Hey guys, just wanted to say that we are in chapter number 10! Wow, it has been so long and yet I only wrote 10 chapters? I have a long way to go until my real plans are set in motion, and I hope more people will enjoy and view this story, so please tell about it to fellow DBZ fans who are also your friends and please enjoy this first double digit chapter of "Changed Path".

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Chapter 10: Is hope Lost?

Saiyan Saga Part 9

Bryco charged at the namekian warrior, throwing a right punch at the green man's face, only for Piccolo to move his head at the last second, the right hook grazing his skin. He then threw a left hook to his foe's face and his right hand prepared for an uppercut to the saiyan's chin. Both hands were caught by the tailed warrior, as the vil half of Kami sent a knee strike to his foe's abdomen, only for the red wearing saiyan to block it by raising hi knee to meet in the middle ground.

Piccolo tried to release himself but the strength of his foe was overwhelming. The spiky haired warrior smiled at the green fighter an arrogant grin, much to the annoyance of the former demon. "Well, is this all you've got? I'm trying my best not to kick your ass in one second, but you're really making it hard for me." the saiyan said in a condescending and arrogant tone, causing the namekian to smile, which made the saiyan's facial expression change into that of confusion.

Piccolo headbutted his foe with all his might, sending both their heads a bit back, only for him to open his mouth and use a powerful mouth blast that exploded right in the red wearing saiyan's face, making him release the namekian warrior's hands, sliding backwards across the platue with his hands on his smoking face.

Bryco lowered his hands, showing a first degree burn on his face, as well as several small gashes from his forehead and cheeks. His pupils shrank, his eyes widen and a creepy smile appeared on his face which reached from one ear to the other, making him seem like he was possesed, much to the great discomfort of the namekian and his half-saiyan pupil.

The gaze of the spandex wearing fighter met that of the green fighter, making him smile a small grin. "Your a crafty fighter. I like that. Now come on! Let's battle for real!" he yelled with excitement, as he charged with great speed at Piccolo, punching him in the abdomen as a whirlwind was sent behind the saiyan as his speed cut the wind itself. Piccolo's eys poped out and he puked a little bit of blood, as Bryco then sent a powerful elbow strike to his foe's chin, sending him flying.

The namek quickly corrected himself, only to receive a powerful kick to his right temple from his saiyan foe's conter-clockwise kick using his right leg, sending the green fighter crashing into a mountain, causing it to start collapsing on top of the warrior fighting for Earth.

Gohan looked at his master getting easily beaten, making him much more fearful and concerned than earlier. "MISTER PICCOLO!" he cried in concern, making the saiyan to stare at the boy, making the son of Earth's defender shake with fear.

Bryco then disappeared and quickly reappeared 10 feat away from the boy, and he started marching towards him. "Come on kid, don't make this difficult for me. Attack me with everything you have!" he demanded, making Gohan quickly stretching his left arm foward, palm facing the saiyan. A ball of ki started forming in his palm, as the red spandex wearing fighter stopped two steps away from the son of Goku. The ball grew and grew as the spiky haired fighter waited longer, until the ball was twice the size of the palm of the boy.

Gohan's hand was shaking, as he felt fear roaming through his body, but he had to do this to save his mom, he had to. "EXPLOSIVE DEMON WAVE!" he cried a roar that stretched his vocal cords to their limit, firing the large yellow beam at the saiyan at point blank range.

The attack ignited the sleeves of the red spandex of his foe, as well as charring his white armor slightly, making it seem darker, but otherwise, Bryco was unfazed from the beam the carved itself a rather large road of ruble in front of him, as he was now 15 to 20 steps away from the boy.

The soldier from space smiled as if the attack impressed him. "Very good kid, you have a lot of power in that small body." he said impressed of being pushed back even so slightly by a much weaker individual. He started walking once more towards the son of Earth's greatest defender, making the boy visibly shake in his whole body from fear, as his attack had no effect.

"It really makes me almost cry that I have to kill you. A boy like you has potential in him, but the prince gave me an order." Bryco told the boy as he got closer, only then his scouter beeped with noise. Before the saiyan got notice what it said, a spin kick hit him in his right temple, sending him in a roaring 'BRISH!' towards a mountain, but before he crashed into the mountain, the namekian appeared above him and launched an axe-kick down on his head, slaming him into the ground with a thunderous 'BOOM!' sound, making a large crater that was now covered in a heavy layer of dust clouds.

Piccolo didn't let a single moment for the dust to begin clearing before he charged energy orbs in both his hands, as he launched a volley of ki blasts straight at the center of the crater, every blast booming as they explode upon impact. The former demon then charged two big orbs of yellow ki, before bringing both hands above his head, as the two orbs met and fused into one orb that grew way beyond the namek's head.

