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"It's time Hirudegarn," said Hoy as he looked on at Capsule Corp. with an evil grin. Tapion is sleeping in that chamber. However I have a spell that can overcome it. His hands began to glow as he directed them towards the wing of Capsule Corp. where Tapion was sleeping.
The warrior sat up in bed screaming, as he was gripped by a painful headache. He could feel the upper half of the monster within him breaking free of him as he struggled to maintain control. Tapion's eyes were filled with horror as he felt his control slip and Hirudegarn break free.
There was a loud bang, which destroyed a portion of Capsule Corp. and effectively woke up all of the inhabitants. Tapion fainted as the upper half of Hirudegarn materialized above its lower half, and next to Hoy, the cloaked wizard who had summoned it.
"What's going on?" Trunks instinctively ran to Tapion's room, knowing that he had to be in trouble. Hirudegarn must've some how gotten free of him. Either that, or it's the lower half that's been set free.
Upon reaching his destination, he saw the area in ruins, with his surrogate big brother, lying in the center of it. Rushing over to him, Trunks shook him to wake him up. He slowly stirred as Trunks shook him some more. The throbbing headache that had preceded Hirudergarn's escape was gone, but replaced with a feeling of dizziness.
"…Trunks…he's come out. Hirudegarn…he's come out."
"How? I thought this room would keep him sealed up."
"Hoy must've found a spell that could penetrate the room and overcome the barriers. In any case, the monster is out, and he has to be stopped. I won't be able to get up for a while. Try and stall him for about fifteen minutes. That's probably how long it'll take me to get the strength to stand and play it."
Trunks nodded, and turned around to see his father, Vegeta, enter the room. The saiyan prince had a serious expression. "Let's go Trunks. We have to stop the monster. The others should be on the way as well."
"Right dad!" Trunks laid Tapion back on the ground so he could rest and left with his dad to track the monster down. Doing so wasn't hard since they had a trail of destruction to follow.
"There it is," said Vegeta as they saw Hirudegarn looming form knocking down buildings in West City. Vegeta also spotted a cloaked figure nearby, trying to command the monster. Hmm. That must be the evil wizard who tried to revive him. The fool! He's lost control already!
"Hirudegarn!" Hoy raised his arms, in a futile attempt to make him appear more commanding to the monster. "Obey me!"
The monster turned to face him, growling menacingly before letting loose a powerful blast that destroyed the wizard, as well as, the building he stood on. Now Hirudegarn was truly free and it's rampage of destruction went unchecked until it was hit in the head by a ki blast. The monster locked on to the culprit, it was Vegeta in his super saiyan form.
Vegeta dove towards the beast and tried to punch it, but Hirudegarn vanished. The prince's eyes widened as he sensed the creature behind him, turning around in time to get smacked to the ground by the creature's arm.
"Dad!" Trunks rushed in and tried to hit the beast with a ki blast, but missed a Hirudegarn vanished again. He can move instantly…it's like fighting an illusion.
As Hirudegarn reappeared a distance away and prepared to attack, it was struck in the leg and screamed out at the sharp pain it felt. The culprit was Gohan, who had arrived just a few minutes ago.
"Where's Goten?" asked Trunks as Gohan rushed over to him and Vegeta. The three of them hid themselves within the city streets so they could regroup and plan.
"I told him not to come," replied Gohan. "Hirudegarn is too strong, and I doubt that Gotenks would make much difference against this either. Vegeta, Neo and I have to team up on it."
Neo sensed the beast from the lookout and jumped out of bed. Getting dressed quickly, he then ran out of the palace and got ready to head for West City.
"It's been awakened," said Piccolo. "The wizard must have found a spell that could break through Tapion's enchanted room."
"We have to stop it," said Neo as he and Piccolo took off for west city. He could sense his father, and Vegeta fighting Hirudegarn and also knew that Trunks was in the area. Neo remembered his mother telling him about a giant monster in his own timeline.
Flashback
A young, five-year old Neo, felt restless as his mother tucked him in for the night. "Mom, can you tell me a bedtime story?" The child had always been fascinated with his mother's stories of the past, especially the ones about his father. He had long since come to understand the fact that his mother was once evil, but wasn't anymore.
Eighteen cupped her chin a she wondered what she could tell him about. She wasn't particularly good at coming up with stories of her own, so she had told him stories from her data files about the Z-Fighters. However, tonight she decided to tell him about something she had experience herself, which would definitely catch the boy's interest.
"I know. This story is from when me, and you uncle were evil. It was around…five years before you were born. There was this mysterious alien with spiky red hair that showed up and started helping your father and Trunks."
"Where did the alien come from?"
Eighteen shrugged. "I don't know, though your father probably did. Anyway, that alien was trying to contain a monster inside of him. That monster wasn't as strong as Glorft, but it was definitely stronger than you or me. It was able to escape and we couldn't stop it."
"How come it didn't destroy you then?"
"That alien had some sort of magical ocarina. I remember him playing it and the monster got sucked inside of him. Your father and Trunks then carried him off to Capsule Corp. I have no idea what happened to him after that, but I do know that he had a sword, and from that day forward, Trunks would use that same sword to fight against me and your uncle."
"So the alien and monster mysteriously disappeared?"
"I think so, though Bulma would probably know what happened to it."
End
Neo's fists clenched tightly in preparation for the upcoming fight. I know that Tapion is the key to victory. If we can't defeat Hirudegarn, we'll have to rely on him to seal it up.
Vegeta was sent into a building by a blow from Hirudegarn's tail. As he stood back up, he was forced to put up a shield as the monster sent a fire blast his way. He watched Gohan's punch miss as the monster vanished seconds before his fist could connect. Gohan was in his mystic form and it was quickly becoming obvious that super saiyan 2 would not be enough to handle this creature.
