Chapter 22: Videl's Rage, Cooler's Unlikely End.
Flashback:
"Kakarrot... Today... you... and Vegeta... your sons... your mates... all of your friends... will all die... by my hand!"
"Not by my watch."
Flashback End:
The battle began with Goku charging toward Broly, he delivered a punch to Broly's stomach, then multiple kicks to Broly's sides. Broly was hardly affected, he stopped Goku by grabbing his head and throwing him up into the air. Vegeta then flew in and began to attack Broly. Broly quicky dispensed with him by kicking him up into the air. Goku and Vegeta stopped together only to recieve clotheslines from Broly. Broly then hit Vegeta away, and began to attack Goku. He gave Goku headbutts, hard uppercuts. Goku was able to regain control with a hard kick to Broly's stomach, Goku then powered up and put his hands in front of Broly, he used his ki energy and blasted Broly into a cliff side.
"That should take the wind out of him." Said Goku.
"Nice work Super Saiyan!" Said Cooler. "But since you are playing with my friend, I'll just... play with your friends." Cooler then took off for the cliff that Gohan and the others were on.
"Leave them alone!" Yelled Goku. He yelled out in pain because Broly had returned to the fight and kicked him in the stomach.
Vegeta then flew up to the two and caught Broly off guard with a side kick to the head. Broly then turned around and grabbed Vegeta's head with both hands. Goku then kicked Broly in the back causing him to release Vegeta. Goku and Vegeta then began to take it to Broly, releasing hard punches and kicks, damaging the Super Saiyan. Broly was getting even more irritated, causing him energy to rise, soon enough his aura gained a greenish tint, and an explosion of green light filled the canyon.
Cooler had just arrived on the cliff.
"So..." Said Cooler, "Who would like to die first?"
"I've had about enough of you!" Yelled Gohan. His anger turned into energy and he transformed, he by passed Super Saiyan and went directly to Super Saiyan 2. "I'll take you on, and I'll win."
"I doubt it." Said Cooler.
The green explosion pushed Goku and Vegeta away, Broly emerged from it, now transformed into his Legendary Super Saiyan form.
"This is bad." Said Goku, "I was hoping he wouldn't do this."
"Are you mad?" Said Vegeta, "Of course he'll use this power, he wants to destroy us!"
"Well then, time to kick it up a notch." Goku began to power up, his aura turned into a solid ball of golden light, his hair grew out down to his waist, his eyebrows dissapeared, and black pupils formed in his turquise blue eyes, his tail became golden. The light exploded and a rush of energy and wind circled the area, Goku's aura calmed down, he was a Super Saiyan 3.
"There we go Kakarrot." Said Vegeta.
"No matter what," Said Broly, "You will still die!"
"What ever." Said Goku.
Goku hit Broly in the stomach. Goku moved so fast that no one could pick up his movements. Then spun around and delivered a kick to Broly's face, sending him crashing into the ground. Goku just floated there staring at him, with intense anger.
Gohan and Cooler's battle began Cooler already had the upper hand. While Gohan may have been strong, he was the only one fighting Cooler, and Cooler was stronger than Gohan. Gohan did not give up though.
I can't quit Thought Gohan to himself. I have to protect them, Goten, Trunks... My Mom... Cooler was approaching him slowly. Videl and her Father, my Grand Father. I've got to protect them all.
Cooler finally made his way in front of Gohan. "Well, time to die my friend?"
Gohan looked up slowly, his G.I was torn up, he had scratches everywhere, "Not a chance." Said Gohan. He stood upright.
Cooler then cocked his hand back and threw a punch, Gohan caught it, his aura then flashed and he was glowing, it was more violent then ever, Gohan then kicked Cooler's arm, causing him to drop to his knees, clutching his arm, Gohan then kicked him in the face, sending him flying through a tree. Gohan charged Cooler and knocked him down with a punch, then he began to deliver multiple blows to him. Cooler got up and avoided a kick that Gohan threw, he then grabbed Gohan by the throat and began to suffocate Gohan.
A bright light caused Cooler to drop Gohan. He looked at it, a golden ball of energy, then a body emerged. Gotenks had returned, and as a Super Saiyan.
"Alight!" Yelled Chi Chi, "Now he's in for it!"
Gotenks looked at Cooler with disgust. "Leave my brother alone you hideous lizard."
Cooler got angry but Gotenks kicked him in the face, then began to beat him down into the ground. Gotenks was furious, he kicked him into the air and began firing a barrage of energy blasts at Cooler, they all connected and a big cloud of smoke formed around Cooler. A large purple flash of light caused the smoke to dissapear, and Cooler was in the center, he had transformed into his final form.
"Now let's see how tough you are." Said Cooler.
"Bring it on." Replied Gotenks.
