Super Saiyan Aftermath

Chapter 11 Clash of Super Powers

Vegeta slowly walked off the stage, a grin on his face as he looked in Uub's direction. The small warrior shocked everyone, twice. Beating down a Super Saiyan Four was nothing to sneer at, then again by losing so violently to the "next" level of Super Saiyan. The next level. A level not needed during life for any reason, but in the afterlife tournaments, anything goes. Vegeta proved that by reaching an unknown level. How do you keep something like that a secret? I should have felt that from anywhere. Cable thought to himself.

"Goku and Cable to the ring, please." The anouncer said. Both warriors rounded the divider and walked side by side to the ring, ever so silent. They walked to their respective positions and bowed.

"Good luck." Goku said.

"You too." Both warriors entered battle positions. The announcer ceded to the warriors, but there was no movement. They just eyed each other for what seemed like an eternity. Without warning, Cable's hands flew up, than just as violently flew forward at the pure blood. An energy beam loomed out of Cable's hands straight at Goku. The saiyan merely smirked as the white peril loomed in. Goku merely raised his hand and the beam stopped. Goku's right hand swung backhanded to his right and seemingly out of nowhere, Cable fell.

"Ha! Nothing short of what I expected. Come now, Goku. Give me all you've got!" Cable said, undaunted. Cable brought up a white aura, akin to that of non-super Saiyan forms. He raced at Goku, stopped and barrel rolled to the side. Touching the ground only to plant his hand and backflip. While flipping, Cable unplanted a hand and fired a ball at Goku. As he landed, he rushed Goku's posistion, disappeared and spun at Goku's side, delivering a strong elbow that sent Goku flying.

"Unexpected, kid. Good job!" Goku said with a smile that was short lived, Cable had flung himself forward, preparing a hay-maker. Goku ducked and delivered an explosive uppercut that made Cable's jaw explode with blood. While Goku's right hand was still in front of him from the uppercut, he spun and landed a backhand on Cable's cheek that sent him sliding to the edge of the platform and off the side. Out of sight, Cable stopped himself just above the ground.

"You lose yet?" Goku said. He stared unblinkingly as Cable started to rise, arms crossed on his chest. Cable had transformed while out of sight. Goku took his cue and put his clenched fists at chest level and exploded into Super Saiyan four. Cable stood there, amazed. The first person in known history to reach that level was right in front of him, ready to crush him. Cable walked forward, not showing any emotion, exploded in a blinding flash as he powered up to his second level and started to run at Goku.

Goku stared at Cable, almost bemused. This twenty some year old kid wanted to take on the strongest being in any verse. So be it, I have sent far better men to a far better place. Goku thought. Goku dove forward as well. Cable expected this and as he flew over the ground, he punched it at a perfect angle to send him spinning at Goku. He sent an elbow Goku's way, but the fur adorning warrior blocked the blow. Both fighters started to punch at each other while their feet stayed in place. Without warning, Cable caught Goku's fist the same instant the inverse happened. Both let go of each other and regripped in a massive game of mercy.

The planet began to shake violently as both men pushed their powers out. Cable realized that he was losing, barely, but still losing. I won't lose! This is all or nothing, there is no in between!! Cable's brain pounded the message into his steely eyes. Goku saw a small change in Cable. He let go and jumped backwards, his eyes watching Cable's.

"That...looks like...when I .....transformed." Goku mumbled, ever watching. Cable's pupil's suddenly disappeared, his eyes fully white. "Stop it kid! That much rage is uncontrollable! CABLE!" But it was far too late, something that had burrowed into Cable's consciousness emerged.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAA!!" a throaty growl of a yell was heard everywhere in the stadium. Cable's body doubled in mass, each muscle enlarging exponentially. Cable had grown over six inches by the time his bulk stopped increasing. His power level was something beyond Goku's now. Far beyond. The only problem was that Cable wasn't in control.

Goku saw what was happening and felt the power. The sheer power. I doubt even my strongest is going to beat that. But I'm going to try, I can't let him kill anyone again, they'll be gone forever. Goku powered down to a Super Saiyan three and then screamed into the "fifth level". Cable rushed at the new threat and attempted to smash it. Goku punched Cable in the bridge of the nose, but the giant wasn't even slowed. He grabbed Goku's face and slammed him into the ring, sliding on Goku. Goku spun his legs and Cable jumped off and loomed in the air over head. Goku brought all of his power to bare and let loose a beam, surrounded by balls of energy.

Cable clenched his hands for a second the opened them as if handing something to an invisible person. But an eruption of energy appeared out of nowhere in front of Cable's hands and smashed Goku's beam back down.

--In Cable's head--

"Get out of here!" Cable shouted

"This vessel is mine" A venomous voice hissed. It looked like a white blob and a pink blob were shoving each other back and forth. The pink encompassed far more than the white. The pink was on the verge of erradicating the white forever when a gold color emerged and pushed the pink back. Together with the white's redoubled efforts, the pink was pushed to a wall and destroyed.

"Thanks whoever."

--Battlefield--

Cable's eyes returned to normal as a fist bashed into his face. Cable was sent flying. "OW!" Cable said as he slid off the ring. The sudden return of a personality shocked Goku. Goku caught Cable mere inches from the ground.

"Are you, you?"

"Now I am, thanks. Can you still fight?"

"Yeah." With that, Goku set Cable down and floated to his half of the ring. "Get into proper transformation, please. I'm ready. Cable nodded and powered up to a level three. As he flew towards Goku, his aura turned from gold to crimson. The sheer simplicity of the idea shocked Goku as a left hay-maker connected and a right jab to the gut sent him sprawling. Goku flipped up to his feet only to be kicked in the head and knocked down again. I wonder how long he can stay like that.

Cable knew what Goku was thinking. "I have vast power saved up. Quite ingenious instead of another form, I merely fused two combat gradients together, Super Saiyan and Kaioh Ken." Cable sidearmed energy at Goku only to have it slapped away. Goku blinked in response and threw a counter attack out. Cable blocked and used instant transmission to get into Goku's perimeter and uppercut him. Goku lifted off the ground, and used the momentum to start a flight. As he reached the peak of his height, he slapped his wrists together.

How ironic. Cable mused, having done this attack only days ago.

"KAAA....MAAAAYY.....HAAA.....MAAAAYY..." Cable appeared in front of the glowing warrior.

"Hyper Beam Cannon!" Cable bellowed, his left hand grasping his right wrist at his right side, slamming his hand forward, a green beam slammed outward, into the shocked warrior. It his Goku fully and knocked him out of Super Saiyan. As Cable watched his hero fall, he had a pang of regret. "God Damn It!" He said as he used instant transmission to land on the ground, before Goku. Cable walked away, through the doorway and sat on the benches on the other side.

Moments later, after Goku was declared the winner, he walked up to Cable. "What gives?"

"I had to see the best of the best fight."