Chapter Twenty-Seven: This Moment
"Now you know the answer
Save yourself from danger
I cannot forget how all of this began
I know you know the answers
Save yourself from danger
Beaten by a stranger
Blood still on his hands."
This Moment-Disturbed
DBZ
One year ago…
Amotto sat in front of the pulsating red laser bars of her cell, her legs folded indian-style beneath her. Her elbow was resting on her knee, and her chin rested in the palm of her hand as she listened to Broco talk. And she was smiling.
"These bars are interesting," he was saying. "Simple in design and effectiveness. I'd imagine that without the ki-restrictor holding our powers down, these bars would be more than enough to keep us imprisoned. But these Jynn-jins are very thorough." He looked down from the top of the bars of his cell and looked at her. He smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. I was rambling."
She held up her other hand and held her index finger and thumb an inch apart from one another. "Just a little bit," she said with a grin. She laughed and stood up, stretching her arms above her head. "Oh! I wish we had more room. I really hate being cramped up in here. How long have we been here, anyway?"
"Hm…" Broco frowned as he considered. "A month? I don't know to be honest. It's hard to keep track of the days." He gestured around with a sigh. "No windows, after all."
Amotto grinned. "Yeah, true." She looked to the cell directly across from hers and grimaced a bit. "Seripa is still unconscious. What the hell did they do to her?"
Broco glanced at the wall with a weary shrug. "I don't know. And when she is conscious she won't speak to any of us. We won't know what's going on until she talks to us." He was silent for a moment as he stared at the wall. He returned his gaze to her and said, "She's still taking what happened hard. She blames herself for what happened. I honestly don't blame her—"
"Broco!" Amotto exclaimed, jerking her attention back to him.
He held up a hand with a smile. "But…she can't help what's happened. She did what she thought was best to save us from Frieza. She had no other choice. Had we stayed we all might've died. It is unfortunate that so many lives were lost in the crash, but some of us survived. I know Aurah survived. I saw her before I passed out." He sighed again and shook his head. "I just don't know what happened to her…"
"Maybe she escaped?" suggested Amotto. "I hope she did."
"I do, too." Broco fell silent as he leaned against the wall of his cell. He folded his arms across his chest and sighed wearily.
Amotto stared at him in silence as she resumed her position on the floor. She bit her bottom lip and looked down at her hands folded in her lap. She took a breath and looked up at him again.
"Were you mated, Broco?"
He looked at her in surprise, his unscarred eyebrow arched quizzically. "Uh, no. Never."
"Why not?"
He sighed and smiled regretfully. "I'm not the standard Saiyan warrior. Few females would desire someone like me. I don't have the thirst for battle or the pride that is desired by a potential mate."
"I disagree."
He blinked and looked at her again. "Why's that?"
She grinned sheepishly. "I'd be a hypocrite if I said those things were attractive to me, seeing as I don't like fighting and I have very little pride."
Broco smirked and chuckled. "Well, the only two of this group that look like warriors and we're actually not. Isn't that called irony?"
Amotto laughed and leaned forward to rest her elbows on her knees, and her chin in the palms of her hands. "Appearances aren't everything."
Before Broco could respond a Flazerian appeared between their cells. "Quiet you two!" He banged a fist against the wall and then stalked off in the direction he'd come from.
Amotto and Broco stared after him with near identical sour looks.
"Hey, fuck you!" Turles called from his cell. "Some people are tryin' to sleep!"
The Flazerian spun around. "Why you…!"
The damage was done. Broco and Amotto were laughing.
DBZ
Zether couldn't believe what he was feeling. The power that was coming from Amotto was greater than anything he'd ever felt before. It had already surpassed the strength Tettuce had briefly attained and was still skyrocketing. The ground beneath his feet was trembling steadily, and growing ever more violent in its intensity.
A loud wrenching sound drew his eyes down and he saw that the ground was beginning to crack beneath his feet. His eyes widened and he looked towards the horizon; the sky overhead had darkened and the darkness was spreading steadily outwards. Lightning flashed and a vicious wind was beginning to pick up.
