Chapter 6: Power Overwhelming
"WWHHYY!!" Gohan roared as his back arched and he let loose.
It was as if a dam broke; a dam that held back indescribable power. The initial shockwave that ripped from Gohan knocked every rebel from the air as he began to scream in rage. Every barrier inside Gohan broke, every shield snapped, and the power raged through Gohan like a flash flood. The air above Gohan darkened although there were no clouds. Lightning flashed across the sky, arcing towards the ground and striking Gohan. The earth began to shiver, tremble and then began to shake like a full blown earthquake had struck the area. The ground around Gohan exploded in yellow light, disintegrating the rebels and ground alike around him. A second shockwave ripped from Gohan and ripped through the rest of the rebels, killing all of the weak ones and leveling the mountains to the south. Massive boulders broke away from the ground to hover above the ground only to be torn asunder by the energy that emanated from Gohan. Gohan's hair spiked up and grew longer and turned from black to yellow and gold. His eyes transformed from coal black to teal. The yellow aura around Gohan turned a darker yellow and grew to massive proportions around his body. The muscle mass in Gohan beefed up to become twice as much as before. Gohan's power level skyrocketed and caused every scouter on the planet exploded, only the main ki detector on the flag ship hovering in orbit was able to read the power level, but the numbers stopped rising, not being able to go beyond 999,999. The sky became light again and the lightning stopped flashing from sky to ground. The rocks that were hovering above the ground crashed back down.
Gohan brought his head down and looked at the few rebels that survived his ascension. The look on his face and in his eyes could be described in two words, insane rage. "YOU WILL ALL BURN!" Gohan roared and released some more of his energy. The energy flashed from his body and burnt the rest of the rebels near him to ash.
Gohan levitated off the ground and started into the sky, his eyes focusing on one of the star ships. Gohan flew up into the atmosphere, creating a shield around him, protecting him from the vacuum of space and punched through the armor plating and into the star ship. Once inside Gohan powered up once again, sending his power level even higher, and incidentally ripped the ship in half during the process. The engine at the back end of the ship ignited and exploded causing the rear of the ship to explode. The fireball engulfed Gohan and the front part of the ship which caused it to explode as well. Gohan flew forward and out of the blast, unscathed and headed towards the next star ship, moving faster then anyone could see and stopped right in front of it.
"MASENKO-HA!" Gohan roared and fired a blast through the entire ship, causing it to explode like the first.
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On the rebel flag ship…
King Thraknor stared at the view screen in horror, "Who is that? Fuck it, WHAT is that? HOW DID IT JUST DESTROY TWO SHIPS IN A MATTER OF SECONDS?" King Thraknor roared as he leapt from his chair. "Zoom in on that thing; I want to know what the hell it is. It can't be a new weapon, we would have known about it." The king said, trying to stay calm.
The view screen zoomed in twice, giving a perfect picture of a very enraged Gohan. "He's a saiyan alright, look at that tail, but it's yellow and he has yellow hair… teal eyes and indescribable power…" The king gasped as he realized something, "The legend, FUCK ITS TRUE! Turn this ship around, fuck the planet, we're leaving. I'm not getting killed by a damned super saiyan!" King Thraknor yelled at his crew. The crew gasped as what he said, a super saiyan? Fear turned into frantic action as the pilots began to turn the ship around to head out at warp.
One of the braver members of the crew approached the king, "Uhh, M-My k-king, what about the other s-s-ships? T-the s-soldiers on the planet? Are we just g-going to leave them?" The crew member asked, shaking with fear.
The king looked down at him and snarled. A blast left his hand incinerating the crew member. The king looked up and snarled, "Anyone ELSE have a problem with my command? Tell the other ships to leave we're leaving and to come home. Tell them I'm not waiting around for them." With that the king left the bridge and went to his room to calm his stomach which was doing summersaults.
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On the star shifters, 22 hours away from planet Vegeta…
Everyone gathered on the four star shifters sat up in surprise as the scouter on the ships starting going wild. The numbers fluctuating wildly going from 1 to 99,999 and back again.
King Vegeta stared at the scouter in shock, "What the hell is causing that? It's saying the power level is in the direction of planet Vegeta… but the numbers are fluctuating, no one has that much power, no one should be able to be detected this far out." King Vegeta said in disbelief.
Kakkarot looked at the scouter on the ship and said out loud to himself, "Just like I shouldn't be able to feel my son's pain…"
King Vegeta and Kakkarot looked at each other at the same time, the same thought going through their head. Gohan.
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Gohan looked around, ignoring the ship that was detonating behind him because of his blast. He wanted one thing, revenge. Gohan looked for the next star ship and saw them all turning around. He snarled out and chased after the nearest one firing thousands of large ki blasts at it. The blasts smashed into the shields around the ship and quickly overwhelmed them. The ki blasts hammered into the side of the ship and punched gaping holes in its armor plating before going further into it and exploding. Seconds after the shields went down the ship detonated.
