Dragon HaloAF Episode 1: One Hundred Years Later, Times Have Changed, but Some Things Stay the Same
Daten City, a place clinging somewhere between Heaven and Earth. A place that has enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity. One hundred years of peace to be precise. It has been one hundred years since the Daten City Special Forces defeated the Queen of Hell and restored peace to Daten City. However, just because this city was safe, didn't mean the world was safe. After the battle with the Queen of Hell, god sent down an order to rid the world of ghosts. Packing their bags and saying goodbye, the Daten City Special Forces left Daten City to continue the work of banishing the world of Ghosts. After leaving Daten City, no one saw the Daten City Special Forces ever again. With the passage of time, the story of the Saiyan, Angels, Humans, and Demons fighting side by side have become something akin to a children's story, a fairytale. No one was supposed to believe it. Without any first hand account of the events, these stories have become twisted with time, and while the general synopsis of the stories are the same, there are great disparities between the details from one person to another. However there are still a few links to the past.
"You fucking pieces of Angel shit! You mean to tell me that you failed in your mission?!" Garterbelt yelled from his podium in the church. "Need I remind you two that we have to make sure that if evil rears its ugly ass head again, that we must have the Dragon Balls in our possession! If they fall into the wrong hands, it will be hell on earth!"
He stared angrily at the Angels in question. They were brother and sister. The boy named Trunks had the same hairstyle as Panty except without the long hair in the back. He had the same hair color as Panty and deep blue eyes. He wore a red t-shirt, and blue shorts with orange shoes. His sister, Tights, was sitting to his left. She had light brown hair in a ponytail that went down to her shoulders and brown eyes. She wore a plain black dress with purple tights and black high heels. Trunks stood up.
"Listen Garter; okay we got a little distracted, but don't get your panties in a bunch, we're doing the best we can" he said.
"That's bullshit and you know it! If the Daten City Special Forces could do it, I know damn well you can do it too!" Garterbelt yelled back.
"That's all you talk about! The Daten City Special Forces this and Daten City Special Forces that! They were great, we get it! But we're not them! So just give it a rest will you?!" Tights yelled.
"Shut up! You pathetic excuses for Angels need to learn some God damn respect!" Garterbelt yelled.
"Listen Garter, were tired as hell, so can you save the lecture for tomorrow?" Trunks asked as he started to walk off to his room.
"Ditto" Tights said as she walked off to her room.
"Yo, you better get your asses up early tomorrow, because I'm going with you to make sure you find the Dragon Balls are all found and in our possession" he yelled.
Meanwhile, up in Heaven, Vegito stood at the edge of the giant yellow cloud that Heaven sat on and looked down below with his arms folded and a concerned look on his face. Panty and Stocking walked up behind him, both wearing their angel uniforms.
"Hey Vegito, how are our little prodigies coming along?" Stocking asked, as she came up and lightly slapped his back with a smile. Vegito didn't respond, he didn't even move, he just continued to stare down through the clouds at the earth below. Her smile faded away slowly as she looked at Vegito. "Uhhhh…hmmm" she muttered quietly to herself putting the tip of her finger to her mouth.
"Yo, Vegito, what the fuck's got you so up tight?" Panty asked. When he didn't respond, Panty spoke again. "Hey yo, Vegito, Heaven to Vegito, you in there bro?" She asked snapping her fingers. She took a couple steps back and pulled her sister aside. "Yo Stocking, what's gotten into him?" Panty asked.
"I've seen him like this before a big battle. Something must be about to happen on earth" Stocking replied.
"*Sigh* You know I can hear you right?" Vegito asked, still looking down. He turned around to look at them "I can sense…an evil presence" he said turning back to look down. The angels walked over and looked down at the earth. "And I'm afraid that it will be much more than they can handle" Vegito said clenching his fists.
