Raimi turned away from the dwindling speck of light that was Vegeta, and looked down to see Goku trembling and panting with pain. She dropped down to the ground by him, and offered her shoulder to him. He leaned heavily on her, and coughed. She smiled as he started to shake off his pain and tried to stand straight.BR
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"Hey, take it easy for now. He's hardly been defeated, we both know that." She scolded; he sighed and relaxed against her. Just then Yajirobei ran up, full of the glory of victory, even though he hadn't fought.BR
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"I can't believe you did it! Goku!" He yelled as he screeched to a halt by them.BR
"Ya...Yajirobei? What are you doing here?" Goku asked with a smile. Raimi looked up and stretched her senses to the limit to try and see how Vegeta was doing. Goku and Yajirobei chatted for a moment, and then they both were surprised as she grabbed Yajirobei's hand just as he went to slap Goku on the back.BR
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"Hey don't touch him, okay? He's..." Raimi's eyes went wide as she felt Vegeta's pain and fury like a wave of heat over her. Goku stared into her eyes, and his mouth tightened.BR
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"You better run for it, okay?" He said to his old friend. Yajirobei stuttered in fear and disbelief, then scampered off. Now Goku was supporting Raimi as she was trying to break the simple yet powerful telepathic touch Saiyans could use only between themselves. He didn't understand what was going on, but he could feel something was wrong. Just then she screamed in fury, and her voice sounded like Vegeta's.BR
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" DAMN YOU! Kakarrot's power...he CANNOT be more powerful than...than me!" She crouched down, then stretched out to her full height, and screamed again. "DAMN HIM!! I am the greatest warrior of all!!!" She suddenly relaxed and smiled wickedly, then her eyes focused on Goku's startled face. She could still hear the Prince's thoughts, and 'listened' to him while watching Goku, who was just baffled by all this. She whispered Vegeta's thoughts for his benefit.BR
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"Time to stop worrying about being pretty...time to transform and crush him...Ha, my Ozura form is enough to terrify even me!" She shook her head, and looked worriedly at Goku. She could tell he didn't understand what she had just said, and there really wasn't much point in explaining it, so she sighed and shook her head.BR
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"What...why did you say all that? Are you okay now?" Goku asked, and then looked up. "And why isn't he coming down yet?" They stared up at the empty sky, and Raimi shrugged.BR
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"I'll explain later, okay? He'll be back soon, and you need to be ready to run." Goku looked at her in amazement. Run? After all this, RUN? Unless...BR
"Are you gonna fight him?" He asked. She didn't answer him.BR
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Vegeta landed lightly fifty yards before them and smiled like the cat that got the cream. Goku mumbled about the Genki-Dama, but Raimi just stared at the smug Prince. He was relaxed, even letting his tail wave gently behind him.BR
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"So, who thought of blowing up the Moon? Was it you, Kakarrot?"BR
"The Moon? What are you...?" Goku said predictably.BR
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"Shut up! Don't play the fool!" Vegeta snapped. "Do you even know how we Saiyans transform by seeing the full moon?"
