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Invasion Series Part 3
Iced laughed deeply as he saw Gohan fall to the ground after he blasted away Frast and Videl. Not only did he make the young Saiyan suffer, but he got to get rid of Frast at the same time. It was turning out to be a good day, and soon he was going to dispatch the only fighter who could match up to him.
Gohan fell on all fours on the ground, his entire being seemed like it was trembling with rage. His vision was starting to turn red, he tried to fight it, to stay in control. The image of an unconscious Videl being blasted to nothing kept playing over and over in his mind. Soon his hearing went deaf as he could feel his brother yelling and trying to get to him but Vegeta restrained him. He felt his control loosening, and energy started to pulse off his body. The ground started to crack and rupture underneath him as a crater formed where he was on all fours. He heard his father trying to call him, 'Gohan, it's ok to let go. This is the time to fight, and in order to do that you must let go of your control.'
Gohan was already losing control to his anger as his father tried to speak to him, only after did he dive right into it. He embraced his anger which was amplified greatly by his human half and soon all he could see was red. His body started to rise off the ground as more power kept pulsing off him until he was floating in midair between Vegeta and Iced. As he embraced his anger more and more, he found more power that he could tap into. Soon the whole battlefield was shaking, and the planet seemed to have fallen into a second earthquake that day. Gohan shouted and yelled out of anger. A golden glow outlined him and started to shine brighter and brighter as he continued to access the new power granted to him. His short, spiked hair started to grow behind his head as it reached down just past his shoulders. The hairline on his head seemed to recede and became more defined. His vision started to clear up and his hearing returned, an eerie calm and seriousness took over his body, a charade that covered up the boiling anger inside of him. He took control of his power and kept it from escaping his body as he surveyed his surroundings.
'This power, this is how it feels to be a Super Saiyan three. I wonder what it took my dad to finally get to this point,' Gohan thought as he stared down Iced.
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"He did it!" Old Kai yelled excitedly while laughing.
"Now he's at the third level too! There's no way Iced will stand a chance against him now!" Shin yelled happily.
Videl looked at them stunned and shocked, she felt responsible for putting Gohan through all of that pain. She could see right through his face, he appeared calm on the outside, but on the inside she knew that there was a storm of anger and regret.
"That's why he wanted me to stay away from the battle, he didn't want to lose what he was fighting for," Videl mumbled to herself sadly as she stared at her love in so much pain.
"Videl, it's going to be ok," Goku said putting a reassuring hand on Videl's shoulder, "You can't consider yourself responsible for putting Gohan through all of this. You were the final push that helped him unlock all of that power. I think he wouldn't have been able to access it if you weren't in his life at all."
Videl smiled at Goku, she knew his intents were good. She stood there silently watching the crystal ball.
"It's time for me to get back to Earth, I have a feeling they'll need me," Goku said as he put two fingers to his forehead. The Kai's just waved and Videl gave him a brief smile as the Saiyan disappeared.
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Gohan turned from Iced to Vegeta and the two boys who he noticed were still sapping Iced's energy.
"Let him transform," Gohan said calmly. Vegeta nodded in silence while gesturing to the two boys to stop. Trunks was the first to protest, "But if he transforms then Gohan might not be able to defeat him!"
Goten joined in too yelling, "Yeah! We have to be able to help somehow!"
Vegeta then grabbed the two boys by their arms and said, "This is now his battle, he calls the shots. The only thing you can do to help is to not get in the way."
"He's right boys," Goku said an instant after reappearing.
Goten was about to protest again before looking at Trunks who just nodded and the two boys stayed silent. Vegeta then released them before crossing his arms except to blast the occasional soldier who got too close to him.
Iced felt his power return to him before he let his body transform into the fifth state. His eyes started to glow a light blue and stared angrily as Gohan as he kept a smile on his face. He then yelled, "You are either extremely foolish or overly cocky! Either way it shall be your downfall! No one has ever had the privilege of seeing my sixth form, consider yourself honored!"
As he finished the facemask closed as his helmet pointed very similarly to Cooler's. Next which Gohan guessed was the sixth transformation was armor plates seemed to slide around and cover Iced's entire body. The horns on top of his helmet seemed to retreat to the back of his head where they became streamlined and started to point out in front of his face. Gohan waited for Iced to make the first move which came fast with a punch aimed straight for Gohan's gut. Much to Iced's surprise, his fist was caught by the teenager before it was released and he was kicked back several feet. He then charged again throwing fist after fist only to be dodged or blocked by an indifferent Gohan.
