~*~*~*~
Goku's arms were coated with Tatsuo's energy like wax, which only made the pain last longer. There was nothing he could do but wait for the electric energy to wear thinner and thinner as it sent surges of pain up and down his body, eventually wearing its own power out. He looked to his older son in confusion. He still didn't completely understand what was happening. Again, Gohan's attack had worked when their combined strength had failed.
Breathing slightly heavier than normal, Gohan looked to his father to make sure he was all right. "You ok?"
Goku nodded. "A little shaken, but nothing too serious." He glared back down to the ball of energy but saw nothing. No strange movement to indicate Tatsuo's movement or anything else out of the ordinary. "Crap, we've lost him."
Goten stared hard at the ground hoping to be able to spot Tatsuo beneath the surface, but much like his father, he failed to see even the slightest movement. "This'll give us time to figure how what we're going to do." He looked up to see his father staring right at him. "Right?"
Goku took one look back down to make sure Tatsuo hadn't tried anything after he took his eyes away, and then turned up to Gohan. "He seems to be hurt when you hit him with Ki blasts."
Gohan nodded. "I've noticed. We had no effect on him when we all went for it at the same time."
Goten grinned. "We'll then, me and dad can distract him while you attack."
The Saiyans' were interrupted by a malicious laughter from underneath the surface of energy, causing the three of them to be put on high alert once again. "You idiots still don't get it."
Goku shot his attention downward once again and search the surface for any signs of Tatsuo, but he hadn't popped up quite yet. "Show yourself!"
Another spiteful laugh shot upward at the fighter. "I'll come out soon enough."
Goten smirked. "Maybe you're chicken. You know Gohan can easily beat you and now you're running."
That was all that was needed for Tatsuo to show himself. He used his ability to transfer his energy to appear directly in front of Goten, wasting no time punching him down to the ground. "Idiot!" He dove down for in pursuit of the falling fighter. Gohan and Goku acted quickly by firing a set of Ki balls at the blue enemy. Tatsuo stopped short and turned around to fire a set of his own energy at the oncoming attacks. Goku's Ki ball was easily diverted away from himself, but Gohan's dissolved the blue energy and smashed right into Tatsuo's chest. Tatsuo let out an angered snarl as he lost his balance for a short moment. His chest was now the color of Gohan's attack. "Damn you!" He turned around and dove into the giant ball of energy, where Goten was now lying and wailing in pain.
Gohan stared down at his brother as his father dove down to collect him. "Goten!"
Tatsuo lifted his arms up and wrapped them around Goten's struggling body. "You were always going to be first." Just as Goku landed on the surface he began to pull with all his might, causing Goten to be sucked into the energy head first.
"Goten!" Goku yelled out as he bent over and grabbed his son by the legs. He pulled against Tatsuo, but he couldn't get much leverage. The ground curved in with his weight, causing him to slip back.
Gohan saw the struggle his father was going through and dove down to help. "You're not strong enough!" He landed next to his father and grabbed onto his brother, who was probably unconscious from the pain.
Goku knew what his son said was true, so he summoned fourth the rest of his power. His hair grew long as his muscle mass increased, giving him more strength to pull against Tatsuo. "Pull from the air."
Gohan nodded as he let himself rise into the air. He could tell just by watching his father that standing on the surface only caused more problems than help. Even with Goku's extra strength Tatsuo still had the upper hand, he was still able to pull Goten in more than they were able to pull him out. "He's too strong!"
Goku gritted his teeth together as he put all of his back into pulling back. "Just pull!"
Tatsuo cackled from beneath the surface as he raised all of his strength and snatched Goten away, completely pulling him down under with him. "One down."
"Shit!" Gohan yelled as he flew back.
Goku went flying back with Gohan, his anger rising even further. That was two of his kids that Tatsuo had messed with. He wouldn't let it happen anymore. He was going to take this fight back into his own hands. "Com'on."
Gohan looked up to his father. "How are we supposed to get him back?" His attention was diverted down to the ground where he noticed Tatsuo emerging once again. His chest seemed to be back to its normal color. "Huh?"
Tatsuo smirked as he stared into Goku's eyes, who glared back. "Don't worry about your son, Goku. He's not dead. yet. I'm saving that for the finale." Goku pulled his hands down to his sides and made two tight fists with them. He was in no mood to mess around anymore. But Tatsuo wasn't ready to begin again. "You look slightly stressed, Goku. Why don't you relax for a while, come up with your next strategy? I'll see you in a little while." With that, he dove back down into his pool of energy.
Gohan wanted to chase after Tatsuo, but he knew the consequences of making contact with the "land". "He thinks this is a game."
Goku narrowed his glare. "Goten's still alive down there somewhere. We have to find him."
Gohan looked to his father in surprise. "What? Are you crazy? You want to go down there and find him?"
Goku knew that wasn't impossible. The intensity of the power that they were up against was enough to kill them if they were exposed to it long enough. "No, at least. not like this."
Gohan became even more confused by his father's reply. Goku had always been full of surprises, something Gohan had always just learned to live with, but at this point he didn't understand how they could find his brother under that mess of power. "Come again."
Goku loosened one of his fists and fired a quick Ki attack down at it. The place that he had fired upon turned its color from a Metallic blue into a bright golden color. "Ha!"
Gohan smiled. "Alright! A way to penetrate it!" He quickly lowered himself to be just above the surface and began firing down at the planet with his father. "We'll have Goten outta here in no time." Everything seemed to be flowing well, that is, until the liquid-like energy began to flow over Goku and Gohan's, destroying all of their work. "Oh no. no, no, no."
Goku stopped his flow of energy and stared down at the surface. There was too much energy. "Damn it!"
Tatsuo was soon to arise close-by. "It's not worth trying, Goku. All you're doing is wasting your time. Why don't you just give up now so you don't waste anymore energy?"
Goku growled as he pulled his hands to one side. "Kamehameha!" Tatsuo sat by and waited for the Kamehameha wave to make a direct hit to his body, causing him to once again become submerged deep within the liquid energy. Not seeing Tatsuo anywhere, he relaxed a bit. "Wait a minute." He fired upon the surface again, causing a small portion of it to become gold again. But, as before, the surrounding energy absorbed it and made it its own. "Now I get it."
Gohan kept searching the surface for Tatsuo. "What?"
Goku frowned. "Why he brought us here."
Gohan couldn't help but turn up to his father in curiosity. "What do you mean?" He hadn't watched his father's experiment, which left him clueless as to what the man could have been talking about.
