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.

17. Saiyan Arc: Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Tien smirked as he saw the moon-sized orb of energy in the sky explode after his own beam collided with it. He let the deep red aura that surrounded him fade away as he watched the white energy seemingly sprinkle to the ground as it fragmented into a million pieces from its encounter with his Dodon Wave.

The human fighter looked over towards the great ape that had begun to shudder as soon as the orb had been destroyed. The beast had its gigantic mouth agape as its entire body began to tremble and shrink back down to normal. It looked like Goku had been right, as soon as he had destroyed that sphere of energy the saiyan had begun to transform back into his normal body. The snout began to compress back into its face and the brown fur began to recede as it slowly shrunk down to earth. Completely occupied by the sudden forced transformation, the giant ape dropped the crimpled fighter it held and Goku feel helplessly to the ground.

The three eyed fighter quickly rushed to his friend's aid and caught the falling saiyan in his arms. Goku still whimpered from the touch of his friend since almost every bone in his body had been ground to powder from the giant monkey's grip. Tien carefully set his black haired friend on the ground and couldn't help but feel guilty about his current condition. If he hadn't fooled his friend into believing he was dead than Goku would have been more careful when evading the giant ape's attacks. Instead, the saiyan from earth had foolishly rushed in thinking he was the planet's last hope and left himself as a sitting target for the monster. If only he had been allowed a few more seconds to convey his plan to Goku before being forced to implement it by the ape's attack.

"How?" Tien turned to look at the saiyan prince who was several yards behind him. The saiyan's back was arched and he was staring at the ground, in shock by his forced transformation back into his normal state. The saiyan's armor was completely blown away, all that remained of his golden shoulder spikes were the bases of them and there was no trace of his thigh and groin guards. His breastplate was missing a huge check at the top right half which revealed a nasty burn that went all the way across his pectoral muscle. His blue jumpsuit was shredded, with numerous tears that exposed countless bruises and cuts that went up and down the saiyan's arms and legs. To top it all off the saiyan's face was covered in ash from the explosion of Goku's Kamehameha earlier and his left eye was sealed shut from Tien's Dodon Ray.

"You're supposed to be dead!" shouted Vegeta as he turned his eyes upward to stare into Tien's. The human could see the gleam of madness in the saiyan's eyes and he knew that the man was still very dangerous. "I know I hit you! I saw your body being consumed by my blast and Kakarot saw it as well! There's no way you should still be alive!"

The human just sent a playful smirk at the infuriated saiyan. "What you saw was my afterimage being hit by your ki wave. You really thought that I couldn't dodge another one of those blasts? I had been evading those the entire time you were a giant monkey, and at half of my current power level. It was child's play to create an afterimage and then move at of the way of that slow attack. I just needed you to believe that you had killed me so that I could your focus off of me so that I could get a clear shot at that fake moon you made."

"How did you manage to destroy it?" demanded the saiyan. "You're no were near as strong as you were at the beginning of our battle and I was almost at full power when I created it!" A snarl formed on the saiyan's face as the answer popped into his head. "That damned Kaio-ken!"

The human just nodded his head. "Yes, and now I know that little technique's weakness. It's only as powerful as you were when you created it. That's why Goku couldn't destroy it because he was less than half of your power level when you made that orb. I however, using the Kaio-kenx3, was able to surpass that and destroy it and now that I know that, I can blast any other orb you try throwing into dust before you can even begin to transform." The saiyan snarled as the triclops dropped down into his fighting stance.

"Enough talk though," said Tien as he eyed his battered opponent. "It's time to end this once and for all now that your ace in the hole has failed."

The saiyan snorted as he too sunk into his fighting stance. "Ha, haven't you learned yet freak! No weakling human is ever going to defeat an elite saiyan, especially now that you're not even at full power!"

"I have enough power to finish you off!" yelled Tien as his arms snapped to 90 degree angles. "Kaio-ken!" screamed the human warrior and the crimson aura once again surrounded his body. The saiyan grimaced as he knew that he was outclassed at the moment.

The human gave the saiyan a mocking smile before pushing off of the ground straight towards the saiyan. He drew back his fist and smashed it into his enemies' gut, relishing in the fact that he could once again inflict damage against the saiyan. After punching the saiyan, Tien brought his knee up and slammed it against the bent over saiyan's face which sent Vegeta falling backwards, with blood gushing out of his nose.

The saiyan landed on his back but quickly pushed himself up and into a handspring as Tien brought his foot crashing down where Vegeta had been a spilt second ago. The human followed his stomp up with a chop to the saiyan's neck but his attack was blocked by the saiyan's forearm. Vegeta tried to counter attack by grabbing the human's arm with both hands and flipping him over his shoulder, but as Tien was being thrown he caught the saiyan in the back of the head with a kick that caused Vegeta to release his grip on the human and stubble forward. The three eyed fighter flipped in the air after being released and landed on his feet only a few feet in front of the saiyan.

