As soon as Vegeta had landed on the planet, King Kai didn't waste any time in letting Kami know what was going on. He had contacted the man and had a conversation with him. Both Guru and Nail were able to hear about it as well as they communicated with one another.
Once King Kai told Kami of Vegeta's whereabouts, he had cut the reception between the two. Kami was left with Guru and a nervous Nail. Kami looked over at Nail. "You are the strongest warrior Namekian, aren't you?"
Nail knew that the situation at hand was pretty bad. For a Kai to speak on this matter, it had to be drastic. But he made up his mind from the very beginning. "While it may be so, it doesn't mean I'll be leaving Elder Guru's side. I'm his protector. Nothing more, nor anything less."
Kami could tell by the look on his face that Nail was rather serious. And he understood where the man was coming from, too. Much like Nail, Kami had a duty: being the guardian of earth. He wasn't going to put Nail down for that. "Very well, I understand."
"But it doesn't have to be so," Guru told Nail. "He is the only threat to the planet, Nail. You two can fight one another and be done with it." Nail didn't know what to make of the current situation. He wanted to stay just to be alongside Guru. That was what he was meant to do after all. Though at the same time, he knew that a great danger was in his world. "You don't want the fall of our people to start again, do you Nail?"
Nail took a deep breath. He could see where Guru was getting at. There were only so many Namekians on the planet after the cataclysm that had taken place was half a millennium. Approximately 100 Namekians resided on the planet, so there weren't many left. And it'd only take a little while for them to all go extinct.
"Very well. I'll go seek him out."
"Thank you, Nail." Guru sighed and sat deeper in his chair, calming down. With his strongest son out there, Guru felt more secure. It was probable that Nail was to come out the victor.
Vegeta didn't waste any time and he went on to get his way around. Just a little while of navigating the air and he eventually found one of the few villages of the entire planet. Vegeta wasn't shy and introduced himself to everyone with a wide smile. As he spoke to the locals of the village was very clear about his intentions.
"Where is your leader? I've come to get your Dragon Ball."
All of the Namekians in the village were cleaning their houses and planting some trees so they could grow. It was nothing but a normal day for them. It rarely ever happened that they received strangers in their world. They had never expected it. Though it was all the more surprising that a foreigner would know about a thing such as the Dragon Balls.
"I am the leader." The elder of the village stepped up, holding the walking stick that he used to aid him. "Tell me, why do you want the Dragon Ball?" Just by looking at Vegeta, he wasn't getting much a good vibe from him. He was expecting something bad out of him wanting the Dragon Balls, though he just needed confirmation coming from his mouth.
"Tch! Just give it to me. You have it, don't you?"
Just based on his body language, the elder of the village could tell that this visitor wasn't up to any good. "Leave now! I can't give it to you. I can feel the evil within you!"
Vegeta wasn't going to put up with having to ask them anymore for the Dragon Balls. He just wanted to collect them, get his wish, and get out. He didn't care if they had to give it up willingly or by force. "Then you die."
Nail was flying through the skies of his home planet. He knew all of the villages by heart and was hoping to catch sight of all of them intact. That all went down the drain the very moment he saw one of the area's pillaged and broken down. Many dead bodies were on the ground. Old men and children even.
"No...!" Nail caught the eye of Vegeta and the elder of the village. If he was late, then the elder would be a goner for sure.
Vegeta had done a number on the place in a matter of literal seconds. The elder was down on his knees, holding one of the children's body. "You're shameless! I'll never give it to you!"
Vegeta grinned. "Damn, you're stubborn! Oh well, as you wish." Vegeta stuck his hand out. "I'll just find it myself."
"NO!" Nail came crashing down in the middle of the attack and the elder Namekian. With one swift movement from the moment he had landed, Nail smacked away the wave of ki.
"Huh?" Vegeta watched as his attack was re-directed into the air. He was hoping to get his kill but didn't.
"N-Nail...!" The elder had a major feeling of relief overcome him. Even though he would have never expected Nail to leave his duties in order to save one of them, he sure wasn't complaining.
"Stay back, Sput. "I'll take it from here."
Vegeta scrutinized Nail closely. Judging from the man's body language, he seemed quite confident. But using his own senses, Vegeta was trying to feel out for the Namekian's ki. 'His power...it's much higher than I thought a Namekian would ever have.' He then grinned. "You may wanna get out the way. Wouldn't want to get killed, too."
"We should go elsewhere," Nail said. "I'm not going to fight you with him here."
"Tch! To hell with that old clown. If we're going to fight, we're going to handle things right here."
