Dragonball Z: Saiyan Saga [6]

A few seconds pass, and Krillen yells out Goku's name. Gohan's eyes light up, as he notices his dad. Goku walks over to the two, and offers them the sensu bean. Krillen insists that Goku needs it more than them, but Goku still splits it in half, and gives them a portion of it each. They immediately jump up, and are full of life once again. The two saiyans are amazed by this. Goku looks around, and notices the many deaths. This angers him, and Nappa foolishly boasts that he killed them all. Big mistake. Goku walks towards him, without being intimidated in the slightest. Gohan and Krillen warn him off the big guys strength, but the Earths strongest warrior isn't at all worried. He gets to the giant, and slams his fist into him. Nappa tries to fight back, but Goku moves too fast. Gohan and Krillen can't even see him due to the intense speed. Goku lands incredible punches and kicks to Nappa for his friends deaths. Nappa loses his cool totally, and goes for his most powerful attack, a blast from his mouth. Goku does a tiny KameHameHa attack to block it, making Nappa stunned that his attack was of no use. Vegeta is getting impatient now, and knowing that he must keep his superior amused, Nappa goes after Gohan and Krillen. Goku sees him, and uses his Kai-o-Kan attack (One of the moves he learnt from King Kai) to catch up with the saiyan. He does so, and slams his fists into his back, then gets onto the floor, and catches him. He drops him onto the ground, near Vegeta's feet. The strongest saiyan extends his hand to his friend, and lifts him up. He then throws him into the air, and destroys him with a short KI blast. Goku can't believe how this guy can turn on his friends like that. Goku senses Vegeta's massive power, and tells Gohan and Krillen to leave. They obediently do so, saying bye to Goku before they go. Goku talks Vegeta into moving to a different battleground, where there aren't so many living things. Reluctantly, Vegeta agrees, as he follows Goku to the place that they will battle in. The two prepare to go at it......

Vegeta sneers at Goku, then begins to power up. The pure intensity of Vegeta's energy blows many trees away, and Goku must try hard to root his feet to the ground. Vegeta announces to Goku that the fight is over, then uses his incredible speed to seemingly disappear. He reappears behind Goku, and hits him in the back. This sends the Earths final hope flying across the battleground. He struggles to his feet, and tells Vegeta that he is now going to use Kai-o-kan times 2. This has little effect however, as Vegeta toys with his fellow saiyan, telling him that he has encountered a similar attack before, which is why it isn't working very well on him. After a short while of Goku missing countless punches and getting beat up pretty badly, he decides that he has no choice other than to use Kai-o-kan times 3. King Kai senses this, and psychically transmits to Goku that he mustn't use it, as his body is very unlikely to be able to cope with the stress. Goku doesn't care though. He hopes that his body will stay in one piece, and goes up to Kai-o-Kan times 3, causing him a fair bit of pain, but he is still alive, and now able to fight none-the-less. He charges at Vegeta, and the two go at it, with them both fairly evenly matched. Goku eventually lands a few punches, enraging Vegeta as he sees his own blood. He gets a knee into Vegeta's stomach, then kicks him in the face, then summersaults backwards, landing on a near-by rock. Vegeta is on the floor, in pain, holding his stomach. He has his back to Goku, and is looking VERY angry. He climbs to his feet, barely able to believe Goku's power. Vegeta floats up into the air, then informs Goku that if he misses his next attack, then the whole planet will explode. Goku tries to talk Vegeta out of it by telling him that it's not fair, but he is too late. Vegeta charges up his attack, then shouts "Gannet Gun!" and shoots the blast at Goku. Knowing what he must do, the 'good guy' powers up a KameHameHa, then blasts it towards Vegeta's attack. The two surges of energy meet in the middle, with them pushing each other back and forth. Both saiyans blast extra bursts of energy into their attacks, and when it seems like Vegeta is winning the battle, Goku shouts out "Kai-o-Kan times 4!" then puts all of his power into the attack. Slowly but surely, the energy gets bigger, and starts to push Vegeta's attack backwards. The saiyan prince can't believe it as the energy bares down on him. He tries his best to increase the power of his blast, but Goku's is just too strong. It finally gets to Vegeta, and blasts him backwards. It speeds up greatly, making Vegeta soar into the skies. You can tell that Goku has virtually no energy left to give as he powers back down to his normal form, and stands there, panting heavily. From behind the rocks, comes someone who had remained unnoticed up to this point. It's Yajirobe! He was meant to be fighting, but instead he hid in the shadows. He comes out to congratulate Goku, trying to take half of the credit for himself. He is overjoyed. The sword in his pouch sparkles in the sunlight, as he slaps Goku on the back to congratulate him. This causes the saiyan to scream out in pain, making Yajirobe realize how maxed out he is. Goku smiles, but tells him that the battle is far from over, Vegeta would soon get off his beam, and he knew it. As soon as he heard this, Yajirobe quickly runs off back to the shadows, and pulls out a capsule. He throws this at the ground, causing it to make a small cloud of smoke, and through that, a hover car appears. Yajirobe jumps in, then, after wishing Goku good luck, leaves the battlefield, trying to save himself.

