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Super Saiyan Aftermath

Chapter 13 Several Super Saiyans

"Well, I must say I'm shocked. I didn't know those that would do evil still ended up keeping their bodies." Cable concluded after the introductions. All of the Vegeta's and Goku's were generally happy to meet someone with both of their bloodlines that was actually a warrior.

"Don't be so naive, Cable. The marks on their souls was adequately removed. They help with menial tasks and then worked on stopping fights in Hell. They worked for thousands of years to become pure." Goku remarked.

"And what is white, stains easier. Videl...she tainted as soon as she got a taste of power. She instantly went for Spopovich, literally making him not exist, as well as babidi." Another soft voice interluded. "I nearly lost it after she was sentenced to Hell for a minimum of ten thousand years, but I maintained. After all, new villains that talk tough appear all the time, and it's our job to mash em' back to Hell."

Turning to see who spoke, Cable saw the Mystic Gohan! "Greetings. My name is Cable, emissary of the living. Gohan, the third strongest, with potential to rival anyone. It is nice to finally meet you."

"Hiya, Cable. Nice of you to bring up my credentials." Gohan smirked. "If you don't mind, I want to test your powers out, myself."

"Not a problem, where at?"

"Right here. Everyone move out a ways. Mind if I go first?" Without waiting for a response, Gohan bent slightly at the middle, bringing his hands up in front of him, fists clenched. With a deafening scream, Gohan's aura jumped outward, gold at first, but dimming to a brilliant red, radiating violently. Gohan's body expanded, body mass increasing as his muscles bulked up. Red fur began to sprout all over Gohan's body, covering his upper body, save for his chest and stomach.

As Cable watched with awe, Gohan's fur started to lighten in color, in a weird light, it looked silver. His aura followed suit. His pupils turned purple in color, as for his hair, it stayed black, tinged with red, but reached his chest in front and the middle of his back.

"This is what I call, Ascended Super Saiyan Four. All of the bonuses of a Super Saiyan Four, except close to doubled. Even the energy consumption is lower than that of Super Saiyan Five." Gohan smirked.

"Gohan! I didn't know you had this kind of power, nor did I know that the Animalistic side was stronger." Goku sputtered, also amazed.

"Ah, father, not even your senses can reach the far spatial distance of after existence. And, yes, this form is stronger, but it's much easier to lose control and revert, or put too much into a blast. But, I'm confident I have control of it." Gohan responded kindly. I certainly hope so. Cable thought to himself.

"All right, I'm up!" Cable's aura shot outward, nearly the size of Gohan's. Cable's hair stood straight up, becoming gold, as he reached the first level. As Cable pushed his power toward the second level, he sensed a "side path", but ignored it for now. There was no time to explore at the moment. Cable's hair was bristling back and forth as he reached the second level. He reached out with his senses, Gohan was still much stronger. Cable then decided to push to his boundaries, into the third level. His muscles finally stopped expanding, but his energy didn't. Cable's favored black gi, normally baggy, was now becoming tight, to the point where the normal fabric ripped and left only the chest portion of the armor and the straps holding the back plate on were left on his upper body.

Still sensing that he wasn't at Gohan's level yet, Cable pushed into the max of his third level, previously unexplored. There was a lot of room left. So he instantly dove into full power, his body peaked. No more strength could he must, but he sensed that he was as close to Gohan as he would get.

"ARE YOU READY!?" Cable bellowed at Gohan, watching the Ascended Super Saiyan smirk. Then with satisfaction notice the smirk leave as Cable phased out of sight. Before Gohan could question his whereabouts, Cable punished this thinking with a brutal punch in the face of Gohan, causing his head to rock back, blood coming out of the split lip of Shin's warrior. As Cable pulled his fist back, one slammed into his stomach, sending him backward several yards.

Cable banished the pain and charged Gohan, taking a punch to the should, not fully dodging to preserve momentum. Cable swung wide with his recently punched arm, which to Cable's disliking was blocked and not dodged. Gohan jabbed at Cable only to have it miss by a scant inch. Cable punched at Gohan's nose and brought his knee up, unnoticed. Cable intentionally slowed his fist. His knee impacted in Gohan's sternum, lifting him right into Cable's fist, causing more blood to flow freely.

Gohan realized he hadn't landed a good hit yet, so forcing his pain to subside, he took a full punch to the nose, immediately forcing the pain away, he punched Cable in the stomach, lifting the living warrior off the ground, in which Gohan followed up with a hay maker, sending Cable flying. Gohan followed, phasing next to Cable, bringing a knee into Cable's back, causing the warrior to shoot his front side out, to which Gohan rebuttled with a double axe handle chop, knocking Cable into the hard ground.

