Reformed Saiyans
Chapter Twenty-Six: Unleashed Potential
Author's Note: I'm an idiot, I forgot to release this again yesterday, sorry guys.
"W-What!? Why?!" Krillin said.
"You see...my life force is fading, and I fear that I may not be able to hold on long enough til you can get your wish." Guru replied. "And to further worsen the matter, I'm not sure if reviving them with another Dragon may be possible. Our Dragon as well can only bring back those who haven't been brought back before."
"So what you're saying...is we come all this way...for nothing!?" Piccolo snarled, his anger increasing.
Nail narrowed his eyes at Piccolo and growled. "You will talk to the Grand Elder with respect!"
Piccolo turned to face Nail, with rage expressing his face. "And who's going to make me?" Piccolo replied. "You? Bring it on then!"
Nail took a stance, and Piccolo waited for the other Namekian to throw an attack, but Gohan stood in between.
"Hey! Stop fighting!" Gohan shouted. "We can't be fighting when there's a bigger foe on the loose!"
"Yeah what the hell Piccolo!" Krillin added. Both Namekians ignored the two short fighters still glaring and growling at each other.
"Shut up you two! I will not be ordered around like some servant!" Piccolo yelled.
"Please do not fight." Guru begged. "Please work with us, you need to conserve your strength for the bigger enemy." Guru took a quick breath and continued again. "There is an enemy coming here, and I am yet to be done with our conversation."
Piccolo turned his attention towards Guru. "What're you talk-..." He paused, and turned to the right. "T-That's Vegeta! How the hell did he get so strong!"
Krillin and Gohan broadened their eyes and gasped. "N-Not Vegeta!" Krillin shouted.
"Do not worry. Nail can handle him, but I would like to finish our convention if you will." Guru said.
Piccolo and Nail sighed. Nail exited the building and guarded the outside, meanwhile Piccolo crossed his arms.
"Fine, but let's make this quick." Piccolo said.
"T-Thank you." Guru replied. He motioned for Krillin to come closer. "I have sensed that your intentions are pure, and I shall give you this Dragon Ball to protect. I am unsure whether or not you can revive your friends with it, but there is a chance that you might be able to."
"Well...I guess even if there's a small chance that we can revive them, then I'll take it!" Krillin said cheerfully. "Besides, at least this way, Vegeta won't get it. So I promise I'll guard it with my life."
Guru smiled. "Thank you. Now allow me to return the favor for saving my Dende." Guru placed his hand on Krillin, and a white energy aura flamed around Krillin. Then suddenly it rose straight up like a light ray, and Krillin's energy bursted at the seams. Krillin dropped his jaw and his hand shook as it surged with incredible power.
His shocked face then changed and he expressed great joy. "This is incredible! What did you do with me!" Krillin said excitedly. He opened and closed his fist repeatedly.
"I simply unlocked a small reserves of your strength and brought them out." Guru replied. "I also healed those injuries you sustained earlier, so you should be one hundred percent."
"O-One Hundred Percent?! I'M MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT!" Krillin cheered.
Both Piccolo and Gohan's eyes blinked several times with intense shock.
"K-Krillin's power! It's...It's stronger than Vegeta was back on Earth!" Gohan said, pointing the obvious out.
"H-How the hell did you do that?!" Piccolo asked.
"I have the power to unlock but a glimpse of the fighter's true potential." Guru answered. "And, I'd also like to unlock the both of yours as well."
"Well...Then Gohan should get a huge boost out of this! That kid is full of potential!" Krillin said, causing Gohan to feel a little flustered.
Gohan scratched the side of his head and let a nervous chuckle out. "I-I dunno about that Krillin…" He replied.
"If what you say is true, then please allow me to unlock your potential young one." Guru said. Gohan nodded, and walked over to Guru as Krillin walked away. Guru placed his hand on Gohan's head, reading the kid's mind. "Oh my such a troubled young kid, he's gone through quite a bit at an early age. I hope the better for him."
