Alo, chappy sixteen up and yea. Our fighters think they might have had it too easy soon, but as they find out this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The Blood of Saiyans
Lynx, warrior lust rising in her eyes, was the first to reach the charging line of Saiyans! Breaking off from the others, her and Bra tag teamed a great brute of a Saiyan! Totally unprepared for the ferocity of the young female Saiyans, he fell to them in an instant, sinking to the ground without fight. Within seconds, a nimble, vicious woman warrior, with glowing eyes and a rugged tail challenged them, lashing out with swift attacks!. Bra's first punch cracked the armor, but it did not dull the woman's fight, if anything, she got more intense. The Saiyan warrior, pummeled by the duo, blocked their attacks. She saw a break in Bra's attack and hit her with a kick that sent the blue haired girl crashing into one of four Saiyans in a fierce battle against Raven! Lynx saw the woman Saiyan pause and struck like a viper as lightning shot out of her fingertips and knocked the woman out of the fight for good! Lynx joined up with Bra again, they nodded to each other and flew off to get another warrior fighting against them!
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Now Vegeta was thoroughly enjoying himself. He had a fight going against three really strong fighters and was beating their ass's down. Not even needing to charge up to super Saiyan, this was less than a mere warm-up. He grabbed two by their mane of black hair and cracked their heads together with the sound of two coconuts. The two Saiyans, dimmed by their head injury, clawed at each other thinking they were the enemy! Vegeta chuckled and smashed their thick skulls together once more and let them drop to the ground, completely dazed. He went into combat with six more. He roared in rare glee, "quality over quantity!" He fell to kicking their butts, though at the same time wondered where the hell his brother was so he could give him the honor of a Super Saiyan whapping.
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Just for flashy flashies, two voices in one yelled over the battlefield, "FUUUSION!! HAAAAAAAAA!!!" A lightning bright blast of light roared into the air! A purple streaked, black haired Saiyan stood in the middle of the light as it faded. In a rather metallic voice he said, "Gotenks is coming to town!" And charged with a yell into a group of planet Vegeta Saiyans, scattering them like bowling pins!
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Bardock coolly looked a young Saiyan man in the eye, "you sure you want to fight me?"
The man hesitated, and got in a nervous fighting stance, not a very good one per say.
Bardock chuckled softly, "so be it." He charged up a ball of ki in his palm and said, "last chance, do you know how many unnamed beings I've killed?"
The man shook his head and gulped.
"To many to count, oh and I've done it brutally too. I like to kill 'em slooooooooowly." Bardock gave the man a looked of pure spite. "Cut of their toes and let them bleed to death. Or do it the old Aztec, an earth race, way, that is, rip the still living hearts out of captured enemies." THUMP!!! Bardock looked down, the Saiyan opponent had passed out cold, spread eagle on the grass. Goku's father shrugged, "that's one way to beat 'em…"
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Not even breathing hard, Raven punch her way through a bunch and tapped Goku on the shoulder, who was in thought even as he laid out a few Saiyans. "Goku, do you have a bad feeling about this?" This is almost too easy she told herself. This I think, is only the tip of the iceberg.
Whacking a Saiyan over the head as he answered, Goku said, "yes, this is way too easy, their power levels isn't even reading above 500, and they are going all out. I mean, if Goten and Trunks were two or so, this would be excellent training, but…there is something up, I can feel it."
Raven sighed, tail coiling around her leg tightly, "I know, I think we'll be in trouble soon. I feel, this is a test of our strength." She yanked the tail of stupid Saiyan who was trying to sneak up on her with one lightning fast movement. "The Saiyans I fought when they first came to fight Lynx were say stronger than this, I mean, until I looked at the blood moon, I was out beat."
"Ahh," Goku nodded, and bonked five Saiyans at once. "I remember that. Well, I never saw you fight under that moon, but I felt it."
"Yea, well, I'm gonna go check and sea If Yamcha is dead yet, ok, I wouldn't want Trunks to loose his bet, he said fifteen minutes and it's been that much time." Raven flew off, barreling into the few remaining adversaries.
If only took a matter of minutes and every darn opposing Saiyan was sprawled unconscious on the grass. Vegeta shook his head in shame, was this what his race had come too? Gotenks defused and Goten and Trunks stood staring, shocked at how easy that would be. Yamcha rubbed the back of his neck in confusion. Bardock was dumbfounded, this wasn't right!
