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"This… MONSTER…" said Piccolo.
"I put everything that I had into that! I SWEAR!" stated Gohan.
"AS DID I! I SWEAR!" stated Piccolo.
"Look at you two so called "heroes.". Mocked Vegeta, and as well as the fact that stated Vegeta mockingly. "Cowering in fear so shortly into the fight! Yeah! This is a team!" stated Vegeta sarcastically.
Before anything else could happen, Vegeta had rammed straight into Gohan, wacking him away with the side of his arm.
Gohan SCREAMED as he felt such a huge amount of pain all at once like neverbefore. Vegeta had obviously put little to no effort into his attack, otherwise he would already be being dead already!
"Gohan! NOOOOOOOOOO!" shouted Piccolo as Gohan was sent flying into a large pillar of rocks.
Upon contact, the large pillar of rocks EXPLODED!
Tons of painful debris collapsed on top of Gohan, hammering down on the poor five year old half human/half saiyan boy.
Gohan gasped his way out of the tons of painful debris, resurfacing straight out of the tons of painful debris with a powerful gasp.
"Well look, he's still concious." complimented Vegeta. He then smirked at Piccolo. "But no matter. He's not going to be getting up for quite a while, so now I have you to deal with. Tell me where the dragn balls are! NOW! Tell me everything that you know! NOW! Otherwise… well do you seriously thinka nd believe and as well as the fact that and believe and think that you know pain? Because, well, I can sure as Hell prove you wrong!"
"Torture me all you want, SHORTASS!" snorted Piccolo with a powerful snort.! "But it still won't change anything, I'm not giving up any sort of info on where they are!"
"HAHAHA-okay you just called me a shortass, now you're gonna pay!" shouted Vegeta! He rammed right into Piccolo's gut with his powerful knee attack! Piccolo keeled over with a powerful grunt attack! "Should I continue?" asked Vegeta.
"Yeah please do…" commented Piccolo. "But I'm not going to be giving up anything! DO YOU HEAR ME?! OR NO?!"
Even as he spoke, Piccolo's doubts were increasing by the very instant. In that one instant, he was feeling a pain that was far more than even thousands of times greater than he ever could have possibly imagined.
Piccolo was continuously finding it harder and harder to hink with all of this pain. His vision was blurring, blood was seeping out of his mouth…
And then Vegeta's forearm collided with his jaw.
As he flew trhough the air and into a boulder, Piccolo tried to scream, but he couldn't scream! He couldn't even think!
The boulder exploded in dust and debris, all showering over Piccolo quickly, and as well as the fact that and mercilessly!
Vegeta launched himself forward, ramming his knee straight into Piccolo's head. Piccolo sent flying, and, landing with a THUD, he was out cold.
"Wake up!" Vegeta shouted! Stomping his way onto Piccolo's torso and viciously rubbing his foot painfully onto the young Namekian Warrior. Piccolo suddenly woke up and finally screamed, as purple blood oozed out of his body.
"Tell me now or this keeps up!" shouted Vegeta.
"I will never tell you!" shouted Piccolo.
Suddenly, Vegeta suddenly noticed some movement, and he then quickly raised his arm, vicously swatting Gohan away in a casual manner as the young boy flew himself at him, with his fists and feet both ready, only to be viciously swatted away in a casual manner by Vegeta.
Vegeta rushed forward at Gohan as the young boy picked himself up, but the young boy couldn't follow his movements and recieved a fist to the forehead, drawing blood.
As Gohan was sent flying away, now Piccolo, heaving in agony, charged himself at Vegeta, charging up a Masenko Attack, only for Vegeta to viciously kick him straight in the bottom of his chin, minorly inuring his jaw.
"If I wanted it, you'd be dead already." stated Vegeta. "I'm barely any effort into my attacks here!"
As Gohan and Piccolo picked themselves up, they both were suddenly wre sent flying forward, as Vegeta ramme dhis fis tinto Gohan's face, and then, suddenly, faster than anybody could follow, rammed his elbow into Piccolo's nose.
"You can't keep this up forever." Vegeta stated as the dynamic duo picked themselves up once more. "Please, just give it up already. This is just embarrasing."
