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// coming aid 
// Story: Rage of Broly 
// by chaos2012 
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Celestia sat open mouthed, stunned by figure standing on the top of the crumbled building behind her. From her position, she couldn't see the face of the being since it was so far away, but she could tell what he appeared to be.

The being stood bipedal on his hind legs with his arms hanging down his sides. He wore a bright orange gi that covered his upper lower half with a blue belt wrapped around his waist. The top of his head sported a mess of black hair that stuck out in several different directions. It was a look that Celestia immediately recognized the moment she saw it as the one she witnessed just weeks before.

"G-Goku?"

Broly's gaze was focused up to the new figure as well, his face twisted in anger. "K-Kakarot!?" He growled as he clenched his fists. He could not believe that he was looking at the one that had nearly killed him before he crashed on this planet. As he stared for a few more moments however, he noticed a different face than before. a small grin spread across his mouth as he chuckled. "Oh, now this is amusing."

Goku suddenly levitated off of the building before flying down towards all of them down below. He rushed through the air and landed on the ground between Broly and the ponies. Now that he was on the ground so close to them, Celestia realized several things about him that were different from what she remembered; here he appeared to only be a little over four feet tall, shorter than she was. Not only that, his body seemed much more petite than it was before, along with his hair shorter than she saw he had normally, Then It hit her.

This wasn't Goku.

The new being turned his head to look at the confused alicorn, allowing her to see his young face. The moment she saw it, her mind immediately recognized him as another one of the ones that had fought Broly alongside all of the others on that planet.

Goku's own son, Gohan.

Luna focused her eyes as she laid up to the new arrival as she laid on the ground. She couldn't even fathom how this was even plausible to be happening; one of the warriors she had seen fight the monster before her was now on her own home world. Before she could think anymore however, her head fell to the ground as she momentarily lost the strength to hold it aloft.

Gohan turned back at the monster Broly that stood in front of him. being only half of Broly's height, his body showed no fear as he stood straight and poised. "Broly, you are truly evil to be doing such things to these gentle creatures."

Broly simply chuckled at the weak insult that came his way from the petite being. "What do you expect from the greatest warrior ever to have existed? I do what amuses me."

Gohan turned to the ponies behind him, his eyes filled with concern. "Are you alright?" He asked them.

Celestia swallowed the small lump in her throat and nodded. "Y-yes. We are alright, Gohan."

The young half saiyan's eyes went wide in confusion at what she said. "Wait, how do you know my name?"

Before she could respond, Celestia's eyes saw the movement behind Gohan as it came up on him. Turning back forward, Gohan watched as Broly rushed at him, fist clenched. Quickly jumping, Gohan flipped backwards and landed on his hands and pushed him up into the air above Broly's massive swinging hand. Flying up into the sky, he put himself away from the gargantuan Saiyan and landed back onto the ground.

Glaring, Gohan stood back up and put his clenched fists up in front of his face. Yelling out, he threw his hands down by his sides and was enveloped in a flash of golden aura. His hair turned into a bright and shining gold tone as it pulsed up and down in the current from his body. Opening his eyelids, his normally dark brown eyes were now a bright blue hue.

He turned into a super sayian.

Chuckling to himself, Broly opened up his palm and charged up a Ki blast. "Do you honestly believe that you have the power to defeat me? You should wait for your father and your pathetic friends to come here and die alongside yo-

"Special Beam Cannon!"

Broly was cut off as he looked to his right to see a rushing beam surrounded by spiraling energy coming right at him. Grunting out of frustration, he swung his arm out and struck the blast away from it, redirecting it up into the sky. His eyes went up to the position where the attack came from, locking onto the familiar white cape draped over the green namekian in a purple gi he had fought back on his dying world.

Grunting, Broly cracked the knuckles in his fists one by one as he stretched them out and retightened them. "You again, hmm? What was your name again? Piccolo?"

Smirking, Piccolo took off the white cap he wore on his head and tossed it to the side. "We sensed several days ago that you were still alive. We knew that you would try and make your way to our world, so we chose to come and finish you off before you ever arrived."

"Heh heh, you want to get crushed alongside this piece of trash?"

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"I believe that you are the one who is going to die today." Another voice said from behind.

Turning around, Broly watched another saiyan float down onto the street. Wearing yellow and white armor over a tight blue suit, the warrior touched down on the ground. His arms were crossed in front of his chest, forcing his ripped biceps to stick out through the thin material covering his arms. His tall hair was also a golden color like Gohan's, the rare trait of a super sayian. Grinning, Broly turned around and faced the newcomer. "So, the saiyan prince has come along as well."

