Before you read any of this story, i highly, highly, HIGHLY suggest that you read chapters 1-6 of "Journey of a Saiyan" you can find that among my other stories on my page. If you have read them, read along, if not, well. Have fun.
After the battle and resolve with Cellio, he and Cherik left for their planet to start a rebellion or something against a space tyrant. This left me in charge of the earth, to protect it from any threat that dared to invade it.
Now, before i continue any further and because i know some idiots didn't pay attention to the recommendation to read the first 6 chapters of the other story; i'm gonna break the fourth wall a little bit and give you a quick rundown. My name is Strkyer, i'm a human on earth, have blond, short hair and brown eyes. The last time Cherik used his scouter on me, i was read as having a power level of 7500, but i can increase it even further, 5 times more to be exact, with my giant form, yes, i can manipulate ki into transforming and firing energy blasts. I once was on a quest to rule the planet, but my saiyan friend Cherik literally beat some sense into me and i decided to begin fighting for good. After the world tournament we fought in, Cherik's brother Cellio came to earth to supposedly kill all life and sell it to a space emperor, but instead he turned out to be good and wanted to recruit Cherik to help his rebellion and i decided to stay and protect earth. Anyway, that's the quick rundown for those who haven't read the previous story, now on to this one. Have fun.
I was presented with my own scouter by Cellio; it was an older model, but the power level output it could read was up to a million, so it was still pretty good. I flew around the earth a few times, scouting here and there, but no power levels capable of destroying it were presented, so i just decided to lay back and explore for a while. I landed in some country i've never been to, but they spoke english, so it was all good. I went sightseeing for a bit and came across a really cool mountain, it seemed like a hollow, extinct volcano with an opening at the top. I looked down and activated my scouter, which was going crazy, reading power levels in the low and high hundreds, i got excited, so i decided to jump down and explore some more.
I touched down on a bed of golden flowers, blooming in the sunlight and very cushioned. I took care not to crush the flowers, so i flew a little over them and went to a path that seemed to lead to a doorway with carved symbols. I walked through the doorway where i saw another yellow flower, alone, just sitting there in a patch of sunlight; i thought it was kind of pretty, until my scouter read it had a power level of 15, and then it started to talk.
"Howdy, i'm Flowey, Flowey the flower."
"What the hell?! Talking flower! Nope, i changed my mind, i'm out of here." I turned back and ran through the doorway, back to the bed of yellow flowers that i took no care in stepping on and flew up to the hole in the mountain, only to be deflected by some invisible force and thrown back to the ground.
"Sorry buddy, there's no real way out of this place, we're all kind of trapped here." The flower, who said his name was flowey, sprung up next to me.
"Ah, my head. Ok, no blood. What do you mean,'"we're all kind of trapped'?"
"I mean it exactly as i say. That think you hit your head on is what we call the barrier; the barrier keeps us all inside the underground and by us i mean monsters, we live here, trapped by the humans."
"Alright, i see. Any way to break it?"
"Well, there are 2 ways. It'll take 7 human souls or a power greater than the barrier to break it."
"Well, let's see how strong this thing is." I knew it was a long shot, but i aimed my scouter at the barrier to see if it had a power level, and to my surprise it actually did. The barrier showed a power level of 2,480,000. Even in giant form i couldn't break it, not even close.
"So, seems like you're gonna be here a while, what's your name human?"
"My name's Stryker. So, Flowey was it? How about showing me the ropes of this place?"
"Gladly! First, we need to get you situated in the way magic works down here." For some reason a glow was appearing from my chest and out popped a golden heart. "You see that, that right there is your SOUL, the very culmination of your being. Hmmmm, interesting, your SOUL is different from the others; i've never seen a golden one before, i wonder what it means? Anyway, let's continue. In the beginning, your SOUL starts weak, but it can grow stronger by gaining what we call LOVE, we share LOVE through little white, "friendliness pellets".
"Hold on a sec, "friendliness pellets"? That sounds way too dumb to be a real thing."
