Super Saiyan Aftermath

Chapter 12 The Second Long Awaited Fight

"Well, clown, let's get things started." a mocking voice resonated throughout the stadium. Vegeta stood at one end of the ring, arms crossed at his chest, eyes focused on Goku's entirety. The burning passion to win was still in him after several thousand years. Training that was only subsided by his family kept him the same way he has always been.

"You got it, pauper." the warm voice of Goku chided. Without hesitation, both warriors leapt forward, flying towards the middle of the ring in an upward arc. The two mega combatants threw flurries of combos, neither making contact. Their forearms slammed together and the bounced back to their respective sides. Without a sense of modesty, both men powered up to a level 2 and passionately charged, remembering all of their battles. There was never really a clear cut winner, although their last major fight, Goku held a lot back.

"Fool, I won't let you hold back, I'll drag every bit of energy out of you, and still win. I'd even have enough to trounce that little demi-Saiyan." Vegeta mocked further.

"And I'm the fool? Ha! Vegeta, you seriously underestimate the both of us. I alone will beat you, but Cable could thoroughly stomp your ego and still have room for me."

"Clown have you gotten soft on me? So be it." Vegeta said, ushering forth his anger from his lifetime, never matching up to Goku. Well that ends here! Vegeta punched it straight into level 5. He didn't give Goku much time to power up, but the Saiyan in front of him exploded in gold anyway, reaching the same level. They both stood and brought their powers to maximum. The air around them turned black as the blue lightning danced about. As their powers peaked, a gold beam flew from each of their auras, clashing. This was the test, to see had a higher power level.

The beam didn't move for a few fleeting seconds of silence, then it lurched towards Goku, the Saiyan Prince was obviously stronger. Or had Goku hidden his damned strength again. Of course he did. What a friend, sparing Vegeta's pride, again. Cable thought, intent on the battle. "Vegeta! He's still holding back his energy, use it to beat him, NOW!" Cable shouted.

"Impossible! Clown is this true?"

"Well...HYAAA!" Goku was surrounded by a wide aura. The wind swirled around him in a rapid manner. Goku's grin vanished as Vegeta equaled his power. With a smirk, Vegeta teleported in front of Goku, driving an elbow into the jaw of the famed figure. As he flew backwards, Vegeta kicked Goku in the gut, knocking him to the ground, just inside the ring.

"Big Bang Attack!" Vegeta shouted in a guttural voice. A ball of golden energy seemingly poured downward at the downed hero. Vegeta put his left hand at his side while continuing to use his right to force the ball downward. Suddenly, two flashes occurred. The first was Goku teleporting out from under the ball behind Vegeta, the second was Vegeta's second Big Bang Attack slamming into Goku and exploding.

"Well clown, how does it feel? To be on the losing side of the battle. There will be no come from behind victory. You have embarrassed me for the final time. This will not stop with the tournament. I'm going to force you out of reality altogether. Good-bye Kakkarot." Vegeta slammed his arms together at the wrist. The air swirled around Vegeta, causing the crowd and announcer and Kais to fly into the air, circling helplessly. Cable stood, not knowing what to do. I'll save Goku if he can't save himself.

"Vegeta, you are a fool. I won't let you do this, it'll wipe out everyone!" Goku, apparently fine, said.

"Damn you, I don't care as long as I win! F-f-fi-nal FLASH!" A slow moving beam of incomprehensible power flowed down at Goku.

"Kamehame-HA!" the retort came loud and clear. A white beam arced upward and met the oncoming, much larger, golden beam. Darn it, this will be tough! I must protect this Dimension! Goku's beam doubled in size, still not matching Vegeta's, but suddenly another jump occurred, equaling Vegeta's blast.

"Ha ha ha, the mechanics of this battle is easy to understand. Vegeta you're going to lose. Your blast is extremely inefficient and burns your energy at least twice as fast as Goku's. Try again." Cable taunted.

"Why you!" Vegeta stammered. He's right. Vegeta stopped the flow of his beam and moved to the side, just enough to avoid Goku's beam. "Well try this one! FINAL SHINE ATTACK!" Vegeta's golden beam sped away, ever so bright, causing everyone to squint, including the circling crowd. Goku didn't even bother to stop his Kamehameha, he altered its course to block Vegeta's attack.

"The match is mine Vegeta."

"Wrong, pauper. My blast is gaining power while yours loses power."

"Well, it's too late, but look out behind you." Vegeta only chortled at this, but as his mind raced, he remembered Goku never stopped attacking. A white beam slammed into Vegeta's back, knocking him forward, stopping his forward assault. As the beam pushed him down, Goku's first beam hit him, sandwiching him. Vegeta's aura died, and the crowd fell into the seats, upside down and otherwise, hair blown to one side. Something happened and Goku pushed all of his energy forward, his muscles rippling. Six orbs peeled off of Goku's body. As Vegeta tried to free himself, an orb slammed into him, pushing him back in.

Two other orbs floated above Vegeta where the first beam was ending, and turned inside out, effectively becoming a Ki wave, ripping into Vegeta without mercy. The prince cried in pain for a second and only a second. There was motion outside the ring.

Cable looked over and saw the exact same people fighting each other, except.. the Vegeta had a beard and a cape.. and the Goku had a bandanna and a scar. Adjacently, in another ring nearby, the low powered ring, he sensed Goku and Vegeta, again, but how?! The scarred Goku, clad in Saiyan armor, and the bearded Vegeta played a massive game of Mercy. In the ring, the broken, unconscious Vegeta fell from the sky and slammed into the ring.

"Son, NO!" King Vegeta shouted, turning his head. Bardock took advantage of this and lifted the King into the air by his fingers, and booted him in the gut, knocking him out.

"Well done, son! We sure showed those royal bastards what's up!" Bardock said, hopping onto the ring and walking to Goku.

"ALL RIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH! Who the hell are all of you?!" Cable shouted, highly perplexed.

"That's a loud one isn't it. Well, I've had enough of you. Goodbye new guy." Bardock whipped a ball of energy at Cable, whose mouth gaped at the oncoming assault. The energy slammed into his jaw, knocking his head backward, but nothing else. "Son, do you know this guy, cause he ain't normal?"

"Ok, Cable, this is my father, Bardock. Dad this is Cable, the "Living Legend"." Goku interceded.

"Ha. Living? He can't ever be as strong as you." Bardock admonished. "He can't have the power reserves you have. You could probably beat him. Hell our descendant probably could. Where is he?"

"Fighting in the other tournament, for the lesser powered."

"There's more of you?!" Cable demanded.

"Well, there's Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr. as well as our children.

"Our records of you stopped after Pan, apparently your granddaughter never had significant offspring." As the words came out of Cable's mouth, he was assaulted by Goku, physically and verbally.

"All life is significant, and if you say otherwise in my presence, you will be punished."