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Chapter 45
Across the many galaxies under the rule of the Jade Empire, stories are told of the legendary super saiyan. Tales of carnage, told in hushed voices about the greatest and most terrible weapon the emperor possessed. He was a destroyer. A harbinger of doom, and heaven help any who stood in his way. Those who witnessed the battles and lived to tell about it were never the same again. But if any who knew these stories saw Broly in this moment, they would say that even the most terrifying of these tales fell utterly short of the reality.
You see, while fighting for the Empire, Broly never hated the enemy, never killed with any malice. But Now? Now, fully transformed, his golden green locks framed not the face of a soldier doing his duty, but a mask full of malice and hatred. Every bit of which was aimed at the pink abomination that dared to hurt this family.
At first, Broly was angry at himself. He had seen the condition of Chichi and Goten when he arrived and shuddered to think of what might have come to pass had he come even a second later. His anger at himself, however, was greatly overshadowed by his fury at Buu. It was true that he had made a promise to Zangya to protect Chichi and Goten, but even if he hadn't, he still would have done so. In only two years this family and their friends had become very precious to him. They, along with Zangya, were his oasis. He would make Buu pay for ever touching them.
Broly was distracted, however briefly, by a feeling of tightness around his leg. He looked down and his features softened. Kneeling down, he put his hand on the younger saiyan's head. Feeling that he should say something, he opened his mouth.
"Goten, it's going to be ok."
"Broly!" Goten looked into the giants eyes and the tears he was bravely holding back returned. "Broly, *sniff* Mommy… Mommy's hurt! She isn't getting up."
Broly looked at Chichi and nodded. He reached into his belt and pulled some green beans that Goten knew quite well. "Dende gave me some before I started my training." He handed the beans to Goten to give to his mother. Then Goten's eyes went wide as he remembered something else.
"Dende!" He exclaimed. "He hurt Dende too! He's still in the house!"
Broly growled but held back his rage while looking at Goten. "Glad I used them sparingly then. There are three beans there. One for each of you. You all take one and then you get everyone away from here, ok? Take them as soon as I get him away from here."
Goten looked up at his large friend with tears. He didn't want to leave Broly. What if Buu still came after him? But here again, Goten showed his bravery, wiped his tears away and nodded.
"Ok."
Once Goten nodded his understanding, Broly stood back up and turned to face Buu, his rage in full force.
As for Buu, he had watched the whole scene unfold with steam erupting out of his pores. Goten was hugging this man. Looking at him with so much trust, when he only looked at Buu in fear. How dare this stranger take his family away from him! Then, suddenly it hit him.
"So you're the reason they act like they don't want me!" Buu growled.
"What?" Confusion momentarily replaced anger.
"You've been trying to replace Goku, er I mean ME! I mean… GRRRAAGH!!" The majin yelled in frustration while gripping his head. "It doesn't matter! They wouldn't hate me if it wasn't for you. You stole what should be mine! But that's alright. Because now, all I have to do to have them, is get rid of you." He looked oddly satisfied as he finished his rant.
Broly continued to stare in confusion at the monster for a moment, before the anger and indignation came back.
"I have no idea what you think you're talking about, but I'm not trying to replace anyone." The saiyan retorted. "The reason they hate you is because you killed Gohan and Zangya! You ate 18 and Krillin! You kidnapped a defenseless woman and her small child and would have killed them if you could! Their hatred for you has nothing to do with me!"
"GrrrrYOU LIAR!" Buu screamed. "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! You must have turned them against me somehow." He reasoned. "Yeah. Yeah that must be it. Once I kill you, they'll be crawling back to me. HAAH!"
Without warning, Buu charged at Broly, covering the distance in an instant. The pink blob unleashed a barrage of fists, using his body's unique physiology to send them from every angle. Unfortunately for Buu, every one of these blows landed on top of the giant's guard.
Broly let out a jab that hit Buu's face dead center, making the demon back off. He continued with a left hook, then a right, followed by a downward punch that hit the majin like a sledgehammer, sending his face rocketing for the ground at Broly's feet. Buu's face never met the ground though, being intercepted by the rising uppercut and sending the demon soaring over the trees with the speed of a bullet.
