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.

16. Saiyan Arc: Chapter 16

Chapter 16

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Vegeta as he watched his own energy beam rapidly being overtaken by the golden beam the human had fired. Realizing that he had no chance of winning the struggle now, the saiyan quickly formulated a plan that would allow him to survive the oncoming attack. Remembering the Namek's strategy from earlier, Vegeta came up with a similar plan but one that would allow him to escape with almost no damage done to him.

The saiyan stopped resisting the pushing force of the oncoming attack and he felt himself being lifted upwards. Needing more speed to fully escape the blast, Vegeta began using his own beam to push himself upwards as well and the saiyan was sent skyrocketing into the planet's atmosphere.

He was slightly ahead of the deadly golden energy beam, with his own energy beam acting as a sort of shield for the moment which kept his body separated from the human's beam by a few yards. The saiyan knew however that he could not keep outrunning the beam for long and it was only because he was propelling himself upward with his own beam that he had not already been obliterated by the golden beam already.

Finally he saw the opportunity he had been waiting for, the energy wave's power significantly dropped and Vegeta could see the tail-end of the beam below him. This signified that the triclops had ceased pouring energy into the attack, which meant the beam was slower now giving him the chance to get off of this deadly rollercoaster ride. Simultaneously, the saiyan rolled to his left and ceased putting energy into his own attack as he focused all of his energy into moving out of the way of the attack. The time it took the golden energy beam to traverse the distance he had created with his own beam was just enough for him to escape from the beam's deadly path and the golden energy continued past the saiyan harmlessly into space.

The saiyan was left panting heavily from the exercitation of energy required to pull off his escape trick. While he had escaped from significant physical harm, the drain on his energy was significant and Vegeta could tell a portion of his power was now gone for the rest of the fight.

"Damn that human!" stammered Vegeta angrily as he continued to try and catch his breath. "How is this even possible? That a member of such a weak and worthless race has somehow surpassed me! Me, the Prince of All Saiyans, the strongest member ever to exist of the greatest warrior race the universe has ever seen being beaten by a lowly human!" The saiyan prince was shaking in anger and his tail had unraveled from around his waist and was now brisling along with the rest of his body in rage.

"It's that damn Kaio-ken technique!" concluded the saiyan. "But how is he maintaining it for this long? That Agmorian on PlanetQR8 used a similar technique, but he could only use it for a few seconds at the most. This human has been in it for almost the entire fight, even being able to increase the magnitude it augments his power by."

"No matter," said Vegeta as he straightened up and began to let loose an insane sounding cackle. His desperation to prove himself more powerful than a weakling human was pushing his sanity to its limits. "Once I reveal the true power of the saiyans than that three eyed freak and his Kaio-ken will be no match against the might of the saiyans!"

The saiyan continued laughing as he pictured crushing the impudent human in his Oozaru form. While he continued to laugh his eyes began scanning the heavens for the celestial body which would allow him to transform into a saiyan's most powerful form. At this altitude, he should have no trouble seeing the moon and then he would be able to transform even though the moon was not present at ground level. His laughter ceased and quickly morphed into a scowl when he could find no trance of the moon which supplied the necessary Blutz Waves required for the transformation.

"Where's the moon!" screamed Vegeta as his rage once again boiled over. "Of course, Kakarot must have informed them that we require the moon too transform. He must have transformed a time or two before the idiot lost his tail. No matter, I will still have my vengeance on that human for the humiliation he's caused me!"

The saiyan took off in a swan dive back towards the ground, with his brown tail waving behind him as the wind whipped passed his body. It only took a few seconds for the saiyan to emerge out of the clouds and for the rocky landscape to appear below him. Vegeta could see the small figure of the three eyed human who seemed to be watching his descent back to earth and the saiyan smirked as he again envisioned crushing the life out of the human scum.

He landed across from the human and noticed that the crimson aura that had been surrounding the human had disappeared. The flame-haired saiyan contemplated attacking the human, knowing that he was stronger than the triclops when he wasn't using that Kaio-ken technique but he thought better of it. It seemed that the human could call upon that power at will and as much as he hated to admit, in his present form he was no match for the three eyed fighter.

