Xenoverse: A Dragon Ball Story
Partners?
As the two warriors faced off, they could feel the conditions of the Chamber change rapidly around them. Going from a freezing wasteland to a burning sauna. And just as quickly, their battle began. Moving too quick for the eye to see, their clashes caused shockwaves that smashed fast-forming ice to pieces and extinguished waves of fire. And just as their fight was getting heated, the alarm went off, signifying the end of their allotted sparring time.
"Damn it!" Said the Saiyan, flying towards the safety of the Door Building, "I wish they'd give us more time in the chamber, three minutes is not enough."
"Well, to be fair Nache," said the Namekian, following closely behind, "Three minutes outside the Chamber is 18 hours in here."
"Alright Burgun, fair enough. Let's get out of here, I need to get a new set of armor after you BLEW IT TO BITS."
"Hey, don't blame me! Blame Piccolo for teaching me a really powerful technique like Light Grenade," Burgun retorted, as they exited the chamber.
As they left, Dende shook his head, "I honestly get so unnerved when you guys go in and then three minutes later come out." Stopping by, Nache gave a greeting. Glancing around, he put his hand up to stifle a rather loud whisper, "I wouldn't suppose you have any food around, do you?" Smiling Dende shook his head, saying, "You Saiyans never change. Don't worry, I have plenty of food because of Goku and Vegeta."
As Mr. Popo set out the food before Nache, Nache put his hands together, saying, "Thanks for the grub", then started chowing down. Taking a sip of water, a look of disgust crossed Burgun's face as Nache gulped down an entire bowl of spaghetti. "It sometimes amazes me how you Saiyans can eat so much." Looking up from his meal, Nache tried to voice his own opinion through a mouthful of dinosaur meat, but Burgun interrupted him, shouting, "Swallow before speaking, muscle-head!" Listening, Nache tried to swallow, but it got caught halfway down. Pounding on his chest, he tried to force it down, resorting to the entire pitcher of water instead. Catching his breath, Nache replied to Burgun's earlier statement, "Well it amazes me sometimes how an entire race can live off just water."
As Dende watched the two argue, he realized something was wrong, but couldn't put his finger on it, and bowed his head in deep thought. Noticing this, Mr. Popo looked over and asked if anything was wrong. Massaging his forehead, he replied, "I don't know, its hard to recall things being this old," lifting his eyes up, he looked around, and realized what was wrong. Interrupting the two's argument, he asked if anything important was going on. Looking up from their argument, they glanced around and realized at the same time what was wrong, and in unison, voiced it: "Nobody else is here."
Reaching with his stretchy arm, Burgun grabbed his scouter that he left on the shelf and put it on. Scrolling through the notifications, he came to something that shocked him. "Nache! There's a meeting today for the entire D Rank!" Pinching his nose in annoyance, Nache sighed, saying, "Alright, if we hurry we can make it back in time," but Burgun shook his head, replying, "It started fifteen minutes ago." Hand sliding down his face, there was a look of terror in his eyes as the realization of how screwed they were dawned on him. Slamming down his bowl of rice, he shouted, galvanizing Burgun into action, "Quick! Quick! Find King Kai's ki and let's go!" Putting his fingers to his forehead, Burgun started scouring the universe for North Kai's specific ki. "Alright, got it! Grab onto me!" glancing around, he was shocked to see Nache grabbing another leg of turkey, "What are you doing!?"
Looking up, Nache replied, shouting, "One for the road!"
Vein popping, Burgun retorted, "Its instantaneous!"
"One for the road!"
Ignoring him, Burgun reached with his stretchy arm and grabbed him by the hair, immediately drawing tears. As the two vanished from the lookout, the two Watchers stared at the place they once were. Turning to Dende, Mr. Popo said, "I feel sorry for those two."
"Ugh, I don't know why Goku has to keep using my planet to train," King Kai said this as he repaired yet another destroyed home. "I mean, he's dead! There are plenty of heroes as strong as him that have taken his place. If it was me, I'd be dead tired if I had to do so much saving!" as he said this, he stifled a laugh at his own joke. Sighing, he went back to repairing the house. And just as he was putting in another brick, Burgun and Nache popped into existence right beside him. Shocked, he fell back and stared at them.