"MASENKO HA!" he roared as he pointed his palms at the crater, and a huge yellow with a slight orange tint rocketed itself at the crater, exploding into a massive dome of light, sending gusts of whirlwinds around the wasteland. Gohan raised his hands to protect his eyes from the light of the massive dome of ki, as well as planting his legs in the ground in order not to be blown away by the winds.

Bryco flew up and this time there was visible damage on him. Blood was flowing from his nose, right arm and left leg. Most of his red spandex was ruined and so was his armor. He looked at Piccolo with rage filled eyes and disappeared. He reappeared behind the namekian warrior, hitting him on the cheek with his left elbow, causing the green fighter to spit a mixture of blood and saliva from his mouth.

The two warriors then started to send punches and kicks at one another, with Piccolo hammering in fists and kicks at the injured frame of the saiyan that were so fast they moved like blurs. He also dodged and defended against the much quicker and stronger hits of the spiky haired warrior and while the namek succeeded in dodging and parrying the strikes, he was still hit a lot while every strike he sent was parried and dodged.

The saiyan then hit the former demon hard enough to send him flying, and he followed with a knee to the stomach, which caused his foe to release a large amount of saliva from his mouth. Bryco tried to finish his combo with a double-axe hammer, but the attack suddenly passed through the namekian's frame, as the new defender of Earth used an afterimage to get out of his position.

Piccolo appeared behind his foe, sending a knee to his foe's left cheek, only for it to be block when the saiyan raised his hand to stop it. A left hook was then launched at the namekian, but piccolo caught it with his right hand. Both struggled to gain an advantage, as Piccolo superior skill started to put him on an equal footing with his superior saiyan foe.

"MASENKO HA!" a roaring cry was heard by both warriors, as the kid soldier launched an attack on his foe in order to help his teacher. Piccolo then saw a smile come to the face of the spikt haired warrior as a light behind them both, signaling the incoming attack.

"A kid like that will suffer some serious mental scars today, but you really raised him well. You must be proud of him." Bryco said to his foe, as he headbutted the green skinned warrior, dazing him long enough for the saiyan to dodge the beam, and the Masenko attack exploded against Piccolo, causing him to crash down and loose contiousness.

The saiyan then landed next to the now uncontious warrior, eyes looking straight at the boy who was trained by the former demon. Gohan started to shake with fear, thinking no one will save him from the amount of pain his foe will cause him, from the fear of death and the fear of failure.

"DODONPA!" a thin ray of ki came towards the spiky haired saiyan from the right, only to be swatted aside by the powerful saiyan, as the tri-clops landed in front of Gohan, his sight meeting the powerful saiyan's. "You will not hurt this child and you will not win this fight!" he yelled at his new foe, as he powered up and ignited his aura.

Krillin and Yamcha were now sending flurries of kicks, punches and ki blasts at the oaf that they were fighting. Unfotunately for them, luck wasn't on their side as their bald foe blocked everything they threw at him. At the moment Krillin threw a flurry of punches to the body of the giant general, while on the other side the scar-faced warrior sent a volley of ki blasts. Nappa on the other hand made their efforts pointless, as he blocked all of Krillin's punches with one hand and swatted Yamcha's ki blasts like flies with the other hand.

The two warriors were getting frustrated, as their attacks didn't do anything to their saiyan foe, who in just a second put his palms facing the defenders of Earth. "Hyaa!" the general roared, as the humans raise their hands in a x shaped guard to defend themselves, as two powerful beams of energy hit them both head on, sending them skiding across the ground, with streams of stream and smoke coming from their exhausted frames.

The two turtle desciples charged at the bald giant, who tried to send a kick at the noseless monk, only for the kick to go through an afterimage, much to the annoyance of the brute. He then sent a right hook at the former bandit, but the fist went through an afterimage as well, making the saiyan growl with anger.

The bald saiyan plantet his legs in the ground, as he caused it to shake when he started to power up. "YOU COWARDS! FACE ME HEAD ON, LIKE REAL FIGHTERS!" he roared to the sky, lifting his arms up as a veil of electric aura, his ki rising to the point that small amounts of rubble floated in the air.

Krillin immediatley appeared in front of him, to close to the saiyan's body for the bald giant to reach the noseless monk, as he stabbed Nappa with a ki blade right at the side of the saiyan warrior, making his large foe puke a large amounts of blood. "Well sorry, we just like to use a thing called 'strategy'. I don't think an oaf like you knows about that though." the short turtle desciple said in a mocking tone at his oaf of an opponent, while the giant saiyan kept puking blood.

Nappa then smiled sinisterly at his short foe, as he grabbed the monk's hand that was charged with ki, and snapped it like it was a twig, making the noseless warrior scream in great pain, as the ki blade disperesed. "Maybe you don't know the term, but my 'strategy' is something called 'taking risks'. I doubt a midget like you knows about it." he mocked the turtle student in an ironic echo, as Krillin kept crying and grunting from the pain of his broken arm.

