Enraged of the constant beating he endured at the hands of Broly, Turles roared out in fury as his ki shredded what was left of the bolder. Causing massive tremors with his shear power. Then as he stopped, he stood still as he angrily glared at the larger Saiyan.
On the side-lines, the group were watching in awe.
“Wow. Such an intense battle,” Starlight uttered.
“Yeah, an ordinary pony wouldn’t last ah second in ah fight like that,” Applejack agreed.
Before speaking, Rainbow Dash looked at the two Saiyans carefully. Seeing their bodily conditions.
“But look at those two. They’re hardly showing any signs of exhaustion. I bet the real fight is just getting started."
Her statement sent a worrying thought though out the group. The battle was already quite explosive. But since Broly and Turles are still going strong, it meant that the two were capable of so much more. They couldn’t imagine the amount of destruction it would bring if the fight got out of hand. Celestia and Luna perfectly understood what was going on. From their experience, Broly was fully capable of putting on a big fight while holding back his true strength. Which meant that not just Broly, but Turles too has yet to show what he’s truly capable of.
“They’re so strong. But just how much?” Celestia thought to herself out loud. While she and the other magic casters could sense ki of the aliens, she would very much prefer to hear it in words or numbers.
Shining Armor had the exact same thought. Then he remembered something. Looking over to Twilight, he could see that she still held onto the scouter that Turles gave her before the fight.
“Hey, Twilight. See if you can use that thing again.” He said after he gained her attention.
Looking down at the scouter, the younger sister realised what her brother was implying. The whole group looked at her as she placed the alien device on the side of her head and pressed a button to start scanning. Numbers bleeping on the red screen in front of her left eye. She first scanned Turles. Believing that with the beating he took, his power level would’ve gone down.
But when the scan was finished and the number was shown, he gasped in disbelief that his power hadn’t gone down at all.
“Turles… he’s still at four hundred thousand!”
The group too couldn’t believe it.
“So his power is still the same? Impossible,” Luna said, frightened at how resilient the Saiyan warrior was.
“How about Broly, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked as she stood next to the Alicorn.
Twilight moved her head, so she was facing towards Broly. Afterwards she pressed the button again to start scanning. As she was doing so, Rarity spoke up.
“If I recall, that one alien was about to say that Broly was six hundred thousand.”
But before the group could agree with her, they heard Twilight’s outburst.
“What!?”
The ponies and dragon looked to the lavender princess in worry.
“What is it Twilight?” Pinkie Pie asked.
“It’s Broly’s power level! It’s now four hundred thousand!”
The group were stunned at the revelation.
“You mean his power dropped!?” Spike asked.
“But how? It can’t possibly be from his battles with the other aliens. He defeated them too easily,” Cadence said while the others tried to think of another possibility.
“Maybe it was something he ate. I mean he ate a lot today,” Pinkie Pie guessed.
Then after some thought, and surprised at the likelihood of it being true, Celestia spoke up.
“It’s not that. It’s probably Broly.”
Confused at what he meant by, the group looked at the Sun Princess for an explanation. Of which she gave.
“Think about it. Why would Broly’s level of power be identical to Turles?”
After a brief thought of confusion, Starlight was the first one to figure it out.
“You mean, Broly’s lowering his power… on purpose?”
The group were astounded when they realised the truth. They all turned back to look at Broly in confusion.
“But why? If he could end Turles from the start, why is he playing fair?” Rainbow Dash asked.
It was a question nopony had the answers for. But from remembering how the two interacted with one another, they guessed that for Broly, it was some sort of pay back.
Back on the battlefield, Turles’s glare turned into a grin before he spoke up to Broly.
“You’re rather good. I’ll give you that. But I haven’t begun using my full power yet!”
While Broly was unmoved, the group found his statement shocking.
“So he was holding back after all.” Rainbow Dash said.
Then as he squatted down with his arms held to his sides, Turles continued.
“Here. Let me show you!”
He then let out a long yell, channelling his ki to the surface. As he done so, the very land he stood upon began to shake violently. The group and the distant citizens felt frightened as they tried to balance themselves. What made the experience scarier was that as the ground trembled, the land began to crack and break apart. Dirt and rock levitating off the ground.
“What’s going on!? What’s happening!?” Cadence shrieked out as she held onto her husband for balance.
Celestia and Luna knew very well what was going on. With the blue Alicorn speaking up.
“It’s Turles. He’s increasing his power. I can feel it.”