Meanwhile, in the center of Daten City, the Mayors Office had been rebuilt and now is inhabited by someone else. The interior looked just the same as before, but there was a new figure sitting behind the desk, a female figure. The T.V. screen was on and the person listened to the conversation Garterbelt had with the angels.
"So, searching for the Dragon Balls eh? Foolish Garterbelt, you are making this too easy! I don't even need to do anything; you're just going to lead me right to them, haha! Boxers, Socks" the woman yelled.
Suddenly a pair of demons walked through the door. They looked like male versions of Scanty and Kneesocks. Boxers had bright green, medium length, spiky hair that stood all the way up. He wore a standard issue beige demon uniform and had two small horns that stuck up from his head. His brother, Socks wore the same uniform, but had one horn coming out of the center of his head and had short bluish grey hair. They both bowed in front of the desk.
"Yes, Lady Girdle?" they asked simultaneously. Girdle spun around in her chair to face them and leaned over her desk just enough that the light of the moon light up he face. She looked like a female version of Corset. She had the same skin, hair and eye color as Corset except that her hair was longer, reaching down to her waist.
"I have a favor to ask of you…" Girdle began.
The night went by and morning came over Daten City. Garterbelt was up bright and early as usual, and decided that the angels should do the same. He went over to his podium and pulled on the rope hanging from the ceiling. When he did so, the beds of both Trunks and Tights came crashing down.
"Good morning, Angels" he said air quoting the word angels.
"Oh great, this is the mug that I get to wake up to? Dick" Trunks said as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
"Man, I was having the best dream too! I was dreaming about…" Tights started.
"I'm just going to shut you guys up right there and get on with what I have to say" Garterbelt said as he held up his right hand in front of his body. He pulled on the string again and this time a projector screen popped out of the ground and launched Chuck into the air. The lights dimmed and an unseen projector started projecting images on screen. Those images were of their most recent screw ups. "As you can see, you two have been failing in your missions to gather the Dragon Balls" he started.
"So? We already knew that. Is that what you wake us up for?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah, that's not exactly news" Tights said.
"Shut up!" Garterbelt yelled, "I wasn't finished yet. Anyway, like I was saying, due to your recent fuck ups, I will be accompanying you two on your mission to collect the Dragon Balls."
"You're really going to cramp our style and come with us?" Tights asked.
"Yes, because you can't be trusted" Garterbelt said.
"Fucking A!" Trunks groaned.
"Quit your bitching! You brought this upon yourself! Now get your asses ready to leave!" Garterbelt yelled.
The Angels groaned, got up form their beds and got ready to go. After about thirty minutes, the Angels had gotten dressed and walked towards See-Through. Trunks pulled out the Dragon Radar and turned it on. He them began pushing the button on top of it, zooming in and out trying to find the first Dragon Ball. When he zeroed in on the Dragon Ball, the radar started beeping.
"I hope you guys are ready for a road trip, because we've got a five hundred mile journey ahead of us" Trunks said.
"Fuck me! Really? Do we have to do this?" Tights asked.
"Shut up! You don't have a choice in the matter" Garterbelt yelled. With that, the trio got into See-Through and began their journey. After a ten hour journey, the sun had set a few hours ago and Trunks, Tights, and Garterbelt all arrived at the location of the first Dragon Ball.
"The beach, huh?" Tights asked.
"Yep, now let's get searching" Trunks replied.
The search began under the light of the full moon and after about thirty minutes, Trunks started closing in on the first Dragon Ball.
"Hey guys, the signal is getting stronger" Trunks yelled to the others. Tights and Garterbelt made their way over to him. "It's this way" Trunks said as he started walking diagonally along the beach until they reached the waters edge. Trunks looked out to sea and then back at the Radar. "It looks like it's in the ocean" Trunks said. The gang looked at the pitch black water.
"How the hell are we supposed to find it if we can't see anything?" Tights asked.
"Don't worry, I got this" Trunks said as he held out his right hand in front of him. Suddenly a yellow light appeared in his hands as a ki blast was charged. "This should give us enough light to see what we're doing down there."