The saiyan took off, hot on his enemy's tail, determined to imprint all the pain he could on him. It took some time before Buu could stop himself. When he finally did, he yelled at his attacker while cupping his hands at his side.
"See how you like this you homewrecker! KAMEHAMEHAAA!!!" The blue beam and Broly were speeding straight for each other and Buu was certain that his attack would hit its mark. Just as the blast was about to hit, Broly vanished, the beam sailing off into the sky.
"What?" Buu exclaimed. He didn't remember him being that fast. Just then, he heard the high buzz of energy from right behind him. He spun around, but it was too late. Broly had already released the Ki bomb into his back and he was once again sent sailing through the sky, only this time, he had a high grade explosive to keep him company.
Broly watched with no small degree of satisfaction as his bomb carried his opponent off before it finally exploded, sending a wave of energy for miles in all directions, scorching even the earth that by now was far below them. For the first time in his long career of battle, the saiyan grinned at the pain his enemy must be suffering at that moment.
His grin vanished, however, when the smoke cleared and he saw that Buu was still very much alive. Though the monster now bore a remarkable resemblance to chewed up taffy.
Buu quickly reformed, then he made a smile of his own. "That's right." He said in a condescending tone. "I forgot that I had to use Kaioken against you last time." The majin let out a dark chuckle. "I hope you enjoyed the upper hand while it lasted. BECAUSE NOW YOU DIE! KAIOKEN TIMES 5!"
An aura of darkest red covered Buu and his power rapidly increased. Once again, he charged at the saiyan like a wild bull. Savage glee covered his features as he looked forward to destroying this man in the most painful way possible. His glee was cut short, as was his technique. As soon as he reached Broly, the saiyan easily sidestepped him and drove his knee into his gut.
KAK* Buu spat out, then quickly grit his teeth and pointed his antenna at the brute who stole his family. "YOU BECOME PORK CHOP!"
Broly backed away, the pink blast passing just inches above his face. Buu fired another food beam, Broly dodged this as well.
"BECOME BUU'S LUNCH!"
A third beam fired and headed straight for Broly's chest. Clenching his fist and wrapping it in Ki, he pulled his massive arm back. The beam was closing in.
"BECOME YOUR OWN LUNCH YOU FREAK!" He let his fist loose and actually punched the candy beam straight back at its creator.
As the beam raced back at him, Buu was almost too stunned by this development to move out of the way. By the time he had recovered his wits the attack was already about to collide with his midsection. Broly looked, daring to hope that this would end the battle. Alas, his hope was for naught. Just before the attack hit, Buu vanished from the path.
"Tch." Broly clicked his tongue.
"Don't be upset Broly." Buu was now off to Broly's side. "You're not the only fast one here." He disappeared again, reappearing right in front of the saiyan with a taunting grin. "The question is," he vanished again just in time to dodge an oncoming fist. He reappeared behind his opponent and kicked the back of his head. "Can you move at the speed of light?"
The kick sent Broly stumbling forward, but he quickly recovered his fighting stance. He looked around for Buu, not finding him till after the majin had landed a roundhouse to his face. Buu repeated this pattern, disappearing, reappearing, quick attack and then disappear again. Perhaps his goal was to frustrate Broly as he had in their last fight, but as Buu continued his assault, he noticed that not only was Broly not falling for it like he did before, he also wasn't receiving much damage from his assault. He frowned at that. Then smiled as he hatched an idea.
He teleported 50 meters away from the giant. "Kaioken times 10!" The same red aura erupted with greater intensity than before. "You're pretty tough Broly. Let's see how you can handle this!" He brought his hands to the side. "Last time we fought, I was divided in two. That means that the Kaioken x10 I used last time was really just times 5. Now I have twice that power. I don't think you're gonna survive this time. Kame…"
Now that Buu seemed to be sedentary, Broly seized his chance and charged straight at him.
"Hame…" The beam charged up within his palms, ready to fire, but Broly was already there, a ki blast of his own in his hand. He thrust the light at Buu, but once again, the demon disappeared.
