Saiyan: End Game
"So that's a Great Ape..." Applejack commented, looking at what Nappa had become, while at the same time she felt a sense of dread was over her for a moment, "Okay, all we have to do is cut off Nappa's tail and we'll be good to go."
That was seconds before Nappa slammed one of his massive fists into the stone plateau that was resting to his left and shattered it into a thousand pieces, causing the assembled fighters, excluding Vegeta, to stare at the damage before they turned their attention back to the massive ape. That was then followed by Nappa opening his mouth and releasing a beam of energy that obliterated another stone structure in the distance, almost as if he was trying to show off before he fought them. Applejack was somewhat amazed by the amount of power Nappa still had at the moment, because he should have used most, if not all, of his ki to stop the lance from killing him earlier, yet he was still standing and had taken on a transformation to boost his power even further.
With the amount of power that they would be facing Applejack knew that their best bet for survival would be to have Vegeta access his own Great Ape form and challenge Nappa, though she had no idea how he was going to create the Power Ball when Nappa had already said that he was going to gun for him first.
"Hey Vegeta," Rainbow said, causing their friend to turn to her for a moment, "out of all of us here you have the most knowledge on Nappa and how he fights. What was his power level before he transformed?"
"Four thousand," Vegeta replied, though it was rather easy for him to do all of the calculations in his head so the others didn't have to, "but in his transformed state his power level would be about forty thousand... too much for most of you to deal with at this point. Most of you are between one to four thousand, so without any sort of substantial boost, like the Great Ape transformation, you are kind of reduced to acting like flies to distract Nappa at this point. And, before anyone asks, my normal power level is eighteen thousand... though I would be about one hundred and eighty thousand if I were to somehow transform."
"So what your telling us is that we need to distract Nappa so you can access your full power." Goku said, a smile appearing on his face, almost as if that meant that he could try something else he had picked up while he was busy training for the arrival of Nappa and Vegeta, "That's good, because I actually picked up my own transformation technique when I was training with King Kai... one that will allow me to boost my own abilities for a time. I also picked up a new attack along the way, though its nothing special when compared to that lance that Rainbow threw earlier... and I'm not going to lie, I actually wish I knew how she did that."
Vegeta was surprised that Kakarot was even agreeing to becoming a pest for Nappa to deal with, effectively giving him enough time to put together his own Power Ball so he could take on his Great Ape form and finally kill Nappa. He wasn't too sure if this special transformation technique could even mach the Great Ape form, but he guessed that he was about to find out for himself. His gaze shifted to Kakarot's son for a moment, where he wondered if the brat still had his tail or if it had been destroyed sometime after Raditz had been killed, but then decided that it couldn't hurt to actually ask the question.
"Hey Kakarot, what happened to your son's tail?" Vegeta asked, because despite the brat's low power level, somewhere around two thousand if he remembered correctly, having a second Ape to fight Nappa would make things even easier, "Was it completely destroyed or was it temporarily damaged?"
"I removed it while I was training Gohan," Piccolo commented, though while he spoke he was somewhat glad that Nappa was occupied tearing into the landscape, "what's so special about Gohan's tail?"
"I means that when I release the Power Ball he'll have a slight chance to transform as well," Vegeta replied, turning his gaze towards the ground while he searched for the perfect spot to hide in so Nappa wouldn't see what he was attempting, "Even in his state a second Great Ape could change the tide of battle entirely in our favor, though if that doesn't happen I can easily get rid of Nappa myself."
"I hate to interrupt, but we should really get this fight underway," Applejack said, beckoning to the ground that Nappa was destroying, and the patches that he was currently tearing apart, "Nappa is kind of in the process of tearing the planet apart and all we are doing is floating here, talking up a storm like its no the end of the world."
"She's right, we should get this show on the road," Goku said, letting out a chuckle as he spotted the perfect place to announce his presence to the massive ape, "I'll give you as much time as I am able to."
Vegeta nodded his head for a moment and headed down into one of the smaller caves that he spotted, knowing that it would be the best place to put himself until the Power Ball was ready to be thrown into the sky. Gohan, actually curious as to whether he could transform or not, followed the Saiyan down to the hole, leaving the others to gather behind Goku as he moved into position. Goku landed on the stone structure he had chosen and took a deep breath, allowing him to calm down for a moment before he bothered to engage the technique that King Kai had taught him. After a while he accessed the technique and prepared himself, knowing that this was going to be a hard fight until their new ally had finished creating the sphere that Nappa had used.
"Kaio-Ken!" Goku shouted, just as a red aura wrapped around his body and empowered his abilities, while at the same time drawing Nappa's attention towards him, "Alright, let's do this."
Goku jumped into the air and flew at Nappa, though once he reached his opponent he moved over the fist that was coming his way and kicked the side of Nappa's head, but all that seemed to do was annoy Nappa instead of hurting him like Goku wanted. Goku then moved out of the way as he flew around Nappa's body, making the oaf follow him as he either tried to kick him out of the air or slam him into the ground with his fists. Occasionally Goku would throw a fist or kick at his opponent, at places that were hard for the ape to reach, though every single time he made contact he noticed that he wasn't doing any harm to Nappa's body, indicating that he was nowhere near the ape's power at the moment.
