Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. Dragon Ball Z belongs to Akira Toriyama.
Previously on Goku's New Adventure:
"Then that means that…everyone thought that I was the Demon Lord," said Kuririn as he realized what those words meant. All those harsh times at the temple, all those people acting nice and then stabbing in the back by trying to kill him, it was all because he was the 'key.' Kuririn broke down crying. He was alone. No one cared for him. No one was his friend. Not even Goku. All of them knew that he was monster and just tried to be nice with him so they could kill later.
"Oh shut up!" yelled Piccolo as he punched Kuririn in the gut causing him to spew out some bile. "I don't want to hear your crying. It's annoying. But I will ease your pain when the process is done causing you to die. HAHAHAHAHAH!"
Kuririn didn't fight back anymore. He didn't care if he lived or die. He would prefer death more than living now knowing that he was a monster. He was alone.
Piccolo walked away to get started on breaking the seal however he was interrupted when Tambourine came in. "My lord!"
"What is it Tambourine?"
"Muten Roshi and the shinobi are outside the temple!"
"What? Stop them, don't let them get near here especially Muten Roshi!"
"Yes sir!"
Outside the Temple
The group had arrived at the Demon temple. But before they could even start on a plan of strategy, Goku rushed in ahead, screaming out, "I'm coming to save you Kuririn! Just hang on!
Chapter 14: "Battle Royale"
"YOU DUMBASS!" yelled Sakura as she hit Goku hard on the head. "Whatever happened to surprise attack dumbass!"
"Um…sorry," replied Goku with a grin. "I really want to save Kuririn that's all."
"All of us do Goku," said Kakashi as he walked up to the two shinobis, "but we need a plan in order to do that. We can't just barge into somewhere without a plan. Especially if we are trying to sneak in here."
"Your ninja skills are lacking dufuss," said Sasuke.
"What was that?" asked Goku in anger as he clenched his fists in front of Sasuke, his chief rival.
"Planning doesn't matter anymore," said Roshi in seriousness as he looked up the stairs to see figure standing before them. "They knew we were coming anyways. Look up there." Everyone turned their heads upwards and saw the mysterious figure jump down to their level. It was Tambourine!
"Welcome to the Demon Temple!" said Tambourine with pride. "Here is where the Great Demon Lord Slug rests and will rise again!"
"Not if we have anything to say about it!" said Goku as he got into a fighting stance, ready to take him on. However, he was stopped when Roshi put out his hand in front of Goku.
"Where are your comrades?" asked the Turtle Hermit.
"In the lower levels," replied the green monster. "This temple has three levels, each one guarded by my brothers, Drum and Cymbal and the last one guarded by Piccolo, our great master."
"I see," said Sasuke as he stepped in front of the group. "So it basically can become one on one match if we want to right?"
"Yes you can do it that way but I wouldn't recommend it. Each of us is very strong," said Tambourine.
"Ok then, I'll be your opponent to fight you personally," said the cocky Uchiha.
"What?" asked everyone out loud.
"Sasuke, this is no time to be strong. We have to take each one out together," said Sakura since she didn't want to fight one of these monsters one on one. She might get killed!
"No," responded Sasuke, "cause the more time we spend fighting each one together, the more time Piccolo has to revive Slug."
"I see," said Roshi. "By doing the one on one matches, we can cut down on the time and catch up to Piccolo before he can revive Slug." Sasuke nodded in agreement.
"Ok then, Sasuke I'll leave it in your capable hands then," said Kakashi. The gang then went ahead up the stairs, bypassing Tambourine on the way up.
"Don't die Sasuke!" yelled Sakura, hoping her crush can win against these monsters.
"Don't you dare lose like last time! I still want to have our semi-final match that we didn't get to have!" yelled Goku.
"Whatever loser," shrugged the Uchiha as he stared down at his opponent.
The room was silent, speaking-wise since the footsteps of the gang could still be heard. After the noise of the footsteps was gone, both fighters got into their fighting stance. "Before we begin fighting, I am curious to know your name?" asked the green monster.
"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. Yours?"
"Tambourine."
The two continued to stare at each other until finally both of them moved at the same time. Both did a series of hand signs and chanted out their attacks. "Fire style: Fireball jutsu!"
