Chapter 33: Taste Of Power!
The first bite was always the best, the glorious feeling of new stronger, delicious strength shot though Turles the moment he bite in to the piece of fruit which he held clenched in his right hand. Licking his lips in order to consume the juice that had been squashed out of his mouth. Greedily the Sayian took another bite relishing in the moment when he felt his victory over Friezia and over the rest of the Sayian race was assured.
And that's when he heard it a screaming cry of rage from above him. Looking up into the sky Turles had to do a double take when he saw himself holding a blue orb of energy in his hands. But of course it wasn't himself to Turles it was an inferior copy who had to be squashed like an insect just for daring to have similar features to a god like him.
"Ka-Ma-Ha-MA-Ha!" Goku roared in vengeance gathering all the remaining energy he could muster into the one attack.
It didn't matter to the young Sayian if he missed his attack all he wanted to do was revenge his son's death. Angier had a grip on Goku's heart like it never had before and the red aura of his raging Kao-Ken symbolising his pent up rage.
And that's when it happened. A tornado of wind dispelled the smoke away from were Gohan's body lay still. The small boy's body was still broken and slightly covered in dust but the slow laboured movements of his chest showed that he was still barely alive for how much longer was still a question that needed an answer.
"Gohan" Goku breathed losing his red aura as his angrier left his body and relief rushed over him.
Before Gohan was the reason why the smoke had quickly been dispelled and why the young boy was still breathing. Vegeta. His Sayian armour spotless red cape slowly flapping due to the amount of air that was being pushed away by the purple aura that surrounded the King of entire Sayian race. His arms coolly crossed over his chest the spiky haired warrior turned his attention to the sky to spot the over Sayian he also had a score to settle with however more pressing matters were at hand and as such Vegeta quickly turned his gaze back to Turles the latter of whom was staring back at his former king.
"Kakarot!" Vegeta growled never once taking his eyes off the Sayian that was in front of him. "This pathetic excuse for a Sayian is for me and me alone to deal with! Do I make myself clear! Interference from you will only lead to your own quick death at my hands. Understand!"
Goku didn't respond to the threat but he wasn't about to get involved in the fighting not now. He had over things to take care of. Flying down to the small island the Sayian of Earth landed beside his son before bending down to pick him up in his strong warm hands. Tears streamed down Goku's eyes as he held his son close to his chest with gentle carefulness in order not to damage Gohan any further.
"I'm sorry Gohan" Goku whispered softly into his sleeping sons ear. "Your safe now"
Turles who had been watching the scene before him took another bite from the fruit he held in his hand before tossing it away. The gray skinned Sayian smiled a green juice stained smile before he cockily leaned against the strong trunk of the Tree of Might.
"How touching my worthless look alike is clutching on to that sad excuse of a child like he really cares. How can you care for something so weak. Phot!" Turles spat on the floor smearing the Namekian blue grass a gloopy green. "And you Vegeta saving children now are we? I must say I never put you the King of all Sayians down as a small time hero"
"Turles" Vegeta greeted a smirk across his face. "I see you still have to rely on the fruit of the Tree of Might to maintain your power. I must ask how well do you think you would have fared against the brat if you didn't steal your strength away from overs"
"A lot better than you think your highness" Turles hissed standing up straight now and clenching his fist as a black aura began to grow around him.
"Ha! I guess I have to give you that one Turles if anyone knows how to beat up children it's you" Vegeta said calmly trying to beat his Sayian rival in the war of words.
"And what's that suppose to mean" The gray skinned Sayian growled.
"Nothing I think you should take pride in the victories that you have accomplished as their all about to come to an end very soon" Vegeta's smirk as he said that sentence was all to clear upon his face as was the glint of killing intent in his eye.
Turles didn't react though words he had enough of the verbal battle for him it was time to get to the main event the time he had waited for all those years in the servitude of Friezia. The time he finally killed Vegeta and took over his rein as King of the Sayian race.
Flashing out of sight the grey skinned Sayian marvelled at his new found speed thanks to the fruit he had just eaten. Turles saw that Vegeta hadn't even moved or reacted to his charge forward instead the King stood still his arms still folded across his chest.
