Dragon Ball Z Changes: Killingfield (Part 1)
By TheTrueTGX and DarkDomination
The battlefield grew quiet for a moment as the ashes of the once mighty warrior, Yamcha, was carried off by the winds of the wastelands. A wasteland very similar to the one Yamcha had called home so, so many years ago.
"Gone... He's gone... Piccolo?" Gohan whimpered as his shoulders shook, looking up to his mentor for guidance.
"Stay focused, Gohan. If you freak out now, then his sacrifice will have been for nothing." Piccolo noted as he eyed the bare space Yamcha had created for them squarely on the chest of the mountainous, Saiyan brute. 'A clean target. If I can hit that with a Special Beam Cannon, then that might put this freak down for good.'
But any chance of the group of Earth's mightiest heroes to reform were thrown out the window when Chichi, consumed by her blood red aura, let out a feral scream and made a mad dash for the laughing Saiyan.
"This again?" Nappa chuckled, sidestepping the punches and kicks thrown his way. "You ever get tired of pulling this 'mad bitch' crap?" he mockingly groaned loudly.
A ki blast went off against his skull, pointing Nappa towards the direction of Krillin. "Anything else, ya shorty?"
"It's not just him!" Nappa heard just too late, as Tien struck him from behind. Now he was being assaulted from multiple fronts by strikes and blasts.
Chichi ignored her companions, but Tien had enough experience on the battlefield to know how to work around the single-minded approach of his teammate.
'Chiaotzu. Find your target and strike when you can get a lock on it.'
"Yes, Tien." Chiaotzu muttered under his breath as he threw his hands out and focused on the staggered behemoth.
Vegeta watched the ensuing battle with crossed arms and a look of amusement on his face. 'They're finally giving it their all, huh? Hell, this sounds like what ended up getting Raditz killed. But unfortunately for them, this is Nappa they are facing. They'll fall like flies when he finally decides to go all out.'
Nappa let out a hearty laugh as he drove Chichi back first into the ground, grinding his heel into her sternum. "And stay down, ya broad!~"
And just as fast, the Saiyan ducked under a kick from Tien and grabbed the triclops and Krillin by the throat. "Try using your 'heads' more, you two!" he shouted as he slammed the two earthlings' skulls into one another.
A flash of green popped just below his line of sight and Nappa's head was knocked back by an uppercut from Piccolo, who followed up the attack by throwing a ki blast into the dazed Saiyan's face.
The mountain of a warrior let out a pain filled cry as the dust settled around his head.
"m-My tongue! You made me bite my tongue!~"
The Saiyan gritted his teeth and snarled at the bunch of low life losers trying desperately to get back onto their feet.
"You've done it now, 'green bean'! Ya done pissed me off!" Nappa shouted as he clenched his fists, lowered his stance, and was consumed by a pale aura ablaze with electrical sparks. "I'll crush you all!"
Chiaotzu braced himself as a wave of ki slammed against him, threatening to knock him down. "I... I almost got it!" he shouted as his eyes shined a light blue before returning to their original color.
Nappa let out a chuckle as his gaze took in the sheer fright his poor, poor victims were showing in there eyes. "Now, which one will I kill fir-" he started to speak, but an unknown force hit his body. 'This... this feeling-' he thought as beads of sweat formed around his temples.
"His ki is... falling?" Gohan questioned as the enormous Saiyan powered down.
The sound of a low gurgle was heard by everyone in the wastes.
The Saiyan's back froze stiff and his hands shot towards his backside.
"I HAVE TO TAKE A SHIIIIiiii~" Nappa cried out as he blasted into the skies above and away from the battlefield.
Tien, who rubbed his eyes in disbelief at first, turned his attention to his now blushing friend. "Was that you, Chiaotzu?"
"I... I was aiming for his heart, but I guess I missed? Heh heh..."
Vegeta, who was now by himself, could only see the outline of his Saiyan comrade and where he stood.
"He just up and left... Could have been that bug person we ate on the way here... No... surely a similar fate would have befallen me by now if that were true."
His ears picked up the distant chatter and quickly picked up on the most likely culprit.
"You, albino child!" he shouted, much to Chiaotzu's dismay. "Was that you?"
Chiaotzu froze up but managed to shake his head.
"If you try that 'magic' crap with me, I'll kill you." Vegeta threatened, pointing a finger at the shaking child-like being.
"That might have bought us a few seconds." Krillin whispered to Piccolo and Gohan. "You guys got any idea before this guy or his 'roided up friend get serious."
"Yamcha's last attack might have created an opening for us." Piccolo stated, catching his breath. "I have something that might work, but if you got any tricks as well, your more that able to try them out before you join your friend."
