Dragonball Z: Saiyan Saga [5]

Nappa steps forward, and quickly does some stretches, preparing for the battle. He taunts the Z soldiers, telling them how easily he will defeat them all. Nappa powers up, but because of the intensity of his energy, small rocks rise. Most people cannot gather that much energy, and enough power to do that, so this proves how strong the saiyan really is. His first adversary is to be Tien. As soon as he attacks, Tien loses an arm. this causes him a tremendous amount of pain, but he wont give up. He gets to his feet, stunning Nappa, who is obviously far stronger than even Piccolo. Again Nappa attacks, with Tien narrowly avoiding death. Nappa is annoyed now, because of Tiens resilience. Krillen notices that a member of the group is missing, and that is the weakest one - Chao-zu. Nappa catches a glimpse of him after he has floated into the air. He is on his back. Chao-zu is holding on tightly, to Nappa, who can't quite reach him. No matter how hard the muscular saiyan tries, he can't shake him off. Chao-zu holds on even tighter than ever. He starts to glow, and has a look of concentration on his face. Nappa soars down to the ground, ready to land on his back to squash Chao-zu. Before he can get there though, Chao-zu's attack is ready. Tien knows what he is doing, and tries to stop him, but he can't. Before completing the attack, the little guy psychically transmits a message to his best friend. "Good-bye Tien, don't die..." With that, Chao-zu explodes, using a self-destruct attack. A huge cloud of smoke ensues, with the scene blocked. The Earths Special Forces look on, hoping that Chao-zu had done what he wanted to do. As the smoke clears, Chao-zu is gone, the work of Kami, but standing there, almost scratch free, is Nappa. He has a grin on his face, knowing that Chao-zu gave his life to no avail. He starts laughing, and comments on how that was a close one. He then taunts the Earth warriors about how he killed Chao-zu. This enrages Tien, making his power grow to heights that he never thought he could accomplish. While Tiens anger is brewing, Piccolo and Krillen come up with a plan. It involves Gohan doing something absolutely critical, but it means shooting at Nappa when he is distracted. They try to execute the plan, with Krillen and Piccolo doing their part, but Gohan was too scared to do his, so he just stood there, shaking, and intimidated by Nappa's presence. Krillen and Piccolo know that they have no more time to waist, so they both fire instead. Nappa has caught on by now, and he narrowly manages to avoid the beams. Piccolo is livid with Gohan, but Krillen explains to the Namek that it is his first battle, and unlike them, he has no experience in these situations.

Tien has charged up fully now, and decides to try the lethal Kikouhou. If he doesn't get the attack exactly right, then he will be killed, but if he hits, there shall be amazing impact. He forms the triangular shaped attack, and launches it at Nappa. Unfortunately, his rage clouded his judgment, and he was unable to deliver it properly, meaning that he perished too. Unlike Chao-zu though, he hasn't died before, so he can be wished back. Somehow though, Nappa survived the attack. He is now covered in all manors of cuts and bruises though. Krillen yells out for Goku to hurry, which intrigues Vegeta. He tells Nappa to cool off, and starts to explain that Piccolo is a Namek, from outer space. He says that the Dragon Balls are made on Namek too, making Piccolo dispensable. Vegeta says he is interested at who this Goku is though, and agrees to wait three hours for him. Nappa is annoyed at the decision, but doesn't dare challenge Vegeta to change his mind. Piccolo can't believe how strong the saiyans are, and thinks that Goku himself wont even be able to stop them.

On Snake Way, Goku is continuing on, as fast as he can, desperately trying to reach the battlefield, oblivious to all the deaths that have taken place. He is going faster than ever before, signifying a significant power increase.

The three remaining members of the Earths Special Forces are trying to work out ways of defeating the huge monster. Piccolo is still angry at Gohan for his ignorance in battle. Whilst the little kid is desperately trying to reason with the Namek, it gets no response. Vegeta and Nappa are resting patiently, and silently. Vegeta's eyes are closed, and he seems to be concentrating hard. After a small while, Nappa gets restless after a short while, and starts jumping up and down. In the end, Vegeta agrees that he can go on a small trip of the Earth, and Nappa gleefully takes off. He flies around for short amount of time, then sees a few military boats, about to attack him, trying to help out the Earths Special Forces. Most of the shots make contact with him, but he is unphased, and continues his relentless assault on the people of the planet Earth. He destroys the boats in a few quick KI blasts, and takes out some of the militaries planes by flying into their wings, and splitting them into two, making the planes crash down to the ground, with the pilots narrowly managing to bail out in time. Nappa laughs like a maniac before setting down on the ground. The wreckage and carnage left by him is absolutely incredible. There is nothing left but a few bits of military boats. Nappa returns to where Vegeta rests, having shown how powerful he is when he is merely having fun. 3 hours pass, but Goku still hasn't arrived. Vegeta informs the Earths Special Forces that their time is up. He looks up to Nappa who is extremely excited, and gives the order to destroy them.

