The Silver Surfer flew steadily, keeping pace with the odd being he had met. They traveled hundreds of miles northeast, until they reached a barren desert. The being, who called himself 'The Great Saiyaman', then stopped.
"This will be fine," he said as he landed on a rock outcropping.
The Surfer landed on another peak, a few hundred feet away, holding his board under his shoulder.
"We do not have to do this," he said. "Galactus will arrive soon and when he does, the outcome of this battle will be irrelevant"
"Sorry, no can do," replied Gohan. "It's my duty to defend this planet, no matter how powerful the threat is"
"Very well," replied the Surfer. "Then shall we begin?"
"Let's!" shouted Gohan as he charged at the glowing otherworldly being. He attacked with a flurry of punches and kicks that the Surfer just barely managed to stay ahead of.
The Surfer was surprised at the speed and agility his opponent was demonstrating. He managed to dodge at first, but then a blow hit home. The Herald of Galactus went flying upwards into the atmposphere.
He steadied himself, and reflected on the new situation.
"He is superior in hand - to - hand combat," the Surfer thought, "but I am possessed of the Power Cosmic! And although I am not a warrior at heart, I have often be chosen to fill that role in my travels. He will be in for an unpleasant surprise now"
He darted downwards at a speed outracing even photons themselves, and hit Gohan with a massive punch. Gohan went flying into the ground, creating an enormous crater. He tried to recover and attack again, but he was nailed by a cosmic blast that buried him deeper in the earth.
Gohan flew upwards, attempting to land another hit on the Surfer, but before he could, the silvery being darted across the horizon. However, he was immediately back as he hit Gohan again with a deadly impact, sending him careening through a nearby mountain. The young hero quickly recovered from the blow, and fired a barrage of ki blasts at his enemy. However, they all bounced off of a forcefield the Surfer had erected around himself, some of them being deflected up into space and the others into the ground, pockmarking the land with huge craters.
The Surfer launched another cosmic salvo, which hit Gohan square in the chest and knocked the wind out of him. He recovered, but he was now bloodied, bruised, and scratched all over, whereas his opponent was in perfect form.
Meanwhile, Goku and Uub were visiting Mr. Satan and his friend, Majin Buu.
"So what do you think of this Silver Surfer guy?" asked Mr. Satan, worriedly. "You think he's serious"
"I don't know," replied Goku. "I haven't sensed any strange ki since the broadcast, but it never hurts to be sure.
Just then, Goku and Uub detected Gohan's distinctive ki signature.
"That's Gohan!" Uub exclaimed. "It feels like he
s fighting someone"
"Let's go check it out," replied Goku.
"Buu come with you!" Yelled the corpulent blob.
"You guys be careful, okay?" said Mr. Satan as they left.
"This guy is tough," though Gohan to himself. "I guess I'm going to have to go mystic"
Immediately, the Surfer noticed a huge surge of enery coming from his young adversary. It was even greater than the energy he had first detected that led him to this planet. The young man's appearance was unchanged, but his power was off the scale, and it was reverberating and shaking the entire landscape.
Before he could react, the Silver Surfer was immediately blitzed by a flurry of punches and kicks, coming too fast for him to predict. He was launched backwards into a hillside, but before he crashed into the ground, Gohan appeared behind him and knocked him back the way he had came. He landed roughly on the desert floor, stabilizing himself, as Gohan prepared another attack.
"KA - ME - HA - ME - HA!" the young man screamed, as another blue bolt of ki was launched. The Surfer reached out his hand to transmute it like he had before, but before he could, Gohan appeared behind him and hit him downwards with a double - handed impact. Gohan flew upwards and prepared to fire again. "KA - ME - HA - ME - HA!" he screamed, as his attack buried the Surfer in the ground, pushing him through miles and miles of the earth's crust and into its molten mantle.
Once the beam had stopped, the Surfer flew upwards out of the mantle and back into the sky, but was blitzed again by a barrage of punches and kicks.
"Enough!" he screamed, as a forcefield erupted from his body and repelled Gohan several meters.
"It is time to end this." The Silver Surfer held out his hand, and it glowed with an unearthly light. Gohan's ki aura began to bend and distort strangely, then escaped in small strands up to the Surfer's hand. The strands merged into a massive river of ki, leaking out of Gohan's body at an enormous rate.
Gohan collapsed to his knees.
"I - I can't move. What did you do"
"I drained your energy," replied his opponent. "I could have ended this battle any time I wanted, I only kept it up this long to gain further information on the threat posed by the inhabitants of this planet." "You, I -" at that, Gohan collapsed into unconsciousness.
Suddenly, the Surfer detected 3 massive energy readings arriving. Goku, Uub, and Buu were on the scene.
"Hey, you're that Silver Surfer guy! The one who threatened to eat the planet!" yelled Uub.
"No, it is my master-" The Surfer was cut off in midsentence by Goku, sounding furious.
"What did you do to Gohan?" he screamed.
"He will be fine," replied the Surfer.
"Well, you won't!" yelled Uub, as all 3 fighters charged him.