"Ha!" Turles chuckled in his own mind as he continued to charge forward "The Tree has once again blessed me with such a great increases in speed and power that the soon to be former king cant even detect my movements"
In a cocky display of his own great speed Turles circled Vegeta a hundred time. When the King still did not move the grey skinned Sayian somersaulted over the Kings head from behind and sent a kick directly towards Vegeta's face.
The King of all Sayian's caught the Crusher Corps leaders foot inches from his own face before moving the limb slightly so he could look Turles firmly in the eye.
"Finally" Vegeta said in a bored tone a smirk upon his face. "I was wondering how long you were going to carry on your ridiculous antics before you attacked. I must say if you really thought that sad display of speed was something to be marvelled at then I am afraid this fight is going to be a lot shorter than I first thought"
Turles used his free left leg in order to kick out at Vegeta's left hand however this attack was easily blocked by the latters right wrist.
Smash! Faster than Turles could even register the King of Sayian's released his hold of the Crusher Corps leaders leg before burying a right handed fist into the Grey skinned Sayian's stomach.
Blood shot flung out of Turles mouth as he shot backwards though the air the only thing that stopped the Sayian flight was the hard bark of the Tree of Might which shock violently due to impact. A fruit dislodge from it's branched and started to fall down forwards Turles who held out his right hand ready to catch the fruit before it hit the ground.
Swiss! Vegeta caught the fruit just before it hit the grasping hands of the grey skinned Sayian while simultaneously pinning Turles back against the Tree by placing his boot against his chest. The King of Sayian's eyes were glued to the piece of fruit in his right hand.
"This fruit was once considered sacred to my people only to be eaten by the Sayian King himself." Vegeta's words were slow and presides as he continued to enjoy Turles fruitless struggle to get the fruit that he held in his hand. "Many years I have pondered the lose of this fruit how much strength I could gather from such a mystical thing and do you know what I realise ?"
The King of Sayian's returned his gaze back down to Turles who's gaunt less eyes were transfixed on fruit which he desperately held out his hands to grasp the fruit from Vegeta's clutches. Seeing that he was being ignored the King Of Sayian's turned his attention back onto the piece of fruit that he held in his hand a new hungry determination had taken over him now.
"I realised that one bite of this fruit could turn a third class warrior into what he could consider a true elite. But what he would never realise is a true elite Sayian would never rely on something else for his strength his power would come from his own. Never once would I pollute my strength with such a rancid thing. This is not the fruit of a King! This is the fruit of a peasant! And I can't think of anyone else who fit's that category better than you"
With a sharp quick motion Vegeta removed his foot from Turles chest and shoved the Tree of Might fruit down the grey Sayian's fruit. Stepping back the King of Sayian allowed his opponent to swallow and watch as the Crusher Corp's leaders muscles expanded and then contracted.
Standing up back on his feet his dark aura stronger than ever Turles smirked at his adversary with a wicked twisted smile.
"You fool, You'll regret that decision"
"Will I?" Vegeta asked casually smirking. "I just wanted to toughen you up a bit so that I don't have to hold back my own power so much. Don't want to kill you too quickly"
"Raahhh" Turles charged forward swinging a powerful left hook towards his adversary's face however Vegeta dodge by merely moving back an inch at the last moment.
Shooting up the King Of Sayian smashed his forehead against Turles nose breaking it upon impact and causing blood to flow freely from it's nostrils. Crack! Vegeta slammed an open palm against Turles chest winding the Sayian and breaking two of his ribs instantly as he once again smashed against the trunk of his beloved tree. Once again a piece of fruit broke of a branch and feel beside the Grey skinned Sayian.
Turles looked at the Fruit in wonder before looking up at the tree which leaves glistened in the light of the three glorious suns that shone down upon the planet.
"You want me to win!?" Turles murmured finding it hard to talk due to his lack of airways. "You want me to kill him don't you"
Standing his arms once again crossed Vegeta scowled at Turles irritable as the Sayian began to talk to his beloved tree. "Phaa senile old fool" The King of Sayians thought irritable.
"You better hurry up and eat that piece of fruit before I decide to just end your miserable life quickly" The King of Sayian's snapped angrily.
