A/N: Sorry everybody. I know I said I would try and update every week and then I don't update for over a month. In short, the delay was a combination of work, writers block, and the fact that I discovered that 'food wars' has 2 more seasons than what I thought they had. Which reminds me, I might be doing a food wars/dbz crossover in the future. But first, let's finish this one. I hope it is worth the wait. If not, let me know. I am out of practice so sorry about any bad habits of mine that resurfaced.
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Chapter 21
"I don't think so junior." Adamantia shook her head. "What do you say to a little quality time with your beautiful big sis Tia."
"This." Gohan cupped his hands together at his side. "Ka…Me…Haa…Mee…HAAA!" he pushed his hands forward releasing a giant blue beam of energy. The wave engulfed Adamantia. Gohan was about to leave when the woman appeared, unscathed, out of the beam to block him.
"Not bad kid, but no dice. Energy based attacks don't work on me. They just bounce right off." The woman said with a bit of gloating. Gohan still wasn't showing his surprise. "Don't feel bad though." She shrugged with a smile. "After all. I'm the leader of the Jade Emperors' armies. His most powerful subject. I'm in a whole different league than what you saw in Aquamarine."
"A whole different league?" The boy asked.
"Yup." She responded. She was obnoxiously confident and was clearly thinking he was intimidated.
The boy flexed, his power rippling through the air, blowing her hair back.
"Woah!"
"Lady," He pounded his fist into his palm, sending yet another shockwave. "We're not even playing the same sport."
"What does that even mePFFAUA!" the end of her sentence was punctuated with pain.
Gohan had hit her square in the cheek, cutting her question off and sending her spinning away.
After finally stopping herself, Adamantia smirked. "Man, that kid sure packs a punch. Looks like this'll be more fun than I thought."
"If your idea of fun is getting tossed around like a ragdoll…"
Shock appeared on the woman's' features. "When did you…" Just as she was turning to face the saiyan brat, another fist connected with her face sending her speeding toward the earth. Gohan pursued her as she plummeted and, when she was about ten feet above the ground, he stuck both his fists straight out superman style and rammed into her back, adding to the force with which she hit the ground.
Several of the surrounding buildings crumbled from the force of impact. In the midst of this destruction was a deep crater. Slowly, the dust cleared away to reveal Adamantia face down at the bottom of the hole. Standing on top of her, like a tiger on his prey, was Gohan.
"Happy to oblige." Then, shooting her a contemptuous look, he started to fly away.
"Mph fmo ffe." Gohan stopped and turned toward the muffled voice of his opponent. She pulled her face out of the dirt and jumped up. Aside from the disheveled state of her hair, there was no indication that she was injured at all. "Sorry, I meant to say 'not so fast'."
The warriors stared at one another. While Adamantia smiled obnoxiously at him, the half saiyan kept an intense and cold expression. Finally Gohan spoke.
"Look lady, I don't have time for your freaky fetishes."(He probably learned that from 18) "If you don't stand down, I promise you, you'll regret it." He didn't know what this woman's deal was, but he really didn't care and he needed to help his friends. He started flying away again.
"Hey!" Adamantia sped up so she was in front of him and grabbed him by the front of his shirt. "I said not so fast!"
He eyed the hand that was gripping his shirt. See!? You gave her a chance and this is what happens. A dark voice sounded in the boys mind. Let's do this my way, shall we? Quicker than his opponent could see, he grabbed her hand and twisted it outward. She struggled to free herself from his grip but to no avail. While holding her in his vice grip, he spun her so he was facing her side and, with his free hand, delivered a series of blows to her exposed flank. Each hit reverberated throughout the entire city, such was the force his fists carried.
The dark-skinned alien tried to throw a side kick at her attacker, but Gohan caught her leg by the ankle before it landed. Releasing her wrist, he flew toward the ground and started swinging her like a flail back and forth, beating her on the ground. Finally, he released her, her body bouncing off the ground.
Standing over the alien, he raised his hands over his head. "MASENKO-HAA!" The demon blast detonated on his opponent, but when the explosion cleared, there she was, without so much as a scratch.
