Hey everyone, I've decided to postpone continuing the Robotech/DBZ crossover for now until I decide how I would like the story to continue. I wrote this tonight(10-21) when the idea occured to me and I couldn't get it out of my head. I hope you all enjoy it.

Kuura

The Game

Chapter One

"Chi-Chi, if I go out and catch some more fish would you cook them for me?" Goku asked.

"Goku-sa, you just ate!! Will your Saiyajin appetite ever be satisfied? Let me see what I can fix for you." Chi-Chi replied, a look of amusement splashed across her face.

"Hehehe, thanks Chi-Chi."

"By the way, have you seen Gohan?" Chi-Chi asked.

"He's with Piccolo in heaven. I'm in no hurry for him to get home, considering how rarely he sees Piccolo these days. They're having a meditation session."

"He should be concentrating on his studies, and not simply hanging out with Piccolo. I guess that's the price I have to pay since there aren't any evil invaders these days." Chi-Chi replied.

Nodding, Goku turned to his own thoughts. Reminded by Chi-Chi, Goku recalled how long it had been since he had fought a strong opponent. Not since Freeza.....killed me, he thought. That was four years ago. I almost wish something would happen so I wouldn't be bored.

The Saiyajin side of his personality taking over, Goku said, "I think I'll go see Vegeta after I'm through eating."

Chi-Chi stopped and blinked. "Vegeta! Why would you want to see him?"

"Because I havn't had a good fight in years and I need to spar with someone. Maybe I can convince Piccolo to let us fight in the Room of Spirit and Time so we can go all out."

"Goku-sa, I wish you could let fighting go. You need to concentrate on taking care of Gohan and I."

Goku took a rarely seen serious look and said, "Chi-Chi, my fighting all those years kept you and Gohan taken care of. You know that."

Chi-Chi gulped as she realized her husband was right.....to an extent. Biting back a retort, she held back from having the last word and concentrated on cooking.

***********************************************************************

Sweat poured out of every pore on Vegeta's body as he went through several katas he had endeared himself to learn since living on Earth. While the katas themselves weren't physically cumbersome, the 750G's of gravity in the Gravitation Chamber were. The katas cleared his mind, and helped him focus on his attack.

Closing his eyes, he thought back to the battle with Freeza on Earth. He had been nearly useless against Freeza, having once again been outmatched in power by the former planet destroyer. That will never happen again, Vegeta thought.

Opening his eyes, Vegeta imagined Freeza at the height of his power standing before him. Snarling, Vegeta powered up and a golden aura of energy flames instantly surrounded him as his pitch black hair became golden. His eyes glittered icy blue as he imagined Freeza's fearful reaction.

I am more powerful now Freeza, he thought. More powerful than the boy who killed you. I am Super Saiyajin Vegeta!!

The imaginary Freeza he had envisioned didn't shrink in terror as he had expected. Heh, he thought, even in my fantasies I can't make that bastard fear me. Time to show him.

The door to the contol room of the Training Center opened, and Bulma stepped through it. While the entire center was currently at 750 times normal gravity, the control room was always kept at Earth's gravity.

Glancing at Vegeta, she stopped and watched as he stood, almost hypnotized. Suddenly, he powered up to Super Saiyajin and went through a lightning series of attacks that were too fast for her to follow. Quickly scanning all over the center, she saw brief flickers here and there across the room. She had seen this before and knew it was vegeta moving so fast. Finally she spotted him stop and raise his arms up to throw an energy blast.

"Vegeta!" She yelled through the intercom.

Vegeta stopped and looked as if he had been snapped out of a trance. "What is it Bulma?!"

"You almost destroyed the training center again. I'll be damned if I'm going to build another one!" She snarled angrily.

Vegeta sighed and powered down. "Damn this planet is boring!"

"Would you rather another Freeza come and try to destroy it again?!"

"Yes, at least I could fight something then. I should just go kill Kakaroto, at least that would be a challenge." He said solemnly.

"You'll do nothing of the kind, at least now if you expect me to ever talk to you again!"

Vegeta laughed long and hard. He was amazed even to this day that this human woman showed no fear of him, knowing what he was and that he could destroy her in a millisecond. She was a worthy challenge in a verbal fight, but damn she angered him at times.

Walking to the side door of the Center, which was always locked in case someone mistakenly tried to enter while the gravity was turned on, Vegeta said, "I'm going to take a shower woman. We'll continue this...conversation later." Not waiting for a reply, he opened the door and flew off.

