The Unique Alliance
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z © Akira Toriyama, TOEI Animation, BIRD STUDIO, SHUEISHA INC., FUNinmation.
Disclaimer 2: Jinn, Gochi, The Unique Alliance © Eileen Setiawan, H-san, Hina-chan (i.e. the author of the story)
Disclaimer 3: This story is only for recreational purposes. I do not intend to sell this to anyone/anything.
PART 1: The Kindness of Strangers
"… No one told me I was going to find you,
Unexpected what you did to my heart.
When I lost hope you were there to remind me,
This is the start… "
Richard Marx and Donna Lewis – At the Beginning
PROLOGUE – The Visitor
The space pod plummeted towards the blue planet called Earth. Within its contents lay a man, bloodied and broken, owning a past that was worth forgetting…
A little boy overlooked the barren wasteland of plains. He appeared to be at least seven years old with short, lengthy black hair, its spikes seemed to drape and frame his face. Blood trickled down the corner of his mouth and his armour cracked in pieces whilst the jumpsuit underneath was torn. Bodies were scattered around blood-ridden ground and looked as if they covered what was left of the dust bowl. Along with the bodies… among their fresh bloodstained corpses… laid his father, beaten and broken in the dust field.
Sweat trickled down the boy's face as he walked through the land of merciless sorrow. When he finally reached his father's body, he stared upon his corpse lying in front of his eyes. He blinked back his tears, showing only his senseless pride.
"Otou-san?" he whispered. The little boy kneeled down and picked up his father's lifeless carcass in his arms.
"Wake up," he softly whispered. He gently shook the body with no sign of any revival.
"Wake up," he repeated. "Wake Up!" A mix of emotions surged through him as he thought of the inevitable. Sadness, shock and an undeniable rage flooded through his mind, body, and his soul. The little boy clenched his fists as a power unlike any other consumed his body. The more the rage built inside of his mind, the more power flowed through his body.
"… why?…" asked the boy softly through clenched teeth. "… why did they?…" Suddenly, the boy yelled and the power from deep within him exploded as a yellow aura enveloped him. For miles across the empty, motionless world, his cry spread over the loss of his one and only kin; his father.
The man lying inside the pod leisurely opened his eyes, dredging up that single moment in time.
"Otou-san… " he murmured before he passed out from exhaustion.
On Earth, Gochi was sitting on her window ledge in her bedroom reading a book. The curtains of the window and her hair danced with the wind blowing through the windowsill. She took a glance at her surrounding scenery. It was all hustle and bustle with everybody on the move. Though, in the distance, in spite of everything happening in the city, she was able to see her original home, the mountains. The greenery of the treetops and the bright sky always soothed her in desperate times. Nonetheless, the natural landscape still reminded her of her dreadful past. It had been four years since the terrible battle with Cell. Four years after her brother had surpassed to Super Saiya-jin Level 2… she felt powerless as she watched her brother surpass her physically, mentally and spiritually. The 16-year-old Saiya-jin sighed as she closed the book and flung back her long black hair from the gentle breeze, placing the book in her inner jacket pocket. She continuously gazed upon the mountains, being thankful they were still there and hopeful that they would remain for many years to come. She took a glimpse at her alarm clock. It read 11: 45 AM.
'Wow, never thought that it'd be this boring at home,' she thought as she looked out the window again. Well… her home anyway. After her father died at the hands of Cell, Gochi felt as if she was useless. She knew there was probably nothing she could do… but her brother had done so much. He had defeated Cell… surpassed Level One… liberated Earth from the dangerous threat. What had she done? All she did was stand there… watching as her brother struggled, and won, the bout with the green menace. After the battle, Gochi decided she needed to find herself. Her mother had suffered some… difficulties in her moving out, but Gochi assured she would visit every week in a while. She also told her mother of the education promises they offered there, including the high school so-called Orange Star High. After coaxing her mother into the offer, Chichi had jumped at the mention of a 'proper education'. By the following week, the apartment block was prepped to be moved into. She was living independently at the age of fifteen. Her unit was in the nearby town of Satan City and it did belong to Bulma, so that pleased her mother… even though the landlady could be a bit…
Images of her landlady filled her head and a great sweat drop slowly ran down Gochi's head. Luckily Bulma was doing much of the paying for her; otherwise she would probably be in deep trouble with the woman. Sighing Gochi looked up at the sky, a confused expression crossing her face at the strange swirl of clouds forming in one part of the azure heavens. Suddenly, from the haze, she spotted a glint in the sky. Her eyes strained to see, narrowing in a squint as she hoped to get a clearer view. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. It became clearer to her of what it truly was. Her eyes widened with fear and shock. She quickly dashed out of her bedroom window, flying off towards the city.
