"His power level is incredible!" Nail croaked in fear.
"I've never sensed anything like this, not even in Vegeta." said Professor L.
"You can sense power levels, Professor?" asked Goshin.
"How do you think Jarelle learned how to do it?" said the Professor.
"Do you little rats understand now that you can never beat me!?" Zuccil cackled.
"We'll see about that, Zuccil!" said Goshin.
"Goshin what are you talking about? He's too strong for us!" said Nail.
"Individually, yes." said Goshin.
"But he can't possibly fight us all at once." said VJ.
"You guys remember that formation we practiced on the transport?" asked Goshin.
"You mean before you and VJ decided you wanted to kill each other?" asked Jarelle.
"GO!" Goshin called.
The four young fighters jumped off in opposite directions and disappeared. Zuccil looked around with a smirk on his face. He lashed out in several different directions and every time he lashed out, he hit one of the fighters. He sent them all flying and landing on their backs. They jumped him all at once and started throwing punches and kicks like they were having temper tantrums. Zuccil seemed to block or dodge every single shot.
Goshin and others backed off to catch their breathes. Zuccil chuckles darkly at frustrated looks on their faces.
"Goshin, this is impossible." said VJ. "We haven't even left a mark on this guy."
"No! We can beat him! I know we can beat him!!" he said. Zuccil chuckled.
"Don't you get it, Goshin?" he asked. "I had won this battle before it ever began. There's a reason that Lord Sprout uses my services: I'm a military genius."
"Not that you're full of yourself!" VJ retorted.
"YOU BRAT!" Zuccil yelled as he launched a ki blast at VJ.
VJ was blown backwards and slammed into an invisible wall. He fell to the ground in a heap, quivering in pain.
"HEY!" Goshin yelled.
"What's wrong, Goshin?" asked Zuccil. "Don't like seeing your friends suffer?"
"I don't like seeing anyone suffer! Especially innocent people!" said Goshin.
"And what about those who aren't so innocent, like your friend VJ here?" asked Zuccil.
"He's still my friend, and nothing is going to change that!!" Goshin barked, his temper reaching its boiling point.
"But will you think that when you learn of his true nature?" asked Zuccil.
"What are you talking about?!" Goshin snarled.
"Goshin…don't listen to him…" VJ croaked weakly. "…he's a liar…"
"I'm a liar?" asked Zuccil. "Goshin, how do you think I knew to take the Professor? Didn't you ask VJ what happened to him that he wasn't there to help you at the base?"
Goshin's eyes opened wide. Nail and Jarelle looked back at VJ with bewildered expressions. Professor L's legs went strangely numb and he fell the floor.
"No…you swore you wouldn't tell them…!!" VJ growled.
"Then why don't you tell them, VJ?" said Zuccil. "Tell your friends how you sold them out!"
Goshin turned to VJ who was now up on his hands and knees, tears streaming down his face.
"It…it's true…!!!" he roared.
"VJ…why…?" asked Jarelle.
"I had no choice…he told me he would destroy the planet…" said VJ. "I'd already seen his Super Saiyan power, so I knew he could do it. I did fight him…but when I couldn't out maneuver him he ran me into a corner…I…I don't deserve to be called a Saiyan…"
"Yes you do, VJ." said Goshin darkly. "Because you chose the lesser of two evils; it may take us a while to trust you again, but you did what you though was right, and for that, I forgive you for this…"
Goshin turned on his heel to Zuccil.
"…but you…" he growled. "YOU I CAN NOT FORGIVE!!!"
Goshin's ki flame shot out and he launched himself at Zuccil, thrusting his fists at him as fast and hard as he could. Zuccil was caught off guard and paid dearly for it as Goshin slammed his face and body. Zuccil's arm came down on Goshin, but Goshin dodged, rebounded off of his forearm, and drilled his elbow into Zuccil's face.
When Zuccil looked up to see Goshin's eyes, he had no pupils at all. Goshin's ki flame was a brilliant gold, just like Zuccil's, and Zuccil knew he'd made a mistake. Goshin spun around and kicked Zuccil in the opposite side of the face and used his follow-through to slam Zuccil in the side and send him careening toward the ground. Zuccil hit the ground with a loud thud and lay there hurt and angry.
"Goshin…!" said Nail.
"Is he…?" asked Jarelle.
"No," said Professor L, "he's not a Super Saiyan, not yet anyway."
"This is all my fault…" said VJ.
"No sense blaming yourself now, VJ, Goshin might need our help!!" Nail barked.
At that moment, Zuccil disappeared and reappeared behind Goshin. Goshin looked around horrified as Zuccil's gigantic arms rose up over his head. His clasped hands came crashing down on Goshin head and Goshin hit the ground with a bone crunching smack. Goshin managed to jump out of the way just as Zuccil came down to squash him like a bug. Zuccil's foot left a crater in the concrete floor of the hanger.
Goshin appeared behind Zuccil kicked at his head. Zuccil was behind Goshin before he knew what happened and grabbed him by the head. He slammed Goshin's head into the ground and dragged his small body through the concrete. As he closed in on one of the walls, he lifted Goshin out of the floor and held him up. He stopped short and put Goshin through the wall like it was made of paper.
