"You know." Goku leaned up against a tree a few feet away, the wind whistling through his spiky hair.
Celera stood a few feet away from him-just on the edge of the mountain, arms folded over her chest. Her focus pointed towards the glinting objects in the distance-the city, a city.
"I kind of like this place."
Celera only blinked, slightly bemused, and a little annoyed.
Goku's flippant behavior could get to her at times.
Well, this planet was pretty much the same as the earth in their universe. The grass was green, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, and the water was blue. Humans populated the earth, though there were other things running around. There's just no way such malicious ki could ever come from a human, because as malicious as their ki was, it was equally massive.
Nothing too alarming, though.
"I guess I can concede with your point."
"I wonder what Chi Chi finished cooking, I was looking forward to that."
"If you have time to talk aimlessly, you have time to strategize with me." Celera said, smiling a little.
"Well..." Goku scratched at his head. "We could just fly over there, but people might see us..."
"State the obvious..."
"Like I was saying." Goku smiled sheepishly, straightening up and walking towards the mountain's edge. "We can fly to the outskirts, then run the rest of the way."
"Okay then." Celera nodded. "And, what about energy blasts?
"I don't think we need to be so discreet about that. Whoever is destroying that part of the city was using them, so that means everyone uses them for the most part, so we should be in the clear."
Celera nodded. "Lead the way."
Wind whipped, licking on the mountain's edges as both brother and sister took flight, spearing off into the distance like darts. There was a following whoosh sound as the whirlwinds they left behind, dispersed..
Goku thought it better that they don't split up, once they entered the city. Celera made no objections so he went with his plan, and both of them began to follow the thrumming energy that was growing more ferocious by the second. The streets were all but empty, the people who lived here with evacuated or were inside of their homes. Nobody was going to pay them any mind, even with their somewhat outlandish appearance.
Gokuu jerked his head, senses flaring as he felt the ki again, closer.
"There!" Goku shot towards the source, moving with great speed.
As they neared their destination there was only blankets and columns of black smoke, practically coating the area. There was the distinct sound of buildings crumbling and collapsing-the repeated reverberations rattling the ground a testament to that.
The scene that awaited them wasn't something Goku or Celera were unfamiliar with. In fact, they were all too familiar it. There had to be some irony here. A tall massive, blue skinned alien stood within the center of billowing aftershock, one arm extended. Whether it was instinct, reflexes, or the ability to sense their ki-the massive alien turned upon them.
A blast erupted from the alien's palm.
"He's an alien." Goku remarked. "Guess I was worrying for nothing?"
"Seems that way, but being wary is good." Celera clenched and unclenched her fists. "I guess some things never change."
They were hovering a few feet off of the ground now, showing they moved more than fast enough to escape the blast and the following shock wave. Goku settled on the ground first before Celera settled down a few feet from him.
The blue skinned alien narrowed its eyes, baring its sharp teeth. "Too bad I missed."
"Why did you do this?" Goku asked, staring at the ruins with a growing frown.
"Because I can." The massive alien replied, sending another blast of energy-red and radical in nature, streaking into destruction.
Goku frowned.
"Are you mad? These people are insects compared to me!" The alien grinned with malice. "I'll keep on killing."
"How are we going to do this then?" Celera asked, eyes glinting.
"I'll take you both on at the same time." The alien quipped.
"Well then..." Goku jumped forward, taking a stance. "Let's see what you've got."
Goku evaded the first series of blows, deflecting three more-a punch, and two elbows, twisting at the waist and snapping his leg out, halting the alien's leg in mid kick. Just as fast he ducked under the sweeping punch, twisting around a full rotation before sprining forward. He caught the alien's fist just as he swung at him again, careless and awkward.
"You're pretty strong, but you lack technique."
