Ch. 2 "Goku rendered helpless! Kain's Deadly Power"
As the other Z fighters starred up at the six figures, Goku had locked eyes with Kain. Goku couldn't believe the power of Kain's gaze; it was as if his soul would be torn apart if he continued to stare at him. As if knowing what Goku was thinking, Kain shifted his gaze to Dumah & said something that the Z fighters couldn't hear.
"Who in the hell are they?" Piccolo asked aloud.
"Don't look at me, I haven't got the slightest idea" Vegeta answered to no one in particular.
"HEY! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE?!" Goku called up to them.
Kain heard him & glared down at him, his loosely tied hair blowing violently in the wind of the space rip.
"(Who does he think he is?)" Dumah thought as he followed Kain's gaze to Goku.
"(Hmm, I wonder what he has to offer me?)" Kain thought as he stared down at Goku.
Without giving a verbal response, the six creatures descended to the ground, not far from where the Z fighters stood.
"What do you think of this place, Lord Kain?" Dumah asked him in vampiric.
"I can sense the blood of an entire planet of people. It should serve my needs perfectly" Kain answered in the same language.
They had landed within earshot of the Z fighters, but naturally, they didn't understand a damn word that had been exchanged. This also greatly irritated Vegeta.
"If you're going to speak, then talk in a language I can understand!" he said to them.
Kain turned his eyes to Vegeta & answered in english, "I don't think that it is any of your fucking business what we say or how we say it, so shut the fuck up."
That did it. "WHY YOU FUCKING SHIT!!" Vegeta shouted, powering up in his rage.
Dumah, Turell, Melchiah, Zephon, & Rahab got ready to attack, but Kain stopped them with a wave of his hand. He then looked behind himself at them & they immediately backed off. They knew better then to try & talk Kain out of a fight.
"Vegeta, STOP!" Goku said, trying to stop Vegeta before he went & did something stupid.
"Fuck you Kakarot! Stay out of my way" Vegeta shouted as he reached Lv.4.
He flew at Kain with the full intention of ripping off his head. Kain calmly stepped to out of his way & hit him in the stomach so hard that his Saiyan armor completely fell apart. Vegeta couldn't even give a gasp for air, all he could do was spit up blood that landed on Kain's arm. Kain grabbed him by the throat & held him at eye level.
"Since you are about to die, at least die knowing that your blood will be most useful to me in the near future" Kain said in a tone of voice that sent shivers down the backs of the Z fighters, as well as the lieutenants. He then closed his right fist again for the final blow.
Goku could only guess as to what Kain was about to do. "STOP!" Goku cried out as he charged Kain, fully powered up.
Kain turned his eyes to Goku & said in the voice of death, "Too late."
Before Goku could attempt to stop him, Kain hit Vegeta again. Goku's eyes grew wide in horror as he watched Kain's hand burst out of Vegeta's backside. Vegeta's body went limp & Kain, satisfied with his work, tossed Vegeta away like yesterday's garbage. Vegeta landed at the feet of the Z fighters, who were standing there in stunned silence. Kain looked at the Z fighters, then Vegeta, then he looked back at Goku, who was about ready to explode.
"I could tell he wanted to fight with me; too bad he didn't know what he was getting into" Kain said in cold arrogance.
"YOU-YOU FUCKING MONSTER!!" Goku cursed, as it was the only thing he could say at the moment. A cold, emotionless smile spread across Kain's lips as he saw how furious Goku was. "Do you disagree with my methods of fighting?" Kain asked, the tone in his voice matching the look on his face.
"Why? Why did you have to kill him?! What was the point?!" Goku asked, shaking in rage.
"I suggest you calm down before you have a stroke." Kain said calmly. But as he said that, his mind was thinking differently. "(The power coming from him is rather interesting. It seems as though he can increase his power just the way I can...I'll have to keep an eye on him. Given the time, he may become strong enough to force me to fight at my full strength.)" He very quickly glanced at Turell, then returned his gaze to Goku. "(Already his power has gone beyond that of Turell's, & there's a good chance that he may have the power to destroy Melchiah. Hmm, I'll just have to see to it that he doesn't get the chance)" Kain thought, then his mind changed its thinking process; from wondering about Goku's power to, to wondering just how to kill him.
Goku realized that if he didn't calm down that he might pull a Vegeta & attack blinded by his rage, so he calmed down & settled his power, waiting for Kain to make the first move.
"I didn't kill, that wound I gave him is a mortal one, but it won't immediately kill him. At least, not for another hour, two at most" Kain said, answering the question that Goku had asked him.
"What you mean to say is that you're going to have him suffer" Goku said.
"You catch on fast" Kain said, then he noticed that some of Vegeta's blood was on his arm & hand. He quickly inhaled & swallowed it, but watching that little move told Goku what Kain was & what the other five were likely to be. "You're a vampire, aren't you?"
Kain looked at Goku & cracked a twisted, sadistic smile, revealing one of his fangs. "Correct. I am known only as Kain" he answered.
"O.k. Kain, what the hell did you mean when you said that Vegeta's blood would be useful to you in the future?"
Kain looked at Gohan & answered, "You don't need to know the purpose of that yet. Although, I will tell you but only if you can defeat me."
To show that he was willing to try, Gohan took his fighting stance. But he wasn't the only one as the other Z fighters got into their own stances, ready to attack. Behind him, Kain heard the sound of shifting dirt; he didn't need to look to know that his lieutenants had taken up their fighting stances.
"I suggest that you tell your friends not to interfere. It shall be one-on-one, you against me, but if any of these friends of yours get involved...my lieutenants will be forced to step in" Kain said to Gohan as he eyed each of the Z fighters, pausing at Goku, & coming to rest on the one he had spoken to.
"That's fine with me" Goku said, acting as though it was he who had been spoken to, not Gohan.
Kain glanced over at him & said, "I said I would only fight one of you. So who is it going to be?"
"Me!" Goku said crouching down into his stance.
"But Dad, I-" Gohan started to say, but was cut off by his father's voice. "Gohan, I want you & the others to take care of Vegeta. And make sure that he gets a senzu bean soon" Goku said, not taking his eyes off of Kain. "But-" Gohan tried to say again, but Goku's voice again stopped him. "If Vegeta was beaten Gohan, then you won't do much better if you fight with him" Goku said.
"(Not that your chances any better)" Kain thought with confidence. As that was going through his head, he watched as the Z fighters started to fly off into the air, with Goten & Trunks caring Vegeta. "I don't think so" Kain said smoothly as he fired a very thin blast of energy between the gap the Z fighters had made when they had started to take off.
As he glared up at them, he failed to notice the small look of shock that Goku was giving him. "(How did he do that? It was as if he didn't even move)" he thought in surprise. Shacking the thought away, he spoke to him, "What was the purpose of that? They were just leaving the area."
"Exactly, you see I hate it when people leave without saying good-bye" Kain said coldly, but with a hint of amusement in his voice.
"He needs help! Us staying here isn't going to help him stay alive" Krillin said.
Kain's eyes were then locked on Krillin & Krillin started to shake with fear as he starred at Kain. "But I love to have an audience when I fight with someone. Do stay, I'd hate for you to come back & find your friend dead" Kain said, the look of death in his eyes.
His attention then switched back to Goku. "I advise that you tell them not to run off. Should they do, I'll send my warriors after them" Kain stated.
Goku knew that Kain would do that, & if that did happen, then Vegeta wouldn't survive the night. "Alright, they'll stay here & out of our fight, but what guarantee do I have from you that your friends won't jump in?" Goku demanded.
"They know better than to go against my orders," Kain said, then turned his head to look at them. "Don't you, Turell?" Turell just bowed his head & kept his mouth shut, which was the smartest thing he had done all day. "They'll stay out of the way, you have my word" Kain said as he looked back at Goku.
"Comforting" Goku muttered, though loud enough for Kain to hear.
Kain shifted his feet into a fighting position but crossed his arms over his chiseled chest. "So, now that we have all the concerns out the way, how about he get this fight under way?" Kain asked, obviously wanting to begin. Goku changed positions & got ready.
"Oh, just to be fair, you also have my word that I won't move from this spot" Kain said.
Goku crouched down even lower into his stance, while saying, "It's your call, but I wouldn't bank on it if I were you."
"Let's get started" Kain stated, & fired a very fast energy blast from his eyes that shredded the ground for miles. Goku vanished in a blaze of speed as soon as the blast had reached him. Kain slightly cracked a smile when he saw Goku vanish. He knew he wasn't dead, he was just trying to get a quick hit in. He stuck his arm up as Goku tried a kick to the head. Kain looked at him with a look that said, "was that the best you could do?"
Seeing that he wasn't going to be able to beat him without going to his maximum, Goku then back flipped off his arm into the air. Kain cocked his head as he watched Goku power up to his full power, 31,000,000,000.
