AHHH, CHAPTER 15 ...YA KNOW I HOPE I KEEP THE DESIRE TO KEEP THIS GOING AND DON'T BURN OUT…..I PRAY TO GOD THAT NEVER HAPPENS, BUT WE'VE CAME THIS FAR AND I WANNA WRITE THIS STORY TILL THE END!
AGE 760 TWENTY YEARS SINCE THE FALL OF VEGETA(GET USED TO THIS...ALOT HAPPENS IN THIS ONE YEAR)
(A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE MARIA PURGE)
"Okay, Caleb, real talk…..that facial hair looks ridiculous on you" Maiz stated, pulling on his beard that went slightly past his chin.
"Hey! It looks just fine! Right guys?" He asked the group in the dining hall.
The group just stared at his goatee, before one by one slowly shaking their heads left and right.
Caleb facepalmed before returning to his food, with an unpleasant expression on his face.
"Awww, what's wrong? Did I hurt your feelings?" Maiz asked mockingly.
"Nope, but you did make me self conscious…..so thank you...grrr" Caleb growled, only to be met by laughter.
"Oh, don't be such a grumpy grumps...I'm just kidding ...about the mocking part ...but seriously though the beard really needs to go...you look like a caveman" she grabbed his beard again.
"Grrrr...fff...fine" he gave in.
"Oh, you've finally gave in huh?" Maiz asked teasingly, letting go.
"If your going to keep repeating it over and over than fine…..ugh" Caleb groaned.
Once the group had finished their lunch they went into clear field that surrounded the castle before it hit the woods.
"Now if you don't mind, i'm gonna go hunting….i need to clear my head" Caleb remarked before he ran into the forest, not even waiting for a reply.
(POV SWAP)
Caleb was finally away from people, don't get him wrong, he loves his friends and family to death...it's just right now he needed some time away from them….especially the women.
The females have been driving him insane, not just from the constant teasing, but from the fact that most of them had the hots for him. He couldn't understand it, why him? He was a monster, with a split personality that wished to turn the world into a blood filled hell….he just...couldn't grasp it...maybe it's because he never got advice about women and what they like...he never had the opportunity...perhaps he'll never know. He shrugged, deciding not to dwell on it before jumping into the trees with great vigor, and climbed with such speed and stealth a spider monkey would blush from embarrassment.
He was using all his senses to his advantage his eyes, ears, and nose, especially his nose. He was better than Rogue in terms of his sense of smell, which always proved useful when he was hunting in the great forests of Maria before he even considered moving to Rose, but compared to Maria...this was a cakewalk. No threat of titans ruining his hunt, no need to return home in case the children were in danger...he was free again...and it felt good.
He sniffed the air aggressively and he finally picked up something, using his tail as a third arm, he slowly and silently climbed through the deep tree canopy with great caution, he didn't want his prey noticing him, now did he?.
After slowly working his way to his prize, he saw a small opening, the canopy still cover the top of the small field and that's when he finally saw his quarry, a colossal boar, a rare find in Rose...perfect. With his eyes on the prize, Caleb slowly climbed through the canopy until he was right above his prey.
The giant boar began to sense something was amiss, it began becoming nervous and sniffing around erratically, trying to detect the danger. Caleb stayed as still as possible, his breathing slowing down to the point where it was unable to be heard by the regular human ear. The boar began to return back to its grazing, thinking there was no danger, but it had no idea it was being watched.
Caleb saw an opening for the boars neck and slowly began to inch closer, slowly and silently working his way down a tree, his body positioned with his head looking downwards with his tail holding onto a small branch, keeping him supported until he climbed further down, nails acting as anchors as he made his way down the trunk until he was in position.
He saw the boar turn its head away from him, a perfect ambush opening now that he was out of its line of site.
He pounced, latching onto the back of the giant mammal. The boar began running and swinging its body around, trying to shake him, but Caleb's nails were dug in too deep for him to be shaken off, unless he was taking a giant chunk of flesh with him that is. The boar began squealing in pain from the saiyans deadly talons digging into its flesh.
Caleb slowly began to work his way to the beasts neck, once he was there he opened his mouth and bit into the boars nape, causing the boar to squeal even louder from the pure agony, but Caleb did the most unexpected thing, after biting, he let go and dropped off the beast.
The giant animal instantly turning around and getting into a threat posture, it was stomping on the ground, its tusks lowered. Caleb roared at the beast, causing the creature to flinch momentarily before returning to its threatening stance.
