Chapter 39: Tokitoki Lays an Egg, Pearl Meets (and Fights) Majin Buu and Battles Broly
(Opening Theme: Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace)
As soon as they arrived in Conton City, Pearl made a beeline for the Time Nest. When she arrived the Supreme Kai of Time was waiting for her. "Pearl! You're back, this is great!" she excitedly said. "Thank you," Pearl said. "This is big! This is really, truly tremendous!" the Supreme Kai of Time continued. "Supreme Kai of Time, what's going on?" Trunks asked. "Listen carefully…" the Goddess said, "Tokitoki…has laid the egg we've been waiting for!" The Supreme Kai of Time stood their with her arms spread out, only for everyone else to look at her funny. "Wait… you're kidding… An egg?" Trunks said. "Yeah! An egg from Tokitoki!" the Supreme Kai of Time excitedly yelled. Tokitoki happily crowed too, "Tooo! Tooo!" Elder Kai laughed too, "This is cause for celebration!" Pearl and Trunks looked at each other, not sure what to say. "Um…congratulations?" Pearl quietly said to the Supreme Kai of Time and Tokitoki. "Um, Supreme Kai of Time… Is this the emergency you were talking about?" Trunks asked. "Yeah! We have to throw a big party!" the Supreme Kai of Time confirmed.
"I see… I figured there was some big change in History," Trunks confessed. "Um, yeah," Pearl admitted. The Supreme Kai of Time angrily stamped her foot and yelled, "You just don't get it! You don't get it at all! Do you know what this means? This is incredibly good news for our World… for every World EVER!" "Uhh… Is that so?" Trunks replied, rubbing the back of his head. "Oh," Elder Kai said, "I guess I have neglected to tell you about them. Tokitoki holds power over Time, right? The eggs he lays contain all the Time for a universe. When one of those magnificent eggs hatches, it marks the dawn of a whole new timeline." "Wow!" Trunks and Pearl both said. "That's one heck of an egg, isn't it?" Trunks said. "Wait, new timeline, like from where Soon-sensei came from!?" Pearl asked. Elder Kai nodded. "Wow…" Pearl said, looking at Tokitoki.
"So, we have a party to prepare!" the Supreme Kai of Time said, "I'll cook up something wonderful!" "EH!?" Trunks exclaimed, "H-hold on a minute. Could we have the party later, maybe?" Pearl saw Tokitoki was shaking, and not in excitement for his egg, "Kiiiiiii!" "Huh?" the Supreme Kai of Time pouted, "But I have a new apron and everything." "And I'm sure it looks great on you," Trunks said, "But I'm not that hungry, and…" "Oh," the Supreme Kai of Time said, "Well, in that case…" Trunks stealthily wiped sweat from his brow and Pearl wondered, How bad IS the Supreme Kai of Time's cooking? "Okay," the Supreme Kai of Time said, "I guess we'll wait until we can get everyone together. After all your partner isn't back yet anyway." That was when Pearl realized how long it had been since she last saw Soon, he had been gone for a long time… But he was also on a mission, and the way Time worked in Conton City could get really…strange. "Yeah, I hope everything's okay…" Trunks said. Elder Kai scoffed and said, "You could always make a phone call every once in a while." "R-Right…" Trunks said, then everyone sensed a surge of Dark Energy.
"Huh?" Trunks said, then saw the Scroll. He pulled it out and said, "Look, another change in History!" "I'm on it!" Pearl said and took the Scroll. In a flash of light, she was gone.
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Towa smiled at the Masked Saiyan as he gave her the Energy Drainer, "Excellent work." Towa turned the Energy Drainer to Mira and poured the energy into him. Mira felt his power surge while Towa smirked, "We've gathered quite a lot of energy. Turles, Slug, and Cooler… They are all doing their parts. They brought back a great deal of damage energy. Much more than I expected. Mira however, looked at those assembled around him, the Masked Saiyan, Broly, and Janemba, and thought, Yes… Thanks to it I feel far stronger. So why is it that I suddenly feel so anxious? What is that strange, immeasurable power? Why do they possess it, but I do not? Mira walked closer to the Masked Saiyan, This one is the same. Incredible. He's far stronger than when we first captured him. And he's even stronger than when Towa augmented his power. But, this one doesn't frighten me. Not like the other ones. What is that power?
