Chapter 70: The Name of the Beast
Somehow forgot completely to give credit where it's due for help I received in writing chapter 66. Wow, that was stupid of me. Thanks very much to Ryu no Ohi, aka Roketto, for proofreading and editing the scene with King Cold in that chapter!
We will jump back in time a bit and get back to tidying up the loose ends on Earth after this, but I didn't want to let the main battle lose momentum, so...next chapter.
The newcomer nodded. "Excellent. Yemma will work things out by himself, and begin to repair the damage." He cocked his head to the side, frowning. "Raditz's power has dropped almost to nothing...he requires our assistance, or he will be destroyed within, I estimate, thirty seconds. Place your hand on my shoulder."
Pikkon did so, hesitantly. "You still haven't told me who you are."
"Unimportant," the creature insisted. "Now, we're running out of time, so hold on. Instant Transmission is quite a jolt when you experience it for the first time."
Raditz gasped for air, pulling himself up out of the pond. He looked up to see Janemba Shifting into view a couple of feet away. "Can we take a break or something? Come on, time out!" He grinned nervously as it strode towards him. "Five minutes?"
"Heeeehhh..." Janemba raised one hand, energy building around it. Before it could fire, however, there was a familiar, almost mechanical noise, and a storm of flames blazed to life and surrounded Janemba.
"Burning Shoot!" At Pikkon's words, the inferno channeled itself at Janemba, completely obscuring its form. The celestial fighter touched down, supported Raditz with one arm, and flew him to (relative) safety atop a nearby hill.
Behind them, Janemba's form appeared silhouetted in the flames, completely unharmed.
"Special beam cannon!" A voice shouted, a spiralling beam of energy crashing into the back of Janemba's head and knocking it flat.
Raditz stared open-mouthed as his rescuer landed in front of them. "...Cell?!"
"Surprised?" Cell grinned. "With the afterlife's check-in station out of commission, the wards keeping me imprisoned were destroyed. I am free to pursue perfection anew."
"Wait." Pikkon eyed Cell with suspicion. "This is Cell? You seem to know an awful lot about the situation for someone supposedly locked up for the last few years..."
"As you pointed out, I have been locked up," Cell replied. "Not a great deal to do, so...I reached out with my mind, developed my senses far beyond what they'd been before. I've had my eyes on all the realms of Otherworld for quite some time."
"Well, why the hell would you help us?" Pikkon asked.
"Not that we don't appreciate it," Raditz pointed out.
Cell shrugged. "The total destruction of the universe is hardly to my benefit. While I've been incarcerated and unable to improve, Raditz has far outstripped my own power, and even he has been defeated one-on-one by this Janemba creature. The situation decrees a temporary alliance."
"Speaking of which, here it comes." Pikkon raised his guard. "Damn...looks like our attacks didn't even leave a mark..."
Raditz nodded. "Get used to that. I was faster than it, but nothing I did caused any lasting damage."
Cell tensed up, gathering his energy. "We're not going to win a straight fight...we need time to plan." Using Instant Transmission, he appeared with one hand on Janemba's arm, vanishing again. When he re-materialised next to them, he was alone, and staggering backwards from a bruise on his head.
"Where did you take it?" Raditz asked.
"Other side of Hell," Cell explained. "Didn't expect it to be so fast...it hit me before I escaped. I don't think it knows where it is, so we should have a couple of minutes to come up with something."
"Like what?"
"Raditz!" Another hissing noise, and Kaioshin appeared, Kibito at his side as ever. "I—gah!" The pair jumped back, noticing the malevolent bio-android near them. "Cell! Where did you—"
"Don't waste your time," Raditz sighed. "He's helping, for the moment."
"I'm also the most powerful fighter you have, as of right now, so no back-talk, all right?" Cell smiled, full of self-confidence.
Kaioshin scowled. "A situation I intend to rectify. Kibito?"
Kibito nodded, quickly pointing both palms at Raditz and channeling his healing magics. A warm glow passed from him to the saiyan, and Raditz felt his energy restored in an instant. "Oh...whoa." He blinked, looking down at his body. "Just like the senzus...that's quite a talent."
"Indeed." Supreme Kai's expression lightened. "Now you're healed, you should be able to take care of the creature, yes?"
"I don't know..." Raditz scratched his head. "Janemba's pretty tough. You saw what state it left me in last time, and I didn't even leave so much as a scratch on it. I'm pretty sure I could hit it with a head-on Kamehameha and all it'd do is tire me out even faster. I appreciate your help, but you might just have been prolonging the inevitable."