The boar charged him with Caleb narrowly dodging the sharp tusks of keratin by jumping overtop of the beast. The boar stopped charging, realizing it missed and turned around, but it suddenly began to feel dizzy, off balance, its legs starting to wobble from sudden weakness, but it wasn't just from the trauma of its wounds,it was also from a saiyans special weapon ...venom glands...saiyans had a special pair of venom glands in their top gums, and they contained deadly neurotoxins and cytotoxins that slowly destroy your nervous system and that cause necrosis at the site of the bite wound,melting the flesh and causing it to drop and rot off.
Caleb had known about his little trick since he was little, and has practiced hunting with it for years, until he gained complete control over it. He thought it was completely normal for humans, when he had asked his parents they told him it was completely natural ...but he knew better now.
The boar was starting to become weaker, it was having trouble thinking and its vision was becoming fuzzy,its legs were starting to give.
Caleb decided he should end this now, he had his fun...now it was time to finish off the creature. Caleb rushed the beast, the boar charging at him as well. He dodged the charging animal and rushed for the throat, mouth wide open and with one bite and a tug, he had ripped out the animals jugular,killing it. The boar instantly stopped, crashing to the ground from its previous high speed, dead.
He walked over to the beast, swallowing the piece of the throat he had ripped off.
"You will not go to waste, i promise" He said as he closed the animal's now lifeless eyes.
Caleb then stood atop the beasts and roared into the sky in victory, and for the thrill of the kill.
He began to feast, ripping into the body with his teeth and nails, ripping out and eating organs whole, every strip of fat and flesh was on his menu, intestines,stomach,everything…... his mind had now given in to his primal blood, that of a predator, no longer that of a warrior.
Saiyans have very strong stomachs and are built for the digestion of both cooked and raw meat, plus most plants. Saiyans were built to survive and Caleb was no exception. The smell of fresh meat and blood was the same to them as sharks, the moment they had the scent...there was no escape.
After 20 minutes...there was nothing left except the head and bones, but even the bones were cracked open as Caleb loved to suck out the marrow inside. Caleb's jaws were similar in strength to that of a hyena, able to gnaw open bones with little issue.
Caleb, realizing that the hunt was over, began making his way back to headquarters. He ran through the trees like a blur, almost too fast for a human to see
(POV SWAP)
Maiz sniffed into the air, smelling the scent of blood.
"Looks like Caleb got something" She stated as he looked towards the forest.
"Really?" Petra asked as she continued to pet Rogue.
"Yep, smell it from here...smells delicious...too bad I didn't join him" Maiz slightly sulked.
They heard rustling and looked to see a blood coated Caleb, walking out through the shrubbery.
"Damn...you got a lot of blood on you" Maiz pointed out.
Caleb just huffed with humor.
"Gee, hadn't noticed" he replied, voice dripping with sarcasm,plus the literal blood dripping off him.
Maiz walked over to the huge saiyan and did something he didn't expect. Maiz took her finger, swiped it across Caleb's cheek and put her finger in her mouth, sucking on the blood.
"Mmm, not bad" She commented.
"Umm, yeah...it was a huge boar...all it took was a bite or two and that was it" Caleb scratched the back of his neck, slightly embarrassed at the female saiyans display.
"What's wrong?" The woman in question asked.
Caleb's cheeks began to get almost as red as the blood that was covering him.
"Ohh! Umm! Nothing I'm just still in my hunting drive ya know? Kinda makes me wacky...i'm gonna go in the river now! Clean myself off!" He pointed over to the river before he ran over to it and dived in,completely submerging himself.
"Well ...that was fast" Maiz crossed her arms as she watched as Caleb took off his clothes and bathed in the river.
Caleb looked over at the female staring at him.
"What?" He asked.
Maiz immediately looked away, her face slightly tinted red.
"Nothing" she replied, keeping her composure this time.
Petra looked on at the scene and giggled to herself, Rogue looked at her with questioning eyes.
But before petra could explain they heard a huge splash. They looked over to see the pair of saiyans wrestling in the water. The two were just having fun ...an interesting site.
"Those two get along so well" Petra watched the two.
Rogue nodded as he saw Caleb push Maiz's head into the water. After a few moments Caleb had lost track of the woman, until Maiz had pounced on Caleb's back from the water, catching him off grabbed her with his tail and pulled her off, throwing her into the water once more.
Caleb laughed.
"You cannot hope to win!" He smiled.
