Original of the Species

Part 1 The Slayer and the Saiyan

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(Authors notes 2017) I published this story first in 2006 (I think). I never did finish posting the complete story, plus the sequels here on FF, but I did on Twisting the Hellmouth. Except for the last story, which has been in limbo since 2012. I plan to continue that, but before I do that I want to post all my stories here as well, plus redo Part 1. Because I found some parts to be cringeworthy, and some had to be adapted to better fit with the story as it has progressed. And some parts just had to be cleaned up to get rid of bad grammar/typos/correct tense.

I will try and post several chapters a week, so I hope you guys can resist the temptation to go over to TtH and check the rest out. It will all get posted. And hopefully a little better, with the remaining errors corrected.

Some of you will probably have come here following a author alert thanks to Dawn of Xander. This is not a 40K story, sorry. But for those who stick it out I hope you will enjoy it. This has been my magnus opus so far. It will be different, if only because when I wrote it I was a different author, interested in different things (DBZ for one), still learning how to write a story. In English, which is not my native language. The story aside the tone of this story will be different from Dawn of Xander, which was meant to be more lighthearted, if you can use that term for anything 40K related that is

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(Original authors notes 2006) This story starts out a bit complicated. At its core its a BtVS/DBZ crossover, pure and simple. Yet it started out as a DBZ/Eddingsverse crossover. Along the way it changed to a DBZ/SG1/Eddingsverse crossover. Then I abandoned it because me and SG1 are only lukewarm friends at best.

Then I was introduced to two great Buffy fanfics, Far beyond Normal, which is a Buffy/SG1 crossover and Buffy Z, which is a Buffy/DBZ crossover and divine inspiration hit again. I took the main character from my earlier story and smacked him right into Sunnydale and pumped out 21 chapters plus enough ideas for a long time to come. The story still needed an introduction though so I took what I had, adapted it and stuck it in front.

So there are some stylistic changes between the first four chapters and the rest. Buffy won't show her face until chapter 4, with more focus on DBZ and SG1 until then. I'll say this in advance, the SG1 angle will drop out almost completely after chapter 4. To be frank, the only reason I kept it was to help rationalize the whacked up DBZ universe into a more rational universe. Now, when I first published this story on the Spacebattles forum many readers quite liked the SG1 angle. So I've decided to re-introduce it in the next part. (AN 2017: and it would stay. Boy did it stay) But to the observant reader there are subtle (or maybe not so subtle) hints that it's still going on in the background.

I would like to thank my readers at where I beta posted this story before.

So now that I've explained some stuff, without further adieu, on to the prologue!

PS. Occasionally I sneak in some f***ing good quotes from other shows/verses. Cookies to those who can identify them.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the material written in here. They all belong to their rightful creators. Probably not even to them any more as well but to their corporate overlords. I hereby pledge allegiance to our corporate overlords and promise to buy their DMCR infested products like a good little slave. Why don't you? Compliance guarantees citizenship. You have 30 seconds to comply.

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Cue a piece of sappy music because I'm both pretentious and sappy. And because it served as the inspiration for this story.

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Original of the Species

Album: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Lyrics by Bono, music by U2

Baby slow down, the end is not as fun as the start

Please stay a child, somewhere in your heart

I'll give you everything you want, except the thing that you want

You are the first one of your kind

And you feel, like no one before, you steal, right under my door

And I kneel, 'cos I want you some more

I want the lot of what you got, and I want nothing that you're not.

Everywhere you go you shout it, you don't have to be shy about it

Some things you shouldn't get to good at, like smiling, crying and celebrity

Some people got way too much confidence baby

I'll give you everything you want, except the thing that you want

You are the first one of your kind

And you feel, like no one before, you steal, right under my door

And I kneel, 'cos I want you some more

I want the lot of what you got, and I want nothing that you're not.

Everywhere you go you shout it, you don't have to be shy about it

No, oh no, oh no, no no no

Sugar come, on now show your soul

You've been keeping your love under control

Everywhere you go you shout it, you don't have to be shy about it

Everywhere you go you shout it, oh my, my

And you feel, like no one before, you steal, right under my door

And I kneel, 'cos I want you some more, I want you some more

I want you some more, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no


Prologue

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Unknown world, 1977 AD

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He was sitting in his study room, trying to study but not really succeeding. Try as he might he had never really been big on studying. The arts, philosophy, natural history, most physics, they were never really his thing. He was more into military history, target data exploitation of known weaknesses. And the martial arts. Always the martial arts. Still, over time he had managed to pick up at least some general development, learned the way of things, the university of life stuff. His brethren may sometimes call him the country bumpkin of the Vale, compared to most people however he could still hold up his end in a philosophical discussion. The deep stuff however, that he left to his brethren.

