Recap of the battle so far:
Good Fighters/Stats:
Chaozu- SLAIN
Roland-SLAIN
Tenshinhan-SLAIN
Yamucha-SLAIN
Radditzu- 8,000--UNABLE TO BATTLE
Gohan- 6,000--some energy expended
Kuririn- 2,400--Moderate energy expended
Piccolo- 7,000--moderate energy expended
Vegeta- 11,000--bloodied shoulder, medium bruises
Bad Fighters/stats
Kiwi- SLAIN
Dodoria- 22,000--full power
Zarbon- ?????
Space Fighters
Chapter 7:
The Eye of The Storm
~~Kami's tower~~
"I can feel it…" said Kami
"What is it?" asked Popo
"Piccolo will soon perish…and so shall I…" said Kami
"Oh no!"
"It is all right…something wonderful has occurred…Piccolo, the great Demon King…has changed…he has become capable of something he never would have been otherwise…he has learned to care and has earned a soul…I am glad I will die knowing that…"
~~3:00, The Battlefield~~
It was quiet. Not a wholesome, peaceful quiet that one gets on a Spring afternoon lying by a river bank in the forest. It was an ominous, tortuous quiet that preceded a horrible battle, or that which inhabited the eye of a great hurricane. Zarbon napped under an oak tree while Dodoria stretched his stubby legs. Piccolo meditated with caution. Gohan, Kuririn, Vegeta, and Radditzu watched their opponents carefully. The wicked ones were so calm and confident. It frightened the Z Senshi to see how Zarbon could stay so cold through it all. By and by, Dodoria woke Zarbon.
"I'm bored! Can I have some fun?"
"Most Certainly. Just don't kill the weaklings just yet. Go blow something up."
"all right!" Dodoria smirked and flew off.
~~Royal Air Force Base~~
Alarms blared and a mechanical voice rang out "Red alert! Incoming Bogey! Man battle stations! Red alert!"
Hundreds of jets were manned (1) and sent after the pink alien.
"ha! Time to play swat the flies!" laughed Dodoria
Dodoria smashed through each plane one by one. Then he swooped down like an eagle and mouth blasted the planes and people still on the ground. That was followed by a spiraling crash into the control tower, and then a razing of the barracks. Dodoria hummed the Blue Danube while blowing up buildings. Then he grabbed jets and threw them into the ground just before blasting them. He got bored with the base and destroyed it with one blast. Then he flew off to another area where tanks awaited him. Every time a shell was fired, he spiked it like a volleyball back at the shooter. As the army fled, he chased after them and killed them one by one.
~~Kame House~~
"The Royal Air Corps has sustained heavy casualties; West base has been totally destroyed!" the news reporter said
"Just terrible…" said Kame Sennin "If Goku doesn't get here soon, there won't be an earth to save!"
~~Snake Way, 3:30~~
"Damn! Kaiou must have miscalculated!" said Goku "I'm an hour away! 4:30 instead of four is not good!"
A familiar voice entered his head "Kakkarot!"
"Nappa?" Goku stopped "Are you talking through Kaiou Sama?"
"Yes! But that is not important! I know of a way you can get to Earth faster!"
"Really? How?"
~~Flashback, Moments Ago at Kaiou Sama's Planet~~
"What do you mean?" asked Kaiou
"I mean that why is he running over Serpent's Path when he can easily go a lot faster through Hell!"
"But there's no way out of Hell!"
"Oh, yes there is. Before I met up with Kakkarot I fell off the Serpent Path and ended up in Hell. There is a passage down there that leads to Enma Daiou's desk. If you are not among the condemned you can use it."
"Seriously?"
"yes!"
"We'd better contact Goku!"
~~End Flashback~~
"…and that's how you can go much faster!"
"Gee, thanks Nappa!"
Goku jumped down from Serpent's Path and began running the same direction through the barren wasteland that is known as Hell. His speed increased to its maximum, and he dashed ever closer to Enma's place. It took him only fifteen minutes to get there. Kami sensed him and teleported to his location.
"Goku! Grab a hold of me!" said Kami
"Okay!" said Goku; he held onto Kami's arm and they both vanished
Goku found himself on Kami's tower, which he jumped off of. Karin stood at the window of his tower.
"Karin! Do you have any Senzus?"
"yes. Four! Take them!"
Goku grabbed the beans in midair and ate one. He blasted off towards where he sensed some Ki.
"Two Huge ones….and…five others? There should be more! I'd better hurry!"
~~The battlefield, 3:45~~
Zarbon's Scouter beeped and he woke up. "Dodoria! Time is up!"
"all right!" said Dodoria "Now, who's first?"
