The Monke King: Ch.32

“Got anything?”, Trunks asked as he landed outside of the Capsule Corps HQ, frowning as Vomi sighed while Cell shook his head.

“Unfortunately, no. We've even extended our sensors to cover the space outside of the planet for a few thousand kilometers, but there's still nothing.”

“We've even calibrated the sensors to be able to pick up ki signatures with the scouter tech, but it's still so damn hard.”

“Well, have we taken into consideration that Babidi's hiding their ki with his magic?”

“Yes and that pisses me off!”, Vomi grunted, making Trunks blink as he turned to Cell who shook his head.

“A pregnant scientist is stumped by a question that frustrates her. What do you expect to happen?”

“…True. Well, I guess I can ask the Dragon Warriors to alter the sensors near the outer edges of the kingdom. Perhaps even tweak the systems somewhat to look out for signs of magic.”

“Oh, great. One question. What the hell does magic feel like? Also, do you have the technology to scan for magic? Didn't think so. I-ArgH!”

“You usually just let her rage?”

“Pretty much,” Cell nodded as they watched Vomi punching at the trees around them, Trunks just humming as his wife tore a tree from the ground before tossing it into space.

“She was correct, though. We have never been able to feel out magical signatures because we ourselves have never used any form of magic.”

“True, but then how are we going to find these guys? Shin only has a week left before he turns to dust and that Buu freak is free,” Trunks murmured and Cell nodded before the Android turned to Cell as the guy grinned.

“You got an idea?”

“One could say that, yes. Uh, Mr. Popo? I think that's your name. Hey Mr. Popo. Can I talk to you?”

“But of course, Trunks. How can I help?”, Trunks' eyes widened as he heard the voice in his mind, making Cell raise an eyebrow as he grinned.

“Great! Do you perhaps have any form of sensing magical power?”

“Unfortunately, not. I am not as skilled in sensing magic as Kami was and the technology that we had is no longer functional.”

“Really? Ah, I guess it was a long shot. Well, thanks for the answer.”

“My pleasure.”

“What were you doing?”

“Asking Mr. Popo if he had any tech or magical artifacts that could do the job. Unfortunately, it appears that he does not.”

“Wonderful. Hmm, I think we can try and shift the energy sensors to try and scan for different energy waves.”

“That would be best. Vomi? You doing okay?”

“Hah…just fine. Why do you ask?”, Vomi asked with a smile as she walked closer, Trunks just glancing at the uprooted trees before shaking his head.

“You look a bit stressed. Why don't you and I go grab a bite to eat and-!”, Trunks flinched as an explosion ripped into existence, quickly rushing towards Vomi while Cell frowned as he stared at the smoke billowing upwards.

“All Dragon Warriors! Report to Sector A-16! I repeat, report to Sector A-16! We have a breach!”

“Let's go!”, Trunks grunted as he rocketed into the air, Vomi and Cell quickly following after him before thousands of white auras shot upwards and followed after him.

The group of fighters were quick to fly through the kingdom, easily making their way to the explosion and landing around it.

“Okay! I need five Dragon Warriors to start putting the flames out! The rest of you, spread out and find the cause!”

“Why look for me? I'm right here,” A voice spoke softly behind Trunks, the guy spinning around with a hand on his blade to see Cooler standing right behind him with an amused yet sadistic smile.

“I was hoping to face off against your precious King Gohan, but I suppose you will d-”, Trunks wasted no time as he shot forward, unsheathing his ki-coated blade and swinging down right as Cooler created a ki blade to block it.

“Oh, not even going to give me time to think!”, Cooler grunted as he pushed Trunks back, rocketing upwards and the Saiyan quickly flew after him with Cell right beside him.

“Cell!”

“I know, but Vomi can handle herself! You need all the help you can get!”, Cell shouted before he shot past Trunks, who frowned before nodding as the two brothers rushed at the grinning Cooler.

“You're angry. That's good. Anger will make this fight so much more exciting!”, Cooler sneered as he shifted into a defensive stance when Cell appeared behind him.

The Android didn't hesitate as he brought both fists down, Cooler spinning around and blocking the fists even as they sent him flying towards the ground.

The Saiyan followed up instantly as he shot downwards with a spin, corkscrewing through the air and bringing his blade back as ki sparked around him.

However, as he swung downwards, his eyes widened and he quickly abandoned his attack, shifting to the sight right as a pulse of dark purple energy erupted from the ground and shot past his body.

Rising from the smoke, Cooler's body shimmered as the Majin mark overflowed with magical power, Trunks frowning as he saw Cooler shaking his head for a moment before giving them a grin.

“Cell, did you see that?”

“Definitely. You let him control you?”, Cell asked and Cooler let out a mocking chuckle as he floated up to them while shaking his head.