The flying around was eventually stopped when Nappa's fist connected with Goku, sending him flying towards one of the stone structures, but he managed to regain himself and flipped in midair, to which he landed on the structure he had been thrown towards and stared at the massive ape.
"The name of your attack should be Kaio-Crap, because that did absolutely nothing to me!" Nappa declared, though at the same time he started to laugh for a moment, "If you are so eager to die then I shall grant your request... and then I'll take care of Vegeta, his pesky friends, and the weaklings that are following you around."
"Kaio-Ken times two!" Goku shouted, doubling the Kaio-Ken, and his overall power, before bursting into the air and heading straight towards where Nappa was standing.
"Times what...?" Nappa stared to say, before Goku appeared in front of him and loosed a small ki blast into his right eye, making him stomp around while he tried to get rid of the pain.
"Ka... me..." Goku said, pulling his hands together by his side as he gathered his ki, letting it charged into the attack that he had learned from Master Roshi so long ago when he was a kid, "ha... me..."
"I'm going to kill you!" Nappa shouted, apparently regaining his sight faster than what Goku was expecting, which was followed by him loosing another beam of energy from his mouth.
"HAAAAAA...." Goku shouted back, extending his hands towards Nappa and releasing his attack, to which a blue beam of energy erupted from his hands and collided with Nappa's attack.
The two attacks collided in the middle of where Goku and Nappa were standing, though the shock waves of their attacks shook the ground around them and even broke some of the stone plateaus that were around them just a little bit. After a few seconds of struggling against the attack Goku noticed that his was already being pushed back, leaving him to wonder if he could up his Kaio-Ken to three times, the maximum he could take without his body suffering from the backlash. King Kai had told him to limit himself to two until he was ready to jump to three, but at the moment he was beginning to think that he might have to break his promise to his instructor and up his multiplier to three... potentially up to four if he really needed it.
His mind turned to the two Senzu Beans that were in the pouch he had left with Krillin, which could easily counter the effects of him jumping to four times... to which he prepared himself and accessed his ki again.
"Kaio-Ken..." Goku said, to which he paused for a moment to decide which number he was going to choose, before making up his mind and saying the words, "times three!"
The instant he tripled his power he pushed the end of his kamehameha back to where it had been before he had been pushed back, though this time he intended on keeping Nappa stalled until Vegeta was ready. For the next minute or two he kept Nappa in check, pushing back his attack every time the ape tried to overcome it, though eventually he spotted what he had been waiting for out of the corner of his eye. He spotted a white Power Ball ascending towards the sky, though once it reached a certain height, where the moon used to be before someone had destroyed it, it stopped and started pulsing with energy. He knew that the Power Ball could easily replace the moon, permanently until someone tried to destroy it as well, though he turned his attention back to the fight as he waited for the ape version of Vegeta to show himself.
That was until he heard something shout and distract Nappa, which was his cue to disengage from the conflict, power off his Kaio-Ken, and get out of the area before he was flattened.
"Hey Nappa!" Vegeta shouted, walking forward in his Great Ape form, though his armor had grown along with his body thanks to the elastic nature it had, "Guess whose going to crush you?"
"I was hoping that you would be on my side, like old times," Nappa admitted, though he prepared for the fight that was to come, "but now I guess I'll have the honor of defeating you in a fair fight..."
That was seconds before something tapped his shoulder, to which he turned his face towards the offender and received a punch to the face, one hard enough to knock him into the ground for a moment and notice that there was a third Great Ape in the fight. At first Nappa wondered where the third ape had come from, but then he remembered the little brat that was Kakarot's son and assumed that they had used a Power Ball to empower themselves. Vegeta, in his Great Ape form, was nearly impossible to handle on his own, but add in another ape, regardless what level of power he or she had, and Nappa knew he was screwed.
As Nappa tried to pick himself up the ape that was the little kid grabbed his head, growled at him in an angry tone, and then slammed his head into the ground, before repeating the process several more times. When Nappa tried to get back up and face the weaker ape, so he could level the playing field, he forgot about Vegeta for a moment, which was followed by a painful reminder as another fist smashed into his face and sent him face first into the ground this time. This time when Nappa stood up he found two arms gripping him from behind, in a position that would prevent him from moving his arms to defend himself while opening him to any attacks from the front.
"Hey, little brat," Vegeta said, causing the angry ape to turn towards him for a moment, "come vent that anger and beat some sense into Nappa... I'm sure that he'll thank you for it later."
The ape that was Gohan growled and started punching Nappa in the chest, though at the same time Vegeta stood his ground and allowed the punches to connect with Nappa, which he secretly enjoyed. Soon it would be his turn to do the same thing to Nappa, and then, when they were both done beating some sense into the oaf, he would end this and make sure that Nappa didn't bother the universe again... and then he would set things straight with the girls and their new friends.
