Chapter 36: Super Saiyan Four Times Two.
Syn Shenron was a very different shadow dragon compared to all the other six previous shadow dragons. He was a tall red eyed creature about six feet tall with a pair of white whiskers growing out from under his nose much like a moustache, just like Nuova Shenron and his late brother Eis Shenron he had an armoured body but it was white in colour and he lacked wings. He did however have long black spikes growing out of his back, elbows, knees and his chin. A pair of white spikes were growing out of the sides of his armoured chest and another pair of white spikes were growing out of his head. In the centre of Syn Shenron's forehead was the cracked one star dragon ball, however Goku couldn't see it or it's shadow dragon possessor. The pure hearted saiyan was still blind from Eis Shenron's last attack on him, however his other four senses were still working and Goku felt that he was really going to need them!
"It's a pitiful dragon that gives allowances to a monkey!" Syn Shenron said scornfully to Nuova Shenron as he stood by the blinded Goku protectively. So saying the white armoured shadow dragon raised his arm, pointed a finger and fired off another blast this time at Goku! When this happened Nuova Shenron acted without thinking, he quickly threw himself between Goku and Syn Shenron's attack and although he managed to block it with his body the two of them were sent flying several meters.
"I'm…I'm sorry," Nuova Shenron said weakly to Goku as he lay on top of him spitting blood out of his mouth. "I wanted…to settle this…fairly. I wan…" he suddenly broke off and his head fell down for the last time.
"Nuova…" Goku said weakly as he felt his evil but noble shadow dragon savour fade away, suddenly he felt something roll against his hand. Goku didn't need his site to tell him it was the four star dragon ball fully restored to its original self now that Nuova Shenron was no more.
"Alright!" Goku said furiously clenching his fist. "That's it!" He stood up and powered himself up as much as his super saiyan four form would allow him to. "That was one of your own kind you just killed!" he yelled angrily to his unseen opponent. "Don't you have one ounce of decency in you? Can't you see what you've done? You slaughtered him!" Goku went on when he received no answer. "You slaughtered him like he was an insect!"
"Of course I did," Syn Shenron replied casually. "This isn't a game," he went on in a hardening voice. "And how dare you criticise your own creation we're here because of you," he said accusingly.
"What do you mean?" Goku demanded to know.
"We shadow dragons were born because you misused the dragon balls, remember?" Syn Shenron pointed out to the blinded Goku as he started walking forward towards him. "It all started with you! Your world is crumbling because of your actions! You were warned about the over use, but you didn't listen!" By now the white armoured dragon was right in front of Goku, he leant forward and whispered in the saiyan's ear. "This is all your fault!'
"Everything we ever wished for," Goku said angrily to his tormenter. "Was always for the good of the planet! Old Kai warned me and I felt bad for doing it," he admitted. "But I never made a selfish wish! every wish made on the dragon balls was important! Do you hear me?" he asked his silent opponent. "I did what was right for the planet then, and I'll do what is right for the planet now! Even if I'm blind!"
"Hmm," Syn Shenron said quietly to himself. "A noble monkey. If you feel so bad about it," he said straitening up. "Maybe death should be your penance!" He grabbed Goku and released a huge amount of energy that was so sudden and destructive that it blew up most of the city around them. In the centre of this explosion Goku and the backpack containing the newly restored dragon balls went flying through the air, such a site caused Syn Shenron to laugh uproariously like an evil manic. By the time the shadow dragon's attack had faded there was a huge crater in the city where he had been standing, thankfully Goku was floating in the air above the destruction at a safe distance. "Oops!" he heard Syn Shenron say mockingly to him as he floated in the air nearby. "Guess I used a bit too much energy, but now you know what I'm capable of!"
"Your power's amazing!" Goku said in awe of what he had felt rather than saw as he was still blind. "You destroyed the entire city in one blast!"
"And now," Syn Shenron said grandly floating towards his enemy. "Your time has come!"
Goku quickly braced himself for the shadow dragon's attack and all at once he was kicked savagely in the face which caused him to go crashing through several skyscrapers with Syn Shenron following close behind. As Goku crashed through the last skyscraper he was then given a destructive punch to the face followed by a violent blow to his stomach. Syn Shenron smiled with satisfaction as he started beating Goku within an inch of his life bringing the skyscraper down on top of him in the process. Another savage kick sent Goku flying towards a deserted fun park where he collided with a large Ferris wheel and sent it rolling across a short distance before it grinded to a halt.
"So," Syn Shenron asked the injured Goku as he landed on one of the Ferris wheel compartments nearby. "What do you think so far? I'm not the easy catch you thought, am I?"
"No Syn," Goku said weakly untangling himself from the Ferris wheel's metal girders. "I don't underestimate my opponents, ever!"
"Well then," Syn Shenron said raising his hand and pointing his finger. "I'm going to miss your sportsman like attitude," so saying he fired off his blast.
Hearing the attack approaching him Goku quickly flew off the Ferris wheel just before the blast could hit him, he then landed on a deserted roller coaster track and started running along it. Seeing what Goku was up to Syn Shenron started firing shot after shot at the running saiyan getting closer and closer each time. Finally the inevitable happened one of the blast hit Goku in the back and he fell off the roller coaster track much to Syn Shenron's amusement. However when the smoke cleared Goku was gone!
"Huh?" Syn Shenron looked around for the mighty saiyan
Just then an empty roller coaster gilded down the tracks and as it reached the part of the track Syn Shenron had blown up it became airborne, as the ride flew near the shadow dragon he blasted it to bits in case Goku was hiding in it. As it happened Goku was hiding in the roller coaster, as it exploded he flew forward and punched the astonished Syn Shenron in the face knocking him off the Ferris wheel and sent him crashing to the ground below with a huge bang.
"Somehow," Goku said thoughtfully to himself as he swung from the Ferris wheel's girders. "I don't think he saw that one coming."
Meanwhile not far away a very beaten up Pan, Kei and Sho were staggering through the ruined city looking for Goku and the missing dragon balls. The three young teens were really beaten up by what the late Eis Shenron had done to them but they were determined to help Goku no matter what. Pan, who was been supported by Kei and Sho suddenly fell to the ground as her strength gave out.
"Come on…Pan," Kei said weakly to his girlfriend. "Don't…give up."
"Yeah…" Sho added equally weak. "Grandpa…needs us."
As Pan was slowly helped to her feet, her tattered and empty looking backpack suddenly flew into her face. "My backpack…" she said weakly. Holding it up she saw that it was indeed empty. "The…dragon balls…" she said quietly her eyes starting to water. "They're…gone…," and she started to cry.
"Oh Pan…" Kei said in a heartbroken voice and hugged his sobbing girlfriend in his arms letting her cry.
"Grandpa…" Sho said weakly to himself. "What…happened?"
Back at the amusement Goku was now hiding among the deserted rides, after dealing such a quick surprise attack he felt certain that Syn Shenron would really be out for his blood for humiliating him. So he had flown off the Ferris wheel and was now waiting in the park grounds waiting for his enemy's next move. He didn't have long to wait, for her heard Syn Shenron land on the ground near to his location. 'Not yet,' he thought quietly to himself as he heard the shadow dragon start walking cautiously in his direction. 'One more second' he went on as he heard Syn Shenron pass him by, once he was at the distance Goku wanted at he struck. 'NOW!'
Jumping out of cover Goku quickly powered up a Kamehameha Wave at the apparently unsuspecting shadow dragon. "KA…ME….HA…"
Hearing Goku's voice Syn Shenron turned around, saw what his opponent was doing and just smiled.
"ME…HAAAAAAA!" Goku shouted completing his attack and firing it off destroying a large part of the fair grounds in the process. "I did it!" he said in relief as he felt the power of his attack fade away.
Unfortunately for Goku his attack did nothing, for when the smoke and dust cleared Syn Shenron was still standing where he had been completely unhurt! "Oh you certainly did it alright Goku," the shadow dragon said to his now horrified enemy. "But none of it seems to hurt me."
"Something's wrong," Goku said worriedly. "That blast should have at least put some kind of dent in you!"
"Should have?" Syn Shenron said mockingly. "So what you are learning right now is the fact you are simply not strong enough to beat me!"
As the shadow dragon spoke Goku heard him powering up his own attack and he quickly turned tail and fled into the air, however Syn Shenron's attack just followed Goku like a heat seeking missile! No matter how hard Goku tried to dodge the attack it stayed with him until it struck him and exploded which then blasted him into a nearby tower! When the smoke from the blast cleared Goku was hanging upside down unconscious the top part his right leg impaled on a metal strand.
