'Finally! After so many years, finally!'
Hovering a couple feet above the floor, his arms and legs crossed, Gohan began to smile. It had taken years but all of his training had paid off. It was about time too. You never knew when you could use an ace in the hole.
(Okay kid, what's all this celebrating about?) Piccolo asked him suddenly.
(It's nothing Piccolo. Just something I've been working on for a long time) Gohan responded, still pleased with himself.
(It'd be nice to know what that is. Care to explain it? I can't seem to find it in your memory)
Gohan chuckled. (No, this one I'll be keeping under wraps till I really need to use it)
(Suit yourself)
(Thanks)
Smiling slightly, Gohan continued his meditation. Sometimes it wasn't so bad having an old Namek in your head.
(I heard that kid)
Gohan sweatdropped. Whoops; hadn't meant to actually think that, at least with the Namek still active in his mind. He needed to become more aware of what was going on in his brain.
That and when Trunks and Goten were going to pull their next prank.
Gohan almost swore under his breath. Ever since they had left Majiventa, those two had gone on a campaign to prank Gohan as many times as possible. It was getting to the point where Gohan could barely move his foot and spring one of their mindless creations.
He must've done something wrong in a past life.
However, something was odd. He hadn't heard much from the two younger saiyans in almost an hour. Rarely did he ever have that much time with himself unless they had set up another prank. Might as well go set it off so they can have their cheap laugh.
Gohan grinned. And after that prank, he would personally make sure they never want to see another toilet. Swirlies and two teenaged saiyans were always a blast.
Getting up from his meditative position, Gohan headed to the door and opened it. What he saw on the other side of the door was a large fist slamming into his face.
Thrown off his feet, Gohan flew into the wall opposite of the door, crashing into it, and falling to the ground on his stomach. Still seeing stars, Gohan tried to regain his senses when a large boot struck on the back of his skull, slamming Gohan's head onto the floor. A mind numbing pain washed over the saiyan as he tried to get back up. That's when the boot once again bashed his head on the floor, knocking him out.
'Not again,' was Gohan's last thought as he plunged into unconsciousness.
Goten was staring at his brother in the cell across from him.
Once again, they had been boarded and captured. This was starting to get old. Why couldn't they just have a nice, uneventful trip to Earth? At this rate, it would take only Kami knows how long just to get there.
Goten continued to stare. If there was only something he could do to get him, Gohan, and Trunks out of this mess. Gohan was obviously still out of it and Trunks was taking a nap. How that guy could take a nap in this kind of situation, he'd never know.
Staring at the bars, he dared not touch them. He had tried earlier and got the crap shocked out of him and he wasn't too keen on having that happen again. Looking around his cell, he didn't notice anything that could help him out in this situation either. Frustrated, Goten slammed his fist up against the side of his cell, creating a hole in the wall.
Goten blinked. Was that all he had to do? Just punch a wall? Cautiously, Goten threw a harder punch causing more of the wall to break away. The young saiyan's eyes lit up. He could get out of his cell now!
Repeatedly, Goten attacked the wall till he made a hole big enough for him to walk through. Stepping through the hole, Goten found himself in another cell. Frowning, he walked up to the prison bars and touched them.
Nothing happened.
Once again, his eyes lit up and he grabbed the bars, tearing them out of place, and walking into the corridor. Now all he had to do was get his comrades out of this mess and they were home free.
"Goten? How did you get out?" a voice said coming out of nowhere.
Immediately dropping into a defensive stance, Goten barked out "Who's there?! Show yourself!"
"Uhh, Goten, it's me, Trunks."
Slowly turning his head, Goten saw Trunks looking at him from his cell, bewildered eyes staring at him. Grinning the infamous Son grin, Goten said "Oh, hey Trunks."
"Hi Goten. Umm, could you tell me how you got out?"
Looking proudly, Goten said "I punched a hole in the wall."
Blinking, Trunks responded "Oooookay. So Goten, why don't you go find the control panel and turn off the electricity to the bars."
