Dragonball Z: Saiyan Saga [7]

Back on the battlefield, Vegeta has recovered from the shot to his eye, and is picking up Goku now. He crushes him, by using his incredible strength, making Goku scream out loudly in pain. Vegeta laughs though, in a sadistic way. Goku's ribs break, and he is very close to dieing. Krillen can sense this, as he and Gohan get to where the two are fighting. They don't understand what the glowing orb in the sky is for, but they soon notice Vegeta. They lands, and run towards him, so as to not give off so much energy. Before they get there, they meet Yajirobe who is still cowering in the shadows. He informs them that the ape is actually Vegeta, and Krillen states that he knows, and that they must cut off his tail if they want him to return to normal. Krillen must have had experiences with Goku when he turned Oozaru when he was young. Krillen formulates a plan, as Goku's screams pierce their ears. Gohan runs out towards Vegeta, distracting him, whilst Krillen forms a destructo disc. When it is ready, he aims it at Vegeta's tail, but somehow, the saiyan prince saw it coming. He got out of the way, and told everyone that his big ears in his Oozaru state served a purpose, and that is to make his hearing infinitely better. Frustrated at having to watch Goku go through all that pain, Krillen and Gohan are getting madder than ever. They know they can't do anything to hurt him, and Vegeta knows this too, so he disregards them, calling them all insects. He didn't pick up on Yajirobe being down there though, and that was a mistake he lived to regret. From out of the shadows came the coward with his sword, as he cut Vegeta's tail cleanly off. He then ran into shadows again, breathing hard, hoping that Vegeta didn't know it was him. As the saiyan prince shrunk back to normal form, he lost a lot of energy, and is irate. He looks around, trying to find out who cut off his tail, but to no avail. He informs Goku that his son will soon die, but he is to be first. Gohan can't move from fear of Vegeta, as the saiyan prince walks over to his father. He roughs up Goku, until Gohan calls for it to stop. Goku's cries of pain had helped him gain courage. Vegeta is amused by the threat, and turns to Gohan. Before he can do anything though, the son of Goku comes charging in at him, giving off amazing power. Krillen hurries over to Goku as Gohan matches Vegeta punch-to-punch. Goku informs Krillen that he still has a little bit of the spirit bomb left, and hands the energy to Krillen. He tells him that he will know when the time to throw it is right, and Krillen nods, then stands atop a large rock, so he has a got a clear shot at Vegeta, who is back in his human form, and back to his normal power (which is still far more than Gohan and Krillens). Krillen can hardly hold the ball of energy as it is so powerful. Vegeta has now started to gain an advantage on Gohan, using his superior speed to make Gohan looks a fool. He beats him into the corner, and is ready to finish him off. Krillen senses that it is now the time to throw the ball of energy, and does so, just after Yajirobe has called out to him to throw it. Vegeta hears Yajirobe, and Krillen curses at the coward, who just gave everything away. Vegeta sees the energy, and dives out of the way. Gohan is stuck with his back to the wall, and the Genki Dama rapidly approaching. He is too scared to move, then he hears a voice in his mind. It is his dad telling him to bounce the ball back. Goku informs Gohan that if he has no evil in his heart, then he can bounce the ball of energy away. Gohan understands, and hits the energy towards Vegeta when it gets to him. It had such force that it drove him backwards, but still deflected, and hit Vegeta. The energy makes the saiyan prince soar through the air, and then fall down to the ground, with heavy damage taken. Thinking that it is a corpse, the gang celebrate, but they were wrong to. Vegeta is up, and although very weak, he is in an incredibly bad mood, due to the damage done to his pride. He sees Gohan's tail, and crawls towards the kid, knowing that his chances may go if Gohan sees the moon. Vegeta gets up to his feet, and informs Krillen that he has to wait before he gets to die. He then turns to Gohan, and hits him across the floor, almost killing him. Vegeta looms over him, with the prospect of death in his mind. He then senses a power behind him, the power that had chopped off his tail. Vegeta turns to see Yajirobe, celebrating, oblivious to what is happening. He sees Vegeta though, and panics badly. He begs for forgiveness, claiming it was a little joke, but is hit in the face, sending him skimming across the ground, into some rocks. They fall on top of him, and Vegeta turns round, to finish off the kid, as his strength is running out. Goku shouts to Gohan to look up at the thing in the sky, and he does so obediently. Knowing that he has blown it, Vegeta runs towards Gohan, trying to stop him, but he is too late. Gohan has started to transform. Vegeta pounds away at him, but to no avail. Realizing that he has to get Gohan's tail, he goes for it, but is unable to grab it, because Gohan is too tall now. Krillen yells at Gohan to attack, and he does so, slamming Vegeta away with his fist. But Gohan can't control what he is like in his Oozaru form, and Krillen realizes this. Gohan comes towards the bald, former monk, and is about to kill him, when Krillen starts pleading with Gohan to remember who he is. Eventually, he does, and turns to Vegeta, who is struggling to his feet. He runs at Gohan, going for the tail, but he is again slammed into a wall. Vegeta bounces back though, and charges straight back at Gohan, but gets hit away once more. Vegeta has virtually no energy left in him now as he charges once more. this time though, he manages to dodge Gohan's attacks, and get to his tail. He uses an energy beam which is rather like the destructo disc to cut off Gohan's tail, and it succeeds. Vegeta can't get out of the way though, as Gohan falls to the floor, still in his Oozaru state, landing on Vegeta. Gohan then transforms into his kid state unconscious, and unaware of what just happened. His tail if there no more, and he lies on the floor. Krillen hopes that Vegeta is really finished this time, but his hopes are in vain. Vegeta summons up the energy to press a button on a remote control, which calls his ship. The ship lands, and Krillen sees this, and he sees Vegeta crawling towards it. The bald former-monk picks up Yajirobe's sword, and slowly limps towards Vegeta, trying to get to him in time. He gets there as Vegeta has one hand in his spaceship, and holds the sword up, ready to kill him. Vegeta thinks that it is the end, and prepares for what it to come. Before Krillen can strike him though, Goku shouts out to him to spare Vegeta's life, explaining that he has learnt his lesson, and will learn from their example of showing mercy. Krillen reluctantly drops his sword, and allows Vegeta to climb into his ship. As it takes off, Vegeta shouts that he will be back to destroy them, and that they should never have let him go. Krillen goes over to Gohan, and picks him up. He then takes him over to Goku, and lies him down. The three talk about the battle in which they were victors. Thus ends the saiyan saga, where Goku and friends were victors over unparalleled evil.