The Saiyan Warrior
A/N: On this chapter of Dragon Ball Z, the Z Fighters gather to discussion the situation with the new enemies. Meanwhile, Icarus and his two followers, Adam and Jacques, continue their search for the dragon balls. Suddenly, an elder man who confronts Goku telling him about Icarus and tells him to keep the dragon balls safe. Can Goku trust this person? Find out on this chapter of Dragon Ball Z, The Saiyan Warrior.
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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 4: Recovery
"What happened to them?" asked Krillin as he stares at the unconscious Tien and Chiaotzu.
Standing next to Krillin is his wife, Android 18 and their daughter Marron.
Krillin wears a blue shirt with brown pants. His hair remains the same as it was during the Buu battles. His black eyes look at the devastation on Tien and Chiaotzu. He wonders who could have sent Tien and Chiaotzu to the hospital.
18 wears a yellow blouse and blue pants. Her blonde hair waves as she turns her head. Her blue eyes stare at Marron, who also has blue eyes and blonde hair. Marron wears an orange dress with orange shoes.
"Hey guys," said Yamcha as he walks in with Puar.
Yamcha wears a brown suit and black sunglasses. He walks towards Tien as he gazes at Tien's injuries.
"I wonder who did this?" asked Yamcha.
"My father said he saw three people," said Gohan as he walks into the room.
Gohan wears his high school uniform. Videl follows behind him as she wears similar clothes during her training sessions with Gohan, except she has a red undershirt instead of purple.
"I guess he will explain more, but I think Tien and Chiaotzu will be the better people," said Gohan.
Gohan looks to his left noticing Goten in the hospital bed. His fists tighten looking at his brother in such bad condition. Chi-Chi sits on a chair next to Goten holding her unconscious son's hand. Gohan could not believe someone could damage a saiyan, but not everyone is invincible.
Soon, Vegeta, Bulma, and Trunks walk into the room. Bulma's expression shows worry as three of her friends are in the hospital. Bulma's turquoise hair extents pass her shoulders. She decided to grow it back out again. She wears lipstick and his earrings on both ears. She wears a green dress similar to her red dress she wore during the Buu events.
Vegeta stares at Goten. Goten might not be as strong as him, but he is still a super saiyan. Now another powerful enemy exist that are threats. Vegeta continues to wear his recent outfit from the Buu events.
Trunks could not believe Goten could be defeated. The lavender hair boy will not allow the person who did this to his friend get away with it. Trunks moves around in a white shirt and wears blue jeans. He did not expect to see Goten in the hospital. Nobody tells him anything.
"Everyone is here," said a friendly voice.
"Goku!" shouted everyone.
Goku walks into the room in his orange gi as gazes at each of his friends. Behind him is Piccolo with a frustrated look.
"We have new enemies," said Goku getting straight to the point. "I don't know much on them, but I did see three people when I saved Tien and Chiaotzu."
"I saw three people with monsters attacking East City," said Chi-Chi.
Goku begins describing the three people he saw, which Chi-Chi confirmed. Vegeta wonders how strong these new opponents are. He will make sure those three fall before him.
"What are we supposed to do about these people?" asked Krillin. "None of us can sense them, are they androids?"
"No," said 18. "It is impossible. The twentieth model was the last one. Gero did not make any androids beyond himself."
It is impossible for more androids to exist. However, they have faced many enemies in the past. New sets of androids from another mad man are not out of the question.
"I think they are living beings," said a voice as everyone turns towards the source.
Tien opens his eyes as he stares his fellow friends.
"Tien, how are you doing?" asked Yamcha.
"I'm in the hospital, what do you think?" asked Tien.
Yamcha's eyes narrow, but he decides to say nothing in return.
"Tell us what happened," said Goku.
Tien explains what he came across and how he and Chiaotzu were defeated. He tells the group the names of each person as well as their appearance. The only reason he can think of as to why he and Chiaotzu put up a fight against Adam and Jacques was due to his opponents underestimating him and Chiaotzu. Tien states that the three men he came across do not act like androids.
"If they are not androids, where did these people come from?" asked Krillin.
"They must be from another planet," said Piccolo. "I think the first place they attacked was the Lookout. I went to check on a disturbance of power on the planet, but when I returned, I saw the Lookout destroyed. I was gone for a few days."
"It could have happened before Tien's battle," said Yamcha.
"If only I were there," said Piccolo.
"And what? You would have died," said Vegeta. "Sorry Namekian, but you don't stand a chance against these people."
Tien calls the group again as they turn their attention to him.
"Adam and Jacques are powerful," said Tien. "But the third guy, Icarus, sent chills down my spine. I did my best to ignore him, but I could only do so much."
