Chapter #15

Tree of Might

(Realized I forgot Piccolo's power level. It will be added this chapter.)

The spaceship slowly landed on Earth. Instantly, two miniature sized aliens leaped out, getting a smell of the fresh air. The ponytailed second in command followed, "Rasin, Lakasei, you guys ready?"

The two aliens nodded as the mechanical cyborg, Cacao came out without speaking a word. Next to him with Daiz, a former prince. Turles came out last, surveying the planet.

He began to grin, "This will be a good planet to start an empire in."

The ponytailed leader, Amond, agreed, "Indeed sir, it seems to be plentiful in oxygen and food."

Turles raised a hand to stop Amond, "Wait, there's ki signals arriving…I feel it."

The humans leapt down, with Tien arriving first. He didn't look happy at all about Turles, who merely laughed in response. Tien nodded towards the Z Fighters, "These guys aren't weak at all. Piccolo, try and take down their leader. Yamcha, I'll leave the big brute to you, Krillin, take the cyborg, Chiaotzu, you and me will fight against those two ugly guys. Ready?"

The Z Fighters all nodded, with Piccolo rushing out to meet Turles in battle. After the two clashed for a while, it was evident that Turles had an advantage. He brutally punched Piccolo's stomach, and sent a volley of ki blasts there at point-blank range. The Namekian coughed out blood and fell down, smoke arising from his torso. Turles charged at him again and punched him brutally several times, "Nobody ever defies the leader of the Crusher Corps!"

Meanwhile, Yamcha was nowhere near Amond's power, and the second in command knocked him to the side quickly. The human began growling, and a sudden crimson aura accompanied him, "Kaioken X3!"

Now the two were near equal, but Yamcha began gaining an advantage with a quick kick. Amond got distracted and was rewarded by a volley of blows hurled in his direction. Yamcha punched Amond down and panted as the Kaioken X3 faded away.

However, Turles had begun charging a firing ring of energy, "You can't defeat me…Kill Driver!"

He threw the ki ring at Piccolo, and a sudden orange blast blinded everyone. As Krillin opened his eyes, he saw not a dead Piccolo, but a classic orange gi. He looked up to see Son Goku, with blonde hair and green eyes. The Super Saiyan fixed Turles a look of malice, "What were you doing?"

Turles laughed, "Hohoho! You must be the Super Saiyan that defeated Frieza! At last, a challenge to warm me up."

A dark aura surrounded the battlefield, causing the sky to instantly turn gray. All the Crusher Corps members began to grin. Amond turned towards Yamcha, "You see? This is the true power of Lord Turles!"

Yamcha was completely awestruck, "Such monstrous ki? It's in the same level as Frieza and Cooler!"

Goku growled, "Damn, this won't be as easy as I thought."

Cacao began laughing, "Hahaha! Out of all of us, Lord Turles has consumed the most fruit out of the Tree of Might; therefore his power is greater than all of us and yours!"

Gohan arrived to the battlefield with Goku, and instantly felt Turles's amazing ki. Sweat beads dripped down Tien's forehead, "How the hell is he so strong? Damn…if only we had Vegeta here."

The human quickly powered up, "I'll have to finish these guys in one go, Kaioken X10!"

His crimson aura distracted Rasin and Lakasei, who were both defeated by a single punch. Empowered by the Kaioken, Tien rushed over to Cacao, who survived the first blow. Growling, Tien empowered his fist with more ki, slowly cracking the Crusher Corps member's armor. Amond attempted to intercept Tien with a ki blast, but the human easily deflected it. Amond quickly powered up and gave a surprise kick to the human. He handed an odd, spiky fruit to Cacao and Daiz, who both caught it and ate it.

Their powers suddenly skyrocketed as they ate the fruit, leaving Tien to give a growl of shock and anger. Yamcha and Krillin stood next to him, both powering up to Kaioken X5, while Tien powered up to Kaioken X10 once again. All fighters began attacking, Tien fighting Amond, Krillin fighting Cacao, and Yamcha fighting Daiz. All fighters were near evenly matched now thanks to the Crusher Corp's second wind.

Krillin felt wind brush through as he narrowly dodged a blow from Cacao. He gritted his teeth; he only had a few minutes to maintain the Kaioken form. Cacao noticed this and was taking absolutely every opportunity to harass the monk.

