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Dragon
Ball New Generation
The Ii-Shenron Saga
Chapter
19 - To His Surprise
"I
wonder how things are going down there?" asked 18.
Sage laughed. He was sensing the battle, just like
everyone else.
"Piccolo is kicking ass! I know
he's going to win!"
"I know that Sage, but their energy. Its acting strange."
"Maybe they stopped?" Hazell suggested.
"What makes you think that its weird 18?" Dende
asked. He knew that she had more fighting experience than
them. If something bothered her, it must be something
important.
"Its probably nothing, but I'm sure last time Ii's ki
didn't feel like this. Something is different about it,
but I don't know what."
"Huh?"
"Are you sure aunt-18?" Sage asked.
18 didn't reply. She looked tense, and Dende noticed
it. 18 was serious, but after Dende sensed, he knew she
was right. But why?
***
Piccolo
remained hovering in the air. He was smiling at Ii's
expression.
"You're not as powerful as you thought" Piccolo called
to him.
Ii clenched his fists, and convinced himself that it was nothing
serious.
"It was only a lucky shot. Consider yourself
lucky." Ii called back.
"You're forgetting I am Ii-Shenron, so you can't beat
me! Not a low class fighter like you!"
Ii
yelled at the top of his lungs and briefly powered up.
Piccolo, knowing this meant more fighting, resumed his fighting
stance. He watched as Ii charged at him at great
speeds. He was strong, but it didn't bother Piccolo at
all. He knew what he was doing. He had trained in
the martial arts since he was a very little Namekseijin.
It was in his blood. As Dende said that there were 2-types
of Nameks: Healers and Fighters. Funny enough, Piccolo
inherited the power to fight like his father did.
***
On
Kaioshin's planet, Gokun was in his last 5-minutes of Rou
Kaioshin's power level ritual. He could feel his great
power growing.
"How is the battle going on Earth?" he asked.
Kaioshin, Nion and Gokou watched on through a crystal ball..
"Piccolo is doing fine." Kaioshin told him.
"He's doing better than fine!" Gokou added.
"I didn't know Piccolo-san was that strong!" Nion
laughed.
Gokun also laughed until Rou Kaioshin grabbed his chin and
turned his face around to him.
"Don't be distracted. Do you want to ruin all this
ki raising act by being preoccupied?"
"Ah," Gokun began, "I guess not."
"Good, now be quiet and sit still."
Gokun did as he was told, and frowned at Rou Kaioshin as he
continued laughing at the manga he was reading.
"Gokou, maybe since Piccolo is doing well at the moment, we
can use this time to continue the training?" Kaioshin
insisted.
Gokou nodded.
"Yeah, so I can show Grandma how powerful I can
become!"
"Can I join in too?" Nion asked.
"Of course young one. Lets get to work."
"Yeah
I was about to say. Sit on your backside while we
train. Don't be lazy."
They all turned around as Vegeta exited the time
rip.
"You're power has sky rocketed Vegeta!" Gokou told
him.
"Yeah yeah I know. Its your turn in their now Gokou.
You think you can handle it?"
"I think so..." Gokou told him, scratching his head,
thinking to himself -
I hope its not dark and dangerous in there...
Vegeta laughed.
"Don't be distracted by little things in your head Gokou."
"Like monsters and giant ants?"
"Too much television..." Vegeta sighed.
"Those distractions are going to get you killed."
"Killed?" Gokou shuttered.
"You're a distraction yourself Gokou." Vegeta joked,
and walked pass him.
"Enough with the distractions already" Gokun finally
spoke, "I've heard it enough times."
He looked at Rou Kaioshin who continued to read, directing his
conversation at him. The old man didn't hear it though.
"Gokou can handle it Vegeta. Stop scaring him so
much. When he's finished with his training, he'll be
stronger than you. Its not like you've gotten stronger
than your blonde hair form."
"You mean a Super Saiya-jin?" Kaioshin said.
"Yeah," Gokun nodded.
Vegeta laughed.
"Yeah, you think so."
Gokun
took a long stare at Vegeta, who just returned the expression
with a smirk. Gokun was wondering what the boy was hiding.
Is Vegeta hiding something? Gokun wondered.
They won't know power until they see me, Vegeta thought
to himself.
Everyone else just watched both of them thinking what the heck
was going on and eventually shrugged off the conversation..
***
Piccolo
and Ii kept at it. Their energy ripping the skies.
Ii was still angry at how Piccolo was able to pierce his
shoulder.
Ii continued to ask himself questions, until Piccolo stopped
fighting for a moment.
"Looks like the Saiya-jin won't have to lift a finger
against you Ii. You'll be defeated before you can hurt
anymore people."
"Doesn't matter. I killed many humans today." Ii said.
"Doesn't matter. The Dragon Balls will revive them,
so you're at a loss Ii-Shenron."
At that, it finally hit him. The Dragon Balls!
Ii was all powerful last time because he had the Dragon Balls
inside his body to fuel his power. Ii smirked.