"What...?! Even with your new transformation?"
"I'm afraid so. I've got nothing that could kill it outright, anyway."
Kaioshin paused. "How about making a hole? Could you create an opening in its armour somehow? If you could do that, its unstable negative energy will no longer be contained. I'll be able to exploit this, and use a sealing spell to separate it from its power."
"You sound like you know about this Janemba thing. What is it? Where did it come from?"
"The problem began with the negative energy machine, you see. I've been investigating, and it seems that it malfunctioned somehow—all the accumulated negative energy from countless evil souls was released. It latched on to the nearest life form; a young ogre working maintenance nearby...transforming him into that creature...Janemba, did you say? A being of purest evil." Strange...I could have sworn that I've heard the name 'Janemba' before...but where? Never mind. Focus. "Back to the point—can you break through its armour?"
Raditz considered this. "Well...there is one thing I could try, I guess..."
"What is it?" Pikkon asked urgently. "Tell me there's some kind of secret technique you've been perfecting these last few years!"
"As a matter of fact, there is." Raditz looked serious for once. "But, I haven't mastered it yet. And it's pretty energy-intensive. I'm gonna need some time to gather enough power, so everybody stand back." Better use it with Super Saiyan 3—no point going anything less than all-out here. Still...I've never tried this in combination with level three before. Hope I can control it...
"Er..." said an aged voice. "Is—Is this a bad time...?" The being that stood behind them looked for all the world like an elderly version of the Supreme Kai. A small grey moustache perched on his upper lip.
"Wha..." came the general response.
"It's just that I've spent millions of years trapped in that sword..." the man shrugged, indicating the broken Z-Sword lying on the ground beside him. "I'd like to thank you for letting me out." He paused. "Hmm, that's one large evil ki way over there..."
"Who...are you?" Kaioshin managed.
"Why, I'm you!" he answered. "Fifteen generations older, though."
"F-Fifteen..."
"There's a second Supreme Kai?" Pikkon wondered.
"Oh, yes. You're probably wondering how I'm still alive..." He paused. Everyone was silent, eagerly waiting for him to continue. "...Um...well, I'll tell you later, anyway. I think that enemy of yours is about to come back, and I don't really want to be around when it does. I assume you have a plan to deal with it?"
"Of sorts," Raditz admitted. The Z-Sword was meant to provide ultimate power, Kaioshin said...how, exactly, do you construe that from "there's a millenia-old Kai inside it"?!
"Excellent. Now, if you would?" The old Kai stepped up to Kibito. "You know Instant Movement, don't you? Single to the Sacred World of the Kais, if you'd be so kind."
Kibito gulped, complying. How did he know...? They vanished, and Kibito shortly reappeared on his own. For that matter, what makes him so sure the creature is about to return?
Janemba growled, confused. Where had the bug-man taken it? It wanted to finish the long-haired one. He'd hurt it. It couldn't let that go.
Then, a familiar feeling. Like a spike being driven into its mind. The ground shook. And, off in the distance, countless miles away...a light.
Raditz had managed to successfully become a Super Saiyan 3 once more. It's not anger, this form, he reminded himself as he completed the exhausting transformation. It's focus. Perfect calm. Raging and violent on the outside...serene within. He set his jaw, summoning up all his energy to begin to prepare his attack. Golden streams of power flowed through his body, illuminating his surroundings. The question now, is...whether I can call forth this much energy, and still remain in Super Saiyan 3...failure to do either could at best weaken the attack...at worst, it could severely damage my own body... With a start, he noticed something. "Guys...?"
The others had seen it. "Damn it!" Cell growled, glaring at Janemba as it reformed near them. "It's learned long-distance teleportation...!"
"Well done, Cell. Excellent plan," Pikkon snorted. "You bought us, oh, a whole minute, and made the monster more dangerous. You're a real credit to the team."
"Silence!" Cell ordered. "I'm the only reason you still exist. Think on that."
Kaioshin grew pale as Janemba reached the top of the hill. "In any case, the four of us will have to hold it off until Raditz has gathered enough power."
"With all respect, my lord, you should stay back!" Pikkon warned. "You'll only be getting yourself killed..." Never thought I'd be saying this... "Ready, Cell?"
"Of course not," Cell said jovially. "We're going to get slaughtered. And yet...I can feel the battle-hunger within me...my saiyan cells cry out for blood!" With that, he charged, Pikkon not far behind. Janemba grinned, spreading its arms wide as they approached.