"Very clever human," said Vegeta as he stared down the man in front of him, "destroying the moon before we arrived to prevent us from being able to transform." The saiyan was caught off guard when the triclops raised his eyebrows in surprise at the mention of the moon being destroyed. Was it possible that it was not this one's doing? Possibly one of the other humans or even Kakarot had destroyed the moon without this one knowing about it. It didn't matter now though, either way he would have his revenge.

"However we long ago outgrew the need for a moon to transform," lectured Vegeta as he outstretched his hand and a white ball of swirling energy formed in his palm. "You thought you could mock the saiyans. You thought you could simply humiliate me, the strongest saiyan to ever live, and just walk away!" The saiyan prince's tail lashed the ground angrily, cracking the rock. "Well now you will witness the true power of the saiyans and it will be the last thing you ever see!"

The furious saiyan threw the ball of energy into the sky overhead of the three eyed human and it grew exponentially in size until it was the size of a full moon in the sky. As Vegeta stared at the Power Ball, he could feel the Blutz Waves vibrating up through his tail into the rest of his body and he trembled as he felt the extra power begin to course through his veins. The pupils in his eyes began to grow and turn red as he felt his body beginning to expand and he let out a furious roar as brown fur began to grow over his skin and he shoot into the sky as his face become elongated into the shape of a giant ape.

Once his transformation had ended, the mighty Oozaru form of the prince of saiyans looked down at the horrified triclops and growled, "So what do you think of the real me human?"

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Tien stared in horror at the giant ape the saiyan had transformed into that towered above him. He could sense that the monster's power was enormous, completely dwarfing the saiyan's previous energy. The sheer amount of the dark energy seemed to crush down on the three eyed warrior as he stood there seemingly paralyzed as the blood red eyes of the monster bore down on him.

"You may have thought you had the upper hand before human," rumbled the giant ape, "but now you have no chance of defeating me. My power level in this form is ten-fold what it was before! You and your precious Earth will pay for the humiliation you've caused me. Now die!"

The ape curled one of his hands into a fist and smashed down at Tien with it. The human leaped into the air to avoid the enormous fist and when the punch connected with the rocky pillar the entire thing burst into a thousand pieces and scattered into the air. The sheer destructive power of a single punch astounded the three eyed fighter as he watched in awe as the pieces of the landscape flew into the air next to him.

Seeing an opportunity to counterattack against the giant ape, Tien shouted, "Kaio-kenx4!" The crimson aura of the technique exploded around him and he felt reinvigorated as the added power coursed throughout his body. He then flew at the giant ape's exposed face and brought back his leg and with a fierce battle cry he drove it as hard as he could into the ape's face. Tien was shocked when not only did his kick not hurt the monster, it didn't even move its face an inch!

"Oh how cute," mocked the giant ape. "A fly is trying to bite me; I think I should get rid of the pest." The monster brought its hand out of the ground where it had landed after breaking through the rock pillar and smacked Tien away from its face. The human was sent flying through the air by the force of the effortless smack and through several mountains and pillars before finally having one of the rocky mountains collapse on top of him.

The three eyed human shook his head as he climbed out of the rock pile and looked over to where the giant ape was standing in the distance laughing in its deep voice. He had dispelled the Kaio-ken after landing inside of the pile of rocks, not wanting to waist precious energy. His muscles burned as he forced himself to stand on the now demolished mountain and he tried to concoct a strategy to defeat the monster before him.

The saiyan had increased his strength and energy by ten-fold of he could be trusted, but from the strength he had just exhibited Tien did not find it hard to believe. Also unlike when Piccolo had become a giant during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament he hadn't seemed to have lost any of his speed. Tien had been unable to dodge the giant hand that had smacked him out of the air, so he wasn't faster or stronger than the giant ape. He was however more nimble, which should allow him to dodge the clumsy blows of the monster but all it would take was one good shot from one of those giant fist and that would be game over for him.

As Tien continued to try and think of a strategy to defeat the giant ape, the monster opened its mouth and a pink ball of energy formed inside of it. With a roar, the pink ki blast raced towards the triclops position, and Tien leapt away from the demolished mountain just in time to avoid the ki blast. Upon impact, the ki blast incinerated everything within a hundred yard radius of the pile of debris it had collided with and the light emitted from the attack nearly blinded Tien who had to cover his eyes as he floated above the explosion. When the light died down, the human saw that the single energy attack had flattened a good portion of the landscape below him.

