Good day to you guys an gals! I want to apologize. I felt really bad about teasing you guys like this. And I didn't want you to lose your faith in me and have to wait another 2 weeks for the action packed chapter I know you all wanted. There will be blood, and gore, an iconic, gross but funny scene from a legendary movie. If you can guess it, you get brownie points :-D.
Things are slowly going out of control for the planet traders! What will they do to regain their footing? Find out on this explosive chapter of Dragon Ball: BtG!
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firefire199: Thank you for your review! And yes the cliffhanger was very mean. I'm being generous this one time in releasing a chapter super early. Far earlier then I normally would, but as I said, I felt bad lol 95 percent? You thought I was going to keep it run of the mill? Well 5 percent of you thought. Oh no no no my friend, I've been cooking up like Curry man. And when he finds out about Axel, there will be a sequence of choices he must make. What those are will come in the future. I've got something special for y'all. Enjoy this chapter!
Drunken Hamter: Missed you buddy! Thank you for your review. And yes that would be the ideal ending to the saga. And if Shepard was human, he would likely go for it as quick as possible. But maybe with him having his saiyan body, there could be...problems that may arise in the coming chapters. He will realize something is going on in due time :-0. What that is I can't exactly say yet. What I will say is that he may bonk his head when he figures it all out lol. You have to understand that Shepard doesn't want to kill Vegeta, or even Nappa. Now that doesn't mean he is going to let him have control. He could obliterate Vegeta with one punch, or blast, but he knows if he does that now, it sends Vegeta on a spiraling path of the unknown. And he can't allow that to happen. Shepard wants his metaphorical eyes on the Prince, and is treating the situation delicately, to a point. He is going to look to humiliate, demean, and wreck his pride, but there's always a way to come back to that, and Shepard knows one sure way to get to that point. As far as Nappa goes, I wanted to let a character that needs to shine, have at it this chapter. Don't skip through any of it Hamster, I think you'll like what I've cooked up for Nappa ;) and you're looking into the whole 2nd Shepard thing. It's not a 'clone' per say. Even he may have looked into it too much. Read carefully my friend. P.S. it's ironic that you mention leaked energy, be aware that may come to play soon. Enjoy the chapter, and glad to have you back!
Age: October 19, 762
9:31AM
Location: Mountain Ranges
Everyone backed away in awe. Vegeta and Nappa were flabbergasted.
The red aura surrounding Shepard continued to hum, power oozing off of the saiyan in waves.
"You thought you were gonna have your way here. You're sorely mistaken punk." Shepard said to Vegeta, who clenched his fists in hatred.
"Y-you think your little power up will help you? HAHAHAHAHAHA you're so wrong. Hm hm hm hm Nappa."
...
"NAPPA?"
"W-w-what?"
"It's time to get to work. Why don't you pull out that...experimental saibaman that you've been working on hm hm hm hm."
"Experimental?"
"Oh yes trash. Of course we have our regular saibamen. But perhaps this one will...persuade you to tell us where the Dragon Balls are. So...we're going to have some fun. Nappa if you will." Vegeta said. The smirk on his face put Shepard on edge. He turned off the Kaioken to save his stamina, thankful he didn't feel any serious stress on his body.
"Dude was there ever a fanfiction about different saibamen?"
"Not that I can recall. There were some who used different colored ones. Jinkouman, Copyman, Tennenman, Kyukonman, and Kaiwareman are the ones I'm familiar with. But experimental? Ya got me."
"Great. Thanks Marc."
"I don't know if I can control it Vegeta. We haven't had a chance to use it yet."
"I don't care. If it loses control and rips all that scum over there apart, so be it. Worst case, I'll control it. I want to see death Nappa. So you best get with it, or it'll be you I kill!"
"Yeah yeah. I almost feel sorry for you humans hahahahaha you're gonna love this. I can promise you that." They all watched as Nappa punched a hole in the ground, just enough to plant what he pulled out of his battle armor. From what Shepard could tell, the seed looked to be a blue/green mix. It looked bigger then a senzu bean.
"Guys listen. I don't know what he's planting, but whatever it is, I'm not sure what it is. It'll likely be stronger then their normal cultivated warriors."
"Cultivated warriors?"
"Yeah Tien. Nappa's a...well he's like a gardener, but what he grows are these warriors. They come from plants, typically granivorous, but that isn't always the case. They were created through some twisted biotechnology. Most spit acid that can corrode steel. And they can self destruct if they get ahold of you. Don't let them." Shepard watched as Nappa pulled out a vial with green liquid, hesitating before he poured it. He looked back at Vegeta, who was looking at him with bated, demanding breath. Shaking his head once, Nappa poured it in.
"This is some great soil Vegeta. It should come out nice and strong."
"We should've stopped him from planting that."
"They're not stupid enough to plant something stronger then them. We should still be ok." Shepard said, but internally, he wasn't sure. Saiyans weren't exactly the brightest, and he expected that if this thing got out of control, he should be able to handle it himself.
For 30 seconds they waited, with nothing happening. The ground didn't so much as move an inch after Nappa buried the seed.
"Hmmm."
"Nappa you idiot! It should've been up by now."
"I dunno Vegeta. Maybe I misjudged the soil." Nappa said, scratching his head. However the others could feel what the saiyans couldn't.
"That thing..."
"Whatever it is, it's definitely gonna be a problem." The warriors were on guard, which didn't escape Vegeta's observance.
'Can they..can they sense power as well? How is it that I, the Prince of All Saiyans, not be made aware of this? I must learn it as soon as possible. After I'm done with these weaklings perhaps..'
BOOOOM
The ground cracked out for several dozen feet, forcing Nappa and Vegeta in the air, landing on a rock overlooking everyone.
"Guys, it feels like there's more then one." Tien's senses, especially with his 3rd eye, were just as sharp as Piccolo's, who was coming to the same conclusion.
"Be ready everyone!" Chi Chi got into a defensive stance, but she could hardly look forward, more worried for her son then ever.
BOOOOOM
The ground busted up even more, before a series of tremors began echoing throughout the battlefield.
"Uhhh! G-guys!"
"IN THE AIR!" All 6 as well as Yamcha flew upwards. Shepard stayed on the ground. Somehow keeping his balance, he looked around as the battlefield continued to crater and bust up.
"THIS IS GONNA BE SO GLORIOUS!" Nappa yelled out.
"Hmph." Vegeta could only continue to watch as a hand busted through the ground.
It was huge. It could grab one of them with its hands and probably crush them like melons. The second hand busted out through the ground. The warriors in the air gawking in anticipation. Shepard looked at the monstrosity as it rose from the ground.
"What. In. The Holy Fuck is that?"
"The only thing that can even compare may be a Saibabrute."
"Saibabrute?"
"Yeah. They were in the game Dragon Ball Z: Sagas. Absolute behemoths. Their power wasn't as fierce as Nappa's. But this thing? You got me Shep."
"Great."
The thing rose to its full height, pulling itself out of the rocks it had thrown about.
"Gohan I think you need to go." Chi Chi said.
"No we can handle this!" Piccolo yelled at the woman.
"Guys?" Tien said, ending their bickering as he pointed down.
"W-what's it...doing?"
It took a couple steps forward, ground easily breaking up beneath its heavy weight.
"There ya go Vegeta! I told you this planet had good soil."
"W-what the hell is it Nappa?"
"Hmmm, good question. Guess we'll go with...Saibamonster."
"Saibamonster? Hmph. Let's see what it does. Since we don't have our scouters any longer we can't tell how strong it is compared to the humans."
The coined Saibamonster stopped walking, before it looked up at the other fighters.
"RAAAAAAAAWWWWWWRRRR!" It's roar nearly made the namekian's ears bleed, but he managed to hold it together.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOW DO YA LIKE THAT?" Nappa yelled from their rock.
Shepard looked at the Saibamonster as it ignored him. Now that it was out of the crater fully, he could finally see what they were dealing with. It had to be 20 feet tall. Arms as thick as Earth's tree trunks. It's legs were even thicker, comparable to massive red oaks. It had tough looking blue skin. It also had dark green stomach plating. The one thing that made it different from all other saibamen was that it sprouted 2 vicious curving horns, facing forward. It's large, hungry red eyes looked at the warriors once again, before it raised its hands in the air and roared. Moments later, the tremors continued once again.
