Reformed Saiyans
Chapter Thirty-Two: Holmgang
The calm breeze blew through both Vegeta and Nappa as the two fighters took their stances. The little island, approximately about 300 feet in diameter, had large waves splashing against it, and extremely rocky terrain, causing it to be hard to balance on.
Vegeta took a good look at Nappa, seeing multiple scars on his body that he'd never seen before, yet recognized easily where they'd come from. Those scars were specific in detail, and there was only one who could cause such a significant scar.
"You really did let your rage blind you." Vegeta said, giving a look of disappointment. He crossed his arms. "That's sad. I was actually hoping that perhaps you've become a better warrior, and yet I was wrong."
Nappa narrowed his eyes, slightly showing his fangs. "What's that supposed to mean!" Nappa growled.
"Don't play dumb!" Vegeta shouted. "You've given yourself to Frieza! Didn't you!? You let him use you for your own personal gain! DIDN'T YOU!?" Vegeta pointed at Nappa with accusation.
Nappa gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. "And what if I did?!"
"It'd make this fight a pity one." Vegeta said. "You're no longer the warrior you used to be."
Nappa furiously hissed at Vegeta. "Nothing matters to me anymore! As long as I get my revenge!" He yelled. "You threw me away like the rest of the trash! Like some low classed fighter! After everything I've done! NOW YOU'LL PAY!"
Vegeta shook his head in disappointment. "Fine. Then let's fight, no bars, no nothing! Full power!" Vegeta shouted. He unleashed his strength, let all of his power surged, and Nappa followed along.
The rocky terrain trembled beneath them, the small rocks broke and shattered, boulders cracked, and the waves around the island waked harder and harder. As the two mighty warriors charged at each other, they clashed arms, causing a great shockwave to generate and the waves to wake even harder.
Both Fighters continued to generate power as they tried to push back one another in a ferocious clash. After a moment, Nappa took a step forward and shoved his arm forward, knocking Vegeta off-balance. As Vegeta fell near the ground, he used a couple of energy blasts to bounce off the ground, and flip back into action, rebalancing himself.
Nappa swiftly approached Vegeta, hurling his fist, but Vegeta was quick to react, blocking the attack, the force of the fist, caused Vegeta to be sent about twenty feet before Vegeta stopped himself, mid-air, floating above the water beneath him.
Vegeta took a glance behind himself, and quickly hovered high in the air, seeing the thirty foot tall wave come crashing against the small island. Nappa dashed backwards, and scarcely escaped it, not that it would've had any effect against him.
"So the raging brute really has gotten a lot stronger." Vegeta thought. "Still he's not strong enough to beat me!"
Vegeta rushed to Nappa, slamming his fist at the brute, yet Nappa had blocked with his right, the attack was powerful, powerful enough to push Nappa's feet up against the dirt and rocks on the ground, but not powerful enough to push him off balance.
The two charged at each other, tried to shove one another off balance, pushing against each other's hands. Tiny bolts of electricity whipped as each fighter increased the output of their power, and the ground trembled again, the waves waked ever so harder.
Vegeta thought quickly as he tried to nudge the bulkier fighter, no matter how much output Vegeta had given, Nappa stayed perfectly balanced. The Prince pulled his right leg back and launched his foot, again, and again, and again! Each time with more power, each time with more speed, but no matter what Nappa powered through the pain.
Vegeta tried ramming his knee, over and over again, but rather Nappa started pushing forward.
"WHAT THE HELL! Why isn't he budging! He couldn't be...no! I refuse to believe it! He's probably just done some sort of endurance training!" Vegeta thought. For now Vegeta tried to resist til he could find an opening but Nappa pushed harder, and moved faster, each step he took became bigger and quicker.
Vegeta soon found himself in quite a dilemma, his thoughts had raced as he thought of a solution to escape this before Nappa had taken the offensive, but no solution arised, Nappa's grip was far too powerful.
Gradually, Nappa started to swing Vegeta around, the Prince tried to keep his feet on the ground, but as Nappa spun and spun, Vegeta was unable to keep his feet on the ground. Vegeta tried to launch his foot, his upper leg, against Nappa, but no matter how powerful, Nappa resisted.
Nappa jumped about fifteen feet in the air, threw Vegeta towards the ground, then quickly pushed himself against Vegeta, aiming to slam the Prince against the hard rocky terrain. However, Vegeta fired a powerful energy blast below him, quickly obliterating the rocks beneath them into ashes, rather than impacting the hard rocks, Vegeta impacted the hard ground.
