Prologue: King Piccolo Saga pt 10- Final Showdown: The Demise of King Piccolo
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The small figure was just in time to see the green demon ready to deliver what appeared to him a death blow. Wasting no time, he launched himself at the demon's head, planning to kick him off of his friend. As he got closer, he saw the demon's eyes left his friend and to him. The demon only needed to raise his arm a fraction to block the incoming hit. He bounced off the demon's arm and flipped back on the ground. He was about to jump forward when the demon's glowing eyes fired. Unable to dodge, he raised his arms. It stings. He looked at the young demon with fierceness that rivaled the demon's snarl.
Saxophone next attack was to pounce at the boy. He hadn't gotten the chance because Tien kicked him away from the small boy. He was partially ready for that, but he was still moved back a meter or so. King Piccolo wasn't expecting interference, particularly that boy he thought he had killed.
"You were ready for me, weren't you?" the boy asked. Everyone except Saxophone was confused by the statement.
"Yes, I have, boy," Saxophone growled. "I had sensed you some minutes ago." He has. While he was trying to gather strength after the strong punch and kick, he sensed the small boy coming to them. He forgot about it when he got angry at Tien but cooled down enough to sense him coming.
"Saxophone, show that boy what a fool he is for messing with us," King Piccolo ordered. Saxophone heard the order, but he stared at the bruise on his arm. His brow furrowed in thought. King Piccolo noticed this and didn't like it. "Saxophone?"
"I do not wish to go against your orders, Diamao, but I would be the fool to try fighting him."
"Why? I am sure he's weak."
"If you're so sure that's he's weak, why is he able to bruise me?" Saxophone showed the purplish black, shoe-print bruise just below his wrist. "And, his ki is all wrong. Not to mention, it increased somehow."
"You can sense ki?"
Saxophone flinched not because of the question but from everyone's surprise. "Never mind about that. I'm sure Diamao can fight you."
The wild hair kid knew the last bit was directed to him. "No," he replied. "I will defeat you first, so you won't hurt anyone else! Then Piccolo's next!"
Saxophone snorted. "My first order was to kill Tien. I can't do that with you in the way which created the second order. Since Diamao is stronger than me, he would give you a better match than I could. So, get out of my fight!"
"And I'm here so you won't kill him!"
"Great, we're not going anywhere with this..." Saxophone turned to King Piccolo. "Diamao, do you want me to fight him and get killed or you start off with him? I am confident that you can defeat him."
King Piccolo thought about this. He does not like seeing his children die, and he saw Saxophone as his own. If Saxophone was right, was he willing to watch him try and get killed in front of him? That thought disturbed him. It doesn't help that Saxophone had confident in his ability to defeat this brat again made him feel proud. With a hint of a smirk, he replied, "Well, I did defeat him once. I shall do so again, and this time, I will make sure he stay dead."
"Fine, I'll fight you, Piccolo. I won't be so easily killed!" the wild hair kid shouted.
"So you say," King Piccolo retorted as he readied his stance. He started off the battle by launching himself at the kid.
They traded many blows at each other. The kid was having better luck than King Piccolo due to his target was so much bigger and easier to hit than his small frame to King Piccolo. The counter part was that King Piccolo could withstand the hits even though they were powerful while the kid had to dodge them. He still got some good blows from King Piccolo. As the battle progressed, their speed became faster until the only spectator that could follow easily was Saxophone. Tien could see the battle but in blurs. He had no idea when a hit happen or a dodge.
The short round of blows came to an end with the kid landing a good kick on King Piccolo's face. "Seems Saxophone was right. You have gotten powerful." King Piccolo rubbed his sore cheek as he faced his opponent again. "Though, you are starting to piss me off."
""You've taken away my first friend and hurt innocent people. You'll pay for your crimes!"
"Pay? For my crimes? It's nothing new about evils on this pathetic rock. I doubt that people are so called innocent. If this place is so innocent and good, how come I'm here?"
"Don't toy with me!" The kid started off by running up to King Piccolo. "My best friend is killed, and it's your fault!" He jumped up to King Piccolo's face to land a good punch. King Piccolo was actually ready for him. He increased his power while they were talking and was able to see him clearly. His defense was a slap. The kid flew off to the side but managed to get on to his feet.
