Bulma rounded a corner to start toward the front doors and found Chaotzu floating there talking to an armored Sai-jin. "What's going on?" she asked walking toward them quickly.
"The planet is being attacked." Chaotzu said looking back. "Everyone's out fighting them back... I want to help but... I'm not nearly strong enough. I haven't trained as much as Tien..."
"What about Vegeta?" Bulma asked looking at the guard.
"The Prince?" he asked. "Last I heard he was going off to fight Cooler."
"Cooler!" she cried worried.
"Don't worry, he can deal with Cooler. Besides, if things do get dicey Pug and the King are out there."
Bulma bit her lip and looked passed the guard toward the doors. There were more guards along the way and standing at the doorways. She couldn't tell how strong any of them were but she figured they were rather powerful, and fast, if they were guarding the palace against intrusion. She'd have no chance of getting passed them.
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Saiya City:
Twin streaks of red surged up at Salsa and began to attack him quickly and fiercely. The alien was having some trouble keeping up with both opponents at the same time. "You're just lucky it's us you're fighting." Raditz said as his foot smashed into Salsa's head knocking him into a building. He turned and faced him with Tien at his side. "If you were dealing with Mango and the others you wouldn't even have a chance to fight back."
Salsa pulled himself free of the building with a jerk and burst of energy. Steel and concrete tore free with him and fell to the ground below. "Mango... Second Class Elite, power of about eighty thousand if I remember right." he shook his head. "And what makes you think she could do better than you?"
Raditz smirked. "That's a secret. I expect King Vegeta had Tien and I deal with you, instead of having Mango do it, because he knew I'd like the challenge." He reached up and popped his neck. "You must realize, though, that this is all a waste. A suicide mission. Even if you did manage to get passed Tien and I there's still the Prince, Pug, and the King. They could all kill you in a split second."
The blonde alien laughed. "You stupid monkey. Lord Cooler will take care of those three easily." He smirked. "He'll have his fun dragging things out, making them suffer, but in the end he'll kill them."
"Is that so?" Raditz asked crossing his arms. "And how's that? Cooler's a weakling. Pug's even stronger than him, Prince Vegeta is close."
Salsa smirked. "That's a secret."
"This is just wasting our time." Tien said taking a battle stance again. "Let's just get this over with."
Raditz uncrossed his arms and readied himself as well. "Right. Come on Salsa, let's see what you've got!" Twin flashes of red erupted once more as the two warriors launched in at Salsa. The alien's own blue aura flared up as they reached him. Raditz's fist smashed against the alien's forearm with a loud crack as the Human's fist did the same on Salsa's raised leg.
The commander of the Armored Squardron sent out a shockwave and blew the two away before charging towards Raditz. "Alright then Monkey, you want to see what I've got do you? Well then, here!" he cried as he reached him and slammed a fist into Raditz's stomach. The Sai-jin's armor cracked slightly under the blow as he doubled over Salsa's fist, his mouth opening wide in pain.
Salsa was about to swing his other fist at the Sai-jin's head when Tien came charging in from the side smashing his foot into his head and knocking him into the building again. This time he didn't stick to the wall but passed clean into it. The two shot in after him. Thunderous cracks and flashes of red and blue emanated from the hole and the windows. Suddenly a loud crack sounded and the entire building shook. That was followed by blinding red light working it's way down floor by floor at high speeds.
A moment later there was an explosion and the building shook again. A bright flash of red flared in the first floor windows, and then they exploded outward. The exterior walls cracked and buckled and then the entire building came crashing down. There was silence for a few moments and then the ground began to shake in sync with more loud cracks. Several minutes later an explosion of blue blasted a hole in the debris and Salsa surged up into the sky once more.
Stopping about a hundred feet up he looked down and charged balls of ki in both hands. A second later he was firing energy blasts rapidly down into the rubble, each one exploding and showering debris everywhere. He kept up his attack for nearly five minutes before charging a larger blast in both hands and pitching it down for good measure. It exploded shooting dust up around him and sending debris out for a couple miles in every direction.
