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DRAGON BALL Z:
-THE SAGA CONTINUES-
Chapter 1: "The Boy In The Woods"
It was a bright and sunny day in West City, where Goku was heading towards in order to visit his friends at Capsule Corporation. He was planning a special surprise for Vegeta, and he wanted to announce it to him in person. Goku had never really liked using the phone, he preferred seeing a person face to face, especially in battle. Then again, it would be pretty impossible to fight over the phone, unless ChiChi was calling him. Goku looked down and saw he had finally reached his destination. He flew down to the ground and walked up the steps leading to the door. He smiled as he knew Vegeta would be happy with the surprise he was preparing. He raised his fist and began to rapidly knock on the door.
"Vegeta! Vegeta! Vegetaaaaaa!" he called as he continued to knock. Inside, Bulma was busy doing dishes with Bra, and Trunks was off sparring with Goten. The only person not occupied was Vegeta, who quietly sat in his chair while reading the newspaper.
"Vegeta! Are you home? I've got something to tell you! Something important!" Goku continued to yell from the other side of the door while still knocking.
"Vegeta, honey, could you get that?" Bulma asked him from the kitchen. Vegeta looked up from his newspaper, knowing full well who was at the door.
"I'd rather not!" Vegeta answered back. He merely ignored the knocking and continued on with his newspaper.
"Vegeta! Come on, Vegeta, answer already! This is really important!" Goku continued to yell at him as his knocking became louder and more rapid.
"Buzz off, Kakarot! I'm busy!" Vegeta told him. He was starting to get fed up with the knocking.
"Vegeta, I'm not gonna stop knocking until you answer!" Goku called out. At that moment, the door swung open and an infuriated Vegeta stood in the doorway.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?" he screamed at the top of his lungs. Goku merely blinked and smiled.
"I want a battle with you!" Goku declared. Vegeta's angry quickly turned to confusion.
"A battle?" Vegeta asked, "Is that what you were knocking on my door this whole time to tell me?"
"Yep, a battle. A no holds barred, all out, beyond all limits battle between you and me! Just like you always wanted!" Goku happily announced.
"Really?" Vegeta inquired, "You're actually challenging me to a battle where neither of us are allowed to hold back, and fight at the full extent of our power?"
"Pretty much. Whatdaya say?" Goku asked. Vegeta smirked and extended his hand to shake Goku's.
"You've got a deal!" Vegeta declared. He then shook Goku's hand and Goku then flew off. Vegeta laughed to himself about the entire ordeal.
"Now I can finally unleash my special technique on Kakarot. And this time, I will be the victor!" he happily thought as he went back to his chair and resumed his reading.
Goku wildly threw a series of punches of kicks at the air as he prepared himself for the upcoming match with Vegeta. Chi-Chi came into their backyard and began hanging clothes on a clothesline to dry, when she noticed her Super Saiyan husband intensely training himself.
"Hey, Goku! What are you training for?" she asked, seeing as how there were no World Tournaments coming up for quite a few months. Goku ignored his wife and continued to flail at the air, growing faster as the seconds zoomed by. Finally, he stopped and cupped his hands together. A glowing ball of light began to form between them as he powered up.
"KA…MAME….HA…MAME…HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" he screamed as a massive pillar of blue light shot forth from his hands and shattered a nearby rock into pieces. Chi-Chi was shocked at the sheer power he had unleashed.
"Wow, Goku! I'm impressed! That attack was even more powerful than what you usually do." she congratulated him with a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks! I've been training for weeks to perfect it. It's an even more powerful version of the Kamehameha. It's twice as powerful as before!" he explained.
"So what's the occasion? I mean, it's not every day I see you training so hard." she remarked.
"Oh, yeah! I have an upcoming match with Vegeta in a few days! We're not holding anything back for this one!" he told her. Chi-Chi looked at him with disbelief.
"Vegeta actually wants to fight with you? I thought that stupid little score between you two was settled." she asked perplexed. Goku simply laughed.
"It is settled, sweetheart. This is just a friendly match between the two of us." he assured her. "Besides, I doubt Vegeta will be able to win. Not that I'm being cocky, but my power level is way over his."
"Well, at any rate, I'm glad you're not just charging head first into this. Although that never stopped you from winning before. Now come inside, dinner's ready." Chi-Chi instructed.
"Oh, boy! Food!" Goku happily exclaimed. Chi-Chi simply smiled as she and Goku walked into the house.
Finally, the day had arrived. The long awaited match between Vegeta and Goku. They were both flying towards a secluded mountainous area where no innocent bystanders could get hurt in the crossfire. Goku was the first to arrive using his Instant Transmission. Vegeta was the second to make it, as he flew there. He softly landed on the ground and looked Goku dead in the eyes, with a fierce determination in his mind to win. Goku still had the same goofy smile on his face as always.
