DBZ: The Fallen Empire (Chapter 5: Asylum)

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Vegetto Jr. chuckled, swaying slightly in the air with a mocking tone.

"I don't know...you're getting pretty fat. It'll be hard to hold you up."

Beerus scowled at the pair, bolting into a full purple dash towards the Gravestone. Vegetto Jr. quickly followed after the god, the clouds parting around the three as they flew past.

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Koth blinked, watching Koth slam the door shut. He stared for a few moments, before quickly shaking his head and dusting off his jacket.

"I can't ever read that guy."

Gogeta Jr. crossed his arms, turning his head towards the super computer with narrowed eyes.

"Well, I'm interested to hear how Zakuul is handling my father's attack on Vaylin. What's going on in Zakuul's news?"

Beerus soon moved through the main doorway, moving up to the group with Vegetto Jr. and Jaz in tow.

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The clone fighting Brachi stumbled forward from the few strikes of the combo, but soon straightened his back up and stood completely still. The pink skin morphed into goo, Brachi's left leg catching into his ribs with her right fist being stuck into his upper right shoulder. With her limbs tightly entrapped from his strong goo, his neck and torso suddenly twisted violently to face towards her, his legs spinning around shortly after.

With her arm and leg now stuck inside of his left pectorial muscle and right ribcage area, Janembuu chuckled darkly as he suddenly launched out in a flurry of punches, using his morphed body to keep her trapped in front of him like a punching bag.

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Janembuu rapidly flipped backwards, soon correcting himself in mid air a few inches away from the side wall. He turned his eyes to the side, feinting to the right as Senya charged past him. Catching her right leg, the monster roared in slamming her into the wall shortly after, following up with a powerful kick to her stomach. The Zakuul knight hacked loudly, blasting upwards and bouncing hard off of the protected ceiling and landing with a ground shaking thud in the floor milliseconds later, struggling to push herself up off the ground.

Janembuu walked forward a few steps, stopping in place with wide eyes shortly after at the sight of the multiple blue energy spheres floating around him. He instinctively tensed up, his eyes darting in anticipation of the blasts closing in on him.

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Vegetto grimaced heavily, red lightning sparking heavily around his body in his struggle to stand upright. He panted heavily, clenching his fists once he finally stood back upright.

"Why..."

His eyes turned to the side, the Dread Saiyan stepping out with his arms clasped behind his back with a smirk. Visible to all, his voice could be heard from any point in the room, yet was not overbearing on the senses.

"Your body is not the problem; it is the power surging within you from the Kaioken. Up until now, you've used these transformations to multiply your power to untold heights. But as your power rises, the more dangerous the multiplier's effects become. Using the Kaioken instantly infuses a level of energy into you that you can not hope to anticipate, nor handle given how large your power already is."

His smirk rose slightly, Vegetto's eyes fluttering as he spoke.

"Gogeta was no different, but he had the humility to seek my help to stop Vaylin. The fusion of two minds into one gave you the ability to manage the power in calculated increases, but the magnitude of the Kaioken amplifying your Dread Master form is too much for you to handle. But for me, I possesses more than hundreds of intellects including two of the strongest beings in the entire multiverse."

The Dread Saiyan turned his head towards Janembuu, his smirk fading shortly after with a sharp glare.

"Allow me to take control, and you can see how to manage that energy properly. I can end this fight in an instant, if only you will accept the gift of my power."
 
Brachi grunted as she was being hit, but she didn't let out a single scream, although the punches did hurt like all hell. This prompted her to retaliate with a Mouth Energy Wave, being her Victory Cannon in an attempt to blast Janembuu's head off, not wanting a repeat of what Janembuu had done to her years ago back in Hell.

"If you think you can beat me so easily, think again!" She snarled, proceeding to headbutt Janembuu afterwards, while at the same time using her energy in an attempt to push herself out of its grasp, even if she had to deploy a Super Explosive Wave.

Xenest saw this however and instantly bolted towards the Janembuu Clone, firing up several Hadoukens at the clone to come to the aid of his wife, showcasing his loyalty to her as he didn't want to lose her again.
 
Kira waited with Gogetta Jr. to see what Helgen displayed.

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Solaris' mouth went wide open.

"Master, I would accept your help instantly but I already have a plan, I can't go back." He said before yelling.