As the ship exploded the flag ship blasted away at warp followed quickly by a few others. Gohan snarled once again and summoned a massive ball of ki in his right hand and threw it at a ship that was to slow to turn around ripping through the back of it and destroying the engines. Gohan smiled grimly and left them floating alone there. They deserve a slow death Gohan thought.
Gohan re-entered the atmosphere and hovered a couple miles above the planet surface. He extended his ki blanket and wasn't surprised when it easily encompassed the planet and every living creature on it. He grinned, good, I don't need a scouter, and there's no place for them to hide. Gohan laughed and flew towards the largest group of living creatures he could find.
When Gohan arrived on the scene he saw a large fight going on. Many saiyans were defending their city from the rebels; none of them had spotted Gohan yet. "I might as well make myself known" he said to himself and grinned.
Gohan began firing thousands of small ki blasts, small for him at least. Each ki blast smashed into a rebel and killed them, no matter their strength. Gohan snickered as some of his blasts hit friendly saiyans, but he didn't care, he was beyond caring anymore. When the last of the rebels at the location had been annihilated Gohan blasted off leaving the surviving friendly saiyans behind as they gaped at him. Gohan wanted to kill more rebels and he didn't care one way or another about his fellow saiyans, only that they didn't get in his way.
Gohan went from group to group killing and slaughtering all the rebels he could, showing no mercy, even as some pleaded on their knees. He just sneered down at them before he tore them apart. The power that gave him the ability to tear the saiyans apart also removed all semblance of humanity from Gohan. The power that granted him his strength had turned him into a killing machine, incapable of any emotion other then rage and revenge.
Gohan had become unstoppable, and he didn't care who he hurt.
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22 hours later…
The star shifters dropped out of the slip stream they were in and didn't even bother orbiting the planet. King Vegeta ordered his ship into the atmosphere immediately, as he wanted to take stock of the destruction and to kill King Thraknor. Kakkarot looked out a port side window and gasped. The king looked his way and raised an eyebrow at Kakkarot. Kakkarot said nothing and just pointed while he moved out of the way.
King Vegeta only got a quick look before his ship entered the atmosphere, but that was all he needed. "What the hell did that to that ship? Our automated defenses were disabled before they got here, yet the ship is missing the back half." The king shook his head trying to clear it, "I don't recall having a weapon that strong on our planet to begin with, that ship was the second largest in Thraknor's space fleet."
The king glanced at the scouter and noticed that it still fluctuated wildly, a few small power levels could be detected on the devastated ship but they were fading fast. King Vegeta put such thoughts out of his head as the star shifters landed at the edge of the desert nearest the capital.
Everyone exited their ships and gathered above them while they awaited their king's command. Kakkarot started fidgeting nervously, he wanted to find his son, and fast.
King Vegeta looked over at Kakkarot and frowned, "Kakkarot, take Bardock and Landyn and go find your son. Behind me you're the next three strongest. The rest of you are with me. We're heading for the capital. Now MOVE OUT!" King Vegeta blasted in the direction of the capital followed by the rest of the saiyans. Kakkarot looked at Landyn and Bardock and flew as fast as he could towards his home.
It didn't take them long to arrive their and Kakkarot noticed several fractures and cracks in the walls and foundation of the house. He turned his scouter on and turned the detection radius down low so it wouldn't blow from the massive power level somewhere on the planet. The scouter started bleeping and a very small power level appeared on the scouter, a power level that dropped steadily. Kakkarot flew in the direction of the low power and hoped it wasn't Gohan, Landyn and Bardock followed silently behind him.
As Kakkarot neared the spot where the low power level was fading his scouter started to go crazy before it exploded a second later. Kakkarot stopped at the edge of the forest and looked back at his companions, a worried look appearing across his face. The other two had seen the scouter explode and they both knew the huge power was coming towards them, and fast.
Kakkarot turned back around to continue on, a being appeared in front of him almost instantaneously. An aura of dark yellow pulsated around the being, yellow and gold hair spiked up and a yellow tailed flowed from behind him. What were most noticeable were the eyes, the teal colored eyes and the rage that burned deep inside them.
The being snarled out, "What do you think you are doing here? I suggest you leave before I tear you apart." The being began forming an incredibly dense ki blast and pointed his hand at Kakkarot.
Kakkarot, Bardock and Landyn stared in surprise at the being. The same thoughts going through their heads, who is he? Only saiyans have tails like that, but his is yellow, and so is his hair, and his eyes are teal not black. Kakkarot noticed something on the being, or more importantly, on the battle armor he was wearing. A little blue insignia engraved into top left part of the armor, the part that covered his heart. The insignia that was on all the armor created for Gohan, Bardock, Raditz and himself. The later three being away present or away from the planet.
