Reformed Saiyans
Chapter Ten: Attack on Earth
As their fists collided, a powerful shock wave generated, and chunks of earth rose up, falling down instantly after. Quickly retracting their fists, Piccolo and Nappa clashed again, this time shoulder bashing each other simultaneously.
Piccolo swiftly leaped back, fired a quick energy wave that Nappa reflected by hurling his fist powerfully into the blast. As it approached, Piccolo vanished into thin air, reappearing behind Nappa, he cupped his fists together and aimed at the back of Nappa's head.
Nappa instantly turned, evading the attack, and fired a blast of his own from his mouth. Piccolo dropped to the ground, dodging it, and darted to Nappa, hurling his fist. Nappa crossed his arms in front of himself, blocking Piccolo's fist, being pushed a few feet back, then swung his large right leg high at Piccolo.
Piccolo ducked to the side and gripped Nappa's leg, trying to push back from Nappa who was pushing against him. With both of his hands, Piccolo tried to spin Nappa around, gradually his speed built, rapidly he spun, but as Piccolo released his grip to throw Nappa, Nappa gripped Piccolo's head and slammed it into his knee as he shoved his knee forward.
Then Nappa grabbed Piccolo by his chin and hurled him, aimed at a nearby rock formation. Piccolo stopped himself before reaching the rock formation by two feet, and glanced around to find Nappa, seeing him already gone from his spot.
Piccolo swiftly searched his ki, finding him not far off to the east, and sent a powerful energy blast in that direction, piercing through a small boulder, and nearly colliding against Nappa. Nappa reacted fast, and vanished from the area.
He reappeared near Piccolo, rushing to him, and preparing to throw a fist, Piccolo however, ducked, slamming his fist into Nappa's gut. Quickly, rising above Nappa, Piccolo did a double axe handle against Nappa's back, causing Nappa to crash into the ground harshly. The ground collapsed as Nappa impacted the ground since he was only ten feet above, and it'd also caused a small crater.
A short moment later, when Piccolo had lowered to the ground, waiting for the dust to settle as he wiped the blood from his face, Nappa rose out of the ground, looking rather unscathed, nearly unscathed.
Nappa had a small bit of blood escape his mouth, and stream a quarter inch on his lips. Nappa wiped his face, and looked not angry, but rather ravenous or excited of the sorts.
"You're pretty strong." Nappa admitted. Piccolo remained silent, taking his stance, waiting to continue. "You should join us! Someone like you would be a great addition! With your power and incredible tech-"
"Pass." Piccolo interrupted, waving his hand to show his uncaringness.
Nappa gave a bit of a stunned look. "Pass?"
"Yeah, pass." Piccolo continued. "I have better plans than to ally with the likes of you."
Nappa raised an eyebrow. "With the likes of me? What is that supposed to mean?" He narrowed his eyes.
"Exactly what I said. This planet's only got one room for its ruler, and that's me!" Piccolo shouted. He flared his aura, and gathered energy in his left hand, a sparking yellow energy opaque sphere formed, and a few seconds later, he unleashed it at Nappa, bellowing loudly.
Nappa reacted quickly, clenched his fist tightly, and pushed it away with a ferocious hit. The blast landed against a nearby mountain top instead, exploding violently. Piccolo immediately leaped forward after firing his blast, allowing him to get close, he hurled his fist against Nappa's right cheek.
Nappa went flying for several feet, before Piccolo had gone ahead of him, and kicked him against the head, sending Nappa high to the sky. Piccolo swiftly rose above him, cupped his hands together and slammed at Nappa, however, Nappa vanished, reappearing above Piccolo, and double axe handled Piccolo against his head.
Piccolo crashed roughly against the ground, generating a crater and loud shockwave. Nappa lowered himself to the ground, waiting patiently for Piccolo to get back up, a wide grin formed on his face.
