Sorry the chapter is late but ff.n wasn't letting me on yesterday...-grumbles-
Chapter 34: final bout
Vegeta and Goku both strained to power up as they charged towards the powerful dragon, Omega Shenron. They both parted so that they could each attack Omega at either side, both preparing either a kick or a punch to use against the dragon. Omega smirked as they approached and then effortlessly leant back to avoid Goku's punch and then leant forward to avoid Vegeta's drop kick. Omega then quickly thrust his elbow into Goku's face before slamming his fist into Vegeta's. As Goku had been fighting the longest and so had less energy, he was sent flying back the furthest but Vegeta quickly righted himself and charged again.
Omega chuckled as the saiyan prince flew towards him and swung round an attack at the last minute hitting…air? Vegeta's after image faded out of sight before the true saiyan prince landed a heavy blow to the back of the dragon's head. Omega lurched forward as Vegeta moved round the dragon's side and spun-kicked Omega's chest, then sent a punch into Omega's gut and jaw before continuing his combo from there.
The dragon quickly recovered, despite Vegeta's blows, and his hand shot out and wrapped round the prince's throat. Vegeta tried to pry the dragon off but to no avail. He was caught.
"Vegeta!" Goku cried as he saw the prince's predicament and quickly brought his hands to his side. The dragon caught this sudden movement and turned to face Goku, using Vegeta as a saiyan shield.
"Don't even think about it. Use your wave and you'll only kill your friend. I'll live to fight another day." Omega told Goku, who had no choice but to stop his little attack. Omega smirked but that quickly stopped as soon as a new fighter decided to make his presence known.
"You better let him go, if you know what's good for you."
Omega frowned and slowly turned to see a golden warrior floating not far above him, with black streaks through his hair and teal hazed eyes. Both of the saiyan men stared at the golden warrior in shock.
"Gohan?" Goku asked and the golden warrior smirked.
"Hey dad, you don't look so good. Wait a moment and you and Vegeta can go get a senzu from Zara." He replied and everyone quickly looked down to see Zara already helping an injured Trunks.
Omega growled and then turned back towards Gohan.
"Your help will make no difference! I have already proved myself stronger then your friends and family and your power is barely readable! You're only prolonging the inevitable!" he snapped but Gohan continued to smirk.
"We'll see." He said before he phased out of sight.
Omega didn't know what hit him. He had been staring at Gohan when all of a sudden an elbow was pressing painfully into his face and his hand was forced to let go of the saiyan prince. He had barely even seen Gohan move!
"You looked shocked. That wasn't unexpected, was it?" Gohan asked as Goku and Vegeta quickly floated down to the ground. Omega growled at the demi-saiyan.
"How did you do that? Your power level didn't even fluctuate! There's no way that you could have possibly of been that fast." He exclaimed. Gohan flexed his hand as he stared down at the yellowish glow around him.
"Lets just say I found a way to mask my power level even when fighting. That gives me two advantages." He replied, confusing the dragon.
"What do you mean two?"
"Simple," Gohan replied, "I'm a lot stronger then you as well."
The dragon growled.
"We'll see about that." Omega muttered before he phased out of sight as he leapt forward.
Gohan smirked and leant back as Omega sent his fist flying towards him. Omega growled and then preceded to throw a blaze of attacks at his halfling opponent, all of which Gohan casually dodged, a smirk never leaving his face. As soon as an opening presented itself, Gohan shot his knee into the dragons gut and then backhanded him away, giving chase as Omega was sent sailing backwards.
Goku and Vegeta stared up at Gohan in bewilderment. Since Gohan hadn't really explained his plan to them, they couldn't understand how Gohan was keeping up with Omega so well.
"The four of us couldn't even touch that dragon. Gotenks didn't even stand a chance." Vegeta muttered.
"I can't even sense him. How's he doing that?" Goku asked.
"It's his super mystic form and he's using a dome shield crafted to his body to contain it. Do you guys want senzu beans or not?" Zara asked from her crouched position on the ground. Goku and Vegeta both looked at her in surprise before Goku was forced to catch the little bean pouch. Trunks was stirring and Zara wanted to check on him the most. Goku decided it was best to distribute the beans whilst Zara saw to the confused demi-saiyan.
