--- Disturbance, Book 2: Divergence ---
Chapter D01 - Welcome To The Jungle
Disclaimer: Yeah, like I own Dragonball Z. If I did, would I be posting stories where anyone can read them for free? Yeah, didn't think so. I do, however, own any and all original characters; well, my friend and me do, at least. I also don't own any and all songs, movie and/or books mentioned or hinted at throughout this series. That cover everything?
Other Disclaimer: The events described within this series are entirely fictional. Any and all similarities between these and actual events are purely coincidental. If you believe something within this story infringes on events that transpired in your life, we advise you to seek psychiatric help, as you are probably insane.
Additional Note: This chapter marks the start of Book 2 of Disturbance. For a full explanation, see my notes at the bottom.
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-Welcome to the jungle / We've got fun 'n' games-
In the panic that followed the explosion that decimated the North-most stand in the stadium, the fighters in the arena stood stock-still. The deceased powerhouse Goku glared death at his rival, but the possessed Vegeta just smirked back unphased. The relative silence was broken when Gohan jumped between the two, shouting, "Stop it! You don't know what you're doing!"
His face twisting into a snarl, Vegeta flung his arm, and a burst of ki, his way, shouting, "Stand aside!" The force of the ki-powered wind sent the Demi-Saiyan skidding out of the way. "This does not concern you! It's between me and your circus clown of a father!"
"Circus clown?" Goku commented, "Well, that's a new one." As Vegeta chuckled to himself, Goku flared into Super Saiyan, and the fallen prince straightened, a satisfied smirk on his face.
-We got everything you want / Honey, we know the names-
"No Goku, you mustn't!" Shin shouted, jumping between the two. "If you fight him here you will be doing exactly what Babidi wishes. Every injury that Vegeta causes will be sent back to the ship, and Buu will be revived!"
"Tell me Vegeta," Goku demanded, ignoring the Kai, "With that stamp on your head I know Babidi's been giving you orders; is this one of them? Are you trying to fight me because of him? Or is this the same old story between you and me; which one?"
"Does it really matter?" Shin asked.
-We are the people that can find / Whatever you may need-
"Not to you Kai but to a warrior it matters greatly," Vegeta replied, "And you know this as well as I do Kakarott. In a day you'll be back to the dead, and I will not miss this opportunity!"
"Who are you people?" Shin exclaimed. "Don't you see the universe matters more than your meaningless squabble?"
Vegeta's face contorted into a scowl again, as he shouted, "Meaningless! What do you know of meaningless?" A corona of waves of golden light appeared around Vegeta's form, as he charged his power. His aura flared into life violently, kicking up a massive cloud of dust and almost obscuring Gohan and Shin completely. "Spend most of YOUR life ruled by another, watch YOUR race dwindle to a handful, and then, tell me what has MORE meaning than your own strength!"
-If you got the money, honey / We got your disease-
The past ten years have clearly not helped Vegeta overcome the previous thirty years of believing his race was on the brink of extinction by Frieza's hand. "I have in me the blood of a Saiyan Prince; he is nothing but a joke! Yet I had to watch him surpass me in strength, my destiny thrown to the wayside! He's... He's even saved my life as though I were a helpless child. He has stolen my honour. And his debts, must be paid!"
Tilting his head up to look skyward, Goku shouted, "Babidi! Transport us to a place away from people. If you give me that, then I will fight Vegeta."
-In the jungle-
"So be it!" Shin declared, standing between them again and raising his arms. "If you truly believe this is the right decision, then you will have to get around me to do it!" The deceased Saiyan and the Supreme Kai stared each other down in silence, before Shin broke the silence by saying, "Goku, I'm afraid I have no choice."
"Neither do I," Goku replied coldly, raising his right hand to aim it at the stationary Kai. To the shock of all watching, Goku began charging a blast, seemingly fully prepared to blow the Kai's head off to get him out of the way.
-Welcome to the jungle-
"That's enough!" Gohan declared, barging the frightened Kai out of the way and taking his place. "This has gone far enough dad!"
His cold mask slipped a bit. "Gohan, as a Saiyan, you know why I have to do this."
The teen nodded. "I do. And as a human, you know why I have to do this."
-Watch it bring you to your knees, knees-
Goku's business face returned. "So be it." Without a sound, Goku fired the blast towards his own son, the explosion rocketing him backwards, Vegeta having to take a step to the side to avoid being hit, before the teen crashed into the fighter's lounge, the only direction not to have been already trashed.
