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One year had passed since the graduation exams. Jason and his friend had trained hard and we now find Jason and Ackos sparring together.
"Ready!" Jason yelled, smiling, "go!" Jason took off towards Ackos, punching wildly. Ackos responded with a well placed kick to Jason's side. Jason blocked the kick with his left arm and swung at Ackos with his right. The fist landed squarely on Ackos' jaw, causing Ackos to skid back a few inches. Ackos then sent a kiai into Jason's stomach with both hands. Jason flew back several feet, but otherwise unharmed. Jason was about to land successfully, but a prepared Ackos lunged at Jason's feet with his own feet, tripping Jason up before he could get his footing. Jason fell on top of Ackos, who rolled out from under him and shoved his face in the sandy floor of the training grounds. Ackos jumped away as Jason got up spitting sand out of his mouth, "that wasn't nice," Jason exclaimed.
"This is a fight, if you want nice, got play with some humans or something," Ackos replied. Ackos hand was now fully healed from the graduation match, and he had trained extra hard to catch up in his training.
"Oh, sorry, I thought you were one," Jason joked, taking a defensive position. Ackos charged, jabbing repeatedly with his right arm. Jason blocked all the jabs using both of his arms. Ackos then spun around, kicking Jason in the side, sending him flying. Ackos followed Jason's movements, positioning himself under his sparring partner. Ackos the kicked Jason, attempting to send him flying up into the air, but Jason crossed his arms, blocking Ackos' kick. Jason still moved a couple feet up through the air, but he was able to control his movement more. Jason fell back down towards the ground, and Ackos jumped off the ground towards the falling Jason. Ackos sent both his fists into the red-haired saiyan's torso.
Jason flew up many yards, then crashed back to the ground. Ackos let Jason get back up, "ok, that's it!" Jason said. Jason brought his hands to his side, "this is when I finally get to test my training! Ka...me...ha...me..." he continued.
"Fine," exclaimed Ackos, charging a full power energy wave. Before either could fire, they heard the sound of footsteps coming towards them.
Rodd appeared out from behind a hut on the village side of the clearing, "hey, guy!" both fighters saw their friend and stopped their training session.
Jason was a little mad that he couldn't finish the fight, he so wanted to test out his Kamehameha training with Estar. Rodd was ignorant of his friends frustration, "Chief Ryan wants us all to report to him right away!"
Ackos was obviously surprised by the statement, "why?" he said not able to think of any reason why the chief of the Tribe of Fire would want to see them.
Rodd was filled with excitement, "he said something about a special mission for us!" he exclaimed.
Jason suddenly forgot his frustration, being filled with excitement. After a minute of silence Jason broke it, "what are we doing here just standing around? Let's go!" he exclaimed loudly.
The trio took off into the village, towards the chief's house in the center. Jason couldn't believe that after a year of hunting and patrolling, he was about to be able to test himself in a real mission. Jason's imagination of what the mission might be ran wild as the trio approached the hut of Chief Ryan.
Chief Ryan's house was the largest residential structure in the village. instead of wooden walls and a thatched roof like most huts, his house was made of stone, with a wooden roof, like the other important buildings of the village. When the trio arrived at the house, they knocked on the door. Etock answered the door and let the three in. When the saiyans entered, they saw a few others had come as well. It was quite a large group. Chief Ryan and his son were at the front of the group. Louise was on one side of the group, Legan at the other, and between them were 4 people Jason didn't recognize. The red-haired saiyan and his friends stood at the back of the group. Etock took a place next to Chief Ryan, who was looking towards the group of fighters.
Chief Ryan spoke to those in the room, "I have called you all here to give you a very special mission. You all know about the hatred between humans and Saiyans." Kyle snarled at the statement. Chief Ryan continued, "This hatred has made it very difficult for the human kingdoms and the saiyan tribes to perform any diplomacy between each other. Near constant war and raids, another effect of that hatred, between humans and saiyans has made diplomacy even harder. There is a human kingdom to the east called Praetrem. It is a relatively large kingdom, and being on good terms with it could be invaluable. A Praetrem town, called Erosia, has recently contacted me regarding a problem they are having. A group of rogues have been raiding the town's crops, causing a food shortage. The country's military is too busy to deal with the threat," kyle perked up upon hearing that, "and the town has asked for assistance," Chief Ryan paused to let all he had said soak in.
A brown haired saiyan, who Jason found out was named Aghao, spoke, "Why should we help them? What do we get?"
"We get a lot," Chief Ryan replied, "first, they are paying us with goods for the tribe. Second, doing this for them will improve our relationship with them. Like I said, an alliance with Praetrem could be invaluable."
That much made sense to Jason, but one thing didn't add up, "why, if this is so important, did you pick me, and others of us who are weak and inexperienced?" he asked.
Chief Ryan looked directly at Jason, "I picked you all for three reasons. Some of you I picked because you are very strong and experienced, and I can depend on you to make this mission a success. Some of you I picked because you are inexperienced, and this is a rare opportunity to gain some experience. Finally, one of you," Chief Ryan looked at his son, who looked away, "I choose you because you are amazingly strong and have huge potential, but are ignorant of the ways of the world and your place in it."
