colossal explosion that came right after that completely eliminated The Lude Monster where it stood as a result. The demi-Saiyan barely escaped the colossal mushroom cloud and barreled through the walls of the Tuffle stronghold with only a few cuts and bruises along with blood coming from a nick located upon the cheek.

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"Kakarot, I'm taking over. You're taking too long!"

Vegeta sprinted along the ground, Hatchiyack's figure looming ever closer on the horizon as he closed in. A giant hand swung down again, and Vegeta jumped, landing on Hatchiyak's wrist and running along it. "Alright, you metal behemoth! You're about to see what happens when you oppose the Prince of all Saiyans!"

Reaching the shoulder, he formed an energy ball in one hand and slammed it right into Hatchiyack's neck, making it stumble sideways. One hand reached up to swat him off its shoulder, but he was already moving, backflipping back down to the ground. He swept his hand sideways, forming a half circle of an arc of yellow energy that snaked along the ground, colliding with Hatchiyack's ankles at intense speeds. Hatchiyack tripped, almost righted itself, then finally toppled over as the energy arc exploded, blasting Hatchiyack off its feet.

Vegeta stood triumphantly over his downed enemy. "Do you understand now? Your size means nothing. It's only a hindrance in battle, making you a much bigger target."

Hatchiyack pushed off the ground with one hand, launching itself at Vegeta, reaching out to grab him with the other hand. Vegeta grinned. "Yes, that's right. Come and get it. Follow the Prince."

He jumped into the air, wrapping his arms around Hatchiyack's outstretched forearm at the wrist, so thick his arms couldn't reach all the way around it. Anchoring himself to it with his ki, he heaved on the monstrous machine, and with a considerable amount of effort lifted it clear off the ground, swinging it around and around. "YAAAAH!" After the fourth spin, he let go, Hatchiyack flying off into a nearby mountain on the desolate planet and reducing it to rubble. Vegeta soared up into the air above it, thrusting his hand out downwards.

"BIG BANG ATTACK!" The bluish silvery sphere of energy burst forth from his palm, careening down and colliding with Hatchiyack full force before detonating. Goku and Gohan grunted, shielding themselves from the shockwave.

Vegeta lowered himself to the ground, his Super Saiyan 2 aura pulsing gently, sparks crackling like literal liquid fire. "This is what happens when you mess with my family in a harmful intention."

Goku gaped. "Wow...what an attack! You've really improved, Vegeta!"

Vegeta sighed. "Of course I have, you idiot! The last time you fought me, I wasn't a match for you! However things change, and as you can see, I could defeat you. Does stating the obvious run in your family, or is it just your hobby?"

Goku ignored him. "Hey, Gohan..." His head swung back and forth. "Uh, Gohan? Where'd he go?"

"Hold that thought," Vegeta growled. "That thing isn't finished yet."


A/N: And that is the conclusion of this chapter in a nutshell. As you can already predetermine, I'm adding a few GT elements into this. I did this only for a few reasons. One, if I didn't then this arc would be too short. Two, I wanted some more originality and creativity in the story. Three, the Lude monster was created by Dr. Myuu whom is also a Tuffle. And since I brought Tuffles into this story, I thought I should spice things up and bring them in. Those are my reasons and I have some good news. This story has reached over 85,000 views and 200,000 words! Give yourselves a pat on the back. Your support has driven me this far so please if you can, don't stop now. You're the best people I could wish for, thank you all.

Review Section:

C: Great job with the chapter and also how old is Gohan now I lost how old he is

R: Gohan is 14 years old right now. Thanks for the review.

C: Hey SinisterofRage great job i just want to ask if you could have vegeta go into a rage where one of the villains goes after his family. that would be great.

R: As you can see, Vegeta is already mad. Now to get him enraged, we'll see. Stay tuned, more surprises are definitely coming.

C: Can't wait for the next chapter, it's awesome so far, wondering if you'll bring back future trunks too that would be epic.

R: Bringing him back is up in arms, I'll think more about it. One thing though: Future Trunks isn't done yet.

C: Hatchiyak is going to be another epic struggle for the saiyans. Maybe more so then broly. When is Tiencha going to make an appearance again its been awhile.

R: Not quite. Hatchiyack isn't stronger than Broly in this story, only on par. Tiencha will make an appearance in this saga.

C: Nice buildup, it left me wanting more but it wasn't lacking. It is interesting to see Gohan just give up on Vegeta. I also really liked how we actually got the chance to see how Vegeta felt, and that was really awesome. It was also great to see how Trunks and Goten stand compared to each other, and it was cute and sad how they tried to fight Defectron and just got wrecked. As I wasn't a huge fan of DBGT, I am a little worried about Baby, but it should be fine. Keep up the great work.

R: Thanks for the review and let me get one thing straight. I HATED GT. The only good element was SSJ4 because that form was badass. I'm only including GT because the first arc had a connection with the Tuffles so yeah.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter. Chapter 40: The Ghost Warriors. Until then stay safe. Peace.