Chapter 5

5 days were left. 5 days until I would meet a power that has never been seen before.

I woke up late that morning. I yawned, stretched, and floated down the stairs. Nobody was home; my parents were at work, and my sister was out with some friends. I ate a large breakfast, staring at the TV. The TV was blank, turned off. What I was picturing was the fight in DBZ when Nappa first began his attacks. Easily destroying Piccalo, Tien, and making fools out of Krillin and Gohan. Nappa was far too powerful for them. Then Goku showed up; and defeated Nappa without a sweat. I couldn't hope for Goku to show up and help me. I had to hope I had the power of Goku.

Teaching that day was hard. I didn't lose my focus, at least, I didn't show it. I couldn't stop thinking about Nappa. "And I'll start with that pretty little red-head." He had said. NO!!! He would kill Claire? Not if I could help it! I punched our punching bag in the back and broke a hole in it, pouring sand onto the floor. The master and kids looked at me in awe, and I went to get a broom to clean it up.

Teaching may have been hard, but taking my class wasn't. The sparring in particular. I was fighting a third degree black belt the constantly made a fool out of me in class. Today I pushed him to his limits. It felt good. Everyone was surprised at my newfound skill; I hadn't shown any of my abilities to anyone, and today I was letting go a bit. Not too much, but enough to defeat any fighter in the school. It was almost like training for the fight of my life, but the fact was that no one in the school could touch me anymore.

After teaching all-day and training, night was coming along quickly. I walked up to the tree in my backyard and punched it as fast as I could. Not hard, just practicing my speed. I couldn't even eat dinner I was too tired and scared. I slept that night in fear, soaking my pillow with sweat.

4 days left.

I woke up late again. Tuesday. I had nothing to do all day long. I floated out of my window, and flew to Claire's house. I was about to land and knock on the door when I saw her through a window. She was about to close the curtains when she saw me floating there. She opened it and I floated through-thank god it was a large window.

"James, what is going on? I thought you would have called me or something." Claire asked.

"No, there wasn't much of a point. You're just gonna try and talk me out of doing something that I have no choice in." I said.

"James, I saw the reports on the news. He was caught on camera destroying that plane. You have to do what you can to stop him." She said.

"What? Why did you change your mind?"

"I saw you catch the people and the plane."

"I was on the news?"

"They didn't get your face James. Don't worry about that."

"I've got 4 days until that monster attacks. I've been thinking. He's going to come to me. I should be ready for him. I need a battle field." I said. It didn't come out calm and in control like I'd planned it. It sounded like I was scared. And I was. How was I supposed to defeat this behemoth?

"Do you know what your plan is?"

"My plan?"

"You're going to have to fight him. You have to know what techniques you can use." Claire said like it something normal to talk about.

"Hmmm. I don't want to use energy blasts if possible. Nappa's gonna cause enough destruction, we don't need me leveling cities." I said with a slight laugh "Maybe some techniques can be used. Solar flare and the like. And of course I have my super sayjin transformation." I said.

"Okay, where are we going to be on Saturday?" Claire asked.

"You are going to be here. I am going to be somewhere else…maybe I'll find one of those abandoned islands out in the Caribbean."

"I'm going with you James."

"What? No. No way in hell." I said.

"Why not?"

"Claire, how many episodes of DBZ have you seen?"

"Like 1 or 2."

"Did you ever see a battle scene?"

"No, not really."

"Well those guys destroy planets!" I yelled at her. Wait, something was wrong. "You already knew that. Why would you want to come with me when you know Nappa could kill you in and instant?"

"Because I might be able to help you James."

"How? By getting in the way? By distracting me?"

"No, by giving you support."

"Claire, I don't need a cheerleader. I need you to stay here. If you don't, then I'll go crazy. I can't have you there."

"James…"

"NO!" I yelled. "Claire, you're not gonna be there. You will be here." I said.

"And what if he kills you? If he does then there will be no chance."

"No chance for what?" I asked.

"No chance for you and me." She said quietly, looking as those her shoes were the most interesting thing in the world.

"What?" This cut through my anger. Did she mean what I thought she meant? No, it couldn't be true. No girl ever felt that way about me before. But this was Claire. Could it be true? "Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

"Yes, I am." Claire said, raising her head.

"My god Claire. Now I definitely have to win."

"Why does that make it different?"

"You know me. I don't have much I like to fight for. There have been times when I've been suicidal. Nappa presented me a way to die honorably. I considered letting him kill me. But no, I can't let that happen. I have something, someone to live for." I said. I reached out to Claire, and wrapped my arms around her. Claire answered my hug with one of her own.

Now I knew I could defeat Nappa. I didn't need until Saturday. I would fight that monster tomorrow. And I would kill him. Because now I have a reason. A reason to fight. A reason to stop that bastard from killing those who I love. Tomorrow Nappa would see his mistake in challenging me. He would realize it too late, and I would kill him. Just like he killed the rest of the sayjins.

Claire and I hugged for what felt like hours. Afterwards, I flew away, up into the sky. "You hear me Nappa! I'm cutting the time short! Tomorrow I will come to you and I will kill you!" I shouted into the sky…