“And it’s causing the land to fall apart!?” Applejack asked in fright. All the Saiyan was doing was building up his energy. And only that was enough to destroy the land.
As she tried to stand firm, Twilight was reading Turles’s power level through the scouter. Frightened at how steady it was climbing.
Then as Turles finished, with one mighty yell, his ki exploded in a bright white aura that shook the ground like an earthquake. Hurricane winds blowing up rocks and debris all around him. But despite his show of power, Broly was unmoved.
As he stood tall, Turles’s body was shrouded in surging white aura. Grinning sinisterly as he was lost in his thoughts.
‘It seems I should be grateful for Kakarot besting me. Now that I somehow came back to life, I gained a great boost in power! Now I’m even stronger than before!’
The Zenkai boost. A biological Saiyan trait that makes any Saiyan grow stronger after every battle. And after recovering from near-death or being brought back from the dead, a warrior would receive a massive boost in power.
As Turles stood firm with his power surging all around him, the scouter Twilight was using began to beep loudly. But as she was about to think that the scouter would explode, the beeping stopped. She then read out the number that was shown to her. Much to the surprise of her friends and family.
“His power level! It’s gone up to six hundred thousand!”
The group were stunned at what they heard. They the looked at Turles in fear.
“So…this is him at his fullest.” Cadence stated.
As Broly got into battle position, Turles made an open declaration.
“This is where you’ll die, Broly! For your insolence!”
With a mighty burst of speed, Turles charged straight towards the large Saiyan. In retaliation, Broly crossed his arms to block the assault. The first punch caused Broly to be hurtled back, but Turles was far from finished. Chasing after him. While keeping his arms crossed, Broly was able to block the flurry of punches from the smaller Saiyan. The blows causing him to be sent back across the field even more.
Then after a hard boot to the stomach, Broly was sent back even further away. He continued to stand as he tried to stop himself skidding along the ground. His golden boots leaving a very long groove in the dirt. But as started to slow down, Turles suddenly appeared behind him and with a hard kick, sent Broly hurtling through the sky.
But instead of chasing after him, Turles revealed another ability he possessed. After raising his right hand at his foe, purple energy began to build up in his palm. He then shouted out a name of the attack.
“SUDDEN STORM!!!”
From his open palm, Turles fired a rapid barrage of purple ki blasts that homed in on Broly. Purple beams streaking across the night sky like fireworks. Seeing the attack coming, Broly crossed his arms and took the energy blasts head on. The attacks exploding as they struck his body. But Turles didn’t stop. He continued to fire what seemed to be an endless attack.
On the side-lines, some of the group began to think that Broly might actually be in trouble. As Twilight used the red scouter to scan through the thick smoke, to her surprise, the Saiyans power level remained the same.
Up in the air, despite being shrouded in smoke and explosions, Broly lowered his arms slightly to see where Turles was. Glaring while doing so. Then with a mighty yell, Broly threw his arms apart and released a burst of power. Blowing apart the smoke and the oncoming energy attacks as his body too was consumed in white flowing ki. As he done so, the scouter recorded the change. Twilight gasped in shock at how quickly the numbers changed before stopping.
Shining Armor heard his sister’s gasp and made his enquiry.
“Twilight! What happened!? What’s his power level now!?”
“It’s gone straight to six hundred thousand!”
The others were surprised at what Twilight said. Broly had risen his power to match Turles’s again. But what surprised Twilight the most was how quickly Broly gained such power. He had risen it far quicker than Turles had done. And it did not cause the land to fall apart.
Completely ignoring his scouter, Turles began to charge towards Broly. With the latter diving down towards the former. Both Saiyans yelled as they were engulfed in their white auras. A loud boom was caused as the warriors collided into each other. The two began to dart across the sky once more. Creating booms when they came into contact. Causing the ground below them to tremble with each clash of fists.
Then after several more moments of chasing, the two Saiyans landed on the ground to exchange blows once more. If once could see how fast they were moving, they would witness that every punch was blocked and countered. Then as the two collided wrists, their movements paused. The group could see the alien warriors wrestling for strength. Broly’s right wrist pressing against Turles’s own. It was there where Twilight noticed something. The scouter showed that their power levels were the same. Yet, their facial expressions were different.
“Turles… he’s struggling more than Broly.”
The smaller Saiyan glared angrily as he balled his left fist.
“Don’t take me lightly! You traitorous punk!”
