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(A/N: Ok, so the votes are coming in. The most popular ones so far seem to be Broly, Bojack, and Hirudegarn. But the polls are still open, so keep the votes coming. Here's the next chapter, enjoy.)
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Chapter 11: In the Belly of the Beast
“Whoa, what happened?” Trunks asked, completely shocked. “His energy just went through the roof.”
“This is the true power of Luud.” Said Biyakuyo, looking on in horror. “I knew he was powerful, but I never imagined this.”
Even 18 seemed concerned. “This isn’t good.”
Luud suddenly vanished, moving too fast for them to see. He appeared in the air behind them, firing beams of energy from his eyes. Trunks and 18 were fast enough to avoid the rays, but Biyakuyo wasn’t so lucky. The beams struck him and poof he vanished in a puff of smoke.
When the smoke cleared, Biyakuyo was gone. In his place was a miniature doll that looked very much like the Namek.
“Did you see that?” Trunks cried. “He… turned him into a doll.”
“That’s the attack he saved me from.” 18 realized, staring at the doll in disbelief.
Luud opened his mouth and sucked inward. The Biyakuyo doll flew towards him and into his mouth. Luud swallowed it and then became still. A moment later, his power shot up even more, equal to the amount of power Biyakuyo had.
“Whoa, you feel that?” asked Trunks. “He absorbed his power.”
18 nodded. “He seems to gain the power of however he eats. The monster.”
Trunks’ fists clenched. “Don’t worry, we can bring him back along with everyone else that Luud’s eaten with the Dragon Balls.”
Luud roared again and suddenly appeared behind them. He swung his arm, his open fist smacking into the two of them, sending them crashing to the ground.
“Ow.” Trunks grunted, sitting up. “You ok, 18?”
“I’ve been better.”
Luud was suddenly standing over them, lifting his massive foot. 18 and Trunks flew out of the way as Luud’s foot came crashing down. Once in the air, they fired blasts of energy at him, but Luud remained unaffected. Turning towards them, he held up his hand and unleashed his own energy blasts.
“Look out.” Trunks warned, as he and 18 avoided the blasts.
“I’m going around back.” She told him.
Flying around Luud, she delivered a powerful punch to the back of his head. Luud didn’t even flinch. His head turned around and he fired energy beams from his eyes. 18 was careful not to touch them, not wanting to end up like Biyakuyo.
Trunks flew past Luud’s head, getting the monster’s attention. “18, lets give him some target practice.”
18 nodded. “Got it.”
They began flying in different directions around Luud’s head. The monster didn’t seem to know which one to attack, reaching for one, then going after the other when he caught sight of them.
“Looks like you were right about him not being that smart.” Said Trunks.
“Lets use that to our advantage.”
As Luud proceeded to swat at them, still unable to decide which one to go after, Trunks and 18 began firing blasts of energy as they continued flying around him. Though the attacks didn’t seem to be damaging him, they did make him angry.
Finally getting fed up, Luud tensed up and began gathering energy. Trunks and 18 stopped flying around, looking at Luud curiously. With a mighty roar, Luud unleashed a massive amount of energy. Trunks and 18 cried out as they were thrown backwards from the large explosion that enveloped the land. When the attack finally dispersed, an enormous crater was all that was left.
Trunks had been thrown into a large rock formation, and was currently stuck to the rock wall from slamming into it so hard. But 18 had been thrown back even farther, having not crashed into anything.
“Man, what power.” He grunted, his whole body aching.
Luud turned to him, a low growl emitting from his lips. He zeroed in on Trunks and fired beams of energy from his eyes. Trunks gasped as the beams flew towards him.
“Watch out!” 18 cried, flying towards him.
There was a flash of light and a large cloud of smoke appeared. When the smoke cleared, there was yet another miniature doll in place of the android.
“18!” Trunks cried.
The small doll fell from the sky. Ripping his arm out of the imprint he made when he hit the rock wall, Trunks reached for her. A sudden suction moved 18 beyond his reach as Luud sucked her up and swallowed her.
“Damn.” Trunks swore. “This isn’t good.”
Luud’s power exploded beyond measurement as 18’s power was added onto him. This was not good. After powering up, Luud had revealed himself to be stronger than Trunks even at an Ascended Saiyan. Having Biyakuyo’s power added on after that was bad enough, but 18’s as well was disastrous.
Luud’s fist shot out, slamming into the rock wall Trunks was stuck to, bringing the whole thing crashing down. He looked down at the pile of rocks, trying to pinpoint the saiyan’s location.
With a battle cry, Trunks burst up from beneath the rocks. Gathering his power, he unleashed a blast of energy. Luud merely knocked it aside with great ease, then opened his mouth to unleash his own blast of energy.
Trunks wasn’t fast enough to avoid it and was blasted backwards. Luud was already after him again. Moving in Trunks’ path, his large foot collided with the saiyan, sending him in the other direction. Repeating the process, Luud got in Trunks’ path again, this time throwing a punch.