Kakkarot stared at the being as realization dawned on him, "G-Gohan? Is that really you? What happened to you?" Kakkarot asked, disbelieving the power his son wielded.
Gohan shuddered and stopped gathering energy for his blast, "Who are you, how do you know that name?" Gohan spat out, the rage evident in his voice. Bardock and Landyn stared at Gohan in shock and thought, THIS was Gohan?
Kakkarot stared at his son, not believing the words that he said, "Gohan… Don't you recognize me? I'm your father. When we heard that planet Vegeta was under attack king Vegeta ordered the army back immediately." Kakkarot said as he tried to get his son to believe him.
Gohan snarled out, "No, you can't be my father, he left us here to die, there is no way my father could have gotten back this soon." and started to gather more energy once again.
"GOHAN! Calm down, I AM your father." Kakkarot said as he got a little upset, "We took the star shifters and used the warp/slip stream combo to get back here in less than 2 days. King Vegeta and 48 other saiyans have already headed towards the capital to remove the rebel saiyans and aid anyone they can find." Kakkarot reached out towards his son as Gohan stopped gathering energy once again, "Your must believe me. As soon as we landed I came looking for you. You must recognize Bardock behind me, beside him is Landyn, Captain of the royal elite guard. Now calm down, your rage is blinding you from everything, even the things you want."
Gohan looked at Bardock, back to his father and then back to Bardock. "F-father… No… It can't be true… can it?" Gohan said before screamed and clutched his head. Gohan trembled visibly and his aura flared brilliantly and then dimmed as he struggled for control.
The three of them, Kakkarot, Bardock and Landyn prayed that Gohan took control of his body from his emotions, as their lives hung in the balance. A few minutes later, which seemed like an eternity to the three watching Gohan, Gohan let out a final shudder and looked up at Kakkarot. Instead of rage filled eyes, tear filled eyes met them. With a cry Gohan launched himself at his father and fell out of his super saiyan state. His hair went down and returned to black, as did his eyes and his tail became brown again. His aura disappeared as he clung to his father and cried into his shoulder, tears of pain and sorrow trickled down Gohan's cheeks and onto Kakkarot's armor.
Kakkarot levitated down to the ground sat down as he held his son close to him, "Shh… that's it, cry it all out, don't leave it bottled up." Kakkarot said as he tried to calm and soothe Gohan down.
Bardock and Landyn seeing that Kakkarot had the situation well under control, nodded to each other and left the two alone. They had to tell the king about this.
Bardock and Landyn flew towards the capital at top speed and reached it in a matter of minutes. If they were shocked by what they had seen with Gohan, they were devastated now. The city was in ruins, and a few saiyans could be seen flying through the wreckage looking for survivors, trying to salvage what they could. The turned their scouters on and attempted to find the largest power level. They found it, but it was back south, around where Kakkarot was. They looked at each other and shrugged.
"Let's head towards the palace, the scouter is picking up King Vegeta's power level in that direction." Landyn said and headed towards the palace, Bardock not far behind him.
It didn't take long for the two of them to find the king. He hovered above the wreckage of the palace, rage and sorrow fought for dominance on his face. As Bardock and Landyn approached the king turned around and snapped at them as rage won the fight for dominance, "What are you two doing back here? Did you find Kakkarot's son or not? And what happened to that massive power level? It just disappeared."
Landyn approached Vegeta, "We're back because Kakkarot did find his son, and he WAS that huge power level. Gohan was ready to kill us when we first found him or I should say, he found us. He didn't even recognize his own father at first. It took all Kakkarot had to convince his son that he was who he said he was. After that Gohan returned to normal and began crying on his father's shoulder. We decided to leave and give them quiet. I for one don't want to make that boy upset." Landyn said, shivering slightly as he remembered the look on Gohan's face when he first found them.
"What do you mean that huge power was Kakkarot's son?" King Vegeta demanded, "There is no way he could have gotten that strong… Wait a minute, he returned to normal? What did he look like?"
Bardock spoke up, "His hair was really spiky and stood straight up, almost like yours, but longer and it was yellow and gold. He had this huge dark yellow aura flaring around him. His tail was also yellow and he had teal eyes, rage burned so brightly in those eyes I couldn't tell the color of them at first."
King Vegeta looked at Bardock and began to laugh. Bardock and Landyn looked at each other, had their king gone insane? His palace was destroyed, his family probably dead, and he was… laughing?
