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// Chapter 12: Primal Strength vs The Power of Legend / The Battle Concludes 
// Story: The Legend of Broly 
// by I-C-U-P 
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All eyes stared in silence at what could be the most horrific thing they had ever seen. Just when it seemed Broly had won the battle. Turles had transformed. Becoming what could be described as a monster from a child’s fairy tale. Bearing the resemblance to a giant monkey, the pirate Saiyan called it the Great Ape. The monstrous form of the Saiyan race.

As the Great Ape Turles stood firm to admire his ability to remain in control of the form, the group below stared at him in terror. With Princess Cadence breaking the silence.

“Th… That’s Turles!!?”

“He’s turned himself into a disgusting monster!” Rarity shrieked. Finding the form grotesque to look at.

“But how did he do that?” Rainbow Dash asked. Puzzled as to how he transformed.

Princess Luna was the first to figure it out. The Saiyan pirate transformed not long after he gazed at the moon in the sky. She looked up at the celestial object in wonder.

“Could it be… because of the moon!?”

The others looked at the moon when they overheard Luna. Then they too saw the connection.

“So… when a Saiyan looks at the full moon…” Princess Celestia said. Her sentence finished by Applejack.

“… they turn into giant monkeys!?”

“Like a werewolf,” Spike joined. Seeing the similarities to one of the monsters from his story books.

Princess Twilight Sparkle suddenly had a very bad feeling with her eyes widened in alarm. She just remembered that Turles wasn’t the only Saiyan in the area. She turned back to look at the other Saiyan warrior.

“Broly!! Don’t look at the…!!”

She was too late. By the time she looked at where Broly stood, the tall Saiyan was already looking up at the sky. The full moon clearly in his line of sight. Alarmed by Twilight’s outburst, all the other anthro ponies and dragon too turned to where Broly was. Only to share the same fearful expression as the Princess of Friendship. They all shrieked out the very thing that appeared in their minds.

“HE LOOKED!!!”

The group began to tremble in fear. If Broly was already very powerful to begin with, possibly stronger the Turles in his base form, then him in his Great Ape form would be a living nightmare. Even if he were to continue to fight against Turles, the damage from two giant monsters battling each other would be catastrophic.

All was silent as Broly calmly stared at the bright full moon in the sky. The light illuminating the land. But as seconds went by, Broly then turned his attention back to Turles. Completely unaffected.

As more time went on with not a single change in Broly’s appearance, the group behind him were beginning to feel puzzled. Was his transformation delayed? Was something amiss? But one thing was for sure.

“Huh? He… didn’t change?” Twilight asked in uncertainty.

In response to her confusion, Great Ape Turles started to laugh maniacally. Laughing at how puzzled the ponies were. The whole group looked at Turles in uncertainty as he stopped laughing. Looking down on them as he spoke in a very deep bellowing voice of a beast.

“Of course, he didn’t change!”

As the giant Saiyan chuckled more, the ponies all looked at each other in confusion. Wondering what in the world was going on. They all payed attention to Turles as he tuned his sights onto Broly.

“Why not tell them, Broly? The reason why you can’t change into a Great Ape.”

He then revealed the cause as he pointed his giant finger at Broly.

“You don’t have your tail anymore. Don’t you?”

All eyes looked at Broly in surprise. Trying to imagine him with a tail of his own. Since Turles was a Saiyan and had a tail, it made sense for Broly to have a tail too. But they were puzzled as to why he had not got one. Of which Broly revealed by answering the question.

“No. My father removed mine when I was a child.”

The ponies and dragon all stared at him in shock.

“Removed? As in… it was cut off?” Twilight quietly asked. Imagining that having a tail cut off was a very painful experience.

Questions began to flow through the group. Why was his tail removed? And why was Turles making a big deal about it since Broly didn’t seemed very bothered about it at all?

These questions, as well as many more, were answered by Turles himself.

“Hahaha!! The fool! But convenient for me! The only way you can best me now is by transforming into a Great Ape! But since you don’t have your tail, you won’t be able to transform! But since I have mine, I’ll be the only one who will benefit from our full Saiyan potential! A Saiyans’ true power lies in their tails! Without it you’re nothing!”

Despite what seemed to be personal insults, words barely fazed Broly in the slightest. He continued to glare at the giant monkey with intent to fight. The Great Ape Turles growled as he spoke.

“Be sure to thank your father for me! WHEN I’LL SEND YOU TO HELL!!!”

With a shocking burst of speed, Turles charged at Broly. Before he could react, the smaller Saiyan was backhanded by the giant ape. Sending him flying across the landscape.

To Broly’s surprise, he actually felt pain from the blow. Due to his lack of experience against a Great Ape, he had heavily underestimated the giant’s speed. Turles displayed his frightening speed by leaping after Broly. Gaining on him within seconds. Before Broly could dodge, Turles slammed his giant wrists on top of him. Sending him crashing into the earth. Then as he saw Turles ready to crush him under his left foot, Broly jumped out of his crater. Leaving the monster to slam his foot into the ground and then fly up behind him. However, Turles anticipated the manoeuvre and used his oversized tail to swat Broly aside. Yelling in pain.

“What’s going on!? Why isn’t Broly fighting back!?” Rainbow Dash asked. She and the others confused as to why the Saiyan hadn’t done anything yet.

“And how is it possible for something that big to move so fast!?” Starlight Glimmer joined. Eyeing the giant form of Turles.

As Celestia silently watched the battle, she noticed that Broly’s power hardly had gone up. Strength wise, Turles in his Great Ape form was superior. But that was what made her confused. She remembered Broly being far stronger in the past. It was when Turles smacked Broly with his palm where Celestia noticed something. Before he took the hit, Broly attempted to raise his power. But the blow interrupted his concentration. 

She gasped when she found the answer.

“I know what’s going on!”

All eyes looked to Celestia in surprise before he explained what was going on.

“It’s Turles! He’s using his speed to his advantage against Broly. He’s not letting him power up further.”

Most of the group all gasped at the notion.

“Y-You mean…?” Twilight Sparkle fearfully uttered. With Celestia speaking up as she turned towards the battle.

“Yes. Unless Broly finds an opening, he might be in trouble.”

Great Ape Turles roared as he reared his right fist to throw a punch. Then as his giant fist connected to Broly, the smaller Saiyan tried to use his body to cushion the blow with his body. At first, he was able to hold the fist back. But with his current strength not quite there to match, he was pushed back. Sent flying into a mountain. His small body forming a surprisingly large crater.

As Broly was imbedded into the rock, like Celestia, he too figured out Turles’s tactic. He was not giving him the time to raise his power even more. Plus with every blow he took, pain shot through his body. He grunted as he tried to fight against the pain and try to concentrate on increasing his power. But before he had the chance to, Turles ran up to him and launched another punch. His right fist striking Broly and crushing him into the mountain. Causing the surrounding area to crack open and collapse into rocks and rubble. 

The group squinted their eyes form the sight. Not liking the sight of someone being sandwiched against rock by a monster. The attack would very easily flatten a pony to death.

But as the dust settled, Turles laughed as he rose back up. Looking down at where Broly was lying.

“Don’t act so surprised by the outcome! As a Great Ape, a Saiyan’s power is increased tenfold! Even with your gifted power, you are no match!”

Then Turles began to relentlessly punch Broly further into the ground. The crater around him grew wider and wider after every blow. All the while the giant continued to laugh.

