DragonBall Out of Place
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chichi32310- Yeah, I see what you mean, but you gotta remember that power level's are regularly referred to as nonsense in the show (with how they can usually change mid-battle). And besides, the original Slug did say he was a lot weaker before he got his youth back, so if he did somehow get the Dragonballs here the Z warriors wouldn't stand a chance at this point. If you're asking me to post power levels at the moment, I'll start placing them on the bottom of the page so you can get a better idea of where everyone stands. Just remember, everyone's going to be a little bit different than their original power levels due to Hiro's influence.
I was originally going to make this filler arc about the Tree of Might so the power levels would be a lot more believable, but then I had this idea about this Kaiju fight that I wanted to try out.
nekoboy13 -Well, it was nice having you for all of about two minutes. For a vast majority of your complaints I have the story the way it is for a reason. So in case you decide to ever come back let me try to explain why I have things the way they are.
I only said a couple of the main characters would still be alive, and not the full cast. Besides, people come back from the dead all the time in DBZ, so I don't see why it being the same here would be an issue. Also, wasn't Frieza dead in the TOP? Why wouldn't it be possible for Goku, or Vegeta to come back for it as well?
And as for Hiro talking to himself… it's there for a reason too, but it would be major spoilers for the story to talk about why here. He is thinking to himself, sure, but even he doesn't realize that there is more to the voice than it may appear. You may have an idea of what I'm talking about if you've ever read a Deadpool comic, or seen Samurai Jack. It's kinda like what those two do, only slightly different.
As for the selective amnesia, yeah I'll admit it is for the sake of the plot, but it is the way it is for a reason, tying in to the voice in his head.
And as for not liking OC's, I can't really change your preference, but I did list an OC as a character in the story summary, so it was more on you for not noticing that.
Chapter 10- The Evil Namekian, Lord Slug part 3
Last time on Dragonball Out of Place…
Hiro was discovered by Lord Slug, and forced into a battle he was not prepared to fight alone, and in the end was badly wounded, and left for dead as an example for the others.
Luckily, the other Z warriors arrived while Yajirobe, and Gohan brought Hiro back to health, and introduced him to Piccolo's plan.
Now, transformed into the Mighty Ozaru, Hiro begins a fierce battle with the Giant Tyrant Lord Slug.
The battle begins now….
The Earth was shaking.
Glass was shattering.
A skyscraper had begun to collapse.
Then another building was pushed over when a giant monkey fell onto it.
"'Grrrroooar!" it yelled as it collapsed on its back, and was pushing itself up when Lord Slug planted his boot on its chest.
"'Grrr' damn monkey! Stay dow-" Slug was cut off when the ape fired a massive energy blast from its mouth at his face that knocked Slug back, and off him.
"'Gah!'" he shouted while the ape was getting back up, and glaring at him.
Slug reoriented himself towards his enemy, and ran back in at him. The great ape answered in kind.
Then they clashed, and wrestled each other for control.
The ape had the upper hand this time however, and was able to get in under the Namek's guard, lift him off the ground, and Judo throw him into the ground.
"grrr….. Graaaarrrggghhh!'" It announced it's momentary victory with a mighty roar that shook the earth, and pounded it's chest in triumph until Slug suddenly got up, and punched the Oozaru right in the jaw, making it roar in pain as it stumbled back, and tripped over another building, collapsing onto it in the process.
This time, Slug got to him first, and grabbed the Ape by the hair on its chest, and lifted it up into a blast in his other hand that pushed the ape back once again.
Oozaru Hiro regain its footing, and grab Slug's shoulders as the Namek charged at him and began another wrestling match.
For a time it seemed that Slug had the momentum to flip his foe over, but then Hiro surprisingly chomped down own Slug's left shoulder, and refused to let go.
"'gah!' w-why you! LET GO!" Slug demanded as he gave Hiro a headbutt that sent out another quake across the city and collapsed the buildings surrounding them, making Hiro bleed out the ears.
(AN- From now on just assume that pretty much anything these two do will cause millions of zeni worth in property damage.)
But he held on, and made Slug feel a burning pain in shoulder as the Oozaru fired a mouth beam that melted his arm, cutting it off.
Slug fell back in shock as most of his arm fell to the ground, and the monkey seemingly ate what was left in its mouth.
"Wha-What the hell!? How am I being pressured by this… this… monke-?"
