AN: Dragonball: Forever is a new Dragonball series that I created about 2 years ago, after I saw the "cancelled" ending of Dragonball: GT. I'll admit that Dragonball: GT wasn't as great as it should've been, so I thought that I would create a new series continuing the story…200 years into the future.
Dragonball: Forever
Super Saiyan Goal (The 1st movie/saga)
Part 2 Moonlight Nights/Their True Anger
The moonlight laced the grass with a beautifully eerie glow, setting a stark contrast with the darkened navy blue sky. With a calm breeze passing through the forest, it connected with four Saiyans who were deep within it, trying figure out their plans. The two Saiyans of interest, Goshen and Goken, were thinking about the generous offer that Pan gave, much to the reluctance of Bulla, who was forced into the negotiation. She was visibly angered by this.
"Pan," she growled, looked at her cell phone, eye twitching. "It's 11:40."
Pan nodded and turned towards Goken and Goshen, who didn't make a gesture or any type of remark. Plagued by the memories of what they couldn't save, the boys were spaced out, trying to readjust themselves to the sudden trauma of losing a battle, and unable to save what they thought was in their grasp.
"Do you want to come?" she asked in a disarmingly innocent voice.
"No, you people have to come," interjected Bulla, trying to mask her anger. "'cause if you don't then I'm getting in trouble. And what the fuck, we're trying to help you and you're denying it? Who the hell do you think you are?"
She shot an angry glance at Goken, a sign of the rage she still held for him because of the scuffle they had earlier, and he returned the stare. A spark of electricity emitted from her, a sign of the fury burning underneath.
"We didn't ask for your assistance," muttered Goken, turning his attention back to the destroyed ship. "You wanted to help. We didn't cry out for you."
"Damn you!" yelled Bulla as she exploded towards Goken, a golden-white aura surrounding her. The weakened Saiyan had enough energy to lean out of the first kick but not enough to dodge the immediate roundhouse. Goken's face slammed into the ground as Bulla formed a ball of energy with intent on injuring the Saiyan, swiftly releasing it.
"Ha!"
A small green wave of energy smacked Bulla's ball away in timely fashion. Goken was saved by his brother, who helped him up.
"We'll come, okay?"
The golden-white aura that was raging around Bulla dispersed after she heard Goshen agree to her terms. She ascended into the air, Pan slowly rising with her.
"You don't need any help, do you? You are men, right?"
The two Saiyans shook their head and both slowly rose into the air. Bulla took an immediate burst into the wind, Pan slowly hovering, waiting for Goshen and his brother to reach her. She offered a smile.
"Sorry about her…she's just angry about the encounter that she had with him," she stated, pointing over to Goken. He lowered his head when Pan made her statement.
"It's not like I knew who she was when I attacked…I thought she was one of those things that were after us…"
"What things were after you?"
Goshen immediately shook his head and nervously laughed.
"Nothing…Goken was talking about the bombardment of asteroids that slammed into the ship while were flying through your quadrant…that's it…hehe…"
Goshen continued to laugh nervously and Pan shrugged her shoulders smiled and turned around. Goshen shoved his brother in mid-air.
"Do go telling them everything! We don't know who the hell these women are…they could be working for them! Who knows why the hell they saved us, but I'm not losing my life…not before I save her…I have to save Janita. I know she's alive."
Goken shook his head and looked at his brother disapprovingly.
"The chances of her surviving that attack are slim to none. Even in her released form, she wasn't a match for them…they most likely blew up the ship when it escaped the planet's orbit, or they took her hostage again…we just got lucky."
Goshen angrily stared at his brother when his retort was made. He didn't want to hear that his girlfriend…no his wife could've been destroyed by those fucking…things…the things that chased him off of his planet with several other Saiyans…his mother trying to defend both the planet and the children…
"No! Janita is alive!" he declared in a hushed, harsh whisper. "I feel her energy Goken. And what about you? I guess you didn't feel the same way Kanise felt about you, right?"
