The Monke King: Ch.21

The twin moons of Yardrat shone down upon the landscape of the planet in question, its light violet-coloured soil reflecting the moonlight while my breathing was calm and precise as I floated in the air while in a lotus pose and with my eyes closed.

“Fuck!” A sigh escaped my lips as I opened my eyes, my meditation now ruined as I stared at Trunks who was taking deep breaths as he sat on the floor

“I did tell you that you can't force it, did I not?”

“I just don't get it, though. I've pushed myself to the limit. I've kept a calm mind and I've done everything you told me, but no matter what I try or how hard I try, I just can't reach it.”

“Trunks, it's only been three months since we got here and only two months since you actually started focusing on nothing but achieving Super Saiyan. It's not far-fetched to say that it's going to take you a while and even your father took a few years before he was able to achieve it.” I said and he snorted as he crossed his arms.

“Hah, I know, but even when I'm just trying to train, it's like an itch at the back of my mind that's annoying the hell out of me and I can't even scratch the surface of it. Please, tell me. What am I missing?” He asked as he looked at me and I stared at the look of frustration and desperation in his eyes before I sighed.

“You're not missing anything, Trunks. You have what it takes. Every Saiyan has what it takes, whether they be a full-blooded Saiyan or a half-blooded one. You just haven't felt it yet.”

“…Felt it?” He asked with a doubtful yet confused look and I gave a soft smile as I nodded.

“Super Saiyan is not like learning a new technique or getting stronger by getting better control over your ki or even pushing past your limits. When I first transformed, it wasn't because I wanted to. No, it's because I lost everything. My father, my friends, people that I've been fighting alongside for years. You and your mother needed protection along with the rest of Earth and for the first time, I was the only one left to do so.” As I spoke, I took a shaky breath as I heard the shouts from the Z-Fighters, pushing past it and looking up at the moons.

“I was alone, weak and helpless and in that moment, when I thought I couldn't take the suffering and the pain, that's when it happened. That rage I felt, the pain that ached me, the sheer desperation I experienced…That is what pushed me over the edge.”

“But…I've felt that. I've felt helpless. I've seen what the Androids do. Hell, I almost died had you not come and saved me.”

“Yeah, still mad at you for that one.” I spoke with a small smile and he returned it before he remembered what we were talking about and sighed while shaking his head.

“If pain…If pain and loss are what it takes, does that mean I'd have to go…go through something like you did to transform?”

“No and I hope you never do.” My answer and serious tone surprised him as he looked at me and my expression shifted to a caring gaze as I ruffled his hair.

“The truth is that everyone is different. Some Saiyans transform through rage, others through determination and some…some simply because they have someone dear that they wish to protect. You don't need to lose someone to awaken your power, Trunks, but you do need to find something inside of you, something that you know would force you beyond that limit.”

“Like what?” He asked and I shrugged as I crossed my arms.

“Anger is the trigger, yes, but there's needs to be a primal need behind your transformation. What drives you? What do you fight for?” I asked and watched as he opened his mouth only to hesitate at his response.

I didn't say anything as we simply sat in silence, watching as every emotion flashed across his face before I stood up while patting his shoulder

“You'll figure it out and when you do, that wall that's currently blocking your path? It's going to come crumbling down.” He let out a soft and slow breath and my words, but I didn't need to say anything anymore.

That seed…that need he has to get to keep pushing forward has already been planed.

“I hope I'm not interrupting something.” Vomi's voice spoke and I turned to see her walking towards us with a smile on her face and her arms crossed.

Yet, there was no hiding the tension in her posture or the bags under her eyes as she looked worn down and twitching a bit restlessly.

“Vomi, how are you feeling?” Trunks asked as he forgot about her discussion and walked over to her, the Android looking hesitating before letting out a shaky sigh and shook her head.

“Honestly? Like I'm about to lose control.”

“It's getting worse?” I asked, referring to the voice that she's been hearing constantly for the past month since we used all but a few of our Senzu Beans up to keep her hunger pangs at bay and she nodded slowly.

