Shift of Hearts, the first Dragon Ball Z / Tenchi Muyo! crossover posted here in about a year.
And the seventh in three years, I forgot to mention that.
By P. Dizzle tha Grand Champion
Disclaimer Stuff: This story is an original concept, I own none of the characters except the Madri Scholar (though his appearance and a slight part of his name were inspired by the Madri Priests from X-men Legends II), no money is being made off of this, I'm tired of putting that on all my stories, etc.
Rating: T, as is everything else I've done, just for safety purposes.
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Chapter 14: The True Definition of Saiyan Pride.
The Souja is one enormous piece of work. It is a battleship, and once it is flown between the moon and the earth, it will be most heavily noticed, and unable to be ignored by any of the Masaki clan members or Z warriors that happen to notice it Kagato most likely helped Washu with the creation of this magnificent piece of work. Then, after his kidnapping of Washu, the King Cobra used the ship as his base of operations for almost 5,000 years. Some of the most famous areas of the Souja are its chapel, hallway, waiting area, and "reverse world", though you can definitely notice the Souja via its exterior.
Now, the exterior of the Souja has a very interesting look to it. In case it hasn't been noted before, it looks like a giant cobra with gills the size of its body. It may seem kind of humorous for some, but it still makes for a cool effect. Underneath the "gills" is the main cannon of the Souja. The cannon's blasts have a ton of power behind them, so for any fool who Kagato may select as the target of the shot, or who get in the way, the best hope is to pray for a miracle… or actually be/be assisted by something like Kid Buu or a supremely powerful Super Saiyan that absolutely cannot be held back by anyone or anything. And that… actually, that no longer exists anywhere. The Souja is crowned at the top by a strange red ornament, that has no practical purpose for its existence, except for its resemblance to snake fangs.
As Ryoko, Ayeka, and Mihoshi found out way back during the first confrontation rematch on the Souja, when they blasted their way through the halls of the ship, the halls have homemade security guards rather than hired guns, in the form of gigantic robotic heads that have five laser cannons in their mouths. Though some may say they look funny, they are prepared to blast any intruders whenever necessary. All the halls lead to the waiting room, where people wait to be received by the lord of the Souja. There are two doors to either side of the room. One door peels apart the stone the entire height of the room and leads to the chapel. The other peels apart the same way, only it's thinner. The halls, which are straight, lead to this room though that still leaves the possibility of a warping in space-time. During the first confrontation rematch on the Souja, Mihoshi ended up in the "reverse" side of the Souja, where Washu was frozen in stasis. In the second door lies a black and white marbled portal, which is most likely a teleport device.
The chapel can basically be considered the place of worship/throne room, and is well known as the place where he plots and (in case of intruders) battles. As is the tradition of chapels, this one is also the home of his great pipe organ. It is distinguished from other pipe organs in that it is at least ten times bigger than a standard room, and that it actually may have the power to reveal some traps and move around the walls of the hallway. Kagato isn't exactly the most subtle of people sometimes, but he is the most effective. It also contains an hourglass-like jar that Kagato kept Ryoko trapped in while she was his slave underling. Most obviously, the Souja is one of the most powerful ships in the universe, if not the absolute best. The chapel throne is the most brightly shining area of the entire ship, fittingly noting its special distinction as one of the top marks in the entire universe. So as to make it appropriate that this chapel serves as the throne area and battleground on the Souja, Kagato made the chapel to have more space for said activities than anywhere else on the titanic ship. (not to be confused with that Titanic ship, which (reminder here!) blew to bits)
The "reverse world" of the Souja is really just an upside down dimension within the ship, that Mihoshi ended up in whilst the girls traveled the hallways in pursuit of Kagato in the first confrontation. It was also in the reverse version of Kagato's chapel here that he decided to place Washu a good number of centuries ago while she was in stasis, in order to ensure that she would not somehow awaken and step in his way. While that didn't work last time, for obvious reasons of dumb luck, it does not cause Kagato's confidence to waver any at all.
