A/N: Since this is an A/U fix, the characters are a little different.
There's all the same main characters as in the Saiyaman and Buu Saga,
except Videl. Gohan's a lot more like Vejeta due to Goku's death, and
Vejeta's slightly softened up, but not by much. Pretty much everyone else
is the same, except they're still hurting from Goku's death. Oh, and I
changed the history a lot. At the beginning of the story, Vejeta's 43,
Gohan's 21, Trunks is 9, Goten is 10, and Kora's 22. Anywho, I'm sure
you're tired of reading me go on and on, so go read the story! And don't
forget to review!
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, no matter how many times I wish for it. It all belongs to Akira Toriyama, so don't sue me. I don't have any money, anyway. However, Kora is all MINE! ^_~
Running From the Past
Chapter 1: "Unexpected Visitor"
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Vejeta stopped mid-punch and narrowed his eyes. He felt a new yet familiar ki coming from space. He powered down the gravity chamber and walked out, wondering how someone coming from space could be familiar. Trunks ran up to him and stared up at his father.
"'Tou-san! Did you feel that?"
The Saiya-jin prince rolled his eyes at the stupid question, "Of COURSE I felt it."
"Who is it?"
Vejeta ignored him and continued walking towards the Capsule Corporaton building. Spotting Bulma outside, he walked up to her.
"Gohan just called. He and Goten are coming over right away. I assume Piccolo's on his way, too," When Vejeta just grunted at her, she continued, "...Who is it?"
He forced a smirk, but inside he was more confused than confident, "...A Saiya-jin."
She stared at him, shocked, "Goku??"
"No, it's not Kakarott. He's dead, remember? It's someone else."
"But I thought you and Goku were the only ones left..."
He just gave her a confused look and walked over to a tree. He leaned against it, waiting for the rest of the Z-Senshi.
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The Z-Senshi landed on the ground staring at the small *Saiya-jin* spacepod in the center of the huge crater. The door opened and a hand grasped onto the "doorway". Then the person emerged into the full daylight and weakly leaned against the side of the spacepod.
Vejeta stared at the person who looked about ready to collapse. It was a girl! But there was something that bothered him even more than the fact that this was a girl Saiya-jin. She looked like the female version of him. Her hair was almost exactly like Vejeta's except that it spiked more to the back instead of sticking up. She was wearing the typical Saiya-jin outfit; black spandex suit under tank-top style armor with two side leg protectors and her tail wrapped around her waist.
She looked up and froze when she saw him. Muttering something, she lifted up into the air and flew over to the group. She gracefully landed on the ground in front of the group and folded her arms, smirking.
"One...two...three. One that looks human, and a green man," she added, "Wow. I thought there'd be more."
Gohan glanced at Goten and realized she thought they were full- blooded Saiya-jin, "Actually--"
"Who are you?" Vejeta cut off Gohan and never took his hard stare off of the strange girl. She looked at him and chuckled.
"Of course," she stood up to her full height, despite how badly her body ached, "I am Kora, Saiya-jin no Oujo."
Gohan raised an eyebrow and Vejeta started to get angry, "Listen, whoever-you-are. I know you're lying. I--"
Now it was Vejeta's turn to get cut off as she started laughing. She shook her head and smiled, which caused Vejeta to invisibly shudder, "I don't blame you for not believing me. After all, they never told you. ...They never had a chance to tell you," She took on a distant look and the way she said it made it sound as if it was painful to talk about.
"Who never told me what?"
"The King and Queen... they never told you about me."
"Why would my parents have any reason to tell me about you?"
She sighed, irritated, "Vejeta, you're not an idiot! Use your head! You're my big brother."
She stated it casually which caused Vejeta to blink at her for a few seconds, dazed. Finally, he spoke, "Big brother?! That's absurd. I have no sister." He folded his arms and slightly turned away. She stared at him like he had just punched her hard in the stomach before turning around and slumping her shoulders.