Then a flame-like aura flared around Gohan before turning into a rising ray, Gohan's energy shot up dramatically, placing him even stronger than Krillin. Gohan cheered for joy, and couldn't believe his newfound power.
His new strength made his previous strength look like dirt in comparison.
Meanwhile…
Vegeta's eyes slightly widened in shock. "W-What the hell?! Somebody's power just shot up! Is that...Kakarotto's energy?! Or is it Raditz's?!" Vegeta shouted to himself. He shook his head. "No It can't be, it feels nothing like his!"
Vegeta unleashed his energy and pushed himself to go faster, a moment later another energy shot up. "W-What?! Another Energy increased! What the hell is going on!" Vegeta said. He paused for a moment and stopped flying. "Wait...That feels almost like Kakarotto! It must be him! And if he's there! So is Raditz!"
Vegeta gritted his teeth and flew off even faster than before.
At Guru's Palace
Now it had been Piccolo's turn, and the Namekian stood right next to the Grand Elder. Guru placed his hand on Piccolo and took a moment to read his mind, go through his past history.
"I see it all now, an evil crept in and split the body. A being of true and pure evil, nothing but ambitions to dominate the world. Although the evil was eventually defeated by this...Son Goku, he had birthed a child, with his essence inside, and had hoped his plans of world domination could continue.
Yet something was different about this child, even though his father had remained in him both in essence and blood. He seems to be his own self, not a reflection of his father."
Guru thought for a moment, and had wondered if he could pull deeper history out or memories, although Piccolo had been standing for over thirty seconds now wondering what was going on.
"Uhm..Hello? You didn't fall asleep did you?" Piccolo asked, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Sorry, forgive me, I'm having a bit of a struggle finding what I'm looking for." Guru answered. "Just wait a moment, and I should be able to release your strength for you."
Piccolo sighed, and Guru continued to look deep in Piccolo's mind.
As Guru ventured deeper into Piccolo's mind, he found shadows, evil figures, lurking in Piccolo's mind, and a representation of Piccolo's father that led it all. The shadows may have been mindless but King Demon Piccolo was not, or well the image of him wasn't anyways.
"And who do I give the pleasure of invading my territory to?" The Demon King said.
Guru remained silent for a moment, giving the Demon King a good stare, and something about this man he recognized.
"Wait...Katas?!" Guru gasped.
The Demon King's image raised an eyebrow, and looked with utter confusion. "Who the hell are you talking about?! I'm the Demon King Piccolo!" He yelled. "Do not confuse me with some random!" He growled at Guru, and took a stance. "Get out of my realm or prepare to fight me!"
Guru glared down at the man. "No he's not Katas, this is but a demon trying to take on the appearance of Katas." Guru thought. "This Piccolo, he must be a child of Katas. And this Demon that crept in, shall be expelled."
"Fine you want a fight! Then so be it!" The Demon King yelled. He motioned for his shadows to attack, and he was charged after Guru, but with the snap of his fingers, a powerful white light flashed against them. The shadows were eradicated and The Demon King was locked in a cage.
"You're but a demon that has been invading this soul's mind!" Guru shouted. "From this point on, you're no longer allowed to further influence this individual!"
Once more Guru snapped his fingers, and a stronger, brighter white light erased The Demon King away.
Guru took a second to collect his thoughts. "That makes more sense now. A Demon crept in and when the two bodies split, the evil half took the Demon with him. However the Demon has grown very weak, and less influential. He won't be any further influential now, maybe this will help the struggles within Piccolo and allow him to grow.
I hope without the influence of the Demon in his soul, he can see the world more clearly."
As Guru continued to search Piccolo's mind, he had finally found what he was looking for. Piccolo's origins, and that began the same day the Climate shift had occurred. Once Guru returned to reality, Vegeta's energy had neared extremely close.
"Hey! Are you done yet?! Vegeta's gonna be here any moment!" Piccolo shouted.
"Yes I have. Sorry for the wait." Guru replied.
