Reformed Saiyans
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Hellish Recoome.
A/N: Re-Upload. Oopsie somehow I uploaded Chapter Eight instead of this one for 28.
As Guldo tried to catch his breath, Krillin flew after him, and Guldo panicked. He ran as fast as he could but Krillin quickly caught up, in a panic attempt, Guldo held his breath. Time froze yet again.
"Damn It! How is this possible?! He's defeated my Rain of Terra! And now I'm almost out of psychic power too! I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Guldo panicked in thought. "And if I run, I'll lose breath faster!"
Guldo then continued to curse himself for not taking the chance to do some underwater breathing exercises. The midget green alien hurried to hide behind something, swiftly finding a hill to hide behind. After which, he could no longer hold his breath any further, and exhaled.
Not even a split second later, Guldo's face had been met with a powerful blow from Krillin's foot. Guldo bounced against the ground several times before finally sliding across the ground, defeated.
Krillin lifted his hand up preparing to throw an energy blast to finish the job, however, he hesitated. Krillin stopped himself, realizing that Guldo had already been beaten and there was no reason to further do any damage. He lowered himself to the ground, and Gohan, who caught up with him, gave Krillin a high five.
"Alright!" Gohan shouted. "You did it!"
"Nah C'mon don't cut yourself short Gohan. We did it!" Krillin replied, giving Gohan a pat on his back.
Although Gohan and Krillin were enjoying their victory, the Ginyu's stared in disbelief.
"B-But...That's impossible!" Jeice shouted. "They beat Guldo!"
"They actually defeated Guldo!" Burter added. Jeice, Reccome, and Burter all left their mouths hanging from the shock. How could Guldo have been beaten, by a bunch of random "lowlifes" at that. Even more a Surprise, Vegeta had darted right by Guldo, having his out, unleashing a powerful blast of energy that wiped Guldo's head from existence.
This enraged the trio of the Ginyu Force, glaring angrily and growling at Vegeta.
"That's how you win a battle." Vegeta said, narrowing his eyes on Krillin. Krillin glared angrily in response, Gohan as well.
"Hey we had him finished, it's not like he could've done anything." Krillin replied. Vegeta rolled his eyes and scoffed. Krillin growled at Vegeta for a second, then sighed and brushed it off. Gohan continued to glare at Vegeta as well.
"Hey can I get back at these two punks for killing Guldo!" Recoome said, facing his comrades.
"What? And give you an extra kill?!" Jeice said.
"That seems a little unfair!" Burter added.
"C'mon Guys! I'll make it up to you!" Recoome begged.
Jeice sighed, and slightly shook his head. "Alright. Fine." He replied. "But you owe us a trip to Spacey's got it?"
Recoome jumped for joy. "Awesome! I'll get you guys whatever you want!" He said. "It's totally worth the extra kill!"
"Just remember to leave the Kid a little bit alive alright?" Burter replied. Recoome nodded in response.
Recoome took a couple steps forward and pointed to himself. "You're fighting me now!" Recoome shouted.
Vegeta turned to the two short fighters, who were now next to everyone, and whispered. "Play as Support, I'll lead." He said. "Conserve your energy for now, the longer we can stall the better, got it?"
Krillin and Gohan nodded in response.
Next Vegeta turned to Piccolo. "Get your attack ready as soon as possible!"
Piccolo nodded in response, took his two fingers on his right hand out and created a circle with it, then placed it on his head, slowly gathering energy. After Recoome took a stance, he signaled for Vegeta to take the first strike, and in response Vegeta smirked.
Vegeta bent his knees and elbows, clenched his fists, and roared a mighty roar as he powered up. His aura flared a strong bellow, and the ground beneath his feet trembled before his strength. A moment later, Vegeta closed his teeth, and gritted them, as he continued to further max his power.
He caused winds to swirl around, and both Krillin, Gohan, and Piccolo had said to each other about how lucky it was Vegeta was teaming up with them instead of fighting. During that same time, Jeice and Burter looked surprised with Vegeta's massive increased power.
"His power reading is way over 35,000!" Jeice said.
Burter turned to face his red-skinned friend. "What?! You're kidding!" Burter replied. He looked with disbelief as he turned on his own scouter. It displayed "39,000" and still was rising. "No way! He's actually breaching 40,000!"
