Mere days later…
Name: #9
Power Level: 700,000
Status: Ex-Mercenary, Hacker
New Physical Characteristics: Got rid of ponytail. Hair parted off
to sides. Changed clothing. Wears black baggy pants (like
Mirai Trunks), black boots, black armored chestplate from
Freeza's army, and a tan trenchcoat.
Name: #8
Status: Dead
Name: Vegita
Power Level: 650,000
Status: Ex-Mercenary, Saiyajin Prince
New Physical Characteristics: None
Name: Freeza
Last seen power: 1,200,000
Status: Dead
Name: Dodoria
Status: Dead
Name: Zarbon
Status: Dead
Name: Kewie
Status: Dead
Name: Krillin
Power Level: 70,000
Status: Monk, Fighter
Name: Kakarotto/Goku
Last seen power: 1,300,000
Status: Dead
Name: Gohan
Power Level: 120,000
Status: Student, Fighter
Name: Piccilo
Power Level: 350,000
Status: Fighter
Name: Dende
Power Level: Negligible
Status: Healer
Chapter 46
This place is huge. 'Capsule Corporation' it's called. Huge and perfect for my needs. I'm now sitting on a couch across from Bulma in her and her parent's living room.
"So… how long are you staying here?" Bulma asks me. "I don't know. I guess until you kick me out. I have nowhere else left to go." I tell her. She looks at me. Bulma seems to be a bit nervous around me. No wonder. I bet I scared the shit out of her when I asked for the Dragonball that one day. It sure looked like it. But Bulma is the type who's too curious for her own good. And even though she's afraid, she wants some answers to questions too.
"Why do you people do that?" she asks me. "Huh? Do what?" "You, Vegita, and whoever else who worked under Freeza. Why do you go around pillaging planets?" Oh. "Well, people do it for various reasons. I can't explain why EVERYONE did it. But I did it because it was a job. A job I enjoyed, and involved what I was created to do. To fight. It was also a good source of money." I explain.
"But, didn't you ever feel guilty about the things you did?" she asks. "Not at all. It was my job, and I did it faithfully." "How could you not feel anything!" "Well, lets take this scenario. Have you ever squashed a bug?" "Eh…" "Truthfully now." "Yes." "How many?" "Several." "Have you ever felt guilty about it?" "No." "It's pretty much the same case. Those races were in the way of our planet trade, as those bugs were either in the way of something you were doing or bothering you." she looks at me disgustedly.
"How can you compare those two things?" I shrug I response.
"Hey! Why do you always seem so down?" Bulma asks me afterwards. "You're delving into personal matters." "So?" "Drop it." I tell her. "I want to know." "You won't get any answer out of me." damn would she give up already? "Come on. You'll feel better if you get it off of your chest." I doubt it. "Fine, be that way!" Bulma exclaims. I get up.
"Where are you going?" "To train." "Why? There's nothing to fight." "Not much else to do." I respond. I step outside and start doing some warm up exercises.
"Hey, one more question." Bulma says. "What?" I say as I do pushups while I hold my body straight up in the air. "It seemed Freeza's army was at least almost entirely made of aliens. But you look like a human. What are you?" "Heh, I'm human… sort of." I leave it hanging like that. "Sort of? What do you mean by that!" Bulma is almost screaming, from frustration or excitement I can't tell. Probably a combination of both, from what I know, she's a technology freak. Androids would definitely interest her.
"Ever hear of Dr.Gero?" "Of course! He was formally of the Red Ribbon army." "Well…" I start between pushups "the Red Ribbon wanted soldiers. Powerful soldiers. Guns weren't enough. So they kidnapped people off the streets. People who were already strong. Strong enough to be able to withstand Gero's experiments. I was one of them. He turned me into an android, and I lost all memories of my past life. But it made me a powerful warrior. Unfortunately, he hadn't perfected androids yet, and I still had a will of my own. I didn't like Gero much, and I left." I finish.
"How'd you get to Freeza?" "Some fool alien crash landed here a long time ago. It was so weak that it died in the crash. I just modified the ship and took off." I explain. "How many androids are there?" "Currently, just me." "Currently?" "There was one more. But no longer alive." "What happened?" "I won't get into it." I tell her. "Personal matters again?" "Yep." I then start doing katas.
"Why can't you tell me those things?" "Because those are things I REALLY don't want to go through." I explain. "Why not?" "Because they're very personal." damn she's persistent. Almost like #8…
I punch a small crater into the ground without realizing it. "AH!" Bulma jumps back. I just continue with my exercises.
