Fanfiction and the character Unlimited is property of Josh Kovatch, 2008
Unlimited Power: The Final Opponent
Chapter 5: The Bracelets
"This is far from over..."
"Oh yeah," Videl mocked.
The others waited for Unlimited to begin to power up, and then bring a whole new battle to the table. Instead, he lifted his right arm, smirking once again.
"Well, it seems the challenger is preparing something, but what could it be?" the announcer wondered out loud.
The next thing to happen would reveal the true nature of Unlimited's power. He tensed his muscles, and then, five bracelets slowly appeared on Unlimited's arm.
Videl looked at them, now becoming suspicious, and said, "What are you up to?"
Unlimited looked her in the eyes and said, "It's time I show you my real power. It's all in here, in these five bracelets."
Although his voice was serious, Goten and Trunks were trying to stop themselves from laughing, and then burst out as Trunks gasped, "What kind of teenaged guy wears bracelets?! HAHAHA!"
To add to this, even some of the Z-fighters were trying to hold back a chuckle, but as the two but cracked up, Unlimited said loudly, although retaining his air of confidence, "You'll soon learn why you should fear these. Within each one, a barrier keeps me from achieving my full power, and each one, when released, will boost my energy up. Each will unleash new abilities and more energy than the last."
"What does this have to do with me?" Videl inquired, a little nervous now.
"Well, I am surprised by how incredible your fighting skills are. So much in fact, that I'm going to need the first bracelet's power to continue," Unlimited explained, and Videl nodded, smiling again as she became ready for the next round.
The others from behind looked either puzzled or a little worried. Gohan was the one worried, and he hoped Videl could hold up against Unlimited after this.
Then, Unlimited looked down to his arm and began to concentrate hard, while saying, "Since my power is low, this could take a minute, but it will pay off if you want a good fight."
Videl nodded, and got into a defensive stance again.
Soon, Unlimited was focusing only on the bracelet close to his wrist, while everyone watching waited for some large reaction.
Unlimited's face was tense, his body emanating some eerie force. He seemed to try to will the bracelet off of his arm.
About 30 seconds went by, and Goten said, "Aww, come on, why can't you just power up like normal?"
But before he could be given an answer, they heard a loud metallic clunk. Everyone looked at the ground by Unlimited's feet, and saw that the first bracelet had fallen off.
Unlimited smiled at the success to remove the bracelet, which should have increased his energy, but seemed to do nothing yet.
"Great, now maybe you'll be a challenge," Videl said.
Unlimited only smirked again and said, "You decide."
Unlimited then thrust his arms to his sides and then, shockingly, donned the same white aura as Videl. Unlimited's power then indeed shot up as Videl looked on, now wondering if she could win. His energy was reaching very close to hers, and the girl was beginning to have second thoughts about this guy's power. He finally finished powering up and returned his arms to his sides.
"Let's see what you've got," Unlimited stated.
At that moment, to everyone's shock, Unlimited dematerialized, and Videl tried her best to find him after the initial shock. He appeared behind Videl, and got her right in the same place she did when she teleported. Videl staggered forward but did not fall down. She looked back at him, who was approaching quickly. She decided to take to the skies, but when Videl flew up, he unfortunately followed.
"WHAT?! YOU CAN FLY?!" she yelled as he came closer to her.
He reached her in the sky and they began an allout fist fight. The battle in midair was intense, the cameraman following close behind their trail as they duked it out.
"Wow, I knew that guy was strong, but he's something else!" Goku said excitedly from the ground.
"Dad, can I increase my powers if I wear bracelets?" Goten said, his naive sense picking up.
Trunks answered for Goku, although just as naive, "No Goten, he's got special ones, they're probably really expensive."
Videl, meanwhile, punched at Unlimited who teleported above her, and said, "Here's a present for you."
A ball of blue energy condensed in his hand, and Hercule began to panic, "OH NO! She's gonna get hurt! Quick, someone stop him, I know you guys can!"