Even Vegeta couldn't help but gape as the deceased Super Saiyan put his own son down, proving one cold hard fact; Son Goku never bluffs. Before anyone could react there was a small explosion, as Gohan freed himself from the rubble. Dusting himself off, he commented calmly, "Very well then. I see your mind is made up."
-I wanna watch you bleed-
Babidi burst into hysterical laughter. "Ooh, see them go at each other's throats! Serves you right Kai!"
Dabura smirked, folding his arms. "Now it is a simple game of waiting, and Majin Buu with return."
Calming down, the wizard commented, "I'll move them. It's a small price to pay." Focusing his magic, he shouted, "Papara papa!"
-Welcome to the jungle / We take it day by day-
When the group in the centre of the ring disappeared as quickly as they had appeared in the first place, a tense silence descended over the large group of friends, broken only by the screams of the human masses as they fled what remained of the stadium. Finally, the silence was broken when Truniz turned to Kellre and asked, "So bro, what are you going to do with the money?" Obviously, he was talking about the eighty thousand zenni he'd won for correctly guessing who would walk away with the title.
Kellre shrugged. "Probably take Raene out for a night on the town."
-If you want it you're gonna bleed / But it's the price you pay-
Videl gaped at the two. "Ah, hello! Didn't you two just see Kaen and Vegeta?"
"Of course we did," Truniz replied. "It was a little hard not to notice, what with the destruction and the screaming and all."
Kellre nodded. "I would just prefer to spend some time alone with my mate."
-And you're a very sexy girl / That's very hard to please-
"Last meal huh?" Kat asked.
"Hardly," Kellre replied. "We'll go to dinner after this little issue has been resolved."
"So you're sure we'll win then?" The young catgirl added.
-You can taste the bright lights / But you won't get them for free-
He shrugged. "I haven't the slightest idea, but I will still take her out, either here or in Otherworld, whichever is more appropriate at the time."
Giving his two cents, Yamcha added, "But if we end up in Otherworld, you won't have the cash."
He grinned. "No, but I will still have bragging rights."
-In the jungle-
At this point, Videl had heard enough. "Are you all insane?" She shouted, "You just saw your son," she pointed at Avarrdo, "and your husband," she pointed at Bulma, "just kill hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent people, and you're all standing around here like nothing's happened!"
"That was not my son," Avarrdo commented tersely, "It may have been his body, but he was not controlling it."
-Welcome to the jungle-
Before Videl could comment further, April asked, "What would you have us do Videl? Run around screaming in panic? What good would that do us?"
"She is right though," the newly recovered Bulma added, "We should be doing something."
Avarrdo turned to the other Saiyans as the Z-Fighters fell into discussion, commenting, "I'll head to the City, start preparations." As he took of, Truniz and Kellre joined the other Z-Fighters in their planning, whereas the three women shared a look before rounding Videl up and leading her away a little.
-Feel my, my, my serpentine-
"Now dear," Raene began, "You are much too tense. Seeing as how Gohan has chosen you to be his mate, you'll probably find yourself in these situations more than you'd care to, and if you don't relax you're going to worry yourself into an early grave."
"And while we're on that subject," April added, "We think it's time we let you in on a few facts of life."
-I, I wanna hear you scream-
Videl blushed hard, trying to back-pedal away from the three women as she stammered, "Uh, I already know about 'the birds and the bees', thank you very much."
"Nonsense," Cherri admonished good-naturedly, a broad smile on her face. "What you know is merely the human side of things; with Saiyans, there are a few... extra things you need to know."
-Welcome to the jungle / It gets worse here everyday-
Before Videl could offer any more excuses Kat sauntered up behind her, throwing an arm playfully around the girl's shoulders before asking, "Hey, what're you guys talking about?"
"Mating," Raene replied simply.
Kat grinned, mostly at an extra chance to embarrass the hell out of Videl, before chirping, "Sweet. I may still be a virgin myself, but Pi's filled me in on everything, as well as told me a few too many stories, so I can help out too if you want."
-Ya learn ta live like an animal / In the jungle where we play-
Videl gaped at her in horror. "This is the sex life of your brother and parents you're talking about; doesn't that seem as disturbing to you as it does to me?"
"Not my parents," Kat shrugged. When Videl just stared at her in confusion, she continued, "Haven't I explained this to you? Technically, it wasn't Avarrdo and April that adopted me; oh sure, they're nice and all, and treat me like their daughter for the most part, but it was Kaen who adopted me as his little sister, not them as their daughter. As such, I have no problems."
