I wish I owned DBZ, but I don't. I own DVD's and tapes, but it just isn't the same. I also don't own the right to Starcraft or any of the music pieces you see selected, just copies of merchandise, such a shame. The artists that created them are geniuses and we all must bow to them.
Chapter 30: Zerg-Verto vs. Gohan
Zerg-Verto frowned slightly as he felt Gohan's power shootthrough the roof as the dust and rocks began to pelt him in the face. He didn't panic yet by any means, but he now knew it was wise to end the previous few fights so quickly, because Gohan was not going to make it easy on him. He measured Gohan's total power to his own, getting the feeling that he may be on the weaker end of things. This was confirmed quickly as Gohan's power level matched his own before rising a little higher and then topping out. His silver hair and bright blue eyes matched the intensity of Verto's, perhaps even more so. Well if a fight with his father wasn't satisfying, then this fight certainly will be. I must come out on top. I doubt he will be able to stay in this form as long as I can, so I should push him to burn up his energy.
Circling your,
Circling your,
Circling your head
Contemplating everything you ever said
Now I see the truth I got a doubt
A different motive in your eyes and now I'm out
See you later
I see your fantasy, you want to make it a reality paved in gold
See inside, inside of our minds, yeah
Well now that's over…
Verto charged a quick green energy blast and shot it at Gohan, who was now standing straight after powering up. Gohan deflected it by spreading out his aura, tearing up the ground beneath him. Verto was than a bit surprised by this, but had to shield himself from the rocks and the debris Gohan was now throwing at him with his energy. Verto phased out and reappeared in the air, ready to fire another round at Gohan. When he looked again though, Gohan was already gone. Verto was instantly sent to the ground by a strong knife hand from behind. He recovered quickly and spun to fire a blast, only to see Gohan vanishing right before his eyes. He was floored again by a sharp kick to the back. He quickly landed and let the Zerg genes heal the new bruises he just received. Gohan was standing not ten feet away, as calm and collected as a quiet pond.
"So you've mastered Instant Transmission eh, no surprise I guess. I suppose you're going to need everything in the cheap moves book to win this fight," Verto said, trying to get Gohan a little edgy.
"You're one to talk about cheap moves," Gohan replied with an extremely serious tone.
"If you like I'll use the same technique I just used on Kakarot. Like father, like son right?" Verto cocked a grin.
"Try all you want, you're not going to win this fight," Gohan said, charging up his aura again. Verto waved him on, daring his attack. Gohan charged in quickly and shot a strong punch towards Verto's face. Verto ducked down and returned the attack to Gohan's chest. Gohan blocked and kneed Verto sharply in the face. Verto floated in the air, stunned, before Gohan unloaded a furious assault of punches and kicks all over. Verto bounced off the ground a few times before lying motionless on the ground. Gohan didn't give chase, only waited patiently for him to get up again. He did after about ten seconds, breathing a little hard. A few trickles of blood ran down his face, but soon dried as the wounds healed themselves. He wiped off what had run down, somewhat amazed.
"I must say, I'm surprised. You do have some power in you," Verto said, again trying to rile Gohan up.
Gohan didn't budge, "Your arrogance is misguided. You aren't going to play with my head. You're obviously not as smart as the real Verto, he would know that!" Zerg-Verto growled a bit, but kept his resolve.
"Fine then Gohan, let's get going!" Verto then phased in and out as he charged in with a power punch ready to take Gohan's head off. Gohan sent one of his own at Verto's fist, causing a collision of power to expend itself and knock both warriors back a bit. They both recovered fast and rushed at each other again, trying again to punch the other out. This time when both fists collided, they both punched forward with the opposite hands. Same result with a collision. Verto and Gohan then clasped hands together and pushed with all their might against the other, trying to get a power advantage. No give on either side caused both fighters to power up more, throwing their energy at each other.
I see your motives inside
decisions to hide
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong we're Headstrong
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
and This is not where you belong
I can't give everything away
I won't give everything away
The other fighters hung on for a minute or two before finally just hovering in the air. The land shook violently as Verto and Gohan's powers clashed with each other. Bardock had managed to wake Goku up not long after the fight began. Goku was disappointed with himself for not sensing Verto's attack until it was too late, but it wasn't an attack he had ever encountered, so that made him feel a little better about it.
"They feel about even," Tora said.