Tights nodded her head. They both took a deep breath and jumped in. Trunks and Tights split off in different directions. Tights was careful not to go to far from her brother because the light would only travel so far. From above, Garterbelt watched the light move around underwater. Trunks was looking through the corral and tights was looking through the sides of the rocks under the waves. After a few sessions of searching and coming up for air, Trunks saw a glint of reflection. He swam over to it and saw the Dragon Ball resting on a piece of corral. He grabbed it and swam to the surface.
"Hey, guys, I found it!" He yelled holding the Dragon Ball above his head. Tights heard him and surfaced moments later.
"Alright! One down, six to go" Tights said.
They both swam to shore and met up with Garterbelt.
"Good job Angels" Garterbelt said holding up the Six Star Dragon Ball. "Now let's get you two dried off and get moving to the next Dragon Ball."
After getting dried off, Trunks fiddled with the Radar until he found the location of the next Dragon Ball.
"Six hundred miles south east of here" Trunks said.
It took them the entire night, but they finally arrived at the location of the next Dragon Ball, a Temperate Forest. They Gang parked See-Through and started walking along a hiking trail.
"Just a little further this way" Trunks said as he led the way. They eventually reached the spot where the Dragon Ball was supposed to be, but there was a problem. "Where is it? The Radar say that we should be right on top of it" Trunks said looking around. Tights looked up and noticed an orange ball at the top of a huge Redwood Tree.
"Hey, I found it!" Tights said as she pointed up to the Dragon Ball.
"Alright, good eye, sis" Trunks said. Tights then jumped up and flew to the top of the tree, grabbed the Dragon Ball and descended back down.
"Here we are, the Two Star Dragon Ball" she said.
"Alright, five more" Trunks said as he started trying to locate the next Dragon Ball. Eventually he found the signal. "Right, next stop, four hundred miles north of here" he said. After a ten hour journey, they reached the frozen arctic tundra.
"H-h-holy s-s-shit i-i-it's c-c-cold" Tights said grabbing her arms and shivering.
"Yeah" Trunks said shivering as well. "L-l-let's f-find the D-d-dragon B-b-ball and g-g-get out of here." The gang spent fifteen minutes searching before Garterbelt found it frozen in a block of ice.
"Hey angels, I found it" he yelled. Trunks and Tights sprinted over to him, partly to stay warm and prevent hypothermia, but also so they could hurry up and get out of this god awful place quicker.
"How are we going to get it out?" Tights asked.
"Allow me" Trunks said as he got into fighting stance. "HAAAA" he yelled and threw a punch. When it connected the block of ice shattered and freed the Dragon Ball from its icy tomb. It rolled to Garterbelt's feet and he picked up the Four Star Dragon Ball. "Alright, the Four Star Dragon Ball" Trunks said.
"A-a-awesome, n-n-now let's g-g-get out of here" Tights said. They all agreed and began heading to the next Dragon Ball.
The signal led them a thousand miles south and landed them in the middle if the rain forest.
"Ahh, this is so much better" Tights said taking in the warmth of the tropics.
"We're not here on vacation Tights, we're here on business" Garterbelt stated.
"Well I'm glad you like it, because the bugs are killing me" Trunks said to Tights as he swatted away some mosquitoes. "Let's just find this damn thing and get out of here."
The search began as the gang looked high and low for the Dragon Ball, looking through the brush and cutting vines out of the way. Eventually, Tights found the Dragon Ball nestled among some moss.
"I found it!" she yelled. Garterbelt and Trunks heard her and rushed over to where she was at. They met up with Tights who was holding the Seven Star Dragon Ball in her hand.
"Awesome, half way done" Trunks said. He then began focusing the Radar on the next Dragon Ball. "Okay so, it looks like the next one is three hundred miles east of here" Trunks said. The gang walked beck to See-Through and started making their way to the next Dragon Ball.