"Heh, a smart one. I like you. You're right, friendliness pellets aren't a real thing, and there's one more rule down here. It's kill or be killed!" he formed a sphere of pellets around me and began to enclose them, but to his surprise, i just blasted them all to nothing with a single release of energy, although one did nick me on my arm and caused a small cut. "W-what? What exactly are you?" He looked at me with an expression of pure fear.
"Oh, i'm a human all right, but i'm not your average human." I charged an energy blast to blow him to pieces, but he just disappeared into the ground before i could fire it. "Damn weed."
"Oh my, another human." I turned to the source of the voice which turned out to be a female, bipedal goat thing that was walking up to me. I scouted her real quick and it showed her having a power level of about 500. "Hello there my child, i am Toriel, caretaker of the ruins. I come here every day to check for any fallen humans." I could tell that she wasn't a bad one like flowey, so i knew i could trust her.
"Hi there, my name's Stryker. Yeah, i've come from the surface, i didn't fall, per say. I actually jumped down, hoping to see what was down here."
"But that is quite a fall, how are you perfectly alright?"
"I have my ways, anyway, is there any food here? I forgot to pack anything so i'm starving."
"Oh, yes of course, follow me, i'll take you home so we can eat something." I decided to roll with it and followed her. "By the way, just a random question. Do you prefer butterscotch or cinnamon?"
"Ummm, butterscotch i guess."
"Alright then. But, you wouldn't mind if for some reason, cinnamon appeared on your plate as well?"
"No, cinnamon is fine too."
"Very good." We walked a little ways until we made it to a room with a dummy in it.
"Cool, i didn't know you guys had training dummies down here. Doesn't seem too sturdy, but it'll do." I was about to throw a punch, but Toriel stopped me.
"Hold it, no. The dummies aren't for fighting, they're for talking."
"Wait what? Talking? You talk to the dummies?"
"Of course, down here, you shouldn't fight unless absolutely necessary. Just try and be nice to monsters until i come along. Now go on." I felt super awkward as i walked up and began talking to the dummy.
"Umm, hey mr. dummy, how's life going for you? Oh, you got a promotion, that's neat, hopefully you can treat the Mrs. to dinner now huh?"
"Very good my child. Come along now, we have more to explore." I followed Toriel to a room with bridges and switches, here, she told me to try and solve the puzzle, but the switches to pull were clearly labeled, so i solved it with no problem at all. She congratulated me and we went into the next room, filled with a floor of spikes.
"Perhaps this puzzle is too dangerous for you to solve on your own, here, let me help you." As she reached for my hand, i decided to surprise her and just fly over the spikes no problem.
"Come on Toriel, try to keep up." I waited for her at the other end where she made it across and said nothing until we ended up in a very long hallway where she stopped. "I'm sorry, but i must leave for now, i trust you can make it to the end of this hallway on your own." She began running, much faster than any normal human, but still way too slow for me. I watched and waited until she had about ⅕ of the hallway left to go, then i just did one quick flight burst and waited at the end of the hall for a few more seconds. She made it, but when she saw me, she was completely caught off guard, she looked back and forth to try and see if it was a mirror trick, but it wasn't.
"Word of advice Toriel, the next time you abandon people in hallways, make sure they're not straight paths. Come on, let's go." She was still a little shocked, but then decided to walk in front of me again. We reached another room where she stopped again and turned towards me.
"I must go run some errands for now, i trust you will wait for me here until i return. I'll even give you a phone so you can call me any time." She was about to hand me an ancient phone that looked basically like a brick when i stopped here right there.
"Actually, Toriel, it's alright, i've got my own phone." I reached into the inner pocket of my gi and brought out my own smartphone, the latest edition Code Foundation phone. Toriel seemed surprised at it because she'd never seen one before.
"Um, what is that piece of plastic and glass?"
"It's my phone. It's a touchscreen, look." I turned on the screen and a photo of me popped up on the lock code. I punched in the numbers and made it to the main menu."
"What kind of magic does it run on? There aren't any buttons, yet you can maneuver around it like it's no problem."
"It doesn't run on magic, it's just a special technology people on the surface have, you really need to upgrade your items. Anyway, just tell me your number, i'll log it in and you can call me or i can call you." She gave me the number and went away to run her errands.
