Dragonball Zero: Future Shock
Recap: "Scars" - Yamcha won the Tenkaichi Boudokai bringing an end to his and Vegeta's longtime feud.
"Dragonball Zero: Super Cell" - Piccolo returned from Hell to help defeat a new and more powerful Cell.
"Dragonball Zero: The Spirit Within" - Goku returned to help stop a being known as Upuar, a fusion of Puar and his counterpart (A spiritual being). Instead of killing Upuar, Goku coerced her into joining their group and she fell in love with Yamcha.
Disclaimer: I own these characters. Come get me, Toriyama. I dare you.
And now "Dragonball Zero: Future Shock":
Chapter One: Where Were You Anyway?
No more than two months had passed when Goku heard the question he had been dreading. He was sitting in the den of Kame House when he noticed Roshi, Yamcha, Upuar, and Krillin huddled around him.
"What's up, guys?" asked Goku. He looked at his friends intently as they just stared back. "What is it? Is there something on my face?" Upuar snickered.
"It's about time we asked you this, Goku." said Krillin, "And I got forced into... I mean I volunteered to do it. When you fused with the Dragonballs fused, what happened?"
Goku quickly turned away. He didn't really want to talk about it. It was sort of... personal.
"Listen," Goku said, "I'll tell you later. Right now I wanna watch this show." Before he had noticed the others around him, Goku had been flipping through the channels and he stopped when he saw them. It just so happened that the channel landed on "The Mr. Satan Show, With Mr. Satan". Goku had always hated this show. His dumb excuse wasn't even about to work against his friend's questioning.
The others looked at Goku and backed off.
"I think there's something he's not telling us." Krillin said.
"I know there's something he's not telling us." Roshi chimed in, "In battle Goku is silent but deadly, but outside of battle, he's one of the most talkative people I know. Plus, he would never hide a secret from any of us, let alone you, Krillin. There's something bothering him. But how to find out..."
Meanwhile, at Sky Palace, Dende and Mr. Popo were watching the goings on of the outer world. A lot of things changed after Goku left, but you could always count on Dende and Popo to be their same old selves. Yet today was different.
"Mr. Popo," Dende muttered out of their silent meditation, "Something has just startled me. I do not know what it is, but I do not like it."
"What ever could it be?" Popo asked, "I thought I felt something too. Like..." Suddenly the sky went dark, but not as dark as night. An almost purple sky illuminated the cloudscape.
"The Dragonballs..." they said together.
Below Dende and Popo's ever watching vigil is the lesser known home of two very important people. Karin and Yajirobe watch as the sky around them changes color.
"This is a bad omen." Karin said, "The light may look like the light that appears when Shenlong is summoned, but it's somehow different. Then again... it's somehow... familiar."
Yajirobe clutched his sword. He may not have been the bravest of souls, but his swordsmanship was unrivaled by anyone in the cosmos. The blade, which Karin wished for from Shenlong, was given to Yajirobe and could cut through anything like a hot knife through butter. The chubby samurai was just about ready for anything.
Just about.
Karin suddenly rushed up to Dende's place, muttering something about a balance in eternity. Yajirobe had no idea what he was saying. He was left alone, just sitting there as all this weird stuff was happening around him. He turned and was suddenly backhanded into a wall.
"Wha...?" Yajirobe stuttered, "Who the Hell are you?" Yajirobe felt his bones and muscles being hit like he was in a trash compactor. His assailant was too fast for him and was extremely strong. Yajirobe lay on the ground in a heap, blood pouring from all over him.
"Y... you?" Yajirobe choked, looking at his enemy through his blood covered eyes, "Why? I... Ghohosshkkk......." And Yajirobe fell unconscious. The hulking form of the enemy grabbed Yajirobe's sword and held it with both his hands.
And then he broke it over his knee. The shattered sword clattered on the ground as Yajirobe's attacker flew out of the tiny room. Karin rushed in at that very moment with Dende and Popo.
