Breaking Point
Chapter 9
Strong language.
"Goku!" Krillin cried out. Goku turned to them a grinned.
"Hi guys!" He said. "Sorry I'm late." Krillin shrugged.
"You wouldn't be you if you were on time for a battle." He said. Goku chuckled.
"Guess your right there, Krillin." Vegeta folded his arms and looked Goku over with a scowl.
"I should have guessed you'd do that too, Kakarot." He said. Goku was in the same state as Kortus. Suddenly a energy blast hit Goku on the chest, but it didn't faze him in the slightest. There was a soft chuckle.
"Just wanted to wake you all up." Kortus said. "You seemed to have forgotten I was here." Kortus was standing not to far from them, with his arms crossed looking like a double of Vegeta in the way he was standing. Vegeta saw this and shifted position, Kortus chuckled, then frowned. "I thought I'd killed you already." He said, looking at Yamcha, who was standing just to the side of Goku, Yamcha's hand shot to his chest and his eyes narrowed. Goku glared at Kortus, if anyone had seen him fighting Frieza on Namek, they would recognise that look.
"Where is my son?" He asked calmly. Kortus looked surprised and pointed to himself. Then grinned slowly.
"Oh. You mean Gohan, don't you?" He said.
"Of course I mean Gohan! You murdering bastard!" Goku snapped. His friends looked shocked at Goku's outburst. Even Kortus looked genuinely surprised.
"Bastard?" He inquired. "I don't mind the murderer part, but bastard? I'm pretty sure you and mother were married when I was born." This comment went straight over Goku's head.
"Why are you doing this!?" Krillin suddenly asked. Kortus glared at Krillin annoyance in his eyes.
"Why, why, WHY!" Kortus shouted. "Why does everyone ask why?" He continued in his normal bored tone. "It's the last thing on most people's mind." He cocked his head and looked at Goku. "But if you really want to know I'll tell you. Do you?"
"I do." Goku said.
"What!" Vegeta roared. "Kakarot, who cares why he's doing this shit! He's killed our families, he must die!"
"I hate to say it, Goku. But I agree with Vegeta." Yamcha said. "At least with the who cares part." He clarified after Goku shot him a look. They all look as Piccolo, who had yet to speak. He was watching Kortus, with his arms crossed.
"I want to know why any part of Gohan could do any of this." He said. Kortus smirked.
"Very well." He said and pointed at Piccolo, who tensed expecting an attack, but none came. "It's all his fault." Kortus said. Piccolo's jaw dropped.
"What did I do!" He protested.
"You trained Gohan!" Kortus spat the name out like it was a dirty word. They all looked confused at that.
"What so bad about that?" Krillin asked. Kortus growled.
"You don't understand!" He said. "Gohan made me so that he wouldn't have to deal with his power. He didn't have access to it, only I did." He glanced at Piccolo hatred in his eyes. Piccolo suddenly understood what Kortus was getting at, and looked horrified at what he'd done.
"So me making Gohan believe in his power, made him weaker?" Piccolo asked. Kortus smirked.
"Yes." He said. "You made him think he didn't need me! When Nappa attacked, instead of letting me out, he stood his ground!" Kortus looked away over the sea. No one moved, even Vegeta seemed more interest in the developments than he was at attacking. "I screamed, to be let out." Kortus said distantly. "But was trapped, I watched as you died or got hurt, knowing full well I could have prevented it. But I was unable to do anything. I calmed down when I realised it could all be fixed with the Namekian Dragonballs. But then it happened again with Captain Ginyu and Frieza. Freiza was the worst." Kortus looked back at Goku. "If Gohan had let me out, I would have been super saiyan before you!"
"Impossible!" Vegeta yelled. "There is no way that you could have done that!" Kortus shot him an annoyed look.
"The power Guru, unlocked for Gohan was about 10 percent of what I had access to." Kortus said. There was a sharp intake of breath as they realised what that meant. "I snapped at the same time you did, father." Kortus continued his story. "But I had no outlet like you did. I couldn't go super saiyan and beat the shit out of Freiza. I was stuck in the head of a scared but incredibly strong willed little boy."
"I think, I understand." Goku said, looking sad.
"You understand, fuck all!" Kortus yelled, his aura flaring up, to punctuate his anger. "The only one that understands, is Kakarot, if he's still in the back of your mind, father!" Goku looked shocked, he'd never thought about what had happened to his saiyan identity after that fall. Is it possible, that he's still there, stuck like Kortus had been. No. Goku thought, that's stupid.
"What about Cell, You helped us then." Yamcha said. Kortus smirked.
"That was not my goal." He said.
"But you saved my life!" Krillin said. Kortus shrugged.
"I was showing off." He said. "I didn't give a fuck about saving you, or even defeating Cell. I was having fun!" He paused to let that sink in, and when no one said anything he continued. "But that all went to shit, after Gohan took control again and defeated Cell, by accessing the power, only I should have been able to!"
"So that was Gohan!" Goku said.
"Of cause that was Gohan, I wouldn't have needed you to hold my hand!" Kortus snapped. "I realised that with Gohan having access, he wouldn't need me ever again." Kortus smiled. "Then a miracle happened, a few weeks later I had control of this body, it only lasted a minute. I guess when Gohan accessed my power it opened a window for me to access our body. Whatever the cause, I'd been free. The rest you pretty much know."
"You became a sick, fucked up, monster!" Vegeta said. Kortus looked amused at that.
"Come now Vegeta you've done worse." He said.
"Maybe," Vegeta said. "But I've never torn anyone limb from limb!" Kortus looked surprised.
"Oh," He said as if just releasing something, he then looked ashamed. "Here I am, explaining why I'm here, like some, villain off a bad Saturday morning cartoon, when I should be killing you all." With that he lifted a hand and shot off an energy blast at Piccolo, engulfing him in yellow energy, before he was vaporised, he didn't even have time to scream. He looked at Goku and beckoned to him. "Lets get started." He said, and disappeared. Goku instantly disappeared as well.
Well the end is nigh! I'm getting really excited about this, hence the fast update.
The answer to the pun question will be posted on the last chapter.
Tip: Say his name out loud.