"Before this fight goes any farther, I would like to know your name" Kain said.
"It's Goku" he answered.
"Then tell me, Goku, why did you stop your attack? Surely you're not thinking of running away, are you?" Kain asked in a mocking tone.
"Not a chance. I just needed a moment to reach my best" Goku answered.
"Well then, if you have reached it, then perhaps we can get this little game started" Kain said.
"No problem" Goku said.
With one more quick energy flair, Goku then flew head-on at Kain. When he was in striking distance, Goku reared back & threw a hard punch that was aimed at Kain's face. However, much to his surprise, the blow went strait through it as if it were an illusion. Thinking that maybe he had just missed his mark, Goku then tried a roundhouse kick to the side of the head, but it had went passed right on through as well. Getting slightly frustrated, Goku landed & began to throw a flurry of punches & kicks, far to fast for the normal eye to follow. In fact, it was difficult for the other Z fighters to follow the blows as well. But for the Z fighters who were able to follow the moves, they could tell that Goku was putting everything he had into those blows. Unfortunately, they could also see that the blows were going strait through the seemingly unmoving Kain.
"What's going on? How come Goku's blows aren't hitting him?" Trunks asked aloud. He & the others watched as Goku jumped back & fired an energy blast at Kain, but unfortunately, it passed right on through his body as well. As Kain continued to stare at Goku with a look of calm boredom, the blast blew up someplace in the distance.
"He...he's too fast for Goku to hit" Piccolo said in realization. Everyone turned & looked at him in utter shock; that was definitely not good news.
As they turned back to watch the fight, they saw that now Goku was throwing everything he had as fast as he possibly could. He was appearing & disappearing with incredible speed as he threw blow after blow at Kain. In the air, on the ground, Goku was trying everything to hit the creature, who was at least two & a half feet taller. A very bored look had now occupied Kain's hideous face as his eerie eyes moved in succession with every move Goku made.
Turell & the other clan leaders watched the on-going battle as well, but their thought process was different from that of the Z fighters.
"(How could that human possibly think that he could be a match for Lord Kain? I doubt he would be much of a challenge to me)" Turell thought as he watched the battle.
"(That fool has no idea that Lord Kain is just toying with him. It's only a matter of time before Lord Kain goes on the offense, & ends this pitiful battle)" Dumah thought.
As the battle continued, it was becoming painfully obvious that Goku was absolutely, nowhere even remotely close to having a chance of defeating Kain.
Even though he was barely still conscious, Vegeta had been watching the fight as well, & he had realized from the beginning that Goku was fighting a lost battle. "(Kakorot doesn't stand a chance against him; that bastard hasn't even started fighting back, & he has already beaten him)" he thought as he clenched the wound in his stomach.
As all the on-lookers watched in anticipation, they could see that Goku had began to attack slower than before, & it seemed as though Kain had yet to move. It was very apparent that Kain had managed to tire Goku out while seemingly not moving at all. Everyone now knew that the moment that Kain goes on the offensive, then Goku would be beaten.
"So tell something Goku, when do should I begin to fight back?" he asked in a sarcastic, yet amused tone.
Hearing this, Goku jumped back a yard, breathing very heavily. "(I don't get it. How could he be that fast? I used everything I had & he dodged every single shot. I COULDN'T EVEN SEE HIM MOVE!!)" he thought in frustration.
"Well seeing as though you've stopped your attack, I guess now that it would be my turn" Kain said, unfolding his arms.
Goku took a defensive stance ready for whatever Kain was about to do, but it was clear that he was slightly worried now. He had just worn himself out, & now his enemy was about to attack & he was a fresh as he was when the fight had started.
Kain it seemed could read Goku's mind as he cracked a thin, sick smile. "Don't worry, it won't hurt...more than a month" he said in a tone that matched his expression.
Goku's ears & mind had barely absorbed what Kain just said, when Kain's fist slammed into his jaw. The force of the blow sent Goku sailing into the side of a cliff. Very unsteadily, Goku managed to get to his feet & got back into an offensive stance. However, before he could move, Kain appeared in his face again, this time kneeing him in the gut. The impact of the blow sent Goku soaring to the heavens, but Kain decided to interrupt the flight as he appeared above Goku & hit him with a double-axe handle to the back, a move that sent Goku crashing back down to the ground.
Kain slowly, like a vulture hovering above fallen prey, descended as he watched Goku try & get back to his feet. "(I had a feeling that I wouldn't get much of a challenge out of this world, but this is pathetic. I suppose I should start the beginning of his end)" he thought as Goku coughed & blood came up from his mouth.
Kain landed just as Goku raised his head to look at him & to try & fight him again. Kain, however, wouldn't give him the chance to even form a fist: he grabbed him by the throat & picked him up so that they were eye-to-eye.
"You get points for courage, but unfortunately for you, the game is over" Kain said in a voice of icy death.
Still holding him by the throat, Kain buried his fist in Goku's gut. Goku couldn't even cry out, mainly because a gush of blood came up through his system, & out his mouth where it splashed on the corner of Kain's face. Kain's tongue, black & snake like, was quick to lap it up.
"Don't worry, Goku. I said that it wouldn't hurt for more than a month. At least, that's the longest anyone has ever lived after attempting to fight me & loosing" Kain said, no remorse at all in his ice-cold voice.
Then, in a blur of unimaginable speed, he began to beat the living hell out of Goku with his feet & his free hand. The Z fighters watched in shock & horror as Kain seemingly destroyed Goku before their eyes. They could see Kain's hand as it held a death-grip on Goku's throat, but that was all they could see. Everything else was just a blur, except for the blood that was streaming for the multiple cuts & wounds that were appearing on Goku's body from seemingly out of nowhere.
"He's helpless!" Trunks exclaimed aloud.
The sound of Kain's blows on Goku's body were horrifying to listen to; it sounded as if every blow landed, which was everyone of them, was breaking a bone in his body. But above the sound of those blows landing came another sound that chilled the Z fighters strait down to their bones; the sound of Kain's sickening laugh, he was enjoying every moment of this. Hearing Kain laugh as Goku was being pounded unmercifully by him drove Gohan over the edge.
"Father, I'm coming!" he cried out as he lowered up to his full ability.
However, the voice of Piccolo stopped him from going on a suicide mission, "Gohan, WAIT! You won't be able to help him if you get involved!"
"I don't care! I'm not going to stand hear & watch as my father dies!" he cried, as his power increased as much as his anger.
"If you get involved, you'll be doing nothing more than giving those other five an excuse to attack Goku" Piccolo warned him.
In the midst of his anger, Gohan suddenly stopped his power up as he absorbed what Piccolo had just said to him. Truth be told, he had almost forgotten about them. He looked over to where the five of them were standing & calmly watching as Kain continued his assault on Goku.
"It seems as though the other defenders are getting worried about their friend" Rahab said as he glanced over at the Z fighters.
"Maybe once Lord Kain is done with his fun, perhaps he'll allow us to take care of his friends" Zephon said, a psychotic look in his eyes as he began to imagine what he would do to them.
Dumah shifted his eyes & looked at the Z fighters. After looking at each one of them for a moment, a perverted smile crossed his face.
Melchiah looked up at Dumah & saw the grin on his face. "What are you grinning about brother, something over there catch your interest?" he asked.
Turell, Zephon, & Rahab heard him & turned their heads, & looked up at their brother as well. "Yea" was Dumah's response as continued to stare at the Z fighters, #18 in particular.
#18, getting a very uneasy feeling, turned & looked at the clan leaders. When she saw the way Dumah was looking at her, a sickening feeling of dread swept over her. "(Uh, I'm gonna be sick)" she thought, guessing what Dumah was probably thinking of doing. "I think he likes me" she muttered.
Melchiah quickly glanced at the Z fighters & he didn't have to think long to figure out what Dumah was starring at. "Easy Dumah. Easy. Don't let your desires override your thinking. Although," Melchiah said, taking one more glance at #18, "I can see why you find her attractive."
Zephon gave a quick laugh & said, "Be careful Dumah, she may try & fight back against you."
"Oh I hope she does," Dumah said, turning his attention back to his brothers, "I love it when they struggle. It's so much more satisfying then when they just lay there & take it like the rest of the whores in Nozgoth."
"Isn't it the truth" Rahab said amusingly, the voices of approval coming from his brothers.
"But all fun n' games aside," Turell said looking at Dumah, "If you could fight anyone out of that bunch, besides the woman, who would it be?"
"Hmm, let me think for a moment" Dumah said, a serious expression reappearing on his face. He looked at the Z fighters again & made his choice, "The two kids look like they could last long enough to cause me to break a sweat."
"You're kidding right," Zephon said with a look in Goten & Trunks direction, "Dumah, you would crush them like insects in five seconds flat, maybe sooner."
