Finally, an Animorph/DBZ crossover! Yay! *jumps around the room and sweat drops at the stares* Uhh. . .I'm okay. . .Here's the boring disclaimer's note.
I DO NOT OWN DBZ OR ANIMORPHS! If I did then I would probably be the happiest person in the world, but sadly I'm not, so I don't. SO DON'T SUE! Got it? Good. Now on with the fic! Enjoy!
Ages
Chibi Trunks (C. Trunks)-eight
Goten-seven
Rachel-thirteen
Cassie-thirteen
Jake-thirteen
Marco-thirteen
Tobias-thirteen
Ax-I don't know how old he is in human or Andalite years, I'll just say he's thirteen in human years
Adults-~old
Dabura looked up into the sky and grinned. Gohan appeared into the spot that he was looking at. Dabura took fighting stance while Gohan slowly dropped down. The two were about to collide. A large rock snapped and crumbled. A trail of fire suddenly and quickly appeared, then disappeared. Gohan emerged from the smoke, looking at Dabura.
Dabura flew up a little. Gohan pulled his arm back and charged at him. Dabura swiped forward and a blue blade-like thing flew at Gohan. Cassie gasped. Gohan jumped out of the way of the blade and it continued going down, going through the water and cutting down another large rock.
SK stared in shock, Goku, Vegeta, and Rachel smiled, Ax watched Gohan with his stalk eyes and Dabura with his main eyes, Marco watched with a hint of surprise on his face, Tobias watched with his fierce, intense hawk stare, and Cassie with worry written all over her face. `I hope he'll be okay.' Cassie thought, remembering when Jake was turned to stone. Goku noticed the look on Cassie's face. "Don't worry. He'll be fine." He said, giving Cassie a smile. "I sure hope so. . ." Cassie muttered. "Jeez, they're fast." Marco commented. Ax slowly nodded, not taking his eyes of the battle.
Gohan dropped into the water. "Where did he. . .?" Marco started. Go? He swam under Dabura. Tobias replied, watching the water intently. Suddenly a ki blast went flying up out of the water. "Idiot!" Dabura commented, holding out his hand. Gohan suddenly appeared in the sky a few yards away. "Huh?!" Dabura said. He looked up as Gohan charged at him.
Dabura quickly raised his hand up to guard himself as Gohan kicked him, then quickly dodged his own ki blast. Dabura flew into some rocks, destroying a few. Gohan stared down at the pile of boulders, but before the dust had a chance to settle, the rocks began to levitate. At the center was a completely unfazed Dabura. He grinned and the rocks flew at Gohan. Gohan gasped as he was hit by the whole lot and carried into another giant rock. It collapsed on him.
"Gohan!" Cassie cried. "He's okay. Don't worry." Goku said. Dabura landed and slowly walked up to the rocks and dust, grinning. Suddenly, a golden light explodes from inside the pile. Dabura stopped, throwing up his arms to guard himself from the flying rocks. "Huh?" he asked himself. Hovering above the rocks and dust staring down at Dabura was a completely uninjured Super Saiya-jin Gohan.
"What?" Dabura asked. He gasped and stumbled back, staring up at Gohan who was standing on a cliff ahead of him. A cloud of dust rose up around Gohan. He glared down at Dabura. "Okay Gohan, show us your power." Goku said.
Marco turned to him. "Is that his full power?" Marco asked. "Nope." Goku replied casually. Gohan suddenly disappeared. "What?" Dabura asked again. Gohan reappeared with his fist lodged in his chest. Dabura's face twisted with pain and his mouth dropped open.
Gohan shouted, pulled his fist back, and punched Dabura in the face. Gohan turned with the punch until he did almost an 180 degrees while Dabura went flying. "Not bad. Looks like he trained. . .somewhat. . .over the past seven years." Rachel commented. Gohan looked over his shoulder and appeared behind Dabura. He kicked Dabura in the side of the head from behind, Dabura's face again contorting with pain and surprise.
Dabura sailed to the ground, sending up a lot of debris and dust around him on impact. Gohan landed next to the new crater, and, with an obligatory scream, released a volley of ki blasts down at Dabura. The light faded. Gohan glared at the cloud, then looked back (without turning around.) Dabura appeared behind him and lunged at him with his fist pulled back. Gohan turned around and blocked the punch.
Dabura clenched his teeth while Gohan grinned. Dabura punched and Gohan fell over (but not out of the sky.) Dabura then punched Gohan in the gut. Then Gohan took a knee in the face. Gohan then threw a punch at Dabura's face, but Dabura crossed his arms over his face, shielding himself. They both landed on the rocks across from each other.