Time for Broly Moved in slow motion. He looked down to his side where Buu was crouched, grinning like a shark, thrusting his hands forward to release the attack. Whether Broly saw this coming or if he acted on pure instinct, it was hard to say, but just before the arms were fully extended he jumped up and started to flip while twisting midair.
"HA-GYAH!" Buu's yell to release the attack turned into a shout of pain as Broly finished his flip to avoid the Kamehameha and landed a kick right on his neck. The foot bisected the pink monster diagonally from the neck to the hip, splitting Buu into two. Broly finished his attack by charging two more omega ki bombs and slamming each one into a half of Buu. The bombs exploded on impact and once again, Buu was left disfigured.
Broly looked at his handy work and shook his head. "Just what does it take to kill this guy?"
Buu reformed with a deep grimace. "GRA! I'm gonna kill you!"
"If I die, I'm taking you with me." Broly stated boldly. "But I don't think it will come to that."
Rather than charge straight in, Buu kept his distance. He observed Broly with a deep frown. Like he was trying to figure something out. Then he broke into a smile, then a full on laugh. "HAHAHA! Oh I get it now. You just got a Zenkai boost from that massive beating I gave you before. Guess I'll just make sure that this time, I finish the job. KAIOKEN TIMES 10!". Buu took a moment to bask in the power he possessed.
"You may be stronger than before, but I still don't think you can stand up to this level of power. Don't count on any more lucky hits like that last one."
"I don't believe in luck." Broly replied. "I believe in training. HRAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!" As the legendary super saiyan powered up, his energy shook the entire planet. Buu was shocked that his opponent had been fighting so well, yet still held so much power in reserve. It only took a moment to overcome the shock, staring at the powerhouse with an almost excited look.
"Well, well." He said with a grin. "I still hate your guts and you're still going to die, but wow! Looks like I'll be able to have a little fun before I destroy you."
""HRAAAAAGH!!!""
The two fighter's met in a maelstrom of fierce blows. It seemed for a moment that they were dead even. But this wouldn't be the case for long. Broly was starting to pull ahead. While not one hit had landed on him, he was starting to land blows on Buu. More and more often fists would form craters and feet gouged the pink demon's flesh. In addition to the physical damage, this greatly annoyed the creature. He thought this fight would be fun, but it was far more fun when he was winning. It looked like he'd have to up the ante a little if he was going to stay in this fight.
The exchange took a turn when Broly was smashed in the jaw by a fist that didn't exist a second ago. He ignored the pain and drove his knee into the enemy stomach only for it to be caught by two more hands. A third hand came in from his blind spot, nailing him in the temple and sending him spinning away in a daze. Once he recovered himself, he looked at Buu and saw that the pink abomination now had 2 additional sets of arms.
"What do ya think?" Buu smiled while brandishing all six limbs at the Saiyan. "You had enough trouble dealing with the regular amount. I bet this will cause you all kinds of trouble."
Broly growled and dropped to his fighting stance.
"Hehehe." Buu chuckled cockily. "Well, the least I could do is lend you a hand!" Buu lunged at the saiyan, all eight of his limbs coordinating a brutal assault. For once in this fight, Broly was on the defensive. It was all he could do to deflect the oncoming blows, biding his time till the opportunity for a counter presented itself. Unfortunately, Buu left no room for countering. Any gap that would have been made in the timing of one set of arms was easily covered by the other two.
Buu smiled at the opponent's lack of offense. "Come on Broly, don't be so closed off!" His arms and legs stretched out, each one wrapping around one of Broly's limbs or his waist and spreading him out like an 'X'. "That's more like it!"
With his arms and legs immobilized, Broly was defenseless against the demon as his one set of free hands pummeled his face and midsection relentlessly. Buu was clearly enjoying himself, a savage grin on his monstrous features. All the saiyan could do was grit his teeth and ride out the pain.
"HAHAHA! This is what you get for trying to come between me and what's mine!"
Broly opened his eyes, aiming his deadliest stare at Buu.
"They aren't YOURS!!!"
He twisted his hands around to grab hold of Buu's arms and yanked back with all his might. Both arms tore clean off their host, followed by the ones that had captured his legs. Bringing both hands together above his head, the raging super saiyan slammed them back down on Buu with all the strength he could muster.