Piccolo watched the two apes, the armored Vegeta and the unclothed Gohan, beat the stuffing out of Nappa, though for some reason he found it amusing to watch the two apes gang up on the third one. When Nappa had first transformed Piccolo had expected them all to be dead within the first ten minutes of his appearance, but apparently the oaf had been arrogant in believing that he could overpower Goku, which he could have if he actually put his all into the fight. Three times Kaio-Ken, from what he understood in the brief time it had been used, put Goku's power level at twenty-seven thousand, leaving a thirteen thousand gap between him and Nappa that should have favored the stupid Saiyan... though Piccolo wasn't complaining at the moment.
Still, as the two apes took turns beating the stuffing out of Nappa, Piccolo spotted Yajirobe sneaking towards them with his sword drawn, though with no way of telling which ape he was heading towards it was possible that he was going to mess things up in a matter of seconds and force them to make a new plan.
"Goku, you mentioned that you had learned an attack from King Kai as well?" Piccolo asked, causing the man in question to turn towards him for a moment, "What was the move you learned?"
"Oh, you mean the Spirit Bomb," Goku replied, understanding what Piccolo was asking, "Its an attack that takes about five minutes to gather the ki of the planet, the people, the plants, and even the animals into a ball of destructive power... though King Kai told me to be careful with it, otherwise I could potentially destroy the very planet I'm trying to protect."
"Okay, but can you transfer the power of the attack to someone else?" Piccolo continued, as he had an idea that could potentially bring an end to this fight without Nappa knowing what was coming his way, "Can you transfer the energy to, say, Rainbow and have her use that as a base for another lance?"
"I... I don't know," Goku admitted, though a small grin appeared on his face as he thought of something, "Let me ask King Kai if such a thing is even possible."
"I don't know how you plan on doing that, but do be quick about it," Piccolo said, staring at Yajirobe as he made his way to the three Great Apes, to which he frowned as he worried about what might happen next, "We might not have the luxury of time soon..."
Goku nodded and sat on the top of the stone pillar that he and Piccolo were standing on, to which he focused his mind and tried to contact his mentor before the situation turned from good to bad. King Kai could speak in minds, depending on whether or not he actually felt like passing along information based on what he told Goku earlier, though he seriously hoped his mentor was paying attention to the fight and was open to a brief conversation.
Hey King Kai, Goku spoke in his mind, still hoping that his mentor was around, knowing that they didn't have a lot of time to waste if Piccolo was right, are you there?
Oh, hey Goku, King Kai replied, almost sounding a little surprised that he was bothering to contact him in the middle of battle, but then he seemed to get serious again, what's up? I thought you were in the middle of a fight with a giant ape.
I was, but then our enemy turned ally stepped in to fight him, Goku stated, though before he got too off track he decided to ask the question before the situation changed, Look, Piccolo was wondering if it was possible to channel the energy of a Spirit Bomb to someone else and have them use it as the base for a different attack.
You mean like young Rainbow's lance?" King Kai asked, though that was followed by him letting out what Goku guessed was a sigh, Give me a moment and I'll see if its possible... I just need to ask someone a question before I get back to you.
Goku waited in his meditation spot, wondering who King Kai was talking to in order to see if such a combination was even possible, while at the same time listening to the sounds of the three apes going at each other. If they were lucky, and nothing terrible happened to either Gohan or Vegeta, they might not need to fall back on such a drastic measure at all, but he also knew that it was a good idea to have a back up plan in case things changed. He tried to imagine the damage that such an attack could cause, though after a few seconds his mind wandered back to what the original lance had done and decided that he'd see what the damage was... if they actually used the Spirit Bomb with the lance.
Okay, I'm back, King Kai said, snapping Goku back to the conversation, I will not reveal who I was talking to, not until they desire to tell you themselves, but I have the answer to your question; yes, its possible to use the energy of a Spirit Bomb in another attack. According to my friend the combination might not work at all, so in reality its a even fifty-fifty split between it working and it failing... so if the attack actually works this time I wouldn't recommend relying on it all the time in the future.
Right. Thanks King Kai. Goku replied, a smile appearing on his face, though he was sure that anyone that was watching him would know he had good news.
Your welcome Goku, King Kai commented, thought that was before the connection between them was cut, allowing Goku to open his eyes and get to work.
"Okay, I've got good news and bad news," Goku said, drawing himself to his full height as he noticed that the three apes were still fighting, though this time Vegeta was the one punching Nappa in the gut while Gohan held him back, "The good news is that we can transfer the energy of the Spirit Bomb to Rainbow and have her use it as the base for another lance... though the bad news is that its a fifty-fifty chance between it succeeding or failing."
"Well, I guess some good news is better than none," Piccolo replied, letting out a sigh as he kept his eyes on Yajirobe, "You had better get started on gathering the energy... because there is no telling when Yajirobe is going to attack the apes and change the course of this battle."
