Summery: The Dark Star Dragon balls are active and this time Pan, Trunks, and Gohan must go and seek them before the Earth explodes. But on their journey they realize that something's wrong. Someone or something is stalking them, watching their every move. When they finally return home, a series chain of events unfold and uncover the truth. What is it and what could it mean for the universe?
Disclaimer: I do not own the DBZ/GT characters! They are property of Akira Toriyama, Toei, Funimation, etrc... The villains and other misc. characters are created by me.
Embodiment of Evil:
Part 1 - A Demon's Curse
Prologue - The End of GT?
"Look! Look! Its Grandpa, he's alive!" Pan cried out with relief as everyone's hope returned. A huge Genki-dama had been created by the people of the universe; the people of Immeka, and countless others.Kakarot...? Vegeta was hardly surprised to see that third-class baka get back up. He expected no less from him. All the same, he was greatly relieved to see that he was still alive and was going to give that dragon everything that it deserved. Vegeta groaned. Too bad he was too weak to beat that baka himself...
Thanks everyone, for your energy. Now this dragon can pay for his actions, and I thank all of you for your help. And I thank YOU Vegeta, and everyone else, for distracting him for me.
A smile touched his lips.
"What the hell are you?? Your supposed to be dead!" the one-star dragon raged. All of his attacks, all of his efforts and this... was what it had come down to. Damn, that Saiyan brat, the shadow dragon thought. Why did it have to end like this? I'm stronger than him and yet...
Another voice answered him. Goku's voice, edged with certainty.
Because you only fight for yourself. You care for no one else, and you destroy everything in your path. You feed off others' pain and THAT... is what makes you weak.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY??" the dragon snarled in a furious rage. There was nothing but a flash of white before he was enveloped with pain that broke his body apart, down to the cellular level, until there was nothing left. It could only scream in its dying moment, not in denial or anger, but in utter agony as its existence was blown off the face of the planet. Mother Earth shook from the force of the explosion as it leveled the city they had been fighting at. Dust went everywhere, miles high. Rocks, glass, concrete, and other man-made materials rained back down to earth. The wind howled from the force of the explosion, ripping up the ground, making already unstable buildings collapse and broke away like kids' toys. Finally everything died down; the wind, the crashing of buildings. It all came to a complete standstill.
After the smoke cleared, everyone ran toward the crater where they found Goku unconscious--and the dragon balls restored back to normal. They hadn't been there for long when the original Shenron appeared.
The first thought on everyone's mind, "Why has Shenron come here without being summoned?"
The answer was simple: they had abused the power of the dragon balls. They had used them too much. They were supposed to be used only once every hundred years. However it had been used far more than that. And since they had abused the power, Shenron was now leaving for a time--a long time. To everyone's surprise, except Goku, Shenron was taking him as well. Goku seemed to understand why but made no objections. They all said their goodbyes and everyone began leaving, believing that Goku would come back later that night for dinner or maybe in the next ten years. Pan was the last to leave, remembering all the good times they had had together. Like everyone else she wondered when he'd come back. In her heart, she knew it might be a long, long time.
Pan picked up Goku's battered pants that somehow got left behind. She nearly broke down and cried right then, looking down at her grandpa's torn gi, but she forced herself not to. She had to be strong; for herself and everyone else. She looked back up to see the last of Shenron disappear into the sunset.
"Pan," Vegeta said, making her turn, "take good care of those." Saying no more, he lifted into the air and flew home, leaving Pan alone to think.
She looked back down at her grandpa's gi. Wherever your going Grandpa, however long you will be gone, I'll be waiting when you come back. I promise.
Pan turned abruptly, unable to stop the single tear that managed to appear in her eyes from falling. She wiped away the new tears almost savagely. She had to move on and could not dwell on things they could not control. She flew back home, back home where life went on. Like it had always been since he had left to train Uub to be his student a little over ten years before. It would be peaceful on Earth again. Lonely perhaps, but peaceful. Once they got back from space again, they were going to get rid of the dark-star dragon balls. They didn't know just how yet, but a plan was underway by Denda and Mr. Popo. They were just simply too dangerous to just hide away and hope that nobody would find them. They had to be dealt with.
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Just like the people of that miserable little planet had to be dealt with.
Blackness hovered overhead, covering the world in darkness. There was a new feeling here. An old terror that was rising from somewhere deep below the universe. An ancient being of high authority whose heart was black...who was...
(the devil?)
No, no. That can't be right but what--
Eyes. Soul-shredding, red eyes that could kill. Eyes of a demon. This demon was...was...
Here. No, not now. He had been here before. A long time ago. But he's coming back. Coming back--
(for revenge? Yes. I've come back for revenge.)
The sky suddenly turned a crimson red-violet, a different sky from the lavender sky of
(Other World? Yes, it is Other World)
that he could now see clearly. There was no mistaking it now. He saw the Grand Kai planet burned and full of craters. There was not a soul, dead or alive. The scenery melted and warped. Black oracles, four of them were flying through space, each containing
(what?)
something inside of them. He could not sense what. He suddenly felt cold all over, sick with fear. Again he could see him...and the sting of what could only be a needle piercing his skin and--
He opened his black eyes to see the lavender sky of Other World overhead. He was in a cold sweat, breathing harshly. He sat up slowly and touched his neck.
No pain, no blood. No soul-shredding eyes. There were no voices. And NO ONE HERE.
It had all been a dream.
Everything was as it had been. It had been a long time ago but the evil (whoever or whatever it was, was banished from this world) hadn't been here for a number of eons. The son of Supreme Kai sighed with relief. He was glad it was only a dream. Goku defeating the One Star dragon had been real; he had seen that through the crystal ball that he had recently learned to create. But the rest...
Are you sure it was just a dream? It was too real to be any normal dream...right?
Shinn rubbed his eyes of sleep. The fear had never completely left him. It wasn't long before he realized he still felt tense, his legs ready to spring somewhere, anywhere, to wherever he might need to go. That rising terror of something black and sinister was threatening to swell over him like a dark wave. The fear was intensifying and he could sense something was happening all around him, but he could not pinpoint--
That's it.
The sky was black with cloud cover. The temperture had become a sweltering oven too; he could hardly breath. And where was his father? Why hasn't he come back yet? Doesn't he sense that Other World was being changed and mutilated by some unknown force?
More so, could he stop it? Somehow, he didn't think so. He was stronger than his father, but his power still didn't compare to most of the Z fighters.
But I have to try! I can't stand by and wait for something to just come in and take over! I won't!
He knew he was alone, and only he could try to something about this...this, whatever it was.
Who says you have a choice, little Kai? suddenly asked a voice, chilled with mockery
He froze. Who was that...? That voice...
The words hung there at the edge of his lips, but his tongue refused to move properly enough for him to say anything.
Hmm, it seems like your a little tongue-tied I see. continued the voice, half-amused by his inability to speak. But you need not say anything, for you and I will get to know each other soon... won't we? But for now...
He felt the prick of a needle, that same sinking feeling as chemicals were being injected into his system.
Then he sank into infinite red-violet darkness, and he stayed there for a long, long time.
To be continued in...Chapter One - Arriving to Danger
Hey can anyone give me a couple of ideas on what to name the main villain? For a long time I thought of Gomo but now...I just don't know. It doesn't sound like a bad guy's name to me. So plz send me suggestions, comments, or any ?'s that you may have.
PLZ R&R And No Flaming!! Constructive criticism is welcome.