Pressing the attack, Tien quickly closed the distance between him and the saiyan. Vegeta threw a right hook at the oncoming fighter, but he simply ducked underneath the blow which gave him an opening to the saiyan's exposed torso. Tien then began to use a technique called the Machine Gun Punch, an older technique that he had been using since his days in the Crane School. His arms began to move so fast that they appeared to be windmills on his shoulders and he hit the saiyan's torso an uncountable amount of times with rapid two finger strikes. The attack thrashed the saiyan around like a ragdoll, every strike cracking and denting his remaining armor while causing bruising underneath it. After a few seconds of using his old technique, Tien quickly kicked the saiyan in the chin and sent him flying into the air.

The human quickly pressed off of the ground and chased after the saiyan who had already regained control of his flight. Vegeta fired a small purple ki wave at the three eyed fighter, which he evaded by barrel rolling out of the path of the beam. Tien heard a small explosion behind him as he came into range of the saiyan and tried to roundhouse kick his opponent's temple. Vegeta ducked underneath the kick and then connected with an uppercut to the human's jaw. Tien shrugged the blow off and then dodged a roundhouse kick from the saiyan.

Bending slightly to avoid a chop from the saiyan, Tien brought his right leg to his chest and then extended it, inserting his foot right into the saiyans gut. He quickly retracted the foot and his leg became a crimson blur as he kicked every inch of the saiyan he could see. Vegeta's head was whipped back as the human's foot struck his face several times before moving down to his chest and the saiyan gnashed his teeth together when Tien kicked the burn on his exposed pectoral muscle. Finally the human kicked the saiyan in the sternum and which sent him staggering backwards for several yards. After recovering from the kick, the saiyan snarled and charged Tien with a ferocious yell and unleashed a flurry of lightning fast punches that he evaded his body a blur as he dodged the swift blows.

As the saiyan threw his last punch, Tien's crimson colored fist clasped around it and the human dragged his enemy towards, causing him to lose his balance. Then with his other hand he grasped the saiyan's arm and he once had a good grip, he lifted the saiyan and began to spin. Right as the momentum from his spin reached its maximum; the triclops released his hold on the saiyan and sent him flying back towards the ground. When Vegeta hit the ground, a huge column of dust and debris exploded into the air from the crash site and the saiyan lay at the bottom of a small crater. He slowly began to pick himself up though as the cloud of dust fell back to the ground.

"This guy just won't give up will he," muttered Tien as he watched the saiyan push off of the ground and into a standing position. Just as he prepared to fly down and engage the saiyan again, the triclops suddenly felt an overwhelming pain erupted in every single one of his muscles. He looked down at his arms to see that they were bulging far more than was normal and they looked like they were about to burst. With a loud cry of agony, he fell out of the sky and landed on the ground with a loud thud as the intense pain continued to pulsate inside of his muscles.

Tien quickly dispelled the crimson aura that surrounded his body. He had identified the symptoms he had been suffering from as overuse of the Kaio-ken technique, but how was that possible. He had only been using it at the weakest level and only for a couple of minutes now, he should be able to maintain it for much longer than this! He then quickly remembered that he was not at the same power level as before, but he had thought he'd be able to maintain regular Kaio-ken for longer than a couple of minutes.

Apparently he had miscalculated however and as his body's limit had been reached faster than he had anticipated. It made sense though now that Tien thought about it, he had only been able to maintain the Kaio-kenx3 for an instant at his current level and so it stood to reason that he could only maintain the Kaio-ken for a couple of minutes max. In his attempt to finish the saiyan off, he must have overdone it and his sub-consciousness must have subdued the warning bells that had been going off in his head.

He cursed himself for his stubbornness. It was not the first time that he had worked his body to hard trying to gain advantage he could from it. Often times in his earlier days when he fought in the World Martial Arts Tournament he would often almost cost himself the match because he used to much of his energy in a single attack. It was that way in the final of the 22nd Tournament when he had used the last of his energy to destroy the ring, almost costing him the match because Goku knocked him out of the sky and he didn't have the energy to regain control of his flight. In fact, many of his techniques required himself to use his own life energy and Tien would almost always pour to much of his energy into the attack almost killing himself such as when he had used the Spirit Tri-Beam.

He had always been this way, even during training. He always pushed himself too hard, sometimes doing more harm than good to his body because he thought he could gain just a little more power by continuing a little longer which often times led to his body giving out and him hurting himself. He had done this exact same thing at King Kai's planet numerous times as he tried to maintain the Kaio-ken a little longer until his body finally couldn't take it anymore. After he recovered, which was remarkably fast in Otherworld, he would be stronger because of it.

