((I want to thank all of my fans who have been with me up to this point, I am now continuing the story and wanted to say Thanks to you all for your support and inspiration. My last HD broke down which had DBZ on it, but I have DBZ again and my inspiration back. I will try to avoid having another incident like this from happening again.))
Chapter 13: Fight of Family
Hanabi looked at Goku, he looked pretty tough, but she wasn't entirely sure he was yet, was he strong enough to beat Vegeta, Hanabi herself knew that she beat Nappa because her great technique's shut his Tenketsu before he had a chance too totally power up, but then again, she knew what Nappa had in reserves, she had seen in with her Byakugan, and even if he would have been able to power up she would have been able to put it back down if her attack connected, and Nappa, as Hanabi knew wasn't that fast.
"Hey, hold on a second!" Hanabi looked seeing Goku walk over, "You did really good against Nappa." He said to Hanabi, "Real good!?" shouted Krillen, "She did him out somehow in a few hits!"
Hanabi looked at Goku, then back down at Gohan who was staring his eyes kind of wide, "Daddy?" Gohan said, "Gohan." Goku responded, "DADDY!" Gohan ran to Goku embracing his father, "It was horrible, First they showed up and then they killed Tien an-" Goku put a hand on Gohan's head, "It's okay now, I'm here, everything will be all right." Gohan looked worried still, "I've heard of him from Hanabi, he's strong, a lot stronger then the big guy." Gohan said.
Hanabi nodded, thinking about it, she said she wouldn't get in the way of his fight, but then again, she didn't even know if he was strong enough, "HEY VEGETA!" Hanabi shouted towards Vegeta, "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT, I'M GONNA FIGHT HIM AND IF HE CAN'T BEAT ME THEN I'M GONNA FIGHT YOU!" Krillen fell over, "WHAT?!" Krillen shouted horrified, "You two are gonna ha-" Hanabi glared at Krillen leaping back.
Vegeta looked vexed, more sitting and waiting, "Tch. Should just blast her and be done with it too." he muttered, "I'M TIRED OF WAITING, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SEVERAL HOURS!" Hanabi smiled back "HE KILLED RADITZ AND I'VE BEEN WAITING TOO SEE HOW STRONG HE IS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR!" She hollered back at Vegeta, "FINE! HAVE IT YOUR WAY!" Vegeta was curious as to how strong Hanabi had gotten, and to how strong Kakarot had become sense fighting Raditz, it would really bum him out if he turned out to be weaker then Hanabi.
"But you said you wouldn't get in the way of my fight!" Goku said, "Yeah. I lost one brother already, I don't wanna throw you away if you can't win." Goku frowned for a second looking at her, her white eyes where pure, not like the cracked fury when she had fought Nappa or the sadness ridden eyes he had seen when she saw Raditz dieing, "All right, I won't hold back." said Goku to her.
Hanabi took off into the air flying over towards Vegeta landing on the ground near him, a ways away from Goku's Friend and Family, "Whenever you're ready." she muttered getting into her fighting stance.
Goku started to walk towards Hanabi, "Bu-But Daddy, she's powerful, she took out the Big guy fast, what if you loose?" Goku looked at Gohan, he had seen the fight himself, he smiled, "I won't loose." Gohan could have been more nervous but he had trained with her and knew she was honorable and wouldn't kill Goku, but the other one, Vegeta would. He gulped stepping back.
"HEY, What's the deal!? You're gonna get in his way after he helped heal you?" Krillen let out at Hanabi, his voice clear, even from the distance away, Hanabi looked, "If he can't beat me, he can't beat Prince Vegeta." she said turning her head looking at Vegeta, Hanabi had seen Vegeta reduce a planet to dust, she knew the energies held within the warrior where vast, and while her own powers where greater then they had ever been, she didn't think she could destroy a world.
Goku stepped forward "HAAAAAAAAA!!!" He started a white energy seeming to move out of him as he walked towards Hanabi, charging his energy, Hanabi felt the air almost tremble and the ground shaking as the loose dust and rocks around her started to get lifted into the air by the energy from Goku, Hanabi smiled, this was what she wanted, He was able to call up this much power right on spot.
Hanabi moved her hands together moving them in a few seals, "BYAKUGAN!" the veins around her eyes enlarging flowing extra blood to her eyes and channeling her bodies Chakra into her eyes. To her vision things except energy lost color, Goku was glowing a brilliant blue and his Tenketsu where glowing vibrantly easily channeling the energy.
