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The
Secret
Saiyan
A great crash was heard as another sheet of dust landed on the quiet beings who sat below. An angry roar of pure frustration rang out, echoing throughout the tunnels of the underground dwellers.
"I'll find you. Whatever it takes I'll find you!" An infuriated, deep voiced creature called from the land above.
A great stomp was heard, followed by another and another, all the time the stomps growing quieter and quieter. The beast had left, and the family of Mayons could breathe a sigh of relief. Three years ago this creature had come to their planet. A Saiyan who had destroyed the neighboring planet of Chess, using it's giant ape form. Now for some unknown reason he had traveled to the planet Mayo, and savagely attacked the peaceful residents whom dwelled here. The whole upper civilization had been annihilated, and the few survivors had fled to the underground civilization of Wynn. The Mayons of Wynn took their fellow brethren in, allowing them to take residence in their homes. Now Wynn was under attack, two of its seven cities had been destroyed, but it had taken the Saiyan a long time to locate them, and it would take him a long time to locate the remaining cities. The Saiyan Ape had left now, and the three worried Mayons were free to talk again.
"He's gone now. I thought for sure he knew where we were." Enoch spoke first.
"Daddy, how come we had to be so quiet?" A young, red headed, freckle faced four year old asked quietly.
"Because when that Saiyan transforms in the moonlight, his senses become greatly increased. Which means Laurie, that even the smallest of noises could attract his attention and he would find us."
"And squash us flat!" Laurie added innocently.
"Yes, and squash us flat." Laurie's young beautiful mother Jessie repeated quietly. "What are we going to do?" She asked impatiently as she stared into her husband's face.
Enoch ran his thumb and forefinger through his dark red beard, sliding the strands of hair through his fingers until he reached the end. He stared over at his young beautiful wife, her long brown hair hanging lazily down to her waist.
"The best time to attack him, well we think, is the morning after he transforms. He should be a bit groggy and tired, but still, I alone am no match for a Saiyan. If only I could get Jakor to help me. He has a lot of power, but he's just too scared."
"That will not be necessary." A tall, thin, aging man had entered their home. He walked over to them in a long blue robe, his silver hair almost seemed to be glowing. Enoch and Jessie quickly knelt before him.
"Get up my children." His dry, raspy voice was tinted with kindness.
"Yes Ismar." Enoch and Jessie replied in unison.
"As you both know, the Saiyan Ruo will go back to his powerful, yet less devastating state of being after the full moon is no longer visible. I have enlisted the help of some Gulls from the planet Gull, and they should be arriving shortly."
"But Ismar, you know what they fight for!" Enoch interjected.
"Yes, but I'd rather give up half of our planet to the Gulls than watch our people living in constant fear and being destroyed by that damn Saiyan!" Ismar's silver hair almost seemed to flare with anger itself as he spoke.
"But I would rather fight and die than share a planet with those filthy beings. The Gulls! How repulsive! All they do is consume and destroy."
"Oh come now, we're not that bad."
There in the doorless entrance stood a handful of Gull warriors, staring menacingly at Enoch. The freckle faced Laurie shrieked and hid behind her mother at the sight of these brutes. Each Gull was as tall as one and a half men, crouching down as they uncomfortably came into the underground house one by one.
"I didn't give you permission to enter!" Enoch roared as he unsheathed his golden sword.
"Stay down Enoch." Ismar commanded him.
"I will not allow these Gulls to be in my family's presence, nor mine. The mere sight of these beings sicken me."
The crouched Gulls snickered.
"It doesn't matter Enoch, the council has voted 10-2 for their help. This Saiyan is too much of a threat." Ismar said.
"I'll go fight Ruo myself!" Enoch yelled.
"You wouldn't last twenty seconds." The Gull leader spoke up.
He was a bit taller than his comrades, and he stared at Enoch with cold, steely gray eyes. His black hair was thick and matted, every hair seemingly going in a different direction. He had two long lines of hair that crookedly led down the sides of his face and to an unkempt forest of beard under his lips. His large mouth with small pointed teeth accompanied his other attributes.
"I'll take my chances!" Enoch said in defiance.
"The Gulls all seemed to smile in unison at this remark, mocking him quietly.
