A/N: This fic takes place during the Freeze/Android/Cell Sagas.
Disclaimer: The Pokemon, Sailor Moon and DBZ characters I used in this fic belong to their rightful owners. I are not making any profit in any way off of this fic. Please don't sue me.
Ash Ketchum, Super Saiyan
Eleven-year old Ash Ketchum watched in horror as his rival Gary Oak called for is Gyarados' Hyper Beam attack. Ash's Pikachu was tired from battling and could barely move. Ash tried to call it back, but his pokeball was malfunctioning.
Despite his friends' warnings, Ash jumped into the ring and tried to carry his Pikachu back to safety. He scooped Pikachu into his arms and got up to run. As he turned around he saw the hyper beam being released from the water dragon's mouth. He closed his eyes waited to feel the burn of the hyper beam on his flesh.
Ash waited, and waited, and waited, but nothing happened. Carefully he opened his eyes and saw a large golden beam of light. It was the hyper beam. He looked over at Misty and Brock; they too were frozen. Their faces locked in looks of horror. Ash started looking around wildly. All the spectators were frozen, most had covered their eyes while others were cheering and screaming. "What the..." Ash whispered. He looked down at his Pikachu; it was still in his arms. It wasn't moving and yet Ash knew it was still alive.
"Don't be afraid young child," said a voice full of wisdom.
"W-who's there? Show yourself!" Ash yelled to the frozen spectators. He turned around and bumped in to a woman with maroon eyes and deep green hair.
"I am the sailor scout of time and eternity. I also guard the gates of time. I am Sailor Pluto," the woman said in a calm voice.
Ash looked at her and took a step back. He blushed at her ensemble. She had on a white body suit with maroon bows on her chest and in the small of her back. In the centre of the bow on her chest was a red heart and the bow on her back reached her mid-thigh. She had on a sailor's bib that was black with white lines along the edges. It reached her shoulder blades and attached to the bow on her chest. She had white gloves that reached her elbows and a black choker that had a golden star in the middle. Her skirt too, was black and extremely short. Her boots were black with white along the top edge. They reached her knees and came to a point right under her kneecap. The top half of her green hair was pulled up into a bun and large red earring adorned her ears. The only bit of make-up she had on was red lipstick on her lips. To complete her look she had her a golden tiara with a maroon gem in the centre adorning her forehead. In her hand she held a staff that looked like a long key. One the top of the staff was a large garnet stone
"What do you want with me?" Ash said trying not to show any emotion in his voice.
"It is not your time to leave this plane. You are needed in a world of peace that will soon be shattered by chaos. Only you can help them. Will you help them?" She told Ash.
Ash's thoughts were all in a jumble. 'Should I help them? What about everything and everyone here?' "What will happen when I leave? Will I come back here on will I go somewhere else?"
"You will come here. It will all be as you left it." She replied with a voice smoother than silk.
"Okay, I-I'll go," Ash said with a tremor of fear in his voice. 'Good bye everyone. I sure hope I come back here alive.' "What do I have to do to go to this place."
"All you need to do is follow me," Sailor Pluto said as she created a large purple, blue and black portal. She walked inside. Ash, unsure of what to do followed her.
When they walked out of the portal, they were surrounded in mist. "Please follow me. If you get lost here you may never be found again," and with that cryptic advice, the scout of time and eternity walked off towards a golden portal with Ash trotting behind
"Please step through here." Ash did as he was told. "Please help save this world. You must be strong of heart to survive." Sailor Pluto knew what she was doing was wrong. She knew not to interfere with the timelines, but she owed it to this boy and more importantly, to his father.
*****
Eleven-year old Ash Ketchum stumbled out of the portal. He looked around and saw that he was in a room that was quite dark, it was almost pitch black. "Where am I?" Ash asked aloud. He was blinded momentarily as a bright white light shone in the room.
"You're at Kami's place young one," said a mysterious voice with a Middle Eastern accent. Ash whirled around to come face to face with a short man. He was rather large and had skin the colour of the night. He had black eyes and ruby red lips. One his head he wore a white turban that contrasted greatly with his skin colour. He wore a multi-coloured vest and red pants.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Ash. "W-who are y-you?" he asked in fear. As he stumbled backwards, he felt something wiggle buy his waist. He looked down and there was a furry, brown tail attached to his tailbone. Ash did not realise that it was attached to his body so he pulled it and squeaked in pain. More surprised than furious, Ash turned around and asked in a voice, laced with panic "Why do I have a tail?" His voice was so soft, the strange black man almost didn't hear him.
"I don't know why you have a tail," said the stranger in a pensive voice, " But Kami should. People call me Mr. Popo. I'll take you to Kami so that you may speak with him." 'It probably means that he's a saiyan' Mr. Popo thought. He suppressed a shudder and went off with the you boy to speak with his long time friend. "So what is your name."
"Huh?" Ash asked as he was pulled out of his trance. Mr. Popo patiently re-asked his question. Ash blushed and said, "My name is Ash Ketchum and I'm going to be the world's greatest Pokemon master!" He did his victory pose, but it didn't feel the same without Pikachu there. He sighed and continued to walk with Mr. Popo in complete silence.
When Mr. Popo stopped, Ash nearly ran into him. After he regained his balance Ash looked around. He was outside on what appeared to be a floating island. The ground of the island was tiled with bright white square tiles. There were many flowers and plants scattered around in boxes. Ash looked behind and saw a house that looked like a cross between a mansion and a castle. It was large but no too large. It was white and had a long roll of carpeting leading to the front door. 'I guess we just came from there.' Ash thought, still amazed by the appearance of the island.
"See him?" Mr. Popo asked Ash as he pointed to an elderly man with green skin. He looked over at Ash, who nodded in acknowledgement. "He is Kami, the guardian of earth. If you want to know more about your... extra limb, you may speak to him. Now if you'll excuse me I have certain duties to finish."
Ash nervously walked over to the guardian of earth. "Um, excuse me?" Ash asked uncertainly, "Are you Kami?"
"Why yeas I am. What do you need?" Asked the elderly Namekien.
"I was wondering why I have a... a tail."
