The Earthling Chronicles

by FinalFlashX

During the battle with Raditz, Goku is injured too greatly to make the ultimate sacrifice in the battle for Earth's fate, leaving the door open for someone else to step in and be the hero. Follow this re-telling of DBZ where the Earthlings are the main focus of the story.

15. Saiyan Arc: Chapter 15

Thank you all so much for getting this story to over 100 reviews! I asked you all to try and get this story over a hundred by the end of the Saiyan Saga and you guys responded by hitting it at the end of the Nappa fight, the last chapter getting more reviews than any other chapter before it. I was so ecstatic when I saw that the review count had reached triple digits I jumped for joy! I want to thank EVERYONE who has ever reviewed this story and special thanks go out to everyone that reviews consistently. I love seeing your names overhead of an encouraging review. I believe that the 100th review was destined to be an anonymous review, seeing as how the first EVER review for this story was also an anonymous review and it's what kept this story going when I first published it was getting that first review. Anyway I know this is getting repetitive, but thank you I hope you guys will keep all the reviews coming and someday we can hit 200 reviews (me crossing my fingers). Now here it is the long awaited beginning of the Tien vs. Vegeta fight!

Chapter 15

"There it is finally!" cried out Tien in relief when his eyes finally set sights on King Yemma's palace. It was there that he could finally be sent back to Earth and back to help save it from the destructive power of the two saiyans that had landed there earlier that day. A snarl formed on his face as the crimson aura that surrounded his body grew bigger as he kicked himself into overdrive to cover the last few miles in a couple of seconds. He had been flying as fast as possible for eighteen hours now and during the last 6 he had been using the Kaio-ken so he could fly twice as fast.

It didn't need to be said, he was exhausted. His entire body felt like it was on fire as every muscle in his body was strained to the limit from using the Kaio-ken for so long. Before now, the longest he had ever maintained the technique was for a little over 2 hours and then he had moved too trying to maintain the higher levels of the technique for longer amounts of time than the few seconds it was intended to last. It was only through sheer willpower that he had kept his body from destroying itself from maintaining the technique for so long. The thought of his best friend in the entire universe and the rest of his friends at the mercy of the saiyans was more than enough motivation for him to push through the pain and continue ahead at full speed.

When he was over the courtyard of the check-in station, Tien released his hold on the power of the Kaio-ken and dropped from the sky. As he dropped out of the sky, the human angled himself so that he would land as close to the entrance into the palace as possible. When he hit the ground, he felt the shock of the impact vibrate up his leg and through the rest of his body. The fighter almost collapsed from the sheer pain he felt at that moment as the full aftereffects of using the Kaio-ken being to take full effect. He had learned during his training of trying to master the technique that while you might feel pain when trying to maintain the technique longer than designed, it was nothing when compared to the pain you felt after dispelling the technique. While using the technique, you could feel the pain but your power level was higher so you felt it like you would if you were that strong. However after dispersing the Kaio-ken, the same level of pain remained but you lost the added strength and endurance you gained when using the technique. So at the moment, Tien felt like he was experiencing twice as much pain now than before.

Gnashing his teeth together, Tien forced himself up and he ran into the palace. Every step took every ounce of willpower he had to keep himself up and moving forward. His head was on a swivel, searching for Kami, the guardian of Earth and the only person that could return him to his home planet.

"Tien over here!" The three-eyed fighter looked over to see the aged guardian standing in front of King Yemma's giant desk. The old Namekian was leaning heavily against his staff and Tien thought that he looked like he was about to collapse. Ignoring this for a moment, he forced his aching body forward and he ran over to the guardian of Earth.

"Kami, what happened to you? Did you try and fight the saiyans with the others?"

Kami shook his head and then reached his arm out. "No, there is no time for this now. Quickly grab my arm." Tien did as he was told and he felt a rushing sensation as he felt his body teleported to Kami's lookout.

As soon as they arrived, the old guardian collapsed to the ground, with his knees hitting the ground and his top half was only being held off the ground by his grip on his staff. Tien began to lean down to help the deity but he was quickly waved away.

"Go on Tien, my time on this Earth is short. You must go now!" Nodding his understanding, the human quickly ran towards one of the edges of the lookout while a black genie raced towards the collapsed figure of Kami. When he reached the edge Tien swan dived off the side without missing a beat and began to free fall through the heavens back down to Earth.

As he fell, Tien remembered the plan he had formulated during his flight down Snake Way and aimed himself towards where he knew Korin's tower stood. As he neared the tower Tien shouted out, "Korin, I need senzu beans now!" He slowed his descent slightly so that the cat had time to grab the mystical beans before he passed the tower's terrace. When he was close enough that he could see inside of the tower, Tien saw the white cat coming out from inside of the tower. The cat deity moved quickly to the railing that surrounded the tower and Tien saw a small, brown bag in his paw.

"Here you go Tien," said Korin as he tossed the bag into the air. The fighter caught the bag with ease and quickly opened it to reveal its contents. To his disappointment he saw that the bag only contained three senzu beans. "Sorry Tien but those are the only ones that I have left. Unfortunately the new batch hasn't sprouted yet and these are the only ones left from the last one."