At this very moment in time, Kagato, Cell, Nagi, and Garlic Jr. stood outside the Souja admiring the towering ship on that certain dark planet within the neighboring solar system.
"I have to say, I misjudged the parts," Cell admitted with a smile, making no qualms about seeing that his ally was better than he thought. "Before I could see how they went together."
"Ah, yes. A much more fitting sanctuary for us than Kami's stinking tower," Garlic Jr. agreed, throwing out an insult at the Guardian's Lookout. Sure, it was at the top of the earth, and Garlic Jr. made his own dark green throne in its midst, but that place also contained the key to neutralizing his plan, and no good excuse for it. Not only that, it had too much "holy good guy" written all over it. This one, the Souja, actually had a small piece of darkness associated with it.
"So, this is what Ken-Ohki's fusing with?" Nagi asked, Kagato giving a nod of confidence as confirmation to the fact. Within Garlic Jr.'s hands, Ken-Ohki gave a more jovial yet still vile version of his usual "Chou!" sound, being perfectly happy about the opportunity that he was getting. The words that came out of Nagi's mouth in seeing the desire of Ken-Ohki reflected the thoughts of both her and her little animal partner in time: "Now I really want to all of those "honorable heroes" suffer."
"Let us all teleport to the chapel," Kagato instructed the group immediately following Nagi's words, finally prompting his allies to get a firsthand look at the glory of the Souja's chapel/throne room. Through Cell's instant transmission technique, the four of them finally landed at the chapel, right in front of the glowing golden throne of the incomparable mastermind himself.
However, there was one subtle and notable difference between this incarnation of the Souja and the last one: the fact that there was a stone pillar a few steps before the throne, with a glass dome on top of it, just as Garlic Jr. had prophesized. Upon noticing this, Nagi immediately looked down towards Garlic Jr.'s hands, tenderly yet carefully holding Ken-Ohki (a/n: well, as tenderly as an evil villain can) so as to ensure that the cabbit didn't suddenly injure himself further and become unfit for usage after having come so far in his recovery. It was at this very junction in time, when Garlic Jr. put on a dark smirk and walked towards the stone pillar. He then held up Ken-Ohki just above the pillar, and the glass dome disappeared. Finally, Garlic Jr. placed Ken-Ohki onto the pillar, after which the glass dome reappeared.
"Are you ready Ken-Ohki?" Nagi asked in a calling yell, knowing as the others did that this was indeed the final step towards the evolution of the master ship. Ken-Ohki did not answer with words, however: he answered the only way a truly concentrated cabbit can: by channeling up the energy inside him, and then releasing it in a furious scream. This sparked a tornado of power from Ken-Ohki that, thanks to the dome, did not extend anywhere outside it. However, that's not to say that the energy was completely needless, for soon, whether you were inside the Souja, or any other location from where you could even vaguely see the planet it was on, your eyes ran into a continuous array of bright flashes of light, which were followed up by an extreme explosion of yellow light. Once the light ran out, the silver parts of the ship now were more of a beige-golden touch, both on the inside and on the outside. Also, it seems that each part of the Souja became even larger than it had been before. Right then, Kagato and company recognized that this was the proof that Ken-Ohki's concentrated energy had indeed accomplished exactly what they had predicted it would: it made the already supremely powerful Souja become the even more domineering Ken-Souja.
"Finally, we will destroy the Z-senshi, and the Masaki's extended family, in order to accomplish our revenge and become the supreme beings of the universe," Cell predicted, the strong belief in his dark statement growing and protruding more and more, as his tone became increasingly louder and his pitch higher. "No one will stand in our way! No one can stop us! We shall rule over all!" The laughter echoed from him, and then from his partners, all across the universe, as the Ken-Souja waited to fly through space.
This scene was done in mid morning, during which every one of our heroes, in all locations, were attempting to get some sleep. In Yugi and Sakuya's room somewhere inside Washu's lab, however, one girl's sleep would become interrupted to severe degrees by this fact.