At that very moment on the ground below Pan, Kei and Sho staggered into the park grounds, they had heard the sounds of battle and they guessed Goku must be there and in trouble.
"Where is he?" Kei said weakly looking around the fun park.
Looking up Pan soon discovered the unconscious and injured Goku hanging from the tower above them, seeing her grandpa in such a horrible state made Pan cry out in alarmed distress.
"What is it?" Kei asked Pan in alarm.
"What's wrong?" Sho asked equally concerned.
"My Kami look at that!" Kei said looking up in horror at the tower.
"Grandpa!" Sho cried in horror.
"What happened to him?" Kei cried.
"We have to get him down!" Pan screamed to her friends.
"Forget it Pan," Sho said wearily. "I'm too exhausted to fly up there, and I know that you and Kei are just as equally exhausted. We couldn't help grandpa even if we wanted to!"
Hearing this Pan fell to her knees with tears streaming down her face. "Help Papa!" she sobbed to herself. "Help Aunt Galina, help Trunks both Future and Chibi, help everyone! We all need your help! Grandpa's in trouble!"
As Pan was shouting this, high above them Goku continued to hang lifeless and unconscious from the tower above them by his impaled leg. As the pure hearted swung upside down in the air he suddenly powered down from his super saiyan four form to his regular child like self again.
"It's too bad," Syn Shenron said mockingly to the hanging Goku having witnessed his body power down while he floated in the air around him in a slow circle. "But the comfort you've always felt at being called 'the strongest fighter in the Galaxy' will come to an end today. No more will the word 'saiyan' mean anything but FAILURE," he went gloatingly with an evil chuckle.
So saying Syn Shenron grabbed his unconscious enemy, pulled him clear of the metal strand impaling his leg and held him up like a sack of old potatoes. Looking down the white armoured shadow dragon saw he was floating high above a skeleton dressed in pirate clothes, one hand pointed in the direction of a deserted ride called Pirate's Cove showing visitors to the park where the entrance to the ride was. In the skeleton's other hand was a pirate sword pointing straight up into the air, seeing this Syn Shenron smiled evilly to himself. If he were to drop Goku from where they were floating there was a very good chance he'd be impaled on the skeleton's sword, for he was far too weak to stop himself from falling let alone fly away.
"Too much time and energy has been wasted to bother with you anymore," Syn Shenron said to the now awaking Goku. "So…goodbye Goku!"
With that said the white armoured shadow dragon released his grip on Goku and the pure hearted saiyan plummeted down to the ground towards skeleton and its deadly sword. But to Syn Shenron's surprise there was a sudden energy blast and the skeleton was blown to bits and the falling Goku was caught by his son GOTEN!
"I've got you dad!" the young demi-saiyan said to the injured Goku quickly flying him off to safety.
"Ah," Syn Shenron said to himself quickly getting over his surprise. "The reinforcements are here!"
"That's a pretty harsh way to rescue someone Majuub," Goten called down to the ground as he waited for the smoke from his friend's blast to clear. "But thanks anyway."
"Sorry Goten," Majuub apologized to his friend as the smoke from his attack finally cleared up. "I didn't have time to think it out."
"Goten…and Majuub?" Goku said to himself in weak surprise.
"They're not alone you know daddy," Galina said turning up with her husband.
"That's right," Future Trunks said cheerfully to his father in law. "I'm here to save the day as well!
"Don't forget us!" Sal pointed out appearing in the air above them with another familiar figure right next to her.
"Well!" Chibi Trunks said to Sal and the others. "It turns out Majuub has everything under control here."
"That may be true," Gohan said to his friend as he landed nearby dressed in his old fighting outfit but still wearing his glasses. "But you still made an effort to be here," he turned to Goten who was still holding Goku in his arms. "Hey dad…" he asked his father cheerfully. "Are you going to be okay?"
"Gohan?" Goku said in amazement as his strength slowly returned while Goten carefully carried him down to the ground. "Galina? Sal? Chibi and Future Trunks too? You ALL came?"
"Papa, you're here!" Pan cried out in delight despite her injuries and ran forward to hug Gohan followed by a deeply relieved Kei and Sho.
"Pan!" a stern voice said from behind her causing the young teen to stop dead in her tracks. "Don't bother them now; they've got work to do!"
"Can't I have my own dad?" Pan asked herself as she turned to see her grandpa Hercule had turned up followed by Videl and Chi-Chi who was carrying little Takara in her arms.
"Momma?" Pan said in puzzlement. "What are you doing here?"
"We came to watch Goku fight," Chi-Chi explained to her grand-daughter while Goten put Goku down on the ground. "And to help him out if he needs it. We figured that the world has to have gone completely mad if the dragon balls have turned against us. And if that's the case I'm going to spend every second with my family and support them the best I can," she went on giving Takara a gentle loving hug. "We're behind you every step of the way Goku," Chi-Chi said proudly to her small husband. "Now go make things right!"
"You're all here so we can fight together," Goku said deeply touched by his family and friend's devotion to him. "I appreciate it but understand even if we attack Syn Shenron as a group, he's still too powerful."
"We know that dad," Galina said calmly.
"Yeah," Gohan said coming to his sister's support. "You always taught us that every fight knows the odds, and the odds are that even if we fight as a unit we still won't stand a chance of beating him."
"But…you're here anyway?" Goku said trying to understand what his son was telling him.
"We are," Goten nodded. "But you're the only one who can beat this guy dad."
"Come on daddy," Galina said with a giggle at the look of disbelief on Goku's face. "You can't tell me you're not used to hearing that one by now."
"We came here so you could use all of our strengths," Future Trunks spoke up. "You have to borrow our saiyan powers," he explained.
"Thankyou guys," Goku smiled as he realised his family was going to give him all their extra strength he needed to win his fight.
Syn Shenron chuckled quietly to himself causing everyone to look up. The whole time Goku and his family had been talking the white armoured shadow dragon had been hovering unnoticed in the air above them listening to them talk. "And the cavalry arrives!" he called down to the Z-fighters mockingly. "Muttering nonsense to their hero. Have any of you taken a look at that decrepit creature?" He went on pointing to the blinded and injured Goku. "Does he really look like the saviour of Earth? Do you actually think that lending him your strength will help?"
"I sure do," Gohan replied back confidently carefully taking off his glasses.
"Our father is the galaxy's greatest fighter," Galina spoke up coming to her brother's support. "And he was doing it long before you were even born, you are history!"
As Galina finished speaking she turned into a super saiyan quickly followed by Gohan and Goten. Both Chibi and Future Trunks turned into super saiyan's as well to assist their friends in giving their strength to Goku, while they did this Majuub and Sal quickly powered up and placed themselves in between their friends and their shadow dragon opponent. However Syn Shenron didn't look at all worried he just smiled almost as if he knew something that his enemies didn't know yet themselves.
"You know," Goten said cheerfully to Goku as he and the others continued to lend their strength to the pure hearted saiyan. "We're all here because we believe in you can do this dad!"
"Well," Goku said thoughtfully to his family and friends as he slowly absorbed their strength. "I'm not a Shenron so I can't make you guys any guarantees about this, but I promise I'll do my best! And if I'm going to stick to that," he added as he felt his power increase. "I'll have to take the absolute maximum power you guys can give me!"
While this was going on Sal and Majuub were still acting as a shield hovering in front of their friends and family so their shadow dragon enemy couldn't attack them before Goku was ready.
"Well, well," Syn Shenron said to himself in mock admiration. "What a hero! As interesting as it would be to fight you with your new found strength intact," he went on casually. "I think I've already given you and you buddies enough time to recover!"
Hearing this Sal and Majuub braced themselves for the shadow dragon's attack, however they were hardly prepared for what happened next. Syn Shenron suddenly vanished and then reappeared in front of Galina, Gohan, Goten, Chibi and Future Trunks who had surrounded Goku while giving him their strength.
"Look out!" Majuub yelled out to his friends, but it was too late.
Syn Shenron gave his surprised and unprepared opponents a spinning kick which sent them flying in all directions away from Goku much to the horror of the watching, Chi-Chi, Takara, Videl, Hercule, Pan, Kei and Sho.
"There go your friends," the white armoured shadow dragon said mockingly to Goku. "I have to say I'm not very impressed with the way they don't fight back, now then Goku…you ready?"
As Syn Shenron spoke Gohan was just picking himself back up.
"Look out Gohan!" Goku yelled out warningly to his son as he suddenly realised the demi-saiyan was in danger. But once again it was too late. Syn Shenron suddenly appeared right in front of Gohan grabbed his face and punched him viscously in the stomach as hard as he could.