"Right," Goku said, raising his hands to the sky and concentrating on the ki around them, recalling his lessons with King Kai and putting them to use, "let's hope there's enough time to gather enough energy."
Rainbow and Applejack, who had been silent the entire time and were carefully watching their friend fight Nappa, had no idea if the combination attack that Piccolo wanted to use was even possible. This King Kai, whoever he was, seemed convinced that it was an even fifty-fifty split, but for Rainbow, who was the one that would be trying to use the attack, she knew that it was more like ten to ninety, with a ten percent of success. Making the lance on its own was hard enough, considering how much ki it required to make it, though even as Rainbow thought about it she had to wonder if Piccolo wanted her to use her ki to contain the Spirit Bomb's energy in the form of a lance.
She had to admit that the empowered lance would likely do more damage than the ordinary lance, but without knowing if it would succeed she was worried that they might not be able to create the attack at all... and she was sure that Piccolo was thinking the same thing.
A few minutes passed, during which the two apes continued to beat up Nappa, who was almost unable to fight back with them tag teaming him, while at the same time Goku gathered the energy necessary for the Spirit Bomb. Things seemed to be going their way for once, which was the cause for Krillin cheering every time Nappa was punched by either Vegeta or Gohan, though the joy was short lived as, part way through delivering another punch to Nappa's gut, Vegeta suddenly stopped moving. At first Rainbow and Applejack worried that there was a time limit or something associated with the Great Ape form, as if using too much energy caused the Saiyan to revert to their original form, but then they noticed Yajirobe flying underneath Vegeta's tail... and then spotted the tail being cut off from Vegeta's body.
Together Piccolo, Rainbow, Applejack, and Krillin watched as Vegeta took a few steps backwards and roared in pain, though that was followed by his Great Ape form retracting into him until Vegeta, in his normal state, was left behind. Nappa, taking advantage of the surprise that Gohan was feeling, tore his right arm free and then slammed his elbow into the remaining ape's gut, effectively releasing him so he could return the favor and smashed his fist into Gohan's face. Gohan staggered backwards as well and then roared at Nappa, apparently challenging him to a fight now that Vegeta was no longer able to fight in his stead, though that was interrupted by pain coursing through his body and causing him to shrink as well.
"Damn that fat bastard," Piccolo commented, glaring daggers at Yajirobe as the coward ran back into whatever hole he was choosing to hide in, "He went and removed the tails from the wrong apes... and now we've got nothing to hold Nappa back while he tears the entire place apart and hunts us down."
"I've got an idea," Goku said, opening his eyes and staring at the massive ape, who was now just walking around and smashing whatever it felt like smashing, "I'm sure that Vegeta has an attack like the Kamehameha, so if the two of us were to fire our attacks from two separate directions we might be able to stall him until Rainbow's finished with the lance."
"I hate to tell you Kakarot, but I'm almost spent on my energy," a voice said, to which Vegeta, carrying a barely conscious and naked Gohan, appeared to the right of where the group was standing, "Creating a Power Ball, one decent enough to actually mimic the moon and take its place, is very draining... so despite the fact that I have something like your attack I won't be able to pull it off."
"Would a Senzu Bean help?" Krillin asked, pulling out the last two Senze Beans that they had been given, though he was wondering why he should even trust the man who had come to the planet with Nappa to begin with.
"Yes... yes that would definitely help us at the moment," Piccolo said, a grin appearing on his face as he wove the pieces of a plan together in his mind, "Goku, give the spirit energy you've already collected to Rainbow and then head into battle with Vegeta, though the two of you should split up before Nappa sees you both coming. Vegeta, I recommend that you take to the sky and fire whatever move you have down at Nappa, though at the same time Goku should do the same from below. The attacks should line up with each other with Nappa in the middle, effectively pinning him where he is standing at the moment... giving Rainbow enough time to complete her task."
"That sounds awesome," Krillin remarked, though he felt sour as he handed the Senzu Bean over to Vegeta, who regained his full strength in a matter of seconds, "What about you, me, and Applejack?"
"Easy, we'll fire our own energy into Vegeta's beam from behind, empowering it to match Goku's Kaio-Ken," Piccolo stated, though at the same time he used a little bit of his ki to replace Gohan's shredded gi, before taking the final bean and giving it to Gohan, who got back onto his feet, "Vegeta, empowered by the four of us, should be able to match the highest multiple that Goku can use... which means that we can keep Nappa in the same area until its time to take him out."
"And what about me?" another voice added, to which everyone turned and found Yajirobe, with his sword drawn, staring at them, "Maybe I can cut off the last ape's tail?"
"Yes, that would be perfect," Piccolo said, his grin widening just a bit, "but you should cut the tail off the moment Rainbow throws the lance, as by the time Nappa shrinks down to his normal form he won't have the power to resist it..."