(In a dream, Yugi and all of her friends, the Z senshi and the Masaki clan, were all enjoying themselves in a certain piece of heaven that she had once created herself: the cherry blossom scene via which she reunited Sakuya and Tenchi for the last time before the Kumashiro Kid had heard all she needed to hear, and made the ultimate sacrifice, the decision by which she sealed her fate and began Yugi's transformation for the better.
Anyway, at this point in the dream, Ryoko went from talking to Raditz to quickly trying to harass Tenchi in front of Sakuya once again, which - because the two girls clicked so well as friends after Ryoko got rid of her jealousy problem - actually entertained Sakuya, adding to Ryoko's enjoyment of it after they both laughed. Even outside the dream, this was one of the trio's little codes, so that Ryoko could continue to spend some time with Tenchi but at the same time not take from his relationship with Sakuya. Among other things, Vegeta and Goku were competitively joshing around with each other while their wives socialized, Ayeka treated herself to some tea courtesy of her little sister, and the kid's tag team of Goten and Trunks fused into Gotenks and bothered Piccolo while he was trying to talk with Videl and Gohan. Then, the laugh came into her ears, and a large green blast of energy completely destroyed the cherry blossom scene and everyone in it except for Yugi.
She found herself back at her ice palace, the one from which she tried to take over the world when she was warped and misguided. She was scared. Visions of Hotsuma, Matori, and Tsugaru, her former servants, started appearing in the ice crystals around her, sending her backing into her former throne. All the while, the laugh continued echoing, and the four terrorists of the universe were soon surrounding her in giant stature.
"Get ready to return to the dark, Yugi," Kagato instructed her, with the evilest of smiles coming onto his face. "For you will never escape again!" Then, the fear that had already become written all over Yugi's face became even more obvious and striking. There was absolutely nothing beautiful about this scene at this point in time. The villains kept on creeping closer to her.
"No… no! Don't put me back in the dark! Please!" she pleaded with them, remembering the horrors of being sealed in a prison even tighter and darker than Ryoko's cave. "I don't want to live in the dark again! No! Get away from me!"
Then, the four of them laughed… actually, more like snickered. Before the devastating laugh of darkness fully developed once more, and soon, she could see a white hand with completely black fingernails extending towards her head…)
"NOOOOO!" Yugi screamed, now completely awake. Yet the fear she had just felt in her sleep was completely evident. She was sitting up in her bed, looking at her hands, and uncontrollably shivering as that cold feeling ran straight down her spine. The shock from hearing such loudness interfered with Sakuya's slumber, and that's quite an accomplishment considering Sakuya's bed is across the room from hers. Now, this room is not much bigger than Tenchi's room, but it was still something, to be able to awaken Sakuya as she was dreaming about Tenchi. Escaping from the sheets which covered her, Sakuya used all the energy she could possibly muster at this point in time and walked over to Yugi, concerned about the friend who had separated from her and given her a physical form.
"Yugi, what's wrong?" Sakuya asked, seeing that the girl was trembling within her own bed sheets.
"Aah!" Yugi screamed, going back down and huddling within her sheets. She still trembled out of her boots. Whatever nightmare she was having must have shaken her dearly.
"Umm… Yugi? What's wrong?" Sakuya asked as she tried to peer closer, before realizing that the physically younger girl was actually trying to form words while shaking uncontrollably underneath the sheets.
"Please don't put me in the dark… please don't put me in the dark… please don't put me in the dark…"
"Yugi!" Sakuya yelled in concern, reaching out to get Yugi's shoulder. Upon feeling the contact, however, Yugi sharply turned around and jerked away from Sakuya's touch, knocking her down. It was only upon hearing Sakuya's momentary scream that Yugi realized exactly what was going on, and finally concentrated enough to see that Sakuya was seated down on her backside, looking quite shocked and concerned about her. Realizing the error in judgment that had befallen her because of her dreams, Yugi bowed her head in shame.