Yamcha was having an upper hand against Daiz, who still managed to keep up against Yamcha. The warriors were barely managing to keep up against the Crusher Corps, and Tien seemed to be succeeding the most. He landed another forceful blow to Amond's abdomen, leaving a crack on the warrior's armor. The Crusher Corps lieutenant growled and kicked Tien back. The blow barely injured Tien, and the Kaioken X10 allowed him to have a good advantage against Amond.

However, he saw that Krillin and Yamcha were losing their perspective battles. He looked around to see Gohan for help, but the Saiyan was already gone. This didn't seem to bother Goku at all, but he was focusing all his energy fighting Turles. The two were near evenly matched, but Turles was slowly gaining the upper hand. The two Saiyans both fought expertly, with neither giving even the slightest slip in defense. Goku suddenly aimed a neat kick at Turles's abdomen, and the Saiyan fell back. The Super Saiyan immediately took this chance to fire a powerful Super Kamehameha that sent Turles flying back several meters. Goku began panting with exhaustion as Turles leapt forward to engage the Saiyan in battle again.

Meanwhile, Tien got a glimpse of Chiaotzu helping the injured Yamcha against Daiz, but Krillin was in a worse shape than Cacao was. He heard a yell from the monk, "Guys watch out!"

Then another yell, "Solar Flare!"

As he was blinded, Tien felt a ki flare of energy in Krillin's hand, "Destructo Disc!"

After the effects of the Solar Flare wore off, Tien gazed at Cacao, surprised to see only a deep cut within the cyborg. Cacao began laughing, "Did you really think your pathetic techniques can defeat me?"

Krillin panted, and then slowly began to fall as the Kaioken aura wore off. Cacao laughed and fired a rocket that exploded in midair. Tien yelled with rage, "Krillin!"

He instantly rushed at the shocked Cacao and punched him with all his might. The human felt the cyborg's armor give way and begin to crack. Without remorse, he threw the cyborg's body to the ground and fired an energy wave, obliterating Cacao.

Daiz and Amond both gazed at Tien in shock, evidently surprised at the sudden display of power. Daiz ignored Yamcha and Chiaotzu. The warrior joined Amond as the two flew towards Tien. The human panted and devolved his Kaioken to level 8. Daiz instantly took advantage and attempted a quick kick. The exhausted Tien barely blocked the blow, but was beaten down by Amond. The human devolved out of his Kaioken aura completely, and felt a large amount of power leave his body. Krillin and Yamcha both prepared themselves as Daiz gave them a leering grin. All of a sudden, a green arm impaled the Crusher Corp's member's chest. Krillin and Yamcha were both shocked, but not as shocked as Amond. The attacker was Piccolo, who stood next to Gohan.

Goku grinned, "Good Gohan, you came back."

Piccolo turned his attention towards Amond, who charged at Piccolo in a mixture of shock and rage. Turles scoffed, "Foolish idiot."

Amond hadn't even heard those words however; he was already dead by a quick ki blast to the chest. Goku took this moment to punch Turles's jaw, and the Saiyan growled with anger. The two Saiyans still continued to fight with both acting like nothing had just happened. Suddenly, Turles teleported in front of Goku, and without warning, fired a ki blast directly at his chest. The Super Saiyan yelled with pain and reverted back to his base form as Turles watched gleefully, "You see? Not even the Legendary Super Saiyan can defeat me!"

As if to prove his point, Turles fired multiple mini ki blasts at Goku and the other Saiyan yelled in pain. Laughing with insanity Turles attempted to attack Goku again, but it was intercepted. The Saiyan stood up, his body wounded and bruised. With a roar of power, his hair stood erect and blonde once more. His irises turned green, and he quickly punched Turles's abdomen. The Saiyan was sent back yelling in pain. Goku's aura began to flare, and then it calmed down more.

The Super Saiyan turned to the other Z Fighters, "Please lend me some of your energy."

They nodded and one by one, sent energy to Goku. The Super Saiyan smiled and then rushed towards Turles. Again, the battle began, with neither giving in. Goku sent Turles back crashing into a mountain, and then attempted to attack him again. Turles blocked the blow and fired a point-blank ki wave. The Saiyan immediately pulled out another fruit and bit into it. He grinned maniacally as his power skyrocketed once again. Goku panted with exhaustion and faced certain defeat.

