Reformed Saiyans

Chapter Seventeen: The Might Fruit's True Capabilities

Raditz and Turles took their stance, the winds around them breezed calmly. From the distance you could hear Goku and Yamcha fighting the other two. Raditz closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then he leaped forward. He raised his fist and prepared to throw it.

When he got close, Turles instantly put his two arms in front of himself to block the attack and Raditz vanished leaving nothing but an image of himself left. Barely a second later Raditz reappeared and rammed his fist against Turles.

Turles successfully blocked it and was pushed back several feet. Raditz dashed forward and lifted his leg, slamming his foot at Turles but Turles darted to the side. Turles pulled his right fist back and hurled it towards Raditz. Raditz ducked slightly, keeping his right arm just above him to block the attack, and then he threw his left fist up at Turles's chin.

Turles bent backwards evading the attack, and then swiftly darted to the side, pulling his fist back. He rushed back to Raditz while still having his fist pulled back and hurled it at the last second against Raditz's face creating massive impact, and causing Raditz to go flying.

Raditz was sent outside of the tree, and began falling to the ground. Before he reached the ground Turles moved below Raditz and kneed Raditz's back, shooting him up right back in the sky.

Turles then flew up to Raditz and clenched his fists together, ramming them against Raditz's neck. Raditz impacted the ground tremendously, generating a massive crater beneath him, and shaking the ground aswell.

Turles flew slowly back down waiting for Raditz to regain his balance. Raditz recovered barely a moment later, and panted heavily. He took a deep breath and rubbed the blood off of his mouth.

"You ready to give up yet?" Turles asked.

Raditz chuckled and smirked. "Give up?" He said. "This is just a warm up!"

Raditz's blood boiled for excitement, and he unleashed his strength, making his power skyrocket it to maximum. "HAAA!" He screamed as he fully released his power.

Raditz dashed to Turles and threw a fist, but vanished before the attack landed, faking the attack once again. Turles smirked in confidence.

"This won't work again." He thought.

Raditz reappeared and threw his fist up towards Raditz's chin, and Turles countered by throwing his leg, however Raditz disappeared again. Turles opened his mouth, a bit stunned from seeing this.

"What?!" He uttered.

Raditz once more, reappeared, but this time kicked Turles in the ankle, making Turles fall slowly forward. Raditz elbowed with his right elbow into Turles face, and for a final attack, hurled his fist into Turles's gut.

Turles's face became blank and pale, he walked backwards step by step, and put his arms around his stomach. He gasped for air, and coughed a mix of blood and spit on to the ground. He fell to his knees, and breathed heavily.

Raditz smirked. "I got an Idea. Since, Clearly, You're outmatched, Why don't you leave this planet, and take your dumb tree with you." He said.

Turles was quiet for a moment and then chuckled evilly, gradually getting louder. "Hahahaha! HAHAHAHAHA! You just said a moment ago this was a warm-up." Turles said. "I don't ever remember you saying it ended!"

He looked up with evil eyes, and his power shot into the heavens. Raditz shook, and stepped a few back in shock with his eyes opened as they could be.

"B-But th-that's impossible!" Raditz said. "Th-There's no way you could be that strong!"

"You've only begun to grasp the power I've attained with the Tree of Might!" Turles said. "There'd be no hopes in beating me!"

Turles stood up, and his power coursed through his body as he did, slowly releasing. He then raised his fists, and clenched them tightenly, releasing a mighty short roar, and then lowering his fists in a quick manner. "HA!" His aura disappeared and electricity rapidly moved around his body.

Turles darted so quickly, Raditz was unable to react, all in two seconds, Raditz's gut was struck with immense strength, and then he swung in the air with mightily swiftness. Finally, Turles dealt a massive flurry of attacks to Raditz, which he could not escape.

After the Flurry, Turles finalized his onslaught by slamming his fist into Raditz's right cheek, so hard it caused Raditz to collide with a ton of debris as he crashed against the ground.

