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Post by Xyex on Jan 17, 2005 23:44:45 GMT -5
Chapter Two - A Legend is Born
Capsule Corp:
Goku, Piccolo, Chi-Chi, Bulma, Vegeta, Krillin, 18, Tien, and Yamcha all sat gathered in the large dinning room within Capsule Corp. It hadn't taken long for Goku to track down the Ki's of the others and gather them together. "So, what's this all about Goku?" Krillin asked.
"Well... Piccolo, Gohan, Videl, and I are all planning something of a... trip." Goku began. "To the South Galaxy."
"What!?" Chi-Chi cried. "What for?"
Goku leaned back in his chair and looked over to Vegeta. "Well. While I was dead I learned something. There's a few million Saiya-jins living in the South Galaxy."
"WHAT!" Vegeta cried in shock. "How?"
Grinning Goku explained everything to Vegeta and the others. "So, Gohan, Videl, and I decided to go lend them all a hand. We'll stop Furnace and Oven first, then just catch up with them. We decided that on the way back we're going to stop by New Namek too and say hello to everyone there. We thought you guys might like to come along too."
Bulma sat there looking at him for a moment before smilling. "You know Goku, that sounds like fun." she said. "Like the old days when we went off to Namek!"
Vegeta smriked. "And I have to meet these other Saiya-jins, and as the Saiya-jin Prince it's my duty to free them."
"I missed out on the last trip to space, I'm not missing this one." Yamcha said grinning.
"Count me in too." Tien said with a nod.
In moments they were all agreed. They'd be leaving that night for Saiya. They sat and talked about what they'd do when they got there for a few moments before Dende's voice broke into their minds. "Um... guys..." he said tenatively. "I think we... uh, may have a small problem..."
"Hmm? What do you mean Dende?" Goku asked looking up.
"Well... I was watching Gohan and Videl track down the boys... Um... Goten and Trunks summoned Shenron...." Dende took a deep breath. "Their first wish was for food... their second was for fun and excitement... After that the boys, Gohan, and Videl... well, they vanished."
"Vanished!" Chi-Chi cried. "What do you mean vanished!"
"Just that." Dende said. "They just vanished. The Dragon must have sent them somewhere."
Everyone glanced at each other across the table. It was Piccolo that spoke. "I bet the Dragon sent them to the South Galaxy. That's where all the excitement is going to be." he shook his head. "I feel sorry for those other Saiya-jins, having to put up with those two boys for at least six months."
"Well, looks like our little trip is also a rescue mission now." Krillin said with a sigh.
"Ya but... which of them needs rescuing? The boys or the Saiya-jins?" Tien asked.
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Post by Xyex on Jan 17, 2005 23:45:36 GMT -5
Unknown Location:
"Oooh, my head." Gohan muttered reaching up and rubbing his aching forhead. He sat up and shook his head slowly to shake out the cobwebs. A sudden rush of power hit his senses and brought him to alert quickly. The power was huge! Not something that would be a problem for him but still massive, and unknown. He looked about quickly and his eyes widened. "Where in the world..." he muttered.
The world about him was not the same as it had been a few moments before. Instead of a forrest clearing he was in a rocky cannyon. Videl laid a few feet away still out cold, Goten and Trunks were a few feet further away and also out of it. That's when Gohan noticed the unconcious form of Onyx. A few footsteps drew his attention the other way and he saw Ruby walking toward them rubbing her head muttering something. He didn't have a clue who they were or where they were.
He ignored the large man on the ground and the stumbling woman and went over to check on Videl first. As he knelt down beside her her eyes started opening. "Ah, good, you're okay." He said helping her up. By the time she was on her feet so were Goten and Trunks.
"Oh boy Trunks... look at this! Where are we?" Goten asked looking around.
"I don't know idiot!" Trunks said. "And all the food is gone too!" Trunks saw Ruby helping Onyx up. "Oh joy, they came too." he said frowning.
"Came where? Where are we kid?" Ruby asked glaring.
"I just said I d..."
"Gohan!" Goten cheered seeing his brother for the first time. He ran over to him and jumped up onto him hugging him. Gohan was more focused on the large powers he could sense. There was the first one still, and a second one that was much smaller but still quite large. It had been a while since he'd felt unkown powers around this level... the lower one was stronger than his father's base, the high one though... at least as powerful as Vegeta's Super Saiya-jin form. "Big brother?" Goten asked looking up at him.
