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Chapter 15: On Point
IDS Ba-Myu
"Make a crib for fit for a prince for this little guy" Goku stated as he handed the newborn baby to a couple foot soldiers before walking over to an unconscious Gohan whom he had placed back next to his thrown. Goku took out a small brown capsule and broke it under Gohan's nose. "Wakey wakey. Eggs and bakey. Aw maybe I shouldn't have left your mother behind, I could have had her make me some eggs and bacon. In all the fun I had over there I forgot to actually eat anything. Can you believe that, Gohan?"
Gohan didn't say anything simply staring at Goku with malice growing in his eyes with every second that passed.
"Anyway, we're missing your favorite program. Let's see how old man Roshi's holding up."
Roshi's Island
'I'm not sensing much from her...' Master Roshi thought as he stared down his new opponent who stared right back at him. "If you're going to have a chance of beating me I suggest you don't hide your true power."
"Oh, I'm not. I'm just not one for the whole ki thing." Celes replied as she pulled her right fist back. "I prefer pure physical power."
Celes brought her fist down to the ground nearly breaking the sound barrier from the sheer force alone causing sand to blow everywhere as the ground cracked upon impact.
"Looks like I'm a little rusty. That should have split this island clean in two. Hold on a moment."
Celes lightly tapped her left foot on the crack causing the crack to grow wider as the island began to split in two.
"There we go."
Water began cascading down the sides while Master Roshi and Celes stood on opposite sides of the crack as the island began to split apart.
"Quite the punch you got there." Roshi stated before his muscles expanded to over twice their size. "Let me show you mine."
Forrest of the Alpha Kai
"I wanna be a spaceborne ranger! Live the life of space guts and space danger!" Chronoa sang loudly as she and Piccolo continued their arduous trek.
"Ugh, are you going to do that the rest of the way?"
"You got a problem with my impeccable singing voice?"
"As a matter of fact..." Piccolo began to reply before nearly being brought to his knees by a small quake.
"Thaaat's not a good sign," Chronoa stated.
"What was that?"
Before Chronoa could answer Piccolo, several loud buzzing screeching sounds could be heard coming from the trees above.
"Oh no..." Chronoa
"What is that!?" Piccolo asked while covering his ears.
"Macadamians! The quake must have woken them up!"Chronoa exclaimed as a swarm of large feathered bee-like creatures with stingers resembling large serrated kitchen knives began to descend from the trees. "We might want to run...Right now!"
Piccolo and Chronoa ran as fast as they could manage while navigating through the dense forest while the Macadamians gave chase.
Roshi's Island
As the two halves of the island drifted further and further apart Roshi and Celes leaped towards one another quickly exchanging a flurry of punches and kicks before landing on opposite sides.
"You're quite strong for an old man."
"And you're not bad for a lovely lady such as yourself. But if you think you can beat me with pure strength alone..."
Master Roshi began waving his hands up and down and side to side while chanting "Relax. Calm. Tranquil. Relax. Calm. Tranquil. Relax. Calm. Tranquil."
"Wh...what are you..." Celes began to ask as she began feeling drowsy.
Celes began teetering on the edge of the wide chasm formed by the splitting of the island. However just as she was about to fall she suddenly punched herself hard in the chest.
"Nice try!" Celes exclaimed.
"What's that behind you!"
"Not falling for it." Celes replied before being hit in the back with two ki blasts that Master Roshi had fired while she was in a daze knocking her into the cavern.
"A true warrior always pays attention to their surroundings."
Before Roshi could even breathe a sigh of relief Celes brought herself back up on the same side as Roshi by digging her bare hands into the side of the island.
"You're going to pay for that!" Celes exclaimed.
"Darling, the only things I pay for are my girly mags, my beer, and my "herbal supplements." And that one time I was really desperate and hire a pr...You know what never mind about that last part."
Celes began punching wildly at Master Roshi only for him to avoid every single strike.
"Damn it!"
"Strength is no good if you can't hit your opponent."
Celes' expression of anger turned to a cocky smirk as a small tremor shook the ground followed by a larger quake. Celes let out a laugh as the ground continued to quake.
"Why the sudden burst of confidence?" Master Roshi inquired.
"Because it's about time to wrap things up." Celes replied.
"If you think this is going to end that quickly then you're..."
"Oh spare me. You don't get it, do you? My goal was already partially completed from the moment this island split in two. You thought my punch was just to show off my strength? No, it was to weaken the focal point that this island sits on. Since then I've just been biding my time until it weakened enough so one well place strike would be enough to break it. Though I will give you some credit, you're stronger than either I or my husband thought you'd be. But..." Celes formed two small ki blasts before quickly absorbing them into her hands causing them to glow. "Play times over."
