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Chapter 54

"Ladies and Gentlemen," the announcer started, "the first round was one of the most exciting one in years. "Now it's time to continue that excitement into the second round. In our first match, we have two tournament veterans, both trained in the Turtle School of Martial Arts by the Great Master Roshi himself. Those of you that have followed these tournaments as long as I have, know that both of these fighters are incredibly talented. Let's hear it for Krillin and Yamcha."

The crowd erupted in applause as Krillin and Yamcha entered the ring. Yamcha grinned. "Are you ready for this?" he asked his long time friend.

"Are you ready to get creamed?" Krillin retorted.

"I won't make it easy for you," Yamcha said. "I haven't been slacking all that much. I may not be able to compete with some of the Saiyans, but I can take you out."

"We'll see," Krillin said. "I haven't been slacking either.

"Fight," the announcer's voice interrupted the friendly banter. The two fighters immediately shot at each other, kicks and punches flying at speeds that most of the audience couldn't follow. Krillin finally landed the first punch of the tournament, sending Yamcha flying back several feet.

The former bandit back-flipped and regained his footing quickly, charging back at his opponent with renewed vigor, throwing a flurry of kicks and punches at the shorter fighter.

Krillin blocked the attacks with little difficulty and began to take the offensive again. "I thought you said something about taking me out," he said as he threw a right hook at Yamcha's face.

"I'm just getting started," Yamcha said as his aura flared red and he charged in at Krillin with more speed and ferocity than before. His hand became a blur as he attacked his friend. "Kaioken Wolf Fang Fist," Yamcha yelled as he pummeled Krillin.

When Yamcha's attack was complete, Krillin picked himself up off the ground and wiped the trickle of blood from his mouth. "Not bad," he said. That one caught me off guard, but let's take it up a notch." He clenched his fists at his side as his aura flared out and turned crimson. "Kaioken x40"

Yamcha groaned as he felt how high Krillin's power had gotten. This isn't good, he thought. I'm going to have to go all out to come close to matching that. Hopefully, my body holds out. "Kaioken x50," he shouted as his aura once again flared crimson and his power rose to match that of his opponent. The ex-bandit charged at Krillin, with a devastating attack for the monk's temple.

Yamcha's attack passed through only after-image as Krillin phased in behind the bandit and sent kick strait at his head. Yamcha raised an arm just in time to block the blow from doing an insane amount of damage.

Krillin pushed his advantage and continued attacking his friend while he was off-balance. Several seconds later the two separated, each landing in their own prospective corners of the ring. "Give it up," Krillin said. "You can't win."

"I won't quit," Yamcha replied panting. He silently cursed to himself. The Kaioken x50 was taking a toll on his body. It hadn't been too hard on him in the fight against Tien but he'd only used it for a few seconds to overpower Tien and end the fight. He'd never trained to use the Kaioken to this level for this long. He had to do something to end this fight now. He braced himself. He knew this was going to hurt. He cupped his hands at his side and started to gather energy in his hands. "KA... Me... HA... ME... HA!" he shouted sending the beam of energy at his friend.

Krillin saw his friend preparing the attack and cupped his own hands at his side. "KA...ME...HA... ME... HA," he shouted sending his beam to meet Yamcha's attack. The two beams met in the middle of the ring and pushed against each other causing the stadium to shake. Yamcha gritted his teeth as he pushed against Krillin's attack. "Kaioken x60," he shouted as his aura flared and he pushed more power into his beam.

"Kaioken x60," Krillin shouted as his aura flared. As the combined force of both beams came at him, Krillin drove his knee up into the beam of energy, diverting it up into the sky.

What? Yamcha thought. I put everything i had into that attack and he blocked it. His red aura faded and the ex-bandit fell to his knees. "I have nothing left," he said. "You win."

"Ladies and gentlemen," the announcer said. "Yamcha has just conceded defeat. "Krillin is the winner of this round."