Shepard was so caught up in sizing up the giant beast that he failed to feel the hands sprout out from underground.
"SHEPARD WATCH OUT!" Tien yelled from above.
"Huh? YAAAAHHHH!" Shepard was amazed at the grips around his legs, being pulled into the ground. They dragged him under, leaving him to the screams of his friends.
"NO!"
"DAMMIT!"
"Hm hm hm hm. Nappa this is excellent. When did you come up with this?" Vegeta looked back at his fellow saiyan, gleefully smiling.
"Ohhh ya like that Vegeta? It took a lotta work but it's all really thanks to this planet. Hahahahahaha these fools are in for it now!"
The Z Fighters watched in horror as Shepard did not emerge. But they couldn't dwell on it any further. The Saibamonster opened its mouth, firing a blast of pure, raw blue energy at the group.
"SCATTER!" Piccolo yelled, making the others all dodge in various places.
"RAAAAAAAAWWWWRR!" The Saibamonster jumped in the air, its first target being Chiaotzu.
"AGH!" Chiaotzu didn't hesitate, using his telekinetic power to bring a stone out of the ground, hurling it at the beast. But it was far to strong. It blasted through the rock with its body like it wasn't even there.
"YAHHHH!" Before the monster could get to its tiny target, it felt itself get kicked. Stopping, it looked down at the other small human. It backhanded Krillin away, making the monk bounce on the ground for several hundred feet before he stopped, unconscious.
"KRILLIN!"
"He's still alive. We need to surround this thing." Piccolo was quick to adjust, dodging away as the monster flew up to grab him.
"EXPLOSIVE DEMON WAVE!" Piccolo quick fired his blast at the behemoth. A plume of smoke rose after the explosion. Before the namekian could do anymore, the beast plowed through the smoke, mouth open and chomping around Piccolo's leg.
"AGGHHHH!" It began to shake its head aggressively, its sharp teeth ripping through Piccolo's skin, sending purple blood spraying out.
"PICCOLO!" The namekian knife edged the monster in the face a couple times, but it was fruitless. It jerked its head one more time, taking Piccolo's leg, leaving a jagged, bloody stomp above where his kneecap was.
"M-mister PICCOLOOOOOOOOOO!" The monster pulled the screaming Namekian by the other leg, getting ready to take another bite, but its eye caught a small, speeding rocket coming towards him. Ragdolling Piccolo and tossing him away, the monster answered the charge with its own roar.
BANG
"YAHHHHHHHH!" The beast snarled as its face was nearly caved in, sending it exploding into the ground.
"HIIIIYAAHHHHHHHH!" Gohan began firing many yellow energy blasts into the crater, his mother coming to his side and joining him. Yamcha gathered energy into his palm, pulling back. Tien brought up both hands, yellow energy sparking dangerously from both fingertips. Chiaotzu's eyes glowed blue before he grabbed an especially massive boulder with his mind.
"KAMEHAMEHAAAAA!"
"DODON RAY!"
"YAHHHHH!" The explosion was massive. The plume of smoke rising was reaching up to them... Chiaotzu ended it by throwing the boulder into the crater, sending a tremor throughout the lands...
"Marvelous. Simply marvelous." Vegeta could only say, looking at the damaged battlefield.
"Huh? Never thought they liked meat, but with that traitor out of the way this should be easy hahahahahaha!"
Vegeta wasn't so sure. Looking at the hole where Shepard was pulled through.
"What?" Vegeta swore that Shepard had left his hammer there. But now it was missing...
"AGHHHH!" Shepard had been pulled through the ground with force. The many rocks, big and small, were hammering into his much hardened body. They didn't hurt that much. It was the ones that were getting into his eyes that were starting to piss him off. Pulling his trapped leg away, he felt the resistance leave it. Kicking out with his other, the hand had come off, leaving a spray of bloody mist behind. His momentum stopped, Shepard used his energy, creating an aura around the rocks and turning himself downward, where he himself plowed through the rocks. His energy was instantly destroying small granules and rocks no bigger then marbles as he plowed through for a few more short seconds before it opened up to fresh air.
"Whoa! Whew..." There were stalactites hanging upside down.
"Dude where the hell are we?"
"I don't know Shep. Unless it's similar to the underground map in Xenoverse 2, I don't have a clue."
"Our info is starting to become bad."
"Noooo shit. But...wait dude... where are those arms that had pulled you down?"
It was a good question. It made Shepard look around before he realized he made a mistake.
There were 10 of them. They looked like miniature versions of the monster above. They were screeching loud enough to make Shepard want to tear off his ears, but one down there was screeching differently, and Shepard could see why.
"That's the one that's injured. Alright. I can do this." Dropping down to the ground, he eyed them all with his enhanced saiyan vision. His black pupils registering that they were stronger then their green counterparts. But not a problem for him.
"KRAKAAAWWW"
"SHEIIIK!"
Shepard ran towards them, forcing 2 of them out of the way when he pie faced them. He used a Spartan kick to drive one hard into the wall. Turning an backhanding another one, it's head practically exploded, leaving Shepard's hand in a blue gooey mess.
"Ughhh! Ewwwww!" Trying to wipe his hand off and shake it clean, he instinctively ducked as a small blue energy bullet went past where his head was, before he kicked out behind him, caving in another's stomach. The one armed saibaman saw what was happening and decided to enact its own plan. Turning to one of its brethren, it screeched. Its brethren screeched in return before both grabbed for each other and became encased in a white light.
"What the?" Shepard said, dodging another one and firing a green energy ball into it, killing it instantly. "What's it doing?" When the light emerged, the 2 saibamen that were there before were now one. With 2 hands, it clenched them and screeched even louder. Turning his hand to the side and facing it forward, Shepard shot out a slice of ki, cutting through another's head. He watched the other 5 fly over towards the now bigger saibaman.
"Oh hell no!" Blitzing forward, he grabbed 2 of them and banged their heads together, eliciting a crack that echoed. More blue blood, or whatever this stuff was, smeared all over him. He fired 2 blasts, catching another in its back and killing it. The other dodged it but Shepard fired one more blast and it blew the things head off, sending a headless body into the ground. But he missed one, which flew towards the bigger fusion saibaman. It touched its brethren before it too became white light, encasing the growing saibaman as well.
"Shit shit shit shit FUCK!" Holding his hand up, Shepard called for his BanHammer, right when he felt a massive tremor rock through the underground cavern, sending more stalactites down around the area. Seconds later, as the glow left the monster, the BanHammer made it into his hand once again. Assuming a stance with his weapon, Shepard took a look at his new foe. It stood near even with him now. It's 2 arms and legs growing to accommodate the new height, claws longer, black and obsidian, sharp and ready to cut through the Rogue. It's teeth were significantly larger then before, adding to its intimidation. It's eyes glowed a fiery red, looking at Shepard with absolute hatred.
"RAAAAAAAWWWWRRR!" It's roar wasn't as intense as the Saibamonster above, but this 'super experimental' saibaman was faster. It took off towards Shepard, who dodged the claws that were ready to pierce him. Turning, he threw a kick at the monster, connecting with its forearm.
"RAWWWWWWRR!" It shot a burst of intense, glowing yellow Ki from its mouth at Shepard, who managed to duck under it. Backing away, Shepard dodged 2 more claw swipes before swinging upwards with the BanHammer. He barely missed the dodging monster, the new heaviness in the weapon throwing off his aim. Readjusting, he went on the attack, slamming the BanHammer through a stalagmite where the monster's head was a moment before. It crumbled into dust. Turning, Shepard moved his head to the side, dodging the claw that went through one of the fallen rocks. Using the BanHammer, Shepard put the super saibaman off balance, before striking with a hard kick to its center, sending it away into another series of rocks. It bursted out of the rocks moments later, roaring at Shepard.
"I don't have time for this shit!" Pointing the BanHammer at the beast, it fired a piecing blue energy beam, far too fast for the saibaman to dodge. It pierced it, sending a shriek of pain echoing throughout the cavern.
The beast roared in pained rage as the beam stopped. It charged forward towards Shepard once again, who skipped backwards to dodge away. Opening its head, it fired potent acid at the Rogue, who got out of the way as it splashed on a rock, melting it down.
