Author's note: Sorry I took so long updating, just had a busy month last month. I should be updating the story quite frequently this month because as I've said before, there is one point I really want to reach before the end of the year. I hope you enjoy. Also, sorry about the chapter name, I couldn't really think of anything else.
Chapter 13: Runaway Train
The ki blast got closer and closer. The Pharaoh, having lost Yugi, was in no position to guard against it, and Joey, Duke and Tristan were panicking. Just as it was a second away from impact, Gohan appeared in his Super Saiyan form and deflected it.
"Why the hell did you shoot at us Gohan?" Tristan shouted.
"That wasn't me!" Gohan told them.
"Who else could do that?"
"Lots of people, like Krillin, 18 and even Bulma's husband Vegeta!"
"But nobody else was here!"
"Let's just get back to Professor Hawkins! Pharaoh, can you fly?"
The Pharaoh tried, but couldn't lift off the ground, so Gohan was forced to carry the car with Duke, Joey and Tristan inside while the Pharaoh rode on horseback. Arriving back at the mobile home, they informed everyone of what happened. Rebecca was in tears, while Tea asked Gohan if he couldn't sense two power levels, to which he replied that now he could only sense one. The sorrow continued on for a while longer
Later, they came up with a plan to try and combat this strange group. However, they were hit with a snag: the Professor's research, which was on Atlantis, was destroyed, and so were the ruins he visited. But there was one other place to visit, and for that, a lift was needed. They first tried Kaiba, but were unsuccessful after he learned that Yugi lost a Duel, and by extension, his Championship title, so they were forced to settle for a train ride.
During that ride, Tea tried to catch the Pharaoh's attention, but it wasn't working: he continued to stare out one of the train windows. If anything, the only response she got was him rising and moving to another part of the train, his tail just hanging limp. Tea tried to follow, but was stopped by Gohan.
"Let him go Tea," he told her.
"But Gohan, the Pharaoh needs us!" she argued.
"I agree, but I saw how you were acting back there, and poking him for reactions at a time like this is not the answer!"
"So where has he gone?"
"I think the better question is…" Joey began, "…where has everyone else gone?"
"Good point, wasn't the train filled with passengers?" Tristan asked, noting the sudden lack of commuters. "What happened to everyone? They couldn't have all needed the little boys' room simultaneously."
"I thought something was off when I couldn't sense any sort of power level whatsoever from them!" Gohan suddenly spoke. "There were probably no passengers to begin with!"
"Check the other coaches! We'll find the Pharaoh!" Tea shouted.
Gohan immediately ran through the coaches towards the back of the train, opening every door he could find, but finding no passengers. He could suddenly feel the train slowing down. He was at the extreme rear of the train at the time, and he looked outside to see that his coach was disconnected, after which he took to the air and caught up with the rest of the train. He saw that another set of coaches had been disconnected, with Joey and Tristan being on one side, and Tea and the Pharaoh on the other. Gohan decided to remain with the latter group, and ran into Weevil Underwood, the insect Duelist from Duelist Kingdom, after seeing that their side of the train was also empty.
Weevil wasn't the only arrival there. Soon to arrive on the scene was Nappa, who immediately challenged Gohan not to a Duel, but a fight. Nappa and Gohan took positions on the second coach behind the one that Tea, the Pharaoh and Weevil were standing on. Nappa immediately started yelling, after which the Seal of Orichalcos appeared on his forehead, his power level increased and the Seal itself encircled both him and Gohan.
Nappa immediately charged himself up with a Lightning Aura and launched at his child opponent, using a right-hook but missing. Gohan reappeared at the other side of the Seal, noting mentally that Nappa seemed to have gotten much stronger since their encounter in the Wasteland so long ago. Not only could Gohan sense that he had been training for years, but the Seal also increased his power level. Gohan only just managed to keep up with Nappa.
"Awww, we need more space!" Nappa growled, and the Seal of Orichalcos immediately expanded to cover three coaches of the train. Nappa then retreated to another side of the Seal and charged an energy attack in his hand. Gohan knew this attack: the same one that killed Piccolo back when he was younger. As soon as Nappa fired it towards him, Gohan went Super Saiyan and blocked the blast.
