The Three Legendary Saiyans.

Chapter 77: Slay or Save.

Raijin.

Screaming as Broly's huge hand gripped Raijin by his neck; strangling him while threatening to drop him into the flowing rivers of molten lava as the golden sheen from his fur faded back to red, struggling for breath as Raijin swung his leg and striking Broly hard in the side of the head with a sickle kick thus loosening Broly's grip on Raijin's neck; Raijin falling from the hoisted position and firing a point-blank two-handed energy blast directly into Broly's face before flying from the flowing lava and sliding across the black rocky ground.

Struggling to rise back to his feet before a boot struck him in the back thus pinning him down; Raijin stared up at the vividly angry expression on Broly's face, Broly lifting his foot and stamping down on Raijin with such force that the rock broke out from under them; taking the chance to climb out from under Broly's foot; Raijin wrapped his tail around Broly's ankle and swung himself around and countering with a backhand to another one of Broly's scars thus reopening it.

Crying out in rage; Broly roared and bellowed with anger and pain as blood flowed from the reopened scars on his torso, Raijin and Frieza both panting for breath as blood trickled down from their foreheads and blinded Raijin's own right eye while Frieza's left eye had been affected by his leaking blood.

Pleased with his efforts; Raijin steadied himself on his feet though he'd suffered a headwound that left him wobbling on his feet but Broly was quicker to recover from the reopening of his old scars from his past but that pleasure was short-lived as Broly again grabbed him by his neck and close Raijin's windpipe, Raijin gasping for breath as his lips turned blue from asphyxiation until a shimmering figure entered his tunnel-visioned eyes and simple chop at Broly's arm and breaking his grip allowing Raijin to breathe again.

The shimmering figure solidified into a being that Raijin had never seen; dressed in the same attire as Gotenks but bearing a strong resemblance to Goku and Vegeta both, the realisation dawning on Raijin only to induce a great anger of his own.

"Don't worry guys; Gogeta is here to save the day!" Gogeta announced himself via extending his arms out and motioning his head around as if he was in a kabuki play, grinning widely as Broly even in his berserk state hesitated before the emergence of Gogeta.

"Well if I live and breathe! It seems you two really can work together!" Whis chimed with sheer happiness; recognizing the life signatures of both Goku and Vegeta within the new fighter as soon as looking at him.

Frieza glared out from behind his red eyes; staring with deathly intent at the appearance of Gogeta, knowing full well that a combination of Goku and Vegeta would be able to defeat him and thus would need to acquire even greater powers than that he already possessed if he were to overcome a Fused Being.

"You fused with Vegeta again?! If I'd known you'd resort to Fusion then I would have volunteered myself for the Fused Being!" Raijin snapped angrily; ignoring his wounds entirely as he attempted to walk up and get into Gogeta's face but succumbed to his battered and tired body, the golden fur of his own Golden Form fading back to its standard red fur.

"Sorry Raijin, but you had your hands full with Broly, leave the rest to me as I slay this mad beast!" Gogeta announced himself; grinning as he observed the annoyed expression on Raijin's face, considering a notion to mock Raijin for staying behind whereas if he'd fled with Goku then he'd be part of a Fusion instead of Vegeta but swept the thought away as Broly struck him hard with a punch though Gogeta didn't even flinch from the blow.

"Fine; I said I didn't care how you did it but I'm not keen on using Fusion, just win this fight" Raijin spoke with a tone of annoyance; flying off and leaving Broly to Gogeta's hand but couldn't shake the sudden feeling that allowing Broly to be killed here might prove to be a mistake.

Gogeta.

Waiting until Raijin had flown a distance away; Gogeta rolled his eye back to Broly, staring up at the hulking monster of a Saiyan as the beastly man howled in rage before striking Gogeta's face and body with a series of wild punches only for Gogeta to barely react to any one of the blows before slapping a punch away with a simple forearm block and countering with a straight jab and left Broly reeling as his abdominal muscles warped around the jab before being flung backwards.

