The battle continues! Nam vs Touketsuki Yakedo

[Nam Reikonaga]

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And so inches away from slicing the dreadful torpedo-headed creature, Touketsuki Yakedo disappeared. Nam was still blinded by hatred and anger, but his expression soon changed with Yakedo’s reappearance. Devastating; Nam had foolishly left his injured friend completely unguarded, believing that the gruesome lizard would have actually ignored the human and continue fighting the brunette. Nam’s red aura vanished along with the yellow blade of energy on his right hand. He gripped his hands tightly with frustration. There was nothing he could do but watch. Damnit! he scolded himself.

Despite the considerable distance between them, he could still hear the cracking and snapping of Zach’s bones as the tyrant squeezed the life out of his with his thick tail. Touketsuki would then proceed to pummeling the already helpless human until he dangled lifelessly from his tail and then tossing him into the bottomless ocean. Nam wanted to do something, but if he didn’t –Zach might survive.

There was silence. A cold breeze brushing his hair to the side as the rain continued to pour on the two remaining fighters. The ocean waves had become vivid and violent, rushing in and out, and clashing against each other, rocking the world as if the apocalypse had just arrived –Maybe… they were right…

Touketsuki’s power began to rise; his malignant purple aura full of terror filled the air with that annoying buzzing noise, and the water below was pushed aside by his ki alone. Yakedo’s body had been covered in smoke, but his silhouette was still visible as the purple gas seemed to flash like lightning. Every time the lightning flashed, the perception seemed to change. Nam could still hear the creep’s voice among the cloud of smoke, until it took a drastic change –along with his body, which was revealed with the sway of the smoke.

Impossible… Nam thought; although he knew very well that it was indeed possible. He was thunderstruck, baffled and speechless. Although he seemed composed, he was as frightened as a small puppy hiding from the storm. Nam took those emotions and dumped them to the deepest core of his mind, where they would never see the light of day again. He couldn’t show weakness, not now. Nam was the only person left to stop this beast, and if he didn’t… who would?

Nam descended near the water below, where he would see eye to eye with the foul creature that stood before him and take a better look at his features. Floating at about 15 feet away, Nam peered through the rain and observed the slim new body Touketsuki Yakedo was wearing. It was definitely misleading as he was significantly smaller than his two previous forms. He had no more horns anywhere, only two holes where its ears would be. What seemed like armor now surrounded his entire body like skin with hard purple orbs over his head, shoulders and arms. –One thing didn’t change though… He still had that same smug look on his face.

Finally after a long term of silence Nam spoke up. “It’s odd…” he smirked. “You claim to be the strongest being in the universe, yet you run away from those who threaten you and to top it off you can’t even kill a few humans. Look at you… Look at how far our small race has driven you.” Nam was terrified, but his words were true. From his point of view, Touketsuki Yakedo had evaded King Boliko’s challenge and come to Earth instead, and not only was he fooled many times but he has been forced to transform three times just to kill one person.

With that said, Nam charged forward with fist in the air, preparing to activate Kaioken only when he was about to make impact. “I don’t care how… but I swear I’m going to kill you, -and if I don’t, someone else will!“

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The fear in his silence said it all, Nam was just as frightened as ever, and it brought great happiness to suki, whose body was finally in its natural form. It had been so long since Suki was able to pull out this much power, and the earth did show it. A lesser planet could have been crushed by the concentration of energy, but the Earth was still standing, which passed Suki's first test.

Then the earthling broke the silence with words that Suki had heard all to often, how he was coward, how he would be defeated eventually, and a smile escaped the monsters face. It was the same song and dance he had been given by Rensou, and by zach before him. It was the same spiel he got from the Toshio fellow, and it was the same crap that every other planet had given him since he started his campaign across the universe.

Suki slowly began to applaud, clapping his hands together slowly and speaking once again, his voice lighter now, as if all of the stress had been relieved from his vocal cords.

"Excellent really, no matter how often I hear that it never ceases to amaze me the passion you can put behind it, I mean hell when your blond friend said those things to me it was good, but really you were just great!"

