Hey guys, sorry for the long wait struggling with mixing college and my job right now.
Good news thow I made new art.
Go to RaosFanfics on Deviantart and you will see Trunks in his current outfit for final arc.
I am also planning on making art for Lapis, Lazuli, Zangya, Iolite, Shorz, Joyaku, and even Lapiks as well, hope you look forward to it.
Warriors of Old
Trunks had a smile but on the inside, he was a bit nervous as he introduced his son and daughter to Gohan.
They may have had time to come to terms with what happened in this timeline, but they didn't know about them being a couple, as the last time he was here he had managed to form a friendship with them.
This is another level.
And looking at his daughter, he knew she'd go through a rough time to, after what happened ten years ago.
Iolite looked a bit uncomfortable, she glanced down at her younger brother and patted his head to ease him. He was never good at meeting new people, but it was harder for her after the last time she saw their faces.
They weren't the same she knew that, and then there's the fact that her mother was indirectly responsible for what happened. Not that it was her fault.
She didn't look ahead but she heard footsteps.
"So you're Iolite, it's nice to meet you," Gohan said in a friendly voice.
Iolite was surprised by the warmth in his tone and turned her head to see him.
Gohan had a very nice smile and rose his hand. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Gohan, wow, it's hard to believe that he has a kid your age now."
She remembered Baby, but seeing the actual man himself being so friendly made her ease up a bit as she rose a hand to shake Gohan's hand. "Hi, it's nice to meet you." She said trying to give a friendly smile. "My dad told me a lot about you, he said that you taught him everything you know."
Gohan chuckled. "Years ago I did, but I'm sure by now he can teach me a few tricks." He said to her smiling before looking down at the boy hiding behind his big sister's leg.
"Hey buddy" Gohan said smiling. "Shy? I was to when I was a kid, I'm sure your stronger than I was huh?"
The boy was finally letting go of her sister and smiled up at him.
"Hi, I'm Shorz." He said to him before shaking his hand.
Trunks inwardly sighed watching his kids get along with Gohan so far.
Bulma tapped his shoulder forcing him to look at her. "Relax, don't be so worried, I told you they'd love your kids."
The half Saiyan smiled back at her, she was right, they have had the time to understand what happened and welcomed the new members of their family with open arms.
"Hiya, name's Goku." Goku introduced himself to the kids. "Wow, I can see a bit of Bulma when I first met her in you Iolite." He said with a smile, which she seemed to be happy to hear.
Iolite struggled at first, she remembered the Baby possessed Goku. But something about meeting the real Goku eased her, she doesn't feel a hint of malice.
"Grandma and dad told me about you to." She said to Goku. "I heard all about your battle against Piccolo, my grandfather and against Frieza."
Goku chuckled while scratching the back of his head. "You're impressive too, you know we watched your battle against 13, you did really great and held your own." He complimented before looking down at Shorz. "And I saw your fusion with your cousin, Shoryaku was really something."
Shorz was ecstatic about being complemented by his father's master and the Earth's greatest hero at the same time.
Iolite made a frown for a few moments. Great? She was barely able to keep him away from her brother and cousin. Calling that 'great' is extremely generous, but she kept a smile not wanting to be rude to the old heroes of Earth.
"Ya know I can see a bit of Vegeta in both of you." Goku said smiling at the brother and sister. "Hey, how about we go meet Vegeta, I'm sure he'd love to meet his grandkids." He turned to Bulma and Trunks with a smile.
Iolite's eyes widened, Vegeta, her grandfather Vegeta. Would he even want to meet her and Shorz?
Trunks already considered that, he was a little nervous of them meeting like he was with Gohan but he's sure that he would be happy to know his bloodline continued.
"Goku, Vegeta" Bulma hesitated. "Would he really want to?" She wasn't sure as she remembered the remark he made about Trunks when he was a baby.
"Come on Bulma, I know Vegeta was harsh till the end, but he's really changed, he really softened up when Trunks visited him." Goku pointed out. "I'm sure he'd be happy to see you to Bulma." He said smiling.
Trunks chuckled when he thought of his father 'softening up', he doesn't have a heart of stone but he was anything but soft. Still, it'd be good to see his father and he would love to introduced his kids to him. He looked over at his son and daughter.
"You guys wanna meet your grandfather?" He said with a smile.
The two kids looked at each other, Shorz looked a bit nervous but Iolite smiled a bit to ensure that it will be fun.
"Yeah, we'd like to see him." Iolite confirmed.
Goku chuckled hearing that before gathering his son, the kids, Trunks and Bulma, they vanished to the one place Vegeta was.
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Hyperbolic Time Chamber
In the short time it takes Goku to use instant transmission, this dimension where time goes 365 times faster than the outside world, two warriors were training.
Lazuli slammed a kick against Zangya's stomach before she slammed another kick across her face, she then slammed back hand against her side sending her body spinning.
Zangya caught herself mid-air while holding on to her side, she had blood all over her, she spat blood out.
The Cyborg can see that she was on her last legs.
"You should take a break, you already gone past your limit today." She instructed.
The Hera didn't respond she only made a mental note of what she felt just moments ago.
