The Saiyan of Namek vs The Legendary Super Saiyan
Part 3 of 4: The Battle Against Broly
Broly came to a halt after his double arm strike; a wide grin spread across his expression as his whited-out eyes glared down at Gohan and the Shamoians, the menacingly fierce green flames licking at his body while Vegeta sank to his knees in awe of Broly's overwhelming and fear-inflicting strength and power.
"How? How is he this strong? Vegeta posed the question; the cold sense of fear filling his tone of voice, eyes and mind after witnessing Raijin, Goku, Krillin and Future-Trunks be taken down by a single strike.
"Because he is unlike the average Saiyan Warrior… False-King Vegeta" Paragus commented; taking pleasure in the sight of Vegeta shudder in fear of Broly's might.
Gohan spread out his arms in defence of The Shamoians; his teeth grinding as Broly took a large stomp towards The Shamoians before an energy blast struck Broly's back, Broly barely flinched after taking a direct hit; merely shrugging his shoulders and wordlessly turning around to meet the eyes of Raijin.
Raijin had risen back up to his feet with both hands held aloft to fire his blast; a spot of blood stained the loosened collar of his shirt after having struck his head in the fall.
Future-Trunks, Krillin and Goku all rose up behind Raijin; their legs shuddering with the primordial fear that Broly's power instilled in those who stood to face him, but their eyes radiated with the will to stand up against the fear and fight to conquer it.
"Krillin… Gohan… defend The Shamoians and get them on board the Ship we came in; they'll be safe there" Raijin spoke; his normally black eyes changing to turquoise and his white aura changing into a golden radiance as he began transforming.
"But Raijin… you along with Future-Trunks and Dad won't stand a chance against that power… it's too intense… too powerful" Gohan pleaded; wanting to fight alongside his father and friends.
Raijin, Goku and Future-Trunks; before the eyes of a obviously nervous Gohan and Krillin, a fearful Vegeta and a smug but proud Paragus, all there transforming into their respective mastered forms of Super Saiyan; golden flames burnt at the air around their bodies.
Gohan exchanged a look with Krillin; wordlessly leaving the task of evacuating The Shamoians to Krillin and transforming into a Super Saiyan himself, Gohan flying over and standing in-between Raijin and Future-Trunks in the stare down with Broly.
Paragus roared with laughter in the face of the three Super Saiyans; his bellowing laugh drawing their shared attention, "You're really going to fight Broly… very well then! Broly… break them until nothing is left!"
Broly grinned an even wider grin; bellowing the name Kakarot so loudly that the shockwave of his voice alone knocked Krillin and The Shamoians off their feet, his green aura burning even more ferociously upon beginning his charge at the four gathered Super Saiyans.
Raijin and Future-Trunks both braced as Broly charged at them; unwilling to take another blow like the last charge, Broly struck at Raijin and Broly with a green energy dome formed in front of his face; striking through Raijin and Future-Trunks like a tank before screaming the name Kakarot again and striking Goku and Gohan both with a double haymaker punch; sending both Goku and Gohan hurtling into the ruins of the city.
Vegeta remained in a frozen slump of fear; his eyes bulging out of his head as Broly charged after Goku while leaving only a green trail of flames in his wake, Raijin and Future-Trunks both glanced over at Vegeta; Raijin giving Vegeta a look of disappointment before giving chase.
Future-Trunks shook his head in disillusioned disappointment in Vegeta before following after Raijin and Broly; the battle moving from the Castle Path and into the ruins of the city.
"Even your friends have abandoned you Vegeta… how pathetic; at this point even The Comet Camori is too good an end to your miserable life" Paragus mocked Vegeta; turning his white cloak over his body again and beginning to walk back to the castle, Paragus had always had an escape plan in place for when this moment came; the moment this Planet and all those upon its soil would be destroyed.
Goku crashed through the remains of what had been the very same Coffee Shop that he'd hidden inside of when tailing Vegeta and Paragus only minutes ago; punching through a collapsed booth seat that had landed on top of him during the crash, Goku exited the coffee shop just to be met by another heavy haymaker punch from Broly's oversized fists.
"Kakarot!" Broly growled with a sickly satisfied voice; gripping the orange gi around Goku's chest and lifting him out of the dirt, slamming Goku with a swift but hard punch to the face that threw Goku headlong into the side of another building; Broly tossed aside the tattered remains of Goku's orange gi from his hand.