"RAAAAAAWWWWWRRR!" It opened its mouth, firing another yellow energy blast at Shepard, who put up the BanHammer in time as the blast sunk into the weapon, not leaving a trace of smoke, ash, or smell behind. Shepard rushed forward, dodging another blast from the monster before he smashed the head of the BanHammer into the stomach of the super saibaman, driving it backwards into a boulder. The beast roared in Shepard's face, firing a blast at close range, but Shepard was ready for it. Grabbing the monster by the neck, it's beam missed the Rogue entirely, hitting the top of the cavern.
"Just..." Kicking the blue beast through the boulder, it blasted through it, slamming into the ground and bouncing into the wall. Shepard was done with this monster.
"DIE ALREADY!!!" Rushing forward, the monster had only a quarter of a second to process that it was dead when the BanHammer connected solidly with its chin, ripping its head off and sending it into the ceiling, where it fell back down in a bloody display. Looking down at the decapitated, lifeless head, and looking down at himself, Shepard smirked, with an idea in mind.
"Whew. Not bad, and I didn't have to use the Kaioken. Now... Where are you Worm?..."
Chi Chi, Gohan, Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha all stayed in the air, ready to hurl more blasts.
"Whatever that thing is, I can probably take it guys. Go get Piccolo and Krillin. Get them up. We all have senzus and the fights just getting started."
Yamcha would need the Kaioken, which he was hoping to save for the saiyans. But it would do the trick.
They all waited in anticipation for a few more moments, before Tien and Chiaotzu went for Krillin. Then Chi Chi and Gohan went for Piccolo.
"Where are you, monster?" Yamcha was focused, all his senses aimed at the ground. The smoke was still wafting through the air, but it didn't deter the Bandit.
The blood surrounding Piccolo was in mass. The purple iron glistened on the ground, in a pool. The barely conscious Namekian was completely put out of the fight in 1 swift, vicious move by that monster!
'What humiliation! Beaten by that monster and saved by my 5 year old pupil. How can I even call myself a warrior?"
His musings were interrupted by a pair of feet dropping next to him.
"Mister Piccolo!"
"Oh Kami Piccolo. Hold on." Chi Chi pulled a senzu out of a small pocket in her dress, bending down and helping the namekian chew it down. Within seconds, Piccolo's vitality changed. His color had come back, his eyes turning into a serious intensity.
"I'll help you mister Piccolo!" Gohan went to help Piccolo stand. It was no problem balancing himself now that his energy had returned.
"HAAAAAAAAH!" A nasty sounding squelch erupted from Piccolo's stump. Resulting in a new leg..
Meanwhile, Tien and Chiaotzu went over to Krillin, who was still out cold. Chiaotzu got down on the ground, smacking Krillin lightly on the cheek. Tien joined him, pulling a senzu out of his small pouch.
"That thing really did a number on you buddy. Come on." There was a massive bruise across Krillin's jaw. How he was even alive was a mystery.
"Come on Krillin. You need to get up from this."
"Ehh...heh...ughhh." Krillin slowly woke, holding his head. It was then that Tien nearly shoved the bean in Krillin's mouth, making Krillin almost choke. Moments later, his eyes widened, the bruise on his jaw disappearing, his skin returning to a peachy, lively color.
"Ahhhhh!" Krillin shot up.
"I-I-I'm...I'm alive." Krillin thought he was dead, for sure. That one shot from that monster hurt so much more then he could've imagined.
"D-darn. Guys I'm sorry."
"It's ok Krillin. We think Shepard is still alive down there somewhere, and Piccolo seems to be back on his feet. We need to get back into the fight." Chiaotzu said, floating off the ground again.
"Guys?" The tremors had returned.
"WATCH OUT!" Yamcha yelled from above.
"AGHHH!"
"NOOO!"
Gohan would not be scared of this behemoth again! It already proved It can be hurt.
CRASSSSSHHH
The ground exploded outwards in front of Gohan, who grabbed his sword from his small scabbard, ready to defend himself.
"KAIOKEN TIMES 2!" Yamcha yelled, his speed increasing greatly, enough to grab the beast by its massive horns, turning over and flipping it on its front. Picking it up, he dragged it away from the trio.
"This thing is freakin HEAVY!" Throwing the beast across the mountain range, it exploded through a rock, impacting the ground on the other side. But it was not badly hurt. Aside from a few scratches, it's plated skin had taken the brunt of the Z warriors energy blasts.
"RAWWWWWWWWRRR!" It roared in utter anger, pissed that it lost its meal.
"Yeah well roar to you too ugly. LET'S GOOOO!"...
The rocks began to tremble around the saiyans who were watching the fight with veiled interest.
BOOOOOM
The ground exploded out from behind the saiyans, who turned back in stunned shock. Before they could process, something was hurled at them from out of the hole. It landed with a wet plop at Vegeta's pristine shoes, what appeared to be blue blood getting all over them. The head of the super saibaman looked up at them, soulless, eyes that glowed a fierce red all but dulled.
"Noooo! My..my beautiful..."
They looked down in disgust, before looking back at the hole as the rocks around it began hovering, followed by their adversary slowly floating out of the hole, BanHammer in hand.
"Heh? So the traitor survived? Look at that Vegeta, looks like ya get to rip him apart after all."
Vegeta had ignored Nappa, still looking in disgust at his boots, before he looked up slowly, the smirk on his face returning back to the feral hatred he had for this saiyan.
"My...my boots..really low class filth? YOU DARE TO MESS UP MY ATTIRE?" Vegeta was furious.
"Tough titties asswipe! Those little gremlins of yours are all dead Nappa. All that work, for nothing."
"N-n-noooooo!"
"Don't worry, you're about to join them!" Shepard raised his battle power as high as he could, taking the BanHammer and launching it at the saiyans. They both leapt off the rock before it crumbled.
"KAIOKEN!" The red aura surrounded Shepard as he went after his target.
BAMMM
The saiyan slammed body first into the Prince, who he held onto. Nappa went to punch Shepard in the back of the head, but he was thwarted by the Rogue, who dodged, making Nappa punch Vegeta in the nose instead, who Shepard turned around forcefully, making one of Vegeta's boots catch the massive saiyan in the face, sending him away.
"L-LET GO OF ME!" Kneeing Shepard in the stomach, it brought a small gasp out of him, but not much more. What Shepard did next was possibly the most humiliating thing that one could do to one of royalty. He shook his head vigorously, wiping his hair and face over Vegeta's own. The struggles became desperate as Vegeta tried pushing off of Shepard's face.
"WAAAWOOOWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!" Shepard began coughing on Vegeta, pretending to throw up, causing more blue blood, and now spit, to get all over the Prince.
"Y-you-UNCOUTH FILTH!" Vegeta smashed his knee into Shepard's crotch, forcing the bigger saiyan to let go.
"O-owwww!"
"HOW DARE YOU!" Nappa said, rushing in, only to be dodged by the pained Shepard and kneed in the gut, leaving a spider web crack in his armor. It put Nappa on his knees, hacking up a wad of spit.
Vegeta hung in the air, his face in pure disgust as he wiped his face vigorously, only to see that his gloves had blue all over them as well.
"Guess you got to take off those royal gloves and get that royal asswhoopin now don't ya?"...
The others stayed out of the way for the moment as Yamcha fought with the Saibamonster. It tried to gore Yamcha but he grabbed its horns before they could reach their target. He begin kneeing the thing in its face, but it was not that effective. Being driven into a rock, the monster continued to try to plow through the Bandit, but they were stalemated.
"G-gotta figure out a way o-outta this." Yamcha gritted his teeth, talking to himself. His Kaioken aura was smooth, intense, but it didn't seem to be enough. He needed more.
"TIMES TWO!" He shouted, pushing the monster back just enough to get himself out of the way, letting the Saibamonster continue with its momentum with a little help. He rammed the monster's head into the rock before letting go and flying up. Holding both hands out, 2 yellow balls of shining energy came forth.
"DOUBLE SPIRIT BALL!" He threw them at the monster, which didn't register the energy balls as a threat. One slammed into the things stomach, causing it to stop momentarily before the other smashed it in the back. It growled as it was pushed forward. Phasing behind the monster, Yamcha used both of his feet to plant the Saibamonster into the ground, face first.
Over on the sidelines, Piccolo and Krillin were back to full strength, watching their teammate/friend respectively try to handle the monster that had crushed them both.
"D-dammit."
"Can Yamcha win?" Chi Chi asked.
"If that power up of Yamcha's is all that he has, he may have a chance."
