Dragonball Z
Alter Age
Collective Effort
(Sometime later)
(Above CP-179)
In the streamlined vessel serving as the main headquarters for the warriors of Cooler's Armored Squadron, which was currently floating alongside the planet's main moon, up on the bridge the pilot- lieutenant Shira- and two of her crew members were currently surveying what was happening on the planet below. Able to see the entire, cloud-covered world from their position, as well as the gargantuan tree growing out of it, the red-headed beauty with orange skin and bikini spandex kept her arms folded as she stared out at the hunk of drifting rock- wondering if the team was doing alright.
As she was looking out through the massive dome of their bridge's main window, the woman glanced over her shoulder and towards the petty officer currently stationed in the crew bit below the main walkway behind her. Seeing the female alien with red skin and white hair in the armored naval uniform moving between the half a dozen monitors and computer terminals in her workspace, Shira knew that the young woman was doing the best that she could to keep up with the incoming transmissions.
"What's the story, Niyusu?" the lieutenant asked, keeping her arms crossed while watching the female soldier adjust the volume on the console to her right, before pressing a hand over the unit sitting on her ear. "Any word from the team on the surface?"
The Brench-seijin shook her head and frowned. "Nothing, lieutenant. There was a bit of chatter over the comms after the group encountered that group of pirates and eliminated them. But then everything went dark all of a sudden. I think someone or something might be jamming their signals." She then attempted to boost the signal of her receiver by jamming in a few buttons to adjust the frequency and power output. "I'll try raising Captain Salza directly. See if he can give us an update on the group's status."
Nodding in understanding, Shira then glared back at the planet with an uneasy expression in play. "I don't like this one bit. They should've radioed back to us by now. They must've encountered another problem down there."
While the pilot waited on her comms officer to raise some kind of a response from the squad, a loud beeping suddenly started ringing out from the back of the room. When Shira turned around, she saw over at the hologram table the second soldier on the bridge currently surveying the scans of the planet. As new numbers began jumping up on the screen, the blue, carapace alien with yellow markings of Burter's race suddenly looked up at the projections in alarm.
"I've got a reading again!" Deita exclaimed, before quickly looking across at the pilot standing at the viewing window down the walkway. "Five active power levels registering at close to a hundred and ninety thousand each, approximately ten clicks in range of the giant tree. It's the squadron!"
The lieutenant narrowed her eyes on the solider. "So they're still in action? Good."
"Yes. But there's a problem," the blue alien continued while enhancing the three-dimensional image of the giant tree and the five power levels currently blinking in the air space near it. "There's a sixth power level. One that wasn't there before. And it's big… bigger than anything that's popped up on this scouter so far!"
"Talk to me. What are the numbers saying?" Shira asked with a serious look in play.
All the blue alien could do was shake his head in disbelief. "This can't be right. The scouter says that there's a lifeform clocking at close to two-hundred and fifty thousand down there." This news caused the pilot and the comms officer in the crew pit to gape in astonishment, with the soldier working the hologram watching as the blips moved about the three-dimensional image like a couple of flies. "The entire squad is battling it as we speak."
Shira, frowning at the report, then turned her attention towards the planet. It was there, through the clouds and beneath the shadow of the giant tree, the lieutenant spotted multiple flashes and balls of light bursting up all across the planet. Though the ship that they were on was too far out of range to see exactly what was going on, the officer of the ship guessed that the squad was now fighting against someone who was powerful enough that the explosions from their blasts and the shockwaves from their attacks could be seen from the moon's orbit. It was ridiculous.
Seeing more purple and gold flashes tear across the lower atmosphere, causing several of the clouds to part and dissipate instantly, the lieutenant frowned when a particularly big blast took place further up the continent and separated a sweeping layer of the sky. When the flashes moved on, she knew right then that someone was being shot at.
"This is crazy," Shira whispered, at the same time hearing the crackling of the radios below relay the voices of shouting from the five warriors as they chased after what she presumed was a very dangerous adversary. "What kind of monster have they encountered that's forcing all five of them to fight at full power?"
OOO
(Meanwhile)
(Down on the planet)
The storm that'd erupted on the planet following the squad's encounter with the Saiyan Turles was unlike the chaos that'd unfolded when they'd broken off to fight the five members of his pirate gang. Not even close. Because as soon as all the members of Cooler's elite cranked their powers up to maximum and the Saiyan criminal did the same, they immediately threw themselves right into the thick of it. What followed from there was a series of explosions and eruptions across the entire planet, as Gohan and his teammates opened up an assault upon Turles- the ferocity of which the lower-class rogue was not at all expecting or even prepared for.
The three little kitsune-seijin that Gohan had encountered earlier, who were still standing atop the root they'd been left on prior to the battle with the pirates, gaped up at the sky when they saw multiple clouds disperse and geysers of fire detonate all across the horizon. The shockwaves generated by said surges of force not only caused the ground to tremble at their feet, but produced noises so loud that the trio could practically hear every single blow landing against all parties involved dozens of miles away.
As they saw sonic booms explode across the sky like fireworks, indicating that Cooler's elite were engaging with Turles in hand-to-hand, the three fox girls blinked in amazement.
"Wow," the orange furred Riko exclaimed when she saw even more wind blasts explode across the sky in a line, before seeing the vapor trails of the warriors crisscross the atmosphere at unheard of speeds. "They're so fast? How can a group of people possess so much strength?"
The tallest one, Rei, her long red hair flickering in the wind, shrugged. "I don't know. But I guess that's why they're called Cooler-sama's best soldiers. They're... amazing."