The saiyan heard a sound from above, as the second human was charging at him with great speed. The human had his hands clad with blue energy that was shaped like a a wolf's paw, and as he flew down, he tried to use those paws to slash at the saiyan general, but the saiyan kept dodging the slashes, making the long haired human more frustrated as he failed to land an attack.

The scar-faced warrior then sent a flurry of kicks at the large torso and abdomen of his foe, but the kicks were blocled with ease by the bald saiyan, as a fist hammered into the temple of the turtle student, making him crash to the ground with a loud 'BOOM!' that formed a small crater.

Krillin was standing slightly far away from his friend and his foe. His hand that wasn't broken was now moving in circles while being raised up, as the monk finally finished charging and sharpening his greatest technique to kill the brute he was facing. Slightly above his hand was a large, thin disk made of ki in the yellow color, spinning so fast it cut the air around it like a knife would cut butter, as he could feel slight gusts of wind flowing down at the ground.

He took a step foward, as he was about to throw the disk at the large saiyan in order to finish him, using his new ace technique. "KIENZAN!" he roared as he launched his hand, sending the disk flying straight at the head of the bald gorilla of a man. Nappa noticed the yell as he looked at the monk, only to see the disk coming at him. He raised his left hand to catch the disk, but the large yellow attack went through his palm like it was jelly, as the top of his left hand was cut off, causing a lot of blood to pour from the wound.

When the human's attack was close to his face, Nappa moved at the last moment, causing the disk to pass next to his face, opening a large and deep gash on his left cheek. It was so deep the saiyan general could feel the disk slashing a little bit of his bones of his left cheek. The bald giant was starting to lose a lot of blood, which was concerning to the saiyan elite.

Rage was flowing in his mind, as the saiyan focused his sight on the short fighter. He charged at him so fast the human could barely react, as the saiyan hit the short fighter with an uppercut to the humans chin, sending the turtle desciple upwards to the sky, along with taking several of his teeth. The general followed, as he instantly reached Krillin and hammered a double-axe hammer the the bald head of the human, sending him crashing with a 'BOOM!' to the ground below, making a medium sized crater.

When the student of Muten Roshi tried to open his eyes as he lied inside the crater, the sensation of pain was overwhelming his senses. A second later, Nappa crashed a powerful punch on his chest, making the small human puke a large amount of blood as five ribs were broken at once. The saiyan then grabbed him by his legs, both of them, as well as his hands, as he raised the monk above his head. Then the large general slammed his pint sized foe on his knee, breaking Krillin's back and paralyzing him. The short fighter fell to the ground, only pain on his mind, as he had no sensation in his legs.

Yamcha rose from his crater to see his fellow turtle student get his back break, causing rage to fill the mind of the former bandit. "You bastard! Look what you've done to Krillin!" he charged at Nappa, sending a flury of kick and punches at his saiyan foe, as he connected every single strike, as if the large oaf wasn't worried any more.

Nappa then grabbed the human by the throat, chocking him with all his might, as he put his hand at the spot where the Earth's defender's heart was, making him smile when he heard a beating heart. "DIE!" roared the saiyan with a tone that contained anger, joy and satisfaction, as he blasted the human's chest, atomizing his heart.

The bald saiyan then droped the corpse of the warrior to the side, as the body hit the ground with an audible 'Thud'. Krillin looked at the body of his fallen friend. "Yamcha no! I'm so sorry." he thought to himself, feeling responsible for his friend's demise. Yamcha, the former bandit of the Diablo Desert and student of The Turtle School of Martial Arts, trained by the legendary sage Muten Roshi, was now dead.

Tien tried to send a kick to the side of his saiyan foe, only for it to the blocked by the spiky haired warrior's left hand, as the slightly injured saiyan sent a palm strike to the torso of the tri-clops, breaking several of his ribs as well as sending him crashing into a mountain.

Gohan, as much as his body was shaking, tried to send a fist to the full-blooded saiyan, only for the half-breed to receive a palm strike on the torso as well, sending him crashing next to the crane student. Both fighters were heavily panting from the fighting, as they now saw that they were completely outmatched.

Tien then looked to the side as he sensed the life force of Yamcha die out. He saw the bodies of his friends, one dead and one lying on his now broken back. "No! Krillin! Yamcha!" he thought to himself with sorrow, as rage and anger boiled in his mind, preparing to attack the saiyan brute instead of the stronger saiyan he was now facing.

The three-eyed warrior got up and faced the large saiyan general, with nothing but revenge on his mind. "I'LL KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" he roared as he raised his only active hand in a shape of a triangle, making the brute grin with arrogance and defiance. Tien marked his target in his sight as he started charging his strongest attack in order to kill the giant bald saiyan: the Kikoho technique.

The scouter on Bryco's left eye started to beep several times, and the saiyan noticed it fast enough to understand that the tri-clops was raising his power to massive proportions. When the scouter finally stopped on a number that worried the second strongest invader. The scouter showed that the three-eyed human's attack was 10,254 unites strong, an attack that was surely going to kill the saiyan general at his current condition.

