"What the... This is... " Vegeta didn't finish the thought, but jumped straight up at the last instant to avoid the Genki-dama.BR
"Ohshitohshitohshit..." Yajirobei chanted as the ball passed under Vegeta and shot towards Gohan instead.BR
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"NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!" Kurilin yelled in frustration. Raimi didn't lose her cool though.BR
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"Goku, tell him, tell Gohan to bounce it back! Hurry!" She snapped, her voice commanding. Goku relayed the message to his son.BR
"Gohan, you're IKi/I isn't evil! You can bounce it back! Do it!" Gohan blinked, and raised his hands in a blocking posture. Raimi, Kurilin and Goku heard King Kai gasp in their heads as the Genki-dama hit the boys spread fingers and pushed violently against them. Gohan was knocked off his feet as the ball suddenly took off after Vegeta once more.BR
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Vegeta felt it coming, but couldn't move out of the way. His eye stared at it as it came closer and closer, and then enveloped him with a falsely gentle touch. A split second later it exploded massively. The ball expanded, surrounding him in a horrible pure white light. His voice rose in a tortured scream as it crackled and hissed, doing who knew what to him. His armor cracked and broke into pieces, as he writhed in agony.BR
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Raimi watched this terrible display, and unknowingly rose to her feet, letting the equally unknowing Goku slide to the ground once more. She stared upwards, eyes tearing at the bright light. Streamers fell from the huge sphere now, and Raimi noticed that he seemed to stretch out, like he was being pulled in all directions. He screamed once more, and the Genki-dama hurtled him upwards. Raimi felt her breath catch in her throat; she didn't feel elated about this. She felt confused, and part of her wanted to kill her friends for doing this to him. She gasped at the realization, and wondered where this anger came from. A dim image of her old Sensei Kakarrot came to mind.BR
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"Immersion Therapy! That's it! He did it to me in the Tank!" She mumbled to herself. That old bastard! No wonder she hadn't wanted to change the fight, or really fight herself! She had been programmed not to fight the Prince or his escort! "Ohhhhh, if I could get my hands on that old Ape-face! I'd..." The guys yelling cut off her angry tirade.BR
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'You guys did it!' King Kai exclaimed in all their minds. Gohan smiled and chuckled happily, and Yajirobei sighed in relief.BR
"Yahoo! We did it! We did it, we did it!" Kurilin called loudly. "Goku, we did it!"BR
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"Gohan... " Goku whispered. Gohan limped over to his father, smiling weakly. Raimi joined the group, and knelt next to Goku, her smile faint at best; they didn't seem to notice.BR
"We... we really beat him, Daddy!" Gohan said peering into his fathers face. Goku smiled proudly.BR
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"Hey, of course we did, you doubted it *ahem*?" Kurilin chuckled.BR
"You guys all look pretty awful, you know... " Goku teased. Raimi's smile grew broader.BR
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"I don't recommend looking in a mirror for a while Goku, you are a real mess!" She said, and laughed. They joined her, but stopped when she leapt to her feet, staring upwards at a tiny speck in the sky. Her eyes blurred for a moment as her ribs hurt, and then she could see it clearer. She and Goku groaned in unison; they could see what it was better than their companions.BR
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"Shimatta! Its..." She must be in shock; she'd known he'd be back! She should have warned them! Just then the speck resolved itself into the form of Vegeta, falling at horrendous speed. He hit the ground hard, totally limp. He appeared to be dead, but Raimi knew better. The others stared, and tried to feel if he had any IKi/I anymore.BR
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"That's the Saiyan!" Gohan said worriedly. Kurilin stood and started to go over to the lifeless body.BR
"It's Okay. He's dead. He was a nasty one..."BR
"Kurilin, get back here! He's not..." Raimi said.BR
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"He has no IKi/I, he's dead for sure, Raimi. He was a great fighter.... I guess I'll at least dig a grave..." Vegeta's eye opened, and he smiled wickedly, pleased with his control of his IKi/I. They had really believed him to be dead!BR
"Dig a grave, huh? You must mean for yourselves!" He laughed.BR
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There was a collective "Oh shit!" from everyone, and Yajirobei hid again, knowing he was a particular target for the Saiyan. Vegeta slowly began to rise, every movement speaking of how badly he was hurt. Kurilin backed away fearfully, shivering in terror.BR
"You've given me quite a beating... I almost thought you'd gotten me with that last one, heh..." the Prince admitted. "Oh yes, you've taken a nice chunk out of me, but I have enough strength left to finish you." He stepped closer to the now petrified Kurilin, and then backhanded him, tossing him a short distance away. Kurilin choked as he spat out a mouthful of blood.BR
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"After I've killed you all, I'll take the time to heal, and then I'll finally... Finally destroy this miserable planet!" Vegeta pronounced. He started over to where Goku lay at Raimi and Gohan's feet.BR