Krillin walked over to Yamcha and gave his friend a hand. Yamcha grabbed the offered hand and winced as Krillin touched him. His body hurt everywhere. "I guess I over did it a bit," he said.

-Dbz-

Bardock entered the ring cautiously as Mighty Mask stood there waiting on him. His Uncle had underestimated this fighter with disastrous results. "Let's get this fight underway," the announcer said. "You may begin."

Mighty Mask made the first move and quickly charged Bardock, throwing a right jab at the Super Saiyan's chest. Bardock easily dodged the attack and lazily backhanded Mighty Mask across the ring.

The masked warrior flew across the ring and crashed into one of the walls. Seconds later, the warrior rose to his feet with rage in his eyes. The masked warrior's power began to climb, slowly at first then more rapidly. Gold joined his aura as his power continued to climb. The earth began to shake from the power output this warrior displayed. When the power-up faded, Mighty Mask was unchanged with the exception of his eyes. They were turquoise. "Kakarot!" the masked warrior seethed hatred in his voice.

"What do you have against my father?" Bardock asked.

Mighty Mask thought back to where his hatred for Kakarot stemmed to. He remembered back to the day he was born hearing that cry-baby, Kakarot, screaming for hours on end in the crib. He never got much sleep for days because of that. Now this boy, who was obviously Kakarot, was denying that he'd wronged him. The rage just kept boiling up inside of him. "KAKAROT," he yelled. "You will die today." Mighty Mask charged at the young Super Saiyan and grabbed him by his fighting uniform. He slammed his fist into Bardock's face before throwing the young demi-Saiyan to the ground.

Bardock back-flipped to his feet and shot back at Mighty Mask, throwing a flurry of kicks and punches at the man's head. All of the blows connected and sent the man stumbling back but he soon recovered and once again grabbed Bardock and threw him across the ring.

This time Bardock hit the floor of the ring hard, breaking several of the tiles around him. The young Saiyan slowly rose to his feet. That had hurt more than he'd expected. How was it possible that this guy was keeping up with him as a Super Saiyan? Who was this guy? And how did he know his father?

-Dbz-

The man in the black cloak watched as Mighty Mask threw the young Super Saiyan across the ring like a rag-doll. "Soon," he said to himself. "Soon Vegeta will pay. But first all of his friends will die."

-Dbz-

Mighty Mask charged at Bardock before he could fully regain his bearings and grabbed him by the neck and slammed him into the ring floor again. "Now you will die at my feet, Kakarot," he said with hatred in his voice as he lifted Bardock up by his neck.

"I'm not Kakarot," Bardock shouted as he began to power-up more. His aura expanded out further freeing him from Mighty Mask's grip and sending the taller fighter back from the sheer magnitude of the power. Lightning soon joined the aura as his hair spiked even more than it already was. "Now let's see how you fare against a Super Saiyan 2."

"You think changing your hair a little will stop me from killing you?" Mighty Mask said as he charged at Bardock again trying to grab him by the throat and choke the life out of him. "I will grind your bones."

Before Mighty Mask could grab the demi-Saiyan, Bardock phased out of sight and appeared behind the enraged warrior and delivered a crushing kick to the back of Mighty Mask's head. The masked warrior went flying across the ring finally stopping near the edge. Bardock, never one to give up and advantage, sent dozens of energy blasts to hit the downed warrior.

When the smoke cleared, Mighty Mask rose to his feet once again. His mask and cape were now in tatters and bruises and cuts covered his upper body. He reached aside and ripped the mask off throwing it to the side, revealing his features for the first time. The man was tall and muscular. He had blonde hair with a greenish tint. Around his forehead was what looked like a crown with a jewel in the middle of the forehead. Below that were the teal eyes that had murder in them. "I will kill you," he yelled enraged once again. He clenched his fists at his side and his power began rising higher and higher. His muscles bulked up tremendously and he actually grew two feet taller. His eyes went from a teal color to white with no pupils. The crown on his forehead shattered from the sheer power radiating off the newly transformed warrior.