Meanwhile…

Yamcha, having regained new strength, shot his way to Goku. He unleashed the basic Kaioken technique, and did a flying kick against Daiz, causing Daiz to plummet towards the bottom of the Tree. In that same second, He swiftly turned around and punched Cacao in the left cheek, sending him back inside the tree.

Goku sighed a breath of relief as they were out of his way for a moment. He was able to catch his breath, and severely drained of his energy.

"Thanks Yamcha!" Goku said cheerfully.

"Yeah, no problem." Yamcha replied. "Too bad that won't stop them."

"Yeah, but where did you get that power from?!" Goku wondered.

"Those fruits.." Yamcha said. "The fruit from the tree did it. They healed me, restored my energy, renewed my body, and made me stronger."

"Man that sounds incredible!" Goku replied joyfully.

"Yeah." Yamcha said. "I think you should grab one, It might do you some good."

Goku nodded, and began to fly to grab one but then hesitantly stopped, causing Yamcha to raise a brow.

"Why'd you stop Goku?" Yamcha asked.

"I was just thinking." Goku answered. "Didn't that King Kai guy say not to eat the fruits?"

"Yeah I did!" King Kai yelled.

The sound of King Kai's angry voice made Yamcha shake, and stand straight.

"You said if it was an emergency, it'd be fine!" Yamcha protested.

"Still! It was very risky! You don't know what could've happened!" King Kai pointed out. "For all you could've known, you could've died!"

"I was going to die if I didn't eat it!" Yamcha replied. "I had overstrained my body, and didn't have any choices."

King Kai sighed. "Okay, you're right. But Goku seems to be fine for the most part. His energy might be somewhat drained." King Kai said. "I don't see a reason for him to eat it."

Yamcha rubbed his chin. "I don't know King Kai." Yamcha said. "Even if we have the strength to beat these two…"

He looked over and sensed the nearby ongoing battle. "I don't think it'll be enough to fight against Turles." Yamcha pointed out. "It might be best to get it while we can now"

King Kai sighed again, and shook his head in disappointment. "Ah, very well." King Kai said. "You put out a very good point, just don't go crazy."

Yamcha and Goku nodded. "Okay, King Kai." Yamcha said.

As the two turned back around to head to the tree, Daiz and Cacao returned to the scene.

"You won't be able to stop us or Commander Turles!" Daiz said.

"Surrender!" Cacao added.

Yamcha activated the Kaioken aura once again and jabbed Cacao's gut. Daiz raised his fist and threw it at Goku, who swiftly blocked it. Daiz then swung his leg at Goku, however, Yamcha fired an energy blast towards Daiz, who evaded it scarcely.

Cacao hurled his fist at Yamcha when Yamcha wasn't looking, yet Yamcha sensed his movements, and moved his head to the side. He grabbed Cacao's arm and spun 180 degrees, throwing Cacao against the tree.

Goku and Daiz collided fists and kicks, causing miniature shockwaves. One fighter would also sometimes block against the other's attacks, going back and forth. Eventually, Goku risked an greedy attack, and hurled his fist on Daiz's chin. Before Daiz could react, Goku gained some distance, put his hands in front of him and then pulled it quickly down to his waist.

"Kamehame!" He shouted. The blue energy collected in between the palms of his hand before becoming a full energy sphere.

Nearby, Yamcha could hear Goku, and he thought to do the same thing. "Great Idea!" He said. Yamcha punched Cacao in the gut to stun him, gained some distance, put his hands in front of him, and pulled them down to his waist.

Blue energy swiftly collected between his hands. Yamcha released his Kaioken aura once again, and this time it grew bigger and darker.

"Kaioken times three!" He shouted. The blue energy that was in between his hands, began to outgrow the small confined area, and his hands were now inside the energy. "Kamehame!"

Cacao and Daiz simultaneously charged at their opponents. Goku and Yamcha waited til they got closed, and then fired their attacks.

