Author Note: Welcome to Junk box! Ever have one of ideas that at the time seem to actually seem to go but, once you get so far into the idea you figuratively hit wall well thats the Junk Box. Below and following chapters are stories I started on but, never finished so sit back enjoy and PLEASE REVIEW!
Author Note 2: Below is a story based on Dragon Ball Z.
Disclaimer: I don't Own Dragon Ball!
Over a hundred years of have passed since Goku and Vegeta took on Omega Shenron and destroyed him. Now many years latter the earth is at peace and is exploring the reaches of space. The battles of so long ago forgotten.
A man in suit stood looking at computer monitor. Being displayed on the monitor was the level of gravity and number of robots remaining. Behind the monitor was a large white room inside the room was a young man with black wild hair and black eyes. He had on white training pants, black training vest and black sweatbands. The man in front the monitor the man in suit leaned forward and spoke into a microphone. "I'm sending in two robots and raising the gravity to four times earth normal get ready little brother."
The young man whose name was Bardock, raised a thumbs up "I'm ready!"
Stephen punched up a set of keys for his younger brother. Bardock felt the force of gravity in the chamber raised from what it had been a moment ago to four times that. He tried remembering the last time he had trained in the gravity room. That time had been with Stephen who wasn't only his older brother he was also CEO of Capsule Corp.
"Ok Bardock remember what Stephen said…Focus…" After a moment he had adjusted himself to the higher gravity but no sooner had he adjusted he had to leap to side avoiding an onrushing robot. Just as the first blew past the other flew in and slammed its metal fist into his face sending him sprawling.
"Bardock get up!"
Bardock stood up and rubbed the blood from his lower lip. Bardock opened his hand and formed a ki sphere. He rushed forward and slammed it into the one that had hit him. Rushing out of the smoke the robot sent him at the other one then that one volleyed him back toward the first.
Stephen couldn't watch anymore he stripped off his dress jacket and made his way into the gravity chamber. The robots turned and faced the gravity chamber entrance, which allowed Bardock to finally skid to a stop.
Bardock raised his battered head to watch his brother enter. His brother had undid the top button of his shirt and had removed his tie. The robots fired their engines and flew at Stephen who had put his hands together. "KA ME HA ME…" A ki sphere rotated in Stephens palms. "HA!" The first robot took the blast head on and flew over Bardock's head and slammed into the back wall. The other robot tried to back hand Stephen.
Stephen after imaged out of the way and appeared behind it. "Finish buster!" bringing his arms back Stephen blasted the robot to its knees. Leaping into the air he hovered gathering energy in each hand. Stephen fired a ki volley into each robot damaging them to point where they no longer functioned.
Stephen floated to the ground and offered his brother a helping hand. Bardock grabbed him and pulled himself up. "Thanks…" He looked at the ground. "Guess I need more training."
"Don't feel to bad little brother." A small opened in a side wall and a small robotic sphere floated over to the brothers.
"The board of directors is here…."
"Tell them I'll be right their." Stephen turned toward his little brother. "Go get some rest I'll meet you in the garden a little latter."
Bardock rubbed the back of his head "alright." He walked off.
Stephen shook his head watching his brother leave. "so little confidence in his own abilities…"
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Bardock entered his room and dropped onto the bed face first. He sighed after moment he finally sat up and took up one of photo's on his in table. Four people where in the picture his mother, his father, his brother and himself. He was just an infant at the time the photo was taken and his brother was thirteen. About one year after the photo had been taken his parents had died in tragic car accident.
Till his brother turned eighteen capsule corp. was left in the hands of board of directors. He set the picture down and picked up a smaller one this one of his brother holding up the world martial arts championship belt. It was two months earlier that there parents had died. Bardock had at the time been living with their grandfather. Four years latter at the next tournament his brother was beat by a green skinned guy with antenna named Nail.
Bardock placed picture back on the table and stretched. He then undressed and started his private shower not even taking notice of the package left beside the door. After fifteen minutes of showering he came out with a towel on his shoulders and one wrapped around his waist. He was whistling a tune.
"hm?" He looked at the package the was beside the door. He picked it up and nearly dropped it. "that thing gotta way atleast a hundred pounds!" Picking up the package he tossed it onto the bed and winced as the bed nearly buckled on impact. The package wasn't really that big it was the size of a large duffle bag. He looked on the tag of the package and smiled.