Pikkon opened with a quick jab, and Janemba twisted out of the way, spinning to face Cell and wrapping its tail around Pikkon's neck. Cell feinted right, then kicked at its head, but again Janemba dodged, slapping Cell to the floor backhanded. While it did this, it brought its tail around, dragging Pikkon in front of it and letting go, letting him fly after Cell.
The two managed to come to a halt in mid-air, breathing heavily. "It's toying with us," Cell said calmly. "That's actually a good thing, though..."
"Right," Pikkon agreed. "That should mean we'll last longer."
Though his energy boiled the air around him, Raditz tried to remain calm inside. The key to this technique...well, it's unusual. Most of the time, it's about gathering power within you, then letting it flow to a point outside—but it still feels like it's part of you; an extension of yourself. This is different...almost like I'm crafting an external weapon. Certainly not what I'm used to. But he was getting there. He could feel it beginning to form.
"Cell might not survive this," Kibito said quietly. "Unlike Pikkon, I'm not sure if he's aware of what happens if you're 'killed' while already dead and existing as a spirit body. If he 'dies', he'll be completely erased from existence...gone forever."
"We can only hope," Raditz muttered, cracking a weary smile.
Pikkon charged first, aiming a high kick, but Janemba Shifted out of his path, appearing behind him. Cell flew in from the left to take advantage of what appeared to be an opening, and Janemba Shifted again. Cell frowned, vanishing with Instant Transmission. They reappeared simultaneously, Janemba's elbow smashing into Cell's stomach—Janemba's movements were completely unpredictable, and Cell couldn't foresee its line of attack, whereas Janemba had observed Cell's previous uses of Instant Transmission and knew what to expect. He coughed, winded, and Pikkon tried to cover for him with a quick energy barrage. Janemba simply waved a hand, Shifting the attacks through a portal to directly above Raditz. He emerged unharmed, though singed. Pikkon sighed, relieved. Luckily, Raditz is a lot stronger than me as well...those weren't enough to hurt him.
Cell saw Janemba's back turned, and raised his hand above his head, digging deeper into his store of fighting techniques. "Kienzan!" The vibrating energy disc leapt forth, cutting through the air as it arced towards Janemba. It heard the attack coming, but ignored it, letting the Kienzan shatter on its seemingly-impenetrable hide.
Damn it all! Cell fumed. I've been imprisoned too long! I've let everyone overtake me by so much...even a concentrated attack like the Kienzan didn't break through its accursed armour!
Janemba had weighed up its two opponents, and decided which one was the most fun. The other, it didn't have the patience for. Vanishing into a streak of high-speed motion, it rocketed past Pikkon, kicking him hard across the face. He skidded away, then lay groaning on the floor, all the fight knocked out of him.
Cell trembled slightly. Defeated so easily...and he wasn't far below my own power. I just have to hope Raditz can destroy the creature before it gets bored with me. Then, it'll be gone and the fool will be weakened—that will be my chance!
Janemba floated up to Cell, who steadied his nerves. Just keep it distracted. That's all. "Solar Flare!" The technique's blinding flash was devastatingly effective against Janemba, who had never encountered it before. Cell followed up with a series of calculated, skillful physical attacks, making use of every striking surface on his body and targeting Janemba's least-armoured points while it was blinded. It flailed around, knocked back and forth by the onslaught, but its overwhelming speed and strength meant that it inevitably landed a lucky hit eventually, and that single hit sent Cell staggering away. Blinking and hissing furiously, it slowly recovered its vision, seeing Cell in a defensive stance, awaiting its attack.
It obliged, rushing in and punching him in the throat. Cell choked, collapsed—and disappeared. At this moment, three other Cells, having previously hidden their power, tackled Janemba from behind, pulling it to the floor and raining down blows on it. "You probably haven't encountered the Multi-Form either, eh?" one of the copies laughed.
However, quickly tiring of this, Janemba threw out an explosive wave of energy that both carved out a crater beneath it, and threw the Cell clones away. Fearful of remaining vulnerable with his divided power, Cell hurriedly rejoined into one being, waiting for Janemba's next move.
This was an interesting one, Janemba decided. Making more of itself like that. Well, two could play at that game. It flicked its wrist, using its ki to pull one of the strange enormous jelly-bean-looking objects dotting the sky towards it. Using one finger, it shot out a thin energy beam that carved out a vaguely humanoid silhouette, then with another simple gesture sent the rest of the material flying away. It walked up to the outline, nodding in satisfaction at its handiwork, and then breathed on it.
With a flash of purple light, the cut-out was transfigured into a perfect copy of Cell, which stood resolutely between Janemba and the real Cell.
