Darc smiled and threw Gohan another senzu to let him heal up.
"Looks like it is time for me to leave...", he said to them and saw that Trunks and Arkis looked somewhat sad now. Gohan was only nodding.
"Don't be like that. Hey, how about you visit me when you are done with your things. Would be nice to see you have succeeded and all.", added Darc to his prior words. Then he moved over to Trunk and placed his hand on his shoulder again. "Take care of your mother for me, okay?"
Trunks nodded and Darc moved on to Arkis.
Standing in front of her he scratched his cheek. He actually didn't know what to say to her.
"Give me a kiss...", said Arkis after that silence.
Darc, as well as Trunks and Gohan, was surprised by those words.
"What did you say? Did we end up having such a relationship?", he asked her in disbelief.
"No, but I want one before you leave. I have waited long enough. It's better I tell you now that I have been interested in this for a long time. Waiting for you to notice is like waiting for the sun to rise from another direction. So you better do something about my past me. But right now, give me a kiss.", she said with a smile and she also looked like she would not accept a no.
"Arkis...What are you saying? You know my mother will not like this?", said Trunks from the sides.
"Who is going to tell her about it?", she looked at him with a very scary look and Trunks immediately backed off. "Besides, Bulma knows about it already. Oh, and you never officially married her. That still pisses her off from time to time. So make sure you marry us both, alright?", she asked and then kissed him without saying anything more.
Gohan blushed a little and looked away after seeing this unfold.
Darc himself was dumbstruck and then he just sighed and scratched his head with a somewhat annoyed manner. Not annoyed about her taking the initiative but about him now needing to solve this. You know the Bulma here is different than the one from the past, right? Or did you already secretly allied yourself with her? No, this will just end badly.
"Well, that being done and all... I will be off then. I see what I can do but I can't make any promises on that matter.", he said and took the time scroll out of his pockets with which he came here.
But when Darc tried to use the scroll it didn't work at all. He just stood there like an idiot and nothing happened.
"Hmm? What's going on? I can't use the scroll?", he said and furrowed his brows.
"What's wrong?", asked Arkis.
Darc looked at her and the awkwardness killed him internally. Then he laughed wryly. "Looks like I can't leave yet for some reason.", he answered her.
Silence came over the group but then Darc intercepted a telepathic message directed at him.
At first, it was gibberish and he couldn't quite get the message.
"Huh?", he exclaimed and looked up into the sky and concentrated more.
*Can you hear me?*, asked the person again.
Darc's face became serious *Yeah, I can. Who are you?*, he asked back.
*Me? Have you already forgotten about the great me?*
*Wait, King Kai? Well, it has been some time. So why are you contacting me?*
*I wanted to deliver you the possible reason why you can't use that scroll. Broly is arriving at earth right now and until he is taken care off you won't be able to use it. That's at least what the message from Chronoa to you contains. Be careful, Darc. That Broly emits monstrous energy...*
Darc his eyes widened *Broly? Fuck, that tank is not supposed to be here...Alright, thanks for telling me, King Kai*
The other three saw him being all serious out of the sudden and Arkis also looked up. Just at that moment, everyone could feel intense ki entering the atmosphere.
"What the!?", exclaimed Gohan.
"Looks like I know now why I can't use the scroll yet. We got a real nasty visitor...", explained Darc with a serious tone. "You know how I told you there are two legends about a Saiyan God and Saiyan Devil? Looks like the Devil freed some time in his schedule to visit us..."
"You mean this energy is from a Saiyan? Unbelievable.", said Trunks.
"So that is why you call him a devil...His energy is very sinister and he actually has godly ki intermixed in it...It's not developed to being significant but I can still feel it.", noticed Arkis.
"Now we will have a real hard time. No more going solo. Do not take him lightly. We will all fight together in this one. Now, let's move out", said Darc and gritted his teeth. Then he charged off to the position where Broly will land at.
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A little bit later at the landing side of the spaceship that was used by them to get here.
Broly and Paragus opened the doors to the spaceship and came outside with a lot of soldiers accompanying them.
"Where do you think you are going with that amount of soldiers?", asked Darc in front of them.
Broly looked at Darc and seemed to silently guess his power.
"Oh, you already knew we entered this planet? Then I will be blunt. Do you know someone by the name of Vegeta? There should be a royal Saiyan on this planet.", asked Paragus.
"...You are too late. Vegeta already died. That still doesn't explain you coming here with those soldiers and..." Darc looked directly at Broly "That calamity over there."
Paragus became cautious and narrowed his eyes after Darc hinted at Broly being a danger.
"You don't need to be so silent about it. Do you think I wouldn't notice? I will be straightforward. Leave this planet or get destroyed. It's your choice.", threatened Darc them. He didn't bother talking with them since this will very likely end up in a fight anyway.
He already could see Broly twitching in psychotic manners. And that last threat made him look even angrier.
"Do you know who we are?", asked Paragus displeased.
"Sure, you are the Devil Saiyan and another disillusioned Saiyan who thinks he has the right to rule his race. You actually wanted to trick and kill Vegeta. That tells me enough about you.", answered Darc.