Gohan and Piccolo quickly but surely hurled themselves at the prince, only to be flicked away by his mere fingers.
Vegeta suddenly teleported in front of the young Gohan. He snapped his fingers once, sending out an immensely powerful shockwave that quickly but surely smacked the young Gohan away, quickly but surely drawing even more blood.
Vegeta rushed forward too quickly for Piccolo to follow, kneeing him directly in the stomach, causing him to instantly vomit out blood instantly.
"Stop it !" shouted Gohan, rushing forward with a kick, which simply rebounded as he made contact with Vegeta.
Gohan was left sitting down on the ground, clutching his now injured foot, not even strong enough to hurt Vegeta even with physial contact.
"It's what you get for overestimating your abilities." stated Vegeta, grinning.
Piccolo's arms stretched out towards Vegeta and grabbed onto his shoulders, and then, they began wrapping around him.
"Yeah-no." said Vegeta. "That is not going to happen." said Vegeta.
Simply flexing his muscles, Vegrta simply shot his arms out, tearing right through the flesh that Piccolo was using to hold Vegeta in place.
"AAAAAAAAARGGH!" roared Piccolo, as his arms were now ripped to shreds! He couldn't even believe the very pain that he was right now very feeling right now!
"And here I LITERALLY, JUST told the kid not to overestimate his capabilities, and you go on ahead and pull something just like that. Dumbass, Namekian."
Roaring with Pain, Piccolo regrew new arms, which came shooting out of the holes that the absence of the previous arms had left inside of Piccolo's body and into place immensly soaked with green liquid.
"Regeneration won't save you." stated Vegeta bluntly. "It hurts just as much to regrow your arms as it does to lose them. For your sake I hope that you have a plan, because I'm almost done playing games and my patience is wearing thin…
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"What do you think is going on right now?" asked Bulma, the TV that was currently in the living room of Kame House still helplessly filled with helpless static. "Do you believe that they are winning?" she sighed. "Or no?"
"I don't know what to believe anymore." admitted Master Roshi. "I just have a sad little feeling that things are not going their way…"
"Well brooding over it isn't going to do us any good." stated Oolong. "So, what in the world are we going to do?" stated Oolong.
"Say please?" came a startling voice.
Screaming, everybody turned in the direction of the door to see Fortune Teller Baba floating in the doorway.
"Oh! Baba!' Roshi stated nervously. "I didn't… uh… I didn't see you come in! What brings you here? What in the world brings you here?"
"King Kai." stated Baba. "Goku kept on pestering him to send someone to keep an eye on you guys, and while I'm not exactly on par with these Saiyan's, he figured that I, at the very least, can keep you jup to date on what is going on."
Place her crystal ball in the middle of the floor, Baba watched as everybody gathered around, as she began to be chanting very strange chants, hat almost, and even sort of did, creep out everybody who was insid eof the room out. An image appeared inside of the crystal ball: and it did not look pretty: Piccolo's arms werre regenerating just as the image popped up. Piccolo was bruised, and Gohan wa sbruised as well, and Vegeta looked unscathed.
"Well all of my hope is officially lost. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Oolong panicked hyperly.
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Vegeta's forearm collided with Gohan's left cheek as the young boy was sent flying away once again. And then, just as Gohan was getting up, Vegeta's forearm collided with Gohan's face onc emore, sending the young boy flying away once again.
"Are you two even trying anymore?" asked Vegeta. Gohan did not ge tup. He was str Uggling to do so, but, he just couldn't.
Vegeta teleported behind Piccolo, who was still panting from regenerating his very own arms.
"Give me the Dragon Balls." commanded Vegeta.
"You'll have to kill me." said Piccolo.
"You'll both be dead by the end of the day, that I can assure you of." stated Vegeta. "But first you will hand over the seven keys to my immortality.
"No." said Piccolo.
Vegta's left fist rammed straight ino Piccolo's back, knocking the young Namekian face down on the ground. Vegeta's foot pounding down onto Piccolo's back.
"I'm not going to order you again." said Vegeta. "Give me the Dragon Balls." said Vegeta.