"I'm okay squirt." Gohan said looking off toward where he could sense the high powers. "We need to figure out what's going on, our best bet would be those powers off that way."
Goten and Trunks both turned to look and their eyes widened. "Oh wow, they're pretty strong!" Goten said jumping back down to the ground. "Should we go check it out Gohan?"
The older Saiya-jin nodded. "Yeah. They may know where we are." Gohan turned and looked over to where the two people he didn't know where. They were talking into a radio of sorts but weren't getting anything but stattic. "You two coming with us?" he asked.
"But Gohan!" Trunks cried. "They're bad guys! They worked for someone named Jewel and they were trying to take over the universe!"
Gohan glanced down at Trunks for a moment. "Ya, but you got them into this mess." he said. "So we have to get them back out. So," he looked back over to the other two. "You coming?"
"May as well." Onyx said pitching his radio away. "Got nothing better to do. The name's Onyx, this is..."
"Ruby." she said flicking her hair behind her shoulder and brushing off some dirt. "But this little alliance is only temporary. Once we figure out where we are and how to get back it's over."
Gohan smirked. "Sure, whatever. Though I think you'll re-think that eventually...."
"Holy shit!" Onyx cried looking off into the distance, finally sensing the two powers. "Those powers are huge! You want to go over there? Are you nuts? The kid could handle the weaker but that other...."
Gohan shook his head. "Don't worry, I'm a lot stronger." he said lifting into the air. Ruby and Onyx glanced at each other as Videl, Goten, and Trunks took off after Gohan, and then they followed too. They'd not gone very far before flashes of battle became evident in the distance. It was soon obvious that whoever the weaker person was they were fighting the stronger one.
A few seconds later they heard a deep laugh and then a voice calling out from the battlefield. "Is that all you've got?" the voice laghed, the sound sending chills down Gohan's spine. "I thought I'd get more of a challange from the King of all Saiya-jins! You are a weakling!"
"Weakling!" another voice shouted back as Gohan waved everyone down to land. He peered around a rock outcropping and his eyes widened in shock. Floating in the air less the fifty yards away were two men. One was blue and almost twelve foot tall. He looked something like a Namek with scales. He wore dark purple full body armor vaugely reminescent of those worn by Frieza's men.
The other was unmistakably Vegeta... but not. He looked almost exactly like Vegeta but his skin was much darker in color and his hair was shorter though just as spikey. He was also a good foot taller than Vegeta and more muscular in appearance. He was wearing something that put Gohan in mind of light blue Gi.
"You heard me." the blue man replied. "King Vegeta, ruler of the Saiya-jins, is a weakling! Just like all the rest of your pathetic race." The man suddenly grinned. "I can't believe a creature like you defeated my elites!"
Vegeta growled. "If I still had my tail I'd show you just how 'weak' I am Muck!"
Muck laughed again. "Your tail? Oh yes, that giant ape thing I saw on the transmissions. Such a weakness, those tails. Cut them off and your reduced to even more pathetic nothings than you already are!" Muck reached up and rubbed his chin as though in thought. "Though I must admit, your females are nice to look at. Perhaps once I've killed you I'll take a few of them with me. That one that was on your arm when I got here was quite the..."
"You leave my Mate alone!" Vegeta screamed thrusting his arms forward. There was a brilliant flash of purple as a massive stream of energy surged toward Muck. Gohan had to sheild his eyes from the glow. Muck just grinned and let it hit him head on. Vegeta floated there panting as the smoke cleared from around the alien who was still unharmed.
Muck smirked. "Just for that I will take her. And when I'm done with her I'll kill her slowly and painfully." Gohan started to step out from where he stood when he heard a low growl coming from the man apparently named Vegeta. He also felt his power fluxing madly.
"Over my... dead... BODY!" he screamed as he threw his arms and head back. His purple aura flared massively and swirled about madly lifting rocks into the air. Gohan turned as he heard a startled gasp and grabed the boys by the feet so they wouldn't float off too. Turning back he saw sparks of gold coming from Vegeta and then a blinding flash of golden yellow. When the light died it revealed two very startled people. Muck's eyebrows were raised as he stared at Vegeta curious and Vegeta was looking down at himself in shock.