Every punch that was launched sent tremendous shockwaves through the ground. Showing just how strong the giant ape was. The group struggling to keep their balance. All the while staring fearfully at the battle.

Twilight began to grow more worried. She was starting to feel that Broly might end up dead. Then no one would be strong enough to fight against Turles. Especially in his Great Ape form. She tried desperately to think how she could help him. Then after some thought, she remembered what Turles said.

‘Wait. Turles said that a Saiyans’ true power lies in their tails.’

She then silently looked at the giant tail swaying in the air.

‘So… if we could somehow cut off his tail, he might turn back to normal!’

Her expression grew confident as she knew exactly what to do. To the surprise of her friends and family, she suddenly raised both her arms in the air and began to channel her magic.

“Twilight? What are you doing?” Prince Shining Armor asked.

The group were then startled when a large horizontal purple disk of magical energy formed above the purple Alicorn. She then started to grunt from pouring more magical energy into her spell.

“Wh…what’s that!?” Spike asked.

Despite trying to focus on her spell, Twilight was able to get words out.

“Everyone! H… his tail!”

While puzzled at first, most of the group looked back at the battlefield. Eyeing the giant Saiyan’s tail waving in the air, and remembering the facts stated by both Broly and Turles, some of them gasped in realisation at what Twilight had in mind.

“That’s brilliant, Twilight. His tail is his weakness!” Celestia said before adding her own magic into Twilight’s spell. Making the energy disk bigger and stronger.

“That’s right. With him distracted, we can just cut it off. Let’s go, Cadence,” Shining Armor eagerly said to the pink Alicorn. The two royals adding their own magic to the spell. Then joined by Starlight and Luna.

Luna felt especially thrilled. By taking part, she could potentially show to the Saiyans that they shouldn’t be taken lightly.

As he finished his punches, Turles reached down and grabbed Broly. Clenching him in his fist as he rose him up to face him.

“Now let’s hear you scream!”

He started to squeeze his grip even tighter. But rather than screaming, Broly only let out pain-filled grunts. Trying to fight back by raising his power. His efforts were showing results. Slowly resisting the grip of the Great Ape.

Turles could feel his grip beginning to loosen. But rather than taking chances, he roared out as he smashed his fist back to the ground. Throwing up a mountain of dirt and causing more pain to his captive. Breaking his focus.

“I don’t think so!”

Back with the group, the magic disk grew even wider. Fuelled by the energies of four Alicorns and two Unicorns, the multi-coloured disk span wildly. Even giving off a buzz saw sound. The group looked at the energy attack in triumphant.

“We did it! It’s ready!” Cadence praised as she and the others admired their efforts and hard work. It wasn’t easy to form a spell with combined energies.

Looking back at the battlefield, they saw the giant form of Turles punching the ground with Broly within his grasp. Then after timing the amount of times his tail raised into the air, Twilight gave the word.

“NOW!!!”

With one strong throw, the five anthro ponies sent their combined attack speeding towards the Great Ape. Shining bright as it flew across the landscape. Getting ever closer to the base of Turles’s tail. Then… to their amazement… the magical blade struck.

But the second the blade slammed into the base of the tail, it collapsed. Bending around the tail before fading away. Leaving the appendage unscaved.

Time slowed down for the group. Looks of horror on their faces from their failed attempt.

“It… it didn’t work? But… what went wrong? His tail was supposed to be sliced off!” Twilight cried out in destress.

However, their attempt to cause harm hadn’t gone unnoticed by Turles. From feeling a sudden small pinch from his tail, he ceased his onslaught and turned back around. Chuckling when he looked at the ponies. He knew exactly what they tried to do.

“I’m sorry. Did you try to cut off my tail?”

The group could only watch in confusion as he laughed at them. Turning around to face them before telling them what went wrong.

“I confess. You got the execution down, as well as the appropriate attack. But you lack the power to put a scratch on me.”

The group realised that Turles was right. Even by combining their powers, their total power level would still be under a thousand on a scouter. But Turles was in the millions. Plus in his Great Ape form, it was ten times greater than even that.

They suddenly felt powerless as they stared at his red featureless eyes. They could truly do nothing to Turles.

After he took in all the fear from the group, Turles decided that he had enough fun with Broly.

“It’s time to put an end to this! Die traitor!!”

Then with one strong swing, he threw Broly away. But to the shock of all the innocent souls, Turles threw him in the direction of Canterlot itself. But if that wasn’t enough, Turles began to build up energy to form an energy attack. Then with a roar, he fired his Super Flame Cannon attack from his mouth. The red ki-based fireball collided into Broly. Sending him speeding even faster towards Equestria’s capital.

“NO!!!” Celestia cried out in dismay.

But Broly was not done yet. While he had yet to summon the strength to push the blast back, he did have enough to change its direction. Trying to draw it away from the castle and towards the ground. He was successful. The blast changed direction to strike the ground near the base of Canterlot Mountain. However, it left the Saiyan caught in the middle of a giant explosion. A blast of super-heated red energy erupted like a bomb. Causing the air to be blasted away and powerful tremors to travel through the ground. Knocking many ponies off their feet.

When the explosion died down, the group fearfully looked to where the blast came from. Only to gasp in horror at what they saw. All what was left was a gigantic smouldering crater. Nearby plant life ablaze. And thick smoke venting from large piles of overturned rocks. And out of all of that, there was no signs of life. It was that what caused most of the group to feel deeply concerned for their new friend.

“Broly no,” Twilight quietly said. Saddened by his apparent loss. She couldn’t even sense his energy.

Turles was the only one not to feel remorse. In fact, his huffed in satisfaction.

“It is done. The pride of the Saiyan warrior race has been restored.”

He then started to grin as he turned his attention to the group. His footsteps echoed through the battle-torn valley as he walked closer to them. The ponies and dragon could feel their legs trembling in fear as he approached them. Most of the group cowered behind the royals as they tried desperately to stand their ground.

Stopping a hundred feet away from them, Turles then spoke out. Raising his voice for them and the distant crowd to hear.

“Take a good look natives! Your so-called saviour is no more! Now nothing will get in my way of conquering his puny planet! And once the Tree of Might bears root, you will all either perish or become my slaves!”

As Great Ape Turles began to laugh in victory, the group before him felt as though it was all over. They couldn’t stand up to the power of the giant Saiyan. While their only gamble was to go to the Tree of Harmony and retrieve the elements, they figured that the Tree of Might would be planted long before they could even reach the Everfree Forest. And that it would drain the magic of the land before it could be effectively used. By then it would be too late. They were truly out of options.

But as Twilight was about to tear up in defeat, she suddenly heard a loud buzzing sound. It was the scouter she had dropped on the ground. The puzzled Alicorn picked it up and looked at the red screen. What was displayed were the horizontal lines as before. Meaning that it was picking up an unreadable power. But just as she thought that the power was coming from Turles, she noticed that it was in fact coming from the large crater. Where Broly was last seen.

She turned to face the crater in wonderment. If the scouter was able to detect something. Then it could only mean one thing.

“Broly?”

Over by the blast sight, the ground started to rumble. Causing some rocks to be shaken loose as it grew stronger. Soon enough, the tremors reached all the way to group. Gaining their attention and snapping them out of their fear-stricken state. 

“Huh?” Turles uttered. He too could feel the vibrations in the ground. 

As he noticed that the ponies were facing away from him, the Great Ape turned to where they were looking at. He took several steps away from the group as he realised what was going on.

