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Chapter 8
The Battle Ends
The battle continued yet again, Goku and Vegeta flying across the area.
"You know, Kakkarot," Vegeta said as he blocked a punch. "Although
your Kaio-ken is impressive, it has some great weaknesses! You should know
being able to temporarily surpass me will not win this!" he said as he
dodged an attack and kicked Goku in the side and punched him away.
"And you can't keep it up when your being hit!" he added.
Goku responded by charging and nailing Vegeta with several punches
and knocking him back with kick. Vegeta charged and hit Goku with several
kicks.
Goku gasped out as he was hit with the strong blows. He countered but
did far less damage then he received and the two Saiyans flew apart.
"Kakkarot! Why don't you just admit you're doomed?" Vegeta asked as
he smashed Goku back with a hit. Goku flipped in mid air and landed, then
immediately charged and attacked again.
"Forget it! I'm not giving up!" Goku said as the two fought as he got
through Vegeta's defenses and sent him flying with a kick. The Saiyan Prince
stopped in the air and smirked.
"Good to see you still have some Saiyan pride, Kakkarot! Now die!"
he shouted as he fired a blast. Goku jumped over it and and two began firing
blasts at each other non-stop, the blasts colliding with each other and
exploding.
"Stop calling me that, my name is Goku!" the warrior shouted as the
two stopped blasting. Vegeta laughed.
"Stop denying it, Kakkarot!" he said simply. "You must realize that
it is the truth!"
"Maybe," Goku said. "But I am still an earthling!" he shouted as he
charged forward to continue the battle.
"All right!" Nappa shouted. "Are you weaklings ready to try again?!"
he said. Piccolo growled, clenching his fist.
"I'll shut you up!" he shouted and charged the Saiyan. Nappa grinned
and rushed forward to meet him, blocking Piccolo's attacking and countering
with several kicks of his own, the third of which hit the him away. Nappa
took a quick glance; the other earthlings seemed to be figuring out what
to do and Kakkarot was getting hammered by Vegeta. Tien and the other darted
forward suddenly and attacked. Nappa blocked and sent them all flying with
a wide kick. They rushed back to attack and Nappa flew back and released
a barrage of energy blasts the warriors scattered to dodge. The Saiyan
laughed madly as he followed after Gohan, firing as the young half Saiyan
tried to dodge the attacks. Nappa stopped. Better leave the brat alive,
just in case Vegeta wants him.
Someone suddenly him from behind and sent the Saiyan flying. He spun
around mid air. It was Gohan.
"I'll stop you..." Gohan said in a determined voice.
"Try!" Nappa shouted as he ran forward, charging an energy blast. Gohan
breathed slowly and began charging a Masenko, trying to stay calm.
"Time to take you outta the fight!" Nappa shouted. Gohan was scared,
but he stayed, Nappa got closer, and...
"Masenko!"
The beam hit Nappa as he charged right into it, carrying him far back
until it exploded and sent him flying even further. Nappa got up slowly.
"Damn! You're strong!" Nappa said, wiping some blood from his chin.
"All right, lets see what you can do!" he shouted as he charged again.
"No...I"m out of energy..." Gohan said. Nappa got closer, ready to
finish the battle, until something slammed into him hard from the side,
flinging him away.
"P...Piccolo?!" Gohan said.
"You shouldn't have let your guard down!" Piccolo shouted. "Tien, finish
him!" The tall, three eyes warriors flew nearby.
"Kikihou!" Nappa lifted his arm to block as the blast hit and exploded.
The dust cleared and Nappa was unconscious, lying in a large crater.
"All right, now the other one," Piccolo said.
Goku screamed out as he landed onto the ground. He pulled himself up
slowly. Vegeta was hurt, too, but Goku was far the worse.
"Kakkarot...not bad...but you're power is...dropping much faster then
mine," Vegeta, breathing heavily.
"True...but I can still win," Goku said. The two Saiyans charged. Vegeta
threw a powerful kick, but Goku blocked and countered with several quick
punches. Goku flew back.
He's not wearing down fast enough, I have to try and take him down...
Goku jumped into the air.
"Kaaa...meee...haaa" energy glowed around Goku as he charged the powerful
Kamehameha. Vegeta braced himself.
"Me...haaa!" the energy beam flew down at the Saiyan prince who had
his arms thrown out protectively. He caught the blast as it hit, trying
to throw it away. He growled as the attack pushed him back, and the beam
exploded.
Vegeta was injured, but not badly. He growled.