"Hmmm, now what is this?" Muck asked cocking his head to the side. "This is new...."
"You're telling me..." Vegeta muttered before looking up and grinning. "Well, I don't know what the hell just happened, the Kai's must like me, because I have more than enough power to kill you now. I can feel it coursing through my body."
Muck laughed. "Yeah, sure. One transformation doesn't give someone that much pow..." He was cut off as Vegeta slammed a fist into his face. Vegeta was nothing but a blur of gold to anyone but Gohan and after only a few seconds he stopped leaving a very worn and battered Muck glaring at him, an arm missing as Vegeta was holding it.
Vegeta smirked. "You were saying, Namek?" he asked tossing the arm away.
Gohan shook his head. "This is... bizzare! The blue guy is a Namek? And the other is Vegeta? But... what's going on?!" The half Saiya-jin shook his head still not entirely sure what was happening or what to do exactly. A deep growl from Muck caught his attention and he turned his eyes that way.
Muck's growl turned into a roar as another arm, much to Vegeta's shock, shot out of his body to replacing the missing one. "You little! That's it! Time for you to die!"
Vegeta smirked as he regained his composure. "Sure... whatever you say Muck." he laughed as he cracked his neck. "You're not just fighting any Saiya-jin here, you're fighting a...." Vegeta's smirk widened. "A Super Saiya-jin!"
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Post by Xyex on Jan 17, 2005 23:46:05 GMT -5
"I don't care what you are!" Muck roared raising an arm above his head. Black energy began to gather above his open palm and form into a massive Ki Ball. "Unlike me, you can't survive without Oxygen! I'll just turn this entire rock into space dust!"
Vegeta's smirk vanished and his eyes widened. There was a flash of gold about him as he prepared to attack again but Muck brought his arm down and the energy ball plumeted toward the planet. Gohan didn't even stop to think about it, he was moving before Vegeta had even processed what was about to happen. In seconds he appeared below the attack and caught it with one hand holding it above the ground with ease. He looked up at Muck and narrowed his eyes before pushing the attack harmlessly off into space.
Vegeta stared down at him in wonder, his power was high but not nearly high enough to have so easily dealt with that attack. It didn't matter though, he could tell they were on the same side, that was enough. "Odd though, he looks like a Saiya-jin but I've never seen him before... perhaps he's from Sugara's side of the planet... but I didn't think there was anyone over there that powerfull. Well, I'll worry about that later. First things first." He turned his eyes back toward Muck and smirked again. Without warning he thrust his arms forward and Muck was engulfed in a stream of golden energy that completely obliterated him.
Muck dealt with he dropped down and joined the others at the cannyon bottom as he reverted back to normal. He glanced at his hands for a moment, still wondering where all that power had come from, before turning his eyes back to the young man. "You look like a Saiya-jin but... you have no tail and I've never seen you be..." He stopped as new powers grazed his senses and looked up to see five others coming down to join them.
"He looks like your dad Trunks." Goten said as he landed. "Do you think he's related?"
"Of course he is you dolt!" Trunks said rolling his eyes. "But that means that we must have gone back in time or something...."
"Back in time?" Vegeta repeated. "Who are you people?"
Gohan sighed and scratched the back of his head. "Um... well, my name is Gohan. This is my little brother Goten, his friend Trunks, and these two are Onyx and Ruby... they just sort of... tagged along. This is going to sound... strange but... where are we?"
Vegeta just looked them over for a moment. "Well... this guy and his brother look like Saiya-jins but the others... obviously not. Perhaps they're all more aliens and are simply lost or something?" Vegeta shook his head, he could contemplate later. "This is Saiya. I am Vegeta, the current King." He looked them over again and shook his head once more. "Let's talk back at the palace." Gohan nodded and together they all flew off toward the palace.
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Post by Xyex on Jan 17, 2005 23:46:42 GMT -5
Capsule Corp:
"So, King Kai, do you know exactly where Saiya is or are we going to have to track it down ourselves?" Goku asked telepathically.
"I'm not entirely sure Goku. The South Galaxy isn't my territory you know. But I can check, though it may take a while."
"Okay, we'll be launching soon. I guess Bulma can make the corrections while we're in space..."
"I'll let you know what I find."