Before any of the Z Fighters even saw him, Turles punched Goku's abdomen, and then head-butted him multiple times. The Super Saiyan coughed out blood, and Turles kneed him. As Goku got beaten back down to his base form, the Z Fighters watched hopelessly, but ultimately Gohan decided he had enough.

The Moon…

A few hours after Raditz and Nappa found Vegeta via the space pods…

Vegeta smirked, "Pathetic, I haven't even used an ounce of my Super Saiyan power and you two are already bowing down, defeated by mere blows."

Nappa and Raditz were both in shock; neither had ever felt power of such magnitude loaded within a punch. Suddenly, Vegeta's attention as alert, "Those two ki signatures…no, it can't be."

Raditz and Nappa sensed it too. Nappa was the first one to respond, "So it's that space scum…Turles."

Vegeta nodded, the three Saiyans had never been on good terms with the low class Saiyan warrior Turles. However, the Super Saiyan placed two fingers on his head, "You two can stay here and train, I need to see how the hell he got so powerful."

Vegeta reverted to his base form and teleported to Earth, leaving Nappa and Raditz in confusion.

Back to Earth…

Goku lay defeated, next to the Z Fighters. Turles began to laugh as he caught Gohan attempting to give Goku a Senzu Bean, "Hmm? What are these?"

He reached out and ate one himself, "Ah, so they replenish energy. And you were trying to give him one weren't you brat?!"

He kneed Gohan in the face and sent him flying back with blood dripping out of his nose. Piccolo readied himself, 'Damn, I'm almost out of energy after I gave Goku my power.'

However, he saw a blur of yellow light, and Vegeta came, crashing into Turles. The Super Saiyan grinned, "If anyone gets to kill Kakarot it's me!"

Turles had an expression of shock, but that quickly recovered, "Ah, Vegeta. I see that you've ascended to a Super Saiyan as well."

Vegeta nodded, and then smirked, "I commend you, achieving such power in your base form is extraordinary, in fact, the power you have now outstrips my base Super Saiyan transformation."

Turles gave a laugh of triumph, "Aha! So you admit that you're weaker than me. But Vegeta, as a Super Saiyan you could join me. I can make you a prince again, allow you to rule lands!"

Vegeta cut him off, "When did I say that I intended to fight you as a Super Saiyan."

Turles stopped talking, and gave Vegeta a look of confusion. Piccolo however, received Vegeta's implication quickly, "He's ascending…this is the level Trunks told us that was key to defeating the Androids."

Krillin, Gohan, and Chiaotzu all gave expressions of shock and disbelief as Vegeta began powering up, his power quickly skyrocketing to tremendous levels. The rate that Vegeta's power was growing elicited a growl from Turles, "What the hell? Other than the Tree of Might I thought there was no power greater than a Super Saiyan!"

As Vegeta's muscles quickly bulged, and his aura began shining, he grinned, "Well you're wrong. This form is a level beyond that of a Super Saiyan…I call myself…Super Vegeta."

Despite Vegeta's muscle mass, he moved quickly. Turles was instantly sent back by a punch, and the Ascended Super Saiyan teleported behind Turles to deliver another.

Turles attempted to grab out a Tree of Might fruit, but Vegeta took it and threw it to Piccolo, "Give this it Kakarot, I hope he'll actually become a challenge after he takes it."

Vegeta began stomping on Turles's body, "You low class piece of crap actually believed that you could command me? How pathetic."

He put more pressure on his leg, infusing it with renewed ki. Turles gave a cry of pain, which only made Vegeta laugh, "Do you see how pathetic you are now?!"

Piccolo shuddered, "Such power…he can easily defeat us with it."

Vegeta appeared to have heard Piccolo, "Damn right, after the Androids, it's you lot that will go to hell."

Piccolo's fist trembled, but it carried no threat as he was nowhere near the strength of Vegeta. The Ascended Super Saiyan's aura erupted further, "Do you feel this ki? It's my full power with my new transformation."

Piccolo shuddered, "In-incredible! It's two times the strength of a Super Saiyan?!"