But he wasn't in Otherworld anymore and this wasn't training. He couldn't afford mishaps like that now, not against Vegeta. Now, because of his stubbornness, he probably couldn't perform the Kaio-ken again. He had been lucky that he had only suffered as much damage as he had, a little longer and his body might literally have exploded from the strain he was exerting on it. If he tried the technique again, that would be the sure outcome so for the rest of the fight he would just have to do without.

"Heh, heh," snickered Vegeta as he stepped out of the crater and began walking towards the kneeling fighter. "I figured that little trick of yours had to have a time limit and it seems you've finally reached it haven't you." The saiyan smirked as Tien forced himself off of the ground and stared defiantly at the saiyan.

"Without that technique you're nothing compared to me. Now you're just a weak and pathetic human that's run out of tricks to humiliate me with. I'll make sure that I pay you back for every single blow you've struck against me ten-fold what you dealt me! I'm going to make your death long and agonizing because you thought a pitiful human like yourself could defeat an elite saiyan like me! Now you will feel the full wrath of the Prince of All Saiyans!"

The saiyan flew forward with a fierce battle cry and he immediately thrust his leg forward and kicked the triclops in the head. Tien was sent flying into the side of a nearby rock pillar and his body cracked and dented the rock face before bouncing off and landing on the ground. He quickly pushed himself off the rocky surface and into to the sky to avoid the purple ki blast that had come screaming towards his position. The blast exploded and carved out a giant hole in the face of the mountain.

Tien stopped his flight and began searching for the saiyan warrior. He had disappeared after firing the ki blast and the human's head swiveled around searching for any trace of the warrior. Finally he found the saiyan's energy and quickly ducked to avoid the outstretched leg of the saiyan warrior. Vegeta recovered swiftly from the missed attack though and halted his flight and sprung at the defender of Earth and his arm whistled through the air as he tried to hit the human with a chop. Tien pushed himself backwards and the knifed hand sliced inches away from his face.

The human fighter retaliated with a quick punch aimed at the saiyan's gut but Vegeta lifted his knee and knocked the blow off course. Tien followed up his failed attack with a series of rapid punches and kicks which were mere blurs to the human eye and the saiyan was forced to deflect all of the attacks. The three eyed fighter, seeing that his barrage was having little effect, spun his body around and swung his leg upward and it was sent rocketing towards the saiyan's head. To his surprise, the saiyan caught his kick with both hands and Vegeta quickly tightened his grip on the baggy green pants Tien wore. He pulled the leg towards him, causing Tien to lose his balance as he was dragged forward, and as the human got into his reach the saiyan brought his head back and then slammed it into the forehead of his opponent.

Stunned by the saiyans attack, Tien's hands immediately went to his head in an instinctive reflex. The saiyan smirked as he released his grip on the fighter's leg before driving one of his elbows into the human's exposed stomach. The triclops gasped in pain as his back was forcibly arched as his perfectly horizontal body became shaped like a U after the elbow from the saiyan. The force of the blow sent him flying towards the ground but he regained his composure and flipped his body into an upright position and he braced himself for impact with the ground. When his feet touched down, they continued to skid across the ground from the momentum of his fall and his feet created small trenches in the rocky surface as Tien grinded himself to a halt.

The three eyed human was not allowed anytime to rest however because as he lifted his head to look into the sky he saw a volley of ki blasts rapidly making their way towards him. Tien quickly raised both of his hands to chest level and clasped them together, leaving his index fingers pointing upwards. He closed his eyes for a moment as he brought his energy to the surface and a golden glow began to outline his body before snapping all three of his eyes open and with a yell he unleashed a powerful Kiai. The clear white energy gushed out from his body and dispelled the ki blasts that were only a foot away from their target. The Kiai sent the energy blasts scattering in all directions away from the triclops, some exploding in mid-air and others detonating after hitting various rock pillars.

After propelling the deadly projectiles away from his body, Tien watched as the saiyan slowly descended on to the rocky terrain several yards in front of him. The human was panting slightly and he let his arms hang limply by his sides as he tried to regain his breath. He noticed that the saiyan also was out of breath and the two warriors eyes met as their chests seemed to heave in unison. Both fighters knew that their epic battle was going to come down to a test of willpower, of how wanted to live more. Tien knew that the saiyan had the advantage in strength now that he could no longer use the Kaio-ken but he wasn't about to let the saiyan beat him now. Not when he had worked so hard so he would be able to protect his planet from the saiyans would he fail now when he was so close.

With a fierce battle cry, the saiyan leapt forward as his violet aura erupted around him in a violent display of power. The energy he was giving off caused the rocks underneath him to crumble and turn into powder as he charged towards the three eyed human. Tien was caught slightly off guard, but he quickly composed himself and as the saiyan began to throw his fist forward, he quickly brought his hands over his face, with his fingers spread apart, and shouted, "Solar Flare!"

