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Previously on Part 21: Destiny allowed Kageto to travel back to the past (to finish the Cell Saga). Enjoy.
Part 22: Clash of the Saiyans
Kageto, Destiny, Fasha, Bardock and Thorah appeared on Kami's Lookout after traveling from the future. Goku and Gohan were still eating. Trunks has arrived as well as Vegeta.
"So, the big shot made it after all," Vegeta said, "Why am I not surprised."
"Just knock it off, Vegeta," Kageto replied, "I know you're jealous. You don't have to hide it."
"I'm NOT jealous!"
"Cut it out, you two," Trunks said, "You are both strong. So, Goku, how are you planning to defeat Cell? Did you increase your power?"
"Yah, I fhink so," Goku said with his mouth full.
"What have I told you, Goku?" Destiny said.
"Oh, right," he said after swallowing, "I HAVE increased my power. I even reached a certain level of strength but it didn't satisfy me. It was too bulky and slow."
"Right, I was so stupid to believe that I could have actually defeated Cell by using that form," Trunks thought, "I mean come on, even Goku doesn't approve it."
"I even got Gohan to transform into a Super Saiyan."
"What?" Trunks asked. He started to pay attention to the duo sitting on the floor and he realized that both of them were comfortably in their Super Saiyan form. "I didn't realize it at first but they're just sitting there in their Super Saiyan form without giving it much thought. They somehow... controlled it."
"You know, a Super Saiyan..." Goku said with a worried look on his face which got Trunks' attention back to him.
"Oh, right, I didn't hear you the first time."
"Trunks," Bardock said, "Can I talk to you?"
Trunks, taken aback by this request and the fact that Bardock spoke to him, said: "Sure."
Bardock walked alongside Trunks away from the rest.
"I understand your concern, Trunks," Bardock started.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the fact that Gohan and Goku are out of your league. Believe me, I've been there too."
"How did you...?
"I am quiet most of the time. That's because I watch from the sidelines like I'm supposed to. Fasha and I read the mind of others while Kageto does most of the talking. If you're up for it, we can have a match. We'll both benefit from it. How about it?"
"That'll be great. You're just as kind as Goku."
"We can use the Time Chamber if you like."
"No, it's not like I'll get stronger than Goku anyway."
"Believe me, you can."
Well... Let's go then. Let's go to the North-West Rock Island. It's a good place to train."
"Yeah, let's."
Trunks and Bardock flew away leaving six mouths hanging wide open.
"What just happened?" Goku asked.
"They're going to train alone," Piccolo answered. He was listening to their conversation.
"Since when are those two so close?" Kageto asked.
"I don't know and I don't care," Vegeta said, "It's fine by me as long as he doesn't get stronger that me."
"Hmm, I should really use my psychic powers often."
"I agree with you on that," Fasha said.
"What the...? Now YOU read minds more than I do?"
"I always have."
Trunks and Bardock
Each landed on a cilinder-like platform at the island. The island was made of tall rock cilinders that are higher the deeper you go to the center of the island. It's like a huge pyramid.
"Are you ready?" Bardock asked as he powered up.
"As ready as you are," he replied as his hair too elevated and turned blond.
Bardock, a little wiser from his last battle, started off by leaving a few Afterimages. He surrounded Trunks with them and went into hiding behind a boulder.
"Now, which one are you?" Trunks asked. He closed his eyes and concentrated on his power level. He locked on to his energy signal coming from behind the boulder.
"Burning Attack!"
Bardock realizing his mistake jumped up from behind the boulder as it disintegrated and focused his blue energy on both of his hands.
"Double Spirit Cannon!"
He flung the two energy balls in rapid succession toward Trunks. He ascended a little higher to avoid Bardock's attack. Bardock however was still in control of them and pulled the energy balls back to his hands.
"I improved this attack, Trunks. You don't stand a chance dodging these."
Bardock launched them again but this time they followed Trunks.
"Oh, yeah? I can do that too."
"Burning Attack!"
He launched another orange energy ball and hit one of the Spirit Cannons. They were pushing each other and were suspended in mid-air. The other one however, was closing in fast.
"Grr." Boom! A sonicboom sounded through the area as Trunks was making a 'run' for it. The Spirit Cannon was following close behind.
