CHAPTER 5

"To think that you would inflict injury on me! You're going to pay for this! I'm through playing around!" Raditz declared.

"We've had it now!" Piccolo said hopelessly.

Raditz chuckled evilly and declared with his fist in front of his face, "I'll obliterate you in an instant!" he raised his hand up and began to charge his Ki on his palm. "Haaaa!"

"Rot in hell!" Raditz shouted and thrust his arm forward as Piccolo prepared himself to embrace the attack.

However, just before Raditz could thrust his arm forward, he suddenly flinched and stopped halfway. For some reason he had stopped and now had a shocked expression on his face, confusing Piccolo. Raditz slowly glanced behind his shoulder and noticed that someone had grabbed his tail.

Sasuke chuckled and smirked. "Looks like you let your guard down."

"W-What?!" Raditz exclaimed, shocked.

"I've got your tail now, and I'm not going to let go!" Sasuke shouted and squeezed Raditz's tail hard enough to make the Saiyan Warrior fall down onto his knees as he was suffering from excruciating pain.

Raditz got on his knees and hands and groaned in pain. He turned his head around till he could see Sasuke through the corner of his eyes and growled. "Why you… When did you get behind me?!"

Naruto was on his knees, groaning in pain due to the damage he had received from Raditz. Despite this, he cheered, "Alright! Awesome, Sasuke!"

"Good job, Sasuke!" Goku acknowledged.

"Piccolo, do that technique of yours one more time. I'll hold him still till then.

Piccolo smiled and said, "G-Got it! Nicely done, Sasuke! Keep a firm grip on that tail and don't let go. I'm limited to only using this technique one more time," as he placed his index and middle finger on his forehead.

Sasuke squeezed even harder, causing Raditz to fall face first on the ground. The Saiyan Warrior struggled to glance behind his shoulder at Sasuke and growled. "Damn brat!"

"Shut up! This is where things will finally end!" Sasuke retorted, gritting his teeth.

"Wait! I'll stop! I've had a change of heart! I'll leave this planet without making any trouble!" Raditz suddenly confessed.

Piccolo scoffed and told Sasuke, "Don't listen to him, Sasuke. There's no truth in what he's saying! There's no way he would do that!"

Sasuke scoffed and replied, "I know…"

"Please believe me! I've done some cruel things up till now, but I will really keep my promise!" Raditz begged.

"Do you really mean it?" Naruto asked.

Goku took a tentative step forward and asked, "Yeah, do you really mean it?".

Raditz looked at Goku and Naruto and nodded desperately. "I-I really do! Please, my younger brother! I'm sure you don't want to see the life of your own brother taken away in front of your eyes, don't you?"

Goku gritted his teeth and was now in a dilemma. Whether he should really save Raditz or not.

"I'm begging you Kakarrot! Believe me! Save me!" Raditz begged.

"TOO FUCKING LATE!" Piccolo shouted and laughed like a fucking demon. "This is the end!" he had managed to gather up enough Ki for a second Special Beam Cannon. Both his index and middle finger had sparks of electricity just like last time.

"BROTHER! SAVE ME!" Raditz cried.

Piccolo raised both his fingertips into the air before thrusting his arm forward and he shouted, "SPECIAL BEAM CANNO–"

Suddenly, Goku appeared behind Sasuke in an instant and knocked him out unconscious by delivering a chop to his neck. The young avenger was shocked when he received the chop from behind. He didn't have time to think who did it as he collapsed on the ground, freeing Raditz from Sasuke's death and also saving him from his demise.

"What?!" Naruto said, shocked.

"Oh fucking no! That idiot!" Piccolo cursed.

"Are you okay?" Goku asked while looking at Raditz.

However…

"Heh…" Raditz said and suddenly got up and elbow smashed Goku in the face, sending him flying for a short while. The Forgotten Saiyan landed on the grass and groaned in pain. Within no time, Raditz was already in the air in front of Goku and he stepped on his chest.

Raditz laughed menacingly as he applied pressure on Goku's chest, causing his to scream in pain. "Fools like you are quite uncommon! To think that you would actually fall for that! Just as I thought, there's no way you can be a warrior!"

"T-That was dirty!" Goku said while groaning in pain.

"Goku!" Naruto cried.

Raditz smirked at his younger brother and continued, "But I'm not like you. I'm a first-rate warrior! I have no hesitations about killing you, even if you are my brother!"

