Chapter 7
Piccolo arrived at Corrin's tower fairly quickly. It had been abandoned years ago, but it looked the same, except a thin layer of dust covering everything in the small home. Piccolo began his search for the beans.
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Vegeta doubled over in pain. Zanji had just punched him in the gut as Vegeta was preparing another attack. Now Zanji was merely standing quietly, allowing Vegeta time to regain his composure. Goku immediately launched a counter attack by appearing behind Zanji and attempting a knee to his back. Zanji easily moved to the side, then flipped around and grabbed Goku's leg, swinging him into the ground. Vegeta charged towards Zanji and fired a small ki blast. Zanji easily destroyed it, but it was only meant to distract him. Vegeta appeared behind Zanji and grabbed him in a half nelson.
"Goku! Now's your chance! Use you're damned Kamehameha Wave to defeat him!" Vegeta screamed desperately towards the fallen saiyan. Goku looked up and nodded. then cupped his hands behind him and started his signature chant:
"Ka... me... ha... me..." Goku started. Blue energy cackled around his hands as a blue ball energized in his palms. He was nearly ready to unleash his deadly blue energy when Zanji sped towards him. Zanji flipped himself around suddenly and pulled his arms down with all his power. Vegeta was forced to let go, with the momentum of Zanji's speed he sped right into Goku while he was charging. Goku and Vegeta both flailed backwards, bloodied in several areas. Numerous cuts on the face forced Goku to wipe the blood from his eyes and out of his mouth. Vegeta was forced to do the same.
"We can't keep this up much longer, Kakorott. You're Namek had better get back here fast, I'm losing my patience. I'm nearly ready to destroy this entire continent if it means killing this monster."
"Calm down Vegeta. Piccolo will be back soon, he just has to find the senzu beans in Corrin's tower," But even Goku was starting to worry. It should have taken Piccolo less then 5 minutes to get to the tower and back with the beans. It had been nearly 20. Maybe there was more then just one alien on the planet and he had met up with him. "No," Goku thought, "I would have sensed them both power up. I haven't felt anything. But you had better hurry Piccolo. Zanji is much stronger then I thought he'd be. And if we don't get Gohan back in this fight soon, we could be finished."
As Goku and Vegeta were preparing another attack, they felt a huge energy surge from beneath them. When they looked down, they saw a tall warrior with black and purple hair. He was wearing a black and orange vest with white pants. Gotenks!
"Ha ha!" Goku belted, "They did it! It's a good thing they made sure to practice those steps over and over. We wouldn't have been able to afford a mistaken fusion."
"Kakorott, maybe you've forgotten, but we're stronger then that fusion down there. He's not going to be of much help in destroying Zanji."
"Maybe he won't be able to stop him. That was never my intention though. I merely want them to provide a distraction while we fuse," Goku stated nervously.
"WHAT?! Who says I want to fuse with you, Kakorott? I'd rather die then fuse with you!"
"But Vegeta, you're already..."
Shut up! Let's just get this thing over," Vegeta spat angrily. He knew Goku was right. Fusing into Gogeta would be the only way to insure that Zanji would be defeated. As Vegeta looked down, he saw Gotenks had already transformed into Super Saiyan 3 mode. He was just standing around, feeling his hair right now though. The idiot.
"Hey! Get up here right now. Stop feeling yourself," Vegeta yelled down to Gotenks. He looked up and immediately zoomed next to Goku and Vegeta. Goku then told him the plan.
"Don't worry Goku! I'll stop him with my Super Special Gotenks Ultra Punch!"
"... Whatever. Let's go Kakorott. I want this to be over with," Vegeta said coldly, looking at Gotenks, who was grinning idiotically. Goku nodded and both veterans dropped to the ground and began to practice, step by step, their fusion dance moves.
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"Ah, there the beans are," Piccolo sighed, relieved. He had been trying to find the beans in this clutter for nearly 15 minutes now. He snatched them up and stuffed them into a small brown bag, then took some string and attached the bag to his belt. Piccolo ran to the side of the tower and leaped off. He created a white ki aura around him, the jetted back off to the battle.