"Mira," Towa said, snapping him out of his thoughts. Towa continued, "The time has come. We will put the plan into action. You must be growing restless, right?"
AGE: 774
Goku and Vegeta stood against each other once more, this time in Super Saiyan 2 Form. They landed blows on each other that would shatter lesser being's bodies and refused to let up as they lit up the sky with ki blasts. Unbeknownst to them, however, another watched them battle. Pearl appeared in a flash of light in front of this watcher and saw who it was. "Broly…" Pearl whispered, seeing the dark aura surrounding him, "KAKAROOOOOOT!". Pearl let loose a loud kiai and unleashed her own power, pink ki swirling around her. "You won't lay a finger on them!" Pearl told him. Goku however sensed the disturbance and turned to see Broly, "I-it's you!" Vegeta took his chance to land a hard hit to Goku's face. "What are you looking at, Kakarot!? I'm the one you have to fight!" "It's the Legendary Super Saiyan Broly! He's been driven mad by his hatred for Goku! Bringing him in this will wreck the course of History! Do what you have to! Just make sure he doesn't enter the fight between Goku and my Dad!" Trunks said from the Time Nest. Pearl quickly dodged a punch from the massive Saiyan and landed a kick to his face that knocked him back. "Understood," Pearl said, cracking her knuckles, "Let's see how strong I really am."
Broly turned his hatred on Pearl and threw punches and kicks with wild abandon, but Pearl followed all of them as she nimbly dodged every blow. She finally caught one of Broly's fists and pulled him to throw him over her shoulder and into the ground before raising her leg and landing a hard axe kick to his shoulder, shattering it! Pearl was amazed when she heard Broly's shoulder break, and quickly let him go. Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta had a small lull in their battle, and Goku said, "I can't believe you… You let yourself be used by someone just because you wanted more power!?" Vegeta stopped for a second, "I…I wanted to return to my true self! I wanted to forget everything else and have a real fight with you as a cold, cruel Saiyan! S-So I had to let Babidi take control of me… to return me to the way I was! And I'll tell you… it feels wonderful!" "…Are you sure about that?" Goku asked. Vegeta and Goku clashed again as Broly jumped up and tried to clothesline Pearl with his uninjured arm, but Pearl ducked under it and landed a hard kick to Broly's stomach, knocking the air out of him.
Pearl decided that she had to finish the fight then and their and pointed a hand at Broly as she powered up energy. "Here's something from Vegeta, Big Bang Attack!" Pearl's attack slammed into Broly hard, knocking him out. That was when Pearl sensed as Majin Buu's energy skyrocketed as well. Goku and Vegeta sensed it as well, "Majin Buu's energy is off the charts!" Goku said, "He's coming this way. This is no time for the two of us to be fighting!" Vegeta angrily nodded, "Fine, I can wait. You'd be too distracted by Majin Buu to give me a real fight, anyway." "Alright Vegeta," Goku said, and pulled out a Senzu Bean, "We can do it, if we work together we can take out Majin Buu." Goku was too distracted, and Vegeta seized his chance to chop Goku's neck, knocking him out, "Even you are vulnerable when you're not being careful, Kakarot. I released Majin Buu, so I'll deal with him. After that, we can have our fight. Assuming I'm still alive…" "F-Father…" Trunks said as he watched.
That was when Majin Buu arrived, laughing, "Buu destroy everyone!" Then, to Pearl's amazement, Broly jumped back up, his shoulder quickly healing as the dark aura grew around him. "Is this clumsy looking idiot Majin Buu?" Vegeta smugly said, "Good, it looks like I'm not going to Hell alone." Pearl blocked Broly's punches and landed three hard ones to Broly's stomach as Vegeta laid into Majin Buu. Pearl finished with a hard uppercut to Broly's chin. Broly angrily charged at Pearl, but she again blocked his attacks before knocking him back with Big Bang Attack. Pearl charged up her power as Broly got up again and unleashed a Super Kamehameha Wave, sending him flying far away. "Great! Broly's out of the picture! That should put History back on track!" Trunks said.
