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Prologue
"HAAAA!" Two voices yelled out in unison. An explosion rang out through the cityscape of Gingertown as rocks flew from their original buildings and up into the air above the two fighters.
Gohan, in his base form, was pushed back into a building top as the explosion died down. He was wearing his signature gi given to him by Piccolo, which was unfortunately torn apart in many places, but still somehow remained intact. The young teen gritted his teeth as he stumbled backward, but quickly righted himself. He looks back up in the air and stared off against his adversary.
Said adversary was currently in the air, smirking down at the half-Saiyan. "Don't tell me that's all you've got, boy. Is that the best of your power?" The purple-skinned warrior questioned from above. He was known as Kogu, a member of the space pirate Bojack's crew.
Gohan only scowled, but his attention was then diverted from the opponent in front of him to another battle taking place off into the distance. He saw the awesome power being put out by Vegeta, in all of his Super Saiyan glory, and Bojack himself.
It had been three years since the end of the Cell Games, but Vegeta's power had increased exponentially during that time. Gohan might even say that his power could have matched his own, or even eclipsed it. But, deep down, he could tell that fight was one-sided. And it was not in Vegeta's favor.
A low chuckle reached his ears and he turned his attention back to Kogu, who could see that he was worried for Vegeta. "Don't worry boy. You shouldn't, really. The two of you will be joining each other in a few moments," the statement came out as confident as one could make.
Gohan relaxed his stance and gave him a smirk in return. Kogu uncrossed his arms as it was now his turn to scowl. "I take it you think your death will be funny," he said with cockiness.
The son of Goku clenched his fists, widened his legs, and hardened his facial features. "No, it's not. And for your information, I have no intention of dying or letting you hurt anyone else!"
With that declaration, he ascended to the legendary transformation of the Saiyan race: A Super Saiyan. His hair spiked up slightly and went from jet black to brilliant gold, along with his eyes shifting from obsidian to teal. His aura exploded outward, pushing the space pirate back enough to catch him off guard.
Kogu growled and pulled out his sword from his sheath. "Why you little brat!" He charged straight at Gohan, intent on slicing his head off with one fell swoop. His arm with the sword in hand reached backward and ripped through the air as it was brought forward by its wielder.
Only for the Super Saiyan to block it...with his forearm!
Gohan then put more force into the center of the sword where it had struck his arm, and shattered it completely, earning him a gasp of surprise from his opponent. "Wha- but how did-UGH!" Before he could get another word of surprise out, a fist was driven deep into his abdomen. Massive pain was the last thing the pirate felt before he was knocked unconscious by a strike to the head.
Gohan watched as he fell to the ground below the building he stood on. He shook his head, mostly at himself. If he had just transformed from the beginning, it wouldn't have been such a pain to get through him.
He then turned his attention to the battle he was distracted with earlier. Gohan looked on with concern. One quick check of Vegeta's ki revealed he was running low on reserves. "Oh man, I've gotta help him. He won't last much longer at this rate." Releasing his aura, he blasted off the top of the building to hopefully turn the tables of this struggle to their favor.
Another explosion in that direction forced him to halt his flight and widened his eyes in alarm, as he saw the prince rocketing towards him at breakneck speed. Fortunately, Gohan was able to catch him with both arms.
Vegeta didn't look so good. His armor was torn from the top and he had bruises everywhere. He made a noise resembling that of a groan of pain as the toll of the battle was starting to catch up to him. Not that the Prince would ever admit it to anyone though.
But still, the half-Saiyan still felt obliged to ask him anyways. "Vegeta, all you alright?" His voice seemed to snap Vegeta out of his own little world that he was in. Taking one look at who had caught him, he snarled.
Vegeta used one arm to shove Gohan from him and stabilized himself in the air. "Don't patronize me, brat. And stay out of my way," he commanded.
Gohan scratched his head in confusion. "But Vegeta, you were the one who ran into me," he stated, earning him another growl from Vegeta, but didn't care to reply.
