AN: Back again let's get started straight away! Sorry it took so long, in turn for the wait I'm hitting you with 2 chapters in the one day. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 5: Third times the charm
Diclaimer: I do not own any of the following content except the story concepts.
Gohan was sitting in a meditative position on a tall thin plateau in the middle of a small lake. They had been training for two weeks already in preparation for the trip to the distant future but Gohan felt that despite how hard they all trained it wouldn't be enough to fight whoever was behind this. He had an extremely bad feeling about the enemy. What worried Gohan the most about that was the fact that he'd never even seen the damn villain. Gohan was already on edge today with all these sick feelings in the pit of his stomach, that and Trunks was gone. Back to talk to their alliance from the Future with a few of the Z-fighters to introduce those of the gang who would be helping in the war effort. Which left Gohan with no real sparring partner to train with so he was stuck here meditating for hours like an IDIOT!
Suddenly Gohan snapped slightly due to the sun's hot rays burning his ears incessantly with no sign of cloud cover to shade him from the ever-shining ball of gas. In his fit of anger he cast his arm out angrily and, with a growl of frustration, tossed a stray Ki blast off to his right. The son of Goku immediately regretted it when he heard a female voice scream from the direction he threw the blast,
"Son of a-!" he bellowed to himself before blasting off right over the side of the plateau and straight past his own blast spotting Videl, far too slow to dodge the blast and looking like a deer in headlights.
For Videl it seemed as if Gohan simply appeared in front of her and backhanded his own Ki blast up into the sky where he detonated the distant part of Ki harmlessly. Videl saw Gohan shoulders droop with relaxation as he turned to look at the girl he almost killed. Part of Videl wanted to be the usual Videl and get mad at him for almost killing her but she couldn't bring herself to yell at the taller teen. He already looked extremely stressed and ashamed of what he had done. "Look Videl I'm really sorry about that, I shouldn't have lost my head like that, or at least checked before I threw the blast." He apologised with his face set in a self-reprimanding expression if she had to guess.
Eager to let him know it wasn't a problem if it would relax him a little she replied without hesitation, "Really it's fine, I know you have a lot of weight on your shoulders and I get that your frustration is building" she assured him before a little nervousness showed through her smile, "Just please try not to do that again, I'm still young you know." She half-joked half-scolded. Gohan nodded again with a slight grin.
The two stood there in each other's company for a few moments as a cloud formation finally drifted over the sun and gave them some much needed reprieve from the sweltering heat. Videl felt the cool breeze blow across her and sighed in content. She opened her eyes and caught Gohan looking at her overtly before he quickly looked away, focusing on a rock at his feet. Videl felt her cheeks heat up slightly, "Gohan…a-after all this is over, do you maybe wanna-?" but she never got to finish her sentence as Gohan suddenly exclaimed in surprise and turned his body half away from her and his head completely, looking back in a seemingly random direction. "Gohan?" she asked trying to get his attention and began to feel frustration bubble at being interrupted at a time like this. She was about to start raising her voice when she saw his fists clench.
Namekian Wasteland: Not long ago
Goten and Trunks were running around playing blind tag. They couldn't practice proper fighting without Mr Piccolo, he had made them promise. He said something about accidentally blowing up the planet if they got too rough or something. Instead they opted to train their Ki sensing and hiding. The two began taking turns at donning the red blindfold while the other went to hide. They had been playing for about an hour now. It was currently Goten's turn trying to find Trunks. He had been looking for his friend for about 10 minutes now and suddenly he sensed a Ki signature.
"Ha! This Ki is raised real high! No way would I have missed it!"Goten thought, proud of how good he was getting at this. He flew straight at the energy and cocked his fist back with a grin, "Fooooound you Trunks!" he shouted as he let loose his punch and it felt like he punched a wall. Or at least, what he assumed it would have felt like to punch a wall were he a human. Come to think of it, this energy was way too high to be Trunks'
"GOTEN GET BACK NOW!" He heard his Trunks shout from behind. Goten heard his friends warning and felt a disturbance in the air pressure near him. Fueled purely by instinct Goten ducked and felt a massive arm fly over his head. The youngest child of Earth's hero jumped up and kicked off the unknown person's chest to gain some distance between them. He tore his blindfold off now that he knew he was safe. As soon as he did his eyes widened at what he saw.
