Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Ball New Generation ❯ To His Surprise ( Chapter 20 )

Chapter 20 - To His Surprise

"I wonder how things are going down there?" asked 18.
Sage laughed. He was sensing the battle, just like everyone else.
" Piccolo is kicking ass! I know he's going to win!"
"I know that Sage, but their energy. Its acting strange."
"Maybe they stopped?" Hazell suggested.
"What makes you think that its weird 18?" Dende asked. He knew that she had more fighting experience than them. If something bothered her, it must be something important.
"Its probably nothing, but I'm sure last time Ii's ki didn't feel like this. Something is different about it, but I don't know what."
"Huh?"
"Are you sure aunt-18?" Sage asked.
18 didn't reply. She looked tense, and Dende noticed it. 18 was serious, but after Dende sensed, he knew she was right. But why?

***

Piccolo remained hovering in the air. He was smiling at Ii's expression.
"You're not as powerful as you thought" Piccolo called to him.
Ii clenched his fists, and convinced himself that it was nothing serious.
"It was only a lucky shot. Consider yourself lucky." Ii called back.
"You're forgetting I am Ii-Shenron, so you can't beat me! Not a low class fighter like you!"

Ii yelled at the top of his lungs and briefly powered up. Piccolo, knowing this meant more fighting, resumed his fighting stance. He watched as Ii charged at him at great speeds. He was strong, but it didn't bother Piccolo at all. He knew what he was doing. He had trained in the martial arts since he was a very little Namekseijin. It was in his blood. As Dende said that there were 2-types of Nameks: Healers and Fighters. Funny enough, Piccolo inherited the power to fight like his father did.

***

On Kaioshin's planet, Gokun was in his last 5-minutes of Rou Kaioshin's power level ritual. He could feel his great power growing.
"How is the battle going on Earth?" he asked. Kaioshin, Nion and Gokou watched on through a crystal ball..
"Piccolo is doing fine." Kaioshin told him.
"He's doing better than fine!" Gokou added.
"I didn't know Piccolo-san was that strong!" Nion laughed.
Gokun also laughed until Rou Kaioshin grabbed his chin and turned his face around to him.
"Don't be distracted. Do you want to ruin all this ki raising act by being preoccupied?"
"Ah," Gokun began, "I guess not."
"Good, now be quiet and sit still."
Gokun did as he was told, and frowned at Rou Kaioshin as he continued laughing at the manga he was reading.
"Gokou, maybe since Piccolo is doing well at the moment, we can use this time to continue the training?" Kaioshin insisted.
Gokou nodded.
"Yeah, so I can show Grandma how powerful I can become!"
"Can I join in too?" Nion asked.
"Of course young one. Lets get to work."

"Yeah I was about to say. Sit on your backside while we train. Don't be lazy."
They all turned around as Vegeta exited the time rip.
"You're power has sky rocketed Vegeta!" Gokou told him.
"Yeah yeah I know. Its your turn in their now Gokou. You think you can handle it?"
"I think so..." Gokou told him, scratching his head, thinking to himself -
I hope its not dark and dangerous in there...
Vegeta laughed.
"Don't be distracted by little things in your head Gokou."
"Like monsters and giant ants?"
"Too much television..." Vegeta sighed.
"Those distractions are going to get you killed."
"Killed?" Gokou shuttered.
"You're a distraction yourself Gokou." Vegeta joked, and walked pass him.
"Enough with the distractions already" Gokun finally spoke, "I've heard it enough times."
He looked at Rou Kaioshin who continued to read, directing his conversation at him. The old man didn't hear it though.
"Gokou can handle it Vegeta. Stop scaring him so much. When he's finished with his training, he'll be stronger than you. Its not like you've gotten stronger than your blonde hair form."
"You mean a Super Saiya-jin?" Kaioshin said.
"Yeah," Gokun nodded.
Vegeta laughed.
"Yeah, you think so."

Gokun took a long stare at Vegeta, who just returned the expression with a smirk. Gokun was wondering what the boy was hiding.
Is Vegeta hiding something? Gokun wondered.
They won't know power until they see me, Vegeta thought to himself.
Everyone else just watched both of them thinking what the heck was going on and eventually shrugged off the conversation..