"Thanks King Kai." Goku cut the link and turned to look over at the ship. It was a lot bigger than the older models, all of which had since been converted into Gravity Training Rooms. This thing was massive! Goku was rather impressed that Bulma and her father had been able to build it in only eight months time. He guessed that it was big enough to hold five or six of the old ships. It also had three seperate GTRs, four bedrooms, a command room, and several other things as well.
Goku only cared about the GTRs and the large Kitchen stocked full of 15 years worth of capsulated food. Well, 15 years worth for a group of 10 Humans. Bulma estimated, with the crew they had, the food would do for about 7 or 8 years. That made Goku feel better, they wouldn't run out half way to Saiya or back. Now the only problem was him or Vegeta accidently blasting a hole through the wall of the ship...
There was a loud clang from behind him and he turned to look. Vegeta was standing in the doorway holding a ladder that was to big to fit through. He slammed it against the door frame a few times before the entire frame collapsed and, with a triumphent smirk, walked out of the building. The smirk soon vanished though. "Vegeta! You're fixing that before we leave you know, or you're not going!" Bulma yelled down from the second floor. Grumbling, Vegeta carried the ladder into the ship.
"Oh, hey Krillin!" Goku called as his short friend walked out of the house next with a stack of Capsule Boxes.
"You could help us you know Goku." Krillin said shifting the weight of the boxes.
"Oh ya, sorry..." Goku replied grinning and scratching the back of his head. "I was talking to King Kai. He's going to find us the location Saiya so we don't have to spend forever searching. I mean, a galaxy is a pretty big place..." He took the top half of the stack of boxes (Krillin was still holding a stack as tall as him) and carried them into the ship with Krillin. "I just hope the boys are ok."
"Oh, don't worry about them." Krillin said. "Gohan's with them. I bet by the time we get to Saiya Gohan'll have already taken out this Fungus and Even..."
"Furnace and Oven." Goku said absently.
"Ya, right, Furnace and Oven, that's what I said. Anyway, the boys will be fine. I'm more worried about leaving the Earth without anyone to protect it. We'll be gone for at least a year, what if some new villian comes along while we're gone?"
"Oh, don't worry about that Krillin." Bulma said walking in with a smile. The two fighters set their boxes down in the storage room and turned to look at her. She didn't wait for them to ask and just answered. "I finally finished the work on 16 and brought him on-line this morning while you guys were stocking the ship. 16's going to keep an eye on the Earth for..."
She was interupted by a beeping from the near-by wall. Walking over she pushed a button and her father's face came on screen. "Ah, good. Is Goku there?" he asked.
"Yeah, what's up Dr. Briefs?" he asked.
"I just got a call from Yamcha in East City. Seems there's some sort of trouble going on, you should probably check it out. He said there was a really high power there."
Goku pursed his lips and reached out his mind. He and the others didn't keep their senses open all the time, it was an overload, especially in the cities. But it only took a moment to find Yamcha and the power he'd mentioned. "Oh wow! That is pretty high!" he said in suprise.
"By Kami!" Krillin cried looking off toward East City. "How'd we miss powers like those?"
"We weren't looking for them." Goku said frowning. "The more important question is, who are they?"
"Only one way to find out." Vegeta said as he entered the front hall again. "Let's go check it out Kakkarotto."
"Right." The two Saiya-jins walked out of the ship and blasted off toward East City. "Any ideas Vegeta? These powers don't feel Human..."
Vegeta shook his head. "None of them seem familiar but you're forgetting, I didn't learn to sense Ki until after I came to Earth. I only have a slight impression of other powers I met before that." Vegeta frowned as he focused on the powers in East City. "Though something makes little sense. These powers, they're all higher than Ginyu's was..."
"Hmm, yeah, so Vegeta?"
"So next to Frieza Ginyu was the strongest in the Galaxy until we came along. We're Saiya-jins so it's understandable that we've gained so much power but..."
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Post by Xyex on Jan 17, 2005 23:47:32 GMT -5
"Oh, I get it." Goku said looking back toward the city. "These guys would have been weaker than Ginyu just over a decade ago... but it has been more than ten years Vegeta."
"Not just Ginyu." Vegeta said. "Until you fought him Recoome had never lost a battle. The only ones stronger than him were Frieza and the other Ginyu Force members. That means that just thirteen years ago their powers were under fifty thousand, including the high one. Other than Saiya-jins nothing makes increases like that..."
