Chapter 8: Burning Passion
Krillin's aura flared, rising like flames into the shape of a gigantic bird. Krillin raised his hands and crossed his arms. "Zhuhong Xia Huo"
He brought his arms, uncrossing them, and the ki phoenix lunged forth as he shouted "Southern Suzaku!"
The immense flaming fowl consumed Omega Shenron, who could offer no defense. The flames burned into him, purifying him, and evening only a set of Dragonballs that rolled off the edge of the look out.
Winner: Krillin
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Lord Beerus' Private Box
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"How the hell did he get God Ki" Vegeta yelled, at Whis in particular.
"That's a very good question. I have no idea." Whis replied.
"However he did it, he's pretty impressive. Easily a 7." Ace chimed in.
"7?" Goku questioned.
"Hakaishin have a fairly simple method of ranking power." Beerus explained "To put it succinctly, a 1 is the bare minimum necesary to be a Hakaishin, like him."
Beerus gestured to Bur, who sputtered indignantly
"Goku, when you fought me as a Super Saiyan God, you would have ranked as a 6. When i'm not holding back, I'm a 10. Whis clocks in at 15."
"Interesting. Tell me, how much is a one in terms of PTO units?" Frieza questioned.
"I couldn't care less about that. Whis, retrieve the victor so that we may move on to the next round"
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Tournament Stands
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"Man that guy must of been pretty weak, to be defeated by Krillin of all people." Bulma commented. She was sitting in a large group. All of the people from her universe that had been eliminated, plus her future son and his friends.
"That is incorrect." Android 16 said bluntly "My scanners indicated that his power was at a degree almost incalculable."
"I felt a lot of power in him too." Trunks, the mature one, added.
"Me too!" said the person sitting in front of them. It was the female Goku, Son Diao. "I don't think i could have beat that guy even as a Super Saiyan 3! But I didn't sense anything from that guy version of Marolin. Not a drop of ki."
Throughout this all, Tien thought to himself '
That technique...could he have mastered it's power fully?'
"Look, the next match is starting!"
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Earth Wasteland
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Broly and Vegito stood across from each other in the midst of a barren wasteland. Vegito smirked at him. "You really think you can give me a hard time? It's a big claim, since I'm me."
Broly said nothing, instead shifting into his Super Saiyan form. Then, his muscles began to grow. But not the the proportions he was legendary for. Rather, the size of those muscles was the same as...
"Seriously, that form?" Vegito guffawed "The same form Vegeta used against Cell's second form? What could that do to m-"
Broly elbowed Vegito in the face, stunning him. He followed up with a knee to the gut, then he grabbed to fused warrior by the sides, and summoned a circule Green shield, parallel to the ground, behind him. With a heave, he suplexed Vegito head first into the shield.
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Lord Beerus' Private Box
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The ostentatius Son Gohan snapped his fingers "A-ha! I've worked out Broly's secret!"
There was a small pause, then Saiyaman spoke up "And? What is it?"
Gohan harrumphed, then said with a chuckle "You can't expect me to just tell you, can you? If i did that, I couldn't mock you for guessing wrong!"
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Tournament Stands
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Elsewhere in the stands, Garlic sat with his group, Bardock and Prince Vegeta sitting nearby.
"So if what you say is true, the one in blue is me? Fused with Bardock's welp?" the prince asked.
"Correct." Garlic replied "His power was unamatched last I checked, though my compatriots in the finals believe they can defeat him. Broly, for one, has increased his power by leaps and bounds. Though not merely by training. There's magic involved here."
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Earth Wasteland
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Broly let go of Vegito, then grabbed him by the ankles as he snapped back onto his feat. Then he brought his arms forward, slamming Vegito into the ground in front of him. Next, he pivoted on his heels and swung Vegito around 360 degrees, before releasing him, sending him straight through three plateaus. As he soared through the air, he instantly transformed into a Super Saiyan, then did a mid air flip to land on his feet.