Growling with disbelief; the pain in his chest from his pectoral scar reopening and Gogeta's punch wrecking his guts to the point of flinging him backwards, Broly roared with anger as his muscles increased in size; springing forwards with impossible speed for his ever-increasing size as Gogeta merely sidestepped the charge leading Broly to charge headlong into a fresh plume of molten lava bursting out from the flowing rivers of magma.

Gogeta glanced up at the skies as the already dark skies turned pitch-black; turning his head as the shape of Eternal Dragon Shenron descended from the black skies to a pair of Frieza Force Soldier's standing at the glowing Dragon Balls, leaving the intervention of whoever they were to Raijin as Gogeta spotted Raijin heading in their direction while Broly hurled a fistful of lava at Gogeta as if it were a baseball.

"Whoa… tossing lava around now? Are you just impervious to heat?" Gogeta remarked as he caught the ball of lava in one hand; teleporting in close via his own use of Instant Transmission and thrusting the lava into the reopening scar causing Broly to howl in pain from the molten rock for the first time.

Allowing himself a satisfying grin at the sight of Broly finally being harmed by the warped environment his own energy had induced; the minds of Goku and Vegeta enjoying the sight of Broly as he broke free from the pillar of lava only to glare at The Fused Saiyan.

Gogeta tensing his entire body as each strand of black hair stood on end as glittering blue flames burst into life around his whole body as his hair turned blue from the very roots to the tip of every strand as Gogeta stood as a Perfect Super Saiyan Blue against Broly who'd drawn on even more of his energies causing his muscles to expand to such a degree that the molten lava once again didn't affect him.

Rushing into the hulking foe; Gogeta struck Broly with a series of invisible punches while avoiding the wide and swift arm-swings from Broly, slipping under one of Broly's wild swings and striking Broly hard in the back of the head with a spinning kick before raising his right hand above his head as a rainbow-gleaming orb manifested in his palm; tossing the orb at Broly as the hulking Saiyan took the orb only for it to vanish in his chest before an internal explosion rocked Broly to his core.

Screaming as gleaming energy spilled out from his body after taking Gogeta's Soul Punisher; roaring out as an endless barrage of green Energy Bullets generated and rained down on the entire area, Gogeta sidestepping the rain of bullets as some of Broly's bullets struck him in the back and in the legs; undeterred by the strikes to his body as Gogeta kept sidestepping the bullets until reaching Broly and punching him hard in the jaw halting the rain of bullets.

Gritting his teeth so tightly that he drew blood; Broly stared as Gogeta fired off a empowered Galick Gun, the purple beam arcing through the black sky before striking Broly, though Broly's green flames formed a shield to defend himself from the beam; the beam fading as Broly's Shield faded as quickly as it came.

"I believe its almost time for the finisher…" Gogeta spoke to himself; his every muscle tensing up as his blue hair flared up before the fibre's shifted to a deeper blue as Gogeta drew on the energy knowing full well that using Perfect Super Saiyan Blue and drawing on as much energy as he was would drastically reduce his fusion time.

Raijin.

Watching the battle as it unfolded; Raijin couldn't help but be impressed as Broly's energy formed a shield against Gogeta's Empowered Galick Gun, judging the sudden defensive move as a hint that Broly was regaining his mind amidst the chaos of his own ragingly wild powers, looking to the site where Shenron had been summoning and spotting some people he didn't recognise at the base of Shenron's Tail.

Spotting the duo of Cheelai and Lemo out of the corner of his eyes; Raijin leapt from the cliff and flew after the duo as the twisting from of Shenron began to emerge from the black clouds summoned along with The Eternal Dragon, looking back to Gogeta and Broly as the two vanished into a supersonic battle that he couldn't even perceive; though annoyed he saw that Broly was immensely powerful and such a power might prove useful if it could be controlled since he'd witnessed Kale wield the same power and retain her mind, deciding that Broly's life was worth saving and flying off towards Shenron.