"I already told you," she said as she got up, "energy attacks don't affect me. HYAA!" With a shout, she lunged at the boy with her fist drawn back as she was about to begin her counter attack. Gohan quickly sidestepped her and drove his knee into her stomach and followed up with downward punch that landed in between her shoulder and shoulder blade. He was about to strike her again, but a burst of bright, white energy and light emanated from Adamantia causing him to fall back to avoid the explosion.
"Wow!" She said when the light dissipated. "You're a vicious little brat. I guess I should have known that from the way you were handling Aqua."
"I don't wanna hear it from the woman who killed her own teammate." Gohan replied casually.
The woman laughed. "HA! Fair point kid, although I did kill her quick and easy, unlike you. Honestly between your fight with her and now with me, I have to wonder if maybe you enjoy making your opponent suffer. It's a shame you don't have the strength to actually hurt me though. Then we could explore our 'freaky fetishes' together." She gave the preteen a wink and he grimaced. "Unfortunately," she continued, with a disappointed frown, "you're just too weak."
"Grrr." Gohan Growled and grit his teeth. "HAA" He shot off a powerful ki blast, but once again, the energy just bounced off of her.
"You just don't listen, do you?" She said while shaking her head. "Let me spell it out for you. My race, like yours, are carbon based lifeforms, though we have a bit more of it than you. Unlike you, who live on a nice cushy planet like this, my home world was basically one giant volcano. Our gravity was hundreds of times that of this pathetic planet. Do you know what happens to carbon when it's exposed to enormous amounts of heat and pressure?"
"Under extreme pressure and heat, the carbon atoms adopt a different bonding structure, causing them to crystalize and form into diamonds."
"That's right." She now sported a wicked grin. "Though, I doubt the gems you have on earth can compare to me. Do you understand now? You're basically fighting a living diamond. The strongest and most durable diamond in the cosmos! Not to mention the most beautiful." She added while flipping her hair. "You may be fast, you may even be reasonably powerful, but you will never be strong enough to damage me. Your little blasts may be impressive, but they are essentially just light and will just bounce off me as if it were nothing. Face it kid you have no way to beat me. I'm invincible."
For the first time in the fight, Gohan smirked. "So, you're invincible huh? Then why haven't you beaten me yet with all your considerable strength?" The teen asked sarcastically.
Adamantias' cocky smile turned into a frown. "Well, normally, I hold back on opponents just to prove how futile their resistance is. It's an amazing feeling to see the point when somebody realizes they have 0 chance of victory. Super satisfying. You on the other hand… well, you're just too fast. You may not be able to hurt me, but I can't even touch you. It seems we are at a bit of an impasse."
"You do have some pretty amazing strength for your age though." She went on. "I'm sure that the emperor would appreciate talent like yours."
For a moment, the boy looked thoughtful. Then he spoke. "So, you think that if I slow down, you can beat me?" Gohan questioned.
"Yeah, probably. I mean your strong, but let's face it, I am strength." She spread her arms wide and closed her eyes, as if she were basking in her own glory.
*Step* *Step* *Step*
She opened her eyes and, to her surprise, saw the boy walking slowly toward her. The look in her eyes made her blood boil with excitement. Gohan stopped, only a few feet away from her and dropped into his demon stance. "Well? I'm right here. Feel free to finish me if you can."
Once again adopting a smile, she too dropped to her fighting stance. "If you insist." She looked at the boys' stance and analyzed him for any openings. The way he just stood there, not moving an inch, barely even breathing, was slightly unnerving for some reason. Realizing that he was devoid of any openings, she finally began her assault throwing caution to the wind.
She opened up by throwing three quick jabs. To her surprise, he didn't try to dodge any of them. Instead, he and blocked each one as it came by taking a direct hit to his forearm, each blow sounded like an explosion. With the same arm he blocked with, he formed it into a knife hand and landed a chop to her shoulder.
"Sorry, do I need to go slower?" He taunted the older woman. She glared in response and attacked again, this time with a one, two combination. Again, Gohan blocked both punches, only this time, she aimed a high kick to his temple. Gohan ducked and tried to kick her leg out from under her but she jumped to avoid it. She spun in mid-air and aimed an elbow at the top of his head. The super saiyan caught the elbow, but almost didn't notice the surprise attack she was charging with her other hand. She fired her beam point blank at the boys' face, but he cancelled it out by firing a beam of his own from his mouth. The two energies met and exploded, sending both combatants flying away from each other.
