Chapter 11 is finally up! I would like to pause to thank all reviewers, old
and new ones. I'd also like to answer some questions:
First from Arekanderu, The version of the relationship between Ami and Zoisite is in the mangas. As Endymion was betrothed to Serenity, his royal guards were betrothed to the inners: Jedeite/Raye, Zoisite/Ami, Nephlite/Lita, and Machalite /Mina. They were brainwashed to be evil by Beryl while looking for their prince.
I would also like to say that do to school starting; my chapters won't be here as much as they used to be, so try to be patience, please.
One more thing: Zoisite is NOT GAY! I happen to know many males on TV who are in touch with their feminine side:
Team Rocket James from Pokémon: Come on, he keeps his hair long and is almost always the one dressed up in female disguises. And he's normally the sensitive one.
Larry 3000 from Time squad: Do I even have to explain him?
That pinked haired punk from Tenchi Muyo!: ....... He said he loves Ayeka, so I guess he's straight.
Hercule from DBZ: This man is not afraid to cry in front of people or tell others how he feels.
Takaya from Digimon: This guy has pink armor and his voice and speeches are feminine. But he hasn't hit on anyone male.
We are about to meet the most powerful enemies in both SM and DBZ dimension. You will be most satisfied with these new villains because not only are they powerful, but also they are not what they seem. I'll give you a hint. You've encountered one of them in the TV series, and the other is of my own creation. Well, on with the show.
Alex Damioh: I've decided that disclaimers are overrated.
Gohan: Or maybe you've just ran out of ideas. Oh, and disclaimers aren't trends, they're stuff you're obligated to do if you don't want to get sued.
Dude: He's right.
Alex Daimioh: Nobody asked you. Don't you have a wedding to go to?
Gohan: Oh yeah.
Goten: Trunks, Darien, and me can do the disclaimer for ya.
Trio of Coolness (a.k.a. Trunks, Darien and Goten): Introducing the disclaimer for the story...
Goten: Saiya-Boy!
Trunks: Prince of Wonder!
Darien: And Tuxedo Mask!
Trio of Coolness: The following story does not belong to Alex Damioh or DGLS Princess. Characters in this story belong to Akira Toriyama or Naoko Takeuchi. LONG LIVE THE TRIO OF COOLNESS!
Alex Damioh: You can't add things like that. You're fired.
Trio of Coolness: Whatever. *Flies of*
Alex Damioh: Looks like it's just you and me.
Dude: See ya!
Alex Damioh: Waaaagh!
Chapter 11: Here Comes Trouble!
In the 30th century of Neo Earth, two lone warriors were fighting to the death using martial arts, ki, and of course, magic. It would have been a brilliant light show to the people, if there were anybody alive. On the left was an 8ft tall figure in a black uniform, wearing a cloak over its face. Despite the fact that its face was covered, you can see a pair of red eyes. On the left was a smaller figure. It was in a black and red uniform, floating in the air. The one trait it shared with the other was its red eyes. But unlike the other one, it's eyes weren't glowing. It stared at the other with a look of malice.
"Heh, it appears that once again, we are evenly matched. I hope this doesn't dent your pride?" Figure two snickered.
"You monster! I wanted King Endymion dead, not the entire freaking planet!" Figure one snarled. Figure two laughed at Figure one's anger.
"That's not what's upsetting you, is it? It's because I killed Neo-Queen Serenity. Aaaaaaww, you loved her soooo much, didn't you?" Figure two laughed viciously.
"SHUT UP! I care nothing for her! She was just as guilty as he was by allowing you to live." Figure one shouted.
"But she also allowed you to live as well. Ironic, huh? Everyone expected you to be the monster and destroy the universe. You should have seen the look on the Sailor scouts face when they find out it was me all along! It was priceless." Figure two taunted. Figure one growled at Figure two, making its eyes glow brighter.
"You'll pay for your crimes! I will see to that. I will not rest until I see you dead." Figure one shouted.
Figure two laughed. "If you think you can beat me, then you're wrong. I've got something you don't have: The power of the Golden crystal. Now, if you excuse me, I have a universe to destroy." With that said; the second figure flew off, leaving a very upset being behind. The first figure's eyes glowed brighter. But that wasn't the only thing glowing. Glowing on its forehead was a crescent moon.
In the DBZ dimension, present time, Tuxedo Mask was sitting at a café, drinking cappuccino and reading the Wall Street journal. He had already spent the first five hours saving the day, now he was waiting for Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder. When they showed up, he gave them a small wave. They both landed and walked up to him. They seemed very disappointed.
"Nothings happening! This place is boring, where are all the bad guys?" said Prince of Wonder.
"I saved a kitten from a tree, but that wasn't a superhero thing, it didn't even have claws." Saiya-boy said, sadly.
"How did your day go?" Prince of Wonder asked.
Tuxedo Mask placed the newspaper under his arm and spoke:
"Well, I managed to stop a bank robbery, I stopped some wild animals from escaping the zoo, I ceased a black market adoption operation, I saved a busload of children from falling off a cliff, I prevented a doomsday attack from a deranged dictator, I destroyed a new-batch of killer androids that were awaken from Dr. Gero's secret underground lab, I obliterated an asteroid that would have destroyed all of mankind, I saved a rare species of dinosaur from extinction, and I helped an eccentric scientist find a cure for cancer."
Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder stared in awe at Tuxedo Mask.
"I did all this," concluded Tuxedo Mask, "and I still managed to have time to buy Marron that kitten." As he finished that, he lifted his top hat to reveal a white kitten with a pink bow sleeping on his head.
"How come these things happen to you?" Prince of Wonder asked. Why did Tuxedo Mask have all the fun?
"Funny, I asked myself the same question just a minute ago." He muttered and unfolded his paper again. As he read the paper, he read a paper of attacks occurring in the mountains. Villagers claim that monsters come out at night to steal away their children. While the Police don't believe in monsters, they were taking the kidnappings very seriously. But in Tuxedo Mask's humble opinion, they were not trying hard enough. Looks like it was up to the trio of coolness, as Prince of Wonder so nicely named their group.
"Okay guys, how would you like to fight a monster?" Tuxedo Mask offered.
"WOULD WE!" They shouted joyfully. They grabbed each other's hands and danced happily. Darien smiled and placed a tip for the waitress.
In the SM Dimension, Machalite frowned as he stared at the large mirror in front of him. He had been watching Darien for a while and was starting to get a little worried. While the messengers were doing exactly what he wanted and were helping Darien along with the royal test, he wished that he had more information on the 'light'. From what Vegeta said, they sounded very dangerous. He doubted even Sailor Cosmos could stop this threat, as she is the "light" itself as well. Why was the 'light' after Darien, anyway? That he didn't understand. What could Darien possibly do that could cause an entire army of "pure" beings to go attack him? He tried to contact his Queen to see why they were after Darien, but for some reason, she wasn't responding. He had a feeling it was because she knew what he wanted to talk about and was avoiding it. Was the Queen not telling him everything? If that was the case, then he better do some of his own investigating.
"Nephlite!" Machalite called.
Nephlite, who was meditating in another part of the Time Gates, was up and ready. He immediately went to Machalite. He bowed slightly to the waist and placed his right fist on his heart.
"Yes sir?" Nephlite asked, as he stood up tall like a soldier should.
"I want you to consult the stars and find out all you can about Darien and the 'light'. And contact me immediately if you find anything. I don't care how insignificant the information is; whatever you find, you alert me about it." Machalite ordered.
"Aye, aye, sir!" he swiftly turned around and disappeared in the fog.
Piccolo thought the only being who deserved to suffer his wrath was Jedeite. But as he was being fitted in his white tuxedo with Vegeta and Goku, he found that Zoisite deserved it far more. Here he was, standing on a stool while several humans were making measures to his arms and legs. He could feel several hands poking and prodding him and two females finding excuses to touch his butt. He felt like one of Bra's dolls. To top it off, being the best man meant he had to make a speech at the end. He wasn't even comfortable talking in front of all the Z-fighters, let alone a building full of people. And Gohan's schoolmates were coming. In fact, word of the World Champion's daughter's marriage had spread far and wide. It will only be a matter of time before the cameras came in. He sighed. He was going to have to blow them up.
"Oh this won't do. This won't do at all. How can this happen? Poor, poor Videl." Zoisite said, coming in worriedly. He had his hair messy and his clothes were slightly askew. But he took no notice of it. He ran his hand on his hair wearily.
"What's the matter, Zoi?" Jedeite asked. By Zoisite's command, he was reduced to shining their shoes. A job that he found embarrassing.
"Gohan has wedding jitters. He's thinking of canceling it. And I don't know how to break it to Videl," Zoisite said. "Piccolo, you're his best friend, will you be able to talk some sense into him?"
"I might even knock some sense into him. Where is he?" he asked.
"Upstairs, in the dressing room." Zoisite pointed up. Piccolo climbed down the stool and went straight to the dressing room. He opened the door saw Gohan sitting in front of the mirror. He looked like he was having an inner conflict with himself.
"Gohan, what's wrong? Zoisite tells me that you're having second thoughts about this." Piccolo asked. He was stunned to see that Gohan was in tears.
"Piccolo," he began. "I'm not sure if I can do this." He ducked his head quickly. "I can't do it. I don't think I'm ready for this. What if ..." He stopped talking all together. Piccolo had never seen his student so distressed. Wait.... Yes he had. He looked just like that seven years ago when Cell told Gohan he was going to detonate planet earth when he had the chance to destroy him. He walked up and placed his hands on Gohan's shoulders.
"Gohan? Please tell me what you're worried about." He asked. He couldn't bear seeing his old student this way.
"Piccolo. I'm scared. I'm not going into a battle or facing an enemy. That I can handle. I'm going to marry someone. I'm going to be away from my mom and dad. I'm going to live my life away from them. I won't spar with dad anymore; I won't be seeing the rest of Goten's childhood. I won't see my mom as much and my friends and......you. Piccolo, I just realized I'm not going to see you as much as I used to. I love Videl, but marrying her means some major changes."
Piccolo smiled. Gohan was afraid of the future. What it will do to his friends. Gohan wanted things to stay the same. But Piccolo knew that things couldn't stay the same forever. As much as he enjoyed having Gohan around, it was time to let him go and face his destiny.
"Gohan, I know you're scared and worried for the future. But don't worry. You're going to do great. You're going to make a fine husband for Videl, I promise. You have achieved beyond the expectations of any warrior I've ever met. You're smart, brave, dedicated, and would do anything for the safety of the universe. You even managed to change me into a better person. You can do this, Gohan; you have already faced so many challenges and beaten them all."
"But Piccolo...."
"No buts. I know our relationship hasn't been the same since Cell's been destroyed. But we all have to accept change when it comes. Nothing stays the same. You have to start a family of your own; and I have a son right now, who needs me more then you. I promise to come and visit you as much as possible. Do not cancel this wedding. You love Videl more then anything; I know you do. If I let you stop the wedding, you're going to be regretful about it. I know it. So please, Gohan. For me, go through with it."
"Thanks Piccolo. What would I do without you?"
"I try not to think about that."
"Piccolo?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to hug you now."
Piccolo's eyes widened. Then he sighed. He was afraid Gohan would do something like that. But once Gohan decided on something, it was hard to make him change his mind. "You get one hug. After that, never mention it again." Gohan grinned and wrapped his arms around his friend and mentor. Piccolo slowly wrapped his arms him and smiled. When Gohan spoke again, it was almost in a low whisper.
"Hey Piccolo?"
"Yeah kid?"
"If Videl and I do have children together, how would you feel about being the godfather for my first-born?"
Again, Piccolo's eyes widened. A sweet smile slowly spread his face. "Gohan, I would like that very much." The two best friends hugged some more. They would have continued this, if Piccolo didn't hear a soft giggle from behind him. Piccolo turned around to see Goku and Vegeta standing at the doorway. Goku was giggling and had a big grin, while Vegeta merely smirked. But what caught Piccolo's attention was what Vegeta was holding.
It was a camcorder.
The same one that had already recorded his little fainting spell. Now it had yet another one of his discriminating behavior on it.
"Gee, Vegeta, you were right. Taping Piccolo doing mushy things is fun." Goku commented.
"Well, the onna wanted me to have a hobby, besides training. This seemed like the best one in mind." Vegeta grinned.
Meanwhile, back to the trio of coolness, they flew straight to the village where last time the children were kidnapped. Tuxedo Mask looked around wearily. Something about this place looked familiar. Where had he seen it before? He looked down and saw the villagers looking up at them. He realized that they were grabbing attention to themselves by flying around.
"Hey guys, let's land here, okay?" he suggested. The others nodded. Tuxedo Mask landed on one foot. He slowly walked up to the people, only to have them back away from him from fear. Tuxedo Mask sighed. He was going to have to get used to that.
"Please. We mean you know harm. We came to help."
"Who are you? Where do you come from? Did the gods send you? How is it you can fly?" suddenly came the many questions from the crowd.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves." All three children jumped 20ft in the air and landed 10 feet away from the villagers.
"SAIYA-BOY!" shouted Saiya-boy as he flexed his upper arms and did a split.
"PRINCE OF WONDER!" shouted the Prince of Wonder as he lifted his left foot, stood on his right, pumped one fist in the air and placed he other on his hip.
"AND I AM TUXEDO MASK!" shouted Tuxedo Mask as he just stood tall, holding a red rose while the wind blew his cape to the side in a heroic fashion.
"TOGEHER WE ARE, THE TRIO OF COOLNESS!" they all shouted doing their final poses. The villagers just stared. Were these their saviors? If those were their god sent heroes, then the gods must be crazy.
"Why are we doing this again?" Tuxedo Mask whispered. He never felt so foolish in his life.
"Because Gohan says is cool." Saiya-boy whispered back.
Tuxedo Mask abided to one law: If Gohan thinks it's cool; then it's not, really.
Back in the SM dimension, Nephlite was at his old hideout: The Nephlite mansion. This was normally the best place to use his psychic powers. While he did not entirely understand why his leader and comrade-in-arms would want him to pry open Darien's life, he did not want to disobey a direct order from Machalite. What kind of a soldier would he be if he did that? An insubordinate one, that's what.