"If you really want to learn some interesting stuff, I can tell you about Vegitasei." I offer. "Vegitasei?" "The home planet of the Saiyajins. Vegita and Kakarotto, or Goku if you insist." "Really?" she's interested now. I could threaten to blow her head off and I bet she won't stop bothering me 'till I tell her about Vegitasei. But at least it got her off the topic of MY life.
"Yeah. It's not a very friendly planet. It looks very pretty and is quite similar to Earth, but a bit rougher. The Saiyajins aren't very nice though." "I know that much!" I ignore that. "I was once an ambassador for Freeza to Vegitasei. I wasn't there long though. A very primitive planet. The only technology they had was from Freeza. All they devoted their lives to was combat. Nothing else. It was almost scary, obsessive compulsive I tell you. Vegita is, or was, the Prince of that planet." "He was?" "Yes. But, like all other Saiyajins, he is devoted to combat as well. Rank and ruling on that planet is determined by power. Family ties weren't strong either." "Oh?" "Yeah. Know how you gained you 'family' position?" "How?" "Well, if you're male you kill your father. If you're female, you kill your mother. And if a brother or sister got the rank before you, you kill them for it instead. As I said, power drove everything on Vegitasei." Bulma goes pale. "You're serious?" "Yeah." Now she seems sick. "I couldn't ever imagine killing my parents." she states. "Yeah, but they had very weak family ties. Parents and their children would never grow up with love or compassion, and would often even grow up hating each other." "What!" "Yes. On Vegitasei, there was no room for love or compassion. Just hatred and pride." I answer. Bulma is aghast.
"You keep saying 'was'. What happened to Vegitasei?" Bulma asks. I stop doing my katas. "Freeza saw the potential of the Saiyajins and grew very cautious of them. They were a VERY potentially powerful race. One day, a Saiyajin named Bardock went insane. At least, I think so. He claimed Freeza was going to destroy Vegitasei. Bardock was able to gather several warriors and went up to face Freeza. Freeza finally had enough and he destroyed the entire planet." I explain.
"That's… sad. Even for a planet of barbarians." Bulma finally says after a bit. "Yeah, but it really gets you to question your loyalties when you see something like that." "You watched Freeza destroy Vegitasei?" "Yep." I respond. I think back for a second to that day. Beautiful sight but horrible outcome.
I start to take off into the air. "Where are you going this time?" "Off to find Vegita, where ever he is on this planet. I want a good spar this morning." I tell her as I take off.
Chapter 47
I find Vegita eating some animals. "Hello Vegita." he whirls around. I love no one being able to sense me. "What the hell do you want?" "I want a spar with you. Don't tell me you're going to back down." I taunt. "I told you, one day I WILL beat you!" Vegita throws back at me. Good. Vegita gets up from his meal and gets ready.
I drop my sword and wait for his first attack. He leaps at me and I jump straight over him shooting beams. Vegita easily dodges the attack and flies after me.
We engage in a long string of punches and kicks while in mid air. No damage is dealt. Neither of us is completely serious yet. I stop pulling my punches and Vegita does the same.
One attack gets through and I hit Vegita right in the face. As Vegita flies back, he shoots a strong beam at me. I fly straight up to avoid it, but Vegita shoots a second beam which hits me in the stomach.
Vegita then flies forward and socks me in the stomach. It seems Vegita is still a bit unused to my unusual stamina, and I elbow him right in the back of the neck, hard. He plummets to the ground but stops himself just before he hits.
I drop down and kick him in the chest while he's still a bit dazed. Vegita's body floats up a bit. I clasp my hands together and hit his back, slamming him back down.
"KISAMA!" Vegita leaps up and uppercuts me in the jaw, making me stumble back, slightly off balance. He then kicks at me, but I jump up and shoot a beam at the base of his skull. Vegita gets pissed and unleashes several punches and kicks, which I have a hard time blocking.
Now I'm on the full defensive. I let some of the weaker hits go through so that I can fight back. Vegita reels back as I hit him in his jaw, but I give chase and kick him in the spine. As he falls, I follow. But Vegita turns around suddenly and does a machine gun attack just like #8's. Every single one of the beams hits me.
"Damn you're good." I mutter. Vegita dashes at me but I sidestep and knee him in the gut. He drops to the ground. "Bakana!". "You've lost again. But keep it up." "Don't patronize me!" I shrug.
Now I won't be able to fight him again for a little bit. Unfortunately, we don't have those regeneration tanks here on Earth. But luckily, Saiyajins do recover MUCH faster than most species do.
"Ja na, Vegita." I say as my sword flies into my hands and I fly off. I didn't hurt him THAT badly. He'll recover shortly. But we were only doing a quick spar.
