Universal Saga:
10. The One Who Broke The Promise (2/2)
Piccolo growled his cape fluttering in the winds. He jogged to the edge of the Lookout where Dende stood with his staff and searched the Earth below.
"Do you sense it Piccolo?"
"Yes. Gohan, Vegeta, Krillin and Goten are locked in battle."
Dende looked at Piccolo who scanned the horizon. "But who're they fight-"
Piccolo held up his hand, asking for silence.
He gasped and spun around.
There standing in the centre of the Lookout was Gast Carcolh. He wore his black armour. He was noticeably older than last time: a darker shade of green, wrinkle covered face and an elongated cranium.
"I knew you'd be back..." Piccolo glared.
Gast stared at Piccolo with his yellow eyes. "And you knew this how?"
"It was pretty obvious. You couldn't get the Namekian Dragon Balls; so you came here after ours." Piccolo stepped forwards clenching his fists. "Scum! How could you do that to our own people?"
His irises turned black and sad and an almost perplexed look formed on his face. 'I...I destroyed Namek, what?' Gast thought; he glared as his irises turned back to yellow. "Hn, I have no concern for them. My one concern is getting into the Ryu-Shin Realm." Gast smiled. "Now tell me. Tell me: what is your Dragon's name?"
Piccolo stared confused as his cape fluttered.
Gast frowned. "Tell me or I'll force you."
Piccolo smirked still staring at Gast. "I'm going to enjoy this..." He took his turban off with his left hand and then he lifted his cape over his head with his right hand and threw them both off the Lookout. A moment passed and then loud BANG could be heard from when the weighted items hit the surface of the Earth below.
"You're making a mistake. Just tell me the Eternal Dragon's name and I'll leave." Gast paused for a moment before his wrinkled face contorted with fury. "Really," He spoke harshly "you cannot have any hopes of triumphing over me."
Piccolo simply chuckled at the response.
Gast squatted slightly and clenched his fist in front of his face grunting. A shock wave ran through the Lookout ripping and cracking the tiles below forcing the young Dende to his knees. He then threw his arms to the side and roared causes his black aura to flare. Gale force winds surged around him, which caused Dende to have to get on all floors and hold onto the Lookout for dear life. The white tiles shaked and rose from the Lookout's floor. Black lightning bolted across them as Gast's roar grew louder and then his black aura burst outwards in a blinding flash of light.
Gast's roar ended. He breathed heavily.
The numerous tiles that were lifted by Gast's aura crashed and broke back into their original place. He scowled, his black aura blazed around alongside an ooze of whitish and blackish Ki illuminating of his dark armoured body. He was now far beyond Piccolo.
"Do you understand now? You don't have an option. Hand over the information I seek or fall." Gast glared.
Piccolo's face hardened. 'He's a hell of lot strong than I am.' Piccolo inwardly cursed at himself for his own plateau as tried to remember Gast's fighting style against Uub. 'Still strength isn't everything; if I can wear him down I might just have a chance. But I'd better watch myself if I make one wrong move he'll tear me apart.'
"Hn," He grunted as he crouched down and flexed his muscles with his fist clenched. Piccolo gritted his teeth, glaring at Gast veins began to bulge all around his body. Gale force winds surged around him and the Lookout began to tremble under his rising power. "YYYAAAAHHH!" He roared and in response his white aura burst to life jagging around his body.
Gast lowered his brow harshly raising his fists. "This will take but a moment." He walked forwards.
Piccolo shifted into a wide stance. He placed his right index and middle finger to his forehead. Orange energy burned around his fingers alongside its blue electricity buzzing around the Ki.
Gast stopped his eyes widening.
The orange Ki expanded. "Special Beam...!" He threw out his right hand, pointing the fingers at Gast Carcolh and out rushed the orange spiralling spike-toped beam tinged with purple.
Gast gritted his teeth and jumped high into the air just before the beam made contact.
Piccolo smiled. "...Barrage!" A flash of orange sparked in his left hands index and middle fingers. He ceased feeding energy into his right beam. Shifting into a left-stance he put his left index and middle fingers onto his forehead and threw it out at Gast.
The spiralling beam shot towards Gast who gasp in shock. He couldn't do anything but go off reflex by shielding his face with his armoured arms.
SMASH! The beam whacked into his arms. The smoke cleared from the blast revealing Gast. The black armour on his forearms had been completely blown off, revealing his dark green and pale gelatinous skin which leaked violet liquid.
"But...that's...an ancient Namekian technique..." Gast gave a hard perplexed look. 'To be more specific a technique that only my line has learned... Unless he's-" Gast clenched his fist breathing hard. "How did you come to learn it?"
"Hn, you'd be surprised just what comes naturally to me." Piccolo shouted he dashed at Gast fist cocked back.
Gast growled and threw a hard punch but he fell through the after-image of Piccolo which vanished. "Ah!" His eyes widened. He sensed Piccolo coming in behind him so he turned around with right hook which smashed into Piccolo's face and sent him crashing to ground.
The armoured Namekian breathed harder and let out another burst of Ki before dashing towards Piccolo.
Piccolo caught himself in mid-air before hitting the tiles and placed his feet on the Lookout, glaring at Gast dashing towards him. His jaw was swollen and he could taste blood. '...He's faster than I thought; I can only get in close if I absolutely have to. I need to stay cautious.'
He flared his white aura and narrowly barrel rolled out of the way of Gast's fist which shattered a large crater into the Lookout. Gast bounced off the floor and fired a jab at Piccolo who managed to just parry it out the way, the two exchanged a furious round of punches, blocks, dodges and kicks, Piccolo managing to land a series of light strikes onto the large foe who had to back-step away from each. Suddenly Piccolo's low kick fired through a dark smoke.
Piccolo frantically searched for Gast unable to sense him.
Then a heavy kick bolted Piccolo in his shoulder shattering it and firing him down –
Gast then teleported and smashed Piccolo into the left side of the ribs with a wide kick which rocketed him into the ground.
Piccolo struggled to his knees. The force of the blow broke a couple ribs and had forced Piccolo into a crater of his own frame. Piccolo fell back to the ground, but letting out another agony filled moan he climbed to his feet. He felt his left side of his ribs, they'd punctured through his skin and he could feel the warm blood trickling down his clothing. With any luck his regeneration would start working soon enough. But with the stress on his body he knew that would be awhile.
He then looked up. Gast was there breathing heavily and sweating. 'That's it! He may be a lot stronger than me, but his body is aged. He's can't properly deploy his powers without tiring out and by the looks of things his body's not as strong as it was when he fought Uub.' The Namekian perked up, smiling.
Piccolo half squatted and opened both palm at his side. Each hand filled with a yellow orb of Ki. "Take this!" He jabbed rapidly, firing out a number of Ki balls at Gast who wondered where Piccolo was aiming.
Then Gast noticed each sphere of yellow hovering around him, imprisoning him inside of a sphere of Ki.
"Nowhere to run," Piccolo lowered his brow. But just before he crossed his arms above his face his body jolted, each Ki sphere fell apart into particles that faded away.