Nephlite sat in the middle of the room and closed his eyes in concentration.
"The stars never lie. They know the past, present, and future. They decide how the universe should be brought. Stars! Please guide me! Give me information on the "the light" and Darien." Nephlite said as he closed his eyes. The sign of thunder appeared on his head. The stars above his head seemed to move. All at once images appeared in his head. This was the most difficult part. He had to look and remember all the images that appeared on his head. The problem was you never know what you might see. They started out well. At first, all he saw was Crystal Tokyo. He saw Neo King Endymion, Neo Queen Serenity and Neo Princess Rini. It was a happy image. But suddenly, it was torn up like a piece of paper. Neo Earth became a dead world. Not a single living thing was there except two dark figures. He watched them fight. He was amazed at their skill and power. He had never seen such display of power before. It exceeded the power of Cosmos. Then he noticed that one of the figures had a golden aura and the other had a white aura. They seem to be desperately fighting to the death, but it was plain to everyone that they were too evenly matched. Nephlite saw a scene change. His eyes shot wide as he gasped. He saw the broken bodies of the Sailor scouts. Each Sailor scout had a broken bone and looked like they suffered from internal bleeding. What had caught his attention was the body of Sailor Jupiter. She looked like she had taken the blunt of the attack. Her eyes were wide open and the look of terror in them was frozen. Nephlite had a strong feeling that he was going to have dreams of that look for a long time. He turned around and saw Darien. He was still 6 years old, but right now he was in his 'prince' form. He just stood there, while the dark figures surrounded him. The one with the white aura was attempting to hurt him, while the one with the golden aura was trying to save him. Surrounding Darien's body was a dark aura and a golden aura. The dark aura seemed to be overcoming the golden light and it finally swallowed up Darien. For a second, Darien was fighting it. Then it attached itself on him like a second skin. Then, Darien suddenly grew and grew and grew. Finally, his eyes opened. But this time, they didn't cover his eyes. They were only in his iris. His gray skin was now darker then before, his muscles were bulging, and his ears and fangs lengthen. The sign of Earth was no longer on his forehead. On it was the sign of the devil. The ground shook and all of a sudden, gargoyle and dragon-like creatures climbed out of it. Darien smiled evilly. Laughter was heard all around. It belonged to the Demon King Piccolo. Its shadow could be seen behind him. It had finally happened. A new world of demons was born.
Nephlite snapped his head back as all those images appeared. When he had done that, the force of it had thrown him twenty feet backwards. For a few seconds, he laid there, breathing hard. He was physically, mentally, and emotionally drained. He was also soaked in sweat. In his condition, he shouldn't move for the next couple of months. But he was given orders: if he found anything, ANYHING, he should report it to his leader immediately. And after what he saw, this needed to be reported now!
Back in Capsule corp., Videl was utterly miserable. She never would have dreamed that her wedding dress would be made entirely out of flowers. Zoisite insisted it was the newest thing. Her bottom half, though had some silk, and was made of daisy petals while on some places there were sunflowers to lighten it. Her top part of her dress, which was sleeveless and showed her cleavage, was made up of white rose petals. Her veil was made from the silk of silkworms and on her head was a crown of red roses. Her short hair had been curled to the point of Curly Sue. To top it off, her allergies were acting up.
"Don't worry, Videl. As soon as the wedding is done, we could both make a bonfire out of it. Besides, look at what me, Chichi and 18 are wearing." Bulma said. They had hot pink, puffy sleeved dresses with a crown of light pink flowers. Chichi's hair had been curled, making her young looking and she had a yellow ribbon to hold it. All three women comforted the poor Videl who was kind of blue about her outfit.
"Did you guys know when I first loved Gohan? When I saw him at the crime scene of the Golden fighter. He was so nervous around me it as cute." Videl said, changing the subject.
"Yeah, then you blackmailed him to teach you how to fly." Bulma said.
Videl blushed. "Yeah, well, love can make you do stupid things."
"I know what you mean; I had to fight Goku in the World Tournament in order for him to keep his promise to marry me." Chichi said, reminiscing.
They walked out to speak with Zoisite to ask him nicely to change the dresses. While they walked out, Bulma and Chichi noticed that they haven't seen their husbands yet since they followed Piccolo upstairs. Gohan took that moment to walk downstairs.
"Gohan? Where are Vegeta and Goku?" asked Bulma.
"They both flew out the tenth floor window and sprinted straight for the forest."
"WHAT? In their new white tuxedos? They'll ruin it! Why on earth would they do something as stupid that?" Chichi asked.
"Ask me if I've seen Piccolo." Was all Gohan said.
Vegeta and Goku were running as if every evil villain they've ever fought were after them. Goku was still laughing wildly and Vegeta was still smirking and waving his camcorder tauntingly at Piccolo's enraged face.
"Heh, heh! Namek, you are a sucker for set-ups." Vegeta snickered. He yelped when Piccolo made a mad-grab at his tail.
"GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!" He screamed as he chased the two wise guys across the forest.
Back at the village, the three young heroes sat and listened to the sad tale of the people. Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder sat Indian-style on the floor while Tuxedo Mask just stood there with his hands behind his back. The village chief, which had recently lost his son, was the one telling them the tale.
"It all started three weeks ago, when some of our men have noticed strange happenings in another part of the forest. At first, we ignored it. After all, that forest is believed to be haunted. But then, a week after that, we started to receive disturbances at night. But then, THEY showed up. Monsters. We don't know where they come from, but they attacked our village every night. We tried fighting them back, but they were too strong for us. Our weapons were useless on them. We tried to rely on other villagers, but they were attacking them as well. We were at the end of our rope until one of them spoke to us. He said he would spare our village if we sent one child each week to him and his gang. They swore that they would not be harmed, but we, at first, were frightened for them and tried to stop them. But they came back fiercer then ever. They attacked and this time there were more causalities. We should have agreed at the beginning. We gave them five children. They left our village alone, but every week, they would come for five more children. We tried the authorities, but a lot of them didn't believe us while some of them tried to help us, but they never returned."
Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder felt very sorry for them. Tuxedo Mask, on the other hand,
"So, if I understand this correctly, you surrendered your children to those monsters for your own safety. Am I correct?"
Both boys were shocked that Tuxedo Mask would say such things to these people. They were asking for their help, not for more guilt.
"We had no choice, they threatened us. They also promised they wouldn't hurt them."
"And you believed them?" Tuxedo Mask growled, outraged by their ignorance.
"....Well....yes, we did." The crowd was starting to feel guilty.
"What kind of parents would abandon their children to monsters for their own safety and then take its word for it that they won't be harmed!" Tuxedo Mask demanded nastily.
"Stop it, Tuxedo Mask! We came to help, remember?" Saiya-boy said, outraged at Tuxedo Mask's behavior. Prince of Wonder was not too thrilled by his attitude either.
Tuxedo Mask grunted and looked away. He was too busy getting rid of that cold shiver out of his spine. Why did this place freak him out? He was positive he has never been there before. Or had he?
"Don't worry. We, the trio of coolness, will stop this unknown threat. We won't stop until every child is released and sent home in time for dinner." Prince of Wonder declared. Saiya-boy nodded eagerly, Tuxedo Mask just rolled his eyes.
"Now, where are they?" Prince of Wonder asked. The crowd pointed at a very sinister-looking forest.
"They always leave from there." One villager said.
"Great! Now, do you know exactly where they are right now? We probably can't sense their ki. So we need your help."
At this, the people started to tremble. "You wish for us to travel to that side of the forest? We thought you came in to help. And yet you can't locate them yourselves?"
"You cowards! We ask you a simple task so we can save your children and yet you refuse us so you can remain safe in your homes! You don't deserve to be parents! I think your children are better off with those monsters. They shouldn't know how uncaring you are." Tuxedo Mask snarled. His eyes weren't glowing, but you can see a glint of red in his pupil. These people were starting to make him see red. No, wait. The buildings were starting to seep red. In fact, if he didn't know any better, he could swear he smelt blood. Tuxedo Mask's eyes widened. Now he remembered where he saw this place before. Before anyone could say anything, he flew off. As he flew deeper in the village, he heard screams of the undead from the ground: the moans of those who cannot fully rest in peace. The buildings were practically oozing blood. He could still feel the heat of the fires that burned some buildings. And yet there was no such thing happening. It was all in his head. He was reliving one of Piccolo's worse memories. This was the first village ever attacked by Piccolo Daimio. It wasn't the nicest, though. He looked down and saw ghostly figures with grotesque faces rising from the ground. They pointed accusingly at him and flew at him. He tried to fight them off but they were overwhelming. He felt his entire body shiver from the cold air. He could hear moans of rage and sadness. He was losing oxygen fast. He blacked out.
15 minutes later when he came to, he felt something lick his tearstained face. He opened his eyes to see the kitten he bought for Marron licking him affectionately. He stood up and picked up the kitten. It meowed at him reassuringly. He hugged it to his chest. He looked around to find himself in a graveyard. These were no ordinary graves. These were the tombstones of Piccolo Daimio's victims. There were probably a thousand, most likely a million tombstones. Tuxedo Mask could still hear the faint wailing of the victims. One by one, he read the names of the tombstones apologized to the victims, wishing them eternal peace. He was on his 50th when he was interrupted by a kindly old voice.
"How can a face so young carry so many burdens?" It said.
Tuxedo Mask turned around to see an elderly nun with a caring face placing white roses on the graves. She looked at him with large blue eyes that seemed to twinkle with hope and love.
"Who are you?" he more demanded then asked.
"Oh, just another respected visitor for the dead. I don't see children here often. Why are you crying, child? I doubt you knew these people to cry about them. They all died years and years ago." She said.
"Why I'm crying is my own business. You wouldn't understand." He murmured.
"Oh, but I do. You are crying because you seem obligated to carry the sins of your fathers." She said with a mysterious smile.
Tuxedo Mask's eyes widened. "How did you know?"
"How I know is my own business." She said with a mischievous look in her eyes. "What I do know is that a sweet boy like you shouldn't cry like that for crimes he did not commit. Nor should he feel obligated to them."
"You don't understand. These people didn't deserve to die. It isn't fair."
"Sonny, one thing you should know is that death is a part of life. Whether it's too soon or not, be it accident or sickness, it will happen. You must learn to accept it when it does. Just as you must learn to accept yourself as a demon."
Tuxedo Mask listened to the words and wisdom within them, but was not convinced. "But I can't accept it. How can anyone accept a monster within him? Don't you see? I have to hate the demon within me! I HAVE TO!"
"Tuxedo Mask?" said two voices.
'It's Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder!' he thought, as he turned left. "Listen, lady, thanks for the advice. But I can take care of myself and........" That's when Tuxedo Mask noticed she was gone. Where did she go? As he whirled around, he came face-to-face with Saiya-boy.
"There you are! We were looking for you. Two of the villagers are going to take us to the monster's hideout." He said.
"Yeah. Your little speech, no matter how mean it was, convinced some of them to come." Prince of Wonder said. "C'mon, what are you waiting for? Let's go."
"Sure. But did any of you see a nun here earlier?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
"What are you talking about? You were the only person we saw when we flew. You looked like you were talking to yourself." Saiya-boy stated.
Tuxedo Mask frowned. Was he losing it? How could he make up that elderly nun? Well, he'll figure it out later. For now, he had to find a way to save those kids. He flew off with his friends, not at all noticing the old nun on top of a pine tree, with a look of sadness and a little disappointment. Suddenly, a golden aura took over her body. Instantly, in the nun's place was the ghostly Sailor Earth.
"Endymion, my son. You must learn to accept who you are or you will become exactly as the 'light' feared you would be. This is the last time I shall interfere like that, so you're on your own." She suddenly frowned. "And Piccolo, if you know what's good for you, you better take good care of our son or you will be hearing from me sooner then you think." With that, she disappeared in a shower of red rose petals.
Back at the forest; Piccolo, who was on his way back from beating the crap out of Goku and Vegeta, suddenly shuddered.
Back in the Gates of time, Machalite sat patiently on the floor, waiting for Nephlite. It wasn't like him to take his time to read the stars. This troubled Machalite a bit, who was not one who liked to have a troubled mind. He decided to go check the area and see how things were doing. He was about to teleport when something landed right beside him. It was Nephlite. And he didn't look so good. His eyes were wide and bloodshot, his clothes were iced with snow, and his normally well-combed wavy hair was a mess. He walked for three seconds before passing out. Nephlite never passed out in his life. So Machalite was by his side a microsecond later. He picked him up and wrapped him in his cloak. He carried him to a deserted area and made a fireplace appear. He made a chair and sat down to watch his comrade-in- arms. After an hour and a half, Nephlite slowly came to. He suddenly shot up and sucked in his breath. He hadn't look this scared since Zoisite had once asked him if he liked him to plan his wedding.
"Nephlite?" asked his leader. Nephlite whirled to the direction of Machalite's voice. He sighed in relief and started to breathe better. "Nephlite? Are you all right?"
Nephlite nodded his head and was somewhat gaining control of his calm exterior. Truth be told, he was in terrible condition and his heart was still beating like a jackrabbit. But he had to report his readings.
"Yes sir, I will be fine. However, we should be more worried about Darien at the moment. He is in more danger then we ever dreamed he would be. We must inform the others."
"Why? Is it concerning the 'light'?" asked Machalite.
A small chuckle escaped Nephlite's throat. "The 'Light'? Oh no, sir. It's not the 'light'. In fact, from what I've seen, the 'light' is now considered the least of Darien's worries."
The boys were walking in a deep part of the forest to see what exactly it was that kidnapped children and never let their parents see them again. "So this is it, huh? I never knew you would actually lead us to cave. It shouldn't be able to hold all the village children." Prince of Wonder mused
"Go! We have no more uses for you." Tuxedo Mask stated to the men. They eagerly left the forest.
