Dragon Ball Nu
Volume 2: Chapter 3
Previously on Dragon Ball Nu our heroes have been each recovering from the still recent battle with the space tyrant Bojack. Gohan has begun training with Videl, Vegeta still impatiently awaits the awakening of the new Saiyans, and Piccolo has begun even harder training than before. Will our heroes be able to complete their respective goals? What troubles will be coming we try to learn those answers now.
"Darn it all… it's been a full day already! What is taking King Kai so long to contact the Guardian?" Piccolo grumbling. "I thought he would let me know when he did."
"Piccolo, we must have respect and patience. I'm sure King Kai did his part and is just waiting to hear back from their Guardian." Dende trying to calm Piccolo down. "How about we have some tea and just try to relax?"
"I'm fine. Enjoy your tea I'm going to return to meditation." Piccolo walking off in hopes to blow off some of his frustration.
"Alright Piccolo. I will let you know if I sense any changes in the Saiyans down on Earth while you meditate."
"Great. Thanks." Mr. Popo bringing out the freshly finished tea and preparing to enjoy the pleasantry.
"My, Piccolo has been quite focused on training. This is almost as rigorous of mental and physical training as when we first learned of the Androids." Pouring a cup of tea for Dende and then himself.
"Well, you know down on Earth the same things have been happening." Dende picking up his cup. "Nearly everyone is still training." Taking a slow sip.
"Earth is lucky to have such strong and dedicated warriors." Mr. Popo taking his own sip. "In all my years I think the Earth has seen its fair share of terror. Even before a young Goku made his way up to this Lookout."
"Really Mr. Popo? Like what exactly?"
"Before Shen actually turned on Roshi they worked with Goku's Grandpa Gohan in defeating many of men who sought out the Dragon Balls. They also fought alongside other warriors and defeated the original King Piccolo."
"So even before Goku the Earth had plenty of warriors?"
"Why yes the Ox King, Roshi, Shen, Gohan, and Mutaito all have put their lives on the line protecting Earth from different villainous forces." Sipping once again from his tea. "They stopped many attempts by early groups like the Red Ribbon Army and even defeated some demons who escaped from the Demon Realm."
"I've heard of this Demon Realm... sounds rather troublesome."
"We have nothing to worry about King Yemma keeps them back and at bay now. He hasn't been overpowered by a demon in centuries. I don't even know if the Demon King himself could defeat King Yemma. His powers typically are just difficult for a demon to deal with. Currently through King Yemma is the only path in or out of the Demon Realm that's why there haven't been any issues for hundreds of years."
"Ah, that makes sense." Dende taking another sip. "Well then I suppose Earth is truly lucky."
"Indeed." The two continuing to exchange conversation.
"Where is Gohan?! I told him to meet me here today it's been four days now and these Saiyans will likely begin coming back into consciousness any minute." Vegeta staring into the sky. "Ah, there he is." A burst of energy and a small spec clearly coming into view in the distance as Gohan approaches the sight.
"Great, I know how patient Vegeta is and I know I'm already late." Gohan shaking his head as he approaches closer to reaching the always impatient Prince.
"It's about time! Do you always run around late like some child?"
"Sorry Vegeta. Are the Saiyans awake yet?"
"I don't know… I was waiting for a constantly late teenage before stepping in to check on them!" Vegeta irritatingly opening the drop to the small capsule house revealing one of the Saiyans clearly awake within the healing chamber and the other two still unconscious.
"Mmm? Hmmmm!" A muffled unclear noise coming from Cardoon awake in his pod.
"Oh good one is awake. He looks almost fully healed too. Maybe we didn't give him that bad of a beating." Vegeta hushed speaking to Gohan. The pair walking up to the pod before opening it. "Good to see one of you has finally woken up."
"Ah…ha…ha. What in the world? Where are we?" Cardoon frantically looking around the nearly empty building.
"You're inside of a healing chamber on Earth." Gohan answering while Vegeta clearly waits for Cardoon to make any movement.
"Wait a second. I remember you! You are the Saiyan that knocked me out cold." Cardoon immediately getting heated. "Well you won't catch me off guard this time! That was a lucky shot."