Mr. Popo gasped, "Oh my God..."
Goku still was avoiding the question at every occasion. Krillin and the others had gotten Piccolo, Gohan, and even Chi-Chi to ask him, and he wouldn't even tell her. They had one last chance. Krillin flew to Capsule Corporation and got a quick meeting scheduled with Mr. Briefs, or Trunks, as Krillin knew him.
"Trunks, we need your help." Krillin said, "Goku's hiding something, and it's something really big. He won't tell me, Master Roshi, Gohan, or even Chi-Chi. I think... I think your dad's the only one who can get him to 'fess up."
Trunks' eyes widened. "My dad?" he asked, "Are you serious? I mean, as soon as we left the party the night after Goku's return, he immediately left to train. He was mumbling something to the tune of "Kakarot will see". He's come back to the house about five times, and that was for food. Mom says he's going through a phase, but whatever. Anywho, I'll see what I can do, if I can find him."
Krillin nodded at Trunks. He knew what Vegeta was doing. He still wants a rematch with Goku, even if he just got resurrected, rather than wished back. Krillin said goodbye to the President of Capsule Corporation and also stopped by to greet Bulma, Bra, and Dr. and Mrs. Briefs. As Krillin left, he saw a great flash of light in the sky streak by. The power signature was familiar but the place it was coming from was even more familiar.
Sky Palace. Krillin ran back into the building and got Trunks to come with him to Dende's place.
When they arrived, Krillin saw Tien, Chaozu, Goten, and Pan already there.
"What happened?" asked Trunks.
"We all saw the sky darken around Sky Palace and came to see what was up." Pan said, "And boy was there something up."
Confused, Krillin and Trunks walked into the main chamber of Sky Palace to see Yajirobe being tended to by Dende.
"His wounds are incredible." muttered Dende, "Like nothing I've ever seen. Not only are my powers having little to no effect, but he just spits back up every Senzu Bean we try to feed him."
"What happened?" aksed Krillin.
"We'd like to know that to." muttered Karin, wlking out of the shadows along with Popo, "We saw the sky darken and came to the Dragonball chamber. When we saw that the Dragonballs were intact and safe, the sky immediately reverted to it's normal state and, well, we realized we had been tricked. When we came back to check on Yajirobe, this is how we found him."
"Aw, man..." Krillin sighed, "Who would've done this to him?"
Vegeta suddenly landed behind the others with a loud thud. They all turned toward him and stared.
"What?" asked Vegeta.
"I... need to talk to you about a few things, Vegeta," Krillin said, "There's something going on here and I aim to find out what it is. First off, Goku's hiding something from us about his experience while fused with the Dragonballs. Then Yajirobe gets beaten up. There's some kind of connection..."
"Dolt." Vegeta smirked, "Of course there's a connection. Don't you realize stuff like this never happens at the same time if they aren't connected? The only way to find out what happened to tubby over there is to talk to Kakarot."
As the Z-Fighters (Minus Dende, Popo, and Karin) turned to leave, yajirobe suddenly began to speak.
"Y... you guys..." he whispered, "I saw... who did this... t' me... but I can't... say... mental... block... I...it was GAKK!" Yajirobe once again fell unconscious. Goten volunteered to stay at Sky Palace just in case anything happened.
At Kame House, Goku and Yamcha were playing the Nintendo 64 Bra had left a few weeks back.
"Its-a me! Maaario!" Yamcha joked.
Goku snickered, "I'm-a Wario! I'm-a gonna ween!" They both cracked up.
"I still don't understand why two grown men are wasting their time with such things." Master Roshi suddenly said, "I mean, you are a bit old for it, aren't you?"
"Aw, c'mon Master Roshi," Yamcha said, "It's just a game. Here, Goku, put in something a little easier and let's see if Master Roshi can beat it." Goku looked at yamcha and then decided to humor his friend. Goku pulled out a game starring a little pink puffball. Roshi grabbed the controller and immediately died. Goku and Yamcha cracked up again.