"That wasn't very nice!" Saiya-boy said. Tuxedo Mask merely snorted and walked into the cave, the others quickly followed. They walked for what appeared to be an eternity to them. So far they didn't sense anything out of the ordinary, but as Z-fighters, they were prepared for anything. The boys were certainly surprised to meet a dead end.
"GAH! This was a set-up! I knew they had no intention of rescuing their kids! They just needed more kids to give to those monsters."
"Tuxedo Mask! How can you say something like that! They would never do something like that. They want their kids back, that's all!" Prince of Wonder shouted. He would have continued, but a low growl interrupted. Both boys turned around to see a large, grotesque crab-like creature with a dark shell and fangs as big as a saber tooth-tiger's. It was big enough to topple this cave and just as wide. But it was its ki that got its attention. It was like nothing they've ever felt before.
"What were you saying, Prince of Wonder?" Tuxedo Mask said. Despite everything, he couldn't help but have an arrogant tone in his voice.
They all got into a fighting stance and powered up. Then, all at once, they jumped on it, kicking and punching. Of course, the monster blocked all the moves. They didn't get anywhere with their attacks so they tried ki. The monster was showing signs of fatigue; it apparently didn't expect the children to fight back. Tuxedo Mask stood over the fallen monster and was about to strike it with his sword, until he looked in its eyes. Its eyes were bright and innocent, which was very strange for a cold-blooded monster. Concentrating on his telepathic powers, he looked into the monster's mind. He saw a human, child-like mind. What amazed him was that it was one of the village children. What was going on here? What caused this transformation? He had to find out!
"Guys, wait! Let's surrender. He may be able to lead us to the kids!" Tuxedo Mask suggested.
Both boys nodded and raised their hands in submission. The dazed monster looked at them suspiciously for a moment, and then he grabbed them.
Back at capsule corp., Zoisite sat on a chair and was holding Bra, who he made flower girl. He smiled at the sweet little girl that was resting in his arms. Looking at Bra, he was reminded of his beautiful ice princess Ami. He loved the shy, cool-headed princess. She was his right-arm and partner in strategies. He had missed her so much when he was under Beryl's control. He wished he had been there for her when she had been hurt or sad. If he had one wish, it was to live in peace with his beautiful goddess.
"If I'm ever going to have a daughter, I hope she's as sweet and as beautiful as you." He cooed to Bra as he kissed her sleeping forehead.
"Reminiscing, I see." Jedeite said as he leaned on a wall next to Zoisite.
"What do you want, Jed?" Zoisite said.
"The girls are complaining about their dresses. They said it stinks. Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta have still yet to be found and the prince and the other kids have not returned yet." Jedeite smirked.
"What's wrong with the dresses? They are my masterpieces! They should consider themselves lucky I'm doing this free of charge." Zoisite sniffed.
"What were you thinking about anyway, Zoi? You seemed deep in thought." Jedeite asked.
"I was thinking about Ami and what I planned to do with my life after Serenity awakens."
"What?!! You're going to wait until the ice age thaws before you have your kicks."
"What are you saying? Are you going to be a bachelor?"
"Damn right! There are chicks everywhere! I gotta explore my territories, since we're living here and all."
"Jedeite, how could you! You have Rei! Despite the fact you two don't get along and are constantly at each others throats, you are betrothed and she loves you."
"But she won't be there for a millennia. Let me have some fun."
"Jedeite, I'm ashamed of you. You don't see me cheating on Ami."
"Hhhhhmmmmmmm, I seem to recall you and Machalite were always tongue wrestling with each other back when we were working with Beryl."
"WHAT?!!!"
Jedeite screamed in terror as Zoisite started to chase him around the room.
"I'll have you know that Machalite and I were just very, very, very close friends. Nothing more, nothing less." He shouted as he attempted to harm Jedeite.
"Come on, even Sailor Moon saw that you and Mach were yaoi." Jedeite snickered. Zoisite snarled and pounced on Jedeite. Due to the fact that this is PG-13, there will be no description as to how Zoisite had beaten him up.
Meanwhile, Tuxedo Mask and the others were being taken to an underground base somewhere in the cave. Tuxedo Mask made sure that he looked at everything before he was locked up. And he saw a lot of interesting things. The place was high-tech and filled with state-of-the-art machinery. It was not as advance as Bulma's work, but it could give her a run for her money. The place held all the children-turned-monsters in cages to keep them from harming one another. It was nice and clean despite all the disgusting monsters. With his keen eyes, he got more information from slight glances from the computers. As it turns out, this was a Genetic facility. The sole purpose for this place was to bio-engineer children to make an army of terror. The whole take-over-the-world crap. As children had the compatible energy for it, it was no wonder they stole children from their homes. The boys were in their jail cells, waiting to be put in a genetic tube for their transformation, when Tuxedo Mask told his conclusions to his friends.
"I don't want to be a monster. I like me!" Saiya-boy said as he hugged himself.
"That's disgusting! They take children and turn them to monsters."
"We have to put a stop to this at once. We can't afford to have such an army unleashed. We will stop them and change the kids back to normal. We must destroy this building. To do that, we have to get out of here." Tuxedo Mask said while leaning on a wall.
"But how? This entire room is ki-based. We can't get out." Prince of Wonder said. Tuxedo Mask smirked. He lifted up his top hat and pulled out the white kitten.
"Okay Fluff, I've got a mission for you."
"Fluff?" Prince of Wonder asked.
"Yeah. He's nothing but a ball of fluff, so his name suits him."
"Oooookay." Prince of Wonder said.
"Fluff, I got a job for you, I want you to go find a crowbar so we could get out of here. Do you understand?" he asked. Fluff nodded its head and walked through the bars off.
"How is a crowbar going to help? And what makes you think that that cat is going to come back?" Saiya-boy asked.
"Yeah, he probably went to get a fish or something." Prince of Wonder said.
"Fluff won't le me down; he'll be back with a crowbar and will help us."
"No he won't."
"Yes he will."
"No he won't."
"Yes he will."
"No he won...."
They stopped talking when they saw Fluff come back with the prison keys. They all looked at each other.
"That's not a crowbar." Prince of Wonder said.
Back a Capsule corp., Piccolo had just returned with Goku and Vegeta. Their clothes looked torn and they were wet and muddy. Piccolo managed to have smashed the camcorder, not at all knowing Vegeta made copies of the film in his laptop. Zoisite, who had been admiring a frozen statue of Jedeite, was not amused when they walked in the house.
Where have you been? And what happened to your clothes? The wedding is in three hours and you do this to me now! Why is this always happening to me! Is it an omen of what's to come if we continue this wedding? WHY IS THIS ALWAYS HAPPENING TO ME?!!!" Zoisite wailed, Serena-style on the floor. Goku felt guilty and patted him on the back.
"Cheer up, Zoi. We still have time to make amends. We'll make sure this wedding goes as scheduled." He said.
"Really?"
"Sure, this is my son's wedding and I want him to enjoy the experience as I did in my wedding." He winked at Chichi, who was walking by. Chichi blushed and went back to the kitchen. Gohan walked downstairs.
"Haven't they come back yet? I need Goten here." Gohan asked.
"Why?" Goku asked.
"Because he's the ring bearer. I need him here."
"He and the brats should be back by now. How long does it take to save a planet?" Vegeta asked.
"I'll contact him immediately." Zoisite said as he picked up his computer.
The boys were walking through a maze when Tuxedo Mask's computer started beeping. He lifted up his computer and flipped it open.
"Prince Darien, who is it?"
"Darien, what are you doing still out? The wedding is in three hours and you're still not here. Goten is the ring bearer, you know?" said the worried face of Zoisite.
"One moment, please." He turned to Saiya-boy. "You have an important part in the buffoon's wedding and you chose to accept this mission?"
Saiya-boy played with his feet. "Sorry, I forgot."
"Fine, we'll be here soon." Tuxedo Mask stated.
"You better! I am the master planner of this wedding, and I will not have it messed up like last time. Zoisite out."
"Sure, whatever. Prince Darien out." He turned to his teammates. "Look guys, originally; I was going to make a subtle, quiet plan. But because we have three hours, we go to plan B."
"And plan B would be?" Prince of Wonder asked.
"We go in the core of this place, bust it up and get out." Tuxedo Mask answered.
The boys couldn't think of a better plan. But Saiya-boy raised his hand.
"What if we get caught?"
"What are the odds of them listening in on us?"
"Well, the beeping was pretty loud." Saiya-boy said as he pointed behind him. Tuxedo Mask turned around and pointed at the monsters behind them.
"Any bright ideas, cape boy?" Prince of Wonder asked.
The wedding was at the Hoshino temple. It won't start for a while and Gohan was already at the altar with Piccolo. It was obvious that they were both very nervous.
"Piccolo! I think I forgot my wedding vows." He whispered nervously.
"Then improvise. I'm going to do that on my speech. Besides, you should be worried more about Goten, he still hasn't returned from fighting." He whispered back.
"Goten's fine. What kind of trouble would he be in?"
"Nice monsters. Nice monsters! DON'T EAT ME!!!" Saiya-boy shouted. Saiya- boy and Prince of Wonder were fighting off the monsters while Tuxedo Mask flew straight to the center of the room. He had to destroy the machine or chemical or what ever created these abominations. Now that his friends distracted them, he walked into the center. He was shocked to see children in tanks. Some were still human looking, but they won't be for long. It occurred there was a mastermind behind this, but he or she was nowhere to be found. He walked up until he saw a main supercomputer that was obviously involved in making this nightmare. He flew straight at it to see how to shut it off only to be thrown backwards by the force field. He tried to find out where the switch was, only to be thrown by a monster. This time, Tuxedo Mask didn't' sense a child-like mind in it. It was 100% pure evil. He flew straight at it and tried to fight it, but it overwhelmed him and slammed him on the ground. He tried clawing it, but the monster merely ripped his arm off. He screamed so loud that Other World could here him. The monster then grabbed Tuxedo Mask by the head, squeezing it tightly. That was when Fluff scampered up its arms and clawed it. Tuxedo Mask watched as the monster shook it off. It was just about to kill the kitten when it felt something slash his hands. He turned to see a very sinister looking boy.
"Don't. Touch. My. Cat!" he whispered dangerously. He roared and started to savagely attack the beast. Even after he killed it he continued to claw its body. He would have continued this if Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder hadn't pulled him off.
"Tuxedo Mask, it's dead. You can stop now." Prince of Wonder said worriedly. Tuxedo Mask started panting as he slowly rose from his feet. He was surprised at the amount of damage he did.
"Tuxedo Mask, your arm?" Prince of Wonder noticed the stump. Tuxedo Mask looked at it, shrugged, and regrew it back.
"Cool!" they both said.
Tuxedo Mask smirked. "I had a theory I could do that. I was always healing faster then I should. So regenerating should be easy."
"Let's get out of here." Prince of Wonder said.
"But what about the others? How do we change them back?" Saiya-boy asked. As he said that, the unconscious monsters from where the boys had left them became humans again. It was a strange sight to behold. The monster's death must have freed them. Tuxedo Mask walked up to them and tried to heal them. A golden glow took his body as it spread all over the area. The children were healed and awakened. They were dazed and confused, but other then that, they were fine. Tuxedo Mask fell from all that energy. Saiya-boy caught him.
"Are you all right?" he asked, concerned. Tuxedo Mask waved off his concern reassuringly. It was time to take them home.
The expressions on the adult's faces were one of wonder as their children ran home to their moms and dads. The parents graciously hugged their children tightly, swearing that they would never abandon them again.
"Liars." Tuxedo Mask whispered. Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder gave a glance, apparently wondering whether if he was going to attack anybody or not. He didn't look too happy and he could go demon on them any minute. They hoped it didn't come to that; they were too exhausted to fight.
"Come on, guys. We have a wedding to save." Tuxedo Mask said.
The wedding was going off well so far. Despite the fact that Hercule kept giving Gohan death glares, threatening to make his life miserable if he ever hurts his angel.
"Daddy!" Videl whispered. Gohan smiled nervously and Piccolo merely sweatdropped at the weak man threatening one of the strongest men in the universe. Videl smiled at Gohan. Gohan smiled back, and then he sneezed. Apparently he had the same allergies as Videl. The priest and the guests were doing their bests not to laugh at Videl's weird wedding dress. The priest was reading the sacred book, saying the usual things. When it was time to say the vows, while Videl was reciting hers perfectly, Gohan was having a panic attack. Of course, Piccolo was thankful for his psychic powers.
'Gohan! Repeat after me!' he said in Gohan's head. ' I, Gohan, shall take Videl as his mate, to forever cherish, to forever hold, to spend all my life to be with her, to make her happy. For the rest of my life and beyond.'
'And beyond? Piccolo, let's not go overboard.'
'Just say it!'
Gohan did.
"May I please have the rings?" the priest asked.
Gohan looked for Goten. Nothing. He was doomed. Videl looked at him, incredulously.
"Gohan! Did you forget the wedding rings?"
"Umm, well, you see." He looked at Piccolo, who shrugged helplessly.
"YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU!? HOW COULD YOU FORGET SOMETHING THAT IMPORTANT! I'M GOING TO CREAM YOU!!" She shouted as she began strangling him. Gohan still could not believe how strong Videl was for a human. He honestly couldn't breathe! Vegeta was smirking Goku had to hold Chichi back from killing Videl. Everyone else was in a state of shock.
Outside, the boys were right over the roof of the temple in their white tuxedos.
"I don't think we can make it" Goten said.
"Oh yes we will!" Darien said as he grabbed Goten and threw him through a stain-glass window. He landed right in the middle of the wedding hall. Everyone looked at the small boy land on his feet. He ran straight to the altar and gave Gohan his rings. Having nothing to be angry about, Videl let him go. After exchanging the rings, the priest pronounced them husbands and wife. They kissed affectionately. Goku cheered and hugged his son, and then he ran to the Dining room. Chichi started crying happy tears and everyone started congratulating him except for Vegeta, who thought his presence in the wedding was enough Everyone then drove off to Capsule corp. to have a big party. Of course, Zoisite had to melt Jedeite from his ice tomb to join the party. Piccolo looked around for Darien and found him leaning on a wall of Capsule corp., staring off into space.