Nobody answered. Piccolo, Gohan and Kuririn jerked their heads back in shock.
"do you…feel that?" asked Piccolo
Gohan's eyes watered "That power…it must be my dad!"
"I can't feel a thing!" said Vegeta "But I do have a Scouter….ah! Impossible!"
Dodoria laughed "look! They're bluffing us now!"
"I'll check my Scouter--huh?"
"What is it?" asked Dodoria
"there IS a strong Power Level coming this way! But…it can't be a Saiya-jin! I'm reading over…25,000!"
"There's no way! That's the same as your Power Level!" growled Dodoria
"It could be a fluke but…to be safe, kill all the others! They could all gang up on us!"
"With Pleasure!"
Kuririn fought back but was knocked out with one punch. Dodoria then charged at Vegeta, knocking him into the mountain. He was about to finish the prince, when Gohan blasted a Masenkou and kicked Dodoria in the lower regions. This angered Dodoria immensely.
"LITTLE MONKEY SHIT!" he roared "I'LL GET YOU FIRST!"
Dodoria fired his biggest mouth blast ever. It moved towards Gohan with incredible power. However, to one, it seemed like slow motion. A heart beat with great intensity. A lone figure dashed as fast as he could towards Gohan…Piccolo. In his heart and mind he remembered the training, and the way Gohan was always so happy. His heart beat faster as he remembered something that Gohan never knew. A small child stirred in his sleep, disturbed by terrible nightmares. A green hand comforted the sleeping child and calmed him into deep sleep. The heart became faster as the same figure held the child asleep in his arms and smiled. He knew what he was doing…and his heart became as a staccato…he knew who he was doing it for…Son Gohan, the son of his most bitter rival. The blast closed in, and Piccolo jumped in front of it, roaring his most hellish and horrible roar as his body and life force held the blast away from Gohan. The attack subsided, and Piccolo fell to the ground. Gohan rushed over to him, crying.
"Mister Piccolo!"
"G-G-Go……you're…safe…time…to…die…"
"Piccolo…don't die!"
"Gohan…….remember…..what…..I..…taught……you…….be strong……"
"PICCOLO….YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME! DON'T LEAVE US!"
"…….."
"Please hold on…without you, nobody else can be…"
"Gohan…you are one…who taught me…power…not…important…you changed me…for the better." His breathing slowed "Gohan…you…can…bring…friends back…" his eyelids drooped "…Go…han…there…is…ano…ther…" Piccolo coughed up blood and struggled his last words "…E…ter…nal…Dra…gon…" His eyes shut and he died
Gohan cried out intensely "MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Dodoria chuckled "This is ridiculous!" he then charged at Gohan who suddenly vanished. Dodoria was dumbfounded. Gohan now sat upon the Kintoun, and there was a tall figure feeling under Piccolo's neck. Goku had returned! He wore the Gi that Kaiou sama had given him, but also with the utility belt that came with the armor Radditzu gave him. His boots were also the Saiya issue.
"Daddy!" chirped Gohan
"what!" exclaimed Zarbon "He really is here! And he hasn't a scar on him!"
"Maybe they were telling the truth about these…Lizard gonads after all!"
"Piccolo…dead…" said Goku; he looked over to the left and was shocked at what he saw "Yamucha!" then he looked over to the right "Tenshinhan!" he turned around and saw a gruesome mass only recognizable by color "Roland!"
Dodoria mocked Goku "what? You expected to come here and find them alive? Oh, and that pile of dust is the little clown!"
Goku clenched his fist and glared at Dodoria "So…you've murdered Chaozu…and Kami Sama…that means…nobody is ever coming back, because since Kami is gone, the Dragon balls are also gone…"
Goku wasted no time in administering the Senzus to Radditzu, Vegeta, Kuririn and Gohan. The two Saiya-jin had to share one, but it was enough. Radditzu and Goku did the Double Dragon Arm link.
"So…you have returned as promised" said he
"Yeah. I'll take on Dodoria now. You guys did your part…I'll just do this on my own."
"That's crazy!" Kuririn interjected
Dodoria Smirked "well, Let's get started, shall we?"
"This is for my friends!" shouted Goku
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What do ya think? Same rules as ever.
1) I am not being sexist, so don't accuse me. Man, woman, human, they all end in man, so who gives a crap? I still say Waitress, hostess, stewardess, and mistress; what is wrong with differentiating between male/female? I don't want to be confused with "gender neutral" crap; if I am meeting the Chair "person", I won't know what to expect! If I meet the chair "man" or "woman" I know what the hell I'm dealing with!
Next time:
Goku versus Dodoria, and then the battle with Zarbon begins.