"Come on human! Where's that fighting spirit you were flaunting around earlier? I thought you were going to defeat me!" roared the giant ape as its low baritone laughs rumbled across the rocky terrain.

The human fighter grimaced. There was no way that monster was going to allow him the time to think with him blasting every spot he landed on. He needed a diversionary tactic to help stall for time as he thought of a way to take down the giant ape. The answer come to him in an instant and the triclops quickly crossed his arms in the shape of an X and he began to glow slightly as two carbon copies of him spilt from each of his sides.

When he had finished his Tri-form technique, the middle Tien turned to the others and said, "Alright, I don't care how powerful that monkey is, there's no way he can follow all three of us at the same time. So when he comes at us, we'll all spilt up and whoever he chases will have to distract him while the other two try and come up with a strategy." The other two Tiens nodded their heads and they all turned to face the giant ape that was staring directly at the trio.

"Ha, you think you can beat me with that technique. While it may be a nice pallor trick, it is no match against the mighty Oozaru!" The giant ape leapt into the air, covering the distance between it and the trio of Tiens in one jump and it brought one of its powerful fists down on the mountain they were standing on. At the last second, each of the Tiens leapt away from the attack; one jumping to the right, one jumping to the left, and the other jumping backwards. Once they landed, each Tien began to sprint away from the giant ape, weaving in and out of the rocky pillars making it harder for the ape to follow their movements.

"Running away are we!" roared the ape as he began to follow the middle Tien who had jumped backwards. "What happened to defeating me or are just going to try and crawl away like an insect? Well if that's the case, then I'll be happy to squash you like the insignificant bug you are!"

The monster began chasing the Tien in front of him and with every giant step the ape would smash one of the rocky pillars in front of him. Tien quickly made a U-turn and ran back underneath the giant ape, barely dodging a giant, furry fist that came smashing down next to him. He then leapt up into one of the mountain sides and begin running up it, but he was quickly halted when the monkey's tail came smashing into the mountain sending it crashing down to the ground.

As the rock beneath his feet began to crumble, Tien cried out, "Kaio-Ken!" The familiar crimson aura blazed around him as he pushed off of the last of the rocks as they fell and he used the added strength and speed to propel himself as far away from the giant ape as possible. When his feet touched the ground several hundred feet away, he let the crimson aura fade away from his body because in his Tri-form he could not maintain the technique like he could in his regular form.

"Ah, don't leave now human, the fun's just beginning," laughed the monster as he launched another ki blast at the sprinting Tien. The triclops was again forced to resort to the Kaio-ken and it provided just enough of a boost to avoid the initial blast radius. The force of the explosion however propelled the triclops into the air and sent him cascading into the face of a mountain and then falling to the base of it. The debris from his collision with the side of the mountain fell and lightly hit against his body as he struggled to stand.

"Man, I'm not sure how long I can keep this up," muttered Tien as he pushed his hand off his knee to stand. "I sure hope those two come up with a plan soon."

Just as he finished talking to himself, he heard a loud roar and he looked up to see the giant ape hovering above him with both of its fists clasped together and raised over its head. With another roar, the monkey brought his clasped hands down and sent them smashing onto the ground where Tien was standing. The human dove forward to avoid the attack and the entire ground shook from the force of the blow.

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The ground shook as the two Tiens finally met up with each other a safe distance away from the deadly cat and mouse game that was taking place across the rocky terrain. Even from their distance, the two Tiens could see the giant ape that was wreaking havoc on the landscape as it pursued the final member of their trio. After watching the monster's rampage for a second, the duo ducked into the shadow of a large rock pillar and began to collaborate with each other.

"I don't think that thing can sense energy," stated one of the Tiens as they both leaned against the rock face and caught their breath. "As a matter of fact, I don't think he could before without that screen thing that was over his eye. If he could, I would guarantee he would have sent an energy blast our way with both of our energies being here."

"I think your right," said the other Tien. "That thing was what he was using to monitor our power level. Well that's one advantage we have over that monster, but how can we use that against him?"

"Hopefully with the both of us here, we can think of a strategy quickly. Two brains are better than one after all and I don't think he'll be able to keep evading that monkey for too long."

"Yeah your right, but what do we have that can even hurt that monster? At Kaio-Kenx4 we couldn't move it an inch and I can't imagine Kaio-Kenx5 would make much more of a difference. Plus in Kaio-Kenx5 we can only maintain it for a maximum of a few of seconds."