The spiky haired saiyan brought his left hand in an horizontal position and he put his right hand in a vertical manner on the horizontal left hand, making a perfect 90 degrees with both his hands, with the right hand facing the human. A ball of bright orange with a tint of dark purple was formed in between the 90 degrees the saiyan's hands created, as small circle of flaming orange ki surrounded Bryco up to his kneecaps.

Tien grinded his teeth as he was about to yell the name of his final attack, but his ears caught the voice of the stronger saiyan shouting at him. "You won't kill my comrade! SOULFIRE!" the short spiked hair saiyan shouted the name of his attack, as an orange beam with a tint of dark purple the saize of the saiyan's hand was shot at the crane disciple faster than the human could react.

The small and concetrated beam exploded against Tien upon impact, the blast was huge and beautiful despite it's enormous power. When the smoke cleared, the crane student was still standing, but his skin was as black and charred as coal and he panted heavily, with all his bloody wounds from before sealed because of the heat. Tien's three eyes then went white, as he fell to the ground with life finally leaving his body.

Gohan looked terrified at the events that transpired. Memories of the last year and all the talks with the two fallen warriors that he had on the lookout and many emotions started to flow in his head: sadness, regret, emptyness and many more, as streams of tears flowed from his eyes to his cheeks.

Nappa walked towards the paralyzed fighter as soon as the tri-clops was dead, and soon he stood above the short monk, looking down on him. "Now that two of your friends are dead, I'll repay you for cutting half of my left hand." he said in a surprisingly calm tone, as he had repressed his anger towards the noseless turtle student.

Krillin gazed at him with pure hatred and frown and growled. "You came to our planet and would probably destroy it. What would you have us do, just roll over and let you do as you please?!" he asked the bald saiyan with anger and frustration in his voice, as pain had him taste blood in his mouth and he would probably never walk again if he survived the battle.

Nappa just smiled at the broken warrior beneath him. "Yes." he said non chalantly and plainly, as he raised his leg to stomp the human to death. Krillin closed his eyes and thought about all his friends and loved ones. "Everyone, I'm so sorry, I failed you all. Yamcha, Tien, I'll see you soon." he thought to himself, finally giving in to his incoming fate.

"I'm back!" a voice was heard, stoping Nappa with his leg still in the air, when suddenly a green skinned arm was hammered into the slashed cheeck of the saiyan general, sending him flying. Piccolo then landed on the ground, not even looking at his human ally. "You did a large chunk of damage to him. I'd say he is now equall to me in strength. Rest for now, Kami has already brought Goku to the loodout, so your savior will be here soon enough." the former demon said as he charged at the saiyan general.

Nappa charged at his bald green adversary, cocking his right hand back in order to send a fierce right hook to the namekian. When he fired his fist like a rocket, Piccolo did the same with his left hand, causing both fists to clash in an epic bump of fists, that sent winds everywhere with a loud 'THRUUM!'. Both fighters tried to overpower the other, as the former demon sent another punch at his foe, only for the bald saiyan to block it by raising his forearm.

The green warrior then send a kick to the giant's temple, hitting him dead on target, sending the saiyan flying towards the ground, but the general quickly corrected himself. The gorilla of a man sent another right punch at his alien foe, only for the son of Demon King Piccolo to duck downwards. The arch-nemesis of Goku then used the claws of his three fingered right hand to stab the saiyan fighter exactly where the short human stabbed him with a ki blade, causing the bald giant to spew some blood.

The former demon extracted his arm from the stab wound, only to recieve a powerful knee strike that broke his nose and sent him backwards, purple blood flowing from his lips and broken nose. A second later Nappa hit the namek with a thunderous elbow strike that sent the green warrior pivoting down to the ground, crashing with a loud 'BOOM!', creating a small crater the namekian quickly rose from.

The saiyan charged at him, only to receive a kick to the chin from Piccolo, the saiyan was sent straight into the air once more, as the namekian charged a yellow ball of ki in his hand, which was now aimed at the large warrior. "EXPLOSIVE DEMON WAVE!" the evil half og the guardian of Earth roared as he launched one of his most well known attacks, which he used against Goku in the Tenkaichi Budokai.

Nappa corrected himself in the air, only to see the large yellow beam coming straight at him. He raise in arms in an x shape to defend him self, as the beam exploded against his defence, searing his stab wound and large cut on his face to the point that they were closed, but the power of the beam caused him to fall to the ground, unable to fight anymore.

Piccolo walked slowly over to the fallen and smoking frame of the large saiyan gorilla, only to find out his foe was still alive. Piccolo stared at the fallen warrior and started to charge another Explosive Demon Wave, but he looked at Gohan and the saiyan he fought earlier, only to see the saiyan charging an attack, and the boy was too scared to even move out of the way.

