Chapter Eleven:

The Fabulous Show from Hell.





Goten and Trunks began to back away from Vica, as her energy started to turn silver.

"You killed my FRIENDS!!!!" Gohan couldn't even follow Vica's movements as she plowed straight into Nappa's gut, making him vomit up a huge amount of blood. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!"

As Nappa doubled over, Vica backflipped, slamming both feet into his jaw.

Gohan continued to watch, dumbfounded. "3 seconds ago… she had no power what so ever…. And now she's going toe-to-toe with Nappa!"

Once again, Vica nailed Nappa with a kick. Her pupils disappeared and then, she rocketed toward Nappa, and the two began exchanging blows.

Nappa was amazed at this…. Child. He could barely keep up with her, so when he saw an opening, he grabbed it.

As Vica brought her leg around to kick Nappa, he grabbed it and began to spin. Before he could throw Vica, she locked her wrists together and fired a huge sphere of 'ki' point-blank into Nappa's face.

He screamed in agony and dropped Vica and grabbed his own face.

Nappa shrieked as he clawed at his face. "You…. You hurt me, you little bitch!!" Nappa fell to his knees, still holding his face. Vica pounced like a wild cat, tackling Nappa and smashing him repeatedly with punishing blows. She stood and jumped straight up into the air, all the while glowing with rage.

"You….. you….. You hurt the people I cared about!!!!"

Nappa formed a small ki sphere. "Die, bitch…." He blasted the ki sphere at Vica as she rocketed toward him feet first.

The blast bounced her of her, but it gave Nappa enough time to dodge her.

She then slammed into the ground, and flipped right into Nappa's waiting arms.

"I'll make so much pulp out of you…!" Nappa hissed into Vica's ear as he began to squeeze her tiny body.

Vica hissed and began to power up even more.

She nailed Nappa in the gut repeatedly, until he finally let go of her and she backflipped over him.

Vica sent her knee into Nappa's spine.

"Die…. DIE….. DIE….. DIE!!!!!"

Nappa's head touched the ground as Vica drove her knee deeper into Nappa's back. Then, she uppercut him and sent him flying.

She was right on top of him again, slamming his body again and again with punches and kicks, finally she sent Nappa back down to the Earth. He lands with a loud bang.

Nappa kicks up and lunged at Vica, who dodged and kicked Nappa in the back of his head.

Nappa hand-sprung away from the ground.

Suddenly, Nappa doubled over as Vica slammed headfirst into his stomach. Vica flipped away from Nappa and smashed her knees into his chin. "How dare…."

"DIE!!!!!!"

Vica slammed both feet into his chest, making him vomit a huge amount of blood. She jumped down and began breathing heavily, her raging energy vanishing like a puff of smoke.

She then fell on her bottom and began looking around.

"…. Huh…..," Vica blinked. "How'd I get over here….?"

Gohan couldn't believe his eyes. "She… she defeated Nappa…..!" Goten and Trunks ran over to Vica and helped her to her feet.

Vica shook the boys off and crawled over to Nappa. "I did all this…. Didn't I…?"

Just as Vica was about to poke Nappa with on of her fingers, his eyes snapped open and he glared at Vica. Vica screamed and scrambled away as Nappa rose to his feet.

"I must admit….." Nappa half chuckled, half sneered, "I never thought that a child could hurt me….. But just because I'm pleasantly surprised….. doesn't mean you're spared….."

Nappa tilted his head back and loosed an awful roar, erupting with power and creating a blinding light.

Moving with blinding speed, Gohan scooped up the three children and rocketed straight up, joining the others.

Gohan let Goten and Trunks, who hovered by themselves. Vica, however, refused to let go.

"That was too close… Goten, Trunks… get out of here before Nappa realizes we're gone. Take Vica back to the ship and stay out of trouble."

"No," Goten retorted. "We're staying to help you, Oniisan."

"This is no time to argue…." Ten snarled to the squabbling brothers. "Gohan…."

Before Ten could finish his sentence, Nappa appeared above him and kicked him down to the ground. Then he turned to Gohan, and smashed both him and Vica to the ground.

Gohan righted himself just in time to land on his feet, and set Vica down safely. Unfortunately, Nappa was already speeding down at Vica.

"Shit!"

Gohan barely managed to grab Vica and dodge the speeding Nappa.

"Goten! Trunks!" Gohan orderes as he skillfully dodged a blast while still carrying Vica.

Both Goten and Trunks instantly pushed themselves into Super Saiya-jin 2, and were on top of Nappa in the blink of an eye, firing multiple blast at him, holding him off long enough to allow Gohan to spirit Vica to safety. It is at that exact moment, that Nappa backhands Goten and sends him crashing to the rocky ground.

