Body Snatching Mishap

by Timidea

Zamasu uses the Super Dragon Balls to swap bodies with Goku, but a mistake in his wording results in a mistake that would affect his plan in its entirety. How will he roll out his Zero Mortals Plan? Can he even do so, now? Read to find out!

4. Chapter 3 - The Battle Begins

Body Snatching Mishap, Chapter 3

Zamasu and Vegeta stare each other down, silence falling over the two after Zamasu's nonchalant question. Vegeta feels irritation at the disrespect of the 'low class Saiyajin', while Zamasu appears to be eerily calm in the face of this danger. He has his research on his side, though, which would explain that.

'All I have to do is push the right buttons without revealing my knowledge of Vegeta. If I can throw him off of his game - though that's an underhanded tactic, I may need to use it - then I might be able to avoid having to destroy my body with the Kaio-Ken in order to achieve a victory here.'

Meanwhile, the Z-fighters are all on the defense, readying themselves for the smaller, yet equally risky, threat of Nappa. In terms of numbers, they have the advantage, but in terms of individual strength… it's not that hard to figure out who's the greater side.

"So, what do you say we get this over with; I have places to be…" Zamasu dismissively waves his hand, stepping forward as if to casually approach Vegeta. The ground splits beneath his foot, though, as he's in front of Vegeta the next second. He throws a punch, but it's caught easily by Vegeta. A burst of air from the concussive force whips up wind around them, and the two gaze hard at each other.

Zamasu's other hand moves swiftly, hitting Vegeta hard in the gut. His armor cracks from the force of the surprise attack, but the blow that really staggers Vegeta is the energy blast concealed in that hand. When Vegeta is thrown flying back from the force of the attack, Zamasu lunges off after him.

Everyone - Nappa included - is thrown off-guard and experiencing both shock and awe from the first blows exchanged between Zamasu and Vegeta.

'How is Kakarotto so fast? He moved almost as fast as I can! How did he get such power when a year ago he was inferior to even Raditz!?' Nappa attempts to ignore this flaw in logic to face the more prevalent issue, his gaze turning to the shocked Z-fighters.

"Alright! Looks like it's about time to have some fun!" Nappa cracks his neck, hitting his fists together before taking on his stance, turned somewhat sideways with both fists in front of him. Electricity arcs off of him in the form of a powerful aura, bringing the attention of the Z-fighters to him.

"Guys, let's worry less about that fight and more about this one; we have to keep our heads in the game if we hope to have a chance to win!" Nappa's initial power is certainly staggering, but they can't let it distract them. "Piccolo and I will head up the assault. Chiaotzu, try to hold him in place with your telekinesis; Krillin and Yamcha, prepare your strongest attacks."

"What are you all blabbering about? Whatever it is, it's over now!" Nappa moves in the blink of an eye, moving in with a heavy punch to take out the two strongest fighters - Tien and Piccolo - first.

Tien and Piccolo manage to dodge however, Tien firing a hasty Dodonpa while Piccolo throws his arm out, extending it to grab at Nappa's tail. Nappa grabs Piccolo's arm before he can get a hold, but is surprised when Piccolo retracts his arm, the Namekian pulling himself in and swinging his knee to hit Nappa in the head.

Nappa chuckles, but smashes Piccolo into the ground before the attack can successfully connect. The dodonpa, hits the side of his armor, and he frowns. "Now which one of you pests did that-?" He catches a punch thrown by Tien, punching him in the gut before smashing him to the ground. He brings his foot up, about to slam it down on Tien when Piccolo punches the preoccupied Saiyajin square in the jaw.

Nappa's head turns from the impact of the punch, and he's thrown off-balance long enough for Tien to get up and throw a double-handed open palm strike to the large Saiyajin's chest. "HA!" Nappa is knocked back, and Piccolo tries to move in and continue their attack. Nappa is able to regain his footing, though, and fires a hasty mouth blast. It connects with Piccolo, sending him flying back with a bit of damage.