Vegeta saw the energy rising and reached up flicking on his scouter, "Five Thousand, Seven Thousand... Nine Thousand." he muttered under his breath, "How, how did he gain so much power in such a short amount of time?!" He asked, "Just a year ago he couldn't beat Raditz and now this!" he said to himself.
Hanabi looked over at Vegeta, "Hey, Vegeta, what's his power level?" Hanabi shouted, Vegeta looked outraged grabbing his scouter in his hand crushing it as he shouted, "IT'S OVER NINE THOOOUSAAAAAAND!!!" Hanabi's eyes widened with the moment, "Nine Thousand, that can't be right!" she said, turning back to Goku, her seeing the energy lay bare with her own eyes, "But it is." Hanabi smiled at Goku rising her hand up a few inches suddenly aiming her palm at Goku charging an energy blast, it growing to the size of Goku's head, suddenly getting bigger her releasing it at Goku.
Goku seeing the blast come put some energy into his palm knocking it off course into a rock cliff about forty feet away, the energy exploding disintegrating the cliff like butter under a Flamethrower.
Hanabi frowned to herself, if his power level was over nine thousand then she was pushing bad odds at best, but then again, she was pushing worse odds in her Genin Exams. Hanabi smiled at Goku lowering her stance a little farther, "Come On." She Challenged to Goku who got into his own fighting stance.
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Mr. Popo, a little obsidian skinned companion to Kami the Guardian of Earth looked worriedly at Kami and Piccolo, "But Kami, if Piccolo goes into the Afterworld then what will happen to you?" The Elderly guardian smiled at his companion and old friend, "You have been a good friend, Mr. Popo, over the years I could not have found a companion I trust more then you." This did not relive Mr. Popo, the words of Kami sounded like a final epitaph like he was dieing or something, "If Piccolo leaves this world then I cannot live here, it is the same the other way around, one of us cannot be in the land of the dead while the other is in the land of the living." said Kami.
Tears where in Mr. Popo's eyes looking at his old master and best friend, "Keep the earth safe while I am away old friend." With that Kami started to fade out becoming transparent.
Kami saw his teary eyed companion running yelling "KAMI!!!!" before the scenery changed to that of the Checkpoint to the afterlife.
Piccolo stood glaring at King Yemma, "He what!?" King Yemma sharply replied, "What I told you, he tricked me, but the jokes on him. Hehe." King Yemma smiled, "He ran down Snake Way thinking it was the path back too earth, without directions he's gonna end up at the home of my Sensei, King Kai, then when he's sent back here, we'll see who's laughing. HAHAHA!" King Yemma's laughter was booming and deep as Piccolo's expression turned darker and darker.
Piccolo suddenly smiled remembering the power difference between himself and Raditz, "Well, I guess I'll just head him off, he wasn't that fast from what I remember." Said Piccolo who knew he could travel about eight times faster then Raditz could at the time of his death.
King Yemma stared at Piccolo, "You're the one who killed him, oh yeah..." he said looking at him, seeing he didn't have a halo over his head, and in the background stood Kami, he understood what this was over, "Well, Good Luck, You'll need it." he muttered, "He's been stealing my fruit and racing out of the HFIL for the past year." He said to which Piccolo scoffed, "What's so great about HFIL?" King Yemma shook his head, "Nothing, It's the 'Home For Infinite Losers.'" Piccolo laughed, "So he's been racing out of a place for Infinite Losers and stealing fruit." King Yemma frowned, "My fruit increases someones power and speed by large amounts, and he's been eating it every day, and the distance between HFIL and here would take you three days to travel at your current speed." He said, correctly estimating Piccolo's power, "He Can make the trip in a few hours now. You'd best wait for him to return." King Yemma sighed suddenly, "If he accidentally lands on King Kai's Planet, he won't return for a long, long time!" he said suddenly, "You have to go get him!"
Piccolo frowned looking at snake way, it was simple, fly to the end, wherever it led, "Oh, and while you're over Snake Way you can't fly." Piccolo frowned, "How in the-" King Yemma shrugged, "It's just the way it works." Piccolo's frown, if possible got darker as he took off down the path after Raditz, still wondering if this was even worth it, even it was to pay off a debt to Hanabi for saving his life.