The package was him from his big brother. Wasting no time Bardock ripped open the package and found several items including a letter.
Dear, BardockI thought you might want some new training gear considering your old gear is torn to pieces. As you've most likely noticed its weighted this will give you an extra edge latter. Take care of yourself and enjoy the new gear.
Your brother,
Stephen H. Briefs.
"Weighted down alright!" He picks up a pair of heavy solid wrist guards. "These gotta weigh at least fifteen pounds each!"
Bardock started to go through the items in box and took a final tally of the weight to be atleast a hundred pounds. Included in the box was a pair of boots, Vest jacket, pants, belt, and the two wrist guards.
Grinning he quickly dressed and made his way to the garden outside. Standing watching traffic fly by was Stephen fully dressed as it he was going to fight. He had on a orange outfit with the emblem of Capsule Corp. on the back. "Bardock come here.." Bardock stepped up next to his brother. "I see you have on the gear."
"Thanks." Bardock looked at the traffic.
"Brother?"
"Yes?"
"I want you to go a trip."
Bardock looked at his brother. "Where?"
"To several places." He looked back at his brother. "Including Korin's tower."
"Why?"
Stephen looked up into the sky. "I want to fight you at the next world martial arts tournement."
"You mean that brother?"
"Yes."
"well I guess I have to start training harder."
Stephen handed Bardock to pieces of equipment. One was a dragon radar and the other was GPS.
Bardock looked at the two items quickly figuring out what the second was but, still qasn't sure about the other "what's this?" he held up the dragon radar.
"That my brother is the dragon radar. It'll help locate the seven dragon balls."
"the what?"
Stephen smiled and patted his brother on the back. "You'll find out." Still smiling he handed his brother another item. This item contained ten capsules. Bardock looked at them and remembered what each number meant.
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Bardock looked back at the city he had just walked from more specifically capsule corp HQ. He sighed he knew it would be a long trip. Taking a look at the GPS he began to walk.
Some miles down the highway a large red semi stopped. "need a lift?"
Bardock looked up at the fat balding truck driver and shook his head. "No, but if you could tell me how far it is from the nearest town I'd be grateful."
The truck driver scratched his head. "I'd say bout 40 mile thatd way?"
Bardock nodded and thanked him.
The truck driver scratched his head. "crazy kid."
Bardock waited till the truck was gone then slumped his shoulders and began a slow walk toward the town.
Bardock walked into the town and was greeted by slamming of doors. "Ok…" He spotted an old man. "excuse me…" Before he could finish his question the old man locked himself into his house. Bardock sighed and walked out of town a far piece and took out a capsule.
He clicked the capsule and tossed it. In a puff a capsule house appeared fully stocked with food and other necessities. Checking the dragon radar he saw alittle red dot near the center of village. He shrugged turning in for the night he slept fully dressed.
Someone rung his door bell on the capsule house. Bardock rolled off the bed and stood up rubbing his eyes he opened the door to the outside world. "hello."
Stand right infront of him was the old man from earlier with a small group of towns people they where all looking down at the ground. "We're sorry for running in terror earlier today…"
"Huh?"
The old man chuckled alittle. "Sorry for waking you then young man."
"that's alright." He looked down at the old man.
The old mans grin faded "you see we are under attack from a shape shifter. "
"A shape shifter you say?" he smiled. "maybe I can help you with that."
"YOU WILL!" The old man grinned and took bardock's hand. "Thank you so much stranger!"
Bardock smiled. "Name's Bardock."
The old man shook his hand grinning.
"Does this Shape shifter have a name?" Bardock questioned.
"Yes the creature calls itself Pai Fung."
"Pai Fung?" Bardock rubbs his chin. "does he have regular time of arrival?"
"Yes…" The old man looked around at the other towns people "The monster comes around near the middle of morning."
Bardock smiled. "I'll be there."
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A large monolithic creature rumbled toward the town. It had long hairy arms and horns on its head. The creature walked up to the middle of town and looked down on Bardock. "Are you the one the towns folk have watching their money and jewels."
"Yep." Bardock smiled looking the monster directly in the eyes.
"Move aside tiny!" The monster named Pai Fung tried to push him aside but, Bardock didn't move. The monster roared and punch bardock in the face.