I need to find those Dragon Balls, and then I can kill this
boy just by looking at him.
Piccolo saw Ii's huge grin, and so he attacked him
again. Of course, Piccolo was kind of dominating.
This continued to annoy Ii.
"You're nothing to me!" Ii kept threatening,
trying to prove Piccolo's unworthiness, until the green boy was
successful and kicked the fiend at the back of his head.
Ii flew forwards and stopped inches in front of a cliff
face. He turned around, and saw Piccolo waiting above with
his arms crossed in front of him.
He's gathering his energy for something, Ii thought to
himself.
Sure enough, Piccolo was. With his arms crossed, he
powered up, and sparks began to leap off his arms as Ii watched
on. Piccolo then raised this arms towards the sky and a
great ki ball appeared in the palm of his hands.
"Take this Ii-Shenron!"
Piccolo launched the ball at the beast, with his hands held
forward.
Ii watched as the ball descended onto him, but he jumped out of
the way to avoid the attack. Piccolo saw this, and drew
his arms apart from each other. Ii was caught by
surprise...the sphere then broke into two and surrounded the
tyrant, circling around him so he couldn't escape. Piccolo
laughed.
"How do you like my attack Ii?"
Piccolo then pushed his hands forward, and the balls converged
and they striked Ii at magnificent speeds. The beast
didn't have time to move out, and took the attack.
Piccolo laughed and waited for the smoke to clear up. To
his surprise, the beast was no where in sight. His eyes
widened.
"Where is he?"
Without any notice, at a fantastic speed, Ii grabbed the Namek
boy from behind by holding his arms back. He kept
tightening his grip when Piccolo tried to get free.
"Did you believe you could actually defeat me? What a
joke." Ii said to him.
Piccolo kept struggling, and Ii continued his threats to tell
him where the Saiya-jin are. When he refused, Ii pulled
his arms back and it hurt Piccolo bad.
***
"Oh
no!"
"Piccolo's in trouble!" Hazell said.
"What to do?"
"I don't know. But we have to do something."
The rambling went back and forth until Sage had enough.
"Well then I'll go and help him."
At that, they all stared at him. They didn't want him to
get hurt, but he was a fighter at heart, and they knew this.
"You can't stop me." Sage told them.
"We know we can't. A fighter's heart is strong and
determined." Dende said.
"Be careful then Sage." Android 18 added.
"Don't worry," the boy called to them as he ran off,
"I'll be fine, and Piccolo will be too."
***
Piccolo
couldn't break free. His arms hurt so much that he
couldn't feel anything anymore.
"Looks like you won't tell me where the Saiya-jin
are..." Ii sighed.
"That's right, now let me go!"
"Then tell me where the Dragon Balls are!" came yet
another one of Ii's demands.
Piccolo was surprised at the demand, but also refused to tell
him. He knew that the Dragon Balls aren't good in the
hands of evil.
"What do you want them for?" asked Piccolo, still
struggling.
"Could you imagine someone like me totally
invincible? Not like I'm not already...
I could rule this universe, and then you could be my foot stool."
Ii joked.
"Never! You're all evil!"
"Is that a compliment?"
"The Dragon Balls will never be yours Ii-Shenron!
I'll make sure of it myself, even if I have to do it with my own
two hands!" Piccolo yelled. He was
furious. He couldn't imagine another evil being worst than
Semi getting his hands on the Dragon Balls. Ii laughed and
leaned forward to whisper in his ears.
"How can you stop me if you have no hands or arms?"
Piccolo paused at this statement.
Ii then pulled his arms apart and tore them away. Piccolo
screamed in agony as Ii tossed both of this arms to the
ground. Piccolo shuttered from the pain and almost fell unconscious.
That has never happened to him before. Ii let go of
Piccolo, and the boy dropped to the ground with a loud
thud.
"Too bad Piccolo...you almost had me there."
Ii began his finishing blast and was about to launch it when he
sensed a power level. He looked around.
"Where is that power coming from?"
Ii couldn't trace it, but by the time he turned to look at the
hills in the distant, a quick beam of energy was shot at
him. It hit him straight in the stomach, and emitted a
great light which Ii couldn't see through. He shielded his
eyes.
"Where is that light coming from?!"
When the light cleared away, and a few seconds went by, his eyes gained focus,
but Piccolo was no where to be found.
"What happened to him?!"
Ii looked around, but gave up after remembering the importance
of the Dragon Balls.
"That Namek! I will kill him later for sure!"
and with that he disappeared into the distance.
A few more seconds went by, and a familiar face looked over a
hill. It was Sage.
"Yeah, take my light ray!" he joked.
Sage turned to Piccolo whom he saved. He was groaning and
sweating bad.
"Don't worry Piccolo, I'll take you to the Lookout.
Dende should be able to help you out."
Sage placed the injured Namek over his shoulders and after
making sure the sight was clear, he flew into the sky.
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