Gohan screamed and brought up his ki. He sent out a shockwave, which destroyed another large rock and knocked Cassie and Marco from their feet. Ax almost fell over, but kept his balance. Dabura held up his arms to shield himself from debris. "Get serious, or this won't be a good fight." Gohan said. "Huh?" Dabura asked.
"I-incredible!" SK stammered. Goku smiled. Vegeta looked away from the fight at Goku, then back to Gohan. He's an incredible fighter. He must have been training for years. Ax commented. "Of course he's a good fighter. He's a Saiya-jin. It's in his blood." Vegeta said.
Ax straightened. Andalites are good fighters too. But we must train for years to become as good as our superiors. Ax shot back. Vegeta rolled his eyes. Back at the battle, Gohan waited. Finally Dabura grinned. "Alright." He said.
He spread out his arms and legs. He screamed. Lightning appeared and disappeared, then reappeared several times around his body. The ground began to shake and crumble under his feet. Once again, Cassie and Marco were knocked off their feet. "Oh, just forget it. The ground is shaking to hard to stand." Marco muttered, sitting on the ground Indian style. Cassie did the same.
Dabura continued to scream as his ki continued to rise. Gohan remained calm. Gohan is either very strong or very stupid. Tobias commented. Rachel turned to him. "He's definitely not an idiot. Strong yes, stupid no." she said. "I hope you're right Rachel." Cassie said.
Clouds of dust rose up all around them. Dabura lunged forward. Gohan leapt into the air and their fists met halfway. Gohan brought up his right arm and blocked, sending out another shockwave. They both disappeared, then reappeared with Dabura behind Gohan. Gohan, behind you! Tobias called to him. "Don't worry. He doesn't need help." Goku said confidently. Gohan spun around and got smacked in the face, crying out in surprise. Are you sure? Tobias asked. Goku nodded.
Gohan kicked, but missed. He and Dabura disappeared again, then Dabura was racing toward Gohan. Gohan raced toward Dabura. Their fists collided and created yet another shockwave. Their knees met. Both lunged forward again and hit. Gohan threw a kick, hitting Dabura in the face. Dabura sailed toward the ground, but caught himself and bounced away, Gohan following.
Dabura got backed into a cliff side and Gohan flew forward. At the last second, Dabura dodged. Gohan flew into the rock. Dabura slid back and took a deep breath as Gohan charged toward him. Dabura exhaled, breathing fire that leaves a scorched rut in the ground. He repeated the attack, but Gohan disappeared. He went again where Gohan reappeared, but right before it hit, Gohan disappeared. When the flames disappeared, Gohan reappeared again. He screamed and swiped at Dabura, but. . . Gohan, that's an afterimage! Tobias called to him, his hawk eyes able to see through the afterimage. Goku looked at him.
"Hey, don't worry. I told you, Gohan doesn't need any help." Goku said. Gohan gasped. "The real me is over here!" Dabura called to him, his hand already outstretched. Before Gohan could react, he threw a large red ki blast. "Die!" Dabura yelled. Gohan stared at the blast in shock.
"Gohan, move!" Marco yelled. "Oh no!" Gohan yelled. He threw his arms up, but the blast explodes as soon as it hit and he was thrown back.
He slid through the dust as Goku watched with what could be disappointment and a little worry. SK and Cassie gasped. Rachel narrowed her eyes. Ax turned a stalk eye at Goku. Are you sure Gohan will be all right? he asked. Goku was silent.
A large rock exploded about halfway up and right behind it, a splash of water rose around where someone hit. `I let down my guard.' Gohan thought, lying on his back on the bottom of the lake. He looked up and saw Dabura's shadow over the surface of the water. He stood up. `He's waiting to ambush me.' he thought.
Dabura stood at the water's edge with his arms crossed. He looked across the lake. "He's waiting to ambush him." Rachel observed. Marco looked up at her. "Meaning Gohan is alive?" he asked. Rachel rolled her eyes. "Of course. A blast like that wouldn't kill him." she said.
Gohan formed two ki blasts and threw both of them up. "Hm?" Dabura asked. Both of the ki blasts rise out of the water in the front of him and flew behind before circling around and hitting him. He easily bat both of them away. One blast hit some rocks and the other landed in the water. He suddenly spun around. "Over there!" he said. He threw a red ki blast at the surface of the lake and Gohan screamed. "Gohan!" Goku yelled.
Vegeta watched silently with a mix of annoyance and anger. The water splashed up around Gohan's exit point, and a few yards above it is Gohan himself. All that everybody but Tobias, who had better eyes than anybody else, could see was Gohan's legs, the rest of him covered in a thick smoke. Dabura chuckled. "Is that the best you can do, even after your power up?" he asked.
