The Three Legendary Saiyans
Chapter 102: Knights and Ghosts.
Amidst a chaotic battlefield; lasers and bullet flew in all directions as soldiers from both Earth's Military and The Frieza Force clashed amongst the rolling plains that lay between West and Central City, the screams of humans vanishing into the wind as a myriad of projectile weapons ranging from buzzsaws, knives and steel pellets were ejected out from Trine's armour; the elite from Frieza's ranks standing idlily by while solders fell to his feet.
"Hey knight-guy!" shouted a voice from above; the voice belonging to a teenage boy as Trine glanced down at the ground to spot two teenagers staring down at him from atop an overturned tank, one with blue hair, wearing stonewash jeans, a red shirt, and a leather jacket, and the other with black hair wearing a more simple pair of blue jeans and a long-sleeve orange shirt.
"And who might you be? I have no interest in slaughtering children!" Trine shouted down to the children; pulling his buzzsaw-weapon free from the carcass of a solider he'd just killed.
"That's a good thing, because we're here to defeat you and it'd be best if you didn't fight back" Trunks spoke with all the bravado he could muster; looking out the corner of his eye to spot his phone set up to record his bravery to show Mai later.
Trine didn't bother speaking; instead turning to stare the two teens down, knowing full well that the more capable fighter's on the planet were targeting The Elites but felt insulted that his opponents were nothing more than children to his eyes.
"Are you ready Goten?" Trunks bellowed loudly so he could draw the attention of the soldiers from both sides of the conflict as well as Trine himself; his eyes glaring out from his helmet at the two children daring to challenge him.
"Yeah, good ting we got some practice in after that whole Cell Max battle" Goten remarked with a hint of excitement; speaking on their own secret training since their last battle where'd they'd been forced to rely on the failed fusion version of Gotenks.
With absurd speed when performing the dance; Goten and Trunks moved like a blur before Trine's very eyes, as soon as the two boy's brought their fingertips together; Trine felt blinded by a sudden brilliant and golden flash of light which he raised his shield to defend his eyes but spied an energy construct forming around him.
The yellow ring of energy forming around him suddenly contracted around Trine and his armour; contracting around and binding his arms as well as his weaponry to his breastplates, Trine scowled through his helmet's face-guard as the shining light faded to reveal an entirely new fighter dressed in white baggy pants, a black tank top and a small jacket with yellow padded around the shoulders and neck.
"Stand back world! The one and only legendarily brave fighter: Gotenks has returned!" The Fusion Fighter announced himself with a self-indulgent fist bump with the air; his declaring resulting in the space behind him blowing up into a brilliant fireball illuminating his entrance.
Trine barely reacted to the emergence of the fusion fighter; while the soldiers from both sides stared in awe before resuming their own conflict, Trine instead just stood by while bound by the Halo Ring just as his armour's plates opened and sucked in the energy before ejecting a longsword from the spine of Trine's armoured suit; a sword that radiated energy along its metallic blade before being fired as a projectile of its own which Gotenks just blocked with a forearm sweep.
"What the fuck? You broke my Halo Ring?!" Gotenks barked and cursed with shock that one of his signature moves was so easily broken, but crossing his arms to think when his next move would be before his own energy ring was flung back at him, Gotenks dodging the attack and catching side of Trine's sword radiating Gotenks' own energy.
"My weaponry absorbs energy attacks; and my armour protects my body from physical attacks, you might be stronger than you were before but I fight smarter" Trine spoke callously; sighing in exasperation and took up his sword, the weapon radiating the very energy that Gotenks had used to craft his halo ring.
"Well that really fucks up my plan…" Gotenks spat out a glob of saliva; removing his disgust he felt for Trine's stealing of his own energy, clenching his fists and began charging himself up for his next move.
"You had a plan? I find that laughable considering how weak that halo binding was" Trine bragged; waving his weapon and throwing aside the halo ring energy in a discharge that struck and wiped away a large portion of human and Frieza Force soldiers, all looking in shock as the knight destroyed his own soldiers.
Gotenks grit his teeth; he'd planned on binding Trine with his Halo Ring Binding and following up with his Angry Wombat Punch Rush and finishing off the opponent with a showstopping Pulverising Meteor Fist but the mechanics of Trine's Armour had been unforeseen, his train of thought coming to a halt as Trine's armour opened up to reveal several gun barrels and firing a stream of lasers that Gotenks narrowly dodged by leaving a flashing afterimage of himself which the lasers shot through.
Trine grinned through his helmet; knowing full well he'd shot an afterimage all the while Gotenks twisted in the air to deliver a Whiplash Kick to the back of Trine's helmet but the knight merely ducked under the predictable attack, even raising his shield against Gotenks' volley of energy blasts including a sphere-shaped Sunrise Bomber Attack that Trine absorbed into his shield to recharge his guns.
