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Chapter Sixteen: Goku versus Alamba!
Last time...
Vegeta nodded.
"Yeah, you can say so. Not bad, brat. Not half bad at all."
Thus both fighters left the ring and joined the others, who were already waiting for them.
Goku smiled at his youngest son and patted him on the back.
"That was an awesome fight you have shown there, son. I am very proud of you!" he said, and Gohan could not have been happier.
Now the continuation...
After Goku had praised the fight of his son it was now his turn to fight the last fight of Round 2, and the Saiyan surveyed his opponent for the first time. Alamba was about as tall as him, quite muscular built and seemed to be battleworn.
His skin was of a light blue colour and his hair completely white while his eyes were yellow. Goku noticed that Alamba was surveying him too, and for a moment the two warrior's gazes met.
Suddenly Goku felt something in his opponents KI he could not classify, as if this Alamba was hiding something. But what could it be?
While Goku was hanging to his own thoughts as the
platform was being restored by Uranai Baba's magic
Piccolo approached him.
"Goku," he began, "don't take this one lightly. I sensed something from him,
and I'm not sure what that could mean. Be alert!" the Namek advised him, and
Goku nodded.
"I sensed it too. But I think I will find out soon enough what this guy is
hiding..." he said in his usual carefree attitude.
Meanwhile the platform had been restored, and the fight could now begin. The alien-announcer-guy stepped into the ring, finally able to announce the last fight of Round 2.
"Ladies, Gentlemen and all in between, now we come to a fight between a newcomer and a tournament's veteran! In this corner, I am proud to present... Alamba, the Argani!!! He died in a battle to defend his homeworld Arganos in the East quadrant against an invading army and is participating for the first time!!! After he beat his opponents with ease in the prior fights we can be anxious to see how he will fare in this fight!! Lets hear it for Alamba!!!" the announcer exclaimed, and the crowd cheered for the blue-skinned fighter as he made his way into the ring.
"And now to his opponent... you all know him, he is the winner of the last two tournaments... let's hear it for Son Goku!!!" the alien-announcer guy exclaimed, and the crowd burst into a roaring frenzy.
Goku made his way into the ring from the opposite site, waving and smiling at the crowd. When he had entered and stood opposite Alamba, the announcer stepped forward, waiting for the Grand Kai to give the signal.
Meanwhile Goku and Alamba fell into stances, while the latter dropped his KI-shields that had masked his real power. Goku and the others were surprised at the amount of power washing over them, and suddenly the Saiyan smiled. That could prove to be a good fight, a challenge!
"Man is that guy powerful! He is at least as strong as Goku, if not stronger!" Yamcha exclaimed, and Gohan and Piccolo both wore worried expressions. This guy was really strong...
"Although I am a rookie you should not take me too lightly, Goku." Alamba said, smiling.
Goku nodded, and finally the Grand Kai gave the signal.
"You know the rules!!! Fight!!!" the announcer said and stepped out of the ring.
Then the fight was joined, and Alamba attacked with a powerful and very fast kick. Goku grabbed it effortlessly, and turned it into throwing Alamba into the air, intent to fire some KI-blasts at him.
But Alamba twisted through the air, regained his balance in the blink of an eye as he turned the throw into a backflip, landing on his feet and doing to Goku what he had planned for him.
The barrage of KI-blasts hit the Saiyan head on.
"What is this?? Son Goku has been really hit for the first time!! Incredible!!!" the announcer exclaimed, and the complete audience was utterly shocked that Alamba had managed this. Then they burst into applause, for this fight could last longer than thought...
But Goku recovered quickly and kicked Alamba, who was descending upon him, square in the face which sent him flying backwards.
Goku then flew up at Alamba at rapid speed, anticipating the next punch and avoiding it by suddenly flying sideward. Then he fired a powerful KI-blast at Alamba which impacted and exploded.