A horrible burning sensation ran through his mind.
He collapsed to his knees and clutched his head.
Visions and voices.
A white armoured Namek, a desk a white oval egg in his hands before he placed it inside a cupboard.
Lots of visions and voices.
"Please. Please just let him go now and this doesn't have to go any further." He said to a female looking Supreme Kaioshin who held another Namekian with telekinesis.
Some of them slower than others.
He was now on an ice covered planet, skies of black. A tornado of darkness dashed and engulfed him.
Ryu-Yin.
Piccolo's burning mind calmed. "Ryu-Yin...? Wait he's not in con-"
WHAM! Gast's fist smashed into Piccolo's face, everything slowed down. He heard the sickening crack as his head swung back, spine snapping, purple blood, saliva and teeth spewed from his mouth, his vision swum and then darkness.
"Piccolo!" Dende screamed, tears stung his eyes his knees buckled and he collapsed to his knees, still staring at Piccolo's mangled lifeless corpse that lay in the purple liquid.
He watched Gast put his arm to the side and then a smile formed on his face of all things!
"YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER!" Dende exclaimed as Gast walked forwards each step making a clanging sound against the broken tiles. "You're not a Namekian. A Namekian wouldn't do this! Just who are you?!"
Gast gasped for a moment and stopped. Black eyes trembling. "I... I..." He uttered looking around at the broken palace in the sky, then he saw it a Namekian's mangled body on the floor purple blood on his armoured feet. 'I couldn't have...I would never do this-' His body jolted back, he shook his head back and forth. Eyes opening, his irises yellow once more.
Dende's body trembled. Staring he couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
"I demand you tell me this instant!" Gast gritted his teeth. "I must access the Ryu-Shin Realm!"
"Never," Dende climbed to his feet, tears ran down his face his body shaked with fear and gritted his teeth. "I'd rather die and allow the Dragon Balls turn to stone than let an evil force misuse them!"
Gast continued to walk forwards.
"I-I'm warning you...!"
Clang... Clang... Clang... Clang...
"Y-You stay back!" Dende clenched his fists.
Clang... Clang... Clang... Clang...
"Grrrr," Dende pushed his hands forwards.
Zip.
He trembled. Gast had teleported in front of him. The ancient Namekian was twice the height of young Guardian; Gast just looked down causing Dende to jump back in fright. His foot fell into nothingness and he felt himself beginning to fall back.
Everything slowed down he closed his eyes.
When he opened them he was standing in the centre of the Lookout. His hands were clawed onto the back of teal Gi.
"Uub!" Dende exclaimed. The boy didn't turn he just looked in Gast's direction. The latter twisted his wrecked armoured body around and gave a glare.
"Dende..." Uub said calmly, Dende could tell his aura hinted the opposite though. "Please. Heal Piccolo."
"Y-Yeah." Dende turned and ran to Piccolo. He knelt next to him and put his hands to Piccolo's body. Then-
Gast turned his head towards the smaller Namekian. Uub's mohawk waved widely as a gale force of wind dashed past him. Dende collapsed to the ground and he saw Mr. Popo run from the Palace towards him.
Uub stared for a moment his jaw hung and eyes shaked before turning back to Gast. "What did you do to him?!"
"It doesn't matter. However do not worry, he is still of this world. He is still needed unlike you."
Uub lowered his brow. "Is that what my friend is to; an object that you'll throw away once you've finished with?"
"Once I have access to the Ryu-Shin Realm, yes." Gast smirked lowering his brow covered in wrinkles. "This is your final day boy."
"We'll just have to see about that."
A gust of wind swept between them and the two vanished crashing into each other overhead in a rapid frenzy of spherical waves.
Kaioshinkai
"So that's what became of Gast Carcolh. The other Supreme's were ashamed of what had happened that day and never spoke of the event. All I knew was that the Namekians were heavily associated with us but after the events we never really connected again."
Kibitoshin grasped his chin with his pale lavender hand and sat cross-legged across from the Elder Dai, who wore a purple tunic to symbolise his rank of Dai – the Lord of Worlds and the Supreme of the Mortal and the Otherworld Realms.
"Yes a tragic faint. However we need to discuss the more important factor of this story - Ryu-Yin is the main issue that needs to be addressed." The Elder Dai replied looking into the crystal ball, which showed the aged Gast on the Lookout of Earth facing Uub who Kibitoshin try as he might struggled to look at the boy without seeing a pinkish tinge to Uub's skin, see the mohawk the thin pink tentacle.
"I don't know if you've seen yet." He said snapping Kibitoshin out of his trance. "Look closely at Gast. When he and Ryu-Yin became one, it changed him. Somewhere along the way he lost or is losing control of himself – he's not himself so to speak."
"I see. He's also mentioned something about wanting to enter this Ryu-Shin Realm. Why does he want that so much?"
The Elder Dai closer his eyes and breathed out. "There's... Still a lot that you don't know." He opened his eyes and stared at Kibitoshin. "But it's not just you who doesn't know. Only the Dai-Kaioshin may know the full truth and I think it's only right that you to know what happened."
Kibitoshin gave a confused look waiting to hear more.
'Where am I?' Piccolo mentally asked himself, his vision was blurry at first as his eyes adjusted to the new light, but he could just about make out the blue landscape and cliffs around him with the green sky. "Planet Namek...? But it can't be."
"You're almost correct but not quite."
Piccolo spun around to see another Namekian who looked just like himself only he wore a white and blue tunic. "Who are you?"
"My name is Carcolh. Gast Carcolh. You're currently in a mind gathering within you, after all you are the current embodiment."
Piccolo gave a puzzled look. "Gast...? Embodiment, what are you talking about?"
"No, I am not that one. I am the beginning: the original body of the chain of incarnations, the one who was entrusted with the promise of Guardian of the Black-Star Dragon Balls." Carcolh's face hardened. "However, a part of our chain is missing. Roughly ninety-five million years after my incarnation a crisis emerged which lead to the one called Gast to be forced into breaking the promise. Gast needs saving, Piccolo."
"And just how am I supposed to save him?" Piccolo's cape fluttered. With that another figure materialised next to Carcolh. He was the same size as Piccolo, wearing similar clothing only his were white, with a purple neck scarf and his cheek bones and nose were more defined. "And who're you?" Piccolo asked, this whole scenario was irritating him but he wanted to know more.
"My name is Katas." Katas smiled. "I am your father; I merged with you just before I sent you to Earth during the cataclysm."
Piccolo's jaw dropped. "M-My father!" Old memories which were new to him flooded his mind, forcing his head to recoil backwards.
"Ah, yes, I called you Katan back then. But that doesn't matter now."
"Yeah, I think I'll stick with the name Piccolo."
Katas chuckled. "Aha Piccolo it is." His features hardened. "There is a greater matter at hand, ours and Carcolh's incarnations are broken – disconnected - Gast is missing and we need to re-link if we're to stop the Ryu-Shin's plans." Two purple and blue robed Namekians appeared behind Katas and another two dressed in white tunics appeared behind Carcolh. Then another row appeared behind the set of two and another row until millions of Namekians dressed in various coloured tunics were behind Carcolh and Katas.
