Chapter 18: Day of Piccolo's Battle

After watching Team Aquan go through their first battle of the real tournament. It was time that Gohan, Goten, Pan, and Goku headed to the team to train. When they got there, they got the team together to talk about Kotari's team's power.

"Jakx was going so fast that I could barely even see him." Pan said as she stood next to her father Gohan. Trunks sat on the ring that they were training on with a water bottle next to him.

"He was going that fast?" Trunks asked. Pan nodded her head.

"Kotari was going even faster!" Pan shouted out. Vegeta was standing next to the ring next to his son. He stood there with his arms crossed and he turned his head to the right.

"There's no way that's possible." Vegeta said.

"It's not." Goten told him. Vegeta looked at him funny as Gohan started to speak.

"Kotari was going the same speed as my dad and if not… even faster." Gohan said.

"We might have a difficult time with this team then." Trunks said as he took a drink from the water bottle sitting next to him. Piccolo looked over at him as he faced Gohan, Goten, Pan, and Goku again.

"What about her power level?" he asked. Trunks and Vegeta waited for an answer.

"She's equal to my power." Goku answered. Piccolo was in shock. He has never seen someone maybe Taylor's age and be as powerful as Goku.

"That's impossible she's just a kid!" Vegeta shouted.

"Taylor was only 10 when she defeated Noja when you couldn't." Goten said to Vegeta. Vegeta glared over at him. Goten blinked as he turned away.

"What are we going to do when we go up against them?" Trunks asked.

"I don't know. I don't think any of us know." Pan answered her friend's question. She walked over taking the water bottle and tossing it from hand to hand.

"We'll just have to hope we can win." Gohan said. Goku nodded his head agreeing with his son.

"I agree." Goku said.

Soon after the short conversation in between the team they were all training. Goku was training with Goten as everyone else relaxed. Vegeta didn't relax. He was off to the side training himself. Pan sat on the grass picking a blade out at a time as she watched her uncle and grandfather battle. Gohan stood next to her with his shirt lying on the grass. He had a towel thrown over his shoulder as he had his hands on his hips. Piccolo stood next to Gohan as he had removed his weighted clothing. Trunks stood next to Pan with the water bottle in his hand and a towel wrapped around his neck.

"You have to put more force into your punches Goten." Goku said to his son. Goten nodded his head as he lunged forward. Goku prepared himself for his son's fist. Goten pulled back his arm as he held his hand in a tight fist ready to throw it forward as his body lifted off of the ring slightly.

"HAH!" Goten threw his fist forward. Goku moved his head to the right as Goten's fist went right pasted him. Goku nodded his head as he smiled at his son. Goten jumped back setting himself up for another attack.

"Good, much better." Goku said to him. Goten nodded his head once.

"Thanks." Goten said to his father. Goku continued to smile. Goten lunged forward and he started to throw blurs of punches to his father. Goku walked backwards as he dodged all of his son's attacks.

Pan raised her hand toward Trunks, "hey Trunks let me have a sip of that water." Pan said as she looked up at him.

"Sure, here." Trunks tossed the water bottle to her. She opened it and had a sip of the water. She placed it in front of her as Goten and Goku walked off of the ring. Gohan took the towel on his shoulder off as he handed it to his father.

"Thanks Gohan." Goku said as he started to wipe his face.

"No problem." Gohan said. Trunks handed a towel to Goten as he also wiped his face of the sweat. Trunks also tossed a towel to Vegeta. Vegeta caught it wrapping it around his neck. A team of four people walked over to them. There were three boys and a girl.

"Are you Team Earth?" one of the boys asked them. Goku nodded his head as he placed the towel over his shoulder.

"Yeah." Goku answered. The girl stepped up.

"We're your next opponents." She said to them. Goku looked at the girl. She was no taller that Taylor and Taylor was only 5'5. And he thought she was short, this girl was shorter she must've been 4'9 the most. "What?" the girl asked rudely. Goku blinked as he backed away.

"Nothing… it's just that… your kind of short." Goku answered her.

"WHAT!" She shouted as she through her arms down to her side. Goku took another step back as the girl started to turn a slight red with anger.