Both spat out a ball of fire heading at each other. The balls collided, causing an explosion on the floor. As the dust cleared, Sasuke got up and did another series of hand signs and again chanted: "Fire style: Fireball jutsu!"
However, his opponent this time didn't use the same attack. He jumped in the air to avoid the fireball and opened his mouth. "CHOU MAKOUHOU!" A beam of energy came out from his mouth and straight at Sasuke's position. Sasuke was able to dodge it at the last minute. As he stood up, Tambourine appeared in front of him and went for the face with a punch. Sasuke was able to dodge it at the last minute by doing a back-flip.
Sasuke was able to put some distance between him and Tambourine. "So you can do fire style ninjutsu?" asked Tambourine.
"That's right, why?" replied Sasuke.
"Because I can too!"
Meanwhile, the gang continued to go down the stairs. Sakura looked back down, worried about Sasuke. "Don't worry about Sasuke, Sakura," said a voice. Sakura turned her head to the direction of the voice and it was Kakashi who spoke. "He can handle himself. Trust him." Sakura nodded and the gang continued up the stairs, almost reaching the second level.
Sasuke and Tambourine were ready to resume their intensive battle, assaulting each other momentarily. When they were closer, both of the warriors crashed blows once again. The Uchiha boy and the green monster delivered rapid punches and high kicks. Sasuke and Tambourine ended with their fists collided, causing for shockwaves to occur, and moved away from each other afterwards.
As they put some distance between each other, Sasuke closed his eyes, concentrated and opened them revealing his Sharingan eyes! He then did a series of hand signs and chanted, "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" He spat a volley of small fireballs, flying wildly in every direction and assaulting Tambourine. Due to the tree climbing training that Sasuke did before, he was able to control the movements of the small fireballs using his chakra and his eyes. Tambourine was able to dodge most of them with some minor injuries until he noticed something amiss. He stopped moving, completely paralyzed in mid-air.
"What?" Tambourine yelled out loud as he looked around to see how he got trapped. Then he saw the wires in the room. Of course, he used that ninjutsu to cover the shurkien that held the wire! But the wires didn't hold on for long as Tambourine expelled some ki, ripping the wires apart. He disappeared, leaving Sasuke to concentrate for his position.
Then surprisingly Tambourine came with a punch to Sasuke's cheeks, but he grasped his attack, countering with a back-flip. Tambourine opted to perform random punches yet Sasuke swiftly evaded them all and countered with a driver punch. Tambourine blocked his move and followed with a responsive punch, blowing Goku away, sending the shinobi almost crashing to a wall. Sasuke rebounded and performed a flying high sidekick. Tambourine snickered under his breath, seeing Sasuke an inch away from him. The green monster then disappeared out of sight. Goku stopped and concentrated, using his Sharingan eyes to spot his opponent.
"Over here," Tambourine said and was right above Sasuke.
"HMPH!" Sasuke looked up, his eyes strengthening.
Tambourine almost did an elbow strike to Sasuke's head, but Sasuke quickly blocked his attack with his right hand. Tambourine and Sasuke let go of each other, delivering various punches and heavy blows. They pushed off each other, putting some distance between the two. Both fighters panted for breath. The two equalized warriors had approximately the same power and speed, making their battle interesting and intensive.
"What is up with your eyes?" asked Tambourine, curious about the strange eyes that Sasuke had.
"These are sharingan eyes, an ocular ninjutsu. I am able to read your movements and copy them to my discretion," replied Sasuke. "It's a skill unique only to the Uchiha clan."
"I see," responded Tambourine, "but so did that gray-hair man as well."
"What?" Sasuke flinched. How did he know that Kakashi have the sharingan eye as well.
"Judging by your reaction, I am right then. He has only one of them, but he isn't an Uchiha," said Tambourine as he grinned evilly. "So, if I beat you, I can steal your eyes and become a very powerful being. No one would be able to stop me from bringing darkness and glory to Lord Slug!"
"Dammit!" muttered Sasuke under his breath. This battle now became a battle of survival with the prize being Sharingan eyes. Sasuke can't afford to lose here. Not now when there is so much stuff that he needed to do! Sasuke and Tambourine continued to stare at each other.
