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Chapter 14 The Last Stand
By EZRyder
Trunks landed on the cliff edge next to Piccolo over looking the new battleground that had just been created. A wicked wind blew across the valley that Vegita's impact had caused.
"Where is he?" shouted Trunks over the wind. As he said that the rain began to fall harder then ever on this night. Trunks hugged his body, for he was freezing on this cliff top. "What's going on, why is the weather so screwed up?"
"It's Vegita's energy," shouted Piccolo. "I can feel it rising below the ground its effecting the balance of nature, he will be breaking to the surface shortly. We must get ready." Piccolo sat in his cross-legged meditative pose and closed his eyes. Trunks came up beside him.
"What do I do?" asked Trunks. Piccolo shifted in his position.
"When I tell you put your hand on my shoulder," Piccolo replied. "I will use my power to project your essence into Vegita's mind, there you will try to separate the two minds in there." He gritted his teeth and paused for a moment, "Now get ready he will be here any second, and Trunks be careful."
"Thank you, Mister Piccolo," said Trunks.
They both waited in silence of the anticipation of Vegita's coming.
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Gohken held in mid air over the canyon they had created.
"Come on," he said to himself. He then opened his mouth and shouted, "I haven't got all day, Vegita."
Then the flowing red haired warrior exploded out from underneath Gohken. Catching him in the gut and shooting him high into the air. Gohken shrugged off the attack and unleashed a large ki beam. Vegita quickly dodged the blast, and shot at Gohken. With an explosive crash both warriors unleashed a volley of punches and kicks, both warriors parried and dodged each blow, neither giving the advantage. The surrounding cliffs could not stand under the stress of the shockwaves that all the punches gave off. An avalanche shot towards the bottom of the valley, and headed straight at Bulma, ChiChi, and Videl. Trunks looked on with horror. "MOOOOOOOOOOOOM," he screamed and powered up and shot into the valley. "Trunks, No," shouted Piccolo, but he let him go and concentrated on penetrating the strong mind of King Vegita.
"Trunks," screamed Bulma. She tried to run but was frozen with fear and recognition that there was nowhere to go. Trunks shot hard and fast and he got ahead of the avalanche. He shot towards the ground and grabbed all three girls by their belts and shot back to the still stable cliff that Piccolo was on. "Oh that's my boy Trunks," said Bulma with tears running down her face as she hugged her oldest son. He was so strong but she would never let anything happen to him as long as she lived.
High above the cliff, Vegita had grown annoyed at this fight and powered up considerably. He let out a booming scream, that caused his red aura to fluctuate and his white armored body flashed gold, and his long flowing hair shot up into the air and turned from blood red to pure gold. And his aura exploded into a golden light of a Super Saiyan.
"Oh shit," said Gohken. He gritted his teeth and began to gather the anger and energy to transform into a Super Saiyan. He screamed and shouted but nothing happened. His aura was still a light blue and his hair still black. "What's wrong?" shouted Gohken. "I can't transform."
Piccolo broke his meditation to shout. "Its Gohan," he shouted. "His Mystic energies are canceling out both Goku's and Goten's Super Saiyan powers."
Gohken sweat dropped at what had become of him. "This is not good, but we still have the mystic energy maybe we can hold out." With that Vegita flew at him and clocked him in the face. This sent Gohken soaring into the mountains, collapsing all three of them before he stopped.
Piccolo looked over at Trunks. "Trunks, are you ready?" he asked.
"Yes, but," said Trunks. "Is there still a piece of my real father in that mind?"
"Yes, there is," said Bulma. "I felt him when he came after us, he hesitated in trying to kill me as if struggling to get himself to do it. He's in there Trunks and he still loves us, but he needs our help to come back."
"Alright," Trunks shouted. "I am going in. He placed his hand on Piccolo's shoulder, and automatically felt darkness and a pull of his essence from his body and into Vegita's. It was a like opening your eyes in the past. He was in a majestic old castle, in the throne room to be precise. With low lighting, and no windows, it made the room hard to navigate for the young Saiyan warrior. He stumbled around until his left foot caught a hold of a large mass sending him careening into the floor. Trunks looked over to what had tripped him, and his jaw dropped considerably. There lay an exact replica of Trunks, and he was unconscious.