-If you got a hunger for what you see / You'll take it eventually-
"And the part about Kaen being your brother?" Videl asked, almost afraid of the answer.
Kat just blushed. "Let's just say that if Pi hadn't come back into his life, he wouldn't be my brother..." When Videl gaped at her in horror again she defended herself hotly, "Hey, I was thirteen when I first met him, and he was hot! He was my first kiss, so I had a crush on him for about four years before I met Pi, and my feelings changed into what they are now."
-You can have anything you want / But you better not take it from me-
The three older women intervened before Kat could traumatize the human girl any further; after all, they wanted some trauma for themselves. In that regard, they were successful. It wasn't the 'facts' they were telling her that drove her blush to atomic levels - after all, she knew the basics, and the internet provided the rest - but rather, the graphic detail into which their tales descended; she could almost see, hear and smell the sights, sounds, and scents involved from their words alone, which was far too descriptive for her overstressed mind to handle. Thus, when she overheard, at the very edge of her hearing, Bulma and co talking about gathering the Dragon Balls, Videl spun to face them, shouting, "I can do it!"
-In the jungle-
"No need to trouble yourself," Kellre replied calmly, the slight grin on his face portraying he understood exactly why she wanted to help, "My brother and I can fly much faster than you can. Besides," this time, the tiny grin became a full-fledged smirk, "You have much to learn, and I am never one to make such an eager student stop."
"No! Really, I don't mind!" She insisted.
-Welcome to the jungle-
"Not at all young Videl, don't be silly." Turning to Bulma, and leaving Videl resigned to her fate, he added, "I merely need to fetch the Dragon Radar."
"Here you go," she replied, handing one over.
He cast a raised eyebrow her way. "You just happened to have one of these on you?"
She shrugged. "It'd be a poor mad scientist who didn't." (1)
-Watch it bring you to your knees, knees-
With barely a moment's notice, the four fighters were relocated to one of the many deserts on Earth, the wind-blown dust instantly swirling around Goku and Vegeta's respective auras. His lips twitching as he wavered between a smirk and a scowl, Vegeta asked, "I trust you'll have no more excuses?"
"None." Goku replied seriously.
Turning to the silent Gohan, Shin asked, "Aren't you going to stop them?"
Gohan just shook his head. "I have tested his resolve already, and he will not be swayed."
-I wanna watch you bleed-
Shin nodded. "Very well. We will just have to continue our efforts with a new strategy. While you two fight up here, Gohan and I will break open the ship's entrance and continue our assault against Babidi and Dabura." Walking over to the circle linked back to Babidi's ship, he continued, "I believe we still have a chance of stopping them before Buu's revival. If tampering with the ship's entrance ruptures Buu's shell it will still be better than allowing him to reach full power from the energy lost by Goku." Smiling slightly, he added, raising one fist to strike the door in the floor, "After all the time I've spent tracking Majin Buu I will avert him with my own hands."
"I don't think so!" Babidi's voice echoed in the prince's mind, "Vegeta, destroy this nuisance! Kill the Supreme Kai! Kill him!"
-And when you're high you never-
Groaning in pain as Babidi's words took hold of his body, Vegeta clutched his head in his hands, his pained roars drawing the attention of the other three. He fell to his knees for a moment, before forcing himself back up again, the 'M' on his forehead flashing a deep red, as he barked, "I refuse!" As Babidi and Dabura expressed their shock, he added, "Your business with the Kai, it means nothing to me. Kakarott is my only objective."
"That's amusing Vegeta but I'm serious." Babidi demanded, "By every fibre in your body I command you to destroy!"
-Ever want to come down-
"N-no! Get out of my head!" Vegeta grunted painfully. "I already told you. I will not be distracted from this any more. I won't! It will take more than head games to stop me." Forcing himself upright, Vegeta stated forcefully, focusing his power, "You may have invaded my mind and my body, but there's one thing a Saiyan always keeps: HIS PRIDE!" With this exclamation, a massive golden pillar burst into life around the fallen prince, wild beams of loose energy flying around randomly. When the dust cleared, a satisfied, if tired, smirk was on Vegeta's face, as the mountains behind him crumbled to dust; Babidi's annoying voice had finally been silenced.
"I... I can't believe it," Shin breathed, "What kind of power allows a person to fight against and overcome their own enslaved body?"
