Part 14, Chapter 3: The Power to Transcend Everything

It's about time I clean up the riff-raff. I think it's best not to waste any more time here. Ku, ku, ku...

You sure have a way with words. You're just itching for a fight, eh?

Works for me! You're on!!

Be careful...! This guy's power is...

You shut your mouth!!

?!

You think you're one of us now? And that you can give me orders?! You make me sick!! Get the hell out of here!!

Hey, Bardock...! Come on...

Hmph... Watching this petty in-fighting is unbearable.

Oh yeah?!

How about I make it so you don't have to watch anything ever again!!

Very well! You're welcome to try!

Damn! That idiot's always so reckless!

Tch! Now he's gone and done it!

Bardock! You can't just rush in by yourself!!

Shut up! If you wanna hem and haw with that Saiyan-killer, you can both go do it somewhere else!

Dammit, Bardock...!

...

It doesn't matter how many of you monkeys try to face me, your demise is inevitable.

In fact, three at once would save me some hassle! Ha, ha, ha!

Talk big while you still can! You're gonna be regretting it in a minute!!

Raaaahh!!

Haaa!!

Well... You fight better than I imagined.

Tch...!

(Nothing I do fazes him... I can't believe we're not strong enough...!)

But if you just want to buzz around like a fly, I'll swat you down like one!

Ngh?!

Get ready, 'cause your next opponent...

...is standing right here!!

What of it? You're hardly different than the other two primates.

What happened to that team effort from last time? Is this all you can do without Shallot around?

Don't get cocky. The real fight hasn't even started.

Quit your babbling and get lost!!

You have to realize blindly attacking him over and over isn't going to get us anywhere. We need to plan our attack...

Did you not hear me when I told you not to give me orders?!

Hey, you two! Now's not the time to get into a shouting match!

Yet another pathetic quarrel.

You monkeys are an eyesore. Time to put you lot of out of your misery!!

Kaah!!

Guah?!

Don't be so dramatic. I barely touched you. Did I really hurt you that much?

Bastard...!

Don't you dare make fools of us!

What was that supposed to be? If you want to attack me...

...you should do it like this!!

?!

!! Dammit!

Guh?! Why, you...!!

Stay back and leave him to me!!

Oh, really?

And just what do you plan to do?!

Gah?!

Damn you! That was dirty...

Bardock...! We're never gonna beat him like this!

We need to let that Giblet guy take the lead.

Don't be stupid! You really think we can trust a pathetic coward like him?!

Pathetic...coward? Him?

Who else do you think I'm talking about?!

?! You again?? I thought I told you to stay back! He's too powerful...

Shut up!! You think I care how strong he is?!

I'd rather die fighting on my own than fight alongside a scumbag like you!!

Now back off!!

Wha?!

Urooooh!!

Hmph!

Take this, you bastard!!

For a pesky little fly, you sure do like to tempt fate, don't you?

Buzz off!!

Gah?!

B-Bardock!! You okay?!

D...Damn...it...!

Unbelievable. Being weak is one thing, but I can't abide a weakling who doesn't know his place. I won't have you interfere again.

Get out here, you two!!

!!

I'll continue my fight with Giblet. In the meantime, you two are on pest control.

Stop calling us bugs!!

Raah!!

Damn it all! There's no end to them, and they're all tough as nails... What're we gonna do, Bardock?

Whaddya think?! We're gonna beat them all down, then take out that overgrown monster! There's nothing else to it!

Come on, we don't know how many more of them there are! It's not that simple!

If you know it's not simple, then stop running your mouth and start fighting!

Hah!

Guh?!

What's wrong? Do you enjoy getting knocked around?

...! Ahhhhh!!

Hmph!

You're tenacious, I'll give you that.

Maybe I'll show you a tiny bit of my real power.

?!

Yah!

Gah?!

Oh my, was that too hard?

Damn...!

(I'll never win at this rate... If I still had a Senzu Bean I could draw this fight out...)

I don't like that look on your face. You're still trying to find a way to beat me, aren't you?

...

You can try to think of a strategy until the end of time, it won't matter. You can't win!

You're wrong. I can!

?!

After fighting you this long, I know what I have to do...

I know what I have to do to win!!

Surely you jest. You think you can win against me?

...

I don't know what you have up your sleeve, but I am not amused.

The last time we fought, do you remember what I told you before you left?

I'm only going to say this once. There's no limit to how strong a Saiyan can become, and I'm no exception.

When we fight again...

...I'll be much stronger than you.

I seem to recall you saying some utterly farcical nonsense. What of it?

I should probably apologize.

Oh? An apology?

I implied I didn't have the strength to beat you back then...

...but the truth is, I had already surpassed you. If I had wanted to beat you, I could have.

...

Ha!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!

You mean to imply that last time and even now, you haven't been fighting me at your full strength?

...

Enough of your jokes! The only reason you scraped by before was because of Shallot and Nuova Shenron.