It is impossible for time to stop. It goes against every law of the universe. But, for one man, miles away, in the Room of Spirit and Time, that is exactly what happened.

Time slowed, and finally stopped. Son Gokou looked away from his training, and for a brief instant, he was tempted to leave, to go to his sons… A knee in the gut snapped him back to reality.

"GOTEN!!!" Trunks glared at Nappa, as the boy in question impacted with the hard ground.

Golden 'ki' surged around Trunks, as he sent his fist slamming into Nappa's jaw, sending the giant Saiya-jin reeling for a moment. Trunks had just time to do some damage, as little as it maybe.

Gohan set Vica down in the cargo bay of Toriyama's Dream, and turned to leave, but stopped when Vica grabs his leg.

"Are…" Vica swallowed hard, "are you going back to fight him….?" Gohan nodded grimly. Vica motioned him close and Gohan knelt down. "I have a secret….." Vica whispered something into Gohan's ear, and his eyes grew large.

Shit….

He stood and gave Vica a kind smile, and then rocketed back toward the battlefield.

We're all doomed….

In the neck of time, Gohan reached the battlefield, and slammed directly into Nappa, saving Trunks from the deathblow he was about to deliver.

"Trunks! Run…. Now!!"

"Gohan-san…."

Gohan snared. "Get Goten and go!!! That's an order!"

Trunks backed away, a little in shock. He quietly nodded and flew down to get the unconscious Goten.

Nappa totally ignored Gohan, and turned his attention to Goten and Trunks.

Ten tried to rush him, but was nearly killed when he slammed headfirst into Nappa's fist. As he fell, Nappa casually tossed an energy ball over his shoulder. The energy ball hit Ten and sent him flying into the distance.

"I hate kids…" Nappa grumbled as he thrust his palm forwards and sent a small but powerful energy ball at Goten and Trunks as they made their retreat.

"NO!"

The instant before the blast hit, Gohan zanzokened in front of the two kids and took the blast to save them. The blast went straight though his chest and headed towards Trunks and Goten.

Gohan fell to the ground, half-dead.

"GOHAN-SAN!!!"

At that moment, the blast knocked Goten and Trunks out of the sky.





Again, miles away, time froze. But this time, it didn't glide to a gentle stop.

This time, it screeched to a crashing halt. Gokou looked up from his training, and this time his hair turned black.

A slightly confused expression crossed his face….

My God… Something's wrong… something's very wrong!

Suddenly, a gloved hand smashed Gokou cheek and sent him flying across the room.

Vegeta snarled ever curse word he could think of in both the human and Saiya-jin tongues. Not too long ago, he had admitted to himself that he respected Kakarotto as both a warrior and a friend, but that didn't mean he understood that damned bakkayarou.

"Kakarotto," he growled as he pulled back his fist. "BAKKA! That's the THIRD time this has happened! What the hell is so damned interesting, pray tell?"

"…." Gokou replied as he stood, not bothering to dust his cloths off, and began to head for the exit.

"What the Hell do you think you're doing! Get back here!"

Gokou casually looked over his shoulder. "Sorry to go…. But I'm needed…. Your welcome to follow if you want, Vegeta." Gokou said quietly as looked straight ahead and continued walking.

For a moment, Vegeta was speechless.

"Kakarotto," Vegeta snarled, "come back here right now! If you leave now, Nappa will kill you without even thinking about it!

A long pause. Vegeta's hair turned black. The only sound in the entire room is that of Gokou's retreating footsteps…

"Kakarotto! Think of the future…!" Vegeta was totally dumbfounded. "Kakarotto!…" He screamed, trying to sound as enraged as possible. He raised his hand, palm forwards. "I'll kill you if you don't come back here right now!"

"I'm needed Vegeta…"

"Damn it Kakarotto! Get back here…. "Vegeta lowered his hand, and hung his head. "….. please….?"

Gokou replied in an almost trance-like voice. "I told you, I'm needed….. I don't why or how…. I just know… Feel free to follow…."

Gokou stopped in front of the door. He looked at it for a moment, and then blew the thing off it's hinges.

"Damn you," Vegeta spat as he popped a senzu in his mouth and quickly followed Gokou and exited the room. "I hope you know what your doing, you moron! If we die…."

"We won't… trust me…"

"I told you to stay out of my mind, imbecile!" They broke into a run. A motion sensor picked the movement and sent a signal to the Bridge, where Bulma activated he view screen.

Bulma activated the intercom 2 seconds too late….





Goten and Trunks impacted the earth with a loud thud. They landed right beside Gohan, who was barely breathing.

Trunks regained consciousness first, and slowly crawled over to Gohan.

"Go….. Gohan-san…." He grabbed the bag of senzu tucked into Gohan's vest of armor, and takes the last three out. He shoves one into Gohan's mouth, and then one into Goten's. Then he took one himself.