Dumah gave a small chuckle at that thought & replied, "You're probably right, they are rather small."
Turell then looked at the leader of the Dumahim with a serious expression, & studied him from head to toe & still couldn't believe how huge he was. Even though vampires of both races, Hell-spawn & earth born, were incredible physical specimens, Dumah was by far one of the most impressive: his legs were the size of stone pillars, his arms were roughly the size of red-woods, & his chest was fifty inches thick. His clawed hands were the size of bowling balls, & his feet were roughly twice that size His entire body was very well built, every single muscle was shown very vividly, as was the case in his brother & Kain as well. Dumah also towered over all the vampires, including Kain, at 12.5"ft. "Dumah, to you, everyone is small" Turell said, slightly cracking an amused smile.
Dumah raised his head & looked at the battle sight. "It seems as though Lord Kain is finished with his fun" he said observantly. The other four lieutenants turned their attention back to the battleground.
Indeed, Kain was apparently done with his massacre. He was still holding Goku by the throat but at least he had stopped attacking him. Kain was calmly standing there admiring his work, just as fresh as ever.
However, the same could not be said about Goku. Goku was a mess: his entire face was covered in blood, his left eye had swollen shut, his orange fighting gi, the top half had been completely shredded while the bottom half was soaked in his blood, & his whole chiseled upper body had more cuts & gashes in it then the Z fighters wanted to try & count. His Saiyan race tail was limply hanging down & Goku appeared to be dead weight.
"You're fucking pitiful, Goku. I haven't even started warming up & you're practically dead already" Kain said in cold arrogance.
Just as he finished saying that, Goku quickly raised his hands & fired an energy blast in Kain's face. Without thinking, Kain released the grip he had on Goku's neck & put both hands in front of his face to block the attack.
The instant he hit the ground, Goku dashed backwards until there was about five yards between him & Kain. As he did this, he saw that Kain had somehow caught the blast, threw it behind him like yesterday's garbage.
Watching Kain do that, Goku knew that this would be his last chance to finish Kain. "Kaioh-Ken Attack!" he yelled, as the move began to make him stronger. Then he cupped his hands & took his stance, preparing to unleash his signature attack, the Kamehameha.
As Kain watched Goku, he suddenly felt his life force increase. "(Interesting. I never thought he had the ability to increase his power any further. But still, he has no idea of what real power is. However, he will find out soon enough; the fool hasn't the slightest clue as to what he is up against)" Kain thought with a smirk. He once again crossed his arms, calmly waiting for Goku to finish.
"(If I use the kamehameha at this distance, he will without a doubt dodge it. Somehow I have to catch him by surprise, but how?)" Goku thought as he continued to charge his attack. Then, he thought of how to do it, as he remembered his past fight with Cell, "(It worked against him, it might work against Kain.)"
"Anytime Goku" Kain called. "It's all yours! Ka-Me-Ha-Me-!!" Goku cried as the attack reached its climax.
"(If this even tingles, I'll be surprised)" Kain thought confidently. Goku then played the only ace in the hole he had, the Instant Transmission, a technique that allowed him to travel 186,000 miles-per-second.
Kain raised an eyebrow in surprise when Goku vanished & he could not follow where he was.
As quickly as he had disappeared, Goku reappeared at Kain's feet, crouched down with his attack ready to unleash.
"What!?" Kain said in surprise when he saw him.
"HAAAAA!!!" Goku cried as he released a 34,000,000,000 blast no more than an inch from Kain's body, & there wasn't a damn thing that Kain could do to block it. The blast struck him square in the chest & lower torso & for a moment, appeared to have stopped.
A moment later, much to the surprise of the lieutenants, the blast ripped right-on through Kain's torso, forcing them to dive out of the blast's way as it blew up somewhere in space. The Z fighters had covered their eyes because of the brightness of the blast, & therefore, had not seen the clan leaders scatter out of the Kamehameha's way.
When the bright flashing had settled, they uncovered their eyes & looked over to where a heavily winded & beaten-up Goku was standing in front of a huge cloud of dust, smoke, & sand.
As the cloud of dust n' such began to settle behind wear Kain had to be standing, the Z fighters could also see the clan leaders getting up to their knees & feet, looks of surprise etched on their faces.
"Dumah *cough," Turell said whipping some dust out of his eyes & coughing, "What the fuck was that?"
"*cough* How the*cough* fuck should I know?" Dumah said as he tried to get the dust out of his eyes. A fair amount of coughing & swearing could be heard coming from the other three lieutenants as they tried to clear their vision.
Dumah was the first of the five to see strait & the moment he realized he could, he looked over to where Kain was. A look of utter shock came over his face when he saw him. "How in the hell..?" his voice trailed off.
Once they got the dust n' crap out of their systems, Rahab, Zephon, Turell, & Melchiah turned their heads in the direction that Dumah was starring in, & the same look of shock & surprise that came across his face appeared on theirs. They were looking at their master, but they could see Goku's body when starring at Kain's torso.
As heavily breathing & bleeding as he was, Goku managed to show a smile of victory on his battered n' bloody as some of the smoke vanished & he could see the results of his Kamehameha: a tire-sized hole in the center of Kain's chest.
"Look!" Krillin said as the Z fighters could now see the results as well, "He got him!"
With the exception of #18, who was still watching Dumah, & Piccolo, all the Z fighters began to celebrate & congratulate Goku.
The reason Piccolo wasn't joining them was for two reasons: the first being he wasn't the excitable type, & the second being he was thinking of what Ashram had said the only time he was there. {"If you want to kill a vampire, you take a long pointed object & you impale him on it strait through the chest"} was what he had said.
"SHUT UP!" Piccolo shouted to the Z fighters. They did just that & turned to look at him, wandering what his problem was. "Don't forget what Kain said he was" Piccolo said.
"He said he was a vampire didn't?" #18 asked.
"So what if he is? I mean, there's no way he could survive a blast like that, vampire or not" Krillin said.
"I agree with Krillin, that guy is history" Yamcha said.
"Did you forget what Ashram said? About how to specifically kill one?" Piccolo said, almost angrily.
"Wasn't it something about impale..." Trunks began to say, but his voice trailed off as remembered what Ashram had said.
The look of realization spreading across the faces of the Z fighters made it clear that they had remembered as well.
"Unless Kain was lying, Goku did nothing more than seal his fate" Piccolo said grimly.
A quick gust of wind blew the remaining smoke n' dust away, & Goku's smile of triumph was replaced by a look of extreme fear. The look one Kain's face was one of a combination anger & coldness.
"Was that the best you could do?" he asked, his voice ranging in between amusement & boredom.
Then, the hole in his torso burst into white-hot flames, but instead of hurting Kain, the flames were healing the wound. The wound closed in about two seconds & as the flames vanished from sight, so did Kain's toying tone of voice.
"I can tell that you put all of your remaining energy into that last attack" Kain said matter-of-factly. Seeing the look of panic n' fear that he enjoyed so much on Goku's face, Kain coldly & calmly reviled the true to Goku, "You can't beat me. You never had a chance to do so from the beginning. I've been doing nothing more than letting you deceive yourself." Kain's eyes narrowed down into a look that could freeze an erupting volcano dead in its tracks, "You will never be able to kill me Goku, you are far to weak."
"Liar!" Goku cried as he threw a left-handed haymaker at Kain's face.
Unfortunately for him, Kain effortlessly caught it in his three-fingered/clawed hand. "You still don't get it do you?" Kain asked coldly as he began to wrap his right arm around Goku's left, making it impossible for it to move, "Maybe you'll get the picture now."
He then jerked the arm up, & then brought his left fist down on Goku's shoulder. Everyone heard the sickening sound of the bone being shattered, & Kain smiled coldly as he watched & felt Goku's left arm go limp. Goku began to scream out in unbelievable agonizing pain as Kain released his arm & watched as it swung lifelessly to Goku's side. The lieutenants then slightly cracked smiles when they saw that Kain's right hand began to glow dark violet; they knew what he was about to do. The same could not be said for Goku's allies, including Vegeta, who had torn off his undershirt & had tightly wrapped it around his gut wound.
"(What is that demon bastard up to now?)" Vegeta asked himself as he looked at Kain with a if-looks-could-kill stare.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!!" Gohan screamed. Kain's eyes looked Gohan dead in the face, "Quite," he said, releasing a force blast that sent Gohan up against a plateau.
Goten, Trunks, & Krillin rushed over to check on him as Kain turned his attention back to Goku, & was struck in the face by his right fist.
The blow had enough force behind it to crush a mountain, but Kain didn't even flinch. He did a slow double take, first to Goku, then to the fist on his face, then back to Goku again, this time with a smile of amusement.
"That tickled" he said in the same tone of voice that matched the expression on his face.
