Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Despair ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

I apologize for taking so long to update, but there's been a lot going on in my life lately and I've been very busy and/or haven't felt much like writing anything.

 

Gohan and the others have returned to Earth only to find it in shambles. Piccolo and Raven were discussing Gohan when they noticed an attack within the city. They checked it out to find that Cell had assaulted some of the Earth's invaders. Cell called a truce between himself and Gohan and everyone headed back to Titans tower. Once there, Gohan transformed into a golden ouzaroo after seeing the full moon and was attacked by a second golden ouzaroo. Gohan has been knocked unconscious and the new enemy, now identified as Broly, has fled the scene. How is everyone going to continue on knowing the extent of their enemy's power? Read and find out.

 

Gohan awoke and found himself in a bed in a white room which he guessed to be the infirmary. He moved to get up but found that it was too painful so he just laid himself back down. He looked at his right arm and saw that it was heavily bandaged and his face also had bandages on it.

 

“Don't bother trying to get up yet.” Raven said, appearing in the doorway which was directly across from his bed. Her hood was down. “You're far too banged up right now. In fact, I'm surprised that you're even awake.”

 

“What…happened?”

 

“You mean you don't remember?” Gohan shook his head.

 

“You transformed but another giant ape showed up and beat you pretty badly. I thought for sure he was going to kill you but he just up and left for seemingly no reason.”

 

“Well if it was another saiyajin then they probably want to fight me later so they can have a challenge. Typical saiyajin behavior.” Raven chuckled.

 

“You see, saiyajins live for the three f words. Females, fighting, and food. In that order.” Raven laughed at hearing this.

 

“That's funny.”

 

“You should see how whipped my Dad and Vegeta are, it's sad really.” Gohan said, grinning. This elicited another chuckle from Raven.

 

“Robin and Beast boy are the same way for Star and Terra. They worship the ground those two walk on.”

 

“And I bet Robin doesn't expect anyone to notice does he?”

 

“Of course not. He makes it blatantly obvious but gets surprised whenever anyone says anything. It gets kind of annoying sometimes, especially when he tries to deny it.” Gohan laughed.

 

“It's not surprising. He's too secretive for his own good. He needs someone to open him up. Someone like Star.” Raven nodded.

 

“The mutual attraction is obviously there, it's just that both of them are too shy to make the first move.”

 

“Thanks Raven.”

 

“For what?”

 

“For being there for me, even when you could've been risking your life. It's a scary thing, facing something that big and knowing that it could crush you like an insect. I know, I've faced more than one of those beasts and none of them was friendly.” Raven blushed a bit but turned her head so he couldn't see.

 

“Well, you're my friend and that's what friends do for each other isn't it?”

 

“Then let me thank you for being my friend. If you can remember from when you were in my mind, you guys are the first friends that I've had that I don't know because of my Dad. I mean, the guys back home are nice and all, it's just that I've always wanted friends to call my own you know?”

 

“Yeah, I see what you mean.” They shared a comfortable silence but Goku walked in a few moments later, ending it.

 

“Hey Gohan! Glad to see you're awake. I would've given you sensu before but we didn't think we'd need any when we came here, but we did bring the next best thing though.” Gohan raised an eyebrow at this.

 

“What's the next best thing?”

 

“I'm glad you asked son.” Goku poked around at different pockets on his gi before finding what he was looking for. “Ah! Here it is.” He pulled out a handheld rectangular case and opened it. Inside were several color coded capsules. Goku took one out and searched the room for a wide open area. When he found one on the far side of the room he walked over to it and clicked the capsule before tossing it. Raven was about to question his actions but decided against it when she saw the semi-large explosion. She was more than a little surprised when the smoke cleared to reveal a large, white machine with a porthole on the front and a panel of buttons next to the porthole.

 

“What is that?” She asked.

 

“It's a healing chamber. Bring Gohan over here and I'll set it up. A few hours in this baby should fix him up good.” Raven used her powers to gently levitate Gohan over to where she and Goku stood, making sure to keep him upright to avoid causing him further injuries.