The gang finally reached the second lower level. In front of them stood a fat figure with a dragon face, standing in the middle of the room. It was Cymbal! "Impressive that you made here! However I will stop you right now!" Cymbal started to flex his muscles and trying to intimate the gang.
The gang stared at them until finally Goku spoke up, "You're weak aren't?"
Cymbal stopped moving and started to nervously sweat. So he is actually weak! The gang said to themselves. "Still I am much stronger than any of you, especially that billboard brow."
"What did you say?" said an ominous voice. A red aura started to appear from behind the group as well as a large tick mark in the air. It was Sakura! "I think I can handle this," said Sakura, cracking her knuckles in rage. "If I defeat him, I can go back down and help out with Sasuke."
Goku and Roshi started to shake nervously. They knew full well Sakura's wrath and felt a bit of pity on Cymbal in that he was going to receive some major punishment. Kakashi nodded, "Okay Sakura. We will trust you in your capable hands."
"Got get them Sakura!" yelled Goku. Sakura did a thumbs up in agreement, thinking that she will win and then help out Sasuke. The rest of the gang went for the stairs to head for the second level.
The two opponents stared at each other for a while until finally Cymbal spoke up first, "So…I guess that makes you the weakest one of the group Billboard brow?"
BAM!
The wall formed some cracks due to the force of the punch that Sakura just gave. "Don't call me Billboard brow you freak!" She then got into her fighting stance, ready to take on her opponent. However she started to have doubts. Man…she said to herself, What I have gotten myself into? Even though this green thing is weak, I can't possibly defeat it. I mean, Sasuke can defeat it with a few blows. I am pretty sure that Goku could do it too and then she remembered something, something that Goku said before.
Flashback
In the fight against Zabuza
Goku then got into a sprinter's stance and ran towards the clone. Everyone was screaming for him to stop, that he was going to be killed. He didn't pay any attention. There was one thing in his mind. When Goku came close to the clone, the clone kicked Goku far back towards the other two genin. As Goku laid on the ground, motionless except for his hand grabbing some dirt, Sakura yelled at him, "What were you thinking, taking him by yourself! You think you are so cool, but we are genin. We can't just…"
Sakura stopped herself as she saw something. The tail attached to Goku's body, it moved up and down as he was getting up. Sakura couldn't believe what she just saw but she shook her head and stared at the other thing that caught her interest…Goku's hitai-ate. Goku was holding in his hand.
Goku finally stood up, panting as he spoke to the Zabuza clone, "Hey…you…the freak with no eyebrows? Got a new listing for your bingo book right here! A guy who is going to be the next Hokage of Konohagakure…" Goku put on his hitai-ate and stared at the clone, with fire in his eyes and got into his fighter stane, "Son Goku!"
In the Tenkaichi Budokai
"AHHH!" screamed Goku in pain as one of the wind slashes got him on the shoulder.
"Goku!" yelled Kuririn and Sakura together. Goku was in deep trouble.
Once he stepped back, putting some distance between him and Ikkaku, Goku held his shoulder as the wind sword gave him a flesh wound. Ikkaku held down his sword as he stared at Goku.
"Give up, boy," he said. Goku was panting. Maybe it was a good idea to give up.
Goku looked up with a grin and said to Ikkaku, "Can't do that. I won't ever give up! Besides it's time that I got serious too."
Ikkaku dropped his smile and had a serious look on his face as he spoke, "You sure talk big Goku. But I don't see where such confidence comes from!" Ikkaku then launches forward with his wind sword attack. Goku continued to dodge the sword attacks like before. And like before, he gets hit with a flesh wound and repeats the same pattern as before.
Sakura looked onto the battle and said out loud for Kakashi and Roshi to hear, "What is Goku doing? Doesn't he know that he can't keep dodging them all the time?"
"I wouldn't be too sure about that," responded Roshi.
"What do you mean?" asked Sakura.
"Just watch Sakura," said Kakashi in a stern voice. Sakura wasn't sure what she was supposed to see or look for?
