His hair was invisible in the night sky. It had always been a shade of jet black, and nothing was going to change that. It was impossible to change the hair of a Saiya-jin.
Actually, there were many things that you could never change about a Saiya-jin. His will to battle. His cocky attitude. His "no bullshit" demeanor. His pride.
Vegeta had the sack of dragon balls full to capacity. He was going to find the Muk-jins, and kick all of their asses. Anyway, no one had seen his new transformation.
Vegeta sense two powers behind him. He stopped in the air and transformed to Super Saiya-jin, he knew what to prepare for.
In a blink of an eye, Gremeth swooped down and snatched the seven dragon balls out of Vegeta's hand. He floated in the air above Vegeta and laughed.
"Not good to keep your guard down, Ginyu," he remarked hastily. Vegeta's eyes narrowed.
"And to think…even in your advanced stage of golden hair…you still do not have enough wits to catch me? Pathetic."
Gremeth dropped the bag of dragon balls, and Vegeta didn't even notice Remeth floating under him, who snatched the sack out of the air.
"Have fun Gremeth," said Remeth, bidding him farewell. He surrounded himself with red energy and flew off towards Goku and Gohan.
"So Muk-jin," said Vegeta, as Gremeth turned back to him. "I guess the fairy tales are true. Aliens really are scrawny little green men."
Vegeta screamed in excitement as he surrounded himself with purple energy.
"Gallic Gun!" he yelled and released the purple beam, which seemed to surprise Gremeth. It struck him dead on in the stomach, causing him to let out a cough-like sound. Gremeth was pushed back several yards, and didn't even try to defend the attack. It finally overwhelmed him, and the purple light soon vanished.
Gremeth had a hole through him. He quickly recovered it and laughed.
"You'll need to do better than that, Vegeta!" he taunted. Vegeta's eyes turned to slits. Lightning struck the ground and lit up his face as he stared into Gremeth.
"It's time for the real battle to begin."
Vegeta began to grunt. He hunched over and screamed out in what seemed to be pain. Lightning crackled through him as he began to grunt once more.
Vegeta's eyebrows began to protrude, and then they disappeared. His eyes went from a sea green to a piercing shade of blue. His balding hairline seemed to recede even further, making Vegeta extremely ugly and menacing. Vegeta's hair elongated all the way to hit boots, and the transformation ended. His now pure heart, his sacrifice to defeat Buu, had turned him into a Super Saiya-jin 3.
Vegeta took two energy balls cupped in his palms and rushed at Gremeth. He missed with two energy-full punches and finally landed one in his stomach, exploding on impact and knocking Gremeth through the air. Vegeta was right there, axe-handling him to the ground. A cloud of dust kicked up and Vegeta was shocked to see Gremeth appear right through it, kicking him in the gut and swinging him around by his hair. Gremeth threw Vegeta up and powered a blast with both hands. He fired it at Vegeta, who batted it away.
Vegeta threw a ball of orange energy at Gremeth. Before it hit him, it stopped in mid-air, floating in front of the Muk-jin. Vegeta then appeared in front of Gremeth, using the distraction to his advantage. He took the orange ball and hurled it at Gremeth, creating a hole through his midsection. Vegeta knew this would not finish off the green beast.
He lifted his palm and a blue light grew in his hands. Vegeta flashed his familiar smile.
"I hope blue's your favorite color…"
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One stream of blood ran from his mouth. Another from his left eye, and yet another from a gash in his cheek.
Krillin was a mess. The fight with Tien had really drained him. He felt lucky that his Kienzan had saved him once again from something that could've turned out pretty bad.
As he approached the time machine, he noticed a word written on the side. Hope. It was a word of so much caliber and magnitude that Krillin could not even try to measure. He quit staring and climbed into the capsule. He looked at the seat beside him. It was empty. A tear came to his eye when he had remembered his good friend Yamcha. It then rolled down his cheek, washing away the blood, when he realized that Yamcha could never be wished back. He would miss him.
But he had to help his friends. Krillin closed the glass lid to the time machine. He set the lever to 2002. He was going home.
He pushed the button. A whirring sound began and there was a flash. Krillin saw white and realized that he was once again in the Room of Spirit & Time. He watched on in wonder as the room's marvels once again came into play. And then he felt a thud.
Krillin looked down at the controls. On the time dial, it read straight through: ----. Krillin looked around the room. The machine had stopped, so he opened the glass cover and stepped out onto the surface. In the distance a fire was spewing but was of no notice to Krillin right now. He peered around the time machine to see the door of the Room of Spirit & Time. The entrance to the amazing room.
Krillin assumed that the time machine couldn't enter the door. So he placed his hand on the handle, and pushed. And pushed again. Then pulled. And pulled again. And pushed. And the door would not budge. Krillin was trapped.
Trapped in time. Krillin could go 20 years in only 20 days. By the time they got him out, he would be long dead…
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"And as you can see folks, this strange monstrosity has fallen from the sky into a cornfield. This is one of the strangest things we've ever experienced. Nobody knew where it came from or--"
The television was switched off and the TV reporter disappeared. Chi-Chi threw the remote control at the television.
"Things just keep getting stranger and stranger! Why can't someone we know tell us exactly what's going on?" she demanded.
"Oh my God…" said Bulma, clutching her mouth. She had just remembered. The time machine was engineered to use the Room of Spirit & Time. Sure it had made the trip faster, but now the room's entrance was destroyed. How would Yamcha and Krillin get back with news of Tien? Oh this was a disaster.
But Bulma kept it a secret. For now.
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Goku stood up, now entirely straight. His eyes had gone entirely red, and a growl erupted from his throat. Gohan looked over to his father, who was looking straight up at the full moon. He looked at his tail, twitching. Gohan jumped up.
"NO DAD!!! DON'T LOOK AT THE MOON! WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN?" he screamed. Gohan rushed over to his father to try to pull him away, but one swipe from his hand sent Gohan sprawling across the ground. He looked up at his father, who seemed to be growing in size. Hair sprouted from all over his body, all of it was brown. He grew to a tremendous size, his face protruding out into a large monkey shape. He finally stood, almost 20 feet, screaming in a roar. And then, in another scream, he erupted into a golden light. A golden aura surrounded him. Goku, the Golden Oozaru.
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The Big Bang began to form in Vegeta's hand. Gremeth groaned in pain from the last attack and saw Vegeta charging. He immediately brought both arms to his chest and crossed them in a blocking fashion. Vegeta didn't look to be stopping the attack, and the blue energy erupted from his palm, enveloping Gremeth with the blue light. Vegeta even had to shield his eyes from its brightness as it swarmed over his adversary.
Finally, Vegeta opened his eyes and saw nothing. Behind him, a swift chop struck him dead on in the neck, and just like his son, Vegeta dropped like a fly.