Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Black Hearts ❯ The Saiya-jin Saga (Part Two Of Two) ( Chapter 8 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Sorry about the mix up in posting. This one, and The beholder chapter was origanally one chapter, but I made them 3. Whackiness and a fired proof reader resulted, so the fic may be less readable, as it is unproofed.
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Pan touched down in the no man's land that lay between Vegeta and the three remaining earth fighters. Nappa landed next to Vegeta a second later. Pan walked slowly to where Gohan, Krillin and Piccolo were. Upon her approach Vegeta called for her to come back, but she ignored him and kept on her course. The three got into a fighting stance upon her approach, but she ignored it and stopped in front of them.

'Tell me all you know about Bulma Briefs and her knowledge of the dragon balls,' she ordered flatly. Krillin's face paled in worry for his friend.

'Why?' He asked cautiously.

'I had a little run in with her. She mentioned the dragon balls. I killed her, but now I'm not so sure if I did the right thing,' she lied slyly.

'You-you killed her!?' Exclaimed Krillin in disbelief.

'Right after I flayed off all her skin. Why? Did you know her?' Asked Pan maliciously with a wicked grin.

'I...I...grr...I donÕt believe you!!!!' The kid began to cry. Pan turned to him and crouched in front of him. She caressed his face with her hand, smearing the blood of the innocent all over his face.

'Don't cry kid. You'll all be dead soon enough.' A green hand grasped her wrist and pulled it off Gohan's face. Before any words could be said, Piccolo was in a strangle hold. Gohan wailed as Piccolo's head was wrenched from his shoulders effortlessly. Pan crushed his head and threw his corpse on top of Gohan. Before she could do anything, she herself was in a strangle hold. Vegeta was crushing her wind pipe, his blinding fury unrestrained.

'YOU FUCKING IDIOT!!! Now the dragon balls are gone!!! How are we meant to beat Freeza now!?! HUH!?! You'll pay for that with your life!' He made the move to break Pan's neck, but she twisted out of his grasp and knocked him to the ground.

'Hear me out Vegeta!' He leapt up and pinned her to one of the rocky plateaus.

'Why should I!?'

'Because the dragon balls aren't gone!!' Vegeta stopped being so forceful and released her. Pan straightened out her armour and explained. 'I was thinking, if Piccolo is a namek, then there's got to be more dragon balls on Planet Namek. We should go there. Besides, it's not like you have a choice if you still want your wish.'

Vegeta thought about what she said, and decided that she was right, even though he was deeply angered by her choice of action. 'Very well. This is your lucky day earthlings. NAPPA!! WeÕre leaving!' The three Saiya-jins were about to fly to their pods when a new voice rang through the air.

'Not so fast!' Five heads turned to see Goku walking towards them.

'Goku!!!'

'Daddy!!' Came the sniffling cheers of the remaining good fighters. Vegeta turned to Goku and checked his Power level.

'5000? Hmm....greetings Kakarott. I am impressed with your power. It isn't a minor achievement to grow in power that much that quickly, so I offer this proposition for you. We were just about to leave, and I want you to join us in a crusade to rid the universe of a being named Freeza. Do you accept?'

Goku frowned. 'No. I should make you pay for the deaths of my friends, but if you would ask me for help against Freeza, then I assume you'll die a fitting death at his hands instead.'

'Daddy! The woman killed Bulma!' Goku face had a look of shock and deep hurt when her heard of Bulma's death. He couldn't believe that Bulma was dead. The person he grew up with, the one he had gone on adventures with. He turned to Pan.

'You killed my oldest friend? I will avenge her! I've changed my mind! She was a wonderful person, yet you went out of your way to kill her. You will all die here today.' A tear leaked his eye as he began to power up and trickled down his face before he wiped it away roughly.

'I *knew* she was old,' laughed Pan.

'Nappa!' Came Vegeta's harsh voice. 'Take care of him!' Nappa stepped forward and lunged at Goku. They fought for a short time, before Nappa was thrown in a bloody heap at Vegeta's feet. He reached a hand up, asking Vegeta for help. Vegeta grasped it and a wicked smirk worked it's way onto his face. He threw Nappa into the air and blasted him.

'You dirty little rat! VEGETA!!!' The blast reduced Nappa to ashes. Everyone save for Vegeta and Pan was shocked.

'Pan! Go. His power is 8,000 at the moment, but he could have more!'

Pan and Goku got into fighting stances. Goku began to power up, creating a white aura around him. Pan looked over at Vegeta, tacitly asking for a power reading.