"You should stay here with your family, little guy. We don't want you to get in the way." One dirty skinned Gull directed his comment to Enoch.
Enoch clenched his teeth and tightened his hold on his sword.
"No, Enoch will go with you. He is the second strongest Mayon alive, and you will need his help." Ismar interrupted.
"Guess that makes me the strongest."
A young Mayon pushed his way through the crowd of bending Gulls. Quickly he knelt before Ismar and then arose back to his feet. This new arrival had long, shoulder length blond hair and dark brown eyes. His youthfulness was deceiving to those who were foolish, his lips were thin, and he had a big smile on his face. He and the Gulls looked each other over, neither being impressed with the other.
"Starting the party without me? You should know better."
"Glad you could make it Jakor." Enoch stared at Jakor's goofy grin.
"We don't need help to defeat a Saiyan!" One of the Gulls spoke, obviously unimpressed by Jakor's entrance.
"Relax big guy, you'll lose your voice if you keep shouting like that." Jakor grinned.
"And you'll lose you head!" Came the angry reply.
"This Saiyan is different. He is more powerful than any Saiyan I've ever encountered throughout my life." Ismar interrupted.
"Whatever, old man." Another Gull stepped forward with a wide smile on his face. "All Saiyans are the same, barbaric monkeys with unequaled arrogance and stupidity."
"Wow, for a minute there I thought you were talking about yourself." Enoch replied and even Ismar broke a grin.
"We have reason to believe this one might be a Super Saiyan." Ismar broke in loudly before the Gull could retaliate.
The Gulls stood silently, even their leader was quiet.
"If you're scared you can go home." Jakor commented to the annoyance of the giants. "But if you think you're strong enough to beat a Super Saiyan..."
"Shut up kid, there's no such thing as a Super Saiyan."
"We'll see if you Gulls are so cocky tomorrow." Enoch added.
"What makes you think this is a Super Saiyan?" The Gull leader's deep voice echoed through Enoch's home.
"Well for one thing, this Saiyan is extraordinarily strong." Ismar turned to Enoch. "Enoch, lift your shirt."
Enoch lifted his shirt and turned around to reveal a long red scar running down his back.
"The Saiyan did that with just his tail. Enoch barely survived that battle, and that was months ago. This Saiyan's power is increasing every day it seems. Also, a report from another warrior who just fought him three days ago was very disturbing to me. The warrior said that Ruo's hair flashed golden while he was powering up and it was as if the Saiyan was about to transform."
Everyone stood quietly as they soaked up the information Ismar gave them.
"Also," Ismar continued. "The dark, powerful force of Frieza has completely vanished. Ruo is so strong that it could have been him that destroyed the being known as Frieza."
"No way, not Frieza. I heard that the Saiyans work for him because he is so strong. There's no way that a Saiyan could defeat him." The Gull leader spoke.
"Maybe." Ismar was thinking.
"We'll see how tough this Saiyan is tomorrow." The Gull leader replied with a desperate fury in his voice.
"By the way, what kind of a name is Ruo? That doesn't sound like a Saiyan name." Another Gull commented.
"I'm surprised it only took you five minutes to realize that." Enoch directed his sarcastic statement to the commenting Gull.
The Gulls stared at him angrily. They were in fact much like the Saiyans, good fighters but not too intelligent, and like the Saiyans, the Gulls resented when people pointed their lack of brightness out.
"The price just went up." The Gull leader said as he lazily thumbed his navel and removed a ball of lint.
"What!?" Enoch was purely angered and even the cool headed Jakor had a tint of rage about him.
"Your manners are very appalling. We have traveled far and long just to help your people and you have treated us with nothing but disdain. We're taking sixty percent now. Ismar, if you would be so kind as to show us to our quarters. My men and I would like a good rest before we risk our lives for you." The Gull leader bellowed angrily in his deep voice.
Enoch and Jakor just stood in sheer frustration as Ismar led the stooping Gulls out of the dwelling.
"This is ridiculous!" Enoch barked. "They come to our planet, disrespect our council members, disrespect our warriors, our people! All the time acting as if they are our pure-hearted saviors with only our well being in mind, when we all know they couldn't give a damn if our people survive, or how many people have died fighting that Saiyan as long as they get their payment. What nerve!"
