Chapter 66
Last time on DragonBall AF, the mysterious creature that came forth from Daikon's capsule was revealed to be a futuristic weapon, known only as C-23. Vegeta ahs engaged the strange being in battle which has now taken the form of Belial! Will Vegeta be able to succeed and reach Goku and Goshin in time?
"Understand!" yelled Vegeta. "This is only the beginning of a world of pain for you!" Vegeta kicked C-23 in the side, causing him to gasp for breath. Vegeta reached down and pulled him up by his neck so that he was face to face with him.
"Brainless monkey!" seethed C-23. The rage grew in Vegeta's eyes and with that he leveled C-23 in the face sending him flying back. Amazingly though, he stopped himself in mid-air and floated there.
"So you still do have some fight left in you, you dirty bastard?" growled Vegeta.
"Don't be so quick to count me out," replied C-23. "Are you ready to introduce me to this world of pain you speak of?"
"As a matter of fact, I AM!" yelled Vegeta as he started charging towards his enemy. C-23 flew up into the sky as Vegeta rocketed off and followed him. "Stop running and fight!" And with that, Vegeta started hurling ki blast after ki blast, but somehow he could not hit his target.
"HAAAA!" C-23 suddenly flipped head over heels in mid-air and fired a huge, purple beam from his open hands directly into Vegeta's path.
"Crap!" exclaimed Vegeta. "FINAL SHINE!" Just before the beam was about to hit Vegeta, the Final Shine connected with it as both fighters began struggling for control."
"What's wrong Vegeta!" yelled C-23 as he kept pouring more power into his attack. "Am I jut too much to handle now!"
"Not… in the least! HAAA!" Vegeta fed a large burst of energy into his attack, pushing back C-23 and his ki wave. "HAAAAAAAAAAA!" BOOM A blinding light overcame both fighters, but only C-23 was falling from the sky.
"AAAAAAAAH!" he yelled as he descended, taking the full brunt of Vegeta's attack, plus his own which was pushed back at him. Again he landed with harsh thud on the ground. Vegeta landed over him and was laughing heartily.
"HAHAHAHA! Weren't you just in this same spot a few moments ago?" he said. "You're pathetic. Now it's time to… what?" C-23 began losing the consistency of his transformed state as Belial and he began changing back into the strange, gray blob. Then immediately, it began changing again. Vegeta was frozen on the spot, curious to see what this strange thing could be up to.
First sprouted arms and legs. They were much bigger than the ones that were formed when C-23 transformed into Belial, signaling that this transformation would be of somebody much bigger. Next the rest of the body began to form. The torso became full, as did the stomach lined with a six pack of cut abs. The skin began to take color into a peach color, almost exactly like Vegeta's. Finally the head formed, greatly alarming the young Vegeta.
"What the hell! No way, he can't be changing into him now!" A wave of panic overcame him as he could see the hair sprouting from C-23's head. It was long and spiky, jet black. The face formed next, and it was almost as if he were looking into a mirror, except this face looked much older.
"Hahaha," laughed C-23 in a gruff, familiar sounding voice. "Maybe I should've taken this form in the first place! You recognize me then?"
"M-my ancestor!" choked out Vegeta. "The elder Vegeta!"
Back in East District 439, Bra and Celery had rushed over to Pan's house after calling and finding out Goshin was indeed missing as well.
"After he hadn't come back for an hour," said Pan, "I was starting to grow worried. That's when Gonell and Zonza came in and then Zonza went out too look for him, but found nothing but the firewood on the ground."
"Yea, from the looks of it," continued Zonza, "the wood was scattered everywhere, like it was knocked out of his hands or something. I wouldn't be surprised if a struggle took place as well seeing that some of the ground in that area was a bit torn up."
"I'm just so glad you called though," said Pan. "At least we have an idea of what may be going on now."
"Yes, that's true," replied Celery. "But we don't know where this Daikon is located at. Vegeta just flew off blindly, not knowing where he was going. I don't know how well this an even possibly work out."
"Can't we somehow contact Uubu?" asked Gonell. "There must be something he can do, right?"
"We've kind of already tried that," replied Bra. "according to Vegeta he can't be reached at all, but I don't fully believe that. Unfortuanetly, we'd have now way of finding him ourselves anyways."
