Chapter: 28
:Goku vs Vegeta
:An Intense Match
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Both Goku and Vegeta continued to stare each other down in a tense standoff, but only for a few tentative more moments. And then the two shot back at each other and launched with their right punches. Their fists bumped and connected with each other in the middle and sparks of electricity flew between the fixed connected fists. The power from this massively powerful strike cause a medium sized crater to form on the tiled floor below and between them. Then they switched to other attacks. Knees, elbows, fists and forearms connected in harsh blows and then they engaged into a harsh, fast paced pounding fight that rattled on the audiences' nerves.
But then finally it was Goku who got in the decisive hit when he finally connected with a straight kick to the gut that drove the air out of Vegeta's lungs. A fierce, almost angry looking look etched on Goku's face as he embedded the kick and then Vegeta was sent shooting back across the ring at what almost seemed like a hundred miles per hour. But once he reached near the edge of the ring, Vegeta just flipped around and springboarded himself and turned into a blur as he used the slingshot-like effect to gain a massive speed boost. But Goku in turn turned into a blur of speed and the two then went about chasing each other all over the ring. The two blurs would connect and ricochet off each other like twin balls in a slot-machine and whenever the blurs connected they created ripples in the air.
But then the contests took a turn as they went from a lovely dance of death to just butting heads as the two would then land on opposite ends of the ring and then head to collide with another. The two would then reveal their solid shapes for just an instant as they collided in the middle and would connect forearms. These collisions would create massive power ripples that would make the whole arena wobble and rattle the crowds. Time and time and time again they would ricochet off each other, retreat and collide once more in a series of encounters.
But finally at the end of one of these encounters they just locked up with each other in the middle of the ring, with Vegeta apparently having caught and was now holding Goku's fists. The two then started powering up as they just held themselves there. Their power levels started to soar as chunks of tiles the size of chunks of dirt floated in the air around their fiercely flaring auras. Their power affecting the surrounding area as they tried to outdo each other in a battle of pure strength and power. A battle of wills was taking place unlike any other.
But then finally, when the rumbling and growling seemed to reach it's climax then the two just lt go and went to a toe-to-toe fierce and up close fast paced battle of swipping fists and dodging head movements of which neither of them hit the other. But then Vegeta faked out Goku with an afterimage which Goku struck through with his fist. Then he looked back and found Vegeta hitting with his patented dropkick from an airborne horizontal position and struck Goku dead on in the face.
Goku flipped and recovered from the harsh blow. While Vegeta flipped and recovered from the recoil of having delivered such a kick from a few feet in the air. But then with the two landed they eyed each other. The two then almost automatically went to their arms to the side and began to power up simultaniously as if by some unspoken agreement. The two then started yelling at the top of their lungs as their auras flared and spiked dangerously. "Well, looks like their finally bringing it to Full-Power Super Saiyan." commented Piccolo from his observation vantage point. And then with a flash and a bursting sound the cataphony of rumblings and pulsating sounds finally abated and all that was left was the calming, humming sound of the pulsating Super Saiyan auras. And there they stood in the middle of it. Drenched in their brilliantly spiking yellow auras were Goku and Vegeta, transformed as Fully Powered Super Saiyans.
The two just stood there with grins as if just admiring the handiwork for several moments until they finally decided to strike out. They sprang forth against each other but as they moved towards each other something strange was happening. It seemed like their bodies suddenly stopped in motion and it was as if they were moving in slow motion towards each other, stuch in time. But while their bodies stopped, all around them ghostly transparent images of Goku and Vegeta locked in different situations of combat seemed to flash all around the area of the two. Finally the images disappeared when the two real bodies connected with each other and they found themselves scrunched over with each having a fist embedded on their cheeks.
You see their level was so high now as Full Powered Super Saiyans that they'd left afterimages of their combat while being so fast that it made it look that their real bodies had never moved. And when all other avenues were left out of the question they finally just found themselves in their original position and had to just go back to go through a full frontal assault which each other in the end. Which is how the ended up producing that spectacular event and ended up as they are now.
The two then sprang back and away from each other and their collision and after a pair of skips they went to catapult themselves into the air disappeared in a pair of flickers. Then the two reappeared high in the air and engaged hotly in a fast adrenaline pumping aerial battle of fists and feet. The two then flickered out of sight and then reappeared somewhere else in the skies, still engaged in the same hot battle and with their auras running hot around them. The two continued flickering in and out in several places for some time, all the while entertaining the crowds.
