Disclaimer: I don't own anything. See chapter 1 for details.
Author's note: Hey everyone! How you all doing? Hope you had a good week. Mine was really good. This past week, my nephew came into the world! Woohoo! I am so happy! He is so freakin cute, I don't know where to begin! I know I'm a guy but he looks so adorable! Can't wait to see him!
Anyways, there is something that I have noticed in the last chapter's reviews. Everyone noticed the appearance of General Rilldo and said that he is from GT. So? Just because this story is in the Dragon Ball Z section, doesn't mean that I can't include characters from GT. Besides, in my disclaimer, I clearly mention Dragon Ball which of course encompasses Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT as well as other Toriyama works. But enough of my ranting.
I want to thank Gokai Entertainment for being my beta. He has been great! So now, let me present to everyone Chapter 54 of Saiyan in Mahora! Enjoy!
Period 54: Survival in the Magical Wilderness! The Moonlight Awakens Gohan!
"GOHAN!"
"GAAAAHHHH!" screamed the demi-saiyan warrior. He immediately went to touch his abdomen, the place where he last felt a devastating blow. Was that a dream? Panting heavily, Gohan looked glanced around to see if General Rilldo or if anyone was there. However, he noticed that he was in a strange place. No longer was he at the Gateport but rather in the wilderness.
"Where am I?" he questioned out loud. Gohan noticed that he was breathing quite heavily; his face covered in sweat. He also noticed that there was a towel draped over his head. A towel? Gohan thought to himself. What happened? Where is everyone? Gohan proceeded to take a look around. He tried to get up but was having a hard time doing so. Gohan pondered on why this was happening to him.
Suddenly, he heard some voices within the forest. "Chachamaru-san! Please put on some clothes!" Gohan immediately recognized that voice. It was Negi's! Pushing himself up from the ground, Gohan rushed towards where the voice was coming from. When he got there, he was quite shocked at the scene. Negi and Chachamaru were present except that the robot girl was completely naked!
"Negi-sensei, you still have a fever," Chachamaru stated as she touched her forehead with Negi's. "You should rest up."
"Chachamaru-san, thank you for your concern but first you need to put some clothes on!" Negi exclaimed.
"Why?" The female gynoid asked.
"Well because…"
"You have to show some decency in front of another person Chachamaru-san," spoke up the demi-saiyan. Negi and Chachamaru turned around and their faces shone brightly, well mostly coming from Negi as he was very happy to see Gohan at the moment.
"Gohan!"
"Gohan-sensei!"
Gohan waved weakly before falling to his knees and panting heavily. "Gohan!" Negi shouted as he quickly went to the demi-saiyan's side. "Are you okay?"
Gohan nodded. "I'm fine Negi-san. I just need to get my bearings right." Within that moment, Gohan was about to fall to the side. Luckily, Chachamaru was there to catch him. "Ch-Chachamaru-san…" Gohan said weakly.
"You shouldn't be moving around too much Gohan-sensei," stated the robot girl. "After all, you were struck by a devastating ki blast to the stomach."
Gohan flung his eyes wide open in surprise when he heard that. "Wh-What?"
"It's true Gohan," Negi continued. "You should get some rest. The healing spell isn't complete."
"H-Healing spell?" Gohan repeated. The demi-saiyan tried with all his might to remember on what happened at the Gateport, but nothing was coming up. Looking at the boy teacher and gynoid, Gohan asked, "Tell me, what happened?" Negi and Chachamaru looked at each other before they decided to explain to Gohan what happened.
Flashback
At the Gateport…
Gohan hit the ground with a thud as he coughed up a lot of blood. Standing before him was the Machine Mutant, General Rilldo, grinning after landing such a devastating attack on the demi-saiyan. The Negima group was shell-shocked at the sight. One second Gohan was fighting against the Machine Mutant the next he was on the floor with a big hole in his stomach.
Tears began to flow out of everyone's eyes. "GOHAN!" Asuna screamed out loud. Konoka and the others were silent as they watched their assistant teacher, now with a big hole in his stomach. Setsuna, completely ignoring her opponent, rushed to the demi-saiyan's side.
"GOHAN-SENSEI!" she cried. She tried to move the demi-saiyan around and help him up but it was no use. His life began to wane as his skin color began to fade away as so did the sparkle in his eye. Setsuna gritted her teeth. Gohan was going to die and quickly if they didn't do something. Setsuna knew that the only way was to give him a Senzu bean. She began to search around Gohan's body but couldn't find it! Curse their luck!
As soon as she noticed that Gohan was about to completely fade away, Setsuna grabbed hold of his shoulders. "You can't die, Gohan-kun!" she cried, tears flowing out of her eyes. "You just can't die! Not yet!"
"Ha ha ha ha!" laughed a voice behind the swordswoman. Setsuna gripped her sword as she turned to face against General Rilldo. "It's too late to do anything! You can't save him!"
Setsuna glared at the Machine Mutant. "Oh yeah, watch me!" Drawing her sword forward and grabbing hold of her pactio, Setsuna prepared herself in a fighting stance. "I am going to crush you for what you did!"
"D-Don't… Setsuna-san…"
Everyone's eyes widened when they heard that voice. Setsuna turned around to see Gohan breathing but struggling like crazy to stay alive. "Gohan-kun…"
"R-Run… away…"
"Heh heh heh," the Machine Mutant chuckled. "It seems that you are still alive, Saiyan. Perhaps I should crush your head to see if you can still live." Setsuna rushed forward in attack upon hearing General Rilldo's statement. She began to incant one of her most powerful Shinmei-ryuu moves but stopped mid-way through when she received a blow to the gut. "You can't beat me, child," the General stated with an evil grin.
Setsuna fell to her knees, gasping for air while the Machine Mutant walked passed her. Setsuna tried to get up but the blow that she was received was too great. It was shock to her entire system. She couldn't move! Curse him!
General Rilldo stood before the downed demi-saiyan. Pulling his right arm back, he opened his hand to conjure up a ki ball. The Machine Mutant grinned. "This is the end for you, Saiyan!" Suddenly, out of nowhere, the General received a knee right to the face, sending him flying a few meters in the air upon until he crashed against some debris. As soon as he looked up, he saw Asuna standing in front of the injured Gohan, holding her sword in front of her.
"I won't let you touch him!" Asuna shouted angrily as she got into a defensive position.
General Rilldo quickly got up, dusting off the dirt and debris that was on his body. He then glared at the orange haired girl. "That wasn't very nice, little girl. You should have stayed where you belonged."
Gripping her sword, Asuna angrily glared back at the Machine Mutant. "I… I… I will protect Gohan with all my might!" With a warrior's cry, she launched forward. As soon as she reached General Rilldo, Asuna lashed out at him with an up-sideward strike, forcing Rilldo to side step it. He then struck out sideways, with the Machine Mutant ducking that and moving to the orange-haired girl's left.
Picking up the pace, Asuna continued lashing out at the Machine Mutant, missing as he slowly backed away. Then, with a final stab move, Asuna sent General Rilldo leaping back. General Rilldo took his usual standing stance, watching his opponent catch her breath. Asuna gritted her teeth. "D-Damn you!" she shouted as she went on the attack again.