A hulking man of pure muscle, much taller than even Gohan or Mr Piccolo, stood before the two with a passive look on his face. His hair was long and Black and he had no shirt. White Gi pants with a red cloth piece tied around his waist by a gold belt the same colour and design as his boots. The man looked over the Lavender haired of the two before turning his eyes and giving Goten a hard look over. At this he seemed to suddenly get extremely angry, "K…ka…karoooot!" He growled and as soon as Trunks heard that, he knew exactly who they were facing and he shuddered.
"B-Broly?!" Trunks quivered before his resolve steeled slightly and he got in a fighting stance, Goten saw this and got ready as well, ready for whatever the problem might be.
"Did you say Broly Trunks?" Goten asked, hoping he had heard the Briefs heir wrong. His fears were confirmed when Trunks nodded. The boys gulped before immediately turning Super Saiyan, "But he's s-supposed to be d-dead right, twice now?" Goten asked, his voice trembling in fear at the malicious killing intent leaking out with Broly's Ki. The slightly older kid didn't get to answer however as Broly lunged at them with a cry of, "I'll KILL you Kakarot!"
The two boys were forced to leap in different directions away from Broly. As they flew back Trunks called out to the younger boy, "GOTEN!" he signaled as he charged a large Double Buster in his hands. Goten seemingly got the signal and began charging a Kamehameha. The two fired that at Broly simultaneously, causing a large explosion. The boys somersaulted and landed on their feet. Thinking their work done they gave each other a thumbs up but were quickly interrupted by a blast flying at each of them that they dodged narrowly. They got serious again and glanced at each other, with a nod they blasted off exactly parallel to one another and as they approached the silhouette of Broly in the smoke Trunks went high and Goten went low. Goten's kick struck home in the back of Broly's knee buckling him slightly, Trunks blow rang true as well, hitting Broly in the cheek at full force. Not even stopping to check if the attack had hurt Goten circled at the exact same time as Trunks and the two threw strong kicks into the older Saiyan's abdomen and lower back before both circled right in front of their opponent throwing a combined uppercut into Broly's chin before standing back to back and pointing one hand out to their side at Broly's moving figure. They both charged extremely powerful blasts and put as much energy as they could into the move before firing them. The blasts as expected collided with the giant of a man and detonated magnificently, the shock wave whipping at their clothes and hair but the two stood like trained warriors in the heat of a battle of life-or-death. Their growth was evident.
Broly emerged unharmed and pissed off also as a Super Saiyan. He appeared between the two and grabbed them. He kicked Goten into the wall of a mountain and before the boy could move off it Trunks was thrown into him. Broly then front kicked the two into the mountain. They flew out the other side as the mountain began to collapse. Broly was charging the winded children as they tried to get to their feet. Thinking fast Trunks used his genius brain and tossed a blast into the ground 6 feet in front of them before diving and grabbing Goten rolling them out of the way as Broly flew past right where they had been only half a second before.
Broly leaned his body back and stuck a foot out into the ground trying to slow himself down. It dug a slight trench in the hard earth but it did its job and stopped the Saiyan's momentum. He turned just in time to see the two kids with their feet extended out going for a kick to his stomach. He prepared and allowed the blows to strike him in the stomach and rolled with them slightly to relieve some of the force before reaching out and wrapping his massive hands around each of their face and pelting them headfirst, back the way they came. He jumped forward and suddenly phased in between the careening boys with his arms raised before he dropped his elbows, aiming for their solar plexus'. The boys reacted fast though and cross their arms to block the blows. The force still pushed them into the ground making small craters side by side. The two looked up to see Broly charging a blast that felt like it would wipe out the entire wasteland they were on if they didn't stop him. Turning so that they had their backs to him they fired Ki beams into the dirt and used the beams to push themselves out the craters quickly past and behind Broly. With their free hands they fired another, stronger beam at his back that struck him and staggered him forwards.
