Chapter 3

I woke up to the feeling. It was huge! What could it be? I got dressed, and leapt out my window, flying into the sky. The comet was close; it was as bright as the sun, if not more so. I flew towards a drugstore, where I worked. I landed outside the store, and walked in, getting the photo lab ready for business. It didn't take long, but as soon as my manager showed up, and customers came in, I had to slow down to human speed. I didn't think showing everyone was a good idea. The government might decide I was a threat to the world and try to kill me. So I worked all morning, dealing with customers, (some of those people are such morons!) developing film, the normal job. When I finished, I was about to fly home when I heard my phone ring. It was Claire.

"Hello?" I asked into the phone.

"James. It's Claire. You should come over today."

"Sure…how about now?" I asked.

"Okay." I could almost see a sly smile on her face.

"See yah in a minute." I said, put my phone away, and flew home. I changed, then flew to Claire's house. I noticed for the first time how easily I was adapting to my powers. Flying was as easy as walking, and much faster. Transforming into a super sayjin was a bit harder though, but I didn't think I'd ever need that transformation. Although, I had begun to notice that the characters of Dragonballz were far more powerful than I. "Maybe the show is wrong on some parts." I thought aloud, walking up to the door. Claire opened it just as I was about to knock.

"So, you want to show me some more of your powers today?" She asked.

"Is that why you called me?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"Alright." I sighed. I lifted slightly off the ground, about an inch, and floated towards one of the trees nearby. I noticed that one branch seemed dead, so I figured it would be all right. I sliced right through it with my bare hand.

"Wow!" Claire yelled. As she did so, I felt a growth in the strange, dark feeling. My head snapped up to the sky, eyes locking on the comet. "What's wrong?" She asked.

"I just got a strange feeling." I said, dismissing the comet.

"How long until we land?" The sayjin voice demanded of the computer.

"Approximately 5 of the planet's hours." The computer replied.

"Good." The sayjin voice said. Then the huge hand reached from the dark shadows of the ship, opening a drawer. It reached in and grabbed a pouch, from that it withdrew a bean. Putting the bean into his mouth and chewing, the sayjin laughed. "These people will fear me once he is out of the way."…

"So what else can you do?" She asked.

"I can fire energy from my hands and body, but those are too destructive for me to use."

"Oh…yeah, that's right. Anything else?" She asked.

"Well… maybe. I haven't tried this one yet." I said, and floated over to her car. I landed next to it, and reached both hands down, grabbing the underside of the car. I then lifted it over my head. "Wow!" Claire I yelled in unison. I hadn't known if I was strong enough or not. I set the car down gently. Claire ran over to me, grabbing me.

"Let's fly." She whispered into my ear. I smiled, and grabbed her. I lifted us off, into the air. We flew up, not nearly as high as before, but still very high. I took her all around the world, but we ended up landing very close to where we lived. A restaurant, that we both had enjoyed in the past. After getting seated and ordering, we sat there, not talking. I think Claire was taking in the experiences of the day. When our food came, we ate, talking about the places we had visited. We laughed, we joked, and we ate. For some reason, I felt closer to her then ever before. It was a weird feeling. I've entertained the thought of having a relationship with Claire, but it wouldn't work. No way. She's too good a friend. Wait. Why was I thinking about this? I shook my head to lose myself of those thoughts, and saw that Claire was staring at me.

"What's wrong?" She said.

"Uh…nothing." I don't normally hide things from Claire; she's the one person I tell everything. But I didn't want to tell her what I was just thinking.

"Come one James. I know you better then that. What's wrong?" She asked again.

"I'd rather not talk about it. You ready to go?" I asked her. She gave me a weird look, but nodded. We left, paying for our food. Claire said it would be nice to walk home instead of flying, so that's what we did. I could've flown around the world a couple hundred of times right then. At least, that's the way I felt. Maybe it was the food.

"So what was wrong?" She asked me.

"Claire…you know that I normally tell you these kinds of things, but not this. Not now." I said. She looked me right in the eyes.

"James…if it's bothering you, you know I'm here for you."

"That's just it…you're always there for me. It's great. I love it." I said.

"That's a problem?"

"No, not directly. But I've…no. Never mind." I said.

"James." Claire just said.

"I've had thoughts about more then a friendship, that's all."

"That's it? That's what's bothering you? James, that's no big deal. That's normal."

"Yeah, I know. Its still weird to think about my best friend that way." I said. Then my head snapped up. The strange, dark, scary feeling was back. Strong! It was so close!

"James…?" Claire trailed off. I turned my back to Claire. I could feel the dark force coming towards us. I quickly powered up, but didn't transform. I didn't want to waste the energy doing that if I didn't need it. I saw something white come flying at us. A white aura! It came closer, and closer, until it slammed into the pavement of the street next to us! The dust cleared slowly. I could sort of see a huge figure standing through it, and then a wind blew it all away. No way. It couldn't be. He was…he was…

"You. You are the lost sayjin? Hah. Our brothers would laugh at you on sight." Nappa proclaimed. I was still in shock. He must have mistaken it for fear. " Look at you. You haven't even seen my power and you're afraid. Here, let me give you a reason." He said, and began to power up. The rubble from the crater he'd made slowly began to rise as he began to yell. The white aura blazed back, and grew even larger. I felt a huge power! It rivaled my own! "Now I'll eliminate the last of our brothers."

"What? The last?" I asked, in a stun.

"Yes. I have destroyed every sayjin in the universe. Except you."

"Why?"

"Because I will be its supreme ruler! And every sayjin is competition." He sounds like Frieza. I thought. "And you must have been saved. Sent to this planet alone. They even cut off your tail!" He said. It was true; I didn't have a tail. I had a scare where it should be, and always wondered about that. "I'll show you what a sayjin is!" Nappa roared, and launched himself at me…