"Take away that energy the boy absorbed and Gohan is all over him. All Gohan has to do is wear him down a little and he will have the advantage. It won't take long at this rate," Bardock said. Vegeta and Goku only looked on as the clash began to really tear up the grounds. A large crack in the ground soon opened up right beneath their feet. Verto and Gohan glanced down at the same time, realizing what was going to happen. They separated and jumped back as a large canyon opened up, allowing a hot spring of lava to funnel out. They stood away but on either side of it, waiting for the other to make a move, and having the same general idea on what they wanted to do.
Gohan phased out just as Verto took a sidestep. Verto didn't move and elected to track him with his senses. He didn't sense him reappear right away at a different location and thus knew it wasn't instant transmission. He struggled to find him, but eventually did and blocked the blow aimed for his head with both arms. Verto dodged out of the way as Gohan pushed through into his block, but wasn't prepared for the small blast that followed. Gohan jumped at the stunned Saiyan but hit ground when Verto got out of the way. Before Gohan could stand up again, Verto fired a medium sized blast at him. Gohan vanished the instant he saw it, blowing up the target spot and expanding the size lava pool that was forming nearby. Verto found him far away in the air and began to gather power to his right hand, then to his two fingers. Gohan gasped slightly when he saw what was forming, but stood ready to dodge out of the way.
"Special Beam Cannon!" Verto shouted, firing the now green corkscrew beam. Gohan stood confident, dodging out of the way easily. Gohan stared back at Verto, wondering why he would use that attack from such a distance until he saw the smirk on Verto's face. Gohan spun just in time to see the green beam coming back at him. Gohan's eyes widened, but he took off flying fast just as the beam arrived. He glanced back to see Verto shift his hand and sensed the beam change direction, coming at him again. It reformed into an orb when he changed it's direction again, and came spinning towards him.
"Great," he muttered. He remembered training with Goku on what to do against this kind of attack, and proceeded to fly around Verto's position, but not closing in on him. As he expected, Verto's attack chased him down while he circled. Verto seemed unaware as to what he was trying to do to him. He then changed direction and came straight at Verto, who kept a sharp scowl while he focused the ball to change direction again. Gohan came right up to him with a sharp grin, using instant transmission to escape right when the beam reached them. He reappeared about fifty feet behind his stopping point, to see the fruits of his labor. The attack stopped abruptly when it hit Verto, and then sat in a concentrated ball right in front of him.
"So much for that," Gohan said as he observed what would happen next. Verto brought his palms up and held the ball, adding more mixed energy to it. Gohan then turned slightly to realize that he was directly between the other fighters and Verto, and there was something big about to come his way. Verto charged up to the point where a majority of his energy was now in his hands. This is going to burn up all that extra ki I absorbed, but if it works it won't matter. Then maybe I can conserve the Cerebrate's extra Psi.
"You might be able to avoid this one, Gohan, but then your friends and family might not be as lucky! Super Galic Gun!" Verto shouted, releasing a huge beam that tore a path right to Gohan.
"Oh crap," Gohan said, flying back a little to get a distance from it. He sensed that if he let it blow up here, it could easily blow them all away, maybe take part of the planet with it. Once he was about halfway back to his group, he stopped and put up his hands, charging them up with all the energy he could muster. The beam struck against his hands and pushed him back before he managed to stop himself and the beam's advance. Verto shut off the supply and watched as Gohan struggled with his large mixed energy ball. Gohan gritted his teeth, pulling up even more power to push against the ball. He managed to hold himself up enough to send the rest of his energy to his foot, kicking up sharply and sending the unstable ball into the sky, where it blew up seconds later. It covered the skies with a bright green explosion that cleared out all of the all ash clouds and created a small indention of the ground for about a mile around.
Gohan stared at it with his limbs hanging loosely, panting very hard and dropping his silver lit aura. Verto himself was tired after that blast, his extra-added power had been sent out and his power level had dropped back down to just below where he had been during the fight with Vegeta. That didn't bother him though. Two things had successfully come about because of that attack. He could now stop drawing the Cerebrate's energy to keep his power level up, and Gohan's level had dropped much farther than his, and everyone knew it. He watched as Gohan dropped to one knee, breathing and moaning hard now, he was done.
