NOVEL NEXT Chapter 11: Brotherly Bonding
The party entered the chamber, and set around the large banquet table in order with Hakurei and Bulma at the head, followed by Lucien and Scallio on the left with Goku, Gohan, and Raditz on the right-hand side. Bulma's mother Bikini and several of the house maids delivered the feast, consisting of Steak, Ham, Rotisserie Chicken, Turkey, and bevies of different vegetable casseroles. The saiyans of the group immediately jumped into consuming the meal with outright haste, while others ate with good table manners.
"Brother, how about we test ourselves with a spar? I'd love to see how much I've grown and it'll be great Saiyan bonding!" Offered Raditz after having finished an entire turkey leg by himself in moments. Goku, having devoured some ham and green bean casserole, looked up and nodded sheepishly, "Yeah sure Raditz, that sounds like a great idea! We can use one of the training arenas here at Capsule Corp, it'll minimize any damage to surroundings."
Hearing this, Raditz slowed and then stopped the devouring of his food and with a smile, motioned for Goku to show him the way. Goku stood up from the table and head out then walked over to one of the larger arenas where he would begin warming up with stretching and such while Raditz removed his armored breastplate. Back in the banquet room, Hakurei pulled up a remote and activated the room's holoprojector so the others could watch. Goku powered himself to full energy, which Raditz' scouter read at sixty-nine thousand which was quite respectable for an earthling but could not contend with the full power of Raditz. The Saiyan powered to half energy, wanting to keep this interesting, then lunged powerfully towards Son Goku.
Goku quickly backpedaled, lashing out with a high kick that slammed into the defending arms of Raditz before both sent a blitz of punches towards the other. Raditz was pushed back slowly, but landed a powerful punch to the sternum that knocked Goku back. Before Raditz could further capitalize, however, Goku utilized the Zanzoken technique to vanish before releasing a stream of Ki blasts towards Raditz and kicked up dust everywhere. Raditz lunged through the dust and punched Goku square in the forehead. Goku yelled suddenly, expelling Ki from his body which forced Raditz away.
"Huh… Well that was quite the workout but I'm done warming up!" Shouted Raditz, his energy climbing to it's max. Raditz then lunged towards Goku, blitzing him with the superior power, and yet there were times when Goku would dodge and counter thanks to Zanzoken. Raditz was truly driving Goku to his limit, however, and finished by gathering Ki in both hands and unleashing dual purple beams while yelling, slamming into Goku's single blue energy beam as he shouted in response. The 'Double Sunday' continued to clash with Goku's 'Kamehameha' until the two beams finally burst through and landed on Goku's chest. Goku was sent flying as a result and landed on dirt.
Pulling himself to his feet, Goku seethed in anger that his brother was this much stronger than him, but Raditz was just glowering that finally there was a Saiyan he could defeat. As he was caught up in his victory, Raditz missed Goku flying towards him at Mach Two. Goku landed his attack, knocking the wind out of his brother and following up with a furious flurry of strikes that landed home, but at last Raditz threw his own fists into the mix once more. Raditz sent a powerful punch into his brother's chest that knocked Goku back, then followed up with a withering barrage of Ki blasts. Finally, Goku was knocked out cold and a pair of maids quickly entered the arena to retrieve Goku and bring him to the infirmary. The green Namekian, Piccolo Jr, stood in the doorway as Goku was carried out. Raditz' scouter picked up a small signature of three-hundred. He boasted, thinking Jr weak. "Do you want a piece of me too, Namekian?"
"I want the whole thing." Was Piccolo's response, shedding his weighted clothing to reveal the purple and blue gi as he stepped casually into the arena. Piccolo's energy skyrocketed to a modest ninety-thousand in an instant, bringing the Saiyan Raditz back to his senses. Both assumed fighting stances and prepared to make the first move. Piccolo then released three bursts of Ki towards Raditz who had leaped into a full charge towards the Namekian. Two of the bursts cleared past the Saiyan though the last struck him dead center. Raditz fell to the ground, and Piccolo raised his arms to manifest seven orbs of Ki floating about. Each time Raditz attempted to stand up, an orb of Ki would track and blow him back down. Raditz shouted as he finally stood up. "DAMN, Finally green bean! Now fuck off!"