Suddenly Krillin, Vegeta, and all the rest walked in the house. Vegeta tapped Goku on the shoulder and motioned for him to step outside. Goku flipped off the game and patted the crying Roshi on the back.
Outside, Vegeta stood with his arms folded around his chest, giving Goku those looks that could kill that everyone always talks about.
"What?" asked Goku.
"You know what." Vegeta snarled, "I know you've already read my mind and know exactly what I'm going to ask you."
"You mean you're finally going to ask me for a rematch?"
"...idiot. You know what I'm talking about. Don't play dumb. You're going to tell me what happened when you fused with Shenlong or I'm going to beat it out of you."
Goku stared at Vegeta with a slight grin. "You sure you don't want that rematch?" Vegeta stared back and shook his head.
"We need to know. Yajirobe's going to die and it will be on your head. Now tell us." Goku slumped down against the only palm tree on the island. Turtle crawled out from behind the tree and nuzzled up against his longtime friend. Goku sighed.
"It's a long story. You aren't going to want to retell it. You better gather everybody. I'll wait here." Vegeta walked into Kame House and immediately grabbed the phone. He ordered Trunks to call Goten's cell phone and then he called Bulma and Bra. Soon everyone was there and Goku began his tale.
"It's nothing much," he said, "I mean, you guys do have one thing wrong. I never "fused" with the Dragon. We traveled to a land called Eden, where Shenlong, Perunga, and all the Gods were born. I was still a child at the time and I wandered around the vast, green plains that made up this endless land. Shenlong said to me, "Goku, this is Eden, birthplace of all that is eternal. Here in this land you shall join us in our infinite slumber."
"Well, that sounded fine at the time and I layed down on the Dragon's back and fell asleep. When I woke up, I realized that time must move quicker in Eden, since I had only been asleep for about three days and I was back to my fully grown self. I jumped off of Shenlong and walked around Eden some more. That was when I happened upon a large temple. There were large statues of Dragons, and Nameks, and an Oozaru Saiyan.
"Inside, on the walls, I found to my surprise were inscriptions of pictures showing my every battle from the time I fought Piccolo onward. Raditz. Nappa. Vegeta. Ginyuu. Frieza. Cell. Buu. Baby. Super 17. The Dark Shenlongs. All of them. Then something caught my eye. There was a small button in the corner of the room detailing how Captain Ginyuu and I switched bodies. I pressed it and a door opened. I walked in and saw a sight that scared me.
"An incubator."
"What?" asked Bulma, suddenly, "An incubator? Made by the Gods?"
"Wait a minute, Bulma." Goku said, "That's not the scary part. Inside the incubator was a baby. That baby...
"Was me."
INTERLUDE: 20 YEARS FROM NOW
The boy waved goodbye to his mother for what might very well be the final time and closed the roof on the machine. It wasn't very sturdy, at least compared to what it used to be like. The long, black hair flowing from under his mother's bandana brushed over her face, not allowing her to see her son go. And then he was gone.
She somberly walked towards three lone tombstones, surrounded by a huddle of rocks. All of them with names on them.
"Tien".
"Yamcha".
"Chaozu".
"Krillin".
"Piccolo".
"Vegeta".
"Gohan".
"Yajirobe".
On the three bigger tombstones were more names along with inscriptions.
"Goku, God Holds Him Now".
"Bulma Briefs, Beloved Mother, Wife, and Friend".
"Trunks Briefs, Savior of Humanity".
She looked up and through her tears saw the fast approaching fury. A silent light with the force of a trillion atoms exploding. She held in her hand a photo of her, her husband, her son, and her mother-in-law. She cried.
"Maybe he can make a difference to them like Trunks did." she wept, "I only hope..." And then she was gone, just like the rest of the world. And the galaxy. And the universe.
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No long speech here. Just read and review. And no, I don't own Nintendo either. It's a reference to something else. Nevermind it. Hope ya liked Chapter One!