On the horizon he could see a golden light growing brighter and brighter.
"I was wrong. This isn't anything like what I felt from Tettuce. This is worse…" He looked around at the others. "Come on!" He took to the air and shot towards the source of the power as fast as his injured body could take him. The others followed as quickly as they could, Berik bringing up the rear.
DBZ
Bardock was frozen in place, staring in no specific direction. In fact, all four of the Saiyans aboard the ship were frozen as the power they felt was on a steady, seemingly endless, climb. It just kept growing! It was already greater than Tettuce's had been on Jynn-jin 13 and wasn't showing any signs of stopping.
But the question that was on all of their minds was: who the hell was that?
Even Seluri, who could not sense powers, could feel it. It was such an incredible power.
"'Tis a Saiyan…" murmured Turpin in awe. "B't…who's it?"
Bardock glanced down at Seripa who met his gaze. He frowned, furrowing his brow in concentration as he tried to identify the growing power.
"It's not a male…I think…I think it's Amotto."
Seripa's eyes went wide as she gasped. "No! It couldn't be! She couldn't have recovered that quickly!"
Turpin swiveled in his chair to look at his daughter. "Who's th's A-mo-tto?"
"A friend of mine. Frieza literally blew her to pieces, but a Jynn-jin scientist named Berik managed to piece her body back together. But he barely just put her body back together. There's no way it's her!" Seripa exclaimed adamantly.
Turpin frowned and pulled at his beard. "Hm…Sel, rese' da co'rse. We's goin' t' 'vest'gate aft'r all."
Seluri eyed him curiously then nodded and quickly changed the coordinates back to their previous settings.
Bardock looked down at Seripa again to see she had gone pale. "What is it?"
"If it is her…how could it be possible?" she asked in a voice barely above a whisper.
He shook his head in response. "I don't know, Seripa. But…" he fell silent and frowned again. "This power feels similar to Tettuce's when he slipped away on Jynn-jin 13." He glanced up to Turpin. "Could she be a Super Saiyan?"
Turpin turned to look at Bardock with a frown. "P'ss'bly. Dis p'wa is…" he shook his head slowly. "'Tis gr'at'r den 'nyth'n' ah've eva fel' b'fore. Ah'll b' 'ones…Ah don' know wha' da Supa Saiyan p'wa feels like…"
"And it's still growing…It's massive." Bardock murmured as he looked at Seripa again. If this was the power of a Super Saiyan…he wanted that power, too.
DBZ
Amotto's short hair was standing on end from the force of her rapidly rising power. Her head was still thrown back and she was still screaming at the sky at the top of her lungs. Her golden aura billowed around her body, burning ever more intensely as her power continued its ascent.
Sauza was on his knees, both arms held over his face to shield him from the force that just seemed to be getting greater. His scouter, as well as his comrades' scouters, had exploded almost instantly once the woman started screaming. He had no idea what she was doing, but he knew that for his high-end scouter to explode her power had to be great. Every time he tried to climb back to his feet, a surge of her power knocked him flat on his ass. His comrades weren't faring any better, either.
Amotto suddenly stopped screaming and doubled over, her eyes closed tight and her teeth clenched together. Her aura stabilized briefly…
But it didn't last as her hair flashed bright and she was straight again, her head thrown back and her mouth wide open as her screams of rage and anguish resumed.
"AAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The ground beneath her feet cracked and began to break apart, chunks of rock rising slowly into the air around her. The bigger pieces floated up, cracking apart and exploding into dust. The smaller pieces rose from the ground and exploded almost instantly. Lightning flashed down from the black sky and struck the ground continuously all around her.
And still her power rose, the planet shaking violently. A gale rose up out of nowhere and blew sand high into the air. Dust devils sprang up and broke apart all around the landscape.
As the three members of Coola's Armored Squadron watched, her flashing green hair began to be streaked with gold. Each flash revealed a greater chunk of her spiked hair to be gold.
Amotto was lost to the power. She had tried to contain it, but her anger had overpowered her and broken the barrier she'd felt. Now she was at its mercy. But what she was feeling surging through her body…soon the aliens who had killed Broco would be at her mercy.