The smoke disappeared. Everyone could see that Gohan had his arms crossed to block the ki blast. He lowered them. "The King of Darkness is incredible. He's in a different class from Puipui or Yakon." SK observed. "I can see how he got the title." Marco said. Vegeta continued to watch in annoyance.
Gohan shed the green clothes that had made up the Great Saiyaman costume, so that he was only wearing the black bottom layer. "Damn it! I haven't been paying attention, but that's about to change." Gohan said. Dabura grinned and disappeared as Gohan followed. Suddenly there was another shockwave. A trail of dust raced over the ground.
Another chunk of rock exploded and Dabura appeared, disappeared, and reappeared in random places near the dust. He stopped near a cliff and Gohan appeared behind him. He spun around and they both punched each other before disappearing again. They reappeared face to face over the water and struck again at simultaneously, throwing up a huge column of water.
Ax gave up looking back and forth at the landscape with his stalk eyes, so he just had one stalk eye turned to the left, one stalk eye turned to the right, and his main eyes facing forward to the landscape. "You're not doing it right, Gohan. If you attack like that, it's too easy for him to read your movements." Goku said. "What a waste. He's completely forgotten the basics of fighting." Vegeta said. Rachel nodded. Marco looked at Rachel, Goku, and Vegeta. "He seems to be doing pretty good to me." Marco said.
No. They are right. His movements are too predictable. Something my teachers have taught me, never let your opponent be able to predict your movements, whether it is martial arts or tail fighting. Ax said suddenly. "Well Andalite, you seem to know about the basics of fighting." Vegeta commented. Ax again straightened. My people are a race of warriors, as well as scientists. Ax said.
Back at the battlefield, a line of water rises up and finally ends in a huge splash set off by a shockwave, with a smaller splash in the middle where someone hit the water. Dabura landed next to the water's edge and Gohan hovered above the lake as the water fell. Gohan smiled. "Not yet." he said. Dabura grinned.
He turned around and waved Gohan off, which of course, frustrated Gohan. "Damn him. . ." He said. He charged up his ki again and flew forward, screaming. "Here I go!" he said. Dabura spun back around and spit. "Watch out! He's trying to turn you to stone!" SK yelled. Gohan suddenly stopped and threw his arm up in defense. The spit hit his hand. "Oh no!" Cassie gasped.
Gohan quickly pulled his glove off and threw it to the ground. It landed in front of Dabura, cracking and then partly turning breaking as Dabura watched.
Marco sighed in relief, not realizing he was holding his breath. That was close. Tobias said. "Now why did he try to defend himself by holding his arm up?! It's not a ki blast or a punch, it's spit that turns you to stone if it touches you! He should have dodged. It's only sheer luck he was wearing that glove." Rachel ranted. Cassie looked at her. "Hey, give him a break. He's safe, okay?" She said. "For now. He tries that again and he may not be so lucky." Rachel said, sighing.
Gohan smiled and opened and closed his fingers. He sighed with relief. "That was close!" he said. Dabura threw a punch and Gohan fell back to dodge. Gohan threw a punch and Dabura basically did the same thing, falling to the left. Dabura kicked and Gohan ducked beneath it. Gohan kicked and Dabura held up his hand to block. They paused for a moment, then Dabura punched. Gohan cried out as Dabura hit, then they separated.
They got into fighting poses at almost the same altitude at almost the same altitude and stared each other down. "Dabura's a lot stronger than I thought." Goku admitted. "Hmph. He should be able to beat Dabura. What a fool. He was stronger that this when he was a kid." Vegeta said. Goku hit his forehead. "Gohan's really been goofing off. . ." he said. "He's really pissing me off!" Vegeta said.
Dabura suddenly looked back and grinned. "Pay attention!" Gohan said. "Now why did that sound like my old English teacher?" Marco muttered. Gohan charged forward and Dabura turned to see a fist in his face. He flew back, then caught himself and created a sword. Just how many tricks does this guy have?! Tobias asked. Marco shrugged. "You're mine now!" Dabura yelled, racing forward at Gohan. He swung the sword.
"What?!" Gohan asked. Dabura chuckled, then suddenly gasped. A few golden hairs fell into the water below. Gohan looked up and smiled. He and Dabura jumped a few feet apart again.
Dabura charged forward, screaming and dragging his sword through the water. Gohan flew backwards, facing Dabura so that they always remained the same distance apart. Dabura lunged forward and swung, Gohan jumped back. The sword hit the water and the force of it sent a straight line, which crumbled. The trail of water and dust continued past that.
