Reda: All right, sorry to keep everyone waiting for this...I've been kind of busy lately.
Gohan: Yes, everyone has been waiting far too long...
Voice: Why am I...still waiting...for this world to stop hating...can't find out...good reason...can't find hope to believe in...
Reda: Noooooo! Vee's back!!!
Vee: (walks in the room) Yep, I'm back. Couldn't keep me away forever.
Chi-Chi: (looks at Vee as if she's never seen him before) Aren't you Vegeta's brother?
Vee: (stares at her) And I'm guessing you're an overprotective mother, right?
Reda: (frowns) Vee, watch yourself
Gohan: (Mutters) That kid is a brave, brave boy.
Reda: OK! Time to get to the story...Sorry, I'm a little bored right now...So, this conversation may seem a little dull, but anyway...On with the story.
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Chapter 34: Prideful Hero
There are many different kinds of heroes, and you don't always have to win a great battle to be one. But still, what kind of hero is full of pride? Where am I going with this? Will it be something worthwhile or am I just crazy? Okay, I am crazy...but...uh...oh just read! The battle continues!
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With several wounds already covering his body and his breaths starting to come in laborious gasps, Goku knew that he had found his challenge. Now all that was left to do was win the fucking battle! Sadiran's claws slashed out, and he jumped, flipped, and dodged them...most of them.
He felt the wind rush by him as pain filled his side and back where one or two of his opponent's claws had slashed against him, the force of the attack sending him flying into a cliff base. All the cliffs around here made it obvious he was away from home, which made him almost certain Chi-Chi was safe.
Goku stood up inside the mountain he had been forced into and shot an energy blast out of the hole he came through, putting on a smirk when Sadiran's roar of pain filled the air. The Saiyan put two fingers to his forehead and teleported to Sadiran's side, kicking out to hit the monster in the head. Psyfoam's creation went bouncing along in the dust, allowing Goku time to put both feet on the ground and regain his composure as well as his breath.
He stretched out, searching for everyone's energy. Not too far away, he found Gotenks and Gohan fighting Psyfoam. Gohan was charged up as far as he could go in the mystic power, even reaching a much stronger SS2 state than he had before. And inside Gotenks he could still feel Goten connected to him, watching every move his father made and using that knowledge to increase Gotenks's power. Thanks you, son. Keep up the good work.
"All right, Saiyan. Enough games. Let's get serious now," Sadiran said, shaking the earth he walked on.
Goku blinked, "But I was being serious..."
Psyfoam's creation seemed just as surprised. "Oh...well then, your death will come a lot quicker than I thought."
Before he could blink again, Sadiran shoved his tail toward Goku and the Saiyan found himself flying through the air again. With the wind rushing in his ears and blood trickling from his lip and a cut above his eye, Goku realized that he should really learn to watch what he wished for. He didn't intend to spend up all his time and energy fighting Sadiran; with Reda and Vee out he felt needed in the battle against Psyfoam now.
When the tail lashed out again, Goku stopped himself in the air and grabbed the ugly green tail. "Fine, Sadiran, it would seem I have no choice but to use my full strength. This time, I will be serious!"
And with a yell he swung Sadiran around by his large tail. He could see the shocked look in the eyes of the creation, but Goku could really care less about a creation of Psyfoam's. He screamed as he raised his power and his veins pulsed with the enormous energy they were being forced to hold.
Goku's hair began to turn a darker shade of red and lose the hint of gold. With every swing of Sadiran's tail, his eyes slowly changed color, as well as the hair. Just when he felt his power getting ready to burst, Goku let go of Sadiran's ugly tail; he hardly watched the ugly creation fly through the air and crash into a huge cliff base with a loud explosion.
Goku could feel his power; it was too much; he couldn't hold it anymore; his veins were all about to pop. And then, his feet touched the ground, his screams slowly subsided, his power slowly filled out, rushing through his veins. He knew this feeling, but he also didn't know it. This transformation was harder than all the others combined; he felt like he had to be rid of all this power, like he couldn't hold it much longer, like he would pop any moment, allowing all this power to just spill out. No wonder Vee and Reda had such a hard time with Super Saiyan 5; it was hard to control.