During their training she had gotten stronger and stronger, keeping up with Lazuli, but she only had gotten a bit stronger than her without her Kaioken. An easy solution would be to utilize her Psycho Poison, not only was it extremely useful on Androids with infinite energy but it was the perfect weapon against it.
But Lazuli has always been able to evade it, and not to mention the technique costs a large amount of energy. So if she missed, it would make her weaker without rest, she needed to figure out to do something Zazuli did, using it for up close combat instead of just trying to hit her opponent.
It was near impossible to do, the reason Zazuli had been able to do it was because she had infinite energy, and using Psycho Energy across her body was effortless. For Zangya alone it, wastes her energy far faster.
But there's an answer
If she was going o do the same thing, she needed something more.
"Keep going." Zangya took her stance.
Lazuli looked at her with a stern expression. "You're done already, I'm surprised that you're still standing."
She looked at her with a smirk.
"Come on, don't tell me you're scared." She said with a scoff. "It won't be long now before I get the upper hand on you."
The Android scoffed. "Seriously? My brother's rubbing off on you, you're being too stubborn." She crossed her arms. "Let me teach you Kaioken then, it will only help you, it might be the only chance you have of keeping up with me."
Zangya smiled at her before looking at her hand, small sparks of purple energy spread from her palm.
"Tempting," She said to her before opening and closing her hand. "I thought of attempting it, but I'm not so sure it will mesh with my transcended form." She smirked. "Also, i can feel something, that's going to turn the tide for me, I think it'll be quite the equalizer against your Kaioken."
Lazuli heard this and was mildly intrigued. She had her own answer to Kaioken besides just using Psycho Energy. "Fine, but you should know that I'm going to try to knock you out to get the rest you need."
Zangya closed her fists and took her stance. "That's fine by me. You're not the only one with a family to protect, at the end of this I'll be evening the score with you.
The Android and Hera charged at each other, with Lazuli now trying to knock out the ex pirate.
All the while Zangya could feel something within, it reminded her of the first time she had found her Transcended Hera form when she was young. Whatever this was she was going to find it and use it to stop any threat in her way.
As they sparred a violet ki aura surrounded her, but it would fizzle out again.
With every attempt, she was reaching something new.
XXX
Hell
Goku had brought everyone to what looked like a rocky terrain with blood-stained rocks and spiky metal-looking trees.
Iolite and Shorz looked around never been to such a place.
"This is hell?" Iolite asked looking around. "I expected something scarier."
"Me too." Shorz said looking at the strange area.
"Just stay close." Trunks told them. "I'm sure there's a lot of villains here." He wasn't too worried about Iolite, but Shorz definitely needed to be guarded.
Bulma looked ahead at the man she wanted to see again.
A familiar figure in blue spandex with white and yellow armor, and recognizable spiky black hair.
"Hey Vegeta!" Goku greeted. "You got company!"
The prince overlooking the literal hellscape turned with his usual stern expression.
At the sight of his son, his scowl didn't change. "Son" He then glanced to the woman beside him. "And… Bulma."
The mother of her son stared at him for a moment before stepping forward, she chuckled.
"I remember when you used to just call me 'woman'." Bulma said to him. "Still as much of a grump as you always were I see."
Vegeta said nothing for a few moments before embracing her in a hug much to her shock.
The Saiyan prince closed his eyes. "You did your best, you raised the boy into a fine man."
Bulma started to tear up hearing that, she never heard any words of encouragement from the harsh prince, and hearing this made her return to the embrace with her former lover. She remembered how alone she felt when her friends had died, even more so when Vegeta had fallen.
Trunks was surprised to see his hardened father seem so different from the last time he saw him. He smiled seeing his parents sharing an embrace.
Iolite was even more so, from what she heard, her grandfather was a stubborn and stern man. More so than her parents at the worst of times, now though seeing this was quite the shock.
Once they separated Bulma grabbed his and gestured to her son.
"While you've been away, our son's been busy." She pointed to Trunks and his children.
Vegeta glanced at Iolite and Shorz who seemed intimidated by him. First he focused on his son.
"Trunks" He greeted his son as he rose a hand.
"Father" Trunks shook his fathers hand with a smile. "It's good to see you again."
Vegeta stared at the beard on his face. "Never cared for my father's beard, though I suppose it almost makes you look more like a seasoned warrior."
The half Saiyan chuckled hearing that missing his father's disciplined voice.
Once they were done exchanging pleasantries, Vegeta turned to the young woman and little boy.
"Father" Trunks gestured to them. "These are my children, I-"
Vegeta rose a hand making him stop, he stared at the two, the girl seemed stoic as if she was unsure what to do and the boy was more timid.
"Did your parents not teach you to act on your own?" The prince asked. "Introduce yourselves."
Iolite and Shorz responded right away.
"Hello, sir." Iolite said to him respectfully. "My names Iolite, I'm your granddaughter, it's really nice to meet you." She said politely wanting to do a good first impression.
"H-hi" Shorz tried to smile though he was actually scared of his grandfather. "I-I'm Shorz, your grandson!"
Vegeta stared at the two for a moment before smiling and going to shake the hand of his granddaughter. "Good to see your parents taught you respect." He then looked
Before turning to his grandson. "And you boy, stop being so timid, you have warrior blood in your veins, act like it!"