Nodding his head, Goten went in search of the control panel Trunks had mentioned. As it turned out, that very control panel was right next to the door of the brig. Studying the panel, Goten figured out which switch was which and shut down the electrical guard. Moments later, the sound of metal being bent and twisted was heard. Turning around, Goten saw Trunks standing outside of his cell and moving towards Gohan's. Repeating the process, Trunks removed the bars and then stepped into the cell. Hurrying over, Goten arrived just as Trunks had lifted and moved Gohan to the cell door. Wordlessly, Trunks passed Gohan to Goten, who in turn laid the still unconscious saiyan onto the ground. Once again, Trunks and Goten remained silent as they watched Gohan's form, waiting for the older saiyan to wake up. After waiting a few minutes, the two younger saiyans began to get antsy.
"Trunks, we can't wait too much longer. Who knows when the guards might come check on us," Goten said as he knelt down next to his brother, his gaze never leaving him.
Trunks nodded. "I know. We're gonna have to wake him up."
Suddenly, Goten got a devilish smirk. "Shall we give him the special treatment?"
Trunks returned the smirk. "It's been awhile since the last time. Who knows when we'll get our next chance."
Standing up, Goten backed a couple feet away from Gohan; the same with Trunks. Doing a silent countdown, Goten and Trunks leapt into the air and landed feet first on Gohan's stomach. "Wake up Gohan!" both saiyans cried out, "it's time to wake up!"
Both saiyans continued to jump up and down on top of Gohan till the older saiyan woke up, which was very shortly. Immediately, Gohan's top half flew up from the ground, coughing loudly until Goten and Trunks landed on top of him.
Lying on the ground in a jumble of arms and legs, Gohan stared up at the ceiling with a very calm expression. Slowly turning his gaze to the two saiyans lying on top of him, the eldest saiyan said "Trunks. Goten."
Both saiyans turned their attention to Gohan once they heard their names said. Hearing the very, very calm voice, they knew they were in deep trouble. "Yes?" they answered, hesitantly.
"Thank you for waking me up. That was very nice of you. Now…WILL YOU GET OFF OF ME?!"
In a flash, both saiyans were off the oldest saiyan, standing at attention and practically shouting out apologies, each apology getting jumbled with the next one and the other's apology. Getting off the ground and dusting himself off, Gohan held his hand up to silence the two, being successful.
"Okay you two. First off, stop apologizing." Both saiyans nodded at this still remaining silent. "Second, we need to get out of here. I'm really not in the mood for another confrontation until we get to Earth so we're going straight to any ship hanger or escape pod. We'll be sticking together on this one. Any questions?"
When both saiyans shook their heads no, Gohan nodded his head and turned around. "Okay, let's move out."
Leaving the brig, the three saiyans followed long corridors, always on the lookout for anything that could get them out of here or for any enemies that would appear. Oddly enough, they never found anyone.
(I don't like this. This doesn't feel right at all) Piccolo said.
(I know what you mean. We should've run into someone by now) Gohan responded.
After checking multiple rooms and hallways. The warriors finally found themselves in what appeared to be an observation room. A large open space ran in every which way till it came to a staircase on the far side. About five or six steps made up the stairs which led to another floor that was about fifteen feet wide, running from wall to wall and up against the far wall. However, that far wall was not made of metal. A large glass window was there instead, allowing everyone to look into the vastness of space. It was a glorious sight though none of the warriors took any notice of it. Walking into the middle of the room, a deep voice stopped them in their tracks.
"It's about time you showed up."
Jerking to their left, all three warriors' eyes widen. Of all the people they expected to see, this was definitely the last one.
Before them stood the imposing figure of Bojack. Smirking in satisfaction from their response, Bojack spoke again. "What's wrong? You act as if you've seen a ghost."
"Maybe they have. It's not everyday you see one," a feminine voice said behind. Turning around, Trunks and Goten saw a very attractive blue woman, her curly orange hair cascading behind her. Gohan, on the other hand, never took his sights off of Bojack.
"Trunks. Goten," Gohan barked, drawing the attention of the younger saiyans to him. "I want you to fight Zangya. I'll take on Bojack. Don't let either of them double team you. Got it?"
"Yes sir," the both said, dropping into fighting stances at the same time; Gohan following their lead.
"Oh? Ready to die already? Fine then, I'll grant you your death wish," Bojack said, he too following into a fighting stance; the same with Zangya.
For the longest time, all five warriors stared at each other, none of them making a move. Simultaneously, the saiyan trio let out war cries before launching themselves at their opponents; Gohan at Bojack, Goten and Trunks at Zangya.