His eyes sought out Sadiran, and it was almost surprising himself to catch the smirk on his face. Even his thoughts seemed distant, as if they belonged to someone else, yet he knew they were his all the same. Sadiran must die; Sadiran is not really alive; he is Psyfoam's creation; he must die.
Goku found himself leaning back, readying the Kamehameha Wave. He smirked at the mix of rage and fear in Sadiran's blood shot eyes as the monster raced toward him. The SS5 felt no sorrow for the creation, even if Goku would have; it almost felt like Kakarot was back, the other part of Goku that had lain dormant for so long, but all this power...He looked at Sadiran, still with that strange looking smirk on his face. Finally, he could release a lot of this power that made him feel pushed to the limit; he almost felt sorry for Sadiran...almost.
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Gohan seemed to linger behind Psyfoam as Gotenks let loose with attacks. I told him not to be rash about it! Almost as if the fusion had heard him, Gotenks stopped for a single split second, and that's when Gohan stepped into the fight.
He felt the power of a SS2 with his Mystic powers added to it. This was his sleeping power that everyone always seemed to talk about. He reached forward and was partially surprised to catch Psyfoam in a body lock.
"What? Saiyan filth! Let go of me!" Psyfoam said as he struggled to get free.
Gohan felt the tails grip his ankles and wrists, yet he grappled with Psyfoam to hold him, knowing he was really pushing the evil being's anger. Still, Psyfoam deserved every bit of humiliation he could get. "Gotenks, do one or two or three of your Kamikaze Ghosts!"
"No!" Did Psyfoam actually sound fearful at that?
He heard Gotenks, "Ha, ha, is Psyfoam scared of the little ghosts? Ha, ha! Not one, not two, not three, but six little ghosts are here to scare you and then rip you to shreds!"
"Gotenks!" Gohan shouted as a third hand appeared out of Psyfoam's cape and hooked itself to the Mystic's face.
Gohan felt the fingernails pushing through his skin, scratching the bones in his face. It was very uncomfortable and very, very painful. So of course he screamed, even if his scream was cut off when another tail wrapped around and squeezed his neck.
"But, Gohan, they'll hit you too!" Gotenks shouted to be heard above the screams.
His voice came out hoarse and raspy, but he hoped Gotenks could still hear it. "Who...cares?"
"All right, then, it's your life. I'll miss you."
Gohan lowered his eyebrows. Don't get cocky. And then he was engulfed in six Kamikaze explosions. He hadn't even heard Gotenks give the attack command, but obviously the ghosts had. Psyfoam finally let go of him, but that was after all the explosions had hit. Gohan fell down into the rubble of rocks and trees, unconscious just after he heard Psyfoam's laugh as the diminishing power began to return. What are we up against?
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Gotenks shook—he couldn't hide his fear anymore—as Psyfoam faced him, good as new. There wasn't even a scratch! It was like something inside Psyfoam's cape had absorbed every attack ever pushed against him. What the hell? Does he have a weird form of regeneration or something? What are we up against?
"You know, Gotenks, that's the most annoying attack you ever came up with. I'm glad Vee never thought of something like that; it would have driven me crazy to hear those annoying ghosts every five minutes."
"Hey, I don't use them that often!" Gotenks shouted, feeling defiant.
Psyfoam just smirked, "Yeah, whatever, that doesn't matter. You should learn to watch behind you at all times, kid."
"Kid? How dare you!"
Gotenks didn't get the chance to yell an insult at Psyfoam. Before he knew it, the evil being was above him and then behind him. The next thing he felt was a sharp pain in his skull as Psyfoam used a humongous amount of strength, and then Gotenks was no more. Psyfoam laughed out loud as Goten and Trunks spiraled down, making huge craters in the ground below them.
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As the smoke that used to be Sadiran rushed by him, Goku fell to one knee. I used all that power, I got rid of all the power that made me fell like I was holding too much, and now I feel too weak to even walk or hold my own weight up. This 5th transformation is strange, but at least it got rid of Sadiran. Who's next on the death list?
