XXI
"I would be down there, but someone didn't restore all of my ki!" Vegeta complained to Goten, motioning to the Grand Kai. Tien saw them and floated down to the ring where they stood.
"Tien, are you healed all the way then?" Goten asked... Tien. Go figure.
"Yeah, I'm in much better shape then I was fifteen minutes ago. Why? Does Goku need my help?" He asked as Trunks stepped onto the platform beside him.
"Ditto. I can help out too, Goten," Trunks told his closest friend. Goten nodded to both of them, signaling that they should come with him. "Hey, Goten. Maybe we should fuse first, right? I mean, if Goku is in trouble down there, then we should be ready as soon as we get there."
"Hey, good idea, Trunks! Let's do it!" Goten agreed eagerly, stretching out his arms and legs.
"Hurry up you two, we don't have a lot of time," Tien told them impatiently. Vegeta shook his head, remembering last time the two had fused. Vegeta sighed and resigned himself to watching the two half-breeds go through the same stupid steps repeatedly, practicing for the real thing. Vegeta watched as Goten leaned over, pointing his fingers to an invisible partner next to him. He did it all with a smile.
"So it's true. I always knew Goten was gay," Vegeta mused, smiling to himself. Then he saw Trunks do the exact same thing, the same idiot grin planted on his face. "Dammit!"
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Diamao dropped to the roof of a building below him. Goku still had to float up a bit to land opposite of him on another building. Diamao crouched, letting his white aura fly up, twisting around him.
"YaaaaaaaAAAAARGH!" he screamed, feeling the ultimate power of this form finally flood through his body. Diamao felt his antennae fly up as his aura drew everything towards it's peek. White energy cackled across the rooftop, vaporizing large machines mounted across the plane. Specks of floor flew up as this happened, rising into the air only to be shot down as sparks erupted from Diamao's white aura. The flashes of energy lit up the night, illuminating everything in brilliant bursts of white. The namek continued his yells of ecstasy as more and more power fed itself into his body, buffing up his muscles. They bulged to the point of almost deformity, making a rather odd scene, as his head appeared to be much smaller then everything else. The ground under his feet was crushed as his mass became to much for it to bare, creating small imprints around his feet where he was standing. The rails surrounding the edges broke off, flying into the air at amazing rates. They all broke apart in a domino pattern, starting with the left side and continuing all the way around clockwise. Diamao's aura intensified as his power grew again, forcing it to grow in size. The aura became much spikier, giving the appearance of knife points sticking up, not energy.
Gohan was taken aback, the energy he sensed from Diamao far over powered anything he had ever felt from his father. It even dwarfed his own power, but that was to be expected seeing as how Diamao had dispatched with Vegeta with ease. He looked over to his father, expecting him to have the same shocked look covering his face. But when he saw him, Gohan was filled with pride. Goku stood tall, his chest puffed out and his face with a stern set of determination across it. Goku could feel the same thing that Gohan could, and yet he didn't show any sign of weakness to Diamao. When Gohan looked back to their adversary, he noticed that Diamao was finished gathering his strength and was now breathing heavy, the adrenaline wearing off. His frame had shrunken so that he looked almost like the normal Piccolo, but an extra layer of muscle was easily noticeable.
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"So that's his true power," Goku thought to himself, letting the realization that the fusion between Piccolo and his father made a deadly combination. "I know I'm stronger then him, but if what Goten said was true, then he knows kaio-ken. And if I know anything about the kaio-ken, it's that you don't want to fight someone who knows it. Diamao might as well be a super namekian with that power up. But I can't win any fight unless I power up too, so here goes."
Goku crouched low, letting his power envelop him. A white aura swallowed him, blocking him from view briefly. When it dispersed, it transformed into a yellow one as his black hair grew out and fur spread across his body.
"YaaaaaaAAAAARGH!" he mimicked, unable to help it. He grew several inches taller and his gi shirt ripped open as his chest expanded to large for it to contain. His yellow aura flared, pressing him further into the ground, creating a crater not unlike Diamao's. His own guard rails didn't fly into the sky as Diamao's did, rather they all simply burst from their spots and crashed into the buildings on all sides. Goku's aura flared again, as if excited by the destruction. Clouds covered the sky above them, creating an over-cast night. Goku stopped his screaming, clenching his teeth as he swelled again, bursting with power. Thunder rocked through the clouds above, and streaks of lightening shimmered high above. Diamao's shocked gaze lifted up to it, dropping him into a trance as he was mesmerized by the actions above in the heavens. Well, he was mesmerized until a streak of lightening came down and struck the area next to his feet, sending gravel into the air.