“Still alive, Broly?”

In the middle of the crater, where the vibrations were coming from, stood a large pile of giant rocks. They began to crack when the strength of the tremors increased greatly. Then with a burst of energy, and a mighty battle cry, the rocks were blown apart. Sent flying in all directions as dirt blew out of the crater. Then as the dust settled, Broly was seen. Standing and very much alive.

“He’s alright!” Celestia cheered along with most of the group. Seeing that there was hope for them yet.

Turles however was admittingly surprised.  With all the thrashing Broly endured, he thought that he wouldn’t be able to stand on his two feet. With no noticeable injuries.

“You really are one tough nut to crack. But you still have no chance of beating me!”

Then as he saw the expression on Broly’s face, Turles began to grin.

“What’s this? Have you already realised that you have lost hope?”

At first the group were confused at what Turles was talking about. But after looking carefully at Broly in the distance, they could see what he was talking about.

“What’s the matter with him?” Fluttershy asked as she peeked over Rainbow Dash’s shoulder.

Despite standing tall, Broly’s was facing towards the ground. His hair over his face, the shadow covering his eyes. Giving the impression that he was distraught. The reason for his behaviour was because he misjudged the situation. He was careless. He had underestimated the threat of the Great Ape and held back too much of his own power.  If he hadn’t, then he wouldn’t be feeling the pain from the beatings. He began to grunt in anger. His fists clenching tighter as he gritted his teeth. He was the Saiyan of Legend. He shouldn’t have made the mistakes a common pride filled Saiyan would. The realisation was only making his rage boil even more.

But as he felt his fury reaching the surface, he immediately realised that he had to remain in control. He couldn’t understand why, but he felt that it was something he needed to do. Broly started to stagger from the sudden pain in his head. Trying so hard not to give in his hate while trying to calm down. Then using his right hand to clench his head in an attempt to ease the pain.

‘Background music’ ‘The Final Countdown by Europe’

“Something is wrong! He’s in pain!” Starlight said as some of the group grew concerned.

Turles came to his own conclusion.

“What’s this? Has the poor thing gone insane? No matter, I’ll just do you a favour and put you out of your misery!”

As he stood his ground, Turles began to build up energy in his giant maw. Beams of light shining from the gaps in-between his teeth. Unlike his previous mouth blast, it was purple instead of red. A common mouth beam of a Great Ape known as Chou Makouhou. But by building up his ki, the beam would end up being much more powerful.

Believing that the threat was genuine, Twilight tried to call out to Broly.

“Broly!! Get out of there!!”

But Broly was unable to listen. He was too busy with his internal struggle. His grunting became yelling as the pain got intense. Despite his growing agony, his raised hand lowered from his face and back to his side. Clenching it tight as veins began to pulse from his arms and his head. He could feel his energy spiking higher as his rage grew. Causing the ground to slightly tremble in response and him yelling loudly.

The group began to feel incredibly tense. Their hearts beating ever faster. Even with Broly were to move out of the way, Turles’s attack would end up vaporizing the city of Canterlot. Unless Broly could do something, they had no idea what to do or how to act.

Despite his mouth full of energy, Turles was just able to talk.

“TIME TO DIE!!!”

As soon as he could gather as much energy he could into his attack, with a mighty roar, Great Ape Turles fired a powerful purple beam straight from his mouth. The energy beam joined the moon by illuminating the whole area in a bright light.

“BROLY!!!” Twilight cried out as she saw the beam heading straight towards both him and the distant city.

Despite the impending doom heading directly towards him, Broly continued to cry out in his mental struggle. His arms raised to his sides with his fists clenched hard as he could feel his energy reaching ever higher. He had to let it all out.

What came next was truly stunning. With his frustration for Turles reaching its peak, Broly screamed loud as he raised his head to look at the oncoming purple beam. Then as he screamed, a green ball of ki suddenly appeared in front of his open mouth. Then within seconds, a great beam of green energy came firing out. The force of the blast causing the rocks beside the Saiyan to be pushed back and leave a large groove in the ground.

Unintentional or not, the attack was Broly’s own mouth beam. The Gigantic Breath.

As the green beam flew across the battlefield, it collided into the purple beam. And to the surprise of all the souls watching, Turles’s attack was being held back. But no one was more surprised… than Turles himself.

“WHAT!!!”

Showers of sparks rained down on the area from the resulting beam struggle. Then with a loud roar, Broly was able to put out even more power than before. His energy beam pushing… then completely overpowering Turles’s own! The Great Ape was toppled over from the sheer force of Broly’s power. Falling down onto his back as the green beam flew over him. But it didn’t stop. The energy blast punched a giant hole in one of the distant mountains. Then flying off into the night sky before detonating in an explosive green light. Sending tremors through the ground form the blast.

“He… overpowered me!!?” Turles shrieked in disbelief as he watched the green explosion die down.

Then just like the Great Ape, all the speechless residence of Equestria all turned their heads towards Broly. He was huffing for breath as smoke vented from his body. Showing how intense the attack was. Then after gritting his teeth, Broly roared out to the heavens above. The war cry so mighty it caused the very ground beneath his feet to crack and split open. Then the ground exploded as Broly took to the air and charged in back to battle. Yelling more as he closed in on Turles much quicker than before. The Great Ape could only stand back up before Broly delivered the first blow.

Turles thought that Broly’s physical attacks would do nothing to him. But he was very wrong. When the smaller Saiyan landed a punch to his chest, he felt as though he was punched by another Great Ape. The blow sent the giant monkey skidding across the ground. As he flew after him, Broly got above Turles with both his wrists stretched out. Then by diving down, he slammed into Great Ape Turles into the ground. Pushing his enemy both away and further into the ground. Leaving behind a giant groove caused by the giant’s body. Broly carried on pushing until both he and Turles collided into the base of a distant mountain. An echoing sound was heard when they smashed into solid rock.

Back with the group, the ponies and dragon had no idea what just happened.

“Ok, what’s goin’ on!?” Applejack asked in alarm. She and the others were seeing a very sharp contrast to what was happening earlier.

The group suddenly heard more explosions from the distant peak. Many sections of the mountain erupted into rubble. Seemingly traveling towards the top. Then as a huge portion of the mountain exploded from the inside, Great Ape Turles was seen hurtling from the mountain with a cry of pain. The giant pain filled Saiyan skidded and rolled across the large open field before landing on his stomach. Skidding to a halt in plain view of the spectators.

“Seriously!! What is happening right now!!?” Rainbow Dash joined. She and the others were greatly confused. At first, Broly was on the verge of defeat. Then suddenly turned the tables on Turles.

To their surprise, the whole world started to turn green. Remembering that the phenomenon was Broly’s doing, the anthropomorphic creatures turned back to the mountain where the Saiyan was last seen. Then the green world all condensed towards the peak, vanishing into the tip of the mountain. Then green light exploded from the top. Eventually vaporizing the tip of the peak as energy ascended high into the sky like a beacon.

Some of the group could just see him. And when they did, they saw him in awe. Within the surging green ki was Broly. His clenched fists slightly raised to his sides as he levitated in the air, surrounded by floating rock. Completely shrouded in his green overflowing aura. Broly then let out an energized roar before flying away from the mountain and towards the downed Turles. Leaving behind a thick green energy trail.