"This is it?" Gohan spat. Iced felt more frustration and soon disappeared from sight. Within a couple second's he came out of the sky with a kick barreling straight for Gohan's head. Gohan never turned around but simply moved his head over a couple of inches and completely dodged the attack. Deciding to go on the offensive he grabbed the Ice-Jin's tail as he came flying by and threw the all black figure straight at a mountain. Before Iced could even touch down on the rocks he felt his stomach collide straight with Gohan's stomach before the teen used his free hand to punch the Ice-Jin straight into the air. In mid-air Iced formed a small white ball in his hands before yelling, "GALAXY CRUSHER!"
The brilliant white beam came straight for Gohan who held one hand out towards the blast, and the other in a seemingly meditative posture in front of his chest. The beam was caught in Gohan's open hand and it seemed to be collecting in a large ball as Iced kept firing. Iced grinned before he flew straight through the beam, came out the other end and sucker punched Gohan in the face who barely managed to send the energy attack into space before he went flying from the punch. Gohan instantly regained control of himself and stopped himself in midair long enough for Iced to come flying up to him and floated ten yards in front of him.
A wicked grin came across Iced's face underneath his face guard as he held an empty hand out and soon a sword materialized in it. He then started muttering words and phrases and the sword started to softly glow orange. Much to Gohan's confusion Iced was about to charge Gohan with it who was planning on stopping the sword with his hands before Old Kai yelled in his mind, "Don't let that sword touch you! If it does then you'll be trapped in it like I was!"
After hearing that Gohan immediately dodged the sword and kicked Iced away again. Iced then claimed, "I'm going to assume that old fool told you of my plan."
"He did, and it's a coward's tactic. To use something like that must mean you're getting really desperate, Iced," Gohan said coldly.
Iced simply held the sword in a fighting stance before saying, "It took me many centuries after my battle with the supreme Kai to finally figure out the spell he used to try and lock me in that sword. Now you'll get to experience the same pain he did. For going against me and my kind, your punishment shall see you to be locked away in this sword for centuries possibly millennia until someone happens to stumble upon. After which, everything you know and love will be long gone, including the Earth you failed to protect."
"You keep making these grand claims, I'm still waiting to see how you can actually fulfill them. Because as of now, if I defeat you, I will not show mercy on you like my father. You will suffer the same fate as the rest of your servants, you will die at the hands of a Saiyan," Gohan said bluntly.
Iced then charged Gohan who kept dodging the sword every time it came down to strike him. 'I have to keep dodging, if I try to attack now he can counter with his sword and then it'll be all over. I won't let that happen.'
As Iced was charging after Gohan, he released a burst of energy the blew away the all black figure. He then held out an empty hand towards Trunks and yelled, "Trunks, you sword!"
Trunks didn't even hesitate to pull the sword from its sheath on his back and he threw it at Gohan who caught it with his hand extended. He then took a defensive stance as Iced came flying back for him. Gohan continued to block and parry every strike that Iced sent his way. Gohan then sensed the remaining Saiyans from the other battle coming over and creating an additional perimeter that slowly closed around the battle. He smiled a little, knowing that they were successful on the other side of the planet.
Cole and Bade were flying along with the other Saiyans and immediately saw Goku and the others watching something. Cole flew over and was the first to ask, "What's going on?"
Trunks pointed to the sword fight going on between Gohan and Iced.
"Who's that?"
"I think I'll explain," Goku said, "Long story short, Videl and Frast are dead, they were killed by the strongest member of Frast's race who Gohan is fighting now. Videl's death pushed Gohan over the limit and made him transform into a Super Saiyan three and now they are stalemated in their fight again because if Gohan touches Iced's sword he'll get trapped in there."
"Wow, what do you mean stalemate again?"
"This isn't their first round," Vegeta said, "This has to be their third round at least, and unless Gohan can get the upper hand somehow this is going to go on forever."
"I have an idea," Cole said with his dagger in his hands. This didn't go unnoticed by the two older Saiyans who knew what he was about to do and nodded in approval.
Cole then yelled, "Hey Gohan, catch!" And threw his dagger over to the teenage fighter. Gohan blocked a strike from Iced and transferred the sword to one hand and caught the dagger in his open hand. Iced retreated a couple feet away from Gohan as he reevaluated his strategy. He didn't get the chance as Gohan now took the offensive, striking at Iced with the sword in his right hand, and following up with the dagger in his left. Iced was barely managing to block the flurry of strikes aimed at him. Meanwhile Gohan reached out towards his dad, 'Dad, I know to end this, and I'm going to need you, Goten, Vegeta, and Trunks.'