"Oh... oh no..." Gohan whimpered. Now that Vegeta wasn't shielding his IKi/I, he felt too strong, still, to be beaten by them. Raimi knelt next to Goku, her injuries forgotten again as she readied for the attack that was coming.BR
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"You bastards! Taxing my powers to the limit... actually hurting me! Me! But what hurts my pride the most, is that I've actually had to struggle with scum like you... " Vegeta said angrily as he slowly stepped closer. "So die! Just... die!!!" He snarled, powering up as he spoke.BR
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Gohan gaped in horror, and Kurilin tried to stand and be by his friends as they faced death yet again.BR
"Damn him... Damn him...!! " Goku groaned, finding that he couldn't move at all. Raimi caught Vegeta's eye, and he stared at her coldly as he crossed his arms. His IKi/I was a huge corona around him as he nearly reached his limit.BR
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"Hai-yaah!" He screamed, tossing his arms out and releasing his IKi/I in a massive explosion. Raimi grabbed the helpless Goku and flew backwards, dropping behind a bluff that was barely far enough away to not get hurt by the blast. Goku was out again, the pain of being moved so violently too much for him. Raimi fell over him, on her hands and knees, gasping as she felt blood dribbling from her lips. She was hurt worse than she wanted to think about. She didn't have time to rest though, she had to help them beat Vegeta off.BR
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The thinning of the dust cloud created by his explosion revealed the Saiyan, arms still spread, head tossed back as he panted exhaustedly. He slowly leaned forward, nearly falling on his face, and scanned the area for his opponents. He stood on a rise in the center of a huge blast crater, with Kurilin draped over a pile of debris behind him. Goku and Raimi were on a flat area a distance to his left. The one he saw first though was little Gohan, face down on a small boulder. He scowled as he felt that they were all still alive.BR
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"What the...? What's... wrong with... me? They... they should all be... dead... " He mumbled; his knees went wobbly, and he slumped slowly towards the ground. He shook his head and growled in frustration As he stood straight again. "The damage... is much worse than... than I supposed! I've got to kill them now... got to get... some rest... " He said to himself as he flew shakily over to Gohan's prone form. He stared at the boy for a few moments before he realized what was wrong with what he was looking at. Gohan's tail had grown back!BR
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"Oh, shit! Just great, why now?" Vegeta snapped, and then noticed his shadow. His shadow... his head turned as he looked over his shoulder and saw the Moon sphere. "I can't let him transform!" he said, feeling a spark of desperation. He raised his hand over his head, as energy gathered in his palm. The silence was suddenly broken by a shout of "Banzai!!!!" The startled Prince turned and saw, of all people, Yajirobei jumping at him, katana swinging in a broad arch towards him. Vegeta's jaw dropped in shock as the blade sliced into his back, going through his battered armor like butter. Blood welled up out of the slash as he stumbled forward and fell. Yajirobei fell also, and rolled to his feet quicker than one would have expected in such a tubby guy. He stood over the fallen Prince and waved the sword around manically.BR
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"I did it!! I killed you!! Ha ha ha ha!! Whaddya think of that, you overrated goon?!" He gloated. The Saiyan didn't move.BR
Raimi checked Goku, and determined that he was still alive, then stood slowly. She saw Yajirobei standing over Vegeta, and scowled deeply. Bad as Vegeta was, to attack his back was not honorable, and she didn't like how the over confident man stood over him like that. She leaned against the pile of granite behind her, and wondered if she should warn him that Vegeta was far from dead. Nah, he deserved what he was getting...BR
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"You met your match in me! You couldn't handle the great Yajirobei!" He reveled, before they all heard a small groan from the fallen warrior. Vegeta moved his arms, and planted his palms on the ground, pushing himself up slowly. Yajirobei gulped fearfully as the angry Saiyan stood and glared at him.BR
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"Damn... you... " He gasped. Yajirobei "eek" ed like a girl, and swung his blade at Vegeta. If he had been a human, he'd have been decapitated, but Vegeta ducked and as Yajirobei kept swinging, kept moving out of the blades path. Vegeta followed Yajirobei as he backed away trying to hit the Prince. The Saiyan huffed as he walked, pulling his hand back in preparation to give the fat man the thrashing of his life. Yajirobei dropped his katana and waved his empty hands like flags of surrender.BR
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"Hey hey! I was just foolin' wit' yah! I didn't really hurtcha did I?" Vegeta was growling like a rabid dog now, eye blazing with blood lust. "Heh, I know!! You could let me into your team! I'm pretty good, ain't I!?" Vegeta lowered his head and quivered in is rage.BR
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"Like I want to have the baka who cut off my tail anywhere NEAR ME!" He swung his foot into Yajirobei's face, sending him flying. The goofball sat and held his nose, rather than run as any smart person would, and thus received a solid right in his hurt nose. He flew again, his body breaking a boulder when he hit it.BR