"Lousy pests… Think you can get a hit on me and get away with it- GHRK-!?" Tien's fist pierced Nappa's armor, burrowed right where one of Nappa's kidneys should be. "CHIAOTZU, NOW!" He calls out, pulling his fist back and leaping out of the way. At the same time, Chiaotzu throws his hands forward, focusing hard on paralyzing the large fighter. Nappa is alarmed to find that his body has suddenly stopped responding to his commands, caught in the telekinetic hold of Chiaotzu.

"W-what the… what's going on? Why can't I move!? What did you do to me!" He grunts and struggles, trying to will his body to move, but finding himself unable to. "D-damnit..! This can't happen, I am the great Nappa!" He roars, infuriated by the fact that he was caught by such inferior fighters.

Piccolo is back on his feet, both hands crackling with ki as he charges in. "Take this!" He throws his hands forward, muscles on his arms bulging as he fires off his attack. "Explosive Demon Wave!" Dust and smoke form when the attack hits the paralyzed Nappa, a satisfying yell of pain coming from within the newfound smokescreen.

'A direct hit!' Piccolo jumps high into the air, looking to the side and spotting Krillin preparing an attack. The bald monk's hands are cupped at his side, ki swirling into a ball before he throws his hands forward. "Let me show you the results of my training, HA!" With a yell, he unleashes what appears to be a yellow Kamehameha. It shoots across the landscape, tearing up the ground beneath it as it approaches the ball of smoke wherein Nappa is.

At the last second before entering the smoke, however, the blast splits off into smaller beams, curing around to the sides before homing in on Nappa's ki signature. They enter the cloud of smoke and dust, each one hitting Nappa with a small explosion.

"Alright, I got him!" Krillin cheers, not knowing just how wrong he is. Within seconds, the dust and smoke are blown away by a surge of ki, Chiaotzu getting thrown back by the sheer force of Nappa's full power. The angered Saiyajin is revealed, his armor blown to bits in various places, bruises and scratches littering his form. "Why… you…!"

"I'm going to make you regret that, HAAA!" Nappa's right arm is coated in a glowing ki, as he lunges across the landscape to take out his most recent attacker: Krillin. Nobody is really close enough to Krillin to stop Nappa, except for one fighter, who had been charging up a special attack of his own.

"Krillin!" Yamcha fires a hasty energy wave from his hands, propelling himself faster than he could have hoped to go by simply running. His foot digs into the terrain directly between Krillin and Nappa - who looks akin to a raging bull - just in time to intercept a punch from Nappa's glowing red fist. A gargled cry of pain echoes over the landscape, and all goes silent for a moment.

Nappa's fist is clean through Yamcha's chest, the ex-bandit hacking up blood onto the burly Saiyajin's arm. In disgust, Nappa rips his arm out, and with that Yamcha's body gives out; it crashes to the ground the next moment, a heavy thud revealing that Yamcha is indeed dead.

Gohan watches with wide eyes, in shock at the sight before him. Not only had he never actually seen someone die before - he had only heard after the fact that his own father had died, and subsequently had his body stolen - but Yamcha died so brutally. A chilling numbness fills Gohan's mind, and he falls to his knees as his brain struggles to process what even happened.

Krillin is paler than a ghost, his hands shaking as he watches Yamcha fall to the ground, everything feeling as if it had slowed down in the moment of impact. The thud of Yamcha's lifeless body hitting the ground echoes in the bald monk's head, his entire body frozen, as if held by the telekinetic hold of Chiaotzu.

'Yamcha, no…!' Tien had been trying to intercept Nappa, but was too slow. The fact that Yamcha was able to make it in time was actually kind of impressive, amongst the grimness of the circumstances. '...We have the Dragon Balls; we can revive him after this battle. He made a noble sacrifice, and none of us will forget that, I'm sure.' Tien glances to Chiaotzu, who's visibly nauseated at the sight of Yamcha's death.