Goku drove his fist directly into the alien's torso, forcing a belly of force to traverse around them. The alien's body at the chest practically dented, blood heaving from the back of his throat. With another twist he pulled his foe to the side, core already contracting as his knee met its mark-square on the lower ribs. He snapped his elbow out, fast as a dart, sending the alien scattering back.
"RAAAUUGGHH!" With one roar the alien launched a high powered energy blast. Purple and volatile in nature. Goku had already anticipate such tactics having seen the first blast of energy. Goku half turned, shifting his right foot a few degrees, his left foot following. Before he even transitioned to strike, Goku struck the blast with the side of his palm, sending it skyward.
Believing that Goku was in fact, distracted by the blast, the alien rushed him with sheer ferocity, a glob of saliva flying from his maw as he reached his left meaty arm forward, talon-like fingernails glinting with anticipation.
No need for me to get involved in this. Celera thought, even as some of the alien's cronies-judging from their familiar kis, starting to get into the battle. Goku outclasses them easily.
A bright light began to eclipse until it flared up into a wild blue hue. Four aliens gasped, struggling to stay alive and clutching at the holes in their chests. Another sped forward launching a punch, his whole waist jerking. Goku spun around once, elbow colliding with forearm as he power blocked the strike, snapping the arm at the elbow joint. He finished up with a snapping heel kick, leveling his foe before he could even feel pain.
Two hovered between him and Celera, another two closing off both his right and left flanks.
"HAAA!"
"RAAHH!"
"HA!"
"YAAAHH!"
"HAAA!"
Red, blue, and purple flashed all at once. It merged and melded together, whipping into a frenzy before condensing. It split apart, whirling and streaming through the air. Goku used his speed, noting that the blasts were all trained on him-like most of the foes he'd faced off with. Though there were no people here, he didn't want this blast to hit the ground-the shockwave could go all the way into the next city and cause damage.
"HAAAA!" A golden yellow wave of energy exploding forced him to change his course, performing a jerky, sporadic series of movements.
"You little gnat!"
"Don't get upset! We have him on the defensive."
"We can now kill him at our leisure." The lead alien-twelve feet and every bit of muscular, forced more energy into his blast. The ground collapsed where he stood, splitting apart a few feet away before rupturing inwards.
Goku grew tired of evading-he couldn't outrun the blasts forever, and the longer he prolonged this, the more foes he'd have to face. With this in mind, he turned in mid flight, arms heaving forward as the blasts collided squarely-only a small shield of ki kept the blistering heat from scorching his palm, and with a bend of the back, Goku sent the blast skyward.
"Okay, now I'm going to end this." Goku raised his guard, eyes hard. "It's clear you won't stop."
Goku shot forward without any fear, shooting by one alien, delivering a sweeping hook kick to another, and finished with a spinning back fist, knocking both away in a whirlwind of force and debris. A rather primal scream alerted him of the approaching attacking, he dodged-moving his head just a fraction of an inch from the strike, and swept the back of his booth right across the alien's neck, ending his life.
The survivors swung at Goku with reckless abandon. Their attacks were chaotic and frenzied, they boiled over with killing intent and pure malice-there was no technique, no skewing of trajectories, and no subtle shifts. As such, Goku easily evaded all of the attacks, slowly, carefully, leading the chargers into vulnerable positions-just like against Turles's crew.
A shift, two rapid movements of his powerful legs-an evasion, and the aliens all took it as a sign of weakness. Goku whirled about, screaming once as his power eclipsed-flooding into every motion and strike-every breath and blink of an eye.
His first strike-a whipping cross, took out the first alien without any trouble-the resounding thud echoing all around. In the same motion, he pivoted, arching his back, and rammed his instep against another's jaw-the resounding crack overshadowing the noise the fallen body caused in its smashing to the ground. Goku was before the last two would be villains-a lunging kick that cracked across a chin, and another kick that slammed against the neck, ended the fight.
"You held back, brother." Celera said.
Goku rolled his shoulder a few times, cracking his neck soon after. "I didn't want to have to kill them, but I had no choice."