Conclusions manifest your first impression's got to be your very best
I see your full of shit and that's alright
That's how you play I guess you get through every night
Well now that's over
I see your fantasy you want to make it a reality paved in gold
See inside, inside of our minds, yeah
Well now that's over
"Looks like I've won Gohan, I can sense that your power is slipping. Give up now!" Verto declared as he slowly walked towards Gohan. Gohan though stood up sharply as he struggled to breathe.
"I don't give up Verto, you know that!"
Verto shrugged, "Yeah, but a good villain always says it!"
"Why are you doing this, why listen to the Zerg? You despised them!" Gohan asked, trying to buy time by getting Verto to talk.
"I do despise the Zerg, Gohan, I always have. But you don't know me like you think. The Overmind disposed of your weakling friend and set me free. Once you and the others are taken care of, he will release his hold on this body and I will be truly free to do my own conquering!" Zerg-Verto said, chuckling a little. Gohan managed to get his breathing under control as Verto walked up to about twenty feet away. He then scanned Verto all over so he could check his energy level. He found a mysterious spark reoccurring around Verto's brain. He had felt it before Verto absorbed Vegeta's attack, now he felt it again. It felt purely good, despite being surrounded by evil.
"You're wrong, he isn't gone! I sense him, you're the weakling if you can't!" Gohan dared.
Verto glared back at him, "Oh he is definitely gone Gohan, perhaps that last attack messed up your keen senses. You might be detecting my insurance policy. But there is no more of the Verto you once knew, just me!"
Gohan smirked, "You're a fool then, you can never be rid of him. He will flush you out eventually, he is the stronger half after all!"
The glare turned into a fit of rage, "He isn't stronger you half-breed twerp! He is a weakling with a false destiny! He doesn't compare to me and never will!" Zerg-Verto shouted now, getting a little hot under the collar. Gohan expected a power up of some sort, seeing a bit of ball lightning appear in Verto's hands and around his legs. When he sensed the energy from it though, it wasn't coming from the Verto ahead of him, but within him. Zerg-Verto was fuming until he saw what Gohan was staring at, and he quickly calmed down. Gohan saw that once Verto got his emotions back under control, the energy faded. So that's how, I gotta get him very angry and then maybe we'll get the real Verto back!
Zerg-Verto was through with it as he dropped into a stance, "Time to finish this Gohan, you're going to get wiped out!"
Gohan stood up straighter, "Yeah, you're right, and you've given me just enough time!" He then called on his Psi to cover his body. He glowed bright blue all over as his silver aura reappeared around him. Verto felt his power going back up from where it was, but also saw his hair go black again. His eyes stayed blue though in his regular Mystic form as his ki rose to its maximum.
"What the...?" Verto dared ask. Gohan's body then quit glowing blue and his silver aura remained with occasional lightning streaking through him as his eyes faded to black once again.
"You like? It's my new technique, Recharge!" Gohan said with a sharp grin. Verto frowned slightly, Gohan's energy balance had slipped completely, but his ki was back to normal as well, which by itself was now higher than Verto's total power.
"How did you do that," Verto asked, curious for an explanation.
"I don't know if you knew or not, but my energies aren't as balanced as yours. I have just as much Psi, but a lot more ki. Using Super Mystic is more of a pain for me, as I have to keep the rest of my ki under wraps. However when I burn too much of my combined power up, I can use my Psi to not only bring it out, but replenish my lost ki. I may lose the extra power from the higher form, but I can now fight without straining myself and I don't have to concentrate as much. Almost the opposite of what you did earlier. Hope you're ready!" Gohan challenged as he dropped into his own stance. Verto frowned at this latest development, he hadn't expected it. He thought he played his cards decently well to outwit Gohan since he was on the lower end of the power scale. Making Gohan block against his attacks and burn up his energy sounded good since there was no way Gohan was going to go toe to toe with him due to a lack of experience with the Super Mystic form. He also considered trying the same thing Gohan did, but he didn't have extra ki stored away, and that would be pointless because he would be much lower in power than he was now. Also, Gohan had seen him absorb a big blast once already, the odds of him firing a big one at him when he was ready were slim. The other problem was the child body, even with the Zerg cells he couldn't get that high without a transformation. So much for that crap plan.