"Well... Tien's gained a lot of power too..."
"He was also dead for several months and training with a Kai. I'd call that unusual circumstances."
"Yeah, I guess..." Goku said as he descended toward East City with Vegeta right behind him. He turned his head to the left and grinned. "Oh, hey Piccolo! When'd you get there?"
Piccolo just smirked and dropped down to street level. The two Saiya-jins soon followed. The three high powers were about a block further into the city from where they landed beside Yamcha. "Good, you made it." Yamcha said glancing at them. "These three just came out of nowhere a little while ago."
"What are they up to?" Goku asked.
"Not sure. They keep going into stores and tearing them apart. I think they're looking for something..." the Human replied. He was about to say more when a familiar loud voice echoed through the streets. "Oh man, it can't be. You've got to be kidding me!" Yamcha cried wide eyed.
"No, that's him all right." Piccolo said with a sigh. "Come on, let's go help him before he get's himself killed." The four of them walked down the street and rounded the corner. There, standing in the middle of the road, hands on his hips, was none other than Hercule Satan, spouting taunts and threats into a near-by pawn shop.
"Maybe I should stay back..." Yamcha said as he glanced toward the store. "These guys are all out of my league."
Goku just nodded as he, Piccolo, and Vegeta walked up to Hercule. "Huh? Oh, hey Goku." he said looking over to them. He'd gotten rather used to Gohan, his friends, and his family over the past year. He still had some trouble picturing any of them having enough power to blow up entire planets but... he wasn't about to doubt it anymore. "You guys hear about these theives too?"
"Felt them, actually." Vegeta replied walking toward the pawn shop. "You should go over to where Yamcha is, unless you want to get killed."
"Wha, bu..."
"He's right." Piccolo said. "These guys are stronger than you, by a lot."
"Oh.... alright...." Hercule said frowning. "Everyone's stronger than me anymore... what happened to me being the strongest in the world? Is that just to much to ask?"
"Oh, Hercule!" Goku called over. "Where's Buu anyway? I haven't sensed him in months."
"Huh? Oh, that Shin guy came by. Said something about training him or something." he said before going over to stand with Yamcha.
Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta continued into the shop then. The sight before them was an odd one. The shop had been completely ransakced. Shelves and items broken and scattered about, a few holes in the walls too. Standing in the center of the room was a very Human looking woman with long waist length dark purple hair, a tan compexion, and red eyes. She, like the other two in the room, was wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt. She was only about as tall as Vegeta but far more toned looking, and the strongest of the three.
In the back of the shop digging through boxes was another woman. She had short white hair and pale skin and her eyes were silver-gray. Unlike the first woman this one was fairly tall, at least as tall as Piccolo, and she was a bit... chubby. To the eye she wasn't a fighter, but she was the second strongest of the three. Along the opposite wall, also digging through boxes, was the third woman. Her hair was green and shoulder length and her eyes pink. She was of average height and toned but not to the extent of the first woman.
Suddenly the purple haired woman turned to look at them and grinned. "Diamond, Emerald, we have company." she said in a soft and smooth voice. The other two women stopped and turned to look. Upon seeing the three Z fighters they grinned as well.
It was the one with green hair that spoke first. "Shall we have some fun Jewel?"
"Sure thing Emerald. You girls should be enough to take these guys. I have a couple of Dragonballs to find."
Goku's eyes widened. "You're after the Dragonballs?" he asked shocked.
"Sure am big boy." Jewel said. "You wouldn't happen to know where any of them are, would you?"
Piccolo smirked. "Sorry, but you're a little late." he said. "The Dragon was just summoned a couple of hours ago. The Dragonballs are nothing but worthless stones for another year."
"What? Nonsense!" Diamond cried. "Onyx and Ruby were guarding the ones we already have!"
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Post by Jerseymilk on Jan 18, 2005 14:19:41 GMT -5
Still really interesting! As a matter of fact, this chapter was even better than the first! I'm looking forward to chapter three.^^
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Post by Mochi on Jan 21, 2005 22:44:43 GMT -5
Yay! Finally! ;D AAAAAHHHHH!! You have to post the next chapteeeeer! I'll die from suspeeeense!!! X__x
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