I land back at Capsule Corporation. That took, what? Half an hour to an hour, I think.
I walk to my room. But I pass by where the Namecks live first. I grin. It's so damned funny. I look over and see that Elder Nameck playing golf. Then I see some Nameck kids standing up on chairs playing poker. I don't stop grinning until I reach my room.
Once I enter, I close and lock my door. Small, but cozy. I'll have to look into getting a computer though.
But right now, I'll practice my telekinetic skills. I can move my sword, but what else can I mess with?
I look forward at a cup I drank coffee out of this morning and concentrate. It shakes a bit and starts lifting slowly. I spin it around a few times and drop it back down.
Let's see, what else can I try? I notice an empty can of soda and lift it up into the air. Then, while holding up the can, I make my sword unsheathe itself and lift into the air. Finally, the sword flies forward and cuts the can in half. The can drops and the sword sheathes itself. Well, seems I'm not doing too bad at all.
"Konnichi Wa, Gohan!" Bulma yells out from the living room area. Isn't that kid forced into constant study?
"Hi Bulma!" Gohan replies. 'grumble'. Eh? I haven't eaten in a long while, at least that's what my stomach tells me. Guess I should feed myself in a little while. Wait… Gohan is a part Saiyajin, at least that's what I've been told. That means if he gets hungry, which won't be too unlikely, I won't get much food!
I get up and walk towards the kitchen area.
"Hey Gohan." Toss at the boy as I pass. He's wearing rather formal looking clothing. "Oh… uh… hi." Gohan replies shyly. I look at him. "Still afraid of me?" I ask. "Well, sort of." "Don't worry about it. I won't go on a killing spree or anything." I tell him. He still seems unsure. "Look Gohan, first off, the last thing I want to do is wreck a planet I have no or little means of escaping from. Second, I am out of my job and there's no one to order me to clear out this planet, so I have no incentive to destroy it anyway. Feel better?" Gohan nods weakly. I continue to the kitchen.
"Oh, so you do eat." Bulma says. "Not much." I open up the fridge. Let's see here. Vegetables, meats, and some drinks. I throw together a large ham sandwich, grab a glass of water, and start eating. I finish it shortly.
"Hey, Bulma. Think I could be able to get a computer terminal?" I ask. Hey, nothing to loose. "Why?" "Because I have an interest in computers." "Uh… sure. I guess." "Thanks." I reply.
"Can you help me with my homework?" Gohan asks Bulma. "Sure Gohan. What do you need help on?" I start to walk towards the door. "This problem here, what's x3-6x2+9x factored?" "Answer's x times (x-3)2." I say as I leave the building.
I fly up into the air and look for a suitable battle field area. Shortly I land in a great spot to practice. Just dirt and pillars of stone. I practice my telekinetic powers on a boulder. I'm able to move it, but not easily. After warming up a while though, I'm able to do the same thing more easily. Then I start practicing my attacks. Hours go by…
SHIT! I need to get moving. I just remembered, they were going to wish their friends back today. Vegita and I were going to attend, to see Kakarotto return. Within fifteen minutes, I make it to the area. They're just starting to bring out the Dragon.
I quickly stop the sudden urge to ask Dende to bring back #8. She's dead, and she wants to stay there. I have to deal with that.
All of a sudden, some old man, I think his name is Roshi or something, asks Dende to wish a better wife for Kakarotto. Everyone's amused except Kakrotto's wife, Chichi, I think. He quickly adds he's kidding.
Finally, Dende asks for the Dragon to bring back Kakarotto. The Dragon says something in the Nameckian language.
"He's not dead." Dende translates. "Actually, he's very well and on his way here." Dende informs us all. Wha?
Vegita looks up. He seems pissed. All of a sudden, he gets up, goes in a spaceship, and leaves. I guess Vegita doesn't want to wait for Kakarotto.
They start to wish back their other friends then. Damnit. I leave.
Chapter 48
Several months pass. And more of their friends are brought back. I also get enlightened on some of the major past events on this planet.
Not much has changed. I've been able to use Bulma's workshop for an upgrade. Also I've been training a lot. All of that puts me at about 1,100,000. I like gravity chambers. But it takes time to get used to that kind of power increase. I'm finally getting the hang of my power though.
The Namecks were able to wish for their planet back and were teleported there.
As for the gravity chamber, it goes up to 300. But I'm already maxed out on the gravity. Heh, I didn't get it for free though. Since it became apparent that I'm technologically literate after I got that computer terminal, Bulma had me do most of the work. Actually, all she did was give me the specs to the chamber. But that's okay, it gives me something to do.