"...and then he's as good as dead," Vegeta finished, turning his gaze towards the Great Ape for a moment, his fury for Nappa overriding his hatred for the fat man that had taken his tail, though he was still amazed that Nappa hadn't found them out yet, "Well then, we had better get into position before someone else ruins the fun."
The group that would be heading into battle nodded and started heading towards where they needed to be for when they stalled Nappa, though Applejack stayed with Rainbow for a moment as Goku finally stopped gathering energy and held out a small light blue ball, one that pulsed with power. Rainbow gently removed the Spirit Bomb from Goku's hands and held it before her, amazement in her eyes as she wondered if this was even possible, though before she could say anything Goku flew into battle as well. Applejack paused before heading off as well, to make sure that her sister could cope with the stress of summoning a second lance in a single day, though when Rainbow said that she would be fine Applejack merely sighed and followed the others into battle.
Nappa roared and loosed a beam from his mouth, tearing apart three stone pillars that happened to be close to each other before he started to laugh, which annoyed everyone around him.
"You know, I'm going to enjoy selling this planet to Lord Frieza," Nappa shouted, which he knew would enrage those still alive so they would come out of their hiding spots, where he would finally kill the planet's strongest fighters before reverting to his original form, "oddly enough the mere mention of selling this planet reminds me of the time when I sold out the Saiyans to the one person they were trying to overthrow. I only wish that I could have seen the look on King Vegeta's face when he realized that his own general, the man he had entrusted both his forces and his own son to, was the one that helped bring about the end of both his entire race and his planet. Now all I need to do is find the Dragon Balls and wish for immortality... and then Nappa will be the strongest Saiyan in the entire universe!"
Vegeta paused when he heard those words leave Nappa's mouth, because he had always assumed that one of the soldiers in his father's army had betrayed their race to Frieza, which had been followed by the destruction of their planet and the near extinction of their race. He had always assumed that the soldier responsible had been killed by Frieza shortly after the destruction of Planet Vegeta, but now the truth had been revealed... and it pissed Vegeta off more than anything Nappa had done in the past. The oaf, one of the stupidest Saiyans in the entire history of their race, was the one responsible for the horrible events that eventually led to Vegeta plotting Frieza's downfall while being forced to work for the tyrant.
Vegeta's blood began to boil as he stared at the Great Ape for a moment, before finally deciding that now wasn't the time for him to hold back... especially not when he knew the truth about his planet's destruction.
"Hey Nappa!" Vegeta shouted, drawing the ape's attention to him, which was the position that the Namekian had told him to be in for this whole stupid plan to work, "This is for all of the Saiyans that died because of your betrayal! Galick Gun..."
Ki danced around Vegeta's body as a dark purple aura surrounded him, though he brought his arms back and gathered his energy into a ball between his hands, which also caused black sparks to shoot out every now and then. He knew that Nappa was well aware of this attack, and how destructive it could be even when someone wasn't hit by it, but he pushed the thought to the side as he prepared for the end of this fight. He spotted Kakarot standing in the position that the Namekian had wanted him in, which happened to be in a direct diagonal line with where Vegeta was currently floating, though that did nothing to lessen the anger Vegeta felt. His only wish, at that exact moment, was to kill Nappa and bring and end to this nightmare... even if it meant working with the people that Nappa had been trying to kill earlier.
"Kaio-Ken!" Goku shouted, the red aura wrapping around him as he brought his hands together by his right side, to which he began to prepare his own attack, "Ka... me... ha... me..."
Nappa turned towards Kakarot and couldn't believe his luck; the two more powerful enemies, among the entire group, were planning on attacking him at the same time, effectively forcing him to choose between the two. He wondered for a moment if they had planned this out, but then quickly threw that idea out the window, as they would likely have killed each other first before coming to any sort of agreement. He was still more powerful than the two of them combined, so it stood to reason that he could catch the attacks when they came at him and eventually turn them on each other. He was somewhat thankful that the rainbow haired girl, or pony or whatever she was, wasn't involved in this fight at all... otherwise he was sure that he was as good as dead.
"FIRE!" Vegeta shouted, leveling his hands with Nappa and loosing the Galick Gun, to which a beam of pure purple energy soared towards his intended target.
"HAAAA!" Goku shouted seconds later, to which he released a large beam of blue energy, one large enough to match Vegeta's attack, that also raced towards the massive ape.
Nappa, noticing that he was indeed the target of both of the attacks, extended his left hand towards the sky and allowed Vegeta's attack to hit his palm without exploding. The moment he was sure he had that attack under control he turned his body, in an angle that had his chest facing the area they had to have been standing in when they made their plans, before extending his right hand and catching Kakarot's attack as well. Nappa silently admitted that it was actually hard to keep both of the energy beams from touching him, but in he end he smiled as he realized that he had overcome everything they had thrown at him.
"Is that the best you got?" Nappa shouted, keeping the two beams at the same area he had stopped them in, knowing that there wasn't anything else his opponents could throw at him at this point.
"Kaio-Ken..." Goku shouted, to which he noticed that the massive ape turned his head towards him for a moment, as if he had forgotten that Goku knew an ability that boosted his abilities.
