[Rated] R
Blood, gore, and destruction.....what else is new??









---------------------------------The Hunt-----------------------------------
					


				 Part Four

			      [by] Ben Weeks




[note] Thanks go out to the crowd of #spiritworld in mIRC for not really 
inspiration, but for something to do during those long nights when I'm out 
of coffee.  I'd also like to thank my computer, without whom this story 
would have been impossible.  And of course, this may sound stupid, but I'd
like to thank FUNimation for putting DBZ in an area where I could reach it,
thus allowing me to be introduced, albeit wrongly, to the world of DBZ.  And
thanks to the fansubbers for the DBZ fansubs.  And thanks to Vegeta for 
being the badass he is^_^.

I just realised my best friend in the whole world is my leather jacket.  
It's so comfortable.  And when it gets late, and I realise I haven't slept
in quite awhile, I loll my head to the left for a bit and drool excessively.

Enough chit-chat.  Let's get back to what I've prepared to write for several
days, planning the fight, drawing crappy little cartoons to diagram out each
major section.  I've tried to keep it long and gratifying, but short enough 
so it doesn't get boring or wear on your nerves.  I hope you find it 
successful.

Many of you may say: "Hey!  You got that fight scene from such and such."
Well, guess what?  You're probably right!  Many of these fight scenes are
obviously from the series, altered slightly to fit my story.  Does that 
anger you?  I sure hope not, because they really make my story come alive.

I have a hint, for the few people who read this, to increase your enjoyment
of not just my fanfics, but ANY ones that have battle scenes.  Since it's
impossible to place the blood-pounding excitement of the screen onto a 
story, we have to rely on descriptive words to help.  And if you want to 
enhance the realism, you should try and imagine the area that the fight 
takes place in.  Imagine the combatants fighting, imagine the attacks, 
imagine the very cool scenes of Ki power, imagine the pain, the heat, the 
sweat, the dust, the grit, the power, and the blood-lust.  Imagine all of 
these things. Imagine the cocky way Vegeta grins.  Imagine the fast pace 
of flying.  Imagine the deafening yells of power that erupt from a 
Z-fighter's chest.  Imagination is the key.  Mentally prepare yourself.  






Ready?






Then let it begin.....


				


		

			            "The end approaches.  For good or evil."
						--Dragons of Spring Dawning










	Vegeta.





	Against all odds, against all hopes, he had arrived on Earth.  


	In time to save Piccolo?


	No.


	But Gohan? 


	Yes.  Not that he cared, of course.  But he had made it.





	
	Gokou felt astonishment well up in him, and maybe just a little 
fear.  Now that his whole body was attuned to his ancient saiya-jin 
instincts, he felt slight fear of his instinctive prince.  
	
	

	Vegeta stood on the ground appx. 100 meters from where Gokou 
floated, his skin stretched with muscles that rippled under his dark blue
jumpsuit.  He looked a little thin, but that was just how Vegeta was.  He 
also looked very much a prince, with the haughty way he threw his head into
the air, how he held himself, how his smirk promised pain upon any who 
displeased him.  


	His black hair blew around in the wind dramatically, almost as if 
the gods were creating a movie sequence out of the affairs of mortals below.


	

	Finally, after a few uncomfortable moments in which Gohan lost
consciousness and Kurillin's nerves popped several times, Vegeta spoke.


	His voice was soft, but powerful.  And it could be heard all across
the small cove they were in.


	
	"Kakarotto....what do you think you are doing?"



	Gokou's evil smile matched Vegeta's.


	"I'm killing all these pathetic trash.  Or at least I was, until I
realized I forgot to kill you in the process.  Idiotic Zarians..can't even
handle a wimpy saiya-jin like yourself.  Oh well, here you are.  I'm 
surprised you managed to live this long."


	His words were biting and cruel, but to a trained badass such as 
Vegeta, mere amateur insults were slightly amusing.  He just smirked more 
and crossed his arms, turning his head slightly while watching his opponent.


	"You're such a dumbass, Kakarotto.  You make the same foolish
mistake Freeza made, the same mistake you made that my son was forced to
correct.  You never finish off the opponent.  And now it will be your 
death."


	
	Gokou gritted his teeth in anger as Vegeta snorted.


	"I must admit, I never personally thought I would be killing you 
while defending these earthlings.  But I guess it seems fitting, somehow.
You should never have let the Zarians get ahold of you."


	Vegeta's voice rose with a passion as he began to say things that
surprised even him.


	"They've drugged you.  Don't you understand??  Is the real Kakarotto
in there?"


	"Fool!  I am the real Kakarotto, no longer a waste of power.  I am a
true saiya-jin who knows how to use my strength!"

