Rick jumped out of the way just in time, and the axe slammed into the cave floor slicing deep down. But as Rick recovered and turned around, he received a large fist to the face, and Naspha's charge was also blocked, and he suffered the same fate as Rick. While the Minotaur's back was turned, Aura placed her palms together and small surges of lightning started flowing around. She stuck both palms out, and released a large bolt of electricity surging towards the beast. To her delight, the bolt hit exactly where she wanted, slamming him right in the back. But, to her discontent, it had no effect. The beast's head turned with a sly grin on his face.
"Is that the best u can do little girl? That tickled. Could you do it again? I have an itch on my lower back that I can't reach." He then spun around and threw out his arm, shooting a large trailed fireball from his hideous hand. It moved to quick for Aura to manage a defense, and it struck her straight in her abdomen, exploding, and throwing her into a cave wall. She hit the wall hard, making a large crack in it. She fell lifeless to the floor, as Naspha arose from his lying position. He brought his head up just in time, to see her hit the wall, and crash to the ground. He clenched his teeth, and punched the ground, then jump into the air, and jump kicked the beast from behind. The minotaur mearly staggered forward slightly, and Naspha fell hard to the ground.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Yeah right." He said to himself as he got up to rub his leg. He moved out of the way just in time, as the minotaur's hoof smashed into the ground, but received a sharp blow to his head from the other hoof. Rick was already up, and running full speed towards the beast. He jumped high into the air, and brought his hand behind his head, and slammed it down, right into the minotaur's hand! His attempt to rail the beast in the head, was blocked by the creature, and with a quick flex of his muscle, the minotaur picked Rick up by his wrist, and threw him into the kneeling form of Naspha. They both crashed backwards, as Aura finally got back onto her feet. She saw the injured Rick and Naspha, and ran towards the minotaur with anger burning in her eyes.
"Hurt my man will ya"? she said as he jumped high into the air, and stuck out her leg in a jump kick position. The minotaur turned his head, and his eyes grew wide, then was slammed in the head by Aura's kick. His head flew back, and he stumbled backwards, only to receive a blow to the gut, and a sweep kick, knocking his legs out from under him, and he landed on the ground with a loud thud. Rick and Naspha stood wide-eyed, amazed at the feat Aura had just pulled off. She smiled and commented,
"What? Even I can do some damage some time can't I?" Rick smiled and looked at Naspha. But, Aura jumped to the protection of Rick and Naspha as the minotaur regained his legs. He left out a loud snarl.
"You damn kids, you're gonna pay for that." He got up, and placed his axe in front of him, and it began to glow, then flare a light purple. He raised it over his head, then sliced it down forward, letting lose a large purple fireball, at incredible speed. They all managed to jump out of the way, but the force of the blast hitting the floor sent them all flying forward, vulnerable to the minotaur's attacks. And the minotaur exploited this chance with full force. Flying over to Naspha, and railing him in the gut, then smashing him with both clenched fists sending him crashing into the cave floor. Then he flew over to Rick, kneeing him in the gut, and punching him back into one of the cave's walls. Then he managed to grab Aura, and throw her into ceiling spike, breaking it off, and sending her to the ground. And he did this all before anyone of them hit the ground. He slowly lowered back to the ground, and laughed as he saw his opponents spewed all over the cave.
"Come on kids is that the best you can do? Please, this isn't even a workout." He made his way over to Naspha, and kicked him in the chest, to stop him from trying to get back up. He kept his foot on his chest, and applied pressure to make sure he wouldn't try again. "And what about you? You're the strongest one here, and you haven't even laid a finger on me. What's the matter am I too fast for you?" as he finished saying that, he brought up his leg, and slammed it down onto Naspha's chest, smiling at scream of pain he let out. He did it again, and was about to do it once more, when a blast in the back, sent him tripping over Naspha, and crashing face first to the floor. Naspha slowly turned his head to see Rick, standing with his arm outstretched, and Aura kneeling by him, holding her arm. He smiled, and rolled over, then got up, and limped over to his buddies.
"I have an idea guys. When he gets up, all three of us fire our biggest blasts right at the same time. On the count of 3 ready?" they all nodded. "1, 2….." the minotaur got up, rubbing his face.
"Owwww, I'm gonna kill that kid."
"3!!!!!!!!!" Naspha threw out his hands releasing a huge blue trailed fireball, Rick released a red one from his palm, and Aura threw out a large bolt of lightning from her combined palms. The blasts flew side by side, and lit up the cave as they sped towards the beast. The minotaur looked up, just in time for the combined blasts to barrel him in the chest, with a mammoth explosion, that seared off some of his flesh, and throwing him through the back wall, out into the dead of night. It was the middle of the night outside, and the moon was shining bright, and was reflecting off a small stream, and the light was streaming on Naspha. It blinded him at first, but after a few seconds, an intense pain shot through his entire body. He grabbed his head, and dropped to his knees screaming. Aura bent down and placed her hands on his shoulders.
