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Vegetasei's Influence Chapter 6
Taiteki and Kyouteki looked around. People were staring at them and their space pods in total shock. This had to be a dream. Both twins had a resemblance to their younger brother. The only differences were that they were slightly taller and had dark blue hair instead of purple. In addition, Taiteki had a bigger build.
"Brother may I take them out?" Taiteki asked. Kyouteki thought about it for a second then consented. Taiteki lifted one hand and shot one ki blast to the right and to the left of him decimating the city. As the dust cleared there was, nothing left but rubble.
"Let's go find these Dragonballs and get out of here." Kyouteki said quite bored.
Gohan and Piccolo stopped mid spar. "Did you feel that Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked worried by the strength of the power levels.
"It's them, Gohan. No doubt about it. Let's go." Piccolo said taking to the air. Gohan quickly followed.
Kami-sama turned away from the side of the Lookout. He walked over to the Z-senshi and announced, "It's time. You must leave here at once." The Z-senshi needed no further instruction. They took off down the side of the Lookout and toward the two massive power levels.
Goku was finished with his training he had learned all he could. Kaio-sama rushed over to him. "Goku you must hurry. Okami's brothers have landed on Chikyuusei. If you are to get there on time you must leave now." Goku didn't need to be told twice. He set off down Snakeway.
"Bulma you have a visitor." Bulma's mother said over the intercom. Bulma came out of her lab and went to the entrance hall to find Mr. Popo waiting for her.
"Bulma you must wish Goku back to life now. Okami's brothers have finally arrived." Bulma, without a word, went to make the wish.
Chichi could sense that the time had come. Ever since Gohan had been born, she had always been able to tell when he was in danger. Chichi stopped hanging up laundry and sat on the grass.
"Chichi come on." Oxking called from his aircar. Chichi stood up and walked over.
"Where are we going?" She asked in a shaking voice.
"The Muten Roshi's of course." Chichi quickly got in.
Piccolo and Gohan had met up with the rest of the Z-senshi. "You guys think we're ready?" Yamcha asked.
"No but we're going to have to be." Kuririn answered for everyone. Then he noticed Gohan. "Oh, Tien, Chaotsu, Yamcha, this is Gohan. He's Goku's son." Kuririn introduced.
"Whoa, so you're the infamous Gohan huh?" Yamcha said flying over to shake the boy's hand. "How old are you now?"
"I'm five." Gohan answered. All the casual conversation was helping to take his mind off the situation at hand.
The three Seiyajin were just waking from their gas-induced sleep it would be about an hour before they were on the planet's surface. All three were mentally preparing themselves for their up coming battle.
Raditsu was going over his fight with Okami and picking out where he had made mistakes so he wouldn't make them a second time. Nappa was visualizing his opponent in agony and Vegeta was calmly going over some basic strategies.
Bardock awoke from another vision-filled sleep. It was the same vision from six months ago. Bardock shook his head to clear it. He felt that he should know this child. Whether he was already alive or still to be born, Bardock didn't know. What he did know judging by the boy's appearance he was related to him.
Kyouteki looked at his scouter. It was indicating that several abnormal power levels for the planet were headed their way. "Looks like their special forces are on the way." Kyouteki drawled.
"Can I kill them the moment they're in sight?" Taiteki said as he too examined the power levels.
"No they may know where the Dragonballs are. But if you would like you can take them on as I interrogate them." Kyouteki told his brother.
The two brothers flew to a clearing in the middle of a mountain range. The Z-senshi landed in front of them. All of them were ready for battle. Gohan to tell the truth was incredibly nervous. He tried to keep his face impassive as Piccolo had taught him but he wasn't very good at it.
The moment they had landed Kyouteki spotted the young Seiyajin. At first, he had mistaken him for a Chikyuujin for he did not have his tail. However, Kyouteki noticed the way the boy walked. It was how most Seiyajin walked after they had lost their tails. Kyouteki then became very interested in the boy.