Broly came in fast, attempting a clothesline, but Vegito evaded it Limbo-style, before snapping a Kick to Broly's shoulder. Broly retorted with a side kick to Vegito's chest, sending the saiyan flying, but as he went, Vegito fired a ki bullet into Broly's face.
Vegito slammed into a newly created energy shield, then Broly created a second one in front of him, which moved forward to crush him between the two, like a trash compactor. After a few moments, Vegito used Instant Transmission to get out of the two shields, and reappeared forty feet in the air, ki daggers in between his fingers. Like an expert knife thrower, he send them flying at Broly, who created a twenty foot diameter bubble shield around himself. The ki daggers exploded harmlessly into the shield, but Vegito was unconcerned. In less than a moment, appeared inside the bubble with Instant Transmission, and punched Broly straight in the gut. Broly doubled over briefly, leaving him vulnrable to an uppercut. After that, Vegito followed up with a quick double jab to the face.
Broly suddenly screamed, blowing himself back with a kiai. He collided with the shield wall, and passed through it as if it were air. Then the bubble began to shrink. Vegito smirked, and raised his fingers to his forehead. But to his shock, he couldn't Instand Transmit!
"I knew your Instant Transmission would make you a tricky opponent. So I developed a technique to make my Shield's inner walls inpenetrable to that move." Broly boasted.
When the bubble was so small that Vegito had to brace his arms and legs against it to prevent further shrinkage, Broly floated towards the battle and placed his hand on it. Then, the bubble suddenly glowed with green ki. It was as if every inch of the bubble's inner side was firing a ki beam, bomdarding Vegito from every possible angle. Finally, the blasts subsided, and Vegito was still there, panting but in one piece. The his outfit from left shoulder to left pectoral was tattered, and several areas of his body were bloody.
Broly flew back immediately, then crossed his hands. Cracks appeared along the shield, which then imploded. Energy shards raked his body from multiple angles, cutting him both thinly and deeply in multiple areas. The only area spared was his throat.
Vegito grimaced, and held out his palm. With a yell, he fired a Big Bang Attack. Broly countered with his Omega Blast. The two ki blasts battled for dominance, Vegito supplementing his with a thin yellow beam and Broly with a volley of ki blasts. Broly's furious pace eventually overcame Vegito's stamina, sending the combined blasts into him. When the dust cleared, Vegito was panting with his arms crossed in front of his chest and his clothing further damaged. Despite himself, he began to chuckle.
"I get it now!" he yelled "I've figured out your trick!"
"Oh really?" Broly shot back "What's my game then?"
"It's simple, you're-" Vegito's explantion was interupted when Broly rocketed forward and slammed his knee into Vegito's face, sending him into the ground.
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Lord Beerus' Private Box
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Goku whistled "Wow, i think that one knocked a tooth loose."
"I just wish he'd have let Vegito finish" Saiyaman complained "I wanted to hear the explanation."
"Oh stop acting like a moron." Gohan declared "You of all people should be able to figure out his trick!"
Saiyaman pointed to himself "Me? Why me?"
Gohan chuckled arrogantly "Think about it. What does Broly have and what do you have?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Saiyaman asked "I never met the guy!"
"Wait, seriously?" Gohan asked "You never fought him?"
"Nope, we've never seen that guy before." Goku confirmed.
"As I recall-" Whis began "In your timeline, Broly was killed in combat with a recently unsealed space pirate by name of Boback."
"I think you mean Bojack." Frieza interjected "You encountered him in our universe as well, though I think it was after you fought Broly. I wasn't actually there."
"He's right. Broly handed you, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo's your asses, so you had to get me to come help you." Cell spoke up
"And then you let your guard down and got taken out." Piccolo said.
"I was getting to that" Cell retorted "Anyway, we were pretty evenly matched in terms of pure power. I could regenerate and was obviously more skilled, but Broly is crafty, and he possessed a special form of Super Saiyan that made him a mountain of muscle, and gave him unending stamina."
"Sounds impressive." Goku admited "At least, for back then."
"Wait, did you say he had unending stamina?" Saiyaman asked
"And the penny drops!" Gohan laughed.