"I hope you two are done with your banter," Gohan and Vegeta whip their head to see Bojack instantly appear across them. "Because you have much bigger things to worry about."
Gohan readied himself, but next to him, Vegeta scoffed. "Please, if anything, you're the one who should be worried now," he declares as he readies himself as well. Bojack raised an eyebrow but doesn't respond to that claim. Instead, he turned his gaze over to Gohan.
Bojack smirked. "Well, it seems like you were able to dispose of my minion. I must congratulate you for that," he said to Gohan in a malicious way. Gohan said nothing as he maintained a neutral face.
The space pirate then frowned as he turned his sight over to where Kogu had fallen, buried beneath a rubble of rock and concrete. "Kogu has failed me considerably and showed weakness," he said ominously. A shining light appeared in his hand, and pulled his arm back, seemingly ready to fire the first shot at the two Saiyans. "And that makes him expendable!" Bojack thrusted his arm and fired the blast past the Super Saiyans and into the concrete jungle below.
Gohan gasped and turns his head slightly behind him, to see Kogu's body reduced to a pile of ash, the blast striking him right on. Once again, a deafening explosion rings throughout the landscape as the blast detonated. The silent breeze that had occupied the city-turned-battlefield became gale force winds.
He growled and turned back to Bojack. "You monster! That was your soldier! How could you kill him like that?" Not seeking an answer from him, Gohan powered up his aura and charged at Bojack, ready to commence their battle.
Vegeta looked on, shocked to see Gohan power up even further. "Grr, that idiot!" He released his own aura and charged at Bojack as well.
Bojack only kept a smirk on his face, not taking any measure to defend himself, keeping his arms relaxed at his sides. Gohan paid no heed to that and cocked his fist back. But before he could drive his fist, a horrible sensation overcame him. His aura fading, he found that he couldn't move one bit.
Gohan struggled to fight it, but to no avail. "Grr, what...what did...you do to me?" Bojack laughed and looked down below the fighters.
A small, chubby looking figure and a similarly dressed figure with a goatee rose up from below and met their leader at both sides. Their hands were extended outwards, blue tethers of energy extending out from their fingers and attaching themselves to Gohan as if he were trapped in a spider web.
Bojack cranes his neck towards them and smirked. "Good work, Bujin and Bido. I assume you followed my orders and took care of the human and the Namekian?" Bujin and Bido simply bowed to him with some smile as obedient servants would, which was all Bojack needed to have his question answered.
Gohan took a sharp inhale of air in shock. "No-no way...Krillin...PICCOLO!" His anger began to bubble at the mere thought of his mentor's defeat. He slowly curled his fists, wanting to make them pay. If they got through them...then that meant they were able to acquire the...NO!
The space pirate returned his gaze back to the stationary Saiyan, not caring about his internal struggle. "It seems I have some time before Zangya takes care of the third-eye warrior and appears with our prize," he stated. Gohan gritted his teeth, trying to bring out power that was escaping him for some reason.
Then, a familiar voice made itself known. "Behind you fool!"
Without even looking, Bojack grabbed Vegeta's fist from behind, surprising the Prince. "What?!" Without responding, Bojack, with Vegeta's fist still in hand, flinged him towards the city below at a speed too much for Vegeta. In an instant, Bojack reappeared next to the building where he was going to collide with and drove a knee into the Saiyan's abdomen.
Vegeta howled in pain before being cast off into the streets of the city, his golden locks returning to the natural black as his Super Saiyan form faded. The purple-skinned pirate leader then reappeared in front of Gohan, who was still struggling with the paralysis Bujin had placed on him.
What was even worse was that the demi-Saiyan was losing energy. And fast. Gohan struggled to even get out words. "Vegeta...gr-no." Bojack laughed at his current predicament, earning him another growl from Gohan.
"What's wrong brat? Weren't you going to stop me?" Before Gohan could even form a response, Bojack thrusted his fist deep into Gohan's abdomen and twisted it for extra measure. "Because I remember all too wearily how many times you've told me that," he cackled.