The three-eyed fighter grimaced, knowing that there was no were near enough of the beans to heal everyone that had gone to fight the saiyans and as far as he knew every one of his friends could need the beans more than he did. However, King Kai had told him that he was the only one strong enough to beat the saiyans and in his present condition he couldn't even power up to his max, much less use the Kaio-Ken.

Disgusted with himself for having to take a bean away from someone who could be on death's doorstep, Tien took one of the senzu beans and popped it into his mouth. With each bite he felt more and more guilty but he rationalized that he had to take one because if he couldn't beat the saiyans then it didn't matter how many senzu beans the rest of his friends had.

After he finished chewing on the mystical bean, he felt the healing effects kick in. The bean's restorative powers washed over him like cool water as he felt his muscles relax and his energy restored. The senzu bean's rejuvenation powers were extraordinary. Almost instantaneously Tien's body and energy were completely restored to their fullest extent, making it feel like he hadn't just flown over 1 million kilometers in less than a day.

With his body completely rejuvenated by the senzu bean, Tien began to search the planet for the familiar energies of his allies. His attention was almost immediately drawn towards the group of huge power levels that were clustered together and he immediately felt disheartened by the low number of power levels he sensed. His heart had seized up when he realized that several power levels that he was the most familiar with, Yamcha, Krillin, and his best friend Chiaotzu's energies were nowhere to be found.

He clenched his fist together and felt tears begin to sting the inside of his eyes. He had been too late. During the six hours since King Kai had informed him that the saiyan's had arrived on Earth, the saiyans had killed three of his closest friends in the entire universe one of whom had been his life-long companion. They had gone through thick and thin together, ever since they had first met when they were both beginners underneath Master Shen. They had gone through the Crane Master's rigorous training together and had been partners while they were assassins and they had helped keep each other from completely slipping down the dark path they were walking. After abandoning Master Shen's teachings, they had remained together, inseparable as ever until King Piccolo reappeared.

It had been then that the two friends had first been separated for the first time. Tien had watched in horror as Master Roshi failed to seal the evil demon away and then for the Demon King to summon the eternal dragon from the Dragonballs. Panicking and hoping to deny King Piccolo his wish of eternal youth, he had ordered Chiaotzu to make a wish to the dragon that would destroy the Demon King. As Chiaotzu made the wish to the dragon, he had been struck down by a blast from the evil demon mid-sentence as Tien watched on in horror, completely immobilized by his friend to ensure that he survived the encounter with King Piccolo.

That had been the only time they had been separated from each other since they had first met and when Chiaotzu had been wished back by the dragon Tien swore he would never let something like that happen again. However when the saiyan Raditz had arrived on the planet, he had rushed off to go help Goku and Piccolo defeat the evil saiyan. At the time he had thought that he was saving his best friend by sacrificing himself so that the saiyan couldn't hurt any more of his friends. During his time at King Kai's, Tien had trained as hard as he could so that when the other saiyans arrived he could defeat them and keep Chiaotzu out of harm's way.

But he had been too late. King Kai had lost track of how close the saiyans where to Earth and he had been unable to arrive back on Earth before the saiyans had arrived on the planet and his best friend had paid the ultimate price for his carelessness. It hurt even more now though since he knew that he would never see his friend's pale child-like face again. Chiaotzu had already been revived by the dragon and it would not grant the same wish twice. This was the case with Krillin as well. Both of them were gone forever now and it was all because he couldn't get back soon enough to save them.

Tien screamed out in despair for his lost friends and his scream echoed across the forest he was presently passing over. Tien felt completely daunted by the fact that three of his closest friends, two of whom he would never see again, had died because of him. The guilt he felt at that moment was enormous and seemed to crush down on his shoulders. While he flew though Tien's despair began to turn into rage as his mind turned to the beings who had dealt the killing blows to his friends, the saiyans. Thoughts of revenge flashed through his mind, the same way they had when King Piccolo had murdered Chiaotzu and Master Roshi right before his eyes. The idea of avenging his friends quickly consumed his every thought and the weight on his mind began to lift slightly. While he knew he would never be blameless for the deaths of his friends, he knew that they would want him to complete his mission of beating the saiyans so that the rest of the planet could be saved from their ruthlessness.

With newfound determination, Tien quickly sharped his focus on the battle that was raging between the saiyans and the remaining defenders of Earth. His attention was immediately drawn towards the two power levels that were currently facing off. He recognized one of the powers as Goku's and the other he assumed was one of the saiyan's. It seemed that Goku had the upper hand at the moment and he felt the saiyan's power dip as he assumed that his friend had scored a significant blow. He was impressed by how powerful Goku had become during his absence, being many times stronger than when they had fought Raditz a year earlier.

While Goku and the saiyan continued to square off, Tien surveyed the rest of the battlefield for the other power levels. He was dismayed when he found a dangerously low power which he quickly identified as Piccolo's and while he did not care for King Piccolo's spawn he knew that he was one of their strongest fighters that they had and if he was down then it was not looking to good.

