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Author's note: Hey everybody! Hope everyone had a good week. I'm glad that a lot of people are liking my story. It makes me want to keep on writing, knowing that there are fans like you guys out there reading this. So keep the reviews coming. I enjoy reading them.
Also, to That-Random-Dude: Hope this chapter answers your question. I already had this chapter written out before you had asked the question.
And to alienstrikehero: Dende is the new Kami-sama. Remember Kami means God in Japanese. In the case of DBZ Kami can also mean guardian, thus it becomes a title. And Red and Blue are my original characters and they are experiments as it was stated in chapter 8.
I want to thank naioka1992 (I have been spelling her name wrong. My bad :p) for beta-reading this chapter. Thank you!
Oh yeah, there is an announcement at the bottom of the chapter. Please read it! It is very important. But anyways, I present to you chapter 10 of Saiyan in Mahora! Enjoy!
Period 10: The Demon Bares its Fangs! Gohan's Overwhelming Attack!
"I see them!" Negi shouted as he neared the giant lake.
"But what are we going to do aniki? They will just counter attack if we rush in blindly!" Chamo told Negi.
"Don't worry about it, Chamo-kun. I have a plan! I won't know if this will work, but I'm going to use a delayed spell that I've been practicing." Negi jumped onto his staff and flew across the lake.
Back at the battlefield…
Gohan stared down at his two opponents. Gohan's cold eyes glared silently at the two unresponsive boys. His deep bright green eyes were piercing the very depths of these boys' souls. His golden hair stood ablaze on end, swaying from the power he was distributing out into the air. Electricity leapt in astonishing forms and numbers from his body, hissing as it made contact with the air around the demi-saiyan or striking the earth beneath them. Gohan's golden and fiery aura blazed around him, growing brighter and more hazardous with every second. It was as though Gohan were a source for pure and infinite energy, more seeming to show it right before them all. His clothes were semi-torn and his body covered with small cuts and bruises. Some of them had blood trickling down. However, that didn't withdraw the distinct essence of a god or almighty presence in the battlefield.
All the girls present in the battlefield that saw Gohan were in awe. It looked as though the energy that once surrounded Gohan before now shone with even more heat and power. Their teacher seemed to radiate a sense of power and anger, yet at the same time he seemed to look calm and passive. From what their vision could decipher, Gohan was now radiated with electricity just pouring out from him, the crackling growing even louder and more rapidly than before in the silence.
Setsuna and Asuna noted that his build was even more impressive than before, making it one of the most obvious things. There was not that much of a big difference between the first level and this second level, but Setsuna and Asuna could tell that he was much stronger both physically and spiritually when they looked at him.
His eyes though, those were the main area of change noted Setsuna and Asuna. Changing from onyx black to a forest green when he first used the transformation in front of them, his eyes looked very fierce and confident. Setsuna and Asuna noted only Gohan could have ever pulled off looking innocent and cheerful and then serious and dangerous at the same time like with his first level Super Saiyan. But now they were a bottomless pool of emerald magnificence, lit with a feeling of coldness and yet blazing fury. They also held emotions that only someone who has lived for a very long time could feel, feeling and lifting all the world's pain and sorrow at once.
Gohan stood tall; his hands were open and flat at his sides as sparks and lightning jumped off of him erratically. He looked down to his hands, examining them carefully as electricity jumped and crackled and energy radiated from them. He could feel the warmth, and heat from simply having it leak out of his being. Not to mention the significant boost in power he had, far greater than last time as it easily more than doubled his power a year ago. He smirked coldly, his gaze traveling slowly toward its prime destination: two boys.
Gohan took several steps forward slowly and calmly. As he did so a trail of electricity followed his motions, dragging itself along the dirt for several seconds. While Gohan was walking, he had noticed that this wasn't the same power that he used against Cell and Bojack. However, it was powerful enough to beat Red and Blue. Gohan stopped and stood in between Red and Blue who had taken a few steps back. Even though they didn't have any feelings of their own, they definitely could feel the immense power emanating from Gohan.
Suddenly, Gohan charged at Red instantly powering up as he threw a fist at the unsuspecting red haired boy. Red raised his arm to block but was unprepared for the kind of power or speed behind the blow. Gohan's fist hit the boy's face and sent the red haired boy flying back into a cliff as the battle began.
Blue quickly got behind Gohan and executed one of Negi's latest attacks, "JOVIS TEMPESTAS FULGURIENS!" Out of his hand came out a steady line of wind magic that was headed for Gohan's position. When Blue yelled the attack, Setsuna and Asuna immediately turned their heads. Negi had just used that technique earlier, how could that guy know it already? Asuna thought as she parried another demon's attack. Setsuna pondered a bit as she fought against Tsukuyomi. That was Negi-sensei's attack but somehow it seemed weaker than the original.
As the attack approached, Gohan stood his ground. The attack hit its target and a loud explosion occurred, picking up dust everywhere. Blue came down to the ground, thinking that Gohan had been defeated or hurt badly by the attack. However, once the dust settled, Blue was in for a surprise. Gohan stood in the same spot with a crater surrounding him while the spot that he was standing on was still there. Gohan was completely unharmed by the attack. Blue finally started to have a nervous sweat as Gohan dashed towards his position and gave him a devastating punch to the gut.
Blue immediately reclined and spat out some blood. He held onto his stomach while Gohan prepared to give another attack. However, at that moment Red rose to his feet out of the rubble and he charged back at Gohan throwing a flurry of kicks and punches.
Gohan raised his arms and blocked Red's attacks and then fazed out of sight making one of Red's punches pass though only after-image. Gohan took advantage of the red haired boy being temporally off balance and appeared behind him planting his foot right in the back of Red's head sending the boy stumbling forward. Gohan appeared right in front of the red haired boy and drove his knee up into his chin with incredible force sending him flying back into another cliff.
Blue regained his composure and went up to the air with energy in both hands, bringing them together aimed at Gohan. "MASENKO HAAA!" Blue screamed as he let the attack fly at Gohan. The attack hit the target and exploded on the forest floor. As the dust began to unsettle, Gohan was nowhere to be found.
Blue started to look around and see where he was. Suddenly, Gohan appeared behind Blue and brought his foot around into the blue haired boy's face. Blue went flying towards the ground. Gohan recovered his stance quickly as Red came charging in, throwing punches and kicks like wild but the demi-Saiyan blocked every one of them. Finally one managed to get through and hit Gohan in the face but the boy shrugged it off with a grin and then drove his knee up into Red's stomach hard and then brought both fists down on Red's head.
Red went flying into the ground hard for the third time since Gohan had turned into his Super Saiyan 2 transformation. He got to his feet panting slightly. Blue joined with him as well as Gohan landed on the ground softly. His eyes were those of determination and his blazing golden aura was shining brightly like the sun. "I know that Fate never gave you two voices of reason, but if you know what is good for you, you should give up. You can't win. I already know your weaknesses," said the transformed demi-Saiyan. The two boys remained unresponsive; however, Gohan noticed that the two boys were sweating nervously. I know I am going to sound like Vegeta-san but these two boys are starting to learn the definition of fear even if they are mindless beings. "Let me show them to you." Gohan then fazed out, catching the two boys in shock.
The young demi-Saiyan then appeared in front of Red and the next thing Red felt was indescribable pain in his gut, dozens of hits within a matter of seconds landing there. His legs were grabbed, and the next thing he knew he was tossed and thrown into his other companion Blue. His vision was blurry, but he didn't need it to sense Gohan phasing in front of his path, slapping Red across the face and sending him the opposite direction. Each punch probably didn't even exert any amount of effort to Gohan, but Red would have had to actually try to reach that level of strength. He had to feel Gohan repeat this pattern several times, before finally backhanding Red into the floor dozens of feet away, sending him close to seven feet into the rubble marble ground.
Blue quickly got up from being thrown at, not even taking another breath as he phased out of sight and moved right behind Gohan. He raised his hand and out came a large ki ball ready to destroy the demi-saiyan, but Gohan was already turned around and grabbed the blue haired boy's hand. He then immediately gave a crushing knee strike to Blue's chest, sending farther into the forest while at the same time dispelling the large ki ball.
