OPENING THEME:
Episode 19:
AN UNEXPECTED HERO: THE ELMORITES' WORST FEAR
With their auras guiding them through the maze of darkness, the quartet consistently looked about them with readied fists. Wide-eyed, Goten and Trunks sensed the surge of energy at the same time and they warned Desy and Sentee of incoming enemies.
"Whoa! Are you sure?" asked Desy.
As prophesied, about two dozen Elmorites were speedily making their way towards them.
"We were given an alert from the others that trouble was on the horizon," one of the creatures proclaimed once making a landing, eyeing them evilly. He nodded over to his fellow men and in unison they dashed forward at them.
In the midst of their golden auras and now lengthened golden hair, the boys were prepared in battle stances. Having collided heavy fists and kicks, they quickly caught on how useless their attacks were as each one was blocked perfectly and effortlessly. Looking about them and noticing that Sentee and Desy were doing well in battle against separate groups and finalising the deal with blasts of energy, they nodded towards one another. Dashing forward once more, the creatures were not ready for the massive blasts that consumed them.
Alighting, Desy's victorious grin faded as she studied the scene in awe.
The blasts together created a spectacle of bright blue and yellow sparks that overwhelmed Sentee's astonishing purple aura, which had tripled in intensity throughout his battle. Sentee was also taken by the event and the surviving Elmorites paused in their pursuits and they too could not resist but to admire the oddity.
"Yeah!" Goten and Trunks exclaimed in unison and gave each other gleeful glances. However, their grins quickly faded upon noticing a strange occurrence. Not only were the group of creatures still standing but it appeared as though they were being sucked into the other, one by one.
"Huh?" Trunks asked, stupefied by the phenomenon.
"What are they doing?" asked Goten, confused, "Shouldn't they be like, y'know, completely K.O. by now? We didn't hold back like last time."
"I've never encountered anything like this," Sentee exclaimed as he watched the fallen Elmorites he dealt being pulled towards the vacuum.
"Whoa oh!" exclaimed Goten, looking up at the ever-growing creature as it grew larger and taller. It was now standing about five feet over them. He nodded over to Trunks who returned the sentiment and the boys proceeded to perform the fusion.
"Huh?" Desy exclaimed as she watched the boys. She could not help but giggle at the silly sight.
Sentee and Desy raised their arms in an effort to block the intense light that radiated from them as the tips of the boys' fingers touched and when they looked up they were gawking at the hybrid warrior.
"You're not the only one that can join bodies, you know," Gotenks proudly proclaimed.
"Definitely mystical," acknowledged Sentee more so to himself, shaking his head in disbelief.
"My cuz over there for sure was hiding power. She might be stronger than us before doing fusion but definitely not now," the hybrid gleefully shared as he turned to face the girl, "Just stay and watch, 'kay?"
Desy nodded slowly. She found her newfound cousin and his best friend to be rather questionable, not only in personality but also in the way in which they fought and on top of it, what they chose to say. And why were they bothering to waste time talking to her when they should be making quick work of the opponent? After all, they did claim to be even stronger than her.
Grinning from ear to ear, the warrior connected well-served blows that clearly fatigued the giant. The claws of the creature swept by them as he moved in awesome speed too fast for it to track. Toppling onto its back, the creature surrendered much to Gotenks' proud smirk.
"Now tell us what you've done to Ratio?" he asked and upon noticing the defiant glint in the giant's eyes, he added sinisterly, "Or else."
With a grunt, the aura surrounding the fallen Elmorite surged.
"Not that dirty trick again," Gotenks growled.
Suspecting the repeat of the electric spikes, he in turn upped his aura and landed a powerful uppercut that sent the creature skidding through the dirt and leaving behind a long trail behind it. The only thing to allow it to come to a stop was a large tree trunk that upon making a clean impact, the creature's head broke through. Stumbling to its feet, the creature's aura surged once more but the reading the hybrid warrior was detecting was unlike anything that they were experiencing before. They looked up at the creature, mesmerized by fear and trembled as lightning poured off of their essence and ripped into the earth beneath them. And there were not too keen upon the look of vengeance aimed towards them either.
"Hurry up and finish him off already," Desy yelled, the annoyance in her voice was clearly noted.
"He's - he's - he's super strong now," stammered the boy.
"How would you know that? Stop cowering and fight," demanded the girl.
"But - but -"
They watched as the creature made repeated grabs for the boy as he darted out of the way in the nick of time each time. Looking about, the creature was at a loss as to where the warrior had disappeared. Desy and Sentee stared on, wondering just the same. Desy almost cried out when she finally saw him but she hurriedly clasped her hand over her mouth upon being directed to by the well-hidden hybrid. Gotenks was balanced on one foot atop the creature's head, with a well-placed finger to his mouth indicating that they should remain quiet.
Desy and Sentee nodded but almost fainted when the creature swung around to face them.
Settling into a determined fighting stance, Desy boldly proclaimed, "Alright, Dad. You and me."
Sentee shook his head, "No, my child. If the boys say that the creature is stronger than they are, then indeed it is."
"But, father," Desy said, losing the confidence she possessed a second ago, "We came here to fight. And we're fighting." She dashed forward at the giant but was lashed to one side.
"Desy!" yelled Gotenks as he watched the girl's father run to her aid.
The sound of his voice alerted the creature as to where its opponent was and it slammed two stiff and powerful palms at either side of the boy. Caught in its hold, Gotenks was crushed mercilessly before being swung to one side.
"I'm OK father," she reassured, her stoic expression disguising her pain as she held on tightly to her arm, now washed in blood.