"Well at least Shepard seems to be having fun." Tien pointed out, as they looked over at the blue blooded warrior smother Vegeta in the monster blood...
The Saibamonster roared as it pulled its head out of the ground, looking for the small human who dared to cause it pain.
"Right here bastard!" It snapped its head over, opening its mouth and firing. Yamcha channeled Ki into his hand, knocking the blue blast away from him effortlessly, exploding away in a safe area. The monster got up, cocking its head to the side in wonder.
"DESTRUCTO DISK!" A yell from the other side made the monster look in that direction. It saw a thin, yellow sawlike blade of Ki heading towards it, but before it could do anything, the blade sped up, making it impossible to completely dodge.
"RAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWRRR! It yelled in rage as it sliced through its arm, causing bluish, dark blood to ooze out of its stump. The monster ran towards Krillin hard, completely forgetting about the Bandit.
"A-ANYTIME GUYS!"
"NOW! SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!"
"OX BEAM!" The white blast joined the special beam cannon, encircling the cannon as it sped towards its target, sending sparks of energy cascading in all directions. It smashed into the Saibamonster, but it didn't move, nor did the beam penetrate.
"HIIIIYAHHHHHH!" Gohan, from the sky, struck downward with his sword, creating a yellow blade of Ki. The monster looked upward, holding onto the blast in front of it, it opened its mouth, firing a blast at the energy slash, canceling it out in a midair explosion, but Gohan wasn't finished. The boy plowed through the smoke, sword first.
"AHHHHHHH!" Unable to put its hands up, it could only turn its head to the side desperately, avoiding decapitation, the blade sinking into its shoulder, eliciting another scream of pain from the monster. Gohan bounced over the monster's shoulder, turning to look back at his handiwork, but his small stomach was kicked nearly through when the monster kicked back, sending Gohan skidding into the ground, colliding with a boulder with more rocks falling on him. The monster then focused on the beam in front of it, still trying to penetrate its thick hide. It felt resistance, but was able to move to the side, letting the beam plow along its intended course, causing a massive explosion behind it, nearly vaporizing Gohan. Ignoring the sword sticking out of its shoulder, it charged towards the 2 that dared to attack it.
"PREPARE YOURSELF CHI CHI!" Piccolo yelled. He would not let this monster get the upper hand on him again! The woman next to him took a defensive stance as well. Before the monster made it to them, the ground beneath it crumbled, making it fall into the ground off balance.
"Good job Chiaotzu!" Tien yelled, before concentrating. The sound of flesh ripping apart signaled one of his patented techniques. Splitting himself into two beings, they both rushed the monster. As they did, both Tien's activated the Four Witches Technique, 4 arms each ready to rip into the monster.
"YAH! Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah ha ah ha!" The 2 Tien's were soon joined by Piccolo, who clawed the monster in the face. The Saibamonster swung out its arm, catching one of the Tien's and squeezing it in half before it disappeared. It then was able to grab the real Tien, and it began to squeeze him as well. Luckily, it was only able to for a second before it saw a shadow on the ground. Looking up and seeing a flat boulder smash into its body, it's hand forced to let go of Tien.
"Ugh...ugh... That was too close. Thanks Chiaotzu." The tiny little Earthling nodded in response.
"RAWWRR!" The rocks were moving.
"DAMMIT! What does it take to kill this thing?" Krillin asked, desperately trying to hold it together.
The rocks exploded outward, the Saibamonster, one armed with cuts, scrapes and burns throughout its body, roared out towards its adversaries.
"Enough of this shit." Yamcha was done. And he was angry. Running towards the monster fearlessly, he leapt over its outstretched hand, landing on its shoulders, pulling the sword out of it before leaping off of the monster, turning himself upside down and slashing out. Landing with his back turned, he disengaged the Kaioken. The monster stopped roaring, before a thin, bloody blue line appeared around its neck. It's head slowly coming off, exposing its innards, its body standing for a couple moments before it too fell. Chi Chi nearly lost her lunch at the sight. The others were more hardened, Piccolo already looking to the next task...
Vegeta rushed forward, spit foaming at the mouth in pure anger from being humiliated. His fist slammed into Shepard's forearm. Shepard in turn threw his own fist, but it was caught by the Prince, who pulled Shepard in to knee him, only for it to be blocked by the Rogue.
"Y-you dare...MOCK ME?" Ripping himself free, he turned himself around and clocked Shepard with his fist, sending the saiyan away. Vegeta flew after the trailing saiyans who righted himself. Their fists collided, sending a shockwave out. Each pushed their fist forward, yelling and screaming out, sending surges of electricity throughout. Shepard gained the advantage, pushing Vegeta's fist into himself, followed by grabbing Vegeta's head and slamming his knee into his face. He did this twice before he was forced to let go from Vegeta lashing out with his energy.
"UGHHH! I'LL KILL YOU!" He charged towards Shepard again, who dodged his kick and moved away.
"Come get some more of these hands bitch!" Shepard said, phasing away. Vegeta followed, beginning to hurl a litany of energy blasts at Shepard. He dodged many of them and slapped more away. One went for his face and he caught it, squeezing it into nothingness. In doing that, he took his attention off of the Prince. And Vegeta capitalized, using an afterimage and getting behind Shepard, he wrapped Shepard up and sent them both hurtling towards the ground.
"TAKE THIS CLOWN!" Vegeta let go at the last possible second, sending Shepard colliding hard with the ground. It shattered for more then a couple hundred feet before Shepard recovered, flying back up.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Firing a quick Turtle Wave, Shepard was surprised that Vegeta dodged to the side, flying back up and meeting Shepard, who got his hands up to block in time. They both struggled for a few seconds, Vegeta frothing at the mouth, blue blood all over him. Shepard was smirking at the sight of it.
"Looking a little dirty Princess!" The statement pissed Vegeta off, who disengaged.
"AHHHHHHH!" Punching at Shepard, it was dodged, before Shepard himself came with a knee , which Vegeta blocked with both hands. Pushing the knee down, Vegeta turned, lashing out with a kick to Shepard's midsection, sending him flying into and through a pillar of rock.
"You will learn before I began to destroy you, that you are nothing to me! I am stronger then everyone on this pitiful planet, and you will do well to remember that, for however long you have left to live!"
Shepard got up from the ground, watching as the Prince floated down, landing with a tap.
"Yeah well... I'll probably forget by tomorrow. You don't own my life dude. You never have...And you never will. When we're done here today, you'll be going bye bye, while we prepare for the next big baddy in our lives. Frieza is a monster, an absolute tyrant. Your wish for immortality is a joke! Even if you managed to achieve it, you're so heavily outclassed that Frieza could beat you countless times before he just decides to trap you, then you can be the slave of Arcos for all of eternity, never being able to escape their wrath. You wanna know what Frieza's power level really is?"
Vegeta was shocked! As Shepard spoke, he continued to walk closer to the Prince until he stood only a few feet away.
"Like you would fucking know anything! I've already been a slave, for decades! You know nothing of my life! Of my struggles! What do you care if I seek what is rightfully mine? I will have immortality, and when the time comes, I will tear that lizard into pieces!"
"YOU DON'T NEED IMMORTALITY FOR THAT! I WANT YOU TO KILL THAT SON OF A BITCH!" Shepard yelled at him, throwing his hands up in frustration.
"W-what?"
"120 Million."
The number made Vegeta freeze. '120 MILLION! N-no! I can't accept that! He has to be lying to me! H-He HAS TO BE!'
Vegeta had heard many rumored numbers to go with his (former) boss' power level. He once heard Dodoria brag about Frieza's power level being over 1 million, but 120 million?
"I know you think I'm lying Vegeta. But this is straight up. Immortality won't beat him. But there is something that can. And it can happen in a short time too."
"A-And what's that clown?"
"The Super Saiyan." Vegeta took a couple steps back at that, eyes glazed, before he began to laugh maniacally.
"I think you broke our toy."
"Hey fuck him. He's hardheaded and doesn't wanna listen to facts, so now he has no choice."
"We've most certainly obliterated this timeline."
"S-s-super Saiyan? You! You think a super saiyan can defeat him? You're even more of a clown then I thought! It's just a legend! A POINTLESS LEGEND!"
Shepard could only shake his head. It was sad, but no version of Vegeta was this thoughtful during the early times of DbZ.
"You'll learn someday asshole."
"ENOUGH OF THIS!"...
