Hey guys, sorry for the late chapter but good news.
Not only do I have a new cover as you can see I also made new Baby Gohan art on my deviantart account RaosFanfics.
I made the three variants of Baby's forms. And I made his final form a bit different, I was going to make it the same as GT Baby Vegeta's final form but I thought of making it more unique, hope u guys like it and let me know if u rather he has Baby's original outfit.
Anyway on with the chapter.
Return Fire
Trunks had recovered and had been trying to calm his daughter.
"Dad, will this work?" She asked.
He looked at her, he wanted to lie and say it will. But Baby had gotten so powerful and now he has completed the set of dragon balls. "I don't know, but listen if it doesn't we'll survive and come up with another plan. It's how we've always won. Alright?"
Iolite nodded and continued to hug her father as she drifted herself to sleep.
Trunks gently placed her daughter under a tree so she can sleep peacefully and walked away.
He wore a serious face as he approached the Supreme and Elder Kai who were sitting next to a still regenerating 16.
Both Kais turned to Trunks knowing what he will say.
"You need to get me to Earth right now." Trunks demanded. "Baby has all seven dragon balls and who knows the kind of damage he can do with this, it won't matter if Lapis and Lazuli will have enough time, you need to take me to Earth to try to take at least one dragon ball."
Both Kai's heard his case and understood why.
Supreme Kai turned to his senior. "Ancestor I agree with Trunks, we shouldn't take too many chances."
"Chances? This plan relies on a good deal of it anyway." The old Kai replied and can see Trunks starting to look angry. Like father like son he supposed, not that he met the prince but he's seen his work in Hell. So he decided to appease the young Saiyan. "Here take a look."
Elder Kai rose the crystal ball.
The Saiyan looked inside and saw something rather unexpected.
Baby had arrived at his hideout with the last dragon ball he needed.
Inside the cave was 'Bulma' with a frown. "My lord, we've done it! We have all seven dragon balls!"
'Gohan' didn't say anything and just had a frown.
"My lord?" ' Bulma' asked with concern. "Is something wrong? We've done it, we're ready to start the plan."
Baby grunted. "That Saiyan, he got away." He seethed.
"My 'son'?" She asked with venom. "It doesn't matter Lord Baby he's away; we can continue the plan and destroy him at our leisure."
The Tuffle scoffed. "As his 'mother' can you truly say it's safe to leave him to his own devices?"
'Bulma' thought of what he had said. It was true, Trunks and the androids have had their backs to the wall plenty of times and always came out on top with a plan and keeping some distance from the enemy. She can see why he'd be worried about going through with the plan while Trunks was out there, and possibly willing to interfere.
"I understand Lord Baby, forgive me." Bulma said after gaining this thought.
Baby didn't say anything as he walked over to his six dragon balls and holding up the four-star ball. This was it. His plan to become truly infinite was right before him. But the thought of that monkey still alive and able to appear at any point.
What would they plan? Is he training? Even if he did with this form, he'd need a long time in the time chamber.
Waiting for a sneak attack? When would they intact it?
Also, he remembered they took the Android 16. While he's proven too much for him, he knows better than to underestimate weaker opponents.
"My lord what do you want to do?"
Baby heard that question and was frustrated that he didn't have an answer. He came up with the one on to mind. "We wait, try to figure out what he can do or better yet how we can find him."
Bulma bowed. "A wise decision my lord."
The Tuffle knew it was a smart move, but he was frustrated. He had blinded the Kais and only now when everything was going his way do they get in the way.
These damn monkeys are too damn persistent.
Trunks looked bewildered at what he saw. "He's hesitating."
"Yes!" Elder Kai said with glee. "You, see? Now he's the one who's worried about you."
The half saiyan wasn't as giddy but it was satisfying to see their adversary panicking if their plan would work or not. It was quite the reversal. Still, he was worried if the plan would work or not, but he can see that it has a chance.
"Lighten up Trunks." Goku's voice met Trunks's voice.