Gohken tried as hard as he might but couldn't dodge Vegita that easily. He had to reduce to blocking the blows, but Vegita's speed made that almost impossible and he was starting to land blows. Gohken was a bloody mess, but he pushed on trying to gain any advantage no matter what the cost. Vegita unleashed a flurry of small ki blasts. "Machine Gun attack," he screamed. Gohken threw a ki beam foreward as a shield, but the ki blasts cut through the beams like blades. Gohken was thrown back as his body was wracked with muscle tearing gashes from the beams. Vegita then shot around behind Gohken, and put his arm out in a flat- palmed gesture. "This was interesting but now you must be gone. BIG BANG ATTACK." A huge ki ball of energy pushed into Gohken's back and sending him forward, the beam shot him across the landscape for miles where it finally landed and annilhated 30 square miles of mountain.
Emerging from the bottom of the crater were three individuals, all busted up, with cuts all over their bodies.
"What happened?" asked a weary Goten.
"We split," said Gohan as he got to his feet and looked up. "We are back to normal again." The other two got up and looked up as well.
Vegita just stood high overhead and smiled at what he saw. "Oh what a glorious day, to eliminate all of my past rivals at one time," he shouted. His aura charged up high and he plummeted to the earth and to the trio in the pit.
The three put up their arms to defend themselves, which was as futile as ever at this point, they were beaten and bloody, and as one they couldn't stand against Vegita.
"Is this it?" shouted Goten.
"I think so, my sons," shouted Goku. The spec that was Vegita grew very rapidly. "Don't be too disappointed, we put up a valiant fight, an enemy as strong as the fighting essence of the Saiyan race is not that easy to defeat." All three warriors clenched there eyes shut and awaited their doom.
"Now die," shouted Vegita. He was on top of them when something struck him in the head and sent him crashing into the ground; he just lay there clutching his head.
"There is something in my mind," screamed Vegita in agony. He tried over and over to get up, but failed to do so. He fell out of his Super Saiyan mode and was back to the red haired warrior.
"Trunks, get the hell out of my head or I will tear you out," shouted Vegita to the wind. He stumbled around trying to get this force out of his mind.
"All right, Trunks," yelled Goku. "Okay boys, we got to give him some help. So lets distract Vegita as much as we can." With that Goku unleashed his Super Saiyan 3 powers, his hair shot down his back and muscles ripped. Gohan let out a ear shrieking scream as his Mystic powers enveloped his body, raising his energy and buffing his body. Goten followed suit and powered to his highest level of Super Saiyan as he could go, which was at the edge of level 2. "Now, be careful," shouted Goku. "He may look weak but he is still a lot better then us. This is it boys, our last stand we fall back no farther." All three warriors launched themselves at Vegita.
Chapter 14 The Last Stand
By EZRyder
Trunks landed on the cliff edge next to Piccolo over looking the new battleground that had just been created. A wicked wind blew across the valley that Vegita's impact had caused.
"Where is he?" shouted Trunks over the wind. As he said that the rain began to fall harder then ever on this night. Trunks hugged his body, for he was freezing on this cliff top. "What's going on, why is the weather so screwed up?"
"It's Vegita's energy," shouted Piccolo. "I can feel it rising below the ground its effecting the balance of nature, he will be breaking to the surface shortly. We must get ready." Piccolo sat in his cross-legged meditative pose and closed his eyes. Trunks came up beside him.
"What do I do?" asked Trunks. Piccolo shifted in his position.
"When I tell you put your hand on my shoulder," Piccolo replied. "I will use my power to project your essence into Vegita's mind, there you will try to separate the two minds in there." He gritted his teeth and paused for a moment, "Now get ready he will be here any second, and Trunks be careful."
"Thank you, Mister Piccolo," said Trunks.
They both waited in silence of the anticipation of Vegita's coming.
- - - - - - -
Gohken held in mid air over the canyon they had created.
"Come on," he said to himself. He then opened his mouth and shouted, "I haven't got all day, Vegita."
Then the flowing red haired warrior exploded out from underneath Gohken. Catching him in the gut and shooting him high into the air. Gohken shrugged off the attack and unleashed a large ki beam. Vegita quickly dodged the blast, and shot at Gohken. With an explosive crash both warriors unleashed a volley of punches and kicks, both warriors parried and dodged each blow, neither giving the advantage. The surrounding cliffs could not stand under the stress of the shockwaves that all the punches gave off. An avalanche shot towards the bottom of the valley, and headed straight at Bulma, ChiChi, and Videl. Trunks looked on with horror. "MOOOOOOOOOOOOM," he screamed and powered up and shot into the valley. "Trunks, No," shouted Piccolo, but he let him go and concentrated on penetrating the strong mind of King Vegita.
"Trunks," screamed Bulma. She tried to run but was frozen with fear and recognition that there was nowhere to go. Trunks shot hard and fast and he got ahead of the avalanche. He shot towards the ground and grabbed all three girls by their belts and shot back to the still stable cliff that Piccolo was on. "Oh that's my boy Trunks," said Bulma with tears running down her face as she hugged her oldest son. He was so strong but she would never let anything happen to him as long as she lived.
