He threw a punch to Gohan's face that he easily side-stepped, in addition Gohan sent his foot into Gatra's back, sending him crashing into the dirt. The school's sport grounds had officially become a battlefield...
Chapter 8: Realisation.
After Gatra hit the ground he got up and flashed an evil grin. Then he disappeared and reappeared behind Gohan striking out with his fist. But he only hit Gohan's after image. The half-saiyan lifted his hands, one behind the other, up above his eyes and charged an energy attack. "MASENKO-HAAAA!" He yelled as he released the energy wave. It collided head-on with Gatra and sent him back to the ground to form a crater where there once was a baseball field.
'His power is quite impressive.' Gatra thought as he stood up. 'Nothing I can't handle though.' He flashed an evil grin and moved faster than Gohan had anticipated. Gatra's fist connected painfully with Gohan's gut.
'Man! I should know better than to underestimate my opponent! Especially since I can't sense his power level! Stupid! He was just testing how powerful I am. Now he's really starting to fight.' Gohan raised his power level and matched Gatra blow for blow. The fight was really starting to heat up.
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Back at Capsule Corp Vegeta was in the Gravity Room training the 'brats'.
"Ha! I got you good Trunks!" Goten exclaimed happily as Trunks got up after Goten had pounded him to the ground.
"BRAT! You are not worthy! Get up and fight back! How can you let a lower class clown hit you like that!" Vegeta said angrily at his only biological son. Trunks shot up with renewed strength and fought Goten back. Then he hit him to the ground, hard.
"Ow, Trunks! That hurt!" Goten said as he rubbed his head.
"And you!" Vegeta was now pointing at Goten. "How dare you drop your guard after you knocked him down! Your enemies will never be that forgiving! Now, I want you to..." The Saiyan prince stopped mid-sentence.
"Hey! Why did big brother raise his power all of a sudden?" Goten looked at Trunks confused.
"I don't know Goten. Maybe he wants to impress a gir..." Trunks was interrupted by Vegeta as he yelled.
"QUIET!" He concentrated hard on Gohan's energy, trying to establish why Gohan's power had suddenly sky-rocketed. 'I can't sense an opposing power level. Perhaps it's some kind of android. I better go see the Namek. He's already on his way there.'
Vegeta reset the Gravity Room and walked out while the two hyper kids followed excitedly. The Saiyan prince walked all the way to the backyard while trying to figure out why Gohan's power was fluctuating as though he was fighting. 'Well, it's quite obvious.' Vegeta thought. 'He is most definitely fighting some sort of android. I have to get my woman to keep the brats here. They will only get in the way.' Bulma came into view. She was sitting in the beautiful garden at Capsule Corp reading what appeared to be the latest Science and Technology magazine.
"Woman! Keep the brats here. I must go somewhere." Vegeta told Bulma in his usual demanding voice.
"What!" Both little Saiyan's yelled in unison. "We wanna go with you dad!"
"No! You will both stay with my woman!" Vegeta said forcefully. Then he turned to his mate. "Bulma. Keep the brats here." And then he flew towards Gohan.
'He doesn't call me by my name unless it's something very important.' Bulma thought as she watched him leave. Goten and Trunks were on tip toes as they tried to sneak away. Bulma saw this and stopped them.
"And just where do you think the two of you are going? Into the house, now!" The two youngest Saiyans moaned and complied with their mother's request. 'I hope everything is alright.'
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Back at school Gohan was having a difficult time to say the least. He was landing very few of his attacks. The android like being was simply too fast. What was even worse for the seventeen year old was the fact that his enemy was seemingly landing all of his attacks. Gohan's body felt like it was being torn apart from all the blows that it had sustained. 'This is crazy! How can this thing be this powerful! I've been training my butt off these past few years! This is CRAZY! And were fighting in a populated area. How the hell am I going to protect all these people when I can barely stand up to him!'
Thunder roared and lightning struck as their battle continued. The clouds also started to release their moisture and rain was falling to quench the earth's thirst.
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Somewhere in the sky between Capsule Corp and Satan City Vegeta met up with Piccolo. Vegeta was frustrated and yelled at the Namek as soon he was within earshot. "NAMEK! What the HELL is going on!" When Vegeta caught up to Piccolo an answer was given. "I'm not quite sure Vegeta. Even though we can't sense anything from the person Gohan is fighting Dende believes a great evil is building inside of it that will be released before the fight is over, and I agree with him." Piccolo answered as concern was evident in his voice.