Turles then landed a solid punch to Broly’s gut, pushing him back. Then after he spun on the spot, he slammed his right boot into Broly’s side. The kick sent the larger Saiyan hurtling across the field as Turles gave chase. But instead of crashing to the ground, Broly merely levelled himself and flew across the ground and turned around to face the oncoming Saiyan pirate.
But then as Turles threw a punch at Broly, his fist went straight through the face of the latter. Then to his annoyance, Broly’s image faded away.
“An afterimage,” He said before he too used the same technique. Vanishing from view.
Up in the sky, a different kind of chase was happening. When Broly revealed himself, he would instantly vanish before Turles could be seen. Only to reappear when the foe vanishes. The bizarre game of cat and mouse was only brief before the two charged in close to land more punches at each other.
On the ground below, the group were awestricken to witness the same technique used by the two warriors.
“How did they do that. Can they teleport?” Spike asked. Confused at the constant vanishing.
Celestia then corrected him.
“No. It’s the afterimage technique. The ability to move at such speeds that the image they leave behind is a fake.”
“Wow. That’s incredible,” Starlight uttered. Amazed to see such a technique.
Remembering her speedy friend, Pinkie Pie turned to Rainbow Dash.
“Hay, you’re superfast, right? Did you see them when they used their speedy trick?”
To her confusion however, as the blue Pegasus continued to stare at the battle above, her face showed complete shock. Her mouth agape before replying. Her voice completely shaken.
“N-No Pinkie. I…I couldn’t…see them at all. I… I can’t keep up with them!”
All her friends looked at her in complete surprise. They never dreamed that the confident mare would ever admit such a thing.
“Wait. Ya mean…?” Applejack paused. She didn’t want to ask the question.
None of the others wanted to. But in their minds, they knew what the question was.
‘They’re too fast for even Rainbow Dash?’
The group then turned back to the battle. Watching the two Saiyans colliding fists with one another. Despite the even fight, Turles was clearly the aggressor. But then as Turles tried to grapple with Broly, the latter used his hands to grab a hold onto his foe. The two warriors used their strength to try to push each other away as they hovered in the air. Turles was grunting angrily as he tried to push back, while Broly done the same with cruel intent in his eyes.
While watching the struggle, Twilight saw them through the red scouter. With both the Saiyans in view, she could read both their power levels at the same time. She could see that they were both remained at six hundred thousand.
Then something happened.
Taken by surprise, Twilight quietly gasped when she saw Broly’s numbers change. Slowly went up in tens. Then rising by the hundreds.
“Broly?”
Up in the air, Broly was building up his power. His increased strength making him squeeze his grip even tighter. Turles began to feel the painful strain as he looked at his hands. He could see that he was starting to lose ground.
“W-What!?”
Deciding to break his grip, he tried to pull away. But to his surprise, he could not budge his hands free from Broly’s grasp. He then started to thrash. Trying to slip away. He then received a shock when Broly pulled his right hand back, bringing the startled Turles closer to his face as he spoke.
“You’re starting to annoy me.”
He then followed his talk with a strong headbutt to Turles’s forehead. Stunning him in place. He then delivered a haymaker to the face, sending Turles crashing into several boulders.
“W-What just happened there?” Cadence asked up. With Twilight answering.
“It’s Broly. His power level is going up.”
Celestia confirmed that it was true.
“She’s right. I can feel his energy steadily increasing.”
After making a quick recovery, Turles tried again to attack by launching a flurry of punches. But to his surprise, Broly was dodging them much quicker than before. Adding to his frustration.
“What the hell! You weren’t this quick before!”
Then as he threw his right fist out and missed, Broly saw an opening and landed a knee to Turles’s gut. Winding the pirate Saiyan with a powerful blow.
Turles gagged for breath as he clenched his stomach. Glaring angrily at Broly.
“Or this…strong.”
In pent-up anger, Turles threw a left punch straight to Broly’s face. But he wasn’t done. While yelling, he lashed out on Broly. Punching him left and right to the face. On the surface, the punches looked painful. But the face of the larger Saiyan hardly received any bruises in the slightest. The preoccupied Turles failed to notice an upcoming attack until it was too late. Green ki appeared in Broly’s right hand and threw it at Turles. Exploding on impact and sending him hurtling through the air.
But then as Turles recovered, Broly clotheslined him in the neck. And with one of Canterlot’s mountains in front of him, the large Saiyan crushed him against the rockface. Turles gagged as he was being crushed against the mountain.
