Super Dragon Ball: Redux Kaizen

Arc 1 Finale Special PT2: C16

(Continuing From Where Last Chapter Left Off. . .)

*ZRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT BOOM!*

Resounding shockwaves echoed as a figure coated in scarlet, red lightning crashed through a large building and caused its structure to collapse from the force of his impact alone. The figure's eyes flashed open, and the lightning crackled around his body, the pain it brought causing him to groan in agony as his body began to tremble. His teeth grit, and his head pounds as he grips his head in one hand; it disperses immediately as he falls to his knees in an attempt to stand back up. His chest was scarred; black ash from the burns he received covered the surface of his skin with a few bloodied gashes. His breathing was ragged, and his teeth gnawed in frustration. His fist raised for a moment until. . .

"DAMN IT!"

*BOOM!*

His fist slammed into the ground, the concrete beneath shattering and splitting from the force of his anger. It wasn't long before he finally stood up once more, his eyes filled with rage and annoyance as he glanced in the direction from where he was flung from. Clone Apex Cell could only snarl in irritation; his wounds healed as if nothing had happened, though he still felt the remnants of the impact from the previous attack.

"That brat. . .! To think he had figured out how to do whatever that was. . ." He muttered, his body suddenly glowing with Ki as he got ready to charge back in until he felt a disturbance. A telepathic signal from the original, one that caused him to pause for a moment.

"Where are you!" The original Apex Cell shouted in his head.

Clone Apex Cell was confused for a moment before replying, "I'm keeping the monkey busy like you asked. Are you done absorbing Android 21 yet--"

"Forget that!" The original snapped back, "We've gravely underestimated their growth. . .! Hurry on back to me right now! We'll have to use our own trump card."

Clone Apex Cell raised an eyebrow in surprise, "That? But you know what that means if we perform it. We'll lose the ability to absorb any more energy for the next 24 hours. It defeats the purpose of our original goal to absorb Android 21 and attain the Obsidian Core."

"Not to worry, as long as we don't disintegrate her in her human state, her majin form will enable her to regenerate herself even if we reduce her to smoke. We just have to incapacitate her in a way she won't revert back," the original assured before grunting, "Now hurry! It's time to show these worms which they're really dealing with!"

With no further words other than a nod, Clone Apex Cell turned toward the direction of the original until he noticed Kuzuku already floating above, glaring down at him. The young Saiyan was panting, the sweat on his body dripping off his chin a bit before he wiped it off. He had finally tracked him down after landing Shinkusen; however, it was evident that it did take a toll as Kuzuku seemed annoyed, "He didn't go down with that one. . .damn it." Kuzuku looked at the right hand that he used the attack with, the noticeable shaking irritating him even more as he clenched his fist shut.

"Shinkusen is an attack of exponential growth. However, since it uses Kaioken as a basis, then obviously there is going to be side-effects. . .and this is it. . ." He muttered to himself, "Temporarily, my body will limit itself to only half of my original power for a set amount of time. . that, and using it more than once per day could put me out of commission. I wanted that to finish him there. . ."

Kuzuku regained his breath and steeled himself as he analyzed the clone in front of him, his eyes narrowing, "Still, he's taken damage despite how it looks. To recover from a blow like that must have drained this clone's energy considerably. At the very least, I can probably end him now that I've done that much. . ." That said, Kuzuku landed on the ground just a few meters in front of the clone and slowly began to walk towards him.