Kami smiled at the pure-hearted boy and said, "You have a tail because you are part saiyan." Kami looked pensive for a moment; suddenly he smiled as if he had remembered something he had forgotten. "So, you must Ash," said Kami smiling.
"Yes, I am. How did you know who I was? And why am I here?"
Kami smiled once again and whispered mysteriously, "I have my ways of getting information Ash Ketchum. You are here to receive special training from King Kai."
Before Ash could say anything, let alone protest, he felt a lighter than a feather as he was transported to a tiny planet. Ash looked down and saw a long path that resembled a snake. Ash tried to stand up, however this was a difficult task because he felt ten times heavier here than on Earth. 'What do I do now? Maybe I should try to find this King Kai person. I wouldn't be surprised if he were pink.' He though with a bit of a smirk and he imagined a tall pink man with purple eyes and green hair.
Struggling and panting, he got to his feet and turned around. There, standing no, floating in front of him was light brown cricket type creature. "Um excuse me, but are you King Kai?" Ash asked the short light brown talking cricket thing politely.
"Oh yes, I am the great King Kai!" the little cricket thing said, his voice laden with sarcasm.
Ash, not noticing the sarcasm, half asked, half said "Oh, well then maybe you could help me?"
Before the talking cricket could answer a booming voice shouted, "GREGORY! How many times have I told you not to impersonate me!" Hearing the voice, Gregory took off faster than the speed of light, leaving behind a streak of blue light and a slightly bewildered Ash.
"I am the one, the only, the original King Kai," exclaimed a short, chubby blue man with antennae. "Ah. You must be Ash *chuckle* Ketchum. *chuckle, chuckle* " King Kai said between chuckles.
Ash looked around uncomfortably. "W-what so fun-funny?" he asked while stuttering.
"Your name *chuckle* Ketchum, *chuckle* catch what??? *chuckle* " asked the laughing blue King.
"Umm, I catch Pokemon. *sweatdrop* Uh, Kami said that you could tell why I'm half Saiyan, what is a Saiyan and why I have a tail." Said the uncomfortable eleven-year old.
"Answering those questions may take a while, however before I tell you any thing or train you, you need to make me laugh. Tell me a joke and it needs to be a good one too!" said the large king.
"A joke huh? Hmmmmmmmm." Ash took a moment to think. Suddenly, he jumped up, surprising King Kai. "How do you drown a Misty?"
"Ummmmmmm," King Kai said thoughtfully, "How?" King Kai had an expectant look on his face.
"You put a scratch and sniff sticker on the bottom of a pool and tell her to smell it." Ash said while he pulled his 'V'-for-victory pose.
"*snort, chuckle, giggle* That's a good one, *snort, chuckle, snort* ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Laughed King Kai.
That wasn't too hard. I can't believe that he thought was a funny joke. Thought Ash in disbelief.
Ash's stomach rumbled. Sheepishly Ash holds his grumbling stomach. King Kai "*sweatdrop* It sounds like you're hungry. Why don't you come with me, to my house and I'll get you something to eat."
"King Kai, after we eat, could you answer my questions?" Ash asked timidly.
King Kai mumbled a positive response as he gathered food for his hungry guest. As soon as King Kai set the food on the table, he had to duck to avoid the flying rice and chicken. "Jeez, you even eat like a Saiyan" murmured King Kai. King Kai gave a half-amused and half-disgusted sigh.
"Whum wuz sap?" Ash asked between a mouth full of food. King Kai looks at Ash with a blank look. "*gulp* Uh, sorry about that," Ash said with a sheepish grin on his face. "What's a Saiyan? Why am I a Saiyan? Why do I have a tail? And what's a Saiyan?" Ash asked through mouthfuls of food.
King Kai threw his hand in the air and said, "Whoa! Slow down! One question at a time!"
Ash smiled apologetically and said "Sorry, could you tell me what a Saiyan is and why I have a tail?"
"Saiyans are an alien race. They are extremely strong and proud. They aren't very affectionate; in fact they are very brutal and merciless. They have been known to kill their own mates. A Saiyan mate is the same thing as a husband or wife for humans. They love battle and are always trying to become stronger. They have the ability to reproduce with humans and perhaps other species as well." started King Kai.
Ash was silent as he took all this information in. I hope I'm not like them too much. He winced as he thought of how mean he had been to Misty.
"Saiyans," said King Kai, continuing, "Have tails and when a full moon shines they change into giant monkeys called Oozaru. When they are in this state they cannot control their actions. Their power is also increased when they are in this form. When they loose their tails, they loose the ability to transform into Oozuru. Their tail is they're weakest organ and you can inflict great suffering when you pull on the tails. They live on a planet called Vegitasei; at least they did until it blew up. There are only 2 full Saiyans alive and 2 demi-saiyans, including yourself. They can turn into super powerful warriors called Super Saiyans, although the last Super Saiyan was over 1000 years ago and could only tap into his power in the Oozaru form."
All this confused Ash, he had been out when there was a full moon. "Um, King Kai, I've been outside when there was a full moon and I never transformed into an Oozuru. Why didn't I transform?" Ash asked the confusion was easily detectable in his voice.
"Well Ash, did you ever look directly into the moon when it was full?" King Kai responded.
"Yeah..." Ash said as he trailed off. "But, I didn't have a tail before, why do I have on now?"
"You probably have one because you're in this dimension now." King Kai said. Then with one look at Ash's confused face he added, "You probably had one when you were born, but they removed it. It grew back when you came here."
"Oh." That was all Ash could say.
They sat together in silence. Not even Gregory or Bubbles interrupted them. All was quiet until Ash spoke. "King Kai, my mother was human, so wouldn't that make my father a Saiyan?"
"Yes," started King Kai, but he was interrupted by Ash once again.
"So, then, who is my father?"
"Your father?"
"Yeah."
"Um let me think..." King Kai started. "Oh yeah! Your father was a proud, cold, and arrogant Saiyan called Vegeta. He was and still is a mighty warrior. He is the prince over all the Saiyans, though he should be King because his father was killed when Vegetasei blew up."
"If he is the prince then I would be a prince too. Uh, right?" said Ash with a grin on his face.