Upon seeing Broly turn around unharmed and pissed off, Trunks' mouth set into a grim line. The heir to Capsule Corp. tried reaching out with his senses and found Gohan off and seemingly oblivious to their plight. "Of all the times for he and Videl to do their awkward teenager thing it had to be now!?"Trunks shouted internally, more out of panic than any anger towards the older boy. At this point his train of thought was cut off by a kick flying at his head. Trunks blocked it but the force sent him skidding backwards across the ground. Goten attempted to get a counter in but his punch did no more than turn his head slightly and cause the legendary warrior to flinch ever so slightly. He punched Goten in the stomach hard before grabbing him by the foot and tossing him right into Trunks. Trunks attempted to catch his friend and slow down his momentum but it was mostly futile. The two went flying back along the ground.
Coughing up saliva, struggling to get a good breath in through his aching chest and stomach, Goten looked to his friend, "Trunks! We have to get big brother's attention somehow! This guy is way too strong for us and he won't give us a chance to fuse!" Goten told his friend. Trunks scowled at having to accept that they weren't strong enough but nodded in agreement at his friend.
"I have a plan for just that Goten." Trunks admitted cryptically, incase their large angry friend was listening.
"Formation Goten and Trunks are the best ever in the universe?" Goten asked his friend.
"Formation Goten and Trunks are the best ever in the universe" Trunks affirmed for the younger fighter.
The two stood to their feet and powered up to their maximum powers, "We really should pick a shorter name for that" Goten remarked, seemingly forgetting that the name had been his idea.
"Let's go!" Trunks bellowed as they took off towards their enemy. First Trunks was in front, hiding Goten from view before they switched places hiding Trunks behind Goten's form. The two began increasing the frequency at which they switched places until it was just an alternating blur of Black and Orange followed by Lavender and Green. Broly didn't know what to do and he just stood there with his brows raised.
Broly saw Trunks appear in front and cock his fist back and Broly prepared, grinning madly at the fact that he had seen through their plan. The punch was coming at his head but Broly was cautious and saw that the punch was just a cover for a body kick. He dropped his guard to his stomach to block the kick but was surprised when Trunks disappeared and Goten up-kicked him in the chin, staggering him back a step when he felt Trunks side kick him in the back of the neck. He saw Goten floating in front of him waiting for the large Saiyan to get in range of a big punch. He punched out at the small child but his fist went straight through an afterimage and he was head-butted in the side viciously. He stumbled sideways but managed to keep his footing until Trunks came from the direction he was stumbling and slide tackled his leg back the way it came, leaving no support as his body kept going sideways and he began to fall. Trunks and Goten appeared before and behind him, Trunks kneeing him in the solar plexus while Goten kneed him in the exact same spot on his back, winding him before he hit the ground hard. Broly rolled onto his back from his shoulder and felt two feet stomp themselves on the upper-outer corners of both pectorals. Broly looked up and saw the boys standing with one foot on him each with their hands pointed directly at his face at point blank range.
The boys were at their very maximum power output, "HAAAAAAAGH!" they screamed in unison throwing all their Ki directly into Broly's face. The following explosion wiped out everything in a half-a-mile radius, flattening all plateaus and boulders to rubble and crater. The young Saiyan fighters, now in their base forms and looking worse for wear, bounced once and settled against the ground just outside the crater. They lay still for a moment before they both sat up tiredly and sluggishly.
"D'ya think Gohan felt that?" Goten asked between breaths, one eye half closed. He turned to look at his Lavender-haired friend.
"I sure hope so, because I'm completely spent of energy" Trunks remarked, using an elbow to keep him sat up. Goten muttered something that sounded like 'me too' but Trunks didn't hear because at that moment a very tall, very pissed figure walked through the smoke surrounding the crater.
Both buys exclaimed in fear and surprise at him already being back up so quickly. Broly marches over to them, hurt somewhat from that attack but otherwise unaffected. He floated up into the air and charged a blast that he launched down at the boys who were unable to move. The blast neared them but was hit in the side by another blast that sent them both careening off into the sky where they exploded. The boys' eyes widened and they looked in the direction the second blast came. Gohan suddenly swooped in and landed between them.
"Sorry guys, I should have been paying more attention but instead you got left to deal with him. But don't worry now, you super heroes take a break and I'll take care of this guy" Gohan told them softly and reassuringly but his face was dead serious. "Videl, could you look after them, I'm going to draw Broly to a safer distance from you guys, hopefully he isn't too much stronger than last time I fought him." At that Videl landed between the two boys and nodded at Gohan, having a quick flash of memory at the sight of this Broly character. She remembered Gohan fighting him on a desolate looking grey planet in space.