The first Tien crossed his arms as he leaned against the wall of the mountain, deep in thought, while the other Tien held his chin in his hand while he thought. After a few moments of silence the second Tien lifted his head and snapped his fingers drawing the other's attention.

"I've got it, what about the Tri-Beam? It should have enough power behind it."

The other Tien shook his head. "No, no it doesn't. While it is powerful, it wouldn't be strong enough to do significant damage to that ape. Although…" the three eyed human looked up from the ground and into the eyes of his counterpart. "That variation of it that we were working on at King Kai's might just be powerful enough to do the trick."

Enlightenment dawned on the other Tien as the plan his doppelganger suggested flashed through his head. "The Spirit Tri-Beam! Yes, that could work but we have to make sure we hit him with it. We'll only get one shot at this because after we use it…"

The other Tien waved his hand impatiently. "Yes, yes I know my own attack after all. You are right though we have to make sure we hit that overgrown monkey. Obviously we need to hit it at point-blank range to minimize his reaction time to the fullest, but how can we get his defenses down so we can maximize damage."

It was a shorter wait this time before the second Tien's light bulb turned on and the perfect strategy formulated in his head. He smirked as he leaned over to his doppelganger and whispered his plan into the other's ear. As he was told the plan the first Tien's mouth formed a matching smirk on his face and when the other Tien was done he said,

"Perfect!"

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Tien grimaced as he dodged yet another brown furred fist. The saiyan monster was enjoying the game of cat and mouse way too much and he roared in delight as he stomped his booted foot onto the ground, causing it to crack apart and creating a crevice that was forming underneath the human's feet. Tien flipped over and began to handspring away from the growing crevice that seemingly followed him as he retreated. Finally the human pushed off of the rocky ground and into the air.

He was followed however by the giant ape's tail that sliced through the air straight towards him. The triclops ducked and headed straight for a cliff face behind him, but he was forced to barrel roll out of his trajectory as the monkey's arm came crashing where he had been flying and its fist was driven into the cliff, ripping the smooth rock into pieces.

"Alright, I've had enough of you," said Tien as he landed next to the brown furred arm that was still lodged inside of the rock face. He pushed himself off of the vertical surface and he flew straight towards the outstretched arm of the beast and touched down on the furry surface. As soon as his feet touched down on the ape's arm he began sprinting straight up the creature's arm and towards its face.

"Human trash!" growled the ape as he brought his other hand and attempted to smash Tien like a fly.

The three eyed human saw the furry hand coming and jumped into the air and as he hovered in front of the apes face he yelled, "Kaio-ken!" The deep red aura surrounded his body as he extended his arm and pointed his index finger at one of the monster's blood red eyes.

While a golden energy began to glow at the tip of his pointed finger, Tien shouted, "Dodon Ray!" A golden energy finger beam shot out of his finger and raced towards the giant ape's vulnerable eye. As his attack made its way towards its target, Tien quickly flipped over the head of the monster and began sprinting away from the giant ape, dispelling the Kaio-ken's power as he ran.

"ARAGH!" Tien smirked as he heard the beast's howls of pain behind him. He glanced over his shoulder as he ran to survey his handiwork and he saw the giant ape clutching his damaged eye with both of his brown hands as he shook his head in agony.

"YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT HUMAN! I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIE IN AGONY!"

The triclops continued to run as the monster continue to howl in agony behind him. Seeing a promising outcropping group of rocks Tien quickly ran under them and stopped. His hands immediately dropped to his knees as he bent over and tried to catch his breath. Evading the giant ape's attacks and his last stunt had completely worn out Tien. He really hoped his counterparts had come up with a plan by now because he couldn't keep this up for much longer.

"Where are you human?" boomed the giant ape. Tien looked out from his hiding spot and saw that the ape had recovered and was now searching for him. The eye that had been hit by his Dodon Ray was shut and Tien could tell that he had seriously damaged it. It seemed that the unstoppable monster had a weak point after all.

"Come out and play human!" howled the monster as a large sphere of pink energy began to form in his mouth. With a resounding roar, the ape unleashed a giant pink energy wave that quickly traveled in the direction Tien was hiding. The human knew however that it was not aimed at him as the beast was facing slightly to his right. The beam of energy traveled at an astounding speed and created a trench as it traveled slightly above the ground, demolishing anything that stood in its path. It finally landed off in the distance and with a reverberating explosion; a blinding pink light filled the horizon. When the light finally died down, Tien watched in complete awe as smoke rose from the completely destroyed terrain.

