Bulma gasped in surprise as blood began to trickle out of the corner of the unconscious Saiyajin's mouth. Every now and then, his body would convulse as if he were being hit and small wounds would appear on his skin, but it didn't make sense. "Vegeta! Why are all these injuries showing up like this?!" The prince folded his arms as he stared at the Saiyajin, deep in thought. "I don't know for sure, but the best explanation I can come up with is the battle going on in Kak--- Goku's mind is so intense that his subconscious thinks that his physical body is involved in the fight as well. That's why these wounds are appearing despite the fact he's not really in a battle." Bulma yelped and jumped away as Goku's body once again convulsed violently and a new wound opened up on his forehead. She watched as crimson liquid flowed over his pale skin. "Well... Are these the hits Goku's taking, or Kakarotto?" "How am I supposed to know?!" Vegeta snapped as he became increasingly annoyed with the woman's constant questioning. "Either way, Goku isn't going to have a body to come back to if this keeps up.
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Goku watched as his Kamehameha wave exploded upon impact, sending a shockwave throughout the area. He was forced to shield his eyes from the light the attack created, not to mention the debris it kicked up. Seconds later, the Saiyajin lowered his arms and peered into the dark landscape. There was now a huge crater where Kakarotto had been standing and a few bare trees were now hosting their own small fires on their branches; but besides that, everything was quiet and unchanged. There were no signs of the evil Saiyajin anywhere. Goku let out the breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding and fell back on the ground in exhaustion. It would seem that he'd won, but there was still a problem. The Saiyajin sat back up and looked around in confusion. "Uh... How do I get out of here?"
"You don't." a voice growled from behind him. Goku gasped in surprise and jumped back to his feet to face the owner of the voice. Standing before him was a frowning Kakarotto. His clothes were torn more than they'd been previous to his last attack and his skin was charred and broken in some places, but otherwise, he looked like he was still more than capable of battle. "Pretty sneaky playing possum like that." the evil Saiyajin muttered as he balled his hands into angry fists. "Hold on!" Goku cried. "How'd you avoid my attack? I didn't even see you dodge it!" Kakarotto's expression lightened a bit with an amused smirk. "Who needs to dodge when you can use the instant transmission? After I threw my own attack to give your Kamehameha wave something to hit, I simply transported out of harms way. Of course, I wasn't fast enough to avoid some of the backlash, as you can see." The evil Saiyajin growled as he motioned to a few of his more serious wounds. Goku should have known that Kakarotto could use the same attacks he himself was capable of using, but he was too distracted to remember or even consider that he'd use the instant transmission.
Kakarotto smirked in amusement at the flustered expression on the other Saiyajin's face. "It's not fun to have a victory taken away from you, is it Goku? Now you know how I feel." "Not quite. I don't feel slimy enough for that yet." Goku muttered. The evil Saiyajin chuckled for a moment. "Sticks and stones may break my bones... but I will break yours."
Goku's eyes widened slightly as the other Saiyajin suddenly rushed forward. Without a second to spare, he raised his hands and interlaced his fingers with Kakarotto's. The two identical warriors growled eye to eye as they strained to over power the other, each digging their feet into the ground that was slowly eroding below them. Their kis flared around them and each threatened to incinerate the other as their energy clashed together in a violent display of sparks and quick flashes of lightning that swirled around them. In one quick motion, Goku pulled Kakarotto toward himself instead of pushing him away and threw the other man off balance. He released the Saiyajin's hands and quickly jumped over him as the evil warrior began to fall forward. When the moment was right, Goku delivered a quick kick to the back of Kakarotto's unprotected neck, causing the evil Saiyajin to hit the dirt face first. Goku spun around once he'd landed and attempted an attack on the downed Saiyajin, but Kakarotto quickly rolled to the side at the last second, causing his opponent's fist to embed itself into the dead ground instead of him. Kakarotto grinned at the surprised expression in the other Saiyajin's face before planting his hands behind him on the ground to brace himself as he kicked Goku in the chest with both feet. The unbalanced Saiyajin was thrown backward by the powerful hit. Rather than leave himself vulnerable to another attack, Goku placed his hand on the ground and used the contact to perform a one handed back flip to right himself, gracefully landing on his feet afterward.
"You remind me of tinkerbell when you do those little moves." Kakarotto chuckled as he climbed back to his feet. "Well it's pretty pathetic that you're being beaten by a pixie then." Goku grinned, causing an angry expression to return to the other Saiyajin's face. "If you think you're winning, then you're even dumber than I thought!" Goku snorted before forming two ki attacks in each of his palms. Seconds later, he unleashed a fury of glowing orbs toward his opponent with blinding speed. Kakarotto easily dodged the majority of attacks before turning back to the other Saiyajin with a confused expression on his face. "Are you blind?! Those weren't even close!" Goku smirked and extended his arms out to his sides, his eyes never leaving those of Kakarotto's. "Not blind, but a whole lot smarter than you."
