Majin!! 6: Blood
By: Kichi
The next match was Goku vs. Piccolo.
"You know I have to win this." Goku said quietly as the match began.
Goku shrugged. "Well if you can beat me, then you can take on Majin
Vegeta." Piccolo frowned. He really wanted to beat the short Saiyan
to a bloody pulp, but he knew that this time he would lose. He growled
and aimed a kick at Goku's head. Goku dodged it with ease and the
real fight began. Blow after blow, neither would relent. Goku
fought hard, but was not at his full strength. He needed energy to
spare if he was to fight Majin Vegeta and win. ::I have to end this
quickly!:: with a lunge he barreled into Piccolo and they rolled across
the arena floor punching furiously. Majin Vegeta laughed from the
sidelines.
"Whoever wins this will be no match for me! They'll be too weak by
then… how disappointing." The fight raged on. Piccolo darted
between Goku's fists, but Goku noticed he was slowing down and took full
advantage. He leapt in the air and kicked Piccolo in the face repeatedly
and as the Namek staggered he sent a fist crashing into Piccolo's stomach.
The Namekian groaned and fell forward and as he did, Goku kicked him in
the chin, snapping his head back. Piccolo growled in fury as he landed
on his back.
"The winner is Son Goku!!" the announcer shrieked. The crowd
roared. Piccolo's eyes snapped open.
"WHAT?!?!" he roared. He looked around and realized with great
shame that Goku's kick had thrown him off of the platform, immediately
disqualifying him. "God damn it!!" he roared. His face turned
dark Green as Majin Vegeta cackled next to him. Piccolo ignored him
and stomped out of the arena to cool off. Gohan ran after him.
"Mr. Piccolo! Are you leaving?" Gohan cried. Piccolo stopped
and turned.
"No." he said with a faint smile. "You father might need help
against Majin Vegeta."
"But we can't.."
"If things get too out of hand we're going to have to take him out.
All of us. If we don't he will destroy the planet, you know that."
Gohan nodded.
The final match was about to begin. There had been another break
and in that time both Goku and Majin Vegeta had eaten everything they could
get their hands on.
"Our final match, to determine the Strongest Under the Heavens, will
now BEGIN!" Goku and Majin Vegeta stood still facing each other.
Throughout the whole battle The real side of Majin Vegeta had lain
dormant gathering strength, finding every piece of self that could give
him power over the demon in his body. If Goku couldn't beat it, he
would.
"I will not fight you unless you are at full strength, Kakarotto."
Majin Vegeta demanded. Goku said nothing. he charged forward
and was batted away by a round house kick from Majin Vegeta. "Did
you hear me you fool?!" he shrieked. Goku was up in seconds.
"I see I'll have to help you." Majin Vegeta went super Saiyan and
took out half the audience in a huge Ki-blast. Goku gasped in horror,
but as the smoke cleared he saw all of his friends and son were unharmed.
The rest of the audience fled with screams of terror.
"Vegeta, why?" Goku cried. The Saiyan Prince threw back his head,
howling with laughter. He attacked Goku who blocked every blow.
But then several punches broke through his defense and he was thrown back.
Majin Vegeta snarled in rage.
"Vegeta!!" Bulma shrieked. "Stop this!!" They watched as she
darted forward with a swiftness that surprised them.
"Bulma no! Get out of here!" Majin Vegeta grinned. She stopped
in front of him.
"Why are you doing this?" Inside the Saiyan Body Majin Vegeta
knew what was coming and screamed with all his might for Bulma to run.
But it was too late. The Majin slapped her across the face sending
her flying. He hadn't hit her that hard either. He'd used about
one tenth of his strength, if that. But it had done the trick.. Goku
went Super Saiyan with a shriek of rage.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" he lunged forward and the fight began.
Goku's rage gave him the upper hand but Majin Vegeta would not back down.
He punched and kicked with a fury that startled Goku and again Majin Vegeta
broke through his defenses and pummeled him. "You bastard!!" Goku
screamed and wrapped his hands around Majin Vegeta's neck, squeezing as
hard as he could. Majin Vegeta gasped and took in as much air as
he could and began to knee Goku in the ribs repeatedly until he felt his
grip weaken. But as soon as he tried to pull away, Goku reached out
a grabbed a fist full of hair and backhanded Majin Vegeta across the face
again and again. While Majin Vegeta was dazed he punched him in the
stomach each blow harder than the last. Majin Vegeta staggered and fell
to his knees, he tasted blood and grimaced.
Bulma gasped in agony. Her arm was broken and the right side
of her face was totally numb. She couldn't even feel the blood from
a deep gash above her eye as it trickled down her cheek. She was
stunned, yet she slowly pulled herself up and climbed to her feet.
She stared into Majin Vegeta's eyes. Their gazes locked as he
coughed up more blood. He knew he was not in control, the Majin was.
But- he hit her, something he'd NEVER done before. She heard Trunks
crying.
No.
Goku pounced on Majin Vegeta and began to choke the life out of him
again. Bulma limped towards the two Saiyans. Majin Vegeta pried Goku's
finger's off, breaking one in the process and turned his head to see Bulma
staggering over. He leapt to his feet. Goku didn't know what
was going on but apparently Vegeta had no interest in fighting anymore.
