"Dragonball AS: SCU Saga"

Chapter 64- "Family First"

By- Tiny

Bikini was monitoring the fight between Goshin and this Reiza person very closely through the bond she and her mate shared, sweat beading up on her forehead as the young woman's eyebrows drew close together. Her mate's energy was dropping, slowly but surely, and had been going down faster and faster since Lee had returned with the girls only a few minutes before. The young Saiya-jin woman looked on the verge of a breakdown as she rocked herself back and forth, causing concern to well up within the other fighters.

"You really should sit down and rest for a while Bikini," Roshi's daughter, Taya, suggested, "All this worrying can't be good for the babies or you, I imagine."

"If that was the man you loved down there fighting, possibly never to return, wouldn't you be watching over him?" Bikini growled, "Well?"

"Umm..."

"My point exactly," Bikini huffed, turning back towards the Lookout's edge, "Poor Goshin...."

Taya just shook her head and returned to the rest of the group, throwing her hands up in defeat. Everyone else had tried to talk reason to the lavender-haired Saiya-jin over the last few minutes, but it had all been in vain as she either chased them off or screamed at them for pestering her. Boxer just shrugged it off as she was "being unreasonable", but not even her truly believed that.

"I can't take it anymore!" Bikini snarled, her body suddenly engulfed in a golden aura, "I have to go and help him!"

"No!" Lin cried out, "Bikini, wait....."

Bikini never heard the rest of her sister's plea as she bolted as fast as she could manage towards her mate. Absolute determination was clear on the Saiya-jin woman's face as she rocketed over the plains at speeds that boggled the minds of normal people, but were incredibly slow by Saiya-jin standards. Lin struck the ground hard as her sister disappeared from view, merely a speck on the horizon from where they were standing, and could feel the tears falling from her eyes.

Taya and Aimee looked deeply concerned for their friend, but both knew better than to try and comfort her when what she wanted to do was vent. Lin looked horrible when she stood back up, her tears still streaming down the side of a delicate face as she strolled over to Boxer and landed a punch right on his face. Due to his lack of power at the time, the Saiya-jin man skidded across the Lookout floor hard into one of Popo's many pillars. Taya, Aimee, and several others were holding the young woman away from her cousin protectively as her aura rose, causing many of the men to back off.

"What the hell is wrong with you!?!" Boxer snapped, "I didn't do anything!"

"That's exactly the problem!" Lin sneered, "Your cousin, my sister, is pregnant and foolishly rushing off to try and save Goshin from some super-powered human! That doesn't concern you?"

"Of course it does, but there is nothing we can do about it," Boxer sighed, dusting himself off, "She would've left anyway to protect her mate."

"Then what are we going to do?" Lin whimpered, calming down to an almost depressive state, "She might get hurt....or killed...or....or...."

"I know, but we have to hope for the best," Boxer soothed his cousin, rubbing her hair, "Without hope that she'll be fine, then we've already condemned her to die..."

Reiza found the sight before her almost unbelievable, despite the fact that she had dreamed of this day for years. Goshin could hardly even move his body and was just barely maintaining his status at level two. Blood flowed freely out of his numerous cuts and gashes, most of which stung because of the dirt that had gotten into them, and one of the Saiya-jin's eyes was swollen shut. To top it all off, Reiza had ripped Goshin's tail off at one point in the fight and it lay motionless at the Saiya-jin's feet as he gasped for air.

The sight brought a sick sense of victory and satisfaction to the vile woman's face, although Goshin couldn't figure out exactly why. All he knew was that this monster in human skin had tried to destroy the lives of his friends, family, and himself and that was something he was not willing to forgive!

"I grow tired of this game, Saiya-jin," the woman laughed, raising her hand into the sky, "I hope you've said your good-bye's...."

Goshin's eyes lit up with horror as a massive wave of black energy, far greater in power then the Saiya-jin could defend against, ignited within the woman's hands and came barreling towards him. Silver bolts of energy flew out all around the ball as Goshin threw his hands up in vain trying to push the blast back at it's user, doing nothing more than delay the inevitable.