Broly wore a sick smile as he stomped towards Goku; his every step leaving a heavily placed footprint oh his golden boot in the dirt, Broly totally ignored the presence of Raijin, Future-Trunks and Gohan as they dropped down on top of him from the rooftops of the ruined building; showing The Legendary Super Saiyan with a hail of ki blasts.
The shower of ki blasts rained down upon Broly's head with little to no reaction other than Broly's all-white eyes glaring up at them; Broly's right hand opening out from a fist to an open palm with a tiny green orb forming in-between his fingers, "Pitiful…" Broly muttered a single word that wasn't Kakarot; hurling the tiny orb up into the skies before it exploded and caused a rain of concrete, metal and glass shards down on top of Raijin, Gohan and Future-Trunks.
Goku sprang out from the ruins of the building he'd been; roaring the chant as he fired an immensely large Kamehameha at Broly, the blue beam struck Broly head-on and even drove Broly back by a few inches; though Broly never stopped smiled after taking a direct hit from Goku's blast.
Raijin, Future-Trunks and Gohan flew out from the shower of glass and metal shards; Raijin and Future-Trunks had taken a few cuts and blood trickled from cuts in their shoulders and arms while Gohan remained unharmed by the shower, Raijin and Gohan joining the beam blast by both firing a powerful shared Masenko blast and Future-Trunks firing a Buster Cannon.
The four beams converged into a single blast against Broly's powerful body; a green energy shield generated between Broly and The Super Saiyan's combined energy attacks, the four beams splintering off Broly's energy shield and tore through buildings; tearing through the barely-standing buildings in every direction.
Vegeta remained sitting on the pathway; watching the beams tear through building after building and the remains of the towering structures topple over and crash into other crumbling buildings, no words escaped his lips as he tried to speak nor was he able to move in the face of such fear.
Broly kept walking towards the group of Super Saiyans; his shield protecting him from the unrelenting force of their shared beams, Broly cracked a sinister smile as he punched through his own shield and the multiple beams with his huge fists; Broly's fist tore through not only the shield and beams to connect with both Raijin and Future-Trunks, sending the two Super Saiyans flying for miles into the distant skyline.
"Raijin! Future-Trunks!" Goku shouted after his friends were sent flying; his worry for his comrades shaking his concentration for just long enough for Broly to drive his golden bracer of his forearms into Goku's stomach.
"Dad!" Gohan cried out upon watching his father be brought to his knees with a single strike; crying out again as Broly's huge left hand grasped him by his purple gi and lifted him off the ground, Gohan struggled against Broly's grip and fired a point-blank Masenko into Broly's face just as Raijin would do; though Broly merely shrugged off the blast that didn't even leave a scratch.
"Kakarot… watch as your son dies" Broly sneered; his grip tightening on Gohan's gi as he wound up to throw Gohan to his death.
Goku gripped at his left arm with his right hand; a shaft of metal had pierced his left arm and opened a fresh and bleeding wound, "Broly… don't do it! you're not the monster your father raised you to be!".
"Oh but I am a monster!" Broly spoke with a wide evil grin; his white eyes giving not even a glimmer of emotion, his arm winding up for the throw just as Gohan fired another Masenko blast into Broly's eyes and blinding him for a moment, Broly screamed into Gohan's face just as he tossed the child away before Goku's eyes.
Gohan screamed while flying through the air at such velocity that he couldn't possibly turn around to twist his body to avoid the numerous steel poles that stuck out of ruined buildings and would surely impale him on impact, even as a Super Saiyan and trained to the point of mastery by Goku himself; Gohan couldn't move an inch while under the unimaginable force of Broly's throw.
A sudden pair of hands grabbed Gohan moments before he could be impaled on the steel rods sticking out of the tallest skyscraper in the ruined city; Gohan felt the velocity of Broly's throw pass away from the trajectory his body had been flying in and had come to a complete halt and was now cradled between a pair of strong arms.
Goku helplessly watched while being held in the powerful grip of Broly's fists as Gohan bounded towards certain death until a figure in a white cloak swept Gohan out of the air and out of Goku's sight; a smile lighting up Goku's face upon realising who the individual in the white cloak could possibly be, blasting Broly's face with a ki blast and breaking free of Broly's grip; Goku flew backwards to get some distance from the monstrous Saiyan.
