Chapter 50
."Now, young warrior, I think it's time for you to accept what fate has written."
Akira's eyes snapped open as his foot shot forward and kicked Ammit hard in the chest; the alien was so surprised by the sudden attack that he lost his choke hold on the young Saiyan. Akira flipped as he fell and landed in a crouched position right in front of the off balance warlord.
"SEI KAZE!" he screamed as he threw his hands forward; an enormous, red beam erupted from his hands and struck Ammit in the face. The mighty alien was tossed into the air and carried out of sight by the huge attack.
Akira fell to his knees and clutched his throat as he sucked air into his burning lungs. Blood and sweat dripped down his nose and stung his eyes, but as long as the air kept coming, he wasn't going to complain.
As the ache in his lungs eased, he became aware of rapidly approaching footsteps. He looked up and found Pan staring down at him.
"Are you okay?" she asked in concern.
"I'm fine, now get out of here!" he croaked.
"But..." he could see the hurt and confusion in her eyes, "but you beat him, I can't feel his power anywhere."
Akira shook his head, "His power can't be felt and there's no way that attack finished him off." He looked in the direction his blast had sent the Dark Lord; he still couldn't sense him, but he knew that Ammit was coming. "I want you to take everyone and leave," the young Saiyan said quietly, not daring to look her in the eyes.
"No," she said firmly, "I'm not leaving you here alone."
"I can't beat him!" he shouted voicing what he'd known since nearly the beginning of the fight, "I'm running at one hundred and ten percent and he isn't even breaking a sweat. Now GO!"
Before Pan could respond, a dark ki blast came out of no where, heading straight towards them. Akira grabbed her by the arm and used Instant Transmission to avoid the attack that exploded right where they had been standing. A moment later, the two Saiyans reappeared next to Vegeta.
"Please go," Akira pleaded to all of the Z-Fighters, "I can't hold him off forever, but if you leave now, you might have enough of a head start to get away." He looked down at Pan and said quietly, "As long as you're safe, I don't care what happens to me." Akira gently kissed her on the cheek and then shot into the air, heading in the general direction that the blast had come from.
"You're not going after him," Gohan said sternly.
"The hell I'm not, I'm not going to run away and leave him here to die," she yelled in anger.
"None of us are leaving," her father responded evenly, "but we won't do him any good if we're distracting him. We'll watch from a distance and give Akira whatever help we can." Pan started to protest, but Gohan cut her off, "That's all we can do. Akira's using Kaio Ken with the Super Saiyan Three transformation. If that's not enough, then nothing we have will be able to stop Ammit. We just have to wait and hope that Akira can find a way..."
Vegeta wasn't listening to Gohan as he stared at Akira while the young man flew away; the Saiyan Prince's mind was busily thinking of some way that the Super Saiyan could emerge from the fight victorious. As he silently schemed, he noticed something around Akira's waist. Vegeta's eyes narrowed.
"Stay here," he ordered the others as he powered up to Super Saiyan and flew after the young man. A second later, Pan was in the air, chasing Vegeta; and Gohan wasn't far behind, chasing his daughter. Trunks, Uubu, Yamcha, Krillin, and Tien looked at each other, shrugged, and then joined the convoy.
The Saiyan Prince glanced over his shoulder and shook his head in annoyance. 'The words of a Prince mean nothing to these people,' he fumed.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It took only a moment for Akira to spot where Ammit was waiting for him. The Dark Lord was standing perfectly still in the middle of a large crater; the alien flashed an evil smile as the young Saiyan landed in front of him.
"That was a nice attack you used, I suppose I underestimated you a little. And now you're back for more. Why?"
Akira did his best not to think about anything, trying to buy as much time as possible for his friends. And then he felt it, eight power levels where heading towards him, the young Saiyan scowled.
"So, I guess they didn't like your plan too much. Not that it would have worked anyway, when you're dead, it will be a simple matter to hunt them down and finish them off. This just saves my men a bit of time." The Dark Lord settled into his fighting stance and then said, "Well hero, shall we continue?"
Akira nodded and shot forward, his foot cut through the air where Ammit's head had been a moment before. The Saiyan quickly dodged to the right as a fist grazed the side of his face, but he wasn't able to move quick enough to avoid the kick that swept his legs out from under him. He started to fall, but put one hand down and pushed off, flipping over a ki blast that singed the ground where he would have landed.
No sooner had he hit the ground then another ki blast shot towards his head; the young warrior ducked, but was smashed in the face by Ammit's knee. Akira stumbled back and then screamed in pain as the claw like fingers of the Dark Lord sliced into his side.
Rage burned inside the Saiyan and he drove his fist into Ammit's face, then spun and kicked the alien in the chest, sending him flying into a boulder; the large rock was reduced to dust. Akira used the moment that he had bought himself and placed a hand on his side to see how extensive the injury was. It hurt like mad, but seemed to be only superficial.
While Akira was still examining his wound, Ammit hopped out of the rubble and landed a short distance away from the young Saiyan. The two enemies eyed each other for a second and then charged forward.
For the next several minutes they sped along the ground, punching and kicking, blocking and dodging, neither seemed to be able to hold any sort of advantage for long.
Akira was using everything he had just to keep up with Ammit. He knew that it wasn't going to be enough, that his body wouldn't be able to continue at this pace for more than a few short minutes longer, but he couldn't see any other options at the moment.
The young Super Saiyan dodged a kick and then batted away a punch, giving him an opening to slam his fist into the Dark Lord's face. He followed that up with a blow to the body and then swung again for the evil alien's chin. Before it reached its target, Ammit blocked it and then hit Akira with a teeth rattling blow to the side of the head. The Super Saiyan was staggered for a moment and in that moment the Dark Lord's claws flashed out and ripped across the unprotected skin of the young man's face.
