Reformed Saiyans
Chapter Thirty-One: The Captain's Revenge. Nappa on the Offensive.
A/N: Late Upload, Got Distracted, Chapter hasn't been proofread. Will Proofread it soon.
"Jeice!" Ginyu yelled, pressing the button on his scouter several times. "Jeice! Can you hear me! I repeat! Can you hear me!" Nothing but static was returned. "Damn it!" He clenched his fists.
Ginyu looked over to the soldiers. "Men! Defend the Dragon Balls with your lives! I have something that is needing to be done!"
Ginyu then turned to the bulky hairy fighter near him. "Hey you're uh...what's your name?" He asked.
"My name is General Nappa." Nappa replied.
"Yea! Nappa. Come with me, I need your help on something." Ginyu said.
Nappa raised an eyebrow, then refused. "No, I cannot. Lord Frieza's instructions were clear. I am not going to leave here." He replied.
"Don't worry about it!" Ginyu said, giving Nappa a pat on the back. "I'll take the heat from ol Lord Frieza, besides if you come with me, I know you'll get that revenge you've been wanting!"
Nappa looked at Ginyu with both surprise and confusion.
"C'mon, ya didn't think I didn't know about your plot against Vegeta and those Earth fighters?" Ginyu said. "A lot of us knew! It was going around the Planet Trade Organization HQ, everywhere! I mean sure the moron who let the story come out, about Frieza taking in a Saiyan as a pupil got killed, but it was too late, the rumors and stories had already gotten out."
"I could care less about some stupid media. All I want is my revenge." Nappa said, his eyes narrowed, filled with intense anger at the thought. "And if that's what you can get me, then I'll be glad to come along."
"Good! Then let's not wait any further!" Ginyu shouted. Ginyu hovered off the ground and flew away instantly to the battlefield. Nappa had followed along, so desiring his revenge, and he could feel it coming soon.
"I am sorry to interrupt, but you're testing my patience, and I'm not sure how much longer I can abide." Frieza said. "I'd really like to be on my way."
"F-Forgive me. I am an old mind, and I get very sidetracked." Guru replied. "I am almost done, let me finish this last one, and I will grant you the information you desire. It is but one more hour, would that be okay?"
Frieza sighed, and placed his head on his fist. "Very well. I've waited this long, one more hour can't be so harsh."
"N-Nail!?" Dende shouted, as he looked to his side flying. "What're you doing here?!"
"I am following the Grand Elder's orders. He told me to head and help the others." Nail answered.
"B-But what about protecting the Grand Elder?!" Dende asked.
"I tried to reason with him but his mind was set, and knowing our Father, once he's made up his mind, there is no going back." Nail answered. "He said I'd be more helpful if I helped our new allies with their current fight, so that they may use the Dragon Balls."
Dende frowned, and knew Nail was right about that. Though he couldn't help feel the need to want to go back and protect Guru.
"I can get us there faster, so let us hurry to our new allies." Nail said, stretching his arm out. Dende nodded, and grabbed his hand, as Nail blasted off faster than before.
"You got a lot of nerve attacking me like Vegeta!" Jeice yelled. "Especially if you don't want your ass kicked!"
"Hah! There's no way you could kick my ass now!" Vegeta laughed. "I'd like to see you try!"
Jeice lowered his jaw in shock. "Is that some kind of joke?! Of course I can kick your ass!" Jeice shouted. "I've always been leagues above you! What makes you think I couldn't!"
"Oh don't be stupid! Don't you know of the Saiyans ability to recover stronger than ever from a near-death experience!" Vegeta said. "And with the beating you idiots gave me...I'm the one who's leagues above now!"
"Tch! Like Ah'd believe that bullcrap!" Jeice replied. "Some tiny little boost won't put you even in the same league as Recoome!"
Vegeta busted laughing, before replying.. "I recall Dodoria AND Zarbon having a similar excuse before I obliterated them into ashes!"