"How stupid of him leaving his Burning Attack unattended," Bardock said as he blew up the suspended Spirit Cannon to create a new one.
"Find him," Bardock pointlessly told the lifeless blue energy ball. It flew away following Trunks' energy residue.
"Buster Cannon!" Trunks yelled as he destroyed the energy ball following him. He sensed Bardock's energy coming closer but he couldn't see him. At the last moment he saw another blue energy ball approaching. He held his hands in front of him and 'caught' the ball. The ball was pushing him further down.
"Grr, I have to push it harder!" Trunks said, "Grr...rraaaaah!"
The energy ball bounced from his hands and fell into the water. An underwater explosion caused an outburst of water on the surface.
"Am I giving you a hard time?" Bardock said while holding another energy ball in his right hand.
"No, I was just warming up," he replied as he powered up again.
"I'm glad to hear that," Bardock answered, "I've been holding back as well."
Bardock powered up and...
"Spirit Cannon!"
"Buster Cannon!"
A collision between cannons occured in the middle. While both were pushing hard a yellow energy ball was approaching behind Bardock. He nimbly dodged it by doing half a front flip while still in control of the Spirit Cannon.
"What's the meaning of this?" he asked upside down.
"Hey, dad, I just thought we could join you," Goku said with his usual smile while passing his hand on the back of his head. Gohan was floating next to him laughing.
"I'm kind of busy here, Kakarot," he replied.
Trunks saw his chance and flew over the blasts not caring if his attack would explode.
"Finish Buster!" he yelled as he threw the big yellow energy ball with both hands toward the unsuspecting upside down Bardock.
"The hell?" he said when his Wild Sense picked up the anomaly. He phased out of the path of the attack and reappeared above Trunks.
"Bang, you're dead," he said while pointing his finger at him.
Trunks turned around immediately and looked up with a look of shock on his face.
"You should grow a pair of instincts, boy. Even while I had my back to you, I could sense your attack coming, sadly at the last moment but still. It should come naturally to you."
"So, grandpa," Gohan said, "Can dad and I train with you?"
"Why?" he grumbled.
"We were planning to train ourselves so we decided to join you and Trunks."
"Hmph, fine. How's it going to be?"
"I think I'll go with Trunks," he said.
"That means we'll have to fight Gohan and Trunks, huh, dad?" Goku said.
"Sure, let's go."
The four of them were facing each other in mid-air. The island was on one side and the ocean was below. They were waiting for a sign to attack.
"Can we join too?" Fasha asked appearing out of nowhere.
"Where did you come from?" Bardock asked.
"Kageto transported us here."
Bardock turned around and saw Kageto, Thorah and Vegeta floating behind them.
"Grr, fine, pick a team."
"Alright!"
After each of them picked a team it was like this:
VS
Bardock Trunks
Goku Gohan
Kageto Vegeta
Thorah Fasha
Again they were facing each other waiting for a sound to begin the battle. A fish jumped out of the water and caused a splash. Time slowed down. Everyone had their own goal and target in mind. Kageto's target was Trunks; Vegeta's target was... surprise, surprise, Goku; Bardock's target was Gohan and Fasha's target was Thorah. The ultimate battle.
"Epic," Kageto said radiating swagger as he appeared behind Trunks. He karate chopped him in the back of his neck (like Nam) causing him to drop down into the water, "That's it?"
"I'll get you, Kakarot!" Vegeta yelled as he finally got a chance to fight his opponent.
"Big Bang Attack!" he yelled as he aimed at Goku.
Fasha, who was rushing towards Thorah, nimbly flew over it and kicked Thorah in the side of his neck (Vegeta Style).
"Kamehameha!" Goku screamed as he countered Vegeta's attack.
It barely hit Gohan who was trying to find an opponent. Bardock took advantage of his moment of confusion and barraged him with energy blasts.
"Haaaaaaaargh!" Gohan screamed as he used his Super Explosive Wave to fend off Bardock's ki blasts.
This caused the Big Bang Attack Kamehameha connection to explode. Both teams except for Gohan were pushed back to their respective sides by the force of the explosion. Trunks jumped out of the water and...
"Finish Buster!" he yelled as he threw the big yellow energy ball to Kageto.
