Chapter 34: Pride!
Vegeta could not believe what he had just seen take place in front of him. Nappa his war general, stragist of the entire Sayian army not only had just attempted to turn himself and the entire royal guards into Ozaru's without thinking of the consequences of other Sayian's on the planet transforming as well. But also his "War general" had managed to get himself and the rest of the royal guard killed in one fell swoop.
Not that the King of Sayian's cared people died all the time it was just the nature of the world they live in and choice the race as a whole made in terms of their urge to fight and battle. But to die so needlessly by just down right stupidity was something that irritated Vegeta more than most things. "It's a good thing your dead Nappa. Otherwise I would kill you right now" the King thought to himself ignoring Rachi's taunts for that moment in time.
The mistake Nappa made was to have all of his troops stacked together making them an easy target for the mighty transformed Ozaru in front of them. No if Vegeta had been in command he would have spread his men out giving the Ozaru multiple targets to aim for. Then he would have ordered his men to attack constantly at different angles and directions wearing the creature down before ending it's life with a fatal blow.
However all that was irrelevant now his men were dead and the Sayian King was itching for revenge. Looking up into the dark blood red murderous eyes of the black haired Ozaru in front of him. Although Vegeta was an incredible proud man and based most of the actions that he had ever done on his Sayian pride but even he wasn't foolish enough to think that he was currently stronger than the great ape that was before him. No it was obvious that the ten fold boast the transformation would have granted his opponent would have exceeded his own strength in terms of raw power. But their was more to the King's strength than just his raw power... No he had speed battle experience and had more tactical powers that most generals in the galaxy would die for.
Crossing his arms over his chest an arrogant smirk upon his lips. The King of Sayian looked the beast in front of him in the eye as he tossed his head back and laughed.
"Ha, Do you really believe that you could kill me? The King of All Sayian's in that pathetic weaklings body? I know your Truffles lost the war but I thought that you were smarter than this" Vegeta mocked.
This taunt was reacted by a simple mouth beam which the King dodge with slight difficulty to the left off however just at the moment were Vegeta would have mocked the Truffle again another voice cut across the area causing the King's head to turn.
"Vegeta be careful! That attack has enough power to vaporise you in one shot" Goku cried still holding on to his injured son and Piccolo.
Angier pure undeniable rage swept over Vegeta's body as he stared at his fellow Sayian with absolute hatred. "Dose this imbecilic really want to die" The King thought to himself as he clenched his fist and allowed a growl to escape his lips before he yelled out against the third class trash known as Kakarot.
"Who the hell are you to tell me? What to do! This is my battle and I do not want you interfering" Vegeta yelled his face turning red like a tomato as he screamed such was the injury to his honour. Goku looked as if he was going to say something. "NO! Not another word Kakarot if you say one more thing I will-"
Goku never found out what Vegeta was about to say in fact the younger Sayian was just about to warn Vegeta about the incoming fist that had just connected into him sending the King flying while also cutting what he was about to say short. shooting though the air and in some cases though rock and dirt. The King of all Sayians ended up winded and imbedded in the tough Namekian earth. Pain shot though his back due to the impact of the great ape's fist but something was hurt which was much more important to the Sayian King... His Pride.
It was a cheap shot to give away, turning around in the mist of battle to address Kakarot was a foolish thing for Vegeta to do. He gift wrapped the Truffles an opening in which Ranchi had took it. It was simple as that. "Curse that Kakarot" Vegeta growled inside his own head. "If he had just kept his mouth close I wouldn't have taken that hit" It was someone satisfying blaming his own short comings on another. It eased the small wound to the King's pride while also massaged the King's own ego. "I would never have allowed a punch like that to make contact if I wasn't distracted, No matter this battle is far from over"
A dark powerful purple aura surrounded Vegeta as he broke out of the tiny restraints the Earth around him presented and shot back into battle. Standing tall a huge smile upon his Ozaru face still looking over to were he had sent the King flying was Doctor Ranchi. The Truffle was waiting for the King to make his dramatic return.
"I'm going to wipe that stupid smile off of your face" Vegeta thought to himself as he charged forward towards his foe.