"So what!? You killed a couple of weaklings! I am not them! I am no weakling!" Jeice protested. "You are nothing! I AM JEICE OF TH-"
"BOOOOM!" Jeice had been sent flying, crashing against a mighty boulder, such a powerful impact cause an explosion yet a short lived one to be precise, as well as the remains of the boulder falling down on Jeice after being pushed up in the air from the mighty blow.
Small shards of sharp rock fell onto the Red Magma, but none had damaged Jeice thanks to his incredible strength and durable battle-armor, or his now cracked battle-armor anyways. Jeice pulled himself up off the ground, he looked with shock before immediately after expressing a face of rage.
He gritted his teeth and growled. "You bastard!" Jeice hissed. "Do you know how much this armor cost me!?"
"You're in a battle, Jeice, who cares about a silly ol piece of clothing!" Vegeta mocked.
Jeice clenched his fists tightly and rushed after Vegeta, swinging several fists and kicks, and no one had landed, as Vegeta either dodged or blocked all of the attacks thrown. A smug face expressed across Vegeta's face yet again as he continued to toy with his weaker opponent.
Jeice became more enraged and in denial by the second. He couldn't believe what was happening, he was being beat, wrecked, destroyed! By some, some ape! Some ape who should be "bowing" before him! And yet here Jeice is, being taunted the ape, failing at a task that he thought should've been simple.
His team was gone, The Captain was yet to be here, and now the only thing that standed between him and death, was Vegeta's amusement. No matter what strike Vegeta had sent to Jeice, no matter the powerful, the gut-wrenching, the breath-taking attack Vegeta had landed against Jeice.
The Red-Magma continued to deny that he was being beaten. Even when Jeice was sent to the ground, that for a simple moment, a moment where his life flashed before his very eyes, a moment in which he was knocked unconscious, his mouth left wide open, and drool pouring from his mouth, for that simple moment, Jeice didn't even believe it.
After that moment had passed, Jeice had awoken himself up quickly, wiping the spit from his mouth, his eyesight, and eardrums were still recovering but he couldn't fully make out what was going on. He heard Vegeta yelling, and that other Saiyan he saw earlier, the one with such a ridiculous orange outfit, arguing back.
"You do not command me! I am the Prince of Saiyans!" Vegeta yelled. "If I desire to lay a fatal and final blow against my opponents! THEN I WILL DO SO!"
"He can't even fight anymore! There's no point!" Goku protested.
"And what do you what me to do with him? Spare him?! So that he might somehow come back "good" and be all nice?!" Vegeta said. He laughed. "Ridiculous! The Ginyu Force are nothing but a bunch of dirty evil lying bastards! They'll come back alright! But to kill you! Not to make friends!"
"You don'-!"
"Kakarotto, just stop! Vegeta isn't going to listen." Raditz whispered. "Besides, He's right. The Ginyu Force are unlike the other foes you've faced in your past, they won't do the same."
"Yeah...but… that's what everyone thought from the other foes I fought." Goku replied. "And...they changed, Tienshinhan changed, Piccolo changed...er sort of, You've changed as well!"
"No I haven't!" Piccolo shouted, his comment was ignored by the two brothers arguing. "I still plan to dominate Earth!" Still ignored, Piccolo gave a face of defeat.
Raditz let his mouth hang open for a second before snapping into reality. "What?! Don't give me that crap! Have you forgotten the whole point of our alliance!?" He said. "I only agreed to ally with you to fight the bigger enemy. I had not planned to change my ways! After this is done I have planning to do!"
"Planning to do?! And what would that be?!" Goku pointed out. "I may not be the brightest here, but I think I know that you have nowhere to go! Where are you going to go? What are you going to do?"
"Uh...Shouldn't we stop them?" Piccolo said.
"You don't have any siblings, fighting is all part of the healing process…." Yamcha replied.
Krillin sent Yamcha a confused look. "But...You don't either…"
Yamcha opened his mouth, then paused, remaining speechless to reply back for a moment. "That's a fair point." He said.
Krillin wanted to question this but decided to brush it off.