Cheelai and Lemo.

"And what exactly do you think you're doing?" Raijin spoke; dropping out from the dark skies with his arms crossed, coming to a landing with both feet stepping down on the black rock with a noticeable crunching sound.

"Damn… we're doomed" Lemo stammered as he met Raijin's eyes after turning to see how'd landed behind them; even the image of a tired and beaten Raijin was still enough to instil fear in the aged soldier.

"You are not going to stop me! I'm using these wish orbs to save Broly!" Cheelai bellowed loudly; pulling a simple Laser-Pistol from a holster on her hip and pointing it at Raijin, not knowing that the tallest and strongest of Frieza's Elites had heard her shout of defiance too.

"Actually I was thinking I'd help you" Raijin paused for a brief moment before speaking; cracking a smile as he offered assistance to the pair who're clearly betraying Frieza.

"What? Why?" Cheelai felt stunned by the sudden offer of assistance from one of The Saiyan's who'd been fighting to kill Broly only minutes ago and now had turned around adnd decided to save him instead, questioning Raijin's intentions with a challenging tone of voice.

"There's no time to answer that; make the wish right now before Gogeta kills Broly" Raijin answered with an unwilling intent to reveal his reasons, the truth being that he saw Broly's potential in their battle and had changing his mind about slaying the Saiyan and deciding to save him instead.

"But how?" Cheelai asked again; repeating her question with a tone of urgency when time was of the essence.

"Just tell Shenron what you want to wish for and he'll tell you if your desire is within his powers to grant!" Raijin answered curtly; giving Cheelai a supportive smile upon seeing that she truly valued Broly's life and didn't want to see it snuffed out in this battle.

"Please… take Broly back to the place he calls home!" Cheelai turned back to Shenron and shouted her wish; letting her emotions loose as tears fell from her eyes whilst she spoke her one dearest wish.

"Stop right there!" Spoke a gravelly sounding voice, the trio of Raijin, Cheelai and Lemo all glancing over their shoulders to meet the sight of one of the white-cloaked Elite Soldiers though he was too late to stop Cheelai's wish.

"Oh crap… an Elite! We're so dead" Lemo shuddered with fear; his body visibly quivering in fear when facing such a powerful foe.

Raijin eyed the Elite with interest as Lemo appeared direly fearful of the Elite Soldier while Cheelai remained steadfast in the face of the largest member of Frieza's New Elite Soldiers, The Elite casting off his hood and revealing himself as a large and muscular, blue-skinned man with orange hair and a black bandana.

"And who might you be?" Raijin asked; turning his line of sight back to The Elite, noticing an amused grin on the Elite's square-jawed face.

"Oh forgive my lack of manners; my name is Bojack!" The Elite introduced himself by revealing his name though his tone was not that of exchanging pleasantries, his tone was more along the lines of challenging Raijin to battle even though the Saiyan was severely weakened from battling Broly.

"And I'm Raijin; the last name you'll ever hear!" Raijin remarked with confidence; ignoring the fact that he was injured, drained and had nearly been killed by his previous fight but was also barely hanging on to his Super Saiyan 4 Form, rushing forward and striking Bojack's square jaw with a lightning-fast right hook.

"Ooh… nice fist you here there, try mine for comparison!" Bojack merely grinned as his body seemingly absorbed the blow from Raijin's fist; his eyes flashing yellow as his own right hook struck Raijin hard in the face with absurd speed leaving The Saiyan in a crumpled heap on the ground.

Gogeta.

"Time to finish this fight… sorry but you need to die!" Gogeta announced; having had his fun with Broly but his time limit was drawing close with his use of Super Saiyan Blue as predicted, bringing his hands together for his ultimate attack: The Final Kamehameha.

Broly growled and snarled a series of barely distinct words from within his Shield though Gogeta lowered his hands slightly as he swore he just heard Broly ask for help in those snarling phrases; Broly's bracers cracked and falling off his arms in shards before being reduced to dust be Broly's raging green flames.

