Edit: I change the mistake when i refer to Goku as a Demi-Sayian
Chapter 24: Myths And Legends
Back one thousand years before age on planet Earth when the people were just starting out to be civilised there was a warrior whose power was beyond all others. His great strength enabled him to defeat armies of men single handily in fact he was even known to take on the many dinosaurs that lived on the planet with his bare hands.
But yet the warrior couldn't protect his home when the nine headed hydra attacked. The nine headed creature killed all of whom the great warrior held dear with his six son's lying dead at his feet all the warrior could do was run away. Though the warrior made a saccade vow to return and rid the world of the hydra.
After year of traveling the world and completing many feats' such as capture of the Erymanthian boar and slaying the Neman lion yet still after all his achievements he still didn't find the strength that he needed to defeat the great hydra that destroyed his home.
Finally after a year's of travel the great warrior stumbled upon a tall tower at the base lived a tribe of Indian's who informed the hero of the legend of Korin's tower and explained how those who climbed the tower would meet the great and powerful Master Korin who if he found the warrior worthy would allow them to drink his sacred water which will grant the drinker great strength.
The hero intrigue by this decided to climb the tower himself. It took the hero four months to finally be able to climb the tower upon completion he meet a talking cat who upon told the warrior he would only receive the accent water he wanted if he manage to catch him.
The great hero accepted his task believing that it would be easy for him to achieve. However though the cat was blind he was fast like lightning and more powerful than his small frame let on. It took four years for the great hero to catch Korin were upon which he was granted the chance to drink from the Sacred water.
However the water though pure and light did nothing to increases the warrior's strength. Confused the great hero asked his master why the water didn't grant him the power he desired to which Korin replied that the water was never magical it was just a target to aim for and the power in which the warrior sleeked was already within him the whole time. With these wise words of wisdom ringing in his ears the warrior descended from the high tower and went in search for his arch enemy. The great Hydra.
The great hero found his nemeses at the lake lerna were upon which the two of them thought a great battle. The battle lasted for three day's straight causing much destruction to the landscape. Despite his great training and ordeals the great hero still found that the Hydra's strength still surpassed his own but he continued to battle on regardless wanting revenge for the son's that were lost to him twelve years earlier.
The hero kept drawing more power from within himself to fight the beast up until he had no more energy to give and such he was swept away by the serpent's tail. At this point the hero had all but given up hope that he may win but yet something inside him urge him to carry on fighting to win.
The proud warrior stood up yet again but this time he drew forth deep powerful reserves of energy locked away within his body. His muscles which were already big grew to the size of thick logs as he grew in height by a couple of inches. The great hero of old Hercules had unlocked the power hidden within each and every one of the human race but was only accessible by great training, commitment and determination in the face of death.
With his new power Hercules defeated the Hydra and his story became legend upon men his many stories being named the labours of Hercules in order to respect the achievement's he had accomplish.
However as time went on his story became distorted as legend became myth and the great hero was turned from a great warrior who trained to become all powerful were upon which he killed the monster who murdered his six son's. To the story of a powerful demi-god who killed his six sons and then spent twelve years in the service of a king in order to atone for his sin's.
~DBZ~
Hercule lay beaten own the floor every inch of his body aching in pain as he looked up at the Sayian who was laughing in the sky as he held his young daughter Videl close to his chest the Sayian who had saved Videl; Celina mouth hung open as she watched the destruction her fellow Sayian was causing.
Turnip angered by Krillin's interference and believing the annoying Earthling to have been dealt with had decided to release his pent up frustration by throwing ball's of destructive Ki energy down upon the fleeing crowd bellow him.
"Hahaha, This should be a new sport" Turnip chuckled as he launch another Ki blast down on the fleeing crowd this one hitting a building which immediately collapsed causing smoke to bellow out onto the street. Causing more screaming and confusion.
"Stop this!" Despite her weakened state Celina had found the energy to fly up to confront her superior.
