The Monke King: Ch.34

“You're sure this is the best plan of action?”, Vomi asked with a frown as we all sat in the meeting hall once again, everyone looking just as concerned as I sighed and nodded.

“I hate it considering that I want to finish this as quickly as possible, but doing so may result in Cooler and that other guy attacking the village while we're gone.”

“And you really believe that those three are the most dangerous?”, Trunks asked as we stared at the recordings of Syn, Eis and Nuova, to which I nodded while watching as Eis and Nuova turned their battlefields into an arctic wasteland and a scorching desert respectively.

“Yeah. The Three-Star Dragon and the Four-Star Dragon are far too powerful and can change the battlefield in an instant. On the other hand, the One-Star Dragon has not shown any abilities to manipulate the world around him and he is not as hasty in getting here as the others. That's the confidence of someone that knows that they don't need to worry about their opponents.”

“Or someone that is very overconfident,” Erasa said with a shrug and I chuckled as the others murmured in agreement.

“One could say that, too, yes. However, in my experience of facing beings of my level or stronger, it is the ones that act nonchalant that you need to worry about.”

“I suppose so. So, if you, Cell and Trunks are taking them on, that leaves Ms. Chichi, Erasa and I with the remaining four, Should we fight them in a specific order or what?”, Videl asked with a frown and I looked at the recordings of the four dragons in question.

“…Target the Five-Star dragon first. After the three that we're fighting, that one appears tobe the strongest of the four. Then, in the order of strongest to weakest, it goes Seven, Six and finally Two. However, do not underestimate the Two-Star Dragon as they have shown to like using poison to weaken their enemies from afar.”

“Got it.”

“And make sure to fight them at the same time. No one on ones. We may all be part-Saiyan now, but it is that mentality that resulted in the Saiyan race nearly going extinct, okay? You face them all together and you make sure that you do not hold back either.”

“No holding back, take them on together and don't give them time to figure out what is happening. I like that plan,” Mom said with a smile and I chuckled before I turned to Trunks as he spoke up.

“And for us three? Which one are each of us facing?”

“I'll take care of the biggest threat. Cell, you regenerate quickly so you take on the fire dragon, but do not stay too close to him for long as his heat appears to grow more and more intense over time. Trunks, you're the one that likes to use heat attacks and your sword, so you face off against the ice dragon. Be cautious of his underhanded tactics that he likes to use, do not fall for his taunts and make sure that you defeat him before either of them can get wary of your power.”

“We shall say the same to you, King Gohan. Stay safe and do not hold back.”

“Are you kidding me? Who do you think you're talking to?”, I asked with a smirk, to which Cell just shrugged before I turned back to the screen where I saw the seven dots slowly making their way towards the Monke Kingdom.

“Once Cell, Trunks and I are done with our battles, Trunks will come back to the city to help the Dragon Warriors, Grandpa and Yajirobe protect it while Cell and I will go help the others in taking out the rest of the Dragons. However, remember that they have been enhanced by Babidi's magic so they can become much stronger just like Cooler did when he fought against Cell and Trunks.”

“Got it. In the meantime, I'll be making sure that Shin and Kibito don't try and help you guys out because I need to make sure both of them stay here, Shin more specifically,” Bulma spoke and I nodded as I stood up and clapped my hands.

“Good. Anyway, let's get ready.”

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“You're using that, Ms. Chichi?”, Videl asked with a smirk as she, Chichi and Erasa flew through the air, the older woman nodding with a smile as the Power Pole was in its sheath on her lower back.

“I am since Gohan did say that it would be better to use a weapon to fight against the dragons instead of getting too close.”

“He did stress not getting too close,” Erasa said with a shrug, the other two ladies nodding before Videl looked forward and narrowed her eyes at the giant electric storm in the distance in the distance.

“I think I see our first target.”

“What's the plan again?”

“We fuse and then we take it out together,” Videl answered as they landed just a few hundred meters away from the sparking battlefield, Chichi raising an eyebrow as both girls stretched their arms to the side before shuffling towards each other.

“Fu…sion! HA!”, The air exploded as the two girls connected the tips of their index fingers while Videl stretched her left leg outwards and Erasa her right.

A pillar of light obscured the both of them from view before it disappeared with a spark of power, Chichi blinking at the black-haired girl with blonde highlights giving her a sly smirk while cracking her neck.

“Hello, mother dearest. Shall we get this battle underway?”

“I'm guessing Erasa's the dominant personality, then?”

“You would be right. I'm Eradel, the fusion of Erasa and Videl.”

“How long does it last?”

“Thirty minutes and then we're back to normal,”

“Got it. Then, let's finish all four dragons in the next thirty minutes,” With that declaration, the two women shot up into the air and towards the village, landing inside of it before looking around for the dragon.

Taking the Power Pole from her back, Chichi extended it to its normal length while she frowned at the pink slime scattered everywhere in the village.

“Sense anyone living?”, Chichi asked, Eradel shaking her head before they spun around as they felt a presence behind them.