He simply brushed it away with his left hand causing it to fall into the water.
This caused the rest to continue the fight.
"You can't win against me, Trunks."
"I can sure as hell try!"
"Vegeta!" Goku warned him as he kicked him in the back.
"You'll regret that, Kakarot!"
"Grrrrrrrraaaaaaaah!" Fasha yelled as she powered up her energy. She was surrounded by pink energy. She put both her hands in front of her and... "Energy Ballet!"
She fired a huge pink energy ball to float on the other team's side. Thorah who in the meantime recovered from the explosion was planning to headbutt Fasha. She was too busy watching her own attack that she didn't see Thorah rushing at her at full speed.
"Heads up!" he said as he delivered a powerful blow to Fasha's abdomen (Kid Gohan Style).
She lost control of the pink energy ball and it crashed into the water. While she was bent over, she motioned her hand upward causing the Energy Ballet to rain its ki blasts upward. Everyone stopped what they were doing to dodge the pink energy balls coming from below. Thorah and Goku were hit and they both fell into the water.
"Grrr... RAAAAAH!" Gohan yelled as he punched Bardock with a charged up fist. He crashed into the rock wall and stayed there for a couple of seconds.
"Galick Gun!" Kageto yellled as he fired at Vegeta. When he turned around to see who used his attack, he was hit square in the chest by it and dragged toward another huge cylinder. When he crashed through it, it exploded, causing debris flying everywhere.
"Hey, son," Goku said as he kicked Gohan in the same direction he (Gohan) punched Bardock before.
"Raaaaaaargh!" Bardock screamed as he blew up the cylinder and rushed toward the already incoming Gohan. He charged his punch with his energy and hit him right back at Goku. They were passing Gohan like a volleyball.
Thorah, who at the same time as Goku already emerged from the water, was scanning the 'battlespace' for Fasha. She surprised him yet again by kicking him toward the island. When he was on top of it, she grabbed the sides of his face with her thighs. She rushed straight down and just when she could almost touch the ground, she twisted up causing Thorah's body to take the full force as she sat on his chest (Hysteric Saiyan Lady (For those who have Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for PS2)).
"How dare you hit me with my own attack?!" Vegeta screamed as he rushed toward Kageto. He unleashed a barrage of punches. Kageto, who wanted to show off, blocked them all with one hand behind his back. On top of that, his hair was still black.
"You amuse me, Vegeta. Your fighting a lost cause."
"Lost cause this!" he said as he backed up, "Final Flash!"
"Final Flash!" Kageto screamed as he countered Vegeta's attack with his own. Both of them were pushing their respective attacks toward the other. Where they collided, a bright light illuminated the area.
Gohan, who had been kicked toward Bardock for the eighth time, powered up and...
"Masenko... HA!"
Bardock phased out of sight causing the Masenko to blow up another rock cylinder. Bardock appeared above Gohan and kicked him into the water. Goku, now free from the volleyball game, saw Fasha floating above the island. He used the Instant Transmission and appeared behind her. Fasha sensed him with her Wild Sense and disappeared from in front of Goku. She reappeared, however, behind him.
"Let's see how well you can fight, Bardock's son," she whispered in his ear.
"Heh heh heh," he laughed as he spun around and kicked her in the side. They clashed and disappeared. Everywhere they reappeared, there was a sonicboom.
Thorah, in the meantime, recovered from Fasha's attack.
"Wow, she can be so mean sometimes," he said. He scannned the battlefield and saw Trunks storming to Kageto, who was still holding up his Final Flash.
"Oh no, you don't," he said as he too stormed toward his target.
Fasha punched Goku in the face causing his head to turn sideways.
"Wooo who, that was a good one," he said.
"Well, sweetie, do you want another?" she asked as she pushed a pink energy ball on his abdomen. It dragged him a good distance before he simply picked it up with both hands and threw it over his head. It fell like a parabole and crashed on the island detroying yet another cylinder.
Just as Trunks was going to hit Kageto, Thorah appeared in front of him knocking him down. Trunks recovered in mid-air and powered up a little.
"You're fighting ME now," Thorah said.
"Very well, I'll make quick work of you."