Trunks was able to avoid the giant fist before flying up towards Luud and delivering his own punch with as much strength as he could muster. Pain exploded in his hand as he made contact with Luud’s large head. To his horror, Luud didn’t even react.
As Luud clapped his hands, attempting to crush Trunks, the saiyan dropped from the sky. Standing directly in front of Luud, he summoned up all his power and unleashed it in a mighty energy blast that was more than capable of destroying the planet if he hadn’t directed it into space after it hit the monster.
Luud had been knocked off his feet, landing flat on his back. Trunks took a few moments to catch his breath as he stared at the fallen monster. He was horrified to see Luud sit up a few moments later, looking relatively unharmed.
“Great.” Trunks muttered. “Now what?”
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18 slowly opened her eyes. At first she could see only black, but then she realized that she was looking at a wall that was actually a mixture of reds, blues, greens, and purples.
“Am I… dead?” she wondered out loud.
“No, not dead.” Someone replied. “Not yet.”
18 turned around at the familiar voice. “Hey, it’s you. I thought Luud ate you.”
Biyakuyo nodded. “He did, and you as well.”
18’s eyes widened. “That’s right, I got turned into a doll from those lasers. That’s why I couldn’t move. Damn, I was hoping I was just momentarily paralyzed. And then he ate me.”
“Not just you.” Biyakuyo replied.
That’s when 18 realized they weren’t alone. There was quite a large crowd in here. She could see several Namekians, and a large number of other people wearing costumes. There seemed to be no gravity in here because everyone was floating.
“Who are they?” 18 asked, referring to the ones wearing masks.
Biyakuyo’s eyes narrowed angrily. “Members of the Luud Cult. Their so-called god betrayed his own people.”
“We never wanted this!” cried one of the followers. “We knew that Luud was a merciless god, but we were also told that he was compassionate to his followers.”
“We were told that if we worship him that he would bless us.” Said another.
18 glared at them. “This thing is not a god!” she shouted. “It’s just a monster that’s eating people to become stronger. A creature pretending to be a god so it can gain power from its followers. Do you know what such a creature really is? A demon. And because you were all a bunch of idiots to follow this freak, you’ve been devoured.” She crossed her arms. “Now I’ve been eaten as well.”
Biyakuyo turned to her. “But you saved Trunks by taking the blasts yourself.”
She glanced at him. “How’d you know that?”
Biyakuyo pointed to a spot on the wall. There was what seemed to be a large circular window that showed the outside world. Whether she was seeing things from Luud’s point of view or not, 18 didn’t know. But what she did know that with the way things were going, it didn’t look like Trunks would last much longer.
18’s fist slammed into the window. “Trunks, you better beat him! I didn’t sacrifice myself for you just so you can die!”
“He can’t hear you.” Biyakuyo told her. “We’re completely cut off from the outside world.”
“The hell we are!” 18 cried.
Raising her hand, she gathered energy.
“Wait don’t!” someone cried.
18 ignored them and fired. The blast bounced off the wall. People screamed and moved out of the way as the energy blast flew around, repeatedly bouncing off the walls.
18 finally fired another blast of energy, which struck her first one, canceling it out.
“Are you trying to kill us?” the same person cried. “I told you not to do that! We’re part of Luud’s body now. Our energy is his energy. You can’t use it against him.”
18 gave this person a suspicious look. “You seem to know quite a bit about this creature. I’m assuming you’re one of his followers.”
“Not quite.” Biyakuyo told her, glaring at the man. “That’s the high priest, Dolltaki. He’s what you would call a false prophet.” His eyes narrowed. “He knew the truth about Luud all along.”
Dolltaki laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head. “Yes, but I didn’t expect Luud to swallow me up as well. Seems he grew beyond my control.”
18 put her hands on her hips and hovered over to him. “So, you know the truth about Luud, do you?” She grabbed him by his shirt, bringing him up to her face. “Then you should know if there’s a way out of here.”
Dolltaki shook his head. “Nope, sorry. There is no way out.”
18’s eye caught a bead of sweat running down Dolltaki’s cheek. Her eyes narrowed and her grip on his shirt tightened. “You’re lying. I can tell. And don’t bother to deny it. You better start talking, buddy, or else you’ll be really sorry.”
“Oh really?” He pulled away from her. “And just what are you going to do? Look around. I’m in the same position as you. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life trapped in here? If there was a way out, don’t you think I would have taken it by now?”
18 crossed her arms and glared at him. “But you do know something. You better tell me what you know if you know what’s good for you.”
Dolltaki returned her glare. “If I tell you, the consequences will be my life. Right now, this is the safest place for me.”
“Don’t be so sure.” She raised her hand, gathering energy. “If you don’t tell me what I want to know, I swear I’ll kill you right here and now.”
A fearfully look crossed over Dolltaki’s face, but then it became one of arrogance. “You wouldn’t dare. If you kill me, you’ll never find your way out.”