Blue phased out of the rubble, several energy blasts already released from his hands to Gohan. Gohan knocked them all aside with his left arm, sending them spiraling through the battlefield. Starting to get frustrated, Blue brought his hands to his sides, crackling with electricity and energy as he did so. He thrust his hands forward and deep gold energy beam released from them, its size and power immense. Gohan expression stayed the same as the beam approached him speedily.
KABOOOOOOOOMM!
A blast like a sonic boom erupted throughout the entire forest. A bright light seemed to bath the entire area in a gold glow, blinding everyone for several seconds. The explosion was so big that it created huge gusts of wind and dust. The fighters in the battlefield as well as on top of the cliff had to cover their eyes from the dust. The demons stared in shock, as well as Asuna and the girls at the destructiveness that Blue had unleashed unto Gohan. Asuna and Setsuna started to get worried for Gohan when they didn't see a body there. "Gohan/-sensei!" yelled the two.
"What the hell was that?" Asuna asked. "Do you think Gohan would have survived that?"
"That was too powerful to be honest," Setsuna replied. "I don't think anyone could survive that."
"Oh poor onii-san," said Tsukuyomi as she got up and looked at the destruction behind her, tilting her head. "It was too bad that I couldn't get to play with him. Oh well, I will have to tell Fate-sama the bad news that he was killed." Asuna and Setsuna clenched their fists in rage and readied themselves in fighting stance.
"Who said I was dead?" Everyone flinched and looked back at the spot more closely. There, behind the smoke that was still around the area, was a black figure. No one could make out the figure but as the smoke began to subside, a chirping noise was heard from a distance. Then a blazing golden aura with sparks of electricity going off and later…the appearance of Son Gohan!
"Gohan/Sensei!"
"Sorry that I worried you guys but that blast couldn't harm me at the least," Gohan said confidently as he floated in the air towards the two boys.
"Harm you? That blast destroyed that entire area!" Asuna yelled.
"What makes Gohan-sensei say that?" Setsuna asked.
"Because, that blue haired boy's greatest weakness is that he can't use large ki blasts effectively," stated the Namekian, who stood next to her. "Basically, the attacks that he is using are actually much weaker than the originals. I'm sure that Gohan had noticed it earlier too."
"What do you mean Piccolo-san?" Setsuna asked.
"Let's say that the opponent was Cell, Goku or even Gohan himself, that blast would have been more destructive and no one wouldn't be able to come out unscathed," explained Piccolo. "I don't know what the creator did to him but he failed to take into account the power that each move has. Imitation of a technique is normal for a fighter but to do actual copying, you must use the same moves and the same power that the original had."
Gohan landed softly in front of the two boys, assuming a fighting stance. He noticed that Blue was sweating even more. His eyes were starting to hold fear. Gohan smirked. "Let's end this dance." He shot at the two boys.
Red, sensing that his companion was too shocked to move back, stepped in front of him and raised a hand to block the punch, but only an after-image reached him. He looked up into the sky, where Gohan had reappeared, hovering overhead. Red scowled, shooting into the sky after Gohan. Gohan launched a kick, but Red's image passed right through him. Gohan turned, seeing that Red was hovering overhead. Red flew at Gohan, launching a flurry of punches that the half-Saiyan managed to dodge with ease.
Red, showing a lot of frustration in his movement, threw a kick. Gohan raised one arm and blocked it easily. Pushing Red's leg back, it was his turn to go on the offensive, Red barely managing to dodge the flurry of punches and kicks Gohan sent at him. Red and Gohan started trading blows evenly, both blocking or dodging whatever the other threw at them, though Gohan did it with considerable more ease than Red. Gohan then landed an axe kick on Red's head, sending him flying to the ground once again.
As he was descending, Gohan looked around and saw that the girls were fairing soundly against the other demons. Asuna was banishing demons left and right with her fan. Mana shot every demon that came in site, Ku proceeded to pummel demons into the ground, and Setsuna was fairing fine if not winded. Piccolo, in the meantime, was providing back-up and was doing fairly well against a horde of demons that lay before him.
One of the demons started to sweat nervously as he had noticed Piccolo's movements were similar to another demon that he had heard about. "Why are his moves similar to that of the Piccolo Daimao?" he muttered. But before he could get an answer, Piccolo stood in front of him and gave a devastating ki blast to the gut, effectively killing him.
"Because I am his son," Piccolo muttered with a grin.
Red, pushing off the rubble that was on top of him, got up drunkenly as Gohan floated and landed right in front of him. Red, starting to feel anger and frustration for the first time, clenched his fists and teeth and brought his fist back, launching a punch at Gohan. Gohan ducked under the blow and sent his feet at Red's legs, attempting to trip the boy, but Red jumped over the blow and shot into the air. Gohan launched himself in pursuit. Red stopped in mid-air and turned around to have Gohan in his face. He then launched a wave of punches at Gohan, but the half-Saiyan easily dodged all of them.
He'd managed to back Gohan up against another cliff. He launched one final punch, but it only hit the cliff side, shattering the cliff into smaller rocks. Gohan flew backwards, landing on the ground, still glaring at Red.
"Is that all you've got?" asked Gohan.
Red twitched in fury, then shot at Gohan in a flash, delivering a punch directly to the half-Saiyan's face. He laughed, then was horrified when Gohan merely opened his eyes, straightened his head, and stared at him straight in the face. Red drew back his fist for a second punch, but faster than he could follow, Gohan had launched one of his own, burying his fist directly in Red's stomach.
Red backed away, spit and blood dripping from his mouth, clutching his stomach in pain, his eyes nearly popping out of his head. Red snarled in fury, raising his fist yet again, but Gohan shot forward and delivered an uppercut directly to the boy's chin. Red went flying backwards, collapsing to his knees.
Blue got shakily up to his feet. He noticed his companion, Red, was in trouble. He disregarded his original programming of using only long range attacks and dashed towards Gohan, ready to use his fists and legs to knock out the demi-saiyan. Before he could arrive at his destination, Gohan was in front of him once again and a fist went sailing into his face. The blue haired boy tried to lash out with a retaliatory blow but Gohan simply caught his arm and threw him up in the air.
Before he got far, Gohan fazed in above him and brought both hands down on his head hard, sending the boy flying into the ground ever harder than before. Starting to get even more frustrated in his inability to even land a single hit of pain towards Gohan, Blue let out a yell and charged at the young demi-Saiyan with a hard kick to his head.
Gohan lazily raised his arm and blocked the blow from the boy and yawned. Blue, now infuriated, began to throw kicks and punched at the demi-Saiyan like crazy but Gohan simply fazed out of sight leaving Blue hitting only air. Blue looked around in confusion not even seeing where the boy went. He got his answer when a blast of ki hit his lower back. He flew across the sky until he stopped himself in mid-air.
He turned around and saw Gohan on the ground, his golden aura blazing around the demi-Saiyan. For the first time in his life, Blue actually was truly afraid. This boy was wiping the floor with him and not even breaking a sweat. The sound of Gohan's voice halted his thinking. "KA…ME…HA…ME…HA!" the boy shouted as he sent the blue beam of energy flying toward the blue haired boy.
Blue quickly cupped his own hands at his side. "KAMEHAMEHA!" he shouted quickly as he sent his beam to intercept Gohan's Kamehame-Ha. The two beams hit each other, Blue's never even slowing Gohan's down. In an instant, the combined power of the two attacks hit Blue full force pulling his body completely apart and effectively destroying him.
Gohan breathed a sigh of relief as he turned his attention to Red. "One down, one to go," Gohan muttered as dashed towards Red's position. Everyone gaped at the display of power that Gohan was showing. Well, except for Piccolo who knew that Gohan was holding back but also knew it was enough to beat those two boys easily.
"Asuna-san just who is our teacher?" Setsuna asked with a sweat running along her face. Asuna had nothing to say in response. She was shell-shocked as well. She would have been more shocked if she learned that Gohan was holding back more power.
At the ritual spot…
"One of them has been defeated," Fate said.
"What?" Chigusa yelled. "What do you mean?"
"This was unexpected. However, we have another problem. He's coming," Fate said to Chigusa.
"What?" she looked to the side and saw a wave of water, with Negi in front of its being. "That brat again!"
"Accelerate!" Negi shouted speeding up on his staff.