Gohan noticed Broly charging at him from behind and leaned to the side, avoiding Broly's charge and allowing the hulk of a man to go right past him where Gohan gave chase and double kicked him off into the distance. Gohan flew after him and landed a few feet from the grounded form of Broly, "Oh quit exaggerating, get up Broly I'm not in the mood for this" Gohan began with a roll of his eyes, "This is like the fourth time I've fought you, why do the fans like you so much? You aren't even really THAT tough, you just keep getting Zenkai boosts every time you almost die but survive because of your plot armor." Gohan growled in contempt.
Broly got to his feet and glared at Gohan, remembering all his encounters he had with the boy, "Go….haan…Gohan…..GOHAN!" Broly cried in rage charging at the Black-haired teen.
"Hey he knows my name now too. Neat." Gohan thought to himself sarcastically as he blocked a wide swing but still felt the force of the blow. Broly tried to follow up with a front kick but Gohan caught the foot between his two hands and pushed back on the leg causing Broly to lose his balance. Gohan pressed his advantage with a hop up to Broly's head height and a solid kick to the giant being's chest. The blow knocked Broly back but he appeared relatively unharmed. He grinned at the shorter Saiyan, happy with his advantage.
"Hmph, don't look so pleased with yourself, you're stronger yes but I'm not even a Super Saiyan yet." Gohan pointed out, causing Broly to exclaim softly with surprise.
The large man scowled angrily before growling out a strangled, "Why?!"
"Well I haven't got anyone to train with at the moment, so I figured I'd set myself the challenge of beating you on a lower level than you're at." Gohan explained which only served to enrage the legendary Saiyan further.
Broly lunged for Gohan who danced back out of his reach gracefully. Broly threw a wide right hook that Gohan ducked. The young fighter immediately stuck an arm out and, with some effort, caught a left cross. Gohan was strained slightly by Broly's brute strength. The Super Saiyan pulled Gohan in with his arm and threw a vicious knee that connected with Gohan's abdomen and cracked the armor there.
"Crap!" Gohan exclaimed, not expecting his blows to be so powerful. Gohan put both forearms to his right to block a right kick before being grabbed by the head. Broly spun with Gohan in hand and put the back of his head into a mountain, slowly trying to shove him in further. Gohan struggled against his grip for a second before thinking of an idea and pulling his hands up to his face, closing his eyes tightly used his energy to reflect the light of the sun, "SOLAR FLARE!"
Broly's eyes were suddenly assaulted by a painfully bright light directly in his eyes. He let go of Gohan out of reflex before Gohan pushed himself out the mountain and kneed him hard in the temple before dropping and unleashing a right straight into his solar plexus before spinning and slamming the heel of his foot into the side of Broly's neck. The blow sent the hulking Saiyan's body bouncing across the ground. Gohan stood straight as Broly looked up and saw the serious look on the younger Saiyan's face. Not angry, just battle-hardened. Something had drastically changed since last time.
Broly took off at Gohan and said teen tried to prepare his body for the impact. Gohan jumped and punched out at Broly but the normally belligerent and angry Saiyan managed to parry the blow to the side and fly straight into Gohan's stomach. Gohan felt the larger man's head slam into his abdomen and crack his armor more before he felt himself flying along wrapped around Broly's head. Gohan brought his elbow down on the back of Broly's neck which stopped the man for a second but the Saiyan of legend kneed his opponent in the nose, staggering Gohan momentarily. Gohan regained his senses in time to see a huge arm coming straight for him. He bobbed down just as the fist swung over his head, ruffling his hair. He sprung back up rammed an elbow between Broly's guard striking him in the spot between his pectoral and shoulder. Broly ignored the pain and threw a hook that struck home. Broly followed with a side kick to Gohan's chest and a few chips of armor cracked and fell out of place. Broly didn't stop the onslaught there and with a great shout, slammed a Ki blast into Gohan's body and followed through on the swing, pushing Gohan back and allowing the blast to carry him back a foot before detonating it against him. Gohan rose from the smoke with a completely missing shoulder guard and a hole in the armor where the blast had hit, slightly scratched and singed skin revealed.