Not needing to be warned twice the grey skinned Sayian grabbed the fruit and swallowed it almost whole nearly chocking but still managing to devour it. The effects were immediate. The broken ribs that once constricted had constricted his breathing snapped back into place as the bone knitted itself back together again what's more the broken nose had also snapped back into place. Turles has never ate three of the Tree's fruits at the same time as he normally would have to share with his comrades or keep some fruit tucked away to see him though the months were he wouldn't be able to plant other seeds. But in that instantaneous moment the feeling of unstoppable power welled up inside the grey skinned Sayian and the desire to eat more fruit was more strong than ever.
The mirror image of Goku looked up into the braches of the tall tree he was under hungrily searching for another ripe fruit.
"Vegeta!" Goku Cried suddenly grabbing the King's attention due to the fact the hero from Earth had been mostly quite as he was tending to his son. "I don't know what that fruit dose but I know it's not good! Everytime he takes a bite his strength increases dramatically but not only that the evil in his heart also get more twisted and more intense. Don't let him have another one"
"Silence Kakarot" Vegeta spat turning his head away from the tall man and back towards Turles. "This is MY battle and I shall handle it the way I deem fit understand, Go on Turles have another piece of fruit if you must but know it will not change your fate. This victory is mine and Mine alone."
Goku wanted to react he was desperate to stop Turles taking another bite of that dreaded fruit. Not because he didn't want to face an opponent of great power in fact had Gohan not been in such a critical condition the Sayian from Earth would have loved to have a crack at Turles himself. No it was the fruit itself. From what Goku could sense it was an evil vile thing, But what was most disturbing of all was it had a conscience something which the Sayian doubted his double knew about.
Their was exactly three piece's of rip fruit currently in the Tree which the grey skinned Sayian grabbed hurriedly before scuffing it all down like a wild boar.
"Tsk! You third class really have no table manners" Vegeta bemoaned as he watch the green juices of the fruit seep though Turles hands. "Even I wouldn't eat like that"
As soon as Turles finished the last of the three fruit he had consumed his body began to expand much like how it used to but unlike before where it used to contract back to normal it continued to expand bigger and larger all the while his black aura intensified.
"ARRRRAAA" Turles scream of pain cut though the quiet area like a knife though hot butter all the while he continued to grow larger.
It was when the Sayian was tripled his size when his clothes began to give way revealing dark black hairs as his eyes began to turn a blood red. It was at this point when Vegeta began to grow nervous.
"What!? No this is impossible? How can he possible turn into an Ozaru when it's not even a full moon?" Vegeta cried drawing his hands up in a protective stance.
Goku who recognised the great ape form from the stories he heard from his grandfather held Gohan in one hand before rushing over to pick Piccolo up and taking off into the air away from the islands. The Namek was currently unconscious but still very much alive and the Sayian from Earth didn't want that to change by the now nearly transformed ape stepping on him.
It was at this moment realisation dawned. It was something Vegeta said about the transformation only ever occurring at a full moon. A now painful memory crossed Goku's mind he was back in his small child body looking up at the glowing white moon in the sky while his tail twitched behind him. His next memory was waking up naked next to the remains of his now collapsed home and the dead body of his dear departed Grampa.
"I did it" Goku breathed. "I killed grampa!"
But it was no time to dwell on past mistakes. Not now that Turles had completed his transformation. But to Vegeta and Goku's great surprise when the Ozaru open his mouth a growl didn't escape his lips no was his voice that of Turles in fact the voice was strangle posh and intelligent.
"Ha! So the Sayian's did end up winning the war against us Truffles!? No matter I knew one of you wouldn't be able to resit eating the fruit from the Tree Of Might. One of my more brilliant fail-safes if I might add. I knew you little monkeys couldn't resit easy power" Doctor Ranchi cackles his Ozaru voice booming over the surroundings it was at this point the "Scientist" noticed his surroundings. "Funny this isn't planet plant were am I"
"I think you mean Planet Vegeta" The King of Sayian's spat angrily "This is planet Namek you fool"
"Planet Namek hay" Doctor Ranchi asked curiously "Never heard of that planet before"
It was then that the creator of the Tree Of Might turned his gaze down his blood red eyes taking in Vegeta's appearance.
