*Chapter 9*
"One question before I crush you all." yelled Bardock at the team. "Where the hell is Kakarote? Don't tell me he chickened out of our scurmish?"
"Kakarote...you mean Goku, don't you?" Piccolo replied with a smile on his face. Gohan shuddered at the mention of his father's Saiya-Jin name.
"Yeah, whatever he's called around here. He's a traitor. Where is he?"
"You'll find out soon enough you Saiya-Jin yerk." answered Yamcha with a growl. "And anyway, what right do you have to call Goku a traitor?"
"Every right." Bardock said with a smile that froze the hearts of the Earth's protectors. "He's my son."
"WHAT?!" yelled the whole team in unison.
"Goku's...father?!" yelled Tien "That's crazy!"
"My grandfather...!" Gohan cried out. At this Bardock turned to the young boy in shock.
"What did you say...? You mean...you're Kakarote's son?!"
Suddenly Bardock realised why the kid was so strong. Why he was stronger than the humans and the Namekian. He was a Saiya-Jin, just like himself and even stronger. Unbelievable. But Bardock was now smiling. This was an opportunity.
"Hehehe...Kid, you're my blood. A Saiya-Jin warrior. Just like me."
"No!" shouted Gohan in anger. "You're not! I'm not!"
"Of course you are. Your heart beats like my own does, and the scent of battle drives you wild. Stop me if I'm wrong boy."
"I'll stop you!" roared Piccolo as he jumped forward and pulled back his fist. "Enough talking! It's time to take you all down!"
Suddenly Jeice stepped forward and surveyed the group in front of him. Time for tactics. After training in the ship their levels were slightly higher. Guldo stood at 10,500, Vegeta at 11,500, Bardock around 17,000 and Kiros was at 18,500. Jeice himself was now at 60,000 exactly. He knew that he could probably take the whole lot of them on himself, but the mention of this other Saiya-Jin was a potential risk. He would wait...His team had the ability to put up an impressive fight without doubt.
"Alright, here's the plan guys." Jeice said as his team gathered around. "Guldo, I want you to take on the tall bald one with the three eyes. He may be stronger but your psychic abilities have overcome stronger guys than that before. Go to it."
Guldo turned around and licked his lips at the challenge ahead.
"Vegeta, I want you to take on the bald smaller guy. He may be a little tougher than you but..."
"Tougher?!" yelled Vegeta "I'm Vegeta! No-one can defeat me!"
("I did a pretty good job in the ship before we left.") thought Jeice but he kept it to himself.
"Anyway Vegeta, he's all yours. Bardock, take on your grandson. It might give you an edge as he has the higher power level."
Bardock grinned at the prospect. Grandfather vs Grandson. It would certainly be grand.
"And Kiros, I want you to fight the Namekian. Your power levels are practically the same so it should be a pretty even match-up."
"No problem." Kiros answered as he honed in on his opponent.
"The other two fighters shouldn't be a problem, as they only have power levels of around 2,000-3,000. If they try to intervene I'll take care of them."
The team nodded at each other. It was time to take out the trash. And as soon as Bardock charged forward towards his young opponent the entire area turned into an energy charged warground.
The middle-aged Saiya-Jin quickly swung his fist back and plunged it straight into Gohan's chest, holding him there whilst the child gasped in pure pain from the blow that had just been bestowed upon him.
"Gohan!" Piccolo yelled as he made a movement to save his friend, but before he could make a move Kiros's swinging foot hit the Namekian warrior square in the jaw, knocking him well away from his screaming training partner. With these movements Guldo and Vegeta suddenly joined the fray, and Tien and Krillin reacted by jumping into the air to dodge the respective punches of their opponents. Suddenly on the ground Gohan burst into a flame of energy to escape the grasp of Bardock, and proceeded to fly into the air in fear of what was behind him.
"No Gohan! Fight!" screamed Piccolo across the battlefield as he exchanged lighting blows with the young Saiya-Jin Kiros. Their movements were so quick that Yamcha or Chaozu on the ground couldn't even pick them up, but if they had been able to see they would have noticed that Kiros now held the upper hand. He was into his rhythm, something with Piccolo hadn't managed yet with the added worry of Gohan on his mind. Suddenly Kiros's fist flew into Piccolo's chest and he fell with great speed to the ground below.