'What do you need us to do son?' Goku thought back. Gohan then began to explain his plan to end the fight once and for all.
'You got it, we'll be in position when you're ready,' Goku thought closing the connection.
'Now that that's out of the way, I can focus on my part of the plan,' Gohan thought bringing his full attention back to the battle. Iced managed to break Gohan's flurry of attacks and sent his sword straight down to cut through Gohan's head. The sword was caught in between the dagger and sword above Gohan's head. A small smile formed on Gohan's face as he used a scissor-like motion and cut Iced's blade in half. The upper half of the blade went flying through the air towards a mountain. Meanwhile Iced held what remained of his sword in his hand, the orange glow around it faded away. And now for the first time, Gohan saw something in Iced's eyes that he was waiting for the whole battle, fear. Iced dropped the broken hilt and started to slowly fly backwards from Gohan until he was flying full speed away. About 50 yards away he was cut off by the teenager. Gohan then spat, "What's wrong Iced? You were so confident in yourself not too long ago."
Instead of answering him, Iced ran the opposite direction only to be stopped again and again. He then stopped and said, "If you expect me to grovel for my life, then I'm sorry to disappoint you."
"I already told you Iced, you sealed your fate the moment you set foot on this planet. Nothing you could say or give me would ever grant you your life back," Gohan said angrily. He then charged after the Ice-Jin and slashed a huge X across Iced's chest. At the same time, Goku yelled now!" And all of the fighters appeared in a sort of ring on the ground around Gohan and Iced. Gohan then drove the sword and dagger straight through Iced's chest and flew down in the center of the circle. Iced was paralyzed completely from the blow, both blades were lodged in his body so badly that he couldn't move or fly away. He looked down to see the ring of now Super Saiyans beneath him and he soon heard, "KAME-HAME" and "GAALIC" as the fighters charged up their signature attacks. He was focusing all his energy on pulling the blades from his chest, but to no avail they wouldn't budge, and neither could he. He looked down just in time to hear, "HAAA!" and "GUUN!"
After which the purple and blue beams came flying towards him and all struck him at the same time. The pain was immense, he could feel his very being slowly be reduced to nothing as bits of his body started to disintegrate in the beam. He yelled from the pain, but not once did he beg for mercy or their forgiveness. And soon the being known as Iced was no longer in the universe.
Gohan felt his tension start to ease away and he returned to his base form. The rest of the z-fighters who were in the battle all flew over once they saw that Gohan had won.
"We did it," was all he said, "Sorry about your swords, guys." He then placed his hand to the back of his head realizing what he did to his friends' weapons.
"Don't sweat it, I made one before I'll do it again," Cole said.
"We have a couple back home so it's fine," Trunks said nonchalantly. The friends turned around to see the enemy soldiers running back to their ships only to be blown to bits.
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The Kais started to celebrate immensely after seeing that Gohan won, minus Kibito who stood there with an approving grin. Videl felt a sense of relief after seeing Gohan win, however she still felt empty knowing that he was alive and she wasn't.
"Don't worry Videl, you'll be wished back once the dragon balls are restored to power in a couple months. And trust me you'll see Gohan way before that," Shin said with a smile. Videl looked at the young Kai and smiled back at him, knowing that he was right and continued to watch the crystal ball.
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Vegeta started to walk away from the group of friends who were beginning to celebrate their victory. His mind was racing as he calculated what was likely to happen next. Pikuro landed behind him and said, "General, all is well, we have won the battle sir, it is over."
Vegeta didn't even turn around as he said, "Pikuro, my friend, this is far from over. As a matter of fact this very well may be the beginning."
He left a confused Pikuro standing there only to be joined by the rest of the Z-fighters as they celebrated their first all-out battle that ranged to thousands of participants. Too overwhelmed with everything happening to concern themselves with the future as Vegeta has.
And that, my friends is the end of the Invasion Saga as well as Iced and Frast. Like Vegeta said however, this is not the end but the beginning. I promised that after the invasion I would finish my mini stories and write a prequel story for Tarble. Keep an eye out for those if you like my OC's and want to see some more development with them. Once the mini-stories are done, Tarble's will begin. Until then though, thanks for sticking with the story to this point, I hope you've enjoyed it, please review!