Cable flipped back to his feet and charged Gohan, yet again. Gohan punched Cable in the jaw, making the warrior bend backwards slightly, but coming back with a right hook, knocking Gohan backwards off his feet. Cable grabbed Gohan's feet and spun around, releasing at his fastest and widest arc, causing Gohan to soar through the air, only to have the top of his head punched by Cable who had phased in front of the reeling warrior. Gohan grimaced at the attack, but spun around, facing Cable, grinning. Gohan phased several times in front of Cable, showing off his incredible speeds. As Cable predicted, Gohan phased in front of Cable, so the youth punched at Gohan.

Gohan smirked and phased out, but not before leaving an after image. Cable's fist flew clean through, confusing the man, only briefly, but enough. Gohan was behind Cable and through a Kamehameha at the unsuspecting warrior. Cable rocketed forward, smoke pluming from his back as he crashed through a rock formation, landing on the other side, face down in a pool of his own blood.

"Cable, why not use your ingenious fighting to beat me? I know you could do it. Just because I am stronger and faster doesn't mean I should win." Gohan questioned.

"Because, Gohan. I want to really fight you, not beat you. Out of all of the warriors that ever lived, I realized I am most like you. We are the underdog generation proven strongest. Winning with brains and strength is good, but it's not what a Saiyan desires. Don't get me wrong, I will fight to win, I just won't use my only advantage to win."

"Well put. I respect that. But I have come to terms, and you will soon too, that my father and Vegeta are stronger than me, they will figure how to reach this level and pass it. It will take me some time to surpass them again. But you.. you're not normal are you? You won't rest until you're nothing less than a god. Vegeta was like that, to a point. He just has to beat my father and stay ahead of him. But you won't be happy until nobody can surpass you in strength as well as intellect. You may not realize it yet, but it's in your mind, we all have felt it. Let's continue this fight!" Cable was about to question Gohan's analysis, when a powered up fist slammed him into the ground again, moments after he had gotten back up.

"Well than, if I can't win by pure strength, then by energy? SUPER NOVA!" Cable screamed. His black beam poured outward at a relatively low speed. But Gohan didn't force a Kamehameha onto it, merely avoiding it.

"I won't ki battle that! It's the most efficient attack ever." Gohan said. As Gohan phased, Cable thought for a moment then shot his aura out, expanding it several meters, but shrinking its height. A surprised Gohan was knocked over in front of Cable. Cable rushed forward before Gohan could react and punched the elder's head into the ground, following by a punch to his sternum. The two exchanged blows for several minutes, before Goku broke up the fight.

"Look at you two! I'd say it's a draw." Goku looked his son and the younger Saiyan up and down. Cable's gi was pretty much not existent, only what needed to be covered was. Even his boots were shredded, barely holding onto his foot. He had several cuts and bruises all over his body. The most noticeable cuts were the ones on his face and shoulder. The one on his face was caused by a rock being punched into his cheek, leaving a slice about three inches long on his face. The cut, or rather stab on his shoulder was from a rock being forced through his right shoulder, about an inch in diameter, not even close to being round. His back was just covered in blood, no way to make out cuts from skin.

Gohan's body was equally as pulverized. His face was a mess, swelled up and bleeding from about every angle, blood caking his hair. Patches of his fur were burned off or ripped out. There was almost no silver left on him, only red and black. After both men had washed, their cuts stopped bleeding, revealing them. Both men were given the same uniform. Black skintight jumpsuit, with thin pads in the important places, like thighs, knees, shins, groins, abs, chest and biceps. They had black gloves without the ends of the fingers. They also received Saiyan armor, almost identical to the armor by the Saiyans, against Cell, except in color. They were red with gold outline.

"You know, you would've won, Gohan." Cable conceded.

"No, it would have been a draw or a close victory either way, I only feigned I had that much power left. You are very strong, if you reach the next level, you will surely be the strongest."

"I felt a different way to go when I was powering up, a way different than that of the second level. It felt stronger that the second level, but I didn't have time to check it out. But after I leave you guys, I'll explore that. Keep that under wraps though, that could be my secret weapon next time!" Cable chuckled.

Cable turned around and saw Goku, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Pan, Vegeta, Vegeta Jr, Goku Jr, Bardock, and King Vegeta behind him. Timed perfectly they shouted, "Let's eat!!"