Chapter 05 – Chronos Arrives!
Apologies for not writing story in a while – I am trying to share my attention with this and my 6 other works in-progress now that my main project is out of the way! Enjoy the chapter!
Recap :
Battle between Z-Fighters and Morpheans would still be raging, with Cili, Miria, Gohan, Yamcha, Krillin and Tien (plus Chiaotzu) would be fighting grunts and winning, while Piccolo and Gotenks are clashing with High Lord Magmax. Quasin would be fighting the enemy commander, Avaflux while Goku and Vegeta are having their hands full with Taojin, being of Light and Shadow.
Meanwhile at the outer atmosphere, Garlic Junior would be floating, with effects of Time Breaker Mind Control wearing off. "What- How did I end up here?" He would be asking from himself, looking around, now furious. "Just you wait until I get back down there, I send you all to the Dead Zone!" He snaps, trying to swim in space towards earth, failing and frowning. "Once I get down..." "You looks like you could use a hand..." Voice would then say, making Garlic Junior flinch a bit. "Who's there!?" He would ask, looking around, as he notices a man with light blue skin and white hair, with red and white battle suit with infinity symbol on his chest, wearing a vizor-like scouter. "My name is Chronos", he then introduces himself. "And I am here to help you." He then would take out a fruit with spiky surface, glowing with purple energy. "This is Fruit from the Tree of Might – It multiplies powers of anyone it eats, and powers of the Demon Realm have amplified the effects. Usually, it would shorten one's lifespan, but..." He then smirks. "I doubt that is an issue to a Immortal, now is it?" Garlic smirks.
Back at the surface of the planet, battle would be still raging on, with Morpheans starting to lose ground. Piccolo would still be charging his attack, though Magmax would be too focused to Gotenks to even bother with him. "Stay still you brat!" Elemental snarls as he hurls molten rock at the half-saiyan fusion who just keeps dodging. "You're not very good with this game, are ya?" Gotenks asks, smirking. Then, a moment later, fusion would run out of time, Goten and Trunks blinking as Magmax smirks. "Now I got you-" He snarls, as Piccolo fires his attack, piercing Magmax's chest. "D-damn you-" Magmax snarls, turning around, preparing to hurl volcanic rock at Piccolo – But his body would collapse before he could do anything, flames extinguishing.
Avaflux pauses as Magmax vanishes, and frowns. "That blast must had pierced his core. Careless." He mutters, before bringing his arm front of him, charging energy, aiming at Piccolo, smirking, only to have his arm frozen by Quasin's energy blast. "...You really start to get on my nerves!" Avaflux snarls, swinging frozen arm at Quasin who dodges the attack. "And you are getting sloppy... You should had stayed at your planet" he states, before sending ki blasts at Avaflux, who just smacks the blasts aside. "That is last thing I want to hear from you!" He just snarls, sending his own energy blast at Quasin.
Taojin meanwhile would have his hands full with Goku and Vegeta, who would be tagging in and out. "This is not going at all to our end..." He would be thinking, looking at Avaflux. "We should retreat while we can-" He does not get chance to finish his sentence as a sudden burst of negative ki on the sky would draw everyone's attention. "What was that?" He asks from himself, looking at the sky. In there, surprising sight would be visible.
Garlic Junior would be there, floating mid air, surrounded by even more darker aura and with infinity mark visible on his forehead, but he would not be alone. Next to him, Chronos would floating, smiling. "This will be perfect opportunity to test your new power, isn't that right, Garlic?" Garlic Junior would roar before quickly descending at the group – With much faster speed than before, cratering the ground around him. Gohan blinks. "He's even stronge-" He is about state as Garlic Junior already appears front of him, grabbing his face and throwing him at Piccolo who catches him, followed by volley of energy blasts. "He's faster and stronger than before? How did he do that?!" Vegeta would ask, with Taojin narrowing his eyes. "I don't know, but I got feeling that white-haired one had something to do with that..." Cili would turn into Super Saiyan 2 before launching herself at Chronos, who easily blocks the attack, even he has difficulties to hold the attack back. "Why so angry? I just lent him a little hand" Chronos says, with Cili getting even more angry. "Shut it! All you do is to cause even more mess with your magic, like your masters before you!" This would hit Chronos really hard, turning his expression much colder. "Don't you dare talk about them", he then snaps, with red, demonic aura flaring around him, before he creates a sword out of nothing and starts to attack Cili with it. "Your little "Time Patrol" defeated them, but I assure you this – Time Breakers are not going to vanish anywhere!" He snaps as he keeps swinging the blade, with Cili having to focus in dodging the slashes.