Setsuna pushed off the ground, ready to help Asuna in crushing the Machine Mutant for hurting the demi-saiyan like that. Suddenly, at the corner of her eye, she saw Konoka rushing towards Gohan's body. "Ojou-sama…" Setsuna muttered as she too went towards Gohan's body.
Rushing to his side, Konoka cried, "Gohan-kun!" A massive amount of tears began to pour out of the girl's eyes. "Please don't die!" She then brought forth her pactio, ready to use it again once more. However, before she could do anything, someone grabbed her wrist. Konoka immediately looked up to see that it was Setsuna who had grabbed her. "Se-chan?"
"Ojou-sama, I know what you are planning but you can't!"
"Why not? Gohan-kun is going to die if I don't heal him!" Konoka cried.
"I know but you can't use your pactio twice in one day!" Setsuna stated, widening the poor healer's eyes. "I know about your pactio, Ojou-sama, and while you can heal any major injury that happened within three minutes, you can't use that power twice in one day. The second time could kill you!"
"B-But… Se-chan… I have to try…"
"Ojou-sama, please be reasonable," Setsuna said as she gently grabbed Konoka's shoulders. "You don't know if it will work the second time. Plus, it might kill you! What will happen then? Gohan-sensei's sacrifice will have been in vain if you died!"
"I don't care!" Setsuna gaped in shock at Konoka's declaration. "I don't care if I die. If it means in saving Gohan-kun, I will gladly put my life on the line."
"Ojou-sama…"
"Se-chan… I know you would do the same thing if you had my powers," Konoka commented as she quickly to the demi-saiyan, who at the moment, was in between here and the afterlife. "I know you care for him as much as I do. And even if I die by saving Gohan-kun, I will have no regrets." With that, Konoka began to the incantation of her healing spell.
Setsuna couldn't believe what was happening. How in the world could this have happened? First Negi gets injured from an attack by Fate, then Gohan gets impaled by General Rilldo's attack. This was too much for her to bear. Gohan and Konoka were both precious to her. She couldn't lose them! Not here! Not now! "Ojou-sama!" Setsuna was about to rush in and stop the incantation when suddenly, she felt a pat on her shoulder. She looked up to see the wolf boy, Kotarou! "Kotarou-kun…"
"Have faith in her, Nee-chan," Kotarou stated. "If she believes that she can save Gohan-niisan, then believe in her."
"But I can't lose her! I can't lose either of them! I have to stop her!"
"You can't," Kotarou stated sternly, catching the swordswoman by surprise. "This was a decision that she made for herself. If she is willing to die for it, then so be it. If you stop her, she will hate you for the rest of her life."
"Kotarou-kun…"
"Believe, Setsuna-neechan. We have to believe in her."
Konoka then began her healing spell incantation:
"IBUKIDONO OHARAHE TAKAMAGAHARA NI KAMUZUMARIMASU KAMURO KI KAMURO MINOMIKOTOWOMOCHITE SHUMEGAMITACHINO MAENI MAUSAKU KURUSHIMIUEFU WAGATOMOYO MAMORIMEGUMAHI SAKIWAETAMAHETO FUJIHARANOASOMI KONOE KONOKANO IKUMUSUBIWO UZUNOMITEGURANI SONAHETATEMATSURUKOTO WO MOROMORKIKOSHIMESE!"
Suddenly, an apparition of Konoka appeared and hugged the injured demi-saiyan. Gohan cried out in massive pain as the hole in his stomach began to fix itself due to Konoka's healing spell. However it wasn't enough. Konoka's apparition began to fade away and quickly too.
Konoka was in shock. She couldn't let Gohan die! Not yet! Not before she confessed her feelings for the demi-saiyan. No, she said to herself, I can't give up. Not yet. But no matter what she did or how hard she tried, she couldn't summon more magic for the healing spell. She let out too much when she was healing Negi and his injured shoulder.
There was only one option. She could use her life's energy to conjure up more magic for the spell. She knew it was risky but it was better than nothing. She couldn't allow Gohan to die. Not like this!
Gohan-kun, if you can hear me, please listen. Ever since you came to Mahora, my life has been changed completely. Not because of Negi-kun and his magic but because of who you are. You are the kindest, sweetest person I know who will do anything for his friends. I know that you went out of your way to rescue me when we were in Kyoto and I am very grateful. Now, it is my turn to return the favor by saving you. Grabbing hold of the demi-saiyan's head, she brought Gohan closer to her. She stared at Gohan's face with a smile on hers. I love you, Gohan-kun. So please… don't die…
Within moments, Konoka pulled the demi-saiyan's head closer to hers as she went for the kiss. She kissed Gohan's lips as deeply as she could. Suddenly, the area around of them began to shine brightly; a healing magic circle appearing beneath them as Konoka began to pour her life's energy into the spell.
For the moment, it seemed to be working. The injury that Gohan had sustained began to heal completely, making like it never happened. However, something unexpected happened as the healing magic began to heal other areas of his body; mostly an area in his lower spine that suddenly burst out, wagging itself in the air before it hid itself underneath Gohan's body from everyone's view.
Setsuna and Kotarou gaped at the sight as the intensity of the light was greater than anyone expected. Asuna and General Rilldo had stopped fighting for a while to see what was happening. Asuna was about to rush in to see what happened but suddenly she saw something that completely surprised. Gohan had been healed!
Kotarou grinned. "Yatta! She did it!"
"Ojou-sama…"
Konoka looked up and smiled weakly at the two of them before she fell to the ground on the side. Kotarou and Setsuna immediately rushed to the healer's side but stopped when Kaede appeared and was there to catch the falling princess before she hit the ground. Setsuna and Kotarou looked worried but Kaede was able to ease their worries when she said that Konoka was just resting. Setsuna burst out crying, thankful that none of them died.
Fate, in the meantime, was a bit disappointed. General Rilldo had failed to kill the Saiyan, the one race that their lord and master, Kureeza, hated the most. The Emperor was not going to like hearing this when they failed to kill a single measly Saiyan.
Meanwhile, Asuna came rushing in to attack General Rilldo only to have the Machine Mutant raise his arms and block her attacks. Suddenly, he phased out of sight making one of Asuna's slashes pass though only an after-image. General Rilldo took advantage of the orange haired girl being temporally off balance and appeared behind her planting his foot right in the back of Asuna's head sending the girl stumbling forward. General Rilldo appeared right in front of her and drove his knee up into her chin with incredible force sending her flying back into the wall of the Gateport.
Hitting the side of the cliff, Asuna bounced back, leaving her wide open for an attack. General Rilldo, taking advantage of that, appeared behind her and brought his foot around into the orange haired girl's face. He then drove his knee up into Asuna's stomach hard and then brought both fists down on her head. Asuna went flying into the ground hard. She got to her feet panting slightly.
Once she did however, she had to put her guard up when General Rilldo came from the side with a roundhouse kick. Asuna blocked it successfully using her sword and pushed off General Rilldo, ready to counterattack.
The Machine Mutant, however, was ready. Asuna then received a fist right in the face which sent her staggering backwards. The Machine Mutant quickly followed, throwing his fists and kicks at her. Asuna was unable to dodge the attacks as she took them at full force. "Say good-bye!" General Rilldo was about to give the finishing blow when he was stopped by a large ki beam that hit him on the side.
