XIII
"Ya!" Pikkon screamed, throwing a ki blast from his hand towards Yamcha. It impacted the human and sent him flying backward a few feet as burning pains shot through his stomach. Krillin tried to take advantage of the moment and zanzokened behind Pikkon.
"Kaio-ken x5!" The human recited, instantly a red aura surrounded his body. Krillin tried to punch Pikkon in the back, but the other man was much faster and jumped into the air. Krillin landed nothing but air, his fist planting itself in the concrete. He looked up and charged towards Pikkon, ready to avenge Tien's death.
"Kaio-ken x6!" both Krillin and Yamcha called, feeling their bodies power up again. They each flew side by side, then split apart and blocked Pikkon in on the left and right side. Both charged forwards with their fists extended, ready to assault the alien. Pikkon snapped up, letting the two humans rush past each other. Both had to alter their courses to avoid landing on a blow on each other, the wind ruffling their gis as they went sailing past. Krillin looked up at Pikkon and cursed him. Yamcha and Krillin floated upwards, each on one side of Pikkon. Then they each cupped their hands and leaned a bit, flaring their aura.
"Kamehame..." they both started. Blue energy collected in their hands as a wild blue ball appeared before each of them. Pikkon smirked and put up his arms, propping a flat hand towards each of the humans. He fired a yellow blast at both of them, engulfing Yamcha and Krillin in energy, dissipating their kaio-ken and kamehameha attacks instantly. He brought his hands down and curled himself into the fetal position. A white orb, like a ki shield, appeared around him. Pikkon suddenly threw out his arms and legs, exploding his energy in all direction. Yamcha and Krillin both covered their eyes, trying desperately to avoid being blinded by the intense light.
As the light dissipated, all three warriors dropped back onto the bridge (which was in relatively good shape too), panting. Krillin and Yamcha stood next to each other, watching Pikkon for any sudden movements.
"Yamcha... I'm starting to think this ain't gonna be so easy. All of my power is nearly exhausted," Krillin panted, hoping that his friend had some sort of answer to save them. He didn't.
"Yeah... maybe not. Where are the others? Why isn't anyone coming to help us? Dammit!"
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"Woah, what was that?" Goten asked, turning around to where he felt the ki from.
"I don't know, but I can feel my dad's ki too. Something's not right... No one here should be strong enough to force him to use super saiyan 4," Trunks said, facing his father's ki signature. They were both skipping from rooftop to rooftop, unable to find any of Packer's henchmen. They were almost going to go back and find another team to see if they had any luck when they both sensed the powers coming from the distance.
"I can feel someone else out there. Two other people... I don't recognize either. The one with your dad feels sort of like Piccolo, but there's something wrong with it. It's different... But Piccolo wouldn't be fighting Vegeta, right?" Goten questioned, becoming worried at the prospect of what was happening.
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"I don't know, Gohan. It might be Piccolo, or it could be someone else. Maybe another namek?" Goku responded to his son. While everything had been happening, they were infiltrating the heart of the city, several tall buildings lined with wired fences lasting twenty feet into the air. Since both Gohan and Goku could fly though, it wasn't much of a problem. But they were surprised to see that they were in a valley. It was almost a swamp, set deep in the ground. Large trees loomed overhead blocking out sunlight during the day, most likely shielding the center buildings from being spied on though. They could see things that looked like walk ways descending down to their position from high in the sky, but Gohan couldn't imagine how anyone, without the use of ki, could make their way to the capitol, since it was set nearly 500 feet under the rest of the city. Four buildings surrounded a fifth, all of which were octagon in shape. Goku figured that the people who lived on this planet were obsessed with simple shapes like those.
"But what about over there?" Gohan asked, pointing at another direction. "It feels like Pikkon, Krillin and Yamcha are fighting too. I can't feel out anyone else though, so who are they fighting? This is getting weird, Dad. Who is everyone fighting?"