"Aww I remember you... well not personally but my creator did. Vegeta isn't it? King of the barbarian race known as the Sayian's. You look awfully smaller than I remember but then again. The Great Doctor Ranchi only had a short amount of mind to imprint his conscience into the Tree Of Might maybe it wasn't as good a copy as he thought? No matter. Your presences hear is really convenient. It saves me the trouble of hunting you down to seek my revenge."
Opening his giant mouth the Ozaru fired a powerful beam cannon down towards the Sayian King who spun out the way of the oncoming blast.
The tides of the battle had begun to turn.
~DBAT~
It took Badock a while to find Dende and Moori with the aid of his scouter mostly because the two Namek's were able to hide their Ki extremely well. However the young child Dende was not as good at hiding his energy as his elder. Having detected the signature a couple of miles to the west the Sayian flew at top speed as their was no time to lose. "Kakarot needs me to do this" The old Sayian warrior thought to himself.
Several moments later the Sayian appeared before the two travelling Nameks. Dende the smaller of the two hide behind his elder the latter of whom placed a reassuring hand on top of the small boys head.
"What do you want with us" Moori asked gruffly trying to conceal the two Dragonballs in his possession behind his back with his free left hand.
"I'm here to pick you up for Kakarot" Bardock said calmly holding out his left hand.
"No! I do not know who you are and I sense a darkness in you. Now tell me what you really want or else" Moori growled trying his best to intimidate to intimidate the Sayian in front of him.
At that moment in time Bardock wanted nothing more than to make the Namek eat his words. Many times in the past had a being hundreds of times weaker than himself would sprout out useless threats in attempt to save their own lives only for the old warrior to end their existence movements afterwards. However now the Sayian resisted the urge to wring the Nameks neck and instead decided to take another route.
"Listen if I wanted to kill you I could have done it a hundred times already and if I wanted the Dragonball behind your back I would have already of taken it" The one handed warrior declared calmly.
"How did you know about the Dragonball?" Moori asked eyeing Bardock with caution.
"I didn't" Bardock chuckled a small smirk upon his lips. "But I do now. Anyway we must hurry Kakarot told me that I needed to bring you to him as quick as possible. Now come"
The Sayian turned to fly away however the Namek's stood still unsure of what the Sayian's true intentions really were. Could they trust him? Past experience with the majority of the Sayian race would say no. However a their was a few they could trust one of whom was Gohan's father Goku which Dende quickly realised was almost the spitting imagine of the Sayian before them.
"Who are you?" Dende asked finally venturing out from Moori's side in order to get a better look at the Sayian warrior.
Turning round the Sayian stared at the small Namek before responding.
"I'm Bardock the father of Kakarot. My son said he saved you when he first arrived on Namek"
"No you mean Goku, Gohan's father" Dende replied shyly " We don't know a Kakarot"
That was when it hit the Sayian it all made sense now. The Namek's knew his son by his Earth name Goku not his Sayian name Kakarot.
"Yes that's my son Goku" Bardock said with a small smile happy to be making some progress.
"No you said your son's name was Kakarot not Goku, Don't think I am easily fooled. As I said before I can sense the darkness in your soul and I cannot trust evil such as you" Moori said with a scowl still not willing to believe the Sayian in front of him.
Irritated at the lack of trust the elder Namek was giving him but knowing full well that giving into his irritation would get him no where Bardock decided to try a different approach.
"Listen I know I have done bad in my past and I can't take them back. But right now I am telling you the truth Kakarot or Goku as you know him is my son and I use to hate him. I thought he was weak, Pathetic and I wanted to crush him like a bug but now ... Now I think differently. My boy has done so many great things in his life time even facing the King of Sayians himself. I have never been more proud of someone in my life and he's asked only one thing of me. To bring you to him. Now I know he won't want me to take you by force and I won't but listen to me we need you now." Bardock voice was calm and controlled as he spoke from the heart.