As he rushed at Bojack, Gohan used a sudden burst of speed to appear right behind the blue giant. Smirking, Bojack stiffened his right hand and swung his body around, slicing the air with his hand. Just as his chop reached the saiyan, it went right through him, surprising the space pirate. Slowly, the image of Gohan vanished before Bojack's eyes right before the saiyan's fist embedded itself in Bojack's stomach.
Bojack's mouth opened wide as he gasped for air, spit flying from out. Balling his other hand into a fist, Gohan slammed his fist into Bojack's face, knocking the blue man backwards. The saiyan then unleashed a barrage of punches at his wide open opponent, ending the attack by jumping into the air and slamming both of his feet into the space pirate's chest.
Flying backwards through the air, Bojack managed to recover himself and planted his feet on the floor, skidding a few extra feet. Once he had killed his earlier momentum, the blue man charged at Gohan, yelling a war cry as he threw a punch at his opponent's head.
Gohan easily dodged the punch and counter attacked with an uppercut, making contact with Bojack's chin and throwing him off balance. However, the as the blue man stumbled backwards, he fired a ki blast at the saiyan, Gohan dancing out of the way before charging again.
Growling, Bojack spun on his heel and dashed away with Gohan hot on his tail. The space pirate had no idea how the saiyan had improved this much. True, saiyan grew stronger after every battle but there was no way his opponent could've increased his power this dramatically since their last fight.
Suddenly, Gohan appeared a several feet in front of the running pirate. Slamming his feet on the floor and skidding to a stop, Bojack flung his arms out as he gathered ki, the green orbs appearing in his hands. However, before he could attack, Gohan had also gathered ki and pushed it up his throat. Opening his mouth, Gohan fired a ki blast; the blast colliding with Bojack's chest, sending him flying back the way he came and into the wall; his charged ki blasts dispersing.
Gohan coughed and rubbed his neck. Damn that energy burned his throat. He was gonna have to get used to this sensation or not bother using that technique again.
Meanwhile, Trunks and Goten were having a tougher time with Zangya. Standing a few feet from each other, both saiyans fired a barrage of ki blasts up into the air at the blue woman; who in turned dodged each blast gracefully, almost like she was dancing. This pissed the duo off and caused them to fire even more blasts, which Zangya dodge easily enough.
Frustrated, Trunk stopped firing ki blasts, unsheathed his sword and charged at Zangya. As the young saiyan swung his sword, Zangya disappeared, reappearing several feet away and with both of her hands pointed at Trunks. Soon, thin beams of light shot from her hands and wrapped around Trunks. Struggling, Trunks couldn't seem to break the restraints as he felt his energy being sucked from him.
Recognizing the paralysis technique, Goten used a burst of speed and appeared right next to Zangya. Holding nothing back, Goten slammed his fist into the face of the blue woman, sending her flying into the ground. Without wasting a second, Goten charged a ki blast and fired the beam, an explosion rocking the ship.
Grinning from his successful attack as smoke rose, the saiyan relaxed a bit when a sudden blast flew out of the cloud. Caught off guard, Goten tilted his body as the blast flew mere inches in front of him. As soon as the blast was gone, Zangya appeared next to the saiyan's head, her hands clasped together and jackhammered Goten in the face, sending the warrior to the ground.
Growling, Trunks grabbed his sheath and held it like his sword, charging his blue opponent. Attacking first, Trunks swung his sword which Zangya dodged by leaning backwards. Using the momentum from his swinging sword, Trunks spun around and smacked his sheath against the blue woman's face. Reacting immediately to his successful hit, Trunks thrust his sword at his Zangya, who barely managed to recover and caught the sword between her hands; palms holding the blade tightly. Once she had managed to gain a little control, the blue woman pulled the weapon from the saiyan and threw it away.
Growling again, Trunks hit her again with the sheath; grabbing the sheath with both hands as it completed its arc and then swung the sheath again. The blue woman was knocked into the wall, falling to the ground after impact.
Suddenly, a loud yell of frustration filled the room. Turning his attention from Zangya, Trunks say a very beaten up Bojack, pissed to the next extreme. Trunks smirked. Looked like Gohan was doing a number on him.
"That's it! I've had it!" screamed Bojack. "I'm done playing games! I'm going all out!"
Gohan chuckled. "I hope this 'all out' is a lot better than what you've shown me so far. I was getting bored."