Kyle turned back towards his father, glaring, "and you want to know what I think?" Kyle asked, then not waiting for an answer continued, "I think we should attack while they are weak. If they are too weak to protect themselves from bandits, then it would be easy just to go in there and kill them all!" Kyle exclaimed.
A faint aura flared around Kyle as he spoke. Jason was in awe, 'how powerful is this guy? He isn't much older than me, but he may well already be stronger than his dad,' he thought, a shiver going down his spine.
Chief Ryan began to get angry, "how many times must I tell you, we cannot just go to war with whoever we want. That kind of thinking will destroy the Tribe of Fire!" Chief Ryan's aura flared faintly as well. The situation in the room became very tense for several minutes. No one moved, they scarcely breathed. Slowly the saiyans backed away from the two warriors as they glared at each other. It looked as though a fight would break out, but Chief Ryan dropped his power at the last second before it came to blows.
Kyle then, reluctantly, let his aura fade as well, "fine, I will go along with your way for now."
That seemed to lighten the mood a little. Chief Ryan continued, "so, I want all of you to go home and get some rest. you are all to report here by the 5th hour of the morning tomorrow. Good day," he excused the fighters in the room with a nod of his head. Kyle quickly left the house, a girl, who Jason found out was named Viel, following him.
Jason and his friends began leaving when a large older saiyan approached them, "hello, my name in Enon and I will be leading this mission," the large man stated in a serious tone, "your names are Jason, Rodd, and Ackos, correct?"
"yes," Rodd answered for everyone. Rodd realized that Enon was bald, which was uncharacteristic of saiyans, but he was older, so it made some sense.
Enon continued, "so, I will see you three tomorrow here, then," he then went to talk to some of the other team members.
The trio continued towards the door, and Louise began to head towards them. Soon after the group was outside, Louise caught up to them, "hello," she said.
The three young warriors turned to see Louise, "hello," Ackos replied. The two had become pretty close friends since their match a year ago, even training together. "pretty cool that we are all put on this important mission, huh?" Ackos continued.
"Yeah, it is very cool," Louise replied. She didn't make eye contact with Ackos, instead focusing on the features of his face. Ackos noticed, and thought it was weird. Louise seemed to be acting more shy around him over the last couple months. He didn't think much of it, though, he had more important issues on his mind.
"Yeah, I'm very excited," Rodd said as he smiled and itched the back of his black hair.
"Yeah, but we need our rest. I am going to head home for a good night's sleep," Jason replied, "see you all tomorrow." After everyone said their goodbyes, Jason headed home. Jason ran home, excitement filling him at the prospect of his mission tomorrow.
Jason ran past Ranorm's home, almost bumping into Ranorm. "Whoa, what's the rush, Jason?" The adult saiyan said.
Jason stopped running and turned back towards his good friend, "I have to rest up for an important mission tomorrow," he said.
Ranorm walked up to Jason, put his right hand on top of the red haired saiyan's head, and smiled, "well, I'm happy to see you so excited about a mission, and I hope you have a good night's sleep." Jason left after he said goodbye, and ran into the forrest to get something to eat for dinner. Jason caught and ate some rabbits, then went home as the sun set. He got under his blanket, on a bed that he was able to buy with the little money he got doing missions. While Jason struggled with calming down enough to fall asleep, being as excited as he was for the next day. Jason had a good night's sleep in spite of his excitement.
The next morning Jason woke up to a knock at his door. It was Ranorm, "hey, do you know what time it is?" he asked.
Jason looked out past Ranorm and saw the sun rising, "I'm late!" the young saiyan exclaimed.
"Yes, now hurry up and go, before they leave you behind" Ranorm urged.
Jason took off, "thank you," he yelled back before Ranorm was out of earshot.
Jason rushed to Chief Ryan's house. Upon entering, he saw that everyone else was already there, "sorry I am late," Jason said as they all turned their heads towards him.
"Just get over here!" snapped Chief Ryan, seeing that Jason was waiting in the doorway. Jason joined the group as the chief continued, "you all know the mission, and I shouldn't have to remind you what is riding on the success of this. So I will leave you with this, listen to your superiors, and remember you are members of the Tribe of Fire, make that memory your strength in hardship. You are dismissed," Chief Ryan nodded, then turned and walked into another room.
The group of ten fighters then turned their attention to Enon, who was addressing them, "you heard the man, let's move out." The group proceeded to walk out of Chief Ryan's house, down the main path out of the village, and on to adventure.
So begins the Neos Saga. well I want to say a couple things. First, please review, I love to read them, and thank you to all of those who have in the past. Second, there was a concern voiced to me the Jason's name and Jadon's name were too similar, so I went back and changed Jadon's name, which is now Brock, I just wanted to say this to stop any confusion that my changing his name might cause. Third, this fic is officially part of DBM2, I am very excited.
well, on to the King Piccolo Saga power levels, remember, these are the power levels I use, I in no way am trying to get any one else to use them, they are just to compare my characters to DB/Z/GT characters:
King Piccolo Saga
Master Roshi: 140
Chiaotzu: 120
Yamcha: 101
Tien: 200
Yajirobe: 190
Goku: 225
-After Ultra Divine Water: 275
Cymbal: 160
Tambourine: 180
Drum: 220
King Piccolo: 240
-Young: 270
Popo: 300
Kami: 325