DBZ – Legacy of Teira

Chapter 9

Author's Note: Back from my weekend break, and I think I've found an interesting way to up the difficulty of this fight while still keeping it possible. Generally I just write this up as I go, so I'm hoping that what I'm imagining comes out well on paper. Not much of a note beforehand today, except for this:

Power Levels:

Saibaman – 1300

Jinkouman – 4600

The power levels are taken directly from the Dragon Ball Wikia.

-November 3 | Age 762-

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Last chapter, the Z-fighters and Teira had all banded together for the arrival of the Saiyans, after their year of training time ran out. Within a short while of their arrival, the two bloodthirsty Saiyans had already blown up part of a city, leaving hundreds of lives snuffed out.

We pick up with them arriving at the battlefield. In this fight though, Teira will see for the second time that the info she once thought to be accurate was becoming more and more flimsy with time.

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"Alright; I think that we'll make this interesting, a game of sorts if you will." Vegeta commented with a small smirk. 'Eight fighters. That makes eight Saibamen.' Looking towards the burly Saiyan to his right, the Saiyan prince spoke.

"Nappa, plant eight Saibamen." As soon as the words left his mouth, Nappa pulled out a couple of capsules from some sort of pocket; Teira- finally out of her daze- would wonder what exactly did hold the items.

"One, two, three..." Nappa mumbled to himself as he planted each seed, before dripping some sort of green substance onto each one. Within half a minute, eight cabbage-looking creatures stood with differing evil smirks on their face, clearly hungry for blood.

"Alright! These ones are pretty strong; it's almost like we have eight Raditz'es with us!" Nappa joked, laughing at his mockery of their fallen 'comrade', if they could even call such a weakling something like that.

"We will go one-by-one. Each of you will go up against a Saibaman; if you can succeed in your fight, then you live; if you don't, then I believe the outcome is quite clear." Vegeta chuckled, and glanced towards the fighters in front of him.

They stared back, wary but not opposing his suggestion. With one word, the fight came to a start. "Begin."

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Teira was shocked at how things were progressing; the fight with the Saibamen went just as it did in the series, right up to Krillin blowing up multiple of the Saibamen in his anger at Yamcha's death. It sent shivers down Teira's spine for her to consider how she could have prevented it, but she wasn't really left with much time to think about that.

Vegeta and Nappa were speaking between themselves, and Teira noted that Piccolo seemed to be listening, his antennae twitching occasionally as his expression grew more nervous. 'I wonder what they're saying...'

She wasn't left to wonder long though, as they pulled out two sickly-looking grey seeds, oozing with some sort of glowing substance. They planted them, and- with some of that green substance from before, two grey Saibamen popped up from the ground.

'They feel so much stronger! They're Jinkoumen, from Xenoverse!' Teira saw Vegeta point at her, and one of the two Jinkoumen immediately lunged at her.

Gritting her teeth, Teira flared her power to its maximum, and blew up the creature with ease; the wide-eyed stares of Vegeta and Nappa soothed her worries, as her power leveled back out at its suppressed height.

"So it appears they are stronger… Send that one at Kakarot." Vegeta said calmly, turning towards Goku and activating his scouter to read any change in power level.

The other Jinkouman lunged at Goku, but he didn't even need to raise his own power. A few punches and a blast later, and the creature was just as dead as the one that fought Teira.

"I'm done with your games." Goku said calmly, narrowing his eyes. "Either fight us or leave this planet now!" The way Goku spoke held a tone that none of the fighters- save Teira- had ever really heard Goku use. It sounded intense, violent; nothing like how he usually was in a fight.

"Now, let's get to it." With a shout, Goku powered up to his maximum; his hair whipped around a little, the fabric of his gi almost fluttering due to the energy coming off of him. Nappa's scouter exploded from the reading, while Vegeta's only fizzled and crackled; it was broken, but it didn't explode.

"That's… not possible! It's… eleven thousand!" Vegeta growled out, pulling off his broken scouter and crushing it with anger. "No third-class Saiyan should be that powerful! Nappa, you go and handle the others; I'll handle Kakarot." Cracking his neck, Vegeta powered up to his own maximum, while Nappa turned and smirked at the others.

While Vegeta immediately charged at Goku, Nappa decided to play with some of the weaker guys first. 'The short bald one seems like a good first target!' He smirked, immediately rushing Krilin. The monk didn't have time to react, but he didn't need to.

Teira kicked Nappa, sending him into the ground and stopping his charge towards Krillin. Her hands shook as she eyed the burly opponent, but she really had no reason to be scared. 'I know that I'm more powerful than him, so why am I feeling like this!?' When Nappa got up, Teira made a move to go at him once more.

Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta were exchanging blows; Goku had already made use of Kaio Ken 'Stage One', but he was actually holding his own in said stage against the stronger Saiyan. "Is that all you got?" He almost teased him, his adrenaline pumping.

Vegeta flew at him, and the two were tossing a flurry of blows at each other; while Vegeta had the upper hand, all it took was a Kaio Ken attack for Goku to level out the playing field. Knocking Vegeta back just a little, he cupped his hands at his side and rapidly chanted out the words of his signature move.

"Kamehameha!" His hands slammed forwards into the shorter Saiyan's chest, and the blue energy exploded outwards, sending Vegeta flying back into a mountain formation; Goku took this time to catch his breath and plan out his actions. 'If I use the Kaio-Ken too much I'll start to get weaker. I can't risk that.'

An explosion sounded from Goku's left, and he found himself being plowed into by Teira, who was sent flying just moments before.

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Teira exchanged blows with Nappa, but she found her ability to dodge and block lacking. Sure, she could track each blow and try to move accordingly, but her anxiety was so great that she was telegraphing her attacks almost in the instant that she knew what she was going to do.