As Goku gets hit again, Ikkaku said, "So, is bluffing all you can do? A rookie like you can't possibly keep up." But as soon as Ikkaku said it, Goku disappeared in a puff of smoke. In his place was a piece of the broken wall. Ikkaku gasped. "What?"
"You're wrong," said a voice. Ikkaku turns his head around to see Goku behind, punching him in the face. Ikkaku flews for a bit and lands on the stage, skidding. He looks up to see Goku in a fighting position, smiling. "I am already catching on."
End of Flashback
If Goku can do it, so can I. Sakura looked up at her opponent with fire burning behind her eyes, confident that she can do defeat Cymbal. She then went into a basic stance and waited.
The green monster pissed that this little girl was looking down on her, clenched his fists in anger. "Don't underestimate me girl!" Cymbal got into position and dashed forward, launching out his punch towards Sakura's face. Sakura was caught off guard at the sudden motion and took a glancing blow as she moved out of the way. She stumbled backwards, trying to ignore the throbbing in her head and concentrate.
"Nice try, girly!" said Cymbal as he led off again with a quick punch that was much slower, allowing Sakura to block it. She smiled to herself.
See? she told herself. I can do this!
Cymbal noticed the expression. "Don't get cocky, bitch!" He spun on his heel, following up his earlier attack and driving his other heel into her temple. Sakura yelped at the pain and was thrown to the ground, feeling as if her head was splitting from where she'd been hit. Her vision returned just in time to catch Cymbal's huge heel coming at her again in an axe kick that would've probably knocked her out, but she managed to roll away.
Sadly, Cymbal was still close enough to kick her in the back and send her bouncing away. Sakura staggered upright again and took up her stance, ready to face anything that came her way.
"Hm," remarked the dragon-faced green monster. "Persistent little girl aren't you." Sakura was silent in her response. "Fine, but don't blame me when you die."
Sakura snorted. "Who said I wanted you to hold back? I'm a shinobi and I'm not going to lose here! Not after we've come so far."
"Please. Lord Slug will be revived and you will be powerless to stop him and his army. You and your comrades are weak. There is nothing that you can do to stop Piccolo."
"I do know it," Sakura admitted, then a steely determination set itself in her eyes. "But I trust my comrades that they will succeed especially Sasuke and Goku. If anything they will kick Piccolo's ass when the time comes!"
Cymbal snorted as the two equalized combatants had a stare-down for a moment, vigilant and ready for any expected intentions.
Meanwhile, in the upper levels, Sasuke and Tambourine continued their fight. "Come back here!" Tambourine executed two petrifying driver punches, but, luckily, Sasuke grasped onto his attacks with his both hands. The green monster smiled as his eyes glowed and chanted, "SOUMASEN!" He fired two, thin laser beams at Sasuke, but the Uchiha prodigy bended his whole body to evade it. However he was unable to evade the shocking knee strike to his stomach by Tambourine. Tambourine tightened his fist and performed a high uppercut to Sasuke's chin. Before he could continue the attack, Sasuke momentarily disappeared. Tambourine stopped and looked around for his opponent.
Sasuke suddenly reappeared from above, giving a roundhouse kick. In response, Tambourine disappeared and reappeared behind his back, performing a knife hand chop. Sasuke smirked, disappearing as well. He then gave an elbow strike, but Tambourine blocked it. Sasuke then changed the attack with a front kick. Speedily, Tambourine blocked it as well. The equalized fighters continued to exchange blows at a fast pace once again. The Uchiha shinobi and the green monster performed several heavy blows and attacks, delivering combinations of rapid moves. Fortunately, Sasuke found an opening using his sharingan eyes and delivered a punch to Tambourine's chest, causing for him to get blown away. Tambourine crashed against the walls, but Sasuke knew this was not over yet; not yet still.
At the bottom temple floor, Piccolo started to do the preparations for the extraction of Kuririn's ki for the revival process. While preparing the scrolls and incantations, Piccolo momentarily looked up, sensing the three remaining fighters arriving at the third level. He smirked and turned his head towards Kuririn. "It's seems your friends are at the third level."
