Chapter 67
Last time on DragonBall AF, the battle continued between Vegeta and C-23. In an unexpected turn of events, C-23 has transformed into the elder Vegeta! Now with both in a death lock, will Vegeta finish the battle here and continue on to Daikon's lair? Goku and Goshin still await his rescue.
"HAAAAAAAA!" yelled Vegeta. He gave one last burst of ki to his Big Bang Attack, causing it to totally overlap C-23's wave and himself.
"NOOOOO!" yelled C-23. "I CAN'T FAIL!" BOOOOOM Vegeta turned and braced himself from the ensuing explosion as the two combined attacks took C-23 into oblivion.
After a few moments, the brightness faded away and Vegeta powered down to his regular Saiyan form. The surrounding area was now calm, as if a battle had never taken place there. Vegeta let out a long sigh and then turned around. "I feel him now," he said. "He's definitely this way. Hopefully there won't be anymore distractions. I have to hurry before he messes with Goku and Goshin!" And with that Vegeta flew off toward Daikon's lair, ready for a showdown.
"I can't even feel its energy anymore," said Daikon to himself. "Vegeta must've completely finished him off. And he's heading this way. Heh-heh. I suppose it's time for are inevitable battle. I'd better move this out of the way then." Daikon walked toward his time machine and pushed a button. BOM
In a cloud of smoke, the time machine returned to its capsule form. Daikon took it and placed it in one of his pockets. "Vegeta won't even be able to touch me once I get started, so this should be a safe place for the capsule." The evil Saiyan then walked in front of the holding cell where Goshin and Goku were. Both were still unconscious from the mysterious gas that had been pumped in there.
"We don't want Vegeta to see you two just yet." With that, he moved his hand over a control panel in the wall, causing a giant barrier to drop down in front of the cell. It blended in perfectly with the rock cavern, unseen to the naked eye. "Time to greet my guest."
As Vegeta began closing in, he started going over his plan of action. If this guy is really what he says he is, a Legendary Super Saiyan, then can I really beat him? Maybe I'll just have to give everything I got before he transforms, unless he already is when I get there. Maybe if I can find Goku and Goshin, they can help me out. Maybe we could even do Fusion! But I'd have to find them first. I hope they're all right…
In the distance, Vegeta could see a series of mountains before him, and he knew he was getting closer. Then, he could just barely make it out, but standing on a cliff inside the mountain chain was a small figure. "Daikon!" exclaimed Vegeta. He gave a burst of energy to get there as quick as he could.
"Haha," laughed Daikon. "I guess he sees me now. Moving pretty fast." Vegeta landed right in front of him, staring him down, even though it was more like staring up at him. There was at least a two feet difference between the two Saiyan warriors.
"Where are Goku and Goshin you sonofabitch!" demanded Vegeta.
"Don't be hasty," answered Daikon in a grim voice. "We're here to fight aren't we? You can worry about them after you defeat me. And that's if you can defeat me. So do you think you're up to it Vegeta? Can you take down a Legendary Super Saiyan?"
"You're going to find out right now! AHHHHHHH!" Vegeta transformed back into a Super Saiyan 2 and took a wild sing at Daikon who dodged it with ease. Vegeta came back and tried to knee him in the face, but Daikon caught it before it reached him. He tightened his grip on Vegeta's knee and raised him above his head.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Daikon transformed into a regular Super Saiyan and threw Vegeta up into the air. Vegeta tumbled head over heels trying to regain his balance, but Daikon was coming up right from under him. "Try not to let your anger blind you! FOOL! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Vegeta regained himself but took the full brunt of Daikon's fist into his right shoulder. But Vegeta wasn't down for the count at all. Daikon came right back with another punch in mid-air, but Vegeta countered it with his own. An aerial fist-fight ensued with both fighters exchanging punch after punch. Vegeta changed his tactics and left the fray, coming back with a roundhouse kick.
Daikon ducked underneath it, but waiting for him was Vegeta's hand with a ki blast ready to fire. "HA!" The blast connected point blank in Daikon's face, sending him back. Vegeta rocketed straight at him, and kicked him with both feet square in the gut.
"UHF!" coughed Daikon as his breath was taken away from him. Vegeta quickly put his hands together and released another blast.
"Final Shine!" The green wave shot forth from Vegeta connecting with its intended target. "You're nothing but a big pussie!" screamed Vegeta as he went to charge at him again. But before he could hit him, Daikon instantly vanished. Vegeta looked towards down the ground and sure enough he was there. Daikon gave a small smirk as the blood trickled down his chin. Vegeta knew precisely what he was planning.