Chi Chi moved over to the downed rocks where Gohan lay. Pulling the rocks off, she was desperate to get to her boy, but she needn't worry. Feeling her son's energy increase, she took a quick couple steps back before the rocks exploded outward, leaving the little boy panting on his knees.
"GOHAN!"
The mother helped her little boy stand up. He looked up at her, smiling with a thumbs up.
"Looks like we got it Mom." Chi Chi couldn't help but laugh a little at her son's enthusiasm.
"Hm hm hm hm we sure did son, if you're feeling alright, let's go join the others."
Meanwhile, Nappa was just recovering from nearly puking his guts out. Getting to a knee, he began to stand up fully, looking down at his cracked armor.
"T-that bastard destroyed my armor! How dare he do that to the Saiyan General!"
"General? So does that make us Kings and Queens, since you were on your knees bowing?" Looking around, Nappa saw that he was now surrounded by the other warriors.
"A comedian? HA HA HA HA HA." Nappa was sarcastic for only a moment before he realized what them surrounding him meant.
"W-where's the Saiba-?" Looking down at where the others had fought, Nappa saw his creation in pieces, it's horned head void of life.
"NOOOOOOOOO!"
"Your monster has been slain. And you're next!" Piccolo said, cracking his knuckles.
"Piccolo, he's pretty damn strong. Maybe you should let me handle this." Yamcha said. He was only lightly tired, the effects of the Kaioken times 2 having worn away already.
"Yamcha we should take him down together." Tien suggested.
"We can beat him Yamcha! I know we can!" Krillin said, eager to give the big saiyan a piece of his mind.
"YOU? THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME?? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH HAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAHA!" Nappa laughed at the humans, believing them to be delusional. But he stopped laughing seconds later, looking at the determined faces, which one caught his interest.
"So after I'm done killing you all, can I have that whore right there? She sure looks spicy!"
"THAT'S IT!" Chi Chi rushed Nappa, only to be held back by Yamcha.
"S-s-stop Chi Chi! Dammit. Gohan a little help here?" The woman was steadily trying to break the Bandit's grip, yelling inaudibly at the laughing saiyan.
"I'll beat you!" Gohan said, pulling his trusted sword out once again and holding it in front of him. This made Nappa stop laughing for a moment before a deadly smirk crossed his face.
"So the whore is your mother eh brat? Do you wanna try it? Hahahahahahaha!"
"STOP CALLING HER THAT!" Gohan yelled, his rage surging through, red aura billowing around him.
"Hm hm hm hm hm fine. You want me to stop? Then make me boy!"
Gohan was about to charge forward as well, but a hand in front of him stopped him.
"I'll fight him." Piccolo said.
"Wait? Piccolo hold on a sec-"
"Shut it Scarface. Gohan is stronger, but he still lacks the experience. That Kaioken seems like it can hurt you if you use it too long. I'm pretty fresh. This guy is no amateur and he isn't young either. You need to save your energy. All of you." Piccolo looked back at his teammates. Each of them had fought incredibly hard today. He was internally so proud of his pupil. 'What irony. I would train so hard to kill the father, yet I trained the son so hard to defend this planet.'
"Piccolo let Yamcha fight the saiyan! He can beat him!"
"I'm aware Kami, but he needs his strength. That Vegeta is a menace. And Gohan...Gohan needs to save his strength as well. I'm the only one who may be experienced with a power level comparable to this monster. So let me do this!"
"Darn it Piccolo...please Piccolo you must survive!
"If I live, then it was because I was strong enough to survive. If I die, then I was too weak to make a difference. I have to know where I stand Kami. Now leave me be!"
"Ahh! The namekian it is then?"
"The what?"
"What? Don't know what ya are? Na...Mek...I...An...! Say it with me!"
"I know what I am dumbass!"
"Piccolo if you're sure..."
"Move it Scarface! I'll handle this!" Piccolo got into his stance, forcing the others to fly out of the way.
"Mom we need to help him!"
"Gohan, Piccolo wants to prove to us he can do this. This is for himself honey. We won't interfere."
"Bu-but-"
"Your mother's right Gohan. This is about his pride. Someday you'll understand when you get older what that truly means." Yamcha said to him before he palmed the boy's head.
"You're pretty darn strong though kid! What happened to you?"
"M-mister Piccolo trained me really really hard sir! I...I wanted to prove to him that I wasn't scared. I wanted to be strong enough for my Daddy to be proud of me!"
"Awww Gohan, your Dad loves you son."
"Yeah kid! Take it from me. I've known your Dad for a long time! He doesn't care if you're strong or not. He just wants you to be happy."
"If that means sacrificing his life so you can live, then that's what he would do. Every time!"
They moved a distance away, the rumbling from the fight between Shepard and Vegeta having tapered off in the distance.
"So saiyan, how would you like this beating?"
"Aww come on Namekian, you may be strong, but you're not all that strong, and I'll show you why!"
Nappa spread his legs apart a bit. The aura around him began to grow.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" He screamed out, the rocks crumbling to microscopic dust around him before a yellow aura took hold.
"HAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!"
Piccolo took a step back from the giant saiyan. 'It keeps rising!'
"HAAAAAAAAAAA!"
"Die!" The saiyan blasted forward, almost too fast for the namekian to see. Nappa swung his massive right hand, making Piccolo move just enough out of reach. It surely would've taken his arm off if he didn't move. But he didn't stop, because the saiyan stayed on him relentlessly.
"STAND STILL SLUG!" Nappa threw his hand straight, making Piccolo dodge, back flipping away.
"AUGH!" Piccolo was completely stunned in agony when Nappa flew past him, faster then Piccolo was able to keep up with, kicking him in the lower back and sending him forward stumbling. The saiyan then flew in towards Piccolo again. The namekian was incredibly lucky he was able to right himself, because he jumped over Nappa's charge, kicking him hard in the back and sending him into the ground. Nappa flipped forward onto his feet, opening his mouth wide.
"HAAAAAAAAAHH!" Piccolo opened his mouth as well, both firing a mouth beam. They collided with a BANG, sparks of Ki flying in many directions. Piccolo realized he was losing ground, so he sent his arms forward, flying along the mouth beams. His arms wrapped around Nappa's legs, off balancing the saiyan and making his mouth beam veer off course, which allowed the namekian's to hit Nappa full force. A massive explosion engulfed the saiyan, making his mouth beam instantly dissipate. Piccolo took a couple deep breaths. 'This saiyan is definitely stronger then me. But not by much. With my skills, and my mind, I should be able to defeat him.'
A figure bursted through the smoke, colliding with Piccolo. Slamming the namekian into the ground, Nappa, body smoking from the explosion, began to snarl.
"Well slug, you certainly surprised me! Hahahahahahaha but did you really think that crap you tried would work?" His armor was cracked up in several places, but he was otherwise unharmed. Getting up, he picked the namekian up by his leg and slammed him into the ground. Several times he did this, cratering the ground with each concussive force, making Piccolo incredibly disoriented. He tossed Piccolo away, holding his hand out.
"BOMBER DX!" A whitish, pulsing ball of pure energy was launched from Nappa's hand, blitzing towards its target. Piccolo looked on, eyes wide in terror and shock. Thinking quickly, he extended his arms, latching onto the ground below, allowing him to just get out of the way of the energy ball, the heat of which making his skin burn slightly. It sailed past him, flying into a mountain and creating a near blinding explosion.
"I know Piccolo wanted to do this alone, but this is getting seriously dangerous." Tien pointed out. Gohan himself was fidgeting. Chi Chi was nervous. Krillin's focus didn't waver, but even he felt concern for the namekian.
"He can win. Piccolo's far too smart to lose to this animal." Yamcha pointed out. His words didn't garner the positivity he was hoping to get, but there was no more grumbling.
"Sooo, you got away from it? Good on you Namek. Doesn't make a difference, but good on you." Nappa walked forward, eyeing the namekian with feral interest. Piccolo retracted his arms, claws out and ready to attack.
"Why even waste our time here slug? You're gonna die regardless! The hybrid brat over there coulda gave me a better fight!" Piccolo stood tall, not saying a word.
"Hm hm hm hm. Hahahahahaha. Well then, your slaughter begins NOW!" Nappa rushed the namekian, who barely got an arm up in time to block. The punches Nappa threw were hard to continuously block for Piccolo, so he changed his strategy. Evading the saiyan again, he whipped his leg out, but it was guarded.
