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Goku stared into the wide, blue eyes of his daughter with nothing but fear pumping throughout his body. He had absolutely no idea what was going on, but he was sure of one thing, he was going to have to fight, even if he'd rather not. It was the only way to calm his daughter, whom he was sure had gone insane throughout the course of the day. She had been an average, normal girl when he had left her at school, but now she was maniac. All that was wrong that morning was the fact that she had been lying to him, and knew very well that he knew, which only made things worse. But this, this was completely out of proportion. She had NEVER expressed a wish to want to leave because they, as her parents, held too much control over her, which was an absurd idea in itself. They had given her a lot more freedom, even at a younger age, that most kids her age had. Of course, there was always the possibility that she was faking being crazy just to get out of a punishment. But then again, she had never thrown such a tantrum when she didn't get her way. She had always been pretty good about that.
It hurt him to think that she might be telling the truth. That maybe she really did want to break free because of something he may have done. Maybe she had been angry with him for trying to make her feel guilty earlier that morning. But then again, he knew she was mature enough to bring this about like a normal, human being. Not like a rabid animal.
Still, the reasoning didn't matter. The fight would still have to take place. For once, he would have to dish out a physical punishment to his daughter, something he hadn't normally done but once the year before on pure accident. Every hit would probably hurt him more than the receiver, which only made his anxiety last longer. He would try to make this go fast, but he wouldn't use the power of Super Saiyan three against her. He wanted to give her a fair chance to do some damage on him. He wanted her to rid herself of the anger bottled up inside of her. Maybe then she would calm down if she felt as if she were doing something. But he knew, he would beat her no matter what. He would take her home and THEN consider what to do with her. Until then, he would have to focus on the Fight which would be soon to ensue.
Tatsuo wore a deep smirk on his girlish face as he prepared himself. He had never dreamed that he would start such a fight between this family. In fact all that he had ever planned on doing was challenging Goku to a spar and then right when he wasn't really watching, he would kill him off and act like it had been an accident in defense. Then, he wouldn't ever be allowed to be brought back since he had already died too many times before as the man had put it. But now, Tatsuo rather liked his progress and his actions. He had never expected this as an outcome.
Tatsuo chuckled under his breath, though it was still audible enough for Goku's sensitive ears to pick up. The idiot was actually buying this disguise and believed Usagi was turning against him out of the blue. That was the funniest part. Here was Tatsuo, able to do anything to ruin Usagi's life, and no one knew the difference. Of course, his disguise was pretty good, hell, it was great. He really WAS Usagi with her power and all. His energy was masked by that of Usagi and his body was molded to her form thanks to her DNA.
He lowered himself even further and pulled his arms to his side with his fists slightly perking out. He would enjoy taking this fool out, though he did wonder if he would seriously try to harm him. He did see pretty angry right about now. But why shouldn't he? If this was really Usagi, nothing would have changed, except, things wouldn't have gotten this far in the first place. "Let's go, pops."
Goku too the time out to rub his face, which was already beginning to sweat with anticipation of what he would have to do next. The fight hadn't even started and his limbs were beginning to grow numb. He tried to shake the nervousness away, but it wasn't working. He couldn't believe he was doing this and the more he thought about it, the worse his anxiety became. "Usagi, you can still back out of this, you know. We don't have to fight. We can just forget about this and go home. We can talk things through..." He knew he was probably wasting his breath, but it was worth a try. If there was any part of his daughter left in that little body of hers then maybe, hopefully she would have the sense to drop this right here and now before things got out of hand.
Tatsuo smirked to himself as he lowered his head. "Don't make me laugh, Goku."
Goku frowned even harder as he too lowered his head. He would make his move soon if things didn't calm down. "Goku? So what, are you disowning me as your father now?"
Tatsuo made no movement. He was set into his comfortable fighting position. He would have his last few words with his opponent and that would be it. Goku would be done for. "Naturally. You wouldn't expect for me to have YOU as my father, would you? No, I want someone whose actually got an education to be MY father. Someone who isn't a muscle-bound JERK!"
Goku could feel his heart literally falling apart within his chest. He didn't know how much longer he could stand there and listen to his daughter spout out insults like this. "Jerk? Now just what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Never in his life had he sworn so much in front of his daughter before. There had only been two other occasions, and even then she didn't even truly hear him. He had always tried to protect her ears from such vulgarity, but it obviously didn't matter at this point. She herself had resorted to such language.
Tatsuo grinned. "Wouldn't you like to know."
Goku scowled at his daughter as he pushed his power up even further to the limits of Super Saiyan level two. "Now you look here, little girl! I know you're probably mad for me trying to make you feel guilty about lying to me this morning, because I know you knew, BUT, that doesn't mean you can act like this. That crap about your mother and I treating you wrong is crap, complete and utter CRAP! Now, if you don't get your act together and act like a civilized human being then I'm going to have to teach you a lesson by force. Now, do you want that?" Goku couldn't believe what had just come out of his mouth. Had he actually said that? Had he actually just acted like a normal parent... like Chi-Chi? This was just getting way too out of hand for him at this point.
Tatsuo only continued to grin as he pushed his power to his limits like Goku had, but it was no use, the Power of Super Saiyan two far exceeded his own at this point. "Damnit, Usagi, why can't your power be higher!?" He whispered to himself.
Goku found it interesting that she would be talking to herself after what he just laid out on the table for her. Maybe she had become schizophrenic. She referred to herself in third person, something people don't normally do. Of course, this could all be part of her game. "Excuse me?"
Tatsuo looked up without a flinch or jerk. "Shut up, Goku! I don't care what you have to say anymore! My mind is made up! I win, I leave you and Chi-Chi to move out on my own. However, if you win, I'll stay on my own. Now stop blabbering and let's get this thing started. I don't have all day."
Goku was fine with that. His daughter obviously had gone past the point of caring about his feelings, or even her mother's. This was why he had teleported the two of them away to this place. This way, he could take care of things without Chi-Chi going ballistic and falling into a tangle of emotions that would only end up in tears.