"What's wrong Naspha? What's going on?" she then looked down as his pants tore in the rear, revealing his long, brown, Saiyan tail. The light of the moon shown on his tail, which caused him to sit up, and let out a louder scream then before. Aura and Rick dropped their jaws in horror, and Aura got back up, and slowly backed up away from Naspha. They just stood and watched, as his clothes eventually tore off, revealing brown shaggy fur, instead of smooth pale flesh. His mouth started to stick out into a muzzle, and his eyes turned a deep orange. And as the fur grew, so did Naspha's size. Aura let out a scream, as Naspha's ears transformed into pointy brown ears, and his teeth grew out into fangs. He let out what was a mix between a scream and a roar, and everyone in the cave even the minotaur, sat back as they watched Naspha transform from a young handsome warrior, to a mammoth roaring fur covered beast. The transformation was finally complete, and he was now a 50 foot short haired were-monkey, with pointy ears, huge dripping fangs, a long thick tail, and a nasty earth shaking roar. But that was not the only problem. The transformation made Naspha uncontrollable, and he started shooting out thick ki blasts from his monstrous mouth, blowing to bits anything that got in it's way. The minotaur slapped a sly grin on his face, and took this oppurtunity to attack his stunned opponents. He charged at Aura, and knocked her in the stomach while she was still staring in awe at her partner. She yelled in pain, which ripped Rick's attention from Naspha, to the merciless attacker. He sweep kicked one of the minotaur's legs, then while he was stumbling, elbowed him straight in the jaw, sending him once again to the floor. He then, jumped over him, and grabbed Aura around the waste, and jumped her to a clear, safe spot. Naspha was still going crazy, letting out mouth blasts left and right. After a few blasts, he ran straight through the rear wall, and ran off towards the mountains.
"Where's Naspha going?" Aura said with tears forming in her eyes. Rick didn't reply, just proceded to tell his attack plan to Aura. After he was done, she nodded, and they both stood up. They both disappeared for a minute, leaving the minotaur puzzled and looking for his adversaries. It was silence except for occasional soft blasts coming from somewhere in the far back of the mountains. Apparently, Naspha was still out of control. Then with a shot, Rick came zooming in, kicking the minotaur in the gut, and Aura delivering a jump kick to the head, making the minotaur slam against what was left of the back wall. Then they both turned around, and released palm blasts, striking him in the chest, sending him backwards, destroying the last remains on the back wall. Rick and Aura's celebrating was interrupted, by the minotaur flying back into the cave, being pushed by a huge blast. He fell to the floor, and Rick and Aura looked towards the opening, to see Naspha still transformed, jump into the cave on one foot, then hop over the two young warriors, and landing near the minotaur. The creature, by now very badly bruised and beaten, got up, with intense anger in his eyes. With a huge snarl, he charged up his ax again, and released another purple blast heading towards Naspha. He managed to jump partially to safety, but the beam cut through his tail, leaving a large chunk falling to the floor, and Naspha deforming, then crashing to the ground, naked. He was unconsious for the moment, but that wasn't the only damage done by the blast. The beam kept speeding forward, but unfortunately, Rick didn't see it. He cringed in intense pain, as the beam pierced right through his chest, exploding his heart, and spurting out blood from the gaping hole going straight through his body. He was shot backwards, and bounced twice before landing, the blood accumulating very quickly, under his open chest. Aura let out a piercing scream, and ran over to Rick, shaking him to try in a pathetic attempt to revive her friend. Aura's scream made Naspha's head shoot up, from then bent position he was in, trying to put some spare clothes back on he got from his torn bag. He looked down to see Aura in her bent position, trying to cover up the wound, with pieces of her clothing. His eyes got wider and wider, as he got closer to his severly injured friend. He bent down, next to Aura, and slowly Rick's eyes opened.
"Naspha……Aura……I'm passing into another dimension. Looks like that damn minotaur finally got a piece of me. Heh. I just can't believe this is the end, we've….grown so close these pasts years and months. I'm gonna miss you guys a lot. Try to go on without me. And do me a favor guys. Get that beast for me. I'll never forget you, or the times we've been through. See ya." After his last breath and cough, Rick lay his head down, and died.
Aura straddled his head in her hands, as tears began running down her cheeks. Naspha stood up slowly, clenched his teeth, and looked at the minotaur with an anger more intense than the heat of the sun.