Reiza laughed maniacally as she increased the power behind her blast, driving the Saiya-jin into the ground hard as his screams echoed across the area like some kind of cat being strangled. The sound was like music to Reiza's ears as she watched the smoke clear to reveal a massive fissure in the ground, the faint signature of the Saiya-jin warrior down at the bottom. Reiza landed with cat-like grace at the mouth of the self-made crater, a wicked smirk on her face as the woman held out her hand to finish what she had started with the intruder.

"All too easy," Reiza chuckled, "How the mighty have fallen..."

A red ball of energy crackled in Reiza's hands as she held it down over the crater's edge, aiming for the source of the faint energy signature. The ball sizzled within her palm as it increased in size and power, it's target too weak to even defend itself, which brought a sick sense of satisfaction to the woman's face.

The ball was about to be fired when out of the blue a powerful foot slammed into the side of the woman's face, knocking her several feet away as the energy ball faded into nothingness. Reiza's vision was blurry for a few seconds, only being able to make out colorful blurs, but everything soon came into focus just in time for a golden fist to slam into her chin. Blood shot out from the human woman's mouth from the blow's impact, delivered by a very angry Saiya-jin female.

"That was a big mistake," Reiza hissed, "One I am certain you will regret..."

"On the contrary, I think I am going to relish in this," the Saiya-jin chuckled, "You tried to kill my mate, my family, friends..."

"Indeed I did," Reiza chuckled, her aura rising, "AND NOW IT'S YOUR TURN!!!"

Reiza rushed at the daughter of Trunks, energy crackling in her palms and rage burning behind her eyes as she charged. Bikini braced herself, being sure to protect her stomach and the babies within, her upward spikes of hair waving in the slight breeze as her opponent closed in. The first blow landed hard against Bikini's arm, sending a resounding shockwave throughout the battlefield.

The ultimate catfight was on....

Goshin lay motionless at the base of the crater, his body just barely staying in the Super Saiya-jin form as he struggled to move. Every muscle in the young man's body cried out in pain and agony, strained to their limits as his energy steadily dropped until his hair reverted to it's normal brown color. Things looked bleak for the Saiya-jin man as he lay there, bleeding in places that he didn't even know were injured as blackness overran his consciousness.

The Saiya-jin was about to close his eyes and succumb to darkness when a shrill, ear-splitting scream echoed down throughout the crater. He recognized the scream as Bikini, his mate, and a new wave of anger spread throughout the Saiya-jin's body and newfound energy crackled within his veins. Instantly the young man shot all the way back to level two, little blue bolts of pure energy crackling all around him as he let out an earth-shattering yell.

The golden aura that surrounded his body spread out for yards in the crater's base, illuminating the walls in it's radiance as his power level began to rise. The Saiya-jin's thick, golden locks grew thicker as his eyebrows faded away and broadened, along with his forehead. The already cold, jade eyes sparkled with a new found rage as his power was pushed to it's absolute limits and beyond, causing the muscles on the young man's arms to bulge to the point that what was left of his shirt ripped away to shreds.

Golden spikes of hair stretched down the Saiya-jin's back as his screams echoed across the massive walls around him, causing the two energies fighting above to cease their battle. The young Saiya-jin's hair continued to grow even as he rocketed out of the crater, aura flaring sporadically around him as the delicate rocks collapsed all around his body. In an instant, the fully powered-up Saiya-jin burst through the top of the crater, causing both female fighters to stop their battle and gape in wonder at the sight before them.

"No...not this," Reiza gasped, backing away, "Not again..."

"I don't know what you mean by again wench, but this is most certainly happening," Goshin smirked, crossing his arms over his chest, "You've threatened the lives of my mate and unborn children, and for that I will show you no mercy!""

"You may be powerful monkey, but it won't last," Reiza snarled, tightening into a defensive pose, "You're signing your own death warrant."

"Oh, quite the opposite," Goshin chuckled, his aura rising, "I'm signing yours!!!"

NEXT TIME: Bikini, in a moment of foolishness, rushed off to face Reiza and put herself in unnecessary danger, not to mention the babies, causing Goshin to reach the next level. Will the young Saiya-jin male be able to defeat this maniacal mystery woman who has done so much to his friends in such a short time, or will the new power fade as quickly as it came? And what did Reiza mean by again? Find out in the next installment of Dragonball AS!!!!!!