Turning to him, Nache waved and said, "Hi King Kai – Bye King Kai," as he and Burgun vanished again.
Staring at where they once were, King Kai, sweat sliding down his forehead, said to himself, "These time patrollers using my planet as a checkpoint between training and work really give me a headache." And as if the universe wanted to mess with him, the brick he had just placed lost its grip and fell, landing on his head. Dazed, King Kai fell on his back with a crash, resulting in the rest of his house falling apart.
Tokitoki City
"So, in conclusion, each and every one of you will be receiving-" but before the female speaker could finish, she was interrupted as Burgun and Nache came into existence in front of her. At first shocked, she quickly hid it under a mask of annoyance, "So you two finally decide to show up, huh?" but before they could answer, she pointed to two empty seats, and said, "Take your seats. I expect a full statement from each of you why you were late." Heads down in shame, the two walked to their seats, Nache taking a bite out of the turkey leg.
As they passed one of the front rows, a Frieza race smirked at them, saying, "Late again, are we, Monkey and Slug?"
Shame turning to annoyance, Nache gave him the passing evil eye and muttered, "Shut up, Brisk."
Taking their seats, Nache took a grumpy bite out of the turkey leg, now in a bag mood because of Brisk. Sighing, the female speaker, returned to the podium and began speaking again.
"Because you've all heard this already, I'll keep it brief. As of the events that occurred three months ago, with the battle between Demigra and the Time Patroller, we've noticed a sharp rise in the number of changes in history. Because of this, we need more time patrollers to help defend history. Since we have done this, however, there has been a sharp influx of warriors from all across the universe who, albeit talented, are not strong enough to defend history."
"So, as a committee, the people up top have decided that the recruits with the most talent as fighters will be chosen and will be trained and tutored by the patrollers of Rank D."
Hearing this, Nache looked around, expecting to hear people talking about ruined schedules. Instead, he saw people sitting quietly, sometimes giving him and Burgun annoyed looks. He was confused, until he remembered he and Burgun had been late. Nudging him, Burgun motioned for him to pay attention to the speaker.
"… So in conclusion, your schedules will be slightly changed to accommodate for your new partners. You will not be meeting your partners until tomorrow and you have the rest of the day off, so I'd get some rest. You two," she said, pointing at where Burgun and Nache sat, "I'll be expecting that report in the next few days, otherwise we're gonna have some problems."
Exiting the auditorium, they walked through the portal and exited into the time machine area. As the people separated into their specific circle of friends, Nache and Burgun were given annoyed looks that clearly told them what they were thought of. Sighing, Nache looked up at Burgun and wondered how he was dealing with this. The two had been friends for about half a year, and it was all because of fluctuating time. The missions they had been sent on had changed so much to the point where they crisscrossed. Nache, being a Saiyan, had tried to take on the double quest himself, but had failed. Reluctantly, at first, he teamed up with Burgun to take on the quest together, which had produced a second Ginyu Force. Realizing that Burgun was slightly stronger than him, he, after having defeated the two Ginyus (With slight difficulty), demanded for Burgun to become his sparring partner. Burgun accepted, and the two, through their training, quickly became friends.
He knew Burgun was more stoic and patient than him, but he also knew he could fly off the handle if angered enough, although these periods of anger ended quickly – usually. He smiled as he took the Bardock Armor from the robot vendor, remembering when Burgun had yelled at Goma for being so stupid and not knowing where the Information Podium was (It was right in front of him).
As he was walking towards the landing pads, saying goodbye to Burgun, something thick slammed into his legs, sending him into a tailspin and landing on the ground. Getting to his feet, he looked just in time to see Brisk's tail shortening to its normal length, all the while Brisk was smirking again. Brisk had the unique ability among the Frieza race to elongate and shorten his tail. Getting up, Brisk laughed at him, "You sad little Saiyan, too weak to join the rest of your race in Ranks A and S." Gritting his teeth, Nache barked back, "Oh yeah? You have no room to talk! You have to get a partner just like the rest of us!"
Instead of being annoyed at this, Brisk merely laughed saying, "If you had been on time for the speech, you would know that Numbers 10 and up don't need to." Seething with rage, Nache shouted, "Bull shit!" Lifting a finger to stifle his laugh, Brisk replied saying, "Since us higher ups are strong enough to deal with Frieza in his first form in some timelines, we're deemed as too important to have our times wasted with the little leeches."