"So Darien, how was your first time saving the world?" he asked.
"Well, I learned something today."
"What's that?"
Darien looked at him, a red glint in his stormy blue eyes. "I learned that humans are no better then demons." With that said. He went to the dining room. Piccolo decided as soon as they moved to the caves, he would have a talk with Darien. What Piccolo didn't know was that Goku was in the Dining room too.
Jedeite and Zoisite, who heard the exchange, looked at each other nervously. True, they would not be the first to admit that humans were corrupted easily, but Darien was going to be the ruler of those people. If he didn't tolerate them soon, he would automatically fail his test. Something they did not want.
Darien walked in the Dining room and picked up a few things, since the Saiya-jins ate mostly everything. With his fork, he picked at his food until he decided he wasn't that hungry, after all. He then noticed that Goku was leaving the room, yawning. Smiling evilly and getting a dark, he followed him. Goku, not at all knowingthat he was being followed found an empty room and fell asleep on a big red couch. Darien smirked when he found a sleeping Goku on the couch. That idiot ate so much that he fell dead asleep. He snickered on how easy it was going to be to kill him. He lifted his hand slowly and made the earth bomb appear. The window was open to his left so he could make a quick escape should they find any remains of the body. Not that the earth bomb would leave any remains. 'Okay, Demon murderer, time to die!' he thought with an evil smile. It was then that Darien remembered Murphy's Law: If there is a possibility that a plan will go wrong, then it will, and at the worst possible moment. Darien realized his plan had a flaw. In his position to prepare the Earth bomb, and to lower his ki from others, he was quite vulnerable. Heck, even a little girl could kill him in this position. And speaking of little girls....
"DAAAAARRRRRRRRRIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed a high-pitched voice.
Darien's red eyes widen. "Oh dear God, no! Please, Dende. Let her miss, let her miss, don't let her get me!" he pleaded.
Up at the Lookout tower, Dende was powering up Marron with some of his kami magic so her tackle would be more effective. He was grinning.
"Sorry Darien, but you earned this. GET EM' MARRON!" he grinned. Popo resumed sweeping, already used to Dende's pre-adolescent behavior. But that didn't stop him from missing Kami. And boy, did he miss Kami!
"MARRON! NO WAIT!" he shouted as an insane Marron zoomed toward him. But Marron was deaf at the moment. All she saw was Darien in a cute white tuxedo that needed a big hug. She jumped and smashed into him. He fell right out the window and crashed on the pavement. Marron, who had been on his chest, was unharmed, of course.
"Come on. Everyone's waiting for you." She chirped. She walked back to the building. Darien climbed out as well. When he did, it was then that he noticed his shadow. But it was dark, and the moon had been destroyed, so what could be causing a shadow? He looked up and his eyes widened as he saw his own earth bomb heading his way. It smashed right to him, missing Marron by a millimeter. Marron blinked and turned around to see lots of sparks come out of a Darien-sized crater.
"Ohhhhhhhhh, pretty!" she exclaimed as she clasped her hands together.
Dende was laughing so hard he was in danger of coughing a lung. "Oh man! That Marron is more troublesome then even me! I couldn't have thought of a better way to punish Darien." Popo sighed and shook his head. He knew that Kamis have sense of humors, but this was ridiculous!
Darien slowly came to. At first, all he heard was his name. Then, the feeling in his body came back, so he knew he was on Bulma's couch. He opened his eyes only to have them met with a pair of black eyes.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Darien screamed.
"You're awake! YAY! Let's go eat cake!" Marron squealed as she jumped off of Darien and ran back to the Dining room.
"No. sugar... for.... me... please!" he panted in each word. Then he growled angrily and his eyes went red.
Must......... kill ......human.....Catapult! His brain said in a trance- like manner.
He stood up, and walked to the Dining room door, intent on ending Marron's reign of pouncing. He opened the door only to have a piece of cake shoved in his mouth
"Here you go." Marron said; her face covered in vanilla icing. Darien was stunned, and then he chewed it carefully. Mmmmmmmmm, Chocolate marshmallows!
"Um, thanks Marron."
"You're welcome, Darien." She said sweetly.
"Oh Marron, I almost forgot." He ran back outside and came back with Fluff. "Here's your kitten."
"Awww, it's so cute." She hugged it for a moment before giving it back to him. "Here you go."
Darien was shocked. "You don't like it?"
"I like kittens. But I like puppies better!"
"THEN WHY DID YOU MAKE ME BUY ONE?!!" He screamed, outraged at her. Ungrateful wench! Did Marron have any idea how expensive pets were?
"For you, silly." Marron giggled, not at all phased by Darien's outburst. Darien blinked a few times.
"For.....me?"
"Yeah, you don't have a pet. I wanted to get you one for you, but I don't have any money. So I got you to get it for a present for you." She said it as if it was the most logical thing in the world. Darien was stunned. He was positive that no one had ever given him a real gift before. He felt tears form in his eyes, but he was too proud to cry in front of Marron.
"Thank you, Marron. You're a true friend."
Marron giggled and hugged his arm.
-_-;; "Of course, you could have asked your parents to give you the money."
^ v ^; "I didn't think of that."
Everyone gathered around Capsule corp. for the party. They all started dancing. Vegeta and Goku didn't join in at first, until Zoisite started dancing with Bulma and Jedeite with Chichi, then they intervened, reminding the guards who these women belonged to. Darien merely sat on a chair and waited for the party to end, but Marron wouldn't have it.
"Dance with me! Dance with me!" She insisted as she dragged Darien to the dance floor. He gave in and started dancing The girls thought it was cute, 18 wasn't amused.
"Attention everyone, the best man will now make a speech." Gohan said with a grin. Piccolo's mouth dropped. He had to do it now! All eyes were on him. He could feel the blood drain from his face. 'Okay, I can do this! If I can face Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu; I can face a crowd of humans.' He rose from his chair and coughed to get everyone's attention.
"Alright, I would like to offer my toast to Gohan, my first student and first friend. When I first met him, he was a little crybaby who couldn't defend himself from an inchworm. He also was hyperactive," he said as he looked at Gohan, who wished he knew where this was going. "But despite that, he has managed to save my life more times then I saved his and was always there for me, even when I didn't want it. He has grown up from his childish antics and has become a man we can all be proud of. He's brave, brilliant, powerful and pure-hearted. And I couldn't have asked for a better friend and fighter." He took in a breath and continued. "I would also like to offer a toast to Videl. At first I had my doubts about her and when I heard she was stalking Gohan and blackmailing him, I wanted to blast her to kingdom come," he paused to make sure his words took effect.it did,everyone stared wide-eyed, Videl looked at him with her mouth hanging. "But she has proven herself somewhat worthy for him. She wasn't like her father and that was also a plus, she also made Gohan happy andi'm happy forthat as well. I would like to say congratulations to Gohan and Videl. May your happiness last forever." He finished. The place was quiet for a few seconds, and then an explosion of applause broke out around. Piccolo sighed; glad that his speech was over. He had no clue as to what he said anyway, but everyone was impressed by it. They all sat down to and what was left of the food. Darien was even little bit out of his usual gloomy mood. He was sitting next to Marron and took another helping of cake.
Gaea stared proudly at her lover. She had chosen wisely after all. Her only regret was that she couldn't be there to help raise Darien with Piccolo. All she could do was watch from afar. "I love you both. Make me proud, my two favorite boys." She leaned forward and kissed the now relieved Piccolo on the cheek and disappeared to other world. Piccolo blinked as he felt a peck on his cheek. He turned to Gohan, who was drinking his champagne.
"Gohan? You didn't just kiss me right now, did you?" Piccolo growled, hoping no one else saw that. Gohan nearly spitted his drink out, how can Piccolo ask that question? He hadn't done that since he was seven.
"NO! Besides, I know the rules: I'm not allowed to kiss you in public." He quoted as he recalled the last time he kissed Piccolo in front of the Z- senshi. It's been twelve years and he still couldn't sit down properly!
"Why's that? Do you guys normally kiss each other privately?" Jedeite asked loudly, mischievously.
Gohan spitted his drink out this time; he wasn't alone. Chichi, who had been sitting across Gohan, did as well. Piccolo could feel his blood rise to his face in rage and embarrassment.
"JEDEITE, YOU BAKA!" raged Piccolo. Gohan had to use all his strength to hold him back.
"Piccolo, calm down! Not on my wedding day!" Gohan shouted.
"Do WHOM kiss each other privately?" Chichi demanded in that voice that could send shivers to Beryl.
"You're going to have to answer that." Jedeite smirked. His smile disappeared when Piccolo broke through Gohan's submission hold and launched himself on him. Except that Jedeite wasn't there anymore. He had disappeared before Piccolo could kill him. Piccolo crashed right through a wall and slammed into several of the guests, knocking them into the wedding cake, and Goku was not pleased. Videl looked at the cameras focusing on her.
"You're going to cut that, right?" she asked.
In the gates of time, Jedeite and Zoisite landed in a THUMP! They stood up quickly.
"What's going on? Why are we back here? I thought Machalite wanted us to protect Darien." Jedeite asked.
"Machalite would never pull us away from our assignment unless it was an emergency. Let's see what's up." Zoisite suggested as he helped Jedeite up.
They both then walked to the center room. Machalite and Nephlite were right there. Machalite was walking back and forth in a worried manner. Nephlite was standing straight like a soldier. That was impressive, considering he was almost in a coma just an hour ago.
"We have a problem. It seems the 'light' is not the only thing after our prince." Machalite stated.
"I don't know when, but these new enemies are coming. They are more powerful then Cosmos. We must get stronger as well as Darien. For his fate will decide the fate of both dimensions." Nephlite said sternly.
Bad news for Darien! Like he hasn't suffered enough.
Will Darien have some faith in humanity?
Will Piccolo get his hands on Jedeite?
And will Alex Daimioh stop asking me for a raise?
Find out on the next exciting adventure on "His path".
These chapters are getting long. Don't worry; I'll work on the next one out as soon as I pass a History test. On the next chapter of his path, Darien moves in the cave and has a bonding time with his father. An explanation on Darien's memories. He discovers his heritage. And Piccolo wants his memories back. Huh? A visiting Vegeta? HUH? Gaea and Piccolo finally meet face-to-face. ^ v ^ this is getting good.
Alex Damioh: Oh, and you still owe me a $1.25..Today we have an interview with the Almaseti. Here it goes:
Author Interviews: Almaseti
Alex Damioh: unlocking the vault of your deepest darkest secrets
Almaseti: I like pie
Alex Damioh: hee hee
Alex Damioh: now that's a good secret
Almaseti: yeah
Almaseti: don't tell anyone
Alex Damioh: oh I won't *crosses fingers*
Alex Damioh: we could start the interview on Sunday
Almaseti: cool
Alex Damioh: now, you have to answer every question
Alex Damioh: It won't be too personal though
Almaseti: okay, I will
Almaseti: good
Almaseti: what kind of questions?
Alex Damioh: like what was the worst piece of fanfiction you ever wrote
Alex Damioh: and can we have a link to it
Almaseti: well, it's not posted
Alex Damioh: think you could post it?
Almaseti: _ it sucks too much!
Alex Damioh: Aaaw
Alex Damioh: how about just a paragraph
Almaseti: I'll think about it, okay?
Alex Damioh: k
Almaseti: maybe
Alex Damioh: I'm so evil
Alex Damioh ^-^
Almaseti: okay, okay
Almaseti: what else would you ask?
Alex Damioh: hmmm.
Alex Damioh: what's the freakiest thing that ever happened to you?
Almaseti: hmmm
Almaseti: Birth of my younger brother?
Alex Damioh: lol
Almaseti: No, I'll have to think about it
Alex Damioh: and whose you favorite dbz character and sm character
Almaseti: SM- Minako
Almaseti: DBZ- Gohan
Alex Damioh: Now how would you react if I wrote a cheesy love story about them?
Almaseti: I'd tell you how to make it better
Almaseti: and yell at you if you didn't improve
Almaseti: unless it was cheesy for cheesiness' sake
Almaseti: then I'd laugh
Almaseti: even though they wouldn't be that good a couple
Alex Damioh: what if I thought it was great
Alex Damioh: and made more
Almaseti: Then I'd have to hurt you
Alex Damioh: what if I said it was dedicated of my friend Almaseti
Almaseti: I'd have to get my friends to help me hurt you
Almaseti: but only if it really sucked
Alex Damioh: and it does
Almaseti: then you have some flamers on your hands
Almaseti: ^_^ but you wouldn't DARE do that.....
Alex Damioh: what if I flamed your story until it was ash
Almaseti: ha!
Almaseti: you can try
Almaseti: I'll flame back
Almaseti: tell you off
Almaseti: or ignore you
Almaseti: depends.
Alex Damioh: what if I fill you mailbox with flame
Alex Damioh: every hour
Almaseti: I'd block you
Almaseti: and laugh at how pathetic you are
Almaseti: to write me a flame every hour
Alex Damioh: I have a lot of time on my hands
Almaseti: ^_^ I don't
Alex Damioh: ill get some pro hackers to go under you account and send in horrible stories
Almaseti: dinner's on!
Alex Damioh: oooh
Alex Damioh: yum
Almaseti: there's no way to do that
Almaseti: the hackers tricked people into giving them the passwords
Almaseti: you'd have to hack through a bunch of stuff
Alex Damioh: well just guess your password
Alex Damioh: the old fashioned way
Almaseti: you'd never guess
Alex Damioh: there real good
Almaseti: they don't know me
Alex Damioh: are you sure
Alex Damioh: you'd be amazed what bribery and blackmail could to
Almaseti: I think we're getting off-topic
Almaseti: and I could do that back to you
Alex Damioh: ....lemmie see...next question
Alex Damioh: name an occupation
Almaseti: I got to go
Almaseti: talk to you later
Alex Damioh: Aaaw
Alex Damioh: k
Alex Damioh: See ya
Almaseti: bye
Alex Damioh: :-D bye
First from Arekanderu, The version of the relationship between Ami and Zoisite is in the mangas. As Endymion was betrothed to Serenity, his royal guards were betrothed to the inners: Jedeite/Raye, Zoisite/Ami, Nephlite/Lita, and Machalite /Mina. They were brainwashed to be evil by Beryl while looking for their prince.