18 formed a ball of energy in her hand, showing him that she wasn’t fooling around. “Perhaps not, but you see that guy out there.” She nodded towards Trunks. “I sacrificed myself for him. That means I’m ready to die for him. If I kill you, that will decrease Luud’s power, and maybe Trunks will be able to destroy him, even if that means losing my life in the process.”
Dolltaki looked uncertain. “T-That won’t save him. You’ll have to kill a lot more people than me in order to weaken Luud enough for that boy to be able to destroy him.”
Biyakuyo flew over to them. “I don’t know about you, but being stuck in here is as good as being dead, and I’m sure everyone else here would agree. Besides,” he grinned, “we Namekians have a way of bringing the dead back to life. So killing people isn’t exactly a problem. But don’t think that anyone will be bringing you back.”
Dolltaki looked at them both fearfully, understanding that his life truly was in danger. With Cardinal Mutchy Mutchy dead, destroyed by Luud, there was no one to protect him from these people. But if he revealed to them the secret of Luud, then that person would surely have him killed. Then again, maybe he could hide from that person, unlike now where death was a guarantee.
He sighed. “All right, you win. Just don’t hurt me.” He pointed upward. “See that red cell up there. That’s Luud’s very core. It was from that cell that Luud grew and mutated into the creature he is now. Destroy that cell, and Luud’s entire structure will fall apart.”
18 looked up at the cell. “That’s a really big cell.” She cracked her knuckles. “All right, that shouldn’t be too hard.”
“Uh…”
18 glanced at him. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Dolltaki tapped his index fingers together nervously. “Well, um, you see, it’s not quite that simple. Luud’s belly is sort of… another dimension.”
18 raised an eyebrow. “Another dimension?”
Dolltai nodded. “Yes, and that red cell is kind of like a connector between this dimension and the other one. It must be attack simultaneously from the inside and out in order to destroy it. I’m afraid it’s the only way.”
18 groaned, looking up at the cell. “Great, there’s always a catch.” She looked again at the window, watching as Trunks fired blasts of energy at Luud, not one hitting the spot where the cell was located. “Guess it can’t be helped.”
Placing her hand on the window, she closed her eyes and tried to concentrate. It proved to be very difficult with all the noise everyone else was making. Finally she turned to them and snapped, “Will you all shut up! I’m trying to concentrate!”
It immediately fell silent. 18 nodded, satisfied, and turned back to the window, closing her eyes again and calling out to Trunks telepathically. “Trunks, can you here me? Trunks!”
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Outside, Trunks froze in midair upon hearing her voice in his head. This proved to be a mistake, as it gave Luud the opportunity to slam his fist into the saiyan, sending him crashing into the rock wall again.
“Damn, that was my fault.” He grunted. Luud’s fist came flying towards him again, but only hit rock as Trunks got away in time. “I must be hearing things.”
“No, it’s me. I’m talking to you telepathically.”
Trunks blinked upon hearing 18’s voice in his head. “Telepathically? Then your still alive?” He asked in surprise. He was also surprised by the relief that overcame him upon discovering that she still lived.
“Yes, I’m stuck inside Luud’s body along with Biyakuyo and everyone else. But never mind that now. Trunks, listen, I found a way to defeat Luud.”
“Great, I’m all ears.”
“Ok, listen closely. Luud has only one weakness. There’s a single spot on his body that can bring him down if we hit it from the inside and the outside at the same time. Aim at the red cell on his body. It’s a lot bigger than an ordinary cell, so you should be able to see it.”
Trunks growled irritably as he dodged away from Luud’s fists. “Great, just one problem, his whole body is red.”
He heard 18 swear in his head as she recalled how Luud had changed colors when he powered up. “All right, I’m going to blast it. Let me know if you see anything.”
Trunks nodded and waited. A few moments later, there was a small twinkle of light that appeared on Luud’s chest for a brief moment, just above his heart.
“Did you see?”
Trunks grinned. “Yeah, I saw. All right, you said at the same time? Let’s do it.” He looked up at the monster. “You’re going down, Luud.” As Luud continued his rampage, Trunks took aim at his chest. “Ready when you are.”
“On the count of three.”
“One.”
“Two.”
“Three!” they cried together.
At the same time, they fired blasts of energy at Luud’s only weakness. The monster reached for Trunks, who had stopped moving in order to take aim. Just before his large hands closed around the saiyan warrior, the energy blasts from both inside and outside his body struck.
Luud’s roar echoed all throughout Namek. Within his chest, his core was completely obliterated. He fell to his knees as large cracks appeared all over his torso. Then, like a china plate, it shattered, sending Luud’s arms and legs flying. His head remained airborne for a brief moment before it too fell from the sky. It bounced once, twice, once more, and then rolled into the water with a loud splash, sinking beneath the surface into the darkness below.
(A/N: Luud has been defeated. He was only meant to be a minor villain anyway. But he was a necessary character for my story based upon what I'm planning to do. Keep up the votes, and we'll see who I decide the next villain should be.)
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