Deep in pain, Gohan coughed up blood violently. "GAH!" Before he knew it, a barrage of fists and kicks were being landed on him without Gohan being able to put up a defense for himself. A left hook to his left cheek made his head snap over to the side, earning him another ugly bruise. At Gohan's side, Bujin and Bido kept their concentration in keeping him paralyzed and made sure he stayed in place.
Another blow to the solar plexus made him feel a bone shatter inside him. 'GAH...I-I don't know how much mo-more I can take!' At that thought, his ki reserves reached a new low and his Super Saiyan state escaped him, now reverting to his base form. All the while, Bojack did not appear he would stop his relentless assault on the boy, raining blow upon blow on him.
Suddenly, he stopped and created some space between the two, turning to face the other direction. Gohan simply panted, temporarily relieved the pirate had ended his onslaught. However, in the distance, he saw a figure fast approaching. A female warrior with long, curly orange hair came into view and halted in front of Bojack, carrying a small duffel bag in her arms that had a knot around it to keep whatever was in it from falling out and another smaller bag.
Bojack smirked. "Good work Zangya. Well done," he complimented as he was handed the small bag.
Zangya gave a small bow. "It was my pleasure, my master," she said, casting a sideways glance over to the Saiyan who was still struggling to keep his eyes open. "It only feels right to gain such a great reward after all of your hard work," she said to him.
She then gestured over to the smaller bag in her other hand. "I was also able to snatch these from the baldy. I'm not sure what they are, but he was keeping them close to him, so it must be important," she said, tying the small bag on her belt.
Gohan's eyes widened. 'She stole the sensu beans from Tien?!'
Bojack, nodding, looked at the knot of the bag and his eyes flashed. The knot undid itself, revealing 7 shiny orange globes. He let out a dark chuckle and shifted his gaze back to Gohan. "You know, we could make this much more interesting," he began.
Zangya looked at him, wondering what he had planned. "How so, master?"
Bojack closed his eyes and reopened them, his cold smirk never leaving his face. "Do you recall when we besieged the planet of the Clorfors?" When her eyes widened, presumably in realization of what he was asking, he continued. "I want you to place the same seal on him as you did with their king. That way, he can watch helplessly as I have my wish granted before his eyes." he revealed.
But it seemed like his female servant looked unsure of his plan, which Bojack caught. "Hm? Is there something wrong?" he asked, which came out more like a demand.
Zangya spoke. "Well, I'd be happy to do that, but...wouldn't it be easier to just do away with him right away? He is of no threat to us as you know already," she said nervously, not wanting to spark her master's anger.
She waited in dread as he kept silent for a few second before hearing him chuckle under his breathe. "Of course, it would be easier. But I want to savor this victory," he said while craning his head to look at the still-struggling Gohan. "After all, it has been over a thousand years since I've been able to witness such a defeated look on my opponents," he told her.
Meanwhile, Gohan was listening to their conversation and was not looking forward to what they were talking about. 'Oh no, I can't let them use the dragon balls! I have to find a way to get out of this...but how?' His thoughts were interrupted when a small ki blast struck his shoulder, eliciting another groan of pain. "GAH!" The part of his shirt where it struck was burned instantly and blood began to drip from his shoulder.
He looked up to see the smirks of both pirates, causing an uneasy feeling to swell within his gut. His eyes, however, displayed the same ferocity as before. "You-you...monsters! You...won't g-get away with th-this!"
Bojack laughed and held up a hand with the dragon balls in his palm, neatly arranged into a pyramid. "Oh Gohan, but I already have," he declared. Not taking his gaze off of him, the pirate addressed his female servant. "Zangya, you know what to do!" Behind him, she emerged with her arms put out in front of her with a red aura surrounding both of them.
"HAH!" She yelled out. Gohan was then encased in a small, blood red sphere of energy, but it didn't seem like it was doing anything to him, as far as he could tell. But when she pulled her arms back, the sphere suddenly enclosed around his frame before entering his body. Red sparks of lightning erupted from his skin, and his energy dropped to critical levels.