Meanwhile, Kida- the group's leader and the chief's daughter- who had been staring slack jawed up at the sky for the past several minutes, then put on a serious look as her gaze slowly turned towards the massive tree standing in the distance. A hateful glare locking onto the massive edifice as it jutted towards the heavens, the girl gave the Tree of Might a good, long scan as she considered everything that'd happened to her and her friends up until that point.
All of the chaos and destruction that'd taken place on her home world over the past few days had all been because of that godforsaken eyesore. It was because of the tree's rapid growth that her land and home had ended up destroyed by its parasitic roots. It was because of its hunger that all of her lands once rich, beautiful landscapes had been sucked dry. And it was because of its protectors that her father and the rest of her race had ended up being wiped out trying to get rid of it.
All of the people that Kida and her friends knew and loved, had all perished because of that tree and the people who'd brought it here. And the reason why they brought it here was because of the mystical fruits that it supposedly grew, granting them strength and vitality beyond imagining. The thought of her world being used for such a heinous reason enraged the blue kitsune and caused her hands to clench tightly in anger. So tightly that her nails cut into her palms and drew blood.
Gritting her teeth as she allowed her rage to burn, the young princess eventually took a deep breath and calmed herself. After allowing a period of a few seconds to allow her mind to clear, Kida eventually settled on a decision and turned to face her friends. When she saw Rei and Riko look at her, the young chieftess nodded to them.
"Come on. We have to help them," the young leader spoke.
Riko, balking at her best friend's statement, gave her a confused look. "H-How?"
In response, Kida turned and pointed towards the massive tree poking up through the clouds a few miles away. "That monstrosity and its fruits are why these pirates came to our planet. If they plan on growing more of those on other worlds with other innocent people, then I'm not going to let it happen." Dropping her arm, she then beckoned the pair to follow and began running across the root. "I have a plan. Follow me and stay low." With great agility and strength, she then began bounding across the landscape at a remarkable speed. When they saw their friend take off, the other two kitsune quickly fell behind and began following her across the ruined valley.
Though they had no idea what the young chieftess had in mind, both Rei and Riko knew that they could trust her, and so they carried on.
OOO
(Meanwhile)
"GRAAAAAGH!" Dore roared as the green warrior dropped from the sky with both hands clenched together and locked over his head, before he swung the strongest hammer blow he could muster down on top of his opponent. His attacks impacted Turles' guard with the sound of a cannon round going off, the force of which caused the defending Saiyan to yelp in surprise as he was knocked plummeting towards the ground at an alarming speed.
Like a missile, the rogue warrior slammed into the ground between the system of roots stretching out from the Tree of Might, generating a blast so large it ruptured the earth and formed a fissure. A few seconds after dust and debris belched into the sky and the members of Cooler's squadron watched the mushroom cloud form, Myra- appearing alongside Dore- extended her left arm, drew her right arm back like she was pulling a string on a bow, and quickly charged an attack.
As a length of red energy materialized in front of her right-hand's knuckles and formed into a solid, pulsing shaft of fire, the Hera clenched her teeth and took aim at the ground a hundred stories below. When she suddenly saw the plume of cloud break at the base and spotted Turles darting across the valley in a retreat, the orange-haired tomboy then inhaled deeply before- with a growl of effort- released the arrow she had charged.
"Kirakira Ame!" (Glitter Rain) Myra bellowed, a deafening thunderclap ringing out as she loosed her attack - the recoil of which caused her body to lurch back and Dore to shield his face from the hot blast of wind she produced.
The arrow Myra released left her hand so fast it cracked the sound barrier, shooting towards the ground at the speed of light that it generated a lightning effect through the air. As it arced down towards its target at a ludicrous speed, the bright red projectile suddenly gave off a flash of light, before unexpectedly breaking up into a thousand smaller arrows that filled the sky and parted the clouds. With a loud hum, the now multiplied attack rained down on the valley in a rain of literal death, which immediately began pulverizing the wasteland, the roots, and everything else standing within range of the salvo's reach.
As numerous explosions proceeded to tear across the country in seemingly every direction, at the head of the primary wave of arrows annihilating the terrain, the tiny form of Turles could be seen rocketing over the barren land as fast as his flight ability could carry him. His armor chipped in multiple places and body covered in burns and bruises, the man glared behind him as he stayed ahead of the volley of arrows pursuing him. Dodging several of the beams that came close to impaling him, the Saiyan watched as each shaft punctured the floor in his wake as they attempted to hit their mark. But despite their speed and numbers, Turles was able to avoid and maneuver around every single bolt, all the while moving as fast as he could to get the hell out of range of the attack.
By the time he managed to pull away from the wave of compound explosions, Myra's attack had ended up leaving a path of destruction so vast that the distance it'd covered would've easily been able to fit a small county in it.
After sensing the the barrage's end, Turles spun around, thrust both hands upwards and, while continuing to fly backwards, unleashed a barrage of purple energy blasts from his hands. "TAKE THIS! RAAAAAAAGH!" The cluster of energy waves left his palms and scattered at virtually the same time, before shooting up towards Myra and Dore's positions from multiple directions.
While the Beppa-seijin bolted to the sider and avoided the attacks, Myra conjured up a red energy staff out of thin air and smacked several of them aside, before then deciding to move out of the way. Upon seeing his foes scatter and his attacks explode throughout the clouds, the grinning Saiyan pirate then spotted a bolt of purple lightning zip across the land alongside him. When he rolled back over and kept on flying, he saw the mass of electricity then dart into his path- blocking him off.
