Broken Peace
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z. How could I? I'm not Japanese. :D I'm not making money off this story. How could I? Akira Toriyama's the brains behind this outfit.
A/N: Originally completed...well, I don't exactly know. At least seven years before this "publication" date. Horizontal dividers represent scene change or change in point of view. I had struggles while finishing this story. Do you think I captured the "essence" of the show? Were the characters, the setting, the story believable? Please tell all and REVIEW!
Rated T for violence/physical injuries.
Prologue
A spaceship flew through the void of space, its thrusters inactive, not in any particular hurry. From the shadows within, a pair of eyes opened, looked around. The eyes' owner had been sleeping, dreaming dreams that were terrible. He had waked and was free of them now, for the moment. He got to his feet and approached his navigation screen. With one push of a button on the control panel, the system was activated. His ship showed on the screen as a moving red dot. He tapped it again, and the view zoomed outward to include the entire Northern Quadrant, where his ship floated. He scanned the entire area, indecisive. Hundreds of galaxies, thousands of planets, were included on the screen. Ranging from huge to miniscule, the planets glowed every color of the rainbow. So many places…too many to decide. In the end, he closed his eyes and jabbed his finger at the range of choices. There was a small beep, and the automatic database supplied him with further information. The planet on the screen was a soft, pretty blue with fascinating swirls of white. It was richly populated, with many diverse cultures, but its inhabitants' mean power level didn't exceed a pathetic level five. Tap, tap. A course was set for the coordinates provided. As he passed a nearby star, the light reflected from his eyes. The resulting gleam reflected the thrill of the chase.
Of all the worlds in the entire North Quadrant, he'd chosen—Earth.
And he was not traveling there with intentions of peace.