A/N: I was gonna write another oneshot or continue Freedom of Water, but the Dragon Ball inspiration bug bit, so Mizao Chapter 7! I'm glad a lot of you like the idea of this extra scenario, because I'd been planning it ever since I came up with a backstory for Mizao before writing this story. Said scenario will be coming to a head today. What will happen? Read and find out, then leave more reviews! … Well, what are you still staring at this for? Get reading!
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The group of four landed outside a small cave. "Come on, guys, Bulma's just inside!" Krillin said happily. The group advanced inside to find a capsule house. Dende hung back, afraid, but Gohan turned to his new friend and patted him on the head.
"There's nothing to be scared of, Dende. Bulma's a nice lady." The boy said. The door opened and Bulma stepped out, and she didn't look very happy with Gohan and Krillin.
"So, there you two are! How dare you! Running off and abandoning me on some strange world while I don't have anything to defend myself!" she yelled. Krillin cowered, Gohan gulped, and Dende hid behind Mizao, who was taking Bulma's rant in stride. Bulma calmed down shortly, and took notice of Dende and Mizao. "Who are these two? New friends?"
Mizao lifted her visor like tipping a hat and smiled. "I'm Mizao. I helped the others stop Vegeta back on Earth, and I'm here to help you guys out."
"Awesome! Wait… is that a tail around your waist? You're a Saiyan? Holy crap, you're a Saiyan!" Bulma cried. "Please tell me this planet doesn't have any moons…" she groaned
Mizao grinned. "Yup. Probably the last female Saiyan in the universe. But don't worry about the tail. I haven't seen a moon since I got here, and even then, I know how to control my Great Ape form."
"That form's controllable?"
"It takes a lot of time and a lot of practice, but yes, it is possible."
"Nice. Wait, is that a Namekian behind you? Wow, he looks a lot like a miniature Piccolo." Bulma asked. Dende let out a startled "meep" and hid behind Mizao again.
"Dende, Bulma isn't mad at you. You can come out." The little Namekian made his way out and managed to say hello. Bulma squeed over the young Namek, and then remembered something.
"Oh, I almost forgot! Goku's on his way! My dad built him a new spaceship. He'll be here in six days and to make sure he's up to snuff Goku's training his butt off the entire time!"
"Woohoo! Alright!" Krillin cheered. "We have a chance after all!"
"YES! My dad's coming!" Gohan cheered.
After Gohan and Krillin calmed down, the group headed inside. Bulma offered a number of bento lunches for everyone. Mizao opened hers and dug in. She'd had a rather light breakfast (light for a Saiyan, anyway), and the lunch was just what she needed.
Krillin chuckled. "I guess appetites like bottomless pits are common in Saiyans. Goku eats like that too."
Mizao gulped her food and grinned. "Oh yeah. Gotta eat a lot to have the energy to fight at your best! May I have a second box, please?" Bulma handed her one, and Mizao dug right back in as Krillin went over their situation.
"Hey, Dende, why aren't you eating? It's really good!" Gohan asked.
"Namekians don't need to eat. We can survive on just water alone." Dende said. His mood had gone from scared to just upset since they'd started, and it wasn't hard to understand why.
"Wow. So, then, what were those crops you guys were growing?"
"Those are Ajisa trees, and we grow them to help maintain our environment and restore our planet's beauty since the great drought." Dende turned to the others. "I should have asked this earlier, but… I realize you're looking for the Dragon Balls, just like that Frieza monster. What do you want with them?"
Krillin blinked, then set his face. "Dende, we came to try and find the Dragon Balls so we can bring some of our friends who died on Earth back to life, and restore our own set of Dragon Balls in the process. That's all we want with them. We came here hoping to not have to fight, but with Frieza on the planet that's kind of an inevitability now."
"Then, can I ask something of you?" Dende asked. The rest of the group nodded. Dende clasped his hands together desperately. "Please help protect Namek from Frieza! I'm begging you, please!"