"How did you? Fine, if it's like this then so be it. Broly! Take care of these scums."
Broly heard the command and walked forward.
"Everyone get ready. Go all out immediately...", said Darc and also let out his own energy.
This time around he used his full power. His godly ki also intermixed with his normal ki, making him use the same type of unnoticeable energy like the one Arkis used.
The others also did the same. Trunks used his second stage superstate. At first, Paragus only snorted at their display because he couldn't feel anything from Darc and Arkis. And Trunks just was a human in his eyes. But when he also saw Gohan going into his Super Saiyan 2 transformation he was surprised. "That form..."
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Broly saw that as well and roared out. His anger also transformed him into the Super Saiyan state. "I will slaughter you all!! I am stronger than you! I am the strongest!! I am the Legendary Super Saiyan!!!", he shouted and charged at them.
"Now look what you did...", said Paragus with a slight smirk after he saw Broly losing his calm. At the same time, he also prepared everything to get out of here. The planet would probably be destroyed after this fight.
Broly charged directly at Gohan first since he was the reason why he was so pissed. Gohan intercepted his fist with his own.
"No, Gohan! Dodge!!", shouted Darc but it was too late. Gohan was hit with a clothesline like a truck would do a normal person. He flew like a ragdoll into the air. Then Broly followed him and made a small arc upwards to be above him and slammed Gohan with his fist back to the ground creating a crater in the process. At this moment Arkis and Trunks knew this would be real trouble.
Broly landed with a stomp on Gohan and then even kicked him away. He also wanted to blast him but Darc intercepted Broly´s last attack with a hit to his face. It had a much greater effect than Gohan his attack and shifted Broly´s body somewhat to the direction Darc punched out. Being surprised by that, Broly immediately lost the smirk that he got after showing Gohan who was boss and shifted his attention to Darc and struck him back instead.
Darc put his arms in front to block that hit but was still hit hard after Broly charged even more power and also seemed to become angrier. The force behind that hit ripped apart a huge chunk of earth underneath Broly and send Darc flying a few meters away. But he succeeded in defending.
Gohan was back up and tried to get some breath. His body ached a lot but together with Trunks and Arkis they still attacked once more. This time in coordination. But after seeing that most hits were ineffective or simply dodged by Broly that started to get hit back even more often. And at some point, the trio got so beat up and exhausted that the effort was basically in vain.
"Damn IT! You monster!!", shouted Gohan out in frustration and transformed into his SSJ3 form. Then he attacked again and this time his attacks connected and did somewhat akin to damage.
"GRAAAAH. YOU LITTLE PEST!", shouted Broly and charged even more energy up and matched Gohan in strength again. He then sends a charged green blast point blank against Gohan and with that Gohan got blasted away and sustained a lot of damage - unable to keep going for a while.
´Fuck, this Broly is also stronger than the normal one´ thought Darc after engaging Broly into a dogfight again to keep him fixated on himself so the others did get killed. ´I need to increase my power as well.´
With a short shout, Darc his aura changed to a golden one and his eyes showed a yellow glint. Now every hit from Darc hurt Broly like hell.
"What is this! Urgh! Damn it! Gah! I won't lose!!", raged Broly and exchanged blows with Darc one after another. At some point Broly his eyes became white and he entered his complete rage mode with his aura changing to a green one instead of the normal golden aura.
Gohan came out from some rubble and breathed heavily. "Fight this guy together? Damn, does he have infinite energy like the androids or something? Urgh, we can't do much but sit and watch from the sidelines...So frustrating.", he said with clenched fists and seemed to somewhat give up to go back in. But he still remained vigilant.
Trunks lay dormant on the ground away from the fight. Arkis was healing him up at this moment. "This guy is unreal...And here I thought those androids were already bad news...Dad needs to beat him.", he commented after he still followed Darc fighting Broly.
The energy Broly emitted became more violent by the second. Even the one from Darc seemed to become more erratic and losing its calm side to it. Looks like Darc started to lose his ability to mix both his ki and slowly started to drain his energy way faster than ever.
"Go down already!", said Darc and interlocked his hands with Broly on the ground. Then he connected a knee to his chin that unbalanced Broly. Then he fired a massive amount of blasts against him. But Broly already erected a green ki shield around himself.
´Is the only option to beat Broly to destroy his middle dantian? If this keeps up even if I use my complete god ki he will just keep up with his improvements in this fight. I need a distraction and get close enough to land a physical hit. Alright, now or never.´
Darc distanced himself and charged up energy. "White Tigers Conqueror!" At that point, a white light clad Darc into a ball and shortly after Darc and the light separated. The light turned into a spectral white tiger with electric sparks surrounding its body.
Not waiting at all, its blue sapphire eyes locked on to Broly and it pounced at him with astounding speed to nail him to the position he stood at. It even completely ignored his barrier. The tiger was even bigger then Broly and its strength was no joke even for Broly to handle. It used its weight to press itself on him and tried to bite his neck.