He got the feeling that he wasn't all Seiyajin due to his hair. It was an odd style for a Seiyajin and it moved too easily in the wind. Seiyajin hair barely moved at all. Kyouteki smiled at the boy. He was a rarity. Seiyajin barely ever mated outside of their own.
Moreover, he was so young. He couldn't have been more then six years old. Years ago, Seiyajin used to send their babies to go purge weak planets. Thing was they'd go Oozaru and wouldn't remember much of any thing afterwards. However, this child was going to fight them as he was.
Kyouteki wanted to study this rare specimen. "Taiteki leave the boy alive. He's mine." Taiteki nodded his brother had found another project. Why he cared how other creatures thought was beyond him.
Piccolo frowned he did not like how one of them was staring at Gohan. It looked like he wanted to dissect the boy. Piccolo stepped slightly in front of Gohan. "What are you two doing here?" Kuririn asked.
"Why to collect the Dragonballs of course. Now if you would just tell us where they are we can get this over with quickly and painlessly." Kyouteki said a little bit of excitement could be heard in the statement. Not once did he look away from Gohan.
"We won't let people like you get their hands on the Dragonballs." Yamcha said getting into a fighting stance.
"Alright then Taiteki you can have them." As soon as the words left Kyouteki's lips Taiteki was upon them. The first thing he did was separate the Namekseijin and the Seiyajin. He had rushed in punched Piccolo in the face and grabbed Gohan by his shirt.
Taiteki threw Gohan into his brother's outstretched arms. That way the boy wouldn't be in his way. Taiteki was taking on all five of the Z-senshi by himself. He did this to give himself more of a challenge.
Chaotsu and Tien were an awesome tag team. Then there was Piccolo and Kuririn they were the strongest two and were being relentless. Then add Yamcha popping in and out with surprise attacks.
Once Gohan was in his arms Kyouteki knocked him out. It was a reassurance that the boy wouldn't get himself hurt by trying to interfere with the fight. Kyouteki laid Gohan gently on the ground. He was going to take the boy with him after this was all over with and examine what went on in the mind of the child warrior.
He had not met many of the young ones for they tended to die quickly. Now that he had one right next to him, the child came with an added bonus. He was just starting out. Kyouteki could use Gohan to survey how a child became a cold-blooded killer as he himself was.
The fight between Taiteki and the Z-senshi was heating up. Taiteki was impressed it had been a long time since he had experienced a fight of this caliber. He actually had to try to fight these guys. Taiteki to be quite honest was having the time of his life. He caught Yamcha by the wrist whirled him around and sent him flying into Kuririn.
Piccolo looked over at Kyouteki to find Gohan lying not too far away from him. Piccolo almost thought the unthinkable had happened when he sensed Gohan's chi. At least he was alive. All they had to do was get him away from the other brother.
Piccolo stood back for a second and evaluated the fight. Even without him, the others were still doing fine. Piccolo sized up the brothers and found that the one they were fighting now was the stronger one. He made his decision and called out to the others. "Yamcha, Tien, Chaotsu, save Gohan. Kuririn and I will handle this guy."
The three in question didn't hesitate. They had noticed Gohan's predicament and had wanted to save the kid. As Yamcha and the others raced off to help Gohan; Piccolo and Kuririn charged up. They had both been holding back a bit just in case they would need the energy.
Kyouteki saw them coming. He wasn't very fond of fighting but when he had to, he always won. Kyouteki might have been weaker then his brother but he balanced that out with being faster. Before the Z-senshi knew what was happening Kyouteki was behind them launching a volley of attacks.
Chaotsu recovered the quickest. His small stature allowing him to dodge most of the attacks. Chaotsu quickly launched an attack of his own to give Yamcha and Tien some time to recover. As they, recovered Tien told Yamcha to get Gohan while he assisted Chaotsu.
Yamcha went over to Gohan. Yamcha shook him gently and was rewarded when Gohan's eyes fluttered open. "You o.k. kid?" Yamcha asked concerned. Gohan nodded meekly and sat up. After a moment, he was ready to fight.