The fierce battle continued to rage overhead while the Z-Fighters watched anxiously. "Man! Those two are really going at it. Those two seem to be really evenly matched up there. But then again you wouldn't expect anything less from those two." commented Yamcha as he and the gang continued to watch. "Yeah, but remember that those two are running as fully mastered Full Power Super Saiyans now. Such action is to be expected. But now it's just a matter of time, as it's come down to who's mastered it more. Who can just keep it up?" said Piccolo as he watched with anxiety. "Yeah, but dad should definitely have an advantage if it comes down to sheer energy exhaustion. I mean don't get me wrong. Vegeta is still impressive even to have mastered his Super Saiyan powers to this extent after only training for it over this last year. I mean he must've really really improved if he's mastered Full-Powered Super Saiyan after only one year. But still my dad mastered it first and has had for way longer than Vegeta so I'd say the advantage would go to him if this gets drawn out. But it could still only take a single move for Vegeta to finish it off." corroberated Gohan. The rest of the gang just looked at him for a few seconds. 'The kid really knows his stuff.' they collectively thought before going back to watching the fight.
Meanwhile, Goku and Vegeta continued to have their little flickering war of fists, until they found themselves appearing a few feet off of the ring floor. But Vegeta backed up from one of Goku's swinging punches and making him miss. Vegeta then used that opening to start speeding away from Goku and Goku quickly went in pursuit. He soon found himself chasing after Vegeta and Vegeta started skipping backwards on the tiled floor with Goku leaping after him in pursuit.
They skipped like this a few times until when Vegeta stopped and Goku tried to come in with a left roundhouse kick from below. But Vegeta just shrugged it off with his arm and then went to counter-punch Goku into the ground but only found his fist indenting itself on the ground as Goku had vanished. Goku swiftly came back shooting in from the side with flying kick only for Vegeta to vanish in turn. Goku quickly skidded to a halt with both feet and then turned around and caught Vegeta as he was incoming with a kick from the side of his own and they both just connected with each other. Both guys were rocked and reeled from this double connection. But they soon recovered with doing twirling flips to land crouched on their own two feet.
It was then that Goku simply flickered away and disappeared but this time he didn't reappear from somewhere like the audience was anticipating. This time it seemed like he'd just disappeared into thin air. But to those few who had seen it before, namely those members of the Z-Fighters, knew this technique. Goku was simply keeping up his fast movement to make it look like he was invisible to his opponent. It was what he'd used to defeat Krillin in the 22nd Tournament. But this was so much faster and far more advanced then that early version as none of even the Z-Fighters could keep up and figure out where he was. While Vegeta stayed in the middle of the preverbial storm and seemed to be on guard looking for something. But then finally evidence appeared to Vegeta's trained eyes. Small pieces of broken tile skipped up from where Goku had done one of his quick steps. And that was all Vegeta needed.
Vegeta quickly leaped into the air with his arms and knees tucked in like in the fetal position and a bright shining light seemed to emanate from his center as he gathered energy. "Let's see you try to dodge this. My new finishing move. Shining Storm Attack!" screamed out Vegeta the new name of his attack as he outstretched all his limbs on command and the energy around him formed up into yellow energy wings shaped like diamonds. Those diamond shaped wings then broke up and splintered off into several smaller shards of sharp pieces of yellow energy and they made their way to the ring.
Large pieces of these shards began embedding themselves in the ring and soon Goku's image would appear dodging the the fragments. But one by one Goku started running out of places to dodge to and soon he found himself stuck in the middle of the ring cornered by four extremely large pieces of shards. Then Vegeta could be seen overhead with a javelin-like piece of energy in hand and ready to throw for the apparent coup-de-gras. Vegeta threw it just like a javelin but just as it came close to striking, Goku unleashed a mighty roar and powered up a tornado of yellow Super Saiyan energy that swept away all the shards on the field and caught them up in it's funnel. It all came heading for the still airborne Vegeta. Although caught off guard by the unorthodox attack, Vegeta quickly and desperately countered it by swiping out an aerial slice of white energy that cut through and cancelled out the tornado funnel and all it's interned shards. (A/N: Basically imagine a DBZ sized version of Kai's Blazing Gate Tempest Attack from Beyblade season 3. That and also Tyson's counter to that attack when they had their classic battle in the season. Only Vegeta didn't use feathers and Goku used sorta like a big tornado version of that brief energy swirl that we saw when Gohan powered up to Full-Power Super Saiyan against Cell in the anime.)