The blinding white light emitted from Tien's technique instantly blinded the oncoming saiyan and halted him in his tracks. Vegeta instinctively brought his hands up to cover his burning eyes leaving the rest of his body open to attack. The triclops instantly dropped to the ground and swept the saiyan's legs out from underneath him and the flame-haired warrior was momentarily horizontally parallel to the ground beneath him. Tien rapidly succeed his leg sweep with a powerful knee strike into the small of the saiyan's exposed back. When the three eyed fighter's knee drove into the vulnerable area, Vegeta's back arched and he let out an inaudible gasp of pain. The human then brought both of his hands over his head and clasped them together and then brought his clasped hands smashing into the saiyan's sternum while simultaneously removing his knee from the saiyan's back. The overhead blow sent the saiyan slamming into the ground and as he hit the ground, Tien phased out of sight. The force of the attack caused the saiyan's body to ricochet off of the rocky surface and he hovered off the ground about an inch for a second. At that moment though the human fighter reappeared and rammed his knee into the saiyan's exposed gut, smashing Vegeta back into the ground and causing him to vomit up blood from the force of the knee strike.

As Tien jumped back off of the saiyan, Vegeta's expression turned from one of pain to a fierce snarl. The saiyan quickly brought his knees to his chest and then shot them forward, hammering his feet into the human's gut. The three eyed fighter was sent flying backwards and his body was slammed into the side of a mountain. After being stuck in the rock face for a moment, the triclops tumbled 30 feet down the side of the mountain and landed with a thud on the hard ground.

The two fighters simultaneously rolled so that they were on their knees, both of them clutching their stomachs from the intense pain that was pulsating there. Both fighters' eyes were wide with pain as they lay there for a moment just waiting for the waves of pain that were shooting up and down their bodies to die down. Finally, both fighters' gnashed their teeth together and forced themselves to stand with their backs to their opponents as they both resolved to defeat their enemy no matter the cost.

With identical battle cries, the two warriors turned towards their opponent and blasted off the ground towards each other, dust billowing behind them as they charged towards each other. Both saiyan and human pulled back their fist as they neared each other and with another fierce battle cry they thrust their arms forward. Their punches collided with each other and as their fists connected a giant white shockwave erupted from their fists with a loud boom. The shockwave demolished everything that it touched as it moved out from the two fighters' fist and as the shockwave died down, the two fighters phased out of sight and took their battle into the sky.

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Goku watched from the ground as he watched his friend battle the saiyan prince high in the sky. The two warriors would exchange a flurry of blows before vanishing and then reappearing with a loud crash as they collided once again. The paralyzed fighter was amazed by the sheer strength and speed the two warriors were displaying now; even after all of their injuries and the exhaustion they must be feeling from fighting for so long.

He was grateful that he could keep up with their movements now; it made the fight much more enjoyable to watch. Before when he had observed the beginning of their fight, Goku had trouble keeping up with the two when they were fighting against each other as a "warm-up". Then when Tien had unveiled the Kaio-ken, all he could see where the blurs of the crimson and violet auras as they battled each other. He had been awestruck by the power the two fighters had commanded with such grace. Both fighters' form and technique had been flawless, making Goku's own style seem slow and inefficient. Even now when the two were fighting near Goku's own level, he could tell that both the saiyan prince and the three eyed human had much better technique than his own. Vegeta would attack Tien and he would immediately counter and attack, which would be countered by Vegeta and this would be repeated a number of times before they disengaged and moved so fast they were mere blurs before they reengaged each other.

Goku chuckled as a huge shockwave exploded right above him. Tien had always had better form than he had, it was what the triclops excelled at. He had known that ever since they had first met at the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament. The three eyed human had been cold then, a ruthless assassin that was willing to do anything to win and humiliate his opponents so that he could prove that the Crane School was superior to the Turtle School in every way.

Yamcha and Krillin at first had not taken the assassin seriously, believing that he was all bark with no bite but he quickly proved them wrong defeating any opponent he had come up against with ruthless efficiency. Goku could sense all long though that Tien was a force to be reckoned with but he didn't know how right he was until the assassin had gone against Yamcha. It seemed like the match was dead even, but Goku could tell that the three eyed fighter had been holding back. He only got a glimpse of Tien's true strength when he had taken every single hit from Yamcha's most powerful attack without even flinching. The assassin then demonstrated his cruelty by shattering the former bandit's leg before walking out of the arena.

That was Tien back then, cruel and ruthless to everyone he met. The only people he seemed to have any regard for back then was Chiaotzu and his teachers the Crane Hermit and Mercenary Tao. When he had discovered that it was Goku who had seemingly killed Tao at the time he had sworn vengeance against him and promised him that he would die because of it. However, the assassin began to have a change of heart after his match against Jackie Chun and Goku could sense the internal struggle within him as they began their fight.