Turnip fired another beam this one engulfing a fleeing family before turning around to face the mother of Goku a wicked smile was upon his face as he eyed her up and down.
"I nearly forgot about you, you interfering little wrench" Turnip spat as he clenched his fists by his side. "You want to protect these weaklings so much you can die with them"
Before Celina could react Turnip slammed his right fist into her stomach the force of which flew the female Sayian onto the hard concrete of the ground causing a miniature crater.
Coughing up blood Celina looked up to see Turnip flouting above her a red ball of energy forming in his outstretched hand.
Celina rolled out the way just in time to avoid the blast the shock waves though were powerful enough to send the weaker Sayian flying through the air until she connected against a store window which smashed upon contact. Broken class cut open her skin as she connected with the floor before skidding into the counter.
"Dam…. That could of killed me" Celina said allowed to know one in particular before her head fell forward as the Sayian fainted.
Turnip flew into the air once more pressing the button of his scouter in his attempt to find where the female Sayian had landed.
Beep… Beep ….Beep. The scouter buzzed in excitement as it immediately picked up a power level behind Turnip which was increasing rapidly.
"What!" The Sayian screamed as he turned around to face the collapsed building behind him. "50,000!? But that's nearly as strong as me!"
Boom! The scouter exploded as a white bright light shot out from the cracks of the building. Even more spilled out as the concrete and metal shifted up into the air before a figure began to become visible in amongst the rubble.
Krillin had grown taller by about four inches as his muscles had swelled up to size of beach balls. The six marks on his head that he had received back when he was a monk were now white shining beckons of light. His eye colour was the same as before dark brown but they were sharper more focused. The other noticeable difference was also his aura which had been a mixture of light blue and white but now was strong silver.
"This is impossible" Turnip roared angrily clenching his fist and engnighting his own aura. "You should be dead right now and yet here you and what's more your power had risen to one close to mine how is that possible?"
Krillin smiled as he saw the confusion and fear spread across the Sayian face. The Ex-monk hadn't even known himself that he was capable of gaining such power that he would be able to tackle threats to Earth. That was normally Goku's job and Krillin would more or less just be there to I've wear the threat down or just provide a distraction. But since Goku wasn't around at the time to come to the rescue Krillin knew that it was up to him to protect the Earth. The fact he was alone in Earth's protection allowed the Earthling to discover power within himself that would have otherwise been left undiscovered and with this power came great confidence.
"Well I guess you have greatly underestimated us Earthling's abilities haven't you." Krillin said with a chuckle before his expression became serious as he dropped into his fighting stance. "Creatures like you have caused too much destruction to the planet I will not allow you to continue you will pay for what you have done"
Turnip snapped out of his confusion immediately after Krillin's speech and looked at the Earthling with utter contempt.
"Will just see about that!" The Sayian roared before charging forward.
Smash! Turnip's right fist connected against Krillins forearm. The Sayian growled with frustration angry that his attack had been thwarted and immediately threw his left fist forward this attack was merely caught in Krillin's free hand.
"Dam you" The Sayian screamed as he throws his right knee up towards Krilllin's stomach.
The ex-Mon merely back flipped out of the way of the attack before flying forward to engage the Sayian. Fists and kicks were launched at faster than light speeds the shock waves from the clash were so powerful that buildings began to crumple.
Turnip delivered a sharp kick to Krillin's side which sent the ex-monk flying to the right before he could right himself. A smile was now upon the Sayian's face.
"I now know the weakness of this new form of yours." Turnip chuckled. "Those muscles may make you powerful but they slow you down greatly your speed is about three quarters of what the average fifty thousand plus warrior should have"
As if to demonstrate his point Turnip flew forward towards Krillin the ex-monk immediately responded by swing a fist forward only for it to pass though the Sayian's alter-image.