Recap: "Scars" - Yamcha won the Tenkaichi Boudokai bringing an end to his and Vegeta's longtime feud.
"Dragonball Zero: Super Cell" - Piccolo returned from Hell to help defeat a new and more powerful Cell.
"Dragonball Zero: The Spirit Within" - Goku returned to help stop a being known as Upuar, a fusion of Puar and his counterpart (A spiritual being). Instead of killing Upuar, Goku coerced her into joining their group and she fell in love with Yamcha.
Disclaimer: I own these characters. Come get me, Toriyama. I dare you.
And now "Dragonball Zero: Future Shock":
Chapter One: Where Were You Anyway?
No more than two months had passed when Goku heard the question he had been dreading. He was sitting in the den of Kame House when he noticed Roshi, Yamcha, Upuar, and Krillin huddled around him.
"What's up, guys?" asked Goku. He looked at his friends intently as they just stared back. "What is it? Is there something on my face?" Upuar snickered.
"It's about time we asked you this, Goku." said Krillin, "And I got forced into... I mean I volunteered to do it. When you fused with the Dragonballs fused, what happened?"
Goku quickly turned away. He didn't really want to talk about it. It was sort of... personal.
"Listen," Goku said, "I'll tell you later. Right now I wanna watch this show." Before he had noticed the others around him, Goku had been flipping through the channels and he stopped when he saw them. It just so happened that the channel landed on "The Mr. Satan Show, With Mr. Satan". Goku had always hated this show. His dumb excuse wasn't even about to work against his friend's questioning.
The others looked at Goku and backed off.
"I think there's something he's not telling us." Krillin said.
"I know there's something he's not telling us." Roshi chimed in, "In battle Goku is silent but deadly, but outside of battle, he's one of the most talkative people I know. Plus, he would never hide a secret from any of us, let alone you, Krillin. There's something bothering him. But how to find out..."
Meanwhile, at Sky Palace, Dende and Mr. Popo were watching the goings on of the outer world. A lot of things changed after Goku left, but you could always count on Dende and Popo to be their same old selves. Yet today was different.
"Mr. Popo," Dende muttered out of their silent meditation, "Something has just startled me. I do not know what it is, but I do not like it."
"What ever could it be?" Popo asked, "I thought I felt something too. Like..." Suddenly the sky went dark, but not as dark as night. An almost purple sky illuminated the cloudscape.
"The Dragonballs..." they said together.
Below Dende and Popo's ever watching vigil is the lesser known home of two very important people. Karin and Yajirobe watch as the sky around them changes color.
"This is a bad omen." Karin said, "The light may look like the light that appears when Shenlong is summoned, but it's somehow different. Then again... it's somehow... familiar."
Yajirobe clutched his sword. He may not have been the bravest of souls, but his swordsmanship was unrivaled by anyone in the cosmos. The blade, which Karin wished for from Shenlong, was given to Yajirobe and could cut through anything like a hot knife through butter. The chubby samurai was just about ready for anything.
Just about.
Karin suddenly rushed up to Dende's place, muttering something about a balance in eternity. Yajirobe had no idea what he was saying. He was left alone, just sitting there as all this weird stuff was happening around him. He turned and was suddenly backhanded into a wall.
"Wha...?" Yajirobe stuttered, "Who the Hell are you?" Yajirobe felt his bones and muscles being hit like he was in a trash compactor. His assailant was too fast for him and was extremely strong. Yajirobe lay on the ground in a heap, blood pouring from all over him.
"Y... you?" Yajirobe choked, looking at his enemy through his blood covered eyes, "Why? I... Ghohosshkkk......." And Yajirobe fell unconscious. The hulking form of the enemy grabbed Yajirobe's sword and held it with both his hands.
And then he broke it over his knee. The shattered sword clattered on the ground as Yajirobe's attacker flew out of the tiny room. Karin rushed in at that very moment with Dende and Popo.