"That stuff is a part of Tatsuo. Almost every time we've attacked him he's fallen in there. But twice you've been able to hit him, and twice his body has turned into a different color where you've hit him. Your power was stronger than his, therefore yours began to absorb his."
Gohan smiled with a bit more of an understanding of where his father was coming from. "But when he fell in there so was much of his energy built up that it was too much for my energy. so his absorbed mine."
Goku nodded. "Exactly. We may be stronger than him, but no matter what we throw at him, he'll always be able to replenish his energy here. And he knows we can't touch him without getting hurt."
Gohan frowned. "His energy also seems to be stronger here too."
Goku nodded again. "We've gotta find a way to keep him from diving in there every time we hit him." Goku looked down at the ground with wonder. He wasn't sure how he was going to keep Tatsuo from replenishing himself every time without getting himself hurt in the process. "We think of how we'll do that while we wait for Tatsuo to show back up."
Gohan nodded. "Right."
~*~*~
~~Earth: Son House~~
Even though Hotaru had somewhat healed Usagi, it hadn't been enough to bring her back into consciousness, but some of her more major wounds had been healed a bit, while her minor wounds had been almost completely healed, which Chi-Chi was thankful for. Just by looking at her daughter, Chi-Chi could tell that she was more peaceful now that she had been healed for she had a smile on her face. Little did she know exactly what it was from.
~*~*~
~~Usagi's DreamWorld~~
"Serenity. Serenity wake up, dear." A soft yet majestic voice called to a young child, who had fallen asleep in a field of flowers. "It is time to return home."
The child slowly opened her eyes and looked upward, but her eyes were cloudy. Yawning, she raised her hands to rub her eyes. A tall woman wearing a long, white dress with long, silver hair was revealed with the clearing of her eyes. A smile formed in the child's lips as she stood up. "Mommy!" She cried out happily.
The woman smiled as she patted the child's head. "You've fallen asleep in the flower field again, my daughter."
The child held her head down, her smile disappearing. "I'm sorry."
Her mother smiled as she turned away and began walking back to her home. "Let us return to the castle. It's getting late."
The child happily skipped ahead of her mother as she hummed a happy tune. This was true happiness. She hadn't a care in the world. Everything was perfect. until she returned to the castle, that is. The once bright, blue sky turned black, being illuminated by fire. The main hall was full of screaming people running from something, something evil.
Once a small child before, she was no longer that anymore. She was now a teenager, sixteen to be exact, and this was her birthday ball. The girl was confused, what had happened? Why were all of these people running around in a frenzy of fear? She looked desperately for her mother, noticing the Sailor Senshi running out of the palace. Her mother was not to far from the main entrance. "Mother!" She cried out.
Her mother twirled around to see her daughter at the other end of the room, scared like a child. "Run, my daughter! Get out of here!"
The girl did as she was told and ran up the stairway to escape the mayhem. Even though she was scared and confused, she would never question her mother's judgment. She heard the sound of a sword clanking against the floor not too far from the top of stairs, as if it were just outside in the balcony. She turned toward the sound, fearing that it would be someone to kill her, but to her surprise it was the Prince of Earth. He was battling the enemy. She gasped when he was thrown back into the palace, against the wall. "Endiymon!"
The Prince quickly turned to see the girl trembling. He said nothing to her as he grabbed for his sword and ran back outside. The girl followed him outside in hopes to stop him from being killed. He was just standing there, doing nothing. His sword was no longer drawn. The fiery illumination in the sky had disappeared. Had he defeated the enemy that quickly?
The Prince turned to the girl with a smile. In his hand he held a small, pink item. "Princess."
The girl smiled as she forgot of the dangers and walked to her Prince. "Endiymon." She looked down into his hands, curious as to what he had brought her. She looked up to him, her eyes looking inquisitive.
The Prince smiled down at his Princess and opened up the locket. It played a beautiful song, like the song her mother had always sang to her when she was little. "It's the song of the royal family."
The girl smiled wide as she took the locket from his hands and held it close to her heart. She closed her eyes for only a moment, but when she reopened them, the sky was filled with fire once again, and Endiymon had drawn his sword again. Her locket was around her neck now.
Prince Endiymon didn't ignore the Princess, but he didn't look at her either. He was too busy with the attacking enemy. "What are you doing here! It's not safe!"
The Princess' eyes filled with fear again as she grabbed Endyimon's arm. "Stop! You'll be killed!"
~*~*~
~~Real World~~
When Rei passed over her house on the way to Usagi's she stopped, causing her friends to become curious. "You guys go ahead, I have to get something." Her friends nodded their agreement to go on ahead and took of again.
Rei landed in front of the dojo, completely ignoring her grandfather, who sweeping up the grounds. He was completely oblivious to the fact that the Earth was in danger, which is how she wished she was at that point.
She ran into her room, where Luna and Artimas were awaiting an update on what was happening. "Luna! Artimas! Usagi's been hurt! Goku, Gohan, and Goten were taken away from Earth. and Usagi had to reveal herself in front of everyone."
Luna jumped to her feet. "What?! I told her to keep it a secret."
Artimas frowned. "Hold on, Luna. Don' get upset just yet. Usagi wouldn't have done something like that without a reason."
Rei nodded. "Exactly. If I were in her place I would have done the same thing. She's had her power stripped from her for a while. She was cloned, obviously. The other Sailor Moon was really giving her a beating. The other guy was going to give away Usagi's secret, and I guess she figured that if it was going to be done she was going to do it for herself. So she transformed into Serenity right there and then."
Luna still didn't know if she liked the idea of everyone knowing, but it wasn't an option to keep it a secret anymore. It was done, and there was no way that Usagi would want to erase their memories of the events. She hated keeping the secret from them anyway. "Well, it's done and I suppose there's nothing we can do to change that. Where is Usagi now?"
"At her house. I came by to get you guys and then we can go there."
Luna nodded. "Very well."
~*~*~
Usagi's eyes popped wide open as she sat up. Her heart was pounding in her chest and her breathing had quickened quite a bit. "Wha." Confused as to what she had just experienced, she looked at her surroundings to make sure she wasn't just in another portion of her dream. To her relief, she was in the family room of her house, and her mother and Krillin were standing right next to her. It wasn't long before she was feeling the beating that Tatsuo had given her. She let out a moan of pain and lay back down.
Chi-Chi was quick to kneel down next to her daughter and wrap her hands around her face. "Usagi? Are you all right?"