This did not harm his opponent in the slightest as the blast had exploded upon a powerful KI-shield, and Alamba then moved off to the right and down, so he had a clear view. Then he flew up rapidly in a zig-zag-course to avoid the KI-blasts coming from Goku and elbowed the Saiyan in the stomach, followed by a super-fast punch with his right hand, making sure not to give Goku the opportunity to counter it.
Then he punched him powerfully to the ground. As Goku impacted into the ground Alamba started firing KI-blasts at him.
"And Son Goku is down for the first time!!! Alamba is giving him a run for his money now!!!" the announcer yelled into his mike, and the crowd roared with applause.
But Goku got out of the crater in the blink of an eye and avoided the blasts by phasing out left and right, or he simply dodged or deflected them.
Goku agreed with Alamba. The power his opponent possessed was surprising, and he had no chance to beat him in his normal form.
Time to take it up a notch...
Goku stood still on the platform and then bent his arms to the sides while balling his fists next to him. Then he began to roar and the white and blue blazing aura that preceded the transformation into a Super Saiyan occurred.
The stone tiles around Goku vibrated, and a fierce wind blasted away from him and upwards into a powerful updraft. His power went flying, and seconds later the changes took place as his hair stood up, and then with a brilliant flash, the hair turned a deep golden colour and his eyes changed to emerald green, and the flame of his KI turned to the same golden colour.
Alamba had stopped once Goku had begun to power up and floated in the air. With a scream Goku erupted in power and was now a fully transformed Super Saiyan Level One. A smirk filled with battle lust entered his face...
"And Son Goku has once more ascended and become a Super Saiyan!!! How will the surprisingly strong Alamba fare against Goku now???" the announcer yelled, while the spectators held their breaths.
Damn it! I thought he had used up too much energy to transform in his prior matches. Well, there goes East Kais theory that his energy depletes more and more after each fight... Alamba thought while he powered up too to augment his powers with that of Goku.
"Incredible!" Vegeta exclaimed, "That brat has augmented his powers with that of Kakkarot in Super Saiyan Level! Just how strong is he?"
Piccolo nodded.
"Yeah, although Goku is only a basic Super Saiyan that is an
impressive feat. Goku would do good not to underestimate this opponent."
On the platform Goku suddenly cupped his hands and screamed
"KA... ME... HA... ME... HA!!!" and fired the powerful trademark
energy wave up at Alamba. His opponent only had time to
protect himself by raising a KI-shield and was forced to take the wave head on.
The wave exploded and he felt himself get pushed back by the shockwave.
Good that East Kai has found a way to unlock my
powers. Otherwise I would
be burned crispies by now... he thought
"Alamba has taken that powerful energy wave head on and without the slightest scratch!!! East Kai, is there something you want to tell us???" the announcer asked, and East Kai blushed while all attendees (except Goku and Alamba) looked at her. She allowed herself a satisfied smile. Never would she have thought that Alamba would be this strong...
Goku followed his last action suit and raised his hands, then flattened
them and yelled
"Destructo disc!!!"
Subsequently two flat yellow discs, his best pal Krillin's signature move, which he had once taught Goku, formed above them. Then he threw them at Alamba.
The two discs tumbled around their own axis, a little addition by Goku he had picked up from Krillin during training. This way it was much more difficult to stop the discs.
Goku knew they could not kill Alamba as he already was dead but maybe the discs would weaken his surprisingly strong opponent...
"Whoa!! Now Alamba has to watch out!!!" the announcer yelled while the audience held its breath.
"Very clever of Kakkarot." Vegeta commented, watching the fight with hawk-eyes.
Alamba on the other hand had regained his balance and saw the two discs coming at him. He realized what they were and what they would do to him, thus he dodged them and avoided them only narrowly.
The discs missed and flew behind him, but immediately turned around right back towards him. Alamba who was clever enough to turn around and follow the course of the discs, saw that he had only one course of action left.
He fired a strong KI-blast at the discs and the three energy attacks exploded as one as they impacted with each other, sending Alamba floating back because of the explosions force, his KI-shield flaring.
