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Welcome to the afterlife, son!
Chapter Seventeen: Super Argani versus Super Saiyan!
Last time...
"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...
Now the continuation...
On the platform said Goku was not concerned at all as he grinned at his
opponent while surveying Alamba in his transformed
state as the Rantu Ato.
"Interesting. So that's your power as the Rantu Ato. Impressive. But why
didn't you transform before? Now you're wounded and can't put up your
best." Goku said with a tone of someone disappointed that he would not get
the good fight he hungered for.
"Those wounds don't hinder me in the slightest. I am more than strong enough to take you on even with these wounds, for they will heal soon. I can and will put up my best." Alamba said confidently. "I underestimated you by thinking I could beat you without transforming, but now I am the Rantu Ato, the legendary Super Argani! And you will see me at my best!"
Goku grinned and said
"I hope so. No holding back any more!"
Alamba smiled at Goku and continued.
"No holding back any more." the Argani agreed, "From
now on I will fight you with my full power..."
Goku mirrored the smile, self-confidence shining in his eyes.
"So that's your max, hmm? Good, I suppose you're ready to start out for real
now. So am I." he said and began
raising his KI to augment his power-level with that of Alamba.
Alamba's eyes widened at hearing this. It couldn't be that the Saiyan hadn't reached his max yet, could it?
That would shoot their theories that the power Goku had shown during his fight with Pikkon could not be accessed any time completely out of the window. If that was the case, he was in serious trouble despite his powers...
But if that was true, he had to attack Goku before the Saiyan could reach his full potential...
Alamba nodded to himself, he would make it so. Raising his power-level above that of Goku he attacked, but Goku avoided his first blows, blocking one by one. Trying to avoid Alamba's next attack didn't work however, as Goku had underestimated the speed of his opponent so that the upper-cut had sent him flying.
"And Alamba has been able to hit Son Goku due to his amazing speed!!! Quite outstanding!!!" the announcer exclaimed.
Goku touched his jaw as Alamba looked at him with a grin that said 'Didn't see that one coming, did ya?'
For years nothing had been able to hurt him, and this was a sign that he really should not take this opponent lightly...
Damn! He is much stronger and faster than thought! Surely an advantage he gained from his transformation, not unlike Zarbon when he transformed, but on a much higher level... Goku thought. I have to go to the second level to beat him, but I have to get me the time I need... he thought.
But as planned Alamba did not give him the time to power-up. Rather the opposite. The Argani raced forward, and before Goku knew what was going on, he was kicked hard in the head by a powerful drop-kick that sent him slamming into the ground. The platform beneath buckled from his impact and just another crater formed beneath him.
Alamba did not give him time to recover or even power-up, as the Argani rushed downwards and towards Goku, who had by now come to his feet again, and Alamba executed a roundhouse-kick-blast-kick-blast-punch-combo, and Goku was not able to block the last punch.
This one drove the air out of his lungs and he nearly doubled over, but in the last second Goku managed to execute a reverse-flip, really just in time to avoid another roundhouse-kick to the head.
Alamba pressed his advantage instantly, shot forward and decked his opponent with a blurry of punches and kicks. Goku barely managed to block the first barrage of punches the Argani had thrown at him, but he was however able to return the favour with a roundhouse-kick-blast-punch combo.
But the Argani blocked everything thrown at him with ease, and according to his plan he increased the tempo even more and hit the Saiyans' defences with Planet-breaking blows which Goku was nearly unable to block.
Goku noticed fast that Alamba was too strong for him to beat in the level he was in, and he could not raise his KI as much as needed to be equal in power in the ascended first level without ascending into the second level.
So he had to buy him some time so that he could ascend into the second level. He went into the offence and launched himself at Alamba again and decked him with a blurry of punches and kicks, followed by a spinkick-blast-roundhouse-kick-combo.
Again Alamba blocked everything thrown at him with utmost ease, and then went into the offence again.
He leapt forward at Goku and sent a blurry of punches at the Saiyan which were driving him constantly back. One blow even managed to penetrate Goku's defences and planted the Saiyan a black eye.
The Argani cut back instantly and continued to deck the mismatched Goku with punches and kicks, and some actually managed to connect, showing effect. One roundhouse-kick of Alamba's had actually come trough the defence, and now blood was dripping from Goku's mouth.
"Wow!! Now it really looks bleak for Son Goku, as Alamba is clearly the stronger fighter!!!" the announcer exclaimed, while the crowd was cheering loudly at the good fight they were witnessing. No one had given Goku such a run for his money until yet...
Goku knew that he would lose sooner or later if Alamba kept attacking him like that, so he used his last resort: his Instant Transmission. Just before Alamba could land another blow the Saiyan put two fingers to his forehead and teleported high into the air. He had to buy him some time, and he had the perfect way...