"Gohan!" Galina and Goten cried out in dismay.
"Papa!" Pan screamed out in distress.
For a moment Syn Shenron just held Gohan in his hand while the young demi-saiyan spat blood out of his mouth, then he turned back to face Goku. "It's strange you know," he couldn't help but point out. "But you 'super saiyans' aren't that super…how disappointing!"
"Gohan hold on!" Sal yelled to her step-uncle as she and Majuub flew down to rescue him. At the same time Galina and Goten sprang forward along with both Chibi and Future Trunks from all sides.
"Stay back!" Gohan yelled warningly to his friends and family. However as he finished speaking Syn Shenron vanished leaving Gohan all by himself, he fell forward by luckily Galina and Goten caught him before he hit the ground.
At that moment Syn Shenron appeared in the air just above them. "I've come to kill all of you," he pointed out to his opponents. "And yet you stand together in a bunch! You're making this too easy!" So saying the white armoured shadow dragon powered up a huge destructive blast and fired it off at the seven gather Z-fighters.
"No!" Goku shouted as he felt the blast approach his family, quick as lightening he vanished just as the blast exploded causing Chi-Chi, Takara, Videl, Hercule, Pan, Kei and Sho to shield themselves from all the exploding debris.
Syn Shenron laughed to himself as he looked down at the carter where his enemies had once stood. "I took out five saiyans at once with one blast, how many will it take for you Goku?" But to the shadow dragon's astonishment Goku had gone! On a sudden impulse he looked behind him and saw in the air Goku surrounded by his fellow saiyans giving them their power with Majuub and Sal providing cover once again.
"You know," Galina said thoughtfully to Goku. "I don't think I've ever seen you move that quickly before daddy."
"Well," Goku admitted modestly. "That little bit of power I absorbed from you earlier really helped my instant transmission. Ha! Ha! Wow Syn," he said direction his attention to the white armoured shadow dragon. "I never thought I'd see you look so confused! I can see that your confidence is just melting away."
"Hardly," Syn Shenron sneered back angrily. "I know you're bluffing," He went on triumphantly. "You've only gathered just enough power to make it look like you're ready to fight."
"Then what do you say we find out?" Goku asked and powered up engulfing himself and his family with a huge golden glow.
"Dad!" Gohan said in astonishment. "Your power is amazing!"
"Yeah but I still need you guys to give me more," Goku answered back grimly. "This won't be enough to beat him!"
"That's crazy dad!" Galina exclaimed. "If you had any more power inside your body it might just kill you!"
"I've gotta take that chance sweetheart," Goku said gently to his daughter. "I already know that none of my earlier attacks have worked at all. So I'm going to have to find a way to fight this shadow dragon as a stronger being. And the only way I can think of to do that is to take even more power from all of you and push my psychical self to its absolute limit."
"I say we do it," Goten said to his family and friends. "It certainly wouldn't be the first time dad's had to push himself into doing something crazy."
"It'll be the last!" Syn Shenron said evilly for he had heard the entire conversation and decided that now would be a good time to attack again. "Just hold it right there for one second," he said and started flying towards them.
Seeing the white armoured shadow dragon approach them Sal and Majuub got ready to delay him while Galina, Gohan, Goten, Chibi and Future Trunks continued to give Goku more of their saiyan strength. "Hurry up you guys!" Majuub called worriedly over his shoulder as Syn Shenron flew in closer towards them. "He's almost here!"
"Dad!" Gohan yelled worriedly to his father as he and the others continued to let the pure hearted saiyan absorb their power. "This is getting dangerous!"
"It's…alright," Goku replied back weakly despite the fact he had absorbed so much energy already that it was starting to crackle around his body like electricity in an alarming manner. But despite all this pain and Gohan's warning Goku kept on absorbing energy.
"No it's not!" Goten yelled. "You just can't take anymore!"
"You have to stop now daddy!" Galina pleaded. "Or you're going to die!"
"Listen to me!" Goku shouted sternly to his protesting family. "If you don't give me your full power we're all going to die!"
As Goku shouted this Sal and Majuub tensed themselves for battle as Syn Shenron continued to approach. "Power up time is over boy!" he said sternly once he was close enough for them all to hear him. "It's time to finish the game! I'll take on all of you…and still win!" he concluded grandly.
"You'll only fight the two of us!" Sal yelled angrily at the white armoured shadow dragon as she powered up an attack.
"That's right!" Majuub yelled coming to Sal's support powering up her own attack. "Because after what we've got for you, I make you one promise! You won't be able to tell up from down!"
The two Z-fighters fired off their double blasts at their enemy but to their horror Syn Shenron just casually smacked their attack aside almost like he was swatting a fly!
"Not only can I still tell up from down," He said evilly to his two shocked opponents. "But I'm lucid enough to notice that the two of you are starting to sweat! I sense your fear!"
After yelling that the white armoured shadow dragon sprang forward swinging his fists viciously causing Majuub and Sal to block the blows, however when he connected with their arms both of them gave roar's of agony. Syn Shenron's punches were so strong their arms were now totally immobilized! While they struggled to over come their shock and pain Syn Shenron grabbed them by their faces and sneered, "You stupid insects!" He then casually tossed Majuub and Sal up into the air then turned his attention to the still powering up Goku and his family. "What a waste of my time," he muttered to himself. "Let's GO!" He yelled out to Goku.
Suddenly the white armoured shadow dragon felt himself being grabbed from behind, he turned around to see Majuub and Sal had flown back and were holding onto his back for dear life. "Oh great!" he spat angrily. "It's you two again!"
"We're giving you all the time we can!" Majuub called out weakly to Goku and the others.
"Come on Grandpa!" Sal shouted encouragingly to her family. "Power up!" She then powered herself up along with Majuub determined to delay their enemy for as long as they could. However it didn't last long, Syn Shenron elbowed first Majuub and then Sal in the stomach which sent them flying off him.
"DIE!" Syn Shenron roared angrily as he sent a double energy blast in quick succession. The first one hit Majuub in the face, while the second hit Sal in the stomach. With screams of agony the two young fighters fell down into the wrecked deserted city like shooting stars.
"SAL!" Chibi Trunks yelled in horror at this terrible site. He desperately wanted to fly down after her but Goku still needed his power along with the power of his four friends.
"Have a nice landing!" Syn Shenron mockingly sneered after his two departed attackers before turning his attention back to Goku and his family. "They were the weakest first line of defence I have ever seen!" he pointed out to his saiyan enemies. "Which one of you is up next?"
To Syn Shenron's surprise he was answered with a mighty roar, to his even greater surprise the roar came from a red eyed golden gorilla where Goku and his family were powering up! It took the white armoured shadow dragon a moment or two to realise that the golden gorilla was Goku! As he watched the gorilla turned into Goku at his super saiyan four form much more powerful than he had been before! It was so powerful it sent Galina, Gohan, Goten, Chibi and Future Trunks flying off to a safe distance powering down to normal as they went.
"Unbelievable!" Gohan gasped to himself in amazement as he watched his father's transformation in awe.
"What's going on?" Galina cried to her husband as she held onto him for dear life.
"With the extra energy," Future Trunks explained to his wife. "Goku's new super saiyan four power level has skyrocketed past his earlier level!"
The light coming from Goku's transformation was so bright Syn Shenron had to shield his eyes until it fully cleared up leaving just Goku at his super saiyan four form.
"Now this is the kind of power I'd be running away from if I were you Syn Shenron," Goku said warningly to his opponent.
"Ha!" the white armoured shadow dragon said dismissively despite what he had just seen. "A terrible bluff, you look exactly like you did earlier!"
"Why don't we try fighting?" Goku suggested. "You can come over and see for yourself?"
"My pleasure!" Syn Shenron yelled and flew forward to attack and swung a punch which Goku quickly blocked. But unlike poor Majuub and Sal the blow didn't hurt Goku at all!
"What do you think?" Goku mockingly ask his astonished enemy.
"That's it!" Syn Shenron roared and charged forward with a series of vicious punches and kicks. However Goku just dodged every single one of them without too much effort!
"It's useless you know," Goku pointed out to his opponent as he took a slight pause in his attack. "Even though I'm blind, my body compensates itself in amazing ways! I can feel every one of your moves before you even make them!"
"We'll see!" Syn Shenron yelled getting really irritated by Goku's confidence and began his attack all over again. But as before Goku dodged all the white armoured shadow dragon's attack without a single one of them hitting him! When Syn Shenron tried to hit Goku with an upper cut he just hit thin air!