A moment later and all of the saiyans were fully healed and waiting for an explanation whilst the young couple were holding on to each other. Zara hadn't like the feeling of nearly having Trunks taken from her so she was going to hold on to him.
"Girl! How did this happen? And more importantly when?" Vegeta snapped and Zara sighed.
"Gohan found a way to combine mystic and super saiyan, the power was just too destructive so I had to teach him how to use the dome shield. When is more confusing since we were in the hyperbolic time chamber." Zara replied. Vegeta, Goten and Trunks all took a moment to absorb this information whilst Goku looked up to his eldest son and the dragon, a proud smile on his face.
Omega had grown agitated by Gohan's speed and strength and had powered up to try and match the demi saiyan. Now their fight was far more even and Omega was beginning to get a few hits of his own in.
Gohan gritted his teeth as pain from Omega's upper cut shot through his jaw, before he sent an axe kick to the dragon. Omega pushed it aside and flung a punch toward Gohan but the demi-saiyan dodged it and landed a swift punch to the dragon's gut. Omega doubled over before he sent out a wave of electricity from his body to try and hit Gohan but Gohan shot his own blast at the dragon, nullifying the electricity. The dragon was knocked back by the blast and, as he righted himself, Gohan's foot crashed into Omega's forehead. The force of the blow sent the dragon falling backwards but Omega quickly turned his momentum into a flip-kick that caught Gohan in the chin. Gohan growled and charged towards the dragon with his fist out stretched but Omega swerved to the left to avoid it. Gohan twisted round with his hands cupped at his side.
"Kamehameha!" he screamed and fired raw energy at the dragon. Omega quickly shot his hands up to fire his own beam to counter the kamehameha wave.
"Fire Flash ha!" the dragon yelled as a beam of swirling fire streaked with electricity erupted out of his hands and collided with the kamehameha. Both warriors battled for dominance with their blasts, only to reach a stalemate. Omega growled before he sent one of Oceanus's air blasts into the struggling beams. The beams both exploded and both warriors shot forward to continue their battle.
Both fighters threw punch after punch, kick after kick at each other, sonic booms being given off with every contact. The small group of warriors on the ground couldn't keep up with the sheer speed and power Gohan and Omega were showing as their fight continued and the group was left staring at the blurred figures in awe.
Gohan dived at the dragon in a jump kick that Omega tossed aside before launching his fist at Gohan, who blocked before implanting his own into the dragon's gut. Omega growled and threw another punch at Gohan who grabbed it and sent his own punch at the dragon, who caught that. Both warriors struggled to break free of the others grip, both refusing to let go of the other. Omega growled, louder this time and powered up, his skin becoming red hot. Gohan could almost feel the heat through the shield but still he held on until Omega's knee swung forward and connected with Gohan's gut. Omega then elbowed Gohan and sent him soaring towards the ground.
Gohan gritted his teeth as he saw the ground coming towards him then looked towards the dragon, pointing his hands towards him.
"Ha!" Gohan cried as he fired a blast at the dragon. Omega slapped it away effortlessly but Gohan phased into sight directly in front of him and released a second blast directly into the dragon's chest. Omega withstood it but was badly charred and burnt when the energy dissipated. Growling, Omega swung at the demi-saiyan, who ducked under the first blow but was knocked aside by the second.
Gohan quickly righted himself but was then forced to move when Omega started firing a flurry of homing blasts, all of which were locked on to Gohan. Gohan was forced to swerve right and left, trying to shake them off but the blasts followed his every move perfectly. Gohan growled and attempted to swerve left but Omega anticipated the movement and sent a blast to hit the demi-saiyan. The blast travelled right through him and Omega growled.
"Bloody after images…" he muttered and quickly looked round for any sign of the halfling, the blasts hovering in place.
