Krillin found
it hard to keep up with the ultra fast Vegeta, but still managed
to stick with him as they flew in the direction that the Saiyan
had sensed the ki from. He was nearly sick with worry about Mizuki,
and he figured that Vegeta was pretty upset as well. He had noticed
that he and Bulma were getting rather close, but he dared not
say anything about it.
"So,
Vegeta, you sure you sensed them from this direction?"
"Shut
up, baldie. Of course it was from this way. Do you take me for
someone who follows wild geese?"
"Well,
this isn't a wild goose chase, Vegeta. We've got to get to the
girls, and fast. Who knows what the heck those things have planned
for them."
"Grrrrr..."
Vegeta powered up even more and rocketed ahead.
"Oh
man, what a hot head." Krillin did his best to up his power
level and continue after his enraged partner.
Meanwhile,
back at camp, Dr. and Mrs. Brief stood in front of the smouldering
rubble that was their car. Mrs. Brief was crying her eyes out,
and the good Doctor was scratching his head, trying to think of
what to do next.
"Oh
my goodness, now we're stranded here on this island! It's miles
to Aloha City, and I couldn't walk that far, it would just ruin
my new shoes! Oh dear, what are we going to do? There's probably
all sorts of wild animals out there! What if they want to eat
us? What if they want to drag us off and use us for some strange
animal kingdom sacrifice? What if..."
Dr. Brief
just stood there, wide eyed. "Well, kitty, it looks like
we have more than one problem to deal with. Not only is the car
destroyed, but now it looks like my wife has gone on one of her
worry fits. Oh well." He gave the kitty on his shoulder a
pat on the head, and it meowed in agreement. The Doctor turned
to see his wife freaking out, running this way and that, screaming
her head off. He sighed. "Well, let's see if we can't get
her to calm down first, then we'll see what we can do with the
car, or at least what's left of it..."
After an
hour of flying around the island, Vegeta and Krillin still haden't
located the girls or their captors, and they touched down on a
rocky outcropping to rest and rethink the situation.
"They're
close. I can feel it." Vegeta was looking to the west, sensing
the mysterious villians' ki.
"How
can you be so sure, Vegeta? I can barely feel anything. Of course,
I'm also picking up your energy signal, and you know it's way
higher than my own. So to me, you're drowning everything else
out." Krillin sat on a rather rounded stone, kicking at some
gravel while the tried to figure things out.
"Don't
you worry, baldie. It won't be much longer now. We're close..."
Suddenly, his senses went wild, as did Krillin's.
"You
don't know how right you are, Saiyan scumbag." The voice
came from behind them, and startled both of the heroes.
They turned
to see a huge figure standing behind them. He was built alot like
some of the foes they had faced before. His green hair covered
most of his chest, head, and waist areas, and he was wearing a
Tarzan-like loin cloth.
"Alright.
Now, just who the hell are you, and what have you done with our
companions? You had better start talking, or I'll simply beat
it out of you." Vegeta was deadly serious as he spoke. There
was no more light emotion in his voice, it was all rage now.
Krillin just
stood in shock at the size of the new enemy: three times taller
than he himself was, and built like a brick wall. 'Oh man, this
guy's huge! I don't know if even Vegeta can handle him!' His thoughts
raced as he tried to fight back the fear he was feeling. He took
his fighting stance and stared the huge creature down.
"Who
I am isn't important, and what I've done with your little human
girlfriends is of no concern to you, Saiyan. after I'm finished
with you, you won't be able to even think for yourself, let alone
do anything about it."
"Well
that's where you're wrong, you overgrown hairball. Don't you know
who you're dealing with? I am the Prince of all Saiyans, the strongest
fighter in the universe. And you dare challange me? Fine. When
I'm done rearranging that ugly face of yours, you can tell me
everything you know, starting with what you've done with Bulma
and Mizuki."
"Well,
that all depends on if you can manage to even get at my 'ugly
face', you little monkey. Now come on, and show me what you got.
Or are you too cowardly like the rest of your race?"
"Cowardly?
Saiyans are not cowardly. We're a proud race of warriors who do
not back down from any challange. And I don't care how big you
are or how tough you talk. You're about to get a dose of the kind
of pain that only we 'monkeys' can deliver. Think you can handle
it, fur face?"
"Not
cowardly, eh? Then you should try and explain that to the rest
of your 'proud race'."