'13,000!! The scouters are useless!!' Exclaimed Vegeta.

Pan turned her attention back to Goku. He stopped roaring and the rocks that has risen fell back to the ground. Pan attacked head on, her opening attack directed to the larger Saiya-jin's crotch. Goku dodged it, relieved that it didn't connect. Her next one was a punch to the face, which connected and followed with an elbow to the side of the head. Goku, being stronger than her, went on the offence. He soon began to ware her down. She knew that at the present pace she would lose, so she switched tactics. She put some extra power behind a punch to the face, momentarily stunning Goku. Using her advantage she kicked him away, then before he had any chance to fight back she sent a blast, not at him, but at his son. His son stood, frozen in fear calling for his daddy. Pan knew the blast would kill, and hoped that Goku would be so angry that he would lose focus. She saw a blood red aura erupt around the earth raised Saiya-jin as he yelled ÔKaioken x2Õ. She watched as he moved to deflect the blast aimed at his son with speed she didnÕt think he could achieve. She looked over to where Vegeta was cursing. Roaring, he ripped his scouter from his face and crushed it.

'26,000!!! It's impossible!!! Only a year ago he couldn't beat Raditz, and now he's nearly as strong as me!'

The blast deflected, Goku sped over to Pan, punching her dead on in the heart, unbeknownst to him, the best place he could have hit her. She doubled over, just as he followed up with a duel fisted smash to the back of her head. She crashed into the ground, smashing the rock. He landed behind her and crossed his arms over his chest.

'You lied to me,' he stated solemnly. She shakily got to her feet and looked at him questioningly. 'You lied to me about Bulma's death, and I'm glad she alive.' Pan spat out some blood.

'How would you know?' Questioned Pan.

'I can sense her ki. She's just fine, not even a scratch on her. Tell me, why didn't you kill her when you had the chance?'

'Hmp. I didn't kill her because she mentioned the dragon balls. It would have been self destructing if I removed a possible link to them. That was before I thought about a second set on Namek-sei. Now if I saw her, I'd kill her without a second thought.' Goku frowned.

'Wrong answer.' He sped toward her and brought a knee up to her midsection, causing several loud cracks. He removed his knee and slammed a double fist into her back, sending her back to the ground. He waited for her to get up. She noticed this and deliberately took longer to get up than she needed. Just when she was on her feet, she thrust herself quickly into the sky. She gathered her remaining energy into a single attack, aimed at Goku, who was still on the ground.

'Big bang attack!!!' The blast hurtled to the ground below, flattening everything for miles. When the light died down Pan fell to the ground in front of Vegeta. She struggled to get up, and with agonising pain and slowness, made it to her feet. She looked Vegeta in the eye, and could tell by his expression that Goku was still alive.

'My Prince, I have failed. I expect now you'll kill me.Õ He nodded and began gathering energy for the blast to finish her. She opened her arms and watched as Vegeta charged his Gallic Gun attack. Vegeta was battling an internal battle with himself. He was going to kill her, but a strange part of him didn't want to. He found his arms shaking, not from the power of the blast he was charging, but as if they were trying to go down. He began to roar as the blast reached a significantly high power. He looked into Pan's eyes and realised that he couldn't do it.

'DO IT!!' Yelled Pan.

He made up his mind. 'GALLIC GUN ATTACK!!!!!!' The blast missed her and crashed into Goku, who had just recovered from the Big Bang attack.

'Weakling. You couldn't kill me. You can kill billions of people without a second thought, but you can't kill me. I'm ashamed to call you my prince.'

'Shut up! I am your prince and I decide who lives and who dies!'

'Your nothing but Freeza's bitch. I want you to know this. You do his bidding and never fight back! All those years ago he took you from your father moments before our planet was destroyed. Are you that dense? He was there, but he didn't stop that asteroid!Õ

'No! Your lying! It's isnÕt true!!!' And range of emotions were coursing through Vegeta. Anger and hate were the main ones, as always. Then there was fear, regret and something else. The blazing, blinding fury was first and foremost though.

'Wake up Vegeta!' Wheezed Pan. 'FREEZA DESTROYED VEGETA-SEI!!!'

'SHUT UP!!!!' Out of fury and reflex he blasted Pan through the heart, sending her back. She crashed into a boulder that had survived and slumped down, dead. Vegeta just stared at where Pan had once been in shock. All anger left him when he realised what he had done. He raced over to Pan faster than he had ever moved before and shook her, trying to get her to wake. When she didn't respond he went to check her power level, but found that his scouter wasn't there because he had destroyed it. He already knew, however, that her power would have been zero.