As he thought out his plan of attack, his thoughts just sort of wandered into the state of wondering what he would do with Usagi after this was over. Naturally, she would be angry that she lost and would have to go back home with him. She would be a danger to Chi-Chi in the home, and everyone else in the world. She was too strong to be let wild and on her own. But there wasn't a way to stop that, was there? Only through counseling, or worse, intimidation would she be calmed. But intimidation wasn't a step he was willing to take. He didn't want to make his daughter live in fear, and he didn't want to be on that level with her, the level that she feared HIM.
He dug his feet into the ground to get extra footing for his attack. This was it. He would actually have to go through with this. He couldn't say he didn't try to talk the child out of this. It was all up to her now. He would stop whenever she wanted, or by her submission. Under no other circumstances would this fight end.
It was almost as if the two fighters knew precisely when the other was going to attack. Goku, though, had noticed the slightest movement of his daughter, which triggered his. Both darted out for each other and in less than a second, faster than any normal eye could pick up, the two were locking arms with one another. Both stared into the other's eyes with pure anger, though Goku's lacked something that was abundant in Tatsuo's, hatred. Yet, Tatsuo lacked reasoning for this fight, the love for one's family member.
The two, still locked in arms, pushed against the other's strength with all of their own. But Goku, even though he was powered up more than Tatsuo, held back. He didn't want to have a total blowout of a win. Even though she had said such harsh words to him, he still didn't want her to feel powerless. It would only cause her more anger.
Tatsuo pushed for more power. He hoped that he might be able to expand on his new body's potential, but it wasn't working. It must have been the chemistry of the Moon power that had originally been in her body. Even though it wasn't there, the block it had put on expansion was still there. It could only be overcome by extreme emotions, something of which he surely didn't posses. If he were to add some of his OWN power to this body, it may explode from lack of capacity.
But this didn't much matter when Goku fell to one knee, causing the ground from beneath to cave in a ways. Tatsuo rolled his eyes in disgust. 'If he thinks he can fool me like this, he's mistaken. I know what he's capable of. But maybe... just maybe... this will work. I'll still be able to deal out damage this way.' Chuckling too quiet for even Goku to hear over the noise of the growing power, Tatsuo pulled his arms back, causing the unsuspecting Goku to begin to fall forward. But Tatsuo had already made a plan inside his head.
Tatsuo reached out and grabbed Goku by the front of his GI. Slowly, and quite easily, he lifted the Saiyan up and looked up into his eyes. He gave a quick wink and grin and readied his other fist to deal out some serious damage.
Goku was all to ready for this. He had been fighting long enough to know basic fighting moves, but something was odd about this. His daughter had never fought like this. She always went for the unconventional moves. Moves that were obviously made by a child.
Without thought, Goku reacted just like he would have any other time. He quickly lifted up his leg, which then took the punch from Tatsuo's fist. A sharp pain surged through the contact zone, but it wasn't enough to do any damage. The damage point wouldn't be coming for a while. At least, not for him, and hopefully not for Usagi.
With his leg to block the punch, he then proceeded to lift it even higher to hit his daughter across the stomach with. Needless to say his force ripped her grip from him and threw her flying backwards. His feet were allowed to fall back onto the ground, not that they had been far off in the first place. He performed a quick teleportation and ended up behind Tatsuo just in time to catch him.
Goku wrapped his arms around his daughter and squeezed as tightly as he could, which didn't produce a comforting sound. It was the horrid sound of Usagi screaming out in pain, in agony. A pain which had been created only by her father. But Goku had tried this move on her many a times and knew almost exactly what she would do. He had expected for her to start kicking her legs backward for his knees or for an even worse zone in talks of comfort. She learned from a very early age that this was the only way to get out of a hold like this when she was fighting him.
But surprisingly, she did nothing of the sort. No, this time the girl had something different in mind. Tatsuo dropped his power level substantially, almost to the point of dropping back into the power of a normal Saiyan. And then, out from nowhere it rapidly rose. It rose so high, and so fast that the body had to discharge the excess out of the body. Being so close to the blast, Goku was in the direct line of fire.
A huge wave of Silver Energy came flushing out of Tatsuo's body, something that Goku had never in his life expected. This was an entirely new attack to him in regards to coming from his daughter. Goku was forced to release his daughter, thrown back by the blast, and went skidding into the ground, much like Goten had done the day before when Usagi was thrown into him.
Tatsuo, feeling mighty proud of himself, just laughed as he watched the spectacle. "Looks like first blood is mine." He rose into the air to get a better look at the Saiyan without actually having to get closer.
Once stopped, Goku felt like crap. He felt like he had just received the biggest rug-burn in his entire life, his arms getting the worst of it. Though, his neck was feeling pretty limp as well. He slowly lifted his arms and moved the up and down to gain the feeling back in them. He had been through worse. This was nothing compared to the long, drawn out battle with Frieza.
He lifted his head and looked down at the front of his GI. It was completely tattered from the impact. And why wouldn't it be? With an attack from the close, one would expect for something like that to happen. He quickly jumped to his feet, his back now beginning to ache. A warm, moisture could be felt dripping down his cheek. The wound from the kick he had received from Tatsuo in the house had just been torn open even further, but nothing else had been opened. At that moment, he was glad for his tough skin.
Goku looked up into the sky at his daughter. She was just sitting there with a sly little smirk on her face. Laughter wasn't too far behind. With his heavy breathing, he wondered where she had learned such a move. He had never seen something like that come from her before, in fact, he hadn't seen it come from anyone who was on the side of good. "I don't remember teaching you something like that."
It was at that moment that it occurred to Tatsuo that, even though he wasn't as strong as Goku was, he still had a bit of an upper hand. Goku would be expecting the same old attacks out of his this fight that he had always seen from Usagi. "You were always a bit of a crappy teacher. I learned it from someone more qualified."