"Dammit!" yelled Vegeta as Krillin's moves and punches came too fast for him to counter. This human was good, no doubt about it. But Vegeta knew in his own mind that it wasn't over yet. Oh no it wasn't. Meanwhile Tien had Guldo in a hold and was proceeding to kick him with great speed from behind. The Bas-jin fighter was being basically used as a punchbag. It was rather pathetic.
Bardock chased after the boy. He was fast alright, fast as a power level of 20,000 should be. But he was running away. Where was his Saiya-Jin pride? thought Bardock. How could this kid be a relation of his? Bardock cursed Kakarote in his own mind. He had obiviously raised a coward for a child. Not that he was any sort of fighter himself...
Kiros threw his fists forward in an endless barrage that Piccolo was having trouble keeping under wraps. He had to do something and he had to do it soon, otherwise Gohan was going to be history. Piccolo suddenly used the Zanozuken to get into the air, around 150 meters above Kiros, and placed his two fingers to his head. It wouldn't take any time to charge up this time. With Piccolo's two years of training he had brought his time to charge considerably down.
"Makkankosappo!" he roared as his two fingers flew out and an amazingly huge beam of energy flew down towards Kiros, who grinned. A challenge from this guy at last. Kiros immediately threw out his two hands and two massive balls of energy erupted from his outstretched palms. With one quick shout he yelled:
"Burning Vigour!"
And an equally massive beam of KI flew into the air, and hit Piccolo's dead on. There was a massive explosion of power, and the two superpowers battled for supremacy in the middle of the air. However, Piccolo's Makkankosappo had the advantage. It had a smaller point of impact, and as a result it started to cut through Kiros's blast and towards the ground.
"Now!" Piccolo yelled as he charged all his energy into the beam for one last push. "DIE!!!"
However Kiros had realised the problem beforehand, and with his speed he started to outrun the explosion before it hit. Once the beam hit off the ground the blast was unreal. The other fighters were almost knocked backwards by the severity of the explosion, but suddenly the smoke cleared and Piccolo had landed besides Kiros once again, and thus the battle continued.
"Damn you cueball!" Vegeta roared as he threw his fist out and once again missed his target. He was in serious trouble. His opponent was not only stronger than he was but also more experienced in battle and smarter. Krillin was going to win without doubt unless something drastic was done. And drastic was Vegeta's middle name. Apart from arrogance of course.
"You're so dead!" Vegeta roared as he leapt into the air and placed his two hands out in front of him. Krillin could see what was coming, and began to quickly build his energy into his palms.
"I don't care about your stinking planet! I'll just use my Final Flash and blow the whole thing up...!" With this Vegeta began to laugh manically, and Jeice was alerted to what was going on.
"That idiot...!" he muttered as he watched the Saiya-Jin prince building up all his energy. This would be interesting though. The earthling would probably have a tough time again Vegeta's Final Flash. Jeice had seen it once before, and Vegeta had managed to topple a fighter almost twice his power level, such was the nature of the blast. Vegeta himself had invented it, and was immensely proud of the fact.
Jeice looked around the field. His men were doing...alright. As well as could be expected really. They were at a disadvantage as far as power levels were concerned, but in terms of technique they had a good line-up. However, Guldo was being pummeled by Tien, who appeared to also have some sort of psychic power also. Vegeta seemingly was in trouble against that Krillin guy, and Kiros was certainly fighting an opponent that was of his level of a change. The only one that really seemed to be winning with ease was Bardock against Gohan. The kid had a power level of 20,000? Jeice laughed. He had obiviously not been in a real battle in his life. But if that was so... how did he become so powerful. And what potential did he have...?
Gohan kept flying. He wasn't going to fight, no matter what Mr.Piccolo said. It was crazy! How could he fight these guys?! But when he looked down, he could see his mentor fighting. And Gohan knew that he was slightly stronger than Piccolo was. Gohan snarled. Now was the time to be brave. And with that, he turned and looked at his grandfather who now stopped in front of him.
"Are you done kid?" Bardock asked, with a sickeningly sweet tone.
"No...but you are."