"HAAAA!" They both shouted. The orbs of energy turned into massive waves of energy, obliterating Daiz and Cacao.

A couple moments later, nothing but dust was left, dust which faded quickly. Goku was the most tired, and was ready to fall unconscious. Yamcha quickly darted over to him, and put Goku's arm over his shoulder.

"I gotcha." Yamcha said.

Goku put a thumbs up in response.

A sudden burst of power was felt, and it was coming from Turles. Alarming both Goku and Yamcha.

"Oh no…" Yamcha said. "I'd better hurry."

Yamcha quickly entered the Tree, placing Goku on the ground. He flew up to the top, where the fruit was most ripe, and picked it.

"It may not be a good idea for me to eat another one right away." Yamcha thought as he was picking the fruits. "But, in the case of an emergency. I think I'll take an extra one. It couldn't possibly hurt."

He floated back down and handed Goku the fruit.

"Here, eat this." He said. Goku grabbed the fruit, and slowly bit into it several times.

He felt soothed, and rested as it quickly healed his body, the next second he felt energetic and stood back up instantly. The second after that he felt his body puff out, and power surged through him. He dropped his jaw and gazed at himself in shock.

"This is…" He shouted cheerfully. "Amazing!" He jumped up in joy.

"They're incredible aren't they?" Yamcha said. "We gotta go now though. Your brother is trouble."

Goku nodded, and the two blasted right of the Tree, heading to Turles, but stopped before fully reaching him.

"What's the game plan?" Yamcha asked.

"Not sure. I'm out of ideas." Goku answered. "He has so far outmatched."

Yamcha bit his lip. "Yeah…" He said. "But.. If we don't head in there now.."

Goku nodded slowly, "I know. He'll die." Goku replied.

"Well, There's always the Solar Flare." Yamcha pointed out.

"I guess that'll have to work for now." Goku said.

"I'll do it then." Yamcha said. "After All, I think I'm the only one here that can pull off the Flash version of it."

"You mean that one you used on Vegeta?" Goku asked.

Yamcha nodded happily. "Yup!" He said.

"Good, then I'll pull Raditz out of there." Goku said.

Raditz panted heavily, dripping sweat from his forehead, and blood from his mouth. He spat the blood out and rubbed his mouth with his arm.

"You're as strong as the Ginyu Force!" Raditz said. "How is this possible!"

Turles chuckled. "Well, You see, I haven't explained everything about the Fruit." Turles replied. "It's a powerful tool, and kind of a cheat too."

Turles looked to the side, and back to Raditz with an evil smirk. "It's too bad, you'll be dead before you get to know about it." Turles said.

Raditz growled in response, he was vastly too tired to do anything. All he could do was embrace for impact, when Turles made that change in his facial expression, he knew Turles was about to attack again.

Turles pulled back his fist, and began to hurl it.

"Solar Flare Flash!" Yamcha shouted, a white ray of light flashed into Turles's eyes when he was close to Raditz. He covered his face with his hands which had no effect, and he stumbled backwards.

"MY EYES!" He yelled viciously. "I can't see!" He couldn't sense any ki either.

Goku swooped in and grabbed Raditz, regrouping with Yamcha hidden inside the tree.

"How long will that last?" Raditz asked.

"Not long." Yamcha answered. "We need to come up with a plan quickly."

They arrived in the Tree not a second later and Raditz was placed in the ground.

The three took a moment to catch their breaths.

"If I had enough time, I could've probably disabled his sight much longer." Yamcha pointed out. "But I'm not sure if that would've worked though. He could've just ended up blowing the planet up in fury."

"No, Turles isn't stupid enough to do something like that." Raditz said. "And besides, I don't think it would have. Whatever these Fruits do, it makes one's body naturally more resilient to certain things."

Yamcha dropped his jaw to a slight and then clenched his fist in anger. "Damn it!" He yelled. "Then we have even less time than I thought!"

"It's okay, we'll figure it out." Goku said reassuringly. Yamcha sighed in response.