At first, it started small with something like her eye twitching randomly or her breathing becoming shaky, but fort he past couple of weeks, she's been trying her best to keep herself from sending ki blasts flying everywhere.

I've even offered to let us go back about a month ago since I didn't want to use the last five beans in case of an emergency, but she didn't want to as she was now the one who wanted to get rid of her evil side and Master Pybara said that this would be necessary for that to happen.

“She's…she's stronger than before, constantly trying to take over. Just earlier, I had to stop her from trying to not shoot a beam at Videl and Erasa. I…I don't think I can do it for another day, Gohan. I just can't.”

“Vomi, look at me. It's going to be okay. If you can't stand it any longer, I'll go get Master Pybara and we'll do it.” I spoke and she gave a strained smile before I turned my gaze to Trunks as he spoke up.

“So, what's the plan, then? Once we get Master Pybara to help, that is.”

“Simple. You two must fight me.”

“Say what?” Trunks asked and Vomi shook her head as I nodded.

“According to Master Pybara, she needs to be pushed to her breaking point. The more she's hurt, the more of the dark entity inside of her will manifest to save itself. That is when we'll have the best chance to separate it completely for her.”

“It is risky.” Master Pybara spoke up as he appeared from thin air besides me and Vomi nodded before responding.

“I know, but…it's the only way.” Meeting her gaze, I saw the tired determination in her eyes before smiling softly after a long pause and nodding.

“Alright, then. Let's do this.”

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“Are you sure this is okay?” Videl asked as she and Erasa stood in front of us, both of them in a solid stance with their right and left fists pulled back respectively.

“Not entirely, but according to Master Pybara, this is the best course of action we have.” I answered as I kept a firm on Vomi's left arm, Trunks holding her right as the Android stood firmly while Master Pybara held a hand on her upper back.

“But why us?” Erasa asked and I shook my head as Vomi spoke up.

“Because you two are the best at doing the Forced Spirit Fission and in unison, it's going to be very effective on me.”

“At the exact moment that I sent my ki into her upper back, you two need to attack her sternum with a powerful Fission strike. Make sure you strike at the same time and with the same amount of power to ensure that the combined attack is powerful enough to put her dark entity in danger.”

“And since the both of you are used to Fusion, it should be easy for you two to be in sync.” I spoke with a smile and they glanced at each other before Vomi gave a thankful smile and nodded.

“Hah, okay. Let's get this over with.”

“Okay, on the count of three, understood?” Master Pybara spoke and both nodded as all three of their ki slowly gathered at their hands before we steadied ourself.

“One…two…three!” With a grunt, both Videl and Erasa stepped forward before landing a double punch to Vomi's chest right as Master Pybara landed a palm strike to her back.

The Android gasped at the pain and both of the girls quickly stepped back, the world around us shifting as Master Pybara quickly teleported away and left both Trunks and I on the desolate wasteland alone with the Android.

“Let her go.” I ordered as I jumped back, Trunks doing the same as Vomi fell to her knees with wide eyes while cradling her stomach.

“What now?” He asked, but I didn't answer as I kept my gaze on her, watching the Android stumble to my feet and frowning as she stared at me.

“I…I need a harder hit. Gohan! Do it!”

“Are you sure?!” I asked even as I readied myself, the Android giving a small nod before flinching and falling to a knee.

“I need…to force it out. If I give in, it would be better-gah!” Before she could finish her sentence, I was already in front of her with a fist pulled back, my entire body encased in a light yellow aura as I swung forward.

The impact of my fist was enough to shatter the ground below us for a few hundred meters as well as kick up a dust storm, but I frowned as I had felt something blocking my punch.

Quickly ripping my fist free while leaping back and away as Vomi unleashed a powerful ki blast all around her, Trunks frowned as I landed besides him before we both watched as Vomi let out a raspy breath and stood up.

The next, Trunks' eyes widened as the Android appeared in front of him before he could react, slowly raising his arms in a cross guard before he gasped as I kicked him backwards with one leg while kicking her fist to the side with the other.