Goku flew up as fast as Super Saiyan Level One allowed him to meet the still floating Alamba, intending to punch Alamba in the chest hard. But Alamba had his guard up and blocked the punch, then rapidly kicked Goku in the stomach in turn while he was still in the air, which would have send the Saiyan flying back, if Alamba didn't grab his still outstretched fist and used it to throw him over his head and send him crashing into the ground.
"Have you seen this??? In an incredible display of skill Alamba sent the great Son Goku once more to the ground!!! This is truly awesome!!!" the announcer yelled, while the crowd cheered loudly. Never ever would they have expected a fight like this, but the rookies this year were really something else...
The Saiyan impacted into the ground once more, but milliseconds later Goku emerged with an even more determined expression and launched at Alamba again. Goku and Alamba then started trading punches and kicks at rapid speed.
To Goku's surprise the East quadrant fighter matched him punch for punch, kick for kick. Each blow he dealt was blocked and countered in return. And to his utter surprise Goku came to the conclusion that Alamba was as good as he was at this level, although it was merely a fraction of the power Goku had to his disposal. The same seemed to apply for Alamba, however...
Goku grinned satisfied, this match was a pleasant surprise. This was a match that really was a battle, not only beating up some opponent that was cannon fodder to him.
Distracted by these thoughts Alamba managed to connect a blow, and his right knee hit Goku in the ribs, and he grunted from the pain. Good that his body was so robust...
His own knee did the same to Alamba in revenge, and they both hit each others in the head at the same time with their subsequent punches, sending each other reeling backwards. Goku recovered as first and gained the advantage by kicking out both his feet, sending Alamba flying backwards.
Subsequently Goku moved faster than everybody save Vegeta and Gohan could see, and encircled Alamba, but his opponent regained his balance much quicker than Goku had anticipated and he shot a brutal punch to the Saiyans guts, followed by five rapid punches to the face with which he drove Goku back.
Then with a powerful kick exerted by Alamba Goku flew back, a moment later an energy attack exploded in his chest, in fact harmlessly on a KI-shield, but the force of the explosion send him floating backwards.
Goku raised his KI and stopped his momentum, then lowered himself down to the floor. Enough playing around, he had tested Alambas' abilities enough, now. Now he would fight him for real, even if he had to ascend to the second level to beat him. But he would rather save this option, if possible...
"I must say, your skill is surprising," Goku said, an appreciating smile forming on his lips. "You really are a pleasant surprise. A challenge!"
Alamba gave a grunt, then nodded and smiled in turn.
"I gained that skill by training my whole life. But the power is a different
story. Had it not been for East Kai who found a way to unleash my
full potential, I would have been beaten by you within the first few seconds
despite my skills. You're incredibly strong!"
Goku nodded.
"You too. Although I know that you're not at your
maximum." he said.
Alamba gave a surprised look, and then smiled.
"So you noticed. Well, time to end this masquerade then. Now you will see what
no one has seen in 5000 years." Alamba said, raising
his KI.
Because of Goku's curious look he continued to explain
"I am a member of the Argani race, and in our race's
myths a legend existed that once a power would emerge that would be strong
enough to defend our planet and do way of all evil that would ever threaten our
race. Unfortunately our planet was attacked by an alien warrior race named the Asaru-jin. Those were fearsome and merciless fighters and
much stronger than we, and our race fought a valiant, but loosing battle. I
fought an especially strong Asaru-jin, and during
this battle I noticed that I had suddenly access to a new power. But before I
could unleash it the Asaru-jin seized his chance and
killed me with his Kumm'Tar sword. Thus I ended up
here, was allowed to keep my body and trained. I became stronger, sure, but I
failed to access my full potential. This was until East Kai managed to unleash
it when she showed me what the Asaru-jin had done to
my people and my world."
Goku looked surprised.
"Then you are the power I felt during
training?"
Alamba nodded his head.
"Yeah, must be. I was killed some months ago, and when I saw how the Asaru-jin slaughtered defenceless people who begged for
mercy, something in me snapped. And I became the Rantu
Ato, the legendary Super Argani.
But sadly to late to help my people..." he added in a sad tone.