Scowling, Bojack nearly attacked Gohan again but held himself back. There would be plenty of ass kicking later. Just as long as he was at full power.
Channeling his ki, Bojack concentrated as a green aura enveloped him. Suddenly, the pirate's body bulked up, his shirt torn from his body, revealing another scar on his chest. His skin changed from blue to a very light green as his orange hair took on a redder tint. Standing in only his white pants, Bojack laughed loudly. "Alright asshole, get ready for the beating of your life!"
Gohan dropped himself into a defensive stance. He could sense Bojack's power had increased dramatically but his speed and strength were still unknown. Time to see what this guy was made of.
Giving off a war cry, Bojack charged Gohan faster than he expected. One punch to the face was all it took for Bojack to knock Gohan off his feet. However, before the saiyan got very far, the large green man grabbed him by the leg and swung him around, spinning around in a circle before letting Gohan fly through the air and landing on the floor, skidding several feet.
As soon as Bojack had thrown Gohan away, Trunks charged the green space pirate hoping to catch him off guard. Unfortunately, Bojack saw the attack coming and immediately attacked the saiyan with a roundhouse kick before he arrived, hitting his opponent in the face. Trunks flew through the air till he crashed into the wall.
As Trunks lifted himself off the ground, shaking his head to clear away all the stars that were before his eyes, a pair of feet slammed into his side, knocking the wind out of him. As the young warrior flew through the air again, he managed to barely recover used his arm to push off the ground and land on his feet. Getting his bearings, he saw Zangya rushing at him to continue her attack.
Growling, Trunks pointed his hands at the ground in front of him and blasted it, kicking up smoke and dust. Quickly, he leapt high into the air and stretched his arms over his head. As the saiyan gathered his ki, he saw Zangya run through the smoke and stop, confused as to where her opponent had gone. Smirking, Trunks immediately formed his ki into a large golden ball. Time to finish off this girl once and for all.
However, just as he was about to launch his attack, Trunks caught Bojack charging him out of the corner of his eye. Damn it; he didn't have enough time to turn and use his Final Buster on the pirate in order to defend himself. As fear crawled into Trunks' eyes, he suddenly saw Gohan appear out of nowhere, his hands crossed and held above his head.
"Masenko Ha!" the older saiyan cried as he fired a large blast, colliding with Bojack head on. Quickly turning his attention back to Zangya, Trunks threw the Final Buster at her. Unfortunately, Zangya had been ready for him, clasping her hands together and held them below her waist. As the large ki ball got into range, she swung her clasped hands and spiked the attack like a volleyball. With the attack deflected, it raced straight into the roof, obliterating the ceiling in a fiery explosion.
Gohan growled. Damn this fight was tough. The saiyan had figured that Trunks and Goten would've been able to take Zangya out of the fight but the pirate was more persistent than he though. Then throw in Bojack using his full power and what used to be a cakewalk had become a lot more difficult.
"Hey Gohan, please tell me you have a couple more tricks up your sleeve," Trunks said as he floated by.
"Sorry Trunks but I'm running out of ideas," Gohan responded.
"Well what about Piccolo? Maybe he might have an idea."
Gohan didn't respond as he began talking to his resident Namek. (Well, do you have anything?)
(Well, I would tell you to transform into the Oozaru but that's not an option on a spaceship) Piccolo responded. (It doesn't seem like you're getting enough power and your speed has been rendered useless)
(Okay, speed's out of the question) Gohan said. (If you have any technique that could give me a power boost then by all means tell me)
(Hmmm, I think I have just the thing) the Namek replied. Soon, a bunch of instructions began working their way through Gohan's head. Looking through them, Gohan smirked. "Well, it's worth a shot."
Trunks looked at Gohan quizzically. "What's worth a shot? What did Piccolo tell you?"
"Trunks, I need you to hold Bojack and Zangya off me for a bit. Think you can handle it?" Gohan asked, looking at the saiyan.
Trunks eyes grew wide before giving a grimace. "I hope what ever you're doing is worth it," he grumbled.
Gohan smirked before drifting away and to the ground, immediately gathering ki. Trunks soon set down a few feet away from the older saiyan, ready to hold off the enemy.
Soon he saw Bojack walking towards the two saiyans at a casual pace, Zangya walking a bit behind him and to the right.