Bardock closed his eyes. "Is that it?" He opened his eyes and watched the beast back up. "my brother's robots hit harder." Bardock drew his fist back and slammed it into the beast. Pai fung doubled over.
"I'll get you for that!" Pai fung groaned. "CHANGE!" There was puff of smoke and a small explosion. Pai Fung had changed into a huge black knight with a sword Pai Fung swung the sword down only to have bardock hold it in his palm. Pai Fung gulped and changed again. This time when he changed he changed into a emu and ran outside the town and quickly turned a corner.
"Hey come back here you have to return the money you took!" Bardock gave chase.
Before Bardock turned the corner Pai fung changed into his true form. He had overly large furry feet and a polo shirt and jeans on he had a fur covered body and long ears.
Bardock ran up to him "Did you see a Emu run by here?"
Pai fung scratched his head. "Nope…can't say I have."
"Crud." Bardock began to walk into the to town. Then an idea came to him. He walked back up to Pai Fung. Pai looked nervously at him.
"Um…Yes?"
"whats your name?"
"Um…Pai..um…zing.."
"really?"
"Yyy…yes."
'Ok if you see a person by the name of Pai Fung tell me ok?"
"Sure."
Bardock started to walk away. Pai fung waited till Bardock was out of sight and rubbed the sweet from his head.
Bardock stopped in his tracks and suddenly the mental puzzle came together. Turning on his heal he ran after the Rabbit who called himself Pai Zing.
Pai Fung turned toward the oncoming Bardock and saw the rage on his face. Pai Fung tried to run but, Bardock was to fast for him and stood in front of him.
"Whats your name…"
"Uh…uh…"
"well…"
"Pai Fung…"
Bardock looked down at the rabbit. "I don't like being lied to…"
Pai fung gulped. "sorry…" Bardock grabbed him by the ears and started to carry him back to the town. "Please don't hurt me…"
"I won't" Bardock dropped the rabbit in the middle of the town square. The old man that had hired Bardock came out.
"Who's this."
"please don't hurt me.." Pai fung covered his head to protect himself.
Bardock glared at the rabbit. "this would be Pai Fung the shape shifter you feared."
"Is he now.." the old man looked Pai fung over. "Doesn't look like a evil shape shifter to me."
"Trust me he is." Bardock grabbed Pai fung and lifted him by the color of his polo shirt.
"Let me go!"
"will you return every penny you stole?"
"I'll do it!" Pai fung struggled against Bardock's grip. "Just let me go!" Bardock let go and let the rabbit fall to the ground. Pai fung stood up and brushed himself off. "Just follow me…"
Pai lead the towns people and Bardock toward a small shack in the middle of woods. Be grudgingly Pai Fung opened it to revealing everything he had stolen. Gold, jewels, and a few sets of fancey clothes.
The old man of town glared at pai fung and then the entire group of towns people glared at him. Bardock walked away and heard a lot of pounding.
Pressing a button on the capsule house he grabbed out of mid air the capsule that had been his home. He heard the sound of people behind him. He looked at the small group of towns people including the old man. "young man I have something for you."
"really." Bardock rubbed his head. "You don't have to."
The old man smiled and handed Bardock the four star Dragon ball. "that's been in my village for a few years."
Bardock looked at it and smiled "thanks!" Bardock put the ball into his duffle bag.
"one more thing young man…"
"yes?"
"Would care to take him with you." Bardock looked behind the old man and saw a bruised Pai fung.
"Why not." Bardock shrugged
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Pai Fung panted never before in his life had he walked so much. "Can we rest for a minute."
Bardock and turned and looked at Pai Fung. "No."
Bardock pushed onward and smiled having a reforming thieve travel with you made for interesting travel. Bardock sighed and looked at the night sky through the thick grove of trees. "Well…I guess we could stop for something to eat." He looked at Pai fung and grinned. "You stay here."
Pai fung slumped against a tree. "sure…I'll wait..here.."
Bardock walked off whistling a tune. After a couple minutes of dozing off Pai fung's eyes shot open as he heard the sounds of the forest. "Bar…bardock…are you there…" Pai fung shook.
A loud voice yelled in the night "Blast cannon!" Pai looked around for the source of voice. Little animal ran past him in terror. Pai Fung slowly made his way to source of voice. Hiding behind a tree Pai Fung looked up at a blonde haired young man in a jean jacket. One of his eyes was covered by his hair with his other visible eye was a deep blue. His hands where in diamond shape and below him was the remains of rock that had been at the bottom of waterfall.