Dabura swung, Gohan dodged. Another swing, another dodge. Anybody beginning to see a pattern? Tobias asked. Gohan landed behind Dabura and Dabura spun around, swinging the sword. Gohan jumped away and landed on a nearby rock, Dabura leapt toward him. The rocks crumbled when Gohan jumped away and Dabura collided.
Dabura swung and Gohan ducked. Gohan then spun around and saw Dabura coming in from behind, but threw his foot up. He disappeared and knees Dabura in the face. He jumped back and Dabura cut down some more rocks, then slid back and to the right, then Dabura swung again, hitting more rocks.
Marco nodded. "Yep. I am seeing a pattern. Gohan dodges or disappears, and Dabura hits rocks. Nice pattern." he said. Gohan dodged again and flew forward, Dabura following.
Dabura hits MORE rocks as Gohan disappeared. He had his back to a rock ledge. Dabura swung and Gohan barely dodged. The sword lodged itself on the rock next to his face. Dabura tried again, hitting the other side. SK watched in amazement. Vegeta tapped his arm impatiently. `That darn Gohan!' he thought.
Dabura swung and cut cleanly through some more rocks, and when they fell Gohan barely dodged. He lies on his back in the air, just under the sword's path. Dabura finally jumps up with the sword over his head and came down right over Gohan. Gohan charged his ki, held his hands up, and caught the sword.
Dabura struggled against his grip, his eyes wide and his teeth clenched. As their ki's fought against each other, they sent off small shockwaves that were visible only in the waves of water they sent up as the two were hovering just over the water. Gohan fought against the sword, and slowly pushed it up. Dabura pushed the sword down.
Gohan screamed and finally tore the blade off. "What?!" Dabura yelled. "He broke the sword!" Marco said a bit shocked. Gohan and Dabura separated and their auras disappeared. The water began settle again. Dabura got rid of his broken sword. Gohan threw the blade away.
The blade landed in the ground several yards ahead of the Z fighters and the Animorphs and glowed white, then disappeared. "Um. . .I just thought of something. What if a stray blast comes at us? I mean, you Saiya-jins and SK may be able to defend yourselves against these blasts but. . .Well, and Andalite, two humans, and a hawk can't." Cassie said. "Don't worry. If anything comes at you guys, then I'll counter it with my own blast. But I may not be able to save Marco. . ." Rachel joked. "Hey!" Marco said, trying to think of a snappy comeback. "Don't call me SK." SK sighed.
Vegeta, who wasn't paying attention to Rachel or the Animorphs said, "Darn in, he's really annoying me!" Goku watched curiously and SK in surprise. "Alright! I'm going to finish this myself." Vegeta said suddenly. "Don't! Let him fight. He's not completely losing." Goku protested.
"I don't care about this foolishness." Vegeta argued. "Oh Dad, give him a break. So he hasn't fought in a while. So what? Gohan can beat him." Rachel said. Vegeta ignored her.
Dabura looked over at them. "Huh?" he asked. Um. . .guys? Dabura is looking this way. . . Tobias informed them. Only Marco, Cassie, and Ax seemed to hear him. "I want to end this soon so that I can settle things with you!" Vegeta said, pointing at Goku. "That's why I went to that stupid tournament! If I have to wait any longer, I'll just finish it now!" Vegeta continued. "Um. . .guys? This may not be the right time to argue. . ." Marco said.
Dabura grinned. He dropped his fighting stance. Suddenly, everybody heard Babadi yell "Papparapa!" Dabura appeared in the air over the room's floor. Gohan appeared opposite of him and his back collided with the wall. He cried out in surprise.
"W-what?!" Vegeta asked. "Huh? We're back." Goku said. SK looked around in shock. "Huh?" Marco asked, standing up. Cassie also stood up. "What does this mean?" SK asked. "Did he give up?" Cassie asked. I doubt it. Tobias said grimly. I agree with Tobias. From what I've seen, Dabura will not give up so easily. Be ready for trouble. Ax warned.
Dabura landed and walked back through the door. "Hey! Are you trying to run?" Gohan asked. "Run? No, I just don't need to lower myself by fighting you anymore." Dabura replied, turning around and grinning. Everyone else stared at him in surprise, except Tobias, whose hawk stare is always fierce.
"I've found the perfect warrior to fight you instead." Dabura said. He chuckled as the door closed behind them. "Hey! Get back here!" Gohan said. `The perfect warrior to fight us? What does that mean?' SK thought. "What a coward. The perfect warrior? Still, this should be interesting." Rachel commented.
Author's note-So, how was that? I want to thank all those who have been reviewing. I'm going to South Carolina today and won't be back till Monday, just to warn you. So I won't have the next chapter out until at least Wednesday. Anyways, R&R! See you soon! Ja ne!