"Right" said the blue King.
"So, If my Mom's from another dimension and my Father's from this dimension, how did they... get together? Did they date or anything?"
King Kai looked uncomfortable as he answered "Um... um... well...Vegeta was sent to you dimension so he would be safe from a monster named Freeza. When he got there he aged twenty years. I guess it was his disguise. Anyway he was two years older than your Mother was at that point. They went out for two months and after that he disappeared. I assume that Vegeta was sent back to this dimension and had returned to his original age. Then Freeza got a hold of him and blew up Vegetasei. While all that was happening your Mother was pregnant with you and nine months later you were born. She named you Ash Vegeta Ketchum. You were named after you Father, Vegeta."
Ash was silent for a long time. He had a lot of trouble taking this all in. So that's why I never knew my father. He disappeared before I was born. He was a bit disturbed with the fact that his father left him and his mother. 'Oh, but he didn't,' a small voice said, 'He was forced to go'. Ash let out a long sigh. 'I guess you're... I mean, I'm right. *sigh*'
"Maybe we should get to bed. It's been a long day and you need your rest for training in the morning." And with that the tired blue King shown the weary demi-saiyan to his room.
*****
Light shone through the window as the newly found demi-saiyan; Ash Ketchum lay sleeping. Slowly and unnoticed by his new charge, King Kai crept into the room with a large bucket of ice water in one hand and a megaphone in the other. Quietly he tiptoed to Ash's bedside and lightly poked at his charge.
"Go away Pikachu. It's too early... *snore*" Mumbled Ash as he fell back asleep.
King Kai smirked as he dumped the water all over Ash's head and yelled through the megaphone, "Ash!!!!! Get you ass out of bed!"
"Huh?? What??? Where's the fire?" Ash asked as he stumbled blindly around the room.
"There is no fire! It's time to get up! So get dressed! Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes!" King Kai yelled through the megaphone.
"Aaaarrrgggg!! Stop yelling, I can hear you, it's not like I'm deaf!!" Ash yelled to the blue king. Under his breath, Ash muttered, "But I will be soon."
"Whatever, just get ready. We shall start training after breakfast," said King Kai as he left the room, bucket in one hand and megaphone in the other.
As soon a King Kai left, Ash went to take a five-minute shower. When he was finished, he got dressed and bounded down the stairs and into the kitchen.
*****
'Hmm, if Ash isn't here soon, he'll miss breakfast...Oh well. More for me!' Thought the already plump blue king.
"Goooood Morning everyone!" shouted Ash as he bounded into the kitchen.
'Damn,' thought King Kai as he watched Ash sit down, "How are you this morning?"
"*slurp, chomp* whi'm fwoine, oo?" Ash asked around a mouthful of eggs.
King Kai sweatdropped as Ash, once again acted very...Gokuish, "Swallow first. Then talk."
"*glup* Sorry," Ash said, his face tinted with embarrassment, "I said I'm fine, you?"
"*sigh* I'm fine. Today we start you training," announced King Kai, "We will start out by testing you to see how much you know, your speed, and you instinct. I will be doing a different training program with you because you've never been in combat or fought before. After you learn and master the basic martial arts, flying, and producing ki blasts, I will the place you in the normal program, okay?"
"Oh...Can I finish breakfast first?" Ash asked with his head tilted slightly to the left.
"*sweatdrop* Yes, but I need to find you a gi first." Said the King over his shoulder as he left the room. A few minutes later he returned with an orange and blue training gi. "This will be you first gi. When you advance I will make your own personal gi."
"K, sounds like a plan, I guess," said Ash as he finished his breakfast. "Should I go and change into it?"
"Yes, yes, that would be good. Meet me outside by the tree in about five minutes."
"K," replied the retreating pre-teen.
*****
'Ash better get here soon...' thought King Kai angrily as he pace underneath the only tree that grew on his small planet. He looked up to see a black topped orange shape bounding it's way towards him.
"Hi *huff* am I *puff* late? *huff, puff, gasp,*" asked Ash as he recovered from his little sprint.
"No," said King Kai looking at his watch, "You're just in time."
"Good *huff* I thought *gasp* I was late." Replied the Oxygen deprived boy.
"We will start our lesson by figuring out at what level you are at." Started the King, "Have you ever taken any martial arts?"
"No."
"Do you know how to fight?"
"Yes, with Pokemon."
"Without?"
"No."
"Can you fly?"
"Yes, with my Pokemon."
"Without?"
"Of course, in a plane."
"*sigh* When I ask you these question, I mean can you perform these tasks without the use of other creatures or technology." Explained the frustrated King.
"Oh, the of course I can't fly!" Replied Ash as if he had just answered the world's dumbest question.
"Can you produce energy blasts from you hands?" asked the King.
"Of course not." Ash replied in a 'Duh' tone of voice.
"Okay then, I can see that we have a lot of work to do."
"I guess so." Replied the exasperated demi-saiyan.
"Hit me."
"What?????"
"You heard me! Hit me." Said the King with a tiny, almost invisible amount of steam spouting out of his ears.
"Um... ok..." Ash said with uncertainty in his voice. Trembling slightly he raised his right arm and formed a fist with his hand. He slowly raises his fist and thrusts it towards the King almost lazily but the punch never landed. Instead it had stopped mid-punch by the big blue king. "Oww!" shouted Ash as King Kai twisted his arm around and pin it to his back.
"You need to be quicker," whispered the King in Ash's ear. Taking a step back and releasing Ash fist. "We shall continue this tomorrow. I am expecting four guests today."
"Oh... What do you want me to do?" Asked Ash as he rubbed his sore wrist.
"I want you to prepare the guests' rooms, then you can try to catch Bubbles." Said the King as he counted other chores on his fingers. 'Then all I have to do is make dinner, get Gregory to clean the shed, tidy the house, and cook dinner.'
"Fine," mumbled Ash as he went to prepare the rooms.
*****
'Finally,' thought Ash as he finished making the final bed. All he had to do now was vacuum and catch Bubbles. 'Ugh! I never thought it would take this long to prepare four rooms or vacuum!' Ash thought as he pulled up the vacuum.