***

Piccolo and Ii kept at it. Their energy ripping the skies. Ii was still angry at how Piccolo was able to pierce his shoulder.
Ii continued to ask himself questions, until Piccolo stopped fighting for a moment.
"Looks like the Saiya-jin won't have to lift a finger against you Ii. You'll be defeated before you can hurt anymore people."
"Doesn't matter. I killed many humans today." Ii said.
"Doesn't matter. The Dragon Balls will revive them, so you're at a loss Ii-Shenron."
At that, it finally hit him. The Dragon Balls!
Ii was all powerful last time because he had the Dragon Balls inside his body to fuel his power. Ii smirked.
I need to find those Dragon Balls, and then I can kill this boy just by looking at him.
Piccolo saw Ii's huge grin, and so he attacked him again. Of course, Piccolo was kind of dominating. This continued to annoy Ii.
"You're nothing to me!" Ii kept threatening, trying to prove Piccolo's unworthiness, until the green boy was successful and kicked the fiend at the back of his head. Ii flew forwards and stopped inches in front of a cliff face. He turned around, and saw Piccolo waiting above with his arms crossed in front of him.
He's gathering his energy for something, Ii thought to himself.
Sure enough, Piccolo was. With his arms crossed, he powered up, and sparks began to leap off his arms as Ii watched on. Piccolo then raised this arms towards the sky and a great ki ball appeared in the palm of his hands.
"Take this Ii-Shenron!"
Piccolo launched the ball at the beast, with his hands held forward.
Ii watched as the ball descended onto him, but he jumped out of the way to avoid the attack. Piccolo saw this, and drew his arms apart from each other. Ii was caught by surprise...the sphere then broke into two and surrounded the tyrant, circling around him so he couldn't escape. Piccolo laughed.
"How do you like my attack Ii?"
Piccolo then pushed his hands forward, and the balls converged and they striked Ii at magnificent speeds. The beast didn't have time to move out, and took the attack.
Piccolo laughed and waited for the smoke to clear up. To his surprise, the beast was no where in sight. His eyes widened.
"Where is he?"
Without any notice, at a fantastic speed, Ii grabbed the Namek boy from behind by holding his arms back. He kept tightening his grip when Piccolo tried to get free.
"Did you believe you could actually defeat me? What a joke." Ii said to him.
Piccolo kept struggling, and Ii continued his threats to tell him where the Saiya-jin are. When he refused, Ii pulled his arms back and it hurt Piccolo bad.

***

"Oh no!"
"Piccolo's in trouble!" Hazell said.
"What to do?"
"I don't know. But we have to do something."
The rambling went back and forth until Sage had enough.
"Well then I'll go and help him."
At that, they all stared at him. They didn't want him to get hurt, but he was a fighter at heart, and they knew this.
"You can't stop me." Sage told them.
"We know we can't. A fighter's heart is strong and determined." Dende said.
"Be careful then Sage." Android 18 added.
"Don't worry," the boy called to them as he ran off, "I'll be fine, and Piccolo will be too."

***

Piccolo couldn't break free. His arms hurt so much that he couldn't feel anything any more.
"Looks like you won't tell me where the Saiya-jin are..." Ii sighed.
"That's right, now let me go!"
"Then tell me where the Dragon Balls are!" came yet another one of Ii's demands.
Piccolo was surprised at the demand, but also refused to tell him. He knew that the Dragon Balls aren't good in the hands of evil.
"What do you want them for?" asked Piccolo, still struggling.
"Could you imagine someone like me totally invincible? Not like I'm not already...
I could rule this universe, and then you could be my foot stool." Ii joked.
"Never! You're all evil!"
"Is that a compliment?"
"The Dragon Balls will never be yours Ii-Shenron! I'll make sure of it myself, even if I have to do it with my own two hands!" Piccolo yelled. He was furious. He couldn't imagine another evil being worst than Semi getting his hands on the Dragon Balls. Ii laughed and leaned forward to whisper in his ears.
"How can you stop me if you have no hands or arms?"
Piccolo paused at this statement.
Ii then pulled his arms apart and tore them away. Piccolo screamed in agony as Ii tossed both of this arms to the ground. Piccolo shuttered from the pain and almost fell unconscious. That has never happened to him before. Ii let go of Piccolo, and the boy dropped to the ground with a loud thud.
"Too bad Piccolo...you almost had me there."
Ii began his finishing blast and was about to launch it when he sensed a power level. He looked around.
"Where is that power coming from?"
Ii couldn't trace it, but by the time he turned to look at the hills in the distant, a quick beam of energy was shot at him. It hit him straight in the stomach, and emitted a great light which Ii couldn't see through. He shielded his eyes.
"Where is that light coming from?!"
When the light cleared away, and a few seconds went by, his eyes gained focus, but Piccolo was no where to be found.
"What happened to him?!"
Ii looked around, but gave up after remembering the importance of the Dragon Balls.
"That Namek! I will kill him later for sure!" and with that he disappeared into the distance.
A few more seconds went by, and a familiar face looked over a hill. It was Sage.
"Yeah, take my light ray!" he joked.
Sage turned to Piccolo whom he saved. He was groaning and sweating bad.
"Don't worry Piccolo, I'll take you to the Lookout. Dende should be able to help you out."
Sage placed the injured Namek over his shoulders and after making sure the sight was clear, he flew into the sky.