"They have no idea what we're up against. Even with our combined strength we will still probably be defeated. I have to tell you Enoch, I'm pretty scared right now."
"The important thing is that you're ready to fight now, you're conquering your fear. And don't worry, I know we'll beat him."
"I hope so. By the way, what kind of a name is Ruo for a Saiyan?"
"It's a name he gave himself I've heard. As the story goes, he was shipped off of his planet as a baby so he didn't know his given name. Jakor, you should stay here tonight, I insist."
"Very well, I didn't really feel like walking home anyway. Thank You Enoch."
"Jessie, make Jakor a bed. He is going to be our guest tonight." Enoch told his wife and he kissed her on the cheek.
"Laurie, come with me." Jessie led Laurie down a hall and into the guestroom.
"You know, sometimes I just wish."
"What's that Jakor."
"Sometimes I just wish that, well I guess this is a wish too, but sometimes its nice to think that there is something or some being out there that could grant any wish you want. Like some mystical being you meet after some quest. Like an enormous dragon or something. Wouldn't that be great?"
"Yes that does sound great. Maybe somewhere out there, there is such a thing. Actually that sounds pretty cool, you should write that idea down and after we beat this Saiyan we could make a cartoon about this dragon and the different quests people have to make to get their wish. I'm sure kids would love it."
Jakor smiled.
"Maybe, but probably not."
A couple of silent minutes passed when Jessie came out of the guestroom, holding Laurie by the hand.
"Jakor, your room is ready now,"
"Thank you." Jakor replied.
Enoch grabbed Jakor's hand, clasping it in friendship.
"We will win tomorrow. We will."
"I hope so Enoch."
Jakor walked into his room as Jessie put Laurie to bed. Enoch entered his room as well, changing and then waiting for Jessie to return. Shortly after she walked into the room, and after changing laid down in bed next to her husband. They gazed into each other's eyes, kissing passionately, knowing this night could be their last together.
"Just promise me you'll come back."
Tears ran down Jessie's face as she spoke.
"I..."
Jessie looked deeply into Enoch's faltering eyes. They both knew that the chances were slim, yet Enoch felt compelled to give his wife some comfort.
"I promise Jessie."
The
Secret
Saiyan
A great crash was heard as another sheet of dust landed on the quiet beings who sat below. An angry roar of pure frustration rang out, echoing throughout the tunnels of the underground dwellers.
"I'll find you. Whatever it takes I'll find you!" An infuriated, deep voiced creature called from the land above.
A great stomp was heard, followed by another and another, all the time the stomps growing quieter and quieter. The beast had left, and the family of Mayons could breathe a sigh of relief. Three years ago this creature had come to their planet. A Saiyan who had destroyed the neighboring planet of Chess, using it's giant ape form. Now for some unknown reason he had traveled to the planet Mayo, and savagely attacked the peaceful residents whom dwelled here. The whole upper civilization had been annihilated, and the few survivors had fled to the underground civilization of Wynn. The Mayons of Wynn took their fellow brethren in, allowing them to take residence in their homes. Now Wynn was under attack, two of its seven cities had been destroyed, but it had taken the Saiyan a long time to locate them, and it would take him a long time to locate the remaining cities. The Saiyan Ape had left now, and the three worried Mayons were free to talk again.
"He's gone now. I thought for sure he knew where we were." Enoch spoke first.
"Daddy, how come we had to be so quiet?" A young, red headed, freckle faced four year old asked quietly.
"Because when that Saiyan transforms in the moonlight, his senses become greatly increased. Which means Laurie, that even the smallest of noises could attract his attention and he would find us."
"And squash us flat!" Laurie added innocently.
"Yes, and squash us flat." Laurie's young beautiful mother Jessie repeated quietly. "What are we going to do?" She asked impatiently as she stared into her husband's face.
Enoch ran his thumb and forefinger through his dark red beard, sliding the strands of hair through his fingers until he reached the end. He stared over at his young beautiful wife, her long brown hair hanging lazily down to her waist.
"The best time to attack him, well we think, is the morning after he transforms. He should be a bit groggy and tired, but still, I alone am no match for a Saiyan. If only I could get Jakor to help me. He has a lot of power, but he's just too scared."