After about 5 minutes i was already bored so i decided to go off and explore the ruins to see what they held in store. I walked into a room that needed some serious raking and saw a branching room right above it; i went in and saw a sign that said, take a piece of candy.
"Don't mind if i do." I grabbed one from the bowl, unwrapped it and ate it, but i felt weird as i did, like the candy somehow was dissolving into my very being, almost, energizing me. I looked to my right and saw that the small cut Flowey gave me was completely healed. "Huh, neat. Guess food down here manages to heal you. Good thing too, i've only got 3 senzus, gave the other 7 to Cherik." I kept walking along the path, when suddenly a big frog jumped in my way. I scouted it and saw that it only had a power level of 50. I smiled, walked towards it and patted its head as i walked past, for some reason, the frog didn't follow and seemed to hop away, almost... happily. I continued until i almost fell through the floor, luckily i stopped myself and floated across to where the floor wasn't cracked. I walked across the hallway to see that there was a boulder in the middle of the room, a switch next to it and some spikes blocking the way. I put two and two together and realized that you had to push the rock onto the switch. I knew i could just fly over the spikes or blast them, but i've always kind of been a nerd with these things. I pushed the rock to the switch, which was about as hard as pushing a shopping cart, and the spikes went down.
The room after the next hallway had a floor that really made you wonder how much maintenance is done on this place. I flew over the whole floor and went on to the next room, this one had 3 rocks in it and 3 switches with the spikes still there. I pushed the two rocks on the side to the switches and was about to push the third one, when it began to talk.
"Woah there partner, what do you think you're doing?"
"Um, trying to move you?"
"Oh, well why didn't you just ask, i'll happily move for you." He moved to the right, it was then that i realized it was gonna take more persuasion and time to get him to the right place, so i decided to move on.
"Thanks, that's what i needed."
"No problem pumpkin."
"Weird rock." i muttered and flew over the spikes. As i walked, i saw that there was a table in the middle of the room with old, moldy, spiderweb covered, stale, melted cheese. I realized that someone was planning on baiting a mouse with that, but after sitting so long, i don't think anyone would want it, not even the flies. I did the cheese a favor and ended its existence with one blast. I walked along and saw that there was some money lying on the ground. I picked up the gold coins, 5 of them in total and each one had the same thing engraved on it, 1G. I pocketed the coins and continued walking, when suddenly a ghost appeared right in front of me, looking like it was sleeping.
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"
"You know, saying Z over and over again does not make it so you're asleep, no matter what comics tell you." The ghost hovered vertically and looked at me with a sad look on his face.
"Sorry, i'm in your way."
"No, it's fine. I could just fly over you, you seemed pretty comfortable in those leaves, i'll leave you to your business."
"Oh, well, thank you. I'm not used to people doing nice things for me." I flew over him and gave him a wave, he actually smiled at me and laid down back in his pile of leaves. I decided to go to the room directly in front of me and saw that there were two big spiderwebs and one had a sign.
Spider bake sale, help support the spiders. Doughnut, 5G cider 30G
I decided to be nice and throw the 5G into the smaller web, suddenly, like 5 spiders appeared holding a doughnut. I took it and stored it for later, not really caring that the spiders touched it. I walked into the other room and waved as i walked past the 3 frogs in that room, all with power levels of 50 as well. At the end of the hall was another room with spikes blocking the way. I decided i wanted to get this over with quickly, so i just flew to the next room. This one had a puzzle that involved button pushing in order to open a door at the end. There were 3 rooms in total and with my flying speed, i solved all 3 in 5 seconds. Total.
I finally felt that i was nearing the end, there was another branching path in front of me. I took a quick look to the one directly in front of me and ended up on a balcony which had a toy knife laying there. I left it and went to the other path. I walked past the doorway and saw wheat appeared to be a house and a very dead tree. The moment i walked past the tree, my scouter went off, showing Toriel's power level of 500 again. I turned around to see her rushing through the door.
"Oh my, i feel i've been gone too long, i had better call to see how things are going." She was about to call, when she noticed me behind the tree. "Oh, my child. Are you alright? Did you get hurt at all?"