Maiz had swam around to his back once more and knocked his feet out from under him, sending him into the water. He opened his eyes to see fish in a panic, surprised by his sudden entry. He looked around and quickly saw Maiz charging him, using her ki to blast her forward, she head butted him in the abs, causing him to get knocked back from the impact, sending him deeper into the river.
The two began to spar under water...with Caleb being naked….but Maiz was too focused on having fun that she never really looked to see his huge member, how she didn't notice it was beyond him. The two clashed while submerged for ten minutes straight, their lung capacity was astounding.
Caleb blasted back into the shallows, turning around to meet his opponent.
Maiz bursted out of the water and jumped onto Caleb's chest.
"Oh…..uhhh" Maiz looked at him,realizing she miscalculated her attack.
"Well ...hello there" Caleb jokes, trying to make it less awkward, but it wasn't working.
Maiz just stared at him for a few moments, Caleb began to look around uncomfortably while her eyes were staring into his black pearls.
She realized what she was doing,and immediately jumped off him.
"I'm so sorry!" Maiz yelled, extremely embarrassed.
"It's fine" Caleb replied.
The two remained silent for a few minutes until Caleb broke the ice.
"Hey...wanna see something cool?" He asked.
"Oh, uhh sure" Maiz replied, trying to forget the whole scene from before.
"But first...I'll uhh, put on some clothes," Caleb said.
Maiz nodded.
(A FEW MINUTES)
"So ...what is it you wanted to show me?" Maiz asked, looking around to see a bunch of targets….it looked like a shooting range.
Caleb walked over to her with a slightly different outfit this time….he was wearing a trench coat with four holsters, two on his sides and two on his chest.
"Sorry for taking a bit...this is my only other outfit, but to answer your question...these" he answered as he put two items on a table right next to him … they were revolvers.
Maiz looked at them curiously.
"So ...what do you need those for?" She asked.
"I just use them for fun...sides...if there were any humans that wanted to start some shit with me ...might as well fight fire with fire...and since I wouldn't be using any ki...they wouldn't be able to identify me if i was covering my face" Caleb explained.
"Except when they take into account that your THREE METERS tall" Maiz laughed at his oversight.
"True" He replied.
"So…..your good with guns then?" She asked.
"Well ...been practicing since i was like ...fifteen? Yeah fifteen...i think...so I would say that I'm at least a little experienced" Caleb answered.
"Well then show me then" Maiz gestured towards the targets.
He picked up the two revolvers off the table and put them back into his holster.
"With pleasure" Caleb walked on the middle of the targets, which were just sticks with painted buckets on top of them.
He stopped dead still..and just stared at the targets ...slowly moving his hand towards his guns in their holsters. He just stood there for a better half of a minute before a bird landed on a branch, then he striked.
He pulled out his pistols so fast even Maiz couldn't see it, he instantly shot the two targets in front of him, knocking the buckets of the sticks. He crossed his arms to hit the targets to his sides, both shots hitting their mark dead on.
He spun his revolvers around once as he put them in their holsters.
"Damn ...not bad" Maiz complimented.
"Thanks, been working on that one" Caleb replied.
He walked back to the table and put his guns on it.
"So, was that it?" Maiz asked.
"Pretty much, i don't really have that many cool things to show you hahah" he laughed.
"Its fine, at least you tried" She replied, laughing as well.
They continued to laugh for a bit until silence consumed them, then Caleb asked her a question.
"So Maiz ...i remember now ...who told you about me? ...like who gave you the mission to warn me?" He asked.
Maiz looked down at the ground in deep thought.
"Nappa, my mentor told me to, against our leaders wishes," she replied.
"Nappa?" Caleb asked.
"He was a great general of the saiyan army, and not a half bad counselor to the king" Maiz explained.
"Really? Was he an asshole?" Caleb asked.
"Oh definitely, he was just one of few nice saiyans i had met until you" She replied.
The silence surrounded them once more.
"What was he like?" Caleb asked.
Maiz took a deep breath.
"He was ...an idiot...but not a fool,he was smart in combat...he taught me and prince vegeta and Raditz everything we know...he rescued me...my parents were killed by frieza when he destroyed our world" She breathed, trying not to tremble at the memory.
"But Nappa had saved me before I could reach the world I was destined to go to ...i was only a baby at the time...they realized frieza would've killed me for i wasn't of any use to the lizard…...so they hid me...but they couldn't keep me hidden forever...but by the time I was found out, i was a use to him ...one more tool to manipulate...so i was used by him to conquer many worlds ...but i hated it...the killing...the screams...the bravery of the inhabitants that tried to stop us.." Maiz stopped...trying to control the tears ...but she carried on anyway.