Goku grinned, causing Tatsuo to become taken over by fear. That definitely wasn't a good thing. If Goku, the father in this situation, could find humor in this situation, then maybe he wasn't in such a good position. Goku, not saying anything, launched himself into the air. Tatsuo, who had expected the man to retort with something wittingly stupid, was unable to do anything in the short amount of time it took Goku to get from the ground to the air.
Goku seemed to have taken no offence to his daughter's insult this time around. He seemed fully cocked and was ready to start this for real. If he didn't watch out, Usagi would get the best of him. He couldn't under estimate her anymore. He had gone through too many fights to ignore what had just happened. Usagi had obviously learned a new move, which meant there was no telling if she knew anymore.
Once in the air, he acted quickly. He made a single fist with two and dug it into the back of Usagi, or, Tatsuo. Tatsuo went spiraling down to the hard surface of the earth, his face digging in just as Goku had moments earlier. "You should know, Usagi," He cut himself off just long enough to meet his daughter before she had a chance to stop. He reached down and grabbed the girl by the back of her school uniform and threw her back into the air, back first. He gave himself a boost of power and he was off into the air, trailing his daughter's path. He quickly powered up his fist, and immediately, it became engulfed within a golden aura. He wasted even less time inserting the fist directly into his opponent's stomach, causing a loud squeal of pain to come fourth. "I don't mess around when I'm fighting, which means petty insults won't affect me anymore." He sped up even further and grabbed his daughter by the bow of the school Uniform and brought her close to his face so he could look into her blue eyes. "You've lost your chance!"
Tatsuo growled as he raised his fist and punched Goku square in the lip, the same spot which he had been kicked in. Goku's head jerked to the side, but barely. Tatsuo then mustered the strength to kick the still Goku in the neck, but not even a flinch was gained off of that. Tatsuo glared even harder now. What was going on? Why wasn't Goku showing his pain? It wasn't like Goku was ALL that much stronger than him at this point. Was he just bluffing or what? Was he hurting at all? Tatsuo wasn't liking this one bit. "Damn you!"
Goku grinned even wider. "Give up?"
Tatsuo lifted his newly formed tail and wrapped it around Goku's throat. "Never!"
Goku sighed as he closed his eyes. With his free hand, he grasped Tatsuo's tail and ripped it off with a force that only caused the boy even more pain than before. With the slightest grip a serious pain had been sent throughout his body, causing him to yell out uncontrollably.
Once the tail was away from his neck and throat, Goku let go of the tail with much curiosity and confusion. "Stop faking! I told you I'm not going to fool around anymore! You wanted this and now you've got it unless you give up!!"
Tatsuo closed his eyes and pulled the tail back to his waist. "I'm not faking you idiot! That really hurt! What the hell is wrong with you!?"
Goku said nothing in response. Instead, he pondered over why her tail would hurt again all of a sudden. Hadn't she and Hotaru learned how to stop the pain already? Why would it come back? In anyway it didn't matter. He just wouldn't grab her tail again. Even though they were in a fight, he would still fight fair. He knew how badly it hurt when a Saiyan's tail was pulled, and he didn't care how angry he was with her, he would never intentionally put Usagi through such pain.
He let go of Tatsuo and backed away while preparing himself for yet another round. Tatsuo held himself in the air as he tried to regain his composure back. Having his tail pulled after so many attacks had really taken a lot out of him, more than he was willing to admit. His stomach felt as raw as cookie dough at that point, but he would continue. He had barely hurt Goku so far, and he planned on getting SOME sort of damage done by the time he was through here.
Once Goku was satisfied with his position, he raced back for Tatsuo. He wasn't even going to give him the time of day to prepare himself. He had already given Usagi a chance to get even for anything she might be upset about with that one major blast of energy, and now it was time to end this. Chi-Chi would be expecting them home soon, and if they weren't to return, she would worry even more than needed.
Tatsuo hastily fell into a position of defense, paying close attention to the location of his tail. Goku had already proven that he would hit his daughter without hesitation when he said 'I told you I'm not going to fool around anymore!'. There was no telling what this maniac would do anymore, which meant he might go after the tail.
Goku met up with Tatsuo with a huge clash of power which created a shock-wave. Upon impact, Tatsuo was pulled out of his defensive position and into an intense hand-to-hand combat situation with Goku. Both went at it with full force, each dodging some, and making some at the same time. They were all over the air faster than the eye could detect. At first it was strictly an aerial attack, but it soon fell short to the ground.
Frustrated that not every hit was making its target, Tatsuo found a chance to fire a quick energy ball at his opponent. Reacting rather quickly, Goku raised his arm and deflected the attack while making one of his own. Needless to say it made its target.
Tatsuo was pushed back, but slightly. He swiftly caught his footing and darted back for Goku, where the two engaged in more hand-to-hand combating. Both fought their hardest and eventually flew back into the air to get some leg action.
Goku too a swing at Tatsuo, who, in return, ducked for cover and performed a quick roundhouse kick, causing Goku to lose his balance and begin falling back to the ground. But Tatsuo wasn't finished. He quickly dove beneath the falling fighter and pushed him back up only to shoot another Energy blast, this time making its target.
Goku's back arched on impact as he was thrown even higher into the air. But that soon stopped. He stopped himself short and narrowed his eyes at his approaching daughter. She didn't seem to be wanting to give up yet and it was already getting late, so late that Chi-Chi was probably worrying by now. He would have to end this soon.
Thinking of nothing else, Goku quickly brought his hands to his side. He hoped Usagi would forgive him for what he was about to do later, but now it seemed inevitable. This fight could go on forever if he didn't do something soon. "Ka..."
Tatsuo stopped immediately when he heard that. He remembered that opening from the attack that had been demonstrated to him to other day when he visited Usagi at her house. And now he was trying it on him. The power of that attack was like no other. It made the user slightly stronger than their limits, and now he was going to use it on him, who he thought was his daughter, who was already weaker than him. "You've gotta be kidding me..." He said with wide eyes.
"Me...Ha..."