As Turles recovered and turned to face Broly, he quickly fired another mouth beam in retaliation. But the much smaller Saiyan was able to weave around the purple ki with total ease. Only a few inches from touching it. Then as Broly flew below the beam and closed the gap on Turles, he slammed his right boot into Turles’s lower jaw. By slamming his maw shut, his mouth beam caused great damage to his mouth. By grabbing his mouth in pain, he failed to see that Broly landed on the ground in front of him. Then with unrivalled strength and speed, he rammed into the giant’s right leg. Causing the surprised Great Ape to topple over. Landing on his stomach with an echoing thud of an impact.

But as Great Ape Turles was about to push himself back up, he immediately felt a strong squeezing pressure on his tail. Making him flinch and yell in pain. Looking over his shoulder, he could see that the airborne Broly was grabbing a firm hold on the giant tail. Then with a forceful yank, Broly successfully pulled the surprised ape clean off the ground. Then after forcefully landing back down, he slammed both his feet into Turles’s back and into the ground. The blow forming a large crater beneath the Great Ape.

After roaring in pain, Turles began to swing his tail about. Managing to land a hit on Broly, the giant tail swatted him off his back and being sent across the field. Knocking the green aura out of him. But after doing a series of backflips, he faced to where Turles was and dug his hands and feet into the dirt to slow himself down. As he got back on his feet, Turles fired his Super Flame Cannon blast at Broly. But the smaller Saiyan simply jumped to dodge the projectile. Flying to avoid the explosion below while glaring at Turles.

All the souls from the group and the distant crowd stared at the battle in anticipation. To some, they couldn’t believe what was unfolding in front of their very eyes. Even as the two Saiyan warriors began to build up their energies once more.

“Incredible,” Twilight quietly uttered as she watched Broly hovering in the air. Ready to strike back.

With another thunderous roar, Turles fired his purple mouth beam directly at Broly. The latter responded with a war cry of his own as he formed two Eraser Cannons in his hands. Then charged straight towards the incoming attack. Throwing his arms forward, he slammed into the purple beam and pushed through it. Overpowering Turles before slamming his hands against his snout. The two balls of green ki exploded on impact. In retaliation, Great Ape Turles tried to land a punch on Broly. But the smaller Saiyan dodged it by pushing the giant wrist aside before spinning to deliver a hard kick to the side of Turles’s face. The Great Ape’s face was forced aside from the force of the kick. Yelling on pain to which in his mind, he shouldn’t be feeling. But as he tried to recover and retaliate, Broly launched a hard punch to the Great Ape’s face. Again to his surprise, the attack caused him to stumble back. Then without warning, Broly appeared behind him and grabbed a hold onto the giant’s head. Using his strength, he pushed Turles over and smashed his face into the ground.

Growling in irritation, Turles roared out in fury.

“ENOUGH!!!”

In a burst of anger, Great Ape Turles rose back up and once again grabbed Broly within his giant hands. Then after he threw him high into the air, Turles raised both his hands up and fired two beams of purple ki from his palms. But seeing the attack coming, Broly steadied himself and formed a transparent green barrier around his body. His shield holding back the twin beams of energy. Fed up of his resilience, Turles opened his mouth and fired a large purple beam. Three beams of destructive energy forcefully collided into Broly. But despite fighting against the combined attack, Broly was holding his own. Even expanding his barrier to a much wider diameter. In response to Turles’s onslaught with a mighty yell, Broly formed four green ki spheres on the outer edges of his barrier. After launching them outwards, the four energy orbs began to home in on the preoccupied Turles. Wide open to attack, Turles was struck from all sides by the four orbs. The explosions caused Turles to cease his attacks and roar in pain. But his actions left him open to attack once more. Broly dived down and slammed both his knees directly onto the bridge of Turles’s snout near the eyes. The Great Ape roared in agony as he grasped onto his snout.

After performing another back flip to position himself in front of the wailing Turles, Broly raised his arms at his stunned foe and fired a seemingly endless barrage of green ki blasts. Homing in on Turles like missiles. The Great Ape continued to wail in agony as the attacks forced him to stagger back. Continues explosions blinding his sight. Then Broly finished his onslaught off by raising his hand and formed a small energy ball. But after he threw it towards Turles, it immensely grew bigger. The Great Ape attempted to catch the ball with his hands, only for the attack to push him back at incredible speeds. He tried to dig his feet into the ground to anchor himself but ended up being squashed into the base of a mountain. The energy ball exploding afterwards.

Broly silently watched as the green light from the blast faded, revealing the winded Turles. His armour damaged and smoke seeping from his body as he slowly recovered. Then after letting out a roar in frustration, he fired several Super Flame Cannon blasts from his mouth. Broly however was able to effortlessly vanish away from each one that came close to hitting him. But as he got in front of the last one, to the surprise of everyone, he caught the giant red ball of ki in his hands and spun around to throw it back at Turles. Exploding against the giant Saiyan.

Charging through the resulting smoke, Great Ape Turles roared as he reared his right fit and tried to throw another punch at Broly. Only for the smaller Saiyan to slip in between the giant’s legs and landed on the ground behind him. Turles seemed to have anticipated the manoeuvre and formed a ball of purple ki in his giant right hand. But as he launched it at Broly, the Legendary Saiyan simply smacked it back into Turles’s face. Exploding on impact.

The Great Ape yelled in pain as he staggered back from his deflected blast. Covering his face as smoke blocked his vision. But the pain was quickly replaced with unbridled fury as he roared at the heavens. Infuriated that he would be on the receiving end of his own attacks. As he did, he fired a powerful purple mouth beam blindly into the air. Waving it around aimlessly. The sight all the more frightening to the anthro ponies.

He then aimed his uncontrollable beam down at the ground in front of him. Slicing into the ground and throwing up massive amounts of smoke and dirt. Trying to hit Broly as the latter ran towards him with balls of green ki building up in his palms. Then just as he got within Turles’s range, the smaller Saiyan leapt over the Great Ape and landed behind him unnoticed. With the large unprotected target in front of him, Broly threw his two Blaster Shells. One struck Turles’s back, throwing his aim off into the air. And the second exploded against the back of his head, making him stop his attack.

Then as Broly placed both his hands close together in front of him, he fired concentrated bursts of green beams at the giant Saiyan. The Great Ape wailed in pain as he seemed to have been consumed in the onslaught.

Despite being surrounded by a sea of green fire from the attack, Turles started to rise back up on his feet. Glaring at Broly in fury for inflicting so much pain on him. His anger blinding him to the situation he was in.

“You… YOU SCUMBAG!!!” He shouted as he charged back into battle blindly.

‘Song end’

Back on the side-lines, the group were left virtually speechless. Ever since Broly started to land one powerful blow after another, they couldn’t comprehend what was unfolding in front of them. But then as the fight continued to escalate, Twilight couldn’t contain her awe a second longer. Letting out a gasp of amazement.

“I… I can’t believe how incredible Broly is. Just… look at him. He’s holding his own.”

Rainbow Dash however was puzzled.

“But I don’t get it. I mean, that Turles guy is now a giant monkey. You know, being in a much stronger form. So how is he losing?”

The group realised that the blue Pegasus had a point. On paper, Turles had every advantage a Saiyan needed. A tail, a Great Ape form, as well as all the Fruit from the Tree of Might he clamed to had consumed. He should be the one that would be victorious. Yet Broly lacked all those essentials and was defying the odds.