He then examined the two other steady power levels which seemed to be watching Goku and the saiyan's battle from the sidelines. One he recognized as Goku's son, Gohan. The boy's power level astounded Tien when he took into account his age and the triclops figured that his father had trained him during the last year. Tien shook his head; it only figured that Goku's son would be extremely strong even at such a young age. He then turned his attention to the energy that was directly beside Gohan's. The energy felt vaguely familiar, but he could not exactly place it with a person he knew.

After examining the two power levels, Tien's attention was brought to the only other power level present. The energy was enormous, completely dwarfing every other power level there and if someone was not closely examining the area, it would completely overshadow the other energies at the battle. The energy was dark, making the evil energy Tien had sensed in Raditz's power seem like it had been composed of sunshine and dandelions. This energy, which he assumed belonged to the other saiyan, was consumed by hatred, anger, pride, and a deep seeded need for revenge. He knew that this saiyan was the dangerous one, making the one fighting Goku look like a harmless puppy, and he knew that if the remaining defenders of Earth tangled with this saiyan they were done for. There was no way they had a chance against this terrible energy and Tien knew that it was going to come down to him versus this saiyan.

During his contemplation about the dark energy, Tien felt Goku's power level began to skyrocket and he could tell that his friend was preparing to finish the saiyan he had been battling off. When it looked like Goku was about to deliver the final blow, the saiyan's energy suddenly was wrapped around the energy that he knew was Gohan's and Goku diverted his attack at the last second. Tien began to shake in anger as he thought about the dishonorable move the saiyan had used to save his own skin. His anger only increased when he sensed that the battle had turned against Goku and he was dismayed when he felt his friend's energy began to steadily decline while he was still several minutes away from the battlefield and unable to help his friend.

Tien was horrified as he felt Goku beaten down by the saiyan who was using his son against him and it seemed that the fight was over when Goku was knocked to the ground next to that other power which he didn't recognize. Then after a moment of the energies holding their positions, he felt Gohan's energy being thrown away from the saiyan's. Tien was alarmed when he felt the saiyan's power suddenly rise and he could tell that the saiyan was about to murder the young boy and he felt Goku and the other energy emit fear at Gohan's peril.

As he felt the saiyan launch his attack, Tien suddenly felt a huge surge of energy come from Piccolo. He was amazed when in an act Tien could never have imagined the demon spawn ever performing, Piccolo knocked the boy out of the way of the saiyan's attack and took the full force of it himself. He was completely caught off guard by Piccolo's sacrifice. Ever since he had first met the demon spawn at the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, he had known that Piccolo was the reincarnation of his father. The demon was prideful, selfish, and completely evil. His own self-proclaimed goal was the complete and total domination of the entire planet underneath his rule. Why would someone like that sacrifice themself to save their mortal enemies son? Had he somehow changed during the year Tien had been in Otherworld?

He was distracted from his reflection on Piccolo's behavior when he noticed that his energy had completely disappeared. The son of King Piccolo had died. For some reason he couldn't explain, Tien felt saddened by the demon's death. Maybe it was the sacrifice he had just made or the presence of goodness that had been in his energy when it had spiked right before he had died, but Tien knew that something had changed for the better inside of Piccolo.

Then the realization hit him. The Dragonballs, they were gone now. Now it all made sense. Piccolo and Kami were connected, which was why Kami had been in such bad shape when he had brought Tien back to Earth. Now that Piccolo was dead, Kami must have also died and now the Dragonballs were inert and they couldn't bring anyone back.

Tien gnashed his teeth as he felt his anger begin to rise again. He had been too late again, and this time because he hadn't made it to the battlefield in time no one the saiyan's had killed could be wished back now. Tien barely even noticed as the saiyan's energy was completely obliterated by a huge unknown energy, as he continued to belittle himself for letting his friends down again and again.

He was quickly coming up on the battlefield when he suddenly felt the dark, ominous energy of the other saiyan beginning to rise. Tien felt fear in the three energies that represented the last of the defenders of Earth and he swore that he would not allow any more of his friends to fall before the saiyans. The three eyed fighter picked up his speed and dashed towards where the energy was emitting from.

When he finally arrived at the battlefield, Tien quickly surveyed the scene from his hawk eye's point of view high in the sky. He saw Goku, his son Gohan, and his wife Chi-Chi all huddled together looking up into the sky at a flame-haired man who held a purple orb of energy in his outstretched palm. The human fighter saw the murder in the man's eyes as he prepared to incinerate the family that stood below him and Tien quickly sprang into action. He dove down as fast as he could towards the man and outstretched his leg as he flew. He heard a satisfying smack as his foot connected with the man's head which sent the would-be-killer crashing out of the sky. After watching the man's fall for a moment to make sure that the energy he had collected had dispersed, Tien looked over to where the Son family was collected and saw them all staring at him in awe. He quickly descended to the ground to join the family of warriors.

What he saw wasn't a pretty sight. His friend, Goku, had been beaten worse than Tien had realized by the other saiyan. The fighter's right arm had been snapped in two and was dislocated from his shoulder and he was clutching his ribs like they had been broken. The boy looked relatively fine but Tien could tell that he was shaken up. Chi-Chi looked completely exhausted and he finally registered the energy he had sensed earlier as hers. He cocked an eyebrow as he looked her over once. It was her that had finished off the other saiyan that Goku had been fighting earlier but her power level was only a fraction of what it had been when she had performed that feat.