General Rilldo was able to move away at the last minute before he could take any more damage. General Rilldo gritted his teeth as he saw Negi floating before him at a far distance. "You filthy brat!" He decided to take action and charged full speed at Negi, the boy teacher getting himself in a stance.
"General Rilldo-san!" Fate screamed out, stopping the Machine Mutant in his tracks.
"What is it now, Fate?" General Rilldo asked angrily, pissed that he was stopped from crushing his opponent. "Can't you see I'm busy?"
"We have achieved our objective," Fate commented. "It is pointless to fight anymore. That is, unless you want me to tell Kureeza-sama about how you disobeyed my order."
General Rilldo flinched as a nervous sweat appeared on his face. Even though he was very strong, there was no way he could win against the almighty Emperor. That would be suicide! "As you wish, Fate-san," the General said as he began to drop altitude.
Everyone began to wonder who this 'Kureeza-sama' was and why the mere mention was making the Machine Mutant so nervous. More than that, what did Fate mean by 'they had achieved their objective'? What could they be planning?
Upon landing, General Rilldo joined Fate as the two of them began to walk away from the Negima crew. "Fate!" Negi creid out. The white haired boy stopped in his tracks. "I will stop you! And once Gohan gets better, we will stop whatever you are planning!"
"You are so naïve, Negi-kun," Fate said as he motioned for everyone to destroy the pillars of transportation. "You think that with your level of strength you can beat me?"
Negi nodded. "I don't think… I know!"
"Well then," Fate said as he began to conjure up some of his stone magic. "Allow me to demonstrate the gap between our powers." He floated up into the sky as he began his incantation. Within moments, the white haired boy summoned five giant stone pillars and sent them towards where Negi and the others were. And one of them was heading directly at Gohan!
The Negima crew went to work quickly. Negi was able to protect Makie, Yuna, Akira and Ako from the falling debris as well as one of the stone pillars. Negi gritted his teeth as he disabled the protect spell and quickly cupped his hands together to the side. "KAME… HAME…" A bright white orb began to form in Negi's cupped hands, getting curious looks from the girls that he was protecting. Upon reaching a certain level of power, Negi launched his arms forward, ready to destroy the approaching stone pillar. "HAAAAA!"
The large ki beam effectively destroyed the stone pillar. The girls were amazed at the skill that Negi was showing. "Negi-kun…" Makie muttered.
"I'm sorry I got you involved in this, Makie-san!" Negi said.
"Are you all right, Negi-kun?" Makie asked in a panic. "I'm completely lost! What happened to Gohan-sensei?"
"I'm fine and Gohan should be too," Negi replied. "First, we have to get everyone to safety."
"Negi-kun! Look!" shouted Yuna as she pointed to where Gohan and Konoka laid. All of them saw one of the giant stone pillars heading straight for them! Negi gritted as he tried to rush over there but couldn't. He was still too weak from the injury that he sustained. But then, he noticed a blur pass by him and heading towards where Gohan and Konoka were at.
It was Asuna! Pulling her sword back, Asuna let out a war cry. "HUAAH!" Slashing forward, the orange haired girl unleashed beam of some sorts straight into the stone pillar. Upon impact, the stone pillar quickly disappeared. This drew Fate's attention quickly. It couldn't be, he said to himself. Is she the…?
"Fate-sama, General Rilldo-sama," spoke up one of Fate's lackeys. "The wedge has been destroyed. An escape gate has been secured. We should go." The Machine Mutant and the white haired boy both nodded in agreement.
Turning his head toward another lackey, Fate said, "Prepare 'Forced Transportation' Gate for the others. Send them to different corners of the world."
Negi flinched when he heard Fate's statement. "Wait!" he yelled.
"Negi-kun, I think you've been too laid-back about this trip," Fate commented as everything around him began to crash down. "Let me present you with a dose of reality."
Within that moment, Fate, General Rilldo and the others disappeared, leaving behind the Negima crew. However, within seconds, a bunch of magic circles began to appear beneath their feet! Negi and the others were a bit confused on what was going on, but the white ermine knew what was going on. "Aniki, this is bad! It's the Forced Transportation Spell!"
Negi gritted his teeth. If that was true, then… "Gohan," he muttered as he quickly rushed towards where Gohan and Konoka were at. "Quickly, everyone gather here! Grab hold of someone!" However, before any of them could even congregate in the center, a white blinding light engulfed the crew as the Gate's keystone had been destroyed by Fate and the others. This was bad as everyone was sent flying, leaving no trance of them at the Gateport.
End of Flashback
Gohan bowed his head down slightly in anguish after hearing the story. "I see," he said with a hint of sadness in his voice. "How long has it been? Have you found anyone else?"
"It's been 9 hours and 57 minutes," Chachamaru stated as she finished dressing herself. "Fate Averruncus, General Rilldo and their four helpers escaped via Transportation magic. The Ala Alba or 'White Wing' members and everyone else in the area were scattered by a forced transportation spell. Their location is unknown."
Gohan gritted his teeth upon hearing that. "Damn," he muttered, clenching his fists in anger. "Where are the others? Have you found Asuna-san, Setsuna-san or even Yuna-san?"
The robot girl shook her head. "We didn't find anyone else. You were the first person we have found."
"Negi-san, can't you contact anyone through the pactios?"
The boy teacher shook his head. "I tried to, but…"
"The telepathic powers of the cards can be easily blocked," commented Chachamaru. "There are many stones in this area that naturally block magic. The telepathic range is 5-10 km, tops. It will only work within that range." Gohan clenched his fists even harder. Damn you Fate, he said to himself.
"Gohan, can't you sense their ki signatures?" Negi asked. Gohan stopped frowning and looked at the boy teacher with curiosity. "I know that you taught me how to sense ki signatures but mine is not well advanced as yours. Can you try?"
The demi-saiyan nodded as he closed his eyes and began to search out everyone's ki signatures. He knew what they felt like but something was wrong. Something was interfering with his search as he sensed many things around them. As a result he couldn't get an accurate reading. He began to search even harder, frowning his eyebrows but still nothing. The demi-saiyan let out a sigh. "I can't sense them. There is too much interference from the wildlife because their ki signatures overlap everyone's, especially Makie-san, Yuna-san and the others. I'm sorry."
Gohan opened his eyes to see Negi and Chachamaru gaping at him. Gohan blinked a few times in confusion. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Did you see someone?"
"Umm… Gohan… is that what I think it is?" Negi questioned.
"What thing? What are you talking about?" Both Negi and Chachamaru motioned for the demi-saiyan to look to the side. Gohan was definitely confused. What could have gotten into these two? The demi-saiyan turned his head to take a glance to find a special surprise waiting for him. It was a brown, furry tail that was wagging. Gohan immediately recognized it to be a Saiyan tail however that wasn't surprising thing as he realized that the tail was coming from him!
Gohan immediately shriek upon seeing it. "I… I… I… I-I don't believe this," he stuttered. "My tail… it grew back! But how?" All of them wondered on how his tail grew back. Gohan had told them that he hadn't seen his tail since he was a child. Why did it grow back now?