Then behind his back, his loosely tied hair began to move on its own. It slowly wrapped itself around Goku's right arm & pulled tight. Goku gave a tug with all he had, but nothing happened.
"Don't even try to free your arm," Kain said, "If you do, you just might pull your arm out of its socket."
He gave a quick chuckle, then made his hair lift Goku's only good arm over his head, leaving his entire body as a human punching bag. Clenching his left hand into a fist, Kain then buried it deep into Goku's midsection.
"It hurts, doesn't it?" Kain asked sarcastically. Then he buried his fist repeatedly into his stomach & rib area, loving every moment of feeling & hearing Goku's ribs being shattered. Kain then allowed his hair to drop Goku's arm so he could clench his now shattered rib cage.
"Oh, does that hurt?" Kain asked in the same mocking tone as before, "This should hurt even more." He then slashed his still glowing right hand like a sword at Goku's right arm. As if watching in slow motion, Kain's hand went strait on through Goku's arm without resistance. Some more of Goku's blood splashed onto Kain's face as just above the elbow, Goku's right arm fell to the ground, completely severed off.
However, before Goku could start to scream in the pain that he had to be feeling, Kain spoke again, "The fight ends here."
One very swift, strong, & stiff kick to the head later from Kain, & Goku was skidding across the ground as if fired from a canon.
"FATHER!!" Gohan cried as he got back to his feet & saw Goku stop at the feet of the other Z fighters. He was completely unconscious.
As Gohan was about to charge Kain, Trunks, Goten, & Krillin all dived on top of him to stop him from going. However, he fought free & flew at him, only to be stopped by Piccolo grabbing hold of his fighting shirt. "Don't do it Gohan" Piccolo warned him.
Gohan looked as though he would explode, but he released Piccolo's logic: if he went to attack Kain, then he would be giving Kain's soldiers the go-ahead to start attacking the other Z fighters.
A very fast glance in their direction showed him that they were crouched down, just waiting for the moment when they could fight. When he turned back to ask his father if he was alright, Kain appeared standing over his body.
"Well Goku, seeing as though you have nothing further to offer me, I will now end your miserable life" Kain said as he reached for the Soul Reaver. He grasped the handle then he looked at the Z fighters with somewhat of an arrogant smile on his face. "Don't worry Gohan, you can try next if you want" he said as he withdrew the deadly blade.
"Huh? How does he know Gohan's name?" Krillin asked Goten, who shrugged his shoulders.
"Molding my face is not the only thing that my ears can do" Kain answered as his attention was on Goku & what he was about to do. He pointed the tip of the Soul Reaver's blade at the heart area of Goku's chest, ready to deliver the final, fatal blow. He slowly raised the blade above his head, enjoying the looks of fear & dread on the Z fighter's faces. He looked back down at Goku & said in the coldest voice he had used thus far, "You were entertaining for a while Goku, but like all entertaining things, you eventually get bored with them. You just weren't strong enough to make a difference against me." Then, he brought the blade down.
The Z fighters either shut their eyes or turned their heads away, they weren't about to watch that.
However, Kain stopped a fraction of a hair before the blade sunk into Goku's bloodied upper body.
Since nothing seemed to happen, the Z fighters looked up to see Kain putting the Soul Reaver back into its holder oh his back.
"You're not good enough to be killed by me" Kain arrogantly said. Then he began to walk back to where his lieutenants were waiting, heads bowed.
The Z fighters, seeing as though the fight was over, rushed to Goku's aid. However, as Gohan began making a sling & a bandage out of his fighting shirt, they all regretfully realized that none of them had a strength restoring senzu bean.
Piccolo, however, using his own pointed ears, was listening very closely to what Kain was telling his warriors.
"This planet is thriving with blood. However, if I am to resurrect the Angel, then I need to bring the planet here in order to gather the blood" he said to them.
"(Resurrect the Angel? What's he talking about?)" Piccolo thought.
"So this means our trip down to Earth has been cancelled?" Rahab asked, slightly disappointed.
"Postponed" Kain replied.
"Lord Kain," Dumah said in vampiric, "it seems as though the green skinned one is listening in on our conversation."
"Let him, he can't do anything" Kain answered. He turned to Turell, "Since Goku's friends want to fight with us so bad, I'm giving you the task of finishing them off." Kain cracked a slight smile because he knew Piccolo wasn't going to like the next part, "Use as many of your offspring as you desire, the rest of us are going back to get the planet ready to be moved here."
"As you wish Lord Kain" Turell said kneeling.
Kain turned & looked at Piccolo to see him walking back to tell the others what he had just overheard. "Don't worry, I'm sure none of them will suffer through the pain that Goku is feeling right now" Kain called out to him.
Piccolo momentarily stopped & looked back at him only to be greeted by that smirk of his, as well as his cold laugh, then walked back to where the Z fighters were busy bandaging what was left of Goku's right arm, as well as bandaging all his other wounds. All except for Vegeta, who was impatiently waiting to hear what Piccolo had overheard. Needless to say, none of them were very thrilled when he told them.
"Damn it, that coward! He's just afraid of me, that's why he's running away" Vegeta spat.
"Be reasonable for once in your life!" Gohan shouted at him, & getting sneered at in return. "Forget about Kain, how are we suppose to get out of here alive? I mean, Goku & Vegeta were taken out effortlessly, & now we have to deal with that guy" Tein said as he looked at Turell, who seemed to still be getting instructions from his boss.
"We may have one chance..." Goku managed to say, despite the pain coursing through his body. Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to answer. "Trunks...do you have the time machine with you?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's right here" Trunks said, removing the capsule that held it from his jacket pocket.
"Good...now I know this is going to sound insane, but I want you to follow them & try to find Ashram" Goku said.
Now everyone was looking at him as though he had just lost his mind. "Dad have you gone crazy? What if they find out that he is following them & decide to take care of him?" Goten asked his father.
"& how do you know that that is the same space rip that Ashram came through?" Piccolo demanded.
"Because I have this feeling that those guys are the same ones that Ashram said would...Destroy everything in his universe. I think they were about to go to the Earth of his dimension when they noticed the space rip that Ashram originally used to come here. It never closed, or they reopened it, or something, but what matters is that they are here & right now, the entire planet is in trouble" Goku answered.
"So what you're trying to say is that unless we get his help, those guys are going to destroy the Earth?" Yamcha asked, not excited about the concept at all.
"I doubt they will stop with just the Earth," Piccolo said, "It's likely they'll go & destroy everything here in this dimension before going back to Ashram's."
"But even with this guys help, there is no guarantee that he will do any better against Kain than Goku or Vegeta did" #18 said. Everyone looked over at her; she did have a point they all realized.
They remembered that Ashram wasn't that much stronger than Goku, or even if he was stronger. "That's a risk we'll need to take #18. Besides, Ashram knows better than anyone how to kill a vampire" Gohan said.
"Being that he's one himself" Piccolo said. Then he noticed several figures coming out of the space tear. "We're out of time, that guys offspring are here."
"But how will I know where to find him when I get there?" Trunks asked.
"If I remember correctly, didn't Ashram say that one of his favorite hobbies was drinking?" Tien asked.
"I think you're right," Gohan said, then turned to Trunks, "I'd start with every bar within a hundred miles of where you land."
"Get ready Trunks, they're about to leave" Yamcha said.
He was right, the last of Turell's offspring, the Turellim, had come out of the portal & Kain, Rahab, Dumah, & Melchiah were flying towards the rip in space. Trunks opened the time machine, climbed in, & began to drive it towards the hole behind the vampires. Turell watched as Trunks followed his master & brothers out of the corner of his eye, then turned his full attention on to the Z fighters, who had all got into stances as Goku got out of the way.
"(Good luck)" Trunks thought, then followed Kain into & his warriors into the space rip.
"Since all of you are so eager to die, I took the precaution of summoning ten of my children for every one of you" Turell said to the Z fighters. All of the Z fighters could feel the power levels of the Turellim, but were uncertain about Turell's.
"Hump, if he intends to kill us, then he should've summoned more then 110 of his kin" Vegeta said, even though, because of the wound in his gut, he was in no shape to fight.
"Don't underestimate them Vegeta. They may seem weak to you, but with 10-1 odds, Trunks gone, & Goku in no position to fight, this may be more than we can handle" Piccolo said as he eyed the Turellim & Turell.
The Turellim got into groups of ten & took fighting stances while Turell hovered above them. "Your wish to die is about to be granted," he said with confidence, then he commanded in vampiric, "Turellim, ATTACK!!!"
The Turellim are on the attack. Can the Z fighters, without Goku, manage to hold off Turell's destructive offspring? & even if they can, will they have enough power remaining to defeat the deadly vampire? But what about Trunks, can he find Ashram in time to help out? Find out in the next chapter of Dragon Ball: Dark Shadows.
