His red aura blazing around him, Zuchino blasted towards the behemoth of a Saiyan Broly. He didn't have much of a game plan, he kinda just believed everything would fall in place. He and Broly disappeared for a second before a loud *CRACK* echoed across the planet. Zuchino and Broly's fist collided with each other, both warriors' teeth bared. Pushing Broly backward, the warriors began exchanging blows with each other. Broly caught Zuchino's fist and threw him upwards, but the Saiyan flipped into the air and landed an elbow directly onto Broly's scalp.
Broly howled with pain before clapping upwards, trapping Zuchino's arm in his grasp. Bringing the smaller warrior down, Broly's knee collided with Zuchino's face before he raised the dazed Saiyan up and blasted him away. Flying backward, Zuchino quickly dissipated the ball of energy and raised his forearm to block a kick from Broly. Grabbing the massive leg, Zuchino spun like a tornado with Broly in grasp. The crazed Saiyan howled the entire time before Zuchino zipped higher into the air, Broly still in his grasp. After a few seconds, Zuchino released his leg and fired a red ball of ki after Broly. The giant Saiyan collided with the ground like a missile, splintering the snow for miles to see.
Zuchino cracked his neck again, watching the ground thoroughly with a look of anticipation. Of course, that attack wouldn't be enough to put down the psychotic Saiyan, but maybe it was enough to at least injure him. Zuchino received his answer when Broly dashed through the dust cloud, two green energy balls already cracking to life in his hands. Taken aback, Zuchino quickly charged his own attack as Broly fired upwards, sending a volley of green ki blasts towards the Saiyan.
Zuchino fired his own volley of red ki blasts down, colliding with each other to create a glowing cloud of explosions. Still pressing forward, soon Zuchino and Broly were both engulfed in the smoke cover for a few seconds before a large red and green dome of ki engulfed the sky. The spectators watched in awe as at the center of the dome was Broly and Zuchino, fists clasped together, struggled against each other's power.
Broly roared in Zuchino's face, who rolled his eyes and hissed, "Use your words, big guy."
At that moment, the dome imploded around the two Saiyans, who began exchanging blows yet again. Electricity crackled off the warriors' blow as well as formed a small, but visible shockwave. Finally, Broly caught Zuchino's fists and pulled him into a knee to the ribs. Zuchino gasped in shock and pain before Broly twisted the Saiyan around and slammed his knee directly into the smaller Saiyan's spine. Broly began dashing down to the ground, the Saiyan still wrapped around his knee and arms in his grasp. Right before they hit the ground, Zuchino flipped his body upwards to grab Broly's head between his thighs and flip backward. Broly's body slammed directly into the ground, a victim to his own momentum, while Zuchino escaped the Saiyan's grasp. Raising his palm, Zuchino shot out a kiai that launched the prone Broly into a mountain with minimum effort. Broly, however, corrected his course and slammed into the mountain with his feet before propelling himself directly at the shocked Zuchino.
Broly's head connected directly with Zuchino's gut, sending the smaller Saiyan careening across the horizon into a mountain. Corma finally landed next to Tony, her arm crossed while she continued to fight.
"Shouldn't you be helping him?" Tony deadpanned as she shrugged.
"Please, he's enjoying himself." Corma sighed and placed her arms behind her head. "Besides, he's still toying around; he hasn't even tried using his full power yet." Still noting Tony's stony expression, she looked back at him with a small smirk. "Listen, I don't know what you humans like to do, but Saiyans live for combat. And judging from his behavior, he definitely hasn't had a good fight in a while. Trust me, if anything happens, I'll step in immediately."
Zuchino emerged from his glacial grave and looked at Broly with a small smirk. That smirk quickly disappeared as he dashed forward, his red aura blazing around him, and reared his fist back. Broly let out a roar before punching forward…right through Zuchino's body. In fact, Zuchino literally faded away like a ghost. The shock blinded Broly from seeing the Saiyan actually heading towards him. Zuchino grabbed the stunned Broly's face in one hand and shoved his head into the ground with a bellow of wrath. Broly slammed into the snow before Zuchino threw him into the air. Dashing upwards, Zuchino delivered an uppercut to the crazed Saiyan's ribs before delivering a roundhouse kick to his chest. Broly powered through the kick and delivered a jab to Zuchino's frontal lobe that rattled the Saiyan's mind.