Then after backing off by one hundred feet, Broly’s ki began to form in his right hand again. Green light shining from his palm. As Turles slowly recovered, he only had enough time to counter by raising both his palms at Broly. With his attack ready, Broly threw his Blaster Shell attack. The small green ball of energy flying straight towards Turles. The Saiyan pirate retaliated by firing a large purple beam at the ball.
When the two attacks collided, Turles’s attack held back Broly’s. But only for a moment. The new difference in power became apparent. The Blaster Shell started to push much harder. Drawing ever closer to Turles. Fearing that he was being overwhelmed, Turles quickly crossed his arms in defence as the attack struck.
The resulting explosion shook the ground hard and lit up the sky in green light. A big plume of smoke followed as the tremors died down. For all the souls that were watching, they thought that the battle was over. The whole section of the mountain that was in the blast radius was completely decimated. They believed nothing could survive it. But as for the group, they could see that Broly had not moved. And as for the magic casters, they could still sense two powerful entities. While they could not believe it, it was clear that the battle was far from over.
As the smoke cleared, Turles revealed to be alive. But not without damage. His crossed arms were trembling in pain and frustration as he grunted angrily. After lowering his arms to his sides, he clenched his fists in hate as he stared at Broly in complete shock. Blood dripping from the side of his mouth.
“I don’t believe it. If I hadn’t raised my defence like that, he would’ve killed me. How? How can he possess such power!?”
He then remembered what happened back on Earth.
“He’s even stronger than Kakarot.”
As he tried to strategize, Turles looked down to where his comrades fell. Among the rubble and bodies, he spotted the severed arm of Cacao. He grinned after remembering what was in the hidden compartment in the robotic arm. He began to think as he glared back at Broly.
‘I’ve got no choice. I have to use the Fruit of the Tree of Might. But its not like he would just let me slip by. I need a distraction.’
He then glanced over to where the onlooking citizens were. Even from far away, he could see the fear on their faces from seeing that he was still alive. As he looked back at Broly, he grinned before he spoke.
“So. These pitiful creatures are your friends, hmm? That you’re some sort of saviour to them?”
He then pointed his hand at Broly as purple ki lit up in his palms. He was making it look as though he was about to strike at his fellow Saiyan.
His grin grew bigger as he spoke again.
“Let’s test that, shall we?”
Within a blink of an eye, Turles quickly moved his arm so he was aiming at the citizens and fired off a blast of energy.
Taken off-guard by the surprise turn of events, Broly looked to where the ki blast was heading. Then with a newfound instinct taking hold, he rushed over to intercept it. The crowd began to scream and run as the purple blast was closing in on then fast. Probably too fast for them to get clear.
But before the attack could claim their lives, Broly appeared in its path and backhanded the purple ki away. Sending it off to fly aimlessly into the sky.
The crowd were amazed. The alien warrior, whom they overheard was the same species as the aggressor, chose to protect them once more. Like he had protected them from the Frieza Force.
As the annoyed Broly looked up to where Turles was, he was surprised to see that he was gone. But by sensing his energy, he could see him diving towards the ground. He followed in hot pursuit.
By seeing him flying straight towards them, Celestia, Twilight and the others, began to panic slightly. Thinking that he was on his way to kill them. But to their confusion, as Turles flew by, he reached down and snatched one of the deceased Cacao’s arms and flew to the ridge beside them. Where he had first shown himself to them. As Broly joined them, standing between Turles and the group, he was puzzled as to why Turles was holding onto one of the cyborg’s arms.
After a loud chuckle, Turles spoke to Broly.
“Now I have to give you credit, Broly. You’re certainly much stronger than I had anticipated. Even without using my scouter, I can see your strength.”
He continued as he opened the hidden compartment in the robot arm and stuck his and in it.
“I never thought I would use this on this planet. But you leave me no choice.”
As he pulled his hand out, red fruit was held within Turles’s grasp. He then tossed the robot arm aside as he held the fruit out in the open. Broly looked at the odd-looking fruit, intrigued by the fact that he could sense it packed full of energy. The rest of the group however felt uneasy. Remembering the stories Turles already told them about the fruit and the tree that it grew from.
“Take a good look, Broly. This is the Fruit of the Tree of Might. Once consumed, it would lead to your doom.”
As he gave a very sinister grin, he added one more detail.