I would also like to say that do to school starting; my chapters won't be here as much as they used to be, so try to be patience, please.
One more thing: Zoisite is NOT GAY! I happen to know many males on TV who are in touch with their feminine side:
Team Rocket James from Pokémon: Come on, he keeps his hair long and is almost always the one dressed up in female disguises. And he's normally the sensitive one.
Larry 3000 from Time squad: Do I even have to explain him?
That pinked haired punk from Tenchi Muyo!: ....... He said he loves Ayeka, so I guess he's straight.
Hercule from DBZ: This man is not afraid to cry in front of people or tell others how he feels.
Takaya from Digimon: This guy has pink armor and his voice and speeches are feminine. But he hasn't hit on anyone male.
We are about to meet the most powerful enemies in both SM and DBZ dimension. You will be most satisfied with these new villains because not only are they powerful, but also they are not what they seem. I'll give you a hint. You've encountered one of them in the TV series, and the other is of my own creation. Well, on with the show.
Alex Damioh: I've decided that disclaimers are overrated.
Gohan: Or maybe you've just ran out of ideas. Oh, and disclaimers aren't trends, they're stuff you're obligated to do if you don't want to get sued.
Dude: He's right.
Alex Daimioh: Nobody asked you. Don't you have a wedding to go to?
Gohan: Oh yeah.
Goten: Trunks, Darien, and me can do the disclaimer for ya.
Trio of Coolness (a.k.a. Trunks, Darien and Goten): Introducing the disclaimer for the story...
Goten: Saiya-Boy!
Trunks: Prince of Wonder!
Darien: And Tuxedo Mask!
Trio of Coolness: The following story does not belong to Alex Damioh or DGLS Princess. Characters in this story belong to Akira Toriyama or Naoko Takeuchi. LONG LIVE THE TRIO OF COOLNESS!
Alex Damioh: You can't add things like that. You're fired.
Trio of Coolness: Whatever. *Flies of*
Alex Damioh: Looks like it's just you and me.
Dude: See ya!
Alex Damioh: Waaaagh!
Chapter 11: Here Comes Trouble!
In the 30th century of Neo Earth, two lone warriors were fighting to the death using martial arts, ki, and of course, magic. It would have been a brilliant light show to the people, if there were anybody alive. On the left was an 8ft tall figure in a black uniform, wearing a cloak over its face. Despite the fact that its face was covered, you can see a pair of red eyes. On the left was a smaller figure. It was in a black and red uniform, floating in the air. The one trait it shared with the other was its red eyes. But unlike the other one, it's eyes weren't glowing. It stared at the other with a look of malice.
"Heh, it appears that once again, we are evenly matched. I hope this doesn't dent your pride?" Figure two snickered.
"You monster! I wanted King Endymion dead, not the entire freaking planet!" Figure one snarled. Figure two laughed at Figure one's anger.
"That's not what's upsetting you, is it? It's because I killed Neo-Queen Serenity. Aaaaaaww, you loved her soooo much, didn't you?" Figure two laughed viciously.
"SHUT UP! I care nothing for her! She was just as guilty as he was by allowing you to live." Figure one shouted.
"But she also allowed you to live as well. Ironic, huh? Everyone expected you to be the monster and destroy the universe. You should have seen the look on the Sailor scouts face when they find out it was me all along! It was priceless." Figure two taunted. Figure one growled at Figure two, making its eyes glow brighter.
"You'll pay for your crimes! I will see to that. I will not rest until I see you dead." Figure one shouted.
Figure two laughed. "If you think you can beat me, then you're wrong. I've got something you don't have: The power of the Golden crystal. Now, if you excuse me, I have a universe to destroy." With that said; the second figure flew off, leaving a very upset being behind. The first figure's eyes glowed brighter. But that wasn't the only thing glowing. Glowing on its forehead was a crescent moon.
In the DBZ dimension, present time, Tuxedo Mask was sitting at a café, drinking cappuccino and reading the Wall Street journal. He had already spent the first five hours saving the day, now he was waiting for Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder. When they showed up, he gave them a small wave. They both landed and walked up to him. They seemed very disappointed.
"Nothings happening! This place is boring, where are all the bad guys?" said Prince of Wonder.
"I saved a kitten from a tree, but that wasn't a superhero thing, it didn't even have claws." Saiya-boy said, sadly.
"How did your day go?" Prince of Wonder asked.
Tuxedo Mask placed the newspaper under his arm and spoke:
"Well, I managed to stop a bank robbery, I stopped some wild animals from escaping the zoo, I ceased a black market adoption operation, I saved a busload of children from falling off a cliff, I prevented a doomsday attack from a deranged dictator, I destroyed a new-batch of killer androids that were awaken from Dr. Gero's secret underground lab, I obliterated an asteroid that would have destroyed all of mankind, I saved a rare species of dinosaur from extinction, and I helped an eccentric scientist find a cure for cancer."
Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder stared in awe at Tuxedo Mask.
"I did all this," concluded Tuxedo Mask, "and I still managed to have time to buy Marron that kitten." As he finished that, he lifted his top hat to reveal a white kitten with a pink bow sleeping on his head.
"How come these things happen to you?" Prince of Wonder asked. Why did Tuxedo Mask have all the fun?
"Funny, I asked myself the same question just a minute ago." He muttered and unfolded his paper again. As he read the paper, he read a paper of attacks occurring in the mountains. Villagers claim that monsters come out at night to steal away their children. While the Police don't believe in monsters, they were taking the kidnappings very seriously. But in Tuxedo Mask's humble opinion, they were not trying hard enough. Looks like it was up to the trio of coolness, as Prince of Wonder so nicely named their group.
"Okay guys, how would you like to fight a monster?" Tuxedo Mask offered.
"WOULD WE!" They shouted joyfully. They grabbed each other's hands and danced happily. Darien smiled and placed a tip for the waitress.
In the SM Dimension, Machalite frowned as he stared at the large mirror in front of him. He had been watching Darien for a while and was starting to get a little worried. While the messengers were doing exactly what he wanted and were helping Darien along with the royal test, he wished that he had more information on the 'light'. From what Vegeta said, they sounded very dangerous. He doubted even Sailor Cosmos could stop this threat, as she is the "light" itself as well. Why was the 'light' after Darien, anyway? That he didn't understand. What could Darien possibly do that could cause an entire army of "pure" beings to go attack him? He tried to contact his Queen to see why they were after Darien, but for some reason, she wasn't responding. He had a feeling it was because she knew what he wanted to talk about and was avoiding it. Was the Queen not telling him everything? If that was the case, then he better do some of his own investigating.
"Nephlite!" Machalite called.
Nephlite, who was meditating in another part of the Time Gates, was up and ready. He immediately went to Machalite. He bowed slightly to the waist and placed his right fist on his heart.
"Yes sir?" Nephlite asked, as he stood up tall like a soldier should.
"I want you to consult the stars and find out all you can about Darien and the 'light'. And contact me immediately if you find anything. I don't care how insignificant the information is; whatever you find, you alert me about it." Machalite ordered.
"Aye, aye, sir!" he swiftly turned around and disappeared in the fog.
Piccolo thought the only being who deserved to suffer his wrath was Jedeite. But as he was being fitted in his white tuxedo with Vegeta and Goku, he found that Zoisite deserved it far more. Here he was, standing on a stool while several humans were making measures to his arms and legs. He could feel several hands poking and prodding him and two females finding excuses to touch his butt. He felt like one of Bra's dolls. To top it off, being the best man meant he had to make a speech at the end. He wasn't even comfortable talking in front of all the Z-fighters, let alone a building full of people. And Gohan's schoolmates were coming. In fact, word of the World Champion's daughter's marriage had spread far and wide. It will only be a matter of time before the cameras came in. He sighed. He was going to have to blow them up.
"Oh this won't do. This won't do at all. How can this happen? Poor, poor Videl." Zoisite said, coming in worriedly. He had his hair messy and his clothes were slightly askew. But he took no notice of it. He ran his hand on his hair wearily.
"What's the matter, Zoi?" Jedeite asked. By Zoisite's command, he was reduced to shining their shoes. A job that he found embarrassing.
"Gohan has wedding jitters. He's thinking of canceling it. And I don't know how to break it to Videl," Zoisite said. "Piccolo, you're his best friend, will you be able to talk some sense into him?"
"I might even knock some sense into him. Where is he?" he asked.
"Upstairs, in the dressing room." Zoisite pointed up. Piccolo climbed down the stool and went straight to the dressing room. He opened the door saw Gohan sitting in front of the mirror. He looked like he was having an inner conflict with himself.
"Gohan, what's wrong? Zoisite tells me that you're having second thoughts about this." Piccolo asked. He was stunned to see that Gohan was in tears.
"Piccolo," he began. "I'm not sure if I can do this." He ducked his head quickly. "I can't do it. I don't think I'm ready for this. What if ..." He stopped talking all together. Piccolo had never seen his student so distressed. Wait.... Yes he had. He looked just like that seven years ago when Cell told Gohan he was going to detonate planet earth when he had the chance to destroy him. He walked up and placed his hands on Gohan's shoulders.
"Gohan? Please tell me what you're worried about." He asked. He couldn't bear seeing his old student this way.
"Piccolo. I'm scared. I'm not going into a battle or facing an enemy. That I can handle. I'm going to marry someone. I'm going to be away from my mom and dad. I'm going to live my life away from them. I won't spar with dad anymore; I won't be seeing the rest of Goten's childhood. I won't see my mom as much and my friends and......you. Piccolo, I just realized I'm not going to see you as much as I used to. I love Videl, but marrying her means some major changes."
Piccolo smiled. Gohan was afraid of the future. What it will do to his friends. Gohan wanted things to stay the same. But Piccolo knew that things couldn't stay the same forever. As much as he enjoyed having Gohan around, it was time to let him go and face his destiny.
"Gohan, I know you're scared and worried for the future. But don't worry. You're going to do great. You're going to make a fine husband for Videl, I promise. You have achieved beyond the expectations of any warrior I've ever met. You're smart, brave, dedicated, and would do anything for the safety of the universe. You even managed to change me into a better person. You can do this, Gohan; you have already faced so many challenges and beaten them all."
"But Piccolo...."
"No buts. I know our relationship hasn't been the same since Cell's been destroyed. But we all have to accept change when it comes. Nothing stays the same. You have to start a family of your own; and I have a son right now, who needs me more then you. I promise to come and visit you as much as possible. Do not cancel this wedding. You love Videl more then anything; I know you do. If I let you stop the wedding, you're going to be regretful about it. I know it. So please, Gohan. For me, go through with it."
"Thanks Piccolo. What would I do without you?"
"I try not to think about that."
"Piccolo?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to hug you now."
Piccolo's eyes widened. Then he sighed. He was afraid Gohan would do something like that. But once Gohan decided on something, it was hard to make him change his mind. "You get one hug. After that, never mention it again." Gohan grinned and wrapped his arms around his friend and mentor. Piccolo slowly wrapped his arms him and smiled. When Gohan spoke again, it was almost in a low whisper.
"Hey Piccolo?"
"Yeah kid?"
"If Videl and I do have children together, how would you feel about being the godfather for my first-born?"
Again, Piccolo's eyes widened. A sweet smile slowly spread his face. "Gohan, I would like that very much." The two best friends hugged some more. They would have continued this, if Piccolo didn't hear a soft giggle from behind him. Piccolo turned around to see Goku and Vegeta standing at the doorway. Goku was giggling and had a big grin, while Vegeta merely smirked. But what caught Piccolo's attention was what Vegeta was holding.
It was a camcorder.
The same one that had already recorded his little fainting spell. Now it had yet another one of his discriminating behavior on it.
"Gee, Vegeta, you were right. Taping Piccolo doing mushy things is fun." Goku commented.
"Well, the onna wanted me to have a hobby, besides training. This seemed like the best one in mind." Vegeta grinned.
Meanwhile, back to the trio of coolness, they flew straight to the village where last time the children were kidnapped. Tuxedo Mask looked around wearily. Something about this place looked familiar. Where had he seen it before? He looked down and saw the villagers looking up at them. He realized that they were grabbing attention to themselves by flying around.
"Hey guys, let's land here, okay?" he suggested. The others nodded. Tuxedo Mask landed on one foot. He slowly walked up to the people, only to have them back away from him from fear. Tuxedo Mask sighed. He was going to have to get used to that.
"Please. We mean you know harm. We came to help."
"Who are you? Where do you come from? Did the gods send you? How is it you can fly?" suddenly came the many questions from the crowd.
"Allow us to introduce ourselves." All three children jumped 20ft in the air and landed 10 feet away from the villagers.
"SAIYA-BOY!" shouted Saiya-boy as he flexed his upper arms and did a split.
"PRINCE OF WONDER!" shouted the Prince of Wonder as he lifted his left foot, stood on his right, pumped one fist in the air and placed he other on his hip.
"AND I AM TUXEDO MASK!" shouted Tuxedo Mask as he just stood tall, holding a red rose while the wind blew his cape to the side in a heroic fashion.
"TOGEHER WE ARE, THE TRIO OF COOLNESS!" they all shouted doing their final poses. The villagers just stared. Were these their saviors? If those were their god sent heroes, then the gods must be crazy.
"Why are we doing this again?" Tuxedo Mask whispered. He never felt so foolish in his life.
"Because Gohan says is cool." Saiya-boy whispered back.
Tuxedo Mask abided to one law: If Gohan thinks it's cool; then it's not, really.
Back in the SM dimension, Nephlite was at his old hideout: The Nephlite mansion. This was normally the best place to use his psychic powers. While he did not entirely understand why his leader and comrade-in-arms would want him to pry open Darien's life, he did not want to disobey a direct order from Machalite. What kind of a soldier would he be if he did that? An insubordinate one, that's what.