	Vegeta took a step forward, watching with pleasure as Gokou 
involuntarily flinched.  He brought his head back around to face Gokou.
	
	"You don't know how to use your strength.  Even though you are no 
longer a pathetic earthling, you are still a third class saiya-jin."

	Gokou landed grimly on the ground, the blood on his face drying
slowly.  Vegeta turned so that his side was facing Kakarotto and pointed his
finger like a pistol.
	


	"You are going to die at my hands this day."



	Gokou started to laugh cruelly.


	"You truly are amazing, Vegeta.  Why, I thought you'd be smarter 
than that.  You know as well as I do that my power is far greater than 
yours.  Although the thought of a fight with a strong opponent excites me, 
I'll give you a chance.  Join me, and I may let you live.  Join me or die."

	
	Vegeta refused to dignify that with an answer.  


	Shifting his weight, he silently moved his left foot back about two
feet.  He right foot was moved forward, it's booted outside clamping softly
in the dusty sand.  


	He brought up his arms up in a prefered offensive posture, making
sure that he could keep a sharp eye on his opponent.


	

	The wind whistled around them as Kurillin ran silently and nervously
up to Gohan's unconscious form.  Reaching down in the dirt, he grabbed his
broke and bloody body.  Clutching Gohan's head to his chest, he flew quickly 
away from them, heading toward Karin Tower in the far beyond..... 



	Vegeta ignored him.  Gokou stood stock still, his arms crossed and
his posture cocky and unassuming.


	Look at the idiot, thought Vegeta.  He underestimates me.  Actually,
I think he overestimates himself.  I can feel his power has been decreased
somehow.  A side effect of the drug?  Perhaps.  Doesn't matter.  He's mine.


	
	Vegeta felt his energy gather.




	The wind blew as creatures collected around the perimeter of the 
cove to watch anxiously the battle, not sure who exactly to root for.


	
	
	Vegeta felt wind blow in his hair as exhiliration and battle lust
pumped through his veins like hot soup, making him giddy.  His heartrate
increased as adrenaline shot through him like a wildfire.




	Small circles of blue energy began to roll off of Vegeta, curling
away from his outlined features with a brilliant shining light.  Miniature 
electric bolts shot blindingly fast around his body occasionally as the wind
slowly began to pick up.  



	Gokou felt uneasy as his hair began to silently rise higher into the
air.  The whole atmosphere tingled with energy and static.  It felt so thick
he could barely breathe.



	Vegeta suddenly clenched his fists and closed his eyes.  



	Veins popped at his temples and on his neck as he screamed at the 
top of his lungs.  Blue Ki flames flared around him with blinding power and 
energy, making Gokou shield his eyes. 



	The sound was unbearable.  It reached incredible decibels, causing 
the ground to shake with fury.  The water, a mile or so away, receded 
violently away from Vegeta's power.  The sound of his voice could be heard 
across the world, echoing from every mountain and making every house and 
window shake and rattle. 



	Vegeta's yell reached it's apex and glass shattered thousands of
miles away as his hair flashed blonde.  The flames around him popped into
yellow and the ground below him was torn up into huge boulders and sent 
hurling into the sky.  Gokou shielded himself from the wind as Vegeta
cried out with unimaginable power.  His pupils flashed into green and his
body became a living powerhouse of Ki energy.  Gokou felt awe steal over him
as the yell slowly stopped with the wind.  Boulders came tumbling down to 
the ground and hit the earth with tremendous force.  Vegeta's voice 
continued to echo off of the distant mountains.

	Vegeta stood on a small island of land admist craters formed by his
power, his whole body surrounded by yellow flames.  His hair glistened and
waved a brilliant golden blonde, reflecting the light from his Ki.  His face
was cocky and arrogant, his body exuding energy and strength.  His eye's
were lit up with lust for blood and killing.





	Gokou wiped sweat off of his brow and gritted his teeth, pulling his
left foot back and bringing his hands forward cautiously.




	With a grin, Vegeta placed his right hand high in the air above his
head, palm up.  His features were shadowed wickedly as purple energy rushed
into a slowly growing ball above his outstretched arm, turning the very 
colours of the entire area a dark violet hue.


	With a rush of power, wind started to swirl around Vegeta harshly,
ruffling his hair and throwing dirt in all directions.



	Gokou smirked.




	"HERE'S YOUR ANSWER!"



	Vegeta's voice echoed around the cove.


	Suddenly, the sound of a richochet pinged across the small area, as
the ball zoomed up from Vegeta's hand.  Vegeta kept his eyes on Gokou and
brought his other arm up, stretching himself to the sky.