"Tra...Transform?" Goku blurted. Raimi rolled her eyes.BR
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"Vegeta, Goku has no idea of what you are saying, really. His friends have sheltered him from the truth since he was a child." She said in Saiya-go. Vegeta's eyebrow went up.BR
"Okay, I'll explain. Moonlight is only reflected sunlight...but when a moon reflects sunlight, it contains green-spectrum radiation. When the moon is full, that radiation exceeds #17 million Zeno units per second...and when we Saiyans absorb that full amount through our eyes, then there is a reaction..."BR
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"A reaction in one of the glands in our tails, causing us to transform into the feared Ozura...And any moon will reflect this radiation even if it isn't green, but only if it is full, showing it's entire facing surface. However if there isn't a full moon available, the Elite Saiyan classes have a cute little trick up their sleeves." Raimi finished. Vegeta smiled evilly and turned his right hand palm upwards.BR
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"Yes, go on..." He purred. Raimi turned her head away and took a shaky breath. Goku was looking back and forth between them, baffled by the scientific talk.BR
"The most powerful Saiyans can compress the planets atmosphere with a special Sokidan and create a small artificial moon to reflect 17 Million Zeno..." She said her voice weakening as she spoke. A bright small light appeared in Vegeta's palm. He panted as if he were holding a massive weight in his outstretched hand. Raimi wondered if her precautions would work or if she would go Ozura too...BR
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"Now then, it's time, Kakarrot, time to die! Low ranked warriors...simply shouldn't challenge one of the Elite! Heh heh..." The light was floating above his palm, as he smirked at the pair of defenders.BR
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Goku edged closer to Raimi who was shielding her eyes. "His power went down when he created that weird ball...what's he doing? I don't get all this, Raimi..." He staged whispered. Raimi hissed at him to be quiet, but just then, Vegeta hurled the ball into the air. It soared high up, and hung, as if waiting. Vegeta counted under his breath, and then clenched his spread fingers into a fist.BR
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"Burst and mix!" Vegeta called. The ball exploded massively, causing a powerful breeze. Goku looked up at it puzzled, while Raimi moaned softly. She peeked through her fingers at Vegeta and was mesmerized by the sight. She gasped in amazement.BR
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Vegeta was panting as the first rush of steroids hit him, triggering other responses in his body. His eyes went pure white, then solid glowing red. He was already getting stronger, and was trembling, body shaking as his heart beat fiercely in his chest. Goku's head snapped around and he stared too as Vegeta's eye teeth grew into fangs; all of his teeth went pointed, getting longer. Then, with a strange crunching noise, Vegeta began to grow in all directions, growling in triumph. His size increased rapidly as Raimi and Goku stared in total, mind-numbing shock. The transformation finally was completed, leaving Vegeta a huge hundred foot tall ape-like creature.BR
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"Ha, ha, ha, what do you think of that Kakarrot?" Vegeta asked. Goku swallowed and looked up into Vegeta's massive red eyes, each of which was half Goku's own size.BR
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"I...I've heard of apes like you...my grandpa...you killed my grandpa!" Goku choked out. Vegeta laughed at a statement that he considered absurd. Then he realized what must have happened to the man in question.BR
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"Ha, ha...now that is a good one! A Saiyan is most powerful in its Ozura form...! A Saiyan that still has its tail, that is..." Vegeta said, red eyes narrowed as he waited for Goku to absorb this. Raimi realized that the precautions she had taken were working for now, and turned to offer what comfort she could for Goku, who was indeed figuring it out.BR
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"Wait a minute...you're telling me...that the monster who appeared at the Budokai, and the one who killed my grandpa...that was me, wasn't it?" Gokus voice was strained as he felt the shock of this revelation. He grimaced and stared at the monster before him for a moment, then turned to Raimi.BR
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"I need you to distract him for a minute, okay? Keep him busy for just a minute..."BR
"Forget that, Kakarrot!" Vegeta laughed and punched Raimi and Goku at the same time. Goku jumped away successfully, however Raimi was slammed backwards through three cliffs before she was buried in a fourth, stunned and out of breath. She gathered some energy and let out a small explosion to free herself, only to find Vegeta waiting. He grabbed her in his left hand, and then turned to sniff the air like a dog. Raimi tried to pull herself free, but could only free her arms. Vegeta strode forward and laughed.BR