"YAHHHHH!" Firing a point blank blast, Nappa watched as Piccolo, who had expected it, leapt back and away. Nappa rushed in, exchanging a fierce series of punches and kicks with Piccolo, who did all he could to return it back. A knee to his gut made Piccolo spit out blood, before he was elbowed in the back and sent to the ground. Nappa landed on the ground with a thud, walking towards the downed namekian.
"Ya see Namek, I've been fighting for far longer then you can imagine. This beautiful face right here?" Nappa pointed to his smiling face. "Is older then you think. I love being a saiyan!" Piccolo struggled to rise to his feet, hearing the giant saiyan's footsteps.
'His joints aren't protected. He may be arrogant and somewhat slow, but damn if he doesn't hit hard. I gotta find a way to slow him down more!'
Nappa grabbed the back of Piccolo's head looking to turn him over, but Piccolo struggled, turning his own head and firing twin eye beams at one of Nappa's knees.
"UGHOOOOWWW!" He kicked the namekian away with his good leg, holding his damaged knee.
"Y-y-you SLUG!" Piccolo slid for several dozen feet before picking himself back up slowly, wiping blood off of his chin. "L-let's see how good you are handicapped!" Piccolo got up fully, flying forward, after imaging before Nappa could swipe at him. A knee crashed into Nappa's neck, pushing him forward limping, before Piccolo phased back in front, swiping a large piece of Nappa's armor away. He laid into the saiyan ferociously. The Demon Style of Martial Arts was on full display as Piccolo busted the saiyan up. Catching Nappa with a vicious elbow to the chin, Piccolo followed through the bloody spray that erupted from the saiyan's mouth, punching him hard in his now exposed stomach. Nappa was bent over Piccolo's fist, hacking. Kneeing Nappa in the chin, Piccolo followed the wildly spinning saiyan away, phasing behind him and backhanding him hard into the ground. Nappa slid across the ground for a couple seconds before he stopped. Getting up, he turned his head, blood on his lip, frothing at the mouth.
"W-WHY YOUUUUUUU!"
"So used to that bulk carrying you through? Even now I can feel your energy draining away. Faster then mine is. Heh heh heh heh how does it feel saiyan?" Nappa slowly got to his feet. Limping slowly, chuckling tiredly to himself.
"Heh. You think because you knocked me down that this fight is over? That you hurt my leg, you think it's over? I'M THE SAIYAN GENERAL NAPPA! You have my respect for fighting me one on one Namek, but now, I'm bored with you."
Piccolo was confused for a moment, watching as Nappa lifted his hand up, 2 fingers pointing up.
"AHHH!"
BOOOOOOOOM
A titanic explosion rocked the lands, leaving smoke and ash in its wake, where the namekian supposedly stood now covered in haziness.
ZZzt
"Wha?" Nappa felt an odd sensation. Looking back, he saw the namekian somehow got behind him, holding his tail.
"H-How did y-you survive?"
The namekian smirked for a moment before yanking on the tail lightly.
"Nononononono!"
"Your energy rumbles in the ground before you use that technique. These ears can hear pretty much anything. Just like they didn't hear any kind of grunt in pain when i yanked on your tail just now."
SNRIPPPP
"AEEOOOOOOOOOOWWW!" Nappa howled in pain, as his tail was forcibly ripped away from his body! Holding his lower back, where there was now a stump, the saiyan walked forward wobbly.
"OWWW FUCK! DAMMMIT! SON OF A...AGHHHHH-OOF-!"
Piccolo, being ever opportunistic, tossed the tail to the side and hook kicked Nappa right on his tail stomp, making him scream in pain and hit the ground face first. Piccolo stood there, gritting his teeth as he watched the giant stumble back to his feet, holding his back hissing in pain. He turned to face the namekian, with the most hateful glare possible.
"Y...you...you..I've had it with you..." Nappa's heavy steps cratered the ground as he walked. There was only a slight twitch now to his knee. "M-my tail! You...AHHHHHHHHH!" Nappa was lost in his rage, running at Piccolo fast. The namekian backed away, knocking the encroaching hand to the side. But the other one was fast, grabbing Piccolo by his head and running him forward. Slamming Piccolo into a boulder, Nappa began to lay into him. Punching him all over his body, his head. The namekian's face was becoming quickly bloodied, so he did the only thing he felt he could do. He managed to duck under one of Nappa's furious punches, hitting Nappa's knee with a stronger eye beam, blowing through the back of his leg. Nappa grimaced, faltering slightly in his attack, but it gave the namekian ample time to after image away.
Nappa stood at the rock for a few moments, heaving air. He began to calm himself, understanding that he was lost in a Saiyan Rage.
"Heh heh heh heh heh. Heeeeeh!" Nappa turned around, looking at his beaten up adversary. Piccolo had blood running down his face, but he could already start to feel his face starting to heal, the bruising easing if only a bit. Limping his way towards the namekian, Nappa's face took on feral delight as he ran at Piccolo. Attempting to backhand the namekian, Nappa was surprised at the afterimage, before a kick nearly caved in his neck, sending him skidding along the ground on his face.
"It's over saiyan. You're losing your energy much faster now. Stay still so that you may die quickly." Piccolo was beyond tired, but his body would not quit yet, and neither would he.
"GET EM PICCOLO!"
"YEAAAAAAH!" Chi Chi and Gohan were holding hands, dancing away in the air. Tien was stoic, clearly paying far more attention. Chiaotzu and Krillin gave each other high fives.
"We got him! We got him! We got him!" The only one not celebrating was Piccolo himself.
Nappa was in so much pain. Moving his fingers around, he forced himself to stand up, his face dirty, bloodied and scruffed up from the ground. His back, especially his lower back, was in agony. But he forced all of that down, ignoring it. He was the Saiyan General for a reason! Decades of experience had taught him that pain was something that could be used most effectively with his hate, and right now, as he turned around, he focused all his hate, all of his rage, on the one being he wanted to kill most.
Piccolo did not see it coming. One moment, Nappa was looking at him, and the next, his head was bludgeoned with extreme force. "A saiyan gets stronger as the fight goes on slug! You're going to learn that lesson the hard way."
The others stopped celebrating, caught off guard by the sheer speed of the giant.
"He had em!"
"This saiyan.. it's like he's been toying with Piccolo."
"No.. saiyans really do have this crazy ability to seemingly get stronger as a fight goes on." Yamcha looked back at the others, face made of impassable stone. "I've seen it firsthand."
"Then we may need to get in there."
"No Tien."
"Yamcha I don't know what has happened to you, but this...this isn't right!"
"If we step in the fight now, it'll tarnish any belief Piccolo would have in us. He's put his very life on the line. We need to honor that. I believe he can still win."
Piccolo slowly made his way off the ground, having hit it hard. He was extremely disoriented, trying to shake the cobwebs out. Nappa did not give him the time, grabbing the namekian by the back of his head and slamming it face first back into the ground. He then picked him up and slammed his face into another boulder. Releasing Piccolo, Nappa kicked him hard in the stomach, making blood erupt from the namekian's mouth as he was sent away.
The namekian had one last card left to play. A technique he had been saving for this very moment. Getting up slowly, he coughed out more blood. Putting his hands together facing inward, he began to charge an immense amount of energy. A ball of sparkling yellow energy began to coalesce from his hands.
"I-if you're as much of a saiyan a-as you believe, then you won't b-bother dodging this."
Nappa continued walking towards him, heavily and slowly. "You're finished slug, no more tricks. I have no reason to dodge."
"Heh. Good. Now die you son of a bitch! DEMON GRENADE!" A ball of intense, yellow energy erupted from the namekian's hands, traveling far too fast for Nappa to even try to dodge.
"S-SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Nappa held his hands out in a vain attempt to block it, but it was for naught. The explosion was deafening, blinding, and pushed back for hundreds of meters...
Minutes Prior
"ENOUGH OF THIS!" Vegeta palmed Shepard in the chest, making him gag as he slid back.
"You have been making a fool of me this whole time! No more! I am the Prince of All SAIYANS! And that includes you!"
"Heh...heh...you would look funny with all that blue blood all over you. How could one ever bow to you?"