Halting his flight, Turles responded in time to receive a spin kick thrown at him by Neiz- who came flying out of the bolt of purple lightning to clobber him. Catching his attack in the forearm and deflecting the sporadic onslaught of blows that followed, the Saiyan then returned fire with a swift jab, only for the amphibian to zip to the side and counter with another kick.
Managing to grab the tall fighter's leg before it could hit, Turles then let out a yell of effort as he spun around and tossed Neiz across the battlefield, hearing the warrior give a yell of surprise as he was sent flying over the desert at breakneck speed. Before the Saiyan could pursue him, his scouter alerted him to another incoming attack from behind, which prompted him to spin around to block the punch Gohan suddenly came flying at him with.
Expression twisted in concentration, the raven-haired child immediately started lashing out at the larger Saiyan adult with a flurry of punches and kicks- each one of which slammed against Turles's arms as he hurriedly attempted to block them all. Getting clipped in the shoulder by a kick, the pirate let out a low growl and countered with a right cross, slamming it across the boy's face, before then kicking him out of the air. Sending the child bouncing across the landscape for a couple hundred meters, Turles then leapt to the side to avoid the downward chop thrown at him by Salza suddenly dropping down from the sky to attack.
The energy blade around his arm humming dangerously, the captain of the elite team lashed out after the Saiyan warrior with a combination of deadly swipes and thrusts, only to watch the rogue avoid them all and eventually backpedal away as fast as he could.
Upon retreating to a safe distance, Turles thrust his hand forward and fired a purple bolt of energy at Salza, hitting the man square in the guard and knocking him off his feet and into a slab of rock behind him- smashing it to smithereens. "Have a seat!" Upon watching the rock explode into a pile of rubble, the pirate prepared to finish the captain off with a second shot, only to get rammed into the side by Neiz charging around and colliding into him with a shoulder-tackle. Being hit by the fast-moving warrior sent Turles soaring across the landscape for a few hundred feet, before he eventually righted himself with a quick, recovery flip.
Touching down on his feet and skidding to a stop on a distant plateau, the rogue then looked up to see Neiz- suspended in the air across from him- draw his right hand back and throw it forward, unleashing a stream of purple lightning towards him. Blinking in alarm, Turles swung his left hand up over his face and caught the bolt, which slammed into him with such force it sent him sliding back a dozen meters along the rock. His boots digging into the ground and forming a deep trench, the Saiyan snarled as he felt bolts of electricity continue crashing into his hand and sparks whip outwards from the point of impact.
When he felt the blast of electricity being thrown at him by Neiz finish moments later, the Saiyan then lowered his arm and peered through the smoke lifting off of his simmering palm. He then watched with satisfaction at the stunned look that appeared across the amphibian's face, upon which he flashed the squadron's fastest member an amused grin.
"Nice one. You actually managed to singe by finger nails, frog," Turles chuckled.
While Neiz growled in frustration at seeing the warrior was unfazed by his attack, Gohan suddenly pulled up alongside him. The second the boy stopped, he inhaled a deep gulp of air, inflated his chest, and threw his head forward. "Dengeki Taiho!" (Blitz Cannon) With a deafening roar, the child opened his mouth and unleashed a gargantuan blast of golden energy, which spewed from his jaws and flew towards the grounded Turles in a torrent of golden fire.
Unable to move in time, the Saiyan rogue crossed his arms over his face and took the blast head on, which instantaneously swallowed him up and proceeded to incinerate every standing obstacle and rock formation around him. As the blast expanded and gushed outwards, tearing into the terrain and causing the air to catch fire, Gohan- still feeding fuel into his mouth-blast- then poured another surge of energy into it. This not only caused a sonic boom to ring out and his feet to slide back along the floor as the flames leaving his mouth intensified, but it also made the beam burn brighter, hotter, and become more dense- to the point it practically transformed into a massive blowtorch. He then proceeded to use it to cook his target and melt the landscape.
While Neiz shielded his eyes from the brightness of Gohan's attack, both of them had every reason to believe that Turles has lost all of the skin on his body. However, amidst the raging inferno of the child's blast, the adult Saiyan was miraculously still standing- his arms raised in defense and an intense glare in play as he felt the energy of the technique bake his skin.
Taking a deep breath through the flames tearing around him in a manner similar to a wind tunnel, the man then slammed his hands together tightly, before bringing his fists to his sides and assuming a horse-riding stance.
"This… is… NOTHIIIIIIIIIING?!" Turles yelled above the flames, before then giving out a loud battle cry. "GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" His roar was matched by a sudden and violent explosion of purple energy, which erupted from his body and formed into a cyclone around him, which tore through Gohan's energy blast and began to push it back.
Seeing Turles power up and send his energy outwards in a form of a protective, twisting barrier, caused Gohan to recoil in alarm and cut off his attack. Eyes widening, he and Neiz watched the golden flames wrapping around the purple twister of energy get blasted away, as Turles extinguished the attack and successfully warded it off.
As the purple wall of energy receded and fell around him, it revealed the pirate was slightly scorched, yet completely fine. Sporting a wide grin, the man shot the two fighters a devilish smirk when he saw the stunned looks on their faces.
"My turn!" Turles shouted, before suddenly leaning over and bolting forward- his takeoff being marked by a crack of wind as he propelled himself towards his foes. Closing the hundred meter gap between them in the blink of an eye, the man slammed a fist across Gohan's face and sent the kid flying, before the bouncing towards Neiz and nailing him with a knee.
