Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign ❯ The Ginyu: Fighting With Style, Baby! ( Chapter 8 )

DragonBall V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign

Author's Note: Oh, I think that's a good place to stop the story... none of you want to see any more, right? Teehee. Oh wait… you do. Ok, you talked me into it. Without further ado, chapter 8 is here!

Required Disclaimer: I don't own the DB franchise, I've never worked for them, I'm not making any money off this, and I'm dead sexxy baby! Read and enjoy.

Chapter 8: The Ginyu: Fighting With Style, Baby!

Krillin leaped into the air, intent on following after Captain Ginyu. "Goku, he's getting away with the dragonballs!" Krillin shouted. A large, red haired man was suddenly in his way, however, knocking him back down next to where Goku was standing.

"Hey, uh, you ain't goin nowhere, baldie! You gotta get through us to get to those balls!" Rikum's voice boomed. [AN: Yes, I know that Rikum doesn't sound like an idiot in the original dialogue but I have only seen the dubbed version of the Ginyu scenes so it's all I have to draw on. Heh]

Goku growled. "Back off! I don't want to have to hurt you, but I will if it's the only way to get to those balls before Frieza gets them!"

Krillin stood up, shaking off the surprise attack he had received. "I'm with you, Goku. Let's take care of these guys quick so we can get those dragonballs!"

The Ginyus laughed at the two warriors from Earth. "Hey, Burter! These fools actually think they're getting past us! Isn't that rich!?" Jeice exclaimed.

"Yeah! They couldn't get past us even if we were asleep! Let's show them what we're made of! Who goes first?" Burter asked.

Rikum grinned. "Me, of course. You guys just sit back and relax, ol Rikum will show em what we're made of!"

Guldo scowled. "Aw, come on Rikum! You always have all the fun! I want my shot too!"

"Rock paper scissors?" Jeice suggested.

"Oh for crying out loud! We don't have time for this!" Goku exclaimed. "Look, two of you attack Krillin, two of you attack me, once we beat you we'll be on our way to take care of your captain and get those dragonballs back! Alright?"

"Aw, it wouldn't be no fun if two of us attacked you! You'd be dead in seconds! Come on… at least one on one. Guldo, you take the little one and I'll take the big one, sound fair?" Rikum suggested.

Guldo looked at his scouter again and shivered at the high power level, or rather higher than his own power level, coming from Krillin. "Uh… you take the little one, he's stronger than me. I'll take the big one." Guldo amended nervously.

"How did he get on the Ginyu squad anyway, Burter? He isn't that strong and be barely has any style. And he's as ugly as a Saiyan's backside!" Jeice joked to his blue reptilian friend.

Burter shrugged. "He cooks some tasty burgers, though."

Rikum nodded at Guldo. "Alright, the big guy is yours. Have fun, little guy."

Goku frowned and assumed a fighting stance, watching the multi-eyed little Ginyu member critically. Guldo leaped at Goku, expecting little resistance to his onslaught. He punched Goku's after-image though and didn't even have time to squeak as Goku's elbow buried itself in Guldo's skull, knocking the alien out immediately.

The others stared in shock, their mouths hanging open. "No way! He didn't even get a chance to use his time-freezing ability!" Jeice shouted. He glanced at Burter. "Check your scouter again, I think mine is on the fritz."

Burter reset his scouter, but it came up with the same result. "Still says 5000. Maybe Guldo was just getting soft. Rikum is twice as powerful as the bald one though, so we shouldn't see a repeat of that."

Krillin glanced at Goku. "Hey, maybe we should just solar flare them and take off?" He suggested.

Goku shook his head. "Nah, they'd be right on our tails. Besides, Vegeta is still alive, we need to get a senzu bean to him after we take care of these guys and get moving. Go ahead and beat the dumb red haired one then we'll take out the last two and get moving."

Krillin nodded and faced Rikum. The larger man frowned and disappeared and reappeared behind Krillin, throwing a punch at the monk's head from behind. Krillin had already turned, blocked the punch, and returned the favor into the Ginyu member's stomach, however. Rikum backed away, coughing from the sudden force that was exerted on his stomach and diaphragm. "Wow, this little runt packs quite a wallop!" Rikum announced, laughing.

Krillin's eyes narrowed and he was about to follow up the attack when Rikum suddenly started throwing a massive amount of ki energy balls at him. Krillin dodged for a few moments then got tired of it and just started knocking the blasts away. A few moments later he leapt into the air and threw a destructo disk at Rikum who barely dodged to the side. The disk caught his arm though, and a rivulet of blood dripped down his arm. "I pack much more than a wallop, ya big oaf!" Krillin said proudly, grinning at the large red-haired man.