Usagi closed her eyes with another moan as she turned her head away from her mother. She didn't want to have to tell her what she just dreamt. She didn't really want to tell her anything at that point. She wanted to be alone to figure out what she just saw. The people in her dream. they were all the people she knew and loved. Her friends, Mamoru, Serenity. and the Princess was her. Could it have been that these were Serenity's memories?
Krillin stretched his arms with a smile. "You gave us quite a scare, kiddo. You really started freaking out all of a sudden."
Usagi's eyes shot wide open. Had she spoken in her sleep? Did they hear everything she had just said in her dream? "Huh?" She groaned as she rolled over on her side to face her mother and Krillin.
Chi-Chi smiled down at her daughter. "You told someone to 'stop!'; that they'd 'be killed'. Were you dreaming about your father fighting Tatsuo?"
Usagi closed her eyes with another groan. She didn't want to tell her the truth, that she had been dreaming about another life time. She wasn't even sure how her mother was taking this entire Princess thing in the first place. Not wanting to risk any hard feelings at the moment, she decided to protect her mother's feelings for the time being. "Yeah."
Chi-Chi wasn't sure how Goku was faring out there with Tatsuo, but she knew for a fact that he wasn't dead. It was too early into the fight for him to be hurt yet. "Don't worry about your dad, he's all right." Usagi said nothing in reply, but Chi-Chi wasn't too upset about that. She still had something she wanted to ask her daughter. without Goku around to meddle with the conversation. "Usagi, why?"
Usagi opened her eyes just as a surge of pain bolted through her body. "Why what?" She asked, but it didn't take long for her to realize exactly what her mother was asking. "Oh. I'm sorry, mom. I wanted to tell you, honest. But I promised Luna that I wouldn't. I also promised the Queen."
Chi-Chi didn't approve of her daughter keeping something so big away from her, but she also respected the fact that she would keep up a promise, even if it meant getting in trouble with her parents. "It's alright. But." Her voice tapered off.
Usagi forced herself to sit up against the pain. "Mom, I know what you're thinking."
Chi-Chi frowned as she looked up at her daughter. "No, Usagi, I'm not mad at you."
Usagi slightly smiled at that. The one time she wasn't going to accuse her mother of being angry and she had to go and bring it up. "You're thinking the same thing I thought when I first found out, I bet."
Chi-Chi looked strangely at her daughter. "And just what is that."
Usagi knew no other way to say it than to just come out with it without trying to protect her mother's feelings. "You think I'm not your daughter because I'm a Princess. You think that the only way I can be a Princess is if I'm someone else's daughter."
Chi-Chi didn't know what to say. That was exactly true. But, that would mean Usagi felt that way once too. It just crushed Chi-Chi to think her daughter would have been living with these thoughts, never understanding exactly who she belonged to. "Usagi."
Usagi shushed her mother. She couldn't bear to think of what she was feeling inside. "It's all right, mom. Luna told me that you ARE my mom, and dad IS my dad. The Queen said that I'm her daughter because I have some of the DNA from her daughter mixed in with yours and dad's, which is how I'm able to be the Moon Princess. So you see, I AM your daughter."
Chi-Chi smiled as she wrapped her arm around her daughter's shoulder. "That doesn't matter, sweetie. You're my daughter because I carried you for nine months.and then I raised you."
Usagi grinned. "But so did the Queen."
Chi-Chi playfully frowned. "Don't spoil my fun, kid."
Usagi giggled as she hugged her mother. "I'm still sorry I couldn't tell you. Me being a Princess doesn't change anything, though. It just means that I have to stop evil that may come to earth and threaten the Moon Kingdom legacy."
Chi-Chi sighed. Just the thought of her daughter having to leave to fight for a kingdom that doesn't even exist anymore made her feel uneasy. "Well, I guess you have to, being the Moon Princess and all."
Usagi was a bit surprised. Her Mother seemed to be taking this a bit more calmly than she had expected. "Thanks for understanding." She pulled away from her mother's hug and looked at Krillin, who had a big, corny smile on his face. She giggled as she looked back at her mother. "Are you sure you're alright with this?"
Chi-Chi shook her head. "No, not really. But I don't have much of a choice."
That didn't ease Usagi's worries, but at least her mother was trying to be calm. "It's alright mom, I'm not really into this entire Princess thing anyway." She looked around, seeing that her mother and Krillin were the only ones in the room. "Where's daddy?"
Chi-Chi looked back to Krillin for support. Taking a deep breath, she stood up and turned away from her daughter. "We don't know."
Usagi swung her legs over the edge of the sofa she was lying on. "What? What do you mean?" She looked at Krillin. "What does she mean, Krillin? Where's my dad?"
Krillin didn't know what to say. He didn't exactly what himself to be pulled into answering that he didn't know. He didn't want to crush the girl. He looked to Chi-Chi for help. Usagi did the same and looked back up to her mother. "Where is he? Is he off fighting still?" She glared back at Krillin. "Can't you feel him fighting or anything? You know I can't!"
Krillin sighed as he stood up. "Usagi, we don't know where he, Gohan, or Goten are at the moment. He was teleported away, and no one can feel their power signatures."
Usagi's eyes widened as she jumped up to her feet. "What? They're what?!" She looked stared up at her mother, worried that her father and brothers were in some serious danger. "They don't know how Tatsuo fights! He fights really dirty."
Krillin chuckled. "Don't worry about your dad. He knows what he's doing. He's fought against some of the dirtiest fighters in the Universe and has only died twice."
Chi-Chi frowned. "That's comforting, Krillin. Why don't you just tell her Goku's as good as dead right now."
Usagi whimpered as she glared up at her mother. "Mom! Daddy could be in real trouble. I need to help him!"
Chi-Chi glared back at her daughter. "Don't you even think it, young lady! Your father followed right after Tatsuo right after he knocked you out. He's not going to want you there. He'd try to protect you more than fight Tatsuo. You're better of here."
"But." Usagi argued.
Chi-Chi shook her head, cutting her daughter off. "Just stay here where it's safe." Chi-Chi couldn't believe what she was saying. She had always hated sitting back on Earth, not knowing what was happening. while her husband was having all the fun fighting for the safety of the planet. Could it be that she was starting to realize why she always had to stay behind? Maybe she should have listened to her own advice years ago.
Usagi crossed her arms and glared at her mother. She knew her advice was true, her father wouldn't want her wherever she was, but still, she at least wanted to watch and make sure he didn't die or something. "Fine."