Then, suddenly, Gohan sensed something; something that he immediately recognized. Quickly getting up, Gohan rushed up to the tallest rocks with Negi and Chachamaru in pursuit. Within moments, they found themselves standing over a cliff, overlooking an entire jungle. "What's the matter, Gohan?" Negi asked.
"I thought I sensed someone," Gohan stated, panting a bit. His face was covered in sweat. Pointing his finger, the demi-saiyan indicated the direction on which he sensed that ki signature. "It's over there! We gotta hurry!" Negi nodded in agreement as the two were ready to dash towards that spot.
"Wait, Gohan-sensei, Negi-sensei!" Chachamaru shouted, stopping the two boys from getting any further. "The 'White Wing' Badge!"
"Chachamaru-san, we don't have time for that," Gohan stated. "Someone could be in danger!"
"Gohan-sensei, you said yourself earlier that the high amounts of magic might affect your senses," Chachamaru responded. "We need to make sure that someone is in that direction."
"How?" Negi asked.
"The 'White Wing' badge has several functions," the robot girl explained. "It fuses both magic and modern technology, so it may still work here." Pulling her own badge, Chachamaru began to run diagnostics on the badge in identifying potential nearby signals.
"I found them! Located two, Northwest. One at 100 km, the other at 120 km. Another one. Northeast, at 540 km. There's a few more with a 540 km radius, but I'm not locating all the badges. That means some are past the 1800 km range of this badge."
"Damn," Gohan muttered. He then glanced at Negi who seemed obviously pissed about something. Must be something that Fate said to him when they were at the Gateport. However, at the moment, none of that mattered. They need to find everyone and fast. "Chachamaru-san, can you place those signals you spotted on a map?"
The robot girl nodded. "Yes, Gohan-sensei. I will download a map. But you have to remember, the Magical World only has 1/3 of the surface area of Earth. However, that's still a lot of land to cover."
"Then we must scour this world in order to recover everyone and get them back to Mahora Academy, safe and sound," Gohan stated. Negi nodded in agreement as the three of them began to discuss their plans on what to do next.
Later that day…
After a few hours of planning, night fall came. Chachamaru had noticed that night had come. She also noticed that the moon was about to turn full. If her data about the Saiyans was correct, then Gohan would transform into a giant ape upon seeing the full moon. At the moment, they couldn't afford that; not with Negi in his current condition. They needed to get rest quickly and start moving in the morning.
"It's settled," Gohan spoke up, catching the robot girl by surprise. "After looking at this map, I say we go after the nearest signal right now."
"I agree Gohan," Negi said. "Let's begin the search right away!"
Chachamaru flinched a bit. She needed to stop them before something bad happened. "Gohan-sensei, Negi-sensei, you two haven't recovered yet. We should wait until morning at least."
"We are fine, Chachamaru-san," Gohan said with a Son grin on his face. "Besides, we need to ensure the safety of the others first! I can't let my friends be hurt!"
"I agree. We've already spent a few hours looking at the stars to confirm our location!"
"Yes, but it's dangerous to travel at night," Chachamaru said.
"That makes it all the more important we get moving!" Gohan shouted. However, within that moment, Gohan felt a jolt to his body as he fell to his knees. "Wha…?"
Negi and Chachamaru quickly went to tender the ailing demi-saiyan. "Gohan, are you okay?" Gohan tried to nod but immediately felt pain in his head. He felt a massive headache. This was not good. How could he be in this kind of condition at a time like this?
"Gohan-sensei, you're pushing yourself too hard," Chachamaru stated.
"Chachamaru-san, what's wrong with him?" Negi asked.
"I'm not sure, but I have a theory."
"A theory?" Both Negi and Gohan said in unison.
The robot girl nodded. "Yes," she replied. "Gohan-sensei, you mentioned that your tail hadn't grown since you were a child, correct?" The demi-saiyan nodded. "I believe that your body is still trying to adapt itself to the recovery of your tail, since to what I understand about Saiyan anatomy, the tail is the source of their power. Thus, I believe we must rest and wait until morning before moving again."
Gohan was about to protest, saying that he could walk through the pain but Negi stepped in front of the demi-saiyan. "Gohan, let's listen to Chachamaru-san and let's rest. We are going to need our strength tomorrow." Gohan nodded. There was no use in arguing here. He definitely needed to rest and let his body properly adapt to the growth of his tail. For tomorrow was a big day for them.
The next day…
Gohan, Negi and Chachamaru quickly got themselves ready to go on their journey in searching for their missing friends. Gohan suggested that they fly but Chachamaru quickly explained that there were many magical beasts in the air, which would result in them becoming easy prey. It would be easier if they walked. Gohan and Negi quickly agreed with the robot girl as they both noticed that they weren't in the best condition.
After a few hours of walking through the jungle, Negi, Gohan and Chachamaru found themselves in front of a beautiful lake that was sparkling. Far in the back of the lake there were some waterfalls. Gohan was in awe at the sigh before him. "Wow," he muttered. If we weren't in such a pickle, I would have come here to relax.
Negi thought the same thing as the two boys looked at the lake with awe. However, Chachamaru thought otherwise as she noticed that the condition on both Gohan and Negi was getting worse. "We should set up camp here and rest," she said to the boy teacher and demi-saiyan warrior. "You two don't seem well."
"No, we can't!" Negi exclaimed. "We have to find one person before the sun sets!"
"I understand, Negi-sensei, but if you or Gohan-sensei collapse, matters will get worse."
"Negi-san is right, Chachamaru-san," Gohan said. "We need to get moving. If this were flat land, we could have covered 50 km in 3, 4 hours…"
"I understand your frustration but this is a magical jungle filled with magical beasts," explained the robot girl.
"Even so…"
"Gohan, let's rest for 15 minutes and then take off again," Negi commented. The demi-saiyan warrior nodded in agreement. Chachamaru began to protest again, commentating that fifteen minutes wasn't going to be enough rest. They need to set up camp and hope that the moon wasn't full. Otherwise, their situation will get much worse.
However, it just did as suddenly a giant dragon appeared before them. It was a tiger dragon, a magical beast! Negi and Gohan immediately got into their fighting stances, ready to repel back the magical beast. "Negi-san, let's crush this guy so we can continue looking!"
The boy teacher nodded in agreement as their aura sprang up around, blazing like a candle fire. Negi went on the attack as he launched out his Magita Magica Sirius Lukis, seventeen arrows of magic. However, the attack was easily deflected by the tiger dragon's horns. Negi gaped in shock. "It deflected the charge! A magical barrier? But how?"
But before Negi could deduce how the beast was able to form it, the dragon appeared right in front of him, ready to eat him as his meal. Suddenly, the beast felt a kick to its' face, staggering a bit before leveling itself. It looked at the person who was guilty of such an attack, Son Gohan. Gohan glared at the magical beast. If Negi-san's magic won't work on him, then how about some ki? Within moments, Gohan began his transformation.