"Kame… hame…" Gogeta spoke carefully; his Final Kamehameha Wave charging between his palms with a radiant blueish-white flame billowing out from between his clenched fingers like a ferocious flame within a furnace whilst Broly staggered around unable to maintain his own balance anymore while in his berserk state, Gogeta's stare changing from concentration to pity before roaring one final time, "HA!"

The Final Kamehameha blasting out from Gogeta's hands at great speed while Whis and Bulma both watched as the image of Broly's form was consumed by the blast wave yet no dying scream nor yell of rage came as if the target of the attack had just vanished leaving no trace of himself behind whilst the beam arced through the skies tearing through the darkness with its illuminating blue light.

Broly.

Having been blinded with a sudden white flash and the bright haze of green flames; Broly reopened his eyes to see not the imminent beam-related death at the hands of Gogeta nor the strange Dragon descending from the black skies but the all-too familiar landscape of Vampa, the orange rock and soil beneath his feet, the green-furred Vampa Beasts biting down on and consuming the spider-like Vampa Beetles that also were trying to consumed The Vampa Beasts' blood in their vicious cycle of coexistence, the sight of the one place Broly called home calming him as the green flames vanished as Broly's body gradually shrank down to his normal state though the aches and pains that came from such a transformation remained while his wounds remained.

"I'm… alive" Broly uttered to himself; unable to comprehend how he'd been transported from Earth and that battlefield back to Vampa in an instant, but his thoughts quickly turned to that of Cheelai and Lemo; wondering what became of the only two people he called friends other than The Vampa Beast: Bah, the one who had bequeathed him the green tunic he wore, muttering a silent hope that they were safe in all that chaos.

Cheelai and Lemo.

"What happened? Did the wish work?" Cheelai stared in silence as The Final Kamehameha tore through the dark skies induced by the volcanic eruptions and the summoning of Shenron; her eyes appearing misty as she was mentally unprepared for Broly to have died and dearly hoped that they'd succeeded in their plan to save him.

"I have no idea… ask the Saiyan" Lemo stuttered as he spoke; turning to look over his shoulder and watching as Raijin had leapt back onto his feet and attacked Bojack again, a myriad of fists flying and striking Bojack's jaw and body.

"Yeah; it worked" Raijin spoke; his enhanced senses through Super Saiyan 4 having allowed him to hear Broly's cries vanish nanoseconds before The Final Kamehameha could destroy him, jumping backwards on the heels of his feet after striking Bojack with a second flurry of punches and hooks to the jaw as each punch apparently doing little to Bojack's muscle-bound body though the man himself just stood with a broad grin at the lack of damage to his body.

"You'd better find yourself a ship… Frieza will want your heads if he finds you" Raijin stated; panting for breath after having to face Broly and then defend the pair from Bojack's appearance.

"Right, I know enough to not question you Saiyans… come on Cheelai" Lemo answered while abruptly cutting off Cheelai; grabbing her by the wrist and running with her in tow towards a Shuttle to make their escape from Earth.

"What makes you think I'm going to allow you to escape?" Bojack shouted after the pair of deserters; bored of Raijin's punch volley's and attempting to run after the pair of lowly deserters only to be cut off by Raijin glaring at him through one eye as the other was closed from blood trickling down into his eye.

"Simple…. ME!" Raijin roared with the last of his energy; the red fur shifting back to gold exclusively on his right arm as he struck Bojack back in his squared-jawline and sending the Elite falling backwards into the hard, black rock but noticed that Bojack shoot a grin at him as he fell.

Raijin grinned by he finally laid Bojack out on the ground after all his punches; looking over his shoulder as a Shuttle lifted off and shot out into the skies thus breaking through Earth's atmosphere, allowing himself to smile as Cheelai and Lemo would find somewhere safe to lay low.