The group took a closer look at the warring Saiyans. Just as Great Ape Turles tried to bash both his fists onto Broly, the latter dodged it by jumping over him. Then as he did, he fired three blasts of green ki from his mouth. The energy attack striking the giant’s left shoulder. Broly’s attack caused the left shoulder pad of the armour to snap off. The giant piece crashed to the ground as Turles grabbed his hurt shoulder.

As they watched, Cadence had a thought.

“Hay everyone. Remember everything Broly said to us back at Canterlot? Could the things he said about himself be true?”

After a brief thought, the group had indeed remembered the things Broly said about himself back when they were eating dinner. As well as the description that was given to him.

“Yeah. He said that he’s… the Saiyan of Legend,” Pinkie Pie said. Trying to figure out what the title means.

“Could this be what he means? That he’s stronger than a normal Saiyan?” Shining Armor asked. He and the others turned back to the battle in front of them. All the while trying to figure out the true meaning of Broly’s title in the back of their heads.

On the battlefield, Broly roared once more as he threw a hard punch to Great Ape Turles’s chest. The force of the blow pushed the enemy back and leaving a large crack across the oversized armour. Turles felt winded from the punch as he staggered back. But as he tried to stand up straight, Broly delivered a hard punch to his left cheek. A blow so strong that it knocked one of his teeth out and sent him straight to the ground. Falling face first into the dirt.

The group fell silent as they saw the downed Great Ape. They didn’t know why, but they felt as though the battle was ending.

As the silent Broly land firmly back on the ground, the giant form of Turles slowly rose back on his feet. Clenching his aching face with his left hand. As he grunted in hate and anguish, he tried to comprehend what was going on.

“D…Damn it! DAMN IT!!! How could this happen!? I’m the strongest Saiyan to ever exist! I’m in control of my Great Ape form! My strength is at its peak! How!? HOW!!?”

He then glared at Broly in rage. Feeling his body boil in fury.

“YOU BASTARD!!!”

With energy rising to the surface, Great Ape Turles’s mouth was filled to the brim with a bright flash of purple light. Then with another mighty roar, he fired yet another breath beam directly at Broly. But to the surprise of the onlookers, Broly stood his ground. Not even batting an eye as the stream of purple ki collided into him. Resulting in a massive explosion that completely engulfed the Saiyan. Sending violent tremors through the ground as the land lit up in purple light. The magic casters of the group tried to put up a magical barrier to counteract the blast of winds. But to their shock, they were finding it difficult to sustain. Luckily, they were able to hold out.

When the explosion faded into smoke, the barrier was dropped as the group looked on to see if Broly survived. Even wondering why in the world he would not move out of the way.

Great Ape Turles started to chuckle in delight. But as the smoke started to fade, his chuckling stopped the second he saw a silhouette. Then as the smoke cleared, to the shock of the ponies and to the horror of Turles, Broly remained standing. While he was surrounded by a large crater, only a small portion of the land remained intact beneath his feet. Broly further proved his resilience by levitating off the land fragment and moved to the outer edge of the crater closer to Turles. The latter taking some fearful steps back as Broly landed on the ground.

Turles was aghast. Broly tanked his Great Ape powered ki blast and got out of it unscaved.  In a burst of primal fury, Turles roared as he charged towards Broly with his left arm reared back with his hand balled into a fist. Ready to deliver a powerful punch. As the giant charged towards him, Broly stood his ground as his right hand too balled into a fist. Ready to counter.

Then as Turles grew ever closer, he threw his fist down on Broly. In response, Broly threw his fist up to strike back. A sonic boom was created from the result of the two fists connecting to each other. Forming a large but hollow crater beneath their feet. The boom echoing throughout the area for all to hear. The onlookers were stunned. Turles was far larger and had a running start, but the still Broly was able to block his punch with his own.

There was a brief silence as neither of the two Saiyans moved from their positions. But in a split second afterwards, shockwaves travelled up the arm of the Great Ape. Turles suddenly wailed in agony as he pulled his arm back. Cradling his left arm as if every bone in it was broken.

The actions caught the anthro ponies completely by surprise. Turles was suffering from the consequences. Yet Broly was not affected in the slightest.

Trying his best to fight back the pain, Turles glared at Broly in unbridled fury.

“DIE!!!” He screamed as he threw his right hand in an attempt to either grab or squish Broly into the dirt. But to his shock, Broly caught his giant hand. His hands grabbing a firm hold on the giant thumb and middle finger.

“WHAT!!?”

Turles could say nothing more as he tried to push Broly back. But only succeeded in a meter or two. Broly had to almost put in an effort to hold the giant back. Then it was his turn to decide that the enough was enough.

To the complete surprise of both Turles and the onlooking ponies and dragon, Broly quickly released his hold and wrapped his arms firmly onto the index finger of the Great Ape. Then after quickly turning around to face away from his foe, Broly immediately summoned more of his strength and took to the air. His grip not loosening in the slightest as he pulled the giant monkey’s arm up. As he flew higher, with little to no effort, he began to pull Great Ape Turles clean off his feet! The monster let out screams of panic as he was being lifted by a Saiyan sixty times smaller than he was!

What came next was unbelievable to the eyes of the onlookers. As Broly reached to a good height, over a thousand feet above ground, Broly summoned even more strength to throw the baffled Turles over his shoulder and sent him falling down back to earth. The falling Great Ape screamed before crashing back into the ground near a large cliff. The impact sent dirt and dust pluming into the air and even more tremors travelled through the ground, the vibrations causing the cliff to grow cracks along the surface.

As the vibrations stopped, the group coughed from having some of the dust near their mouths. After they recovered, they looked over to see the dirt cloud settling back down. When the view was clear, Great Ape Turles remained lying on the ground. Twitching from the pain he felt from the impact. Dragging his fingers along the dirt to try to muster up more power.

“No way. He…he beat him,” Spike uttered in disbelief.

He wasn’t the only one. All the others too couldn’t comprehend what had transpired. Turles had all the advantages against Broly. Yet, he lost the fight.

They all looked back up in the air to see that Broly was still airborne. As the hovering Saiyan looked down on the downed giant, he got a very clear view of the tail. Twitching as Turles grunted.

Deciding on what to do, Broly formed a green sphere in his right hand. Then after he threw his arm down, he fired the ball of ki directly towards Turles. The green orb flew all the way down to a point where it collided into the base of the tail. Then as the explosion followed, the blast blew off the appendage completely.

Turles howled in complete agony from feeling a very sharp pain near his waist. He knew exactly what had happened. As he started to rise back up, he looked over his shoulder to see that, to his horror, his tail was blown off. Lying lifelessly on the ground.

The group all held their breath when they saw the actions. Broly had done the very thing what they tried to do earlier and succeeded.

All eyes were on Turles as he stood up to his full height. Staggering in agony as he tried to keep himself together. Then, just as Twilight predicted, Turles’s power started to drop massively. Soon afterwards, his body started to shrink. Growing shorter and shorter with each passing second.

“NNOOOOOO!!! DAMN IT!!! MY TAIL!!!”

He was in so much agony, he failed to see that the cracks on the cliff beside him began to grow even bigger. Up until the point where the structure of the cliff gave way. Hundreds of tons worth of solid rock fell upon the shrinking Turles. Yelling out defiantly as he was being buried alive.

Then as the last of the rocks fell, all went silent. The group could see that where Turles once stood, was nothing but piles of rock. All the while the magic casters could sense that the Saiyan’s power was dropping fast.

“Well… glad that it’s all over now,” Applejack said as she and the others eyed the rock pile.