Raditz gritted his teeth in anger. "You know what! I don't have to tell you! So just shut up!" He said. "I'll figure something out anyways! We may be flesh and blood, but you're no brother of mine! No brother of mine would be so ludicrously good!" Raditz replied. He turned around and crossed his arms. "The only thing keeping me from leaving right now, is the fact that we still have a fight incoming!"
Goku sighed. "Fine. I guess I can't stop you."
In the midst of the argument, Vegeta had blasted Jeice into oblivion, leaving nothing left, not even ashes of his remains.
Before anyone could even have a real moment of peace, Captain Ginyu had arrived with Nappa behind him. Everyone turned their attention to the two, most fighters taking a defensive stance, Vegeta however expressed a smug face and walked closer.
"Well Well Well…" Vegeta said, clapping his hands. "If it isn't the Captain of the Lousy Force himself!" Ginyu sent an angry glare, but Vegeta ignored it, rather he eyed Nappa. "And what's this? A former subordinate wanting a challenge at me?"
Vegeta laughed yet again, loudly, gaining a glare from Nappa. "Please! Like you even hold a fraction of my current power!"
Nappa took a step forward, and hissed through his teeth, but Ginyu's hand stood in front. "What're you-" Nappa paused, looking at the quiet signal from his mouth. Nappa lifted an eyebrow in confusion.
"Hold on, before you go rampaging on them, I gotta ask ya something." Ginyu whispered. Nappa grumbled under his breath before waiting for the question, tapping his foot in impatience. "Frieza mentioned somethin about you being able to read powerlevels? Y'know without a scouter."
"Yeah, but it only works to an extent, they could be masking their energies, then I wouldn't be able to tell." Nappa replied.
"Hmm I see...then I guess it wouldn't be that different from using the scouter, would it?" Ginyu asked.
Nappa shrugged. "Err.. I could get an idea of how much their masking gave me a couple of minutes."
Nappa closed his eyes and searched for a minute, comparing all of their energies to that of Captain Ginyu.
"Hey! Are you two done talking?!" Vegeta yelled. He took a stance, and expressed a smug expression on his face. "Or are we gonna fight?!"
The two fighters ignored Vegeta and continued their conversation.
"Let's see, the short and bald earthling's gotta have the lowest of all them, the Namekian is second to last, the halfbreed runt is next, then that Earthling over there…" Nappa glared at the Earthling and paused for a second before continuing. "Then Kakarotto, Vegeta, and Raditz."
Ginyu looked over to the field for a second then turned back to Nappa. "I assume Kakarotto is that other Saiyan with the ridiculous outfit?" He asked. Nappa nodded in response. "Okay, this halfbreed though, is he related to this Kakarotto?" Nappa nodded again. "Last Question, how do they compare to me? And would it be possible for you to convert it to Frieza Metrics?"
"If I had to say, right now, the bald Earthling holds a powerlevel of twenty-two thousand, the Namekian holds a powerlevel of thirty four-thousand, the runt holds a powerlevel of fourty-five thousand, the other Earthling is near sixty-thousand, Kakarotto holds a powerlevel of seventy-thousand, Vegeta holds a powerlevel of ninety-thousand, and Raditz holds a level of One hundred and ten thousand." Nappa answered.
He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. "Though they're masking a great amount of strength right now, especially Vegeta."
"110,000?! You've gotta be joking!" Ginyu replied.
"I never said I was accurate, I'm 90% correct at best." Nappa pointed out. "Besides, I'd doubt anyone is higher than 120,000 except Vegeta, I felt a glimpse of his strength earlier when he fought Jeice. He might be way over that now."
Ginyu had his jaw dropped in shock, then he gritted his teeth. "Damn it! Those Saiyan bastards! First dismantling my team and now exceeding my own strength!?" Ginyu took a quick sigh. "I guess I'll just have to use my secret weapon."
"Secret Weapon?" Nappa asked. Ginyu opened his mouth to speak but Nappa had interrupted. "Actually don't tell me, I heard Namekians have great hearing." Nappa pointed to Piccolo, and Ginyu gave a signaling nod.
"Are you two done chit chatting yet?!" Vegeta yelled.