"Gee, thanks for the advice, buddy." Krillin grimaced, bowing his head. "You doing alright there, Gohan?"
"I'm... still shaken up by that big guy's power, but-" Gohan muttered under his breath, then looked up to Piccolo. "I'll continue to fight. We HAVE to win!" he said with clinched fists.
"Something else, guys-" Krillin looked back to the lone Saiyan, who was shouting at Chiaotzu at the moment. "I don't know if you guys know, but a Saiyan's weak point is their tail. If you can catch it when their off guard; It'll weaken them for a moment. I think we can use that maybe once, but anyone that does that'll most likely end up six feet under."
"Thanks for volunteering for that mission, Krillin." Piccolo added with a smirk.
"I said no such thing!"
"The HELL came over me!" Nappa shouted as he walked away from a once occupied restroom.
He killed the previous occupant.
"I swore my insides were trying to leave me through my... GYAH!~"
He braced himself for takeoff but noticed a man with a broom and bucket staring at him.
"You the cleanup guy? Sorry about the mess in there. The guy before me must have had to much spicy food. He blew up the place in there!" he ended with laughter as he ascended back into the sky, ready to begin the slaughter anew.
And the poor janitor nudged the door open and found...
Chichi let out a groan, rolling onto her side and letting out a sigh. "Oh, sure, now is a good time to not check up on me." she complained as she picked herself up to find the pointy haired Saiyan was by himself. "Did the others kill the bald one without me?" she asked but was answered by the sight of Nappa's return.
"Alright! Which one of you pieces of trash did THAT to me!? Baldy?! The Triclops?! Or is this one of your Namekian tricks, you green bug, you!"
His eyes caught the look of dread in the pale faced human. A look that threw up red signs in Saiyan's bald head.
"Bingo!" he shouted as he charged at the group.
"Brace yourselves!" Piccolo commanded, to which to others quickly complied and were on the defensive.
Tien saw that Nappa's sights were locked on his friend, Chiaotzu. 'Damn it!' he cursed, stepping in between the two.
The mighty Nappa blitzed right past Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan before they could react. He smashed into Tien shoulder first, picking up the three eyed human with ease. "Is that your buddy?" he asked, with a mockingly sweet tone in his voice.
Chiaotzu could only throw his arms up in an attempt to protect himself from the several hundreds of pounds crashing into him.
"Then the others'll bury you two in the same hole in the ground!~"
The maiden of Frypan Mountain rolled her shoulders as she caught her breath. She watched as the Saiyan slammed both Tien and Nappa into a nearby pile of rubble.
'I can't just stand here and watch.' she thought to herself, with her feet agreeing and already beginning to pick up some speed.
A glint of metal caught her attention mid stride.
It was one of her axes, but the blade was melted off by the strange alien's blood, just leaving the handle and a gnarled-up mess on the opposite end.
"That might come in handy!" she smiled as she grasped the weapon in her left hand and passing it to the right. "I'll make sure to drive this into the son of a bitch's heart!"
Gohan leapt onto the massive Saiyan's shoulders and rained down blow after blow on the surprised Nappa's head.
"The hell?!" Nappa barked out, trying to swat away the much smaller fighter, but the child was just to small for him to catch. "Get off of me, you-" he was in the gut by a coordinated strike from Piccolo and Krillin, who followed up their successful strikes with a flurry of kicks and punches, all while Gohan threw a right hay-maker and another onto Nappa's unprotected skull.
The now enraged Nappa growled through gritted teeth and kicked the green skinned fighter into the ground with enormous force. Krillin flew back to create some distance so he could get off another ki blast but was met with a boulder sized fist from Nappa.
Now free of the other two, Nappa once again swung his fists over his head, just grazing Gohan's scalp.
'Thank goodness I got my hair cut!' Gohan thought with a smile on his face, but that feeling of joy was met with a sad conclusion as his feet slipped off of Nappa's shoulders, and back into reach for him to be caught.
Gohan let out a cry for help just before Nappa swung his small frame into the ground, creating a several meter wide crater around them. This was followed up by another slam and another into the unforgiving earth.
The next swing might have killed the youngster, but by mere chance, his right pants leg was torn from the rest, launching the barely conscious child into the air.
"You'll pay, brat!" Nappa roared as a glimmer of ki filled the back of his mouth. He was preparing to eradicate Gohan!
"No you don't!" Piccolo cried out as he wrapped his arms around the waste of the Saiyan. This action cause Nappa to be caught off guard, but not as off guard as Piccolo followed up by throwing the Saiyan backwards and driving him shoulders first into the earth.