King Piccolo's next attack was finger ki beams. With such a close range, the kid had to be on his feet to avoid them. He got far enough away from King Piccolo that he saw how useless to continue and stopped. The next part could be called cat and mouse with King Piccolo the cat. Soon, they were in position to attack each other. The kid dodged King Piccolo's attack and kicked his leg. King Piccolo fell but managed to kick the kid who was going for another attack. The kid recovers quickly and jumped to kick King Piccolo. King Piccolo managed to block the blow.
They separated. The kid turned around and jumped again, planning on rapid punches on King Piccolo's chest, but King Piccolo retaliated by putting his hands together and slamming him down and kicking him up. He waited for the kid to come down and attempted kicking again. The kid grabbed the leg and kneed it. King Piccolo attempted to shake him off and both separated again. King Piccolo started to barrage the kid with his various punches and kicks. The kid slowly managed to dodge less and block more. Quickly spotting an opening in King Piccolo's attack, the kid slipped through and rapidly punches the chest area. It quickly changed to kicks and he finished it with a knee to the chin.
"Seems like someone's enjoying this. Inflicting pain to one another. It's addicting, isn't it?" King Piccolo said as he cleaned up the blood spilling from his mouth.
"Stop talking and fight! Where's all your power? You said you'll finish me; I'm still waiting."
"That's what you're waiting for? A total beat down? You're more addicted than I thought. If you were sharp enough, you may have noticed that I have been increasing my energy in duration of the battle. But, you see, my life won't last very long if I was at full strength. However, I will indulge your desire." He took a pose that best fit for him to draw out his reserve of power. He started to yell as his aura of ki started to become visible and escalated. Once his max has been reached, both the light of his ki and his shout died down. "Don't blame me if you die."
"I don't plan on dying! I'm here to win!"
"Not a chance, kid." King Piccolo readied his stance while the kid is already ready. Both started running at each other. The kid jumped over an attack from King Piccolo and jumped forward to create some distance. He wasn't ready for King Piccolo to catch up to him. "SAY GOODBYE!" King Piccolo shouted as he drew back his arm for a very powerful punch to the kid's small back. The force of the hit moved the kid down to the ground in a faster pace. A crater with a deeper hole was seen after the dust cleared. "Saxophone. Is the kid dead?"
Saxophone opened his eyes. He had been meditating a short distance away from the battle, leaning on an untouched wall. "No," he replied as he got off the wall and walked back into the battle area. "He'll come up soon."
True to his word, the sensitive hearing of the demons could hear a "Ka-me" from the hole. It took Tien a little longer to hear his friend, but a "Ha-me" was definitely heard. Then, the kid jumped with a light blue ki forming in his hands. "HA!" The kid fired at King Piccolo.
"Ha, nice try!" King Piccolo stretched out his hands to stop the incoming attack only to have it moved around him and hit the back of his head. He stumbled forward till he was sitting on the ground clutching his injured head.
The kid laughed, "Gotcha!" He landed on the ground and faced him. "Hey, it wasn't that bad! Come on, I'm ready to fight!"
"Are you really human or what!"
"Does that matter? This fight isn't over until one of us is left standing!"
"I couldn't agree more. I bet you can't even stand at the end!" The battle commence with the kid rushing up to King Piccolo. Unlike the previous rounds where the kid have a slight upper hand, they were very even. The battle was moving very fast in comparison. Saxophone was having a slight hard time following everything while Tien marveled at their great power far beyond his own. Tien felt very weak in comparison. The round ended with both panting and King Piccolo on the ground. He slowly brought himself to his feet staring at his dreaded opponent.
After a short break, they started. It was the same round they had previously but ended with King Piccolo's win. The kid had threw King Piccolo into another building. King Piccolo emerged the rubble angry and picked up a sizable piece of the wall and flung it at the running kid. He sealed the deal with his eye beams, one of them snaring the kid's knee. The kid hissed in pain.
"Now, with that leg, you can't avoid me much longer!" King Piccolo laughed at his good fortune.
The kid glared at his adversary and slowly got up, wincing when he put too much pressure on his wounded knee. "I only need one leg to defeat you!"