	Gokou looked up in astonishment and peered at the ball of Ki energy 
that shone bright in the air like a second sun,	casting light over all of
the cove.



	Vegeta let out a loud grunt of power and brought his arms down in a 
rush, bending at the waist as if he'd just thrown a ball at Gokou.



	Gokou was suddenly enveloped in a huge stream of Ki blasts that tore
up the ground around him, ripping huge boulders up and melting them into 
liquid plasma and magma.  Vegeta grinned as his opponent's form was quickly
lost from sight in an evergrowing explosion of energy.  Ki beams continued 
to stream down at the ground from the Ki ball high in the sky, ripping the 
earth to shreds and forming a huge dome of violently pulsating explosive
Ki energy around the cove, centered on Gokou.


	Vegeta suddenly gasped.


	"What..!?"



	Gokou flew out of the dome, Ki rolling off his body like water, and
with an explosive sound that made the ground shake, punched Vegeta's face 
with his powerful knuckles.


	

	Vegeta's surprised form fell away from Gokou at blinding speeds,
trailing blood behind it.  The ground broke away under him and rocks flew up
after him as he continued to fly towards the mountains.


	Gokou suddenly appeared in his path and with a loud yell of "KIAI!"
kicked Vegeta in the stomach, sending his agonized body hurtling into the 
sky faster than a jet.  With a grunt, yellow Ki flames surrounded Gokou and 
he flew up at Vegeta's form with unbelievable speed and power.


	Vegeta turned and caught himself, watching as Gokou quickly 
approached.  Vegeta growled, his face contorted with anger.  He brought his
hands together at his groin, pointing down at Gokou and gathering Ki energy.


	Gokou suddenly was in front of Vegeta but he turned and swerved 
around his deadly Ki-filled hands, flying into the distance with speed and 
agility.  Vegeta followed his movements and watched as he banked, bringing
his hands up and hurling the ball of energy after Gokou.



	As soon as the ball left Vegeta's hands, Gokou zipped back 
impossibly fast and kicked Vegeta in the face, sending him hurtling towards
the mountains.





	Vegeta's face was burning with pain as his mind screamed with anger
and disbelief.  He suddenly filled himself with resolve and swore to never 
again underestimate Kakarotto.


	As his body zipped towards the mountains, Gokou watched eagerly,
waiting to see Vegeta's body badly damaged as he was buried in the hard
stone.


	
	Right before Vegeta slammed into the mountain, he reached out with a
white-gloved hand and placed it against the rock surface, barely catching
himself.  His fingers burrowed into the stone as his body's momentum 
continued to push him forward,  but with a yell of power and anger, he 
propelled himself away from the mountain at incredible speeds.  His back was
to Gokou, and he knew that his opponent would try to take advantage of that.


	In fact, he was counting on it.


	He wasn't disappointed.  Gokou, trying to make good use of Vegeta's
turned view, zipped in and punched at Vegeta's back.


	But his hand buried itself in only air.

	With a grunt of pain, Gokou was slammed forward.  He turned, his
face twisted with pain and rage.  He rubbed his kidney as Vegeta came flying
towards him.  Gokou punched but Vegeta nimbly ducked under it and grabbed
Gokou's waist.


	Vegeta suddenly surrounded himself with yellow Ki and he zipped
towards the mountain at cheektugging speeds.  With a cry of energy, he 
clutched Gokou tightly and threw him at the mountain with all his might.

	
	With a gigantic explosion, Gokou slammed into the mountain.

	The earth rumbled and shook as the mountain's body collapsed in on 
Gokou, the ancient titan crumbling down on top of the fallen saiya-jin.

	Vegeta outstretched his arm with a snap and sent three beams flying
towards the crumbling mountain, causing huge yellow explosions of energy
that erupted into the sky, flames licking the rocks and melting them,
sending a colossul cloud of smoke pouring into the air, choking the sky.


		Vegeta was about to fly forward when he suddenly saw a beam
screaming towards him from the base of the destruction.  He ducked just in
time to see the Ki blast fly over him, casting a red hue all over his body 
and making his hair shake violently.

	Gokou was zipping behind the blast and punched Vegeta down to the 
hard earth below.  Vegeta fell on his hands and knees, and Gokou flashed 
down like a bullet and with the power of a freight train, punched the ground
where Vegeta had been only seconds before.  Instead, Vegeta had pushed
himself out of the way barely in time.  Gokou's fist caused a small burst of
dust and rock to fly out in all directions as the ground shook under his
power.  Vegeta leapt back and landed on one knee, clenching his left fist 
and looking around for Gokou.  Finally, after much searching, he stood up.