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One moment Pan was in agony, facing Vegeta, the next she was completely fine, standing in front of a huge red demon with a horned hat. Her head darted around, surveying the massive building she was in. Her head snapped up to look at the demon when he spoke.

'Welcome to the after life. I am king Yemma. What is your name?' Boomed Yemma in a commanding voice. Pan's eyes narrowed at him, but she decided against refusing.

'Pan.' Yemma began looking through his records, his brow furrowing every time his eyes scanned a certain page.

'There is no Pan matching you in this time. This is very strange. Are you a dimension jumper...or a time traveller?' He asked curiously. Pan glared at him, a bit unsure at what he meant.

'No! I am Pan, Saiya-jin elite, born on Vegeta-sei!' She declared proudly. King YemmaÕs face darkened.

'Oh. I see. Well, if your a Saiya-jin, then your going down below. After Freeza enslaved the Saiya-jin, their already patchy record for deeds in life went up in smoke. Enjoy eternal torment. You'll have all the time that ever existed to get used to it.' Pan looked around, ready to blast things, when a portal opened up below her, swallowing her up. She landed on her behind painfully. She surveyed her surroundings. It was like a subterrianian cavern. There were rocky tunnels everywhere, many of which were framed by stalactites and staglamites. She was suddenly dragged to her feet by an unseen force. Almost before she could fathom a single thought, a blinding, searing, white hot pain racked her whole body, before stopping totally. She fell to the ground, shuddering in the aftershock. She looked up to see Nappa wrestling with an invisible fiend. He jerked his crossed arms, causing a snap. He released the unseen foe and walked over to Pan.

'Oh Pan...' he said sadly. 'I was hoping that you and Vegeta could have avoided this place. How long has it been?' Pan looked at him, unsure of what to say.

'How long has what been?'

'How long has it been since I died?' Pan did a quick calculation before answering.

'About an hour. Why? Does time pass differently here?' She asked, already knowing the answer. Nappa gaped at her in shock and fear.

'Only an hour?' He whispered in disbelieve. 'It's been so long here I lost track of time a lifetime ago! I found Raditz about 30 years past. He's gone utterly insane. Not a coherent thought in his head. He didn't even recognise me. He was too weak to survive. That thing I was fighting was someone who was once a person, but over the countless trillions of years it was here, it became a shadow of a being. If you're caught by them, they suck your humanity, trying to get theirs back, leaving you like Raditz. We have to get out of here. Those things don't stay dead for long, and when it wakes it'll be angry.' He grabbed Pan's hand and dragged her away.

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Pan was training, as she always did. She did it to pass the time. Nappa had told her that it was impossible to get stronger while down in the caverns, as ki didn't exist, so she just did it to pass the time. She my not have gotten stronger, but her technique had improved. Nappa had been gotten by the very thing he had fought to save Pan from almost immediately after he had saved her, leaving her alone for 5 months. Pan was still confident that she would find a way out, even though Nappa said it couldn't be done.

Pan did a back flip and expected to land on the stone cold floor, but instead landed, and tumbled onto grass. She was disorientated, but the first thing she noticed was the fatal gravity level. She instinctively powered up, knowing that it wouldnÕt work. Despite the fact that she absolutely *knew* it wouldnÕt work, it did. She instantly felt the crushing weight lift. She got to her feet with a small amount of effort and came face to face with something big and blue with whiskers. She leapt back and got into a fighting stance.

'Where am I, and what the hell are you?' She demanded swiftly.

'I'm King Kai, and your on my planet.' She eyed King Kai wearily.

'Why am I here?' She looked up, and saw a halo over her head. 'I'm still dead. Shouldn't I be rotting in hell?' King Kai coughed.

'Lets get one thing straight before we continue. I don't like you, and you don't like me.'

'Actually, I couldn't care less about you. I tend to kill things I don't like, and if you're taking me out of hell, then I like you.'

'The reason you are here,' continued King Kai, ignoring her statement, even though he was relieved that Pan didn't not like him. 'Is so that I can train you in the art of Kaio Ken.' Pan snarled at him and prepared to leap at him.

'You taught that idiot Kakarott Kaio ken!? It's because of you he beat me!'