The wind against the wound stung Gohan but it kept his senses more alert and he'd felt much worse anyway. Gohan charged back at Broly and grabbed the larger man by the jaw in an underhand grip. Gohan flipped his Broly up and over Broly's head and then, like a slingshot, slung Broly over his head and sent him spinning like a pin wheel. Gohan phased in behind Broly and used a kiai shockwave to strike him in the back, stopping him from spinning. Gohan kicked him square in the center of the back. Broly spun around angrily and caught Gohan with one of his swinging arms in the jaw. Gohan backed off quickly before Broly could continue but it was no use. Broly grabbed Gohan by his biceps and squeezed that together as he slowly rose into the air, a maniacal grin on his face. Broly was charging a blast in his mouth and planning to blast Gohan in the face at point blank range. Gohan saw this and his eyes widened. He steeled his resolve. "I CAN'T die here! I WON'T! If I do then the whole planet is doomed! Goten, Trunks, Videl!"he reasoned internally.
He then began the process of trying to separate his arms from his sides against Broly's iron grip. "HAAAAAAGH!" He yelled, exerting all the physical strength he had and managed to get his arms off his sides and he brought his knees up into Broly's chin causing the older fighter to lose control of the blast. Gohan rolled his wrists and gained the grip on Broly's wrists and placed his feet against the larger man's chest. He pushed against it as hard as he could while holding Broly's arms in place. The young warrior leaned back and used his grip to roll backwards and throw Broly towards the Earth as hard as he could. "Let's see if this works! KAIOKEN TIMES 20!" Gohan bellowed feeling his muscles swell and seeing the reddish-purple aura burst to life around him.
He dashed down to Broly and stuck his knee out where Broly slammed into it gut first. He rotated around to Broly's head and threw an uppercut elbow that straightened him out, following with a side kick to his chest then staggered him and made him lose his balance. Gohan followed up with a large charged Blue blast, throwing it like a baseball. It hit Broly's center of mass and exploded magnificently. Broly emerged from the other side of the smoke screen bouncing and sliding along the ground. Gohan's dark Ki faded back to normal white and his muscles contracted back to their normal, already impressive size. Gohan took a deep breath to steady himself.
Broly struggled for a second before standing up straight relatively unharmed, "Grr, this guy is impossible!" Gohan muttered angrily before flying straight at him. Gohan lashed out with a right hook kick but Broly dodged it and then caught the following left superman punch. Broly grinned maliciously at the younger Saiyan before grabbing Gohan's head with his other hand and bringing him face first into a rising knee. Gohan recoiled and felt a solid elbow plant itself between his lungs and all the air leave his body suddenly. He gasped but nothing much came in. The ruthless berserker swung a vicious uppercut into Gohan's chin causing him to fly up into the air. Broly jumped to follow but Gohan managed to regain control of his senses, "KAIOKEN TIMES 5!" He shouted quickly giving himself a burst of power. He successfully dodged Broly's follow up double-fisted smash from behind by throwing his body to the side just in time, allowing him time to counter with an up-kick into Broly's chin.
Despite Broly's larger more durable body, which allowed him to recover faster from the attack, he was still slower and larger and so when he fired a rage-induced blast at his smaller, more agile opponent Gohan timed it just right and raised his Ki into a spherical shield around him which reflected Broly's blast at him. The blast struck home and seemingly stung Broly, enraging him further. Gohan bared his teeth in frustration; nothing he was doing was having any noticeable effect other than making him angrier. Truthfully he couldn't really transform. He and Trunks had been staying as Super Saiyans to try and negate the energy drain entirely, much like he and his father had done before Cell. It had worked to a degree however after spending so much time in his transformed state when he finally DID drop the form, most of his energy left him with the strength. Gohan wasn't entirely sure but if he had to guess he'd say that his body in its normal state was too fragile for the energy drain that his body could sustain as a human.
In a battle this wouldn't be a problem because as it was he could be completely unconscious and stay in Super Saiyan, however the moment he dropped the form, at least until he could train it a little more, he would be drained and take time to recover. Most of Gohan's strength had already returned to him during his meditation but he could tell he still wasn't ready and transforming now could cause him to rely on the well of energy within too much and he might lose control.