There was another loud boom as Goku's eyes glazed over as he envisioned his and Tien's first fight against each other. He had been completely surprised by the strength the triclops had possessed, being the first person that Goku could actually fight at full power in almost three years. It had been a battle of technique and form against pure strength and speed, with Tien having mastered the Crane Style of fighting and Goku trying to win simply through being faster and stronger than his opponent. It had always worked in the past but Tien pushed him to the absolute limit with his numerous powerful techniques and strategies.

It was also during that fight that Goku first saw the honorable side of the three eyed warrior. At first Goku thought that Tien was the one that had ordered Chiaotzu to paralyze his body and prevent him from defending himself. When Tien found out however, he had demanded that his friend stop and even rejected his master's teachings as he refused to kill Goku during their match. After Goku had been released, Tien had even refused to fight back as Goku pounded him and when he had asked why the triclops had said that it he had an unfair advantage since Chiaotzu had interfered and so he allowed Goku to even the score.

Looking back on it now, he realized that it was during that fight that Tien had morphed into the person he had become today. He was honorable, fair, and unyielding. Every time Goku had knocked him to the ground, Tien had refused to go down and had gotten back and continued the fight just as he was doing now during his fight against the saiyan. It was also during that fight that he realized that the three eyed fighter was the only person in the world that would be able to push him to become stronger. He had already far surpassed Yamcha and Krillin and neither of them had the work ethic that Tien did to continue growing stronger.

This was evident in the next World Martial Arts Tournament when Tien was the only person that actually made him try before fighting against Piccolo. Goku however had written Tien off then, Goku had still surpassed him by great deal then through his training with Kami and he had a new rival now in Piccolo to continue to push him. He had been wrong though because when Raditz arrived, Tien had been right with him and Piccolo in strength. He had been completely shocked by the three eyed warrior's improvement, it demonstrated Tien's pride. He always wanted to be the best and he was willing to work twice as hard to achieve his goal.

Now though, Goku was the one that would have to catch up with Tien. The three eyed human was much stronger than him now, even without the use of the Kaio-ken. There was no other person Goku would rather have defending the Earth though at this moment than Tien though. The warrior was still as unyielding as ever and as he had told Goku during their first battle, he would do anything to achieve his goal and right now his goal was to protect the Earth from the saiyan prince who wished to destroy it.

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Tien was panting heavily as he stared at the saiyan who was hovering across from him. This wasn't good; the saiyan's superior speed was beginning to take its toll on the human warrior. During the last couple of exchanges between the two, the saiyan had landed far more blows on him than he had dished out.

He needed something to even the battle out again; he couldn't let the saiyan keep the upper hand. The three eyed fighter racked his brain as he searched for a technique that could possibly gave him the advantage he needed. The Kaio-ken was out of the question, he couldn't risk destroying his body when the entire planet's fate rested on his shoulders. While he was thinking, Tien's eyes drifted downward and landed on the figure of his paralyzed friend. A vision of their very first fight against each other flashed before his eyes and the triclops saw the answer to his dilemma. It was one of his older techniques and he hadn't performed it in a while but it just might give him the edge he needed.

The human warrior bent his arms at his sides and spread his legs apart as he began to direct his energy into his back. He began to glow with a golden energy as he gathered the energy required to perform his technique and Vegeta watched on with mild curiosity, wondering what trick the triclops had up his sleeve this time. Tien began to yell as he focused all of his mental and physical energy on a spot right below his shoulder blades and another set of arms began to sprout out from his back. The three eyed warrior finished his battle cry when his new set of arms were fully formed and he flexed them above his head.

"What the hell are you?" asked the stunned saiyan. "First three eyes and now four arms, you're an even bigger freak than I thought!" Tien smirked at the shocked saiyan. The expression on the flame-haired saiyan's face was completely priceless, making the Four Witches Technique even more worth using.

Taking advantage of the saiyan's shock, Tien charged forward with a fierce cry and he when he was within range he chopped at the saiyan's neck with both of his top arms. Vegeta barely managed a defense and he raised both of his forearms to block the oncoming blows. The saiyan realized too late that he was now open to attack and he felt two fists slammed into his gut.

The saiyan staggered back in pain and the human warrior continued to press the attack. He unleashed a furious barrage of punches, knife strikes, and elbow strikes, all four of his arms looking like mere blurs as he attempted to hit the flame-haired saiyan. Vegeta recovered quickly and he twisted and contorted his body as he evaded as many of the human's attacks as possible. Even moving at top speed, the saiyan couldn't dodge all of the blows that were sent his way and his arms moved like whips as they deflected the attacks he couldn't dodge. The two fighters bodies looked like thin lines of air because of the speed they were combatting at. With a furious roar, Tien delivered a powerful right hook to the saiyan's jaw that sent him sailing backwards a few yards.

