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Chapter 25 - Chapter 25

Attention fixing upon the tyrant, Gohan frowned, "I know your kind. You think you can just waltz in and take our planet." The boy, bathed in the glow of his Ascended Saiyan state, cracked his neck, took a deep breath and continued, "But this planet is not yours to take… nor is it for you to destroy… not while I'm around. Earth is our home!"

Bojack snarled, "We'll see about that." His eyes then cut across to his two subordinates. "Kill him."

Crouching low, a grinning Bujin then prepared to hurl his wires at the boy, only to suddenly see him vanish with a crack of wind. Blinking in shock, the turban wearing fighter then sensed someone behind him and spun around. The short fighter had just enough time to blink before he saw the boy thrust a kick straight up into his ribcage and sliced him in two. The moment Bujin was bifurcated, his two halves exploded into simultaneous clouds of bloody smoke, before the boy turned his attention to Zangya standing frozen on the other side of the crater.

Balking in horror, the orange haired woman took several steps back. After seeing the demi-Saiyan effortlessly kill Bujin with a single stroke, the young woman knew right then and there that she had absolutely no way of contesting with that kind of power. Hell, she didn't even see him move to attack Bujin in the first place.

First he was there in the center and then, the next thing she knew, he was just gone.

Swallowing nervously, she took another step back.

The moment she did, without even blinking, Zangya suddenly saw the boy standing directly in front of her, covering the distance of fifty meters between them in a heartbeat. Yelping in shock, she fell over and hit the ground, where she then found herself staring up at the golden haired warrior with electricity dancing around him in fear.

Eyes shimmering and sweat pouring down her face, the young girl was immediately petrified.

"P-Please…" She whispered, edging away slowly while her body trembled with fright "I… I'm sorry…"

Continuing to glare down at her unflinchingly, the young Super Saiyan then became aware of a bright light shining in his face and glanced to his left, where he saw a massive ball of energy rocketing towards him and Zangya. Spotting the attack, the alien girl gasped in horror, but just when it seemed like it was going to engulf them both, the golden haired warrior jumped into its path and effortlessly backhanded the attack away, sending the sphere of green ki flying into the distance.

"Useless bitch!" Bojack bellowed, a wide grin stretching across his face as he cupped his hands at his side and began pouring energy into his palms. Then, springing high into the sky, the tyrant unleashed his second attack, "DIEEEEEEEEE!" With a thunderclap and an earsplitting howl, the man hurled an enormous blast of energy straight down at the pair, aiming to wipe both Gohan and Zangya off the face of the planet.

While the orange haired girl cried out in terror, Gohan remained standing in place, watching the sky in front of him turn a blinding green before the entire piece of land they were on went up in flames. The instant the attack collided with its target, it nuked the whole region, causing the entire island to shake and scaring the daylights out of every single person up in the stadium. After the fiery mushroom cloud dispersed and became replaced by an enormous plume of smoke, Bojack's grin widened, as if certain of his victory.

But then, the moment he saw the smoke lift, the demon's smugness vanished in a heartbeat when, in the center of the three kilometer wide crater, he saw Gohan standing atop an untouched slab of ground, with Zangya directly behind him. Despite taking the entire blast full in the face, not only was the boy's aura still fluctuating around him, but the demi-Saiyan was completely unfazed by the attack.

Gawking up at the back of the young warrior standing in front of her, the former subordinate of Bojack, still lying stricken on the ground, stared up at Gohan for a few seconds longer. Then, as the shock of all the events that'd happened finally caught up to her, the girl's eyes fluttered shut and she collapsed, fainting right there on the spot.

Landing back down on the ground, Bojack snarled. "I WILL KILL YOU!" With a mighty war cry, the demon charged across the field and shot towards the demi-Saiyan.

Gohan's frown deepened while sparks of electricity coursed around him angrily.

Drawing back his arm, Bojack gave a mighty howl as he prepared to bury the kid with a single punch. But then, just as he was halfway across the crater; his target suddenly vanished in a golden flash. The moment Gohan disappeared from sight, the giant alien stopped dead in his tracks when a sharp pain struck him in the stomach, followed immediately by a small fist exploding out his back, sending blood splattering across the ground.

Doubling over, the would-be conqueror of the universe let out several strangled gasps and choking sounds, as he quickly realized Gohan had impaled him with his arm. Shit. He didn't even see the kid move.