"Ahhh!" came the battle cry and Omega looked round just in time for a foot to collide with his face. Gohan smirked before seeing the blasts zooming towards him. Omega then grabbed Gohan's ankle and flung him towards the blasts, hitting them dead on but once again the blasts only hit an after image before several new blasts came flying out of seemingly no where and collided with Omega's, instantly blowing them away. Omega growled before spotting Gohan standing in the centre of the crater that was once west city.
"Nice trick, Gohan Son, using after images to trick me but it won't save you! I've been holding back. I didn't want to go full power but it appears that you've left me no choice. Watch out, Son Gohan, your end is me." Omega announced before crouching slightly and powering up. The very earth itself seemed to quake as Omega increased his power and soon his aura turned into a tornado of fire around him with all of the other dragons signatures and powers rushing through it. Soon it was impossible to see Omega through the fire vortex and it was hard for the other present z warriors to not shake at the immense power Omega was giving off. Gohan was the only one watching Omega calmly as the dragon became visible once more and the fire died down.
"Well?" Omega asked as soon as he levelled off completely.
"It was a bit flashy." Gohan replied calmly. Gohan's calmness unnerved the dragon slightly. He still hadn't been able to get a lock onto Gohan's ki signature and had no idea as to how powerful Gohan was.
"Gohan sure does seem calm." Goten commented from the ground. The others nodded.
"You don't think he's really strong enough to win, do you?" Trunks asked, watching Gohan carefully.
"Who knows? As long as he's in the shield he's impossible to sense." Goku replied.
"He's not strong enough." Zara interjected, her eyes wide as she stared up at the two warriors. Everyone turned to stare at her and Trunks tightened his hold on her slightly.
"What do you mean 'not strong enough'? Is he bluffing up there?" Vegeta asked and Zara shook her head.
"When he was learning the shield I got a chance to sense all of his power in this form. Omega is over shadowing that now. And Gohan has no idea just yet. The shield works both ways. Gohan can't sense Omega just like Omega can't sense him. It's one of the shield's main flaws." She explained slowly. The others quickly turned to look up at Gohan's glowing golden form.
"No…Gohan." Goku muttered.
Omega continued his little stare down with Gohan for a little longer before lunging forward at an unfathomable speed. Gohan barely detected the movement and so was unable to come up with a defence before Omega's fist sent him flying backwards. Omega chased after the demi-saiyan, shooting up into the air just to dive down from above and slam his fist into Gohan's gut before quickly floating round to knee the saiyan in the back and then slam him towards the ground. Gohan raised his power up as much as he could to pull up, his shield expanding outwards to make room for his aura. He just grazed the ground as he managed to straighten his flight path and then shot up into the air towards Omega. Gohan's aura disappeared and the shield retracted just as Gohan swung his fist at the dragon, just to have it meet air. Gohan growled and then shot more attacks at lightning fast speeds at the dragon, all of which missed, as Omega seemed to barely move. Gohan growled in frustration and let lose a massive blast, which the dragon swatted aside before impaling Gohan with his knee. Gohan cried out in pain and was once again sent crashing into the ground, this time forming an impact crater as he landed.
Omega laughed as he stared down at Gohan.
"By the way you were acting, I thought you would still pose a threat but your new transformation isn't enough. Sorry." he told Gohan and continued to laugh. Gohan climbed to his feet and growled.
"We'll see about that." He muttered before launching himself into the air and towards the evil dragon. Gohan fired off as many attacks as he could muster at the dragon, all of which Omega either dodged or deflected effortlessly before hitting his saiyan opponent back into the ground. Gohan then materialised behind Omega and tried swinging his laced fists at him but the blow only hindered Omega for a moment before the dragon lashed out at Gohan with a flurry of attacks, everyone seemingly impossible to defend against. Omega tossed a series of blows into Gohan's gut before thrusting his open palm in to his chest and kicking him aside before throwing an immense number of blasts at the saiyan, all of which hit. The shield protected Gohan from most of the damage but he still felt some before they stopped.
Gohan looked up towards Omega whose hand was stretched out above him with an apocalyptic blast hovering above it. Omega sneered at Gohan.
"Disappear, Son Gohan." Omega called and threw the ball at Gohan.