Kuririn said nothing in reply. He was still too shocked about what Piccolo had told him earlier. He was depressed. "It doesn't matter anyway," said Piccolo. "Drum will take care of them. And if not, I will. But let's begin shall we?" Piccolo then started to chant some incantations, causing an aura to appear around Kuririn.
Meanwhile, Goku, Roshi and Kakashi had reached the third lower level. Standing before them was a fat green figure. Well not as fat as Cymbal was but still fat. The three warriors stared at Drum, the remaining green monster before Piccolo. "I am impressed that you have made it this far."
"So you are weak too?" asked Goku.
"Hahaha," laughed the fat green monster. "You must be referring to my brothers. I am actually the strongest one before the great Piccolo." Then suddenly, Drum flinched. He felt something and smiled. "You are too late. The revival process has begun!"
"What?" yelled Goku. "No!" He dashed forward passing by Drum. But even before he could reach the stairs, Drum appeared in a flash, right next to him.
"DIE!"
Goku didn't have time to block or even evade the devastating punch from Drum. That is, until he was saved a quick Hatake Kakashi!
"Kakashi-sensei!"
"Go Goku! I'll hold him off here!" said Kakashi as he locked his kunai with Drum. Goku nodded and went down the stairs and so did Roshi. Once their footsteps were not heard anymore, the two warriors separated from each other. Drum grunted as Kakashi's kunai slashed into his arm, not deep enough to slash muscle, but enough to send blood flying. "Impressive," Drum said with a smirk, but inwardly he was scowling. How was he able to move so fast and block his attack so well? "What is your name?"
"Hatake Kakashi. Yours?"
"Drum," replied the fat green monster. The two opponents stared down at each other for a while, figuring out the next course of action. Kakashi grabbed his hitai-tae and began to lift it, revealing his sharingan eye. Drum wide-eyed a bit, curious to why his left eye was different. That is until he remembered hearing the conversation between Sasuke and Tambourine in the upper levels. "So that is the infamous Sharingan eye? Doesn't look that threatening."
Kakashi didn't deign to answer him, instead flinging a volley of shuriken at the fat green monster, which were quickly avoided. Drum smiled nastily as he congratulated himself on an excellent evasion, but his smile vanished as Kakashi blurred into being in front of him, kunai already slashing towards his neck. Drum wasn't fast enough in his evasion and the kunai opened a small cut on his neck that leaked blood. Drum snarled at Kakashi but mostly, he was angry at himself for not taking precautions against such a skilled opponent.
The Sharingan was going to prove to be a real problem. Drum then phased out and appeared in front of Kakashi and executed a quick elbow strike, but Kakashi blocked it quickly with his two hands, in a cross formation. Both of them pushed off of each other. Kakashi started to do a series of hand signs and chanted out, "Fire Style: Fireball jutsu!" He spat out a big fireball heading towards Drum.
Drum stopped himself and yelled out, "CHOU MAKOUHOU!" He opened his mouth and shot out a beam of energy towards the fireball, causing an explosion in the room. As the dust and light began to fade away, both fighters were exchanging blows. Both performed various punches, kicks, and techniques to knock themselves down: Kakashi using his ninja tools and Drum using his massive arms. With each move they delivered, each one had a response to it. If this was shown at the Tenkaichi Budokai, the crowd would be in awe. However there was no audience this time and this fight was to the death. The world was at stake.
Kakashi delivered a devastating straight punch, but Drum was able to grasp his attack. However Kakashi countered with a high front kick to Drum's chin, blowing him away into the wall. As the rubble came down on Drum's location, Kakashi took a deep breath and readied himself for the next round. He had to finish this quickly. Kakashi's Sharingan consumed a massive amount of chakra, limiting its time of use and its effectiveness. So in order to win this fight, he had to finish off Drum in one blow. But the chances of that one blow were close to nothing.
Drum then got up, pushing off the rubble that surrounded him and stared at Kakashi, angry. He dashed forward to Kakashi, ready to exchange blows once more. The blows were coming at fast speeds. Due to the speed and power of each blow, gusts of wind were blown. Both Drum and Kakashi executed knee strikes to each other and still kept on going. This battle would seem to never end.