"Who are you?" Piccolo asked. The girl started to calm down.

"My name is Sheila." The short girl answered.

"I'm Jiro." One of the boys answered.

"I'm Kevin." Another said.

"And I'm Ziyan." The last one said.

"We'll kick your butts!" the girl shouted pointing her finger at Piccolo. Vegeta walked over looking at her straight in the eye.

"Sure you will tiny!" Vegeta shouted rudely in her face. The girl started to twitch. Ziyan and Jiro grabbed onto her arms holding her as she started to throw a fit.

"You better watch out who you'll dealing with Saiyan." Kevin said as he looked at Vegeta. "She'll kill you right here."

"She won't even be able to touch me!" Vegeta shouted at Kevin. Sheila pulled her arms away as she got into Vegeta's face standing on her tips toes.

"I will defeat you Saiyan! You can count on it!" she shouted. Vegeta glared at her.

"The day you defeat me is the day you grow 5 inches!" Vegeta shouted at her. Sheila started to twitch.

"Dad come on… chill out." Trunks said as he placed his hand onto his father's shoulder. Vegeta backed off once he heard his son's voice.

"You better keep you crazy father in line!" Ziyan shouted. Trunks looked at Ziyan.

"Come on. You'll get you tomorrow!" Sheila shouted as she and her team walked away.

The next day; the group stood at the ring a new one since the other one was destroyed. Vegeta and Sheila kept their eyes locked as they glared at each other till the ref walked in the middle of the ring blocking each other.

"Ladies and Gentle Man! The second day of the tournament starts! Today we have two rookie teams going for it! Team Rye and Team Earth! The fighter from Team Earth is Piccolo! And the fighter from Team Rye is Kevin! Fighters! Please step up onto the ring." Piccolo and Kevin stepped up onto the ring. Piccolo started to remove his weighted clothes and tossed them to the side. Kevin crossed his arms.

"You'll be easy to defeat Namekian!" Kevin shouted at Piccolo. Piccolo glared at Kevin.

"I'm not as weak as all the other Namekians you might've fought." Piccolo said to him. Kevin let a smirk come across his face.

"You're the first one. And I bet you're the weakest Namekian." Kevin said. Piccolo stood there glaring at Kevin. He didn't like this kid. He was really cocky.

"Fighters! Are you ready?" the ref asked. Piccolo and Kevin pulled themselves into their fighting stances. "BEGIN!"

Kevin was the first to launch. He pulled both of his arms back ready to throw them forward. Piccolo raised his forearms to block his attack when he suddenly disappeared without a trace. Piccolo looked around as he walked forward into the middle of the right where the ref once stood. Kevin reappeared behind Piccolo. When Piccolo turned around he met with Kevin's foot to the face. Piccolo's head was tossed the top right as his body fell onto the ground. He looked straight to see Kevin's hands were put together. He held them above his head about to swing them down. Piccolo rolled backwards getting to his feet as Kevin's hands hit the ground. Kevin smirked as he swung his legs knocking Piccolo to the ground again.

Piccolo got up quickly. He threw his fist forward going to hit Kevin in his face. But Kevin brought up his right hand catching Piccolo's fist. He turned his arm causing Piccolo's back to face him. Kevin lifted up his leg slamming it hard into his back. Piccolo went flying forward. His body hit the ground and then bounced back up. Kevin disappeared and reappeared above Piccolo. He went straight forward placing both of his feet onto Piccolo's back throwing him into the ground again. Piccolo hit tossing up rubble. Piccolo quickly rolled onto his back grabbing onto Kevin's feet before he had the chance to get away. Kevin's eyes widened.

"Destructive! Wave!" Piccolo held his hand up and a bright yellow light appeared in his hand launching at Kevin. Kevin's body was tossed into the air. His back arched as he slowly started to come down to the ground with his shirt blown off. Piccolo jumped up to his feet grabbing onto Kevin's ankles. He started to spin him around and around till he finally let go. As Kevin was flying through the air he turned and faced Piccolo. His back about to hit the tile floor. But before he hit he had launched an attack.