"This is ridiculous! First that bald Earthling over there breaks over thirty-five thousand! And now Vegeta?!" Jeice growled. "We might just need the Captain after all!"
"Nonsense! The Captain entrusted us to this scum! We'll do it!" Burter pointed out. Vegeta's power soon maxed out, and it read 42,000 on both scouters of Jeice and Burter. "Yeah, Recoome can take care of a simple forty-two thousand!"
"Looooorrrrdddd Frrrriiieeezzzzaaa!" Ginyu shouted. He lowered himself to the ground, and below him was Frieza and Nappa by his side. Frieza gave a pleased look as Ginyu had arrived. "Are these the Dragon Balls you've requested?" Ginyu used his energy to put all seven Dragon Balls in front of Frieza.
"Yes!" Frieza said excitedly. "Thank you so much Captain! This is the excellency that I've required!"
"Anything for you Lord Frieza." The Captain replied, giving a respectful bow.
"I presume the trash is being taken care of?" Frieza asked.
"Yes. My men should be on it right now." Ginyu nodded. "I'd say perhaps another thirty to forty-five minutes top. Or however long it takes them to slay Vegeta."
"I expect nothing less of your force Captain. As such you will be rewarded greatly." Frieza replied. He then turned his attention to the Dragon Balls with a wicked smile. "Now. To finally gain what I've longed for!"
Frieza turned back to Captain, and motioned him to start it.
"You're giving me the honors?" The Captain asked. Frieza nodded. "Thank you Lord Frieza! I appreciate your gracious gift!" Ginyu looked back to the Dragon Balls then felt...a bit dumbfounded. He turned to face Frieza once more. "Uh.. Lord Frieza exactly how does it work?"
Frieza raised his shoulders. "I don't quite know. I was told that acquiring all seven should summon a Dragon to grant me my wish."
Captain Ginyu crossed his arms, and rubbed his chin in thought. "Hmm...maybe there's a calling signal or a statement or something…" Ginyu said, looking back at Frieza. Frieza shrugged again. Ginyu turned to the Dragon Balls thought for a few more seconds, then raised a finger. "I got it!"
"Arise Almighty Dragon! And Grant Lord Frieza his wish!" Ginyu shouted, raising his hands. A few seconds later, and nothing. A drop of slight awkwardness and embarrassment roamed across the room. Ginyu went back to his thinking face, and then tried again. "Come Forth Legendary Dragon!"
Nothing. Ginyu tried again. "Emerge Powerful Wish-Granting Dragon!" Nothing. Ginyu tried again. "Appear to me, Sacred Keeper of the Dragon Balls!" Nothing, again. Ginyu tried for several more minutes before being ready to get up.
"Here let me try." Frieza said. Ginyu stepped out of the way and Frieza hovered himself out of his vehicle, then lowering to the ground. "Surface out of your sleeping slumber almighty dragon and grant me eternal life!"
Frieza had raised hands awaiting for something to happen, but after a moment nothing. He cleared his throat, and returned to a normal look.
"It appears we're missing some valuable information." Frieza said.
"Shall I go acquire some information my Lord?" Ginyu asked. Frieza shook his head.
"No. I'll deal with this personally." Frieza answered. He pressed a button on his scouter, and sat back in his vehicle. Appeared were two displays of life other than the on-going battle nearby. "Hmm...one of these life forms appears very old, and the other one quite young and strong. I'll check here."
Captain Ginyu stood out of Frieza's way as he blasted off. His intense speed caused debris to scatter around. After Frieza left, Ginyu turned to the soldiers in front of him, and helped guard the Dragon Balls.
"Attention!" Ginyu shouted. All of the Soldiers stood firm and lined up. "While Frieza's gone you must be assured to protect these Dragon Balls with your lives!"
"HAAA!" Goku shouted, he launched his right fist forward, and Raditz moved his left arm in front of him to block the attack. A loud shockwave generated around them. Goku jumped back, as two Yamchas jumped in between, one going after Goku, another going after Raditz.