Break
"So… I'm not dead yet." Gohan taunted his opponent. He reverted back to his intense expression. Other than his clothes being singed, he looked completely unharmed. Adamantia was another story. While she was unharmed physically, she was breathing hard. She glared at the boy. Maybe she had underestimated him. Oh well, he still had no way of hurting her and he had to run out of energy sooner or later.
"Give it time little boy." She responded after catching her breath.
"Wow, I'd never thought I'd see the day. Did you darling?"
Oh Jade dammit.
"Never in xxx a million years babe xxx. To think xxx that Adamantia is struggling to defeat a child."
Adamantia looked behind her to see Patzo and Opal, each one carrying, what she assumed, was their defeated opponents.
Why, out of everyone, why did it have to be them?
Adamantia didn't hate her two teammates, but she found there lovey-doveyness to be grating at best and insufferable at worst. Still, they did actually defeat their opponents so she couldn't resent them. She let out a sigh.
"Why are you here? You should have gone back to the ship to guard the emperor." She said sternly.
"Well, it's not like he can't protect himself." Opal responded. "Besides, He has Broly with him."
"Yeah xxx. We thought xxx you could use xxx some help xxx."
"Actually, we just wanted to see you fight." Corrected Opal. "But seeing how you're fighting a kid and you still haven't won…" she trailed off at the glare her leader was giving her.
"I like to make a fight last. Besides, unlike your opponent, this kid isn't completely worthless."
"Hey xxx! They aren't xxx worthless!" Patzo clicked and started to salivate. "The bald one will make xxx quite the xxx delicious meal."
"Yeah, and this guy may be disgusting, but he can do this attack that is the most spectacular shade of blue and I was gonna get him to…" a sadistic grin crossed her lips. "Tell me how."
Gohan, who had been trying to feel Tien and Yamchas' energy to make sure they were alive, snapped his head toward the creatures who were speaking. Rage welled up inside him at what they were saying. He had wasted his time with Adamantia and now his friends were going to be eaten and tortured. His ice cold look in his eye was replaced by one of intense fire.
"Well that kid has a blue attack too." Adamantia told Opal.
"Really? Well I guess I don't need this anymore." She gestured to the unconscious form of Yamcha. "I really will be doing this world a service by getting rid of this filth." She closed her fingers together into a knife hand and raised her hand before bringing it down on her victim. Before she made contact with his neck, Gohan sent her flying away from the earthling through means of a fist to the face.
"HEY XXX!" The scorpion man yelled. "NOBODY DOES XXX THAT TO XXX MY LITTLE XXX OPAL!" He flew toward Gohan and made to grab the boy with his knife like fingers, but Gohan flew at him and delivered a kick to the bugs' midsection tearing Patzo clean in half.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Screamed Opal with a look of absolute terror and rage on her face. "HOW COULD YOkk…" Her scream turned into a gurgle as blood filled her mouth. Confused, she looked down to see a blonde head of hair. Gohan was in front of her with his hand still piercing through her chest. He quickly pulled his arm back, leaving a gaping hole in the alien. Gohan watched her fall to her knees and finally her face, without a shred of sympathy on his face.
He turned to Adamantia, who was slightly stunned. She knew the kid was strong, even ruthless, but she didn't think he would have been able to one-shot two of the elites so easily. Had he been holding back?
"Yes." Gohan said aloud.
"W-what?"
"The question you were just asking yourself." He started walking toward the woman. "I was holding back."
"H-how did you…"
"Please, the fear is written all over your face." Gohan kept his steady pace forward.
"You're lying brat!" she calmed herself down. "If you could have beaten me, you would have. I mean, let's face it," she regained her cocky grin. "You haven't even done the slightest bit of damage to me. Besides, why would you hold back with your friends at risk?"
Gohan stopped walking. "You know, I used to really hate fighting. Too much senseless violence. I've always preferred science to be honest." Adamantia was thrown by this change of subject. "Biology, chemistry, physics, even geology. I've been studying since I was a toddler. I learned quite a lot, you know. For example, I've known the properties of carbon since I was 5."
Adamantia was beginning to feel uncomfortable.