"Well we better figure it out fast, I think his sight might already be returning." Raditz pointed out. "Just hand me more of those fruits."

Yamcha shook his head. "We can't, eating too many of them in that quick amount of time can cause severe side effects." He said.

"Side effects?!" Raditz said. "Who told you this?"

"King Kai." Yamcha replied. "He's a watcher of the North Galaxy in Otherworld. He actually use to have his own Tree, millions of years ago."

"His own?" Raditz asked. "What happened to it."

"Long Story Short. All the trees were removed due to unforeseen circumstances." Yamcha answered.

"Fine, then I'll guess we'll only eat them if it's an absolute must." Raditz said. "Enough of that anyways, we need plans!"

The three thought swiftly, thinking out loud multiple ideas, but none were good enough. Soon, they were out of ideas, and Turles had arrived with angry face. The three took their fighting stance but all in that exact second, each of them were struck down.

Raditz was stricken in the gut once more, and he fell to his knees like Turles had earlier. Yamcha was hit in the chin, and he was sent against the Tree's inside walls falling unconscious from the tremendous strength. Last was Goku, who had no time to block either.

Turles punched Goku's right cheek, sending him straight down on the ground, and sliding somewhat across it. Turles panted heavily and then took a deep breath to stop.

The three woke back up just a few seconds later.

"I'll admit." Turles said. He smirked. "You three, are impressive. By far the most compelling fighters, I've had in years. It gets my blood boiling just thinking about it."

Turles paced around a little bit and then stopped. "However, I think it's time we end this." He said.

Raditz growled through his teeth, since he was unable to get up. Goku and Yamcha gritted their teeth angrily.

"But, I'll at least grant you some information about the Fruit." Turles said. "After all, It won't matter once, since you'll be dead."

Turles stared up and rubbed his chin. "Now let's see." He said. "Ah yes!"

He looked back down, and paced back to his previous spot. "The Tree of Might is, or well… was originally a Legend. Nothing but a myth." He said. "However, one day, I had managed to attain a seed to this Tree, from someone of once importance."

"He was known as the Exiled Kai Apprentice." Turles said. Goku and Yamcha gasped, but Raditz was bewildered. "To make his long story short one. He was once the apprentice of a divine being. He was a Kai above Kais."

"The Grand Kai." Yamcha uttered.

Turles looked around at Yamcha a bit surprised. "Ah Yes. So you know of him then?" Turles replied.

"Yes. The Grand Kai had an apprentice, who became power hungry." Yamcha pointed out.

"Then I guess explaining this will be alot easier." Turles said. "In Short, The Exiled Kai ate from the Fruit from the Tree of Might one too many times. He became unstoppable, He became power hungry. It took every Kai from every quadrant, and their fighters, and MORE!"

Turles turned around again, this time looking at Goku.

"However, the Fruit from the Tree took control of his body and caused an overflow." Turles said. "This gave the Kais and the Grand Kai a chance to stop him, exile him from the otherworld, and remove all Trees from existence."

Turles paced once again back to his original spot.

"What they didn't know is somehow the Exiled Kai snuck a seed before he was banished, and escaped with it." Turles explained.

"Then how did you get ahold of it?" Raditz asked.

Turles lifted his finger up waving it side to side. "No no, questions are meant to be asked after the story." Turles said mockingly.

Raditz snarled in response.

"So one day. My Crew and I. Which at the time consisted of Daiz, Cacao, and Amond." Turles stated. "Had found rumors about this Exiled Kai. And we had found him. He offered us to join him, and in return he'd give us the tools we needed to transfer the Tree from planet to planet, to gain unimaginable strength."

"Wait. Then why isn't he here with you now?" Goku asked.

Turles turned to Goku. "Well you see, he was a very demanding one, and our crew was getting a bit annoyed from it." Turles answered. "So, we decided to overthrow him, and kill him!"

Goku shot a furious expression.