"SPEAK YOUR SECOND WISH!" Shenron's booming voice bellowed down upon the solitary Raijin, surprising the Saiyan by reminding the mortal of his presence.

"Oh yeah; I'd forgotten about that, Shenron, I wish for you to reverse this lava pit back into The Ice Continent therefore halting the ecological disaster caused by this battle, then you can leave" Raijin spoke to himself; struggling back to his feet as the red fur covering his body finally vanished as the last of his energy had been used in his final punch, looking up to meet Shenron's gaze and speaking a logical wish.

"YOUR WISH IS A WISE ONE, IT SHALL BE GRANTED" Shenron's red eyes glowed with a more pleasant light than that Raijin had ever seen; watching as Shenron granted the wish before vanishing into the black clouds while the lava's flow reversed at incredible speed, the black scorched rock returning into a frozen tundra as the lava vanished back into the depths of the Earth.

"Nice to see your mind is growing along with your strength" Spoke the voice of Whis; The Angel seemingly appearing from out of nowhere behind of Raijin with an approving look in his eyes.

"I have my wife and son to thank for that" Raijin muttered before slumping down to his knees out of exhaustion, allowing himself to let his guard down as Bojack had vanished entirely while The Seven Dragon Balls rose up into the sky and scattered once more.

Whis gave a smirk to Raijin as he collapsed; giving a wave of his Staff and a light-green glitter fell over Raijin's body thus healing his more serious injuries

"Thanks Whis…" Raijin spoke gently; feeling the burnt skin, cracked bones and torn muscles knit themselves back together and be soothed by Whis' healing light.

"You're more important than you know" Whis thought to himself as he watched Raijin; having had a vision in the orb floating atop his Staff in which he'd seen something that even an Angel such as himself thought to be impossible.

Frieza.

Watching as The Dragon Balls scattered across the skies; the black rock under his feet instantly changing back to a cold sheet of ice, Frieza scowled as not only had a pair of deserters stolen his Dragon Balls but his desired wish had been robbed from him yet again; catching sight of Raijin and Whis whilst Frieza raised his right index finger and pointing directly at Raijin's head with the intent to kill him where he lay.

"Nope; you're not killing anybody else today Frieza" Spoke Gogeta's voice; The Fused Being teleporting directly in front of the tyrant and halting Frieza's attempted murder of Raijin, making sure to stop the attack by grabbing Frieza's right hand in his own left hand.

Frieza glared up at Gogeta; pulling his hand free from The Fused Being's grip, "Very well then; Raijin can have an extension on his life for now… though the next time we cross paths; he nor either of you will be so lucky"

"Oh really? Well I look forward to the day I drive that face of yours into the dirt" Gogeta remarked smugly while Frieza retreated back to his Ship; His Elite's following after their Lord along with Bojack.

Gogeta and Raijin.

Watching as Frieza's Spaceship flew off and vanished into the clouds and the now-returning blue sky thanks to Raijin's clever use of the second wish; Gogeta floated down from the snow-covered plateau and down to an irritated-looking Raijin and Whis still beaming at the Fused Being.

"So… what? Are you going to hit me?" Gogeta spoke with a playful grin; raising his hands in surrender.

"I'm too tired for that… I'll hit you both when you defuse" Raijin muttered in a barely audible mutter, too tired to put up much of a fight for obvious reasons, watching out of his only open eye as Gogeta vanished leaving only Goku and Vegeta as the Fusion finally timed out.

"Still who was that blue guy you fought?" Goku remarked with a tone indicating how impressed he was with Raijin's grit and fortitude in surviving the battle with Broly until Gogeta could arrive, support the rebelling soldier's in granting their wish and then battling an Elite while so little energy left.

"Called himself Bojack, he's apparently one of Frieza's new Elites" Raijin spoke through panted breaths while Whis, Goku and Vegeta all stared at him with keen interest when he spoke Bojack's name.

"Did you say Bojack? Big blue guy? Takes hits like a tank?" Vegeta repeated; seeming almost scared that such a man now stood at the top within Frieza's Elite Ranks indicated by the sudden bead of sweat running down his brow.