"WHAT BEAST IS THIS! GET OFF OF ME!", shouted Broly while holding the paws of the tiger so that it didn't push him to the ground. And then he mustered every ounce of his strength inside his body and threw the tiger over his head. He did succeed but exactly at that moment when he lifted the tiger and it was above him, Darc already came closing in. Darc collected an immense amount of ki into his fist and struck Broly now in the middle of his unprotected chest.
His fist pierced the chest and with it the dantian inside his body. Because the dantian of Broly produced an immense amount of energy it paralyzed him somewhat. But he still could act with his monstrous power and tried to fight on even now.
That made Darc grimace and frown. His attack didn't seem to have reached deep enough.
"EVERYONE! Now is the time. Help me out!", he shouted to the others.
"Ka....me....ha....me.....HAAA!!!!" Darc didn't wait and fired his Super Kamehameha wave point blank in front of Broly. Gohan, Trunks, and Arkis appeared beside him after hearing his plea and also charged up energy for the same technique. Then they fired their waves as well and joined Darc´s.
"Concentrate on his chest and put as much energy into it as possible!", demanded Darc from them.
Everyone cried out shouting and pushed as much energy into the wave as possible. It slowly pushed Broly away. This monster still had enough strength to withstand this pressure and not be flung away. Noticing him being pushed back Broly became even more infuriated but that only led to his wound being ripped open even further than it already was.
Then his dantian ruptured with a clear burst. The Kamehameha wave finally did its job. With that being the case and having no more support from his own ki, he couldn't stand against this attack any longer. It completely engulfed Broly and pulverized him. Not even leaving a single cell from him intact. His expression was that of horror and rage at his last second of life.
Everyone breathed heavily. But Darc was not finished yet and looked to the sky where Paragus already tried to flee with his ship. He only aimed his hand to it and send a powerful blast to destroy it. Effectively killing Paragus and his men.
´Leaving your son behind to die like that. How cowardly.´, thought Darc and then finally breathed out somewhat in a relaxed manner.
Trunks fell back on his butt "We did it...hah...hahaha...uff"
"That was really a monster. If there are any more like him than that would be it for the universe." , said Arkis with an exhausted tone.
Darc laughed lightly. "He hasn't even reached his full potential and you are already fearing him that much? But you are right. Its better for us that he is gone."
"You are one to talk. Who needed our help to finish him?", snorted Arkis.
"Hahaha, I exhausted myself a little bit too much while fighting him and screwed up when I tried to pierce his dantian. I actually enjoyed fighting him. I could have still used my god-form but I feared that even with that Broly would have powered up even more. Well, in a way I did fear him because he would be a danger to you. That is true.", agreed Darc in the end.
"Hmm? Look, your white tiger is walking toward us. He survived that brunt attack from us that pulverized Broly...", exclaimed Gohan and actually was intrigued how this technique worked?
The tiger approached his master and Darc placed a hand on his head. After feeling his touch, the tiger reverted back to being a white energy ball and entered Darc his body. "Good job, buddy.", commented Darc before its light vanished completely.
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After that Darc did what he planned beforehand. He handed over a small booklet he created with his magic to Arkis. In it was information about Zuno and some other minor things that Arkis should take note of.
Then he slowly started to say his goodbyes again and activated the time scroll he used to get here.
"Take care of yourselves and until another time. The time scroll slowly became white in his hands and engulfed him with that light. Transporting him back to his time.
When he was back, a pink face was staring at him intently.
"Hmpf, look at you. You got wounds all over your body.", said Chronoa and started healing him. "Welcome back. You did an amazing job. Look, now the timeline is not corrupted anymore.", she added and hinted at the now changed color of the time scroll. It became a normal color like all the other time scrolls.
"...Well, you conveniently contacted King Kai at that time.", he told her with a slight chuckle.
"That was actually only possible because you were inside that time. It makes me somewhat curious. In a way, you really are the only one that can fix those scrolls.", she said and finished up the healing.
"And it looks like you became a lot sturdier since last time.", she smiled and patted his exposed chest.
Looking at himself he did notice that his clothes were pretty ragged again so he materialized some new ones "Well, I did spend 2 years in there to train myself.", he mentioned.
"Oh, about that. No matter how much time you spend inside those scrolls. It doesn't affect your body. As long as you are inside the timelines with the help of the scrolls to fix time, your body becomes immune to aging. Somewhat in the same way as the time rings make you immune to events that happen while you are in the future.", told Chronoa him.
"What? Really? Well, something new learned. Then does that mean I can still use the hyperbolic chamber in this timeline?", he asked her.
"Yep, you still got your 2 years in this timeline. Not that it even matters. Or do you like visiting that place?", she asked him.
"Haha, not really. But its good to know. Now I actually just want to relax more than anything. Broly was a real tough cookie. But I got a lot out of this fight for certain." He grinned now after noticing his immense improved base energy after he was healed up. "Well, if something comes up again you know how to contact me. Bye-bye.", he said with a smile and teleported back to earth.
Chronoa sighed and had a somewhat strange expression on her face after he left.
The first thing Darc did when he was back home was to cuddle baby Trunks. He really missed this cute bundle of joy. Bulma was somewhat surprised and confused after she saw that but also very happy at the same time. A smile was on her face.