In a flash of blinding light, Gohan powered up. Balling his fists, Gohan let out a shrill cry of anger and pain as his golden aura exploded around him. In a whirling wind of ferocity and an outstanding display of flashes, Gohan transformed, his hair standing on end and flashing gold, at the same time his eyes turned jade green, hovering in his sockets. A galling wind went up before it subsided, leaving him standing in a pure, powered up state of a Super Saiyan.
The magical beast was unsure of what was going on but it didn't matter as it went for the attack. Placing his two hands above his head, palms outward and overlapping each other, the demi-saiyan warrior cried out, "MASENKO HAA!" A yellow ki beam shout out from his hands and hit the Tiger Dragon directly in the face. An explosion occurred, which led to Gohan to prematurely think that he had won.
The Tiger Dragon wasn't going to go down so easily as the attack had burnt half his face. The giant magical beast was pissed beyond belief. Gohan, meanwhile, couldn't believe it. He had sent a powered up Masenko and it didn't even faze the beast. Gohan was about to launch another Masenko before he felt a jolt of pain in his body. Then within moments, the demi-saiyan warrior felt the brunt force of the Tiger Dragon's tail swipe attack.
Gohan cried out in pain as he was sent flying. Hitting against the rocks hard, Gohan bounced off the sand a couple of times before stopping a few meters away from Negi, Chachamaru and the magical beast. Gohan then noticed that the Tiger Dragon was heading straight for Negi. The demi-saiyan warrior tried to move but was in too much pain to even try as he was reverted back to his normal state. He looked up to see that Negi, too, was in the same position. "Negi-san!"
Then, he saw that Chachamaru had stepped in between the Tiger Dragon and Negi Springfield. "Chachamaru-san…"
"Magical Beast," stated the robot girl as suddenly, her arms began to transform. Her right arm had transformed itself into a machine gun while her left arm transformed into a sword. "Excuse me. I cannot allow you to harm Negi-sensei!" Gohan's eyes widened a bit in surprise at Chachamaru's declaration. He let out a small smile, possibly thinking that the robot girl might like the boy teacher. However, he couldn't stay awake long enough to watch the fight between the magical beast and Chachamaru.
Few minutes later…
Gohan was soundly resting until he heard some shouting and some noises that seemed a little… erotic? Gohan opened his eyes to see something very strange and interesting. He saw Negi and Chachamaru together as they were doing something. Upon a closer look, Gohan noticed that Negi was using something to wind up Chachamaru. He could only guess by the look of it, but it seemed like Negi was recharging Chachamaru. But why was Chachamaru letting out such strange noises?
"Umm, I hope I'm not interrupting anything," Gohan spoke up, catching the attention of both the boy teacher and the robot girl.
"Gohan!" greeted the boy teacher happily, leaving Chachamaru fully charged and wondering if she was heading in the right direction with her feelings. "How are you feeling?"
"A little better," Gohan commented, upon which he winced a bit in pain. He glanced around, seeing if the magical beast was still around but it wasn't. Could Chachamaru have sent it flying?
"Thank you Gohan…"
"Huh?" Gohan sounded as he looked a bit confused at Negi's statement.
"If you and Chachamaru-san hadn't helped me, I would have been in dire straits," Negi said. "You two helped me out at the Gateport. I'm still a child. I can't do anything without help."
"Negi-san…"
"Negi-sensei…"
Tears began to drop from the boy teacher's eyes. "Everyone… I risked everyone's lives…" Suddenly, the boy teacher received a bonk on the head from the demi-saiyan warrior, surprising him. "Gohan, what was that for?"
"You idiot, everyone needs help from time to time," Gohan stated. "You can't always burden yourselves with so much responsibility. I know from experience. Besides, you have to believe in everyone and their strength. Even though they may be weaker than us, they are fully prepared. After all, that is why they formed the club." At the end of that sentence, Gohan smiled brightly which caused Negi to look in awe at the demi-saiyan.
"I'm sure they're fine, Negi-sensei," Chachamaru added.
Gohan nodded in agreement. "Don't worry. We'll rescue everyone. I promise."
At another location…
Far away from where Negi, Gohan and Chachamaru were, a lone girl wearing a hood coat with several sprites floating around her was walking through the same magical jungle. It was Chisame and she been stuck alone ever since Chachamaru failed to rescue her when they were all under the Transportation Spell. "I've been walking for 8 hours since this morning. I hope we've at least traveled 40 km," she said out loud.
"We've covered 16 km," responded one of the sprites.
"16?" Chisame exclaimed. "That can't be! We've been walking half the day!"
"We have to continuously check the direction we're heading so we don't get lost," responded one of her pactio's sprites. "We're avoiding dangerous areas and beasts. We have no other choice!"
"I was prepared for this, but how long will this take?" Chisame questioned. "I have no food. This is seriously bad."
"Cheer up! Fight, Chiu-sama!"
"Ha! I can't believe this kind of world actually exists," Chisame commented. "Dragons, slime, and magic… If this stuff existed in my reality, I'd have nothing but trouble. Either way, if I hadn't tagged along, I'd be lazily surfing the net in an air-conditioned room right now. I would have spent my summer vacation living it up. That's supposed to be my reality. Right?"
"Chiu-sama…" said of the one of the sprites weakly.
"What's up, Konnya? You look tired."
"We can't materialize for long without any electronics humming nearby. Your cell and/or laptop must be out of power?"
Chisame raised an eyebrow. "What?" Within that moment, she went ahead to check the battery life of her cellphone and true enough, her battery was dying! This was not good! "You guys are going to disappear?"
"Yes," replied one of the two remaining sprites. "I'm sorry we couldn't be more useful."
"I… I understand! Go hibernate, get rest!"
"Without us, you can't avoid dangerous spots."
"Or find the direction of the village," the last remaining sprite said weakly as it and its companion pulled out a sheet of paper to write directions. "We're about to go. With whatever strength we have left, we'll write out directions to the village…"
"Don't overexert yourself," Chisame said. Then the two sprites handed her the sheet of paper that listed an arrow and the words 'VILLAGE THIS WAY.' Chisame didn't respond for a few seconds. I can't use this! She exclaimed to herself. She was about to tell her sprites to give better directions but unfortunately, they vanished. Chisame was all by herself once again.
Soon, night came and Chisame still continued to walk forward only that she was now alone. The nearest village was 300 km. She was truly alone. She began to think back at the beginning of this trip and how Gohan promised that he would protect Chisame no matter what. "He said he'd protect me, that idiot," Chisame said. "Heh, I don't need your help! I'm not the type to be defeated so easily!" Pulling off her cloak, Chisame declared, "300 km will be a cinch! If this is the wall standing in my way, I'll break it down by myself without anyone's help! I'll return to the Academy on my own! That assistant teacher, he better not cower down! I'm gonna whoop his ass for breaking his promise!" As Chisame chuckled at her own declaration, she had failed to realize that a swamp beast was surfacing.
Upon hearing some slithering, Chisame turned her around to see a monster with slimy tentacles coming out of its mouth as well as having eight tentacles. It looked at the poor girl and immediately grabbed her as she had now become its meal. "Aargh!" screamed Chisame. "Wait a sec! What kind of fantasy B-movie crap is this!"
Chisame continued to struggle out of the monster's grasp but was unable to. The monster was just too strong. Not only that, the monster's tentacles were dripping with acid and were melting away her clothes! Chisame couldn't believe at what was happening to her. Her life was in danger but also… her clothes!