“One bite. That’s all I need.”
Fed up of hearing Turles’s stories, Rainbow Dash began to speculate that everything the pirate had said was all false.
“Yeah right! I bet everything you said about it is a big fat lie! I doubt that kind of fruit even exists! Ridicules!”
Some of the group believed that the rainbow maned Pegasus may had a point. The idea of gaining power from a special fruit did sound farfetched. Broly however did believe him. But curious to see the process for himself, he stood by. Letting Turles do his thing.
To build up as much fear as he could, the grinning Turles drew the fruit slowly towards his mouth. Then… a munching sound was heard. Then by moving his hand back down, the fruit was seen with a bite mark in it.
Turles had eaten the fruit.
At first, nothing happened. But just as Rainbow Dash was about to open her mouth to make a retort, Turles began to change. Within moments, the muscles in his chest, legs and arms suddenly bulged out. Causing him to crush the fruit in his hand. Then as the feeling of overflowing power rushed within his veins, Turles let out an almighty yell. Screaming to the heavens as powerful white ki exploded from his body. Causing the entire world to shake violently. One of the Canterlot mountains almost fell apart from the vibrations.
As powerful gusts of winds almost blew the anthro ponies and dragon clean off their feet, they were completely taken back by the sudden turn of events.
“Wait! So he wasn’t bluffing!!?” Rainbow Dash shrieked as Fluttershy held onto her tightly.
While lying on the ground, the scouter Twilight was wearing was beeping like crazy in response. She was horrified at the sudden rise in numbers.
“What he said about that fruit was true! His power is skyrocketing even higher than before!”
But just as the numbers were about to reach in the millions, all the digits vanished and replaced with a series of horizontal bars. Followed by a buzzing sound, signalling that the scouter possessed a limiter.
“No way!” Twilight shouted. Gaining the attention of Shining Armor.
“What is it, Twilight!?”
The purple Alicorn looked to Shining Armor and Celestia in pure horror as she spoke.
“It’s his power! This scouter can’t even measure it anymore!”
Everyone looked to her in terror before turning back to Turles. The magic casters didn’t need numbers to know that the Saiyan’s power was growing even more. The fact that something as simple as a fruit could give an individual such power was both unbelievable and frightening.
Despite the events that were unfolding, Broly remained unmoved. The only thing that was surprising to him was that the fruit made Turles stronger. As for the pirate Saiyan, he laughed insanely as he continued to feel his power grow.
“Yes!! YES!!! It has finally happened!! I have finally achieved the ultimate power in the cosmos!!”
He then turned to Broly with a determined glare.
“Feel the power, OF THE STRONGEST SAIYAN IN THE UNIVERSE!!!”
In response to the threat, Broly vanished from view again. Turles likewise done the same thing. Up in the skies, Turles’s heightened speed made him catch up with Broly. Giving the larger Saiyan a powerful punch to the face and sending him crashing to the ground.
“Ha! How do you like me now!? Regretting your decisions!?” He shouted. Clearly growing overconfident.
Then as Turles charged down to engage Broly again, the latter stood up from the overturned ground and readied himself for battle. But as he done so, the scouter Twilight held started to beep again. Unable to resist using it with all the commotion happening, Twilight faced towards Broly and used it. She was almost left speechless that the numbers were steadily climbing again.
‘I…Incredible.’
As the two Saiyans clashed, Twilight kept her full attention on Broly’s power level. Up until he too couldn’t be measured anymore.
“I…I don’t believe it.”
“What is it Twilight?” Spike asked her.
The Alicorn looked to her assistant. And then to her friends and family as she removed the scouter from her face. Seeing that there was no longer a point to use it.
“Now the scouter can’t measure Broly’s power.”
The others stared at her in shock. Without numbers to help, they could only guess what was to happen next for the two Saiyans. But uneasiness was among the group.
“But… we all saw Turles eat that fruit. His rise in power.” Rarity pointed out. Followed by a question from Applejack.
“I doubt Broly could match up to that. Could he?”
“Won’t he need that special fruit too?” Fluttershy asked.
Celestia and Luna both looked up at the battle in thought. From remembering their battle at the Crystal Empire, and the kind of power Broly used, Luna spoke up in a stern tone.
“He wouldn’t need to.”