Goku shook his head to try and lose that thought. In Super Saiyan he always seemed to lose a bit of himself and give way to his other personality, but this was too much. He could almost feel his other personality—the Kakarot part of him—right beside him. They were merged together, and usually Goku was in control, but this Super Saiyan transformation had more Kakarot in it than he really wanted. He wondered what Reda and Vee had to deal with; they didn't have another personality too, did they? No, they don't. I'm just special. There it went again; could he not get away from that dangerous side of himself and keep the control of this transformation at the same time?
He began to seriously sweat as he pushed hard to hold on to SS5. There was still Psyfoam to face; there was still power to be rid of, even if it wasn't nearly as much as before; with Reda and Vee out of the game, everyone was counting on him to beat Psyfoam (as usual), but this transformation was so hard to control.
"Ah...I see you've made the next transformation, Goku, or should I call you Kakarot now?"
Still on one knee, still fighting his inward fight, Goku lifted his head to face Psyfoam. His mouth was clenched, as were his fists, and his eyes burned into Psyfoam's strange ones with hatred...he hated Psyfoam even more than before; that feeling—hatred—was stronger, more easy to grip, and Goku did not like that.
"No..."his voice sounded so puny compared to the power he had to back it up.
The dark, evil being standing over him—Psyfoam—laughed; he laughed so hard with such a full and powerful voice that Goku half trembled and half blew up in rage. The transformation took over his as he forced himself up; the SS5 stood up to face Psyfoam, face to face, his glare just as red as the aura surrounding him. Kakarot was here to pound this crazy, mad, evil monster into the dust. No! He wasn't Kakarot; he was Goku! He wouldn't let this kind of crazy rage take over him!
"Oh, I can feel that struggle inside of you, Goku, or are you Kakarot now?"
Goku could barely feel the blood trickling from his hands, blood caused by the piercing of his own grip. Attack! Attack! Attack! You hate him! He hates you! Fight fire with fire, hate with hate! Psyfoam must die! He must die for everything he did to you! Don't worry about those idiots Vee and Reda who want to pound Psyfoam way more than you. They don't matter. Who needs them? You can attack now with all that hate burning inside you; attack with hate instead of that pitiful, good rage. Kill Psyfoam with your hate!
No! No! I can't! That's wrong! Hate's not the way to kill someone; there's too much death already with too much hate; I can't add to it. If I must kill Psyfoam, I have to kill him in the name of good or...
Or what? You wimp. Psyfoam will kick your ass if you keep that attitude up! Attack with this hate. Use all this hate you feel now against Psyfoam! You'll win if you do. Let Kakarot return, say goodbye to that sissy, Goku, and then you can kill Psyfoam with power to spare!
"Hmmm...Kakarot or Goku...how are you going to 'kill' me?" Psyfoam laughed. "I'll tell you something, a secret." He leaned in close to Goku, getting his mouth right by the struggling SS5's ear. "Goku, can't kill me. Kakarot would have a chance."
Instantly, Psyfoam jumped back, almost as if he knew what was about to happen. And in that instant, Goku's eyes turned completely dark red, his aura jumped out three spans, his hair cackled with dark electricity, and he became Kakarot.
"Heh, heh, heh, so I'm back at last. Years of laying dormant...I'm truly myself again!" The voice that was—or used to be—Goku's seemed different; it was harsher, coarser, full of more power, evil power it seemed like. "Psyfoam, you will pay for what you did to me! Prepare..."
Psyfoam's grin had been hidden, but when the red around Goku/Kakarot dispersed and the Saiyan slowly slipped out of every single Super Saiyan level, the evil being grinned so wide Goku—yes, Goku was back, for now—knew he was beaten. He let a short smile of I-just-realized-what-you-were-doing cross his lips as he tried to find his power and find it gone. "Heh," was all Goku said as he collapsed forward, falling at Psyfoam's feet, just how the evil creation wanted.
"I can still tell you're struggling with yourself for power, Kakarot," Psyfoam laughed as Goku started to tremble to control himself, showing the proof of his inward struggle.