~*~*~
~~Tatsuo's World~~
Goku and Gohan had been kept waiting for about ten minutes before Tatsuo finally decided to show his face again. This time the two fighters would be prepared for him. They had come up with a plan and he would finally be put to rest. But if only things could be that easy. Goku knew better than anyone that nothing ever worked out the way they're planned. But nevertheless, he would push on and fight until his things were set right again.
Tatsuo wore a quaint grin as he let himself rise to Goku and Gohan's altitude once again. "I figure you're thirsty for battle again."
Goku didn't give Tatsuo the satisfaction of a real reaction. "Where's Goten?"
Tatsuo chuckled as he glanced down at the surface. "In there." He looked back up at Goku. "Resting until I decide to pull the plug on his pathetic life."
Gohan grinned. "No, no. I think you're the one who's going to get the plug pulled on."
Tatsuo frowned. "So sure of ourselves, are we? You forget, I'm unbeatable."
Gohan frowned back at the strange little creature. "Yeah, that's what you might think." Gohan gave no chance of a retort as he opened fire upon Tatsuo, who didn't even bother blocking.
Goku dove underneath Tatsuo. Tatsuo turned his head around and laughed as he began to fall backward from the impact of the black. "Seriously Goku, what ARE you doing?"
Goku wrapped his arms around the falling Tatsuo, who was heading straight for the energy pool again. His arms immediately began to sting with electricity, but he ignored the pain. "Gohan! NOW!"
Gohan fired a series of Ki attacks at the little blue monster, who was being kept from entering the energy pool by Goku. He was hoping that these attacks would finish him off once and for all. But Tatsuo was too fast for him. He quickly transferred himself from Goku's arms away from danger. Having little time, Goku acted quick and teleported himself out of the path of his son's energy balls.
Tatsuo growled as he clasped his hands together to make one fist. He transferred his energy to just behind Goku and punched him down to the ground by the head. "You could have hurt me there. if I wasn't so fast!"
Goku had been too close to the surface to be able to react. He fell face first into the electrical energy, causing him to cry out in excruciating pain. But he wasn't about to give up. Fighting against he intense pain, he pushed himself up and away from danger.
Gohan went in for his attack. With Tatsuo's attention being diverted by Goku's smoking body, he snuck up from behind him and fired another series of Ki attacks. This time, as Tatsuo fell, he'd be coming right into more attacks.
Goku shook off the pain to the best of his ability and joined his son's attacks from the front. "You barked up the wrong tree this time, Tatsuo."
As soon as Goku began attacking, Tatsuo's body color was no longer its on. From behind it was the color of Gohan's Ki energy. And in front, it was the color of Goku's Golden Ki energy. He had barely any of his own energy left, definitely not enough to teleport. Although he had enough to move out of the way of their attacks, which was precisely what he did. He waited until he sensed both powers nearly hitting one another to move out of the way. Just as he did, the two powers collided, causing a huge explosion of power. All three fighters were pushed down toward the ground, Tatsuo going through the energy and replenishing his strength.
As for Goku and Gohan, they were shoved into the energy. Their weight made the liquid-like energy cave in and flow on top of their bodies. It seeped through their cloths and singed their entire bodies, both of them trying not to let their pain be heard.
It took some more struggling than before, but Goku managed to break himself free, though this time he was in a much worse condition. His skin was severely burned from contact with the surface. He winced at the thought of what condition Goten would be in when he was found. "Gohan.?" He called out as he tried catch his breath. As he tried to stand up he stumbled over his feet. It took all of his energy just to keep himself up enough to keep from touching the ground.
Gohan was struggling to keep his head above ground. Tatsuo was working his magic once again by pulling Gohan in from down under. "Dad.!"
"Gohan!" Goku winced as he gathered his energy so he could lift off. "Tatsuo!" He growled. He wasn't sure what good his next actions would do, but he didn't care. He couldn't lose another son to Tatsuo. He shifted his energy to a full force attack. Not sure where exactly to fire it, he just let it loose at the ground. He crossed his fingers, hoping for a successful attack on Tatsuo.
As soon as his energy made contact, it immediately began spreading itself all around Gohan due to all of the commotion pushing it around. This worked in the favor of Goku as it momentarily stunned Tatsuo, allowing him time to swoop down and rescue his son.
"CURSE YOU!" Tatsuo screamed from below the surface.
Gohan was in no condition to fight anymore. He had been under the surface even longer than Goku had, which meant his wounds were even worse. That meant Goku was on his own at low power. It was much too dangerous to fight here anymore, but there was no where else to go without leading Tatsuo back to earth. And there was still Goten to think about. How was he going to get him out? "Looks like we've ruined your plans again."
Tatsuo rose up again, this time with no sly smirk. He was in no mood to play around anymore. "I'm at full power, you don't even have enough power to reach your third stage anymore." He said as he pointed out that Goku had gone back to level one. "You can't even reach your second stage. You pitiful weakling. You may have been stronger, buy you weren't smarter. You fell right into my last resort plan."
Goku grinned. "You wouldn't have had to use this if I hadn't stopped you all those other times. Maybe you're the one who's not so smart."
Tatsuo growled as he threw an energy attack up at Goku, who dodge out of the way just in time. "I'm not the one who's skin is burned to shreds!"
Goku looked down at Gohan, who he held by the shoulders. He seemed to be completely unconscious. 'Crap Gohan! I need you!' He looked up at Tatsuo. "Why don't we make this a little more fair then?"
Tatsuo crossed his arms. "And what does your simple mind propose?"
"We fight somewhere else. You're right, I can't transform to any stronger right now, which means I'm weaker than you are. You're at full power, which means I pose no threat to you. We'll go somewhere where you CAN'T replenish your power."
Tatsuo looked as if he was deliberating over the proposal, but in the end, he came up with a most unfavorable answer. "How about. NOT! You've made my mission difficult this far, now it's my job to finally make you suffer." With that, he teleported himself behind Goku and punched him from behind.
Goku feared that this would happen. Being on this planet meant that he couldn't set Gohan down unless he wanted him to die. "Crap!" He gathered his strength and stopped himself just before he and Gohan hit ground. He turned around and glared at Tatsuo with fiery hatred, something he wasn't usually known to do.
Tatsuo laughed aloud. "Looks like you've got a bit of a dilemma. Since you two were so stupid and got yourselves thrown into my deadly energy, your son is knocked out. Now you have no where to put him. Choices, choices. Set your son down and let him die. or protect him and die yourself. But I must warn you, any choice you pick, your son will die, and so will the younger one."