"YOU ARE REALLY MAKING ME ANGRY, KAKKAROT!" he screamed. But he suddenly
stopped and smirked.
"Here! Let me show you a trick!" he shouted and fired a ball of energy.
Goku prepared to shield himself, but the ball veered off and went past
him. He turned. It was heading towards...
"Piccolo! Look out!"
The Namek did not know who shouted the warning, but he soon saw the
blast heading towards him. He knew he was about to die, when suddenly Goku
pushed him to the side and the blast hit him dead on. Goku was flung away,
dozens of cuts opened across him.
"Dad!" Gohan cried out as he ran to him. Goku was conscious, but could
not get up.
"Gohan...I guess you and the others...will have..." but Goku was stopped
as Vegeta appeared and kick him, knocking the injured warriors away. Gohan
froze and shook in horror.
"Kakkarot! Time to die!" Vegeta shouted as he charged a blast. Then,
he heard a low growl. Turning, he saw Gohan, who, shaking with anger, suddenly
flew forward.
"Leave...dad...ALONE!" the force of Gohan's head butt hit Vegeta hard
and sent the Saiyan prince flying back, his eyes wide from the shock.
"Ka Ka bu Dan!"
"Kamehameha!"
Yamcha and Krillin's combined blasts hit Raditz and exploded and before
long the melee continued.
Raditz was losing, he knew that, but he wasn't going to go down without
a fight!
Suddenly, they all heard a loud crack.
"What happened?" Krillin said as he, Yamcha and Chao-zu stopped battling
Raditz. All four stopped to look and saw Gohan hitting Vegeta, cracking
Vegeta's armor and sending him flying back.
"I...impossible! No kid can do that much damage to the prince!" Raditz
said. "Grr...but he'll lose soon enough!" he turned to the three warriors.
"Let's finish this!" he shouted as the battle continued.
"How...did you do that?" Vegeta asked as he got up. Gohan looked confused.
"I...I don't know, but I won't let you hurt daddy anymore!" he said
defiantly. Vegeta smirked.
"Heh, I like your courage, kid. You'll die, but better to die fighting
then die running!" he raced forward and delivered a powerful blow to Gohan's
face. But Gohan's anger induced strength remained, and he flew back only
a short distance before flying straight at Vegeta and nailing him with
a powerful kick. The two began fighting back and forth, moving across the
sky, but it did not take long to see who was losing.
"Piccolo..." Goku said weakly. "Gohan's going...to die if he fights
Vegeta alone. He's strong but...not strong enough. But if you and the others
help...I think you can win..." Piccolo nodded.
"All right, I'll go and the others can come when they defeat Raditz,"
Piccolo said and flew off.
Vegeta was distracted, not much, but just enough to NOT see the Namek
fly forward and smash him with an extremely strong punch.
"Mister Piccolo!" Gohan said happily. Piccolo smiled at Gohan.
"You didn't think I'd let you fight alone?" he asked and turned to
Vegeta. "You're outnumbered! As soon as Raditz is defeated," he took a
look at the battle raging below. "...which won't be long, it'll be six
to one. Why don't you just leave?" Piccolo asked. Vegeta laughed.
"Why run when I can defeat you all?" he asked. There was a crash and
everyone turned to see Raditz lying unconscious and Tien and Yamcha floating
down from delivering a double flying kick. The four warriors flew up to
join Piccolo and Gohan. Vegeta smirked.
"Come now, you don't REALLY think you can all beat me?" he said. The
warriors powered up all their ki and attacked. Vegeta fell into a fighting
position and defended. Usually, stopping their attacks would be easy and
he could get his own hits through, but with Gohan's anger power still present
he couldn't try to attack without getting hit. Vegeta screamed and allowed
his energy to explode, throwing the warriors back. Vegeta took several
deep breaths.
"Not...too bad," he said. "But now you'll all die one by one!" Vegeta
charged forward and attacked. Yamcha went flying, followed soon by Chao-zu
and Tien. Piccolo punched, but Vegeta jumped back and kicked, snapping
Piccolo's had up and knocking him into the ground.
Vegeta turned and blasted Krillin, carrying him back. The short warrior
screamed as the blast exploded. Vegeta smirked, admiring his handiwork,
but Gohan suddenly attacked and delivered several hits before kicking Vegeta
hard. Vegeta was knocked away but flew forward and punched Gohan hard and
sending him into the hills.