Little did he realize that the only reason everything took so long was because the planet he was on had ten times the amount of Earth's gravity! At least, it was ten times the Earth's gravity in this dimension. However, in Ash's home dimension the gravity is much higher on that Earth, therefore the gravity on King Kai's planet was only twice as heavy. So, for Ash it was easy to move around, but he still had to struggle with most of his chores and things that used to be easy and fast.
With a final grunt of effort, Ash had finished putting the vacuum away and stretched his sore muscles. Grumbling he went outside to fine the little brown monkey.
*****
As soon as Ash made it outside he was met by the all too familiar pull of the extra gravity. Grunting he called out, "Buuuuuubbbbbbles!!!!!!!! Wheeere aaaaare yooooouuuu??????" Looking around he headed to where the little monkey normally hung out, literally. When he arrived at the large tree outside the house he saw four...people?
The first one, he noticed was over six feet tall and was green, just like Kami. He looked dangerous and Ash could see his purple muscles flexed in anger. The second man was shorter that the first with long spiking black hair and multiple scars over his face. A look of longing graced his hard scared features. The third man looked like tri-clops. He had two eyes where a human would normally have them, just below his forehead and he looked completely normal. Except for the fact that he had a third eye between the two on his forehead. The final man was really...tiny, he was only a little larger than Pikachu. He looked like a miniature mine, only more colourful.
Taking a deep breath, he gathered his courage and called out, "Excuse me? Can I help you?"
*****
Piccolo, Tien, Chau-tsu, and Yamcha had been traveling for six months straight now. They had been trying to find King Kai's planet to receive training from the famous Martial Arts Master. It wasn't too long before Chau-tsu, floating a head higher than everyone, saw the little planet at the end of Snake Way. "Hey Guys! I see it!" Shouted the little mime-like man. His best friend, a tri-clops named Tien, floated up and confirmed Chau-tus' claim.
"Yeah, there's a small planet at the end of Snake Way! It might take a while to reach."
"Hn." Was the only reply from the tall Namekian Warrior, his large 6-foot frame dwarfed the other warriors. He took off at a steady pace towards the planet.
"Jeez, does he ever say anything other than that?" asked Yamcha, he was the only 'normal' human warrior. Wisely, the other two ignored him, knowing from past experience just how well Piccolo's ears worked.
Three hours and two unsuccessful attempts to get to the planet later, the group of four decided to just jump off the road and then fly up to the planet. Yamcha had been the one who found out that neither flying nor jumping worked. Taking off, the four men made their way to the tiny planet. Finally they were on the planet and made their way to the one large tree on the planet to gather their bearings. One after another, they felt a ki. It was similar to Gohan's, yet it was different. It felt like a human's and a Sayain's, but there was something no one could put a finger on.
"Excuse me? Can I help you?" asked the unnamed person.
*****
Ash looked at the comical group. As soon as he spoke, the tall green man whirled around with a shining ball of golden-yellow energy, which resembled a Hyper Beam attack, in his hand. Throwing his hands up, Ash stuttered, "D-did y-y-you w-want t-to t-talk-k t-t-to K-K-King K-K-Kai?"
The large man grunted and absorbed the ball back into his hand. "Yes we do. Go and get him, boy."
Ash was about to tell the man that his name was Ash, not boy but decided against it as the man flexed his muscles. "Ok, please wait here," said Ash as he went to get the King.
When Ash left, the four conversed quietly about the training here and how they could feel the difference in the gravity. Their conversation was cut short as someone behind them cleared his throat.
"Hello, what can I do for you?"
Piccolo, Chau-tsu, Yamcha and Tien looked at the new arrival. When they first laid eyes on the King, they were uncertain of his ability for the martial arts. Taking his cue, Tien stepped forward, "You are King Kai, are you not?"
"I am he."
"We are warriors from Earth and we were wondering if you would train us."
"I will... on one condition."
"Hn, what is it?" Piccolo asked gruffly.
With a cheeky grin, the blue catfish-like man replied, "You need to make me laugh."
"Make you laugh?" asked Yamcha in disbelief.
"Yes."
The four men faced one another and after a few minutes of hushed words, Tien stepped forward. "I, on behalf of my comrades and myself, will make you laugh."
"Ok..."
"You can... can... can..." 'Damn, I forgot!' Unconsciously, he began to power up. Concentrating hard, he closed his eyes.
King Kai looked on in what seemed like horror, 'Oh, he's powering up!'
Suddenly, the shot open and he screamed, "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish!!!!" As he was yelling a strong wind swept over the normally windless planet.
The wind had died down and there was no more sound on the tiny planet except the faint sounds of laughter.
*snort, chuckle*
It was obvious to anyone that King Kai was about to explode with laughter, and as predicted, King Kai was soon grabbing his sore sides.
"*Chuckle* heeheeheeheehee *grunt, snot* haahaahaahaahaahaa *giggle, snort* hoohoohoohoohoo!!!"
After five minutes or so of continuous laughter, King Kai had calmed down. " Since Tien was the only one who told a joke, you shall perform a favour for me. You shall teach young Ash here, to fight with the martial arts, fly and throw ki blasts. Then I shall train him and you further. You have my full permission to use Snake Way, however be wary that you don't fall into Hell. Piccolo. You will be the one to train Ash. You have had more experience than the others, so you are the best candidate."
Piccolo looked at King Kai as if he were crazy. 'What? Me train that brat?'
Piccolo looked at Ash once more and he was reminded of his first student, Gohan. Piccolo realized then that not only did Ash and Gohan have a similar ki, but they also looked similar. 'Hmm, maybe I will train him... He may show some promise.' Aloud he said, "Alright. I shall train him... Alone."
"Very well, is there anything you will need, Piccolo?"
"Yes, King Kai. I will need a large area to train and weights." Replied the Namekian. "Ash and I will remain on this half of the planet. You three may use the other half."
"Will you be coming back for meals?" King Kai asked the human warriors.
Before anyone could say anything, Yamcha said, "Of course we will."
As the adults spoke of their plans, Ash watch all this with a look of disbelief on his face, 'The not-so-jolly green giant is going to train me? Geez, where is that Pluto lady when you need her?'