By the middle of the night, Trunks, Tights, and Garterbelt made it to the location of the fifth Dragon Ball. It was a tropical peninsula with an active volcano. They began to search and Trunks soon started to close in on the location of the Dragon Ball.
"Looks like the Dragon Ball is inside that volcano" Trunks said looking up at the volcano.
"Great, how are we going to get it without getting fried?" Tights asked.
"I'll get it" Garterbelt said. "Don't worry, my mission on Earth isn't over, so god won't let me die, no matter what happens." Trunks and Tights nodded their heads in agreement and started their ascent of the volcano.
When they reached the top, they peered in and saw the Dragon Ball right at the edge of the lava, which lit up the night sky in an orange glow.
"I'm going in" Garterbelt said as he started to descend into the cone of the volcano. Trunks and Tights watched with bated breath as Garterbelt reached the Dragon Ball and began climbing out. He made it back to where Trunks and Tights were, with smoke coming off his body and held out the Dragon Ball.
"The One Star Dragon Ball, huh? Then that means that we only have the Three and the Five Star left" Tights said.
"Yep, now let's see where the next one is" Trunks said as he started looking for the next Dragon Ball. "It looks like the next one is seven hundred miles west of here."
"Why do they have to keep being so goddamn far away?" Tights asked.
The gang got into See-Through and started the nine hour journey to the next Dragon Ball. When they arrived at the location, they found themselves in the middle of the desert.
"Alright, we made it, now to find the Dragon Ball!" Trunks yelled. The gang spread out and started to search for the Dragon Ball. Eventually Trunks found it on top of a sand dune. "Hey I found it, guys!" Trunks and Garterbelt ran over to him.
"Yep, there it is" Tights said as she looked up and saw the Dragon Ball as well. Trunks scaled the sand dune, picked up the Dragon Ball, and scaled back down.
"Here it is, the Five Star Dragon Ball" Trunks said as he held it out for Tights and Garterbelt to see.
"Almost done, finally! I deserve a vacation after this" Tights said. "Alright, where do we go to find the last one?"
Trunks focused the Radar and found the signal to the last Dragon Ball.
"Huh, that's weird" Trunks said.
"What's weird?" Tights asked.
"Yeah, what the fuck is going on?" Garterbelt asked as well.
"Well, based on the position of where we are now, how far this is telling me to go and the direction it's telling me to go, puts us right back in Daten City" Trunks explained.
"Hey, at least we finally get to go home and relax" Tights said.
"So let's hurry up." Trunks and Garterbelt nodded their heads and started speeding off back to Daten City. When they reached the location of the Dragon Ball, at around noon, it was just as Trunks had said; they were smack dab in the middle of Downtown Daten City. "Alright guys, last one, we can do this" Trunks said, giving a little pep talk. They got out of See-Through and started walking around, searching for the last Dragon Ball. They gang searched through the streets and the sidewalks. Eventually, the Radar led Trunks to a dumpster in an alley way. "Oh man, do I really have to go in there?" he asked himself. Here was a ton of garbage in there and it was being swarmed by hundreds of flies. "Hey guys, I found it!" Trunks yelled. Tights and Garterbelt both heard him and came running over.
"EWW, you don't seriously intend to go in there do you?" Tights asked plugging her nose from the smell. "I have to. The Dragon Ball is in there" Trunks said.
"Wish me luck" he said as he jumped in. Tights and Garterbelt nearly both threw up as Trunks put his head in the garbage pile looking for the final Dragon Ball. After what seemed like an eternity to Trunks, he found the Dragon Ball and popped his head back up. "Alright, we did it! we got all seven!" Trunks said, victoriously holding the Three Star Dragon Ball.
"Yes, finally, we can go home and relax" Tights said.
"Not so fast" a voice said. "Before you go, I'd like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for gathering all of the Dragon Balls for me and putting in all that hard work. Now hand the over" the voice said as its owner stepped out of the shadows.
End of Episode 1.
