Chapter 10: The Battle Continues

Taylor's body hit the ground hard causing a small crater to wrap around her body. Goku lifted his head up slowly as his body shook from his energy being drained by Gloki. His eyes started to fill with forming tears as he looked at Taylor's lifeless body. Her head turned toward him with her eyes closed as if she was sleeping. Blood continued to pour out of her mouth as it also came out of her stomach and back wounds. Taylor's once white teeth were stained a little with the blood coming out. Goku couldn't look at her anymore. He looked away closing his eyes tightly as the ref came off of his platform and walked over to Taylor's body. He swiped his arm through the air as he begun to count.

"One! Two! Three!" Goten pulled his arms away from Gohan and Trunks as he shook his fists.

"Come on sis! Get up! We need you to get up!" Goten shouted at his sister. But there was no movement from her.

"Four! Five! Six!" Satsuma stared at her. Proud at what he had done. It wasn't the first time that he had killed someone, but it was the first time that he killed a Saiyan and he was very proud of that. "Seven! Eight!"

"Come on Auntie Taylor! Get up!" Pan cried out to her. There wasn't any movement made. Not even a twitch of the nerve. Nothing.

"Taylor!" Gohan called out with nothing to say about her.

"Nine! T…" Taylor's body started to twitch as she raised herself up off of the ground. Goku's face lit up as he watched his daughter get up onto her feet. "The fighter is now up onto her feet! Continue the battle!" Taylor nearly fell over as she placed her hand out in front of her catching herself. Goku's leg came up into Gloki's stomach causing him to fall back nearly falling off of the ring. Goku leapt up hovering toward his daughter as he landed in front of her.

"Are you all right Boo?" he asked. Taylor winced a little as he looked up at her father wrapping her arms around her bleeding stomach.

"I… I don't kno…" Taylor's eyes closed again as she fell forward into Goku's arms.

"Boo!" he shouted as he caught her.

"HAH!!" Goku looked at Satsuma and then at Gloki who were charging at him. Goku leapt up into the air cradling Taylor in his arms. Satsuma and Gloki hit heads. They backed away from each other then they rubbed their foreheads. Goku looked at his daughter. Her head rested on his chest. Her ki had dropped to an infant level. This was not only going to be hard for Goku with just one more ki beam she would be killed instantly.

He looked at Satsuma and Gloki again. They were already in his face. Goku jumped a little. Satsuma raised his hands into the air putting them together swinging them down. Goku dodged it by moving to the left. Then Gloki kicked Goku in his side sending him onto the ground. Taylor came loose out of his grip. Her body hit the ring and rolled. She stopped resting on her side facing Goku. He looked at his daughter and struggled to get to his feet. He couldn't let Satsuma and Gloki get to her. He was almost on his feet when Satsuma came down onto his back.

"AH!" Goku shouted in pain as his back arched. Gloki walked toward Taylor reaching out for her. His huge palm about the size of her body grabbed onto her tightly leaving her arms hanging. Taylor instantly woke up from the grab. She had begun to struggle but she felt weak. She had already fallen out of her super saiyan state and she couldn't find the power to bring herself back.

"Let… go… of… ME!" Taylor stated taking breaths in between her words. Gloki chuckled. As he chuckled his grip got tighter and tighter nearly squeezing out the life in her.

"TAYLOR!!!" Goku called out. Taylor looked over at her father who was being crushed by Satsuma's body. She lifted up her palm in an attempt to shoot a ki beam but it failed. Nothing came to her hand. She looked at her hand confused when she sensed her own ki. It was way to low do to anything with it. Gloki's grip got tighter.

"You'll DIE!!!!" Taylor closed her eyes tightly as she felt Gloki's grip get extremely hard. She felt like her body was going to break in half. Goku heard dripping noises. He looked down to see Taylor's blood seeping through Gloki's fingers and onto the ring. He knew that it was only amount of time till Taylor dies.

"No… Taylor…" Goku glanced up at Satsuma and then at his daughter who struggled to hold onto life. "HAAAH!!!" a burst or energy surrounded Goku blasting Satsuma away. He hit the ring floor. He looked at Goku standing there with his fists held tightly and them leveled with his hips. He glared at Satsuma. He started to shake a little as Goku walked toward him. "HAAAAAH!!!" Goku blasted Satsuma away out of the ring. The ref ran toward the edge of the ring.

"One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine!" then Satsuma disappeared and reappeared on the ring. Goku and Satsuma started up their battle.

Taylor watched as Goku dodged all of Satsuma's assaults with a simple head movement. Goku's fist jabbed into Satsuma's stomach.

"HAAAH!!!" Goku then launched an attack through his stomach. Satsuma's eyes went black and he hit the ring floor. Gloki's eyes widened when he noticed he was now is own. He dropped Taylor onto her knees. Goku turned around glaring at Gloki as the ref counted behind him.

"One! Two! Three! Four! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! Nine! Ten! Team Earth has won one battle!" the ref shouted raising his hand above and closest to Team Earth. Goten smiled as he stared at Taylor sitting on the tile floor.

"She's… she's alive." Goten said smiling. Gohan sighed in relief.

"Thank god." Gohan said, "I thought we lost her." Pan turned and looked at her father.

"We would never lose Auntie Taylor! She's the best!" Pan shouted. Trunks placed his hands by his side.

"She is one of the best." He said, "I know that I wouldn't have been able to survive an attack like that."

"She might survive for long." Vegeta remarked. Pan, Goten, Gohan, Piccolo, and Trunks looked at him. "Her ki is lower than an infant's ki. She won't be able to help Kakkarot in anyway with ki that low."

"Vegeta's got a point there." Piccolo said as he crossed his arms and looked down.