Slug's thoughts were cut off however when the Oozaru ran back at him, seeming to believe that he was going in for the kill, and at this rate he may very well be close to it.
While he can regrow his limbs, Slug has found that in his old age that doing so in his Giant form was a massive drain on energy, so he was in a bind here.
Regrow the limb now and deal with the energy costs?
Or wait until he can find a moment to shrink down to regrow it, and risk being less effective during the battle?
With Hiro bearing down on him he went with the former out of desperation, screamed in pain as he quickly regrew the limb, and instantly put it to the test in another grappling match.
The whole time he was glaring Hiro right into his red, demonic looking eyes, and for the first time in a while felt….. fear.
"This is going to take a while…." Slug thought as both he, and Hiro fired full power mouth blasts point blank.
Meanwhile, the Z warriors were picking themselves up after the beating Slug gave them.
They got too see the battle between Giants, and were in awe. They felt every blow impact the combatants.
And they sensed the power being thrown around by the two. Too say the least the energy Hiro was expending had them all worried.
Even if they beat this Slug guy, the three saiyan's coming in a few months were all perfectly capable of becoming at least this powerful. It made them feel…
"Dammit, we didn't stand a chance here!" Yamcha yelled.
Inadequate.
"Yeah, I see what you mean man." Krillin said, not feeling all too great about their chances in a few months after this sneak peak.
Then they all turned to see Hiro being dragged through a skyscraper, worrying them.
"Damnit, even with the transformation the two of them are only barely on even ground, it could tip either way now." Piccolo realized, sensing the energy the two were giving off at what seemed to be each other's maximum.
"Then let's tip the odds." Tien suggested, getting back up, and ready to fight again.
"Well yeah, but… that guy just wiped the floor with us. We won't be able to make that much of a difference." Yamcha said, pointing out that their combined efforts against Slug amounted to nothing.
"We don't have a choice. If Hiro loses that fight it's all over for us, and it seems like he could use any help he can get." Tien noted as they heard another loud crash followed by a roar.
"Well, do you have any ideas? Cause I don't see how we can be of much help here." Krillin added, making Tien stop and think for a moment before he was interrupted by Piccolo.
"He said earlier that that form strains him greatly, we can make that strain far worse. Follow me." he ordered as he charged off into battle soon followed by the humans.
Arriving at the scene they immediately didn't like what they saw. It looked like the city was almost completely flattened by the battle. They were relieved that they were able to evacuate most of the people in the city before hand. Otherwise the death toll just from the crossfire would've been catastrophic.
"So, what's the plan Piccolo?" Tien asked, ready to bring this to an end ASAP.
"Swarm Slug, hit him from as many angles at once. Do what you can to distract, or annoy him. And avoid Hiro. This transformation of his makes him just as dangerous as Slug." he said, realizing that this form made Hiro lose control over himself, and unable to tell friend from foe.
"Right!" they split up, prepared to make a surprise attack all at once.
Rage, rage was the only thing on Hiro's mind. So much so that he could barely even feel the pain from all the blows he'd received that would've been excruciating before.
A right hook.
A left jab.
A headbutt.
He'd just taken these in stride as he struck back against his enemy.
Who was he fighting anyway? It didn't matter. All he felt was the anger driving him on. His tunnel vision was so great that he didn't even notice when his enemy was caught off guard by energy blasts from all directions. He just charged back in with a tackle that knocked his foe off his feet. With Hiro stopping to knee the enemy right in the gut, and then force him down with an axe blow to the head.
This enemy stopped moving for a bit, prompting Hiro to roar out in triumph.
"'Rrrraaaarrrrggghhh!" he shouted, stepping on his defeated foe in pride.
"Yeah! We got him!" a voice shouted out, prompting Hiro to turn to a suddenly scared human that he felt like he could recognize, but very quickly his rage took over again as he roared out another challenge to this fly.
The human began backing away slowly, muttering something that Hiro couldn't make out now that the rage had taken back over, demanding that he attack, that he fight, that he kill!
And so he did, striking out against the human that had dared to take his attention.
But as soon as he did, an energy blast hit the side of his face. It didn't hurt all too bad, but it certainly got his attention. He turned to the source to find another human, a taller one with orange clothing that was shouting something to get his attention. Hiro was gave it all to him, preparing to give chase to the human that was leading him around, narrowly dodging his attacks.