I see your motives inside
decisions to hide
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong we're Headstrong
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
and This is not where you belong
Gohan charged Verto; arriving faster than the smaller Saiyan could react. He kicked Verto directly in the chest, and then followed up with a punch to the temple. Verto dropped harshly to the ground, the side of his head was bleeding badly. Gohan punched his midsection a few times before grabbing his leg and swinging him around and around. Verto was suffering from a bad headache and now dizziness before Gohan let him go, right into the large lava pool that had formed. Verto plunged into it, but emerged very quickly with smoldering Zerg cells covering his body. Some of them even dripped off from being melted by the hot lava. Verto powered up some to cool off, and the Zerg cells struggled a bit before helping to regenerate his outer shell. Once cooled off, he spotted Gohan high in the air. Gohan was drawn back for the attack his father was famous for.
"Verto, its time to end this! KA-ME-HA.." he began. Zerg-Verto dropped back in a similar stance, he felt he could at least stand up to this attack and try to stall it so he could try absorption, it might be the only option now.
"Super Galic Gun..." Verto said as the teal colored beam gathered in his hands.
"MEH!" Gohan continued his long chant. Verto narrowed his eyes, Gohan's attack should be complete since he's no longer Super Mystic, even if he's going full. His answer came a moment later when Gohan's figure vanished.
"HAAAAA!!!!" came from directly behind him. He didn't even have time to blink before the beam hit him full force. The combined effort of Gohan's Kamehameha and the Super Galic Gun that had been forming in Verto's hands caused two huge explosions that had Verto trapped between them both. Gohan and the others shielded themselves from the ferocious light and wind kicked up by the power display. Gohan heard a very loud scream underneath the blinding light, barely noticeable with the roar of the energy explosion. Once the smoke and dust cleared, Gohan spotted Verto sprawled out in the middle of a figure-eight shaped crater. He was done and about out, dropped out of Super Mystic form. Gohan flew down to his former friend just as the others did. He then noticed something different. Verto now looked more normal than he had. His face was a pale but normal skin color, and his hair was shorter again. His body was now bare except for a spandex set of shorts that had somehow survived, not to mention a battered looking form. His tail was still dark green in color, but other than that, the Zerg cells had been completely blown off.
"It's over. I'm sorry, bro," Gohan whispered to the fallen Saiyan.
I can't give everything away, This is not were you belong
I won't give everything away
-
The others dropped down just behind Gohan before walking up and looking over the child, who was not moving.
"Is he...?" Goku asked.
"No dad, but he's done moving for a while. His blast combined with mine must have really done a number on him, it's amazing he wasn't killed!" Gohan exclaimed in slight wonder.
"Must have been the Zerg cells that protected him from most of it. Unlike Borgos, they made Verto tougher!" Tora pointed out.
"It's probably because of his energy, Zerg cells and Psi don't really connect too well. So it probably preserved his natural hardness," Gohan explained.
"And there's always a chance that they'll grow back. We should take him back to the ship and see what Tassadar can do for him," Bardock suggested. Everyone then perked up to a lower power approaching from the direction of the Protoss ship.
Vegeta instantly growled slightly, "Once again, bad timing girl." The girl in question then landed before the group, not seeing Verto right away.
"Hey guys, you find Verto? I sensed a lot of fighting up here?" Fasha asked innocently enough. Gohan and Bardock kept their grim looks as they both stepped aside, giving her a full view of the fallen child. Her somewhat cheerful appearance didn't last as she rushed over to Verto, who was barely breathing.
"What happened to him?" she asked.
"I had to blast him, and he had one of his own blow up in his hands. He's lucky to be alive. I'm sorry Fasha, but I had to do it. He's evil now!" Gohan explained. Fasha didn't have one of the better reactions, and luckily Gohan was all powered up, so her constant barrage of punches to his body had little affect. Bardock and Goku managed to pull her off, but she was still mad as a hornet at Gohan. She went through an array of curses and threats before Vegeta stepped between them in slapped her sharply across the face. She shut up abruptly.
"Listen girl, we anticipated that this could happen. He's not dead, so don't go off like a loose cannon. We may be able to help him!" Vegeta shouted.
"I'm still gonna tear him a new one!" Fasha growled one more time. Gohan didn't seem to care, he felt bad about hurting his friend, but he had to do it.
"If you want to commit suicide that's your business," Vegeta said. Suddenly Verto coughed up a large amount of blood before shifting around in pain, groaning and cringing. His whole body flinched and his back arched up as if something was just itching to get out of him it seemed.