"Not a problem, Dende." Krillin said, standing up and grinning. "We may not have much of a chance until Goku shows up, but as long as we can keep Frieza and Vegeta from getting all seven Dragon Balls, we can buy time. Once we have our own Dragon Balls back, we should be able to restore the rest of the Namekians!" Dende perked up and the group walked outside. "As long as we can find one Dragon Ball and hide it, then neither Frieza or Vegeta can use them. All we need to do is find one." Krillin was about to say more, but he stopped short and snapped his head to the south. "Hey, you feel that? A group of power levels, a few miles that way. It's got to be another village, and it's under attack!" Everyone gasped.
"But who is it, Krillin?" Gohan asked.
Krillin growled angrily. "It's Vegeta, no doubt about it. That monster…" Dende could only gasp in horror for a little. Quickly, he turned to the others.
"Please, you have to come with me to Grand Elder Guru! He should have a Dragon Ball, and he may be able to help guide us!" The group turned to Dende, before coming to a silent agreement.
"Alright, I'll go with Dende to meet this Grand Elder Guru. He may be our last chance." Krillin said. "Gohan, Mizao, stay here with Bulma. We're gonna have to fly, and we'll have less chance of being detected by Vegeta if only one of us goes. Keep your powers hidden, guys. I'll be back. Hopefully." Mizao and Gohan nodded, and Krillin and Dende flew off to the north.
A long time passed, and Mizao was bored to tears. Suddenly, Bulma got a reading on the Dragon Radar. "Hey, guys! Take a look! I found another Dragon Ball, a few miles south!"
"I bet that's the village Vegeta attacked." Gohan mused. He set his face. "Bulma, let me have the Dragon Radar. I'll go find the Dragon Ball. Vegeta's not around there anymore."
"Gotcha. Be careful, Gohan. Are you sure you don't want Mizao to go with you?" Bulma asked.
"I'll be fine. Besides, you don't want to be left alone here, right?" Gohan said, and Mizao gave Gohan a "why me?" face. It didn't stop him, and Gohan soared off. Mizao slumped back on a rock. "So… bored…"
"So… Who's this Frieza guy you guys were talking about? You seem to know about him." Bulma said.
"Oh, I know about him. I used to work for him."
"What?!"
"The Saiyans were under Frieza's employ as part of the Planet Trade Organization, and we were unfailingly loyal to him. But as we started getting stronger as a race overall, he became scared of us. He worried that a Super Saiyan would appear and overthrow him."
"What's a Super Saiyan?"
"It's an old legend passed down throughout the Saiyans. Apparently every one thousand years, a Saiyan will achieve a state that increases power to immeasurable levels. A Super Saiyan is said to have no equal in the universe, and to prevent any chance of the legend even possibly coming true, Frieza decided to wipe us out. Those of us on missions were tracked down and slaughtered by his elite, and Frieza killed the rest of us by blowing up our planet while most of us were on it. I was one of the ones attacked on a mission by Frieza's minion Zarbon. He wiped me and my team out, and I'm pretty sure the only reason I survived was because he didn't notice. Frieza kept Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta around because a few Saiyans could still be useful for him, and the only reason Goku's alive is because Frieza probably didn't notice his pod." Mizao hung her head. Bulma contemplated her companion.
"Wow. So, what about the people you killed? Do you feel sorry for them now, or…?"
"I find that moping over all the people I killed just holds me back. I had fun on those missions, fighting and bringing down tough opponents, and while I know that what I was fighting for was wrong now, it's too late to go back on it. The best way to make up for what I've done is to do my duty to hinder Frieza and protect any world where I find trouble."
"So, you fight to take a load off your conscience, huh?" Bulma asked.
"No."
"Wha-?" Bulma said, looking confused at Mizao's blunt answer.