However, the Z-fighters ignored him as they watched the battle unfold.
"OH NO, VIDEL!" Erasa screamed, as Videl's friends were terrified at this revelation in the battle, and were clinging to the hope that Videl would get out of there.
Gohan, of course, was most worried, who hadn't gambled on Unlimited bringing out attacks like these.
Unlimited then smirked confidently as he flew fast towards her, and before she could react, Unlimited shoved the energy ball to her, and Videl was catapulted towards the ground as it exploded. She smashed into the ground hard and lay there still.
"VIDEL!" Gohan yelled, now really worried for her. He took a step forward to see if she was alright, but heard her speak.
"Don't worry," Videl said, although still on the ground, "I'm fine."
She stood back up, a little clumsy from the fall, and prepared to continue fighting. But then, Unlimited appeared right in front of her and punched her in the stomach, and she spit up a bit of blood and backed up, holding her stomach.
"Videl, I'm coming," Gohan declared, but Videl angrily yelled, "NO! I'm so tired of being treated like I can't fight! I know you worry about me Gohan, but I can do this right now! Just have a little faith!"
Gohan could not say anything to that, and then Videl continued, with a small, devious smile, "Besides, he hasn't seen my best attack!"
Gohan smiled again, as he had taught her that one himself. The others waited as Videl charged back up, and Unlimited stood, saying, "Go ahead, try me."
To everyone's surprise, Videl raised her hands above her head, and placed then one behind the other. She focused much energy into her body for one last attempt to win, and soon, it became a force to be reckoned with. Hercule looked at this and wondered, what the heck is she doing?
But then, Videl had attained the amount of energy she needed and yelled, "Why don't you try to get up after this one?! MA-SEN-KO! HAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The young fighter unleashed the blast from her hands, racing towards Unlimited, who seemed as much shocked as everyone watching. He raised his arms in front of his body to try to guard himself, but when the blast collided, he had only held it off for 3 seconds, and then the large explosion engulfed his body.
Dust and smoke flew everywhere from where Unlimited had been, and a crater now pocked the ground. Everyone was silent, and no one, except Gohan, could believe Videl could do the Masenko.
"WOWWW!! WHAT AN AMAZING ATTACK!! I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT VIDEL HAS WON THE BATTLE!!" The announcer cheered upon seeing the attack and explosion.
The Z-fighters all looked dumbfounded as she turned to them, but Gohan smiled warmly and said, "You did great!"
Videl gave the peace sign, and seemed content with the thought that she had won.
"Is that all you got?"
Videl thrust her head back at the smoke and looked around at the dust. All the other Z-fighters then looked to the smoke with even more disbelief. They saw it, the silhouette of a figure floating in the middle.
"No way!" Videl exclaimed.
They all looked back, and saw that the dust was clearing and standing almost perfectly fine was Unlimited, who stood smiling again.
Videl became frustrated with Unlimited's careless attitude, and tried once again to bring him down the old-fashioned way.
"I think it's time to end this fight!" Videl yelled as she flew at him.
But she had just reached him when she was cut short as Unlimited delivered a brutal punch to her stomach. She coughed up blood, and dropped to the ground, but was picked up by the collar and punched away by Unlimited. She laid on the ground, trying to endure the pain in her body, and then pulled herself into a sitting position as she looked dazed at her opponent. Unlimited stood there for a second as he launched another blast at her. She could only watch in horror as the blast came right at her.
"VIDEL! LOOK OUT!" Gohan pleaded for her to escape, but it was too late.
Videl snapped her eyes shut, awaiting the pain, but when it didn't come, she opened her eyes again.
The blast had stopped inches from her face, and suddenly dissappated. She looked confusedly to Unlimited, who had dropped his arms to his sides again, and said, "You can't fight anymore. I have won the match."
Videl then became angry, and began to stand up when she realized her legs felt like jelly. She collapsed to the ground and tears began to well up in her eyes. Gohan, noting the end of the fight, ran to her, kneeled down next to her, and said soothingly, "Videl, don't worry, you tried your hardest. You're the best!"