Piccolo lifted up, pulling his left arm out first, being stuck to it like glue. Piccolo stood up a few seconds later, and cracked his neck, spitting out the blood from his mouth.
"How the hell did he dodge so quickly?" Piccolo thought. "I swore I had him! Unless..He's holding back!" He clenched his fists tightly, and took his stance, furrowing his brow furiously.
Gohan took a stance, ignoring the fear that tried to consume him, biting his lips as he prepared to face off in his first real battle.
"Goku, are you sure about this?" Krillin asked.
Goku nodded. "Yes, we gotta give him a chance at least, shouldn't we?" He answered. "Besides, I'll be watching constantly, if anything goes wrong, I'll be sure to stop it."
Krillin sighed and shrugged. "Alright. If you say so."
Raditz scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Please. The brat is half Saiyan! You fools don't understand at all what he's capable of." He thought. Raditz looked at Gohan, and formed a smirk. "If he's pushed against the wall, he'll show what he's truly capable of."
The Saibamen took the first advance, leaping forward as Gohan jumped out of the way. The Saibamen pushed off the ground and flipped back, then slammed its foot into Gohan as the halfbreed crossed his arms to block the attack.
Gohan was pushed towards the ground but he stopped himself. The Saibamen approached swiftly, and swiped its claws at Gohan, who narrowly evaded the attack, moving south as he dropped to the ground. The Saibamen chased after Gohan throwing barrages of swipes as Gohan scarcely dodged them.
Each time the Saibamen got closer and closer, on the last Gohan did a backflip, landing on his hands, being sent flying when the Saibamen headbutted Gohan's back. Gohan nearly crashed against a large rock formation, but in a panic, he managed to stop himself a second before.
Gohan let a sigh of relief escape him. "That was a close one." He muttered. When Gohan turned around, the Saibamen had already made its way to him and it immediately swiped its claw at Gohan's face who tried to step back.
Small several thin cuts formed on Gohan's face, and one short deep cut formed on his chest. The halfbreed screamed painfully in response as it dripped blood.
"What're you doing runt!" Raditz yelled. He placed his hands on his hips. "Did you forget your training already! Fight back!"
"Don't you think this is a bit much?" Krillin said. "I mean he's only five, and he's done good so far, but he's gonna get hurt!"
Raditz huffed. "Please. The child can handle more, he just needs to stop being so soft!"
"Goku, are you just gonna let him do this?" Krillin asked, facing his best friend. Goku, however, focused on watching, intensely at Gohan's fight, which apparently had taken a turn that Krillin could have noticed if he continued to watch.
"R-Right!" Gohan thought to himself in response to Raditz's words. He clenched his fist and hurled it at the Saibamen's right cheek as he let a powerful roar escape. Taking another deep breath in, Gohan put his hands by his waist, flaring his aura and gathering energy.
Two purple energy spheres formed by his hands, and once the Saibamen stopped itself from uncontrollably flying away, it was met with two purple energy waves that crashed into it.
"Double Sunday!" Gohan bellowed. Before the dust could settle, the Saibamen had fell out of the sky and crashed into the ground. Gohan's face lit up with joy. "I did it!"
"Good Job, Gohan!" Goku gave a thumbs up to his son.
Krillin looked surprised. "Wow. I guess I spoke too soon, Gohan's really strong." He admitted.
"No, the thing isn't dead yet! It's energy is still there!" Raditz said, looking slightly worried. "Runt! Your fight isn't over!"
Gohan looked confused, tilting his head. "H-Huh?" Before he could understand what was going on, the Saibamen jumped out, and shot acid out of its head. Gohan's eyes went wide as he feared for his life.
"Gohan! No!" Krillin shouted.
Piccolo and Nappa exchanged powerful blows, fist to fist, leg to leg, elbow to elbow, each strike more powerful than the last. Piccolo however was getting irritated, he knew Nappa was holding back, all just to toy with him.
