Nappa's Turn--Hope Runs Out!
The earth itself shook as Nappa's power skyrocketed.
"Okay..." he chuckled, "Who do I kill first?!"
He set his sights on Tien and roared as he dashed towards him.
"NOW!!!" Piccolo shouted.
Tien flew at Nappa with great speed. They fought valiantly and Piccolo commented to Nanake and Gohan, smirking as he watched Tien fight,
"You have to fight with brains, brawn, AND spirit to get the job done. Got it?"
"Yeah..." Gohan and Nanake nodded.
Nappa's huge arm came down on Tien's forearm, taking it completely off. Nanake screamed and covered her mouth as Tien's blood was spraying out of his huge wound. He cursed several profanities, holding what was left of his arm.
"TIEN!" Chaotzu screeched.
"Heh... Breakable." Vegeta replied, crossing his arms with a smirk.
Nappa swung his great fist up again to finish Tien off, when Tien flew up, powering up a ki blast in his remaining hand.
"You BASTARD!"
"HAH!" Nappa flew up after him and kicked him in the gut and then in the back before Tien even knew what was coming.
Tien struggled to get up on all fours. Nappa chuckled under his breath as he watched him try to get up,
"Stubborn vermin... He just won't die."
"What power..." Piccolo stared up at Nappa.
"What... what MONSTERS..." Nanake stammered.
"DAMN YOU!" Krillin roared as he ran towards Nappa.
"KRILLIN!" Nanake shouted, "DON'T!"
"HE'S TOO MUCH!" Gohan called after him.
Nappa howled with laughter as he powered up another attack,
"ATTA BOY!"
Krillin barely dodged the attack, and when the dust cleared, they looked at what must have been a bottomless pit.
"Holy cats, there's no BOTTOM to it..." Piccolo growled, staring down the hole.
"Oh my word..." Nanake peered into the gaping darkness, starting to feel sick.
Krillin looked around and noticed that someone was not here.
"CHAOTZU?! CHAOTZU!" He shouted, "Where IS he?! If... if he got caught in that... then..."
Tien looked up with a pale look on his face,
"Wh-What?!"
"Nappa! Behind you!" Vegeta shouted annoyed at Nappa.
"Huh?" Nappa grunted completely clueless as Chaotzu flew right behind him and latched onto his back like a parasite.
"CHAOTZU!!!" Krillin gritted his teeth.
Nappa was struggling, trying to get the tiny one off of him, but couldn't reach him, no matter how hard he tried.
"Th-This little... NNGH!"
"What are you trying to DO?!" Tien screamed up at his small friend, "GET OUT OF THERE!"
"Goodbye Tien..." Choatzu's voice spoke in Tien's mind through telepathy, "Save yourself."
"Y-you can't... wait..." Tien choked, almost crying.
Choatzu smiled tearfully down at his friend.
"CHOATZU! DON'T!" Tien screamed, extending his remaining hand up to his beloved friend before Chaotzu had preformed his deed.
There was an enormous explosion as Chaotzu self-destructed.
"Ch...Chaotzu...CHOATZU!" Tien fought to keep from crying as he screamed his friend's name.
"Oh my God..." Nanake murmured.
"So... Blew himself up to take out an opponent..." Piccolo grinned, "He's won MY respect..."
Nanake's eyes flew to the sky where the explosion had occurred to see Nappa still floating there when the dust settled... unscratched.
"But how...?!" She squeaked.
"Heh heh heh... What a waste..." Nappa chuckled, "You still just don't GET it, do you...?"
Goku dashed in a break-neck run along snake-way.
"Blast it!" He said through gritted teeth, "It's taking too LONG...!!!"
"All right... First three-eyes, then the runt!" Nappa laughed, "Don't worry, you'll ALL get your turn.....!!"
"S-s-s'not possible...! I-it didn't even faze 'im...!" Krillin stuttered, steeping backward, "Chaotzu gave his life... for nothin'...!!"