Both Yamchas had a fiery crimson red aura enveloped around them as they swung several punches and kicks at Goku and Raditz. One Yamcha launched his fist towards Goku's head, but Goku inched his neck to the side. Goku tried to counter swinging his right leg towards Yamcha's hip, however, Yamcha fell midway backwards, then regained his balance by doing a quick backflip.
Yamcha fired an energy bolt as he bounced off the ground, and then landing on the ground immediately afterwards. Goku gathered energy around his hand and chopped the blast, causing light smoke but the blast to disappear.
At around the same time, Raditz lifted his knee towards the other Yamcha, but he jumped back, and swung his leg towards Raditz's head. Raditz blocked the kick with his arm, and launched his left fist towards Yamcha's chin.
Yamcha bent back avoiding the attack, but then Raditz had the opportunity to strike in Yamcha's gut, which he did with a spinning back kick, landing successfully. While Yamcha had not been pushed off balance, he did slide a bit, and intense pain was sent through Yamcha's gut. Yamcha powered through, continuing to fight Raditz.
After about another two hours, the three fighters were panting heavily, having finished their sparring. Raditz walked over to the gravity chamber's main controls, on the display it read "100G", then "0G" after Raditz had pressed several buttons.
"Okay, reverting the gravity to normal!" Raditz shouted. In an instant, massive amounts of weight had lifted, and everything felt almost...non-existent.
Both Goku and Yamcha were shocked to have felt such incredible lightness, Raditz was simply impressed and slightly surprised.
"Holy Crap!" Yamcha said. He threw a few punches, and didn't even know his own speed when he had done so. "It's so light! And Fast!"
Goku's face lit up with glee. "I don't even feel anything! It's weightless!" He said. "I feel as light as a feather!"
Raditz looked at his brother with the urge to slap his forehead. He blinked several times before shaking his head snapping himself back into reality.
"Yeah, well, here's a little test." Raditz whispered. He grabbed a piece of the ground that had broken from earlier, and threw it as fast as he could. Goku's instincts reacted, and caught the shards of broken ground.
Goku looked with surprise, he reacted so quickly, his instincts were so sharp, he wasn't even sure how fast he went. Once again his face became full of joy.
"Awesome! I FEEL INVINCIBLE!" Goku shouted, raising his hands in happiness.
"I guess we should get some rest then, that way we'd be ready to fight when we get there." Yamcha said.
"Of course. It'd be unwise to go into battle with low energy." Raditz replied. "Unless you're Vegeta." He rolled his eyes at the thought.
After all fighters had cleaned up, and put on clean equipment, they all took a nap until they reached their destination.
"HRAAAAH!" Vegeta roared. He charged after Recoome, and launched his fist against Recoome's chin. Then he swung his foot against Recoome's cheek, causing Recoome to be sent backwards about thirty feet, far enough of which Recoome had crashed into a nearby rock formation. The rock formation crumbled, and Recoome was under rubble.
Although it had not made Vegeta break any sweat, he was sure to wait for Recoome to come back out, to conserve as much energy as possible. Recoome got back up not even a full five seconds later, as Vegeta had expected.
"Good Job! Good Job!" Recoome shouted, clapping his hands. "Now my turn!" Recoome stomped his right leg forward, bending his right knee, and slightly bended his left foot. He had his right elbow bent, and his right arm forward, as well as his left arm lowered. He looked as if he was running but stopped on his right foot freezing at that position.
"Recoooooome!" Recoome's aura flared, and his energy rose. "Basic Kick!" Recoome darted to Vegeta, unbending his right knee, allowing his foot to collide with Vegeta's chest. A slight crack could be heard on impact, and Vegeta was sent across the landscape.
Vegeta groaned in pain as he began to stand back up. He let loose a mighty shout, and released his energy. Vegeta shot forward and hurled his fist against Recoome's right cheek, then slammed his knee into Recoome's gut. Vegeta threw several attacks which had landed against Recoome, but did no successful damage.
The prince had stopped for a split second after his last kick, it knocked Recoome into the ground but the hellish brute had stood up, with only his armor somewhat cracked. Vegeta's mouth had hanged open before turning into an enraged growl.