Back at the fight, the two Saiyans continued to clash. With Turles on the offensive and holding his advantage. His punches forcing Broly back across the field. Turles was grinning devilishly. Believing that he truly was the strongest Saiyan. But as he continued his assault, he failed to notice something. His attacks were starting to become less affective to Broly. With him not using his scouter and lacking the ability to sense ki, he couldn’t tell that the larger Saiyan was slowly building strength.
He then landed a hard kick to Broly’s gut. Sending the large Saiyan across the grassland. But by digging his hands into the ground, he slowed himself down to a stop. But a thought crossed Turles’s mind as he charged in to attack more.
‘Strange. He recovered quite quickly.’
But he brushed aside his concerns as he charged in with his hands balled into fists. Ready to strike.
But as Turles threw his punch, Broly caught it.
Time seemed to have slowed down for the startled Turles. While blocking a punch may seem ordinary, to him with his power greatly enhanced, it was shocking.
‘What!? He blocked me!?’
Turles then launched several more punches. To which, Broly was able to block. Then by finding an opening, Broly delivered a punch of his own. Landing square against the face of the Saiyan pirate.
The blow sent the smaller Saiyan reeling back several feet before coming to a stop. He briefly paused as he rubbed his right cheek to sooth the pain. But that was precisely the problem.
“I…can still feel pain?”
He then grunted in anger. His eyes full of hate and disbelief.
“What!? How could his attack even hurt me!? I ate the fruit! I’m invincible! He should be screaming in agony! There’s no way in hell he could best me so suddenly!”
His outbursts were heard by the group not too far away. They remained silent as to witnessing a new revelation.
With a mighty yell and a burst of power, Turles charged in to attack Broly head on in a frenzy. A series of frantic punches to the face and chest pushed Broly back. But it was all they did. Push him back. Only for Broly to immediately recover and move back in. Turles followed up with an uppercut with his right fist and with the open palm on his left, fired a wave of purple ki directly at Broly’s face.
The ki attack left Broly’s top half shrouded in smoke. But with a simple backflip to land on his feet, he as ready to charge in again. But as Turles landed a hard punch to the face, the blow barely fazed Broly as he continued to glare angrily at the smaller Saiyan. His pupils briefly changed from black to blue.
Turles started to see that his attacks were becoming more and more ineffective with each passing second. Evident in his startled tone.
“Where the hell did you come from!?”
But instead of answering, Broly’s body was engulfed in white ki as he roared. He then raised is right fist up and landed a solid punch to Turles’s face. The punch sent him flying towards a mountain before Broly gave chase. The Saiyan pirate slammed into the mountain, forming a crater his size. But then only had enough time to cross his hands as Broly reached up to him and punched him through the mountain. His fist pushing Turles further into the peak.
As Turles stared into the angry eyes of Broly, one thing was evidently clear.
‘Somehow he’s growing stronger!’
Broly roared again as he continued to push Turles straight through the mountain. Emerging through the other side, the two left a great big hole in the mountain. As they got clear, Turles grabbed onto Broly’s outstretched wrist and spun to kick him in the side of his head. He had hoped the blow would knock him out. But seeing it failed prompted the pirate to fly through the wide valley as fast as he could. With Broly following behind.
Looking behind him, Turles could see Broly firing several green ki bursts at him. Causing him to weave left and right to avoid being hit. The ki attacks exploding all around him. Turles retaliated by facing towards Broly with his left palm pointing at him. With a yell, he fired his Sudden Storm attack which homed in on Broly. But the larger Saiyan was just quick enough to dodge the blasts. Leaving them to explode on the ground. Their actions resulted in the entire valley behind the mountain to light up in a series of explosions that could be seen for miles.
As Turles began to reach around the front of the mountain, in plain view of the anthro ponies, he continued to fire homing blasts that kept missing their target. But as Broly was about to close in on him, Turles quickly switched attacks.
“METEOR BURST!!!”
Pointing his right arm down to the ground, Turles fired a beam of energy that struck the ground below and in front of Broly, then the large Saiyan and everything around him was engulfed in purple energy that rose from the ground. The bright light vaporizing anything within.
But just as Turles slowed down to claim victory, to his horror, Broly emerged from the purple light. Fully unscaved and bearing down on the smaller Saiyan with a mighty yell.
“W-WHAT!!?”
It was all Turles said before Broly charged in close. A green ball of ki appearing in front of his chest. Then as he slammed into the armoured Saiyan, the tiny ball of light exploded. Sending the screaming Turles flailing across the sky before Broly caught up to him. Turles then received what could only be described as the biggest beating of his life. Each punch he received to the face and chest felt bone-shattering. Leaving the helpless Saiyan almost dazed as he staggered after every blow.
