Turles gave Vegeta's limp body a kick, and with a snort he spat on Vegeta and mumbled to himself.
"I told you to bow, but you were just too stubborn. Well look what your stubborness did, it killed you. But oh well, least now we know who the true ruler is."
He gave Vegeta one last kick and flew up to a hollow opening in the tree. He walked inside and gazed up to see the fruit already begining to take form.
"Amazing, the fruit is nearly ripe. I never knew the Earth was so rich in nutrients." He looked around and then began to chuckle which turned into laughter. "Soon I will eat from the fruit and will become the universes most strongest warrior! My power will be unmatchable, and once Frieza is taken care of I will assume his place as the leader of the Empire!" His thoughts made him howl with laughter as he walked around in the opening of the tree.
Vegeta slowly rolled to his back and gazed up at the sky and clusters of leaves that shadowed him. He was a bloody mess of cuts and bruises and was barely alive. He knew he would have been dead if not for his armor. The thought of something made by Frieza, the being who he hated the most, was something that saved his life made him give a small smile, but he winced as he gave a small chuckle. It was true that he was alive, but he still had no energy left in him to do anything. He just laid there and began thinking. It pained him that everything that was supposed to happen to him was carried out through others. Since his childhood he always believed that since he was a prince it would be he that would claim the right of being a super saiyan, but fate dennied him the chance and instead two third class warriors claimed the right. He also believed it would be him that would defeat Frieza and get revenge for all the years of enslavement, but that to was dennied and Goku ended up fighting Frieza. Thoughts of him being with his father again raced through his head. He remembered the last conversation they had together before he was taken away to Frieza's ship and before the king was brutaly beaten to death. He clentched his fist and began to wonder, why? Why did this have to happen to him? Why must he live this hell? He had lost everything and no matter how many times he assended to a new level of power someone was always there to challenge him with far stronger power than his own. It was as if everything was against him and fate was just laughing in his face. Like his whole life was some sort of joke. But he would not let things end like this, he swore he would never let his pride be crushed for it was all he had left. He would continue to fight and continue to grow stronger until he claimed his birthright, until his destiny was finally realized. This was a fight he would not give in to, a fight he would fight to the finish. With a sensation rushing through his body he slowly rose to his feet, ignoring the pain he felt within. He stood motionless and felt his body begining to burn, the sensation spread across him and he could feel every muscle and tendon in him burning. With his fists still balled up he began to tremble and his body began to glow. He didn't know what this feeling was that rushed over him but he didn't care. It seemed to revive him and he liked it. Feeling that his body was about to burst into flames his feet slowly left the branch he was standing on and he took to the air to the opening where Turles was.
Turles was still laughing to himself when his scouter went off. Turning around and running back outside he saw Vegeta hovering in the air glaring at him. Turles smirked at the sight of him.
"I see you're not dead after all. You're lucky that armor saved your life, wait no I take that back since it looks like I'm going to have to beat you to death. You should have just given in and died down there."
"I've had enough of everything, every since I was a child I've seen everything I've ever worked for get taken away from me by someone else. My planet was taken away, my father was taken away, my throne was taken away and my desire for being a super saiyan was taken away. All I have left is my pride, and no one will ever take that away from me!"
"Well Vegeta we'll just see about that. If that's all you have left then allow me to crush it!"
"NO! I will show you and everyone else that being the supreme ruler of all IS my destiny! No longer will I be shoved to the side while someone else takes what is mine, the fighting begins now! Now I will show you true power, NOW I WILL SHOW YOU THE POWER OF VEGETA!"
In an instant Vegeta's body exploded with a surge of energy that exploded Turles's scouter. The burning sensation in Vegeta was at it's boiling point and was just about to overflow. With a mighty roar Vegeta's body became surrounded by a golden glow as he felt energy surging through every vein in him. He tried to control his anger but was lost in it. The golden glow intensified, but strangly enough he didn't appear to be a super saiyan, his hair didn't change color. But super saiyan or not Vegeta was now pumped with anger, and with a yell he charged towards Turles and reared his fist back ready to strike.
Venus opened her eyes and looked around. She was alive, but couldn't understand how. She looked under her to find herself floating down to the ground on some kind of energy bubble, and as she gazed back up at the tree her eyes met his. Cee glared down at her as she floated down to the ground and both he and Goku watched as Lita helped her off the bubble.
"I knew it, thank you Cee." she said still looking up.
"I don't think he's the one who saved you. If I remember he was trying to kill you." Lita commented.
"No, he saved me. I can feel it in my heart. I knew there was still good in him, and I thank him."
Cee scoffed from up on the branch and turned to face Goku.
"My offer still stands, we don't have to fight." Goku said calmly.
"Your offer means nothing to me." Cee said back.