"I can do this all day you human scum or would you like to come out and fight me!" After a moment of silence the beast continued, "Fine have it your way, if you won't come out than I'll just have to blast you out of hiding."

The giant ape then began firing off giant ki blast in every direction, hoping that one of his energy attacks would hit the hiding human. Within a minute, everything within a hundred yard radius of the beast had been completely leveled. The human warrior grimaced, it wouldn't be long until the giant ape discovered his hiding spot and then it would be all over for him.

Finally the moment came, the beast fired a blast right at the mountain Tien was hiding behind and he was forced to take to the sky to avoid being hit by the blast. With a roar of triumph the giant ape leapt after his prey and as Tien landed on the top of a rock pillar, the giant ape landed right in front of him with an insane grin on its face. The three eyed fighter winced as he saw the barred fangs and imagined being bitten by those sharp teeth.

"I have you now you pitiful human!" howled the giant ape in triumph as he brought his fist crashing down on the rock face. The fighter jumped into the air so that he was face to face with the monster but he knew that there was no getting out of this one. He was sitting target hovering in the air like this and he didn't have the energy to use the Kaio-Ken again to escape.

Just when he thought it was all over for him, he felt a weight suddenly collide into his side. The shocked Tien turned his head to see one of his counterparts crashing into his side. As the other Tien hit him though, the two Tien's begin to meld together and as the force of the impact forced the two Tiens to rejoin the giant ape watched on in shock, not knowing what to make of the scene before him. As the two Tiens become one, their memories also joined together and the new, combined Tien smirked as his part of the plan popped into his head.

"SOLAR FLARE!" he yelled as he brought his hands over his face and a blinding white light exploded around him, blinding the giant ape in front of him.

"ARAGH!" bellowed the giant ape in pain as he brought his hands to his eyes. "WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE EYES?"

Tien dove down to the ground as the beast above him howled in agony. There, standing in wait, was the last Tien and he carefully angled himself so that he would collide with him head on. The two Tiens merged together instantaneously upon impact and as soon as he was once again complete Tien screamed, "KAIO-KENX5!"

The crimson aura erupted around him bigger and brighter than ever and his entire body trembled from the added power it had just gained. Knowing he didn't have much time, Tien brought his hand down to waist level and a misty golden sphere began to form around his hand which was in the shape of a C. As almost all of his energy rushed into his right hand Tien looked down at the swirling energy that surrounded his hand.

"My ultimate technique," he mumbled as he stared at the energy for a second longer before lifting his head to stare at the giant ape above him.

"TAKE THIS!" he screamed as he thrust his right arm upward. "SPIRIT TRI-BEAM!"

The sphere of energy that surrounded his hand shot forward, expanding in size until it was around a man-sized sphere of swirling golden energy. It only took a fraction of a second for the sphere to reach its intended target, and the beast opened its good eye just in time to see the attack before it collided with him. The ape howled in agony before the roar of the explosion covered his screams of pain in the sound of pure destruction.

When the sphere hit its target, the light emitted from the explosion completely covered the entire landscape as far as the eye could see and the magnitude of it was so great that it was visible from space. The winds from the explosion were so furious that they kicked up whirlwinds of dust and loose debris all across the rocky terrain. The billows were so tall that they dwarfed the surrounding rock pillars and mountains. Finally, after a few seconds of violent eruption, the winds ceased and the light faded away and all that was left of the attack was the giant cloud of smoke that rose high above the entire battlefield.

When the blinding light faded away it revealed the true destructive power of the blast. A basin 50 feet deep had been carved below the epicenter of the explosion that was 300 yards in diameter. The rock inside of the basin was completely smooth but steam rose off it from the years' worth of water that had been stored underground that had just been evaporated by the blast. In the middle of the giant, newly created basin stood a single platform of rock that had survived the blast in the eye of the storm. On that platform lay Tien, as he forced himself onto one knee, the force of the blast having knocked him down to the ground.

