Chapter 12

Trunks flew after his father as fast as he could, transforming into a Super Saiyan along to way to boost his speed.

Still, he had trouble keeping up.

Vegeta and his opponent, a fiercely ugly Dragon with dark bluish-green skin, traded blows as they sailed over the Namekian landscape.

"Hehehe, you are having some trouble," the Dragon smiled.

"Shut up!" Vegeta roared. "You and your strange power, you can both go to Hell!"

"Ha, what would you know of Hell, little man?"

"I've been there, and I was so evil they kicked me out. I made the demons cry for mercy, just like I'm about to do to you!" Vegeta's fist shot towards the Dragon's chin, only to be stopped at the last second by some invisible force. "What is this!?"

"The wind," the dragon sneered. "I command the very air itself, and the water. I am Oceanus Shenron!" And with that, Oceanus sent several small wind tunnels at Vegeta, in an attempt to rip his arms and legs from his torso.

Vegeta struggled to keep his body in one piece, and managed to dissipate the winds with a yell of fury.

"Yeah? Well, I'm Vegeta, Prince of All Saiyans, and you will have to do better than that," he smiled wickedly.

"Dad!" Trunks called out as he finally caught up.

"Trunks, what are you doing here!?"

"We've been following you guys since you left Earth. Look, you can't defeat this guy, his power is from outside our universe, and your energy attacks won't budge him."

"You think I don't know that?" Vegeta questioned. "I've been fighting him for hours. But his body is still a physical thing, son. And that means it can break just like any other!"

"No, Dad, listen. We've brought some kids who can help. They're Namekians; they can cast a spell that will make the Dragon's killable!"

"Well, what are you waiting for? Go help them!"

"But I can't. I mean, I have to help you."

"I don't need your help! This is a one-on-one fight. Don't forget your Saiyan Pride!" Vegeta glared at his son.

Trunks looked stung. It was always like this with his father.

But then Vegeta smiled a little. "I know you want to help, Trunks. But I can still fight on my own. Right now you need to protect those children of yours. You don't understand, they got -"

Before he could finish, another blast of wind slammed into him from behind.

"Arrgh! You strike when my back it turned?!" Vegeta roared, launching himself at the Dragon. "You are dead, you ugly son of a bitch!"

"I'm a female!" the Dragon screamed, offended.

"What!?"

"Dad, what was that you were saying?" Trunks called, but he got no answer. His father was to intent on the fight.

Trunks took one last look over his shoulder, and then flew back the way he came.

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Goten, Bra, Oysta and Klam flew as fast as they could away from the fighting.

"I feel some Namekian chi this way," Goten said from the lead. "I just hope they can help us!"

"Why am I carrying the Dragonballs?" Bra screamed over the rush of wind.

"Because you were closest to them!" Goten answered. "Can you guys fly any faster?"

"Hey, I'm really fast for someone who doesn't do any fighting," Bra informed him. "And maybe I'd be a little quicker if I didn't have a FREAKING HEAVY BOX in my hands!"

Goten sighed. He was really getting tired of Bra's voice.

Suddenly, Goten caught a quick flash of movement in the air ahead of them. He stopped the group just before someone materialized out of thin air.

It was Gohan.

"Thank god," Goten said. "It's just you."

Gohan smiled aggressively. "Yes, it's just me. What have you got there?"

"These are the Dragonballs," Goten said. "We've got a plan use them to defeat the Dragons, but we need to find some Namekians to get it to work."

"Oh really?" Gohan asked. "That is interesting."

"Hey, where's Piccolo?" Goten asked. "I figured you guys would be together."

"Who?"

Goten stared. "Piccolo! Mr. Piccolo, your teacher and best friend."

"Oh, the Namekian from Earth. I disposed of him some time ago," Gohan smiled as he raised his hand to his brother.

Realizing just a second too late what was happening, Goten turned to the others, "Run!"

Gohan released a fiery blast of power that seared the air before him.

When the dust cleared, Goten was still standing, blocking Bra and the others with his own damaged body, which he'd upped to Super Saiyan form.

"You're not Gohan!" Goten raged.

"Oh yes I am. But I am also Naturon Shenron! And I will be taking those balls!" Gohan's eyes glowed an unearthly color.

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Uub had traveled several miles before he noticed the chi behind him. He looked over his shoulder and saw Pan, her body swathed in the red aura of Kaio-Ken, trailing behind him.

"He's my grandpa, too!" Pan yelled when she saw him looking.

He didn't feel the need to argue. She must have sensed how weak Goku was too.

They carried on until they saw him in the distance. He was indeed in his SS3 form, his blonde hair hanging down to his knees, his body surrounded in both a golden aura and chain lightning.

He was the most powerful being in existence, and he was losing to the head of the Dragons.

Uub didn't know how he knew that this creature was their leader. Perhaps it was simply the fact that Goku was fighting him, and so he must be the biggest and strongest. But there was something else, Uub sense, deep in his mind he knew this monster for what he was.

He was certainly a sight to behold. His armored body was bone-white, with several spikes and horns protruding from various joints.

For the first time since his battle with Pikon, Uub felt the Cold. That sense of hopelessness and fear.

He didn't let it stop him.

As if sensing their approach, Goku turned towards them. He waving his hand and tried to tell them to go back.

"Not a chance!" both Uub and Pan shouted as one.

Uub blew past Goku and body slammed the Dragon, taking him by complete surprise. He wasn't expecting to be hurt, Uub thought, so better make this count.

Uub unleashed a fury of blows that all connected and did damage to the beast. Finishing off with a devastating Kamehameha to the face that sent the Dragon sprawling for miles, landing finally in the ocean.

Goku stared at him with his mouth open for a minute. "Um… what?"

"These guys are from outside our universe and everybody else's chi does nothing against them and I'm the only one who can hurt them for some reason!" Uub shouted in one breath.

"Do what?" Goku started. "The Kais didn't tell us anything about that! What a rip-off!"

"Don't worry," Uub said. "We've got a plan. But in the meantime I can hold this guy off!'

"I dunno about that, Uub," Goku worried. "I don't want you to get too carried away."

"It's okay; I already fought one of these guys and raised my power level, so I might not need to go too much higher for this one."

"I killed two of them!" Pan said.

"What!?" Goku's mouth dropped.

Unexpectedly, a beam of energy knifed up through the water, and struck Pan right through the heart.

She hung in the sky for a moment, too shocked to react. Then she began to fall out of the sky.

"PAN!!!" Uub screamed in terror and rage, the chains that bound his inner monster quickly coming undone.

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S-Shield's notes

Got to see the main guys again, huh? Not bad.

Yes, I changed Naturon Shenron's power from absorption to body-possession. I didn't think anyone would care.

Thanks for reading.