High above the cliff, Vegita had grown annoyed at this fight and powered up considerably. He let out a booming scream, that caused his red aura to fluctuate and his white armored body flashed gold, and his long flowing hair shot up into the air and turned from blood red to pure gold. And his aura exploded into a golden light of a Super Saiyan.
"Oh shit," said Gohken. He gritted his teeth and began to gather the anger and energy to transform into a Super Saiyan. He screamed and shouted but nothing happened. His aura was still a light blue and his hair still black. "What's wrong?" shouted Gohken. "I can't transform."
Piccolo broke his meditation to shout. "Its Gohan," he shouted. "His Mystic energies are canceling out both Goku's and Goten's Super Saiyan powers."
Gohken sweat dropped at what had become of him. "This is not good, but we still have the mystic energy maybe we can hold out." With that Vegita flew at him and clocked him in the face. This sent Gohken soaring into the mountains, collapsing all three of them before he stopped.
Piccolo looked over at Trunks. "Trunks, are you ready?" he asked.
"Yes, but," said Trunks. "Is there still a piece of my real father in that mind?"
"Yes, there is," said Bulma. "I felt him when he came after us, he hesitated in trying to kill me as if struggling to get himself to do it. He's in there Trunks and he still loves us, but he needs our help to come back."
"Alright," Trunks shouted. "I am going in. He placed his hand on Piccolo's shoulder, and automatically felt darkness and a pull of his essence from his body and into Vegita's. It was a like opening your eyes in the past. He was in a majestic old castle, in the throne room to be precise. With low lighting, and no windows, it made the room hard to navigate for the young Saiyan warrior. He stumbled around until his left foot caught a hold of a large mass sending him careening into the floor. Trunks looked over to what had tripped him, and his jaw dropped considerably. There lay an exact replica of Trunks, and he was unconscious.
Gohken tried as hard as he might but couldn't dodge Vegita that easily. He had to reduce to blocking the blows, but Vegita's speed made that almost impossible and he was starting to land blows. Gohken was a bloody mess, but he pushed on trying to gain any advantage no matter what the cost. Vegita unleashed a flurry of small ki blasts. "Machine Gun attack," he screamed. Gohken threw a ki beam foreward as a shield, but the ki blasts cut through the beams like blades. Gohken was thrown back as his body was wracked with muscle tearing gashes from the beams. Vegita then shot around behind Gohken, and put his arm out in a flat- palmed gesture. "This was interesting but now you must be gone. BIG BANG ATTACK." A huge ki ball of energy pushed into Gohken's back and sending him forward, the beam shot him across the landscape for miles where it finally landed and annilhated 30 square miles of mountain.
Emerging from the bottom of the crater were three individuals, all busted up, with cuts all over their bodies.
"What happened?" asked a weary Goten.
"We split," said Gohan as he got to his feet and looked up. "We are back to normal again." The other two got up and looked up as well.
Vegita just stood high overhead and smiled at what he saw. "Oh what a glorious day, to eliminate all of my past rivals at one time," he shouted. His aura charged up high and he plummeted to the earth and to the trio in the pit.
The three put up their arms to defend themselves, which was as futile as ever at this point, they were beaten and bloody, and as one they couldn't stand against Vegita.
"Is this it?" shouted Goten.
"I think so, my sons," shouted Goku. The spec that was Vegita grew very rapidly. "Don't be too disappointed, we put up a valiant fight, an enemy as strong as the fighting essence of the Saiyan race is not that easy to defeat." All three warriors clenched there eyes shut and awaited their doom.
"Now die," shouted Vegita. He was on top of them when something struck him in the head and sent him crashing into the ground; he just lay there clutching his head.
"There is something in my mind," screamed Vegita in agony. He tried over and over to get up, but failed to do so. He fell out of his Super Saiyan mode and was back to the red haired warrior.
"Trunks, get the hell out of my head or I will tear you out," shouted Vegita to the wind. He stumbled around trying to get this force out of his mind.
"All right, Trunks," yelled Goku. "Okay boys, we got to give him some help. So lets distract Vegita as much as we can." With that Goku unleashed his Super Saiyan 3 powers, his hair shot down his back and muscles ripped. Gohan let out a ear shrieking scream as his Mystic powers enveloped his body, raising his energy and buffing his body. Goten followed suit and powered to his highest level of Super Saiyan as he could go, which was at the edge of level 2. "Now, be careful," shouted Goku. "He may look weak but he is still a lot better then us. This is it boys, our last stand we fall back no farther." All three warriors launched themselves at Vegita.