Kami looked at King Yemma as Piccolo ran off, "This is for the best." King Yemma nodded, "There gonna need all the training King Kai can give them if they are to stand up to the real threats that lay before them."
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Hanabi looked at Goku with her white eyes, smiling, "Here goes nothing." she said suddenly charging towards Goku rocketing across the ground an inch above it kicking up a dust cloud behind herself shooting a fist towards Goku's gut. However, Goku seeing the attack come twisted too the side a bit, Hanabi shooting past him, him moving to sink an elbow into her side but her flying past instead of staying to get hit. Goku watched Hanabi spin in mid air aiming her fingers at him, a sudden bolt of energy flying from them into four small beams at Goku.
Goku stopped moving and put his arms to his side, "Here goes nothing, HAAAA!!!" He shouted the four energy beams colliding with him bursting apart on Goku's Focus shield.
"Hi-Chakra-Tate?" Hanabi asked herself, remembering her own focus shield that worked exactly like that, but frowned, no, it wasn't that, Goku's shield like hers, was self taught. Hanabi grinned to herself, Goku must have been training like hell.
Hanabi then sprang forward shooting a barrage of quick punches at Goku, a blur to the eyes, Goku matching the motions swiftly with his blocks as Hanabi made attack after attack into the warrior. Goku dodging each of the attacks deftly easily sliding out of the way of the moves, him moving a quick strike sending Hanabi flying downward crashing into the ground.
Hanabi spiraled downward rolling with the momentum striking the ground with her arm and leg spreading the force of the impact causing the ground under her to crack. It took her a moment to shake her head to wave of the slight blurring effect of the impact but she stood letting out a grunt of pain, looking up at Goku, she closed her eyes a moment focusing increasing the flow of Chakra to her eyes again, the last hit was so fast that she almost didn't see it. But now things seemed a little slower, she slowly rooted her stance aiming her hand at Goku letting air flow into her lungs taking in a deep breath, Suddenly she let the air out in a blasting roar that caused the air around her to suddenly part, pushing away from her, the energy in her own body charging quickly as she readied for her best techniques. She couldn't hold back against Goku and hold a chance, but if she did her best, Hanabi knew she may yet just win.
Hanabi opened her eyes slowly spreading her hands outwards, she needed sustained power, not the sudden burst of power she had with Nappa, and she knew she could get enough speed with this technique too overwhelm Goku, "Hakke Hyakunijuuhachishou (Eight Divination Signs, One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms of the Hand)" In an instant the world around Hanabi went black, the technique she was performing eliminating the quickest path silently to her body too land it's techniques on Goku, as if to her the field between her and Goku had become a Diagram.
Vegeta looked as Hanabi extended her stance, he remembered this Technique, when it had hit it was quite painful and had somehow sapped his energy and at the same time it had increased her speed to a level that would have been impossible for her to attain otherwise without it.
Goku saw her change her fighting stance completely and aimed his palms at her, "Kame-Hame-" Goku pulled his palms to his side aiming them into each other a ball of reddish energy appearing inside of them.
Hanabi looked at the energy seeing it's circular flow she aimed her palms at Goku, "Kame-" She focused matching the flow of energy but instead of putting her Ki into it she flowed her chakra in a light round flow, "Hame-" she continued.
Goku's eyes widened slightly but then he grinned seeing her following his technique "To slow!" He said "HA!" he finished aiming his hands at Hanabi the energy shooting into a red beam towards her.
Hanabi knew if the beam hit it would probably knock her out, and it didn't even look like it tired out Goku, the beam streaked Hanabi aiming her hands, "TENTAU (Counter)" she shouted aiming her palms matching the shooting part of Goku's attacks motion his Kamehameha hitting into her palms. Instead of pushing her back, being deflected or knocking her out, the energy caught into her palms rounding back out into a ball, "HA!" suddenly the ball of Goku's energy on her palms shot back at Goku.
Goku was stunned that she had copied and sent his attack back at her, he suddenly did his full motion again, "Kamehameha!" He said suddenly shooting a second blast into the first, the two colliding right in front of Goku.
Vegeta's eyes widened as he raised an arm to keep degree and dirt from flying right back into his face, "Man, How did he counter that? It was right in his face!" He said to himself, reaching to check his scouter to see Hanabi's power level, twitching slightly when it wasn't there...