"No!" Goku yelled as he watched from below.
"GOHAN!" Goten cried out, as did the others apart from Vegeta who watched with gritted teeth.
Gohan heard the cries but they did little to help him as the blast collided with his readied hands and pushed him down to the ground. Gohan struggled to try and push it back but Omega was too fast for him. The dragon made a second, smaller blast in his palm and threw it towards the bigger blast.
"And here you end!" the dragon cried as the blast collided with the larger one, instantly both exploding. Gohan cried out in pain as the explosion caught him, the blast disintegrating the ground away and making the rest fall in on Gohan as he fell. As soon as the smoke and dust faded, there was no sign of the halfling hero.
"Gohan!" Goten called again, rushing forward just to be stopped by his father. Goku was crackling with energy as he stared up at the dragon.
"Wait Goten, that dragon is too much for you to handle. He's too much for any of us to handle, alone or otherwise." Goku told his son, not taking his glare away from Omega. Goten calmed down slightly and clenched his fists tightly.
"Well then what do you purpose, Kakarot?" Vegeta asked, glaring at the dragon as well.
"The most I can think of is have both Gotenks and Gogeta attack but it might not be enough." Goku replied.
"It won't be. Mum didn't have enough time to grow back our tails so we can't transform back into level fours." Trunks pointed out. Goku actually turned his head at this news before looking down. It really didn't look good.
Now then, since Gohan seems to be out of the picture, who's next?" Omega called down, grinning evilly at the small group on the ground. Everyone stared up at the evil dragon, glaring.
"Looks like we have no choice. Vegeta, we'll have to attack and the kids will have to get up to plant and try and get stronger." Goku stated slowly.
"No way! You guys would get killed! I'm not leaving!" Goten replied stubbornly.
"No, Goten! You've lost your super four forms. What good will you staying do?" Goku asked.
"What's the point in you two staying and getting killed?" Trunks asked as Goten lowered his head. Goku frowned and Zara looked up at Trunks.
"You want to stay too?" she asked. Trunks turned to face her.
"I'm sorry Zar but I can't leave. You have to. I'm not going to let you stay and get hurt." He explained.
"No way! If you stay, I stay. Besides, as long as you can't go super four I'm stronger." She pointed out and Trunks frowned but didn't have enough time to retaliate. Omega had landed and was walking towards them.
"You guys really seemed panicked, don't you? Well don't worry; I'll make it nice and quick. Then it's good bye to this miserable planet!" Omega announced. Everyone glared at him and Goku quickly sunk into a stance, everyone else taking his lead. Omega laughed and raised his palm, ki quickly gathering before it to form a blast strong enough to wipe them all out.
"Its about to end for all of you." Omega announced.
The ground beneath them began to crack and quake, diverting Omega's attention away from the group of Z warriors. Golden light began to shine through before the ground broke away and everyone was forced to take to the sky.
"What's going on?" Goten asked before an animalistic scream met their ears. Then a sight met their eyes that made them all smile.
"Gohan!" Goku called and sure enough there was Gohan in the middle of a massive golden dome shield, powering up as he continued to scream. Ki-bolts were running down his body more frequently as more ran along the surface of the done shield. His hair was standing straighter in razor sharp points and there was now less black in his hair. His muscle mass increased and finally Gohan stopped screaming, the shield shrinking back to his body as his aura disappeared and he completed his transformation to super mystic two.
Gohan's completely teal eyes frowned at Omega.
"You didn't think I was finished, did you?" he asked. Omega growled at him.
"You should have been. You're lucky that you could mask your ki signature so well, other wise you really would have been dead." Omega shot, turning to completely face Gohan, who smirked.
"You should be in a moment. By my calculations, I should be well a head of you now." He replied. The others all watched Gohan in awe before Goten smirked.
"Hey Gohan, where do you get off scaring us like that?" he called. Gohan smiled at his brother.
"Sorry about that, I thought I could beat him as a normal super mystic. Let me make it up to you by beating him now I'm a super mystic two." He replied. Omega growled.