He surveyed the scene of destruction around him before lifting his head to look at the huge, black cloud that was just starting to dissipate. He watched anxiously as the ominous cloud of smoke faded away and revealed the giant ape. The beast was hovering in the air, its armor having almost been completely destroyed the shoulder spikes blown away as well as the thigh guards. The blue jumpsuit that had covered its body was now torn and shredded revealing patches of brown fur underneath. The top right half of the white breastplate had been blown off where the sphere had made impact with the ape and now there was only burnt fur there.

The giant ape shuddered and then fell to the bottom of the basin with a resounding crash. The beast continued to shudder as waves of pain continued to rack its entire body. Tien cursed under his breath after coming to the realization that while he had severely damaged the monster with his attack he hadn't managed to mortally wound it. He gnashed his teeth together as he watched the beast rumble and slowly lift itself up and off the floor of the basin.

"You," growled the ape as it forced itself onto one knee, bringing its head to the same level as the platform. "You will pay dearly for that you pathetic human trash." The ape finally found its footing and stood upright so that it was towering over the kneeling figure of the defender of Earth.

Just as it raised its fist up to smash the life out of the impudent fighter, an orange clad warrior suddenly appeared in front of the three eyed human. The black haired fighter had his hands cupped at his side and a blue orb of energy had already formed inside of them. The giant ape reeled backwards, surprised by the sudden appearance of the only other living full-blooded saiyan.

"Stay away from my friend," said Goku as he stared down the giant beast in front of him. The thoughts of all of his other friends he had been unable to save flashed before his eyes right before he screamed, "KAMEHAMEHA!"

The blue wave of energy erupted out of his cupped hands and almost instantaneously collided with the great ape's face, striking directly on the fleshy part of its snout. The wild haired saiyan could hear the beast's bellows of anguish behind the cloud of smoke that obscured its face from sight. Goku quickly scooped up his friend and blasted away from the giant monster that was wallowing in pain inside of the newly created basin.

"YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT KAKAROT!" roared the beast.

Goku raced to a securely hidden spot behind two adjacent mountains and laid his friend down. The three eyed warrior looked worse for wear and Goku could tell that he didn't have much energy left.

"Used almost all of my energy in that last attack," muttered the triclops. He then began coughing as his lungs desperately searched for air. Knowing his friend's condition was dire, Goku quickly slipped his hands inside of his pockets and he searched frantically through them. With an exclamation of joy, the fighter fished out a small green bean that looked like it had been snapped in half.

"Where did you get that?" stammered Tien as he stared at the half of a senzu bean Goku held in his hand.

The orange clad fighter smiled. "Gohan snuck it to me when we were saying our good-byes. He said that he hadn't really been hurt and that we would probably need it more than he did. Chi-Chi would throw a fit if she had known about it, but he was right you need this right now." The triclops was too sore to argue and he accepted the bean his friend placed in his mouth and chewed on it greedily. It didn't take long for the bean's restorative powers to take effect.

Tien stood up and flexed his arms. The waves of pain that had been coursing up and down his body had resided to only a slight soreness and he felt his energy partially restored. He was no were near his full power, but it was better than being at death's doorstep. The only huge downside to using the Spirit Tri-Beam was the fact that it took its power from the user's life-energy and Tien had almost completely drained himself dry in an effort to destroy the giant ape.

The three eyed human looked over to where his friend was sitting against the side of the mountain. "You saved me," said Tien in awe at his friend's courage. "I thought I told you to get out of here."

The saiyan from earth shrugged and then stood up next to Tien. "And miss I fight like the one I just witnessed, no way! You were totally awesome Tien! That Kaio-ken you use is unbelievable! You have to show me how to do it!"

The human just smiled at his friend before his expression turned grim. "Yeah the fight was going according to plan until he transformed into that giant monkey. Now I can't even hurt the damn thing! Both the Kaio-ken and the Spirit Tri-Beam haven't worked and at my current level I can barely use the Kaio-ken like I was before and I defiantly can't pull of the Spirit Tri-Beam again."

Goku just clasped his friend on the shoulder. "Hey, what are you talking about that you can't hurt that overgrown monkey? Did you not just see what I saw? That attack was beyond words Tien! You sent that giant ape crashing to the ground like a ton of bricks!"

The human warrior just clenched his fists together as his friend spoke his encouraging words. "It wasn't good enough though."