Nail was hoping to get to an area where the elder wouldn't wind up getting hurt. "Fine." Nail looked over at the elder. "Get as far away from here as you possibly can."
The elder nodded. "Thank you, Nail."
"And warn the others," Nail added. He knew the importance of everyone being self-aware. He waited until the elder made it far away before he could initiate the fight with him and Vegeta. Nail wasn't going to put in any small talk with Vegeta. He threw off the blue vest he had on, letting it fall to the ground behind him.
He crouched down and placed his arms across one another. With a quick movement, his arms came out, a burst of energy flowing from him as well. "ah..." Vegeta didn't consider the fact that this Namekian could have been holding back his power. But by the way it was going up, Vegeta could tell that he wasn't going to have the easiest time. So the Saiyan prepared himself for this battle, raising his guard.
"The moment you attack me is the moment you willing sign your own death wish!"
"Shut the hell up!" Nail hopped from his back foot. "HAAAAAA!"
Vegeta reacted just quick enough to block Nail's attack. He felt as if he was prepared, but the brute force from Nail's attempted karate chop to the neck showed him another thing. Vegeta had a small bead of sweat fall on his cheek.
Nail used his other hand and blasted Vegeta head-on in the chest. Although the blast didn't pierce through his body, the pressure was more than enough to send Vegeta off his feet and backward. Nail pounced from the ground and followed on at the Saiyan, his hands up above his head.
"RAHH!" Nail stretched out his arms, with open palms that let go of two waves of energy.
Vegeta was alerted and backflipped onto his feet. As fast as he possibly could, he hopped into the air, just barely dodging the attacks. 'Shit...!' Vegeta had just barely dodged a bullet on that one. Nail wasn't coming at him with any warm-ups or anything of the like. That was something Vegeta had never gotten quite used to yet: jumping straight into a fight full power.
Nail zipped up above Vegeta, coming back down hard by ramming his fists atop the Saiyan's head. Vegeta crashed down hard onto one knee, forming cracks down into the ground below. Another wave of energy was being launched at him once more. Vegeta got up and quickly bounced back away from the attack.
A loud explosion just transpired right in his face, forcing Vegeta to cover himself with his arms. Still, he sensed out for Nail's ki. Said Namekian was already behind Vegeta. And Vegeta only happened to catch on until it was too late. Nail gave Vegeta a solid kick with the tip of his boot to the hip.
Vegeta went over sliding on his sides, crashing into one of the houses. Nail, on ground level, stuck his hands out and blasted the house Vegeta was in. Once the entire place blew up, Nail was hoping that he managed to do away with the threat. Though of that, he wasn't too sure.
Nail just waited and waited.
Nothing.
He didn't seem to get anything yet and this calmed Nail down. He could tell that the Saiyan wasn't giving it his all from the very beginning, so he took advantage of that and got it over with quickly.
At least he thought.
"If only you knew how to sense ki."
"Huh?"
Vegeta drove his fists into Nail's lower back. And since Nail had his guard down for just a moment, he paid with this dearly. A little bit of saliva flew out of his mouth. Vegeta chuckled and elbowed the Namekian into his upper back. Nail went on stumbling forward, just barely able to maintain his footing.
Vegeta started to run over at the green man. Nail did happen to catch his balance, but he was exaggerating just how bad he was stumbling. He was doing this on purpose in hopes to get Vegeta to drop his guard.
Vegeta waited until he was just a few yards behind Nail. Nail captured this moment and raised his leg, going off to give Vegeta a hard back-kick to the face. Nail was caught by surprise the moment he realized that he had only struck air. Next thing he knew, he was coming down.
Vegeta had performed a slide and tripped Nail up in the process. Once Nail was over on his back, Vegeta quickly swung his legs around into the air, using his back as leverage to lift himself back to his feet. As he did so, he maneuvered himself in motion to stomping directly on Nail's stomach.
Nail grabbed Vegeta's boot and kept him from making a direct hit. It was obvious that the two were struggling. Vegeta growled and removed his foot before going to swing it back and kick Nail in the side.
Nail rolled over, missing Vegeta's foot and getting back up on his knee. Coming right up, Nail blasted Vegeta at point blank range. The Saiyan Vegeta put his arms over his face, blocking the hit.
The ground started to shake once Nail's attack came into contact with Vegeta. Nail remained on his knee, breathing slightly heavier than he normally would. This quick-paced fighting was already making its effect on him. He looked on at the cloud of smoke which was starting to die down.