"I told you it was useless," Goku spoke up from behind his opponent so saying he grabbed Syn Shenron by the horns growing out of his head.
"No…you…don't!"
But before Syn Shenron knew what was happening Goku flipped him over his head and sent him crashing into a nearby skyscraper which promptly fell right down on top of him. Climbing out of the rubble the angry Syn Shenron looked up in the sky to see Goku powering up a blast all ready to destroy him.
"Syn," Goku said sternly to the white armoured shadow dragon. "These times were dark enough without you. It's time you went away!"
So saying Goku released his attack on Syn Shenron but just before it hit he quickly jumped out of the way so all the attack did was destroy a large part of the already wrecked and deserted city. However it was quite a large explosion and Syn Shenron was only JUST staying on the edge of it. "I can outrun this!" he yelled flying at a breakneck speed into the city avoiding destruction.
"No matter where you go," Goku called out warning to his opponent. "I'll always be able to seek out your evil, like a bird senses it's prey!"
Having said that Goku flew after the departing Syn Shenron but became puzzled a few minutes later when he sensed the white armoured shadow dragon floating near a clock tower. The clock in the tower was surprisingly still working despite all the destruction that had happened in the city around it and it was busy striking out that it was 11 o'clock in the morning.
Syn Shenron laughed as the clock continued to chime and Goku stopped at a safe distance fearing some trap. "This is where your blindness is going to work to MY advantage!" He said evilly.
Once the clock had finished striking the hour Syn Shenron pulled the clock face out of the tower and held it up in his hand. "Can you sense the evil in this clock?" he asked Goku. "No," he went on answering his own question. "Because it has no evil for you to sense! So I bet you can't sense what happens next!"
Syn Shenron turned the clock face sideways and threw it at Goku like it was a Frisbee it flew past the puzzled Goku who heard it go by him missing him completely. "Huh!" he said to his still chuckling opponent. "Well that's a little childish." The Syn Shenron just smiled, unseen to Goku the clock face had started to come back right behind him!
"Tear him apart!" Syn Shenron yelled in triumph as the clock face came up behind Goku like a giant killer buzz saw. But to his surprise Goku quickly spun around and caught the still spinning clock face in his hands and he managed to STOP it spinning altogether!
"Sorry Syn," Goku said holding up the clock face above his head. "It was a good theory, but I can see everything just as if my eyes worked."
"But…that's impossible!" the white armoured shadow dragon stammered in disbelief.
"Now Syn." Goku said sternly. "Please apologize to Nouva…when you see him!"
So saying Goku threw the clock face at Syn Shenron, and while he was busy dodging it he powered up the largest Kamehameha Wave he could muster in his new powered up form.
"KA….ME…"
Syn Shenron just dodged the clock face as it cut into the clock tower and brought it crashing down behind him.
"HA…ME…"
Syn Shenron turned around from watching the tower to see Goku finish up his attack and release it.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Syn Shenron gave a roar of pure pain and terror as Goku's Kamehameha Wave hit him head on taking out a large part of the city around him in the process. When the attack finally faded there was no sign of the white armoured shadow dragon at all.
"He did it!" Pan cried in delight from her position on the ground with Kei, Sho and the others where they had been watching the fight the whole time.
"Yeah!" Hercule cheered happily.
"That's my man!" Chi-Chi said proudly and hugged Takara. "And your grandpa," she added to the giggling infant.
"Nice one!" Gohan added.
"I knew he could do it," Goten smiled.
"Nobody can beat daddy," Galina said happily to her equally happy husband.
Hearing these compliments Goku smiled to himself in satisfied relief and flew down to his family and friends.
"Goku you did an excellent job!" Chi-Chi said happily to her saiyan husband. "You've made your wife very proud!"
"You've made us all proud dad." Galina smiled as she let her father hold Takara in his arms.
"Well," Goku said modestly as Takara giggled and played with his long hair. "I certainly couldn't have done it without you guys."
"Oh quit being so modest grandpa!" Pan said cheekily before giving Goku a playful hit on the leg and a thumbs up.
"Oh like I haven't been hit enough!" he replied sarcastically causing everyone to laugh.
"But whatever happened to the dragon balls?" Chibi Trunks asked Goku while he supported the still battered Sal he had pulled out of the rubble with his arm.
"They were scattered again," Goku replied glumly. "But only around here, if we look we should be able to find them."
"Ah-ha!" Pan said in sudden delight having found the newly restored two star dragon ball in some nearby rubble. "Look Kei, our luck seems to be returning!" However as Pan made to grab the dragon ball it suddenly rolled out of the rubble and started bouncing away from her.
"Hey!" Kei yelled chasing after the magic gem with Pan following close behind. "You're not getting away that easily!"
"Wait a minute Kei," Pan said worriedly to her boyfriend. "That doesn't seem right!
Just then a large white armoured hand erupted from the rubble and grabbed the bouncing two star dragon ball in mid air causing everyone to gasp in horror. Attached to the hand holding the dragon ball was a very much alive Syn Shenron!
"I thought you were dead!" Goku exclaimed in disbelief to the white armoured shadow dragon. "How could you hold up against that attack?"
"I move as fast as you Goku," Syn Shenron explained. "I'm disappointed with myself for underestimating your skill! A mistake I do not intend on making again! If you want this," he said holding up the two star dragon ball for all the Z-fighters to see. "Come and get it!" He swallowed the dragon ball whole!
"He ate it!" Pan said in amazement. "How can he just eat the dragon ball?"
But the white armoured shadow dragon wasn't finished there, it turned out he was just warming up. Using his powers Syn Shenron managed to draw out ALL the five other newly restored dragon balls from the surrounding rubble and then started swallowing them one by one as they came up to him!
"He's eating them!" Sho cried in disbelief. "All of them!"
Once he had swallowed the last dragon ball Syn Shenron started glowing with tremendous power causing everyone to shield their eyes. "Now look at me!" he said in triumph to the assembled Z-fighters. "You see? this is my true form! Which I use to stand at the penicil of dragon power!"
With Goku, his family and friends looking on in horrified amazement, Syn Shenron gave a powerful roar and suddenly the dragon balls appeared in a circle embedded in his chest with the one star dragon ball placed in the middle. Syn Shenron was now about seven feet tall, the spikes on his body and head much longer than before and his armoured body was more powerful looking than ever!
"Oh no!" Pan cried in dismay. "He's got ALL the dragon balls!"
"His power's unreal!" Gohan exclaimed nervously to everyone. "I don't think we've ever faced anyone THIS strong before!"
"Behold!" the white armoured shadow dragon said in grand triumph with a new powerful voice to his horrified audience. "The body of Syn Shenron has absorbed the abilities of all six of the shadow dragons to create a body of one dragon to fight with the power of seven!"
"WHAT?" Goku exclaimed in horror as he quickly handed his now whimpering granddaughter to Galina. "All seven of you are ONE?"
"Yes!" the new shadow dragon boomed proudly. "Now that I have absorbed the other six dragon balls Syn Shenron is no more! I stand reborn before you all as…OMEGA SHENRON!"
After this terrifying announcement there was a short tense silence as Goku, his family and friends waited to see what their new enemy's next move would be. Hercule quickly dived for cover behind some rubble in terror while everyone else all tensed up and got into fighting positions as the white armoured shadow dragon suddenly smirked as if revelling in their terror of him. This smirk slowly became a smile and then a dark laugh which chilled everyone to the bone.
"Gohan," Chi-Chi said quietly to her son over Omega Shenron's laughter. "Use your senses, who's power is greater? Your dad's or the dragon's?"
"I can't say mom," Gohan replied grimly not taking his eyes of Omega Shenron for even a second. "It's hard to tell, but this really isn't the best time to ask!"
Just as Gohan finished saying this Omega Shenron abruptly stopped his laughing and fixed his enemies with a fierce glare, the glare was so fierce Goku could feel that everything around them was turning red. Omega Shenron then raised his left hand in a fist and suddenly opened up his hand, as he did so the redness was absorbed into his hand and then the entire area exploded with the force of a small nuclear bomb! The Z-fighters tried desperately to stay on their feet but the energy release from Omega Shenron's attack created such strong winds that everyone, including Hercule despite his best efforts to hold onto a broken fire hydrant only to be hit in the face by an old bucket, were sent flying off in all directions like confetti! The only two people who weren't affected by Omega Shenron's devastating attack apart from the white armoured shadow dragon himself was Goku, he was still standing firm. However because of his blindness Goku was blissfully unaware of his family and friends sudden and abrupt departure brought on by his enemy's attack.