Landing with a flare and aiming a kick at her head, Vomi quickly raised an arm and blocked the attack even as the impact sent her skidding backwards, my eyes focused on hers as they flashed red before she shook her head.

“Trunks! Keep going!” I called out while shooting forward, feeling Trunks' energy surging and smirking as Vomi gave me a thankful look before blitzing towards us.

As I threw a punch while skidding to a stop in front of her, Vomi quickly pushed it to the side while effortlessly weaving around Trunks' attacks from the side, her body twisting and contorting around our blows with precise movements.

'This is not Vomi.' Her movement was too unnatural and she did moves that I knew would have torn a muscle or two if she kept it up, but as I watched her continue fighting, I frowned as I saw the dark purple dots forming on her skin as well as the streaks of white/ silver appearing in her hair.

“Keep going, Trunks!” I called out as I caught her high kick, kicking out her supporting leg right as Trunks dove in and delivered a vicious drop kick that sent the Android flying through the air.

Yet, even that was not enough as she rolled across the ground onto her feet before landing gracefully a few meters away, her breathing heavy and her hair now almost fully silver as a pair of scarlet eyes looked at us.

“Vomi, you still in there?” I asked as I took a step forward and stopped when I caught her body tensing, the Android gasping and clawing at her chest as a dark aura began to swirl around her.

“It's…it's getting stronger, trying…to take control.”

“Then we need to give one final push.” Trunks spoke and I nodded before taking a deep breath, reaching into my ear and pulling out the Power Pole before a scarlet energy rippled from my form.

The next moment, Trunks' energy turned a bright whitish-yellow as his hair flowed in the wind, my own body being covered in deep red fur and my spiky golden hair turning into a pitch black mane as I spun the staff around my body.

“Trunks, remember. Don't think about it. Just do it.” I spoke and he looked at me before nodding as we turned our gaze back to Vomi, taking a deep breath when I saw the psychotic smirk appearing on her face for a brief moment before it was replaced by a shaky frown.

At the exact same time, the ground under us shattered as Trunks shot forward, with me right besides him as I lifted the Power Pole before expanding it to the size of a bus and bringing it down.

Swiftly dodging the attack that shattered the ground for kilometers, the Android was quickly subjected to Trunks' ruthless barrage of blows as he was relentless, but Vomi was just as quick as she caught his fist and swung upwards.

Appearing besides them and stopping her ki slash with my own, I grabbed Trunks and swung down at her wrist, forcing her to let him go before we leapt back right as she aimed a hand at us.

The next moment, I threw the staff into the air and cupped my hands at my side, charging a Kamehameha-Wave within the blink of an eye before shooting forward right as she shot a pink variant of the attack at us.

The blasts clashed and completely melted away the floor, with me simply steadying my body and forcing the attacks upwards right as the Power Pole fell back and was caught by Trunks.

“Extend!” My fellow hybrid didn't waste any time as he spun while swinging the staff as hard as he could, the staff extending to the length of a skyscraper within mere moments before Vomi wheezed as she caught the full brunt of the attack to her face.

“Nice!” I shouted as I rushed forward, Trunks effortlessly throwing the staff for me to catch right as I caught it with a flip through the air and brought it down upon the Android.

However, there was no explosion or impact like I was expecting.

Instead, the Android had caught the staff with a manic smirk while spinning on her foot, the other foot coming around and slamming into my side with enough force to make me feel it before I found myself blasting through the air.

Quickly flipping over to my feet and dragging a long trench in the ground, I grunted as I came to a stop before staring at Vomi only to be surprised at what I saw.

Throwing her lab coat off, the Android now only wore her checker-pattern dress and mismatching heels as her skin had turned a dark pink and her hair a snow white with a pink tint. Her ears had become pointed as well and her eyes were a deep red as a tail similar to that of Cell slowly swayed behind her.

“Well, well~ Who knew that mere Saiyans would be able to try and keep up with me?” It sounded like Vomi yet it was also a lot more menacing as the Android spoke, the malice visible to all who kept her gaze as I slowly stood up straight.