Not that she had any mercy to show…
And suddenly, with one final pulse of her aura and surge of her power, her hair was completely gold and standing up straight in short spikes…
And her power leveled out. Her aura burned ferociously around her body, but the continuous out-surges had ceased and she was standing in a crater of sand, her arms still held out and her head hanging, her chin almost touching her chest.
The lightning still flashed and struck the ground, but it was decreasing in frequency. Her aura emitted a low, continuous hum that seemed to echo all across the battlefield. Slowly she lowered her arms to her sides, her hands unclenching and relaxing at her sides. She kept her head down and her eyes closed as silence—aside from the hum—descended upon the field.
Sauza, a frown on his dust-covered face, climbed slowly to his feet. Naize and Doore did the same. He glanced at the two of them and then returned his gaze to the still woman.
"What's this mean, Sauza?" asked Doore as he moved to his captain's side.
The blue alien shook his head. "I don't know, Doore. I've never seen, nor heard, about Saiyans doing this before."
Doore looked sharply at Sauza, his eyes suddenly wide. "You don't think this is what they call a Super Saiyan, do you?"
Sauza arched an eyebrow and looked at his comrade in contempt. "Don't be absurd! Super Saiyans don't exist."
"Yeah!" piped up Naize as he came to Sauza's other side. "She's nothing but a pathetic Saiyan! Any one of us could beat her with one hand tied behind our backs! Watch this!"
Sauza and Doore turned their attention to Naize as he suddenly drew a fist back and sprang forward. He shot at Amotto rapidly declaring a battle cry as he did. He thrust his fist towards her unguarded face…
And two gold-enshrouded fingers effortlessly caught his fist and stopped him with a violent jarring. His eyes widened in shock as Amotto slowly lifted her head and opened her eyes to glare at him. Her emerald hues seemed to sparkle as she curled her upper lip back in disgust.
"You pathetic insect…" she whispered.
Naize suddenly vanished and reappeared in almost the same instant, slamming violently back-first into the ground. He shot backwards for hundreds of feet, his momentum leaving a shallow trench in his wake.
Sauza and Doore spun around to follow the movement of their comrade. They watched as he came to a stop and was still. As one they turned back to Amotto to see her hands by her sides and her green-eyed gaze leveled on them.
Sauza's frown reappeared and he glanced at Doore. "This one is going to be tough. She must be pretty damn powerful."
"Are you shitting me?!" Doore exclaimed. He never took his eyes off of Amotto. "We didn't even see her move!"
"So she's fast!" Sauza ground his teeth together and clenched his fists. "That doesn't mean she's stronger than us!"
Naize sat up with a groan, one hand holding his cheek. "Geeze that hurt! That bitch is strong!"
Sauza glanced at the orange alien. "Shut up and get over here!"
Naize blinked and then frowned as he stood up. Grumbling he dusted himself off and walked over to Sauze and Doore. He looked over at Amotto who was still staring at the three of them. He glanced up, though, and pointed.
"Sauza, look! More are coming!"
Sauza looked up and narrowed his eyes at the approaching figures. "Looks like they've come to die, too."
Amotto arched an eyebrow and narrowed her eyes at Sauza. "You really think I'll let you kill anyone else?"
He looked back at her and scoffed. "As if you could stop me."
She smirked. "As if you could stop me."
Sauza frowned as he glared at her. "You are an insignificant little Saiyan whore! You stand as much chance against me as your friend did!"
Amotto glanced over her shoulder at Broco's still form and then turned her glare on Sauza again, her smirk gone and replaced with a frown. "I'll make you pay for that."
"Yeah, ri—" Amotto's fist was suddenly imbedded in his cheek and he was sent flying away. She spun and kicked Doore in his neck sending him flying, too. She landed lightly as they both crashed into the ground and she calmly turned to Naize.
The orange alien blinked down at her and took a step back. His eyes were wide in fear as he stared down at her.
She smiled malevolently and lifted one hand, her fingers splayed apart as she aimed her palm at him. "Be gone insect." A golden light flashed forward and engulfed him, vaporizing him instantly in a violent explosion.