The half Saiyan on instinct turned around with a fierce expression almost ready to start a fight.
"Whoa! Whoa! Hey now!" A happy go lucky voice said with hands up.
Trunks looked above the man's head and relaxed to see a halo. "Hey Goku, sorry, it's just been a hell of a time."
"Yeah, I know." Goku replied in a somber tone.
Trunks felt refreshed seeing his old friend instead of that copy that Baby had created. And he decided to ask him.
"So, how did Lapis and Lazuli do?"
"They're really good learners, I'm sure they'll be more than ready when it's time." There was no enthusiasm in his tone in that one.
Trunks was kind of put off by how serious the orange wearing hero was being after he was just talking like his usual giddy persona. "Goku, are you alright?"
Goku nodded. "Yeah, I am, it's just that Baby did something with Chi-Chi."
The half Saiyan was shocked to hear that, he wasn't aware that Baby had met up with Chi-Chi.
Goku told him about what Baby did once he possessed Gohan's clone.
Trunks looked at him wide eyed and in horror. He was never told what happened with Chi-Chi, due to the messed-up situation.
"Goku, I'm sorry, I had no idea."
"Don't worry Trunks, me and Gohan had seen her, she was happy to be here. " He squeezed his knuckles. "Still, I can never forgive Baby for giving Chi-Chi some hope of seeing Gohan alive again." He still wished he had instant transmission and had finished the clone before it had even seen Chi-Chi.
"I promise we'll get him for everything he's done." Trunks vowed to him.
"I know." Goku stated with a forced smile on his face. "And listen, Gohan wanted to be here, but Chi-Chi she needed to see him, I'm sorry."
Trunks was sad that he couldn't see the real Gohan right now after dealing with his clone. "I understand, it's good that Chi-Chi's with him."
"And I will assist in destroying this abomination. "A robotic voice spoke.
The duo turned to see Android 16 on his feet and ready.
"16!" Trunks said smiling to see his friend whole once again.
16 smiled back and then glanced to Goku.
"Hey! It's nice to meet you I'm Goku!" The happy go lucky Saiyan said.
"I know I was programmed to kill you." 16 said with a blank robotic tone.
Goku tilted his head. "Wow that's kinda dark most people start with a hello."
16 said nothing to him making awkward silence between the to.
Trunks couldn't help but chuckle nervously at 16 and Goku's interaction.
They heard a noise behind them and turned.
It was Iolite awake and hiding behind a tree shaking like a leaf.
"Iolite" Trunks said noticing how scared she was.
"Huh? Hey is this your daughter?" Goku asked enthusiastically and he walked forward. "Hey I'm-"
She tried to back away but fell and landed on her rear.
"Huh?" Goku wondered why she was reacting that why.
Iolite was shaking looking at the man who was the hero of earth. She remembered the stories, but she remembered the last time she saw 'him'. His clone with a smile had pierced Zangya's stomach while Iolite had to escape. She really wanted to stay away from him.
Trunks put a hand on Goku's shoulder. "Sorry Goku, she's met your clone."
Goku had a saddened look for a second and looked at him. "I understand, sorry." Goku walked away.
Trunks had gone to his daughter who was shaking and held her close. "It's ok it's the real Goku, ok? I promise."
Iolite hugged Trunks for dear life as if he would vanish and she would never see him again.
16 watched the father and daughter. While he was close to Iolite, this relationship was something he can never have as a machine. The thought of the situation came to him, all this started because he wanted an actual living body. If only he never told Bulma this, none of this would be happening, Iolite's childhood would be better off, and Lazuli and Trunks wouldn't have had the burden of a daughter who's lost trust in them.
He looked down at his hands. He will make sure that Baby is destroyed, once and for all. No matter what it took.
Goku had walked to the Elder and Supreme Kai. "Any news on Baby?" He asked.
"So far he's just been sitting, we don't know what he's doing."
It showed an image of Baby sitting in his stone throne with the seven dragon balls in front of him.