Gohan got up slowly. A quick glance showed him the hopelessness of the
situation. The others were all injured to varying degrees. The blast has
effectively taken Krillin out of the fight, he was barely conscious. His
Dad also seemed out. Tien was in fairly good health. Yamcha and Chao-zu
were injured but could fight. Piccolo was hurt badly; his one on one fight
with Nappa was taking it's toll. Vegeta looked slightly injured, but he
still had his arrogant smirk, and was still strong.
"Nothing left to do..." Gohan muttered. "We've lost..."
No, Gohan! Don't give up!
"D...dad?!" Gohan asked. "Where are you?"
I'm talking to you telepathically. Don't give up! Listen, I've been
gathering energy while you were fighting him...if you and the others can
just hold out a couple more minutes, I can defeat him.
"Okay dad...I'll try," Gohan said. He pulled himself up. He rose up
slowly. Vegeta quickly turned and noticed him.
"Hmmph, you're still alive?" he said. "All right! Time to take you
down!" Vegeta said and charged. Gohan barely managed to block the powerful
blow. Vegeta continued throwing attack after attack as Gohan tried to endure.
Tien fired a Dodon-pa, but Vegeta dodged and fired his own blast, taking
Tien out of the fight. Yamcha and Chao-zu attacked, a single hit sent each
unconscious. Gohan managed to get a hit in, but Vegeta was sent only a
small distance before stopping and turning to deliver a powerful charging
punch. Gohan hit the ground. Vegeta landed nearby.
"So your power is gone," he said. He opened his hand and pointed. "Oh
well, time to die," he said. Suddenly, Goku flew up nearby. Vegeta turned
and growled.
"Vegeta! I won't let you win!" he began charging all his energy in
one last Kamehameha.
"Ka...me...ha...me..."
"Fool! I can dodge it easily!" Vegeta shouted. He turned again and
prepared to blast Gohan, but Piccolo suddenly rammed him in the back and
sent him flying forward.
"Goku! Hit him NOW!" Piccolo shouted. Goku grinned.
"Ha!" he shouted as the blast fired down at the grounded Vegeta. The
blast hit and exploded violently. It cleared. Vegeta, on the ground and
terribly injured, reached into his armor and pulled a remote. Hitting a
button, he let it fall to the ground. Soon, Vegeta's ship flew over and
landed. At this time, Raditz and Nappa managed to pull themselves up.
"I'll be back..." Vegeta said as he pulled himself into the ship. Raditz
and Nappa climbed in after, and the ship flew off.
"We won for now," Goku said. Suddenly, a large air car flew over and
began pulling down.
"What a battle!" Master Roshi exclaimed as Goku finished explaining
everything.
"Lucky no one was killed," Bulma said. Piccolo growled.
"Yes, but we're not done yet," he said.
"What do you mean, Piccolo" Goku asked. His Kamehameha and taken his
remaining energy, and he was lying on a small bed in the ship.
"I was thinking and realized something. They said I was a "Namek" and
that's why the dragonballs are here. So does that mean there are dragonballs
on a Namek home planet? Cause if so..."
"They'll look for them," Yamcha finished.
"But what can we do?" Gohan asked. Things seemed bad.
"No problem!" Goku said. "I can ask King Kai! He'll know," he said.
"HOLD ON!" Chi Chi suddenly shouted. "I might have unwillingly let
Gohan miss a whole year of school to save the planet, but no way am I letting
him miss MORE time!" she shouted. Piccolo stood up.
"Think about this! If Gohan stay's and we fail, the Saiyans become
immortal and come back and kill us all!" Piccolo said. Chi Chi tried to
argue, but couldn't think of anything.
"All right," Goku said and closed his eyes.
King Kai?
Goku? Is that you?
Yeah, could you tell us where the Namek's homeworld is?
Sure...just let me check...
"All right!" Goku said. "How long will it take, Bulma?" Goku asked.
Bulma looked nervous.
"I'd say...you'd all be dead six times over," she said.
"That's not good," Gohan muttered.
"Wait!" Piccolo said. "I think I remember that before I split with
Kami, we came on a ship...so it can probably reach the Namek's planet faster!"
Piccolo said.
"You're right, too bad I won't be joining you guys for awhile," Goku
said. "But I'm sure you'll do fine!"
"It's settled, then. We're going to the Namek's home planet!" Tien
said.
I can't believe three Saiyans lost to earthlings. Still, maybe the
Planet Namek will have more Dragonballs! I can still become immortal! Frieza
hasn't won yet!
With these thoughts, Vegeta fell into his regeneration chambers induced
sleep.
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Not as long as some other chapters, but hopefully still long enough.
The battle against Frieza starts next chapter, so get ready for it.