A hand was placed on Pai Fung's shoulder and before he could scream in terror another hand went over his mouth. Bardock took his hand off his shoulder and shushed him. "He's training."
Pai fung nodded and they both looked at the youngman in that air. "Dodonda ray" A beam of energy shot from the young mans finger and destroyed another boulder. The young man took a deep a breathe and roared.
Bardock felt the young mans ki energy rise then suddenly divide. Now there where four of the young man. Three of them attacked the original. Bardock felt the energy of the young man divided by four.
After a few minutes the four became one again. Slowly he desended landing on a out cropping of rocks. "Come out of hiding who ever you are."
Bardock grinned and came from behind the trees. "Nice moves!"
"Thank you." The young man looked at Bardock. "Whats your name?"
"Bardock. Yours?"
"Chen."
Bardock grinned. "could you teach me how you flew."
"uh…alright…" Chen shrugged.
Taking them to a small makeshift camp shift Chen sat down. Bardock and Pai Fung on his right and a camp fire in front of him. "Do you know about Ki?"
Bardock swallowed his bight of fish. "Yah it's the living energy that all living beings produce. I also now with some focus it can be channeled."
Chen smiled. "Then I guess I skip most of the lesson then. Its actually quiet simple really."
"Oh?"
"Close your eyes." Bardock did as asked. "Now find your center focus your ki." Bardocks body became surrounded by his ki energy. "Push in down slowly" Bardock groaned but, slowly his body lifted off the ground.
Bardock opened his eyes. "I'm Doing it!" As soon as he said it he lost focus and fell to the ground. "guess I need to practice."
Chen smirked "guess so." He took a bight of his fish. "why you out here anyway."
"Not your business blondie!"
Bardock smacked the back of Pai fung's head. "Ignore him he's just very trusting. Truth be told I'm train for the world martial arts tournament."
"really…I thought about entering…"
"Why don't you, bet you'd give Nail or my brother a run for their money."
"I'll think about it." Chen took a bight of his fish.
"In mean time mind if I sparr with you?"
"Not at all."
Bardock grinned and stood in a fighting pose. Chen stood as well taking his own pose. Pai fung climbed over the log he was sitting on and made his way behind the trees.
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Stephen looked up at the long tower and smiled. Gathering his ki energy he shot up like a rocket. Korin turned around right as Stephen stopped. "hey Stephen going to see Dende?"
Stephen landed inside the tower. "Yes and no. Have you seen my brother?"
Korin shook his head. "Nope."
"hmm.." Stephen thought for a moment. "Hope he arrives soon."
"Stephen before you go catch." Korin tossed Stephen a small bag.
Staphen opened the bag and smiled. "Senzu beans and a Dragon ball. Thanks"
"No problem." Korin watched Stephen fly off and up. He scratched his check with his paw. "Reminds me of Goku at times and other times Vegeta."
Nail floated legs crossed in a meditative postion outside the entrance to look out. He opened his eyes and as Stephen landed. "Stephen."
"Nail."
Nail stood up placing his feet on the ground. "why are you here?"
"Two things the second thing depends on your answer to the first."
"Whats the first." Nail crossed his arms.
"will you be entering the world martial arts tournament?"
"Yes. Now whats the second."
"Care to sparr and train together till the tournament?"
Nail answered Stenphen by lunging forward and punching Stephen in the jaw. Stephen pushed off the ground with his hands then brought them together. "KAMEHAMEHA!" Nail blocked the blast getting pushed back. Stephen zazonked behind Nail and hit him forward then zazonked infront of him and started to kick but, Nail zazonked behind him and slammed him into the ground. "Destructive wave!" Nail launched his move into Stephen then leaped back.
Stephen stood grinning and launched forward. Nail launched himself forward and they locked into a blurr of punchs, kicks, and blocks.
Dende walked out from Look out and watched the fight between Nail and Stephen. "Mr. Popo come here a moment."
Mr. Popo walked out and looked at the fighting Nail and Stephen. "Amazing though I hope they don't destroy the garden."