"Tien!" shouted Goku as Tien touched down on next to him. "Long time no see huh."

The three eyed fighter just shook his head. It was amazing how Goku could just be completely casual in tense, serious situations like these. Tien then unlatched the small pouch from his waist and dumped the two senzu beans it contained into his palm. He then extended his arm out to the family and motioned with his head towards the beans in his head.

"Here you all need to eat these. Goku, it looks like you need to eat a full one and you two can spilt the other in half and share it."

Goku shook his head and refused to reach out for one of the beans. "No, you keep them Tien. You may need them when you fight Vegeta. He's extremely strong and you might need both of these senzu beans during your fight against him.

"And you need one right now!" responded Tien. "Look, you all need these more than I do right now. Have you seen yourself Goku? You look like you were run over by a bulldozer. I'm not going to let any more people suffer because of these saiyans and I'm starting by making sure you all aren't hurt."

The other martial artist opened his mouth to protest but his wife quickly slapped him in the back. Goku winced from the contact as his wife yelled, "Goku, I am not letting you walk around looking like a beaten dog. You are taking one of those beans this instant! You're important to beating that saiyan too you know!"

The world champion fighter just nodded his head and obediently took one of the beans and popped it into his mouth. As he was chewing, Chi-Chi turned to Tien and said, "I don't need one. Just give the whole other one to Gohan, I'll be fine. I can do without."

The three eyed warrior just shook his head. "No, you need to eat at least half a bean. Your energy is completely depleted and this bean will completely restore it. You, just like your husband, need to be at full strength."

The housewife slowly nodded her head and took the senzu bean out of Tien's palm. She then broke it in half and handed one half to her son while she brought her other hand to her mouth and placed half of the bean in her mouth.

"So this must be the infamous Tien I've heard so much about." Tien turned to look over where the man he had kicked out of the sky was standing with his arms crossed across his chest. His eyes almost immediately went to the man's waist where a furry brown tail was wrapped, confirming Tien's suspicion that he was a saiyan. The saiyan was short, a few inches shorter than Goku was, and he possessed black hair that stood straight up over his prominent widow's peak. The saiyan wasn't bulky but Tien could see his well-defined muscles underneath the blue jumpsuit he wore under his saiyan armor. Despite his somewhat petite appearance, Tien knew that the saiyan was extraordinarily powerful and a force to be trifled with.

"That's right and he's here to beat you Vegeta," said Goku with complete confidence. Tien could see that the senzu bean had done its job and Goku looked as good as new. His arm was set back in its shoulder socket and he was no longer holding his ribs.

The saiyan cocked his eyebrow in surprise. "How did you manage to completely heal yourself Kakarot? Only a moment ago you were limping around from the injuries you had sustained during your fight with Nappa. Now it seems that you are completely healed, how did you accomplish this?"

"Kakarot?" asked Tien

"It's my saiyan name apparently," said Goku with a shrug. "They've insisted on calling me by it the entire time they've been here."

"I don't like being ignored Kakarot!" yelled Vegeta as the two defenders of Earth talked.

"You're done talking to him," said Tien. He stepped in front of his friend. "His name is Goku, not Kakarot. He's not one of you, of that I'm sure of."

The saiyan sneered. "Humph, foolish human! You may talk to Kakarot like that but you will not speak to me like that! You're just one of these weakling humans who don't even deserve to even be in my presence and you dare speak to me like you're my equal!"

"You have quite the superiority complex don't you," remarked Tien. "I use to have one of those, thinking everyone else was less of human being simply because I was physically stronger than them. I believed that I deserved to be treated better than them because of my strength but I was wrong. Goku taught me that when he and I fought."

"Humph, if you were defeated by trash like that then you're not even worth fighting," scoffed Vegeta. "I thought you said that this freak would have the power to defeat me Kakarot."

"I didn't say I lost did I," Tien snidely commented. "Though I did lose to Goku later, he didn't beat me that day even though he did come close. That doesn't matter though because I will beat you."

The saiyan snorted. "That's not even a possibility. A pathetic, weakling human could never defeat a saiyan, especially when the saiyan you want to fight is a saiyan elite!"

The three eyed human shrugged and then nodded over to where Chi-Chi was standing. "If I sensed this correctly, it was her who defeated the other saiyan a while ago. In case you didn't realize this, she is a human and she killed one of your precious saiyans."

"Ha, Nappa was a fool! Even then, it took all of you pathetic humans fighting him, plus the Namek and Kakarot to finally take him down. If you think you could do the same to me you are sadly mistaken. I am over three times as powerful as Nappa! Scum like you humans could never hope to defeat me!"

Tien's eyes narrowed as his hatred for the saiyan in front of him began to grow. The man was so prideful, so sure that his precious saiyan race was far superior to any other. He would make sure that he proved the proud saiyan wrong. "Why don't we find out then?"

Vegeta's eyes also narrowed as he stared into the three eyed fighter's eyes; his onyx eyes trying to bore holes into the human's skull with sheer willpower. "Fine, by me, I'm tired of this pathetic excuse for a planet anyway."

