A/N: For those that don't know I posted, quite some time ago, the lemon scene between Trunks and Android 18 up on AFFnet. (Don't know the url then just google for it.) Now, they're not up yet, as they've not been written yet, but a number of other lemon's have taken place between the end of Chapter 11 and the start of this Chapter (as a week of time has been skipped over). They, too, shall go on AFFnet once written under the pen name TheUnholyAlliance (since my Fiancee helps with them ).
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Part Two: Clash of the Titans
Chapter Twelve - Into Oblivion
The wind blew cold and bitting, kicking up the snow that lay upon the ground and swirling it around the two forms laying atop the cold white powder. The howl of the wind echoed off the nearby mountains and rattled the trees. One of the forms upon the ground stirred slowly. He shifted and slowly opened his eyes before pulling himself into a sitting position. His thick blue vest was torn and nearly falling off as he reached a hand up to his head and rubbed it. "Ugh... I feel like I was hit by a freight train. What happ..." His eyes widened suddenly as he remembered the fight against Kakkarotto.No. Not a fight. A massacre. The World Government had mounted one last assualt against the young man that had more power than seemingly possible. They'd asked Tien to head up their forces and he'd agreed. He and Chaotzu had... "Chaotzu!" he called out looking around as he remembered his friend. "Chaotzu!" The weak and weary Human pulled himself up out of the snow and looked around for his small friend. The blowing wind shifted the snow slightly and Tien caught a glimpse of green.
He moved through the snow quickly, flashes of that terrible battle tearing through his mind. Nothing had worked. The guns, the new energy weapons that had been developed, the missle... Tien cast his gaze skyward and saw the dark clouds laced with green dust. The last resort attack. A nuclear missle. Despite the fact that it was impossible Kakkarotto had taken the missle to the chest and simply shrugged off the explosion that had created the mile deep canyon Tien was now inside of.
Turning his eyes back down again he came to stop. There, laying part in and part out of the snow, was the small form of his long time friend. Tien could feel it as he stood there, Chaotzu was gone. As he closed his eyes more flashes of the battle played across his eyelids. Moments after the missle had gone off and the soldiers had begun to cheer the dust cloud had been shattered by a rush of golden light. The departing dust had revealed a much different Kakkarotto than before, a much stronger one. And then came the rain of fire... the golden orbs of Ki had been launched randomly about the entire area. Only a few lucky trees had managed to survive.
Tien dropped to his knees and reached out his mind. "Nothing..." he thought. "I can't sense anything... anything at all. But... There has to be someone! Somone somewhere!" He stretched his senses out even further and recoiled a moment later at the wash of power that pounded into him. Kakkarotto was still out there just as strong as ever. Tien opened his eyes and gazed down at his friend's lifeless body. "Chatozu... I'm sorry Chaotzu. I know I promised to protect you... but he's just too much for me..."
He clenched his hands into fists crushing the snow beneath them as he did. "No! I wont just give up! I wont let all these deaths be for nothing! I wont let Chaotzu's death be for nothing! I'll find a way to stop him..." Slowly he climbed back to his feet and lifted up the body of Chaotzu. He cast a glance toward where he could still sense Kakkarotto and a few hundred other powers before flying off in the other direction.
It had only taken him a few moments to get beyond the canyon and a few more moments to get beyond the snow. He used what energy he had left to blast out a small grave and buried his friend, eyes shut tightly. Once he was completely buried Tien stood. For a long moment he couldn't move. He probably would have stayed that way forever if he hadn't passed out.
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He woke up in a soft bed days later, a young woman tending to his injuries. That's when he met Yamcha and Krillin and that had been the birth of the new Human Resistance. It had taken him four weeks to completely recover from his injuries. Well, the physical ones at least. During that time a new power had arrived on Earth. A being that called him self Daimao. Tien had sensed that this Daimao was stronger even than Kakkarotto. At least, stronger than normal Kakkarotto. But the golden version...Before he was even fully healed word reached them that the green creature had been killed in battle against the golden Kakkarotto. Rumors had spread for years that Kakkarotto was some sort of fallen god. Everyone had been certain that he'd eventually kill every last person on Earth. Tien wasn't going to wait for his turn and had gone to challenge him once more. Just over six weeks after their last battle he landed outside Kakkarotto's palace atop Fire Mountain.
The battle flashed through his mind quickly. None of his attempts to attack Kakkarotto had done a thing. The young man hadn't even tried to dodge, the blows didn't even phase him in the least. After another kick to the head that did nothing he pulled back and landed staring in disbelief at the small young man before him. "Is that the best you have?" Kakkarotto asked frowning and crossing his arms.