Several Minutes Earlier,

Bryco looked at the dead Tri-clops, feeling satisfied, as he saved his injured comrade from death at the hands of the human. He then looked at the boy, feeling sad for him that he had to witness the horrors of death and war at such a young age, but he was there because Raditz brought him to use as a weakness for the red spandex wearing saiyan, so it was all Raditz's fault.

The boy was shaking as the short spiky haired warrior started to walk towards him. "Boy, I'm still giving you a chance to win. Hit me with everything. You. Have. To offer." he said in a serious tone while punctuating his words for emphasis, with a frown that channeled confidence yet seriousness to him made the boy shake even more, as he charged a blue ball of ki in his hand, which he threw at his full-blooded foe, only for the saiyan to swat it like a fly.

Gohan took a step backwards with each step his foe took foward. "Not good enough kid!" the full-blooded saiyan elite shouted at the son of Goku, who gulped and charged a pink ball of ki the size of his palm in his left hand.

He closed as eyes when the light started to hurt his eyes. "MONDAY BOMB!" he cried as he used his uncle's technique, throwing the pink ball with all his might at his foe. The saiyan elite, raised his right hand, as the ball crashed against it and blew up in a shining dome of pink.

When the lights died down, Bryco stood several feet away from where he was hit by the attack, but it still didn'y do any damage to him, while Gohan panted heavily as he used quite a bit of ki attacking with his master's Demon Wave, Masenko and his uncle's Monday Bomb.

The full-blooded elite smiled at the boy, making the son of Goku all the more afraid. "That was great!" he yelled full of enthusiasm, which worried Gohan as he looked at the happy foe that was still goint strong. "You really made Raditz's attack your own, didn't you?!" he asked as if he was proud of him as if he was his own son, which confused the only son of Earth's greatest defender more than scare him.

The smile on the elite's face and the enthusiasm quickly changed into a grim look, that pierced Gohan's soul. "However, it is still not enough to do anything major to me." he said as he started to march foward as the boy took more and more steps back.

Bryco suddenly stopped, as he felt surprised that something small climbed on his back. He turned his head only to see the pale white skinned warrior that was fighting the bald saiyan general earlier. The scouter suddenly started to beep, as it said the small warrior was starting to charge an attack.

The small crane school student gazed at the elite warrior with pure, unadulterated rage, which caused the hardened warrior to get slightly concerned. "YOU KILLED TIEN, SO NOW I'LL SEND US BOTH TO THE DEEPEST GATES OF HELL!" the white midget roared till his vocal cords where stretching to their absolute limit.

The saiyan flew in the air and looked around him, only to find a small hill. He flew at it at top speed, spinned around and crashed his back right into the hill, hurting the human china doll. When he saw the pale white skinned human not detaching himself from his back, Bryco tried again, crashing this time into a mountain, but the human didn't give up.

The small frame of the mime looking warrior started to glow blue a bit more every second, as he charged energy in his body in order to blow himself and his best friend's killer to the afterlife. "I WON'T GIVE UP! I WON'T LET GO!" he roared as he started to lose his voice from stretching his vocal cords to the extreme, as a white circle with runes in it appeared beneath him and his saiyan foe.

"Nynac Magia Uchunfa, Estres." Chiaotzu chanted silently, as the white runes inside the white circle on the ground flew up and binded the saiyan warrior and chaining the crane student to his back. The saiyan tried to move but the runes had stopped his movement completely. Gohan at that time got further away from the two, who where still up in the air, until he found himself at a dead end.

Chiaotzu felt like he was about to explode, as he was shining with a bright blue glow, releasing a great amount of ki. "Tien, I hope to see you around." the small pale fighter thought to himself completely calm, as his small frame combusted from the inside, creating a big blast with a loud 'BOOM!' roaring through the winds on the platue. Those were the final thoughts of the former prince and student of The Crane School of Marial Arts.

A large ball of smoke covered the air, making it imposible to see the saiyan, until the winds took the smokescreen away across the winds of planet Earth. Bryco floated in the air, slightly damaged by the blast, but still standing strong like he was impecable. He then slowly landed next to the body of the deseaced bald martial artist whom he killed with his strongest technique. The saiyan elite then crushed the head of the dead human under is boot with rage, until the head of the tri-clops was nothing but a pile of meat. "That is for that trick your friend played!" he yelled furious at the dead man and his now dead compantion.

The angry eyes of the full blooded saiyan then met the scared eyes of the half breed son of Son Goku, and the warrior took his hand backwards and above his head, preparing to throw something. Gohan was shaking with fear, which calmed the angry saiyan and then made him sad from the sight of his young foe.

A red ball of ki was starting to charge in his hands, with red bio electricity coming out of the orb. He looked at the boy and a single tear came from his left eye and ran down across his cheek. "Sorry kid. I'll make your death quick." he said to the five years old trying to make him feel calm when he dies, but it made the boy even more scared, too scared to move a single step.