"Ohshitohshitohshit..." Yajirobei chanted as the ball passed under Vegeta and shot towards Gohan instead.BR
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"NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!" Kurilin yelled in frustration. Raimi didn't lose her cool though.BR
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"Goku, tell him, tell Gohan to bounce it back! Hurry!" She snapped, her voice commanding. Goku relayed the message to his son.BR
"Gohan, you're IKi/I isn't evil! You can bounce it back! Do it!" Gohan blinked, and raised his hands in a blocking posture. Raimi, Kurilin and Goku heard King Kai gasp in their heads as the Genki-dama hit the boys spread fingers and pushed violently against them. Gohan was knocked off his feet as the ball suddenly took off after Vegeta once more.BR
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Vegeta felt it coming, but couldn't move out of the way. His eye stared at it as it came closer and closer, and then enveloped him with a falsely gentle touch. A split second later it exploded massively. The ball expanded, surrounding him in a horrible pure white light. His voice rose in a tortured scream as it crackled and hissed, doing who knew what to him. His armor cracked and broke into pieces, as he writhed in agony.BR
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Raimi watched this terrible display, and unknowingly rose to her feet, letting the equally unknowing Goku slide to the ground once more. She stared upwards, eyes tearing at the bright light. Streamers fell from the huge sphere now, and Raimi noticed that he seemed to stretch out, like he was being pulled in all directions. He screamed once more, and the Genki-dama hurtled him upwards. Raimi felt her breath catch in her throat; she didn't feel elated about this. She felt confused, and part of her wanted to kill her friends for doing this to him. She gasped at the realization, and wondered where this anger came from. A dim image of her old Sensei Kakarrot came to mind.BR
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"Immersion Therapy! That's it! He did it to me in the Tank!" She mumbled to herself. That old bastard! No wonder she hadn't wanted to change the fight, or really fight herself! She had been programmed not to fight the Prince or his escort! "Ohhhhh, if I could get my hands on that old Ape-face! I'd..." The guys yelling cut off her angry tirade.BR
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'You guys did it!' King Kai exclaimed in all their minds. Gohan smiled and chuckled happily, and Yajirobei sighed in relief.BR
"Yahoo! We did it! We did it, we did it!" Kurilin called loudly. "Goku, we did it!"BR
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"Gohan... " Goku whispered. Gohan limped over to his father, smiling weakly. Raimi joined the group, and knelt next to Goku, her smile faint at best; they didn't seem to notice.BR
"We... we really beat him, Daddy!" Gohan said peering into his fathers face. Goku smiled proudly.BR
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"Hey, of course we did, you doubted it *ahem*?" Kurilin chuckled.BR
"You guys all look pretty awful, you know... " Goku teased. Raimi's smile grew broader.BR
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"I don't recommend looking in a mirror for a while Goku, you are a real mess!" She said, and laughed. They joined her, but stopped when she leapt to her feet, staring upwards at a tiny speck in the sky. Her eyes blurred for a moment as her ribs hurt, and then she could see it clearer. She and Goku groaned in unison; they could see what it was better than their companions.BR
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"Shimatta! Its..." She must be in shock; she'd known he'd be back! She should have warned them! Just then the speck resolved itself into the form of Vegeta, falling at horrendous speed. He hit the ground hard, totally limp. He appeared to be dead, but Raimi knew better. The others stared, and tried to feel if he had any IKi/I anymore.BR
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"That's the Saiyan!" Gohan said worriedly. Kurilin stood and started to go over to the lifeless body.BR
"It's Okay. He's dead. He was a nasty one..."BR
"Kurilin, get back here! He's not..." Raimi said.BR
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"He has no IKi/I, he's dead for sure, Raimi. He was a great fighter.... I guess I'll at least dig a grave..." Vegeta's eye opened, and he smiled wickedly, pleased with his control of his IKi/I. They had really believed him to be dead!BR
"Dig a grave, huh? You must mean for yourselves!" He laughed.BR
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There was a collective "Oh shit!" from everyone, and Yajirobei hid again, knowing he was a particular target for the Saiyan. Vegeta slowly began to rise, every movement speaking of how badly he was hurt. Kurilin backed away fearfully, shivering in terror.BR
"You've given me quite a beating... I almost thought you'd gotten me with that last one, heh..." the Prince admitted. "Oh yes, you've taken a nice chunk out of me, but I have enough strength left to finish you." He stepped closer to the now petrified Kurilin, and then backhanded him, tossing him a short distance away. Kurilin choked as he spat out a mouthful of blood.BR
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"After I've killed you all, I'll take the time to heal, and then I'll finally... Finally destroy this miserable planet!" Vegeta pronounced. He started over to where Goku lay at Raimi and Gohan's feet.BR