Goku quickly stepped in front of his friend. "Okay we can fight you, but not here. Let's not desecrate this place any more than it already has been." He then leaned in so that only Tien could hear him. "We need to fight somewhere else so the other's bodies won't get harmed during our fight, so we can wish them back."

Tien was slightly taken aback by Goku's statement. He did know that the Dragonballs were now unusable right? As he looked around at where the bodies of his friends laid scattered around the battlefield he decided that it didn't matter and he didn't want his friend's bodies being harmed even if they couldn't be brought back. He nodded his head in agreement.

The flame-haired saiyan laughed. "What's wrong Kakarot? Can you not fight with the bodies of your fallen allies staring at you reminding you of your own fate? Fine, lead the way Kakarot but it doesn't matter where we fight the outcome will be the same."

As Goku prepared to take off into the air, Tien placed his hand over his friend's shoulder. "Goku, send your family home. They've fought enough and they've done well but they aren't needed anymore."

The saiyan from earth nodded his head and turned to where his wife and son stood. "Hey you two need to leave. You both did great today but Tien and I can handle Vegeta and I don't want either you to end up in harm's way again. You two should just head over to Master Roshi's and hang out there until we come back."

"But dad we can still help!" said Gohan.

"I know you can son," said Goku as he patted his son on the head. "But you and your mom have done your part; let me and Tien take care of the rest." The young boy nodded his head and Chi-Chi gave her husband a worried look before the pair took to the air and flew away from the trio of fighters.

"Humph, how cute Kakarot," said Vegeta. "It doesn't matter where they run off to. They'll die along with every other person on this planet."

Goku just shoot the shorter saiyan a nasty look as he took to the air with Tien and Vegeta following close behind him. The three flew in silence as Goku headed towards a rocky mountainous area where he and Piccolo had frequently sparred. It was a perfect location for their battle against Vegeta, there was no life within miles so nothing else would be harmed because of the battle.

Tien flew with all three of his eyes closed as he focused his mind for the upcoming fight. He was confident in his abilities, but so was the saiyan and the saiyan was much stronger than Tien had expected. King Kai had never told him the exact strength of the saiyans while he had been training but he had figured that he had become much stronger than both of them. After feeling the saiyan called Vegeta's energy though he knew that his base strength alone was not going to be enough to beat him.

It didn't take long for the trio to arrive at the spot Goku had picked for the battle. He and Tien landed on one of the rocky pillars as Vegeta descended onto the pillar across from them. The saiyan wore a smug smirk as he assessed the two fighters in front of him. Tien could feel the saiyan's eyes combing over him, but he continued to keep his eyes closed as he directed all of his focus into the upcoming battle with the saiyan.

"Ok, Tien if we both rush him we might have a…" began Goku as he started telling Tien the strategy he had developed during the flight.

"No Goku," said Tien as he opened his eyes to look directly at the smirking saiyan. "I can handle this guy on my own."

"Are you sure Tien?" asked a concerned Goku. "He's a lot stronger than he looks, I couldn't even follow his movements earlier."

The three eyed fighter merely nodded. "I'm positive Goku. You should probably go join your family. You've done enough for today, now it's my turn and I don't want any more of my friends getting hurt today."

Goku hesitated a little but he slowly nodded his head. "Alright Tien if you think that's for the best than I'll go. Be sure to beat this guy though buddy, we're all counting on you." The two friends nodded at each other and Goku took to the air and began to fly away.

"So you wish to die with no one around to see your humiliating defeat. Understandable." Tien turned his complete attention to the saiyan who stand above.

"No more small talk," said the human as he sunk into his fighting stance. "This is where your reign of terror on this planet ends and I'm going to avenge every single one of my friends when I finish you off."

"Humph, in such a hurry to die I see," mocked Vegeta. "You know all of your friends kept wondering when you were going to arrive, they kept crying out for you to come save them but you never came. I wonder why you arrived at the battlefield so late. Was it because you were to terrified of your own death to come help your so called 'friends' or did you just want them to die?"

Tien snarled at the saiyan. "I was held up in another dimension, but I'm here now and I'm going to make you regret that you ever came to Earth."

The two warriors eyed each other for a moment and then Vegeta also dropped down into his fighting stance. The two continued their stand off for a few more tense seconds and it seemed like an eternity passed as they kept their eyes locked on to each other.

In unison, the two fighters both let out fierce battle cries and leapt towards each other. As they pushed off of the tops of their pillars, the force they put in their jumps caused both of their pillars to slowly crumble to the ground as the saiyan and human leapt towards each other in what seemed like slow motion.

When they finally collided, Vegeta started the battle off with a right hook aimed at the three eyed human's head. To the saiyan's surprise, the punch was easily caught by the human causing the flame-haired saiyan to raise his eyebrows in surprise. Tien quickly let go of the fist and attempted to punch the saiyan with his other hand. The punch was evaded by the saiyan and he attempted to knee the human in the stomach but Tien evaded the attack and went on the offensive.