Tien took to the air instantly. "No. I have something else yet." he said defiantly. He drifted up a good hundred yards before stoping and placing his hands before him in a triangle shape. Through the opening between them he sighted in his target and fired his attack. "Tri-beam!" Golden energy sparked within his hands and then surged down at Kakkarotto. The blast impacted and exploded savagely and Tien thought... hoped... that it had worked. But the clearing dust said otherwise as Kakkarotto still scowled up at him standing atop a lone pillar of rock, the rest having been pulverized by the attack.
"Alright then! Take my best shot!" Tien called down. Golden energy surged into the space between his hands and began to gather quickly. The viens across his body rippled and pulsed as his heart worked furiously. His muscles rippled with the power he was summoning from deep within himself and from the very air about him. He floated there straining and focusing his attack for what seemed to him like an eternity, constantly looking for Kakkarotto to grow tired of waiting and attack him.
Finally it finished charging. "Here goes! Super Tri-beam!" he roared. His entire body tensed and flashed a bright gold. The energy exploded forth from between his hands at such a force that it recoiled him another twenty yards into the air as it surged downward. As the attack neared him Kakkarotto's scowl deepend. A second later it slammed into him and exploded violently sending shockwaves of power washing out in every direction. The backwash of energy obliterated Fire Mountain and Kakkarotto's castle.
Tien drifted back and forth in the air barely able to stay up. He'd not even expected to survive after launching that attack, apparently he'd subconciously held back just enough of his energy to keep himself alive. Panting he watched the dust clear as he floated down toward the ground. As his feet touched the rock he smiled lightly. The dust was gone and so was Kakkarotto. All that remained was a hole nearly thirty yards across. And then his eyes widened in shock as Kakkarotto floated back up from within the hole.
His armor that he always wore was cracked in several places, the shoulder pads completely destroyed. There were cuts and gashes on his arms and one on his cheek. But other than that he looked little worse for the wear. Tien saw him tense for a moment and then there was flash of gold.
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Tien sat bolt upright in his bed clutching his bed sheets to him, breathing hard, and soaked in sweat. He felt a gentle hand on his shoulder and relaxed some as Enzeru sat up beside him. "Are you okay?" she asked worriedly.He nodded slowly. "I'm okay. Just... the dream came back again." He closed his eyes as he reached up and massaged his temples. "That's every night this week now."
"You're under a lot of pressure." Enzeru said as she slipped around to sit behind him. "It's probably stressing you out and causing the dream to keep coming back." She placed her hands on his shoulders right where they connected to his neck and began to massage him. "Everything will be okay though, so you can just relax now."
Tien sighed and leaned back into her hands. "I still don't know why I'm even here now." he said after a moment. "After my last attack... I didn't even have the energy left to stay conscious. I saw him transform and then blacked out. So... why? Why didn't he kill me? He should ha..."
Enzeru kissed the back of his head. "I don't know. Why did he suddenly disappear for several years after that fight? Something obviously happened." She sighed as she stopped rubbing his neck and just wrapped her arms around him resting her head on his shoulder. "It's not really important though. What is important is that you're here now. No more of this crazy talk from you, ok? I don't know what I'd do if I didn't have you."
"Ya, I suppose you're right." he said.
She closed her eyes as she leaned against him. "I'm not going to let you go, and I'm not going to leave you behind either. You stay alive and I'll do the same, deal?"
Tien managed to smile lightly. "It's a deal."
Enzeru was about to say more when a loud knocking sounded from their bedroom door. Reluctantly she pulled away from Tien and slipped a nighty on to cover herself up with as she climbed off the bed. Her bare feet made soft thumping sounds as she moved across the wood floor to the door which creaked as she opened it. Standing in the doorway was her sister. "What is it Mitsuki?"
"It's Frieza." she said. "He's here. The satellites picked up his ship about ten minutes ago. He should be entering orbit in less than five minutes. And then..."
"He'll be able to attack." Tien said climbing out of bed and pulling on some clothes. "Has Roshi been called?"
Mitsuki nodded. "Yamcha called him as soon as we picked up the ship. There's no way we'll get out there before Frieza attacks."
"That's okay." Enzeru said. "Roshi, Launch, Eighter, and Sno can manage on their own. They know how to summon Shenron and they know the wish. We'll be needed here anyway, to calm everyone down. Not everyone knows about the wish so there will definately be panic when they see Frieza's attack coming."