Dodging under one of Doctor Ranchi's large paws Vegeta came up inside the beast under belly and began to slam his comparable small but nevertheless powerful Ki infused fists into the Ozaru's chest. The key to combating a larger foe was normally to cut in close were their larger arms would prove a disadvantage before rushing back quickly and engaging again in order to avoid getting caught in the larger foe's powerful grip. However the key to fighting an Ozaru was not cutting in close and getting away quickly. No it was using his own strength against him. All the King Of Sayian's was doing at that moment was making himself appear as an irritating fly an irritating fly which the great ape couldn't help but want to swat.
"Look out" Kakarot's irritating voice yelled again.
Their was no need however as Vegeta had already knew that the attack was coming the King only wanted to fake his ignorance long enough for Doctor Ranchi to not hold back in his attack. Diving out of the way of the great open hand slap being sent his way. Vegeta flew downwards while looking up in mild amusement as the Ozaru large hand slapped against it's own huge chest knocking him off balance.
"Vegeta!" Goku called again having seen the slight movement of the great apes feet.
However the King ignored the other Sayian's cries not wanting to be distracted yet again during this battle Vegeta decided that his sole focus would be on Doctor Ranchi and Doctor Ranchi alone.
Smash! The Great apes large foot connected against the back of the Sayian King's head hoofing Vegeta up into the sky. It turned out that the good Doctor had faked the fact that he himself had lost balance in order to get a good angle to strike the Sayian King a fact Goku had notice and straight away tried to inform his new "Allie" However the King's annoyance with the "Third class" warrior meant he went head first into the oncoming foot.
His head aching in pain as his body spun uncontrollable in the air. Vegeta allowed a growl to escape his lips.
"I should be winning this" The King thought inside his head as the world outside was a blur. "I am a master tactician in battle regardless of this great ape's strength I should be able to win this with relative ease. I know the Ozaru's weaknesses and how to exploit them this should be mere child play" The answer came in the form of an orange and blue blur which Vegeta spied after his tenth rotation. Blaming Kakarot was all to easy for the King to do. Blaming the constant distraction of the low class Sayian's shouting was an easy excuse but it was also a cheap excuse as the King of Sayian well knew that a true warrior should never allow himself to get distracted in the midst of battle.
However their was just something about Kakarot that just got under the King of Sayian's skin. Twisting in the air to avoid the mouth beam sent his way by his powerful great ape opponent. The King of Sayian's cupped his hands together as he spun round in the air.
"Eat this" Vegeta cried as a pink coloured orb glowed in his hand's "Galick Gun"
"What!" Goku thought to himself as he watched his fellows fellow Sayian's attack fly towards the Ozaru opponent. "What the hell are you doing Vegeta? I know your stronger than that theirs no way you've put enough power into that attack to cause any damage"
As if reading Goku's mind the transformed Doctor Ranchi puffed out his huge ape chest and tanked the incoming beam head on. Boom! The blast exploded on impact causing smoke to bellow over the huge great ape's chest and singe some of it's hairs. Other than that however the attack didn't even make a scratch.
"Haha, Is that all you have oh mighty Vegeta" The doctor cackled. "I must say I was expecting a lot more power from the suppose King of Sayian's."
The Truffles laughter was cut short however as the King of Sayian's Vegeta appeared right in front of his eyes. The smirk upon the King's face was all to clear as he drew back his right fist which he had already began to infuse with his Ki.
"Well I would hate to disappoint you" Vegeta said calmly as he flung his fist forward smashing it against the Ozaru's weak exposed eye.
The effect was immediate the force of the punch combined with the amount of pain that flooded though Doctor Rachi's nervous system. Caused the beast to lose balance and fall backwards towards the ground.
Boom! The world around the fighters shook and the ground cracked as the beast hit the planets surface with a loud thump.
Seeing his advantage and not wanting to waste such an opportunity to damage his opponent as much as possible the King of Sayian's placed both his hand's forward his palms faced down to the ground and began to fire his barrage of Ki balls down towards his opponent.
"Way to go Vegeta" Goku yelled out with a smile. The Younger Sayian hadn't forgotten his pervious battle with the King. However after seeing Vegeta save his own son's life against the monster lying down on the ground currently taking a barrage of Ki beam's it was safe to say that Goku had completely forgiven the King's past actions towards himself.
Down on the hard Namakian soil currently taking the abuse being dished out to him by Vegeta. Was Doctor Ranchi. Though the beams were causing him minimal damage and the pain in his left eye had begun to die down. The old Truffle scientist was still not able to get up due to being pinned down by the incoming attacks.