"Damn it!~ He suplexed me!" Nappa whined loudly as he kicked his legs out in a pathetic attempt to get out of his vulnerable position. "Just like the guys on that big screen from before!~"
Vegeta coughed into his fists, on the verge of falling asleep from inactivity. "I swear they said that this 'Goku' loser would be here 'anytime soon'. Five more minutes. If he isn't here in five minutes, I'll just start killing everything on this planet."
His attention turned to Chichi, who leapt into the now several meter deep crater with a maddened smile on her face.
There was silence, for a moment, then in quick succession Piccolo and Chichi were thrown out of the hole in the ground looking worse for wear.
Nappa slammed his feet into the ground, with steam rolling off his form. "You think a little 'trip to the danger pit' can stop me? Bitch, I'm the one who founded 'Danger Pit'!" he called out, pounding his fists into his chest. "And to think, I almost forgot about shorty over there." he said as he looked towards the opposite end of the crater and to the prone form of Chiaotzu. "Time to die, kid! ~"
Tien's eyes bolted open, and he was already on the move without a single thought in regard to his own wellbeing.
"Time to put you down for the count, three eyes!" Nappa bellowed out as he caught Tien's attempted knife-like strike.
And with a force unlike any he had ever felt, Tien's hand was crushed within Nappa's massive fist. His eyes widened, but he blocked out the pain long enough to throw a ki blast with his other hand. The blast hit the Saiyan in the chest, where it was completely bare.
"That barely tickled." Nappa chuckled but was silenced as a kick from Chichi met his skull. "And that did little more than make me miffed!~"
"Tien! Catch!" Chichi called out, throwing the ruined axe handle towards her ally.
And without a moments hesitation, Tien caught the weapon in his good hand and drove the sharpened hunk of steel into Nappa's chest, piercing the flesh and burying itself several inches into his sternum.
The massive Saiyan blinked, once, twice, then looked down towards the weapon that had drawn blood from him.
"Huh..." he grunted, as he kicked away Tien and threw Chichi into a nearby tree. "They... actually made me bleed." he muttered under his breath, touching the rod that was bobbing up and down alongside his each and every breath. "These backwoods, no talent losers made me, the almighty Nappa, bleed?"
His teeth grinded against each other, threatening to shatter under the pressure of Nappa's fury. And with a single pull, he extracted the weapon from his chest.
"I'M SO DONE!"
Chiaotzu, who was just coming to, heard the mad ramblings of the titanic Saiyan. 'He's going to kill me... I'm sorry, Tien. Please... you have to live.'
The small humanoid looked on to see the Saiyan power up and stare him down.
If he was going to die, it was going to be with a smile, he thought.
"Chiaotzu!"
Tien stepped in between the two, catching the full force of Nappa's punch with his body.
Nappa wasn't holding back with that punch like all the other times.
His fist punched clean through Tien's sternum, leaving the three eyed human dangling from his bicep.
But Tien hung on to his life.
"I won't... let you kill... Chiaotzu..." he spoke one final time, before throwing his hands together and aimed directly at the bewildered Saiyan's face. "Take this!~ TRI-BEAM!"
His hands glowed a brilliant blue, then with an amazing force behind it; launched all of his life energy at the Saiyan.
The blast rocked the surrounding area, even surprising Vegeta, who was just moments prior laughing to the human's self sacrifice. But not enough to worry the Saiyan prince.
The dust hadn't even settled before Nappa threw the drained corpse of Tien to the side like it was nothing.
"All that did was kick up my allergies!" he laughed with a slight cough.
't-t-Tien?...' Chiaotzu asked quietly, in the hopes of his dearest friend would answer him.
But he would get no answer. Just the chuckle, then laughter of the mountainous Saiyan.
That was the last thing he heard before Chiaotzu was consumed in the darkness of unconsciousness.
(TGX) We have plenty of excuses for why this chapter is late, but I think the lateness of our chapters in kind of a staple of our story. One chapter, something happens IRL, then we get a rush to work on a chapter before the next thing happens. Some good, some bad, but all we deal with in out own lives. Thanks again to all the readers who stick with us despite the long waits and send love our direction.
Oh, and you might have noticed the chapter is titled with (Part 1/P1). We had more planned out for it, but the ending was too good to continue, so I, TGX, decided that it'd be best to cut it into two and immediately work on the next chapter. We have it already planned out and I'm planning for it to lead into something special for this page.
... put down the pitchforks. This won't be another 'Chichi Special derails the story' incident (Though I might go back on my word and rework the original story to be a stand alone and post it apart from Changes). We'll release more details on the next 'special' when the next chapter comes out. I think you guys that won't something a bit 'different' from the current story might get a kick out of it.
Well... till the next one!~ *peace*
DDoms here.*points to TGX's post* what he said. XP