"By the time I was fifteen ...i had lost all hope...feeling like all i was to be was frieza's slave...Prince Vegeta...he was kinda like a brother to me..Raditz...heh, he was like a chiller big brother...he was a dick...but at least he showed he cared...vegeta...he cared, but just wouldn't show it...Nappa...he kinda raised us all...he saw our potential...he beat us up all the time ...but that was only for us to get zenkai boosts" she continued.
"Zenkai boost? What's that?" Caleb asked, eyebrow raised.
"When a saiyan recovers from near death he gets stronger exponentially" Maiz explained. Caleb nodded before gesturing for her to continue.
"We heard the news that the legendary super saiyan could be in existence once again...vegeta got the intel and apparently he was the first born son of a deceased colonel Paragus...Broly...When we heard the news…..we had a feeling of excitement for once ...a feeling of change in our horrible lives...we had hope ...but vegeta said that we shouldn't go after him so early…..it might be a trick by frieza...to lure us into a trap and finally be rid us once and for all ...but Nappa thought otherwise, so he sent me ...and well..here I am" She finished.
"They don't seem like that bad of guys….why did you tell me they were a threat?" Caleb asked.
"Well ...it's not you...more like your planet...see...the group thought that if we make it seem like it was a purging mission….frieza wouldn't know any better ...so Nappa wanted me to come here and tell you when to expect them ...so they could be stopped before they turn this world into a lifeless wasteland,if it actually had any meaning to you that is" Maiz answered.
Caleb finally understood, nodding his head in understanding.
(A FEW MINUTES LATER)
The pair were sitting on a rock, looking up at the sky, till Caleb suddenly got the urge to fight.
"Heh…..hey...wanna spar?" He asked, causing the two to instantly jump off the rock.
Maiz aura exploded around her.
"That's a good enough answer for me!" Caleb yelled
The two charged each other, launching a flurry of punches. Maiz had certainly improved and got a large amount of hits on the male saiyan, surprising Caleb. He simply smiles at her improvement...it just made things all the more fun. He landed a roundhouse kick to her chest, which she countered with an energy whip to his face, knocking him away. Caleb charged up, screaming, he looked her in the eyes, not with anger or rage, but with an emotion he could not place... all he knew it made him feel giddy and it made him want to go all out even more.
He roared with the high energy flowing through his body and rushed the woman, with a smile that looked completely maddening ...but Maiz could tell that it was joy, not psychosis.
The woman was having extreme trouble blocking and dodging him at full power, getting constantly hit in the process. He was just too overwhelming, with both his extreme power and body mass. Maiz landed a huge gut check on him, she looked up and saw him smiling down at her, with a playful look in his eyes.
"This is getting interesting, hows this?" He asks as a green blade materialized from his hand, catching Maiz off guard.
"How do you know that technique?" She asked,surprised.
"I knew about it for a long time, I just haven't used it in years actually" Caleb replied, realizing he hadn't actually used this technique in literal YEARS….he shrugged before trying to slice her.
Maiz blocked the attack with her whip, they continued to try and slash the other, their blades constantly clashing and intercepting the others.
Maiz had an idea, Caleb swung his ki blade and she wrapped her whip around his blade and his whole arm, he was unarmed, but so was Maiz. They fought using their one unbound arm while their opposite hands were bound.
Maiz hit Caleb straight in the face with a haymaker, Caleb countered with a knee to the gut, knocking her back, her whip disintegrating. Caleb disintegrated his own blade and launched a huge hit to her gut, sending her into the ground.
She quickly jumped onto her feet and blasted into the air, throwing ki blasts while heading towards him. Caleb swiped the blasts away before charging her, the two yelled as their fists collided, causing the area to rumble around them.
Caleb continued to scream, his control feeling like it was slipping, Maiz grew worried for him.
Caleb continued to attack, his muscles beginning to bulge, his veins popping as his energy came pouring out of him like an endless waterfall, completely uncontrollable, he stopped trying to attack Maiz and held his head in his hands, constantly screaming, his aura continued to get larger and larger until the sky began to darken from his auras very presence.
He continued to yell, his screams turning into that of a feral wolves howl, completely wild and like that of an animal, he began to breathe heavily before screaming once more, it sounded as if he was going through pure and utter agony, his mind was just about to break and break the chains before heard a voice.
"Caleb?" Maiz asked, with an almost heartbroken voice.
Caleb immediately looked at her and instantly recognized her...Maiz...his friend..his mind began to calm down,slowly returning to normal.