"I fight because it's fun for me. I get stronger because it lets me have more fun when I fight. I don't fight for my conscience. But I protect others because it's the right thing to do. I help where I can because I realize what I used to do, killing for the whims of a tyrant, was wrong. I fight for myself and for the memory of my team. But I help others, violently or non-violently, because it's the right thing. I don't need any help with my conscience. It's already at rest." Mizao said, her face dark.
"Wow… Are you okay? You look upset."
"I'm okay, Bulma" Mizao said, letting out a long sigh and allowing her face to become neutral. "Boredom brings out my brooding side." Both girls had a short laugh at that.
"So, what was it like living under Frieza? Were you a prominent soldier or what?" Bulma asked.
"It wasn't the worst, but it wasn't the best either. Frieza saw us as useful, but he still looked down on us for being weaker than he was, and he had a few elite people stronger than even King Vegeta. Most of us didn't care. The planet was in good shape, supplies were more than sufficient, and we could fight and conquer whoever Frieza pointed us at, and take pride in the achievements gained in those battles. I wasn't much different in that regard. They used to call me the 'Copy Saiyan', or, as my detractors called me, the 'Mimic Monkey'. All Saiyans are fast learners, but I can almost immediately copy any Ki based technique with only a glimpse. Because of this, I knew the signature moves of almost every big soldier in the army short of the Ginyu Force and Frieza himself. Because of this, I started to experiment, learning to further control my Ki and shape it or use it in ways no one had tried before. For example, most Ki techniques detonate on contact with anything, but I found out how to control it to the point where I can imbed a blast into the ground like a mine, then have it detonate on command or contact with anything else. I can make spikes, create armor for myself, and even turn myself into a living comet. My experimentations with Ki and pioneering a few new techniques eventually earned me the leader position on my old team, which was an extreme rarity for anyone who wasn't an elite Saiyan."
"You're not an elite Saiyan?"
"Nope, just a middle class. Then again, class assigned at birth doesn't usually matter in adulthood. Look at Goku, he's a low-class Saiyan and he was stronger than I was back on Earth. And when he gets here, he'll probably be stronger than me again."
"Incredible… what about the sword? Can you do anything with that?"
"Yeah. After the battle with Vegeta and Nappa, I decided I should take up a weapon to cover my melee weakness, and I found someone willing to train me in the sword. One of the first lessons after basic forms was how to infuse it with Ki. I can strengthen the blade to help it cut through tougher materials, fire cutting crescent energy waves, and even extend its size. I can even surround it in Ki and shape new weapons around it. My favorite so far is a drill." Mizao said, grinning as she remembered the look on Trunks' face when she'd first done that. She'd torn through three training dummies in one shot before having to stop because the spinning sword was starting to give her friction burns.
"Nice."
"Yeah. So, what about you? What's life on Earth like? I heard your dad invented those capsule things."
"I'm a scientist, and I've been pretty cushioned my whole life. But it all took a heck of a turn when I went looking for the Dragon Balls."
"How?"
"While searching for the Four-Star Ball on Mount Paozu, I almost ran over and then shot a little boy with a tail, who I had no idea would change my life forever."
"Goku?"
"Goku. After we decided to team up, we had a ton of crazy adventures. Want to hear about them?" Bulma asked.
"Is a Kamehameha blue? Of course, I want to hear them!" Mizao said excitedly. For the next few hours, Bulma told Mizao the stories of Goku's adventures. The original search for the Dragon Balls, the first World Tournament, the battle with the Red Ribbon Army, meeting Tien at another tournament, the deadly duel with King Piccolo, and the far too close battle with the Piccolo she knew.
"And then Goku comes charging out of the sky like a missile and just slams Piccolo out of the ring. And only THEN does he agree to take a Senzu, because giving us all a heart attack just to fight by the rules is just like him." Bulma said, and Mizao laughed. "Then he gives us all three more heart attacks by not only saying that Kami's death would destroy the Dragon Balls, but then he gave Piccolo a Senzu Bean and let him go! Goku and Chi-Chi got married, had Gohan, then Raditz showed up and I think you know the rest from there."