Vegeta landed in a squatting position few feet away from Goku. 'So you want to play rough huh? Kakarot?' thought Vegeta as he sent a glance at Goku's way. Goku for his part just relaxed from his power up pose and looked Vegeta with a relatively pleased look on his face. "Wow Vegeta, your proving to be quite a tougher challenge then I thought." praised Goku. "Likewise Kakarot." shot back a smirk Vegeta. "But with that last attack and the counter afterwards you used up much too much energy. You might not be able to keep up with me from here on in." pointed out Goku. "Just shut up Kakarot! Tell it to someone who cares. If I'd wanted an opinion it certainly wouldn't be yours. Just a little spent energy won't tell the outcome of this fight. NOW LET'S JUST GET ON WITH IT!" viciously rebuked Vegeta. Goku complied and they both sunk into their iconic stances.
The two then rushed at each other and once again engaged in a hard physical battle. The two battle hard toe-to-toe in the middle of the ring with fists and feet flying. The battle was so powerful that imprints were breaking themselves into the ring floor several yards away from the sheer force of the missing punches and kicks. The audience could sure as hell feel the rumblings on this one. But finally when Vegeta started to loose advantage and was starting to backpedal and going on the defensive and it looked like he was starting to wear a little from having used up his energy earlier. But Vegeta wasn't going to throw in the towel because of his apparent weakness. Vegeta outwitted the stronger Goku by leaning out backwards when Goku overcomitted to a punch that leaned forward with all his body. Vegeta then took advantage of this and used it to give Goku the same drop-kick he'd once given Android 19 to kick Goku high into the air. It was a cheap but effective desperate move done by a man who was clearly on the backfoot.
As Goku sailed up into the air Vegeta sped ahead of him and went to give him a double ax-handle to the cranium but Goku was too clever for that and simply vanished out of the way. He then appeared behind Vegeta but before any action could be took, Vegeta showed that he can play that game too and so promptly fazed out and got behind Goku. But then Goku returned the favor again and then again and again several times until they finally reached the end of the game and the two both vanished for a few seconds. Then a loud banging sound and ripple later then both Vegeta and Goku came out. Vegeta appeared moving away from it and then Goku appeared shortly afterwards in pursuit, apparently having come out inconclusively out of their little vanish war.
Goku pursued Vegeta but then Vegeta reversed course and Goku was prepared. Both fighters having elbows ready to strike they seemed to head for yet another collision. But just as Goku reached him, he just passed through the after-image of Vegeta. Vegeta then came in from above and drove into Goku like a human missile. Burying his two fists into Goku's back with his whole body stretched out like a pole. Vegeta continued to drive Goku into the ring floor. When they hit the floor and small dust cloud erupted from where they hit. A blue blur then escaped from the dust cloud. Vegeta then materialised himself out of the blur and stood standing in the middle of the air several feet above and away from the crash.
Vegeta then promptly brought his hand out, palm open and facing Goku's downed position. A large blue ball of energy started to generate itself where Vegeta's hand was open. To anyone who knew Vegeta they instantly recognized one of Vegeta's favorite signature moves. "Big Bang Attack!" yelled out Vegeta as he unleashed the infamous blue orb. Goku was just getting up from laying on his ass when he noticed the incoming attack from above. He quickly brought his two index fingers to his forehead and Instant Transmissioned himself out of there. Leaving the attack to explode harmlessly on the ring floor. The next thing Vegeta knew was that he found Goku floating right next to him with a Kamehameha cupped in his hands at the ready. "KamehameHAAAA!" screamed out Goku as he unleashed the legendary blue energy beam point-blank at Vegeta's side.
A bright flash later, Vegeta was engulfed by a cloud of smoke and when he came out his body was sailing limp and trailing bits of smoke. He then landed in a heap in the ring near the edge. Goku landed softly on his feet, one after the other a short distance away and started to walk slowly towards Vegeta. "That's it Vegeta... it's over." said Goku. "Nothing is over! Not yet!" Vegeta defiantly spit out as he struggled to get up. "Yes it is... Look at you, your energy is dropping at a considerable rate, much faster than mine now. You can't win at this rate." explained Goku, hating to seeing Vegeta being so stubborn. He was clearly breathing heavy while Goku was nowhere near as pronounced though clearly still a little labored. "D-d-d-Daaaaarrrrrnnnnn yooouuuuuuu KAKAROT!" cursed out Vegeta in a scream.