"Sss..sorry about that" he nervously smiled at the woman. She did something else that surprised him...she hugged him.
'Man I'm getting love these days' Caleb thought to himself as he tightened the hug.
'He's broken...i see that now, the power of the legend...it breaks your mind...i feel kinda sorry for him...heh...i guess we're both two broken souls ,huh?' Maiz thought to herself.
(A FEW MINUTES LATER)
The pair of saiyans were standing next to a tree, with Maiz constantly asking if he was okay.
"You okay now?" Maiz asked, still worried.
"I told you I'm fine...its...it's gone now...well i think it is anyway" Caleb replied.
"What happens when you lose control like that?" She asks.
Caleb didn't respond for a moment.
"It feels ...it feels like im free...like my mind has no more mental walls blocking it anymore...unfortunately my mind also wishes to kill everything it sees when i lose control ...it just feels so ...good...but yet so bad...but my power, oh my power, it feels like it is infinite, absolutely zero limits on it...an endless rapid of power" He explained.
"It sounds…..hard to control" Maiz replied.
"It is ...it's gonna be worse when it explodes….I've been holding it back most of my life…. i don't want to imagine what it will be like when it comes out" Caleb said, clenching his fists in worry.
"Well, I'll try my best to wrangle you in when that day comes" Maiz smiled up at him.
"Thanks"
"Don't mention it"
The two stared at the scouts hanging around Rogue, talking. Krista was braiding Rogues hair and Jean and Rogue were having an argument ...Rogue and Caleb both didn't care for Jean in two aspects...one,he was cocky asshole and two, he wished to be Mikasa's mate...so they didn't care for him in that aspect,but he was a friend nonetheless.
He also saw petra petting Rogues leg, Rogue and Petra had gotten remarkably close after they had met, Caleb talked to him about it and apparently Petra reminded Rogue alot of Carla…..which surprised Caleb...but he could see the similarities...so he understands.
The thing that perplexed Caleb the most was the woman standing right next to him….she's just so ...different than most woman he's ever met ...one moment she's confident and teases him ...the next she's super embarrassed and can't even look at him...the woman confused him ...but that's also what's so attractive about her….she's so ...different that it made her so ...unique and exotic...and so ...CUTE! God she was cute, her sapphire eyes to her black hair and very weird personality….she was just so…...amazing...and Caleb couldn't help but admire her. Hell he might even be falling for her ...but then again…... he doesn't know what that feels like.
(POV SWAP)
"Commander" Levi walked into the room.
"Aren't you a common visitor" Erwin commented.
"Well, we are dealing with a lot more shit these days" Levi replied.
"Fair enough" Erwin replied.
"So ... Zackley and Nile are coming to see if the two are ready for the next expedition in two days, correct?" The corporal asked.
"Correct" The commander replied.
"So what are we going to do with Maiz?" The corporal asked.
"She will be hidden throughout the entire determination...they will never find her." The commander sighed
"But I do not believe that we will be able to keep her hidden forever,she is just too important to our operations now ...if the titans ever invade again...she will almost definitely be seen at the front lines and questions will be asked, and we will have no choice but to answer" Erwin explained.
Levi nodded before walking out of the room, leaving the commander to his thoughts once more. He wasn't really sure how this would work out, but he was hoping it would be for the better.
The two saiyans and the titan had grown stronger, so strong that they could probably rule the world if they wished ...Caleb ... on the throne as king...now that's an idea.
The commander chuckled at the thought.
Maiz and Caleb have gotten close these past few months...so close in fact, they might have a litter of saiyans on their hands one day.
While the idea of a whole family of saiyans fighting for humanity was a good thing in Erwin's eyes, the government might deem them unacceptable and try to exterminate them, of course...they wouldn't be able to touch them, with two saiyan parents and a titan uncle that could destroy humanity with a snap of their fingers.
"I might just take a vacation at this rate,hm" Erwin laughed, raising his legs onto his desk and doing something he never really ever did…..he chilled…..and damn did it feel good.
(POV SWAP)
"I'm, so ,damn, tired" Caleb complained.
"Well then take a nap" Maiz suggested.
"I …..might just do that" He replied.
Just as he was about to walk away to a tree, he noticed the teens and his brother doing something near the river,they were swimming and it looked like they were playing, something.
Caleb, now very interested in what they were doing, quickly made his way over to them. He walked up to the group.
"What are you guys up to?" He smiled.
"Were playing "guess who?" Sasha answered.
"Wanna join us?" Connie asked.
Caleb shrugged.