Pearl then flew to Vegeta and saw that Majin Buu had wrapped him up in some of his rubbery flesh and was sitting on the Prince of Saiyans, pounding away at his face. "Vegeta!" Pearl yelled as she flew right at Majin Buu and landed a hard kick to Majin Buu's head, sending him flying through three mountains and off of Vegeta. Pearl unwrapped Vegeta and he got back up with her help. Majin Buu flew back, looking angry as the dark aura swirled around him, "That…stings." Majin Buu glared at Pearl and said, "Now Buu really…HATE YOU!" Majin Buu moved faster than Pearl thought he could and landed a hard punch to her face. Pearl didn't fall however and answered with a kick to his enormous stomach while Vegeta then blasted Majin Buu with his own Big Bang Attack. "This is bad, Buu wasn't this strong in the correct Timeline. You'll have to lend my Dad a hand!" Trunks told Pearl. "I know," Pearl said. "Kamehameha!" she let loose with a strong Kamehameha Wave as Buu hit Vegeta again, knocking him back. Pearl seized her chance and landed a storm of blows into Majin Buu, before he did the unexpected and head butted her, then blasted her back with Innocence Cannon, the massive ki ball sending her flying off before exploding on her.
Pearl quickly got up and wiped the blood from her mouth, she forgot to get Capsules again, she had to fight without them. She quickly used Instant Transmission to appear on top of Majin Buu and landed a hard double heel stomp to his head, knocking his head into his body. Majin Buu's body reached up and grabbed Pearl's ankle before slamming her into the ground as his head popped out of his body, "Time for you to go home! Bye-bye!" Majin Buu sucked in air then, and Pearl quickly grabbed Vegeta to Instant Transmit away from Buu's Innocence Breath. Majin Buu unleashed it, leaving the area in front of him looking like a tornado had hit, but Pearl and Vegeta were just far enough to avoid getting hurt. "What is this, he's not just strong, he's immortal! Is this some kind of joke!?" Vegeta yelled. Vegeta then stood and looked at Pearl, "You, whoever you are… You've allowed me to fight Kakarot without reservation… For that, I owe you my thanks. Now go! Go on! Get out of here as fast as you can!" "No, I can't leave, not yet!" Pearl yelled, knowing what was about to happen. "Move!" Vegeta yelled at her, as they sensed Kid Trunks from this era and Goten arrive.
"Dad!" Kid Trunks said as he arrived. Vegeta looked away and at the direction Majin Buu was coming from, saying, "Trunks… Take care… of your Mother for me…" "Huh?" Kid Trunks said, not knowing what was happening, while Pearl swallowed her tears. "I've not held you even once. Since you were a baby. Let's embrace," Vegeta said as he got closer and held Kid Trunks close to him. Goten started sucking on his thumb as he watched this. "Come on Dad," a blushing Kid Trunks said, "You're embarrassing me." Vegeta gave a small smile as Kid Trunks looked at him, "Take care, my son." Before anyone could stop him, Vegeta landed a hard chop to Trunks's neck, knocking him out. Goten screamed then, "Why did you do that!? You're his Dad!" Goten grabbed Vegeta's Trainign Suit and screamed at him, "Dad's aren't supposed to hurt their sons! WHY!?" Vegeta quickly knocked Goten out as well with a punch to his solar plexus. "I'm sorry, Goten, Trunks, but this needs to be done," Pearl told the unconscious kids.
Piccolo arrived then and Vegeta told him, "Take those two as far away as you can. Hurry! I'm counting on you, Piccolo." Piccolo looked at Pearl, who nodded as she handed him the unconscious half-Saiyans. Piccolo and Pearl flew off at full speed, Piccolo in shock as he said, "I can't believe it… For the first time in his life, Vegeta is fighting for something other than himself."
Meanwhile, Majin Buu returned and faced Vegeta. The Prince of All Saiyans looked at Majin Buu as he let loose with all his power. "I know how to get rid of you now, for good," Vegeta said. Majin Buu watched in amazement as all of Vegeta's power surged around them. "I'll keep you from coming back this time! By blowing you to dust!" Vegeta yelled. In his head, Vegeta thought, Farewell, Bulma, Trunks… And even you, Kakarot… With a mighty roar that could outdo even the mightiest Great Ape, Vegeta unleashed everything he had one last time in a mighty explosion that engulfed the entire island! Piccolo and Pearl turned to see Vegeta's Last Stand, and Pearl used the distraction to quickly pull out her Scroll and return to the Time Nest.