"We have to find a way to find them," said Goku. "We defeated many enemies before, I am sure we can do it again."
"At least the saiyans," said Krillin.
"Come on," started Goku. "I am sure everybody else can do a decent battle against those monsters. Chi-Chi managed to beat one."
The group stares at Goku as he sweats drops.
"I didn't mean any insults," said Goku scratching the back of his head.
"So, how are we going to find them?" asked Trunks.
The entire group becomes quiet. They normally sense their opponents through their Ki. However, they are unable to sense anything.
"The question is. What do they want?" asked Krillin.
"Dende was taken," said Piccolo catching everyone's attention.
"Are these guys after the dragon balls?" inquired Gohan.
"I don't know, but Dende is the creator of the dragon balls," said Piccolo. "We don't know the amount of knowledge our enemies knows."
After a few more minutes of talking, Krillin takes his wife and daughter out of the hospital to head towards the nearest restaurant. Hospital food is not something any of them want to eat.
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Krillin's family finds a place to have dinner. The family enters the restaurant and orders their food. Unknown to them, an elderly man, with white-gray medium length hair, watches from afar. His black eyes stare at the three people enjoying their dinner. He wears a white shirt and black pants. His hand scratches his white-gray beard as he turns away and walks another direction.
Around thirty minutes later, Krillin and his family finish eating. They begin head back to the hospital. As they walk towards their destination, a group of people walks towards Krillin and his family. One of the men takes out a knife and points it at 18.
"Give us everything you have and we will not harm you," said the man.
Krillin looks at the man, who wears a thick jacket.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Krillin.
"Yes. Now give us everything you have or we will hurt the girl," said the man.
18 smirks. She knows there is no possible way these men could harm her. Suddenly, her eyes widen as she turns to grab her daughter only to find her missing.
Another person holds a knife to Marron's neck. Krillin and 18 stare at the man with killer intent.
"Give us everything and we let your daughter go," said the man.
Suddenly, the kidnapper holding their daughter falls to the ground unconscious releasing Marron in the process. An elderly man appears as he holds Marron.
"What the hell?" questioned the man as Krillin punches him in the stomach knocking him unconscious.
18 walks towards the older man ready to grab her daughter.
"I mean no harm," said the white-gray hair man.
The elder man hands releases Marron, who runs towards her mother.
"Thank you," said Krillin.
"Just doing a good deed," said the elder man.
"Thank you mister," said Marron.
The elder man smiles at the girl.
"No problem, take care," replied the elder man.
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"This is a freaking desert!" shouted Adam. "Somebody find the damn thing."
"Stop complaining," said Jacques. "Plus, you do realize that there is a forest over there."
Adam turns and sees the nearby forest.
"It's a damn mirage," said Adam.
Jacques groans.
"You two stop your bickering and help find the dragon ball," said Icarus.
Icarus watches as Shadow Badgers dig into the ground. Icarus holds up a square device as it continues to beep.
"It's right below us," said Icarus. "Keep digging!"
"I'm standing near the shade," said Adam as he begins walking towards the shade area.
Adam stops as he sees something come out of the forest. A tiger standing on its two back legs approaches Adam.
"Um, my lord is this one of ours?" asked Adam.
Icarus turns around and notices the tiger. He gazes at the tiger as he soon realizes it is not a Shadow Monster. In fact, the tiger looks like any other tiger with orange fur and black stripes. The only difference is that it is standing on its two back legs.
"Demonic Tigers," said Icarus. "I'm surprised to see your species are on this planet."
"So, you are alive after all," said tiger. "I thought Orion was lying, but alas, he tells the truth."
"My former master is still trying to fight against us," said Icarus. "He will not win. Is he here with you?"
"No he is not, but it does not matter because you are dying here!" shouted the tiger.
"Why would you want to kill me?" asked Icarus.
"You massacred many of the Demon Animals over twenty years ago including the tigers!" shouted the tiger.
"What do you want me to say? Your species was in the way," said Icarus.
The tiger roars in anger as he begins to fall back towards the forest while keeping his gaze on Icarus.
Suddenly, a group of animals appears from the forest. An army of tigers, wolves, gorillas, snakes, foxes, and bears line up facing towards Icarus.
Icarus smirks as numerous Shadow Monsters appear from a bright light.
"Finally, some action," said Adam.
"We will end your reign of terror here!" shouted the lead tiger.
"All Demonic Animals, we stand here to eliminate the threat to our species!" shouted the lead tiger. "We will not falter here!"
The entire army yells in agreement.
