Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ, but my OCs belonged to me. Names used for OCs do not represent any living or non living person, or institution, if there will be such comparison it is highly coincidental.
Chapter 7 Succession Of the Witch
A floating door suddenly appeared in front of her. Of course she ought to enter the door for there was no other way out of this queer place of frozen space and time.
She opened the door as blinding light slowly entering the empty space coming from inside it. She walked through it, and she closed her eyes for as it was adapting to the immense light. As she entered the door she felt a different ambience. She slowly opened her eyes. She saw a giant man sitting on a chair with a table in front. His skin has a dark shade of pink, his face was hairy having a long black beard and he had a pair of thorns on his head. The giant man froze in shock as he saw her. He was trembling with fear and thus she was confused. The man was out of words as cold sweats forming on his forehead. She studied her surroundings, she saw translucent bluish flame like elements floating in line behind her. She had no idea what they were, even so not that she cared.
The giant got up to his senses stood up kneeled and bowed down in front of her as his whole body is shaking. He spoke those foreign words with shaking voice and she seemed to understand. The giant man stood up gestured his hand like pointing the way in a respectful manner still his head was bowed down to her. She followed the way where the Giant man was directing her. There was big door with foreign and weird writings on the top, it seems it hadn't been usually opened or used. The door seemed to be isolated and restricted. As she touched the door a violet light started to draw pattern from her hand going through the surface of the door like fluid poured on curved patterns. Then a concentrated horizontal light came out from the center, a signal that the door was opening.
She doesn't need force to open it as it opened by itself. As it opened it revealed what is seemed to be a different realm. There were white see-through curtains aesthetically put in places. The walls were violet with gold intricate artistic patterns. The floor was foggy like dry ice thrown into water. On the center and seemingly dividing the room was a pool with glowing pink, crimson and gold liquid on it. The door behind her closed and vanished right in front of her eyes. There was no way going through the next door from the other side without going through the pool. But she felt no hesitation and no doubts. She stepped on the stairs going down the pool submerging herself. As she fully submerged herself she closed her eyes. She doesn't seem to be floating from the liquid her body was standing straight still while submerged in the liquid. She continued to walk to reach the other end of the pool. While she was walking beneath she saw a vision of a girl with lavishly long black hair with full bangs, with perfect body and curves like a goddess, heartless and emotionless cold golden yellow eyes.
As she reached the other side of the pool she felt the stairs on her footsteps slowly she emerged from the pool taking the steps of its stairs beneath. As she was completely emerged she felt something different. She can now feel some sensations down her foot, she can now feel that she is standing on a floor unlike on the other side of the pool. She realized she started to have this sensation the moment she had submerged on the pool.
The golden and pink liquid stayed on her private parts covering them. Most of it on her shoulders, head, arms legs and feet. As she had completely emerged the golden liquid solidifies turning it into gold, a crown of gold on her head extending through her jaws, and a golden armor to some various parts of the body the pink liquid became different color like pale brown as it solidifies becoming a sort of clothing but despite of it all she was still very revealing. She felt different, she felt alive, she felt being tangible. The weightlessness and numbness all gone. She felt having flesh and bones once again.
As she entered the other door in front of her. There was nothing different except that it has no pool like the room behind door behind her shut and then vanishes. There was a big glass wall sized window, looking through it you can see enormous spherical bodies floating through the frozen space and time.
"How nostalgic" she whispered to herself.
She walked across the room then decided to stop at the center. She closed her eyes and she raised her hand midline of her body her palms facing upward. Inhaling the celestial air.
"I will find you..."
She frowned as she dig deep in her thoughts. She extended her right hand out front in the level of her chest a golden staff with a violet sphere appeared and she grabbed it.
"So that is your name... Vegeta"
Universe ? Age?
In a galaxy faraway a certain space pod was traveling faster than the speed of light. The passenger seemed to be an injured man that had been struggling for life and conserving scarce energy he had left. His armor and clothes were torn, broken and much of it were blood stained. Rage and vengeance burned in his heart breathing deeply on a quick pace. His pride and honor were shattered into million pieces and for him it felt much even worst and were much more painful than his shattered bones and profusely bleeding wounds.