Crack! Turnip's boot connected against the back of Krillin's head sending the small man flying towards the ground. Before the Earthling could hit the ground however the Sayian appeared before him his right leg sending another kick up to Krillin's gut. However the ex-monk was ready for the attack and had manage to grab hold of the leg before it could connect against his stomach.
"I maybe slower than average" Krillin breathed as he gripped onto his attackers ankle. "But I'm a better fighter"
With that Krillin began to spin the Sayian around by his ankle before releasing his grip which sent Turnip flying through the air and into a building.
~DBAT~
The Elder's home was completely and utterly silent. Even when the light faded with Nail and Guru's fusion complete the occupants of the house were speechless all in awe of Nail's physical transformation and of the power they felt which was simple radiating off him. It was simple overwhelming.
Nail had grown taller his height was now head and shoulders above even Piccolo. His arms and leg muscles had doubled in size but were still proportional to his body so it would not reduce his speed. But what was the most striking difference was his face though it was similar to what it used to look like it appeared older and wiser as if hundreds of years' experience had been added to it in an instant.
"What power!" Piccolo said in awe his mouth hung open his previous boast in power now seeming to be dwarf by that of his fellow Namek.
"He's even stronger than Frieza now" Dende said excitedly jumping up and down on the spot.
"Yeah he's sure is powerful" Gohan added smiling happily.
Moori remained silent tears beginning to form in his eyes only he knew the sacrifice the grand elder Guru had just done for his people. No one else knew that the fusion was permanent flesh and soul.
Bulma was the first to notice the glum expressions upon both Nail and Guru's face.
"Hay what are up with you two? Shouldn't you be happy that you can now beat the man that killed your people?" The scientist asks.
All eyes turned to Moori for an answer but the older Namek and new keeper of the Dragonballs looked away unable to face the others due to his grief.
"He always wanted to go to heaven" Nail suddenly said out of nowhere.
All eyes quickly turned to the newly fused Namek who was looking at his hands angrily.
"He always said it was the way of the universe that we all die. He taught me that we should not fear death that in truth your life only really begun in the afterlife that there was so many wonderful things to be seen. He was really looking forward to it moving on to otherworld so he could explore it and share his experience with others and also learn from their experience. But now he's gave it all up so that I may have a chance to defeat Frieza that his race may have a chance to live" Nail bowed his head feeling completely unworthy to having been gifted not only the grand elders strength but also his very essence his soul.
The others knew something was up now their faces change from one of utter happiness to absolute despair they all knew something wasn't right.
"Nail" Dende ventured walking up to the Namek and placing a hand on his knee. "What's wrong? What did Guru do?"
It was Moori's turned to speak and provide an explanation of what had just happened.
"Guru performed an old ritual from ancient time even before he was alive. The ritual is much like the one performed by Piccolo's other half when they were one. But instead of ripping one's soul in half this joins two souls together entwining them for all eternity. Guru is no more neither in flesh nor in sprite whatever is left of him resides in Nail he is gone forever."
The room feel into silence as everyone now knew the greatness of Guru's sacrifice he had not only given his life for the people he loved he had gave up his very existence. Tears swelled up in Dende's eyes as he wept. Gohan and Piccolo held their head downwards in silence out of respect of the Nameks brave actions. Bulma merely stood silently even the normal brash woman was humbled by the elder's actions.
"Frieza he's moving" Nail suddenly snapped his eyes wide and a powerful aura swept around him knocking those around him away by his pure power both Gohan and Piccolo had to ignite their own aura's just to stay on their feet. "I will not let grand elder's Guru's sacrifice be in vain I will end this tyrant's existence before he could harm another Namek again"
With that Nail took to the air literally flying though the wall and out into the shone filled sky. Piccolo's gaze followed him until the Namek was nothing more than just a speck in the sky.
Suddenly Piccolo sprung round a look of determination upon his face.
"Quick Gohan look at the Dragon radar" Piccolo quickly demanded.
"Why?" Gohan asked quickly taken aback by Piccolo's sudden brashness.