He said mockingly concluding his slow clapping, and Instantly disappearing and then reappearing behind Nam. Suki could sense a power approaching, and fast, and although in this form he would relish the opportunity to face King Boliko, it would be far better to meet that foe head on in a solo fight, facing the annoying human would only cause an advantage in Boliko's favor.

Now back to back Suki spoke, not looking at nam, but rather out at the destruction he had caused.

"Anymore damage to this part of your planet and it could destroy the core, perhaps we should move to a new location, what do you say?"

Suki did not simply want to blow up the planet, he was not in fact the coward that everyone deemed appropriate to ridicule, no, he was very willing to fight each and every one of them. So rather than ending this miserable planets existence, he would kill them one by one. He did not reveal his final form for just anyone.

[Nam Reikonaga]

Just as Nam was about to bury his fist into the thing’s petrifying face, he disappeared just like before. Nam froze in place with a short gasp. His eyes dilated with the, oh so close voice of Touketsuki Yakedo. He could feel his presence just inches away and he could feel that they were back to back. Move Locations? As if Nam would want to go anywhere with this thing! But… Nam saw this as an opportunity. Not only did Yakedo’s false worry for planet Earth make sense, but if they fought here Kami and Zach would surely drown. Nam thought that Gurin being namekian he might be able to survive longer, -but Zach was now a crippled human with a hole on his chest. It was only a matter of time…

And if that wasn’t enough, just flying above water was a waste of crucial energy –and Nam needed every bit he could get. “Alright… I know where to go,” he conceded.

The brunette man ascended to the sky and glanced towards the two fighters that used to work for Touketsuki Yakedo. He didn’t bother getting close to whisper since his thoughts would have simply been read; instead he shouted. “You two! If you’re really on our side, get Kami and Zach out of the water!”

He didn’t give another thought to them; next he looked towards the sky. The female saiyan hadn’t returned yet. Nam couldn’t help but think how differently things could have gone if the three of them worked together to match against Touketsuki. But now it turns out he had to face the thing all on his own. Nam didn’t have his sword anymore… when against an opponent this strong, you need to rely on fast and lethal moves; meaning Nam must rely on his Energy Shytou.

Nam wrenched the thought away and decided to forget about the woman. If she’s gonna come then she’ll come –hopefully as an ally and not give in to the false infatuation. How could a person like her fall for a thing like that? Nam looked down at Yakedo in disdain. “Let’s go…” he announced, promptly after dashing out towards Mount Paozu. The mountains would make a good place for their battle…

Right now… more than anything… the entire world was truly on Nam’s shoulders –and that was a burden he didn’t wish on anyone. Just thinking about it was eating him alive, his eyes twitching, his arms couldn’t stop trembling. If he spoke, his voice would probably quiver. But he couldn’t allow Touketsuki see him this way, Nam would keep his dignity.

[Serori Yakedo-Satsumaimo]

(Sorry to interrupt, but I'd like to reserve the post after Suki responds to Nam becoming SSJ, if that's alright)

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Touketsuki didnt need another moment, the very second that Nam uttered a response, the two were gone, teleported by the instant transmission ability that Suki harnessed so well. Nam's dash forward would be a cold one as the frosty air of Mt. Paozu blew against him. Suki did not have the time for one of their lengthy travels, and so he picked the tallest mountain on the planet, a fitting place for the final match between the World Trade Organization and the earth forces that fought so hard to defeat him.

Suki turned only slightly so that he could see Nam, and then callously spoke to the boy.

“Now, realistically, at your best, you almost amount to a third of my power, so that said I expect to be nice and warmed up by the time I am through killing you, no dying before I can boil my blood a bit.”

The cold exterior of the mountain range reminded suki of home, and all of the many fights he had been a part of there. Killing each member of his family in cold blood. The breeze was a sign of his victory, bringing an aspect of home to this worthless rock of a planet.

“Your move first human, I wouldnt want to accidentally kill you with the first blow.”

He said floating just above the tip of the mountain, his tail floating casually behind him, and his legs crossed, his toes interlinking together. Posed perfectly for the fight at hand. His veins filled with the power he so yearned for. He had finally been granted a challenge worthy of such a fight, and he would not disappoint his opponent, or himself.