"What's happening Vegeta?" Goku asked.
"How should I know?" Vegeta grunted as he watched in wonder. Fasha leaned down next to Verto, trying to get him to calm down.
"Verto, what's wrong?" she asked. He managed to shove her hand off before his eyes popped wide open and he struggled to breathe again.
"Look, they are growing back!" Tora pointed out. Indeed, the Zerg cells were beginning to reform on Verto's body, starting at the tail root before climbing down his legs and all the way up to his face. They continued to reform and regenerate before ending in his hair, making it grow back out a little. Verto choked constantly in between screams of pain as the Zerg tissues replaced themselves. Verto's pain ended after about a minute and he jumped up and back, looking at himself in disbelief.
I know I know all about
I know I know all about
I know I know all about your motives inside and your decisions to hide
Great, this Zerg thing is going to be hard to get rid of later, Zerg-Verto thought as he saw that he was still alive. He would have preferred his Zerg attachments to be permanently gone when he felt them burn off, but they had saved his life. Some of his ki had been restored as well, but he was still very exhausted. Most of his Psi supply was gone, save for the Cerebrate's extra stash. He knew that wouldn't make a bit of difference now. Then he glanced up at the other Saiyans in front of him, and Fasha wasn't five feet away.
"Fa-Fasha?" he asked in wonder.
"Yeah, I'm here. It's gonna be okay," she held out her arms to embrace him.
He backed up a step or two, "No, stay back, you'll only get yourself hurt!" Fasha held a worried expression, everyone else was speechless at what was unfolding.
"Verto, it's me, you're safe!" she said, stepping towards him more.
He backpedaled again, "No Fasha, I'm not the Verto you know, you must stay away! Leave this planet now!" Everyone was left clueless at this development, but watched in surprise as Verto then powered up and flew off into the distance quickly. Fasha looked ready to cry, but powered up as well to chase after him.
"No Fasha, don't follow!" Bardock called to her.
She stopped herself to this, "But why?"
"Because that really isn't the Verto we know," Gohan began.
"How can that be?" she cried. Gohan then began a lengthy explanation as to what he believed was wrong.
"Somehow this evil was set free and his good side, the one that we know, was put away. I sensed it from him a while ago when he lost his emotional control, the good side tried to break out again. I suspect that this may have happened during his infestation somehow. This one is just as rebellious though, I doubt the Overmind can control him either way. I sensed a third presence in there also, its where he got his extra Psi from when he went beyond his form a while ago. I don't know what it is though, whatever it was it was fading fast. I think we should let things play out for now before giving chase guys. I really think Verto can break out on his own without our help. We should work on trying to eliminate the Zerg!" Gohan suggested.
"And what makes you think that boy, a guess?" Vegeta barked.
Gohan glared back at him, "Because he almost did Vegeta, did you see how emotional he just got before taking off. He's gonna break free, it's only a matter of time now. Let's get back to the ship!" Gohan said. Vegeta growled at the way his rival's son was spewing orders, but since he was the only one to really do anything against Verto, he accepted it for now. Fasha stared back at the direction Verto went before leaving herself. Come back to us soon!
I can't give everything away
I won't give everything away, this is not were you belong
-
"Headstrong" by Trapt
Power levels:
Zerg-Verto: Super Mystic: 660,000,000; weakened: 480,000,000
Gohan: Super Mystic: 700,000,000; Mystic form after Recharge: 580,000,000
A/N: There's your winner, Gohan.
Everyone who was looking for that explanation as to why Verto got a bigger power up just got it. Gohan is about 60-40 with ki and Psi. Verto is pretty much 50-50. It was explained a few times before when Gohan was training, this time you got some numbers to go with it. The only big reason that Verto is still weaker is because he's a kid, simple reason there. If the power level junkies want to try to dispute my math, they can try, its very close to the actual percentages and that's all the further I am going to take it, so there! I imagine it's an easy guess as to who this new agent is, how he got there is a better question.
Next time on DBV: An Exhausted Zerg-Verto is punished by the Overmind and encounters his newest agent, who beats the snot out of him. Meanwhile, Gohan and the others receive a distress call from Artanis and rush out there to rescue the Dark Templar from the Zerg. Watch out Saiyans, this new agent of darkness is heading your way! Next Time!