"Oh... oh no..." Gohan whimpered. Now that Vegeta wasn't shielding his IKi/I, he felt too strong, still, to be beaten by them. Raimi knelt next to Goku, her injuries forgotten again as she readied for the attack that was coming.BR
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"You bastards! Taxing my powers to the limit... actually hurting me! Me! But what hurts my pride the most, is that I've actually had to struggle with scum like you... " Vegeta said angrily as he slowly stepped closer. "So die! Just... die!!!" He snarled, powering up as he spoke.BR
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Gohan gaped in horror, and Kurilin tried to stand and be by his friends as they faced death yet again.BR
"Damn him... Damn him...!! " Goku groaned, finding that he couldn't move at all. Raimi caught Vegeta's eye, and he stared at her coldly as he crossed his arms. His IKi/I was a huge corona around him as he nearly reached his limit.BR
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"Hai-yaah!" He screamed, tossing his arms out and releasing his IKi/I in a massive explosion. Raimi grabbed the helpless Goku and flew backwards, dropping behind a bluff that was barely far enough away to not get hurt by the blast. Goku was out again, the pain of being moved so violently too much for him. Raimi fell over him, on her hands and knees, gasping as she felt blood dribbling from her lips. She was hurt worse than she wanted to think about. She didn't have time to rest though, she had to help them beat Vegeta off.BR
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The thinning of the dust cloud created by his explosion revealed the Saiyan, arms still spread, head tossed back as he panted exhaustedly. He slowly leaned forward, nearly falling on his face, and scanned the area for his opponents. He stood on a rise in the center of a huge blast crater, with Kurilin draped over a pile of debris behind him. Goku and Raimi were on a flat area a distance to his left. The one he saw first though was little Gohan, face down on a small boulder. He scowled as he felt that they were all still alive.BR
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"What the...? What's... wrong with... me? They... they should all be... dead... " He mumbled; his knees went wobbly, and he slumped slowly towards the ground. He shook his head and growled in frustration As he stood straight again. "The damage... is much worse than... than I supposed! I've got to kill them now... got to get... some rest... " He said to himself as he flew shakily over to Gohan's prone form. He stared at the boy for a few moments before he realized what was wrong with what he was looking at. Gohan's tail had grown back!BR
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"Oh, shit! Just great, why now?" Vegeta snapped, and then noticed his shadow. His shadow... his head turned as he looked over his shoulder and saw the Moon sphere. "I can't let him transform!" he said, feeling a spark of desperation. He raised his hand over his head, as energy gathered in his palm. The silence was suddenly broken by a shout of "Banzai!!!!" The startled Prince turned and saw, of all people, Yajirobei jumping at him, katana swinging in a broad arch towards him. Vegeta's jaw dropped in shock as the blade sliced into his back, going through his battered armor like butter. Blood welled up out of the slash as he stumbled forward and fell. Yajirobei fell also, and rolled to his feet quicker than one would have expected in such a tubby guy. He stood over the fallen Prince and waved the sword around manically.BR
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"I did it!! I killed you!! Ha ha ha ha!! Whaddya think of that, you overrated goon?!" He gloated. The Saiyan didn't move.BR
Raimi checked Goku, and determined that he was still alive, then stood slowly. She saw Yajirobei standing over Vegeta, and scowled deeply. Bad as Vegeta was, to attack his back was not honorable, and she didn't like how the over confident man stood over him like that. She leaned against the pile of granite behind her, and wondered if she should warn him that Vegeta was far from dead. Nah, he deserved what he was getting...BR
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"You met your match in me! You couldn't handle the great Yajirobei!" He reveled, before they all heard a small groan from the fallen warrior. Vegeta moved his arms, and planted his palms on the ground, pushing himself up slowly. Yajirobei gulped fearfully as the angry Saiyan stood and glared at him.BR
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"Damn... you... " He gasped. Yajirobei "eek" ed like a girl, and swung his blade at Vegeta. If he had been a human, he'd have been decapitated, but Vegeta ducked and as Yajirobei kept swinging, kept moving out of the blades path. Vegeta followed Yajirobei as he backed away trying to hit the Prince. The Saiyan huffed as he walked, pulling his hand back in preparation to give the fat man the thrashing of his life. Yajirobei dropped his katana and waved his empty hands like flags of surrender.BR
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"Hey hey! I was just foolin' wit' yah! I didn't really hurtcha did I?" Vegeta was growling like a rabid dog now, eye blazing with blood lust. "Heh, I know!! You could let me into your team! I'm pretty good, ain't I!?" Vegeta lowered his head and quivered in is rage.BR
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"Like I want to have the baka who cut off my tail anywhere NEAR ME!" He swung his foot into Yajirobei's face, sending him flying. The goofball sat and held his nose, rather than run as any smart person would, and thus received a solid right in his hurt nose. He flew again, his body breaking a boulder when he hit it.BR