"Grr...are you mocking me?" Cell growled—only for the copy to say the exact same words simultaneously, in a high-pitched, childish tone, making his words sound petulant and ridiculous. Cell's eye twitched. "I will destroy you, pale copy!" Again, it imitated and parodied him. He took a step forwards—so did it. Dodged left, right—it mimicked him perfectly. It was like looking into a mirror. And that means it isn't going to let me past it...
Smiling and leaving them to it, Janemba turned its attention to Raditz. He was gathering together rather a lot of power. Something about it unsettled Janemba. It began to approach him, at a leisurely pace. The saiyan's expression grew frantic, and he tried to focus his energy at a faster pace.
Cell was standing millimetres from his copy, staring at it stoically. It flatly returned the expression. Suddenly, he threw a punch—so did it, and their fists collided in mid-air. Snarling in frustration, he attacked furiously, darting left and right, striking high and low, but each time their attacking limbs collided, neither landing a solid hit. Abruptly, they somersaulted away, landing about twenty feet from each other. "I will not be made light of!" Cell insisted.
"I will not be made light of!" It squeaked, much to his irritation.
Time to find out if it's really an exact copy... "KA...ME..." They intoned in unison, one high voice and one low. "HA...ME..."
Janemba was enjoying the panic evident in Raditz's face as it drew nearer. It was only ten paces away, now.
I just needed a few more seconds! Raditz thought desperately. I'm not going to get the chance to complete my attack at this rate...and if I'm forced to stop now, the energy will all go to waste—so fighting it again won't be fun.
Cell frowned. Why am I doing this? Putting all my energy in one wasteful attack, in what is bound to be a futile struggle with this infernal clone...An internal desire to prove I am unique? Conviction that no copy could possibly match me, perhaps? Futile, if noble, thought processes. But the fact remains...I can't get past it to Janemba, since it mimics my every action.
His eyes widened as a thought struck him. My every action.
Janemba was close now. Raditz could count the ridges in its armour. Perhaps it would kill him—what else, after all, would make for a better final opponent than the literal embodiment of the universe's collective evil? It certainly looked like a mythical devil. Even with his godlike new form it had bested him. Maybe it was simply invincible...
It was inches away. Malice gleamed in its eyes. It flexed its clawed hands. Behind him, Kaioshin—the closest thing the universe seemed to have to a god—and his servant cringed back, struggling to even stand upright under the weight of its power, simply from standing so close to the monster. Such a shame, though...I never got to test out this technique. It only needed a second or two more...
No sooner had this thought passed through his mind, than Cell phased into existence with Instant Transmission, directly to Janemba's right.
Simultaneously, Cell's clone appeared to its left. Both flung their hands forwards into the Kamehameha position, Janemba between them. "HAAAAAA!" The creature had just enough time to realise it had been outplayed, its own creation turned against it by a clever use of the rules it had itself created, before twin ki beams, blue and purple, engulfed it from either side.
Raditz grinned—this gave him those precious final seconds. "All right, I've got it! HYAAAAAAH!" He forced more of his energy out of his body, letting it swirl in a vortex around him.
Cell lowered his hands, falling to his knees, then dropping to the floor. "Damn you...you made me use up...all my power. I'm spent..." His copy also collapsed, vanishing as Janemba stopped expending energy to maintain its existence. It was angered by the attack, but as ever, undamaged. However, Raditz's rapidly-rising power gave it pause for concern. It leapt back, shielding its eyes from the intense light.
"Everyone else is down..." Raditz muttered. "...can't have more than thirty seconds left in Super Saiyan 3, with all the energy I've put into this. This has to work. Because if I don't..." He kicked off the ground, launching himself at Janemba. "...who will?"
"Graaah!" Janemba flung out its aura, an animalistic intimidation and self-reassurance tactic. Raditz, however, ploughed right through the energy field, drawing back his right arm. "DRAGON..." Something seemed to explode next to his arm, igniting the volatile energy he'd filled the air around him with.
The flames whirled around him, coalescing into a ragged spiral. "...FIST!" With that, the flames were enveloped in golden light—and something else emerged.
Kaioshin looked on, wide-eyed. "I-Is that...?"
"How did he..." Kibito mumbled.
High above, on the Sacred World of the Kais, the Old Kai was sent stumbling around, clutching his head. "What in the name of me?!"
The confusion was justified. For the fiery energy had been transformed into an enormous golden dragon, flares of light running up and down its body, its head flying along parallel to Raditz's fist. It collided open-mouthed with Janemba as Raditz flew past, the dragon biting down, huge fangs piercing straight through Janemba's armour plates. With a final bellow of effort as he fell to the ground, in the instant before he lost his Super Saiyan 3 form, Raditz detonated the energy stored in the dragon, letting it explode in a violent storm of light and heat.
