Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Ball XG ❯ The Big Showdown ( Chapter 19 )

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“The Big Showdown”
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The warriors assembled outside to Roshi's front yard, ready to take off to the World Capitol. Master Roshi handed Akira a capsule. "Here's the rice cooker, and the magic scroll's on it," he told the saiyan, "Remember, Akira... you must concentrate on the evil before you when you execute this attack. And do it exactly how we practiced. And don't screw up! This technique takes a lot of strength, and if you miss, you may not have enough power to try again!"
Akira stuffed the capsule in his pocket. "Sheesh, no pressure or anything!"
"Akira!" Pan barked at her husband, then turned around and hitched her thumb at her backside. "Get on!"
Akira blinked, confused at the order. "Uh... why?"
Pan twisted around, scowling at the saiyan as if he asked a dumb question. "You are going to need to save as much strength as possible to do this Mafuba thing! So quit arguing and climb on my back!"
Akira sweated slightly. "Uh... Yes dear..."
"I'll stay behind," said Trunks, "I don't think you'll be needing too many if Enerjak's strength isn't even above the charts. Besides, someone will need to look after everyone here."
"I'll do it, Daddy!"
Trunks looked down to see his daughter, hopping at his feet. "Do what?" he asked, "Go off again?"
Zurosu jumped back, slightly frightened, "No no!" she cried, clearly not wanting to get near Enerjak again, "I'll stay and protect everyone too, okay?"
Trunks gave her a lighthearted smile. "Thanks. I could use all the help I can get."
Goten looked on at their little conversation, which was reminding him of himself and Kumo... He really missed his little boy.
"Goten!!"
"Valese?" Goten turned to see his wife, now fully awake, running out and approaching the demi-saiyan with tear-filled eyes.
"Goten, please!" she cried, clasping her hands together in a praying manner, "Bring our son back home, safe and sound..."
Goten took a hold of her hands, "I will.... I promise." He gave her an assuring smile, then turned away, "All right, let's go everyone!!"
And with that, he blasted off into the air, the rest following close behind.

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The king, tied head to toe, cowered under the shadow of Enerjak, who loomed over him with a menacing chuckle. "Now that the world is under my rule, I wonder what I shall do to you, my king?" he sneered, "Perhaps a lifetime in the royal dungeons?" He held his staff in the air, "Or shall we make my initiation official by putting you out of the picture?"
"I got a clear shot, sir!" said a sniper from a close by building.
"FIRE!" another officer next to him ordered, and the sniper shot his rifle. The bullet struck Enerjak in the head, but he merely yelped and rubbed the back of his skull and twisted around.
"Pesky bug..." he murmured as he aimed his staff at the two officers and fired a beam, blowing up the ledge they stood on and sending them to their doom. Meanwhile, the dictator groaned to himself. "All those years trapped in the canister, I'm beginning to get rusty... Anyone can just sneak in here and take me on, not that it will do any good, but we can't get over our heads...” He held his staff over his head, emitting a bright glow, and outside a red shield surrounded the castle.
"Er... eh? Hey, what's goin' on?" the little quarter-saiyan, lying on the throne, had come to and began looking around himself. "Where am I? Who're you?!" he slightly panicked at the sight of the strange man with the scary face and horns.
"Ah, so you're finally awake, my apprentice," Enerjak smiled, "I was beginning to think you were dead."
Kumo jumped to his feet and immediately dropped to a stance, "What's going on!!"
"Fear not," spoke the ancient Arnaxian, "I am Lord Enerjak, the spirit you set free. I must thank you for lending me your body and helping me to regain my own, as well as my staff and my powers. I was thinking of allowing you to live and teaching you to follow in my footsteps. Sound like fun?"
"About as fun as getting a root canal!" Kumo shouted, "I dunno what's goin' on, but if you're bad, then I'm gonna stop you!!" And at that, he charged at the tyrant, his little fist extended.
But he barely managed to reach him as Enerjak pointed his staff at the boy, freezing him in his tracks. Kumo was stopped in mid-run, unable to move a muscle. Enerjak sighed. "I see you're going to be quite the troublemaker," he said as he waved his staff, and Kumo suddenly found himself trapped inside a red orb. Enerjak then clenched his fist, and the orb shrank then flew at him. He grabbed it and attached it to his belt. "And until you start acting like a good little boy, you can just stay in there for all eternity."
Kumo pounded on the sides of the orb, but no amount of strength was penetrating even an inch. He charged up a ki ball and flung it to the side, only to have it bounce off and forcing him to duck and jump every time it passed, until it finally singed his hair.
Enerjak shook his head. "When will you all learn? Strength is nothing compared to my magic...."