Sentee's worried expression melted away into a warm smile, "Now my child, take some rest before venturing out on your quest for Ratio."
"What do you mean by that, father?"
"I will lead the creature beyond the wall of darkness and use time displacement to finish him off once and for all. Clearly, they are not interested in talking."
"Suppose you don't make it in time? Suppose you...?"
"Hush, now." With a steady pat on the girl's shoulder, he arose, "I will join you as soon as I can, I promise."
Charging a powerful blast caught the creature's attention and indeed it dashed forward at Sentee in an effort to stop him. However, Sentee was quick and with his purple aura leaving behind a trail, the creature was sure to follow.
"Whew! Sure hope he knows what he's doing," Gotenks said as he picked himself up.
Suddenly the swarm of creatures erupted from behind, alarming them. Wasn't it one giant just a second ago?
"Or maybe he doesn't," Gotenks added, the terror in his voice.
Regaining her stamina and fighting off the pain of her arm, Desy stood to her feet. She and Gotenks easily wiped out many of them but just as quickly the remaining few were once again merging bodies. However, this time they created eight smaller giants as opposed to one and all of them attacked them at once. Gotenks would have admired how clever it was to separate their power in proportions unlike the hybrid whose power was in one body but they knew better.
"This sorta makes it a li'l more difficult to run now, huh?" Gotenks acknowledged as he swung from side to side avoiding the incoming attacks. A wide grin crept on his face, "But then again, by doing so, you have created eight weaker versions as opposed to one super strong opponent."
Before the Elmorites could comprehend the gist of what was said, they were swiftly plummeted with heavy blows. Coming back for more, the creatures surrounded the boy and the girl.
"Why won't you guys do something?" Desy asked, her fatigue evident from her heavy pants. She barely managed to avoid any direct blows thus far and it took a great deal out of her to connect several attacks on the powerful creatures. Just from following their moves and seeing the damage they could cause, she knew without a doubt that Gotenks had the power to end things once and for all.
"Well, we would have to, y'know-?"
"What?"
"We've never killed before!" he wailed.
"Do you understand that these creatures have wrecked my entire life - because of them, I've never once known true freedom."
Losing any sense of doubt, Gotenks' countenance hardened. Throwing his arms up with palms outward, circles of energy suddenly helmeted the eight creatures simultaneously. Giving Desy a knowing stare, the hybrid warrior tightened their fists and the power balls exploded. The creatures fell to their fate.
A sorrowful expression crept over Gotenks as his golden hair was replaced by a stiffened, spiky do. The black of Goten's hair was flanked by the grey of Trunks' hair on either side.
"Thank you," Desy nodded graciously, "Now we need to find my father."
"We can't sense him but he does know how to hide his reading, though. I wouldn't think the worst just yet."
"What do you mean by sense him?" she asked curiously.
"Every living being has power and using our ki we can sense others' ki. We're not really sure how to do it. My Dad taught us both when we were super young."
"Your Dad - my uncle? Or your Dad as in Goten's Dad?" she asked perplexed.
"Oh yeah, we're still fused. My Dad. I mean - um - Mr. Vegeta taught us," he giggled, closing his eyes while he scratched the back on his head. Suddenly the light-hearted moment was interrupted by their intense, wide-eyed stare.
"What's wrong?" Desy asked, sharing in their dread.
"That's not possible," he murmured.
The giant from before was back and in seconds connected a powerful punch to his stomach. Holding him by the collar, the onslaught was pursued and Desy trembled at the sight. The giant's golden aura surged and the dark moles about them glowed and the boy looked on in pure dread.
Rather than connect to the hybrid warrior, the spikes were sunk into another being that suddenly appeared before it. However, the newfound hero was not very lucky and the overwhelming current rendered the body to pieces with one loud pop.
"Oh no!" cried out Gotenks at the sight.
"Wh-Who was that?" quivered Desy.
Gotenks hunched his shoulder to indicate that they had no idea who it could be, "But he sure saved us a wallop back there."
The young warrior's golden, long spikes returned and so too did the fallen remnants of the exploded hero. The children watched as the green bits wobbled and throbbed and seemingly in dance they found each other and reconnected. Soon, the blob was getting bigger and bigger and even the giant had to pause in its pursuit to take in the spectacle.
With moves too fast to comprehend, the mighty creature was taken down by the newly formed warrior. Sailing far off into the darkness, the giant was retrieved by a steadily elongating arm that wormed its way after it. Returning back to base, the arm brought the giant face to face with its tormentor and the hybrid immediately recognised the mighty roar.
"Why are you attacking these children?"
"Piccolo!" Gotenks exclaimed.
END THEME:
PREVIEW OF NEXT EPISODE
A green arm clutches on to the collar of the giant Elmorite who is shivering with fear.
"Son Goku here! Is that Piccolo? Oh, come on now! Even he gets to go to Mezora and not me. I wonder what's up? Something dire must have happened because he's suppose to be on New Namek with Dende in hopes of reawakening the dragonballs, right? See you NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL SUPER: THE DEATH OF AN ERA: THE TALE OF PORUNGA"
END CREDITS : Author/Creator of the DBZ series and characters: Akira Toriyama
Author/Creator of this Story/Series; Creator of a Gotenks faced with the duty of their first kill (correct me if I am wrong on this); and a Piccolo who has just joined in on the fun: Chrissi B (c) February 2016
A/N: Well, I was thinking about it and a whole month seems so far away but every week seems too soon (for me) - so I've decided I will be posting a chapter every two weeks.