Okay, so this is the first time I've written a fanfic in a really long time so I am totally rusty.
This is going to be a story mostly about Vegeta, but I'm not going to go into detail because I don't want to give anything away! There is going to be a lot of ups and downs...
Enjoy!
Vegeta looked at Kakarot and shook his head. What the daft man had suggested was suicide; as simple as that. "You're even more of an idiot than I thought." He said gruffly, wincing in pain as his cracked ribs expanded.
"It's our only choice." Kakarot said sadly, looking at the shorter Saiyan. The pair of them had taken a massive beating from their latest opponent; a mass of energy that seemed to only grow stronger the more they attacked.
It had arrived less than a week ago, starting as a small, innocent looking creature. It had landed in the yard of Capsule Corp. with a hearty hello. As luck would have it, the whole group was over. They were celebrating Trunks' 8th birthday. The creature introduced itself as Ven and then smiled, bowed, and apologized for interrupting their party.
Bulma, being the ever gracious host, walked over to Ven and smiled. "Oh that's okay little guy!" She said with a cheerful smile. "We're celebrating my son's birthday and can always use an extra guest!" She gestured grandly with the hand that held her full glass of wine; the fifth she'd had that day.
Vegeta, and Kakarot for that matter, had been considerably less welcoming, but by now Vegeta had learned to keep his mouth shut when his wife was drinking. Instead, he leaned against a tree in the shade and observed the party.
"Watch out!" Came the sharp warning from Vegeta as another shot of energy came out of the brightly glowing blob. Even though Vegeta had gone to push him, the majority of the blast still grazed Kakarot's hip.
Kakarot let out a sharp cry of pain and dropped to the ground underneath where they had been floating. These energy blasts had been ripping through the two warriors like a bullet through a blanket. It was getting harder to bounce back from them.
Vegeta dodged the blast aimed at him and looked down at Kakarot, contemplating the desperate man's plan. Was it the only way? Vegeta honestly could not think of another solution, but it was hard to admit that the other Saiyan could be right. Would it even work? He winced again as another blast came out of the blob and nearly took his arm off. The sudden movements were making his ribs shift in an awful way, not that he would admit it out loud.
Ven acclimated itself to the party fairly quickly. It was a small, four-armed insect looking thing. It had 6 large, reflective eyes and a light purple exoskeleton. It had explained that all the power at the party had brought it down from it's travels through outer space. Vegeta couldn't help but think that those reflective eyes had looked a little hungry at the mention of energy.
Eventually, as with most events that the warriors gathered at, two opponents had squared off in a good-natured spar. This time it was Goten and Trunks. Ven had taken immediate interest as the boys powered up. All of the adults gathered around the boys, joking, taking bets, and calling out suggestions. Ven stepped closer, it's mouth opening to show off sharp teeth.
Vegeta was the first to notice that their curious guest was acting devious, and it was almost too late. The little thing lunged at his son, screaming like a wild beast intent on attacking his prey. A quick energy shot put a stop to that, but began a series of events that would change his life forever.
A split formed in Ven's side and out of it came pure light. Everyone looked away as Ven rose up. "You will give me your energy!" It shrieked, pointing down at them with two left arms. "All I wanted was the energy of the boy, but you wouldn't share. Now I want all of your energy!"
Vegeta remembered thinking that this thing was a little too much like Buu for his liking, but the battle that had begun on that day was still raging.
Vegeta gritted his teeth as he dodged another barrage of energy blasts. For the past day everyone had been trying Gohan's suggestion. He figured that maybe Ven had a limit to the amount of power it contained; maybe they could just wear it down until there was no more.
By now it was clear that that was not the case; Ven had already sent back the amount of energy they had put in tenfold. Krillin and Gohan had been taken out early, the others falling not far after them. Soon, only Piccolo, Kakarot, and Vegeta remained and Kakarot had instructed Piccolo to take their fallen allies to safety. He had gotten another idea and it only required the two Saiyans.
Another energy blast shot out and hit him in the thigh. He released a cry of pain before flying closed to where Kakarot still lay. "Get up you lazy slug!" Vegeta yelled angrily. If they were going to do Kakarot's plan, one of them would need to keep Ven busy long enough. Vegeta knew that Kakarot planned to be the hero, but it was starting to look like the fallen Saiyan might not even be up to acting as a distraction.
Kakarot gave him a loopy smile and began to rise from supine position when another energy blast leveled him to the ground again. Vegeta could tell that he had temporarily been knocked unconscious.
Vegeta cursed his luck and turned to look at the orb of energy in the sky. He sighed.
"You cut into his exoskeleton with that first blast," Kakarot had said. Vegeta just raised an eyebrow at him, not understanding what the daft man was getting at.
"His exterior is weak… it's just the energy around him that's making him untouchable."
Suddenly Vegeta understood. It was suicide.
Vegeta sighed and thought about Bulma's warm smile and loud, bubbly personality. He thought about his young son who was so strong and smart. His chest hurt a little with emotions that he refused to acknowledge.
"You better wish me back!" He called down to Kakarot as he began to power up and fly quickly towards the light.
I have already written 6 of the Chapters and I'm going to keep at it and try and update on a fairly regular basis!
Please review and let me know what you think! I would love the feedback and the encouragement wouldn't hurt either. ;)