"How is this possible ?!" Doctor Ranchi thought to himself as his body continued to get pelted with attacks. "I am so much more stronger and powerful than he is their is no way he should be able to take an advantage like this! It makes no sense"
"It makes perfect sense to me" The Voice of Turles the previous host of the body Doctor Ranchi was currently occupying enter the scientist mind.
"What!? How are you able to break though the mental barrier I placed on your self-conciseness your mind shouldn't be In existence" Doctor Ranchi replied back to the voice somewhat alarmed by it's appearance.
"You arrogant fool! Did you really think your puny conscious could contain a Sayian's mind for long? We have advanced well beyond the barbarian's you use to know. I bet you didn't even relies that it is currently common practise in the planet trade organisation for top general's such as myself to have implanted in their bodies anti-mind control device's in order to keep us from being controlled! All you managed to do was take temporary control of my body. But now that the anti-mind control device has discovered the Nanobites you have used to take me over " Bardock voice grew stronger and more powerful with each passing second.
"No this can't be possible! My plan it was perfect ? I can't lose again!" Doctor Ranchi cried inside his mind albit much weaker than before.
"You already have fool" Turles retorted back."Now get out of my head an allow me to take control of my own body once more, Seriously any longer and you may have lost to these weakling's what a waste of power that would have been"
"Noo!" Doctor Rachi yelled desperately as his concise faded back out of existence.
Turles now back in control of his own body took stock of the situation he found himself in as Vegeta's attacks continued to rain down on him. The first thing the Sayian noticed was the darkness he could only see though his right eye. It was obvious immediately to the former Crusher Corp leader that the Truffle parasite had somehow allowed his left eye to be blinded.
"Fuck!" Turles roared as he flew back into the air and towards Vegeta tanking the King's attacks with ease. "I am going to kill you"
The transformed Sayian knew that his former King was the one responsible for blinding him and since Turles couldn't take his angier out on Doctor Rachi he decided that Vegeta was the next best thing.
The King of Sayian notice the voice change immediately. Though it was subtle it was quite plainly obvious that somehow Turles had manage had been able to re-take control of his body. Consequently and unbeknown to Vegeta when Doctor Ranchi had been controlling the Ozaru he hadn't had access to it's full potential as his soul and mind was not fully connected to his body. However now that Turles had full control of his own body the Sayian could utilise his full potential.
The speed in which the transformed reached the King of Sayian's was faster than the latter could anticipate and as such it was easy for the huge ape to wrap his two large hands around Vegeta's body and hold him in a death grip.
Crunch! The King's bones groaned as the monstrous ape hands of Turles wrapped around his body and began to squeezes.
"Ahhhhaaaaa" Vegeta cried out as pain rushed though his body. The King was basicly defenceless as his arms were trapped at his side.
Listening to his opponents cries of pain Turles couldn't help but smile. The Ozaru had waited for this moment for a long time. The moment that he would finally crush the royal line with his bare hands and become the King of Sayian's himself. Gripping tightly again and chuckling as he heard Vegeta scream out as his arms and ribs broke. Turles couldn't help but taught the man who he had been waiting to kill for a very long time.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen my dear King" Turles spat as he tightened his grip. "This is your end"
The King Of Sayian's looked at his Ozaru oppoment in his one working right eye as he spat out blood. Even though Vegeta knew he was about to die he wasn't prepared to give Turles the satisfaction of screaming or begging for mercy. No! The King's pride would never allow that to happen. So dispict the fact his bones were getting crunched to powder by Turles. Even though his internal Organs were getting squeezed so hard that blood vassals began to pop open causing internal bleeding. Even though the pain was unbearable the King didn't allow another pained scream to leave his lips instead he looked his opponents in the eye and said.
"Fuck you, You third class trash!"
Angered at the insult Turles tossed Vegeta to the ground. Crack! The King of Sayian's limp body crashed against the hard ground before bouncing in the air and crashing down again. Turles raised his huge foot above the King or Sayian ready to step down and squash him at a moments notice.
"How dare you call me a third class trash! You fool I am stronger than you would ever hope to dream to be. And I am going to kill you like I would kill any insect. Under my foot" The giant ape roared his voice vibrating around the area.
Vegeta didn't allow a single strain of emotion to cross his face at that moment. The King knew he was going to die if not under Turles foot then by the internal bleeding that he could literally feel in his body. The pain was intense like a constant fire that ravished him but once again the King's pride would not allow him to scream. If Vegeta was going to die today then he would die the way a true Sayian would in the middle of combat without the aid of anyone but himself. To die with dignity and to have never surrendered.