Vegeta was still standing, even after that had been done to him. Some of his clothes were tattered here and there, but he wasn't all that hurt. He had a smile on his face, chuckling. "You're not too bad for a Namekian."
Nail rose to his feet. "I would say the same for you. But I don't hand out compliments to villainous cretins like yourself."
Vegeta busted out laughing at that comment. "I see that you Namekians are funny people, too!" Vegeta's fits of laughter went down immediately. "You ready for round two?" Vegeta got into his own fighting stance.
Nail did the same thing. 'Now he's getting serious...'
The elder Namekian had just made it over to one of the villages. There he was warning some of the Namekians about their mishap. Everyone gathered around to listen to him, as well as the elder of that current village.
"Sput..." The locals were nearly speechless. To think of all those lives that had just been lost. From the children to some of the older ones. Moori neared Sput. "Stay here. We'll send one of the others to warn everyone else. This is a dire situation that everyone needs to know about."
Sput nodded, in total agreement with his fellow elder. "Indeed. I just hope that everything goes right."
"So Nail's out there risking his life for us, huh?" A few younger Namekian adults came by.
"Yes," Sput responded. "But it's bad. I wouldn't advise any of you to go there. This man...he wiped out a near entire village in mere seconds. I-it was disastrous!"
The young Namekian warriors didn't know what to think of it. But they knew what their duty was. They were fighters of the planet and they were meant to protect this world if under danger. "Nail is supposed to be by Elder Guru's side," the leader of the three said. "Once we go there, we'll take care of everything."
"No, don't!"
None of them listened and the three took off. They were going to find whomever Nail was fighting against and take care of the problem themselves. In some instances, ignorance is bliss. But in this case, it was the complete contrary. None of the three had any idea just what they were getting themselves mixed up in.
"I-Is it that bad?" Moori asked.
"The fact that Nail is out there...should explain it all in its entirety."
Moori nodded, seeing where Sput was coming from. "I wish I could call them back, but they're too far gone now. They know the deal when they go off to fight an opponent. It's all up to them now."
"Think on the bright side," another Namekian said, showing up. "With their help, Nail just might be able to win this one! I think it's possible that he can do it. Wouldn't you say so?"
Sput wasn't quite sure. Replaying those horrific actions in his head, he wasn't quite certain if anyone would be able to stop Vegeta. The best he could do was hope and that was it. And as he had his glass-half-empty, everyone was trying to convince him to have it half-full.
"Who do you think Nail could be fighting?"
The three Namekians going for Nail had been flying for not too long now. At the speed they were going, they were bound to show up to the area soon enough.
The one leading the three didn't respond to the question. He had his eyes out and looking, making sure that the area was cool. He understood that the situation was bad and didn't want to lose any focus at all. The other Namekian got the hint and didn't say anything else.
"We're here!"
They all came to a stop. Down a couple dozen feet below was a Namekian and a Saiyan fighting, going at it back and forth. "They look messed up..."
The leader of the crew couldn't believe what he was seeing. "Guys..." from the tone of his voice, they could tell he was beginning to grow worried. "maybe...just maybe...we should head back."
"Rah!" Nail hopped from the ground and launched a giant wave of ki.
Vegeta hopped to the side and fired one of his own back at Nail. Nail moved to the side, just barely dodging the attack. He barely missed it though, Vegeta's ki having grazed his white scarf. The scarf came falling to the ground as it tore.
Nail stepped down and was expecting to see Vegeta attacking him. But to much of his surprise, Vegeta was standing still. "W-What are you doing?"
Vegeta shook his head and gave a grin over to Nail. "Oh, nothing." Behind Nail, Vegeta noted a few Namekians afar away. Yet again Nail's inability to sense ki had caught up with him. Now he was going to have three more bodies on his conscious. Vegeta pointed his finger at Nail.
Nail remained on guard. Whatever Vegeta was to do next he made sure that he was prepared. He did not leave his eyes off Vegeta for even half a second. And as he was expecting him to be attacked, Nail was growing confused as he saw Vegeta motioning his finger upward. 'What is he doing...?'
"This is on you..." Vegeta said with a smirk. Not hesitating for one second, the Saiyan shot off three beams from the tip of his fingers.
"What?" Nail's head jerked around, looking to where Vegeta had fired off that attack. Seeing that three Namekians were hovering in the sky, Nail was alerted. "Get out of the way!"
The three were all greatly alerted and tried their best to do so. Only two of the three managed to get out of the way. The Namekian in the middle had a beam get pierced directly through his chest.
Vegeta laughed and vanished out of sight. "Huh?" Nail looked over to where Vegeta was before. Not seeing the Saiyan in the same spot, Nail was growing nervous for the other two.