In the end he threw up his arms in disgust, then swiped the scroll he had been reading into a corner.

"Meow!"

The cat that had been sitting quietly, half sleeping, half purring, now got up in protest at this rude awakening from having a scroll dumped on top of him.

"I am sorry," he said apologetic to the cat, "It was not your fault."

"Meow," the cat said unimpressed, then it walked out of the room, not giving him any more notice.

After the cat had gone to join its brethren he leaned back in his chair and sighed. It was too quiet. The others may have liked this, but he preferred to have some something to do. Anything to take his mind of the current quiet.

If study wasn't going to work, maybe training would? Sure, when faced with the choice between study and training his brethren always joked that there was no real choice at all. Well, too bad, training it was going to be. Besides, most of them weren't even here to rebuke him anyway.

He was about to go his gym for some training when he felt a familiar presence. Something he hadn't felt in quite some time. And unlike most times this felt like a good tingle. It could only mean one thing, his Master was here. Excited he went to the living room, and there he was.

"Master," he said respectfully and bowed, his Master sitting in the comfortable chair, with the cat purring in his lap. Seeing his Master sitting there he felt joy in his heart. After all, a visit from his Master was a such a rare occurrence these days.

"Well met," his Master replied gently, all the while petting the cat, then he gave him a stern look, "I have come with a task for thee."

Of course, social visits weren't really on the roster. They never were these days. On the plus side, finally something to do he thought.

"What would you have me do, Master?" he asked looking up.

"I will have thee leave this world and travel to another world far from here," his Master replied, "a small group of warriors, great and small there, will come to fight a great and terrible danger. They have need of thy assistance. The danger they face is so great it will consume us all, even the two great dueling Necessities themselves."

Ooh, he thought, anything that could endanger even the two great Necessities had to be an EVENT. Written in capital letters.

"Thou are't lucky that for now their great struggle is at a standstill," his Master continued, "so thy can'st expect aid from both of them. For once the great game is halted and there will neither be a Child of Light nor a Child of Dark. In this venture thou are't the Child of Grey. This will be thy great purpose of thy life. Dost thou accept?"

Anything because I'm bored senseless was his first feeling. Then the words sunk in. If this was to be his great purpose then it would also mean that all his past burdens would be dwarfed by this one. Not a decision to be taken on lightly. Of course, one never said no against a God. Nor could any of his kind ever back down from a challenge like this.

"I accept, master," he said and bowed in respect. Then he looked up again.

"But how can I go? My ship has laid here for thousands of years, broken! Unless either you or the Necessities can open a portal to that place I could not go even if wanted to," he asked hopeful. He didn't relish repairing that 4000 year old hunk o'junk. That's what techs were for and this world didn't have any.

"Fear not, for the Necessities have already made thy ship whole," the Master smiled, "al thou has to do is enter and go. Thou are't free to say thy goodbye's to your brethren but thy must go in one month time."

Crap, no portal shortcut. Which meant lots and lots of time spend in stasis. But at least some time to put things in order. Thank the Gods, especially this one, for small favors.

"What is my destination, Master?" He asked

The Master told him where he had to go. He couldn't believe his ears. It wasn't that far from where he had come, only a galaxy further at the most. Torak's teeth! He'd been there! But he knew he was very far from home these days to begin with. The Master then showed him a presentation of the universe and the trajectory he had to take. By the Gods, he thought, he'd be in ship stasis for decades. It would be over in a relative blink thanks to stasis, but he would still feel it afterwards.

The Master reached out a hand and touched him on his forehead to bless him.

"With this hand I bless thee, Childe," the Master said and he felt the power of his Master as it briefly pervaded his every being.

Wow!

As he regained himself his Master said his goodbye. Gently he put the cat down, this time the animal not even protesting. And then he was gone.

He sat back on his chair and went over everything again and again. Damn, he could use a drink. A real one. That left only two places to go. The Twins always had great ale, they brewed it themselves. But he also needed a good ear to talk too and that left only Belgarath. He'd probably know a million good places to have a drink. Too bad he was all over the place these days.

Still, that problem at least was easy to fix as he glanced aside. There on top of a cupboard lay one of the last remnants of his past. And his ship aside the only working piece of advanced technology on this planet.

A Saiyan scouter.

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It was after a month of preparing that he entered his old ship, indeed restored by the Necessities.

It was odd. For thousands of years he hadn't even sat foot near it, let alone inside it, and yet as he sat down it felt like no time had passed at all. Almost out of instinct he began his pre-flight checks as he switched the various computers on.

"Navigational systems, active," the onboard computer voice spoke, "gravitational drive, active, life support systems, active, stasis systems active, deflector shields, active, communications systems, active, sensor suite, active. All systems engaged and in working order."

Wow. This ship was now probably in better condition then it had been before he arrived here.