You should choose your words more carefully when you want to bluff. All you've done is irritate me!!

You'll soon find out...

...whether what I've said is a bluff or not!!

Rrr... Grrah...!!

What?! What in the world are you...?!

Uaaaaah!!

Yaaaaaah!!!

...haaa...!

?! What...is this...?

...

Hmph! I was wondering what you were up to, and it looks like you changed your appearance somewhat.

But so what?!

(?! What was that I just felt...?!)

...

No...it can't be!! There's no way!!

Looks like you've realized I changed more than my appearance.

Grr... You...monster!

Yeah, that's right.

And this monster's about to rip you apart...

...with his bare hands!!

Daaaa!!

Wrooooh!!

There really is no end to them...!

Seriously...! Just how many more are there...?

?! Did you hear that?!

Ga... Ah...?!

What the hell am I seeing?!

He's just toying with that brute! That power is unreal... What the hell did he do?!

...

(While I was training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, I could gradually sense it... A power I could tap into...)

Haa...! Haa...!

(My training is finally paying off... I can feel how much stronger I've gotten...)

But it's not enough! It's nowhere near enough!!

(I lost sight of my goal and nearly ruined the promise I made in my own timeline...)

(Even if I beat Zahha with this power and return to my own time, I still won't be able to stand on equal footing with him.)

(I have to overcome my weakness!)

And to do that, I have to exhaust every single possibility...!

(If I can learn how to use that ability to temporarily increase my own strength several times over...)

(I was completely overtaken by it once before. Which means I should be able to use it... Make it my own!)

I have to get stronger...by any means necessary!!

Daaaaa!!

Gwoooh?!

Gu...uu...?! This can't be... I won't accept this!!

I want you to remember one thing!

I gained this power to surpass my enemies...! My own weakness!!

This power transcends everything!!

I'm gonna settle this with one blow! Prepare yourself!!

Gwaaah?!

Grrrr... You filthy...!!

How dare you! There's no way a being such as I could lose to an insect like you!

I will not stand for it!!

Where did he...?!

What?!

You move like a statue, Syn Shenron!

!!

Wild Cannon!!

Gwaaaahh?!

He's really giving him the business! At this rate, he'll finish him off in no time!

...

Hmph! We'll see.

Gu...ah?!

Tch...! Still standing after all that... You're a tough one, I'll give you that.

(I couldn't see him...! His attack came out of nowhere!)

(Is this really Giblet...? He's completely different from before! His power is overwhelming!!)

D...Damn it!!

You don't wanna fight anymore? Then it's time to wipe you from existence!

With this...!!

W-Wait!!

Oh? I thought you were the one who wanted to settle things without wasting any time?

I'm just giving you what you wanted!!

It's over, Syn Shenron! Take this!!

Wha?!

?!

Gu...urgh...!

Ahhhh?!

What's this...?!

What the hell's going on with Giblet?!

...

Ack... Grah!!

(N-No... Dammit...! I'm...out of time...! I was so close...!!)

I don't know what happened to you...

But I'm not going to let you defeat me!!

Gaaaah?!

(Could this be...)

Guh...!!

Haaa!!

Nrg?!

Tch...! You really are a tough bastard...!!

But you're not getting off so easily...! I'll end you, here and now!

Hmph!

Deyyaaahh!!

Gwoooh?!

Haah...! Haah...!

Ku...ku, ku... Your breathing is getting ragged.

I think it's time for some payback.

Gaaaaa?!

Heh, heh... What's the matter? Did you forget how to dodge?

Urg...

Or perhaps you're no longer able to?

I'm gonna settle this with one blow! Prepare yourself!!

Tch...! Still standing after all that... You're a tough one, I'll give you that.

Even though you had me bested, you tried to rush our battle...

But of course you did... It seems that little technique of yours is not without its risks!

Your body has clearly exceeded its limits!

!!

In other words, your chance to beat me has passed.

That nonsense you spouted at the end of our last encounter was truly a farce after all!!

Damn... No...!

Gwah?!

Oh my, you took the full brunt of that attack.

What's the matter? I thought you said I moved like a statue?

Shut...up...!

You fool!! You're even slower than those flies you came here with!!

Gaaah?!

!! I'm...not...done yet...!!

Haaaaa!!

Daa!!

*pant* *pant*

Ku, ku... Now I see!

Your power has dropped considerably.

(Ugh... Doesn't matter... As long as I can still move...)

This fight isn't over!!

You don't know when to quit.

Just die already!!

Raaaaah!!

Ha!

You're still denying the obvious? You keep losing more and more power and now your attacks are worthless!

Haa...! Haa...!

Heh... Heheh! You're giving me advice...?

How kind of you!!

Ha, ha, ha! You talk big for someone on the verge of death.

And I've just about had enough! You simian fool!!

Gwaaaaah?!

Ah... Gah...!!