The three eyed fighter's arms became mere blurs as he attempted to land a punch, but the flame-haired saiyan easily blocked each of the blows while wearing a cocky smirk on his face. As Tien continued his barrage the two fighters floated higher and higher into the air. After warding off the barrage, Vegeta went on the offensive and delivered a quick punch to the human's sternum and sent him flying towards one of the numerous rock pillars that scattered the landscape.

It didn't take Tien long to regain control of his body and he did a handspring on the rock pillar as he passed over it. He then planted his feet on the side of another pillar and shot back towards the saiyan at super-sonic speed. Vegeta was waiting for him however and fired a ki blast at the approaching fighter which he easily dodged. While Tien watched the energy blast pass by him, the flame-haired saiyan quickly flew behind the human and brought his clasped fist down on the human only to discover that it was an afterimage.

The saiyan turned around and lifted his forearm to block the incoming kick that was aimed at his head. Tien growled with displeasure as he saw his kick blocked and he followed it up with a flip over the head of his opponent. As he stopped himself behind the saiyan he spun around and attempted to roundhouse kick his opponent but Vegeta ducked underneath the kick. The saiyan then delivered several punched to the slightly off-balanced human's chest and then he kicked the triclops away. Again, Tien was able to quickly recover from the saiyan's attacks and he flipped over to the top of a rocky pillar and stood there while Vegeta landed on a mountaintop across from him with his arms crossed.

"I hope that's not the best you got human. I was hoping for at least a little entertainment from you after all, but that's what I get for expecting so much from a pathetic human," mocked Vegeta as he stared at the triclops with an amused expression. Tien just looked at the saiyan, stoically for a while before returning the amused smirk the saiyan was giving him, causing the saiyan to cock his eyebrows at the human.

"What's so funny you three eyed freak?" asked the saiyan.

"Oh, I was just thinking about how this little warm-up is what you though my best was, pretty amusing actually."

A snarl formed on the saiyan prince's face. "Humph, that was a warm-up for me not you. You couldn't even land a single hit on me and you expect me to believe that you weren't even trying! That's pathetic, even for a human."

Tien just shrugged. "Believe what you will, but I've only been fighting at half of my true fighting power until now."

"You're lying," accused Vegeta. "If you really have been, then show me. Show me your 'true power' than you pathetic human!"

"Alright, but remember you asked for it." Tien stood up straight and then bent his arms to 90 degree angles at his sides. While he did this the breeze began to pick up until it was a gushing wind that was swaying Vegeta's hair. Then after taking a deep breath Tien yelled, "Kaio-ken!"

"Kaio-what?" said a perplexed Vegeta. His confusion quickly turned to shock however when a crimson aura exploded around the three eyed human. Even Tien's skin seemed to have a reddish tint to it while engulfed by the blazing crimson aura. The saiyan looked down at his beeping scouter to see the huge jump in power the human had made.

"20,000!" exclaimed the shocked saiyan. "There's no way that can be right!"

The three eyed human just smirked before disappearing. In an instant he was right in front of the stunned saiyan with his fist brought back. He quickly delivered a powerful right hook to the saiyan's jaw and sent him flying through the air. Not missing a beat, Tien blasted off towards the flying figure of his opponent and brought both of his clasped fists down on his exposed body. The saiyan was sent spiraling to the ground and when he crashed into the bottom of a mountain, the force of the collision caused the entire mountain to crumble on top of the saiyan. A huge pillar of dust rose into the air from the landslide the saiyan's crash had caused and Tien landed on the top of a rock pillar and waited for his opponent to resurface.

It didn't take long for light to begin shining out of the cracks of the pile of rocks that the saiyan was buried underneath. Tien heard a loud scream as the beams of light turned into one giant explosive wave and the entire mound of rocks was obliterated by the explosive wave. When it suddenly ceased, the explosive wave had completely incinerated all of the rocks that had been piled on top of the saiyan and had carved an entire crater into the earth where the wave had obliterated the earth underneath the saiyan as well. The flame-haired saiyan quickly flew up so that he was at the same height as the fighter from Earth and Tien could see that he was shaking with rage.

"You, how dare you harm me! Me, the Prince of Saiyans, hurt by a pathetic human freak like you. I won't stand for it! If you want to fight then so be it! It will be your own doom!" With a howl of rage, Vegeta began to power up as a purple aura began to blaze around his body and the sky itself darkened as the saiyan increased his dark energy. The entire ground began to shake as the saiyan prince's power continue to climb as Tien watched on with his own crimson aura still blazing around him. Small bolts of purple lightning began to shoot out of the saiyan's aura as his power-up reached its climax. Finally the ground stopped shaking and the dark clouds in the sky dissipated as Vegeta's power up ended but the violet aura remained blazing around the short saiyan as he turned his murderous gaze towards the human warrior in front of him.

"Now I'm going to punch all three of your eyes out you worthless human trash!"

Then the two warriors flew at each other again, with their arms brought back behind their heads as they both prepared to hit each other with devastating blows. Crimson and violet auras clashed in mid-air as both fighters reached each other and punched towards the other with their outstretched fists. Both fists connected with their target and both fighters' heads were forced back in what seemed to be slow-motion as Vegeta's fist forced Tien's head upwards and Tien's fist forced Vegeta's head downward. As both of their heads snapped back in slow-motion, both fighters refused to break eye contact with the other as their head continually moved back. They're eyes were glued onto each other until they're heads had snapped back so far that it was impossible to maintain eye contact.