Bulma slammed an angry fist against the control panel. How dare he treat her this way after the hospitality she had showed him the last three and a half years. She had even had his son. While he didn't seem to give a damn about her, he rarely even noticed his baby son existed. He hadn't said much the first time he had seen him, muttering some comment about the boy being ugly and that he looked too much like his mother. Which she vehemently disagreed with. Sure, the boy had gotten her hair and eyes, but the face was all Vegeta. In the year that had passed, Trunks had grown like any ordinary baby, and didn't seem to have inherited any of his father's Saiyajin genes. Bulma continued to hope it remained that way, she didn't want her son to have the life Son-kun, Gohan-kun, and the rest of her friends had endured.

***********************************************************************

It was Piccolo who had suggested they go into the bowels of Heaven to spar, so they wouldn't cause any damage to the Earth below. While Gohan was sure that the threat of danger had ended with Freeza's death, Piccolo had insisted that he keep up with his training. It wasn't easy, with his mother's constantly making him study. Nonetheless, Gohan trained on his own, and made an effort to see his teacher at least once a month to get a good meditation and workout session in.

The two had reached the point where they fought, deep inside Heaven. While neither of the two attempted to seriously hurt the other, they both fought all out in an effort to expand on the awesome power the two already had.

"Well Gohan, let's see if you've gotten any better since last time." Piccolo said.

"Hai, Piccolo-san!" Gohan said, and powered up. His black eyes instantly flashed blue as his hair raised up and flared golden. A golden aura emanated from him, and his power increased dramatically as he went into Super Saiyajin.

"Nice Gohan, I see your power has increased a bit since our last meeting." Piccolo said, stepping his own power up to maximum. His already tall and muscular frame expanded as power flowed through his body. A white-blue aura of energy flames burst around him as he powered up, finally reaching his peak.

Gohan blinked. Piccolo was definitely a force to reckon with, since his fusion with Kami-sama he had become as powerful if not more powerful than a Super Saiyajin. In the three years that had passed he had become even more powerful, keeping an even pace with the Saiyajin.

Not concentrating, Gohan was surprised by a sudden punch from Piccolo, who had suddenly materialized in front of him. Thrown back by the sheer force of the blow, Gohan rocketed into a nearby wall and crashed through it. Quickly leaping to his feet, Gohan got into a defensive stance just in time to see Piccolo launch a kick at his head. Raising a forearm to block the kick, Gohan countered with a punch of his own, which Piccolo slapped away. The melee quickly became a flurry of punches and kicks, each landing tell-tale blows on the other.

Piccolo suddenly leaped away and fired an energy blast at Gohan, who countered with one of his own, dispelling the power of Piccolo's blast. Using his speed, Gohan quickly materialized behind Piccolo and rocked the Namek-Seijin with a kick to the head. Falling to the ground, Piccolo abruptly spun around and extended his arm, which grew and grabbed Gohan's leg. Surprised, Gohan was launched by the arm to the ground. He hit the surface hard, cracking the solid ground by the force of his landing.

"You are an excellent fighter Gohan," said Piccolo. "However, you must always be prepared for the least expected. You've always known I can extend my limbs, now you will always watch for it." That said, he extended another arm at Gohan, who nimbly ducked under it and grabbed it, flipping Piccolo over so he landed on the ground as well.

"See?" asked Piccolo.

Nodding, Gohan leapt up and readied himself in a defensive stance, prepared to continue the session.

***********************************************************************

"Sir! We have found four perfect..prospects. We located four high energy beings on a planet called Earth in a dimension parallel to ours. These should interest you. Observe." The aide said. Hitting a button, three different monitors flashed.

"As you can see, these two are fighting as we speak, therefore we conclude they have innate fighting ability and would do well." The aide continued, pointing a finger to one of the screens, which showed an image of Gohan and Piccolo fighting.

"Also, this one here has a very high fighting power, and as you can see through his movements, seems very capable as well." An image of Vegeta performing his katas flashed.

"This one we know nothing about, but our sensors detect he has the highest fighting power of them all." The aide pointed to an image of Goku, eating a tremendously large meal.

"Excellent," the aide's leader said. "See that they are all transported here, I want them. They should be quite....entertaining."

"Yes, my lord!" The aide said, and quickly returned to his work.

The master reclined in his throne and continued to watch the images of the four earthlings. Yes, he thought. They could be quite entertaining indeed.

To be continued.......