"Come on then" Vegeta growled "give me your best shot. "
The foot came down and just before it made contact the King of Sayian closed his eyes in order to ready himself and embarrass his destiny death.
Thud!
Vegeta heard the sound off in the distance and knew the act had happened he was dead for sure yet he hadn't felt the foot come crashing down on top of him. Maybe that was due to the fact the blown had killed him instantly. Yet something was odd it still felt as though he was dying as his body screamed out in pain however the King rationalised this to the fact he knew what was going to meet him when he died.
In his life time the King of Sayians had killed hundreds of world killing billions of people in the process. Vegeta knew he was order by the tyrant Friezia to do those deeds and that somehow that could save his fate but deep down he knew he enjoyed the power and thrill it brought him as he took down those civilisations it made him feel what he wanted to be the most powerful in the universe. Vegeta knew what he did was wrong but to put it simply he didn't care he had no regrets and if he had to suffer internal pain for the rest of eternity as punishment for his actions. Then he would grunt an bare it with a smile just to spite his tormentors.
As such Vegeta opened his eyes to face his hell... What he didn't realise was how cruel his hell really was.
Standing on top of him.. no practically striding him was the third class clown known as Kakarot. The man with his spiky hair and goofy smile looked down at Vegeta with his neck slightly bent and his hands pushed up holding up Turles foot. The familiar red glow of his aura that the King knew all two well glowed around the Sayian as he looked down at Vegeta a small smile on his face.
The King felt sick as realisation had dawned on him at what had just happened. He hadn't died he was still very much alive albeit on the verge of death but what had just happened instead was even worse. Rather than dying with honour the gods had decided to punish him more while he was alive. This punishment was in the form of Kakarot who had interfered in his battle yet again and... saved him.
It was a bitter pill for Vegeta to swallow. The King now owed his life albeit how short it was going to be due to his injuries but the fact still remained. Kakarot had saved him and in what would normally be a glorious heroic act that most people would be thankful for it only brought angrier and hate to Vegeta's heart. His honroble death had been stolen. He would die slowly on the soils of a pathetic planet knowing that he had been saved. Saved by a third class runt!
"Damm you Kakarot..." Vegeta crocked before he feel into darkness. His blood loss causeing him to fall unconscious.
Goku didn't hear what Vegeta said instead his focus was on his father Bardock who was currently cradling Gohan in his one hand as Dende healed Piccolo who was lying by Moori's feet. The elder wasn't happy about healing someone he deemed un-pure but he knew it was necessary.
"Once you healed Gohan, Grab Vegeta and then get out of here. Go somewhere safe and then heal him as well. I'll take care of Turles" Goku yelled to his father.
Bardock merely nodded in response as he carefully placed Gohan on the ground in preparation for Dende to be healed. Looking down at the man who saved his son Goku smiled to himself as he spoke.
"Thank you Vegeta for saving my son, You fought well and only lost because you were caught of guard. But don't worry I'll take care of Turles for you while you get healed up ok" The young Sayian said calmly before moving his head straight as he concentrated on his Ki. "Kao-ken times ten!"
The red aura that surrounded Goku intensified and grew darker as it changed from a Kao-ken times five to Kao-ken time's ten. With an almighty roar the Sayian pushed up throwing the Ozaru's foot up into the air. An instant later the Sayian flew up and smashed his left fist against Turles giant chin. Causing the Sayian to move backwards and away from the venerable Vegeta.
"I've got to get him away from Vegeta" Goku thought to himself as he swung a right handed fist against the giant Ozaru's left cheek.
"GRAAA" Turles roared throwing his head forward and firing a mouth beam.
Goku dodged to his right having noticed the fact that his opponent was blind on his left side as he gathered a ball of energy in his right hand before throwing his had forward and firing.
Boom! The ball of energy connected against Turles left eye sending the huge transformed Sayian recoiling as pain screamed though his body.
Seeing that his opponent was off balance Goku charged in coming in close to the great apes huge chest the Sayian sent a barrage of punches and kicks against the beast hoping to cause some damage.
However unlike Vegeta the younger Sayian did not know all of the weak points of the Ozaru transformation and although he had now closed the gap between his own and Turles power thanks to the Kao-Ken technique. He still hadn't accounted for the extra protection the large monstrous form granted a Sayian.