Vegeta snarled as he recovered from the punch and he let loose a battle cry of his own as he flew at the four-armed fighter. Tien braced himself for the saiyan's attack and he cracked his knuckles in all four of his hands as the saiyan threw his first punch. The two fighters again engaged each other, each attacking and defending seemingly at the same time from their movements. Even though Vegeta was faster than the human, Tien's four arms offset the saiyan's advantage and they fought dead even with each other as they flew through the sky pummeling each other. The three eyed fighter was using his regular set of arms to ward off the saiyan's attacks while his top set attacked his opponent.

After several furious exchanges in the sky above the rocky terrain, Vegeta howled as he lifted his leg up and attempted to roundhouse kick the three eyed warrior's head. His eyes widened in shock when he saw that his kick had been caught. With a growl he lifted his other leg up in an attempt to knee the human in the face but that blow was also caught. Growing tired of the human, Vegeta looked down from where he was being held overhead of the triclops and punched down with first his right and then left hands. His punches were quickly intercepted though when the top set of Tien's arms wrapped their hands around the saiyan's wrist.

The saiyan scowled as he was brought to eye level with the human. Tien smirked at his opponent before flipping so that his back was towards the ground and Vegeta's was facing skyward. He then brought his knees to his chest and then kicked upward, slamming his feet into the saiyan's vulnerable gut. Vegeta's mouth opened involuntarily as he let out an inaudible gasp pain as he was sent skyrocketing through the air. His doubled over figure flew into a cloud and out of sight as Tien surveyed the effectiveness of his attack.

The Four Witches Technique was having a greater effect than he had ever hoped for. The saiyan had no idea how to counter his extra set of arms and they had allowed him to score some devastating blows against the proud warrior. As he thought though he saw the violet aura of the saiyan disperse the cloud he had flown through earlier as the saiyan raced towards Tien unleashing a blood curdling scream as he dove towards the three eyed fighter.

Tien braced himself for the saiyan's onslaught but he was forced to move when Vegeta brought his arm back and then thrust it forward firing a purple energy wave at him. The human quickly stepped out of the way to avoid the powerful energy beam, but as he turned around to face the oncoming saiyan he felt an intense pain in his gut. He looked down to see Vegeta with his arms outstretched and his fists buried in his stomach. Tien doubled over in pain around the horizontal figure of the saiyan as Vegeta continued to fly downward, taking the human fighter with him. The saiyan drove Tien through a mountain and as they burst out of the other side he released his hold on the triclops and Tien was sent plummeting towards the base of another mountain. When he collided with the mountain, the force of the impact caused it to collapse on top of his prone figure as a cloud of dust and rock blasted into the air from his crash landing.

The human dug himself out of the mound of debris he was under and when the top half of his body had emerged from the pile he could see the saiyan beginning to charge energy into his hand. Tine grimaced as he saw the purple energy that completely surrounded his opponent's hand and he knew that if he got hit point blank by that attack, than it would be all over. He began to try and push himself out of the mound of rubble he was stuck in with his remaining set of arms, his other set receding after the crash.

"This is the end of the road freak!" screamed Vegeta as the violet glow from his energy made him look even more psychotic. The saiyan smirked as he saw his revenge against the human fighter fast approaching. Just as he was about to fire his beam though, he was kicked out of the sky and as he fell, Vegeta looked up and saw Kakarot's brat floating there. The saiyan scowled as he flipped himself upright and landed on the ground.

"Oh so you've come to die as well! The more the merrier I say!" yelled the enraged saiyan as he crouched down and then blasted back into the sky to engage Gohan. Tien watched on in amazement before feeling himself being pulled out of the ground by his shoulders. He fell onto the ground from the unexpected return of gravity and he looked up to see Chi-Chi with an outstretched hand. He took the woman's hand and she helped up to his feet. Tien looked up into the sky to see the boy trying to break the saiyan's guard and then turned to look at the child's mother.

"What are you two doing here?" he asked bluntly.

"Well we felt Goku's energy drop dramatically and then the enormous energy that was here disappeared as well. Since my husband was in trouble we rushed here immediately. Where is he?"

Tien grimaced. "He's hurt pretty badly," he finally admitted. "I don't think he can even move."

Chi-Chi began to tremble with rage. "That saiyan did it right?" Tien just nodded as he could sense the woman's power level rising. "What do you need me to do so we can kill that son of a bitch?"

The triclops thought for a second before finally answering, "I just need you to keep him distracted for one minute."

The housewife nodded before turning her furious gaze into the sky and blasting off to join her son in battle against the saiyan prince. Her rage grew only more when she found the saiyan beating her son like a punching bag. A deep red aura exploded around her and she extended her leg forward and as she flew forward she screamed,

"Don't you dare touch my son!" Her foot slammed into the side of the saiyan's face and he was flipped backwards from the force of her kick. She immediately continued her assault and began throwing everything she had at the flame-haired saiyan. Vegeta lifted his arms up and she began to pound against his guard continually pushing him backwards. A snarl formed on the saiyan's face as the housewife kept up her onslaught.