A solid ring sliced through the air as Buu tore through the sound barrier and headed straight for the ground. When he reach it, a tidal wave of earth erupted in all directions, uprooting trees and overturning the land for miles around.
Buu shook himself as he got back to his feet, then jumped back, barely evading an incoming Broly. Still having one extra set of hands, Buu cupped all four at his side. "Double KAMEHAMEHA!!!"
Two bright blue streams of energy shot for the ground straight at Broly. The saiyan jumped to avoid it but his eyes widened when he saw that both attacks had bent upward and trailed after him. Shooting off like a rocket, the saiyan rolled and flipped through the air trying to shake off the blasts. But they seemed intent to reach him, following his every move at the command of Buu. Rapidly changing directions, Broly flew straight at the attacks and fired a ki blast at each one. The beams split off from each other, then they quickly bent back around, closing in on Broly from Both sides.
"NOW I'VE GOT YOU!!!" Buu shouted, then a moment later, the Kamehameha waves collided, leaving a very impressive explosion as a result. Buu started to celebrate, but it was premature. Out of the explosion charged Broly, covered head to toe in ki. He was sporting burns and other minor wounds, but he had clearly not lost any of his power as he ripped like a meteor through Buu, splattering the demon like a train tearing through a cow.
Broly stopped his charge and took a moment to breath and shook his head. Buu may have popped like a water balloon, but he was still alive and reforming. He'd run into tough opponents before. Even a few with a healing factor, but nothing like this. He was starting to think that Broly was truly immortal. How was he supposed to deal with that?
While Broly was coming up with a plan for how to deal with Buu, Buu fully reformed and was furious.
"What the hell is going on!?" He grumbled to himself. "Why is he so much stronger? Kaioken times ten should be more than enough. HEY!?" He called to Broly, then teleported back to the same level in the air. "Why are you so much stronger than before!?" Buu demanded the answer like a complaining child. "Is it really a zenkai boost?"
Broly paused for a moment, deliberating on whether he should tell Buu or just get on with the fight. He wasn't badly injured, but he was still a bit winded after that last exchange. Not to mention the fact that he still had no idea how he was going to finish this thing off. Maybe this would be his chance to come up with a plan.
"Alright." Broly said to himself, but Buu started paying closer attention, hoping he'd get an answer to his question. "I have always had an exceptional growth rate. Maybe it's my saiyan genetics, maybe it's something else, but ever since I was a child training has always yielded unbelievable results. When I was younger, I could get five, even ten times stronger within a single year. As I got older, and as there became fewer enemies who could challenge me, my growth rate slowed down. Even so, I could still get quite a substantial boost whenever I trained."
"You're saying that you got this strong just by training?" Buu questioned. "That's impossible! It's only been a day, but you already got this strong! Unless…" Understanding dawned on Buu's face. "The hyperbolic time chamber."
Broly nodded, pleased that his play for time was working. "The environment inside the chamber was unlike anything I had ever experienced. My growth rate, while not at its peak, is still very good. I've always been able to adapt and overcome any hardship, but that room was enough to drive even me to the brink. I nearly went mad in there. Only one thing kept me sane."
"I've spent all my life in combat and, to be honest, I hated every second of it. I kept telling myself that I was fighting for the greater good. That universal peace was my ultimate goal, never truly comprehending what 'peace' actually means." He let a small smile cross his features.
"Then I came here to this insignificant and out of the way planet, and got beat up by a child." He almost laughed, remembering his fight with Gohan. "You'd think I'd be bitter about that, but it's been the greatest thing to ever happen to me. I met Zangya, who became my first real friend. Then Gohan and his family. Dende, Krillin, 18 and even Piccolo. All of them have given me the very thing that I have been searching so long for. They taught me what it really means to fight for peace. Every time it became too much, when I was sure I'd go mad, I thought of them. They helped me attain this power." He once again sent his most hate filled glare at Buu. "This power that you, who dared to lay hands on them, will soon fall to."
Buu listened to everything Broly said and when he had finished, the pink demon looked at him with a stare of absolute boredom. "Are you done? Honestly I lost interest once you said hyperbolic time chamber."