After a moment, Piccolo distanced himself, finally speaking up. "You're holding back." He said bluntly.
"Am I now?" Nappa mocked.
Piccolo gritted his teeth. "Yes you are! So stop holding back and show me your true strength!" He snarled.
Nappa clenched his fists, bent his elbows and knees, answering Piccolo's demands. His aura flared, and Nappa growled like a ferocious beast that turned into a bellowing roar a moment later.
Despite being nearly thirty feet in the air, the ground trembled, and the winds roared fiercely. Piccolo's eyes had gone wide, as he stared in disbelief, Nappa's power not only was higher than his, it was far more powerful. _
Goku meant to react quicker, but someone else had reacted faster than he did, and that was Raditz. The steam that was created from the acid, had revealed an energy shield with Raditz standing in front of Gohan.
Once the acid slid off the shield, Raditz released it, and blew the Saibamen into pieces with a powerful force emitted from his hand.
"Next time runt, I won't save you." Raditz said sternly. "Always! Make sure your opponent's dead! Got that?"
Gohan gulped and nodded. "Yes Uncle. Sorry Uncle." He frowned.
"Saiyans don't apologise. So don't apologise." Raditz replied, as the two walked back.
"I'm only half-Saiyan, I'm also half-hu-." Gohan tried to correct.
Raditz put a hand up to stop Gohan from speaking. "Don't say it." He interrupted.
After a moment, Nappa had finished powering up, his aura raged on, as he prepared to hurl a fist at Piccolo who was gaping in shock. His fist collided against Piccolo's right cheek, Piccolo couldn't even see it coming, Nappa had move so fast, and Piccolo went plummeting into a large rock formation.
Piccolo pierced through, rocks flew everywhere, some giving minor cuts or bruises as he pass through the formation, a split second after that, he plummeted into the lower part of another rock formation, and then into the ground, where upon impact, a massive crater was generated.
Such an intense power made his entire body feel weak, and the ground which he crashed on, caused his entire body to be covered in bruises. As Nappa floated down a moment later, Piccolo slowly broke free from the rubble that collapsed over him after crashing.
Piccolo panted heavily, and wiped the blood from his mouth, barely able to stand.
"How can he be that strong?! He's only thrown one fist, and I'm already so damaged?" Piccolo thought. He winced from the aching pain that he felt in his right shoulder. "I'm gonna have to think of a way out of this or I'm screwed."
Nappa formed a wide smirk on his face. "Was that strong enough for you, Namek?" He asked, mockingly.
Piccolo scoffed at him in response, ignoring his comment. Piccolo took a stance, and placed his right index and middle finger up to his forehead as his power rose. Concentrating his energy, to the tips of his finger, electric-like energy sparked several times before a tiny energy sphere formed.
Nappa watched with a wide smirk, preparing himself to block the attack while watching the numbers on his scouter rise. He wasn't worried at all, even if they were too near his powerlevel he'd figure it wouldn't be enough, all Nappa had to do was exert more energy than expected and he'd still be on the advantage.
Then a moment later it rose even more, Nappa raised his eyebrow, and curiously tapped his button. "That can't be right, it's already hitting six thousand?" He pressed it again, it recalibrated itself, and still it scanned six thousand, rising as well. Nappa had to admit he was surprised, shocked even, but still he wasn't worried.
"Then I guess I'll just prepare myself." Nappa muttered. He surrounded himself with his ki, and charged a shield that outlined his body, with more focused on his left fist. However, another few minutes went on, and it began to be at an alarming level. "S-Seven Thousand?" His jaw dropped. Again it rose. "S-Seven thousand and five hundred? S-Six hundred?! S-Seven hundred?!"
Nappa shook his head. "No that can't be right!" Nappa's eyes went wide, it matched his then rose above it. "E-Eight thousand!? Eight thousand and two hundred! Three hundred?!" Now he was worried. "I-Impossible! Over Nine Thousand?! That shouldn't be remotely possible!"