As the other Z fighters starred up at the six figures, Goku had locked eyes with Kain. Goku couldn't believe the power of Kain's gaze; it was as if his soul would be torn apart if he continued to stare at him. As if knowing what Goku was thinking, Kain shifted his gaze to Dumah & said something that the Z fighters couldn't hear.
"Who in the hell are they?" Piccolo asked aloud.
"Don't look at me, I haven't got the slightest idea" Vegeta answered to no one in particular.
"HEY! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE?!" Goku called up to them.
Kain heard him & glared down at him, his loosely tied hair blowing violently in the wind of the space rip.
"(Who does he think he is?)" Dumah thought as he followed Kain's gaze to Goku.
"(Hmm, I wonder what he has to offer me?)" Kain thought as he stared down at Goku.
Without giving a verbal response, the six creatures descended to the ground, not far from where the Z fighters stood.
"What do you think of this place, Lord Kain?" Dumah asked him in vampiric.
"I can sense the blood of an entire planet of people. It should serve my needs perfectly" Kain answered in the same language.
They had landed within earshot of the Z fighters, but naturally, they didn't understand a damn word that had been exchanged. This also greatly irritated Vegeta.
"If you're going to speak, then talk in a language I can understand!" he said to them.
Kain turned his eyes to Vegeta & answered in english, "I don't think that it is any of your fucking business what we say or how we say it, so shut the fuck up."
That did it. "WHY YOU FUCKING SHIT!!" Vegeta shouted, powering up in his rage.
Dumah, Turell, Melchiah, Zephon, & Rahab got ready to attack, but Kain stopped them with a wave of his hand. He then looked behind himself at them & they immediately backed off. They knew better then to try & talk Kain out of a fight.
"Vegeta, STOP!" Goku said, trying to stop Vegeta before he went & did something stupid.
"Fuck you Kakarot! Stay out of my way" Vegeta shouted as he reached Lv.4.
He flew at Kain with the full intention of ripping off his head. Kain calmly stepped to out of his way & hit him in the stomach so hard that his Saiyan armor completely fell apart. Vegeta couldn't even give a gasp for air, all he could do was spit up blood that landed on Kain's arm. Kain grabbed him by the throat & held him at eye level.
"Since you are about to die, at least die knowing that your blood will be most useful to me in the near future" Kain said in a tone of voice that sent shivers down the backs of the Z fighters, as well as the lieutenants. He then closed his right fist again for the final blow.
Goku could only guess as to what Kain was about to do. "STOP!" Goku cried out as he charged Kain, fully powered up.
Kain turned his eyes to Goku & said in the voice of death, "Too late."
Before Goku could attempt to stop him, Kain hit Vegeta again. Goku's eyes grew wide in horror as he watched Kain's hand burst out of Vegeta's backside. Vegeta's body went limp & Kain, satisfied with his work, tossed Vegeta away like yesterday's garbage. Vegeta landed at the feet of the Z fighters, who were standing there in stunned silence. Kain looked at the Z fighters, then Vegeta, then he looked back at Goku, who was about ready to explode.
"I could tell he wanted to fight with me; too bad he didn't know what he was getting into" Kain said in cold arrogance.
"YOU-YOU FUCKING MONSTER!!" Goku cursed, as it was the only thing he could say at the moment. A cold, emotionless smile spread across Kain's lips as he saw how furious Goku was. "Do you disagree with my methods of fighting?" Kain asked, the tone in his voice matching the look on his face.
"Why? Why did you have to kill him?! What was the point?!" Goku asked, shaking in rage.
"I suggest you calm down before you have a stroke." Kain said calmly. But as he said that, his mind was thinking differently. "(The power coming from him is rather interesting. It seems as though he can increase his power just the way I can...I'll have to keep an eye on him. Given the time, he may become strong enough to force me to fight at my full strength.)" He very quickly glanced at Turell, then returned his gaze to Goku. "(Already his power has gone beyond that of Turell's, & there's a good chance that he may have the power to destroy Melchiah. Hmm, I'll just have to see to it that he doesn't get the chance)" Kain thought, then his mind changed its thinking process; from wondering about Goku's power to, to wondering just how to kill him.
Goku realized that if he didn't calm down that he might pull a Vegeta & attack blinded by his rage, so he calmed down & settled his power, waiting for Kain to make the first move.
"I didn't kill, that wound I gave him is a mortal one, but it won't immediately kill him. At least, not for another hour, two at most" Kain said, answering the question that Goku had asked him.
"What you mean to say is that you're going to have him suffer" Goku said.
"You catch on fast" Kain said, then he noticed that some of Vegeta's blood was on his arm & hand. He quickly inhaled & swallowed it, but watching that little move told Goku what Kain was & what the other five were likely to be. "You're a vampire, aren't you?"
Kain looked at Goku & cracked a twisted, sadistic smile, revealing one of his fangs. "Correct. I am known only as Kain" he answered.
"O.k. Kain, what the hell did you mean when you said that Vegeta's blood would be useful to you in the future?"
Kain looked at Gohan & answered, "You don't need to know the purpose of that yet. Although, I will tell you but only if you can defeat me."
To show that he was willing to try, Gohan took his fighting stance. But he wasn't the only one as the other Z fighters got into their own stances, ready to attack. Behind him, Kain heard the sound of shifting dirt; he didn't need to look to know that his lieutenants had taken up their fighting stances.
"I suggest that you tell your friends not to interfere. It shall be one-on-one, you against me, but if any of these friends of yours get involved...my lieutenants will be forced to step in" Kain said to Gohan as he eyed each of the Z fighters, pausing at Goku, & coming to rest on the one he had spoken to.
"That's fine with me" Goku said, acting as though it was he who had been spoken to, not Gohan.
Kain glanced over at him & said, "I said I would only fight one of you. So who is it going to be?"
"Me!" Goku said crouching down into his stance.
"But Dad, I-" Gohan started to say, but was cut off by his father's voice. "Gohan, I want you & the others to take care of Vegeta. And make sure that he gets a senzu bean soon" Goku said, not taking his eyes off of Kain. "But-" Gohan tried to say again, but Goku's voice again stopped him. "If Vegeta was beaten Gohan, then you won't do much better if you fight with him" Goku said.
"(Not that your chances any better)" Kain thought with confidence. As that was going through his head, he watched as the Z fighters started to fly off into the air, with Goten & Trunks caring Vegeta. "I don't think so" Kain said smoothly as he fired a very thin blast of energy between the gap the Z fighters had made when they had started to take off.
As he glared up at them, he failed to notice the small look of shock that Goku was giving him. "(How did he do that? It was as if he didn't even move)" he thought in surprise. Shacking the thought away, he spoke to him, "What was the purpose of that? They were just leaving the area."
"Exactly, you see I hate it when people leave without saying good-bye" Kain said coldly, but with a hint of amusement in his voice.
"He needs help! Us staying here isn't going to help him stay alive" Krillin said.
Kain's eyes were then locked on Krillin & Krillin started to shake with fear as he starred at Kain. "But I love to have an audience when I fight with someone. Do stay, I'd hate for you to come back & find your friend dead" Kain said, the look of death in his eyes.
His attention then switched back to Goku. "I advise that you tell them not to run off. Should they do, I'll send my warriors after them" Kain stated.
Goku knew that Kain would do that, & if that did happen, then Vegeta wouldn't survive the night. "Alright, they'll stay here & out of our fight, but what guarantee do I have from you that your friends won't jump in?" Goku demanded.
"They know better than to go against my orders," Kain said, then turned his head to look at them. "Don't you, Turell?" Turell just bowed his head & kept his mouth shut, which was the smartest thing he had done all day. "They'll stay out of the way, you have my word" Kain said as he looked back at Goku.
"Comforting" Goku muttered, though loud enough for Kain to hear.
Kain shifted his feet into a fighting position but crossed his arms over his chiseled chest. "So, now that we have all the concerns out the way, how about he get this fight under way?" Kain asked, obviously wanting to begin. Goku changed positions & got ready.
"Oh, just to be fair, you also have my word that I won't move from this spot" Kain said.
Goku crouched down even lower into his stance, while saying, "It's your call, but I wouldn't bank on it if I were you."
"Let's get started" Kain stated, & fired a very fast energy blast from his eyes that shredded the ground for miles. Goku vanished in a blaze of speed as soon as the blast had reached him. Kain slightly cracked a smile when he saw Goku vanish. He knew he wasn't dead, he was just trying to get a quick hit in. He stuck his arm up as Goku tried a kick to the head. Kain looked at him with a look that said, "was that the best you could do?"
Seeing that he wasn't going to be able to beat him without going to his maximum, Goku then back flipped off his arm into the air. Kain cocked his head as he watched Goku power up to his full power, 31,000,000,000.
