Tempest of the Tirani

Goku flew close to his pupil - occasionally turning his head to look at him. Uubu obviously tried to hide it, but he seemed a bit nervous. It's not too suprising. The boy has incredible power, but he's never fought anybody for real. Hopefully, all these years of training will shine through. And, maybe he'll show just a little of the ferocity he onced possessed as the demon, Buu.

"Up there," Vegeta said. His eyes squinted under a V-shaped brow. The Saiya-jin prince knew how to put on a fighting face.

Goku looked ahead and saw them. Three metallic beings stood atop a skyscraper. Their chrome bodies were hard to miss as the sun's reflection could pierce one's vision. They just stood there, as if they were waiting, "Good, let's go!" he said. He couldn't help but notice that the trio looked almost familiar.

Their feet clacked the roof as they dove from the air. The pair of trios stared at each other for a moment. Resembling lizard-like humanoids, their bodies sported a sleek, metallic design as rays of sunlight blindingly bounced off of their bodies. The three of them smiled - still not saying a word - only laughing under their breaths.

"Furiza!" shouted Goku. His jaw dropped and he looked on in amazement. Vegeta seemed confused as well.

"Furiza and Cold..."

"Who?" Uubu couldn't piece the situation together. Here, his mentor and Vegeta seemed awestruck, and they left him in the dark.

"How..," Goku hesitated, "why are you here?"

"Oh," Furiza grinned, "our hunt for Saiya-jin blood never ended," his eyes flickered with what appeared to be data, "such an improvement in power," the flickering stopped, "but it's beneath me now. And I doubt your precious transformation could possibly increase it enough."

Goku stood confident. He had a habit of conserving energy until needed, and so did his companions. Still, they would have to be careful. Something else, however, troubled Goku. He remembered King Cold, but who was the third warrior? He looked at him.

"My brother, Coola," said Furiza, "I've been told that you wouldn't know him, but the two of you fought in a another reality."

"What reality?" Vegeta interrupted, "who are you?"

"That's enough," Coola stepped in, "we're wasting time, already," his metallic body sparked with energy.

"Right," said Goku with a smile, "Furiza, you and I..."

"Kakarotto!" Vegeta stepped in again, "whatever universe he can from, he owes me a debt. Please," he didn't change his expression much. But his eyes shimmered. It was as if he wanted approval.

Goku nodded, "Fine," Vegeta smiled and faced his opponent. Goku then turned to Uubu, "which one do you want?"

Uubu had already made up his mind, "the Coola fellow - I don't like his attitude."

"Then I'll fight King Cold," said Goku. He looked at Cold, "don't worry, I don't plan to kill you. I want to ask you something."

Bewilderment swept over King Cold's face, "Really? Don't be stupid," he balled his fists and started an advance with his hulking body.

Goku put his hand up, "Wait, please. Why don't we fight somewhere else?"

"Alright," said Coola, gracefully. He slowly lifted his hand in the air as the others watched on. He threw his arm down quickly, and shot a blast straight down through the building. The beam split the brittle structure and hammered the ground, "We'll fight where we please!" he yelled as he drifted through the dust cloud.

"Stop it!" Uubu flashed through the smoke and debris and knocked Coola into the distance. The young one followed to do battle with the metallic lizard.

The remaining four blurred out of vision with fantastic speed. Each one took to their assigned opponent as the three pairs split up.

***

Vegeta simply dodged attacks in order to lead Furiza away from the city limits. This is something he may not have done in the past, and it certainly showed a change. He calmly swayed in and out of vision - backing off from all offensive maneuvers. Once he felt comfortable, they stopped. The metal monster felt a bit flustered, but tried to hide it.

"Furiza," he said, "in whatever trials you've been though, you may not know that I've been to hell already," a small grin stretched under his nose, "there's a spot for you."

"Hmmph," the lizard smiled as data flashed in his eyes, "I'll never have to go there. You can't win, especially with that power. Can you change like the other monkey does?" he just smiled again.

With no effort, Vegeta's hair flashed with a golden shine and sparks of energy flowed around him. He gradually hovered inches from the ground and floated in Furiza's direction.

The data flashed wildly in the metal monster's eyes, "Thirty-eight hundred kilis...that's nearly thirty percent more than before..."

"Are you still measuring power that way?" said Vegeta, "I'll have to show you, then. HAAAAA!"

With that, the saiya-jin screamed and a blast of aura fluctuated as if untamed. The force of ki alone sent rocks and dirt flying in all directions. Furiza dropped his jaw, "It's... it's four thousand!" He gripped the earth with his feet, but the Saiya-jin shockwave uprooted his hold as he slid backward.