Chapter III
MIYUGEN
The pain in my right shoulder was excruciating. My armored shoulder guard was intensely hot, and I think I could smell some of my own burnt flesh under my work out suit, which had melted, to my arm. I groaned in pain, but with determination. Too long I had been afraid of my cousin Vegeta. I would no longer accept this fear and would face him even to the death. I didn't want to kill him, but I had no idea what he would do with me. Whatever is was I wouldn't back down. Not from him. He'd abused me and made me feel like crap. I wouldn't fall to him. Not now. I had to prove to him what I had learned and show him he that he isn't everything he thinks he is.
I gripped my arm but had to pull away as my arm was still incredibly hot, hot enough to blister my hand. I clenched it.
"What's wrong cousin?" Vegeta began in mock pity, "Did I hurt you?… WELL TAKE IT YA WIMP!!!"
"I'm no wimp Vegeta!" I called down to him.
"You disappoint me Miyugen. You haven't seemed to learn anything since you left!" Vegeta smirked.
"Maybe that's because you teaching methods were wrong!" I shouted back.
Vegeta's eyes narrowed, "I was the best and am the best teacher you ever will have had!"
"Yeah, sure." I rolled my eyes.
"It's time I taught you one last thing. When to hold your tongue!"
This word battle was stalling me enough time to recuperate from Vegeta's hit. If I kept it up long enough I'd be ready for a fair fight. My scouter flashed and bleeped like crazy. Vegeta, teeth and fist clenched began to shake visibly and fire began to surround him, a white flame.
"GRRRRR!" Vegeta growled through his teeth.
As the white flame around his body thickened, I realized the numbers on my scouter were rising at an alarming rate! Somehow Vegeta was raising his power level!
"What? No way!?" I said as his level rapidly crept closer and closer to my own, with no signs of peaking I knew I was doomed. The fire around Vegeta was now a blue and white.
"How is he doing that?" I choked out. I felt frozen like stone suddenly, the numbers on my scouter speed past my power level like nothing. And then Vegeta brought his energy to bare. Two large balls of Violet light held in his out stretched hands. He continued to strengthen the power in them. His arms raised above his head and his legs spread apart like in a "x" pattern, Vegeta held the energy, "NOW Catch This!!" Vegeta brought his hands together both palm bottoms vertical to each other. He screamed as he poured the energy out of him, the violet dazzling light racing towards me was far from as harmless as it looked.
The speed on the attack was far too fast for me to dodge and much too strong for a successful block. If this attack were to hit me, I'd be history! But what Vegeta didn't know was that I did learn a few things since I'd left. I had an extra trick up my sleeve, the ace in the hole. I very well could catch the beam…
I extended my arms out ward towards the beam. The violet beam impacted with my palms. I locked my arms as the impact hit hard. I shouted at the top of my lungs. It stung as I held the beam at bay with my arms. Then concentrating, I summoned the energy to and through me. I could feel myself gaining the extra energy, growing and boiling inside my body. Sweat beaded on my forehead, but evaporated just as quickly from the intense heat. Still I kept control of the beams energy, leeching it and storing it.
"What?!" I heard Vegeta shout, " W…what's happening!? I'm growing weaker!" Vegeta ripped his hands away aborting his beam assault.
The trail end of the beam slowed as it came into my control. Through my palms I "soaked" up the last of Vegeta's beam energy. Vegeta's mouth hung wide open amazed at my powered appearance. I had no idea what I looked like at the moment, but I sure felt like a Super Saiyajin! The power I had gained from manipulating Vegeta's power was enormous! I looked down towards Vegeta who was still in the air beneath me his mouth agape.
I smirked.
"NOW SENDING IT RIGHT BACK AT YA! 2 TIMES NORMAL!!!" I shouted. I raised my hands above my head and immediately felt the energy gather. The energy crackled and sizzled about my fingers. I strengthened the energy to twice the amount it had been. This was a great amount of energy for my body to contain and I let it loose as soon as it reached it's doubled peak.
My palm of my right hand to the back of my left, the energy burst forth from me relieving my body from the tension. Twice as powerful and twice as deadly.
Vegeta tried to move but everything in the beam had been doubled from normal, Speed and Power. It connected to his side and crushed his to the rocky mountains below which were completely demolished upon impact.
I panted and wheezed hard. My body felt much like a runner who had pushed himself well beyond his physical limit in a marathon.
"Yeah…Take..that!" I shouted. Although I was vitally drained, triumph washed over me the likes of which proved unexplainable. But as I looked for life signs of Vegeta in what used to be an entire mountain range, the joy faded.
Was Vegeta…dead? I had no intention of killing my cousin!
"Vegeta! Vegeta!" I called feeling my throat dry up. I just wanted to win. I didn't want to kill.
* My own flesh and blood. I couldn't have could I… *