He nearly had the human when he was hit again by another blast that made him turn to his right to find another human with three eyes that was standing right next to a slowly rising giant that Hiro could recognize as his first enemy.
Hiro grew angry that this enemy would even attempt to get back up after being beaten. And ran back to his his fellow giant ready to put him down for good.
Hiro didn't give the other being a chance to get up. He got on top of Slug, and began savagely beating him.
In less than twenty seconds the Namek's face was beaten nearly to a pulp. Slug was thoroughly broken. His purple blood was spilling down onto the asphalt of the street from his broken nose, and wounds from Hiro's claws, and bites.
"Rrrraaaarrrrggghhh!" Hiro announced his victory before he was ready to deal the killing blow.
He readied an energy blast, and fired right at Slug's head. The blast kicked up dust, blocking the onlooking Z warriors view of the battle.
They had to cover their eyes to shield them from the dust, and debris that got thrown up.
But as quickly as it got kicked up the dust began to settle, but the cloud still remained over the battle, making the warriors nervous about the outcome.
Just as Krillin was about to ask if it was over they heard another blast go off as Hiro stumbled back out of the dust.
When it finally cleared up they all saw Slug still alive, but looking very worst for the wear.
"'grrrr!' Damn monkey! Stay down!" He demanded, before getting ready to get back to fighting when he suddenly started clutching at his heart.
"'gaaarrrh!'" he yelled as his body began shrinking.
"This is it! He can't keep it up anymore!" Yamcha exclaimed ready to bring down the hurt on this guy.
"Fine, we go in, but get ready to destroy that thing in the sky, we don't want to have to fight Hiro too." Tien said, eager to end the battle.
What Tien didn't realize however, was that he really shouldn't have said that aloud.
"Oh? Is that so little man?" Slug stated as he began to slowly get up, still shakily. Surprising the Z warriors that he could hear them from that far away.
"Little known fact about us Namek's is that we get the perks of super enhanced hearing compared to others. Oh, the things one can pick up if they're paying attention." Slug moved to grab something from his pocket that looked alot like a remote.
"Didn't think I'd ever really need to do this, but you leave me no choice." he stated as the device in the sky detonated. Scaring the Z warriors that he just took out their advantage.
Just on que Hiro, who was running back into battle, made a sudden stop and began roaring out as he shrank back to normal size.
"RRRrraaaarrgggghhh!" he assumed his human form on shaky legs before he collapsed. The pseudo moon no longer being there to support it, his Oozaru transformation dropped. He then collapsed onto his back, but remained conscious as he tried to get his bearings.
"Hahaha! You should all see your faces! And to think my terra-freezing to make this place livable could've been the death of me! Oh, the irony!" Slug gave out a deep belly laugh that had him doubling over.
The Z warriors were nervous now. They barely had the advantage when they had Hiro's transformation. But now?
Although, Slug was injured over the course of the fight. Maybe it could just barely be enough!
"W-What happened?" I asked holding my head like I was having a bad hangover.
Long story short, you don fucked up son!
"Hiro! Look out!" a voice called out to my left, making me turn. But I was too dazed to notice that the voice was warning me about Slug flying up to me.
I was then smacked through a construction sight, and didn't get a chance to stop myself before Slug fazed in right in front of me.
I was able to gather the sense to throw a punch at him, but he dodged, and grabbed my forearm, and before I knew it, there was an audible, and sickening 'Crunch!' as he brought his elbow down and broke my arm.
The Namek then grabbed me by the throat before I could scream.
"'Grgh!'" Slug began to slowly chock the human turned saiyan.
"I'm going to enjoy this part…." the Namek had a predatory grin on his face as he stared into the eyes of his enemy.
I was finally coming too when my air began to be cut off. And though I may struggled for breath I found the strength to at least defiantly glare at the madman.
It didn't take long to start seeing spots though, and everything started to go black.
Huh, death by movie villain. That, I didn't expe-
But then, to both of our surprise, Slug was forced to let go when he received a punch in the jaw that knocked him off balance, and off my neck.
"Leave him alone you monster!" a familiar voice demanded. I was desperately drawing in breath when I looked up to see an angry Gohan coming to my defence.
"G-Gohan?" I thought he was…. actually, what had I missed?
"How long was I out? It was all… some kinda blur." I asked as I tried to recall the last few hours to no effect.