"Shut up!" Vegeta's shout stunning Cardoon who froze as if a he was a statue. "If you want to be knocked back out then that's fine by me, but you may want to hold your temper so we can talk."
"Talk!? What about?" Cardoon looking around then noticing his comrades inside of pods as well. 'They defeated all of us? But where are the others?'
"I don't know what you remember but I am Vegeta and this is Gohan. We are also Saiyans but we will live on this planet that you tried to invade. We easily took out Bojack's forces and eliminated the buffoon too. We took you and the other Saiyans specifically to offer you freedom, real freedom." Vegeta crossing his arms awaiting response.
"You killed Bojack!? You defeated Zuccha too." Cardoon shaking his head. 'We totally underestimated these guys.'
"Yes. You have the chance at freedom. We sent what was left of your… army back into space, but we wanted to offer you a chance to live free of the forced fighting you are in." Gohan trying to empathize with Cardoon.
"We volunteered. We weren't forced… Bojack sought us out. Well he sought out Zuccha at least then allowed him to lead finding other Saiyans. We are the ones who agreed to come."
"What of the Saiyans who didn't agree?" Vegeta lowering his arms falling heavy to his sides.
"Zuccha didn't give the others a great choice if they didn't agree to join without warning he… killed them. He talked about rebuilding the race with the strongest and bravest of the Saiyans." Cardoon looking down knowing that he watched several Saiyans get slaughted.
"What!?" Vegeta immediately clenching his fists and staring down the still unconscious Zuccha. 'I should kill him for what he's done. He has no idea how few Saiyans are left.'
"I couldn't bring myself to kill innocent Saiyans so I always had to just stand by and watch while Zuccha did it."
"How many Saiyans did he kill?"
"Around five or so. After he realized just how few would join us he decided to stop looking for more. With three dedicated Saiyans he thought we could train to be strong enough."
Vegeta raising his hand. "He shouldn't be here. Those lives stripped away."
"VEGETA WAIT!" Gohan yelling breaking Vegeta's concentration. "I know he killed Saiyans, but you at one point killed Nappa remember? You can't go killing him when you would've at one time done the same thing." Gohan stepping between Vegeta and the pod.
"What?... But I… I… You're right. Killing Nappa was a cold choice and a mistake. I was short sighted. Earth has shown me a better path to take." Vegeta lowering his hand.
"So now what? We get freedom, but what does that mean?"
"It means each of you will need to make a choice. You can either stay here on Earth with us, or you will be given a ship and sent back into space to do whatever you desire." Vegeta thinking back to a time where he has to make the same choice.
"I…I don't know what to say." Cardoon looking back to his teammates. "I've spent so long with these guys, but I don't know if we can make this decision as one team. I know Zuccha will want to go back into space, but I don't know if I want to."
Gohan stepping forward. "You each can chose your own path. We all have before and this is your chance." Gohan and Cardoon standing at about even height and looking face to face each slightly taller than Vegeta.
"Why in the world would you want a weak Saiyan warrior like me? Zuccha I understand he figured out that form, but I can't do it."
"Super Saiyan, it's called Super Saiyan. Don't worry, we all started at the same place. I know Vegeta and I trained extremely hard to achieve the form. We can help you reach it if that is something you really want."
Vegeta shocked and cutting Gohan off. "Wait a minute. We have to know he wouldn't immediately try to kill or harm anyone before teaching him something like that!"
Gohan thinking back to Goku's trials and reflecting on his own. "My Dad would've shown mercy he had faith in people we need to give a real chance. What he does with it is his choice that is freedom after all. If he crosses us then we know what we would need to do."
"Fine, we will do it your way. So what is your name again?" Vegeta trying to pry as much information he can think of as possible without drawing suspicion.
"My name is Cardoon. I was raised on a planet called Gelbo. The planet is riddled with crazy tremors and seismic activity." Cardoon thinking back to his past. "It wasn't the most peaceful but I am thankful I wasn't an outcast. I actually was surprised when Zuccha landed on my planet telling me there were even more Saiyans."
"We didn't realize there were more. I don't know how much you really know… Frieza brought our race to the brink of extinction. We thought there were only four survivors, but I never thought there would be more." Vegeta remember just how many Saiyans were lost by the hand of Freiza.