"Enough!" the pure hearted saiyan said sternly to his opponent over the roaring winds. "If you want to fight Omega, then fight me!"
"Of course I want to fight," Omega Shenron answered back sarcastically. "I have no choice but to fight you," he went on mockingly. "There's nobody else around!"
"What?" Goku said in alarm he quickly spun around and shouted out to the city behind him. "Galina! Gohan! Trunks! Sal! Pan! Kei! Are you alright? Chi-Chi!" He went on when he received no answer except the roaring of the winds around him. "Takara! Goten! Videl! Sho! Can you hear me?"
Grinning to himself Omega Shenron suddenly closed his opened left hand back into a fist again and all the roaring winds around them abruptly stopped leaving behind a silence that hurt the ears. "I want you to see this," he said evilly to Goku once he had finished his attack. "Allow me to be your eyes; I've built a fine cemetery. There is parched lifeless ground for a grave," he said describing all the devastation that Goku could not see. "And broken buildings in the background," He went on gloatingly. "For a headstone!"
"Now all we need is a dead body," Goku said in a voice hardening with anger. And I can assure you that when all of this is over I'll give you a NICE burial!"
"You misunderstand me," Omega Shenron replied with an evil smirk. "This is YOUR grave, for YOUR funeral and YOUR burial!"
"We'll just have to see about that!" Goku roared powering up as quickly as he could then used instant transmission to appear in front of his enemy and fly towards him at breakneck speed. Once he was close enough Goku punched Omega Shenron in the face, chest and then brought down a huge double fisted blow down on his head. He then proceeded to elbow the white armoured shadow dragon in the face then punched him in the chest again hard!
"Go ahead," Omega Shenron said quietly to Goku. "Grind your fist in!" As he spoke Goku felt his opponent's body become red hot like the late Nouva Shenron had done when he fought with him earlier. With a yelp of pain Goku quickly pulled out his burning fist out of Omega Shenron's chest and quickly shook it to cool it down.
"What?" Goku exclaimed in disbelief. "Nouva Shenron? But how?"
"You like that?" Omega Shenron chuckled to the surprised Goku. "Well I have many more gifts I'm ALL the Shadow Dragons wrapped in one!" As he spoke the three star dragon ball on his chest glowed and he fired Eis Shenron's ice beam out of his eyes. It struck Goku in the leg and within seconds of hitting him the pure hearted saiyan was turned into a solid block of ice!
'Darn!' Goku thought angrily to himself. 'Frozen again!'
"Guess your body doesn't remember that from last time," Omega Shenron said mockingly to the frozen Goku. "How about this one?" He rose up into the air steepled his hands together and shouted "A Whirlwind Spin!" This time the six star dragon ball on his chest glowed and he released Oceanus Shenron's whirlwind attack! The sudden gust of wind picked up the frozen Goku and some of the surrounding rubble and started flinging him around grains of sand. "Mighty hurricane fury!" yelled Omega Shenron as the ice around Goku was sheered off by the power of his wind attack and he was sent spinning out of control into the air.
"Dragon thunder cloud!" Omega Shenron roared. This time the five star dragon ball on his chest glowed and he used Rage Shenron's electric attack to strike the unprepared Goku with a powerful bolt of lightening which sent him crashing down to the ground where it exploded on impact with his body.
Flying down to the ground Omega Shenron found a very beat up Goku lying in a crater created by his violent crash. The white armoured shadow dragon laughed in triumph. "Time to break out the shovel! HUH?" He exclaimed in astonishment as Goku got back up again apparently alright.
"Oh please," Goku said mockingly to his unseen opponent. "Show me something new! Come on!" he taunted when he got no immediate reply. "You're just tickling my feet, let's go!
Infuriated by these taunts Omega Shenron appeared right in front of Goku and gave him a kick that was SO violent that it took him by surprise and he went bouncing away through several buildings and off the ground like a ball. He then appeared behind Goku and punched him hard on the back of the head which sent him crashing into a tall building like a shooting star.
Not far away Videl and Gohan, along with Goten were pulling themselves out of the rubble they had found themselves buried under when Omega Shenron had released his first attack. They were just in time to see the white armoured shadow dragon land and walk towards the building he had knocked Goku into. Seeing this Goten flew off to the rescue but a cry of "Goten no!" from his older brother stopped him dead in his tracks.
"You'll only get in his way Goten," Gohan said sternly to his younger brother. "You're gonna have to trust him!"
"But…he's hurt!" Goten protested.
By now Omega Shenron had found Goku smashed deep into the side of the building he had been knocked into apparently unconscious. "What a pity," He said sarcastically to himself. "He's dead! The fun's over!"
"You can never kill me Omega!" Goku answered back weakly trying to move himself out of the wall.
Hearing this Omega Shenron appeared right in front of Goku and punched him in the chest causing the pure hearted saiyan to cough up blood. "Is that so?" he asked as he withdrew his fist. As he removed it Goku fell forward out of the wall but the white armoured shadow dragon caught him with his arm. "I kill whoever I please!" he went on then let Goku fall to the ground before following him. "Well Goku…" he asked as the pure hearted saiyan struggled to pick himself up. "Are we done?"
"Aw man!" Goku muttered to himself as he caught sight of his reflection in some broken glass. "I hate to say it…but you've seen better days Goku!"
'My EYES!' Goku cried mentally to himself in sudden amazed relief so that his enemy couldn't hear him. 'I can SEE!'
"Prepare yourself!" Omega Shenron said grandly to his opponent. "This is the day you DIE Goku!"
"If I had a zenie for each time I heard that," Goku chuckled quietly to himself as he got to his feet but kept his eyes tightly closed so it appeared he was still blind. "You know," he said thoughtfully to Omega Shenron. "You're not the first one to try that line on me, but you just might be the last." Keeping his eyes firmly shut Goku pretended he still couldn't see Omega Shenron let alone sense him, he needed the white armoured shadow dragon to drop his guard just for a brief moment.
"Ha!" Omega Shenron sneered to Goku unaware he was falling for his ruse. "You're to blind and beaten to sense where I am! Hey!" he called in a mock whisper. "Hey! Over here! Listen to my voice!" He stood up to his full height and put a hand over his armoured dragon ball encrusted chest. "Go ahead and take your best shot…right here!"
Realising that this was his chance Goku quickly opened his eyes and gave Omega Shenron a grim smile. "Well if you insist…I think I will!"
Before the confused Omega Shenron knew what was happening Goku blasted the white armoured shadow dragon right in the centre of his chest.
"But...how?" Omega Shenron stammered in astonished disbelief. "You…were FINISHED!"
"No more!" Goku yelled as he sprung forward to attack flying up his energy beam. "You're mine!" Flying up to Omega Shenron Goku roared out, "SUPER…DRAGON…FIIIIIISSSSST!" and smashed a hole right through the white armoured shadow dragon's armoured chest causing him to roar out in painful agony.
Still watching the fight from a safe distance Videl, Gohan and Goten had now been joined by the other Z-fighters who had finally managed to recover from Omega Shenron's earlier first attack.
"Go Dad!" Galina cheered loudly for her father while Takara, who thankfully hadn't been too badly injured thanks to her quick thinking parents when they were blown away, clapped and gurgled in delight at grandfather's success.
"Get him Goku!" Chi-Chi yelled out confidently to her husband.
"Alright Grandpa!" Pan and Sho cried in delight together as Goku's attack ripped right through the screaming Omega Shenron and blew him completely to bits.
"You got him!" Gohan cried out in relief.
"Yeah!" Goten shouted cheerfully.
Chi-Chi cheered happily while jumping up and down in delight.
"Goku!" Hercule cried out in amazed delight as he ran up to join his friends and family. He had been blown back a rather long way into the city and it had taken him quite some time to get back, he had just arrived to see the pure hearted saiyan take out Omega Shenron with his Dragon Fist Attack. "You did it!" he panted as Goku landed back on the ground to join him and the others. "You did it! You're the real champion here; I mean no one can beat you! You are the greatest!"
"Oh my goodness," Galina said in mock astonishment to Future Trunks. "A public confession! We'd better get that one tape!"
While everyone was laughing small fragments of pink slime started falling from the sky and started to land in pieces in the surrounding rubble.
"What's that?" Goku said in puzzlement to everyone as he saw more drops of slime fall from the sky and start to slowly merge together.
"It's HIM Goku!" Kei cried out in horror. "It's Omega Shenron! Look at the slime, that's just like what Rage Shenron did! Remember?