"What were you looking for anyways?" Piccolo asked.
"Some background…" Guru answered. "I searched deep within your minds, and I was able to reveal your origins. When the Climate shift took its attack on Namek, I had thought Katas was killed along with it. He, and one other soul, were my brothers, Super Nameks like I. I had thought I was the only one that survived..but… I was wrong.
Katas had managed to survive in you, and you were sent to Earth as an escape route from the Planet. You and your other half are his remains."
"That's nice and all...but uhm! VEGETA!" Piccolo said, reminding him. Although it was nice to have finally known what his origins were, he was far too worried about the incoming foe to even process that.
"Yes, again, forgive me. I shall now finish the process." Guru replied. Once more, he placed his hand on Piccolo, an flame-ish aura swirled around him, and then turned into a rising ray soon after. Piccolo's power exploded, it coursed through his veins, causing Piccolo to feel invigorated.
"Yes!" Piccolo balled his fist and smirked joyfully. The first thing on his mind was the incoming fighter that was nearing his way here. Piccolo without a second thought or hesitation, rushed outside of the building awaiting Vegeta's arrival.
"It appears Zarbon has not returned…." Frieza said, a blank expression remained on his face, as he swirled his wine cup. "How disappointing." His tone deepened, and reflected that of a growl. Frieza crushed the cup in his hands, with anger expressing on his face. He stood up in his vehicle and let loose a powerful roar.
His energy ran rampant, multiple bolts of energy flew everywhere, one hit the ceiling, another hit the window, a third hit the right side, a fourth hit the left, a fifth aimed at Nappa but Nappa evaded it.
"If I had known Zarbon and Dodoria would be this incompentent! I would've called for the Ginyu Force in the first place!" Frieza snarled. He sat back down, still growling with intense anger.
"Lord Frieza, shall I get an update on them?" Nappa asked.
Frieza turned around to face Nappa. "Yes please do. It'd make me so much happier." Frieza answered. Nappa nodded in response and scurried away. "At least somebody around here knows how to be a good soldier."
"WHAT?! Another Energy shot up?! It's about as strong as Zarbon was!" Vegeta yelled, clenching his fist tightly. He grunted angrily and sped up even more.
Within mere moments he arrived to Guru's palace, and saw Piccolo standing right outside. Vegeta placed his feet on the ground and took a quick observation.
"Where's Raditz? And Kakarotto!" Vegeta asked. "I felt two huge energies a moment ago, and that could only be them!"
"They're not here Vegeta." Piccolo answered. He took his stance as a precaution. "It's just the runt, Krillin, and I here."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "Bullshit! The runt was barely half Nappa's power back at Earth! And the monk was only slightly stronger than Nappa! There's no way they could've gotten that strong in such a short amount of time!" Vegeta yelled. He didn't bother to mention Piccolo's power, he denied that Piccolo was that strong.
"How about I prove you wrong!" Piccolo shouted. Vegeta scowled at Piccolo in response. Piccolo prepared to rush forward, but Nail placed his hand in front of Piccolo, which made Piccolo send an angry glare. "What the he-..."
Piccolo paused, his face full of horror and fright. Vegeta as well had paused as he stared in the sky, Gohan and Krillin who had just made their way outside did the same. Nail looked distressed.
"No! N-No! NO NO NO NO NO NO NONONONONONONONONO!" Vegeta yelled. "ANYTHING BUT THEM! NOT NOW! NOT WHEN I'M SO CLOSE TO IMMORTALITY!"
"Who the hell are those guys!" Krillin gasped. "They're power is enormous!"
"You've gotta be kidding me! After all this newfound power!" Piccolo snarled. "And some five bastards just come down and make us look like we're worthless!"
Vegeta shook his head, and snapped back in reality. He looked to the others, with an extremely disturbed look.
"L-Listen! I don't have time to explain anything to you!" Vegeta said. "Just hand over the two Dragon Balls or we're ALL doomed!"