"Well, lately you've been placing your boot right up that green guy's ass." Yamcha said as he appeared to my left.
"Speaking of boots… you should think of putting some on, along with most other kinds of clothing." Krillin added as he moved in behind me confusing me before I looked down and noticed that most of the clothes on me were either gone or ripped up.
"Oh, um... shit!" I tried to cover myself with what I had with a blush. I then looked around for something that could fix that for a while when I saw a nearby clothing store, and moved off to it.
"Er, cover me for a bit will ya?" I asked embarrassed as I entered the store for a quick change.
"Hopefully the owners won't mind. I mean, it's not like they're gonna miss a few things."
Nah! A little looting never killed anybody….. except sometimes the looters, but…. I'm sure you'll be fine.
"How reassuring…"
I was able to find things that fit me quickly enough, but changing took longer than I would have hoped. My broken arm was giving me grief the whole time.
By the end I had put on just some random T shirt, and some pants that could withstand a bit of action
I realized then that I couldn't fight back for much longer. My energy reserves were almost completely drained.
"Guess I'm gonna have to rely on the others now…"
I was about to leave the store when Krillin came crashing in through the glass panel's.
"Krillin! Wha-ohholyshi!" Was what I was able to get off before the action began again, with me barely dodging in time to avoid a beaten, and battered Lord Slug.
"Damnit! Stay still you damn monkey!" he demanded as I made a fighting retreat by blasting him as I left the store.
I didn't get very far though before he knocked me away again, and into a brand new crater formed by the impact, but this time I couldn't find the strength to get up, and felt extremely disoriented.
"'Hmph!' bout damn ti- 'gah!'" Slug declared as he was attacked again Piccolo, who once again was grabbing his antenna, and roughly pulling.
"Take this you bastard!" Piccolo said as Slug managed to pull him off, and hold him by his chest and began to squeeze Piccolo like a stress ball.
But to Slug's shock Piccolo didn't use his arms to try to fight back, but instead to rip his own ears out.
"What the hell is wrong with these people?" Slug wondered aloud.
"'gah!'... Gohan! Do it now!" Piccolo ordered, making Slug look around for the half breed.
Whistling could then be heard by everyone present, whistling that surprisingly began to hurt Slug!
"What the hell! What is that noise! 'arrrgghhh'!" he was forced to throw Piccolo away as he went to cover his ears from the painful noise.
I was able to see Gohan up on a nearby roof whistling the tune I didn't recognize, looking surprised that this was working.
"Super hearing isn't all that great now! Is it?" Piccolo asked as he blasted an unprepared Slug once more in the face.
"'gah!' That's it! I've had enough of this planet!" Slug declared as he summoned the strength to swat Piccolo away, followed by an energy blast at Gohan that silenced him.
"G-Gohan!" I believed that for the briefest of moments that he may have been killed, but another blast impacting Slug drew my attention to the source located on another roof, occupied by the other human Z warriors, where Krillin is seen putting Gohan back down as the others took off to surround Slug and begin their attacks.
It didn't look good, while they could maneuver around him to dodge his attacks, they weren't doing too much damage themselves.
"Dammit, this isn't going to end well. We're going to run out of energy long before he'll be done. He's just too much."
Well, it's not like you were ever going to beat him anyway. This guy was always meant to be too strong for guys like us. He's meant for the big guns, Goku, Gohan, Piccolo.
"Yeah, but… Goku's not here, Gohan's not strong enough, Piccolo can't take him alone. I… I can do this! I have to. No one else can!."
If no one else can then we're pretty screwed aren't we? How much energy do you have left? Not much right? Just how much can you do with that broken arm?
I found myself considering this for a moment, just as Tien took a hit that sent him crashing through a pillar, taking him out.
Face it, you're nothing here. Just some nerd, trying to play Hero. You don't belong here, you've been an out of place fool from the beginning here. Give up already.
I thought about for a moment. Could I really stand up here? With these real heroes? Maybe… maybe I don't. I'm no warrior. I can't beat this guy.
I suddenly felt like someone had multiplied the gravity a hundred times over as darkness closed in. Everything suddenly felt numb as I began to lose consciousness.
Suddenly, I felt a jolt of energy fill me, keeping me awake. The shadows pulling me down gave way, letting me begin to see clearly.
(You can't give up yet! Everyone still needs you!) I was shocked to hear Goku in my head again, but I quickly remembered earlier, and just went with it.