"No..." Nappa said, knowing that adding the Kaio-Ken booster to the struggle would likely weaken his chances at winning this fight, though that all depended on the multiplier that Kakarot used.
"...times..." Goku continued, though this time he was thinking of going for the fourth multiplier, because they were supposed to stall Nappa and it sounded like the best idea he had.
"No no no..." Nappa replied, turning his anger towards Kakarot, because at the moment if he could turn the attacks around he would gladly kill the Saiyan raised on Earth before he completed his sentence.
"...FOUR!" Goku shouted, a large amount of ki energy bursting out of his hands and joining the beam he had released, which soared towards Nappa and pushed him backwards.
"NOW!" a voice near Vegeta commanded, to which Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, and Applejack appeared next to the Saiyan Prince, to which they loosed their individual ki blasts into the Galick Gun and empowered it, effectively forcing Nappa to struggle against two high powered attacks that would likely kill him.
Nappa couldn't believe that this was even happening at the moment, because he had been sure that Vegeta would have attacked him alone and gotten himself killed the moment his tail had been removed, but now Nappa wasn't so sure. At this point the two attacks would likely damage him, not on the level of the lance that the rainbow haired girl had used, though unless something removed his tail he was pretty much unbeatable. He could shrug off the damage these attacks were going to cause to his body, because he was still stronger than all of them combined, though as he tried to count all of the enemies he was fighting he couldn't help but think that one of them was missing.
That was before his attention to the area all of his enemies had come from and spotted the rainbow haired girl standing alone... and between her hands was a shimmering lance that appeared to be made out of rainbow energy.
"Do you honestly think that will defeat me?" Nappa shouted, glaring daggers at Rainbow as he noticed that the ground around her cracked the moment her hand gripped the middle of the lance, "Don't make me laugh, I'll crush your attack and then I'll..."
That was seconds before a wave of intense pain coursed through his body, though it was the type of pain that came from a Saiyan's tail being cut off... to which he barely noticed the fat man from earlier running away. As he started to shrink back to his normal size he turned his gaze towards Rainbow once more, though this time he noticed that the lance was coming his was once more. It was then that the truth of what was happening dawned on him, that Kakarot and the others had done this with the purpose of keeping him in one spot so the lance could hit him without missing its mark. The two beams kept him trapped as the lance closed the distance between Rainbow and his shrinking form, though after some time both groups stopped their attacks and retreated... which was the same moment the lance hit him right in the middle of his chest.
The instant the weapon touched him he went flying in the opposite direction it had come from, with at least twice the force of the lance he had taken earlier.
"No no no no no!" Nappa shouted as he finally returned to his normal form, which was followed by the lance piercing his skin and striking his heart... and his body colliding with the plateau behind him.
The force of the explosion rocked both the very ground that was around the area that Nappa had collided with and the air around the immediate area, causing everyone to try and stand their ground as the wind acted like it was tempest. Many of those closest to the blast zone had to hold their hands up to shield their eyes from the dust that came their way, while trying to make sure that the wind didn't blow them away or knock them to the ground. They all had witnessed the power of the original lance, though they all agreed that the empowered one was a little more powerful than the original, but when the spoke finally cleared they found a Lookout sized hole in the ground... only this time there wasn't someone laying in the middle of the crater.
Vegeta looked around as he landed on the ground that everyone else was gathering around, trying to figure out if the oaf was finally taken care of or if they needed to be on their guard.
"Its done," Piccolo commented, drawing everyone's attention to him for a second, "Nappa's energy is gone... he's finally dead."
"Good," Vegeta replied, collapsing on the ground and staring up at the sky, a smile appearing on his face at the same time, "I'm finally rid of him... I only wish I had been the one to deal the finishing blow."
"Was... was it true what he said?" Rainbow asked, though Applejack was holding her up so she didn't hurt herself, as she had used the lance twice in one day and her body was definitely in pain at the moment, "Both... both the Saiyan race and Planet Vegeta..."
"Yeah, they're gone," Vegeta replied, not even bothering to look up at the moment, while noticing that Kakarot was laying against the ground as well, "Kakarot... once we've both recovered from this ordeal, I would like to fight you one on one... without any annoying interruptions."
"Your on Vegeta," Goku immediately answered, turning his weary head to the two girls that were sitting near them, "I don't know much about either of you, but anyone willing to risk their lives to save the world, and my family, is okay in my book. Your parents must be so proud of the both of you."
"I would hope so," Applejack said, though both she and Rainbow turned to the sky for a moment, wondering if their mother was even watching them while their father slept, "I would certainly hope so."
Despite having beaten Nappa before he could kill anyone else, and being reunited with their friend Vegeta, both of the girls knew that their lives were about to get more exciting... and they couldn't help but think that they were going to eventually cross paths with the tyrant known as Frieza. They both knew that they were going to have to improve themselves, if the fight with Nappa was anything to go by... and both Goku and Vegeta appeared to be the best training partners that were available at the moment, especially if they could learn that Kaio-Ken that Goku had used against Nappa.