Standing high in the air above the platform Goku suddenly fired dozens of massive homing KI-blasts at Alamba, using the same distraction-technique he had used against Pikkon. And like Pikkon Alamba was forced to outrun the KI-blasts because of their number, giving Goku the time to power-up to his fullest.
"Okay, it's for real now. No more playing around..." Goku suddenly said to himself while hanging in mid-air, and then tapped into his full power, the one East Kai had thought would not be accessible any time Goku wanted. She had been callously wrong...
Goku started the power-up to his maximum, and his golden aura flared back to life. He began to scream, and his hair soon stood more on end. Goku's scream continued and the whole asteroid shook from his awesome power, and for the first time East Kai and the other Kai's began to comprehend that this power of Goku's was something the Saiyan could tap into at will.
"Holy shit!" East Kai exclaimed, while King Kai started tap-dancing beside the ring and pulled his tongue at her, celebrating that his fosterling had more power at his disposal than any of the other Kai's (him included) had thought...
While King Kai was jumping for joy Goku's power-up continued in mid-air and his already impressive muscles bulged even more, and he finished his transformation with releasing his energy in an ultimate display of power and a mighty roar, making the whole asteroid shake in the process, while Alamba was busy deflecting our outrunning the KI-blasts...
Meanwhile on the Planet of the Kais
"These Saiyans are really something else, Kibito. This is the best fight yet!" Kaioshin exclaimed, sitting in front of a crystal ball. They had been watching the fights of the afterlife tournament ever since they had felt the enormous energy coming from the Saiyans who participated in the tournament. And those fights were very entertaining...
His bodyguard nodded. They had seen a lot of good fights until now, but
one of the best had been the fight between the Saiyans Vegeta and Gohan, during
which the young demi-Saiyan had ascended.
"Yes, Kaioshin. Their
power-levels are enormous. What do you think, is that their
max? Or is there more?" Kibito asked.
Kaioshin thought for a moment.
"I don't know, Kibito. But if I had to make a bet, I
would say yes, there is more."
The bodyguard nodded, and then both men continued to watch the fight between Goku and Alamba, curious who would win...
Back at the fight
"Now it is official!!!" the announcer yelled, "Son Goku's power is completely off the charts!!! Will Alamba have a chance against this powerhouse???" the announcer yelled into his mike while the audience still yelled at this display of power coming from Goku, while Alamba outran the last KI-blast, thinking Oh crap...
For right before their eyes floated Super Saiyan Level Two Goku, engulfed in a golden aura of astounding proportions, surrounded by a sea of KI-Bolts that seemed to snap everywhere.
Then he moved upwards towards Alamba's position, faster than anyone could see, and the move could only be followed by those who looked at the magical vid-screens.
Who had looked at those saw how Goku's fist smashed into Alamba's face. And to Alamba's great surprise the punch actually connected, somehow managing to actually force a way trough his strengthened KI-shield.
Damn! That shoots our theory out of the window... Alamba managed to think, before Goku's fist made painful contact with his face.
Alamba was utterly surprised. No one should be able to do this! He was the Rantu Ato, damn it! They had tested his new abilities with all East quadrant fighters, and no one had been able to penetrate his KI-shield when it was at full strength. That was... impossible!
The Argani growled and his determination renewed, and he got in a hit as he managed to connect a punch with Goku's face. The Angari grinned, but this grin was wiped off his face quickly as he received a planet-breaking punch in his face in return, followed up by a drop-kick that sent him flying backwards.
Crap! He is stronger than ever! Alamba thought, while flying backwards.
The Argani attacked again once he had regained his balance, but Goku grabbed his incoming arm, throwing him over his shoulder in one fluid move followed by an upper-cut to quickly dealt to counter. And this time Goku didn't give him the opportunity to do anything, due to his now far superior speed.
Alamba flew high up into the air, and Goku simply blurred out of existence and reappeared in the flight path of a shocked Alamba. The Argani turned around in time and blocked the blow which shook his whole frame, and then they started trading punches and kicks. Alamba quickly put some distance between them and fired a few KI-attacks.
Goku avoided them with utmost ease, displayed speed Alamba could not match. He followed up with a set of his own KI-blasts, which Alamba in turn narrowly avoided. It was becoming clear that Goku now toyed around with Alamba, and the Argani got frustrated.
But suddenly Goku stopped moving, and hung there in the air motionless, not doing a thing, surprising Alamba. Once he looked puzzled at his opponent a smiling Goku gestured with his right index finger behind and above to show him something, and Alamba looked.
To his utter shock he saw the KI-blasts he thought he had dodged hover there. And now they all moved as one and crashed into him, exploding on impact. (Thanks for the idea, dabaka!)