"Sure, why not?" He replied, he began to sit right next to Rogue, on the bank of the river.
"I'll go first this time" Connie stated.
He coughed and suddenly adorned a very cold and grumpy expression.
"You had better clean that window right, or you'll be cleaning out the shitters for a month," Connie said in a very quiet and grumpy voice.
"That's obviously Levi" Caleb commented.
"Oh, I got one..hm hm" He started breathing heavily, he took one last large inhale….. before releasing a thunderous roar that made the group cover their ears or dive underwater from the noise. He was making the ground shake by stomping it and forcing his ki to look like that of steam erupting from his pores, his mouth erupted with steam like ki, an obvious Rogue imitation.
"Nice Rogue impression" Armin complimented.
"Thanks...but it does hurt my throat going that deep" Caleb laughed, holding his throat in slight pain,slightly coughing as he sat back down.
Caleb continued to watch them play for a few minutes until he suddenly got hungry.
His stomach growled like a monster, with everyone around him stopping in silence until the grumble stopped.
They looked over at Caleb…..and burst out laughing.
"Hehe, guess i'm just hungry HAHAHA" Caleb laughed.
"But speaking of….I'm gonna fish" he continued.
"But ...you don't have a pole" Connie replied, slightly confused.
"Who needs a pole when you have a tail!" Caleb explained, his huge tail waving behind him.
"Your tail?" Maiz asked, even she was confused.
"Yep! I learned a long time ago that fish love my tail,so I thought it might make a good lure…..and I was right!" He smiled, his tail wagging even faster than before.
He stood at the edge of the water and dipped his tail into the water, and he waited.
Then bam! His tail was hit! He yanked his tail out of the water and pulled out a 100lb catfish!
"Holy crap!" Connie yelled in surprise.
"That fish is huge!" Petra remarked in shock.
Caleb ripped his tail out of the whiskered fish mouth and held it up by its jaw.
"Told ya! A tail is pretty handy huh?" He smiled.
"Heh, i was just wondering how you weren't paralyzed from the bite..since our tails are quite sensitive after all" Maiz explained.
"I trained it to be quite durable ...its as strong as the rest of my body ...if my body can't be cut by it ...my tail can't either" Caleb replied.
"Wow ...mind teaching me that?" She asked.
"Of course!" He smiled.
"Thanks" Maiz smiled back.
"But before that ...who wants some catfish?" Caleb asked.
(A HALF-HOUR LATER)
"Ahhh,much better" Caleb laid against a tree with a hand on his tummy.
"Same...ahhh, damn ...you know how to cook Caleb" Maiz complimented.
"Thanks, it pays to stand in the kitchen for a couple of hours getting constantly yelled at by your mother, huh? Haha" he laughed.
Maiz laughed as well, the two watching the kids play in the river, along with Rogue.
Caleb stood up, gesturing Maiz to follow her.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"You'll see" Caleb answered.
The two flew up into the air, right above the large river.
"You ever see this before?" Caleb asked before raising his hand, and by lifting his pointer and middle finger, he suddenly raised them up and immediately a huge wave of water raised from the river.
"Wow" Maiz remarked in wonder.
"I guess not" He chuckled, before he noticed his brother lying down, looking up at the clouds with a worried expression.
Caleb landed next to the Titan, nudging his cheek. The beast looked over at him, snapping out of his trance like state.
"You alright buddy?" He asked.
Rogue nodded.
"Was it about that nightmare last week?" Maiz asked, rubbing his ears, earning a purr out of the beast.
Rogue slowly nodded.
"What was it about?," Caleb asked
"IIT….AAASS….NEE….RRR...RUUUNNNINN...ROM...AHH...NOOONNSER" Rogue explained, slightly whining.
"A monster?" Maiz asked.
Rogue nodded.
"EIIII….EII WAASS...RUNNNNIN...ANN...EI COUUD HEEER ITTT...ITTT SOUUUNED IKE AHH...DENON" Rogue answered.
"A demon Huh?,usually that's reserved for me" Caleb laughed.
"Really? I haven't heard you say that in years" Armin asked from behind the two.
"True ...but then again ...no one has asked what i am since then" he smiled.
Armin nodded.
"So what was this monster?did you see it?" Caleb asked.
Rogue shook his head.
"UST...ITTSS….SRREEEN" He replied.
"Scream? ...Huh…..weird" Caleb replied.
"Well, how about you stop thinking about it ...i got a fun idea...wanna join me Rogue?" He asked.
Rogue nodded before slowly getting up.