Shorz stood tall in response before nodding his head.
Vegeta smirked looking at the dual hair colored boy.
He then looked at his son. "You and the Android did well raising them."
Trunks looked a bit surprise, he didn't mention that.
"I'm not blind boy, I can see their mother in them." He looked into Iolite's light blue eyes.
Iolite seemed a bit fearful knowing that her uncle was responsible for his death.
Vegeta then looked at her and scoffed. "It's no problem, just an observation, so stop making that face." He scolded.
The girl was surprise that this stern man had accepted her so readily and smiled.
"Now then." Vegeta crossed his arms. "I've been watching, shouldn't you be preparing for this new threat, I doubt that will be the last time you deal with those androids, I don't know if you can afford time for sappy reunions."
Bulma chuckled hearing him speak like that as if she knew that he actually welcomed the surprise visit.
"I'm waiting for my turn for the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, I thought it'd be good for my children to meet you while we have a day." Trunks said with a smile. "Hope you don't mind father."
The Saiyan prince crossed his arms before giving a simple grunt.
Iolite noted how her father had said, his turn in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. He definitely wanted her out of training.
She looked over to her grandfather for a moment.
From what she heard, her father had sparred with him before she was born. And he wasn't able to surpass him during his time here.
Her father thinks that she wasn't strong enough to help. Maybe this can be her way in.
"Excuse me, grandfather," Iolite said politely.
Vegeta turned to Iolite as did the others.
"Will you spar with me?"
Trunks was surprised hearing that, her daughter may enjoy battle but this was the first thing she wanted to do when she met him?
"What?" Shorz asked confused as to why his sister would want to spar with him, grandfather or not he's one of the scariest men he's met.
"Hang on." Bulma tried to intervene. "Iolite, sweetie, what are you doing, you just met him, why are you looking for a fight."
Iolite turned to her grandmother with a determined face.
"We're only here for a day right? So why not make the most of it." She reasoned before turning to Vegeta who only stared with a scowl. "I'd be honored to spar with you grandfather."
The prince said nothing in response and only stared at her as if analyzing her.
Trunks walked next to Iolite who. "Listen Iolite, my father he has his own training and-"
"Very well."
The half Saiyan was surprised hearing that and turned to his father who hadn't said a word.
"I don't mind bonding with my granddaughter the Saiyan way, especially if she asked for it." Vegeta smirked. "Do you object Trunks?"
Trunks turned to Iolite who only focused on his father, he chuckled. To be honest he should've seen something like this happening.
"Alright, but father try to be careful."
"Don't tell me how to fight Trunks." The prince said as he stared at Iolite. "You ready girl?"
Iolite looked at the prince and scowled at the comment. "Thank you for the opportunity grandfather.
Vegeta smirked seeing her eagerness to battle.
"I'll give you the same challenge I gave your father, land one hit, and you win."
Iolite was annoyed hearing that but restrained herself, she'll have to force a real fight out of him.
Trunks remembered how brutal his father was during that challenge, but seeing his daughter wanting to fight him he knew he had to let it happen.
"Hey Trunks." Gohan put a hand on his shoulder. "How about after they go a roun, we spar too, been years since we trained together."
Trunks was worried for his daughter but he knew that his father wouldn't go too far, hopefully especially with his mother here.
"Yeah, you're right, let's do it."
Grandfather and granddaughter will spar, while master and student as well.
XXX
The Saiyan prince stood across from his granddaughter with his arms crossed.
Iolite looked a bit nervous at Vegeta, she wasn't usually like this, but seeing her grandfather for the first time and just learning how disciplined he was made her a bit timid to her.
"Remember, just land one hit on me and you win," Vegeta stated.
Iolite was annoyed by that rule and already planned to land the first hit the second that fight started. Then they will have a real battle. One that she will win.
"Now stop dawdling" Vegeta demanded. "If we are going to fight, show me the stance of a warrior."
The granddaughter snapped out of it and showed a stoic expression similar to Lazuli, she took a breath before taking on a fighting stance with one fist up in front of her face while the other near her waist.
Vegeta scanned the fighting stance before smirking. "Good, you're already showing me more promise than your father did when he first came here."
Iolite fought not to smirk hearing that she had a better start than her father did.
"Do not get confused." The full-blooded Saiyan demanded as he took his own stance, one hand in front of his face, the other into a fist away from his waist. "Just because you have a better start than he, does not mean you will have greater success."
Iolite nodded as she got ready for battle, if she can win it will prove to her father once and for all that she was ready to fight side by side with her parents, uncle and Aunt.
XXX
As they got ready, Trunks stood tall with his arms at his sides, watching carefully.
Shorz grabbed his pant leg getting his attention. "Um, dad, are you sure this is ok, I mean Veg-grandfather seems really harsh, you sure it's a good idea for them to spar?
Harsh was putting it lightly.
Trunks placed a hand on his son's head. "Your grandfather is a great fighter, fighting him would be great education, when your older, maybe you'll get to fight him to."
