Hello all! This is a new chapter for the raising of a Saiyan. I want to thank Kia-Kawaii princess, and dark cherry for reviewing each chapter, and to DemonDancing because she is the ONLY one who gave a critique to help better my writing. I mean, praise is good, but I want to improve my writing, not just swell my ego. So with out further ado, the Raising of a Saiyan, chapter 5
Disclaimer. I don't own dragon ball Z. *crosses his fingers behind his back.*
Chapter 5; learning to purge.
Gohan was under attack by Rayon, the red alien he was locked in a cage with. Fists and feet were every where, blocking, kicking, punching, chopping. Most of the lower level crew members couldn't see what was going on.
Gohan jumped backward, but was smashed from behind by a kick. He landed on the ground, but pushed off and zanzokened behind his enemy, a glowing fist evident.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Gohan slammed his fist into the back of the alien; his super powered attack tearing through muscle and bone, and almost came out the other side. Rayon only had time to gurgle before he slumped over, his dead body still hanging from Gohan's hand.
Gohan was in shock. He hadn't meant to hit him that hard. He only wanted to knock him out. He didn't mean to kill him. Grief and shock overpowered the boy's senses, and he promptly blacked out.
Zarbon was worried. If Gohan got that shook up about killing one person, then how would he react to his purging training? He ran as he thought, picking up the form of Gohan, vaporized the body of Rayon, and took his charge to a regen tank.
Gohan woke in the familiar blue gel of a regen tank. He wondered briefly why he was here, until he remembered the fight.
He wanted to throw up. He remembered his fist plunging into his opponent's back. He remembered the flesh tearing, ripping apart like paper. He remembered the smell of roasting flesh as the power in his hand was expelled inside the alien's body. He remembered… No. he didn't want to remember. It was done, in the past. He would not remember.
His thoughts trailed off as Zarbon came into the room, shutting off the tank, and letting the blue green gel swirl out. He handed the demi-Saiyan his clothes, and waited for him to get dressed. When he did, he spoke.
"You have a 3 hour break before purging training begins." Gohan looked up from his boots.
What's "Purging"? Zarbon sighed, and knelt down by Gohan. He tried to find a way to give it to him gradually, and failed. So he opted for the blunt approach.
"Gohan, purging is something you won't want to do. You see, what Freiza does, he picks a planet, then sells it to the highest bidder. But before he can sell it, it needs to be wiped clean of all inhabitants." He took a deep breathe, and continued. "You kill every single inhabitant on the planet."
Gohan looked shocked, then sick. "Y… You mean I haf'ta do that? Kill everybody?" Zarbon nodded heavily. Gohan's 6 year old mind, no matter how mature, could not fathom so many deaths. He just turned and walked to his room, contemplating what would happen in 3 hours.
3 HOURS LATER
Gohan was in a pod, heading for a small, nameless planet. His job, along with Zarbon, Nail and Dodoria, was to clear the planet of all sentient life forms. There were five major cities, and planetary scouter readings showed all life was centered there.
The pod slammed into the planets surface. Gohan shakily climbed out, and clicked his scouter to read every thing but power levels. He didn't want to see all those power readings winking out as he destroyed them.
Zarbon took off toward one city as did Dodoria, and Nail to another. Gohan flew toward his destination, hoping this would be over quickly.
As he flew, he noticed why all the life was in the cities. The planet was a dry, arid desert. There were no animals that he could see, and when he clicked his scouter back on for a short time, there were no animal sized power readings on screen. He clicked his scouter off and looked ahead.
There it was, a large purple building in the center, with sky scrapers made of a greenish material dominating the rest of the buildings.
He took a deep breath, and built up all the energy his little hands could muster. He built it into a huge sparkling ball, ki flowing under the surface. He took another breath. And he hurled the blast at the huge skyscraper in front of him. It detonated, taking out the three skyscrapers that were centered behind it. He quickly readied another blast, and fired it at the purple building. It was immediately incinerated, and a gas main blew as well, taking out almost seven other buildings. He fired beam after blast, and completely destroyed the city, and finished of the remains with a huge power summon.
In the instant that he threw the final blast, he realized he could see into the ruin that he threw it at. There was a small, yellow-blue creature in there, and it cried out distinctly in basic, "help me…" then the blast over took it, burning into it and charring the remains until it disintegrated, and there was nothing left. Gohan took his head into his hands and cried. He didn't want to kill for this monster, heck; he hadn't even seen him yet.
Then, suddenly, a huge pink hand swept out of the air and smashed into his back.
"Get up brat!" Dodoria, still sore about his defeat at the hands of the six year old Saiyan, kicked him, relishing the fact that he didn't seem to want to fight. He continued to beat him, until Gohan realized something.
'He's going to kill me. That's how it is with Freiza's men isn't it? They just kill. And so will I. Until I get strong, and when I do, I'm going to kill Freiza. I'm going to make him pay for these lives. And as for Dodoria… I'm going to kill him NOW!
Gohan got up after the tenth punch. Dodoria scoffed.
"Its about time. I was going to have to kill you." He stopped as Gohan's eyes locked with his. They were a piercing blue. And they glowed!
"DIE!" Gohan lunged forward and brought his knee up and into the alien's skull. His neck whipped back, almost breaking, but was quickly smashed into the ground by a pile driving fist.
"DIE!" Gohan shot forward, and brought a leg up, smashing and breaking his shoulder. Dodoria screamed in pain, his arm felling like it had been torn off. And in seconds, it was. A new wave of pain assaulted his body, but was cut off by a ki beam drilling its way through his chest.
He fell back, choking on his own blood and vomit. He looked up into Gohans eyes. The boy seemed to have grown taller, and older, and somehow different. He never found out how though, as Gohan summoned all his power into an energy ball. He held out the power sphere, and fired it at the cringing alien.
"Die."
It blew, and left a huge crater in the desert of the planets surface, damaging the earth for hundreds of yards in every direction.
Nail looked up as an explosion to the south occurred, obliterating much of the surrounding landscape. Dodoria's ki signature vanished, but Gohan's flared, rising higher and higher until it finally stopped, around Zarbons full power, and a little beneath his. He started to fly over to the blast point, but felt the ki signature that was Gohan head for the pods. He sighed, and headed there as well.
Zarbon was already there, and Gohan was just arriving when he pulled into the area. He didn't talk to anybody, just got into the pod, and closed the hatch, clearing the valley they had landed in and headed for Freiza's flag ship. They followed right behind, and in two hours, they were back on the ship.
The next morning, the news was spread like wild fire. Vegeta was back from a purging mission that had left Nappa and Radditz dead, and he seriously injured. He was in the med bay, and was floating in the blue healing liquid of the regen tanks. The planets name was Chikyuu.
So how did you like it? I know, it was a little short, but I'm just leading up to the big part, where the chapters will be longer, and it seemed like an appropriate time to end. Sorry about the late update, my stupid dog chewed through the internet cable, and I was out for about two days. So please review!
(*_*) Jakar101.