"Lets fly into the air...and fall into the river" Caleb smirked.
Rogue slowly began to have the same devious smirk, this should be fun.
The two made a break for the river, the teens, concerned, look at the two charging behemoths in slight panic. The two blasted into the air and as they hit 30 meters in the air their ki disappeared, they began to freefall.
The teens immediately began to swim to shore in panic.
"Holy shit!"
"Run!"
"Oh my lord!"
"Those idiots!"
As the two were in free fall the two tucked their arms and legs together. They laughed as they felt the air blast around them.
"Cannonball!"
"ANNNONNALL!"
A huge tsunami began the moment the two hit the river, the huge wave consuming most of the area around the river, including the teens that had just made it to shore.
Slowly the river began its regular flow. Suddenly two huge bodies floated to the surface, dying from laughter.
"Hahahaha!, that was fun!" Caleb laughed.
Rogue nodded in between huffs.
The two continued to laugh as they floated down the river, ignoring the glares passing by, including a very pissed and wet corporal Levi.
The two got out of the river and were instantly met by the corporal, Caleb thought he could almost see smoke coming out of his ears.
"Sorry corporal, we were just playing" Caleb explained, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Well...too bad...Rogue has to go through a capture exercise...so get ready ...I'll meet you there in five" Levi walked away, almost steaming.
Rogue looked down at the floor in a guilty expression.
"Don't blame yourself buddy, I asked if you wanted to do it...your fine" Caleb reassured titan, patting his calf before walking away, leaving the titan to go practice capture exercises.
He sighed, steam billowing from his maw. Today was gonna be long.
He just had to remember ...no ki...otherwise it would be extremely unfair.
(A DAY LATER)
"So, a determination?" Caleb asked from his seat, cigar in his mouth.
Erwin nodded.
"Caleb…..you smoke?" Armin asked.
"It cools my nerves when we do all this politics bullshit" he really before lighting the cigar by igniting a small flame of green ki from his finger.
"And before you ask,No ...Rogue doesn't smoke" Caleb continued, stopping Armin's mouth before he asked.
"When did you start?" Mikasa asked, with her normal emotionless expression.
"About...uhh ... I think like ...when I was eighteen...our first year as trainees" He replied,blowing smoke out of his mouth.
"Huh, aren't you under age?" Krista asked.
"Yep, but I could say I'm forty and nobody would tell the difference" Caleb replied.
Krista chuckled.
"Your not wrong" she said.
"I never told anyone cause, well ...i feel like you guys would've worried a ton over nothing….i am not weak ...i could lose an eye and i would be fine," he remarked.
They nodded their heads.
"Anyway, commander ...what's this determination about?" Caleb asked.
"It's like a check up, to see if your still a benefit to humanity" Erwin explained.
"And who will make that decision?" He asked.
"Zackley and commander Nile" The commander replied, Caleb's face fell.
"...are you fucking kidding me?" He asked,not in the mood for jokes.
Erwin shaked his head.
"God damn it!" Caleb yelled.
"Zackley i can handle ...but NILE? The same man who wished for me to be executed and have my body autopsied?...after being interrogated? Just fucking great!" He yelled again, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Caleb, calm down" Maiz held his shoulder.
Caleb looked at her, his facial features softened.
He sighed.
"Grrrr ...fine" Caleb grumbled.
Mikasa unknowingly looked at Maiz with a face that could kill.
"When's it happening?" He asked.
"In two days" The commander answer.
"...Fuck it….its to late to change it now...two days it is...ugh...it's gonna be the most awkward moment of my life" Caleb complained, putting his cigar in his mouth once again.
(ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GALAXY)
"GOD DAMN IT NAPPA!" Vegeta screamed.
The trio of Saiyans were currently on a planet that was meant to be purged, vegeta was wondering where Maiz was,he was told she was going to the other side of the planet for a few weeks and purging that sector, but she hadn't returned yet..and it had been over a month .. when he asked, Nappa tried his best to lie ...but he sucked at it
"Well what did you want me to say!?" Nappa yelled back.
"I want you to tell me where she is! Wait ...no ...you didn't-" His eyes widened, but before vegeta could finish his query, Nappa nodded.
"Why!? We don't know if its a trap or not!" Vegeta yelled, his voice cracked from the exertion.
"I checked! It's not a trap! The signal from the pod is not a trap! It's just really old!" Nappa replied.
"But the frieza force could be lured to go there now!" The prince yelled.
"The legendary super saiyan lives there vegeta! She'll be fine" Nappa sighed, trying to lose his temper.