Goku nodded. This sounded familiar...
"Okay, Alamba. But one advice: if you want to beat me
you better go to your absolute max and fight me at your best, cause nothing
short of that will get you anywhere. And now we should not keep the spectators
waiting."
Alamba grinned now, raised his power-level without transforming, then fell into a stance and attacked. Again he was nothing but a blur to anyone but Goku, Vegeta and Gohan, and he punched Goku square in the jaw, hard enough to compress the air from the impact.
Goku stayed still where he was, only his head had been turned slightly by the impact, but nothing else showed that an impact even had occurred. Alamba looked at him stunned; he could not believe that this blow had not even affected him at all. Unbelievable!
"Wow!!! This time Son Goku has taken this awesome blow without even the slightest scratch!! Are the odds about to turn now??" the announcer exclaimed while Goku readied himself for the counter-attack.
"Now it's my turn..." Goku said, and with one punch that was nearly to fast to see he sent Alamba flying and skidding along the ground, for dozens of yards and nearly out of the ring.
But Alamba suddenly sprung from the ground and then fired hundreds of massive rapid KI-blasts at Goku that created a large cloud around the Super Saiyan, making it impossible to see a thing.
The Argani looked at the cloud he had created with his KI-blasts with satisfaction and expected to see nothing come out from that. He had practised his KI-blasts ever since he had gained access to his powers, and they were strong enough to knock out all of the other East quadrant fighters...
That should have rendered him unconscious, those were strong enough to knock a Rak'tar out... he thought.
"That has been some attack!!! I am not sure how Son Goku has taken this one, as I can not see a thing... wait! There!!!" he yelled.
Alamba's eyes suddenly widened in shock. It couldn't be!! That just wasn't possible!! But there it was, proof of what he had sensed: a golden glow from within the cloud and a high-pitched, but powerful sound!
At first nothing but this, but then, it got the silhouette of a man, and then Goku came walking out of the dust cloud like a man prowling a promenade, engulfed in his golden aura, looking a lot bulkier and much more powerful than before. He had powered up and hadn't even bothered to deflect the blasts!!
Goku took a few more steps to emerge completely from the cloud.
"Don't tell me that was all you've got?" he asked in a disappointed
tone of someone who had been promised to see the fight of the century, but in
turn only got to see amateurs fight.
He aimed his palm at Alamba, and an energy ball formed; and then Goku let go of it. When it impacted on the still utterly surprised Alamba, it exploded with extreme force and a giant boom, this time hurting Alamba and sending him flying backwards.
Subsequently Goku moved faster than the untrained eye could follow and before Alamba could regain his balance he kicked him hard up into the air. Then Goku appeared above him, and with a powerful doublefisted punch sent him back down towards the ground. Goku reappeared in Alamba's flight path above him and exerted a double-fisted axe-blow to the back of Alamba that sent him crashing hard into the stone floor underneath.
"Ouch!!! That one had to hurt!!!" the announcer exclaimed, while the crowd cheered the fighters on.
"Now I win." Goku stated, preparing the energy attack that would render Alamba unconscious. But suddenly he felt Alamba's power rise rapidly.
"I don't think so..." Alamba said confidently as he stood up from the crater, his power rising.
Goku looked at his opponent, as he got to his feet. Green blood issued from a whole bunch of wounds that had been caused by Goku's KI-blast, but his power rose rapidly nevertheless. The yellow of his eyes suddenly changed to green completely, and then a dark-green and enormous aura formed around him.
Suddenly his muscles all over the body bulged and he grew a few inches, becoming taller and broader in the process. His light-blue skin suddenly turned a dark-blue colour, and his power was impressive. The Argani finished his power-up with a huge yell and released his full power, making the stadium tremble.
"What is this, dear members of the audience? It seems like Alamba has somehow... transformed!!! But into what???" the announcer questioned perplexed, while the audience was officially stunned by the turn of events.