Goku's arms were coated with Tatsuo's energy like wax, which only made the pain last longer. There was nothing he could do but wait for the electric energy to wear thinner and thinner as it sent surges of pain up and down his body, eventually wearing its own power out. He looked to his older son in confusion. He still didn't completely understand what was happening. Again, Gohan's attack had worked when their combined strength had failed.
Breathing slightly heavier than normal, Gohan looked to his father to make sure he was all right. "You ok?"
Goku nodded. "A little shaken, but nothing too serious." He glared back down to the ball of energy but saw nothing. No strange movement to indicate Tatsuo's movement or anything else out of the ordinary. "Crap, we've lost him."
Goten stared hard at the ground hoping to be able to spot Tatsuo beneath the surface, but much like his father, he failed to see even the slightest movement. "This'll give us time to figure how what we're going to do." He looked up to see his father staring right at him. "Right?"
Goku took one look back down to make sure Tatsuo hadn't tried anything after he took his eyes away, and then turned up to Gohan. "He seems to be hurt when you hit him with Ki blasts."
Gohan nodded. "I've noticed. We had no effect on him when we all went for it at the same time."
Goten grinned. "We'll then, me and dad can distract him while you attack."
The Saiyans' were interrupted by a malicious laughter from underneath the surface of energy, causing the three of them to be put on high alert once again. "You idiots still don't get it."
Goku shot his attention downward once again and search the surface for any signs of Tatsuo, but he hadn't popped up quite yet. "Show yourself!"
Another spiteful laugh shot upward at the fighter. "I'll come out soon enough."
Goten smirked. "Maybe you're chicken. You know Gohan can easily beat you and now you're running."
That was all that was needed for Tatsuo to show himself. He used his ability to transfer his energy to appear directly in front of Goten, wasting no time punching him down to the ground. "Idiot!" He dove down for in pursuit of the falling fighter. Gohan and Goku acted quickly by firing a set of Ki balls at the blue enemy. Tatsuo stopped short and turned around to fire a set of his own energy at the oncoming attacks. Goku's Ki ball was easily diverted away from himself, but Gohan's dissolved the blue energy and smashed right into Tatsuo's chest. Tatsuo let out an angered snarl as he lost his balance for a short moment. His chest was now the color of Gohan's attack. "Damn you!" He turned around and dove into the giant ball of energy, where Goten was now lying and wailing in pain.
Gohan stared down at his brother as his father dove down to collect him. "Goten!"
Tatsuo lifted his arms up and wrapped them around Goten's struggling body. "You were always going to be first." Just as Goku landed on the surface he began to pull with all his might, causing Goten to be sucked into the energy head first.
"Goten!" Goku yelled out as he bent over and grabbed his son by the legs. He pulled against Tatsuo, but he couldn't get much leverage. The ground curved in with his weight, causing him to slip back.
Gohan saw the struggle his father was going through and dove down to help. "You're not strong enough!" He landed next to his father and grabbed onto his brother, who was probably unconscious from the pain.
Goku knew what his son said was true, so he summoned fourth the rest of his power. His hair grew long as his muscle mass increased, giving him more strength to pull against Tatsuo. "Pull from the air."
Gohan nodded as he let himself rise into the air. He could tell just by watching his father that standing on the surface only caused more problems than help. Even with Goku's extra strength Tatsuo still had the upper hand, he was still able to pull Goten in more than they were able to pull him out. "He's too strong!"
Goku gritted his teeth together as he put all of his back into pulling back. "Just pull!"
Tatsuo cackled from beneath the surface as he raised all of his strength and snatched Goten away, completely pulling him down under with him. "One down."
"Shit!" Gohan yelled as he flew back.
Goku went flying back with Gohan, his anger rising even further. That was two of his kids that Tatsuo had messed with. He wouldn't let it happen anymore. He was going to take this fight back into his own hands. "Com'on."
Gohan looked up to his father. "How are we supposed to get him back?" His attention was diverted down to the ground where he noticed Tatsuo emerging once again. His chest seemed to be back to its normal color. "Huh?"
Tatsuo smirked as he stared into Goku's eyes, who glared back. "Don't worry about your son, Goku. He's not dead. yet. I'm saving that for the finale." Goku pulled his hands down to his sides and made two tight fists with them. He was in no mood to mess around anymore. But Tatsuo wasn't ready to begin again. "You look slightly stressed, Goku. Why don't you relax for a while, come up with your next strategy? I'll see you in a little while." With that, he dove back down into his pool of energy.
Gohan wanted to chase after Tatsuo, but he knew the consequences of making contact with the "land". "He thinks this is a game."
Goku narrowed his glare. "Goten's still alive down there somewhere. We have to find him."
Gohan looked to his father in surprise. "What? Are you crazy? You want to go down there and find him?"
Goku knew that wasn't impossible. The intensity of the power that they were up against was enough to kill them if they were exposed to it long enough. "No, at least. not like this."
Gohan became even more confused by his father's reply. Goku had always been full of surprises, something Gohan had always just learned to live with, but at this point he didn't understand how they could find his brother under that mess of power. "Come again."
Goku loosened one of his fists and fired a quick Ki attack down at it. The place that he had fired upon turned its color from a Metallic blue into a bright golden color. "Ha!"
Gohan smiled. "Alright! A way to penetrate it!" He quickly lowered himself to be just above the surface and began firing down at the planet with his father. "We'll have Goten outta here in no time." Everything seemed to be flowing well, that is, until the liquid-like energy began to flow over Goku and Gohan's, destroying all of their work. "Oh no. no, no, no."
Goku stopped his flow of energy and stared down at the surface. There was too much energy. "Damn it!"
Tatsuo was soon to arise close-by. "It's not worth trying, Goku. All you're doing is wasting your time. Why don't you just give up now so you don't waste anymore energy?"
Goku growled as he pulled his hands to one side. "Kamehameha!" Tatsuo sat by and waited for the Kamehameha wave to make a direct hit to his body, causing him to once again become submerged deep within the liquid energy. Not seeing Tatsuo anywhere, he relaxed a bit. "Wait a minute." He fired upon the surface again, causing a small portion of it to become gold again. But, as before, the surrounding energy absorbed it and made it its own. "Now I get it."
Gohan kept searching the surface for Tatsuo. "What?"
Goku frowned. "Why he brought us here."
Gohan couldn't help but turn up to his father in curiosity. "What do you mean?" He hadn't watched his father's experiment, which left him clueless as to what the man could have been talking about.