"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!" Naruto shouted and ran towards Raditz from behind along with the assistance of his clones. "You bastard!"

Raditz glanced behind his shoulder at Naruto and smirked. "Oh, looks like someone wants to join in!" for a brief moment, he decided to take his foot off Goku and faced the clones.

Just before the clones could get near Raditz, the Saiyan Warrior suddenly sped through the clones and in front of the real Naruto who was behind the group of clones.

"W-What?!" Naruto said, shocked.

The clones behind Raditz suddenly dispelled in a puff of smoke. Naruto was really confused. All Raditz did was get past the clones. So why did they disappear?

"I've figured out how your technique works now. Although in your eyes it looked like as if I just went past your clones, but in reality, I just simply dealt with all of them one by one. Of course, I was too fast for you and your reflexes are pathetic!"

Piccolo shouted, "Naruto! Get away from him!"

Naruto decided to ignore Piccolo's warning anyway and threw a punch at Raditz, only for the latter to catch it with his arm.

"Damn you!" Naruto growled and reeled his free hand back.

Raditz scowled and declared, "Play time's over," he suddenly punched Naruto through his chest.

Naruto coughed out blood and felt excruciating pain in his chest as his vision began to get blurry.

"It's over… I don't need to play with trash like you anymore." Raditz said before taking his hand out from Naruto's chest. His arm was filled with the Jinchūriki's blood but of course he didn't care. Naruto tried to cover the blood that was flowing out of his chest with his hand but obviously failed.

"Shit!" Naruto fell down on his back as his life was slowly fading. "Is this really the end?"

The last thing Naruto saw was Raditz looking at him with a devilish grin. He closed his eyes and thought, "Damn it…" before his world faded.

Raditz scoffed and spat at Naruto's body. "Heh! Looks like he's dead. One trash has been dealt with. Now three more two go," he turned back around and walked over to his younger brother and continued to torture him. "And you're next!"

Raditz once again applied pressure and made Goku scream. "There you go! There you go! Suffer even more! Your death is near!"

Goku's scream echoed all over the battlefield as Piccolo was helpless. Naruto is dead. Sasuke is unconscious. And Goku is in a pickle. Even if Piccolo tried to attack Raditz from behind, he would only end at the same fate as Naruto.

Raditz paused for a brief moment and turned around to face Piccolo while still keeping his foot on Goku's chest. He mocked, "What's the matter? Aren't you going to come at me? Try doing that thing you did earlier."

Piccolo gritted his teeth and muttered, "He'll dodge it again then…"

"Your turn comes next! And then the unconscious brat over there." Raditz said as he pointed over to Sasuke. "Get yourself ready."

Raditz turned his attention back at Goku and smirked. "Well then, shall I finally put you out of your misery?" as he pressed Goku's chest some more with his foot, making him scream once again.

"Die, Kakarrot!" Raditz exclaimed and raised his free hand. He was about to strike down on his brother when his scouter suddenly beeped, making him stop mid-way. "What?"

Raditz was getting another reading of a new power level. He glanced around his surroundings to find the source. Piccolo was confused as well as he watched Raditz look around.

Something rustled in bushes. Raditz quickly turned to face the bushes. However, it was just two birds that flew out of it.

Suddenly, the spacepod Gohan was in got destroyed as the kid sprung high into the air and stared at Raditz with an angry look on his face.

Raditz turned towards the direction of where the spacepod was and said, "What?!"

"What?!" Piccolo said, shocked.

While Gohan was in mid-air he performed a series of acrobatics before landing nimbly on the ground.

"What's this?!" Raditz thought.

Piccolo took a step forward and stared at Gohan with a shocked expression on his face. "That's Goku's son!"

Raditz took his feet off Goku while still looking Gohan and muttered, "I-Impossible…"

Raditz and Piccolo were wondering how the hell Gohan managed to destroy the spacepod he was kept in and jump high into the air. According to Goku, Gohan had never been trained. Yet, how was he able to do all of this?

With his arms spread out, Gohan sniffed as he still had an angry look on his face. He was glaring at Raditz when Goku cried, "G-Gohan! R-Run!"

Goku always knew that his son had potential. However, he was still doubtful whether he was strong enough to take on Raditz.