"Finish the ritual. I will handle the boy." Fate threw a charm and the demon that kidnapped Konoka appeared. "Handle the boy for me." The demon nodded and flew towards Negi.
"Activate the contract for Negi Springfield for one second! Accelerate Maximum power!" Negi shot off with his right fist forward. They had a head on collision with Negi being the winner since he pierced right through it. "Ras tel ma scir magister fret venus vente flans saltatio bluerea!' Negi shot a magical gust of wind into the water creating a dense mist.
"The wind turned water into mist. Does he intend to get us under the cover of mist? How futile…"
"Activate the contract for another three seconds for Negi Springfield!" Negi's voice rang out in the mist.
Fate looked around the mist, then felt a spike in magical energy. "Ah there you are." He put his hand up to attack, but was surprised to see only the staff fly right past him. "The staff?" His eyes widened as he saw Negi on a giant lamp post. Negi jumped off of it and headed forward with a magically supped up punch. His fist was about to connect, but was stopped by a strong magical barrier. "I told you, you were better off not trying. Gold Fighter-kun managed to get passed this with some of his skills, and yet you can't." Fate grabbed Negi's wrist and held him in place. "You bore me. You're not used to fighting close range, yet you go up against a person much stronger than you. The son of the Thousand Master huh? You are nothing but a child after all…" Fate sighed. "I shouldn't have expected much from you." Fate raised an eyebrow when he heard Negi chuckle.
"Fooled ya didn't we?" Chamo smirked. Negi placed his free hand on the Fate's chest.
"Sagita magica! Binding arrows of air!" Negi said his attack. Bindings of light surrounded Fate while mini tornados helped it contain him.
"I see, a delayed spell."
"Damn straight! Aniki chanted while we were in the mist. At point blank your anti-magic barrier can barely do anything!" Chamo shouted.
"I see… you made a surprising amount of progress, for someone with little to no combat experience. I have changed my opinion about you."
"Why are you so calm? You are the one who got trapped in a spell punk!"
"That's right. Even though binding magic is simple, it will take a couple of seconds to get out of it," Negi told him. "But that is all the time I need to get Konoka-san." Negi went to the altar and was surprised that she was gone. "Where is she? She was here just a moment ago!"
"Aniki look up there!"
At the hilltop…
Kaede sat atop Kotarou and was holding his arm effectively pinning. "I guess you couldn't get serious after all Kotarou. Were you really serious about winning-de gozaru?"
"No, I won't make any excuses. A loss is a loss ninja-onee-san," Kotarou said.
"D-did you win?" Yue asked from her hiding spot. Her eyes widened when she stepped out from behind the tree. "Kaede-san look!" She turned around and saw a giant figure in the pillar of light.
At the battlefield…
"S-Setsuna-san what's that?" Asuna asked as the fighting stopped once more.
Gohan stopped as well when he saw the giant appear. "Damn, that guy is big," he muttered. He desperately wanted to help Negi but was now preoccupied at the moment. Damn, Negi-san was too late. It looks like I have to end this fight right here and now!
Gohan regained his composure and blocked Red's incoming fist. The demi-Saiyan continued to block the blows from the red haired waiting for an opportunity to attack. A split second later he saw it. As Red's fist once again came at his face, Gohan leaned to the left having the fist miss his face by bare millimeters. At the same time Gohan brought his own fist into Red's stomach hard. Gohan wasted no time and began to pummel the other warrior with blow after blow trying to end the match as quickly as possible before something bad happens.
Gohan fazed out of sight and brought both fists down on Red's back sending him flying into the ground and a new crater was formed. "KAMEHAMEHA!" Gohan chanted as he sent his father's attack down into the crater after the red haired boy.
Red looked up just in time to see the blue energy heading toward him and raised his arms to block as the beam hit. He tried to push the beam back but it was no use. The attack had too much power and he also didn't have Blue to deflect the attack. So all the red haired boy could do was to brace himself as the attack exploded right in front of him.
Gohan watched as his attack exploded in the crater. He knew when the smoke cleared that Red would still be there. He hadn't put his full power into that attack after all. It wasn't meant to kill but simply to cause damage so, he'd been holding back slightly. Gohan's eyes widened a bit when the smoke cleared and he saw nothing. Suddenly, a fist came close to Gohan's face as he saw that it was Red.
Gohan flipped over in midair dodging the hits that Red had just tried to land. In seconds Gohan blasted at Red and sent a fist through his defenses catching the red haired boy in the chest knocking the wind out of him and breaking a few ribs. Gohan didn't let up for a second and began to hit Red with everything he had connecting with blow after blow. The red haired boy was sent flying back from the sheer force of Gohan's attacks and landed nearby smashing the face of a nearby cliff. Gohan gave pursuit, ready to finish this fight once and for all.
At the ritual…
"Hahahaha! You were too late boy! The ritual has been completed!" Chigusa laughed. She stood atop a humanoid demon that was as tall as the trees. It had two faces one on the front of the head, another on the back. It had a ridiculously long chin and had three horns. Its huge arms were covered in spikes. "Prepare to face the two faced four armed demon Ryoumen Sukunanokami! A giant demon god that was defeated over 600 years ago! The summoning was a success. Legend said that it stood at 180 feet, but it seems like he is bigger and has more power than any being in the universe!"
"Aniki! What are we going to do? It's so big!" Chamo shouted.
"We've got no choice but to go all out!" Negi replied. "RASTEL MASKIL MAGISTER! VENIANT SPIRITUS AERIALES FULGURIENTES!
"H-hold on aniki! That spell is really effective but your magic power should be at its limit right now! If you pull of that spell you will collapse!"
"CUM FULGURATIONI FLET TEMPESTAS AUSTRINA! JOVIS TEMPESTAS FULGURIENS!" A large beam of lightning and wind shot out of Negi's hand and hit dead on with the demon's body. Sadly it had no effect on him, not even a scratch.
Chigusa began to cackle. "Is that all you have son of the Thousand Master? It didn't even have an effect! With Konoka-ojou-sama's power, he is under my complete control, nothing can stop me now! I'll even crush the reinforcements that arrive tomorrow! And with this all the European mages that have been corrupting the east will be wiped out in one go! Bwhahahaha!"
"D-damn it," Negi stuttered out at he fell to the floor.
Fate finally broke the spell holding him. "You fought well, too bad you were too late Negi-kun."
"Negi really didn't make it!" Asuna shouted.
"I think so, but we have to go there and help him!" Setsuna suggested, holding back off another demon.
"That's easier said than done! These guys are relentless." The demon Asuna was fighting suddenly fell down, with smoke emanating from his back. "Huh?"
"Guys get out of here and help that boy!" Piccolo shouted. "I will handle them!"
"But…"
"Just go! I may not charge the Gold Fighter, but I'm charging you for this Setsuna!" Mana said as she shot more demons.
"Sorry about this! Let's go Asuna-san!" The two girls then disappeared. Piccolo jumped back and landed next to Mana and Ku.
"When I tell you to run and get behind a rock, do as I say, got it?"
"Why-aru?" Ku asked.
"Why is that?"
"Because this attack will destroy a large area. Now, get behind something!" Piccolo yelled. The two girls nodded and hid behind the rocks that had fallen down from Gohan's fighting against the two boys.
"So green man, what are you going to do? Stare at us?" asked one of the demons.
Piccolo smirked as he put his arms in a cross position and started to collect huge amounts of ki. His body was starting to shine brightly, catching everyone off guard. "CHOBAKURETSUMAHA!" He yelled as he brought his arms upwards and created a massive explosion with himself as the nexus. The explosion was so big and bright that Mana and Ku Fei had to cover their eyes from the dust and pebbles that came from Piccolo's spot.
Asuna and Setsuna continued running towards Negi's position when they felt the huge explosion. "What the hell is that?" Asuna asked.
"I don't know but we mustn't stop! Negi-sensei is waiting for us!" Setsuna yelled as she grabbed Asuna's arm to pull her along. Setsuna knew what Asuna was thinking and she was worried about the people they left behind in the battlefield. Regardless, they had a mission to do and that was to get Konoka back from the clutches of Chigusa and Fate.
Gohan saw the explosion from the sky and immediately knew who it had done that. "Piccolo-san!" He yelled and was about to head over to the battlefield but was stopped by an incoming attack from Red. Gohan didn't have time to waste.