"...I've searched for you my whole life... and you won't even listen... you're more like tochad* than I thought you would be," she muttered. She would've taken off into the air towards her spacepod if she hadn't felt her hand be taken and gripped tightly. She turned around and expected to see Vejeta glaring at her, but instead she saw Trunks looking up at her confused.
"You're Tou-san's little sister...?" As she nodded, he went on, "But... he said only him and Goten's dad were the only ones left. Well, after Tou-san killed Nappa..."
She stared up at Vejeta when she heard the comment about Nappa and saw a look of regret. However, he shook his head and went back to glaring at her. She glared back at him, "I'd love to tell you the story, but SOMEONE wouldn't want to hear it. Sorry, kiddo."
Trunks ran to his father and tugged on his armor, "PLEEEAASE, Tou- san??"
When Trunks' response was a cold stare, he slumped his shoulders. Kora flashed him a look of apology and began to take off again, but this time Gohan cleared his throat, catching her attention.
"Please, Kora-san. Even if Vejeta's being an idiot," Vejeta stared at Gohan; it was one of the boldest comments that Gohan had ever made, "I'd still like to hear how you survived the destruction of Vejeta-sei."
She shrugged and sat down, "It all started when Vejeta was four. Sochad* knew she was pregnant with me, but she also knew that Frieza was about to do something terrible and if he ever found me, I'd be taken away just like Vejeta was and transformed into a cold killing machine," she sadly glanced up at Vejeta, "So as soon as I was born, I went into hiding. As soon as I was old enough to survive without her, I was sent to a far away planet. It was common for us to send babies out to different planets with the intent that they'd one day grow up and destroy the inhabitants of the planet, so Frieza didn't even bother to check it. However, Sochad, the Queen, had such a hard time with the labor that she suddenly was on the verge of death and no one knew why except the mid-wife. The King quickly figured it out and they had a huge fight. She was so weak, yet she still tried to fight him. ...The stress on her body was too much and she died before she could even land a punch."
Tears were filling her eyes as she went on, "Over the next few days the King was in such a fit of rage and sorrow that he organized a strike against Frieza. In a matter of weeks after I was born, Frieza killed him and our planet... Thankfully, I landed on a friendly planet, Alara. The Alarans took care of me and taught me. They had sections of their planet that were interested in fighting, so that's where I sparred and learned their techniques. The other sections taught me academics, art, language, stuff like that. I got stronger and grew up and everything was great... until Frieza discovered the planet. He quickly learned that it had a very rare, extremely valuable metal. The only problem, obviously, was it had inhabitants. So Frieza attacked on my 16th birthday. There was a huge war that lasted years. The Alarans were strong and very large in number, and Frieza was determined to get the planet, so neither side gave up. People around me were dying left and right. You couldn't go anywhere without seeing bodies strewn across the ground, some Frieza's men, but mostly the Alarans. It was sickening. I tried hiding and busied myself preparing my spacepod to get out of there - some of the systems had started degrading due to how long it had been sitting there, but I was discovered. I fought back, obviously, but it didn't matter. I would've been dragged to Frieza if it hadn't been for two of my closest friends. They attacked the men who had taken me, giving me a chance to escape. I got out of there and to my spacepod safely, but they...they died protecting me. I jumped in my spacepod and set a course for Earth; the Alarans had helped me locate Vejeta. I combined the Saiya-jin engine with the Alaran engine and got something even faster than Frieza's ship, so I out-ran him. Then I arrived here... only to find my only family refuses to acknowledge that I exist."
Gohan, Goten, and Trunks were all wide-eyed. Vejeta's expression had softened a little, but he was still scowling. Piccolo had placed himself under a tree the moment he realized she was not an enemy. He only stuck around for the story.
Vejeta turned and watched her, somehow knowing what was coming next. He was right. She stood up again and glared at the spacepod, then smirked at him, "I'm staying. Besides, I couldn't leave without seeing my big brother's mate."