The group were witnessing the events unfolding in front of them. They were left speechless. Turles claimed to be the strongest Saiyan. Yet he was being outclassed by Broly. To some, they were confused. They believed that the Fruit of the Tree of Might would have made Turles far stronger. Yet Broly possessed the strength that exceeded even that.
After he smacked Turles to the ground, Broly landed behind him. Seeing if his opponent still had fight left in him. To which he did. In pent-up frustration, Turles yelled in fury as he ran to Broly to deliver the strongest punch he could muster. A punch which Broly blocked with his wrists. Turles then launched another echoing blow to which was also countered. Broly then responded with a punch of his own. But despite blocking it, the blow sent Turles staggering back. It was Broly’s turn to charge in to attack. For Turles, every punch he blocked was making his arms all the more numb. Grunting loudly in pain.
His numbing wrists distracted Turles from Broly’s onslaught. With another mighty yell, Broly landed a strong punch that both shattered Turles’s scouter and sent him crashing against the base of a mountain. Throwing up a big plume of dirt and dust.
The crowd in the distance all muttered amongst themselves. Wondering if the one called Broly had won the fight. Back with the group, they could tell that the battle was still going from just by looking at Broly. He continued to face the mountain as he hovered just above the ground. Plus from looking at him, most of the group spotted something.
“Is he… smiling?” Cadence asked.
Broly was indeed smiling. Since the start of the fight, he saw Turles as the representation of the Saiyan warrior race. Of all their pride and selfishness. Furthermore, he was a spitting image of Kakarot. The very Saiyan whom he hated the most. For all the terrible horrifying things he had to endure from their actions, he would make Turles suffer. Since his desires were becoming true, he felt glad that in his own way, he had a chance to revolt against the Saiyans and their way of life.
As the large dust cloud settled down, Turles laid there in the rubble. Terribly bruised and breathing heavily, he slowly sat up as he tried to fight the pain in his body. He glared in both fury and fear as he saw Broly landing firmly on the ground.
“I… don’t understand. This…this makes no sense. How can I…be bested? I ate the fruit. I should be much stronger than this. Unless...”
His eyes widened considerably from realising one fact. The only explanation for his loss.
“He… was already this powerful to begin with? How? How can he… possess this… much power? It’s…impossible!”
He then gasped when he remembered something. Something that at the time he payed no mind to.
“Wait!? The day Planet Vegeta was destroyed!”
Turles then had a flashback. On the day where Frieza destroyed the Saiyan home world. It hadn’t been very long since the young Turles abandoned the Saiyan army to start up his own alien force. But despite breaking free from the other Saiyans, he kept tabs on what was happening on Planet Vegeta. One thing he remembered was that several hours before the planet was destroyed, he recalled hearing about a new-born child. A baby born with the power that put even the elites of the time to shame. The son of a high ranking Saiyan colonel…named Paragus.
As his flashback ended, Turles highly doubted that any new-born would have survived the destruction of a planet. Even if they were a prodigy. But there he was.
‘No way! It couldn’t be him! Surely! If so…it explains how he’s so strong. I don’t know how he survived Planet Vegeta’s destruction. But it has to be him. The Saiyan born with power that no amount of fruit could compare. If so…then I don’t know how I can bet him.’
Then to the surprise of the two Saiyans, they started to hear cheering. Turning to face where the noise was coming from, Broly could see that it was the citizens of Canterlot. Believing that Turles was defeated, they began to celebrate. Broly was again taken back by the praise.
The group too looked at the crowd in confusion.
“They’re cheering already?” Shining Armor said. Joined by Twilight.
“A bit premature isn’t it?”
As Turles ignored the cheering and stared at Broly more, he gasped in curiosity when he noticed something off about the larger Saiyan. With Broly facing away from him, Turles had a clear view of the large Saiyan’s back. More specifically, the back of his waist. He could see that Broly, despite his seemingly overwhelming power, was lacking something very crucial for a typical Saiyan.
“He…doesn’t have it?”
After gasping in realisation, he quickly looked up to the thick clouds above. Seeing the light of a certain celestial object shining behind them. He started to grin devilishly as he formulated a new plan.
“So there is a way to bet him after all. It’s a good thing I decided to attack at night,” He said as he started to chuckle while unravelling his tail.