"As it turns out, He wasn't very strong as we thought he had to be." Turles explained. "As it turns out, he was very weak, especially in comparison to us now."

He then turned to Yamcha again. "This made us question the fruit." Turles said. "We wondered, How exactly did it work, what benefits could it give, and what were the cons."

He paced around until he reached his original spot once more.

"So, we tested it on dozens of planets, varying from size, resource, etc." Turles stated. "We found out a multitude of things."

He looked up at the Fruit above, and then looked back down. He held out one finger.

"One." He said. "The Tree of Might has certain minimum requirements. The Planet must be healthy, must be high in resources, and must be at a moderate size. A Planet too small would simply not be adequate enough, even if it was the highest resource planet in the galaxy. It's simply not enough room for it to work."

He held out two fingers.

"Two." Turles said. "The Fruit's capabilities were far greater than we expected. However, the person must have a potential of great heights for it to really work."

He held out a third finger.

"Three, The fruit has powerful healing and restorative capabilities. It can potentially be used to revive people without the use of magical tools such as the Dragon Balls." Turles said. "This can be done by concentrating dozens of fruits into an extract. When such extract is poured on the grave or body of that person, it'll restore them back to life, in their most prime and strongest state."

Everyone gasped, to think it could be that powerful. Turles held out another finger, a fourth finger.

"Four. They can enhance certain natural innate abilities, such as the Saiyan's core. The Zenkai." Turles said. "The Zenkai, is what happens when a Saiyan recovers from a near-death experience, allowing them to gain a shortcut boost of power."

He looked at Raditz. "I'm sure you already know this Raditz." Turles said. Raditz scoffed in response. Turles held out a fifth finger. "Five, It boosts one's power based on their overall potential. "

He turned around and paced near Yamcha. "This can mean an assortment of things. For Example, If one has recently experienced intense training, and has reached a limit. This won't just break the gate, It will shatter the gates down, allowing a massive level jump in power. " Turles explained. "We haven't found a Planet adequate enough since the first time we did it, to really see how far that can go. But I'll be sure to do that after this."

"Anyhow, Another thing the boost of power will base it on, is one's innate abilities." Turles stated. "Just like it can enhance innate abilities. If one has one or an assortment of Innate abilities that can boost your strength. The Fruit can increase your strength based on that innate ability. "

He held out a sixth finger. "Six. It can boost one's overall hidden potential. The potential that resides in us all, our True Potential." Turles said. "It'll take a very small, yet powerful piece of our True Potential and release it. Allowing one to become unstoppable."

The three were shocked as they could ever be, though they were too tired to gasp. The blows that had been struck to them was too much.

Turles turned back to Raditz. "You remember that one child. Born on the same day as Kakarot?" Turles asked.

"You're talking about the one who had a greater power than the Prince was born with, aren't you?" Raditz asked.

"Yes him." Turles said. "Imagine, the strength he could withhold right now with this Fruit? Imagine how powerful he could be, if he trained to an intense level first. He'd be unstoppable!"

"Does it matter though?" Raditz replied. "The King ordered him to be dead."

"That's true, but he's a good example." Turles said. "If the King wasn't so arrogant, we could've had Frieza dead! And his Father too along with the whole Cold Empire!"

"Yeah but then we'd have him for ruler!" Raditz said. "And while the King was arrogant, we don't know what that child could've been! He could've ended up as a monster!"

"Very good point, Cousin." Turles replied. He raised his shoulders. "Still, I think it was a waste."

"Now then.." Turles said. He loosened his shoulders, legs, arms, his whole body. "I think it's time we get to the killing. "

Turles chuckled and smirked, wondering who he should kill first.

To be continued…

Powerlevels:

Turles: 25,000(Not Maxed) |True Power: ?

Raditz: 22,000 |

Goku: 14,000 | Post Fruit: 20,000

Yamcha: 7,500 | Kaioken: 15,000 | Kaioken X3: 22,500

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A/N: Sorry for the delay, I had a busy weekend.