Dazed and possibly having birds circling his head, Zuchino was lost when Broly elbowed him down before zipping downwards to deliver a flat-foot kick to the Saiyan's chest. Zuchino skidded backward on his back for a few yards before eventually stopping. Broly, even through his crazed nature, managed to give a small smirk as Zuchino let out a small cough.
"Wow, you're a lot stronger than I would've thought." Zuchino chuckled as he unsteadily stood to his feet, his head down. "I guess I was wrong about King Vegeta, you are really powerful, more powerful than any of us could've have hoped we were during that time. But..." a faint red aura began charging around Zuchino's body, catching everyone's attention. Did the Saiyan still have something else to show besides Super Saiyan?
"I'm still stronger. KAIOKEN TIMES TEN!" Zuchino roared as crimson energy exploded around his body in a grand display, melting the snow beneath him so far, the crust of the planet underneath him became visible. His entire body turned completely crimson and the aura changed from a flowing red aura to a fiery crimson wreathed in red electricity.
"Wow," Corma commented, seeing the new transformation. "I wonder where he learned that from, his power just shot up exponentially."
"Learned this from one of the Gods themselves; let's see how useful it is." Zuchino cracked his neck before appearing in front of the bewildered behemoth of a Saiyan, his fist reared back and aimed directly for Broly's gut. Broly doubled over at the pain erupting his stomach before Zuchino delivered a cross punch directly to Broly's temple.
Broly hurtled through the air, shocked senseless at the speed the smaller Saiyan had displayed. The red Saiyan appeared before him, flying with him as he smirked down at him. Broly didn't know what struck him, but he felt an insurmountable amount of pain crash into his body from the invisible speed Zuchino had landed a flurry of blows on his body. Finally, Zuchino's shoulder smashed into Broly's chest. Broly hit the dense snow with enough force to create a crater.
When the rabid Saiyan came back to his sense, he saw the crimson tinted Zuchino standing over him with a smirk and his arms folded. His aura faded away, only leaving the crimson tint around his entire body. Broly jumped back to his feet, seething with rage while he looked at the smaller Saiyan.
"I can see you don't want to do this." Zuchino plainly stated, stopping the seething almost immediately. "You do know that you are your own person, right? You don't have to fight me if you don't want to."
"What the hell is he doing?" Paragus snarled, his hands quickly becoming fists at his waist.
"He's giving your son a chance to live." Tony fired back; Paragus his angry glare at the billionaire. "You should be grateful; I don't know much about how Zuchino acted before these days, but I'll willing to bet he would've killed him."
"He would have." Corma plainly states, her eyes narrowed at the sight of the Saiyan brawlers before her. What exactly was Zuchino's play here? She thought to herself.
"Tell you what," Zuchino clapped his hands together in an air of finality. "I will let you both go and come with us to Planet Earth. I guarantee you that you both can finally just settle down, might be able to get you the help you need. What do you say?" The smiling Saiyan asked the stunned Saiyan.
"DON'T LISTEN TO HIM!" A voice cut through the air; both Saiyans immediately looked to Paragus. "He's only trying to get you to lower your guard, Broly! Then he'll kill you as soon as he can!"
"Why you-" Corma began to dash over to the loudmouth father before a sudden hurricane-speed gust of wind froze her in mid-air. Zuchino looked back at Broly to see a furious green aura slowly surround his around his body. With an enraged roar, green energy burst out of the crazed Saiyan's body as he exploded. The searing hot green energy blinded Zuchino, leaving him open to an unrealistically powerful round hook that sent him careening into the air. Quickly correcting his course, Zuchino did a triple flip before double-ax handling Broly in the temple.
But it had no effect, much to the shock and dismay of the Avengers.
Zuchino was frozen in place as Broly looked up at him with a murderous glare and retaliated with his own double-ax handle to Zuchino's side. The older Saiyan went soaring through the air yet again. In a flash, Broly was right next to him. Zuchino countered with an energy blast, knocking Broly through a glacier before he dashed into it. The outside remained calm for a second before it detonated in green ki that shook the planet to its very core. The explosion launched Zuchino from the blast-site before Broly grabbed him by his leg and head in both hands. Raising him up, Broly then slammed him down on his knee.