The jab made Broly grit his teeth indignantly and Buu grinned at the reaction.
"Now that I know how you got so strong, I don't have to keep wondering about it. You even let slip a hint at how much stronger you've gotten. Not more than 10 times I'd say." The demon held his fingers in front of his face. "Now let's see, carry the one, times 2, divide by pi…"
Broly had no idea why, but the demon was muttering mathematical gibberish. Just when he was thinking now would be perfect to use his trump card, Buu finished whatever bizarre calculations he was conducting.
"I've got it! KAIOKEN TIMES TWENTYYYY!!!" Power exploded upward. Power that nearly doubled Broly's current strength. Buu smirked at the saiyan. "After all, I'd be embarrassed to have to use more than that on someone like you."
"Someone like me?" It was Broly's turn to smirk. "I don't know what that's supposed to mean, but there's one thing I bet you didn't account for. It's a little trick I learned about from Gohan. Haaaaaaaaa-" the power of the legendary saiyan began to rise. Slowly and steadily at first, but the louder Broly got, the more wildly it flared. "aaaaaaaaaHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"
A bright light flashed and even powered by a twenty times kaioken, Buu was forced backwards. The light died down and Buu looked at his opponent with half awe and half annoyance.
The hair still glowed green and gold and lightning crackled around him in arcs. His stature had shrunk some, closer to his normal height than his hulked out form. Despite the decrease in size, there was nothing diminished about the power. While it was different than the super saiyan 2 he was used to, he knew that this was Broly's version of the same thing.
Broly spoke with a predatory gleam in his eye. "You should have gone higher Buu. Twenty won't be nearly enough. Too late to fix that now."
Break.
After about a year on earth, Broly had asked Gohan about his super saiyan 2 form. He was curious how there could be a level beyond super saiyan. Even though he was retired from battle, he was still interested in the legend which he embodied.
Gohan had told him how he had trained in the chamber with his father, staying in super saiyan the whole time to get used to it. Then, while he battled cell, he brought it out under extreme mental and physical duress. Broly had entered the chamber with the aim to achieve this state for his own, following the formula of acclimation, then drawing on his own plentiful trauma to force ascension. Now, standing in front of the only creature he truly despised, he was eager to put this new form to the test.
Buu felt the power of his enemy wash over him and for the first time in the fight, the possibility that he might lose crossed his mind. He quickly shook the thought out of his head and powered up. "I still say that 20 will be more than enough for the likes of you! HREAYAAA!"
Broly stood still as the monster rushed him, staring him down as he closed the distance.
A loud bang echoed off the mountains as Buu's fist impacted on Broly's open palm. Buu looked up in shock at the calm face of Broly.
"I told you. You should have done more than twenty."
Buu backed away quickly, but Broly was faster and he nailed the majin in the chest with a Spartan kick. Buu tried to retaliate, but Broly seemed to anticipate every move he used. Kicks where intercepted by knee checks, punches were diverted and countered. It's like Broly saw every move before it was done being made. Buu pressed on, but it was becoming more evident that he would have no success. After landing many hits to the face in a row, Broly sent an uppercut right into Buu's chin and the demon flew in a high arc till he landed flat on his back on the ground below.
Broly landed in front of him and Buu flipped backwards to his feet. The saiyan was about to continue his punishment, but then Buu started to do something that threw him for a loop. One hand was scratching his head, the other his armpit. He was hopping around making monkey noises.
"Did I… Break him?"
"Ooh ooh! Aah aah! Ooh I'm a crazy monkey!"
"I guess I did. That makes this WOAH!" Broly leaned back as a fist barely grazed his cheek. He back handed the monster but he did a flip to avoid it. Buu was grinning at him now.
"Can't catch me, I'm a crazy monkey!" Flipping and spinning around, Buu added a punch or kick in the mix more than occasionally. Broly tried to read the moves like he had been doing, but the movements were so random, he couldn't predict it. It really was like he was fighting a crazy monkey. Buu kept grinning his psychotic grin, all the while he started to land his hit's more often. Broly lashed out whenever Buu got close, but it would be countered with a hit of equal ferocity.
"Monkey see monkey do OOH AAH!"