Back on the upper levels, a loud chant was heard. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Sasuke launched and fired multiples of small homing fireballs at Tambourine. However, Tambourine was able to dodge all of them. As soon as Sasuke's attack was finished, Tambourine dashed towards Sasuke. Both warriors delivered to each other petrifying roundhouse kicks, sidekicks, front kicks, and different kinds of various combinations as well. Then both of them got some distance between each other.
While Sasuke thought about his next course of action, he saw Tambourine putting up his palm and pointing it at Sasuke. "SHOCKER FLATLINE!" A beam of lighting came out of Tambourine's palms and towards Sasuke.
Sasuke got caught in the beam since he was unable to dodge the attack in time. He was paralyzed and screaming in pain, "AHHHHHH!"
Tambourine smiled as he did a series of handsigns. "It has been a great fight Sasuke, but I think it is time that we ended this. Since you love fire style ninjutsu, I am sure you will love this next attack." He stopped the handsigns, took a deep breath and chanted out, "Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" He spat out a line of fire that was huge, running along the floors and towards Sasuke's position and engulfing him in flames! "HAHAHAHA!" laughed Tambourine.
In the lower level, Sakura kept trying to find a way to beat Cymbal. She was close to winning but Cymbal kept escaping. While he was escaping, Cymbal spotted a broken boulder and decided to grab it. Cymbal then threw at Sakura's position. Sakura, at the last moment, was able to dodge the boulder but a shadow fell over her. It was Cymbal! He took advantage of throwing the boulder and he had gotten in Sakura's blind spot and readied his next series of attacks. Sakura was about to attack him, but was too late to do so when Cymbal delivered an elbow strike to his face. Then Cymbal opened his mouth and prepared to fire a beam of energy at Sakura, who was still in mid-air unable to dodge the attack. "CHOU MAKOUHOU!" A beam of energy came out of the mouth and directly hit Sakura, resulting in a large explosion in the room.
Meanwhile, Goku and Roshi had reached the lower level where Piccolo and Kuririn were. Goku and Roshi looked on ahead and saw Piccolo standing before them and Kuririn behind him with a ki aura around the bald warrior. Goku clenched his fists and teeth in anger. "Bastard!" he screamed out. "Let Kuririn go!"
Piccolo grinned evilly. "Certainly. That is if you can defeat me."
"With pleasure," said Goku as he got into his fighting stance. However, he was knocked hard from behind, causing him to fall onto the ground, unable to move. He looked up to see who did this to him and it was Roshi! But why?
"Old man, why?" asked Goku.
"You are not ready for this Goku. Besides it is my burden to bear," responded the serious Turtle Hermit. Roshi then walked forward to where Piccolo was, staring down at his opponent and not letting him out of his sight.
"So the infamous Muten Roshi wants to challenge me? This should be interesting," said the green man.
Roshi stopped in front of Piccolo and go into his fighting stance. Piccolo smirked and he also got into a fighting position. Kuririn, meanwhile, looked up to see who was here. He saw the old man and Piccolo about to fight. He also saw Goku on the floor as well. What was Goku doing here?
A high tension was in the room. The floor and walls started to crumble due to the high energy in the room. Goku and Kuririn could only watch on this great match that was about to start. After a few moments, Roshi launched himself at Picoolo at dizzying speed, clearly not wanting to waste any time. He whipped at Piccolo with his arm, but the green man backed away in an attempt to avoid the strike. The old man continued with a roundhouse kick as his first attack missed its mark. The extended strike forced Piccolo to block rather than evade, which was exactly what the Muten Roshi was counting on. He struck his opponent with a double palm strike to his chest.
Piccolo was staggered by the blow. He gasped for air for a bit. In this state he seemed to be easy pickings for the Turtle Hermit as he attempted to follow up this attack with a strong kick. Shockingly Piccolo leapt over the old man, apparently not nearly as stunned as it first seemed. But then again, the old man had counted on this and quickly responded with a jumping kick that sent the mid-air Piccolo out towards the wall, partially destroying it.
Piccolo pushed off the rubble and smiled, twisting his arms. "Impressive. No wonder you are a great martial artist. However, this will not be enough to stop me."
"We will see about that."