[Nam Reikonaga]

Within just seconds, Nam experienced something very similar to what Toshio did last time. It was that teleportation technique which Touketsuki also had. He was capable of using that move a lot more than the Toshio –but he was considerably a whole lot stronger. Yakedo floated above the peak of the tallest mountain and Nam was firmly on a mesa, which was the second tallest, adjacent to the other mountain. The distance was comfortably long but they could still be heard without raising each other’s voice.

The scenery was much more different than before; Nam’s sun-kissed face was bathed in the light and heat of their only star, while conversely his body was caressed by the cold frigid winds that passed through the plateau. His hair was drier now and flowed eloquently. His eyes intense, making sure to remember all the things he just experienced and use it to fuel his anger. In a fight like this, if he was going to win, he needed to constantly remind himself that there was no longer any room for compassion. They were standing here for a final battle and none would come out alive. It was a battle to the death in every meaning of the word.

Somewhere in his mind he was still worried about Zach and Gurin. Did those two help them out? Will they survive even if they did? But… Nam was forced to push those thoughts aside and focus with the matter at hand. Their sacrifices wouldn’t be in vain, Nam had to do everything in his power –and beyond, to finish this freak.

Images of his friends flashed through his face, and Touketsuki Yakedo was in each memory. He had inserted himself in Nam’s thoughts and it was starting to annoy him. Nam’s eyes got more intense every time he spent a millisecond just thinking about it. Somehow, a mere half-saiyan with a third of Yakedo’s power was going to have to defeat him -otherwise, the world would end as they know it. Boil your blood? Nam scoffed as his foe announced the beginning of the fight, giving Nam the first move as if this was nothing more but a game to him.

Nam raised his right arm into the air and brought it back down in an instant, releasing a basic ki blast towards the ground below his feet to bring rise to the debris that would cloud his appearance. After that, he would launch other basic energy blasts at the floating monster while using his zanzoken to leave multiple after images that appeared one by one all around the cloud of smoke as if they were charging towards Touketsuki, each making it appear as if Nam was switching between places while he was actually launching a silent blue energy wave through the thick of the airborne dust. He couldn’t help but think that he hadn’t tricked the thing in the slightest, -no, he would be a fool if he thought this was enough to beat the universe’s biggest enemy, but he had to try something and this might as well be the best ice breaker to a fight.

The cloud of smoke was swayed away and rode the blue mesmerizing beam across the air towards Touketsuki Yakedo. This Kamehameha was three inches across, and to make sure the attack had the largest amount of impact it was as uncharged as a basic ki blast. As the beam is about to make contact with the white lizard, it would spread wide into smaller singular beams that would pelt down on Touketsuki along with the other basic ki blasts. In that instant, Nam would appear just above it all and charge a mighty Kamehameha, enveloped in the empowering aura of the Kaioken. Nam’s eyes were slanted of Yakedo, his pupils shrunken and focused on one thing –like a hawk from above ready to bite off its inevitable prey.

(I think this post is pretty good :3)

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And with that, an explosion of smoke enveloped the surrounding area, leaving only a small gap between Suki and the cloud of debris. The wind was not enough to remove the smoke entirely, and although Suki was a psychic of the highest level, even his own mind tricks were revealing several Nam's to him. This was obviously a trick, but impressive that Nam was capable of providing that much energy to his attack.

"I think 35% power will do for this one"

He said taking a deep breath, his chest rising as the air entered his lungs, but not dropping upon exhale. His muscles grew slightly as the power entered his body. At 35% he would be at Nam's level of fighting, and so he would, hopefully, not kill the lad so soon. It was then that the blast appeared, it was weak, and more obviously a diversion. The smoke however made it so that Suki could not possibly see what it was diverting his attention from, and so with a sharp wave of his hand, the basic Ki that had been flung his way, made an impact into the slope of a nearby mountain. No sooner had Suki so easily repelled the energy -by effectively pimp slapping it away-, than nam appeared above him, a ball of Ki charging within his hands.