Moori eyes the Sayian still with caution. The elder was trying desperately to detect any hint of a lie in what the Sayian was saying by feeling his Ki and listening to his heartbeat but he could not detect a hint of dishonesty. Bardock was amazingly telling the truth despite the fact his Ki was full of darkness and evil. "Maybe his soul is not yet lost" Moori thought to himself before speaking.
"Ok I believe you... But let me make this clear I am not helping you because you have asked but because Goku needs us and u still owe him me and Dende's life" Moori said naturally never once taking his eye of Bardock.
"That's all I ask" Bardock said cooly a smile was on his face due to the pride he had at managing to convince the old Namek to join him without using violence. "Come on we better get going"
And that's when it happened. Their was no warning other than the splitting pain that ran down the top of Bardocks head each and every time it happened followed by complete and utter darkness followed by a vision of the future. However this vision was not of the future... It was off the past.
~DBZ~
An old man sat at his desk which held a large computer whose light flashed on and off indicating the machine was in constant use. The old man's white monstrous was drenched in sweat and he wore a strange looking device upon his head. Behind his computer was a huge bay window which lit the over wise black room with a wicked red glow. The silhouette of a burning city was clearly visible from the old man's Pearce high above in the main tower also just barely visible behind the smoke was the light of a full moon a photometry that only happened once every eight years.
In normal circumstances the old man known as doctor Ranchi would have been at his telescope looking at the wonders of the moon. But at the moment he was too busy preparing. Preparing for his races demise at the hands of the Sayian's. The Doctor who had once been a great man of medicine had turned into the Truffles greatest ever creator of weapons. But in the end for all his genius and ingenuity Ranchi was unable to stop the destruction of his race.
The Sayian's natures virus in the Truffles eyes had more tricks up their sleeve than the good Doctor could count. Not only were they more powerful and faster than the Truffles but they also had the ability to come back stronger from near death experiences which was incredible irritable when your overall goal was to kill them all but not seeing the act though would only make them stronger. But one of their worst and most deadly ability's had only come to light that very night.
Under the light of the full moon the Sayians transformed into what Doctor Ranchi considered "Their true form". As large uncontrollable great apes the Sayians were unstoppable and it was only a matter of when not if the last of Doctor Ranchi's race was about to be wiped out. As such the Doctor had several choices to make. He could like many other men that night taken up arms and go out on the streets and fight the Sayian's until his last dying breath going out like a true heroic warrior however this idea was not appealing to Ranchi. He was a man of science not war he knew fully well he wouldn't have lasted long out on the battle field and his death would have been pointless.
The good doctor could have also have decided to spend his last moments with his family cuddled up next to his wife and sons while he waited for their deaths to come at the hands at the Sayian's however though this idea was tempting Ranchi decided not to do it as he thought he could still make a difference elsewhere even if it wouldn't make a difference to the survival of his race the good doctor would make sure that the Sayian race would also suffer the same consequences.
Spearing his family the fate of having to face the Sayian's alone without him. Ranchi retreated back up to his lab in order to launch his last view remaining fail safes that he had planned months before for events such as this. Hatchiyack the doctors death machine was prepped and ready to go into space were it's construction would be completed. What a pity the doctor thought to himself that he hadn't been able to make the machine earlier if he had the war may have had a different outcome. Shaking his head in frustration in order to clear his thoughts Doctor Ranchi focused on his next fail safe.
The Tree Of Might had truly been a great invention allowing Truffles warriors to fight the Sayian's on a near equal level. However now that the war was lost Ranchi wanted to make sure that the Sayain's couldn't benefit from such a powerful device.
"The Power hungry monkeys won't be able to resit themselves" The Doctor gruffly muttered to himself as he typed the keyboard in order to download his mind in to microscopic nanobites.
The Doctors plan was for the Nanobites which were already inside the Tree Of Might. Ranchi had planted the Nanobites when he had first created the Tree in ordered to prevent common criminals using the fruit for crime. However now they had a greater purpose. Implanting his very own conscious had been a very complex but by no means impossible thing to do. It took several hours of concentration and calculations but Doctor Ranchi manage to get his mind uploaded in the Nanobites.