"Yes Mr. Popo it is." Dende closed his eyes remembering the sparring matches Piccolo and Goku had fought and even some of the ones Gohan had fought with Piccolo. He then felt something. To powerful warriors clashing on earth. Though they wheren't as powerful of Stephen or Nail they where much stronger then a average human. "It seems another pair of warrior are clashing on earth."
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Bardock skidded to a stop smoke rising from his body. "HAAAA!" Bardock rushed forward and swung a Chen who dodged each punch. Bardock brought his hands together. "Kamehameha!" Chen sidestepped the powerful attack.
"Impressive." Chen attacked bardock with vigorous punches and kicks which bardock was barely keeping up with being weighted down in his training clothes.
Pai fung found Chen's pack and being greedy he began to look through it. Pulling out the contents he found two dragon balls. "Sweet…" he continued to search through its contents finding a small some of money he pocketed it.
"blast cannon!" Chen's hands where in form of diamond as he blasted Bardock with his attack. Bardock ran into the blast blocking as he went. Chen flew into the air and put his hands over his face. "SOLAR FLARE!"
Bardock rubbed his eyes having been blinded. Chen landed in front of him and pointed at him with his index finger. "doponda ray." Bardock bounced off the ground taking the attack in the chest. Standing up his vision cleared and he could see a rushing Chen. Bardock leaped out of the way and dropped his weighted wrist guards and his weighted shoes and vest.
"Your turn." Bardock disappeared and reappeared into flurry of punches that chen was barely keeping up with. "KAMEHAMEHA!" Chen took the full force of ki wave and went to his knees.
"No holding back…" Standing up chen placed his index and middle finger of his right hand in front of his eye. "Final flare!" A tiny sphere of energy formed infront of his hidden eye his hair lifting showing his albino eye. The sphere turned red and grew in size. "HA!" he launched the highly focused blast at Bardock.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" Bardock roared as he put everything he had into his ki blast wave slowly pushing back the sphere of energy. Chen wasn't finished yet. Chen kept his middle and index fingers together and aimed them at his ki sphere. "Doponda ray!" the ki beam struck his first attack and forced it to explode.
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Nail spun around in ball and landed on his feet. He looked at Stephen who was breathing heavily and it took a moment for him to realize so was he. "one last attack?"
Stephen nodded and put his hands together. "KA ME HA ME…." Nail put his hands over his forehead between his antenna. "Special beam…" Dende watched as the two warriors gathered there ki into there most powerful attacks. "CANNON!" Nail was the first to launch his attack. "HA!" Not surprisingly Stephens attack intercepted the first blast.
Now it was a battle of wills to see could hold out there respective attacks longer. Nail gripped the wrist that was producing his attack. Stephen pulled back his hands alittle then redoubled his attack. As Dende watched the two warriors clash he noticed something about Stephen. Stephen was holding back his power as he had during the last world martial arts tournament. Dende wasn't the only one to notice. "Don't hold back!" Roared Nail as he put everything he had into his special beam cannon.
Stephen roared and suddenly transformed. His normally black eyes turned green his hair turned from black to gold even his eyebrows changed to gold. A crater formed under him and his attack quickly over took Nails who leaped out of the way avoiding getting roasted as the blast tore apart a portion of the look out.
Stephen fell to his knees his body returning to its normal state. He pushed his self up panting. Nail walked over to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "I've never felt that kind of power before not even when you fought me at the world martial arts tournament."
Dende walked over to the two of them. "I have."
They both looked at Dende. "What do you master Dende?" Nail looked inquisitively of the man who had raised him.
"Nail it was called Super Saiyan."
Finally standing on his own two feet Stephen gave his own answer to Nail's question. "That's what my uncle called it when I first transformed." They both looked at Stephen. "Shortly after my parents died I was so angry at the world I transformed. My Uncle found me before I could do anything and calmed me down. He taught me how to fight and how to control the transformation. He said that it ran through our bloodline but, he had never achieved it himself."
"Why did you hold it back when we fought at the world martial arts tournament?"
"I didn't want to hurt the spectators by using my full power and I didn't want Bardock to see me transformed."
"Bardock is your little brother correct?"
"Yes master Dende."
"I see."
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Bardock looked up in the sky and felt a huge power level. Chen stopped his attack on Bardock as he too felt the power. "that huge power…" Bardock simply nodded having felt the power once before when he was very young. They both kept watch waiting to see if that power would appear again.