The evil Saiyajin gasped as he realized that all the ki attacks released by his opponent were all currently hovering around him. They weren't even meant to hit him and he was too confident to see through the simple trick! Goku smirked evilly, something he seemed to have picked up from Vegeta, and brought his hands together in one quick motion. Kakarotto screamed in both anger and horror as the ki orbs surrounding him suddenly launched themselves at him with deadly accuracy. There was no way to avoid them. The evil Saiyajin's scream was muffled as he disappeared in a burst of light. What sounded like the largest firework show in the world washed over Goku, forcing him to cover his ears to save himself from going deaf. He might have over done it a little, but he wanted to make sure Kakarotto stayed dead this time. The evil Saiyajin was right about one thing; having a victory taken away from you was not a good feeling. And he wouldn't let it happen again.
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Bulma and Vegeta both blinked in surprise as Goku's eyes slowly opened. For a moment the Saiyajin appeared very confused as he stared at the ceiling, but then he looked over at them and a relieved expression replaced that of the confused one. "Goku? Is that you?" Bulma asked as she slowly edged closer and closer to her trusty broom. The Saiyajin didn't seem to notice as he winced and touched the wound that was still present on his forehead. "Man... Vegeta, were you beating me up while I was unconscious or something?!" The prince opened his mouth to snap an insult before pausing and rubbing his chin in thought. That would've been an amusing past time. He just wished he'd actually thought about that earlier. "No! And it must be you again, Kakarotto, because only you would ask a stupid question like that!" Vegeta snapped. "It's Kakarotto?!" Bulma cried in horror. The woman grabbed the broom from the floor and raised it over her head as she ran at the stunned and confused Saiyajin. "Baka onna!! It's Goku! I'm not going to stop calling him Kakarotto because of this!" The woman gasped and stopped just as the broom was about to hit Goku, who was currently covering his head with his arms. The Saiyajin sighed in relief as she withdrew her 'weapon' and smiled.
"So this means you beat Kakarotto?" she asked. Goku thought for a moment before rubbing the back of his head. "Uh... I don't know." Bulma and Vegeta sweat dropped. "What do you mean, you don't know?!" the prince shouted. "Well... If I'm here I must have beaten him, but I didn't get to see for sure. One minute I was there, the next I was here. But I hit Kakarotto with a pretty powerful attack, so I'm pretty sure I managed to blow him up." Vegeta still didn't look convinced. Bulma stared at Goku blankly before hitting him upside the head with the broom. "Ow!! What'd you do that for?!" the Saiyajin cried as he rubbed his aching skull. "That man killed my son! You better be sure he's dead!" Goku gasped and covered his head as the angry woman once again raised the broom in preparation of another attack. "He's dead! I'm sure, I'm sure!" Bulma looked at the cowering Saiyajin for a moment before dropping the broom and placing her hands on her hips. "Good. Now I think a trip to Namek is in order."
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Goku watched as his Kamehameha wave exploded upon impact, sending a shockwave throughout the area. He was forced to shield his eyes from the light the attack created, not to mention the debris it kicked up. Seconds later, the Saiyajin lowered his arms and peered into the dark landscape. There was now a huge crater where Kakarotto had been standing and a few bare trees were now hosting their own small fires on their branches; but besides that, everything was quiet and unchanged. There were no signs of the evil Saiyajin anywhere. Goku let out the breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding and fell back on the ground in exhaustion. It would seem that he'd won, but there was still a problem. The Saiyajin sat back up and looked around in confusion. "Uh... How do I get out of here?"
"You don't." a voice growled from behind him. Goku gasped in surprise and jumped back to his feet to face the owner of the voice. Standing before him was a frowning Kakarotto. His clothes were torn more than they'd been previous to his last attack and his skin was charred and broken in some places, but otherwise, he looked like he was still more than capable of battle. "Pretty sneaky playing possum like that." the evil Saiyajin muttered as he balled his hands into angry fists. "Hold on!" Goku cried. "How'd you avoid my attack? I didn't even see you dodge it!" Kakarotto's expression lightened a bit with an amused smirk. "Who needs to dodge when you can use the instant transmission? After I threw my own attack to give your Kamehameha wave something to hit, I simply transported out of harms way. Of course, I wasn't fast enough to avoid some of the backlash, as you can see." The evil Saiyajin growled as he motioned to a few of his more serious wounds. Goku should have known that Kakarotto could use the same attacks he himself was capable of using, but he was too distracted to remember or even consider that he'd use the instant transmission.
Kakarotto smirked in amusement at the flustered expression on the other Saiyajin's face. "It's not fun to have a victory taken away from you, is it Goku? Now you know how I feel." "Not quite. I don't feel slimy enough for that yet." Goku muttered. The evil Saiyajin chuckled for a moment. "Sticks and stones may break my bones... but I will break yours."