Janemba finally managed to think coherently enough to Shift away, but in addition from the huge, gaping bite wounds, it was now charred and burned all over its body. It howled in pain, beginning to limp towards Raditz's prone form—it was in bad shape, but none of its enemies were in a fit state to oppose it anymore. At least, it thought so.
"Now!" The hiss of Instantaneous Movement. Janemba frowned, slowly beginning to turn. Kibito, having provided transportation, took a step back as the Supreme Kai raised his hands, summoning forth his magical prowess. "Darkness that has overtaken thee, little one, begone!"
Janemba hissed, stumbling away. Thick black smoke began to rise from the open wounds left by Raditz's attack, the creature's very essence escaping it. The draining negative energy flocked towards Kaioshin. Snapping his fingers, he materialised a small glass container inscribed with runic symbols. "Demon within and monster without, away!" He shuddered, pulling with all his mental might. "There is no place for you...in this world, Janemba!" At his determined incantation, Janemba began to evaporate, rapidly shrinking as its outer form vapourised and rushed into the magically-sealed container in Kaioshin's hand. As the last of the smoke was entrapped and he slammed the lid on, he could have sworn he heard a mocking whisper in his ear.
There is no place in this world for Janemba? You say these things without even knowing the meaning of the name.
He shivered. What was that...? He put it out of his mind. Later. There were more immediate concerns. "Kibito, would you see to the wounded?"
"I shall." Kibito nodded, and walked off.
Kaioshin, meanwhile, stepped over to the small figure who stood where Janemba had been. A young ogre worker, wearing baggy clothes and large headphones. "Uh...I, uh...sorry, man, I...I don't know what happened," he stuttered. "Are you, like, important? Am I gonna get fired? Uh..." He wheeled around and fled as fast as his legs could carry him.
Kaioshin blinked. "Huh."
"No, he won't be punished, sir," King Yemma was saying, alternating between frantically shuffling through and stamping the massive backlog of soul-judgement paperwork, and talking to Kaioshin. "It was just a clumsy accident. However, we will be reviewing the kind of system that lets a simple clumsy accident unleash Hell upon the world of the living! You!" he shouted to his personal assistant. "I want whoever designed that Negative Energy Machine in front of my desk, you got that?!"
"When?" the assistant asked.
"Yesterday!" Yemma snapped, before turning back to Kaioshin. "Is there anything else, sir?"
The deity nodded. "You've let Cell roam Hell like the other evil souls?"
"Yes," Yemma replied. "It would seem odd to make a special exception for him, seeing as there are so many other powerful villains in Hell now. We simply don't collect enough negative energy—even if the machine hadn't been broken for the time being—to keep them all specially imprisoned. However, we hope that with Raditz having reached such levels of power, not to mention some of his living comrades, we can return to the previous balance—there's no threat of Hell's occupants running riot when there are heroic warriors capable of easily defeating them readily available."
"That does seem to be the case," Kaioshin agreed. "That will be all, Yemma. Carry on."
Raditz breathed in the heavenly air, sweet and refreshing after the cloying heat of Hell. Seems like everything's working again...the villains in the living realm are being drawn back into Hell. Still...today proves that I'm not invincible, even as a Super Saiyan 3. There's still room for improvement. He took off, soaring up into the clouds. First thing is working on that damned energy drain. That's going to get me killed someday... he paused, eyeing the halo floating above his head. Well. Figure of speech.
No, we're not quite done with Fusion Reborn yet. One more chapter. Mainly jumping back a bit and focusing on Kuriza's reunion with his family, and then depending on how long that takes might do a 'and this is what happened for the rest of that year so I can timeskip to the Buu saga' thing. It depends. Oh, and also catching up with Old Kai.
A lot of people guessed it was Cell in chapter 68...I'm not sure whether to congratulate them, because I can't remember whether I intended for it to be a mystery or not.
Finally, I noticed this story's TV Tropes entry is under the impression that Future Break died fighting the Super Androids. I would correct it, but it would feel kind of weird...vain, almost...editing my own story's page…(because apparently checking it every couple of weeks is fine by whatever strange way my mind works, but not editing it. I don't know.)
Q: after this are you going straight to the buu arc or you going to do a chapter before the buu arc like where every character is and developing and that?
A: The latter.