He hadn't had too much trouble back on Earth when it was about to explode but that was mainly because before he transformed he allowed himself to be at peace with his fate, whatever it was. His only objective was to kill all of them and that goal helped curb his uncontrollable violent tendencies. With so many enemies to slaughter between fighting the challenging ones his urge to kill didn't get out of hand.
Gohan had so settled on not transforming unless absolutely necessary. With this determination in mind he dashed back in headfirst with the larger man. Gohan tried to frop an axe kick On Broly's head but the legend stuck his arm in the air and grabbed Gohan's calf before the foot could make it. Goku's oldest thought on his toes and leaned backwards, pulling his body into a backflip. The sudden movement caused Broly to lose grip on Gohan's leg. As Gohan's flip brought him facing Broly the knee of his opposite leg smashed into the Super Saiyan's collarbone. Gohan swung both his hands palm open at Broly's ears trying to stun him but Broly brought his forearms up and stopped the youngster's attack. The hulk spun his forearms around and grabbed each of Gohan's arms halfway along the younger fighter's own forearms. Broly used his grip on the Earth's savior to pull Gohan's face towards him while he rammed his skull into Gohan's forehead. He released his grip allowing Gohan to float backwards slightly. The Once-in-a-millenium fighter floated to Gohan's side and thrust both hands out.
Gohan watched as the blast between his enemy's hands grew and fired. It engulfed Gohan's whole body and he felt his armor chattering and cracking under the power of the blast. Gohan rocketed towards the Earth and managed to slow himself down enough that he stopped just before he hit the ground. The sudden stop via a Kiai after moving faster than sound by multiple times caused a crater the size of a house below him in the ground. Gohan looked up to see Broly shooting straight for him, he clenched his teeth and fists and prepared himself when a fairly powerful blast slammed into Broly's side. It knocked Broly off course and he spun through the air for a few seconds before he regained control. Gohan looked over to see Videl, Goten and Trunks all standing and panting with their hands out.
Gohan smiled thankfully at them before his face hardened again and he locked onto his opponent once again and saw that Broly was barely fazed by that attack but it had stung and was looking angrier still. "RRRAAAAGHH! GOHAN!" he bellowed, his voice echoing across the land. Gohan sensed a few decently powerful Namekians nearby that were watching and waiting incase Gohan needed strength in numbers. Gohan appreciated that they had so far opted not to get in his way. Gohan looked down and his left pant leg was missing from the knee down, little shredded bits of his Gi pants hanging out of his boot. His right leg was covered with small tears and burn holes but mostly intact. His armor however was no longer covering his entire left pec and shoulder on the side that the blast had struck him. The rest was littered with cracks and chips. "If it wasn't for this armor my shoulder mightn't have been useful by now"Gohan noted in relief, remembering how strong this armor really was. He felt something wet trickle near his eyebrow and subconsciously wiped it away with the back of his hand, idly checking with a glance and finding blood probably from that headbutt. "That one's gonna hurt in the morning"Gohan joked to himself mirthlessly.
Broly was still screaming incoherently and Gohan took this opportunity to fly straight at Broly and made as if to punch him but used his father's afterimage technique. He appeared behind Broly, back-to-back with the monster of a Saiyan. Gohan concentrated some Ki into his leg and back-kicked Broly's neck between his spine and base of his skull sending him flying through a nearby mountain, out the other side, before bouncing into a narrow but deep stream. Gohan exhaled slowly and straightened out, giving himself time to recover some stamina. "WAAAAUUGGHHH!" Broly screamed, so loudly in fact that the water he was submerged in created an air pocket, parting to his sides where he floated up. The two suspended waves crashed together and eventually settle back down. Broly seemed to be extremely angry and with a roar that could probably have been heard on the other side of the planet a strange semi-transparent orb of Green Ki surrounded Broly. Waves of spherical Green energy seemed to be forming and flowing into Broly's body and the planet began to shake. Gohan grit his teeth. He had apparently angered Broly too much and now he was in trouble.
Gohan felt Broly's Ki output more than double and a single bead of sweat rolled down his temple. The ground began to break up and rise into the sky, seemingly defying gravity. When Broly finished his transformation with a crazed shout the floating rock shot in every direction. Gohan dodged a few flying rocks off-handedly before sticking his fist out and letting one break over his fist and shatter. He heard a cry of pain and alarm and he turned to see that one of the smaller rocks had hit Videl in her abdominal region and winded her but she wasn't hurt too badly by the look of it.