“Oh, no, no, child. I invited him. After all, what's the point of fighting against struggling worlds when I can simply let others do the work for me?”

“Trunks, it appears that he is most definitely with Babidi.”

“The mark on the forehead didn't tell you that?”, Trunks asked sarcastically, to which Cell just shook his head right before the two felt a large flare of ki from below.

“Dragon Ascent!” Both Cell and Trunks quickly moved out of the way as the thousands of Dragon Warriors flared their ki, Cooler turning around just in time to be bombarded by blasts flying towards him.

The sky was obscured by powerful explosions in the blink of an eye as the warriors kept up their barrage. Yet, neither Trunks nor Cell were relaxing as they floated at the sides, narrowing their eyes and watching the chaos.

“Cell!”

“I know!”, Cell shouted back as a power surged inside the explosion, pushing the flames and smoke outwards, throwing everyone to the floor while Trunks and Cell glared at the hovering figure.

However, they both frowned as they saw the tints of scarlet to his dark purple aura, arcs of violet electricity exuding from his body as the being chuckled.

“Nice~ Very nice. You've even trained up your warriors.”

“What the hell is up with you?”

“Oh, just a bit of magic mixed with a bit of ki, you know? It's insane, I know, but what I've learned is that the world is full of lunatics with power. I simply decided to embrace the trend.”

'Well, isn't this lovely? I guess there's no choice,' Trunks thought with a frown while flaring his ki, sending out a shockwave that dissipated the smoke while Cooler raised an eyebrow as Trunks grunted and was coated in a sparking golden aura.

Not one to be left behind, Cell gritted his teeth before letting out a roar, unleashing a burst of ki that made the kingdom tremble before Trunks did the same, Cooler's eyes widening along with his grin as both figures took slow breaths and looked back at him.

“That's your…Super Saiyan transformation, right? It's a lot…weaker than I was expecting.”

“Oh, don't worry. There's more power where that came from!”, Trunks exclaimed as he shot forward, Cell doing the same from the other side as Cooler prepared himself.

The first slash closed the distance in the blink of an eye as Cooler slipped backwards, dodging it before lashing out with a knee to Trunks' gut and sending him flying back.

Spinning around and catching Cell's elbow to his chest, the alien flinched as a shockwave went through his body, but Cooler grinned as he grabbed the arm before slamming a magic-infused ki sphere into the Android's chest.

Cell gritted his teeth and flooded his chest with ki, but the blast sent him flipping through the sky, catching himself midair right as Trunks soared through the air.

“Enough with your games!”, The Saiyan exclaimed as he swung down, clashing with Cooler's ki sword before the alien narrowed his eyes as his arm was slowly being pushed down.

Abruptly letting go of his blade and spinning out of the way of Cooler's slash, Trunks caught the sword with his tail while landing a vicious kick to the alien's jaw, knocking his head to the side before bringing his sword around and slicing deep into Cooler's thigh.

However, it was not enough as a magical shockwave exploded from the alien, forcing Trunks back as Cooler's body began to shift. His muscles shrunk and the Majin mark glowed as purple energy wrapped around his body, his aura now a blood red along with his skin as streaks of lightning crackled along his form.

'Okay, that is not normal ki,' Trunks thought with a frown as he stared at the floating figure, who grinned as he slowly punched at the air before vanishing and reappearing in front of the Saiyan.

Swinging a heavy cross at Trunks' head, the Saiyan slashed at his neck as Cell fell downwards, kicking Cooler's arm down and forcing him to catch the blade trying to cut his head off.

“Thought you were going to be late!”, Trunks grunted as he pulled his sword away while cutting into Cooler's hand, who snarled as he pulled his other arm free to try and punch only for Cell to parry the punch to the side.

“I had to get used to my new power! Unlike you or Gohan, I didn't get time to train!”, Cell shouted as he caught the kick to his side, bringing his elbow down on Cooler's thigh before shoulder-bumping him back as Trunks flew around and kicked the alien to the side.

“We gave you the opportunity to come train! You wanted to stay back, remember?! Burning Slash!”, Trunks exclaimed as he delivered a rapid barrage of slashes, each sending out an azure ki slash that sliced through the air and forced the alien to dodge them.

“Death Beam Barrage! I was busy and you know it!”, Cell shouted back even as he continued to firing Death Beam after Death Beam, Cooler countering with his own while glaring at the two Earthlings arguing with each other.

'Are…are they ignoring me? I, Cooler! Son of Cold and Brother to Frieza, the rightful heir to the throne! Fine! If they wish to act like this, so be it!'