Shorz looked frightened by that and turned to Iolite. He always admired how strong his sister was, she was always getting closer and closer to catching up to their parents. She can even fight on par with his mother without Kaioken which is still impressive considering how their base form is still leagues above his own. The only time he felt really strong was as Shoryaku, maybe as him he could fight him. But could he himself fight his grandfather?
He's too scared to even try.
Gohan knelt down next to Shorz with a friendly smile that seemed to ease him. "Relax, your grandfather's a better guy than he might make you think, trust me he's only going to train your sister just like he did your dad when he was here.
Shorz remembered the story of how his father died and trained here in otherworld, it was where he learned the fusion dance.
So he even learned from the prince Vegeta.
"Just watch the fight little guy." Goku said in a gentle tone. "You'll learn something valuable." He promised.
The grandson of Vegeta nodded before watching the battle begin.
XXX
Iolite stared at Vegeta's fighting stance searching for any weak points. She couldn't find any, his form seemed flawless.
They haven't started and already he was living up to his hype.
She closed her eyes and reopened them, her long hair spiked up and blue lightning surrounded her.
"Oh?" Vegeta smirked at the sight. "No nonsense?" He expected her to start in base. "Must have picked that up from your father," Vegeta said as his hair became golden, but his body showed no blue lightning.
Iolite noticed and growled. "Don't go easy on me." She demanded. "I can fight my father with the same form."
The prince vanished before her eyes.
The woman's eyes widened before she screamed.
Vegeta appeared right in front of her with his fist deep into her stomach.
"Your father thought the same for me." Vegeta remembered how he outclassed Trunks's second Super Saiyan stage with a mere Super Saiyan.
Iolite stumbled back from the punch before looking at the smug face of her grandfather.
Immediately she she threw a fist straight for his jaw.
But the prince blocked it with ease before slamming another across her face.
As Iolite's head turned, Vegeta then threw a punch straight into her stomach again, only this time it sent her flying up.
Iolite's eyes widened feeling the weight of that punch, he's out classing her this much at her max?
Vegeta wasn't done and flew up before slamming a kick into her torso.
The prince then pulled back before flying over Iolite's body and slamming an elbow down her back.
Iolite crashed into the ground shaking the entire plane.
The girl pushed herself off the ground fighting off the pain from these strikes, but before she could recover she looked ahead to see that her grandfather wasn't showing any mercy.
Vegeta flew forward with his head out planning to headset her.
But Iolite quickly slammed jumped to side as Vegeta missed entirely.
She looked at the prince wondering what he was going to do next.
The prince turned to her and smirked. "The fact you have my blood in your veins doesn't mean I will hold back, on the contrary." His golden aura spread covering her body. "It will only motivate me to push you even harder.
Iolite rose his arms as the energy pushed him back.
"He's" Iolite thought of the sparring she had with her father. "Stronger than dad's Super Saiyan 2?" She was flabbergasted that her grandfather was this capable in a lesser transformation. Just what kind of training did he do down here?
And how can she learn it for herself?
XXX
Shorz's eyes widened at the sight. He didn't think that a regular Super Saiyan could get this strong, he always thought his father was amazing for having such strong forms but his grandfather, it was like he was on a new level.
Trunks wasn't surprised. He was far stronger than he was sixteen years ago when he fought him, he would never stop his pursuit for power.
No doubt his father's Super Saiyan 2 would outmatch his own, but he wondered if he also has THAT form in his arsenal.
If he does, he'll stop the fight to ensure his grandfather doesn't go overboard.
XXX
Iolite dashed towards Vegeta no longer wanting to be on the defensive.
Vegeta smirked as he stood in place.
She threw a kick aiming for his arm.
But the prince caught it with his left before smashing his fist across her jaw.
He then threw a fist into her abdomen.
The granddaughter coughed as she was struck there and keeled over.
With no mercy Vegeta then slammed a kick across her face.
Iolite was sent skidding across the battleground until she crashed through the gray trees surrounding hell, once she hit it she immediately tried to get up but already she was in danger.
The prince fired multiple yellow energy blasts in her direction.
She aimed her hands forward preparing a pink energy blast, before multiple shots were fired.
Her Infinity Bullet collided with his energy attacks.
Vegeta smirked as he kept firing, he expected her to try to avoid but instead she was willing to challenge his energy. "Not bad, but not enough!" He flew over the last few energy shots he fired her way intending to attack her while she kept firing.
But to his amusement Iolite did the same flying over her own energy as well.
'She has some guts.' Vegeta thought as he smiled happy to see her willing to go head to head with him.
Beneath the two warriors their energy blasts collided exploding beneath them. All the while some pink energy blasts hit the ground.
Iolite threw a punch towards Vegeta's gut.
But the prince caught her arm before throwing his own.
But the girl grabbed with her other hand.
The grandfather and granddaughter got into a statement of strength.
"Tch" Iolite clearly was struggling to his might.
And Vegeta just smirked as he looked at her.
"You're not as hesitant as your father was when I fought him." Vegeta noted. "But you're not using your head as he did!" He yelled as he pulled his head back and slammed it into Iolite's own.
The young woman yelled as she was forced to let go and pulled back.
Vegeta then pulled back his fist and slammed it into her stomach.