Suddenly Gohan flew straight towards Bardock, and with great speed and precision he moved right behind his opponent's back and kicked him with extreme power. Bardock turned and snarled with incredible severity, and grabbed Gohan's kicking leg that hadn't been pulled back yet.
"Take this!" Bardock shouted as he spun around with incredible agility and threw Gohan towards the ground below. Then quickly he threw an energy blast towards the spot where Gohan was to land. However, the child never got to the ground, for he disappeared before he even reached it. Suddenly he was right behind Bardock again, and the two began to dance like cowboys duelling in the midday sun splitting the sky with the light of their energy pounding off one another.
"No!" yelled Guldo as Tien unleashed yet another fearsome wave of energy towards him. And Guldo was worn down, and he now knew...if that hit, he was dead. Without hesitation the Bas-Jin warrior quickly screamed:
"Time Freeze!"
And the world around him was slient. Still as it could be, and with everyone and everything placid.
("Alright...") thought Guldo as he sprinted as fast as he could away from his impending death. He would easily be able to get out of the way in time, and he knew it. Then he would trap that pesky Earthling in his Mind Freeze attack. Guldo laughed to himself...It would soon be over.
But what Guldo failed to notice as he let go of his breath again that directly above his position was a huge wave of energy that had been originally been intended for Piccolo. And as time began to move again, and the world worked in the correct manner, Guldo only lived for a second more. And then he was dead as the stray blast came down upon his body.
"What the?!" Jeice roared as he caught the incident out of the corner of his eye. Tien stood in complete confusion as the dust cleared and the torn body of Guldo could be seen lying in the middle of the blast area.
"NO!" Kiros yelled as he sank to the ground below. He had invertedly destroyed his own teammate, and not only that but he didn't noticed that Piccolo without mercy for his feelings was bearing down behind his body.
"Kiros!!! Get out of there!" screamed Jeice as Piccolo barged straight into the young Saiya-Jin's back, grabbing him from behind and charging up a blast of KI in his right hand. Without hesitation or fear, Piccolo plunged his arm right through Kiros's body using the energy as a way of pushing right through. His arm came out on the other side, and for a second the two warriors just stood looking at each other. Eyes of fear and eyes of victory. And then, Piccolo let go, and Kiros's body fell to the ground thumping off the rocks below.
Jeice was stunned. How could this have happen?! His best friend defeated by this scum?! It was time to get involved. It was time to tear these pathetic Earth dwellers to pieces. And not in the name of Frieza, but in the name of Kiros.
"You Namekian BASTARD!" Jeice roared as he flew forwards with speed that Piccolo couldn't follow. With one quick movement that was stretched over a distance of about 300 meters Jeice plunged his fist into Piccolo's chest and grabbed him by the neck. Jeice then proceeded to kick, punch and do whatever he could to make up for the possible loss of his friend. Piccolo tried to break free, away from this outstandingly horrific pain, but he was held tight and his energy escaped fast from his body. As consciousness slowly faded away, Piccolo could see Gohan in the distance still fighting for the life that he loved so well.
"Gohan..." Piccolo spluttered faintly as his head dropped downwards, "It's all up to you...my friend..."
"Piccolo...!" yelled Tien as he attempted to kick Jeice away from his comrade, but he was sent hurtling towards the ground below as if he had been hit by a falling truck. Jeice was simply too strong. And now the Z Fighters would have to feel his wrath.
"Kamehame...HA!!!" roared Krillin as his energy wave collided in mid-air with Vegeta's own. The strain of the Saiya-Jin prince's attack was incredible, like a pressure cooker waiting to blow. Much like Vegeta himself. Krillin looked up as far into the air as he could whilst he held on for dear life. How could this kid summon so much energy...?! He was supposedly weaker than Krillin, and yet this battle was even. His skill was incredible, Vegeta was a supremely intellegent fighter. And then it hit Krillin like a death knell. He felt the Saiya-jin's power growing. And he was getting weaker by the second.
"And now...to finish you off...!!" screamed Vegeta as he poured all of his energy, every ounce of strength he had into the attack. And that was what he needed, and indeed all he needed. Krillin could feel his power shrinking as he desperately tried to save himself. But it was all in vain, and as Vegeta's beam struck the ground the bald warrior who had been Goku's best friend was blown into a million pieces, and sent to his death.