Future-Trunks returned to the battle after having been sent crashing into a derelict building that might have been a bank or depository judging from the ruined safes; rushing back to Goku's side in order to return to the battle against Broly, The two Saiyans united rushed back into Broly with a double shoulder charge only to be knocked back by another pair of Broly's haymaker punches
Gohan slowly opened his eyes to find that he was not dead but was being cradled in the arms of Piccolo; the Namekian smiling down at him with relief that the child had survived the high velocity flight through the air, "Gohan… are you alright?".
"I'm fine now; thanks Piccolo" Gohan chimed in; a relived smile lighting up the child's face though such a smile contradicted his Super Saiyan appearance, "But… how did you get here?".
Piccolo wore a slight smirk; impressed how Gohan's innocent nature remained even when having transformed into a Super Saiyan, "Bulma gave me a Ship to follow after you all immediately after you and the others chased after Vegeta; Krillin is loading all those Shamoians onto the ship as we speak…I didn't see Raijin anywhere".
"Yeah; I don't know where Raijin is… but we need to help Dad and Future-Trunks" Gohan's smile faded upon sensing the fading powers of Goku and Future-Trunks down in the city; only the sounds of collapsing buildings and Broly's cackling laugh resonating on the doomed planet.
Just as Piccolo and Gohan jetted back down into the city and return to the battle with Broly; Raijin painfully crawled out from a mass of broken and splintered trees, Broly's punch had sent him flying outside the city and into the densely packed forest just beside the castle; groaning in pain as Raijin slowly rose to his feet and checked himself for injuries but finding only minor injuries caused by the shower of glass and a few scrapes from crashing through at least ten trees.
"Damn…" Raijin muttered; slowly walking out of the forest and onto the path towards the castle and Vegeta still sat in the dirt, "What the hell are you still doing here Vegeta? Why aren't you fighting alongside us?".
Vegeta's eyes remained staring out at the city's skyline; watching and listening to the sounds of crumbling buildings and explosions of energy while the battle raged on, "Broly… he's too strong… you cannot win… we are all doomed to die here".
Raijin scowled at how negative Vegeta was being; usually Vegeta would be the first one attacking Broly if not leading the charge towards the battle himself, "Shut the hell up Vegeta; if you're not going to help us fight then you might as well join Krillin and The Shamoians on The Capsule Ship".
Raijin was just about to leap back into the ruined city to re-join the battle when realising that the lying bastard Paragus was not present on the pathway; turning away from the raging battle to speak to Vegeta again and question him, "Vegeta… where is Paragus?".
Vegeta finally looked away from the battle and looked towards Raijin; a sombre look in his eyes when they met Raijin's vengeance-filled eyes, "Inside the castle… escaping".
With those words given; Raijin glanced up at the skies and witnessing The Comet Camori draw even closer; the prior black clouds having been blown away and blue radiation filling the skies, "No time to waste… I'm coming for you Paragus".
Back in the City; Broly stood atop a tower while Goku and Piccolo attacked Broly together with a synchronised volley of punches and kicks, though Broly effortlessly dodged with near-impossible rate of evasion considering how big and bulky his body was and yet he still moved at such high speeds.
Broly merely smirked as he'd grown tired of the unsuccessful attempts of Goku and Piccolo; seizing them both with each hand and driving both Goku and Piccolo down into the dirt, turning his white eyes over to Gohan and Future-Trunks just as the two fired a combination of the Masenko and Twin Buster Cannon at the foe; Broly's brow furrowed as his green aura converted into a shield in front of his body which not only deflected the beams but caused his entire body to glow green.
"What is he doing?" Future-Trunks questioned; his eyes widened as he caught a glimpse of Broly's malicious smile through the green glow.
Before Gohan could answer; Broly charged through their beams and crashed directly through Future-Trunks and Gohan, Broly's charging attack sent the two young fighters barrelling into the rubble and dirt alongside Goku and Vegeta.
Broly stood over the four defeated Z Fighters with a lingering malicious smile; his all-white eyes staring coldly down at Goku while he stomped over to Goku's body and reached down to lift up the fallen Saiyan before a voice rang out.
