As Gohan gaped at Vegeta, his knees began to buckle beneath him. How could this have possible happened? For ages his father had been overpowering Vegeta time and time again. Had reality finally crashed in? Had Vegeta's training truly paid off? Or was this all a stunt...Either way, Gohan could not let it fly. His open-mouthed stare of awe shifted into a menacing, murderous glare. Vegeta's smirk made him all the more angry and his mindfulness left him. His disposition changed from happy-go-lucky Gohan to Super Saiyan time-to-kill Gohan. His hair began to rise and he knew it would be turning blonde in no time, his eyes blue.

"I will not be toyed with, Vegeta. Even if you have overpowered my father, you cannot overpower me. I have my father's strength, added on to my youth. I will defeat you."

"Good luck with that, half-blood." Vegeta smiled, a crooked, evil smile, that showed off just how proud he was that he had finally taken down Goku.

"GAHHHHHHHH!" Gohan burst into flames, searing the air around him. Vegeta did the same, although with his burst, the house exploded and left a massive hole underneath both of them. Now in the air, Vegeta careened toward Gohan, who was just wiping the dust from his eyes.

BAM! Gohan was punched, sending him backwards into the wall of the crevice, hitting the back of his head.

"Owww..." Another blow from Vegeta sent him flying through the wall. As he slowed to a stop through all of the rock and rubble, he bellowed out:

"Enough! Gahhh!" He sent himself flying forward, lunging toward Vegeta in one masterful stride, and landed an earth-shattering punch right in his gut. Or so he thought. As Gohan retracted his arm and crumpled to the ground, screaming in pain, Vegeta looked down and cackled.

"Ah yes. I see you're experiencing my enhanced armor for the first time. Well? Is it cool? I certainly hope you think so. I know I do." Vegeta snickered and began to turn around as Gohan rose to his feet and said the first thing that popped into his head.

"You may be the stronger fighter, but you're only half the man my father was." That did it. Vegeta turned and stared at Gohan for a long moment. Gohan knew he had hit a sore spot on Vegeta. Insulting his pride was the last thing one wanted to do to him. However, once Vegeta lost his temper, he would only be thinking to fight with brute strength. No—He would not be thinking at all, just attacking. As long as Gohan could maintain his temper and fight strategically, he may be able to overcome Vegeta and pull through. If he could just…

"You little brat. How dare you insult me!" It was just as Gohan had planned. Vegeta lurched toward Gohan incredibly quickly, however Gohan had seen this coming. He fizzled out and teleported to the other side of Vegeta. As Vegeta's fist made contact flat on the rocky wall, Gohan laughed.

"Missed me," Gohan sneered. He ran out of the small cave his body had made in the earth and flew upward to the sky. Now he had aerial advantage. Gohan had the high ground. It was only a matter of time now. Vegeta soared up from the cave and flew up fists first toward Gohan, his Chi rising every second.

"3…2…and—" Gohan sent a powerful energy blast downward just as Vegeta was mere inches away from him. The attack his Vegeta head-on, and sent him blasting back. Again, Gohan turned and zipped away as far as he could. Vegeta sent multiple energy pulses his way, but none of them were fast enough to reach him. Gohan knew that that second he had bought by firing the energy blast would be just enough to grab Goten and alert him of the recent news.

"Father, I will avenge you…" Gohan quietly vowed as he sped toward Capsule Corporation.

Chapter Four coming soon!