"Yeah. Wow, Goku's been through a lot." Mizao said. She already respected Goku from what she'd seen him do, and the tales of his accomplishments had further impressed her.
"Yeah, but while he can be a goof and he isn't the brightest guy around, there's a reason we all count on him- because we know he can do the impossible for the sake of his friends." Bulma said, smiling proudly.
Mizao was about to reply, when a nearing power level caught her attention. Krillin landed nearby, holding the One-Star Ball in his hands. "Hey guys! I see you two are making friends."
"Yeah. Hey, Krillin. Wow, what happened to you? You weren't this strong a while ago." Mizao said, taking note of Krillin's drastically increased power. Krillin laughed and grinned.
"What do you think? Grand Elder Guru has this ability to unlock someone's hidden potential and make them way stronger! Where's Gohan? I need to get you two to that house!"
"Gohan found another Dragon Ball, so he went off to get it."
"Oh. Well, I hope he gets back soon. The faster we get you there, the better, and better to do two at once. It'll save us time." A chill ran down Krillin's spine as he detected a new power, and he whipped around. Mizao sensed it too, readying herself for battle.
"Uh… what's wrong?" Bulma asked.
"There's a huge power level headed this way!" Krillin said fearfully.
"Oh, that must be Gohan! Wow, that was fast!"
"No, it's not Gohan." Mizao's observation was proven right seconds later when Vegeta touched down a few yards away, smiling evilly. He'd followed Krillin straight to them.
"So, it appears my senses weren't playing tricks on me. I didn't expect to see you for a while, bald one, or you, Mizao. Yes, I recognize you now. The Copy Saiyan. I'm rather surprised you're alive. Now then, on to business. The Dragon Ball. You can hand it over easily and I'll leave, or I can take it from your cold, dead hands." Vegeta stopped for a second, then looked over his shoulder, still smiling. "And it seems we have a guest."
"Guest?" Mizao said quizzically. Her confusion was replaced with fury as Zarbon touched down behind Vegeta.
"Interesting. You make me look the fool, and then you run off like that. Not very sportsmanlike, Vegeta." The Saiyan Prince smirked cockily. "Ah, I recognize the bald one. A new friend, perhaps? And… wait…" Zarbon's eyes trailed over to Mizao, who was giving him her best death glare. She stomped forward, her face a picture of rage.
"Remember me, Zarbon? Planet Tallon?" Mizao growled.
"What… yes, I do remember!" Zarbon realized, recoiling in shock. "The Copy Saiyan! But, I obliterated you! My Elegant Blaster left nothing but dust! You were too badly beaten to even move!" Now Vegeta looked curious.
"You were wrong. I'm alive, and this time, it's going to be different, transformation or no transformation." Mizao said, drawing her sword and pointing it at Zarbon.
"Hold on, now. Zarbon is mine. I have a score to settle with him." Vegeta said.
"No, Vegeta. He's mine. I've got a bigger score to settle and revenge to get for my team." She said, glaring at Vegeta. Vegeta just smirked, unintimidated, but he stepped back.
"Fine. Take him on. I promise that until he's down, I'm not going to try and take the ball. I want to play fair after all. But, the second he's dead, I'm taking that Dragon Ball, whether you try to stop me or not. And if you go down against him, I'll finish you off myself after I kill Zarbon." Vegeta said, crossing his arms and sitting down on a rock. "Neither of you move an inch, or I'll drag you back here in a heap." Krillin had been ready to bolt, but Mizao challenging Zarbon and Vegeta's threat rooted him to the spot.
Mizao knew what Vegeta was doing. He planned for Zarbon to weaken Mizao to the point where he could take the Dragon Ball with ease, but she didn't care. This was her chance for revenge, and she was going to take it. "Mizao, what are you doing?! Vegeta's supposed to kill Zarbon!" Trunks' voice rang.