Vegeta nodded, "That's right, but I'm not satisfied there. If Kakarot wants his planet to remain where it is he better train up. Now, let this be a demonstration of just how powerful I am."

He rammed his leg into Turles abdomen, smashing the armor and creating a blow so powerful it instantly cracked multiple bones. As Turles was sent back coughing out blood and yelling in pain, Vegeta smirked.

The Ascended Super Saiyan put his hands in the shape of almost a flower blossoming. Turles was just strong enough to gaze up and see what Vegeta was preparing. A deadly energy sphere of energy crackled within his hands, Vegeta smiled, "I should reward you for obtaining power greater than a Super Saiyan, and so I shall finish you off with my strongest attack. Watch closely…"

Piccolo gave a yell of anger, "What the hell are you doing Vegeta?! Are you mad? That attack can destroy the planet and kill us all!"

Vegeta's aura pushed Piccolo back, "Shut up Namekian, I know what I'm doing."

But Turles was already charging up a Kill Driver, the Saiyan grinned, "So long prince!"

Vegeta's eyes widened with shock, as the blast hit him point-blank range. Turles panted, his body mortally wounded. The Saiyan knelt onto his knees, coughing out blood rapidly. However, a shining aura of ki cleared the dust in his eyes, and Turles gasped to see a barely harmed Vegeta. The Ascended Super Saiyan continued charging his ki as Turles yelled, "What the hell are you?! How are you this powerful!?"

The orb now was at maximum size as Vegeta yelled, "Ready yourselves! Final Flash!"

Turles gasped as the brilliant yellow beam of energy ran towards him. It devoured the body of Turles instantly and rushed straight towards space, where it sent Turles's last remains. The beam of power and light held on for a few moments, until it faded. Vegeta reverted back to his base form, "You're lucky that I yearn for a challenge, if Kakarot hadn't been so close to my power as a normal Super Saiyan, I'd have killed you all."

Piccolo removed his weighted clothing and powered up, "You're not leaving without a fight."

Vegeta laughed and powered up to his Super Saiyan form instantly. Before anyone could react, Piccolo's body was knocked out, with Vegeta standing over it triumphant.

Vegeta powered down and again put two fingers to his head, "See ya."

On the Moon…

Raditz and Nappa were still shocked, "That power, it's incredible!"

Vegeta laughed, "Of course, that's a level even beyond Super Saiyan, and I bet I can defeat the Androids right here, right now…"

In Dr. Gero's lab…

"Well, this is a most interesting development," said Android 20, "We no doubt will have to update our project. Still, our energy absorbers should be enough."

Android 19 nodded, "It seems that Vegeta has gotten quite a large power boost, but we can still defeat him."

Android 20 agreed, "Earth's developments have been most extraordinary. No doubt that Goku will also go through this boost. We can only rely on our project to defeat them both."

Android 20 clenched his hands into tight fists, "Damn it…I hate being powerless, but this growth of power was most unexpected, even for an unhuman being like Son Goku."

Meanwhile…

Goku panted as Piccolo offered him the fruit that Vegeta had given him. Barely standing up he held a hand to refuse it, "No, I want to beat Vegeta by my sheer training instead of relying on others. Thanks though."

Piccolo shrugged as though it was indifferent, "Very well, I shall consume the fruit then."

He bit into it, and gave a smile as his power soared astronomically. By the time he was finished, his power was equal to Frieza during the tyrant's fight with Goku and Vegeta on Namek. Piccolo glanced at the Z Fighters, "Well, it's best we get back to our training. But this time all of you can fight me."

After the Z Fighters finished the remnants of the Senzu Beans, Piccolo instantly challenged them to a fight. Most of them shuddered, but Tien accepted the challenge. Tien and Yamcha both used Kaioken X10 instantly and rushed after Piccolo.

The Namekian blocked the blows and knocked both fighters out of their Kaioken with one punch. Krillin and the others gazed in awe as Piccolo hovered down, "Hmph, you'd better get training. If those Androids are stronger than Frieza then you're in big trouble."

With that, Piccolo left as Tien and Yamcha slowly recovered.

Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Power Levels:

Turles: 180,000,000

Turles (2nd Fruit): 240,000,000

ASSJ Vegeta: 360,000,000

Piccolo (Pre-Fruit): 70,000,000

Piccolo (Post Fruit): 120,000,000