Disclaimer:- I don't own dragonball Z or GT or any of it's characters. They belong to Akira Toriyama and Funimation.
Author's note:- This story is to do with immortality, with its cons. Dragonball Z seems to take death (and life) for granted. Although such a subject is debatable. Set after GT
"Moooooooom!" Marron called out to the forest floor below. No answer.
"Dad!" Marron whined. "What's taking Mom so long? This was supposed to just be a shopping trip."
Krillen creased his brow as he looked out of the capsule jet hovering above said forest, keeping an eye out for Eighteen. "Something's going on." He pondered. "That power level I sensed was so familiar and strong too... It's right there at the back of my mind..."
"It's just probably one of your old friends, right?" Marron asked nervously, and sweat dropped as she saw the back of Krillen's head shake no. The two waited tensely for Eighteen to come back or at least reply. Krillen's brow creased even further.
"Why's Mom taking so long? She said she'd be right back!" Marron whined again.
"Dammit! Something's wrong!" Krillen frowned. "Listen Marron, I'm going to check what's going on. If I'm not back in five minutes, go straight home and call the Briefs and tell them what happened. Okay, honey?"
"But Daaaaaad!" Marron whined.
"No Buts. Just hold on." With that said, Krillen hopped out of the capsule jet and flew to the same area Marron saw her mother go, no doubt where Krillen sensed this 'large power level'. Marron sighed and hopped into the driver's seat then leaned her head on the steering wheel. "Great. Of all the things..."
And so Marron waited. One minute... Two minutes...
Three minutes...
Four Minutes...
"This sucks." Marron muttered. "How come..."
She stopped her muttering as a gleam caught her eye on the ground, somewhere where her parents SHOULD be. But as Marron stared, the gleam got brighter and brighter. A bad feeling crept into Marron's mind, and she just moved the jet away before the ki blast could hit her. However, the jet took the brunt of the impact, and sent the blonde girl crashing down, screaming...
Eighteen, however, had found the source of the large energy level, and kept hidden with her own energy level low and undetectable. She couldn't see too much, mostly a group of people surrounding a smaller person. Watching intently, she was disturbed when a voice trailed down from above, attracting the group she was watching.
"Moooooooooooom!" Marron called from above.
Eighteen frowned as two of the group was instructed to look for the source of the calls, and kill whoever was found. She had to do something. And so, she flew towards the two just lifting off into the air, raising her energy level to get their attention.
Ready for combat.
Marron continued screaming after the jet hit the ground, burying its nose into the soft earth. Marron did not stop screaming until she felt no movements whatsoever. Fortunately, the jet wasn't too high up when it was hit, so Marron wasn't too badly hurt. The windscreen was broken, however, with shards of glass giving her cuts all over. But Marron was mostly okay...
She shivered at the experience; hands glued to the steering wheel, as she slowly unglued herself from the jet and moved away, despite her fear. Okay, a crash like that might injure one at least, and kill a normal person at worst. But the ki blast sent her way would simply kill. Marron figured it surely had something to do with that power level that her parents were so concerned over. She wasn't a martial art's expert like her Dad, but she knew enough about their history.
Also, Marron couldn't go home like her Father told her too without the jet, with it's nose buried and Marron without a clue on how to get it out. And she didn't really know what direction civilisation or the possible attacker lay, what with the jet spinning as it crashed.
Marron sighed again. "Why me?" The most reasonable solution was to move away from the crash site. She really didn't want to trek through the forest with cuts and bruises all over, but if she stayed put, whoever attacked her might come looking to finish her off. Dusting herself off, she reluctantly moved away in a random direction from the jet.
Eighteen delivered a good punch to the jaw of one of the two men. He didn't get knocked out from that, but he was sent skidding into the ground from the kick Eighteen sent into his gut. The other man, his attention attracted, headed for her. She started by elbowing him as he approached from behind, yet this man had the good sense to block. Eighteen tried to follow through by hooking his feet as she turned. The man anticipated this attack too, and dodged. In return, Eighteen got an elbow in the shoulder, which sent her back a bit. Annoyed at this man, she sent a ki blast at him. He dodged the first, but the second blast she sent hit him in the side.
"Curse you." He spat as he clutched at the injury.
But now more of the group of men had seen her. Another one, blue with spiky white hair, approached from behind. This time, Eighteen moved quicker than the eye could see, reappearing behind the man, and sent him down with a good punch. The blue man righted himself and bounced back up, flying past Eighteen as she dodged his attack. He prepared to send a ki blast back down to her, only to have Krillen head butt him as flew to the rescue, the loose ki blast spinning off wildly to hit something else.