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"Hey Kakarrot, I'm kind of hungry; this one is barely a bite, but you are a nice size morsel! Ha, ha, ha!" He called, and then slammed the hand holding Raimi into a cliff. Raimi gasped in pain as she felt her ribs strain and break. Goku appeared from behind the bluff, and began to run and jump to get away. Raimi could barely breathe in Vegeta's huge hand, gasping in quick shallow breaths. Her ribs were hurting, but she tried to ignore them as she felt the scene to find out what was happening.BR
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Goku was running, and when he got to what he felt was a safe distance away, he paused to try and call the Genki-Dama. However, Vegeta was too quick, even in his slow looking Ozura form, and kicked Goku with his massive booted foot. Goku bounced a couple times, then slid to a stop, dazed. He looked up and saw the huge ape diving at him, ready to smash him into a pulp. He gasped in surprise.BR
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"Kaio-ken!" He yelled, and leapt up out of the way, but he still wasn't fast enough. Vegeta's seventy-foot long tail swung over his head and hit Goku dead on. Goku spun back, and then hung stunned in the air, trying to clear his mind. He heard Vegeta's guttural voice roar, and looked up startled.BR
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"Don't die Baka, before I can kill you!!" Vegeta called. He was racing at Goku again, his huge bestial face grinning. Raimi was still tying to escape, when she heard Goku yell something...BR
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"Sorry Tien! I gotta borrow your move! Taiyo-ken!" Instantly a bright white light, brighter than a thousand suns erupted from Goku, right in Vegeta's face. The light was tangible, Raimi could feel it on her skin, and she was glad she had remembered to cover her face. Vegeta wasn't so lucky; he took the blast square in his red eyes. He paused in his rush and howled in pain as his eyes went temporarily blind. Raimi's ribs gave a twinge in protest as Vegeta put his hands to his shocked eyes, crushing her against his face. She was surprised by how soft the fur on his face was, but it still hurt to be pressed against his sharp cheekbone with her ribs broken like they were.BR
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"That little Bastard! What was that?" He roared.BR
"That was Tenshinhan's "Fist of the Sun", the Taiyo-ken!" Raimi laughed, then coughed. She felt blood tricking from her lips, and sighed. She had to get away from him! She wiggled again, and he squeezed again. She screamed this time, as more ribs snapped.BR
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"Oops, sorry. I better stop that, I need you alive, but of course, I can fix you up in the tank, so...just hang in there, eh Kirei?" He said. She didn't know if she should be flattered or insulted by this little speech. She tried to find the calm required for feeling Goku, and finally found him, amazed at the massive power around him. That Genki-Dama would be incredible...BR
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"Where is he? Kakarrot, you're dead..." Vegeta growled, his eyes still blinded. Raimi suspected that he was fearful of being permanently blind...BR
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"Little Traitor, you've hurt my eyes! He hurt my eyes...Where are you, Kakarrot? If he doesn't answer, I'll crush you so bad..." The furious Ozura snarled, head swinging back and forth like a wounded bear. He couldn't see anything, but Raimi could somehow feel the effort he was making to find him, to feel him like Raimi herself could. It was all Raimi could do not to twist her body to look at Goku as he called the Genki-dama, both from the need to give him more time, and the pain she was having more and more difficulty ignoring.BR
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Goku was stretched out to his full height, arms outstretched as he called upon all the power that Chikyu had to give. He was ignoring Vegeta's threats with little difficulty, since he planned on ending this quickly.BR
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"Kakarrot, you're only prolonging the ordeal...you won't escape your death you know...or hers if you don't show yourself!" Vegeta roared, and squeezed Raimi once more. She slapped her hands over her mouth, holding in a scream as her broken ribs ground together, hurting more than she would have thought possible. She felt lightheaded, and then things sort of went gray. She heard a grunt of satisfaction from Vegeta as if it came from far away. The whole world seemed to tilt, and the wind whipping by helped clear her brain.BR
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"I did it..." Raimi heard Goku yell, and tried to call a warning, but was too late. Vegeta yelled, "Die!" and exhaled a huge bolt of IKi/I that raced towards a stunned Goku. He was so surprised, that he couldn't move, only stand there as the beam hit and exploded. Vegeta hung mid air over the devastation, chuckling.BR
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"Look, see what an idiot he was? If he were smart at all, he'd have run. But not the son of a third class Baka, no, Kakarrot waits for it!" He laughed. Raimi bit her lip, wishing she could have done something, if only to save Goku from what was in store for him. She saw him as the dust cleared, groaning in pain, and cursing his own stupidity.BR