"Sakuya, I… I'm so sorry. I just had this nightmare, and… Cell and Kagato and the others tried to put me in the dark…" Yugi tried to explain, the drama and fear evident in her voice. Tears began to well up in her eyes as well, though she wasn't exactly bawling her eyes out. As Yugi took the sheets out from over her and sat at the edge of the bed, Sakuya got up at last, then walked over to Yugi and cupped the icy blonde child's face into her arms, allowing her to feel the tears that finally started falling down the scared kid's face.
"There, there. It's all going to be okay," Sakuya reassured, the calm and peaceful tone to her aiding in that process, though she did ponder about an issue. Yugi… with these enemies running around, your fears have started jumping up again. I hope you can stay strong enough, in time for us to get rid of them.
Eventually, Yugi did gain solace from that moment, and she and Sakuya were able to get back to sleep. While the next day arose with much more confidence abounding than in those moments, on both the light and dark sides, the Land of the Supreme Kais featured an interesting conversation between Kibitoshin and Rou Dai Kaioshin (the Elder Supreme Kai), the only two remaining Supreme Kais of the Universe.
"For some reason, my ancestor, I sense something. Something very troubling," Kibitoshin began, the ominous quality apparent with each word.
"Yes, I know. I get the feeling that the horrors we've faced in the past will all be outdone," the Elder Kai seconded the thought and its notion.
"Do you think this is a deeper threat than the four we have now to worry about?" Kibitoshin asked, his stomach tingling at the very idea.
"No, I don't," the Elder Kai answered, leaving Kibitoshin dumbfounded with confusion.
"But sir! Didn't you just say that this threat may outdo all the ones the universe has ever faced?" Kibitoshin asked. To coincide with his point of confusion, the Elder Kai nodded his head in response, prompting the following reply. "Well, in that case, then how can this not be bigger than the threat we're dealing with right now?"
"Easy. I think this is associated with the threat we're dealing with right now," the Elder Kai explained. The "whoa" sound that came from Kibitoshin told his ancestor from fifteen generations ago that he was beginning to get the point. "From what I understand, the confrontations that occurred between Kagato and the Masaki clan mainly took place on Kagato's ship, the mega-powerful Souja. That being said, I don't believe there has been any mention of the Souja during any of the recent confrontations between the heroes and the four."
"So you're saying," Kibitoshin suspected, "that the Souja could be the source of this extra threat? That Kagato has rebuilt it, and possibly made it even stronger?"
"Yes. I'm positive that's exactly what's happened," the Old Kai answered, as well as formed his crystal ball. "But just to be sure, here. Take a good look at my crystal ball." He then dropped it on the ground, following which he and his fused descendant/descendant's aide sat down next to one another, though far enough not to obstruct each other's view of the structure. An image began to develop in that crystal ball, of a planet way out in space, in a totally different solar system from that of mother Earth. Just leaving that planet was a masterful piece of work: it was a gigantic example of a spaceship, one that was designed to look almost like a titanic cobra with gills for a body. It had a beige/golden color to it, and the power that they sensed from it, combined with the power they sensed from a certain four forces inside it, was the most devastating force of strength they have ever noted in the history of their lives.
"O… o… oh my gosh," Kibitoshin barely managed to utter, as his entire body shook in utter shock. "This is unspeakable. I've never seen any dark army amass that much power."
"Not even in my heyday!" the Elder Kai complained, shaking as well. Before he knew it, the Madri Scholar suddenly appeared, to his left. He and Kibitoshin looked in the direction of the all-seeing speed demon of the universe, and the acknowledgement of his presence was not exactly a very friendly one.
"You!" the Elder Kai yelled as he stormed to his feet. "You are one of the most ridiculous fools I have ever had to deal with! Ever! Not only does your job contain stalking the heroes of the universe and trying to help them whenever you see something that could possibly lead to that effect, but now you've finally made your first mistake, which might just lead to the catastrophic end of time! Sure, you may have intertwined two realms of heroes together, and in the process, I got to see even more pretty young girls, (Kibitoshin crashes down in disbelief) but even so, that was the worst decision ever!" Now, the Madri Scholar started feeling pretty defeated, like he had just failed himself, and the rest of the universe. With that in mind, he turned away and bowed his head in shame.
