Chapter 11: Mystery Fighters and New Powers
Bardock shouted out a battle cry, dashed forward, and locked his opponent in a furious flurry of attacks. Shockwaves of invisible energy tossed up stones and rattled the ground around them. One of Bardock's punches collided with the wolf's soft stomach, forcing spit from his mouth. Gritting his teeth from the pain, Balmont's knee shot up, smashing into Bardock chin. Bardock was sent reeling, having to take a few steps back to allow for his vision to resettle. Once his eyesight returned to normal, Bardock again didn't feel any pain. There was something wrong with Balmont's attacks.
They barely hurt.
Before Bardock could fully recover, he was blasted by a purple energy ball. He was able to pull up his guard in the nick of time, limiting the damage to a few burns in his forearms. Tired of fighting confined to the limits of the ground, Bardock shot up into the sky. He needed to test something about his opponent. Something definitely was wrong.
He floated for a moment, surveying the battered landscape that they had been battling on. Bodies, blood, and dust covered the sandy plain. Balmont stared up at him for a moment, locking eyes with the saiyan. Using only his eyes, Bardock silently issued a challenge to the warrior. Balmont knew he shouldn't fall for the saiyan's tricks. He knew that in the sky, the battle was not in his favour.
But he didn't care anymore.
He'd tried to hold back the rage polluting his soul for too long.
Balmont needed to explode.
Gingerly, the wolf rose up into the air, coming to a stop as he reached Bardock's face.
"Do you think that this will save you from your judgement, saiyan?"
Bardock didn't respond. Instead, he charged his ki, letting out a shockwave that pushed Balmont back a few meters. Once Balmont had recovered, he dashed forward, attempting to lock arms around Bardock's torso. The saiyan was much too quick, dodging the attack and responding with one of his own. Bardock flashed above Balmont, slamming his elbow into the wolf's head. The force of the attack pushed Balmont down and shook his mind. For a few moments, Balmont's vision left him, only allowing occasional, blurry glimpses at reality. The pain was overwhelming. It burned like hot magma throughout Balmont's body. Devilish fire licked at muscle and tore at tendons. Balmont had passed his limit. He only had a few moments more of consciousness. Shutting his eyes, Balmont knew what he had to do.
He knew he had to finish this.
There was only one thing that he could do.
Bardock could taste the blood that clung to mouth and throat. He spat, releasing a glob of red spit that collided with the ground. Though he hadn't received many direct blows from Balmont, his previous battle was beginning to catch up him. Bardock prepare another attack as Balmont floated weakly in the air. He hadn't moved since he'd been hit with Bardock's elbow. This angered Bardock. It was almost like a personal insult to his saiyan pride. That rage combined with the flaming guilt that had latched onto Bardock's soul. Bardock charged a ball of ki within his hand, pointed it at Balmont, and fired. The white flash shot across the sky, like some sort of shooting star. Only moments before it would collide with the wolf, Balmont's body sharply moved to the side at an almost uncanny speed. Bardock prepared another blast when he felt something behind him. A flash of abnormal ki. Before he could turn around, something slammed into his unprotected back. Bardock felt as his spine took the full force of the killer attack. He spun around, blood flying as he did, but saw nothing. Balmont hadn't moved so who just attacked him. Filled with blinding rage, Bardock shot forwards, throwing a barrage of reckless attacks. Like a leaf floating in the wind, Balmont expertly dodged each attack, and in the windows in between, retaliated with his own attacks. Each attack broke through Bardock's defenses, landing in vital areas, forcing him to cough up blood. As each attack landed, Bardock could feel his body slowly get heavier and heavier. These weren't normal attack. They didn't hurt.
They didn't hurt.
So why couldn't he keep up in this battle?
After a few seconds of the violent attacks, the pain became too much for Bardock to handle. He stepped back, attempting to catch his breath. Finally, Balmont's eyes shot open and he dashed forwards, grabbed Bardock around the torso, and shot towards the ground. Bardock tried his best to break the wolf's grip but it was no use. There was something wrong with his body. It wasn't responding to what Bardock thought. Before Bardock could fully ponder the issue, he collided with a large rock structure. A massive explosion echoed through the air. Balmont shook a small collection of rocks off of him and floated backwards, allowing him to fully survey what he'd just done. Bardock's body had gone limp, blood pouring from fresh wounds that now covered his back.
"T..t..take that, s..s..saiyan…"
Bardock coughed, spraying blood onto the rocks.
"H..how they hell did you do that," Bardock weezed, blood slowly filling his lungs.
"It's simple, Bardock. You may be able to punch harder than me but your technique is useless. You're barely able to sense ki. There was no way you could have one this battle."
Bardock smiled, blood clinging to his teeth.
"Right... I see….."
Of all the people that could have killed me, Bardock thought.
But some part of his soul flamed.
Yellow ki seemed to cover his white ki, giving him a momentary boost of strength.
You don't get to die yet.
Not yet.
Not while that bastard, Frieza lives.