Tien joined the fight just in time to prevent Kyouteki from landing a blow that would have killed Chaotsu. Now that Chikyuusei's greatest team up was together the fight was truly on. Kyouteki found himself in quite a jam.
Together his opponents were a serious threat. He needed a way to cause them to lose trust in each other even if it was only for a second. One second of doubt would be all he needed to kill one of them. Kyouteki was contemplating this when he noticed Yamcha and Gohan.
Taiteki was wondering where they got their extra power. Taiteki shook his head. Wherever they got it from it wasn't going to do them any good he was still going to beat them silly. Taiteki to prove his superiority grabbed the stronger of the two, the Namekseijin, and broke off his arm. He laughed contemptuously as he threw the severed limb aside.
Kuririn stood shocked and disgusted. "Piccolo are you o.k.?" Piccolo clutching the stump of his arm stared venom at Taiteki. Then a grin spread across his face.
"I'm just fine Kuririn. In fact I'm good as new." With that, Piccolo's arm grew back looking unharmed. The only evidence that it had ever been gone was that it was a little paler than the rest of his body.
Taiteki's laugh died away. He had forgotten that Namekseijin could regenerate body parts. Glad to see that Piccolo was fine Kuririn rushed in with a low kick to Taiteki's knees. Taiteki jumped up to dodge it only to be punched in the face by Piccolo's new arm. Taiteki went sailing into a nearby boulder. He wiped blood from his lip as he got up. He was getting pissed.
Kyouteki was so furious at being tricked he fired an enormous ki blast at Gohan and Yamcha. It grazed past Chaotsu knocking him to the ground. Yamcha and Gohan managed to dodge out of the way with only a few cuts and bruises. Tien rushed over to Chaotsu. "Chaotsu are you o.k.?" Tien said helping his friend to his feet.
"Yes I'm fine Tien. I can handle myself." Chaotsu said.
Kyouteki had reined in his anger enough to hear the conversation. It was small but it had been there. There had been a bit of hurt in the little one's voice. Even though it was slight, there was resentment towards the bigger one for not believing in him. This Kyouteki could use.
Taiteki was hammering into the two Z-senshi. He wanted this pain to be a lesson for them. To never ever, think that they were strong enough to be a challenge to him. Taiteki slowly let up on his assault. What good was a lesson if you didn't let the person think about it? Taiteki let them catch their breaths and then started in on them again.
Kyouteki smiled to himself. This was going to be fun. Using a technique he had learned on his home planet Kyouteki started in on the two friends. This technique was called the Whisper and it allowed Kyouteki to send subliminal messages to the minds of his opponents.
Chaotsu was his first target. "He doesn't believe in you. He thinks you're too weak to be of any use. He has more confidence in little five year old Gohan. You don't see him saying the kid shouldn't fight do you?" Kyouteki kept repeating these things to Chaotsu until it was like a chant in the warrior's mind.
Then Kyouteki worked on Tien. "It's not safe for him here. If anything happens to him how will you ever be able to forgive yourself? He's not even considering your concerns. If he won't stop fighting, you'll have to think of some way to protect him. You have to protect him." As they fought, Kyouteki kept repeating these messages.
Gohan let fly a Masenko right at the back of Taiteki's head. Then Yamcha followed up with a ki blast of his own. Since Taiteki was the stronger of the two and was currently flattening Piccolo and Kuririn, they decided to join in. They figured that Tien and Chaotsu could handle Kyouteki by themselves.
Taiteki was furious. No one was supposed to treat him this way. He was obviously stronger then them. Yet they continue to try to match him. Turning away from his former victims Taiteki rushed at Gohan and Yamcha. Piccolo and Kuririn were both equally grateful for the chance to recover. If Gohan and Yamcha hadn't distracted Taiteki, they would have been killed.
Kyouteki's messages had mingled with the thoughts of the two friends. They were beginning to get distracted. Their moves were now sloppy. Kyouteki found his opening and launched a huge attack at Chaotsu.