Thinking fast, Piccolo informs Krillen and Gohan of Raditz's main weakness - his tail. He explains that these two will probably suffer the same fate, so he tells his two allies his plan. He wants Krillen to distract Nappa, while he gets behind him and grabs his tail. Then, whilst he is doing that, Gohan needs to let off his best blast at the saiyan. Piccolo informs them that this could be their last chance, and Gohan nervously tells his role model that he will do better this time.

Meanwhile, Goku is approaching the end of Snake Way. Kami realizes this, and teleports over there, to meet Goku. He greets him as Goku sees the end, and the two run out. They go past the demon lord, King Yama, and then Kami teleports him and Goku back to Earth. Goku rushes off, hoping that everyone is still alright, calling for his nimbus as he falls through the air, and catching to sensu beans off Karin the cat on the way. Sensu beans fully cure a person. Goku munches on one, and instantly gets all his energy back. He lands on the nimbus, and chugs along towards the high powers that are easily sensed. Goku is on his way at last!

Back on the battlefield, the attack is starting. Krillen powers up, and prepares his attack. Nappa seems to find it amusing that the little bald earthling thinks he can defeat a strong, muscular saiyan. What Nappa doesn't realize is that Piccolo has managed to get behind him by now, and has grabbed hold of his tail. The Namek is looking extremely cocky, thinking that it is all over. Nappa smirks, and drops an elbow on his head, taking Piccolo by surprise. Piccolo falls to the floor, phased badly, with purple blood coming from his head. Nappa looks slightly worried that he may have killed him, but when he sees that he is still alive, he is very relieved. The reason he was worried was because if Piccolo dies, then the dragon balls don't exist, and they still want to use the Earth ones. Vegeta laughs at the weak, futile efforts of the Earths Special Forces as he states that tails are no longer weak for them, they have evolved it out. Nappa says that Gohan is next, as he is son of Goku, and must die as his power could possibly be quite impressive. Krillen demands that he stops, and steps in, throwing a huge destructo disc at Nappa. The huge saiyan holds out his arms, ready to cockily block it. Vegeta realizes how powerful the energy is, and how it could destroy Nappa easily, so he yells at his companion to dodge it. Nappa tilts his head slightly, and the disc zips past him, skimming his cheek, then taking the top off a near-by hill. Blood starts to trickle down Nappa's face, amusing Vegeta, but angering the aforementioned huge saiyan. Nappa threatens Piccolo this time, angered by his reaction to Krillen's attack. He is about to attack, when Piccolo senses an epic power coming their way. Nappa can't believe that you could sense powers, so he asks Vegeta to take a reading with his scouter. He stand sup, and looks around with it. He has an amazed look on his face, and he is also shocked. He tells Nappa that somehow these Earthlings can sense powers, and that there is one of 5k on its way. Vegeta orders Nappa to finish the other off before they can join with Goku, as it would be too risky. Gohan tells the others to go, as he can hold off Nappa and Vegeta until Goku arrives. They refuse to leave him though. Seeing Gohan thinking that he could do it all by himself, Nappa gets angry, and goes after him. Gohan doesn't budge though, he stands his ground, letting the colossal saiyan advance on him. Nappa then suddenly fires an almighty blast at him from out of the blue, which will easily destroy the kid. Before it makes contact with him though, Piccolo dives in the way, saving his only friend. Gohan trembles with fear as the blast hits Piccolo, and not him. Piccolo falls to the floor, with nothing left. Before he passes away, he tells Gohan to wish him back, and to make him proud. This gets Gohan mad, as he charges up to an incredible power, and launches a huge masenko straight at the killer of Piccolo. Nappa just punches the energy ball away though, as if swatting it like a fly. It seems to have hurt his hand a fair bit, but apart from that, he is unscathed. Vegeta is amazed at the huge power increase from Gohan, but knows that he has very little left after that attack. Nappa goes in for the kill, slowly advancing on Gohan. He lunges in, and Gohan closes his eyes, ready for his death. The next thing he knows though, he is riding on the nimbus. Nappa doesn't know what just happened, but he is definitely angry at it.

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