"Man, I'm getting way too old for this!" Krillen grimaced. "Eighteen, are you okay?"
"I happen..." Eighteen paused to hold up a fist, punching the previously injured man in the face as he approached from behind again. "...To have it covered."
Krillen raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, so I see."
"You!" A high pitched voice shrieked from below. "I know you!"
Krillen looked down in amazement. "Garlic!"
Marron continued shoving her way through the foliage, with no clue as to what direction she was going. She stopped however as she heard shouting. Heading towards the source, she came to a clearing, containing several injured people lying on the ground, some of them already getting up. One of the knocked out people not getting up was her mother, possibly dead. And pinned down next to her by a monstrous green muscled creature was Krillen.
"DAD! MOM!" Marron yelled in shock.
"Marron.... No..... Run!" Krillen weakly called.
Subconsciously, she did what he said by backing away. She turned around only to meet a tall, thin blue man blocking her exit. Yelping, she started to run around him only to be grabbed by the wrist as the man laughed. Marron struggled, but the man was too strong. "Nooooo! Let me go!" She pleaded. The man just laughed again.
"Leave her alone!" Krillen shouted.
"Oh, I don't think so." The green monster grinned. With that said, he squashed poor Krillen. As Marron watched, she saw her father die right in front of her.
"NNNNNNOOOOOO!!" She screamed.
The man holding her laughed again. "Hey boss, should we kill this girl too?"
"No. She can't do anything. Besides, I think I've just done worse than kill her." The green monster laughed as he began to shrink. He continued shrinking until he was a but a midget.
"Who are you?" Marron gasped shakily, barely holding back tears. "Why did you...you.."
The green midget laughed. "My name is Garlic junior. And I don't like being interrupted. Besides, it's high time for some payback, after Krillen and all of his friends caused me so much trouble."
"His 'friends' will come for you, you know." Marron snapped angrily. "You won't get away with this."
"Perhaps, but then again, I am immortal." Garlic pondered. He laughed at Marron's shocked expression. "What? Didn't Krillen ever tell you about little old me? About how I finally got my wish from the dragonballs to become immortal and avenge my father? About how I was defeated and sent to be trapped into the dead zone, and when I got out, got sent back there again?"
Marron only stared in reply, most likely from the shocking events that she just saw. Garlic continued talking anyway.
"Well, now you know. I bet Goku and Piccolo and the others thought it fitting that instead of me dying and being sent to the Home for Infinite Losers, I spent an eternity in the Dead zone instead! Well, now I can finally have my revenge." With that said, the midget turned, and for the first time Marron saw a pile of seven dragonballs.
She saw them when she was younger; small, orange transparent globes with red stars in them varying in number from one to seven. But as far as she knew, the dragonballs caused some trouble not too long ago, and disappeared, along with Goku. Then again, these did not look like the original dragonballs. They were a translucent black, for one thing. They were the same size as the first, but the stars inside these black ones were actual points of light. Each ball had a different colour for their star or stars.
"But how? The original dragonballs..." Marron began
"...Have vanished." Garlic finished. "Yes, I've noticed. However, my Father had, some time ago attempted to become this planet's guardian. And in his ambition, he learnt how to create his own set of dragonballs indirectly from Kami, complete with a wish-granting dragon. He passed this information down to me. I didn't quite get the knack of it at the time, but since I've had a long time to perfect my techniques... well.
"And now, it's about time I see how well my efforts have proved."
Garlic turned back to the black dragonballs.
"Arise BANIRA, eternal dragon!" Garlic shouted, his arms in the air. Marron assumed Banira was the name of the dragon.
But then the sky went dark and cloudy; as per usual when a dragon was called forth to grant wishes. The black dragon balls began to throb with a humming sound, pulsating from black to the light of their respective colours, until the throbbing slowed. At this point, a stream of bright white light shot from the dragonballs. And as Marron watched, the white light rose higher and higher forming the eternal dragon that Garlic had created...
Meanwhile, at Capsule corp. Vegeta was training in his gravity room as he still did now and then, although not as often as before. Today, however, Trunks had accompanied him. It was one way for a father and son to get together. But as Trunks practiced by punching the air, he stopped, sensing something. Vegeta stopped his own activities, also sensing the same problem.
"What the..?" Vegeta wondered aloud.
"The eternal dragon?" Trunks pondered, turning his head towards the dragon's location. "But how?"