"I'm sure Taylor will find some way to help Grandpa." Pan stated. Gohan placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I afraid that Vegeta's right Pan… Taylor's no help to him." Piccolo stated. Kotari walked over till she was now standing in front of everyone.

"She's not the only one with a low ki level." She stated to them.

"What do you mean?" Goten asked her rudely. Kotari looked at him. She knew that he didn't like her but she didn't care. She was Taylor's friend and that's all she cared about.

"Well, for one thing Goku's ki is also low too. I'm surprised he can stay in the state he's in right now." Kotari snapped back at him. Goten glared at her as she glared at him. Piccolo stepped in between them both and pushed them apart putting space in between them both. He looked at Goten who looked at him.

"She's got a point. We were all to amazed that Taylor survived that attack to realize that Goku's ki is also low as well." Piccolo said. Gohan looked at his father who fought Gloki who was at full strength. Once they noticed him watched they all turned to the battle.

Goku was trying hard now to dodge all of Gloki's assaults but it was getting more difficult. It was also hard for him to stay in SSJ4. This state took a lot of energy which is what Goku and Taylor don't have. Taylor doesn't have any energy for herself only enough to keep her alive. And she needs that. He knew that if she had any to give him she would do it in a heartbeat.

Gloki's backhand came out of nowhere and hit Goku right off the side of his face tossing him onto the ground. Goku hit, laying on his side as he kept his head off of the ground with his elbows keeping him up. He winced at the pain that shot through his cheek and into his head. He knew that would be a bruise and he also knew that no Senzu Bean would help it.

"DAD!" Taylor called from her sitting place. "LOOK OUT!" Goku turned and looked to see Gloki's hand coming down toward him again. Goku stood up onto his hands as he did a flip away from him. Goku turned to see Gloki charging at him again. Goku had no time to dodge it or block it for that matter. He was hit in his chest with Gloki's head knocking the wind out of him. Goku gasped for air a couple times as he hit the ground placed his hands on his chest. Taylor got up onto her feet as she limped toward her father. She got down at his side. She watched as her father winced a little in pain as he sat up.

Again, Gloki came toward them both. Before Goku knew it Taylor was on her feet standing in front of her him with her arms out by her side. Her feet were planted onto the ground prepared for this attack. Before he could hit, Taylor pulled down her arms crossing them in front of her. Gloki's powerful fist hit her forearms. Taylor's feet stayed planted in the ground but they were pushed into the ground. Taylor grained her teeth in pain as she tried to stand up against his fist. Gloki's swatted Taylor in her right side clawing her side.

"AH!" Taylor screamed as she went flying to the left hitting the edge of the ring toward her team. There she heard her niece's voice.

"Taylor, are you all right?" Pan asked. Taylor glanced at her and nodded her head.

"Yeah." Taylor answered her. Goten came running up to her.

"Taylor… your ki it's…"

"I know Goten… its extremely low." Taylor struggled to get to her feet. "But I have to help dad."

"You can't Taylor. You're too weak." Gohan told her.

"You can do anything if you believe in yourself." Taylor stated to him. That was the statement Gohan told her all the time in her training or anything that was going on her life. She usually went to her father about them of her mother but she also goes to Gohan. Her older brother watched as he ran over to Goku.

Goku was being held tightly in Gloki's gigantic fists. The very life was being squeezed out of him. Taylor dove grabbing Gloki's legs causing him to fall onto his side. She knew that for Gloki to get her off of him he would have to use both of her hands. In which he did. He tossed Goku to the side and grabbed onto Taylor.

"You know, for very weak Saiyan you've got some courage." He stated snorting in her face. Taylor turned her face then looked at Gloki.

"Did anyone tell you that you need a breath mint?" she asked. Gloki growled. He slammed her onto the ground. "GAAAH!!!" She screamed as pain travel up her back and up her neck bone and into her head. She closed her eyes as the pain in her head made her eyes hurt. Gloki removed his hand off of her body and then raised his foot above her. Taylor opened her eyes to see Gloki going to slam his foot onto her when…

"KA! ME! HA! ME! KA! ME! HA!!" Goku launched his attack blowing Gloki off of the ring and out of sight. The ref didn't even bother to count for he knew that Gloki was dead.

"Second win for Team Earth! One more win and they move onto the Tournament!" the ref shouted. Taylor smiled as she closed her eyes. Goku ran to her picking her up.

"Boo?" he called to her. He saw her chest rise and fall. He knew then she was sleeping. Goku smiled going back to his normal state and walked off of the ring. He stood in front of them all.

"Is she all right Grandpa?" Pan asked. Goku nodded his head.

"Yeah she'll be fine Pan… she needs some rest." Goku answered.

"When we get back to the room we could give her a Senzu Bean." Trunks pointed out. Goku shook his head.

"No. The Senzu Bean won't do anything for her." Goku told him.

"Then what do you suggest we do then Kakkarot?" Vegeta asked rudely. Goku looked at him about to answer him when Kotari cut in.

"They have Regeneration Chambers." Kotari answered, "we can put her in one. But it might take days… depending on how low of bad her wounds are."

"That's sounds like a plan." Pan said. Goku smiled and nodded his head.

"Kotari. Will you lead the way?" Goku asked. Kotari nodded her head.

"Yeah follow me." Kotari said as she walked forward. Goku looked at everyone.

"I'll be back good luck for anyone who goes up next." He said as he caught up to Kotari. The ref now stood in the middle of the ring off of his platform.

"The next battle will commence! Vegeta and Trunks vs. Yuki and Yuma! Fighters! Step onto the ring!" Vegeta and Trunks stepped up onto the ring as did two other girls. Yuki seemed to be shorter then Yuma. "Fighters! Please removed all weighted clothes!" Nothing was removed from any of them. "Now! Are you ready? BEGIN BATTLE!!"