Broly suddenly got an idea. "Alright then. You're not the only one with a wild side. RAGH!!" Buu's eyes went wide as two fists came at him from above. He flipped out of the way, but Broly vaulted on his knuckles to land a dropkick on the monster.
Broly had grown up in the civilization of the empire. He had been trained to fight like a professional, but before that, he was on the most savage and wild planet in the known universe. His wild nature was always lurking, waiting to break free. It didn't take much to let it loose. Even years of civilized living couldn't bury it. Nothing came easier to the saiyan race than acting like wild beasts, even one as gentle as Broly.
Now, Buu scurried like a monkey while Broly came at him like a raging gorilla. He slammed him against the ground, threw him up into the air, beat on him until he was mangled beyond recognition. Buu tried to retaliate, but every time he did, Broly just tore the offending limb off. Buu was absolutely helpless as the saiyan beast grabbed every piece of him and tossed them into the air. The saiyan beast opened his mouth and let out a beam that disintegrated a good deal of Buu's body. Unfortunately, more than half of the demon avoided the blast and was quickly regenerating.
Broly let out a roar of rage. "WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE TO KILL YOU!?"
"YOU WANT DEATH!" Buu yelled. "ALLOW ME TO HELP WITH THAT! KAOIKEN TIMES THIRTYYYY!!!" Fully charged, Buu rushed at Broly, pulling his fist back. "DRAGON" The red aura of the kaioken became golden, taking on a reptilian form. "FIIIST!!!"
Broly held out one hand, placing his other one behind the first, supporting the front to catch the attack. When the dragon fist made its impact, Broly couldn't help but wince in pain. The blow was stronger than he expected and despite putting everything into his defense, Buu was still pushing him back. His arms were weakening and he felt as though the dragon would soon devour him.
Just as he felt like he'd be over taken, something snapped inside of Broly. His eyes went white and his aura started to take a shape of its own. The saiyan closed his hand around the fist and moved the other one to his opponents face. As Broly was handling Buu, a massive oozaru made of Broly's aura wrapped its hands around the dragon. It closed its hands, shattering the golden serpent to fragments at the same time Broly tore his opponent in two and flung him upward. Holding his hand to his side, he poured all his energy into his strongest attack.
"OMEGA!!!" Shell after shell of green energy compressed into Broly's palm. "BLASTER!!!" When the power could no longer be contained, the massive bomb was released, impacting on its target right as he was reforming, carrying him off into the depths of space where it detonated, the explosion shaking the earth to its core.
Break
Broly breathed deep and his eyes regained their pupils. He looked down at his hand, then back up at the sky. He saw the remnants of the blast and was certain nothing could have survived that. Even so, Buu had escaped his omega blaster before. He closed his eyes, trying to sense his opponent's energy. After several moments of concentration, Broly opened his eyes again with a smile.
"I guess I really got him that time."
"Not quite." Too shocked to react, Broly's neck was wrapped up by Buu's arm. Buu brought his would be destroyer's face to his own. "Goku has all kinds of tricks. He's especially good at suppressing his own energy. He could even bring it down to near zero." Buu wound his arm tighter around Broly's neck, making the saiyan choke for air.
"It was a fun fight Broly." Buu said without a smile. "You're definitely the strongest I've ever fought. But I still hate your guts. It's time for you to die now. Kaioken… Times one hundred."
The aura that burst forth from Buu was so intense, Broly almost felt that it would burn him if he got too close. Buu himself looked like his skin was ready to break into a rolling boil. The saiyan struggled against his captor, but Buu stretched out his arm even more and sent Broly face first into the ground. He whipped the legendary super saiyan around like a ragdoll, smashing him into anything solid, uprooting whole forests and smashing ancient rock formations to pebbles. It seemed as though Buu was trying to level mount paozu, along with the rest of the mountain range, using Broly as a wrecking ball.
Broly didn't know how much more of this he could take. He punched and clawed at the limb that detained him, but it was no use. He tried to fire a ki blast at the arm but it would always bend out of the way. Short on air supply, Broly made a desperate bid for freedom. He charged the ki in his palm then brought it up to his neck, letting the bomb explode right in his face.