"Yeah yea, have a little patience Vegeta." Ginyu replied. Vegeta glared at the Captain in response. "So how's this gonna go down, there's two of us, and about…" Ginyu paused counting the amount of fighters. "Seven of you."
"Isn't it obvious?! I'll be taking the both of you down with my own two fists!" Vegeta smirked.
Ginyu laughed, Nappa glared, Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin looked shocked. Raditz seemed steamed, and Goku gave a surprised look.
"Hey! What're you thinkin taking all the fun Vegeta!" Raditz shouted. "If you think I was gonna sit back and let you have it, then you're wrong!"
Vegeta scoffed. "Then come and take from me! I dare you!" He yelled. Raditz growled at Vegeta, staring down at Vegeta, as the Prince stared back.
"Now now! Let's not get hasty here!" Ginyu shouted. "I have a great way to resolve this issue!" He walked in between the two Saiyans and raised a fist. "Rock Paper Scissors! The first winner of three rounds gets the first pick, the second winner of three rounds gets the leftover!"
"What?! I'm not playing your ridiculous game!" Vegeta yelled.
"Me neither!" Raditz added.
"C'mon guys, what's the big deal?" Goku pointed out.
Piccolo took a couple steps forward. "The sooner you do this game, the sooner we don't have to sit here and be allied with each other. Then we can go get the Dragon Balls and everyone can get their wish." He pointed out. "Not that I actually believe any of you can do this alone."
Raditz sighed, and Vegeta scoffed again.
"Fine." The two said in sync.
Goku, Raditz, Vegeta, and Yamcha, all played in several rounds of rock paper scissors, leaving Gohan and Krillin shocked at the display.
"They can't seriously believe they can take on this Captain Ginyu guy alone, can they?" Krillin asked. He took a glance at Nappa, then continued. "And man, Nappa as well, do you feel how strong he's gotten?!"
"I don't want to rely on them, nor believe it, but I seriously think they believe that." Piccolo answered. "And I do believe that...they're right. They're powers are already so high right now, but if you search deep enough, they're masking a ton of strength."
Gohan remained silent, only hoping that this goes well.
After about ten minutes, finally, the winners had been decided, Vegeta won the first round, Yamcha had won the second round.
As Vegeta thought to pick his opponent, Nappa had spoke up in hopes of persuasion.
"Your answer should be obvious! Pick me! Let's end this once for all! I challenge you to a Holmgang!" Nappa shouted.
This amused Vegeta, enough that he was in fact persuaded. "How sad, without someone to control you, you really are a rage driven maniac!" Vegeta taunted. Nappa yet again growled in response. "Very well. I shall accept your challenge. Let's end it!"
Vegeta and Nappa distanced from each other, while also moving to a smaller yet nearby island. This meant Yamcha was to face The Captain himself.
"Hey Raditz, what's a Holmgang?" Goku asked.
"Well it's a special kind of duel. Basically, It's a duel where two fight to near-death, it could be a matter of honor, pride, ownership, demand of debt, legal disagreement, or even to avenge a friend or a loved one." Raditz explained. "You'd often find us lower classed fighters dueling the higher classed Saiyans, for disagreements, or because the snobby higher classed fighters wanted to honor."
"Oh. I see." Goku replied.
In the meantime, Yamcha readied himself to fight the Captain of the Ginyu Force.
"This shall be my first battle against an Earthling." Captain Ginyu said. "Please give it your all, It'd be no fun if you didn't."
"I wouldn't have it any other way…" Yamcha replied. Yamcha took his signature stance, and Ginyu did as well, after distancing from the others.
To be continued…
Powerlevels:
Nappa: ?
Captain Ginyu: 120,000
Raditz: 110,000 (Nappa's Estimation)
Vegeta: 90,000 (Nappa's Estimation)
Goku: 70,000 (Nappa's Estimation)
Yamcha: 60,000 (Nappa's Estimation)
Gohan: 45,000 (Nappa's Estimation)
Piccolo: 34,000 (Nappa's Estimation)
Krillin: 22,000 (Nappa's Estimation)