"I know. Now the Souja's back, and even more powerful than before," the Madri Scholar added to his own bashing, indicating that he was just as angry at himself for this maneuver. "Ah, great. I'm getting the feeling that each and every one of our lucks may have just run out. All because I had to be stupid enough to automatically jump to something like this just from thinking Raditz could reform."
"What?" the Supreme Kais both exclaimed, not believing what they were hearing. However, the Scholar merely disregarded the sounds of shock and continued to grumble about his mistakes.
"I should have been more careful than that, noted all the edges to the plan. Instead, I jumped at the opportunity for Goku to be reunited with his brother, and completely overlooked the possibility that somebody else was in hell, chomping at the bit for an opportunity to get out," he confessed, beating himself up about the whole thing. "Thanks to me and my stupid mistake, Cell was able to be set free, and he brought back Kagato, with a set of alien Dragon Balls whose wish sends negative energy onto a planet, which completely gobbles it up and destroys it the minute it accomplishes a full revolution! And to make things worse, Garlic Jr. also escaped, with more power, and even more cunning, and even more of a thirst for revenge than before! Not to mention the accident with Nagi. That was the first sign of darkness I overlooked. The minute Nagi and Ken-Ohki crashed into that reef was the moment they became evil… and it's because I had to be an idiot."
"Well, on the bright side, Madri Scholar, I think your objective worked," Kibitoshin finally spoke up, this time effectively stopping the Scholar's self-undoing tirade. "In your defense, you did get one thing accomplished. Not only is Raditz much stronger than before, he has reformed to our side. At least… I think so."
"I know so. But that isn't the point. The point is, that wasn't worth the rest of the end result! At this rate, Raditz reforming will mean nothing!" the Madri Scholar shot as he turned violently towards the Kais, continuing to defend himself against himself.
"Maybe there's something deeper to this than you think there is," Kibitoshin optimistically speculated out of nowhere in an attempt to lift the Scholar's spirit. "Maybe there's something else that we're supposed to discover. Something that can help us beat Cell and Kagato."
"I already know a secret that can help us defeat them, in the form of someone who's been living in a shed for about eight and a half years. But with a power-heightened Souja on their side, I fear that even he may not be enough," the Madri Scholar confessed in still-showing shame.
"Well, all we can do now is hope that the Z fighters, the Masaki clan, and whoever your little shoeshine boy is will have what it takes to destroy all of these villains, including their Souja," the Elder Kai stated.
"Guys, look. The Souja is now in the Earth's atmosphere, and someone's descending from it… and that someone is headed straight for the Capsule Corporation," Kibitoshin suddenly informed them, watching from the crystal ball that the Elder Kai had formed. The Elder Kai and the Madri Scholar then finally turned around, and the Scholar could immediately tell who it was as soon as he saw the black robe flowing in the wind.
"It's Nagi!" they exclaimed. As they could see overlooking the crystal ball, as soon as she got within proper range, she got out of that flying downward pose with a rolling somersault and landed on her feet right in front of the Corporation building. Vegeta and Bulma, at that time, were looking outside a window, and they saw the evilly reformed bounty hunter.
"Grrr… Nagi! That devil woman!" Vegeta noticed, an angry scowl coming on his face while his right hand closed into a clenched fist. Before Bulma could even get a word in, however, Vegeta flew outside the window and came down to confront Nagi. She looked at him, her face cold, serious, determined, and cleanly bent on destroying him, her eyes seeing him as one more reason she couldn't get to Ryoko. One more reason that she must vanquish, just like Krillin and Yamcha.
"So, you came here to look for me, huh?" Vegeta asked, his voice immediately warlike and serious as well. He saw her as the killer of Krillin and Yamcha, and somehow the key to the four's dominion over the universe. If only he knew exactly how he was correct…
"Now, you figured it out?" Nagi replied to his question with an inquiry of her own, her voice equally militant and void of any kidding. "Vegeta, I'm gonna kill you, but not because you're in my way about Ryoko. I know that full well, and that may motivate me a little, but I actually have an alternate reason for it."