"Yes! You know who he is" Goku exclaimed; actually forgetting about all the time Vegeta spent in Space and amongst the ranks of The Frieza Force after fighting beside him for so many years.

"Yes; I do, Bojack was the leader of an infamous band of Space Pirates; he's renowned for being cruel and challenging anyone he rules as a worthy foe to a death match, cannot fathom why he's joined Frieza" Vegeta hesitated to spoke on his knowledge Bojack; appearing fully aware of the reputation such a man held in the Universe when the man had vanished while Vegeta had been destroying Frieza Force Base's whilst Goku had been on Yardrat so many years ago.

"So… he's dangerous" Raijin muttered; still feeling sore from the punches he'd taken from Bojack himself and realising that Bojack's full powers were not ever utilised against him.

"Extremely, it took all I had just to knock him to the ground" Raijin remarked on Bojack's obscene durability against Raijin's punches even though we was worn out from battling Broly with all of his strength and energy leaving him with almost zero resources to battle Bojack but still knocked him down but felt that might have been deliberate.

Frieza's Spaceship.

"It was most regrettable that we could not make your wish Lord Frieza… I was so looking forward to the spectacle that would result from the wish" Berryblue spoke callously towards Frieza; shooting with him a mocking smile that felt doubly insulting to the tyrant for the wishes being used by not only a pair of traitors but by a Saiyan too, the display of Earth being far in the distance from The Ship's position.

"Silence; we already know that the traitors have fled to Vampa by tracking their ship's course, however I shall deal with them when a method of controlling Broly and his titanic strength comes to light" Frieza spoke from his throne; his hand clutching a glass of wine before the glass suddenly shattered and spilling the wine everywhere out of his sheer frustration at losing a fighter as powerful as Broly.

"Such a warrior would be beneficial to your plan to eradicate The Saiyans once and for all, but wouldn't it be detrimental if Broly were to join The Three?" Kikono suggested the risk that Broly might join The Three Saiyans given the information they held regarding Goku's teleportation abilities to cross Space and Dimensions.

"True… however that is a risk I shall have to take" Frieza muttered under his breath but still audible to Berryblue and Kikono; staring out of the window at the blackness of Space until the sound of the doors opening directed his attention elsewhere.

"Hmm? Lord Frieza… it appears we have a guest from that Metallic Star we've been chasing" A Soldier announced; giving a firm salute and hoping that Frieza might not kill him where he stood.

"Such audacity this guest is displaying! I am in no mood to entertain right now" Frieza snapped at the random soldier; staring with an intent to slaughter the soldier until the soldier nervously spoke again demonstrating a great bravery to speak up when facing certain death.

"Our guest is directly in front of your ship" The Soldier spoke with his bravery; earning him the sparing of his life as Frieza merely flicked his hand and ushered him to leave the chamber alive.

"Oh? This is an unexpected development… I never expected The Envoy to be him" Frieza spoke as he floated up out of his throne and onto his feet as The Envoy approached The Ship, a coy grin spreading across his black lips as he recognised the form represented by the metallic being standing in plain sight in the blackness of Space.

As the metallic-bodied Envoy approached the reinforced window that viewed the vastness of Space; the figure passed through as if the glass wasn't even present, the being's feet touching the floor with a metallic chink; his red scanner-patterned irises gazing at Frieza as Frieza too gazed back with an expression of fascination with the envoy who'd come while Berryblue stared in abject horror of the figure's true identity.

The Envoy standing still as a statue before extending its metallic hand into Frieza's own hand and speaking in a synthesised voice that strongly resembled the person The Envoy presented himself to truly be, "Good to see you alive again… Younger Brother".

Author's Note: Now that Broly's Story has finally be written after an overly long hiatus, I shall be going through one more short storyline inspired by Xenoverse before making a start on The Final War that will bring a close to Raijin's story.