 

“Where'd you get that Dad? The last time I saw one of those was back on Namek.”

 

“I guess that while we were off fighting Frieza, Bulma wandered into his ship and found one and the designs they used to repair it. I guess she upgraded them and built one for Vegeta so he could train more without having to worry about senzu beans.”

 

“Uhhh…Why would you carry that around if you didn't even think you'd need senzu beans?” Goku sweat dropped.

 

“I kinda forgot I had it till now. Actually, Bulma gave it to me about a week ago, I just put it in my capsule case and forgot about it.”

 

“Whatever, just put me in there so I can heal and be ready to fight next time our enemy decides to attack.”

 

“Right.” Goku walked over to the panel and pushed a few buttons, causing the hatch to slowly descend to the floor. Goku put Gohan in and put the breathing apparatus on him, which had dropped from the chamber's ceiling when the hatch was opened. He pushed a few more buttons and the hatch closed and the chamber filled with a clear liquid with a bluish tint, looking much like water.

 

“What is that stuff exactly?” Raven asked. “Somehow I doubt that it's water.” Goku rubbed his chin for a moment, trying to remember.

 

“I think Vegeta said it was synthetic saiyajin DNA.”

 

“Synthetic DNA huh? We should tell Cyborg about this thing, maybe he could design something similar for us.” Neither Raven nor Goku noticed when Cyborg entered the room to check on Gohan. They did notice however, when he started panicking.

 

“Aw man, where'd he go? He couldn't have just gotten up in his condition! I'd better go get the others.”

 

“Wait!” Raven interceded before the situation went farther than necessary. “Gohan's over here.” Upon hearing this, Cyborg turned around to see them and hurried over to make sure nothing was wrong.

 

“What's this thing?”

 

“It's a healing chamber.” Said Goku. “It's filled with synthetic Saiyajin DNA which will help Gohan heal faster. Cyborg began looking the device over.

 

“Hmm…I wonder if I could make something like this for humans. It would be really helpful if I could get it to work. Course you guys seem to know all about the super hero business.”

 

“Oh boy do we. I've been fighting bad guys since I was a kid and as you know Gohan's received a lot of training too.”

 

“Well, what made you guys decide to be heroes?”

 

“Well, most of us just do it because we like having Earth around.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“Just about every bad guy we've ever faced has been out to either wipe out the human race or just plain destroy earth.”

 

“Sounds like you guys have it rough.” Goku chuckled.

 

“You don't know the half of it. You should see how badly some of us get banged up in our fights. And there's the small issue of how often some of us get killed.” Cyborg's eyes widened at hearing this. Usually death wasn't a small issue. In fact, he couldn't recall a time when it was a small issue. And Goku spoke of it as though it happened to them regularly, and even more than once to the same people. But that was impossible…..right? Goku chuckled upon seeing his expression.

 

“We've got ways to make sure that death doesn't stay permanent. It's not like that for everyone in our universe. We just happen to have special privileges I guess you could say.” Cyborg was surprised when Goku's expression suddenly changed to one of seriousness. “Why are you here? Leave Gohan alone.” He was even more surprised when he heard a sinister chuckle from behind him.

 

“Now, now. Aren't I allowed to care what happens to my son? I'm merely here to check up on him.” Goku turned around to face him, his face contorted in anger. Raven chose this time to speak up.

 

“There must be something wrong with you if you think for a second that we actually believe that you care about Gohan. Your kind care nothing for anyone but themselves.”

 

“And besides,” Goku added. “Gohan's my son, not yours.”

 

“Have you forgotten already? I am you. You and I are one and the same, whether you want to accept it or not. Do you really think that I enjoy being associated with the likes of you? Don't flatter yourself. Your honor and self sacrifice sicken me. You are weak. However, I intend to make sure that the same thing doesn't happen to Gohan. I shall make him strong. Once I've cleansed his mind of your poisonous virtues, he shall be the most feared warrior in existence! Of course, that will have to wait until we deal with our more……immediate issues. I need Gohan in top condition if he's going to eliminate that other Saiyajin.” Goku struggled to contain his anger. Even though he despised the man, Slade was his ally, at least momentarily. As much as he hated it they needed to work together if they were to take down this new threat. Anything he wanted to say was cut off as the tower's proximity alarm started going off.