"The Dragon Balls... already restored his life once..." Tien clenched his fist in rage, "He can never come back... EVER again!!"
"LUCKILY, YOU'LL SEE HIM SOON--IN HELL!!" Nappa taunted, shouting down at Tien.
"You'll PAY for this...!!!!" Tien growled lowly.
Piccolo muttered to Krillin, Gohan and Nanake, "Listen... in the instant he moves to attack... he's open. We'll use that instant."
Vegeta, with his sensitive hearing, picked up every word and chuckled, "Hey! That's a good plan. I hope it works." He drawled.
Piccolo turned and stared at him speechless. Vegeta smirked,
"Don't look at me... You'll miss your instant."
Piccolo smirked back at him,
"So confident... I hope to see your face when Goku arrives..."
Vegeta's interest rose as his smirk grew broader, "Oh? And who's that? Your secret weapon?"
Piccolo whirled back around as Nappa began to attack Tien once again.
"NOW!!" he roared.
Krillin blasted off with Piccolo and Gohan just stared trembling. Nanake pondered what she could do to help, and floated upward.
"COME AT ME!!!" Tien roared up at Nappa, powering up.
"NOW DIE!!!!!" Nappa howled with evil laughter, closing in on Tien. Suddenly, Piccolo appeared next to him. Nappa had a look of surprise on his face. Tien stopped charging and gritted his teeth, also surprised,
"WHAT?!!"
Piccolo socked Nappa one right across the jaw, sending him sailing toward Krillin. Krillin pummeled him with his fists adjoined, sending him Nanake's direction. Nanake froze for an instant but then moved out of the way, kicking him in the gut as she did, and Nappa sailed on towards the shivering little boy.
"GOHAN, NOW!!!!!" Piccolo roared, "FIRE!!!!" He looked down at Gohan, trembling with fear. "GO--HAN!!!!!"
"B-but... I'm scared~~~!!!!" Gohan wailed.
Krillin could only stare down at Gohan in disbelief as Piccolo roared enraged, "COWARD!!!"
"WE gotta do it!" Krillin shouted, powering up his Kamehameha wave.
"DAMN!!!!!" Piccolo shot a huge spirally blast straight at Nappa and Krillin released the Kamehameha wave. Nappa growled and flipped out of the way.
"You think you're going to get away with THAT?!" He roared angrily, "I'll kill you all at once!"
Nanake floated backward, stuttering vowels in horror.
Tien glared up and quickly powered up again, "Chaotzu... I'll avenge you." He smirked a little, "Then I'll JOIN you... We'll never be apart..."
He gathered every last bit of energy he had left in his entire body and pulled it into his final attack. And with a push of his remaining arm, he shouted, hurling his last chance up at Nappa,
"CHI KUNG BLAST!!!!!"
At the last moment, Nappa saw it coming before he was engulfed by light. Piccolo stared wide-eyed into the blast as Krillin shielded his eyes. Vegeta stared up, surprised. Nanake tumbled backward in the air from the wind. She landed flat on her stomach, clinging to the ground for her life, squeezing her eyes shut. Gohan was taking shelter behind a rock.
Tien opened his eyes after it was all over, waiting for the dust to clear to see if he had succeeded.
Nappa emerged from the cloud of dust, barely scratched.
"Phew!" ne chuckled, "Don't SCARE me like that!"
"He's... a MONSTER!" Krillin stammered. Nanake could only stare up at Nappa, her jaw dropped with a look of helplessness and disbelief on her face.
Tien dropped to the ground and breathed his final words...
"I... I... Failed..."
And then he was gone...
Vegeta gave an apathetic chuckle,
"He fought like a man..." He smirked, "And died like a dog..."
Krillin went berserk and shouted up to the sky,
"GO--KUUU!!!! WHY AREN'T YOU HERE?!"
Now it's only down to four, which obviously isn't enough! Will our heroes survive until Goku arrives? Find out next time, on DRAGON BALL Z?!