Once the lock between their eyes was broken, both fighters unleashed everything they had on the other. Both the human and saiyan's arms and legs were complete blurs as they punched and kicked at light-speed, thrashing the other's body with their blows. Neither fighter was willing to give up an inch to the other though; so every time they were hit by a punch or kick they simply shrugged the attack off and continued their own assault on the opponent in front of them.

The sound of their battle in the sky echoed throughout the rocky landscape and the ground was shaking slightly from the vibration of the two warriors blows. The intense vibrations they gave off caused most of the loose rocks on the side of the mountains to shake off and tumble to the ground. As they fought, the two fighters began to fly all around the rocky area. The crimson and violet auras weaving in and out of the rocky canyons and the energy the two were emitting caused the loose rocks on the ground below to float up into the air and hover there until the two warriors had passed by. When the fighters ventured too close to a mountain the force of their blows actually caused the entire pillar to collapse to the ground without either fighter actually touching the rocky pillar.

Entire minutes passed by as the two god-like warriors continued to clash, neither willing to let the other win the exchange of blows they were entangled in. Each fighter's body was continually whipped back in forth as they would receive a blow and then deal a blow in a vicious cycle that was brutal to both of their bodies. The barrage of blows they were continually taking and giving was the ultimate test of endurance as both fighters continued at the same rapid pace they had begun the exchange with. Finally, Tien let loose a fierce battle cry and brought back his fist and slammed it into the saiyan's chest causing him to fly almost 30 yards away and out of the exchange of blows.

Tien was panting heavily after the furious exchange of blows between the saiyan and the human fighter. The crimson aura from his Kaio-ken technique continued to blaze furiously around him as he glanced over at his opponent. The flame-haired saiyan was also panting heavily and his violet aura had dissipated after Tien's punch.

"This guy is good," muttered Tien as he continued to try and catch his breath. "Regular Kaio-ken isn't going to be enough. I'm going to have to take it to the next level."

The three eyed human straightened himself and again bent his arms at 90 degree angles. Taking a deep breath, Tien screamed, "Kaio-Ken x3!"

The scouter on Vegeta's face exploded as the human's power level rose even higher and Vegeta's face turned into one of pure terror. "No, you don't," yelled a panicked Vegeta as he brought his arm back. He quickly fired a ki blast and while his right arm shot forward to fire the blast he brought his left arm back to charge another ki blast. He then fired the blast in his left arm, then he fired the one in his right again in rapid succession and his arms became mere blurs as he fired dozens of energy blasts at the crimson fighter. A huge cloud of smoke surrounded the human as the energy blasts continuously exploded on top of him, with the edge of the cloud almost reaching Vegeta's position nearly 30 yards away.

The saiyan prince was panting heavily after firing his volley of energy blast at the human and he still had his right arm still outstretched from the last energy blast he had thrown. His eyes were lifted up in shock and horror though when he saw the crimson aura suddenly cutting through the thick black smoke straight towards him. Then a crimson colored fist emerged out of the edge of the cloud and collided with Vegeta's face snapping it backwards and causing blood to spray out of his mouth.

Then the defender of Earth unleashed a volley of kicks that whipped the saiyan around in the air like he was a rag doll. Vegeta was completely helpless, barely even able to make out the legs that were kicking him as they looked like red blurs to his eyes. After the kicks, Tien begin hitting the saiyan with everything he had. Lightning fast punches, kicks, chops, and knee strikes hit the saiyan's stomach, chest, and face as he was thrashed by the human warrior. After beating the saiyan for several seconds, Tien clasped his two hands together and brought them down on the back of Vegeta's head causing the saiyan to lurch forward. Then the three eyed fighter drove his knee into the saiyan's vulnerable stomach causing him to cough up blood. Finally, Tien spun around in mid-air and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to Vegeta's temple which sent the saiyan flying away at light speed.

The saiyan's body was a mere blur as it was forced away from the blazing crimson aura that was Tien. The saiyan was sent crashing straight through one mountain and then another and then another before finally colliding with a fourth mountain and flying straight through it as well and into the ground causing a small earthquake on impact and a mushroom cloud of dust rose up above where he had crashed. The hole Vegeta had made through the four mountains he had been sent through were all had at least 10 feet in diameter, each one slightly smaller than the one before it. Tien scanned over his handiwork before flying up so that he could see into the crater that the saiyan had created.

From his vantage point high in the sky, Tien was able to see the giant crater he knew that the saiyan laid at the bottom of. What Tien wondered was what kind of condition the saiyan prince was in. He knew that he had hit the saiyan hard and at Kaio-kenx3 it would not surprise him if he just ended the fight with his barrage. Wanting to get a closer look inside of the crater, Tien descended down towards the edge of the crater.