Gohan looked back to his father and was shocked by what he saw. Goku was encompassed in a swirl of dirt and dust, it surrounded him like a tornado so that he could barely be seen through it. Lightening struck all around the mighty saiyan, laying a circular pattern as the night was brightened to day with each shock. Goku closed his eyes under the stress of the power he was generating, the light emanating from his aura to bright to allow him sight. The lightening bolts were finished with their pattern; a complete circle formed Goku, then a column of light descended from the sky, completely covering him. The explosions continued for a few more seconds before everything became calm again.
The clouds dispersed, leaving the sky clear again. Fires that were burning dropped in intensity as they had no more ki to fuel them. Chunks of brick from nearby buildings no longer flew randomly around the sky, but merely fell to the ground harmlessly. But Goku was still covered in that column of light. Gohan felt his father within it though, calming any fears he had of his father's wellbeing. Diamao looked on, trying to make some sort of discernable shape out from the pillar of energy surrounding his foe, but to no avail.
Gohan and Diamao looked to the sky, hearing a strange sound emanating from it. They saw the ki barrier fall, just like one of the barber poles from old earth, it swiveled all the way around, bringing down the topmost parts as it went. As it reached Goku, yellow spikes of energy protruded from the cut off sections, revealing his aura. Goku's face was first revealed, then his torso, followed by his groin and finally legs. Goku was hovering in the air, the ground below him destroyed. A perfect circle shape burned straight through the building below him, burning all the way to the ground and beyond.
If any of the Z Warriors present were standing from an orbital view, they could have seen something that would have truly frightened them. The pillar of light that had encompassed their friend, Goku, came straight down from the atmosphere, penetrating the planet until it protruded straight through the other side, dissipating slowly in the coldness of space. But Diamao was to preoccupied with the immense ki field he felt Goku giving off, that he didn't even have time to block the massive fist that came crashing into his jaw, sending the namek crashing through the interior of his own building.
"I would be down there, but someone didn't restore all of my ki!" Vegeta complained to Goten, motioning to the Grand Kai. Tien saw them and floated down to the ring where they stood.
"Tien, are you healed all the way then?" Goten asked... Tien. Go figure.
"Yeah, I'm in much better shape then I was fifteen minutes ago. Why? Does Goku need my help?" He asked as Trunks stepped onto the platform beside him.
"Ditto. I can help out too, Goten," Trunks told his closest friend. Goten nodded to both of them, signaling that they should come with him. "Hey, Goten. Maybe we should fuse first, right? I mean, if Goku is in trouble down there, then we should be ready as soon as we get there."
"Hey, good idea, Trunks! Let's do it!" Goten agreed eagerly, stretching out his arms and legs.
"Hurry up you two, we don't have a lot of time," Tien told them impatiently. Vegeta shook his head, remembering last time the two had fused. Vegeta sighed and resigned himself to watching the two half-breeds go through the same stupid steps repeatedly, practicing for the real thing. Vegeta watched as Goten leaned over, pointing his fingers to an invisible partner next to him. He did it all with a smile.
"So it's true. I always knew Goten was gay," Vegeta mused, smiling to himself. Then he saw Trunks do the exact same thing, the same idiot grin planted on his face. "Dammit!"
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Diamao dropped to the roof of a building below him. Goku still had to float up a bit to land opposite of him on another building. Diamao crouched, letting his white aura fly up, twisting around him.
"YaaaaaaaAAAAARGH!" he screamed, feeling the ultimate power of this form finally flood through his body. Diamao felt his antennae fly up as his aura drew everything towards it's peek. White energy cackled across the rooftop, vaporizing large machines mounted across the plane. Specks of floor flew up as this happened, rising into the air only to be shot down as sparks erupted from Diamao's white aura. The flashes of energy lit up the night, illuminating everything in brilliant bursts of white. The namek continued his yells of ecstasy as more and more power fed itself into his body, buffing up his muscles. They bulged to the point of almost deformity, making a rather odd scene, as his head appeared to be much smaller then everything else. The ground under his feet was crushed as his mass became to much for it to bare, creating small imprints around his feet where he was standing. The rails surrounding the edges broke off, flying into the air at amazing rates. They all broke apart in a domino pattern, starting with the left side and continuing all the way around clockwise. Diamao's aura intensified as his power grew again, forcing it to grow in size. The aura became much spikier, giving the appearance of knife points sticking up, not energy.