"If that's the way you feel then I guess I really have no choice." Goku said getting into a fighting stance.
"Neither do I" Cee said getting into his stance. The two stared each other down before once again charging.
"There they go again." Lita said from the ground.
"Yes I know, but things are different now. He's aware of what he use to be, now it's just a matter of taking him back to being like that."
"And how do you expect to do that?"
"By finding out exactly what made him this way. I need to find out what event in his life caused him to fill up with hatred. Then and only then can I free him."
Goku's punch knocked Cee back to the trunk of the tree. He tried to get in another hit but Cee moved out of the way and struck Goku across the back with a hammer blow. He picked him up and struck him across the face several times before ending it with an uppercut. As Goku was falling down he was able to shoot a small ball of energy towards Cee, who at the last minute was able to swat it away. But when he turned to look back at Goku, he had already rolled to his feet and was charging for him. Goku collided into Cee and he forced him back up against the tree. Cee gave Goku another hammer blow and while Goku was stunned, wraped his arms around Goku's waist and lifted him up in a powerbomb. Cee dove off the branch still holding on to Goku and threw him into the ground. The ground cracked and dust was scattered into the air. Venus and Lita shielded themselves from the dust as they watched on. Goku got back up to his feet again and dusted himself off, he was still a little woozy from the fall.
"Alright, now where did he go?" he wondered looking around. He couldn't see Cee anywhere and he tried to sense his location. He closed his eyes and began to concentrate on locating his energy when a feeling told him to turn around. Goku did just that and nearly avoided an energy wave as it streaked right past him.
"Got you!" Cee shouted from above, flying down to meet Goku. They began to battle it out on the ground kicking up more dust as they dashed about. Slowly their battle began to take them higher and higher in the air until they were back to hovering in the sky. Looks of determination were on their faces as they both swung at each other with everything they had. Niether of the two could land a blow to the other this time, but when Goku caught Cee off guard with a kame-hame-ha, that's when things began to change. The blast knocked Cee back in the air and Goku took the charge by hitting Cee on all sides. One more kame-hame-ha sent the commander to the ground and another one caused the explosion. In the cloud of dust Cee was thrown to the side, and when he regained himself, an orange, glowing ball caught his attention. His eyes lit up with surprise as there to the left of him where all seven dragonballs that were knocked off the tree by Vegeta's blast from earlier.
"I don't believe it." he said. "The dragonballs, they're all here."
He looked around and was pleased to see he was hidded within all the dust. "This is perfect, now I can finally have my wish!" Laughing to himself he quickly got up and stood before the dragonballs.
"Darn it, where is he now?" Goku wondered looking at the dust cloud trying to find Cee.
"NOW DRAGONBALLS I COMMAND YOU, DRAGON COME OUT AND GRANT MY WISH!"
The voice of Cee was heard below and it sent a wave of panic and shock through Goku. "Oh no! He found the balls!"
Cee was laughing like crazy as the balls began to glow. The sky rumbled and was begining to turn black.
"What's going on?" cried out Lita as the wind picked up. "Is it a storm?"
"I don't know, but I don't like this!" Venus shouted back.
"Finally my day of destiny is here! My revenge is now!" Cee cried out over the howling wind and thunder. But a blue energy beam knocked him off his feet and threw him to the ground. Cee looked back to see Goku and furiously got back to his feet.
"I will not let you ruin this for me!" he cried out charging Goku. They began to fight but a sudden burst of energy from the balls made them stop. Like a beam of orange light the energy shot out and started to swirl around in the sky. It wraped itself around the branches of the mighty tree and even Vegeta and Turles stoped fighting for a moment to wonder what the strange display was.
"What is that?" shrieked Lita watching the light take the form of a dragon.
"Goku was right, it really does exist." Venus said in disbelieve. The fighting had completly stoped an for a few seconds everyone was stunned at the site of the eternal dragon who was before them.
"You have awakend me. Speak now and tell me your wish." the dragon growled out in a deep voice.
"Dragon, I want you to grant me..." but Cee couldn't finish his sentence and was yet again thrown to the ground by another energy beam.
"I can not allow you to make a wish!" Goku yelled out as he watched Cee get back to his feet and charge.
"You can't stop me Goku!" Cee cried back as he tackled him to the ground. "You can't stop me from having my revenge!" He began to pummel away on Goku's face and Goku struggle to kick Cee off of him.
"Dragon, I wish for.." but Goku managed to put his hand over Cee's mouth and pushed him to the ground.
"Shenron, there's no..." But Goku couldn't finish as Cee put him in a headlock. They wrestled on the ground and Shenron began to get impatient.
"Speak now! Tell me your wish!"
"You heard him, now get off of me!" said Cee struggling with Goku.