Zuchino let out a howl in pain before Broly grabbed his leg and twirled him in the air like a lasso, Zuchino howling the entire time. He then brought his face down into the hardened snow, eliciting a yell of pain from the male Saiyan before he picked him up and slammed his back into the snow, eliciting yet another howl. He continued this pattern two more times before finally throwing Zuchino into the air.
Before Zuchino's mind could escape the unbearable pain that radiated around his body and form a strategy, Broly was on him. Blows racked across his body at a speed he couldn't even comprehend. After the flurry of blows stopped, Broly kicked Zuchino higher into the air before zipping past him and blazing downwards like a simmering green meteorite. Broly's head slammed into the base of Zuchino's back; Broly kept charging with a roar of power before they collided with the ground in a large cloud of snow.
Upon standing and grabbing the smaller Saiyan's face in his enormous hands, Broly delivered a rib-cracking uppercut to the male Saiyan, sending him careening into another snowy mountain nearby, burying him deeply into the mountain. Looking down with insatiable bloodlust, Broly aimed his hand at the mountain. Green light filled the area before collecting into his hand, forming a large green energy ball that buzzed with energy. With a howl of anger, Broly hurled the energy wave at the mountain. The blast tunneled into the mountain before detonating in a planet-shaking display of green energy, burying Zuchino in the mountain.
"Zuchino!" Corma and Tony cried; Paragus spared a smirk. With his enemy finally down, Broly let out a guttural bellow of victory. Almost immediately after, a column of red ki shot into the sky from the disaster. Broly stopped his bellowing and looked in what could be considered amazement as he watched the Saiyan arise from his snowy grave in the column. His red button-down ultimately ruined, he was only left in his tank top. A large gash was cut into his cheek, blood running down his face. Aside from a few more scratches and scrapes, Zuchino seemed still ready to fight the crazed Saiyan.
"Will you stop with that fucking yelling already, you're giving me a headache," Zuchino demanded, ceasing his display of energy before he remained floating in the air. "I see that you're far more powerful than I gave you credit for, so I have to pull out the big guns." With that, his body began to glow a shimmering yellow and his hair began floating into the air, defying gravity and intriguing Broly.
Zuchino noticed the intrigue and gave a cocky smirk before letting out a yell, his hair switching to yellow and a fiery yellow aura wrapping around his body. Broly and Paragus both watched in amazement as they saw the transformation, which visibly radiated more power than the Kaioken technique before it.
"Like what you see?" Zuchino gave a crooked smile. Broly growled, his veins pulsing out of his neck and cheeks, before charging forwards at the Super Saiyan. The Saiyan stood still as Broly zipped behind the Saiyan and prepared to deliver a jab to the back of his head...before Zuchino quickly caught it and responded with his own backhand to Broly's face. Broly floated backward, his nose throbbing in scathing pain, before correcting himself and flying back towards Zuchino. The Super Saiyan zipped out of the way and kicked Broly towards the ground. Broly collided with the ground before the reappearing Super Saiyan spun kicked him away.
Broly soared through the air, feeling the pain coursing through his body before he once again stopped himself and searched for the Saiyan. The Super Saiyan remained nowhere to be seen for a few seconds before a blast struck him in the back, sending him whizzing forward into a cliff. Zuchino fired another blast at the insane Saiyan before zipping forward. Broly deflected the blast but didn't expect the Saiyan to appear in front of him and deliver an elbow to his gut. Broly's eyes bulged out his skull at the force of the blow before Zuchino grabbed him by the neck, ripped him from the cliff face, and flip kicked him towards the ground. Broly bounced off the ice before Zuchino zipped down and kicked him away.
Broly flipped in the air, stopping his trek and connected fists with Zuchino. The golden legend sidestepped a few punches from the insane Saiyan before delivering a jab directly to the side of his cheek, sending him into a small rock formation. He bounced off it into the air before Zuchino came flying from the sky, giving a haymaker Broly that sent him careening into the horizon. After barreling a few yards, Broly corrected himself, capable of grabbing the Saiyan's head. He threw the golden warrior down to the ground, but Zuchino fired a red beam of ki that shot Broly through the top of a mountain.