"N-No..." They both watched as their fellow comrade fell down to his death.
Vegeta appeared above one of the other two, his fists locked and above his head. "You should worry about yourselves!" Vegeta forced his hands down as hard as he possibly could. The young fighter's skull was crushed the moment Vegeta's hands made contact. He went to falling down much faster than the other Namekian who was dead did.
"Ah..." The last one of the three fired out a ki wave on impulse. He saw the enemy and just fired.
Vegeta was already ready for it and placed his hands out to block. Once the energy of the attack canceled out, Vegeta was generating his own attack. A hole was formed through the small cloud of dust, making its way for the Namekian.
He let out one gasp before it blew a hole through his abdomen. Vegeta laughed as he fell down to the ground dead...just as he did the other three.
Nail stood in the same spot, not able to catch on. It was all simply so sudden and Vegeta was going all out against them, moving so fast and nibble. Nail was pissed. Had he been more prepared, then maybe he could have saved one of them. Seeing Vegeta laughing at their dead corpses lit a fire in him.
"You...!" His muscles were starting to tremble, out of growing anger.
"Hm?" Vegeta looked back over to Nail, almost having forgotten about him. Seeing the Namekian with a livid facial expression, Vegeta could only acknowledge him with a smile. "Oh."
A bright burst of blue energy overcame Nail. "RAHHHHHH!" The beautiful trees of this world all began to grow shaky. Giant rocks would break off the ground, slowly starting to rise up. Nail's intensity could be shown physically. Veins were showing everywhere around his arms and his face. "You won't be forgiven!" Nail continued to power up for a few more moments. He did so until he felt like he could no longer do so when he was at his maximum. And when he felt that he was there. That was it.
Vegeta reacted far too slowly and before he knew it, he was sent soaring through the sky. Vegeta didn't even expect an attack to come by so fast. He wiped the blood from his lip and looked ahead of himself as he continued to fly away. There was no Nail.
Nail came from under Vegeta and mashed his foot into the center of Vegeta's back. "Guagh!" Vegeta spat out saliva forcibly as he was directed upward.
Nail rocketed into the air and flew behind Vegeta for a moment as he flew vertically. He bypassed Vegeta and flew until he was a minimum ten yards away from the Saiyan. And in coming back down, Nail elbowed Vegeta directly in the throat.
Vegeta went on to clutching his windpipe as he was plummetting to the ground. Nail shot back down at Vegeta and clocked the Saiyan in the jaw. The Saiyan flipped over on his two feet before he could land.
Vegeta was out of breath, practically wheezing for air. The Saiyan could feel a burning tingling sensation in his throat, that was paining him deeply. Due to this, he could only receive a small amount of oxygen. Though at the same time, Vegeta looked up into the sky, yet to see nobody. Sensing out for Nail's ki, he could sense the Namekian behind him.
Nail was charging ki in his hands. Vegeta made sure to stay up on guard, but it didn't mean he'd be in time for dodging the attack. "RAHHH!" Nail let loose a cannon of energy. Vegeta was overtaken and sent crashing far away into a mountain.
Nail watched as the rocks tumbled down and fell all over his opponent. Nail was out of breath, sweat trickling down his face. He had poured everything into that single attack and he only hoped that it was enough to take care of The Saiyan. So he waited.
Vegeta sat on his behind as he was surrounded by nothing but rocks. Though almost everything was virtually enclosed with nothing but rock, he could see Nail through a minor hole. Due to taking that amount of energy head-on, Vegeta was somewhat injured by that attack, though he was waiting for the perfect timing. He let himself catch a breath as he generated a small purple energy in the palm of his hands, a glow beginning to light up the dark setting Vegeta sat in.
Nail waited and waited. Yet, he wasn't able to see anything come out. Nail could only come to the conclusion that Vegeta was truly dead. So in seeing this, he turned around. The next thing he was to do was tell Guru and Kami that the threat was gone and they were all safe.
Or so he thought.
BOOM!
Nail turned directly around. As he looked he wasn't able to catch anything. He was hoping to see Vegeta where he last saw his body to end up at, though he wasn't there.
Vegeta had dashed up so suddenly right into the air. He made sure to go as fast as he could. He jetted past Nail high into the sky. Eventually, Vegeta came down and changed directions, heading right for Nail as he chared his signature attack.
Nail, not seeing Vegeta where he was supposed to, was greatly alerted. Hoping he'd see Vegeta in front of him, he turned around. And it was not what he expected. Vegeta was just mere inches away from him. The shorter fighter was crouched down. Nail looked below, seeing Vegeta.