"Before this fight goes any farther, I would like to know your name" Kain said.
"It's Goku" he answered.
"Then tell me, Goku, why did you stop your attack? Surely you're not thinking of running away, are you?" Kain asked in a mocking tone.
"Not a chance. I just needed a moment to reach my best" Goku answered.
"Well then, if you have reached it, then perhaps we can get this little game started" Kain said.
"No problem" Goku said.
With one more quick energy flair, Goku then flew head-on at Kain. When he was in striking distance, Goku reared back & threw a hard punch that was aimed at Kain's face. However, much to his surprise, the blow went strait through it as if it were an illusion. Thinking that maybe he had just missed his mark, Goku then tried a roundhouse kick to the side of the head, but it had went passed right on through as well. Getting slightly frustrated, Goku landed & began to throw a flurry of punches & kicks, far to fast for the normal eye to follow. In fact, it was difficult for the other Z fighters to follow the blows as well. But for the Z fighters who were able to follow the moves, they could tell that Goku was putting everything he had into those blows. Unfortunately, they could also see that the blows were going strait through the seemingly unmoving Kain.
"What's going on? How come Goku's blows aren't hitting him?" Trunks asked aloud. He & the others watched as Goku jumped back & fired an energy blast at Kain, but unfortunately, it passed right on through his body as well. As Kain continued to stare at Goku with a look of calm boredom, the blast blew up someplace in the distance.
"He...he's too fast for Goku to hit" Piccolo said in realization. Everyone turned & looked at him in utter shock; that was definitely not good news.
As they turned back to watch the fight, they saw that now Goku was throwing everything he had as fast as he possibly could. He was appearing & disappearing with incredible speed as he threw blow after blow at Kain. In the air, on the ground, Goku was trying everything to hit the creature, who was at least two & a half feet taller. A very bored look had now occupied Kain's hideous face as his eerie eyes moved in succession with every move Goku made.
Turell & the other clan leaders watched the on-going battle as well, but their thought process was different from that of the Z fighters.
"(How could that human possibly think that he could be a match for Lord Kain? I doubt he would be much of a challenge to me)" Turell thought as he watched the battle.
"(That fool has no idea that Lord Kain is just toying with him. It's only a matter of time before Lord Kain goes on the offense, & ends this pitiful battle)" Dumah thought.
As the battle continued, it was becoming painfully obvious that Goku was absolutely, nowhere even remotely close to having a chance of defeating Kain.
Even though he was barely still conscious, Vegeta had been watching the fight as well, & he had realized from the beginning that Goku was fighting a lost battle. "(Kakorot doesn't stand a chance against him; that bastard hasn't even started fighting back, & he has already beaten him)" he thought as he clenched the wound in his stomach.
As all the on-lookers watched in anticipation, they could see that Goku had began to attack slower than before, & it seemed as though Kain had yet to move. It was very apparent that Kain had managed to tire Goku out while seemingly not moving at all. Everyone now knew that the moment that Kain goes on the offensive, then Goku would be beaten.
"So tell something Goku, when do should I begin to fight back?" he asked in a sarcastic, yet amused tone.
Hearing this, Goku jumped back a yard, breathing very heavily. "(I don't get it. How could he be that fast? I used everything I had & he dodged every single shot. I COULDN'T EVEN SEE HIM MOVE!!)" he thought in frustration.
"Well seeing as though you've stopped your attack, I guess now that it would be my turn" Kain said, unfolding his arms.
Goku took a defensive stance ready for whatever Kain was about to do, but it was clear that he was slightly worried now. He had just worn himself out, & now his enemy was about to attack & he was a fresh as he was when the fight had started.
Kain it seemed could read Goku's mind as he cracked a thin, sick smile. "Don't worry, it won't hurt...more than a month" he said in a tone that matched his expression.
Goku's ears & mind had barely absorbed what Kain just said, when Kain's fist slammed into his jaw. The force of the blow sent Goku sailing into the side of a cliff. Very unsteadily, Goku managed to get to his feet & got back into an offensive stance. However, before he could move, Kain appeared in his face again, this time kneeing him in the gut. The impact of the blow sent Goku soaring to the heavens, but Kain decided to interrupt the flight as he appeared above Goku & hit him with a double-axe handle to the back, a move that sent Goku crashing back down to the ground.
Kain slowly, like a vulture hovering above fallen prey, descended as he watched Goku try & get back to his feet. "(I had a feeling that I wouldn't get much of a challenge out of this world, but this is pathetic. I suppose I should start the beginning of his end)" he thought as Goku coughed & blood came up from his mouth.
Kain landed just as Goku raised his head to look at him & to try & fight him again. Kain, however, wouldn't give him the chance to even form a fist: he grabbed him by the throat & picked him up so that they were eye-to-eye.
"You get points for courage, but unfortunately for you, the game is over" Kain said in a voice of icy death.
Still holding him by the throat, Kain buried his fist in Goku's gut. Goku couldn't even cry out, mainly because a gush of blood came up through his system, & out his mouth where it splashed on the corner of Kain's face. Kain's tongue, black & snake like, was quick to lap it up.
"Don't worry, Goku. I said that it wouldn't hurt for more than a month. At least, that's the longest anyone has ever lived after attempting to fight me & loosing" Kain said, no remorse at all in his ice-cold voice.
Then, in a blur of unimaginable speed, he began to beat the living hell out of Goku with his feet & his free hand. The Z fighters watched in shock & horror as Kain seemingly destroyed Goku before their eyes. They could see Kain's hand as it held a death-grip on Goku's throat, but that was all they could see. Everything else was just a blur, except for the blood that was streaming for the multiple cuts & wounds that were appearing on Goku's body from seemingly out of nowhere.
"He's helpless!" Trunks exclaimed aloud.
The sound of Kain's blows on Goku's body were horrifying to listen to; it sounded as if every blow landed, which was everyone of them, was breaking a bone in his body. But above the sound of those blows landing came another sound that chilled the Z fighters strait down to their bones; the sound of Kain's sickening laugh, he was enjoying every moment of this. Hearing Kain laugh as Goku was being pounded unmercifully by him drove Gohan over the edge.
"Father, I'm coming!" he cried out as he lowered up to his full ability.
However, the voice of Piccolo stopped him from going on a suicide mission, "Gohan, WAIT! You won't be able to help him if you get involved!"
"I don't care! I'm not going to stand hear & watch as my father dies!" he cried, as his power increased as much as his anger.
"If you get involved, you'll be doing nothing more than giving those other five an excuse to attack Goku" Piccolo warned him.
In the midst of his anger, Gohan suddenly stopped his power up as he absorbed what Piccolo had just said to him. Truth be told, he had almost forgotten about them. He looked over to where the five of them were standing & calmly watching as Kain continued his assault on Goku.
"It seems as though the other defenders are getting worried about their friend" Rahab said as he glanced over at the Z fighters.
"Maybe once Lord Kain is done with his fun, perhaps he'll allow us to take care of his friends" Zephon said, a psychotic look in his eyes as he began to imagine what he would do to them.
Dumah shifted his eyes & looked at the Z fighters. After looking at each one of them for a moment, a perverted smile crossed his face.
Melchiah looked up at Dumah & saw the grin on his face. "What are you grinning about brother, something over there catch your interest?" he asked.
Turell, Zephon, & Rahab heard him & turned their heads, & looked up at their brother as well. "Yea" was Dumah's response as continued to stare at the Z fighters, #18 in particular.
#18, getting a very uneasy feeling, turned & looked at the clan leaders. When she saw the way Dumah was looking at her, a sickening feeling of dread swept over her. "(Uh, I'm gonna be sick)" she thought, guessing what Dumah was probably thinking of doing. "I think he likes me" she muttered.
Melchiah quickly glanced at the Z fighters & he didn't have to think long to figure out what Dumah was starring at. "Easy Dumah. Easy. Don't let your desires override your thinking. Although," Melchiah said, taking one more glance at #18, "I can see why you find her attractive."
Zephon gave a quick laugh & said, "Be careful Dumah, she may try & fight back against you."
"Oh I hope she does," Dumah said, turning his attention back to his brothers, "I love it when they struggle. It's so much more satisfying then when they just lay there & take it like the rest of the whores in Nozgoth."
"Isn't it the truth" Rahab said amusingly, the voices of approval coming from his brothers.
"But all fun n' games aside," Turell said looking at Dumah, "If you could fight anyone out of that bunch, besides the woman, who would it be?"
"Hmm, let me think for a moment" Dumah said, a serious expression reappearing on his face. He looked at the Z fighters again & made his choice, "The two kids look like they could last long enough to cause me to break a sweat."
"You're kidding right," Zephon said with a look in Goten & Trunks direction, "Dumah, you would crush them like insects in five seconds flat, maybe sooner."