As Kei spoke the pink slime started gathering itself together faster and faster until it started to take on a familiar shape.
"Oh no!" Goku said in horror as the slime solidified, hardened then changed to form a very familiar white armoured shadow dragon completely alive and totally unharmed!
"That was quite a painful technique indeed!" Omega Shenron said admittedly to the horrified Z-fighters. "But," he went on evilly. "It will take more than that to be rid of Omega Shenron!"
"Doesn't this guy ever give up?" Sal exclaimed to Chibi Trunks and the others in disbelief.
"This is bad," Goku said grimly to himself. "I don't know what else to do, that was my best attack!"
Omega Shenron laughed evilly to himself as the terrified Z-Fighters got into fighting positions ready for whatever their opponent decided to do next. "You're not laughing anymore are you? You fools!" he went on evilly. "Did you really think you could over come the power of the shadow dragons?" As Omega Shenron spoke the seven star dragon ball on his chest started to glow.
"Oh no! RUN!" Goku yelled urgently to everyone around him. But before anyone could move there was a huge explosion which sent Goku, his family and friends flying right up into the air along with all the debris it created. Recovering first Goku was just in time to see Omega Shenron attack all his unprepared friends and family one by one in quick succession! He even attacked poor Hurcule and almost got Takara too but Galina managed to shield her daughter with her body taking most of their enemy's attack. The white armoured shadow dragon then appeared behind the appalled Goku and as he turned around to face him Omega Shenron punched the pure hearted saiyan right in the face which caused him to go plummeting down into the ground with a sickening crash.
Omega Shenron laughed to himself as he floated down to the ground near where Goku had crashed with his arms folded in satisfaction across his chest. In the rubble surrounding Omega Shenron and Goku the beaten Z-fighters including a very beaten up Hercule, Chi-Chi and Videl were lying on the ground in pain like rubbish. Only little Takara was unharmed hiding in her mother's arms she whimpered in terror wishing desperately that her grandpa or parents would wake up and make this terrible monster go away.
Omega Shenron heard Takara's whimpering but he chose to ignore it for the time being, he was busy smiling gloatingly over his beaten up opponent. Goku, who had heard his grand-daughter's whimpering painfully, pulled himself back up onto his feet determined to protect her. "I…" he said slowly but determinedly. "Will not…quit…ever!"
"Oh come now!" Omega Shenron said angrily getting really irritated that Goku wouldn't or couldn't get the hint that he was beaten. "You're done…FINISHED!" He suddenly appeared right behind Goku with his back to him. "Why do you persist?" he asked in a dismissive whisper. "Stop torturing yourself, death will bring relief!"
"Really?" Goku said giving a small chuckle. "Then it's you who will taste relief!"
"Hmm…" Omega Shenron said irritably to himself. "You just don't know when to quit do you monkey man?" So saying he quickly spun around to punch Goku buy as he did so the pure hearted saiyan quickly ducked around the white armoured shadow dragon and grabbed him from behind! "Why you insolent!" he spluttered furiously. "Let…me…GO!"
"No chance!" Goku said grimly to the struggling Omega Shenron. "Not until I show you a technique that my friend Vegeta used against Majin Buu!"
"Huh?" Omega Shenron said in disbelief. "What technique? Your hands are tied! You can't attack me unless you let go!" As the white armoured shadow dragon spoke Goku was busying powering up an attack which was emerging from his chest which came off his body in red circular waves. "What…are you doing?" he demanded to know. Goku didn't answer he just held on tighter as they were both enveloped on a large orange glow.
"NO!" Gohan yelled out in dismay. He and the others were slowly picking themselves up after Omega Shenron's last attack and were just in time to see Goku try his new move. "Dad's converting his life force into energy! He's making a bomb out of his body!"
"What do you mean?" Chi-Chi asked her son in concern.
"It means mom," Galina said grimly. "That dad intends to blow himself up and take that dragon with him!"
"IS HE CRAZY?" Chi-Chi screamed out in disbelief at hearing this news and quickly ran forward to stop Goku.
"No mom…come back!" Gohan yelled after his departing mother.
'If this doesn't work,' Goku thought grimly to himself and his family as he continued to power himself up. 'Then I'm sorry but I HAVE to do it! I have to TRY!'
"YOU MANIAC!" Omega Shenron roared furiously to Goku as the glow around them got brighter and brighter.
'Kakkarot!' Goku suddenly heard a familiar voice mentally call to him.
"Vegeta!" He cried out in surprise.
'Well who else?' Vegeta snapped back scornfully. 'And don't be so stupid what you're doing won't work! You'll only succeed in killing yourself and then where would we be?'
Suddenly the proud saiyan prince appeared right behind Goku which took him by surprise and caused him to let Omega Shenron slip from his grasp. Now that he was free the white armoured shadow dragon quickly took off into the air to safety, waiting to see what would happen next.
"It's about to get intense here Kakkarot!" Vegeta said grimly to Goku as he walked up to join him.
"No offense," Goku pointed out. "But it's been intense all along," he indicated the floating Omega Shenron. "This dragon is in a league of his own, you have no idea!"
"Yeah I know he's great," Vegeta said dismissively. "But is he strong enough to take on two super saiyan fours?"
"Two?" Goku said in puzzlement.
"You heard me," Vegeta said calmly. "I have a plan to reach super saiyan four!"
"HUH?" Goku cried out staggering back in disbelief from this statement.
'Where IS that woman?' Vegeta thought irritably to himself. 'How can she be late at a time like this? Ah! Speak of the devil!'
Everyone turned to see Bulma fly up in a very strange looking vehicle, as they watched she landed it not far away from where Vegeta was standing.
"What in the world is Bulma driving?" Goku asked Vegeta in puzzlement. It looked like a cross between a flying car and a tank the only difference was that it had a pair of large radar antenna on the top.
"Blitz Wave emitter equipment," Vegeta explained proudly.
"Huh?" Goku asked confused.
"What were you doing?" Vegeta yelled out irritably to his wife ignoring Goku's confusion for the time being. "Taking a nap?"
A hatch in the top of the vehicle opened up and a frustrated Bulma emerged. "You've got some nerve!" she scolded Vegeta angrily. "It would take anyone else years to build this you JERK!"
"Why don't you pipe down and get busy?" Vegeta grumbled back as he floated up into the air and waited.
"Super saiyan four or not," Bulma said quietly to herself as she worked at the controls of her machine and switched it on. "He doesn't scare me one bit!"
"What does Vegeta want Blitz Waves for?" Gohan wondered out loud to himself as Bulma's machine powered up and fired off a double wave of Blitz Wave energy at the floating saiyan prince hitting him head on.
"I think I know," Galina said with a sudden giggle.
"Me too!" Future Trunks smiled. "I have a feeling that Omega Shenron is in for a very nasty shock!"
"Aaaahhhh!" Vegeta cried out as the Blitz Wave energy started its work on him with Bulma carefully monitoring his progress.
"What's happening?" Videl asked Chibi Trunks and Sal in puzzlement.
"He's transforming!" Chibi Trunks cried out in amazement.
"You ain't seen nothing yet!" Kei chuckled along with Pan at some private joke.
All the Z-fighter who didn't know what Galina, Future Trunks, Pan and Kei were on about looked on in amazement as Vegeta slowly transformed right in front of them getting bigger stronger and meaner. When they saw his tail grow back they got REALLY worried!
"Vegeta's turning into a giant ape!" Gohan said worriedly. "This could turn out bad!"
Vegeta was indeed turning into a giant ape but Omega Shenron didn't look too worried he just smiled as if he was going to enjoy himself immensely!
"Bulma!" Gohan cried to his friend as he and the others gathered around her vehicle. "What are you DOING? Cut it out! If Vegeta looses control he could blow up the entire planet!"
"Look," Bulma said patiently to the worried demi-saiyan. "Our only hope is for Vegeta to become a super saiyan four," she explained to him. "Since Goku was able to do it," she pointed out. "HE should be able to do it too."
"But there's no guarantee!" Gohan protested. "It's too risky!"
"It's sink or swim Gohan," Bulma replied back grimly. "If this doesn't work we'll all die anyway!"
"But…" Gohan continued to protest.
"Listen," Bulma said firmly. "Above all I'm Vegeta's princess and I KNOW what I'm doing!"
While this was happening Vegeta's transformation had suddenly finished, he was now a giant brown gorilla who gave a roar of triumph and pounded at his powerful chest.
"That's it!" Gohan yelled out worriedly. "He's lost it!