Akira cried out in pain and fell back, holding his hands to his face as it oozed blood. Ammit wasn't about to give the young man time to lick his wounds, he charged forward and kicked Akira hard in the chest.
The Super Saiyan bounced along the ground like a stone skipping on water for nearly a hundred feet. When he finally came to a rest, Akira collapsed to the ground, feeling completely drained. He had nothing left.
"Akira!"
The young man looked up in a daze and wiped the blood from his eyes, he was sure some one was calling his name, but he couldn't see where it was coming from.
"Akira!"
His eyes slowly began to focus and on a nearby mountain he could see some blurry objects that were gradually turning into Vegeta and the rest of the Z-Fighters.
"Akira wake up!" the Saiyan Prince yelled at him. "You have work to do."
"I...I'm not strong enough, I can't beat him..." the young Saiyan said dejectedly.
"Maybe not at the moment, but that's about to change," Vegeta held out his hand in front of him and formed a ball of energy. Akira couldn't seem to pull his eyes away from it. "Now behold, the true power of the Saiyan race!" Vegeta tossed the ball into the air and it exploded, leaving behind a large white sphere.
Akira's whole body went rigged. His heart was beating so fast it felt like it might jump right out of his chest. A small shudder passed from his head to his tail, his body began to stretch and grow.
'Wha...what's happening to me?' he asked, but before he could get an answer, his mind seemed to glaze over. It didn't matter what was happening, so long as he kept looking at the glowing object in the sky.
The young Saiyan's ears were now sticking out of his long hair and his nose was widening. Thick gold hair sprouted all over his body as his teeth became sharper and his eyes glazed over, turning red.
The beast that had once been Akira gave a fearsome roar and beat its chest.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It took a moment for everyone to realize just what Vegeta had been planning, but as the bright sphere of energy slowly rose into the air, realization struck...followed quickly by terror.
"Are you insane?!?" Gohan yelled as Akira began to transform.
The Saiyan Prince smiled. "Of course not," he said with something close to excitement in his voice. "Even at Super Saiyan three, the boy did not have the power to stop Ammit, but as soon as he goes to level four this fight will be over in a matter of minutes."
The ground shook as Oozaru Akira stomped up and down and beat his chest.
Gohan stared in disbelief at the enormous, golden ape. 'This isn't good,' he thought as the beast leveled a nearby mountain with a ki blast from its mouth.
"Pan!" Vegeta called out, "You have to go talk to him, help him to focus like you did with Kakkorot." The young woman didn't hesitate; she transformed, took to the air, and headed straight for the golden oozaru.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Akira was now firing energy blasts from his mouth at anything that caught his attention. Mountains were leveled, animals turned to ash, and trees burned to cinders in a matter of seconds. The huge ape didn't seem to care what it destroyed so long as it blew up something.
There were no conscious thoughts going through Akira's mind anymore, only an animal instinct that told him to destroy as much as possible.
Out of the cornor of its eye, the oozaru noticed a quickly approaching gold light; the beast stopped its rampage and cocked its head slightly to the side in semi-curiosity.
"Akira," Pan called out as she approached him. "Akira, please, you need to focus. You need to get in control."
For a moment the ape just stared at her, unmoving, and then it roared and swung a gigantic fist at her. Pan didn't have time to dodge; she just closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable. A gust of wind rushed by her, but no fist connected. After a couple of seconds she opened one eye and peaked at the oozaru. It was still there.
Then she opened both eyes and looked around. The huge fist had stopped less than six inches from her face, but at least it had stopped. Oozaru Akira was looking at her with what seemed to be confusion. Pan could practically see the wheels in the creature's mind slowly turning as it struggled to make a connection. She was getting through.
Suddenly she felt something powerful behind her; Pan turned and found herself staring at an enormously powerful dark ki blast coming straight for them. Apparently Ammit was tired of the little show. The young Saiyan started to bring her arms up to protect herself, but before she could, a huge hand closed around her and wind roared in her ears as the oozaru quickly pulled her close to its body and turned around, shielding her from the oncoming attack with its back.
The beast cried out in pain and rage as the blast struck it, but it was careful not to harm the girl in its hand. When at last the attack was finished, the oozaru released Pan and turned its sights on the Dark Lord, roaring a challenge; all of its rage focusing on the one lone figure; and then the changes began again.
The huge ape began to glow and lightening bolts crackled around it. Slowly it began to shrink, its features returning to normal. The ground beneath the oozaru crumbled as a mighty power was unleashed. With a huge flash of golden light, the huge monster vanished and a new one appeared in its place.
Akira looked down at the red fur that now covered most of his body. He let a small smile cross his face. He had done it, he finally felt like he was accessing a power that had always been there, just below the surface. There wasn't any sort of joy or excitement that came with the new form, just a sense of completion.
"Get out of here Pan," he said in a deadly serious voice. "You've done all you can. I can handle things from here." His yellow eyes narrowed as he caught sight of Ammit.
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A/N: Alright, I decided to post both of these chapters as a sort of reward to all of my wonderful reviewers who have gotten me over the 150 review mark. I hope you all enjoyed them both.
A/N: By the way, did I get the SSJ4 transformation right? I actually had to go out and buy one of the GT videos just so I could see it, but I couldn't find the tape that has Goku becoming a golden Oozaru, only the one where he actually turns into a SSJ4. Anyway, I hope it was okay, but if not just let me know where my mistake is and I'll do my best to fix it. Also, I know I said there were probably only four chapters left, but I think I might have to make at least one more (that would be three chapters after this one) and maybe an epilogue. I don't know, I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for reading and please remember to review.