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Return of the Namek
After getting everyone healed up with sensu beans, everyone regrouped at the site of Naruto's battle with Eighteen.
"...so they just left talking about driving a car for fun or something." informed Naruto.
"They just left without doing anything else? This doesn't make any sense! The Androids of my time were ruthless. Their idea of a game was torturing and killing." muttered a baffled Trunks.
"We already know that! The time lines have shifted these aren't the same androids!" growled Piccolo in frustration.
"It's not just that, these Androids are much stronger than the ones I fought. They were stronger than me, but not this much stronger." stated Trunks.
"Maybe, it could be that Dr. Gero's thought process was changed when making the androids in this time." said Gohan.
Trunks gave him a questioning glance, "What do you mean?"
"Trunks, in your time line my dad was already dead from the heart virus, so Dr. Gero would have known about it and his goals would have changed. Revenge would have been useless, so he would have stopped working to make them stronger." explained Gohan.
"So what your saying is that in this time line he focused on making them strong enough to beat Goku and never got around to making them insane killing machines." surmised Naruto.
Gohan nodded, "Exactly, in the other timeline he must had focused on turning them in killing machines to pursue his goal of taking over the world."
"That still doesn't change the fact that these Androids are still very dangerous." reminded Piccolo.
"No, but if we can prove ourselves superior they may back off." countered Naruto.
"So what do we do now?" asked Tien.
"We need to wait for Goku to recover before making our next big move." stated Trunks.
'I will not depend on Kakarot!' thought Vegeta as he clenched his fists in anger before flying off at high speed. Trunks turned to go after him, only to be stopped by Piccolo.
"Let him go. His pride and abilities were just crushed. He's needs to reevaluate things." advised Piccolo.
"Hopefully, he'll learn from this. Fighting alone is one thing, but fighting only for yourself...he'll become much stronger if he becomes less selfish." added Naruto.
"That guy is just too stubborn though, I don't think he'll ever understand something like that." said Krillin.
Gohan then spoke up, "We can't let the Androids get to my father. Maybe we should move him somewhere else."
"You guys work on getting Goku back to full strength and keeping him away from the androids. I've got something to take care of. Don't follow me." declared Piccolo.
"Care to enlighten the rest of us on your plan?" inquired Naruto.
"No, I don't. This is something I have to do alone." he stated before flying off.
"What is he up to?" questioned Gohan.
Krillin stared at the direction he was flying in before an idea popped into his head.
"Maybe, just maybe, he's going to reunite with Kami. If he really thinks the situation is that desperate he might do it." answered Krillin.
"What will that do?" asked Trunks.
"Kami and Piccolo used to be one being. Master Roshi once said if they had never separated he'd be the strongest there is, even stronger than a Super Saiyan! He'd be a Super Namek!" proclaimed Krillin.
"This super thing again? Completely lame!" mocked Naruto.
"Let's get back in focus here guys! Where should we move Goku too?" questioned Trunks.
"Let's take him to master Roshi's house. They wouldn't think to look for him there. It is far enough from Goku's house to buy us a lot of extra time." suggested Krillin.
"Alright let's split up. Gohan, Krillin and Tien you go and get Goku ready to move. Naruto, you and I can head to capsule corp to get my mom to loan us a ship to move Goku." ordered Trunks.
"Good thinking! By moving him that way our powers can be suppressed so they wont be able to track us." added Tien.
"Good, hopefully your mom will have some supplies." said Naruto with an evil gleam in his eye.
"Supplies for what?" inquired Krillin.
"Don't want to ruin the surprise, but trust me it will be good! Let's go!" he yelled as the five fighters flew off to their respective destinations.
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Much to Eighteen's ire, Seventeen chose to hijack a pink delivery van. The Androids were currently cruising down the highway at moderate speeds.
"Why of all things did you steal this van? If you wanted fun you should have picked a fast car." complained Eighteen.
"Just, sit back and enjoy the ride! I already told you it's not about how fast we get there." replied Seventeen.
"Do you even know where Goku is?" she asked.
"We'll try his house first. Relax, Sixteen at least knows how to do that." he replied.