"Don't worry Tien; I have experience against these giant monkeys." Tien looked up at his friend's grinning face in surprise. "Yeah besides transforming into one a few times myself, Piccolo and I had to deal with Gohan when he transformed into one during the time we were training for the saiyans."

"So you know how to beat these things?" questioned Tien

Goku nodded his head. "Sure do. When Gohan transformed, we had to get rid of the source of the transformation. Piccolo had already tangled with Gohan's transformed self before and he immediately tried to destroy the moon which turned out to be a projection. What caused the transformation turned out to be a projector out of my old space pod and once we destroyed that Gohan turned back to normal."

"I'm not even going to ask any of the questions I have right now, I'll just save them until we're not in a life or death situation," said Tien as questions about Goku's year of training bounced around inside of his head.

Ignoring his friend, Goku continued, "I saw Vegeta throw that white orb of energy into the air so that must be what caused the transformation. So if we can destroy that than it should cause Vegeta to turn back to normal. Problem is I'm not even sure if that thing can even be destroyed. I tried while he was distracted earlier and it didn't even seem to affect it, but maybe I'm just not strong enough. Vegeta was much stronger than I was when he created it so that might be why."

"No, I think our best bet is to try and remove that ape's tail. After Gohan had turned back to normal, Piccolo immediately removed his tail and Kami removed my tail before he restored the moon so I'm guessing that if we can somehow cut off his tail, then he'll be forced to turn back."

Tien nodded in understanding. "I see," he mumbled as he continued to formulate a surefire plan to rid themselves of the giant ape. His eyes lighted up as a strategy formed inside of his bald head. "Goku, I've got a plan…" he began until they heard a loud roar.

"I'VE FOUND YOU!" howled the giant ape in triumph as he opened his mouth and fired an enormous energy wave at the pair of fighters. The energy wave raced towards the duo at an alarming speed and Goku was able to jump out of the way of the pink beam. Tien however was struck point-blank by the blast and the beam continued off into the distance until exploding and setting the entire horizon ablaze.

"TIEN!" yelled Goku in horror as he stared at the flames that he imagined was where his friend was burning in agony. He turned and began to fly towards the scene of destruction but he was cut off by a similar beam of energy which he halted just in time to avoid. The waves of heat radiated off of the wave and caused Goku's skin to burn slightly from his proximity to the beam.

The sound of the great ape's low rumbling laugh caused Goku to turn and stare at the beast in fury. "Well at least I finally rid myself of that meddlesome human," it boomed as it continued its thunderous laughter. "That foolish human thought that he could stand against the might of the saiyans! Pathetic! He should have just given up. He, a weakling human, could never hope to defeat the Prince of All Saiyans!"

Goku began to shake in anger as he watched the giant ape mock his friend. Despite his best efforts, the monster had still managed to kill his friend. All he had done was delay it for a few minutes and on top of all that, Tien had just come up with a plan to beat the giant beast that had just slain him.

"Well I guess it's your turn now Kakarot," commented the giant ape as it turned its one good eye on the saiyan from earth. "You should consider yourself lucky. It's not every day the prince of your race personally executes a traitor such as yourself Kakarot."

The giant ape threw a furry punch at the hovering fighter which he evaded and then began flying towards the feet of the giant monster. Goku knew it was up to him now that Tien was gone to defeat the beast or Vegeta would go unchallenged as he destroyed the rest of the planet. He dodged another blow from the great ape by barrel rolling away from the flying monkey fist.

The saiyan from earth flew around the ape's feet, trying to get a good view of its tail but the monster kicked at the flying saiyan. Goku managed to evade the kick but the wind from the attack sent him flying away from the beast. His feet touched down on the side of a rock face and he jumped off it just as the ape's fist drove into the rock, breaking it apart.

While Goku flew past the outstretched arm of the ape he began to form a golden disk in the palm of his right hand in a similar fashion to how Krillin had earlier during the fight against Nappa. As he flew past the main body of the giant monkey the black haired fighter finally set sight on his target, the base of the monkey's tail. With a valiant battle cry Goku threw his energy disk at the base of the great ape's tail and watched as it neared its target but as the disk neared the base of the tail, the ape pivoted on its right foot, spinning the tail out of harm's way.

