(Back on Earth)
Exiting his battle zone into another, Gohan soon found himself flying over a desolate landscape of ancient ruins and rundown buildings almost reminiscent of Ancient Greece. Ignoring the impressive layout of the field, the oddly colored sky above and the powerful alien following close behind, the young half-Saiyan gritted his teeth as he sensed he was finally approaching the point where he could sense the other powerful ki signatures.
"Krillin. Trunks…"
It wasn't long before he arrived at a ruined mansion with a central courtyard. Suspending himself in the air, the demi-Saiyan spotted the unmistakable forms of Trunks and Krillin lying in an untidy heap in the middle of the quad. Concerned for their wellbeing, Gohan super speeded down to them and skidded to a stop directly beside their bodies, where he quickly began checking for signs of life.
Relieved when he sensed that they were still alive, the boy began to gently shake them, "Trunks. Wake up." He then patted the short fighter lying beneath the unconscious time-traveler, "Come on, Krillin."
Just as he was in the process of trying to rouse them from their slumbers, the boy sensed the presence of his opponent land behind him. Glancing over his shoulder to see the short, turban wearing Bujin grinning at him, the boy then looked up towards a nearby balcony to see two more figures standing there. On the left he saw a beautiful young woman with curly orange hair and on the right a large alien of the same species with a Mohawk and a vest. Both of them were staring down at him and both of them had smug smiles in play.
"So much energy," Gohan thought, a bead of sweat running down the side of his head. "Their power levels are in the same league as mine." To be more precise, they were about as strong as those Cell Juniors that'd attacked and tormented his friends, only less concentrated, making it difficult to get an exact reading.
This pretty much told the Saiyan that these guys were no longer afraid of hiding.
The tall alien with the goatee and punk-rocker hair style grinned, "Hey kid. This is a nice planet you've got here."
"Very picturesque… and so filled with life," the woman spoke up, sitting down on one of the railings and flicking her hair back elegantly. "Are you the guardian of this sector?"
Frowning, the half-Saiyan stood up, "That depends on who's asking."
The boy then became aware of the sound of chains jangling and footsteps approaching, which drew his glare towards the doorway standing between the two invaders. Eyeing it suspiciously, Gohan's expression slowly transformed into one of shock when, from out of the shadows of the dilapidated building, he saw another alien emerge. Dressed in a long blue trench coat with golden buckles, a black top, white pants, red sash and boots, with a bandana holding down his bushy orange hair, the newcomer was also embroidered with jewelry and had a hideous scar running across his face. While slightly shorter than the alien on his left, the man was no less the most imposing of the group.
A chuckle escaped the alien's lips, "I think that would be me, boy."
His grin wasn't just the most menacing of his entourage, but Gohan could sense nothing but bad mojo coming off of him too. Clenching his fists, the demi-Saiyan held his ground beside his two unconscious comrades.
"His energy is amazing," the boy murmured while narrowing his eyes. "Incredible. This one… his power level is even greater than Cell's when I first fought him."
Just as he was beginning to square off against the alien boss and his cohorts, two pods suddenly flew overhead and from them, Tien and Yamcha descended to the ground. Landing on either side of Gohan, the two adult males glare across at the creatures responsible for taking out their teammates.
"You murderers," Tien snarled, unable to stop the beads of sweat that appeared on his head, "You killed the intergalactic fighters."
Snickering, the turban wearing alien got down to one knee and placed a hand over his chest, at the same time his other two companions did as well.
"Those so called 'fighters' were trespassing. Earth belongs to my master now," Bujin chirped, a statement that drew an arrogant chuckle from the group's leader up high.
Gohan's frown deepened, "Oh yeah?"
"Not while we're still breathing," Yamcha shot back, prompting the two aliens flanking their boss to rise to their feet and come to his defense.
The big one raised his hand and gestured grandly to the earthlings, "Master Bojack has no equal. He has journeyed across this far-reaching universe uncontested and undefeated."
"Many powerful warriors have fallen before the might of our master," the woman continued without skipping a beat. "All those who've dared to challenge his will have ended up crushed underneath his heel and turned to ash."
"Master is not patient. You would be wise to stand down," Bujin exclaimed from behind, drawing the trio's attention towards the short alien. When they looked at him, they saw the little cretin grin, "Or better yet… kneel."
"We'll pass thanks!" Yamcha shouted as both he and Tien dropped into fighting forms.
Their stances prompting the trio of alien bodyguards to change their tune, the two Z-fighters quickly picked their targets. Once they were selected, the pair took off and went in for the attack.