He looked back to Broly and the man had swelled well out of normal proportions, even by Saiyan standards. Broly was huge and literally looked like the hulk. Gohan growled and attempted a pre-emptive strike. He soared at Broly as fast as he could, "KAIOKEN TIMES 20!" Gohan roared, feeling his muscles also swell, though much less than Broly's had in comparison. Gohan kicked Broly hard in the gut, his body moved with the kick but it apparently didn't hurt Broly at all who merely smirked like a psychopath who had caught a defenseless woman in his trap. Gohan didn't like the look at all. He barely avoided a completely formless one-handed right hammerfist with a sway. But he immediately got violently punted across the battlefield, cracking two or three ribs in the process. He crashed through a large boulder before skipping off the ground and slamming against the rock wall of a plateau. He began to fall of the wall before Broly shot to him like a bullet and rammed his knee viciously into Gohan's upper stomach, burying him in the side of the plateau and cracked chunks of rock. The blow had also winded him and broken one of his ribs completely.
Broly grabbed Gohan the collar bone ring of his chest plate which now had a jagged-edged hole where Broly had kneed him. The Legendary Super Saiyan yanked him out of the rock and used his free hand to begin charging a blast. Gohan saw this and acted as quickly as possible, "TIMES 40!" He screamed, knowing he was beginning to push it a bit. His muscles swelled slightly again and his reddish-purple aura got darker. He threw a big hook into the inside of Broly's taught, straight elbow. It buckled the arm and Gohan kicked a foot against the bicep of the arm holding him. He was successful in getting Broly to release the hold and he did a barrel roll before landing on one knee and throwing his full bodyweight shoulder first into Broly's chest. The attack staggered the humongous man backwards a few large steps and Gohan then leapt backwards, landing on his hands and springing off them into the air. While flying backwards through the air from his flip he formed an extremely powerful blast in his right hand that he pushed more than threw at Broly.
The giant looked concerned at the blast and made a point of kicking it into the sky, away from him. Broly took off at a fast pace and elbowed his opponent across the temple and followed up with an uppercut to his stomach. Gohan grasped at his stomach as he tried desperately for air when the larger man drop kicked him and he slid across the earth, digging a deep trench into the surface of Namek with his body. Gohan, towards the end of his slide, rolled backwards over his shoulder onto his feet. His Kaioken chose this moment to fade away. He was panting hard and his armor was all but destroyed. Broly was simply too strong for him now. Said fighter rushed forward and grabbed him up in a bear hug, crushing Gohan and cracking multiple more ribs. "Aaaagh!" the young warrior screamed in pain. He kicked against Broly as much as he could but the giant had him firmly wrapped in.
"Gohan!" someone called off to his right and he turned and saw Goten, Trunks and Videl running towards him, looking concerned. Goten jumped up and kicked him in the head but it didn't even cause him to flinch. He backhanded Goten out of the way just as Trunks' blast connected with his back. Once again Broly was completely unfazed by it. He clotheslined Trunks who went flying back into a wall of rock. Videl unleashed a full combo that didn't even garner his attention. Goten launched back at Broly and threw a vicious knee into the back of Broly's neck. The unstoppable warrior merely reached behind his back as if bothered by an insect. He grabbed the youngest son of Goku and held him out at arm's length. As Trunks rushed back at him he pelted the black-haired kid into him and they smashed into the same rock wall, being slightly covered by rocks. Broly did all this without even letting go of Gohan with his other arm.
When Gohan cried out in pain again and the boy's didn't seem to be even able to move anymore Videl screamed. "GET OFF OF HIM YOU FREAK!" she screamed at the huge, seemingly unstoppable fighter. The high pitched noise seemed to irritate Broly's sensitive hearing and he flinched. With that he turned his gaze to her, followed by an open palm. The haunted warrior began gathering energy in his hand. Videl squealed and began to try and fly out of the way but Broly's blast would be far too fast for her.
Gohan saw the blast leave Broly's palm and fly for the helpless girl he had grown to care for. His eyes widened and then hardened and he began struggling against Broly's grip. Broly merely smirked but a strange energy began flowing into Gohan's body and it felt flat-out furious and desperate. Gohan's feet suddenly found footing against Broly's chest and he began trying to stretch out against Broly's chest, forcing Broly's arms open bit-by-bit. Broly's smirk changed into a snarl of confusion and anger.