"That stuff is a part of Tatsuo. Almost every time we've attacked him he's fallen in there. But twice you've been able to hit him, and twice his body has turned into a different color where you've hit him. Your power was stronger than his, therefore yours began to absorb his."
Gohan smiled with a bit more of an understanding of where his father was coming from. "But when he fell in there so was much of his energy built up that it was too much for my energy. so his absorbed mine."
Goku nodded. "Exactly. We may be stronger than him, but no matter what we throw at him, he'll always be able to replenish his energy here. And he knows we can't touch him without getting hurt."
Gohan frowned. "His energy also seems to be stronger here too."
Goku nodded again. "We've gotta find a way to keep him from diving in there every time we hit him." Goku looked down at the ground with wonder. He wasn't sure how he was going to keep Tatsuo from replenishing himself every time without getting himself hurt in the process. "We think of how we'll do that while we wait for Tatsuo to show back up."
Gohan nodded. "Right."
~*~*~
~~Earth: Son House~~
Even though Hotaru had somewhat healed Usagi, it hadn't been enough to bring her back into consciousness, but some of her more major wounds had been healed a bit, while her minor wounds had been almost completely healed, which Chi-Chi was thankful for. Just by looking at her daughter, Chi-Chi could tell that she was more peaceful now that she had been healed for she had a smile on her face. Little did she know exactly what it was from.
~*~*~
~~Usagi's DreamWorld~~
"Serenity. Serenity wake up, dear." A soft yet majestic voice called to a young child, who had fallen asleep in a field of flowers. "It is time to return home."
The child slowly opened her eyes and looked upward, but her eyes were cloudy. Yawning, she raised her hands to rub her eyes. A tall woman wearing a long, white dress with long, silver hair was revealed with the clearing of her eyes. A smile formed in the child's lips as she stood up. "Mommy!" She cried out happily.
The woman smiled as she patted the child's head. "You've fallen asleep in the flower field again, my daughter."
The child held her head down, her smile disappearing. "I'm sorry."
Her mother smiled as she turned away and began walking back to her home. "Let us return to the castle. It's getting late."
The child happily skipped ahead of her mother as she hummed a happy tune. This was true happiness. She hadn't a care in the world. Everything was perfect. until she returned to the castle, that is. The once bright, blue sky turned black, being illuminated by fire. The main hall was full of screaming people running from something, something evil.
Once a small child before, she was no longer that anymore. She was now a teenager, sixteen to be exact, and this was her birthday ball. The girl was confused, what had happened? Why were all of these people running around in a frenzy of fear? She looked desperately for her mother, noticing the Sailor Senshi running out of the palace. Her mother was not to far from the main entrance. "Mother!" She cried out.
Her mother twirled around to see her daughter at the other end of the room, scared like a child. "Run, my daughter! Get out of here!"
The girl did as she was told and ran up the stairway to escape the mayhem. Even though she was scared and confused, she would never question her mother's judgment. She heard the sound of a sword clanking against the floor not too far from the top of stairs, as if it were just outside in the balcony. She turned toward the sound, fearing that it would be someone to kill her, but to her surprise it was the Prince of Earth. He was battling the enemy. She gasped when he was thrown back into the palace, against the wall. "Endiymon!"
The Prince quickly turned to see the girl trembling. He said nothing to her as he grabbed for his sword and ran back outside. The girl followed him outside in hopes to stop him from being killed. He was just standing there, doing nothing. His sword was no longer drawn. The fiery illumination in the sky had disappeared. Had he defeated the enemy that quickly?
The Prince turned to the girl with a smile. In his hand he held a small, pink item. "Princess."
The girl smiled as she forgot of the dangers and walked to her Prince. "Endiymon." She looked down into his hands, curious as to what he had brought her. She looked up to him, her eyes looking inquisitive.
The Prince smiled down at his Princess and opened up the locket. It played a beautiful song, like the song her mother had always sang to her when she was little. "It's the song of the royal family."
The girl smiled wide as she took the locket from his hands and held it close to her heart. She closed her eyes for only a moment, but when she reopened them, the sky was filled with fire once again, and Endiymon had drawn his sword again. Her locket was around her neck now.
Prince Endiymon didn't ignore the Princess, but he didn't look at her either. He was too busy with the attacking enemy. "What are you doing here! It's not safe!"
The Princess' eyes filled with fear again as she grabbed Endyimon's arm. "Stop! You'll be killed!"
~*~*~
~~Real World~~
When Rei passed over her house on the way to Usagi's she stopped, causing her friends to become curious. "You guys go ahead, I have to get something." Her friends nodded their agreement to go on ahead and took of again.
Rei landed in front of the dojo, completely ignoring her grandfather, who sweeping up the grounds. He was completely oblivious to the fact that the Earth was in danger, which is how she wished she was at that point.
She ran into her room, where Luna and Artimas were awaiting an update on what was happening. "Luna! Artimas! Usagi's been hurt! Goku, Gohan, and Goten were taken away from Earth. and Usagi had to reveal herself in front of everyone."
Luna jumped to her feet. "What?! I told her to keep it a secret."
Artimas frowned. "Hold on, Luna. Don' get upset just yet. Usagi wouldn't have done something like that without a reason."
Rei nodded. "Exactly. If I were in her place I would have done the same thing. She's had her power stripped from her for a while. She was cloned, obviously. The other Sailor Moon was really giving her a beating. The other guy was going to give away Usagi's secret, and I guess she figured that if it was going to be done she was going to do it for herself. So she transformed into Serenity right there and then."
Luna still didn't know if she liked the idea of everyone knowing, but it wasn't an option to keep it a secret anymore. It was done, and there was no way that Usagi would want to erase their memories of the events. She hated keeping the secret from them anyway. "Well, it's done and I suppose there's nothing we can do to change that. Where is Usagi now?"
"At her house. I came by to get you guys and then we can go there."
Luna nodded. "Very well."
~*~*~
Usagi's eyes popped wide open as she sat up. Her heart was pounding in her chest and her breathing had quickened quite a bit. "Wha." Confused as to what she had just experienced, she looked at her surroundings to make sure she wasn't just in another portion of her dream. To her relief, she was in the family room of her house, and her mother and Krillin were standing right next to her. It wasn't long before she was feeling the beating that Tatsuo had given her. She let out a moan of pain and lay back down.
Chi-Chi was quick to kneel down next to her daughter and wrap her hands around her face. "Usagi? Are you all right?"