Raditz's scouter began to analyse his power level before giving a reading. "Power level… 1,307?!"

Goku and Piccolo widened their eyes in shock after hearing what Raditz had just said. Piccolo couldn't believe that a small kid like Gohan had so much power in him.

A red aura began to glow around Gohan as he hunched forward a little before shouting, "Stop hurting… my daddy!" he suddenly charged towards Raditz.

Before the Saiyan Warrior could react, Gohan headbutted Raditz right on his mid-rif, cracking his armour slightly as Raditz felt the excruciating pain from the blow and staggered backwards. He was about to fall backwards, but managed to maintain his balance. After delivering the blow, Gohan immediately fell on the ground.

"Yow yow yow!" Gohan groaned as he sat up and rubbed his forehead to relieve himself from the pain he had received after headbutting. He then noticed his father in front of him on the ground with a surprised look on his face.

"G-Gohan?" Goku said.

Gohan suddenly stared at Goku and wondered what had just happened. It was like as if he had completely forgotten what he had just done. "Father?" he stood up and slowly walked towards Goku.

"Father…" he said softly as he approached his father.

"Gohan, did you…"

Meanwhile, Raditz clenched his chest and glared at Gohan. "Y-You little brat!"

"Gohan! Run!" Goku cried.

Raditz staggered towards Gohan while clenching his chest and gritted his teeth in anger. Gohan turned around and immediately got scared at the sight of the Saiyan Warrior. The latter's scouter began to analyse Gohan's power level once again before it gave another reading. "What's this?! His power level is a mere 1 now? It changed suddenly, along with emotions."

"Father…" Gohan said softly as he trembled in fear. Raditz towered over Gohan and raised his arm to strike down at Gohan.

"Gohan, run!" Goku cried while reaching his hand out to Gohan.

Raditz whacked Gohan and sent him flying to the right as Gohan tumbled on the ground, rendering him unconscious. "Gohan!" Goku cried once again.

Raditz gritted his teeth and struggled to walk over to Gohan, but was stopped by Goku when he crawled towards Raditz and pleaded, "S-Stop! Please, he's just–"

Raditz glanced behind his shoulder at Goku and snapped back, "A child… Is that what you were going to say? You've got to be joking! That brat has a power level way higher than the both of you! I'm going to kill him now while he's still incapable of adeptly using his powers."

Raditz then chuckled and said, "Don't worry, you will see your son soon, in the afterlife that is!"

With that Raditz proceeded to walk over to Gohan. Once he got near Gohan he laughed evilly and smirked.

"Wait!" Goku cried.

Raditz towered over the unconscious body of Gohan and raised his hand up. "You're the first one to inflict this much damage on me… But this is the end of the line for you."

The Saiyan Warrior began to charge his Ki on the palm of his hand as sparks of purple electricity appeared. "DIE!"

WITH NARUTO – INSIDE HIS MINDSCAPE – MOMENTS BEFORE HIS DEATH

Right now, Naruto was underwater, slowly sinking into the bottomless pit of the ocean. Apparently, he was in his mindscape right now. Blood was still pouring out from his chest. Luckily, Raditz hadn't struck Naruto in his heart, but in the middle of his chest. So he did miss a vital point. But with all the blood loss, it would only lead to the blond's death. Naruto had his eyes closed as he was slowly sinking into the bottom of the ocean. "I'm sorry… Sasuke, Sakura-chan, Hinata, Bushy Brows, Bushy Brow Sensei, Kakashi Sensei, Kiba, Old man Hokage, Kiba, Shino, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Tenten, Neji, Iruka-sensei, Ero-sennin, and everyone else… I…I couldn't become Hokage after all… Looks like this is the end for me…"

"Naruto, you're going to give up, after all you've been through?" a voice asked.

While Naruto was sinking to the bottom of the ocean, Iruka sensei appeared below his favourite student and placed his palm on the Jinchūriki's back. "Are you really going to give up after all you've been through?"

"That's right… Are you really going to let Gohan die? Are you really gonna let that bastard Raditz kill Gohan?" another voice said.

This time it was Shikamaru who appeared below Naruto and placed his palm on Naruto's back as well.

"This is not the Naruto I know… The one who gives up." Kakashi said as he too appeared and placed his palm on Naruto's back.

