Chapter 27: high voltage

North city was now completely deserted. Not a single person seemed to be left in the northern capital, at least that's what it seemed to a certain demi-saiyan.

Son Goten wondered down the high street, trying to sense the dragon that was supposedly lurking in the city. He paused to stare at the pink slime on the lampposts and other random objects and then dismissed them as he concluded that what ever they were, they were in active. He shrugged off his concerns and walked up to a drinks machine.

Well either the radar is on the blink or I'm going to be up against the dragon of useless slime. He thought as he bought a soda and tried to wipe a little of the slime off of his gi. He had gone home to quickly change into Gohan's old hand-me-down gi, a dark blue one that resembled Piccolo's outfit. He knew that Trunks and Gohan had gone and changed into something similar and Goten was now glad that he had. The slime had surprisingly gotten everywhere.

Well if dad keeps up all of his promises then I might be back in orange soon. He thought and then frowned.

Then again he's still in a hurry to get Uub. I haven't got anything against that guy anymore but it still feels like dad would rather have him as a son, especially when he's in a big hurry to get him, like back at C.C. Goten sighed and leant back against the drinks machine. It was hard to just get over what his father had put him and his family through over the years.

The sky had gotten cloudy fast. Large, grey clouds were continuing to roll across the sky, blocking out the aurora. Something Goten was actually pleased with. Seeing the sky lit up like that was a little unnerving.

"But now it looks like its gonna rain." He commented just as a loud screeching made pain flash through his ear.

"Goten! The dragon is right by you! You're practically on top of it!" Bulma's voice yelled and Goten sunk into a stance as he tried to shake off the ringing in his ears.

All was quiet in the city and Goten couldn't see anything that could possible prove a threat. Only the odd, pink slime seemed out of place in the city. There wasn't anything else that could possibly signify mortal peril.

Footsteps filled the air and Goten adjusted his stance as he focused on the growing shadows that were being cast from something round the corner. The footsteps grew closer and an elderly couple rounded the corner. Goten blinked several times before straightening up. Apparently he had been wrong in assuming that the dragon had scared everybody off. He was also surprised that he had missed them in his sweeps of the city.

"See, I told you that there was bound to be someone left." The old woman said to her husband, who only grunted in response. Goten rubbed his head nervously as he stared at them.

"Um, hello. I didn't think anyone else was here either." He greeted them. The old man grunted again.

"Well you shouldn't be and neither should we. There's a monster at bay and if you were smart then you'd leave before it found you," he snapped and his wife nudged him gently.

"Be nice." She told him before turning to Goten.

"You'll have to excuse him, he missed out on his mourning coffee thanks to that…monster." She sighed and then smiled at Goten again, "you see this creature showed up here several hours ago and began terrorising everyone. It killed most of the people here and the rest fled. We're all that's left, although not for long. We've packed up and are leaving and it'll probably be for the best if you do the same. It would be a shame if a nice young man like yourself were hurt but that thing." She explained. Goten smiled nervously at them.

"I'm stronger then I look." He assured them and the woman nodded.

"Well then I hope that you're strong enough. I've never seen a creature quite as powerful as the one that has come here." She looked down thoughtfully and then looked at Goten again, "Well we must be on our way. You maybe strong enough to take care of a monster but we're far from it. Goodbye." And the couple continued down the street. Goten watched them leave and then adjusted his headset so that he could talk into the microphone.

"Hey Bulma, you sure the dragon is close?" he asked.

"Very. The radar says that it's right behind you. Can't you see it?" was Bulma's reply. Goten turned to look behind him. He blinked several times and then laughed at what he saw, making Bulma think that he had snapped.

"That's the dragon? It looks like a fat chicken!" and sure enough it did.

Perched on a nearby post box sat a pink creature that looked like a bold bird with fine, long spikes running down it's back. It had a cream under belly and right where it's belly button should have been was a blue, five star dragon ball.

"Chicken? Who are you calling a chicken! I'm Rage Shenron! The most feared of the seven dragons!" the small creature yelled and Goten couldn't help cracking up again.

"Sorry, its just you barely reach past my knees and you really do look like a chicken…" Goten began but a low growl from Rage made him stop.

"I am not a chicken!" the pint sized dragon yelled, a large vein popping up on it's head and electric sparks crackling across it's body.

"Sorry! I'm just here for the Dragonball, that's all." The saiyan said, raising his hands defensively. Rage flexed his fists as he continued to glare.

"Rude, " he mumbled before speaking more clearly, "and you can't have my Dragonball! If you haven't noticed, I've grown rather attached to it. You'd have to kill me."

Goten shrugged, smirking lightly.

"That's not a problem." He replied coolly. Rage's vein bulged to twice the size at this.

"WHAT! How dare you! You'll regret underestimating me!" he screamed but Goten wasn't very impressed. The dragon growled deeply. Electricity flickered round its mouth before it opened up wide and a large stream of electricity shot out. Goten gasped and quickly shot into the air, barely avoiding the attack. The electricity hit a lamppost and made the bulb flicker on before exploding in a shower of glass. Goten stared at it before glaring at the dragon.

"Hey! That was uncalled for!" he yelled but the dragon didn't agree.

"I'll give you uncalled for!" Rage yelled before shooting of more of his electric attacks. Goten growled and transformed into a super saiyan before dodging them all. Rage was so consumed with trying to hit Goten that he didn't notice the hybrid phase out to the left and form a blast in his cupped hands.

"Ha!" Goten yelled and fired the blue beam at the little dragon. Rage noticed it at the last second and went wide eyed before it hit and sent him toppling into a wall. Goten smirked at his handy work.