 

“Aw crap!” Cyborg exclaimed. Goku, not quite knowing what the alarm meant, voiced the only response that popped into his head.

 

“Huh?” Cyborg stared at him for a second before answering.

 

“That's the tower's proximity alarm.”

 

“You mean we're being invaded?” Cyborg nodded and took off running without another word, Raven following close behind. Goku also followed, though he paused in the doorway when he noticed that Slade hadn't moved. He glared at him before continuing on his way. When Goku arrived at the operations center, he saw that everyone else was already there, sans Slade, Gohan, Cell, and Vegeta. Of course no one expected otherwise.

 

“So what's going on? How many are there?” Cyborg asked worriedly. Robin answered, being the one checking the security cameras.

 

“I haven't been able to get a good enough glimpse, but it looks like there's only one. We have to hurry though; they're almost at the entrance.” Having said that, Robin quickly made his way to the door followed closely by everyone else. They stayed a safe distance away from the door and prepared for battle.

 

“Be careful.” Warned Goku. “This is the same guy that wiped the floor with Gohan.” Robin looked at him, puzzled. He was about to ask Goku how he could know that, but thought better of it and returned his attention to the door. He cautiously opened it and jumped back when he saw the person on the other side. The guy at least didn't look threatening, in fact he looked like he belonged with a jeweler. He wore two earrings, two bracelets that covered almost his entire forearms each with a jewel in the center on top of the arm, and a large necklace that went down to the top of his chest, also with a jewel in the center. He stood as tall as Goku and didn't have much of a build in comparison. Needless to say the guy looked like a pushover, however looks can be very deceiving.

 

“Who are you and what do you want?” He asked suspiciously. The stranger smiled, though it was a smile that chilled the bones of everyone present, including Raven and Piccolo. This was not a smile of warmth or welcome or even cordiality. This was a smile tainted with an unimaginable bloodlust and with utter insanity. The stranger chuckled, though no humor could be found in it.

 

“I just wanted to see how badly I broke my new toy.” His voice was deep and gruff and full of an inconceivable hate. Robin snarled.

 

“Gohan is going to be fine and he's not your toy. Once he's better we'll hunt you down and take you out.” The stranger burst out laughing. His laughter was the most horrible thing anyone present had ever heard. It was twisted and churning with a hate so intense that most demons could not rival it.

 

“You fools! None of you can do anything to me! I am a God!” He laughed his vile laugh again, causing everyone to shudder in fear. Robin growled.

 

“Will you at least tell us your name?” The stranger smirked again.

 

“Alright. You might as well know the name of the guy who's gonna slaughter you. I'm called Broly.” Broly took a mocking bow. When he stood up he looked as though he were pondering something. “You know what? I've decided to have a little fun. You might want to come out and see this. It'll light up the sky!” He motioned for everyone to come out and they did, wanting to just fight him and get it over with. In his right hand, Broly charged a fist sized energy blast and tossed it at the unsuspecting heroes in an instant, causing them all to scatter. However they looked up when they noticed that the blast had headed straight up right before reaching their previous location. They followed the blast with their eyes as it headed towards what could only be some kind of space vessel orbiting earth. “I've become bored with your friends up there, so I'm gonna liven up their day a bit.” The blast continued on its intercept course and eventually meeting up with the object, hitting it and destroying it and everything within. The Titans gasped in horror.

 

“No way!” Exclaimed Beast boy.

“That was……” Cyborg started to say, but Robin finished for him.

“The watchtower. He just destroyed the Justice League.” Goku looked on in horror.

 

“How could you?! Those people never did anything to you and yet you slaughtered them like flies!” He clenched and unclenched his fists in anger, which earned another laugh out of Broly.

 

“I was just having a little fun. Is that so wrong?”