In less than a tenth of a second, Vegeta was right on top of Daikon, ready to strike, when the time traveling warrior let out a mighty yell.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Instantly a barrier went up, totally blocking Vegeta's attack. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he continued to yell. Sparks of electricity began to appear all along his body, more and more every second. A horrified look came over Vegeta's face.
"I can't let him transform, I can't!" Vegeta flew up into the sky and looked back down. "FINAL SHINE!" Vegeta released the wave and it hit the barrier surrounding Daikon. Vegeta kept feeding more and more into the attack, trying to break the barrier.
"Come on, come on!" he yelled. The barrier was beginning to buckle, but it seemed that Vegeta wouldn't be in time.
Daikon's hair began to grow and became increasingly spikier. It began to change color to a pale green color, his eyeballs began to sink into his head, leaving a ghostly white stare of nothingness in his eyes. His muscles bulged, but just a little bit more from what they already had been. Then, the barrier finally collapsed.
"YES!" shouted Vegeta. "HERE WE- CRAP!" To Vegeta's dismay as he pumped more ki into the attack, Daikon immediately caught the wave once the barrier collapsed.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" roared Daikon as he tried pushing back the wave.
"I'm wasting too much energy!" yelled Vegeta, and he stopped pouring his ki into the attack. Daikon, though, had the giant ball of ki in his hands now, still struggling with it. Finally, with one last grunt, he hoisted the attack above his head, and tossed it through the air and seemingly into orbit.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" A loud laugh came from Daikon after he had repelled the attack. Vegeta didn't move a muscle. He just floated in the air and looked down at the Legendary Super Saiyan before him.
How the hell did he do that? he thought to himself. If I could've only broken that barrier a few seconds earlier, I might've been able to stop the transformation! Now what! Damn it, I hope Super Saiyan 2 is enough to take him down!
"Vegeta…" trailed off Daikon. "Vegeta! Vegeta!" He became increasingly louder and turned to look at Vegeta hovering above him. "VEGETA!" The whole earth seemed to shake from the force of his yell as he showed his pure lunacy and rage. Instantly, Daikon blasted off into the air headed straight for Vegeta.
I can't let him take the offensive now! thought Vegeta. "COME AT ME!" he yelled. Vegeta flew to intercept his enemy with both fighters' fists outstretched, ready to hit the other. BAM
Once again, each of their fists connected with each other, but they both held the same position this time. "ARRRRRRGH!" grunted Daikon as he tried to push back Vegeta's fist with his own. But Vegeta kept on going. Lightning sparks formed around both of their fists as they both tried to push off the other.
"DAMN… IT!" seethed Vegeta. Finally, Daikon started gaining the edge and began pushing Vegeta's arm back. "NO!" he shouted.
"HAHAHAHA!" laughed Daikon, and before Vegeta could even think, Daikon now being closer to Vegeta since he had pushed him back, he took his other fist and sucker punched Vegeta directly in the jaw. Vegeta was taken aback and Daikon seized the opportunity by shoving his fist into Vegeta's chin with a right uppercut.
HACK Vegeta started to profusely cough up blood, and the floodgates were opened. Daikon began beating on the young Saiyan, landing hit after hit all over his body. Every single one of his kicks, punches, and elbows connected, hardly giving Vegeta anytime to recover. After almost a minute, Daikon ceased his physical barrage and started showering Vegeta with ki blast after ki blast.
"HAAAAAA!" The ki blasts kept coming and coming, and finally Vegeta fell to the ground, tattered, bruised, and in bad shape. "Heh-heh-heh!" chuckled Daikon. He slowly floated back down towards Vegeta, who was struggling to move and get back up.
"Well Vegeta," he said in his normal tone of voice. "I came at you, and you couldn't do a thing. I thought you'd be a much tougher match for me. Maybe C-23 was just too easy for you. I'm afraid you met your end." Daikon outstretched his hand as a bright yellow ki blast began to form in his hand.
Suddenly, Vegeta sat up and grabbed Daikon by the wrist with a deadly grip, causing Daikon's ki to dissipate instantly.
Vegeta looked directly into the whites of Daikon's eyes with a look of determination. "It's not over, until I say it is!"
Vegeta is still alive! But Daikon has seemed to overpower the young Saiyan ever since transforming! And how is Daikon even able to perform speech in this form that was before totally uncontrollable! Many questions await to be answered, so make sure you don't miss the next installment of DragonBall AF!