He then grabbed her arm and tossed her downward.
She collided into the ground creating a huge crater.
Vegeta crossed his arms as he looked down at her with a frown. 'Was she done already? Bit of disappointed if she was.'
Iolite pushed herself off the ground and raced towards him.
The prince scoffed as he watched her, he was happy she wasn't out, but annoyed that she wasn't trying anything new.
She placed her hands over her forward as she got closer. "Masenko-ha!" She yelled firing a wave of golden energy.
"Gohan's technique, hmph." He backhanded the energy wave deflecting it. Then he raced towards her. "You lasted longer than expected, still I'm dissapointed!" He cocked back an arm in a chop position.
But Iolite smiled and she rose a hand. "Infinity Geysers." She used her original technique, a blend of her mother's Infinity Bullet and her uncles Photon Geyser.
Vegeta stopped and he realized he sensed energy.
Behind him several energy attacks raced towards him from behind.
The prince merely threw his arm back deflecting all her energy attacks.
Once his attention diverted Iolite swung her fist toward his face.
The prince turned and caught in time. "Nice tr-" He stopped as he felt something.
"Royal Blade" Iolite said as he other hand was raised by her waist and unleashed a crimson Vegeta family crest blade into his stomach.
Vegeta stared down at the blade at his stomach, he didn't show a pained expression only annoyance.
Iolite smiled as she pulled back her arm with the energy blade, showing no wound on Vegeta. "Looks like it's my win right?"
The prince said nothing as he saw no blood at his waist and stared at her. "Why didn't that cut me?" Her power level should be strong enough to wound him.
"I dulled it so it wouldn't harm you." Iolite said to him holding up her Royal Blade. "Dad created this move, he said that this was your- our family symbol."
Vegeta looked at the blade, he remembered the first time he saw this technique against that fraud. He smiled at her while crossing his arms. "My father would be proud, your almost worthy of your Saiyan heritage."
"Almost?" Iolite asked as her Royal Blade faded. "But I landed an attack like you wanted."
"And you held back." Vegeta scoffed. "I'm already dead girl, next time if you can cut me then do it, am I understood?"
The young woman was taken aback by his need for her to do her best, but she nodded.
Vegeta can see that though she won, she didn't seem too pleased.
"Great job"
Trunks flew up with a smile and put a hand on her shoulder. "It took me days to land one hit on him, but for you, you did it in your first clash."
Iolite did feel a swell up in her pride hearing that she did a better job than her father even if it was years ago, still she frowned.
Vegeta stared at her granddaughter for a moment before going back to his son.
"Trunks, leave us."
The half Saiyan looked at his father with confusion. "Why?"
"I'd like to speak to her, alone." Vegeta responded.
Trunks wasn't sure what to make of it, but he looked at his daughter who nodded.
The half Saiyan flew back down leaving the two alone.
XXX
Once he landed his mother turned to him.
"What's going on? Isn't it over?" She asked.
Trunks shrugged. "He just said he wanted to talk to her."
Bulma chuckled. "Aww, look at that, who would've thought Vegeta would turn out to be a doting grandfather." She smiled looking up at them.
"Huh, it's the end of the world." Gohan said having known Vegeta for a long time.
"Come on guys, it's not that surprising." Goku said smiling as he looked up. "I beat she's made her grandpa real proud."
Trunks smirked knowing how harsh his father was but knowing that he had to be proud of her. This visit was proving more fruitful than he thought.
XXX
Vegeta was now floating alone with Iolite and he stared at her.
"Now, girl, out with it." The prince said to her. "Why did you challenge me?"
His granddaughter turned to him and crossed his arms.
"I heard stories about you, I just wanted to see how I stack up to you." Iolite said to him.
"I don't doubt that." Vegeta responded. "But you had something else on your mind, you had a different goal to defeat me, why? Surely you had to know that you weren't strong enough to take me at full power?"
The young woman looked away for a moment.
"I"
"Look at me when you speak!" Vegeta scolded.
Iolite immediately turned to her strict grandfather.
"I wanted to defeat you, so I can prove that I'm ready to fight at their side." Iolite finally confessed. "My dad told me how strong you were when he came to you before I was born. My family are planning on leaving me somewhere safe and keep me on the side lines. I thought that if I was strong enough to defeat you, then my family would let me help them stop the past versions of my mother and uncle."
Vegeta crossed his arms hearing that still having the same scowl, but he was still listening.
Iolite seemed to understand that and continued.
"But, I didn't, all I could do was land one lousy hit on you, in a lesser form." Iolite sighed. "So there goes that plan."
The prince scoffed. "Pathetic"
Iolite looked at her grandfather as he gave her a scowl.
"You don't want to be left out of the fight, then you should be proving it to him not me." Vegeta stated. "You should demand to take place in the fight, don't just try to make them ask you, don't be so indirect it's beneath you, Iolite."
She was surprised that he had called her by name.
"He won't listen to me, he'll just-"
"Use your head child!" Vegeta scolded. "I may not have known your father long, but I already know how he thinks. Once he knows that you're too persistent, he will be forced to accept it and have you trained, at the very least you will be given the opportunity if he knows that you are determined to join the fight, he will want you as safe as possible, the best way would be to allow you usage of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber." He explained. "Do you understand now girl?"