Most of the Z-Fighters were also quite bug-eyed, as they sensed the amount of power coming from the transformed Alamba. Nothing short of the power Goku had displayed during his fight against Pikkon would be able to beat this guy...
"Heh heh..." East Kai celebrated, "now he is gonna kick Goku's ass out of the ring!!! Go Alamba!! Go!!!" she yelled while all other Kai's looked at her.
"There she goes again..." West Kai said, "now she has once, once a competent fighter in over 10000 years, and poof, she thinks she is the greatest. Typical!"
King Kai did not even listen to the argument that ensued; his face had contorted in concern, and he only hoped that Goku could tap into those powers he had demonstrated beforehand at will. Otherwise it looked really bleak, for Alamba was now stronger than Goku...
to be continued...
I have to stop it here, for I have to think of a good ending to the fight. I guess I can come up with it by Thursday...
As always a very special thanks to my beta, who is doing a great job! Thx!
Thanks for reading! And be sure to review!
REVIEWERS RESPONSES:
Kayapride: Thanks, I'm glad that you like the fights. Hope you liked this one, too.
Raid-Scion-of-Randomness: I
can perfectly understand this. I had a hard time letting Gohan beat Vegeta too,
but hey, Gohan has improved :)
Vegeta will train a lot harder, thus it's all for the better. And yeah, our
motto was 'May the Random be with us'; and that's really random...
Marshmellow13Dragon: Yeah, the nickname 'tin cans' grew boring fast. Alamba proves to be a hard nut to crack, but we will soon see if Gohan and Goku will face each other in the finale. Glad that you liked Gohan ascending, and I hope you like Goku's fight, too...
gaul1: Thank you! Alamba has a lot up his sleeves. And thanks for the idea with the Kaioshin, I will use it...
SupersayiankingTommy: Yeah, it looks good for Gohan. But his opponent in
the finale will be a hard nut to crack, whether it is Goku or Alamba...
And I am quite sure that Gohan will win Videl's heart once they come to know
each other, but first things first...
Anthony1: Yup, Gohan had an easy walk once he had ascended and has reached the finale. And yes, Gohan and Videl might want to become more than just friends once they gotta know each other...
Brandon B: Thanks! Glad that you liked it!
DBZ Chick1: Well thank you! But it's easy to improve getting so much feedback and thus motivation. You reviewers are awesome, you keep me going!
Jill: Read more carefully, Gohan has ascended to Level 2, and Vegeta had no chance in hell to beat him. And compare that to the 'normal' timeline, in which Gohan was stronger than Vegeta, too. So it is all but unrealistic.
Cappucine: Thanks, I am glad that you like it! And that's a
huge compliment comparing my story to the manga /
show! Thank you! Hope you liked this chapter as much...
As for reviewing your story, you're welcome. It is good, and ppl can count on me to
review stories I like from the first to the last chapter.
dabaka: No prob, I know what being
busy means :)
Heh, cool that I'm still able to surprise ppl does victory dance As
for Gohan ascending, it was not only that he was pummelled by Vegeta, all the
pain of failure was pressing on on him. And that's
why he was able to ascend, like the Gohan of the other timeline did to become a
SSJ.
The stages Gohan and Vegeta fought in during Chapter 14 was the one Vegeta used
to beat Cell in his second stage (Episode 140, I think, 'Bow to the Prince'),
and as far as I know this was not USSJ. It was an ascension
of SSJ, but much faster and stronger. Sure, when Trunks used USSJ in Eps. 149, he stood no chance in hell against Cell.
And thanks for the compliment, but I'm not famous, just your average
DBZ-story-writer. But I am honoured that you think I am good. Thanks!
As for Alamba, that was what I had in mind, and I
think Alamba will deliver a good fight...
Candy the Duck: No problem, we all forget things, it's perfectly human. Cool that you liked the fight, and I am honoured that you think it was a believable Gohan vs. Vegeta. Although one of my reviewers did not think so...
== Will Goku be able to beat Alamba now that he has finally transformed into the Rantu Ato? Who will be the stronger fighter? Find out next time! So stay tuned! And please review! ==