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"I don't know who it could be, Goten. Let's split up though, I don't trust it. They might need our help," Trunks said, eyeing his closest friend.
"Right. I'll go see what's up with Yamcha and the others, you check out Vegeta. Deal?"
"Yeah, no problem. Good luck, Goten!" Trunks said, floating away. He flashed Goten a thumbs up. The other saiyan winked, then disappeared in a flash of white. Trunks turned around and jetted towards his father, scowling.
"What did you get yourself into this time, Dad? You probably don't even realize his power, do you?" Trunks thought to himself. "That's okay though, I'm on my way. Hang on!"
Trunks transformed into a super saiyan and let his aura engulf him. He leaned backwards, then thrust himself forward, rapidly closing the distance between himself and his father.
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Vegeta leaned backwards, watching as Diamao went sailing over him with a fist extended. Vegeta rolled out of the way as Diamao's knee tried to connect with his face. The saiyan jumped to his feet and swung himself around, kicking Diamao in the jaw. Diamao's face didn't move. Only the smirk was there. Vegeta ignited his yellow aura and retracted his foot. He planted a punch in Diamao's stomach, but found that it ended up hurting his hand more then Diamao. Vegeta dropped a few feet and grabbed Diamao's ankle, sending the namek flying into some nearby building debris still sitting on a small pedestal of bridge that was, even after all of this, standing. Taking advantage of the break, Vegeta turned side ways and planted one palm towards where he felt Diamao was. Vegeta thrust his ki into the attack he was forming, making a small ball in his hand. The yellow orb grew slightly, but remained small for the most part. The entire point of this attack was to condense a large amount of ki in a small area, making it extra sensitive to any impact. Vegeta's aura was going wild, expanding and contracting as he fed his ball. The attack wavered constantly, never holding a solid form. His tail was shaking madly, moving up and down in the winds his attack was generating. He wrapped it around his torso in order to keep it under control. As he did that, he felt his ball reach it's maximum energy. If he fed any more ki into it then it might explode in his face; he landed a final assault of energy into it to surge it forwards.
"Big bang attack!" Vegeta bellowed, releasing the attack at Diamao. The ball left his hand and zoomed towards the debris where Diamao still lay.
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Goten could now sense each of the three ki signatures he neared much clearer. He was certain that they were Krillin, Tien and Pikkon. But once again, he didn't sense anyone else. That meant either that they were fighting amongst themselves or the warriors on his planet didn't use ki, so he wouldn't be able to sense him during the battle. Either one was a bad.
"Doh!" Goten said as he realized the obvious. He put his fingers to his forehead and used shunkiado to appear at the battle site.
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The big bang attack connected with the debris, instantly vaporizing most of it. Rubble flew from the site and rammed into nearby buildings, making huge craters and indentations in the walls. The heat was intense, burning through the air like a fire, ravaging anything in its path. Vegeta was sweating, drenching his fur and pants with water. He had dropped his hand after sending the beam and was now covering his face to shield it from any stray energy. A bubble of ki surrounded the "crash site" where the big bang attack finalized and was growing rapidly. As it grew it ripped up everything in its way, from small pebbles to large chunks of concrete that had been severed during Vegeta's earlier powering up session. The sky had grown even darker in the dead of night and was now over cast by clouds brought on by the massive amount of energy being used. But the buildings and nearby areas were still illuminated by the ki sphere. Vegeta saw his own attack surging towards him, the energy ball growing rapidly towards him. He immediately surged upwards, zooming through the sky at impossible speeds, his hair matted down on his head.
The ki gained on Vegeta, burning through the air as it followed him. Vegeta felt the immense power following him and immediately turned to see if what he sensed was true. It was. And through brief glimpses of the shuddering mass, he could see Diamao's face. Diamao's face that was smirking as he watched the attack he had fed back to Vegeta engulf the saiyan; his cries echoing in the night as the ki sphere burned through his flesh, destroying fur and ripping away muscle.