The group and Broly suddenly heard an outburst of laughter from Turles. All turning in his direction with puzzled expressions. While the Saiyan watched on in silence, Rainbow Dash spoke up.
“What’s so funny, creep!? You finally gone crazy?”
As he calmed down, Turles gave a sinister reply.
“Oh no. It’s just that by the end of the night, you are all going to die. Yes. Even you Broly.”
After standing back up to his full height, he explained himself.
“You may be strong, Broly. But you lack the one thing that I possess. The time has finally come! Now… I’ll show you why the Saiyans are the most feared race in the universe!”
After finishing is statement, to the confusion of the ponies, Turles threw his right arm into the air and released an invisible pulse of energy. Following the direction of where his palm was facing, the group saw to their shock, that the thick layer of clouds were quickly dispersed by the energy pulse. Blowing them away to reveal a bright full moon in the sky.
Fearing that the Saiyan’s threat involved her moon, Luna snapped at Turles in alarm.
“What’s the meaning of this, monster!?”
Then to Luna’s confusion, as well as the rest of the startled group, Turles seemed to be… happy. Looking at the bright moon in joy and awe.
“My. What a beautiful moon this planet has. It's magnificent. Perfect…for what I have in mind.”
“What do you mean!?” Luna shouted. Demanding an explanation.
He finished with a big toothy grin, much to the confusion of the ponies. As the group stared on, Twilight noticed something strange, Turles’s monkey tail started to twitch and jot suddenly. She could tell that something was happing to him.
As he continuously stared at the full moon, Turles began to feel it. The Blutz Waves from the light reflected by the moon, causing through his body. Reacting to the glands in his tail. Causing it to twitch more frantically. Then he felt it. It sounded like a heartbeat. But it felt like it came from all over his body. He gasped in ecstasy as he felt his body going through a change. Pulsing with every passing second. The heartbeat sound continued to pulse through his body as he started to breath heavily.
The group looked at Turles in confusion. Wondering why he was acting up suddenly. Celestia gasped when she suddenly felt something changing within the Saiyan. She turned to Luna for confirmation.
“Luna! You sense that right!?”
Luna spoke up in alarm as she too could feel it.
“Yes! His energy! It’s spiking even higher!”
“What!!?” The group shouted in fright. Shocked to hear the bad news.
As Turles continued to stare at the moon, the pupils in his eyes vanished from view as his breathing became more aggressive. His muscles bulked up suddenly. Becoming more solid. Then feeling a massive rush of energy, Turles roared loudly at the sky. Causing the world around him to shake violently.
“RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
After releasing his war cry, Turles glanced down at the ground. Surprising the group with new noticeable features. His eyes turned completely red as his canines grew bigger and sharper.
“What’s… happening to him?” Fluttershy whispered. Seeing the Saiyan like a wild animal.
Then as the group began to move back in fear, they suddenly saw Turles’s body expanded. He was rapidly starting to grow in size. As he did, he let out loud grunts and roars. Almost as if he were becoming a true animal. As his body grew, so did his power. Reaching higher than ever. Furthermore, all his exposed skin started to grow long brown fur. Further showing that he was becoming a beast. But what was the most frightening to witness was his face. Turles’s very skull started to change shape. His mouth grew longer into a snout. His nose regressed into the front of the snout. His ears became pointier. All his teeth becoming sharper and his hair starting to stand up on end. All the while his voice began to change too. Becoming more animalistic by the second.
Then as his body finished its transformation, his body began to grow even faster. Surprisingly, along with his armour. Growing ever bigger as he continued to roar. The crowd in the distance began to scream in terror as a nightmare of a beast grew for all to see. The group stood still in fear as they silently stared at the transforming Turles. With Rarity breaking the silence.
“WHAT IN EQUESTRIA!!!?”
Broly watched him in stunned silence. He recalled going through the same thing when he was younger. But to actually see the transformation of another Saiyan unfolding in front of him was a whole new experience.
Then as he finished growing, reaching to a staggering sixty feet tall, Turles started to grin. Then in an animalistic fashion, started to laugh. He thought he would lose control in the form. But beyond his reason, he could still think for himself. His sense of reasoning remained with him. Which meant that he could focus on his true enemy.
Turles then spoke to everyone who could hear with a deeper, beast-like tone. Ending it with a great roar.
“Creatures of this planet! You have the privilege to witness… the true form of the Saiyan race!! THE GREAT APE!!!"