For a full ten minutes; Gotenks fired endless energy blasts and outlandishly predicable punches and kicks that Trine barely even tried to dodge by merely sidestepping Gotenks' attacks or using his weaponry to absorb the energy to further enhance his weapons, raising his sword and slashing through a tank by utilising Gotenks' own power.
"Don't you realise how little your pathetic attacks are changing this battle? You've barely damaged by and hurt your own forces" Trine mocked with amusement in the failure of Gotenks efforts; his sword radiating Gotenks' own energies when he finally attacked the fusion fighter himself, the fusion fighter casting out a shield of energy that Trine's Sword cleaved through with ease but Gotenks still backstepped away from the conflict.
"Guess it's time for one of my many trump cards!" Gotenks spoke confidently with a widening smirk now that he had some distance; his black and purple hair flashing brilliantly as a glittering flame burst into life around his body, Trine primed his sword and shield to defend against the impending transformation as Gotenks burst with all the force of a nova.
The resulting shockwave causing a tremor in the earth itself as the battlefield quaked and split apart from the force of Gotenks' own energies manifesting into a raging inferno blazing in the splintering crags in the earth; turning the plateau the two warriors stood upon into an isolated space surrounded by deep earthen chasms and blazing golden flames as Gotenks appeared as a Super Saiyan 3.
"Trump card… Apocalypse Arena!" Gotenks spoke with a widened grin; his eyes having turned maniacal and crazed given his heightened levels of his unique Majestic Super Saiyan 3 presented by the heightened flames that looks suspiciously akin to a spectral figure.
Even Trine stared with wide eyes as Gotenks spewed ghostly figures of himself one after another; all of which stared at him with a malicious glee and giggled with a shrill high-pitched laugh.
"Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!" Gotenks yelled with a flex of his arms; taking in a deep breath before spitting out several white globs of white material that formed into ghostly figures of Gotenks' own likeness that dived through the air only to explode the moment the ghosts struck the ground around Trine.
Alarmed by the sudden assault by ghostly figures bearing the visage of Gotenks' own appearance, Trine raised his shield in defence of the attack for as soon as the ghosts made contact with Trine's protective weapon they exploded and rocked a tremor through Trine's entire armoured suit but remained with little to no damage which Gotenks grimaced towards before backing away to gain some distance.
"This'll eat up my time' but oh well, got to go big or go home!" Gotenks screamed hard once he'd planted his feet onto some solid ground; crossing his arms over his chest in the fashion of an x-shape, Trine glared out from his helmet as a golden flash illuminated the space where Gotenks had been standing.
Within the epicentre of the golden flash; Trine kept his visor on to be able to see through the flashes to bear witness to Gotenks powering up to his own iteration of Full Power, Gotenks glad in a golden flame that dyed his own skin gold amidst the golden fire and two-tone lightning, not willing to let Gotenks attack in this state; Trine raised his sword and shield and began to rush towards his opponent with the intent to run him through on his blade.
"Running out of time, I need to finish this with my strongest power for a finishing move" Gotenks muttered to himself; slamming his fists together and firing a shockwave to knock Trine off course; his shockwave also powering up his Super Saiyan 3 Form and going back to base so he could draw on his secret powers for a finishing move beginning by summoning a bright crimson flash of light.
With a crimson flash of light; the golden sheen of Gotenks' hair vanished along with its length; Gotenks instead appearing with a much more slender physique and glowing crimson hair, revealing himself as a holder of the Super Saiyan God powers.
"You have God Ki?!" Trine bellowed in shock; his sword would not be capable of using the divine power of gods against his foes, tossing aside the broken remains of his sword and replacing it with a railgun crafted from multiple plates in his armour.
"Well I am the incredibly amazing Gotenks; my other selves were present for the creation of the Super Saiyan God and have spent years around one particular person with God Ki so naturally I learnt to use it through my components" Gotenks foolishly bragged about being able to use the divine ki solely due to Goten and Trunks being physically present beside Raijin and Vegeta during the Copy Vegeta battle where Raijin's freckles first use of God Ki had accidently passed the power to the boys during the battle.
"You self-righteous cur" Trine spat as he spoke; his damaged helmet falling from his bald head as crackling jolts of electricity began sparking around his exposed head before being channelled into his railgun for ammunition, then lowering the gun and firing a concentrated pulse wave of electricity at Gotenks.
Being shocked with millions upon millions of volts of electricity; even Gotenks screamed out in pain, the volts that passed by Gotenks carried over down into the armies fighting below; soldiers from both sides being shocked from the electrical assault to Gotenks' own shock, pulling the electrical attack into him himself before expelling it with a shockwave of his own sheer power into a radiant crimson pulse wave that even Trine didn't try to absorb the spectacle of godly energy that left Gotenks drained and worn out.