Vegeta sighed as well, his anger with the eight foot tall saiyan quickly dissipated.
"Fine ...you thought it was the right thing to do ... I can't blame you...but now reaching the planet is even more important than ever" He replied, his rage now gone.
Nappa nodded.
"But what about this planet?" He asked.
"Maiz and Broly are more important right now…..we set a course for the planet immediately" Vegeta ordered.
"But what about the frieza force? Surely they'll catch wind of our plans" Nappa asked.
"Oh, but I'm counting on it now" Vegeta sadistically smiled, it was threatening enough to make even Nappa get chills.
"When they discover us on the planet ...Broly will surely be too strong for even the ginyu force…..even frieza" He explained.
"Are you putting that much faith in a legend?" Raditz interjected.
"Yes ...the legend ...the being to eradicate all foes of the saiyan race…..i have no choice but to put all my faith into it" Vegeta admitted, a bit of his pride broken in the process.
"What about kakarot? My brother?" He asked.
"When this operation is over we can go see your brother,hopefully he lived" Nappa replied.
Raditz nodded.
"We need to gather all the remaining saiyans ...and once we announce to the universe the legendary super saiyan is with us…..the opportunity will be too good to pass up" Vegeta explained, turning on his scouter, fiddling with it.
"What will we do once frieza is dead?" Nappa asked.
"No idea, probably train with Broly...his power will be great for sparring...hell, I'm guessing Maiz has probably already gone through a huge power boost" Vegeta replied.
"You think we could all attain the power of the legend?" Raditz asked, crossing his arms.
Nappa laughed.
"Hahaha, maybe Vegeta….i don't know about us though" He smack Raditz on the back.
"Ouch!"
"Don't be such a pup! Hahahaha!"
"Well, it's settled" Vegeta announced, getting the other two's attention.
"We set out now, it will take us a few weeks to reach the planet" he explained as he walked towards his pod. The saiyans liked to make basecamp at their crash sites, just for convenience.
"Well, lets saddle up!" Nappa yelled, wearing his classic smile.
"Don't need to tell me twice old man!" Raditz replied, a similar smile plastered on his face.
The three quickly got into their pods and after they set their coordinates, they blasted into the air and shot out the atmosphere.
"Well, see ya there" Nappa said through his scouter, his tone suddenly serious, before pressing a series of buttons that activate the stasis function.
"G'night...zzzzz" Raditz replied before dozing off.
'Please Maiz...be safe' was Nappa's last thought before he dozed off as well.
Vegeta gave no reply as the foggy feeling of sleep overwhelmed his senses and he slowly entered a peaceful slumber.
( BACK TO CALEB AND FRIENDS)
"Man...it's getting late" Caleb stated, staring at the neon orange sunset.
"I guess so" Maiz replied.
Then there was silence.
"Caleb?" She asked before turning around to see him staring at her.
He was entranced. The sun made her rims and all her curves shine like solar flares, her sapphire eyes stood out so much in contrast with the sun that they looked like two glowing blue full moons, all Caleb could describe her as in that moment was beautiful.
He realized he was staring and instantly looked away, his face red with embarrassment.
"Sorry im jus- "He turned back to be met by Maiz's big blue jewels, she had advanced on him while he was looking away,their faces were just inches apart.
Caleb was surprised by her response...but not disappointed...her eyes were always a dream to look at..they stared into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. She had a look of uncertainty...but yet adoration...there were a few emotions in her eyes he could not place...but he felt the same exact emotions.
Just as they started to close in, they were interrupted by jean yelling at connie, the two in chase.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Maiz immediately pulled back, extremely embarrassed.
"Itt..it's fine" Caleb rubbed the back of his neck.
The two stood there in awkward silence for a minute. Neither one looking at the other.
"I..i..i...i'm gonna go" Maiz pointed towards her room.
Caleb nodded.
She floated into the air before blasting through her window, out of site, leaving Caleb to his thoughts.
Caleb looked at the ground in pure confusion ...what were these emotions...they made it hard to think! He didn't like not being able to think...what is with that girl? Why her?.
He thought about before leaving to his own room ...just as confused.
END OF CHAPTER 15
AS YOU CAN SEE ...THE SAIYANS IN MY STORY ARE QUITE A BIT FRIENDLIER THAN NORMAL ...NAPPA WAS NOT HALF BAD AS A INFLUENCE...LETS JUST PUT IT AT THAT.
SO, IF YOU LIKED IT, REVIEW...SEE YA NEXT TIME!