Iolite listened to the advice and realized that he may be right. Her parents are protective, but they can also be pragmatic when needed. They did have her use the hyperbolic time chamber ten years ago when Baby arrived, and that was without her asking or wanting to take part in the fight.
Maybe now she can do the same.
She squeezed her fists, she never demanded to be apart of the fight, she only asked her uncle to convince him. Maybe she should be more blunt like her grandfather.
Vegeta put a hand on her shoulder.
"Now that's enough, come, your father and uncle are going to spar next." He stated. "Watch closely, this fight will be much closer than what we had, it will be good to set a goal for your training."
Iolite nodded looking forward to the fight.
XXX
After Vegeta and Iolite rejoined Bulma, the sons of Goku and Vegeta would go into the plane where they sparred.
Trunks stood across from Gohan, and both of them smiled at the other.
"You know it's so strange to see you now Gohan, you've become a full-grown man." He said to him. "Don't be afraid to go all out."
The other half Saiyan smiled. "You've been training to Gohan, I'm sure you still got some tricks you can show me." He replied before eyeing the other area.
The son of Vegeta smiled in responce.
"Alright Gohan." Trunks closed his eyes as his hear spiked up as if it were Super saiyan only keeping the color and white lightning surrounded him. "Show me what you can do."
Gohan nodded before spreading his arms apart and his hair turning golden and his body enveloped in blue lightning.
His student was confused, did he really not find the form beyond this? Perhaps his holding back, either way he was excited to see what Gohan could do.
"Here I come." His master replied before charging forward.
Trunks did the same and clashed their forearms.
The two would spar as they did when Gohan was still alive.
Gohan threw a straight punch for Trunks's face.
Ultimate Trunks caught it before raising a leg aiming for his side.
But the other half Saiyan caught it before throwing a fist across his cheek.
And the son of Vegeta slammed a back hand against Gohan's face.
Trunks then threw multiple punches in Gohan's stomach, before flipping with his fists clasped together and about to slam down Gohan's head.
But the son of Goku caught it with both hands, he then pushed his arms up and kicked up Trunks's chin.
As Trunks was sent upward he tried to stop himself.
But before he could Gohan appeared behind him and slammed an elbow at his back sending Trunks downward.
The half Saiyan landed on the ground on his knee, he looked up to see his master preparing an iconic technique.
Trunks chuckled. "That's Gohan for you, only a Super Saiyan 2 and he can still stand up to my Ultimate Form." He smiled looking up at Gohan. He decided it would be fitting to prepare his own family technique, he pulled his hands back, with one hand over another.
"Kamehameha!" Gohan yelled firing the turtle school technique.
"Galick Gun!" Trunks yelled firing the royal Vegeta family technique.
The two beams collided as they did long ago when Vegeta and Goku had their first legendary battle.
Both waves of energy were at a stalemate though it looked like Trunks's Galick Gun was racing towards Gohan with the Kamehameha being pushed back.
The Son of Goku was forced to fly upwards as Trunks's more powerful Galick gun pushed back his attack.
Trunks let out a breath, he had won the beam struggle, but he still had to put in a good amount of effort. He looked up at Gohan with a smile, looking forward to what's next.
Gohan smiled back, his former pupil had come a long way and now he can use that.
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Iolite watched as her father and his master battle and couldn't help but be captivated. She had thought her father was the strongest Saiyan dead or alive.
But watching Gohan compete with him as a mere Super Saiyan 2 made her rethink that.
"Surprised already?" Vegeta asked. "You have yet to see anything yet."
The prince then looked down at his grandson holding his grandmother's leg. "And you boy."
Bulma glared at the prince. "He has a name y'know."
Shorz looked up at his grandfather.
The prince ignored Bulma's scolding. "Your sister is not the only one with potential, watch and think about wielding this kind of power yourself, it isn't just for her benefit."
He nodded and watched above wondering what was going to happen next.
Iolite watched Gohan's energy started to flare.
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Gohan's golden aura spread as he screamed.
Trunks knew what was coming, he only saw this form once the first time he was here from Goku.
The other half Saiyan's power grew higher and higher.
Gohan's hair grew longer and more wild in spikes.
Once a shining bright golden light shined throughout all of Hell he now appeared in a new form.
Gohan's hair was long in wild spikes, on his face can be seen the scar over his now brow less eyes.
"I'm proud of you for coming this far Trunks, I didn't think I'd have to use this."
"Super Saiyan three, I hoped I would be strong enough to fight this form." Trunks smiled at him. "I hope that I can still measure up Gohan."
The two raced at each other and clashed forearms, creating an impact that shook all of otherworld.
XXX
As the two battled the people below watched.
Bulma looked at Gohan's transformation. "So do Saiyans just get longer and longer hair with every form?" She asked Goku.
"Hehe, looks like it." The simple minded Saiyan said watching his and Vegeta's son battle.
Iolite was stunned looking at the long golden hair. This was it the form her father described to her. The third transformation, the amount of power is abysmal, it would've slaughtered 13, and would've beaten the past versions of his mother and uncle before they fused.