They landed and Chen saw Pai fung going through his stuff. Chen growled and stood over the rabbit. "how about some Rabbit stew…"
Pai fung looked up at Chen and saw the look of burning rage. "He he…" He put down the item he was holding and gulped.
Bardock walked over to the to and saw what Pai Fung was doing. "return everything you took."
"uh…" Pai nodded and took out the money and Dragon balls he had hidden and placed it back in Chen's bag. "sorry."
Bardock looked and saw the six and seven star dragon balls. "Dragon balls?"
"huh?" Chen looked at Bardock. "Uh yeah they are how did you know?"
Bardock grinned and showed Chen his dragon ball.
"do you know the legend of the Dragonballs?" Chen asked sitting down on a log.
Bardock sat down on a tree stump. "no I actually don't."
"many many years ago a great and powerful being forged seven dragonballs and gave the seven spheres the ability to summon the great and mighty Shenron if ever the seven balls where found and brought together…" Chen made sure Bardock was listening. "The mighty Shenron would grant the summoner one wish and one wish alone. It could be anything the summoner wanted fame, fortune, power, even immortality. After the mighty Shenron granted the wish the seven Dragon balls would scatter across the world becoming mere stones for a full year."
Bardock looked at Chen with amazment then shook his head. "It probably just a fairy tail."
"Theres more to the story you see. IF the seven Dragonballs where to be abused the Dragonballs would become dark and each one of the seven would become cracked and form into a evil specter and those specters would decay the world. Only by defeating all the specters would the dragonballs become pure once more and heal the earth."
Bardock blinked in pure amazement. "wow…"
Chen poured out some his water on to the smoldering remains of the fire. "Lets bed down for the night."
Bardock nodded in agreement.
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Chen woke up and looked around him. Sitting on the ground was his pack and that of Bardocks snoring away all alone was Pai Fung. Listening he heard the sound of splashing. Walking back to the river and water fall he saw bardock in all his weighted clothes training in the river. "Early morning training I see."
Bardock grinned and looked at Chen who yawned. "yeah just thought I'd start the day right."
"What about breakfast?"
"Already had some." Bardock threw a punch and Chen looked off to the side and saw the remains of a huge fish eaten down to the bone.
"yesh! Big eater!"
"yep."
Chen stretched as he yawned. "I'm going to find some fire wood see you at the camp."
"Sure thing."
Chen smiled and went about gathering firewood. Returning to camp he glared at the sleeping rabbit. Starting a small fire he began to boil some herbal tea. Slowly the rabbits nose began to twich. Pai fung stood up and walked over to the fire grabbing a tin cup he ignored Chen and poared himself a cup of the tea and gulped it down and walked off. Chen watched the rabbit for moment after he had gulped the piping hot tea. "that rabbit can drink his tea…"
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Bardock and Chen looked up at the massive tower before them and both of them where daunted by its height. "Your brother said to climb this?"
Bardock continued to look up at the tower as they where bother joined by Pai Fung. "He didn't actually say climb it."
"Well I wouldn't."
Chen looked at Pai fung and glared. "no one asked you rabbit."
"I'm gonna climb it just like my brother did."
"I'll join you then." Grabbing one of the rings around the tower Chen pulled himself up. Bardock smiled and grabbed on as well and began to climb as well.
"aren't you two going to leave your stuff?"
Bardock and Chen's response happened at the same time. "NO!" Continuing there climbing they continued to climb.
After about an hour of climbing Chen was ahead of Bardock by several feet due to not wearing weighted clothes. Chen looked down at his friend "Bardock do you want me to wait for you?"
"No keep going heck why don't we see who can climb it fastest!" Bardock beamed back up at Chen
Chen grinned back down at Bardock "You got yourself a race then!" With renewed vigor of a race both young men carried on upward in hopes of reaching the top without falling off.
Meanwhile at the top of tower Korin sensed the young warriors climb the tower. "They just might beat the fastest time up."
Back on the ground Pai Fung gulped as he lost sight of Bardock and Chen. Listening he heard the sound of wolfs. "Please hurry…"
Standing at the look outs edge Stephen felt his brothers ki and smiled. Nail walked up next to him. "what are you smiling about?"
"My brother is climbing Korin's tower."
Nail looked down with Stephen "So that's one of the energies I'm feeling below us."