Then the monster began to lick Chisame's naked body. I have to get out of here, Chisame said to herself. In a fantasy world, you need fantastic powers. I'm going to be eaten by a B-movie monster? There's nobody around for 300 km. I'm stuck in a weird jungle in a weird world. I'm… I'm going to die… I'm all alone. This really, really sucks!
Then, out of desperation, Chisame began to call out the only person she could think of. "He… lp… HELP ME! GOHAN-SENSEI!"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a ki blast hit directly at the monster's head. The monster growled in pain as it looked up to see who had dared interrupt his meal. However, it was completely caught by surprise as a figure landed a direct hit on its head. The monster growled in pain as it had bitten its own tongue and by accident, let Chisame go. Chisame screamed, worried that she was going to hit the water hard. But she didn't feel anything.
She opened her eyes and saw something amazing. Holding her in bridal style was none other than the demi-saiyan warrior, Son Gohan. Chisame blushed upon seeing the stern and cool look on Gohan's face. She could just spend days looking at him. It was quite mesmerizing and she wished it could last forever.
"Gohan!" shouted a voice, snapping Chisame back to reality. She glanced towards the voice's direction to see Negi and Chachamaru running towards them.
"It's all right, Negi-sensei," Chachamaru stated. "We've completed our first goal."
"So, the fantastic folks are finally here," Chisame muttered.
"Chisame-san," Gohan spoke up, surprising Chisame with a blush. "I'm so glad to find you alive." Chisame immediately began to tear up, getting a confused look from the demi-saiyan warrior. Pushing off Gohan, Chisame walked away a bit before angrily punching Gohan.
"Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy! Dummy!" Chisame shouted as she punched the demi-saiyan. "You're late, damn you! Dumbass!"
"I'm so sorry!" Gohan bowed in apology.
"Chisame, Negi-sensei and Gohan-sensei have overextended themselves physically to find everyone as soon as possible," Chachamaru stated.
"Chachamaru, I have a bone to pick with you! You helped Negi before me!"
"That was because he was injured…"
"I don't care! I wish you'd all go away!"
The next day…
After getting Chisame to calm down, Gohan, Negi and Chachamaru explained the situation to her as they were now very far away from the capital city of Megalomesenbria. "10,000 km?" Chisame exclaimed as she looked at the map that Chachamaru had printed out. She had changed her damaged clothes to the ones that she wore at the underground Cosplay convention during MahoraFest.
"How far is that? This is one hell of a messed up search! This world may only be 1/3 the area of Earth, but it's filled with freaky monsters. So we're supposed to find 11 + 4(?) people in this environment! Sounds like some piece of crap video game!"
"I… understand your frustration Chisame-san," Gohan said, panting irregularly. "But… we can't deviate from this. We need to find everyone as quickly as possible."
"But at the rate we are going, I don't think we'll even make it back to the academy in 15 days," Chisame added. "I won't make it to my second semester! We don't know if the other students are safe! We don't even know if we can get back home! And does this child prodigy of a teacher plan on taking responsibility for this, huh? I was almost mauled by a land octopus! What if I'd died?"
"But you were always safe in that regard, Chisame-san," Chachamaru stated.
"Huh?"
"That sort of land octopus is known as the 'Cerberus Clothes Eater.' It's an unusual creature that only eats fabric," the robot girl explained. "Therefore, you were in no danger of dying, even if we hadn't appeared in time."
"What? Oh, really?"
"However, the creature is nevertheless feared. It tends to strip people naked, throw them in the jungle, and lick them all over."
"See, that would have sucked!" Chisame exclaimed. Looking angrily at the boy teacher, Chisame continued her rant, "It was deeply stressful, mentally and physically! I should report you for negligence!"
"Now… don't be… like that Chisame-san," Gohan panted as his face began to worsen by the minute. However, no one had noticed just yet.
"It's all right Gohan," Negi responded. "I am responsible for everything that's happened."
Chisame was a bit taken back by Negi's sudden gloominess. "Um… as long as you understand… everything is fine."
"No, it's not fine," Negi replied. "Someone else could be stuck in a situation like you right now. I'm really worried about Makie-san and the others. We don't know how to search for them. It's all my fault."
"Well, it's not all your fault," Chisame said. Negi was about to respond to Chisame's comment when everyone heard a thud. They all turned around to see Gohan had fallen, panting heavily and his face completely red. This was bad!
After taking Gohan under some shade, everyone began to wonder what was going on. Gohan was panting heavily and his tail wagging like crazy as if in pain. "H…Hey! Is he okay?" Chisame asked.
"I don't know," Negi said with a worried look on his face. Negi went ahead to touch Gohan's forehead but suddenly pulled back. "It's hot!"
"This isn't normal! This could be dangerous!" Chisame yelled. She then noticed Gohan's tail as it was wagging around. "Hey… um… is that normal?" Chisame asked, pointing at the tail. "What is that tail doing there?"
"Gohan had his tail regrown," Negi stated. "After all, he has Saiyan blood in his veins. It is not unlikely that he wouldn't have a tail."
"You mean… the same tail that Tullece dude had before?" Chisame questioned, her eyes widened. Negi nodded. "So what are we going to do? I mean, Gohan-sensei is a Saiyan! We don't know anything about their anatomy!"
"First we won't panic," Negi said sternly. "Chachamaru-san, what is his temperature?"
Chachamaru moved closer and touched her forehead with the demi-saiyan's, getting a surprised as well as a jealous look from Chisame. "40.6 degrees Celsius."
Chisame shook her head to get rid of her jealous look, allowing her to be brought back to the situation at hand. "That is bad, that's a high fever," Chisame commented.
Negi nodded. "I agree. We have to do something. Chisame-san, please go get some water. Chachamaru-san, prepare to dry his clothes," the boy teacher commanded.
"What are you going to do, Negi-sensei?" Chachamaru asked.
"I'll wipe down the sweat from his body," Negi said before he winced in pain, grabbing the attention of the two girls.
"Negi-sensei!"
"You shouldn't push yourself too much," Chachamaru said. "You are not fully healed."
"I don't care!" Chisame and Chachamaru stood a back, surprised by the tone of voice that Negi just used.
"Gohan needs my help and I am going to give it to him. He has always helped us and now, it's our turn to help him. So please, help me!" Chisame and Chachamaru were silent for a few seconds as they looked at each other. Then, they gave a nod to the boy teacher as they went to help him.
Negi took off Gohan's clothes to wipe down the sweat, while Chisame went to fetch the water. Chachamaru in the meantime, dried the demi-saiyan's clothes as much as she could. She even went ahead to stich up the rip that was on his upper dogi. They continued to work throughout the day and eventually, night came.
Chachamaru went ahead to get some more water while Chisame and Negi attended the demi-saiyan. Even after all their efforts, his fever hadn't changed. "His fever won't go down," Negi commented. "What do we do?"
"I'm sure he'll pull through. He's stubborn, you know that," Chisame said.
The air around was silent as they continued to look at the demi-saiyan, panting and his face completely red. Suddenly, Chisame noticed tears coming out of the boy teacher's eyes. "I'm so sorry Gohan, for getting you and everyone involved in this. It's all my fault."