"Alright you beast! It's time for you to learn what happens when you mess with the prince of all saiyans!" Vegeta arched his back and yelled as he powered up beyond his super saiyan 2 form. The planet shook, as his hair grew longer and his eyebrow disappeared, to be replaced by more pronounce eyebrow ridges. The lightning in his aura became more excited as his power reached its highest level yet.
Vegeta rushed forward and tackled Hirudegarn, knocking the monster off balance. He smirked as he watched the creature struggling to get back up. "Now welcome to oblivion!" He extended his hand and fired his Big Bang attack, hitting Hirudegarn at close range; obviously damaging it.
"Wow Vegeta," said Gohan with an amazed expression. "You really did it. You must've trained really hard to get to the third level." Looking back down, he noted that Hirudegarn wasn't moving. "Looks like you got it." Then his eyes widened as he saw a large crack growing along the monster's back.
As the crack widened, a bright light erupted from it. It was like a volcanic eruption, but with light. The monster's body began to crumble, revealing a newer, more menacing form. Now it looked less like a statue and more like a giant dragonfly-like creature. The monster roared as it stood back up. It turned around and directed its attention to the three saiyans hovering behind it.
"This isn't good," said Trunks. "Its power has increased."
"That just means we'll have to fight harder," replied Vegeta, however, on the inside he was beginning to worry. I've only just reached this level…I can't stay like this very long…where are you Neo?
Gohan and Vegeta swopped down and tried to hit Hirudegarn with barrages of small ki blasts, but the monster always vanished and appeared somewhere else. Vegeta tried to punch the beast, but ended up missing as Hirudegarn phased behind him and wacked him to the ground with its powerful arm. It then doubled over as Gohan landed a solid kick to its gut, but disappeared before Gohan could hit it again. Appearing behind the disgruntled demi saiyan, it barely missed hitting him with its arm.
Trunks didn't like watching the battle from the sidelines and decided to step in. Powering up to his super saiyan form, he fired a finish buster at Hirudegarn, hitting it dead on. "Yes!" Trunks smiled, but his mood quickly changed to horror as the smoke cleared to reveal Hirudegarn unharmed. The monster shot a fireball from its mouth, and would've hit Trunks had he not been rescued.
"Be careful Trunks," said Piccolo as he landed atop a nearby building that was away from the rampaging monster. "People at our level aren't any good against a creature like that. Let Gohan, Neo and Vegeta handle this."
"Fine," replied Trunks in disappointment.
"Don't worry," said Piccolo. "Those three will be fine. They can handle it together. I just hope Hirudegarn doesn't get any stronger."
"They can't win like that," said Tapion as he flew over to them. He looked weary, but was otherwise fine. "They're strong enough, but Hirudegarn can become intangible and teleport at will. I have to paralyze it with my ocarina so they can deliver the final blow."
"It's about time," said Vegeta with his characteristic smirk as Neo arrived in his super saiyan three form. "We'll have to team up on this one. Hirudegarn is not easy to hit."
"We have to distract it somehow," said Gohan.
They silently agreed to try and triple team the beast, hoping that at least one of them would be able to hit it. However, Hirudegarn's ability to teleport was faster than they thought. The creature could easily fade away into smoke and dodge all of their attacks, only to appear behind them and attack them with a blast of its own.
"Darn! This is getting us nowhere," said Vegeta. He could feel his power draining away as the transformation began taking its toll on him. He also knew that Gohan was tiring, though Neo, who was relatively fresh to the fight, was still in good shape.
Then they all heard a beautiful song playing. It came from Tapion; the spiky-haired alien was playing his ocarina. The music seemed to have an effect on Hirudegarn, who was suddenly unable to move.
Neo seemed to make the connection as he saw how helpless the beast looked as it heard Tapion's song. Off course! They were able to stop it by making it listen to Tapion's song! Quickly acting on what he knew, Neo began charging energy.
"Spark Canon!" Neo fired his signature, one-handed blast. The way he fired it resembled a one-handed Kamehameha wave, but the beam was pure white and surrounded by white sparks of lightning.
Hirudegarn roared in pain as the blast took out its head. The rest of the creature's body soon disintegrated into a glitter-like substance before vanishing completely.
Tapion looked relieved as he fell to the ground, a weary smile crossed his face as he lay on his back. Thank you everyone. Minosha…we can finally be at peace.
A few days later, West City was in the process of recovering. The monster had only destroyed a portion of the city, and thankfully, Capsule Corp. was the only residence that had taken damage.
While swarms of construction workers built the city back up, Bulma was finishing up a time machine. She had been working on a time machine; using the schematics that Neo had provided her. She thought that one could come in handy, and knew that she could build one quickly if she already had the blueprints.
Bulma decided to give the time machine to Tapion, so that he could return to his original home in the past. Trunks was reluctant to let his surrogate brother go, but ultimately realized that it was for the better.
"Here Trunks," said Tapion as he threw his sword over to the surprised eight-year old. "That sword belongs to you now. I'm sure you'll have more use for it than me."
Trunks was happy and surprised. "You mean it? I get to keep this?" His smile broadened when Tapion nodded. "Wow! It's so cool! Thank you Tapion!"
Tapion nodded happily before closing the hatch on the time machine. He waved goodbye to his new friends as the vehicle ascended higher into the sky before ultimately disappearing.
As Neo watched the time machine disappear, he felt as if he had a better understanding of his own past. One of the great mysteries of his childhood, the question of what happened to Hirudegarn, became clearer. However, with Tapion gone, he had to redirect his attention back to a far greater threat. In five years, Glorft would arrive to get revenge on the saiyan race.
It's about time I get back to this. It would be really sad if I never finished this since it was my first story. Anyway, I've taken a good look at the plot and think that I'll be able to end it in around five chapters.