"Calm down, Trunks. As long as Zarbon dies here, it won't throw history off track. Vegeta doesn't get any strength boost he needs to survive from this battle. Let her do this, but Mizao?" Chronoa's voice said sternly. "We will be talking about this when you get back."
Mizao nodded her head and glared at Zarbon. He laughed at her. "What do you think has changed since that day? You may be a little stronger, but it's not going to help you against me. The beauty of my attacks will-"
"Shut up and fight!" Mizao yelled, her aura exploding as she charged forward and kneed Zarbon in the gut. Zarbon went soaring, and she chased after him, firing shots from her sword. Zarbon flipped to recover, dodged her energy slashes, and fired an Elegant Blaster at her. She swatted it aside and smirked at Zarbon's shock.
"I could understand Vegeta, he's an elite Saiyan, but how are you able to deflect that attack as well?"
"Pretty easily, that's how. Now then, my turn." Mizao replied. Two diagonally rotating rings of Ki balls formed around her, each the size of a Ki Mine. The balls elongated into conical meter-long spikes, and Mizao swung her arm, smiling viciously. "Spike Edge!"
Spikes of Ki streamed toward Zarbon like a storm of knives, who attempted to block the technique. He stopped most of the spikes, but some caught him in the face and arms, leaving a few nasty cuts. Zarbon glared angrily at Mizao. "You're playing with me." He snarled.
"Ding ding ding, we have a winner! He can be taught, ladies and gentlemen!" Mizao said in her best announcer voice, and Vegeta burst out laughing. She turned back to her foe and grinned. "But don't hold back for my sake. Please, whenever you're ready." She said, readying her sword. With an enraged roar, Zarbon assumed his transformed state and charged her. Mizao raised her arm and easily blocked his punch, a shimmering green gauntlet of Ki covering her forearm. Shocked, Zarbon was left wide open for Mizao to hit him with a Saturday Crash, blasting him to the ground. Brandishing her blade, Mizao dived at Zarbon. He grinned, arms wide to grab and crush her. She slashed out, and Zarbon stumbled back, one of his hands missing. She grabbed him by the cut arm and began swinging Zarbon around, flinging him away and quickly moving her arms to prepare her next move. "BURNING ATTACK!"
The blast cauterized Zarbon's wrist, but he was even angrier now. With a roar, he fired a mouth blast at Mizao. She grinned, shouted "Kamehameha!" and fired back. Zarbon got to learn what Ki tasted like before being blasted back. Both combatants landed in the clearing in front of the cave. Zarbon growled angrily.
"Without that sword, you'd be a piece of dust right now! YOU'RE-"
"-Holding back."
"What? What? WHAT?" Zarbon roared.
"I'm holding back. I want you to die painfully, and revenge is no fun if you don't get to savor it." She said, giving Zarbon a vicious smile and licking her lips. "And it is delicious." She grinned sadistically. "But, this is getting boring, so it's time to end this. And to show you how outclassed you are…" Mizao sheathed her sword. "No more sword. Don't need it."
"You're scum! You may be stronger than before but without that sword you can't even scratch me! RRRRAAAARRRRGGHHH!" Zarbon charged, and Mizao did the same, coating herself in deep green Ki.
"Comet Crash!" Mizao slammed into Zarbon and knocked him away before powering up. "Kaioken times seven!" Mizao felt the familiar surge of Ki, amplified seven times, but there was no amplified pain to accompany it like the first time. She had mastered the technique, and it was time to put it to good use. She charged after Zarbon, kicking him skyward before forming a drill shape around her arm and spinning it up. "Drill Breaker!" she roared, and stabbed Zarbon in the stomach, plunging him back down onto an island in plain view of the cave with a gaping hole in his torso. She raised both hands skyward, forming a ball of golden energy, condensing it and taking aim.