Can someone like her obtain this for herself?
Shorz was just as enamored and looked up at his grandfather. "So um, grandfather, how come dad never used this form instead of finding his Ultimate form?"
Vegeta kept his eyes on the fight.
"Kakarot showed him the form not long before he was revived, but he was warned that the amount of power would be more costly for a living person than one of the dead." Vegeta stated. "I'm sure he can take the form for himself, but his current form doesn't waste energy, Super Saiyan three is almost not worth it if your alive, I'm sure your father would have been better off with the form he has than what he would have gotten in this form."
Iolite kept watching the battle but walked next to her grandfather.
"What if we had time to learn to minimize the cost like we do for regular Super Saiyan?" She asked referring to the hyperbolic time chamber.
Vegeta can see where she was going with this.
"Your strong, but I doubt you have the skill needed to reach it." Her grandfather told her.
Iolite stood her ground not wanting to back down after their last conversation.
"Teach me the steps." She demanded. "And let me see if I can prove you and my father wrong."
The prince looked to her and smirked. "Very well, but don't cry back to me if you can't."
Iolite smirked in a similar way that he would and looked up at the battle between her father and Gohan.
She kept her eyes on Gohan in his Super Saiyan three form.
Now she had a new goal, just a year, maybe two she'll earn this form, and prove to her family that she was ready.
She will join the fight to stop her mother and uncle's counterparts.
No longer will she need to be protected.
She squeezed her fists with anticipation.
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Dr. Gero's Timeline
On the planet closest to the Juno system five individuals were on the planet.
They were facing something unexpected.
"Who are you worm?" A teal green brute asked.
Cell with the bio mask around his mouth, in his brutish form is around the same height as the individual. "It's nice to meet you Bojack." He said sinisterly. "I welcome you, the opportunity to became something beyond even perfection."
Bojack scoffed and snapped his fingers. "You four get this fool out of my sight."
The four Galaxy Soldiers attack Cell from all sides.
But in his new form Cell vanished and appeared before Bojack before throwing a fist into Bojack's face.
The four that were surrounding him are now behind him each flabbergasted at what they saw. He outside them, and out-sped Bojack himself!
Cell chuckled looking down at the green man who was confused, he had just been freed and now had to contend with a monster that matched him?
"Come" Cell demanded. "Show me what you have, that proves you are worthy of becoming apart of me."
Bojack screamed as he powered up, his coat and bandana shredded as he grew more muscular, his hair became a blood red and his skin now a pale green. He then glared at his men behind him. "Fools, make yourselves useful or die with him!"
Zangya, Kugo, Bujin, and Kugo all responded with their hands up unleashing Psycho Threads.
Cell was now ensnared within, but he didn't seem bothered by it in anyway.
Bojack still smiled as he rose his hands unleashing his own threads. Now all five have him trapped.
Cell stared at Bojack before chuckling. "My, this power, another power that matches my Perfect Form, now it is nothing more than a stepping stone for my ascension!"
The brute was confused how was he talking?
The Bio Android rose his tail and stung it into his chest, faster than he could have reacted.
"W-what?!" Bojack yelled as he grabbed the tail trying to remove it.
His men all panicked trying to use their attack to drain his attack.
Cell cackled as he drained more and more bio mass from him.
His Galaxy Soldiers were terrified unable to do a thing to stop him.
Bojack screamed as his body loss more and more of its mass.
Until finally all that was left were his clothes.
Cell's eyes glowed an emerald green and he screamed as his body gained more mass, the polkadots all over his body glowed as well before vanishing, his head peace started to change form as well and formed a third pointy end in between the sides over the Bio gem in his forehead.
The Galaxy Soldiers all didn't know what to do, how to respond to this monster that came out of nowhere, they actually lost the will to continue as they finally stopped using their threads, as if as a gesture to let the monster know they surrender.
Once that was over, Cell turned over to the Galaxy Soldiers, all of them were not much compared to him. His previous form when he absorbed Broly could've competed with one of them.
But as Towa said, he'll need all the bio energy he can get!
Cell laughed loudly as he dashed towards them.
He had absorbed three of them before they can fight back.
Last was Zangya who had her thought grip.
Cell stood looking at the woman while his tail stung into Bido's shoulder absorbing him, un able to do a thing.
The Android rose his tail ready to take his final meal.
"Wait"
Cell stopped just as his stinger was about to pierce her.
Towa appeared next to him. "Not her" She instructed looking at Zangya who was losing consciousness.
"Why?" The Bio Android asked annoyed.
The Demon smiled as she looked at Zangya. "We have another use for her, and you may even gain more power if we keep her alive for now."
Cell grunted before dropping her near Towa.
"Very well, who is will my next meal?" He asked impatient to know who else there is to absorb.
"In due time." Towa instructed before lifting up Zangya with her magic. "Another group of Dr. Gero's will arrive to make adjustments to your body, wait for him please."
"Wait" Cell demanded. "Who else is there for me to absorb? I have taken all life forms worthy of absorption in this timeline, another one as strong as my perfect form wouldn't make much difference, you promised challenges as well as new absorption candidates, there is no one else from what you have showed me."