"You... Will.. Pay for this... Kakarot" the man whispered weakly as he clenched his fists and blood had flowed out from it.
His vision started to get blurry and his eyes felt heavy. He was in the verge of losing his consciousness. Extreme exhaustion was beginning to defeat his spirit.
"I... am...Vegeta... The... Prince... Of...all... Saiya-" Vegeta gasped and fainted, his head bowed down.
After several days the space pod entered a planet named Freeza 79. The planet had been named from its owner, the tyrant intergalactic warlord Freeza.
The space pod landed and Freeza's troops found him unconscious and not in a good shape. The wounded Prince Vegeta had been placed immediately in the healing chamber. While he was submerged inside the healing tank, his recent fight against Goku played flashbacks through his mind. From the moment he had set foot inside his pod he had been haunted by the thoughts of being defeated by the low-class scum who didn't fulfill his mission. His pride and honor as a prince and as an elite of a mighty warrior race have been taken away from him once again. It was taken away first by the tyrant Freeza by killing his father their king, and destroying his home planet and the race that he was destined to rule. He was forced to obey his every bidding. Now his royal saiyan blood was once again humiliated by a 3rd class saiyan warrior who had been sent away from their home planet to purge the planet called Earth with weak inhabitants.
It was very infuriating, and devastating for him. His pride and honor were everything to him. Those were the things that gives him strength, determination, and motivation to get stronger and to defeat Freeza.
He will someday free himself from Freeza's bondage and he will be the one to rule the universe. It was his goal and it was his destiny.
Malaka a petite lizard like creature with orange mohawk hair, standing on his 2 feet, wearing an armor similar to his but it was black and has white long fabric below his chest and laid down up to his feet, was Vegeta's attending physician. He was surprised and amused by what he was seeing from the prince. Vegeta's body was jerking from the effects of the healing fluid and from the traumas he had gone through. He was breathing heavily and grunting while he wore an oxygen mask and had wires attached to various parts of his body
"I believe he maybe ready but it is important we keep emergency equipment on standby... Uhh.. Just in case" the physician spoken while he was navigating some controls on the healing chamber where Vegeta was in.
"He looks strong!" One from the two Freeza troops remarked as they witnessed Vegeta made the healing fluid boil. The thought of that low class scum fueled his anger and enraged him.
"Drain" Malaka commanded the machine as he pushed it's button. The green water had drained and revealed his drenched naked body.
He was already conscious and shook away everything that had been attached to him and the glass cover had lifted up.
"You are healed warrior, you can rise" The physician had spoken while Vegeta gathered his new strength, feeling his fully recovered body, his eyebrows were twitching and his eyes were still closed.
As he opened his eyes he stood up making the two troops gasped for air from amazement that he was still able to recover from the severe injuries he had.
He checked up his arms by flexing them and feeling every sensation of his body. He was quite satisfied that he gave out a smirk from his lips.
Vegeta had been given time to rest for awhile to be fully recovered.
"Now to see how our patient Vegeta is doing." Malaka greeted him and gave him a new set of armor and a scouter.
"It was a good thing you were wearing this armor for protection, without it I dont think you would have survive that battle and in my very humble opinion it was a miracle that you're ok" The physician said and examines his damaged armored jacket wondering what kind of battle could have done such damage. Vegeta was putting his boots on and stomping his feet to check if the boot was properly fitted.
"What happened there back on Earth Vegeta?" Malaka asked putting down the armor and turned to Vegeta's direction.
Vegeta grunted, gritted his teeth and his eyes had narrowed from the reminders of what had transpired back on Earth. He saw images of the fatal blows he had taken from that worthless Kakarot.
The prince growled as he wore his gloves and armor rapidly. Malaka was surprised by Vegeta's reaction to his question.
"Tell me where Freeza is" Vegeta had suddenly spoken in a calm neutral voice.
"Ha! You're not strong enough to worry about Freeza" The physician answered.
"I'm not getting enough to do his dirty work!" Vegeta replied.