The two began to fight in mid air, only this time, Cooler was the dominant one, he began to hit Gotenks so hard that he could hardly hold his Super Saiyan form, then a knee to the gut caused Gotenks to lose his Super Saiyan power. Then another kick caused the him to separate back into Goten and Trunks. They hit the ground hard and didn't move. Gohan got back up and flew right into Cooler. Then he began to beat the hell put of Cooler. Cooler's face was bloody, Gohan didn't stop. He kept punching him, then kicked him into the air, he disappeared and reappeared behind Cooler, kicking him and launching him into the ground.
"Time to end this." Said Gohan, he began to fly toward Cooler, who was lying on the ground. Gohan put his hands over his head and an Orange energy blast formed. "Masenko... HA!" Yelled Gohan as he launched the blast. The explosion caused an earthquake. Gohan landed in front of the ground and stared at the smoke caused by the blast. He thought Cooler was finished.
Vegeta and Goku were tagging on and off against Broly. Goku was causing Broly more damage than Vegeta, but both proved effective. Broly however was not impressed. He was fighting Goku, and he was becoming even more angry.
"Damn it!" Yelled Goku, "Why won't you stay down." He punched Broly in the head, but Broly countered with a headbutt.
Goku fell, "Alright Vegeta, your turn."
Vegeta smirked. "Excellent!"
Vegeta flew up to Broly and they began to battle intensely. Both of them firing off punches and kicks and sending off loose energy in all directions with each punch. Broly caught Vegeta's leg and swung him around, Vegeta became dizzy, and Broly threw him at Goku.
Goku got up and was able to catch Vegeta. "Wow, I should play base ball for that catch." Said Goku.
"Oh Shut up!" Yelled Vegeta.
They both decided to attack Broly at the same time. Broly was able to fend off both of them at once.
"It's no use, I'll never lose to you!" Yelled Broly.
Broly grabbed Goku and Vegeta by the hair and bashed their heads together. Goku landed on the ground and sat down, Vegeta impatiently flew back up at Broly to fight him again.
Goku was thinking deeply. This is strange, not even my Super Saiyan 3 power is enough to beat him. This might end up bad. His thoughts were cut off by the sound of Vegeta screaming. "Hold on Vegeta, I'm coming!" Goku flew back into the battle.
Gohan was looking at the smoke cloud, he believed Cooler was dead. He didn't move, he could not sense Cooler's power. Everyone was silent. Then the cloud of smoke exploded and an energy blast was launched out, it missed Gohan, but it hit Bardock and Mr. Satan. Bardock was protecting Mr. Satan, but it was too powerful, and they both were injured.
Videl was becoming angry. Gohan... what happened, I thought you killed him.
Gohan didn't reply, he was getting pissed off himself. Then out of no where, a death beam was fired out of the smoke and it hit Gohan causing an explosion. It was too bright to see, the smoke cleared and the only thing that was seen was Cooler. The explosion caused Goku, Vegeta and Broly to look over.
Videl looked everywhere for Gohan, she spotted him hanging from a tree branch, with the branch stabbing through his shoulder. Videl's heart dropped, she began to cry. A puddle of tears surrounded her, she began blaming herself for what happened. She thought that it never would have happened if she was never told that she was a Saiyan.
Cooler laughed. "Well then, is it your turn?" Cooler walked to Videl and looked at her, she had her head down, her tail was losely hanging. "Pathetic, I thought a Saiyan would give me a better fight."
Videl was breathing heavily. "You want a fight..." Cooler looked at her suspiciously. "Come and get one."
"Alright then, but since you're a girl, I'll go easy on you." Replied Cooler.
Cooler cocked his hand back and threw a punch at her, she blocked it, and punched him square in the jaw, leaving a golden light on his face. It dissapeared, and he got up. Even the three battling Super Saiyans stopped to watch. Broly wasn't even trying to kill them at this point, he was interested in what was happening to Cooler.
Videl's eyes became pure white and her body was trembling. "You hurt my Father... and... you hurt my Gohan..." She yelled out in anger. A bright light consumed her. Everyone watching had to cover their eyes. Her hair had a reddish tint to it and it was waving around violently, a violent aura surrounded her, it was gold-ish, but darker, and mixed up with a white as well.
Cooler was becoming annoyed. "Nice light show, but I must finish..."
Cooler found himself on the ground. Videl's fist was the result of this, she then lost all control of her actions and kicked him far into the air, she circled around him and kicked him in the back. Cooler was caught off guard.
Broly, Goku and Vegeta just watched.
"Kakarrot." Said Vegeta. "Don't tell me, it's impossible!"
Goku watched silently. He looked at Broly, who was beginning to become angry, but it seemed like his anger was directed somewhere other than Goku. Goku looked back at the battle. "She's angry."
"Well no kidding Kakarrot!" Vegeta yelled. "She just can't be... it's impossible."