Both squad mates were practically rag dolled across the landscape and sent crashing through multiple rocks and barriers. Upon traveling a few hundred feet in two different directions, the pair eventually collided in two separate locations- a plateau and a hill respectively.
Upon seeing the plumes of dust shoot up from their crash sites, a grinning Turles then swung his arms out in a textbook 'what up' pose and chuckled. "What? Is that the best you weaklings can do? Pathetic!" He then brought his hands in front of him and concentrated his energy, which proceeded to form a large orange ring that expanded outwards when he widened his hands. Electricity sparking around its pulsing mass, the Saiyan then swung it upwards and took aim towards Gohan's position. "Let me show you a real attack! KILL-OOF!" He was promptly cut off when his torso suddenly got impaled by a couple of red energy arrows, before Myra suddenly came diving down from the sky and drove a heel kick right into his chest. The attack slammed into him with such force it caused him to release his attack prematurely before being sent dropping out of the air.
His back slamming into the clearing beneath the root he was hovering over- at the same time his attack exploded harmlessly against a distant mountain- Turles flipped onto his feet and looked up with a start. His eyes widened when he saw the Hera diving down at him with a beam of red energy between her hands, which she then swung down at him with an overhead strike. Reacting instinctively, the rogue Saiyan thrust his right arm up and coated it with a film of purple energy, which allowed him to block the adolescent's attack when it struck him.
Floor fracturing beneath his feet from the force of the staff's impact, which managed to generate a loud thunderclap on contact, Turles then coated his other arm with energy and proceeded to engage in a deadly boxing match with Myra. Lashing out with a couple of punches and missing when she dodged them, the Saiyan then began backpedaling in alarm while hastily blocking the onslaught of swift, vicious, yet stylish staff blows from the Hera- who struck out at him with both aggression and great skill.
Sparks flying when he deflected a diagonal cut, followed immediately by a second one when the girl spun into him in a follow-through, Turles then heard his cracked scouter beep at him in warning, which prompted him to spin around mid-parry to catch the sneak attack thrown at him by Salza coming up from behind. The captain drove his arm blade down onto the Saiyan from above, only to see it get blocked against the enemy's coated forearm. With his attack thwarted, the blonde leader growled back at the ruthless pirate before throwing himself into the fray- joining Myra in her assault.
Working together, the two squad members danced around Turles, speedily attacking him from two directions with their respective weapons of choice. While the Saiyan managed to parry and deflect their blows quite well, the combination of attacks from both warriors and the agility they possessed kept the pirate on the back foot- the sweat appearing on his rattled face showing just how difficult it was for him to keep up with his twin attackers.
Successfully managing to deflect and parry a vicious string of blows from Salza, Turles then gave a shout of pain when Myra suddenly slammed her staff into his back and then his rear leg.
Seeing the man lurch forward from the blow to his flank- which cracked his armor and cut him- the Hera then swung her staff back and prepared to run him through. But the second she thrust in at him, she felt her staff get grabbed by his massive hand before being yanked forward and off balance. Turles, managing to knock Salza back with a swift backhand to his sword arm, then turned into Myra after pulling her in and drove his knee right into her stomach. The sharp impact from below lifted the girl off her feet, causing her to grunt out in pain before she dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes- her energy staff dissipating as a result.
The moment he saw the woman fall to her hands and knees, Turles grinned and held up his energy coated right arm, before swinging it down towards her back. But the second the man chopped at Myra's exposed spine to either smash her into the floor or cut her in half, a sharp, golden energy blast suddenly shot down into the clearing from out of nowhere, slammed into the Saiyan's arm, and knocked it to the side.
The kick of the blast shattered his white arm brace, causing Turles to yell out in pain before his eyes snapped to the side. In that split second of pause, the man spotted Gohan standing atop one of the massive, parasitic tree roots and pointing his index and middle finger towards him like a gun- an intense scowl in play.
"Why you little-!" Before the rogue Saiyan could respond to the child's sudden appearance, the now off-balance pirate suddenly saw Myra spring off the ground, spin at him and- with a yell of effort- drive a backwards heel kick into his chest.
The blow struck Turles square in the solar plexus and knocked the rogue flying off his feet, the warrior letting out a scream of pain as he was sent smashing through a rocky tor at the other end of the valley and straight through to the other side. Upon bouncing across the field lying behind it, the Saiyan grunted and rolled several times, before eventually driving his feet and hands into the valley and grinding to a stop. Letting out a gasp of air as blood dribbled from his hairline- at the same time the two energy arrows embedded in his stomach dissipated- the warrior then shot his eyes up and snarled.
"Damn pests! I'll show you!"
Recovering quickly, the Saiyan male stood up just in time to see Myra, Salza and Gohan dart over the rise he'd been smashed through, and took a stance. The instant he was up, Turles immediately began backing up as the trio surrounded him and began lashing out at him from all sides with flurries of attacks. Their bodies moved in a blur as they pressed their advantage, assaulting him with lightning quick, rapid fire blows from all directions and forcing him into a retreat. Though the rogue was able to deflect most of their blows, it soon came to the point where the triple threat became too much for him to handle, and their punches and kicks started slipping through.
While blocking an onslaught of punches from Myra with one arm and countering with a right straight to her face, Salza drove a kick into his exposed flank and doubled-up with a couple of hooks to the warrior's mug. After Turles got cracked across the cheeks three times, he answered the captain's assault with a solid kick to his abdomen, only to then get smashed in the nose by Gohan jumping at him with a punch. The instant Turles staggered and parried the boy's body shot, he was then struck again by Myra coming in and nailing him good across the face, sending blood flying.
