Let's Be Friends
Chapter 1
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Along with the crowd, both Chi-Chi and Bulma continued to look at the screen with horror in their eyes as the fight raged on. What should have been a fun tournament for the Z-gang to move on from the threat of Cell, quickly became another fight for the planet's survival. Both women's eyes enlarged to the size of saucers when they witnessed Yamcha and Tien being easily beaten and leaving Gohan alone to deal with the threat.
"Oh, my baby…" whispered Chi-Chi before quietly praying for her son's safety.
"Let's do this…" voiced Gohan as he turned super-saiyan and prepared to take on Bojack and his minions.
With grins on their faces, Bujin, Bido, and Zangya all blasted themselves toward the fighter. The two male Hera's took the lead and attacked first.
Gohan had no other choice but to quickly fly back and get some extra space. To his left, he blocked a kick from Bido, and with his right arm, he stopped a fist from Bujin.
Zangya swung a kick aiming for his chest, thinking she had an opening. Unfortunately for her, he phased out of view and reappeared behind her.
Not one to waste an opportunity, Gohan kneed the villain in the lower back before sending her crashing toward a crane via wheel kick. He wasn't able to catch his breath before he was already on the defense again. Looking for an opportunity, the demi-saiyan spent a great deal of time blocking the attacks of Bujin and Bido.
"What's your game plan, child?" questioned Bujin mockingly. "Do you think you can truly stand up to Bojack…? Your planet is as good as ours."
Unable to seek an opening, Gohan focused his ki and created a mini-explosion around him thus pushing back the two minions. "Enough!"
Bujin was the first to regain his composure and return to the offense alone. A costly mistake as he was no match for the super-saiyan who quickly knocked him to the ground. Bido was next to challenge the teen. He tried to get the upper hand by sending a small blast of ki in his direction as a decoy. Once believing the saiyan fell for the trick, the space pirate targeted the ribs and attempted to strike. A move that proved fruitless as the saiyan grabbed his leg and used it to swing him around and around hitting multiple structures along the way.
After giving what he considered enough punishment, Gohan threw his foe to the side of a building. For a moment, he believed there was some time to rest before hearing the cry of the female Hera.
"Aaahh!" screamed Zangya at the top of her lungs while charging. She swung her fist hoping that he would stop it which he did. A smirk appeared on her lip when seeing him about to use his leg to push her back. She quickly grabbed it and tried to shatter it by slamming her forearm against the shin. A move that caused a blood-curdling cry from the teen. Not finished, she placed the palm of her hand on his face and dragged him to the ground at top speed forming a crater. The Hera rose and surveyed the hole as the dust cloud settled. She was confident the fight was over.
Greatly bruised from the fight so far, Gohan mustered as much strength as he could to get up. Facing in the direction of where he sensed the woman, he took a deep breath and let out a mighty roar that was followed by a wave of golden aura. Looking her in the eyes, he readied himself for combat. "Ready for round two?" he asked rhetorically.
Zangya's demeanor changed. It was obvious that it was going to take much more to knock this boy out. She formed a ball of ki in her hand and charged.
Not interested in playing defense again, the demi-saiyan spread out his energy and formed three clones. Each surrounding the female Hera.
"What's this?" she asked after stopping in midair. She turned to each of the four clones trying to figure out what she could do. "Do you think this will save you?"
Gohan ignored her question; instead, he prepared himself to go on the attack. But not before giving his opponent one last chance to surrender. "I want you all out of this planet!"
His demand caused a lot of amusement for her. "Since when does the prey make such demands…? I could understand a demand for mercy or a quick death but this?"
"I won't tell you again," he hissed.
"Then come on!" At that moment, he sent forward his three clones to battle. Zangya quickly began to face one of them before taking blows by another. Shifting her focus to the one that touched her, she was met with the same results by another clone.
This continued for several minutes before Gohan decided the time was right. He rose to the sky and placed the back of his hands on his forehead. "Masenko-ha!" The blast hit her directly sending her flying. He was about to follow her when he suddenly felt his body being immobilized. "What the…" He tried to move but couldn't. Behind him, both Bujin and Bido chuckled at the sight of the teen struggling with their threads.
"The more you resist, the faster our threads will suck the energy out of you," warned Bujin.
"Zangya, now!" screamed Bido.
The female Hera reappeared. She wiped away the blood on her bottom lip. Not holding much back, she started delivering blow after blow. Kick after kick. All this while the demi-saiyan was completely unable to defend himself.
After taking severe punishment, Gohan reverted to his base form and struggled to stay conscious.
The three space pirates were pleased with their work. No doubt victory was theirs. As Zangya was about to give another swing, the group was interrupted by their leader who landed right next to them.
Despite having the other hand, Bojack had a deep scowl on his face and arms crossed. "Quit playing around and kill this boy."
"Kill…" muttered Zangya. "I-I thought we were going to enslave all of them…?"
"Do not talk back to me girl. We kill anybody that tries to resist us. Don't think for one second that you won't be punished for leaving the bald one alive. Now, quit testing my patience and kill him."