For a moment he paused as he contemplated what he was about to do. Memories flashed before him of a life he would sooner forget then remember. Of fell deeds being done. But also fond memories. Of friendships now lost forever. And of family.

Always family.

I miss you, dearest Mayan.

For a while he sat there, then something jumped into his lap through the still open hatch.

"Meow?"

To his surprise it wasn't just his brethren who had come to wave him goodbye. A small army of cats had gathered as well, sitting outside, looking at him.

"Yes, my good friends, I will miss you too," he said as he smiled and petted the cat in his lap for the last time, "Take good care of my house…."

"Meow!"

"Alright, our house," he said, "Be sure to keep the rodents away. And try not to pee in the Twins' garden. Not too much in any case. Alright?"

"Meow," the cat said, then it jumped off his lap and left the capsule. As the cat joined the small army of cats outside the hatch finally closed. Then, as soon it did the capsule slowly levitated off the ground until it was a few meters in the air, then it launched itself at breakneck speed into the skies.

As the acceleration pushed him into his chair he grimaced. Yeah, departure could be a real bitch. Landings too. The only good part of space travel really was the flight itself. And ironically that he was going to spend most of it in suspended animation.

As he looked out of the viewport he could see the world he had called home for 4000 years for the first time from space. The continents he had grown quite familiar off. It was always amazing that something that seemed so massive and firm looked so small and fragile from space. Then it quickly sank into the distance as his ship broke orbit and launched itself into the depth of space.

He continued to stare until the planet had disappeared into the blackness of space, then he reclined into his seat and he activated ship stasis for the remainder of the duration. Now the boring part of his journey was about to begin. No need to be awake for that. And then everything turned to black as his ship went on.

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And so, while our traveler traveled on, things on Earth progressed at their own pace.

Only five years before his departure a certain tailed boy found his way to a lonely old man in China's wilderness, seeking refuge from the turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution.

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Six years into his journey a girl destined to be Chosen was born and that tailed boy met another girl, exploiting China's recent liberalization under its new leader to find seven mysterious objects. Adventures and various wackiness ensued.

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In the eight year of his journey that tailed boy entered his first Tenkaichi Budokai and nearly won.

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In the eleventh year of his journey that boy entered his second Budokai and fought the Demon King afterwards.

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In year 14 of the journey, on his third Budokai, the boy, now almost a man, fought the offspring of that Demon king and won. Having also won the love of his life a year later a tailed son was born to him.

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In year 18 of the journey a certain Egyptologist in disrepute joined a secret US Air Force project and mankind began its first controlled journeys to other worlds. Learning along the way that it is easier to make enemies then friends in the process. And so started Earth's first interstellar war.

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Year 19th marked the arrival of two alien incursions to Earth, one which was detected at the last minute and dealt with by the US government, another which went unnoticed but to a select few, who also dealt with him. Next the offspring of the Demon King took the offspring of his greatest rival for training as said rival started training in the afterlife.

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In year 20 a special girl became Chosen as her predecessor was killed during the arrival of two tailed aliens on Earth. One of them was killed in return, the other only barely made it back home.

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In year 21 while others journeyed to a world called Namek to meet destiny, she made a shorter journey to meet hers. A great tyrant of worlds was defeated in one place of the galaxy, a master vampire snuffed it elsewhere as an insignificant boy defied both great danger and infallible prophecy for a girl who didn't even quite think of him in that same way.

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It was in year 22 however that they came.

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The first was the supreme warlord Freeza, race unknown, world of origin unknown. Not even the mighty Goa'uld dared defy him, seeking both his favor and services instead. Yet he had been severely mauled in a battle with what he had called an insignificant monkey, called Goku, on a distant world called Namek. Which now no longer existed. Courtesy of Freeza. Rescued by his father King Cold he had decided to come to Earth and either destroy it, or go for another round with Goku and then destroy it.

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The second to arrive was a mysterious youth who surprised Freeza and his father by revealing himself to be a Super Saiyan and going medieval on their alien ass. He would later tell Goku that he had come from a dark and terrible future and was on a mission to play Terminator on his future rivals.

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The third to arrive was Goku. Who had taken his sweet time to return from his fight on planet Namek, having taken the scenic route. It was to him that the mysterious youth confessed he was the offspring of Goku's arch rival and fellow Saiyan Vegeta and Goku's oldest friend, scientific female genius extraordinaire Bulma. Although it was also clear the mysterious youth had not been told the fairy tale of the Big Bad Wolf when he was little. Cause if he had he would have known what Piccolo's big ears were meant for.

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The fourth to arrive arrived just a little late, but better late then never, right? It had after all taken him almost 22 years to get there.

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There were even some fifth arrivals that day, who arrived after the fact. All things considered it was a busy day indeed on the deserts of Turkmenistan.