Videl looked at the half-Saiyan with tears threatening to slide down her face, but then smiled warmly to him as he wrapped his arms around her.
Unlimited watched them, and slowly raised his hand again, which then formed a snap position. He snapped his fingers, and a bright glittery light issued from them, and darted to Videl.
She watched the light wash over her and soon her wounds were healed, and her energy returned to normal. She brightened considerably, and said to Unlimited, "Thanks, great fight!"
"You too," he replied.
"But don't think you're going to get out of telling me why you came and healed me before," she reminded, her eyes falling into determination.
"Right," he said casually, and then regarded Gohan, who had stood and pulled Videl up.
"Well, since you did a good job of hurting my girlfriend, I'll be your next opponent," Gohan declared, a bit of anger rising in his voice.
Videl looked to him and said, "Take him out Gohan."
Gohan nodded, then became serious as Videl retreated and he squared off. But before he could begin fighting, a devious voice sounded from behind, saying, "Hold on Gohan."
It was Trunks, and when Gohan looked to him, he saw the spark of mischief in his eyes, and also saw it in Goten's. They had a plan.
"I know you want to avenge Videl, but just leave that to us. I don't think he can stand against a fusion," Trunks proclaimed.
"Fusion?" the announcer and Hercule both said cluelessly.
Gohan decided he might as well let them fight, knowing that if they didn't get to fight, they would be all over him for a long time.
"Well, alright, but don't kill him Trunks, and that goes for you too Goten," he told them.
"Don't worry, I'm sure he can take it. But I know that he won't win now," Trunks said boastingly, and Vegeta smirked at his son's pride.
"Should we do it Trunks?" Goten asked his best friend.
"Yeah, let's show him a real fight!"
The two then moved into their respective positions and aligned their energies. They then looked to each other and gave the signal.
At Capsule Corp, the two mothers then began to cheer for their sons.
"Come on, Trunks, you can beat him!" Bulma yelled, while Chichi also cheered, "Yeah Goten, show that sorry boy that no one hurts my future daughter-in-law!"
The others watching couldn't think of how Unlimited could beat these boys, even if they weren't fused.
Back at the battle ground, Unlimited would look on in mystery, trying to fathom what fusion was, and waited for the next fight.
The Second Battle
"Fu...Sion... HA!" The two boys chanted the words, doing the ridiculous poses, and then met completely symetrical at the tips of their fingers. But is was when they began to glow that Earth's people realized this was no normal fighting attack.
"Oh my! Somehow, the two boys have begun glowing and seem to be...MERGING?!" the announcer said, once again with skepticism.
The Z-fighters watched the familiar ritual, and finally, the light flashed bright as the new opponent to Unlimited stood before him.
The light cleared away and the familiar artificial boy stood there now, his hair half-black and half-purple. He now had a black vest and white pants on, which was much different than what either boy was wearing before.
"Hi. You're about to meet your end," the newly formed Gotenks said, sneering.
Unlimited could only look at the one boy instead of two and wonder how they had done that.
"AMAZING!! The two boys have now disappeared, and this new boy is in their place!" the announcer yelled, a little more confident.
Hercule, however, pulled out his ignorant personality and said, "HA, it's a trick. They just blind everyone until they get that other kid in there. They're probably off waiting to come back after this kid is finished! I mean, how could a kid beat someone who could beat the World Champ? That is, if I really did try!"
"How right you are, Mr. Satan!"
Gotenks would only glance at him, "What an oaf, he doesn't understand anything."
Unlimited then spoke once again, "Well, Gotenks, shall we begin?"
The fused boy looked at the tall teen with worry and asked, "How'd you know my name?"
"It's not that hard to put your names together," Unlimited told simply.
"Hmm, well at least you've got half a brain, but it won't help you beat me!" Gotenks said, already declaring his victory.
The two squared off, Unlimited at his peak of energy at the moment, while Gotenks prepared to fight in his basic form.