"How did you survive getting blown up by Vegeta, Nappa?" Gohan asked after deflecting the blast.
"It's… it's impossible for you to have survived that, brat!" Nappa said in shock.
"How did you survive getting blasted by Vegeta?"
"Fine, I already told you, but if you don't believe me, I will show you!"
The Seal then started reacting, and Gohan and Nappa were floating on it above the Wasteland from so long ago. Vegeta threw Nappa into the air and fired an energy blast at him, but the Seal of Orichalcos suddenly appeared, blocked it, and transported him away. The scene changed to a now paralyzed Nappa in a room with three stone snakes at one end.
"What happened?" the paralyzed Nappa asked.
"I have saved you, Nappa," spoke a voice. It belonged to a man with very long teal/light blue hair.
"Who are you earthling?"
"I have an offer for you Nappa. I know who exactly you are, and if you join me, you will get everything you desire."
"How could someone like you know me? We have never even met!"
"Relax Nappa. I know that your comrade, Prince Vegeta, betrayed you. I know you were the general of the Saiyan army. Now tell me something, shouldn't a Prince respect his generals? Shouldn't generals be respected by everyone they lead, and feared by those who oppose them?"
"Very true. I will make sure that ungrateful little prince gets what's coming to-"
"Not yet Nappa, Vegeta is too strong at the moment. But with your help, I can reawaken a creature that will serve as your army: the Great Leviathan. With it at your disposal, not that lower class Saiyan Kakarot, not Vegeta and not even Frieza can stand against you. All that I ask is you join me and aid me in collecting souls to fuel its rebirth."
The man then walked over to Nappa and placed his index finger and middle finger on the Saiyan's forehead, after which the Seal of Orichalcos appeared, and Nappa stood up, fully healed.
"Now, back to the fight! Also, in case you were wondering how I got back from having my soul taken in our last Duel, that man saw fit to give me another chance!" the Nappa facing Gohan spoke, after which the scenery changed to the train again. The fight resumed, but with Gohan having turned a Super Saiyan at that point, the Orichalcos-enhanced Nappa couldn't even lay a hand on him. Gohan eventually started returning blows. First: a kick to the stomach to momentarily stop the giant, and then a left hook to the face, followed by a drop-kick.
Nappa was in awe that, somehow, this kid was so strong, but shakily got up to continue the fight. He charged at Gohan, but he just spun vertically and used a bicycle kick to knock the brute back. Apparently, he knocked him cold, and the Seal started to close in on Nappa. Eventually, a beam of green light burst from the Seal around Nappa and streamed into the sky. Nappa then was unable to stop the winds from blowing him off the roof of the train.
The Pharaoh, meanwhile, was pleading for Weevil to hand over the card that the latter said would free Yugi's soul. Weevil, after enough pleas to hand the card over, instead tore it along its length and threw it away, laughing as he revealed it was just a practical joke. As soon as he said that, not only did the Pharaoh's tail flare up in fury, but a very large ki blast started charging up above them. It shot at the train, scaring Tea and the Pharaoh as it headed straight for the battlefield marked by the Seal of Orichalcos. It impacted a barrier created by the Seal on Weevil's side and was deflected 100 degrees, where it exploded some point further on.
The Pharaoh then proceeded to overcome his opponent's defenses and attack Weevil relentlessly. Tea was shocked at this behavior and called for him to stop; he was still attacking even though he had won the Duel. Gohan knew it was not only due to what happened with the earlier 'joke', it was also due to the fact that a Saiyan's anger can be terrifying, as seen with Vegeta in the past. Indeed, the tail of the Pharaoh was still raised in fury as his monster continued to butcher his long since defeated opponent.
It only stopped when Tea held him back with a cry of "No more!" Gohan, curious to know what attacked them before, flew into the sky looking for the assailant, forgetting that the blast it launched had destroyed the tracks further ahead, and as soon as the train ran into that crater, it derailed and fell off a cliff.