Meanwhile, Gohan, Goten, Vegeta, and Pan with Akira clinging to her backside floated in, up to the castle, approaching the force field. Goten placed a hand on it, only to jump back in pain. "Aigh, damn it!" he cried, shaking his hand up and down, "Looks like he knew we were coming..."
Gohan formed a ki ball in his palm and hurled it at the force field. Once it struck, the force field dimmed and wavered, but quickly regained its shape. "It can't be that powerful," he said, "It barely was able to take that one shot."
"Allow me..." Vegeta held up his palm before him and charged up a familiar attack. The others quickly scrambled to clear the way, as the energy in his hand grew bigger. "Big Bang... ATTACK!!!" the saiyan prince screamed as he launched his mighty technique at the crimson force field. The shield absorbed the attack, which in turn shook and wavered uncontrollably, unable to sustain the ultimate attack and exploded into pieces.
"Wh-What in the world?!" Enerjak cried as the barrier around his new castle was destroyed and wide open for anyone to attack or intrude. He raised his staff in preparation for another shield, but not before the five warriors raced inside before anything could go up, and landed right by the evil dictator.
"You again?!" Enerjak's eyes narrowed, "Have you not learned that I am far more powerful than you lot?"
Gohan dropped into a battle stance, "There won't be any holding back this time, pal!"
"Where's Kumo?!" Goten shouted.
Enerjak smirked, stealing a glance down at his belt, where the tiny red orb containing the reddish-brown haired quarter-saiyan was attached and pounding frantically at the sides. "Dad, help me!!"
"You're better off leaving," spoke Enerjak, "Not even the five of you combined can defeat me. You're well aware of my powers. BEGONE!" He jabbed his staff swiftly in the air, which released a powerful wave, strong enough to knock the warriors (as well as the poor tied up king) backwards crashing into the wall.
"Get that staff away from him!!" Gohan shouted.
Vegeta was the first to go Super Saiyan and charge a ki ball in his palm, hurtling it at the ancient tyrant. Enerjak held his staff before him in an effort to block it, but it was strong enough to knock him down backwards. Goten jumped forward and grabbed the staff while Enerjak laid on the floor, but didn't get very far as Enerjak leaped to his feet and jumped on Goten from behind and hung on tightly as he grabbed his staff. His already pure-white eyes glowed even brighter, and suddenly Goten was launched forward, knocking into Pan, while Enerjak held onto his staff closely.
Vegeta and Gohan both threw themselves at Enerjak, but only a mere inch away did the tyrant take notice and teleported several feet away, causing the saiyans to crash face-first into each other.
Enerjak laughed heartily. "You're suppose to be the great heroes of the world? Such mockery! But you certainly are giving me a laugh! Mwahahaha!"
Unbeknownst to the Arnax-native, Goten was sneaking up from behind, pulled his arm back, and socked Enerjak in the back of the head. As he turned, he barely managed to defend himself as the half-saiyan pounded his fists over and over in the dictator's face, finally ending with a right hook, which twisted Enerjak around, and allowed Goten to grab him from behind. "Akira, NOW!"
Akira, who had been standing back in order to save his strength and wait for the opportunity, dove into his pocket and pulled out a hoipoi capsule, clicked it, and tossed it to the ground as it bamfed into a rice cooker, complete with a demon seal scotch-taped to the side. Before anything could be done however, the entire room was suddenly engulfed with a black energy, and everyone was in instant pain and torture.
Taking advantage of the strategy, Enerjak jabbed his elbow into Goten's gut, knocking him off, then using his staff as a bat as he slammed him into the ground below, sending him through a few floors. The tyrant then blasted the roof open and soared into the sky, hovering over everyone, who were still suffering from the black aura he released. He raised his staff in the air once more, forming a semi-global sized energy ball from the tip. "I grow weary of you," he bellowed, "It is now time for you to die!!" Thrusting his staff downwards, the energy ball shot down to the group below, crashing into the top... but then stopping midway. Enerjak's eyes widened. "What now..?"
"FINAL FLASH!!!"