"One question before I crush you all." yelled Bardock at the team. "Where the hell is Kakarote? Don't tell me he chickened out of our scurmish?"
"Kakarote...you mean Goku, don't you?" Piccolo replied with a smile on his face. Gohan shuddered at the mention of his father's Saiya-Jin name.
"Yeah, whatever he's called around here. He's a traitor. Where is he?"
"You'll find out soon enough you Saiya-Jin yerk." answered Yamcha with a growl. "And anyway, what right do you have to call Goku a traitor?"
"Every right." Bardock said with a smile that froze the hearts of the Earth's protectors. "He's my son."
"WHAT?!" yelled the whole team in unison.
"Goku's...father?!" yelled Tien "That's crazy!"
"My grandfather...!" Gohan cried out. At this Bardock turned to the young boy in shock.
"What did you say...? You mean...you're Kakarote's son?!"
Suddenly Bardock realised why the kid was so strong. Why he was stronger than the humans and the Namekian. He was a Saiya-Jin, just like himself and even stronger. Unbelievable. But Bardock was now smiling. This was an opportunity.
"Hehehe...Kid, you're my blood. A Saiya-Jin warrior. Just like me."
"No!" shouted Gohan in anger. "You're not! I'm not!"
"Of course you are. Your heart beats like my own does, and the scent of battle drives you wild. Stop me if I'm wrong boy."
"I'll stop you!" roared Piccolo as he jumped forward and pulled back his fist. "Enough talking! It's time to take you all down!"
Suddenly Jeice stepped forward and surveyed the group in front of him. Time for tactics. After training in the ship their levels were slightly higher. Guldo stood at 10,500, Vegeta at 11,500, Bardock around 17,000 and Kiros was at 18,500. Jeice himself was now at 60,000 exactly. He knew that he could probably take the whole lot of them on himself, but the mention of this other Saiya-Jin was a potential risk. He would wait...His team had the ability to put up an impressive fight without doubt.
"Alright, here's the plan guys." Jeice said as his team gathered around. "Guldo, I want you to take on the tall bald one with the three eyes. He may be stronger but your psychic abilities have overcome stronger guys than that before. Go to it."
Guldo turned around and licked his lips at the challenge ahead.
"Vegeta, I want you to take on the bald smaller guy. He may be a little tougher than you but..."
"Tougher?!" yelled Vegeta "I'm Vegeta! No-one can defeat me!"
("I did a pretty good job in the ship before we left.") thought Jeice but he kept it to himself.
"Anyway Vegeta, he's all yours. Bardock, take on your grandson. It might give you an edge as he has the higher power level."
Bardock grinned at the prospect. Grandfather vs Grandson. It would certainly be grand.
"And Kiros, I want you to fight the Namekian. Your power levels are practically the same so it should be a pretty even match-up."
"No problem." Kiros answered as he honed in on his opponent.
"The other two fighters shouldn't be a problem, as they only have power levels of around 2,000-3,000. If they try to intervene I'll take care of them."
The team nodded at each other. It was time to take out the trash. And as soon as Bardock charged forward towards his young opponent the entire area turned into an energy charged warground.
The middle-aged Saiya-Jin quickly swung his fist back and plunged it straight into Gohan's chest, holding him there whilst the child gasped in pure pain from the blow that had just been bestowed upon him.
"Gohan!" Piccolo yelled as he made a movement to save his friend, but before he could make a move Kiros's swinging foot hit the Namekian warrior square in the jaw, knocking him well away from his screaming training partner. With these movements Guldo and Vegeta suddenly joined the fray, and Tien and Krillin reacted by jumping into the air to dodge the respective punches of their opponents. Suddenly on the ground Gohan burst into a flame of energy to escape the grasp of Bardock, and proceeded to fly into the air in fear of what was behind him.
"No Gohan! Fight!" screamed Piccolo across the battlefield as he exchanged lighting blows with the young Saiya-Jin Kiros. Their movements were so quick that Yamcha or Chaozu on the ground couldn't even pick them up, but if they had been able to see they would have noticed that Kiros now held the upper hand. He was into his rhythm, something with Piccolo hadn't managed yet with the added worry of Gohan on his mind. Suddenly Kiros's fist flew into Piccolo's chest and he fell with great speed to the ground below.