Piccolo formed a smirk on his face, chuckling to himself. "Good. He's worried, but that means he's prepared, so I must make sure this attack lands."
Nappa took his scouter off of his face, and smashed into smithereens. "I don't care what this device says! There is no way your powerlevel is that high!"
Simultaneously, at the same time in the other Battlefield, Vegeta intensely watched his scouter, with his eyes wide.
"What the hell is going on over there?! That's not Nappa's energy!" He gasped. "Something's not right! That fool better watch himself."
Tienshinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu who were battling the last three Saibamen were shocked as well.
"I-Is that Piccolo?" Tien gaped. The purple Saibamen charged at Tien who was a bit distracted, choosing this moment to land a blow, however, Tien blocked it and then countered by giving an uppercut to the Saibamen than a double axe handle to his right cheek.
"It feels like him! But he's generating so much power!" Yamcha added. Yamcha kicked the black Saibamen in the chest, then closing the ten foot gap he'd created between them, he slammed his elbow into the Saibamen's gut.
Chiaotzu used his telekinesis power and threw a massive boulder that slammed on the remaining green Saibamen causing it to plummet.
"I think it is him!" Chiaotzu said.
Over with the other two and a half Saiyans, Raditz was stunned, Goku had a huge smile on his face while still being surprised as well, and Gohan was shocked.
"I can't believe Piccolo is that strong, I wonder how he got that strong!" Goku replied.
Raditz waved his hand down. "Bullcrap! There's no way he's that strong…" Raditz paused, thinking there had to be some logical reason, then one donned on him. "It must be that drill technique of his! He used that same one on me, and it bolstered his overall strength but took a lot of energy out of him." Raditz nodded to himself, of course that was it!
After another short moment, Piccolo hurled his drill at Nappa, the beam erupted from his two fingers with rings that spiraled around the beam.
Nappa took a stance, pulling his fist back. "Screw that Scouter! I can take this beam on there's no way its over 9000!" The beam however approached so quickly, that Nappa had little time to react, so when he clashed his fist against the beam, rather than deflecting, it recoiled on him.
It obliterated his armor, overwhelmed him and sent him crashing through several rock formations. Piccolo panting heavily, let a sigh of relief escape him.
"I can't find his energy, which means I did it." Piccolo said, stumbling back a bit. He refused to fall down though, not yet, there was still the other Saiyan, but he could catch a breather, he'd figure that the others could handle Vegeta for awhile.
Back at the other Battlefield.
Vegeta's eyes went wider and he growled angrily. "That's not possible! There's no way Nappa was destroyed by a Namek, even if the Namek was an exceptional fighter, he'd still be no match for him." Vegeta clenched his fist tightly, then he noticed something on his scouter. "Wait…The Namek's power, it dropped like crazy, it's less than a thousand now. Well, at least Nappa managed to make it easy for me to kill their strongest fighter."
Finally, Tien unleashed a powerful energy wave, destroyed the purple Saibamen, Yamcha pierced his fist through the black Saibamen, and Chiaotzu used a Dodon Ray on his Saibamen. Vegeta once again was bewildered, he couldn't believe that these Earthlings were anywhere this strong.
"Perhaps I've underestimated them." Vegeta thought. He looked at his scouter, Tien scanned for four thousand, Yamcha for three thousand and seven fifty, and Chiaotzu scanned for fifteen hundred. "Even the small one has a decent level. Now I see why Raditz had trouble here, if I had known I would've never sent him here alone." Vegeta shrugged to himself. "Oh well, perhaps if he wasn't so weak maybe he could've been more of use to us anyways."
"Hey Goku!" Yamcha shouted. Goku looked up to Yamcha. "We're gonna check on Piccolo to make sure he's good." Yamcha didn't like the idea of allying with Piccolo, but he was a massive help just now, so he'd figured they owed him a bit.
Goku gave a thumbs up and a smile. "Alright!"