"You'll just disappoint him because there is no way I'm going to let that happen!" he cried before he shot forward. He threw a punch at Gohan but only hit air as Gohan ducked under it. Omega growled and twisted round to try and kick Gohan in the face but Gohan grabbed the kick and flung Omega behind him. The dragon growled and charged at the halfling again, throwing a barrage of attacks that all met air.
"Would you just hold still?" Omega cried as he flung a fist at Gohan's face. The saiyan smirked and grabbed the fist, holding it still.
"That ok?" he asked, tightening his hold and making the dragon cry out in pain. Gohan watched the dragon carefully before he pulled Omega forward and thrust his knee deep into the dragon's gut. Omega gasped before he was sent spiralling towards the ground by a blow to the back.
Omega climbed shakily to his feet, flinching as a fresh wave of pain travelled down his spine. He then looked up at Gohan's figure, floating high up in the air.
How did this happen? I'm supposed to be invincible! Omega Shenron the ultimate! How can he beat me like this? Omega wondered, glaring. He then sensed something not far from his position. It was the other members of the Z gang that had returned to earth.
That might be all I need…he thought before shooting up into the air. Gohan frowned down at the dragon and charged down to meet him, preparing an attack but what he kicked turned out to be no more then an after image.
"Huh?" Gohan muttered and quickly looked round for any sign of the dragon.
"Over here!" Omega's voice called and everyone turned to see him only a few meters away from Goku and the others. Arm out stretched, Omega smirked as he gathered energy for a blast.
"Don't move or I'll start killing all of your friends." Omega called, hoping to distract Gohan long enough to come up with a better plan of attack. Gohan hesitated and the others all shared a glance.
"Get ready." A telepathic message quickly told Gohan and he smirked, confusing Omega in the process. Goku then grabbed Goten and Vegeta and instant translocated away whilst Zara teleported herself and Trunks to the same place as Goku. Omega blinked at their sudden disappearance as Gohan materialised in front of him, glaring deeply.
"So you're so cowardly that you had to threaten my friends and family, huh? Well don't worry, I'll 'make it quick'." Gohan replied and then shot his fist out too fast for Omega to track, making the dragon fly backwards. Gohan then materialised in front of above the dragon and shot his fist down to connect with it's gut, making it pierce the skin. Omega howled in pain and Gohan kicked him aside before raising his hands to his head with one over the other and both palms facing the dragon.
"Masenko ha!" he cried and shot the powerful blast at the dragon. Omega gasped and raised his arms to protect himself but the blast over whelmed him as it exploded, disintegrating the dragon completely and only leaving the seven Dragonballs behind, all of which quickly returned to their normal orange colour.
Gohan floated back down to the ground and stared at the glowing Dragonballs. A smile broke onto his face before he powered down and lowered the shield as soon as his hair and eyes were back to their normal colouring. He then glanced at the others that were flying towards him. His smile turned into a classic son grin.
He had done it. Omega Shenron had been beaten. It was over.
The others all halted in their flight as the sky turned black and lighting erupted from the Dragonballs, confusing everyone.
At least Gohan had thought it was over…
A/n: there we go, saga finished, or is it? Meh, most of you know how GT went from here.
Not much to say here except I was running out of ideas for the fight. So many fighting chapters…-collapses-
Reviews:
Rejhan: glad you liked! And I thought Gotenks would be a little better then Gogeta at this point. Plus it'll make more sense for the boys to fuse rather then Vegeta and Goku for obvious reasons.
Masterofmonster: -looks at my adult Gotenks sketch- um…guess you could say that. –Grins and huggles Gotenks- guess Zara did get kind of annoyed. She wasn't supposed to get that annoyed though. –Sighs- At least Gohan isn't too tactless. He managed to catch on, at least! Yay for Gohan!
Trugeta: Yay! I had a good idea for once! Heh, glad you liked. It's not very often that it's Goku and Vegeta buying the time together, let alone for Gohan. And it looks like super mystic wasn't enough, but level 2 was! Yay!
I'll be back next Saturday with the next chapter. I've got an explanation, a surprise for Goten and a review idea to coming up. See you guys next week!