~Tournament Saga~

Chapter 38 - Dragon Fist!

Vegeta's roar intensified as part of the M started to dissolve. The two legs of the M faded away, leaving a black V imprinted onto his forehead. Black lightning sparked all around him as a darker golden energy consumed his body. Everyone in the stadium, the Z-fighters especially, could feel something wrong with this new transformation. It wasn't the energy or something you could sense. It was more of a voice inside their head that said he was dangerous, and they should be running away right now for safety.

Vegeta straitened up, smirking wildly as he locked eyes with Goku. "Super Vegeta ... has been reborn!"

The golden energy subsided, leaving the stadium quiet besides the occasional spark of lightning dancing around the fighters. Goku's hair was one fluid shape. Besides the one bang hanging infront of his face, all the hair stayed together as it went backwards and then down. Vegeta's hair was slightly different. Three large spikes came together, making a point like his normal hair style would. The rest was like Goku's, going back and then down. Blue lightning sparked around Goku while black lightning did the same for Vegeta.

Goku glared at his rival, his face looking extremely serious do to the lack of eyebrows. "Vegeta...what did you do to yourself?"

"Hehe, I did what was necessary. And done you dare start to lecture me about this! I did this because it was the only way. I have finally closed the gap. There is nowhere for you to run. I will beat you, here and now with everyone here as witnesses!"

"But...your not, your not you anymore-"

"Don't you DARE! Don't you dare tell me that I shouldn't have done this! It was the only way. I needed this … it was the only way. Don't you see, Kakarrot? You've always been two steps ahead of me. Ever sense our first fight, I've been tailing you. It wasn't suppose to be like that! I was meant to be the one to avenge our people, I was suppose to be the strongest! Don't you get it? The only thing that kept me going all those years … all those Kami forsaken years as I served under Frieza … the only thing was that I was going to be the one to set things right! But you took that away from me! Do you understand how that made me feel? It ripped me to shreds..."

"V-Vegeta...-"

"No Kakarrot, let me finish what I have to say." Vegeta looked down at the ground, his body seemingly relaxing. "I've killed … more people than I can count now. It became easy, to easy. But I told myself it was all so I could get stronger, so I could avenge my people, my father. But you … you beat me to it. You avenged your father before I could mine. My world was flipped upside down. What had I been doing all those years? All that blood, all that death...all by my hands. What was it for? Huh? WHAT!"

Vegeta looked up, reopening his eyes as he pointed his finger towards Goku. "I told myself that if I could beat you, it would make up for me not being the one to kill Frieza myself. I worked harder than I ever have before for that one goal. Blood, sweat, tears, everything... I was ready to give everything. But then yo-... you went and died like that Kakarrot. You turned to us and smiled, waving as you went to your death to save us all... It... I've never felt so worthless as I did near the end of the Cell Games. All I could do was help your son, of all people, beat an adversary that was much stronger than I. And then you chose to stay in Other-World."

Vegeta let his arm fall to his side, once again gazing down towards his boots. "I'll be honest with you Kakarrot. I may have had Trunks with Bulma before the androids showed up, but after Cell was killed... she was there for me. For the first time in my life I didn't feel like I was alone. And yet...it was so empty. I had nothing to work for. No one I needed to beat. I had nothing to work for. I didn't know what to do with myself. I didn't start training, I just vegetated on my bed watching human television."

Vegeta's eyes wandered up to meet Goku's. "Do you want to know what brought me back? It was you, Kakarrot. When those space pirates attacked that tournament the bumbling idiot put together, I sensed you. It was faint, but I had to chase after it. To see if it really was you. When I got there...I didn't find you, but I found that I was needed. And even after I got my ass handed to me and was about to pass out, I felt you. I could sense you with your son, helping him reach into his vast energy supply. And as hard as I tried, I couldn't get up. The only thought in my head was why couldn't I get up? I all ready knew the answer. I had grown soft, grown lazy. I started training again right after that. I quickly got back into the pace of things. And it wasn't long until I myself had assented to super saiyan 2. But you didn't wait long. Soon after I felt you ascend even higher. Super saiyan 3, what I see before me now."

