-Before we begin, I want to thank all of you for reading. This story continues where Rayne's Beginnings leaves off, and flows into the Android Saga. Please have a good day and thanks again for reading-
Rayne walked for many days and nights, carrying the equipment given to him by his father. No matter how hard he wanted to, he refused to drop anything, nor stop his traveling, besides maybe to sleep or drink so he doesn't pass out of dehydration. Among his travels, he ran into a small village of people who seemed to be primitive in their technology and culture, but they spoke like a modern person would. It was a peculiar combination that intrigued Rayne enough to stop by and see what this place had to offer, before going to Capsule Corporation. As he entered the village, the villagers swiftly ran into their homes and closed the openings that were used as doorways. As Rayne walked, people continued to do this, until he came across one certain person who stared up at him from her seat, and exhibited no fear to him. Only intrigue, and caution. Rayne approached the woman.
"Excuse me, miss. Might I ask why everyone is hiding?" The woman put out her cigar and sat up straight. "Well, it's because of you, to be blunt with it. You are known throughout the universe, and everyone that knows you, fears you." Rayne was taken back by this, but then sat down, more curious than upset. "Do you know why they fear me, exactly?" She turned to him and brushed her hair back. "Well, it's quite simple. The stories and legends of a person with no limits to their rage was told throughout the entire universe. Parents would use it to get their kids to behave, or maybe to warn them about certain people, or even to motivate them, depending on the situation. Then, about 50 years ago, the legend came true. A person was so consumed by rage, that he became the legend itself. He had limitless anger and hatred, so much so that he became the most powerful person to ever exist, which in turn, made people afraid of him. It also doesn't help that he was also reported to have murdered his own family while consumed by the rage. Sound familiar?"
Rayne looked at the woman, and flashbacks of when he was with his clan came flooding back. He remembered everything, from the way they would sell their services to the highest bidder, doing whatever was asked of them, to defending entire planets from the strongest militaries and empires the universe has known. Then, he remembered that fateful night, just like it had happened only moments ago. "Well, I apologise, miss. I am not the same man that was seen that day, I promise that I am a new person, and I am going to keep that promise." And with that said, he stood up and walked out of the village, now with a purpose, and a newfound motivation.
As he walked, he couldn't shake the memory of that night. What happened, the look on his clan's faces, how horrible he felt afterwards, and how Frieza made his skin the ashy white that it is today.
50 years ago, on planet Vegeta
"Rayne! This way!" A woman called out to him, and he looked around him, seeing what quick work his group made out of the Saiyan guards. Rayne followed the woman into the throne room, and saw king Vegeta on his knees, with his son and the general Nappa next to him. "Hmm, so what do we have here, Vegeta? You seem to have forgotten just who you're ruling under." Rayne smirked and stepped forward, his clan lining the sides of him. There was many more than what he remembers, but they were all simple soldiers, disposable faces that he couldn't be bothered with learning who they were. The main 4 he remembers were his elites.
Vanilla, she was the female Majin that was exiled from her planet as a child, sentenced to death over what was essentially a mistake. Rayne found her floating in a doomed escape pod, and took her in as a member of his clan.
Then, there was Frostbyte. He was excellent at hiding his true power, so he always would do it in order to hide, and freak out his parents. When his older brother, Frieza, had enough of his shenanigans, he convinced king cold to exile him, leaving him on a random planet to die. Luckily, that planet was Earth, and Rayne found him, nearly dead from being left alone without people to take care of him. He took him in, and gave him a proper home. Even though it took a few weeks to gain his trust, Rayne persevered and got Frostbyte to be a part of his clan.
Next was Keytar. He lived on a planet that was home to Namekians even before the original Namek. Everything seemed to be peaceful like normal, until someone named Bojack had come to continue his genocidal ways. He was defeated on that planet, and locked away in a star, but not before Bojack had the pleasure of murdering almost every Namekian there. Rayne was brought in to help defeat Bojack, and he did so. But before he left, he noticed a small Namekian child grieving over the death of his parents. He asked the child if he would want to return home with him, and the child accepted.
Finally, there's Kohlra. She was sent to Earth to destroy it in her infancy, but the first person she met was a child named Rayne. Rayne instantly developed a childish crush on her, and tried to help her not be such a radical child. With the help of his parents, they got the little Kohlra to be a happy little kid, just like Goku, except a little before him. In fact, the first failure in Kohlra was the reason they sent Goku in the first place. Anyway, they grew up as siblings, and now Rayne has a brother sister bond with Kohlra, instead of the romantic one he envisioned all those years ago. Until, you know, he decided that he wanted to marry her, all these years later.
"Listen, sir, we were only doing what we believed to be correct! You can't possibly consider with such a malicious person as Lord Frieza!" Rayne smiled and crouched down, becoming eye level with him. "To be honest, we do what ever the money tells us to. But, you seem to have a problem with Frieza. What might that be exactly?" The king looked at Rayne in complete disbelief. "How could you not know exactly what this tyrant has done! He's going to destroy our people! I'm only trying to protect a dying race! You must know how that feels, right?" Rayne thought for a moment, before standing up again. He turned off the voice communications on his scouter, and urged his clan to do the same.
"Alright everyone, listen up. We are going to stage their deaths, right now. I'll turn my scouter back on, and you shoot the air. King Vegeta, you don't say a damn word, understand?" The king nodded, and Rayne turned his scouter back on. "Time to die, King Vegeta." And with that said, a clan member shot their gun into the air, and Vegeta was deathly silent. "There you go Frieza, we're done here." Frieza could be heard softly chuckling on the other side of the comms. "Very good, Rayne. Your money will be with you shortly, but one more thing. Do you think that I don't know a scam when I see one? You and your clan will be promptly killed, alongside king Vegeta. Have fun."
Rayne's eyes widened as he heard a sound outside, and before he knew it, Frieza's men had burst into the throne room, gunning down the most of Rayne's clan. Rayne was preoccupied with tackling down two of his men to notice the genocide happening behind him. By the time that he turned around, he was shot four times, and once more to knock him onto the ground. One of Frieza's men put his foot onto Rayne's chest and pointed the gun at his face. "It is glorious that I get the pleasure to lead the downfall of the Shinzo clan. Goodbye, Rayne." Before the assalint could pull the trigger, Rayne tripped him and beat his face in until Rayne could only see red, and was almost covered in it. After he'd finished, he stood and looked to the hundreds of Frieza's men outside, and his clan, along with his elites, on the ground behind him.
Before Rayne knew it, his metre on the scouter was skyrocketing into deep red, and immediately into black territory. Rayne removed his scouter, and crushed it in his hands like a cookie. Soon, a deep, deep black aura consumed Rayne, and after that a pitch black aura slowly crept up his body, and consumed his physical being. But before Rayne could kill anyone, he woke up from his slumber, leaning up against a rock. He stood, and dusted himself off. "Never again." He muttered to himself, before he continued on his way.