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Chapter 7
Duel of the Strongest
Nappa continued charging at Goku. The others shouted at him to dodge.
Suddenly, Goku disappeared. Nappa stopped and turned just in time to receive
a kick to the face and fall back. He got up and screamed. Goku just glared
at him.
"You should leave," he said simply. Nappa growled and took a step forward.
"Shut up! I'm the second most powerful Saiyan in the world!" he shouted.
"I guess second place won't cut it," Nappa shook with anger.
"I'll make you beg for mercy!" the Saiyan shouted as he charged and
attacked. Goku blocked and dodged his attacks easily as he lifted into
the air with Nappa pursuing. Goku made no attempts to counter, just blocking
and dodging Nappa's attacks. Nappa was soon frustrated.
"Fight back, coward!" Nappa screamed as he threw a punch. Goku dodged
and chopped Nappa in the side, knocking him away.
"All right, I will," Nappa stopped in the air and continued his attack.
Once again, Goku only dodged or blocked until, suddenly, he would dodge
and attack suddenly. This repeated several times, and Nappa was soon panting
for breath on the ground with Goku standing in front of him.
"If you want to give up, just say so," Goku said. Nappa growled angrily
and prepared to charge, but Vegeta shouted out.
"Stop, Nappa! Calm down!" Nappa stopped and, still shaking angrily,
slowly took breaths until he stopped. He smirked.
"Heh, well, "Goku", you're certainly the strongest earthling," Nappa
said. Goku smirked.
"Thank you," he said. Piccolo growled. Nappa chuckled.
"But, that doesn't mean you can win this fight! Behold my power at
100%!" the Saiyan roared and attacked. Goku braced himself, preparing for
another easy fight, but Nappa disappeared at the last second and, reappearing
at the side, nailed Goku with a powerful punch. Goku managed to brace before
being knocked far and Nappa was soon on him. This time the two went through
across the ground much more evenly, but Goku still held a clear advantage,
and was smiling the entire fight.
"You're much stronger then I thought! I'm impressed!" Goku said as
he ducked a punch and swept Nappa's legs out from under him, catching him
with a kick before he hit the ground and knocking him back. Nappa stopped
in flew forward with a powerful punch. Goku blocked and the fight continued
until Goku was stunned with a strong kick. Nappa balled his fists together
and swung them into Goku's face. The blow was powerful and knocked the
warrior to the ground. He quickly jumped back up and the fight continued.
"Goku's doing well, but it's going to take forever to beat that guy
at this rate!" Yamcha said. The warriors all watched in awe.
Except Piccolo, who was in thought.
Goku has surpassed me, training with that "King Kai". It didn't
make sense! Shouldn't I have trained with him? I was the strongest warrior
on earth a year ago! Hmph, no matter, in the end I'll surpass Goku again,
and then I'll defeat him...
"Look, Goku's winning again!" Tien's shout snapped Piccolo from his
thoughts. He saw Goku pummeling Nappa with several rapid punches before
jumping slightly and sending the Saiyan tumbling with a roundhouse kick.
Piccolo grinned. Looks like I'll enjoy that battle when it comes...
Nappa got up and took several breaths, as did Goku.
"You're impressive, earthling," Nappa said. "It seems you are stronger
then me. But I'll still win, with one more attack!" he exclaimed.
"What?" Goku said. Nappa stepped forward.
"Get ready for the end! This is the strongest attack you'll ever see!"
he opened his mouth as wide as possible and screamed. An enormous blast
of energy poured out.
"Damn! Ka...me...ha...me...ha!" the beams collided, going back and
forth. The warriors watched as they struggled, until both exploded, countered
by each other's power. Nappa stared in disbelief.
"Impossible! My Mouth blast failed..." he muttered.
"Ready to give up?" Goku asked. "I can end it now if you want, but
I thought I'd give you another chance to leave peacefully,"
"Try and finish me!" Nappa screamed.
"All right, I will," Goku bent his legs slightly and screamed. "Kaio-ken!"
Raditz arrived at the small house. He was slightly worried when a power of 15,00 arrived, but he knew Nappa and Vegeta could handle it. He looked at the house. It was a nice place, the Saiyan admitted. Far from anyone else in the mountains. His scouter told him it was empty, so he smashed the door down with a punch. He walked in and looked around. He saw then: The final three Dragon balls, on a table. He took them and flew back towards the battle.
"Where is he?" Nappa shouted. He received an answer when Goku appeared and delivered a hit from behind. Nappa spun and punched, hitting nothing and being hit with a kick in return. He hit the ground and got up, screaming in rage. He prepared a blast, when...
"I'll deal with this," Vegeta announced suddenly. "Stand down, Nappa,"
Nappa bowed and moved back. Vegeta and Goku faced each other.
"All right, human! Time to show you the greatest Saiyan alive!" he
shouted. Goku half grinned.
"I'm looking forward to it," Vegeta laughed.