King Vegeta shook his head and reined his laughter in, "I can't believe it, the legend is true, and that kid beat me to super saiyan. Hehehe, I wish I could have seen the look on Thraknor's face when he encountered him." The king snickered a bit, "I'm going to have to figure out how that kid did that. I MUST know." The king became somber as he gazed once more on the ruins of his home. "Come on you two; let's search for my mate and kid."
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30 minutes later and south of the capital…
Gohan pushed himself away from his father and stood up. The tears drying, but sorrow was still etched on his face. Gohan looked at his father, "I'm so sorry father, I tried, I tried to protect Goten, but I couldn't… he's dead… along with Videl. I heard Goten die and watched as the life drained from Videl." Gohan shook as a sob wracked his body, "I-I don't know what happened to Alysa, she was there with us. I saw her smash into the ground but I don't know if she was still alive."
Kakkarot looked up at his son shocked, glad he was still sitting or he would have fallen. No… Goten… dead, Videl as well. I can't believe this, FUCK, I SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THEM! Kakkarot stood up, his own sorrow hidden away, and embraced his son. "I think Alysa is still alive, barely, but alive. There is a small power fading near here. We might be able to save her if we hurry." Gohan just nodded and followed his father, wanting to alleviate some of the guilt that plagued him.
When they reached the battle field where Gohan ascended they hurried over to the fading power level. Alysa was sprawled out, her back twisted at an odd angle, her breathing shallow and erratic. Kakkarot walked over to her and picked her up.
"Let's head to the capital, maybe they have some regeneration chambers available." Kakkarot said to his son.
Gohan just shook his head sadly, "I don't think so, I saw the city crumble, we would be lucky if we found a building intact. If… If we're going to save her we need to head to a different city. I know one not too far that survived the attack." Gohan said and took off to the southwest.
Kakkarot followed his son and a half hour later they reached another city. The city was damaged slightly but seemed to be ok otherwise. Some saiyans seeing them flying towards them called out in greeting. As they landed a pair of saiyans rushed and took Alysa to one of the regeneration chambers.
One of the saiyan warriors, a warrior with an orange insignia on his battle armor spoke up. "Did you see the being? He was glowing yellow and he annihilated the rebels that attacked us in seconds. He hit some of us as well, but if it weren't for him, we would all be dead and the city destroyed. I wish I had his power." The warrior said, awe in his voice.
Gohan flinched at the mention of the yellow glow and Kakkarot looked at his son and put an arm around his shoulders. "Yes, we saw him. He avenged all the saiyans that died in the attack. I think king Thraknor will think twice before attacking us again." Kakkarot said, more to his son then to the warrior in front of him.
One of the saiyans that took Alysa away from Kakkarot reappeared again. "Well, that girl should make it. She was injured really badly, but she should make it. I'm glad you got her here in time. There aren't very many females left on Vegeta. Most of the female saiyans that are left alive are the ones that joined the assault."
Kakkarot nodded and looked to Gohan. "We should get going, let's go meet up with king Vegeta at the capital. I think it's going to be some time before either us or the rebels makes a move. Both of us have been hurt badly because of this." Kakkarot said. Gohan nodded and the two of them flew northeast, towards the capital.
To be continued…
Slip stream – I'm just making this up (not sure if it already exists, if it does, oh well, like I said, only things I own are the original stuff I make up), but it's a stream in space that allows ships to go faster then warp. (There aren't different levels of warp like in star trek, just 1) Only the most advanced ships can utilize the slip stream and of those ships, only a few are able to use their warp drive within the slip stream to double their speed. Star shifters are one such ship. That's how they got back to Vegeta so quickly. The slip stream would normally cut their journey in half but since they used their warp engines as well, the journey was halved again taking less then 2 days to make it back.
Insignia - every house has one, they're different colors and the colors are used to represent their status in the saiyan society, the insignia never changes, and is different from family to family, but the color of the insignia can change depending on if more then 1 member of their family ascends to the next rank. I'll give you a color code for it if ya wish :)
No Insignia – isn't a resident of planet Vegeta or is too young to have earned one
Black – working class (basically the saiyans that do the every day stuff like farming, scientific research, manufacturing, banking, stuff like that)
Grey – first class warriors
Orange – second class warriors
Green – third class warriors
Blue – elite class warriors
Red – royalty (Impossible to achieve unless you marry into it or the current royal family is destroyed and a new is appointed)
In case you were wondering Chichi was green and so was Alysa. Gohan, Kakkarot, Bardock and Raditz were all blue, which is why their family is considered an elite family. Goten hadn't earned his yet. Saiyans don't get an insignia until age 10.
Damn, two chapters in 1 day? I scare myself sometimes
So, how do you like it? It's really odd with me, I don't really think about what I put into my story, it just sort of flows out from me and it just seems… right. Well, anyways I love my story so far, and I hope you do to.
Stay tuned for the next chapter.