Goku nearly laughed out loud. "Boy, Krillin, you seem even stronger than when we finished up our training under 100 times gravity!" Goku remarked.

Krillin took a moment to nod at his friend. "Let's just say I met someone who showed me how to tap into power reserves I didn't even know I had."

Goku grinned. "Wow! I'd like to meet this guy when we have time."

Rikum snorted, growing impatient with the dialogue going on between his two adversaries. "That's it, I'm gunna show you a move that will finish you off! Rikum Boom!"

Krillin jumped aside, avoiding the attack and laughed. "I'll show you how to finish someone off, you big dope. Kamehameha!" Krillin extended his hands, firing a kamehameha wave at Rikum who didn't dodge in time. He desperately threw up his hands to block the attack and met with only limited success. His scouter bleeped and he saw Krillin's power level skyrocketing. 45000… 55000…it hit 75000 suddenly and it was enough to blow a hole through Rikum's hands and chest. Both Goku and Krillin turned to smile at Jeice and Burter, who were both beginning to sweat.

"Jeice… that little guy has the same power level as you now! And no telling how high the other one's power is. We need to finish them off quick!" Burter exclaimed.

Before Jeice could respond, Goku and Krillin both jumped forward and punched their chosen foes to the ground, following the attack quickly with kicks, perfectly synchronized. Goku frowned at the Ginyu members on the ground. "Last chance to give up and leave Namek in peace." It wasn't in him to not offer an enemy mercy, after all. They rarely accepted, however.

"Screw you!" Jeice shouted, jumping up to attack the Saiyan warrior. Barely after his curse left his lips, Jeice was on the ground again from an elbow to the skull. He felt blood running down through his hair and he felt like crying. "My beautiful white hair! Look what you've done to it, you monster! Rargh!" Goku suppressed a grin as he dodged Jeice's unfocused attack and backhanded the warrior, sending him flying again. A moment later a ki blast hit him, roasting his body before it hit the ground. Burter landed on his corpse a moment later with a broken neck, courtesy of Krillin.

Goku knelt down to check on Vegeta. "I only have two senzu beans left, but Vegeta is still alive. I hope we don't even need the last one." Goku said grimly, stuffing the senzu into Vegeta's mouth.

The Saiyan prince chewed the bean on instinct, his eyes snapping open a moment later. He sat up quickly, a little too quickly, then groaned and sank back onto his elbows. "What happened?" Vegeta groaned out.

"You let your guard down, Vegeta. I gave you a senzu bean, you should be ok in a moment." Goku assured the proud Saiyan.

Vegeta frowned at the hole burnt into his gi and stood up. He looked around suddenly. "The Ginyu!?"

"We kicked their butts! We have to catch up to the captain though. He might make it to Frieza before we can catch up to him though." Krillin said glumly.

Vegeta's teeth gritted together and he floated into the air. "Well, let's get a move on then, you lazy slob! Come on!" Vegeta took off after Ginyu, Goku and Krillin following after him. They glanced at each other, both noticing they were having a hard time keeping pace with the prince. They did their best however, they had a captain to catch up to.

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Hercule Satan was busy beating on a punching bag when his daughter Videl burst into his training gym, dirty and teary-eyed. "Daddy! Daddy! A bad man hurt mommy!" She cried out.

Mr. Satan ran over to scoop little Videl up in his arms. "What!? Where!? How badly is she hurt!? Are you hurt?! What man?! Where is he!?"

Videl started sobbing again, Mr. Satan's barrage of questions too much for her to handle. "Daddy! I'm sorry!" She cried.

Hercule slowed down his questions, seeing how upset his daughter was. She was on the verge of hiccups from the sobbing so he patted her back. "Ok, slowly then, baby doll. How badly is mommy hurt?"

Videl tried to answer. "She's… she's… she's…. she's…. she's… oh Kami! Mommy's dead!"

Mr. Satan nearly dropped his precious daughter as his whole body went numb. "How, sweetie? And who?!"

Videl shook her head. "A bad man shot her, daddy! I'm so sorry, I couldn't protect her!"