"I hope you're ready for this, Kakarot. Because when I'm through with you, you'll wish you never challenged me!" he proudly boasted.
"Be careful, Vegeta. I might just have a trick or two up my sleeve." Goku responded.
"Enough small talk! Let's fight already!" Vegeta said as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2. Goku did the same and the two charged at each other. They began to wildly flail at each other, both dodging the other's attacks with amazing speed.
Vegeta then pulled his fist back and slammed it into Goku's stomach with everything he had. Goku's eyes went wide as the impact hit him hard. He reeled from the blow, but quickly regained himself and kicked Vegeta in the head, sending him into the sky. Goku came flying up at Vegeta, but he dodged Goku and returned with an elbow smash to Goku's back.
Goku did a flip to recover and then cupped his hands together and prepared to unleash his new attack.
"KAMEHAMEHA!" he screamed once again as the blast shot forth his hands, but Vegeta reacted fast enough, and deflected it into a mountain.
"Pretty sneaky, Kakarot. But, you'll have to do better than that if you want to beat this!" Vegeta proclaimed as he screamed at the top of his lungs and transformed into a long haired Super Saiyan 3! Goku was shocked.
"V-Vegeta! You've become a Super Saiyan 3!" he exclaimed in shock. "I'm impressed! You've gotten a lot stronger!"
Suddenly, a scream could be heard from the forest nearby. Goku and Vegeta both turned and looked. They then looked at each other and nodded as they flew off towards the forest.
A crying child ran as fast as he could from the evil machine stalking him through the woods. The machine finally caught him and grabbed him.
"Insolent child! You will pay for running away from your home!" the machine declared. At that moment, Goku and Vegeta found them.
"Let that kid go, you heartless hunk of scrap metal! What did he ever do to you?" Goku demanded. The machine then tossed the child aside, turning his attention to Goku and Vegeta.
"My, my. What have we here? A couple of Saiyans? This is an even more wonderful discovery than the DNA!" the machine rejoiced.
"What DNA?" Vegeta pondered. The machine narrowed its glowing eyes and laughed.
"The DNA of the one you call Broly. The Legendary Super Saiyan." the machine told them. "A number of years ago, I, KillerByte, unearthed a laboratory buried somewhere on a remote island. There, I found the left over DNA of a creature known as Bio-Broly. I became quite happy when I discovered it was Saiyan DNA I had unearthed. So I and my comrades used that DNA to create a brand new Saiyan child, known as Project R, or Ryota. Unfortunately, when we discovered that Ryota was adverse to harming innocent creatures, we punished him. Thus leading him to run away, and me to give chase after him. Now, if you don't mind I'm going to kill you and take the boy back to my base."
"We won't let you do that!" Goku said as he and Vegeta assumed their fighting stances. The machine extended the blades out of his arms and prepared to strike, when suddenly a bright light appeared from within the trees.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" the light screamed as Ryota came flying out at top speed, slamming into the machine's chest and causing an explosion, which killed the machine. It fell to the ground, leaving Ryota fuming over its dead body.
"Wow! That was incredible!" Goku exclaimed as he turned to Ryota. "You're really powerful, little guy!"
"Uhh…thanks?" Ryota asked. He was puzzled. No one ever was nice to him like this before.
"You've got no place to stay right? Goku asked him.
"I guess not anymore." Ryota told them, still wondering why they were being so nice to him.
"Well then, looks like you're coming home with us!" Goku excitedly proclaimed.
"Uhh…ok! Let's go!" Ryota said happily. Suddenly, Vegeta pulled Goku aside.
"Karkarot? What on Earth do you think you're doing? This child is a clone of Broly! Broly, for Shenron's sake! We have no idea what he's capable of!" Vegeta scolded him.
"So? Don't you see, Vegeta? This is an oppurtunity for you and me to take on a new purpose in these times of peace! We can train a new generation of Z Fighters! It started with our children, and it's going to continue with this boy! Besides, you need to learn how to be more friendly. Especially with your kids!" Goku explained.
Vegeta turned around and faced the boy. Ryota became scared and backed away from Vegeta, but Vegeta merely extended his hand out to the boy. Ryota's face lit up as he grabbed Vegeta's hand and laughed. Vegeta then smiled, something unusal for him. He hoisted Ryota up on his shoulders.
"Come on Kakarot, let's go introduce this boy to the others." Vegeta smirked. He and Goku then flew off as Ryota laughed from the wind blowing in his hair.
(SEE YOU IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!)