"Amazing," Piccolo uttered.
Carcolh stepped forth and placed a hand on Piccolo's right shoulder and placed the other hand on Piccolo's head with his thumb on his forehead. A mystical white light illuminated from them both and then from Katas and all of the other millions of Namekians behind them.
CRASH! A blooded fist bathed in a crimson fire smashed into Gast's face with a sickening crunching sound as the Namekians cheek bone caved into his face. He was hurtled backwards through the clouds over a green continent below.
Uub roared forwards with his fists drawn back leaving a trail of crimson aura behind.
Gast stopped himself. "Enough," Purple blood trinkled down his face from where Uub punched him, his black armour had been torn apart in the battle revealing his dark green bruised and burned chest.
Uub gritted his teeth and threw a kick towards Gast's face, but with a grunt Gast flared his black aura took the blunt of the blow his forearm. Their bodies shaked from the recoil of the spherical wave, Gast grabbed Uub's leg with his free hand and launched him to the ground below.
Gast gritted his teeth and pushed his palm forwards. A black sphere of Ki burned in his in hand for a second before the black sphere shot down towards Uub.
Uub flipped and landed in his stance on the barren green ground before sensing the Ki blazing towards him. He looked up at it the black sphere that reflected on his blooded and bruised face. Outstretching his arm and pointing his flayed fingered palm a blue sphere ignited in his hand.
"Big-Bang-Attack!" The azure sphere rocketed forwards and exploded against the opposing black sphere in a ball of fiery smoke. The shock wave knocked Uub head over heels into a nearby cliff.
Gast peered into the smoke, frowning. "Hn," Multiple smaller black spheres blasted from Gast's hands through the smoke.
Uub struggled to his feet, his Kaio-Ken aura flickered and then withered away. His muscles burned and strained when he moved due to the overuse of the technique. His blue Gi was torn and ragged, blood poured from his body revealing the bone on the left-side of his cheek and on his right hands fingers.
Then the black bullets of Ki blasted through the smoke, his eyes widened and somehow he managed to push his body out of the way as the bullets tore into where he stood ripping apart the cliff behind in smoke and rubble -
Uub rolled and ran as the black bullets chased him.
Gast laughed out loud sadistically as the bullets surged from his hand.
Uub sprinted across the landscape at high speed. The black bullets crushed and burned and exploded the ground behind him. He tried to ignite the Kaio-Ken but it was no use. Then suddenly he was hurtled backwards as the Ki bullets pelted and exploded into the ground in front of him. He skidded across the ground and looked up to see hundreds of more bullets coming towards him.
"HAHAHA!" Gast smiled sadistically as the land below him exploded upwards in a ball of fire. "It's over!"
Dizzzit- Uub appeared behind Gast with two fingers on his forehead.
Gast's eyes opened wide –
As Uub's boot drove into his chin, sending the possessed Namek flying and twisting through the air -
Uub spun up and around thrashing the back of left heel into Gast's left side –
Gast's black armour cracked and shattered, piecing into his side causing purple blood to spurt out. His face contorted with pain as he rocketed through the sky -
'Now's my chance,' Uub thought as he continued his spin, bringing his hands together at his side, cupping them over one another –
"Ka-Me..."
Azure energy shinned in his hands.
"Ha-Me..."
The energy formed in his cupped palms, streams of azure light escape shinning between his fingers.
Breathing heavily Uub lifted his cupped hands to his shoulder -
"HA!"
He pushed his hands forward, hands pointed at Gast looking like angry teeth and the azure jet of energy surged out, thundering towards Gast.
Gast looked up and saw his vision filled with the light. He roared his black aura flared around him. Gritting his teeth he pushed out his palm –
The Kamehameha wave smashed into Gast's open palm. He could feel the energy scorching into his skin. Gast yelled again and blasted a large Kiai through his hand which quaked against the jet of azure for a moment before bouncing it back at Uub –
Uub gasped in fright at the sight as he watched the large bulge in his Kamehameha wave rocket towards him.
He brought his arms to his side and squatted slightly. Crunching his face he managed to summon the Kaio-Ken aura around him –
BAAAA-BROOMMM! Within the moment his technique thundered into him with all the power of an exploding planet –
Gast breathed heavily, his right palm was now black from the third-degree burns.
He watched the river of smoke that had formed in the blast fade. Behind it was Uub. His blue Gi was torn and ripped; the top of the Gi had been completely torn off from the blast. He was breathing ragged panting; his body was wreathed in deep cuts with blood leaking out, bruises and burn marks. The right eye was swollen to the point of it almost being closed. His two arms were hanging at his side and were also badly burned – his left forearms skin had been sheared away to the point that bone was just about visible.
Uub's body shuddered before he raggedly coughed blood and saliva. His broken ribs shifted and cracked with his painful cough, tears welled in his eyes as he slowly descended himself to the broken wasteland below.
Gast watched the boy descend down and followed.
Tac, Uub touched the ground. The weight of his feet touching the floor sent an unbelievable amount pain up his body. He could just about see Gast touch the floor with a clanging noise. He gritted his teeth. "You..."
Gast growled. "What's wrong, finally feeling the pain that you caused me and some many more?" His pupils turned black.
Uub couldn't hold himself up as his legs trembled causing him to collapse to the cold broken ground. The pain of the rocks digging into his body was horrible.
"What fool? You and your creator Bibidi nearly purged Namek; if you never appeared I wouldn't have had to seal myself away because of what came out of those ridiculous Dragon Balls!" He aimed his glowing palm at Uub a black sphere rocketed out and exploded into Uub -
The boy was fired backwards with an agonising scream –
"Shut up! Your pain is nothing to what I experienced: all alone on that accursed planet with nothing but Ryu-Yin who is controlling my free will!" He fired another Ki blast at Uub who cried out. "And you know what I don't care anymore. Ryu-Yin can do what he damn likes with me, I don't care. I just want to see you suffer!"
"AH!" Tears fell from Uub's eyes as another blast exploded into him, burning into him as he limply rolled on jagged ground. "P...Please... S-Stop... I'm not, I'm not h-him...!"
"Would you have stopped if I asked you?!" Gast stamped his right foot into the ground and launched himself forwards smashing his left foot into Uub, he felt his black boot snap and sink into the boys chest. The boy screamed and skidded several feet forwards on the broken ground leaving a trail of crimson liquid behind.
Uub didn't respond. His whole body was shaking. His left arm was reduced to nothing but bone and muscle. Ribs on the right side of his chest were exposed, snapped and protruding outwards awfully. Blood poured out of his chest and pooled around him. The pain was unbearable.
"The mere sight of you sickens me; I can't believe Enma would even have the nerve to reincarnate you." Gast pointed his palm at Uub. A larger crackling sphere of black Ki filled it.