"Really?! That I'd like to see!" King Piccolo charged at the wounded kid. The kid brought out his red pole and extend it. King Piccolo slowed out of shock and the kid gave a good knee up King Piccolo's chin. Purple blood ran down freely from King Piccolo's nose and mouth.
"Not bad, huh?"
King Piccolo scowled at the grinning kid. "It's unwise of you to piss me off more than you should! I'll show you what a mistake it was!" King Piccolo started to concentrate his ki into his hands. Veins started to pop up from the pressure and his muscle mass increased. His body glowed brightly before converging to either hand. King Piccolo then pointed both fists to the kid and lifted one finger. The red and yellow beam sailed passed the kid's head. The kid retaliated with his own ki when King Piccolo used the rest of his hands to fire. The final one knocked the red pole out of the kid's hands.
"Power pole!" The kid couldn't believe he let go of an important item.
"Now you don't have a means to move!" King Piccolo gripped his wrist and concentrated all of his ki to that hand. "Go to hell!" he shouted as he fired a massive ki at the kid. It was more than enough to destroy the kid.
To anyone outside of the battle, it looked like a sky high bomb took place. A tall column of hot air and orange ki burst up, and King Piccolo was the center of it. The diameter was roughly twenty meters and lasted a minute.
The area was leveled by King Piccolo and he wasn't upset by his loss of a castle. He felt an accomplishment of finally defeating that brat. It was quickly snuffed by his realization that Saxophone got caught up in the blast. He quickly looked around to find him about 3 meters away. He was completely fine but panting slightly.
Saxophone was completely recovered from his short battle with Tien and the kid before King Piccolo let loose that blast. Before the blast hit, Saxophone created a barrier that was able to withstand the powerful attack. He was still pushed back but very much alive. He would have been blown farther away if he didn't divert some of the blast.
King Piccolo sighed in relief. He sensed something and a feeling of dread and annoyance filled him. He scanned the open flat area he created to find that damn kid. He couldn't believe he could survive that attack. A noise alerted the two grounded demons where the kid had gone. "Up here!" the kid shouted. Tien had grabbed the kid before the blast hit him and flew up. Now the danger had passed, Tien came down and hit the ground, tiredly. "You saved me Tien, thanks!" Tien responded with a tired exhale. "Hey, Tien! What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"He used up a lot of his energy helping you escape," Saxophone replied. His breathing was still uneven but better than Tien's. He had walked up to King Piccolo's side as Tien lowered from the sky. "In fact, all of us except you used up some of our energies." The kid looked around finding that the younger demon was right. He was the only one not using energy.
"Well now, this even things up. You can't move and you can't rely on him to avoid my next attack!" King Piccolo observed. He was about to start the collecting his ki when Saxophone stopped him.
"Stop it, Diamao. It useless to try again."
"Why?"
"It leaves you open to attack and would only lowered your power even more. Besides, I got a better idea."
"Oh? What's that?"
"Double team. It may tip the odds to our favor."
King Piccolo hadn't thought about this. He never team up unless it was beneficial. Th idea of fighting next to Saxophone brings an odd thrill. He smirked. "I like that idea."
"What! You can't do that! This is a one-on-one battle between me and him!" the kid shouted.
"One-on-one? Since when?" Saxophone retorted. "It stopped being one-on-one when Tien picked you up! And, you're ridiculously powerful to be called human!"
"Enough talk," King Piccolo interrupted. "Let's do this, Saxophone."
"Yes, Diamao."
All three readied themselves. Saxophone was the first to move. The kid jumped backwards and watched the green arm with pink patches dig in the ground. The arm was pulled out, leaving an arm shaped hole. The next attack was the other hand. It connected to the kid's chest, pushing him farther. Since his head was facing the ground from the pain, he couldn't see King Piccolo over him landing a good kick to his side. He tumbled on the ground, hissing every time his injured knee hit. He managed to get on a kneeling position and saw the younger demon coming at him.
Saxophone was close enough to the kneeling kid to give him a sweeping kick. The kid brought up his arms to block. The leg hit his upper arm and forearm of his left arm. The pain was worse compared to his knee. It was very possible that his bones cracked. The shock of pain send the kid writhing on the ground. "Shall I remove his leg from the picture, Diamao?" The kid barely heard the younger demon despite how close he was.
