In the southern corner of the Northern Galaxy, on the planet called Shamo, nature itself was roaring as country-sized hurricanes & tornadoes raged everywhere.
Earthquakes of all variants shook the entire planet and its inhabitants cried in dismay as their entire world was slowly being decimated.
The cause of this apocalyptic catastrophe?
"Ahahahahaha!" Meru felt like he was on a high as he activated Kaio-ken times two, thankful for his spirit control training under Pybara as his body wasn't destroying itself like it did in the past.
Looking at Broly with a manic grin, he felt his excitement growing as Broly's build doubled in size from sheer muscle mass while his ki rose tremendously to match his own.
"Come on, Broly! Let's see what you got!"
"I…WILL DESTROY YOU!" Broly roared as he launched himself forward, Meru grinning as he readied himself right before the two behemoths slammed arms first into each other.
Instantly, everything around them was erased for miles, the mountains being destroyed by the colossal ki clash between them while trees were uprooted & sent blasting through the air.
Meru on the other hand was ecstatic as he pushed against the giant in front of him, Broly's face fixed with burning wrath as he pushed against Meru's arms.
The next moment, Meru abruptly stopped pushing while dropping low, Broly pushing too far & stumbling forward right into a heavy kick that sent him rocketing backwards.
Meru quickly teleported behind the Saiyan & slammed him into the ground with a hammer fist, grabbing Broly by the legs before swinging him around rapidly & tossing him high into the sky.
'Keep going. Hit fast & don't stop.' Meru thought to himself as he vanished once more & appeared in front of Broly, pulling both legs back & teleporting away as Broly tried to grab him before slamming a heavy double-stomp into the Saiyan's back.
Not letting up, a violet glow covered all of Meru's fingers before he unleashed a bombardment of Death Beams down onto the Saiyan's form as he crashed into the ground.
The sky was tinted a deep violet as explosion after explosion rippled through the air, Meru not letting up until he was pretty sure the giant was at least somewhat injured by that.
However, as the dust began to settle and Meru felt the Saiyan's ki rising, his eyes widened as he saw nearly no damage on Broly's body, the only injury being a light blue bruise on the man's back from where he had stomped his back.
'What the hell?' Meru thought in shock as he teleported away, reappearing in the middle of a crowd of small green aliens dressed in ragged robes & running around like headless chickens.
The next moment, he was gone & next to Broly with his leg raised high, Broly spinning to face him just as he brought his leg down with a growl & sent the Saiyan flying towards the ground.
However, he teleported away this time and appeared below the Saiyan's falling form, rushing upwards & slamming a knee directly into the Saiyan's jaw.
Grinning victoriously as a loud snap echoed in the sky, Meru leapt away only to blink as he felt pain in his leg, looking down to see the entirety of his right leg gone from below the knee.
Looking back at Broly, he only watched as the Saiyan slowly turned to look at him with a manic grin while biting down on the leg in between his teeth.
Watching as Broly spat out the leg, the Saiyan gave a menacing chuckle as he stood upright, Meru frowning as he regenerated his leg while the Saiyan cocked his head to the side.
"That was delicious." Broly growled as he slowly floated towards Meru, whose frown turned into a smirk as he did the same while raising his power more.
"Oh, is that so? Then, here's one more!"Meru exclaimed as he slammed a fist into Broly's jaw, the Saiyan simply exploding with laughter as his head turned with the blow.
"That...was nothing!" The Saiyan shouted back as he raised a hand & slammed a fist down on Meru's head, but Broly was a bit surprised & amused as Meru simply chuckled while slowly looking up with a chunk of his skull missing.
"Was that all? I've felt toddlers that can hit harder!" He exclaimed as his head regenerated while slamming another punch into Broly's chest, the Saiyan grinning as he felt a flash of pain.
Meru quickly took advantage of that and slammed another punch into the Saiyan's chest, grinning as Broly gave a soft grunt while glaring at him before half of his vision turned black as the Saiyan erased half of his head with one fist.
However, the injury quickly regenerated & Meru grinned as he reached forward to grab the Saiyan by the head with both hands, pulling his head back before slamming their heads against each other.
"Urgh!" Broly grunted as he stumbled backwards, surprised to feel another flash of pain before looking up as a radiant blue light flashed on the corner of his vision.
"Big Bang ATTACK!" Meru exclaimed as a blue sun condensed in front of his open palm before carving through the sky like a flaming blue meteor, Broly gritting his teeth as he reached out & caught the orb.
"RAAAHHH!" With a roar, emerald-green ki exploded from Broly's hand & connected with the attack in his hand, the Saiyan obscured by a monstrous explosion moments later while Meru grinned as he charged forward.