The large android was staring out the window with a smile on his face enjoying the scenic view.
"Whatever, wake me up when we get to the next town." she said while leaning her seat back. "I want some new clothes."
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Vegeta stood on the edge of a cliff deep within the mountains in thought. The humiliation of his defeat at the hands of android Seventeen hung over him, the battle replaying over and over in his mind.
"I don't understand! How could I have been beaten so easily! Like I was nothing!" ranted Vegeta clenching his fists in anger. "The Super Saiyans of legend were unrivaled! I am their descendant, royal blood flows through my veins, how could I be defeated by mere machines!"
He stared up into the falling rain with lightning flashing and thunder echoing around him. The storm was seemingly a physical manifesting of the frustration and turmoil swirling inside his mind.
'Even the Kakabrat did better than I did and he transformed just then! I could feel his power fluctuating and one point it reached even higher than mine!' he thought.
"Could it be, that I have not reached the plateau, but only the beginning of the Super Saiyan powers? Perhaps there are higher goals for me to reach and I have yet to obtain the true peak of my potential!" he declared.
Vegeta yelled with fury as he powered up and transformed into a Super Saiyan.
"I will ascend beyond my current limitations and obtain great power like there has never been seen before! And then I will destroy those Androids and prove once and for all that I am the greatest warrior in the universe! Then I will show the rest of those fools, especially Kakarot and that other clown, who is truly the best!" he proclaimed.
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Naruto and Trunks were having a conversation about their respective journeys to join up with the Z fighters when they sensed Vegeta's fluctuations in power.
"You feel that?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, it was my father. What is he up too?" questioned Trunks.
"He lost right? Must be pissed off and pounding the crap out of a training area. Well, that's what I would do." replied Naruto.
"You lost too, why aren't you doing that right now?" stated Trunks with a raised eyebrow.
"I didn't lose! They left so it was a tie!" declared Naruto.
"Right..." replied a smirking Trunks. "So tell me more about the other-world."
Naruto continued from where he left off as the two sped through the air towards capsule corp.
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High in the sky upon the lookout Mr. Popo watered his plants as Kami sat in deep meditation. Their peaceful day was disrupted by the arrival of Piccolo as he stormed towards Kami.
"Piccolo, good to see you." stated Kami.
"I can't say the same. You know what I've come here for old man." replied Piccolo.
"Yes, you wish to for us to fuse and become one being once again. However, I cannot acquiesce to your request at this time." answered Kami.
"What is the hold up old man! Don't you understand what's going on down there!" yelled Piccolo in outrage.
"These androids are not the biggest threat out there. So far they have done no harm to this planet. They spared all of you in battle when you could have easily all been destroyed." responded Kami.
"It's nothing but a sick game to them." retorted Piccolo.
"I don't believe so. There is a much darker presence that is lurking in the shadows. It has been growing stronger for the past few years. I will make my decision when this new threat decides to show itself." said Kami.
"Fine, I can wait. Let me know when you're ready." grumbled Piccolo as he took a seat and began to meditate.
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A few days had passed since the skirmish with the Androids. The group minus Piccolo, Vegeta, and Naruto were now at Master Roshi's house waiting patiently for Goku to recover. Naruto had vanished and according to Bulma, he and her father had taken over the Audio \ Video production sector of Capsule Corporation working on some project. Apparently her father kept ranting about finally giving some poor excuse for a scientist what's been coming to him for years. Krillin, Trunks, and Gohan currently sat outside discussing their predicament.
"I still don't get it. You guys are a lot stronger than in my time, but so are the Androids. If you were at the levels you're at right now in my time we would have stood a great chance at winning." said Trunks.
"When my dad wakes up we'll find away." stated Gohan confidently.
"I still can't believe you're a Super Saiyan Gohan! At your age too, you're shattering all the record books for strength." said Krillin.
"Yeah, in my time you didn't become a Super Saiyan till much later." added Trunks.
"I've always had explosive power, when ever I get really mad and just lose it my power increases, but I could never sustain it. I was just lucky my rage pushed me to that level. Even so, it still wasn't enough." replied Gohan.