"I can't let you go!" Goku said back.
"I said get off!" Cee shouted out kicking Goku off. Goku was thrown above Cee's head but he landed on his feet as Cee got to his.
"KAME-HAME-HA!" Goku shouted releasing a wave at Cee. Cee blocked it with his shield and made a lunge for Goku. They had a short fight in which Goku won by catching Cee with a powerful kick to his side that knocked him against a nearby root.
"Shenron, we don't have a wish today! You don't have to grant anything!" Goku finally shouted to the dragon.
"NO WAIT!" Cee shouted out running back towards the balls. He ran beside Goku and shoved him out of the way.
"I still have a wish!" he shouted out.
"Very well." Shenron growled. Cee's eyes lit up with surprise, there was still a chance, still a chance for him to have all the power he could ever need, all he could ever want.
"Since no wish was made today then you may summon me once more when you are ready. Until then I bid you a farewell."
"NOOOOO!" Cee cried out as he and Goku stood near the balls watching Shenron began to glow once again. Turning back into a form of energy, the balls floated up in the sky and streaked across the heavens in seperate directions. The wind died down and the dark clouds disappeared. Cee was left standing alone next to the place where the balls once laid, his arm was stretched out towards the sky as if trying to grab something that wasn't there. With a sigh of defeat he droped his hand and his body began to tremble.
"I'm sorry Cee, but I just couldn't let you make your wish." Goku said.
Cee was quite for a minute, he didn't speak didn't move didn't do anything except twitch his head to the side. "My revenge. All those years, everything I've worked for...all wasted." Cee softly said not moving. He remained standing still with his back towards Goku, but still trembling. "This is too much. My plans, my team, my destiny, all taken away by you Goku. You've ruined everything for me, everything I've sacrificed to get this far! All my effort wasted, and now you must pay!" Cee turned around to glare at Goku, and Goku was shocked at what he saw. Cee's body was trembling, his head was shaking. His once black eyes now glowed at Goku with blood red anger. Cee's breathing rapidly increased and his chest heaved. Deep in him he could feel something begining to give way, something begining to snap once again like so many years ago. His body began to grow hot and a dull auroa began to surround him. Cee couldn't take it anymore, he couldn't control himself. He felt his anger begining to take control of every fiber in his body, and with a sudden shout he exploded with power. "FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, I SWEAR I'LL MAKE YOU PAY! I WON'T REST UNTIL YOU'RE DEAD!"
Cee's muscles buldged and his body structure seemed to increase in size. Viens popped out of everywhere and he gave one more cry before charging at the surprised Goku. Cee's fist connected and Goku flew back towards the tree. Just as soon as Goku's body crashed against the trunk Cee was already in front of him and began to punch away. Cee threw him to the ground and began to pummel him some more. Each punched smashed into Goku's face sending swirls of pain through him.
Venus gave out another shrill cry and collapsed to the ground holding her head.
"What happened?" shouted Lita trying to help Venus back to her feet.
"His anger has taken over, he's become something terrible just as I feared." Venus said trembling in Lita's arms. "He's lost in his own anger, he doesn't even know who he is now."
"He looks pretty pissed to me. How are we going to stop him now?" wondered Lita as she saw Cee throw Goku back to the side of the tree then against a root. Goku couldn't even defend himself from the terrible onslaught.
"It's up to me now, I have to dive into his mind not only for his sake, but for the sake of everyone. If he stays like this then there's no hope of winning."
Quickly she closed her eyes and began to concentrate. 'I only hope I can still reach him.'
Goku's face was rammed into the side of one of the roots and Cee kept trying to grind it further in.
"I WON'T STOP UNTIL YOU'RE DEAD!" he kept shouting. He pulled Goku's head back by his golden hair and with a quick thrust, smashed it into his knee. A swift punch to the stomach made Goku's eyes widen and blood and spit pour from his mouth. The pain he felt was so strong that he had never experienced anything like it, not even when he fought Frieza. Goku was thrown back up against the root and with a few more hits to his battered body Cee put both his hands in front of his chest and energy began to gather.
"Now Goku, now you die!"
But a sharp pain in his head made him cry out and back away. He immediately knew what was causing this pain and he struggled to focus on the world around him. He tried not to give in again but he could feel himself begining to slip away into the state of unconsciousness like he did before. Falling to his knees he still tried, but this time the pain was too great, too overpowering for him to handle. With another cry he collapsed holding his head and began to blackout. And not too far away Sailor Venus kept concenrating, the light on her forehead intensifing. She was putting out so much power that she felt her legs began to grow weak and give way. Just like Cee she fell to her knees and collapsed to the ground, her surroundings began to grow hazy and blurry, until finally she blacked out as well.