"I can feel a new power. I don't recognize it... exactly... but it's familiar..." Piccolo thought to himself. "There is something familiar about that ki. I'm not sure who's it is, but I don't sense Goten or Trunks anymore. This can't be good, that ki may belong to a new warrior. I have to hurry!" With that, Piccolo sped off even faster, doubling his ki aura around him.
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Gotenks led off with a punch against Zanji, but it was easily countered with a punch to Gotenks' face that sent him soaring into the ground, creating a crater 50 feet deep. Gotenks rushed back up immediately and redoubled his assault against the monster.
"Do those warriors send me a weakling while they run away in fear? Are you their dog, boy? Ha ha! I think so," Zanji teased Gotenks as he easily weaved in and out of the barrage of punches Gotenks was attempting to land.
"He wasn't with the warriors when I saw them first. Maybe there are more like him on the way? Five or six won't be a problem, but if enough come then I could be in real trouble. I had better try and end this soon," Zanji thought to himself.
"Super cyclone attack!" Gotenks screamed as he let loose wind attacks that were intending to knock his opponent down into the ground. Small tornadoes zoomed through the air, towards Zanji. The super warrior stopped them by creating a ki shield 20 feet wide.
"Super ghost kamikaze attack!" Gotenks screamed again. He blew out five straight ghostly copies of himself, each lining itself up. Then they all rushed Zanji, slipping through his ki shield with ease, as they were made out of a different energy then normal attacks. Once inside, the each detonated. Because of his ki shield, the blasts were contained. He too was blown backwards, the same as had happened to Gohan. However, because his ki shield was larger, the blasts weren't trapped in such a small area, and less damage was dealt to the green fighter.
When the smoke cleared, Zanji was standing on his feet with few cuts. Blue blood oozed from the cuts that did line his face, however. His blue robe was in tatters, so he ripped if off and tossed it to the side. When it hit the ground, it created such an impact that the street cracked into pieces before their eyes. He revealed that he was wearing no shirt underneath. It was a mistake to remove his robe, however. A ripped armor was better then none at all. But it was doubtful he needed any armor at all to stand up to Gotenks.
Piccolo arrived at Corrin's tower fairly quickly. It had been abandoned years ago, but it looked the same, except a thin layer of dust covering everything in the small home. Piccolo began his search for the beans.
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Vegeta doubled over in pain. Zanji had just punched him in the gut as Vegeta was preparing another attack. Now Zanji was merely standing quietly, allowing Vegeta time to regain his composure. Goku immediately launched a counter attack by appearing behind Zanji and attempting a knee to his back. Zanji easily moved to the side, then flipped around and grabbed Goku's leg, swinging him into the ground. Vegeta charged towards Zanji and fired a small ki blast. Zanji easily destroyed it, but it was only meant to distract him. Vegeta appeared behind Zanji and grabbed him in a half nelson.
"Goku! Now's your chance! Use you're damned Kamehameha Wave to defeat him!" Vegeta screamed desperately towards the fallen saiyan. Goku looked up and nodded. then cupped his hands behind him and started his signature chant:
"Ka... me... ha... me..." Goku started. Blue energy cackled around his hands as a blue ball energized in his palms. He was nearly ready to unleash his deadly blue energy when Zanji sped towards him. Zanji flipped himself around suddenly and pulled his arms down with all his power. Vegeta was forced to let go, with the momentum of Zanji's speed he sped right into Goku while he was charging. Goku and Vegeta both flailed backwards, bloodied in several areas. Numerous cuts on the face forced Goku to wipe the blood from his eyes and out of his mouth. Vegeta was forced to do the same.
"We can't keep this up much longer, Kakorott. You're Namek had better get back here fast, I'm losing my patience. I'm nearly ready to destroy this entire continent if it means killing this monster."
"Calm down Vegeta. Piccolo will be back soon, he just has to find the senzu beans in Corrin's tower," But even Goku was starting to worry. It should have taken Piccolo less then 5 minutes to get to the tower and back with the beans. It had been nearly 20. Maybe there was more then just one alien on the planet and he had met up with him. "No," Goku thought, "I would have sensed them both power up. I haven't felt anything. But you had better hurry Piccolo. Zanji is much stronger then I thought he'd be. And if we don't get Gohan back in this fight soon, we could be finished."