"Ya!" Pikkon screamed, throwing a ki blast from his hand towards Yamcha. It impacted the human and sent him flying backward a few feet as burning pains shot through his stomach. Krillin tried to take advantage of the moment and zanzokened behind Pikkon.
"Kaio-ken x5!" The human recited, instantly a red aura surrounded his body. Krillin tried to punch Pikkon in the back, but the other man was much faster and jumped into the air. Krillin landed nothing but air, his fist planting itself in the concrete. He looked up and charged towards Pikkon, ready to avenge Tien's death.
"Kaio-ken x6!" both Krillin and Yamcha called, feeling their bodies power up again. They each flew side by side, then split apart and blocked Pikkon in on the left and right side. Both charged forwards with their fists extended, ready to assault the alien. Pikkon snapped up, letting the two humans rush past each other. Both had to alter their courses to avoid landing on a blow on each other, the wind ruffling their gis as they went sailing past. Krillin looked up at Pikkon and cursed him. Yamcha and Krillin floated upwards, each on one side of Pikkon. Then they each cupped their hands and leaned a bit, flaring their aura.
"Kamehame..." they both started. Blue energy collected in their hands as a wild blue ball appeared before each of them. Pikkon smirked and put up his arms, propping a flat hand towards each of the humans. He fired a yellow blast at both of them, engulfing Yamcha and Krillin in energy, dissipating their kaio-ken and kamehameha attacks instantly. He brought his hands down and curled himself into the fetal position. A white orb, like a ki shield, appeared around him. Pikkon suddenly threw out his arms and legs, exploding his energy in all direction. Yamcha and Krillin both covered their eyes, trying desperately to avoid being blinded by the intense light.
As the light dissipated, all three warriors dropped back onto the bridge (which was in relatively good shape too), panting. Krillin and Yamcha stood next to each other, watching Pikkon for any sudden movements.
"Yamcha... I'm starting to think this ain't gonna be so easy. All of my power is nearly exhausted," Krillin panted, hoping that his friend had some sort of answer to save them. He didn't.
"Yeah... maybe not. Where are the others? Why isn't anyone coming to help us? Dammit!"
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"Woah, what was that?" Goten asked, turning around to where he felt the ki from.
"I don't know, but I can feel my dad's ki too. Something's not right... No one here should be strong enough to force him to use super saiyan 4," Trunks said, facing his father's ki signature. They were both skipping from rooftop to rooftop, unable to find any of Packer's henchmen. They were almost going to go back and find another team to see if they had any luck when they both sensed the powers coming from the distance.
"I can feel someone else out there. Two other people... I don't recognize either. The one with your dad feels sort of like Piccolo, but there's something wrong with it. It's different... But Piccolo wouldn't be fighting Vegeta, right?" Goten questioned, becoming worried at the prospect of what was happening.
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"I don't know, Gohan. It might be Piccolo, or it could be someone else. Maybe another namek?" Goku responded to his son. While everything had been happening, they were infiltrating the heart of the city, several tall buildings lined with wired fences lasting twenty feet into the air. Since both Gohan and Goku could fly though, it wasn't much of a problem. But they were surprised to see that they were in a valley. It was almost a swamp, set deep in the ground. Large trees loomed overhead blocking out sunlight during the day, most likely shielding the center buildings from being spied on though. They could see things that looked like walk ways descending down to their position from high in the sky, but Gohan couldn't imagine how anyone, without the use of ki, could make their way to the capitol, since it was set nearly 500 feet under the rest of the city. Four buildings surrounded a fifth, all of which were octagon in shape. Goku figured that the people who lived on this planet were obsessed with simple shapes like those.
"But what about over there?" Gohan asked, pointing at another direction. "It feels like Pikkon, Krillin and Yamcha are fighting too. I can't feel out anyone else though, so who are they fighting? This is getting weird, Dad. Who is everyone fighting?"