-Dbz-

"Who is that guy?" Bulma asked as she watched the fight from the private box she had rented. "He certainly looks strong."

"I'm not sure," Kakarot said. "But he's definitely Saiyan."

"How's that possible?" Bulma asked. "Didn't Vegeta say that you, Raditz, Nappa, and himself were the only survivors of Planet Vegeta's destruction?"

All eyes turned to Vegeta for answers.

"I don't know who he is," Vegeta screamed.

"Whoever he is he's strong," Kakarot said. "He's about dead even with Bardock's power right now."

"He won't stand a chance," Vegeta said. "All he's done is bulk up his muscles. I did the same thing against Cell. He won't be fast enough to hit the brat."

"I beg to differ," a voice said from the doorway. The Z-fighters turned to see a man in a hooded black cloak. He reached up and pulled back the hood revealing a man with dark spiky hair and a big scar across his right eye.

"Who are you?" Kakarot asked.

"I am Paragus," the man said. "My son Broly and I have come to eradicate you."

"Why?" Kakarot asked. "What did we do to you?"

"It wasn't what you personally did," Paragus said. "It's what King Vegeta did." The scarred Saiyan stared hatefully at the man who shared his greatest enemy's face. "It all started a few days before Planet Vegeta was destroyed. I had just become the proud father of my first-born son, Broly. But King Vegeta viewed Broly as a threat to him because of his enormous power level."

"So you were banished?" Chi-Chi asked guessing at where this story was going.

"No," Paragus continued. "King Vegeta was far more ruthless than that. "He ordered that my son be destroyed because of his high power level. The king stabbed Broly himself, thinking that he'd ended the threat. When i tried to stop him, he blasted me as well. But he underestimated Broly's power. My son survived the stabbing and subsequent explosion of Planet Vegeta, using his great power to shield us until we could reach a safe planet. Since then we've been waiting for the day to get our revenge."

"But King Vegeta is dead," Chi-Chi said. "He's the one that wronged you. We didn't do any of that to you."

"I will get my revenge on his heir then," Paragus said. "I will not allow the Vegeta line to continue ruling the Saiyans."

"Vegeta doesn't rule," Kakarot said. "We just live here in peace. We would like it to stay that way. But be warned, if you threaten to break that, I will have to kill you myself."

Paragus was taken aback by the blunt threat from the Saiyan standing before him. "You dare to think that you can match the enormous power of my son?"

"I will do whatever it takes to keep my family safe," Kakarot said. "If that includes killing both of you I will."

"How dare you insult me like that," Paragus said enraged. "You will pay for what you did to me and my son."

Kakarot grabbed the man by the neck and shoved him against a wall. "Now let's get something strait. I will not be intimindated by the likes of you. I don't know what crazy ideas of revenge you have in your head, but you might as well forget them. We have not wronged you. The man that wronged you is dead by Frieza's hand. Now give up your stupid thoughts of revenge before we have to kill you."

Paragus laughed. "It's too late. Nobody can stop Broly now. When he gets like this he is unstoppable. Even I cannot control him now."

Power levels

Krillin:
300 (suppressed)
25 million
1 billion (Kaioken x40)
1.5 billion (Kaioken x60)

Yamcha:
20 million
200 million (Kaioken Wolf Fang Fist)
1 billion (Kaioken x50)
1.2 billion (Kaioken x60)

Mighty Mask:
40 million
3 billion (after powering up)
6.75 billion (Legendary Super Saiyan)

Bardock:
200 (Super Saiyan suppressed)
2.7 billion (Super Saiyan)
6.75 billion (Super Saiyan 2)

Piccolo:
500 (suppressed)

Hercule:
65

Kakarot:
35 million

Dabu:
250

Paragus:
5 million