Zuccil turned and clapped his hands together as if to knock dust off of them. VJ appeared out of no where and began pummeling him in the face. Zuccil grabbed VJ by the throat held him at arm's length. VJ struggled as Zuccil squeezed tighter and tighter.
"You ignorant little back stabber!" Zuccil growled as Goshin climbed wearily from the hole in the wall behind him. "I knew I should have killed you!"
"I'm not going to give you another chance to hurt my friends!!" VJ croaked.
"Well, VJ, if that's how you feel…then die!!" Zuccil barked as he crushed VJ's neck to the width of a pencil. He threw VJ's lifeless body into the air and destroyed with one blast. Goshin saw the whole thing.
"You…you monster…!!" Goshin shuddered as tears streamed down his face.
Zuccil turned to see Goshin standing behind him, his ki flame brighter than ever. Goshin's teeth and fists were clenched angrily as his power level grew dangerously. His pupils had disappeared to white and his dark hair stood on end in a spiky hive.
"You…you psychotic son of a bitch…!" he snarled. "You…have no right…YOU BASTARD!!!"
Hi ki flame flared out dangerously as Zuccil backed away in shock. His arms bulged outwards, then his chest, and then his legs. Finally his entire body bulged out in one huge burst of energy.
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE!!!" he screamed.
"What in God's name is he doing!?" Nail implored.
"He's transforming!" said Professor L.
"He's becoming a Super Saiyan!!" said Jarelle.
At that moment Goshin's body bulged out again and his eyes returned to color, except that they were a piercing jade green instead of the deep blue that he's gained from his mother. His hair and tail had turned to a deep gold and his ki flame glowed brightly enough to light the entire room.
"His power level is easily twice that of Zuccil's" said Nail.
"But the question is, will that be enough?" asked the Professor. "Remember that Zuccil may not be using his full power."
"No, Zuccil is a pure blood Saiyan." said Nail. "If there's one thing I learned about them from Vegeta, it's that they love to show off. I'm almost certain he's already giving it his all."
"Almost isn't good enough to give Goshin a victory." said the Professor.
"Up until now, victory was impossible, at least now we have a chance." said Nail.
"Except that the Professor is exactly right" said Zuccil, "I haven't used all of my power yet. And a Saiyan can't remain Super Saiyan forever, so you're chances for victory are still slim to none!"
"We'll see about that, Zuccil." said Goshin.
"You think you've really got what it takes to beat me, Goshin?!" asked Zuccil.
"I think I've got what it takes to end your life the same you ended VJ's," said Goshin, "the difference is I won't use that to my advantage unless I have no other choice."
"How noble of you, Goshin." said Zuccil.
He lunged down swung at the young Super Saiyan, who jumped over his arm, spun around, and kicked him in the head. Zuccil was taken aback, and Goshin was able to launch his attack. Suddenly the two super fighters were wailing away at each other like dogs.
Goshin caught Zuccil in the gut and subdued him for a minute. He quickly charged up his ki energy.
"KAME HAME HA!!!!" he wailed as he launched his attack into Zuccil navel.
Goshin shot into the air and charged up another ki blast.
"Scatter Shot!!" he yelled as he began pummeling Zuccil with ki blasts as fast as could.
When the smoke cleared Zuccil was hurt and angry. He stood slowly and glared up at Goshin.
"You little bastard!" he barked. "How dare you! You're nothing! The descendent of low class imbecile! Your blood line is tainted by human filth! You'll never be anything but a freak!"
"The fact that you're resorting to name calling is a sign that you're getting desperate." said Goshin. "And being a freak won't stop me from avenging my friend's death and the suffering you've caused countless innocent people!"
Zuccil's body bulged out and his ki flame exploded outward.
"YOU CAN'T BEAT ME!! AND I'LL PROVE IT, YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE WORM!!!!" he howled.
The ground around him began to quake and it broke beneath his feet. Huge fissures formed in the concrete and giant chunks of earth rose up into the air. The hanger itself began to collapse as Zuccil rose slowly into the air, screaming at the top of his lungs as everything around him crumbled.
Goshin watched calmly as Zuccil's power destroyed everything around them. The others were scrambling to keep from being crushed under one of the boulders that was floating in the air.
"We've got to get out of here!" said Professor L. "Nail, grab VJ's body and let's go!!"
Zuccil's ki flame suddenly became a glowing ball of energy that stronger by the second.
"I'LL DESTROY EVERYTHING HERE TO GET RID OF YOU!!!" he bellowed.
"GO NAIL!!" yelled the Professor.
Nail ran for it as ki blasts began raining down on the remains of the hanger. He grabbed VJ's body and began dodging through the ki rain back to Jarelle and the Professor. The three of them bolted through and fled the scene.
"Why are we leaving?" asked Jarelle. "What if Goshin needs us?"
"At this stage of the game we'd only get in Goshin's way." said the Professor. "By leaving we eliminate one advantage Zuccil can take."
Jarelle looked back as they flew away.
"Be careful, Goshin…" she whispered.