He didn't even have time to scream.
Sauza climbed to his feet and looked at the settling dust with wide eyes. "Naize!" He turned his gaze upon Amotto and narrowed his eyes. "You bitch!"
She cut her eyes in his direction and narrowed them again. "Don't worry. You'll be joining him soon enough. But first things first." She vanished and reappeared instantly in front of Doore as he was climbing to his feet.
The big green brute blinked in surprise and took a few steps back as he gaped at her. "N-no!"
She raised her hand and a golden light began to glow in her palm.
"Broco's alive!"
The light vanished as her eyes widened and she spun to look at Berik kneeling at Broco's side. The others were standing around him staring at her, but the scientist had his fingers to the man's neck.
"He's in shock! He needs a rejuvenation chamber quick!"
Time seemed to stand still for her. She looked at the still man and her anger slowly dissipated. She blinked as his words penetrated into her brain…
And her hair was suddenly green and her eyes black. She took off in a sprint, Doore and Sauza forgotten as she rushed to Broco's side.
"He's alive?!" she demanded and she dropped to her knees. Zether, Falmer, and Diamond stepped back from her, their eyes never leaving her.
Berik looked up at her and nodded. "Yes. He is merely in shock. However, he does not have much longer." His eyes glanced up to the ship hovering above them. "He needs a chamber right now." He looked back down to her. "We need that ship."
Amotto narrowed her eyes and nodded. She smirked and stood back up, turning to face Sauza and Doore, both of whom were still frozen in place. "Leave it to me," she declared as she spread her legs and raised her arms to her sides. She lunged at Sauza.
The blue alien thrust his fist forward, catching her right in her nose and sending her crashing back to the ground.
Amotto tumbled backwards before landing on her back and skidding for a few feet. She blinked up in surprise, her eyes staring straight up at the belly of the ship. What the hell had just happened?
Doore looked over at Sauza. "It was definitely some sort of transformation, Sauza. She's not so strong anymore, is she?"
Sauza spat and growled low in his throat. "No, she's not. And I'm going to make her pay for what she did to Naize."
Amotto frowned as she climbed to her feet, rubbing a hand across her face. She looked at her hand and her eyes widened at the sight of blood smeared across her hand. She narrowed her eyes and looked up at Sauza. She had to transform again.
But she had no idea how to.
She closed her eyes and focused on the power she'd felt before, but it had retreated back behind that barrier from before. The barrier was weak, but she had no idea how to penetrate it. She could feel the power, but she couldn't call if forth. No, no, no! she thought angrily. Her eyes opened and she glared at Sauza. She needed that power again. Or…she glanced over at Doore suddenly.
"Strength isn't everything," she murmured quietly, remembering Broco's words from before. She cut her eyes across at Sauza and a smile slowly spread across her face. "Okay, then…"
She suddenly shot into the air thrusting both hands forward and rapidly firing off dozens of tiny ki blasts at Doore.
Or, more accurately, around Doore. The exploded and kicked up dust, shrouding him from view. Once he was completely out of sight, she glanced towards Sauza and then, with a tremendous burst of her ki, she flashed down towards and slammed her fist soundly into his cheek.
The blow staggered him, but otherwise did no harm. He looked at her angrily, but she was already flying away at top speed. His eyes widened and he growled in anger.
"Oh! No you don't!" he shot at her, flying right into the dust cloud. A blow to his cheek knocked him sideways, but he quickly recovered. He spun in the direction the blow had come from, squinting his eyes in an effort to see through the dust. "Bitch!"
He saw a shadow just a few feet from him and he grinned. "Gotcha!" He thrust both hands forward and a massive purple blast exploded forward and slammed into her with astounding force, exploding instantly.
"NOOOOO! SAAAUUUZZaaaaaaargghh…!"
Sauza's eyes widened and he canceled the blast, but by then it was too late. The explosion swept the dust away and he stared in horror at Doore's trembling legs; all that was left of the big green alien. They gave a spasm and then collapsed. He stared, frozen in disbelief at the sight before him. He had just been tricked into killing his own teammate!