If I, were to die, murdered in cold blood tomorrow
With a roar Gohan kicked his way out of Broly's grip and did a back flip, landing on his left foot, before pushing off after Videl.
Would you feel sorrow or show love, or would it matter?
Gohan wasn't going to make it and the rage alone at that fact over-powered all other senses in his body and his power swelled.
Could never be the lead-off batter,
if there ain't shit for me to feed off,
I'm see-saw battlin'
Gohan was never the type to be able to take the lead in the battles in the power department. He always had to be at a disadvantage. To make things worse he always had to be affected by intense feelings of anger for his energy to feed on, otherwise, as was seen in earlier in his fight. He and Broly just continued to go back and forth until Broly's unlimited supply of Ki began to give the larger man the advantage. But now Gohan was imbued with his latent potential, coaxed out by desperation and anger.
The young Saiyan's Super Saiyan aura burst to life around him in a brilliant golden light. Like a flickering hope in the endless darkness of evil and he shot past and around Broly's Ki blast, snatching up Videl just in time to save her from a searing hot end. He landed softly as the blast continued for a while before slowing to a stop and shooting back at Gohan's back. Gohan said nothing, nor did he make any indication that he even knew the blast was coming but right when it seemed it would hit him he hopped up and spin-kicked the blast right back at Broly who was struck center-mass by the ball of Energy and it knocked him into the wall of an elevated section of the land, crumbling the a sizeable portion of the wall.
Videl finally looked up, wondering if she was dead yet and opened her eyes to come face-to-face with the Gold Fighter. Or rather, she realised, Gohan in his Super Saiyan form. Gohan's piercingly teal eyes glanced down at her and softened slightly, "Are you alright?" He asked in his low, gravelly voice, throat hoarse from the battle and his injuries. Videl was so utterly mesmerized by the eyes that she could merely nod twice in total silence. Gohan nodded more to himself than anything in satisfaction. He placed her down and kneeled before her, "I'm gonna lead him away from here okay? In my current state there's no telling what I'll do if I lose control." Gohan informed before turning and taking off into the sky, followed moments later by a second gold streak she assumed was Broly.
Once Gohan deemed they were far enough away he suddenly turned and shot back at Broly. They collided at their forearms and sent out a shockwave that rocked the planet. The younger warrior of the two casually ducked a high kick and retaliated with a spinning heel kick to the psycho fighter's side. The adolescent fighter didn't allow his gained advantage to end there and he dashed up right close to Broly's face. He feigned a punch that Broly moved to dodge but it ended in him being rammed in the stomach by an angry knee that winded the great man. Broly tried a hammer-fist on Gohan's head but the newly rejuvenated fighter twisted his arm so that his elbow was pointing directly to his right but his fingers were pointed in towards himself. The attack landed harmlessly in the boy's palm and he close his fist around it. Gohan countered by turning side-on to Broly's front and throwing a 9-to-3 elbow into his chin that staggered him. Broly recovered quickly and threw a right cross that was countered with a return right cross from Gohan. The large fighter tried to surprise his enemy with a knee to the chest but it was stopped mid-way by Gohan's own knee. In a fit of rage Broly lunged forward with a wild left haymaker but Gohan disappeared from sight. Goku's offspring appeared behind Broly, back-to-back with the surprised man. Broly began to turn around to face Gohan but he was stopped when Gohan did a bicycle kick right in the center of Broly's cranium sending him face-first towards the ground like a torpedo.
Gohan lowered himself to Broly who was just now getting into a kneeling position, "Face it Broly, your game is over" Gohan stated coldly. Broly snarled in a mixture of rage and concern at his position.
*End of episode music starts playing as narrator begins outro*
It seems the tables have turned and Broly awakened the power within the young warrior and now the Legendary Super Saiyan is in serious trouble. Will he find his way out of this obvious lead up to a defeat? Absolutely not because there were only 3 Broly movies! The last of which was really unnecessary and not that good! If he dies he dies for REAL this time. Is this the end of the tale of the Legend who survived against all odds?…3 times? Find out in the next chapter of…Dragon! Ball! ULTIMA!