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"I don't know who it could be, Goten. Let's split up though, I don't trust it. They might need our help," Trunks said, eyeing his closest friend.
"Right. I'll go see what's up with Yamcha and the others, you check out Vegeta. Deal?"
"Yeah, no problem. Good luck, Goten!" Trunks said, floating away. He flashed Goten a thumbs up. The other saiyan winked, then disappeared in a flash of white. Trunks turned around and jetted towards his father, scowling.
"What did you get yourself into this time, Dad? You probably don't even realize his power, do you?" Trunks thought to himself. "That's okay though, I'm on my way. Hang on!"
Trunks transformed into a super saiyan and let his aura engulf him. He leaned backwards, then thrust himself forward, rapidly closing the distance between himself and his father.
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Vegeta leaned backwards, watching as Diamao went sailing over him with a fist extended. Vegeta rolled out of the way as Diamao's knee tried to connect with his face. The saiyan jumped to his feet and swung himself around, kicking Diamao in the jaw. Diamao's face didn't move. Only the smirk was there. Vegeta ignited his yellow aura and retracted his foot. He planted a punch in Diamao's stomach, but found that it ended up hurting his hand more then Diamao. Vegeta dropped a few feet and grabbed Diamao's ankle, sending the namek flying into some nearby building debris still sitting on a small pedestal of bridge that was, even after all of this, standing. Taking advantage of the break, Vegeta turned side ways and planted one palm towards where he felt Diamao was. Vegeta thrust his ki into the attack he was forming, making a small ball in his hand. The yellow orb grew slightly, but remained small for the most part. The entire point of this attack was to condense a large amount of ki in a small area, making it extra sensitive to any impact. Vegeta's aura was going wild, expanding and contracting as he fed his ball. The attack wavered constantly, never holding a solid form. His tail was shaking madly, moving up and down in the winds his attack was generating. He wrapped it around his torso in order to keep it under control. As he did that, he felt his ball reach it's maximum energy. If he fed any more ki into it then it might explode in his face; he landed a final assault of energy into it to surge it forwards.
"Big bang attack!" Vegeta bellowed, releasing the attack at Diamao. The ball left his hand and zoomed towards the debris where Diamao still lay.
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Goten could now sense each of the three ki signatures he neared much clearer. He was certain that they were Krillin, Tien and Pikkon. But once again, he didn't sense anyone else. That meant either that they were fighting amongst themselves or the warriors on his planet didn't use ki, so he wouldn't be able to sense him during the battle. Either one was a bad.
"Doh!" Goten said as he realized the obvious. He put his fingers to his forehead and used shunkiado to appear at the battle site.
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The big bang attack connected with the debris, instantly vaporizing most of it. Rubble flew from the site and rammed into nearby buildings, making huge craters and indentations in the walls. The heat was intense, burning through the air like a fire, ravaging anything in its path. Vegeta was sweating, drenching his fur and pants with water. He had dropped his hand after sending the beam and was now covering his face to shield it from any stray energy. A bubble of ki surrounded the "crash site" where the big bang attack finalized and was growing rapidly. As it grew it ripped up everything in its way, from small pebbles to large chunks of concrete that had been severed during Vegeta's earlier powering up session. The sky had grown even darker in the dead of night and was now over cast by clouds brought on by the massive amount of energy being used. But the buildings and nearby areas were still illuminated by the ki sphere. Vegeta saw his own attack surging towards him, the energy ball growing rapidly towards him. He immediately surged upwards, zooming through the sky at impossible speeds, his hair matted down on his head.
The ki gained on Vegeta, burning through the air as it followed him. Vegeta felt the immense power following him and immediately turned to see if what he sensed was true. It was. And through brief glimpses of the shuddering mass, he could see Diamao's face. Diamao's face that was smirking as he watched the attack he had fed back to Vegeta engulf the saiyan; his cries echoing in the night as the ki sphere burned through his flesh, destroying fur and ripping away muscle.