"Take this Namekian!" Kevin shouted out as he hit. Piccolo looked at the attack coming toward. It was much to powerful for him to send back. He leapt into the air as the attack went for the stands. Piccolo looked back. He saw as the attack crawled toward the crowds of people that were screaming and running to get away. Piccolo disappeared and reappeared in front of the attack. He held his hands out and tried to push back the attack but his attempt didn't work. But he managed to send it up into the sky. Piccolo hurried to the ring. But Kevin had appeared in front of him. Piccolo quickly came to a halt. Kevin pulled back his fist and then threw it forward. Piccolo dodged it by moving his head to the right. Kevin through another punch but Piccolo dodged that one by moving his head to the left.

Piccolo then grabbed onto Kevin's wrists. He raised him above his head. He then threw Kevin downward slamming him into the ground. But Kevin got to his feet like nothing had happened. Piccolo hovered upward as he held his fists close ready to block any attack. Kevin looked up at him smirking.

"If the fighters don't get back into the ring you both will be disqualified!" The ref shouted from his safe platform.

"Let's go." Kevin said. Piccolo and Kevin disappeared and reappeared on the ring.

"This Kevin guy is strong." Pan said as she had her hands in her pockets.

"You got that right." Trunks said agreeing with her.

"It seems that every attack Piccolo throws at him it doesn't cause Kevin any pain." Gohan said as he looked downward placing his hand onto his chin.

"Maybe Kevin has a weak spot." Goten stated as he looked at his brother who was probably 2 times smarter then he was.

"If he does have a weak spot… it's not going to be easy to find it." Vegeta said as he crossed his arms.

"Come on you guys." Goku said as he placed his hands onto his hips. "Believe in Piccolo. He'll come through." He added.

"It's not that we don't believe in Piccolo." Pan said.

"It's just Kevin…" Goten finished for his niece. Goku nodded his head as he understood where they were all coming from. They were worried about Kevin's strength compared to Piccolo's. When Piccolo launched his Destructive Wave nothing had happened to Kevin beside his shirt was blown off and his chest was then covered in slight purple bruises that was it. There was no real or serious injury on him.

"I understand where you all are coming from." Said Goku, "but Piccolo can do it. Trust me, he's never let us down before." Goku was right. There wasn't a time where Piccolo had let them down. He was always there. Right from the beginning with Gohan's capture by Raditz all the way to Taylor's struggle against Noja, and that's a long time isn't it?

Piccolo dodged all of Kevin attempts at hitting him. Piccolo started to notice something. Kevin wasn't trying to hit Piccolo. It was like he was waiting for something and this made a feeling in the pit of Piccolo's stomach grow telling him that something was going to happen.

"What are you waiting for Kevin?" Piccolo asked as he leapt into the air as Kevin's fist went straight into the ground. Kevin turned and looked at Piccolo as he flipped in the air landing on his feet with his back turned to him. Kevin stood upright as he looked at the back of his opponent.

"I'm not waiting for anything Namekian." Kevin said to him, "or maybe… I am." Piccolo slightly turned to see Kevin smirking. Piccolo raised his eyebrows looking at him funny. Piccolo then turned fully around to see Kevin was starting to glow with a pitch black aura. He took a step back as Kevin's hair started to wave in the air.

'What is going on?' Piccolo asked himself. He watched as Kevin's body seemed to change. He didn't know how it still looked the same but it also looked like it changed. Kevin's eyes rolled into the back of his head and rolled back completely white.

"This is what I'm waiting for!" Kevin shouted out at Piccolo. He lunged forward the black aura continued to surround him. He pulled his hands back as they also begun to glow with a pitch black color. He threw them forward at Piccolo. Two wide and gigantic ki beams shot out of his hands and going toward Piccolo. Piccolo didn't know what to do so he did a counter attack but nothing had happened. Piccolo's counter attack had failed. He tried to leap into the air but the attacks just followed him.

"Piccolo!" He heard Gohan called out to him as the attacks hit.

"AAH!" Piccolo shouted out in pain as the attacks burned his skin. Kevin smirked as he watched Piccolo hovering there tossing his head around due to the pain of the attacks.