"That's what you think!" Thorah said as he transformed into a Super Saiyan. Both of them rushed parallel to each other (Vegeta versus Bojack) and were launching small ki blasts. They froze for a while in mid-air facing each other.
"I can handle this with one hand," Kageto said while retracting his right hand. Vegeta was struggling to keep his attack in balance.
"Graaaaaaaaaah!" he screamed as he transformed into his Super Form. He gained the advantage and surprised Kageto with his Final Flash.
A huge explosion could be heard from the mainland caused by Vegeta's Final Flash. The blast, however, didn't spread. At the exact moment it hit Kageto, he created a force field around him to trap the blast inside with him.
"Grr, now for Kakarot!" Vegeta screamed as he ascended to scan for him.
Goku was engaged in close combat with Fasha. They were evenly matched but of course if Fasha were to transform again, she would easily overpower him.
"Not bad," Goku said.
"Not bad yourself!" she said emphasizing it with a well aimed punch.
Goku was taken aback but just as he wanted to get back to the fight, Vegeta appeared behind him and kicked him straight toward Fasha. He raised his guard and was also aware of the punches coming from Vegeta as soon as he reached him. Both sides of him were occupied by opponents.
"I need some help over here!" Goku screamed while trying to dodge both sets of punches.
Kageto emerged out of the smoke partially burned.
"Graaaaaaaahh! Raaaaaaaaaargh!" he screamed as he powered up. For a moment the rest stood mesmerised by this display of power.
At full speed Kageto rushed towards Fasha. He kicked her aside and started punching her incessantly.
Vegeta continued his assault and engaged Goku in a close combat.
Trunks rushed towards Thorah at the same time he rushed toward Trunks. They mirrored each other's moves causing sonicbooms whenever their fists clashed. Ultimately they backed away.
"Burning Breaker!"
Trunks' aura became orange and he started to punch Thorah upward super fast.
"Graaaah!" he yelled and delivered his final downward blow.
Thorah fell into the water. Trunks was waiting for him to come up but he couldn't see him. Finally something came rushing out of the water and with a nimble move, Trunks kicked it toward the island. It exploded another rock cylinder.
"What was..?" Trunks said but he was too late. Thorah was behind him pointing his hand at him.
"I can't believe you fell for that."
"I'm impressed. You manage to decieve me."
"Yeah, that means I wi..."
Distracted by his pride, Thorah was sent flying by Trunks' spinning kick.
Kageto and Fasha were both engaged in close combat. Suddenly both of them managed to punch the other one in the face and then... Both of them have disappeared. They were both Afterimages. The real ones were watching from above, the same height as each other, how both Afterimages disappeared.
"Wow," both of them said at the same time as they spotted each other straight in front of them. They stood still for a moment...
"Pink Atomic Eraser!"
"Big Bang Kamehameha!"
The energy blasts collided in the middle.
"Pink Atomic Eraser?" Kageto asked.
"This is my newest attack. How do you like it?"
"Grr, It's... too... powerful... I... can't... hold... it..."
Kageto ascended and let the blast pass under him. The pink blast continued toward an unsuspecting Trunks.
"Trunks! Watch out!" Fasha screamed.
She wasn't paying attention to Kageto who appeared behind her and delivered a flying kick in the back. She was sent flying the exact same direction as her energy blast.
Trunks turned around and dodged it right on time. He grabbed Fasha's right leg and swung her back the exact same direction she came from.
She charged her fist and hit Kageto in his stomach. He was hurled diagonally into the clouds where Thorah was hiding. He caught Kageto in mid-air.
"Thanks Thorah," Kageto said.
"You're welcome," he replied, "Let's get them."
Fasha and Trunks were conveniently floating next to each other.
"You ready?" she asked.
"Yeah, let's go."
Kageto and Thorah lunged toward their opponent as two seperate fighters. Fasha and Trunks did the same. They gained speed and mixed their aura becoming a meteor (The Return of Cooler: Goku and Vegeta vs. Metal Cooler). Trunks and Fasha were hesitating whether they'd follow their example. Both of them freaked and started to fly away but it was too late. Kageto and Thorah seperated and each of them crashed into their respective opponents. Both were sent flying and crashed on the island.
"Alright!" Kageto said as he high fived Thorah.