When he set down at the edge of the crater, the dust was finally beginning to settle and Tien could tell that in a few seconds he would be able to see the bottom of the crater. As the dust finally cleared the human could see the saiyan lying at the bottom of the crater staring at his white glove. Tien was shocked that the saiyan was still conscious and as he stared at the saiyan he noticed that a single drop of blood had stained the saiyan's otherwise pure white glove.

"That human made me bleed," said a stunned Vegeta. He was so transfixed on the blood stain on his glove that he didn't even notice the human standing above him. Tien noticed that the saiyan again began to shake with rage and it began to boil over as a vein in the saiyan's forehead popped out and was clearly visible.

"THAT PATHETHIC HUMAN FREAK CAUSED ME TO BLEED!" raged the saiyan prince. "THAT'S IT, I'VE HAD IT!" The saiyan quickly flew high into the air and then looked down at Tien whose crimson aura still surrounded his entire body. "DODGE THIS ONE IF YOU DARE HUMAN! BUT IF YOU DO YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS EARHT WILL BE DESTROYED!" The three eyed fighter took a step back in surprise as a wild, electrical purple aura surrounded the saiyan as he brought both of his hands back to his chin. Again the entire sky darkened as the saiyan powered himself up to his ultimate maximum.

"This isn't good," commented Tien as he watched the saiyan begin to form a purple orb of energy in between the palms of his two drawn back hands. "He's going to try and blow up the entire planet." The human fighter quickly formulated a strategy and golden energy surrounded his right hand as he charged his own energy wave in his hand.

As Vegeta brought the last of his energy into the purple orb in his hands, he screamed, "THIS IS THE END FOR YOU AND YOUR PRECIOUS PLANET HUMAN!" Tien gnashed his teeth together as he felt the enormous amount of energy that the saiyan had gathered.

"GALICK GUN FIRE!" shouted Vegeta as he thrust both of his arms forward and a huge purple beam of energy raced towards where Tien was standing and a purple sphere of energy surrounded the saiyan himself.

"DODON WAVE!" shouted Tien in response as he fired his own energy wave to counter the saiyan's. The golden energy beam raced skyward to intercept the purple beam that was on a path of destruction straight towards earth and when the two energy waves collided the entire landscape shuddered from the impact of the two massive energies.

The energy beams struggling against each other, purple and gold clashing and meshing together in the sky creating a deadly light show that would determine the fate of the planet. The ground was shook by a large earthquake from the force and power radiating off of the energy beam struggle and the pieces of loose debris that littered the ground rose up into the air and floated high into the atmosphere. Every mountain and rock pillar within 1 mile of the beam struggle actually disintegrated and fall apart until it was nothing but a collection of tiny rock pieces that joined the swarm of rocks floating in the air and out of sight.

After the struggle had lasted for longer than twenty seconds, Tien realized that the two energy beams were completely equal in power. They were locked in a deadly stalemate and only by putting in more power would he be able to break the tie. Taking in another giant breath of air Tien exhaled and then screamed over the roar of the energy waves.

"KAIO-KENX4!"

The crimson aura that surrounded the three eyed human suddenly grew and blazed even fiercer and his golden energy beam received a huge boost in power. The width of the beam suddenly grew much larger and a huge bulge rushed towards where the two beams were locked together. When the bulge reached the point where the golden and purple energies touched, it caused the golden energy wave to rapidly push back the purple wave until it had almost come back all the way back towards its owner.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Vegeta as his own beam seemingly overtook him and the golden energy beam sent him skyrocketing up and through the atmosphere and then completely out of sight.

As Tien disconnected the flow of energy to his beam he also let the crimson energy around him disperse as he let out a deep exhale as he relished in the brief reprieve in the fight he had. He didn't let his guard down though because he knew somewhere, high up in Earth's atmosphere was the saiyan prince who had not been defeated just yet.

"I'll give him this, that guy sure is persistent."

There it is, the first part of the Tien vs. Vegeta battle. Hope you guys have liked it so far and let me know what you think of it in a review. I believe someone said in the last chapter he was surprised that Vegeta didn't notice Tien approaching the battlefield. This was because he was too focused on the fight's between Nappa, Goku and Chi-Chi to notice the approaching power that he wasn't actively scanning for. Now on to power levels!

Tien: 10,000

Vegeta (Relaxed): 12,000

Tien (Kaio-Ken): 20,000 Time Limit=None

Vegeta: 18,000

Tien (Kaio-Kenx3): 30,000 Time Limit=10 minutes

Vegeta (Galick Gun): 30,000

Tien (Kaio-Kenx4): 40,000 Time Limit=1 minute

As you may have noticed, I have included the maximum amount of time that Tien can sustain each level of Kaio-ken. Every level up increases the amount of strain of his body thus he can only sustain the technique for a shorter amount of time. As he gets stronger however, Tien will be able to sustain higher levels of Kaio-ken longer amounts of time but for now those are his limits. When I say that the Time Limit is none, that means that Tien can at least hold that level for at least an hour which pretty much means he can hold it for an entire fight easily. The Kaio-ken will continue to be explored and explained later but that will mostly occur in later chapters.

Anyway thanks again for getting this story over 100 reviews! If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on or about the story just leave it in a review! Also let me know what you think of the Tien vs. Vegeta fight so far. Until next time.