Yelling out loud in frustration, the big Saiyan smashed Gohan back with a haymaker and then attempted to kick Myra, only for the woman to check him and drive an elbow across his face. This was then followed up by Salza coming in with several fierce blows that had Turles backpedal away in alarm.
Managing to block attacks from both adults when they attacked him from his left and right respectively, Turles looked up when his scouter beeped in warning- drawing his gaze towards Gohan to see the boy skid to a stop a few feet away on his hands and feet, whereupon the child then snarled up at the man with a white mist floating off of his body. The numbers that appeared had the Saiyan warrior frown nervously.
"The kid's power level has shot up to a hundred and ninety eight thousand… and it's still growing! What kind of Saiyan is he?" the pirate thought, quickly deflecting Myra's kick and Salza's punch, before being forced to block the girl's hook with his left arm and grabbed it. "If this keeps up, he'll become a serious problem." After thrusting a kick at Salza and knocking the captain flying back, Turles hurriedly formed a ki ball in his free hand and thrust it into Myra's stomach, firing off a small blast that exploded and sent the Hera flying back with a scream of pain. "COME ON!" He then threw both hands forward and fired a single blast towards the crouching child.
Gohan, spotting the incoming attack, sprang into the air and leapt right over it, before then bolting down the length of the beam and nailing Turles across the face with a hook. His attack slammed into the warrior's cheek with a loud crack, causing him to not only black out momentarily, but also sent him into a spin after his blast missed.
With Turles stunned, the demi-Saiyan had every right to continue on with his assault. But just before he could follow up with his attack, Dore suddenly darted in, got behind the rogue Saiyan, wrapped his arms around his stomach, and then hoisted the guy right into the air.
Turles appeared startled when he was suddenly grabbed from behind by the Beppa-seijin reappearing and felt the ground leave his feet. "W-What the?! Where did you-AAAAAAAH!" the Saiyan screamed when he felt gravity suddenly invert as his entire world was quite literally flipped upside-down.
"SUPLEX MOTHERFUCKER!" Dore roared, giving a yell of his own as he swung his entire body back and dropped Turles's head into the earth on the other side. The moment the man's head impacted the ground, there was a colossal shockwave that ruptured the floor beneath the pair, causing the entire clearing they were now fighting in the sink into the planet's surface. As a ripple of earth and dust traveled outwards, causing the land to warp in every direction, the Beppa then released the Saiyan's body and rolled back to his feet.
With Turles unearthing his head a second later after his painful landing with the ground, he then attempted to scramble to his feet and get back into the fight, only to have Dore jump on top of him, bury his knee into his chest, and then deck him in the face with his massive, gloved fist. A few loud cracks rang out as the big green warrior laid on the abuse, smashing the Saiyan's face into the ground with repeated, punishing haymakers. On his fifth punch however, just as the squad member was loading it up, Turles became fed up with being on his back and responded by shoving his hand into the man's face, and firing off a quick ki blast. The fast shot exploded against Dore's mug and threw him off of the stunned Saiyan, sending the big warrior onto his backside.
Removing the man on top of him, Turles then rolled over and attempted to get away. But before he could get up, Neiz suddenly dropped down from the air and slammed his knee into the rogue's back, slamming him back into the floor.
What unfolded from there was probably the most brutal and bloody group beat down on a single adversary that the elite members of Cooler's Squadron had ever taken part in, as every single one of them began jumping on top of Turles and started kicking the ever-living crap out of him.
Hell, you may as well call what happened next what it was- a good, old-fashioned gangbang.
After Neiz slammed the brute into the floor and embedded his body into the rock, the tall warrior grabbed the Saiyan by the hair and slammed his face into the dirt two times. With a dull, satisfying crack ringing out from each of his face plants, the Zalt-seijin then proceeded to do it a third time, only for an angry, somewhat dazed Turles to get up, throw his elbow back, and nail the amphibian in the side of the head before shoving him off. The moment the brown fighter flew off his back, Gohan then darted in from the side and tackled the big rogue back to the floor. The pair tumbled over each other several times, before ending with the child straddling the Saiyan pirate's chest, pinning him, and beginning to smash his face in with an onslaught of punches. In full MMA style, Gohan's little fists rung Turles's bell over and over in rapid fire fashion, with each blow hitting with the force of one of Dore's strongest haymakers.
"Erk! Oof! Ow! Fuck! Get- OW- off of- GAH- ME!"
His nose caving in from the repeated hits through his guard, the enraged Turles roared, grabbed Gohan by the neck, and began mashing his own, large knuckles into the boy's mug. Feeling his nose break and blood come pouring out of it, the wild, reckless child completely ignored the fist driving into his face, and continued punching and kicking the grounded Saiyan with his own attacks until Myra darted in from the side and football kicked Turles in the skull. She then helped her little teammate by getting right over the evil Saiyan's head to begin stomping her heel into his face like a dominatrix, until the pirate leader caught her foot and threw her to the ground.
When Neiz darted in and started kick and stomping on Turles's abdominals, Gohan- seeing the Saiyan brute heave himself up and drop an elbow into Myra's back, drawing a cry of pain from her- gave an enraged yell, grabbed the rogue's hand under his chin, and bit into his palm as hard as he could, drawing blood. The pirate didn't take too kindly to that at all- screaming in agony before charging an energy blast and letting the child have it right in the side of the head. The flash of an explosion finally managed to dislodge the little Saiyan and sent him flying, before Turles then fired a second, desperate shot at Neiz and sent him hurtling away. When he then spotted Salza flying down at him with his energy blade of his arm drawn back for a strike, Turles promptly let off a third blast and hit the approaching man in the face, knocking the captain out of the air before he could get to him.