"Let me show you how weak you really are," Gotenks said evilly.
Suddenly, the boy launched towards Unlimited, and the battle began. Gotenks's punches were barely being blocked by Unlimited, whose power was now inferior to Gotenks.
The others watched, not surprised by the ease Gotenks was having. Videl felt a twinge of sadness about how she couldn't win, but Gohan comforted her and said, "You were great, Videl, don't worry."
Videl looked at him and smiled, and then whispered, "I love you Gohan."
"Love you too," Gohan whispered, trying to keep their relationship a secret for now.
Meanwhile, the battle continued, Gotenks now dodging all of Unlimited's punches and kicks, and then deflecting the blast shot at him.
"Well, this is no fun... why don't I show you a special technique I know?" Gotenks said, and then began to power up.
Suddenly, the fused person transformed into Super Saiyan, and began to focus his energy.
Then he raised his arms over his head, saying, "Now get ready for the, DUM DA DA DAAAAAAAAA! Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack!"
The boy then looked like he had something in his mouth, and then began to spit out a slew of white blobs. Soon, the blobs changed into replicas of Gotenks, except greatly similar to ghosts. Videl saw this strange move and said, "Wow, you don't see that everyday."
The announcer and most of the world, along with Hercule, stared dumbly at the sight of the 12 giggling ghosts surrounding their creator.
"What are those things?" Chichi wondered out loud at CC, and Bulma answered, "Who knows? With those two, I'm not that surprised."
At the battlefield, the ghosts then began to get ready to attack something, and looked at Gotenks for orders.
"Scared yet? You should be, you're about to lose! Ghosts, attack!" Gotenks ordered, and the cackling forms rushed towards Unlimited.
The tall teen only stared angrily at the group of ridiculous ghosts, and then punched one and kicked another as they came close. The ghosts, however, only grinned evilly, and then all the others grabbed onto Unlimited's body. Soon, all of them began to glow, and each one detonated in a large explosion. Unlimited was soon lost in the chain reaction.
Everyone watched as the explosion overtook the weaker bystanders, making the ground shake hard and send dust and smoke everywhere. Finally, the shaking stopped, smoke filling the spot where Unlimited had been. Once again, it seemed as if victory was the Z-fighters'.
Gotenks smiled at his handiwork and said, "Alright, he didn't stand a chance! I guess that means I win! Hehehe, I knew I would, I'm just--"
"Foolish?" a familiar voice sounded.
Gotenks's confidence slid right off his face, and he turned back to Unlimited, who stood only minimally damaged as the smoke cleared.
"Well, you're stronger than I thought, but then again, so am I!" Gotenks grinned at him, and decided to pull out his best move, "If you thought I was tough before, then wait until I do this!"
Gotenks then dropped his arms to his sides and began to power up even further. As his energy rose, electricity began to shoot from his body and rocks lifted from the ground. Gotenks began to glow, his powers incredible, rising higher than even thought possible.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
He yelled loudly as the electricity darted around, and the Z-fighters noticed his hair lengthening. It continued to grow longer and his power skyrocketed, and then finally, a blast of light encased him. The other Z-fighters noted his extreme power increase, and then the light began to dim.
Scratching his nose, the newly transformed Gotenks stood before Unlimited, and said snidely, "If you thought I was unbeatable before, you should fight me when I'm in Super Saiyan 3!"
Indeed, the boys hair had grown incredibly long, and his eyes looked more threatening than before. His powers had also jumped an incredible amount, and Unlimited only stared, now geniunely worried.
"Ready? Or do you want to quit? I don't blame you, I wouldn't fight me either," Gotenks jeered.
But to his dismay, Unlimited said, "No, I don't give up, but it's clear that I don't have the strength to fight you when you're in that level..."
Everyone looked disappointed slightly, and thought that this was Gotenks's fight now, when Unlimited finished, "So that's why I'll need more."
Unlimited smirked again, and then began to charge, his white aura strengthening him yet again, and then lifted his arm. They now remembered; the bracelets, which would release more power to Unlimited.