Disclaimer: The Pokemon, Sailor Moon and DBZ characters I used in this fic belong to their rightful owners. I are not making any profit in any way off of this fic. Please don't sue me.
Ash Ketchum, Super Saiyan
Eleven-year old Ash Ketchum watched in horror as his rival Gary Oak called for is Gyarados' Hyper Beam attack. Ash's Pikachu was tired from battling and could barely move. Ash tried to call it back, but his pokeball was malfunctioning.
Despite his friends' warnings, Ash jumped into the ring and tried to carry his Pikachu back to safety. He scooped Pikachu into his arms and got up to run. As he turned around he saw the hyper beam being released from the water dragon's mouth. He closed his eyes waited to feel the burn of the hyper beam on his flesh.
Ash waited, and waited, and waited, but nothing happened. Carefully he opened his eyes and saw a large golden beam of light. It was the hyper beam. He looked over at Misty and Brock; they too were frozen. Their faces locked in looks of horror. Ash started looking around wildly. All the spectators were frozen, most had covered their eyes while others were cheering and screaming. "What the..." Ash whispered. He looked down at his Pikachu; it was still in his arms. It wasn't moving and yet Ash knew it was still alive.
"Don't be afraid young child," said a voice full of wisdom.
"W-who's there? Show yourself!" Ash yelled to the frozen spectators. He turned around and bumped in to a woman with maroon eyes and deep green hair.
"I am the sailor scout of time and eternity. I also guard the gates of time. I am Sailor Pluto," the woman said in a calm voice.
Ash looked at her and took a step back. He blushed at her ensemble. She had on a white body suit with maroon bows on her chest and in the small of her back. In the centre of the bow on her chest was a red heart and the bow on her back reached her mid-thigh. She had on a sailor's bib that was black with white lines along the edges. It reached her shoulder blades and attached to the bow on her chest. She had white gloves that reached her elbows and a black choker that had a golden star in the middle. Her skirt too, was black and extremely short. Her boots were black with white along the top edge. They reached her knees and came to a point right under her kneecap. The top half of her green hair was pulled up into a bun and large red earring adorned her ears. The only bit of make-up she had on was red lipstick on her lips. To complete her look she had her a golden tiara with a maroon gem in the centre adorning her forehead. In her hand she held a staff that looked like a long key. One the top of the staff was a large garnet stone
"What do you want with me?" Ash said trying not to show any emotion in his voice.
"It is not your time to leave this plane. You are needed in a world of peace that will soon be shattered by chaos. Only you can help them. Will you help them?" She told Ash.
Ash's thoughts were all in a jumble. 'Should I help them? What about everything and everyone here?' "What will happen when I leave? Will I come back here on will I go somewhere else?"
"You will come here. It will all be as you left it." She replied with a voice smoother than silk.
"Okay, I-I'll go," Ash said with a tremor of fear in his voice. 'Good bye everyone. I sure hope I come back here alive.' "What do I have to do to go to this place."
"All you need to do is follow me," Sailor Pluto said as she created a large purple, blue and black portal. She walked inside. Ash, unsure of what to do followed her.
When they walked out of the portal, they were surrounded in mist. "Please follow me. If you get lost here you may never be found again," and with that cryptic advice, the scout of time and eternity walked off towards a golden portal with Ash trotting behind
"Please step through here." Ash did as he was told. "Please help save this world. You must be strong of heart to survive." Sailor Pluto knew what she was doing was wrong. She knew not to interfere with the timelines, but she owed it to this boy and more importantly, to his father.
*****
Eleven-year old Ash Ketchum stumbled out of the portal. He looked around and saw that he was in a room that was quite dark, it was almost pitch black. "Where am I?" Ash asked aloud. He was blinded momentarily as a bright white light shone in the room.
"You're at Kami's place young one," said a mysterious voice with a Middle Eastern accent. Ash whirled around to come face to face with a short man. He was rather large and had skin the colour of the night. He had black eyes and ruby red lips. One his head he wore a white turban that contrasted greatly with his skin colour. He wore a multi-coloured vest and red pants.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Ash. "W-who are y-you?" he asked in fear. As he stumbled backwards, he felt something wiggle buy his waist. He looked down and there was a furry, brown tail attached to his tailbone. Ash did not realise that it was attached to his body so he pulled it and squeaked in pain. More surprised than furious, Ash turned around and asked in a voice, laced with panic "Why do I have a tail?" His voice was so soft, the strange black man almost didn't hear him.
"I don't know why you have a tail," said the stranger in a pensive voice, " But Kami should. People call me Mr. Popo. I'll take you to Kami so that you may speak with him." 'It probably means that he's a saiyan' Mr. Popo thought. He suppressed a shudder and went off with the you boy to speak with his long time friend. "So what is your name."
"Huh?" Ash asked as he was pulled out of his trance. Mr. Popo patiently re-asked his question. Ash blushed and said, "My name is Ash Ketchum and I'm going to be the world's greatest Pokemon master!" He did his victory pose, but it didn't feel the same without Pikachu there. He sighed and continued to walk with Mr. Popo in complete silence.
When Mr. Popo stopped, Ash nearly ran into him. After he regained his balance Ash looked around. He was outside on what appeared to be a floating island. The ground of the island was tiled with bright white square tiles. There were many flowers and plants scattered around in boxes. Ash looked behind and saw a house that looked like a cross between a mansion and a castle. It was large but no too large. It was white and had a long roll of carpeting leading to the front door. 'I guess we just came from there.' Ash thought, still amazed by the appearance of the island.
"See him?" Mr. Popo asked Ash as he pointed to an elderly man with green skin. He looked over at Ash, who nodded in acknowledgement. "He is Kami, the guardian of earth. If you want to know more about your... extra limb, you may speak to him. Now if you'll excuse me I have certain duties to finish."
Ash nervously walked over to the guardian of earth. "Um, excuse me?" Ash asked uncertainly, "Are you Kami?"
"Why yeas I am. What do you need?" Asked the elderly Namekien.
"I was wondering why I have a... a tail."