With Turles then rolling back onto his hands and knees and grabbing the nearby Myra by the throat, he then coated his other fist with purple energy and once again prepared to hit her. The girl, not willing to take this lying down, produced a red energy blade and drove it into his neck, only to miss and impale the man's shoulder, causing him to scream out in pain and halt his punch. At the same time Dore suddenly jumped on his back, grabbed the Saiyan, and lifted him off of his female teammate. Both warriors yelled and growled as they wrestled against each other, with Turles flailing and squirming about in the Beppa-seijin's grip and trying to get the green, hulk of a man off of him.
"Ngh! You trash! Graaagh! LET GO!"
"Not on your life, bitch!" Dore shouted back at the Saiyan, his muscles all swelling as he tightened his bear hug over the warrior.
After both scrambled back to their feet and started to struggle, the Saiyan mercenary wasted no time in driving repeated elbows into the person behind him- hitting Dore three to four times in the gut. Feeling his grip loosen, Turles then grabbed the man by one of his arms and attempted to force it away, only for Neiz to suddenly dart in from the side and begin slugging the daylights out of him.
Unable to protect himself as Dore had both his arms locked down, the Saiyan pirate took several crushing blows to the face and body. After one last hit across the cheek left him with his ears ringing, Turles then gave a yell and thrust his head back, hitting the Beppa-seijin holding him in the nose, forcing him to let go, before then lunging forward and decking Neiz across the face- sending the brown warrior clear across the clearing and straight into a boulder. Before he could mount an attack on the Zalt-seijin, Gohan suddenly jumped on his back like a monkey, wrapped his arms around his body, and bit into the side of his neck full force.
"GAH! YOU LITTLE FUCKER!" Turles screamed, trying to pry the child's arms from around him. When that didn't work, he then swung his fist over his shoulder and hit the boy a few times in the face. Loud crunches echoed across the clearing as the older Saiyan attempted to get rid of the warrior hybrid. But try as he might, the little runt just wouldn't let go.
Before he could do anything more, the pirate suddenly spotted Myra and Salza flying straight at him. Turles barely had enough time to bring his arms around when the pair slammed into his body with two energy weapons- the girl holding a baton and the captain his sword. Both their attacks drove into his torso and lifted the Saiyan off his feet, sending all four of them flying towards a rocky wall on the far side of the barren grove. Before they could hit it, Gohan jumped off of the man's back, allowing his two teammates to embed the Saiyan mercenary into the barrier and bury him into it.
As the two squad members growled and attempted to push their energy weapons into his body, Turles managed to hold them back with a combination of raw strength and grit. Thanks to being able to catch the captain's energy coated arm with his hand, it prevented Salza from severing anything vital, while his other forearm blocked the energy baton Myra was pushing into him. Though the two of them did end up carving into his armor and cutting into his sides, they missed his kidneys and liver.
After attempting to push both of the lithe warriors off of him, the Saiyan rogue had just about reached the limit of his patience, and yelled out in a rage. "ENOOUUUUGH!" He then powered up to full once more, his purple aura erupting outwards and blasting both Myra and Salza away from him. Severely wounded, winded, and dazed, the Saiyan adult sprang out of the clearing and back into the open.
Hopping across the countryside for a few hundred meters, Turles attempted to get some space to breathe. But before he could even gain a few seconds or far enough away to relax, Gohan and Myra suddenly dropped down onto one of the large roots directly in his path- both of them with their hands cupped in the center together and charging an attack. Spotting the golden ball of energy pulsing between them and glaring through the stagnant air, the bloodied and bludgeoned Turles snarled and swung both his hands behind his neck.
"Alright, peons! LET'S SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT!" A purple and white sphere of energy rapidly forming between his palms, the man then swung his arms forward and unleashed his attack. "CALAMITY BLASTEEEEEEEEER!" The blast he launched from the sphere gushed out of his hands like a tidal wave and roared towards the pair in a while of bright purple energy- threatening to engulf them as it swallowed up the land ahead of it.
Gohan and Myra meanwhile, upon finishing the charge of their combined attack, then swung their hands forward and unleashed it. With a scream of their own, both kids unleashed a gargantuan yellow beam that rocketed forward like a comet and slammed headlong into Turles's attack. The resulting impact between the two attacks was biblical- sending a shockwave outwards that cratered the valley beneath them, before hurricane force winds started to rip across the countryside in every direction.
Clouds parting and thunderclaps ringing out like the heart of a storm, the two sides immediately became locked in an epic beam struggle, where Turles attempted to hold his ground and overpower Gohan and Myra's combined attack, which matched his mass for mass. As seconds ticked by and the purple blast being fired by the pirate started to gain momentum, slowly forcing and pushing the duo's attack back little by little, it seemed for a couple of seconds that Turles was going to win. The Saiyan pirate grinned when he noticed this and prepared to finish it.
However, just before he could do so, the man's eyes suddenly widened and snapped to his left side, where he saw Salza suddenly drop down from the sky, land on a separate tree root, and launch a golden blast straight at him. Responding quickly, Turles removed one of his hands from the blast he was unloading on his two opponents and fired a second one towards the captain's, also stopping it and leading to a dual tug-of-war match between two opponents. The result was a triangle being formed between the groups, with the Saiyan rogue fighting through gritted teeth against the blast from Salza, and the blast from Gohan and Myra respectively.