Vejeta muttered something and turned his back to her, which revealed something she hadn't noticed. His tail-- or lack thereof. She gasped and stared at the spot where it should be. He turned back around and glared at her, "What??"
"Y...Your tail! What happened?"
He scowled, "It...got cut off."
Gohan smirked at Kora and whispered, "I'll tell you later."
She nodded, "So, where's your mate?"
"Capsule Corporation. She... can't fly or fight, so she didn't come."
"A Saiya-jin who can't fly or fight?! And she's your MATE?"
"She's not a Saiya-jin. She's a human..."
Kora glanced at Trunks, and raised an eyebrow.
~Vejeta, Saiya-jin no Ouji, having a human as a mate. This just gets weirder and weirder. ~
"So if I'm the only female Saiya-jin left, whose kids are they?" she motioned towards Gohan and Goten, "The older one doesn't look old enough to have survived Vejeta-sei, and the younger one definitely wasn't there."
"I'm Gohan and this is my little brother, Goten. Our mom's a human, too. Our dad..." He trailed off and looked away. Kora blinked and sighed.
"Nice to meet ya, Gohan... do demi Saiya-jins get tails?"
"Yes. But... I kept going Oozaru, so we cut it off."
Goten looked up at his older brother, confused.
"Gohan... how come I don't have a tail?"
"You did. We pull it off every time it comes back."
Goten stared up at him in surprise and Gohan gave him a blank look. Vejeta grunted and took off into the air towards Capsule Corporation. Kora watched him and blinked, confused. Gohan stared blankly in the direction Vejeta had blasted off in.
"...His way of saying he's done talking. If you wanna meet Bulma, follow him."
She nodded and took off into the air after him. Goten blasted off towards home so ChiChi wouldn't bite his head off and Gohan took off after Vejeta and Kora. Piccolo opened his eyes and grunted.
-Ugh, this planet gets more and more boring each day. Maybe I'll go see if Krillen wants to spar later...- He immediately remembered a certain blonde pig-tailed toddler who had a fascination with green skin and loose capes and shook his head, -...On second thought, I'll meditate for a while.-
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Here are the Saiya-go translations:
Tochad = Father
Sochad = Mother
Remember to REVIEW, please!
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ, no matter how many times I wish for it. It all belongs to Akira Toriyama, so don't sue me. I don't have any money, anyway. However, Kora is all MINE! ^_~
Running From the Past
Chapter 1: "Unexpected Visitor"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Vejeta stopped mid-punch and narrowed his eyes. He felt a new yet familiar ki coming from space. He powered down the gravity chamber and walked out, wondering how someone coming from space could be familiar. Trunks ran up to him and stared up at his father.
"'Tou-san! Did you feel that?"
The Saiya-jin prince rolled his eyes at the stupid question, "Of COURSE I felt it."
"Who is it?"
Vejeta ignored him and continued walking towards the Capsule Corporaton building. Spotting Bulma outside, he walked up to her.
"Gohan just called. He and Goten are coming over right away. I assume Piccolo's on his way, too," When Vejeta just grunted at her, she continued, "...Who is it?"
He forced a smirk, but inside he was more confused than confident, "...A Saiya-jin."
She stared at him, shocked, "Goku??"
"No, it's not Kakarott. He's dead, remember? It's someone else."
"But I thought you and Goku were the only ones left..."
He just gave her a confused look and walked over to a tree. He leaned against it, waiting for the rest of the Z-Senshi.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The Z-Senshi landed on the ground staring at the small *Saiya-jin* spacepod in the center of the huge crater. The door opened and a hand grasped onto the "doorway". Then the person emerged into the full daylight and weakly leaned against the side of the spacepod.