"You just like a good warm up."
Goku smiled a bit. "That too."
It was with an earth shaking rumble that the siblings were torn from their thoughts, forced to lunge away, and turned their eyes up onto their next foe. It looked like the aliens that had just been finished off-except it was a dark green in color, at least twenty feet tall, and had a maw full of sharp, uneven, crooked teeth. Upon seeing its comrades fallen it bellowed-shrieking in fury.
"You may have managed to kill my minions, but you will find I won't fall so easily!" The monstrosity bellowed.
One heaving swing of its arm was enough to rip the cement out from its foundations-sending it skyward in one giant cloud. The ground rumbled and shook as the alien continued its trajectory-arm bulging with veins.
Celera grew enough of the theatrics, and rammed her knee against its wrist.
"You'll pay for that!"
"I got this one!" Celera glanced at Goku, who simply nodded.
Celera went on the attack, phasing out of sight, appearing behind the tall alien and drove her heel into his mid-back, right near where the alien's kidneys-if it had any, were located. The alien flipped twice rapidly, hulking body surprisingly spry in its movements, planted his feet on the ground, and whipped out a combination of strikes. Celera dodged to the right and the left, two strikes skimming passed her, and with the same speed shifted passed a meaty hand.
She shifted again, arm lashing out, fingers bent like meat hooks, drove into and through the alien's chest. Only a strangled gasp and squelching of blood hitting the ground were the only sounds from the momentary clash.
"Done?" Celera asked, yanking her hand out.
"Not until you're dead!" The alien roared, swinging lefts and rights. Growing frustrated with how easily Celera evaded its blows, it ramped up the intensity, jumping off the ground and twisting its massive body in a series of kicks.
Celera swayed her head by an few inches dodging each blow, and caught the alien by its ankle, fingers starting to crush bone. Celera extended her arm forward, palm facing away from her as a blast billowed in smoke and noise. The red wave of energy that exploded from her palm was dense and concise in nature-it didn't crackle or hiss, and it didn't thrash about-it hummed, consistent, and kept its shape.
The resounding explosion forced her to slide back-but the monstrosity that had been battling her, was all but reduced to ash.
"That's the last one."
"Quite the relentless bunch." Celera noted.
"We'd better go." Goku muttered, dark eyes flicking back and forth. There hadn't been any onlookers or people in the area-or even miles from here, but that didn't mean they hadn't been seen or watched. He learned a long time ago-while Gero was giving his speech, that he had those little bugs tracking his every single battle, well all the battles everyone had ever got into.
"That's probably for the best." Celera conceded.
If the humans in this universe were anything like the humans in her own that meant that there'd be news crews, the press, and every other theatrical nonsense that man could come up with, swarming this area in a few hours. The humans in her time hadn't been able to see the battles up close, or anything of that sort-their ki caused the cameras and other devices to explode and short circuit.
Celera got the feeling things would be the same here, thus couldn't take the risk.
"Looks like we've got company..."
Goku nodded, eyes focusing. "He doesn't seem to be hostile."
Goku blinked once. spotting someone-a man, in a blue sweatsuit of some sort, sprinting towards them. He blinked again as the man stopped, shoes screeching as all the speed and momentum he had gathered, was immediately relinquished. Unfortunately, that meant smoke was left behind him, and the markings of the soles of his shoes were nearly disintegrated.
Now just a few feet away, Goku could get a better look at who had been running towards them-most likely the aliens that had been wreaking havoc. The man was fair skinned, with black spiky hair that was kept short, and matching eyes. His eyes glowed with intensity and some weariness. He took note of the man breathing hard to catch his breath.
"Uhhh..." Goku blinked once again, scratching at the back of his head. "If you're here for those alien guys, we already took care of them and their leader."
The man before Goku looked like his best friend died upon hearing those words. "WHAT!?"
"We took care of them." Celera repeated, tilting her head gently.