Baby was frustrated as he just looked at the seven dragon balls. The dragon was begging to be summoned. But he can't not until he knows where the Saiyan is so he can finish him before he interferes with his plans.
'Bulma' was busy with something in her lab that she procured with her capsule technology.
What else can he do? He has no way of finding him. He looked over at Bulma. Perhaps he can use her as a hostage? No, she can be wished back with the dragon balls.
"My lord I have a suggestion."
He turned to his servant Bulma.
"Why not try making the wish now, if somehow Trunks does interfere, you can always head to namek and find a second set."
Baby looked at Bulma and considered his options.
He has no way of finding the Saiyan anyway, he won't come back unless he thinks he can win. And if he forces him to deploy whatever plan he had. He would be so desperate to use it if he makes the wish now.
Baby grinned as he stood tall. "Very well Bulma, let's make the wish."
"Yes my lord!"
"No!" Goku exclaimed and turned. "Trunks, you need to go!"
Trunks heard that and handed Iolite to 16 and walked to him.
He looked in the crystal ball and sees Baby getting out of his cave to use the dragon balls.
"Wait!" Supreme Kai yelled. "Please, just wait a few minutes, Dende is almost done."
"But he has the dragon balls he's going to make the wish!" Trunks yelled.
"I know but it's our best option so just wait please!" Supreme Kai yelled.
Trunks bit his tongue as did Goku. He was right though, they needed to wait for Dende's part hopefully it can happen before he makes his first wish. If he dies along with 16 their chances to survive will become dangerously low.
Baby smiled as he gathered the dragon balls. "Shenron, rise and grant my wish!"
Shenron arose from the dragon balls.
"Speak your wish!"
Baby grinned as he finally can put his plan into action, he turned to Bulma.
She smiled as she tossed the capsule onto the ground.
With a loud boom the capsule poof.
It looked like a pile of junk, in the middle was a very familiar machine with legs with a glass dome.
"What is that?" Goku asked never seen Bulma hold what looked like a pile of junk.
"Looks like scrap metal to me." Elder Kai summised.
Trunks had a different expression it was of horror and surprise. "No, that's- that's the time machine!"
"Hm? Time machine?" Elder asked looking a bit angry.
Supreme Kai was surprised that it was a time machine but was aware that Bulma had created one. Since they've only used it once in an emergency and have saved the universe he refrained from saying anything.
Trunks nodded. "My mother had created a time machine so I can go back in time and find a way to stop Lapis and Lazuli during their programming." He gave a quick refresher. "My mother had it decommissioned once we used the dragon balls to see if the other timelines were safe, she made sure it was destroyed so no one can use it to put any one in danger ever again."
Elder Kai stood up and shouted. "Such a thing shouldn't have been created in the first place! It can cause chaos through multiple timelines! And now this Baby seeks such a thing?!"
"Ancestor please! Focus!" Shin pleaded his mentor.
The Elder glared but kept watching
Trunks wanted to defend himself and say they couldn't find another way but it wasn't the time, plus Elder Kai has been proven right with Cell and maybe now. He looked closer at the ball. "The Time machine would've taken months to build, Baby's going to use it to repair it!"
'Come on, hurry Dende!' He screamed in his head.
"Dragon, I wish for you to put together this time machine just as well as the one that was taken." He pointed at an incomplete time machine.
"Your wish, has been granted." Sheron's eyes glowed.
The in pieces time machine started assembling itself, until it was whole.
It had worked, the time machine was rebuilt. But there was one thing to check.
The Tuffle looked at Bulma.
Bulma went into the time machine and gave it a quick look. "It's just as I predicted Lord Baby, we still need the fuel."
"Very well." Baby remembered how difficult it was to gather fuel, he was hoping he wouldn't need it, he was hoping to use the second wish for his home planet Tuffle but decided that it was a sacrifice worth making, with this wish he'll be able to properly recreate his people against the Saiyans. All Saiyans. "Dragon, I wish for the fuel for the-" He stopped for a moment and fell to his knees.