As Goku and Vegeta were preparing another attack, they felt a huge energy surge from beneath them. When they looked down, they saw a tall warrior with black and purple hair. He was wearing a black and orange vest with white pants. Gotenks!
"Ha ha!" Goku belted, "They did it! It's a good thing they made sure to practice those steps over and over. We wouldn't have been able to afford a mistaken fusion."
"Kakorott, maybe you've forgotten, but we're stronger then that fusion down there. He's not going to be of much help in destroying Zanji."
"Maybe he won't be able to stop him. That was never my intention though. I merely want them to provide a distraction while we fuse," Goku stated nervously.
"WHAT?! Who says I want to fuse with you, Kakorott? I'd rather die then fuse with you!"
"But Vegeta, you're already..."
Shut up! Let's just get this thing over," Vegeta spat angrily. He knew Goku was right. Fusing into Gogeta would be the only way to insure that Zanji would be defeated. As Vegeta looked down, he saw Gotenks had already transformed into Super Saiyan 3 mode. He was just standing around, feeling his hair right now though. The idiot.
"Hey! Get up here right now. Stop feeling yourself," Vegeta yelled down to Gotenks. He looked up and immediately zoomed next to Goku and Vegeta. Goku then told him the plan.
"Don't worry Goku! I'll stop him with my Super Special Gotenks Ultra Punch!"
"... Whatever. Let's go Kakorott. I want this to be over with," Vegeta said coldly, looking at Gotenks, who was grinning idiotically. Goku nodded and both veterans dropped to the ground and began to practice, step by step, their fusion dance moves.
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"Ah, there the beans are," Piccolo sighed, relieved. He had been trying to find the beans in this clutter for nearly 15 minutes now. He snatched them up and stuffed them into a small brown bag, then took some string and attached the bag to his belt. Piccolo ran to the side of the tower and leaped off. He created a white ki aura around him, the jetted back off to the battle.
"I can feel a new power. I don't recognize it... exactly... but it's familiar..." Piccolo thought to himself. "There is something familiar about that ki. I'm not sure who's it is, but I don't sense Goten or Trunks anymore. This can't be good, that ki may belong to a new warrior. I have to hurry!" With that, Piccolo sped off even faster, doubling his ki aura around him.
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Gotenks led off with a punch against Zanji, but it was easily countered with a punch to Gotenks' face that sent him soaring into the ground, creating a crater 50 feet deep. Gotenks rushed back up immediately and redoubled his assault against the monster.
"Do those warriors send me a weakling while they run away in fear? Are you their dog, boy? Ha ha! I think so," Zanji teased Gotenks as he easily weaved in and out of the barrage of punches Gotenks was attempting to land.
"He wasn't with the warriors when I saw them first. Maybe there are more like him on the way? Five or six won't be a problem, but if enough come then I could be in real trouble. I had better try and end this soon," Zanji thought to himself.
"Super cyclone attack!" Gotenks screamed as he let loose wind attacks that were intending to knock his opponent down into the ground. Small tornadoes zoomed through the air, towards Zanji. The super warrior stopped them by creating a ki shield 20 feet wide.
"Super ghost kamikaze attack!" Gotenks screamed again. He blew out five straight ghostly copies of himself, each lining itself up. Then they all rushed Zanji, slipping through his ki shield with ease, as they were made out of a different energy then normal attacks. Once inside, the each detonated. Because of his ki shield, the blasts were contained. He too was blown backwards, the same as had happened to Gohan. However, because his ki shield was larger, the blasts weren't trapped in such a small area, and less damage was dealt to the green fighter.
When the smoke cleared, Zanji was standing on his feet with few cuts. Blue blood oozed from the cuts that did line his face, however. His blue robe was in tatters, so he ripped if off and tossed it to the side. When it hit the ground, it created such an impact that the street cracked into pieces before their eyes. He revealed that he was wearing no shirt underneath. It was a mistake to remove his robe, however. A ripped armor was better then none at all. But it was doubtful he needed any armor at all to stand up to Gotenks.