"Yes, you are stronger while I have four bracelets on, so I'm going to have to remove another one," Unlimited stated.
Then, he focused all his energy on the band on his arm, and then, after half the time it took for the last one, released another bracelet. As it fell to the ground, Unlimited said, "Now, it's time to show you my real powers."
He began to lower his arms to his sides as his powers shot up again. He soon started yelling, and then, the Z-fighters noticed his aura. Where it was white a moment ago, his powering up had changed his aura to blue. Gotenks noticed this and was a little worried, but he barely hid his worry, thinking there was no way he could lose.
Finally, Unlimited stood straight, and said, "With this power, I should easily be able to beat you!"
"Sure, and pigs fly," Gotenks retorted.
But Unlimited remained grinning, and then said, "Let's go."
Unlimited dematerialized and appeared in front of Gotenks, who looked stunned. Then, Unlimited gave a swift punch to Gotenks, and then another kick from beneath as Gotenks went flying. Gotenks went up into the sky and stopped midair and looked down, but couldn't find Unlimited. Then, he sensed his powers again, and turned and shot a blast at the spot he was at. Unlimited appeared where it was going and deflected it.
"Hmph, you may be stronger than before, but that doesn't mean you'll win," Gotenks said.
Unlimited only stared hard at the fused boy, and then raised his hand to him.
Before Gotenks could react, the blast was shot right at him, going blindingly fast. Gotenks, like Unlimited, deflected the blast.
"Well, that was useless..." Gotenks said proudly.
"Think again," Unlimited warned.
Gotenks only had enough time to turn around and see the blast come from behind, which nailed him and made him fall a little ways. He recomposed himself, and then looked back, but then was hit hard by Unlimited, who began to pummel him mercilessly. Soon, Gotenks was knocked out of the air and into the ground, shaking the ground heavily.
Unlimited descended and landed on the ground, looking to the crater with his arms crossed again.
"So much talk for so little power," Unlimited said, confident that the battle was his, when he heard Gotenks speak again.
"I wouldn't say that if I were you."
Everyone looked to the crater, and some were astonished at the young boy floating out of it. He was grinning again, and seemed unfazed by any of the attacks, although he really was having trouble.
"Now, it's time for round 2!"
With that, Gotenks dematerialized and appeared as he threw a punch at Unlimited's face. However, the teen grabbed his fist, and Gotenks began angry. They suddenly disappeared and then rocking collisions began to come from the sky. They battled fiercely, not giving up, and at equal strength.
Meanwhile, on the ground, the Z-fighters watched in awe of the abilities Unlimited had, and it was Vegeta who said anything.
"It's absurd!" Vegeta suddenly burst, "How did I not know about this guy before?! I would've taken him out long ago!"
Vegeta was still somewhat sore about how Unlimited could resurrect, and Goku consoled, "Calm down, Vegeta. If we had known about him before, we would've probably seen him fight against Buu a few months ago."
Videl looked to them and wondered if that guy really was that strong.
"He could've fought Buu?", she asked Gohan.
"Well, I don't know yet, but he sure would've helped," Gohan answered.
The fight continued in the sky for a while, the two combatants matching each other blow for blow.
Finally, the two worn fighters descended from the sky after one final punch and landed on the ground, looking at each other with admiration for the other's spirit.
"Well, you're stronger than I gave you credit for," Unlimited admitted.
Gotenks chuckled and scratched his nose again, and then said, "Well, I didn't expect you to put up such a good fight either. But either way, it ends here. It's time I use a special attack I just learned. Are you ready?"
Unlimited faced Gotenks full on, his smirk remaining, and Gotenks prepared for a blast attack.
"I hope you like pain, because it's on the house tonight! Get ready for the... dum dum dum dum dum... BURNING KAMEHAMEHA!"
Everyone heard the name and actually thought this might be a good attack.