Bardock pulled himself up first into the tower followed closely by Chen both fell flat panting. "So tired…" Bardock looked at the ceiling.
"that saying something…" Chen took deep laboured breathes. He sniffed the air. "Cooked Rice!" Sitting up chen made his way over to group of clay pots and opened one finding it full of freshly cooked rice. Licking his lips he searched around for some chop sticks.
Bardock grinned and opened another jar. Looking in he saw a pool of water then suddenly he could see thick forest. Standing the forest was his brother only younger. He was yelling and his hair and eyes where changing. Bardock quickly replaced the lip on the jar and went offer to Chen.
Chen stared at the rice trying to visialize a pair of chop sticks in his hands. "Chen come look at this…"
Chen looked at his "what?"
"This…" Bardock lead his friend to pot he had opened but, before he could open it a feline was standing on it hold a staff of sorts. "Move cat."
"Normally I'd be insulted about being called mere cat…" Bardock and Chen's eyes widened in shock of talking cat. "Names Korin" Korin waved his paws in front of Bardock and Chen. "hello…anybody home upstairs?"
"IT CAN TALK!" Bardock shot back to the stairs. Chen just continued to stair at Korin.
Korin groaned. "You must be Stephen's little brother." He looked at Chen. "hey you can stop stairing."
Chen shook his head. "Sorry…I never thought…Korin was a CAT!"
"I get that a lot." Korin hopped off the pot. "Guess you two came to train right?"
"Yes."
Bardock nodded in agreement with his friend.
Korin started to speak but, before he could get another word out he heard what sounded like thunder and sighed.
"sorry guess we worked up and aptight climbing the tower…"
"here." Korin gave Bardock and Chen chop sticks. "Carry those clay jars up the steps." Korin pointed at the jars near where chen opened the first pot.
Bardock and Chen each grabbed a pot and where suddenly surprised by massive weight of the pots they had picked up. "well come on you two aren't gonna eat till you get those jars up top." Korin went up the steps. He looked down and saw the two young men carry the surprisingly heavy load. "It's amazing how much Bardock looks like him…"
After a few minutes of walking up the steps Bardock and Chen sat the jars down with loud thud from each of them. "Alright you two eat up."
Grinning Bardock and Chen pulled the lids of the jars and using the chop sticks they began to gorge on the cooked rice. "I haven't seen someone each so much since Goku climbed the tower…"
"who?" Bardock asked looking up at Korin.
"No one just eat and get some rest training starts tomorrow morning."
Korin poured a bucket of water on Bardock and Chen.
Chen shot up. "WhAT WAS THE FOR!"
"You two need to wake up."
"oh."
Bardock yawned and looked around.
"good you both awake. Remember those jars you ate out of yesterday?"
"Yes…" Chen look supsiously at Korin.
"I need you to take them back down."
"Do we have to?" Bardock complained.
"yes."
Bardock stood and sighed stretching himself and picked up the pot he had carried. Chen picked up his both took the pots down and came back up. "we're done." Chen wipped his hands.
"No your not." Korin rubbed his whiskers. "Now go back down and bring up two full jars each."
"Two as in one for both of us or do we both bring up two?"
"You both bring up two."
Chen and Bardock sweat dropped and went back down This was the first of many tasks Korin had them do over the weeks they trained. With each trip down to storage area they where to bring up one than the time before it. Not long after that each of them was carrying ten jars up and down the stairs into and out of the storage area.
Four days till the world martial arts tournament Korin brought the two to the top of his tower. "I have one last task for each of you…"
"What is it?" Bardock asked dead tired having not slept for the last two days and same went for Chen.
Korin Smirked. "Catch me."
Bardock lunged at Korin who leape out of the way landing on his head. Chen grabbed for his tail only to miss and crash in Bardock. They both rubbed the respective bumps on there heads. "Ok enough games!" Chen removed his jacket and it landed on the floor of tower. It had been weighted the second day on the tower after beginning there training with Korin. "Same here!" Bardock took off his weighted jacket. Both Bardock and chen took fighting stances.
Korin grinned but, wasn't grinning any more when he felt a hand grab his tail and another was on his had. Suddenly the afterimages of Chen and Bardock disappeared. "I can't train you anymore you both surpassed me. " Smiling again Korin tossed Bardock a small sack.
Bardock opened the sack and saw several Beans. "what these?"