"I don't know about it not being enough. You had the best shots on that Android all day, even better than Vegeta!" exclaimed Krillin.
"Still, I could feel it and Vegeta probably felt it too. We could still be stronger. We've been acting like Super Saiyan is the peak of Saiyan abilities. I feel like we can do better and still become stronger as Super Saiyans." suggested Gohan.
"You're crazy, I mean Super Saiyan power is already mind boggling as it is, what could possibly be beyond it?" questioned Krillin.
"I don't know, but Gohan is right. We need to find away to somehow surpass our current limitations, maybe we've only scratched the surface..." pondered Trunks.
"Well, I'm going to see how Goku's doing you coming?" asked Krillin as he stood up to walk back in.
"Sure, what about you Gohan?" asked Trunks as he moved to follow him inside.
"Naw, I'll stay out here for a while." he said as he stood before moving out to the water. He transformed into a Super Saiyan before going through various exercises.
"That kid, just like his dad." muttered Krillin.
As the two walked in they noticed everyone gathered around the TV. Bulma turned and gathered their attention.
"Hey guy's come check this out! That's the capsule commercial set. It must be what they were working on!" exclaimed Bulma pointing at the television as the commercial began.
The scene is of a guy (Kakashi) getting shut down by a girl at a bar, "Having a hard time closing the deal?" questioned the voice over. Scene shifts to a guy (Sasuke) trying to repair a hole in his blow up doll, "Tired of settling for those lame blow up dolls?" asked the voice again. Scene shifts to a guy (Jiraiya) grouping a woman and them getting the crap beat of out him, "Is this the only type of action you're getting?" inquired the voice. Scene shifts again now to a guy (Orochimaru) disguising himself before entering a gay bar, "Have an itch you don't want other to know needs scratching?" Scene shifts to a bunch of women fleeing from a guy (Vegeta) after seeing his face, "Have a face that only a mother could love?"
Then Dr. Gero appears on the screen in a red suit with a gold cane and a pink fedora hat, "Hello my name is Dr. Ono Gero the worlds #1 expert in robotics and do I have to solution for you! Gero's Mechanical Ho's!" Android 17 and 18 walk onto the screen placing an arm around each of Gero's shoulders. "Real life androids that respond and cater to your every fantasy no matter the gender or orientation! It's even better than doing it with a real person! I used to be a crazy old nerd with delusions of conquering the world. Now I'm the biggest pimp the worlds seen since Don Juan! Call today!"
The scene shifts to Hercule Satan finishing a workout. "Yo it's the Champ Hercule Satan here! Being the worlds toughest man I got a reputation to keep up, that's why when I really wanna cut loose I call on my Model 17. He's everything a guy could ask for!' Android 17 entered the room dressed in nothing but a man-thong and hugs Hercule. "There's no need to be on the down lo when you can call for a Gero's Mechanical Ho!"
"This company is a subdivision of Naruto incorporated." stated a voice as the commercial ended.
Everyone in the room stared at each other in shock before erupting in laughter.
"Oh, man I know he's going to get us all killed, but that was just too funny!" gasped Tien between laughs.
"This is epic!" exclaimed Krillin as he rolled around the floor with laughter.
Even Trunks was beside himself with laughter, "After picturing them as insane killers for so long this is just to much!"
"If the Androids don't kill him Vegeta will!" roared Bulma.
"Hello? Hello? Is this Gero's mechanical ho's?" everyone turned to see Master Roshi on the phone. "Get me a model 18 immediately! Hello? Hello?"
The room erupted in laughter once again. Upstairs ChiChi was puzzled by the roars of laughter.
"What is going on down there?" said ChiChi as she turned to see Goku laughing lightly in his sleep and chuckled. "So you're in on it too, huh?"
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At capsule corp the two masterminds behind the commercial observed the fruits of their labor.
"Ah, splendid job we did don't you think?" declared Dr. Briefs sipping a cup of coffee.
"Indeed!" replied Naruto taking a sip of his own cup.
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As they cruised down the highway through a city Seventeen noticed that the various cars passing them by kept honking at them and giving them cheers of adoration.