Tatsuo didn't know what to do. He hadn't really done too much damage on Goku in this form. He was too weak. He wasn't expecting Goku to fight with such a force against his daughter. But he had been wrong. He had done little damage, but not enough. This had been pointless, but at least he got Usagi's parents turned against her. Maybe that would work for something. Without being united, a group of people is nothing. At least Goku and Usagi would be emotionally torn when he fought the real Tatsuo. But then again, there was still the next wave of attack. Maybe that would do some good.
Not knowing how to perform the Kamehameha wave, and without the time to move out of the way, Tatsuo did the only thing he COULD do. He pulled his hands to his side and began building up his strongest Energy Wave.
"Ha!" Goku was able to give full power to his Kamehameha by telling himself over and over that Usagi could be healed, though he still felt horrible. He had to keep reminding himself that this was what she wanted. It was either this, or go through a big argument and make her unhappy. At least this way, she knows she lost fair and square. But then again, she would probably complain that he was stronger than her at the time of defeat. But that's just technicalities. She knew what she was getting herself into when she made the deal.
The large, golden ball of energy made its way down to the smaller, younger Saiyan. Goku watched in fear, hoping that he hadn't given too much power. He didn't want to hurt her THAT badly. Just enough to cause her to want to quit this masquerade. He could feel her trying to counter it with an attack of her own, but he wasn't sure how long she would hold up. Her attack was substantially lower than his. He wondered why she hadn't tried to counter it with a Kamehameha wave of her own. Of course, he should have guessed that she would try something like that. She had been acting strange ever since she got home. She had even been fighting strangely. Why would a counter attack be any different. It was like she was an entirely different person. But that wasn't possible. This really was HIS Usagi, the girl whom he had loved from the very beginning and decided to turn her back on him.
Tatsuo screamed loudly at the blast as if it would push it away. His strength, Usagi's strength was no use for this attack. It was almost as strong as that of a Super Saiyan three. Goku had pushed his power up THAT much further than his own. What was wrong with him? Did he not care he would seriously be hurting his daughter... had it really been her.
It didn't really matter at this point anyway. He was in a horrible predicament. He was about to be beaten by Goku and there was no telling when Usagi would be waking up. She had been out for about an hour and a half already. She should have been waking up anytime, which meant he would have to leave soon so when she DID wake up, he wouldn't be around. And that's when he made his decision. He ceased his power stream and allowed the attack to push him, full force, down to the ground. It exploded on impact and pushed him deep into the ground. He could feel his back snapping in two from the strength that he was being pushed by. "Shit! I gotta get rid of this damn body!"
Goku gulped. He didn't know the cause for his daughter to just STOP her power, but he was sure he wasn't going to like the outcome. His wife was sure to yell at him for sure. The explosion that had come from that was not a favorable outcome for him, which meant it surely wouldn't be for his daughter. He quickly dropped all his thoughts of anger and raced down to be by his daughter's side. He knew it wasn't wise to think such a thing, but he was hoping that his attack had somehow knocked some sense into her.
Tatsuo groaned as he tried to sit up, but it was no use, his back was broken. He couldn't feel anything beneath his chest area. This body had been completely paralyzed. "Damnit!" He cried out.
Goku landed next to his daughter and wanted to cry out himself. If he thought Usagi hated him before, he feared what she would think of him now. Her body had been completely mangled from that attack. He would be required to give her Senzu bean after something like that. Little did he know, however, that the back had been completely shattered. "Usagi!" He knelt down to her side and placed his hand on her forehead.
Tatsuo frowned through the pain. He didn't mind. It wouldn't be long before he was out of there. "Get away from me you sick bastard!"
Goku didn't frown, nor did he flinch. He deserved that, he truly did. "Usagi, sweetie, I'm sorry."
Tatsuo closed his eyes. "I hate you! I hate you! Get away from me! I never wanna see you again!"
Goku's heart fell to the pit of his stomach. He hadn't expected her to just give up like. "I know you hate me, but let me get you..." He paused as he lay his eyes on the broach that still sat on the torn bow of what was left of her uniform. "Usagi..."
Tatsuo frowned. "No! Leave it there!"
Goku gulped. He didn't know what to do. Take it and risk even more hatred, or leave it and put the earth at risk of more attacks. "Usagi, if it can help save the earth then tell me what it is."
"You don't touch it! It's mine, you here?! MINE!"
Goku frowned. He couldn't let the world suffer another attack. "If it's something that can get that guy off our backs then I'll give it to him, alright?" He reached out and gently ripped the item of the bow.
Tatsuo yelled out in anger. "GET YOUR GRUBBY LITTLE HANDS OFF IF IT YOU FILTHY ARACHNID!" Tatsuo began to do what seemed like hyperventilating at that point. He had finally retrieved the broach just to have it stolen away from him again. And he couldn't even get it back with his broken back without changing into his form, which would completely blow his cover.
Completely amazed by the intricacy of the design of the item, which looked to be an antique, Goku ignored his daughter for a moment and stood up. He had never seen an item quite like it before. It always looked like a toy when Usagi wore it, but close up it looked really important.
Noticing that Goku was too involved in examining the broach, Tatsuo decided to take his chance to leave, with or without the broach. He would just have to come back and get it later. So, in amazingly fast speed, Tatsuo quickly returned to his normal body form, only to whisk himself away into nothingness.
Goku hadn't seen a thing of it. Tatsuo had done it in less than a second. Thinking about his daughter's safety, Goku put the broach in his pocket for safe keeping and turned his eyes back down to where his daughter had been previously lying, only to see nothing but dirt. "What?!" He furiously looked up and around in search of his daughter, but found nothing. He then searched out for her energy level, but again, there was nothing. "Usagi?!"
He let out a sharp growl of anger. "She tricked me! She wasn't hurt at all!"