'He's of no concern to me. If he wants to throw away his life for the life of Krillin then sobeit. I've seen Krillin perform far more impressive displays thus far anyways.' Piccolo, ever the indifferent one, is able to shrug off the fact that Yamcha is the one dead. 'However, his speed… it's frightening… we might just be in over our heads here…'

"Y-you…" Krillin narrows his eyes at Nappa as he feels his eyes well with tears. 'Yamcha… you gave your life for me, you sacrificed yourself so that I would live…!' He leaps back, throwing his hand above his head and landing in a crouch. 'I won't let that sacrifice be in vain!' He begins to move his hand in a small circular motion above his head, a faint disk of ki forming.

"Tien, let's go!" Piccolo and Tien shout as they put out every ounce of power they can, shooting in to attack Nappa. Nappa slams his arm into Piccolo, clotheslining the Namekian before throwing his elbow into Tien's chest, the three-eyed fighter thrown across the landscape until he crashes into a nearby cliff face.

Chiaoutzu holds his hand in the air, yellow electricity alight about it as he charges a Super Dodopa. Nappa's gaze meets the small fighter's, and Chiaotzu's white skin actually pales further. "Do you really think that puny attack will do anything to me- huh?" Nappa's attention is quickly gripped by another distraction, in the form of an attacking Krillin.

"Kienzan!" Krillin throws his entire body forward with a fierce yell, unleashing his Kienzan at a high speed. It shoots across the ground before lifting up in an arc, heading for Nappa with a shrill screech. Krillin jumps high into the air, cupping his hands at his side as every last drop of his remaining energy pushes from his body, gathering up in a blue ball between his hands. "This is for Yamcha, KamehameHA!" He throws his hands forward, the Kamehameha soaring towards Nappa.

"I can take your puny attacks, just try me!" He readies himself, shifting into a stance. Intense searing pain flows through him as the Kienzan makes partial contact, cutting into his torso but not killing him. "W-ha-!? A-ck!" He coughs up blood, his guard falling just as the Kamehameha smashes into him. The full power of Krillin causes Nappa to let out a gargled yell, taking heavy damage from the combo'd attack.

Krillin pants, lowering slowly to the ground. When he lands, his legs give out and he falls to one knee, sweat dripping from his brow. "Did we… do it…?"

'I can't… I can't believe it… this utter garbage was able to inflict so much damage on me!? I refuse to accept this. I cannot be beaten by such scum!' He howls with burning rage, unleashing an explosive wave that would knock all nearby fighters away. The winds are enough to almost take Chiaotzu - charging his Super Dodonpa - out of the sky! "You…" Nappa stomps towards the grounded Krillin, blood gushing from the cut the Kienzan made. "I will kill you… slowly and PAINFULLY!"

"D-don't you hurt him!"

Nappa's attention is gripped by the new, young voice, Gohan standing with his hands above his head. The look in Gohan's eyes is hard to detect, but whatever it is, it's strong enough to push past the dullness of his shocked state. "Or what, kid? You certainly won't be able to stop me!" Nappa laughs, coughing up blood in the next moment. Unfortunately for Nappa, his lack of scouter leaves him unable to feel the true power or Gohan's attack.

'If I run, I'll die, and if I fight, I'll die!' Images of Yamcha falling to the ground flash through Gohan's head. 'No matter what I do, I'll die! He's too strong, but I have to try!' "MASENKO…" The yellow wave of ki bursts forth. "HA!"

Nappa rears his arm back, before throwing it forward to unleash his own energy wave, this one wider but with more power. "BOMBER DX!" The two attacks meet with a resounding boom, wind whipping up as the Bomber DX and Masenko fight for victory. Gohan's only still having a fighting chance because - having a narrower blast - his attack's energy is more focused, and could pierce through Nappa's own attack.

