Cee and Goku were still fighting with everything they had. Although Cee was last in control of the fight this time around Goku was in control. They had pretty much remained on a fixed posistion on the tree branch and were just dashing back and forth at each other punching and countering. They charged with their war cries filling the air and Cee struck first, throwing his punch at Goku. The hit scored but Goku was still aware of what was going on. As he was knocked back he held on to Cee's fist and yanked him foward into his waiting knee. Bringing his knee back he lashed his leg out again and struck Cee in the face. Cee stumbled back and before he knew it Goku was in his face again. The first few punches found their mark but then Cee was able to block the next. He struck back at Goku hitting him a few times and when he got him in his stomach Goku retalliated with a headbutt. Now it was Goku's turn to deal out the damage and with a kick to Cee's head he sent the commander falling down to the branch. Cee braced himself and fliped back to his feet and tried to catch Goku with a series of kicks. They all whizzed by except for the last that caught Goku in the leg. He went down to one knee and Cee took the oppertunity to knee Goku in the face. Goku was able to grab Cee's knee and whiped him to the ground, but once again Cee put his hands down and caught himself, and for Goku's effort he recieved a foot to the face. The kick knocked Goku to his back and Cee spun around back to his feet. He jumped towards Goku with a fist drop but Goku rolled from it. While Cee was still kneeling on the ground Goku kicked him in the chest causing him to loose his balance and fall on his side. For a second the two layed on the ground side by side glaring at each other before flipping back to their feet and kicking at each other. Both their legs clashed against each other and they withdrew them back and they spun around trying to backfist each other, but their arms also clashed against each other blocking the hits. Spinning back around both fighters swung, Cee with his right arm and Goku with his left, and this time they both scored hits, ramming their fists into each other's face at the same time. Spit flew from their mouths from the impacts and Cee was first to recover and with a growl he quickly knocked Goku's arm away from his face. He continued to assault away on Goku and when Cee threw in a knee Goku was able to grab onto it and swung Cee face first into the branch they were standing on. Cee spun to his back once he hit and kicked Goku away from him and returned to his feet and charged the saiyan again. Cee's punch found it's mark on Goku's cheek and Goku was knocked off his feet and landed on the branch tearing up the bark as he skidded. Cee stopped him from sliding by grabing his feet and this time it was Cee who swung Goku face first into the branch, but instead of doing it just once he did it twice before throwing him at the trunk of the tree. Cee followed up with another knee to the stomach and Goku coughed up more blood before Cee threw him down on the branch.
"This is it Goku, now you die!" Cee cried out pointing his hand towards the fallen warrior. Goku laid on the branch, tired and defenseless. Straining to turn his head to look back, he could see the energy begining to gather in Cee's palm.
Down below Venus and Lita were still watching the fight and Venus was once again attempting to dive into Cee's mind. The bright circle of light that appeared on her forehead disappeared as she quickly opened her eyes and broke her concentration.
"He's going to kill him!" she blurted out.
"What? Who?" Lita asked with confusion, but before her questions were answered Venus's body began to glow and was surrounded by a orange auroa.
"No wait! You can't go up there!" Lita shouted out trying to grab Venus's arm, but as she reached out she saw the determined look in her eyes. Venus now knew she must jump into the fight once again by using her sailor teleporation and stop Cee from killing Goku, and if she died in the process then she hoped her death would bring Cee to realize the wrongs of his ways. The glow brightened and Venus disappeared leaving Lita to grab at nothing.
"Damnit Mina you're going to get yourself killed!" she shouted out.
Venus appeared in front of Cee which startled him so bad that the energy ball vanished from his palm.
"It's you!" he said staring at Venus.
"No, get away from here!" Goku shouted while still laying on the branch, but Venus refused to move and she stayed fixed looking Cee right in his eyes.
"What do you want this time? I told you if you ever interfered again I'd kill you!" Cee said.
"I'm not going to let you give in to your hatred, all this has to stop now! I won't allow you to hurt anyone anymore!" She streched her arms out and stood in between Cee and Goku, shielding Goku. "If you're going to kill him then you're going to have to go through me!"
Cee gave a small confused look towards the girl. He was kinda baffled that she would give her life for Goku, but with a quick glare he rushed her and grabed her by her throat. She gave a small cry as she was lifted up in the air. Goku tried to get up to stop him, but Cee pointed his hand towards him and with a blast knocked him back down. Goku hit hard and as he did his senzu bean fell from his belt and rolled to the side of his hand.