Nappa jumped up again, so that he could slam down on Vegeta, but Vegeta had rolled out of the way, as Nappa's feet impacted the ground, Vegeta vanished.
"I dunno what you did Nappa, but you'll have to give out sometime! I know for a fact that those attacks dealt some kind of damage! He must be resisting the pain or something, like Recoome!" Vegeta thought.
From the sky, Vegeta looked down to Nappa, the brute had quickly spotted Vegeta after his thoughts quickly passed. Nappa leaped off the ground, and flew to Vegeta, hurling his fist. Vegeta moved to the side avoiding the attack, then back to the other side after Nappa threw another fist, then repeated, repeat, repeat, repeat for several more attacks.
After a minute, Vegeta lifted his fist against Nappa's jaw, landing a direct hit, then slammed his foot into Nappa's gut, the oxygen from Nappa's lungs were forced out, yet Nappa tried to power through, and attempted to grapple Vegeta. Vegeta however disappeared, reappearing behind Nappa, gathering his energy in his two fists, and whacking it against Nappa's head.
Nappa was sent flying, approached the ground but had stopped midway, not even reaching near the ground. He immediately rushed after Vegeta, and Vegeta unleashed a mass volley of energy blasts.
Nappa created a strong energy barrier around him, and rammed through every blast directed, each blast had no effect on him, even the massive torrent of energy Vegeta had unleashed after, Nappa pushed himself through, throwing his fist against Vegeta's right cheek, and then his gut immediately after.
Vegeta tried to keep the oxygen in his lungs, but the mighty blow was too much, and the oxygen was forced out, causing Vegeta to gasp for air. Nappa grabbed Vegeta's left arm, and aimed to swing him once more towards the ground, but when he tried to release his grip, Vegeta latched onto Nappa's arm, with his two hands.
Vegeta tossed Nappa over his shoulder and threw him to the ground, he unleashed a torrent of energy blasts to keep Nappa from stopping himself, and although Nappa had managed to stop himself, he couldn't move forward because of the blasts.
Vegeta unleashed dozens and dozens of energy blasts, and as they all made their way striking Nappa, Vegeta rushed to the raging brute, and struck a strong blow to Nappa's gut. Nappa crashed into the water, where the small island once was, so powerfully that it caused the waves in the water for a moment to completely move away.
The waves collapsed together, filling the empty hole where water once stood, yet again, submerging Nappa under water. Not even a few seconds later and the brute emerged from the ocean, into mid-air floating, he darted his eyes around and looked for Vegeta.
Once he had spotted the Prince, Nappa had ran after, but stopped when Vegeta opened his mouth.
"Enough of this, we both know you and I are not going full strength." Vegeta pointed out. The Prince then smirked as he continued his statement. "I know I said we should start no bars, but clearly neither of us did, so how about now, full strength?"
Nappa closed his eyes and let a short chuckle escape his mouth. "Agreed then! I'll be glad to crush you where you stand!" He shouted.
Vegeta took a stance, as he floated to Nappa's level. "A bold claim for somebody who's about to be sent to the next dimension!"
"I dare you!" Nappa yelled. Vegeta rushed after Nappa, swung a fist, and Nappa moved his neck to the right, however he was nearly met with another immediate fist, but Nappa bent his head back, lifting his knee as he did.
Vegeta's attack had missed, and so did Nappa's knee, the two disappeared from their current spot, reappearing further north in the sky, colliding fists, causing a powerful shockwave to erupt. The two repeated this multiple times, vanishing...or moving at such high speeds, only to reappear clashing their punches and kicks together.
Each powerful attack caused a quick yet powerful shockwave to ferociously roar, and the ground to tremble, the waves to wake just like they have been throughout their fight. Not even a moment later, but as the two collided, and blocked each other's attacks, with their auras flaring, the energy they had dispersed left a glowing trail of their merged energy for several miles.
A short moment of clashing later, Vegeta hurled his fist, aimed at Nappa's head, but Nappa dodged, lifting his knee into Vegeta's gut, then with his two clenched fists, Nappa whacked the right side of Vegeta's head.
The powerful blow sent Vegeta plummeting towards the ground, and a large amount of dust with small clouds of smoke mixed in erupted on impact. The ground shook, and a small crater with rubble collapsing in it was created.
Although it was a mighty blow, Vegeta stayed resilient, lifting himself from the ground a moment later, blood dripped from his forehead, several scratches and cuts appeared around his armor, tears in his jumpsuit, with at least one deep cut on his right knee.