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Vegetan sniggered as he looked down at earth from the ship's main control room , "that is one way to get rid of the weak soldiers." He snapped the silver clasp of a blood red cloak on. His black and gold armor, ice cold eyes, flaming black hair and vicious sneer made him look as evil as he was. He was almost in every image of his brother Vegeta, strong and proud. His jet-black full body spandex was worn under the magnificent armor, his tail was wrapped tightly around his waist, like a brown, furry belt. "Soon those traitors will know that nobody defies Vegetan! On my way to power, I will conquer all and that little elemental will just be the beginning!"
"Sir, the troops are ready!" A soldier entered bowed deeply in respect.
"Good, I will join them," Vegetan's cloak rippled as he swept past the bowing soldier and swiftly made his way down the wide, brightly lit, metals hallways. His steel tip boots made a clanging noise that echoed loudly upon the walls, filling the room with metallic sound. A white door slid open to the docking bay. Elites and strong warriors alike, clad in the uniform armor of the Saiyan army, jumped into Saiyan pods and sped out of the open docking doors.
Vegetan himself stepped into a black pod and the door clamped shut. He laughed evilly as he blasted towards the green and blue mottled planet called earth!
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A rumble shook the earth, Raven crouched low to keep her balance, tail held out far, "here they come!"
"Ready!" Bra and Lynx yelled in union as Saiyan pods began to pelt the area like hailstones. And the warriors now wasted no time ripping themselves free of the metal travel devices and charging! There were only fifteen this time! Raven winked and flew off with Bardock. Goten, Trunks, Gohan, Vegeta and Goku also took off.
Bra shrieked as she tore towards the first fighters, flinging herself into the air with an aura of light! Lynx was not far behind her at all, blazing with fire and lightning! But this was an experiences fighter! He was ready for both of them. He blocked and dodged all of the thrusts and kicks thrown by the pair! He then switched to offensive and squarely kicked Lynx into the air! The small Saiyan flipped herself in the air as she stopped flying back. Lynx raised both hands above her and a ball of blue and white ice and lightning , only the size of a marble, flew out of the ground. It began to grow and become huge, until it was the size of a small car.
The orb of energy began to pulsate and inside it, something moved and writhed. Like a glass ball, it shattered. Electricity falling off it like rain, a dragon uncoiled itself, sparking with energy. It was the oriental form of dragon, with whiskers and huge fangs. It's eyes glowed with an unearthly chill as it coiled around Lynx, not even touching her. The thing's breath fogged with ice, yet claws dripped fire like blood, with scales of shimmering blue. Lynx stroked it lovingly and looked at the warrior with an evil glint in her eyes. After she gave the elemental-like dragon a final pat, it rushed from her. The warrior didn't even have a chance to blink and he was wrapped by it. It's growling, frosty breath was the last thing he heard before it began to spark with a pure black energy and burned his life out like it was a mere spark! The warrior slumped, dead as the dragon disentangled from him. It looked Bra in the eyes with those glowing eyes and returned to Lynx's side like a loyal dog.
A slow, mocking clap made Lynx turn around. A practical Vegeta clone in black and gold armor, with a blood colored cloak clapped slowly at her. He said with a royal air, "very good, that will do nicely as the one to make my reign the most powerful in the universe!"
Lynx adopted a cold look as she floated down to the ground, one hand on the Chinese dragon, "I serve no one."
"How so, how so," Vegetan chidden derisively, "soon you will understand it is futile to resist me!"
A scream pierced the air, Lynx whipped around to see Bra grabbed up by a female warrior from behind, she abandoned her little chat to help her friend, but was beat to it. Vegeta, being the actually caring parent, though he didn't seem to care on the outside, came rushing to her aid. With a yell of fury that his little girl had even been looked at by the bitch that'd grabbed her, he immediately blasted into super-Saiyan level two! With the force of an angry Saiyan he slammed into the Saiyan woman, taking Bra and tossing her out of rang as he hissed with anger and immediately charged up his final flash attack! The opposed, was no more. Vegeta picked up Bra, looking her in the eye he growled, "never let down you guard again!"
Bra nodded as he set her down, but a jeering voice called, "my brother my brother, so long has it been since I've seen you."
Vegeta shifted his daughter behind him with his tail and indicated Lynx do the same, but the young elemental stood her ground beside the prince. Vegeta he nodded at Vegetan with a cold, angry hate, "and in that time I've wanted to kill you, my brother."