Vegeta kept his glare directed at the Titan in front of him. "I am surprised that you are even alive after your planet was annihilated. Hmm., no matter. I am going to send you to the oblivion myself this time!"

"Ha ha ha! You honestly believe that you have what it takes to kill me?" Broly chuckled before stopping and looking around once again for any other newcomers. To his surprise, no others came down. "Hmm? Where is Kakarot?"

Celestia's and Luna's heart jumped at the sound of that name. Their happiness however was stripped away when they looked over to Gohan, his face stricken with pain and guilt. His silence was enough for the two princesses to deduce what his answer would be. "No..." Celestia whispered.

Broly also caught on to the response as well. "Kakarot is dead?" He couldn't believe what he had just found out. The one being he wanted his revenge on had somehow perished when he himself couldn't finish him off. His mind began racing on who or what besides himself could have been strong enough to have accomplished that task in such a short time since they had just last fought. He gritted his teeth in anger knowing that he was not the one to finish off the warrior Goku.

His anger was then replaced with amusement as he began chuckling again. "No matter then. If Kakarot is dead, then he shall have the privilege of watching his son die while he sits In the afterlife."

Vegeta grunted at hearing that statement. "You believe that Kakarot is the only one that you should be worrying about? My power has grown since the last time we have fought. You should learn your place and be kneeling at my feet, you giant freak."

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"Oh? Then why don't you show me your new power!" Broly yelled as he charged up a Ki blast and launched it at the prince.

Vegeta quickly flew up into the sky as the blast destroyed the ground where he was standing. Putting his palms together, he began rapidly shooting a volley of Ki blasts towards Broly. The bright yellow balls erupted in Bright flashes as they connected onto their target. As the smoke cleared, Broly stood unaffected with a grin on his face. "I thought you had said your power has increased in this time? Please tell me you have more."

Piccolo threw the cape off of his back and rushed in towards Broly, Gohan flew through the air after him. Both warriors began unleashing a barrage of punches onto the tall sayian. Their powerful strikes struck his body over and over, yet Broly didn't even flinch as they hit him every time. After several seconds of taking their hits, He reached out and gripped each one of them around their heads and threw them across the clearing, Gohan crashed through a wall across the street.

Vegeta came rushing through the sky and shot more Ki blasts at Broly. As the blasts struck his back, Vegeta continued forward and brought a knee into his targets back. Flipping forward and over, he kicked downward and brought his leg down onto Broly's shoulder. Attempting to swing back around and kick him in the face, Broly's large hand reached up and grabbed his ankle and yanked him down into the ground. Vegeta yelled out as he felt his body crash through the stone street and become buried into the dirt below.

Broly prepared to to shoot a blast down the hole he formed, but was distracted as another Ki blast collided with his side. Looking over, he watched Gohan flying at him again. The teenage warrior brought his right leg forward and collided with Broly's chest, quickly followed by his body spinning around and his left heel connecting with the side of Broly's head.

After these hits, like all the other ones, Broly sat unfazed to the trouble of the half saiyan. A second later, Broly's large fist crashed into Gohan's stomach. Lifting him off the ground, Broly brought his  other hand up, and attempted to strike Gohan again, but the young warrior reacted quickly and Kicked away the Incoming punch. As he tried to fly back, Gohan shot out several Ki blasts as Broly ran right at him.

Charging through the energy coming at him, Broly laughed as he gripped Gohan around the throat, causing him to gasp out for air. Not giving his victim a chance to escape, Broly brought his other fist and connected several hits into the teenagers midsection. Coughing up blood, his eyes lost focus as his body went limp for a moment. Piccolo crawled up from the ground, his eyes wide with panic at what he saw. "No, Gohan!"

Rushing forward, Piccolo focused and shot out a large blast right at Broly's face. Dropping Gohan, the large saiyan kicked off the ground and brought his arm out and slammed it into Piccolo's chest. Swinging him around, Broly slammed him into the ground and brought his leg down hard onto the namekian's left arm, crushing all of the bones above his elbow like they were nothing.

Piccolo's scream echoed across the entire area, piercing Celestia's eardrums as she sat by her sister. While she was still confused and dumbfounded on what was happening, her anger began to take over her body. fueled by the carnage she was being forced to witness; these people came to help them and she was sitting there doing nothing. She had to at least try to help. Charging up her horn, she conjured a bright ball of fire and shot it through the air. Broly turned his attention away from the crippled being beneath him and fired a Ki blast into the incoming attack, both exploding in a bright flash.

Grunting, Broly stepped off of Piccolo and faced the princess.  "Hm, I had forgotten about you, Celestia. You wish to lessen the small amount of time you have to live?"

"If they want to help us, then I will fight as well." She sneered at him, "I don't care how powerful you are, you will not destroy our home."