"This is not the time to give up, Gaki. Every time you fall down, just stand back up and go at it again!" Jiraiya encouraged and decided to place his palm on Naruto's butt since the blond's back was occupied by the others.

"Naruto, I always believed in you. And you also inherit the Will of Fire." Hiruzen said as he placed his hand on Naruto's back head.

"Show them the power of youth!" Gai grinned and joined along.

"Naruto, remember when you fought me at the Chuunin exams? You kept coming back at me despite getting knocked out so many times. Show him who the real you is!" Neji said and placed his palm on Naruto's leg.

Then one by one, all of Naruto's friends appeared below him and placed their palms on his back. "GO FOR IT, NARUTO!" as they pushed him upwards, sending the blond Jinchūriki skyrocketing out of the ocean. Water erupted as Naruto just got out of the ocean and he gasped for air.

That's when he suddenly came back to reality.

Naruto suddenly opened his eyes and groaned in pain as he clenched his chest. Despite the excruciating pain he was suffering from, he still managed to stagger back to one knee. "I…WILL NEVER GIVE UP!"

However, Naruto was too late. What he was about to witness was going to change the atmosphere of the battle.

At first, Naruto's vision was blurry. But after a few seconds, he could see clearly. He looked around his surroundings in search of Raditz until his eyes locked onto a long black porcupine. No wait, that was just Raditz's hair. His expression turned into pure shock when he witnessed Raditz had raised his arm up in front of a frightened Gohan. Before Naruto could anything, Raditz whacked Gohan away as the boy tumbled several times to the side on the ground, shocking Naruto. "Gohan!" he cried.

Piccolo was shocked to see that Raditz had knocked out Gohan. And Naruto was even more shocked. After witnessing the death of Gohan, he was at a loss of words. "Gohan, is dead…?"

He had failed to protect Gohan. His main goal was to protect Gohan from Raditz, but now that the Saiyan Warrior had killed Gohan…

Raditz turned his attention towards Piccolo and gestured him to bring it on. "Now then, green man! Kakarrot's next, and then after you, the raven-haired brat."

By this point on, Piccolo had lost complete hope as he hung his head down with defeat. "I-It's over…"

Raditz chuckled menacingly and raised his hand upwards before charging a Ki blast on his palm. "Any last words?"

"You killed Gohan…"

"What? Who said that?" Raditz wondered when he suddenly got a reading on his scouter. "Now what?" he pressed the button on his scouter and it began to track the source of the power. Raditz kept turning around until the scouter pointed at Naruto. "What's this? I thought the brat had died due to blood loss… Oh well, I guess I should have struck his heart first… Wait a minute, there's something different about him…"

Naruto was on all fours with his head hung down, so Raditz couldn't really see the number 1 hyperactive knucklehead ninja's face. Suddenly, Naruto's chakra began to flare up as a red cloak of Chakra surrounded him. His hair became wild. His whiskers turned into cuts. The wound on his chest healed thanks to the Kyuubi's Chakra. And his teeth morphed into fangs. Naruto slowly lifted his head up, revealing his eyes that were red and resembled a demon fox. "YOU KILLED GOHAN!"

Piccolo turned his attention towards Naruto and stared at him in shock. "W-What's this?! Why do I sense so much hatred in him? And what's up with this power? How come I didn't sense it earlier?!"

Goku stared at Naruto in shock and thought, "N-Naruto?"

"W-What?! His power level is rising from 56 to… 560?!"

Suddenly, a tail made up of pure red Chakra sprouted from Naruto's cloak behind him. He now resembled like a demonic fox. This new form Naruto was displaying shocked Piccolo and Raditz. "What?!" both of them exclaimed in unison.

Another tail began to form behind Naruto and there were now two tails. Raditz's scouter once again beeped and this time the Saiyan Warrior said to himself, "Power level… 840? His power level is still rising!"

Naruto's nails turned into claws as it dug into the Earth's soil. He gritted his teeth while his eyes seethed with rage. He shouted in a different in a demonic voice, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

And finally, a third tail sprouted from behind as Naruto now had the Kyuubi's cloak activated. The Chakra cloak that engulfed him got bigger in size as it created a massive crater below him from the pressure of the immense demonic Chakra.

"Power level 1,120?!" Raditz was shocked

Naruto glared at Raditz and snarled. "YOU KILLED GOHAN! AND NOW I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

To be continued...

Next chapter on 4th September 2023