Uub sniffled. "Uh...Ah...Ah...Ah...Uh...Aha..." He cried. The boy could only cry the pain of it all was just too much. He breathed harder and harder. He was going to die. 'I'm worthless, absolutely worthless, Piccolo and Vegeta and even Goku must be so d-disappointed with me!' He couldn't stop the thoughts. "Ah hu, ah, aha, hu..." Pink electricity began to crackle around him. 'Look at you cry baby, worthless and you thought you could be a hero like Goku? HA! You should just give up its not like you can do anything anyway.'
Gast frowned. "Absolutely pathetic," The black Ki in his palm expanded and crackled.
"Ah, hu, ah... he...he...he...hehe..."
'Is he laughing?'
"Ha...He...Ha...Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ha-he-he-ha..."
The energy in Gast's hand disappeared as he took a step back. He remembered. 'It's that laughter...!'
Suddenly, the pink electricity ran through Uub's body again and again. He began to stand his bones crunched sickeningly as he did so and blood dripped onto the floor.
Gast turned his head to the skies, black clouds filled them, various sizes of rubble shattered from the ground and levitated around them. 'His power, it's even higher than when he uses that Kaio-Ken technique!'
Uub stood there, his head hunched looking at the ground, arms dangling in front of him over his thighs. He was shaking as his purple aura flickered around him.
"He-he-he-he-ha-ha-he-"
Uub lifted his head up; his eyes slowly began to open. The white of his eye was now pitch black and his pupils were red rings.
Uub grinned insanely. The Earth seemed to shake under him for a moment and then he screamed: a loud, high-pitched and feral scream.
The Earth cracked, banged and shaked violently as the lightning flashed and thunder roaring loudly all over from the skies above in the wake of the monstrous scream.
Gohan gasped, turning around. "Is that?!"
What sounded like a scream boomed through and across the planet.
The skies contorted into darkness nearly instantly, the world quaked in response as electricity zapped and buzzed on the horizon. The ocean unleashed a wrath of tsunamis and water tornadoes around Gohan who jumped backwards in response.
"Just what's going on?!"
Satan City
The attack sirens lead to screams and the screams lead to shouts. Panic soared over the city. The people fled everywhere they could. Some people tried in vehicles, sometimes smashing other fleeing pedestrians as they fled. The entire city was levelled, glass shattered, the buildings crumbled, every street was littered with debris and ripped apart roads, and it wasn't just Satan City it was happening all over the planet.
The Police, Fire Service and Ambulance Services were each trying trained in handling major incident and tried their best to help the people, but were almost helpless against the sheer power of the destruction.
Amongst it all were Videl, Hercule Satan and Mr. Buu, each taking to the sky, trying their hardest to save people from the falling debris, raging fires and the tornadoes that were tearing through the city.
Buu stopped and looked into the horizon, past the flames and the destruction. He could feel it, a familiar connection, something he hadn't felt since fifteen years ago – His squinted eyes opened and his mouth was an o. "Uub," Nobody had ever told him about the reincarnation, but now he knew, he knew why the boy disturbed him so much that time. It was all piecing together –
"Buu...? Buu!"
"Ku?" He snapped his head back to his best friend. "Yes Mr. Satan?" Hercules hand was on his shoulder and had a worried look.
"Are you alright, Buu?" Hercule asked. "You seemed a little frozen there buddy."
"Sorry Buu okay. Buu just thinking was all."
"Huh, about what Buu?" He wanted to know more, despite the chaos behind him.
"Buu sense something, something familiar, that boy Uub. Why does boy have same energy as original Buu?"
Hercule's eyes widened, he felt his throat tighten. Buu had finally found out –
"DAD!" Videl's voice yelled behind him.
Hercule froze, he looked up to see a whole section of a sky-top building topple and break towards him –
Then a small black figure caught his eye. It dashed towards the building.
"KAMEHAMEHA TIMES TEN!"
A voice rang out and a jet of reddish and bluish energy instantly obliterated and shot through the building.
Videl looked up. A figure shot overhead and somersaulted before landing in the street between Videl and the shocked Mr. Satan with Buu. "Who the man?!" He yelled, he wore brown trousers, shoes and a red blazer with a white under shirt. His black hair was short and spiky with a few fine grey hairs here and there, but his eyes showed a young fiery look.
Hercule looked up. "Yamcha?"
Yamcha turned to the group with his thumb up, smirking. "Hey, hey everyone how's it going?"
Planet Rudeeze
On a barren desert planet, which orbited many stars was Goku, Trunks, Pan and Bra who had just found the five-star Black-Star Dragon Ball.
The group were just about to enter the Capsule Corporation G spaceship when –
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Pan said with a hint of worry in her voice to her Grandpa who looked up to the sky. He was shaking.
Goku turned back to his granddaughter who looked back at him. His eyes were wide. "It's the Earth," His voice showed an uncharacteristic sign of panic. "Something's going on."
"What was that?" Trunks looked over, as did Bra.
"It's Uub, he, he's changing..."
Bra didn't know what to do she snapped her sight up to her brother who also looked confused.
"Goku, you aren't making any sense, what do you mean what's happening?"
Goku breathed heavily, "I mean what I said!" He yelled out of agitation causing the unaware Pan and Bra to jump back in fright. Goku lifted his right hand up and placed his index and middle fingers onto his forehead.
Trunks' eyes widened, instinctively he jumped at Goku with his hand out -
"I'm sorry -"
Thfft,
With that he was gone and Trunks crashed into the sand where Goku once stood.
Lava blasted out the ground around the screaming Uub. The entire island began to separate between Gast's feet breaking and lifting into the air. Then his sight snapped to the ground and out of reflex he rolled back from the eruption of lava which surged out from where he stood.
Gast trembled as the dark storm clouds pink lightning thundered around him. "I have to end this now!"
Then like that it stopped.
Uub stopped screaming and bared that malicious grin once more.
The dark skies returned to their normal blue colour and the Sun poured through enlightening the Earth again. The eruptions ceased a only evidence was the pools of magma and the igneous rock which began to form, the tornadoes fell, the lightning stopped and the thunder stopped quaking the Planet – everything seemed to have returned to normal. But it was a facade. The dark presence of silent sniggering echoed.
Gast bared his teeth. "King Enma did a foolish thing. He knows full well that even the tiniest essence of something which is reincarnated can still climb to the surface." Gast clenched his fists, breathing heavily his pupils turned yellow. "But this will not be my end. This is just an obstacle standing in my way of my goal and like all obstacles it must be destroyed." He announced
In response Uub twisted his head to the side, grinning and sniggering.
"Stand in my way then come!" Gast roared his dark jagged Ki burst around him, reflecting of the broken black armour and exposed bleeding green skin.
"SHA!" Uub bolted forwards at lightning speeds and embedded his foot into Gast's stomach causing black armour to shatter in response before he could even react. He vomited blood and saliva before blasting backwards -
Uub pursued instantly with horrible ferocity screaming louder -
Gast lifted his head up only to be smashed by a frenzy of fists. Purple blood splattered all over the boys face. Until-
Thffft, Uub's fist fell through the violet mist confused he growled. The violet mist appeared to the side of him, Gast shot out with a black Ki filled fist which he exploded into the boys already burned and blooded stomach.