Cee brought Venus's face close to his and stared at her and even though he was choking her she didn't struggle much.
"You're a foolish girl, I don't understand why you choose to throw your life away like this, but I guess if I'm to reach my goal then you and Goku must die."
"I won't fight back, but if killing me will help you see that what you're doing is wrong then my death wouldn't have been in vain. I'll die knowing that I saved at least one life." Venus choked out as Cee tightened his grip.
"I don't know how many times I have to tell you I don't want to be saved! It's too late for me, I've sold my soul, now why can't you just see that?"
"I don't believe that. I know there's good in you, it's just blocked by all your hatred. If you share your thoughts and feelings with me then you can overcome it all. You just have to trust me."
"I share nothing with no one! My fights and feelings do not concern you, so just stay away from me!"
Cee tightened his grip even more and Venus let out another cry as she struggled to breathe. She could feel herself begining to slip away but she refused to die, she wasn't giving up just yet.
"But don't you remember how it was in the past before all this happened?" she slowly choked out. "How it was back on your planet. Remember your friends, remember your family, remember Rachel."
Cee's eyes widened when he heard that name and instantly he released his grip. Venus fell to the ground and coughed trying to get her breath back. "I want to take you back to how you used to be then. You used to be a noble man full of justice and honor, now you're consumed by hatred for what happened to everyone you ever cared for. The thought of revenge has blinded your judgement, but it's not too late to change everything, just let us help you in your battles on the outside...and on the inside."
"No you're wrong. There's no turning back for me, my hands are stained with the blood of all the innocent lives I was forced to take. Whatever it is you feel is wrong, I'm not like I was in the past nor can I ever return to it. My past is gone and I'm nothng more than a killer now. My only objective now is to get my revenge, and I shall have it...and nothing else matters!"
"You're wrong Cee!"
Both Cee and Venus looked to see Goku on his feet and healed again.
"Everyone can change, just listen to her. There's no need for senseless violence, I too lost my family at the hands of Frieza when he destroyed Vegeta so we have something in common."
"No we have nothing in common! I'm not listening anymore, the both of you are just distracting me from my goal. I can never be the way I was so don't even try to help me anymore! This is my battle and I will have my wish now if you don't get away from me I'll kill you both!"
Cee pointed his hand towards the two of them and quickly gathered energy into a ball.
"Cee please wait!" pleaded Venus stepping foward.
"No more talking! Now you die first!" But before he had a chance to fire a noise made them turn their heads to the side. Out of nowhere a stray shot from Vegeta and Turles's fight streamed down and struck the branch they were standing on. The force of the explosion was enough to throw Venus off the branch and she let out a scream as she plummeted to the ground. Lita saw her heading for the ground but was helpless to do anything, she knew Venus would hit before she had time to transform to save her. From the branch Cee and Goku got back to their feet and watched Venus on her course for certian death. Venus knew her end was near and as the ground closed in on her she closed her eyes and waited, and as she waited one last thought crossed her mind.
'Goodbye Cee.'
Vegeta's body crashed against the side of the tree and slid down to a lower branch. He sat there for a moment and coughed up a little blood. Since Turles's transformation into a super saiyan now Turles was in control of things. Vegeta still wondered how this could be, how could another low class warrior achieve what was his birth right? First Goku became a super saiyan while fighting Frieza now Turles is one. He continued thinking about this and he could feel his own anger begining to swell up inside him. He should have never let Turles live all those years ago when they were just kids. He remembered the first day he fought him in the training room, how Turles along with four other saiyan children were to be put up against Vegeta in a sparring match. Vegeta had easily defeated them all but Turles showed great determination for being a lower class saiyan that Vegeta decided to spare his life. Every since that day Turles would often times be put up with Vegeta to fight, and every time Vegeta would easily defeat him. But of course just as Turles had been saying all along, all that was in the past and now things are different, it seemed now Turles had all the power after all.
"It's like I've been saying all along Vegeta." Turles said as he hovered down to the branch Vegeta was on. "I am now the true saiyan emperor and you are nothing more than a reject. There's no way you can beat me now!"
"We'll see about that. You're not a true super saiyan, just some lab rat." Vegeta said getting back to his feet. "But either way after this fight we'll see who has the right to call themself the ruler of the saiyans."