"You clever son of a bitch"

Suki was able to say before the beam was launched, only have time to raise his hands above his head, to catch the beam with both hands. The energy would not be stopped so easily, and so suki found himself pushed against the mountain base, creating rifts and cracks in the stone basin. Finally giving under the stress of the epic hold, the mountain would split down the middle, causing Suki to slowly fall into the mountain, his body disappearing in the rubble, and yet still holding tightly around the burning Ki that Nam had sent his way. The large blue beam was easily enough to cause damage to the icer in lesser forms, but in his peak state, Suki was bound to respond just as he did.


Finally Nam would find himself being pushed back, as slowly from up the side of the mountain (From its cracked interior) Suki came, walking sideways on the wall, pushing the Kamehameha wave upwards with each step.

His muscles tensed, making himself nearly equal strength to the boy was probably a bad idea, seeing as he could manipulate his Ki so well. But suki was pushing it back at him, and with each step was pushing the beam closer to Nam.

The two were in an epic tussle, if either gave even a little quarter, they would find themselves on the back end of a dangerous Ki explosion, so how would this counter end?

[Nam Reikonaga]

Nam scoffed again. He didn’t believe it for a second that he actually drove Touketsuki in the side of the mountain. The lizard being seemed to have taken his time into walking out of the hole and pushing the beam back at Nam. He could feel it too, Yakedo was holding back. Because of this Nam intended to take advantage of his mockery and finish it before the other got serious.

Nam clenched his teeth and squint his eyes, straining against the pressure. He began to raise his energy, making sure he was using all his power before he stopped fueling the Kamehameha. The beam then gathered forming a ball in Yakedo’s hands, which Nam could manipulate by moving up and down; something only possibly if he gave up the possibility of adding more power. Now the beam was a blast and its power could only deteriorate in time. Nam held out both of his hands, pushing against Touketsuki’s immense power, waiting for the right time and split the single blast into smaller ones that curved around Yakedo’s hands and aimed for the face.

In that instant it was no longer necessary to keep control over the attack. Nam took out his energy sword and charged for the tail. He had failed to take Touketsuki’s life in one strike so many times he’s no longer trying it. Instead, he was going to cut him down one by one until there was nothing left of him. He arched the yellow glowing blade and slashing under the aura of his Kaioken.

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The beam continued fighting back, gritting against the rough skin on the palms of Suki's hands, that is until Nam ended his fueling of it. The lack of physical strength bouncing against him was difficult to gauge, why had he stopped fueling the attack, why wasnt it pushing against him further?

It was then that the attack began to seep through his fingers. Nam was controlling the beam in an attempt to attack him with the fullness of a blast as opposed to a beam. Suki immediately thrust down, widening his legs, and sending the chaotic wave just below him before the explosion hit, attempting to wrap up and finish the attack on Suki. Spinning several times, Suki finally built up the power and momentum to send his right leg crashing down onto the blast of energy, sending it one last time into the mountains below, causing a bright blue explosion that crippled the entire mass of stone.

Suki exhaled just in time to notice Nam's absence. He would quickly reappear behind Suki, attacking his tail, but Suki was not paying attention to what Nam was attack, only that he was in fact attempting a strike with the Ki blade. and so Suki raised his tail, shielding it with his kinetic Ki, and striking against the sword, as if both were wielding a weapon. Suki then made a swift spin to the left, attempting to crash his tail into the side of Nam's head. Surely the boy would dodge, at least any seasoned fighter would, and so once that had happened, Suki would flow upwards, and bring his right foot crashing down on the boy from whatever location he had moved to.

Their Ki tussle had quickly devolved into physical combat.

[Nam Reikonaga]

Yet again, as expected, Touketsuki blocked Nam’s attack with his shielded tail. Both energy weapons sparked for their moment of impact until the lizard removed his tail and his sword slashed harmlessly straight through the air. The tail then came back around as the foe turned, threatening to whack Nam’s head off like a baseball. Dilated eyes vanished as the swooping thick tail of meat faded into the mark of where Nam used to be.

The brunette boy was now slicing down from above with his Energy Shytou and his other hand supporting it. But Touketsuki dodged it once again like the many other attempts and soared up to the sky, promptly coming down with his right foot aimed at Nam’s back as he finished his thrust from before. Nam’s right leg was arched towards the ground below them and with a quick burst of red energy propelling it upward; his body rotated rapidly and met his leg with Yakedo’s in a bone crushing encounter.