Chuckling, Broly lifted his palm at her with a grin. "Perhaps you should just stay out of my way."

her horn glowed bright as a Ki ball came at her. Creating a shield around herself and the now passed out Luna and Shining Armor, she braced herself as the blast struck her barrier, nearly cracking it to pieces. Broly chuckled as he charged up another blast and shot it at her, breaking the shield this time. Broly let out a cold laugh as Celestia fell to her knees. "You actually think you have a chance to stop my power? Do you really believe that you can defeat me!?"

Celestia closed her eyes as another blast came at her. As she awaited the inevitable though, nothing came. Raising her head up, she saw Gohan standing their with his arms crossed in front of his face, his body covered in scorch marks from blocking the attack. The sun princess couldn't explain the feeling inside of her heart from seeing this complete stranger risking his life by throwing himself in the way.

Broly laughed at display oh heroics. "It is so cute that you would do that for a pathetic life form like them, Gohan. It is useless, they are all going to perish alongside you." His grin suddenly disappeared when he looked up into the sky behind his opponents. Confused, they all turned around to see what was happening. When hey did, their heart rates increased dramatically. 

Vegeta was hovering above the city, his palms together in front of him as he yelled. Ki pulsed out from him with such force that several structures below him crumbled from the pressure. Between his hands, a flash of bright yellow pulsed out every few seconds, along with trails of electricity bursting out.

His grunts and yells were hardly being drowned out from the lightning striking out of the sky constantly. The ground itself began rocking from the massive power rushing outwards. He screamed out as the energy emitting from him grew larger. "Broly!" He screamed out, "prepare to face the true power of the prince of saiyan's!"

Piccolo crawled out of his spot on the ground and flew out as fast as he could. "Gohan! We have to get out of here now! He is going to do it!"

Celestia sat confused at the entire situation. "What's happening, what is he going to do!?"

Flipping around, Gohan faced the confused alicorn with a stern look in his eyes. "No time to explain! Can you fly?"

"W-What?"

"Can you fly!?" He screamed!

"I- yes!" She stuttered.

"Then get out of here now!" He yelled as he bent down and picked up Shining Armor and flew up into the sky after Piccolo.

Celestia had no idea what was going on, but from what Gohan's reaction, she couldn’t iamgine it wasn't anything good. Using her magic, she picked up her sister and laid her across her back and flew up after the retreating Gohan.

Broly sat staring at the spectacle in the air. He could feel the energy coming from Vegeta, but chuckled to himself. "Let's see; you are going to try and take me out in a single blow. I hate to disappoint you, but it will take more than to kill me and-

"FINAL FLASH!"

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A beam of yellow Ki over two hundred feet blasted out from Vegeta and shot through the sky. Every building left standing in Hoovesdale was ripped to pieces as the energy screamed towards the shocked Broly. "What the hell!?" He screamed out.

Charging his own Ki, Broly enveloped his body with a shield. The energy beam crashed into his own, and to his surprise began pushing him backwards. He felt his shield break through several buildings before his shield shattered completely. He yelled out as his body was then caught in the powerful beam and launched away from the city, carrying him for miles. Trying to fly out against it, he found himself helplessly stuck inside the enormous wall of power.

Celestia flipped around, her body suddenly trembling from the gargantuan stream of energy seemingly ripping through the atmosphere itself and distorting every cloud within a mile radius. After another moment, the blast dissipated, leaving a tear in the ground over three hundred feet across and stretching for as far as she could see.  Every building in Hoovesdale had been obliterated, left as chunks of rocks scattered across the land. Her heart skipped several beats at the sight of destruction. She hadn’t seen destructive power of that level since before Discord’s first entrapment.

Piccolo grunted at the entire sight. “Vegeta you fool. He shouldn’t have done that. It didn’t even make a difference.”

Hearing that made Celestia flip her head to the tall green warrior. “What!? How can Broly be alive after that? He has to be dead!”

No…” Gohan commented, “He is still alive. I can sense it. He will be back soon.”

Heart racing, the princess could not believe how any being could survive after a blast like that. Her thoughts then went to the very presence of the ones before her. “How did you know where to find us?”

“We sensed Broly’s power back on Earth three days ago…” Piccolo answered, “Realizing he was alive, we knew we had to come and stop him before he could cause any more destruction.”

“Thank you for this. If you did not show up, we would’ve…” Celestia paused when she saw the look on Gohan’s face. “What is it?”

“How did you know who I was? I never mentioned my name.” Gohan questioned.

Taking a deep breath, Celestia realized she had a lot to explain to them. Still carrying Luna, she knew she had to get her sister help. She looked back to the two in front of her and nodded. “Follow me back to my city. I will explain everything I know.”