So, what do you think? Want more? Review! Want me to go away? Review! Remember, if you don't speak up, you never get what you want! ;)
Author's note:- This story is to do with immortality, with its cons. Dragonball Z seems to take death (and life) for granted. Although such a subject is debatable. Set after GT
"Moooooooom!" Marron called out to the forest floor below. No answer.
"Dad!" Marron whined. "What's taking Mom so long? This was supposed to just be a shopping trip."
Krillen creased his brow as he looked out of the capsule jet hovering above said forest, keeping an eye out for Eighteen. "Something's going on." He pondered. "That power level I sensed was so familiar and strong too... It's right there at the back of my mind..."
"It's just probably one of your old friends, right?" Marron asked nervously, and sweat dropped as she saw the back of Krillen's head shake no. The two waited tensely for Eighteen to come back or at least reply. Krillen's brow creased even further.
"Why's Mom taking so long? She said she'd be right back!" Marron whined again.
"Dammit! Something's wrong!" Krillen frowned. "Listen Marron, I'm going to check what's going on. If I'm not back in five minutes, go straight home and call the Briefs and tell them what happened. Okay, honey?"
"But Daaaaaad!" Marron whined.
"No Buts. Just hold on." With that said, Krillen hopped out of the capsule jet and flew to the same area Marron saw her mother go, no doubt where Krillen sensed this 'large power level'. Marron sighed and hopped into the driver's seat then leaned her head on the steering wheel. "Great. Of all the things..."
And so Marron waited. One minute... Two minutes...
Three minutes...
Four Minutes...
"This sucks." Marron muttered. "How come..."
She stopped her muttering as a gleam caught her eye on the ground, somewhere where her parents SHOULD be. But as Marron stared, the gleam got brighter and brighter. A bad feeling crept into Marron's mind, and she just moved the jet away before the ki blast could hit her. However, the jet took the brunt of the impact, and sent the blonde girl crashing down, screaming...
Eighteen, however, had found the source of the large energy level, and kept hidden with her own energy level low and undetectable. She couldn't see too much, mostly a group of people surrounding a smaller person. Watching intently, she was disturbed when a voice trailed down from above, attracting the group she was watching.
"Moooooooooooom!" Marron called from above.
Eighteen frowned as two of the group was instructed to look for the source of the calls, and kill whoever was found. She had to do something. And so, she flew towards the two just lifting off into the air, raising her energy level to get their attention.
Ready for combat.
Marron continued screaming after the jet hit the ground, burying its nose into the soft earth. Marron did not stop screaming until she felt no movements whatsoever. Fortunately, the jet wasn't too high up when it was hit, so Marron wasn't too badly hurt. The windscreen was broken, however, with shards of glass giving her cuts all over. But Marron was mostly okay...
She shivered at the experience; hands glued to the steering wheel, as she slowly unglued herself from the jet and moved away, despite her fear. Okay, a crash like that might injure one at least, and kill a normal person at worst. But the ki blast sent her way would simply kill. Marron figured it surely had something to do with that power level that her parents were so concerned over. She wasn't a martial art's expert like her Dad, but she knew enough about their history.
Also, Marron couldn't go home like her Father told her too without the jet, with it's nose buried and Marron without a clue on how to get it out. And she didn't really know what direction civilisation or the possible attacker lay, what with the jet spinning as it crashed.
Marron sighed again. "Why me?" The most reasonable solution was to move away from the crash site. She really didn't want to trek through the forest with cuts and bruises all over, but if she stayed put, whoever attacked her might come looking to finish her off. Dusting herself off, she reluctantly moved away in a random direction from the jet.
Eighteen delivered a good punch to the jaw of one of the two men. He didn't get knocked out from that, but he was sent skidding into the ground from the kick Eighteen sent into his gut. The other man, his attention attracted, headed for her. She started by elbowing him as he approached from behind, yet this man had the good sense to block. Eighteen tried to follow through by hooking his feet as she turned. The man anticipated this attack too, and dodged. In return, Eighteen got an elbow in the shoulder, which sent her back a bit. Annoyed at this man, she sent a ki blast at him. He dodged the first, but the second blast she sent hit him in the side.
"Curse you." He spat as he clutched at the injury.
But now more of the group of men had seen her. Another one, blue with spiky white hair, approached from behind. This time, Eighteen moved quicker than the eye could see, reappearing behind the man, and sent him down with a good punch. The blue man righted himself and bounced back up, flying past Eighteen as she dodged his attack. He prepared to send a ki blast back down to her, only to have Krillen head butt him as flew to the rescue, the loose ki blast spinning off wildly to hit something else.