"Now are you going to calm down and surrender like a good little dragon or am I going to have to get rough?" he asked, still smirking. Rage growled deeply and fell out of the wall, landing heavily on his butt but he quickly recovered.

"No way! You'll have to do more then a lucky shot to bring me down!" Rage declared but Goten looked sceptical. Rage frowned and then looked at all of the pink slime that was dotted over the buildings and lampposts.

"You're really about to regret insulting me! There's no way you're going to survive what I have in store for you." He quickly declared. Goten folded his arms across his chest.

"I doubt that. Just hurry up and attack, I want to hurry this up."

"Fine, but you'll regret it." Rage smirked and then raised a hand.

"Slime fusion!"

Immediately the slime began to spark of electricity before all of the pieces flew towards the dragon and latched on to him, increasing his strength and making him grow. Goten stepped back as he watched the monstrous dragon grow to the size of the nearby skyscrapers.

This can't be good… he thought as he watched the dragon that was now being surrounded by electric sparks that were continuously flowing down his body.

"You look nervous. Good. Now let me explain a little about this slime. I spread it round the city to absorb all of the nearby electricity to convert into power for me to use. Rather like rechargeable batteries. That's what it does, soaks up all nearby energy sources. You see I knew that one of earth's great heroes would come and try to retrieve the Dragonballs. We all did so we've all decided to prepare and this is how I did. Now I'm more then capable to defeat your little hair changing trick." Rage explained. Goten blinked and then smirked again.

"So they were just gross batteries then? Right, well I'm not that worried. You maybe stronger then a super saiyan now but what about a level two?" he asked and ascended in a blink of an eye. Rage was not impressed.

"It looks like you're trying to copy me with the bolts, something I'll soon put right. Take this!" he yelled and shot a large electric bolt out of his hand. Goten raised his arms to defend and allowed it to hit him. He grimaced then looked up at the dragon.

"Maybe kinda numb but its not that bad really." Goten said calmly. The dragon growled.

"What was that? I'll teach you not to take me so lightly!" Rage yelled and began shooting bolt after bolt at Goten. The saiyan frowned and then started dodging. He ducked over one bolt and flew over another as he charged towards the dragon, fist raised. Goten swung his attack at the dragon and managed to impale Rage with his fist, right up to the elbow. Goten smirked until he realised that he was stuck.

"Baka, This body is made of the electric slime! You didn't hurt me! You just got stuck!" Rage laughed before he powered up slightly and electricity flowed down his body, shocking Goten.

Goten screamed in pain and began to raise his power. His screams got louder and then his aura burst outwards as he transformed into a sub super saiyan three. As soon as the changes in his appearance came, Goten had enough power to pull out of the beast's belly and back away. Rage sneered down at him.

"Do you really expect growing your hair out will help you defeat me?" he asked Goten smirked up at him.

"Obviously you can't sense ki 'cause otherwise you'd know that I'm stronger then you now!" he declared and quickly got into the familiar stance of his father.

"Ka…me…" he began to chant. Unfortunately Rage had other ideas.

"Oh no you don't!" he yelled and threw a large blob of slime down at the saiyan, instantly covering him in it. Goten gasped and struggled to get out, only to be shocked by the slime.

"Baka, didn't you hear my little explanation before? My slime takes power and now it'll do it to you!" Rage called to the saiyan. Goten growled as he felt the slim sapping away his strength and his hair slowly retuning to its original length. Moments later and his hair was black again and he was on his knees.

Damn, He's right. I can't do anything like this; I'll need a miracle! Goten thought.

Luckily for him the sky chose that moment to open up. With a mighty rumble, rain began to pour down onto the city. Rage cried out in pain as the water hit him and his electricity began spark out of control.

"No! Not now! It can't rain now! Water will make me short circuit! Ahhh!" He yelled and quickly tried to lose his slime and get back to his original size so that he could get away from the water, all to no avail. Slime dropped off of him and Goten was released but Rage couldn't get away from the downpour. He gave out one last agonising scream before his electrical power when completely out of control and he exploded, slime raining down all over the city.

Goten smiled up at the rain clouds in relief before he decided to set to work on finding the Dragonball. Thanks to Bulma's help, the search only took a matter of minutes and when he found it, he also found a charred and badly injured Rage Shenron back in his original size.

"Damn you, you were just lucky then. I had you." Rage muttered as he watched Goten approach. Goten stared at the dragon and then cracked a smile.

"Yea you did. And it won't ever happen again." He told rage before he blasted the dragon away, leaving nothing but the Dragonball behind that was soon returned to its normal orange colour.

Goten picked it up and smiled at it before looking to the sky and wondering what was next…

A/N: ok, well there were more changes here then the last chapter. In GT, Rage could only use the slime to attack, here I made it so that it was only batteries and he could wield electricity without it. Thought it was better like that.

Reviews:

Darksupersaiyan: thanks, glad you liked my changes and I've got a few bigger things in mind for GT as well. & I read your story and it wasn't that bad for a first time. I know mine sucked when I first started, and yours is better.

Erica: well here it is, and it was Goten. That might have been a surprise.

Trugeta: thanks Tru. And I will take my time; its just all that I want to write isn't until the Eis Shenron fight and beyond. Trust me to want to skip ahead. –Exasperated sigh-

Chico: you mean Eis (ice) and Nuova (fire)? Well you'll probably be right for fire but ice should hopefully be a surprise. And thanks, making sure that an OC doesn't turn Mary sue is hard work. But Chico wasn't that bad…

Super saiyan 4 chichi: ok then, an idea. Well here's the next update, enjoy!

Well that's all done with; see you next week! Same dragon day, same dragon place!