The attack worked and Buu's arm was blasted off of his neck. Broly was free, but his own attack had damaged him. That combined with the energy he had spent on his omega blaster meant that he was in no shape to take on Buu at his current level. But once again, Broly thought of his fallen friends. He grit his teeth and shot straight for the pink fighter.
Before Broly got close, Buu raised one hand straight into the air and fired a stream of pink ki bombs. They shot up for only a moment before quickly coming back down, thousands of blasts all homed in on Broly.
' Even if I die, I'm taking this monster with me.' The saiyan reaffirmed his earlier statement to himself and dove straight into the hailstorm of destruction. He dodged, ducked, dipped, dived and dodged again, weaving and rolling his way through to Buu. But the stream of ki was endless. With every blast that he had dodged, a hundred more were coming his way.
At last, one struck him on the shoulder. Then another in the back and a third hit his arm. Before he knew it, the thousands of bombs all collided with him, explosions popping off like popcorn. Buu grinned, knowing that he had won at last.
When the dust settled, Broly was laying in the dirt, covered in blood and burns. He had dropped out of super saiyan completely. Buu landed in front of his latest victim.
"I gotta admit, I'm surprised you're still in one piece. I know the other saiyans aren't that durable. What exactly are you made of?" Buu asked then laughed. "Oh that's right, you can't answer me. Because you're dead now."
But to his great surprise of Buu, Broly's arm started to move.
"What the hfil? You're still alive?"
Broly moved the arm under his face, propping himself up to look his killer in the eye. Buu looked back at the saiyan with indifference as a pink glow started to emanate from the tip of his antenna. "Waste not want not. I never did get my breakfast. I hope you make good pancakes Broly."
"I-mm… I doubt it." Broly struggled to speak, like he had something in his mouth.
"Oh? Why's that." Buu folded his arms.
"Because… I'D RUN RIGHT THROUGH YOU!!!" The downed saiyan started to glow and crackle as he jumped back into his ascended saiyan state. The power enveloped him and taking off like a sprinter, he rammed his whole body into the majin, tearing through him, destroying his torso completely. Unfortunatly, Buu's arms and head survived. Broly desperately started to throw ki at anything pink.
Finishing his attack off, the saiyan looked down at his handy work. Now he was certain that nothing was left of the threat except for a few pieces of charcoal and pink smoke rising from the remains. He turned away from the carnage, content that he had finally beaten this creature. The year he had spent in the time chamber had not been a waste.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Broly turned around and to his horror, saw Buu. The smoke was still forming pieces of him, but the head, torso, legs and most of his arm were completed.
"H-how!?" Broly asked in despair. "I completely destroyed every piece of you."
"What can I say? Between you and Gohan, I've had a lot of practice in immortality. Though he actually figured out what to do and what not to do way quicker than you. If it wasn't for a stroke of luck on my part, he would have destroyed me for good. You on the other hand? Well, you just kept coming at me like the dumb brute that you are. No strategy, just punching and tearing and the occasional ki blast. Even your strongest attack didn't have the scope to consume me."
Broly looked down in defeat. Buu was right. He kept attacking and hoping that his attacks would kill him. He hoped that the raw power of his ascended state would be enough, but it wasn't.
"Now let me ask you the same thing. All those Ki blasts should have laid you out. They did lay you out. How come you're perfectly fine all of a sudden?"
Broly didn't answer, but he didn't need to. Buu smacked his forehead. "Oh wait, let me guess. Senzu beans right? I saw you give some to Goten. Looks like you kept at least one for yourself, am I right?"
Once again, Broly stayed silent. Buu took the lack of denial for a yes.
"I've gotta admit, you had me worried. With how durable you are, I thought you might also have some kind of healing factor. But now I know it was just you cheating." Buu wagged a finger to shame Broly. "Pretty sneaky of you. Now I can't be sure that you don't have another bean on you, so I don't think I'll be taking any more chances. Kaioken times 100!"
The surge in power finally snapped Broly out of his stupor. He looked at Buu with defiance and dropped to his stance. "Do your worst."