The warrior threw the ball of ki at his small foe, and Gohan closed his eyes, completely understanding what was going to happen to him, but hoping it will end quickly. For several seconds nothing happened, as time seemed to slow down, as flashes of all his memories flodded to his brain: the birthdays with his mommy and daddy, the training Mister Piccolo got him through, his time studying on his own as well as with the lavender haired woman and her daughter, and the faces of his mommy, daddy and Mister Piccolo once again flashed in his mind before everything went to black.

A sound then came to his ears. The sound was a pained yell, a dying roar of defiance. Gohan opened his eyes and saw Mister Piccolo standing in front of him and taking the powerful attack with his body. A roar of pain and suffering came from the mouth of the namekian warrior as he kept crying from the horrible pain that ran through every single cell of his body. "MISTER PICCOLO NO!" the boy yelled to his mentor.

The light from the attack stopped as the green warrior fell face first to the ground. Gohan took the heavy body of the green fighter and turned it around, only to see tears and blood coming from the eyes of the warrior who taught him to fight, but he was still alive.

The son of Piccolo's arch-nemesis started to cry once more as he looked at the alien who took him a year ago. "Why Mister Piccolo? Why save me? We need you use the dragon balls. Why did you risk your life to save me?" the boy asked sad yet perplexed, causing the tall alien to smile with genuine happiness, his teary eyes staring right at the boy.

The namekian coughed blood as he tried to speak. "Because you got over your fear from me, and treated me like everyone else." he started to say while coughing up more blood, and tears streaming from his eyes, which made Gohan cry some more. "You were afraid of me a year ago, but as time went on, you started to treat me differently from the other humans, like I was just another friend and also a precious teacher." he choked from the blood filling his throat, as he coughed once more, spewing a lot of blood.

Gohan tried to clean the tears and the blood from his sensei's face, but the namekian grabbed the boy's hand and smiled. "I'm glad that I can call you, Son Gohan, my first real friend." he said closing his eyes, as the former demon and the offspring of the Demon King Piccolo, the warrior known as Piccolo Junior was dead, and now so were Kami and the dragon balls.

From afar Krillin looked at the body of his so called ally, and he finally lost hope. Piccolo was dead and so were the dragon balls. All that were killed by the saiyans can never come back to life. Tears came out from the eyes of the noseless monk, as he looked up to the sky. "GOKU, WHERE ARE YOUUUUU!" he shouted as hard as he could, hoping the prime defender of the planet will magically appear and defeat the evil invaders, but he didn't show up.

Gohan started to cry audiobly, as the saiyan elite face palmed himself for screwing up so bad, remembering and hearing the fact that the namekian was the key to the dragon balls. "Shit, shit! How could I fuck up so bad?!" he angrily thought to himself as he looked at Vegeta, who was floating in the air with a disappointed expression on his face.

The boy, who was kneeling next to the body of the dead green warrior, stood up and the scouter on Bryco's left eye beeped like crazy. "NOOOOOO!" the boy roared to the heavens with a shout that fractured the earth around him, sending large chunks of rocks flying around. The scouter stopped to show the boy's power was 9,500 unites, and when the red wearing saiyan saw that result, battlelust clouded his mind, as the boy looked at him with a furious expression on his face.

Bryco got into a battle stance and he was visible exhilirated from the prospect of an actual fight. "YES, THIS IS WHAT I WANT! COME AT ME KID!" the short spiky haired saiyan yelled with glee and adrenaline, as the boy charged at him so fast he was almost equal to him in speed.

The second strongest of the three saiyans launched a spinning right hook, but Gohan changed his direction at the last second, landing on the ground and using it to quickly slam hs head against the torso of his larger foe, causing the full blooded saiyan to spew a small amount of saliva.

Bryco tried to strike the son of Earth's greatest defender with his left knee, but Gohan blocked it with both of his hands, using it as a ramp to headbutt the saiyan in the chin, snapping his foe's head backwards. As the only son of Goku was still in the air, he tried to charge a Masenko above his head, but the head of the elite warrior snapped back and he sent a palm strike to the center of Gohan's chest, sending him flying in a cone of air that broke the sound berrier.

The son of Goku corrected himself midair, as he and his larger foe charged at each other, only to disappear before clashing. Sonic booms were heard all across the wasteland, as the two warrior clashed over and over again in different locations across the battlefield. Fist clashed against fist, kick clashed against kick, but neither got the advantage over the other.

Gohan and Bryco kept sending flurries of punches and kicks at one another for several minutes, making Gohan angrier and Bryco happier and much more satisfied, as he finally got a proper match. After several more times in which one's fist was stopped by the other's fist, the armored saiyan finally slammed a powerful blow to the cheek of the young boy, but the hand of the kid didn't reach the cheek of his foe, as his hand was too short.

Gohan was sent flying towards a mountain but he quickly corrected himself and spinned in the air, until he safely landed on the ground. Bryco did the same as the son of Goku raised his hands above his head and charged a Masenko to kill the saiyan once and for all. The foe of the little boy grinned with joy, as he put both hands in front of his face in a way that they were parallel to one another. In between his hands a green orb was formed.