Kami smiled at the pure-hearted boy and said, "You have a tail because you are part saiyan." Kami looked pensive for a moment; suddenly he smiled as if he had remembered something he had forgotten. "So, you must Ash," said Kami smiling.
"Yes, I am. How did you know who I was? And why am I here?"
Kami smiled once again and whispered mysteriously, "I have my ways of getting information Ash Ketchum. You are here to receive special training from King Kai."
Before Ash could say anything, let alone protest, he felt a lighter than a feather as he was transported to a tiny planet. Ash looked down and saw a long path that resembled a snake. Ash tried to stand up, however this was a difficult task because he felt ten times heavier here than on Earth. 'What do I do now? Maybe I should try to find this King Kai person. I wouldn't be surprised if he were pink.' He though with a bit of a smirk and he imagined a tall pink man with purple eyes and green hair.
Struggling and panting, he got to his feet and turned around. There, standing no, floating in front of him was light brown cricket type creature. "Um excuse me, but are you King Kai?" Ash asked the short light brown talking cricket thing politely.
"Oh yes, I am the great King Kai!" the little cricket thing said, his voice laden with sarcasm.
Ash, not noticing the sarcasm, half asked, half said "Oh, well then maybe you could help me?"
Before the talking cricket could answer a booming voice shouted, "GREGORY! How many times have I told you not to impersonate me!" Hearing the voice, Gregory took off faster than the speed of light, leaving behind a streak of blue light and a slightly bewildered Ash.
"I am the one, the only, the original King Kai," exclaimed a short, chubby blue man with antennae. "Ah. You must be Ash *chuckle* Ketchum. *chuckle, chuckle* " King Kai said between chuckles.
Ash looked around uncomfortably. "W-what so fun-funny?" he asked while stuttering.
"Your name *chuckle* Ketchum, *chuckle* catch what??? *chuckle* " asked the laughing blue King.
"Umm, I catch Pokemon. *sweatdrop* Uh, Kami said that you could tell why I'm half Saiyan, what is a Saiyan and why I have a tail." Said the uncomfortable eleven-year old.
"Answering those questions may take a while, however before I tell you any thing or train you, you need to make me laugh. Tell me a joke and it needs to be a good one too!" said the large king.
"A joke huh? Hmmmmmmmm." Ash took a moment to think. Suddenly, he jumped up, surprising King Kai. "How do you drown a Misty?"
"Ummmmmmm," King Kai said thoughtfully, "How?" King Kai had an expectant look on his face.
"You put a scratch and sniff sticker on the bottom of a pool and tell her to smell it." Ash said while he pulled his 'V'-for-victory pose.
"*snort, chuckle, giggle* That's a good one, *snort, chuckle, snort* ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Laughed King Kai.
That wasn't too hard. I can't believe that he thought was a funny joke. Thought Ash in disbelief.
Ash's stomach rumbled. Sheepishly Ash holds his grumbling stomach. King Kai "*sweatdrop* It sounds like you're hungry. Why don't you come with me, to my house and I'll get you something to eat."
"King Kai, after we eat, could you answer my questions?" Ash asked timidly.
King Kai mumbled a positive response as he gathered food for his hungry guest. As soon as King Kai set the food on the table, he had to duck to avoid the flying rice and chicken. "Jeez, you even eat like a Saiyan" murmured King Kai. King Kai gave a half-amused and half-disgusted sigh.
"Whum wuz sap?" Ash asked between a mouth full of food. King Kai looks at Ash with a blank look. "*gulp* Uh, sorry about that," Ash said with a sheepish grin on his face. "What's a Saiyan? Why am I a Saiyan? Why do I have a tail? And what's a Saiyan?" Ash asked through mouthfuls of food.
King Kai threw his hand in the air and said, "Whoa! Slow down! One question at a time!"
Ash smiled apologetically and said "Sorry, could you tell me what a Saiyan is and why I have a tail?"
"Saiyans are an alien race. They are extremely strong and proud. They aren't very affectionate; in fact they are very brutal and merciless. They have been known to kill their own mates. A Saiyan mate is the same thing as a husband or wife for humans. They love battle and are always trying to become stronger. They have the ability to reproduce with humans and perhaps other species as well." started King Kai.
Ash was silent as he took all this information in. I hope I'm not like them too much. He winced as he thought of how mean he had been to Misty.
"Saiyans," said King Kai, continuing, "Have tails and when a full moon shines they change into giant monkeys called Oozaru. When they are in this state they cannot control their actions. Their power is also increased when they are in this form. When they loose their tails, they loose the ability to transform into Oozuru. Their tail is they're weakest organ and you can inflict great suffering when you pull on the tails. They live on a planet called Vegitasei; at least they did until it blew up. There are only 2 full Saiyans alive and 2 demi-saiyans, including yourself. They can turn into super powerful warriors called Super Saiyans, although the last Super Saiyan was over 1000 years ago and could only tap into his power in the Oozaru form."
All this confused Ash, he had been out when there was a full moon. "Um, King Kai, I've been outside when there was a full moon and I never transformed into an Oozuru. Why didn't I transform?" Ash asked the confusion was easily detectable in his voice.
"Well Ash, did you ever look directly into the moon when it was full?" King Kai responded.
"Yeah..." Ash said as he trailed off. "But, I didn't have a tail before, why do I have on now?"
"You probably have one because you're in this dimension now." King Kai said. Then with one look at Ash's confused face he added, "You probably had one when you were born, but they removed it. It grew back when you came here."
"Oh." That was all Ash could say.
They sat together in silence. Not even Gregory or Bubbles interrupted them. All was quiet until Ash spoke. "King Kai, my mother was human, so wouldn't that make my father a Saiyan?"
"Yes," started King Kai, but he was interrupted by Ash once again.
"So, then, who is my father?"
"Your father?"
"Yeah."
"Um let me think..." King Kai started. "Oh yeah! Your father was a proud, cold, and arrogant Saiyan called Vegeta. He was and still is a mighty warrior. He is the prince over all the Saiyans, though he should be King because his father was killed when Vegetasei blew up."
"If he is the prince then I would be a prince too. Uh, right?" said Ash with a grin on his face.
"Right" said the blue King.