Gohan lay in a huge field, soaking in the sun's rays. He loved Sundays; they were always relaxing. He could always take longer breaks than usual, especially from studying and 'hitting the books'. He looked towards the blue sky with small groups of clouds slowly moving by the breeze. He could stay like this forever, watching the tranquillity and peacefulness of his home fly by his eyes.
"I wonder how otou-san's doing?" he spoke to himself. Suddenly he felt two powers, one getting further away and the other rushing behind him. He sat up in alert and looked around the meadow. He snapped his head to the left and the right trying to locate its source. He turned around and noticed Goten running at full speed towards him.
"Onii-chan! Trunks-kun just called! He said something landed on the outside of Satan City!" yelled Goten when he reached Gohan.
"What? Are you sure?" asked Gohan standing up.
Goten nodded and pointed at Satan City.
"See? Smoke!"
Gohan snapped his head towards the direction Goten pointed to. There he saw a faint trail of smoke. He didn't like the looks of this. He'd seen it before. Gohan turned to his little brother with a stern face.
"Goten, get back home," he ordered.
"But…" started Goten.
"Now! It's too dangerous to be out!"
"… Okay… " Goten answered, trudging back towards the direction of their house.
Gohan turned his head towards the city as he rose off of the ground; no doubt the other power had been Gochi. He powered up and flew towards the city's crash site.
Gochi arrived at the 'crash' scene along with hundreds of other people of Satan City. A crater blocked a busy road and drivers and passengers already exited their vehicles to inspect the 'alien spacecraft' found within the crater's centre. People whispered and started to gossip, trying to guess what would be found inside its contents and what terror could be found within.
"First Cell, now this?" asked a man inspecting the crater.
"Are you kidding? Don't you remember what happened to the Eastern Capital? It totally disappeared and I've heard it was events like this that it happened!" yelled another in panic.
You're telling me, thought Gochi inspecting the spacecraft inside the crater.
"I know! Satan will take care of this!" hollered a woman.
"Yes! Yes! Satan!" quickly agreed a man.
Soon, everyone within the crash site started to yell out Mr. Satan's name in a chant of some sort. Gochi, ignoring the calling, continued to inspect the craft. She raised her hands to her chin and started to wander off in thought until a tap on her shoulder snapped her out of it. She turned around to discover a familiar face.
"Gohan-san!" she yelled in surprise, gazing upon her elder brother.
"Why didn't you tell me?" asked Gohan, staring worriedly at his younger sibling. "The least you could've done was telling me before rushing off to inspect this. What happened anyway?"
"Saiya-jin space pod," said Gochi flatly, once again inspecting the pod, along with Gohan.
"Saiya-jin?" Gohan took a glimpse of the crash site, also discovering the spacecraft. "But I thought only four full-blooded ones existed," he assumed.
"Actually it used to be four, then it went to two, then three, then two, then three again, then back to two, then three, then two yet again, then to one and it's stayed at one," Gochi recalled.
There was a slight pause between the two siblings after Gochi's little statement.
"What?" Gohan finally asked, confused.
"Otou-san, Vegeta-san, 'Uncle' Raditz, Nappa, Turles and Brolli; or don't you remember?" Gochi asked.
"Oh… right."
Suddenly, a loud swishing sound was heard from within the crater. People stopped chanting for Mr. Satan's help and paid their attention towards the cavity in the road. The door of the craft slowly opened creating a mechanical sound. Gohan and Gochi gazed down preparing for the expected. Gasps rose from the crowd of people and the two siblings crouched down slightly getting ready. Everyone else from the crowd moved away slowly from the crater.
The man in the space pod forced his eyes open as he saw the first glimpses of light ad nauseam. He knew he had landed and he could hear people from above.
When did I pass out? he thought. I gotta get out of here. He forced himself out of his seating position and grasped the side of his pod with the only good arm he had left.
The two Son siblings stepped back slightly when a hand grasped the side of the pod. They saw a man getting himself up from inside the pod wearing torn Saiya-jin armour and bloodied from head to foot. Gochi and Gohan relaxed; this guy couldn't even defend himself even if he tried.
"My Kami, look at him," said Gohan.