"Nope. I feel bad for her and Janita getting blown up though," he said plainly, without the slightest bit of emotion. This only incited anger within his brother, who was now doing a poor job in suppressing his power level, which was being to emit at wild intervals. Both Pan and Bulla looked at the Saiyan boy in awe, whose radiating power level was reaching near Super Saiyan 2.
"Calm down fool," remarked Goken, looking now at the two Saiyan girls who stopped to see the problem with Goshen. "They're going to notice something is up with you…just forget about Janita and Kanise for now and focus on our new mission…understand?"
Goshen's power level reduced drastically, though the boy far from calmed down.
"You know that it's unstable…all this power inside of me…I can't control it when I get angry…and you touched a nerve when you were slandering Janita and Kanise…sorry."
"You guys okay?" asked Bulla, though it sounded as if she could care less. "'cause we have to keep going. And…Goshen, is it? I thought you were completely drained when you fell into Pan's arms. Looks like you've got a decent reserve, huh?"
"Not really, no. I was just angry and my level shot up through the roof for a moment. As you can see, I'm barely flying."
Bulla thought that Goshen's tone when he replied was ignorant, so she decided to voice her opinions to the Saiyan boy…the ungrateful Saiyan fucks that fell from the sky…the Saiyan fucks that she and Pan were going to help…it only irritated the girl even more.
"Just angry, huh?"
As Goshen stared at Bulla's face, the same passion and angry reminded him of his love…Janita. And he hated that.
"Yeah," he answered coldly. "Just angry…err…Beauty?"
"Bulla. BULLA. Or if you want to call me Bra, that's fine too. Beauty isn't my name."
"I thought that someone as conceited as you would like that," shot Pan, looking at her best friend knowingly. Bulla slightly blushed, trying to hide it.
"I'm confident, not conceited…I think you mixed the two."
"You were probably desired by every girl wherever you were, weren't you Goshen?" asked Pan innocently, curiosity striking her with force.
"Oh me? No…uh-uh."
"Lil' liar," she joked, smiling and turning back around. As Bulla was getting annoyed, she powered up to an extent, and blasted off. Pan powered up as well, a pure golden aura surrounding her.
"You guys got enough power to power up? At least 10 fold?"
Goken powered up a bit, a mere 5 fold. Goshen also only powered up to this level. Pan lowered her level to match theirs.
"Capsule Corporation is the place where Bulla's mom works…more specifically runs. It is a bit far from here, which is why Bulla blasted off ahead…that and her bad attitude."
"Oh," said the two Saiyans, not caring about Bulla's emotions. They awaited the rest of Pan's words.
"So 5 fold? You guys really are exhausted…but we still should get there in about 5 minutes…I think."
Both Saiyans nodded and blasted off with Pan, a trail of different colored auras faintly following them as they made their way into West City. Though it was dark, Pan didn't want them to be too obvious, as if the torn armor and the badly beaten boys weren't weird enough. Making a slight adjustment to their route, Pan and the two Saiyans landed, and began to walk the rest of the way to Capsule Corp. When they reached the building, Bulla had her arms crossed against her chest, visibly pissed.
"Why did you guys walk the rest of the way? It's…midnight…nobody would've saw you. Why are you so cautious now? You used to be reckless…remember?"
"That was years ago…"
Goshen suspiciously looked from Bulla to Pan after he heard Pan's words.
"Umm…excuse me…Pan? Exactly how old are you? I was just a bit curious."
"On Earth, I'm 16."
"Then why…nothing. That's crazy, 16 huh?"
Pan nodded and looked at Goshen up and down.
"How come you didn't go inside yet?"
"I was waiting for you guys."
"Then how come you didn't fly with us," asked Goshen unexpectedly, much to the surprise both Pan and Bulla. Goshen quickly hushed and apologized.
"It's…okay," said Bulla, still shocked. "You wanted me to fly with you…guys?"
"Why not? You did save us…plus you whipped my brother's ass."