(Sorry, I really am! I didn't get anything out yesterday, and to tell the truth, I shouldn't be getting anything out today cause I'm so backed up with homework... but it's late start tomorrow which means we start an hour and a half later tomorrow, which is the ONLY reason why I got anything out tonight... ^_^ wha'd ya think. I would have added another scene, but it's already so late. Sorry... CYA! )
Goku stared into the wide, blue eyes of his daughter with nothing but fear pumping throughout his body. He had absolutely no idea what was going on, but he was sure of one thing, he was going to have to fight, even if he'd rather not. It was the only way to calm his daughter, whom he was sure had gone insane throughout the course of the day. She had been an average, normal girl when he had left her at school, but now she was maniac. All that was wrong that morning was the fact that she had been lying to him, and knew very well that he knew, which only made things worse. But this, this was completely out of proportion. She had NEVER expressed a wish to want to leave because they, as her parents, held too much control over her, which was an absurd idea in itself. They had given her a lot more freedom, even at a younger age, that most kids her age had. Of course, there was always the possibility that she was faking being crazy just to get out of a punishment. But then again, she had never thrown such a tantrum when she didn't get her way. She had always been pretty good about that.
It hurt him to think that she might be telling the truth. That maybe she really did want to break free because of something he may have done. Maybe she had been angry with him for trying to make her feel guilty earlier that morning. But then again, he knew she was mature enough to bring this about like a normal, human being. Not like a rabid animal.
Still, the reasoning didn't matter. The fight would still have to take place. For once, he would have to dish out a physical punishment to his daughter, something he hadn't normally done but once the year before on pure accident. Every hit would probably hurt him more than the receiver, which only made his anxiety last longer. He would try to make this go fast, but he wouldn't use the power of Super Saiyan three against her. He wanted to give her a fair chance to do some damage on him. He wanted her to rid herself of the anger bottled up inside of her. Maybe then she would calm down if she felt as if she were doing something. But he knew, he would beat her no matter what. He would take her home and THEN consider what to do with her. Until then, he would have to focus on the Fight which would be soon to ensue.
Tatsuo wore a deep smirk on his girlish face as he prepared himself. He had never dreamed that he would start such a fight between this family. In fact all that he had ever planned on doing was challenging Goku to a spar and then right when he wasn't really watching, he would kill him off and act like it had been an accident in defense. Then, he wouldn't ever be allowed to be brought back since he had already died too many times before as the man had put it. But now, Tatsuo rather liked his progress and his actions. He had never expected this as an outcome.
Tatsuo chuckled under his breath, though it was still audible enough for Goku's sensitive ears to pick up. The idiot was actually buying this disguise and believed Usagi was turning against him out of the blue. That was the funniest part. Here was Tatsuo, able to do anything to ruin Usagi's life, and no one knew the difference. Of course, his disguise was pretty good, hell, it was great. He really WAS Usagi with her power and all. His energy was masked by that of Usagi and his body was molded to her form thanks to her DNA.
He lowered himself even further and pulled his arms to his side with his fists slightly perking out. He would enjoy taking this fool out, though he did wonder if he would seriously try to harm him. He did see pretty angry right about now. But why shouldn't he? If this was really Usagi, nothing would have changed, except, things wouldn't have gotten this far in the first place. "Let's go, pops."
Goku too the time out to rub his face, which was already beginning to sweat with anticipation of what he would have to do next. The fight hadn't even started and his limbs were beginning to grow numb. He tried to shake the nervousness away, but it wasn't working. He couldn't believe he was doing this and the more he thought about it, the worse his anxiety became. "Usagi, you can still back out of this, you know. We don't have to fight. We can just forget about this and go home. We can talk things through..." He knew he was probably wasting his breath, but it was worth a try. If there was any part of his daughter left in that little body of hers then maybe, hopefully she would have the sense to drop this right here and now before things got out of hand.
Tatsuo smirked to himself as he lowered his head. "Don't make me laugh, Goku."
Goku frowned even harder as he too lowered his head. He would make his move soon if things didn't calm down. "Goku? So what, are you disowning me as your father now?"
Tatsuo made no movement. He was set into his comfortable fighting position. He would have his last few words with his opponent and that would be it. Goku would be done for. "Naturally. You wouldn't expect for me to have YOU as my father, would you? No, I want someone whose actually got an education to be MY father. Someone who isn't a muscle-bound JERK!"
Goku could feel his heart literally falling apart within his chest. He didn't know how much longer he could stand there and listen to his daughter spout out insults like this. "Jerk? Now just what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Never in his life had he sworn so much in front of his daughter before. There had only been two other occasions, and even then she didn't even truly hear him. He had always tried to protect her ears from such vulgarity, but it obviously didn't matter at this point. She herself had resorted to such language.
Tatsuo grinned. "Wouldn't you like to know."
Goku scowled at his daughter as he pushed his power up even further to the limits of Super Saiyan level two. "Now you look here, little girl! I know you're probably mad for me trying to make you feel guilty about lying to me this morning, because I know you knew, BUT, that doesn't mean you can act like this. That crap about your mother and I treating you wrong is crap, complete and utter CRAP! Now, if you don't get your act together and act like a civilized human being then I'm going to have to teach you a lesson by force. Now, do you want that?" Goku couldn't believe what had just come out of his mouth. Had he actually said that? Had he actually just acted like a normal parent... like Chi-Chi? This was just getting way too out of hand for him at this point.
Tatsuo only continued to grin as he pushed his power to his limits like Goku had, but it was no use, the Power of Super Saiyan two far exceeded his own at this point. "Damnit, Usagi, why can't your power be higher!?" He whispered to himself.
Goku found it interesting that she would be talking to herself after what he just laid out on the table for her. Maybe she had become schizophrenic. She referred to herself in third person, something people don't normally do. Of course, this could all be part of her game. "Excuse me?"
Tatsuo looked up without a flinch or jerk. "Shut up, Goku! I don't care what you have to say anymore! My mind is made up! I win, I leave you and Chi-Chi to move out on my own. However, if you win, I'll stay on my own. Now stop blabbering and let's get this thing started. I don't have all day."
Goku was fine with that. His daughter obviously had gone past the point of caring about his feelings, or even her mother's. This was why he had teleported the two of them away to this place. This way, he could take care of things without Chi-Chi going ballistic and falling into a tangle of emotions that would only end up in tears.