"No time to explain just do it"
This time Gohan didn't respond to his teacher the Demi-Sayian quickly pulled out from his pocket the radar and clicked it. Two balls appeared right at their present location. Two others where spread out separate from each other on different sides of the planet. And then there were three balls together to the east which the Demi-Sayian automatically knew where the ones Frieza had acquired.
"What am I looking for Mr Piccolo" Gohan asked his eyes still upon the devise in his hands.
Piccolo who was currently looking off into the distance, as if trying to find something didn't even turn to look at his student as he began to speak.
"Are the Dragonballs moving Gohan?" Piccolo asked the normally calm Namek was unable to hide the anticipation in his voice.
"No"
"What direction are they in?"
"East."
Piccolo closed his eyes again opening his sense out to the world around himself before they quickly snapped open and he let out a yell.
"Yes the fool has left the Dragonballs behind" Piccolo proclaimed a smirk upon his face. "Gohan stay here and protect the others while I go for them"
Gohan was just about to speak in order argue that he should go with the Namek to help him but was stopped from a glare from Piccolo.
"That's an order!"
With that Piccolo flew out of the hole Nail had made and flew to the east.
~DBZ~
Goku and Vegeta flouted opposite each other outside of the King's ship as not to cause interior damage. The King had his arms cross with a smug look upon his face as he glared at the Sayian opposite him. Goku was completely relaxed stretching out his muscles in mid-air in anticipation for the fight that was about to commence. The Sayian's who were in the throne room where now outside standing on the side lines they were not allowed to interfere in the fight they were there as merely observers. Bardock was off in the distance arms folded his eyes fixed on both Vegeta and his son this fight was more symbolic to him than to the other Sayian's around it was as if his old beliefs were going up against his new thoughts and idea.
"Don't think you can squirm out of this fight now Kakarot" Vegeta yelled smugly the wind whipping up his hair. "You have insulted my honour, tried to still my pride away from me the punishment for such crimes for that I deem worthy of death."
Goku was calm despite the King's harsh words and even manage to smile as he looked up at the smaller man.
"I'm ready when you are"
King Vegeta let out a roar as he released a proportion of his power from within himself and charged forward towards Goku. A red aura flashed around the younger Sayian before he too charged forward before flashing out of sight.
Boom! The sonic boom echoed around the area as the two power full Sayian clashed in mid-air fighting at speeds that most of those present couldn't even comprehend let alone keep up with.
Fist connected against fist, leg against leg as the two warriors fought viciously without either gaining a real advantage. Vegeta threw his fist forward only to find his strike pass right though Goku's after Image the latter of which appeared behind Vegeta his leg struck out to attack but again this attack hit empty air.
This cat and mouse game lasted a while longer before both combatants grew tired of it and decided to go a different tactic. Vegeta flipped backwards and quickly drew a powerful ball of Ki in his hands before throwing them forward releasing the attack forward.
Goku saw the attack coming the Sayian quickly clenched his in anticipation as he ready for himself for a mass increase of power.
"Kao-ken times five!" Goku roared.
The younger Sayian swung his Ki infused fist forward connecting it against the blast and redirecting it back towards the Sayian King. Vegeta was initial shocked by this sudden change of events reacted just in time to dodge his own attack however he wasn't prepared for the fist that connected against his face the force of which sent him spinning backwards though the air.
Audible gasps were heard from the crowd of Sayian's bellow when their King finally steady himself in the air revealing a trail of blood that lead from his lip to his cheek. Vegeta lifted a hand to his lip's and wiped away the blood before looking at the blood stain on his otherwise spotless white glove with utter contempt.
"You made me bleed!" Vegeta roared angrily as a purple aura burst around him. "You made me the King of all Sayian's spill blood in combat!? I am going to show you the power of a true elite of someone who has true potential to achieve our races greatest feat! To Become a super Sayian"
Crack! Vegeta covered the distance between himself and Goku faster than the younger Sayian could predate and punched him square on the jaw before following it up with a knee to the stomach. As his opponent keeled over in obvious pain Vegeta drew his elbow up in the air before smashing it down upon the back of Goku's head.