"The people of this planet are all idiots." he muttered only to be interrupted by a phone ringing. He looked up to see a cell phone strapped to his visor.
"Where the hell did this phone come from?" he asked.
"Who cares just throw it away." said Eighteen.
"I'll answer, it might be fun." responded Seventeen as he placed it on speakerphone and answered the call.
"Hello?" he spoke.
"Hello? Dude, is this Gero's Mechanical Hos?" responded the voice on the other end.
"What?" exclaimed Seventeen.
"Dude! I want an Android model Seventeen, but can you make him look less gay? It's a present for my sister!" said the caller.
"What the hell is going on here?" roared Seventeen as Eighteen snickered at him.
"You're right it was fun!" she mocked as he chucked the phone out the window.
"Obviously, it's a lame attempt by that guy to make this more interesting. He'll have to do better than a crank call." stated Seventeen offhandedly.
His sister rolled her eyes at him, "You're just jealous you didn't think of it first."
Suddenly a orange ball of cloth smacked against the windshield unwrapping itself against it so they couldn't see. Seventeen slammed on the brakes bringing the van to a complete halt. The trio looked up to an advertisement spread on the orange cloth like it was a banner. On it was a picture of Doctor Gero's head with his mouth drooling and a nose bleed staring at the image of Seventeen posing in a man-thong. "Gero's Mechanical Hos!" was displayed in large black print. Sixteen started chuckling at the sight of it while Eighteen roared with laughter. Seventeen merely stared upon the horrible sight in disbelief before his eyes narrowed.
"You win this round funny man, but the next will be mine." he mumbled as he stepped outside the van to remove to orange monstrosity. He soon found that the van and had somehow been painted orange and banners containing the same advertisement had been glued to the sides and back.
"ARGH!" he screamed in frustration gaining the attention of several people on the street.
"Dude you rock!" yelled a random guy passing by.
"Look mommy it's the man on TV!" shouted a little girl who pointed at him from the sidewalk then pointed up towards a Giant screen on top of building playing the commercial.
"How shameful!" shouted mother as she covered the child's eyes and carried her away. Seventeen kicked the van in frustration.
"Come on, now I have to find myself a disguise." said Seventeen as he sped away on foot.
"What a day this is turning out to be. Seventeen gets humiliated and I get new clothes! Guy really knows how to court a gal." said Eighteen as she and Sixteen followed.
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Naruto smirked as his clones dispersed to relay back the information of Seventeen's reaction.
'Hahaha! This is only the beginning!' thought Naruto. His future planning was interrupted by what he was hearing from Dr. Briefs on the phone.
"Well, I'll be! You are right it is his vehicle. I could have sworn the boy took it with him. I wouldn't expect Trunks to leave something like that lying around. No worries I'll send him out to pick it up." said Dr. Briefs as he hung up the phone.
"What happened?" asked Naruto.
"Apparently one our employees found Trunks Time Machine in the wild out near Ginger town."
"He doesn't seem the type to leave stuff lying around." stated Naruto.
"The odd thing is that it looks like it's been sitting there for some time. I'll call Bulma and have her let him know." he said as he picked up the phone again.
'Maybe it''s another time traveler? yeah right like it would happen twice...Now he's probably going to disguise himself..' thought Naruto as he returned to prank planning.
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"TRUNKS! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING LEAVING YOUR TIME MACHINE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE MISTER!" screamed Bulma as she hung up the phone.
"Wah! Wah! Wah!" wailed baby Trunks as if to say 'I didn't do anything!'
"Not, you little guy," cooed Bulma as she rocked the baby to calm him down. "The irresponsible teenager you became!" she declared leveling a glare at the older Trunks.
"Mom it's right here I swear!" pleaded Trunks as he pulled out the capsule containing his Time Machine. "See right here!"
"Wait, but then how is there one here?" she puzzled holding up a piece a paper.
"This is impossible! Maybe it's a different vehicle that just looks like it?" he exclaimed while reading the paper.
"Whatever it is, we need to go check it out." said Krillin reading it from over his shoulder.
"You guys stay here and hold down the fort. I'll go with Trunks and Bulma to check it out." offered Gohan.
