Trunks: Ok...now what?
Reda: Well, after I write this chapter...
Vee: Reda, you disgust me.
Reda: Vee! I thought you were gone!
Vee: Oh yeah...well...I'm gone now. (Runs out the door...again...)
Goku: So, are we going to continue or not?
Reda: Right, right.
(Pulls the connection)
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Chapter 28: Early Return
He hinted in the last few chapters. Psyfoam wants Goku back as soon as the fight's over, but why? Or do we know why already? Well, first of all the fight has to finish, and with Vegeta a SS3 it may actually take a while...unless of course Goku can unlock his new found power...
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Goten could only stare. Vegeta was a SS3...but...how? Were they now equal in strength?
Goku's son watched as his father pushed the huge energy ball up into the sky and then engulfed himself in a golden light. Once the light retracted, Goku's yells had long since stopped, and he had transformed into a SS3 as well.
Trunks stirred on the ground beside him, and Goten leaned down to make sure his friend woke up okay. The lilac-haired Saiyan slowly opened his eyes, groaning as he forced himself to sit up, rubbing the back of his neck. Trunks noticed Goten standing beside him, but the young man had his attention elsewhere.
The demi-Saiyan looked up, following Goten's eyes, and became caught up in the battle himself. His eyes shook when he realized that he was watching two SS3's battle it out. No wonder he beat me. I can barely reach SS2, and he can reach the level beyond. I wonder how long this will go on, and for once I'm curious to know the winner. It may not be Goku this time.
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Goku pounded forward, as did Vegeta. They continually swapped between offense and defense, needing both just to keep up with each other. They were fighting in the air because there wasn't much of a ring left down below. Their long golden hair waved about, electrified with enormous energy.
Vegeta had long since lost his smirk. He had no advantage, but neither did Kakarot...or so he thought. Vegeta could not have known that Goku held the new power of a SS4; there was no way to let him know now without transforming before his eyes, and Goku didn't feel much like doing that at the moment either; he was already pretty tired and being in SS3 made it no better.
Still, Goku knew if it were the only way to end this battle he would allow himself to transform to the next level. Tired or not, he needed to finish this battle before he became exhausted. Besides, he did want to spend time with his family before he had to go back.
With that decision made, Goku waited for the next opportunity and began to power up. Vegeta stopped in his tracks and stared in awe as his rival went from a golden aura to a reddish-gold aura, his hair and eyebrows changing color as well, the hair also shortening to shoulder-length. His eyes even seemed to have gotten darker, closer to a blue or turquoise maybe. When it was completed, Vegeta still stared. A SS4? Damn you, Kakarot! I finally master this form and you transform to the next one! Why can I never even be equal at least? Damn!
Goku looked at Vegeta and smirked. "Time to end this."
And in a quick flash he did. Vegeta barely had time to react to the fast charge, the power-filled attack, and the powerful finishing move that sent him falling to the ground in no time flat. When he felt the grass underneath him, he cursed, and then slipped out of his Super Saiyan form entirely.
Yet as soon as he stood up, he was knocked from behind by an unknown force and found himself falling into darkness.
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Goten had just been about to cheer for his father, when a hauntingly familiar energy stopped him mid-cheer. He froze up, not wishing to turn around to see the figure he knew was there; he did not feel like admitting that he was here now. But there was no getting around it.
"Finally you finish, Goku. I've been waiting so patiently for you to finish this fight. I must remind myself to thank you for speeding it up. Meanwhile, return to your normal state." Goku hesitated. "Well, what are you waiting for? I ordered you to do something, Goku!"
Goten was forced to watch his father float down to the tournament ring, returning to his normal state against his will. Trunks actually had found a way over to his own father, even after the way Vegeta had knocked him out, and Goten was left alone to watch as his father, the best hero everyone loved, obey the orders of the most evil being ever created.
Videl had been inside the house with the sleeping Pan, and now Krillin stood at the door, trying to decide if he should hide or stay. Chi-Chi, Bulma, and Gohan weren't back yet. Trunks was too busy sitting next to his father. Baba had fled back to the "other" world as soon as she saw Psyfoam. So, Goten was basically left alone, or so he thought.
"Psyfoam! How dare you!" It was Supreme Kai.
The black-cloaked evil being slowly turned away from Goku, whose eyes had lowered as he stood on the little part left of the tournament ring. "Ahh...Supreme Kai...it's nice to see you in person after all these years."
The purple Kai stood in an attack position, even though everyone knew he was just bluffing for nothing. "Psyfoam, you can't do this. I won't let you!"
Psyfoam just smirked, "Ah, but you forget something, Kai. I have more power than you so I control the universe now more than you ever will." He took a step forward.
Supreme Kai didn't falter. "You're wrong, Psyfoam. You don't control it, you haven't ever controlled it, and you never will control the universe!"
Psyfoam took another step forward. "Oh? Look more closely, Kai. I control Goku, I control Reda, and I control Vee. The three strongest warriors in the universe...under my control! And I say...if I control those three I can conquer any planet in the universe. I've already started my conquest to control the universe, because I already control more than Frieza ever did."