As the dust and smoke settled, Ku Fei and Mana came out from the perspective hiding spots. Their clothes were torn up. Mana's shirt was getting torn to sherds while Ku Fei's dress was cut off at her thighs. They noticed that Piccolo's attack had cut down the demon army to twenty including Tsukuyomi. They saw Piccolo's figure and immediately went to him to congratulate him. However, Piccolo was panting heavily, and was on one knee. "Damn."
"What's wrong aru?"
"That attack had done what I want it to do by eliminating most of the demons," Piccolo said within each breath. "However, the strong ones were able to survive the attack, leaving me almost completely drained of ki. I can only attack for a little bit longer but I won't be able to help Gohan and his companions in stopping that giant."
"What?" Mana asked. "They are going to need all the help they can get."
Piccolo smiled. "Oh don't worry. Gohan is enough for the giant. Trust me, he is holding back."
"Holding back?" Mana asked with a shocked face. She had witnessed Gohan's transformation and the amazing power that he was emanating. And he was still holding back? Who was this Gold Fighter?
Up in the sky, Gohan breathed out a sigh of relief as he felt Piccolo's ki still down there but it was weaker than before. He looked at Red sternly, ready to finish this fight. Red meanwhile, was starting to get furious as he clenched his fists. Earlier he and his companion were winning, but now the tables have turned against him. Screw his programming! He was going to finish off Gohan if it is the last thing that he'll do.
With a burst of energy, Red hurled himself at Gohan in a charge, moving into attack. The Second Level Super Saiyan floated up slightly, ready to meet his opponent's blunt assault. The red haired boy struck out with a left knee, with Gohan meeting it with a right elbow. Red then threw a right straight punch after pulling his knee back, only for Gohan to spin around and crack the side of his left fist against it, stopping Red's attacks. Gohan's parrying was swift and brief, and when he blocked that last attack, he then sent a powerful, right hook across the boy's chest. The red haired boy was sent soaring skywards, with the demi-Saiyan in hot pursuit.
Gohan appeared above Red as he flew on, the red haired boy caught completely off guard at the sudden speed that Gohan had displayed. Reacting quickly, he threw a left punch straight for the demi-Saiyan, only for Gohan to faze out and reappear behind the red haired boy, directly in his path. Pulling his left leg back, far Gohan sent it up into Red, knocking him skywards. Red let out a yell of pain as he spun and twirled, stopping many stories above the earth. Turning around, he prepared for another attack. The demi-Saiyan was quickly upon him, appearing out of thin air in front of Red and sending a straight punch into his stomach. Red was struck full on by the blow and sent upwards a bit. He put his hands over the new wound, only to receive a quick, strike kick in the face, sending him flying back to the ground.
Red stopped himself in mid-air and landed softly on the ground. He clenched his teeth in anger as he saw Gohan land in front. "You…" he began, roughly. "You have been holding out this whole time?"
Gohan blinked a few times before he yelled, "You can talk?"
Red grinned and chuckled. "Of course, but it was not in my programming to speak. But I have had it with the stupid programming. I have never been so humiliated in my life. I am going to make your life a living hell. NOW DIE! RAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!" he roared, throwing his left hand forward and unleashing a purple blast of energy, a destructive wave.
"WHAT?" Gohan yelled. Wasn't the blue haired boy the only one supposed to use long range attacks? The blast ripped through the air and consumed Gohan, not exploding but later dissipating when its connection was severed.
When it finally did, the demi-Saiyan glared ahead at the sender of the attack, but saw that the red haired boy wasn't there anymore. Tracking Red's ki signal, the demi-Saiyan looked up into the skies above him, knowing he was there. When the mist of smoke from the boy's previous attack lifted, the demi-Saiyan was able to see what was happening. When he spotted Red about 50 stories above him, he was immediately shocked when he saw what the boy was holding: a massive, fiery energy ball, shimmering brightly and packing massive amounts of energy. It floated several feet above Red's grasp, obviously a weapon of his own creation. Gohan gasped, shocked at the sight. "WHAT? I thought your companion was supposed to only use ki attacks!"
The boy laughed. "You noticed then?" he yelled, chuckling. He had gone completely mad and insane! "While it is true that my blue haired companion uses ki attacks, I was constructed with an emergency ki supply in case that I felt that it was necessary! I can gather energy and create far more powerful attacks faster than my companion ever could! This is what I call my MAGIC NOVA! Not even my companion's power can measure up to this attacks' might! Your distraction will prove to be your biggest mistake yet! NOW DIE WITH THOSE PATHETIC SCUM!" he roared, throwing his hand down and sending the massive, fiery colored ball straight down at Gohan. It plummeted through the air at a phenomenal rate, with Red's strength backing it up.
Gohan saw the attack approaching him. It was coming up fast, with no hint of stopping. Soon, the light and the attack itself was upon him, the raging winds it created whipping at him and his clothes. His aura was blown back by the amount of momentum it had. Just looking at it was a terrifying sight. But, Gohan wasn't going to give up. He had to stop it. So, as soon as he saw the moon sized attack come with several meters of him, Gohan powered up some more. A light-gold, radioactive glow emitted off of his body as his aura exploded more ferociously around him, accompanied by the lightning storm of golden bolts of electricity. With a yell of power and courage, Gohan flew up to meet Red's attack and threw both his hands into it, the attack burned in his grip as it pushed him back ever so slowly. It was at this moment, Gohan realized the attack was packing more than just the power to destroy the area. It had enough power to destroy everything in this district or even the entire country of Japan. With a growl, Gohan powered up more, only to find himself being pushed closer and closer towards the ground. He growled through gritted teeth when the ball of energy suddenly grew. Red's laughter echoed all around him.
"HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Struggle all you want! It's over! That's what you get for disgracing me!" the boy roared. He saw his attack come in contact with the planet, the demi-Saiyan pressed right underneath it.
At the front of the attack, baring the full brunt of its force, Gohan kicked his feet into the ground, keeping himself upright and holding the fiery death ball back. The raging winds bit at the earth with the intense heat of the attack burning against the opposing force. Gohan growled, feeling the earth crumble beneath him as debris, dust and rubble flew around him. It was as if the whole planet was going to explode.
I will not…let this fiend…get away with this! Gohan yelled in his mind between his burst efforts to keep the attack back. He growled, his muscles throbbing and bulging as he applied more strength. However, the earth beneath him crumbled and he felt himself falling. The ground broke and cracked, his feet sinking in deeply and threatening to give way. Gohan pushed up more. Never give up…never give in…!
Red grinned and, aiming his left hand at the energy ball, pumped the final, huge push into it. The invisible wave of energy soared down, striking the ball which increased its size, density and momentum. The insane boy yelled, "I AM THE STRONGEST! NO ONE CAN STOP ME! NOT EVEN YOU'RE FRIENDS WHOM I WILL KILL AFTERWARDS!"
The increase of the ball's strength sent Gohan toppling into the earth, the fiery attack crushing him. More rubble and debris flew outwards as the crust of the planet began to crumble. Gohan tried pushing more and more but couldn't. He needed to do something and fast!
The insane red haired boy laughed out loud. He raised his fists and turned, laughing heartedly into the skies so that the Gods themselves could hear him. "YES! This planet will soon be destroyed at my hands!" Red looked back down to his attack, expecting to see it borrowing into the ground. Instead, he saw it popping out of the ground, the wind direction changing so that it hit him. He gasped when he saw what was happening. "WHAT? IMPOSSIBLE!"
Gohan was back on his feet, and had hit harder ground. He pushed off of it, using his own back strength to help him. His arms, chest and face were pressed hard up against the giant energy ball. It was still driving into him, but something was different about him. He had lost his golden hair and his jade green eyes as well as his blazing golden aura. It seemed like he had transformed back into his original state. No…that wasn't it. Though he had the appearance of his normal state, his demeanor was completely different. His muscles were bigger and were packing more power than ever before. His bang this time was on the other side of his face. A blazing white aura surrounded him. He had transformed into Mystic Gohan!