"Oh, I intend to." Buu said with a sadistic chuckle. But rather than charge at Broly the pink blob soared into the sky to where a normal person could just make him out. He raised his hands high in the air and Broly expected another barrage of Ki blasts. Instead, Buu was preparing something else entirely.
Particles of energy were pouring into Buu, the harvest for his final attack. The majin felt the power within him, then forced it out, taking the shape of a human sized ball. Buu looked disappointed. "Hmm… This energy is coming in too slow." He stated. "Maybe if I jumpstart it with my own energy…" He pumped a good chunk of his own power into the spirit bomb and it doubled in size.
"Ahall right! Let's do that again!" While Buu sent in his ki, it mingled with the natural energy of the planet, overpowering and corrupting it. The normally bright blue ball was now a sickly purple, but Buu kept pouring his energy in while collecting from the earth.
Whether the spirit bomb was blue or purple mattered little to Broly. All he was worried about was the size of it. It had grown to the size of a small building and was getting bigger. He knew he would never survive being hit with something like that. He realized that his only chance would be to somehow redirect the ball and send it back at its sender. It was a slim chance, impossible when you considered the power each of them possessed. But Broly had to try. He started to gather Ki in his hand one final time. Compressing each layer as much as possible before adding the next one, Broly was hoping that a denser attack would have more chance of pushing the bomb back.
Up in the sky, Buu was looking very pleased with his spirit bomb. Holding it aloft, he couldn't resist giving Broly one final taunt.
"DON'T WORRY BROLY! I'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE GREAT CARE OF CHICHI AND GOTEN ONCE YOUR GONE!"
He was about to send the ball to its target when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wrists. Ignoring it, he tried to throw the corrupted bomb anyway, but his arms wouldn't listen to him. He looked up at them to figure out what was wrong, but as soon as he did, he felt that same sharp pain in his chest. He looked down his eyes bulged when he saw the tip of a sword jutting out of his sternum.
"Mind if I cut in?"
"AH!" The female voice made Buu shout in surprise, but before he could turn his head to verify its owner, his hands fell away, being cut cleanly at the wrists. Some of the energy in the spirit bomb dispersed, the rest detonated, propelling both the majin and his attacker forward and down.
The swordswoman flipped up over the top of Buu, brought her sword over her head and flung the wad of bubblegum off of it like a catapult, sending him right for Broly.
"FIRE YOUR ATTACK NOW BIG GUY!" The girl commanded.
Broly was so stunned by this sudden appearance that he almost didn't follow her orders. Luckily, he sent the blast at the last minute, colliding with Buu and taking him once more for a ride into the stratosphere.
With Buu temporarily out of the way, Broly approached the blue apparition floating above him. She was staring up in the direction that Buu was currently blowing up in, so all he could see of her was her big, orange, cloudlike hair.
"Z-Zangya?" He stuttered out. "Is… Is that really you?"
The Hera looked over her shoulder and smiled. Then she flipped her curly orange hair and turned to look her friend in the eye.
"Do you know anyone else with locks this luscious?"
End chapter.
A/N: So, I might have had a little too much fun with the fight in this one. For one, I thought that a fight between these two would probably last a while. Broly is incredibly durable in the movies, both DBZ and DBS, and even in my story, he tanks a special beam cannon from Gohan. Then there's Buu who is virtually indestructible. It was already shaping up to be a fun match up.
Then I kept thinking of different techniques Buu would have gotten from Goku and how Broly would overcome them. It was like "Oh, the instant Kamehameha was cool." Or, "Hey, what about the 'crazy monkey' style he used against Jackie Chun?" Then "What about that time he fought Tien and imitated the multi arm technique? That one has possibilities for sure." So… yeah. Sorry if it dragged on. Or that it didn't drag on enough. I'm honestly not even that much of a Broly fanboy, but I enjoyed writing this fight. Maybe I should have saved some of the technique showcase for Zangya, but that will have plenty of cool stuff on its own. Because I AM a Zangya fanboy.
Concerning the spirit bomb, I was thinking about Broly's attack sending Buu right into it, or have Zangya push him into it herself, but I didn't do that. I'm not trying to drag the story out, but some other stuff has to happen first and I think that would've been super anticlimactic.