Mr. Popo gasped, "Oh my God..."
Goku still was avoiding the question at every occasion. Krillin and the others had gotten Piccolo, Gohan, and even Chi-Chi to ask him, and he wouldn't even tell her. They had one last chance. Krillin flew to Capsule Corporation and got a quick meeting scheduled with Mr. Briefs, or Trunks, as Krillin knew him.
"Trunks, we need your help." Krillin said, "Goku's hiding something, and it's something really big. He won't tell me, Master Roshi, Gohan, or even Chi-Chi. I think... I think your dad's the only one who can get him to 'fess up."
Trunks' eyes widened. "My dad?" he asked, "Are you serious? I mean, as soon as we left the party the night after Goku's return, he immediately left to train. He was mumbling something to the tune of "Kakarot will see". He's come back to the house about five times, and that was for food. Mom says he's going through a phase, but whatever. Anywho, I'll see what I can do, if I can find him."
Krillin nodded at Trunks. He knew what Vegeta was doing. He still wants a rematch with Goku, even if he just got resurrected, rather than wished back. Krillin said goodbye to the President of Capsule Corporation and also stopped by to greet Bulma, Bra, and Dr. and Mrs. Briefs. As Krillin left, he saw a great flash of light in the sky streak by. The power signature was familiar but the place it was coming from was even more familiar.
Sky Palace. Krillin ran back into the building and got Trunks to come with him to Dende's place.
When they arrived, Krillin saw Tien, Chaozu, Goten, and Pan already there.
"What happened?" asked Trunks.
"We all saw the sky darken around Sky Palace and came to see what was up." Pan said, "And boy was there something up."
Confused, Krillin and Trunks walked into the main chamber of Sky Palace to see Yajirobe being tended to by Dende.
"His wounds are incredible." muttered Dende, "Like nothing I've ever seen. Not only are my powers having little to no effect, but he just spits back up every Senzu Bean we try to feed him."
"What happened?" aksed Krillin.
"We'd like to know that to." muttered Karin, wlking out of the shadows along with Popo, "We saw the sky darken and came to the Dragonball chamber. When we saw that the Dragonballs were intact and safe, the sky immediately reverted to it's normal state and, well, we realized we had been tricked. When we came back to check on Yajirobe, this is how we found him."
"Aw, man..." Krillin sighed, "Who would've done this to him?"
Vegeta suddenly landed behind the others with a loud thud. They all turned toward him and stared.
"What?" asked Vegeta.
"I... need to talk to you about a few things, Vegeta," Krillin said, "There's something going on here and I aim to find out what it is. First off, Goku's hiding something from us about his experience while fused with the Dragonballs. Then Yajirobe gets beaten up. There's some kind of connection..."
"Dolt." Vegeta smirked, "Of course there's a connection. Don't you realize stuff like this never happens at the same time if they aren't connected? The only way to find out what happened to tubby over there is to talk to Kakarot."
As the Z-Fighters (Minus Dende, Popo, and Karin) turned to leave, yajirobe suddenly began to speak.
"Y... you guys..." he whispered, "I saw... who did this... t' me... but I can't... say... mental... block... I...it was GAKK!" Yajirobe once again fell unconscious. Goten volunteered to stay at Sky Palace just in case anything happened.
At Kame House, Goku and Yamcha were playing the Nintendo 64 Bra had left a few weeks back.
"Its-a me! Maaario!" Yamcha joked.
Goku snickered, "I'm-a Wario! I'm-a gonna ween!" They both cracked up.
"I still don't understand why two grown men are wasting their time with such things." Master Roshi suddenly said, "I mean, you are a bit old for it, aren't you?"
"Aw, c'mon Master Roshi," Yamcha said, "It's just a game. Here, Goku, put in something a little easier and let's see if Master Roshi can beat it." Goku looked at yamcha and then decided to humor his friend. Goku pulled out a game starring a little pink puffball. Roshi grabbed the controller and immediately died. Goku and Yamcha cracked up again.