"Well, you already placed me on your most wanted list," Vegeta recalled with venom in his every word. Now they're self-appointing their own trophy heads, and I'm supposed to be one of the marks on their list? I'm not having it!
"Get ready to die, Vegeta!" Nagi yelled, before charging for Vegeta. He anticipated her going for a backhand attack, and therefore ducked underneath it, causing her to miss. He then took the opportunity to hit a somersault kick which struck her straight in the chin and sent her flying, but she quickly went down and managed to stay on her feet. Vegeta then went in after her with a running elbow to the head, knocking her back into the wall around the Capsule Corp property. The wall broke, and the bricks crumbled around her, giving Vegeta enough space to exert just enough of his energy to turn into a Super Saiyan 1 without any special effects other than his glow and the shifting of his hair and eye color and definition. He then came to the air and flew off, but not to escape Nagi, more like to try to get away from Capsule Corp, knowing that Nagi would try to use someone from home as a strategic advantage. Once she got out from under the rubble, the bounty hunter looked pretty damn ticked off, at the idea that he was getting away from her. It reminded her of Ryoko being the first quarry to successfully escape her. That memory motivated her to get up and quickly chase after him, although he was in the air and she hadn't quite gotten the art of flight down yet. She had to rely on being able to try to keep up with him via high speed… or so she originally thought.
"Cell, I know you're paying attention on that Ken-Souja," she said. "Follow Vegeta, and wherever he goes, get over here and take me there."
Meanwhile, on the Ken-Souja, several screens were in the sight of Cell, Kagato, and Garlic Jr., all watching the fight from some angle or another. One of the screens was indeed following where Vegeta went, just as Nagi had instructed aloud.
"Hmm. She's smart," Cell noted. "I could have told her about that idea, but she knew it already. Now I can see why she's your world's top bounty hunter."
"Duly noted," Kagato replied, keeping it as simple and short as possible.
After a very good number of minutes (probably about a half hour or something) of flying away from Nagi and hoping that she was close so that they could continue the fight away from Capsule Corp, Vegeta stopped, as soon as he noticed two things. One: he had just happened upon a wide grassland with a large windmill tower in its vicinity, and a Saiyan spaceship actually there. So this is where Raditz landed when he first appeared on the planet. Two: there was absolutely no sign of Nagi the bounty hunter behind him. Absolutely no trace of her! What happened? Can she not fly or something?
Just as he was beginning to get frustrated with the idea that she was that slow, or that she really couldn't fly, which quite frankly made it even less believable that she could have killed Yamcha and Krillin so easily, she suddenly appeared on the battleground in a flash. Cell was there right alongside her, and after giving a little clever smile, he disappeared without Nagi, leaving her on the field alone to battle Vegeta.
"See anything familiar about that circular-looking piece of trash?" Nagi asked, noticing that something in his eye was wavering toward that thing.
"It happens to be the one that Raditz arrived on this planet in," Vegeta answered, hating the fact that he was saying something with such honor to someone who had lost that much honor.
"Ah, so the Ryoko-liking baby came from a stork, but instead of a stork, it was a circular piece of crap excuse for a spaceship," Nagi assumed, taunting Vegeta while at it. It upset his pride to think that the woman who accidentally caused Nagi to be evil, then accidentally almost drove a wedge between Vegeta and his own son Trunks, was actually being placed in honorable mention with Raditz. Sure, she was on the good side, but too careless to earn all of his respect just yet. It was laughable to think Raditz could even have a crush on anyone at all, let alone with that crazy space pirate, of all people. Still, Vegeta kept his composure. Having not seen any sign that could tell him that a certain improbable connection was happening, he suspected as to what Nagi was doing: that she was trying to infuriate him by playing at his own game.