Smash! Turles giant paw slapped into Goku knocking the Sayian flying though the air. However the younger Sayian's flight path was interrupted as Turles whipped round and smashed his tail against his opponent sending the former flying up into the air.
"Take this" Turles roared following up his attack with yet another mouth blast. The attack connected against Goku's back causing the Sayian to scream out in pain as the attack exploded upon impact.
~DBZ~
Purple blood rushed down the side of Nail's right side as a metal hand wrapped itself around the Namakian's his neck. Friezia the tyrant well re-known around the universe smiled as he held the Namek's now removed right arm in his left hand. Slowly his eye set on the Nail watching his expression with a sickly smile the Frost Demon moved the green hand he held to his lips and took a huge bit out of it.
Nail was nearly sick as he watched the tyrant... the monster in front of him literally start to feast on his limb. Fear began to grip at the warriors as he watched the sickening sight in front of him but he knew he had to be brave. He knew he had to still stall for time.
"Your a monster" Nail yelled as he regenerated his right arm and smashed it against the Tyrants face.
"And your tasty" Frieiza replied with a chuckle tossing the now half eaten arm away as he licked the purple blood from his lips. The tyrant eyed the newly regenerated right arm inbeded in his cheek. "You know what I've realised? Your Namek's ability to regenerate lost limbs could prove very useful to me... Yes if I capture some of your people I will have an endless supply of meat to feed my men!"
Angier ruse inside Nail as he imagined the children of his planet all alone and scared inside a dirty ship caged up and only ever taken out when the crew got hungry. He imagined their limbs being mercilessly chopped from their body and he knew what he was fighting for. He knew why he had to continue fighting until his very last breath.
Throwing his hands forward the Namek fired a Ki blast into his tyrants chest. The move proved fruitless as Friezia responded by slamming his fist against the side of Nail's face causing blood to fly out of Nail's face as teeth began to fly out as well.
"So theirs some fight still left in you is their? Well lets see what you've got" The tyrant cackled.
Crunch! Freiza's knee smashed against Nail's right rib's breaking them on contact. Blood seeped though the Namek's mouth caused by the force in which the attack connected against him. But Nail didn't scream out in pain not this time. Instead the Namek sent a right handed chop against the base of the tyrants neck. This was met with a chuckle before the white skinned tyrant smashed his left fist against Nail's chest. Blood shot out of the Nameks mouth and shot out onto Friezia's face.
The pain was excruciating as Nail's body shock violently due to the amount of damage it had just taken. The Namek's vision faded in and out as he desperately tried to maintain his conciseness.
"I'm sorry my son" Guru's voice rang out in Nail's mind. "Let me ease your pain"
Snap. Guru re-took over control of the body he co-hosted with Nail. The old grand elder look Friezia right in the tyrants eyes and smiled.
"I feel sorry for you" The namek said calmly even though pain ripped though his body and blood poured out of him.
The Frost Demon was so shocked by the comment that he let go of the Namek's throat which caused the green man to fall to the Earth in a heap. Frezia was soon upon him his eyes stareing down at the beaten Namek's body.
"Your sorry for me? How could you possible feel sorry for me?" Friezia spat bearing down on the Namek below him.
Guru slowly got into a kneeling position as he his body slowly healed on the inside.
" Tell me " Frieza roared yet again grabbing the Namek by the neck.
"During our battle I read your mind and I discovered something about you. You are no different than the people who work under you. You are a slave to another!"
This revelation caused Frieza to loosen his grip on the Nameks neck.
"Ho-ow did you-u know?" Friezia stuttered utterly perplexed at how the Namek knew of his past.
Guru ignored the tyrant however an pressed on.
"You will never succeed you know. You will never beat him. You will never have the chance" Guru said calmly his eyes set on Goku's own.
"You lie !" Friezia screamed his face becoming more angry and distorted by the second as he remember his brothers killer.
"You will be defeated here on this planet and you will create your destroyer yourself!" Guru suddenly roared.
"Shut up" Freiza screamed firing a ball of energy into Guru's chest sending the Namek flying into the distance.
The Frost Demon turned round away from his opponent and began his sceach for the Dragonball that he had come to collect.
Hay guys I will write a proper author's note tomorrow but I really wanted to get this chapter out for you guys to read. I hope you enjoyed it.