"Don't say that Negi-sensei," Chisame responded. "It's not your fault at all. Don't blame yourself. We came along knowing that this could be dangerous. It was just an accident that we ran into this Fate dude. Not your fault."
"But still, I trained so hard to be able to handle any situation," Negi said, clenching his fists in anger. "And now, I let Gohan get hurt because of my weakness."
"What happened with Gohan-sensei and that giant robot guy wasn't your fault. He was just stronger."
"If it had been Master, my Dad or even Goku-san, they could've handled it. My Dad would not have been so pathetic. That white haired boy… I didn't feel the first attack coming at all. Same with when he hit me. I couldn't do a thing. I trained so hard under Gohan and Master. I've been training to win every battle. I've been training so hard. Gohan said he was proud of me and look what happened! He got himself hurt because of my weakness. I must become more powerful… more power… I need more strength! I will defeat him next time! I must become stronger!"
"So, you want to become stronger eh?" spoke up a voice. Negi turned his around to see who it was when suddenly he was hit by a fist in the face. "IDIOT!" Negi was sent flying, skidding across the ocean.
Negi looked up to see a figure that he didn't think he would see so soon. It was Kotarou! "Seriously. I lost respect for ya! Crying over spilled milk. You never learn! Do you enjoy freaking out, eh? People think you're a genius, but you're just an idiot!"
Negi panted a bit, surprised at Kotarou's sudden declaration. "Now I know. You want to be stronger? You can train all you want. You'll never catch up to your old man, the Thousand Master. Ditto for Fate. Not even Gohan-niisan or Goku-san. You don't know what you're lacking, do ya? No wonder Fate kicked your ass!"
Negi flinched in anger at Kotarou's sudden boast. "What?" Kotarou questioned. "Pissed off now, are ya? Whatcha gonna do about it? HUH, NEGI?"
"Kotarou, wait! You'll hurt Gohan-sensei!" Chisame screamed.
"Shut up! Just watch!" Kotarou responded to Chisame as he turned his attention to the boy teacher. Kotarou proceeded to a move set that was particularly interesting to everyone. Suddenly, a fierce black aura sprang around the young hanyou. "If you're frozen from anger, I'm gonna make the first move!"
Crouching, Kotarou began to call up some of his Geki. "INU INU DAN!" A large black wolf-dog, now more solid and robotic in appearance covered in a blaze of fiery black ki suddenly attack Negi. With its giant paws, it struck at Negi. However the boy teacher was able to dodge it at the last minute.
"Kotarou-kun." Negi glared at his opponent. Then, with a bellowing roar, Kotarou flew straight at Negi, aura flaring wildly. Faster than the boy teacher counted, he was slammed straight across the face by a powerful jab, making him reel back in shock and from the pain he felt of the blow. After which, Kotarou dropped low and rammed several uppercuts into his stomach before, bringing his right leg back and slamming a powerful blow under Negi's chin.
Negi was thrown skyward, hurling out of control. The young hanyou gave chase, powering up and shooting after him, leaving a crater and a dust cloud behind him. Managing to stop his flight several moments later Negi readied himself and brought his right hand forward. Three powerful, blue sparkling energy balls appeared, illuminating him and his opponent in his sights.
Kotarou continuing flying straight at him full speed. With a yell, Negi unleashed his attack. "MAGITA MAGICA FULGRARIS!" The energy balls shot straight for Kotarou. Kotarou was ready for it. Bringing his right hand up, he back slapped them out of the way, still flying forward. Then, with a clear sky to strike, he super speeded the rest of the way up to his opponent and appeared behind him.
"That was weak!" Kotarou shouted. Negi gasped in shock when he saw Kotarou suddenly appear behind him. Flipping backwards, Kotarou kicked Negi straight in the back, sending him plummeting towards the earth like a meteor. "C'mon, show me what you got!"
Negi dropped, and when he did, it was fast. Within seconds, he crashed, landing on his hands and knees and forming a crater beneath him. The entire water shook from the very force of impact, forming huge waves from its epicenter. When it finally stopped shaking, Negi was looking up with a bit of blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.
He was surprised that he was unable to keep up with Kotarou for right now. This didn't give him any time to think because Kotarou was coming down, right on top of him. Pushing off the ground he leapt and rolled to the side, just as Kotarou's foot came down into the crater, forming a larger one in its place and a cloud of dust rising from the strike. Negi rolled out of harm's way, stopping some distance away before turning round and flying at Kotarou, who was still submerged in the cloud of debris.
As it was settling, Kotarou spun to meet his opponent, seeing him flying at him. The hanyou's fist shot out, with Negi moving to the side a bit to avoid before his fist connected with Kotarou's face. The blow, strong and powerful it was, sent Kotarou flying back, but not as fast.
Back flipping into submission, Kotarou moved into a fast retreat, floating back at flight speed. He looked ahead of him, looking to see if his opponent was following him. Seconds later, Negi suddenly burst out behind the hanyou, leaping high and spinning about, sending a kick right into his opponent's back.
The blow caused a shock wave, sending Kotarou flying forward with a yell of pain. He skidded along the water, the momentum he had gained from the force of the blow creating a deep entrenchment. But after several yards, Kotarou stopped, managing to leap back to his feet and spin around to defend himself.
Negi spat out some blood from the parries he received. It's time to get serious, he said to himself. Summoning upon ki on his right hand and magic on his left, Negi combined the two elements to enable the ultimate skill. "KANKAHO!" A blazing aura surrounded the boy teacher as he prepared himself in a stance.
Kotarou grinned upon seeing Negi call forth the Kanka technique. This was going to get interesting. Suddenly, Negi was right in front of him, ready to attack. In response, Kotarou punched out, meeting Negi's elbow. Following up the connection that formed a shock wave, the two of them locked in a flurry of punches, kicks and defensive techniques. Parries blocked blows, but it was obvious the two of them had their fair share of connecting blows. The blows were heavy and hard, shock waves ringing with every assault.
Meanwhile, Chisame stood confused on why Kotarou was so insistent in fighting Negi now. He had a fever for Christ's sake! "Why are they hitting each other?" Chisame questioned. Chachamaru, however, understood exactly what Kotarou was trying as the two girls continued to watch the match between the boy teacher and the young hanyou.
The exchange of attacks went on for several moments before Negi back flipped out of the way as fast as he could, just as Kotarou over shot a hook. Landing 25 meters away, Negi brought his right hand back and threw it forward, unleashing a cluster blast. Blue, small energy balls shot at Kotarou, landing all around him. It appeared that the attack was effective, but just then, the young hanyou phased out, the series of small explosions suddenly erupting into a bellowing fire ball. The ground shook as a massive crater was punched into the lake.
After seeing his opponent disappear, Negi began looking for his opponent. Just then, Kotarou appeared behind him, with the boy teacher reacting to this instantaneously. Spinning around, he launched a punch at Kotarou, only for the hanyou to catch his fist and use his own strength against him. However, Negi was able to counter the attack as his palm struck across Kotarou's face, kneed him in the stomach, lifting him off the ground from the force and then roundhouse kicked him away.