"I'm sorry, but I've got nothing left to give. I… I'm not like you guys. Not at all." I realized then, while seeing Slug finally manage to hit Yamcha with a knockout blow.
"I'm no hero, just some lucky idiot that's out of his league. They don't need me." I looked down at the damage I'd suffered, the pain of it becoming just as bad as it would've been when I was still human, before the saiyan part of me began suppressing the pain. Almost like it was reminding me of who… of what I really was.
Goku was quiet for a bit. And I thought he was gone.
"'Hmph', some warrior I turned out to be."
(...What are you talking about? Of course they need you! You're the only one who can beat him.)
"No, I'm not. Piccolo is stronger than me, has more energy, and always has a plan to win. Gohan can be so much more powerful than me if he just gets angry. Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, they can all keep going against this guy no matter how strong he is, and I just can't find the strength to go on, I'm not-!"
(ENOUGH!) Goku's suddenly harsh tone surprised me, silencing my self hate induced rant for just a moment.
(I don't know why you're attacking yourself like this but it needs to stop! You can't see it but there is a strength in you that can put an end to this. You have the power within yourself. Just use it.)
Krillin was knocked down to the ground unconscious. Slug nearly triumphant.
"You're wrong Goku, I'm not strong. I never was. Give your speech to someone who is."
(You are strong Hiro. You have the power. You've always had it. Even on your first day.)
I remembered standing up against the wolves that had me dead to rights, how I chose to stand up to them despite my fear, although, also remembering I had no choice in the matter.
I also recalled my first spar with Goku. Despite the beating I received, I remembered how fun it was.
"That was… that was just a spar. I-"
(Then what was that with Garlic Junior?)
I remembered fighting the little bastard.
He was stronger than me. Immortal even. But I still decided to fight.
Even when he opened up the Dead Zone, I nearly sacrificed myself for Gohan. But in the end pulled out a power I didn't know I had to send him into the hell of his own creation.
(With Raditz?)
I remembered charging into the deadly, and merciless Raditz like I was the Cavalry.
I fought him knowing that neither Piccolo, or Goku were in any position to help me, and still held on.
And once again, I risked my own skin for Gohan. Even when I knew he'd be fine by the end.
(That was strength Hiro. You fought against people that were 'Out of your league' back then without a problem. What's stopping you now?)
I was quiet. Thinking on this for a while.
Why did I do those things? I knew I was going to win those fights. I mean, I had Goku with me for both of them. He always wins in the end. It's what he does. Why would I worry then?
But still, I knew things were different now. These enemies, they were different from before. I didn't know the outcome of every fight. And yet, I still kept fighting.
So what was I talking about? So what if this guy knocked me around for a bit? I'm not dead yet!
"... Alright, you've got a point Goku. But that doesn't change that I don't have any energy left."
(There is more in you than you know. I've seen it before. Every time we sparred and you refused to give up. You found it before, when you needed it most. I'd say you got more than enough for this guy if you can just find it.)
I thought about this for a moment. Then realized, that's the power of a saiyan. That's where their power comes from! A need for strength. A need for power. Not wanting it. Needing it.
No, that's not just a saiyan's power. That's the power of a true warrior, and it was a part of me now.
"Right. I'll do it! I can do it. I have to." I slowly began to get up, and tried to stand on shaking legs.
That's when Piccolo came flying in. Crashing right behind me, making me turn to Slug as he started roaring.
"'rrrraaaarrrrggghhh!' That's enough! I'll just turn this planet to glass if that's what it takes!" he declared as he began floating up. And started charging a blast that looked dark, with shadowy lightning dancing around it. "This is what happens when you defy Lord Slug!"
I slowly walked up so I was clearly in his line of sight, and began tried charging my energy, but to little effect.
"You? You're still alive? Well you won't be for lo-" he carried on before I interrupted.
"Shut up!" I startled him once again with my defiance.
"Ha! You can barely stand anymore! Let alone stand against me! Just give it up!" He demanded, but I wasn't having it.
"No, I'm not giving up yet! I still got enough fight left in me!" I told him as I suddenly felt a spark of power within me, and began to pull out what I could, causing the air around me to begin to swirl.
"Dammit, stay down! You don't stand a chance!" Slug demanded as his energy sphere expanded, and the wind around us began flowing out like we were the eye of a storm.