From the side, Piccolo shouts. "EVERYONE, ALL AT ONCE!" He throws his arm forward, fingers alight with a purple ki. "MAKANKOSAPPO!" His signature attack screams across the battlefield, shooting through Nappa's shoulder and clipping the hand he's using to fight Gohan. He loses control of the attack, and Gohan's Masenko smashes into his chest, cutting into and burning his skin.

"TRI-BEAM!" Tien is high in the sky, his body alight with pain as he unleashes his attack, amplified by his pure life energy."

Chiaotzu finally extends his hand, firing the massive yellow wave. "SUPER DODONPA!" All of the attack smash into Nappa one after the other, the Z-fighters giving it their all to see that this battle ends. Amidst the blasts, Nappa breathes his last breath in the form of an agonizing scream…

No matter how strong Nappa is, he's unable to stop this group attack. The combined energies of the Z-Fighters, their raw fighting spirit, is too much for the one man to handle. As an individual he is superior, but against a group of such dedicated fighters, he is no match. His body is shredded with the combined force of the attacks, and when his energy fades, the Z-fighters all fall to their knees. They've won the battle, but there's still a war raging on not too far away…

-BSM-

Vegeta throws his arms out, stopping his momentum after flying back for a short time. After the initial blow, Zamasu had kept the pressure on and successfully moved himself and Vegeta away from any sort of distraction. Of course it was only inevitable that Vegeta would overcome the shock of the initial blow, and now he's back on guard again.

'How the hell did Kakarotto gain this kind of power in a year?!' Vegeta blocks an incoming punch fro Zamasu, throwing one back and just barely missing. Zamasu's knee shoots up into Vegeta's gut, but the prince retaliated with a backhand to Zamasu's face. They clash like this for a little longer, but Zamasu is blown back and enveloped by a quick flurry of energy blasts from Vegeta.

Zamasu shoots from the smoke the barrage had formed, his gi a little tattered but otherwise just fine. 'He hits hard, and so far he's seemed quite durable.' Vegeta swats him away once more, but he twists midair and maneuvers around the approaching prince, kicking him in the back and firing a blast; Vegeta narrowly avoids the blast, lunging in and burying his fist in Zamasu's stomach.

The body snatcher doubles over, taking a heavy sledgehammer blow to the head and getting slammed into the ground. He slowly pushes to his feet, steadying himself and looking up at Vegeta. 'Looks like I'll have to exercise that technique a little after all…' His aura flows around him, rapidly intensifying and becoming a deep red, as if he were on fire. "KAIO-KEN!"

The ground beneath him craters as he shoots into the sky, landing a heavy blow to Vegeta's cheek, and locking him in the short barrage. He finishes it off with a knee to the side, letting the Kaio-Ken burst away from him. 'I have to be careful with that. Though I've increased my ability to use it by training with my mortal body - as opposed to Goku himself, who had an extra spongy dead body - I imagine that complacency is not something I'll want to have in this battle…' It's true; because he learned and used the Kaio-Ken with his mortal form, it's allowed his body to actively adjust to the strain of the state, potentially giving him access to more power sooner… but only as a possibility.

Vegeta was taken by surprise when Zamasu moved at speeds he'd not displayed yet in their battle, but at the same time it was almost expected. As infuriating as it is to Vegeta, it's impossible for him to deny both his curiosity as to how 'Kakarotto' has gotten so strong, but also just how strong he truly is. 'In that one attack I felt more power than he's used this whole battle. Is he holding back…!?'

Vegeta clenches his fist. 'Is… is he mocking me!' With a furious growl, he dashes at Zamasu, cheekily taking revenge by lodging his own fist deep in Zamasu's gut. He follows it up with an uppercut, before grabbing Zamasu by the hair and repeatedly punching him in the face. "You dare mock the Saiyajin prince, Vegeta!?" He releases Zamasu to let loose a double-handed strike, but is shocked to see Zamasu's arm encased in ki as it's slashed at him.