"Now Vegeta, you must calm down. You haven't finished your recovery, and I'd be a fool to release you if you weren't a hundred percent" Malaka
"Ha! I've never felt better! So get ready for your next patient as Freeza's going to be checking in" Vegeta said arrogantly walking out of the room.
"But wait! You cant go! Huh?"
Malaka looked at the table and noticed that he left his scouter. The physician grabbed the scouter and ran behind Vegeta that had passed the open door.
"But... Uhhh... Wait Vegeta you're forgetting your scouter!" Malaka reminded Vegeta trying to give the scouter to the prince.
"Keep it Doc, I wont be needing it" Vegeta answered.
"But!" The physician could only say as Vegeta continued to walk without the chance of stopping him.
Malaka knew the prince's rebellious and stubborn behavior very well he had known him since he was a kid when Freeza had taken him to be an Elite soldier. The physician new very well that he wont be able to stop Vegeta.
Vegeta had been able to learn the Earthling's ability to sense ki and their ki manipulation from that short amount of time he had stayed in Earth. From the severity of his injuries he suffered from Earth he had gained quite a lot of zenkai boost.
Vegeta walked through the hallway as guards pay respect to him,even though Freeza was a lot stronger than him they knew how strong he was.
"Soon I will return to Earth and this time I wont be defeated but first on to the planet Namek" Vegeta thought to himself while he looked down on the floor while walking. A very familiar green boots came to his vision and he looked up raising his eyebrows. It was Cui a purpled skin alien with protruded hole at each side of his elongated head, and a antennae like thing below his cheeks wearing the same kind of black armor, black spandex pants, white gloves, green boots and a scouter on his left eye.
"Well Vegeta, I hear you had quite a battle." Cui sneered and both hands were on his waist.
"You couldn't take one weakling planet with two sidekicks, and if my reports are correct. You couldn't take down a saiyan of third class" the purpled skin alien exasperated with a smirk on his thick lips.
"Out of my face! I dont have time to waste with the likes of you Cui!" Vegeta snarled and walked pass him.
"Just a second" Cui said and put his right hand above Vegeta's shoulder plate of his armor.
"Word is Freeza isn't too happy with you and your selfish attitude, Vegeta" Cui warned the prince.
"Hn! Well, let Freeza do something about it" Vegeta answered with utter sarcasm.
Cui was quickly infuriated from the prince's arrogance and gritted his teeth with a low growl.
"Hey! You mind letting go of me?" Vegeta said with a threatening tone as Cui's hand trembled from animosity as he removed it from Vegeta's shoulder.
"My 'dear friend' you're making a terrible mistake. You can never defeat the all powerful Freeza for there is no one in this universe that can" Cui bragged as he walked at his side
"What?" Vegeta raised his eyebrow
"You dont get it do you? Let me put it in plain english Freeza is indestructible!" Cui exclaimed in an utmost confidence.
"We'll see! All I wanna know is where did Freeza go?!" Vegeta raged and turned his head to the purpled skin alien.
Cui smirked and answered.
"The planet Namek"
"Oh no! He must have heard Raditz's message! If he collects the dragonballs first and he will become indestructible!" Vegeta enraged inside his thoughts turning his face away from Cui to avoid him seeing the wide-eyed and teeth gritting expression on his face.
"Why dont you just do the smart thing and just give up. You'll never get those dragonballs. Trust me Vegeta, Freeza will most certainly find them first and then destroy the planet Namek." Cui taunted.
Vegeta's eyes narrowed and growled as he was enraged from the fact that Freeza had learned about his trump card and the warlord was already on the move.
"I'LL GET YOU FREEEZAAA!" The prince roared and stormed away from Cui.
"WAIT VEGETA!" Cui shouted but weren't able to stop the saiyan prince.
On his way was Malaka, and called his name. He had stopped and looked at the scouter the physician was holding by his hand. Malaka was surprised and confused as the saiyan quickly snatched the scouter from his hand and ran away saying.