"How'd you like that?"
He spun around to see Amotto standing a few yards away, her arms folded across her chest. She was smirking at him.
He growled again and raised an arm. Purple ki suddenly enshrouded it and then flashed, pulsating and thinning into a blade made of pure ki. "I'll have your head for that, Saiyan whore!"
"Oh, I doubt that. But bring it on anyway." She laughed and then shot up into the air.
His looked up after her, narrowing his eyes. He sprang up after her, rapidly advancing on her retreating form. "I WILL catch you, bitch!"
She glanced down at him and suddenly spun around so she was flying backwards. "You can try!" Her aura erupted to life, her speed more than doubling, and she flipped around. She angled backwards in a loop and shot past Sauza, who came to an abrupt stop.
He spun around and shot after her as fast as he could, his own purple aura blazing. He drew his ki-enshrouded hand back as he drew closer and closer.
Amotto abruptly spun around and fired a blast into his face. The explosion caught him off guard and sent him tumbling backwards. She grinned, flared her aura again, and shot down to the ground.
DBZ
Berik hovered up to the ship, Broco cradled gently in his arms. Above him Falmer forced the hatch open and moved aside for Berik to enter. The Jynn-jin scientist quickly checked Broco's pulse again. It was steadily getting fainter and his breathing much more shallow. He had minutes, maybe even less. He glanced at Falmer.
"Should there be opposition awaiting us, I will require your strength to make it to the medical bay."
Falmer nodded and touched down inside the ship. "Do not worry. I can handle any low-level warriors that may await us with ease."
"That is what I am counting on."
Diamond landed behind her husband and glanced over her shoulder at the absurd chase that was taking place. She frowned as she quickly compared Sauza's power to Amotto's and grimaced. The blue alien dwarfed her power with ease. Only his frustration with the Saiyan woman was keeping her alive. She knew it wouldn't be long before he caught her. Amotto needed her incredible power again. And soon.
DBZ
Ka'bijj focused his senses and searched for that power from before. It had been incredible. Powerful enough to reach him even on the other side of the galaxy.
His eyes narrowed when he realized he could not find it. But he knew the power. He was very familiar with the way it felt. He assumed that since he could no longer felt it that whomever had been generating it had been unable to hold onto the transformation.
A slow smirk spread across his bearded features.
"So. There's more than one Super Saiyan in the universe. Interesting…"
DBZ
On a tiny planet floating in midst emptiness high above yellow clouds, a man stood beneath a solitary tree. His long hair waved lightly in a soft breeze as his narrowed eyes stared off into empty space, a golden ring hovering above his head. A blood-red cape flapped leisurely as he, too, felt around for the power he had felt.
The power had felt all-too familiar to him. But at the same time it had been different. It had been…whole. He didn't know who had briefly generated the power, but he knew that it had been a Saiyan female. Whether or not it was Seripa was beyond him, but he had hope for the first time in decades that Frieza's end was rapidly approaching.
"Tettuce?"
The man turned and looked down at a squat blue alien with black antenna looking up at him.
"Yes, Kaio-sama?" Tettuce asked.
The alien stared up at him from behind round-rimmed sunglasses. "Have you thought of a joke, yet?"
Tettuce blinked and then sighed. He scratched the back of his neck and shook his head. "No, not yet. Why is that even important, Kaio-sama?"
"I cannot train you until you make me laugh," Kaio-sama stated matter-of-factly.
Tettuce's left eye twitched. "You do realize that I don't require training from you, right? I'm already a hundred times stronger than you."
"You were sent here for a reason, Tettuce. You were sent to be trained. I will train you, but only after you make me laugh."
Tettuce's eye twitched again. "Someone screwed up by sending me here. What do I need training for anyway? I'm dead. It's not going to be doing me any good here. And besides, don't I belong in hell?"