"Wait, please! I was only following orders! If we joined forces and included Vegeta, we could challenge Frieza!" Zarbon pleaded, unable to flee.
"No thanks. Enjoy your stay in Hell, Zarbon, and know that the rest of Frieza's forces, including Frieza himself, will join you soon!" Mizao yelled. "FINISH BUSTER!" The ball slammed down on Zarbon, who weakly raised his arms to defend himself. He may have been able to stop the Finish Buster for a second, but Mizao wanted him dead now. "Kaioken times TEN! KA… ME… HA… ME… HAAAAA!" The gigantic Kamehameha she fired obliterated Zarbon and the island he lay on, sending a geyser of blue energy skyward and leaving nothing but a dying scream of terror and a strand of green hair. Mizao landed back by the cave, panting. The sound of clapping caught her attention. Vegeta was sarcastically applauding her.
"Bravo, bravo. I thought that last blast was a danger to the planet, but apparently, your prowess wasn't exaggerated. However…" Vegeta smirked dangerously. "Do you still have enough juice left to stop me from taking the Dragon Ball?" The answer, as much as she hated to admit it, was no. Mizao dropped to her hands and knees, exhausted. "That's what I thought. Now then, bald one. Give me the Dragon Ball." Reluctantly, Krillin handed it over. "Thank you. Now then…" Vegeta fired a blast at Bulma and Krillin, deliberately missing them. Laughing hysterically at their fear, Vegeta took off.
"He was supposed to get the Dragon Ball, right? I think I went overboard with showing Zarbon how outclassed he was." Mizao asked Trunks telepathically.
"Yes. History's still on track. Like Supreme Kai of Time said, we'll be talking about this when you get back, but otherwise, good work so far. And I'll admit, that 10x Kaioken Kamehameha looked pretty cool. Make sure Guru unlocks your potential, it'll restore your strength." Trunks said. Mizao blushed at the compliment and nodded to the order before falling on her stomach as Krillin ran to her side.
"Kale… Poto… Len and Tillie… I got your revenge." Mizao thought as images of her teammates floated through her head. She had satisfied her revenge, but her work wasn't done yet. She hoped Trunks was right about Guru's power up. She'd need her strength back before the Ginyu Force showed up.
A/N: Her team avenged, Mizao is too tired to stop Vegeta. However, Krillin still has a plan, and Gohan is on his way back right now with the seventh Dragon Ball! Can Mizao keep history on track, or will the Ginyus prove to be too much to handle even after her training? Find out next time, on DBXV: Mizao's Adventures!
Alright, notes. First off, this is the longest chapter I've ever written. 9 pages, people. 9! A lot happened. I tried to expand on Mizao's character a little (jury's out on if I succeeded- let me know in reviews), showed off a few new original attacks, and revealed that Mizao has most of the Frieza Force's moves at her disposal already.
As for references- Mizao's old nickname is a reference to the "Copy Ninja" Kakashi Hatake from Naruto. The way her Spike Edge attack works, along with the latter half of the name, comes from the anime portrayal of the Pokémon move Stone Edge (or at least how Ash's Krokorok used it). Her drill attack is a Gurenn Lagann reference, but that's probably a no brainer. Her teammate's names are all food puns like all Saiyan names. Poto is potato, Len and Tillie (the twins I mentioned in the first chapter) are lentils, and in Kale's case, she just shares the name with the vegetable. Mizao's own name is a pun on miso, as in miso soup, but I'm pretty sure I mentioned that in Pendulum Room Reunion. Well, if you didn't read Pendulum Room Reunion, you know that now. Also, since I'm on character details and I realized I never said this, Mizao used Female Voice 7 in Xenoverse.
The Ginyu Force arrives next chapter, and I hope you're all ready for that! Review, Favorite, and Follow if you haven't done so already (can we get to 20 reviews before Chapter 8 comes out?), and as always, I will see YOU, in the next chapter. Bye-bye!