"Daddy!" Bra hissed but Vegeta placed his tail furry monkey across her mouth in a gesture to be quiet.
"Well Vegeta," Vegetan said with an evil smirk, "so much have you changed, yet so little you have learned." He stood as strait with that smirk still plastered across his face, "I am the heir to the throne, the most powerful Saiyan in all time! You are nothing but a traitor, a filthy insult to the royal family that wallows with mere commoners! What is worse, humans, as I see you have a half-breed child!"
"My marriage is no business of yours." Vegeta said calmly, though his anger was rising even higher.
"So you mean to say that you polluted the royal blood with muck blood, no stronger than mudpuppies?"
"Daddy!" Bra demanded again, though it was slightly muffled through Vegeta's tail.
Vegeta said quietly, not a word!" and turned back to his brother. Is this all you come for? To insult my choices, I have turned my back on the old planet." It pained Vegeta to say so, but in a way, he had.
"I came for," Vegetan said, "for her!" He indicated Lynx, who drew into a fighting stance as the dragon sparked at her side. Vegetan chuckled, "she will make me great, once I break her to my lash, she will not question my rule!"
"I will never bow to you!" Lynx screamed and rushed him.
With a mere sweep of Vegetan's hand, he sent her flying into the ground as if the was just an annoying fly. "Do you dare?"
"I do dare!" She yelled and came at him again, fist raised. He flickered out of the way and appeared behind her, cuffing her and sending her into the woods. The dragon roared and came at Vegetan, and coiled around him. It again sparked with death energy. Vegetan waited for a few seconds and grabbed it. He held it away from him with both hands, they glowed with ki! In a bright flash of light, he blasted it in his hands. The dragon disappeared in a burst of wispy fog! Vegetan then turned to Vegeta before attacking.
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Lynx stumbled out of thee woods and looked on in shock. Vegetan stood over Vegeta's bloody and beaten form, unconscious and bleeding, he never had a chance. Bra squirmed under his arm until he handed her off to a waiting warrior behind him. Goten and Trunks were also out of the fight, both sprawled senseless on the ground. Yamcha was nowhere to be seen also. Goku and Bardock, son and father, stood back to back before being overwhelmed by insanely strong warriors. Goku fell, pulled to the ground before being beaten with ki blasts, when the smoke cleared, he too, was down. Bardock was seized by two warriors, and though he struggled fiercely, they were too much as he was dragged off. Lynx's eyes filled with tears as she saw Raven, leaning against a tree as though she was asleep, but her lolling head and bloody body betrayed the toll of battle.
"So, it ends like this." Vegetan said behind Lynx, making her jump in the air before he clutched her by the tail, pulling her close. He whispered in her ear, "this is the mighty earthlings, felled by a mere splinter. Your friends will die anyway."
"Let…..her…go….." came a strong voice from behind Vegetan. He lashed around, eyes locking on Raven.
Her once perfect black gi and tattered and stained red with her life fluid. One eye was shut and a long cut across her forehead. Her one open eye shined with foul hate. A naginata was clasped loosely in her tail, matted with blood too. But in her palm, was an red tinted orb of ki, and she held it with lust. "Let….her…go…"
Vegetan sneered, and what will you do if I don't?"
"I will….get mad…." Raven wheezed painfully. "Now let her…go…."
"Oh this is too rich!" Vegetan laughed, "I will 'get mad' I am so very afraid."
Raven was silent for a second, but her ki wasn't. It rolled off her in small silver wisps. Then she screamed as an aura burst off her in a huge pillar of light "NOW YOU WILL PAY AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She powered up, drawing untapped reserves of ki deep inside herself. Trees were blasted down. Boulders were torn free of the earth and hurtled like deadly missiles through the air! Ravens aura wavered, and doubled, then tripled! Streaks of silver lit in her spiky hair, molted by gold and black! In a flare of light her tail was shining silver, flashing in the light of her ki! With a last yell, she braced her right wrist with her other hand and pointed the ki orb towards the sky. It flew off and was lost from sight until an explosion rocked the ground.
Shimmering almost gently in the sky, was a red-tinted moon. Raven breathed heavily and gave her most evil smirk, far surpassing Vegeta's. She swept a glance at the pale disk in the sky and snapped an open fist closed, causing it to disappear. But Lynx new very well, the damage had been done.
Raven doubled over as the blood-rage swept over her. Her canine teeth grew longer into fangs as her tail lashed. Her breath, taken in gasps in rhythm with her heart. She held her head as a growl started deep in her throat and arched her back in pain as a new aura blasted around her, a red one.