Bardock let out a earth shattering scream, the blood that sat in his lungs coming out with it. Before Balmont could move, Bardock bolted forward. Balmont raised his fists to block the attack but Bardock's hand merely broke through it. The saiyan grabbed hold of his face, raising him high above him. Balmont desperately kicked at him but stopped when he looked into Bardock's eyes. The pupils had entirely disappeared, leaving only whiteness. There was some new power level erupting from Bardock's body. It was different to any power Balmont had ever felt before.
It was primal.
It was rage.
It was infinite.
Before Balmont could even scream out in fear, Bardock shot downwards. The ground rushed to greet them, bending and breaking as the wolf was tossed into it. Bardock's mind raced as this new power took hold of him. It was unbelievable. But it only lasted for a moment. It started small as Bardock's arm began to twitch slightly. Within moment, it had broken out into a full seizure. Bardock felt as the ki broke through his limits, tearing at his organs and muscle. Blood exploded from his mouth as the golden and white ki disappeared. Bardock's limp body crashed down to Earth, landing next to the crater he'd created.
It hurt so much.
Balmont could barely feel his body. The pain was incredible. It was an inferno, eating away at him. He weakly got to his feet, vomiting up blood and bile as he did. He stumbled out of the crater, locking eyes with Bardock's unconscious body. The power he'd just shown was insane, there were no words to describe it. Within a second, Bardock's power jumped up to nearly eight hundred thousand. It was absurd that a saiyan could ever reach such an excessive level of power. Bardock would have to dealt to quickly or else...
Balmont stood over his body as it shook violently. Whatever it was, it had really done a number to his body. Without medical attention, he would be dead within minutes. But Balmont wasn't going to allow for that monster to die that easily. Grabbing hold of his hair, Balmont raised him up into the air, and formed a blade of ki on his hand. He could barely hold back his anticipation. Bardock's death was the only thing on Balmont's mind for years and now, finally, he could live out his most secret desire.
Goodbye, Bardock.
Before he could finish him off, a voice called out from behind him.
"Put him down, freak."
Kakarot silently stewed as Kami and him shot towards his father. He wanted him to die. If he would die, then Kakarot would finally be free. But he wasn't just going to leave this old man alone. Without the boy's help, Kami would die. And, because of that 'Senzu Bean', Kakarot could feel new power coursing through him. He was itching to try it out on a living opponent. And after he'd killed another of those space idiots, maybe he'd attempt to take Bardock out himself. Kakarot was slowly beginning to feel drunk on his new power. It was intoxicating.
"Is your father up here, Kakarot?"
Kakarot grunted in response. Though Kami had only know the boy for a few minutes, he had already become accustomed to Kakarot's general stoicism. They flew mainly in silence, neither one really wanting to talk to the other. After a few more minutes, Kami finally asked,
"After this is all done, Kakarot, how would like to come and live with me for a while?"
Kami barely knew where this question had come from. Though he felt the hidden good within that boy, there was no way that Kakarot would accept such a forward request. Kakarot didn't respond of a moment.
"No… I have to stay with my father and train."
Sadness sunk into Kami's soul. The last flicker of hope left the old man's mind. Even if the boy could have been a good man, Bardock would never allow for such a thing to happen.
"I'm sorry, son," Kami whispered. Though Kakarot heard what he said, he gave no response. There was no time to give a response as they landed on the battlefield. Kami looked up and saw Bardock and Balmont throwing devastating blows at each other in the air. It was so terrifying to see these pillars of power duking it out on his planet. It shook him down to his very core. Kakarot, on the other hand, was loving every moment of this vicious battle. Every drop of blood; every scream of pain, it made Kakarot feel alive.
"Alright we'll wait until this battle slows down a little and then…," Kami attempted to say but something stopped him. Before he could finish, blur shot forwards. It collided with Kami sending him flying backwards before coming to a stop next to Kakarot.
"What the hell do you think you guys are doing! This is my bosses fight and I ain't gonna let either of you ruin it!"
Kakarot recognised him as the large bull that had arrived on the planet with the other idiots. He looked significantly worse for ware than when Kakarot had last seen him. A large purple bruise had formed on his head, causing Kakarot to break out into cackling laughter.
"What the hell are you laughing at," yelled the bull, "Are you laughing at me, pipsqueak?"
"Yeah I am, idiot," Kakarot laughed, "I laughing at that stupid bruise that my father gave you."
Tolstoy's face went a bright shade of red, adding to Kakarot laughing fit. Screaming out a battle cry, Tolstoy threw a punch down at the young saiyan. Kakarot stepped to the side, letting the fist collide with the ground.
This is going to be a lot of fun.
Balmont was stunned. He hadn't felt a power like this when he had originally arrived on the planet. It was nearly as powerful as Bardock. There was no way he could win against this new combatant. And the worst thing was that he'd never seen this person before. Such a power had hid from him. But they aligned themselves with Bardock which meant one thing.
They were pure evil.
And Balmont would never allow evil to exist ever again.
A new mystery fighter!!! This battle's really heating up! Who do you think the new fighter is? Why do you think Bardock got this new power and what do you think it is? Will Kakarot and Kami be able to beat Tolstoy? Post your predictions in the comments before next Monday and then I'll put the most interesting ones in the next chapter, if there is any. Make them as wild as you possibly can. Let's all have some laughs!
Other than that, I'll see all you guys later
-mAskMaN09