"Put Kakarot down; the one who shall kill him shall be me" rang the voice of Vegeta; standing atop a clock tower with his arms crossed, Vegeta's hair already radiating with the golden light of a Super Saiyan along with the golden flames burning around his body.
"Took long enough…" Piccolo shouted up at Vegeta; reaching down and lifting Goku up and onto his feet while Broly stared up at The Saiyan Prince, Piccolo's gi took very little damage except for a portion of his abdomen being exposed while Goku's orange gi had been torn away and his blue undershirt has also been shredded by Broly's energies.
"Father…" Future-Trunks muttered to himself; barely able to keep himself upright as he rose from the dirt alongside Gohan's own defeated and beaten body, both Future-Trunks' and Gohan's outfits bore tears that exposed their legs up to the knee while Future-Trunks stood bare-chested.
Broly's all-white eyes glanced back at the four Z Fighters when they all rose back up to their feet; the eyes of not only Goku but also Piccolo, Gohan and Future-Trunks radiated with the intent to continue the fight, Broly only wore a wide smile in response to their challenge before another voice rang across the skies.
"Double Destructo Disc!" rang out the voice of Krillin as he too dropped out of the sky, a yellow buzzsaw of energy spinning in each hand as he passed right by Vegeta and hurled both discs at once; each of the rang with the buzzing sound of a buzzsaw cutting through metal as they made contact with Broly's arms, Krillin's confident smile quickly faded as he realised that Broly's golden bracers had defended against his attack; though the bracers fell from his forearms once the attacks were deflected into buildings and caused the buildings to crumble and fall to the ground.
Broly grimaced at the direct attack; charging forward in a beeline for Krillin before planting a huge knee directly into Krillin's chest and following up with a knockout punch to Krillin's head, leaving Krillin to fall into the dirt; defeated and unconscious.
Paragus had retreated to the far side of the palace to a landing pad for a sole one-seat Saiyan Pod; a smile lit up his face upon witnessing the blue radiation of The Comet Camori spreading across the skies and feeling the winds picking up due to the comet's nearing the planet, "Finally… all these years of waiting shall pay off when this pathetic planet is erased from the stars along with all those on its meaningless dirt".
Paragus gloated with a voice full of pride and glee in the soon-to-come death of the planet when a ki blast surged past his head and struck the Saiyan Pod; The Pod exploding instantly in front of Paragus' single eye.
"Where the fuck do you think you're going?!" Raijin spoke while walking directly towards Paragus; a look of fury in his turquoise eyes as his golden hair and aura blazing with ferocious flames, even Raijin's Tail had changed to gold while in a Super Saiyan Form; Raijin's clothes has been torn to shreds as his shirt had been reduced to nothing more than sleeves while his trousers had been torn off all the way up to his knees.
Paragus' one good eye only radiated fear upon locking eyes with Raijin; a cold shiver ran down his spine in the immediate dread he felt upon realising that Raijin has coming for him, "Raijin… my boy; why aren't you fighting Broly?".
"Shut up!" Raijin barked; cutting Paragus off from a lecture regarding Broly's powers and how inferior Raijin was to him, Raijin quickly reached out and grabbed Paragus by his armour and lifted him into the air; an enigmatic smile curling Raijin's lips, "Paragus… why don't you fight me yourself?!".
As soon as Raijin finished speaking; he threw Paragus to the ground but he totally ignored the comet looming over the planet or the sounds of the city being destroyed even further by the battle and focussed all his attention on Paragus alone.
Paragus laid on the ground; glancing down at the subjugation device he wore on his right hand but smirking ever still, "Do you know why I kept Broly subjugated for so long?".
"I don't care" Raijin replied with hostility in his voice; both his hands curling into fists upon hearing the bastards voice, golden flames igniting around his fists.
"It's because this device doesn't only calm Broly… it also attacks the brains of my foes!" Paragus thrust out his right hand; the green glow of the jewel set into the device in Paragus' right hand, Raijin instantly stepped backwards and planting a vicious sidekick into Paragus' ribs
Raijin felt lost in the joyous moment of having Paragus laying at his feet; overconfidence deluding his judgement in the moment when Paragus rose back up to his feet and thrusting his hand out for Raijin's forehead once more only to swipe his white cloak at Raijin's eyes to stun him at the last moment and finally make physical contact with Raijin; pressing the green jewel to Raijin's skin.