Q: Okay... CELL?! Can I just say; Awesome! Not sure how he plans to defeat Janemba, unless he just reels off the same mega-insult he apparently used on the barrier (which would be pretty awesome, and would probably work, since Janemba shares that weakness in the actual movie), because since he was locked up in an unbreakable prison until Janemba started destroying everything, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been able to train, meaning that he couldn't be much stronger at this point than he was when he died.
A: Right on most counts. As for the insult thing, I like to think that was another childish joke by Janemba (it did create the barrier, after all). I don't think Janemba itself should share that weakness. It'd just mean Pikkon could say, "Hey, everybody insult it," and they'd just do that for five minutes straight, and it'd be over. Funny, but not too epic.
Q: And, regarding the latest Kai episode, may I just say, splendid work. Interesting that this dimension-hopping Super 17 appeared at around the same time as the real Super 17 appeared in the main story. Hmmm... Was this deliberate? Or just a coincidence?
A: (Evil laugh)
Seriously, though, I don't know. Weird, isn't it?
Q: Who will it be that fuse though, if vegeta not there, unless its some kind of potara fusion maybe to get around the race thing.
A: Haha, nobody!
Q: Is BotG going to be included in this as well.
A: Yes. Definitely.
Q: So the Z Sword is broken huh? If Raditz gets his potential unlocked by Old Kai then he should be able to last a bit longer against Janemba with even more power then SS3 and none of the draining. His new shorter hair reminds me of the messy hairstyle of Dragonball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi, which is the same as Raditz hair but it only reaches the shoulders.
A: No time for that, it seems. And as for the hair...yeah, good point.
Q: I noticed a problem in your Q&A defying, youbsaid Broly is 30ish, that's wrong. By the beginning of DBZ Goku is in his forties, and Broly was born on the same day, and the point he shows up at he could be in his fifties.
A: I talked with this person through PM, and they agreed with me on this, but to anybody else who thinks the same, Goku fought King Piccolo less than ten years before the start of DBZ. He was clearly a kid at the time, and therefore must have been significantly less than thirty by the start of DBZ...
Hope that's cleared up. I research this stuff, on occasion.
(He's about forty by the end of DBZ, though. Well, physically 40, technically 47, due to time spent dead.)
Q: Argh now I'm trying to figure who that person was. My best guess is that it is Whis (but wealth? I don't know...) or an original character of yours.
A: Interesting guesses. Wrong, but interesting.
Q: Oh also..."the Sleeping One"? Hmmmmm! I wonder who/what this is?
Q2: Also, its a surprise to see the addition of an OC (the Sleeping One I think) as aside from Break, you've really only bent the rules of DBZ, not really added anyone.
Should be most interesting.
A: What is it? Foreshadowing of truly epic proportions! So epic everybody will probably forget this by the time it pays off.
Q: Well, that explains where Cell went, if that is Cell anyway. I am curious as to whether Janemba is weaker that his DBZ counterpart or if Raditz is a little stronger than Goku (even though that movie isn't set at any canon point) as they seemed to be somewhat even in this chapter.
A: Remember that Goku actually held an advantage in speed and hand-to-hand skill at first, before Janemba brought out its sword.
Q: Although I do kind of hope that this will be the end of main timeline Broly. Like, he''s just annoying at this point.
A: Yeah, it just felt incomplete without him. He's done now.
Q: Can you please just have Raditz die instead of going through all this nonsense in your Kai specials? It's bad enough that they're taking up space, but some people don't even know some of these series. Really, just get on with your Kai stuff and stop making it complicated, please.
A: Sorry, unlikely. Kai has always just been me being utterly random and writing whatever crap I think of. I don't have an overall plan for it, other than just silliness. So it's unlikely to get back on the plot-rails anytime soon.
It's never been liked by everyone, but enough people are enjoying the current randomness that I'll continue it. Don't worry about it taking up space, though—it's not making the rest of the chapter any shorter.
EDIT FROM LATER: So as it turns out it wrapped up pretty quickly. But not because it was too random...just how it turned out. Anyway, I'm not really too concerned with matching the main plot...
Q: I'm also intrigued by what seems to be your approach to the Buu saga. Judging from Gohan's nightmares and his constant writing of the M it seems like you're going to be doing a much darker saga than was in canon. I look forward to this: Buu is an utterly terrifying enemy, who was made to look a little silly by the more humorous tone in the manga.
A: Yeah, Buu is going to be scary. Though I always found that the humorous moments just made it all the more terrifying when it turned around and started destroying stuff, while still looking so odd.