A wild grin passed over Vegeta's face as he fell into his fighting stance. "I didn't have a choice. I couldn't take it anymore. You were always one damn step ahead of me! But when Babidi came, I saw my chance. I saw how he gave his energy to his minions and then that energy dwelt withing them, strengthening them countless times over. I let this happen to me, so I could finally catch up to you! And I'd do it again! Don't you understand Kakarrot! This is OUR fight, OUR destiny!"

Goku looked down, and then back up, smiling back at Vegeta. "I understand … A battle between two super saiyan 3's huh? I can't wait.."

Goku fell into his own fighting stance, both fighters ginning at the other. The lightning continued to spark around their bodies, the dust of the fighting stage rising off the ground forming circles around the fighters. The announcer cried out to the cheering fans, doing his best to get them to yell louder, but to the two fighters the world around them had stopped.

-DBZ-

Raditz nearly fell over when his brother's energy washed over hell. Looking up at the clouds above to where the energy was coming from, he couldn't help but let his jaw drop slightly. "Amazing. That brat, super saiyan 3 huh? Looks kinda like me."

Bardock joined his first born as he too looked up at the sky. Amazing. Simply amazing. He couldn't even sense energy like his son, but he could feel that. It was a warmth within him. He could always feel his son power up, and he was proud that he had grown up so strong even though he hadn't been there to train him. Imaging it. His son, a third class fighter and the prince of saiyans on equal footing. It was impossible to not feel proud.

The villains cowered, nearly falling to the ground after Goku and Vegeta had both powered up. They were literally shaking, amazed that they could feel it from so far away. Frieza grit his teeth together, balling his fist together so tightly blood started to trickle out. "D-damn monkeys..."

-DBZ-

Bulma and Chi-Chi looked at their husbands, more specificity their wacky hair due's. The hair growth along with the power up was getting a tad redundant, wasn't it? They both glanced at one another, wondering if the other was going to say anything. The rest of the spectators still at Roshi's island were watching intently.

Bulma sighed, leaning back into her chair. "Well, its a good thing I gave them those super saiyan high speed camera's. They have trouble picking up super saiyan 2 stuff, super saiyan 3 is probably going to be impossible."

"Maybe we should have went there to watch it live after all." Chi-Chi blinked, looking towards Bulma.

-DBZ-

The Z-fighters on the sidelines were shaken. Two people had this kind of power? Was it even possible? They wouldn't blow up the earth if they got to serious, right? … Right? Gohan was the only one who could still differentiate his father's and Vegeta's different energy's. There just was so much that they were putting out, it was mind blowing. Although...it still wasn't as high as he had gotten at the moon incident. If only he had trained harder and figured out how to control that transformation, then maybe he could have gotten his shot at Goku as a super saiyan 3.

Videl watched in amazement. All she could tell was that there was energy infront of her, and a lot of it. How much exactly was completely over her head. It was like looking down a dark well. You know there is a bottom, but where it is exactly is anyone's guess.

Krillin was visible shaking. He had to fight one of these guys next? Konkichi and Upa were watching, there jaws gaping slightly. Piccolo's eyes were much wider than normal. The androids were taken back just as much as the rest of them, and poor old Jacki Chun was bracing himself against the back wall to make sure he didn't go flying when they started to fight. Goten and Trunks were simply dumbstruck, watching their father's get serious.

Goku and Vegeta smirked at one another, and in a flash of light and energy they disappeared. Everyone, even the Z-fighters were at a loss. Where the hell had they gone too? The only pair of eyes still moving from left to right and following was Gohan. His eyes darted to the right first, but then to the left. The rest of the onlookers glanced from left to right, hopping to see at least something. But all they could do was hear, and even that was muffled due to the speed the fighters were moving at.