It happened in an instant. Faster than any adversary had ever dealt with him before, the second Tien chased after Bujin through the ruins of the building, he ended up struck from behind and kicked into a wall by his pintsized opponent, where he was buried under a heavy pile of rubble. Yamcha fared no better against his quarry either, attempting to strike out at the woman and instead wound up getting cut down from all sides and slide-kicked across the ground, where he found himself skidding into the pile to join Trunks and Krillin.
In less than three seconds, it was over.
Gohan, shocked at how handily the aliens had dispatched his friends, looked down at the fallen Yamcha and then across at Tien. Seeing the two of them lying in unconscious wrecks where they had fallen, the young half-Saiyan clenched his fists in anger and glared up towards the still smirking Bojack.
His charcoal eyes locking with the murderous ones of the alien conqueror, Gohan felt his anger swell.
"Bring it," Gohan said as golden beams of light began shooting up from the ground around him before his body was lit up by a golden aura, which spiked up his hair, flashed it gold and turned his eyes teal.
Sensing the demi-Saiyan's ki climb to an incredible level had Bojack raise an eyebrow. "Interesting." After taking a moment to gauge the youngster's power, the demon then turned his attention to his subordinates, "Zangya, Bujin, Bido… take him…"
Smiling as each of their names were spoken in turn, the orange haired aliens then leapt from their master's flanks and flew at the young Super Saiyan from all sides. Responding to their sudden maneuvers, Gohan blasted backwards in the form of a yellow blur and elbowed an approaching Bujin in the face, smashing him through the ruined building's wall. Upon dispersing of his first foe, Gohan then sprang into the air and flew through the upper part of the barrier while at the same time being pursued by the other two.
Chasing the half-Saiyan through the hole and into the air above the village, the large Bido let out a yell and threw a left hook at the boy. Gohan caught the punch and, after grabbing the man's forearm, used the brute's momentum to spin him around and throw him back through the wall he'd come, taking out what was left of it.
Avoiding her teammate, who smashed into the ground along with a shower of rubble, Zangya picked up speed and rocketed towards her foe with a smile.
Taking aim, Gohan threw his hands forward and with a gutsy yell, fired a large blue ball of energy towards the approaching woman.
Responding to the threat, Zangya gritted her teeth and smacked the attack away with a shout, sending the ball of energy curling through the air before it detonated half a kilometer away, wiping out an entire block of the rundown city. Upon which she then flew up at the demi-Saiyan and opened up on him with a flurry of attacks, the pair beginning a fierce exchange of machinegun blows that they parried and executed at lightning speed.
Feeling the ground tremor from the colossal explosion, Bido took that as his cue and, marking his target, crossed his arms over his chest and threw them forward. With a mighty bellow, he unleashed a torrent of thin red energy beams from his fingers, which homed in on their target.
Throwing a kick and blocking a punishing left hook from her opponent, the fiercely battling Zangya smirked when she sensed her teammate's attack approaching from behind. Disengaging in time to avoid her opponent's roundhouse kick, the woman straightened up, folded her arms across her chest and, with a playful giggle, twirled in a graceful backward maneuver, her hair bellowing like a cape as the barrage of red beams curled around her lithe form and flew towards her opponent. With a shout, Gohan cocked his fist back and smacked all of the beams away, causing them to fly past him and slam into an invisible barrier.
When they exploded, they punched an enormous hole through the wall dividing their battle zone from another, the fragments of sky breaking away to reveal a secondary city.
The trio of aliens quickly forming up behind one another, Zangya and her team then scattered and flew at Gohan from all sides. Unable to mark a target in time, the blonde crossed both his arms over his face and took the three simultaneous punches all at once, a loud shockwave ringing out that rattled the entire stadium. The aliens ended up tackling the boy and slamming him straight through another camouflaged barrier directly behind him, pushing him into the central city battle zone Trunks had defeated Gokuha earlier.
Flying into the open, Gohan managed to throw his three attackers off of him and continued flying backwards in a hasty retreat, positioning himself over the downtown area several hundred feet below. Eyes darting about, he watched his opponents fly into formation once again and, one after the other, make a B-line straight for his position. Responding in kind, the half-Saiyan charged, ducking the chop Zangya threw at him, slamming his hands down on Bido's head when he swung in with an over flourished right overhand and flipping over him, and leaping over the flying kick Bujin followed with immediately afterwards. Soon he'd passed right by all three of them and flew off, forcing the aliens that'd overshot their target to course correct and fly after him.
Gaining enough distance, Gohan turned in midair and slowed, allowing the trio to catch up for a third time. Now that he'd adjusted for their speed and combinations, he was ready for them.