At the end of the combo, and after he had sent his opponent flying, Negi pursued. Negi went on the attack as he sent out a high right kick to Kotarou's face, then an upwards left kick that launched him up in the sky. Negi quickly followed pursuit as he landed a punch on Kotarou's chest then an elbow strike to the face and then a roundhouse kick. And then another kick was given to Kotarou that sent the hanyou flying across the sky.
Negi disappeared and then reappeared quickly above Kotarou's position as he laid out a forearm attack on the hanyou. Kotarou was sent flying to the ground as he landed on all fours. He quickly stood up and looked around for the boy teacher. Suddenly, he felt a presence behind him. He turned around to see Negi with his knees bent and his hands in a cupped formation. "KAMEHAME-HAAA!" screamed Negi as he launched Son Goku's signature technique at the hanyou.
The ki blast was huge as it split the lake into two. The blast tore through the sky, like a meteor except going the other direction. But Negi knew better. Kotarou had survived that blast. Negi began to look frantically for the hanyou and then suddenly he felt a presence. The boy teacher turned around, ready for a defensive block, only he was too late as Kotarou came up in front of him and gave him an upper-cut which sent Negi up into the sky.
Negi quickly turned around in mid-air and got himself balanced. He glared at the hanyou while Kotarou simply grinned as the two warriors went into super speed. Shock wave after shock wave exploded into life, sending ripples of energy coursing through the sky as both fighters locked fists. The brawl continued on, shaking the skies, water and earth.
15 minutes later…
As fighting had finally subsided, someone was waking up from their slumber as he noticed that a fight had broken out. However, something in the sky caught his attention and began to focus on it deeply. Meanwhile, Negi and Kotarou took a break from their sparring match. The two of them began to banter to each other on who hit who and so on. "I got in 12 more hits than you did!"
"Dummy! None of them really hit hard, though!"
"You're exhausted!"
"You too!"
"You just don't wanna admit you lost!"
"That's my line!"
"I figured your fever would slow you down," Kotarou commented, grabbing Negi's attention in curiosity. "Feel better now? Check your fever."
"Wha?" Negi questioned before he went ahead to check his forehead. And sure enough, Kotarou was right, his fever was gone! "But how did you…?"
"It's simple," Kotarou responded. "Inside your body, there's a lot of magical power. Konoka-neechan's spell was too strong, and the excess magic was wreaking havoc inside your body. I've seen similar spells as a kid. It's so easy to cure. You just gotta work out that excess energy."
"Kotarou-kun…"
"I hear that Gohan-niisan is experiencing the same symptoms," Kotarou mentioned.
The boy teacher nodded. "Why did you go at me first and not Gohan?"
"Dummy, I am going to need your help. Gohan-niisan is very strong. It would take the both of us to work out that excess energy in his body."
"I see, so that means…" Negi trailed when he suddenly felt a shock to his senses. A huge ki signature was building up. His eyes grew wider by the second as this power began to grow and grow! Turning to his sparring partner, Negi said, "Kotarou-kun!"
"I know," the hanyou said sternly. "It's massive. Where is it coming from?"
Chachamaru and Chisame blinked a few times in confusion as they noticed the two boys had stopped walking towards them. "Negi-sensei, what's the matter?" the robot girl asked. Chachamaru began to worry even more upon seeing the face of shock on Negi and Kotarou when, suddenly her built-in scouter that Hakase had recently installed was going crazy. She turned around to the location of the increasing power. "Oh, no." Her worst fear had become a reality.
Chisame was now starting to panic a little when she noticed the looks on everyone's faces. "Wh-What is going on?" she asked. "Why are you all looking shocked? Is something wrong?"
"Chisame-san," the robot girl said, "we need to get out of here!"
"What?"
"Chachamaru-neechan, do you know what's going on? Why is his ki suddenly spiking like this?" asked the young hanyou.
"It's because… Son Gohan-sensei is transforming!"
"Transforming?" Chisame repeated. "What do you mean, like in as his Super Saiyan thing? There is nothing to be scared about. Look!" Chisame then turned towards the direction where Gohan was laying and got quite a shock. The demi-saiyan's chest began to expand as if something were trying to come out of it. She could even hear the heartbeats coming from Gohan himself. "What the…? What's going with Gohan-sensei?"
Chachamaru clenched her teeth. "He is transforming… into a Giant Ape!"
Kotarou's, Negi's, and Chisame's eyes widened. "What!"
"What do you mean Giant Ape?" Negi asked.
"Whenever a Saiyan with a tail looks at a full moon, they transform into Oozaru, a Giant Ape," Chachamaru explained. "Their powers increase ten-fold and become even more destructive. This is what I feared the most when Gohan-sensei's tail had been regrown."
"Wait you said full moon, right?" Chisame questioned. "There hasn't been a moon sighting in ages. Where could have Gohan-sensei gotten to see a moon?"
"On Earth, yes, there is no more moon, but we are in the magical world," Chachamaru responded.
"Then that means that…" Chisame trailed as she looked up into the night sky and noticed a round object with the right distance from the ground, shining brightly on the surface of the water. A full moon had appeared in the night sky!
"Big deal," Kotarou said. "Gohan-niisan can handle this. Even if he transforms, he won't fly into a rage. I mean, I heard that Tullece transformed into one and he still was sane."
"You don't understand, Kotarou-san. Gohan-sensei has never controlled his Giant Ape transformation! He never got the proper Saiyan training on how to handle it! If we let him continue his transformation, he will destroy everything around us!"
"Then what do we do, Chachamaru-san?" Negi asked.
"We have to cut off his tail," Chachamaru said. "It's the only way." All of them nodded in agreement, except for Chisame of course. She wasn't comfortable in cutting anything that was living. Maybe for food but for no other reason.
"Let's go Kotarou-kun!" Negi said.
"Right!" The two boys and the robot girl went ahead to try and cut off Gohan's tail but it was too late. The demi-saiyan had brought his upper body up as he was still sitting. However, his eyes were filled with red and fangs began to grow out of his teeth. The demi-saiyan continued to roar out as if he were an animal. As a result, the ground underneath began to crack under the pressure of his new increased power. A column of ki surrounded Gohan as it expanded forward, almost engulfing the entire beach that everyone stood on and blocking Negi, Kotarou and Chachamaru from reaching him.
Getting himself in standing position, Gohan began to roar out even more as changes were happening to his body. His muscles were expanding and his height was growing a meter per second. The clothes that he was wearing were getting ripped to shreds as his tail uncurled and waved outwards, and a brown fur started to grow from his skin.
The transformation continued as Gohan began to lose more and more of his look and started to become something else. The brown fur started to glow brightly as it began to switch between gold and brown until it finally settled on gold. Within thirty seconds time, Gohan had grown into a gigantic beast… the Oozaru! With glowing red eyes and razor sharp teeth lining that long muzzle of his, the transformed demi-saiyan let out a roar that shook the entire jungle. The worst possible outcome had arrived!
Author's note: Hey everyone! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter especially with the flashback. It was important to show that Konoka can't use her pactio more than twice. It's explained in the manga. I also switched around a few things in the manga especially when they are in the wilderness. But I digress.
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