With a yell of agony, Gohan forced it forward, pushing it out so that his hands held it. Now that it was in place, the young Saiyan pushed it up so that he threw it only a few feet into the air. When it began coming back down to him, he threw his right hand back then drove it forward, unleashing a concentrated yellow energy blast. The spear end of the energy blast struck the surface of the attack before growing and growing slowly until Gohan began pouring everything he had into it. Gohan's mind was a whirl, finishing the last part of his last sentence. …and never talk DEFEAT! he yelled in his mind, growling and glaring up into the fiery ball of energy he held back with his blast.
At first the Magic Nova and Gohan's attack were even. But then, when Gohan chanted these words and the words of his attack, the day was decided. "KA…ME…HA…ME… HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Gohan roared; his voice drowned out as his attack exploded full force. His entire aura flashed blue as he poured all the energy he had packed into one blast. His attack punched straight into Red's attack and sent it right back at him. The blue blast sent the Magic Nova straight back at its owner faster than it had come at Gohan. It lit the sky up and rumbled as it progressed on. Red was shocked.
"NO! NOOO! NOOOOOOOO!" he shouted, turning to his attack and pulled his hands back. "CURSE YOU!" With that, he threw it forward, attempting to push his attack back. But just then, his own attack struck him and enveloped him. The insane red haired boy sunk into the fiery ball where he was suspended in its center. Soon, he and his attack were sent into space, pushed for miles and miles without stopping before suddenly reaching the end of their journey near Venus. It was here, his attack reacted with Gohan's blast penetrating it and exploding. The skies were lit up and Red was annihilated with the explosion.
"NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he roared, his body burning away and reducing to nothing but ash before that too was turned into particles. His voice disappeared with him and echoed into the distance.
Back on Earth, Gohan continued to levitate in the air, his blazing white aura surrounding him. "It's over," Gohan said. "Now, to help Negi-san and stop that giant!" With a quick engulfment of his aura, Gohan sped towards Negi's spot.
Setsuna and Asuna continued running through the forest towards Negi's direction.
'Ane-san Setsuna-nee-san! Are you alright?' Chamo asked them telepathically.
"Chamo! We're heading your way. That green man had just decided to step it up back there so we can go here."
'That's good we need all the help we can get. But you won't make it here on time if you keep running. We'll use the cards to summon you.'
Back at the alter Negi was still on the floor as the Fate approached him. "I won't kill you, Negi-kun. But whoever stands in my way will end up hurt." Negi glared at him. "You were pushed to your physical and magical limits. I applaud you Negi-kun."
"Aniki now!" Chamo shouted.
"Summon: Ministra Negi Kagurazaka Asuna, Sakurazaki Setsuna!" Negi chanted. Two magic circles appeared on the floor. From the circles appeared Asuna and Setsuna. "Asuna-san, Setsuna-san I'm sorry. I couldn't get to Konoka-san in time."
"We know!"
"Was that your plan all along? Very well…" Fate spoke. He began to chant in some old language they couldn't understand.
"What the hell? That was his spell key! He's a western mage! Ane-san, stop him!" Chamo ordered.
"We won't make in time!"
When Fate finished he pointed with his right index and middle finger. "Petrification Breath!" A large cloud of white smoke engulfed the area. "I think I overdid it," Fate said to himself.
A ways away, Negi Asuna and Setsuna were all in the ground as they stared at the cloud. They wondered who had rescued them but onwards. "We somehow got away…it looks like he doesn't even realize it yet," Setsuna told the two. She turned around and saw that Negi's hand was petrified. "Negi-sensei!"
"Don't worry I'll be fine. It barely touched me," Negi assured her.
"You two should get away from here. I'm going to save ojou-sama," Setsuna said. "ojou-sama is on top of the demon's shoulder with Chigusa and I'm going to save her if I do it by myself."
"How are you going to get there if it so high up?" Asuna asked. "You can't fly like Gohan can!"
"Negi-sensei, Asuna-san. There has been a secret I've been keeping from both you and ojou-sama. Once you've seen me in my true from…I'm going to have to say goodbye." Setsuna hunched over and from her back two white bird wings appeared. "This is my true from…I'm a monster just like them. Please don't misunderstand! My desire to protect ojou-sama is real! But I've kept this a secret all this time. I was afraid that ojou-sama would hate me if she saw this form…" Setsuna began to cry. She stopped when she saw Asuna touching her wings. "Um Asuna-san?" After inspecting her wings Asuna slapped her on the back.
"What are you talking about? I think these are pretty cool. I mean you have seen Gohan's transformations. Did he call himself a monster? No! He took it with pride. Besides Konoka is your childhood friend, and you've been shadowing her for the past two years? What have you learned? Do you think she is someone who would hate you for something like this? You're an idiot if you think so! So go on we'll support you Setsuna-san! Right Negi?"
"Y-yes!" Negi agreed.
"So what are you waiting for get going?" Setsuna smiled and cried tears of joy.
"O-okay!" She bent down and was about to fly, but the boy with white hair appeared out of the smoke.
"That was where you were…" he said as he stalked towards them.
"Thanks for trying so hard for Kono-chan, Negi-sensei!" Setsuna then flew off. Fate was about to stop her when an arrow of light hit his hand.
"So what are we going to do now Chamo-kun?" Negi asked.
"I don't know aniki, I'm out of ideas too…"
'Hey Boya, you hear me?'A voice rang out in their mind.
"Th-That!" Chamo yelled.
'Heh. It wasn't much, but I got to see you fight. You still got a long way to go, kiddo. Let see what you can do! In fact…if you can hang in another 90 seconds, I'll come and help put this baby to bed!
"Th-That voice, can it be?" Asuna asked.
"Can be and is…" Negi said.
'The way you fought and planned was fine, Boya. The thing is…do you have to be such a perfectionist? You don't think your father crossed every "T" and dotted every "I"? I'd've thought kids your age were more "act-fast, think-last." Kids should be kids…leave the cleanup to the adults!'
"Negi!"
"Asuna-san," Negi stood up, his eyes full of determination. "Let's go!"
"OKAY!"
"If you are coming then I shall be your opponent," Fate said. Asuna ran towards him with her fan at the ready. Just like Gohan, the boy disappeared using his speed, only to reappear behind Asuna delivering a heel kick to her torso. She crashed into the boardwalk of the lake and broke it. Using his speed again, Fate slammed Negi with a straight to his gut, sending him into Asuna. They skidded backwards to a stop.
"This boy is hella strong," Asuna groaned. They didn't have much time to recover as Fate was once again upon them sending a barrage of punches their way. The two could do nothing but block the attack. To finish his combo he hit them with his elbow so they fell to the floor.
Fate jumped into the sky and gather magical energy into his hand. "Vishu talri shutal vangait. King of the eight legged lizards who bear the cursed eyes, extend thy light from my hand and project thy gaze of disaster…" Asuna used her body to protect Negi. "Gaze of Petrification!" the beam destroyed a large section of the boardwalk. Asuna's shirt began to turn into stone. "I knew it the ability to completely nullify magic huh? I guess I'll take care of you first Kagurazaka Asuna!" the boy flew forward with a magically enhanced punch.
The boy's attack was stopped when Negi grabbed him with his good hand. "Asuna-san, are you okay?" he asked while he glared at Fate.
"I'm fine," she breathed out. "But naughty kids need to be punished!" she "sliced" Fate across with her fan dispelling the barrier around him. Negi began to power his petrified fist with magic as he glared at the boy.
Setsuna appeared before Chigusa. "YOU!" Chigusa spat.
"Amagasaki Chigusa! I'm taking back ojou-sama!" Setsuna flew forward.
"Damn she's too close, I can't use Sukuna's power. Monkey demon bear demon!" she summoned her faithful animals to protect her. They failed however as Setsuna slashed them in half. Meanwhile Negi punched the white haired boy with all his might. Setsuna took the charm off of Konoka.
"Ojou-sama! Ojou-sama! Are you alright?"
"Ah Se-chan, I knew you'd come to rescue me…" Konoka said dazed.
"Are you okay ojou-sama?" Konoka blushed.
"It actually felt really good like that lady said. I'm rather embarrassed." Konoka then took notice of Setsuna's wings. "Setsuna your back…" Setsuna was about to defend herself when Konoka smiled. "You have beautiful wings. Just like an angel…"
"Ojou-sama."
"Did we get him?" Asuna asked.