"HEY JANEMBUU!" Solaris taunted. "Pick on the weakest one." With that, underneath his helment his face tightened as he used the orb in his hand to blast off his own arm. He whined a bit, his body language showing off how weak he was right now, just in base form. No transformation to aid him.

"Well, come on monster..."
 
"F-Fat?!" Jaz's right brow twitched. "I'm not fat!"

As Junior and the God flew off, Jaz's petty anger grew and she dashed off after Junior. Her flying skills and capabilities were ignored in her quest to punch Junior.

Once they arrived at the ship, Jaz seemed too tired to properly pound Junior but her mind seemed a little drifted from reality. She scratched the back of her head and looked over to Junior, her voice softer than her more louder confident self.

"Hey Junior... you mentioned something about the girl of your dreams." Jaz fidgeted slightly. "Errm... Well, I'm really glad that you found someone really special to you! I just hope that we can... uhh, still be friends. I mean, I'd have to leave since she's gonna be moving in. That's what boyfriends and girlfriends do together, huh? But hey, at least this girl won't steal the covers from you, right? No more cold nights for you..." She chuckled nervously before making a small frown, attempting to look away as to not show any sort of emotions to Junior. 

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"Current news on Zakuul has been updated just a few hours ago." Helga replied. "Here is the latest news involving Ruler Arcann and a speech he made."

Helga projected a small hologram of what looked to be the speech Arcann made in an auditorium in front of hundreds of reporters. His voice spoke out to the group of people.

"Thank you all for coming on such short notice. I will not waste time with pleasantries: Zakuul has just suffered its first terror attack. But we have the situation contained, and the perpetrators have been apprehended."

While the news continued to roll, the information brought up by a lone Reporter rose up involving Gogeta and the image the report addressed to.​

"The image clearly shows the former Sith Emperor's apprentice, Lord Gogeta, fighting with the High Justice. He was reported dead nearly thirty years ago...and now he has resurfaced. There are rumors that even the Sith Emperor himself lives, along with the Republic's most powerful heroes that were slain during their first war. How can we guarantee Zakuul's safety when they are already here, threatening to destroy everything?!"

"As I said, these are clearly doctored videos meant to scare us. The Sith Empire has spent the last two decades trying to terrorize the people of Zakuul over the holonet, and having caught wind of this latest catastrophe, they mean to send panic through the population by cleverly doctoring and staging these scenes from their home planet."

The images showed Arcann's struggle to answer but nonetheless, he kept his usual composure. Helga zoomed in on Arcann's reaction, giggling in a monotone manner. The speech continued until it promptly shows Arcann retreating to backstage. From there, the image stayed for just a few seconds before going into static. The hologram disappeared from sight and Helga's voice spoke once again.​

"It appears that Ruler Arcann seemed hesitant about releasing the true information about Vaylin as well as the images of your father, Sir Gogeta. Perhaps your father was a much bigger threat than what he had anticipated. This may spark good news and clues to your next attack. You should certainly be proud of yourself, Sir Gogeta, your father has made quite the impact." There was almost a doorbell-like noise that echoed in the ship when Jaz entered. "Welcome back Lady Jaz."

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As soon as Helga noted Jaz's return, Kire slammed open his door and rushed outside with only half of his body visible. He rushed to Jaz and picked her up, kissing her forehead.​

"What took ya' Jaz? I was worried sick about ya!"​

"Dad, where is the rest of your body?" Jaz said nervously, blushing at Kire kissing her forehead again. ​

"Oh, god damnit, stupid prototype flukes... Sorry 'bout that, cupcake." Kire tapped something on his invisible arm which caused the rest of his body to reappear. The part that reappeared were completely new mechanical upgrades he replaced on his body. He instantly turned his attention to Junior and gripped his shirt, pulling him to his lab.​

"I got a couple words to say to you, kiddo..."​

"Dad, don't yell at Junior." Jaz crossed her arms. "I'm sure he didn't mean all those things he said to me."​

"I won't yell at this fleabag, I just wanna talk to him, dats all. In the meanwhile, go clean the room next to the lab with Mioi, I think she's been bored lately." Kire tugged harder on Junior's shirt before tossing him inside his lab, slamming the door shut behind him.​
 
Right as Xenest charged at Janembuu however, Brachi decided to act on her own. Concentrating she suddenly yelled out as she emitted a field of fierce, golden-colored energy, striking Janembuu over and over as she used this technique to force the monster to release her, making sure that her Super Ki Explosion inflicted as much damage on the monster as she could.
 