"Go to fucking hell." said Piccolo.
"As you wish." said Vegeta, smirking bitterly.
Vegeta began pressing down harder, pressing his foot down harder onto Piccolo's back. Piccolo let out a groan, and then a scream. His screaming was a terribly hoarse noise. Clearly it wasn't someting that he did very often.
"STOP IIIT!" roared Gohan loudly, rushing straight at Vegeta. Vegeta simply stuck his hand out and released a small Kiai, sending Gohan ramming back towards the boulders.
Kicking Piccolo away, Vegeta laughed.
"So weak." he said. "And pathetic." he said.
Gohan struggled to get up, but could only manage getting into a sitting position. For now, at the very least. Piccolo could stand, but only just barely.
"There is no more hope." Vegeta stated. "Only victory." he smiled. "For me." he smiled again. "Only." he kept smiling. "For me."
"Our fight is not done yet." stated Piccolo angrily.
"Really? So that must be why the boy can only manage a sitting position, and why you can only barely stand, Namekian." laughed Vegeta cruely. "Please! This fight is over! Deal with it already!
"We'll see." stated Piccolo.
At that moment, both piccolo and Gohan recoiled in shock.
"What's- what's this power that I'm senseing?" demanded Piccolo. "It's coming from such a gret distance… so how could it ever POSSIBLY be so strong?"
"It's dad... " said Gohan, his eyes filling with tears of joy.
"HA! Your father's already dead already, quit bluffing." stated Vegeta.
Still thoguh, on a hunch, he just checked his scouter, and then he GASPED!
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Goku touched down right in front of Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Krillin.
"Hey guys." he said solemnly. "Why-why am I not sensing Tien?"
"See for yourself…" said Yamcha, gesturing over to Tien's dead body.
"I was… afraid of that…" stated Goku stated solemnly.
"Gohan and Piccolo went off to fight the other two Saiyan's after we got all messed up." said Krillin, still lying down from his injuries.
"Well, anyway, Korin gave me two senu beans, and I already had one, I guess I should have you guys split the rest."
"You better hold onto it Goku." said Yamcha. "You have no idea what these guys are capable of. I think one of them had their energy completely diminish a whole back: I'm guessing that Gohan and Piccolo had managed to bea thim, but this other one is even stronger!"
"Hey now, you know that it would be not be in my nature to hog these things be." stated Goku humurously. "COm on now, if you guys don't have it I'll just throw it away!"
"Just give it to Chiaotzu." yamcha demanded. "That Saiyan named Nappa really injured him badly and I'm not sure if splitting it into thirds is going to help him or not. If anything, it'll just speed up his natural healing process."
"Fair enough." said Goku. He began walking over to Chiaotzu.
"Give some to them too." the small fighter demanded.
Everybody was shocked.
"Chiaotzu, you sure?" asked Goku.
"Yes, I've already died before, so I can handle the pain. Thjy fought just as hard as I did. They deserve the bean too."
"Well the nthat settles it then." said Goju, breaking the final senzu bean into three equal pieces and feeding it to all three of his tired friends."
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"Impossible…" said Vegeta. He gulped slightly. "I'm not sure if this is Kakarot, but his powerlevel is above Seven Thousand…" he turned to Piccolo and Gohan. "That does it, I'm killing you both right now! Whether or not this is Kakarot, if all three of you gang up on me… well, I'll probably still win and all, but I'm not taking any risks!"
"So you've finally given up on the Dragon Balls then?" aske dPiccolo with a smirk. "Well then, smart move and all!"
"I haven;t given up on them yet!"demanded Vegeta. "All I have to do is to visit YOUR homeworld, which is called Namek, and all of the pieces will then fall into place!"
Before anything else could happen, Vegeta, faster than the eye could see, rammed his fist straight into Gohan's face, sending himf lying into a boulder.
The boulder exploded on impact, and, floating up high, Vegeta began to be charging energy.
"The first thing that Kakarot sees when he returns, assuming tha tit is him, is his sona nd his friend GONE! GONE! I TELL YOU! GONE! GONE I TELL YOU! NOTHIGN LEFT! NOT A TRACE! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO FOOLS WHO BETRAY THE SAIYAN RACE!"