Towa kept quite for a moment thinking of Dabura. She didn't like the idea of giving him to Cell even if it's another timeline's version of him. Which is why she didn't allow Daburack to appear.
But the demon smiled. "Rest assured Cell, I needed you to absorb Bojack to get you ready for the next challenge, this next one will be an actual fight even in your current state, without Bojack he would slaughter you." She said to him smiling.
"What?" Cell asked. "Who is it?"
"Someone from another timeline." Towa tapped her staff on the ground. "Just be patient, the doctor will be here soon."
Cell said nothing as she walked out of the portal and three copies of Dr. Gero came to his side.
Beneath his bio mask Cell smirked, looking forward to his next opponent and his next meal.
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Towa appeared in a laboratory and placed Zangya on a lab table.
She looked at another copy of Dr. Gero.
"Here's your next Android." Towa smirked.
First her, then another old friend of theirs will be made to good use.
Alright guys, I'm gonna try to post weekly again sorry for the long wait for this chapter, hopefully we can start the final battle before the end of the year.
But also, I have to recommend a couple stories.
Dragon Ball: Tournament of Space and Time, by shadowwriter01
In this story, my characters are entering a tournament against other timelines for a new tournament. You will see my version of Trunks, with Lapis, Lazuli, Zangya, 16 even Iolite, Shorz, and Joyaku, meeting GT and other timelines.
Granted he does make a few changes to a couple of my characters just to make it more interesting.
SPOILER WARNING: I have told shadowwriter01 my planned power ups so you will see everything if I don't finish my story first,(minus a few changes I mentioned) hopefully I will. But as of now he has 4 chapters and it doesn't give any spoilers so far, so it's a safe read right now. And if you do please give him reviews for what you thought.
BUT BEFORE YOU READ IT, PLEASE TRY THIS NEXT STORY.
Dragon Ball Aftermath - Takes place after the Tournament of Power, also by shadowriter01.
Tournament of Space and Time takes place after this story, so I HIGHLY recommend reading this story as you will be a bit confused if you go into Tournament of Space and Time without reading it first, it's a really good story to so also give him reviews he really deserves it.
In Aftermath he takes concepts like Demigra and in my opinion it's for the better, so I really hope you'll give Aftermath a shot.
Anyway that's all my recommendations for now, hope you enjoyed the chapter and look forward to Cell's next stepping stone to a form beyond perfect.
Review Responces
Grimoran0: Really lol, wow your from back then huh? And sorry about that bad glad you enjoy it despite the rollercoaster.
Pgv03: Wow, glad to have you back.
I think your right about how I handled Lazuli, maybe in the next story I'll handle her better but I'm glad you liked how I handled Lapis.
Glad u enjoyed the Rebirth Saga, it was fun writing those chapters.
Happy you enjoyed the Invasion/Paragas arc, the only thing I regret about that arc is the Gete Android 13, that was a weird choice, at least 16 got to shine. Sorry about Tarble, reason I killed him off was because I wanted to focus on Trunks bonding with the Androids, but maybe I could've kept him around.
And the broly arc was really fun, I am proud of how I turned Trunks Super Saiyan 2.
The Daburack was one of my favorite twists to write, most people were not happy when they thought Buu was appearing, he was a fun character to write, though I do think I could've made his outfit better. I get it as most fics spare Zangya, but I always wanted a fusion between Zangya and Lazuli in other fics and wanted to do it myself.
I think I could've done better with their romance.
The Baby Saga was hardest to write, originally i was going to have him possess Trunks but I already put him on the backseat in the Daburack saga so I decided to make something crazier. The Android Z-fighters were my favorite minions to write so far, and Baby Gohan was fun to write, especially having him reanact with Lapis and Lazuli. And good to know I had gotten better, I think I've learned a lot of action scenes as time went on.
Hope you look forward to the final battle, it's going to be a lot of fun to write.
I am working on a Spin off for this story...
The Rocha: Happy your back, thought you dropped my story a long time ago lol.
Writing Cell interact with the Androids and Broly is tough for me, but happy that it's paying off.
Zangya's technique is quite OP, but without infinite energy it might be less so, you'll see, I think you'll enjoy it.
She will have something a bit different, I think you'll like it.
Yeah Towa's trying to be off the radar right now, but it will be explain in due time.
As for why Towa hasn't brought her brother back, you'll see why soon.
Goku may show his full power soon, right now here's Vegeta, in just Super Saiyan 1 right now.
Guest: I think it's because God Ki is all about Ki control, which is why it mixes with Kaioken. Super Saiyan 3 relies on regular Ki which is more finite and less tranquil. That's my understanding anyway.
Shadowwriter01: Yep it was.
Good idea with sparing one of them, I think it'll make the final arc even better.
And did, thank you for letting me know.
Guest: Your right, I changed the last chapter for hopefully a more believable scenario, thx for the honesty.
Hope you stick to this till the end.
Alright guys, there's gonna be a few more training chapters before we start the final battle, my goal is to start the final battle before the end of the year, AKA: Two months, wish me luck and hope you look forward to it!
Remember to check shadowwriter01's stories and hope you leave him reviews.
Have an awesome day! :)