 

“You monster!” Goku forced out through clenched teeth.

 

“What are you gonna do about it wimp? You are nothing to me.” To emphasize his point, Broly launched himself at Goku faster than anyone could react and clothes lined him, instantly flooring him. He then struck out with his fist, stopping it mere centimeters from Goku's throat. At that moment all hell broke loose. Raven fired hundreds of darts formed out of telekinetic power, Piccolo charged up and fired an energy blast, Robin threw a handful of birdarangs, Terra tossed a large boulder, Beast boy morphed into a T-Rex, Starfire fired her eye beams, and Cyborg launched some of his shoulder mounted rockets. All of these attacks hit at the exact same moment, sending an immense cloud of dust and dirt into the air. Rather than waiting for the cloud to disperse, everyone rushed in and……abruptly flew back out to land unceremoniously on top of each other, Goku coming out last. The dust cloud cleared and revealed Broly dusting his hands off as though he'd just touched something disgusting.

 

“Is that all? Pathetic. Maybe I should put you out of your misery now before you embarrass yourselves even more.” He stroked his chin as though in deep thought. “Or maybe I'll keep you alive until I get bored with you and then end you like I did those other chumps. Yeah, that's what I'll do!” With much grunting and groaning, everyone managed to get up and face Broly again.

 

“Is everyone okay?” Robin called out as he pulled his bo staff out and extended it. He received various responses to the affirmative and so he ran at Broly. He was already about half way there when Raven called after him.

 

“Wait Robin! That's not going to work!” Her plea however, fell on deaf ears as he'd already leapt up into the air and was bringing his staff down on Broly's head. Instead of moving to block or evade the blow, Broly instead just stood there and allowed Robin to land the blow. When it had become obvious that it had no effect, Robin attacked furiously, pummeling him with a flurry of attacks with his bo. When Broly tired of his efforts, he caught the bo with one hand and ripped it out of Robin's hands, crushed it into a ball and dropped it. Instead of gaping in fear as Broly expected, Robin merely growled and came at him even harder with his fists and feet. He lunged at Broly but was sidestepped and grabbed by the arm before being swung around like a lasso and tossed at Goku, slamming into him and sending them both to the ground. They quickly got back up and faced Broly, preparing for another attack. There was a thin line of blood running down the corner of Broly's mouth, which he abruptly licked up. Everyone stared in shock and Goku's face distorted in disgust.

 

“Ewwwwww! That was completely unnecessary!” Broly merely smirked in response and flew at Goku while he was distracted, grabbing him by the front of his shirt and swinging him into an unsuspecting Cyborg and then blasting them with an invisible shockwave of energy and covering them in a cloud of dust. He turned around when he started getting pummeled from behind by a barrage of starbolts and eye beams.

 

“My what a feisty one! I think I'm going to enjoy playing with you.” Broly winked at Star, causing her to shudder. Robin put two birdarangs together to make a sword and came in swinging at Broly.

 

“Leave her alone!” He shouted as he swung his sword diagonally from the lower right. Broly caught the sword with two fingers on his right hand and flicked his wrist, snapping the sword in two. He then took the hilt of the sword and bashed Robin over the head with it, effectively knocking him out.

 

“Robin!” Star shouted and flew at Broly and threw a vicious uppercut at him which he caught with one hand. He then began squeezing her hand in his own until she yelped in pain and he threw his own uppercut in return, knocking the wind out of her and stunning her. He then cocked his head to the side to avoid a punch from Cyborg and grabbed his arm and squeezed it until he crushed it, destroying the delicate components within.

 

“Gyah! That was my good arm you punk!” All other complaints were cut off however when he was picked up and slammed into the ground, causing him to see stars. “Alright mommy I'd like those waffles and milk now please.” He muttered before passing out. Broly frowned.