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Chichi's world froze.
"He's… killing him…" gasped Bulma.
"That monstruous man…" groane dmaster Roshi. "How can anybody go on and o that to a child…?"
"GOhan…" whispered Chichi desperately.
Images of the playful boy filled her mind. Going to the park with her, her holding him in his arms. Suddenly, it was all replaced by an image of his dead body, which then caught on fire…
"NOO!" she suddenly shouted. "GOHAN! NOO!"
"Chichi…" Bulma said, putting both of her hands on both of Chich's shoulders but Chichi shook them off violently.
"NOOOOOOO!" Shouted Chichi.
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"This is what happens Kakarot when you betray your superiors, Kakarot" stated Vegeta angrily. "Your punishment will not just be your upcoming death, oh no, it's more than that. Much more than that ineed. I will take away everything that you love! Your friends and family and comrades! Your son! His mother! ALL OF THEM! STARTING WITH THAT THREE EYED FREAK WHO'S ALREADY DEAD, AND ALSO STARTING WITH YOUR SON WHO IS STILL ALIVE! BUT YOUR SON WON'T BE ALIVE FOR LONG!"
For the first time ever, Piccolo felt true fear. But to is total shock the fear was not for him… but for Gohan…
"NOW KAKAROT!" shouted Vegeta, his voice filled with both anguish and both rage. "SAY GOODBYE! TO YOUR SON! GALICK GUN FIRE!"
The massive purple beam of enegy escaped Vegeta's palms, in a flash.
Gohan stared at the beam, its mesmerizing glow pracgtically hypnotizing him as death placed a hand on the boy.
"Gohan… no…" moaned Piccolo desperately, actually sad for once.
Why in the world was he feeling this way? This was his arch enemy's son, who even looke dlike his father, who would pose a threat to him should he choose to continue on his quest for world domination and should the boy choose not to to choose to join him. And now the boy was about to die. WHY WAS HE SO SAD?! HE SHOULD BE RELISHING IN THIS YOUNG BOY'S DEATH! SHOULDN'T HE BE?!
But as he saw the mesmerizingly massive, purple beam of energy, sailing towards The Young Boy Who Was Named Son Gohan, Piccolo knew just what he had to do, and he wouldn't be able to live with himself if he did not do it…
As Gohan ntook in the beam, something suddenly blocked out his vision. It was a man, a green man… Piccolo… standing in front of him, his arms stretche dout wide…
"Piccolo...no…"
It was all that Gohan had time to say before the beam collided with his young mentor figure.
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At Kame House… everything was silen. Nobody, not even Baba, could process the shock of what was going on…
XXX
Kami himself felt a sudden jolt, a tingling feeling, a sense of him losing something, over, and over, and over, again. Suddenly it felt like he was losing the feeling in certain parts of his body, and it was spreading quickly…
"I knew this day would come…" he said out loud as Mr Popo began to be tearing up. "One day… that is!"
XXX
Piccolo's shouting was drowned out by the explosion that the beams impact had triggered. But Gohan was left unfazed. Despite the immense power of the beam, piccolo was using every bit of Ki that he had to shield the young boy from harm.
Piccolo felt his flesh being ripped apart. He felt wet as the blood soaked in, but then he felt nothing.
XXX
As the dust settled, everybody gathered around the crystal ball at Kame House were waiting to see just what had happened.
XXX
"Somebody's energy is fading rapidly…" sated Goku matter-of-factly. "Somebody's in trouble!" Suddenly, he gasped. "P-P-Piccolo…"
XXX
The dust was finally gone, finally leaving Vegeta to finally witness his very own good work. What he saw greatly surprised him greatly.
Piccolo was standing upright, and it was as if the entire front id eof his body was gone. Purple blood was spilling out of it nonstop, it was ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, GUSHING PURPLE!
"Hmmm…" stated Vegeta. "Well, it doesn't matter what order they die in anyway… I guess… so…"
"PICCOLO!" shouted Gohan as Piccolo fell ove rontop his back.
XXX"He… saved him?...?" asked Purar asked, astonished.