"I guess I've been keeping you waiting a long time Vegeta, but no more," Goku stated.
-So down-
Without warning, the door began to open on it's own. "They're opening the ship for us," Gohan commented. "They mustn't want to risk Buu being released early."
"Careful Gohan," Shin warned, "We must be careful of traps."
"Take care Gohan," Goku commented, a slight smile on his face. "I don't have to tell you there's a lot riding on this, so do your best." Reaching into the pouch on his belt, he commented, "Here, we have a few Senzu beans left. I want you to take one; you'll need to be at full strength for whatever happens down there."
Gohan caught the bean, nodding once in thanks, before eating it. "Good luck Kakarott," he stated simply, "Just remember that when next we meet, I owe you a punch in the face." With no more words, Gohan leapt into the hole, Shin following soon after.
-So down-
As soon as Gohan disappeared from sight, Goku's face shifted from warm to all business again. "I'm ready now."
"That's good to hear," Vegeta mocked, before turning serious. "So Kakarott, the table has been set." Clenching his fists he shouted, "Now let us begin!"
"The more time you and I spend fighting, the more damage I'll receive to fuel Majin Buu, so if it's alright with you, let's just skip the warm-up."
-So down... YEAH!-
Vegeta smirked. "By all means. I just hope that being dead this long hasn't made your body fragile." With a shout, Goku powered up, the arcs of blue lightning and the further straightening of his hair indicating he'd jumped to Super Saiyan Two. Vegeta grinned, "Well, at least you're stronger than your son was seven years ago." With a shout of his own, Vegeta's hair also stood further upright in his golden crown, similar arcs dancing around his aura.
Eyes widening a fraction in shock, Goku commented, "Wow Vegeta, this might take longer than I thought."
"You see?" Vegeta shrieked excitedly, "This is our fate! Our battle!"
-You know where you are?-
Pi scowled to herself as she flew over the frozen wasteland that was the North-Eastern-most island on Earth; this was where Kaen came to train. He had been flying much faster than her, and if not for the fact he had travelled in a straight line, no doubt she would have lost him; well, she had lost him, but that was neither here nor there. Casting her gaze around for somewhere he might be hiding, she spotted a large red brick tower, her sharp eyes noticing the hole in the side of it; easy entry inside.
Flying down to the tower, she lowered herself carefully through the hole, landing in the patch of light it cast inside; she wasn't too surprised to find much of the ground underneath the hole covered in snow. Looking around the room quickly, she noticed a series of pillars, some more solid than others, interspersed around the room, and a collection of mostly solid wooden benches between them; whatever this tower had been used for, this was obviously the waiting room.
-You're in the jungle baby / You're gonna die!-
Before she could ponder the issue any further, the doors at the other end of the room were kicked open, and a black-clad figure strode in, beckoning her forward with one hand and taunting, "Wanna play?" She glared at him; Kaen, she noticed, had changed into his 'Phoenix' armour, albeit modified so that it was completely black, instead of black with red highlights.
Still grinning at her, he relaxed again, commenting, "I guess that's a no." He continued walking forward until he was, at most, three metres away from her, close to the end of the snowfield she stood in. Still glaring at him, Pi dropped into her fighting stance, and he followed suit, jibbing, "This'll be fun."
-In the jungle-
Deciding it was past time she beat some sense into that head of his, Pi charged forward, lashing out with a right jab, but he calmly grabbed her wrist. Opening her left hand, she lashed out with a palm strike to his face, forcing him to release her, then drove him back with a series of punches to the general head region, before finishing the flurry with an elbow to the chest, forcing him to slide back a foot.
When he recovered from that, she lashed out with a spin kick to the face. Growling, he retaliated with a punch to her face, but she grabbed his hand; this proved to be a fruitless action, though, as he extended the first and last fingers on his hand and sent a burst of electric energy at her, sending her flying back into the snow. She spun in the air to land on her feet instead of her back, running her left hand along her chin as static danced down her right hand.
-Welcome to the jungle-
Clenching her fists again, she charged forward into a leg sweep, which he calmly vaulted over, but by the time he's turned around to face her she was upon him again with a left cross, sending him to the wall where he impacted harshly. He jumped back as she leapt forward, then continued his backwards motion as she then leapt off the wall to the nearby pillar, before leaping towards him once more and kicking him under the chin.
