AN: The mere fact of this chapter being up should inform you of my return from France, but I'm saying it anyway. It was decent, but I got nothing done writing wise. I did draw up Caine though, even if I'm not happy with the drawing. I'll see if I can get it up some time.

I was going to have very long and boring review replies, but the evil admins of FFnet have banned it. If you have a question, and no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe I can be bothered to answer manually via the PM system (end blatant A-Team pun). Seriously though, it's taken me more than enough time to get things back on track. Sorry for the lack of updates on my part. I don't mind questions by the way, and I will reply if possible. Problem is, if you review anonymously you really need to enter your email now for me to answer. Oh the agon- er… effort! Now on to the story!



Episode Eight: The Gotenks to the Rescue?


Last time Caine's power eclipsed all warriors present! After brutally assaulting Brolly he turned to Goku and co. for some better entertainment. Even the combined efforts of Goku and Vegeta were not enough to bring the Saiyan down, so in order to save the day still Trunks and Goten have decided to use their secret weapon! Will Gotenks be the key to victory? Or will years of slacking off have taken their toll on the fused warrior? All and more will be shown in Episode Eight: the Return of Gotenks!

"Are you sure you're ready?" The teens asked with cocky grins. As they moved their bodies into mirrored poses Caine looked on in amusement.

"From what I can tell it's you boys that aren't ready. Stop stalling and pull this trick of yours. I don't have all day; I've got Kais to kill!" He snorted. Just then Trunks and Goten started what looked like a stupid dance. Surely they didn't expect him to just drop dead laughing. "FU!" Ha, making him drop dead laughing might just be the trick. "SION!" Fu-sion? Fusion! Caine's eyes widened as he realized what was going on, but it was too late. "HA!" The bright flash of light temporarily blinded him and when he got his sight back the two cocky teens were gone. In replace stood an even cockier teen with features from both and huge power. Well, it would've been had he not been in his strongest form right now. But it scared him that this guy was almost dead even with him power wise.

"What's the matter ugly? Never seen the face of Death before?" Gotenks started before Caine regained his composure. "And to think we were scared of you!" Obvious signs of anger were now showing. "Hahaha! You're nothing but talk!" And obviously Gotenks either didn't see or didn't care.

"I'm all talk? You're the one doing the talking! If I'm that weak, care to give it a try in combat?" Caine dared. He'd only met this guy a minute ago and already the guy was testing his patience.

"Alright then I will! Look out ugly, here I come!" Gotenks replied before dashing straight at his target. He didn't get why everyone was so worked up about this guy. He was on equal level with him and he hadn't even gone to the third level yet. This was going to be a piece of cake.

"This youngster needs a pounding and truth be told there's nothing else I'd like to do right now!" Caine eagerly dropped himself into one of many stances. "Seeing as this fused warrior will be in the offensive for a while it would be best to defend and wear him down a bit before countering." He thought while he dodged the first fist of many coming in. He growled as he soon found out he had no speed advantage either, Gotenks easily keeping up with him and soon becoming the dominating fighter.

"So far for wearing you down, it's time I made a move!" Caine yelled before ducking the next kick and planting his elbow deep in Gotenks' stomach. As he went in for another swift punch Gotenks pulled back and kneed him in the face.

"Amazing, they seem to be on an even level for now. Kakarot, see if you can wake Brolly up! I have a feeling this won't last for long!" Goku looked at Brolly's downed form as he thought back to the times they were trying to kill him. Now they were here to save him. Then he watched the fight a bit before turning to Vegeta.

"Why that? Gotenks seems to be winning. Though he could try to be a bit more serious."

"Exactly, Gotenks thinks he can take Caine on easily. He's clearly underestimating the enemy and that might cost us. Now hurry up and check on Brolly!" Goku did as told and checked on Brolly. He was seriously beaten and it looked like he might not wake up for a while.


Meanwhile Gotenks and Caine had started using Ki attacks as well, some of which were leaving their mark on the planet. As a distant town blew up because of a stray blast, Gotenks pulled back grinning widely.

