For those of you who are wondering, my OC already appeared in the previous chapter of this story. Permafrost - member of Frieza's Clan. Cook, conversationalist, martial artist. Also, mostly docile. Okay, here's the drill. You WILL read this chapter. You WILL leave a review at the end. And you WILL give me constructive criticism on the fight in this chapter! Got it? Enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I still don't own Star Wars: The Clone Wars, or Dragon Ball Z!
The Scroll of Eternity: Ahsoka Tano vs. Saiyan Raditz!
Ahsoka was now with Trunks in a place known as the Time Nest. However, she had no idea why she had to be here of all places. She couldn't be going on a time patrol right now, could she?
She knew that she was the moment that Trunks pulled out a scroll. The scroll was glowing with an evil black energy, and Trunks looked to be a bit apprehensive about the whole thing. But he knew that Ahsoka was ready for this mission, even though she was still considered a rookie.
"This... is the Scroll of Eternity. All of time… all of history… everything… it's all listed in here." Trunks explained. "But… here, just take a look at this.
He laid the scroll out on a desk, and unfurled it to reveal a screen. And on that screen, it began to show an event in history that didn't seem to be correct.
***Age 761***
The screen shows the Namekian known as Piccolo, charging up a powerful attack in his fingertips. He and Goku were just about ready to finish off Raditz, the Saiyan Invader. It had been a long, and arduous battle, but now comes its end.
"Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo cried.
He aimed at Raditz, and fired a beam of light at the Saiyan with enough speed and power to destroy a mountain! The beam itself was purple with a spiraling yellow beam on the outside, giving it the appearance of a drill. Goku currently had Raditz in a full nelson, keeping him in place so the attack could land.
But just when it seemed like they were about to win, it all went wrong.
Raditz smirked and broke free of Goku's hold, sidestepping the attack, and leaving our hero to take the hit from the attack. As Goku fell to the ground dying, Raditz set his sights on Piccolo.
"HAUGH!" Raditz cried as he fired a huge, purple Ki blast.
Piccolo didn't have the time, nor the energy to dodge the attack, and ended up getting blown to smithereens! When the smoke cleared, it revealed a dead Goku, an unconscious young Gohan, a victorious Raditz, and no sign of Piccolo.
Raditz started chuckling to himself, before it turned into a full blown evil laugh as his body was engulfed in the same evil aura as the scroll. When he stopped laughing, a close-up of his face reveals an evil red glow in his eyes.
***Current Timeline***
Ahsoka stood there, eyes wide in disbelief as she viewed the contents of the scroll. She couldn't believe her eyes. This just doesn't seem like the right event that should be playing out! But then again, she's not from this world.
"As you can see, if history is in any way altered or distorted, it could change the world as we know it." Trunks said. "We have no choice. We have to stop it! We can't let history change!"
Trunks rolled up the scroll, and handed it to Ahsoka. The Togruta girl took it, and nodded with a determined look in her eyes. She may not have much martial arts training, but with practice would come perfection. And what better way to practice, than to fight in an actual life or death battle?
"Right now, Goku is in trouble and needs your help! Please!"
"Don't worry, Trunks. I won't allow history to be changed!" Ahsoka said.
She didn't know what compelled her to do this, but she held the scroll to her heart, and closed her eyes. She then began to envision the time period that she'd be visiting, and soon disappeared in a flash of light.
***Age 761***
Tremors resounded through the area as the fight dragged on. Goku cried out in pain as he was sent flying into the ground, before he roared in anger and flew at his enemy. Yup. You guessed it, readers. It was none other than Raditz.
"This is your last chance, fools!" Raditz said.
Goku and Piccolo weren't having any of it. They continued to rush at the elder Saiyan, launching a flurry of punches and kicks as they did. Unfortunately, Raditz was fast enough to block and deflect all of their strikes.
"Come on, join your family, Kakarrot!" Raditz taunted before blurring out of existence.
He reappeared behind Goku and Piccolo, and elbowed the two of them, sending the two warriors flying in the opposite direction of each other. Raditz then fired a Ki blast at Goku, intent on harming him even further. The blast wasn't strong enough to kill him, but it definitely did some more damage as he was sent into the ground on his back. That pain only intensified as Raditz stomped on Goku's ribcage, pinning him.
"Look, I'll do you a favor and spare you both." Raditz reasoned.
But Goku wasn't about to fall for it.
"Shut up! There's no way I'd ever join you!" Goku declared in defiance.
Raditz scowled and narrowed his eyes further. Somehow, he expected that kind of a response from his younger brother. Kakarrot had grown too attached to this planet.
"Then playtime is over!" Raditz declared.
But just as he was about to finish Goku off, his Scouter detected a rise in power coming from the crater where his space pod was.
"What?!" He cried in surprise of the power increase.
Suddenly, Goku's child - Son Gohan - burst out of the pod he had been locked in! The three year old child flipped a bit in the air, and landed on the ground. He looked up at his "uncle", and boy does this kid look PISSED!
"STOP… HURTING MY DADDY!" Gohan yelled as he was engulfed in a flaming blue Ki.
He charged at Raditz in an attempt to hit him with an aerial headbutt. But that's where everything went wrong once again.