Gast panted staring at the smoke -
"KUHA!" Uub shot out the smoke blood pouring from his stomach causing Gast to gasp in shock. In reflex pushed his hands out in front of him and threw up a purple transparent barrier.
BAM! Uub's fist slammed into the barrier causing him to recoil several feet backwards.
Uub shot forwards again and smashed into the barrier with a wild frenzy of fists which caused spherical shockwaves and sparks to lance out with each fist that rammed into the barrier -
BAM, BAM, BAM! Gast grunted as he saw small cracks form in the barrier -
BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM! The cracks grew wider which made Gast grimace -
BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM... BAM! It shattered like glass. BAM! Uub's fist fell through shards and smashed Gast in the face which caused him to hurtle backwards and explode through into a jagged cliff.
Uub snickered and then broke out into a fit of laughter that only an insane creature could make. He then watched the smoke...
A shadow moved.
He ceased his laughter and just stared for a moment, he then started to beat his fists against his chest, each beat made a sickening cracking noise against his broken ribs.
"AHHH!" Gast roared, and shot out of the smoke into the sky. 'No more.' He mentally yelled as his black aura burst to life around him.
Uub stopped his chant and looked up with a frown.
Gast put both of his hands together as if he was praying. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Seven white and black orbs which glowed brightly appeared and circled around him.
Uub grinned and put a hand above his head. Instantly a massive purple sphere of energy formed above his head illuminating everything in pink alongside with a horrifying buzzing like noise.
The orbs burned brighter, Gast breathed in as he pushed his hands above his head-
"Uuuuuuubbbb! Please stop it!"
Goku's shocked and panicked yell jolted through Uub's mind. Startled he blinked, the Planet Burst attack disappeared. Uub reopened his eyes which returned to their normal white colour with brown pupils. He looked around confused. He spotted the orange Gi and turned to it, it was Goku and he seemed to be shaking. "M-Master what's going-"
Then a surge of power bolted through his senses. He snapped his head to it and saw Gast point all of his fingers at him and let loose all fourteen spheres of black and white at him.
"What is this?!" Uub exclaimed and flared his now white aura in reflex. The orbs zoomed down towards him. He breathed a lapse of pain in his broken chest surged through him but somehow he managed to push himself into the air, hoping that the spheres would explode into the ground but they swerved around and chased after him in a chain formation. Unable to out speed them they flew next to him for a few seconds before separating to circle him in a sphere formation for a few seconds.
Panicked and confused Uub turned from side to side looking at the orbs.
Then suddenly dark lightning bolted between the spheres, imprisoning Uub in an orb of lashing lightening. Uub gasped lances of dark crackling electric fired into all parts of Uub's already broken and burned body causing the boy to cease his flight and cry out in agony. The Shadow Prison technique tore into Uub, ripping chunks of muscle out revealing and snapping bone. Everywhere was being attacked at once.
"NO!" Goku roared a flash of golden light and sparks burst around him. His black hair stood on end and turned gold he continued his scream but he then Trunks' voice mentally cut through him 'You can't become Super Saiyan Three. This Black Heart virus accelerates when you use it.' Goku's pupils turned black along with his hair, he collapsed to his knee clutching his chest. "Ah no...!"
The lights danced in Gast's eyes. His hands were still pushed out with all of his digits pointed at Uub. "My destiny commences!" He roared as he began to close each of his fingers slowly into a fist. In response the fourteen orbs began to close slowly around the screaming Uub. The orbs closer and closer nearly touching Uub's body when-
SMASH! A white gloved fist slammed into the side of Gast's face sending him rocketing sideways to the ground, just before he hit the ground he flipped to his feet which made a grinding noise when his black metal boots smashed into the ground. He crouched slightly; his breathing was ragged. He snapped his head towards the one who attacked him. His eyes were losing focus but he could just make out a golden glow in the sky.
Vegeta slowly descended, glaring at Gast with his arms crossed still in his Super Saiyan Three form.
The Saiyan Princes boots tapped onto the floor. "You'll spill no blood today." He uncrossed his arms and flared his golden aura. Then Gohan, Goten and Krillin descended down next to him. Gohan glared at the battered Gast for a moment before he felt a familiar presence.
"Father?" Gohan looked up to the sky and saw his father carrying Uub. The others followed suit -
"Kakarot?!" Vegeta gave an astonished scowl. "What're you doing here, shouldn't you be in space?"
Goku landed next to the group and laid Uub onto the ground.
Goten stared at the horrific sight in front of him, he began to sweat and pant hard.
Uub's was completely burned. His was face swollen, chunks muscle missing on his arms and legs leaving only black fractured bones to hold his limbs together. Goku gritted his teeth at the sight, he could barely feel any Ki coming from his student as he knelt down and checked the boys breathing and pulse.
Gohan ran over to them. "Is he breathing?"
Goku forced a nod. "Barely son, he needs a Senzu Bean does anyone have any?"
Krillin shook his head. "No Goku," He ran up to Uub and knelt down to pick him up. "I'll take him to Korin. Let's face it; I can't do anything else here now. Not against that guy any-"
Vegeta felt it first and snapped his widened eyes snapped towards it. A gale forced tunnel of black winds stormed past his head, then past Goten who was knocked onto the floor by the sheer power of it. Then Krillin turned along with Goku and Gohan who lifted their hands up in reflex –
PUH! Krillin was swept of his feet, and hurtled over Uub and past the shocked Goku. He landed hard on his back with a sickening crunch. His body was slashed in tiny slashes of ribbons. The short black-haired monks legs twitched a few times, he had lost all feeling in his lower body and some of it in his arms. He groaned loudly.
They all looked in shock and horror. First Uub and now Krillin lay hurt on the ground because of this monster.
"You won't be helping anyone," Gast snickered, his breathing was still ragged but he was still very much alive.
Hate.
Hate powered through Gohan's mind and body. His fists shaked.
"You," Goku said. "I'm willing to give you one last chance, just please leave and this doesn't have to go any further."
"Hn," Gast chuckled silently. "You know, I used to be just like you Goku. I used to be willing to give chances, allow those of evil to mend their wicked ways. But you know what they all did?" Gast raised his hand above his head.
Goku glared. "If it has come to this then you leave us with no choice!"
Vegeta scowled. "Hm, you know usually I wouldn't team up to fight an opponent of your mere statue... But for your crimes, I'd say it's a given." His smirk alongside with his cold words made Gast grimace.
As if on cue Goku burst into a Super Saiyan Two. His chest felt like it was crushing in on itself, he stumbled a little and flared his aura. "Let's end this!" He screamed launching himself at Gast with his fists tucked by his sides.
A small black sphere formed in Gast's hand which he threw to the ground, sending a pillar of smoke and dust around him.
He charged upwards into the sky and Goku pursued him along with Gohan and Goten who followed closely behind.
