Chapter 8

I followed Nappa into the sky. He slowly regained control of his flight, then turned to face me. Fear was in his eyes. But that wasn't it, there was something else. Envy. Jealousy. The asshole wanted my power. Well, he could have it.

I toyed with him for what felt like an hour. Punching him in one direction, phasing out and appearing behind him, launching him back the other way, oh it was such fun. So much fun to beat the shit out of a ten foot tall behemoth of a monster. He couldn't have touched me if he wanted to.

I slammed my foot right into his chin, shooting him farther into the sky, and then I sped up, past him, to knock him down with a double over hand slam. He flew down into where the little forest used to be. A huge crater was created by the impact, and dust was thrown up everywhere. I flew down, and stopped about 50 feet away. I casually floated there with my arms crossed in front of me, hate in my eyes.

"Nappa, you might as well give up!" I yelled. "You can't compare to my power!"

Through the smoke and dust, I could see Nappa rising to his feet. Then, his hand reached into the pouch on his belt and he popped a bean into his mouth. With a burst of golden ki, he cleared the dust and smoke, and proceeded to try and power up even more. I placed one hand over my mouth and yawned.

"Nappa, what are you trying to do?" I asked like I would a child.

"I will kill you sayjin." Nappa said. Then he fired two beams of ki from his eyes, and they connected with my chest. A huge explosion appeared, but it didn't even scratch me.

"That tickled." I said, laughing at the power I now held over him. It was such a struggle before. Him foolishly trying to threaten Claire had pushed my power over the edge, into new heights. His underhanded techniques had sealed his fate.

"Fine. My blasts can't hurt you." Nappa said, and slowly rose into the sky. At least 100 feet higher then me. What could he possibly do from that angle? Nothing he could do can hurt me now. "But they can destroy this planet's people!" Nappa yelled and began spinning around in place, like a golden tornado. From that tornado, several balls of ki were launched, in all directions. Damn! This former forest was surrounded by a housing development.

"That's all you've got?" I said. I flew in front of each blast, taking the shots in the chest. One right after the other, I stopped them all! Blast after blast landed on my chest and face, but with no effect whatsoever. Well, almost no effect. It seemed to take a little bit of energy from with each hit. But no matter. The energy difference was minute enough that it didn't matter.

"Fool. ENERGY DRAIN!" Nappa yelled. What? A bright blue blast of energy fired from his palm, aimed right at me. I didn't dodge, due to the shock of the unknown technique. The beam didn't hit me, at least not in the traditional sense. It wrapped around me, encasing me in a bright blue energy ball. Then it dispersed. NO! I fell to the ground.

When I hit the ground, I stood up. Slowly. My golden ki was gone from my eyes. It no longer surrounded me. I still had a bit of energy. Would it be enough?

"I see you didn't know of my energy drain technique." Nappa said, suddenly in front of me. "It drains your energy, obviously. But it also forces you into your natural state. You can't transform for a half-hour. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Nappa laughed, holding his stomach. That bastard had stolen my super sayjin power. How could I fight him now?

"There's no hope for you anymore, earthling. Or for your pretty little red head. Today you die." Nappa said, continuing to laugh.

I reached for my belt. I had secured some of Nappa's sensu beans there. No! The pouch was gone! The pouch must have been destroyed when one of the blasts hit me. I really did have no energy! I felt Nappa grab me by the scruff of my neck. He held me up so my eyes were looking straight into his.

"Die!" He said, and flung me into the sky. NO! I couldn't gain control of my flight. I landed through an attic, down into the second floor, down into the first floor. For a few moments I laid there, hoping I would never have to give up. Then the earth shook, and I knew I had to get up. Slowly, so very slowly, I stood up. I limped towards the door, unaware of the shocked looks the family gave me. I opened the door, and saw Nappa floating about a foot off of the ground, hands on his hips. I heard the all-to-familiar noise of the super sayjin.

"You still stand to fight me? Well, one could say you are brave. But I say, that you are a fool!" Nappa yelled, pointing a finger at me. I leapt out of the way, into a somersault, standing to the left of Nappa. "Oh, so you still have some energy left. Good, I thought it would be to easy." Nappa yelled at me. He dropped to the ground. He was 20 feet away. Would it be enough?

"You foolish earthling. You never should have resisted me." Nappa said.

I brought my hands to my waist, cupping them together.

"Perhaps the idiocy of the humans has tainted your sayjin brain."

I concentrated my remaining energy on my hands. As Nappa began to speak, he slowly began to step towards me. He was obviously enjoying being the more powerful fighter.

"Even now, you continue to try and resist. I know you will not blast me. You feel to much compassion."

"KA!" I shouted.

"You fool, I am not scared. No such blast can hurt me."

"ME!"

"Even if you had the energy to fire it, why would you waste it in such a futile effort?"

"HA!"

"Earthling, you're going to die. Don't even try to fight it." Nappa said, his face an inch from mine. A rush of gold briefly covered my face, then surged into my palms.

"ME!" I fired the kamehameha wave straight into his armored stomach, and I watched the golden beam extend beyond. All of my energy, all of my super sayjin power, had been put into that wave. True, I didn't transform. Nappa's technique didn't allow it. But I could focus the energy I needed, firing a single, super sayjin level blast right through his armor, through his stomach, into the air beyond.

NO! The blast was heading towards a house! NO! I raised my hands straight over my head in instinct. The beam curved, and missed the house by inches. I could control my blasts! I could control my energy!

I looked at myself. My headband was long gone. My uniform top had been discarded earlier. My do bok pants were in tatters, looking more like jagged white shorts. My belt however, was perfectly fine. Somehow, my belt had resisted damage. Maybe it was my inner will, my respect for the symbolism the belt possessed, but it had been protected.

Wait. Something was coming. I turned around to see a saibaman running at me! That's right, I'd only destroyed four of the mindless creatures! It jumped at me, but I ducked. I fired my last bit of energy at it, destroying it on impact. After that, I collapsed, falling into unconsciousness…

Author's note: To the reviewer who demanded Vegeta. I would like to let you know I originally planned Vegeta to be the bad guy. I didn't want to be too cliché though, and Nappa has always been one of my favorite bad guys, so he was my pick. Besides, Nappa's more impressive looking anyway.

Well, Nappa has been beaten. The last saibaman destroyed, and now, confidence in using energy blasts has been realized. I'd say this story is over, wouldn't you?

Nah. Not yet.