Gohan was taken aback, the energy he sensed from Diamao far over powered anything he had ever felt from his father. It even dwarfed his own power, but that was to be expected seeing as how Diamao had dispatched with Vegeta with ease. He looked over to his father, expecting him to have the same shocked look covering his face. But when he saw him, Gohan was filled with pride. Goku stood tall, his chest puffed out and his face with a stern set of determination across it. Goku could feel the same thing that Gohan could, and yet he didn't show any sign of weakness to Diamao. When Gohan looked back to their adversary, he noticed that Diamao was finished gathering his strength and was now breathing heavy, the adrenaline wearing off. His frame had shrunken so that he looked almost like the normal Piccolo, but an extra layer of muscle was easily noticeable.
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"So that's his true power," Goku thought to himself, letting the realization that the fusion between Piccolo and his father made a deadly combination. "I know I'm stronger then him, but if what Goten said was true, then he knows kaio-ken. And if I know anything about the kaio-ken, it's that you don't want to fight someone who knows it. Diamao might as well be a super namekian with that power up. But I can't win any fight unless I power up too, so here goes."
Goku crouched low, letting his power envelop him. A white aura swallowed him, blocking him from view briefly. When it dispersed, it transformed into a yellow one as his black hair grew out and fur spread across his body.
"YaaaaaaAAAAARGH!" he mimicked, unable to help it. He grew several inches taller and his gi shirt ripped open as his chest expanded to large for it to contain. His yellow aura flared, pressing him further into the ground, creating a crater not unlike Diamao's. His own guard rails didn't fly into the sky as Diamao's did, rather they all simply burst from their spots and crashed into the buildings on all sides. Goku's aura flared again, as if excited by the destruction. Clouds covered the sky above them, creating an over-cast night. Goku stopped his screaming, clenching his teeth as he swelled again, bursting with power. Thunder rocked through the clouds above, and streaks of lightening shimmered high above. Diamao's shocked gaze lifted up to it, dropping him into a trance as he was mesmerized by the actions above in the heavens. Well, he was mesmerized until a streak of lightening came down and struck the area next to his feet, sending gravel into the air.
Gohan looked back to his father and was shocked by what he saw. Goku was encompassed in a swirl of dirt and dust, it surrounded him like a tornado so that he could barely be seen through it. Lightening struck all around the mighty saiyan, laying a circular pattern as the night was brightened to day with each shock. Goku closed his eyes under the stress of the power he was generating, the light emanating from his aura to bright to allow him sight. The lightening bolts were finished with their pattern; a complete circle formed Goku, then a column of light descended from the sky, completely covering him. The explosions continued for a few more seconds before everything became calm again.
The clouds dispersed, leaving the sky clear again. Fires that were burning dropped in intensity as they had no more ki to fuel them. Chunks of brick from nearby buildings no longer flew randomly around the sky, but merely fell to the ground harmlessly. But Goku was still covered in that column of light. Gohan felt his father within it though, calming any fears he had of his father's wellbeing. Diamao looked on, trying to make some sort of discernable shape out from the pillar of energy surrounding his foe, but to no avail.
Gohan and Diamao looked to the sky, hearing a strange sound emanating from it. They saw the ki barrier fall, just like one of the barber poles from old earth, it swiveled all the way around, bringing down the topmost parts as it went. As it reached Goku, yellow spikes of energy protruded from the cut off sections, revealing his aura. Goku's face was first revealed, then his torso, followed by his groin and finally legs. Goku was hovering in the air, the ground below him destroyed. A perfect circle shape burned straight through the building below him, burning all the way to the ground and beyond.
If any of the Z Warriors present were standing from an orbital view, they could have seen something that would have truly frightened them. The pillar of light that had encompassed their friend, Goku, came straight down from the atmosphere, penetrating the planet until it protruded straight through the other side, dissipating slowly in the coldness of space. But Diamao was to preoccupied with the immense ki field he felt Goku giving off, that he didn't even have time to block the massive fist that came crashing into his jaw, sending the namek crashing through the interior of his own building.