Gohan and Krillin took a couple steps back, hiding the Dragon Ball they each carried in their hand. Piccolo took a step forward and shook his head.
"And why should we trust you?" Piccolo said.
"Because if you don't! EVERYONE HERE IS GOING TO DIE!" Vegeta shouted.
"If you think we're going to hand it over you threatening us, then think again!" Krillin replied.
Vegeta gritted his teeth and growled. "You're not listening to me! IT'S NOT A THREAT ITS A WARNING!" Vegeta yelled. He groaned and sighed. "Fine! If you hand it over, I promise to leave everyone of you, and your planet alone for good!"
"What?! You think we're going to make a deal with you?!" Piccolo snarled. "You have to at least give us an explanation, you clearly know something that we don't!"
Vegeta sighed. "Alright Fine, but I'm gonna be brief!" Vegeta said. "Imagine this! Somebody...three times as strong as I was on E-...No.." Vegeta deepened his tone. "Imagine somebody three times as strong as I am now! Imagine that there are five of these monsters! Five of them that have scouters, five of them that can home on in us right now! Five of them, each one stronger than the last! With the leader that topples them all!"
Vegeta looked back and then to them again. "And they are definitely not here to make friends! They're here for the Dragon Balls!" Vegeta said. "So that Frieza can have eternal life! And they will kill all of us!"
Krillin gave a look of hesitation, Gohan as well.
"W-...We can't trust you! Not after everything you done!" Krillin said. "And besides this is our only chance to revive our friends!"
"You won't be able to revive your friends if we're all dead!" Vegeta pointed out. "The Ginyu Force. These five monstrous energies, won't stop, til every last one of us are dead!"
Piccolo closed his eyes, grumbling under his breath. "Damn it!" He said to himself. He opened his eyes and sighed. "I hate to say it, but this may be our only chance at survival. We'll give Vegeta the wish so we can win."
Vegeta's face lit up, but Gohan and Krillin looked shocked.
"W-What!" Gohan said. "We can't do that! What if he stabs us in the back."
Vegeta growled. "DAMN IT JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN WISH!" He yelled. "WE'RE GONNA DIE IF YOU DON'T!"
"You get three wishes…." Nail said. Everyone stopped and turned their attention to Nail. "You get three wishes not one. Porunga can grant three wishes."
"Alright!" Krillin said cheerfully.
"Good! Then there's no reason to continue arguing. I get one, you guys get the other two!" Vegeta shouted. "Everyone gets what they want, now let's gooooooo!"
"Hold on! We need to be absolutely sure." Piccolo said. He turned to Nail. "So three full wishes? Is that correct?"
Nail nodded. "Indeed. Our Eternal Dragon, Porunga, can grant three total wishes."
"Good." Piccolo replied. He turned around, and followed Vegeta along with Krillin and Gohan.
"Marvelous!" Frieza said. "They're here! My wonderful Ginyu Force is here!" Frieza cheered. The intense rage Frieza had earlier, was just suddenly gone, and overwhelmed by great joy. As the five pods landed, Frieza had awaited to greet them, with the other soldiers and Nappa behind them.
"Lord Frieza! Ginyu Force reporting for duty!" The Captain said. He was purple skinned, had two horns on his brainy head, and donned a brown-black schemed Battleplate. Next to him was a tall blue alien, with no pupils in his eyes, and red irises. He was slightly taller than the Captain, the tallest of the bunch in fact. He had a strange plating on his dome, and wore similar armor to that of the Captain, only he wore a black jumpsuit pants.
On the other side of the Captain, was a tall human like man, he had orange hair, a cleft chin, a green scouter, white gloves and shoes, and black pants as well. Just off to the side of the blue alien next to the Captain, was an alien of average height, red magma skin, white hair, and a battleplate with the same little Ginyu Force logo.
Off to the side of the human-like alien, was a very short green almost frog-like alien, he had two regular eyes, two huge eyes on the side of his head, and wore a full black jumpsuit and battleplate.
To be continued…