Pain shot though Goku's body as the Sayian flew towards the floor but the King of Sayian's wasn't done with him just yet. Fly at speeds nobody but Goku could see Vegeta flew quickly down so he was below the younger Sayian his arms cupped into a position that was strikingly familiar to Goku.
"No he can't possible know that" Goku mentally yelled in his mind as he helplessly continued his descent.
"Gailic Gun" King Vegeta roared while throwing his hands forward.
The purple blast made contact with Goku throwing the Sayian backwards and high up into the air the right shoulder guard broke of immediately upon impact and large cracks began to trickle down the armour due to the force of the blast. Desperately Goku pushed his hand's against the blast in an attempt to stop it as he flew further and further into the sky.
The Sayian's bellow were cheering for the King never doubting the royals power and toughly impressed by the display.
Badock however was still in quiet contemplation watching the fight. Internally questioning himself about who exactly he wanted to win.
Sweat poured from Goku's face as he struggled to stop the beam from engulfing him. His breathing grew heavier the higher in the sky he got as the air around him got thinner.
"Dam…" Goku muttered to himself though the excursion. "He's a lot more powerful than I thought he was."
With a massive grunt Goku's red aura flared into life around him and intensified as the Sayian prepared himself he had only one shot at this and he had to make it count. Taking one hand off the blast the Sayian flew up further into the air faster as the beam started to quickly overwhelm him.
"Kamahama-ha!" Goku cried firing the beam though the hand that was still upon the beam.
The blue blast manage to push the purple one back ever so slightly but it gave Goku enough breathing room to go through with his plan.
"Kao-Ken time's ten!" Goku roared the aura around him cracking with power as it took on a darker shade.
Down below Vegeta was initially shocked to find that his attack had been resisted for so long but quite suddenly all resistance seemed to have disappeared causing a smirk to cross the King's face as he believed the battle was one.
"It's funny I thought you would be more of a challenge Kakarot!" The king chuckled as he poured more energy into his attack making sure his enemy would be vaporised out of existence.
Goku flew out from the clouds at the side of Vegeta's attack causing a gasp to escape the lips of the crowd below and also causing a shook cry from the king who started to change the direction of his beam in order to hit his fellow Sayian.
Goku veered to the left dodging the blasts new trajectory and shot like a rockets both fist stretched forward up towards Vegeta.
Crunch! The King keeled over as Goku's fists connected against his stomach. Cracks sprouted from the impact in the middle of Vegeta's armour as the blast that had for short time threatened to end Goku's existence faded out of life.
The Sayian from earth didn't stop the attack flipping up and over the Sayian's kings head. Goku spun round and sent a devastating right kick against the back of Vegeta's neck sending the latter hurter ling down to the hard rocky ground.
Goku followed Vegeta towards the ground his leg out stretched ready to strike the King's back when he hit the ground.
Alert to this danger Vegeta throw his hands forward and used his momentum to flip forward back unto his feet just in time to dodge Goku's foot which crunched though the as if it was jelly.
Growling in primal rage Vegeta flung himself forward and crashed his fist against Goku's chest sending the pure hearted Sayian flying backwards his feet dragging against the soil as he went.
Vegeta followed up with another power punch but this was blocked by Goku's left forearm which stood firm even against the King of Sayian's power.
"You annoying runt" Vegeta growled throwing his left hand forward to strike Goku's face. The younger Sayian barley dodge this attack by moving his head away from the strike. "Why won't you just stay down and die!"
"Because I have people I care about relying on me!" Goku roared as he grabbed onto Vegeta's fists.
Both Sayian's aura intertwined as they each tried to gain the advantage over the other. The ground around them crumbled as they pushed harder but neither Sayian gained the advantage.