"Dad!" both Future and Chibi Trunks yelled out in anguish as the gorilla started blasting everything around him with energy blasts from his mouth.
"What the heck is this?" Omega Shenron exclaimed in astonishment as one of Vegeta's blasts just missed him by inches. He had been expecting something but nothing like this!
"This is trouble!" Goku said worriedly to himself as Vegeta continued on his rampage.
One of Vegeta's blasts hit near where Bulma and the others were standing and it sent them scattering off in all directions, a terrified Hercule was nearly crushed by Bulma's vehicle but thankfully he was unhurt.
Goku quickly flew up to the rampaging Vegeta but as soon as he was close enough he was grabbed in the gorilla's giant hands!
"Vegeta…no!" Goku yelled angrily as he struggled to free himself while his friends and family watched on helplessly. "Please…it's ME!"
Omega Shenron laughed evilly to himself enjoying what he seeing immensely. "So is THIS your secret weapon?" he asked Goku mockingly. "A giant monkey too ignorant to know who the enemy is?"
"Vegeta!" Goku yelled out desperately to the gorilla as it started to crush him in its hands.
Hearing Goku's voice the ape seemed to suddenly calm down and stopped crushing the pure hearted saiyan, then to Omega Shenron's irritation and Goku's surprise they could hear Vegeta's voice mentally speak to them!
'I am the prince of all saiyans! I could never allow my reason to be over powered by the primal mind! Vegeta smirked.
"Awesome Vegeta," Goku said gratefully to the gorilla as it let him go. "You're really something."
"WHAT?" Omega Shenron exclaimed in astonished disbelief.
"I thought as much," Pan said cheerfully to all the other Z-fighters causing them to look at her in amazement. "This is what grandpa did when he first transformed."
"Alright!" Gohan cheered. "He's doing it!"
"That's it dad," Future Trunks said quietly to himself. "Just a little bit further!"
"It's working!" Bulma said proudly to herself. "I knew it!"
By now the gorilla was emitting a whole lot of golden energy that floated around its body like a mist; Goku floated back to a safe distance as the gorilla slowly shrunk down gave one last triumphant roar and released a bright light that caused everyone to shield their eyes. When the light cleared the gorilla had vanished and a super saiyan four Vegeta was in its place. Like Goku the proud saiyan prince had ape like hair, with gold eyes and a tail. He also had red ape like fur which made his muscular chest and hands stand out. He wore silver boots with gold tipped ends, dark blue pants and purple gloves on his hands completing his new look.
"At long last!" Vegeta said proudly to himself. "I've ascended!"
"Well done!" Goku congratulated his old friend. "You amaze me!"
"Wow!" Bulma said dreamily as she admired her husband's new form. "He's cute; he's even better looking than Goku!"
"Excuse me?" Chi-Chi snorted in disbelief. "You're kidding right? Goku is FAR better looking!"
Galina, Gohan, Goten, Chibi and Future Trunks looked on in embarrassment as their mothers began to argue over which one of their husband's was better looking while Sal, Pan, Kei, Sho and little Takara giggled at such a silly sight.
"What?" Bulma fumed to Chi-Chi. "No way! You're crazy!"
"I'M crazy?" Chi-Chi snapped back furiously. "Well you're blind!"
"Ladies," Hercule said gently interposing himself between the arguing Bulma and Chi-Chi. "Why squabble?" he went on cheerfully. "You're looking at the blue ribbon face right here!"
"Get over yourself!" Bulma and Chi-Chi said together as the punched the 'World Champion' on either side of his face at the same time.
"Uh…okay," Hercule replied painfully.
"And he's my grandpa!" Pan sighed sadly to an astonished Videl and Kei.
"And my great grandpa," Sho added with an equally sad sigh.
Meanwhile both Goku and Vegeta had floated up into the air where an impatient Omega Shenron was waiting for them.
"Quit stalling!" The white armoured shadow dragon snapped to his two new opponents.
Obediently both Goku and Vegeta quickly powered themselves up releasing so much energy in the process it caused the earth to shake!
"Whoa!" Galina said quietly to herself as she held Takara protectively in her arms. "I've GOT to learn how to do that one day!"
"Same here!" Gohan said in agreement.
"It's almost as if the earth is quivering because it's scared," Pan said to Videl and Kei as she held the two of them protectively in her arms while Goku and Vegeta continued to power up.
Suddenly a huge gust of wind created by the two super saiyan four's blew all the z-fighters off their feet; it was so strong even Omega Shenron had trouble staying up in the air. "Do you really think that one more weakling will make a difference?" he asked them trying to cover up the sudden feeling of nervousness he now felt.
"Well then," Goku said thoughtfully to Vegeta. "Shall we?"
"Kakkarot," Vegeta said quietly to his partner. "If we attack now we'll die."
"Are you serious?"
"Search your feelings, you know it as well as I. What I say is true."
"Well it wouldn't be the first time," Goku said floating forward to size up Omega Shenron carefully. "If we have to die again, then I'm ready."
"No," Vegeta smirked. "There's no need when there's fusion."
"Huh?" Goku cried out in astonishment deeply surprised that the proud saiyan prince would even suggest such a thing.
"You know I wouldn't suggest joining bodies with you," Vegeta said to him gently. "Not unless it was our only hope." 'Our LAST hope,' he mentally added grimly.
For a moment both Goku and Vegeta floated in silence staring grimly at Omega Shenron who was waiting for his two opponents to make their move on him, with a look of evil relish on his face. While on the ground the rest of the Z-fighters looked on nervously from the relative safety of the ground.
"Did I hear Vegeta say he wanted to try fusion?" Galina asked her two younger brothers in amazement.
"Yeah," Gohan said in slow confirmation. "But will it work?"
"Sure, why not?" Goten said cheerfully. "If Chibi Trunks and I were able to do it at super saiyan three's, what's the difference?"
"Yes of course!" Chi-Chi cried happily. "What a GREAT idea!"
"Whoa hey!" Pan suddenly spoke up trying to get someone's attention. "What's all the fuss about?" she asked in puzzlement.
"Yeah," Kei also demanded to know. "What in the world is fusion?"
While Pan and Kei were asking questions Goku and Vegeta had floated down and landed on a skyscraper that had fallen on its side so they could perform the fusion dance properly.
"Well," Goku said determinedly to Vegeta. "Here goes! Let's do this before he decides to attack!"
"Hmm," Vegeta nodded looking up at their grinning enemy.
"What ever they're planning," Omega Shenron said confidently to himself. "It WON'T work! I'll make sure of that!"
So saying the white armoured shadow dragon flew down at top speed towards Goku and Vegeta who were preparing to defend themselves. However before he could reach them Chibi and Future Trunks appeared in front of them and blocked his way! Chibi Trunks attacked first kicking Omega Shenron in the stomach halting his advance, much to Vegeta's astonishment.
"Father! Goku!" Future Trunks called down to the two super saiyans. "What are you waiting for? Go for it!" He was abruptly cut off as Omega Shenron; having gotten the better of Chibi Trunks by grabbing him by the neck did the same to him!
"And just what are you planning to do?" the white armoured shadow dragon mockingly asked the horrified Goku and Vegeta as he held Chibi and Future Trunks in his hands. But before he could get an answer a large beam of energy was shot from the ground at Omega Shenron which caused him to let his captives go. Looking down they were amazed to see that the beam had come from Bulma in her Blitz Wave vehicle along with Sal and Galina. The two of them hand helped her put it back up on its tracks for her and now they were all combining energy to attack Omega Shenron
"Keep your hands off both of them you bully!" the three of them yelled angrily up to the white armoured shadow dragon as they all charged up another combined attack and fired it off together.
Omega Shenron just sneered and fired off his own attack which caused Bulma's vehicle to explode knocking Bulma, Galina and Sal off their feet.
"Sal!" Chibi Trunks cried in horror.
"Galina!" Future Trunks cried in equal horror.
"MOM!" they both screamed together in anguish.
To their utter relief all three of the girls were unhurt, for out of the smoke cloud emerged Galina and Sal carrying a very angry Bulma between them.
"How dare you?" Bulma yelled furiously to Omega Shenron. "Shooting such defenceless ladies! If I could fly along with these two I'd come up there and show you and thing or two!"
"Take it easy Bulma," Galina said gently to her mother in law as she and Sal landed her near the rest of her friends and family. "The last thing you want is for him to take another pot shot at us."
Having gotten rid of his attackers Omega Shenron resumed his approach towards Goku and Vegeta; however Chibi and Future Trunks twins were right behind him.