He just barely dodges, feeling a sharp pain on his cheek where the ki blade got a glancing blow. Small droplets of blood escape the cut, and Vegeta doesn't have to see it to know that his blood is spilled. 'He… he managed to spill my blood…' With a powerful Kiai, he knocks Zamasu away, the body snatcher recovering just in time for Vegeta to rush in, his hands nearly touching the former's chest.

"That will be the only time you land such a blow on me!" A powerful energy blast envelops Zamasu, and he's sent flying. "Rest assured it will not go un-punished, either!" Vegeta moves into Zamasu's path, catching a punch and elbowing him in the cheek. The Saiyajin prince follows it up with a kick to Zamasu's side, throwing his hand forward and blasting Zamasu with a hasty energy wave.

Zamasu is buried beneath rubble following this brutal attack from Vegeta, new cuts and bruises littering him as he bursts forth from the rocks, floating across from Vegeta. 'I can do better than this…' His body is encased in red once more as he triggers the first level of the Kaio-Ken, the two powerful fighters moving into a clash. Zamasu actually lands a few deciding blows, finishing it off with a strike to Vegeta's solar plexus.

Vegeta drops down to the ground, throwing his arm up and hitting elbow-to-elbow with Zamasu, who had shot down to attack. Zamasu once more releases the hold of the Kaio-ken, but only after throwing his foot and catching Vegeta in the face. Vegeta cries out, blood gushing from his nose as he grabs at his face.

"Well then, I'll just take care of this!" Zamasu grabs at Vegeta's tail, his other arm encased in glowing ki once more as he does so. Vegeta feels Zamasu's hand brush against his tail in an attempt to grab it, though, and jabs at Zamasu's side before the tail grabbing can be done.

Zamasu takes the blow, doubling over and slicing at Vegeta once more. While he doesn't get the tail, Vegeta roars in pain when the blade makes a gash in his side, no doubt hitting something vital as the prince is coughing up blood a moment later. Vegeta's fist nearly burrows into Zamasu's face, and the body snatcher is sent flying.

"You bastard! You tried to cut off my tail!" Vegeta snarls, one hand on his side while the other is steadily charging up energy. Zamasu just smirks, charging up energy in his own hand as the telltale aura of the Kaio-Ken surrounds him.

"So what if I did?" He teases, his red aura almost being sucked into the ki blast in his hand. The two throws their hands forward, the yellow beams clashing and exploding. Vegeta and Zamasu both dart into the aftermath, exchanging a heavy barrage of punches and kicks with each other; Vegeta wins this short clash, grabbing Zamasu's leg and spinning around until he's gathered some momentum.

He throws Zamasu higher into the sky, flying up above him and clasping his hands together. "HA!" He throws them down and smashes them into Zamasu's head, once more unleashing a flurry of ki blasts down upon the body snatcher. Each one pummels into Zamasu, but he doesn't yield, firing his own blasts between blows to himself.

The landscape is rocked with the force of the explosions, as the battle of the two 'Saiyajins' rages on.

-BSM-

"Tien, Chiaotzu, I doubt that our new friend stopped and got some Senzu beans, so go and get some yourselves. Krillin, take the kid back to his mother. You have no energy left and this battlefield is no longer safe for him." Gohan has once more fallen into his shock-induced haze, only proving Piccolo's point. "I'm going to go observe the battle against Vegeta, and intervene if I can."

"Be careful, Piccolo. If you die, then Kami dies too, and the dragon balls will be inert!" Krillin warns Piccolo, picking up Gohan and lifting into the air. Piccolo nods, before taking off into the sky. Off in the distance, Piccolo can see and hear the effects of the fight, thunderclaps ringing out and actual electricity arcing over the environment.

'My best bet would be to charge up another Makankosappo, but I can probably only manage one more at that…' The Makankosappo, while immensely powerful, is also quite draining if used repeatedly or is charged long enough. It's not as if it's pulling from an endless energy source, after all. Piccolo's eyes widen, though, as he sees Vegeta - encased in purple ki - shoot up into the sky, to ready an attack.