"Welcome to my world." Kevin said as he hovered upward. Piccolo cupped his head into his hands as the begun to grow worse. "My world is full of darkness and pain that no one can bare." Kevin said as he hovered in front of Piccolo. Piccolo managed to open his eyes to look at Kevin but his vision was blurred. He could see anything but the dark aura surrounding Kevin. "This is my darkness that I had unleashed on you. You're skin will burn to you finally give into it and until then… I'll have your friends watch you suffer!" Kevin shouted in Piccolo's face.

Once Kevin had shouted the pain grew more and more. Piccolo closed his eyes as his skin continued to burn. He wasn't about to give in. He couldn't. The planet he called home, Earth was relaying for him to win this round so it can survive one more battle. But if he gives in it will not only stop the grueling pain his home would be in danger of destruction and the people he found himself grown attached to he had let down if her gave in.

"I'm… I'm not going to give into your trick Kevin…" Piccolo said softly as the pain continued. Kevin smirked.

"Fine then. Don't give in but the pain will only get worse." Kevin said to him.

"Let it get worse then…" Piccolo groaned slightly, "I'm here fighting for earth… and I plan on keeping it around!" Piccolo managed to hit Kevin in his face. His fist came in contact with Kevin's bottom jaw snapping it out of place. Kevin's head was thrown to the left as his body was. He also hit the ground. Kevin sat up moving his jaw around. On the right side where Piccolo had hit… it kept on cracking, so what did he do about it? He punched himself underneath his chin popping his jaw in place again. Kevin stood up as he looked up at Piccolo who managed to pull his body out of the arch it was in into an upright position. But Piccolo was still in pain and there was nothing he could do about it. Piccolo wasn't going to give in.

"Nice shot." Kevin said as he smiled. "It was a really nice shot. No one I ever faced was able to hit me while they were going through that kind of pain." Kevin turned his smile into a smirk as he tossed that every smirk to the right side of his face. "However… no one has ever survived after hitting me!" Kevin lunged upward.

Piccolo didn't know where he was coming from considering he was nearly blind by pain. But just because Piccolo was blind by the pain doesn't mean he couldn't hear right?

Piccolo jumped backward as Kevin's fist hit nothing. He looked at Piccolo funny. But he then smiled seeing Piccolo's body shaking within the aura he had placed upon him. Kevin lunged forward.

"HAH!" Kevin started to send blurs of kicks. Since his legs were swiping through the air so fast they made a swish noise that Piccolo was able to listen to and he was able to block or dodge the attacks. Piccolo didn't know how long he could keep on going like this. The pain was too much, it was like nothing he ever felt before. It was definitely different. Piccolo begun to feel his body go numb for a seconds but then he regained it. Kevin managed to slow his body down enough where Piccolo wouldn't be able to hear him moving. Kevin struck Piccolo in his face sending him into the tile floor of the ring. Piccolo laid there his body shaking with tremendous pain. Kevin walked over to Piccolo looking down at him. "You won't be able to stand that forever Namekian." Kevin said to him as he crossed his arms. Piccolo slowly got to his feet as Kevin backed up a little.

"Yes… I will…" Piccolo said seriously closing one eye with pain. Kevin smirked. He then slammed his knee into Piccolo's stomach. Piccolo was about to disappear into the air but Kevin placed his hands onto his back forcing him back into his knee. Kevin grabbed the back of Piccolo's shirt and tossed him away.

He bounced off the tile floor with his body turning. Piccolo landed on his back. He now had both of his eyes closed tightly now. He didn't know what to do. If he gave into this pain he didn't know what was going to happen to him, but he couldn't fight with this aura surrounding him… could he?

Kevin lunged forward throwing punches into Piccolo's face then to his chest and then to his stomach. Kevin disappeared and reappeared kicking Piccolo in his back sending him onto the floor of the ring. Piccolo struggled to his feet. He turned slightly to see Kevin hovering in the air. He looked like he was calling a great attack or something.

"Take this Namekian!" Kevin held his hands out side by side and then launched a gigantic attack. Piccolo's eyes widened.

"PICCOLO!" everyone on the team called.