The elite warrior then put the straight and parallel palms to his side, as the ball of ki started to grow larger. To any of the earthlings, his stance looked like that of a Kamehameha Wave, but the hands were not cupped, but straight. The ball in between his hands grew larger, as the half-human half-saiyan's attack.

"MASENKO HA!" Gohan roared as he released his attack, which was now twice his body's size, to the amazement of the paralyzed warrior of Earth that was lying on the ground, as well as the oaf still recovering from the beating the now dead namekian gave him.

Bryco gritted his teeth when the beam started to get closer to him with great speed. "BLAST OF WILL!" he roared as he released his attack, a large ball of ki that matched the boy's Masenko in size and power. Both attacks met in the center, stopping the advance of both of the attacks. Bio electricity started to drill itself to the ground, as powerful winds pushed everyone away, except the saiyan prince, who enjoyed every last second of the fight the boy gave.

Gohan roared with all his might, pushing more power into his giant Masenko, causing it to start pushing the giant green ball that his foe created. Bryco did the same, as the ball pushed the beam to the center once more, only for both attacks to finally give in, as they exploded in a viberant glow of green and yellow lights that the users had to cover their eyes in order not to be blinded from the light show.

When the blast died down, the two warriors were floating above a giant crater that was 100 meters deep. Gohan was panting heavily, as he calmed down and all his rage and powerboost were gone. He now didn't had enough ki to even fly, as he started to dive down.

The leg of the son of Goku was caught by his foe, who was also panted pretty heavily, and he threw the boy with all his strength so the boy will land out of the crater. The full blooded saiyan started to float towards the son of son Goku, only for a gaze to at his comrades, and what he saw surprised him.

He saw a blade pierce Nappa's chest from behind, as the human swordmaster ran away with his sword as quickly as possible. Nappa fell to the ground and the prince of all saiyans landed next to his second in command. Nappa reached his hand foward, and the prince just looked at him. Several moments passed and then the short flame haired leader of the group grabbed his comrade's arm.

Then something shocking happened. The prince, which Bryco always admired for his power and pride, as well as responsibility over his race, threw the bald saiyan general in the air and then sending a powerful energy beam at the loyal saiyan, atomizing him completely. The jaw of the short spiky haired saiyan's jaw dropped with shock, as his heart was broken from seeing the act of his leader towards a comrade who helped raising them both.

The blood of the saiyan elite boiled and he gritted his teeth, as he remembered all the missions the four saiyans took together, how Nappa helped the three younger child soldiers to grow and one word came to the mind of the warrior: betrayel. His prince just betrayed and killed a fellow warrior from the same race, who acted like a father to them, even if they were the more responsible adults in the room. All the loyalty of the general ment nothing to the prince, which made Bryco furious.

"Is this the man I work for?!" the red wearing warrior asked himself, as he clenched his fists so hard it drew blood from his hands. "A person that does not care that his race is dying kills one of his own?!" furry started to cloud his judgment as that thought came to mind, forgeting how hypocritical he was because he just tried to kill a being that was half saiyan. "No! I will not follow a backstabbing bastard like him! I WON'T! Bryco declared in his mind, as he ignited his aura.

He charged at the prince, who immediately noticed his comrade's charge. "You backstabbing cocksucker! You are no longer a prince of mine, VEGETAAAAAAA!" the red wearing saiyan roared the name of the prince of all saiyans, as he reached close to him and tried to drop an axe kick on the flame haired saiyan, only for the strongest saiyan to use both arms to block the kick.

Vegeta grunted and growled at the betraying saiyan. "YOU DARE TO BETRAY YOUR PRINCE! WHERE IS YOUR SAIYAN PRIDE OR HONOR BRYCO?!" the prince yelled as he pushed back the infuriated attacker. He tried to punch the short skipy haired saiyan, but his foe blocked the punch with his forearm.

Bryco tried to blast the prince straight in the face, but the skill of the leader of the saiyans brought the best of the royal, as he swatted the hand away, causing the ki blast to fly to the distance. "MY PRIDE AND HONOR ARE INTACT! YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SHOULD QUESTION HIS!" declared the betraying saiyan as he headbutted his former prince, snapping the royal's head backwards.

Bryco sent a left hook towards the face of his elite foe, only for the hand to be caught and for the prince to grin his smug face. A left punch then hit the abdomen of the short spiky haired saiyan, and then the prince gave the traitor a thunderous right uppercut to his chin, sending him flying.

The saiyan prince then fired a volley of energy blasts at the man whom now was considered a traitor. Every blast exploded against the body of the elite saiyan for several minutes, until the body of the saiyan fighter fell to the ground before the might of his royal superior.

Bryco's body was now charred and burned, skin slightly darker from the hit he suffered that burned it. The red spandex wearing saiyan had one eye open, looking defiantly at his prince, who frowned upon the betrayal the prince believed he suffered unjustifiably.