“Trunks, keep going.” I spoke as I spun the staff before rushing in, but as I threw the Power Pole at her like a javelin while having it extend to force her to dodge, I frowned as I caught sight of Trunks going a bit slow as he rushed in after me.

Turning back to my battle, I quickly retracted the Power Pole and pulled it back with a telekinetic grip, pushing to the side as she swung down at me only for Trunks to catch the staff and catch her with another blow to her neck.

Yet, this one didn't seem to hurt that much and I quickly dashed in as she gripped the staff while lashing out with a heavy punch to his side.

Rushing to his side just in time to catch the punch, I pushed it down and kicked Trunks back along with the staff as I grabbed Vomi's other arm and drop-kicked her in the chest.

I was not done as I pulled on the one move I've been training extensively under Master Pybara, two clones shooting out from my chest and delivering a double kick to her chest that sent her flying back.

Landing with a flip, another two clones jumped out of my back before one pulled back the Power Pole, the five of us rushing in right as Vomi reoriented herself.

The first clone caught the Power Pole and threw it forward, another one rushing in alongside it and flipping over her leg sweep that she did to dodge the staff before he kicked down on one end of it.

Sending the staff bouncing up into the air, a third clone grabbed onto the final one before throwing him up into the air and the fourth clone did not disappoint as he caught it before extending it at the speed of sound.

Sound barriers shattered as one end of the Power Pole shot down and Evil Vomi quickly jumped back to dodge the attack only for the third clone to land a spinning kick to her side.

I was not too far behind as I rushed past her before spinning around, the second clone grabbing the back of my top and tossing me as hard as it could before they all dispelled right as I crashed into Vomi's back with a powerful punch.

The blow made her gasp and bounce off of the Power Pole itself as I rolled with the throw, reaching out and grabbing the staff before retracting it right as the Android glared at me.

“You! Gohan! Keep going! I've had enough of your insolence!” The Android growled and I readied myself as I watched a pillar of violet energy erupting from her body, quickly bringing the Power Pole up right in time to block the ki blade coming down onto my shoulder.

Yet, my eyes widened as she sliced right through it, a gasp escaping from my lips as the pain was instant, a searing agony that had my vision spinning and twisting upon itself.

'R-Right…It's a fucking ki blade. Of course she can turn it on and off.' I thought with a groan as I fell to a knee, placing a hand against my chest and pouring ki into it to burn the wound shut as I heard someone screaming in the background.

“Yes~! No! No! Please! No! You irritate me with your presence!” E. Vomi growled as she moved backwards, gritting my teeth as I stood up while tearing a chunk of my top off.

“I…I do, eh? What are you going to do about it?” The pain burned inside of my body, but I forced myself to stay up and watched as E. Vomi glared at me while her fists trembled.

“I…G-Gohan, I…I can't! It's…It's too strong! Will Kill you. Slowly…painfully~!” Vomi's pleading voice could be heard echoing even as the E. Vomi kept speaking and I took a deep breath before taking a step forward.

“Keep fighting it, Vomi. Don't stop.”

“You actually believe…that I will let her go?”

“You're stronger than this. Don't let a stupid personality tell you what to do.” The E. Vomi's mocking laughter filled the air and I watched as the dark aura around her intensified as she tilted her head.

Then, I barely had time to react as she finished, quickly creating a clone and moving to the side right as her strike missed and stabbed right through the clone's skull.

'Was she always this strong?!' I thought with a frown as I swung the staff at her legs, forcing her to maneuver back as I quickly swiped up and caught her chin with the blow.

It sent her stumbling back as I spun and swung it back down behind my back, the E. Vomi quickly moving out of the way only for her eyes to widen as I held my hands up to my forehead.

“Solar Flare!” The bright flash of light and high-pitched explosion was enough to disorient her as the E. Vomi fell back with a yelp, my hands already catching the staff as I spun it around my neck before landing another heavy strike to her knee.

Forcing her to fall forward, I spun and clipped the side of her jaw yet again, sending her into a spiral before she wheezed as I brought the staff down onto her chest and buried her back first into the ground.

However, as I caught sight of the maniacal grin on her face, my dangers senses blared and I quickly leapt, but not in time as a hand shot out from the underground and cut deep into my side.