He landed on his hands and vaulted backwards, but she sped forward after him, jumping from her final step into a kick under the chin, followed by a downward heel drop, which was, in turn, followed by a flip kick. As the two landed back on their feet she charged forward, the two locking arms, before he pushed her back with another ki shock, kicking her stunned form in the chest and sending her skidding backwards.
Recovering quickly, she ducked under the punch he threw at her head, his fist burrowing into the wall. Knocking his arm away she leaped at him, pushing him backwards and jumping off him moments before he impacted the floor, driving his back into the ground. Before she could get far though his hand snaked out and caught her ankle, and he was on his feet in an instant, whirling her around the room, and through one of the nearby chairs twice, before pegging her at the far side of the room.
-Watch it bring you to your knees, knees-
She spun quickly before she hit, landing feet first on the wall, as the wind from her flight sent up a shower of ice and snow. The two glared at each other, and just as the snow fell back to the floor, clearing her view, she brought her feet together, vaulting off the wall at him, and ducking around his incoming fist as she grabbed his face, dragging him with her as she ran and grinding him against the floor before dropping into a commando roll and throwing him skyward.
Coming out of the roll facing the direction she'd come from, she skidded backwards, coming to rest less than a foot from the doorway, and quickly looking up at her airborne opponent. Leaping up after him, she grabbed him by the back of his armour and spun around rapidly, launching him down at high speeds, where he impacted one or two of the benches, and the ground beneath them, at high speeds.
-In the jungle-
Landing calmly several metres away, Pi began dusting herself off, before there was a small explosion behind her as Kaen dug himself out again. She grimaced; despite the beating she'd given him, he didn't look any worse for wear, and his energy hadn't dropped a bit! Smirking at her, he took a few steps towards her and flexed his hand, asking rhetorically, "Where were we?"
Before she could reply - assuming she was going to, of course - he kicked one of the benches at her, and she crossed her arm over her chest briefly before flinging it out to shatter the incoming wooden construct. This move, however, left her wide open for Phoenix's attack, as he darted forward at high speed, slamming his fist into her unprotected stomach, and firing a ki blast that sent her not only into, but through the wall behind, to come to rest on the packed snow outside the tower.
As she climbed back to her feet, the only real damage done to her pride, she watched the shadowy form of her mate walking towards her, a sadistic smirk on his face. She forced her face into a neutral mask; she would get through to him one way or another, come hell or high water.
-Welcome to the jungle-
Gohan flew down the shaft face-first at fairly high speeds, Shin following behind him; he needed to reach Babidi and Dabura before Vegeta and his father started going all out. As he entered the room, noticing that it was exactly like the last three except green, he spotted the fairly large group of minions over near the door. They all looked pretty much the same, everything but the head resembling Puipui, and the heads of all of them resembling yellow frogs. Each one had a roman numeral on their chest, from one to ten.
The pair landed on the ground, staring at the fearful minions in dazed amusement, Shin commenting, "It would seem we have a welcoming committee." Turning serious, he addressed Gohan, "We don't have time to waste on small fish. Let's hurry!"
-Feel my, my, my serpentine-
Gohan grinned. "Right." The ten 'warriors', and Gohan used that term very loosely, all charged forward, forming a loose ring around them, and with a smirk, he clenched his fists, assuming the 'power-up' position, and causing the ten would-be fighters to piss themselves. A smirk on his own face, Shin turned away and shielded his eyes as a white aura burst into life around Gohan, moments before a sphere of white energy exploded away from him, sending the grunts flying.
As the light died down Shin turned back, noticing all ten warriors were down, before commenting with a smile, "Phew, I think that will do. Good work Gohan." As if to prove him right, the floor opened up. "He's practically daring us to come," Shin observed, "It would be a terrible shame to disappoint him, wouldn't it? Come Gohan, let's put an end to this ordeal." With no more words, the two leapt down the hole.
-In the jungle-
The two gold-wreathed fighters stared each other down, before with a rising shout Vegeta charged forward, his aura burning out as he lashed out with a series of punches at Goku's head, all of which the younger fighter leaned away from, as the two slowly floated backwards. Finally, Vegeta broke rank by kneeing Goku in the stomach, wrapping him around his leg, before elbowing him in the back, moving his leg at the last second so he would rocket his opponent towards the ground rather than pin him.
-Welcome to the jungle-
Goku landed on his hands and knees, struggling to catch his breath, but he quickly dove out of the way as Vegeta dropped down, his leg shattering the rocky ground on impact as he practically buried himself from the force of his dive. With a roar, Vegeta took to the sky, levelling off with Goku, and the two stared each other down again. Reaching his leg back, he swung his knee at Goku, and Goku answered with a knee of his own, red lightning dancing around their forms as they struggled against each other.