 

“Is this it? You guys are a bunch of weaklings. I was gonna let you live but maybe I should get rid of you now before I die of boredom. He grunted and golden light exploded around him. Goku quirked an eyebrow at what now stood before him. Instead of just golden hair like a normal super saiyajin, Broly's hair was now golden from the tips down to the middle where it turned a soft pink color down to the roots. He was left little time to ponder over this as his head was instantly snapped back and he was sent flying up into the air. With a burst of energy he stabilized himself and burst into super saiyajin. He flew down and landed in front of Broly and assumed a defensive stance.

 

“Alright, let's do this!”

 

“My aren't we in a hurry to die.” Broly smirked confidently and powered up. The wind picked up to an incredible force and Raven had to struggle to keep herself and everyone else from being blown away in it and Goku dug his feet into the ground to keep standing.

 

“Man, this is worse than I thought.” He thought to himself. “I won't be able to beat him like this. Guess I'll have to take it up a notch.” He waited for Broly to stop powering up and flashed into super saiyajin 2. Now it was his turn to smirk confidently. He jumped back and flew at Broly, avoiding an energy blast but catching a punch to the face and crashing through one of the tower's walls. He quickly got up and flew back at Broly, this time managing to dodge the blows thrown at him and grab his head. He brought his knee up to meet Broly's face, smashing it into his forehead and dazing him. He took advantage of the moment and cupped his hands together in front of him and fired a small but high powered energy blast which knocked Broly back several feet and caused him to lose his balance and fall over. He got up and smirked at Goku.

 

“That's more like it! Now I can really have some fun. He fired two quick energy blasts at Goku, causing him to dodge to the side and giving Broly the opportunity to fly up to him, grab him by the neck, and smash him into the ground repeatedly, each time making a larger and larger crater and eliciting a cry of pain and some coughed up blood splashed onto his face. He flew back up into the air and charged a large energy blast. He tossed it down at Goku but another blast flew in from the side and caused it to explode prematurely. Goku, who by now had recovered and stood up, glanced over towards where the blast originated from and saw Vegeta, already powered up to super saiyajin 2, heading towards him. He glared at Broly when he landed.

 

“Nobody kills Kakarrot while I'm around. Destiny has reserved that pleasure for me.” He smirked at Goku. “And just what do you think you're doing? Are you trying to escape our fight?” Goku smirked back.

 

“Wouldn't dream of it Vegeta. We've gotta be careful, there's something not right about this guy.” A grunt was his only response.

 

“Let's see how not right he is when he's dead.” Vegeta flew in at Broly.

 

“Wait Vegeta!” Goku's cry fell on deaf ears though, as Vegeta had already made up his mind and there was no changing it. Goku sighed, knowing the folly of what he was about to do and flew at Broly as well. Broly clapped his hands together in anticipation.

 

“Alright! Two victims now. Twice the fun.” He licked his lips and waited for them to reach him. When they did he ducked under a punch from Vegeta and blocked a kick from Goku that had been aimed at his head. Vegeta flew up and came down at him with a foot extended but he jumped back and threw an energy blast that would've hit Vegeta had he not disappeared and reappeared behind Broly and used his energy to send him flying at a nearby Goku. Goku prepared to thrust an elbow at him but at the last second he righted himself and once again grabbed Goku by the neck and swung him like a bat at Vegeta who'd flown at him hoping to get him caught between Goku and himself. He hit Vegeta high and caused him to flip over backwards and land hard on a rock. He shouted in agony but was quickly silenced by Goku slamming down on his chest and knocking the wind out of him.

 

“K......Kakarrot.” Vegeta managed to choke out.

 

“What is it?”

 

“This isn't working.”

 

“I noticed.”

 

“Can you ascend?”

 

“I.....I don't know. I might not have enough energy.” Vegeta growled.

 

“Well try it! We don't have any other option.”

 

“You're gonna have to distract him, otherwise he'll be all over both of us as soon as we get up.”

 

“You think I haven't thought of that already?! Just hurry it up!”

 

“Alright alright! Sheesh!” Goku and Vegeta rolled in opposite directions, Vegeta to the left and Goku to the right. As soon as Vegeta got up he flew at Broly and exploded an energy blast on the ground in front of him, hoping to disorient him, but it was not to be as with a shout Broly exerted his energy and blew away the resulting dust cloud. Vegeta cursed under his breath.