Dumah gave a small chuckle at that thought & replied, "You're probably right, they are rather small."
Turell then looked at the leader of the Dumahim with a serious expression, & studied him from head to toe & still couldn't believe how huge he was. Even though vampires of both races, Hell-spawn & earth born, were incredible physical specimens, Dumah was by far one of the most impressive: his legs were the size of stone pillars, his arms were roughly the size of red-woods, & his chest was fifty inches thick. His clawed hands were the size of bowling balls, & his feet were roughly twice that size His entire body was very well built, every single muscle was shown very vividly, as was the case in his brother & Kain as well. Dumah also towered over all the vampires, including Kain, at 12.5"ft. "Dumah, to you, everyone is small" Turell said, slightly cracking an amused smile.
Dumah raised his head & looked at the battle sight. "It seems as though Lord Kain is finished with his fun" he said observantly. The other four lieutenants turned their attention back to the battleground.
Indeed, Kain was apparently done with his massacre. He was still holding Goku by the throat but at least he had stopped attacking him. Kain was calmly standing there admiring his work, just as fresh as ever.
However, the same could not be said about Goku. Goku was a mess: his entire face was covered in blood, his left eye had swollen shut, his orange fighting gi, the top half had been completely shredded while the bottom half was soaked in his blood, & his whole chiseled upper body had more cuts & gashes in it then the Z fighters wanted to try & count. His Saiyan race tail was limply hanging down & Goku appeared to be dead weight.
"You're fucking pitiful, Goku. I haven't even started warming up & you're practically dead already" Kain said in cold arrogance.
Just as he finished saying that, Goku quickly raised his hands & fired an energy blast in Kain's face. Without thinking, Kain released the grip he had on Goku's neck & put both hands in front of his face to block the attack.
The instant he hit the ground, Goku dashed backwards until there was about five yards between him & Kain. As he did this, he saw that Kain had somehow caught the blast, threw it behind him like yesterday's garbage.
Watching Kain do that, Goku knew that this would be his last chance to finish Kain. "Kaioh-Ken Attack!" he yelled, as the move began to make him stronger. Then he cupped his hands & took his stance, preparing to unleash his signature attack, the Kamehameha.
As Kain watched Goku, he suddenly felt his life force increase. "(Interesting. I never thought he had the ability to increase his power any further. But still, he has no idea of what real power is. However, he will find out soon enough; the fool hasn't the slightest clue as to what he is up against)" Kain thought with a smirk. He once again crossed his arms, calmly waiting for Goku to finish.
"(If I use the kamehameha at this distance, he will without a doubt dodge it. Somehow I have to catch him by surprise, but how?)" Goku thought as he continued to charge his attack. Then, he thought of how to do it, as he remembered his past fight with Cell, "(It worked against him, it might work against Kain.)"
"Anytime Goku" Kain called. "It's all yours! Ka-Me-Ha-Me-!!" Goku cried as the attack reached its climax.
"(If this even tingles, I'll be surprised)" Kain thought confidently. Goku then played the only ace in the hole he had, the Instant Transmission, a technique that allowed him to travel 186,000 miles-per-second.
Kain raised an eyebrow in surprise when Goku vanished & he could not follow where he was.
As quickly as he had disappeared, Goku reappeared at Kain's feet, crouched down with his attack ready to unleash.
"What!?" Kain said in surprise when he saw him.
"HAAAAA!!!" Goku cried as he released a 34,000,000,000 blast no more than an inch from Kain's body, & there wasn't a damn thing that Kain could do to block it. The blast struck him square in the chest & lower torso & for a moment, appeared to have stopped.
A moment later, much to the surprise of the lieutenants, the blast ripped right-on through Kain's torso, forcing them to dive out of the blast's way as it blew up somewhere in space. The Z fighters had covered their eyes because of the brightness of the blast, & therefore, had not seen the clan leaders scatter out of the Kamehameha's way.
When the bright flashing had settled, they uncovered their eyes & looked over to where a heavily winded & beaten-up Goku was standing in front of a huge cloud of dust, smoke, & sand.
As the cloud of dust n' such began to settle behind wear Kain had to be standing, the Z fighters could also see the clan leaders getting up to their knees & feet, looks of surprise etched on their faces.
"Dumah *cough," Turell said whipping some dust out of his eyes & coughing, "What the fuck was that?"
"*cough* How the*cough* fuck should I know?" Dumah said as he tried to get the dust out of his eyes. A fair amount of coughing & swearing could be heard coming from the other three lieutenants as they tried to clear their vision.
Dumah was the first of the five to see strait & the moment he realized he could, he looked over to where Kain was. A look of utter shock came over his face when he saw him. "How in the hell..?" his voice trailed off.
Once they got the dust n' crap out of their systems, Rahab, Zephon, Turell, & Melchiah turned their heads in the direction that Dumah was starring in, & the same look of shock & surprise that came across his face appeared on theirs. They were looking at their master, but they could see Goku's body when starring at Kain's torso.
As heavily breathing & bleeding as he was, Goku managed to show a smile of victory on his battered n' bloody as some of the smoke vanished & he could see the results of his Kamehameha: a tire-sized hole in the center of Kain's chest.
"Look!" Krillin said as the Z fighters could now see the results as well, "He got him!"
With the exception of #18, who was still watching Dumah, & Piccolo, all the Z fighters began to celebrate & congratulate Goku.
The reason Piccolo wasn't joining them was for two reasons: the first being he wasn't the excitable type, & the second being he was thinking of what Ashram had said the only time he was there. {"If you want to kill a vampire, you take a long pointed object & you impale him on it strait through the chest"} was what he had said.
"SHUT UP!" Piccolo shouted to the Z fighters. They did just that & turned to look at him, wandering what his problem was. "Don't forget what Kain said he was" Piccolo said.
"He said he was a vampire didn't?" #18 asked.
"So what if he is? I mean, there's no way he could survive a blast like that, vampire or not" Krillin said.
"I agree with Krillin, that guy is history" Yamcha said.
"Did you forget what Ashram said? About how to specifically kill one?" Piccolo said, almost angrily.
"Wasn't it something about impale..." Trunks began to say, but his voice trailed off as remembered what Ashram had said.
The look of realization spreading across the faces of the Z fighters made it clear that they had remembered as well.
"Unless Kain was lying, Goku did nothing more than seal his fate" Piccolo said grimly.
A quick gust of wind blew the remaining smoke n' dust away, & Goku's smile of triumph was replaced by a look of extreme fear. The look one Kain's face was one of a combination anger & coldness.
"Was that the best you could do?" he asked, his voice ranging in between amusement & boredom.
Then, the hole in his torso burst into white-hot flames, but instead of hurting Kain, the flames were healing the wound. The wound closed in about two seconds & as the flames vanished from sight, so did Kain's toying tone of voice.
"I can tell that you put all of your remaining energy into that last attack" Kain said matter-of-factly. Seeing the look of panic n' fear that he enjoyed so much on Goku's face, Kain coldly & calmly reviled the true to Goku, "You can't beat me. You never had a chance to do so from the beginning. I've been doing nothing more than letting you deceive yourself." Kain's eyes narrowed down into a look that could freeze an erupting volcano dead in its tracks, "You will never be able to kill me Goku, you are far to weak."
"Liar!" Goku cried as he threw a left-handed haymaker at Kain's face.
Unfortunately for him, Kain effortlessly caught it in his three-fingered/clawed hand. "You still don't get it do you?" Kain asked coldly as he began to wrap his right arm around Goku's left, making it impossible for it to move, "Maybe you'll get the picture now."
He then jerked the arm up, & then brought his left fist down on Goku's shoulder. Everyone heard the sickening sound of the bone being shattered, & Kain smiled coldly as he watched & felt Goku's left arm go limp. Goku began to scream out in unbelievable agonizing pain as Kain released his arm & watched as it swung lifelessly to Goku's side. The lieutenants then slightly cracked smiles when they saw that Kain's right hand began to glow dark violet; they knew what he was about to do. The same could not be said for Goku's allies, including Vegeta, who had torn off his undershirt & had tightly wrapped it around his gut wound.
"(What is that demon bastard up to now?)" Vegeta asked himself as he looked at Kain with a if-looks-could-kill stare.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!!" Gohan screamed. Kain's eyes looked Gohan dead in the face, "Quite," he said, releasing a force blast that sent Gohan up against a plateau.
Goten, Trunks, & Krillin rushed over to check on him as Kain turned his attention back to Goku, & was struck in the face by his right fist.
The blow had enough force behind it to crush a mountain, but Kain didn't even flinch. He did a slow double take, first to Goku, then to the fist on his face, then back to Goku again, this time with a smile of amusement.
"That tickled" he said in the same tone of voice that matched the expression on his face.