"So, uhh, Helga?" Oriko spoke up tot he A.I, "Do you, by any chance, know about events in other universes like mine? If so, I'd like to know what had happened while I was stuck in that prison." Having been gone for 25 years, if that's how time worked between universes, of which he didn't know the answer, he was hoping that all would be fine without him to be there to keep things in check. "It's really important."
 
Surely, something like that would rouse suspicion among the citizens... Mioi thought to herself. But she still didn't know how just a simple feed like that would even clue them in to someone who to her was practically an enigma. "Of course he would withhold Vaylin's status from the public. He knows we are alive-- he can't be convinced there would be no way we could have the potential to have the same insight as a citizen of Zakuul. Vaylin is either dead or at least in no condition to carry out Arcann's commands at the moment. Since he wants us all dead, he will certainly do all he can to speed her recovery. There's no telling what her durability is now after what I've seen. I can only imagine she will be back on our trail shortly. I am unsure of how we could prepare for such an inevitability." Mioi paused for a moment of silence. "There is no telling what her mental state will be now..."
 
Beerus rubbed his chin, his eyes narrowed while Gogeta Jr. instinctively glanced away at the mention of his father, tightly shutting his eyes from the images displayed and crossing his arms. Koth, however, frowned heavily.

"I don't really want to find out what she's capable of now. These reporters...they're questioning Arcann much harder than ever. That attack must've really shaken Zakuul for them to be afraid enough to ask those kinds of questions."

Beerus raised an eyebrow.

"Yet they're still passive. Their loyalty to their emperor should've faltered as well, but it's clear they are still as eager to buy into his lies than before."

Koth nodded.

"That's my people's way of life. We were taught from early childhood that loyalty rewards us, and in our faith, Valkorian led us to achieve an empire of perfect harmony and prosperity for all. Even if this involves Arcann, they won't question the leader of Zakuul; it's against their very belief to ever doubt him."

His eyebrows perked up, breaking out into a small smile.

"But on the bright side, this AI is right. Gogeta's father has done what no one else has in the history of the universe: shaken Zakuul. No doubt the other planetary networks are taking note of this and considering the strength of the Outlanders; this should easily convince the Empire and Republic to re-engage in all out war."

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Vegetto Jr. blinked, brushing himself off once Kire was done slinging him into the lab.

"What the hell was that for?"

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Janembuu turned his attention to Solaris at the sound of his taunt, his wide eyes turning to narrow slits at the sight. A small, devilish smirk formed on his face shortly afterwards at the sight of Solaris in only his base form, the monster chuckling darkly as he soon bolted out in a dash towards him.

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The Janembuu clone's eyes went wide for a moment, his head disappearing into the massive energy wave shortly afterwards. However, the monster stood decapitated for only a second before his head rapidly regenerated back into its usually place. His glare strong, the monster roared with a thunderous scream in Brachi's face as well, copying her own blast and engulfing her into a massive stream of dark purple energy.

His eyes turned to the side, feeling the multiple blasts of energy from Xenest striking at his back, small plumes of smoke building along his back but showing no signs of damage. He suddenly spun around, using his finger to create a small white line directly in front of him. With a small roar, the white line suddenly shot forward countless little shards of bright purple energy towards Xenest in a lightning rain shower.
 
Solaris realized Vegetto, Brachi, and Xenest were too precouppied to assist him with his plan.

Oh Sola.

He returned to Dread Saiyan form, a Dread Photon Striker in his hand with purple energy and light, shoving it towards the incoming Janembuu's abdomen, trying to force him back while all of the blue energy orbs flew towards Janembuu, moving at such a velocity that the moment Janembuu was hit by the Dread Photon Striker, no less then a millisecond later he would get caught between two velocities and two blasts, with EVERY one of those orbs hitting at once.

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Kira said nothing mulling over the news and ideas being tossed about.
 
In retaliation, Inazuma Xenest powered up, disappearing before the blasts could hit him, igniting a rain of lightning bolts which struck down on the monster, while Brachi grunted as she was hit by her attack, before powering up herself and using a massive Super Explosive Wave to liberate herself from Janembuu's grasp before teleporting to Xenest's side, at least where she knew he was as Xenest reappeared once the lightning storm had ceased, before both launching a combined energy wave at the monster in rapid succession.
 
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