"Who the heck is this?" asked Videl.

"It's… it's… it's… uh… what's his name? It's on the tip of my tongue."

"Gohan I'm heartbroken." he laughed sarcastically "All this time and you don't even remember your own uncle?"

"Raditz!"

"What the? He's you uncle?" exclaimed Dende.

"As far as I'm concerned I don't have an uncle!" said Gohan angrily "When I was just a boy he tried to kill my dad and Piccolo, he nearly killed me!"

"You seem to have forgotten, I did kill your father."

"Actually he sacrificed himself. And that was a long time ago, I've fought infinitely more powerful enemies since then."

"Oh I've been well aware of the vast difference in our power levels for awhile now my dear nephew, which is why my new friend has given me an upgrade. Prepare to see the true power of the Saiyan race!"

Raditz started powering up, then right before Gohan's eye's he started to transform.

"Just a Super Saiyan? You'll have to do better than that."

"Will I? Well in that case why don't we make it two!"

Raditz's aura of energy started to flicker more violently and was soon surrounded by lightening.

"Okay… This might be a problem."

"You have no idea! Pop Quiz! One and two, put em together and what do you get? Three!"

Raditz's aura grew all the more violent.

"This will definitely be a problem."

"What's going on out here?"

"Ah brother, I've been waiting for you."

"Raditz! I completely forget you ever existed!"

"Is that so? Well I'm about to give you a beating you'll never forget!"

"So you've gone Super Saiyan 3, let's see how well you handle it."

Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan 3 with a lot more ease than Raditz had.

"You may be equal to me in power Raditz, but you still have no chance of defeating me."

"We'll see about that, prepare to die Kakarot!"

Goku and Raditz both vanished.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Gohan, Videl, and Dende all looked up to see what was going on. The force created by the exchange of blows between Goku and Raditz was amazing, they were moving so fast that not even Gohan could follow.

"A battle between two Super Saiyan 3's... This could get ugly." said Dende.

Videl noticed that Gohan didn't look too worried about this.

"Same old dad. By the time the rest of us think this is bad, he's already jumping into the fight without fear. Even after all these years I'm still impressed by him. It's hard to believe there was time when I actually surpassed him."

Goku and Raditz suddenly reappeared on the floor with their fists locked.

"Well I must say I'm impressed little brother. Maybe this time I'll actually break a sweat!"

"Oh you'll break more than that."

"You're right, I'll break your skull and just about every bone in your body!"

"Sorry, but I just don't see that happening."

"Oh really? Then allow me to open your eyes!"

Using an exertion of his energy Raditz blasted Goku back.

"Double Sunday!"

Before Raditz's twin yellow blasts found their target, Goku vanished.

"Sorry brother, but that trick won't work on me! Banana Split!"

Raditz spun around and fired a crescent shaped bolt of yellow energy, but he was shocked to see that his attack sliced through nothing but thin air.

"What? Where did he go? Oh Kakarot, come out and play!"

"Tag!"

Goku came down from above and stomped on Raditz's shoulders, then he did a perfect backflip and landed. Raditz started flying a barrage of Ki blasts, but Goku just deflected them all.

"Err... It's only a matter of time Kakarot... You can't keep this up forever."

"Sure, but you're the one who seems to have trouble catching his breath."

Gohan and the others were also starting to notice that Raditz's technique was slipping, and Goku didn't seem to be having any problems at all.

"Uh… Am I the only one not understanding what's going on here?" asked Videl.

"Well it's like this. The Super Saiyan 3 transformation may be four times more powerful than a Super Saiyan 2, but there are some serious drawbacks to using this transformation."

"Like what?"

"Well unlike the Full-Power Super Saiyan transformation, where the purpose was 100% utilization of physical stamina, the purpose of the Super Saiyan 3 transformation is to increase the utilization of Ki."

"And that's a bad thing?"

"It can be." replied Dende "The transformation rapidly consumes the energy of the user, which leads to extended levels of fatigue, even long after powering down."

"So basically you need to get the job done quicky, otherwise you're going to run yourself ragged." said Gohan "And transforming itself requires a lot of energy. By the looks of things Raditz hasn't had much practice with this transformation, unlike my dad who had done this several times already."

"I see. So Raditz's inexperience with this transformation is a really big problem."

"Yes."

Raditz had just thrown another huge Ki blast at Goku, which was deflected, and then he fell to his knees. He didn't know why but he felt like he was going to pass out.

"What's the matter big bro? Feeling a little under the weather?"

"Err… I've had enough of this Kakarot! It's time for you to…"

Before Raditz could finish his sentence, he vanished into thin air.

"Time for me to what? Raditz? Yo-hoo?"

Goku tried sensing Raditz's power level, but he found nothing.

"Two dead villains come back stronger than ever in less than twenty four hours. This can't be good."

Goku took a deep breath and reverted back to normal, but when he did he suddenly feel to his knees.

"Dad! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Gohan, it's just that going Super Saiyan 3 again so soon really takes its toll."

"Maybe you should pay Korin a quick visit before you get the others?"

"Yeah… I think I'd better hurry… Who knows who is gonna turn up next?"

(To be continued)

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Super Saiyan 3 Raditz