 

“Is there nothing I can do to this freak?” He growled and charged his hands with energy. He then rapidly threw them forward over and over again firing hundreds of energy blasts at Broly who made no move to block or dodge the blasts. After a minute of doing this Vegeta stopped to catch his breath. He gasped when Broly walked out of the dust cloud created by the barrage unscathed.

 

“Not a scratch! What is he?” He backed away in fear, firing energy blasts as he went hoping to deter the ever advancing Broly.

Meanwhile Goku had been gathering energy to transform, having been too weak to ascend right away.

 

“Hang in there Vegeta, I've almost got it.” He looked over to Raven to see why she hadn't been helping and saw that she was tending to the others.

 

“Good, they're all safe…..for now.” He grunted. “Just a little more aaaaaaaannnd…..got it!” With a shout Goku ascended to super saiyajin 3 and teleported directly in between Vegeta and Broly. Broly stared at Goku for a minute and burst out laughing.

 

“Ha ha! What are you gonna do now? Suffocate me to death in all that hair of yours?” Goku smirked.

 

“You'll see.” He launched himself at Broly at an amazing speed and shouldered him in the gut, doubling him over. He then doubled his fists up and smashed them down on the back of Broly's head, slamming him face first into the ground. With a muffled grunt he got up.

 

“Well now, seems like someone's really pumped up and ready to go at it.” Broly flew at Goku and threw a punch at him, but he side stepped it and slammed his fists into his back, sending him hurtling through the air at Vegeta who jumped up, extended a foot, and smashed Broly into the ground creating a nice sized crater. Broly exploded up into the air and sneered down at them. “I bet you think you've got this won don't you?” He smirked. “Well think again. I'm just getting started.” He cried out, almost as if in agony and began powering up. Vegeta was astonished.

 

“There's…..more? Is there no end to his power?” Goku chuckled nervously.

 

“It's sure starting to look like that isn't it?” He grimaced. He cocked his head to the side and looked to his right. “Is that Cell?” His guess was confirmed as Cell shot into view and landed next to him. Vegeta growled.

 

“What do you want Cell?” He demanded. “We've got more important things to do than waste our time with you.” Cell snorted in response.

 

“I already told you, I'm not going to fight any of you until after he's taken care of. Which, by the way, it seems is going to be much more difficult now.” Everyone turned their attention to Broly as he seemingly exploded. Goku quirked an eyebrow.

 

“Uhhhhhh…..guys? Is it me or did he just overpower himself and blow up?”

 

“If only we could be so lucky.” Retorted Vegeta. The dust cleared and what they now beheld looked nothing like Broly.

 

“Whoa! That can't be the same guy! He's huge!” Goku exclaimed. Broly now stood at least a good ten feet tall with an enormous build that put ultra super saiyajin to shame. His hair had gone from its golden/pink combo to a yellow/greenish color and his pupils had disappeared entirely. Needless to say he was now a rather frightening sight to behold. Broly looked at them and smirked.

 

“Alright then, where were we?”

 

Alrighty then, Broly has brought out a never before seen super saiyajin transformation. What horrendous power is he going to unleash upon the universe now? And whatever happened to the saiyajin that Cell mentioned was controlling Broly in the last chapter? Well, you'll have to read the next chapter to find that out.

 

Well let's see now, I'm gonna try to answer Vigilante's question as best I can, but I doubt I can do that without muddling it up more. Lol.

 

The way I think this works is that when Gohan and Cell got sucked into the Titans' dimension, it created an entirely new timeline with a different future than what is in the series. So the theory is that as soon as they were gone, it created an event in which Bulma designed and built a time traveling device and Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo used it to follow Gohan. I'm also thinking that Bulma integrated some kind of energy tracker into the device so that they'd know exactly where to go. @_@ you'll have to bear with me on that cause I haven't had much chance for forethought so I'm just making this up as I go. Well, I hope that answers your question. Till next chapter people.