As he thought out his plan of attack, his thoughts just sort of wandered into the state of wondering what he would do with Usagi after this was over. Naturally, she would be angry that she lost and would have to go back home with him. She would be a danger to Chi-Chi in the home, and everyone else in the world. She was too strong to be let wild and on her own. But there wasn't a way to stop that, was there? Only through counseling, or worse, intimidation would she be calmed. But intimidation wasn't a step he was willing to take. He didn't want to make his daughter live in fear, and he didn't want to be on that level with her, the level that she feared HIM.
He dug his feet into the ground to get extra footing for his attack. This was it. He would actually have to go through with this. He couldn't say he didn't try to talk the child out of this. It was all up to her now. He would stop whenever she wanted, or by her submission. Under no other circumstances would this fight end.
It was almost as if the two fighters knew precisely when the other was going to attack. Goku, though, had noticed the slightest movement of his daughter, which triggered his. Both darted out for each other and in less than a second, faster than any normal eye could pick up, the two were locking arms with one another. Both stared into the other's eyes with pure anger, though Goku's lacked something that was abundant in Tatsuo's, hatred. Yet, Tatsuo lacked reasoning for this fight, the love for one's family member.
The two, still locked in arms, pushed against the other's strength with all of their own. But Goku, even though he was powered up more than Tatsuo, held back. He didn't want to have a total blowout of a win. Even though she had said such harsh words to him, he still didn't want her to feel powerless. It would only cause her more anger.
Tatsuo pushed for more power. He hoped that he might be able to expand on his new body's potential, but it wasn't working. It must have been the chemistry of the Moon power that had originally been in her body. Even though it wasn't there, the block it had put on expansion was still there. It could only be overcome by extreme emotions, something of which he surely didn't posses. If he were to add some of his OWN power to this body, it may explode from lack of capacity.
But this didn't much matter when Goku fell to one knee, causing the ground from beneath to cave in a ways. Tatsuo rolled his eyes in disgust. 'If he thinks he can fool me like this, he's mistaken. I know what he's capable of. But maybe... just maybe... this will work. I'll still be able to deal out damage this way.' Chuckling too quiet for even Goku to hear over the noise of the growing power, Tatsuo pulled his arms back, causing the unsuspecting Goku to begin to fall forward. But Tatsuo had already made a plan inside his head.
Tatsuo reached out and grabbed Goku by the front of his GI. Slowly, and quite easily, he lifted the Saiyan up and looked up into his eyes. He gave a quick wink and grin and readied his other fist to deal out some serious damage.
Goku was all to ready for this. He had been fighting long enough to know basic fighting moves, but something was odd about this. His daughter had never fought like this. She always went for the unconventional moves. Moves that were obviously made by a child.
Without thought, Goku reacted just like he would have any other time. He quickly lifted up his leg, which then took the punch from Tatsuo's fist. A sharp pain surged through the contact zone, but it wasn't enough to do any damage. The damage point wouldn't be coming for a while. At least, not for him, and hopefully not for Usagi.
With his leg to block the punch, he then proceeded to lift it even higher to hit his daughter across the stomach with. Needless to say his force ripped her grip from him and threw her flying backwards. His feet were allowed to fall back onto the ground, not that they had been far off in the first place. He performed a quick teleportation and ended up behind Tatsuo just in time to catch him.
Goku wrapped his arms around his daughter and squeezed as tightly as he could, which didn't produce a comforting sound. It was the horrid sound of Usagi screaming out in pain, in agony. A pain which had been created only by her father. But Goku had tried this move on her many a times and knew almost exactly what she would do. He had expected for her to start kicking her legs backward for his knees or for an even worse zone in talks of comfort. She learned from a very early age that this was the only way to get out of a hold like this when she was fighting him.
But surprisingly, she did nothing of the sort. No, this time the girl had something different in mind. Tatsuo dropped his power level substantially, almost to the point of dropping back into the power of a normal Saiyan. And then, out from nowhere it rapidly rose. It rose so high, and so fast that the body had to discharge the excess out of the body. Being so close to the blast, Goku was in the direct line of fire.
A huge wave of Silver Energy came flushing out of Tatsuo's body, something that Goku had never in his life expected. This was an entirely new attack to him in regards to coming from his daughter. Goku was forced to release his daughter, thrown back by the blast, and went skidding into the ground, much like Goten had done the day before when Usagi was thrown into him.
Tatsuo, feeling mighty proud of himself, just laughed as he watched the spectacle. "Looks like first blood is mine." He rose into the air to get a better look at the Saiyan without actually having to get closer.
Once stopped, Goku felt like crap. He felt like he had just received the biggest rug-burn in his entire life, his arms getting the worst of it. Though, his neck was feeling pretty limp as well. He slowly lifted his arms and moved the up and down to gain the feeling back in them. He had been through worse. This was nothing compared to the long, drawn out battle with Frieza.
He lifted his head and looked down at the front of his GI. It was completely tattered from the impact. And why wouldn't it be? With an attack from the close, one would expect for something like that to happen. He quickly jumped to his feet, his back now beginning to ache. A warm, moisture could be felt dripping down his cheek. The wound from the kick he had received from Tatsuo in the house had just been torn open even further, but nothing else had been opened. At that moment, he was glad for his tough skin.
Goku looked up into the sky at his daughter. She was just sitting there with a sly little smirk on her face. Laughter wasn't too far behind. With his heavy breathing, he wondered where she had learned such a move. He had never seen something like that come from her before, in fact, he hadn't seen it come from anyone who was on the side of good. "I don't remember teaching you something like that."
It was at that moment that it occurred to Tatsuo that, even though he wasn't as strong as Goku was, he still had a bit of an upper hand. Goku would be expecting the same old attacks out of his this fight that he had always seen from Usagi. "You were always a bit of a crappy teacher. I learned it from someone more qualified."