Gotenks put his hands together and pointed them directly at Unlimited, palms open, and yelled, "BURN-ING... KAAA-MEEE-HAAA-MEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
The massive blue and orange beam shot from his hands, and bolted to Unlimited, who looked utterly distressed. Unlimited threw his hands up and shot a beam to counter Gotenks's move. The two blasts collided and were stuck pushing the other back. Neither one had an advantage over the other at first.
The two were locked in a stalemate for quite a long time, each one giving it their all, when Gotenks said, "It's all over!"
The boy released a massive boost to his own blast and it ripped right through Unlimited's. The teen could not get out of the way in time and braced for the impact. The blast tore into him, and he was lost in the immense light.
The explosion resulting caused all the Z-fighters to lose their footing, and then, when they regained themselves, they looked towards where Gotenks stood and saw he was still fine. The same couldn't be said for Unlimited, who looked like he was in the middle of a huge crater, dust everywhere from the explosion.
Gotenks turned to them and said, giving the thumbs down, "He was dead when I walked up."
The others looked at where Unlimited had been standing and saw that the blast seemingly engulfed him. Gotenks pride then continue to mount as he began to do a victory dance. He had not done it for 5 seconds when a voice rocked his world.
"That was some blast. Too bad it missed."
Everyone looked above Gotenks, who looked up with horror, and there he was: Unlimited, perfectly unharmed.
Gotenks stammered, "But...How? How did you get out of the way?!"
"Well," Unlimited began, "I'm able to sense energy levels, and I knew that blast would overtake me, so I used a little move I know. It's called...Instant Transmission."
"WHAT?! Instant Transmission?" Goku said, shocked about his opponent's unbelievable capablities.
The others looked equally shocked, but were calmed as he said, "However, I can only use it at this level or lower because I won't need to use it at higher levels."
"Well, you may have gotten away from that one, but I'm still going to--"
But Gotenks did not finish, as he began to glow abruptly, and then Goten and Trunks reappeared.
"Win?"
The two boys looked around, wondering what had happened, when Goten saw Trunks.
"OH NO! WE DEFUSED!" Goten yelled, whimpering at their misfortune.
"AWW GREAT! NOW HOW DO WE WIN?!" Trunks shouted.
Unlimited then began to chuckle at their inopportune defusion.
"Well, it seems that your battle is over. Too bad, you had a chance when you were fused."
The two boys then yelled, "Hey, we're not done, we can still take you!"
The two rushed towards him but were easily knocked backwards by punches to the stomachs. They flew back and Unlimited said, "If I were you, I would give up and accept defeat, unless you want me to beat you up some more?"
Goten and Trunks stood again, but when they prepared to attack again, Goku yelled, "BOYS, that's enough! You can't take him!"
The duo looked back at the Saiyan with pleading in their faces, but got only a stern look. They sighed and Trunks said, "Fine, you win Unlimited."
"Very well," Unlimited replied, somewhat graciously.
The two boys retreated back to their fathers, and Goku said, "You did very well son. He just had more fight in him than you could handle with 30 minutes."
Vegeta only regarded Trunks with a slightly less cold look than usual.
"Well, with them out of the way, I need a new challenger," Unlimited stated.
"That'll be me," Gohan told him, and Videl placed a hand on his back, smiling and wishing him luck. He returned the smile, silently thanking Videl, and prepared to fight.
The half-Saiyan walked forward and stood in front of Unlimited, saying, "Now, I will see to it that you feel the same pain you inflicted on Videl. Think you can handle it?"
Unlimited smiled once again at the severely serious face of Gohan's, and then told, "I think I can handle it just fine."
"Then let's go."
Gohan steps up to fight the powerful Unlimited. Is Gohan strong enough to fight him and avenge Videl's fight?
Previews for Chapter 6: Gohan Fights Against Destruction
Unlimited and Gohan begin a colossal battle, which goes on with Unlimited less one more bracelet. But then, Unlimited decides to tell them some startling news about his arrival. Is he really truthful? Find out on the next installment of Unlimited Power!