"How...How the hell did he damage me so much with one blow!" Vegeta growled. Although his face couldn't express it, he was clearly angry, and Nappa, the one responsible for this lowered himself to Vegeta with a wide smirk on his face.
"After all these years! All this time, I'll finally pay you back for the misery you caused me! Everything you did to me! You've held me back and I will no longer let you do it anymore!" Nappa yelled.
Vegeta scoffed. "The hell are you going on about?! I never once held you back! You held yourself back!" He replied. "You were always getting quick to anger, overly-destructive, and rushing the hell out of everything! If it weren't for me, we would've lost hundreds, no, thousands of buyers! I kept you from getting your ass killed by Frieza!"
Vegeta tightened his fist, and planted his foot forward. "You accuse me of causing you misery? Yet you can't even see how much you're being used right now! Look at yourself! Is this what you want? To have yourself used by that lunatic?! He's playing you Nappa! You hated working for Frieza! So why would you stoop this low!?"
Nappa lowered his gaze and thought for a second but then shook his head and growled. "No! Liar! I don't believe it! I am the General of the Saiyans! Nobody uses me! Not without my permission at least! MY RAGE DOES NOT CONTROL ME! I CONTROL IT! The price I paid will be nothing compared to the reward I'll gain! Frieza can use me all he wants, as long as I get what I want!"
Nappa clenched his fists and bent his knees, unleashing his energy while Vegeta shook his head in disappointment.
"I guess it's far too late then, Frieza has already fully dug into your mind, you've lost the war without even noticing." Vegeta mumbled. Vegeta took a stance, embracing himself against Nappa. "He went as low as being used by Frieza to gain that much strength? Power? At what cost? He's no longer a warrior, just a mindless, rampaging monster."
Vegeta flared his aura and simultaneously clashed with Nappa, arm against arm, yet Nappa's attack was more powerful. It caused Vegeta to be knocked to the ground, about ten feet away. Nappa walked over to Vegeta, waiting for the Prince to rebalance himself.
"Are you happy now? You let go of everything just for revenge! Your honor! Your pride! Where is it!?" Vegeta taunted. "I certainly don't see any of it! This kind of power you've obtained? It's nothing more than a pathetic display of fakeness!"
Nappa growled angrily. "Shut up! What would you know?! You're just saying that because you're getting your ass kicked!" He snarled. "You tossed me aside like I was nothing! I had nowhere to go!"
"I tossed you aside cause you failed your duties! I was giving you a Saiyan's death! An honorable death!" Vegeta replied. "Yet instead you survived thanks to that idiotic brother of Raditz's, and instead of trying to do better, you decided to let your rage consume you!"
Nappa clenched his fist, and tried to deny Vegeta's words. "You're wrong!" He yelled. Nappa rushed after Vegeta, and threw a left hook into Vegeta's cheek, then a knee in the gut, a foot against Vegeta's hip, and a final toss against a hill.
Vegeta's body for a moment became stuck in the half inch crater in the hill before he fell face forward to the ground. Again Nappa waited for the Prince to stand up, and again, the only thing Vegeta could do was speak.
"If I'm so wrong, then tell me how I'm wrong! Explain to me how I'm wrong!" Vegeta shouted. "You can't tell someone they're wrong unless you have some sort of explanation to prove it! So if I'm so wrong then prove it to me!"
Nappa gritted his teeth angrily, and clenched his fist again, nothing had come to mind, because Vegeta was spot on. Nappa had let his rage get the best of him, but he wouldn't admit it, he refused to believe it, yet he remained speechless.
"I'm right aren't I? And you can't stand it!" Vegeta said. Vegeta became well aware he couldn't win with Strength, even able to admit that Nappa was stronger, but that was simply cause this power Nappa had, this strength, was meaningless in comparison to the strength Vegeta earned, to the strength he had, because Vegeta still had pride.
Out of all people, out of all people Nappa could've had that done to him, it was the same person who ruled them, the same person who destroyed their race, the same person who caused all of this to even happen. Yet Nappa didn't care, nor would he even think about it, rage and revenge was all his mind was.
Nappa had become a hollow shell.
"Damn it! Just be quiet will you!" Nappa yelled. He pulled his right hand back, generating red energy.
"Here it comes, he's using his energy attack, I have to dodge this!" Vegeta thought.