	Suddenly Gokou appeared in front of him, moving down to his lower
left.  Vegeta punched but Gokou crouched under it, and like a spring, he 
hurled up under and uppercutted Vegeta's chin, sending him flying through 
the air.



	Vegeta caught himself and peered down at Gokou in fury, gathering 
energy in his hands.  Gokou stood on the ground tall and evil, his arms 
crossed.  Blood dripped freely down both of their bodies, although Vegeta 
had it worse.



	Vegeta was about to hurl his attack when suddenly, out of nowhere,
a blast caught him in the sides, heating his armour up and scorching his
skin.  He screamed in pain and that was when Gokou appeared above him and 
gathered energy into both of his hands, then with a loud grunt of power,
hit Vegeta with both hands towards the ground.



	But that wasn't enough to sate Gokou's thirst for blood.  As Vegeta
screamed towards the earth with no hope of recovery, Gokou powered up a Ki
blast and hurled it at his opponent.  It caught Vegeta in the stomach and
substantially speeded up his fall.  When he hit, the blast exploded and 
buried him in the earth, covering up the crater with rock and dirt.  



	The dust that had been thrown into the air by the mountain and the 
explosion and the fighting slowly started to clear.  

	Gokou landed quietly on the ground and turned to see Tienshinhan 
standing there, a small grin on his face.  Yamucha was there as well; as was
Chiao-tzu.  They all apeared satisfied and happy, as if they had done the 
world a great favor.


	Idiots, thought Gokou, as he walked towards them.  He absentmindedly
searched for Vegeta's Ki, but it had disappeared.  Disappeared because 
Vegeta was dead.


	"Hiya Gokou!"  Yamucha said, his face twisted into an idiotic grin.

	
	Gokou smirked evilly and spread his feet slightly apart, subtly 
digging them into the ground.


	Tienshinhan frowned, sensing something wrong.  Chiao-tzu floated up
to Gokou, a smile on his face.

	
	Suddenly Gokou's arm flew out and smacked Chiao-tzu into the 
distance, knocking his small body unconscious.  Tienshinhan gasped and 
Yamucha's face was twisted in bewilderment.


	"What the fuck!?  Gokou??"  


	Gokou just smiled.  Tienshinhan looked at the bloody body of his
best friend and rage welled up in him.  He lunged forward at Gokou.  Yamucha
cursed and followed suit.

	Tien punched at Gokou, which was blocked by Gokou's elbow, then he
whirled around with a kick, which was blocked as well.  Yamucha sliced at
Gokou's neck, which was blocked.  With a flash, they surrounded themselves
with Ki and broke, fear dancing over their bodies.


	They had no idea how lucky they were.


	Tienshinhan's mouth was open, his eye's wide, his body shaking as he
saw something malevolent flashing in Gokou's eyes.  Yamucha clenched his 
fists and backed up, trying to comprehend what was going on.


	Gokou outstretched his hand and with a snap of Ki energy, fired a 
yellow beam that caught Tienshinhan across the arm.  The arm melted away 
instantly.  


	
	Tienshinhan screamed loudly, then fell to the ground as blood poured
out onto the green grass.  He was shaking with shock and pain.






	Yamucha's eyes were stretched wide, and Gokou pointed his hand
towards him.  Yamucha cried out in fear, his eye's hovering on Gokou's arm.


	

	Gokou smiled as he prepared his death blow to Yamucha, gathering
energy at his palm.  Yamucha refused to run, his body shaking, his breath
coming short.  Gokou savoured Yamucha's terror as the beam finished 
collecting energy.  Yamucha's face was lit up from the glow of the Ki energy
as Gokou prepared to fire it at his victim.





	

	Suddenly, a gloved hand thrust out of the ground and grabbed Gokou's
foot, dragging him down.  Yamucha gasped in surprise as Vegeta pulled 
himself up out of the earth, covered in dirt and debris.  Gokou whirled 
around and punched, but Vegeta used his momentum to float above it and smack
Gokou in the nose.  Gokou threw another punch that Vegeta caught, but the
power of the punch swung Vegeta around upside down.  Vegeta hovered upside
down in the air, looking at Gokou's surprised face above him.  He summoned 
up Ki energy with a flash and his yellow, golden hair glowed as he brought
both his hands forward to catch Gokou in the stomach with his beam.  The Ki
blast propelled Gokou high in the sky, dragging him far, far out of sight.



	Vegeta landed on his back with a grunt of pain, clutching his burnt
side with a grimace.  He dragged himself to his feet and gritted his teeth,
watching the beam turn into a twinkle in the sky.


	Suddenly, Vegeta gasped and jumped backwards.