AGE: 852
When Pearl arrived the Supreme Kai of Time said, "Great work. You did very well today." "Thank you," Pearl said. "Father…" Trunks said, looking up. "That wasn't an easy piece of History to revisit for you," Elder Kai said. But there's no time to stew over the past. History is still quite a bit off-kilter at the moment." "Hey!" the Supreme Kai of Time said. "Wh-What do you want?" Elder Kai asked her. "C'mon grow a heart already! You need to take it easy on Trunks! This has been very hard on him." "No…I'm fine, really," Trunks assured them, "Thank you, though. I'm proud to be my Father's son. Seeing that won't get me down. Anyway," Trunks turned to Pearl, "Thanks for you hard work! Go get some rest, then talk to me when you're ready." "Thank you," Pearl said. Pearl headed out of the Time Nest, and once she was out, she saw Barit standing here, looking sheepish.
The yellow Namekian fell to his knees and started kowtowing to Pearl, saying, "I'm so sorry! I didn't know everything, and I rushed to judgement! Please, forgive me!" "Barit…Get up," Pearl told him. Barit stood up, "Kenshiro explained everything. I should have known that there was something worse that was responsible. I'm sorry," Barit told her. "I know, none of us knew, Shadlyn manipulated me, but her plan backfired," Pearl told him as she let her aura surround her. "Still, I should have known better. Pearl, I want you to hit me as hard as you can," Barit told her. "Barit, I'm no-" "No, please, I deserve some kind of punishment. And, I also want to see for myself how strong you are now," Barit said. "Are you really sure? I just beat Broly, easily, and I probably could have killed Majin Buu too if I tried hard enough," Pearl told him. "I'm sure," Barit said, as he summoned all his power, he was indeed extremely powerful, but Pearl was much, much more powerful. "Alright, Barit, grit your teeth," Pearl told him as she pulled back her fist.
Pearl punched Barit as hard as he asked, with all her strength, right in his face. Barit was sent flying back, and Pearl quickly used Instant Transmission to catch him just before he hit a building, even then she slammed into the building hard herself. "Oh my God!" Pearl yelled as she floated down to the ground. Barit's face was a bloody mess and she quickly focused her Majin Magic to heal him. Barit coughed afterwards and said, "Thanks, Pearl. That…Augh, man, you're stupid strong now!" Barit got up and Pearl asked, "Have you heard anything about my brother, Jasper? Mama and Papa texted me while I was…gone, and they can't find him." Barit shook his head, "No, I haven't seen him. And as for Brocc, he left too, last night. I have no idea where he went off to. Things have gotten so messed up…all because of warpers." "I know, but, Ryo helped, he sent someone to tell Kenny what really happened. And Amaya, Hirohito, Rachel, and Bage all helped me break free of Shadlyn's spell. We can't really blame it all on warpers, plus, Mira and Towa are still out there wrecking History too," Pearl pointed out.
"Right," Barit said, then changed the subject, "If you want to see Kenshiro, he's nursing a bad hangover. He might not be in 'the mood' for anything." It was then that there was a massive roar heard throughout Conton City, and everyone turned to look at the source, Pearl. "How long has it been since you ate!?" Barit asked. "Too long," Pearl admitted. "Let's go," Barit said, and they headed out to the restaurants. They stopped at one of the few buffets. The Earthling host saw Pearl and said, "Just so you know, 'all you can eat' isn't a challenge." "I know," Pearl admitted, then her stomach rumbled loudly again, "But…I'm really starving right now." The host's eyes widened as she quickly took them to a table and brought them some sodas. Pearl headed to the buffet and piled her plate high with seafood of all kinds, fried and grilled shrimp, scallops, four lobster tails, and about ten fish fillets. The second she got to the table she chowed down, it was all gone in only a minute.