"You're going to have to do better than that in order to catch me off balance," Vegeta intentionally disappointed her, putting on a cocky smirk on his face. "You know, Nagi, if I had met you before you became this miserable, pathetic, Cell-dependant shadow of yourself, you probably would have earned my respect. But I had to see you first after you changed… and after you killed Yamcha and Krillin!"
"From what I hear, you didn't like those two very much, so why do you exactly care?" Nagi asked, a smirk coming onto her face as she thought he wouldn't be able to answer that one.
"Yamcha may have played Bulma in the past whilst I have yet to even fathom such a thing, and Krillin may have completely annoyed me with his overt mercy and compassion, but they're both worthy of a lot more respect than being killed by someone like you!" Vegeta suddenly yelled out. "Good luck trying to beat me at my forte again, but it's time for you to accept the universal fate of darkness: the fate of being destroyed by a true champion! And who better to do it than me, the Prince of all Saiyans? Technically, I'd be the new King of all Saiyans, but I think Prince sounds better, so I'll just stick with that. Now you're going to die!"
"Oh, yeah? Try me!" Nagi dared the Saiyan Prince. This finally set off the confrontation between two people that once could have been considered tweeners between good and evil, for upon saying the words "Try me", Nagi charged after Vegeta once again, but this time didn't go for a charge attack straight away. Instead, she tried attacking him with a leg sweep. However, he leapt over it and went for a kick to the face on her. She ducked underneath and went right past it, then tried to hit a backhand to the back of Vegeta's head. He skillfully and calmly blocked it with his right knuckle, with which he finally got a hit on Nagi's head. He continued his little combo with a spinning back elbow to the side of her midsection, then a spinning left kick to the side of the head, then finished it with a leg sweep, taking her down on her backside. Vegeta then went down to try and punch her head into the ground, but she rolled sideways out of the way, and he just ended up crushing some rock underneath the grass. As she was rolling, Nagi managed to draw out her laser whip, and before Vegeta could turn around, his back ended up taking some serious whiplash. She whipped him in the back five times, all of which packed a really powerful punch.
"Heh heh heh heh heh. I see you're actually quite easy to get on the ropes, even as a Super Saiyan," Nagi said, a serious overconfidence flowing from her as she walked closer to him as he grimaced in pain. She knocked him down with a cold right hand, then mounted herself on top of him as he laid on his back. Right then, she drew out her power strike sword, completely expecting the easy go to finish him off.
"Any last words, Prince Vegeta?" she asked, mocking his former royal title on Planet Vegeta, expecting that to be the last word before she sliced through his heart and got rid of him. But instead, she found that he wasn't going to be so easy to take down as Krillin or Yamcha, as he suddenly moved his hand between his and her chest, charging an energy ball from that hand which caused an explosion. Vegeta and Nagi then ended up on opposite sides of the smokescreen that ensued, thus officially separating them.
"Should've known it wasn't going to be that quick," Nagi realized aloud.
"Yes, you should've," Vegeta agreed, a smirk coming onto his Super Saiyan face. "But I'm still taking you up on that last words thing. In fact, Nagi, I've got two words for yah." The minute he made this statement, he concentrated his energy, obviously for a high charge attack. In order to form the blast that he was planning, he had to stretch out his arms and form two small energy balls on each hand. Then, he brought the arms together and extended them forward, towards Nagi. As he began to focus more and more energy into this attack, Vegeta realized that it was time to say the two words:
"Final Flash!"
END OF CHAPTER, PREVIEW OF THE NEXT
-Nagi: "Well, I made the mistake of assuming that you were gonna be that easy to defeat, but I'm not making it again."
-Vegeta: "Finally, you're actually trying to challenge me."
-Nagi: "How does it feel knowing I had you on the ropes?"
-Vegeta: "You're kidding!"
-Trunks: "That woman's really annoying! I hate her! Goten, let's go over there and kick her butt! She doesn't even deserve to be fighting with my dad!"
-Goten: "On the next Shift of Hearts, the first Dragon Ball Z / Tenchi Muyo! crossover posted here in about a year, Trunks and I get to some serious bad guy busting all over again in Chapter 15: Intervention Gotenks."