"On second thought I think I'll need this"
He ran fast going to the space pod station where there was a woman on the way blocking the door of the space pod that Vegeta was going to ride in. The woman had a long jet black hair with full V shaped bangs, wearing a gold wide head fitted cylindrical crown with gold plates loose on both sides, golden egyptian collar with blue and black stripes, azure blue top, golden bracelets high double slit long skirt with a loose gi buttom underneath, and brown boots with golden anklet. Her face was stunningly beautiful with golden emotionless peircing eyes with a red line underneath that looked like an eyeliner, pointy nose and tiny pinkish lips, she had a fair pale complexion and a slim curvacious body. On her right hand she held a staff with a dark purple sphere on it's end.
The woman looked at Vegeta apathetically.
The prince was surprised for he had never seen this woman before, and she looked very peculiar with her outfit but he had no time to be curious.
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Vegeta yelled at her.
Cui and Malaka were behind the prince chasing and calling his name. Cui noticed the woman and looked at her like she was an intruder.
"Huh?! Who are you?!" Cui shouted at the woman with hostility.
The woman's golden eyes suddenly transformed into a burning inferno of snake like eyes and looked at the two beings behind Vegeta. Cui and Malaka suddenly stopped and seemed to be in a trance, their eyes were blank and distant.
"Leave..." The woman commanded. Her eyes turned back to it's golden color.
The two aliens obeyed and walked inside the hall without saying a word.
Vegeta was surprised, confused and also amused by what he had witness. His eyes were widened and thoughts were bewildered. The saiyan prince suspected that this woman may be Freeza's new henchmen but he was confused why would Cui not know her.
"W-who are you?" Vegeta gritted his teeth out of annoyance.
"My name is... Hella, my dear prince Vegeta" the woman answered.
What the fuck?!
"Get out of the way! I dont have much enough time to waste up on you!" Vegeta barked at her.
"Dont get so cocky my prince. I have proposition to make.. I know you would be interested." Hella said beguilingly.
Vegeta started to get suspicious. He never trust anyone but yet he felt curiosity and wanted to know the woman's proposition. He tried to analyze her but he had no idea who or what she was. The woman was no threat at all he couldn't even feel her ki or maybe she was hiding it. He couldn't feel her ki but there was something deep from it, he could not understand it but he cant just underestimate her. He was tempted to use the scouter but he hesitated. Instead he extended his arms and faced his palm to her direction. He started charging an energy blast in his hand.
"For the last time, I said get out of my way or I'll blast you" Vegeta threatened Hella with his murderous eyes locked on her. The woman didn't move not even an inch. She stayed still.
"Come with me, train and be a... What you call it? Ahhh yes... Legendary... Super... Saiyan. After that kill Freeza with your own bare hands." The woman spoke in an alluring but inscrutable voice.
Vegeta's eyes had widened and was shocked by what the woman had just offered him but was skeptical.
"Who do you think you are making a fool out of?! What do you want from me? What are you?!" Vegeta snapped at her. He wanted to blast her right away but there was a hint of curiosity at the back of his mind.
"I am a life form that was created to fulfill your desires, to fulfill your destiny to be the strongest and rule over the universe my dear prince.. That is all I wanted as well." Hella smiled genuinely, her face completely changed from being apathetic to utter sincerity.
Vegeta's mind battled, he was bewildered, confused and dumbfounded. How could this woman possibly knew his dreams and ambitions like she had known him very well. The energy blast that had been charging at his hand vanished as he lowered his hands. He was indeed desperate to get stronger and defeat Freeza. He had even came to resorts unimaginable having to wish immortality to the dragonballs.
"Train? I dont have much enough time for that. You see by now Freeza is on planet Namek gathering the dragonballs, now with you pestering me on my way, he is going to have much enough time to get all the dragonballs. He will get his wish and finally be an immortal! Now use your brain! Even if I become a Super saiyan do you think I would be able to kill him?! Now get out of my way!" Vegeta shouted clenching his fists.
"I can take you to a realm where your 5 days travel to Namek will equivalent to a year there, and I can manipulate the gravity force there... As many times your planet's gravitational pull, so you can enhance your speed and strength. Do not worry about traveling hours my darling, I can take you to Namek within minutes" Hella insisted with her playful smile.
Vegeta raised his eyebrow as more curiosity rans through his mind.