"You killed Rick. I'll get revenge on you, you BASTARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he ran forward at an incredible speed, and disappeared as the minotaur swung his ax. He looked confused, until the look was knocked off his face by a fist from Naspha, then a kick to the stomach, and an uppercut knocking him into the air, then falling down. But he never reached the ground, as Naspha jumped into the air, and delivered a knee to the creature's back, then an elbow in the stomach, sending him to his original destination on the ground. In the background, Aura was trying her best to revive Rick with her Aura Healing Power, but to no avail. With every failed attempt, the tears ran more and more steadily down, with Aura not caring who was winning the fight. The fight between the minotaur and Naspha, was getting more intense by the minute. Fists and legs were flying everywhere, being blocked and hit in intervals. Naspha received a blow, but countered with three of his own. The minotaur then struck with a kick in Naspha's ribs, and a punch to the face, but before falling back, he Naspha blasted the minotaur's chest with a small fireball. They both stumbled back, the minotaur and Naspha both obviously exhausted, and injured badly. The minotaur, then once again attempted his ax technique. The ax flared, and he shot out another purple blast, only this time, much faster and bigger. Naspha barely managed to evade the attack, with the blast tearing off a piece of his new clothing. He landed from the jump, and looked back to see the beast's blast, pierce through the shoulder of the unprepared Aura, still trying to nurse Rick back to health. The shoulder blade was ripped off, and Aura fell backwards, gripping her shoulder in pain. Naspha let out a scream of aggravation.
"Not again. I've seen too many of my friends injured and killed in this cave, I won't let you take another one." He flexed every muscle in his body as much as he could, until the veins were bulging from beneath his skin. He concentrated hard, making sweat form, and stream down his brow. A bluish aura surrounded him, as he started screaming, and it grew larger and larger as his screaming got louder. Finally he finished screaming, and the energy surrounding him, made it look like his was lit a fire with a blue flame. His power lit the entire cave, and grabbed Aura's attention. After a second or two, Aura jumped back as she sensed Naspha's power level.
"How could it be 10,000?" She let out a small gasp in horror mixed with awe. Naspha then stared down his foe, and said not a word, just proceeded again to yell, as with a quick motion of his arms, he threw forward his wrist-to-wrist palms, releasing a huge blast that could've never been imagined by Aura or Naspha. The minotaur stepped back in complete shock, and dropped his ax in terror. The blast Naspha let loose, was a huge blue trailed fireball, with a red stripe, and a white stripe, encircling the entire tail of it. Also out of his hands, came a black mist almost, with covered a wider area then the fireball, and had small rectangular energy piercers, that shot out in all directions. All this time Naspha remained screaming at the top of his lungs, the blue flame still surrounding his entire body. The black mist was the first to hit the minotaur, with the small rectangle blasts, slicing through parts of his shoulders, arms, legs, and upper torso. Slowly, but surely, there came the fireball. It hit with a tremendous force, and enveloped the entire body of the minotaur. The encircling trails, cut straight through his body, and finally, the blast destroyed the minotaur. There was a large explosion, sending bits and pieces of the minotaur everywhere. Naspha remained standing in his blast position, with his hands charred and black, and him trying to catch his breath. He dropped his arms back to his sides, then collapsed on the floor. Aura yipped, and ran over to her collapsed boyfriend. She shook Naspha telling him to get up, that the enemy was defeated. Naspha let out a small giggle. "I think I over did it a little bit. Kyiak told me not to release the energy inside me, or it could destroy me, but I guess this was the only way to beat that thing. I have used all the energy in my body. I'm too weak to do anything. I think my time's up."
"No Naspha, don't say things like that." She said tearing and holding onto his hand.
"I'm sorry Aura, but I guess in order for me to beat this guy, I had to sacrifice myself. I hope you'll understand that. Don't worry Aura, I'm sure one day we'll meet again. I really enjoyed every moment with you, and I knew that I wanted to be with you, as soon as I saw you. I guess pretty soon I'll be in another dimension with Rick. Heh, I'll tell him you say hi. See ya around Aura. I'm really gonna miss you." his eyelids closed slowly, and his body faded as he passed into another dimension. Aura couldn't hold it anymore, and let out a scream of Naspha's name, as she let loose all her tears, stream down her face. She was the only one to survive the Cave of Oblivion, but at this point, she wished she were gone too.
"A couple days after losing my life in the cave, the planet of Vegeta was destoyed by Freeza. Luckily, Aura and Kyiak left the planet the next day. They were trying to get away from the memories. They flew to the planet Nemish, and lived there together for a while. That's when they first encountered Den." All of the Z warriors, were sitting down, listening intently to the tail being told by Naspha.
"Oh crap!" Gohan yelled looking at his watch. "I should've been at the lab 10 minutes ago. I got to go guys. Nice meeting you Naspha, see ya." He waved, then jumped into the air, and flew off in a zip of speed.
"But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let me tell you of my experience in heaven."