Vegeta then crossed his forearms in front of his face, bent his knees and seemed to be powering up with a round and jagged purple aura he used to enshroud himself in. Goku recognized it as the freaky aura that Vegeta had used when he had powered up for his Gallic gun back when they fought the first time all those years ago. "Vegeta!? What are you doing!?" sounded an alarmed Goku. "No more games Kakarot! I'm going to settle this once and for all one way or the other!" declared Vegeta as he then rocketed high above into the sky, leaving behind a purple streak tailing him from all the way down from the spot he'd left. A round "nub" could be seen at the top of the streak, like the head of a snake. Once he was high enough, Vegeta stopped and cupped his hands opposite the way the Kamehemeha was cupped. "What is Vegeta thinking? Has he completely lost his mind!? He's going to destroy the whole Earth if he uses that!" exclaimed Piccolo as he, along with the rest of the Z-Fighters looked on in panic. "Well, he's either lost his mind from Goku beating him and is not thinking straight or..." went to theorize Yamcha but he was cut off by Gohan finishing his sentence. "... Or he's thinking about forcing the issue and preventing my father from using Instant transmission and hopefully beating my father through a decisive contest." finished Gohan. "Yeah, I guess there is that too." replied Yamcha as he then went back to looking out worriedly.
"You won't be using that annoying teleporting move this time Kakarot. There's absolutely no way you're stopping my Gallic Gun this time." yelled out Vegeta from high above while he was stuck in his pose encased in purple light. There was no doubt now that Vegeta was challenging Goku to a final decisive duel. Well Goku was just as equal to meet the challenge. "Let's finish THIS!" shouted out Goku as he quickly powered up his Super Saiyan aura and then cupped his hands to the side and charging up his famous signature move. "Kaaaaaaa... Meeeeee... " chanted Goku as he charged up the famous blue ball with rays of light coming out of it and growing bigger and stronger with each second. "Haaaaaaaaaaaah..." chanted Vegeta from high on above as he charged up his attack. "Haaaaaaaaaa... Meeeeeeeee..." continued chanting Goku. At that moment the two auras, one round and purple with jagged spikes sticking out of it high above, and the other down below that was golden yellow and spiking all over the place were staring down a each other. Vegeta's aura was sending black and yellow colored electricity that sparked around him as he charged up. It was an amazing sight and the audience were seeing and experiencing a truly iconic moment between true rivals, and somehow in the pit of their guts the audience knew it.
"This is it! GALLIC GUN!" called out Vegeta as he fired his infamous purple beam. "HAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screamed likewise Goku as he stomped his foot which embedded the ground and he countered with firing his own famously blue colored Kamehameha beam. The two beams collided in a mighty collision of blue and purple. The beams stuck in equal balance and both Goku and Vegeta then sent more energy into the attacks. The extra power brightened the light of the attacks and from then on it looked like Goku and Vegeta's bodies were bathed in blue and purple respectively. The attacking beams got slightly thicker but neither seemed to gain any ground on each other. The attacks swayed back and forth as the struggle between the two strained. It was truly an epic and mighty struggle worthy of the mightiest Titans. But neither of the two seemed to be gaining any of the decisive advantage.
Then finally Vegeta's side began to get an advantage. It seemed that his side was pushing down slightly and seemed to be gaining the upper hand in this tug-o-war. "C-Come on. That's it!" said Vegeta as he continued to strain in the mighty struggle. But then Goku decided on his end, feeling desperate from the struggle and still straining heavily on his end, decided to go with a desperate last minute tactic. "Super KaioKEEEEENNNNNN!" screamed out Goku as he used a desperate, almost never used Super Saiyan powered version of his famous technique. Goku's aura turned jagged red and his body was bathed in red. A new rush of power entered in his Kamehameha and it rushed up to nearly double the size of the blue beam. Vegeta' was quickly finding his beam being overtaken.
"Noooo, C-Come on! Not like this! Not the same way AGAIN!?" screamed out Vegeta as he tried to keep control but it was too late. Once again Goku had defeated him with the late use of the Kaioken and once again the large blue ball of energy came heading straight for Vegeta and envelopping his purple beam. The attack hit and Vegeta screamed as he disappeared in the brilliant white and blue light. The beam continued on into the sky until it was just a twinkle as it made it's way through the atmosphere and into space where it would vanish off to dissipate somewhere. The twinkle eventually vanished off in the sky and that was the end of it.
Author's Final Thoughts: Well, there you have it. An epic first half to the fight. Most of this first half at Super Saoyan I admit was inspired by an epic sprite battle video on youtube called Son Goku vs. Prince Vegeta Remake by ShuhanX. If you want to see what most of what I wrote, look that up. I admit I didn't have many ideas to what to do for I fight between Super Saiyan level ones Goku and Vegeta at this stage. So I took a bit of license and took it from someone else. Although I did rewrite the choreograph a bit just for my own to reflect my own stuff. But most of it is there, I just replaced in a few places and added a few of my own original moves in a few places more. But I still think that it's good and I hope you liked it.