Q: Kai was hilarious and I'm just as intrigued to see how you resolve this as in the main story (though shame on you: Matt Smith regenerates into Peter Capaldi, not John Hurt.)
A: And Super 17 never destroyed the Enterprise. And Future Trunks killed Mecha-Frieza and King Cold. And so on. It's also possible I was too lazy to Google the spelling of Capaldi's name.
Q: Wait, they're up Against BOTH Super 17 AND Super 18? Aren't they Both SSj3-4-Powered?! Oh, they are SO Screwed.
A: Nah, I'm not taking everything from their GT incarnations...they're between SSJ2 and 3 power.
Q: BTW, why Shorter this Time, late on the Update, I guess?
A: No, just shorter because it was a shorter chapter.
Q: Question: Just how long did Break hold SSJ3? Raditz claimed that he could hold it for a couple of minutes and he had experienced the form before. Break should've only been able to hold it for 1-2 minutes. Unless it had something to do with SSJ3.
A: Not long. The flying to the lab was most of it...probably only a minute or two total, yeah.
Q: At least the androids are finally dealt with...right?
A: Right.
Q: So essentially Eighteen getting sent to the past was for nothing?
A: Not exactly...when Break did that, she was expecting to lose.
Q: I am suprised however that apparantly raditz can only use the ssj3 form for a few minutes.
shoudn't him being dead and having technicly unlimited ki allow him to substain it longer (the only reason goku changed back in movie 12 was because janemba was kicking his ass hard)
or is this because reality is being damaged?
A: He's had a year less practice than Goku did...and being dead doesn't give them unlimited ki. Just a less energy-draining body. Remember Goku still got tired after using SSJ3 enough...
Q: Okay, I just have one question; you explained what happened to the future versions of Turles, Slug and Bojack... but are we going to find out what happened to Raichi, Myuu and Hatchiyak in the future timeline at some point? Or what happened to Future Paragus after he sent Broly away?
A: The saiyans didn't make galactic headlines in the future, so Raichi and co. stayed dormant. I don't really care about Paragus, but I might mention him at some point, for closure.
Q: lso, raditz has a dead body and is in otherworld. maintaining ssj3 shouldn't be so hard for him. the only reasons goku had such a hard time was 1. he was in the living world the first time, and 2. he was alive the second time, and the strain on his body was too much.
A: Again, a year less practice makes a big difference.
Q: What is a canon sue?
A: When an author turns a canon character into a Mary Sue-style character (you can Google that one if you don't know it). According to one reviewer I did that with Tien in the saiyan saga. According to some others, I didn't. Eh. Even if so at the time...definitely not now, right?
Q:Maybe launch is really a saiyan and everytime her her split personality occurs she transforms. She just happens to be incredibly weak.
A: No, she'd still be crazy strong if she became a Super Saiyan, even with a normal human or below power level normally. Although I did play with the idea of her change's similarity to SSJ when it came to Break's genetic weirdness.
Q: Do you believe Legendary super saiyan 2 is a possible transformation or were you trying to lead everybody on a wild goose chase
A: I don't really know...I'm pretty sure there's more untapped potential to LSSJ, though...
Q: Gohan and break from the future should be in buu saga
A: They shall have their own Buu saga.
Q: Which is easier to maintain, energy wise. Super saiyan 2 or Legendary super saiyan?
A: Easiest to hardest: Mastered SSJ2, then LSSJ, then unmastered SSJ2.
Q: I thought Break killed future #17 and #18, or those ones were only copies, full androids, with more power? Anyway, nice chapter!
A: She did. These Super Androids were rebuilt based off the blueprints for the original 17 and 18. They also, in 18's case, salvaged parts from the original.
Reviews for past chapters:
Q: Vegeta happens to gain the mastered super saiyan form by accident? Really?
A: No...he discovered it like the heroes...by trying to maintain the ascended form for longer...
Q: How did gohan know?
A: I can't remember what the intention was...he's smart, and...stuff...maybe it was foreshadowing towards his greater awareness that allows him to do things like master Shifting on an intellectual rather than instinctual level...? It was ages ago...
Q: Does your version of the form provide invurnablity if your weaker than the legendary super saiyan like with broly
A: Nah. In this story, it's between SSJ1 and 2 in power, but because of that it seems pretty invincible to an SSJ1.
And thanks to 'Super Saiyan' for reviewing through the story! Also, thanks to DarkCarnival220 and MonYoshu for some very kind words...
And while I'm at it, thanks to everybody who's reviewed! At least those that either liked the story, or if they didn't, left constructive criticism on how to improve it. Your support got me this far. And reminded me that Elder Kai exists. I seriously almost left him out of this entire chapter.