Vegeta kicked Goku in the head but he was too fast. He ducked and planted a punch in between his abdomen.
"Aargh, you'll pay for that, Kakarot!"
"Just drop it, Vegeta. You have to work on your strategy."
Gohan appeared behind his father and kicked him aside.
"Hyaaah!"
"You little brat. He was MINE," Vegeta said angrily.
"I was just trying to help," he replied.
"Then why don't you and me finish what we started, boy?" Bardock said as he slowly ascended behind him.
"I-I used all my energy on that Masenko."
"Well that's too bad."
Bardock kicked him upward.
"Graaaaah!" he yelled as he jumped over him, grabbed his head and repeatedly kicked him in the back. He then phased above him and... "Begone!" He punched him down and knocked him out (Final Revenger). He caught him before he fell into the water. He flew over to the island and put him down.
"Kakarot!" Vegeta screamed as he lunged at Goku.
Goku nimbly moved aside causing Vegeta to rush past him. He then elbowed him in the back causing him to fall into the water.
"Grrraaaaaaaaahhh!" Vegeta yelled as he resurfaced. Water was flying everywhere.
"Stop playing games, Kakarot. This is our fight. We have to determine once and for all who the strongest is between the two of us."
"Well, even if we do that, Kageto and his crew are still stronger than any of us."
"It's just you and me, Kakarot. No one else!"
"Have you forgotten about us?" Kageto said as he and Thorah descended to the same height as Goku, "We're still a team, remember? This is a team fight. It's pretty much over, but still, you can't win, nephew."
He sneered that last word causing Vegeta to infuriate.
"Grr, where are the rest?" he asked.
"They're lying somewhere on the island. I think they're done for."
Kageto didn't notice a badly injured Fasha ascending to his height behind him. She raised her only good arm (her right) and left her left one hanging. She was bleeding.
"I need to do this fast before they pick up my energy," she thought.
She aimed her hand at Kageto.
"Pink Atomic..." she whispered, "ERASER!"
That last part she obviously screamed out causing Thorah, Kageto and Goku to turn around. Time froze. Everything was moving so slow.
"Kageto, NO!" Thorah screamed as he moved in front of him. He caught Fasha's blast with his hands. Meanwhile Vegeta took advantage of this situation to launch his own attack toward Goku.
"Big Bang Attack!"
Goku, realizing this too late, was hit by Vegeta's attack. Gohan burst out of the water and delivered a powerful headbutt on Bardock. Kageto, running low on energy, aimed his hand at Fasha but a badly injured Trunks had his own plans.
"Burning Attack!" he screamed as he unleashed his last ounce of ki.
"Big Bang Attack!" Kageto managed to scream before he got hit in the back by Trunks' Burning Attack.
Kageto's blast made his way over the Pink Atomic Eraser and hit his target. A large explosion, that could be seen from space, occured. Goku, Kageto, Fasha, Thorah, Bardock and Trunks fell into the water. Gohan and Vegeta created a force field to shield them from the explosion.
"We have to help them!" Gohan screamed after the smoke cleared up.
They went to help the most badly injured which were Fasha and Trunks. They set them down on the island and helped the rest out of the water.
"*Cough* *cough* I am exhausted," Kageto said as he collapsed on the island.
Recovering from the fight, they laid on the island watching the sunset.
"We won," Gohan said to Vegeta.
"Grr, whatever," he scowled at him not caring about the results. He didn't have the chance to fight seriously against Goku.
"Fasha, are you alright?" Bardock asked.
"Yeah, this was the toughest fight I have ever been in," she replied. Her head was bleeding. She reverted back to normal.
Bardock sat up trying to ignore the pain in his stomach but he couldn't help uttering a groan.
"Are you alright, Trunks?" Gohan asked.
"Kind of," he replied, "I'm drained. I don't think I can fly back home."
"I can transport us back home," Goku said.
"How are you still able to even walk after that fight, Goku?" Trunks asked.
"That's easy," he replied, "I didn't get to fight a lot."
Goku started to laugh which only made Vegeta angrier.
"How could he say he hasn't fought at all? What was the meaning of our fight then?"
Vegeta stood up and charged his energy. He flew away leaving a sonicboom behind.