Broly blasted through mountain peak before heading towards the Super Saiyan, roaring in rage. Zuchino sidestepped the punch, allowing Broly to fly by him. Broly looked back at Zuchino, but he was only met with a hard fist to the face. With that, the warriors began exchanging blows yet again, making the area begin to tremble under their might. Every so often, a punch would connect with its target, but the Saiyan would immediately hop back into the fight. Finally, Zuchino caught the two fists of the crazed Saiyan and dropkicked him in the gut away before continuing after.
"I don't understand," Paragus said before Corma spared a look from the battle to look at the questioning father. "Broly was dominating before, how much energy does Zuchino have?"
"You don't get it yet, do you?" Corma asked, earning the attention of the Saiyan. "He's a Super Saiyan, he didn't just defeat Freeza by a stroke of luck."
"A Super Saiyan?!" Paragus practically screamed before looking at the once legendary warrior blast his son into the sky. "But…I thought they were legends. You mean to tell me it was real."
"Well, you're looking at it with your own eyes." Tony deadpanned, noting Paragus' expression. "Y'know, I hate my father with a burning passion, but I think he still gets a Dad of the Year award compared to you."
"What?" Paragus didn't understand the expression and stared blankly at the billionaire.
"I'm calling you a terrible father, dumbass. Even with all the shit my dad did, but at least he didn't cosign me into a grudge match with a literal legend just to achieve his own agenda." Tony glanced at the raging battle once more before looking back to Paragus, fury burning in his eyes. "You can call this off battle at any moment, but you won't. Because you don't actually love Broly, do you?"
"How dare you, you know nothing of what you are speaking of!" Paragus roared as Tony chuckled.
"Struck a nerve didn't I? Probably because you realized it too. You love Broly for what he can give to you, not the fact he is your own flesh and blood. Otherwise, you would've done your best to help him with his obvious mental issues and turn him into your breathing and walking bludgeon."
"I did no such thing!"
"Did you now? Let's see, how many times did you tell him you were proud of him?" Tony asked, basking in the silent glare of Paragus' hate. "How about telling him that he was such a great warrior?" Silence. Even Corma turned from the battle to watch the moment. "Oh, better yet, how many times did you actually tell him you love him?" Silence. "Thanks. My question has been answered. Now it's up to you, will Broly die because for your pride or will you call him off and leave in peace? Zuchino already offered to help train your son, maybe you should take him up on it. He seems to care a lot more about your son's wellbeing than you do." With that, Tony turned on his heel and began walking to the ship. He wanted to check up on Bruce.
"Wow." Corma mouthed at the verbal beatdown she witnessed and turned back to the battle. Paragus could only watch the billionaire enter their ship and began to think. He turned back to the battle and winced at Zuchino's ki-covered fist connecting with his son's nose. It was very clear that Broly wasn't going to win this battle at this rate. Though he was initially amazed at Broly's adaption being able to keep up with both Zuchino and Corma, he never anticipated Broly would make it this far. After a few seconds, he made his decision.
Quickly slipping a remote from his belt, he aimed it at Broly. "Broly son, it's time to stop!" He called out to his son, but no response. Broly instead threw a punch for the Super Saiyan's head, but Zuchino sidestepped it and slammed his elbow into the base of Broly's back. Seeing that his son was in a state of no return at the moment.
He could only sigh and then press the button.
Zuchino threw forward a punch, but it stopped short when he saw Broly collapse to the ground while roaring in agony. Electricity surged around his body, the central spot being a neckpiece around his neck, as he jerked around uncountably.
"What the fuck?" Zuchino began to ask before all eyes turned to Paragus, who pressed the button on his remote. "What the fuck have you done to him?"
"It's the only way to ensure he complies with my demands, Broly has always been a…ill-tempered boy," Paragus answered before putting down the remote. Finally, the sparks emitting the neckpiece stopped and Broly's body stopped jerking. He was on his knees, panting while Paragus began walking over, his hand still on his remote pocket. "Come along son, it is time we take our leave."
"No." Broly simply stated, taking Paragus aback.
"What did you say to me?" Paragus snarled, removing the remote from its pocket again and aiming it threateningly at his son. "Do as I say."
"No!" Broly snarled as he reached for the neckpiece and ripped it from his neck. Paragus tried pushing the button, but the damaged collar only gave a small electrical crackle before seemingly dying in Broly's hand. "No more! I want to fight him!"