He coughed as steam left his mouth. "W-what's happening!" He turned his head to look at Bulma who was even worse off. Steam began to leave her body
Baby's eyes widened he knew what was going on, he remembered the details from Dende when he had him.
"Damn it!" The Tuffle flew upward in intense pain, he didn't even think of grabbing Bulma or the dragon balls. He needed to get away, he flew at the time machine and pressed the button to turn the time machine into it's capsule form.
He then flew upwards as steam left his body.
Bulma was on the ground Baby was out of sight Trunks appeared alongside Kibito. He looked to his mother who was coughing badly. "Mom!" He shouted as he ran to her.
After a few coughs she fell to the ground.
"She's unconscious." Kibito warned. "You should make the wish now!"
"R-right" Trunks said as he laid his mother down and he looked up to Shenron.
In space
Baby had flown out of earth's orbit, it was all he can think to do to avoid the sacred water. "Damn it! Damn it!" He shouted and to make it worse he looked down at the stratosphere of the planet to see seven orbs of light scatter across the planet.
That can only mean one thing. They took his second wish. With grit teeth the parasite screamed determined to get his tried not to lose his temper, he was in space, and he couldn't breathe. He calmed himself on focused on what just happened. That was clearly sacred water he remembered the burn it gave. And he knew what could cause it from Dende's memories. They must have found him and freed him.
If that's the case, then it's clear what happened.
Baby closed his eyes and searched for Dende's energy. He couldn't find it, the runt must be suppressing it. He couldn't stay in space forever. S.
Baby flew down until he was just at the edge of the outside of the atmosphere of Earth. He put his hand in only to feel a burning sensation on his hand he pulled back immediately in pain.
"Damn it!" Baby considered his options.
He could destroy the planet and try to head to Namek. No, he wouldn't find it. The only radar is on earth in his cave. "The sacred water will dissipate, and when it does, I will be ready."
He floated over the earth waiting.
Trunks with Bulma in his arms arrived with Kibito.
"Trunks!" Goku exclaimed. "Is she ok now?"
Trunks put his mother down and turned to Supreme Kai.
"I don't sense any ailments; Baby's eggs were eliminated." Supreme Kai said smiling.
"Thank goodness."
Bulma stirred as she was fighting to claim conscience. She awoke to feel groggy, she saw the face of her son. "T-Trunks?"
"Mom" Trunks hugged his mother relieved to see her up and on the right side again.
"What's going on what happened?" The blue-haired woman asked hugging her son back.
"You don't remember huh? Well, that's a long story Bulma." A cheery voice spoke.
Bulma turned to the source of that familiar voice and is shocked to see her oldest friend.
Goku smiled to see Bulma. "Hey, it's been a while Bulma."
She heard that voice and started crying. "G-Goku!" She immediately hugged the man she's known since he was a little boy.
Goku chuckled as he returned the hug. "It's good to see you to Bulma." It had been some time since he's seen his oldest friend.
Bulma let go and wiped her eyes and looked above his head to notice the halo. She grew worried. "Wait are we dead?"
"Ha-ha, nope!" The happy-go-lucky Saiyan then frowned. "But listen, here's the situation."
After some time and corrections, Goku and Trunks tell Bulma the whole situation. She usually took these things well but to hear that she was instrumental in helping their enemy with the very machine she was going to use to create a new body for 16 now made copies of Gohan and all her friends to use against Trunks and her friends.
Once Bulma heard the whole story she turned to her son and hugged him tightly. "I-I'm so sorry Trunks, I had no idea this would happen!" She shouted. "Oh, poor Iolite! What have I done to my grandbaby?"
"It's ok mom, we were caught by surprise no one could've predicted this." He said returning the hug.
"You were not the only one who was a pawn in this Bulma."
Bulma pulled away and looked to see Dende with Mr Popo behind him.
"Dende?" Bulma asked.