Nam’s hair wisped in a straight line with the rotation of his movements, resembling that of a Japanese hand fan. His teeth were clenched and their legs maintained for a few quick seconds as Nam took in the pain. If Touketsuki had been on full power, his leg could have probably been a goner. Regardless, Nam did what he did best and coped with the pain, using his free left leg which was bent towards the opposite direction in order to push himself upward towards Yakedo using that same burst of energy.

Nam’s body went straight up, his right leg turning over Touketsuki’s to the point he was practically standing on it sideways, then it continued, joining with the left and standing adjacent to the white lizard as Nam rose with fist in air and aimed it at the small creatures face. It was now that Nam began to realize just how small the world’s greatest threat truly was. His energy sword had dissipated by now in order to save energy. It was the very blade that caused all of Nam’s attack to miss. The blade threatened for a deep painful cut which triggered adrenaline in the targets body and makes them manage to somehow miraculously jerk their way out of it. But now that the worry of getting sliced into pieces was out of the way, Nam might be able to invite the being into hand to hand combat and actually inflict some damage before he got serious.

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Suki couldnt help but smile, such an evenly matched fight in his most elegant form was more than enough to make this one of the greatest days he had ever had. On average he was lucky to transform once a year, as he had yet to learn how to transform directly into it from his base. So he had to work his way up, and rarely was there a time that he was pushed that far. He felt free, his body was completed, and as he fought, his leg crossed with the human, he felt at peace.

It was then that Nam released his sword piece, this would give Suki a perfect opportunity to attack. It was likely that this was Nam's intention, but from this form, a physical one on one fight would be perfect.

Unless nam was holding a constant Kaioken, which he clearly was not, his Power level would be roughly one tenth of Suki's total strength, or rather as it stood now, he was exactly 1/3 of suki's strength. Without his Kaioken this fight would slowly devolve around him, so suki walked right into the physical combat, making his first move by twirling to the right, and bringing his tail crashing down hard at nam. They were close enough to the mountain now that if Nam did in fact move out of the way, suki would likely knock the top off of the mountain.

"Is 35% to much for you!?"

The Icer asked mockingly, following the Tail strike with his fists raised and ready to fight back. Small as they may be, He would be prepared to throw any punches needed should Nam come at him, and thus would start back and form combat that would be difficult for the naked eye to follow.

[Nam Reikonaga]

Nam’s thrust went long, missing Touketsuki’s face by an inch as he twisted away with the same move as before. Damnit… he cursed under his teeth. Nam was nothing more than a play thing for this guy, fighting at a third of his strength only to entertain the half-saiyan. Why? Why was this guy so powerful? How old was he? How many years has he spent training? Nam has spent almost all his time training ever since his mother died and that happened a long time ago before he even knew of Touketsuki Yakedo’s existence. This was the only being of his kind that Nam knew of so he couldn’t compare them. Were they all this powerful? I need more power! he yelled in frustration.

In that moment, Nam’s kaioken intensified as the tail came around again and twisted his body horizontally, placing his left leg over Touketsuki’s leg and using it as a stepping stone to support a right knee to Yakedo’s face. But the lizard caught the knee; he was expecting an attack in the case that he actually dodged his tail, which slammed through the mountain. The mountain roared as the peak began to crumble down. Nam’s eyes widened in the short moment that his knee was caught in the changeling’s grasp. This monster had the ability to read minds, meaning Nam wasn’t hiding anything at all. By letting his mind roam freely he had revealed to his opponent the emotions he intended to hide.

Touketsuki knew that Nam was in turmoil on the inside, he was just pretending he didn’t know. He knew Nam admitted that he was just too weak. He knew that Nam felt inferior, and that made him even more frustrated. “DAAAAAMN YOOUUU!!” he screamed, pushing himself off of his opponent. They would soon engage in a rapid barrage of fists and knees in midair, each blocking and striking as the other countered and blocked. In all his years, Nam had always been the silent one. He never raised his voice to single soul; after all, still waters run deep. But lately, circumstances had forced him to change –or perhaps, they were simply revealing who he truly was on the inside. This wouldn’t be the first time the boy had let his rage take control. Nam may not have his tail anymore, but sometimes he truly did resemble an Oozaru.