Vejeta stared at the person who looked about ready to collapse. It was a girl! But there was something that bothered him even more than the fact that this was a girl Saiya-jin. She looked like the female version of him. Her hair was almost exactly like Vejeta's except that it spiked more to the back instead of sticking up. She was wearing the typical Saiya-jin outfit; black spandex suit under tank-top style armor with two side leg protectors and her tail wrapped around her waist.
She looked up and froze when she saw him. Muttering something, she lifted up into the air and flew over to the group. She gracefully landed on the ground in front of the group and folded her arms, smirking.
"One...two...three. One that looks human, and a green man," she added, "Wow. I thought there'd be more."
Gohan glanced at Goten and realized she thought they were full- blooded Saiya-jin, "Actually--"
"Who are you?" Vejeta cut off Gohan and never took his hard stare off of the strange girl. She looked at him and chuckled.
"Of course," she stood up to her full height, despite how badly her body ached, "I am Kora, Saiya-jin no Oujo."
Gohan raised an eyebrow and Vejeta started to get angry, "Listen, whoever-you-are. I know you're lying. I--"
Now it was Vejeta's turn to get cut off as she started laughing. She shook her head and smiled, which caused Vejeta to invisibly shudder, "I don't blame you for not believing me. After all, they never told you. ...They never had a chance to tell you," She took on a distant look and the way she said it made it sound as if it was painful to talk about.
"Who never told me what?"
"The King and Queen... they never told you about me."
"Why would my parents have any reason to tell me about you?"
She sighed, irritated, "Vejeta, you're not an idiot! Use your head! You're my big brother."
She stated it casually which caused Vejeta to blink at her for a few seconds, dazed. Finally, he spoke, "Big brother?! That's absurd. I have no sister." He folded his arms and slightly turned away. She stared at him like he had just punched her hard in the stomach before turning around and slumping her shoulders.
"...I've searched for you my whole life... and you won't even listen... you're more like tochad* than I thought you would be," she muttered. She would've taken off into the air towards her spacepod if she hadn't felt her hand be taken and gripped tightly. She turned around and expected to see Vejeta glaring at her, but instead she saw Trunks looking up at her confused.
"You're Tou-san's little sister...?" As she nodded, he went on, "But... he said only him and Goten's dad were the only ones left. Well, after Tou-san killed Nappa..."
She stared up at Vejeta when she heard the comment about Nappa and saw a look of regret. However, he shook his head and went back to glaring at her. She glared back at him, "I'd love to tell you the story, but SOMEONE wouldn't want to hear it. Sorry, kiddo."
Trunks ran to his father and tugged on his armor, "PLEEEAASE, Tou- san??"
When Trunks' response was a cold stare, he slumped his shoulders. Kora flashed him a look of apology and began to take off again, but this time Gohan cleared his throat, catching her attention.
"Please, Kora-san. Even if Vejeta's being an idiot," Vejeta stared at Gohan; it was one of the boldest comments that Gohan had ever made, "I'd still like to hear how you survived the destruction of Vejeta-sei."
She shrugged and sat down, "It all started when Vejeta was four. Sochad* knew she was pregnant with me, but she also knew that Frieza was about to do something terrible and if he ever found me, I'd be taken away just like Vejeta was and transformed into a cold killing machine," she sadly glanced up at Vejeta, "So as soon as I was born, I went into hiding. As soon as I was old enough to survive without her, I was sent to a far away planet. It was common for us to send babies out to different planets with the intent that they'd one day grow up and destroy the inhabitants of the planet, so Frieza didn't even bother to check it. However, Sochad, the Queen, had such a hard time with the labor that she suddenly was on the verge of death and no one knew why except the mid-wife. The King quickly figured it out and they had a huge fight. She was so weak, yet she still tried to fight him. ...The stress on her body was too much and she died before she could even land a punch."