With Yamcha in the lead, Tien and Chiaotzu followed along to go to Piccolo. Tien nor Chiaotzu liked the idea at all, especially since what he did to them, but again, it was reasonable since right now he was allying with them, even if it was for a selfish reason.
Raditz walked closer to Vegeta, swallowing the fear in his throat that tried to persist, removing his mind of all doubts. With a deep breath, he took a stance in front of Vegeta.
"Come on Vegeta. Let's fight." He said. "I'm not waiting any longer!"
Vegeta rolled his eyes and scoffed. "Please. It wouldn't be much of a Fight." He said. He looked to the others that were flying away. "Hold on! You three stopped!" The three looked at Vegeta with confusion. "I have a proposition for you."
Hesitantly, The three floated down so they could hear Vegeta, not that they trusted him.
"A proposition? We're not interested." Tien said. He began to float up with the two behind him.
"Hear me out." Vegeta said. They stopped, waiting curiously. A smirk formed on Vegeta's face. "You three have much more incredible power than I thought, I underestimated you."
"Yeah. And?" Yamcha asked.
"Join me! With you three on my side, we'll have the uni-" Vegeta said.
"Pass." Yamcha cut off.
Vegeta let his mouth hang for a split second, then gritted his teeth. "Pass? Do you realize what you're saying?"
"Yeah we don't care." Tien answered. "We know what your kind does, and we don't want any part of it. Goodbye." Tien and the two others flew off once again.
Vegeta clenched his fists angrily, did they just blow him off? Nobody does that to the Prince of Saiyans! Vegeta unleashed a violent energy wave at the three, but it was deflected, and to his shock it was Raditz.
Vegeta scowled at Raditz silently. "So…he HAS gotten stronger after all..but how much?"
"T-Thanks Raditz…" Yamcha said, a bit stunned. "I guess we owe you one?"
"Save it." Raditz replied. "I did this of my own accord."
Yamcha shrugged, he wasn't going to argue with that, and the three went on their way. Raditz lowered himself back to the ground, taking a stance.
"Let's end this, Vegeta!" Raditz shouted.
Vegeta looking impassive for a second, removed his fists from his hips and took his signature stance. A smirk formed on his face. "Gladly…"
"Hold on a second!" Goku shouted.
Raditz growled quietly, turning to his brother. "What do you want, Kakarot?"
"Could we move this to a better location, there's too much life here." Goku asked.
Raditz dropped his jaw. "Are you serious? You're worried about that and-." Vegeta placed a hand in front of him, cutting him off.
"Very well. Your pick, after all this will be your last battle." Vegeta smirked.
Raditz glared at Vegeta, and sighed angrily. "Fine. Lead the way, Brother."
Goku flared his aura, and floated up, motioning for his son to follow. "Come on, Gohan."
Gohan was hesitant for a second, then nodded. "Okay."
Goku flew north, with his son behind him, and the other two behind Gohan. They passed Piccolo, for a moment who they saw momentarily, Vegeta was surprised to see Piccolo having actually beaten Nappa, but then something beeped on his scouter.
He was wrong, Nappa is alive and well, he must've gone momentarily unconscious or something of the sort. Vegeta decided to be quiet about this, and continued on following the other three. Eventually after several more minutes, they made it to a much rockier, wasteland.
"This will be far enough." Vegeta said. He lowered himself on a rock formation that was high up, one befitting of a Prince like him. Raditz lowered to another one, that was much lower in height, one Vegeta thought was befitting of Raditz.
Meanwhile, Krillin, Gohan, and Goku were off in the distance, close enough to see, far enough to stay away from the crossfire, mostly.
"After I finish you off Raditz, I will destroy your Brother, and his half breed son." Vegeta declared.
"Yeah yeah. Enough with the chit chat." Raditz said. "Let's get this done and over with!"
Vegeta took his stance once again with Raditz doing the same instantly after. "Very well." Vegeta replied.