Gochi nodded. Both of them stared on at the Saiya-jin trying to exit the pod. His breath came in ragged gasps and his right arm hung limply at his side. He stood up with little strength he had left, gasping from the pain as his tail swayed slightly from left to right. He looked up at the crowd in the sunlight and everyone ran back even further from fear. All of a sudden he spotted both Gohan and Gochi. Noticing they stood their ground he slowly floated up, despite the pain, and landed softly in front of the two Son siblings.
"Where am I?" he asked to Gohan.
Gochi gazed within his eyes and saw the pain he felt.
"Earth," bluntly replied Gohan. "Why are you here?"
"Earth?" repeated the Saiya-jin. "I went that far?"
Gohan and Gochi stared confusedly at the Saiya-jin. At that moment, an expression of pain crossed his face and he doubled over. Gochi gasped and Gohan took a step back out of surprise. A moment later, the Saiya-jin was gasping in shock and pain. Gochi and Gohan looked at each other with remorse. Gochi kneeled down towards the ground and placed a hand on the Saiya-jin's back.
"Are you all right?" she asked.
The Saiya-jin kept his gaze at the floor.
"Fine," he growled.
"Are you sure? We can help you," said Gohan kneeling in front of the Saiya-jin.
The Saiya-jin gazed at him, his eyes felt like they were scanning his soul.
"I said I'm fine," he said flatly.
He felt the hand on his back and looked up, his gaze reaching the ornament around Gochi's neck as it swung back and forth, glinting ever-so-slightly in the rays of light which penetrated the crowd's canopy. Gohan turned his head and looked around the scene. Out of the blue, he heard sirens heading in their direction with people screaming praise for the 'World Champion'. Suddenly, another jolt of pain flared up the Saiya-jin's spine and he screamed in agony before everything around him went black.
Sirens flashed all around him as his mother carried him in her arms and held him close.
"Jinn, we'll get out of here, you don't have to worry," said his mother. She ran towards the space dock within the gigantic ship, avoiding detection from its inhabitants.
Jinn was only five years old and was confused about what was happening.
Weren't the Quillis people associates with the Saiya-jins? Jinn thought. This doesn't make any sense.
"Mama, where are we going?" he asked.
"We're going on a little trip to visit your otou-san," she calmly answered.
"What about the others?"
"They'll be fine Jinn, they'll be fine."
Jinn looked up at his mother, still puzzled about the situation. When Jinn and his mother reached the space dock, she ran towards the nearest port control panel she could find.
"C'mon Jinn, we're going to visit your otou-san," she repeated, smiling at her son.
"Not if I can help it," said a voice behind them.
The woman turned around to see Kisei, the captain of the Quillis army and heir to the Quillis throne.
"Kisei… " Jinn's mother's voice trembled slightly.
"Koumi, you and your son have been giving everyone a run around you know," said Kisei, smirking.
Koumi swallowed hard. She never had a feeling like this before. Was it fear? Was this what everything that crossed her path had felt before she blasted them to oblivion?
"What do you want?" asked Koumi.
"Your son… that's what," replied Kisei, gazing at the little boy in her arms.
Jinn buried his face in his mother's shoulder.
"Leave him alone! He's only five!"
"The younger, the better: he's unlike any other Saiya-jin child on this ship. He could become a great warrior someday."
"Just like all those other Saiya-jin children? I've seen what you do with our race. It's disgusting," said Koumi, taking a step back.
Kisei walked forward, arms out stretched.
"Koumi, Koumi, Koumi," tsked Kisei. "I can't believe you. I'd be proud if it was my son to be one of the hand-chosen."
Koumi's eyes narrowed as she sent Kisei a bone-chilling death stare. Her free arm moved back to the control panel slowly as she quietly pressed the docking button and activated the co-ordinates.
"Yeah, well you'd be really sad to hear that I'm not taking your offer, you sadistic bastard!"
Kisei's eyes narrowed this time and his fists clenched in anger.
"Bad choice woman!" hissed Kisei. He lunged at Koumi who moved out of the way just in time.
She ran off with her son as Kisei smashed into the control panel previously behind Koumi. As he pulled himself from the ground, he noticed a light flashing on the control panel.
"What?" he murmured. He suddenly realized what had happened during his confrontation and snapped his head in the direction where Koumi ran off.
"That bitch," he hissed as he drew out his sword.
Meanwhile, Koumi ran towards the docking port and, sure enough, a ship was waiting to be loaded.
"Okay, Kisei, try to get us now," said Koumi smirking.