Vegeta cupped both his hands next to his head as his downed foe clinged to life. A purple aura was now clading the saiyan prince. "Bryco, for betraying the saiyan race, I, Prince Vegeta sentence you to death." he said as he charged his attack, and the barely alive saiyan elite stared at him defiantly.

"GALICK GU-" the blue spandex wearing prince started to say the name of his attack, but a boot was planted firm into his right cheek, sending him skidding across the ground. In between both saiyans a figure landed. His hair was shaped like that of a palm tree, he wore an orange gi and matching orange baggy pants.

Under his gi he had a blue short-sleeved undershirt and he was wearing blue wrist bands and boots. Son Goku has finally arrived.

Goku has finally arrived to the battlefield, but can he win The Prince of all Saiyans? Will the Earh's Defenders ever recover from the loses they suffered? What will happen to Raditz and Bryco? Find out next time, as "Changed Path" starts the epic battle between Goku and Vegeta...

Okay everybody, end of chapter 10. If you like this story, please read more and if you want tell me what you think of the story after its first 10 chapters. Now I will go to power levels, then I will explain certain techniques and then R&A. Are you pumped?! Cause I sure am!

Power Levels:

Nappa (badly injured against Piccolo): 6,020

Gohan (enraged): 9,500

Gohan (enraged Masenko): 12,000

Tien (Kikoho): 10,254

Chiaotzu (Self-Destruct): 6,400

Bryco (Soulfire): 16,000 (Blast of Will): 12,000

Son Goku: 10,800

And now for several explanations on attacks:

Istquae Tu-Magia Yasueu: This magic spell which Chiaotzu used last chapter on Nappa means "Holy Magic Exploding Cross" is an offensive spell, which an opponent can only block with defensive spells, not with ki. That is the reason why Nappa was more injured from this spell than from three Kamehameha Waves, because Nappa cannot defend himself from this offensive spell. Well he could have if he knew magic. This spell shortens the user's life span, but it creates a large white pillar that explodes into a shape of a cross, doing a massiveamount of damage to an opponent. The command to perform the spell is "Patras" which means "Fire", like when Vegeta says when he fires his Galick Gun.

Nynac Magia Uchunfa: This spell is meant to bind a target and to stop it's movement, but it can be broken by the target's willpower. Spells that stop or control a target can be broken by that target's will, like Vegeta broke Babidi's spell. When used, the runes of a magic circle will bind a target, stopping it's movement, as mentioned earlier. It means "Binding Magic Chains" and the activation command is "Estres" which means "Bind".

Soulfire: This is Bryco's strongest technique, in which he makes a right angle with both his hands, charging in between them a powerful and concetrated beam which explodes upon impact. If you have seen the pokemon anime, it's like Overheat in the Hoen seasons.

Blast of Will: Like it was written in this episode, the stance of charging this attack is almost the same as charging a Kamehameha wave, only here the hands are completely straight and the ball charged in between the hands is sent as a giant ball rather than a beam.

R&A:

R: This was good. Glad to see this story is running now with a true head of steam! Everything came across really well in terms of actual story and the emotion that was presented in the words themselves really showed providing a chilling experience.

Raditz skirmish with Vegeta was good and it showed them both off in a very positive light. The fighting between them flowed really well and every blow had an impact that was very much realistic to the both of them. A very Saiyan fight to start of the battle with the Saiyans was absolutely great and the two characters worked really well with one another.

The fight with Nappa and the Saibamen was alright. The action was good and the characters involved were in their role. Aside from Chiatzu's attack it just seemed a little dull, not bad just dull. Kinda like chapter 171 of Destiny Shattered.

The next chapter has me hyped up though. Piccolo and Nappa squaring off against one another is always thrilling, no matter how it turns out, and I hope the fight with Bryco goes the same way. I really want to see how your OC develops over the course of the story and how the fight itself goes.

About Luke, he's been really burdened as of late, so much so we've only talked once or twice with one another in the past few weeks. He hasn't even been able to edit DS. I'll see if I can get him to check things out here, but no promises, heck I'm reviewing this between cramming for a Chemistry exam tomorrow.

Really enjoyed though, helped boost morale to keep going. Can't wait for the next chapter.

A: Well, I hope chapter 10 didn't disappoint your expectations for this fight. There was a fight between Piccolo and Nappa, but Nappa was so badly injured that Piccolo used those injuries to quickly kick his ass, so it wasn't the most exciting. Tell me, which part did you think was the best this chapter and which was the worst? The one that I wanted to write the most was Piccolo's death speech and Enraged Gohan vs Bryco.

As You saw through my story, I don't have much experience when writing fights so it would not be impossible for some fights to be dull. I also hope you aced that Chemistry test and see you on Tuesday.

Well everyone, this was a great chapter form me and I hope you all enjoyed. Bye bye.