"Man, I'm getting way too old for this!" Krillen grimaced. "Eighteen, are you okay?"
"I happen..." Eighteen paused to hold up a fist, punching the previously injured man in the face as he approached from behind again. "...To have it covered."
Krillen raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, so I see."
"You!" A high pitched voice shrieked from below. "I know you!"
Krillen looked down in amazement. "Garlic!"
Marron continued shoving her way through the foliage, with no clue as to what direction she was going. She stopped however as she heard shouting. Heading towards the source, she came to a clearing, containing several injured people lying on the ground, some of them already getting up. One of the knocked out people not getting up was her mother, possibly dead. And pinned down next to her by a monstrous green muscled creature was Krillen.
"DAD! MOM!" Marron yelled in shock.
"Marron.... No..... Run!" Krillen weakly called.
Subconsciously, she did what he said by backing away. She turned around only to meet a tall, thin blue man blocking her exit. Yelping, she started to run around him only to be grabbed by the wrist as the man laughed. Marron struggled, but the man was too strong. "Nooooo! Let me go!" She pleaded. The man just laughed again.
"Leave her alone!" Krillen shouted.
"Oh, I don't think so." The green monster grinned. With that said, he squashed poor Krillen. As Marron watched, she saw her father die right in front of her.
"NNNNNNOOOOOO!!" She screamed.
The man holding her laughed again. "Hey boss, should we kill this girl too?"
"No. She can't do anything. Besides, I think I've just done worse than kill her." The green monster laughed as he began to shrink. He continued shrinking until he was a but a midget.
"Who are you?" Marron gasped shakily, barely holding back tears. "Why did you...you.."
The green midget laughed. "My name is Garlic junior. And I don't like being interrupted. Besides, it's high time for some payback, after Krillen and all of his friends caused me so much trouble."
"His 'friends' will come for you, you know." Marron snapped angrily. "You won't get away with this."
"Perhaps, but then again, I am immortal." Garlic pondered. He laughed at Marron's shocked expression. "What? Didn't Krillen ever tell you about little old me? About how I finally got my wish from the dragonballs to become immortal and avenge my father? About how I was defeated and sent to be trapped into the dead zone, and when I got out, got sent back there again?"
Marron only stared in reply, most likely from the shocking events that she just saw. Garlic continued talking anyway.
"Well, now you know. I bet Goku and Piccolo and the others thought it fitting that instead of me dying and being sent to the Home for Infinite Losers, I spent an eternity in the Dead zone instead! Well, now I can finally have my revenge." With that said, the midget turned, and for the first time Marron saw a pile of seven dragonballs.
She saw them when she was younger; small, orange transparent globes with red stars in them varying in number from one to seven. But as far as she knew, the dragonballs caused some trouble not too long ago, and disappeared, along with Goku. Then again, these did not look like the original dragonballs. They were a translucent black, for one thing. They were the same size as the first, but the stars inside these black ones were actual points of light. Each ball had a different colour for their star or stars.
"But how? The original dragonballs..." Marron began
"...Have vanished." Garlic finished. "Yes, I've noticed. However, my Father had, some time ago attempted to become this planet's guardian. And in his ambition, he learnt how to create his own set of dragonballs indirectly from Kami, complete with a wish-granting dragon. He passed this information down to me. I didn't quite get the knack of it at the time, but since I've had a long time to perfect my techniques... well.
"And now, it's about time I see how well my efforts have proved."
Garlic turned back to the black dragonballs.
"Arise BANIRA, eternal dragon!" Garlic shouted, his arms in the air. Marron assumed Banira was the name of the dragon.
But then the sky went dark and cloudy; as per usual when a dragon was called forth to grant wishes. The black dragon balls began to throb with a humming sound, pulsating from black to the light of their respective colours, until the throbbing slowed. At this point, a stream of bright white light shot from the dragonballs. And as Marron watched, the white light rose higher and higher forming the eternal dragon that Garlic had created...
Meanwhile, at Capsule corp. Vegeta was training in his gravity room as he still did now and then, although not as often as before. Today, however, Trunks had accompanied him. It was one way for a father and son to get together. But as Trunks practiced by punching the air, he stopped, sensing something. Vegeta stopped his own activities, also sensing the same problem.
"What the..?" Vegeta wondered aloud.
"The eternal dragon?" Trunks pondered, turning his head towards the dragon's location. "But how?"
So, what do you think? Want more? Review! Want me to go away? Review! Remember, if you don't speak up, you never get what you want! ;)