Kaio-sama smiled. "The laws of the Afterlife are complex, Tettuce. Not even I understand them fully. However, I do know this: those that willfully change their ways and do everything in their power to atone for their mistakes are duly rewarded for their efforts. Normally a case such as yours would have been met with ascension to Heaven. What landed you here with me was your self-sacrifice on Jynn-jin 13. You knew that you would die in your efforts, but willingly charged into battle against Frieza and lost your life. In losing your life, you saved the lives of many others. For that you were allowed to keep your body and to come train with me."
Tettuce sighed and shook his head. "I don't deserve to be here. I deserve to be in hell for the things I've done."
"Someone very important disagrees with you. Take that into consideration. You do belong here, whether you believe it or not. And as for the training benefitting you…who knows what else is in store for you?" And with that Kaio-sama turned his back on Tettuce and walked away without another word.
The Saiyan warrior cocked an eyebrow as he stared after Kaio-sama. The soft breeze picked up and, with a smirk, he turned to stare up into the sky.
"What could that mean, I wonder?" His smirk split into a grin as he folded his arms across the breast-plate of his black and red armor.
Sudden inspiration struck him. He turned to Kaio-sama again. "Hey! Kaio-sama!"
The Kaio paused and turned back to the Saiyan. "Yes?"
"Who do Ice-jin's call their coffins?"
Kaio-sama lifted a hand to his chin as he pondered the question. "Hm. I don't know. What do Ice-jin's call their coffins?"
"Freezers!"
Kaio-sama stared at Tettuce for a moment.
Then suddenly fell on his back holding his stomach as he roared with laughter.
Tettuce grinned sheepishly. It was such a cheesy joke, but it seemed to have done the trick.
DBZ
Amotto veered left and then cut right, narrowing avoiding being struck by Sauza's ki-charged arm. She was pushing herself to her limit trying to avoid being sliced in two. But with each passing second Sauza was getting closer and closer to hitting her, and she was getting more and more winded.
Her aura was beginning to flicker as she flew away from him and she was wishing she could re-attain her transformation. Maybe if she had a few minutes to focus on it she would be able to do it, but with Sauza hot on her trail she was having difficulty fathoming that possibility.
A hand suddenly clamped down on her ankle and she looked over her shoulder with wide, fear-stricken eyes as Sauza reared back, ready to slice her in two.
Zether suddenly appeared shrouded in gold and slammed his fist forcefully into Sauza's face, sending the blue alien reeling. Amotto came to a stop and spun to stare at the injured man.
"That was stupid!" she yelled. "You're in no condition to be fighting!"
Zether glanced at her with a cringe. "That goes without saying." He took a breath as his aura faded and looked down to where Sauza landed on his back. "You are, though. I'll hold him off as long as I can. But you have to transform again. I can't beat him. Falmer could if he transformed again, but we can't risk him going insane again.
He cut his eyes towards her. "Can you do it again?"
She frowned and looked down as Sauza sprang to his feet. "I don't know. But I don't think I have much choice. I can't beat him like this…"
"Then focus on transforming again. I've got this for now!" His aura exploded to life and he winced, suddenly breathing heavily. He focused his attention on Sauza as he shot up towards them. "Do it! Now!" He shot down to intercept the blue alien and the two were instantly trading blows; Sauza landing significantly more than Zether was.
Amotto frowned as she watched the exchange, cringing every time Zether took a hit. She took a breath and exhaled slowly as she focused once more on the barrier that held her power in check. She closed her eyes and focused on tapping into it. Her eyebrows knit together as she struggled to reach into the well…
Her eyes shot open as she felt the power suddenly began to flow into her body.
But it vanished as quickly as it had come. She narrowed her eyes and relaxed her body, completely focusing her attention on accessing the power again. But frustration mounted as she found it easier said than done. She HAD to transform again! She just HAD to!
"Gah!"
She looked down to see Zether spread-eagled on the ground, his eyes closed tightly in pain. He was getting his ass handed to him and she was nowhere near transforming again.
"Okay, Amotto," she muttered under her breath. "You can do this. You did it once, you can do it again. So…do it!"
She closed her eyes and took another deep breath and exhaled it slowly. She thought about what had triggered the transformation before and, with a frown, focused on Broco getting shot through the chest. She felt a surge of anger towards Sauza, but knowing that Broco was alive hindered her rage. He was hurt, but he wasn't dead.