The two shared a small laugh, much to spite of Goken, who angry punched his brother in the face. Goshen took the full blunt of the attack, then slightly powered up.
"It was a joke…you never used to be like this. Don't take your emotions out on me; just like you told me it was gone, it's gone! Ain't nothin' gonna bring it back, so forget it!"
Attempting to punch his brother back, Goshen recklessly rushed at him while both Pan and Bulla sighed.
"Something's wrong with the one who fought you," commented Pan, studying the straight right Goshen threw perfectly at his brother, who wasn't able to dodge. Bulla shrugged.
"Hell if I care, I just need Mom to see them, then I'm off the hook. Afterwards I could give a flying fuck what happens to them, especially the one who dared to fight me."
"Look at you talking all bold now…you're really something. I remember when you were just the typical pretty girl who was daddy's pride. Vegeta let you do whatever the hell you wanted, the only person that you did fear was your mom…and now that you've toned your fighting skills you get cocky…not very consistent are we?"
Bulla looked at Pan up and down and for a small moment thought about punching the girl right in her face. She decided that not replying to her best friends' comment would be best, as she didn't want another episode like what happened earlier…
Goken dipped his brother's kick and went in to kick him in his gut, but missed terribly. Goshen was about to proceed with another blow, but Bulla intervened at the last moment.
"Please, just stop. It's no sense in two people whose power levels are depleted to be fighting…plus you two are the only people you've got right now, not counting me or Bulla…is fighting each other really going to help you guys out?
Goshen calmed and Goken turned to his side, not facing his brother.
"Sorry Pan," he said with innocence. I didn't mean to lose my cool like that…I'm usually not like that…it's just…"
"Go ahead," answered Pan softly and invitingly. This also sparked a bit of interest inside of Bulla, but she didn't let her face show it.
"It's nothing."
Pan sighed and stood up. She stared at the Saiyan boy she was trying to console.
"One day you'll be able to tell me everything. I'm not so dense as to believe that a fucking asteroid belt has caused all of these problems, mainly your brother's rash actions and even yours when you were a Super Saiyan 3. An asteroid belt doesn't do that to people, but I understand your indirect hostility towards me…and why not, right? I'm just a stranger in your eyes, and what reason do you have to trust me? None. I completely understand Goshen."
"Sorry, I just don't like revealing too much about myself. It's not like I'm trying to be rude, if that's what you think. Sorry if that's how I came out."
"Sorry for attacking you, girl," said Goken quietly, looking at Bulla. "But by the way you were fighting, I shouldn't have said anything. You defended yourself really well; I didn't know who you were…sorry."
Bulla lightly blushed and looked at Goken with a slightly anger face.
"My name is Bulla, Goken."
"Hmm…okay then, sorry Bulla," he said sarcastically and forced, trying to dissipate a potentially disastrous situation between the Saiyan girl. Even if he was at full power, her erratic fighting style would be more than enough to handle.
Bulla didn't seem to notice the sarcasm in Goken's voice and nodded her head. She then instructed everyone to fly over the gate and walk with her to the front door.
"Umm…my mom's gonna flip, so you two have been warned. I'm apologizing for this in advance."
Both Saiyans nodded, and Bulla skipped to the front door. She rang the doorbell twice.
The door opened to reveal a very young woman with blue hair. She had a bit of a scowl on her face, but her beautiful features caused one not to dawn on that. The very presence of this woman almost drove Goshen crazy; he never seen a more beautiful creature before…
"H-hey mom."
Goshen's awe quickly turned to suspicion once again. How the hell could this woman be the mother to Bra, or whatever her name was, and look so damn young? Standing next to each other only made Goshen's curiosity shoot up into the heavens. There was no way in hell that Bralla could be this woman's daughter. There was no way.
"So, at 12 O' clock at night, you two slide in here like nothing's happened?"
"You see, we were helping these two boys…they came from space."
The blue haired woman looked at Goshen and Goken with interest, smiled, then looked at her daughter.