	The second he jumped, a beam hit the area right where he had been 
and exploded with incredible force.  Vegeta flew backwards, catching himself
and landing on the ground.  The explosion rocketed into the sky, but Vegeta 
was ignoring it and looking for Gokou.


	Gokou flashed in and swung at Vegeta.  Vegeta jumped back to avoid
it, then jumped back to avoid his kick.  Vegeta leapt forward and landed on
his hands, propelling himself upwards to kick Gokou with both feet in the
chest.  


	Gokou fell back and landed in the crater his earlier beam had just
created.  Vegeta saw him disappear under the lip and he ran forward, peering
over the edge of the smoking crater to see what had happened to his 
opponent.



	Big mistake.



	Gokou reached up and fired the Kamehameha impossibly fast, it's blue
coloured Ki racing up to Vegeta.



	Vegeta cursed in anger, unbelieving of his stupidity.




	The beam enveloped the saiya-jin prince's chest, burning away armour
and flesh and bone and organs.  He tried to scream but his esophagus was 
filled with blood and mucous flowing up into his face and streaming through
his nose and mouth and eyes.  The pain was incredible. 



	His quickly-numbing body was flung backwards as the beam burned a
hole in his chest.




	Time slowed down for Vegeta.  




	Yamucha watched in growing horror as Vegeta's body fell to the 
earth, smoking and bloody.  Vegeta's hair fell back into it's black, as did
his eyes. 


	Vegeta looked up to see Kakarotto slowly walking forward, his blood-
stained face contorted in insane glee.  Vegeta turned to the side, watching
Yamucha slowly crawl back in terror as Vegeta felt his body grow numb, and
it was more horrifying than the pain.  His vision slowly disappeared as his
eye's clouded over with blood. 

	The last thing his eyes saw before blood made him blind was the 
image of his enemy slowly walking towards Yamucha.


	He suddenly heard Yamucha cry out, but what he said was impossible
to hear through the blood echoing in Vegeta's ears.  

	His life was ebbing out of him into a large pool of blood on the
ground.  It had been so fast.  He had always thought he would have been 
killed gloriously, but he realized with sickening clarity that there was no
glory in any of this.  


	The only thing he could feel was the warm blood that seeped and 
stained his body, his burnt organs splayed on the ground.


	He suddenly felt something hit him in the face.


	He opened his eyes but couldn't see.  He couldn't smell.


	He felt something roll down into his mouth.

	
	The maggots are already coming to feed on my dead carcass, he 
thought dejectedly.  I can't believe it ended this way.


	He suddenly got very mad.


	So mad, in fact, that it lent him enough strength to bite down on 
the maggot crawling in his mouth.  Dammit, I'm not dead!  They won't eat me
until I'm dead!!!


	As he took vicious delight in swallowing his last meal, he felt a
pain sweep over him that was terrible.  He suddenly heard the sound of
fighting and he saw brilliant flashes of orange in front of him.

	His nose stopped seeping out blood as he felt the pain slowly 
disappear. 

	



	He suddenly felt a longing for air in his lungs.  He coughed up 
blood from his mouth in surprise as he felt power return to his body.


	With hesistation, he stood up, looking down through clear eyes to 
see his clenched fists.  He saw a hole in his blood-stained and burnt armour
with surprise.  Where there should be a bloody hole, there was instead firm
skin.  



	He looked up in dawning comprehension as he saw three orange-clad
figures and one blue-clad figure fighting furiously in front of him.



	He suddenly recognized the taste that lingered in his mouth.





	A sensu bean.











	Gokou tore viciously into his three opponents, punching and kicking
as blood fell like rain over the battlefield.  Yamucha's body was beaten and
bloody; Kurillin was quickly dropping in power.


	The only minor threat was from Gohan.  Renewed with a sensu bean, he
was more powerful than before, although he certainly didn't have the skill
to utilise his power.  Gokou punched him in the face, then zipped forward
to knee him in the stomach, then brought down his elbow to send his son
sprawling in the dirt. 


	Kurillin leapt at him with a high kick, but Gokou blocked it with
ridiculous ease and punched him square in the face.  Kurillin's mouth was
bleeding like a fountain, but he hung in the battle with ferocity, 
impressing Gokou deep-down for his once-buddy's stubborness and tenacity.
	
	Unfortunately, there was little any of them could do against Gokou.

	He had realized his full power, and was using it to his best 
capabilites, ripping apart any who had the guts to stand against him.  Gohan
was lying in the ground, silently and angrily crying.  Kurillin was the only
one still fighting, his body being nearly rippped apart by Gokou's sheer 
power.