"You know, you're the second person to hit me. The first was the Gold Fighter-kun…" Fate said as he got up. He went to punch Negi, but his fist was caught by a hand. He looked behind him and saw a smirking Gohan. "Y-You!" Gohan then proceeded with a punch that sent Fate into the water.
Negi and Asuna's face turned into smiles once they saw who it was. "Gohan/-san!"
Gohan turned his head with his Son grin. "Yo! Sorry that I took so long."
"Where were you dark haired baka? You know we could have used your help earlier!" Asuna yelled.
"Well, I had to stop two attacks that could have easily destroyed this entire district or even the entire country of Japan, so cut me some slack," Gohan said with a nervous sweat.
"So you were able to defeat those two," Fate said as he stood on the water with his face still as passive as ever. "I didn't think you had enough power to do it, especially after what you had displayed in our earlier fights."
Gohan smirked. "Those two gave me some trouble but it wasn't something that I couldn't handle. There is a lot that you don't know about me Fate. But why don't I show you some?" Gohan then got into a fighting stance.
"So arrogant Gold Fighter-kun," Fate said. The two of them stared at each other intently. Tension was in the air. Asuna and Negi looked on with Chamo on the ground.
"Hey, shouldn't Gohan-nii-san be in his Super transformation?" Chamo asked.
"That's right! Why isn't Gohan in his second level of his transformation? Does he think he can beat that guy without even transforming?" Asuna said with a nervous sweat.
"No, I think he has already transformed," Negi responded.
"What?" Exclaimed both Asuna and Chamo.
"What do you mean Aniki?" Chamo asked.
"I don't know how to explain it but Gohan-san seems completely different than he is normally," replied Negi. "His aura is completely different."
"Now that you say that…"Asuna trailed as she inspected Gohan. She looked at him intently and noticed that something was different about Gohan. He seemed more confident and more powerful than before. Was this really another transformed state of Gohan's?
Gohan narrowed his eyes and dashed towards Fate, leaving behind a destroyed section of the boardwalk due to the amount of power that Gohan had. Fate dashed towards him as well. Both fighters clashed with each other, causing massive shockwaves that were felt across the lake. This went on for a minute until Gohan and Fate reappeared and right in front of Negi and Asuna. "Impressive Gold Fighter-kun," Fate said. "You are definitely different than before. But I noticed that you don't have gold hair anymore. Is this your normal power then?"
"Nope," Gohan replied. "But I don't feel like telling any more. Besides the name's Son Gohan, not Gold Fighter!"
"I see," Fate said. "Regardless, you are no match for me Gohan-kun." Fate went to punch Gohan who was ready for the attack, but his fist was stopped by a clawed hand. He looked behind him and saw a rising figure of Evangeline.
"It looks like you've been taking care of my boy huh, amateur," Evangeline came out fully from the shadow and punched him. The force of the move caused Fate to fly back extremely far taking the boardwalk with him.
Gohan turned serious as he stepped in front of Evangeline and was ready to punch her, thinking that she was a threat. However, Chachamaru stepped in front and blocked the attack, but without some consequences. Her hand was completely shattered. "Gohan-san! What are you doing?" yelled Negi.
"Hmm," Gohan said. "So you are the strange ki signatures that I felt ever since I got to the school. I must say, you are powerful. Especially the little blond one."
Asuna and Negi flinched. "Oh no," muttered the both of them.
"Who are you calling little?" Eva yelled with a blush. "Just so you know I am over 300 years older than you! So know your place assistant!"
"Over 300 years old?" Gohan said with a surprised look. He turned to Negi and Asuna. "Is she joking?"
Both Negi and Asuna shook their heads. "She is actually a vampire and Chachamaru is a robot," Negi said.
"You don't say," Gohan said as he walked off to one end of the boardwalk that wasn't destroyed.
"What are you doing here?" Negi asked Eva. "What about the infernius scholasticus curse?"
"Well, to continue fooling the powerful spirits who govern the curse, a complex magical ritual is required," explained Chachamaru. "To wit every five seconds, the headmaster must stamp a permission slip reading, 'Evangeline is to be allowed travel to Kyoto as part of normal school activities.'"
"Yeah," Eva added, "and as payment for my help, the old codger can stay in rubberstamping hell till my sightseeing in Kyoto's done tomorrow." She then noticed Gohan walking in the direction of the giant demon. "Hold it!" yelled Eva. "Where are you going assistant?"
Gohan turned around with a serious smile. "It's Son Gohan! And where else would I go Evangeline-san? Are you going to be the one to defeat that giant?"
"Actually, I'd rather see how strong you really. After all, I saw glimpses of your fight with those colored haired boys and I wish to see more," Eva said sitting down. Gohan shrugged and looked at the demon.
"You know, for all that size, you are sure pretty weak. My younger brother could easily beat you," Gohan stated.
"Weak?" Asuna shouted.
"Are you calling my demon weak?" Chigusa fumed. She used her magic to control the demon. It lifted up its right arm and began to bring it down on Gohan. Gohan stood still as the attack came crashing down on him.
"Gohan/-san!" Asuna and Negi shouted.
"Tch, I expected more from that idiot assistant," Eva said as she looked at the fist.
"Hahahaha, is that too weak for you?" Chigusa chuckled. Her eyes widened when the giant demon's hand started to move up. "Wha-what is happening?" Chigusa demanded.
"HAAAAAAA!" Everyone present looked at the spot where the fist had landed and saw it moving upwards. It was Gohan! And he was doing it with only one hand! With his blazing white aura surrounding him, Gohan brushed off the fist and went up into the air. He started down the demon and Chigusa.
"H-How is this possible?" Chigusa said fearfully. Who was this guy?
"I would have let Evangeline-san handle it but you crossed the line when you kidnapped Konoka-san and hurt my friends," Gohan said. "I will never forgive you! I am going to attack you with my ultimate attack!" He cupped his hand and put it to his side. He started to chant loudly, "KA…ME…" Negi and Asuna knew what was coming but something caught their interest. It was the ball that was forming in Gohan's hand. It wasn't blue but rather a golden yellow ball and it was getting rather big than it normally should. "HA…ME…" Chigusa was freaking out. She remembered this attack, especially after that fight at the train station. She jumped off the demon and into the forest behind it so she could get away from the attack as far as possible. "HAAAAAAAA!" Finally, Gohan brought his hands forward and fired the attack at the giant demon.
The demon had no chance of defending against such an attack as it was completely engulfed and obliterated by the Ultimate Kamehame-Ha wave created by Gohan. There was no trace of the demon as the blast had literally lit up the sky like an artificial sun in the night sky. Everyone present was in awe. Gohan landed next to Evangeline. "What do you think?"
"Pretty impressive. Though I would have been more flashy with my ice. Like so," Evangeline turned around and shot an ice lance at the approaching Fate. Eva began summoning more ice as Fate jumped and dodged all the attacks. A giant glacier appeared above him and fell on the Fate sending him into the water. "Ah it feels good to be at full power again!" she laughed. "I wished you would have let me have that giant demon though. That little boy was nothing more than a prick. I would have been able to show off more."
"True but we shouldn't underestimate him," Gohan said looking around. He walked up to Negi with his Son grin. "Good job, Negi-san! You did well for your first time. I'm impressed," he said patting Negi's head. Evangeline hit Gohan on the head. "Ow what was that for?"
"I have some things to say to the boy. And yet you go encouraging him," Eva said to Gohan. She turned to Negi. "Listen up boy! This if this was one of the many video games I play, this would be the part where you ask the final boss why they are helping when you are going to die in the very first dungeon. When something like this occurs again, don't expect to have me or the assistant helping you! You have to be able to stand on your own!"
"Oddly enough I have to agree with her," Gohan agreed with Eva even though he was rubbing his head. "I won't be able to help all the time. You need to get stronger Negi-san, but you've shown enough strength for now."
"Y-yes!" Negi saw Fate appear from the water behind Evangeline. "Eva-san!" He hugged her to protect her from the boy.
"What are you doing you idiot?" Eva tried to push him off. Gohan shoved both of them out of the way when the boy sent a spell at them.
"Barrier-breaking lance of stone!" Fate chanted. The attack impaled Gohan on the chest and shoulder. Gohan spat out some blood. Being so close though, Gohan took this opportunity to punch Fate as his hand went through the boy's body.