This took him back to the time he was just starting to take fighting seriously and not just a hobby. It was one of those days and he met that little human boy, Iau –he never forgot the kids name. He was full of life, and he was the one who taught Nam how to use the Zanzoken. Who said you can’t learn from kids? But the kid died later that day, all because Nam was too choked up over his honor and refused to fight an unarmed creature with his sword. Because of his stubbornness to maintain something he now views as an illusion, the child had to die. What happened next was a blood bath. The last thing he remembered was his reflection over the blood of his victim. Thinking back, it was right here in Mt. Paozu where it all started…

Honor… it’s nothing but an illusion. A rule, a ‘moral’ created by human beings; it was one that no longer made any sense to Nam. What is honor compared to saving a friend? This wasn’t a question of right and wrong, it was one about saving those you care about from those who wish only harm upon others. Those like Touketsuki Yakedo. Why show pitty? Why feel compassion for them? He wasn’t an angel, -if he was, he’d have white fluffy wings on his back and a halo on his head.

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Laughter filled the air as the two fought in the sky, Suki at one point was using only one hand to block each of his punches, bringing up his left arm only to catch kick attempts, or to throw a solo punch out there. This fight was far to much fun for him, his power circulating throughout his body begging for sweet release, something that Suki wanted to give himself oh so badly.

"So you caught on!"

He said mockingly through laughter. Suki was in fact a mind reader, although he could not read everything. Predicting attacks was often impossible due to the concentration in the mind, but when someone was overly emotional, such as angry, or sad, Suki could read that emotion like a second vibe, flowing from his opponent. Nam's self doubt was not only plastered on him physically, but was a permanent stamp marked on the inside of his mind. Suki could see every moment that Nam had ever doubted himself. From the tournament, to his fight back home with Meishi, and even further to his training with Kami. He knew not what these events were, or who they were, all he heard were the premature voices of Nam wondering how he was going to do it, and the doubt brought a flavor to suki's spirit that he would never forget.

It caused suki to reminisce of the tournament he had held, He remembered the fight Nam had with the Zach. He remembered it well as it was the only preliminary fight that didnt make sense to him. He had wanted to place the blond with King Boliko to match their talents, and yet this brunette stepped up and ruined everything, or so he had thought. Nam put on such a glorious spectical that even when Suki was placing his bets, he could not decide a solid victor, and so when he fell, although Zach had won, the abilities of Nam were caught by the Icer.

Yes as strange as it seems, winning the fight was not the only thing Suki had wanted out of a fighter, and so Nam's self doubt had been just that all along, 'Self' doubt. From the begining everyone had faith in him, his teachers, his Kami, his friends, and even the creature who stood, playing with his attacks like they were nothing more than a childs game. But it was time to end this charade.

"You have been fun Nam, but I think its time for you to die....45%"

Jumping nearly 100,000 in power level, Suki's tail became surrounded by offensive Ki, and within a split second, Suki was twisting around just like he had before, this time aiming for the young man's chest. If he hit, the projection would send Nam into the mountain, that was now missing its cap. The impact as far as Suki was concerned would be enough to kill the poor bastard, as humans were so soft and fleshy around their heart, minus that annoying rib cage that would be so instantly shattered. And Nam would die, having doubted his abilities because in reality, he had been right all along.

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“I don’t get why they’re wasting so much time… I came to kill Touketsuki Yakedo and that’s that!”

As always Bass was a reckless guy. He didn’t waste time like the others he charged towards the largest concentration of energy he felt on this planet. His attention was caught by another though, which suddenly spawned far away, but he was already so close to the current one he decided to ignore it and keep going. But… is there someone even stronger than Touketsuki? Nah… That was probably King Boliko wasting time or something. The young namekian was pretty reckless indeed. He was so focused on killing Touketsuki that he didn’t stop to think about how much was wrong with his reasoning. It made no sense, yet he wasn’t going to waste time dwelling in it.