Meanwhile, Garlic Junior would be rampaging, attacking Piccolo and Gohan while being completely berserk. Piccolo narrows his eyes. "Whatever they did to raise his power seems to have turned him into mindless beast... His attack are easy enough to read" he would think, dodging out of the attacks way. Then, Garlic suddenly freezes and starts to hold his head, before letting out ear-shattering roar, forcing Piccolo cover his ears – due Namekian's good hearing. Garlic then tries to hurl energy blast at Piccolo, but it is deflected by Gohan, who then goes Super Saiyan himself, charging up his own attack. "Ka... Me... Ha... Me... HA!" He calls out, as his fires Kamehameha at Garlic Junior, who would be just walking towards him through the blast. Goten and Trunks land next to him, before going Super Saiyan themselves with their own attacks, Goten with Kamehameha and Trunks with Double Buster, to power the attack up, starting to push Garlic backwards – Though he would quickly be pushing himself ahead. "Kh... It's still not enough...!" Gohan says, struggling already as he keeps blasting Garlic Junior. "Then you need all firepower you can get!" Krillin calls out, joining them their side, with Yamcha and Tien, Krillin and Yamcha firing both Kamehameha, and Tien charging and firing his Tri-Beam. Soon enough, Miria would join in too. "Now, how did that go..." She wonders, having watched groups attacks, mimicking their hand movements. "Ka... Me... Ha... Me..." She says, charging the blast, before firing it while yelling "HA!" Blast joins the other ones that are being fired – And while Garlic himself does not seem to be affected, ground underneath him starts to give out and he is sent flying away, towards the outer atmosphere. Chronos notices this, and swears. "Time to make a tactical retreat..." He mutters, vanishing. Then, behind Garlic Junior, Wormhole opens, swallowing him, before closing and letting blasts reach the outer space.
Taojin would had stopped fighting, though Goku and Vegeta would be still ready to go on. "Well? Are we fighting or not?" Vegeta asks, to which humanoid figure simply shakes his head. "No, no point. I only agreed to help that one, and with him gone, I have kept my word even if I do leave", he explains, looking at Avaflux who is still clashing with Quasin. "Now, if you excuse me..." He then vanishes as beam of light, appearing front of Avaflux and running his hand through the tyrants chest, taking out his core and causing his body to collapse, much for Quasin's surprise. "...There. Now, I shall take my leave..." "Wait. Why did you help me? I sealed our homeworld-" Quasin points out, with only Taojin laughing. "Oh please, like it was a bad thing. Let's be fair. Avaflux had gone insane with power and needed a focus of his anger so he would not doom our race. And by sealing our world, you provided it", he says, looking at the Core a bit. "It should take several years before he can recreate his body, so you should be safe until then at least", Taojin says. Quasin blinks, before bowing his head, as Taojin vanishes in burst of light.
"So... That was weird", Goku would say, scratching back of his head. "Now we need to gather the Dragon Balls to wish back the North City-" Goku says, as sky turns to dark. Piccolo smirks. "I know. That's why I asked Dende to gather the Dragon Balls." Soon enough, North City would be restored in a flash of light, with everyone Avaflux killed reviving. "Good thinking. We should head out then, though... If I can ask?" Quasin would request. "Do keep this as secret." "...Why?" Vegeta asks, narrowing his eyes. "What are you hidi-" As Vegeta is about to finish his question, Quasin, Miria and Cili vanish in bright light.
As light vanishes, trio would find themselves from Time Nest. "We're back here, but how-" Quasin asks, before noticing Chronoa and Elder Kai looking at them "That was quite a mess, but... It was cleared out nicely", Chronoa says, sighing. "I swear, that Chronos really caused a mess, didn't he..." Elder Kai adds, shaking his head. "And he even took Garlic Junior with him." Quasin frowns. "So he got Immortal on his side now. Great", Quasin frowns, shaking his head. "Well, we did have to erase everyone's memories of what happened with our Dragon Balls to avoid complicating things", Chronoa says, shaking her head. "But, it is separate timeline, so we cannot do it again." Quasin nods. "I understand. We try to avoid going to earth-" Chronoa shakes her head. "No, it's fine if you do go. You see... Your Timeline is separate to main timeline." Quasin, Miria and Cili blink. "How is that-" Quasin asks, looking at Supreme Kai of Time. "Chronos. He must have done minor changes in past: Ones with enough consequence to alter the timeline and cause it branch into a entirely new one; One he can alter as he wishes", Chronoa explains. "But, we haven't found what was changed, so we cannot fix that timeline", she explains. Quasin nods. "I see..." Cili sighs. "So we can thank of him that we even exist?" Elder Kai nods. "Irony, isn't it? One we are after is reason you are here in the first place..." Cili hits his fist to her palm. "Well, no matter. When we next see him, I'm going to punch his lights out!" She says, smirking. Elder Kai sighs. "Saiyans, I swear..."
Next Time : Enter Absol! (Frost Demon, not Pokémon! I realized name problem way too late.)