"Did you know that, while diamonds are the hardest substance in the world, they are not necessarily the toughest? Depending on the angle, Diamonds may even shatter when hit by an ordinary hammer. Due to having what's called a 'cleavage plane' Diamonds have weak spots throughout their structure." He started walking forward once more, but this time, Adamantia took an involuntary step backwards. "Of course, like you said, our earths' diamonds aren't nearly as tough as you. Even so…"
Gohan appeared right next to the alien woman and grabbed her by the wrist. Surprised at this sudden burst of speed, Adamantia fired a ki blast that detonated right in Gohans' face. When the smoke cleared, however, not a mark was seen on the blonde preteen. He manipulated her arm into an armbar and bent her over, still holding her tight by the wrist.
"Then a friend introduced me to martial arts. He taught me a lot of useful things too. But then instead of hating violence on principle, I began to hate it because of how it made me feel. I felt powerful. Too powerful. No child should have the kind of power I possessed." He looked off into space while maintaining his hold on his enemy. "My friend taught me to be merciless. I always thought he was wrong, that everyone deserves mercy…Until now." He raised his knife hand high above him. "Now I realize that there are some people who don't deserve mercy. People who come to my planet and hurt those I care about."
Adamantia was struggling all the while, but she was unable to escape the super saiyan 2s grip. "Let me go! Let me go right now you brat!"
"Alright." And with that, Gohan brought his hand down full force on her arm. Throughout their fight, he had been trying to find the weak points of his opponent. Once he did, he started to aim as many of his attacks at a single area. Her shoulder joint. He had gotten several good hits in and now, as the final blow struck, her arm came clean off.
"KKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The deafening cry of pain that was released was horrible.
"I guess dad was right. Anything will break if you hit it hard enough. Now, what was that about an impasse?" He asked mockingly.
"SHUT UP!" She got to her feet and threw a haymaker at her tormentor. Gohan swatted the fist to the side easily and drove the elbow deep into her abdomen sending her flying backwards.
"It's funny. I'm usually the one who has to fight one handed." He put his hands together at the side. "I have to say, I like being on this side of things a lot better. Ka…Me…Haaa. Meeee…HAAAAAAA!" he thrust his hands forward and once more, the blue waves engulfed the invader. Gohan kept pouring more power into his attack. When he was satisfied, he finally relented. Still very much alive, and getting to her feet, was Adamantia.
"Are…Are you stupid!? HAHAHA! I keep telling you energy doesn't work on me!"
"Actually, I'm considered a prodigy." Gohan replied seriously. "Which brings me to the next fact about Carbon in its diamond form. Light does bounce off of diamonds and that's what makes them sparkle like they do. They also have a high thermal conductivity making them mostly resistant to heat. Up to a certain temperature that is. However, they are still quite susceptible to heat. Did you know that if you heat a diamond up enough, it will degrade and become brittle? And did you know that I can make a Kamehameha wave pretty darn hot?"
Gohan lunged at her with his impressive speed and he nailed her in the gut. To her surprise, she actually heard a crack and felt a severe amount of pain. Adamantia was now, well and truly, afraid.
"Wha- what have you done to me?" She gasped out while holding her stomach.
"I just told you. I essentially used a super-heated Kamehameha wave to turn you from a living diamond, to living graphite." Not technically accurate, but it sounds good. "Although, I can't promise you'll be living much longer." With that remark, Gohan rushed towards his prey once more.
Break
At the jade emperors ship
Vegeta reached the mother ship of the supposed 'Jade emperor'. What a stupid name! He looked around at all the destruction he assumed was caused by Gohans' battle. Not bad for a half breed. He surveyed the ship and scowled. Then, adopting his most regal expression, he shouted. "LISTEN UP YOU PATHETIC EXCUSES FOR INVADERS! THIS PLANET IS THE PROPERTY OF ME, PRINCE VEGETA! YOU'VE LOST YOUR CHANCES FOR MERCY WHEN YOU SENT THAT PATHETIC GREEN WHELP, AND THAT SLIGHTLY LESS PATHETIC RED MAN AFTER ME! OPEN UP AND COME OUT SO YOU CAN HAVE THE HONOR OF DYING BY MY HAND!"