Feeling his feet dig into the earth as the trio's combined assault started stacking on the load, the pirate believed that this painstakingly long beam match was going to go on forever. That was until Dore suddenly dropped down in his blind spot on his right-hand side and launched a third energy wave in his direction with both hands. Spotting the next attack incoming, Turles let out a yell and projected his purple aura around him, intensifying it on his right side and forming a wall of fluctuating energy that caught the third blast and struggled to hold it back.
By this point the Saiyan rogue was now being shot at by four people from three directions- the sweat breaking out on his face and veins pulsing all over his body showing just how hard he was trying to fend them off.
"F-Fuck you… scumbags!" Turles snarled, letting another surge of energy out in an attempt to force back the weight of the powerful attacks bearing down on him.
Then, a few seconds after Dore jumped into the fray, Neiz appeared above the groups and, with a quick power up and a flash of electricity engulfing him, launched a lightning bolt of energy straight down on top of the stationary Turles. The pirate leader attempted to stop the shot with his aura as well, his bio-field shaping into a protective dome of purple energy around him and catching the crack of lightning that slammed down onto him. Now, with the weight of a meteor now threatening to crush him, the Saiyan was slowly, but surely, pushed into the ground.
Dropping to one knee as the pressure from all sides started to overwhelm him- two beams being launched from his hands while an energy field vibrating around him held back two other attacks- Turles yelled out in agony as the group's combined assault started to take its toll on him. Screaming as his energy began to waver, resulting in the group's blasts gradually eating their way through his defenses- getting closer and closer to their target- the Saiyan warrior then took several deep breaths, panicked before glaring up through the storm.
"No! It's… not… over yet! I'm not… going… to go out… like this!" Inhaling once again as he concentrated his energy, the Saiyan pirate then gave one last push before, with a roar of effort, he allowed his aura to erupt outwards. The shockwave he gave off fractured the ground and sent rubble pelting everywhere, a split second before Turles willingly disengaged from the energy tug-of-war battle and shot straight up into the sky. The group's attacks powered through what remained of his energy and collided in the center, causing a massive explosion that decimated the area.
Turles meanwhile got the hell out of there- his aura clad form bolting into the clouds and leaving a vapor trail of purple energy in his wake. When he blew past the astonished Neiz, the five members of Cooler's Armored Squadron quickly gave pursuit- powering up and chasing after the man. With all of them coming together into a textbook attack formation, they proceeded to move in on the warrior's retreating form- determined to finish this fight once and for all.
Scouter ringing, Neiz frowned. "His power level has dropped to half of what it was before!" the man shouted. "He's getting tired!"
"It looks like we've got him!" Salza shouted back, ignoring the pain racking his body as he set his eyes squarely on the retreating pirate. "Once we catch up, finish him off!"
However, as the group stayed on Turles's tail and started following him towards the massive form of the Tree of Might, neither of the heroes noticed the foul smirk that came over the Saiyan's face, as the mercenary quickly made a beeline straight for the hollow cave in the center of the majestic titan's trunk.
Thinking that they'll have him cornered in moments, the group gave their jets everything they had and roared after him. When Dore and Neiz took a couple of pot shots at him but missed, they then saw the Saiyan warrior suddenly make a sharp turn and fly right into the mouth of the cave in the side of the tree. With a quick gesture from Salza, the group separated- with the captain and Neiz flying into the cave after the warrior, while Gohan, Myra and Dore broke off and shot around the trunk to the other side to intercept the man.
Salza and Neiz continued chasing Turles through the bowels of the tree, watching his form scrape against the roof as he darted towards one of its many exits. When the pair pursued him through the opening and emerged on the northern facing side of the enormous tree, both of them skidded to a stop and looked up in confusion, as they saw the pirate had also halted and was now facing them with a wicked smile in play.
"Huh? What now?" Neiz asked out loud, at the same time panting for breath.
As the two sides floated there, Gohan, Myra and Dore rejoined them- the former two having looped around the far side and stopping on Turles's right, while the Beppa-seijin stopped on his left. The entire squadron then took a moment to catch their breaths, as they not only did they have their target surrounded, but for some reason he appeared to have been waiting for them.
In that moment, Gohan- his energy and stamina still good- took a moment to inspect the condition of his team. All in all, after butting heads with a foe that was technically stronger than each of them, the group had managed to come out of it pretty alright. While all of their armors were smudged and cracked in a few places, and they were each covered in multiple cuts, bruises and burns, the worst injuries any of them had was the broken nose he and Dore were sporting- as well as the gash over his left eye that was bleeding from the blast he took earlier- the busted lip and swollen eye Myra had, Salza's burnt face, bleeding chin and blood dripping from his forehead, and Neiz missing a tooth and bleeding from the corners of his mouths. This wasn't even counting the fact that most of them were also panting to catch their breaths, having clearly been going all out on the pirate from the get-go.
Turles on the other hand was looking even worse for wear. Including the two puncture wounds in his torso, the gashes in his armor and flesh from Salza's blade, and the big hole in his shoulder, the man also had bite marks on his right hand and a good chunk of flesh missing from his neck, he had multiple burns and bruises, a swollen left eye, blood dripping from his hairline, a bloodied lip, and a couple holes in his back. His scouter was also slightly cracked, having taken quite a few heavy hits to the face.
He was also breathing noticeably hard- and from the tired look in his eyes it was clear to the squad that the guy was practically on his last legs.
After staring across at one another for a full, good minute, the clearly winded Turles smirked broadly. "It seems that the five of you are getting a little tired. I hope I'm not working you too hard."