Tears were filling her eyes as she went on, "Over the next few days the King was in such a fit of rage and sorrow that he organized a strike against Frieza. In a matter of weeks after I was born, Frieza killed him and our planet... Thankfully, I landed on a friendly planet, Alara. The Alarans took care of me and taught me. They had sections of their planet that were interested in fighting, so that's where I sparred and learned their techniques. The other sections taught me academics, art, language, stuff like that. I got stronger and grew up and everything was great... until Frieza discovered the planet. He quickly learned that it had a very rare, extremely valuable metal. The only problem, obviously, was it had inhabitants. So Frieza attacked on my 16th birthday. There was a huge war that lasted years. The Alarans were strong and very large in number, and Frieza was determined to get the planet, so neither side gave up. People around me were dying left and right. You couldn't go anywhere without seeing bodies strewn across the ground, some Frieza's men, but mostly the Alarans. It was sickening. I tried hiding and busied myself preparing my spacepod to get out of there - some of the systems had started degrading due to how long it had been sitting there, but I was discovered. I fought back, obviously, but it didn't matter. I would've been dragged to Frieza if it hadn't been for two of my closest friends. They attacked the men who had taken me, giving me a chance to escape. I got out of there and to my spacepod safely, but they...they died protecting me. I jumped in my spacepod and set a course for Earth; the Alarans had helped me locate Vejeta. I combined the Saiya-jin engine with the Alaran engine and got something even faster than Frieza's ship, so I out-ran him. Then I arrived here... only to find my only family refuses to acknowledge that I exist."
Gohan, Goten, and Trunks were all wide-eyed. Vejeta's expression had softened a little, but he was still scowling. Piccolo had placed himself under a tree the moment he realized she was not an enemy. He only stuck around for the story.
Vejeta turned and watched her, somehow knowing what was coming next. He was right. She stood up again and glared at the spacepod, then smirked at him, "I'm staying. Besides, I couldn't leave without seeing my big brother's mate."
Vejeta muttered something and turned his back to her, which revealed something she hadn't noticed. His tail-- or lack thereof. She gasped and stared at the spot where it should be. He turned back around and glared at her, "What??"
"Y...Your tail! What happened?"
He scowled, "It...got cut off."
Gohan smirked at Kora and whispered, "I'll tell you later."
She nodded, "So, where's your mate?"
"Capsule Corporation. She... can't fly or fight, so she didn't come."
"A Saiya-jin who can't fly or fight?! And she's your MATE?"
"She's not a Saiya-jin. She's a human..."
Kora glanced at Trunks, and raised an eyebrow.
~Vejeta, Saiya-jin no Ouji, having a human as a mate. This just gets weirder and weirder. ~
"So if I'm the only female Saiya-jin left, whose kids are they?" she motioned towards Gohan and Goten, "The older one doesn't look old enough to have survived Vejeta-sei, and the younger one definitely wasn't there."
"I'm Gohan and this is my little brother, Goten. Our mom's a human, too. Our dad..." He trailed off and looked away. Kora blinked and sighed.
"Nice to meet ya, Gohan... do demi Saiya-jins get tails?"
"Yes. But... I kept going Oozaru, so we cut it off."
Goten looked up at his older brother, confused.
"Gohan... how come I don't have a tail?"
"You did. We pull it off every time it comes back."
Goten stared up at him in surprise and Gohan gave him a blank look. Vejeta grunted and took off into the air towards Capsule Corporation. Kora watched him and blinked, confused. Gohan stared blankly in the direction Vejeta had blasted off in.
"...His way of saying he's done talking. If you wanna meet Bulma, follow him."
She nodded and took off into the air after him. Goten blasted off towards home so ChiChi wouldn't bite his head off and Gohan took off after Vejeta and Kora. Piccolo opened his eyes and grunted.
-Ugh, this planet gets more and more boring each day. Maybe I'll go see if Krillen wants to spar later...- He immediately remembered a certain blonde pig-tailed toddler who had a fascination with green skin and loose capes and shook his head, -...On second thought, I'll meditate for a while.-
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Here are the Saiya-go translations:
Tochad = Father
Sochad = Mother
Remember to REVIEW, please!