"Dammit!" yelled Vegeta as Krillin's moves and punches came too fast for him to counter. This human was good, no doubt about it. But Vegeta knew in his own mind that it wasn't over yet. Oh no it wasn't. Meanwhile Tien had Guldo in a hold and was proceeding to kick him with great speed from behind. The Bas-jin fighter was being basically used as a punchbag. It was rather pathetic.
Bardock chased after the boy. He was fast alright, fast as a power level of 20,000 should be. But he was running away. Where was his Saiya-Jin pride? thought Bardock. How could this kid be a relation of his? Bardock cursed Kakarote in his own mind. He had obiviously raised a coward for a child. Not that he was any sort of fighter himself...
Kiros threw his fists forward in an endless barrage that Piccolo was having trouble keeping under wraps. He had to do something and he had to do it soon, otherwise Gohan was going to be history. Piccolo suddenly used the Zanozuken to get into the air, around 150 meters above Kiros, and placed his two fingers to his head. It wouldn't take any time to charge up this time. With Piccolo's two years of training he had brought his time to charge considerably down.
"Makkankosappo!" he roared as his two fingers flew out and an amazingly huge beam of energy flew down towards Kiros, who grinned. A challenge from this guy at last. Kiros immediately threw out his two hands and two massive balls of energy erupted from his outstretched palms. With one quick shout he yelled:
"Burning Vigour!"
And an equally massive beam of KI flew into the air, and hit Piccolo's dead on. There was a massive explosion of power, and the two superpowers battled for supremacy in the middle of the air. However, Piccolo's Makkankosappo had the advantage. It had a smaller point of impact, and as a result it started to cut through Kiros's blast and towards the ground.
"Now!" Piccolo yelled as he charged all his energy into the beam for one last push. "DIE!!!"
However Kiros had realised the problem beforehand, and with his speed he started to outrun the explosion before it hit. Once the beam hit off the ground the blast was unreal. The other fighters were almost knocked backwards by the severity of the explosion, but suddenly the smoke cleared and Piccolo had landed besides Kiros once again, and thus the battle continued.
"Damn you cueball!" Vegeta roared as he threw his fist out and once again missed his target. He was in serious trouble. His opponent was not only stronger than he was but also more experienced in battle and smarter. Krillin was going to win without doubt unless something drastic was done. And drastic was Vegeta's middle name. Apart from arrogance of course.
"You're so dead!" Vegeta roared as he leapt into the air and placed his two hands out in front of him. Krillin could see what was coming, and began to quickly build his energy into his palms.
"I don't care about your stinking planet! I'll just use my Final Flash and blow the whole thing up...!" With this Vegeta began to laugh manically, and Jeice was alerted to what was going on.
"That idiot...!" he muttered as he watched the Saiya-Jin prince building up all his energy. This would be interesting though. The earthling would probably have a tough time again Vegeta's Final Flash. Jeice had seen it once before, and Vegeta had managed to topple a fighter almost twice his power level, such was the nature of the blast. Vegeta himself had invented it, and was immensely proud of the fact.
Jeice looked around the field. His men were doing...alright. As well as could be expected really. They were at a disadvantage as far as power levels were concerned, but in terms of technique they had a good line-up. However, Guldo was being pummeled by Tien, who appeared to also have some sort of psychic power also. Vegeta seemingly was in trouble against that Krillin guy, and Kiros was certainly fighting an opponent that was of his level of a change. The only one that really seemed to be winning with ease was Bardock against Gohan. The kid had a power level of 20,000? Jeice laughed. He had obiviously not been in a real battle in his life. But if that was so... how did he become so powerful. And what potential did he have...?
Gohan kept flying. He wasn't going to fight, no matter what Mr.Piccolo said. It was crazy! How could he fight these guys?! But when he looked down, he could see his mentor fighting. And Gohan knew that he was slightly stronger than Piccolo was. Gohan snarled. Now was the time to be brave. And with that, he turned and looked at his grandfather who now stopped in front of him.
"Are you done kid?" Bardock asked, with a sickeningly sweet tone.
"No...but you are."