"Damn it!" yelled Goku as the energy disk landed harmlessly into the ground. The saiyan from earth then saw that a shadow was being cast over him and he looked up to see a giant brown tail come crashing down on top of him. He was sent spiraling down into the ground and as he hit the rocky surface, the giant ape leapt into the air and then brought its white boot crashing down on top of the lower half of Goku's body. Goku screamed in agony as he felt his legs and spine flattened underneath the weight of the great ape.

The giant monkey rumbled in laughter as he continued to crush the saiyan from earth underneath his boot. "Ha, that's what you get for trying to cut off my tail Kakarot. You should know better, how would you feel if someone tried to cut off your tail? Oh that's right; you've already lost your tail! Ha you're a disgrace Kakarot."

The giant ape again pressed down on the other saiyan's body. Goku just gnashed his teeth together and thrust his right arm up and fired a small blue ki wave at the ape's already damaged eye. Upon impact the beast stumbled backwards and grasped his eye before turning his gaze back towards the paralyzed warrior.

"Ah that stung Kakarot! If that's the way it's going to be then fine Kakarot, I'll make sure your entire body's broken now before I kill you!" The giant ape reached down and scooped up the defenseless saiyan and grasped him with both of his giant hands and squeezed. Goku let out another scream of pain as he felt his ribs and arms snap this time.

"Ha Kakarot, I promised you an agonizing death earlier and here it is. You're an embarrassment to our entire race Kakarot. I offer you the chance to rule the universe by my side and you choose to side with these pathetic humans. What a fool! You should have known that you had no chance of defeating me and now all of your pitiful friends are dead and soon you will be too. So here it is Kakarot, the traitor's death you deserve!" As the great ape prepared to squeeze the life out of the saiyan from earth, his giant ears suddenly picked up an abhorrent sound he thought he would never again hear.

"Kaio-kenx3!"

The giant monkey turned its head away from Kakarot to see the three eyed freak off in the distance. That repugnant crimson aura blazed around his body furiously as he raised his right arm into the air and shouted, "Dodon Wave!"

The beast watched in horror as the golden energy wave soared into the air and then collided with his Power Ball, causing the white orb to explode in a flash of blinding light.

Well there it is, Part II of the Tien vs. Vegeta fight! Hope you all enjoyed it. Let me know what you think of it in a review! Plus I kind of what to know what you guys thought of Tien's conversation with himself. I know I loved writing that part so I hoped you guys liked it too. Anyway the last part of this fight should be up soon, maybe tomorrow if I can churn it out that fast. Be on the lookout for it though. On too power levels!

Tien: 10,000

Vegeta: 16,000

Vegeta Oozaru: 160,000

Tien (Kaio-kenx4): 40,000 Time Limit=1 minute

Tri-Form Tien: 3,333

Tri-Form Tien (Kaio-ken): 6,666 Time Limit=a few seconds

Tri-Form Tien (Kaio-ken Dodon Ray): 8,000

Tien (Kaio-kenx5 Spirit Tri-Beam): 150,000

Vegeta Oozaru (after being hit by Spirit Tri-Beam): 80,000

Goku: 5,500

Goku (Kamehameha): 7,500

Tien (after eating 1/2 senzu bean): 6,000

Tien (Kaio-kenx3): 18,000 Time Limit=a few seconds

Ok Goku's power jumped up because of the beating he took from Nappa earlier. After eating the senzu bean Tien gave him, he received a boost in power like all saiyans do after getting beat up badly like that. Tien took a major dip in power because in using the Spirit Tri-Beam he nearly killed himself from lack of life energy. The ½ senzu bean saved him but it did not fully restore him. For those of you who don't know, the Spirit Tri-Beam as the attack Tien used against Nappa after Chiaotzu died and he tried to kill Nappa with this attack. Using this attack is what killed Tien in the canon universe because he poured all of his energy into it. Obviously this one was a lot more powerful but Tien is much more powerful in this story than in the canon universe so I believe it's justified. By the way the time limit of Tien's Kaio-kenx5 is only a few seconds like how Goku used it in canon. At a certain magnitude Tien can only hold it for that long but don't worry it's not a set ceiling. Later on he will be able to go higher than that and longer.

If you have any questions about the power levels or anything else feel free to leave them in a review and I'll answer them. If you have anything else you want to say about the story, also leave that in a review. If you couldn't tell, I love reviews! Alright, I'll see you all in the conclusion of the Tien vs. Vegeta fight in the next chapter. Til next time!