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Pairing: Goku/Kagome/Vegeta?
Rated: M (hinted dark themes, language)
"Don't forget about me, now."
Goku clenched his fingers harder around the tail as he watched Piccolo get harshly kicked, "I forgot about her!" He mumbled, making sure to keep his grip tight because he was sure that Radditz was the bigger threat, "Piccolo, are you okay?" He called out, seeing the Namekian jump off the ground without missing a beat.
"You hid your Ki," Piccolo wiped away the purple blood from his face, smirking back at the female Saiyan, "And I had lowered my guard."
"True," Kagome agreed, giving him a charming smile that would normally have alien males begging on their knees for her, though Piccolo felt the very opposite, "Unfortunately, I can't have you killing Radditz on me now... even if we do only have one spaceship left." She grumbled the last part.
"Kagome, stop fucking around with the damn Namekian and get Kakarott off me!" Radditz ordered, seeing that Kagome actually did intervene in the attack.
Goku tensed behind him and held even more pressure on the tail as he eyed Kagome warily, wondering if she would go for him or Piccolo.
"Even during battle, that's all you can think about, isn't it?" Kagome did not looked amused anymore as she glanced away in disinterest from her fellow warrior and Kakarott, "Why should I help you now? We do only have one spaceship, now that I really think about it."
"W-wha– ?" Radditz snarled lowly at the defiant girl, "You fucking bitch! Once I get out of this, I'll fuck your ass so hard you won't be able to walk for months!"
"And that's supposed to convince me?" Kagome tensed at the very familiar threat, "I think I'd rather take my chances with Frieza over you," She turned back to face Piccolo, "Well, then, Namekian – go on; I won't interrupt you this time," She gave a seemingly kind smile towards him, but Piccolo wasn't deceived by it, "Show us what you can do."
"You're next!" Piccolo threatened, though he would agree with Goku that the male was more threatening than the female.
"I-I'll stop!" Radditz went back to begging mode, seeing that Kagome would be of no help to him, "I've seen the error of my ways and I'll leave right away!" He hoped that Kakarott was stupid enough to fall for it.
"Do not listen to him, Son," Piccolo gathered his Ki in his fingertips once more, powering up his attack with no distractions this time, "There's no way we can ever trust his word!"
"B-believe me, my little brother!" Radditz knew he wouldn't able to get Kakarott let go physically, but psychologically... it was always worth a try, "I may have done some cruel things up to now, even to you, b-but I'll keep my promise to you, no matter what!"
"You mean that?" Goku asked hesitantly, lightening his grip ever so slightly as the words ran through his mind.
"Don't you dare listen to him!" Piccolo snarled out in warning, "He doesn't mean a word of it!"
"You're really sorry?" Goku naive nature took the better of him as his fingers loosened even more around his tail.
"There's no chance of that happening," Kagome spoke up, catching Goku's attention at once as she glanced away, not wanting to look at his face because he intrigued her far too much, "This may be your only chance to kill him," She tuned out Radditz's cursed and obscene threats that he then dished out at her, "If you even can, that is." She glanced to Piccolo with a smirk, getting a glare in response.
"I'm begging you, Kakarott!" Radditz gave one more plea, feeling Goku's fingers loosen their grip. Goku swallowed, hesitantly letting go of the long tail and expecting Radditz to keep his promise, only for the Saiyan to smirk darkly and kick him in the stomach as soon he moved.
"You idiot!" Piccolo growled, disbelieving that Goku was seriously naive enough to actually let go of that bastard's tail.
'Perhaps that hit to the head did a lot more damage?' Kagome almost felt like laughing at Kakarott's stupidity, but held herself back as she watched Radditz stomp his boot down on Kakarott's ribs, slowly crushing them.
"Are you really that idiotic?" Radditz chuckled darkly, protectively wrapping his tail back around his waist, "You won't get another chance like that again."
"Y-you cheat...!" Goku heaved, the air was being forcibly pushed out of his chest as Radditz put more pressure on him, "T-that was dirty!"
"I'm nothing like you," Radditz smirked arrogantly, having fun as he lightened the pressure a tad, "I'm not soft! I'm a first-class warrior!"
"Well?" Kagome demanded, growing bored with the little show. She turned back to Piccolo with a raised brow, "Aren't you going to do your little attack again?"
"He'll just avoid it like before!" Piccolo growled, seeing that they were running quickly out of viable options if they wanted to win against these two Saiyans. He trembled in rage as Radditz simply laughed, stomping on Goku as he saw fit.
It was only when the sound of cracking material that everyone paused.
"What?" Everyone gasped at the same time, seeing Gohan suddenly fly up from the crater, looking enraged as pieces of the spaceship crumbled down below him.
"His power has risen to 1330?" Kagome inhaled sharply, disbelieving of the numbers that were currently displayed on her scouter as she stared at Kakarott's son, who was trembling angrily with hateful tears in his eyes.
"What the hell?" Radditz stopped his attack on Goku to look at the brat with shock, "H-how?" He was just as surprised as Kagome, who still was staring with disbelief at the little boy.
"Stop hurting my Daddy!" Gohan screamed, powerful Ki surging all around as he charged forward with no hesitation. He slammed forcibly into Radditz's stomach, easily cracking the armour as the Saiyan almost fell to the ground in a daze.