While some of them believed that the threat of the Saiyan pirate was no more, Twilight wasn’t so sure. She looked up to see that Broly was still in the air. Carefully watching where his opponent lay.

But just as Twilight was about to say something, she, along with the other Unicorns and Alicorns, sensed that something was wrong. Turles’s power had indeed dropped, but it hadn’t dropped to nothing. It was still there. Which to them, meant only one thing.

To their surprise, the ground briefly rumbled. Then to their shock, the pile of rock that was once a cliff exploded from within. The Saiyan within flew straight out before coming to a complete stop a hundred feet above ground level.

To the surprise of many, Turles was still alive. But he was worse for wear. Back in his base form, the once invincible Saiyan pirate was trembling in pain and breathing very heavily. Badly injured from his ordeal with Broly. His armour was in taters, filled with cracks and holes. His left shoulder pad and one of his teeth missing. His body covered in dirt, blood and bruises. And above all… missing his tail.

The latter was the most important thing for the ponies to take note. Without the tail, Turles was no longer able to turn into a Great Ape. And as a bonus, his overall power was massively reduced. Almost by half.

As the injured Turles trembled in agony, pain wasn’t the only thing he was feeling. He was experiencing fear. He went through power up after power up, going through strength the likes he thought were impossible. Yet, he had failed. All because of Broly.

As he glanced up to see the taller Saiyan, watching him descending towards him, his fear began to build ever higher. He trembled even more, all the while Broly lowered himself so he could look at Turles straight in the eyes. While Broly remained still, Turles retreated several feet away before coming to a stop. He then looked down at his blood covered hands, recalling his feats before the greatest humiliation of his life.

“H-How!? This doesn’t make any sense!! I have reached the very summit of the Saiyan warrior race!! I had my tail! I ate the Fruit of the Tree of Might countless times! I even surpassed my limits and became a Great Ape! But it’s still not enough to beat you!!”

As he clenched his fists in anxiety, he looked over to the virtually unharmed Broly and snapped at him.

“What…what are you!!?” WHAT KIND OF FREAK OF A SAIYAN ARE YOU!!!?”

His voice was heard by all. The group below was a little startled by the pirate’s words. Broly was somehow much stronger than he was but was called a freak because of it.

As Turles hovered in place, huffing for breath, Broly looked at him in disappointment.

“Tch. Was that all you can do? Pathetic. It’s what you get for relying on stupid fruit.”

Turles grunted in both fear and hate. But in his weakened state, he didn’t know what to do. How could he counter Broly? But he was then caught off-guard when Broly asked him a question.

“But tell me. Was that power all you can do?”

Turles looked baffled. To him, the question was a strange one. But if having a brief conversation could result in him living longer, he decided to indulge Broly. But with a harsh tone.

“What are you talking about? Of course, it is! The Great Ape is the very pinnacle of Saiyan strength! Everything else is just legend!”

Broly began to grin in response. Turles doesn’t know.

The pirate Saiyan grew confused as to why Broly would be smiling. As if the tall Saiyan knew something that he didn’t.

Broly then said something that sent an uncomfortable chill up Turles’s spine.

“Be careful what you say. Because some legends… can come true.”

To the surprise of Turles, Broly hunched slightly forward with his clenched fists raised to his sides. Then as he yelled out loudly, his entire body exploded in a powerful white aura. Turles might not be able to sense energy, but he could feel the increase of pressure in the air. Crossing his arms as he tried to not be blown away. Down below, the group were all stunned by his display of power. Especially the magic casters.

“No way! His power is growing even higher than before!” Starlight pointed out. Feeling that Broly was becoming even stronger than when he was against Turles in his Great Ape form.

Their awe was soon turned into confusion. Because as Broly was continuing to build up his power, he started to grunt very loudly. As if he was putting in even more effort into raising his battle power. His aura growing even more wild as the land beneath him started to shake.

“I don’t get it! He’s now far stronger than Turles! So why is his power still growing!?” Cadence asked in concern. All the while Celestia and Luna started to feel nervous from what Broly was going to do. Almost as if they had forgotten something important.

Broly started to grit his teeth as veins began to pulse in the side of his head. As he felt his power rising even more from his body, he started to feel a tingling sensation in the middle of his back. The muscles on his body started to bulge slightly. Growing bigger than usual. Then to the surprise of the ponies, his white aura briefly turned to a shade of greenish gold. All the while Turles gawked on in shock. He had no idea that Broly had so much power dwelling within him.

Then as Broly grunted loudly from another kind of power flowing out, his hair changed appearance for a split second before returning to normal.

Down below, Luna gasped in horror at what she just saw. It was no way her imagination playing up. She immediately alerted her sister.

“Sister! Look!”

Celestia and the others were surprised at Luna’s outburst. They then saw her pointing her finger at the airborne Broly.

“Look at his hair! Did you see that!?”

All eyes followed Luna’s finger up to where Broly was. They saw it too. For a brief moment as Broly continued to grow his power, his hair became spikier and turned into a shade of golden yellow. They too gasped from realizing what it was. They had hoped that it would never return. The very state that Broly was in when the ponies first meet him. A state of being that made him uncontrollably violent. Beyond any words of reason. Luna and Celestia felt incredibly frightened. Broly was slowly raising his power to a level where they fought against him.

“Oh no. It’s happening!” Celestia said in fear. Remembering every moment where Broly was in such a state.

Recognizing the threat and seeing how afraid the Royal Sisters were of the power, Twilight tried to call out to Broly.

“Broly! Stop! You need to stop now! You’re starting to change! Please control yourself! Before it’s too late!!”

But her plea fell to deaf ears. Broly knew exactly what the power was. And he knew exactly what he was doing. Grunting even louder as the changes in his hair and aura became more frequent. While Turles could hear the Alicorn’s call, he was too fixated on Broly. He was horrified at the amount of energy Broly was letting out as well as his physical changes.

‘Background music’ ‘Day of Fate -Spirit VS Spirit-’

Broly began to grunt even more loudly as his power started to flow even higher. The world around him shaking from the change he was going through. His body started to tremble from the rush of energy causing through his veins. Then suddenly, he felt it. It made his grunts stop as his eyes widened. His pupils then changed from black to blue. Turles could see his new eye colour. But had no idea of what to make of it.

Then after a quick yell, the energized Saiyan roared at the heavens above. His echoing battle cry even mightier than the Great Ape’s. As he screamed, his black hair started to stand up. Becoming spikier and turning blondish gold. Then the energy in his body exploded in a bright golden light. The column of light piercing through the sky and expelling all the clouds above Canterlot. Creating a powerful burst of air that travelled all throughout the area.

Far below, the group all stared on in complete silence. Some frightened that Broly had risen back into something they were afraid of. Despite his appearance altered slightly, they could sense that his power had made a tremendous jump. Almost fifty times greater than before. In the distant crowd, the citizens all stared at the bright light in awe. They were witnessing a kind of legend they had never seen before. Then as the bright column of light shrank back down towards the user, one of the royal guards dropped her weapon and removed her helmet. Letting her hair fall as the Earth Pony got a clearer view of the Legendary Saiyan.

“W…wow.”

Back in the air, Broly was revealed in all his energized glory. His golden aura surging around his body like wildfire as he stared silently at his foe. Giving off pulsating sounds as it flowed from his form. Turles was awestricken as he stared at Broly in confusion and disbelief. He didn’t even need to sense energy to feel the power that was present before him. He began to feel his fear escalating as he spoke up.