"Yea, I can't sense him at all," said Gonell. "wait a second, what's that? It feels like Vegeta, and he's fighting… something!"
"Oh no!" exclaimed Celery. "Is he all right?"
"I don't know, I can jut barely feel his power level and another," answered Gonell. "They're too far away though for me to get anything specific."
"Maybe we should go help him out then," said Pan. "There must be something we can do!"
"Pan, I know you've always been eager to help," said Bra, "But you have to realize, we aren't strong enough to take down anybody like this. Vegeta is stronger than all of us. All we would do is just get in the way, even you should know that."
Pan sighed in despair. "You know I've always hated watching from the sidelines, even when the boys went looking for the DragonBalls I wanted to help them some how."
"Well all we can do now mom," put in Gonell, "is just have hope."
"How dare you even think of becoming like him!" yelled Vegeta. "You can never be like him!"
"Hee hee hee!" chuckled C-23. "Remember that I possess ALL of his powers now though… grandson! HAAAAAA!" C-23 turned into a Super Saiyan 2, waves of electricity coursing over his entire body.
"What did you just call me?" asked Vegeta, infuriated. "This is the last straw! Trying to become my killer is one thing, but you've crossed the line taking the form of my ancestor! I'll make sure you pay!" Vegeta powered, his golden aura grew bigger as the sparks of lightning charged all about him increasing his power level even more.
"Then let's go!" shouted C-23, and with that both fighters charged at each other with their fists outstretched. THWOK
"OOF!" Vegeta and C-23 both succeeded in hitting their target. Both fighters connected with each other by slamming their fists into each other's chins. Each were sent sprawling back, but quickly recovered and reengaged in close combat.
Punches and kicks were thrown by both fighters some being blocked others connecting. In no time, Vegeta began gaining the upper hand. C-23 threw a punch at Vegeta, but he ducked under it and managed to smash his fist into C-23's stomach, and with his other hand he doubled the pain by hitting him directly underneath his chin.
"AHHHHH!" he screamed, but there was little time for him to recover. Vegeta got right back into his face and began pummeling him, not giving C-23 any chance to defend himself or fight back.
"You weakling!" yelled Vegeta. "You defile my ancestor's name by being so weak and close-minded! HA!" Vegeta took a finishing blow by cocking his elbow back and unleashed it in the middle of C-23's face.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" C-23 was sent careening back, blood trailing from his nose and mouth as he was sent sailing through the air. Vegeta would not let this chance escape him however and he flew to meet C-23 as he sailed through the air and rose his clenched fists above his head, connecting into C-23's stomach just as he passed by him. HACK COUGH C-23 choked on his own blood as he rocketed back down to the earth below him.
This isn't how I planned, he thought to himself. I was already feeling considerably weaker after that first round. I was hoping this transformation would have a psychological effect on him and give me the advantage. Perhaps I should attempt to escape and get back to Daikon. I cannot fail him!
BOOM C-23 connected with the ground leaving a giant crater. Vegeta hovered in the air waiting to make his next move. "Fool," he muttered.
I'll launch this last attack with the rest of my energy, thought C-23, and then escape. This must work! He slowly rose from out of the crater and put his hands together, much like the Kamehameha, but instead of having his hands in a vertical position like the Kamehameha, they were horizontal. "BIG BANG ATTACK!"
"He's actually using that!" exclaimed Vegeta. A giant ki wave began heading straight towards the young Saiyan, but then something clicked. "Wait, I can take this. He's not as strong as a Super Saiyan 2, he only appears to be one. I can take him down with the same attack that I actually learned, not copied from my ancestor!" The wave was only seconds away from connecting when Vegeta let out a might yell. "BIG BANG ATTACK!" The yellow wave shot forth from his hands and collided with C-23's.
"What!" he exclaimed. "How did he have time to even block that! DAMN IT!"
"Heh," smirked Vegeta. "This is for you, Gramps! HAAAA!"
Amazing! Vegeta has figured out C-23's weakness and has gained the confidence to finally apply the finishing blow! But will this really be able to finish Daikon's lackey? Find out in the next exciting chapter of DragonBall AF!