"It feels like Gohan is losing." Vegeta said. And Piccolo could've sworn he heard concern in the prince's voice. Not the kind of concern that Vegeta always lived by, the concern for his own power and survival. No, this was the kind of concern that would drive Vegeta to attack like he had when Cell killed Trunks. Vegeta cared for Gohan, Piccolo could tell, but he knew Vegeta would never admit it. "Let's move." Piccolo stated as he started to speed up. "Gohan's energy is wavering."
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The black being's foot connected with Gohan's stomach and he was sent crashing down to the ground, a huge crater forming from the impact. He got up only to be struck down again by a very powerful energy attack. The crater expanded and the dust settled to reveal a bloody Gohan. He was on his back and tried to roll over to get up. As he did he coughed up a lot of blood. He saw Videl run up to him as pain enveloped him as his mind registered the damage done to his body. He wanted to tell her to get back, to run. But he couldn't find his voice. He could feel his Super Saiyan strength leaving him as he heard her voice.
"Gohan!" she cried out in worry as she felt the moisture in her eyes multiply. "Gohan, please be okay." She gasped as she saw how bad he really looked. There were deep gashes all over his body, blood leaking from them. His breathing was terribly laboured as he was lying with his eyes open looking at her with a pleading expression on his face. "L...l-leave..." He was able to get out before he coughed up more blood. He was lying in a pool of his own blood as he heard the black demon laughing hysterically.
"Gohan, I'm not leaving you." She said as tears started to roll down her face. She cradled his cheek in her hand as she said it. Then Gohan's eyes widened in shock as he felt Gatra's power for the first time. It surged through the air in the form of red lightning. The power was terrible. Gohan was able to turn and look at the monster just as it cupped its hands in front of him and started gathering energy for the blast.
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"What the hell!" Piccolo exclaimed through gritted teeth. "That's even worse than I'd thought it'd be!"
Vegeta was almost lost for words. He merely muttered, "...unreal..." They were close now, but they new they wouldn't be in time to save Gohan. As this realisation hit them Piccolo yelled and flew even faster, Vegeta transformed and also shot forward.
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As Gohan looked up to see what would be his death and his failure he involuntarily started seeing all his old memories flash through his mind. He saw how Raditz and his father were killed, he saw Piccolo die to save him, Chiaotzu's death, Tien's death, Yamcha's death. He saw how Frieza killed Krillin. He saw Cell's face as he killed 16. He saw his father disappear. Then he felt confused as his thoughts settled on Videl. His confusion deepened as he saw memories that never happened. That's when he realised that it was another vision.
Videl was cooking something in the kitchen and he, Gohan was standing behind her. She was unaware of his presence. He smirked and slowly placed his hands on her hips and she jumped in surprise. He spun her around and looked deep in her eyes as he smiled at her. She smiled back and then he kissed her. As they pulled apart two kids came running in. They looked to be about four and six years old individually. The little girl was the older one of the two.
"Hey! Daddy's home!" The little boy said happily as the two kids hugged their father.
"Hey you two!" Gohan exclaimed happily as he picked them up, one in each arm. "You didn't give mom a hard time today, did you?"
"No, we were really good!" The little girl said with a smile.
"They were good up until they broke the fence again while sparring. After that they were good again." Videl said with exasperation.
"But we did a good job fixing it!" The little boy said excitedly and with a big smile. Then Videl walked over to Gohan and their kids and they had a big family hug.
As the half-Saiyan stared at the forming blast he felt compelled to stop it. He felt a need to protect the young woman standing behind him he felt a need to protect those two children that didn't even exist. His family...
Overcome with this new burst of emotion and need Gohan got up to Videl's surprise. When the black demon shot his energy towards Gohan, the teenager responded with his own blast. It was the same blast he used to finally destroy Cell. The beams collided and the power struggle commenced. Gohan was completely worn out and the red blast pushed his green blast to nearly touching Gohan's hands. Videl whimpered and that almost sent Gohan over the edge.
'I never want her to feel that kind of fear!', he felt an even greater need than before and he started pushing back.
It was looking grim. Gatra's blast was now starting to overwhelm him once again.
"Gohan?" Videl's uncertain voice penetrated the pain Gohan was feeling surge through his body. "I love you too."