Another point that seemed to just pass the three eyed namekian was the fact that his power level was incredibly outclassed by many others mainly, his target. But Bass thought those were mundane details that meant nothing, he’d come through. After all, he’s the next in line to become the head of the Namekian Warrior Clan and nobody was going to take that from him. If something happened, all the pummeling he’ll receive would unlock some sort of hidden potential he had, -or so, that’s what he thought. Bass was the protagonist of this story and he’d let everyone know this. All the time he spent training in that gravity machine thing wasn’t going to be in vain. He was going to destroy Touketsuki Yakedo and bring his head home as a trophy.

Arriving to the designated area, he powered down and decided to walk from then on. He didn’t want them to see him coming so he masked his incredibly powerful aura that would have certainly not been drowned under the all the power emanating from the earth. It was amazing that this planet was still standing with so many high power levels spread across it –namely, Bass’ power. He couldn’t help but smirk smugly as he walked triumphantly towards his destiny. All he needed was a title and a cape. It was so exciting!

He arrived. In the air, seemed to have been two warriors fighting, they were moving so fast that Bass could barely follow them –even with his third eye. A drop of sweat ran down the namekian as he took cover behind a mountain, a nervous grin on his face. Umm… Maybe that guy will beat Touketsuki and THEN Bass would take the head home? Nah! He took a glimpse of the brunette fighting the lizard, he didn’t look like he’d hold out. Bass was definitely going to beat Touketsuki up to a pulp. Bass would just wait until they tired each other out and BAM! Right in the kisser!

[Nam Reikonaga]

Touketsuki’s laughter was more of an echo to Nam’s screams as they were much louder and reverberated all over Mt. Paozu. The frustrated half-saiyan fought with everything he had, but it just didn’t seem to be enough. He wished he couldn’t sense people’s power levels like Zach, so he could fight without the burden of knowing he won’t win anyway. It didn’t take too long for the airborne battle to become mobile. The two would soar through the sky vertically while fighting; going up and down, side to side, breaking through mountain tops and making tunnels under their base –moving at a speed that no eye could follow. It was an invisible fight, one nobody would know of but the handful of warriors that had fallen in battle and the few that survived.

Nam made one thrust towards the face, but Yakedo simply tilt his head to the side, evading it while blocking Nam’s other hand with his hands and a knee with the same hand; all the while wearing that smug grin on his face. The thing was having the time of his life! Meanwhile Nam became more flustered every time. Nothing but talk! Going to kill who –Touketsuki? Pfft! He couldn’t even lay one hair on the thing –and Nam’s hair was LONG. He tried to fight harder and harder every moment that passed, but regardless of the power and precision behind his attacks, Touketsuki Yakedo didn’t break a sweat! He just kept on laughing away, mocking Nam’s existence.

“You have been fun Nam, but I think it’s time for you to die… 45%”

The brunette’s eyes dilated as his body bent towards the left by the force of the lizard’s gruesome tail. It all happened so fast Nam only got a glimpse of Touketsuki’s smug face one last time, leaving nothing but a spray of blood behind, before he was propelled towards a mountain. The impact of his body to the mountain bore a whole to the edge of where its peak once stood and Nam was left sitting up straight; his head low, and what was left of the mountain supporting his back. Blood dripped from his mouth, his hair covered most of his face as his hands dangled to his sides.

Who was he kidding? ”I’ll kill you!” Pffft! They were empty words in every sense. Nam couldn’t lift a finger to this guy and he knew it, he knew it ever since he first met him. But he needed to act strong; he needed to show everyone that their faith in him weren’t in vain. He wanted to live up to their expectations and show the world –and himself, what he was capable of. But he couldn’t even beat Zach and Zach lost at least three times to this guy, what does that mean for Nam? At least Zach survived, but it wouldn’t be the case for Nam.

Nam coughed out blood, his whole body shaking only to worsen the pain. How many times had he used Kaioken by now? For a move that was meant to never be used, Nam depended on it quite a lot. In fact, the only reason he could even stand up to Zach was because of the Kaioken; even with the Holy Water he received from Kami, he was just barely at the same level. All along Nam was the weakest of the bunch, even though at a certain moment he felt stronger. But in the end he was just a college kid pretending to be the world’s savior.