"I stand a chance alright! I'll only need one arm for it too!" I declared as I felt the power within grow. My aura began to show as well, but only enough, it was the color of a flame.
"Perfect time to try out that new attack."
You figure out the name for it?
"Oh yeah I have!"
I began to push my energy towards my feet, preparing to launch myself right at Slug at my full power.
The flames grew into an inferno, but then began to condense into my unbroken fist.
There! It's ready! Kick his ass!
I then launched myself into the air, breaking the speed of sound, sending out a sonic boom that cracked the ground I left behind.
"Here I come Slug!" I shouted as I approached my foe. Leaving a trail of fire behind.
"'grrrr' Damn you!" Slug threw his massive energy attack, which then connected to my attack, and was almost immediately pushed back by the momentum of it.
But then Slug forced more of his energy into it, stopping me in my tracks, and slowly began to push me back.
"You don't stand a chance! Give up!" Slug demanded, but even I could detect the hint of something besides his typical arrogance in his voice.
Fear.
I grinned just a bit. I had him scared! Even he knew I could win. I just need a little more power.
But then I grew worried as he continued to push more energy into the blast, making him more assured of his victory.
"Just give up now a- 'gah!' what the hell!?" he was blasted in the side by a glaring Gohan.
The distracting was just enough. It let me push on through the blast, getting closer, and closer, as Gohan continued his volley, wearing Slug down.
(This is it! You're going to win just push on!) Goku encouraged me as I released all my power, breaking through Slug's blast, shattering it.
"Burning Spirit!" I announced my attack as I flew unopposed to a wide eyed Slug, and hit him head on in the gut, making him instantly keel over in pain.
To those on the ground it looked like a meteor in reverse as I launched Slug into space.
To those looking really closely. They could just barely make out someone right behind me. Someone that seemed to be following my movements. Someone in an orange gi, and pineapple hair that seemed… fazed out, like a ghost, guiding me.
"'Rrrraaaarrrrggghhh!" I shouted as I pushed through Slug. Punching through his guts, and coming out on the other side of him, leaving behind a massive hole in his gut.
"I-Impossible! I am Lord Slug 'cough' the almighty!" Slug shouted in denial of his death, just as he found his body begin to be engulfed in fire, and exploded.
"'heh', cool guys don't look at explosions. They just fly a-ohshitnotagain!"
I was blown away by the explosion, and further into the air. And by the time I lost my momentum, I was nearly in orbit.
But, luckily, I didn't have to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. Although I didn't have the energy left to stop myself from falling.
And so I fell, for a few good moments, and then impacted into the ground, creating one final crater in the earth before passing out.
I awoke, but without any of the pain I might have expected from my battle. I was still sore, but nothing all that bad.
Then I noticed Krillin standing in front of me, almost fully healed himself, holding a now empty senzu bean gag.
"'phew' I was almost worried there for a second. We were nearly out of senzu's so we had to split the last one up." he explained as I sat up and looked around me to see the crater that my impact had made. It was giving me a kind of deja vu feeling because of how I got to this world.
The other humans were there too. Talking to Piccolo about something. It seemed to be getting a bit heated so Piccolo said something that startled them, and turned to me.
"Hiro! When you're done messing around find me back at camp. We're done here." he stated before blasting off in the direction of the place that had become our home for a while there. Gohan, who was right behind him the whole time, laughed nervously about something before waving at me and following the Namek.
"Jeez, that guy doesn't know how to chill out, even for a second. We just won didn't we?" Krillin asked as I stood back up.
"This battle maybe, but we haven't got a ton of time left before the next fight." I explained, knowing that the fight against the saiyans wasn't as far away as I would like. I took a look around to see the faces of some of the people that I knew might not be alive anymore by the end of it.
Come to think of it, you might not even be alive by the end! At best you're at Piccolo's level, and things didn't even turn out all that great for him did it? Especially given that we have no idea how strong this new saiyan is. I mean if all it took was this chump to make yo-
And by that point I snapped a bit. Whatever was up with this…. Problem in my head nearly cost me my life, and I was finally sick of it!
"Shut up. I know that already. You don't need to beat that dead horse any further. You want me to be scared for my life, to give up, to stop fighting. Well news flash- I won't." I had silence in my head for a few moments before continuing.