All three stood and look at Nappa, who was being occupied by Piccolo.

Goten looked down at Trunks. "I told you to run, Trunks…. Now take Goten and go…."

"No, Oniisan!"

"DAMN IT GOTEN!" Gohan roared in spite of himself. "DO YOU WANT TO DIE? GET OUT OF HERE!"

"O….. Oniisan….."

Gohan shook his head, and Knelt down to hug Goten for what he thought would be the last time, ever.

"Look, Goten…. You and Trunks are the future, just like Father said…. If you die today, Nappa wins completely, there will be no tomorrow if that happens…. In a few years, you will be able to beat him easily…. So get out of here and live another day…. Tell Mother and Father that I love them… And tell Bulma to get the ship to some place safe…."

"O…. *sniffle* Oniisan…."

Gohan stood up, and clenched his eyes shut, refusing to let the tears stinging the back of his eyes come to the surface.

"Get going you two…." Damn, his voice cracked. "And be strong for Mother, Goten….."

"Goten…." Trunks whispered. "We gotta go…." Both children began to fly away.

Trunks bit his lower lip as Goten's quiet sobs turned to loud wails.

"Goten…." Trunks asked, carefully keeping his voice strong for his friends sake. "You okay..?'

Goten shook his head, and wiped tears from his eyes. "No, Trunks-kuh… my Oniisan's gonna die so we can live to beat Nappa…. It shouldn't have to be this way…."

Suddenly, Goten looked straight ahead, and his eyes began to grow large.

"What is it….." Trunks asked as he looking the direction his friend was looking. A slow smile crossed his face, as Vegeta and Son Gokou flew over head.

Goten chirped in joy. He and Trunks exchanged glances, their smiles growing wider, and both kid turned around, and rocketed forward, trying to catch up to their fathers.





Gohan slowly rose to Nappa's eye level. "I know, Nappa…"

Nappa blinked confusedly. "Know what….?"

"I know how you became this powerful…"

Nappa smirked. "Really…. Mind telling me how you found that out?"

"Vica told me…."

Gohan was taken off guard by Nappa's vicious backhand backhand, making the boy's head jerk violently to one side. He looked back at Nappa, a thin trail of blood running down his jaw.

"I know I can't beat you, Nappa…."

Nappa's smirked twister into a sneer. "Then why don't you run away like Kakarotto and Vegeta did….?"

"They didn't run away…." Gohan answered as he assumed a fighting stance. "And I'm staying because someone has to ensure the future…. and if in my death, humanity can live…. So be it…"

Nappa snorted, and blasted Gohan out of the sky again. "Bakka…"

Two sharp flashes of light on the horizon suddenly caught Nappa's attention….

"NAPPA!!"

"GOHAN!!!"

The two voices screamed at the exact same time, the sheer power of the sound making a nearby mountain groan. In less than a nano-second, Gokou had caught Gohan.

"Gohan, you okay..?"

Gohan blinked twice, not believing his eyes. "Otousan!?!?!?! Is it really you?"

Gokou nodded and smiled that famous lopsided grin at his son. "Yep…. And it looks like we got here just in time…"

Both Son's looked up to see Vegeta assaulting Nappa with dozens of punishing blows. He wasn't even above SSJ 2.

"Wow…" Gokou mused mentally. "Vegeta's great…. He's even more powerful than me right now!"

Suddenly, a black and tan blur slammed into Gokou, nearly tackling him.

"Otousan! I knew you would save the day," Goten half chirped half shrieked as he began jumping up and down. Silently, Trunks landed not too far away.

"I'm glad you three are safe…" He replied as he ruffled Goten's hair. Suddenly though, he grew serious. "Gohan, where is everyone?"

"I don't really know…." Gohan answered as he bowed his head. "Nappa blasted Ten-san and Kuririn-san out of the sky…. They may be dead…. I can't sense they're energies.. Tocino and Raditzu are dead… I saw them both die…."

"…. It's just as bad as I thought…" Gokou replied as the hard edge left his eyes for a moment. "Get everyone left here and get a safe distance away from the fight… I'll try and find Ten and Kuririn…. Be safe Gohan…"





Nappa slowly wiped a bit of blood from his lower lip as he clicked the button on his scouter. The numbers rolled, finally stopping at 130,000,000.

"Vegeta… You really think you can beat me….? You don't have the power."

Vegeta snorted. "Bakka. Do you think that decrepit thing can truly fathom my power…?"

Nappa smirked, and removed his scouter. "So the Earthlings taught you their trick… Not that it will do you any good…"

A bolt of lightning stuck Vegeta as his eyebrows silently disappeared and his hair began to grow.

"Hmmmphf. Just wait, Nappa!"

A huge golden aura enveloped Vegeta as a low rumbling began underfoot. Golden lightning enveloped Vegeta as his back arched.