Pearl headed for the salad section next and made a massive salad that you could bury a small child in, she took her time with the salad to savor it, for about five minutes. "Hold on, Pearl, try to pace yourself," Barit said, he was still on his first, nowhere near as packed, plate. Pearl sighed and drank her soda in three seconds flat, "I know, it's just that it's been two whole days! I'm surprised that I've been able to fight at all. I mean, Majins need at least 12000 calories to stay healthy, and I've got to make up for those lost meals or I might start getting weaker than ever!" Their server brought five more drinks for Pearl, and she took a minute each with all of them before heading off again.
Pearl was feeling a lot fuller now, after taking her time, so she filled her third plate with three steaks and what would be an unhealthily large pile of steak fries before heading back to her table. Barit was on his second plate while Pearl ate her third plate of food. "Twelve-thousand Calories, sheesh, I think you've already consumed three times that," Barit commented. Pearl got started on her steaks as she said, "Probably. After this, I gotta explain things to my family. I might want to find Brocc too, see if Shadlyn's still screwing with his head like she did mine." "I'm surprised she even needed to, after all, look how fast he was with Jade, and I heard him and Kenshiro talking about their…histories while we were in Cashew Village. He's a player," Barit said. Pearl finished her second steak before saying, "Still, better safe than sorry. No matter what his faults, he's still our friend, we should make sure he's okay." "That's a little strong, I'd say he's more like a… 'comrade' myself, but I guess you got a point," Barit agreed. "Gotta figure out a way to thank Ryo too for sending Dib to let him know the truth… Life is never easy," Pearl said.
The two of them paid for their meal and left, Pearl taking out her phone and calling her Papa, Glutto. "PEARL!? Where are you!? Jade told us that you were trying to bring out your Dark Side, do you have any idea how dangerous that is!? Please tell me you didn't go through with it!" Glutto immediately yelled. "Papa, I'm sorry, but I did, and I won. I'm back in Conton City now, back to work. Pearl heard the sound of her parents talking in the background, and the sound of something large and heavy falling on the ground. Buudikka then spoke, "Pearl, what is going on? Your Papa told me you let your Dark Side out, and then he fainted!" "Oh no, Mama, it's true, I did let my Dark Side out, but I beat it, and I'm stronger than ever. I had to come back to Conton City for a mission, and I just finished eating." "What about Kenshiro, and Brocc?" Buudikka asked. Pearl explained as best she could about…everything, her dreams, temptations, how she was used by Shadlyn and her friends helped her, all of it.
After a minute of silence Buudikka finally said, "I only understood about half of all that, but, if I get the gist of it, this Shadlyn put a spell or something on you to make your Dark Side worse, and then your friends broke the spell, your beating your Dark Side will make sure she can't do it again, and you and Kenshiro…you're still together, right?" "Yes, we are. Kenny…he's had a long two days and is resting right now. But, we're still together, still engaged," Pearl assured her. "That's good, now, if only we could find Jasper, we've been looking everywhere in Conton City and Satan City, but we can't find him anywhere," Buudikka said. "Do you want me to help? Instant Transmission could really help in this situation," Pearl said. "No Pearl, you have your mission, you should focus on that, but, if you see him, let us know, just so we can make sure he's okay," Buudikka said, "With all of these things going on, we need to stick together now more than ever." "Alright Mama, I'll focus on my mission, for now. I love you, I know I haven't said that enough, but, it's true. Tell Papa, and Amber, and Silver I'm thinking of them too," Pearl said. "We love you too, my Precious Pearl, take care of yourself, and your fiancé. Goodbye," Buudikka hung up then.
Pearl turned to Barit, "Barit, have you heard anything about Jasper at all?" Barit shrugged his shoulders, "No, I haven't. I don't even know where to begin looking for him." "I understand," Pearl said, and stretched out her mind to search for her brother. She focused more than ever before, to the point she could even sense the animals, and even insects that lived in Conton City. But no sign of Jasper anywhere. The Majin girl sighed then, "I can't sense him in Conton City. He must have left to go somewhere else." "What about calling him?" Barit suggested. "That's the first thing Mama and Papa would have tried," Pearl said, "Mama told me to focus on my mission, so I'll do that, for now. But I'm still going to keep an eye out for Jasper. For now, let's just…go home." Barit agreed, and the two friends headed back to their apartment.
(Ending Theme: Bring Me to Life by Evanescence)