Chapter 21: Battle Resumes
"What the hell...!" Goku exclaimed as he and Gohan reached the same place they all were before. The place where Tien, Yamcha and now Vegeta, breathed their last...
Gohan too was awestruck. It was a sight to behold. The amount of energy Ornichi now projected from his body was enormous. His hair, now shorter than before coming to his shoulder, had changed color for the first time, it were now pure White. His tail had gone, and body mass increased. His eyes were now Deep Ocean blue instead of Blood red. The maroon fur that covered his body was still intact. This was the ultimate transformation a Saiyan could have... The Super Saiyan Level Five...
"This planet really is beautiful..." Ornichi said looking around, trying to adjust to the bright light...
"Dad... What should we do now? Shall we wait for the others?"
"I think so Gohan... Just keep your Ki low, we don't want him to know that we are up here..."
"Come on let's go down, closer..." Goku was immediately countered by Gohan, "What? We don't want to get..." Goku again cut in, "Don't worry he's blind, he can't see us" Saying he went down, slowly but steadily...
Gohan didn't have the time to react to what he just heard and also followed him down to where the Level Five Super Saiyan stood...
This was one of not many times when Goku made Grave mistakes... But this time it couldn't have been his fault, well not completely. He had never dreamed of anything above a Super Saiyan three, let alone a Level Five!, so how could he know? How could he know that in the ultimate level of your Transformation, there are no weaknesses...? Your abilities increase ten folds and your disabilities also convert into your strength!
Ornichi, as fast as lightening, rushed towards the father – son duo and gave them both a powerful punch into their guts, sending them flying off back into the vast areas of the desert...
"How...the..." Goku didn't have time to explain anything as Gohan had already transformed into a much lower level of Super Saiyan three and was now trying to match Ornichi, one – on – one, failing bitterly. He couldn't even lay as much as a finger nail on him... Goku also transformed into his last acquired level and set off to do the seemingly impossible...
"You won't ever give up? Will you?" Ornichi shouted and laughed as he continued dodging Goku and Gohan's kicks and punches without any real efforts...
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"Trunks? Where are you...?" Piccolo shouted as he reached Korin's Tower. Piccolo made his way towards the back and he saw Trunks, lying on the ground. He quickly made his way towards him through the array of benches arranged in the small room and bent down besides him. His eyes were closed but they moved frantically inside as if he was having a nightmare...
"It's time you left son..." Vegeta said to Trunks who was trying hard not to loose control of his emotions. For in his own wordings, a true Saiyan doesn't have any...
"But dad, what should I tell mom?"
"Tell her I will be back, sooner than she thinks... And tell her that I love her very much..." Vegeta said and walked off into the bright light, disappearing...
Trunks again felt as if his body was being crushed by a thousand bulldozers. He couldn't breathe; his lungs were collapsing, his head felt as if it would explode, and suddenly his eyes opened...
"You okay kid?" Piccolo asked, now a little concerned seeing Trunks sweating profusely...
"I am... Let's go they need us" Saying he jumped up on his feet and without looking back raced outside the room from where he blasted off towards the battle field quickly followed by Piccolo...
"Trunks, I have a bad news..." Piccolo said a little hesitantly...
"I know about the death of my father... I just talked to him..."