"So you two have a plan huh?" Bojack called out, watching with mild curiosity. "It's not like it'll help you. Zangya here is kicking your butt easily enough, so it doesn't mean anything."
Suddenly, Zangya raised her hand and fired a ki blast. Concentrating, Trunks gave out a yell as a blue shield raised up in front of him. The blast made contact with the shield but couldn't break through. As soon as the blast stopped, Trunks lowered the shield and was promptly rammed in the side by Bojack.
With Trunks out of the picture, the green pirate turned his attention to Gohan, who was staring at him with fear. He didn't have enough energy to use his technique and it looked like Bojack had been right. Smirking, the pirate readied himself to attack the saiyan.
Flipping through the air, Trunks recover and used his feet to stop his momentum, making contact with the glass observation window. Small cracks were made in the glass just as Trunks pushed off and dashed towards Bojack.
However, Trunks felt Zangya rushing in to attack him. Making quick adjustments, Trunks dodged the blue woman's punch and grabbed her arm. Swinging her around, the saiyan threw Zangya at Bojack.
Turning his attention to the out of control pirate, Bojack easily caught her in one hand; but it was that split second that Gohan took advantage of. Coming to the conclusion he wouldn't have all the power he needed, he still had gathered enough to make a difference.
Immediately, Gohan focused the gather ki on his body. Slowly his body began to expand as the saiyan grew taller and bulkier. In a matter of seconds, Gohan stood three times taller than Bojack.
Trunks looked on it awe. That had to be a Piccolo technique Gohan had just used. There was no way the saiyan would've been able to increase his size without the Namekian's knowledge.
Bojack stared up at the oversized saiyan, scowling with his teeth bare. Gohan, in turn, stared down at Bojack, his face emotionless. Moments passed until Gohan drew his leg back and swung it at the space pirate.
Holding Zangya to his chest, Bojack dashed backwards from the enormous foot. However, just as he landed on his feet, Gohan slammed his foot onto the floor, sending shockwaves and throwing Bojack off balance. Without hesitating, the saiyan extended his arm, the stretching appendage flying towards its target.
Bojack tried to dodge the attack, but was caught by his legs and dragged through the air, dropping Zangya to the floor. After covering several feet, the oversized hand slammed into the wall, crushing Bojack's legs as he cried out in pain.
Meanwhile, Trunks had been busy recovering his sword and sheath and at the present moment sheathing his blade and returning it to its place on his back. Smirking when he heard Bojack's scream of pain, Trunks watched the scene unfold. He'd let Gohan handle this until he felt it necessary to use his power.
As Gohan's arm retracted, Bojack felt to the ground. His face contorted into one of immense pain, the pirate felt his legs for the damage. Upon inspection, the green man found that only one of his legs was broken, although it was in two places. The other leg was in a less than ideal condition and he doubt it would be able to support his weight, especially in his current form. Struggling to get on his feet, Bojack leaned against the wall before floating into the air. If he couldn't fight with his legs, he'd have to take the fight off the ground.
Gohan watched as his opponent slowly recovered and take to the air. Finally, the oversized saiyan called out "Why don't you just give up? You can't win in your condition."
Bojack spat at him. "Shut up boy. I can fight you just fine."
Thrusting one of his hands out in front of him, the pirate gathered his energy as a bright green ball appeared in his hand. When he had the right amount of ki, Bojack yelled out "Grand Smasher!" as a large green beam fired from his hand.
Widening his eyes, Gohan barely had enough time to fire a ki blast, one with enough to stalemate the Grand Smasher. When both blasts met, Bojack's attack took the advantage and pushed all the way till it was stopped a few feet from Gohan. Thrusting his arm out with his other hand grabbing the wrist, he poured more energy into his blast; the oversized saiyan pushing the beam away till the beams were about midway between the two.
Trunks growled, his hand moving to draw his sword. Although the attacks were stalemated, he knew that Gohan couldn't hold on too much longer due to being surprised by how much energy Bojack put into his attack. However, before Trunks could move to help, he saw Zangya standing up preparing her own attack to help her comrade. Reacting instantly, the saiyan dashed towards the blue woman in an attempt to stop her plan.
Zangya caught the sight of Trunks racing towards her and she did the only thing she could do at the moment, turning her attack towards the charging saiyan and firing a ki ball at him.