They both knew that this was going to be the beginning of a grand adventure for the both of them... and they were definitely eager to see what the future held for both themselves and their new friends.
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...... sorry but I have to do this.
*Freeza
The team effort was pretty good. I really like this Vegeta. I'm actually willing to call this one a prince in a non-mocking way. He's got the mindset for it. At least a version of it. The reveal was nicely done too. Goddammit Nappa!
Two Team Four Star references! The more references the better!
Wow... now that's a great way to use the canon of the show in this story, using the beam struggle between Goku and Vegeta to stall Great Ape Nappa. I really didn't see it coming.
8015343 This Vegeta is definitely a likeable guy and would make a decent king, if his world hadn't been blown up. I mean, I like the TFS version of him, but this one is a close second in my books.
So, Nappa was behind the destruction of Planet Vegeta. I'm glad they got rid of him.
8015352 I got the Kaio-Ken one, but I must admit that I missed whatever the second one was.
8015312 Question, does it matter what the spelling is? I mean, the dbz wiki page states it as the author did (Frieza) and lists the other spelling (Freeza) as an alternate.
8011822 Not exactly.
KO awesome chapter, Nappa has been dealt with but the path to avenge the Saiyan race is not over as the Z-Fighters alongside with Vegeta to prepare themselves for an extreme battle against Frieza.
If I had one criticism for this story, it's that sometimes the character's emotional states aren't very clear. The dialogue is good, but it's mostly functional in moving the story along and we don't really get a sense of what the character's are feeling or how they say something. Reading this chapter, it's hard to gage the amount of desperation Nappa is going through when he's saying anything, just describing his voice becoming increasingly desperate as each ki attack was slamming into his hands would've been better.
I do like this story and how your interpreting events though, it's very interesting to have Vegeta having a change of heart due to growing up with the girls to give him something to care about.
One more thing though, why didn't they just stop Yajirobe from cutting their tails off? I know that in Dragonball, characters have a bad habit of standing around and letting opponents do what they do, but he's an ally about to make a mistake, and any of them could've just stopped him at any time if they wanted. I understand that we need to have Vegeta lose his tail so that he doesn't rely on it all the time, but maybe make it so that the characters didn't even see Yajirobe since they were focused on the three Great Apes, would make it much easier to buy.
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You'll find the other reference in this.
Another iconic moment of DBZ down. Now on to Namek, and some of the strangest enemies in the show. Seriously, I'm not sure if the Ginyu Force or the Parapara Brothers are worse.
8015659 Personally, having no experience with the Parapara Brothers, I'd have to say that the Ginyu Force is the strangest of them all. I'm kind of interested in how the author will modify the events of Namek to fit his story... because so far he seems to be doing an excellent job. Heck, this version of Vegeta deserves the title of prince without any mocking behind it... and, ironically enough, he doesn't seem to care for his title that much.
8015687 THESE are the Parapara Brothers. I'll let you decide.
But I agree about Vegeta. I think they'll probably go to Namek so they can bring Yamcha back.
8015738 Well, Tien and Chiaotzu are dead as well, so they'll need to be brought back as well.
Though when taking into account what Nappa did to Planet Vegeta, I wouldn't put it passed the oaf to have sold out the Namekians and their wish granting spheres... meaning that Vegeta and company might go there to stop Frieza from getting immortality. Bringing back the others would be the way to ensure he doesn't succeed.
8015780 I forgot about them. That could work.
8015842 Course Rainbow and Applejack will have some choice words with the tyrant that blew up their friend's planet.
Something tells me they are going to forget their promise to their parents...
8015890 Just like Goku breaking his promise not to fight Frieza.
8015904 Yeah, I guess three of them will end up breaking their promises to their respective people.
I have to wonder; will Piccolo come along on this journey, or will he stay behind?
8015928 Of course Piccolo will go to Namek... he's got to do the thing with Nail, or whatever his name was.
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8016020 You guys think the author will go TFS with the split personality?
8016280 Hard to say... but so far he's proven that he'll throw in what works for the situation.
Honestly, I'd say that I hope he does it and have the two personalities bicker.
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8016280 KO just had a crazy thought in my head: what if Vegeta ends up marrying both Bulma and Rainbow Dash.
8016448 I don't think that will happen, but I do know that two other commenters (Sonata and the Saiyan Brony) were talking about the possibility of Rainbow getting together with Future Trunks.
Great chapter. Nappa got his just desserts and we still get the fight scene between the two one on one.
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8016511 I'm fairly certain Saiyans are monogamous. And while I was joking about Dash and Trunks, it could work. I've seen stranger pairings work, and it would certainly be better than canon.
Well that was quite a ending to this Saga. Though are now a few things to consider. Why didn'the Krillian use use his Destructo Disc/Kienzan earlier? It would have not only been perfect for cutting off Nappa's tail, but could also could ended the fight back right after Rainbow used the Lance on him.