A scorching pain erupted from the wound and my knees buckled as I barely caught myself, cursing my lack of awareness as I watched E. Vomi pull her hand back from the ground with a wide grin even as a horrified look was in her eyes.

“P-Please! I'll do anything! Just let them go!”

“Anything includes their lives!” E. Vomi growled as she walked closer and I watched the cracks appearing on her body as I stood up, spitting out a mouthful of blood while shaking my head to get rid of my spinning vision.

'W-Where's Trunks? I…I need to get him out of here.' Looking over at Trunk, I cursed as I saw the Saiyan kneeling on the ground, his hands clenched into tight fists to the point that his knuckles turned white and his body trembled as he stared at Vomi.

Frustration, helplessness and rage burned in his gaze and I was all too familiar with that look as I knew the feeling that accompanied it, the unbearable pain of knowing that you weren't strong enough to protect the people you cared about.

'It's not your fault. Keep your chin up and keep going.' I wanted to say that, but my wounds didn't let me as I was breathing heavily, taking deep breaths and watching as Vomi came to a stop before she let out a deafening scream.

The battlefield shattered as a column of dark violet energy shot up into the sky, the Android looking ecstatic as she crouched down and looked at me with her head titled.

'Come on, Gohan! You already lost so many friends! Let's not make it one mo-!' I stopped my internal monologue as I felt it, a shift in the air.

A surge of energy that overwhelmed the area and was fuelled by nothing but potent rage and a thirst for blood.

Turning my gaze back, I couldn't help but gasp at the golden aura burning around Trunks and the sharp gaze in his eyes as he let out a powerful roar, his hair spiking up and shifting from lavender to gold as pure power radiated from his body.

While nowhere near Vomi's nor I's energies, his felt a lot more focused and controlled and as the teen stood up, I watched as he curled his fingers while raising his arms.

The next moment, my eyes widened as golden energy shot from his fingertips and connected to Vomi's raging energy like glowing threads, watching as he slowly clenched his fist before pulling back.

I could feel her energy fighting back and as she went to attack him, I quickly appeared in her back and kicked at her head, forcing her to block the attack before a strangled scream came from her lips as Trunks pulled once more.

The dark aura was visibly being pulled from her energy as a tremor rumbled across the battle field, Trunks not stopping as he gripped the threads with his other hand before pulling as hard as he could.

As he did so, Vomi gasped as a twisted, shadowy version of her was pulled from her body, its crimson eyes filled with nothing but hatred as it lunged at him.

Yet, its eyes widened as I appeared in front of him, my own energy wrapping around her and trapping her in a ki bubble before I made the bubble implode on itself with enough power to shake the air.

The dark spectre gave one final shriek as its body was disintegrated and as it vanished, Vomi collapsed to the floor while Trunks fell backwards, my ki quickly wrapping around them both and slowly placing them down besides each other as I sat down.

“Urgh~ Since where were you going to tell me you can do Forced Spirit Fission so well?” I asked and rolled my eyes as his golden hair turned back to its lavender colour, the golden aura vanishing as he gave a sheepish smile.

“I may have forgotten about it.”

“Of course.” I muttered before looking to Vomi as I saw her stirring, Trunks doing the same as Vomi's eyes fluttered open and she slowly looked at us.

“You…you saved me.” She whispered and I blinked as Trunks smiled while slowly raising a hand over to caress her face.

“I told you. We're not going to lose you.” He spoke and I watched her give a small graceful smile before nodding and looking to the side as she was barely able to lean closer and give him a soft kiss on the lips.

'Yep, not my problem. Ah, look at those leaves over there. Quite dead, aren't they?…Oh, fuck. Bulma's going to kill me.'

A/N: And we end off the Yardrat arc with Trunks getting his girl and Super Saiyan!!

But don't think that just because Vomi has lost her evil side that she is now weaker. After all, she is just like Cell and like Cell…hehehe~ Zenkai Boosts~!!

Anyway, next chapter, return home and aftermath of the wish.

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

Ba-Bye~!!