"Annoying bitch!" Vegeta spat out as he evaded one of her kicks and then threw a vicious right hook that slammed into the harpy's face and sent her flying backwards. As he prepared to go after the woman, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back and he was sent staggering forward. He turned around to see the brat floating there with his face bearing an uncanny resemblance to his mother's.

"I won't let you hurt my mother!" yelled the boy as he charged towards Vegeta. The two began to exchange blows, neither landing anything on the other. After a few seconds of an even fighting, the saiyan prince was able to break Gohan's guard but as he prepared to exploit the opening he had created, he was forced to duck as Chi-Chi's foot came screaming past his head. He scowled as he braced himself for their combined onslaught.

Vegeta was put completely on the defensive as he warded off the mother-son combo attack. One was attacking him at both of his sides and he was pushed to his limits as he dodged and blocked the whirlwind of limbs that were being thrown at him.

"That's it! I've had it with this PLANET!" Vegeta screamed the last word as he thrust his arms outward and a huge explosive wave erupted out of his body. Chi-Chi and Gohan were both caught mid-attack and then were thrown away from the saiyan by the violent explosion, each traveling in opposite directions. Both son and mother were slammed against rock pillars and they ricocheted off of them and landed onto the ground unconscious. The saiyan was panting heavily after expelling the mother and her son away from him. Just as he prepared to descend to the ground and finish off the pair, his attention was caught by the sound of the three eyed human.

"Tri-Beam, HA!" Vegeta turned to look towards the direction of the sound and he saw the three eyed freak firing a golden square of ki at him. The saiyan smirked as he flew upwards and avoided the giant square and he watched as it passed harmlessly underneath him. The attack then caught a mountain inside of the square and the entire mountain was completely evaporated. Just as he lifted his head to mock his opponent, he heard three, identical voices say in unison,

"Tri-Beam," The saiyan prince lifted his head so that he was looking upward and his eyes widen in terror as he saw three Tiens standing side by side. All of their hands were in the shape of a triangle and Vegeta could tell that they were looking through the triangles straight at him.

"HA!" All three Tiens screamed in unison as a golden light exploded around them. The entire sky was filled with the golden light from their combined attack and hurricane winds rushed throughout the sky, blowing all the clouds that had been above the rocky landscape away and out of site. They heard a loud scream as they heard the saiyan being driven to the ground by the blast and then another explosion erupted, this time from the ground while the golden light continued to obscure everything from sight.

When the light finally died down, all three Tiens were panting heavily as they watched the smoke clear away from the ground revealing a giant square hole in the rocky surface that seemed to travel all the way down to the core of the planet. Completely exhausted from the use of the draining technique all of the Tiens sunk to the ground where they were joined by the fourth Tien and they quickly fused back together.

Once he was completely whole again, Tien did a quick scan to try and sense the saiyan's energy but after discovering none, he collapsed to the ground. His body shuddered with pain after using four Tri-Beams in weaker bodies, depleting the majority of his energy. He coughed up blood as he lay on his knees in front of the giant square hole to abyss that he had created. He fell face down into the rocky surface and he was about to let the sweet embrace of unconsciousness overtake him until he sensed it.

That dark energy which he knew belonged to the saiyan was slowly making its way upward. Tien grimaced as he fought off the blackness that was beginning to cover his eyes. He hadn't been able to sense it earlier because of how much weaker the energy was now, but there was no doubt that it was still there. As he lay on the rocky surface with his face facing the giant hole, he saw the torn and shredded white glove grip the edge of the hole. Tien watched as he began to see the point of the saiyan's black hair and it slowly rose until he could see the saiyan's widow peak.

He turned his gaze away from the gloved hand and began to focus on standing up himself. Tien slowly began to push himself upwards, his body trembling the entire time, but as he got about three inches off of the ground his body collapsed back down. He lifted his head up to see that the saiyan was now completely out of the hole from his Tri-Beam and he too was struggling to stand.

Tien gnashed his teeth together as he again began to push himself upwards. He wasn't going to let that saiyan win, if that bastard was getting up than so was he. He was going to prove to that arrogant saiyan that willpower of the human race was just as great as the saiyan's high and mighty pride. His entire body shook violently as he finally pushed himself high enough so that he could bring one of his legs up. He immediately used his leg to support the rest of his body as he slowly pushed off of his upright knee into a standing position. He looked over to see that the saiyan was still struggling to stand and he hung his arms limply at his sides as he bent his back and tried to collect his breath. He didn't have any strength left to fight but he at least was going to stand against the saiyan.

"I told you human," said Vegeta as he too forced himself to stand. He was a bloody, bruised, and burnt mess. Every inch of his body was covered with bruises, cuts, and burns and yet he still had the strength to stand. The saiyan then slowly began to limp forward, his one good eye burning a hole into Tien with a murderous gleam in its onyx iris.