I DO NOT OWN DBZ OR ANIMORPHS! If I did then I would probably be the happiest person in the world, but sadly I'm not, so I don't. SO DON'T SUE! Got it? Good. Now on with the fic! Enjoy!
Ages
Chibi Trunks (C. Trunks)-eight
Goten-seven
Rachel-thirteen
Cassie-thirteen
Jake-thirteen
Marco-thirteen
Tobias-thirteen
Ax-I don't know how old he is in human or Andalite years, I'll just say he's thirteen in human years
Adults-~old
Dabura looked up into the sky and grinned. Gohan appeared into the spot that he was looking at. Dabura took fighting stance while Gohan slowly dropped down. The two were about to collide. A large rock snapped and crumbled. A trail of fire suddenly and quickly appeared, then disappeared. Gohan emerged from the smoke, looking at Dabura.
Dabura flew up a little. Gohan pulled his arm back and charged at him. Dabura swiped forward and a blue blade-like thing flew at Gohan. Cassie gasped. Gohan jumped out of the way of the blade and it continued going down, going through the water and cutting down another large rock.
SK stared in shock, Goku, Vegeta, and Rachel smiled, Ax watched Gohan with his stalk eyes and Dabura with his main eyes, Marco watched with a hint of surprise on his face, Tobias watched with his fierce, intense hawk stare, and Cassie with worry written all over her face. `I hope he'll be okay.' Cassie thought, remembering when Jake was turned to stone. Goku noticed the look on Cassie's face. "Don't worry. He'll be fine." He said, giving Cassie a smile. "I sure hope so. . ." Cassie muttered. "Jeez, they're fast." Marco commented. Ax slowly nodded, not taking his eyes of the battle.
Gohan dropped into the water. "Where did he. . .?" Marco started. Go? He swam under Dabura. Tobias replied, watching the water intently. Suddenly a ki blast went flying up out of the water. "Idiot!" Dabura commented, holding out his hand. Gohan suddenly appeared in the sky a few yards away. "Huh?!" Dabura said. He looked up as Gohan charged at him.
Dabura quickly raised his hand up to guard himself as Gohan kicked him, then quickly dodged his own ki blast. Dabura flew into some rocks, destroying a few. Gohan stared down at the pile of boulders, but before the dust had a chance to settle, the rocks began to levitate. At the center was a completely unfazed Dabura. He grinned and the rocks flew at Gohan. Gohan gasped as he was hit by the whole lot and carried into another giant rock. It collapsed on him.
"Gohan!" Cassie cried. "He's okay. Don't worry." Goku said. Dabura landed and slowly walked up to the rocks and dust, grinning. Suddenly, a golden light explodes from inside the pile. Dabura stopped, throwing up his arms to guard himself from the flying rocks. "Huh?" he asked himself. Hovering above the rocks and dust staring down at Dabura was a completely uninjured Super Saiya-jin Gohan.
"What?" Dabura asked. He gasped and stumbled back, staring up at Gohan who was standing on a cliff ahead of him. A cloud of dust rose up around Gohan. He glared down at Dabura. "Okay Gohan, show us your power." Goku said.
Marco turned to him. "Is that his full power?" Marco asked. "Nope." Goku replied casually. Gohan suddenly disappeared. "What?" Dabura asked again. Gohan reappeared with his fist lodged in his chest. Dabura's face twisted with pain and his mouth dropped open.
Gohan shouted, pulled his fist back, and punched Dabura in the face. Gohan turned with the punch until he did almost an 180 degrees while Dabura went flying. "Not bad. Looks like he trained. . .somewhat. . .over the past seven years." Rachel commented. Gohan looked over his shoulder and appeared behind Dabura. He kicked Dabura in the side of the head from behind, Dabura's face again contorting with pain and surprise.
Dabura sailed to the ground, sending up a lot of debris and dust around him on impact. Gohan landed next to the new crater, and, with an obligatory scream, released a volley of ki blasts down at Dabura. The light faded. Gohan glared at the cloud, then looked back (without turning around.) Dabura appeared behind him and lunged at him with his fist pulled back. Gohan turned around and blocked the punch.
Dabura clenched his teeth while Gohan grinned. Dabura punched and Gohan fell over (but not out of the sky.) Dabura then punched Gohan in the gut. Then Gohan took a knee in the face. Gohan then threw a punch at Dabura's face, but Dabura crossed his arms over his face, shielding himself. They both landed on the rocks across from each other.