"So, If my Mom's from another dimension and my Father's from this dimension, how did they... get together? Did they date or anything?"
King Kai looked uncomfortable as he answered "Um... um... well...Vegeta was sent to you dimension so he would be safe from a monster named Freeza. When he got there he aged twenty years. I guess it was his disguise. Anyway he was two years older than your Mother was at that point. They went out for two months and after that he disappeared. I assume that Vegeta was sent back to this dimension and had returned to his original age. Then Freeza got a hold of him and blew up Vegetasei. While all that was happening your Mother was pregnant with you and nine months later you were born. She named you Ash Vegeta Ketchum. You were named after you Father, Vegeta."
Ash was silent for a long time. He had a lot of trouble taking this all in. So that's why I never knew my father. He disappeared before I was born. He was a bit disturbed with the fact that his father left him and his mother. 'Oh, but he didn't,' a small voice said, 'He was forced to go'. Ash let out a long sigh. 'I guess you're... I mean, I'm right. *sigh*'
"Maybe we should get to bed. It's been a long day and you need your rest for training in the morning." And with that the tired blue King shown the weary demi-saiyan to his room.
*****
Light shone through the window as the newly found demi-saiyan; Ash Ketchum lay sleeping. Slowly and unnoticed by his new charge, King Kai crept into the room with a large bucket of ice water in one hand and a megaphone in the other. Quietly he tiptoed to Ash's bedside and lightly poked at his charge.
"Go away Pikachu. It's too early... *snore*" Mumbled Ash as he fell back asleep.
King Kai smirked as he dumped the water all over Ash's head and yelled through the megaphone, "Ash!!!!! Get you ass out of bed!"
"Huh?? What??? Where's the fire?" Ash asked as he stumbled blindly around the room.
"There is no fire! It's time to get up! So get dressed! Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes!" King Kai yelled through the megaphone.
"Aaaarrrgggg!! Stop yelling, I can hear you, it's not like I'm deaf!!" Ash yelled to the blue king. Under his breath, Ash muttered, "But I will be soon."
"Whatever, just get ready. We shall start training after breakfast," said King Kai as he left the room, bucket in one hand and megaphone in the other.
As soon a King Kai left, Ash went to take a five-minute shower. When he was finished, he got dressed and bounded down the stairs and into the kitchen.
*****
'Hmm, if Ash isn't here soon, he'll miss breakfast...Oh well. More for me!' Thought the already plump blue king.
"Goooood Morning everyone!" shouted Ash as he bounded into the kitchen.
'Damn,' thought King Kai as he watched Ash sit down, "How are you this morning?"
"*slurp, chomp* whi'm fwoine, oo?" Ash asked around a mouthful of eggs.
King Kai sweatdropped as Ash, once again acted very...Gokuish, "Swallow first. Then talk."
"*glup* Sorry," Ash said, his face tinted with embarrassment, "I said I'm fine, you?"
"*sigh* I'm fine. Today we start you training," announced King Kai, "We will start out by testing you to see how much you know, your speed, and you instinct. I will be doing a different training program with you because you've never been in combat or fought before. After you learn and master the basic martial arts, flying, and producing ki blasts, I will the place you in the normal program, okay?"
"Oh...Can I finish breakfast first?" Ash asked with his head tilted slightly to the left.
"*sweatdrop* Yes, but I need to find you a gi first." Said the King over his shoulder as he left the room. A few minutes later he returned with an orange and blue training gi. "This will be you first gi. When you advance I will make your own personal gi."
"K, sounds like a plan, I guess," said Ash as he finished his breakfast. "Should I go and change into it?"
"Yes, yes, that would be good. Meet me outside by the tree in about five minutes."
"K," replied the retreating pre-teen.
*****
'Ash better get here soon...' thought King Kai angrily as he pace underneath the only tree that grew on his small planet. He looked up to see a black topped orange shape bounding it's way towards him.
"Hi *huff* am I *puff* late? *huff, puff, gasp,*" asked Ash as he recovered from his little sprint.
"No," said King Kai looking at his watch, "You're just in time."
"Good *huff* I thought *gasp* I was late." Replied the Oxygen deprived boy.
"We will start our lesson by figuring out at what level you are at." Started the King, "Have you ever taken any martial arts?"
"No."
"Do you know how to fight?"
"Yes, with Pokemon."
"Without?"
"No."
"Can you fly?"
"Yes, with my Pokemon."
"Without?"
"Of course, in a plane."
"*sigh* When I ask you these question, I mean can you perform these tasks without the use of other creatures or technology." Explained the frustrated King.
"Oh, the of course I can't fly!" Replied Ash as if he had just answered the world's dumbest question.
"Can you produce energy blasts from you hands?" asked the King.
"Of course not." Ash replied in a 'Duh' tone of voice.
"Okay then, I can see that we have a lot of work to do."
"I guess so." Replied the exasperated demi-saiyan.
"Hit me."
"What?????"
"You heard me! Hit me." Said the King with a tiny, almost invisible amount of steam spouting out of his ears.
"Um... ok..." Ash said with uncertainty in his voice. Trembling slightly he raised his right arm and formed a fist with his hand. He slowly raises his fist and thrusts it towards the King almost lazily but the punch never landed. Instead it had stopped mid-punch by the big blue king. "Oww!" shouted Ash as King Kai twisted his arm around and pin it to his back.
"You need to be quicker," whispered the King in Ash's ear. Taking a step back and releasing Ash fist. "We shall continue this tomorrow. I am expecting four guests today."
"Oh... What do you want me to do?" Asked Ash as he rubbed his sore wrist.
"I want you to prepare the guests' rooms, then you can try to catch Bubbles." Said the King as he counted other chores on his fingers. 'Then all I have to do is make dinner, get Gregory to clean the shed, tidy the house, and cook dinner.'
"Fine," mumbled Ash as he went to prepare the rooms.
*****
'Finally,' thought Ash as he finished making the final bed. All he had to do now was vacuum and catch Bubbles. 'Ugh! I never thought it would take this long to prepare four rooms or vacuum!' Ash thought as he pulled up the vacuum.