Gast turned around and threw a black Ki sphere at the group, which Goku responded with his own azure Ki blast causing an explosion of smoke shielding Gast. Gast was about to dive down until –
He sensed something and twisted his head back in time to see Vegeta's black leathered leg fill his vision before it connected with his face and sent him hurtling down towards Goku, Gohan and Goten.
'No I knew I couldn't match them all, there has to be another way. I need that wish!' Gast mentally yelled, he opened his eyes as he fell through the air to see the back of Gohan's purple Gi.
SMASH! Gohan flipped around and smashed the back of his fist into Gast's face which knocked a couple of teeth out as he hurtled faster down towards Goten and Goku who both poised in the Kamehameha stance.
Gast's eyes widened as he saw them dragon-shaped hands point at him and fire a jet of azure towards him.
His eyes reflected the azure but just before both blasts hit him he vanished into the violet smoke.
"Ah darn it, it's that technique again!" Gohan clenched his fists frantically searching for Gast.
Then he saw it two fingers pointed down. "Vegeta!" He screamed.
"Makankosappo!"
Vegeta both heard and sensed the Ki, he twisted his body out of the way, but the beam was just too fast. He felt the thin gold and purple spiralling beam drill through his left shoulder and burst through the other side.
"No Vegeta!" Goku exclaimed.
Vegeta gritted his teeth and crunched his face growling. He felt the warm blood flow down his left arm, he grabbed his shoulder out of instinct and glared furiously lowering himself slowly from the air onto a broken cliff of debris.
His Super Saiyan Three aura flared upwards as he glared and grimaced at floor in thought. A huge vein protruded from the side of his head and he screamed to the heavens: not just from the pain, but from the sheer blow to his honour and pride. He was a Super Saiyan Three the highest known peak of Saiyan power and he was taken down so easily. How could he let it happen?
Gast hung in the air. "Consider yourself lucky, I was aiming for your heart..." He began, between breathes. He couldn't take much more of this; his body was just two old and weak. But the wish burned greater in his mind.
Goku breathed heavily, teeth gritted. He looked at Vegeta - he was on the ground, his Super Saiyan Three hair residing back and turned black, clutching his shoulder blood pouring and pooling around him. He looked behind him at the ground, his best-friend Krillin was there unconscious and Uub was gone. 'His body must have travelled to the Otherworld...' Goku glared furiously at Gast.
"No more," With a roar of anger Goku's aura ignited and then went further, with electricity bolting around him as he ascended further beyond.
Gast's eyes shot at Goku.
And with that the thought came to Gohan's mind of what Trunks had reported on their journey. His eyes narrowed and his head snapped to his father, who was roaring louder, his aura spherically jolted erratically around him. "Dad! Stop now!" Gohan yelled, is voice cut through his father who stopped immediately, the golden aura became white and his golden hair collapsed to its original black colour.
He looked down at Gohan, panting, clutching his chest. Goten flew up to him and supported him in his flight. "I'm sorry, I just thought I..." He breathed, "I just thought I could transform again..."
Gohan turned and glared at Gast.
Gohan crouched down and flared his white aura. "YAAAAH!" Gohan's aura burst and burst, but it stopped climbing, he couldn't reach his peak of his powers like he used against Buu. After a few seconds of trying to force the power out, he breathed heavily and collapsed to his knee. "What's happening?"
"Gohan..." Goten said softly.
Vegeta groaned and growled holding his shoulder. "Idiot, you'd think he'd learn from his old mistakes."
Thhffft.
Gohan turned to see Gast's armoured body fill his vision and smash into his face, hurtling him across the ground.
Gast laughed out loud and landed on the ground with a clang. It was finished. He had won, now he'd only have to eliminate them and collect the Dragon Balls. The Dragonkin's plan was at hand -
Tac,
A soft sound behind him.
"Piccolo," Gohan said, breaking the silence as he climbed to his feet.
Piccolo didn't respond. He only stared at Gast. A wind blew between them and Gast turned and stared with back with his yellow pupils.
"Listen I know what happened to you and I'm here to help," Piccolo said soberly. "I'm not here to fight you I'm here free you Gast Carcolh. Free you and rid you or Ryu-Yin once and for all."
Gast stared intently. "Never," The Ryu-Yin processed Gast gritted his teeth. "The Dragonkin will return!" He burst forwards towards Piccolo with his fist drawn back, but just as before he threw his fist at Piccolo he felt a tug. He turned in shock to see a static image of the original Namekian Carcolh in a white and blue tunic holding his left arm. Then another Namekian dressed in white with a purple neck scarf Katas held his right arm back. They both stared ahead at Piccolo.
Piccolo walked up to Gast who struggled frantically.
He put his hand on the top of his head and placed his thumb on Gast's forehead. A blue light radiated around them both.
"UUUUUUUGHHHH!" Piccolo cried, straining intensely.
Gast felt energy flooding into his body...light, purifying and hot. He felt something else, something which had imbedded itself inside him a long time ago being pushed out of him to the surface. A black smoke of negative energy began to swirl from all over his body.
"RRHHHHHHH!" Piccolo continued to roar, the veins of his head protruding to the surface. His eyes exploded with a white flash and then within the moment, Gast roared as a final surge of black corrupted energy leapt out of him. The tornado of black energy seemed to form and then stormed higher into the air before vanishing out of sight completely.
Piccolo released his hold on Gast who collapsed forwards onto his hands. The static images of Carcolh and Katas disappeared into trails of light which absorbed into the panting Piccolo.
"Ryu-Yin is gone. The spirit can never control you or hurt you or anyone else again." Piccolo said.
Gast looked up at Piccolo, his pupils were black and his armour was still broken but it was now white like it was all those millennia's ago. For the first time since his self imprisonment he smiled out happiness.
But the smile turned into sorrow. "I don't deserve your kindness. I'm responsible for so much destruction. I'm so sorry everyone, my friends, Slug... Piccolo and all of my incarnations, I failed."
"Stop,"
Gast looked up at Piccolo.
"You may think of yourself as the Promise Breaker, but you're not. You were the Hero on the day that it was impossible to get it right. If wasn't for your self-sacrifice Planet Namek and so many more would have been destroyed on that day."
"But," Gast breathed out. "Namek is still gone, I destroyed it. I slaughtered my people..." Gast's eyes filled with tears.
"That wasn't you. Ryu-Yin was the one responsible for that, not you and what's done is done." Piccolo smiled and offered his hand. "Become one with me Gast, you've been lost for so long and now it is time to finally reunite with the Namekian race again."
Goku, Goten, Gohan and Vegeta watched.
"I will," Gast smiled. "Place your hand upon my chest, Piccolo."
Piccolo smiled, he extended his hand slowly, placing it on the reborn Gast's chest. He closed his eyes and lowered his head in concentration.
Gast reminisced on his life on Namek, he smiled and closed his eyes as a tear fell down his face.
Gast's face began to radiate white. Yet his face was calm, tranquil. He began to chant quietly and his body burned whiter and brighter with each passing moment as everyone watched in awe. Just before the light became too bright his form began to evaporate into white glowing particles which flowed into Piccolo as calmly as a flowing river.