Turles smirked. "You're right about that Vegeta, you're absolutetly right." And in a blink he was standing right in front of Vegeta. The saiyan prince was caught by surprise as Turles's foot grazed his cheek knocking him off the branch and down below. Vegeta regained control and turned around as Turles met him again with a punch. The two locked up and Turles maintained control of the fight. He pummled away and continued to wear down the saiyan prince. Lefts and rights found their mark on Vegeta and he rocked back and forth from every blow. He tried a punch at Turles but he dodged it and with a punch and a knee to the stomach Vegeta was momentarily stunned. Turles took the oppertunity to charge up a small ball of energy right in front of Vegeta's stomach and released it blowing away Vegeta through a cluster of leaves and up against the trunk of the tree. Turles smiled at his work and zoomed across to meet Vegeta. Not even giving Vegeta the chance to fall down, Turles was already in front of him holding him steady.
"It pains me to see you in so much pain Vegeta, it really does."
Vegeta glared at him and snarled, but Turles amptly punched him in the face.
"Now, now, what was that dirty look for huh?" he asked punching Vegeta again. "I see you were never taught your manners, you're always suppose to treat your superiors with respect." Turles said while still punching away at Vegeta. Once again he put his hands on Vegeta's chest and began to power up another energy beam, this time it blasted Vegeta through the trunk of the tree and across the sky. He was able to throw himself off the beam before it exploded and dashed across the sky with Turles behind him.
"Come on Vegeta, we've played this game before!" Turles cried out from behind. Vegeta was begining to get desperate now, Turles was more powerful than he was and he was running out of tricks to use. Seeing that the only chance he had left was to fight head on, Vegeta quickly turned around and flew towards Turles. This act caught Turles by surprise since he would have never expected Vegeta to do this and it was to Vegeta's advantadge. With a monsterous fist right in Turles's face the super saiyan was knocked to the side with Vegeta right on him. Vegeta gave everything he had this time and struck Turles repeatedly. Vegeta alternated from punches to kicks and it didn't take long for Turles to try to regain control of the fight again. He blocked one of Vegeta's kicks, and while wrapping his arm around Vegeta's captive leg, Vegeta swung his other leg around catching Turles in the back of the head. The impact sent Turles into a spiral towards the ground and Vegeta met him with a knee to the stomach before he hit. Turning him around Vegeta elbowed him in the throat and Turles bounced off one of the massive roots. Vegeta let out a shout and released a beam of energy at Turles and when it exploded he saw the saiyan dashing out of the smoke. Vegeta gave chase and rapidly began firing more blasts across the sky. They zoomed around before ending back at the tree again. As they neared the tree one of Vegeta's beams scored a hit and he fired another one to finish him off, but as it exploded Turles appeared above Vegeta and delievered a crushing elbow to him. Vegeta landed on all fours on the ground and looked up to see Turles on a collision course with him. Rolling out of the way he avoided him and a thick cloud of dust rose up from Turles landing on the ground. But Turles was quick, and right as Vegeta got back to his feet Turles was once again on him pummling away. They fought for a while on the ground throwing punches at each other while countering and blocking before they took back to the air again. Soaring about, they filled the sky with bright beams and explosions. Turles was begining again to gain the upper hand and cut Vegeta off from his course. Vegeta relentlessly tried to hit Turles but he zoomed about and everytime Vegeta missed, Turles landed a blow. As Turles zipped about again he collided with Vegeta sending his knee right in the saiyan's stomach, and while still flying, rammed his body into the tree. He threw Vegeta down to a branch and as Vegeta struggled to get back up Turles hovered down to him.
"So what was all that talk about me being a lab rat?" laughed Turles watching Vegeta struggle to his feet. He dashed foward and punched Vegeta to the ground. He put his foot on his chest and pointed his hand at his body.
"Now renounce your heritage and accept me as your new master, then maybe I'll give you a painless death."
"I'll never bow to you!" Vegeta shouted out in short breaths, he was obviously tired.
"Then I guess I'll just have to kill you!"
Turles's hand began to glow and he fired off several point blank energy beams at Vegeta's helpless body. Vegeta's body rocked around the ground from each painful impact and his saiyan armor was being torn to shreds. His screams of pain filled the air and Turles smiled and licked his lips at the sight as he continued to blast away.