"That can't be good…"

-BSM-

Zamasu and Vegeta fight relentlessly, throwing themselves at each other every time they're knocked away. Zamasu has been forced to abuse the Kaio-Ken heavily at this point, and he's certainly feeling it as his muscles burn ever so faintly with every movement, and scream in pain with further use of the Kaio-Ken.

Zamasu is thrown through a series of mountains, only for Vegeta to catch up, grabbing his face and smashing him down into the intact rock, dragging him through it before finally firing a point-blank energy wave into his face. The body snatcher lies motionless as Vegeta jumps back, the Saiyajin prince practically howling with laughter.

"Do you see what disrespecting your prince gets you, Kakarotto?" Vegeta taunts, his armor showing the damage he's taken. One of the pauldrons is gone entirely while the other is sliced in half. The torso piece is cracked, exposing the blue bodysuit beneath, and he lost one of his gloves at some point.

Zamasu is in a similar state of damage, his gi top gone while his undershirt hangs on for dear life. One of his pant legs are gone, and everywhere that's exposed is littered in severe gashes and burns. Contrary to what Zamasu had hoped, his fight is much, much harder than Son Goku's had been... this must be what happens when you don't have people to back you up.

Still, he can't afford to lose.

'This is going to hurt, and I know I'll get an earful for pushing myself like this…' Zamasu twitches, and Vegeta halts his laughter. The rock around Zamasu crumbles as his muscles bulge, and Vegeta moves into action at the sight of his flamelike aura returning. "KAIO-KEN, STAGE TWO!" He's able to get into an upright position by the time Vegeta is close enough to strike, and he catches the fist with a grunt.

"You thought that would be enough to take me down…?" Zamasu smirks, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth as he yells, using his free hand to jab at Vegeta's throat. The prince lets out a strangled gasp, and Zamasu's arm glows with a bright red blade, as he jabs, catching Vegeta once more and leaving a gash right below Vegeta's underarm.

The blade dissipates into his aura as he dodges a heavy right hook from the wounded prince, using Vegeta's momentum to get in close for a series of powerful blows to his torso. Vegeta is thrown back, much alike how he'd thrown Zamasu not so long ago, before receiving his own sledgehammer blow to the head. Zamasu's muscles burn, but he unleashes an energy blast before allowing his body to power down. Smoke obscures Vegeta as Zamasu leaps up onto a nearby outcropping of rock, panting.

'It's a miracle that I'm even standing right now…' Blood drips from the corner of one of his eyes, his body screaming in protest at the excess Kaio-Ken usage. 'I'm gonna need a nap after I finish this fight… Or my body might just collapse and never get up again..'

'I can't believe this… He shouldn't be this strong… There's no way that a low-class warrior like him can surpass me. I am Prince Vegeta! I am above all other Saiyajin, it was decided by my very birthright that I would be the legendary Super Saiyajin! NONE CAN SURPASS ME!' His body is encased in the purple of his aura as he launches into the sky, stopping when he's high above Zamasu and the planet itself.

"You have disrespected me for the last time, Kakarotto!" Purple ki wells around Vegeta's hands, his purple aura sharp as electricity bursts forth from it. "You can dodge this attack if you wish, but if you do then I'll blow up this entire planet!" He roars with fury as he charges his Galick Gun, Zamasu still frozen in place on the ground.

'Damnit… Why can't I move…' Zamasu's body is totally locking up on him, as he struggles to move. 'If I could just move, I could mimic the mortal Goku's damn attack…' Slowly, he cups his hands at his side, his gaze locked on Vegeta high above him. 'Damnit, it seems like he's not going to give me the time I need to finish charging my attack!'

"WITNESS THE ULTIMATE POWER OF PRINCE VEGETA! GALICK GU-"

"MAKANKOSAPPO!"