The arena was silent and he could sense the struggle within the Saiyan
Prince. In the depths of his cold gaze Bulma saw sorrow, anguish, and she
felt her heart clench.
"Fight him Vegeta!" she screamed. For a moment she saw the eyes
flicker. Then he seemed to crumple before her eyes.
"No!!" he moaned, falling to his knees, his arms covering his head.
She tottered forward, Goku flashed her a warning glance, which she ignored.
Electricity began to course through and about Vegeta's prone body and he
lurched to his feet. Bulma halted mid-step. "NO!!!" he screamed
in rage, his eyes blazing red.
"Vegeta please.." Bulma sobbed. "I love you!!" the words struck
Vegeta like a physical blow sending him reeling back. A black aura
surrounded him and began to rise, red eyes appeared and glared malevolently.
"It's working!" Goku gasped.
"NOOOO!!!!" the black demon hissed. It dug its claws into Vegeta's
back in an attempt to hold on. Vegeta screamed in agony as the claws
began to tear his flesh, blood spurting and staining the ground.
"No please! Leave him alone!" Bulma cried. Goku raced forward
and attempted to swat the Majin away with ki alone, but it refused to let
go.
"Fools!" it hissed. "I will drain the life from him before I
let go!" Trunks dashed forward
"Leave my papa alone!" with a shrill cry he released his ki and the
Majin was thrown back, but it still held on by a single claw.
"Damn you!!" the demon shrieked and gave one last swipe of its claws.
Vegeta moaned in agony. But it seemed as if some invisible force
was wrenching it away. It dissipated with a hiss. With a thankful
sob Bulma stumbled to Vegeta's side. He rolled back and forth involuntarily.
Blood pooled underneath him from the trenches dug in his back by the Majin's
claws. He convulsed and whimpered in agony.
"What's wrong with papa?" Trunks asked, his small brow creased in worry.
"I don't know." Bulma whispered. She and Goku pulled off Vegeta's
armor as Piccolo, Gohan, Tien, Master Roshi, Puar, and Oolong ran over.
Vegeta flinched at their touch and sweat instantly beaded on his forehead.
He began to moan and mumble gibberish as they rolled him on his side and
examined the wounds on his back. Blood gushed fiercely and each wound
was ringed in painfully red flesh.
"It looks.. infected." Bulma gasped. "But how?"
"We have to get him to the hospital until I can get some senzu from
Korin." Goku said. Bulma nodded and felt Goku's eyes on her, assessing
her wounds. "Make sure that you get fixed up too, okay?" he said
in a gentler tone.
"Hai." She said, her voice shaking. The shock was wearing off
and her broken arm was beginning to throb painfully.
"Trunks." Goku said. Trunks transferred his gaze from his parents
to Son Kun. "Go to my house and tell ChiChi to meet us at the Western
City hospital, okay?" Trunks nodded and after a glance at Bulma who
nodded in assurance, he took off. Goku switched his gaze from Trunks'
retreating figure to Bulma who was quietly crying. "Are you okay?"
he asked. She shook her head, sobbing louder. He tried to give
her a hug to calm her but she gently pushed him away with her good arm
as Vegeta cried out in pain.
"I can feel him dying, Goku! We have to get him to the hospital.
Those aren't regular wounds!" Goku nodded and wrapped his arms around Vegeta
who cried out again at his touch. He lifted him and threw him over
his shoulder. He wrapped the other arm around Bulma's waist and they
teleported to the hospital.
Bulma sat in silence.
Goku had vanished as soon as he'd dropped her and Vegeta off, and reappeared
fifteen minutes later to give them both some senzu. Bulma smiled
at herself in a mirror as she saw the dreadful bruise vanish. But
as soon as Goku tried to give one to Vegeta, he awoke and shrieked in rage,
struggling to get away. Goku was forced to power up to SSJ1 just
to hold him down and keep him from escaping.
"Vegeta, calm down!" Goku yelled.
"B-Bulma!! W-where?" he stuttered, thrashing causing his wounds to
reopen and stain the floor with blood. Bulma ran over and took his
face in her hands.
"I'm right here." She whispered. His eyes widened and filled
with tears. He clenched them shut and turned his head away, groaning.
"Bulma I-"
"Shh." She cut him off. "Later. You have to be taken care of
first." At last he relaxed and his arms dropped to the floor.
His eyelids fluttered and he was unconscious again.
The doctor came out to the waiting room an hour later to report
Vegeta's condition.
"We'd like to keep him a few days. Those lacerations on his back
were.. poisoned somehow. The toxins need to run their course and
we've been giving him medicine to counter-act the venom." Bulma nodded
and asked to see him. The doctor nodded and had a nurse take her
to him.
The room was quiet. Bulma stared down at Vegeta's sleeping visage and couldn't help but smile. He always looked so cute when he was sleeping. So calm and peaceful. His brows drew down and he moaned. She pulled her chair up and knelt on it wrapping her arms around him and pressing her face to his. He sighed and softly smiled. After awhile Bulma's legs got really cramped so she crawled into his bed, mindful of all the wires and IV's attached to him, and fell asleep, glad to finally have her Prince back.
The END!!!
Okay Kids! My next story is called "The Price of Power." I'm hoping to upload part one today, as soon as I write it. (Hey I said, hoping! But I'm off today w/ nothing that I WANT to do, except this so it should be easy) Watch for it! ^_^