"What's this?" Vegeta commented amusedly, "I thought you said we were skipping the warm-up?"
Goku smirked back. "I guess I was wrong."
-Watch it bring you to your knees, knees-
With two pair of near-silent taps, Gohan and Shin landed in the dark room at the bottom of Babidi's ship. Directly ahead of them, to Shin's horror, was Majin Buu's ball, pulsing pink with each burst of energy it received. "This is it Gohan," Shin whispered, "This is what we're here to find."
"And Majin Buu is inside?" Gohan asked.
Shin nodded. "Yes, we must act quickly. I doubt Babidi and Dabura will leave it unguarded for long. If we combine our powers, we may still have a chance to destroy it."
Gohan nodded, musing to himself, 'It's terrible! I've never sensed anything like this, so cold and empty.'
-Down in the jungle-
"Welcome friends," a nasal voice drawled sarcastically from behind the pink boulder, followed shortly by Babidi walking out around the left side, and Dabura walking around the right. "I'm glad you could join us," Babidi continued, "Especially you, Supreme Kai."
"We've come to stop you!" Shin stated forcefully.
Babidi's eyes narrowed. "Like you did my father?"
-Welcome to the jungle-
Shin face contorted into a glare. "I will not let you resurrect Majin Buu!"
"That's too bad; I'm sure Dabura won't like that one bit," the short wizard taunted, "He was so looking forward to meeting Buu today, and as you know," his voice dropped into an angry rasp, "I really hate to see him upset!"
"Let's cut the chitchat and get right down to things," Gohan commented dryly, "I for one don't particularly feel like standing here gaping as dad and Vegeta kick the shit through each other."
-Watch it bring you to your-
"Agreed," Shin stated. "I will take care of Babidi myself."
"Fine with me," Gohan drawled, "I got a fight to finish with Pinko anyway."
"Let's take this outside then shall we?" Babidi asked rhetorically, focusing his magic before anyone could act. "Papara papa!" The scenery shifted, and the four being from four different worlds wound up outside the ship, between the entrance and the cliff upon which the statues of Krillin and Piccolo still rested. Twitching as he noticed the grey figures, Gohan let out a war cry, charging at Dabura, as Shin sped towards Babidi; the battle was on.
-It's gonna bring you down, HA!-
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Author's notes:
(1) This line is adapted from an amusing conversation from the Casey and Andy webcomic, which has been put on hiatus. The original line was:
"We will need a bomb."
"Here you go."
"You just happened to have one of these on you?"
"It'd be a poor evil dictator who didn't."
Now then, for those of you who have noticed the name change and are wondering just what the hell is going on, I'll explain. When I was designing this story's chapter layout, I split it into three seperate sets of twenty chapters for ease of readability. I made these breaks where it was logical. Book 1 was the tournament. Book 2 was about Buu, and the training to kill him. Book 3 was the fight for planet Earth.
Now, at the time I was set to start posting this story, a new story was created on this site called Disturbance, which was a Radditz x Zarbon shonen-ai fic. I, for obvious enough reasons, wanted to give this story a different name. However, I didn't feel like no longer calling this fic Disturbance, because that name was chosen for a reason: the majority of songs used in this series are performed by Disturbed. As such, I decided to tack on the 'Book 1: Convergence' tag to the end of it.
That done, I had thought to post each book as a seperate story. However, I came to the realisation as I started to write Book 2 that, for me to do that, I would need to put a recap in at the start of Book 2 about where Book 1 ended, and this series isn't really designed for recaps, so I decided simply to continue the same story, just changing the name as it went on. Obviously, when Book 2 is finished, the name will change to Book 3. When that is finished, I'll either drop the Book tags entirely, going back to just Disturbed, or I'll find a new tag to add to the end of it.
Now then, that done, I should probably explain something new I'm going to be doing with this Book, and possibly the next one too. As can be seen from this chapter, there are currently three seperate groups: Gohan, Shin, Babidi and Dabura; Goku and Vegeta; and Kaen and Pi. Because of the way this story is designed, I felt it would be better to dedicate a chapter to each group, rather than switching between them within chapters. As such, the next three chapters will be run in parallel to each other.
Next time on Disturbance, Gohan finally gets to put the hurt into Dabura.