Mr. Satan misunderstood, of course. "A robber? Some damned criminal shot your mommy and took her purse! I'm so sorry you had to see that, honey!" He hugged Videl to him, letting his own tears spill out. After he set Videl down, who had exhausted herself to slumber from crying, he got on the phone to make arrangements to find his deceased wife and take care of her. He could scarcely believe she was gone. After he was done talking on the phone he collapsed to the training mat and bawled, letting all his tears fall where they may. Little did he know that years later, Videl would begin to fight criminals, believing one responsible for her mother's death because she was too young to understand what really happened and Mr. Satan was too dense to associate his wife's death with the "supposed" alien invader.

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He was floating in darkness. He felt peaceful… relaxed. It was like he was asleep, only much more surreal. He saw images of his father, smiling down at him and beckoning him closer. Then he saw his mother, kneeling with her arms open, ready to grab him up into a tight embrace. Next he saw Piccolo, giving him one of his rare smiles, his arms crossed as he looked down at the young demi-Saiyan. "You did your best, kid." Piccolo offered, no condemnation in his voice.

Gohan shook his head, wiping tears from his eyes. "But I lost, Piccolo! Now the Earth is doomed! It's all my fault! If only I had been stronger!"

Piccolo shook his head, flanked by his parent's sad faces. "You have to be true to yourself, Gohan. If you want to fight, fight. If you want to study, study. Don't blame your decision to do either on anyone else, though. If you really want to train, your mother can't stop you. If you really want to study, your father won't stop you. You're caught between the wishes of two parents, but ultimately what you do is your choice. I have to go now, Gohan. I hope to see you again soon."

Gohan reached out to his mentor, tears falling from his eyes. "No! Piccolo, don't leave me again!"

Piccolo shook his head, fading out. "I'm always with you, kid. Always." He vanished altogether, and his parents did as well after the words 'Study' appeared above his mother's head and 'Fight' appeared over his father's head. Gohan sighed and was surrounded by darkness again.

An undetermined amount of time later he felt like something was shoved into his mouth. He would have coughed and spit it out, but his mouth began to tingle and salivate and he found himself chewing the ball that was in his mouth on instinct. Moments after he swallowed it, his eyes popped open. He squinted into the darkness and saw a pudgy face above his own. "Yajirobe?! What are you doing here?" Gohan asked, sitting up slowly and rubbing his eyes.

"Karin sent me." The portly samurai replied gruffly. "He said you were in pretty bad shape. You looked like you were on death's door to me."

Gohan's eyes widened suddenly and he shot up to his feet and turned to where Roshi was earlier. Draped over the still form of the turtle master was an ornate silken sheet. "Master Roshi… I'm so sorry." Gohan's eyes brimmed with tears and he turned suddenly and cried against Yajirobe who looked like he was about to freak out.

Yajirobe tried to pry the child away from him. "Hey! Get off me kid! My work here is done!"

Gohan backed away slowly and looked over to where the mother's body lay. He was relieved to see that at least the little girl had gotten away. He vaguely recognized the woman and wondered where he knew her from. He sighed and reached out with his senses, surprised to find them much sharper than before. He found Kui's ki signature moments later. "You coming, Yajirobe? I have to take care of that alien."

Yajirobe shook his head. "Uh uh! I'm not cut out for the fighting gig! That's your department, kiddo! I'll watch from the sidelines, I still have one more senzu bean which I had hoped to use on poor old Roshi. But don't expect any help from me, unless I see one hell of an opening!"

Gohan sighed and nodded his head, calling for the nimbus cloud. He took off towards Kui, Yajirobe following a good distance behind him on a Capsule Corporation hover bike. Gohan's face was set in determination. He knew he had to take care of Kui this time, or die trying. Everyone on Earth was counting on him, and his father and Piccolo, wherever they were in actuality, were with him in spirit. It was all he had, and it was all he needed.

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Heh, you all actually thought Gohan was dead? Silly people, would I do that to cute little Gohan?! He was damned close, though. But Roshi, unfortunately, is. And before anyone tells me, yes I know Roshi has been wished back once before with the Earth's dragonballs. I'm keeping that in mind. And I know the fight with the Ginyu force was rather short, but come on, Goku was the weaker fighter there between him and Krillin, and he had a 180,000 fighting power, while the strongest Ginyu member only had a 75,000. Did you expect to see a 4 chapter battle? Heh But don't worry, there's always the Cap'n, and Frieza himself of course. Now the latter will be quite a battle. Teehee. Stay tuned, things are picking up from here. Reviews are lovely as always, of course. They make me feel so loved and appreciated. Heh Well… ok appreciated. Next chapter: Captain Ginyu and Gohan vs. Kui part 2! Videl and Mr. Satan might force themselves in to make another appearance too, if they can get past security.