The Game of Life: Dragonball Edition


A/N: "The following is a fan-based work. Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, is owned by Funimation, Toei Animation, Shueisha, Dimps, and Akira Toriyama. I'm just a guy havin' fun. :p."


Chapter 16: Grand Escape

The closer that I got to the glowing golden light, the quicker that it shrunk. Even at my top speed, I wasn't sure if I'd make it in time. Come on! Come on!

Just as I got to the mouth of the portal, something shot out of it and collided with me, sending me off course and into the void. By the time I caught myself, the portal had already closed and I seethed in anger.

What just hit me?

I looked around in the direction that the portal had been, only to see what looked like a person floating horizontally. Someone else got sent here? I hurried over to the body to examine it.

What I saw was a boy, probably not much older than Leek, floating unconscious. He was a Saiyan by the look of his tail and had obviously been in a fight if his torn clothes meant anything. Shredded, burned...that he doesn't have an injury on him is odd...

How did a Saiyan end up here? I used [Observe] on him; my eyes widening considerably at the result.

Name: Kll

Race: Saiyan Anomaly

Age: 8 years

Status: Alive

HP: 270,720

Lvl: 6

Kll is the Saiyan Prince from Universe 17, Timeline 2. Well known to be wary, and suspicious, it may do well to keep your distance...his power can be both unpredictable and explosive.

The amount of confusion that came like an onslaught on my brain was intense. I reread the text a few times over, before inhaling deeply, and floating a few yards backward.

What's a Saiyan anomaly? And why is his HP so high for his age? Leek was exceptional, and his HP was only 13,000… I put a hand up to my chin and thought harder. And what does it mean by Universe 17? And timeline 2?

I could feel a headache forming, the pieces clearly not coming together at all. Weren't there only 12 Universes? And how did he end up here?

I considered killing him while he slept so he wouldn't become a threat, but that thought only lasted for a second; my desire for answers stopping me. Along with a mental reminder that these were actual people. However, if he became a problem, I wouldn't hesitate. But first, I wanted answers. Could the Deadzone link to other Universes? Perhaps he knew a way out...

Soon enough, I found myself hovering over the kid. This could potentially be a bad idea but I should be able to handle it if he turns out to be feral.

It took me a few moments to transform to my second form, but once I did, I poked him a few times with my tail, before crossing my arms and waiting for him to wake up.

After a good few minutes of waiting, and the occasional poking, Kll began to stir back into consciousness. I tensed as the Prince put a hand on his head and groaned, before looking around into the void. Clearly he was able to sense energy because all of a sudden, his head snapped in my direction, his dark eyes meeting mine.

"I see you're finally awake," I said cautiously, making sure to keep a decent distance.

His eyes seemed to unfocus for a moment, before darkening into a glare, as a shudder went through his body. His energy seemed to ripple, before settling down to its normal level.

"Where are we?" He asked.

"We're in a dimension called the Deadzone. It exists outside of time and space," I informed him, calm for the meantime. Whatever that ripple of energy was, it had calmed down, so there was no reason to be on edge. "How did you end up here?"

"Betrayal…" He whispered. "That, and my own failures."

He seemed to glance around the area, looking out into the darkness.

"How about yourself?" He asked. "What led to you being here?"

"I underestimated my opponents because I was physically stronger than them," I held back the growl of annoyance, just thinking about Kami and Roshi, "They took me by surprise and sealed me away before I could react."

I didn't take my eyes off of Kll, but I visibly untensed, my arms falling to my sides. He didn't seem like a threat, so I wasn't going to treat him like one.

"I am Sub, from the Planet Chilled. Pleasure to meet you," I nodded my head.

"I'm Kll, nice to meet you…" He said, before again looking around. "Now let's say we get the fuck out of here, hmm?"

Colorful language for a kid. I stared at him for a few prolonged seconds, before finally asking, "I assume you have a way out of here then?"

"Not particularly, no," He replied, much to my disappointment. He turned away from me as he continued, "But I tend to just wing it, and see what sticks. It's worked out for me so far."

Now that's truly disappointing. I couldn't hide the deep frown that formed on my face. And to think that I was almost hopeful.

"That's foolish," I crossed my arms across my chest again, giving him a disapproving glare as he turned back towards me. "A well thought out plan is a requirement for any true strategy."

He seemed to not take my opinion too seriously because he kept turning and examining the void. "If there is a way in, there is a way out. I've twice seen the Deadzone open using a wish, but I know of at least two other times it was opened using magic, or portals."

Wishes? Does this kid know about the Dragonballs? I hid my curiosity, instead, zooming in on something else that he mentioned.

"Portals, you say?" I hummed to myself. "I can form portals to some degree. But at the moment, I can only use it to travel short distances. I don't believe that it's strong enough yet to hop between dimensions."

"I see...What other abilities do you have?" He asked. "I'll admit that I'm rather limited as far as abilities are concerned. I'm strong, but that's it for the moment."

"Nothing that will help us escape," I explained. I had about 8 feat points that I had just earned, but I didn't want to waste them if there was another way out. "Not without new feats…"

"...Feats?" He asked, startled.