"I told you pathetic freak, no human can ever defeat me! I cannot be beaten by worthless weaklings like you! I am the Prince of All…"

The saiyan was interrupted as a bright sword suddenly burst from his bare chest. The saiyan looked down in shock at cold steel that was protruding out of him, unable to speak as a trickle of blood streamed down out of his mouth. Vegeta slowly turned his head around to look at his attacker as blood flowed freely out of his wound, only to find a short, fat man with long black hair holding the handle of the sword.

"You picked the wrong planet to mess with buddy," said Yajirobe.

Tien was completely stunned by the samurai's sudden appearance and attack. He watched in horror though as the saiyan's pained expression turned into one of rage as he swiftly slammed a right hook into the samurai's face.

"Yajirobe!" cried out Tien as the force of the blow sent the samurai plummeting into the black depths of the square hole created by Tien's Tri-Beams. He then turned his attention to the saiyan who shuddering in pain and the proud warrior fell to his knees. It seemed that the blow against his attacker had taken the last of his strength and the saiyan vomited up blood as he fell onto his side. Tien could see that the saiyan's eyes were wide with pain and his mouth was agape as he made inaudible gasps as he clutched at the sword that was lodging in his chest.

The human slowly began to shuffle his feet towards the prone saiyan, but as he did he felt his legs begin to wobble and his eyes blacked out for a moment. Refusing to give-in in Tien continued to press forward as he saw the flame-haired saiyan's eyes widen as he noticed the advancing fighter. Tien saw his trembling hand reach inside the remnants of his armor and take out what looked like a small controller.

The three eyed fighter scowled as he continued to limp towards his enemy. That bastard was trying to escape! He was not about to let that little worm escape now, not after everything he had done! The three eyed warrior continued his slow advance towards the wounded saiyan. However, when he was only a few feet away from his target his legs gave out on him and he collapsed to the ground.

As his face hit the ground, Tien could hear the roar of engines and he heard a loud crashing sound. He looked over to see a large white spherical object that looked just like the ship Raditz had used. The warrior gnashed his teeth together as he slowly began to inch towards the saiyan who was now reaching behind him trying to grasp the handle of the sword that had been thrust into him.

Tien heard the saiyan grunt as he pulled out the sword and let it fall to the ground with a clang. Blood flowed freely from his back, staining what remained of his white armor and blue jumpsuit. The saiyan then began to slowly crawl towards the opening in the space pod that lay only a yard to his side. The triclops grinded his teeth as he tried to pick up the pace of his snail's crawl towards the saiyan, refusing to allow the saiyan to escape.

After a minute of both warriors slowly crawling to their destinations, Vegeta was able to make it to his pod first and he slowly lifted himself inside and grunted in pain as he felt the wound in his chest tearing even more. Tien watched in anger as the saiyan pressed a button that set in the coordinates and the hatch to the pod began to close. With the last of his energy, Tien let out a defiant yell and lurched forward and grabbed hold of the edge of the hatch to the saiyan's pod.

Tien growled as he began to pull the hatch back down, using the last of his strength in one final attempt to keep the saiyan from leaving. As he forced the hatch open, his eyes met with the saiyan princes' and their eyes lingered on each other's for a spilt second. Both of them communicated the hatred they had for the other in that one look and in that moment of staring into those cold, black eyes Tien knew that this was not the last time he would be seeing those eyes.

He let out a cry as his strength gave way and he was thrown to the ground as the hatch to the pod snapped shut. With a loud roar, the saiyan pod skyrocketed into the atmosphere and Tien watched Vegeta slip into space as his eyes shut and unconsciousness overtook him.

There it is the conclusion of the Tien/Vegeta fight and the end of the Saiyan Saga! Don't worry though; there will be no long breaks in between sagas. I'm more than ready to write the next one! Now Power Levels

Tien: 6,000

Vegeta: 8,000

Tien (Kaio-ken): 12,000

Tien after Kaio-ken failure: 5,000

Vegeta: 6,000

Gohan: 2,000

Chi-Chi (Enraged): 3,700

Gohan (Enraged): 4,000

Multi-Form Tiens: 1,000

Multi-Form Tri-Beam: 6,000

Yajirobe: 1,200

I told you Yajirobe was stronger! The only reason he was affected so much by Vegeta's punch was because he was caught off guard. I mean he had just stabbed the guy pretty good, he didn't expect him to retaliate so quickly. Also Tien's power level had decreased by the time he used the Multi-Form technique so that's why they're weaker.

I hope you guys have enjoyed the Saiyan Saga! Let me know what you think about it, the Tien/Vegeta fight and if you have any questions just ask me and I'll answer them. Now after you review, get ready for the Namek Saga! Coming Soon!