Goku and Vegeta were zooming all over the airspace inside the stadium. The two had both ascended to a level of power the universe had long forgotten. There was Goku, the angel of peace. He loves fighting, but hates killing. And then there was Vegeta, the fallen angel of pain. He had never fought for himself before, and now finally he was. But for the first time for either fighter, they were just fighting. No pressure to save the world, no reason to kill the other person fighting. They were just fighting.

Vegeta held up his hand and fired a beam of energy as Goku flew on the other side of the arena. The beam acted more like a laser, never bending as hit followed after Goku. As it neared its target, Vegeta swept his hand across the area, making the laser do the same. The beam exploded when it neared Goku, consuming him in an explosion of flames. Vegeta shot into the cloud of flames, following after where he could sense Goku. Inside the smoke, Goku swung his leg up as Vegeta neared him. Vegeta did the same when he sensed the attack coming, forcing both fighters to block the kicks with their forearms.

Both fighters jumped away from one another. The instant they landed back on the edge of the stage they were shooting back at each other. The two golden masses of hair entered into an insanely paced duel of fists. Lightning started arching between their bodies as their energies fought it out along with their fists and feet. A string of sonic explosions rocked the island, forcing the spectators to grip their seats nervously.

Once again both jumped back from one another. Vegeta held both of his arms forwards, his palms flat. An amazing amount of energy balls shot from his hands, all aiming for Goku. The saiyan fazed through the mass of balls as their rained down behind him, destroying much of the stage and ground below.

Goku finally made his way through the dangerous air space, landing a crushing blow to Vegeta's face. Vegeta fell backwards in mid air as blood escaped his lips. The prince however corrected himself quickly before he fell out of range of countering. As he cartwheeled backwards, Vegeta tucked both his feet in and then like a spring unleashed them. Both dug themselves into Goku's stomach, forcing him to cough up blood.

Both fighters fazed out of view, reappearing high above the stage below. Goku smiled, rubbing some of the blood off his chin. "Amazing. For you to have control of that kind of dangerous dark energy. I'd expect nothing less."

Vegeta smirked, spitting some of his own blood out of his mouth. "Don't patronize me, Kakarrot. You must have kept training this entire time for you to be this powerful."

Goku simply chuckled. Both took a deep breath of air, readying themselves for the next attack. Lightning energy started to dance around the two as their golden energy surrounded them. Their eyes focused on their target, not once thinking of anything else.

The crowd looked up in amazement as the clouds started to gather. Both fighters roared out as their aura's did the same, creating beams of energy that pierced the heavens themselves. The clouds would roll towards the center of these two power houses, only to get swept up in the energy and taken up with it. Vegeta was consumed in dark black energy that now faintly held the color of gold. Goku however was shining with a golden brilliance, so much that it almost hurt to look to closely. Lightning started to spark around their right arms, their energy also started to concentrate there.

The announcer looked up at the sky with the rest of the crowd. It was amazing. These fighters were simply amazing! It was like they controlled the elements themselves...no, no it was more than that. They weren't like two elements fighting it out, this was like good and evil itself fighting it out for all to see. This...was why he had become an announcer.

The warriors stopped their roaring, straitening out more as they hovered in the air. Their energy's still took the shape of towers that rose up to the clouds high above. The lightning around their right arms started to grow with frequency, their arms consumed in their own flames of energy. In a sudden burst of energy, they both raced forwards. Arching their right arms back, the energy around those fists reaching max power. Still a good distance apart, both thrust their right fists forwards, their energy roaring out in an unfathomable attack. Both cried out the name of their attack in unison, making sure every drop of energy they still had was in this.

"DRAGON FIST!"