"Gohan! Goten!" Chibi Trunks yelled urgently to his two friends.
"Galina, Sal you too!" Future Trunks added.
"Guys this is it!" Gohan said urgently to his family while Chi-Chi, Videl, Pan, Kei and Sho attended an exhausted Bulma. "This is our last chance! If he stops them from doing fusion we're history!"
"We'll do what ever it takes!" Goten said to his brother as the four of them took off into the sky.
"Will some one please tell us what fusion IS?" Pan yelled out irritably to the remainder of her family getting really annoyed that she and Kei had gotten no explanation to their previous questions.
As Omega Shenron closed in on Goku and Vegeta, Gohan, Goten Galina and Sal suddenly appeared in his way. Without stopping the white armoured shadow dragon quickly blasted Gohan and Galina out of his way before they had time to do anything.
"Gohan! Galina!" Goten yelled out alarm. "That's IT!" he flew at Omega Shenron reaching him first before Sal and tried to punch him but he just ducked out of the way and punched Goten in the stomach hard causing him to double up in pain.
"Annoying little pests!" Omega Shenron roared furiously as he kicked Goten savagely out of his way into the approaching Sal and continued on his way with Chibi and Future Trunks hot on his heels.
While this was going on Goku and Vegeta had been standing on their skyscraper observing events in silence.
"What's going on in that head of yours?" Vegeta impatiently asked Goku finally breaking the silence. "Kakkarot!" he snapped when he received no immediate answer. "Are we going to use fusion or NOT?"
Goku said nothing and gave a quiet chuckle.
"Have you lost your MIND?" Vegeta roared in disbelief at Goku's behaviour. "What are you doing?"
"Just soaking it all in," Goku replied back calmly. "This is great," he went on turning his attention to the proud and impatient saiyan prince. "Watching our families fighting together," he said proudly. "It doesn't get any better than this."
"Yeah….great…come on," Vegeta said dismissively turning away and rolling his eyes in disbelief as he got ready to perform his side of the fusion dance.
"This is going to be special," Goku said excitedly to himself. "I can feel it." He then jumped away from Vegeta and got ready to perform his side of the fusion dance.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Omega Shenron roared as he was almost upon them.
"Sorry!" Chibi Trunks said sternly as he and Future Trunks suddenly appeared in front of the white armoured shadow dragon. "But no dragon's allowed!" With that said both Chibi and Future Trunks gave a yell and released a brilliant flash of energy that temporally halted their enemy's advance.
"Get out of my way!" Omega Shenron snapped as he blasted both Chibi and Future Trunks out of the sky like flies. But it was too late for the white armoured shadow dragon because he delay allowed Goku and Vegeta to perform the fusion dance.
"Fu…sion…HA!" As soon as their fingers connected there was a brilliant flash of light that engulfed the two saiyans entirely, while on the ground all the z-fighters covered their eyes from the intense light
"What's this?" Omega Shenron exclaimed to himself in confusion at this unexpected move. With a defiant roar the white armoured shadow dragon flew towards the light only to be engulfed and then expelled from it at lightening speed.
The Z-fighters including the recovering Galina, Gohan, Goten, Sal, Chibi and Future Trunks looked on in amazed awe as the light slowly faded to reveal a new man where Goku and Vegeta had been standing. He was as tall as Goku and had RED saiyan hair to match his hairy super saiyan four body and tail. He had blue eyes and was wearing black fighting boots, white fighting pants with a blue belt and completing the outfit was a black vest with yellow shoulder pads.
"Where are the other two?" Omega Shenron asked this totally new person in irritated confusion.
"The saiyans?" the man said calmly. "They're here, I am they, and we are one!" he went on giving the white armoured shadow dragon a Vegeta like smirk "Unfortunately for you Omega," he went on menacingly as he suddenly powered up which sent his opponent flying away like he had been hit by his fist.
"Wow!" Bulma said in amazement to her friends and family. "He never even touched him!"
"How awesome!" Kei cried out in excited amazement.
"Yeah!" Pan said equally excited. "Grandpa and Vegeta have joined their bodies like Siamese twins!"
"Not exactly," Goten explained to his niece as he Gohan, Galina and the others came up to join them. "They're not two separate beings that are attached together," he explained to her and Kei. "They're one being!"
"That's what fusion is Pan," Chibi Trunks said taking up the explanation. "Two separate beings that become one."
"That's SO cool!" Pan and Kei exclaimed together.
"I'd to give it a shot myself," a familiar voice suddenly spoke up. "The fusion I mean." Turning around the z-fighters saw a battered Majuub staggering towards them clutching an injured left shoulder, after Omega Shenron's attack sent the pink skinned fighter crashing into the city he was so weak he had to walk back to his friends this whole time. "I want to give it a shot."
"Yeah," Gohan smiled. "I know what you mean. I'd like to try it too some day."
"Not someday," Majuub corrected him. "I mean right now if one of you guys is up to it."
Hearing this suggestion the z-fighters looked at each other in amazed uncertainty for a moment or two.
"What do you say guys?" Majuub asked his friends cheerfully. "We can help your dad's with that kind of power! Well?" he went on. "How about it Gohan? Goten? Trunks how about one of you?"
"Sorry," Goten said apologetically to his injured friend. "It wouldn't work. To do fusion," he explained to him. "You need to have the EXACT same power levels; you need to let your body heal first."
While Majuub decide to take Goten's advice, the new fighter whose name was Gogeta, stood calmly on his broken skyscraper still powering up while Omega Shenron came flying at him again.
"Stupid fools!" the white armoured shadow dragon yelled at Gogeta has he approached him. "Now I can kill you BOTH at once!" He swung his fist to punch his enemy once he was close enough but as soon as it hit Gogeta's energy field around his body he was sent flying off into the air as before! This time it was different as Omega Shenron flew backwards he felt something fall out of his nose, wiping his nose with his hand he found it covered in purple blood, HIS blood! His enemy had actually made him BLEED!
"Huh!" Gogeta said mockingly to his astonished opponent. "Three hard punches and all you've got is a bloody nose! I have to admit I'm impressed!"
"You stinking monkey!" Omega Shenron yelled to Gogeta. "What do you mean THREE?"
"I'll slow them down so you can count them this time," Gogeta smirked to him and urged him on. "Come on…bring it!"
"Bring it huh?" Omega Shenron roared as he flew in to attack again. However as before he was sent flying off into the air again, this time he could actually SEE Gogeta punch him three times in the face then KICK him away.
'ARRRGH!' The white armoured shadow dragon fumed furiously to himself. 'He shouldn't be able to DO that!'
On a nearby skyscraper that was still partially intact the z-fighters had gone to what was left of the observation deck to get a closer look at the fight.
"They're taking control!" Chi-Chi cried out in happy delight. "It's too good to be true!"
"What did you expect?" Bulma said cheerfully. "Nobody can defeat our husbands when they work together!"
"Go Grandpa!" Pan cheered out in loud delight jumping up into the air as she did so.
"Yeah!" Pan cheered out just as loud. "Go Goku! Go Vegeta! Let him have it! Yeee-ha!"
'How can this be HAPPENING?' Omega Shenron growled mentally to himself getting more and angrier at Gogeta's smug arrogance as he stood by smirking at him. 'I am OMEGA SHENRON the all powerful dragon!' He again flew towards his opponent with a yelled of "Now it's your turn!" However this time Gogeta just side stepped which caused the white armoured shadow dragon to go crashing through the skyscraper into the ground below.
"I guess it was still your turn," Gogeta called down mockingly to his opponent who was laying flat on his face in the surrounding rubble. "Hello?" he called when he received no immediate answer. "Are you napping? Cause I could have sworn I heard you saying something about hitting me."
"Shut up…" Omega Shenron said sulkily as he pulled himself out of the ground when he saw Gogeta still smirking at him he became infuriated! "Who do you think you are?" he roared. "You MAY have increased your power, but it's not enough to over come the power of the shadow dragons!" With that said he lifted his hand and fired off a series of small but deadly energy bolts that hit Gogeta directly in the chest.
"Dad no!" Future Trunks cried out worriedly as he saw Gogeta start to stagger under the relentless barrage of attacks.
"Grandpa!" Pan screamed out as the attacks increased on Gogeta. "Do something or we're all going to die!"
Authors's Notes: Here the latest chapter everyone :D Hope you guys are enjoying it because this fic only has 2 more chapters to go! For all you reviwers remember to vote on my profile page for what my next fan fic should be. Come on guys only 5 votes really? ;D It's only a few seconds of your time. R + R