Goku's eyes widened slightly as the other Saiyajin suddenly rushed forward. Without a second to spare, he raised his hands and interlaced his fingers with Kakarotto's. The two identical warriors growled eye to eye as they strained to over power the other, each digging their feet into the ground that was slowly eroding below them. Their kis flared around them and each threatened to incinerate the other as their energy clashed together in a violent display of sparks and quick flashes of lightning that swirled around them. In one quick motion, Goku pulled Kakarotto toward himself instead of pushing him away and threw the other man off balance. He released the Saiyajin's hands and quickly jumped over him as the evil warrior began to fall forward. When the moment was right, Goku delivered a quick kick to the back of Kakarotto's unprotected neck, causing the evil Saiyajin to hit the dirt face first. Goku spun around once he'd landed and attempted an attack on the downed Saiyajin, but Kakarotto quickly rolled to the side at the last second, causing his opponent's fist to embed itself into the dead ground instead of him. Kakarotto grinned at the surprised expression in the other Saiyajin's face before planting his hands behind him on the ground to brace himself as he kicked Goku in the chest with both feet. The unbalanced Saiyajin was thrown backward by the powerful hit. Rather than leave himself vulnerable to another attack, Goku placed his hand on the ground and used the contact to perform a one handed back flip to right himself, gracefully landing on his feet afterward.
"You remind me of tinkerbell when you do those little moves." Kakarotto chuckled as he climbed back to his feet. "Well it's pretty pathetic that you're being beaten by a pixie then." Goku grinned, causing an angry expression to return to the other Saiyajin's face. "If you think you're winning, then you're even dumber than I thought!" Goku snorted before forming two ki attacks in each of his palms. Seconds later, he unleashed a fury of glowing orbs toward his opponent with blinding speed. Kakarotto easily dodged the majority of attacks before turning back to the other Saiyajin with a confused expression on his face. "Are you blind?! Those weren't even close!" Goku smirked and extended his arms out to his sides, his eyes never leaving those of Kakarotto's. "Not blind, but a whole lot smarter than you."
The evil Saiyajin gasped as he realized that all the ki attacks released by his opponent were all currently hovering around him. They weren't even meant to hit him and he was too confident to see through the simple trick! Goku smirked evilly, something he seemed to have picked up from Vegeta, and brought his hands together in one quick motion. Kakarotto screamed in both anger and horror as the ki orbs surrounding him suddenly launched themselves at him with deadly accuracy. There was no way to avoid them. The evil Saiyajin's scream was muffled as he disappeared in a burst of light. What sounded like the largest firework show in the world washed over Goku, forcing him to cover his ears to save himself from going deaf. He might have over done it a little, but he wanted to make sure Kakarotto stayed dead this time. The evil Saiyajin was right about one thing; having a victory taken away from you was not a good feeling. And he wouldn't let it happen again.
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Bulma and Vegeta both blinked in surprise as Goku's eyes slowly opened. For a moment the Saiyajin appeared very confused as he stared at the ceiling, but then he looked over at them and a relieved expression replaced that of the confused one. "Goku? Is that you?" Bulma asked as she slowly edged closer and closer to her trusty broom. The Saiyajin didn't seem to notice as he winced and touched the wound that was still present on his forehead. "Man... Vegeta, were you beating me up while I was unconscious or something?!" The prince opened his mouth to snap an insult before pausing and rubbing his chin in thought. That would've been an amusing past time. He just wished he'd actually thought about that earlier. "No! And it must be you again, Kakarotto, because only you would ask a stupid question like that!" Vegeta snapped. "It's Kakarotto?!" Bulma cried in horror. The woman grabbed the broom from the floor and raised it over her head as she ran at the stunned and confused Saiyajin. "Baka onna!! It's Goku! I'm not going to stop calling him Kakarotto because of this!" The woman gasped and stopped just as the broom was about to hit Goku, who was currently covering his head with his arms. The Saiyajin sighed in relief as she withdrew her 'weapon' and smiled.
"So this means you beat Kakarotto?" she asked. Goku thought for a moment before rubbing the back of his head. "Uh... I don't know." Bulma and Vegeta sweat dropped. "What do you mean, you don't know?!" the prince shouted. "Well... If I'm here I must have beaten him, but I didn't get to see for sure. One minute I was there, the next I was here. But I hit Kakarotto with a pretty powerful attack, so I'm pretty sure I managed to blow him up." Vegeta still didn't look convinced. Bulma stared at Goku blankly before hitting him upside the head with the broom. "Ow!! What'd you do that for?!" the Saiyajin cried as he rubbed his aching skull. "That man killed my son! You better be sure he's dead!" Goku gasped and covered his head as the angry woman once again raised the broom in preparation of another attack. "He's dead! I'm sure, I'm sure!" Bulma looked at the cowering Saiyajin for a moment before dropping the broom and placing her hands on her hips. "Good. Now I think a trip to Namek is in order."