"Not bad… but it appears you've used up all your godly power" Trine lifted his visor from his face; revealing his electric blue eyes from under his helmet.
"Not yet I haven't!" Gotenks screamed; perspiration dripping off his body as Gotenks again tried to spit out a Super Ghost but the white whisp that resulted vanished in a shower of sparks, taken aback by the failure of his signature move and figuring that he at best only had ten seconds left in his Fusion.
"I'll bring this battle to an end; you have a fair shot but you have failed to claim a victory" Trine spoke upon lowering his visor once again; wielding his sword and igniting it with all the energy he'd absorbed from Gotenks, the sword radiated with energy and electricity as Trine kept the weapon upright akin to a lightning rod until discharging the energy construct as a projectile on a direct path for Gotenks.
"Aha! Gotenks Style… Thunder Shock!" Gotenks shouted; outstretching both his hands and performing one of Master Roshi's techniques, generating an electrical shield of his own with the last of his energy and time, the projectile slash colliding with the electrical shield and bouncing off in recoil, the projectile exploding harmlessly above the pair.
"How about that! So much for your kill shot" Gotenks remarked cockily with his last breath; The Fusion Fighter vanishing with his last words leaving Goten and Trunks behind in his place, both beaded with perspiration from Gotenks' efforts.
Even Trine couldn't believe his luck as the fused fighter's time ran out right before his eyes; his mouth cracking into a grin all the while more electricity crackled from his exposed skin, "It appears your time ran out".
Before the two teens could respond to his words; a pair of buzzsaws ejected from Trine's shoulder pads which Trunks and Goten barely dodged but Trunks' leather jacket was damaged by the sudden weapon, the blue-haired teen countering the projectile with a Double Buster Cannon of his own but Trine's armour merely absorbed the blast even though the damage he'd suffered and was still capable of drawing in energy attacks.
"Dammit! My dad bought me that!" Trunks yelled with a profound rage akin to Vegeta's, remarking on how Raijin had bought him the leather jacket and its destruction had triggered a Rage Boost in the teen, Trunks wound back both his arms before flying directly up to Trine which even surprised him as the buzzsaws sailed off into the dirt far below their feet; with Trunks up close and personal to Trine before executing his point-blank energy blast barrage.
Trine's screams were muffled by the continuous explosions being blasted into his armour at such a speed that he couldn't absorb the blasts, Trunks' blue hair shifting to gold as he unknowingly transformed in his rage to a normal Super Saiyan while blasting Trine to smithereens.
"Trunks, stop firing energy!" Goten yelled while racing over to his angry best friend; yelling aloud being uncharacteristic for him even as a teenager, reaching out and grabbing a hold of Trunks' left arm.
"Yeah, forgot about that" Trunks wheeled around as if ready to blast Goren in the face when his friend grabbed a hold on his arm, stopping himself before firing and halting his attack.
"You damn brats… look at what your fusion did!" Trine yelled with an obvious anger in his voice; the smoke clearing from his armoured frame to reveal that his armour had been damaged to a serious degree, his helmet blown off revealed a burnt and bald face, and his chest was exposed also burnt and hairless, a fact that Trunks grinned victoriously at the sight of Trine's exposed true body.
"We don't need Gotenks now that his stupid armour is broken, we got this with our own power!" Trunks shouted with a carefree abandon as they tossed aside their need for Gotenks; instead choosing to use their own strength to overcome Trine.
"Right, we finish this ourselves!" Goten replied back; the very air around him and his best friend shimmering with energy, all the while Trine's exposed flesh rippled with energy of his own before sparkling into a current of electricity generated from his own skin.
"Yeah Goten; let's show our own moves! Even Dad doesn't know about this!" Trunks proclaimed loudly in hopes that his father might hear him with the knowledge of Raijin's heightened senses when using Super Saiyan 4, the two boys erupting into golden flames of their transformation as crackling lightning courses around the two upon their ascension.
"SUPER SAIYAN 2 DOUBLE!" Goten and Trunks both yelled in perfect unison to the point that their voices sounded exactly like Gotenks' causing Trine to halt his own electrical attack, the sight of the blazing fire and the crackling currents of indigo and teal lightning generated by the two young teenage Saiyans strength being pooled together by the two teens standing before him.
"I must admit, your lightning is an impressive sight to behold, however did you really think my armour was my only weapon?" Trine admitted with a wide smile; his chest-plate fully removed revealing a series of thunder bolt tattoo's across his torso, a current of blood-red electricity discharged across his exposed skin to the point of burning away his flesh into exposed muscle and sinew thus unveiling his true powers.