With a scream that shook the heavens, Vegeta grew silent.

Nappa sighed, genuinely disappointed. "So arrogant…. Growing long hair didn't help you before…."

Vegeta snorted again. "Bakka. You haven't felt the full power of Super Saiya-jin 3 yet… allow me to enlighten you…"

Nappa's smirk widened into a mad grin. "So why don't we begin…?"

Without warning, a sharp uppercut slammed into Nappa's jaw, sending the overgrown Saiya-jin reeling and spitting up blood.

Vegeta zanzokened right behind Nappa and whispered into his ear. "You underestimate me, Nappa.. All the time you spent in hell has only made you more stupid… Never drop your guard…. Especially around me."

Quickly and quietly, Vegeta zanzokened back in front of Nappa, and clipped Nappa's jaw with the tow of his boot.

Nappa smiled even wider, and wiped a bit of blood from his chin. "Very good, Vegeta!"

With a flick of his wrist, the ground erupted beneath Vegeta's feet. Casually, a gloved hand waved away the dust hanging in the air.

"You call that an attack?" Vegeta waved his hand, dissipating the rest of the dust.

Vegeta smiled and zanzokened right in front of Nappa, and slammed his fist into Nappa's face.

Vegeta followed through with a swift kick to Nappa's face, whose head jerked to one side as he spat up blood. Vegeta pounced and the two warriors began exchanging blows faster than human eyes could follow.

Vegeta quickly gain the upper hand, and slammed his knuckles into Nappa's forehead.

"Moving too fast for you," Vegeta chuckled as a quick knee to the gut doubled Nappa over. Vegeta drove his knee even father into Nappa's stomach. "Come now… I know you can provide more of a challenge than that…."

Nappa straightened and looked Vegeta right in the eye as blood ran down his chin. "Heheh…. Arrogant little…"

Vegeta snarled, and again clipped Nappa's jaw with a uppercut.

"Stop trying to flatter me and fight," the Saiya-jin Prince growled as Nappa's head jerked back. For a long moment, neither warrior moved.

And then Nappa straightened his back and looked down, smiling at Vegeta.

"Hmmmphf," Vegeta snorted as his arms crossed over his chest. "If I was someone else I might be impressed.…"

A slight shimmering aura surrounded Nappa. "Vegeta… You're the first person I've faced so far that has actually hurt me…. I am impressed…. But now…." Nappa raised his hand, and a sphere of 'ki' formed. "Now, it's finally time for the show to begin…"

"What are you talking about," Vegeta asked as his arms slowly fell to his sides.

"You know exactly what I mean, Vegeta-kun…. The Fabulous Show From Hell is about…. To begin!!

Nappa threw the now huge sphere of ki at Vegeta, who didn't move. The sphere hit and exploded in a huge fireball. "Too bad… I was hoping you'd be around to enjoy the show, Vegeta-kun… ah well, sleep well, 'Little Prince'…" Nappa turned and began to walk away….

"'Little Prince'? Bakka…" The black smoke swirled once, and parted to reveal Vegeta floating above a mile wide crater. Nappa's head jerked around, so he could stare eye to eye with Vegeta. "You dare insult me, Nappa?"

"Impossible! You couldn't have survived that!"

Vegeta's smirk widened into a smile that was all teeth. "Bakka. I am the awakened sleeper…. The Prince of All Saiya-jin, the fighting race. I alone decide when the Show begins… and for you, Nappa, the show begins right now….!"

Vegeta and Nappa rose silently into the blacked skies, again staring each other down.

Nappa snarled, "Impressive. You've gotten incredibly stronger Vegeta…."

Vegeta chuckled to himself as a single bolt of energy crackled across his aura.

"Hmmpfh. You never tire of talking do you," he asked as he raised his hand and closed his eyes. "You should learn how to shut up."

A huge 'ki' sphere slammed into Nappa's chest. Vegeta smiled as he saw Nappa block the blast and disappear.

"Nice…" Vegeta said to the smoke around him. "At least, unlike your brain, your body's speed as increased …"

Nappa appeared behind Vegeta, and his nose was flattened by Vegeta's gloved fist. Vegeta crossed his arms and floated forward a little bit, high and mighty.

Nappa snarled as he wiped the blood from under his nose.

"You wanted a Show From Hell, Nappa," Vegeta asked as he turned to face the giant Saiya-jin.

"Vegeta, you little…"

"Here's your show, Nappa." Silently, Vegeta raised his hand and locked his fingers together. "BIG BANG ATTACK!

At the last moment, Nappa moved his hand. The blast slammed directly into Nappa's face, causing a huge explosion, and sending Nappa flying backwards.

Nappa landed face first in the dirt, not moving as his armor began to catch on fire.