Jinn stared at his mother with oblivious looks. He was still bewildered but little by little, he was beginning to realize the condition he and his mother got themselves into. When Koumi reached the ship, she activated the door.
"Jinn, are you ready to go now?"
Jinn looked into the dark ship and then at his mother. He nodded. She smiled. "Good."
"You're not going anywhere!" yelled Kisei behind them.
"What!" yelled Koumi, looking at Kisei.
"Do you think I'm stupid? I know what you're planning to do. You can't escape woman."
Koumi looked at Kisei and then back at the ship. She looked down at her son whom she loved; whom one day she knew would make her proud. She looked at Kisei, her eyes burning with hatred.
"Maybe I can't… but my son can." Koumi kissed the top of Jinn's head.
"Goodbye, my son," she whispered to him.
Jinn gazed at her with a confused look. Suddenly, he was thrown into the ship as the hatch immediately shut tight and the pod sent out into space. The last thing he saw of his mother was her neck ornament, swinging back and forth like a pendulum of time.
"Kaa-san!" yelled Jinn, looking through the window of the ship. He saw his mother getting smaller and smaller, then he saw the ship getting smaller and smaller, then he saw no more.
The Saiya-jin woke up suddenly. The first and only thing he saw was white.
"Am I dead?" he murmured.
"No, just badly wounded," said a female voice.
The voice startled him and he looked around. He rose off of a bed and continued to scan the area.
"Who's there?" he asked. His vision was still distorted and he had to blink several times till it became clear. When it finally did, he discovered he was in a room.
The walls were a pinkish colour and the ceiling was white. There was a nearby window shut tight and towels lay nearby the bed. The room was a mess nonetheless.
"Where am I?" he asked.
"You're at Capsule Corporation," said the female voice again. "Home to Bulma Briefs."
He turned his head to the voice. There stood Gochi, sitting down on a chair besides the bed. In her hand was the book she had been reading in her house. She placed it on the bedside table.
"It's you," he said.
Gochi quickly sat up from the chair and pushed him back down.
"Don't get up, you'll make your wounds worse," she stated. Gochi walked towards the door, ready to tell Bulma that the Saiyan had awoken.
"That earthling girl," he continued.
Gochi halted in her tracks and turned around.
"Yep, the earthling girl. That's me," replied Gochi, laughing nervously. "I got to go for a little while. Stay in bed and don't get out, your wounds are pretty bad." Gochi walked out the door, the door swinging open, then shutting tight.
He sighed in arrogance and got up again. He looked around the room once again to find an escape. Any source of escape. He checked the door; it was tightly shut, built specifically to keep someone in. He continued ransacking the place for a means of escape. Finally, he gave up and sat on the side of the bed, gazing at the floor. Gochi came back in and walked over to the bedside where he sat.
"I told you not to get out of bed," she said.
He continued to stare at the floor.
"I already called Bulma-san. It's lucky we decided to bring you here, I mean for all you know you could have been taken away by some scientific freaks, or even worse, Mr. Satan."
"What happened?" asked the Saiya-jin; ignoring Gochi's talking.
"You passed out, don't know how though," replied Gochi. "Oniichan and I had to practically run to get you out of the crowd. Luckily, Vegeta-san and Trunks came by to help us out."
"Vegeta-sama! You mean, the prince!" yelled the Saiya-jin.
Gochi gave the Saiya-jin a clueless look.
"Um… Well, technically, yes. Why?" she asked, cocking her head to one side.
"You know the prince of Saiya-jins!" yelled the Saiya-jin.
Gochi looked at the Saiya-jin with a startled expression.
"Gee, you don't have to yell. Yes, I know Vegeta-san. Is something wrong with that?"
Now the Saiya-jin had a shocked expression.
How can she, a mere earthling, know Vegeta-sama, the prince of Saiya-jins? thought the Saiya-jin, questioning.
"Are you okay? You look shocked," said Gochi, stating the obvious.
The Saiya-jin gazed up at Gochi.
"Why am I here?" he asked, again ignoring what Gochi said.
"Well, it's either here or in a lab somewhere underneath the Sahara Desert," joked Gochi, smiling.
The Saiya-jin raised an eyebrow, questioning her.
"Don't worry; you have to know 'earth' terms to actually know what the Sahara Desert is."
The Saiya-jin grunted and started concentrating on the floor again.
"What's your name anyway?" asked Gochi, changing the subject. There was a moment's silence.
"Jinn," he finally answered, still keeping his eyes fixed on the floor.
