A/N: Welcome back to Change! *Uses narrator voice* Last time on Change, our heroes trained for the arrival of the Saiyans. In the end, Goku mastered Kaioken times eleven, while Raditz made an important friendship with Piccolo and Gohan. And they were also joined by old friends. But reunions were short as the Saiyans arrived. Now that they are here, what is in store for our heroes? *Stops using narrator voice* Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Battle of the Saiyans, Goku Returns!
Raditz glared at Vegeta and Nappa, his eyes narrowed. "I'll show you how much stronger I've become! You won't stand a chance against me!"
"You really think so?" Vegeta questioned dubiously, pulling out a small bottle. "Nappa, would you do the honors?"
Nappa smiled and began slowly dropping tiny seeds into the ground. Raditz recognized the seeds that grew the Saibamen. He smirked, they would be no match for him now. Raditz smiled as he saw another teammate join. He looked utterly confused as to what the Saibamen were. Raditz sensed his power level and frowned, this teammate, who he learned was named Yamcha, stood no chance against the Saibamen.
"They don't look that dangerous, I'm sure I can take them," Yamcha said.
"Looks like we've got our first volunteer to die," Vegeta said with a laugh. "Do your worst, you still won't be able to win."
"Yamcha wait! Don't! You stand no chance against them!" Raditz said, a thin hint of worry piercing through his voice.
Yamcha turned to Raditz and scoffed. "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I can handle these little twerps."
Before Raditz could say anything else, Yamcha charged at the Saibaman, while Raditz could only watch in pure terror; glued to the spot. Yamcha tried to punch the one nearest to him, but it easily dodged. Yamcha's eyes widened and he did a series of punches, trying to reach his opponent. Suddenly, it latched onto him, smiling up at him.
"Let me go, you son of a bitch! Let go!" Yamcha said, squirming. The Saibaman looked up at him, glowing with a strange light. Yamcha's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. "No! Let me go!"
The Saibaman smirked and blew up, taking Yamcha with it. Yamcha's body hit the ground with a horrific thud. Krillin and Gohan were both in shock. Tien, Raditz, Chiaotzu and Piccolo all had looks of anger and shock as well. Raditz was furious, he heard Vegeta and Nappa laughing and silenced them with an angry glare, only for them to start up laughing again, even more obnoxiously. Raditz despised the both of them. He could guarantee, that if they actually could sense energy, they would be trembling in their boots right now.
Krillin's stunned look dissipated, and it was quickly replaced with anger. He grit his teeth and fired a barrage of energy blasts at the Saibamen. Raditz watched as one Saibaman after the other was quickly destroyed by Krillin's Ki. Only one remained, trying to escape from the fighters. Vegeta looked down at the Saibaman with contempt and fired a Ki blast right in it's face. It's shriek of terror was cut off as it died, in a motionless in a pile of burnt limbs.
"You missed one," Vegeta said, looking Krillin dead in the eye.
Before anyone could reply to Vegeta's comment; a Saibaman jumped out at Gohan, aiming to blow him up like it did to Yamcha. Gohan's face was one of sheer terror. Scared for his best friend's life; Raditz flew as quickly as he could towards the Saibaman. But, Piccolo was quicker, he easily overtook Raditz and caught the Saibaman by it's arm. A look of fear spread over it's face as it looked up at Piccolo.
"Don't give me that look, little shit!" Piccolo snapped, throwing it in the air and blasting it to bits.
Vegeta smiled and laughed, then a dreadful look of interest came over his face. That was not good. In fact, it was never good. Memories of being Vegeta's lapdog came flooding back to him. He saw himself falling to the ground, Vegeta laughing as he pressed his foot on his spine. Raditz shook his head to clear the memories. That was all in the past. He saw Vegeta look to Nappa and knew what was going to happen before Vegeta even said the order.
"Nappa, kill them all," Vegeta ordered, stepping back.
Nappa smirked and looked at the group, his eyes searching for the person he wanted to kill first, like a hawk stalking it's prey. Raditz knew he could take on the lumbering buffoon, but he also didn't want to take any chances. But he wasn't the same person anymore; he wasn't the coward that Vegeta and Nappa still knew him as. This time, they wouldn't get any cheap shots. Try me now, Nappa. Let's see what I can do, Raditz thought, his eyes narrowed.