Suddenly Gohan flew straight towards Bardock, and with great speed and precision he moved right behind his opponent's back and kicked him with extreme power. Bardock turned and snarled with incredible severity, and grabbed Gohan's kicking leg that hadn't been pulled back yet.
"Take this!" Bardock shouted as he spun around with incredible agility and threw Gohan towards the ground below. Then quickly he threw an energy blast towards the spot where Gohan was to land. However, the child never got to the ground, for he disappeared before he even reached it. Suddenly he was right behind Bardock again, and the two began to dance like cowboys duelling in the midday sun splitting the sky with the light of their energy pounding off one another.
"No!" yelled Guldo as Tien unleashed yet another fearsome wave of energy towards him. And Guldo was worn down, and he now knew...if that hit, he was dead. Without hesitation the Bas-Jin warrior quickly screamed:
"Time Freeze!"
And the world around him was slient. Still as it could be, and with everyone and everything placid.
("Alright...") thought Guldo as he sprinted as fast as he could away from his impending death. He would easily be able to get out of the way in time, and he knew it. Then he would trap that pesky Earthling in his Mind Freeze attack. Guldo laughed to himself...It would soon be over.
But what Guldo failed to notice as he let go of his breath again that directly above his position was a huge wave of energy that had been originally been intended for Piccolo. And as time began to move again, and the world worked in the correct manner, Guldo only lived for a second more. And then he was dead as the stray blast came down upon his body.
"What the?!" Jeice roared as he caught the incident out of the corner of his eye. Tien stood in complete confusion as the dust cleared and the torn body of Guldo could be seen lying in the middle of the blast area.
"NO!" Kiros yelled as he sank to the ground below. He had invertedly destroyed his own teammate, and not only that but he didn't noticed that Piccolo without mercy for his feelings was bearing down behind his body.
"Kiros!!! Get out of there!" screamed Jeice as Piccolo barged straight into the young Saiya-Jin's back, grabbing him from behind and charging up a blast of KI in his right hand. Without hesitation or fear, Piccolo plunged his arm right through Kiros's body using the energy as a way of pushing right through. His arm came out on the other side, and for a second the two warriors just stood looking at each other. Eyes of fear and eyes of victory. And then, Piccolo let go, and Kiros's body fell to the ground thumping off the rocks below.
Jeice was stunned. How could this have happen?! His best friend defeated by this scum?! It was time to get involved. It was time to tear these pathetic Earth dwellers to pieces. And not in the name of Frieza, but in the name of Kiros.
"You Namekian BASTARD!" Jeice roared as he flew forwards with speed that Piccolo couldn't follow. With one quick movement that was stretched over a distance of about 300 meters Jeice plunged his fist into Piccolo's chest and grabbed him by the neck. Jeice then proceeded to kick, punch and do whatever he could to make up for the possible loss of his friend. Piccolo tried to break free, away from this outstandingly horrific pain, but he was held tight and his energy escaped fast from his body. As consciousness slowly faded away, Piccolo could see Gohan in the distance still fighting for the life that he loved so well.
"Gohan..." Piccolo spluttered faintly as his head dropped downwards, "It's all up to you...my friend..."
"Piccolo...!" yelled Tien as he attempted to kick Jeice away from his comrade, but he was sent hurtling towards the ground below as if he had been hit by a falling truck. Jeice was simply too strong. And now the Z Fighters would have to feel his wrath.
"Kamehame...HA!!!" roared Krillin as his energy wave collided in mid-air with Vegeta's own. The strain of the Saiya-Jin prince's attack was incredible, like a pressure cooker waiting to blow. Much like Vegeta himself. Krillin looked up as far into the air as he could whilst he held on for dear life. How could this kid summon so much energy...?! He was supposedly weaker than Krillin, and yet this battle was even. His skill was incredible, Vegeta was a supremely intellegent fighter. And then it hit Krillin like a death knell. He felt the Saiya-jin's power growing. And he was getting weaker by the second.
"And now...to finish you off...!!" screamed Vegeta as he poured all of his energy, every ounce of strength he had into the attack. And that was what he needed, and indeed all he needed. Krillin could feel his power shrinking as he desperately tried to save himself. But it was all in vain, and as Vegeta's beam struck the ground the bald warrior who had been Goku's best friend was blown into a million pieces, and sent to his death.