"Are you sure this is a good idea, Goku?" Krillin asked. "Wouldn't it be smarter to tag-team him?"
Goku shook his head, with a smile on his face. "No trust me Krillin, it's better this way." He answered. "This way we can study Vegeta's movements, and in case Raditz can't beat him, we should be able to take care of the rest."
"Yeah but what if he's so strong that none of us can beat him?" Krillin pointed out.
"Let's not begin doubting like that." Goku said, reassuringly. "If we do, then everything will constantly seem hopeless, we don't want that."
Krillin scratched the back of his head. "Yeah I guess you're right."
"Hey Piccolo, are you doing okay?" Yamcha asked.
Piccolo growled, and scoffed. "I didn't ask for any of you to come babysit me."
"Yeah well, in case you haven't noticed, we're temporary allies here, so gotta watch each other's backs." Tien pointed out. "Can't have any of us, especially you getting killed."
Piccolo rolled his eyes. "I took care of the Saiyan, there was no need, I had it all under control, besides we're not "allies", our interests just happened to align with each other." He snarled.
"Whatever, same thing." Yamcha replied. "L-" Yamcha whipped around, hanging his mouth open, the power he'd just felt, it was the same brute from before. Before anyone could say anything, a powerful blast had erupted from Nappa's location, aimed towards Piccolo.
Piccolo's eyes went wide with disbelief, he was far too exhausted to move or block the attack. Fortunately, for him, Tien reacted swiftly, and with a powerful kiai blast he caused the blast to be deflected in the sky, where it'd exploded.
"That was a close one…" Tien said.
"I didn't ask for your help." Piccolo growled.
"Yeah well you got it whether you like it or not." Yamcha retorted. "If you die, so do the Dragon Balls, and you're too exhausted to defend yourself."
"Just give me one of the damn senzu beans, and I'll take it from here." Piccolo demanded
"Can't." Tien replied.
Piccolo raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean you can't?"
"Goku has them." Chiaotzu answered.
Piccolo grumbled. "And none of you thought it'd be a good idea to keep one on each of you instead?"
"To be fair, none of us thought we'd get split up like th-." Yamcha knocked Piccolo away, and ducked as another blast made its way to them. After the blast was gone and it was safe, Piccolo shoved Yamcha off of him, to which Yamcha glared. "A thank you would've been nice."
"Looks like there is no time for getting one." Piccolo said. "Stall him, and I'll take care of the rest, I have another charge in me."
Tien shook his head. "No you sit down and rest, we got this. He's already weakened a lot, we can handle it."
"You expect me to believe that you three are capable of-." Piccolo stopped himself as Tien raised his powerlevel. He sighed furiously. "Fine. But this still doesn't make us any form of allies, I will dominate this world once it's over."
"Yeah yeah, we've heard it plenty of times now. No need to repeat it." Yamcha mocked. Piccolo growled quietly in response.
As Nappa approached, the three went closer, Tien taking the lead. "You three think you can take me on?" Nappa said. He laughed. "Please. You're just a bunch of Earthlings! There's no way you could fight me."
Tien darted forward, hurling his fist against Nappa's right cheek, causing Nappa's head to turn, and nearly fall backwards. As Nappa turned his head back, he wiped the blood dripping from his mouth.
"Alright." Nappa smirked. "Let's fight." He took a stance, feeling a slight ache on his body. "That darn Namekian burned my skin! If that blast were six thousand or seven thousand, at least I wouldn't be damaged, but it was over nine thousand! Good thing I had that armor to help protect me against most of it."
To be continued…
Vegeta: ?
Nappa: 8,000
Raditz: ?
Goku: ?
Piccolo: 5,000 | Special Beam Cannon: 9,050 | Exhausted: 750
Tien: 4,000
Yamcha: 3,750
Krillin: ?
Gohan: 3,000
Chiaotzu: 1,500