Suddenly Krillin, Vegeta, and all the rest walked in the house. Vegeta tapped Goku on the shoulder and motioned for him to step outside. Goku flipped off the game and patted the crying Roshi on the back.
Outside, Vegeta stood with his arms folded around his chest, giving Goku those looks that could kill that everyone always talks about.
"What?" asked Goku.
"You know what." Vegeta snarled, "I know you've already read my mind and know exactly what I'm going to ask you."
"You mean you're finally going to ask me for a rematch?"
"...idiot. You know what I'm talking about. Don't play dumb. You're going to tell me what happened when you fused with Shenlong or I'm going to beat it out of you."
Goku stared at Vegeta with a slight grin. "You sure you don't want that rematch?" Vegeta stared back and shook his head.
"We need to know. Yajirobe's going to die and it will be on your head. Now tell us." Goku slumped down against the only palm tree on the island. Turtle crawled out from behind the tree and nuzzled up against his longtime friend. Goku sighed.
"It's a long story. You aren't going to want to retell it. You better gather everybody. I'll wait here." Vegeta walked into Kame House and immediately grabbed the phone. He ordered Trunks to call Goten's cell phone and then he called Bulma and Bra. Soon everyone was there and Goku began his tale.
"It's nothing much," he said, "I mean, you guys do have one thing wrong. I never "fused" with the Dragon. We traveled to a land called Eden, where Shenlong, Perunga, and all the Gods were born. I was still a child at the time and I wandered around the vast, green plains that made up this endless land. Shenlong said to me, "Goku, this is Eden, birthplace of all that is eternal. Here in this land you shall join us in our infinite slumber."
"Well, that sounded fine at the time and I layed down on the Dragon's back and fell asleep. When I woke up, I realized that time must move quicker in Eden, since I had only been asleep for about three days and I was back to my fully grown self. I jumped off of Shenlong and walked around Eden some more. That was when I happened upon a large temple. There were large statues of Dragons, and Nameks, and an Oozaru Saiyan.
"Inside, on the walls, I found to my surprise were inscriptions of pictures showing my every battle from the time I fought Piccolo onward. Raditz. Nappa. Vegeta. Ginyuu. Frieza. Cell. Buu. Baby. Super 17. The Dark Shenlongs. All of them. Then something caught my eye. There was a small button in the corner of the room detailing how Captain Ginyuu and I switched bodies. I pressed it and a door opened. I walked in and saw a sight that scared me.
"An incubator."
"What?" asked Bulma, suddenly, "An incubator? Made by the Gods?"
"Wait a minute, Bulma." Goku said, "That's not the scary part. Inside the incubator was a baby. That baby...
"Was me."
INTERLUDE: 20 YEARS FROM NOW
The boy waved goodbye to his mother for what might very well be the final time and closed the roof on the machine. It wasn't very sturdy, at least compared to what it used to be like. The long, black hair flowing from under his mother's bandana brushed over her face, not allowing her to see her son go. And then he was gone.
She somberly walked towards three lone tombstones, surrounded by a huddle of rocks. All of them with names on them.
"Tien".
"Yamcha".
"Chaozu".
"Krillin".
"Piccolo".
"Vegeta".
"Gohan".
"Yajirobe".
On the three bigger tombstones were more names along with inscriptions.
"Goku, God Holds Him Now".
"Bulma Briefs, Beloved Mother, Wife, and Friend".
"Trunks Briefs, Savior of Humanity".
She looked up and through her tears saw the fast approaching fury. A silent light with the force of a trillion atoms exploding. She held in her hand a photo of her, her husband, her son, and her mother-in-law. She cried.
"Maybe he can make a difference to them like Trunks did." she wept, "I only hope..." And then she was gone, just like the rest of the world. And the galaxy. And the universe.
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No long speech here. Just read and review. And no, I don't own Nintendo either. It's a reference to something else. Nevermind it. Hope ya liked Chapter One!