Then behind his back, his loosely tied hair began to move on its own. It slowly wrapped itself around Goku's right arm & pulled tight. Goku gave a tug with all he had, but nothing happened.
"Don't even try to free your arm," Kain said, "If you do, you just might pull your arm out of its socket."
He gave a quick chuckle, then made his hair lift Goku's only good arm over his head, leaving his entire body as a human punching bag. Clenching his left hand into a fist, Kain then buried it deep into Goku's midsection.
"It hurts, doesn't it?" Kain asked sarcastically. Then he buried his fist repeatedly into his stomach & rib area, loving every moment of feeling & hearing Goku's ribs being shattered. Kain then allowed his hair to drop Goku's arm so he could clench his now shattered rib cage.
"Oh, does that hurt?" Kain asked in the same mocking tone as before, "This should hurt even more." He then slashed his still glowing right hand like a sword at Goku's right arm. As if watching in slow motion, Kain's hand went strait on through Goku's arm without resistance. Some more of Goku's blood splashed onto Kain's face as just above the elbow, Goku's right arm fell to the ground, completely severed off.
However, before Goku could start to scream in the pain that he had to be feeling, Kain spoke again, "The fight ends here."
One very swift, strong, & stiff kick to the head later from Kain, & Goku was skidding across the ground as if fired from a canon.
"FATHER!!" Gohan cried as he got back to his feet & saw Goku stop at the feet of the other Z fighters. He was completely unconscious.
As Gohan was about to charge Kain, Trunks, Goten, & Krillin all dived on top of him to stop him from going. However, he fought free & flew at him, only to be stopped by Piccolo grabbing hold of his fighting shirt. "Don't do it Gohan" Piccolo warned him.
Gohan looked as though he would explode, but he released Piccolo's logic: if he went to attack Kain, then he would be giving Kain's soldiers the go-ahead to start attacking the other Z fighters.
A very fast glance in their direction showed him that they were crouched down, just waiting for the moment when they could fight. When he turned back to ask his father if he was alright, Kain appeared standing over his body.
"Well Goku, seeing as though you have nothing further to offer me, I will now end your miserable life" Kain said as he reached for the Soul Reaver. He grasped the handle then he looked at the Z fighters with somewhat of an arrogant smile on his face. "Don't worry Gohan, you can try next if you want" he said as he withdrew the deadly blade.
"Huh? How does he know Gohan's name?" Krillin asked Goten, who shrugged his shoulders.
"Molding my face is not the only thing that my ears can do" Kain answered as his attention was on Goku & what he was about to do. He pointed the tip of the Soul Reaver's blade at the heart area of Goku's chest, ready to deliver the final, fatal blow. He slowly raised the blade above his head, enjoying the looks of fear & dread on the Z fighter's faces. He looked back down at Goku & said in the coldest voice he had used thus far, "You were entertaining for a while Goku, but like all entertaining things, you eventually get bored with them. You just weren't strong enough to make a difference against me." Then, he brought the blade down.
The Z fighters either shut their eyes or turned their heads away, they weren't about to watch that.
However, Kain stopped a fraction of a hair before the blade sunk into Goku's bloodied upper body.
Since nothing seemed to happen, the Z fighters looked up to see Kain putting the Soul Reaver back into its holder oh his back.
"You're not good enough to be killed by me" Kain arrogantly said. Then he began to walk back to where his lieutenants were waiting, heads bowed.
The Z fighters, seeing as though the fight was over, rushed to Goku's aid. However, as Gohan began making a sling & a bandage out of his fighting shirt, they all regretfully realized that none of them had a strength restoring senzu bean.
Piccolo, however, using his own pointed ears, was listening very closely to what Kain was telling his warriors.
"This planet is thriving with blood. However, if I am to resurrect the Angel, then I need to bring the planet here in order to gather the blood" he said to them.
"(Resurrect the Angel? What's he talking about?)" Piccolo thought.
"So this means our trip down to Earth has been cancelled?" Rahab asked, slightly disappointed.
"Postponed" Kain replied.
"Lord Kain," Dumah said in vampiric, "it seems as though the green skinned one is listening in on our conversation."
"Let him, he can't do anything" Kain answered. He turned to Turell, "Since Goku's friends want to fight with us so bad, I'm giving you the task of finishing them off." Kain cracked a slight smile because he knew Piccolo wasn't going to like the next part, "Use as many of your offspring as you desire, the rest of us are going back to get the planet ready to be moved here."
"As you wish Lord Kain" Turell said kneeling.
Kain turned & looked at Piccolo to see him walking back to tell the others what he had just overheard. "Don't worry, I'm sure none of them will suffer through the pain that Goku is feeling right now" Kain called out to him.
Piccolo momentarily stopped & looked back at him only to be greeted by that smirk of his, as well as his cold laugh, then walked back to where the Z fighters were busy bandaging what was left of Goku's right arm, as well as bandaging all his other wounds. All except for Vegeta, who was impatiently waiting to hear what Piccolo had overheard. Needless to say, none of them were very thrilled when he told them.
"Damn it, that coward! He's just afraid of me, that's why he's running away" Vegeta spat.
"Be reasonable for once in your life!" Gohan shouted at him, & getting sneered at in return. "Forget about Kain, how are we suppose to get out of here alive? I mean, Goku & Vegeta were taken out effortlessly, & now we have to deal with that guy" Tein said as he looked at Turell, who seemed to still be getting instructions from his boss.
"We may have one chance..." Goku managed to say, despite the pain coursing through his body. Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to answer. "Trunks...do you have the time machine with you?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's right here" Trunks said, removing the capsule that held it from his jacket pocket.
"Good...now I know this is going to sound insane, but I want you to follow them & try to find Ashram" Goku said.
Now everyone was looking at him as though he had just lost his mind. "Dad have you gone crazy? What if they find out that he is following them & decide to take care of him?" Goten asked his father.
"& how do you know that that is the same space rip that Ashram came through?" Piccolo demanded.
"Because I have this feeling that those guys are the same ones that Ashram said would...Destroy everything in his universe. I think they were about to go to the Earth of his dimension when they noticed the space rip that Ashram originally used to come here. It never closed, or they reopened it, or something, but what matters is that they are here & right now, the entire planet is in trouble" Goku answered.
"So what you're trying to say is that unless we get his help, those guys are going to destroy the Earth?" Yamcha asked, not excited about the concept at all.
"I doubt they will stop with just the Earth," Piccolo said, "It's likely they'll go & destroy everything here in this dimension before going back to Ashram's."
"But even with this guys help, there is no guarantee that he will do any better against Kain than Goku or Vegeta did" #18 said. Everyone looked over at her; she did have a point they all realized.
They remembered that Ashram wasn't that much stronger than Goku, or even if he was stronger. "That's a risk we'll need to take #18. Besides, Ashram knows better than anyone how to kill a vampire" Gohan said.
"Being that he's one himself" Piccolo said. Then he noticed several figures coming out of the space tear. "We're out of time, that guys offspring are here."
"But how will I know where to find him when I get there?" Trunks asked.
"If I remember correctly, didn't Ashram say that one of his favorite hobbies was drinking?" Tien asked.
"I think you're right," Gohan said, then turned to Trunks, "I'd start with every bar within a hundred miles of where you land."
"Get ready Trunks, they're about to leave" Yamcha said.
He was right, the last of Turell's offspring, the Turellim, had come out of the portal & Kain, Rahab, Dumah, & Melchiah were flying towards the rip in space. Trunks opened the time machine, climbed in, & began to drive it towards the hole behind the vampires. Turell watched as Trunks followed his master & brothers out of the corner of his eye, then turned his full attention on to the Z fighters, who had all got into stances as Goku got out of the way.
"(Good luck)" Trunks thought, then followed Kain into & his warriors into the space rip.
"Since all of you are so eager to die, I took the precaution of summoning ten of my children for every one of you" Turell said to the Z fighters. All of the Z fighters could feel the power levels of the Turellim, but were uncertain about Turell's.
"Hump, if he intends to kill us, then he should've summoned more then 110 of his kin" Vegeta said, even though, because of the wound in his gut, he was in no shape to fight.
"Don't underestimate them Vegeta. They may seem weak to you, but with 10-1 odds, Trunks gone, & Goku in no position to fight, this may be more than we can handle" Piccolo said as he eyed the Turellim & Turell.
The Turellim got into groups of ten & took fighting stances while Turell hovered above them. "Your wish to die is about to be granted," he said with confidence, then he commanded in vampiric, "Turellim, ATTACK!!!"
The Turellim are on the attack. Can the Z fighters, without Goku, manage to hold off Turell's destructive offspring? & even if they can, will they have enough power remaining to defeat the deadly vampire? But what about Trunks, can he find Ashram in time to help out? Find out in the next chapter of Dragon Ball: Dark Shadows.