As he was charging his attack, Vegeta stared right into Nail's eyes. Seeing the extreme look of worry plastered on the Namekian's face, Vegeta's wide grin turned into a toothy one. The Saiyan let all of his energy pour out. "GARLIC HO!"
Nail had his guard down. There was no way he would be capable of defending himself against a powerful attack from point blank range. Vegeta's Garlic Ho consumed him completely. Though seemingly not one sound came out of the Namekian, Vegeta's obnoxious laugh was what could have been louder than Nail's short scream of pain.
The Saiyan waited until his attack had died down. It was a bright burst of energy, having poured almost every bit into it. Vegeta had caught Nail at the right moment and he knew it. Although he couldn't see Nail before him, Vegeta had to make sure he was very well dead.
Vegeta tried to sense out for Nail's ki, but couldn't. Either he was dead or he was going to die soon. Vegeta had a triumphant smirk. And going through all of this, he found it hilarious. The Saiyan started to chuckle. "You should not have tested me. I am a Saiyan warrior and you're just Namekian trash! There was no way you'd amount up to me from the start." Finding this amusing, Vegeta cocked his head back and started to laugh hysterically. "Fool! BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! MUAHAHAHAHA!"
"...Don't count me out yet...!"
"Hhahaha-Eh?" Vegeta froze.
Nail was directly behind Vegeta. The Namekian looked truly messed up. His clothes were ripped to pieces, although that wasn't the worst part. Parts of his antennas were cut off and a lot of mean to the very bone of his skin was showing. The only way he managed to get behind Vegeta was by lowering his power-level at the right moment.
Nail wrapped his arms around Vegeta. The Saiyan was trapped from that moment on since Nail's hold was way too strong for him. "L-Let me go!" Vegeta bellowed.
Nail made sure to hold on tightly. Increasing his grip he started to lift Vegeta off the ground. Vegeta went to kicking his feet excessively, though those weak hits to the shin didn't faze Nail at all. He made sure to hold on to Vegeta by any means necessary.
"Even if I have to go to extreme measures in ending you, I'll do it. If I have to kill the both of us to make sure you don't lay a hand on The Grand Elder Guru...I'll DO IT!"
Vegeta's eyes widened the moment he heard those words. "What!?" This was when Vegeta was growing very anxious about his own situation. The Saiyan went to trying to wiggle himself free, though to no avail. Nail had him exactly where he needed him.
Nail's glow began to faze the entire island. Rocks started to hover higher in the air once more and the ocean of the waves near by starting to hit the land. "This is it!"
"NO!"
And a bright flash of light began to envelop around the entire area until it surrounded the entire island itself.
Just a second later...it blew up.
There was nothing remaining of the entire area, the island itself being completely disintegrated.
The blast was so strong that even Kami felt something. "D-Did you sense that?"
The Elder Guru had a deep bond with all his children. He could feel the pain of all the deaths that were caused today, one by one as Vegeta took each of them down. Guru was deeply saddened by this. But from all the pain that he did feel...none of them compared to that of the loss of Nail.
"...Yes..." Guru let his head hang low.
Kami could tell something was wrong with Guru. And whatever it was, he didn't like it.
The rest of the Namekians could feel something happening as well. Whether it was from the shockwave of the island suddenly exploding, or whether it was something more. People knew just what Nail was risking here (his life). And to lose someone like Nail was to show in just how treacherous the situation that the Namekians were in. Nail after all, was the champion of Namek.
The only positive thing that would come out of this would be the intruder (Vegeta's) death.
Albeit he wasn't dead. Not by a longshot.
Vegeta's body had just been floating around in the green waters. He was on the verge of unconsciousness, though he still realized that he had to hold his breath. At the very last moment, Vegeta had managed to get free, though he was still caught up in the blast. Nail's sacrifice had taken a lot out of him and he wanted to rest. Though Vegeta would just wait until he could reach the nearest land.
On a small island from afar, Vegeta submerged from the water, placing his arm on the edge of the island. He let out a deep gasp of breath. With the very little strength he had left, Vegeta crawled up onto the island. Under any normal circumstances, he would be in amazement at how lucky he just got at avoiding certain death. But he was far too exhausted to even think about that at the moment.
Once Vegeta was sure that he wouldn't fall back into the water, he took a rest. He wasn't going to die, but if Nail was any stronger than his weakened state, then Vegeta would be dead for sure. All he needed at the moment was rest.
Power Levels
Vegeta: 39,000
Nail: 42,000