"Wow!!! That has been one brilliant strategic manoeuvre!! Outstanding!!!" the announcer exclaimed, and even Vegeta nodded in appreciation. That had really been a brilliant strategy. But regarding a battle Kakkarot was brilliant...
When the dust had finally cleared, Goku raced forward and rammed his fist into a dizzied Alamba's abdomen, doubling him over in the process. He followed with an asteroid-shattering upper-cut that sent the Argani further upwards into the sky. Alamba regained his composure fast enough and fired several KI-blasts towards the incoming Goku.
But the Saiyan flatted the blasts away with one hand and utmost ease and blurred out, but Alamba tapped deep into his powers and increased his speed, attacking where he knew the Saiyan was likely to reappear.
The first two punches Goku blocked, a third he dodged, and the following was avoided too, but the punch that came afterwards connected with the Saiyan's chest. But it had none effect whatsoever, as Alamba, despite all his strength had the feeling as if he had just hit a wall of solid T'Nar.
Goku in turn smashed his fist into Alamba's face hard enough to produce a giant sonic boom, and the force of the blow was such that it sent him hurling to the ground. Goku pressed his advantage and threw another punch, but Alamba, who had regained the control of his flight despite the pain caused by this asteroid-breaking punch, avoided it narrowly by flying around him.
Alamba then threw his own punch, which Goku shunned easily by blocking it with his left arm. Several more times they encircled each other rapidly, each throwing punches and kicks, but only Goku's hit.
Ducking underneath one punch coming from Alamba, Goku flew forward and turned, displaying a speed beyond anyone's capabilities. Even Vegeta had to look at the magical vid-screen, although he did it growling, while Gohan was still able to follow his fathers' moves...
On the platform, in mid-air, Goku suddenly cupped his hands next to his
body and a blue ball of energy formed in it.
"Kamehameha!!!" Goku yelled as fast as he
could, and sent the powerful blue energy wave down towards Alamba,
who only barely managed to steer clear of being caught by the enormous but fast
energy wave.
The beam flew straight at the magical force field and hit head on. Goku let go of the energy wave, and everything went white for a fraction of a second as the magical barrier absorbed the tremendous energy.
"That has been one energy attack by Son Goku!!! Incredible!!! And it seems even Son Goku's opponent is impressed!!!" the announcer yelled.
And really, Alamba looked at the awesome power he had just witnessed in shock. Now he began to feel doubt about the outcome of this battle, even though he had the powers of the Rantu Ato. His first few opponents had been easy victims, and he had not needed to display his real power at all, but this fight was something completely different. Maybe he should have trained more...
The Argani shook these thoughts off and attacked with a determined expression on his face. Kicks, punches, energy balls and beams, he threw everything he had at Goku using every little bit of energy he had at his disposal, hoping to overwhelm his opponent with his ferocity.
But soon Alamba was running awfully low on fuel, and his opponent not in the slightest. He had sensed the energy Goku had used for his Kamehameha-wave and knew that the Saiyan had not nearly used his full powers, and it would already have been enough to knock him out completely, Rantu Ato powers or not.
He had no chance in hell to tire him out in a contest of powers, but he would try to land as many hits as possible to weaken Goku. And this he did, tapping deep into his reserves.
His strategy seemed to work however, as a few kicks and energy balls got through his opponents defences every now and then. To Alamba's great disappointment none of those hits seemed to have any effect, whatsoever. It was frustrating!
Goku, he realized then, was allowing some hits to get through his defences every now and then, so it dawned on Alamba that he could not cause his opponent any harm with the power he had at his disposal.
Alamba's continued his barrage nevertheless, until Goku found an opening and landed a Planet-breaking blow right in Alamba's face, faster than he had been able to block.
The Rantu Ato was sent crashing into the ground by the incredible force of the blow, and a huge stone fountain erupted skywards; all those countless attacks of his that he had landed on the Saiyan and no result whatsoever, and here was Goku, who only needed one, but devastating blow to send him making the stonedive. Alamba panted as he came out of the crater, and felt for the first time that he had run deeply out of energy.
"If you keep doing that you won't be able to put up a fight much longer." Goku told him as the Argani got up. The Saiyan was floating in mid-air, full of self-confidence and energy.
Now Alamba began to realise his tactical mistake: he had been far too confident he'd win due to his powers as the Rantu Ato, thus he hadn't bothered with economizing with his energies at all, and had wasted too much energy in the process. This was not good...
However Alamba attacked again, as he would not give up. He had died fighting the enemy, and he refused to give up to anyone. As he was already dead the consequences were not as fatal, however...
But Goku avoided his every blow and upped the anti with ease, and connected a devastating punch with his guts that doubled him over in mid-air, followed by an even more devastating double-fisted blow to the back that sent him crashing into the ground with enough force to shake the whole arena.