Dore snorted at the man's comment. "Hmph. Look who's talking."
"You act tough. But it's clear to all five of us that you're reaching your limit," Myra spoke up next.
Salza, rolling his sore jaw in an offhanded manner, then shot the warrior his usual, serious glare. "It's over. You lose. Surrender now… and the worst you'll have to suffer is a swift and painless death. If not… then we'll have no other recourse but to bring you down the hard way. Your choice, friend." After all, they had their emperor's orders to follow. Search and destroy.
"Hm…?" Feigning momentary thought, Turles allowed his head to tilt, before allowing a sinister grin to cross his lips. "How about I choose option three?" He then swung his right arm around, where he revealed he was holding a round, red ball. At first the squad didn't know what it was. However, when the Saiyan raised it up to his lips and into a better position, the group saw that it wasn't some item- but a weird, studded fruit. "If you thought I was strong before, watch this."
Salza's eyes widened. "Wait… isn't that-?"
Before the captain could finish his question and before any of the others could move with any kind of physical action, Turles hurriedly took a big chomp out of the side of the Tree of Might's fruit. Feeling the moist flesh fill his mouth and engulf his senses, the man then gulped it down and set the bitten fruit in the belt of his tail.
Almost a split second after the man swallowed the juicy piece of fruit, his body underwent a startling transformation. Like a series of miniature explosions going off all at once, all of the muscles from the base of his neck to the bottom of his calves burst and expanded outwards. His body swelled and receded in an instant, the sounds of low blasting indicating that every fiber in his being was torn apart and regenerated in the blink of an eye. In that moment, a newfound sense of power rushed through every single nerve ending of his body, shooting through him like a bolt of lightning and causing the Saiyan to straighten upright with vigor.
Almost immediately the five members of Cooler's Armored Squadron saw their scouters light up with multiple caution/warning signals. The devices practically screamed in their ears as the numbers skyrocketed, before eventually capping at the Saiyan's new power level. All at once, every person present in the group recoiled in alarm at what they saw, with Dore's eyes almost bugging out of his skull in shock.
"Oh. That's not good," he said out loud, as the number on his screen jumped from a reinvigorated and worrying 200,000, all the way up to over 2,000,000.
When Turles flashed them all an evil smirk, the Saiyan suddenly vanished from the center and reappeared directly in front of Gohan. Before the child could so much as gasp, the man swung his arm back and thrust it forward- a sickening squelch sound ringing out as his hand punched straight through his opponent's armor and into his stomach. A split second later, the stunned demi-Saiyan coughed up blood as his stunned, glazed eyes stared up at the smiling face of his father's look-a-like.
Keeping his arm firmly embedded in the hybrid's chest cavity for a couple of seconds as the other members of the squad looked across at them in disbelief, Turles then chuckled at the horrified expression on Gohan's face. "You're the most dangerous one here, so I'll get rid of you first." He then shrugged when all he heard from the youngster were a few choked coughs as blood dribbled down his chin. "Nothing personal, kid. I'm sure you would've made a great Saiyan." With that last bit said, he then yanked his arm out and allowed the fatally wounded child to fall out of the sky.
Myra, realizing right then what had happened, screamed out in horror when she saw her student and best friend, plummet towards the wasteland below. "GOHAAAAAAN!"
Watching the now dead youngster vanish from sight, Turles turned to the Hera- revealing all of his injuries had been fully healed, save for the light splatter of blood from his most recent victim across his cheek. Upon seeing the adolescent's eyes look up at him in horror, the rejuvenated warrior shot the female a very twisted and murderous grin.
"Now… where were we?"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Author's Note: I think at this point, it should be worth pointing out that most of the characters that have appeared so far mostly originated from the DBZ world. While anthropromorphic characters have indeed appeared in Dragonball in the past, most of them were not really prominent characters. I switched that up by introducing Kida and her friends. I was inspired to write Kida based off of Krystal from Star Fox, as her appearance and manner of dress are almost virtually similar to her in every way. Plus she's one of the hottest game characters I remember ever encountering- and I'm sure a lot of you will agree. lol
As for the others, most of them are either cameoing, or will be present for future events. I'll list them right now:
Kikono - The main scientist in the Frieza Force- and apparently the creator of most of their technologies, including the ships and armors- Kikono is currently working in Cooler's Force as one of his supporters. His presence with Cooler explains his absence in earlier media of DBZ. First appears in Dragonball Super: Broly.
Berryblue - Advisor to Frieza and apparently a prominent figure from his childhood, she is currently serving as Cooler's advisor and adjutant, and is a person that Cooler holds some manner of respect towards. First appears in Dragonball Super: Broly.
(Since I included these two, it's safe to assume which route I'm going in terms of which Broly I'm going to be using)
Niyusu - Appears in the manga Oh! New Jump Super Lovers created by Naho Ooishi, she is a member of a group that parodies the Ginyu Force, but appears as a crew member on board The Comet. She is essentially a female version of Jeice. Profiles can be found on the dragonball wikia.
Deita - Also appearing in the same manga as Niyusu, he is her teammate and is essentially another, parody version of Burter, who resembles Burter and Cell fused together.
Gunnird - Lord Gunnird appears briefly at the beginning of chapter 9 and is essentially a parody character of the one that appeared in the Star Wars: Clone Wars miniseries, which I took heavy inspiration from for Gohan's first mission with the team.
Turles Crusher Corp - Each member was given a more in-depth profile according to releases of V-Jump and the Tree of Might pamphlet, as seen in the wikia. The previous chapters enforces these aspects and gives their back stories more significance.