"Nah, i'm perfectly ok. I assume that's your house over there. Got anything to eat? i'm actually getting kinda hungry."
"Yes, of course. let's go inside, i have a spare bedroom ready in case you want to rest for a bit." I realized that i actually was kind of tired, i checked my phone and saw that it was 10 at night.
"How is it this late? I got down here at like 3 in the afternoon, how have i been here for 7 hours already?" Toriel chuckled at me.
"When you can't see the sun, time seems to move faster."
"You're telling me." We went inside and Toriel pointed me to the spare bedroom. I went inside and before i went to bed, i ate the doughnut the spiders gave me. Surprisingly, it was really good and i felt a lot less hungry. I took off my boots, loose gi top, armbands and my scouter, then I jumped into bed. I woke up, checked my phone and saw that it was about 8 in the morning. I smelled something delicious though. I looked to my side and saw a slice of pie sitting next to the bed. I got up and took the plate; the pie was a little cold, but i used a small ki sphere to warm it up. I ate the pie like it was the last piece of food on earth. I got everything back on, put my phone in my pocket, my scouter on my face and went out to the living room to see Toriel reading by the fire.
"Oh, you're finally awake. How did you sleep?"
"I slept great, that pie was delicious. Do you think i can have some to go?"
"To go? How do you mean?"
"I mean, to go as in going out to the rest of the underground to try and break the barrier."
"But, why can't you stay here, with me? I'll make sure you stay safe." It was then that i realized something.
"Toriel, how many humans have fallen down here before me?" She sighed and put her book away.
"Six have fallen. All of them have left here and all of them have fallen to Asgore, the king of the underground."
"So that's why you don't want me to leave huh? You fear i'll end up like the others?"
"Yes. Please my child. Stay here, we can be happy, we can be safe." I walked up to her and put my hand on her shoulder.
"Toriel, look. You're awesome, basically a second mom to me. But you have to understand. I have a duty to fulfill. I need to break the barrier and get back to the surface. Earth needs me and i need to defend it." She looked at me with both hurt and understanding.
"Very well, follow me." We walked downstairs to a long hallway. We ended at a set of big double doors, she turned to me with a serious look on her face. "If you want to leave the ruins, then prove to me that you can survive the underground." She summoned balls and columns of fire around her and i saw that her power level shot up to 5000. I saw that my soul appeared from my body, again, levitating inches from my chest. I powered up to maximum and got ready to withstand anything she threw at me.
"Come on Toriel, don't be afraid to cut loose. I can handle anything you can dish out." She said nothing and just threw fireballs at me. I either dodged or deflected every single one with barely any effort, i could tell she was afraid of hurting me. "If you're worried about me getting injured, forget about it. If you really want me to prove to you that i can survive, hit me as hard as you possibly can. Show no fear, just do it!"
"Very well, you want me to show you so badly, then here!" She charged up an enormous fireball and launched it straight at me, i charged my ki and braced for impact, a crazed smile on my face. The fireball hit me and exploded with so much force, it shook the walls a little bit. I heard Toriel cry a little, but i just did one last charge and blew the smoke away to her surprise. I stood before her, completely unharmed, except for some slight singe marks on my gi and a small burn hole. I dusted myself off and talked.
"See, told you i could take it. I'm a lot tougher than i look." She had a sad smile on her face and then she hugged me.
"Well done my child. You've proven yourself worthy. You are allowed to pass to the rest of the underground."
"Thanks. I'll miss you Toriel, but i'll be sure to come back when the barrier's broken. I promise."
"Oh, one more thing."
"What is it?" She pulled out a plastic wrapped plate with a piece of pie in it.
"Here you are. For your journey." I took the pie, used my ki to increase the size of my senzu pouch, so it was now as large as a backpack, i put the pie in there, hugged Toriel one last time and walked through the doors. It was a long hallway to the doors that led out, but when i got there, i pushed them open and began my first steps into the rest of the underground.
A/N: And this ladies and gentlemen is the beginning of Strykertale. I don't have much to say here, other than the fact i've been thinking of this story for so long, ever since i began Journey of a Saiyan, this has been on my mind. Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this as much as i will. Be sure to review and fav. Till next time. Catch you later.