"But… that… that doesn't make any sense whatsoever!" demanded Oolong. "Piccolo doesn't save anybody! Especially not Goku's son of all people!"
Chcihi's face had faded away into a blank stare. What she was seeing went against everything that she knew. It was as if her brain was processing the very opposite of what had just actually happened.
Why did Piccolo jump in front of Gohan? Just why? This didn't make any sense whatsoever! Piccolo was a monster! An absolute monster! Piccolo was a monster! Piccolo was an absolute monster! Piccolo was evil! Irredeemable! Even! WHY THE FUCKING HELL HAD PICCOLO JUST SACRIFICED HIMSELF IN ORDER TO SAVE CHICHI'S SON?!
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"You know… Gohan…" stated Piccolo weakly. "I always assumed that a Saiayan would be the one to kill me… but not this one… I was imagining you… or even your father, Goju…"
"You weren't supposed to save me!" shouted Gohan sadly!
Why, why was this happening? They had more time to prepare, yet Tien still died. Piccolomwas now still dying too! Why wasn't any of this working! Why was history repeating hitself?! Piccolo shouldn't be dying again! Things should be better! BUT JUST WHY WEREN'T THEY?!
"Listen… Gohan…" coughed Piccolo, purple blood escapign his mouth a she violently coughed up purple blood. "Your father… I hated that man… he killed my father...and a small piece of my father;s soul resides inside of me. I have the very memory that my father has of Goku killing him, despite not neccecarily being my father. I am merely his reincarnation…
Then, I actually me the guy. I despised him even more. He was a childish buffoon who cared for nothing more than battle, he didn't care what he had done to my father, or his plans, or my plans, and then I met you…
Every single time that I saw you, you reminded me of him. It stung just to look at you! And yet… as time goes on… we grew closer and… I don't know… you were the first to ever see me as anything less than a monster… you even mad eme feel remorse when I was hurting you during our vicious training… not that I ever showed it…
I've never ever had a friend before, at least until I met you… you're like the son tha I never had… thank you… Gohan…" he coughed up some more blood. "Listen, with me gone, you'll be on oyur own… or at the very least until Goku gets here… you HAVE to get angry! You HAVE to show this vicious Saiyan man just what you are truly capable of! It is the only way! Please! Let yourself go! It is the only way!" he sighed. "Thank you… Gohan…"
And then he was gone!
XXX
Silence filled the lookout as Kami disappeared.
'Well Piccolo… maybe there was hope for you after all…' the guardian of the Earth thought solemnly.
"KAMI!" NOOOOO!" shouted Mr. Popo.
XXX
Goku stood in front of Yamcha, krillen, and CHiaotzu. Although Yamcha and Krillen had been healed, Chiaotzu would take longer, and was still lying down on the ground…
"Guys… bad news… with piccolo gone… there's no more Kami… the Dragon Balls are gone forever… ther eis no way that we can undo an of this!"
The devastation that struck Chiaotzu was incomparable.
XXX
"This… isn't possible…" stated Master Roshi. He looked down towards the floor. "Piccolo… and Kami… and Tienshinhan… are all gone forever…"
XXX
A devastated Gohan looked down towards his dead mentor's dead boy, the tears still streaming out of his eyes… streaming down his cheeks.
He had tried to make things better… but nothing ever worked… Tien and Piccolo were still dead, and although Yamcha and Chiaotzu were still indeed very much alive, they had almost faced death themselves too.
He looked over to Vegeta… who was currently laughing.
In his original timeline...Vegeta had begun to show some signs of redeemable quality…. But this Veget was different… and but this Vegeta was stillhaving a hear that was still very darn still pure evil to the core!
He had ruined everything. And he would pay.
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Bulma's scouter had began beeping. She had fized Raditz's scouter and mad eit her own. She slowly reached for it, and then she put it on… and then… she gasped once she did…
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The tears that wer eon Gohan's face were slowly begginning to be evaporating. His eyes were becoming cold, hard, and angry. As everybody in Kame House looked through the crystal ball, they were nearly frightened at what they saw. Gohan looked absolutely, irredeemably, PISSED THE FUCK OFF!