Goku grinned, causing Tatsuo to become taken over by fear. That definitely wasn't a good thing. If Goku, the father in this situation, could find humor in this situation, then maybe he wasn't in such a good position. Goku, not saying anything, launched himself into the air. Tatsuo, who had expected the man to retort with something wittingly stupid, was unable to do anything in the short amount of time it took Goku to get from the ground to the air.
Goku seemed to have taken no offence to his daughter's insult this time around. He seemed fully cocked and was ready to start this for real. If he didn't watch out, Usagi would get the best of him. He couldn't under estimate her anymore. He had gone through too many fights to ignore what had just happened. Usagi had obviously learned a new move, which meant there was no telling if she knew anymore.
Once in the air, he acted quickly. He made a single fist with two and dug it into the back of Usagi, or, Tatsuo. Tatsuo went spiraling down to the hard surface of the earth, his face digging in just as Goku had moments earlier. "You should know, Usagi," He cut himself off just long enough to meet his daughter before she had a chance to stop. He reached down and grabbed the girl by the back of her school uniform and threw her back into the air, back first. He gave himself a boost of power and he was off into the air, trailing his daughter's path. He quickly powered up his fist, and immediately, it became engulfed within a golden aura. He wasted even less time inserting the fist directly into his opponent's stomach, causing a loud squeal of pain to come fourth. "I don't mess around when I'm fighting, which means petty insults won't affect me anymore." He sped up even further and grabbed his daughter by the bow of the school Uniform and brought her close to his face so he could look into her blue eyes. "You've lost your chance!"
Tatsuo growled as he raised his fist and punched Goku square in the lip, the same spot which he had been kicked in. Goku's head jerked to the side, but barely. Tatsuo then mustered the strength to kick the still Goku in the neck, but not even a flinch was gained off of that. Tatsuo glared even harder now. What was going on? Why wasn't Goku showing his pain? It wasn't like Goku was ALL that much stronger than him at this point. Was he just bluffing or what? Was he hurting at all? Tatsuo wasn't liking this one bit. "Damn you!"
Goku grinned even wider. "Give up?"
Tatsuo lifted his newly formed tail and wrapped it around Goku's throat. "Never!"
Goku sighed as he closed his eyes. With his free hand, he grasped Tatsuo's tail and ripped it off with a force that only caused the boy even more pain than before. With the slightest grip a serious pain had been sent throughout his body, causing him to yell out uncontrollably.
Once the tail was away from his neck and throat, Goku let go of the tail with much curiosity and confusion. "Stop faking! I told you I'm not going to fool around anymore! You wanted this and now you've got it unless you give up!!"
Tatsuo closed his eyes and pulled the tail back to his waist. "I'm not faking you idiot! That really hurt! What the hell is wrong with you!?"
Goku said nothing in response. Instead, he pondered over why her tail would hurt again all of a sudden. Hadn't she and Hotaru learned how to stop the pain already? Why would it come back? In anyway it didn't matter. He just wouldn't grab her tail again. Even though they were in a fight, he would still fight fair. He knew how badly it hurt when a Saiyan's tail was pulled, and he didn't care how angry he was with her, he would never intentionally put Usagi through such pain.
He let go of Tatsuo and backed away while preparing himself for yet another round. Tatsuo held himself in the air as he tried to regain his composure back. Having his tail pulled after so many attacks had really taken a lot out of him, more than he was willing to admit. His stomach felt as raw as cookie dough at that point, but he would continue. He had barely hurt Goku so far, and he planned on getting SOME sort of damage done by the time he was through here.
Once Goku was satisfied with his position, he raced back for Tatsuo. He wasn't even going to give him the time of day to prepare himself. He had already given Usagi a chance to get even for anything she might be upset about with that one major blast of energy, and now it was time to end this. Chi-Chi would be expecting them home soon, and if they weren't to return, she would worry even more than needed.
Tatsuo hastily fell into a position of defense, paying close attention to the location of his tail. Goku had already proven that he would hit his daughter without hesitation when he said 'I told you I'm not going to fool around anymore!'. There was no telling what this maniac would do anymore, which meant he might go after the tail.
Goku met up with Tatsuo with a huge clash of power which created a shock-wave. Upon impact, Tatsuo was pulled out of his defensive position and into an intense hand-to-hand combat situation with Goku. Both went at it with full force, each dodging some, and making some at the same time. They were all over the air faster than the eye could detect. At first it was strictly an aerial attack, but it soon fell short to the ground.
Frustrated that not every hit was making its target, Tatsuo found a chance to fire a quick energy ball at his opponent. Reacting rather quickly, Goku raised his arm and deflected the attack while making one of his own. Needless to say it made its target.
Tatsuo was pushed back, but slightly. He swiftly caught his footing and darted back for Goku, where the two engaged in more hand-to-hand combating. Both fought their hardest and eventually flew back into the air to get some leg action.
Goku too a swing at Tatsuo, who, in return, ducked for cover and performed a quick roundhouse kick, causing Goku to lose his balance and begin falling back to the ground. But Tatsuo wasn't finished. He quickly dove beneath the falling fighter and pushed him back up only to shoot another Energy blast, this time making its target.
Goku's back arched on impact as he was thrown even higher into the air. But that soon stopped. He stopped himself short and narrowed his eyes at his approaching daughter. She didn't seem to be wanting to give up yet and it was already getting late, so late that Chi-Chi was probably worrying by now. He would have to end this soon.
Thinking of nothing else, Goku quickly brought his hands to his side. He hoped Usagi would forgive him for what he was about to do later, but now it seemed inevitable. This fight could go on forever if he didn't do something soon. "Ka..."
Tatsuo stopped immediately when he heard that. He remembered that opening from the attack that had been demonstrated to him to other day when he visited Usagi at her house. And now he was trying it on him. The power of that attack was like no other. It made the user slightly stronger than their limits, and now he was going to use it on him, who he thought was his daughter, who was already weaker than him. "You've gotta be kidding me..." He said with wide eyes.
"Me...Ha..."