"Father, WAIT!" Trunks said planning to fly after him. Goku stopped him before he could leave.
"Don't force yourself, Trunks," he said, "You're badly injured. You should rest."
"We don't know what he's gonna do next, Goku."
"Leave him be. He'll return to Capsule Corp. eventually."
The group of Saiyans were transported back to Capsule Corp. with the help of Goku. Chi-Chi was angry and chased Goku with a frying pan for not telling her where he was taking his son. Trunks got a stern talk as well from his mother. Kageto and Fasha were leaning on Thorah because they were badly injured. Immediately Bulma forgot about Trunks and rushed to take care of them. All four of them were put to bed where they had to rest to because of their injuries.
"But Bulma," Kageto protested like a little kid, "There's a healing pod in my ship."
"I don't care. You'll stay in bed to remind you of the injuries that you recieved. Look at what you did to Fasha. You also can't tell me where my Vegeta flew off to."
"I don't know but please, at least take Fasha to the healing pod."
"Alright, but you have to stay here."
Bulma helped Fasha to stand up and they both made their way to the West Lab where Kageto's spaceship was located.
Another day had gone by.
End of the amazing Part 22
This is easily the best action filled chapter I have ever written. I was planning to call this chapter: The Detour Part Two, but it deserved a much better name. I removed the 'Part One' from the previous chapter and came up with a new name for this one. As a bonus for this chapter, I added a List of Power Levels on the bottom of the page. Make sure to read the revised version of 'The Beginning of the Supreme Saiyan'. It's been thoroughly examined and corrected. I think my best pure story chapter is Part 15: Destiny's Descent. I cried while writing it :p.
This Part it posted the exact same time as Part 21. Enjoy them both and please review.
List of Power Levels
Bardock versus Trunks
Bardock [supressed]: 36,000,000
Bardock [normal form]: 50,000,000
Bardock [Spirit Cannon]: 65,000,000
Bardock [Super Saiyan form]: 65,000,000
Trunks [normal form]: 46,000,000
Trunks [Super Saiyan form]: 65,000,000
Trunks [Buster Cannon]: 65,000,000
Trunks [Finish Buster]: 85,000,000
Before the fight
Goku [Super Saiyan form]: 65,000,000
Vegeta [Super Saiyan form]: 62,000,000
Trunks [Super Saiyan form]: 60,000,000
Gohan [Super Saiyan form]: 65,000,000
Bardock [Super Saiyan form]: 64,000,000
Fasha [supressed]: 30,000,000
Kageto [normal form]: 60,000,000
Thorah [normal form]: 30,000,000
During the fight
Super Vegeta [Big Bang Attack]: 85,000,000
Super Saiyan Vegeta [Final Flash]: 100,000,000
Super Saiyan Goku [Kamehameha]: 85,000,000
Super Saiyan Trunks [Burning Attack]: 75,000,000
Super Saiyan Trunks [Finish Buster]: 80,000,000
Super Saiyan Trunks [weakened]: 58,000,000
Fasha [Super Saiyan form]: 68,000,000
Super Saiyan Fasha [Energy Ballet]: 72,000,000
Super Saiyan Fasha [Pink Atomic Eraser]: 120,000,000
Super Saiyan Fasha [weakened]: 60,000,000
Kageto [Galick Gun]: 60,000,000
Kageto [Super Saiyan form]: 80,000,000
Super Saiyan Kageto [Final Flash]: 110,000,000
Super Saiyan Kageto [Big Bang Kamehameha]: 115,000,000
Super Saiyan Kageto [weakened]: 60,000,000
Super Saiyan Gohan [Masenko]: 85,000,000
Thorah [Super Saiyan Form]: 62,000,000
Super Saiyan Thorah [weakened]: 58,000,000
Super Saiyan Bardock [weakened]: 60,000,000
After the fight
Super Saiyan Vegeta [weakened]: 58,000,000
Super Saiyan Goku [weakened]: 40,000,000
Super Saiyan Gohan [weakened]: 50,000,000
Bardock [weakened]: 30,000,000
Fasha [weakened]: 10,000,000
Kageto [weakened]: 20,000,000
Trunks [weakened]: 20,000,000
Thorah [weakened]: 15,000,000