The woman looked at him with hesitation before nodding her head and turning back to the demi-saiyan.
Gohan tried to muster enough strength to fight back but it was no use. He was defeated. "I'm sorry…" With the little energy he had left, he momentarily arose his gaze and locked eyes with Zangya. Despite looking up at death, he could see the subtle tremble in her demeanor. A light of energy formed in her palm and soon it grew to the size of his head.
Zangya was about to finish him off before everyone realized a beam of energy coming straight toward them. The four Hera's were just barely able to dodge the attack. It took some time for the battlefield to become visible again but when it did, they saw a tall green figure on top of a roof holding the young man in his arms. He placed him down before turning back to them. "Mind if I take over?" he asked rhetorically while taking off his garments.
At the sound of his words, Bojack let out a long laugh that was heard all over the area. "Think you can do better than the boy…?! Bujin! Bido!" The two men immediately flew toward the Namekian and thus their battle began. While the two were away, Bojack took this moment to call out the woman. With his right hand, he aggressively grabbed her by the apparel and lifted her. The look of fear in her eye's said it all. Her breathing sped up as she was frozen in place. "This is the last time you hesitate to do as I say or the next time I will rip your spine away from your body. Do you understand?" Not bothering to wait for an answer, he let go of the clothes and turned back to the fight. "Now bring me his head."
Quickly composing herself, Zangya nodded her head and joined the others.
Bojack calmly watched as the battle raged on, he was truly impressed with the skill this foe showed. At the same time, he was livid that his henchmen couldn't even handle this new opponent.
"DIE!" screamed Trunks as he swung his sword in Bojack's direction.
The Male Hera was just barely able to avoid disaster. He felt a sharp pain just underneath his eye followed by the sensation of liquid running down his cheek. "Why you…" he hissed before again being attacked by the wielder.
The ground began to tremble violently as Gohan ascended to a level beyond super-saiyan. Seeing this unfold, Bojack couldn't help but worry as he felt a teen's power unfold. "Bujin! Bito!" he called out signaling them to restrain him
The two Hera's appeared opposite of one another with Gohan in between them. With a confident smirk, they began using their psycho-thread technique but were surprised to see it was ineffective. Because of this, both fighters rushed in to attack him but to their horror, they were both obliterated by the demi-saiyan.
With a serious expression, Gohan faced the two remaining Hera's. He could see the fear in the woman's eyes as her look gave it away. His attention turned to Bojack who still had a smirk. He watched as the space pirate slowly moved behind her. Realizing where this was heading, Gohan prepared to take action.
Wanting to take the Saiyan by surprise, Bojack pushed the woman and followed it with a clast strong enough to vaporize her.
Zangya had no time to react or even think about what was happening. She immediately felt a scorching sensation in her back beginning to engulf her whole. Then for a few seconds, everything went blank. She slowly opened her eyelids and realized she was in the arms of the saiyan teen. At that moment, it all felt like it was happening in slow-motion. Her heart was thumping against her chest. Her body was as if it had been drenched in a sea of ice-cold water. She didn't dare move as her thoughts were empty. To her shock, she was gently lowered to the ground and left there while the teen flew away. After seconds of pondering what had just happened. The Hera wanted to get up and see where her leader was. Suddenly, an intense pain in her back took over as she had never felt like this. Tears formed in her eyes as she battled through the pain to see what was happening.
"You fool!" shouted Bojack as he clutched the newly formed hole in his abdomen. "Any last words before you die?" He focused all his energy onto his last resort and prepared to fire.
"Actually, Bojack, there is one word that comes to mind." He cupped his hands together and a bright blue sphere of ki began to form. "Kame…hame…HA!" the two fighters fired their best attack and soon both blasts started colliding.
To Bojack's terror, his attack paled in comparison to Gohan's and he was soon engulfed in the blue ki which obliterated him almost instantly.
Lightning and thunder rained down from the sky. Zangya's eyes we as wide as they could get. This teen had just single-handedly killed the strongest Hera to ever exist. One of the few beings she feared for most of her life. Her thoughts began to scream for her to run away. That she would be next. Fortunately, she saw the teen collapse into the ground and pass out. This was her chance! She knew the child was in no condition to harm her at the moment, but the same couldn't be said for his allies who could arrive at any moment. With all her strength, she eventually got up and flew away as fast as she could. She had no idea where she was going, but all she knew was that she needed to get away before she met the same fate as the rest.
Gohan woke up and found himself in a hospital bed. He quickly realized that nearly his whole body had been bandaged.
"Oh good, you're awake."
Gohan turned to his left and saw his mother sitting next to him.
"How are you feeling?"
"A little soar, but relieved that it's over," responded the demi-saiyan.
"That's good," responded Chi-Chi with a smile. "I'm glad to hear you and Trunks are ok."
"Trunks is here…" He turned to his right and saw Trunks laying in the bed next to his. Mostly everyone was present besides Vegeta and Piccolo whom he could sense were outside. "Hey, Trunks…" Before the older saiyan could respond everyone's attention was given to Krillin turned the volume for the tv up.