Icarus stares at the animals. He could only guess around five thousand animals. He only brought eight hundred Shadow Monsters.
"Kill them all!" yelled the lead tiger.
The animals charge from the forest. Some of the animals charge on all four legs while others charges on their two back legs while holding swords or spears.
Icarus shows no fear as his Shadow Monsters await their opponents.
"Destroy them," said Icarus in a calm voice.
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Chi-Chi walks back into the hospital room containing Tien, Chiaotzu, and Goten. She stares at her son. Any wounds he had seem to be gone except for a few cuts here and there.
"I'm sure he'll pull through," said Tien.
Chi-Chi nods her head as she sits down next on a chair next to Goten. The room has been empty for a while. Most of the Z Fighters had gone to explore the city for fresh air. Bulma went home to get her dragon ball radar. Chi-Chi sighs as Gohan and Videl return.
"Is he awake?" asked Gohan.
"No," replied Chi-Chi. "I only I could have done something."
"There was nothing you could do, mother," said Gohan. "Goten fought well."
Videl watches the interaction of Gohan and Chi-Chi. For the past year, she has come close to the family before her. Everyone treats her as one of their own. Now, one of her new family members is in the hospital because of a new villain trying to destroy the world.
"Where am I?" questioned a person.
"Chiaotzu, good to have you back," said Gohan.
Immediately, Chiaotzu tries to get back up only for his left arm to hurt.
"Argh," grunted Chiaotzu. "Gohan, we have a problem."
"We already know," said Gohan.
Chiaotzu looks to his right and notices Tien lying down. He sighs in relief that Tien is still alive.
"Where's Goku?" asked Chi-Chi.
Gohan turns his attention to his mother as he responds back to her.
"He's up on the roof trying to find our new enemies."
Chi-Chi nods her head in understanding.
Shortly after, Krillin and his family enter the room as Krillin heads towards Chiaotzu the moment he sees him awake.
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Goku gazes over the city as he lets out a sigh. He has spent the past hour trying to figure out a way to sense the people who hurt his friends. If they are not androids, then they have to have some sort of Ki to sense. However, no matter how hard Goku tries, he is unable to find Icarus or his allies.
'Maybe I should contact King Kai,' thought Goku. 'He might know what to do.'
Suddenly, Goku hears a step behind him. Goku turns around and finds an elderly man with white-gray hair. Goku raises an eyebrow wondering why the old man is up on the roof. He shrugs as he decides to leave the roof and check on his son.
"You don't have to leave," said the old man.
"I'm done here," replied Goku.
"Are you sure you want to go? Kakarot," said the elder man.
Instantly, Goku stops in his tracks. He turns to the elder man wondering who this person is. How does he know the name Kakarot? Goku turns towards the elder man studying him to make sure he is not a threat.
"The dragon balls are in danger," said the elder man.
"How do you know of the dragon balls?" asked Goku. "How do you my saiyan name?"
The elder man stares at Goku as he begins to walk around him.
"I've been following the saiyans for years until their demise," said the elder man.
Goku narrows his eyes. How old is this person? Who is he?
"Who are you?" asked Goku.
"Someone who is trying to help," replied the elder man. "I always disagreed with the creation of the dragon balls, but there is nothing I can do. I need you to stop Icarus."
The elder man begins heading towards the door as Goku approaches him.
"Where are you going?" asked Goku.
"I need to go meet someone," said the elder man. "I trust that you will do what you must."
"Yeah," said Goku. "If we have a dragon ball, then Icarus will come to us."
Just as the elder man is about to leave, Goku stops him.
"What is your name?" asked Goku.
"You must not tell anyone about me just yet," said the elder man. "I cannot afford Icarus to know I am here."
Goku nods his head in understanding.
"My name is Orion."
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The smell of burnt flesh corrupts the once beautiful forest. Numerous bodies lie on the ground covered in burnt skin. A man with yellow hair walks through the area as he studies the bodies before him. Two other people follow him watching their own areas for any signs of life.
"These pathetic animals thought they could beat us," said Adam as he cracks his knuckles.
"They never stood a chance," said Jacques.
Icarus glares at the dead bodies before him. Some of the lower kingdoms are becoming aware of him and his allies. It is only a matter of time before the Imperial Alliance, the current rulers of the universe, become aware of the threat.
A Shadow Monkey approaches Icarus with a shiny object in its right hand. The monster hands Icarus another dragon ball.
"The one-star dragon ball is ours," said Icarus as he stares at the one-star dragon ball. "Let us move. We must increase our speed."
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A/N: This chapter was less about fighting and more about story points. Nevertheless, I hoped everybody enjoyed it. Please review and thanks for reading.