"That will not be necessary." A tall, thin, aging man had entered their home. He walked over to them in a long blue robe, his silver hair almost seemed to be glowing. Enoch and Jessie quickly knelt before him.
"Get up my children." His dry, raspy voice was tinted with kindness.
"Yes Ismar." Enoch and Jessie replied in unison.
"As you both know, the Saiyan Ruo will go back to his powerful, yet less devastating state of being after the full moon is no longer visible. I have enlisted the help of some Gulls from the planet Gull, and they should be arriving shortly."
"But Ismar, you know what they fight for!" Enoch interjected.
"Yes, but I'd rather give up half of our planet to the Gulls than watch our people living in constant fear and being destroyed by that damn Saiyan!" Ismar's silver hair almost seemed to flare with anger itself as he spoke.
"But I would rather fight and die than share a planet with those filthy beings. The Gulls! How repulsive! All they do is consume and destroy."
"Oh come now, we're not that bad."
There in the doorless entrance stood a handful of Gull warriors, staring menacingly at Enoch. The freckle faced Laurie shrieked and hid behind her mother at the sight of these brutes. Each Gull was as tall as one and a half men, crouching down as they uncomfortably came into the underground house one by one.
"I didn't give you permission to enter!" Enoch roared as he unsheathed his golden sword.
"Stay down Enoch." Ismar commanded him.
"I will not allow these Gulls to be in my family's presence, nor mine. The mere sight of these beings sicken me."
The crouched Gulls snickered.
"It doesn't matter Enoch, the council has voted 10-2 for their help. This Saiyan is too much of a threat." Ismar said.
"I'll go fight Ruo myself!" Enoch yelled.
"You wouldn't last twenty seconds." The Gull leader spoke up.
He was a bit taller than his comrades, and he stared at Enoch with cold, steely gray eyes. His black hair was thick and matted, every hair seemingly going in a different direction. He had two long lines of hair that crookedly led down the sides of his face and to an unkempt forest of beard under his lips. His large mouth with small pointed teeth accompanied his other attributes.
"I'll take my chances!" Enoch said in defiance.
"The Gulls all seemed to smile in unison at this remark, mocking him quietly.
"You should stay here with your family, little guy. We don't want you to get in the way." One dirty skinned Gull directed his comment to Enoch.
Enoch clenched his teeth and tightened his hold on his sword.
"No, Enoch will go with you. He is the second strongest Mayon alive, and you will need his help." Ismar interrupted.
"Guess that makes me the strongest."
A young Mayon pushed his way through the crowd of bending Gulls. Quickly he knelt before Ismar and then arose back to his feet. This new arrival had long, shoulder length blond hair and dark brown eyes. His youthfulness was deceiving to those who were foolish, his lips were thin, and he had a big smile on his face. He and the Gulls looked each other over, neither being impressed with the other.
"Starting the party without me? You should know better."
"Glad you could make it Jakor." Enoch stared at Jakor's goofy grin.
"We don't need help to defeat a Saiyan!" One of the Gulls spoke, obviously unimpressed by Jakor's entrance.
"Relax big guy, you'll lose your voice if you keep shouting like that." Jakor grinned.
"And you'll lose you head!" Came the angry reply.
"This Saiyan is different. He is more powerful than any Saiyan I've ever encountered throughout my life." Ismar interrupted.
"Whatever, old man." Another Gull stepped forward with a wide smile on his face. "All Saiyans are the same, barbaric monkeys with unequaled arrogance and stupidity."
"Wow, for a minute there I thought you were talking about yourself." Enoch replied and even Ismar broke a grin.
"We have reason to believe this one might be a Super Saiyan." Ismar broke in loudly before the Gull could retaliate.
The Gulls stood silently, even their leader was quiet.
"If you're scared you can go home." Jakor commented to the annoyance of the giants. "But if you think you're strong enough to beat a Super Saiyan..."
"Shut up kid, there's no such thing as a Super Saiyan."
"We'll see if you Gulls are so cocky tomorrow." Enoch added.
"What makes you think this is a Super Saiyan?" The Gull leader's deep voice echoed through Enoch's home.
"Well for one thing, this Saiyan is extraordinarily strong." Ismar turned to Enoch. "Enoch, lift your shirt."
Enoch lifted his shirt and turned around to reveal a long red scar running down his back.