Piccolo lunged at Roshi. Roshi however jumps in the air once Piccolo got close, and did a roundhouse kick. Piccolo did a handstand, and kicked Roshi's foot away, causing the Turtle Hermit to lose his midair balance. Roshi quickly putted his hand on the ground, and backflips away from Piccolo, who almost smashed Roshi with his fist. Piccolo then used his other hand to try and hit Roshi, but Roshi used his backhand to move it out of the way, and counter with a vertical kick across the Piccolo's jaw. "GUH!" Piccolo stumbled back as Roshi got in front of him and raised his fist. He then lowered it at Piccolo jumped in the air above his opposite and raised his fist, who could only block with his forearms, but that didn't do much as he was launched into the wall. Piccolo turned around in mid-air and pushed off hard against the wall.
Piccolo then tackles Roshi in midair and then kicks him down hard to the ground. Piccolo groggily tries to get up, only to have Piccolo kicked him across the face while he was still down, sending him flying towards the wall. Roshi was able to get back up to his feet, pushing off the rubble that was on top of him, though his nose was a little more crooked than it used to be.
Piccolo smiled. "You are weak old man."
This time Roshi didn't respond. He simply braced himself. Once more the green man dashed at his opponent with incredible speed. He connected with a blow from his left hand that went right through the old man…wait, right through him? What looked to Piccolo, Goku and Kuririn like Muten Roshi was apparently an illusion, some sort of After Image. Piccolo lost his concentration and started to look around for the Turtle Hermit.
"Behind you," was all Piccolo heard from the hermit before he was struck by a tremendous double chop to the back of his neck. Piccolo, after being attacked by Muten Roshi with such force took two steps forward before falling flat on his face.
Roshi, now standing over Piccolo's fallen form, gave a deep sigh of relief. "It's finally over." He started to walk until he felt something different in the room. The room felt heavy. He turned around to see Piccolo standing and angry.
Roshi backed away from the now standing Piccolo, genuinely surprised that he would be able to continue this fight. "Impossible…"
"Did you really think that weak attack could defeat me?" said a smirking Piccolo. "Well get ready!"
Muten Roshi got ready in his fighting stance, panting. Goku, who was still on the ground, trying to move, saw that something was wrong with Roshi. What was it?
Roshi dashed forward to where Piccolo was, who kept on smiling. The old man then realized something amiss but he was too late as he passed through an After Image of Piccolo. And just like last time Roshi appeared from behind with a powerful blow…that passed through an After Image of his intended target!
"What?" Roshi declared as he saw the real Piccolo coming at him from the corner of his eye. Apparently the Turtle Hermit had fallen right into Piccolo's trap!
"You fell for it!" Piccolo yelled as he struck the old man with a kick. Roshi rolled across the floor before he finally managed to get on his knees.
Roshi then charged at Piccolo, and delivered a right fist to Piccolo's face, who took the pain and countered with a right fist of his own, staggering Roshi for a couple of nanoseconds before he counters with a left fist on Piccolo's shoulder. Piccolo grabbed his shoulder in pain as he then ducked, and tripped Roshi to the ground with his leg. Piccolo jumped up in air above Roshi and intended to smash him with his feet. Roshi rolled out of the way, making Piccolo smash the floor, leaving a huge crack, as Roshi then got up and ran at his opponent.
Piccolo swung his fist at Roshi, who tried to block, but was surprised to see Piccolo had missed on purpose, and received a knee to the gut.
"AH!" Roshi fell to his knees as Piccolo then punched him on his right shoulder to the ground. Roshi fell on one knee while holding his right shoulder in pain. Piccolo then did a devastating punch to Roshi. Roshi went flying back into a wall, creating a huge dust screen upon crashing onto it. The dust cleared and it showed Roshi, semi-consciously on the floor. Piccolo laughed upon seeing this.
"HAHAHAHAHA! I knew you couldn't beat me." Piccolo laughed as he saw Roshi get up drunkenly. "You still want to fight? How pathetic. You are old and feeble. I am sure you have noticed it. You can never beat me!"
"Oh, yeah?" Roshi asked. "Then watch this!"