	And yet he still held on, alarming Gokou.  How could anyone fight on
so viciously against someone so much more powerful than them?  He felt the 
same fear any bully feels when he is rebelled against.  Deep inside, some 
part of Gokou knew the answer, and was applauding Kurillin.

	It was useless, however.  Gokou smacked his buddy to the ground and
powered up a quick blast to decimate and disintegrate his body into 
nothingness.

	









	"YHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!"



	Gokou suddenly felt himself hurled off his feet by a huge wave of
pure Ki power.  He smacked in the ground and saw a tremendous boulder 
hurtling past him, hitting Kurillin's airborne body and pushing him into the
distance at impossible speeds.  Yamucha tried to hang on to a tree, but the
tree snapped in half and he went flying off.  Tienshinhan's unconcious form
was dragged into the horizon.



	Gokou turned and stood up, gritting his teeth and digging his feet
into the ground.  Wind whistled around him faster than a tornado, ripping
the earth to shreds.  His eye's were blinded by a brilliant yellow light 
that covered his entire line of sight.  



	He squinted to see a figure standing in the middle of the light, 
which was starting to grow dimmer.  The yell was impossible to describe as
just it's sound ripped entire mountains to pieces.



	Vegeta stood on a rising hill of earth that was jutting him up 
higher into the sky, and then with a sickening crash, it fell back down into
the middle of a deep crater.  Vegeta remained hovering in the air, his power
making Gokou shield his eyes from the heat and glare of Ki energy.




	Finally, the sound of power stopped, as the yell decreased in 
volume.  Rocks began to fall to the ground like rain, dripping around Gokou
and hitting him often.

	He ignored as in front of him Vegeta landed on the ground, his face
bloody and grim, his entire body rippling with power.



	Gokou was shocked and bewildered.  He couldn't believe it.  Vegeta 
had been dead!!




	Suddenly, his mind wandered back to when he had seen Kurillin first
arrive.  Kurillin had thrown something at Vegeta, but Gokou had suddenly
been ferociously attacked by Gohan, and he hadn't had time to think.  
Yamucha had suddenly discovered his spine and entered the fray, along with 
Kurillin.  He hadn't thought anything of it at the time......but now he 
comprehended.


	They planned it!  The BASTARDS!!!!!!

	

	Vegeta saw his face filled with fury and he sneered, his upper-left
lip curling up mockingly.


	"Kakarotto...you fool.  I told you that not finishing off your 
enemies would be your undoing.  And I was right.  You thought to let me die
a slow and painful death.  You underestimated the Prince of Saiya-jins!"

	Gokou cursed in impotence his idiocy.

	
	"It will be your last mistake, Kakarotto."


	Vegeta spread his legs apart and assumed a fighting stance, power
rippling off of his body.  His Ki's power level had rocketed up, but Gokou
sensed it wasn't too high.  Maybe it was still even lower than his.


	"Now it begins, Kakarotto.  In earnest."




	Vegeta suddenly turned and, astonishingly, ran away.



	Gokou laughed, realizing Vegeta had been bluffing.  He ran after his
opponent, determined to finish him off.  Something deep inside him knew he
was wrong, and this was a trick.  However, his deeply burning lust for death
and the sight of a fleeing enemy overpowered his thinking.  Howling at the 
top of his voice with pleasure, he ran after Vegeta.




	Vegeta turned his head to see Gokou following after him.  He felt 
his opponent's Ki off-guard.

	Vegeta turned around to see his target with a grin.



	Vegeta arrived at the mountain and suddenly leapt up onto it's face,
landing on the sheer-face with one foot.  The side of the rock crumbled in 
under his boot as he used it to propel himself off of the mountain and back
at Gokou.

	Gokou gasped in surprise as Vegeta's foot swung around and caught 
him in the face, his booted-toe burying itself in his skin.  Blood seeped 
out of the wound on his face as he flew back into the ground, embedding
himself into the dirt.


	Vegeta ran up and punched down into the ground, but Gokou reached up
and caught his fist.  Gokou underestimated his power, however, as Vegeta's
and Gokou's hands were buried into Gokou's stomach.  All of his air flew out
of his lungs with a woof as Vegeta brought his foot down under Gokou's head,
kicking up with a powerful blow from his leg.


	Gokou's breathless body rose into the air, but Vegeta grabbed it at
the head and the feet.  With a grunt of power, he brought Gokou's back down
onto his rapidly rising knee.


	Blood popped out of Gokou's mouth with a gurgled yell as Vegeta 
threw him towards the distance.  Vegeta was suddenly surrounded with Ki as 
he followed his opponent.