Finally with no head way being made both Sayian's dropped away from each other for a moment as they tried to regain their breath.
"I must admit you are proving far more irritating than your worth" Vegeta said while panting sweat was dripping from the King's brow now such was the extent of the amount of power he was putting out in order to fight Goku. "I haven't had a battle this difficult for a very young time"
"I'll take that as a complement" Goku replied. He was currently in his louse fighting pose breathing the red aura of his Kao-ken had disappeared as he tried to regain his strength.
"I see like me you have overcome Freiza's level of power (Only his first form but Vegeta doesn't know that he can transform)" Vegeta said calmly while clenching his fists static electricity crackle around the king as he spoke while small pebbles though in the air. "But I am afraid it is not nearly enough to contend with me you see in preparation for my inevitable dual with Frieza I have undertaken some serious training pushing my body to it's up most limits and I must say it has provided devastating results." Vegeta flung his hands to his sides as his aura tripled in size the power was enough to fling every Sayian in the air bar Goku and only then because he had activated his Kao ken just in time. "Behold the ultimate power…"
Vegeta fazed out of Goku's sight the latter looking desperately around to see were exactly his opponent had gone before a blow to the stomach keeled him over in pain.
"Of a Super Sayian!"
A blast detonated against Goku's chest sending the Sayian flying through the air as Vegeta cackled in laughter the King was please that he was finally getting the chance to display his true power.
I think here is an appropriate time to finish this chapter. Hay everyone how you all been? I have been ill this weekend so I had the chance the right the whole of this chapter over the weekend yay :oP.
I'm glad all of you liked last chapter though some of you were abit sceptical about the introduction of a super human form. I hope you like what I've done with it I kinda took inspiration from accent stories and tried to work it in that they were true stories but as time went by like Chinese whispers it got distorted and changed.
Now a little explanation why none of the humans ever achieved this form in cannon well basicly even though people like Tien and Krillin ect grew stronger than what they currently are now near the end of Dragonball Z. They were never in a position where the world was relying sole on them to protect it. I think it is fair to say that they all relied heavily on Goku and the other super Sayian's to take on the enemy and they were only really there to watch the major fight or provide a distraction I think that this mentality prevented them from reaching this form because they never truly thought they could win in the first place and thus didn't look deep within themselves for this residue of energy. Right now Krillin has to win he has no choice no excuses he is the strongest Z fighter left on Earth and the only one who can protect it he had to find the power and the strength to win and as such he was able to discover it.
Will any other humans gain this ability probably not most of them quit training after the Sayian saga or showed little improvement though to be fair I think Tien could achieve this power because as a character he always strode to better himself and match the Sayian's he never quit and now that he knows the humans have a power form they can unlock I think he would go out of his way to unlock it. This is not me trying to hand it out to every one I just think it's fair to the character.
I hope everyone is enjoying the Goku and Vegeta fight so far I kinda want to recapture the essence of the fight they had in cannon but escalate it on a much bigger scale.
Power levels which I haven't done in a while our as followed I am not going to do every single attack power level as I use to as it would take long to judge. Btw im also going to let you guys calculate Kao-ken yourself ;)
Zarbon vs Piccolo:
Zarbon: 40,000
Piccolo Base: 30,000
Zarbon monster form: 60,000
Guru's power ups.
Piccolo: 110,000 (High jump I know but thanks to the kao-ken he had a slightly higher protential)
Gohan: 90,000 (Since he was stronger than in cannon his potential that could be unlocked was higher as well.
Nail before fushion: 42,000
Nail after: Spoilers.
Goku after healing: Spoilers
Vegeta max power at the moment: 1.5 million
Bardock: 35,000 (Thanks to Zenki from earth)
I hope you can all agree with the powers I have given everyone so far :o) and disagreements please do tell me.
With out further ado please tell me what you think how I can improve and any questions you may have. Regards
Dragonballat