"Nice to see someone so willing to die. Now then, are you ready?" the
Saiyan asked.
"Sure, whenever you are," Goku said. He shot a look at his friends
and walked over. He handed Tien a small bag.
"Tien, the last Senzu Beans in this, hold it for me, okay" Goku asked,
Tien nodded. Goku turned to face Vegeta and walked forward.
"Stand back!" he shouted. He did not need to say another word; they
retreated back and prepared to see what they thought would be the greatest
battle of all time.
The battle began simply enough, the two flying at each other and engaging
in an explosion of punches and kicks. Vegeta got past Goku's defenses and
hit him with a powerful punch. Goku countered with a kick and the flurry
of blows continued until Goku, jumping over a kick, brought him leg up
and kicked Vegeta back. The Saiyan stopped and charged forward with hit
Goku with several punches before throwing him to the ground. Vegeta fired
dozens of blasts down. Goku landed on the ground and dodged the blasts.
Vegeta took the opportunity to fly down and nail Goku with a kick that
sent him flying. Goku got up and wiped a crack of blood from his mouth.
"It seems you're no match for me! I guess I'll end this," Vegeta said.
Powering up, Vegeta fired a huge blast of Goku.
"Kaio-ken!" Goku screamed and, flying forward, batted the attack away
before delivering several punches to Vegeta. Goku grabbed Vegeta's arm
and spun him around before tossing him into the air and flew up and nailed
him with his elbow and smashed him into the ground.
"Damn...that that didn't do too much damage," Goku said between breaths.
Vegeta got up and smirked.
"Pathetic," he said and faded in front of Goku and sent in away with
a roundhouse. Goku managed to brace in the air and the battle continued.
"I don't have a choice..." Goku said as he blocked a hit. "Kaio-ken
times two!" Vegeta shielded himself as Goku's ki exploded. He barely had
time to react when Goku rammed into him and broke into a barrage of attacks.
Vegeta suddenly knocked Goku off with a kick and flew into the air.
"That's it! This next attack will be your death!" Vegeta shouted. He
pulled his arms back over his right shoulder and began charging energy.
"Oh no!" Goku shouted. He cupped his hands. "Ka...me...ha..."
"You're attack is no match for my GALIC GUN!" Vegeta screamed as he
fired down the blast. Goku gritted his teeth.
"Mee...ha!" Goku fired the Chou Kamehameha up and it collided with
Vegeta's blast. Energy ran down both beams as they went back and forth.
"Damn...Kaio-ken times...four!" Goku said. He screamed. The energy
exploded and his blast tore past Vegeta's.
"No...impossible!" the Saiyan shouted as the blast hit. The energy
carried him into the air as he screamed. The blast rushed past the clouds
and exploded.
Goku collapsed to his knees, breathing slowly, one hand on the ground.
Piccolo and the others flew over.
"Dad! You did it!" Gohan said happily, but noticed the look of fear
on Goku's face.
"No...I havn't...he's still alive!" he turned to Tien. "I need the
Senzu Bean!" he said. Tien quickly pulled the bag from his belt and handed
it to Goku, who ate it and sighed in relief.
"Now I might stand a chance..." he said.
"G...Goku..." Krillin said. "How can this be possible? You trained
with King Kai!" Goku nodded.
"Don't worry! We're still here!" Yamcha said.
"Yeah! If you need help, we'll be right there!" Chao-zu said.
"I appreciate it, guys, but he's too strong..." Goku looked up. "Go!
He's coming!" he said. The others quickly flew back as Vegeta began flying
down.
"YOU...ARE REALLY STARTING TO MAKE ME ANGRY!" Vegeta shouted.
The Genki Dama... Goku thought. Acting quickly, Goku jumped
up high into the air. He needed Vegeta to do what he hoped he would do;
and before long he saw the Saiyan flying up at him. He waited for him to
get near, and...
"SOLAR FLARE!" Vegeta was instantly stunned by the blinding light.
Goku flew back and raised his arms.
"What's Goku doing?!" Piccolo growled.
"I have no idea...I've never seen that before..." Gohan said.
"Maybe it's something King Kai taught him! Some new technique?" Yamcha
said.
"Makes sense...but I wonder what it is," Gohan said.
"Please...give me your energy" Goku said softly. He felt energy coming,
the water, the plants, the animals...everything was slowly adding up.
Vegeta was still screaming in rage.
"He'll be able to see again soon! But it's just about done..." Goku
felt more energy and...it was done.
He was surprised at how small it was, able to fit easily in his fist.
But it's power was enormous. He looked. Vegeta was just about able to see
again...
"Gah! Human! I'll kill you!" Vegeta shouted as his sight slowly returned.
He saw Goku and flew at him, ready to attack and finish him. Goku prepared
the blast, and threw it.
"Huh? An energy blast was your big plan?!" Vegeta laughed.
"Vegeta!" Nappa shouted. "The scouter says it's over 25,000!" Vegeta
froze and tried to dodge. He failed and the attack hit and exploded in
a bright flash.