Vegeta growled, clearly having lost his patience with this saiyan. He surged forward, punching Shepard in the face. But the Rogue landed on his feet, gritting his teeth and charging back. Vegeta phased closer, immediately closing the distance and throwing his right hand. Shepard pushed it up with his left hand before charging a massive kiai in his right hand, leveling it into Vegeta's chest, breaking through some of his armor and pushing him sky high through the air, howling in raged pain.
"Good shit Shep! You got him away from Nappa and the others. Hopefully Yamcha does away with him quickly!"
"We'll see Marc. Knowing those guys, I don't know."
Shepard flew through the air, away from the others, towards his out of control adversary. Vegeta finally righted himself in the air, spit leaving his mouth. Taking his gloved, blue blooded hand and wiping, he nearly spit up more, disgusted as the nasty, Super Saibaman blood got into his mouth. The feeling pissed off the Prince even more.
"Never have I been so humiliated." He went to spit out more, but red came back onto his white, starched and pressed glove. His eyes shrunk to pinpricks at this.
"M-my blood? He..he dares to make me bleed my own blood?" Shepard watched as the Prince's eyes seem to lose their shine for a second, as if in a different state of mind altogether.
"Definitely broken."
"Shut up Marc!"
"I will not stand for this. No. No I will not. No. Another saiyan, making me bleed? No I won't accept that! I WON'T! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The Prince's aura became rougher, harsher, greater.
'Did I miss something? I-I thought that was all the power he had!'
"DIIIIIIEEEE!" Vegeta put both hands together, before firing amass of fiery blasts at the Rogue. The first he blocked easily, but the next few were even hotter. It singed and burned through his gi, making him get out of there.
BAMM
"OWWW!" His jaw was smashed by the Prince's fist, sending a spray of blood as Shepard went colliding with a rock face.
"YAHHH!" The Prince slammed his whole body leg first into Shepard, sending them through the rocks and towards the ground. Shepard fell hard, as many of the rocks piled around him. Vegeta stayed in the air, holding out his hand, he charged an intense energy sphere in his hand. Releasing it without prompt, it tore through the ground, destroying many of the rocks around and exploding. Vegeta flew into the light, only to see Shepard had gotten up, his red aura growing even more fierce.
"TIMES 2!" Shepard flew up, slamming into Vegeta, slamming his knee into the Prince's stomach, shattering more of his armor, before he elbowed Vegeta in the back of the head, sending the Prince into the ground, but the Prince was back up quickly, as Shepard flew down to meet him, their hands came together, both gritting their faces, screaming at each other in unintelligible, hate filled words.
BAAAAM!
Their heads came together, whatever between them turning to particles. Vegeta pushed Shepard hard, but after a couple of steps, Shepard planted his feet in the ground and didn't move again.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They both simultaneously roared, the ground cratering beneath them as they continued to fight for dominance. Vegeta smirked quickly, letting Shepard win the physical struggle, making Shepard's momentum carry him forward, Vegeta slammed his legs into Shepard's stomach, sending the Rogue upward. Vegeta got up quickly, cratering the ground as he leapt in the sky, getting behind Shepard and kicking him hard in the back, gaining a shout of pain as he rocketed away. He corkscrewed in the air, getting extremely lucky when he somehow landed on his feet, sliding back. Blood now christened Shepard's mouth, his back ached, he was a little tired. Fighting prolonged with the Kaioken would hurt a lot more if he didn't master each successive multiplier first. His red aura gained fire again, rushing towards Vegeta. The Prince went to swipe at Shepard, but the Rogue was faster, getting around Vegeta and elbowing him hard in the back, sending him forward in the air. Before Vegeta could right himself, the top of his head was slammed down, Shepard point kicking the Prince at the apex of his spin, making Vegeta divebomb into the ground. It exploded outward as the Prince's tough body dug into the Earth.
It was only seconds before a rumbling could be felt, the rocks exploding outward.
"AHHHHHH!" One of his gloves had been burned away, leaving an exposed hand. He had blood running down his chin, one of his nostrils leaked blood. His armor was cracked in many places.
Shepard landed a few dozen feet away from the enraged Prince, who looked at him with pure, unfiltered hate. Shepard wasn't bothered, and looked at him stonily. He refused to give anything more to the Prince.
"You will learn to acknowledge your superiors, traitor. You, a traitor to the saiyan race, DARE to make me exert myself like this!" Vegeta still couldn't process it! To be actually rivaled by random powers throughout the universe? It was unheard of! He had heard the Galactic Patrol had left the Colds to their services because they were ill equipped to handle the PTO, but some of these warriors here would be capable of taking on the infamous Ginyu Force! It was absurd. Yet...there was a nugget of a memory, deep in his past, where he had been told about rivals. How they made you stronger, made you push yourself, harder. To be the quintessential best, the work had to be put in. The Prince couldn't fathom this, couldn't understand or see how this could be possible. He had trained in his spare time when he had it available, but it wasn't near enough!
"To each his own. You're gonna learn this is EARTH MOTHERFUCKER! We don't back down! Not from you, not from Ginyu, or Frieza, or King Cold! I told you what would happen if you came here, to be prepared for WAR! You thought this would be some walk in the fuckin park? That this was gonna be easy for your ass? Guess again! I still have a vegetable to plant, so COME'ERE!" Shepard rushed the Prince, who barely put up a block in time. Gritting his teeth, Vegeta fired back, watching as it was blocked in return. Front kicking the Prince in the stomach hard, it made him slide back. Turning to gain momentum, Shepard threw a punch as hard as he could. But his wrist was grabbed.
BOINK
"AUCK! Vegeta choked as Shepard extended his hand, finger jabbing the Prince in the throat. Forced to let go as he held his throat, Vegeta barely dodged backwards from the spin kick Shepard tried to take his head off with. Ignoring his pained larynx, Vegeta parried Shepard's comeback punch, clocking him in the jaw with his own. A short shout of pain left Shepard's mouth as he looked back up, only to hear someone phasing behind him. He ducked under just as Vegeta looked to take his head off in return. He jumped up hard, shoulder charging the Prince into the air as he followed. The pair began to exchange heavy fists, the sounds echoing across the landscape. Kneeing Shepard in the face, the Prince phased behind him, bringing both hands together and slamming them into the Rogue's back, sending him beelining to the ground. A crater more then 100 feet in all directions spread out, spider web cracking the ground around the new hole.
"You'll die here traitor!" From both his hands, an eruption of yellow energy balls left, pounding down into the hole, littering the crater with even more debris and ash.
"Yah yah yah yah yah yah Ah ah Ah Ah ha yah yah yah yah yah!" He lost count of how many he fired, but it was all for naught.
"FALCON PUNCH!" Vegeta heard the yell, and went to look behind, but his mind became scrambled, feeling a heated fist slam into his face, blowing him away. Shepard watched as the Prince was flung far away, his now patented Falcon Punch leaving bloody spray behind. The Prince slammed into the ground, for several hundred feet he bounced along the ground before finally sliding onto his front. Getting up slowly, Vegeta's eye now swelling shut, he looked at the Rogue, who descended down to the ground slowly, red aura still flowing from him. Finally on his feet, the Prince was woozy, disoriented completely from having his brains scrambled. He held his head, feeling the bruising along his eye. It made him seethe! Spitting out a wad of blood, Vegeta looked at his smug opponent, who landed not to far from him. Vegeta's eye shined for a nanosecond, before the area around Shepard exploded, sending the Rogue wildly along the ground. It gave Vegeta a small breather. He still felt like his energy was full, but his anger had lost to the beginnings of exhaustion.
"Owwww!" Shepard's now exposed chest had a burn mark across it. Touching the ginger area while he laid on the ground, he grimaced.
"Definitely gonna be tender tomorrow. Ughhhh..." he got up, looking through the haze, he saw Vegeta. The Prince still looked a bit unfocused.
"Let's see how he likes this."
Vegeta heard Shepard screaming, noticing the smoke and haze lift away from him. He saw Shepard with 2 blue balls of energy, slamming them together between his hands, it grew bigger, before he pushed into it, condensing it even further.
"PEREGRINE SHELL!" Shepard fired the bigger Peregrine Bullet, watching as it flew through the air. All Vegeta could do was just barely dodge out of the way, the explosion sending the Prince tumbling through the air for a couple seconds. Before he could react, he was violently grabbed by his hair.