That sent Gohan's power through the roof. Videl thought they were going to die. Gohan knew she was right in thinking so, but then the memory of his future flashed through his mind again. And that was all he could stand. With a mighty yell Gohan dropped his restraints and sent all his anger, fear, love, all his emotions into his blast. Gatra was overwhelmed instantly and green overcame red as the black demon known as Gatra disappeared forever.
As if in slow motion, Gohan fell backwards and closed his eyes. The pain had become too much...
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"Wow, what power." Dende muttered to no one in particular as relief spread through his entire being.
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Back at the battlefield an unconscious Gohan lay flat on his back as blood left his body. It was still raining. Videl was sitting on her knees next to him, holding his hand and crying. She felt a connection with him, but she couldn't explain it. She was startled when a green man and a severe looking man with flame-shaped black hair landed next to her with looks of disbelief on their faces. No one said a word. Videl recognised them from the descriptions Gohan had given her earlier in the day. She startled them when she spoke.
"Piccolo? Vegeta?" She looked questioningly at them with tears still rolling down her face.
"W..what? How do you know who we are?" Vegeta asked.
"Gohan told me." She simply stated.
"Gohan is still alive, but barely. We need to get him to Dende now." Piccolo said making a move to pick Gohan up from the ground. He was stopped by Vegeta.
"Capsule Corp is closer Piccolo. We can put him in the regeneration tank. It won't heal him instantly like Dende, of course, but it is our best chance of him surviving. The lookout is simply too far. He would not make it." Vegeta said as he picked Gohan up and made ready to fly back to Capsule Corp.
"Very well." Piccolo agreed. "Hurry up Vegeta. I'm staying here for a while, there's something I need to do." Vegeta took of at Super Saiyan speed as Piccolo turned to Videl.
"I don't know how Gohan did that, but something tells me it had something to do with you. You're the reason why the earth is still here. You've awoken something within him that I thought had died six years ago. Thank you." Piccolo said to the saddened girl just before he took off after Vegeta.
Now that they were gone Videl cried even harder. She got into her Jet-Copter and flew home. When she got there she slumped down on her bed and cried her heart out. She didn't know if Gohan was going to be alright, but she saw the state he was in. She mentally kicked herself for breaking down like that. Always the tough girl, never the fragile one, but this was different, and she couldn't explain it.
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Vegeta arrived at Capsule Corp four and a half minutes after he left the battlefield, and he was yelling very loudly. "WOMAN, GET THE REGENERATION TANK UP AND RUNNING!" Bulma, Trunks and Goten came storming out of the house. Bulma immediately ran back inside after seeing the state of Gohan. Trunks looked like he'd seen a ghost and Goten started crying. Vegeta walked inside, still carrying Gohan, and headed for the medical bay.
When he arrived at his destination Vegeta set Gohan in the tank and put the oxygen mask on his face. The tank was sealed and a liquid thicker than water was filling it to the top. "My goodness Vegeta, what happened?" Bulma asked shakily as Trunks tried to console his 'little brother' while looking close to tears himself. Piccolo walked in just then and looked at Gohan. "His energy is fragile, but he'll survive. It's going to take a long time for him to heal though. Even in that tank."
"Trunks, Goten? You hear that?" Bulma said as she hugged the two little kids. "Gohan's going to be fine." she said soothingly as a tear now escaped Trunks' left eye. Goten stopped crying and looked at Bulma. "How long will it take for him to get better?" The young Goten asked with a shaky voice.
"In his present condition I would say about twenty hours. By this time tomorrow he'll be out of there, but he'll still be a little weak from not being able to eat during this time. The tank can only heal his body, not his Saiyan appetite." She said with a smile and a chuckle. "But we'll have a big dinner ready for him." This seemed to cheer the little duo up greatly.
Piccolo's ears picked up a familiar beeping noise. "The dragon radar." He said before walking over to a desk and taking the radar from inside one of the drawers. "WHAT!" He exclaimed surprised as everyone jumped and looked at him.
"What is it Namek?" Vegeta said irritably.
"The dragon radar shows five dragonballs, the two at the lookout and three new ones."
"But only one new enemy was defeated. In the last two instances only one dragonball appeared each time." Vegeta said as his curiosity took over.
"That's right." Piccolo stated.
"But...what does this mean...?"
TO BE CONTINUED...
My first time writing a fight scene. Review so I know what you thought about it, so I can write a much better one for the final battle in the war. Thanks!
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