"Hmm… you really are a wild card. That and the fact that the vampire looks about ready to kill me is a sure sign I won't win. I will retreat for now," Fate disappeared with a splash of water. Gohan pulled the lance out and continued to stand straight as he held his wound tightly.
"Gohan-san, are you alright?" Negi asked. Gohan nodded.
"I'm okay Negi-san, it was just a scratch," Gohan said, putting up a strong front.
"You really are an idiot!" Eva shouted. "I would have survived if that move hit!"
Gohan turned his head to see Negi fall down. He went next to him and checked him out. "Damn, his entire right side is petrified."
"Negi-kun!" the group around Negi looked up to see Konoka running their way.
"What's wrong with him de gozaru?" Kaede asked as she was right behind them.
"He is in a very dangerous condition right now…" Evangeline said. "His magic resistance is extremely high. That is why petrification process is extremely slow. But at this rate he will suffocate once the petrification hits his neck."
"Can't you do something Evangeline?" Asuna pleaded.
"No I'm no good with healing magic…"
"Make Konoka-san kiss Negi-san," Gohan said calmly. All of them looked at him oddly. "If she kisses him, she'll get a pactio and it will boost her healing powers tenfold, right?"
"That's right…" Konoka stated. She stepped up. "Se-chan told me everything. And I want to thank you all for the hard work you have done. But now I think it is time I return the favor." She bent down and kissed Negi. A bright light filled the area. Negi zoomed in and out of consciousness.
"I'm happy everyone is okay…" Negi said. Everyone cheered for his return to good health. Piccolo let out a smile as well as Gohan who did one very weakly. Suddenly Gohan fell down with a thud onto the boardwalk.
"Gohan/-san/-kun/-sensei!" Everyone rushed towards Gohan's position including Piccolo. Gohan suddenly reeled to the side and threw up, blood spilling onto the ground and his gi top. Gohan coughed and choked, more blood splattering onto his top. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, joining the flow. Piccolo went ahead and checked Gohan's condition as he knelt next to the demi-Saiyan.
"What's wrong with him?" Asuna worriedly turned to Piccolo.
"He is in critical condition," the Namekian stated. "That earlier hit went through between his shoulder and chest, fatally injuring his heart. He is also has been holding some extreme injuries from his fight with those two boys."
"What?" Everyone yelled.
"But why didn't he say anything?" Negi asked as tears started to well up in his eyes.
"He didn't want you guys to get worried," Piccolo said. "He is always looking out for the best interests of his friends. He really cares about you all if he has gone this far." Piccolo stood up and put out his hand. A ki ball appeared in his hand and shot at Gohan, catching everyone by surprise.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?" Asuna yelled as she was about to get out her fan and beat the living shit out of Piccolo.
"I gave him some of my ki to stabilize his condition," Piccolo stated. He turned to Konoka with a serious face. "Heal him."
"Huh?"
"Based on what I have just seen, your healing powers have just been awaken," the Namekian stated. "Please use them." Konoka nodded and knelt next to Gohan, who was in pain and in shortness of breath. His color was fading quickly. Konoka raised her arms and tried to use her powers but to no avail.
"Why isn't it working?" Konoka asked. Everyone started to nervously sweat since no one knew what to do.
"Maybe you should kiss him," Eva said.
"W-WHAT?" yelled everyone.
"B-But that was different than earlier with Negi," Asuna said with a slight blush.
"It doesn't matter!" yelled Piccolo. "Gohan is going to die soon so just kiss him already dammit!"
Konoka nodded and went close to Gohan's face. His face was in anguish and pain. As she approached his face, Konoka's heart couldn't stop beating so fast. It was going so fast that she might have a heart attack at that very moment. She wanted her first kiss with Gohan to be romantic but beggars can't be choosers. If it is to save Gohan-kun, I will do anything! Konoka bent down and kissed Gohan on the lips. A light engulfed them, surrounding the two of them. Everyone was covering their eyes except for Piccolo, who watched sternly hoping that Gohan would make it through.
Once the light subsided, Konoka stood up. Everyone hoped that worked. And it did as color began to come back to Gohan. His injuries were being healed, and his face no longer that of anguish and pain. He opened one eye and saw everyone staring at him with tears in their eyes. "W-What is going on? Did someone die?" Gohan asked.
Asuna, Negi and Konoka all started to cry as they went ahead and hugged Gohan hard. Setsuna cried as well but she didn't want to embarrass herself by hugging Gohan. Everyone else let out a sigh of relief with the biggest one being Piccolo. He let out a smile. They then went back to headquarters to find everyone was awake.
"What the hell was that boy?" Chigusa thought as she ran through the forest. "That couldn't be the Gold Fighter. Well, it doesn't matter. As long as I can escape, I still have a chance to fix everything."
"You there!" boomed a voice in the forest. "Is there evil in your heart? To willingly sacrifice others on the altar of one's own ambition? That, I call evil! And yet, an evil person of honor would be happy to die, if it served to their beliefs. Will you be happy to die?"
"What are you talking about?" Chigusa asked shakily. She looked up and saw a devilish figure carrying a giant sword that said, 'Ministrum Magi Chachazero.'
"For if you are not, you are a fool," said the doll known as Chachazero. "A fool and a third-rate hood with no nerve at all! Since you've no honor anyway, I may as well cut that cowardly streak right out of you." It bent down to slash her with the sword, and everything went black. Chigusa fainted and had swirls in her eyes.
"Ah, well," said Chachazero as she sat on top of her sword that was planted next to Chigusa's head. "No one has nerve, these days. Why, even the mistress! She puts on the hurt less now, sure. But you know? I miss the old days."
Next morning…
Negi woke up from a long sleep and looked around worriedly especially for Gohan. He moved his hand and felt something. He turned his head and saw that Gohan was safe and sighed. Gohan was sound asleep. Negi then heard some noise coming from the outside. "It seems like Negi-sensei and Gohan-sensei are still fast asleep. Well it was a hard night for them," Setsuna said. She put a bag over her shoulder.
"Are you leaving already?" Evangeline asked her. "You should say goodbye."
"I can't. It will hurt too much to face them again."
"Setsuna-san!" Negi shouted. "Where are you going?"
"It's the law of my people! Once you've seen my true from I have to…" she began to run before running into someone and landing on the ground with a thud. "Ow! Who ar–" She looked up and saw it was Gohan.
"Now where do you think you're going huh?" he asked smiling down at her.
"Gohan-san, what are you doing? You shouldn't be out of bed!" Negi said.
"Don't worry Negi-san, I have dealt with worse. But anyways..." He turned to her. "Now what was it about some law? Please you're not the only one who can't really reveal themselves to others. Negi-san can't or else he'll turn into an ermine. Evangeline-san is a vampire and Chachamaru-san is a robot. And I am half alien." Negi nodded in agreement.
"That's right all of us have our secrets. That is why you should stay here with us and protect Konoka-san in person!" he begged her as he knelt down next to her head.
"Besides didn't you promise to come back to Konoka-san?" Gohan reminded her. He grabbed her and pulled her up. When he did the rest of the girls who came with them to the mansion called them over.
"Se-chan! Se-chan!" yelled Konoka. "We've got trouble!"
"What is it?" Gohan asked, worried that Fate might have reappeared.
"They say those paper-doubles we sent to the hotel in our place have gone out of control!" Asuna said.
"They what!" Gohan and Negi exclaimed.
"What else can wrong today?" Negi asked. Then a loud grumble was heard that shook the foundations of the nearest building. Everyone prepared their weapons and got into their fighting positions. "Are we under attack?"
"Actually," Gohan said with embarrassment, "that was my stomach." Everyone immediately face-faulted. Gohan scratched his neck in embarrassment and let out a Son laugh. "To tell you the truth I was getting kind of hungry. Can we eat some breakfast first?"
"Can't you not think about your stomach for one second!" yelled Asuna to Gohan's face as she hit him on the head. "This is an emergency!"
"I know but I can't do anything without getting some food in my system," Gohan said weakly while rubbing his head as he sat down pouting to Asuna. "Can we get something to eat on the way there?"
"NO!" yelled Asuna.