But before Saiyaman could give air his realization, the viewing screen lit up like the sun. As everyone turned towards it, it panned out to show an explosion the size of a continent.
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Earth Wasteland
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As the dust cleared from the massive blast, Broly let his shield drop. It had held up to the blast, though only barely. Vegito looked at him furiously, his missing tooth visible in his snarl.
Broly acted immediately, rushing Vegito with a baseball slide dropkick, but Vegito ascended into the air and began to rain ki bullets down on him. Broly blocked with a 2D shield, and Vegito began to yell down "You think strength gained from a cheap trick is enough to be me!? It's not! You didn't earn that power like a true warrior! It's just a trick of magic! You went to that old-"
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"-Kai, and used the Kai's ritual to increase his own strength." Saiyaman explained "That way, when he activated his legendary form, it was altered to be less of a physical change, but-"
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"-the forms special properties remained." Garlic surmised "Meaning all the new power the Old Kai's ritual gave him was now coupled with unlimited stamina, letting him operate at max power non-stop. That's how he's been able to keep up with Vegito."
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The moment the rain of Ki bullets stopped, Broly rocketed upwards. He tried an uppercut, but Vegito evaded it, and punched Broly in the chest. Broly grabbed Vegito with his left arm and DDT'd him into the ground below. Vegito arched his body and escaped the hold by slamming his heel into Broly's nose, drawing blood.
Then, using bukujutsu, he flipped himself upright, simultaneously tossing Broly into the air. He fired a ki blast at Broly, who blocked it with a shield yet again, before dropping like a meteor with a knee drop. Vegito dodged with ease, but Broly immediately transitioned into a clothesline, which Vegito ducked. The fusion struck Broly in the side with his elbow, and Broly in turn dropped his Elbow into the top of Vegito's head. Vegito grabbed Broly by the heel and through him to the side. Broly quickly reoriented himself, but Vegito instantly closed the distance and grabbed his hair. With a manic laugh, he slammed his fist into Broly's face repeatedly.
A Shield formed behind Vegito and slammed into his back, distracting him long enough to grab Vegito by the head and slam him face first into a newly formed Shield. Vegito lashed out, kicking Broly in the throat the blasting him with a Big Bang Attack.
Broly slammed into the ground a mile away, then quickly stood. Vegito lew towards him, but then suddenly looked behind him. A shadow covered Broly, and he turned as well. A tsunami, a mile high at the least, was baring down on them!
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Vegito flattened this continent, and in the process created an immense wave!' Broly thought. '
No matter, I can use this to my advantage'
Whilst Vegito stared at the tsunami, Broly rushed in and slammed his knee into his chest, knocking the breath straight from his lungs and propelling him into the upper atmosphere. Broly followed his ascent, and grabbed him by the neck. Between the thin air and Broly's vicegrip on his neck, Vegito was unable to draw a breath. With a roar, Broly choke slammed Vegito from orbit, into the newly created ocean below.
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Lord Beerus' Private Box
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"Wait, what's he doing now?" Goku asked as he watched Broly rise from the ocean, a bubble shield filled with water a short distance away from him.
Saiyaman peered closer, and gasped. "Vegito's in the bubble! Broly's drowning him!"
"No!" Piccolo interjected "He's not going to kill him, he's just doing it until Vegito loses consciousness! "
Suddenly, they all sensed Vegito's power spike. The bubble shattered, the water fell away, and Super Saiyan 2 Vegito took a long deep breath.
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Ocean
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After filling his lungs with sweet air, Vegito fixed a glare on his foe, and pointed on him. Broly surrounded himself in a bubble shield to ward of the attack, but it was for naught. Vegito formed an energy sword, and extended it straight through the shield, through Broly's lower left side, and out the other side of the shield.
Broly gasped in pain. Vegito disipated the blade, and Broly clutched at the wound. After a few moment of ragged breath, his golden hair vanished.
He coughed up some blood, and then growled to himself. "Dammit." he panted "I- i'm beat. I concede."
Winner: Vegito