	Vegeta arrived above Kakarotto's flying body, and he reached down 
and hit him hard in the chest with both of his fists.  Gokou fell to the 
ground with an audible crack that echoed around the small valley.


	Vegeta raised his right fist and yelled loudly as he sucked in Ki
energy at his hand.  His powered-up limb then swung down at Gokou with the 
force of a falling meteor.

	Gokou wasn't there, however, and his fist hit the ground, creating
a small crater under his power.


	Gokou came hurling in from his side, and he looked up just in time 
to bring his left arm to block Gokou's kick.


	Goku hovered in the air for a split second as the blow's effect wore
off of them both, then he disappeared as Vegeta punched with force at his
body.  Vegeta turned suddenly and leapt over a kick meant to trip him, then
flew at Gokou and entered into a vicious melee battle with him.




	Kurillin, Gohan, and Yamucha watched as Gokou and Vegeta tore into
each other with reckless disregard for life and limb.  Blood poured down 
like rain.  Everytime a punch or kick would land, a spray of blood would 
coat the onlookers.


	Kurillin cursed his low power, wishing to Kami he could be of some
help.

	The thought was scary; helping Vegeta against Gokou.  But he knew it
would be futile anyway; he'd just get in Vegeta's way.  And likely get 
killed in the process.





	Suddenly, Gokou hit Vegeta and sent him zipping through the air at
Kurillin.  Vegeta yelled out, and Kurillin almost immediately understood.


	He clutched the rock in front of him with all of his strength and 
held on.  Vegeta, as he flew by, grabbed his shiny bald head with his gloved
hands and slid around, bringing his powerful, booted feet into Gokou's face.


	As the two sped off to fight some more, Kurillin rubbed his head 
ruefully.

	
	

	Vegeta landed on the ground next to Gokou and kicked out.  Gokou 
reached up quickly and barely caught his foot.  Gokou smirked.  Vegeta 
shrugged and leapt up off of his other leg and kicked Gokou in the groin.


	Gokou fell to the ground, gasping.  Vegeta tore into the sky, his
body gathering energy.  Looking down at Gokou, he placed his hands at his 
side.  

	As soon as he stopped rising, he jumped forward a little as he fired
his blast.

	"GALICK-HOOO!!!!"

	Gokou looked up and powered up a small blast at his side, then
jumped hard left and threw the Ki ball into the beam.

	The beam erupted in an explosion, and Gokou was surprised at it's
weankess when suddenly a foot caught him in the face.  Gokou went hurtling
into the distance.  Vegeta flew up high into the sky, watching him 
disappear into the horizon.

	Suddenly, with a flash of blinding speed, Gokou was back in Vegeta's
face.  Gokou punched into Vegeta's body, burying his fist into his stomach.


	Hard.


	Vegeta gritted his teeth to ignore the pain as he reached forward to
clutch Gokou's ears, bringing his head down into his rising knee.  Gokou
cried out in pain as Vegeta brought up his left elbow into Gokou's face.


	Vegeta gathered some Ki energy, and with a rush of power, he fell
backwards and sent it hurtling towards Gokou.


	Gokou leapt forward and punched the beam to the ground, where it hit
with a tremendous explosion.



	


	Vegeta punched.  Gokou blocked.  Gokou punched.  Vegeta blocked.



	They traded blows for well over an hour, their muscles starting to
ache with fatigue but both willing to work their bodies to death in order to
win.


	


	Tien slowly began to come back to consciousness.  Kurillin gasped as
he noticed him for the first time, seeing he no longer had an arm.


	


	The ground ripped to pieces as the super powers clashed in flashes
of Ki energy like lightning, illuminating brief sections of the battle like 
a strobe light.



	Vegeta felt Gokou's body start to give, and he was pleased.  His 
breathing was ragged and his lungs burned; but adrenaline pumped through his
veins in pleasure as he fought his saiya-jin enemy to the death.



	Gokou suddenly grabbed Vegeta's fists and was pushed back by
Vegeta's power, his boots digging in the dirt.  Vegeta suddenly surrounded
himself with yellow Ki energy and hurled Gokou with all of his might into 
the air.




	Vegeta placed his fists at his sides, his arms bent sharply and his
face contorted in powerful emotions that tugged his soul in every direction.



	Blue flames snapped into existence around his hands, forming balls 
of Ki energy that sent ectasy rolling up and down his body.


	

	Gokou caught himself in the air with a flash of yellow 
super-saiya-jin Ki.  Looking down at the battlefield below, he saw Vegeta
powering up an attack that he could sense was devastating.



	Gokou gulped, his composure breaking.  He decided that he was going 
to take this battle on HIS ground.