"Speaking of which, we may need to try and hold it off." Tien said. "Not for long, but I'd rather be certain the wish was made before we let the attack hit." Enzeru nodded and the three of them moved outside. Enzeru, Tien, Krillin, Yamcha, and Mitsuki all stood atop the tallest building that still stood in the city watching the clear night sky. The stars sparkled silently portraying a sense of calm in the universe, but the five of them knew it was only an illusion. Out there was just like on Earth, desolate and dying.
They could feel Freiza nearing them, and the large numbers of powers on his ship with him. Tien was tempted to attack instead of wait, he figured he could take out Frieza's ship with relative ease. Not that it'd take out Frieza. Such a tactic might work against the Sai-jins but not the Androids or Changelings. None of them needed to breathe. Tien scowled as he felt the powers slowing. His face softened a moment later as Enzeru rested a hand on his shoulder.
"So, we're sure this is where the attack will come to?" Mitsuki asked.
Krillin nodded. "We know Frieza, he'll aim for us. That's why we've raised our powers to the max, and why Roshi is on the other side of the planet. Frieza wont even see that Shenron was summoned."
"This is it!" Enzeru called readying herself. High above them in the sky they could see a spark of light forming and feel the building of energy.
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Frieza watched through the glass in his command room as the Earth neared. "Soon... soon you shall all be dead!" he hissed crushing a glass in his hands. "No more weakling Humans scurrying about causing problems, and no more chance for Hybrids! Filthy creatures." His tail lashed out and smashed through his chair in agitation. "Father should have dealt with Vegeta when we first met those Sai-jins... and Kakkarotto should have wiped out the Humans."Frieza smirked as he thought about the way things would be if that had happened. "Yes, then we would have taken him out when we found him. And WE would be the sole rulers of the universe. No Androids and no Sai-jins giving me orders, I would be the supreme Master." His face scrunched up as he remembered his brother. He'd been stronger than Cooler when they'd first met the Sai-jins... and then Cooler had attained his fifth form a few years later. "Rotten ingrate." he muttered.
He turned as the door to the room opened and Pandora entered once more. "Sir, we've entered orbit now."
"Good." Frieza said smirking. Turning he walked from the room leaving her staring out the window at the blue planet below them. After a moment she closed her eyes and left.
It took Frieza a moment to move through the halls of his ship and reach the central pod docks. As he floated up through the opening ceiling he reached out his senses and zeroed in on the powers on Earth. It only took a moment for him to detect the Humans and smirk. "So, you're going to try and stand against me are you?" he asked softly. "Well then, I'll make this interesting..." He slowly raised his arm above his head holding one finger up in the air. There was a spark atop his finger tip and then the ball of red and black energy began to form.
The Changeling scowled down at the planet below him as he gathered the energy needed to destroy it. He could have made it quick, a shot straight through the planet's core would destroy it in a matter of seconds. But he was in a bad mood and a fast death was too good an end for the Humans. He'd make it slow. A strong enough energy bomb to destabolize the core but not obliterate it. They'd have a good five or ten mintues to watch their world tear apart around them and then it would be over.
The Ki orb above his head, between the Earth and it's moon, had swollen to massive size already, nearly a quarter the size of the Earth's moon. But still Frieza channeled energy into the attack. He raised an eyebrow in interest as several million dots of light appeared on the planet surface. "Well, what have we here?" he wondered. Seconds later the dots of light became streams of Ki surging toward him and his ship. "Ah yes, the Human's energy weapons! Ha! Those things couldn't even scratch the likes of Tao! They wont do a thing to me or my ship!" he laughed.
The energy streams slammed into Frieza's ship harmlessly or sped on past him to impact the moon. A few slammed into his growing Ki orb and were simply absorbed adding to it's power. After a few moments the rain of energy ended as the weapons overheated. Frieza smirked as the ball above his head reached half the size of the moon. "And now!" he called down happily, a psychotic look spreading across his face. "Off into oblivion with the lot of you!" He lowered his arm and pointed his finger toward the Earth, the large energy bomb moving and beginning it's descent toward the planet.
Down on Earth Enzeru had sent Mitsuki out to calm the city's population as Frieza's attack grew in size. The four Humans still standing atop the building readied as they felt the attack begin to near them, steadily looking larger and larger as it did. A moment later it was blotting out the entire sky. The four Humans glanced at each other and then surged up into the air. They could tell it wasn't as powerful as it could be, there was a lot of energy but it was scattered over a large distance reducing it's direct power. Working together they might be able to hold it off for a few minutes, maybe even deflect it completely, though it would exhaust them to do so. They could already hear the people panicking.