Krillen and Gohan where pushed back by the wind pressure of the the Kamehameha's Colliding on each other, Krillen raising a hand blocking his face, "OH MAN!? WHAT A POWER!" He shouted over the rushing air, Gohan being pushed back seeing the smoke clearing and his dad floating in the air, totally fine, "That's my... daddy!" he said smiling seeing Hanabi looked kind of tired, "Is... she." Krillen nodded, "Yeah, I think Goku has this one in the Bag!"
Hanabi smiled looking up at Goku putting her foot on the ground crouching into her extended stance.
Before her eyes, Goku looked like he was crawling now, after her training with Vegeta it wasn't like when she had used it on him, Her body was faster, could follow now, and for her own speed increasing the rate at which her eyes saw had also increased.
Goku looked down at Hanabi and blinked a second and when he opened his eyes she had appeared right in front of him throwing two strikes, He moved deflecting the two strikes but then she vanished again throwing two balls of energy at him, he moved to deflect those but saw her above him shooting two more, dissipating and reappearing faster then he could see. He was spinning and dodging the balls of energy by a mere hair's breath, "What is that?!" he asked in shock.
Hanabi focused pulling her hands to her side seeing Goku slowly rotating to face her, "Kame-Hame-HA!" Each Kamehameha took Five Motions, one to gather the energy and four for the physical motions to Gather, Aim and Project the attack, Ki attacks where so simple compared to Jutsu, but highly effective.
"She's using my Technique!?" He said suddenly noticing her motions where identical to the ones he used to shoot at her.
Hanabi vanished appearing in a different spot shooting another one, "Kamehameha!" she had memorized the motion, she appeared and kept vanishing projecting the attack over and over again around Goku from all sides.
Vegeta's Eyes went wide seeing what looked like twenty Hanabi's in the air appearing and disappearing all seeming to shoot the technique at the same time. "When did she get so fast?!" He remembered that when she used that Technique on him that short year and a quarter ago she was fast, but not that fast, and she didn't have that much energy either.
Goku knew he couldn't dodge or block that much energy and taking the hits would hurt him too much before his fight with Vegeta, he knew if he let those hit that he probably wouldn't be able to win against Vegeta and would make his fight with Hanabi too costly, "It's now or never!" he said, "KAIOKEN ATTACK!" he shouted red energy engulfing him. He disappeared and Appeared next to Hanabi throwing a punch at her.
Hanabi seeing his motion increase moved blocking the punch, then Goku moving behind her hitting again, and again, as she spun blocking each attack, things where speeding up again she realized, performing all twenty of those Kamehameha attacks at once and memorizing had taxed the motions, she was already having a hard time Keeping up, suddenly the blackness engulfing everything in her eyes shattered the green diagram dissipating and her technique ending. Suddenly Goku was a blur a fist sinking into her gut sending her flying downward and Goku zipping past her landing under her where she would land.
Hanabi closed her eyes expecting to feel a hit on her back, some pain and then unconsciousness but instead she felt herself land in Goku's arms, she looked up seeing Goku's face, kind of blurry sense he had again used up all of her energy, "But I'm not... unconscious yet." She said to him.
Goku looked down at her smiling, "You've lost, but you're really good, I was worried for a minute there. If you technique hadn't ended I dunno what I would have done." he said to her, setting her down on the ground, smiling at her. "You're really strong. After Fighting Nappa, and the previous battle you've been through, I'm surprised you had that in you. I'm glad you're on our side!"
Krillen flew over to Goku, "Goku, that was awesome! King Kai must have taught you that one!" Goku nodded at Krillen, "Yeah." Hanabi focused rolling out of Goku's arms onto her feet, "How... did you do that?" she asked panting slightly, "It's almost like..." Goku smiled, "It's an upsurge of energy, everything is heightened, Strength, Sight, Hearing. You sort of become like a Super Self, but only for a short while so you gotta be quick. Wasn't your technique the Kaioken?" asked after explaining how his worked. Hanabi laughed lowly hearing that, "Nothing like it." She said to him. "The reason it is called 'Hakke Hyakunijuuhachishou (Eight Divination Signs, One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms of the Hand)' was because it channels eight different powers, First it allows the User to see Inside and Outside of the opponent at once, all there movements could be easily tracked in slow motion with the eye, where it was, and where it would go, It allowed the user to see within themselves Outside and In with as much focus allowing them to ideally channel all energy within themselves and match there opponent, the only technique better then this to sync and match an opponents movement and energy was the legendary Sharingan of the Extinct Clan Uchiha. Aside from that it also showed quick movement paths allowing for the path of maximum power, as well as removing all redundant motion naturally from the users movement. It's also it's own separate attack and defense technique running chakra along the entire body like a shield and a weapon at once from all of the Energy Points in the body, or Tenketsu as they are called. This technique is the Treasure of the Head Family and the reason for the One-Hundred and Twenty-Eight Strikes was because that was how many movements the technique could manage before it would break down on itself and end, before the consistent flow of energy would collapse back into it's own normal flow. Of my family, only the Elders, my Father, My older Cousin Neji and myself can perform it."