"The Saiyan did that with just his tail. Enoch barely survived that battle, and that was months ago. This Saiyan's power is increasing every day it seems. Also, a report from another warrior who just fought him three days ago was very disturbing to me. The warrior said that Ruo's hair flashed golden while he was powering up and it was as if the Saiyan was about to transform."
Everyone stood quietly as they soaked up the information Ismar gave them.
"Also," Ismar continued. "The dark, powerful force of Frieza has completely vanished. Ruo is so strong that it could have been him that destroyed the being known as Frieza."
"No way, not Frieza. I heard that the Saiyans work for him because he is so strong. There's no way that a Saiyan could defeat him." The Gull leader spoke.
"Maybe." Ismar was thinking.
"We'll see how tough this Saiyan is tomorrow." The Gull leader replied with a desperate fury in his voice.
"By the way, what kind of a name is Ruo? That doesn't sound like a Saiyan name." Another Gull commented.
"I'm surprised it only took you five minutes to realize that." Enoch directed his sarcastic statement to the commenting Gull.
The Gulls stared at him angrily. They were in fact much like the Saiyans, good fighters but not too intelligent, and like the Saiyans, the Gulls resented when people pointed their lack of brightness out.
"The price just went up." The Gull leader said as he lazily thumbed his navel and removed a ball of lint.
"What!?" Enoch was purely angered and even the cool headed Jakor had a tint of rage about him.
"Your manners are very appalling. We have traveled far and long just to help your people and you have treated us with nothing but disdain. We're taking sixty percent now. Ismar, if you would be so kind as to show us to our quarters. My men and I would like a good rest before we risk our lives for you." The Gull leader bellowed angrily in his deep voice.
Enoch and Jakor just stood in sheer frustration as Ismar led the stooping Gulls out of the dwelling.
"This is ridiculous!" Enoch barked. "They come to our planet, disrespect our council members, disrespect our warriors, our people! All the time acting as if they are our pure-hearted saviors with only our well being in mind, when we all know they couldn't give a damn if our people survive, or how many people have died fighting that Saiyan as long as they get their payment. What nerve!"
"They have no idea what we're up against. Even with our combined strength we will still probably be defeated. I have to tell you Enoch, I'm pretty scared right now."
"The important thing is that you're ready to fight now, you're conquering your fear. And don't worry, I know we'll beat him."
"I hope so. By the way, what kind of a name is Ruo for a Saiyan?"
"It's a name he gave himself I've heard. As the story goes, he was shipped off of his planet as a baby so he didn't know his given name. Jakor, you should stay here tonight, I insist."
"Very well, I didn't really feel like walking home anyway. Thank You Enoch."
"Jessie, make Jakor a bed. He is going to be our guest tonight." Enoch told his wife and he kissed her on the cheek.
"Laurie, come with me." Jessie led Laurie down a hall and into the guestroom.
"You know, sometimes I just wish."
"What's that Jakor."
"Sometimes I just wish that, well I guess this is a wish too, but sometimes its nice to think that there is something or some being out there that could grant any wish you want. Like some mystical being you meet after some quest. Like an enormous dragon or something. Wouldn't that be great?"
"Yes that does sound great. Maybe somewhere out there, there is such a thing. Actually that sounds pretty cool, you should write that idea down and after we beat this Saiyan we could make a cartoon about this dragon and the different quests people have to make to get their wish. I'm sure kids would love it."
Jakor smiled.
"Maybe, but probably not."
A couple of silent minutes passed when Jessie came out of the guestroom, holding Laurie by the hand.
"Jakor, your room is ready now,"
"Thank you." Jakor replied.
Enoch grabbed Jakor's hand, clasping it in friendship.
"We will win tomorrow. We will."
"I hope so Enoch."
Jakor walked into his room as Jessie put Laurie to bed. Enoch entered his room as well, changing and then waiting for Jessie to return. Shortly after she walked into the room, and after changing laid down in bed next to her husband. They gazed into each other's eyes, kissing passionately, knowing this night could be their last together.
"Just promise me you'll come back."
Tears ran down Jessie's face as she spoke.
"I..."
Jessie looked deeply into Enoch's faltering eyes. They both knew that the chances were slim, yet Enoch felt compelled to give his wife some comfort.
"I promise Jessie."