Ignoring the flames licking at his skin, the clone was high from the adrenaline rushing through his veins as he crashed into the floating Saiyan, both of them invisible to the naked eye as Meru sent both of them slamming deep into the earth below them.
"HAAAAA!" Broly roared as he sent out ki in all directions, Meru's eyes widening as the ki slammed into him like a freight train before completely sending him blasting back out of the ground.
Ragdolling through the air, Meru grit his teeth as he flipped around whist glaring at Broly, watching as the Saiyan was obscured by a massive sphere of green ki all around him.
Matching him, a reddish-violet ki sphere surrounded Meru as he unleashed the full brunt of his power, the planet itself shaking & magma erupting from the earth as the two energies clashed.
"You will die like the vermin you are!" Broly shouted as he increased his energy even more, Meru gritting his teeth as he felt the ki trying to destroy his before growling as he glared at the Saiyan.
"I am a Saiyan Elite and you will BOW TO YOUR BETTERS!" Meru didn't even hear how familiar his words sounded as his ki rose to match that of Broly's, the two fighters glaring at each other before Broly bent over slightly & pulled an arm back while Meru spread his arms wide.
Dense yellow & blue lightning rippled from Meru's body as a golden aura surrounded the entirety of his body, the clone putting his hands together at the wrist while pointing his palms at Broly as a compact sphere of brilliant green ki appeared in his hand.
"Final…"
"Omega…"
"KAMEHAMEHA!" / "BLASTER!" Meru & Broly roared respectively as Meru unleashed a monstrous beam of golden & azure energy while Broly sent the small sphere of energy flying, a pulse of ki radiating from it as it quickly expanded to match the clone's attack in size.
As soon as the two attacks met, the planet's crust was completely eradicated as nothing but bubbling lava was left under them, both Meru & Broly grinning as they continued to fuel their attacks.
"You're strong, Saiyan, but you are not match for a perfect BEING!" Meru exclaimed as he thrusted his arms forward while sending more ki into it, the Final Kamehamehaexpanding to twice its size as it slowly crawled closer to Broly.
"Ahahahaha! Struggle all you want, insect, but your demise is nearing and it will be…BY MY HANDS!" The Saiyan roared as he pulled his other arm back before Meru's eyes widened as he watched Broly throw another Omega Blaster through the air, the sky rippling as the two orbs fused into one before gritting his teeth as the force behind the attack nearly sent him rocketing through the air.
However, as he was nearing his victory, Broly eyes widened as pain exploded in his back, looking behind him to glare at its source only for his eyes to widen as an exact copy of Meru waved at him with an amused smirk.
"You might want to focus on your battle." Em spoke while pointing at something behind him, the Saiyan quickly spinning back to his foe only to frown as he watched his attack curving through the empty space where Meru previously was.
"Ka…Me…" Meru chanted as he appeared crouched besides Broly, the Saiyan reaching out to grab his opponent only to glare at Em as the clone appeared in front of Meru & kicked his arm away.
Taking advantage of the Saiyan's open guard, Broly grunted as Em's tail came around & smacked him in the face, the clone quickly disappearing & appearing behind Broly with his hands raised high.
"Bombardment." Em spoke with a smile as ki condensed around his hands right before he smacked them into the Saiyan's head, who only had a moment to glare at his foe before a condensed blast of ki sent him blasting down to the ground.
"Ha…Me…" Meru continued to chant as a scarlet aura surrounded his body, the same scarlet aura exploding off of Em as a jagged saucer of ki appeared above his outstretched hand.
"HAAA!" The next moment, Broly looked up just as the two fighters disappeared, his vision dyed blue as a colossal Kamehameha slammed into his head while he felt nothing but a chilling cold from below his waist.
Not done with their attack, both Meru & Em sent out a barrage of condensed ki lasers into the Saiyan's skull, not letting up until his skull was nothing but a bloody mush.
However, Em & Meru were both surprised as the Saiyan's wounds were already closing up while he glared at the duo, Em quickly leaning out of the way & rushing back to the ground while Meru teleported & reappeared next to his fellow clone as the Saiyan tried to grab them both.
"What the hell did you do?"
"I'll tell you later. For now, we need to get rid of him." Meru spoke with a frown and Em looked at his fellow clone with a frown before letting out a frustrated sigh as energy exploded off of him.
Matching Meru's output, Em took a deep breath as he cracked his neck, Meru simply rolling his shoulders before the two vanished & appeared on both sides of Broly before he could finish regenerating.
The Saiyan completely ignored Em as he turned towards Meru & captured him in a tight bear hug, the clone gritting his teeth & straining to break free while Em frowned as he unleashed a barrage of precise beams into the Saiyan's back.