Trunks easily leapt over the attack, drawing his fist back and throwing it at the pirate, who caught the punch and threw one of her own, which Trunks caught as well. With each one caught by the other, they tried to overpower the other and soon came to a stalemate of their own.
Meanwhile, Goten had finally managed to crawl out of the nice sized hole he was laying in. The last thing he could remember was Zangya jackhammering him in the face and him landing on his head. Damn it, he wouldn't hear the end of this from Trunks.
Looking around, the young saiyan immediately saw the ki blast battle between Gohan and Bojack along with Trunks and Zangya struggling against each other. Then his eyes went back to this brother, taking in his unusual size. When had Gohan learned to do that?
Shaking his head, Goten knew he had to help. His first option was to attack Bojack and give his brother the upper hand, though he wasn't sure if he could distract the powerful space pirate. His second option was to go help Trunks get rid of Zangya and then he and the other saiyan could help Gohan tackle Bojack. While the second option seemed promising, he wasn't sure if he and Trunks could finish the blue woman off. They hadn't succeeded yet so that was a cause for concern.
Growling, Goten started looking around the room to see if he could use anything at all to help either one of his comrades. It was then his eyes fell on the large observation window. Almost instantly, the young saiyan formed a plan. This was sure to get rid of those annoying pirates.
Completely turning his body to face the large window, Goten powered up a ki blast and immediately fired it at the glass. Instantly, the beam cut a hole through the glass, causing all the air to rush out into the vacuum of space. Before the suction got too strong, Goten used all of his speed to get himself away from the broken window and at the door of the room.
Just as the suction encompassed the room, Trunks and Zangya were immediately pulled off their feet, flying straight towards the glass; both of them letting go of their opponent. Trunks was fortunately close enough to the floor to punch it, creating a hole which he used to stop his momentum, hanging on to his self created hole. Zangya, however, wasn't as lucky as she flew towards the window and crashed right through it, screaming as she was pulled into the vastness of space.
Once Zangya had shattered the window, the suction increased immensely, causing Gohan and Bojack to stop their stalemate and focus on trying to not go flying into the abyss of space.
Bojack was fortunate enough to be close to the wall and managed to cling to it. Gohan, though, had slammed both of his gigantic feet into the floor, breaking it, and slowing the saiyan movement towards the open hole, leaning as far as he could towards the floor. As quickly as he could, he reduced his size to his original form and used ki blasts aimed at the floor to push him towards the far wall. As soon as his back touched the wall, Gohan immediately poured as much ki to sustain him against the powerful suction.
As fast as he could, the saiyan flew towards the doorway, seeing Goten pulling Trunks into the hallway. It seemed to take forever but Gohan managed to get to the entrance and was promptly grabbed by Trunks and Goten, the younger saiyans pulling the older one out of the suction.
Not wasting a second, the two younger saiyans each laid one of Gohan's arms around their shoulders and then took flight, flying down the corridor and gaining speed as they got further away from the suction; Gohan's heavy pants the only thing that Trunks and Goten heard outside of the winds from the room far behind them.
Continuing their escape, it was only by chance they ran into the carrier ship's hanger. After searching the room, they struck gold as they found an Earth made shuttle, boarding it immediately. Once they had the ship ready to go, they opened the hanger and flew out of the ship.
Still breathing heavily, Gohan looked at Goten, his fatigue evident on his face. "Goten, while that was a good way to get rid of our opponents, next time, make sure that isn't also a way to get rid of us too."
Goten nodded his head. "Sorry about that. I didn't think that Zangya lady would crash through the window that soon."
Gohan gave him a small smile. "Can't blame you for that but you might want to give us a heads up the next time you pull something like that."
Smiling widely, Goten answered "I'll be sure to do that next time."
Trunks snorted. "You better hope there's not another one of those. You should have your head examined for that."
"Hey! At least I got rid of those pirates!"
"Yeah, after they had forgotten about you. Didn't that Zangya girl knock you out?"
"No, it was the floor!"
"What ever you say Goten."
To dbzfan952: Nice, didn't know if I had people guessing till then or not. Thought it was given away when Goten mentioned getting ten times stronger. That's at least the first hint I gave. Lol, and don't worry about the humans dying. Everyone likes karma when it bites people in the ass, especially bad people.