“What… WHAT THE HELL!!!”

As the pirate Saiyan inspected the near blinding light of the reborn warrior, he stared carefully at Broly’s rage filled expression. With him staring back with cold malicious eyes. It was there when it hit him. Turles knew exactly what had happened. But it was impossible.

“N-No. It… it can’t be! That overwhelming power! That wrathful presence! How!? It’s not possible! It’s only a legend!!”

He then uttered its name.

“You’re… A SUPER SAIYAN!!!?”

As Broly continued to silently stare at his foe, his golden aura retreated back into his body. Back on the ground, the group heard every word the frightened Turles had said. Intrigued by the words he used.

“A Super… Saiyan? Is that what that is?” Twilight asked as she and the others all looked at the still form of Broly. Eyeing his golden spikey hair.

“So it’s not some bodily condition. It’s a transformation!” Celestia uttered in disbelief. Finally discovering what the golden-haired form was. Luna meanwhile was silent. She felt that it wasn’t fair for her and her sister to battle someone who was in a transformed state the entire time.

Turles however couldn’t believe his eyes. Saying that Broly was a promising Saiyan was an understatement. He had no idea he was fighting against a living legend the entire time. A living Super Saiyan before his very eyes. But with fear clouding his mind, the space pirate fell into denial. Not believing the events that was unfolding before his very eyes.

“No! It’s impossible! The legend of the Super Saiyan is just that! A legend! A myth! A campfire story!! A CHILDREN’S FAIRYTALE!!!”

Then with a roar of anger, Turles let out a burst of energy from his body. Trying to build up as much power as he could. His hair waving wildly as he glared daggers at Broly.

“THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A SUPER SAIYAN!!!!!”

In a blind rage, Turles charged in to attack Broly. His body surging with white aura. But as he threw a flurry of punches, Broly dodged them with total ease. Turles couldn’t land a single hit on the Super Saiyan. Broly appeared to be retreating, but merely leading Turles away as he continued to violently lash out. Yelling loudly with every exchange. But no matter how fast he was, he couldn’t keep up with the golden warrior. His expressions showed that he wasn’t even putting any effort in his dodges at all. Which made Turles panic with each punch he had thrown.

With Turles succumbing to rage, he left himself wide open to attack. As he threw a punch that missed, Broly responded with a punch of his own. His right fist landed against the pirate’s stomach. Despite the punch appearing to be light compared to Turles’s, the smaller Saiyan gagged loudly as the shattering force of the punch travelled throughout his entire body. He was sent back reeling while clenching onto his stomach in pain. Then as he looked up, he suddenly saw Broly’s open left palm right in front of his face. Shocked to see him move so quickly. Broly meanwhile stared at Turles with a blank expression. He could see that Turles could offer up no resistance even if he wanted to.

Turles was then caught by surprise when he felt his body suddenly being pushed back by an invisible force of ki. Broly then launched a second from his open palm. Which sent the Saiyan outlaw screaming towards the ground. Crashing into the mountainside with an echoing impact.

All eyes looked over to Broly as he retracted his hand back to his sides. He was at a level that not even another Saiyan could compete. 

Then to their surprise, countless purple ki waves exploded out of the rubble and homed towards Super Saiyan Broly. Which was Turles’s Sudden Storm technique. But as the energy blasts struck Broly, they were proven to be completely ineffective. The attacks exploding against his body while causing no damage to him whatsoever.

But it appeared to be a diversion. After ceasing his attacks, Turles exploded from the rubble by launching himself into the air high above Broly. His hands cupped together over his head as he glared down at his foe. Purple ki building up within his palms.

“CALAMITY BLASTER!!!”

Throwing his arms down, he fired a powerful wave of purple energy directly towards Broly. The ability being one of Turles’s strongest. But to his complete disarray, the Super Saiyan proved his dominance by simply backhanding the beam away. Leaving it to explode far away in the distance. The blast destroying a couple of mountains.

Turles’s rage began to boil over again. Broly deflected one of his strongest attacks as simple as swatting a fly away. With a rage-filled yell, his body was engulfed in a white aura before diving down to attack once more. Becoming desperate to win no matter what.

He tried to land a headbutt on Broly. But the skull of a Super Saiyan was far more solid than he anticipated. Reeling back in pain for his failed attempt. But rather then tending to his head, Turles tried to land two punches on Broly. However, Broly caught each fist with very little effort. His left hand holding Turles’s right and his right holding his left. Leaving the smaller Saiyan with his wrists crossed. The Saiyan pirate tried to muster enough strength to either push further into Broly or break free from his grip. But no matter how hard he thrashed around, he couldn’t escape the Super Saiyan.

With very little strength left to struggle, Turles stared fearfully at the stern looking Broly. Seeing his reflection as he stared into the cold blue eyes. He gawked in horror at the warrior of legend.

“Y…You’re a monster.” He fearfully uttered.

To his surprise, Broly responded.

“A monster? No.”

Then by spreading his arms wide, Broly brought the startled Turles up close to his face. Before adding one more thing.

“I’m the devil.”

With a mighty roar, Broly raised Turles above his head and then dived towards the ground. The smaller Saiyan screamed in fear as he was brought closer to the ground at alarming speeds. Then as he reached to ground level, Broly threw Turles down into the dirt. Throwing up a mountain of dirt from the impact. The two Saiyans couldn’t be seen through the dust cloud. But seconds later, Turles emerged from the dirt. Screaming as he tried to get away. But Broly grabbed him by his ankle and with his Super Saiyan strength, proceeded to smash Turles continuously into the ground. Smacking and throwing him around like a ragdoll. Then as he tossed the downed Saiyan away, Broly vanished and then reappeared behind him to deliver a hard knee to the gut. Turles gagged hard from the blow that knocked a lot of wind out of him. The attacks felt like being hit by freight trains. With Turles painfully stunned, Super Saiyan Broly grabbed his face and smashed him into the ground. Moving along to drag him across the field. Grinding him into the dirt.

Broly finished his onslaught by tossing Turles high into the air. Being beaten to near unconscious, he simply flailed in the air. Then as he got even higher, his eyes snapped open in rage. He could feel his primal power surging in response to the threat to his life. He felt that at that moment, he would give it his all.

As he forcefully stopped his ascent, Turles roared in anger as his ki erupted form his body. Then as he looked down at Broly, he placed his hands together in front of him and channelled his energy. Then as he moved his hands apart, a bright orange ring appeared. As he moved his arms wider, the energy ring grew wider and more powerful with each passing second. Energy sparking within the ki attack.

The attack could be seen from the ground below. The group once again felt nervous. They could tell that Turles was becoming desperate. Which was what made him all the more dangerous. Broly silently stared at him as Turles declared his death.

“DIE SUPER SAIYAN!!! KILL DRIVER!!!”

After raising his arms in the air and then throwing them forward, Turles launched his Kill Driver attack at Broly. The orange energy ring speeding towards the golden haired Saiyan. Sparks of energy shining out of it.

Then as the ring slammed into Broly, it exploded on impact. The orange blast shook the world beneath it as bright light consumed everything in its path. Leaving behind a giant plume of smoke. But just as Turles was about to taste victory, he and the onlooking ponies suddenly heard a massive build up of energy from where the blast was. After dispelling the smoke cloud away, the unharmed Broly threw his arm out and fired a small Eraser Cannon back at Turles. The Saiyan pirate only had enough time to put his hands together to catch the orb. But as soon as he did, the green ball of ki suddenly pushed Turles even higher into the sky. The Goku-lookalike tried all his might to push the orb back down. Grunting loudly as he felt incredible strain on his arms. Feeling the muscles in his arms burn. But just as he knew he was no match for it, his eyes widened in horror when he saw the green ball shining much brighter.