Brushing dust off his armor he grinned. "One Monkey and one Human down. The universe is a better place."
His scouter beeped as a pink light flared up below him, several blocks from the rubble of the building. Then a voice cried out. "Thunder Crash!" Salsa's eye's widened in shock as the massive orb of sparking ki surged toward him. At the last second he brought his arms up in defense and then the blast slammed into him with a savage explosion. As the glare faded it revealed the sleeves of his body suit had been shredded.
He'd just started to lower his arms when Raditz slammed his knee into his stomach and Tien smashed his foot into his back. The dual impact shot his eyes wide, his mouth gaping in pain, as blood sprayed out into Radtiz's hair. For a moment his vision went blurry and his limbs numb but it cleared. As it did he headbutted Raditz and then spun around backhanding Tien. "Learn to die damnit!" he cried glaring at them.
"This isn't fun anymore." Raditz said frowning. "He may be stronger, but he's worthless. He's got no skill. Hell, he doesn't even know how to defend properly."
"Why you!" Salsa shot in at Raditz at full speed cocking back his fist along the way. "This time you die Monkey!"
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Training Center:
A loud roar echoed over the training center as a transformed Mango tilted her head back and stretched her new massive body. Similar roars came from Toma and Tangerie as they finished transforming as well. A moment later the Training Center began to shake and then part of one of the walls and ceiling collapsed as an Oozaru emerged from within. And then another and another began to grow up as well.
The attacking soliders in the area pulled back and Vadora smirked. The weakest of the Oozarus was at at least ten thousand. This turned the odds considerably in the favor of the Sai-jins. Mango now outclassed everyone else present, including Neizu, wherever the alien was hiding. The attacking soldiers took a few moments to regroup at the sudden appearnce of five dozen Oozarus but then the battle was on again.
Neizu pulled back from the Sai-jin he'd been about to blast into oblivion as he'd begun to transform. "What is this?" he wondered in shock. "There's no moon here!" He quickly reached up and thumbed his scouter. "Dore, I need you help. Somehow these Sai-jins are tranforming!"
"What do you mean?"
"I've got a few dozen Oozarus here!"
"Shit, I'm on my way."
Neizu sighed and shot up into the sky and out of the crumbling Training Center. As he did he spied a light floating in the sky above him and someone floating there as if guarding it. /Simulated full moon light/ he wondered. /Impressive. Well, time to take it out./ He prepared to launch up toward it when his scouter began to beep wildly. Turning he saw an Oozaru glaring at him, teeth bared. It was the source of the reading and he swallowed as it leveled off at over 839,980.
He reached up and thumbed his scouter again. "Hurry up Dore, there's a Second Class Elite here!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming."
Mango let out a growl as she reached out and backhanded Neizu with a loud crack. The alien pulled to a stop several dozen yards away, very sore. Pink energy flared up around his hands as he stared at the large Oozaru. With a cry he thrust his arms out and the energy shot out and engulfed the Oozaru which began to roar in pain and anger. "Heh, one fried monkey coming up!"
Just then Dore pulled up beside him and looked around. "What in the hell? How'd they all transform?"
"That light I think." Neizu said looking up again.
"Huh? Oh, ya, that could work I guess." he said looking at it. "So uh, should we take it out?"
"Yes. You deal with it, I'll handle this Oozaru. Now that it's trapped in my Field of Agony it's not going to be a problem."
"Right." Dore turned and looked up toward the light. He could see a form near it but according to his scouter it wouldn't be a problem. With a grin he shot up.
Vadora felt him coming before she saw him. "Shit, Dore..." she muttered. At least it was better than Neizu. Dore she might be able to handle. That is, if the Kaio Ken actually worked. "Here goes nothing. Triple Kaio Ken!" The red aura flared to life around her, she felt the energy surge through her, and then nothing. It vanished. "Damn!" With a burst of speed her blue arura flared up around her and she sped backwards away from Dore.
The large green man grinned and changed course to follow her. "Where do you think you're going Monkey?" he called laughing.
