Dragonball SS: The Renahm Saga

Episode 71

Super Kaio-Ken

Last time on Dragonball SS Hercule and Gohan faced off. Gohan ended the fight quickly. Goku and Bardock each approached the ring, but before the fight Hercule left, saying that he was going to train for a year and come back. Goku and Bardock began their fight. Bardock had the upper hand, and then attacked Goku with his strongest attack, the Riot Javelin. Goku saw that it had the potential to destroy Earth and tried to deflect it with a Kamehameha Wave, but the attack was too strong. That's when Goten announced some good news: Goku had a new attack, the Super Kaio-Ken. Will this technique be strong enough to stop Bardock's attack, or will the Earth be destroyed? Find out today on Dragonball SS.

The technique will work, and if it doesn't it will buy us time to get in there and help out."

"You better be right."

"I am." Goten hadn't taken his eyes off the fight the whole time and watched as the beam was inches away from his father. "Here it comes," he whispered.

"SUPER KAIO-KEN TIMES TWO!"

A red aura flared around Goku's body. His ki instantly shot through the roof. The Riot Javelin stopped moving and was slowly pushed back to the center, between Goku and Bardock.

"You said this technique was new," Pikkon said. "I've seen Goku use this before."

"It's new for me, and it is kind of new for Dad," Goten said. "He was able to do this in Otherworld because he was dead and he could spare energy. It is much harder to use on Earth."

"I see," said Pikkon. "Will this be enough to stop Bardock's attack."

"I don't know if it would be if I used it. But Dad's using it, and he can do anything."

Pikkon smiled and nodded. "You're right about that."

Goku poured even more ki into his attack. The enormous ki that the Super Kaio-Ken was summoning was so hard to control. He could probably power up higher than this in his Super Saiyan 3 form, but he hadn't transformed so it was still a lot for his body to handle. "I've got to end this now," thought Goku. "Otherwise I'm in trouble." Goku yelled as he poured more and more ki into his attack. Bardock's attack was slowly being pushed back at him.

Goku yelled louder as he poured more ki into the Kamehemeha. It was getting harder and harder to even stand. Bardock's attack had now reached him. He threw his hands forward and grabbed hold of his attack. He began to give his attack more ki. His attack slowly left his hands and moved towards Goku.

"No," Goku muttered underneath his breath. He couldn't pour anymore ki into the attack. The Super Kaio-Ken was too exhausting. He lost his red aura and Bardock's attack charged towards him. The Kamehameha was barely slowing it down.

"I can't lose," said Goku as he struggled to keep the Kamehameha Wave going. "If I lose the entire planet will be destroyed by a stupid sparring match. I can't let that happen."

"We need to go in there... NOW!" Yamcha yelled.

"What good will we do," said Piccolo. "By the time we get there the blast will be to close to the planet. We can't help anymore."

"So we're just going to die like this!?"

"It seems so," Piccolo said.

"KAIO-KEN TIMES FIVE!"

Piccolo gasped as he saw the Riot Javelin, which was one second ago centimeters away from Goku, fly back at Bardock.

"I won't lose," thought Goku. "Even if it means risking my life."

"What!?" yelled Bardock, who was in shock with his son's comeback.

"If that hits Bardock he'll die," said Yamcha.

Suddenly the Kamehameha shot upwards into the air, pushing Bardock's attack away from him. Goku instantly let go of his Super Kaio-Ken technique and fell to the ground.

The announcer started the countdown.

"Goku lost," said Krillin in astonishment.

"He would have one, but he didn't want his father to die," said Piccolo.

"Seven! Eight! Ni-"

"I give up!" yelled Bardock as he landed on the ring.

"You can't give up!" said the announcer. "You won."

"Yeah, but I shouldn't have. My son's attack would have easily beaten me, but he didn't want to risk my life for some stupid sparring match. I went overboard with my attack. I was too focused on winning. Kakarot's the real winner."

"If... If you say so," the announcer said. "It looks like Goku is the winner!"

Bardock supported Goku on his shoulder and walked to the rest of the Z Fighters.

"Thanks, Dad," Goku said as they walked off the ring.

"Don't mention it," Bardock said.

"It looks like the quarter-finals have ended! The Semi-Finals will now commence. The battles will be Vegeta vs. Goten and Gohan vs. Goku."

Kibitokai walked over to Bardock and Goku. "I can heal him," he said. Bardock put Goku onto the ground and watched as the Supreme Kai healed Goku.

"Wow! Thanks Supreme Kai!" Goku said enthusiastically. "Now I can go all out against Gohan."

Kibitokai nodded. "No problem, Goku. That was a fantastic technique you used."

"Yeah," Goku said. "It's a great technique, but it exhausts you and leaves you feeling drained."

Vegeta and Goten were asked to come out to the ring.

The semi-finals were about to begin.

Next time on Dragonball SS the first fight of the semi-finals begin and end between Goten and Vegeta. Who will win? Find out next time!

Dragonball SS: Episode 72: Vegeta vs. Goten

A/N: Sorry for the long delay. I have a lot of stuff going on right now. I will try to have the tournament finished by the end of February. Dragonball SS's second anniversary is coming up on March 19. I'm pretty upset, since the first anniversary I posted episodes 47-49. That shows that in the first year of SS I posted 49 chapters and in the second year I'm still in the same tournament and have only posted 20 chapters so far. I am going to try and update a lot and hopefully you will have much more than three chapters. Possibly seven or eight. I will also try to review everyone's stories. See you later!