"I don't know if you're real, if you're some figment of my imagination, someone messing with me, or if there is something seriously wrong with my head, and you're just a symptom of me being crazy, but I've had enough! You've done nothing but insult me, and bring me down ever since I've got here. I'm done with whoever, or whatever you are. I'm done with you. That silence carried on for a few moments, but I then felt some kind of…. anger coming from somewhere, that wasn't me. But it was real, and it hit me like a freight train.
'Hmph' Fine! Try to ignore me then! See if I care.
There was a feeling like some kind of haze move back from my mind. It took the anger with it, but left a mark of surprise to me. What just happened? What the hell was that?
It was in this state of confusion that I finally noticed Krillin staring at me worriedly. I grew a bit embarrassed that I might have been acting strange for a second there.
"Hey, you ok? You looked about as angry as Piccolo there for a second. Worst actually." he said, looking at me like I might be crazy. I may very well be at this point actually.
"Oh, I was just um… thinking about the fight. That guy just really pissed me off for some reason." I explained, not really feeling like telling him that I was having an argument with a voice in my head.
"Yeah, I see what you mean. That guy was strong, but he was a real jerk." Krillin seemed to pout a bit, accepting my explanation for now.
"But about what you said before… yeah, Piccolo acts like someone stuck a stick up his ass that he can't get out. But believe it or not he is getting better. I think Gohan might be having an influence on him." I told him, thinking on how Piccolo has changed lately. He isn't always PO'd anymore. And while he doesn't shirk training he isn't unnecessarily harsh on Gohan.
"How is the little guy anyway? He seemed to be doing really good during the fight." the world's strongest human asked. I thought on it for a bit before saying-
"He's his father's son alright. And thankfully we've been making some real headway on making him a real warrior. Although, to be honest, I'm not sure if we've got as much time as we're going to need for that." I admitted.
The battle earlier had definitely shown that he might be able to break out of that more fearful attitude earlier than he should, but he was still a four year old kid, so I wouldn't get my hopes up about him becoming a fearless warrior anytime soon.
Me and Krillin made some more small talk after that. Talking about the way our training was like mostly. Soon enough though, it was time to move on. I flew off as the sun began rising again, wondering about my situation now.
Thinking about the battle, I analyzed my mistakes, what I could have done better. I also thought on the revelations that I had made throughout it.
This… problem in my head had nearly cost me everything, and I just let it. If it weren't for Goku I might have died today. So I resolved to try and work on… myself. To do what I can to steel myself against it.
Maybe, i could try meditating more, working on my mental defences?
Regardless, I knew that I had more than one extra enemy to worry about now.
The unknown saiyan that was hurtling towards earth, presenting a new challenge.
And the foe that was lurking deep within, preying on the darkness within me that had already nearly brought me down.
"I guess have my work cut out for me then." I thought as I let the sun's rays warm my face after so many hours of fighting in the cold.
Meanwhile, on King Kai's planet…
"See? I knew he could do it." Goku told his master who had been showing him the fight.
"Yes, yes, you were right. You don't need to rub it in you know?" King Kai told him after walking forward a few feet, still looking towards earth.
"Well, I feel like I kinda need to when you were acting so worried." Goku reminded him as he almost immediately went back to training by getting into doing one finger push ups
"Well, if you just told me you had another saiyan over there I might have thought the odds would've been a lot more even. Still, it was pretty close though…" he said the last bit in a whisper, thinking about what it finally came down to.
This 'Hiro' character seemed almost immediately odd to the Kai after they listened in to his mind. Thinking to oneself wasn't all that odd. In fact he did know if some species that did have more than one mind working in one body, but there was something different about this guy…
"Goku, did you notice anything… strange about your friend?" he asked his student, who paused his workout for a moment to think on it before putting on a serious face.
"Hiro?... Yeah, now that you mention it. He never lost his nerve like that before. Even when things got rough when I was there, he seemed to be able to focus on the fight. But something seems… off about him now." he couldn't describe what it was though. While he did think the way that Hiro was thinking to himself throughout the battle seemed strange, he was no expert on the way other people thought.
Knowing ever since the Raditz fight that the bump on his head made him different than most saiyans made him disregard it. He could be the odd one for all he knew! But since King Kai brought it up…
King Kai realized though, that there wasn't much they could do about it at the moment. Even if there was something wrong with this guy, they were too far away for him to even give Hiro's head a good look. There were more qualified individuals for the matters of the mind, but he did know enough to at least identify any problems. Maybe if they could get the guy over here, he could give him a look, but otherwise, they were out of luck for now.