Chaotsu had no way to block or dodge it. Tien couldn't let his friend die no matter what so without even giving it a second thought he pushed Chaotsu out of the way and took on the blast head on. When the smoke cleared, it was too late for Tien. His body lay limp and his eyes had already clouded over with the veil of death.
Taiteki's fight came to a halt as Chaotsu's grief stricken cry filled the air. All five warriors turned to see him kneeling beside a lifeless Tien. Piccolo's face hardened the moment he saw the scene. Kuririn began to tremble with grief and anger over his fallen comrade. Yamcha felt his heart drop to the pit of his stomach. Gohan's eyes began to brim over with tears. This was the first time he had seen anyone die and the reality of what was going on finally fully hit him.
Taiteki couldn't be more elated. "Great job brother now finish the little one off and come help me." Chaotsu was brought back to what was going on. He had to stay focused. He could grieve fully later. Chaotsu got to his feet and resumed a fighting stance. Kyouteki did the same. Kyouteki began using the Whisper on Chaotsu again.
His message was different this time. "It's all your fault why Tien's dead. If you hadn't been here then he wouldn't have had to give his life protecting you. You don't deserve to live." Kyouteki added in his own verbal taunting while they fought. Chaotsu was having trouble concentrating. He wished Kyouteki would shut up.
Piccolo and Kuririn got to their feet and tried to go help Chaotsu but Kyouteki blocked them. "Oh, no you don't your fight is with me." He then began throwing multiple ki blasts at them. Piccolo and Kuririn struggled to dodge them all. Yamcha and Gohan tried to get pass next but Yamcha was caught in the hail of attacks.
Gohan streaked by. There was nothing Taiteki could do his brother wanted the brat and the last thing he needed was for his brother to get mad at him. Gohan didn't want to see another of his friends die. He charged up a Masenko and hit Kyouteki with it.
Kyouteki turned to strike but stopped when he saw Gohan. This left his back open for Chaotsu to attack. Kyouteki let out a roar of pure anger. These Chikyuujin were getting way out of hand. Kyouteki went after Chaotsu with a new fervor; only to find that Gohan kept getting in the way. He had to keep backing off if he didn't want to kill the kid.
Gohan realized that for some reason neither of the two were trying to harm him. In fact, they were avoiding him. Therefore, he started using this fact against them. He was using himself as a shield for Chaotsu. It was working well.
Chaotsu didn't understand what was going on. Why did this guy not want to harm Gohan? Whatever the reason, for now he was going to go along with it. He was going to get this guy for Tien if it was the last thing he ever did.
Kyouteki had had enough of all this. It was time to put a stop to it. Using his speed, he grabbed Gohan around the neck in a sleeper hold. Chaotsu tried to help but it was no use. Soon Gohan was unconscious. Now Kyouteki could handle the child emperor. He let Gohan slid to the ground and took off.
Chaotsu was overwhelmed. Kyouteki was treating him like a punching bag. Chaotsu had only one option left. Before Kyouteki knew what was happening Chaotsu had locked his little body around his abdomen. With out a word Chaotsu sacrificed himself in hopes of killing his monstrous foe.
The other Z-senshi stopped fighting as they heard Chaotsu self-destruct. Taiteki looked up to see if his brother was o.k. As the dust cleared, only one figure was left standing. Kyouteki walked over to his brother's side.
"Well that was pointless." Kyouteki stated. Both twins had the same exact evil grin.
"Time to end this fight." Taiteki said his glee evident.
"I don't think so.," said a voice from Gohan's direction. They all looked over to see three Seiyajin standing over the boy. Gohan opened his eyes and immediately recognized the man standing directly above him.
"Uncle Raditsu!"
AN: Hey everyone! It is I Blissfulrain. Sorry for the late update. Many things got in the way. However, a bonus is that this is my longest chapter yet. I want to thank everyone who reviewed. I love you all! I'll try to get the next two chapters out before the end of my Christmas vacation. Happy Holidays everyone!