"Go ahead. Make him scream," King Piccolo replied.
"With pleasure." Saxophone wasted no time stomping the kid's other knee. The kid screamed louder. The weight was off very quickly, but the damage was done. He rolled over to his belly and forced his teared eyes open. A little away from him was Saxophone on the ground with Tien on top.
Saxophone planned on fully breaking the kid's leg completely but was interrupted by a timely interference by Tien. Tien had tackled Saxophone off of the kid and both were trying to get a better grip on the other. Saxophone made full use of his sharp nails and strong kicks while Tien used his weight and bigger body. They separated and got up. Both attacked at the same time, ending in a deadlock. King Piccolo would love to see how the battle between them went, but he had a runt to kill.
King Piccolo flew up chuckling at himself. He's going to finish that kid off! Then, a break. The West City might as well be entirely evacuated and he had no more ki left to finish it today. He waited for Saxophone and triclops to move away from his target. "Seems like you're a fool to challenge the ruler of demons." King Piccolo aimed himself at the kid and blasted himself downward. "You're mine!"
"You've made a mistake, Piccolo! I still got one arm left to use!" The kid concentrated all of his ki into the uninjured hand.
That attracted Tien's and Saxophone's attention. At that time, Saxophone was trying to choke Tien while Tien was alternating pulling the green hands off and kicking him away. That distraction was enough for Tien to give Saxophone a nice blow. Saxophone spun and would have fallen to the ground if Tien hadn't grabbed him from behind. Saxophone was no longer thinking about killing Tien, he was trying to free himself, so he could stop that kid! Tien held fast against his barrage of nails and fangs.
His efforts was in vain when the kid let the ki go and blasted himself upwards. King Piccolo managed to stop himself as he stared at the kid coming at him. He had his hands outstretched to stop the kid. The kid had his ki filled hand outstretched. Down below, Tien and Saxophone watched the spectacle between them. Tien was full of hope that his friend can end Piccolo. Saxophone could only watch in horror and his inability to do anything about this. He had stopped trying to free himself the moment the kid left the ground and was squeezing them instead, unconscious of what he was doing.
Just as the two dots in the sky connect, Saxophone let out a pained, sadden roar. He knew that the kid went through King Piccolo. He couldn't close his eyes or move as he roared out. He was the only one that saw the egg from King Piccolo's mouth. His roar died down when King Piccolo exploded. His tired and grief filled mind slowly worked on the chance King Piccolo left for him. He didn't hear Tien say anything and he wanted to get out of the embrace he was in.
"Let go of me."
Tien forgot about Saxophone while watching his friend kill King Piccolo. He was about to when a thought came up. "You're going to attack Goku, aren't you?"
Saxophone growled low from the accusation. "Don't tempt me! I don't want to be in you arms any longer! LET-ME-GO!" Tien did let go and caused Saxophone to stumble. Tien looked over and saw someone else caught the kid. He looked at himself and was surprised by the amount of cuts he suffered. His chest and back areas have a few with a good bruise or two, the neck got one or two sets, but none compared to his arms, particularly below the elbows. Some of them managed to get through the arm guard he was wearing. He suspected that if he took off his pants, he would find big nasty bruises. He'd be lucky if he didn't die of blood loss.
"Wow, Goku! You did it. That was unbelievable!"
"Which one? Flying high in the sky or managing to hit a small target?" Tien looked over at Saxophone not looking at them. He seems keen on avoiding eye contact with any of them. It was also his sore spot.
"AH! Piccolo's minion!" Saxophone recognized the voice as the taller kid he saw recently.
"Shut it, brat!"
"Oh, right! You're still here! Ugh, I don't have energy to fight you," Goku said.
"Keh, consider yourself lucky. I have other things to do. Later."
"Hey, wait!" That was Tien.
"What!" Saxophone had turn and faced Tien.
"I want to offer you a chance to fight against us in the future."
"Which is?"
"The Martial Arts Tournament. They come every three years."
Saxophone crossed his arms and thought about it. "I'll be there." With that, he turn and left.
A/N: A friend told me that two guys were caught before they could blow up the airport she regularly goes for breaks from college at Christmas. What a relief! I could have lost her!