It's over... I'll admit you had me worried for a moment, but your defeat was always inevitable.

!

Grr... Ugh...!!

How can you stand?!

Didn't...you hear me...? This...fight...isn't...over!

Tch!

You stubborn monkey!! Just die already!!

Gah?!

Hmph. He just won't stay down.

Haven't you realized it yet, Bardock?

Huh?

At this rate, Giblet's gonna be killed! We gotta find a way to launch a surprise attack to save...

Who cares what happens to that coward?!

Bardock, do you even hear yourself?

...

Knock it off already!! This is no time to be so bullheaded!!

I get it. That guy killed other Saiyans like you said, but still...

Yeah, he did! And that's bad enough, but there's more to it!

?!

There's something even worse I can't forgive him for...

Tch! Just forget it! We've got our own battle to fight here!!

Bardock...

Raaaah!!

Guu?!

!!

Hyaaaah!

What?! How can you still...!!

Haa...haa...!

Enough of this!

Why do you keep resisting?! What are you trying to prove?!

Heh...haha...! You should see the look on your face...

We're in the middle of a fight and you're spooked all of a sudden? What's wrong?

Spooked...? I've never once felt anything akin to that!!

You're getting on my last nerve!!

Ga-hah?!

Haa...haa...! I've had all I can stand of this nonsense!!

I should have finished this ages ago, but I'll end it now!!

!!

I've put my full power into this attack!! You won't be able to crawl your way back from this!!

Now...

Begone from my sight! Forever!!

Uaaaah!!

Now die!! There won't be anything left of you after this!!!

Gu...uugh...!!

Wrooooh!!

How?! How did you manage to withstand that attack?!

How can you still be struggling?!

Just cease this futility and end your own suffering!!

Urg... Grrah!!

Why...? What possible reason do you have for continuing?!

It doesn't matter how much you struggle, your fate has been sealed! You could spare yourself this pain by just giving up. So why?!

Because...I don't want to be spared anything...!!

?!

I still...have something...I need to do...!

Plus... I can't go dying... ...before I defeat you...!

As long as I'm breathing... I'll keep fighting!!

You got that?!

...

Guh!!

What're you doing? Why didn't you dodge that?!

You have every right to be angry...

And I don't have the right to deny you your revenge...

(I figured that kid was just a Saiyan-killer who tried to take me out. That he was a coward without the heart of a warrior.)

(That's what I assumed...but...)

But he'll keep fighting as long as he's breathing, huh...?

Hmph.

(I guess he's got his own pride too.)

Huh? What the?!

Haaaa!!

This is no time to be daydreaming!!

If you can't keep your head in the game, then get outta here! I'll handle this by myself!!

What'd you just say?!

And while you're away, you can do whatever you want. I'll be too busy to care anyway.

!!

...Tch! Meddling jerk...

Hey! There's less of these creeps now, but they're still tough. Don't you go biting the big one on me!

Ha! Who do you think you're talking to?

Alright, you're gonna be facing me now! So bring it on!!

Gu... Ugh...!!

I...I'm still...

...standing...!!

Hey, you! How long do you plan on bein' a punching bag out here?!

Daaa!!

Bardock...?! What're you...

You told us to leave this monster to you, but look at you! He's kicking your butt across this entire planet!

You've got one foot in the grave! It's pathetic!!

Hmph. Did you just come here to chew me out? Back off!!

Why don't you make me?! Don't talk big when you can barely even stand!

This is nothing I can't shake off!!

Oh, really?! Then show me! Dig deep and find the strength to fight!!

You're a Saiyan, aren't you?!

!!

Haaaaaaa!!

Wroooooh!!

These monkeys...!

Here we come...!!

Take this!!!

W-What?! They deflected it?!

Haa! Haa! There ya go...! Now win this thing already...!

Right!

We've got a score to settle, Syn!!

Gwooh?!

(Impossible! This cannot be!!)

(After all that, how can he still muster this kind of power?!)

This time... I'm going to finish what I started!!

S-Stop! Don't do it!!

You're through!!

Nraaaaaaahhhh!!

Guh...! Haa...haa...!

*pant* *pant* I might've...overdone it...

Is it over...?

Yeah.... You got things taken care of on your end, Tora?

Heh, heh...! Damn right...!

That guy was an absolute beast. I can't believe you two managed to beat him...

It was touch and go for a while...

If Bardock hadn't stepped in, I wouldn't have been able to win... How can I...

Thank me? Don't! That's just weird.

I only stepped in 'cause you were slacking off!!

Yeah...sorry about that...

Ugh. The dust from this fight hasn't even settled and there you go being weird again... You really tick me off!

Try acting more like a Saiyan! We don't go around saying sorry, ya know! Show me you have the heart of a warrior!

!

Right... I got it...

Then that's what I'll do. Next time.

Tch!

Heh... Looks like things worked out. Somehow... Ha, ha, ha...!