Nephlite sat in the middle of the room and closed his eyes in concentration.
"The stars never lie. They know the past, present, and future. They decide how the universe should be brought. Stars! Please guide me! Give me information on the "the light" and Darien." Nephlite said as he closed his eyes. The sign of thunder appeared on his head. The stars above his head seemed to move. All at once images appeared in his head. This was the most difficult part. He had to look and remember all the images that appeared on his head. The problem was you never know what you might see. They started out well. At first, all he saw was Crystal Tokyo. He saw Neo King Endymion, Neo Queen Serenity and Neo Princess Rini. It was a happy image. But suddenly, it was torn up like a piece of paper. Neo Earth became a dead world. Not a single living thing was there except two dark figures. He watched them fight. He was amazed at their skill and power. He had never seen such display of power before. It exceeded the power of Cosmos. Then he noticed that one of the figures had a golden aura and the other had a white aura. They seem to be desperately fighting to the death, but it was plain to everyone that they were too evenly matched. Nephlite saw a scene change. His eyes shot wide as he gasped. He saw the broken bodies of the Sailor scouts. Each Sailor scout had a broken bone and looked like they suffered from internal bleeding. What had caught his attention was the body of Sailor Jupiter. She looked like she had taken the blunt of the attack. Her eyes were wide open and the look of terror in them was frozen. Nephlite had a strong feeling that he was going to have dreams of that look for a long time. He turned around and saw Darien. He was still 6 years old, but right now he was in his 'prince' form. He just stood there, while the dark figures surrounded him. The one with the white aura was attempting to hurt him, while the one with the golden aura was trying to save him. Surrounding Darien's body was a dark aura and a golden aura. The dark aura seemed to be overcoming the golden light and it finally swallowed up Darien. For a second, Darien was fighting it. Then it attached itself on him like a second skin. Then, Darien suddenly grew and grew and grew. Finally, his eyes opened. But this time, they didn't cover his eyes. They were only in his iris. His gray skin was now darker then before, his muscles were bulging, and his ears and fangs lengthen. The sign of Earth was no longer on his forehead. On it was the sign of the devil. The ground shook and all of a sudden, gargoyle and dragon-like creatures climbed out of it. Darien smiled evilly. Laughter was heard all around. It belonged to the Demon King Piccolo. Its shadow could be seen behind him. It had finally happened. A new world of demons was born.
Nephlite snapped his head back as all those images appeared. When he had done that, the force of it had thrown him twenty feet backwards. For a few seconds, he laid there, breathing hard. He was physically, mentally, and emotionally drained. He was also soaked in sweat. In his condition, he shouldn't move for the next couple of months. But he was given orders: if he found anything, ANYHING, he should report it to his leader immediately. And after what he saw, this needed to be reported now!
Back in Capsule corp., Videl was utterly miserable. She never would have dreamed that her wedding dress would be made entirely out of flowers. Zoisite insisted it was the newest thing. Her bottom half, though had some silk, and was made of daisy petals while on some places there were sunflowers to lighten it. Her top part of her dress, which was sleeveless and showed her cleavage, was made up of white rose petals. Her veil was made from the silk of silkworms and on her head was a crown of red roses. Her short hair had been curled to the point of Curly Sue. To top it off, her allergies were acting up.
"Don't worry, Videl. As soon as the wedding is done, we could both make a bonfire out of it. Besides, look at what me, Chichi and 18 are wearing." Bulma said. They had hot pink, puffy sleeved dresses with a crown of light pink flowers. Chichi's hair had been curled, making her young looking and she had a yellow ribbon to hold it. All three women comforted the poor Videl who was kind of blue about her outfit.
"Did you guys know when I first loved Gohan? When I saw him at the crime scene of the Golden fighter. He was so nervous around me it as cute." Videl said, changing the subject.
"Yeah, then you blackmailed him to teach you how to fly." Bulma said.
Videl blushed. "Yeah, well, love can make you do stupid things."
"I know what you mean; I had to fight Goku in the World Tournament in order for him to keep his promise to marry me." Chichi said, reminiscing.
They walked out to speak with Zoisite to ask him nicely to change the dresses. While they walked out, Bulma and Chichi noticed that they haven't seen their husbands yet since they followed Piccolo upstairs. Gohan took that moment to walk downstairs.
"Gohan? Where are Vegeta and Goku?" asked Bulma.
"They both flew out the tenth floor window and sprinted straight for the forest."
"WHAT? In their new white tuxedos? They'll ruin it! Why on earth would they do something as stupid that?" Chichi asked.
"Ask me if I've seen Piccolo." Was all Gohan said.
Vegeta and Goku were running as if every evil villain they've ever fought were after them. Goku was still laughing wildly and Vegeta was still smirking and waving his camcorder tauntingly at Piccolo's enraged face.
"Heh, heh! Namek, you are a sucker for set-ups." Vegeta snickered. He yelped when Piccolo made a mad-grab at his tail.
"GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!" He screamed as he chased the two wise guys across the forest.
Back at the village, the three young heroes sat and listened to the sad tale of the people. Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder sat Indian-style on the floor while Tuxedo Mask just stood there with his hands behind his back. The village chief, which had recently lost his son, was the one telling them the tale.
"It all started three weeks ago, when some of our men have noticed strange happenings in another part of the forest. At first, we ignored it. After all, that forest is believed to be haunted. But then, a week after that, we started to receive disturbances at night. But then, THEY showed up. Monsters. We don't know where they come from, but they attacked our village every night. We tried fighting them back, but they were too strong for us. Our weapons were useless on them. We tried to rely on other villagers, but they were attacking them as well. We were at the end of our rope until one of them spoke to us. He said he would spare our village if we sent one child each week to him and his gang. They swore that they would not be harmed, but we, at first, were frightened for them and tried to stop them. But they came back fiercer then ever. They attacked and this time there were more causalities. We should have agreed at the beginning. We gave them five children. They left our village alone, but every week, they would come for five more children. We tried the authorities, but a lot of them didn't believe us while some of them tried to help us, but they never returned."
Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder felt very sorry for them. Tuxedo Mask, on the other hand,
"So, if I understand this correctly, you surrendered your children to those monsters for your own safety. Am I correct?"
Both boys were shocked that Tuxedo Mask would say such things to these people. They were asking for their help, not for more guilt.
"We had no choice, they threatened us. They also promised they wouldn't hurt them."
"And you believed them?" Tuxedo Mask growled, outraged by their ignorance.
"....Well....yes, we did." The crowd was starting to feel guilty.
"What kind of parents would abandon their children to monsters for their own safety and then take its word for it that they won't be harmed!" Tuxedo Mask demanded nastily.
"Stop it, Tuxedo Mask! We came to help, remember?" Saiya-boy said, outraged at Tuxedo Mask's behavior. Prince of Wonder was not too thrilled by his attitude either.
Tuxedo Mask grunted and looked away. He was too busy getting rid of that cold shiver out of his spine. Why did this place freak him out? He was positive he has never been there before. Or had he?
"Don't worry. We, the trio of coolness, will stop this unknown threat. We won't stop until every child is released and sent home in time for dinner." Prince of Wonder declared. Saiya-boy nodded eagerly, Tuxedo Mask just rolled his eyes.
"Now, where are they?" Prince of Wonder asked. The crowd pointed at a very sinister-looking forest.
"They always leave from there." One villager said.
"Great! Now, do you know exactly where they are right now? We probably can't sense their ki. So we need your help."
At this, the people started to tremble. "You wish for us to travel to that side of the forest? We thought you came in to help. And yet you can't locate them yourselves?"
"You cowards! We ask you a simple task so we can save your children and yet you refuse us so you can remain safe in your homes! You don't deserve to be parents! I think your children are better off with those monsters. They shouldn't know how uncaring you are." Tuxedo Mask snarled. His eyes weren't glowing, but you can see a glint of red in his pupil. These people were starting to make him see red. No, wait. The buildings were starting to seep red. In fact, if he didn't know any better, he could swear he smelt blood. Tuxedo Mask's eyes widened. Now he remembered where he saw this place before. Before anyone could say anything, he flew off. As he flew deeper in the village, he heard screams of the undead from the ground: the moans of those who cannot fully rest in peace. The buildings were practically oozing blood. He could still feel the heat of the fires that burned some buildings. And yet there was no such thing happening. It was all in his head. He was reliving one of Piccolo's worse memories. This was the first village ever attacked by Piccolo Daimio. It wasn't the nicest, though. He looked down and saw ghostly figures with grotesque faces rising from the ground. They pointed accusingly at him and flew at him. He tried to fight them off but they were overwhelming. He felt his entire body shiver from the cold air. He could hear moans of rage and sadness. He was losing oxygen fast. He blacked out.
15 minutes later when he came to, he felt something lick his tearstained face. He opened his eyes to see the kitten he bought for Marron licking him affectionately. He stood up and picked up the kitten. It meowed at him reassuringly. He hugged it to his chest. He looked around to find himself in a graveyard. These were no ordinary graves. These were the tombstones of Piccolo Daimio's victims. There were probably a thousand, most likely a million tombstones. Tuxedo Mask could still hear the faint wailing of the victims. One by one, he read the names of the tombstones apologized to the victims, wishing them eternal peace. He was on his 50th when he was interrupted by a kindly old voice.
"How can a face so young carry so many burdens?" It said.
Tuxedo Mask turned around to see an elderly nun with a caring face placing white roses on the graves. She looked at him with large blue eyes that seemed to twinkle with hope and love.
"Who are you?" he more demanded then asked.
"Oh, just another respected visitor for the dead. I don't see children here often. Why are you crying, child? I doubt you knew these people to cry about them. They all died years and years ago." She said.
"Why I'm crying is my own business. You wouldn't understand." He murmured.
"Oh, but I do. You are crying because you seem obligated to carry the sins of your fathers." She said with a mysterious smile.
Tuxedo Mask's eyes widened. "How did you know?"
"How I know is my own business." She said with a mischievous look in her eyes. "What I do know is that a sweet boy like you shouldn't cry like that for crimes he did not commit. Nor should he feel obligated to them."
"You don't understand. These people didn't deserve to die. It isn't fair."
"Sonny, one thing you should know is that death is a part of life. Whether it's too soon or not, be it accident or sickness, it will happen. You must learn to accept it when it does. Just as you must learn to accept yourself as a demon."
Tuxedo Mask listened to the words and wisdom within them, but was not convinced. "But I can't accept it. How can anyone accept a monster within him? Don't you see? I have to hate the demon within me! I HAVE TO!"
"Tuxedo Mask?" said two voices.
'It's Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder!' he thought, as he turned left. "Listen, lady, thanks for the advice. But I can take care of myself and........" That's when Tuxedo Mask noticed she was gone. Where did she go? As he whirled around, he came face-to-face with Saiya-boy.
"There you are! We were looking for you. Two of the villagers are going to take us to the monster's hideout." He said.
"Yeah. Your little speech, no matter how mean it was, convinced some of them to come." Prince of Wonder said. "C'mon, what are you waiting for? Let's go."
"Sure. But did any of you see a nun here earlier?" Tuxedo Mask asked.
"What are you talking about? You were the only person we saw when we flew. You looked like you were talking to yourself." Saiya-boy stated.
Tuxedo Mask frowned. Was he losing it? How could he make up that elderly nun? Well, he'll figure it out later. For now, he had to find a way to save those kids. He flew off with his friends, not at all noticing the old nun on top of a pine tree, with a look of sadness and a little disappointment. Suddenly, a golden aura took over her body. Instantly, in the nun's place was the ghostly Sailor Earth.
"Endymion, my son. You must learn to accept who you are or you will become exactly as the 'light' feared you would be. This is the last time I shall interfere like that, so you're on your own." She suddenly frowned. "And Piccolo, if you know what's good for you, you better take good care of our son or you will be hearing from me sooner then you think." With that, she disappeared in a shower of red rose petals.
Back at the forest; Piccolo, who was on his way back from beating the crap out of Goku and Vegeta, suddenly shuddered.
Back in the Gates of time, Machalite sat patiently on the floor, waiting for Nephlite. It wasn't like him to take his time to read the stars. This troubled Machalite a bit, who was not one who liked to have a troubled mind. He decided to go check the area and see how things were doing. He was about to teleport when something landed right beside him. It was Nephlite. And he didn't look so good. His eyes were wide and bloodshot, his clothes were iced with snow, and his normally well-combed wavy hair was a mess. He walked for three seconds before passing out. Nephlite never passed out in his life. So Machalite was by his side a microsecond later. He picked him up and wrapped him in his cloak. He carried him to a deserted area and made a fireplace appear. He made a chair and sat down to watch his comrade-in- arms. After an hour and a half, Nephlite slowly came to. He suddenly shot up and sucked in his breath. He hadn't look this scared since Zoisite had once asked him if he liked him to plan his wedding.
"Nephlite?" asked his leader. Nephlite whirled to the direction of Machalite's voice. He sighed in relief and started to breathe better. "Nephlite? Are you all right?"
Nephlite nodded his head and was somewhat gaining control of his calm exterior. Truth be told, he was in terrible condition and his heart was still beating like a jackrabbit. But he had to report his readings.
"Yes sir, I will be fine. However, we should be more worried about Darien at the moment. He is in more danger then we ever dreamed he would be. We must inform the others."
"Why? Is it concerning the 'light'?" asked Machalite.
A small chuckle escaped Nephlite's throat. "The 'Light'? Oh no, sir. It's not the 'light'. In fact, from what I've seen, the 'light' is now considered the least of Darien's worries."
The boys were walking in a deep part of the forest to see what exactly it was that kidnapped children and never let their parents see them again. "So this is it, huh? I never knew you would actually lead us to cave. It shouldn't be able to hold all the village children." Prince of Wonder mused
"Go! We have no more uses for you." Tuxedo Mask stated to the men. They eagerly left the forest.
"That wasn't very nice!" Saiya-boy said. Tuxedo Mask merely snorted and walked into the cave, the others quickly followed. They walked for what appeared to be an eternity to them. So far they didn't sense anything out of the ordinary, but as Z-fighters, they were prepared for anything. The boys were certainly surprised to meet a dead end.