As they reached the massive attack they reached their arms out and caught it. At first it continued to drive them back without slowing but by the time their feet touched the top of the building again they were holding it back, but it was taking everything they had. "Focus... an attack." Tien managed. "Try.. and push... it off." The others nodded in response.
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Roshi set the phone down quietly. The other three in the house could tell by his sudden change in attitude that it was time. Frieza had arrived, the wish had to be made. Sno didn't say a word as she took the box off the shelf and walked from the house, Eighter, Roshi, and Launch right behind her. With a deep breath she lifted unsteadily into the air. She didn't fly much and wasn't as good at it as the other three. Slowly they drifted up to the opening and Sno touched the release as she passed it.The rock above them slid aside and they emerged into the daylight. They knew they didn't have much time and quickly set to work. Sno flipped open the box and withdrew the seven orbs from within and laid them out on the island. Then they stepped back from them and held their breath as Roshi spoke. "Arise Eternal Dragon! Come forth Shenron and grant our wish!"
The orbs began to glow fiercely, the sky darkened and lightning flashed. The blue haired Launch moved over with Sno to stand beside, and just behind, Eighter. The wind whipped up blowing their hair out behind them and ruffling their clothes as the glow from the seven orbs intensified. And then in an explosion of light Shenron began to surge into the sky. Roshi turned his gaze skyward watching the Dragon snake it's way up into the air, it's reflection dancing across his sunglasses.
A moment later the large green form of Shenron floated high in the air, his body snaking about through the darkened sky. The Eternal Dragon lowered his head toward the four people below him as Roshi felt Frieza begin to generate his attack on the opposite side of the Earth. "Why have you summoned me?" Shenron's voice boomed. "Speak your wish now and it shall be so granted!"
"Shenron!" Roshi called up. "Move all life on Earth to our new world! To New Earth!"
The Dragon growled and his body flexed in the air, his eyes glowing bright red. "It..." The Dragon paused for a moment, it's eyes narrowing slightly. Then, with a small grunt, he continued. "It shall take a moment but it shall be done." he boomed at last.
Roshi nodded and relaxed. Turning he looked into the distance to where he could clearly sense the others fighting against Frieza's Death Ball. And then he felt Sno's power blink out of his senses, then several others in the distance. One by one Humans and animals alike were vanishing from the Earth.
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Tien glanced to his left and saw Mitsuki flying up to join them, energy already gathered around her hands. She thrust her ams out as she reached the massive Ki ball and began to push her energy against it to help them push it off. Tien turned his attention back to deflecting the attack and began to force the energy from his hands as well, the other soon doing the same. He could feel the pressure lighten up after only a frew seconds and then smiled as he felt his feet lift off the roof once more. They were repelling Frieza's attack!
And then he felt the powers begin to vanish across the planet. "Yes! The wish has been made! Quickly, all of our energy, let's give Frieza a going away present!" Tien called before pouring on all his power. The other let out cries as they forced their energy out as well and the large attack began to reverse direction at a noticeable speed. Tien smirked as the attack moved further and further away.
Up in space, however, Frieza was not smirking. His scowl had deepened as he glared down at his attack. "They think they can repell MY attack!" he growled pointing two fingers down at the planet. "FINE! DEATH BEAM!" Purple energy sparked on his finger tips and then surged down punching through the Death Ball and tearing passed the startled Humans attempting to hold it off and then down through the Earth.
Frieza smirked as the Death Ball swelled and then exploded tearing a massive crater into the Earth's surface. A second later his Death Beam tore through the planet's core and the Earth exploded savagely flinging debris in every direction. "Good Riddance!"
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"There, he's been summoned. It's time." Shin said closing his eyes. It took a moment to contact Shenron, the Dragon wasn't from any realm the Kai's had Dominnion over and he had to push through a few barriers before he was heard. "Shenron, this is the Supreme Kai. I have a request.""What is it?" the Dragon demanded gruffly.
"Five of the people on that planet, Mitsuki, Yamcha, Krillin, Tien, and Enzeru. Can you send them here, to the Grand Kai's planet?"
"It shall be done."
Shin nodded and let out a relieved sigh. "They shall be here shortly." he said turning to face the others once more. They all stood in silence for several moments and then felt five powers suddenly appear a few yards away from them. Shin turned to them as they looked around in wonder. "Hello. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the Supreme Kai, you may call me Shin."