"He certainly has potential, like you said Goku, but I'm worried about whether or not this guy is the right choice to leave in charge of your worlds defence." he could actually be full on crazy for all they knew. But Goku had something to add to that.
"No, there might be something weird going on with him, but he's a good guy. He'll keep everyone safe. I know he will." he was certain of that much. Goku might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer when it came to most things besides fighting, but he was a good judge of character. Hiro wouldn't do anything bad, he wasn't like that.
"... but I will talk to him about this when I get back though." he continued, at least realizing that it was something that needed to be taken care of. Maybe Kami could be able to help out? He knew that Kami was more experienced than him when it came to some problems.
"Be sure that you do Goku. I don't know why, but I've got a funny feeling about this." King Kai felt a feeling of dread when he tried probing Hiro's mind further, although he could only go so deep from this far away, and immediately sensed that there was definitely more to this than a mean imaginary friend.
"Sure thing… Oh, and King Kai?" Goku said, putting on a smile that lightened the mood up a bit.
"Yes Goku?" the master turned to his student.
"What did one hat say to another when they had to leave?" the student asked, winding up a joke.
"Who?" he put on his poker face. He wasn't going to laugh for just any joke!
"You stay here. I'll go on ahead." he finished, letting it sink in for a second.
The Kaioshin of the North was silent for a moment, then began snickering, then fell over laughing.
"'Bwahahahaha!' Ok, that's a good one Goku. You're learning fast." he said, wiping away some tears.
Goku's grin grew, having successfully improved the mood. Now he could fully focus on what he had to do.
Whatever was going on with Hiro, whatever he came up with to deal with it wouldn't matter if the saiyans won. And so he went back to training. Preparing himself for the fight of his life.
Meanwhile…
The human mind can be a weird place. Especially depending on the person.
When one learns to look within, when they look inward into the deep recesses of their mind, they can see what one would call, a mindscape.
If one were to look into one, they might see many things, their dreams, their memories, every passing thought. But in what context? What would it look like?
For the sake of making it seem understandable, let's say the mindscape is different for everyone, but for the human turned saiyan, Hiro, it looked like the place he felt most comfortable, a certain house he always remembered he felt the most… at home.
The place would seem familiar to most. It was the home of the Son family, where Hiro had begun to find himself in this world. Where he felt like he had a home.
In the mindscape, everything takes on metaphorical meaning.
A hearth may be a place where one can view memories of warmth, and happiness.
The living room can be where one can watch the representations of people they know, and see how they truly perceived them.
The dining room? A place to find the things you may like, or dislike. A place to mark your preferences.
And then, there is the basement. The deepest, darkest place of one's mind, where one can try to bury, and hide things that they don't want to be reminded of.
Their fears, their dark thoughts, the anger, and hate that they have that they know is wrong, all sealed away.
It is here that we find a dark figure making it's home. Scheming, and planing. And at the moment? Pacing back and forth ranting.
"'Gah!' Damnit! That damn Goku just had to but in at the last second huh? I almost had him but…'grrrr' 'slam!'" he broke a table after throwing it at an annoying 'inner demon'.
After lashing out, he calmed down by breathing in, and out.
"Alright, alright, alright, it's not that big of a setback. I mean after all…" they turned to a window, where outside the inner personification of Piccolo was meditating on a rock.
"This is what plan B's are for after all." he put on a predatory grin. As he got back to scheming.
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Power Levels-
Hiro (Full Power)- 2,750
Hiro (Damaged/Low Energy)-500
Hiro (Great Ape)- 27,500
Hiro (Final attack)- 4,000
Piccolo (Full Power)- 2,700
Piccolo (Damaged/Low Energy)- 1,300 (His is higher than Hiro's because of him being more experienced)
Gohan (Full Power)- 1,100
Slug (Full Power (Old))- 6,000
Slug (Damaged/Low Energy)- 4,100
Slug (Giant)- 30,000
Human Z Warrior's - All same as cannon during training for Saiyan's. (Hiro has had no major input on their training)
Goku (In Training)- 3,800
(Saiyan Great apes all X10)
Nappa- 5,000
Nappa (Full Power)- 7,000
Amary- 10,500
Amary (Full Power)- 14,000
Vegeta- 18,000
Vegeta (Full Power)- 22,000