November 2, 762.
Chapter Two.
The anger was mounting inside Gohan's mind. He knew there was nothing he could about his best friends being whalloped into the nearby rocks. Also, all the other Saiyajin, Vegeta, would do is laugh at his companion's incompetence. Gohan clenched his fists, and eventually decided to put the humour out of the overconfident, uncaring Saiyajin Prince's life.
He led off with an intense kick to the face. Vegeta stumbled back in surprise, but was apparently unharmed. Gohan followed up with a fierce barrage of punches, and even though the first few hit, Vegeta easily countered the others. He then shot Gohan flying into the cliffs.
Shocked, and bleeding, Gohan clambered to his feet. He was amazed, and greatly angered, that Saiyajin would give him no mercy, and continued to pummel him into boulder, tree, and any other hard obstacle.
Piccolo soon noticed his trainee's ordeal, and rushed to help. A strong uppercut to the jaw knocked Vegeta onto his back, but not unconscious. The Saiyajin quickly rolled backwards, and stood to his feet. Enraged, he started to launch a rain of energy balls at the two. Gohan was unable to block them, and was hit backwards. Piccolo moved slowly to cover his trainee, still barely managing to defend from the balls.
Piccolo, between blocking shots, looked backward to check on Gohan. Vegeta noticed this, and seizing his oppourtunity, sent Piccolo sprawling backwards. Piccolo slowly managed to recover, but he yelled out in horror, as he saw the Saiyajin Prince about to crack his trainee's back over his knee. Being unable to react quickly enough angered him, but he knew that he would avenge Gohan if needed.
Goku continued to race, strenuously, down Snake Path. Earth was now in his sight, and he was only a few minutes away. Seeing several small explosions come from the surface he, once again, increased his pace, knowing that was all he could do besides hoping for his friend's safety.
The terror struck him broadside, but Piccolo knew that, no matter what the cost, he must continue to hold back the Saiyajins until Goku arrived. Even though he knew it was in vain, he dove forward, attempting to distract Vegeta. It didn't work.
A mental voice screamed out at him in horrific pain. He was almost absolutely sure it was his son. Frustration was visible in Goku's face, but he knew he must fight clean-minded, and keep his concentration if he was to win.
Gohan awakened from his unconsciousness just soon enough to see Vegeta smiling, evilly, down at him. Realizing his peril, he attempted to loosen himself, but was unable. Instead, he jabbed his knee into Vegeta's stomach. Wincing in pain, Vegeta attempted to continue with his plan, but soon found he had waited too long. Piccolo struck him in the face, and caused him to fall to the dirt.
Vegeta snickered, silently, to himself. He arose, holding his stomach, and pretending to be in pain. Piccolo, and Gohan looked satisfied, and he seized his only chance. He dove out, and slammed Gohan in the head. Piccolo was shocked, and mentally reprimanded himself for expecting a break from the assault.
Gohan flew backwards, and whacked a rock. He slid down into a sitting position, and attempted to regain his composure, but could not. He could, now, only watch with hope that Piccolo, and the others would be able to overcome the two Saiyajins. His vision swayed from one battle to another; both battles were being lost by the warriors from Earth. He felt that could no longer bare to watch the events taking place, and slipped into unconsciousness.
Goku soared through the atmosphere towards the ground. There he landed, calmly. His arrival was unexpected, and distracted, both Saiyajins were sent sprawling, backwards. Goku quickly panned the area, taking in small bits of information from everything he saw. The thing that struck him most was his son, laying against a boulder in the background.
Vegeta recovered to his feet, and wincing, looked on at the Saiyajin that stood before him. He chuckled in disbelief, then said,"Kakarot. How good to see you." The others were surprised; they thought maybe Vegeta's fall had given him blurry vision, or sudden memory recollection. Piccolo, however, knew that Kakarot was Goku's Saiyajin name, and that Vegeta would never accept another name being given to this "great Saiyajin warrior."
Even Goku was a bit shocked at being called something different, but realized that Kakarot was probably his Saiyajin name. Unfortunately, he did not have time to tarry down Memory Lane, and proceeded, without words, to attack Vegeta. The Saiyajin Prince was expecting this, however, and soon the two Saiyajins entered into a fierocous battle, destroying rock, tree, and anything else that stood in their path.