Vegeta waited a few moments, but when it became apparent that the doors were not opening, he smiled evilly. "Oh, silly me. I forgot to knock." He thrust his arms out to the side. "FINAL…" He brought his hands together "FLASH!" he sent the beam straight through the hull of the ship from the supposedly greatest empire in the cosmos.
The ship, which had been floating above orange city all this time, began to sink to the ground. Vegetas' smile intensified as he landed. "Oops."
On board the vessel, panic was in full swing. A scientist came up to the emperor with his report. "Sir, with this level of damage, we can't even sustain flight, let alone space travel!"
The emperor looked at the man with a longsuffering expression. The man began to sweat and inch away. "Of course, we will begin repairs immediately. We will be space worthy again before you know it sire."
The expression of the emperor changed to a smiling regal one. "Excellent. Do get started on that will you?" the man bowed and backed away. "Now, Broly, since we have nothing better to do, let's greet our fellow royal. You two can catch up with news from home and whatnot. You know what I'm saiyan?" The emperor grinned at his own joke.
"I'm… sorry sire but you know I've never met this man before."
"No, I know that Broly, but it was to setup for a joke. You know, saiyan sounds like saying?"
"If you say so sir."
"You mean if I saiyan so?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Let's just go."
Back outside, 18, Lapis(17), Zangya and Piccolo (Who had only just finished regenerating himself) had joined Vegeta, who was waiting patiently. That is to say, he was charging another final flash and was about to fire, when the doors finally opened. Slightly disappointed, the saiyan prince powered down his attack.
"Be on your guard everyone." Piccolo warned. "Who knows how powerful this emperor really is."
"Don't worry namekian." Sneered the prince of all snark. "Just leave this to me."
"Yeah, cuz that always works out great when we've done it in the past." Piccolo rolled his eyes.
"What are you talking about!? I always triumph over my enemies!" Vegeta yelled.
"I'm right here troll doll." Said 18
"You don't count!"
"What about Frieza?" Quipped her brother.
"He was slain by my progeny so victory for Vegeta!"
"And that other guy. Who was it?" Piccolo mused. "Starts with a C and ends with an ell and it isn't seashell."
"Ooh, that was a good one. Can I use that on Gohan?" Zangya asked.
"Silence you fools!" Vegeta bellowed.
"Ahem."
The z fighters all turned to see an old man with green skin and at his side was who Vegeta assumed was the saiyan named Broly. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the large man.
"Greetings earth dwellers." The jade emperor spoke. "I am the jade emperor, and I am most impressed with your abilities…" He trailed off as he saw Vegeta march up to Broly. Broly merely stood there looking at the short man.
"Tell me, how does it feel to lick the boots of an inferior race?" Broly tilted his head to the side in confusion.
"I beg your pardon?" Rejoined the old man.
"Tell you what Broly." Vegeta ignored the green monarch. "As your true ruler, I'll give you a chance to live. If you can prove that you are a saiyan worth your salt, you can go free and I will kill this pathetic green toad."
Brolys' eyes narrowed at that. "What makes a saiyan worth his salt in your eyes then?"
"If you kill half the passengers on board that vessel, I'll consider you a true member of my race. I'll even grant you the honor of battling me."
"Half?" Broly asked in amazement.
"Well, the other half are for me afterall." Vegeta shrugged. "And for the brat if he wants in. We'll show them what happens when they try to invade my planet. Speaking of which." He turned to the emperor. "Time to cut off the head." He held out his arm and charged a ki blast. Before he could fire at the old man, Broly grabbed his arm and flung him away as hard as he could.
"Thank you my friend." Smiled Jade. "Now, as I was saying. I was very impressed with your abilities and I would like to extend an offer."
"Not interested."
"No thanks."
"Yeah right."
"Will there be cake?"
All eyes turned to Zangya.
"What?" She shrugged.
The emperor looked puzzled. "I don't know what this 'cake' is."
"Then no deal!" she screamed.
18 and Piccolo still stared at her.
"What?"
The emperor sighed. "Look, it's been a long day and I'm tired. So, if you don't want to join me, then I'm going to have to kill you."
Lapis scoffed. "You're going to kill us?"
"Well no, not me. I have people for that. Speaking of which," he turned to Broly, "Feel free to kill the saiyan prince. We'll let the others see the alternative before they make their final choice."