Roshi tore off his shirt, revealing a body covered with scars and apparently withered by age. But as Roshi concentrated, his body seemed to grow. Muscle formed on top of muscle, and new veins of power appeared.
"I've been saving this for such a special occasion!" Roshi explained. He began to bring his hands together at his sides in a familiar stance that Goku and Kuririn knew all too well.
"KA-ME-HA-ME-HA!" he shouted, throwing his hands forward.
An unstoppable tidal wave of liquid power rushed out of Roshi's body, completely swallowing up Piccolo and destroying half the wall in the room.
Goku covered his eyes from the dust as did Kuririn. As the dust cleared, Roshi could be seen, returned to his status as an old man, depleted. But that wasn't all. Piccolo still stood as well. His clothes torn and skin shredded, to be sure, but he was still alive.
"But, how?" Roshi mumbled.
"You didn't notice it but as the fight went on, you're power kept decreasing," Piccolo explained. "You are old and couldn't match me even if you wanted to. But now it is time for you to die!" Piccolo raised his hand and said, "BAKURIKIMAHA! EXPLODING POWERFUL DEMON WAVE!" From his hand came out an energy wave that consumed Roshi in an instant. However, Roshi was still standing but heavily injured. He faceplants the floor, unable to get up.
"NOOO!" Both Kuririn and Goku screamed. Goku was finally able to move and launched himself at the green man. Piccolo simply dodged Goku's every attack, finally slapping him away.
"Annoying fly," he muttered before firing another blast at Goku, seemingly killing him as well.
"Goku!" Kuririn screamed. He clenched his teeth in anger but as a consequence, his aura started to increase. Piccolo saw this and smiled. His plan to revive Lord Slug was going to be completed.
"Yes! Give in to your anger!" Piccolo said. He started to walk towards Kuririn, who was still angry it had died down. No one was coming to save him now. All hope was lost. And now Kuririn will be able to die the way destiny had set him up…alone.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAH" laughed Piccolo, excited that the revival will be completed soon. Just then, he felt as if he had been hit in the head with a boulder. When Piccolo arose, trying desperately to shake the blur out of his eyes, he gazed up at a small boy with messy hair, but something was different about him.
"You?" he started. "But I killed you!"
"No," Goku replied, his usually kind expression gone, replaced with a look of intense blood lust. "But you have taken away Kuririn and almost killed my friends. I'm here to stop you and free Kuririn!" A yellow aura of chakra formed around Goku. His hair had spiked up, giving the color black with a tint of red. His muscles bulked up and his skin became yellow. His eyes changed as well to yellow irises with a black pupil.
Roshi awoke, and felt as if his whole body was about to split open. The beating he took from Piccolo was so severe he found it difficult to lift himself up. But the sight that awaited him almost convinced the turtle hermit that he was still unconscious.
Piccolo was on his hands and knees, having been forced to the ground by some unstoppable power. Yet the only opponent present was the young boy named Goku, who stood over Piccolo, almost towering over him if he hadn't been so short.
Roshi couldn't believe his eyes. What kind of power did Goku have?
Piccolo rose, and dusted himself off. "Boy, you will live to regret that," he warned calmly.
"Well, you're half right," Goku allowed himself a wicked smirk, "I am going to live. But you? I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone, ever again."
The duo stared at each other, as silent seconds passed by that felt like an eternity.
Finally, Piccolo broke stance and charged Goku, bringing his hand down as if to chop the boy's head off with one swipe. Goku casually lifted his arm to block, stopping Piccolo's attack cold.
Piccolo's eyes widened in shock. His attacks had been avoided, dodged on occasion. A few people had even survived a direct hit. But no one had ever just stood there and taken his full power before now and not budged an inch.
"What are you?" he sneered.
"My name is Son Goku and I am going to Hokage someday!" replied the young Konohagakure shinobi, ready for the battle that lied ahead.
Will Goku be able to defeat Piccolo with his new powers? Will his teammates survive against their strong opponents? Don't miss the next chapter of "Goku's New Adventure!"
Author's note: Hey everyone! I updated pretty quickly since I had this planned out before hand while I was writing Chapter 13 so expect the next chapter soon. I want to thank everyone that has reviewed. You guys are awesome! Keep them coming! Peace!