"L-l-let go of MEEEE AHHH AHHH AHHH AGHHHH!" Shepard was spinning him in a vicious circle, making the Prince nearly lose his lunch. Shepard spun incredibly fast in the air, not giving Vegeta a chance to counter. Vegeta tried to fire energy blasts, but they went wildly askew, him unable to concentrate and aim.
Shepard felt Piccolo's energy jump, followed by a massive, intense explosion in the distance.
"BOMBS!" Planting his feet towards that direction, Shepard released Vegeta at the perfect moment, launching the Prince through the air by his hair.
"AWAY!..."
The Demon Grenade from Piccolo was massive. It blinded everyone, including the namekian himself, who had very little energy. In what was the toughest fight that he had ever fought, he felt victorious. Nappa's energy had plummeted, leaving everyone in a dazed, hopeful state. They could all feel Shepard and Vegeta's intense fight in the distance, the occasional rumbles in the distance, a sure fire bet that their fight was every bit as vicious as the prior year's fights.
"D-did he get 'em?" Krillin asked. No one was celebrating, not even the innocent Gohan.
"Please. Please please please Mister Piccolo be alright." Piccolo was drained. Everything he had left went into that blast. He was drenched in sweat, his own blood, his body ached immensely. But he would see this through! All the way!
The smoke dissipated from the massive explosion, showing a wide crater. Nappa was in this crater, breathing heavily, energy spent. His armor was gone, his body broken. His back hurt terrifically. He couldn't get up!
"Guys?" Chi Chi was looking in the horizon.
"What...is that?"
"I think...guys I think it's that other saiyan!" Chiaotzu said in excitement. The others looked on as the dot grew bigger before it descended towards the ground, slamming into it and bouncing hard. Vegeta couldn't stop his momentum before he nosedived again towards deeper ground, but after only a couple seconds of this, he stopped. Picking himself up slowly, Vegeta watched as blood escaped his mouth, and one of his eyes felt blurry. Licking the inside of his mouth, he felt his tongue leaking blood, and one of his teeth were missing.
"V..ve-Vegeta?"
"Huh...what...what is this? What the...what the hell happened to you Nappa?"
"Damn...namekian..stronger then I thought."
Vegeta spat, standing on his feet weakily. He looked at Nappa in disgust.
"Y-you lost to that slug over there? Pathetic!"
"W-wait Vegeta..I-"
"SHUT UP NAPPA!" The Prince spat out again.
The Prince heard an aura, looking straight up, he saw who he hated most, landing in front of them.
"Take Nappa and go Vegeta. Just leave. No one will chase you away. No one will try to kill you. You can always live to fight another day. And that fight will be coming soon. We're going after Frieza. You can be with that, train with us, grow leaps and bounds, learn how to use your Ki even better then you do now. Or..." Shepard charged up a green ball of energy in his hand, holding it out towards the Prince. "You both can die, no chance of avenging the saiyans. No chance to become even more powerful. No chances period. Your choice."
Vegeta spat a wad of spit towards Shepard, hitting his boots and making the Rogue look squeamish.
"Like I would ever join you, traitor. Frieza is MINE you hear? When I gain my immortality I'll-"
"Shut up about immortality. I already told you why it wouldn't work. But I guess you need a little more...convincing. Being immortal is another state of being entirely. You can't be killed necessarily. Sure, but you can be trapped, placed in a dimension that will break you for all of eternity, and since you can never die, you'll always suffer. That's one terrible fate. Another, is Erasure. Oblivion. You can still be permanently erased from all of existence! Thing is Vegeta, when you get injured, when we saiyans get injured near death, we gain the Zenkai, correct? Well that's another thing you can kiss goodbye. The Zenkai leaves forever because you'll never be in a state of near death again. Even if someone hacked or carved you to pieces and you regenerated, you wouldn't get the Zenkai because your body isn't in a state of pain, or death. Just separation. You would lose all mortal function within your body. Your only way to even get stronger is to outright train, and it would take centuries at your rate of progression to even touch one of Frieza's horns, let alone smash his face in." Vegeta's eyes went wide at the explanation, making him take a step back in thought.
'Is..is immortality worth losing everything that I am? My pride in my race? My honor as a warrior? Can I really just..?"
Vegeta was so lost in thought, he didn't notice Nappa, reaching out and squeezing his leg.
"Ve...Vegeta..help me.."
The plea snapped Vegeta out of his mind scape, looking down again in disgust at his partner.
"Help you? You dared to lose to that slug? A being unworthy of ever beating a saiyan? You've lost your pride Nappa! You deserve nothing but disdain. You failed me when you had one simple task! These weaklings are beneath us. And yet you let them rise above you. You're PATHETIC!" He kicked off Nappa's hand, then grabbed it, squeezing hard.
"Veg-Vegeta?"
"YOU'VE EVEN LOST YOUR TAIL! IF YOU EVER HOPE TO REGAIN YOUR HONOR YOU CAN FIND YOUR OWN DAMN POD AND LEAVE MY SIGHT AT ONCE!"
Shepard was expecting the pivotal moment, but something changed. Vegeta did not throw Nappa straight up and blast him away. The Prince hurled him behind his body, Nappa screaming in bloody horror as he was thrown so far away that he couldn't be seen in the distance any longer.
No one heard him land. Shepard was shocked at the moment.
"I thought-"
"Something changed. He may actually give a damn enough not to outright kill him. Nappa could be a problem in the future."
"Yeah...but why would he protect him?"
Marc's silence on the other end was ominous. And Shepard didn't like the feeling that was in the air.
"Shep are you alright?" Krillin asked from the lip of the crater the 2 saiyans were in.
Shepard and Vegeta both didn't take their eyes off each other. Both had blue blood all over them, their own blood as well. Shepard's Gi was shredded. One of his pant legs having been scorched in one of their explosive interactions. Vegeta's armor was nearly gone, leaving him in his blue one piece undergarment, which was scuffed and dirty.
"Heh heh heh heh. Throughout this fight, I've noticed your planet is without a moon. To think. I would have to use this."
"DON'T VEGETA!"
"Heh heh heh heh heh hahahahahahahahahaha well then. This planet will tremble before my wrath!"
Shepard dissipated the green energy ball he had prepared. Reaching down to his waist, he unclipped the bag of senzu beans that Korin gave him. Tossing it up over the crater lip, it was caught by Yamcha.
"GUYS! GET BACK! GET OUTTA HERE NOW!"
"You heard him. W-we gotta go!"
"Wait Mister Yamcha!
"Especially you Gohan!"
"Gohan, Yamcha is right. We need to get going."
"Is there something we've missed?"
"We'll explain later Tien!"
The warriors left the lip of the crater, leaving the 2 saiyans to their own dealings.
"I will pulverize you to dust, low class clown! And then I will find those gnats who dared to defeat Nappa. And then when I am done with them, I will find everyone you love, and squash them to bloody pieces! You dare to stain my honor! DARE TO QUESTION MY PRIDE! I WILL DESTROY YOU!"
It was so fast. One moment Vegeta was lost in his madness. And the next, he opened up his hand and produced a powerful white light.
"Don't do this Vegeta!" Shepard held his hand out in a vain attempt to appeal to the Prince.
Vegeta hurled the ball into the air, before he clenched his fist.
"BURST OPEN AND MIX!"...
Explosive beginnings to the climax of the Saiyan Saga has begun! Now, I want to explain that while yes, Shepard used a Kaioken Times 4 burst at the end of the last chapter, I also want to note that this is the highest he has gone in a living body with that kind of power. Now, Shepard as we know is not the brightest lightbulb in the house, but he does care enough to put himself on the line. As I said in the top, Shepard isn't trying to kill Vegeta. Everything else? Well it's fair game! Now, Power levels. I won't highlight the last chapter with the exception of the new introductions an such.
Power Levels
Shepard: 15,000
Kaioken: 22,500
Kaioken Times 2: 30,000
BanHammer: 17,500 (Temporary, Not The Max of The BanHammer!)
Vegeta: 22,000
Temporary Rage Boost: 28,000
Saibamonster: 18,000
Gohan: 7,000
Rage Boost: 15,000 (Not his max!)
Yamcha: 10,000
Kaioken Times 2: 20,000
Nappa: 8,500
Loss of Tail, Damaged: 6,000 (and falling)
Injured: 500
Piccolo: 7,750
Damaged: 6,600 (and slowly falling)
Enhanced Saibamen: 4,000 Each
Super Experimental Saibaman Fusion: 12,000