Yet.
Her frown deepened as she concentrated solely on that. If she didn't transform again then everyone would be killed. Sauza out-classed them by far. If Zether hadn't gotten injured saving her sorry ass then he'd easily have the power to beat him.
But he didn't. And it was her fault.
Her power spiked.
She had gotten in his way and he had been injured severely, his ki dropping sharply as a result. He barely had enough to fight with, let alone transform again. He was handicapped.
And it was her fault.
Her frustration built up.
The sound of an explosion caught her attention, but she kept her eyes closed. Zether was getting killed and it was all her fault!
Her anger surged. Her anger towards Sauza; her anger towards herself for messing up; her anger towards herself for being unable to do anything to make up for it. Why couldn't she transform?!
Her anger turned to rage and her muscles tensed as she fought to tap into her power. She knew she could do it! She'd already done it once! Why wasn't she accessing it?!
"Gods damn it!" she screamed at the top of her lungs suddenly. She was genuinely getting pissed at herself for not being able to transform. It was up to her to kill Sauza and she was letting everyone down!
"Damn it!"
Her eyes shot open and she looked down just in time to see a massive ki blast hit Zether head-on. He vanished in the ensuing explosion and her eyes went wide.
"NOOO!"
The barrier broke.
Her aura exploded to life, shifting from blue to gold instantly. Her hair stood straight and turned gold while her eyes flashed once and became emerald green. Incredible power flowed all around her and through her and she vanished.
She reappeared and slammed her fist into Sauza's wide-eyed face, sending him flying backwards. She charged after him, shooting past him as a blur. She spun around extending her arm out, which connected with his neck in a powerful clothesline. He pivoted on her arm, his legs flying forward and she drove her other elbow into his chest; he slammed into the ground and debris exploded into the air as he vanished into a hole in the shape of his body.
She stared down after him then looked around for Zether. She gave a sigh of relief when she spotted him standing enshrouded in smoke with his arms crossed in front of his face and torso, one eye open and breathing heavily as he stared in her direction.
He offered a weak grin as his arms dropped to his sides. He legs shook as he closed his eyes. "Bout…damn…time…" he dropped to his hands and knees, his head hanging as he sucked air into his lungs.
"Rest. I'll handle this." She glanced down at the hole just as Sauza came flying out of it roaring in anger and frustration, one fist drawn back and ready to strike.
Amotto watched as his fist flew forward and slammed into her nose. She didn't even flinch from the hit. Sauza's eyes widened as he stared at her in open-mouthed shock.
"Is that really the best you've got?" she asked coldly, her eyes setting into a menacing glare. She shook her head slowly. "You are severely fucked."
Sauza growled and brought his other hand forward to instantly fire off a massive blast that completely engulfed her; it exploded with enough force to send chunks of rock and sand flying in every direction.
He glared into the dust that now shrouded the area from view…
"Not even close."
His eyes widened and he glanced fearfully over his shoulder to see Amotto just behind him. "B-but…h-how?! Wh-what a-are y-you?!"
She suddenly smirked and jerked a thumb at her chest. "Me? I'm a Super Saiyan. And you…" she said as she pointed her index finger at him. Gold ki appeared at the tip and pulsed as she stared at him coldly. "You are dead…"
Sauza made to lunge forward, but a thin beam of gold ki pierced his forehead and exploded out the back of his head. He crumpled in a heap at her feet and she stared down at him in contempt.
"Like I said: you are dead."
DBZ
(I'm hoping to keep this pace up. And I'm also hoping that you all are liking the way the story is going. Most stories always have a main character become a Super Saiyan first. I try to be as original as possible, while also staying as true to Dragonball Z as I can. It wasn't my original plan for Amotto to become a Super Saiyan first, if at all. But at times I just let the story advance on its own, and this is what happened. Personally, I am satisfied with the progression of the story and I'm having a lot of fun doing all of this. I hope you are having fun reading it. As always, please continue to read and review—emphasis on review so I can get more feedback—and the next chapter will be up soon.)