The large saiyan nodded his head. This instruction came just in time as the aforementioned prince had made his way back to the group. Veins were pulsing in his forehead and his aura around him was raging.
"Alright traitor." Vegeta spat. "You asked for it. I'll bury you along with the old relic."
Vegeta rushed the other saiyan and started throwing punches at rapid speeds. Broly put up a cross guard as the angry princes' assault pushed him back. The larger saiyan kept waiting for him to stop his assault, after all he did already fight Perdito and Rubio and must have used up quite a lot of energy already. But the prince never even slowed down, he just kept pouring blows on top of his enemy's guard.
As Vegeta Pushed Broly further and further away from his master, Piccolo saw his opportune moment to strike. Charging forward, he aimed a blow at the jade emperor. To his surprise, the seemingly frail old man was able to dodge. He followed up with a second strike but still hit air. The emperor just looked annoyed. He raised his hand to retaliate when Zangya charged at him with a kick. The old man leapt up and flipped backwards to avoid her and make some space. "You try and give some people a chance and they just throw it away. BROLY!"
At his masters' call, the saiyan dropped his guard, grabbed Vegeta by the face and slammed him backwards into the ground. Leaving his former prince behind, he sped towards his new targets and clotheslined Piccolo and Zangya, keeping his master safe from harm.
"There's a good lad. You can handle all of them at once can't you? Only watch the hera girl and the black hair boy, they do seem rather strong."
"Of course, my liege."
Break
The battle that ensued could only be described as chaos. It was a storm of punches and kicks from all of the Z fighters. At the center of it all was Broly. 18 would fire a ki blast and he would send it flying away. 17 and Piccolo went in one after the other, Broly caught them both by the hands and spun them around, flinging them across the ground. Zangya decided it was time she went full power. Her transformation momentarily distracted Broly and she was able to get in past his guard landing a few body shots.
As he engaged her in close quarter combat, he found it hard to lay his hands on her. Not only was she fast, but she was also small and knew how to take advantage of her size. She got in close and stuck to the saiyan. Every time he tried to create some space; she would press even harder. It was all he could do to dodge her blows. he threw a punch down at her and she swayed her head to the side. He was about to throw another one when he threw his head back and cried out in pain.
"GRAAAH!" Piccolo and 18 had fired blasts at his back. The momentary distraction caused him enough pain and shifted his focus so that Zangya could capitalize on it. She drove her fist into his abdomen making him double over. She threw a right hook at his jaw which made him stagger. Before she could finish him though he backhanded her away.
Just when Broly thought he had some room to breathe, Zangya was replaced by Lapis who came at him from the side with a powerful kick. Broly winced before turning and blocking an elbow from the cyborg. He threw a roundhouse kick at Lapis who caught it on his guard. Zangya came back and, with a kick, swept his legs out from under him. Lapis threw a punch at the bigger man and Zangya tried to land a Kick. Both were blocked by the saiyans forearms. He landed on his feet and fired a ki blast at the cyborg and three kicks in rapid succession at his female opponent. Zangya managed to dodge the first 2, but the third one caught her in the midsection and once more she went flying back.
The saiyan turned to Lapis so he could finish him off, but as he drew back his fist, he suddenly stopped moving. He was able to barely turn his head as he looked around for what was stopping him. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the blue girl, holding her hands straight out and smiling.
"NOW!" Zangya shouted and three powerful Ki blasts converged on the mighty saiyans position. Broly closed his eyes for a moment, as if with regret. Then he opened them and with a mighty roar, the threads that bound him were broken. His energy emanated off of him with such force that it even blew away the 3 ki blasts.
"Great." Muttered Piccolo. "He's a super saiyan. As if he wasn't strong enough."
The four combatants looked at the Super saiyan with awe and a touch of annoyance.
"Are you sure he's a super saiyan? He looks different than when Gohan does it."
The transformation was indeed different. True his hair was golden but The saiyans already impressive height was increased by over a foot while his muscle mass increased by a considerable amount.
"Heh, That useless form?" Vegeta had finally made his way back to the main fight, though he looked pretty worn out. "All that bulk is pointless. What a disgrace you are Broly. To have lived so long and still be such an amateur." The prince sneered. "Let me show you what a real super saiyan looks like! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" As He powered up his hair turned golden and his eyes went blue. His bulk too increased slightly, though nowhere near as much as Broly's.
