DRAGONBALL

GELEDUS SAGA

AN:OK, another action packed chapter for you! Trust me, things are just getting started. Enjoy!
The Shadow
There wasn't a single Z-fighter on the whole planet who failed to sense the being that had taken Geledus's place, mainly because it was acting like a void. Everything around it for thousands of miles ceased to put out any sort of energy, or

maybe their energy was just hidden. Either way, everyone took off for that spot, but the closest one was fifteen minutes or more away. Even as they were putting everything they had into reaching it, Uub wanted nothing more than to escape it.

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Uub was standing there trying to form a defense one second, waking up buried under several tons of rock the next with blood running from his mouth because one of his teeth had torn into the inside of his cheek. He grimaced and summoned

up all his power surrounding himself in a voilet aura before bursting free of the rubble, and took a massive kick to the back of his head sending him hurtling into another cliff at several hundred miles per hour with a small trail of blood hanging in the air where he had just passed. Uub slammed into the cliff hard and it promptly collapsed on him, and he had to take several seconds clear the blurriness from his eyes.

'Damn! This guys way to powerful!' Uub thought as he struggled to form some sort of strategy.

Unfortunately Geledus was not willing to wait, as he fired a pitch black beam of power into the rubble resulting in a massive blast which simply obliterated everything for miles. No smoke, no explosions, just a flash of pitch white energy,

almost like a shadow flare, then everything was just gone.

'What the hell are you doing!? The plan requires his survival!' Geledus roared from within.

'My plan is better,' The shadow said.

'Enough!!' Geledus mentally shouted as he tried to force his way back to the surface, only to find an inpenetrable barrier locking him in.

'I've waited far to long to have my way, and you shall not ruin it for me,' The shadow replied before forcing Geledus into the depths.

Suddenly a section of the ground exploded as a massive beam of energy tore through the air and struck the Shadow causing it to cry out in suprise before he fell to the ground as a piece of chocolate. A moment later a badly injured Uub

dragged himself from the rubble bleeding from several places, and one of his eyes was swollen shut. But he was alive, and he thought, he was victorious. He slowly began to aproach the small piece of candy while struggling to catch his breath, when suddenly there was a blast of shadowy energy blowing Uub back several feet before the Shadow stood, having dispelled the chocloate technique with ease.

"Impossible!!" Uub cried out in horror.

"You dissapoint me, I thought I might have to work for victory," The shadow said.

"What are you?" Uub asked in horror.

"I suppose I am just another version of Geledus, and I am also your death," Shadow-Geledus anwsered as he slowly turned flashing a vicious and toothy grin.

"Don't count me out just yet! I still got plenty of fight left in me!" Uub declared as he took a defensive stance.

"Well then, show me," Shadow-Geledus said confidently.

Just before the evil being could launch an attack Geledus surged forward in desperation and cried 'This is my body not yours!!' Before the evil one could possibly reply Uub landed a round-house kick across his chest knocking him backwards

nearly fifty feet before he recovered and swat away an incoming ki wave.

'AWAY WITH YOU!!!!' Shadow-Geledus mentally roared flinging Geledus deep into the depths of his mind before he phazed behind Uub and chuckled a little.

Uub went stiff for a brief moment, then whirled with a vicious upper-cut which his foe avoided by leaning backwards and slamming a brutal kick right into Uub's groin knocking hundreds of yards into the air where the battle resumed.

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Vegeta and Trunks flew side by side both in their Super Saiyan states, though in all honesty Trunks wasn't sure he would be any help. He was on the verge of exaustion from all the hard sparring he had been doing with his father, who wasn't

in perfect condition himself.

"Hey dad! That energy feels alot like Geledus's energy, but is different," Trunks informed him.

"I know!" Vegeta replied gruffly. But he too was wondering. 'That energy is much like that of Geledus, but it seems more sinister, evil.' He thought.

"I think i can sense Uub ahead," Trunks said as he felt a brief flash of the mohawked fighters ki signature.

Vegeta growled to himself as his sharper sense confirmed what Trunks had just said. Without a word Vegeta ascended to Super Saiyan 2 and sped ahead of Trunks so fast that he within seconds Trunks could no longer see him.

"Father wait!!" Trunks called out as he put on an extra rush of speed.

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Not to far away Gohan and Goten were also rushing towards the battle along with Pan. Silence reighned over them as they all sped along as Super Saiyans. None of them spoke, there was no need to do so. They all knew the same thing,

something evil was ahead, and they had to stop it. They sped on.

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Uub had not been in this much pain in a long time. He was bleeding from numerous wounds, his nose had been shattered, most of his body was covered in bruises scratches scrapes and burns, not to mention the horrible pain in his groin

where his foe had decided to kick him. Despite all of this pain and all of his muscles screaming for rest, he forced himself to recover and summoned all his reamaining power to the surface, then rushed his adversary with a vicious battle cry. Somehow, by some miracle, Uub landed his punch knocking Shadow-Geledus back with a cry of suprise before he lifted a knee into the evil ones gut doubling him over, then knocked him into the charred and bare ground with an elbow, then

with a cry of effort, unleashed another ki wave towards his foe resulting in a large explosion which shook the whole area voilently.

Uub instantly pursued with a loud battle cry towards the smoke cloud determined to hold the upper hand, but his foe shot into the air high above Uub who whirled around just in time for Shadow-Geledus to push his hand forward releasing

what looked like an orange lightning bolt which caught Uub in his left arm causing it to whither until it looked like it belonged to an eighty year old man.

"What is this!?" Uub cried looking to his arm, then his foe slammed his knee into Uub's face sending him crashing into the ground and skidding along for thirty or so feet. Uub pulled himself to his feet, but his left arm hung limp, having been

broken in the impact. Even as he stood blood ran from a fresh gash on his face and his legs were shaking from the effort of holding him up.

'Stop! You must not kill him!!' Geledus roared in an effort to reclaim his body.

Shadow-Geledus growled as he mentally forced Geledus down. He then lowered to the ground and said "It has been fun but it would seem like your life is about to end,"

Even as he spoke Uub secretly gathered what energy he had left into his right palm. "I'm not done just yet," Uub snarled.

Shadow-Geledus simply smiled, showing his fangs once more, then began to stalk forward while flexing his fingers readying his razor sharp finger nails for the kill.

Uub patiently waited, not realizing that Vegeta was less than a minute away. He waited, then he felt it. The moment was right, and his hand flew forward releasing everything he had left in a single blast which was suprisingly strong, and

created a massive explosion that could be seen for miles even as the afterblast blew Uub away. Vegeta saw that blast, and ten seconds later he landed near ground zero looking around the battlefield looking for any trace of the combatents.

Then came the yelling, the horrible screaming of thousands of voices as the smoke blew away revealing Shadow-Geledus surrounded by an aura that was a mix of black and gold, his features flickering between himself, and the normal

Geledus.

"What is going on!?" Vegeta had to ask.

Shadow-Geledus suddenly stopped, then said "That was to close. Ah Vegeta, I see your ready to die as well,"

Vegeta cast aside his confusion and said "We shall see about that!!" Shadow-Geledus smirked, then hurled forth a massive sphere of pitch blaack energy that Vegeta had no hope blocking or dodging. All he could do was watch it come.