Although the name was the same, the attacks were not. Out of Goku's fist burst a golden dragon, much like the eternal dragon. The dragon twisted and turned as it charged towards Vegeta's attack. Vegeta's was also an attack much like the eternal dragon, but his dragon was black, and its teeth seemed more vicious. The black and golden dragon twisted and turned around one another before finally colliding in the center, their mouths biting into the other's neck just behind the head. As a result, the black and golden dragon exploded in matching colored flames that consumed the entire stadium. The eternal dragon's shield appeared over the entire stadium and the surrounding town, protecting it from damage.

The onlookers shielded themselves none the less, for fear if it didn't hold. Before the smoke could clear, two blurs landed onto the stage. Everyone looked up to the noise, seeing the two blurs land. As the two blurs charged towards one another, enough of the smoke cleared for them to come into focus. Both Goku and Vegeta were charging towards one another, both in their normal state and their clothes having seen better days. They collided into one another, Goku landing a left punch into Vegeta's face while Vegeta landed a right punch into Goku's face, both attacks hitting at the same time.

The smoke started to rise into the sky completely as they both fell backwards onto the stage. Their eyes crossed and lost focus as they looked up at the sky as the clouds started to be blown away, the blue sky returning. The announcer slowly picked himself up off the ground and got onto the stage. He slowly walked up to either fighter. Their eyes were open, and their bodies were twitching as they tried to move and to get up.

"One!"

All of the Z-fighters stood up, wide eyed and mouths gaping as they watched the countdown.

"Two!"

Bardock and King Vegeta started yelling at the large crystal ball, cheering for their sons to stand.

"Three!"

Both Goku and Vegeta started to get up. Their bodies broken and their cloths mere rags now.

"Four!"

All of Other-World were on their feet, cheering for their favorite to stand. Even Grand Kai was on his feet screaming for them to stand.

"Five!"

Both Goku and Vegeta slipped off their elbows, falling back down onto their backs.

"Six!"

Grandpa Gohan, along with Annin, cheered into a small television set as both watched Goku struggle as he tried to get up.

"Seven!"

Goten and Trunks were flailing every which way as they cheered for their fathers to get up.

"Eight!"

Chi-Chi and Bulma were both inches away from the television as they screamed at the top of their lungs to get their husbands to stand up.

"NINE!"

"RAHHHH!" Both fighters cried out as they pushed off their arms, both standing up before the final count. Everyone everywhere went quiet at the site of both fighters standing on their own power. Both were huffing, sucking in as much air as they could get in their lungs. Their eyes fazed in and out of focus. At the same time, both took a step forwards...the sound of their footsteps echoing through out the quiet stadium.

Time seemed to stand still for everyone. Onlookers held their breath and gulped. These two really were in a class all of their own.

As they moved forward to take the next step, their eyes closed. Both losing consciousness as they fell forwards, landing on the cold tiles.

The silence lasted as the announcer calmly walked over to first Goku, and then Vegeta. As he stood back up after checking them, he brought his microphone slowly back up to his face. His voice was eerily calm as he announced what had happened. "Both fighters are currently unconscious. This has only happened one other time in the history of the tournament, and that time both had instantly woken back up. Back then how things worked was the first to stand and declare themselves the winner was announced officially as the winner. However, this time I do not think these fighters will be waking up. And so, I announce this fight a draw."

The announcer let his arm fall to his side, and slowly he made his way to the side of the stage. After hopping off, he sat down and leaned back against what was left of the side, still to stunned to really do his job.

The crowd was quiet still, the entire stadium was quiet.

CLAP!

Everyone turned towards Gohan. The teen had brought his hands together, slowly starting to clap for the two fallen heroes. The rest of the Z-fighters turned their attention back to Goku and Vegeta, they joining Gohan as the entire group started to clap. It didn't take long, soon the entire stadium was applauding. A medical team quickly made its way to the two, but even they were taken back at how this fight had ended. The clapping turned to cheering and yelling and whooping, and everyone watching, even if they were on earth or not, cheered for these two warriors.