"GAH! This was a set-up! I knew they had no intention of rescuing their kids! They just needed more kids to give to those monsters."
"Tuxedo Mask! How can you say something like that! They would never do something like that. They want their kids back, that's all!" Prince of Wonder shouted. He would have continued, but a low growl interrupted. Both boys turned around to see a large, grotesque crab-like creature with a dark shell and fangs as big as a saber tooth-tiger's. It was big enough to topple this cave and just as wide. But it was its ki that got its attention. It was like nothing they've ever felt before.
"What were you saying, Prince of Wonder?" Tuxedo Mask said. Despite everything, he couldn't help but have an arrogant tone in his voice.
They all got into a fighting stance and powered up. Then, all at once, they jumped on it, kicking and punching. Of course, the monster blocked all the moves. They didn't get anywhere with their attacks so they tried ki. The monster was showing signs of fatigue; it apparently didn't expect the children to fight back. Tuxedo Mask stood over the fallen monster and was about to strike it with his sword, until he looked in its eyes. Its eyes were bright and innocent, which was very strange for a cold-blooded monster. Concentrating on his telepathic powers, he looked into the monster's mind. He saw a human, child-like mind. What amazed him was that it was one of the village children. What was going on here? What caused this transformation? He had to find out!
"Guys, wait! Let's surrender. He may be able to lead us to the kids!" Tuxedo Mask suggested.
Both boys nodded and raised their hands in submission. The dazed monster looked at them suspiciously for a moment, and then he grabbed them.
Back at capsule corp., Zoisite sat on a chair and was holding Bra, who he made flower girl. He smiled at the sweet little girl that was resting in his arms. Looking at Bra, he was reminded of his beautiful ice princess Ami. He loved the shy, cool-headed princess. She was his right-arm and partner in strategies. He had missed her so much when he was under Beryl's control. He wished he had been there for her when she had been hurt or sad. If he had one wish, it was to live in peace with his beautiful goddess.
"If I'm ever going to have a daughter, I hope she's as sweet and as beautiful as you." He cooed to Bra as he kissed her sleeping forehead.
"Reminiscing, I see." Jedeite said as he leaned on a wall next to Zoisite.
"What do you want, Jed?" Zoisite said.
"The girls are complaining about their dresses. They said it stinks. Piccolo, Goku, and Vegeta have still yet to be found and the prince and the other kids have not returned yet." Jedeite smirked.
"What's wrong with the dresses? They are my masterpieces! They should consider themselves lucky I'm doing this free of charge." Zoisite sniffed.
"What were you thinking about anyway, Zoi? You seemed deep in thought." Jedeite asked.
"I was thinking about Ami and what I planned to do with my life after Serenity awakens."
"What?!! You're going to wait until the ice age thaws before you have your kicks."
"What are you saying? Are you going to be a bachelor?"
"Damn right! There are chicks everywhere! I gotta explore my territories, since we're living here and all."
"Jedeite, how could you! You have Rei! Despite the fact you two don't get along and are constantly at each others throats, you are betrothed and she loves you."
"But she won't be there for a millennia. Let me have some fun."
"Jedeite, I'm ashamed of you. You don't see me cheating on Ami."
"Hhhhhmmmmmmm, I seem to recall you and Machalite were always tongue wrestling with each other back when we were working with Beryl."
"WHAT?!!!"
Jedeite screamed in terror as Zoisite started to chase him around the room.
"I'll have you know that Machalite and I were just very, very, very close friends. Nothing more, nothing less." He shouted as he attempted to harm Jedeite.
"Come on, even Sailor Moon saw that you and Mach were yaoi." Jedeite snickered. Zoisite snarled and pounced on Jedeite. Due to the fact that this is PG-13, there will be no description as to how Zoisite had beaten him up.
Meanwhile, Tuxedo Mask and the others were being taken to an underground base somewhere in the cave. Tuxedo Mask made sure that he looked at everything before he was locked up. And he saw a lot of interesting things. The place was high-tech and filled with state-of-the-art machinery. It was not as advance as Bulma's work, but it could give her a run for her money. The place held all the children-turned-monsters in cages to keep them from harming one another. It was nice and clean despite all the disgusting monsters. With his keen eyes, he got more information from slight glances from the computers. As it turns out, this was a Genetic facility. The sole purpose for this place was to bio-engineer children to make an army of terror. The whole take-over-the-world crap. As children had the compatible energy for it, it was no wonder they stole children from their homes. The boys were in their jail cells, waiting to be put in a genetic tube for their transformation, when Tuxedo Mask told his conclusions to his friends.
"I don't want to be a monster. I like me!" Saiya-boy said as he hugged himself.
"That's disgusting! They take children and turn them to monsters."
"We have to put a stop to this at once. We can't afford to have such an army unleashed. We will stop them and change the kids back to normal. We must destroy this building. To do that, we have to get out of here." Tuxedo Mask said while leaning on a wall.
"But how? This entire room is ki-based. We can't get out." Prince of Wonder said. Tuxedo Mask smirked. He lifted up his top hat and pulled out the white kitten.
"Okay Fluff, I've got a mission for you."
"Fluff?" Prince of Wonder asked.
"Yeah. He's nothing but a ball of fluff, so his name suits him."
"Oooookay." Prince of Wonder said.
"Fluff, I got a job for you, I want you to go find a crowbar so we could get out of here. Do you understand?" he asked. Fluff nodded its head and walked through the bars off.
"How is a crowbar going to help? And what makes you think that that cat is going to come back?" Saiya-boy asked.
"Yeah, he probably went to get a fish or something." Prince of Wonder said.
"Fluff won't le me down; he'll be back with a crowbar and will help us."
"No he won't."
"Yes he will."
"No he won't."
"Yes he will."
"No he won...."
They stopped talking when they saw Fluff come back with the prison keys. They all looked at each other.
"That's not a crowbar." Prince of Wonder said.
Back a Capsule corp., Piccolo had just returned with Goku and Vegeta. Their clothes looked torn and they were wet and muddy. Piccolo managed to have smashed the camcorder, not at all knowing Vegeta made copies of the film in his laptop. Zoisite, who had been admiring a frozen statue of Jedeite, was not amused when they walked in the house.
Where have you been? And what happened to your clothes? The wedding is in three hours and you do this to me now! Why is this always happening to me! Is it an omen of what's to come if we continue this wedding? WHY IS THIS ALWAYS HAPPENING TO ME?!!!" Zoisite wailed, Serena-style on the floor. Goku felt guilty and patted him on the back.
"Cheer up, Zoi. We still have time to make amends. We'll make sure this wedding goes as scheduled." He said.
"Really?"
"Sure, this is my son's wedding and I want him to enjoy the experience as I did in my wedding." He winked at Chichi, who was walking by. Chichi blushed and went back to the kitchen. Gohan walked downstairs.
"Haven't they come back yet? I need Goten here." Gohan asked.
"Why?" Goku asked.
"Because he's the ring bearer. I need him here."
"He and the brats should be back by now. How long does it take to save a planet?" Vegeta asked.
"I'll contact him immediately." Zoisite said as he picked up his computer.
The boys were walking through a maze when Tuxedo Mask's computer started beeping. He lifted up his computer and flipped it open.
"Prince Darien, who is it?"
"Darien, what are you doing still out? The wedding is in three hours and you're still not here. Goten is the ring bearer, you know?" said the worried face of Zoisite.
"One moment, please." He turned to Saiya-boy. "You have an important part in the buffoon's wedding and you chose to accept this mission?"
Saiya-boy played with his feet. "Sorry, I forgot."
"Fine, we'll be here soon." Tuxedo Mask stated.
"You better! I am the master planner of this wedding, and I will not have it messed up like last time. Zoisite out."
"Sure, whatever. Prince Darien out." He turned to his teammates. "Look guys, originally; I was going to make a subtle, quiet plan. But because we have three hours, we go to plan B."
"And plan B would be?" Prince of Wonder asked.
"We go in the core of this place, bust it up and get out." Tuxedo Mask answered.
The boys couldn't think of a better plan. But Saiya-boy raised his hand.
"What if we get caught?"
"What are the odds of them listening in on us?"
"Well, the beeping was pretty loud." Saiya-boy said as he pointed behind him. Tuxedo Mask turned around and pointed at the monsters behind them.
"Any bright ideas, cape boy?" Prince of Wonder asked.
The wedding was at the Hoshino temple. It won't start for a while and Gohan was already at the altar with Piccolo. It was obvious that they were both very nervous.
"Piccolo! I think I forgot my wedding vows." He whispered nervously.
"Then improvise. I'm going to do that on my speech. Besides, you should be worried more about Goten, he still hasn't returned from fighting." He whispered back.
"Goten's fine. What kind of trouble would he be in?"
"Nice monsters. Nice monsters! DON'T EAT ME!!!" Saiya-boy shouted. Saiya- boy and Prince of Wonder were fighting off the monsters while Tuxedo Mask flew straight to the center of the room. He had to destroy the machine or chemical or what ever created these abominations. Now that his friends distracted them, he walked into the center. He was shocked to see children in tanks. Some were still human looking, but they won't be for long. It occurred there was a mastermind behind this, but he or she was nowhere to be found. He walked up until he saw a main supercomputer that was obviously involved in making this nightmare. He flew straight at it to see how to shut it off only to be thrown backwards by the force field. He tried to find out where the switch was, only to be thrown by a monster. This time, Tuxedo Mask didn't' sense a child-like mind in it. It was 100% pure evil. He flew straight at it and tried to fight it, but it overwhelmed him and slammed him on the ground. He tried clawing it, but the monster merely ripped his arm off. He screamed so loud that Other World could here him. The monster then grabbed Tuxedo Mask by the head, squeezing it tightly. That was when Fluff scampered up its arms and clawed it. Tuxedo Mask watched as the monster shook it off. It was just about to kill the kitten when it felt something slash his hands. He turned to see a very sinister looking boy.
"Don't. Touch. My. Cat!" he whispered dangerously. He roared and started to savagely attack the beast. Even after he killed it he continued to claw its body. He would have continued this if Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder hadn't pulled him off.
"Tuxedo Mask, it's dead. You can stop now." Prince of Wonder said worriedly. Tuxedo Mask started panting as he slowly rose from his feet. He was surprised at the amount of damage he did.
"Tuxedo Mask, your arm?" Prince of Wonder noticed the stump. Tuxedo Mask looked at it, shrugged, and regrew it back.
"Cool!" they both said.
Tuxedo Mask smirked. "I had a theory I could do that. I was always healing faster then I should. So regenerating should be easy."
"Let's get out of here." Prince of Wonder said.
"But what about the others? How do we change them back?" Saiya-boy asked. As he said that, the unconscious monsters from where the boys had left them became humans again. It was a strange sight to behold. The monster's death must have freed them. Tuxedo Mask walked up to them and tried to heal them. A golden glow took his body as it spread all over the area. The children were healed and awakened. They were dazed and confused, but other then that, they were fine. Tuxedo Mask fell from all that energy. Saiya-boy caught him.
"Are you all right?" he asked, concerned. Tuxedo Mask waved off his concern reassuringly. It was time to take them home.
The expressions on the adult's faces were one of wonder as their children ran home to their moms and dads. The parents graciously hugged their children tightly, swearing that they would never abandon them again.
"Liars." Tuxedo Mask whispered. Saiya-boy and Prince of Wonder gave a glance, apparently wondering whether if he was going to attack anybody or not. He didn't look too happy and he could go demon on them any minute. They hoped it didn't come to that; they were too exhausted to fight.
"Come on, guys. We have a wedding to save." Tuxedo Mask said.
The wedding was going off well so far. Despite the fact that Hercule kept giving Gohan death glares, threatening to make his life miserable if he ever hurts his angel.
"Daddy!" Videl whispered. Gohan smiled nervously and Piccolo merely sweatdropped at the weak man threatening one of the strongest men in the universe. Videl smiled at Gohan. Gohan smiled back, and then he sneezed. Apparently he had the same allergies as Videl. The priest and the guests were doing their bests not to laugh at Videl's weird wedding dress. The priest was reading the sacred book, saying the usual things. When it was time to say the vows, while Videl was reciting hers perfectly, Gohan was having a panic attack. Of course, Piccolo was thankful for his psychic powers.
'Gohan! Repeat after me!' he said in Gohan's head. ' I, Gohan, shall take Videl as his mate, to forever cherish, to forever hold, to spend all my life to be with her, to make her happy. For the rest of my life and beyond.'
'And beyond? Piccolo, let's not go overboard.'
'Just say it!'
Gohan did.
"May I please have the rings?" the priest asked.
Gohan looked for Goten. Nothing. He was doomed. Videl looked at him, incredulously.
"Gohan! Did you forget the wedding rings?"
"Umm, well, you see." He looked at Piccolo, who shrugged helplessly.
"YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU!? HOW COULD YOU FORGET SOMETHING THAT IMPORTANT! I'M GOING TO CREAM YOU!!" She shouted as she began strangling him. Gohan still could not believe how strong Videl was for a human. He honestly couldn't breathe! Vegeta was smirking Goku had to hold Chichi back from killing Videl. Everyone else was in a state of shock.
Outside, the boys were right over the roof of the temple in their white tuxedos.
"I don't think we can make it" Goten said.
"Oh yes we will!" Darien said as he grabbed Goten and threw him through a stain-glass window. He landed right in the middle of the wedding hall. Everyone looked at the small boy land on his feet. He ran straight to the altar and gave Gohan his rings. Having nothing to be angry about, Videl let him go. After exchanging the rings, the priest pronounced them husbands and wife. They kissed affectionately. Goku cheered and hugged his son, and then he ran to the Dining room. Chichi started crying happy tears and everyone started congratulating him except for Vegeta, who thought his presence in the wedding was enough Everyone then drove off to Capsule corp. to have a big party. Of course, Zoisite had to melt Jedeite from his ice tomb to join the party. Piccolo looked around for Darien and found him leaning on a wall of Capsule corp., staring off into space.