“That's because they're all pieces of c-”

“Kamehameha!”, Both Chichi and Eradel exclaimed in unison as they unleashed twin Kamehameha-Waves at the dragon, obscuring him from view before Chichi shot forward as Eradel kept her attacks up.

Raising the Power Pole above her head, it extended far above her before she swung down, the ki wave ending right as her swing decimated the entire village and its outskirts.

“Kamehameha!/ Masenko-Ha!”, Chichi and Eradel shouted as they unleashed their blasts, the bright white of the Kamehameha-Wave clashing with the Masenko blast and the area erupted in a monstrous explosion.

“Think we got him?”, Eradel asked with a frown as she and Chichi floated in the air above the city, to which the older woman didn't say anything as they kept their eyes on the ground.

As the smoke faded, Chichi and Eradel floated down to where they could only see a cracked, dark blue Five-Star Dragon Ball sitting in the crater, easily flicking it up with the Power Pole and knocking it towards them.

“Does that answer your question?”, Chichi asked with a smirk, Eradel looking just as happy before the older woman pocketed the orb and they shot upwards.

“The next one is north from he-What's wrong?”, Eradel asked as Chichi stopped in the air, the woman quickly patting the satchel she had placed the orb in only to find nothing but empty air.

“…We need to go now!”

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Cell frowned as he floated in the burning desert, staring at the sea of flames below him as well as the figure inside it that was looking up at him with narrowed eyes.

'King Gohan was right. My opponent is a lot more perceptive and wary than I was expecting,' Cell had hid his energy at its lowest point and had even approached from the ground by walking, but in the blink of an eye, he had to shoot upwards as the desert went ablaze.

Anything living or non-living that was caught inside of it was burned to a crisp and Cell had fired a ki blast down, but the flaming golden dragon had responded with its own blast that cancelled his out.

“Well, I suppose he did say to go all-out,” Cell murmured as his ki fuelled through his body, clenching his fists before flaring his ki to its full extent.

“I don't suppose you'll just let me take the Dragon Ball, will you?”, Cell asked, not surprised when the dragon simply narrowed its eyes and floated upwards to him.

“No, the dragon is who I am. I will ask that you surrender your life and allow me to fulfill my duty.”

“And what duty is that?”

“The destruction of your kingdom and the death of your ruler, King Gohan,” The dragon answered and Cell raised an eyebrow at that as he shifted into his fighting stance.

“And what if I say no to that?”

“Then your life is fo-!”, Cell didn't give his opponent time to finish talking as he vanished and reappeared in front of him, pulling a fist back before landing the punch and sending him flying through the air.

Shooting after his opponent, Cell stopped and flipped over the kick that his opponent aimed at him, landing behind him before shooting forward and delivering a rough knee to his back.

However, he hissed as searing hit erupted in his leg the moment he hit the dragon, quickly hopping back and cutting the skin off before regenerating it as the dragon spun around with a glare.

With no words said, the dragon shot forward and Cell blocked the punch to his head, ignoring the burning pain as he pushed the arm down before lashing out with a chop that the dragon parried to the side.

Both fighters spun before delivering simultaneous high-kicks, a burning shockwave rippling outwards and burning Cell more before he continued with his kick and sent the dragon flying backwards.

Rushing after him, Cell delivered a flurry of blows that burned his hands but also sent his opponent crashing into the burning ground below, immediately cupping his hands at his side while flaring his ki even more.

“Ka…Me…Ha…Me…”, Cell growled as he kept his eye on the figure, watching as the dragon's energy flared before a spiralling sun was shot upwards at me.

“Instant Transmission! Ha!”, Cell roared as he vanished and appeared in front of the dragon, his hands cupped in front of his head before the Android unleashed a monstrous Kamehameha-Wave that eviscerated the land around him.

Cell didn't stop as he continued to fuel more energy into the attack while bringing his hands down, snuffing out his blast the second he felt all sensation from his body vanishing.

Taking deep breaths as he looked at his severely burned body, Cell gritted his teeth as he forced his body to regenerate, nearly biting through his own teeth when his nerves regenerated first and were exposed to the scorched air.

“N-Never…again!”, Cell gritted out as his skin returned, letting out a gasp before shaking his head and flaring his ki with a frown.

“Okay, that's mine done. I suppose I should-”, Cell's eyes widened and he quickly dodged to the side as a blade of burning ki barely missed his body, turning around with a glare to see the dragon slowly standing up with his head still missing and the Majin mark on its chest glowing brightly.

'Right, they have the markings.'

“You…I will burn you asunder!”

“Do you realize that you sound like a cliche villain of the week?”, Cell asked as he flared his ki, the dragon doing the same before the two of them flew backwards.

Numerous explosions filled the space between the two as both Cell and the dragon unleashed a flurry of blasts, the Android frowning as the dragon was now pushing his blasts back instead of just cancelling them out like before.

Quickly ceasing his attack while shooting forward, Cell duck and dove in between the burning blasts, quickly flipping over a blast before freezing midair as the dragon kicked outwards, swinging his leg down and delivering a vicious heel kick onto its skull.

Flipping backwards as the dragon stumbled backwards, Cell dove in and slid across the ground as the dragon ducked down to deliver a punch against the ground that sent it flying upwards.

