Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or the characters of Akira Toriyama's creation. I do however, own the story, and the characters of my own creation.

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Duke and Vulcan appear inside a city torn apart by war and time. Buildings are falling to pieces everywhere, and the ground is cracked in various spots. Vulcan is shocked by the sudden change in landscape, and starts to look around, seeing if anyone might suddenly jump out at him. Nothing does, so he looks back to Duke. "Alright, what the hell did you just do? Where the hell are we?"

"I simply made it so you could get your revenge on me without any interference. I know I didn't want any while I executed King Vegeta." Duke shifts himself into a defensive stance, and holds his sword towards Vulcan. "Well, are you going to fight, or are we just going to stand here and enjoy this beautiful scenery?"

Vulcan simply reacts by charging at Duke and swinging his large three bladed sword downward at Duke's left shoulder. Duke brings his katana up and blocks. The clang of metal rings out, and echoes in the lifeless streets. Sparks begin to erupt from the swords as they scrape against each other, and as Vulcan and Duke push with all their effort at each other.

Finally, Vulcan is able to off balance Duke by forcing energy from his hands into Duke's chest. Duke stumbles back a bit, while Vulcan brings his three blades back, and then at Duke again. Duke attempts to make it out of the path of Vulcan's sword, and barely does. But the tip of the middle blade slices into his left bicep. Blood splats the ground, and Duke reaches for his left arm.

He jumps back, and falls into the sewer system below, though it is dried out from underuse. Duke ducks behind a bit of rubble, and waits. Vulcan floats down into the sewer, and visually scans the area. Seeing nothing, he reaches for his scouter. Before his hand can reach his head, Duke fires a psychic blast from behind the rubble. The blast does nothing to the rubble, and just passes through, and simply appears to be fired from the rubble itself. Vulcan moves to dodge the blast, but in the small confines of the sewer tunnel, he can't. Hit by the blast, he is thrown back, smashing through concrete and old dried out sewage.

Duke flies up out of the hole, and continues til he reaches approximately 300 feet. At this height, he puts his hands together, and his sword disappears. In its place is an energy ball, and it continues to grow bigger. Vulcan is beginning to pick himself up out of the rubble, and shake off the effects of the psychic blast. His head is mildly discomforted, and he is also disoriented. As Duke's energy ball reaches 2 feet in diameter, he spins around and throws it at Vulcan. Vulcan looks up just in time for the ball to hit him, and he is thrown up into the air. All the sewage is incinerated off of Vulcan as the ball explodes, and he lands in front of a building. Vulcan's sword clatters to the ground 50 feet away.

Vulcan reaches his hand out, and his sword lifts up into the air, and flies into his hand. He looks up at Duke, and smiles. He kicks off the ground, and heads straight towards Duke. Duke makes his sword appear again, and he blocks Vulcan's devastating blow. Sparks emit from the clash, but Duke kicks Vulcan in the chest, pushing him a few feet down and backwards. Vulcan then flies above Duke, and then brings his sword down. Duke rolls back, and Vulcan barely misses him. Duke rebounds off a psychic wall, and head butts him in the stomach. Vulcan moves back a bit, and then smashes Duke in the head with the hilt of his sword.

Duke spins a bit, and stars appear in front of him. He falters a bit, and drops in altitude. Vulcan then hurls an energy blast at Duke, which explodes on Duke's back. A small section of his armor cracks, and it turns black around the impact site. Duke is sent flying to the ground, where he regains himself, and is able to touch down safely. He looks forward, and notices a large rock the size of a space pod. Using his telekinetics, Duke picks up the rock.

Vulcan flies down after Duke and lands behind him. He sheathes his three bladed sword, and then points his hand at Duke. His fingers part and form a "V", and it begins to glow. "This is the technique you didn't get to see in the bar a few days ago. I call it 'Vulcan Cannon' and it sure hits like one.

"Just hit me with it already. It's not like we got all day here." Duke keeps the rock out of Vulcan's view, and faces him completely. "Just be careful I don't dodge it."

"Even if you do dodge this, you won't escape the radius of it's effect." Vulcan throws the V shaped ball of energy at Duke, and Duke swings the large rock in the path of it. The blast connects with the rock, and explodes. Dust and smoke spread everywhere, and blinds both fighters. Vulcan steps back a few feet, and Duke does the same. After a few seconds, the dust clears, and they can see each other. Where there would normally be rubble left behind from the rock, there is nothing but dust covering everything.

Duke hides his shocked expression, though Vulcan smiles. He cracks his neck without using his hands, and then he charges at Duke full speed. Duke shifts back into a defensive stance, and reads Vulcan's right hook coming at him. Vulcan is about to connect with Duke, which Duke is about to block, but then he flash kicks Duke in the jaw. Duke flips backwards and lands on his face. He quickly pushes himself to his feet with a quick thrust of his palms to the ground. He then charges Vulcan, and attempts a roundhouse kick.

Vulcan ducks under Duke's wide kick, and trips him with his right leg. Duke slams into the ground, and Vulcan jumps into the air. He comes back down on Duke's chest, and the force shatters what is left of Duke's tattered armor. One of Duke's ribs cracks, so he reacts with another psychic blast. Vulcan is hurled upwards, and breaks through the ceiling. He comes back down through it, and smashes into the ground.

While Vulcan is dazed, Duke spreads his legs, and concentrates extremely intensely. He focuses on Vulcan's mind, and as soon as Vulcan has regains his composure, he ignites a force that hits every part of his brain. Vulcan falls to his knees, and clutches his head. Inside his head it feels like an atomic explosion just went off, and he is the epicenter. While Vulcan is in intense pain, Duke falls to one knee with the backlash of his own attack. Once Duke recovers he runs at Vulcan. He slides at Vulcan, and kicks him in the knee. Vulcan falls forward and Duke continues to slide under him as he smashes into the ground face first.

Duke then concentrates on the roof of the building above them, which he appears on. After his telekinetic teleportation, he quickly gathers a ball of energy. Once it is fully charged, and Vulcan is getting back up, Duke spikes the ball through the building. It tears through floor after floor, until it reaches Vulcan. The explosion shakes the landscape, and causes the building to collapse upon itself. The shockwave disintegrates the building, turning it into dust. Duke smiles, and turns to teleport back to planet Vegeta.

Just as he is about to, he notices a flare up of Vulcan's energy from the ruins of the once tall standing building. When he looks back, he sees Vulcan standing above it, face coated in dirt, and holding his three bladed sword.

"We're not done yet," comes from Vulcan, "not yet by a long shot."

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Well, Duke has managed to "execute" King Vegeta, but it seems he is having a lot more trouble with Vulcan. Can he get out of his predicament, or will Vulcan get his revenge for his sister. Will Duke tell Vulcan that Tolan isn't dead? Will I stop asking these pointless questions? Why can't I shut up? When does...

Chapter 9 will hopefully be done soon, I seem to be full of writing spirit lately. Please review and let me know what you think of my writing. I would really appreciate it and it would give me a lot more incentive to get the story done.