The theory was if a Sayian ate a piece of fruit they would immediately get taken over by the Nanobites and as such "Doctor Ranchi" could take over their bodies and take out the Sayians with eachother. That was the theory. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it. Ranchi didn't take into to account the great immune system plus the complexity of a Sayian's body. It would take several large quantities of the Tree's fruit it one go if he was to have any control over a Sayian. Luckily for Ranchi that event happened many years later...
~DBAT~
Dodging the oncoming beam the King of the Sayian took a calming intake of breath as he took in his opponent. Turles or Doctor Ranchi it didn't matter to the Sayian monarch who he was fighting) Had transformed into the mighty Ozaru without the air of a full moon. How? Vegeta didn't know but at that moment in time it didn't matter as it was unimportant. What did matter was the King currently didn't have a tail of his own and as such couldn't gain the ten fold boast that his opponent had just enjoyed however their was a simple way to change that.
Shotting forward in the air the King of Sayian's began to gather energy into his right hand forming a powerful razor sharp disk. A carbon copy of a move he had seen a few years ago that was able to cut though anything. "Now to get a good shot at his tail" Vegeta Thought to himself as he weaved though the air in order to get into a good position to take the shot.
Boom! The gigantic ape fist smashed against Vegeta's side sending the Sayian King flying though the air. The impact not only winding him but causing his concentration on his energy beam to be impaired and as such the disk vanished into nothing much the Sayian's annoyance was quickly cut short when he once again had to dodge a cannon beam.
"Hahaha" Doctor Ranchi chuckled after watching his opponent dodge his beam desperately again. "No wonder you Sayian's were able to crush us when you transformed into this form... Such power it's unreal I can feel it running though my veins my with this strength I'll crush you all with ease"
"You'll have to get though us first" A voice said from behind the great ape.
Spinning round Doctor Ranchi spotted Nappa and the rest of the Sayian royal guard behind him. In the bald Sayian's outstretched hand was a white glowing ball of energy a moon orb as the Sayians called it. The glowing ball of energy when released into the air would cause the same chemical reaction in the warrior race as the light of a full moon would.
"What are you doing you fool" Vegeta yelled angry as his war general. "If you release the moon ball on this planet every single Sayian will see it what would happen if one out of control Ozaru destroys a dragonball? I swear Nappa that you don't even have a brain"
The huge bald man was about to respond but before he could speak he was vaporised along with the rest of his men by a mouth beam from Ranchi who had taken the moments distraction as his chance to attack. In one feel swoop the Truffle had managed to wipe out the entire royal guard it was too good to be true.
"Hahaha Foolish Sayian monkeys" Doctor Ranchi Growled in his deep boaming voice as he set his blood red eyes back on Vegeata. "Your next to die"
Well I hope you guys like this chapter I know I enjoyed writing it :) Good news Plasmic (I'm pretty sure that's the spelling) One of my long term readers has volunteered to Beta this story. Something I am really greatful for. I am probably going to talk to him first to see f he would prefer to beta from now on or from the beginning. Also I bet your wondering how comes Turles (Doctor Ranchi) turned into an Ozaur without the presence of a full moon. Well basically it's down to the fact that Turles consumed so much fruit from the tree of might at once that his body couldn't take it. I've he would have exploded due to the sudden burst of energy or (Very much like a super Sayian) He needed to transform. Since he didn't meet the requirements for a super Sayian (I belived Goku said it comes from a need not a desire) His body naturally transformed him into an Ozaru because it was a transformation readily available to him. I know I am really bending the rules here but theirs nothing in cannon that says a Sayian can't transform into an Ozaru if theirs not a full moon in fact the moon orb isn't a full moon is it so :P So yeah I know it's a bit of a push from my part but I hope you like the addition: )
Also I hope you like what I did introduceing Doctor Ranchi to the plot I bet most of you didn't expect that in fact I didn't think about it till this chapter but it kinda made sense to me that since I've made him the creator of the Tree Of Might. That the guy might try to protect it. My influence here was very much from Baby from GT. But instead of the whole scenario Baby was born in this is a parasite implanted into the tree of might which has Doctor Ranchi conscious implanted on it. I am very interested to see how you guys will react to it. You will I've love this twist or your going to hate it.
Anyways as normal please review :) It motivates me to write more.
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Dragonballat