"Zenzu beans go head eat one."
Bardock picked one up and ate it. "Crunchy yet chewy.." He suddenly felt refreshed. "CHEN you should try one!"
Bardock tossed the sack at Chen he took one out and ate it. "wow your right. Thank you master Korin"
"No problem" Smiling Korin rubbed his whiskers. "Now you two better head out and get ready for world martial arts tournament."
Chen and Bardock put on there weighted jackets and leaped off the tower.
Pai fung nawed on a carrot he had been waiting months for Bardock and Chen to get back. "guess there not coming back." Pressing a button on the capsule house it poped back in capsule for. When he turned around a long missed sight greeted him. "BARDOCK WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!"
"Hey Pai!"
"DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I"VE BEEN DOWN HERE!"
Chen knelt beside Pai fung. "There are words coming out of the mouth but, is anybody listening?"
"HOW SHOULD!!!" Pai fung glared at Chen for the insult. Chen was only smiling.
Chen grinned. "Want to fly rabbit…"
"No…"
"ah come on." Bardock hunched in front of the rabbit.
"no!"
Bardock grinned and they where off.
Stephen stretched and looked over the edge of look out. Nail walked beside him his full battle gear.
"ready to leave Stephen?"
"Yes my green friend." Stephen took a step to edge of the look out.
Soon the elder Namek stepped out. "Stephen, Nail before you both leave care of this."
Nail reached up and caught the small orange sphere. "the one star ball?"
"So you had it all along?"
"Yes…please do take care of it."
"We will master Dende."
Stephen floated away from Look out watching Nail.
"Are you sure about this master?"
"I am sure Nail. The dragon ball is in safer hands than mine."
"yes master." Nail floated before taking off full speed with Stephen.
"was it wish to give the Dragon Ball to Nail?"
"Yes Mr. Popo I believe it was."
"RELISH, MUSHROOM."
Two beings bowed before a throne. The taller more handsome one was Relish while the short and stocky one was Mushroom. Relish had light blue skin with solid white hair in a long braid. Mushroom was green skinned and had no hair. Both wore battle armor with a single spike on each shoulder blade. Relish spoke up. "You called Lord Pepper?"
"Yes. It seems someone has been gathering the Dragonballs for us. Five of them have started to come together."
"Do you wish us to retrieve them my lord?"
"Yes relish I want you to retrieve them. But, first I want you to defeat the ones who carry them in the humans world martial arts tournament."
Mushroom grinned. "So you want us to humiliate them right?"
"Your right mushroom …I want you humiliate them…Disgrace them…Send a message to guardian of the earth that PRINCE PEPPER WILL RETURN HIS FATHER!"
"As you command our lord!" Relish and Mushroom flew off. Step down from his thrown adorned with two of the Dragonballs. The almost child like form of Prince pepper gave an evil grin. "Once I have all the Dragonballs my father Garlic Jr. will be freed from his prison in Deadzone and we shall rule this world as Father and Son destroying all in our path!"
Pai fung kissed the ground as Chen sat the rabbit on the ground. Bardock looked around amazed at all festivities as warriors and tournament goers from all over the globe buzzed about. "I've never seen so many people not even in the city!"
Pai fung stood up and brushed off. "of course theres a lot of people this world martial arts tournament!" Pai fung put his hands behind his head. "Know excuse me I have tickets to scalp…."
Chen grabbed the rabbit by the collar of his shirt. "are you going somewhere?" Chen glared down at the rabbit. Whose head dropped.
"No…"
Suddenly to figures landed behind them. Bardock spun around grinning and playfully hit his brothers on coming fist. "Big BROTHER!"
Stephen grinned at his little brother. "Good to see you too."
Chen looked at Nail and rubbed his chin. "Whose the green guy?"
"WHAT!"
"Chill I know who you are. Your nail last tournament winner." Chen pointed at Nail. "Your not holding you title for long."
"You might be right."
Suddenly Chen, Bardock, Nail, and Stephen all looked toward the sign in station for tournament. Just as they looked three people in robes told the cleric there names. In the middle of three person ground was someone the size of a small child. Bardock spoke first. "I've got a bad feeling about those three…"
"I felt it too little brother."
"We should be ready for anything."
Chen nodded in agreement with the namek. Pai fung looked at the four of them. "Okay I'm lost…"