'This shouldn't be happening! Even if I'm not at my best I should be able to block all of these blows! What's worse is that some of them actually hurt!' A cry of pain escaped Teira as her temporary distraction allowed Nappa to land a hit on her.

Once her guard was down, the burly Saiyan warrior shoved an energy blast into her side, sending her flying and crashing into Goku; the two tumbled across the ground, and- when they looked up- they found Vegeta and Nappa charging at them.

"Damn third-class, I'll show you!" Vegeta shouted, sending a kick into Goku's chest; he was send shooting across the landscape, and Vegeta followed close behind. He grabbed Goku's foot, and tossed him up into the air.

Reappearing above him, purple energy began to form in his cupped hands. "Galick gun!" He shouted, smashing the attack into the pure-hearted Saiyan. This sent Goku barreling into the landscape below with a resounding crash, smoke being sent out from the crater.

Meanwhile, Teira was holding her own against Nappa one more, and was finally getting damaging blows in on the larger Saiyan. 'I need to take him down. Even if I'm stronger, I can still wear out and be at a disadvantage.' She chastises herself for wasting time, sending a roundhouse kick into Nappa's head.

While he was flying backward, Teira tossed a barrage of energy blasts, all of which connected and sent him flying only farther and faster than he had been before. Teira sped to where he would eventually recover, slamming her fist into his gut.

Her eyes widened though, as- due to their strength difference and the power she put into the blow- her hand pierced the flesh of his stomach, and the warmth of his insides was around her hand. Nappa was keeled over, and Teira was paralyzed with shock.

"M-my hand is in his..." Teira began to shiver, as she froze up. The girl had never taken a life before; the weight of what she did was enough to distract her from Nappa's last-ditch effort, and a massive blast of energy came from his hands at point-blank range; her arm was dislodged, and Teira- with a decent burn on her face- rolled across the ground, unconscious.

Even Goku and Vegeta stopped to look at the scene that just unfolded; Vegeta was more surprised that Nappa was still standing after such a hit than the fact that he was hit in the first place, while Goku felt fear for his unconscious student.

"Teira!" He flew towards her, but Vegeta intercepted him, kicking him to the ground. 'Damnit! I didn't expect Nappa to be taken down so quickly, even with the strength of these third-class warriors.' While in his thoughts, Vegeta was engaged in a barrage of punches from Goku, and was returning his own. 'Surely he can handle the weaklings in that state though.'

Nappa felt pain coursing through him; he had cauterized the wound with his energy, but the fact that Teira had pierced his stomach left him on limited time; if he could finish the fights with the others and get back to a healing chamber quickly enough, there was a chance he could live.

Unfortunately it didn't seem he would be able to, as he was getting attacked on all sides. Tien, Krillin, and Piccolo were all going at Nappa, and they were all getting a plentiful amount of hits in. Nappa was already weakened, but this was just pushing him further.

"Damn you..! Kyah!" Nappa shouted out as he let his energy explode in a dome around him, knocking the three fighters back. Breathing heavily, Nappa began firing off energy blasts at the three fighters; they did a good amount of damage, because Nappa still outclassed them 1-on-1, even in this weakened state.

By the time he was done hitting them with blasts, Krillin could barely move, Tien was standing on wobbly legs, and Piccolo was covered in bruises; Piccolo- being in the best condition of the three- charged back at the burly Saiyan to continue their fight.

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"Kaio Ken Stage Two!" Goku growled as his fist crashed into Vegeta's cheek, sending him into a rocky mountain formation; during their fight they had been straying further and further from the battlefield they had begun in, and now they were in a mountainous area of sorts.

Vegeta blew up the mountain with his energy, freeing himself and quickly charging back at Goku, who had dropped out of the Kaio Ken state. A few well-placed hits sent the weakened fighter flying, and Goku was hit by multiple blasts and kneed in the gut before he knew it.

"Gah!" Goku slammed into the ground, the wind knocked out of him as he stared up at Vegeta, who was cackling at his clear superiority. 'N-not good…! The Kaio-Ken is just too straining to use this much in a battle!' Vegeta was flying into the air, yelling loudly down at Goku.

"This is the end for you, Kakarot! You can get up and get out of the way, but your precious planet will be destroyed; your only option is to take the blast and die!" Vegeta was charging up a Galick Gun, preparing to blast Goku with it.

Goku got up, his Kaio-Ken aura flaring around him. "Kaio-Ken Stage Three!" His power outclassed Vegeta's now, as he cupped his hands at his side.

"KAMEHAMEHA!"

"GALICK GUN!"

The two beams met and clashed, with Goku having the clear advantage. Vegeta swore as his Galick Gun was getting forced back at a rapid rate and- before he knew what was happening- he was being sent into the air by the Kamehameha wave.

Goku slowly stopped firing it, collapsing to his hands and knees as the strain of the Kaio-Ken weighed heavily on him. 'If only I hadn't been using it so much in the early fight; maybe I could have finished this quicker… Now, I feel so much pain that it hurts to move...' The wild-haired Saiyan slowly pushed to his feet, pain coursing through him with each movement.

He could sense that Vegeta wasn't dead yet, and there was an unsettling feeling in his stomach, about if the fight was won just yet.

Meanwhile, Piccolo was struggling against Nappa, and the same sinking feeling Goku had was in the front of the Namekian's mind.

Things were looking grim, but could they pull through; could Teira wake up, or maybe some well-placed anger from Gohan?

End Chapter 9

Author's Note: Omygosh I'm so sorry I didn't post sooner! I wrote this chapter three times in three different ways, and each one seemed like crap! I hope that this was better than it feels like to me, because I don't want to keep you all waiting any longer!

Please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter, and what you think will happen next!

Until next time, ttyl! - Tei