Alamba got to his feet troublesome and left the crater, barely having enough energy left to remain standing. And he knew it. And he knew that Goku knew it.
Goku floated down.
"It was a good fight, but I will end it now." the Saiyan said. Then he phased
out and the next thing Alamba knew was a sharp pain
in the jaw coming from a punch that sent him flying backwards. And with not
enough energy left to control his flight Alamba was
taken out of the ring where he impacted against one of the walls.
Alamba remained lying on the ground, groggily but
still conscious. Meanwhile Goku was declared winner.
"Dear spectators, after this surprising
and fantastic fight I am proud to declare the winner... Son Goku!!! He advances
to the finals where he will meet his son!!! Wow, that's gonna be one hell of a
fight!!!" the little announcer exclaimed excited, and the crowd performed
several La'Ola waves to honour the fighters. That had
been one fight!
After that Goku walked over to Alamba who was
still lying on the ground, gave him a hand and helped him to his feet.
"Thanks for a great fight, Alamba. And you almost had
me there..." he said smiling
The Argani smiled back.
"You're welcome, but the next time I will beat you!" he said with humour.
Goku, never daring to miss a challenge, grinned.
"Accepted!" he said, smiling in anticipation of the
great fight this would be. But until then he would have to train. And most
important, he would have to find a way to ascend faster into the second level,
and if there was, reach the third level. Oh yeah, he would train. But right now
he would enjoy the tournament to its fullest...
Then both fighters returned to their respective groups and received the more than earned compliments. Yeah, that had been an interesting fight, and as well Goku as Gohan could hardly await the final fight, father Son versus son Son...
to be continued...
Thanks for reading! And be sure to review!
Very special thanks to my beta, who is doing a great job, as always! Thank you very much! :)
A/N: This fight was greatly inspired by the fight of Gohan versus Cell during the Cell Games, when Gohan went SSJ2. It was fun to write it, and I hope you liked it!
== Note: Writing the final fight will take a while cause I am quite busy during the week [I will be buried in the library, so please cheer me up with reviews :)], so expect the next update for next Thursday! Please review! ==
REVIEWERS RESPONSES:
KyLewin: Thanks for the compliment! I was tired of Goku
having a free walk, and why should the Saiyans be the only ones who have a
legend like that? And I think Alamba put up a good
fight and gave Goku a challenge...
I have not planned what I am gonna do with Alamba, but
he has a lot of potential. The Asaru-jin however will
play a role in one of my other stories, and Goku and the others will come to
fight them there.
Candy the Duck: Yeah, I had a hard time my self to decide whether Goku or Alamba should win. But then I set on the match father versus Son. And yup, deja vú. But why should the Saiyans be the only ones with such a legend? :)
gaul1: Thanks! Yup, Goku really would have been pounded if he hadn't used his teleport. But who knows, maybe I will write a chapter with an alternate ending...
Tim Knispel: Wow, is this story really this suspenseful? Thanks for the compliment, and I will try my best to keep it up.
CFLEXUS: Yup, that was something Vegeta would have done, heh...
zara m: Glad that you like the fight scenes! And next time I won't tell you what will happen so you can get worked up :)
Anthony1: Yeah, Alamba was really a hard nut to crack. He even forced Goku to use his last resort, and if Goku would not have been able to teleport he would surely have lost. Now it's Goku vs. Gohan in the finals...
Brandon B: Thank you! Well, Goku did not lose, but maybe I will write an alternate ending to the fight...
Roadkill4: Will do my best. And nope, no SSJ3 until now. Maybe in the next tournament...
Cappucine: Thanks, that's again a big compliment! Yeah, I had this idea for the Rantu Ato, cause the Saiyans can't be the only ones who have such a legend. Glad that you like it!
animeprincess1452: Yeah, Gohan has become a SSJ2. And next time we will
have two SSJ2s versus each other...
Yup, Goku had a lot of trouble beating Alamba, and if
he wouldn't have been able to teleport he would have lost. Good thing for him
that he can use IT...
Raid-Scion-of-Randomness:
Whoa, that's a huge praise, thanks! And I agree, the Saiyans can't be the only
race in the universe who have a legend like this, and
I am glad that you like it. Goku got quite beaten, but in the end Alamba was not strong enough. Who knows, maybe Gohan will
prove strong enough to win against his dad...
The randomness will guide me :)
DBZ Chick1: Cool that you liked it! Alamba would have been able to beat Goku if he had managed to keep him from ascending. Hope it was a exciting match nevertheless...
Marshmellow13Dragon:
No, never... :)
Glad that you liked it, and I think it's spelled
'Italian'. And that's a cool place to make a vacation, I envy you!
== Goku finally managed to beat the surprisingly strong and skilled Alamba and advanced to the finals, where he will meet his son! Who will be the stronger Son? Stay tuned! And please review! ==