"Damn it!" Vegeta yelled. He lifted his hands high and focused his energy in between his two hands. "Atomic Burst!" He threw his hands down and release the ball of energy that had formed in between his hands. It turned from a ball into a powerful ray of energy, that slightly curved down as it aimed itself at Recoome.
Recoome took a firm stance, bending both of his knees, and pulling his right arm back. "Recooooomee!" He shouted. As the blast continued to approach he bent his right arm, and swung his elbow against the blast. "ELBOW SMASH!"
Although Recoome had a small burn, the blast was deflected away, and it shot miles and miles away. Gohan, Krillin, and Vegeta looked shocked, Piccolo would've as well if he had not been busy charging his technique.
Everyone was so distracted by the fight, that Jeice and Burter had not noticed the Namekian's energy rising.
"All Right Recoome!" Burter shouted.
"Avenge Guldo for us! You can do it!" Jeice added.
Vegeta snapped himself back into reality, an angry face had expressed itself once more, or more over anger of frustration. The mighty Prince sent a volley of energy blasts to Recoome, each one Recoome dodged and in probably the most ridiculous way ever. Recoome had done some dances which he had learned from doing his pose, as well as that resembled...a ballerina?
After a moment, Vegeta had grown exhausted from the excessive blasts, and Recoome rushed to Vegeta, bashing him with his shoulder against Vegeta's chest once more. Though Vegeta had a slight crack in one of his ribs from earlier, this bash was not as powerful and did not cause as much damage, merely made Vegeta feel a slight burst of pain due to his chest already being in pain.
Vegeta bounced once against the ground, then slid across it. Recoome ran after Vegeta, slid across the ground and then quickly laid in the ground as he grabbed Vegeta's right heel. He placed his right leg around Vegeta's left leg and placed little pressure around.
"Recooooome!" Recoome shouted. Recoome grabbed Vegeta's right leg and foot, then placed his left hand just below Vegeta's knee. He grabbed his left wrist with his right hand and leaned backwards. "Ankle Lock!"
Vegeta was stuck and couldn't break free, Krillin and Gohan unleashed their energy preparing to come as support but they were far too late as Recoome had already made his next move.
"RECOOOME HEEL HOOOOOK!" Recoome shouted. He twisted Vegeta's heel, causing his knee to twist. Vegeta screamed in agony as Recoome slowly twisted Vegeta's heel and knee. A wide corrupt grin appeared across Recoome's face as he continued to do so.
"Damn it! What're we gonna do!" Krillin said. "If we knock Recoome off now, he could shatter Vegeta's knee!"
Gohan shrugged in response, about as speechless as Krillin. However, to their surprise, even Recoome's surprise, Vegeta managed to counter, by heel hooking Recoome in return. Vegeta let out a short chuckle through his teeth, now the fight had been turned into an endurance battle.
Both Fighters felt intense pain for several moments, but Recoome's much more incredible durability had given him an advantage, Vegeta had begun to wear thin on his energy.
"Give up Vegeta!" Recoome shouted. "You can't win!"
"S-Shut Up!" Vegeta uttered. He exerted as much energy as he could to turn it around, but it still remained the same. Instinctively, Vegeta enveloped his energy around his teeth and bit Recoome's foot, puncturing the hellish brute's skin causing a small amount of blood to drip out of Recoome's foot.
Both fighters had released their grips, but not for the same reason. Recoome had released it out of pain, while as for Vegeta, he had other plans…
"Ow! Vegeta! That was dirty!" Recoome shouted. Vegeta gave Recoome the middle finger, then slammed his foot against Recoome's gut, pushing the air out of Recoome's lungs. Next Vegeta leaped forward, and both slammed his knee against Recoome's head and pushed Recoome's head into his knee at the same time.
Vegeta then flipped back about twenty feet, then dashed forward while curving to the left, and as he approached Recoome, Vegeta grabbed Recoome's right arm, swinging the hellish brute about one hundred and eighty degrees at rapid speeds. Recoome was sent flying across the landscape, for a final strike, Vegeta gathered his energy once more in between the palm of his hands while raising his arms.
"ATOMIC BUUUUURRRSSSTTT!" Vegeta yelled. He threw his hands down, unleashing a torrent of energy, which aimed itself at the still plummeting Recoome, then he shoved his hands forward, causing a bigger energy wave to erupt and merge on top of that same blast.