Vegeta rushed in but was surprised to find that, while his mass had increased, his speed remained unimpaired. In fact, Broly was much faster than before, certainly more so than Vegeta, who had yet to realize just how drained he was. Broly lifted his foot and spartan kicked the oncoming assailant in the face. Vegeta went flying back again. Before he realized what happened, the giant saiyan had caught up with him and planted his fist downward into Vegeta, driving him painfully into the ground. Broly continued to pound the arrogant warrior into the earth. After finally stopping, he looked down at the fallen prince and frowned in disgust. "I've begun to see a pattern in my opponents. Weak men are always the cruellest. You seem to be my latest example of that fact." He turned away and toward the other Z fighters who looked on in awe and horror. Broly hated it when people feared him. Why couldn't they have just accepted the emperors offer? But now it was too late. Now that he had transformed, he had to finish it.
He took a step forward, when he heard a soft voice.
"t-tae tha… Take that back." He turned around and was genuinely surprised to see the man standing. Bruised, bloody and no longer in his super saiyan state, but standing. "I- I'm not weak."
Broly considered the man before him for a moment. To be able to stand even in this state was truly remarkable. He really would need to kill him. He took a step forward and was about to finish the job, when to his supreme annoyance, a blue fist made contact with the back of his head.
Now, Zangya was scared. Scratch that, she was terrified of the power that this monster was emitting. She didn't even know if Gohan would be enough to beat him. She watched, frozen with fear as he pummeled the saiyan mercilessly. When Vegeta stood back up, she could tell that Broly's next move would kill him. She didn't know this man. She didn't even care for him that much, (he was kind of arrogant). But the only thing she thought of was, "what would gohan do". So, despite her fear, she rushed in and made her attack on the brute to save a life, like she knew her hero would do.
When her fist met his head, to her shock, it barely even moved. She followed up with a kick to his neck, but still, nothing. He turned around slowly. Zangya kept hitting the saiyan with everything she had. Desperate to do something, any kind of damage at all. Broly just took it as he looked down at the woman with pity. Deciding that enough was enough, he grabbed her by the arms, lifted her up and threw her as hard as he could to the ground.
"Very good Broly. That's their two strongest fighters out of the way already. I suggest you kill her first though. She seems like she has rather a lot up her sleeve." The old man counseled from a little way off.
"As you wish master." Broly began charging a ball of light in his hand. Zangya had no hope of escaping. She was still conscious, but that one attack from Broly had rattled her so hard that she couldn't even move. All she could do was look on as her death was being prepared for her.
As her executioners' eyes met hers, she saw something familiar. The same thing some of her early victims may have seen in a young Zangyas' eyes. Was it remorse? Maybe she was too hopeful, or too delirious. "I am sorry about this." He spoke with genuine sorrow.
"NOOOOOOO!" 18 screamed and tried to rescue her friend, but she wasn't going to make it in time.
By some miracle, Brolys' eyes shifted to the left, as if something else caught his attention. He leaned backwards and just as he did so, something flew past him at high speed and crashed into the ground. The distraction was enough to make him dissipate his energy ball. He looked down to the right at the object that had almost hit him. To his surprise, Adamantia, cracked, bloody, and down an arm, was lying there barely conscious. He looked back to his left and stared. Zangya followed his gaze to see the one that saved her life, though she already knew who it was.
A young boy, with spiky blonde hair and turquoise eyes landed less than 20 meters away. He wore a thunderous expression and Lightning crackled all around him. Then he spoke. It was not a yell of desperation, nor a demand from a child. It was a simple order, with a tone that radiated power and authority.
"Do. Not. Touch her."
End chapter.
Who will come out on top in this clash of saiyan titans? Will Gohan succumb to his darker nature? Why did I write Zangya to be obsessed with cake? Find out next time on Earths greatest champion: Son Gohan
A/N: I wrote Zangya to be obsessed with cake because I like cake and I think it's funny. Like Erza. The diamond facts are from a mix of source, mainly wikipedia and national geographic. It was accurate enough for my purposes so sorry if it isn't completely factual. Once again, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If not, let me know what I can improve on.