Vadora turned around and then shot down toward the ground veering to the right as she did. She could sense Toma and Tangerie nearby. As they came into sight she smiled and poured on more speed. The two large Oozarus saw her coming with Dore on her tail. A moment later she'd passed between them. As Dore attempted to follow he was smashed between two massive fists.
As they moved their arms back he fell toward the ground for a second before catching himself and shaking his head. Suddenly he spied a large fist charging for him and swerved out of the way at the last moment. Before he could do anything else another large fist slammed into his back rocketing him foward. Up in the air Vadora smiled as she watched Toma and Tangerie bat Dore around. "Now, let's try this again. Triple Kaio Ken!" Once more a red aura flared around her and then flickered out.
The Sai-jin scowled. "Damn it, come on! Triple Kaio Ken!" This time the aura flared up and stayed, as did the power boost. "That's more like it!" With a flash she charged down toward Dore who'd just kicked Toma onto his back. The green alien had turned to attack Tangerie when his scouter beeped. He turned just in time to see Vadora smash her foot into his face.
Back on the other side of the Training Center Neizu was content with watching his would be attacker struggle within his Field of Agony. "See, no Monkey could ever match my ability!" he laughed. "That field could even hold Captain Ginyu, you wont be getting out any time soon."
Mango let out a loud roar and energy began to build within her mouth. Neizu's eyes widened in shock. "Hey! You can't do that! You should be paraly..." He was cut off as the energy blast shot forward and then engulfed him. When the light faded there was no sign of the alien. The large Oozaru then dropped to it's knees, let out another loud roar, and then began to shrink. Mango collapsed unconscious as she finished reverting, the energy that had been around her vanishing.
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Training Grounds:
A thunderous crack rang out across the fields as Vegeta's fist slammed into Cooler's crossed arms. The Sai-jin Prince didn't waste a second and quickly spun about lashing out a spinning kick toward the Changeling's head. The incoming kick met with a raised arm and was deflected. With a grin Cooler shot his other arm forward and slammed his fist into Vegeta's unprotected stomach causing him to stumble backwards.
He recovered quicker than Cooler expected and the Changeling was caught off guard by a hard left to his jaw that lifted him off the ground and sent him sailing backwards. Vegeta floated a few inches into the air and then charged after him. His left foot surged out but caught nothing but air as the purple skinned alien vanished. Vegeta suddenly felt Cooler above him and turned to the right quickly just dodging an attempted blow to his head.
The Prince turned around and surged back in once more and the two began to exchange blows at lightning speeds. The ground below them trembled and shook, the rocks lifting into the air. A powerful kick to Vegeta's stomach doubled the Sai-jin over, the shockwave gouging out a crater beneath the two warriors. Suddenly an elbow smashed into the back of his head and the Prince found himself slamming into the ground face first.
A second later Cooler's foot smashed into the ground where Vegeta had been. The Prince narrowly avoided the blow as he rolled to the side. His legs shot out and took Cooler's out from under him. As he flipped back up onto his feet he smashed them into Cooler's jaw knocking the alien into the air once more. With a cry he charged up toward him and once more the two began to exchange blows again.
"You're better than I expected, Sai-jin." Cooler said smiling as he blocked a punch.
"As are you." Vegeta replied with a grin while deflecting a kick.
Cooler chuckled. "I'm only getting warmed up." There was a crack as he headbutted the prince away and then charged after him.
A few dozen yards away King Vegeta and Pug stood watching the battle. "The Prince has improved quite a bit." Pug said.
"Indeed. However, I'm worried." King Vegeta said slowly. "Why would Cooler come here and attack us? Surely he knows he's outmatched in power..."
"Perhaps an all out plan?"
"Wipe out the planet... yes, I'd thought of that. But he could have done that just as easily from space, without us even knowing it was coming."
"Ego." Pug said, starting to grin. "The only race with bigger egos than the Sai-jin's are the Changelings."
Vegeta laughed. "That is true. Still... I can't help but think he's up to something..."