"Y-you're trying to trick me with lies woman!"
"There's no arguing with you saiyan. Let's just have a deal... If you can land a punch on my face you win and go on with your own way. But if I kiss you on your cheek I win, and you will come with me and train" Hella blushed and giggled covering her mouth with her hand.
"W-what?! How dare you toy with me, NO MORE PLAYING GAMES! I WONT SPARE YOU EVEN IF YOU'RE A WOMAN! NOW DIE!" Vegeta roared as he dashed and launched his ki charged fist to punch her with great speed that a normal human wouldn't be able to see with naked eyes
In a blink of an eye she was on his side and the punch had landed to an empty space. Vegeta was not aware and had no time to react from the kiss she gave on his cheek that had startled him and his eyes were widened from shock.
"Such great speed.." Vegeta thought.
He quickly launched his other hand for another fatal punch. Hella quickly blocked his ki charged fist with her own bare hands. As his fist impacted to her palm it gave out a powerful shockwave that shook the ground.
"I've already won my dear prince. You cant even land a single punch on a girl like me" Hella smirked with her piercing eyes locked to his.
Vegeta's eyes were wide opened from disbelief. The woman looked fragile but there were something in her eyes that seemed to be dangerous, enigmatic, powerful and flamboyant. The saiyan prince gritted his teeth as he quickly removed his hand from hers. He was very furious it seemed that even this woman surpasses his strength.
"You can become much stronger than you can ever imagine... If you come with me... Just trust me my dear prince..." Hella whispered in an alluring and enticing way.
Hella glared at his eyes with a smirk on her lips. Vegeta couldn't speak another word to decline but his stubbornness and distrustfulness still made him hesitant. He glared back at her eyes expressing his defiance.
"My prince, I won our little game. So I have to make you come with me. You dont have to worry about Freeza and the dragonballs you'll be in Namek just in time."
"What?!" Vegeta shouted as Hella raised her staff and a violet concentrated beam came upward from the sphere into the air. The beam struck an empty space above them it began to form a portal.
"NO! IM NOT COMING WITH YOU WITCH!" Vegeta yelled at her.
Hella replied with a chuckle she pointed her staff at him and a violet energy quickly came out from it and struck Vegeta. The energy covered Vegeta's whole body making them paralyzed.
"WHAT... HAVE Y-YOU DONE.. TO ME? I-I C-CANT...MOVE!" Vegeta stummered as all his muscle were tensed and struggling to move.
"Just relax my dear prince."
Hella pointed her staff at the portal and the two of them were sucked into it.
Vegeta had never seen such place, everything was dark with auroras swirling around. He was still covered with that violet barrier,and he still cant move his body. The two of them where flying and traveling fast until he saw a light coming from the far end.
The intense light came nearer and nearer and it became bigger and bigger. Vegeta covered his eyes with his arms.
As he opened his eyes they landed on a white sleek concrete flatform that seemed to be an entrance to a building with two side wings behind them. The surroundings had a constant bright iridescent white aurora. Its reflective floor is of undefined area, and the boundaries seemed to stretch to infinity in all directions even though it appears to have a definite atmosphere, limiting its size.
"Welcome Prince, the earthling has this kind of place too. They call this 'the room of spirit and time', your recent opponent kakarot entered on a place like this as well. As you can see the sand timer over there at both side wings, they are the indicator of our time spent here, usually 1 day is equivalent to a year, but what I did was your 5 days travel to Namek would be spent here as 1 whole year"
"How did she know about Kakarot?" Vegeta turned his face to the woman and twitched his lips.
"Food supplies will not be a problem. I can give you anything you want to eat, bathing quarters and sleeping quarters are over there, do not worry you'll have your privacy. There is no night or day in here so I'll make sure to manage your time of training and rest."
Vegeta grunted and folded his arms. His eyes wandered inspecting the area.
"As you step out of the platform over the threshold of the training area brings one immediately into ten times one's own weight. I can manipulate the gravity pull depending on your capability. The air grows increasingly dense and the temperature fluctuates in the recesses beyond, which can be threatening for you as this place has no definite boundaries."