Celes charged at Master Roshi with dramatically increased speed. She nearly managed to land a hit on the elderly fighter but Roshi was able to avoid it by the skin of his teeth.
"Still hiding a bit of power?" Celes stated with a chuckle. "Doesn't matter."
Celes moved even faster landing a hard strike to Master Roshi's gut. Master Roshi nearly fell down but remained standing after stumbling backward. Celes attempted to deliver another strike but before she could land it Master Roshi put his arms forward before sending out a blast of yellowish green ki from his hands. Celes did her best to not let a cry of pain as she felt several thousand volts of electricity surge through her body.
"You certainly are a tough one." Roshi stated. "I have yet to hear a single person not cry out in agony from this technique."
"This..." Celes began to say. "This...is...NOTHING!"
Celes began shouting loudly but not in a way that evoked a sense of pain but a sense of exertion. Celes' muscles began to bulge slightly as Master Roshi's thundershock surprise attack began to falter. Master Roshi attempted to put more energy into his attack but it proved to be of no use as Celes through sheer power alone broke through the attack. Master Roshi collapsed to his knees as an out of breath but still standing Celes landed in front of him.
"You...you...gave me quite...the thrill ride." Celes stated as she caught her breath before kicking Master Roshi in the head knocking Master Roshi unconscious. "For that, I'll make your death quick and painless."
Celes formed a medium sized ki blast in her right hand aimed it at Master Roshi.
"Don't." Goku's voice suddenly rang out in Celes' head.
"Why?"
"He'll die along with the rest once we fully take over. Finish destroying the focal point and come back."
"Yeah yeah. As you wish."
Celes aimed and fired her ki blast at the chasm causing a small explosion upon impact which after a brief moment of total silence was followed by a large beam of light shooting up into the sky as Celes took her leave by running across the water.
The ground began to shake violently not just on the island but around the entire planet.
Forest of the Alpha Kai
"Why can't I just blast them!?" Piccolo exclaimed as he and Chronoa continued to flee from the Macadamians.
"Harming a single creature in the Alpha Kai's forest is extremely illegal!" Chronoa replied. "They are sensitive to bright light though! If we had a big enough light source we could try and stun them!"
"A big enough light source..." A light bulb went off in Piccolo's head. "Close your eyes.
Chronoa did as she was told and closed her eyes while Piccolo quickly turned around put his hands towards the center of his face spread his fingers wide and shouted "Solar Flare!"
A bright flashing light emanated from between Piccolo's fingers causing every Macadamian to drop like a fly.
"Looks I got em all." Piccolo stated to Chronoa who kept running even with her eyes causing her run smack dab into a tree.
"Oooooow."
"You alright?"
"My face isn't all bruised up is it? That's my money maker. That and my cute little derriere. You should see my twerking skills."
"Yeah, you're fine." Piccolo replied with a chuckle.
"So you can laugh after all." Chronoa quipped.
"Let's get going." Piccolo replied as he helped Chronoa back to her feet but just as he helped her back up she was almost back down along with Piccolo himself by another quake much larger than before.
"Oh no..."
"What was that?"
"They must have destroyed one of the focal points...We need to hurry."
IDS Ba-Myu
"That sure was a doozy wasn't it." Goku stated.
"...Why did you let him live?" Gohan inquired.
"Because he entertained me. I was thinking about having him be my court jester. I always wanted one of those."
"Sir!" A foot soldier exclaimed as he entered the room.
"You better have a good reason for interrupting our father-son bonding time."
"Sorry sir, but we have located the remaining three focal points."
"Okay, that is a good reason then." Goku replied as the foot soldier handed him a printout of the remaining three locations. "Good, good, g..." Goku's face lit up as he read the third location."
"Sir, is there something wrong?"
"Oh no, something is very very right. The first two locations shouldn't be a problem but this one I think I'm going to have to handle personally. I've been curious about what fighting him would be like. You can stay here this time, Gohan."
Goku dropped the printout before placing his right index and middle fingers on his.
"Can't sense his energy so I'll have to get as close as I can." Goku stated before disappearing.
Gohan looked at the third location on the printout. Which had a short bio that read 'An island with several rare and exotic species guarded by a single park ranger.' Under the text was a picture of Android 17 with a line of text that read power level: Unknown
Narrator
Despite Master Roshi's valiant effort the first focal point has fallen. Piccolo and Chronoa continue their race against the clock will the other focal points crumble before they reach the Alpha Kai? And will Android 17 be able to stand up to the might of Red Goku? Find out next time on STRAINED BOND!
A/N
Another fine chapter if I do say so myself. Hope you enjoyed it. Let me know your thoughts and as always have a great day. ~TheUltimateMystic