Raditz's eyes glowed red once again as he dodged Gohan's strike. The child tumbled across the ground, and Raditz got ready to go for the kill.
"You brat!"
"S-STOP!" Goku begged.
But it was all for naught. Raditz launched one of his Ultimate Attacks, the Saturday Crush, right in Gohan's direction. It hit its mark, engulfing that area in a cloud of smoke.
"Ah… ah… ah…" Goku muttered in disbelief.
The smoke cleared after a few seconds to reveal that Gohan was nowhere to be found. Raditz was puzzled by this, until his Scouter picked up a new power level. He looked back to see a Togruta female setting the child gently on the ground. Ahsoka stood up and glared at Raditz.
"What?" Raditz muttered in confusion.
"You should treat younglings with greater respect." Ahsoka snarled.
"Someone you know, Goku?" Piccolo asked.
"No… But, heh heh… I think that it's someone that we can trust." Goku replied.
Ahsoka took up a fighting stance, ready to fight alongside Goku and Piccolo. She knew this fight was going to be anything but easy. And that was proven when Raditz's eyes began to glow that ominous red color, and that corrupt aura became visible for a brief moment.
"Okay, from what I can gather, this version of Raditz is stronger than the original. So I'm gonna have to go at him with everything I have." Ahsoka thought to herself.
So, Ahsoka charged in and started attacking Raditz with a flurry of punches and kicks. Only this time, they were a lot stronger and faster than before. But even with her recent power up, Raditz was still able to dodge and deflect her attacks.
"A Togruta? Not a very common species around these parts." Raditz said, deflecting a punch.
"Well, there's a reason for that." Ahsoka quipped before landing a kick to the Saiyan's face.
That caused Raditz to stagger a moment, allowing Ahsoka to land a few good hits. With a strong kick, she managed to send him flying back into a cluster of boulders. Once that was accomplished, she started launching Ki Blasts at the temporarily downed Saiyan, kicking up a lot of dust as she did.
But that didn't keep Raditz out of the game for long. He rushed at our heroine, and gave a strong right hook to her face. This sent her careening back a bit, but Ahsoka righted herself just in time to block a roundhouse kick from Raditz.
Piccolo jumped in to aid Ahsoka in her efforts to defeat Raditz, followed by Goku. It was quite a sight to behold, even though their movements were a blur in our eyes. Before, Raditz still had an easy time deflecting, blocking, and dodging. Now, however, he was getting hit a lot more since there were three warriors with high power levels ganging up on him.
Punch, deflect, kick in the shin, eye jab, haymaker, roundhouse, backhand, hammer fist, headbutt, block, dodge, karate chop, and even the occasional eye beam.
Every attack they made was weakening Raditz more and more, but he managed to blow them away with his Ki. Ahsoka sustained several light burns, but nothing too serious. She decided to finish this up now, and shot her Force Lightning at the injured Saiyan.
It hit its mark, and sent Raditz stumbling back as he was shocked. Once it ended, he hunched over and clutched his aching midsection. He glared hatefully at Ahsoka while she just smirked at the Saiyan.
This is where history chose to correct itself.
Goku ran up behind his birth brother, and got him in a full nelson. Having been severely weakened and taken by surprise, Raditz didn't have the strength to put up a decent struggle.
"What - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Raditz asked.
Since Goku was also still very weak from the fight, he had to make sure they did this fast.
"Now! Piccolo! DO IIIIIIIT!"
Once again, Piccolo powered up his attack, ready to end Raditz's life.
"Special Beam Cannon!"
The Namekian fired his attack with as much power as he did before this whole mess started. This time, it hit home. The attack burrowed its way through Raditz's body and exited out of Goku's back. The two began to fall to the ground as Goku released his hold of his "brother".
"Ugh… D… DAMN IIIIIIIIIIIIT!" Raditz cursed with his dying breath.
Goku chuckled a little bit, happy that he had managed to save his home world. Even though it had cost him his life. The two Saiyans fell to the ground, and Piccolo dropped from his fighting stance.
"Serves you right…" Piccolo said.
He began to walk over to the body of his enemy for a little gloating, but stopped as soon as he noticed something. That Togruta was gone. Vanished without a trace.
"W… What was that? Where did…?" Piccolo asked himself.
***Current Timeline***
Ahsoka had returned to the Time Nest just as Trunks picked up the Scroll of Eternity. He held it for a bit, and both watched as the evil aura disappeared from the scroll. Trunks smiled at Ahsoka's accomplishment.
"That was excellent. You corrected the timeline. Good work! I didn't think it was your first time." Trunks congratulated before adding "Once the Supreme Kai of Time puts the scroll in the Time Vault, it'll all be done."
But Ahsoka didn't look all that happy. She was glad that she had managed to correct the timeline, but she hated the fact that…
"Goku is dead… I should've been able to save him!" Ahsoka said with her head down.
"Oh, don't worry about Goku. He's fine. His friends will wish him back to life with the Dragon Balls." Trunks assured.
That lifted Ahsoka's spirits a good amount, but she was still unhappy that he had to die for the timeline to be corrected. She just wished that she could do something about it.
Okay, that's all for this chapter! Next I'm gonna work on Kami's Avatar of the Omniverse: Red Lantern. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