What came next was a colossal explosion that could be seen for many miles. Turles screamed in agony as the bright green light consumed his broken form. Feeling the energy of a Super Saiyan burning his body. Within moments, his screams fell silent as his body was instantly incinerated in the blast.

The explosion echoed for all to see. Then as the green light died down, as well as all the rumbling sounds from the vibrations, all that was left was a big cloud of smoke. Then once that faded away. There was nothing. Nothing at all.

‘Song end’

As the group looked to where the explosion was last seen, the Unicorns and Alicorns tried to use their magic to sense if the pirate was still alive. But they found nothing.

For all they know, Turles… one of the last remaining Saiyans in existence… was no more.

“What happened? Is he there somewhere?” Fluttershy asked. Unable to detect Turles like the magic casters do.

But after doublechecking, Celestia spoke up.

“No. Broly has done it. Turles is gone.”

The whole group knew what Celestia meant by. But they couldn’t believe it. It felt unreal to witness the death of a very powerful alien warlord. Shining Armor however felt more relieved than shaken.

“Good riddance. He got what he deserved for what he did to two of my friends.”

While his statement felt cold, the group couldn’t blame him. Turles had indeed murdered two members of the royal guard. And if left alive, the evil Saiyan would’ve wiped out all of Equestria. Even the entire world.

But as they were about to celebrate their world saved from tyranny, Luna reminded everyone that there was one more thing they had forgotten.

“I’m sorry, everypony. But our problems are far from over.”

Just as the other ponies and dragon pondered what the blue Alicorn was referring to, they all followed her frightened gaze back up to the sky. There they saw Broly slowly descending down towards them. But not the same Broly as the one they were used to.

The group suddenly felt fear gripping their souls from the realisation of what Luna was talking about. With Luna herself explaining.

“Broly is back in that form. He’s now beyond all our control. And without the Elements of Harmony, we can’t stop him.”

The group started to feel their legs tremble in fear. After learning everything what Celestia and Luna told them, it was that Broly as a Super Saiyan was uncontrollable and incredibly destructive. With no regard to any form of life. He would only see them as his enemies. From their battle with Turles, they knew that they wouldn’t stand a chance against Broly in his base form let alone in his transformed state. In a way, he was an even bigger threat than Turles himself. They really could do nothing except watch to see what Broly would do next.

As the Super Saiyan moved ever closer to their position, the ponies and dragon dared not to move. Feeling that Broly would strike at any second. Then as his feet touched the ground, landing firmly while keeping eye contact with them, the group felt as though all their hearts had stopped for a second. Again feeling that what they saw wasn’t even a fraction of what Broly’s true power was.

As the group stared fearfully at him, Broly stared back with expressionless eyes. As if he was thinking of what to do with them. Then as Broly took several steps forward, walking towards them, the group took a single small step back from intimidation. The Super Saiyan looked indeed very threatening up close with his golden spikey hair. Celestia and Luna kept recalling their memories of him back at the Crystal Empire.

“E…Easy B-Broly,” The frightened Twilight uttered. Hoping that hearing her would calm him down.

Everything fell silent as Broly stopped walking. Standing only a couple of feet from the group. Then after what felt like an eternity, Broly lips curled up in a small smile. But the group couldn’t tell if it was a normal smile or a sadistic smile. Their answers came when Broly started to speak. To their surprise, in a tone far less threatening than they were expecting.

“So… did you enjoy the show?”

“Huh?” Most of the group uttered in confusion. For all they know, Broly was completely unstable and single minded. But right in front of them in the very same form, he seemed to be the same as when he was in his base form. He was even talking normally.

The confused group only watched on silently as Broly closed his eyes. As he tilted his head back, he took in a deep breath through his nose. Then as he exhaled from his mouth, some of the group felt a massive drop in his power. As he finished exhaling, he dropped out of his Super Saiyan form. His hair returned to his shaggy black look as his muscles shrunk down back to normal. When he opened his eyes, they too returned to normal.

“What?” Twilight uttered in confusion. Broly was fully able to control when to go in and out of his ascended form.

Even more questions popped in the minds of the anthro creatures. How was he able to control that power? In fact, what even was that power? Why did Turles made a big deal about it? How did Broly gain the form? How was he even stronger than the Great Ape? What truly made him the Saiyan of Legend?

It seemed Broly’s actions only created more and more questions for the group to ask him. With such power at his disposal, they really wanted the answers.

But before they could even start to ask a single one, they were startled when Broly let out a very loud yawn. His eyes watering from the tiredness he was experiencing. Seemed being frozen in magically enhanced stone for thousands of years didn’t count as a proper rest.

“I…I’m tired. I want sleep.”

Leaving the group dumbfounded at what had transpired, Broly walked past them and headed in the direction of Canterlot Castle.

“W-Wait?” Luna uttered as Broly walked past her.

As all eyes were on Broly as he walked away, the group began to calm down. Luckily for them, it seemed that Broly didn’t viewed them as an enemy after all. Even when he was in his more aggressive Super Saiyan form. With the notion that he was back to normal, they breathed a sigh of relief. But Luna however was getting agitated. If Broly was back in his calm mood, then he should have listened to her when she addressed him. But he ignored her and continued on his way. Spurred on with no answers for his actions, Luna stormed passed the other ponies and quickly gained on the Saiyan.

“Hay! I said wai…!”

Luna’s rude tone was instantly silenced when Broly immediately transformed into his Super Saiyan form! The sudden burst of power caught the Moon Princess completely by surprise. Making her stumble back in a panic. The group behind the two felt frightened that Luna may had provoked the Saiyan.

Broly stood still as his golden aura surged around his body. Not even looking back. Then as seconds went by, Broly dropped out of the Super Saiyan form just as quickly as he gained it. After returning to normal, Broly continued on his way.

“I’m tired now,” He repeated himself.

But feeling that Broly wouldn’t be able to find his way around the castle, Celestia cautiously ran up to Broly’s side with a request.

“A…At least, let me show you where to sleep,” The white Alicorn said with a much friendlier tone. Showing that she wanted to help him. Though he said no words, his less frightening expression showed that he was willing to cooperate.

Soon the two took to the skies. Celestia lead the way as Broly followed her back to the castle. Back with the startled group, most of them realised what the Saiyan meant when he said, ‘enjoy the show’. Not only was Broly fully capable of wiping out Turles very easily from the start, but that with his sanity more or less regained, can instantly transform into a Super Saiyan at will. So all the grunting and the screaming he had done in his fight with Turles was all for show. An act. A big build up just to scare the now deceased Saiyan.

For Princess Luna, one thought flowed through her mind. It was how Broly acted up with her. It definitely was a sign of hostility. Was it because he really was tired and not in the mood to talk? Or was it just him reacting to her harsh tone towards him? She didn’t just want answers for his actions, but answers for all the questions they had for him. About who he really was. About the Saiyans. About the transformations. Everything.

She glared at the distant Saiyan in thought. She and the others will have their answers. Even if Broly didn’t had the answers… or even if he wouldn’t tell them… there was only one way to find out the truth. The only way she knew best.

Her horn briefly flashed in blue magic in response to her idea she was about to share.