'Wait!' Cried King Kai, holding up his hands. 'I'm going to teach *you* now!' Pan relaxed a little. 'I'm going to teach you because someone asked me to as a favour.'

'Anyway,' he began again. 'You need to be pure of heart to learn Kaio Ken. Goku was pure good, and your pure evil, so there's no problem there. The question is, do you want it?' Pan leveled her eyes with him and gave her simple reply.

'Yes.'

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'She's dead Vegeta. You killed her, just like you killed Nappa.'

Vegeta sighed tiredly and got up. 'Kakarott,' he regarded him lightly. He noticed that Goku had a large and complex looking ki blast in his hand. He didn't make a move when Goku threw the spirit bomb at him. The resulting explosion gave Vegeta enough cover to pick Pan, cradling her to his chest and rush to his pod, but before her could put her in, her body vanished. He balked and looked around, but she wasn't anywhere.

'She must have been allowed to keep her body in the afterlife,' came Goku's voice, answering Vegeta's question.

He turned back to Goku, his anger returning in full force, and further fuelled by PanÕs death at his hands. He was more angry at himself than at Goku, but the larger Saiya-jin was there, so Vegeta was going to take it out on him. His anger about Pan was dwarfed, however, by the searing, uncontrollable rage he felt for Freeza. A part of him didn't want to believe that Freeza had done his planet in. That was the part of him that didn't want to face Freeza. Now that he knew this, he' have to get revenge, not only for himself, but for Pan, his father and his whole race. He needed the power of a super Saiya-jin. His subconscious suddenly suggested that maybe Kakarott was the legendary, but he angrily dismissed the thought.

He was so engrossed in thought that he almost didn't see Goku's attack before it was too late. He knew, however, to never let your guard down. He and Goku went into flurries of kicks and punches, each one so powerful the ground shook beneath them. Goku, who was already weakened from fighting both Nappa and Pan, was loosing. Vegeta did a spinning kick that sent Goku reeling, that was followed up with a powerful Gallic Gun attack. Goku began to summon energy for a spirit bomb once again. Krillin, who had been idol the whole time, saw that this was the time he needed to be there. He motioned for Gohan to fly to one side of Vegeta, while Krillin flew to the other. Vegeta didn't notice them until their blasts were almost fully charged.

'Kaa-mee-haa-me-haa!!!'

'Masenkko!!!' The duel blasts crashed into Vegeta at the same time, stunning him. He put his arms out in a T shape and blasted them both at the same time. Goku saw his opening and threw the immature spirit bomb directly into Vegeta unguarded body. There was a powerful explosion that threw up large amounts of rock and dust. Vegeta remained, much to the shock of the three earth fighters. He was bloody from head to toe, his armour torn in several places. He blasted Krillin and Gohan once again, knocking them away, and put all his energy into one final beam and sent it at Goku. Goku did a Kamehameha, but found he was quickly losing, despite Vegeta's injuries.

'Kaioken times 3!!' Vegeta's blast slowed greatly, but was still coming. Vegeta poured more power into his, causing Goku to almost panic.

'Kaioken times four!!!!!!!!!!' He yelled, ignoring his already smoking body. With one final roar he put all his power into it, and Vegeta's blast was over come. The kamehameha crashed into Vegeta, causing a massive inferno to erupt around the Saiya-jin prince. A huge mushroom cloud formed after a deafening boom. After several minutes, the cloud blew away. Goku lay on the ground, completely helpless, Gohan was knocked out and Krillin was sitting up against a rock. Goku and Krillin looked in horror as Vegeta was dragging himself to the pod where Pan was. Krillin painfully leapt up and rushed over to him, reaching just as he was crawling into his pod. Krillin grabbed his head, about to snap his neck when Goku told him to stop.

'Are you crazy Goku!? If he comes back we might not make it! He took everything you had to offer and is still on top! If I wasn't here he could kill you where you lie! He took two spirit bombs, and a shit powerful kamehameha! Not even counting all the other attacks!' Yelled Krillin. Goku just managed a lopsided grin.

'It's ok Krillin. Let him go. He won't come back.'

'Yes I will! The Saiya-jin Prince does not take losing lightly! When I kill Freeza, the galaxy will belong to me, and this planet will be purged of all life, just like it was meant to have been 25 years ago!'

Krillin protested again, but Goku was firm, so he let Vegeta go.

Vegeta crawled into his pod and sat down. He entered the co-ordinates for Namek-sei. The pod filled with regeneration liquid that would heal Vegeta's wounds and blasted off.