His body jolted a little when the sudden sensation of energy rushed through his veins. A warm and oddly familiar swarm of new power gushed all around his body. The new knowledge, the memories of Gast Carcolh ran through Piccolo's mind. The missing piece of the chain was now connected. The piece missing from the original Carcolh's line between the piece of Gast's sons and Katas' line was now complete once more.
Piccolo breathed out and walked to his friends.
Kami's Lookout
The sun began to set in the horizon welcoming the night over the Lookout. The tiles were battered and cracked all over, the two sets of trees were toppled and the palace itself fared no better.
The seven Dragon Balls lay in the centre of the Lookout; each illuminating orange every few moments. Standing around them were the now healed Vegeta, Gohan, and Goten all were restored to health thanks to the Guardian Dende's healing powers. Even their clothing was now repaired thanks to Piccolo's magic ability.
They all thought of the day's events waiting patiently to summon the Eternal Dragon Shenron to fix the day's events like so many times before.
Dizzzit, Goku snapped of his Instant Transmission directly opposite of the group in front of him.
"So how's Krillin?" Goten asked, almost nervously. He knew something serious must have happened considering not even the Senzu's or Dende's healing ability could fully mend his back.
Goku looked at his son. "Bulma says she'll see what she can do." He looked down and sighed. "But it could be a couple of months before he's back on his feet again. It's how Eighteen and Marron will take it is what I'm concerned about."
"Oh... I'll have to drop by and see them all after this."
Gohan nodded. "I'll come with you."
Piccolo walked towards the group with Dende and Mr. Popo following on each side with Pilaf following behind Dende.
"It is time," Piccolo looked at each of them and then to Gohan. "I just want you all to know, this will be the last time we rely solely on the Dragon Balls. After today I will seal them away and we'll never use them again."
Vegeta and Goku shot a perplexed look at Piccolo.
"What?" Vegeta grunted. "This is absurd Piccolo – the Dragon Balls are an absolute god-sent for us, think of all the times and how vital they've been for us in the past. In fact none of us would even be standing here now if it wasn't for the Dragon Balls and you want to be rid of them: it's ridiculous."
Piccolo gave a stern look and stood so he towered over Vegeta. "There's many things you don't know about the Dragon Balls. True they may have helped us in the past and now, but if we continue to use them then I fear of their potential outcome-"
"Piccolo, tell them no more than what you have."
The mentally heard voice of the Elder Dai caused Piccolo eyes to open wide. He quickly composed himself thinking that no one had noticed. But Gohan did and he gave a puzzled gaze.
"Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that the Kai's intended the Dragon Balls to be a product of extraordinary magic and power - something to be revered; not for the ease of their method."
"I gotcha," Goku said, looking down at the glowing Dragon Balls reminiscing and feeling the tingle of nostalgia running through him. "So this is the last time we'll use the Dragon Balls." He glanced up at Piccolo who stared back. "Say you wouldn't mind if I kept the Four-Star Ball though would you Piccolo? It's kind of like a symbol of my Grandpa you know."
Piccolo smiled at his old friend. "Sure,"
"Thank you, Piccolo." Goku smiled back.
Piccolo nodded and looked at the Dragon Balls. He breathed in. "Arise Shenron!"
Black clouds filled the night sky around the Lookout. The familiar mystical golden light fired out from the Dragon Balls and into the sky whilst the golden light burned around the sacred spheres. Then the light began to morph into the emerald coated Eternal Dragon.
Shenron coiled around the night sky over the Lookout looking at the familiar faces below.
"YOU HAVE THREE WISHES. SPEAK THEM NOW SO THAT I MAY SLUMBER ONCE MORE."
Piccolo gulped. 'One last time,' He thought. He looked over to Gohan who replied silently with a nod. "Shenron is it within your power to make the Planet Earth safe from being destroyed by those with the power to destroy it? Can you create some kind of protective shield or perhaps a barrier around our home?"
Shenron remained motionless – considering every aspect of the wish. He growled a voice deeper than even thunder. "IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ME TO FORM A PLANETARY BARRIER AROUND THE PLANETS CORE NOW. HOWEVER EVEN WITH THE WISH IN PLACE - THE EARTH HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE PLANET RYU-SHIN'S PRESENCE AND THIS PLANET WOULD STILL BE DESTROYED WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT."
Piccolo pondered lowering his brow-
Goku stepped forwards. "Don't worry Shenron," they all looked at Goku. "Go for it we're bringing the Black-Star Dragon Balls back soon anyway so that doesn't matter."
"IT SHALL BE DONE." Shenron's eyes glowed crimson. Piccolo noticed first and everyone looked up into the air, a rainbow of lights with a pinkish kind of glow was directly above them. The flow of lights leaked down the spherical planet, falling down the outsides of the Earth like a waterfall. It was extraordinary. It was over in just a few seconds as the lights leaked through into the Earth's crust.
"YOUR FIRST WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED. SPEAK YOUR SECOND."
Goten whistled and put his hands on his hips. "Well there's going to a ton of internet theories on what that was."
Gohan chuckled at the comment. "Well better not keep Shenron waiting." He looked up into the air. "Shenron can you revive all the people of Earth that died through today's events and fix all of the damage to cities that were affected?"
"IT HAS BEEN DONE. ALL WHO HAVE DIED TODAY OF UNNATURAL CAUSES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK AND THE DAMAGES TO THE EARTH'S CITIES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE ONE CALLED UUB HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE BUT THE DAI-KAIOSHIN WISHES FOR HIM TO REMAIN IN THE REALM OF OTHERWORLD."
"What?!" Vegeta exclaimed followed by Goku's and the others gasp.
Gohan spoke first. "What do you mean he wants him to remain in Otherworld?"
"I think I know," Everyone turned to Piccolo. "As we all sensed today Uub's power increased dramatically to that of his original self. "That version of him took over and if wasn't for Goku's appearance the Earth would have been taken by that Buu again. I think that the Supreme Kai wants to help Uub, we will see him again but not now."
Everyone looked to the ground. "I'll have to go to the Kaioshinkai and speak with him."
Piccolo nodded and was about to speak-
"I GROW INPATIENT. SPEAK YOUR THIRD WISH!" Shenron's voice boomed around them.
'I hope this works,' Piccolo looked at Dende with giving a comforting smile. "Go ahead they're your people to."
Dende stepped forward. "Shenron the Planet Namek was destroyed today. I know you cannot bring back, neither Namek nor my people, but can you please restore the Eternal Dragon Ornament of Porunga?" Dende pleaded.
Shenron remained silent for a couple of seconds. "HMMM," The dragon growled. "DUE TO THE ORNAMENT CONTAINING THE ESSENCE OF THE DRAGON SPIRIT IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO RESTORE IT, BUT I WILL TRY." Shenron's ruby eyes began to glow brightly as he seemed to exert a lot of effort.
Piccolo, Dende and the others waited patiently, hoping the idea would work.