"What… that's crazy… Bojack said Frieza had seen the Saiyans as useless and that was his mistake. He didn't tell us Frieza was responsible for nearly whipped our race out."
"Vegeta is the only pure-blooded Saiyan living on Earth. My father died a few years ago… he sacrificed himself so Earth would be safe."
"So you're what? Half-Saiyan?" Cardoon shaking his head. "I didn't know there were races close enough in DNA that we could reproduce with them."
"There are lots of things you probably don't know." Vegeta remembering his fight with Zuccha. "Tell me can you control your Oozaru state as well?"
"Oozaru? You mean the enlarged ape state?" Cardoon waving his hands. "No way. I can transform, but I can't control it completely."
'So he can transform too. If he can create his own Moon then I must assume the girl can too. Damn it! If only I had my tail… I never would've thought to combine Oozaru and Super Saiyan. What a minute Gohan's younger brother… he still has his tail.' Vegeta clearing his throat. "I could teach you how to control it. Earth no longer has a Moon because of fear an uncontrolled Oozaru would run amuck."
"What what happened to your tails?"
"Our tails both were removed years ago…" Vegeta sounding bitter in response. "It's in the past now there is no going back."
"Would you like to see part of Earth or wait till the other two wake up?" Gohan trying to offer any kind of hospitality he can.
"I… I think I will. Thank you." Cardoon smiling and following Gohan out of the small building with Vegeta close behind.
"Alright stay close to me." Gohan taking lead and floating into the sky as Cardoon and Vegeta both follow to begin their tour of Earth.
'Guardian of Earth, hello my name is Tzippy, I am the Guardian of New Namek and I was asked by King Kai to contact you after I made contact with the Namekians.' A voice coming in to Dende's head like King Kai's voice does when he contacts him.
"Yes, I can here you this is the Guardian of Earth, Dende. I never realized we can communicate directly with other Guardians." Dende speaking back with a slight jolt of surprise from the sudden voice.
'It is good to speak with you Dende, but what is it you needed to speak with me about? I have never interfered with my planet's affairs until just recently when King Kai contacted me on your behalf.'
"Well you see. I am a bit more involved in the affairs on my planet, but I actually used to live on Namek and wanted to try to contact you so that I may try to get ahold of my people if in an emergency without have to go on an extended travel."
'King Kai must think very highly of you and your planet. This is the first time I have ever been contacted by any other higher authority being. You know the Guardians aren't supposed to directly interfere with their planets problems. I almost interfered years ago when an alien invaded my previous planet, but I remembered my place.'
"Yes I know. I have never fought on behalf of my planet. I am only here as a guiding force like the Guardian before me. Recently though a small group made a travel to New Namek to train some of their warriors to they may someday stand on their own." Dende realizing just what Tzippy was referring to.
'I see, and it's these warriors you would like to keep on alert incase either planet needs assistance from the other?'
"Yes sir. That was the idea."
'Very well. I will keep in touch with you Dende, but I do not entirely agree with the interference we are having with our respective planets.'
"I understand. Thank you for being helpful. If there is anything I can do let me know." The voice without response Dende quickly rushes over to Piccolo. "Piccolo! The Guardian of New Namek contacted me! We have open lines of communication!"
Meanwhile on a distant far away planet.
"Well Kibito, I believe it is time." Shin grinning at their accomplishment affirming Gowasu as a new Supreme Kai within the universe. "We are a little behind schedule, but I suppose that is to be expected training a Supreme Kai."
"Time for what exactly?" Kibito responding completely baffled.
"We are making a stop in Other World to meet up with Pikkon and try to meet these Saiyans he has be-friended. Who knows, they may be a valuable ally if an evil force should try to rise again." Shin crossing his arms behind his back.
"What should I do Supreme Kai… I… I mean Shin?" Gowasu a young Kai stumbling over words.
"Stay here. We won't be long. Come now Kibito we must prepare to leave."
"Yes, Supreme Kai." The two standing side by side before disappearing by using their own teleportation abilities.
How will our heroes respond to meeting the Supreme Kai? What is his position? Will the new Saiyans on Earth remain peaceful? All of this and more will be answered on the next Dragon Ball Nu.