Usagi closed her eyes with another moan as she turned her head away from her mother. She didn't want to have to tell her what she just dreamt. She didn't really want to tell her anything at that point. She wanted to be alone to figure out what she just saw. The people in her dream. they were all the people she knew and loved. Her friends, Mamoru, Serenity. and the Princess was her. Could it have been that these were Serenity's memories?
Krillin stretched his arms with a smile. "You gave us quite a scare, kiddo. You really started freaking out all of a sudden."
Usagi's eyes shot wide open. Had she spoken in her sleep? Did they hear everything she had just said in her dream? "Huh?" She groaned as she rolled over on her side to face her mother and Krillin.
Chi-Chi smiled down at her daughter. "You told someone to 'stop!'; that they'd 'be killed'. Were you dreaming about your father fighting Tatsuo?"
Usagi closed her eyes with another groan. She didn't want to tell her the truth, that she had been dreaming about another life time. She wasn't even sure how her mother was taking this entire Princess thing in the first place. Not wanting to risk any hard feelings at the moment, she decided to protect her mother's feelings for the time being. "Yeah."
Chi-Chi wasn't sure how Goku was faring out there with Tatsuo, but she knew for a fact that he wasn't dead. It was too early into the fight for him to be hurt yet. "Don't worry about your dad, he's all right." Usagi said nothing in reply, but Chi-Chi wasn't too upset about that. She still had something she wanted to ask her daughter. without Goku around to meddle with the conversation. "Usagi, why?"
Usagi opened her eyes just as a surge of pain bolted through her body. "Why what?" She asked, but it didn't take long for her to realize exactly what her mother was asking. "Oh. I'm sorry, mom. I wanted to tell you, honest. But I promised Luna that I wouldn't. I also promised the Queen."
Chi-Chi didn't approve of her daughter keeping something so big away from her, but she also respected the fact that she would keep up a promise, even if it meant getting in trouble with her parents. "It's alright. But." Her voice tapered off.
Usagi forced herself to sit up against the pain. "Mom, I know what you're thinking."
Chi-Chi frowned as she looked up at her daughter. "No, Usagi, I'm not mad at you."
Usagi slightly smiled at that. The one time she wasn't going to accuse her mother of being angry and she had to go and bring it up. "You're thinking the same thing I thought when I first found out, I bet."
Chi-Chi looked strangely at her daughter. "And just what is that."
Usagi knew no other way to say it than to just come out with it without trying to protect her mother's feelings. "You think I'm not your daughter because I'm a Princess. You think that the only way I can be a Princess is if I'm someone else's daughter."
Chi-Chi didn't know what to say. That was exactly true. But, that would mean Usagi felt that way once too. It just crushed Chi-Chi to think her daughter would have been living with these thoughts, never understanding exactly who she belonged to. "Usagi."
Usagi shushed her mother. She couldn't bear to think of what she was feeling inside. "It's all right, mom. Luna told me that you ARE my mom, and dad IS my dad. The Queen said that I'm her daughter because I have some of the DNA from her daughter mixed in with yours and dad's, which is how I'm able to be the Moon Princess. So you see, I AM your daughter."
Chi-Chi smiled as she wrapped her arm around her daughter's shoulder. "That doesn't matter, sweetie. You're my daughter because I carried you for nine months.and then I raised you."
Usagi grinned. "But so did the Queen."
Chi-Chi playfully frowned. "Don't spoil my fun, kid."
Usagi giggled as she hugged her mother. "I'm still sorry I couldn't tell you. Me being a Princess doesn't change anything, though. It just means that I have to stop evil that may come to earth and threaten the Moon Kingdom legacy."
Chi-Chi sighed. Just the thought of her daughter having to leave to fight for a kingdom that doesn't even exist anymore made her feel uneasy. "Well, I guess you have to, being the Moon Princess and all."
Usagi was a bit surprised. Her Mother seemed to be taking this a bit more calmly than she had expected. "Thanks for understanding." She pulled away from her mother's hug and looked at Krillin, who had a big, corny smile on his face. She giggled as she looked back at her mother. "Are you sure you're alright with this?"
Chi-Chi shook her head. "No, not really. But I don't have much of a choice."
That didn't ease Usagi's worries, but at least her mother was trying to be calm. "It's alright mom, I'm not really into this entire Princess thing anyway." She looked around, seeing that her mother and Krillin were the only ones in the room. "Where's daddy?"
Chi-Chi looked back to Krillin for support. Taking a deep breath, she stood up and turned away from her daughter. "We don't know."
Usagi swung her legs over the edge of the sofa she was lying on. "What? What do you mean?" She looked at Krillin. "What does she mean, Krillin? Where's my dad?"
Krillin didn't know what to say. He didn't exactly what himself to be pulled into answering that he didn't know. He didn't want to crush the girl. He looked to Chi-Chi for help. Usagi did the same and looked back up to her mother. "Where is he? Is he off fighting still?" She glared back at Krillin. "Can't you feel him fighting or anything? You know I can't!"
Krillin sighed as he stood up. "Usagi, we don't know where he, Gohan, or Goten are at the moment. He was teleported away, and no one can feel their power signatures."
Usagi's eyes widened as she jumped up to her feet. "What? They're what?!" She looked stared up at her mother, worried that her father and brothers were in some serious danger. "They don't know how Tatsuo fights! He fights really dirty."
Krillin chuckled. "Don't worry about your dad. He knows what he's doing. He's fought against some of the dirtiest fighters in the Universe and has only died twice."
Chi-Chi frowned. "That's comforting, Krillin. Why don't you just tell her Goku's as good as dead right now."
Usagi whimpered as she glared up at her mother. "Mom! Daddy could be in real trouble. I need to help him!"
Chi-Chi glared back at her daughter. "Don't you even think it, young lady! Your father followed right after Tatsuo right after he knocked you out. He's not going to want you there. He'd try to protect you more than fight Tatsuo. You're better of here."
"But." Usagi argued.
Chi-Chi shook her head, cutting her daughter off. "Just stay here where it's safe." Chi-Chi couldn't believe what she was saying. She had always hated sitting back on Earth, not knowing what was happening. while her husband was having all the fun fighting for the safety of the planet. Could it be that she was starting to realize why she always had to stay behind? Maybe she should have listened to her own advice years ago.
Usagi crossed her arms and glared at her mother. She knew her advice was true, her father wouldn't want her wherever she was, but still, she at least wanted to watch and make sure he didn't die or something. "Fine."