"So Darien, how was your first time saving the world?" he asked.
"Well, I learned something today."
"What's that?"
Darien looked at him, a red glint in his stormy blue eyes. "I learned that humans are no better then demons." With that said. He went to the dining room. Piccolo decided as soon as they moved to the caves, he would have a talk with Darien. What Piccolo didn't know was that Goku was in the Dining room too.
Jedeite and Zoisite, who heard the exchange, looked at each other nervously. True, they would not be the first to admit that humans were corrupted easily, but Darien was going to be the ruler of those people. If he didn't tolerate them soon, he would automatically fail his test. Something they did not want.
Darien walked in the Dining room and picked up a few things, since the Saiya-jins ate mostly everything. With his fork, he picked at his food until he decided he wasn't that hungry, after all. He then noticed that Goku was leaving the room, yawning. Smiling evilly and getting a dark, he followed him. Goku, not at all knowingthat he was being followed found an empty room and fell asleep on a big red couch. Darien smirked when he found a sleeping Goku on the couch. That idiot ate so much that he fell dead asleep. He snickered on how easy it was going to be to kill him. He lifted his hand slowly and made the earth bomb appear. The window was open to his left so he could make a quick escape should they find any remains of the body. Not that the earth bomb would leave any remains. 'Okay, Demon murderer, time to die!' he thought with an evil smile. It was then that Darien remembered Murphy's Law: If there is a possibility that a plan will go wrong, then it will, and at the worst possible moment. Darien realized his plan had a flaw. In his position to prepare the Earth bomb, and to lower his ki from others, he was quite vulnerable. Heck, even a little girl could kill him in this position. And speaking of little girls....
"DAAAAARRRRRRRRRIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed a high-pitched voice.
Darien's red eyes widen. "Oh dear God, no! Please, Dende. Let her miss, let her miss, don't let her get me!" he pleaded.
Up at the Lookout tower, Dende was powering up Marron with some of his kami magic so her tackle would be more effective. He was grinning.
"Sorry Darien, but you earned this. GET EM' MARRON!" he grinned. Popo resumed sweeping, already used to Dende's pre-adolescent behavior. But that didn't stop him from missing Kami. And boy, did he miss Kami!
"MARRON! NO WAIT!" he shouted as an insane Marron zoomed toward him. But Marron was deaf at the moment. All she saw was Darien in a cute white tuxedo that needed a big hug. She jumped and smashed into him. He fell right out the window and crashed on the pavement. Marron, who had been on his chest, was unharmed, of course.
"Come on. Everyone's waiting for you." She chirped. She walked back to the building. Darien climbed out as well. When he did, it was then that he noticed his shadow. But it was dark, and the moon had been destroyed, so what could be causing a shadow? He looked up and his eyes widened as he saw his own earth bomb heading his way. It smashed right to him, missing Marron by a millimeter. Marron blinked and turned around to see lots of sparks come out of a Darien-sized crater.
"Ohhhhhhhhh, pretty!" she exclaimed as she clasped her hands together.
Dende was laughing so hard he was in danger of coughing a lung. "Oh man! That Marron is more troublesome then even me! I couldn't have thought of a better way to punish Darien." Popo sighed and shook his head. He knew that Kamis have sense of humors, but this was ridiculous!
Darien slowly came to. At first, all he heard was his name. Then, the feeling in his body came back, so he knew he was on Bulma's couch. He opened his eyes only to have them met with a pair of black eyes.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Darien screamed.
"You're awake! YAY! Let's go eat cake!" Marron squealed as she jumped off of Darien and ran back to the Dining room.
"No. sugar... for.... me... please!" he panted in each word. Then he growled angrily and his eyes went red.
Must......... kill ......human.....Catapult! His brain said in a trance- like manner.
He stood up, and walked to the Dining room door, intent on ending Marron's reign of pouncing. He opened the door only to have a piece of cake shoved in his mouth
"Here you go." Marron said; her face covered in vanilla icing. Darien was stunned, and then he chewed it carefully. Mmmmmmmmm, Chocolate marshmallows!
"Um, thanks Marron."
"You're welcome, Darien." She said sweetly.
"Oh Marron, I almost forgot." He ran back outside and came back with Fluff. "Here's your kitten."
"Awww, it's so cute." She hugged it for a moment before giving it back to him. "Here you go."
Darien was shocked. "You don't like it?"
"I like kittens. But I like puppies better!"
"THEN WHY DID YOU MAKE ME BUY ONE?!!" He screamed, outraged at her. Ungrateful wench! Did Marron have any idea how expensive pets were?
"For you, silly." Marron giggled, not at all phased by Darien's outburst. Darien blinked a few times.
"For.....me?"
"Yeah, you don't have a pet. I wanted to get you one for you, but I don't have any money. So I got you to get it for a present for you." She said it as if it was the most logical thing in the world. Darien was stunned. He was positive that no one had ever given him a real gift before. He felt tears form in his eyes, but he was too proud to cry in front of Marron.
"Thank you, Marron. You're a true friend."
Marron giggled and hugged his arm.
-_-;; "Of course, you could have asked your parents to give you the money."
^ v ^; "I didn't think of that."
Everyone gathered around Capsule corp. for the party. They all started dancing. Vegeta and Goku didn't join in at first, until Zoisite started dancing with Bulma and Jedeite with Chichi, then they intervened, reminding the guards who these women belonged to. Darien merely sat on a chair and waited for the party to end, but Marron wouldn't have it.
"Dance with me! Dance with me!" She insisted as she dragged Darien to the dance floor. He gave in and started dancing The girls thought it was cute, 18 wasn't amused.
"Attention everyone, the best man will now make a speech." Gohan said with a grin. Piccolo's mouth dropped. He had to do it now! All eyes were on him. He could feel the blood drain from his face. 'Okay, I can do this! If I can face Frieza, Cell and Majin Buu; I can face a crowd of humans.' He rose from his chair and coughed to get everyone's attention.
"Alright, I would like to offer my toast to Gohan, my first student and first friend. When I first met him, he was a little crybaby who couldn't defend himself from an inchworm. He also was hyperactive," he said as he looked at Gohan, who wished he knew where this was going. "But despite that, he has managed to save my life more times then I saved his and was always there for me, even when I didn't want it. He has grown up from his childish antics and has become a man we can all be proud of. He's brave, brilliant, powerful and pure-hearted. And I couldn't have asked for a better friend and fighter." He took in a breath and continued. "I would also like to offer a toast to Videl. At first I had my doubts about her and when I heard she was stalking Gohan and blackmailing him, I wanted to blast her to kingdom come," he paused to make sure his words took effect.it did,everyone stared wide-eyed, Videl looked at him with her mouth hanging. "But she has proven herself somewhat worthy for him. She wasn't like her father and that was also a plus, she also made Gohan happy andi'm happy forthat as well. I would like to say congratulations to Gohan and Videl. May your happiness last forever." He finished. The place was quiet for a few seconds, and then an explosion of applause broke out around. Piccolo sighed; glad that his speech was over. He had no clue as to what he said anyway, but everyone was impressed by it. They all sat down to and what was left of the food. Darien was even little bit out of his usual gloomy mood. He was sitting next to Marron and took another helping of cake.
Gaea stared proudly at her lover. She had chosen wisely after all. Her only regret was that she couldn't be there to help raise Darien with Piccolo. All she could do was watch from afar. "I love you both. Make me proud, my two favorite boys." She leaned forward and kissed the now relieved Piccolo on the cheek and disappeared to other world. Piccolo blinked as he felt a peck on his cheek. He turned to Gohan, who was drinking his champagne.
"Gohan? You didn't just kiss me right now, did you?" Piccolo growled, hoping no one else saw that. Gohan nearly spitted his drink out, how can Piccolo ask that question? He hadn't done that since he was seven.
"NO! Besides, I know the rules: I'm not allowed to kiss you in public." He quoted as he recalled the last time he kissed Piccolo in front of the Z- senshi. It's been twelve years and he still couldn't sit down properly!
"Why's that? Do you guys normally kiss each other privately?" Jedeite asked loudly, mischievously.
Gohan spitted his drink out this time; he wasn't alone. Chichi, who had been sitting across Gohan, did as well. Piccolo could feel his blood rise to his face in rage and embarrassment.
"JEDEITE, YOU BAKA!" raged Piccolo. Gohan had to use all his strength to hold him back.
"Piccolo, calm down! Not on my wedding day!" Gohan shouted.
"Do WHOM kiss each other privately?" Chichi demanded in that voice that could send shivers to Beryl.
"You're going to have to answer that." Jedeite smirked. His smile disappeared when Piccolo broke through Gohan's submission hold and launched himself on him. Except that Jedeite wasn't there anymore. He had disappeared before Piccolo could kill him. Piccolo crashed right through a wall and slammed into several of the guests, knocking them into the wedding cake, and Goku was not pleased. Videl looked at the cameras focusing on her.
"You're going to cut that, right?" she asked.
In the gates of time, Jedeite and Zoisite landed in a THUMP! They stood up quickly.
"What's going on? Why are we back here? I thought Machalite wanted us to protect Darien." Jedeite asked.
"Machalite would never pull us away from our assignment unless it was an emergency. Let's see what's up." Zoisite suggested as he helped Jedeite up.
They both then walked to the center room. Machalite and Nephlite were right there. Machalite was walking back and forth in a worried manner. Nephlite was standing straight like a soldier. That was impressive, considering he was almost in a coma just an hour ago.
"We have a problem. It seems the 'light' is not the only thing after our prince." Machalite stated.
"I don't know when, but these new enemies are coming. They are more powerful then Cosmos. We must get stronger as well as Darien. For his fate will decide the fate of both dimensions." Nephlite said sternly.
Bad news for Darien! Like he hasn't suffered enough.
Will Darien have some faith in humanity?
Will Piccolo get his hands on Jedeite?
And will Alex Daimioh stop asking me for a raise?
Find out on the next exciting adventure on "His path".
These chapters are getting long. Don't worry; I'll work on the next one out as soon as I pass a History test. On the next chapter of his path, Darien moves in the cave and has a bonding time with his father. An explanation on Darien's memories. He discovers his heritage. And Piccolo wants his memories back. Huh? A visiting Vegeta? HUH? Gaea and Piccolo finally meet face-to-face. ^ v ^ this is getting good.
Alex Damioh: Oh, and you still owe me a $1.25..Today we have an interview with the Almaseti. Here it goes:
Author Interviews: Almaseti
Alex Damioh: unlocking the vault of your deepest darkest secrets
Almaseti: I like pie
Alex Damioh: hee hee
Alex Damioh: now that's a good secret
Almaseti: yeah
Almaseti: don't tell anyone
Alex Damioh: oh I won't *crosses fingers*
Alex Damioh: we could start the interview on Sunday
Almaseti: cool
Alex Damioh: now, you have to answer every question
Alex Damioh: It won't be too personal though
Almaseti: okay, I will
Almaseti: good
Almaseti: what kind of questions?
Alex Damioh: like what was the worst piece of fanfiction you ever wrote
Alex Damioh: and can we have a link to it
Almaseti: well, it's not posted
Alex Damioh: think you could post it?
Almaseti: _ it sucks too much!
Alex Damioh: Aaaw
Alex Damioh: how about just a paragraph
Almaseti: I'll think about it, okay?
Alex Damioh: k
Almaseti: maybe
Alex Damioh: I'm so evil
Alex Damioh ^-^
Almaseti: okay, okay
Almaseti: what else would you ask?
Alex Damioh: hmmm.
Alex Damioh: what's the freakiest thing that ever happened to you?
Almaseti: hmmm
Almaseti: Birth of my younger brother?
Alex Damioh: lol
Almaseti: No, I'll have to think about it
Alex Damioh: and whose you favorite dbz character and sm character
Almaseti: SM- Minako
Almaseti: DBZ- Gohan
Alex Damioh: Now how would you react if I wrote a cheesy love story about them?
Almaseti: I'd tell you how to make it better
Almaseti: and yell at you if you didn't improve
Almaseti: unless it was cheesy for cheesiness' sake
Almaseti: then I'd laugh
Almaseti: even though they wouldn't be that good a couple
Alex Damioh: what if I thought it was great
Alex Damioh: and made more
Almaseti: Then I'd have to hurt you
Alex Damioh: what if I said it was dedicated of my friend Almaseti
Almaseti: I'd have to get my friends to help me hurt you
Almaseti: but only if it really sucked
Alex Damioh: and it does
Almaseti: then you have some flamers on your hands
Almaseti: ^_^ but you wouldn't DARE do that.....
Alex Damioh: what if I flamed your story until it was ash
Almaseti: ha!
Almaseti: you can try
Almaseti: I'll flame back
Almaseti: tell you off
Almaseti: or ignore you
Almaseti: depends.
Alex Damioh: what if I fill you mailbox with flame
Alex Damioh: every hour
Almaseti: I'd block you
Almaseti: and laugh at how pathetic you are
Almaseti: to write me a flame every hour
Alex Damioh: I have a lot of time on my hands
Almaseti: ^_^ I don't
Alex Damioh: ill get some pro hackers to go under you account and send in horrible stories
Almaseti: dinner's on!
Alex Damioh: oooh
Alex Damioh: yum
Almaseti: there's no way to do that
Almaseti: the hackers tricked people into giving them the passwords
Almaseti: you'd have to hack through a bunch of stuff
Alex Damioh: well just guess your password
Alex Damioh: the old fashioned way
Almaseti: you'd never guess
Alex Damioh: there real good
Almaseti: they don't know me
Alex Damioh: are you sure
Alex Damioh: you'd be amazed what bribery and blackmail could to
Almaseti: I think we're getting off-topic
Almaseti: and I could do that back to you
Alex Damioh: ....lemmie see...next question
Alex Damioh: name an occupation
Almaseti: I got to go
Almaseti: talk to you later
Alex Damioh: Aaaw
Alex Damioh: k
Alex Damioh: See ya
Almaseti: bye
Alex Damioh: :-D bye