Goten listened to them talk as he stared at his father. Goku wouldn't look his way to even give an encouraging smile; hell, he wouldn't look up at all! I'm sorry, Dad...It's my fault! Goten fell to his knees as the inward guilt washed over him. Why was he trembling? Was he...scared?
Then, Goten was reminded of another person. Piccolo came up beside him. "Don't beat yourself up about it, kid." He paused. "This is very interesting, although I haven't the slightest idea what is going on."
Goten trembled as he answered, a tear falling down his cheek at the memories. "Psyfoam...is the strongest warrior in the universe, not Dad." He paused, trying to think of a way to phrase this next part. "And Psyfoam has three Saiyan slaves. Vegeta's younger brother, Vee, is one of them, and my dad's sister, Aunt Reda; they aren't as old as they should be because Psyfoam lives in Empty Space where time doesn't really exist."
Piccolo took this all pretty well, considering the circumstances. "And how is Goku mixed up in this?" Goten froze. He couldn't say that; he just couldn't! Luckily, Piccolo figured it out. "What? Goku is Psyfoam's other slave?"
"My, my, you learn fast, Piccolo," Psyfoam said, suddenly right behind them.
Goten looked around to discover Supreme Kai lying on the ground where he had stood moments before, out cold. Then, Piccolo joined the list, and Goten was alone again, on his knees, looking into Psyfoam's eyes, and trembling in fear.
Psyfoam smirked, "Still scared of me I see. Goten, you're a disgrace to your father."
Goten's eyes and head lowered shamefully so he missed the look in Goku's eyes as the elder Saiyan stared a hole through Psyfoam's back. He didn't see, but felt the energy the master of destruction was creating in front of him, packing enough power into it to cause severe problems to its victim and then even death. Goten would have been hit with it too, had Gohan not intervened.
Gohan yelled out, "No! Goten!"
Psyfoam reacted immediately, shooting his energy blast off toward Gohan instead of Goten. Gohan was hit, and he and the energy blast disappeared over the horizon.
"Gohan! You monster!" Chi-Chi exclaimed, running straight for Psyfoam, angry now.
The evil being simply created a weaker energy blast in his hand and shot it towards her. She was hit, falling back and ramming into Krillin, knocking the door open and falling inside the house where Videl cowered as she stayed by Pan's bed.
Now, Goku was mad. He disobeyed Psyfoam's orders to stay in his normal state and plunged through the Super Saiyan levels, having just a little bit harder time with SS4. With anger flooding him, he shot forward, wanting to pound Psyfoam into dust.
Psyfoam, of course, knew that Goku was charging forward at him, so at just the right moment he grabbed Goku's arm and spun him around to where his back was to the house. Then he kicked out and sent Goku bouncing against the house wall, causing several cracks, which eventually brought the whole wall down on top of him.
As soon as that was taken care of, Psyfoam returned to what he was doing. He charged up another energy ball, this one a tad bigger than the one that sent Gohan flying off to who-knew-where. He aimed it at the house...and fired.
"No!" Goten yelled as his zanzoken put him between the house and Psyfoam's blast.
Then, with a swipe of his hand, Goten deflected the blast and sent it off into the air. His golden hair stood straight up and his green eyes glared daggers at Psyfoam. Goten had transformed to SS2, not that it did much good against Psyfoam. The evil being smirked as his only warning before his knee drove deep into the young Saiyan's gut and knocked Goten out cold.
Then, he turned his gaze to Bulma, who turned blue in the face, clutching garments in her hand. "What do you have there?"
"Uh...uh...they're new clothes...for...uh...Vee and Reda," Bulma said with a stuttering, trembling voice filled with fear.
Psyfoam liked that fear and decided to spare her...for now. "Well, would you mind if I took them? It is my servants we're talking about." He reached out a hand.
Bulma complied quite quickly. "Sure...It's not as if I could stop you from taking them anyways," she said as she handed him the clothes, her face going an even darker blue after her hand brushed against his cold, evil one. And then she fainted.
Psyfoam didn't have to turn around and look to know that Goku was getting up. "Come, Goku, we leave now." He could feel the hatred in the look Goku sent him and grinned as they disappeared. This next part was going to be fun.
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Vee: I hate Psyfoam.
Goku: I know, Vee. I do too.
Reda: Wheh! At least you're not glaring at me for putting this...(Goku and Vee glare at her just because she said that) Oh forget it!
Trunks: What happened to me? Why didn't I fight?
Reda: Uh...Trunks...you were in...
Vee: You're in shock, Trunks!
Trunks: What? Oh yeah, that did happen...
Reda: Anyways, I'm ready for the next chapter...soon...review please
Vee: You forgot to ask for reviews last time, Reda...
Reda, Trunks, and Goku: Shut up, Vee.
Vee: Hey! Three against one! That's not fair!
(Vee starts to grumble under his breath and pulls the connection with his foot.)