She noted how the man screamed what-with so much despair and anger, veiled beneath the despair. It reminded her of the time Yamcha bought a brand new cruiser, only for Goku to rip the door off by accident when he tried to open it. Yamcha nearly had a stroke and a cow all at the same time, and had practically hugged his cruiser with tears in his eyes. Bulma was offended because it seemed Yamcha loved the car more.
The whole thing had been amusing, in her eyes.
Celera also noted that upon meeting his eyes, the man hastily drew his eyes away from her.
"I really needed that reward money!"
Goku looked confused, eyes tracing through the destroyed landscape for a piece of the aliens he'd fought. He didn't put much thought into it at first, but upon getting hit by his strikes-they either exploded or were sent flying so far they most likely disintegrated. He brightened up, finding an arm that was just lying around-probably from one of the aliens he blasted.
"Can you take this in for reward money?" Goku swung the arm around.
The man before them didn't look amused, but had the nerve to blink a few times-taking a deep breath. "Well..."
Celera eyed him up and down. "What's your name?"
"Uh, it's Saitama. I'm Saitama and I'm a hero for fun."
"Why did you come here?"
Saitama raised an eyebrow. "I was in the middle of training when I heard the explosions-I seen there was reward money for some aliens dead or alive, so I rushed over here as fast as I could. My land lady doesn't like it when I bring people like that back, to take in for money, so I do that now."
"Sorry about that. But, like my brother asked you before..." Celera gestured towards the arm on the ground.
Saitama considered the question. Normally, the people who gave out bounty money for lack of a better term weren't very fussy. So long as they seen a part of whoever was wanted dead or alive, they'd give the money over without any issue. However, he'd always taken in the entire bodies of these people, just to be on the safe side, but now he just had an arm.
"Well, I guess...But, if it doesn't work out you two owe me."
"What did we do?" Goku blinked in confusion.
Celera wasn't the least bit surprised with Goku's answer. It was one of the things that drove Chi Chi crazy-he really had no idea how to live a basic life. Though they did farm, and could make a living off of that, sometimes things got very hard, and Goku being Goku...He got more focused on training rather than trying to make a living, as Chi Chi would always elegantly put it. Well, perhaps Vegeta was the same-though Bulma was beyond rich, so he didn't need to worry about such things.
She still had money from the tournaments she won-easily in the millions of zeni, but Celera doubted that money would be worth anything here. And, if there was a chance, she doubted that she'd be able to exchange it for the currency this world uses.
"Saitama was going to take those fools in for reward money. It seems he's in dire straights and has to pay his rent, or something else." Celera replied.
It was with a steady nod that Saitama agreed. "That's about it."
Goku cupped his hands behind his head, glancing at his sister He was careful to just whisper the words. "Can't you just exchange some of your zeni for the money here?"
"I am amused you'd say such a thing, but let's not rush to that." Celera said with a small shake of her head. Going to a place with roughly ten million zeni-the currency in their world, was certainly something that'd turn heads. Questions like where did you get all of this money would start to surface, and she had no thought to entertain such a situation in the first place.
"Saitama. We'll accompany you to exchange what body parts of these aliens that we can find, if it doesn't amount too much...We'll make it even." Celera finished.
"Yeah." Goku nodded in agreement. "Sorry about beating them before you could."
Saitama smiled a bit.
Goku looked towards the sky. "Bulma and Chi Chi always talked about those, though it had to do with clothes...I think."
Saitama looked confused for a second, and Celera took the moment to speak.
She'd need to punch Goku in the gut later.
"We'll help you pick up the pieces."
"We should hurry up. There's a sale happening at the supermarket today, and I have to get there."
"Right." Goku leapt off to the side, starting his search.
"So, are you going to tell me your names or what? It doesn't look like you guys are from around here."
Goku laughed sheepishly while Celera looked off to the side, sheepish as well.
"Well...About that."