Vegeta is being shot through the air, on the end of the beam, with an extreme look of pain and anger on his face. He finally gets off it, as it shoots out of Earths atmosphere, and into space. Vegeta is fuming. He talks about how it's not possible that a 3rd class warrior could beat the prince of saiyans. Vegeta looks around for the Earths moon for a while, then becomes angered even further when he can't find it. He calms himself down, then floats back towards the ground, where Goku stands in wait. Vegeta explains to Goku that someone has elaborately removed the moon, but this only confuses Goku, as he had his tail cut off at birth, and doesn't know about the saiyans true power when they look at a moon. Vegeta extends his hand, then opens it up. An extremely bright ball of energy forms, as Vegeta tells Goku that this little trick was invented by his father, Bardock, who was only a 2nd class solider, but a first rate scientist. He throws the energy into the air, and it stays there, floating. Laughing, Vegeta looks up at the moon, and slowly starts to grow bigger, and hairy. He is now an enormous ape, about 20 times bigger than Goku. Vegeta claims that his power has increased 10 fold, and questions Goku's chances of winning now. Sensing the huge power increase, Gohan stops dead in his tracks. Krillen wonders what's wrong, then he senses the power too. Gohan is about to go back, when Krillen stops him. The two argue about it for a while, but eventually, Krillen decides that they have to try and help Goku, and agrees to go with Gohan. The two race towards the battle, where the sky has changed colour to a dull black because of the intensity of the energy around.

With the Oozaru (Transformed into a giant ape) Vegeta baring down on him, Goku remembers the past, where he had found out about one of these monsters stepping on his Granddad. Thinking that it was Vegeta, Goku grows mad, and puts on a Kai-o-Kan attack, then charges at his opponent. He is swatted down almost immediately though, as Vegeta sneers a deep, booming laugh at Goku. Yajirobe has returned, with his conscience not allowing him to run any longer, and he looks, and senses the power of Oozaru Vegeta, knowing that he is helpless to do anything, so he just hides behind some rocks. Goku manages to get up, and charges at Vegeta again. He uses Kai-o-Kan times 2 to dodge the first punch, but is caught by the second, and goes soaring backwards through the air. He recovers once again though, and gets to his feet. He knows he has got to try to buy some time somehow, so he starts to fly away from the Oozaru. Vegeta gives chase, and Goku comments on his remarkable speed for his size. Not able to get away from the ape, Goku must try to avoid all the blasts of energy aimed at him. He can't dodge them all though, and decides that running is useless. Vegeta stops chasing, and starts to laugh at Goku, who thinks that he can beat him. Vegeta charges at Goku, but the '3rd class saiyan soldier' merely stands there, then shouts "This is a trick I learned from Tien!" and uses the solar flare attack to buy himself a bit more time. A blinding light ensues, stopping Vegeta in his tracks, and causing him to hold his eyes. He is shouting at Goku, telling him that he will destroy him as soon as he has got his vision back. Vegeta is in a fit of rage, stomping around the place. Goku stops on a rock, and decides that he is far enough away to put his plan into commission. He holds out his arms, and calls for energy from the planet Earths seas, animals, trees, and every living thing. He slowly starts to gather it, bit by bit, preparing to form a devastating spirit bomb (Genki Dama) to throw at the Oozaru. As he gets ready to throw it, Vegeta's vision returns, and he stops Goku. He flies towards him, as Goku holds back his arm, with the ball of energy formed on it. He waits for Vegeta to get close, so as to cause more damage, but before he can throw it, Vegeta uses a blast from his mouth, which takes Goku by surprise, and knocks him flying into the ground. His ball of energy disappears, and he lies on the floor, with practically nothing left. Vegeta strides to the downed Goku, and puts his gigantic foot onto Goku's legs, and presses down, crippling them both. Goku lets out a roar of pain, making Vegeta laugh hard. He then goes to pick Goku up, but the saiyan isn't totally done for yet, and uses his final bit of energy to form a quick KI blast, hitting Vegeta in one of his eyes. Goku then admits to himself that he can't even get up anymore.

Krillen and Gohan are approaching the battle zone, when the bald guy senses a major drop in Goku's power level. Gohan lets out a cry for his father, and the two speed up, in a quest to reach their savior in time.

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