Tatsuo didn't know what to do. He hadn't really done too much damage on Goku in this form. He was too weak. He wasn't expecting Goku to fight with such a force against his daughter. But he had been wrong. He had done little damage, but not enough. This had been pointless, but at least he got Usagi's parents turned against her. Maybe that would work for something. Without being united, a group of people is nothing. At least Goku and Usagi would be emotionally torn when he fought the real Tatsuo. But then again, there was still the next wave of attack. Maybe that would do some good.
Not knowing how to perform the Kamehameha wave, and without the time to move out of the way, Tatsuo did the only thing he COULD do. He pulled his hands to his side and began building up his strongest Energy Wave.
"Ha!" Goku was able to give full power to his Kamehameha by telling himself over and over that Usagi could be healed, though he still felt horrible. He had to keep reminding himself that this was what she wanted. It was either this, or go through a big argument and make her unhappy. At least this way, she knows she lost fair and square. But then again, she would probably complain that he was stronger than her at the time of defeat. But that's just technicalities. She knew what she was getting herself into when she made the deal.
The large, golden ball of energy made its way down to the smaller, younger Saiyan. Goku watched in fear, hoping that he hadn't given too much power. He didn't want to hurt her THAT badly. Just enough to cause her to want to quit this masquerade. He could feel her trying to counter it with an attack of her own, but he wasn't sure how long she would hold up. Her attack was substantially lower than his. He wondered why she hadn't tried to counter it with a Kamehameha wave of her own. Of course, he should have guessed that she would try something like that. She had been acting strange ever since she got home. She had even been fighting strangely. Why would a counter attack be any different. It was like she was an entirely different person. But that wasn't possible. This really was HIS Usagi, the girl whom he had loved from the very beginning and decided to turn her back on him.
Tatsuo screamed loudly at the blast as if it would push it away. His strength, Usagi's strength was no use for this attack. It was almost as strong as that of a Super Saiyan three. Goku had pushed his power up THAT much further than his own. What was wrong with him? Did he not care he would seriously be hurting his daughter... had it really been her.
It didn't really matter at this point anyway. He was in a horrible predicament. He was about to be beaten by Goku and there was no telling when Usagi would be waking up. She had been out for about an hour and a half already. She should have been waking up anytime, which meant he would have to leave soon so when she DID wake up, he wouldn't be around. And that's when he made his decision. He ceased his power stream and allowed the attack to push him, full force, down to the ground. It exploded on impact and pushed him deep into the ground. He could feel his back snapping in two from the strength that he was being pushed by. "Shit! I gotta get rid of this damn body!"
Goku gulped. He didn't know the cause for his daughter to just STOP her power, but he was sure he wasn't going to like the outcome. His wife was sure to yell at him for sure. The explosion that had come from that was not a favorable outcome for him, which meant it surely wouldn't be for his daughter. He quickly dropped all his thoughts of anger and raced down to be by his daughter's side. He knew it wasn't wise to think such a thing, but he was hoping that his attack had somehow knocked some sense into her.
Tatsuo groaned as he tried to sit up, but it was no use, his back was broken. He couldn't feel anything beneath his chest area. This body had been completely paralyzed. "Damnit!" He cried out.
Goku landed next to his daughter and wanted to cry out himself. If he thought Usagi hated him before, he feared what she would think of him now. Her body had been completely mangled from that attack. He would be required to give her Senzu bean after something like that. Little did he know, however, that the back had been completely shattered. "Usagi!" He knelt down to her side and placed his hand on her forehead.
Tatsuo frowned through the pain. He didn't mind. It wouldn't be long before he was out of there. "Get away from me you sick bastard!"
Goku didn't frown, nor did he flinch. He deserved that, he truly did. "Usagi, sweetie, I'm sorry."
Tatsuo closed his eyes. "I hate you! I hate you! Get away from me! I never wanna see you again!"
Goku's heart fell to the pit of his stomach. He hadn't expected her to just give up like. "I know you hate me, but let me get you..." He paused as he lay his eyes on the broach that still sat on the torn bow of what was left of her uniform. "Usagi..."
Tatsuo frowned. "No! Leave it there!"
Goku gulped. He didn't know what to do. Take it and risk even more hatred, or leave it and put the earth at risk of more attacks. "Usagi, if it can help save the earth then tell me what it is."
"You don't touch it! It's mine, you here?! MINE!"
Goku frowned. He couldn't let the world suffer another attack. "If it's something that can get that guy off our backs then I'll give it to him, alright?" He reached out and gently ripped the item of the bow.
Tatsuo yelled out in anger. "GET YOUR GRUBBY LITTLE HANDS OFF IF IT YOU FILTHY ARACHNID!" Tatsuo began to do what seemed like hyperventilating at that point. He had finally retrieved the broach just to have it stolen away from him again. And he couldn't even get it back with his broken back without changing into his form, which would completely blow his cover.
Completely amazed by the intricacy of the design of the item, which looked to be an antique, Goku ignored his daughter for a moment and stood up. He had never seen an item quite like it before. It always looked like a toy when Usagi wore it, but close up it looked really important.
Noticing that Goku was too involved in examining the broach, Tatsuo decided to take his chance to leave, with or without the broach. He would just have to come back and get it later. So, in amazingly fast speed, Tatsuo quickly returned to his normal body form, only to whisk himself away into nothingness.
Goku hadn't seen a thing of it. Tatsuo had done it in less than a second. Thinking about his daughter's safety, Goku put the broach in his pocket for safe keeping and turned his eyes back down to where his daughter had been previously lying, only to see nothing but dirt. "What?!" He furiously looked up and around in search of his daughter, but found nothing. He then searched out for her energy level, but again, there was nothing. "Usagi?!"
He let out a sharp growl of anger. "She tricked me! She wasn't hurt at all!"
(Sorry, I really am! I didn't get anything out yesterday, and to tell the truth, I shouldn't be getting anything out today cause I'm so backed up with homework... but it's late start tomorrow which means we start an hour and a half later tomorrow, which is the ONLY reason why I got anything out tonight... ^_^ wha'd ya think. I would have added another scene, but it's already so late. Sorry... CYA! )