The killer ball was being pushed backwards by what looked to be an even greater energy beam, which slammed full force into the evil tyrant, sending him towards the atmosphere. It took all the strength he could muster to push himself out of the attack, and once he finally did, he faintly floated back downwards, his strength diminished and powers fading.
"Do it, boy!!!" Vegeta shouted over to Akira, "While's he weak!!"
Akira took in a deep breath, then screamed as he powered up to the incredible strength of Super Saiyan Five. Enerjak struggled to look down at the golden-furred saiyan doing some hand and arm movements, start to glow green, and the ground around him shook. The floor he stood on crumbled to pieces, and everyone took flight while Gohan grabbed the astonished and rather frightened looking king.
Enerjak knew he was too weak to defend himself from whatever this man was planning. He had to buy himself time to gather strength and he only knew one way to do so...
"You wouldn't bring harm to the boy you came to rescue, now would you?" he called down as he grabbed the red orb from his belt and held it out. Everyone strained to see what it was, but Goten was quick on the uptake.
"KUMO!!!"
At that, Akira stopped the Mafuba and powered down, the strain of the attack immediately taking its toll as he slipped down from level 5 to mere Super Saiyan level 2. He dropped to a knee and placed a hand on his chest, catching his breath. "Man..." he groaned, "This spell really is powerful!"
Goten meanwhile didn't waste any time and shot himself at Enerjak in rage. Just as he got near, Enerjak held his staff up and formed a barrier around himself, which knocked Goten down. Enerjak gave a yell, and the energy shield expanded in an instant, throwing Goten further to the ground.
"That's better," he murmured, "And now... To take care of you lot once and for all!!!" He raised up his staff once more, allowing it to gather energy, and hurled a massive beam towards the castle, aimed at everyone and anyone close by.
Luckily, however, the group of warriors just barely managed to escape the explosion, the king tucked tightly under Gohan's arm. Akira glanced down at the wreckage... he didn't have time to grab the rice cooker. The Mafuba would no good now...
"Damn it...!" he shouted, "I'm sorry guys... but I have had ENOUGH!!!!" With that, he painfully powered up once more to Super Saiyan 5, and immediately launched at Enerjak. The poor Arnaxian wasn't quick enough to save himself from the powerful fighter's fists of steel as Akira bashed in his body all over the place. "You may not be able to die," he muttered, "But you sure can still get your ass kicked!!"
He reared back and finally landed a hard punch square in the center of Enerjak's face. The force of the punch threw Enerjak backwards, releasing the small orb he held in his hand. Akira only saw a red streak fly by his face and turned to see it hurtle towards the ground. "Kumo!!!"
This moment of distraction had cost him, unfortunately. As he turned back to face Enerjak, the next thing he knew, he had a long golden staff protruding through his chest and out his backside, puncturing many of his organs. Trembling from immense pain and now blood loss, Akira slipped out of his Super Saiyan 5 mode, and went back to being a regular saiyan, as he slumped forward and gasped for air.
"Get off my staff," Enerjak sneered as he pushed his foot against Akira's chest, sliding him off the bloodied staff and sending him crashing to the ground below.
"AKIRA!" Pan raced to her husband's side and held him closely. "Are you okay?? Ohhh Akira... Please don't die on me...!"
Enerjak's laughter rang about the courtyard, as it appeared his strength was returning. "Damn it!!" Vegeta seethed, as he watched from the ground, "We can't kill this thing, and now the Mafuba is useless!! We may as well just die here..."
"No need..... I have a backup bottle right here."
Vegeta turned up in shock to see a soda bottle with another demon seal attached to it, but that wasn't what shocked him...
Holding that bottle, was a Super Saiyan Five.

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A/N: Nya ha ha ha! Am I good with cliffhangers or what??

.... No? Well phooie.....

Well, at least I have more time to work on XG now that school has let out for the semester.... but once I get a job (and I applied for many, so I'm bound to hear back from someone sooner or later...) I'll be all distracted again. :(

Quick fact, Zayde, owned by JoSav, isn't human, although he was born on Earth in my stories. He is a Chikurian, so Enerjak will be that species as well. It explains the horns XD