Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Nossoreg's Revenge ❯ Chapter 23

Chapter Twenty-three

"Hey, Goku!" Krillen called out in relief. "Are we glad to see you! Did you take care of everything?"

The three clones stopped in front of the fighters and floated there in silence.

"Gohan, what's the matter?" Goten asked the clone before him. "Is something wrong?"

"What's going on, Goku?" Krillen asked. "You seem different somehow."

Yamcha got more and more nervous the longer their three friends remained silent. He looked closely at the warrior in front of him. "Vegeta?"

"Your friends have decided to join me on an extended tour of the universe," Nossoreg's voice bellowed from the ship. "We would be happy to have you join us."

"Goku, is that true?" Krillen asked his silent friend.

'Krillen!'

Krillen blinked his eyes and looked at him again. He would know Goku's voice anywhere, but his lips never moved. He was sure of it. "Goku?"

'Krillen, it's me,' Goku's voice sounded inside his head. 'We're locked inside the ship. Those are clones. Be careful. They have our powers!'

"These aren't our friends!" Krillen told the others as he crouched down in a fighting stance. "They're clones!"

"What?!" the other two exclaimed, dropping back into their own stances.

Krillen flew in to attack, but the Goku clone easily swatted him away. Goten and Yamcha tried to do the same, but they also failed to make contact. The clones turned to face their attackers.

Powering up his Destructo Disc, Krillen launched it at Goku. The clone disappeared, using his incredible speed, and reappeared behind Krillen. With one quick smash, he was sent down to the ground with such force that a crater formed on impact.

Yamcha faced off with Vegeta, but quickly found that, like the original Saiyan, he was no match for the clone's speed and strength. He soon joined Krillen, smashing down into the ground.

Goten lasted the longest against his brother's clone. Since he had spent the last few years studying under Goku while Gohan was in school, he was much quicker. He blocked every punch and kick easily, but was driven backwards by the sheer ferocity of the clone's attacks. Goten gave a hard kick, which sent the clone back a few yards. It didn't seem like much to Nossoreg, but the Saiyans knew it would give him just enough time and room to power up.

The air sizzled with energy as Goten's power rose dramatically. He stopped just short of changing into a Super Saiyan and flew into the Gohan clone. It was driven back and finally sent to the ground by a tremendous ax-handle smash on the back from Goten.

The teen quickly spun around, just in time to counter a double attack by Vegeta and Goku. If he doubted it before, he now knew for sure that these were not real Saiyans. Never would two proud Saiyan warriors attack an opponent together. It took all of his concentration and speed just to keep up with the two, more experienced, fighters.

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"Wow! That's impressive!" Goku said as he watched his youngest son hold his own against the two strong clones. "Look at him go!"

"You sound surprised," Trunks noticed. "You were training him. You should know his abilities."

"Yeah, but he's just had me," Goku explained. "I had no idea how good he would be against two fighters. This is great! I wish I could be in there, too! I think I'll have to step up his training!"

Trunks sighed and shook his head. He knew Goten wouldn't share his father's enthusiasm for extra training. The boys always tried to think of ways to get out of their training sessions with their warrior fathers. They couldn't see the point of practicing so hard when they were, by far, the strongest group of fighters on Earth already.

He then looked at the screen just in time to see his clone father blast his best friend to the ground. Maybe there was a need for training after all, Trunks thought. You never knew what could happen.

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"I can't believe I fell for that!" Goten scolded himself as he pulled himself free of the hole he had made upon landing. "I should have sensed Vegeta's attack coming even though Dad was powering up!"

"Goten, are you all right?" Krillen called as he limped over, half carrying a battered Yamcha along with him.

"I'm fine," he answered. "How about you guys?"

"I'm out," Yamcha groaned as Krillen carefully set him down on the ground. "What I wouldn't give for a Sensu bean right now."

"Same here," Krillen admitted. "But at least we know they're not indestructible. You knocked the Gohan clone out cold."

"Not long enough," Goten said and pointed into the air. Three figures were heading straight for them. He knew there was no other choice if he was going to save his friends. His energy soared as he turned Super Saiyan 2 and flew up to meet their enemies.