Vegeta felt a thrill inside him even though he was still skeptical. Extreme places were an ideal place for a saiyan to train.
"I'll always be here watching you, and be ready to heal you in cases of emergency. But before you test for yourself, I want you to meet someone."
"Huh?!" Vegeta grunted with a scowl on his face. Hella walked at the edge of the platform, she tapped the end of her staff into the ground. It gave out a violet ray that spread out like a wave of water when a leaf had fallen on top of it.
"APOPHIS, MULEK EZ DETRUMVIYA VAEZTUM!" (Apophis serpent of darkness rise) Hella shouted then a big circular writings of unidentified violet texts were formed in the ground several feets away from them. Flashes of light came out from it and it became an enormous black hole. Vegeta suddenly heard a loud monstrous growl, from how loud it was he could tell that 'this' creature was indeed enormous.
An enormous black serpent about a thousand meters in length came out flying from the black portal underneath it and had quickly closed. It's body had curled as it landed and shook the ground. The serpent's head raised up 300 meters above the ground. Vegeta gasped for air with widened eyes and opened mouth. The creature was so enormous and majestic.
The serpent's eyes had a black schlera and burning crimson red iris with a black vertical pupils, and a hood on it's neck like cobras have with large spikes behind it. The creature was facing them and breathed heavily giving a low growl. The serpent locked it's eyes to Hella.
"ISCHTEMAK FEMA HELLA, MORTE CALA MAESHMAVATUK?" The serpent growled on a voice that echoed the definite infinity of the place, and trembled the ground.
"Would you mind speaking a language I understand? And what's this... Creature had to do with me?" Vegeta chimed in.
"MULESH AKVANAGUM MAL HALOFESIA" Hella growled in a very low voice, and her appearance changed completely. Her eyes were cold, vicious, and murderous. Vegeta couldn't understand himself, he was a brave man but the looks on her eyes gave him chills down his spine or rather he was amused.
The creature didn't say a word and remained still.
"Transform Apophis..." Hella spoken apathetically.
The serpent's whole body had brighten and it compressed into a smaller size in front of them. It transformed into a more humanoid form about 6 feet tall with a feet to stand and hands to grasp. The creature's face was still snake like, still had it's hood on it's neck and had a muscular physique. Apophis's skin had black scales and yellow ones on it's neck.
"My dear prince I want you to meet Apophis, you will fight him at the end of your training to test your strength." Hella said turned to face Vegeta.
"Do you think showing off would scare me? Im really getting annoyed, How about I end the two of you right now" The saiyan had spoken arrogantly.
Apophis frowned in disgust and glared at the saiyan prince.
"Arrogant mortal, I will bathe with your saiyan blood" Apophis hissed but could clearly be heard, it's voice was like hissing of a snake.
"You can always try my darling prince" Hella said softly.
"I wont tolerate this mockery!" Vegeta shouted and charged Apophis with an energy blast. The creature stood still and folded it's arms. The energy blast collided into it's body and exploded. Hella didn't moved as well as her hair swayed as the air from the blast struck her. As the smoked had cleared Apophis wasn't damaged at all not even a scratch, and looked at Vegeta with indifference.
Vegeta gasped for air from disbelief. He grunted and gritted his teeth as he started to get convinced to what Hella had been offering him.
"Now, now that's enough... Apophis is as much as strong as Freeza my dear so you would have to fight him when you're ready." Hella smiled at the infuriated saiyan.
"NUSHTERAK!" Apophis yelled, gritted his teeth and was furious.
Hella glared at the creature with her cold piercing eyes Apophis quickly neutralized himself but his clenched fist were trembling.
"Now Apophis, return from whence you came! Return here when I summon thee." The woman commanded the creature.
A Black portal was formed underneath Apophis' feet and he slowly sank into it.
Vegeta, Malaka and Cui's interaction were all based from English ocean dub because it was what I had saved on my phone the time I was writing the scene and yes the realm where Hella had took Vegeta was in fact The Room of Spirit and Time but it's not the same as the Earth's. As you have read Vegeta had been shown to be weak, for me defeat and weakness are essential factors for character development PLEASE REVIEW!