	Vegeta was about to bring his super-charged arms forward to unleash
a deadly Ki blast towards Gokou, but his opponent suddenly zipped off in the
far distance, disappearing on the horizon.



	Vegeta ran forward and leapt into the air, surrounding himself with
yellow Ki flames that pulsated powerfully up and down his charged body.  He
zipped through the air after Gokou.







	Kurillin watched them disappear dejectedly.  He turned and surveyed
the scene of destruction they had left behind.

	Tien was lying on the ground next to Yamucha's beaten form, armless 
and moaning in pain.  Chiao-tzu was slowly but limping back from wherever he
had been thrown in the midst of the explosion.  

	The cove had been totally changed.  What had once been a thick, 
mountaineous region was now a flat wasteland devoid of life, covered in 
huge, smoking boulders and craters.  The mountains had crumbled to pieces, 
leaving in their wake molten streams of lava that ran towards the water, 
where it solidified with a giant hiss of steam.



	Kurillin sighed and turned to the wounded, determined to ignore his
own injuries in order to help theirs.





	He was anxious, wondering who would win.  If Vegeta wins, then we're
pretty much in trouble.  He'll take over and make us all his servants, if he
doesn't kill us.  But if Gokou wins, we're in even worse shape!  This really
sucks......


	Thus was Kurillin occupied while the fight of the millenium was 
taking place in the far beyond......









	Gokou traveled for a few more minutes, then when he arrived over the
large metropolis of Satan City, he stopped and turned.


	With a huge explosive sound, Vegeta slammed his hard, gloved fist 
into Gokou's face with the force of an ocean liner.  Gokou's body went
flying down to the ground, but he caught himself.


	People at the bottom suddenly stopped in their tracks, fearfully in 
awe of what was happening.  Vegeta surrounded himself with yellow flames; so
did Gokou.  The two titans flew at each with incredible power behind them,
preparing to enter into a deadly fistfight.


	As soon as the two reached each other there was a blinding flash, 
like a supernova of colliding suns, and then they were gone.  However, the
sounds of fighting remained.  The people looked around nervously, panicked
chatter filling the air.


	Suddenly, a large skyscraper to the left suddenly exploded, sending
pieces of shrapnel and debris flying in all directions.  

	Even as the citizens fled from that, another building exploded, then
another.  A tree suddenly snapped in half, then disappeared.  A few moments 
later, sawdust abruptly rained seemingly out of nowhere.


	Blood would spatter terrified people every now and then, which made
matters much worse.  The populace of the city started to flee in fear.



	It didn't matter.



	Gokou realized Vegeta had the upper hand, and it scared him.  He 
broke from the fight, as did his opponent.


	Vegeta had a cocky grin on his blood-stained face. Energy crackled
and rolled off of his body, making him seem like an angry god out to get 
vengeance.  An aura of power pulsated invisibly around him, making Gokou
hesitant to attack.

	

	"What the...Vegeta!  What are you doing up there!?  I told you not 
to fight near Satan City!!"
	

	Vegeta suddenly turned down to see Bulma standing up on a hill, 
waving her arms furiously.









	And that's when it happened.





	The air suddenly began to tingle with power as the sky darkened, 
bringing large evil-looking storm clouds to hover high above the terrified 
citizens.  The earth slowly rumbled as a brilliant light in the distance 
flashed high into the sky.
	Gokou looked around in confusion.  Vegeta narrowed his eyes and
watched the storm clouds with suspicion.
	Gokou saw him turned away, and was about to leap forward, when he
caught an image of Bulma with his peripheral vision. 
	He grinned wickedly, an evil thought entering his head.

	Vegeta saw movement out of the corner of his eye and whirled, only 
to see Gokou disappear.  He blinked in suprise, then gasped.
	Bulma screamed as Gokou grabbed her and placed his hand on her head,
smiling sadistically.  She kicked and squirmed, but it was nothing.
	Vegeta cursed in anger and nearly flew down to pry him loose, when 
Gokou upturned his head.
	
	"ANY CLOSER AND SHE DIES!"

	Vegeta scowled.

	"So what?"
	
	Bulma was furious, and Gokou wasn't sure quite sure what to do about
that.  He nearly dropped her as Vegeta flew forward, but he gathered energy
into his hand that was on her head and yelled.
	
	Vegeta froze in midair, cursing his weakness.  Gokou smiled as he
called Vegeta's bluff.
	With a grin, he lifted her into the air with him and watched Vegeta
glare at him impotently.  Gokou clutched her tight, then with a flash of 
power, zipped off back towards the cove.


	Vegeta blinked in perplexion, then followed.





----------------------------End of Part Four--------------------------------