Little did he realize that the only reason everything took so long was because the planet he was on had ten times the amount of Earth's gravity! At least, it was ten times the Earth's gravity in this dimension. However, in Ash's home dimension the gravity is much higher on that Earth, therefore the gravity on King Kai's planet was only twice as heavy. So, for Ash it was easy to move around, but he still had to struggle with most of his chores and things that used to be easy and fast.
With a final grunt of effort, Ash had finished putting the vacuum away and stretched his sore muscles. Grumbling he went outside to fine the little brown monkey.
*****
As soon as Ash made it outside he was met by the all too familiar pull of the extra gravity. Grunting he called out, "Buuuuuubbbbbbles!!!!!!!! Wheeere aaaaare yooooouuuu??????" Looking around he headed to where the little monkey normally hung out, literally. When he arrived at the large tree outside the house he saw four...people?
The first one, he noticed was over six feet tall and was green, just like Kami. He looked dangerous and Ash could see his purple muscles flexed in anger. The second man was shorter that the first with long spiking black hair and multiple scars over his face. A look of longing graced his hard scared features. The third man looked like tri-clops. He had two eyes where a human would normally have them, just below his forehead and he looked completely normal. Except for the fact that he had a third eye between the two on his forehead. The final man was really...tiny, he was only a little larger than Pikachu. He looked like a miniature mine, only more colourful.
Taking a deep breath, he gathered his courage and called out, "Excuse me? Can I help you?"
*****
Piccolo, Tien, Chau-tsu, and Yamcha had been traveling for six months straight now. They had been trying to find King Kai's planet to receive training from the famous Martial Arts Master. It wasn't too long before Chau-tsu, floating a head higher than everyone, saw the little planet at the end of Snake Way. "Hey Guys! I see it!" Shouted the little mime-like man. His best friend, a tri-clops named Tien, floated up and confirmed Chau-tus' claim.
"Yeah, there's a small planet at the end of Snake Way! It might take a while to reach."
"Hn." Was the only reply from the tall Namekian Warrior, his large 6-foot frame dwarfed the other warriors. He took off at a steady pace towards the planet.
"Jeez, does he ever say anything other than that?" asked Yamcha, he was the only 'normal' human warrior. Wisely, the other two ignored him, knowing from past experience just how well Piccolo's ears worked.
Three hours and two unsuccessful attempts to get to the planet later, the group of four decided to just jump off the road and then fly up to the planet. Yamcha had been the one who found out that neither flying nor jumping worked. Taking off, the four men made their way to the tiny planet. Finally they were on the planet and made their way to the one large tree on the planet to gather their bearings. One after another, they felt a ki. It was similar to Gohan's, yet it was different. It felt like a human's and a Sayain's, but there was something no one could put a finger on.
"Excuse me? Can I help you?" asked the unnamed person.
*****
Ash looked at the comical group. As soon as he spoke, the tall green man whirled around with a shining ball of golden-yellow energy, which resembled a Hyper Beam attack, in his hand. Throwing his hands up, Ash stuttered, "D-did y-y-you w-want t-to t-talk-k t-t-to K-K-King K-K-Kai?"
The large man grunted and absorbed the ball back into his hand. "Yes we do. Go and get him, boy."
Ash was about to tell the man that his name was Ash, not boy but decided against it as the man flexed his muscles. "Ok, please wait here," said Ash as he went to get the King.
When Ash left, the four conversed quietly about the training here and how they could feel the difference in the gravity. Their conversation was cut short as someone behind them cleared his throat.
"Hello, what can I do for you?"
Piccolo, Chau-tsu, Yamcha and Tien looked at the new arrival. When they first laid eyes on the King, they were uncertain of his ability for the martial arts. Taking his cue, Tien stepped forward, "You are King Kai, are you not?"
"I am he."
"We are warriors from Earth and we were wondering if you would train us."
"I will... on one condition."
"Hn, what is it?" Piccolo asked gruffly.
With a cheeky grin, the blue catfish-like man replied, "You need to make me laugh."
"Make you laugh?" asked Yamcha in disbelief.
"Yes."
The four men faced one another and after a few minutes of hushed words, Tien stepped forward. "I, on behalf of my comrades and myself, will make you laugh."
"Ok..."
"You can... can... can..." 'Damn, I forgot!' Unconsciously, he began to power up. Concentrating hard, he closed his eyes.
King Kai looked on in what seemed like horror, 'Oh, he's powering up!'
Suddenly, the shot open and he screamed, "You can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish!!!!" As he was yelling a strong wind swept over the normally windless planet.
The wind had died down and there was no more sound on the tiny planet except the faint sounds of laughter.
*snort, chuckle*
It was obvious to anyone that King Kai was about to explode with laughter, and as predicted, King Kai was soon grabbing his sore sides.
"*Chuckle* heeheeheeheehee *grunt, snot* haahaahaahaahaahaa *giggle, snort* hoohoohoohoohoo!!!"
After five minutes or so of continuous laughter, King Kai had calmed down. " Since Tien was the only one who told a joke, you shall perform a favour for me. You shall teach young Ash here, to fight with the martial arts, fly and throw ki blasts. Then I shall train him and you further. You have my full permission to use Snake Way, however be wary that you don't fall into Hell. Piccolo. You will be the one to train Ash. You have had more experience than the others, so you are the best candidate."
Piccolo looked at King Kai as if he were crazy. 'What? Me train that brat?'
Piccolo looked at Ash once more and he was reminded of his first student, Gohan. Piccolo realized then that not only did Ash and Gohan have a similar ki, but they also looked similar. 'Hmm, maybe I will train him... He may show some promise.' Aloud he said, "Alright. I shall train him... Alone."
"Very well, is there anything you will need, Piccolo?"
"Yes, King Kai. I will need a large area to train and weights." Replied the Namekian. "Ash and I will remain on this half of the planet. You three may use the other half."
"Will you be coming back for meals?" King Kai asked the human warriors.
Before anyone could say anything, Yamcha said, "Of course we will."
As the adults spoke of their plans, Ash watch all this with a look of disbelief on his face, 'The not-so-jolly green giant is going to train me? Geez, where is that Pluto lady when you need her?'