"Let's see you handle this one! Super Kamikaze Ghost Attack!" He yelled before taking in a lot of air. As he breathed out strange white shapes came from his mouth. These quickly took shape looking like Gotenks without his legs. Caine was just staring at them wide eyed wondering how these things were going to attack him at all. Suddenly the order was given and the ghosts, six in total, charged at him head on. He snorted as he blasted one; if these things attacked without thinking he'd gladly mop the floor with them. He was surprised when the explosion was a lot bigger than he'd intended.

"Crap." He said as he found out just why these things were called 'kamikaze' ghosts. And one was too close to blast or dodge. The ghost exploded violently after connecting with his left arm, forming a large cloud of smoke. The remaining four ghosts flew in immediately hoping to catch their opponent while he was still stunned from the blast. Four loud explosions quickly followed, but when the smoke cleared Caine was unfazed with exception of his arm. Surrounding him was a large transparent red sphere that was obviously erected as a shield.

"You know, that actually hurt! A lot! The other four would have killed me if I hadn't been fast enough with the shield!" Caine said clamping his arm in surprise. It had burn marks all over and was temporarily paralyzed, but that was it. The arm was still attached, so the attack didn't do as much as it could, but it hurt. "I won't be using my arm for a while. At least not until I get some feeling in it. But why can I not feel my own arm? It's not dead, because I can still sense it. Never mind, I'll worry about my arm later."

"Did I hurt your arm? Whoops, I was aiming for the head, sorry!" Gotenks laughed, thinking of ways to poke fun at his opponent's new handicap. But in the back of his mind he was wondering how his strongest attack did so little. It tore Buu apart, yet this guy only lost control of his arm.

"Think you've won just because I lost function of my left arm? Don't worry, there's still plenty of right arm left to defeat you ten times over! Starting now, Ki Saber!" Caine yelled as a red glow around his right hand grew into a large red energy sword. Gotenks barely had enough time to duck before the first swing came at him, followed quickly by dozens more.


After the nth swipe nearly took his head off Gotenks watched a few strands of hair fall down in front of his face. He looked up to see the top of his widow peak missing.

"That's it, you're going down! Inter Galactic Donuts!" He yelled as he drew circles with his energy before launching them at Caine. The 'donuts' were going too high to hit him, so Caine paid little attention to them after they soared past him. Until they clamped tight around him, one at his feet and one at his torso, also keeping his arms trapped. Gotenks smirked widely as he gathered the energy for his Victory Cannon. The name seemed even more appropriate now, as it would be the winning attack. Caine wiggled wildly to free himself as he felt Gotenks' energy rise, but stopped after several attempts. He laughed loudly before snapping the restraints with ease, a large reddish golden aura forming around him.

"Please, you didn't think that was all I had, did you?" Caine laughed again. "Let me show you why I'm considered Legendary!" The smile was gone as he rushed the surprised Gotenks. Gotenks was a threat, an opponent with a lot of power, and such a threat could not be tolerated.

"Victory Cannon!" Gotenks yelled as he fired his beam in desperation. Caine plowed straight through, but as he exited at the other end Gotenks had transformed. His eyebrows no longer held hair, but the hair on his head had reached his knees and he radiated with golden energy. Caine felt fear, for the first time, but above all frustration. The warrior equaled him at his current maximum. And for some reason, that maximum was dropping slowly.

His moment of awe was cut short by Gotenks going on the offensive. With just one arm fully under control Caine had difficulties keeping up, though the energy sword still present in his right hand made up for his handicap. He had a weapon, a longer strike range and some 500 years worth of extra experience. Yet he was struggling because Gotenks was slightly stronger, slightly faster, slightly more agile, and had twice as many arms.

Using the sword to keep Gotenks away, Caine went through his options. The continued numbness in his left arm was starting to break him, and for the first time he had a slight clue as to what might cause it. The dropping energy level wasn't helping either. His first option was to suddenly attack using pretty much all his energy to wipe out the lot of them. But if the older fighters could perform the same trick as these youngsters he would be in a lot of trouble, and out of energy. His second option, delay the fused one until his time runs out, while focusing on the older warriors, of course not letting them fuse. But how to delay… using his Spheres was probably the best strategy, but it would require more concentration than he could afford to lose at the moment. The third option, run fast and hard, and preferably somewhere they can't follow. Very unattractive and acting like a spineless coward wasn't him. He had made up his mind.