"Kibito had teleported us here not long after we finished our work." Now that he explained how they were here he went back on topic. "Remember, Baby also possessed me and had used the time chamber to speed up the process of making clones." The namekien said. "We were both controlled by Baby for this whole situation like Lapis and Lazuli were controlled by Gero's programming, so don't blame yourself Bulma."
Bulma nodded and sighed. She still felt responsible but hearing this did make her feel better.
"Dende" Trunks got his attention. "How long will the sacred water last?"
"The sacred would last four hours at the most. I'm sorry it's all we can do."
Trunks nodded, it wasn't as much as they would've liked but it's something, if it's not enough time they'll simply have to figure out how to stop this.
Before Bulma could say anything else she looked over to notice 16 with her granddaughter behind him. "Iolite?"
"H-hi grandma," Iolite said nervously.
"Honey why are you hiding come out, I want to see you." She spoke.
Iolite looked at the man with spikey black hair and wouldn't.
"Look, mom, she's been through a lot."
Bulma looked at her son, she looked at Iolite staring at Goku, she can get an idea of what happened, she must have seen Goku's clone. "Sweetie look, he can't hurt you, he wouldn't hurt a fly."
Iolite still didn't budge and just hid behind 16.
"Mom maybe" Trunks began.
"Hold on son, I got this." Bulma rose her hand. "Here sweetie, let me show you." She then rose her hand to a confused Goku's head.
"Oww! B-Bulma!" Goku complained.
"Huh?" Iolite looked at the strange situation. The man who looked like Zangya's murderer was being pushed around by her nonfighter grandma.
"See look at this, Goku's too much of a softie to be dangerous." She said in a giggling voice.
"Ow! Bulma stop pulling so hard, come on I didn't do anything!" He begged. "N-Now please let go!"
"Calm down Goku! This is to calm my sweet little granddaughter so shut up and deal with it!" She shouted.
The scene was almost comical. So comical in fact that Iolite started laughing Goku seemed more of a wimp to her grandmother than her father to her mom at times.
Bulma noticed this and let go of Goku's hair. "Anyway, don't worry sweetie, I promise Goku's just a big lug." She then turned to Goku with an angry face. "Right Goku?"
Goku knowing this was just to calm the little girl down and was a bit afraid of his blue-haired friend was quick to go along with it. "R-Right!"
Iolite had calmed down a bit, ran, and hugged her grandmother while giggling. "I'm happy your back Grandma!"
Bulma hugged her only grandchild while giggling but then she pulled her away and noticed something. "Wait, are you taller?" Her eyes widened as she turned to Trunks. "How long was that thing controlling me!"
This in turn also made Iolite laugh at her grandmother for acting this way.
Trunks can see the smile on her face and made one of his own, he was glad to see that smile again.
"Trunks you made the wish right?"
Trunks turned to Goku and nodded.
"Good, now we just have to wait."
Trunks nodded. This was it, the final battle would begin after the sacred water would stop filling the atmosphere.
They just have to hope that Lapis and Lazuli will do their part by that time. At the very least the time machine needed fuel and without Bulma or the upgraded radar to show him where Namek is they were safe.
For now.
So if any of u remember the Garlic Jr filler saga in classic DBZ? The lookout is capable of spreading the sacred water across the world but it takes a bit of time to do which is why it couldn't just be used before Baby had summoned the dragon.
So Baby wants a time machine. Luckily there's no fuel but imagine him going through time and infecting other timelines, or making more and infecting them to.
Hope u guys at least liked the chapter, this is more of a setup to some things in the next chapter where I promise will explain Goku's plan and what their buying time for, feel free to make guesses if u want.
Also, this saga will end in three chapters, I hope u guys will like it.
Sunshine12393: Glad u enjoyed, I'm glad u feel that way about the Baby saga.
I-Love-Trunks1: Thank u!
Shadowwriter01: Yep and as I said it will be explained next chapter.
Glad u feel that way, in this story the sacred water needs a longer time to work on Baby in his main host than his possessed puppets.
Well guess that's it, hope to see u guys next chapter!
Have an awesome day!