Here's to another 70 chapters, eh?
Last Time, on Break Through the Limit Kai
Frieza: Vegeta never told you what happened to your father...
Goku: He told me enough! He told me you killed him!
Frieza: Yup.
(Meanwhile)
Launch: Raditz! I'm pregnant, and you're the father!
Raditz: Well, yeah. Who else would be?
Tien: Me?
Raditz: Thaaaat was years ago.
Launch: Seriously, though, you've got to be a father.
Raditz: The hell with that! (Self-destructs)
Tien: Soooo, you're single now.
Launch: Hahaha, aha, haha, no. Don't even.
(Meanwhile)
Black Knight, Three-Headed Knight, Old Man, Dennis the Peasant, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Knights who until Recently said Ni: GET ON WITH IT!
And now, the thrilling conclusion.
Cable: What's going on?
Break: You're a time traveller from a devastated future, hunted by evil robots?
Cable: How did you know...are you psychic? Are you mutants here, too?
Break: Lucky guess. Speaking of evil robots, we have to stop this one before he destroys the fictional multiverse.
(Meanwhile, elsewhere)
Obi-Wan: You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than—
(Death Star explodes)
17: Seriously exploitable weak point, guys.
Obi-Wan (Force ghost): We were...in the middle of something...
Darth Vader (Force ghost): Friggin' kill-stealer!
Darth Vader (Force ghost, special edition Hayden Christensen version): Can I be in the movie?
Everybody: Um...no.
17: Eh. I get XP for all those crewmen, so all's well that-
Super 18, appearing: Hi.
17: Oh. I guess this was inevitable. You must have taken advantage of the same instability that I did to will yourself into existence...
18: Right. I should warn you, though...you always were the least skilled of us. If we fight-and I have every intention of stopping this madness-I'll win.
(They fight. It's epic, but the insanely low budget requires that I can't describe any of it.)
17: Is that so? You forget, I was in GT as well as this fanfic...Toei powers, activate!
18: Gah, I should have thought of this! (dies)
17: Well, that was fun. Now, I've taken out the Empire's main weapon, let's attack the Rebellion for a change.
(Leaves for Yavin 4)
Vader, to Obi-Wan: Well, you were struck down. How, exactly, does being a ghost make you more powerful?
Obi-Wan: Shut up, that's how.
(At the Yavin 4 Rebel base)
17: Hello, Rebels...hmm. What's this?
(The base is empty.)
17: I feel a great disturbance in the script…
The Doctor, currently Pierce Brosnan: That would be us.
(Break, canon Goku, Cable, Zaphod, Ford, Marty and the T-800 are with him, naturally. So are Bruce Willis, John Connor and old Spock, as a matter of fact.)
17: Time...is shifting...what did you do?!
Bruce Willis: All they had to do was stop me from killing my future self, like you tried to make happen, since it would cause me never to exist somehow...
John Connor: ...and since I'm descended from him, that would cause me never to exist...
Break: And since Trunks is pretty much an alternate John Connor, that means he felt the paradox as a stab of pain when John stopped existing, causing him to press the wrong time machine button and end up in the wrong timeline!
17: My...my insanely convoluted plan...foiled! How the hell did you figure that out?!
Doctor: We just thought of the most obscure, illogical solution to how you caused the timeline change.
17: What.
Doctor: Well, that and the author isn't familiar with too many more time travel stories, so Looper was next on the list. And thanks to 18 distracting you for that brief period of time, we managed to start undoing everything you've done...after contacting Nimoy-Spock and finding out what you did to Star Trek, we used some Namekian Dragon Balls from a universe without Frieza to restore the Enterprise.
Goku: Then we did the same with my universe, and used the dragon's third wish to put Trunks back on course! History should re-write itself as soon as you're dead.
17: Oh, is it as simple as that? Just try and stop me...wait...what is this incredible aura of badass I'm sensing?!
(Boom tube activates)
Goku: KAMEHAME...
Doctor: Allons-y!
Bruce: Yippie-kiy-yay!
Break: LEEEEEROOOOY...
Cable: For great justice!
The Lone Ranger: Hi-ho, silver!
Vash the Stampede: LOVE AND PEACE!
Sailor Moon: Something something something, in the name of the moon, blah blah blah!
Hulk: HULK SMASH!
Stilgar: Muad'Dib!
Optimus Prime: Autobots, roll out!
Luffy: Gomu Gomu no...
Thor: For Asgard!
Axe Cop: I will chop your head off!
17: ...
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