"Dark Sphere!" The sparkling black orb of negative energy pulsated wildly as it grew in size. Goku and Vegeta's eyes widened in recognition, and Goku immediately told Gotenks not to touch it. Caine chuckled as he drew back his arm for the toss. They weren't even meant to touch it, just to be occupied with dodging it. And with a roar it was released. Gotenks could barely dodge as the orb whizzed a mere inch by his face. The attack felt odd to him, like there was no energy in the attack at all. In fact, it felt like a void and sucked in energy from his aura as it passed by. Following its movement with his senses, he kept his eyes on Caine, who appeared to be only watching, smirking widely.

Suddenly the attack came back around, but Gotenks flipped over it with ease. When he came out of his flip though, Caine was gone, and a rock exploded several meters away. Goku yelled in pain as he felt like every bone in his body had just broken as Caine got off him to charge at Vegeta. Vegeta only dodged half of the tackle and spun wildly in the air due to the impact. As Caine turned around for another go Gotenks appeared in front of him, wiggling his finger in disapproval.

"Aren't we forgetting something?" He said, to which Caine only grinned and pointed behind him. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

Caine made a nosedive to get out of the way as Gotenks blasted off as fast as he could to evade the rapidly approaching sphere. Vegeta had managed to stop himself before crashing into anything and powered up as far as he could while watching Caine touch down in front of him. Caine looked on in amusement as Goku picked himself up from the dirt with a painful expression on his face. Then a sudden eye movement from Vegeta caught his attention, as Vegeta shifted his eyes to Brolly, who lay behind Caine. The shift was enough to put him on alert, but it was too late as the strong arms of the large Saiyan locked around his torso and squeezed tight. Brolly looked absolutely pissed as he held on tightly.

"Thought you got rid of me, eh? Well unfortunately it takes a bit more to kill me off!" The bulked up Saiyan exclaimed as he smirked cockily. "Let go of me you large buffoon!" Came Caine's enraged reply. Suddenly Gotenks zipped by, flailing his arms and screaming loudly, with the dark orb in hot pursuit. "Make way!"

"Well, what are you waiting for Kakarot? An invitation? I can't hold this guy forever!" Brolly said after the brief interruption. He tightened his grip as Caine tried to free himself, earning a grunt from his counterpart. Goku didn't need another encouragement as he powered back up to Super Saiyan 3 and began charging his signature move. Vegeta followed suit, and Caine found himself facing fairly uneven odds.


Meanwhile Gotenks was still busy trying to shake off the strange attack Caine had fired at him. His run had taken him almost around the planet and the orb was not showing any signs of letting up.

"Aw man, does this thing ever give up? I can't even remember how long that thing's been chasing me. Crap, what if the fusion runs out!" With that, he made a U turn and flew right past the attack, feeling more of his energy being pulled towards it. Now it no longer felt like a void, though the level was still lower than even the air around it. "Hey, maybe that's it!" Gotenks thought as he repeated the maneuver, getting the same effect. Flaring his aura outward, he passed it again, feeling more energy being transferred. He grinned at his discovery, and repeated the action several times until the orb dissipated completely.

"Oh yeah, who's the man!" Said the dual voices. Trunks and Goten looked at each other in shock as they realized their actions had drained what time was left of the fusion. After gaping at each other for a few seconds they sped back to where they felt their fathers' energy building. Something was up.


In a surprising twist Brolly seems to have stepped in to save the day. Gotenks did well, but eventually was no match for Caine's unorthodox attacks and wits, and now the teens are separated for at least the next hour. But with Brolly holding the ropes and Goku and Vegeta preparing for their attacks, the fight seems to be over. Will this be the end of a Legend? Will the Kais finally be able to breathe easily again? Will I ever update after this chapter, seeing as how Caine is about to die? Find out and more, on the next episode of A Legend Lived On!

To Be Continued…



AN: Again, sorry for the time it took to update this. I've been working on a powerlevel chart to clear things up a bit, but haven't included it yet because I'm not happy with the numbers just yet. Besides, some of you might not even want to know. Anyway, press that button next to Submit Review please. It would make my day. I'm off for now, until next time.

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