Raijin howled in pain amidst Paragus' laughter when the subjugation device's properties scrambled with his mind; flashes of blurred faces passed through Raijin's green-tinted vision, the faces of Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Vegeta, Bulma, Tien, Yamcha, Master Roshi, Mr and Mrs Briefs, Future-Trunks, Baby-Trunks and even Dende, Nail and Guru amongst the other Namekians all flashed before Raijin's eyes while Paragus used his only weapon to melt Raijin's mind; reaching out to touch the only face that lingered in his eyes: the face of his wife Bulma, but what Raijin's left hand touched was just the breastplate of Paragus' armour.
Paragus laughed as Raijin's final moment neared; ignoring Raijin's hand pressed against his armour until a searing pain shot through Paragus' body, Paragus glanced down at his chest only to find Raijin firing a point-blank ki blast through his chest cavity; taking his own final breath as the elderly Saiyan's attack halted and fell to the ground after succumbing to his gaping chest wound.
Raijin heavily panted for breath; the attack on his brain left him rattled and disorientated but Raijin knew his friends would need his assistance in battling Broly, rising back up to his feet and staring down at Paragus' dead body; a frown formed on Raijin's lips as he turned away and flew off back towards the city ruins, "Goodbye Paragus… and good riddance".
Vegeta's entire body lit up with a golden radiance as he too transformed into a Super Saiyan; letting out a mighty roar as his every muscle strengthened and thickened while his golden hair spiked further and displayed a sharper end to every single golden strand of hair, Vegeta wore a proud smile as he ascended to a Super Saiyan Grade 2; though that smile quickly faded as Broly charged in with such speed that took Vegeta off-guard and brought his huge right knee up violently up between Vegeta's legs and into his groin before driving the prince down into the side of a building with enough force to form a huge crater.
Broly smirked as he listened to the pained groan of Vegeta's voice and body upon quickly changing back to his base form; Vegeta's entire body shrank down as well as his hair returning to its natural black, Broly grasped at Vegeta's head just as a volley of ki blasts showered down around him; turning his head slightly to catch a look at who his attacker was now but only found a single foe: Raijin.
Raijin gritted his teeth upon spotting Vegeta laying inside a crater; his blue bodysuit patched and covered in holes while a whole section of his armour has been destroyed, clapping his hands together and firing his Zeus Storm Cannon direct at Broly only for the beam to be deflected and Broly's massive fist to strike into Raijin's bare-chest.
Raijin felt his whole body he lurched backwards by the force of Broly's punch until his backwards motion was brought to a sudden end; looking up and finding Goku, Piccolo and Krillin all holding onto him, "Thought you might need a hand" Piccolo spoke with a warm smile akin to the smile Nail always wore when he and Raijin were alone together.
Raijin grinned a wide grin; standing alongside Goku, Piccolo and Krillin against Broly, Future-Trunks and Gohan quickly joining their side; as well as Vegeta of whom clambered out of the crater to fly down and join the other Z Fighters.
"He… kicked me…. In the dick" Vegeta spoke through tight lips; his voice a slightly higher pitch than he normally spoke when shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Yeah I saw; and it was hilarious" Raijin answered; a wide grin on his face as Piccolo and Krillin both struggled to contain laughter at the hilarious but brutal attack.
Vegeta did not say a word except for shoot a deadly glare at Raijin, Piccolo and Krillin.
"Uhh… guys… what's Broly doing?" Gohan stuttered; a nervous and fearful sweat beading on the child's forehead.
Broly floated up high above the ground; his left hand opened into an open palm which radiated with green energy; his energy warping the skies with black clouds and tinting the blue radiation-filled sky with an ominous shade of green, all the power Broly emitted suddenly began to focus into his left palm and shape into the form of a single dark green orb.
"Oh shit! Get down!" Piccolo yelled at the top of his lungs; his arms stretching out and pulling everyone down into the dirt just as Broly fired his energy orb, the orb shot down and passed over the group with enough speed and force to create a wind tunnel sucking them all towards the explosion; the fiery carnage resulting from the rob striking the ground radiated in waves of destruction that tore through everything in the city ruins and levelling almost every building left standing that hadn't already been levelled by the battle.