At this point, Nache didn't even care if he got in trouble, he just wanted to break Brisk's pretty face. Launching forward he closed his fingers into a fist, preparing to break the Frieza race's teeth, even if they would grow back within 24 hours. But just as his punch was about to land, with Brisk not moving an inch, someone grabbed the two from behind, dragging them backwards.
Looking up, Nache stared up into the face of another Namekian. Judging from his scouter, he could tell he was B Rank, and he was obviously angry. "It is clearly stated that there is to be no fighting in Tokitoki city, or have you conveniently forgotten that for the second time this month, Nache?" turning his attention to Brisk, he said, "Explain what happened." Brisk explained, giving the story his own spin, making him seem like the victim and Nache like the one who attacked him, occasionally smirking at Nache. When he was finished, the Namekian nodded, thinking. Looking back down at Brisk, he said, a note of annoyance in his tone, "Alright Brisk, for lying to a senior officer, you will be helping the worker robots clean during your break days and hours for the next month."
Hearing this, Brisk sputtered, trying to defend himself. "But I-"
The Namekian ignored him as he turned to Nache, saying "And if you get caught in another incident like this, you'll be hearing from the head of Rank D." Nodding in understanding, the Namekian let go of him, and he walked over to landing pad. Clicking a Capsule, he tossed it down, and in a puff of smoke, a modern Saiyan Pod formed. Getting in, Nache pushed in the preset coordinates, and blasted off. But before he went through the portal that put him into normal space, he heard Brisk shout from below something that made him want to turn back and make that third incident:
"Weak Saiyan! Can't turn into a Super Saiyan like the rest of your race!"
Planet Ceano
"Why can't I become stronger!" Nache shouted, as he punched a massive stone pillar to pieces. Sitting down on a lone log as the boulders crashed around him, he let out a sigh of anger.
"From my position, its because you have two reasons to want to get stronger: To fulfill your duty as a time patroller and to prove yourself stronger then others. These feelings conflict with each other, making it more difficult for you to get stronger in the long run." Turning towards his master, Nache sighed, knowing he was probably right. He had known Master Keral for years, and he owed his life and his strength to him.
When his family had perished at the hands of a meteor, Master Keral had taken him in and raised him as his own. Though he had gotten many stares, primarily because he wasn't fish-like in appearance, Master Keral hadn't cared. In fact, being raised by him made him stronger. A combination of the 50 times Earth's gravity (He didn't know what Earth was at the time) and the manual labor that Master Keral made him do, gave him strength beyond what he had before. Once he was old enough, Master Keral trained him personally. Being a martial artist, he made Nache even stronger then before. Because of his training, when he applied for the Time Patrol (through Master Keral's urging) he was able to be immediate D Rank.
"If I were you, I'd start preparing mentally for your partner tomorrow. Young trainees can be a real handful sometimes," he said, taking a sip of the tea Nache brought him. Nache nodded, again thinking his master was right. But then he realized what his master meant, and looked up, face full of hurt and annoyance, and asked, "Is that what you thought of me all these years?" Keral softly chuckled, saying, "Oh, there will be fun moments as well, and those you must treasure," lightly punching him in the shoulder, Keral smiled, and finished "Now go get some rest, you have a long day tomorrow."
Tokitoki City
"So your partner is an Earthling girl named Amelia?" Nache asked, as he walked with Burgun into the crowded Landing Area, "Damn, I got a Frieza race named Roze. I swear to all the Kais that if he's anything like Brisk I'll shoot myself. Then afterwards realize bullets can't hurt me and wallow even further in my despair." And as they watched, another shipment of the new recruits appeared before them and landed. Looking on, they saw the new recruits file out until finally, in the throng of people, the two spotted their new partners respectively.
Sighing, Nache nudged Burgun and whispered, "How much money do you wanna bet that one of them does something stupid that nearly gets us killed?" Shaking his head, Burgun whispered back, "Considering our job position, that is a very high probability." Looking up, he saw the two get off the ramp leading from the ship, each one a short ways away from each other and both looking around. Motioning for Nache to follow, he said to him, "Come on. Let's go and meet our partners."
This is an experimental story and I want to see how people think of it. So please review, I can handle constructive criticism but don't be an ass about it.