"Prince Vegeta!" Raditz shouted. The blast continued erupting. Goku
moved away and landed near the others.
"Goku...is he..." Krillin began.
"No, he'll live...but I think we've won," Goku said. The blast finally
stopped and Vegeta landed. Raditz and Nappa flew over near him.
"Human! You may have killed Vegeta, but..."
"Not...quite," Nappa looked down in shock. Vegeta was alive and conscious.
Many cuts were across him and his armor was hopelessly destroyed, but he
was able to get up and smirk.
"Heh...that's...quite an impressive move, but it didn't work," Vegeta
said. "Heh, I noticed you destroyed the moon? I'm afraid...that won't save
you," he said.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Goku asked. Vegeta smirked.
"You didn't know? Someone did. Saiyan's transform during a full moon
into giant monkeys called Oozaru, and out power grows ten fold!" Vegeta
shouted. Krillin, Yamcha and Piccolo realized the meaning of this statement
more then anyone.
"Hey, wha...what's wrong?" Goku asked. Piccolo gulped.
"Goku...I destroyed the moon...because Gohan transformed during our
training into a giant monkey..." he said.
"What? That's impossible! Gohan's no..." Goku began, but stopped.
"Goku," Yamcha said. "When you had your tail...you transformed too
during a full moon...it happened when you fought Jackie Chun in the 21st
world tournament..." he said.
"I...see," Goku said. "That means...I was the monster that killed my
Grandpa..." it was almost too much to take...
"WHAT?!" Raditz shouted. "But only one Saiyan was sent to Earth...my
brother, Kakkarot! You're my little brother!" the Saiyan shouted.
"No...that's impossible..." Krillin said.
"No...it makes perfect sense! That's how he got so strong and how his
son beat Raditz...the earthling is Kakkarot!" Vegeta said.
"But Kakkarot was a low class...no way he could defeat an elite!" Nappa
said. "Obviously, another Saiyan was sent to earth..." he said.
"No, I knew all the Saiyan sent to earth from when I was 3!" he motioned
to Goku, "Kakkarot was the ONLY one sent, so this is Kakkarot!"
"Even if I am a Saiyan...I am still an earthling!" Goku said.
"If you want to fight me, Kakkarot, I'll have to kill you," Vegeta
said.
"Let's begin," Goku said. The two flew at each other and attacked.
Everyone watched the battle, but many had thoughts more focused on the recent development...
So...my best friend's an alien?
It makes sense I guess...he was always stronger then I thought possible,
always able to beat people I thought invincible.
But still, I always thought he was just...abnormal. An exceptional
warrior. But he's an alien-a Saiyan. Almost hard to believe...
It's almost unfair. I, after years of searching, find my brother,
and he's my enemy.
Oh well, I never was very lucky. I guess I should chalk this one
up to irony.
To think, either my brother dies here, or he kills my Prince.
So Goku's a Saiyan. And yet I'm not worried, heh. After all,
I'm apparently an alien too-a "Namek", wasn't it? I'll still surpass him
one day.
But sometimes I wonder if I'll still kill him...
Maybe I am going soft...because of Gohan....
I still remember meeting Goku. I never thought he'd become savior
of earth, and I never even suspected he wasn't entirely human.
I remember how I decided, on that day, that I, against my master's
wishes, would not be an Assassin like Tao Pie Pie.
Still, I'll continue training, fighting, everything. But I wonder,
in light of Goku's strength, if I can keep up...
To think...my dad's a Saiyan. Not just him, but me too...I'm half
Saiyan!
Hard to believe, but maybe that explains why I have so much "potential".
Atleast Dad and Piccolo said so, but I don't think they'd make it up.
I wonder if I can still live a peaceful life. I don't like fighting,
but with this force me into a life of it?
So, yet another Saiyan lives! And he's going to die just as fast
as he was discovered.
It's too bad. Another Saiyan to help kill Frieza would be welcome.
Maybe I can persuade Vegeta to let me take the kid with us.
Maybe, I have a feeling he won't like an earthling/Saiyan hybrid.
But he above all should know we'll need everything we can to beat Frieza...
I'm not especially surprised. I mean, Goku being a Saiyan, not expected,
but considering everything, is it really that odd?
After all, I'm a short, pale white guy with Psychic abilities. I
still remember meeting Goku on the day in the 22nd tournament with Tien.
So strange how things turn out; everyone thought Goku was just a
very strong boy with a tail. But yet, I'm not surprised...
Suddenly, losing to Goku back when he was a kid isn't a strange.
Even years after the event, I always wondered how a young kid was
stronger then me, a powerful martial artist and desert bandit.
Seems so long ago, and just when the world seems to be running out
of threats from the planet itself, this happens...
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Well, the fight against the Saiyans ends next chapter. This chapters
not as long as I'd have preferred, but I figured this was the best place
to end it.