For once, Nappa was the fly and Raditz was the hungry frog. For once, Raditz wanted Nappa to come at him. He watched as Nappa continued to eye them. Krillin was looking terrified, but he was determined. If Raditz was worried about anyone, it was Chiaotzu. He doesn't look like a fighter, he doesn't have a muscular build, like Tien or Piccolo for example...Chiaotzu looks more like a circus clown than anything. Raditz scolded himself, he was acting just as low as Vegeta and Nappa by thinking hat.
Suddenly, Nappa charged at Krillin. Before Krillin could react, he was elbowed in the stomach. Raditz glared at Nappa and charged at him. The Saiyan general dodged, but Raditz nearly hit him. Surprise came over both Vegeta and Nappa's normally smug faces. Raditz smirked, finally he had managed to surprise those two idiots.
"Nice dodge, Raditz, but can you dodge energy blasts?" Nappa asked, an energy blast forming in his hand. Suddenly, Piccolo came from behind Nappa, and kicked him square in the back. Clear shock was evident on Nappa's face as he landed on one knee. Raditz and Piccolo exchanged a nod and began circling around Nappa.
"FUCK YOU!" The big man bellowed, then suddenly, Nappa charged forward and cut off half of Tien's arm. Tien screamed out in agony, and fell to one knee, glaring at Nappa. The evil Saiyan smirked and punched Tien in the gut, propelling him upwards. Tien's cry of agony was cut off as he hit the ground, his chest heaving. Nappa smirked and looked back to Vegeta, a cruel smile on his face. Suddenly, Chiaotzu jumped onto Nappa's back and held on tight. Nappa looked back, annoyed.
Raditz looked over to Tien and saw pure despair evident in his eyes. He looked back to Chiaotzu and saw determination in the little fighter's eyes. Raditz was confused, even Krillin and the others didn't seem to know what was going on. All except Tien seemed to have an idea of what Chaotzu planned to do. Nappa slammed his back with Chiaotzu on it into a mountain, crumbling it to pieces. But Chiaotzu continued to hold onto Nappa's back. Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard and Chiaotzu was gone.
They all waited anxiously to see if Nappa was still alive. When the smoke cleared, he barely had a scratch on him. He looked a little bit phased, but that's only due to the suprise that someone would actually sacrifice their own life for their friend's. Even Raditz was a little shocked about the sacrifice. Most times on the planets that they took over, the last survivor begged to be spared, but the Saiyan prince always blew its head off.
"You bastard! You killed my friend! It's time to die!" Tien shouted, the flames of anger burning in his eyes.
A yellow beam of light shot from Tien's hand and he collapsed, exhausted. Nappa easily slapped the energy blast away, causing it to destroy a mountain. Raditz watched nervously as Nappa landed in front of him and the remaining Z Fighters. Interest was clear in his gaze as he looked them over. Raditz scoffed, Stupid Nappa, always thinking he's better than everyone else. Nappa glared at Krillin and fired an energy blast at him.
Krillin dodged out of the way, barely getting out of the blast's path in time. Raditz watched as the energy blast went through five mountains. That likely would have killed Krillin very easily. Krillin looked surprised himself at how well he had managed to dodge the blast. Raditz was personally impressed that Krillin had managed to escape the blast without a scratch. Nappa appeared irritated, but also interested. Krillin looked pissed, he held up his hand and a yellow disk appeared.
"Destructo Disk!" Krillin shouted, throwing it at Nappa.
Nappa tilted his head away and the disk scratched his cheek. Shock and anger were evident in his eyes as he touched it. Blood welled from it, and down his which jaw. Raditz held his breath. Unless Krillin kept up his dodging, he would be done for. Nappa flung himself forward and grabbed Krillin by his face. Piccolo and Raditz jolted forward, ready to help. Vegeta glared at them and stood still, patiently watching Nappa's show. Raditz exhaled, panting nervously, then diverted his eyes.
"Hmph, still the same weakling as before. Too cowardly to even look at me," Vegeta scoffed.
Raditz clenched his fist and focused on the fight at hand. Krillin was being pounded. Blood trailed down his face and neck. Raditz tried to block out Krillin's cries of pain. Finally, Nappa threw Krillin next to Gohan; finished with him. Tears formed in the child's eyes as he looked down at his unconscious, injured best friend.
"Now I have three more to choose from. No, two, I'm saving the traitor for last," Nappa said, smirking. "Let's see, who do I want to kill now...? The kid!"