"Gohan-kun, once we get to the hotel, I'll ask the Chef to cook up a nice breakfast for you," Kazumi said as she walked up to the group.
Gohan immediately sprang up and hugged Kazumi tenderly almost immediately. "YATTA! Thank you Kazumi-san!" He went to pack up his stuff, leaving behind a beat red Kazumi. While inside the room, he took out some clothes from his capsule pouch, and then opened the door with his Son grin, all ready to leave. "Yosh! Let's get going to the hotel to solve the emergency!"
"You are just excited to go back to the hotel because it involves food," muttered Asuna as she let out a sigh. Gohan had the biggest grin on his face however, he started to look around. "What is it now Gohan?"
"Have you guys seen Piccolo-san?" Gohan asked.
"Actually, he said that he go back to the Kami-sama's temple or something like that," Konoka replied with a smile. "Though I am not sure what he meant by the 'Kami-sama' part. Do you know what he means by that Gohan-kun and do you think we will meet him again? I really liked him."
Gohan let out a smile. "Don't worry about it Konoka-san. I am sure that we will see him again soon. But we should get going! Otherwise my sto – I mean the students will get worried about us." He started to lead the group but felt that Setsuna wasn't in the group. He turned his head and looked at Setsuna with his Son grin. "Coming Setsuna-san?"
She nodded in agreement as she let out a smile and happily went along with them, finally finding her place.
The Next day…
Group 5 along with Kazumi, Evangeline and Chachamaru met up with Eishun. "We are going to the back of these mountains. The building we are looking for is a narrow three story building."
"Where are we going?" Haruna whispered.
"We are going to Negi-sensei's father's house," Yue replied.
"Chief-san, what are they going to do to Kotarou-kun?" Negi asked.
"They will not go too harshly on him. Even if he was working with Chigusa, well we will see later on won't we?" Eishun replied.
"What about Fate?" Gohan asked. He once again ghosted his hand over the place where two very bad scars should be. Thankfully Konoka healed both. "He is very dangerous."
"We are currently looking into that Son-sama. From what I've heard, he came to Japan a month ago with the Istanbul Magic Association for training." They came to a stop when a home hidden behind the trees appeared. "Ah here we are." When they stepped inside it was really clean and tall. The walls were lined with books and various stairs. "I've kept it as clean as it was when he was last here."
"So this is where father once was…" Negi said with a hint of longing. The girls then began to go around the house checking out books and everything. Even Gohan was walking around the place. He followed Eishun the rest of the time then the met up with Negi. "So Negi-san, how are you liking it so far?"
"There is so much I want to check out here Gohan-san. I wish I had more time to see everything here," Negi told the two.
"Haha, you can come over anytime you want."
"Can I ask you something about my father chief-san?"
"I suppose so. Setsuna-kun, Asuna-kun, you too Konoka come here please. These are all things you need to hear." All of them went to the main office and where he showed them a picture. It was a group of what looked like a rag tag group of fighters.
"What's this photo?" Asuna asked.
"This is a photo of the Thousand Master's comrades-in-arm."
"Comrades?"
"Yes this was taken 20 years ago. I was still a young man during the war that I fought alongside him with. Then 20 years ago peace came and he had become known as the Thousand Master for all his heroic deeds. Chigusa's parents died during the war. That is why she is holds a grudge against the European mages." Eishun had lowered his head. "I thought we were inseparable friends, but 10 years ago he disappeared. No one knows where is now, or even what he is doing. I'm sorry that I don't know any more than that."
"It's okay. Just by being here makes me feel really good."
"If all of you are done let's take a picture!" Kazumi shouted as she neared the room. "I've taken one of every other group, but almost forgot yours!" The entire group came together along with Negi and Gohan and took a photo, commemorating their time there at Kyoto.
Later that day…
On the train ride home everyone from 3-A was asleep even Negi and Gohan. Shizuna and Nitta stood at the front of the aisle as they inspected the train car. "Well well it looks like the noisy class of 3-A is finally becomes quiet," Niita said.
"Awww, look…sleeping like little angels," said Shizuna as she passed by some of the seats. "Those two especially." She pointed to where Negi and Asuna were seating as Negi sleeping on top of Asuna's lap. "Cute couple, huh?"
"They're more like brother and sister," responded Gohan as he suddenly came behind Nitta and Shizuna, scaring the two.
"Gohan-sensei!" Shizuna exclaimed. "Please don't do that again."
"I'm sorry," Gohan said with his Son grin. "I was just passing by and wondered what you two were looking at. Is that a problem?"
"No, no problem," said Nitta as he pushed up his glasses and walked by the demi-Saiyan.
"Gohan-sensei," Shizuna said, bringing Gohan's attention to her. "There is something that you left at the hotel."
"Something that I left?" Gohan asked as he blinked a couple of times. What could he have forgotten?
"Here it is," Shizuna pulled out a card that featured Gohan in his Kame uniform in the front. Gohan immediately went wide-eyed. Is this a pactio card?
"Shizuna-sensei, where did you get that?" Gohan asked.
"The receptionist gave it to me," replied Shizuna. "She had found it when inspecting the lobby the other day. She gave it to me, unsure if it one of the children's cards but once I saw your picture on it, I thought it was yours. Isn't it?"
"Y-Yes, it's mine. I'm glad that you found it Shizuna-sensei. I have been looking everywhere for it," lied Gohan. Although he hated lying, this was a special case for Gohan. Shizuna nodded and smile as she gave him the card. She then walked away to check up on the other cars. Gohan in the meantime, took up his empty seat. He then proceeded to check the card. How in the world did I get a pactio? pondered Gohan. It doesn't matter right now. When I get back, I am going to have to inspect this more closely and personally. I don't want to grab anyone's attention especially Chamo-san. I just hope nothing bad will happen soon.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Galaxy
On a rocky planet, an ocarina fell to the ground. There stood a young boy with jade eyes, a red Mohawk on his head, wearing a very unique outfit, in the middle of a canyon. He was holding his sword that laid in his back like he was prepared to draw against some opponent. In the background, loud poundings were heard, scaring the boy a little bit. Until finally, a loud pound was heard right behind him.
The boy drew his sword, ready to attack his enemy. However, a huge tail came crashing down next to him, forcing him to dodge it. He readied his sword to attack but it was too late. A huge foot slammed down at his position. "HYAAHHHH!" The boy screamed as he was smashed into oblivion.
The sword went flying in the opposite direction as it crashed onto the ground. The dark large figure that killed the boy, stood there and then in a second with a gust of wind and smoke, the figure disappeared. Looking from above, the figure left a huge footprint that looked like that of a bird but larger…much larger.
A voice boomed across the area, laughing evilly and manically. "Hahaha!" said the voice. "Now, to Earth!"
Author's note: Cliffhanger! I always loved when stories had a cliffhanger. However, I hated the wait though since I am not a very patient person. But, in this case, I am going to be evil and let you wait for the next chapter. MUAHAHAHAHA! I have to collect some data for the next few chapters and also, it will give some time for my beta to finishing reading my chapters. So there won't be a chapter for three weeks. I'm very sorry! Don't hate me for it. If I feel it is a good time to come back, I may do it earlier but for right now, "Saiyan in Mahora" will be back in three weeks.
But anyways, I hoped you liked the finish of the Kyoto arc. Eva will interact more with Gohan as they have different views on training but also some similar views too, especially with the training that Piccolo did for Gohan when he was four years old. Oh and kudos to those who can figure out what scene the cliffhanger is from.
Again, I want to reiterate this for the last time. If you are reading the last chapter instead of reading the series like you normally should and are curious about Gohan's transformations, there is an announcement at the bottom of Chapter 4 that explains in detail about the transformations. Please read it! (Or just simply read the story starting from chapter 1)
Let's not forget...the Glossary!
CHOBAKURETSUMAHA : An attack from Piccolo's arsenal. It is known as the Hyper Explosive Demon Wave. It was used during the fight between Piccolo (not Daimao) and Goku in the Tenkaichi Budokai.
ULTIMATE KAMEHAME-HA: Gohan used this attack in his Mystic form during the battle against Super Buu with Gotenks absorbed.
Let me know what you guys thought of the chapter and the arc. I really like reading your reviews! See you guys in three weeks (or maybe sooner)! Peace!