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Piccolo had taken the senzu beans to heal everyone he could find, but Vegeta, still leaning against a tree, had kept one. And a good thing too.
The "Prince of all Saiyans" had paid close attention to Kakarot and Psyfoam; he didn't understand what was wrong with the SS5—blast it all—but he knew it was something serious when Kakarot collapsed. So, he decided on a course of action: connect with Kakarot, preparing for a fusion, knock Psyfoam out of the way long enough to give Kakarot a senzu bean, and then show that crazy madman a reason to leave them alone.
It was when he was "connecting" to Kakarot that he found the reason for the other Saiyan's strange collapse. He was learning a secret of Kakarot's—should he call him Goku now? It was a secret that Vegeta could never have guessed. It would seem that Goku and Kakarot were two different people in the same body—odd as it was.
Vegeta discovered that Goku was the good side and Kakarot the evil—that bump to his head caused worse damage than originally thought. It also seemed that whenever Goku transformed to Super Saiyan—maybe not the first three levels, but for sure the 4th and definitely the 5th—that Kakarot surfaced and tried to take over, using the powers and feelings of evil, such as pure hatred. Goku had been fighting and winning the inward struggle against Kakarot, but Psyfoam had made it full-blown worse. Why, Vegeta could even pick up the conversation struggle going on inside Goku's mind right now.
Get up and kill! Use all that power you keep hiding to make sure you don't lose control...bah...use it and kill Psyfoam!
Vegeta didn't think that sounded to bad, but it obviously was.
No, I won't resort to using my hatred of Psyfoam to kill him.
But you'd be doing the world a favor, killing the greatest evil ever created.
He wasn't created evil; he was turned and forced to evil by another force; Psyfoam was once pure-of-heart, just like me.
Vegeta saw Psyfoam take a step back, shocked. He was obviously listening in, too. Hey, he was shocked too. Goku considered Psyfoam his equal, so therefore Goku wouldn't kill Psyfoam...You're a fool Kakarot.
What?
Vegeta remember, too late, that he was connected to Goku now, and so his little "voiced" thought had just been heard by everyone listening in. That meant...Vegeta saw Psyfoam growl...at him. Well, I guess it's about time.
He zanzokened to Psyfoam's side and slammed into him as hard as he could. Luckily, the crazed being went flying. Not much time...
"All right, let's fuse Kaka..." He stopped, his hand out to help his friend up. Only, his Saiyan friend didn't look the same; his eyes were still red, even though he was in his normal state, and his facial features looked like a wild animal. "I mean, Goku." The strange evil look slowly disappeared. "Goku, take this senzu bean, and then we'll fuse into Gogeta. Goku, there won't be a Kakarot there."
Goku gladly took his hand with a grateful smile on his face as he ate the bean and stood up. Vegeta turned to walk the right distance away.
"Thanks, Vegeta, I owe you a big one."
He stopped and turned his eyes to face the smile of his friend. "Actually, this is my payback. I still owe you at least one more after this...Goku."
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Gohan: Wow. That was...deep...
Reda: Yeah, good thing Goku's not here. He'd kill me for going into his thoughts.
Chi-Chi: (has gone from ranting at Vee to nearly crying) Oh Goku...
Vee??? I am officially not understanding this woman.
Chi-Chi: You little bratty kid! Can't you be more respectful?
Vee: Nope
Chi-Chi: Gohan, you can't hang out with this one...He's a bad influence
Vee, Reda, Gohan: (raise an eyebrow and stare confused)
Gohan: But, Mom, I'm not a kid anymore. I have my own house and I make my own decisions now. Jeez, I even have my own job!
Chi-Chi: Oh yea. I keep forgetting my little boy's all grown up.
Reda: Uh...yea...
Vee: Reda, keep writing. Just ignore them. We have to get to the good part!
Reda: Vee, hush up. Readers...review please! The more reviews the more I write. As one of my favorite authors once put it...ReviewHappiness HappinessMe type more. Ok? Ok.
Vee: Um...Reda...you're strange.
Reda: I know...
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