Goku laughed hearing the description, he realized he was totally off, "That's Incredible! I'd have never figured out that such a technique like that was even possible. No wonder could keep up as well as you did." He was smiling ear to ear at her, seeing she was already on her feet, "You've got pretty good stamina as well, so how about it, can I fight him now?" Hanabi started laughing, "You beat me fair and square and I saw all I needed too."
Goku looked at Gohan and Krillen, "Gohan, Krillen, you two stay back." Gohan frowned and shook his head, "No dad, I'll fight alongside of you!" Krillen looked at Goku, Hanabi then back at Vegeta who was watching patently, "No Gohan, lets do what your father says, He's incredible, probably the strongest fighter on the Planet." Krillen stated clearly, "We'd just get in his way and that guy." Hanabi piped in, "Vegeta." "Vegeta, could use one of us as a hostage against your father." Gohan looked sad and sort of desperate, "I-is that true?" he asked, wincing slightly reflexively expecting Hanabi to hit him over the head, a hit that never came. "Yes Gohan, I'm afraid so." Goku replied solemnly, "Besides Gohan, we made a great team!"
Vegeta was standing there, most people didn't think he could hear what was going on, but he did, it was why he was silent for the most part, but now that the explanations of the different techniques where over the conversation had Degraded into semantic rubbish and emotional drudgery, "HEY KAKAROT, I THOUGHT WE WHERE GOING TO FIGHT IN THIS CENTURY!" He shouted rudely at the group.
Goku stared back at Vegeta, "Man, what a guy, it's a shame he's so determined too be on the side of Evil." he stated smiling, he was interrupted when he looked down and saw Krillen sticking his hand out towards him, "Goku, you're my best friend, we grew up together, lets just make sure we... grow old together." he said to Goku, "You bet." he said to Krillen, taking his hand shaking it. With that Goku turned and put his hand on Gohan's head, "You've grown really strong, I'm really proud of you." Gohan sniffed, "Daddy." Hanabi looked at the three making there sentiments known, staying out of it herself.
Goku turned flying down to Vegeta, "Let's do this, but not here, I know a better spot." Vegeta grinned now that it was finally his turn, he had been waiting what he thought was quite patently, "Not yet." he said, deciding to show Goku up, he pointed at Hanabi who flew over, "Yes Vegeta?" Vegeta smiled hearing her reply brief but it still held respect for him, "I'm your master, and this is a rare opportunity for you to watch how the greatest warrior in the universe fights." Hanabi grinned, "I wouldn't miss it." she said, she had never seen Vegeta fight before, and knew it would be interesting in the vary least to see him against a warrior of his own Caliber. Goku looked like he was about to object but he looked at Hanabi's face and realized he wasn't going to be able to stop her from watching so he took off, "This way." Vegeta followed, "Wherever you want."
Hanabi was about to take off when she heard Krillen fly over saying, "Where are you going, Goku told us to retreat." Hanabi realized that he had missed the conversation, "No, he told 'you two' not to follow." she said to them taking off after Goku and Vegeta disappearing in a blaze of white energy on there trail.
Krillen looked at Gohan and they started flying away, "Let's get back to Master Roshi's Place." Said Krillen to Gohan, Gohan looked at Krillen, "I dunno, shouldn't we be fighting? Hanabi taught me that I shouldn't run away." Krillen frowned, "I know, I don't like it either, but we have no choice in the matter, lets do what your father says." Krillen suddenly smiled, "Besides, you and are a great team, don't you think?" Gohan suddenly smiled laughing, "YEAH!" Taking off after Krillen faster. They both knew however that they could fly away faster, but they really didn't want to leave so they both flew kind of slow.