Chapter 8
KRILLIN'S POV
"What? Yajirobe!" I exclaimed as I watched our old friend cut off the saiyan's tail and run for cover. "He did it."
We all watched in amazement as the large monkey shrank down till he was back to normal and the saiyan was gasping from pain.
"I'm going to kill every last one of you." He roared at us and I flinched.
"I thought that if we cut off his tail he would be done but it's more like we made him angry." I whispered in surprise.
"I'm going to kill you all. Starting with you." I focused on the saiyan again to see him attack Gohan.
"Gohan! Run!" I shouted but it was too late. Vegeta had already attacked, punching Gohan in the stomach and making him fall to the ground.
"Come on. I know you have more power than that." He said as he pressed Gohan's face into the ground with his foot. "Fight."
I roared in anger as I raced towards the two only to be thrown back.
"Don't worry bald one. You're next." He told me and I grasped my arm.
"Leave my friends alone!" Gohan yelled and I looked up to see him attack Vegeta.
"I can't believe it." I said. "He's holding his own."
"Krillin."
I turned to see Goku only a few feet away from me.
"Krillin come here. I need to give you something." I moved slowly towards him while holding my broken arm.
"I'm sorry Goku but I don't think anything you give me can help." I told him. "My arm won't move."
"That's okay. You only need one. I need you to take Burasunakkuru. The brass knuckles. Put one of them on your good hand. Please."
"If you say so." I said and grabbed one of the metal contraptions on his hand and pulled it off.
"Burasunakkuru is a zanpakuto. They, in a sense, are the manifestation of a soul reapers power. Normally one can't share their zanpakuto in shikai state with another but Burasunakkuru is different. He is a protector so if I give him to someone freely he will guide and protect you."
I put the zanpakuto on and gasped in surprise. "What is this energy."
"Focus Krillin, I need you to focus that energy and compress it into your hand."
"I'll try." I answered and closed my eyes.
"Tune everything out. Me, Gohan, Vegeta, the whole world until all you can sense is the energy. When you do that, Push it all into the hand with Bursunakkuru on and hold it there."
I nodded without really hearing what he said. All I could sense was the energy that was Goku but wasn't. Finally I was able to grab hold of it and push it to my hand.
"I did it!" I exclaimed as I stared at my glowing hand. "Now what?"
Goku gasped weakly. "You need to hit him with all of you strength. It should be enough to beat him but even if it's not it's our last hope."
"How do I know when it's the right time?"
"Burasunakkuru will tell you. Now hurry."
"Whatever you say Goku." I answered and jumped onto a rock pile. "This should be a good vantage point."
I looked out in front of me and was surprised to see Gohan's back pressed against a rock pile in front of me.
"Listen to me, Krillin was it? Krillin once you see Vegeta's back facing you I want you to punch in his direction. That motion will send a wave of energy that is hopefully enough to destroy him." I decided that I didn't have enough time to worry about my sanity so I just nodded.
"Alright. I'll wait."
GOHAN'S POV
"I'm disappointed." Vegeta said as he floated towards me while I leaned against the rock gasping for breath. "I thought you would be more of a challenge. Now die."
As Vegeta moved to kill me I watched as a beam of red light flew towards us.
"Come on! Hit!" I heard Krillin yell and Vegeta jumped out of the way.
"Gah!" I screamed as the beam raced towards me.
"Gohan! I need you to bounce that light back. I promise it won't hurt you." I looked at my dad.
"Okay." I told him and held out my hands like a barrier. The force of the light pushed me back but my dad was right. It didn't hurt. Instead I watched as it flew away and at Vegeta.
"What!" I heard him exclaim. "Nooo!" The light enveloped him and then he was gone.
"Yes it worked!" Krillin shouted and raced towards Dad. "Goku it worked."
I moved to stand next to him in time to hear him say. "That's good."
"You have to admit though you don't look good Goku." Krillin grinned.
"Yeah, I'm going to be sore for a while but that's okay. It could have been worse."
"That's true. You could have been the alien." Krillin joked and we all laughed. Suddenly we heard a whistling noise and we looked up to see the alien falling towards us then hit the ground with a bang.
"He's still alive!" I said in surprise.
"Looks like it." Krillin said and moved slowly towards him.
"That attack." Vegeta gasped weakly. "It almost destroyed me. I need to get away, recover." The saiyan then reached into his vest and pulled out a remote that somehow survived the fight. After pressing some buttons, his hands fell to the ground and he lay there weakly.
"What is he doing?" I thought in wonder.
"Krillin! You need to stop him!" I looked to my left to see Yajirobe standing there in anger. "He's going to get away!"
Sure enough we watched as a small speck flew across the sky and a large sphere landed next to Vegeta.
"His space ship." I gasped as the door opened and Vegeta slowly got into it.
"No." Krillin growled and stood at the opening. "I won't let you leave alive, not after all of the deaths you've taken." I watched in surprise as Krillin lifted his fist, the metal gleaming in the light and he swung.
"No Krillin!" A voice shouted in all of our heads. "Don't do it!"
Krillin froze and looked at us. "But Goku! he killed so many people. Tien, Chiaotzu, Piccolo and so many others. We can't let him live."
"No, show him mercy. Show him that there is another way. We were able to change Piccolo, why not him?"
I sat next to my father as I watched Krillin struggle against himself. Finally he lowered his arm to his side. "Fine. I guess that since you saved the world so many times you deserve to ask of this."
"Thank you my friend."
"Ha ha ha." Vegeta chuckled lightly as the spaceship closed. "I'll return stronger than ever and when you ask me for mercy, I shall kill you." The door closed and he flew away.
Hey everyone here is the next chapter. I know I just published the last one but I was on a role so I decided to post this one while I was at it. Anyways tell me what you think and what ever improvements need to be made.