Chichi was shocked… was Gohan actually angry about Piccolo's death? Or no?
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Gohan quickly let all of his rag eout at once.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Then ground began rumbling, Gohan's screaming seemed to be tearing a whole right through the air itself. The boulder's were all falling down. The mountains were trembling.
Cracks slowly but surely began appearing on the remaining rock pillars. Suddenly, the rock pillars crumbled. For good, this time. There was nothing left of any of the boulder's, or rock pillars, or stones, but pebbles and gravel.
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Goku's jaw dropped.
"That… power…" Yamcha stated in awe.
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"Gohan's powerlevel is rising rapidly!" stated Bulma.
"What's It at?" asked Master Roshi curiously.
XXX
"IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAND!" screamed Vegeta angrily, crushing his scouter within his hands out of sheer, incomparably unbearable frusturation.
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"That's… high…" stated Master Roshi in awe.
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"Come on at me boy!" shouted Vegeta cockily. "You couldn't save that pitifully weak pitiful little Namekian! JUST LIKE HOW YOU CANNOT SAVE THIS PLANET!
"RAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!" roared Gohan, racing towards Vegeta at top speeds. Vegeta simpky floated their cockily.
But Vegeta had no iddea just how much more powerful Gohan had become, and Vegeta was not at all in the least bit prepared for what Gohan did next...
I'm going to state this flat out: I am NOT proud of how I did on this Chapter. I felt like I was writing the same thing over and over and over again, what with Vegeta hammering down Gohan and Piccolo while he was just standing there. Hopefully the ending at the very least lived up to Piccolo's death in canon. In fact I would love to read your feedback on that department, or on any department, really. Piccolo's first death at the hands of Nappa, in canon, that is, was that single major turning point of his character, and the main standout point of the Saiyan Saga, or at the very least, or at least for me, that is. So, did this Fanfiction of mine live up to that? Please let me know!
Now I'm afraid that I must bring bad news. On monday, June 6, my Chromebook Laptop will no longer be mine. They are distributed by the Magnet High School that I now attend, and with my Junior year slowly but surely drawing to a close, on Monday, June 6, the High School expects the Chromebooks back, chargers and all. With know other computer device to work on, this story will have to be updated by me via the library This means, me possibly taking several trips just to finish a single chapter, and ONLY when I am able to make it to the very library! I'll be able to save everything onto google docs, and then copy nand paste everything either onto a wrod document OR simply onto this website itself, but the point being, is, is the fact that updates are rather likely to be rather slow over the course of my summer. Sorry.
But please fret not, as I currently have every intention in the world to finish this story, which, I might add, is, if I recall correctly, a story of mine that has gained more followers and favorites than any other story that I've ever written. It is my second most reviewed story, last I checked, and I am by no means planning on abandoning it. I am NOT planning on abandoning this story, so I will do everything within my power to update in when I can, but it's likely going to be awhile. Hopefully when my Senior Year comes a calling the Chromebooks will be returned to us so that I can continue my updates at home. The chromebooks came back this year after we had to hand them in Sophomore Year, and we didn't have them yet Freshman year anyway, so I'm just going to be crossing my fingers for a very long darn while.
Bad news aside, you might be wondering just how Gohan and Piccolo were surviving getting beaten down by the Saiyan Prince. The thing is, while Vegeta can't properly lower his power at this very point of the story like our heroes can, he CAN indeed put less and less effort into his and hispunches, and his kicks, and his ki attacks. So, while he can't properly control his very power, he can, at the very least, put less and less efort into his attacks in order to properly toy with his opponents. He can't control wha tthe true level of strength that he is at is. Or, at, the very least, at least, not yet.
Also, the reason why Goku showed up in time despite the lack of the three hour wait was because, if you recall, earlier on he was informed of the invasion earloier and set off to save everyone earlier!
Anyway, if this Chapter did indeed dissapoint please fret not, for I plan for the next Chapter to be much better.
Well, okay, that's it for now, I hope that I will see you guys next time, whenever that may be.
Power Levels:
Gohan: 4000
Piccolo: 4500
Vegeta: 18000