Chapter 20: The Ultimate Level
"Hey Goku, what happened to my dad?" Trunks finally asked
"I don't know Trunks... He went to get the Sensu beans from Korin's and when he returned he was... changed" Goku replied with a little remorse in his tone. He wanted Vegeta to come along with them, but the latter flatly refused saying he will come when the time was right.
"Okay... I will take a little detour then..." Saying Trunks quickly separated from the rest of them and made his way towards the tower of the maker of the Sensu Beans, Korin.
"Goku, how do you think we will get to our other planet when we don't even know where it is?" Jenna asked tightly holding on to Krillin who still had pain in his ribcage.
"Well, you will know when we get there..." Saying Goku increased his speed and all of them sped towards the tower of the Earth's Guardian.
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"Father... father... can you hear me?" Vegeta shouted as he looked up into the vast open sky, "I have done it... I defeated him..." He slowly walked towards the body of Ornichi, as he reached it he looked at him and spat, "Now did I make you proud...Dad?" he said after a long pause.
Though he knew he was not going to get any response he still felt the presence of his long dead father somewhere near by... But suddenly darkness surrounded his eyes, he felt the life being sucked out of him, he couldn't breathe, couldn't keep his eyes open. He was being choked to death...
"You really thought you can beat me, didn't you?" The same hoarse voice said as the figure that once lay on the ground was now standing tall...
"You are pathetic just like your father... And now I am going to kill you like I killed him, for good..." Ornichi said and drove his knee into Vegeta's stomach...
"You fool... Now you are going to witness the ultimate transformation of a Saiyan, The fifth level...!"
Vegeta's mouth was full of blood, which ran into his eyes and also came out of his nose, it was quite clear the injury was a fatal one for the prince was unable to move even an inch of his muscle...
Ornichi brought his hands together; joining them together he started concentrating his energy which increased by the second.
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"Holy hell..." Gohan exclaimed, "Did you all feel that?"
"It can't be... He's still alive..." Piccolo said with awe on his face...
"Jenna take Goten, Chiaotsu and Krillin to Kami's and wait for us there..." Goku was about to say more but his youngest son interfered, "But dad, I want to go with you..."
"I know that son, but I want you to do something more important...That's why I am giving you the task of protecting Jenna, Krillin, Chiaotsu and Kami. You love them don't you?" Goku asked calmly. Goten finally nodded his head and took up the job...
Goku quickly turned towards the Namek, "Piccolo, go get Trunks and see there are any more Sensu beans... Gohan come with me..." Saying Goku blasted off followed by Gohan and Piccolo, who soon changed his path towards Korin's tower...
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"Dad... It's Vegeta..."
"I know son... I am sorry..." Goku said as he sped up and down below into the vast open oceans a drop fell from high above the sky. A drop of tear, shed by Vegeta's arch nemesis in respect...