~*~*~
~~Tatsuo's World~~
Goku and Gohan had been kept waiting for about ten minutes before Tatsuo finally decided to show his face again. This time the two fighters would be prepared for him. They had come up with a plan and he would finally be put to rest. But if only things could be that easy. Goku knew better than anyone that nothing ever worked out the way they're planned. But nevertheless, he would push on and fight until his things were set right again.
Tatsuo wore a quaint grin as he let himself rise to Goku and Gohan's altitude once again. "I figure you're thirsty for battle again."
Goku didn't give Tatsuo the satisfaction of a real reaction. "Where's Goten?"
Tatsuo chuckled as he glanced down at the surface. "In there." He looked back up at Goku. "Resting until I decide to pull the plug on his pathetic life."
Gohan grinned. "No, no. I think you're the one who's going to get the plug pulled on."
Tatsuo frowned. "So sure of ourselves, are we? You forget, I'm unbeatable."
Gohan frowned back at the strange little creature. "Yeah, that's what you might think." Gohan gave no chance of a retort as he opened fire upon Tatsuo, who didn't even bother blocking.
Goku dove underneath Tatsuo. Tatsuo turned his head around and laughed as he began to fall backward from the impact of the black. "Seriously Goku, what ARE you doing?"
Goku wrapped his arms around the falling Tatsuo, who was heading straight for the energy pool again. His arms immediately began to sting with electricity, but he ignored the pain. "Gohan! NOW!"
Gohan fired a series of Ki attacks at the little blue monster, who was being kept from entering the energy pool by Goku. He was hoping that these attacks would finish him off once and for all. But Tatsuo was too fast for him. He quickly transferred himself from Goku's arms away from danger. Having little time, Goku acted quick and teleported himself out of the path of his son's energy balls.
Tatsuo growled as he clasped his hands together to make one fist. He transferred his energy to just behind Goku and punched him down to the ground by the head. "You could have hurt me there. if I wasn't so fast!"
Goku had been too close to the surface to be able to react. He fell face first into the electrical energy, causing him to cry out in excruciating pain. But he wasn't about to give up. Fighting against he intense pain, he pushed himself up and away from danger.
Gohan went in for his attack. With Tatsuo's attention being diverted by Goku's smoking body, he snuck up from behind him and fired another series of Ki attacks. This time, as Tatsuo fell, he'd be coming right into more attacks.
Goku shook off the pain to the best of his ability and joined his son's attacks from the front. "You barked up the wrong tree this time, Tatsuo."
As soon as Goku began attacking, Tatsuo's body color was no longer its on. From behind it was the color of Gohan's Ki energy. And in front, it was the color of Goku's Golden Ki energy. He had barely any of his own energy left, definitely not enough to teleport. Although he had enough to move out of the way of their attacks, which was precisely what he did. He waited until he sensed both powers nearly hitting one another to move out of the way. Just as he did, the two powers collided, causing a huge explosion of power. All three fighters were pushed down toward the ground, Tatsuo going through the energy and replenishing his strength.
As for Goku and Gohan, they were shoved into the energy. Their weight made the liquid-like energy cave in and flow on top of their bodies. It seeped through their cloths and singed their entire bodies, both of them trying not to let their pain be heard.
It took some more struggling than before, but Goku managed to break himself free, though this time he was in a much worse condition. His skin was severely burned from contact with the surface. He winced at the thought of what condition Goten would be in when he was found. "Gohan.?" He called out as he tried catch his breath. As he tried to stand up he stumbled over his feet. It took all of his energy just to keep himself up enough to keep from touching the ground.
Gohan was struggling to keep his head above ground. Tatsuo was working his magic once again by pulling Gohan in from down under. "Dad.!"
"Gohan!" Goku winced as he gathered his energy so he could lift off. "Tatsuo!" He growled. He wasn't sure what good his next actions would do, but he didn't care. He couldn't lose another son to Tatsuo. He shifted his energy to a full force attack. Not sure where exactly to fire it, he just let it loose at the ground. He crossed his fingers, hoping for a successful attack on Tatsuo.
As soon as his energy made contact, it immediately began spreading itself all around Gohan due to all of the commotion pushing it around. This worked in the favor of Goku as it momentarily stunned Tatsuo, allowing him time to swoop down and rescue his son.
"CURSE YOU!" Tatsuo screamed from below the surface.
Gohan was in no condition to fight anymore. He had been under the surface even longer than Goku had, which meant his wounds were even worse. That meant Goku was on his own at low power. It was much too dangerous to fight here anymore, but there was no where else to go without leading Tatsuo back to earth. And there was still Goten to think about. How was he going to get him out? "Looks like we've ruined your plans again."
Tatsuo rose up again, this time with no sly smirk. He was in no mood to play around anymore. "I'm at full power, you don't even have enough power to reach your third stage anymore." He said as he pointed out that Goku had gone back to level one. "You can't even reach your second stage. You pitiful weakling. You may have been stronger, buy you weren't smarter. You fell right into my last resort plan."
Goku grinned. "You wouldn't have had to use this if I hadn't stopped you all those other times. Maybe you're the one who's not so smart."
Tatsuo growled as he threw an energy attack up at Goku, who dodge out of the way just in time. "I'm not the one who's skin is burned to shreds!"
Goku looked down at Gohan, who he held by the shoulders. He seemed to be completely unconscious. 'Crap Gohan! I need you!' He looked up at Tatsuo. "Why don't we make this a little more fair then?"
Tatsuo crossed his arms. "And what does your simple mind propose?"
"We fight somewhere else. You're right, I can't transform to any stronger right now, which means I'm weaker than you are. You're at full power, which means I pose no threat to you. We'll go somewhere where you CAN'T replenish your power."
Tatsuo looked as if he was deliberating over the proposal, but in the end, he came up with a most unfavorable answer. "How about. NOT! You've made my mission difficult this far, now it's my job to finally make you suffer." With that, he teleported himself behind Goku and punched him from behind.
Goku feared that this would happen. Being on this planet meant that he couldn't set Gohan down unless he wanted him to die. "Crap!" He gathered his strength and stopped himself just before he and Gohan hit ground. He turned around and glared at Tatsuo with fiery hatred, something he wasn't usually known to do.
Tatsuo laughed aloud. "Looks like you've got a bit of a dilemma. Since you two were so stupid and got yourselves thrown into my deadly energy, your son is knocked out. Now you have no where to put him. Choices, choices. Set your son down and let him die. or protect him and die yourself. But I must warn you, any choice you pick, your son will die, and so will the younger one."