As the clouds moved on, Nam opened his eyes and looked at the sky to greet the sun which bathed his skin in its warmth, the only peace he could feel in this cold and lonesome place. Tears of sadness and frustration showered down like razor blades. In the end, he truly couldn’t do anything.

Nam gasped, but only slightly; almost non-existent. It was more of a sudden inhale after realizing he had stopped breathing for a moment, but along with that breath he found the resolve to push himself up. He was going to die. That was inevitable. But he wasn’t going to die laying on a cold piece of rock, Touketsuki would have to take his life –otherwise, Nam would keep trying until the life was taken out of him. He wasn’t going to simply wait for death.

The brunette mumbled a bit, rocking his body slightly in order to shift his powerless body and focus its weight towards one direction. His right hand clasped onto the rocky surface and he would lamely turn his body, placing his left in to add the support. His hands shook violently threatening to collapse –and he almost did, but caught himself in time with a grunt and pushed himself from the floor. Nam remained idly for a few seconds, finding his balance until it felt safe to move without falling back down and used the rocks sticking out of the walls to support him as he walked.

He gazed towards the sky, where Touketsuki was. He wasn’t glaring, or anything like that, -he didn’t have the energy for that. He just plainly looked at him. The red aura of his Kaioken activated, flaring widely for a few seconds and then shutting right off. Nam squint his eyes and tried again, his body tensing up, but the lighter had no more fuel. His aura would just flicker, but it never got back on again and while he kept straining to try, his legs fell on him.



He was now back on the ground with his hands forward, clenching on the pieces of rocks. “D-Damn it!” he managed. In his defenseless state all he could do is rejoice and pass through the memories of his new found friends, but IT was still there. Touketsuki Yakedo was in every picture and he could only remember them in their pained faces. He could imagine their voices and their thoughts, “You’ve failed us…” –And Zach, he never could tell him that Nam was really half-saiyan. The blond teen was floating in the ocean somewhere: “You stupid monkey…” he’d say, as the ocean swallowed him into the abyss.

“Damn it!” he repeated. His grip tightening on the rubble he stood on, his death bed. The cold wind around him intensified and swirled, lifting debris along with it. His long brown hair showed the intention of riding with the wind, but they were struggling. Nam’s body flickered again, his pupils disappearing and reappearing –that golden aura, but he wasn’t aware. All Nam saw was failure.

”Did you ever… just want to explode and push away everything around you…? Isolate yourself from society and crawl into a ball? Push away everything that makes you… makes you…?”

“DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!” he yelled out, the structures around him crumbling beneath him, his body didn’t fall though, it remained floating in the same spot as the entire mountain began to collapse to the ground. His mind was racing, the plateau roared and the winds all turned against Touketsuki Yakedo. Black clouds gathered to rotate around, Mt. Paozu darkening as lightning flashed and the roar of thunder filled the sky. Pillars of light were all that could be seen from the sun; it was those pillars that brought hope in a time of darkness such as this.

“I NEED MORE POWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Every inch of the area was shaking with the reverberating voice of a single person screaming his lungs out. It was that frustration, the thought that he couldn’t do anything, that he let everyone down, that they all died believing he could do something only to die in vain to the very end. It was that intense desire to be someone, to mean something –to matter. It was that human side of every creature and living thing that called out to the universe asking for the chance to make something of themselves. It was that thing which many try to shove away, emotion, what most see as a weakness, that indescribable and powerful thing –the words, which disarm a soul and takes everything away from them without the fight even starting.

”You…?

*BOOM*

Another display of power, taking away whatever remained of the mountain; a sonic boom, a shock wave, a force expelling from the saiyan’s body that pushed everything physical and mental away; and before long, in front of Touketsuki Yakedo, the world’s biggest threat as of yet, stood a warrior of golden blond hair that spiked towards the bottom. A man with turquoise eyes, focused on one target, intense eyes just like before and a golden aura flaring lively around him. It was Nam –at last, the Super Saiyan.