The blast collided with Recoome as Recoome crashed into a massive hill, causing a huge explosion to erupt. Vegeta panted heavily as he recovered from the amount of energy he exerted, and the explosion settled leaving nothing but large amounts of dust and smoke.
Jeice and Burter looked surprised, and skeptical.
"No that's impossible! He didn't kill Recoome...Right?" Burter said.
"Of course not! He has to be under that rubble!" Jeice added. "There's no way he could be finished off that easily!"
Meanwhile, Gohan and Krillin looked shocked yet joyful.
"H-He did it?!" Gohan said.
"Alright! He did it!" Krillin cheered. "Woohoo!"
Piccolo on the other hand, knew as well as Vegeta, it wasn't over.
"No…" Piccolo said. The two short fighters turned their attention to Piccolo with confused looks. "No It's not over! Not by a long shot! His energy is still high!"
Krillin and Gohan looked with extreme surprise, while Jeice and Burter were relieved. Both short fighters let their mouth hang as they saw Recoome break free from the rubble and stand yet again.
While his clothes were tattered, his armor was gone, and he had a missing tooth, Recoome was still raring to go despite the pain in his foot.
"Wow Vegeta! That was good!" Recoome said.
Vegeta was too tired to respond, so he instead growled at Recoome.
"Now it's my turn again!" Recoome shouted. He placed his right leg forward bending his knee. "This time I'll use my full strength!" He bent his left arm forward and bent his right arm, pulling it back. His aura flared, and his energy made the grounds trembled.
"H-He wasn't using his full strength?!" Krillin gasped. He took a huge gulp and his body shook a bit. He then closed his eyes and shook his head, snapping himself back into reality. "We gotta save Vegeta!" Krillin stopped for a second, a bit shocked that he'd even thought that but given the circumstances he knew why.
"Recooooooommmmmeee!" Recoome shouted. He launched himself forward with his knee out, Vegeta was far too exhausted to move. "KIIICCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK!"
"Damn it! A times three won't even work for that speed, I have no choice!" Krillin thought quickly. With a quick reaction, he bent his knees and elbows, concentrating his energy, his muscles bulked, and his energy turned a dark and deep crimson red. "Damn it, Don't give out on me body!"
"KAIOKEN TIMES FOOOOOUUUURRR!" Krillin shouted. For a moment, everyone's attention had laid on Krillin, even Recoome had turned his face to the Monk for a splitsecond, albeit still heading straight for Vegeta, unable to stop himself.
Krillin leaped forward, and in blazing instant, from above, he slammed his fist against Recoome's head. Recoome was sent into the ground, although the crater generated was not wide, it was severely deep. Recoome was only about ten feet away from Vegeta when Krillin had arrived.
Even after Krillin had deactivated his Kaioken, and landed on the ground carefully, you could still hear Recoome's body going through the dirt below. About another three seconds later, you could hear a loud boom echo from the ground, trembling the land for about twenty seconds and several miles.
Jeice and Burter were shocked at the huge sudden burst of energy, both still assumed that Recoome had survived.
"...If he survives this…" Jeice said. "With that big of a blow to his head…"
Jeice and Burter looked at each other with mutual sarcastic faces.
"Greeeeaaat…" Burter replied. "The dumb rock is gonna be dumber! I guess we'll have to call him a dumb boulder now…"
"Then again, Recoome is pretty durable, maybe it won't be as bad as we think?" Jeice asked. Burter shrugged, and the two sighed.
After the attack, Krillin was only slightly out of breath, and though his physical and mental state weren't too far affected. Something else had irked him that made him feel strangely out of energy.
"Okay. Let's not do that again." Krillin said in thought.
Gohan ran up to cheer his friend Krillin, but he paused mid-way, as they heard a loud rumbling from the earth below. Krillin took an immediate defensive stance, and Gohan dashed to his friend's side to help.
To be continued…
Recoome: 55,000 | Weakened: ?
Vegeta: 42,000 | Weakened: 15,000
Gohan: 21,000
Krillin: 19,000 | Kaioken: 38,000 | Kaioken x3: 57,000 | Kaioken x4: 76,000