"It won't last." Said Goku. "This isn't even a fully developed Super Saiyan. It's hard to even call this form a Super Saiyan." Vegeta looked at him. "While she may have the power of a Super Saiyan, there are many things different. For instance, the aura is not as bright as our own, and much more violent, signalling that she is just very angry. The other thing is her hair, it's more of a red than blond like ours. On top of that, she has no control what so ever, it will be a miracle if she can remember what is going on. This power will disappear, and most likely, will never emerge again. I don't think it's possible for her to maintain the Super Saiyan form either, but right now, we'll just have to watch and find out." Goku paused. "Cooler will regain the advantage, and then, we'll have to step in and stop him."
Broly looked at Goku. "Kakarrot..." Goku looked back at Broly. "I have some business to take care of with Cooler." Goku looked back at the battle. "But don't get me wrong, I'm still going to kill you."
Goku just smiled. "Alright big guy, what ever you want, just keep my friends out of this."
Cooler was being man handled by Videl. Her anger kept growing, and she kept pounding away at him. Soon enough Cooler was on the ground and Videl was charging for him.
"That's it, time to end this." Said Cooler.
Videl swung at his head but Cooler dissapeared. The enraged Saiyan looked around, the pause in the battle began to make her power disappear, then from behind, Cooler grabbed her by the head with both of his hands. Videl's power then completely disappeared.
"It's time little girl." Cooler was angry, "You'll end up just like your Super Saiyan mate over there in the tree." Cooler threw Videl at the branch that Gohan was hung from.
She was caught and brought to the ground quickly, and Gohan was removed from the tree. Gohan laid on his back and Videl saw him, she crawled over to him and rested her head in his chest.
Gohan, I'm sorry. I let you down.
No... you didn't... I'm still alive... you did great... just... let me... sleep. Gohan's thoughts ended and he began to sleep. Videl was relieved to know that Gohan was still alive.
The group was trembling, and Cooler was angry.
"Oh... you..." Said Cooler. "I thought you were on my side Broly, what's wrong with you?"
"Cooler..." Said the tall Super Saiyan. "I heard everything you said outside of that chamber... The one that Babidi locked me up in... And I didn't like it."
Cooler gave Broly a dirty look.
"I'm not so pathetic now, am I Cooler?" Said Broly. Cooler's face became filled with fear. "I'm not a waste of time am I? Now that you've seen my full power, you're scared, you didn't think I heard what you said?" Broly swung his arm out. "You thought that Babidi was wasting his time reviving me, but you're wrong. I am much stronger than you, Babidi was right to leave me in that chamber, otherwise I would have escaped sooner and killed all of them myself, and those hurtful words you said outside of my chamber. 'He's just a monkey'
Cooler was in shock. "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to return you to hell! That's what I'm going to do!" With that, Broly grabbed Cooler's neck faster than the eye could see, then he threw Cooler into the air. "Time to DIE!" Broly launched the Omega Buster attack at him, a huge green energy ball that consumed Cooler's body. After the explosion, the remaining part of Cooler was his upper body, he was missing his legs, tail, and his left arm.
Goku took advantage of this opportunity and flew up behind Cooler. "This is for all of your evil deeds, and for what you did to my son!" Goku launched him back down to Broly. Broly fired another blast, and Goku fired the Kamehameha, the blasts collided with Cooler in the middle. After the explosion, Cooler was gone.
Broly redirected his attention to Goku. "Don't think this changes anything Kakarrot. I'm still going to kill you!" Broly's rage then returned and he flew up to Goku.
Goku's aura was not as violent as it usually is in Super Saiyan 3. It was more like a light flame surrounding him, and his hair was more of a blond than that bright gold.
"Kakarrot." Said Vegeta. "What is this, did you somehow master this form or something?"
Goku smiled. "No, I just am calm and relaxed."
"You should be." Said an angry Broly. "Just to let you know, there is no more of us that were revived by Babidi. That fool used me, and all Cooler would do is bad mouth me." Broly paused. "I hate you, and I don't know why, but I'll only find peace in killing you. But, I may find that peace if you kill me as well."
"A fight to the death Broly?" Said Goku. "Well then, I think we should begin this fight." Goku looked at Vegeta. "I want you to stay out of this."
Vegeta's eyes began to twich. "But Kakarrot, he's..."
"I know Vegeta, but I am confident in my abilities, besides... it wouldn't be fair to him if he fought me with a partner. I think one on one will be his only satisfaction."
Vegeta nodded. "Be careful." He said, then he flew back down to the cliff. He checked on his son Trunks, then on Goten Gohan and Videl. He gave Goku a thumbs up to signal that everyone was okay.
Broly became anxious. "Are we going to finish this or not?"
"Yes Broly, it's time."
Goku's aura returned to it's usual violent manner and it's color was brighter. Broly's was also bright.
"Let's go!" Yelled Goku.
The two charged at each other with a determined look.
Videl's power has fizzled out, but it was able to buy everyone time. She put up a good fight, and Gohan was proud of her. Broly destroyed Cooler himself, and now can focus on Goku in a one on one battle. The Final Battle begins next time... :]