“Nova SPHERE!”, The dragon roared as it encased both Cell and it inside the sphere right as the Android's kick landed and Cell's eyes widened as the air sparked before the both of them were enveloped by a roaring infernal pillar.

The Android gritted his teeth as he was enveloped in the burning blast, quickly fuelling ki to his core and protect it even as most of his body were turned into a burning mess.

Yet, Cell didn't stop as he rushed in and enveloped the dragon in a tight hug, grinning widely as his body bulged outwards with his ki growing higher and higher.

“You think you can burn me? That…is UNFORGIVABLE!”, Cell roared and shot upwards, going up higher and higher until they pierced through the atmosphere before letting himself and the dragon explode.

For a moment, there was silence. Then, the very world cried as a gargantuan explosion blocked out the sun, shockwave after shockwave rippling across the land and ripping through everything in its path.

The explosion grew larger and larger until it was just a few kilometers away from the grounds, slowly vanishing to reveal a cracked dark blue Four-Star Dragon Ball and a ball of flesh falling to the ground.

For minutes, there was nothing before the flesh began to twitch, slowly expanding outwards and growing nerves, bones, muscles and skin until Cell finally reformed himself while lying next to the ball.

“…I am never again doing that,” Cell muttered as he sat up, looking up at where there was a gaping hole in the clouds before shaking his head as he stood up and picked up the Dragon Ball with a frown.

His foe was a lot harder than he had expected even with Gohan's warning and that Majin marking…it just boosted the dragon's already impressive power even higher to the point that it could survive a point-blank Kamehameha-Wave to its face.

“King Gohan will need to be infor-”, Cell's eyes widened as the Dragon Ball glowed before it vanished, leaving nothing but air behind as the Android frowned.

Something is most definitely wrong.

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“Burning Slash!”, Trunks shouted the very second he caught sight of the blue ice dragon, unsheathing his sword and unleashing a flurry of slashes that burned through everything it touched.

The dragon in question was quick as he skated across the frozen ground, ducking and sliding under the slashes while responding with his own frost blasts that froze everything it touched.

Quickly dodging the blasts fired at him, the sparks of Super Saiyan intensified as Trunks shot forward and enveloped his blade in the same ki, swinging down as the dragon formed ice around its hands to block the attack.

“You…you're quite strong, aren't you?”, The dragon asked with a sadistic smirk as he pushed against Trunks, who continued pushing before abruptly stopping his attack.

Flipping over his opponent who looked surprised as he couldn't stop his push, Trunks kicked outwards and landed a powerful kick to his neck, sending him flying off to the side before racing after his opponent with his sword held to the side.

Ducking down as the dragon flipped over and unleashed a barrage of blasts, Trunks grunted as he swung upwards and released a shockwave to push the blasts to the side. The dragon frowned at that before he rushed in as well, the two clashing and cracking the ground below them.

Pushing off of each other, the two were locked in a deadly dance as Trunks hopped from foot to foot, adjusting and spinning his sword to block the quick barrage of knife hands before slashing upwards as the dragon attempted a stab at his leg.

Stepping backwards while stopping his parry halfway, Trunks flipped his blade and stabbed through the dragon's arm, letting go of the blade and leaning back to dodge its swing before reaching upwards to rip his sword out at its shoulder.

However, as he turned to deliver the final slash, his eyes widened before a hiss escaped his lips as the dragon swung upwards, delivering a deep cut that also tore his left eye from its socket.

“Fuck! Fuck!”, Trunks cussed as he stumbled backwards, holding a hand to his wound and stifling his scream as he burned it shut while watching as his opponent circled him with a smug smile.

“Oh, there's no need to look that upset. I simply made you more handsome. Now, why don't you lie down and I'll make sure to take it nice and slow, hmm?”, The dragon spoke in a soft whisper as ice gathered at its fingertips, Trunks responding by lowering his body while holding the tip of his sword at the dragon who sighed.

“Hah, suit yourse-!”, The dragon's eyes snapped up as a devastating explosion appeared in the sky, but that was its mistake as Trunks' energy flared and he shot forward.

The dragon quickly tried to salvage itself as it created a shield of ice around it, but Trunks' blade was coated in ki as he swung down, burning through the shield and cutting deep into the dragon's chest.

“W-Wai-!”

“Shining Slash!”, Trunks roared as he swung rapidly, his ki burning deep into the dragon's body and delivering charred cuts onto its form. Not done as he swung down, Trunks lunged forward and stabbed his hand through its chest before his ki surged and exploded throughout his body.

Taking a deep breath and falling to a knee as chunks of the dragon's body rained down around him, Trunks sheathed his sword and held a hand to his eye while reaching to pick up the Three-Star Dragon Ball.

To his surprise, the Dragon Ball vanished right as he touched it, blinking his one eye in confusion and disbelief before standing up to his feet with a growl.

Oh, someone or something just cost him an eye and he wanted his payment.

A/N: And here we are, with three of the dragons done, but…so easily? No, not our Shadow Dragons. Nah, they would never be done in that easily…would they?

Next chapter: Race to Stop Evil.

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