"That sounds like a good plan. I'll go upstairs to relieve ChiChi. Maybe playing with the baby for a little while will cheer her up." said Krillin.
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A short time later Gohan, Trunks, and Bulma found themselves searching through the area the time machine look alike was spotted.
"It's around here somewhere..." said Trunks as he searched through the foliage.
"Hey, I found it! Over here!" yelled Gohan. Trunks and Bulma followed the sound of his voice and came face to face with the Time Machine.
"Yeah that's definitely it. Let's see." he said pulling out a capsule, pressing the button, and throwing it. The capsule revealed his own Time Machine in pristine condition.
"So this second one doesn't belong to you after all." commented Bulma.
"No, it's the same take a look at this." Trunks said stepping up to the second machine and wiping away some dirt on the side to reveal the words and symbol for hope.
"In the future you put this on here before I left to come back the first time." he said before pointing to the ship he just pulled out. "It's in the same spot on the other one too."
"So how did this one get here?" Bulma asked puzzled by the situation.
"Someone or something used this machine to come to the past, and by the looks of it they did it a long time ago." said Gohan as he examined the interior of the vehicle finding two eggshell like objects.
"What is that?" asked Trunks looking at the things in Gohan's hands.
"Let me see." said Bulma taking the objects away from Gohan.
"It's definitely some type of egg," she said looking them over. "But what hatched from it?"
"Whatever it is, it made that hole." replied Gohan looking up at the roof of the vehicle.
"There's not a lot of energy left." commented Trunks as he pressed various buttons on the machine's console. "How can this be? According to this the ship arrived four year ago, one year before I arrived to warn you guys."
"So the timeline had already deviated before you even arrived. No wonder so many things have been different." said Gohan.
"You guys! What is that! It's disgusting!" yelled Bulma as she pointed at what looked to be a giant creature a few yards behind the ship. Trunks walked over and touched the thing and looked to see slime on his finger.
"It's molten skin. Whatever came from the Time Machine shed it's skin and left." stated Trunks.
"That still doesn't explain how it got in the ship or who sent it." said Gohan.
"It's out there now, not far from here, but we don't have time to deal with this." replied Trunks.
"Let's get out of here! Someone else can investigate more thoroughly!" declared a creeped out Bulma.
"That's fine." Gohan said as Bulma opened a capsule revealing an air ship and hopped inside.
"I'll meet you back at Roshi's." she said before taking off. The two fighters quickly followed.
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Piccolo was beginning to lose patience waiting on Kami to make up his mind when suddenly the elder Namek stoop up with a look of horror, "My goodness, this is far worse than I ever imagined."
"What happened? Is it the androids?" demanded Piccolo.
"No the evil being has revealed itself, and it must be stopped at all costs." stated Kami with a look of resolution on his face.
"What do you mean?" asked Piccolo.
"Don't worry you will understand everything after we merge." replied Kami.
"Kami, no..." pleaded Mr. Popo with tears in his eyes.
"So you've finally come to your senses old man." said a smirking Piccolo.
"Yes, I believe in you Piccolo. You will use this power to do what is right for this planet and its people. It is what must be done Mr. Popo." stated Kami.
"Alright, but we're going to use my body." added Piccolo before they began.
"Agreed, now just place your hand on my chest." ordered Kami.
Piccolo placed his hand on Kami's chest and Kami yelled as a blueish white aura surrounded him. A few seconds later there was a bright burst of light and only the body of Piccolo remained looking down at his hands.
"Kami!" yelled Mr. Popo as his old friend vanished. He now stared in awe at the presence of the being who now stood before him.
"Both Kami and Piccolo are now gone. The Namek who long ago sought to protect this planet as its guardian has returned!" he declared as he blasted off the lookout.
What is the great evil that had Kami so worried? Can Naruto's antics continue to put a damper in the Androids' progress or will Seventeen wise up and make a beeline for Goku while he's still out of commission? With disapperance of Kami what will become of the dragonballs? And will Orochimaru finally come out of the closet? More secrets will be revealed in the next action packed edition of Ninja of the Kais!