The demi-Saiyan on the other hand, remained completely calm and collected, like his sudden charge and punch didn't require a smidge of effort. With an unchanging expression and a balanced stance, Gohan removed his arm from his opponent's stomach and watched the demon stumble away, clutching the new, gaping hole in his abdominals.

Bojack, gasping and groaning in agony, managed to put a good amount of distance between him and his foe. After which, he snarled in rage, "Y-You little rat! A mere… child cannot defeat me! I am unbeatable!" Spitting up blood, the demon then brought his hands forward and began gathering energy. A green sphere of ki forming between his palms, the alien tyrant then pulled his arms apart and split the globe, forming two balls in either hand which began to grow and pulse. "Any last words before you die?!"

Sensing the man's ki begin to climb, Gohan's frown deepened, "Actually… Bojack." He then turned side on and cupped his hands behind him, "There is one word that comes to mind." His aura expanding widthwise, a blue sphere of ki then formed between the Super Saiyan's palms, filling the entire area with a second blinding light.

Then, just as Bojack hurled his two energy spheres in the form of a single beam at his opponent, Gohan executed his with a bellowing yell.

"KA-ME-HA-ME-HAAAAAAAAAA!" Throwing his hands forward, the demi-Saiyan unleashed a blast that completely overwhelmed his opponent's, enveloping the approaching attack in an instant before ripping on and engulfing Bojack.

When the demon was knocked off his feet by the enormous tidal wave of energy, the last thing the alien conqueror saw before he completely blacked out was Gohan flying towards him through his own attack. Like a samurai, the young Super Saiyan 2 cut straight through his opponent with his fist, stopping directly behind the demon long enough to hear Bojack's scream of agony before, finally, decisively, and not a moment too soon, Bojack vanished in a blazing flash of light.

Sliding along the disintegrating ground, the demi-Saiyan stopped in a runner's pose while his attack continued forwards, the beam shooting through the Battle Island's main wall before rocketing up into space, away from earth like some ethereal ray of light. Seconds later, the ridiculously powerful beam of energy faded, vanishing from both the vicinity and the sky with a series of thunderclaps.

Daylight fell upon the land shortly thereafter.

When the smoke cleared, the plume revealed an arena stricken with the scars of a war.

There were barely any buildings of the tournament's city left standing and while craters did indeed cover a large portion of the region, the biggest impression took the form of an enormous trench leading towards a massive hole in the side of the island that covered one quarter of the entire zone. This was all the sign that was needed for people to know that a massive battle had been fought there and the victor…

Well…

After rising back into a proper standing position in the center of the two mile wide trench that practically split the island in two, Gohan held his ground and stared ahead of him. His Super Saiyan 2 form fading away and his hair turning back to normal, the boy surveyed the area one last time for any signs of his opponent.

His mind picking up the still present ki signatures of Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Piccolo, Vegeta, Trunks, Mr. Satan, and even Zangya, all of whom were lying scattered across the field, unconscious, and nobody else, the boy knew that it was all over.

Job done, the full effects of his day-long struggle then brought a stupid grin and a half-lidded gaze to the young Saiyan's face. Moments later, the boy keeled over and hit the ground like a sack of potatoes.

"I did it," Gohan groaned, before passing out and falling into a peaceful sleep.

A long desired silence returned to the island shortly thereafter.

OOO

(Otherworld)

After seeing his son collapse through the connection with his teacher, Goku breathed a sigh of relief and allowed a wide grin to cross his lips. "That's my son. I knew he could do it." Initially having readied himself to teleport down to earth to lend his son a hand and give him an extra push, the adult Saiyan was promptly stopped when he saw Gohan take care of it himself.

Watching the boy step up and gather all of the strength and courage he needed to finish the fight, brought a sense of pride to Goku's soul that would make even Vegeta smile.

Removing his hand from King Kai's shoulder, the Saiyan chuckled, "Man. It was a close one… but my boy pulled through."

The blue-skinned overseer of their part of space smiled back at his student, while Bubbles and Gregory pottered around behind them. "It appears you didn't need to go down there after all." Obviously, through the telepathic contact he had with his student, King Kai had been able to sense the man's intentions.

Luckily for him, no emergency action needed to be taken.

Goku chuckled, rubbing the back of his head in his characteristic manner, "Yeah. I guess so."

That meant the earth and its people were in good hands.

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Eddy:And well, as you can see, from this point on the plot finally begins to deviate from the original story and begins to take a different direction in which Gohan will assume the main role. To those who had the patience to read 25 chapters patiently, I thank you for following this novel and I apologize for making you read so many chapters before the plot really begins. Please continue to support this work in the future.

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