"This is my new Bomber DX! You won't be able to escape it! It WILL home in on you!" Nappa yelled. That wasn't the smartest thing for Nappa to say, revealing a surprise on an old attack, that had instantly given Vegeta an idea.
"Homing? Then maybe I might be able to redirect it against him!" Vegeta said in his mind. He took a stance preparing himself.
Nappa threw his hand, releasing a red crystal energy, Vegeta leaped back, and the blast followed. Vegeta than turned around swiftly and soared away, the blast followed Vegeta, even through the ground, through a hill, and the water.
After a moment, Nappa threw another two, two that were twice as strong, each blast tailed Vegeta, and the only reason they couldn't hit him was because Vegeta kept making it a difficult course.
"Sit still!" Nappa yelled. He gathered his energy, concentrating on another blast, this time he was going to make sure it worked, this time he took the time to actually gather an immense amount. He knew it would take a great chunk of his energy, it was risky but there was great reward to be found. "It's time for you to die, Vegeta!"
As Vegeta guided the three beams through the terrain of Namek, only about half a mile from Nappa, Nappa unleashed a final blast, this one had come so fast Vegeta scarcely dodged it.
"NOW!" Vegeta thought he grabbed some dirt in his hand, raced to Nappa, and hurled a fist against Nappa's cheek. Nappa had his guard dropped long enough to allow that fist to distract him, as Nappa opened his eyes, four blasts had approached, Nappa reacted swiftly, flying immediately away on sight.
Vegeta, however, was prepared for this, the dirt he'd collected earlier, he threw in Nappa's face, blinding him stunning him.
"Agh! What the hell! That was a dirty trick!" Nappa yelled, trying to wipe the dirt away. The raging brute was still going to try and move, but a knee in his gut prevented him from doing so. At the last second, as the blasts approached, Vegeta moved to the side, allowing them to collide against Nappa.
This caused such a massive explosion, that Vegeta even couldn't escape, causing Vegeta to be harmed by it as well, albeit not as badly as Nappa was. As the explosion settled moments later, and the dust and smoke as well.
Vegeta shortly awoke, and looked around, to see an unconscious Nappa on the ground. Vegeta gazed at the brute for a moment before shaking his head in disappointment yet again, and then leaving.
"That fool made it far too easy for me to win. Letting his rage consume him like that was disgraceful and petty!" Vegeta thought.
Sometime Ago…
"Lord Frieza, with all due respect, are you sure it's a good idea to let the brute grow this powerful?" A voice said. The voice belonging to that of the teal-skinned reptilian, none other than Zarbon. "What if he turns on you? And tries to kill you?!"
"Ohohohoho! Come now Zarbon, you don't think I'd speculate that prior to agreeing to his deal?" Frieza chuckled. Then he turned his head to Zarbon, and gave a serious blank expression. "I'd suggest you'd worry about yourself, and not me, got it?"
Zarbon took a quick gulp, and nodded. "Y-Yes Lord Frieza! Forgive me, I only had your best interests in heart!"
"Of course, I know you do, but try to remember I know what's best." Frieza replied, as he turned his head back to Nappa.
The brute floated in a tall sized rejuvenation chamber, the green liquids soothed his aching muscles, sharp and deep cuts, the several scratches, the dozens of bruises, the broken limbs, and his fractured rib cage.
"Watch over him for me Zarbon, I have a meeting to attend to, I'll be gone for about thirty minutes." Frieza said.
"Yes Lord Frieza!" Zarbon nodded, kneeling as Frieza exited the room. He lifted himself once the tyrant had left, then turned his attention back to Nappa. "At this rate...he'll be stronger than the Ginyu Force….no...He'll be even stronger then the Captain himself! If it keeps up, I won't be able to guard this wretched monkey!"
Upon returning slowly to the battlefield where the other fighters were, something...looked severely off. Vegeta couldn't put his finger off, but the energies were in a disarray, Piccolo and Krillin were knocked out, and Burter was alive?
"What the-..." Vegeta paused himself, as he noticed a punch from Yamcha coming after him...or at least it looked like Yamcha but the energy felt weird, like Yamcha but not Yamcha. Vegeta became flabbergasted, blocking the attack but scarcely.
What has happened to our heroes? Will Vegeta save the Day? Will Nappa come back for Revenge...again? Will we ever find out? Most likely not so shut the hell up and find out NEXT TIME ON REFORMED SAIYANS!
Powerlevels:
Nappa: 300,000
Vegeta: 210,000 | Weakened: 45,000