Broly floated back down to the ravaged ground; not a single second of the ground had remained flat as the city was nothing more than a desolate battleground.
A number of groans resounded across the battleground; Raijin, Goku and Vegeta slowly rose out of the rubble but sat on their knees leaving only Vegeta on his feet.
"What the hell was that?" Raijin spoke and coughed at the same time; coughing out the dust from his lungs after all the wreckage while rising to his feet.
"I don't know… but that had enough power to wipe us out of existence on impact" Vegeta spoke; impressively having analysed the orb in an instant.
"What do we do now?" Goku muttered; his golden hair fading back to black after such massive losses of energy during the battle.
Raijin grimaced before noticing Broly slowly walking towards them with his malicious smile; and fleeing seemed impossible at this point as the comet had already begun tearing up the landscape, "Goku… can you still use Instant Transmission?"
Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin and Future-Trunks all rose up out of the rubble; every one of them worn out and beaten, not a single one of the Z Fighters except for Raijin still had the will to continue fighting against the monstrous Broly.
"Are you planning on fighting Broly alone? You'll die when the comet hits!" Piccolo questioned; barking until his voice was hoarse with a pained expression while looking towards Raijin.
"Maybe so… but maybe I can take Broly with me when the planet is destroyed" Raijin answered; speaking slowly though his eyes were locked on Broly, Broly kept walking towards them at a slow pace though the sounds of his stomping steps resonated in the ground.
Piccolo let out a sigh; deciding to let Raijin have his way, "What do you need?".
"I need everyone to give me what little energy they have left… and then flee to the Capsule Ship with Instant Transmission"
"Ok… I'm with you… despite how dangerous this is" Piccolo smiled upon immediately realising that Raijin was either a genius or absolutely insane; though all of them would escape his dying world, Piccolo raised his right hand and donated his energy to Raijin; a green shimmering stream leaving his hand and entering Raijin's back.
"I'm in too; just come back alive" Gohan looked to his friend with a look of admiration and utter respect for Raijin; his energy flowing out from Gohan's hands and into Raijin's back.
"Me three" Krillin smiled a jokingly happy smile; also donating his energy to Raijin.
"I'm with you Raijin" Future-Trunks smiled and donated his own energy too; his golden hair fading back to its normal light-blue as his remaining energy drained away and passed to Raijin's own body..
Goku shook his head; wishing that he'd had the idea first but still raised his right hand and donated his energy to Raijin.
Raijin smiled as the energy streams pouted into his back; the rush of his friend's powers coursed through his veins and filled him with their powers, Raijin's golden flames became tinted with a bright green radiance and a electrical current coursed and crackled around Raijin's body; Raijin's new green eyes sought out Vegeta as only he had not donated energy for their final stand.
"Fuck it.. just take my energy and take down that monster" Vegeta scoffed after locking eyes with Raijin; raising his right hand and reluctantly donating his remaining energies to Raijin, Vegeta collapsed back down onto his knees after giving every drop of his energy to Raijin.
The stomping sounds of Broly's footsteps came to a halt as the hulking figure of The Legendary Super Saiyan stopped walking towards the ground; instead his all-white eyes narrowed and glared at Raijin's new form.
"Thank you everyone… get to the Ship and leave this to me" Raijin spoke with a confident smile; the powers of his friends and rivals coursed through his body and elevated his powers to a whole new height, a height that no single Super Saiyan could achieve alone.
Raijin and Broly stood still as statues while Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, Future-Trunks and Vegeta gathered around Goku; Goku having kept just enough energy to teleport the group to the Capsule Ship prior to donating his energy, Raijin gave a curt nod of his head just as the Z Fighters teleported away and left Raijin and Broly alone with a dying world as their battleground.
"Well Broly… its just you and me now" Raijin clenched his fists; the gold and green flames burning harsher and brighter while electricity crackled and coiled around his arms and legs in preparation for his final stand.
"Kakarot?" Broly growled; hissing as he spoke the single word his polluted mind could comprehend and put into speech.
Raijin smiled even wider at the opportunity to define himself against such a superior opponent as He and Goku had done against Frieza years ago, "No I'm not Kakarot… I am Raijin: The Super Saiyan of the Planet Namek and the Planet Earth!".