"Broly, son, please list-"
"NO!" Broly roared before he turned back to the dumbfounded Super Saiyan and gave a savage right hook to the Saiyan's cheek. Zuchino stumbled back before standing straight back up, his eyes dark and a small trickle of blood trailing down his chin.
"That was a cheap shot." Zuchino plainly stated before the warriors zipped into the air.
Paragus stared in stunned disbelief at his shock collar. He'd never expected Broly to defy him, let alone defy him to fight in a losing battle. All the time he spent sculpting and making his son the ultimate universal warrior, completely subservient to him, were all for naught. Damn that Zuchino, forcing my son to leave me yet again! Paragus roared in his mind before taking a breath to calm down. It was obvious Broly was no longer useful to him and, given the current circumstances in the battle, his son wasn't going to last any longer.
Whether Zuchino or Corma would actually kill Broly was irrelevant, the defeat of Broly meant possible death or imprisonment. He couldn't risk it. After a few seconds of contemplation, he came to the tough proof: he was going to have to leave Broly behind. He looked around at Corma and saw her exchange his glance before turning her attention back to the fierce battle. She was watching him for anything. Flying away to their ship wasn't an option. He wouldn't even make it five seconds before Corma would catch up to him.
Then he looked past her at their ship. It was docked nearby and he could sneak into it without anyone knowing except those two weak humans. Taking them out shouldn't be too hard.
Tony entered the ship in a huff. That bastard was reminding him too much of his own father. Worse yet? He was actually making him begin to appreciate him. After taking a good, big sigh, he looked over at Bruce. Broly had really done a number on him, but thankfully the Hulk had sustained most of the damage and his body had mostly regenerated. It was just a matter of when he would wake up. He continued doing scans when he heard the door to the shop open.
"Hey Corma, did we win yet?" Tony inquired, turning his head back to see it wasn't Corma standing there, but rather Paragus. Almost immediately, he dropped his tablet and turned to the older Saiyan with his hand raised. "What the fuck are you doing in here?"
"Come now, must we resort to violence?"
"I will if you don't tell me why you brought your sorry ass into my ship." Paragus let out a sigh at the question and looked down.
"Well, if you insist," he quickly unholstered his blaster pistol and aimed it at the billionaire. Almost immediately, the repulsor generator whirled to life, solidifying the tension of the standoff.
"Just let me take the ship." Paragus fired back. "I need to get off this planet right now!"
"I built this ship from the ground up, get off or I will fire."
"Look, Broly won't last much longer and I don't trust those two will let me live once this is over, so move over now!"
"I don't give a shit, you deserve whatever you got coming and more! Now last chance, back the fuck off!"
"I said MOVE!" Paragus roared, raising his blaster pistol at the billionaire and firing. The beam sailed through the hull of the ship, Tony barely dodging it before firing his unibeam directly at the startled Saiyan.
Zuchino dodged a punch before grabbing Broly's arm and flipping him into the air. He raised his hand, forming a black ball of ki, "Xenoshock!" The black wave of ki engulfed Broly before he sailed through the energy wave, punching Zuchino back. He prepared to dash after him until he heard his father's cry from the sidelines. Everyone turned to see Paragus flying out of the Avengers' ship, a gaping hole in his chest. He was dead before he even hit the snowy ground.
Broly could only stare at his father before for a few seconds before the initial shock wore off. That's when his hands immediately grabbed his head while his body began growing a bright green hue. Zuchino carefully watched the Saiyan before Broly threw his head back, unleashing a wailing roar as everyone got a good glimpse of his green, scorching energy erupting around his body before being blown back by it. He paused for a second, taking a deep breath before unleashing a louder roar into the air. A green hue bathed the planet before it switched to red, then purple, then pink.
His eyes began to glow red and his iris seemed to explode from his eyes before he was surrounded by a massive green dome of energy. The dome exploded before it narrowed into a column of glowing green energy, Broly hovering in the middle of it. His black hair was now golden and standing on end. His body also bulked up a very noticeable amount before Zuchino gasped.
"Oh fuck me," Zuchino muttered, he barely managed to surpass Broly as a Super Saiyan (and that's not mentioning the fact his energy was beginning to diminish throughout the fight). Now, Broly's ki felt like…nothing he's ever felt before. It was like a massive blanket that covered the entire world in its depth. And he had to contend with the angry, psychotic Saiyan ready for Round 2.