But the pain was unimaginable. No fight, whether it was against Nappa, Recoome, Freeza, or Cell ever made him burn this way. "GAAAHH!" It went on like this for a few more seconds before Gohan fell unconscious, no longer able to keep his focus going. The electricity surrounding his body disappeared and the light faded away.
Bojack, satisfied with his minion's work, gave a curt nod to both Bujin and Bido, who were still keeping Gohan paralyzed and stationary. "Alright you two, that's enough. Let him fall into the abyss below, he's no threat to us anymore," he commanded. They did as they were told, releasing the slightly visible blue energy tethers from the Saiyan's body, causing him to descend to the city streets below them.
The four pirates then blasted off, leaving the now-destroyed Gingertown and their enemies behind. They did not go far however and landed on a plateau right next to the city.
Bojack placed the dragon balls on the ground, wanting to waste no time at all. Zangya then stepped in front of the four. "Allow me master," she requested. Their leader nodded and motioned for her to summon the dragon.
Bringing her arms out, she initiated the call. "Come forth, Dragon, and grant our wish!" The dragon balls glowed a few times before a giant beam of light burst forth from the orbs, forcing everyone to shield themselves from the brightness. The sky turned dark and the pillar of light eventually bended and curved to become the shape of the Eternal Dragon, Shenron.
A low growl escaped the mouth of the dragon. "YOU WHO HAVE SUMMONED ME! SPEAK NOW AND I SHALL GRANT YOU TWO WISHES!" The dragon boomed, its voice reaching all throughout the landscape.
Momentarily surprised he could get two wishes instead of one, Bojack's face erupted into an evil grin. He spread his arms out and cackled with pure malice. "Yes! Dragon! I, Bojack the Conqueror, demand that you grant me-," before he could finish his request, a boulder smacked the side of his face. Although he felt no pain from that, it still distracted him enough to stop talking.
His expression now livid, he whipped his body around to where it had come from. He then scowled when a very worn out Gohan, on the Nimbus cloud and sensu beans in hand, came into his field of view.
Beside the space pirate, Bido spoke up first. "What?! But how?" he asked rhetorically.
"How did you sneak up on us?!" Zangya demanded, cursing herself for dropping her guard and letting him take the bag tied around her belt.
Gohan, still panting, gritted his teeth. "I *huff* told you, I will never let you get away with this!" he yelled, more at Bojack than anyone else.
Bojack snarled with rage and clenched his fist. "Foolish boy! You just don't know when to sit down, do you?! Ever since I arrived on this planet, you've been blocking me every step of the way," he said with disdain, rage clouding his mind. "I wish you would just damn yourself to a place where you could never cross my path and no one could find you!"
He charged a ki blast in his hand, ready to end the boy's existence. "Which I think is a fate far less deserving and far more lenient than what you should-," he stopped mid-sentence, realizing what he had just said. Gohan's eyes widened as well and they both snapped their heads over to the dragon, whose eyes were now glowing red.
Shenron growled once more. "AS YOU WISH, SO IT SHALL BE." His eyes glowed to an even brighter red, preparing to execute the wish requested.
And with that said, Gohan, along with the Nimbus cloud, were blanketed in a white light before vanishing completely.
Hey guys I'm back! And with a new story too? I've been wanting to try this story for about a year now and even though I know the whole 'Gohan gets transported to some other world' is a trope in the crossover sections for DBZ, it's still a cool concept to toy around with and well...I ended up writing 10 whole chapters so I could get this out of my head.
And for those of you still waiting on the new chapter for Escape...you won't have to wait much longer, I can tell you that much.
So what did you think of this little prologue? I chose an AU type of setting where Bojack invades Earth a few years after the Cell Games and not right after it like we saw in that glorious movie. I know that I chose an unusual way to start out a story, but I promise you that more about how Bojack came to Earth will be revealed down the line.
But the real question is...what did Bojack do to Gohan?
Leave your thoughts and criticism in the review box below!