Gohan screamed and brought up his ki. He sent out a shockwave, which destroyed another large rock and knocked Cassie and Marco from their feet. Ax almost fell over, but kept his balance. Dabura held up his arms to shield himself from debris. "Get serious, or this won't be a good fight." Gohan said. "Huh?" Dabura asked.
"I-incredible!" SK stammered. Goku smiled. Vegeta looked away from the fight at Goku, then back to Gohan. He's an incredible fighter. He must have been training for years. Ax commented. "Of course he's a good fighter. He's a Saiya-jin. It's in his blood." Vegeta said.
Ax straightened. Andalites are good fighters too. But we must train for years to become as good as our superiors. Ax shot back. Vegeta rolled his eyes. Back at the battle, Gohan waited. Finally Dabura grinned. "Alright." He said.
He spread out his arms and legs. He screamed. Lightning appeared and disappeared, then reappeared several times around his body. The ground began to shake and crumble under his feet. Once again, Cassie and Marco were knocked off their feet. "Oh, just forget it. The ground is shaking to hard to stand." Marco muttered, sitting on the ground Indian style. Cassie did the same.
Dabura continued to scream as his ki continued to rise. Gohan remained calm. Gohan is either very strong or very stupid. Tobias commented. Rachel turned to him. "He's definitely not an idiot. Strong yes, stupid no." she said. "I hope you're right Rachel." Cassie said.
Clouds of dust rose up all around them. Dabura lunged forward. Gohan leapt into the air and their fists met halfway. Gohan brought up his right arm and blocked, sending out another shockwave. They both disappeared, then reappeared with Dabura behind Gohan. Gohan, behind you! Tobias called to him. "Don't worry. He doesn't need help." Goku said confidently. Gohan spun around and got smacked in the face, crying out in surprise. Are you sure? Tobias asked. Goku nodded.
Gohan kicked, but missed. He and Dabura disappeared again, then Dabura was racing toward Gohan. Gohan raced toward Dabura. Their fists collided and created yet another shockwave. Their knees met. Both lunged forward again and hit. Gohan threw a kick, hitting Dabura in the face. Dabura sailed toward the ground, but caught himself and bounced away, Gohan following.
Dabura got backed into a cliff side and Gohan flew forward. At the last second, Dabura dodged. Gohan flew into the rock. Dabura slid back and took a deep breath as Gohan charged toward him. Dabura exhaled, breathing fire that leaves a scorched rut in the ground. He repeated the attack, but Gohan disappeared. He went again where Gohan reappeared, but right before it hit, Gohan disappeared. When the flames disappeared, Gohan reappeared again. He screamed and swiped at Dabura, but. . . Gohan, that's an afterimage! Tobias called to him, his hawk eyes able to see through the afterimage. Goku looked at him.
"Hey, don't worry. I told you, Gohan doesn't need any help." Goku said. Gohan gasped. "The real me is over here!" Dabura called to him, his hand already outstretched. Before Gohan could react, he threw a large red ki blast. "Die!" Dabura yelled. Gohan stared at the blast in shock.
"Gohan, move!" Marco yelled. "Oh no!" Gohan yelled. He threw his arms up, but the blast explodes as soon as it hit and he was thrown back.
He slid through the dust as Goku watched with what could be disappointment and a little worry. SK and Cassie gasped. Rachel narrowed her eyes. Ax turned a stalk eye at Goku. Are you sure Gohan will be all right? he asked. Goku was silent.
A large rock exploded about halfway up and right behind it, a splash of water rose around where someone hit. `I let down my guard.' Gohan thought, lying on his back on the bottom of the lake. He looked up and saw Dabura's shadow over the surface of the water. He stood up. `He's waiting to ambush me.' he thought.
Dabura stood at the water's edge with his arms crossed. He looked across the lake. "He's waiting to ambush him." Rachel observed. Marco looked up at her. "Meaning Gohan is alive?" he asked. Rachel rolled her eyes. "Of course. A blast like that wouldn't kill him." she said.
Gohan formed two ki blasts and threw both of them up. "Hm?" Dabura asked. Both of the ki blasts rise out of the water in the front of him and flew behind before circling around and hitting him. He easily bat both of them away. One blast hit some rocks and the other landed in the water. He suddenly spun around. "Over there!" he said. He threw a red ki blast at the surface of the lake and Gohan screamed. "Gohan!" Goku yelled.
Vegeta watched silently with a mix of annoyance and anger. The water splashed up around Gohan's exit point, and a few yards above it is Gohan himself. All that everybody but Tobias, who had better eyes than anybody else, could see was Gohan's legs, the rest of him covered in a thick smoke. Dabura chuckled. "Is that the best you can do, even after your power up?" he asked.