Nappa fired a powerful beam of golden light out of his mouth, straight at Gohan. Piccolo's eyes widened with his sudden surprise, and he got in front of the blast. Raditz rushed forward, he would not lose another friend. The beam hit Raditz dead on, causing a huge jolt of pain to jolt through him. The beam dissipated and Raditz collapsed, bending onto one knee. He didn't know if he could stand. But it waspretty laughable that a blast like that from Nappa originally would have killed him, but now, it wasn't even enough to penetrate his skin.
"Mr. Raditz!" Gohan cried.
Raditz laughed and stood, feeling awesome with his newfound resilience. Shock filled both Vegeta and Nappa's eyes as they saw Raditz get up.
"Is that the best you can do, Nappa?!" Raditz asked, laughing uproariously. Nappa growled threateningly, looking furious.
"You guys get to safety. I'll deal with Nappa." Raditz said, smiling.
Gohan and Piccolo nodded and ran behind a rock. Raditz powered up and flew at Nappa. The Saiyan general tried to punch him right then and there, but Raditz was too smart, and he easily dodged Nappa's blow, then punched Nappa's jaw. Nappa fell back on his ass, shocked. He clearly did not expect Raditz to have gained so much strength in the year that he had been training with his new friends. Before Nappa could recover, Raditz punched him in the gut.
Goku arrived in a flash, surprised to see Raditz and the big bald Saiyan fighting. He was confused, but was happy to see Piccolo and Gohan okay. Goku had a feeling that Raditz had changed. He knew he would have to help him either way. Even though, it did look like his brother was holding his own against the Saiyan. For now, he had to prepare for the dangerous battle ahead. Goku rushed forward, and reached Gohan and Piccolo.
"So what's Raditz doing here?" Goku asked, causing Gohan and Piccolo to spin around. Tears sprang to the corners of Gohan's eyes as he recognized Goku. "Gohan, you look like you've gotten stronger. Thank you, Piccolo. For now though, I need you to get yourself and Gohan out of here. It isn't safe."
"B - But, Daddy. E - Everyone is d - dead. Mr. Krillin, Mr. Chiaotzu, Mr. Tien, all of them g - gone," Gohan said, tears streaming down his face.
"WHAT?!" Goku said incredulously, he powered up, showering rocks everywhere. The only one who seemed to be focused on Goku was the smug looking one. The Saiyan lazily lifted his finger and shot a beam at Raditz. Goku's brother stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes stretching wide. Goku was shocked, and screamed, "RADITZ!"
Raditz's eyes were glazing over, his chest heaving laboriously with each shuddering breath. Tears welled up in his eyes, and blood trickled down his lips. Goku was surprised to feel tears slowly trailing down his own cheeks. He felt undying rage building beneath the grief.
"K - Kakarot... took you long enough," Raditz whispered with a weak laugh. "Your son is much... stronger now...you should be proud."
"I am, thank you Raditz, for everything," Goku said, as Raditz's eyes slowly closed, and his breathing stopped. "Raditz, I'm going to continue this fight. For you and for my friends. As for you Saiyans, you're about to die.'
"Yeah right! Vegeta, what's his power level?" the bald one asked.
"His power level is six thousand, he doesn't stand a chance against you, Nappa. Take him out," Vegeta replied.
The Saiyan, Nappa charged forward. Goku easily dodged and punched Nappa's stomach, sending him flying up. He caught his back and felt his bones breaking beneath his fist. He threw Nappa to the ground, rage burning in his eyes.
"This is our fight now. Nappa is down, its just between you and me," Goku said, powering up.
"A - Are you sure h - his power level is six th - thousand?" Nappa questioned, his eyes glazed over with pain.
Vegeta checked his weird device and his eyes widened with shock. "It's over nine thousand!" He crushed his strange device and glared down at Nappa. "You're no longer of use to me, Nappa."
Vegeta fired an energy blast, but Goku easily slapped it aside. Anger burned in Vegeta's eyes as Goku glared at him. Goku didn't care if he was Nappa's superior; he had no right to attack his own comrade. Goku knew that this would be the hardest fight of his life. This was what he had prepared for. It was strangely terrifying now that it was actually happening. Goku shook his head to clear it of any misleading thoughts, it was time for the real battle to
A/N: And that's the chapter! What did you think? *Uses narrator voice* Next time on Change, Goku has arrived! It is now time for the prince of all Saiyans and Goku to Duke it out. Will Goku win, or will the Saiyan prince prove to be too much for our heroes to handle? Find out next time on Change! *Stops using narrator voice* Remember to review favorite and follow!
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