"Hmm? Oh, that's nothing important." I quickly responded. The slip wouldn't matter anyway, he shouldn't know what that means.

"Nothing? No, it means you're a Gamer…" He declared.

I turn slowly, my head cocked, to meet his eyes. Within I could see the answer...He was a Gamer too.


"Yeah, man! There's a tournament between the different timelines of your Universe," He explained happily. "I lost the first time, but I plan to break shit this time."

After realizing that we were both players in this game, our conversation had moved swiftly into the truth. Kll was on his second playthrough, having been bested in the 'Timeline' tournament. I could assume something of this sort awaited me in a few years, but the other events of his life were impossible in my own.

"What an interesting turn of events…" I said, smiling for the first time. "Outside of being stuck here, I'd say this was fortunate."

"Ah...Way to kill the mood dude." He replied slyly. "We're only stuck here for as long as it takes us to think of a way out. Do you remember anything from Canon, or fuck it, even Fanon, that may help? I've seen some wild things so far, so I wouldn't be surprised."

"We could fight?" I suggested. "Not to the death of course, but to the point where either of us can gain enough experience to level up, and get new feats."

He seemed to consider the option, before shaking his head. "My system doesn't seem to assign any exp to you. I don't think that will work."

I frown again, before thinking back to what I know of Dragonball in general. The Kais could use a version of Instant Transmission to travel between Universes, along with the time rings. The Time Scrolls could seemingly do the same…But we had none of those things and there was no way to get them in here.

There has to be something else. I wracked my brain. Hasn't a dimension been broken out of before? Who did that?

"Majin Buu."

The word echoed between us, the two of us having spoken at the same time.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He asked.

"Majin Buu used his strength, and screaming, to break open a portal between the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Earth," I reply, as he nodded along. Dimensions can be broken by pure strength and energy.

"As did Gotenks and Piccolo." He replied.

"We don't have that kind of power… Unless you're secretly a Super Saiyan 3?" I asked hopefully, looking at him. I was nowhere close to that level.

He grimaced, before shaking his head. "No, not quite. But I think the barrier between the Earth and the Chamber would likely be stronger, due to the time difference…How strong could the barrier here be if Garlic Jr. managed to break through?"

Good point. Either way, it was our best chance.

"Only one way to find out, then," I replied, turning to face him.


"UGHHHHHAHAAAA!"

My lungs burned as if they had been set on fire. My dark pink aura lashed out around me in torrents; washing the void with my power. For a second, my power was supreme but then was overrun and consumed by the light of a green aura. The amount of power inside that kid... His power level is more than double mine!

We weren't trying to overpower each other's energy waves, rather, letting them meld together and create a much stronger and larger wave of energy. Unfortunately for us, we'd been trying for quite a while and the void wasn't budging.

"We're not strong enough!" I let my energy die down along with my screams, "This isn't going to work!"

In response to my giving up, Kll let his energy fade too, before turning to face me. "Fuck! This would be so much easier if I had access to Super Saiyan."

"You can't even go Super Saiyan yet?" I asked him in curiosity, although I was sure that my expressions spelled out frustration. "When you said that you weren't a Super Saiyan 3, I assumed that you might have at least got to Super Saiyan 1…"

"You're one to talk," Kll snorted while looking at me, "You haven't even gotten to your third form."

I rolled my eyes and looked away from him, into the void. I might need to look through my feats… There has to be something.

"On that note, why haven't you unlocked your third form?" Kll asked me as I scrolled through the list.

"It seems like there are two different ways... I either have to 100% master my second form, which is measured by a 'mastery' system, or I find another way," I shrugged my shoulders and sighed. "When I unlocked my second form, I didn't need to master my first form. I just had to manipulate my energy in a specific way, which granted me access."

"And how did you manipulate it last time?" He asked me.

"I had to be calm. It was like I was accepting my new body for the first time. Realizing that although it's different from my last body, it's still mine," I told him as I recalled the fight to the death with my graduating class. "My energy normally boils within me… I needed to accept myself, and allow my energy to calm."

He studied me for a moment, before nodding.

"What is it?" I asked.

"In my last life, I didn't unlock Super Saiyan Grade 2, 3, or Super Saiyan 2 through feats, or mastery, or anything like that. It was pure energy manipulation…" He explained, lifting his hand.

A ball of energy formed, whispy, almost smoke-like. "My energy was like smoke or fluid. But as I got better at controlling it, I was able to do so much more with it."

As he spoke the energy twisted, before thickening. Where before it was smoke, it was now like a thick liquid, bubbling. "By compressing it, and forcing it into my muscles, I was able to ascend further. It slowed me down like Trunks, but with Instant Transmission, that wasn't an issue."

"And for Super Saiyan 2?" I asked, engrossed in the ball of flowing energy.