The smoke disappeared. Everyone could see that Gohan had his arms crossed to block the ki blast. He lowered them. "The King of Darkness is incredible. He's in a different class from Puipui or Yakon." SK observed. "I can see how he got the title." Marco said. Vegeta continued to watch in annoyance.
Gohan shed the green clothes that had made up the Great Saiyaman costume, so that he was only wearing the black bottom layer. "Damn it! I haven't been paying attention, but that's about to change." Gohan said. Dabura grinned and disappeared as Gohan followed. Suddenly there was another shockwave. A trail of dust raced over the ground.
Another chunk of rock exploded and Dabura appeared, disappeared, and reappeared in random places near the dust. He stopped near a cliff and Gohan appeared behind him. He spun around and they both punched each other before disappearing again. They reappeared face to face over the water and struck again at simultaneously, throwing up a huge column of water.
Ax gave up looking back and forth at the landscape with his stalk eyes, so he just had one stalk eye turned to the left, one stalk eye turned to the right, and his main eyes facing forward to the landscape. "You're not doing it right, Gohan. If you attack like that, it's too easy for him to read your movements." Goku said. "What a waste. He's completely forgotten the basics of fighting." Vegeta said. Rachel nodded. Marco looked at Rachel, Goku, and Vegeta. "He seems to be doing pretty good to me." Marco said.
No. They are right. His movements are too predictable. Something my teachers have taught me, never let your opponent be able to predict your movements, whether it is martial arts or tail fighting. Ax said suddenly. "Well Andalite, you seem to know about the basics of fighting." Vegeta commented. Ax again straightened. My people are a race of warriors, as well as scientists. Ax said.
Back at the battlefield, a line of water rises up and finally ends in a huge splash set off by a shockwave, with a smaller splash in the middle where someone hit the water. Dabura landed next to the water's edge and Gohan hovered above the lake as the water fell. Gohan smiled. "Not yet." he said. Dabura grinned.
He turned around and waved Gohan off, which of course, frustrated Gohan. "Damn him. . ." He said. He charged up his ki again and flew forward, screaming. "Here I go!" he said. Dabura spun back around and spit. "Watch out! He's trying to turn you to stone!" SK yelled. Gohan suddenly stopped and threw his arm up in defense. The spit hit his hand. "Oh no!" Cassie gasped.
Gohan quickly pulled his glove off and threw it to the ground. It landed in front of Dabura, cracking and then partly turning breaking as Dabura watched.
Marco sighed in relief, not realizing he was holding his breath. That was close. Tobias said. "Now why did he try to defend himself by holding his arm up?! It's not a ki blast or a punch, it's spit that turns you to stone if it touches you! He should have dodged. It's only sheer luck he was wearing that glove." Rachel ranted. Cassie looked at her. "Hey, give him a break. He's safe, okay?" She said. "For now. He tries that again and he may not be so lucky." Rachel said, sighing.
Gohan smiled and opened and closed his fingers. He sighed with relief. "That was close!" he said. Dabura threw a punch and Gohan fell back to dodge. Gohan threw a punch and Dabura basically did the same thing, falling to the left. Dabura kicked and Gohan ducked beneath it. Gohan kicked and Dabura held up his hand to block. They paused for a moment, then Dabura punched. Gohan cried out as Dabura hit, then they separated.
They got into fighting poses at almost the same altitude at almost the same altitude and stared each other down. "Dabura's a lot stronger than I thought." Goku admitted. "Hmph. He should be able to beat Dabura. What a fool. He was stronger that this when he was a kid." Vegeta said. Goku hit his forehead. "Gohan's really been goofing off. . ." he said. "He's really pissing me off!" Vegeta said.
Dabura suddenly looked back and grinned. "Pay attention!" Gohan said. "Now why did that sound like my old English teacher?" Marco muttered. Gohan charged forward and Dabura turned to see a fist in his face. He flew back, then caught himself and created a sword. Just how many tricks does this guy have?! Tobias asked. Marco shrugged. "You're mine now!" Dabura yelled, racing forward at Gohan. He swung the sword.
"What?!" Gohan asked. Dabura chuckled, then suddenly gasped. A few golden hairs fell into the water below. Gohan looked up and smiled. He and Dabura jumped a few feet apart again.
Dabura charged forward, screaming and dragging his sword through the water. Gohan flew backwards, facing Dabura so that they always remained the same distance apart. Dabura lunged forward and swung, Gohan jumped back. The sword hit the water and the force of it sent a straight line, which crumbled. The trail of water and dust continued past that.