Vegeta sees the oncoming attack from the corner of his eye, and he's forced to dissipate his amassed power, moving just in time for the attack to be a narrow miss. His armor explodes as the attack breaks through it, just barely leaving his spandex beneath intact. Piccolo stands on the ground, sweating as he watches his most powerful attack simply get dodged.

"The Namekian…!" Vegeta scowls, throwing his hand out in the direction of Piccolo to fire a hasty energy blast. However, on the ground, oblivious to him, Zamasu has succeeded in charging his attack, and is now about to return the favor to Piccolo.

"Ka… Me…" Ki swirls between Zamasu's hands, but instead of the expected blue it's a mix of black and purple, much alike his aura. "Ha me…" The ball of ki compresses, a shrill scream coming from the ball of energy as he jerkily throws his hands forward, in time to see Vegeta throwing his own hand forward towards Piccolo. "HA!"

The powerful beam of concentrated energy soars through the sky, smashing into Vegeta with a tremendous impact. The prince attempts to hold it back, having thrown a hand out at the last second. Zamasu, however, will have none of it. "KAIO-KEN!" It's the most he can manage, but in Vegeta's weakened state, it's enough for the prince - having been caught off guard as well - to be overwhelmed! With a yell of pain, he's carried high into the sky, and Zamasu stands tall on the outcropping of rock, nearly paralyzed from pain.

Piccolo flies over to Zamasu, looking over him with a bit of an amused smirk. "Well, even if you aren't Son himself, you sure know how to treat his body like he would treat it." All he earns is an annoyed growl from Zamasu. "So, it's fairly obvious that you're having a hard time, and he's not out for the count yet. Do you have any sort of plan?"

"I was going to cut off the damn monkey's tail, but all I managed to do was slice into his side. I imagine that he's going to attempt to transform into an Oozaru, and if he succeeds then we're basically screwed… let me guess, the weaklings died in the fight against his lackey."

Piccolo frowns, shaking his head. "One died, but the rest of us killed him with relative 'ease'. As for the 'Oozaru', I imagine I've already seen it during my training with Goku's son. That kind of boost in power would definitely hurt our chances, but if it comes to that, then I have a plan-" A sudden spike in rapidly-approaching energy catches the attention of the two fighters.

"Seems like we're out of time. Just know that if he transforms, do everything you can to cut off his tail, and I'll take care of the rest." Piccolo quickly utters out, and Zamasu - able to move a little more than before now - nods.

"Right."

-BSM-

Tien and Chiaotzu are flying as fast as they can now, with Tien carrying the wonderful gift of senzu beans. There are only two, but if Piccolo and their new ally are the only ones on the battlefield then that should be perfect. 'The fight seems to have taken a lull in action. All of their energies are much calmer now…' He spoke too soon, it seems, as Vegeta's energy makes itself known once more.

"Looks like it's a race to our friends, Chiaotzu." Chiaotzu nods, and both Z-fighters take off as fast as they can, leaving streaks of white behind. Depending on who gets to them first, the entire battle could be decided here.

End Chapter 3

Author's Note: Sorry that this chapter is just a little shorter. I wanted to save the latter half of the Vegeta fight for the next chapter, and because of that I had to stop short by about eight hundred words. Anyways, now that we've seen impressive displays of power from each and every fighter present, let's check out the altered power levels of this story!

Piccolo
3,500
5,000 (First Makankosappo, VS Nappa)
6,205 (Second Makankosappo, VS Vegeta)

Gohan
981
4,100 (Rage-Boosted Masenko)

Krillin
2,100
2,750 (Kamehameha)

Yamcha
1,780

Tien
2,400
4,800 (Tri-Beam)

Chiaotzu
1,000
2,500 (Super Dodonpa)

Nappa
4,000
6,000 (Full Power)

Vegeta
18,000 (Full Power)
12,000 (Weakened)

Zamasu
7,000
10,500 (Kaio-Ken, Stage One)
14,000 (Kaio-Ken, Stage Two)
9,000 ('Black' Kamehameha)