"The
rest of us? There are only three left, two if you don't count
Kakkarot's brat, since he's half Saiyan and half human."
The creature's
eyes widened. "What? Half Saiyan half human? Well, I see
that you Saiyans here in this dimension have some brains."
"This
dimension? What the hell are you talking about? You know what,
forget I asked that. Now, are you going to keep on spewing nonsense,
or are you going to fight me?" Vegeta took his fighting stance,
and an evil smirk crossed his lips. "Now then. Shall we dance?"
The creature
took his own fighting stance and smiled. "My pleasure."
With that, he lunged at the Saiyan Prince, his huge fist curled
and ready to strike. He flew towards Vegeta at an incredible speed,
ready to lay waste to the Saiyan before him.
But Vegeta
was ready. Just as the creature was about to make contact, he
pulled off a spectacular balancing act. He swung his body down
to one side to avoid the blow, and at the same time brought his
knee right up into the overgrown opponent's chest. Flipping himself
around and upright, he then dropped a double axe handle that would
have made Macho Man Randy Savage proud down on the creature's
back, slamming him to the ground.
The creature
could only grunt as it tried to pick itself off of the ground,
short of breath from the surprise attack by his Saiyan adversary.
Coughing and wheezing, he managed to get to his feet and stare
Vegeta down.
"Alright
then. So, now that you've had your first taste, are you ready
for more? Or are you going to just stand there trying to get your
breath back?"
"You'll...
pay for... that... Saiyan..."
"Oh
will I now? Well, with you charging me like that, I guess I have
no choice. Mind if I pay you in more pain?"
"Why
you...!" He sprang towards Vegeta again, but the Saiyan was
too fast. His kick was swatted aside, and he was nailed right
in the mommy-daddy button. He howled in pain, singing soprano
as he fell to the ground, clutching his crotch.
"Hmmph.
Not much of a fighter now, are you? Sad, really. I was hoping
that the... thing... who had enough balls to take away my companions
would also have enough balls to give me something of a challenge.
But I guess you don't have the balls after all. At least not now,
anyway..."
Vegeta was
caught off guard as the creature's leg came up to meet his chin,
sending him flying, and he landed head first on the ground about
50 feet away. Despite landing on his head he was back up rather
quickly, and wiped away a small trail of blood that had formed
at the corner of his mouth.
"Well
well. A lucky shot at best. Now, if you're quite finished with
these little games, why don't you try fighting me head on. That
is if you're confident enough to take on the strongest Saiyan
in the universe."
The creature
didn't speak another word. He flew at Vegeta head on, and within
seconds they were trading blows, blocking and throwing punches
in a flurry that defied all the known laws of speed and physics.
It went on like that for the next few minutes. Each got in some
choice shots, but neither scored a decisive blow.
Krillin watched
in awe as the two fighters went at it tooth and nail. "Man,
these guys sure are good, that's for sure. This guy's keeping
up with Vegeta like it's noone's business. The only person I've
seen do that is Goku." He tried to keep the warriors in sight
as they darted accross the early morning sky. The sun still had
yet to break the horizon, so there wasn't much light to see by.
Though there
was a lack of light, Krillin caught something out of the corner
of his eye. "What the heck?" He turned away from the
battle to see three figures standing off to his left. They looked
like they were wearing... "Saiyan Armor? Are those a bunch
of Freiza's leftover flunkies? No, Trunks took care of those morons.
Then who the heck are they?"
Vegeta and
the creature landed hard onto the ground, each staring down the
other, and both a bit out of breath from the fight. Neither had
taken much damage.
"Hey
Vegeta!" Krillin yelled.
"What
is it, baldie? Can't you see I'm a bit busy over here?"
"Yeah,
I know, but we've got company! 9 o'clock low!"
Vegeta looked
in the direction Krillin had called out, and what he saw blew
his mind. "What the hell?" They looked like... "They
look like... but it can't be..."
The creature
saw them, too. "So, you dirty monkey's followed us, huh?
Great. That's all we need is you three freaks messing in our business."
The three
new arrivals stood, staring at the creature. The tall, slender
one steped forward and spoke. "Yeah, we followed you, you
Amazon asshole. And we're gonna finishe you off, once and for
all. I don't care what dimension I do it in, you're going down,
and hard..."
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