Dabura swung, Gohan dodged. Another swing, another dodge. Anybody beginning to see a pattern? Tobias asked. Gohan landed behind Dabura and Dabura spun around, swinging the sword. Gohan jumped away and landed on a nearby rock, Dabura leapt toward him. The rocks crumbled when Gohan jumped away and Dabura collided.
Dabura swung and Gohan ducked. Gohan then spun around and saw Dabura coming in from behind, but threw his foot up. He disappeared and knees Dabura in the face. He jumped back and Dabura cut down some more rocks, then slid back and to the right, then Dabura swung again, hitting more rocks.
Marco nodded. "Yep. I am seeing a pattern. Gohan dodges or disappears, and Dabura hits rocks. Nice pattern." he said. Gohan dodged again and flew forward, Dabura following.
Dabura hits MORE rocks as Gohan disappeared. He had his back to a rock ledge. Dabura swung and Gohan barely dodged. The sword lodged itself on the rock next to his face. Dabura tried again, hitting the other side. SK watched in amazement. Vegeta tapped his arm impatiently. `That darn Gohan!' he thought.
Dabura swung and cut cleanly through some more rocks, and when they fell Gohan barely dodged. He lies on his back in the air, just under the sword's path. Dabura finally jumps up with the sword over his head and came down right over Gohan. Gohan charged his ki, held his hands up, and caught the sword.
Dabura struggled against his grip, his eyes wide and his teeth clenched. As their ki's fought against each other, they sent off small shockwaves that were visible only in the waves of water they sent up as the two were hovering just over the water. Gohan fought against the sword, and slowly pushed it up. Dabura pushed the sword down.
Gohan screamed and finally tore the blade off. "What?!" Dabura yelled. "He broke the sword!" Marco said a bit shocked. Gohan and Dabura separated and their auras disappeared. The water began settle again. Dabura got rid of his broken sword. Gohan threw the blade away.
The blade landed in the ground several yards ahead of the Z fighters and the Animorphs and glowed white, then disappeared. "Um. . .I just thought of something. What if a stray blast comes at us? I mean, you Saiya-jins and SK may be able to defend yourselves against these blasts but. . .Well, and Andalite, two humans, and a hawk can't." Cassie said. "Don't worry. If anything comes at you guys, then I'll counter it with my own blast. But I may not be able to save Marco. . ." Rachel joked. "Hey!" Marco said, trying to think of a snappy comeback. "Don't call me SK." SK sighed.
Vegeta, who wasn't paying attention to Rachel or the Animorphs said, "Darn in, he's really annoying me!" Goku watched curiously and SK in surprise. "Alright! I'm going to finish this myself." Vegeta said suddenly. "Don't! Let him fight. He's not completely losing." Goku protested.
"I don't care about this foolishness." Vegeta argued. "Oh Dad, give him a break. So he hasn't fought in a while. So what? Gohan can beat him." Rachel said. Vegeta ignored her.
Dabura looked over at them. "Huh?" he asked. Um. . .guys? Dabura is looking this way. . . Tobias informed them. Only Marco, Cassie, and Ax seemed to hear him. "I want to end this soon so that I can settle things with you!" Vegeta said, pointing at Goku. "That's why I went to that stupid tournament! If I have to wait any longer, I'll just finish it now!" Vegeta continued. "Um. . .guys? This may not be the right time to argue. . ." Marco said.
Dabura grinned. He dropped his fighting stance. Suddenly, everybody heard Babadi yell "Papparapa!" Dabura appeared in the air over the room's floor. Gohan appeared opposite of him and his back collided with the wall. He cried out in surprise.
"W-what?!" Vegeta asked. "Huh? We're back." Goku said. SK looked around in shock. "Huh?" Marco asked, standing up. Cassie also stood up. "What does this mean?" SK asked. "Did he give up?" Cassie asked. I doubt it. Tobias said grimly. I agree with Tobias. From what I've seen, Dabura will not give up so easily. Be ready for trouble. Ax warned.
Dabura landed and walked back through the door. "Hey! Are you trying to run?" Gohan asked. "Run? No, I just don't need to lower myself by fighting you anymore." Dabura replied, turning around and grinning. Everyone else stared at him in surprise, except Tobias, whose hawk stare is always fierce.
"I've found the perfect warrior to fight you instead." Dabura said. He chuckled as the door closed behind them. "Hey! Get back here!" Gohan said. `The perfect warrior to fight us? What does that mean?' SK thought. "What a coward. The perfect warrior? Still, this should be interesting." Rachel commented.
Author's note-So, how was that? I want to thank all those who have been reviewing. I'm going to South Carolina today and won't be back till Monday, just to warn you. So I won't have the next chapter out until at least Wednesday. Anyways, R&R! See you soon! Ja ne!