"AS I THOUGHT I CANNOT RESTORE THE ORNAMENT OF PORUNGA. THE SPIRIT IS SCATTERED AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE REFORGED: IT IS GONE FOREVER MORE."
Piccolo the first to interpret the words, his face fell, feeling the cold sweat on his back. His eyes grew as he turned to Dende whose lip quivered.
Goku and Goten looked down hard expressions on their faces and Vegeta closed his eyes lowering his head.
Gohan held his breath and bit his lip composing himself. He had to be strong, to force himself to move to his friend.
Dende was breathing hard. Tears were forming in his huge glassy eyes. But he held an odd smile, seemingly not put on, but there due to a hoping will of sorts.
"...Dende..." Gohan said sympathising.
Dende looked up. "Gohan," he said his huge eyes stared at Gohan. "It's okay, Namek's not gone, it's not, it's, it's, it's all okay."
"Okay but how?"
"Because think about it...The Black-Star Dragon Balls... Ryu's a lot stronger than Shenron. Once we collect them, we can use them to bring them all back?" His smile withered a little, but held on. "They'll come back and we can see them again."
Gohan looked over at Piccolo who walked up to them both.
Dende stared at him hopefully.
Piccolo struggled. He shut his eyes and took a deep breath composing himself to force the truth out. "Dende... We can't... We just can't..."
"No, no! No we can! Ryu's more than powerful enough, I know he can do it; he just has to do it! Please I know it'll work!"
"The Dragon... The Eternal Dragon's..." Piccolo found a lump in his throat. He paused and took a few breaths choosing his words carefully. "If an Eternal Dragon Ornament is destroyed the Eternal Dragon is along with it; that's how the Kaioshin's made them, Dende. But it's not just that the spirit can't be collected, rules are in order and in those rules it states a wish against or for another Dragon cannot be made...it's just not allowed, Dende. It's just not allowed."
Dende looked up at the older Namekian. His smile flickered and faded. The hope in his eyes dwindled.
"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Dende." Piccolo whispered.
Dende was expressionless. Every memory, every thought of his people, all the good days and all the bad hurtled through his mind. He quivered, he tried to compose himself but then a single tear ran down his face. He broke. His face fell and more tears flowed from his eyes. He collapsed to his knees and curled up with his hands over his face: howling with all the anguish of his pain and loss.
Gohan kneeled down and put his hand on his friends back. Everyone looked down and even Shenron remained silent out of respect.
Dende clutched onto Gohan's hand, his cries echoing across his Lookout and his Palace.
With that we end the story of Promise Breaker.
Hey readers, I thank you for reading Dragon Ball Generations. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you're enjoying the story so far.
A few things I'll note first:
1) Gohan's Mystic State. Due to Gohan settling and due to his lack of training Gohan's some of Gohan's powers have fallen asleep as the Elder Kai would probably say. He isn't as strong as he was when he fought Majin Buu. Gohan himself never noticed until now, Goku noticed however a few year back before the story takes place and subtlety tried to encourage Gohan to train again, however Gohan was too busy with his life. And Stop, hold the fire - he hasn't lost all of it; he is still on tier with Super Saiyan 3 Goku and Vegeta. But will his full power ever come back? Well you'll just have to wait and see.
2) Hercule Satan can fly! Yeah I know, if you were wondering Videl (with great difficulty) taught her father Ki-control like Gohan did with her, it took some time...but they got there in the end.
3) Goku return - it was kinda out of the blue, I hadn't intended it originally on having him help out. I was originally thinking of having him sense it from the healing tank he was in because of the Black-Heart, and be unable to help out - but that just didn't seem right.
4) Uub turned out way creepier than I intended... O_O
-Power-level section (If interested):
-Uub:
Base – 210,000,000
Kaio-Ken – 255,000,000
Majin Buu State – 270,000,000
-Vegeta:
Base – 14,500,000
SS3 -257,400,000
-Gast (Ryu-Yin):
Base – 256,500,000
-Gohan:
Base – 50,000,000
Mystic – 252,500,000
-Mr. Buu:
Base – 235,379,100
-Piccolo:
Base - 222,500,000
With Gast - ?
-Goten:
Base - 10,255,000
SS1 - 210,255,000
-Krillin:
Base - 5,550,500
Now the questions and comments:
Q:Very nice, is this Slug the same Slug from the Movie Lord Slug?
A: Haha no, the Slug in the 'History of Gast' is not the same Slug from the DBZ movie. (I actually forgot about him to be honest!)
Q:it seems Gast is only evil due to being alone on his planet for so long with only the voices of Ryu in his head driving him insane.
A: Gast himself is now quite bitter, the five million years of voices from Ryu-Yin and the PTSD he would have been experiencing has changed him from his old self. In this chapter I showed that Gast does still have some good in him, he does however have a lot of resent towards Uub as he feels he well his past self Buu is the main one responsible for the events that had transpired. Ryu-Yin is the one who is mainly in control of Gast's body and mind using him for his own gains.
Q:I wonder, how powerful is the Daikioshin?
A: In relation to how powerful the Dai-Kaioshin is. Now to just put this out there I don't believe the strongest of the Kai's would be ranked Dai, I feel that they'd be more elected to become that high of status or perhaps the oldest of the Supremes would become it maybe. Anyway went of topic there: the Dai-Kaioshin I think would be as powerful as a Full-Powered Super Saiyan Two that's on the edge of becoming a Super Saiyan Three, I also believe that he would be diverse in a lot of magical based techniques and that's one of the reasons Majin Buu might have absorbed him.
Q: I think this may be my favourite chapter so far. It was really cool to see Gasts' tragic backstory (he was doing his best, trying to do what was right and that's his reward? Bum deal there...) the (surprising) interaction between his past and the Kais and Bibidi and the lots of layered hints as to what the dragons are (with what I presume is the setting up for the Shadow Dragons - that's gonna be good!) I'm also very curious about the further backstory of the Kais and the Nameks.
A: Well I'm proud to hear this one may be your favourite chapter thus far! I've had this one planned for quite awhile now and it was great watching it shape out. But you're right however; let's just say that saga will take a different turn though.
Q:The writing was very good and the dialogue was well written and believable for the characters. The pace was excellent for the story and it kept things going, whilst explaining (and hinting at things) without it seeming like exposition. I could really feel the tension in the scene when Buu crept ever closer - you conveyed that sense of desperation and dread in the face of the monster brilliantly!
A:Thank you I was worrying about the dialogue to be honest. Gast in this story I tried to go for more of a Piccolo/Goku kind of character route. The Kaioshin's I went for their anime appearance (Not sure if they were shown in the actual Manga or not) and I also took a little of Dragon Ball Multiverse's version of the Kaioshin's especially for the South - but I gave my own little spin on the Western Supreme's character.
Q:As I said favourite chapter, your skill improves with each one, and I'm very much looking forward to seeing what happens next!
A: I hope it didn't disappoint!
Again I thank you so much for reading and I thank you all for taking the time to review! See you all soon!