"Are they talking about the tournament?" asked Bulma.
"I believe so," whispered Yamcha.
"We are here at Battle Island where just this morning a tragedy had taken place when five terrorists who were not the intergalactic fighters, attacked the finalists. Despite the massive destruction of this island, only eight lives were lost. No footage of the end of the battle was recovered but to our knowledge, it has been revealed that today's menace was stopped by none other than the savior himself, Mr. Hercule who was also in attendance. We will now take you to the press conference that was held today about the recent menace.
The image on the screen changed to a press conference that was being held by the sponsor of the tournament, the chief officer, and Hercule himself. In the background, everyone could hear the chants of a crowd screaming, "Hercule! Hercule! Hercule!" over and over. One of the reporters stood up, "First of all Mr. Hercule, I would like to personally thank you for saving us from those tyrants. With that said my question is this 'how did you defeat those terrorists?"
Hercule immediately started laughing, "It was easy, one dynamite kick to their leader, and then the rest tried to run in fear. Of course, they didn't get far."
Hearing this, the crowd went wild as they shouted his name louder than ever.
Another reporter stood up, "Mr. Hercule, is it safe to say that we'll never see any of those attackers again?"
"Hear me when I say this" began Hercule, "I guarantee you that no one will ever see those weaklings again."
The final reporter stood up, "is there any news on the finalists that were a part of this tournament?"
The chief officer decided to answer this question, "unfortunately one of the finalists died during the attack, but the other three were safely taken to the hospital and are expected to make a full recovery."
Hercule, letting everything go to his head decided to add to this statement, "Those three fighters were lucky that I made it there in time, I'll be expecting a 'thank you' from them soon.
The crowd continued to chant for their hero, and Mr. Cash took this moment to speak, "Well I believe I speak for everyone when I say 'thank you for saving us yet again.' In gratitude for such a heroic deed and since the tournament was never completed. It would be an honor if you accepted the money." As soon as he said that, two ladies brought a huge check and Hercule's jaw dropped after seeing all those zeroes on it.
After a few seconds of daydreaming about the money, Hercule was able to regain his composure, "Well if it will make everyone happy then I will accept it."
For the third time, the crowd erupted as Hercule took the check and began posing for the camera.
"And there you have it folks-" began the reporter on the screen, but was quickly silenced when Chi-Chi threw a cup at the t.v completely shattering the screen. Everyone turned to her and saw that she had a look of disgust.
"My son nearly died facing those aliens, and this clown takes all the credit?"
"Easy there Chi-Chi" began Bulma, "Isn't it beneficial that he takes the attention from us?"
"yea, but to outright expect a 'thank you' from my son when he was the one who saved his life?"
"Mom?..." said Gohan getting her mother's alongside everyone else's attention. "Is it true that every one of them died?"
Chi-Chi looked at him confused, "Of course, Trunks killed one of them and you got rid of the rest."
After a few moments of silence, Krillin was the one to ask, "You did kill all of them right?"
Gohan remained silent for a moment, "I don't know…" he finally answered.
"What do you mean you don't know?" asked Chi-Chi
"I know I killed Bojack and two of his goons, but I remember he was about to kill one of his own by using her as a distraction to hit me, which would have killed her in the process."
"You saved her?" asked Bulma.
"I think I did," responded Gohan.
Now Tien was the one to talk, "So if you didn't kill her and none of us saw her then that means that she must've fled the scene."
"So, you're telling me that one of them is still out there?" asked Trunks.
"We have to find her," commented Yamcha.
Gohan, seeing them in agreement decided to intervene, "Guys, I doubt she will do anything. I remember the look she had before all of that happened. She was terrified."
"Even if that's the case, we still have to find her. We can't take any chances" responded Tien.
Everyone agreed that they needed to at least find her and know that she was going to be harmless.
Zangya landed on the rooftop of one of the buildings in South City. She looked down upon the multitude of people who were swarming the streets. "Perfect," thought the Hera. Perhaps being surrounded by so many people could mask her ki signature if she kept it low enough. "This was good…" Her attention went to a group that was huddled behind a window lined with TVs all showing one channel which was a news station talking about the attack. A small sense of panic arose inside her. If the news showed an image of her appearance, then it would be all over. There wouldn't be a single place where she could hide.
She was surprised when the reporter focused more on a man that claimed he had beaten them. "It was easy, one dynamite kick to their leader and then the rest tried to run in fear. Of course, they didn't get far."
The Hera could feel her blood boil the more she heard his claims. "Who is this weakling?" she asked herself. She doesn't remember seeing him, yet he claims to have been there and killed her with a single fist to the stomach.
After taking a deep breath, she decided to forget the man. In reality, the fact that he told the entire world that she was dead benefitted her. Nobody will be looking for her because everyone now thinks she was killed. "Not a bad start to a new life…" she thought. She took a seat on the roof and began to think about her situation. "What am I going to do…?"