Yet, despite the attack, Broly didn't even exclaim in pain as he gave Meru a bloody grin before Em's eyes widened as the two rocketed up high into the sky.
'…He's going to blow himself up, isn't he?' Em thought with a frown as he watched the two fighters flying higher & higher before being surprised as Broly blasted right past the atmosphere & into space itself.
"Wait. Meru! Core to your head now!"
"Kinda busy trying to make sure I don't get squashed! Also, how the fuck is this motherfucker surviving in space?!"
"Just shift your core to your head & focus as much ki around it as you possibly can!" Em shouted through their telepathic link as he readied himself, frustrated at hearing Meru's groan before he felt his fellow clone's ki rushing to his head.
'Gods, I hope this works.' Em thought to himself as he disappeared and reappeared next to Broly & Meru, who turned to glare at him before his fellow clone blinked in surprised as he felt a sharp blade cut through his neck.
"Regenerate! Now!" Em shouted as he let their corpses fall back to the planet, Meru already busy with regenerating while Broly roared as his head rolled around inside the ki cage that Em locked him in.
"How the fuck is he still alive?" Meru asked as soon as his upper body was back, to which Meru frowned while shaking his head as he turned Broly towards him.
"This will not stop me! I will break free and I will tear you all limb from limb like the insects you are!" Broly roared as he rolled around, Em frowning as he looked at the head before Meru blinked as his fellow clone turned his glare towards him.
"Why is he this enraged And where's Paragus?"
"Well, there was a slight problem…"
"Meru, tell me Paragus is still alive." Em spoke, waiting as Meru looked at him before gritting his teeth as his fellow clone sighed & shook his head.
"You had one job. Just one: Go to the planet and talk to them. That's it."
"Well, it was kind of hard to do that when they were both cautious of everything and my hospitality kind of dissipated when I got threatened with death the moment I landed."
"Of course, it did. However, that is most definitely not enough to enrage us to the point of killing someone that hasn't attacked us, so what actually happened?" Em asked before frowning as he watched Meru looking away with a glare.
"Oi, you might not want to say, but remember that Prime is just a telepathic call away so unless you want to explain to him & risk getting absorbed again, I'd just get it over & done with."
"Why the hell do you even want to know? It's not going to happen again so would you get off of my back, okay?!"
"No! I want to know, because I have another Broly & Paragus waiting on my ship and I don't want you to meet them only to try & kill them moments later."
"It's not going to happen, okay?! Just because I take the personality traits of Vegeta doesn't mean that I'm going to fight every fucking strong person I meet! Also, who the fuck died & put you in charge? You are a clone, just as I am so we're equal."
"Considering I had to help you finish your fucking mission, I'd say I'm a bit higher."
"Fuck off! I had it under control!" Meru growled as his energy rose and Em's eyes widened as he saw a flash of black markings on his fellow clone's forehead.
'Wait, is…is that…?'
"Meru, this is going to sound worse than it is, but I need you to calm down before you destroy something."
"Oh, there you go again! Thinking you know better just because you have some of Frieza's mannerisms. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were actually the fucker himself instead of just a clone. Maybe you took over Em's body & are now trying to make me drop my guard, huh?" Meru spoke with a frown as his light violet aura began to darken, Em cursing as he watched the black Majin crest appear on Meru's forehead.
'It is him! Fuck, I thought Prime killed him!'
"Meru, listen! There's a Majin crest on your forehead so you need to calm down and get a hold of yourself unless you want to become Babidi's slave!" Em shouted as he compressed the ki ball in his grasp & completely erased Broly's head, frowning as he watched Meru blinking before his fellow clone created a ki clone next to him.
"Wait, there is? Where the hell is the bastard then?"
"I don't know, but if we're going to find him, we need to work together."
"Maybe I don't want to. Maybe I like it." Meru spoke with a frown as he reached up to his forehead, Em gritting his teeth as he watched Meru's frown turn into a smirk.
"Meru, please. We need to work together here."
"No, YOU want to work together. I am more than enough on my own. Besides, this feels incredible."
'Oh god, it's Goku & Majin Vegeta all over again.'
"Do you want me to put you down, bastard? Do not test my patience and let's look for Babidi."
"Try it. Let's see how far you go before I kill you." Meru spoke with a lopsided grin as his ki made the space around them tremble, Em sighing before a reddish-violet aura surrounded him as he rolled his neck.
"Apologies, Prime, but it appears I have to correct this idiot in his manners." Em whispered to himself as his aura exploded off of him, both fighters not wasting any time as Meru cupped his hands by his side while Em raised his index finger.
"Galick Gun!" / "Death Beam!"
A/N: And we are off to a new fight! Why the hell did Meru act like that and how did he get the Majin Mark? Also, is Prime finally in the Demon Realm or not?
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