"Bulla, are you going to introduce me? If you don't want to get punished…"
"Oh, it's 'Bulla'," thought Goshen.
"Oh! The short one with the long hair, his name is Goshen and the slightly taller one, his name is Goken. Goshen, Goken? This is my mother, head of Capsule Corporation, Mrs. Briefs…"
"I'm Bulma," the woman said, taking over. "I guess these two aren't lying…this time. So what exactly are you guys?"
"I'm a…Saiyan," said Goshen slowly, wondering if that was what he really should've said. Bulma looked at them in shock.
"Can you prove it?"
Reluctance surrounded Goshen as he thought about the hole he had just forced himself into. As he was about to deny it, he remembered that Pan and Billa…Bulla both saw him in his Super Saiyan form…he still had enough energy to transform, but would most likely be booted right out of the form.
"Yeah."
Goshen's irises began to slowly alternate from gold to green as a pure golden aura surrounded him. He stepped back from the steps to an area that was safe for everyone, and then erupted with an explosion of power. A translucent light surrounded the boy, only allowing the other 4 witnesses to see his shadow within the light. Electricity sparked outside of the golden ball as the boy struggled to harness the energy. After a minute the light faded away to reveal a besieged Super Saiyan 2 on one knee.
"Sorry…I couldn't ascend further…"
His golden hair once again became black and he fell to both knees , wincing in pain.
"Goshen!" cried Bulla, immediately flying towards him. He collapsed before she was able to reach him.
"Did I prove it?" he asked, delirious.
She smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, you proved it. That was amazing Goshen…you proved it without fail. But if it was going to put you through so much pain, why didn't you just opt out? Mom could've just ran a simple painless test that would've undoubtedly proved your power…you didn't tap into your reserve…you tapped into…"
"My life force. You really are sharp…"
Goshen fainted after that, and Bulla picked up his body. Bulma looked from Goken to Goshen, excitement written all over her face. Goken turned away, disappointed in his brother's performance in proving his power. He knew that his brother tapped into the 'untouchable' reserve bank, the life force, just to prove a point to these women…it sickened him…so much for laying low like the idiot wanted.
"Get him to the infirmary," said Bulma quietly. Bulla nodded, and with Pan, they both took the fallen boy to the hospital wing of the huge manor. Only Goken and Bulma were left. Her warm appearance didn't disappear.
"Are you okay? You don't seem like you want to be here."
Goken looked at the woman for the first time.
"I know that you people are tampering with time…I don't know how, but you can't look the way that you look and be mother to that other girl…and no offense, but I don't want to be here. This isn't my home…I'm here by accident, and now I'm indebted to your 'daughter'…she saved my life."
"Bulla did?" asked Bulma, surprised. "Seriously?"
Goken nodded. Bulma sighed.
"That really is my daughter. You'll find out that a lot of the people on this planet have young parents. I'm only…34."
The reply seemed improvised, but Goken didn't notice it. He sighed.
"My mother was quite young in appearance as well…maybe my imagination is playing with me but I have a feeling that you people are able to defy time…"
Bulma laughed and waved her hand.
"No,no. We're just simple people here…no supernatural reversal of time here…uh-uh…"
Goken cocked an eyebrow up and Bulma grinned.
"We're just simple people here…no supernatural reversal of time here…uh-uh…"
Goken cocked an eyebrow up and Bulma grinned.
"Curiosity killed the cat. You wanna come inside?"
"If it's alright with you, ma'am."
"It is. Though you're a bit cocky, even to people you don't know, you're respectful. That's something to admire."
"Thank you, Mrs. Briefs. Can I wait in the infirmary with my brother, if you don't mind it?"
"No, not at all. Let me guide you…"
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(So Goshen and Goken have made it to West City to meet Bulla's mother to acquire a spaceship…I know that this chapter is long overdue, but I've been so busy…but hey, at least it's here now, and I don't think that Chapter 3 is that far off :-))