The energy shuddered, before spreading out. It expanded, flowing around his arm, as tiny little sparks of energy popped around it. "By filling the air around me, allowing the energy to flow through me, it pushed me far past the limits of my body. So I think, instead of pushing your energy down, forcing it to be calm...let it rage. Let it rage, boil over... You said you needed calm, right? Let your energy flow...The calm before the storm."

His words resonated within me. Acceptance had led me to my first transformation. The calmness before the storm, the still water...my energy began to toss and turn, twisting, splitting, spreading across every muscle and sinew of my body. Around me, the air sparked, little motes of energy that sparkled like blood diamonds.

"Yeah...like that!" He yelled, his own energy reaching a fever pitch, his aura glowing gold around him. "You're not a creature of calm, Sub! Let the storm rage!"

As he said it, I obliged.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" My aura exploded around me, a maelstrom of crimson spiraling out from within and bathing the void in light. With the burst of energy, my form began to change…

My skull began to extend backwards, while the bones in the rest of my body also shifted. The pain was comparable to last time, but having expected it, it wasn't as bad. I knew that after transforming the first time, it became much easier.

Unlike Frieza's transformation, I didn't get smaller in my third form. Instead, my body expanded even more than before. As my bio-armor grew across my form, random spikes began jutting out, forming a hedgehog type appearance all over. This bio-armor was a very light shade of pink, in contrast to my base forms intense red.

Said armor covered my enlarged head, engulfing my horns and connecting them into one large horn. I imagined that I'd be able to shrink it to reveal my natural horns, due to the ability to create and manipulate my own bio-armor, and possibly create more horns. But for now, I kept my thick unicorn horn on my head.

My bio-gem grew backwards with my head but instead of being fully exposed, it had the occasional strip of armor. I allowed the biogem on my stomach to stay on its spot, but it's design changed, splitting perfectly down the middle with 3 horizontal lines crossing through it.

And unlike Frieza, I decided to allow my armor to go over the rest of my body. I imagined that without my armor I'd be a little faster, but that wasn't any inconvenience. Not with how much power I had inside of me now.

Finally, my tail extended and thickened. The armor on my tail spiked out, similar to the hedgehog spikes on my back. I waved the large tail around a few times, before serrating the tip of my tails armor, creating a small blade.

LIMITS RELEASED!

Form 3 Unlocked!

+15 Energy Manipulation!

X10 Power Level Multiplier!

Once my transformation was complete, I reared back and let all of the energy inside of me explode outwards, along with my screaming blasting throughout the Deadzone.

His screams beside me pushed me further, the strength behind our energy causing the void around us to shudder.

"More!" He screamed.

His Aura was golden light, flashing in the darkness, and for a moment I thought he was ascending into Super Saiyan. His Power Level had increased, but not anywhere near as much as I would expect from a full transformation.

False Super Saiyan? I wondered.

"It's not enough!" I yelled back, noticing that my voice was a lot deeper and harsher than before. I try to push harder against the void, to no avail. It was flexing, seeming to bend all around us, but it's sticky elasticity refused to give us up.

"Fuck!" He yelled angrily, even as his power grows more. "H-hit me!"

My attempts to overpower the dimension we were stuck in falters for a moment before I turn back to him. "Wait what?"

"Fucking hit me, and then get away!" He yelled again.

"Yeah, I'm not into that kinky shit, Saiyan," I replied, letting my energy drop away.

Beside me, he does the same, before turning towards me exasperated. "What? No, dummy, no. Fucking hit me."

I studied him for a moment, before shrugging and then slamming my fist into his stomach, doubling him over. He retches, coughing, before pushing me away slightly. "No...fuck..when we're both powered up. The hell is wrong with you?"

"Me? You're the one asking me to slap you around…" I said, giving him a look.

He coughed a few more times, before straightening out. After wiping his mouth on the back of his hand like the animal he was, his Aura flickers back to life. Our energy mixed again, swirling around us as we scream our power into the void around us. It flexes but again is clear we simply aren't there yet.

"Now!" He yelled.

I retract the spikes in my tail before whipping around, my tail slamming into his side, causing him to clench around the blow. As he winced, a change seemed to come over his demeanor almost instantly.

What the fuck… I think, as his energy seems to boil around him.

His Power Level seemed to stall, as his body shuddered, before with an explosion of light it skyrocketed. As his energy grows, so does our combined attack on this hellholes barrier. His Aura grows brighter, drowning out the darkness around us, forcing me to turn away. As soon as I do, there is an explosion of energy, a crackle like shattering glass, and the darkness is gone, taking Kll with it.

The void around me is now full of massive holes everywhere, which pulsate as if it was alive. Light seeped out of the hole between dimensions, so I took the opportunity to fly out of one hole. The world around me warped for a moment, before spitting me back in what I assumed was my universe.

I didn't expect what met me.

".. Oh fuck me..."


I hope you guys enjoy the chapter guys! Just in case you didnt notice, Kll is the same Kll as the SI in Klldarknesses story, Dragonball: RPG X! if you haven't read it, you definitely should! make sure to review!

His side of the chapter will be released now also! By the way, there is a discord server that me and Kll share! join! discord DOT gg/UZWUKsh