"Well, my name is Gochi." She looked at the Saiya-jin, who was still busy keeping his eyes fixed on the floor.
"How'd you get so beaten up anyway?" she finally asked.
Jinn finally looked up.
"Why do you want to know?" he asked.
"Well, I know you're Saiya-jin, judging by the way you act and the tail, and Saiya-jins don't tend to get beaten up that bad," replied Gochi.
"How do you know about Saiya-jins? You're only an earthling," Jinn stated, giving Gochi a sceptical look.
Gochi was hesitant for a while, thinking of what she could say.
"Well, do you know Go… I mean… Kakarott?" finally asked Gochi.
"Kakarott? Never heard of him," said Jinn.
"Okay, well that was a bad start," said Gochi.
There was a slight pause.
"Which Saiya-jins do you know, apart from family?" finally asked Gochi.
Jinn gave Gochi a sceptical look once again. Gochi sighed.
"You have to tell me something," she said, exasperated.
"Tarrec, Terni, Nik, Dyne and Gab," said Jinn, glaring at Gochi.
"Anyone else?"
Jinn looked back on the ground.
"No."
Gochi sighed in mild frustration. She suddenly got an idea.
"Do you know Frieza?"
Jinn's head immediately shot up.
"Frieza!" He startled Gochi.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"How do you know Frieza?"
Gochi answered timidly, a small sweat drop upon the back of her head.
"Well… my otou-san… he's the one who defeated him."
"What?" yelled Jinn, standing up.
Gochi fell down by the sudden outburst.
"You mean to tell me you're Saiya-jin!"
Gochi laughed nervously.
"Ano… hai; we're hybrid actually, my brothers and I."
Jinn sat down on the bed, a look of shock plastered on his face. The silence between the Saiya-jin and the demi–Saiya-jin stretched awkwardly. Gochi gazed at the clock on the wall. It read 1:55.
Wow, it's already past lunch, thought Gochi.
Gochi turned to the Saiya-jin who still looked slightly shocked.
"Jinn, are you hungry? It's past lunch," stated Gochi, pointing to the clock.
Jinn was about to say something when the door swung open. Gochi looked at the person, who had just entered the room, then turned to Jinn.
"Can you please not move around too much," said Gochi, standing up and moving to the door.
Jinn grunted again and lay down on the bed, his hands clasped behind his head. Gochi walked over to Bulma, who stood at the doorway, looking at the Saiya-jin.
"Bulma-san? What are you doing here?" asked Gochi quietly, also standing at the door.
"Well, you told me he was awake. I want to ask him some questions," explained Bulma walking inside.
Gochi looked at Bulma. She had cut her hair short and was now sporting a turtleneck shirt and black slacks, unlike her usual turtleneck short dress.
"Why?" she asked, the same look on her face that Goku had when confused.
Bulma pouted and sighed.
"Because we need to find out why he's here, or how he got here or something along the lines of those above questions."
"Yeah, I can understand that, but I don't know about the whole question thing. I mean you're only human," Gochi said. A sweat drop ran down her head at the glare ensued by her statement. "Well, would he actually listen to you?"
Bulma sighed impatiently.
"Well, I could simply tell him that I'm Vegeta-san's mate. He'll listen to me for sure," reassured Bulma.
Gochi gave her a sceptical look.
"Mate?" Bulma smiled thoughtfully.
"Saiya-jins call their partners mates instead of wives." Gochi blinked, clueless, then shrugged.
"Okay, good luck getting anything out of him. He doesn't like saying much… oh yeah, his name is Jinn," Gochi stated to Bulma.
Bulma nodded and walked further into the room. Gochi walked out, allowing the door to close behind her. Suddenly, her stomach growled in hunger. She looked down and laughed quietly to herself.
"Okay, I'm getting something to eat," she mumbled to herself, walking to the CC kitchen.
Character Data
Gochi is the romanisation of the words liu – chi', meaning fruit tree
Jinn originated from the spice Ginseng or Ginger
Kisei is Japanese for death
Koumi is Japanese for spice
Tarrec is an anagram of Carrot, I just changed the o to an a and the i to an e
Gab is from a type of pumpkin called Gabardine (credit goes out to a friend from school who helped me with the name, although she doesn't know it.)
Dyne comes from the word Gabardine. Are they related? Yes, they are.
Terni comes from the vegetable Turnip. I changed the 'u' to an 'e' and cut out the 'p' entirely.
Nik come from Pumpkin, however, his full name is Nikkum.