"He is half Saiyan!" Kagome mumbled, convincing herself that it was possible for a child to have this high of power level. She cursed under her breath, skillfully leaping off the ground towards the now fallen boy. Gohan was crawling slowly over to Goku, not noticing the female warrior coming up quickly behind him.
"G-Gohan!" Goku called out of warning, unable to move because of the extreme pain. He could only watch as Kagome picked up Gohan by his tail, ignoring his loud cries, "L-let him go!" He demanded as he tried to move, only to feel more pain.
"You've destroyed our last remaining spaceship," Kagome frowned down at the distressed Gohan, who was trying to struggle out of her firm grip to get back to Goku, "Now how will we get back?" She grit her teeth, thinking of how annoyed Frieza would be if they didn't get back on schedule.
"That fucking brat!" Radditz held his bruised stomach as he glared at the boy in Kagome's grasp, "I'll kill him!" He suddenly rushed over, eager to beat the brat to death, though snarled in aggression as Kagome lithely bounded away from him, "What the hell are you doing, bitch?"
"You're not going to kill him," Kagome said stoically, ignoring how Gohan was now crying into her arm because of how frightened he was of his uncle, "I don't care what he did to you."
"Don't you fucking protect the brat, runt!" Radditz threatened lowly, taking steps forward like the predator that he was, "I'll beat in your face too, if I have to!"
'Why is she protecting him?' Goku wondered, even though he very grateful to the female for doing so. It was just confusing to him because they were the Saiyans' enemy...
"Just focus on Kakarott and the Namekian," Kagome snapped, not in the mood, "And I'll deal with the boy!" She glared until Radditz chuckled to himself.
"Fine," Radditz spat, coughing out blood, "But after I kill the two, I'll punish you good!" With that, he turned around and stalked back slowly to Goku, who was managing to get to his knees.
"Daddy!" Gohan cried out, trembling as Kagome held him up and sighed with a shake of her head, "Stop hurting Daddy!"
"You should have just stayed put." Kagome pressed a finger firmly against the back his neck, watching in disinterest as the boy finally passed out from lack of blood going to his brain.
Radditz immediately turned back at the lack of crying, "You better not have killed the brat!" He warned, wanting to do the dirty deed himself. Kagome merely rolled her eyes, mumbling something about using his damn senses.
It was then when Goku seized his chance.
Raddits stiffened when he felt arms wrap tightly around his arms from behind, "What?" He growled, struggling to get out of Goku's grip as his brother stood firm, "Get the hell off me!"
"Piccolo, do that attack again!" Goku ordered, knowing this was his only chance to kill Radditz, even if he had to go with him, "Now!"
He hadn't even noticed that Piccolo had already discreetly charged up his attack, "Already ahead of you!" Piccolo smirked, though he felt the sweat drip down his face as he quickly released the attack, only directing it in a different direction in which Goku wanted.
Kagome glanced up when she sensed a large amount of Ki headed her way, "Shit!" She cursed, widening her blue eyes as the white light almost blinded her, and she had no time to fully dodge as she pushed off the ground with her legs. She winced as the attack managed to graze her stomach, causing a throbbing burn to appear and she could only do one more thing as she fell backwards from the pain.
Gohan didn't make a sound as the female Saiyan covered his head with her arms, still passed out as Kagome landed harshly on the ground, blacking out as he was buried halfway underneath her.
"Piccolo! I can't hold him for much longer!" Goku winced as Radditz kept nudging backwards rather harshly, repeatedly jabbing him in his broken ribs, "Hurry up!"
Piccolo charged his attack once more as Radditz growled with disbelief, "Kakarott, you're an idiot! You'll get hit with it, too!" He couldn't depend on Kagome because she had foolishly let down her guard for that fucking brat and was currently down for the count.
He certainly wasn't going to die by these fools' hands.
"So we'll die together!" Goku smirked, holding on for all he was worth as Radditz began to struggle even harder in panic.
"Son Goku, I won't hold back," Piccolo warned, quite sure that they had this battle won, "You and I made a pretty good team!" The Namekian held out his fingers, "Are you ready?"
"Just do it!" Goku demanded, closing his eyes as he prepared himself for even more pain. He felt Piccolo release his attack and he could only wait for the inevitable.
Radditz couldn't even let out a sound as the attack directly hit him, only deflected off his broken armour for a second, before it surged right through him; burning his insides as it did the exact same to Goku.
The brother Saiyans fell to the ground in a heap, blood pooling from their same wound, "H-how was I beaten by them?" Radditz muttered to himself, vaguely hearing Piccolo walk up to him, "To think that the bastard would sacrifice his own life."
Piccolo smirked, hearing Radditz, "Oh, he'll be back soon enough," He glanced down to the fallen Saiyan, who was now glaring up at him, "We have these interesting things called the Dragon Balls and if you collect them, they will grant you any wish. You can even bring back the dead."
"Fuck you..." Radditz seemed to realise something and he smirked this time, "But you let me hear some interesting things. You see, my comrades have been listening to everything we've done up until now from space," He relished the angry glare from Piccolo, "Once they know that we've been beaten..." Radditz hacked up some blood and choked, "They'll come here to avenge Kagome and I within the year."
And with that, Radditz died.
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