“If you want to treat me like a buffoon, then allow me to act like one!”, Cooler shouted as he shot up into the air, drawing both Trunks and Cell's attention back to the alien to see him floating high with a gigantic scorching sun at his fingertips.

“Ah, I believe that is the Supernova technique that Frieza is so fond of.”

“Oh, nice. You want to handle this?”

“I'll handle the attack. You take care of Cooler,” Cell said as he cupped his hands at his side and gathered ki, Trunks just shaking his head as he fuelled ki into his sword while tracing his hand along the blade.

“Got it. Ready when you are.”

“Ka…He…Ha…Me…”

“SUPERNOVA/ HA!”, Cooler and Cell roared respectively as they unleashed their attacks, Cooler throwing his ki bomb downwards while Cell aimed his hands upwards and unleashed a pillar of blueish-white ki.

As the two attacks clashed, energy bombarded the skies and everything around it were vaporized instantly as the sky was consumed by bright light.

Cell gritted his teeth as he fuelled more energy into the attack, watching as Cooler continued to push as well before grinning as Trunks took a deep breath before raising his sword high.

His body was covered in golden lightning and glowing like a miniature sun as he pulled back, taking another deep breath before swinging downwards.

Cooler was forced to abandon his Supernova as a gargantuan scorching ki slash cut through it, trying his best to twist out of the way, but it was too late and a pained cry escaped his lips when the ki slash cut right through his shoulder.

“You vermin!”, The alien exclaimed as his arm fell to the floor, Cell catching it and containing it in a ki bubble while Trunks readied another slash only to frown as a red-skinned figure appeared beside Cooler with a hum.

“Da-”

“Do not say my name, Cooler,” The figure cut him off, to which Cooler gritted his teeth as he burned his wound shut while the demon turned to Trunks with a smirk.

“How good are you with your sword?”

“Fairly good.”

“Hmm, intriguing.”

“Who the hell are you?”, Trunks asked as he readied himself, a bit confused as the figure just looked at him with an amused smile and chuckled.

“You don't need to know my name, not yet at least. All you need to know is that the end is coming and when it does, not even your precious Dragon Balls will save you.”

'Dragon balls? I thought the Dragon Balls were unusable?', Trunks thought with a frown as he glanced at Cell, who floated upwards while looking a bit confused.

“I need to get back or else,” Cooler spoke up, drawing their attention back as they watched the red-skinned figure sigh and place a hand on Cooler's shoulder.

The next moment, they frowned as the two vanished, both Trunks and Cell stretching out their ki senses only for the Android to let out a frustrated sigh when they couldn't feel them anymore.

“Well, at least we know now that Babidi is the one responsible for why we couldn't sense them,” Trunks spoke with a frown as he sheathed his blade and Cell nodded before looking at the arm trapped inside of the ki sphere.

“And now we have this. This could prove crucial in helping us figure out just exactly where they are even if they do use magic to hide themselves.”

“I'm still stuck on what that guy said. Why was he talking about Dragon balls?”, Trunks asked and Cell shook his head as he placed the arm inside of a capsule that he pulled from under his wing.

“I have no idea either. The dragon balls are unusable right now without a Namekian linked to them so trying to use them would be useless…unless…were the dragon balls the only ones we had?”, Cell asked and Trunks narrowed his eyes as he closed his eyes.

“Mr. Popo?”, Trunks called out, frowning as he didn't hear a response nor the familiar feeling of Mr. Popo's voice entering his mind.

“Mr. Popo, are you there?”

“Trunks?”

“I'm trying to contact Mr. Popo, but there's nothing,” Trunks answered as he kept his eyes closed, waiting for a response only to grit his teeth as nothing happened.

“King Kai! King Kai, are you there?!”

“Yes, I am here. Are you looking for Gohan?”

“Perhaps. I'm trying to contact Mr. Popo, but I can't feel anything. Could you contact him for us?”

“Eh, sure, but I dont s-”, Trunks frowned as King Kai stopped speaking, waiting for a bit before gritting his teeth as the line was still silent.

“King Kai, did something happen?”

“…Trunks, I'll inform Gohan of what's happened. In the meantime, tell your people to stay where they are.”

“Wait, what? What happened?”, He asked before he felt a hand on his shoulder, opening his eyes to see Cell looking up in shock and horror while noticing the giant shadow above them.

Slowly looking up, Trunks felt dread in his heart at the sight of the Lookout slowly falling from the heavens, its form slowly crumbling to pieces as Mr. Popo's still form fell with it.

“MR. POPO!”

A/N: And the war begins~!! What happens next? Find out next time.

Also, Cooler was just there as a distraction. He wasn't actually fighting for real. The real battles begins next chapter.

Another thing is that Vomi and the others will shine in later chapters. I just wanted to show off Trunks and Cell for now.

As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!