Chapter 15: The Oozaru's Rage

Krae'Nakh roared with rage as his primal nature took hold. He struggled to focus his anger, he saw the group of humans and dicloni and wanted to crush them, but he knew that wasn't what he REALLY wanted.

He focused on his pain, and his sarrow, and his enemy.

He looked around and around until finally he saw her, and then attacked.

He leaped into the air and swung his massive fist. Cheri spun and kicked his fist with all her might, just barely halting it.

From there, it was a brutal, lightning fast exchange of blows. Krae'Nakh threw punch after furious punch, and Cheri countered with kicks, but then Krae'Nakh shot a blast of energy from his mouth.

It wasn't charged enough to kill her, but it sent her flying, and Krae'Nakh followed... into the city.

People looked up in shock when Cheri crashed into a building, they thought it was a bomb blast... until Krae'Nakh charged in and struck the building with his fist, from there it was all out panic.

Cheri recovered and did battle with Krae'Nakh who didn't care about the people, cars, and smaller buildings he trampled underfoot.

Cheri tried using the larger buildings as cover, but Krae'Nakh plowed right through them.

She tried throwing vehicles and rubble at him, but he would bat them away without slowing down.

Eventually, the Japanese military involved themselves in the battle. Tanks on the ground, ships in the sea, and jets and helicopters in the sky.

Krae'Nakh and Cheri continued their battle uninterested with the humans. Skirmishing with fists, feet, and energy. Completely oblivious to the destruction they wrought on those around them.

The military vehicles unloaded their weapons on the Great Ape to no effect, except to give Cheri an idea.

She blocked and dodged and weaved her way into position, and then she dodged just as an artillery shell from a Navy ship struck Krae'Nakh's snout.

The Oozaru bellowed in rage and blasted energy from it's mouth, destroying the offending ship and the two by its sides.

Cheri used the opportunity to get behind the saiyan and aim for his tail.

Cheri Bomb

But before the attack could fire, Cheri was struck by the very tail she had aimed for, Krae'Nakh hadn't forgotten, even in his primal rage, how she had defeated Princess Vegeta.

Cheri was now in a state of full retreat, she used the remote she had in her armor to remote-pilot her invasion pod while attempting to flee the saiyan ape while the humans continued to attack it.

Krae'Nakh would pause momentarily to destroy the really annoying ones, but he kept his true target in mind.

Cheri couldn't shake him, but then her scouter detected more than a dozen power levels over 150, some going over 200, and believed it was the main defense force.

She headed in the direction of the power levels hoping that they would distract the saiyan ape long enough for her to escape again.

She reached the building the power levels resided in and decided to fight Krae'Nakh again until arrived to distract him.

Krae'Nakh charged in with a fist and swung, Cheri prepared to counter with a kick, but the Great Ape opened his fist and revealed space black energy surrounded by white lightning.

Ethereal Eraser

The attack struck home, blowing a hole through the building behind Cheri who disintegrated.

...It was over... it took a minute for Krae'Nakh to register that he had won... that he had taken his revenge... when it finally clicked he let out a mighty roar.

The Next Day

Krae'Nakh had more than a few skirmishes with the military over the night, but when the moon set, he returned to normal and passed out from exhaustion.

He woke up in, of all places, the inn, with his wounds bandaged and what remained of his broken armor by his side.

His chest piece had been reduced to one cracked sholder guard and waist guard on his left side, his left gauntlet was gone, his right boot had a hole that exposed his big toe, but his left boot and right gauntlet were perfectly fine.

Krae'Nakh donned his armor and, to his amazement, realized that a certain keepsake was still with him.

from underneath his right gauntlet, Krae'Nakh pulled a piece of cloth that bore the insignia of the saiyan royal family.

After Cheri removed Princess Vegeta's tail, she had stapped her in the stomach. Krae'Nakh forced her retreat that day and then destroyed the power ball, returning himself to normal.

He ran to her side, but it was too late, he had kept hair tie ever since.

Krae'Nakh came to the living room where Lucy, Kouta, Yuka, Mayu, Nana, Sato, and to his surprise, Mariko were waiting for him.

"Krae'Nakh! thank God, we thought you would never wake up." Kouta said.

"Yeah, that makes two of us, your military has some neat toys to play with, glad I was transformed for that one." Krae'Nakh laughed as remembered the last battle.

"So that really WAS you, I was sure but not completely sure, how did you do that." Yuka asked.

"You remember that form I told you about, how I killed my father by accident when he was teaching me to control it." Krae'Nakh said.

"Oh yeah." Yuka said.

"So, what did I miss?" Krae'Nakh asked, looking at Mariko.

"Well, your little grudge match left a lot of people dead, and in the chaos, Kurama let us go on the condition that she comes with us." Lucy explained.

"Heh, hope I didn't step on anyone significant." Krae'Nakh smirked, and Kouta couldn't keep quiet any longer.

"You really don't care about all those innocent people you killed? Not at all?" Kouta questioned and everyone looked at the saiyan like they hoped he would, except the dicloni who knew better.

"No, why would I? I used to do that for a living." Krae'Nakh said guiltlessly.

"Because you don't have to be that way anymore, you can be better. Lucy promised to stop killing, so can you." Kouta said.

"But I don't want to, I loved my job, I loved my life, I'm not going to kill people who helped me out when I needed it if that's what you're worried, but I'm not going to stop fighting. Not ever." Krae'Nakh replied, crcrossing his arms.

"...well then, I'm afraid I can't help you anymore." Kouta said.

"Hmph, well, it was fun while it lasted. See ya." Krae'Nakh said and he headed for the door.

"What? but... I wanted to stay with you." Mariko said, causing Krae'Nakh to blush.

"Huh? B-but I can't stay here if they won't let me fight. Saiyans always fight." Krae'Nakh said, causing Mariko to tear up.

"Um, well, why don't you come with me?" Krae'Nakh said.

"WHAT? REALLY!!?" Mariko shouted.

"Yeah, I can remote pilot Cheri pod from mine." Krae'Nakh told her.

"Your pod? you mean... your spacecraft!?" Yuka asked.

"Well I'm not staying on THIS planet, I've outgrown you guys." Krae'Nakh said.

And everyone realized that this was the last time they would see their saiyan friend.

Elsewhere

Krae'Nakh used his invasion pod to remote-pilot Cheri's pod to the beach where they all first met.

"Tell daddy I'll miss him." Mariko told Nana as she used her vectors to leave her wheelchair for the last time and sit in the pod.

"Thank you for all your help, I would never have been left in peace if you haven't wrecked my hellish world." Lucy told Krae'Nakh.

"No problem, I destroy worlds all the time." Krae'Nakh replied.

"NOW WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE YOU FUCKING SPACE CADET! ! !" A familiar voice shouted.

Bando was standing behind the group with his weapon drawn. "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING, BUT WE'RE NOT THROUGH ASSHOLE!"

Krae'Nakh rolled his eyes and flew to 6 meters before the annoying human.

Bando fired his weapon and Krae'Nakh caught every bullet until the mercenary ran out of ammunition.

"I've outgrown you, you can't kill me." Krae'Nakh said, not even interested in killing the human.

"Geh, you son of a BITCH!!!" Bando shouted as he tossed his weapon and punched the saiyan in the face.

"Oh sure, that'll work. Here, try it again." Krae'Nakh grabbed the man's arm and headbutted his fist, breaking his hand.

Krae'Nakh left the man to his screaming and said one last goodbye to his human and diclonius friends before he and Mariko left the planet forever.