Vegetan tapped his arm, seemingly unimpressed. But deep inside, he was nervous. The ki levels emitting from the girl were very high now. Lynx saw her chance and broke free of him, jumping into air and trying to unleash a kick on him. It failed terribly when Vegetan stepped to side and seized her in a tight grasp with his own furry tail. She squeaked and thrashed, but he held firm.
Raven's transformation was done now. Ever so slowly, she opened her eyes. They glowed red like an Oozaru's would. She chuckled, ever so evilly, like before, Lynx shuddered, it was not her friend's normal laugh. Raven turned to Vegetan, who coolly looked at her. But the blood enraged Saiyan did not wait for a standoff, she thirsted for blood.
Vegetan was taken by surprised, she disappeared. He wheeled around, expecting to see her behind him. He looked up in time to see her clasp her fists together and smash it down on his head. Stars exploded into Vegetan's skull at the force, he released Lynx, who scrambled away. And by the time he could recover, she was laying on him with a flurry of punches and kicks. He never had a chance to fight back at all. She ended the bombard with a wave of ki. On, he flipped back onto his feet and met her next rush head on. He laid a kick across her cheek, turning her head. But she turned it slowly ad grinned her fangs at him before grasping his boot and giving it a twist, sending him spinning face-first into the ground.
For the first time, Vegetan's loyal warriors came to aid him. Two got in between Raven and the prince. Raven just grinned that all evil grin before walking towards the prince being tackled by five warriors. As if they were nothing, she threw them off and proceeded to walk towards Vegetan again. The fighters grabbed her from behind, one reached around her neck and yanking her back, and off her feet. Two more grabbed her arms and one more her tail. She kicked and thrashed, but it was useless now. The effects of the moon were wearing off. Between the four holding her, Vegetan gained his whit about him. He sent a fifth waiting by him to catch Lynx and approached Raven. His face was bloody and his lip torn.
"Well brat, you'll pay for that!" He punched his fist into her gut.
Raven gasped for air and winced, "that all you got?" She said hoarsely.
"As a matter of fact, no." Vegetan unleashed his rage on the girl. That she was bold enough to doubt his strength. That she was a super Saiyan and he was not. That she was a no good brat. And that she had dared to defy him. He punched her, and punched her, spit flying from his mouth in anger.
Raven, bent over as best she could, took the beating as best she could. But after a few minutes, it was taking its toll. Blood dribbled from her mouth and wounds from the battle opened up again and bleed sluggishly. Ribs cracked and broke, she could feel it. Vegetan took hold of her shoulders and threw her to the ground. She lay there, unable to sit up, the strength was gone. That burst from before and there stress of the blood-rage and eaten up her last reserves. But she found a last drop somewhere and pulled herself onto her knees, arms hanging limply at her sides as she looked up at Vegetan.
In a barely audible whisper she said, "Lynx will never bow to you!"
Vegetan took hold of her collar and hauled her into the air so her feet dangled, "I will force her!"
"Never will she." Raven whispered with a gritting sound in the back of hr throat, hawked a bloody loogy into his eye.
With his free hand, Vegetan wiped his eye with disgust and threw her into the ground again. And Once again, Raven pulled herself onto her knees again, but slower. Her breath bubble horribly in the back of her throat as she spoke, "she is a stronger Saiyan than you."
"Nobody is stronger than me! Nobody!" Vegetan yelled, but did not kick her, but stood there, shaking with rage. "Nobody," he hissed!
Raven just gave a halfhearted smile, and gasped and reeled. Somehow, the ground seemed so close now! Darkness rolled over her vision as her cheek touched the hard ground. Somehow, lying here was so comfortable. Somehow, she wanted to sleep now, maybe, for eternity…….
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Vegetan stood looking at the brat now senseless on the ground. He turned to his high general, who held Lynx she bit, kicked and sparked electricity. "Take the elemental back to the ship. And get one of your men to take her," he pointed to Raven.
"NOOO!!" Lynx shrieked!! "NOOO!! Raven help!! BARDOCK!!! VEGETA!! GOKU ANYONE STOP!!!" She was stuffed into a Saiyan pod that took off as she threw herself against the door in a n effort to stop of closing, but it never worked. Her earth soon was far away. She huddled into the corner of the pod shivering until it was engulfed by the huge Saiyan ship….