Now that Piccolo is alive Yamaha, Tien, Chiatizu, and the civilians of East City killed by Nappa can be revived. Though they have to wait another year since they used the DragonBalls already to revive Goku. Even if they were revived them, everyone, (yes even Goku and Vegeta too), still far to weak to even think about going to Namek. Zarbon and Dodoria alone would crush them, and the Ginyu Force would be overkill.
Most of this due to both Goku and Vegeta not having the necessary gains from the Zenkai Boost from orginal timeline. So first Goku and Vegeta MUST cement their rivalry as it is essential to both of their characters and the overall plot. Also Vegeta cannot stay on Earth or else Frieza and his Planet Trade Organization will grow too suspious. So he has to leave to keep up appearances and perhaps do his best to misdirect or hide details regarding both Earth and the DragonBalls from Frieza for just long enough from Frieza for the others to prepare and train.
Since Piccolo is alive in this timeline then that makes the events of The World Strongest, Tree of Might, ( by this point Yamaha, Tien, and Chaoitsu would be brought back already), and finally Lord Slug, (Piccolo discovering the existence of other Namekians and further giving him incentive to go Namek). Through not only will they be at the sufficient level to progress, but actually be on par with each other. Mostly to thanks to King Kai training the current dead Z Warriors/Fighters/Senshi.
This would make dramatic changes going forward towards Namek. Also Vegeta while not wanting to kill innocents should not hold back against Frieza's forces at all. Especially since it's personal enough to be ruthless to them. Frieza above all. Childhood friends or not, it IS part of his character. Along with his Sayian pride, and royal legacy.
Speaking of characters you give Applejack a few moments to shine in next the arc. Learn techniques based prescision based strikes, ki enhanced blows or blastskinda like Universe 9's Basil from Dragonball Super, but more fitting to her style and character. Later a lasso inspired ki shaped grapple technique, and maybe even much later a move kinda like Tien's Tri Beam/Kikoho. She would most benefit from Piccolo, (meditation, skill developing) tactics, and and Tien( focused strikes, physical techniques and beam misdirecting/negating, ), training with or teaching her.
Rainbow could learn better close range and speed skills from Yamaha (close range and trickery), Krillian (distancing and evasion), and Goku, ( stamina and aireal manuvers). Krillian and Goku could even help refining her hold on her ki control since he has poor handling on maintaining for long. Plus his way developing of the Destructo Disc could apply an easier manuver to her Lance. Since they both ki based cutlery.
I can them both benefitting from King Kai's training. Though I can only see Applejack truly mastering one or both techniques going forward. Rainbow is too impatient and hot-headed and lacks the stamina ki control to maintain them for too long. Whereas Applejack is level headed, can control her emotions, and is in touch with nature thanks to her Earth Pony traits.
Finally Rainbow and Applejack need a place to stay, and more moments to bond with the Z Fighters. Plus go see what their new home planet is like. Go sight seeing a little. After all they have yet to meet Burma and the others.
Anyway I wish you good luck on your writing. Looking forward to the next chapter.
8017020 Anything is better than the canon relationship...
Alright I paid you a complement last chapter so you had to ruin it this chapter, why would gohan be able to control his great ape form? He has no training and almost no experience. Don't get me wrong I still think it was good idea for him to transform, kinda like pointing a gun in the right direction, but this battle should have played out differently. I would expect, given the situation, that Vegeta would hang back and let Gohan go ape shit, pun intended, on Nappa. At first that seemed to be what was happening except with vegeta holding him in place however you Gohan had control of his form when he was holding nappa. This clashes greatly with what we know from cannon. So again your trampling over what was established and doing whatever the fuck you want with someone else's work.
I am curious how your going to justify them going to namek now.
Wow... just wow. Nappa really got screwed over big time.
Wut, Vegeta's pretty strong
HAHAHAHA, THE SPIRIT BOMB, NICE JOKE. It only worked like once if I remember correctly
What???? There's absolutely no reason for there to be a fifty-fifty chance. (There might be one, but I didn't spot it while reading.)
Senze Beans are rarely used; even when the Goku's out of stamina. (I mean, why can't he just have 10 Senze Beans in his pocket at all times?)
Okay, wtf why is it rainbow now... (Not going to ask but it's just weird)
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"Okay, wtf why is it rainbow now... (Not going to ask but it's just weird)"
Sheer power?
Not taking into account the strain that it would put on Rainbow's body.
Next time on Dragon Ball P!
Loved this arc, though if I were to criticize it, there were just a few DBZA references that were a little too out of place. And in the future, I think Applejack needs something unique to shine in.
But I liked the changes in the plot, as well as the personalities of each of the characters, even the ones that were changed from the show.
Instead of Vegeta its Nappa:
I love this version of Vegeta!
Isn't it a plot hole that Senzu Beans don't regenerate tails? It was healing a huge hole in Gokus body once.
Or was it Kami?
way
This story would rival the Canon version and thecTFS version!