Just yesterday, Vegita returned. And Bulma, somehow and for whatever reason, convinced Vegita to stay at Capsule Corporation. I'll never eat again.
Now Vegita is using MY gravity chamber. I only let him for one reason, it's good for light sparring. I beat him yet again yesterday after he came back, and I figured he'd be infuriated since he went through all that training. But Vegita just smiled. A mocking smile. Vegita's holding back, I know it. I can't zero in on his power though.
"OOH! THAT DOES IT!" Bulma's pissed yet again. Vegita… he sure does like making fun of Bulma. Much like I enjoyed mocking Fatty. I look up from my space on the couch. So much for light meditation.
"If you wouldn't get so pissed, he wouldn't find it so amusing." I tell her. "ARGH! I don't get it!" she screams. I flinch from the noise. She glares at me. "Hey now, don't get pissed at me. I only flinched because you're loud as all hell!" "AHH! Does it have something to do with working for Freeza!" man she's annoying. "No… but I did learn a quick and easy way to shut someone up…" "ARGH!" I point my finger at her mouth and charge up a finger beam. She stares at me. "You know, skin fuses together very nicely…" Bulma runs off. "And that… is the trick." I murmur to myself and release the ki harmlessly.
Vegita walks in from his training. "Vegita, stop annoying her so much. I think I'm going to get a migrane." I tell him. Vegita smirks at me. "Not my fault if she can't take an insult." I sigh. "Well, least I got her to shut up…" "Really? How'd you achive that miracle?" Vegita asks me. "I threatened to fuse her lips together." Vegita grins as much as Vegita can ever grin and walks off somewhere. Probably the fridge.
Out of boredom, I start juggling some pictures with my powers. Too easy without hands. I place them back where they were.
"KNOCK! KNOCK!" Eh? I open the door without moving. It's Gohan. "What are you doing here? Don't you study all the time?" I ask him. "I got some time off." Gohan replies. "I swear, she works you too hard. You're past Geometry yet you aren't even old enough to attend Junior High School!" I tell him. He gives me a goofy grin. "I just wanted to see what Bulma's doing. Where is she?" "Probably hiding from me…" I tell him. He stares at me. "Check in the laboratory or something." "Thanks." Gohan leaves.
Sigh… nothing to do. Already hacked into all of Capsule Corporation's top secret files, nothing truly interesting. Except for the encapsulation techniques.
Hey… come to think of it… I've never gone to Kami's Palace. Of course, I've never had any reason to go there. But what the hell? I'm bored.
I get up and start searching.
After burning the entire morning and almost the entire afternoon…
Hey… this looks like the place. Damn it's high up. I land on it and peer over the edge. Yep, it's high up all right.
"Hello #9." I turn around immediately. I look upon an old, frail looking Nameck with a cane. "Who are you?" "I'm the Kami of this planet." "Huh? Wouldn't the Kami be human or something?" he shrugs.
"How do you know my name?" "I am Kami, I know all." he jokes. Whatever. "I hope you don't mind me dropping in, I'm rather bored." "It's okay #9." he says casually. Damn, one would think I could kill him and he wouldn't give a shit.
"Exactly how much do you know?" "Several things. I can read the minds of almost everyone on this planet and see partially into the future." "Can you read my mind?" "Not well, but I know you are troubled." "Feh, so long as you can't read my mind I'm fine. I have personal things in here you know?" I tap my forehead.
"Did you make the Dragonballs?" "Yes." Interesting, but not too useful. There is one thing I'm REALLY curious about though…
"Hey, Kami, why does Piccilo seem so evil compared to the rest of the Namecks?" I ask. "Well…"
The explanation takes up a good portion of the day. All very interesting indeed.
"I guess I should head back down. Ja na, Kami." I tell him. "Good bye." I fly back to Capsule Corporation.
I first run across Vegita exiting my gravity chamber as I land. He's wearing blue jeans and some button shirt with 'Badman' on the back. Wonder where he got that?
Vegita ignores me. His stomach must be calling. I walk into my gravity chamber and start exercising. Several hours later…
I exit the chamber and enter Capsule Corporation. Vegita seems worried. Which is strange, since it's actually showing on his almost constant poker face. "What's bothering you Vegita?" I ask. "I… don't know. It just feels like we're doomed." From what? "Explain." "Feh." Vegita responds. So much for that. I go to my room and get some sleep.
Chapter 49
I wake up. Surprisingly, I'm not woken up by a screaming Bulma like I was yesterday morning. I stretch, dress, and go out to the living room.
Vegita sits on the couch, in his armor as usual. But he seems rather morose. "Freeza's coming." he says. "Uh… he's dead." "No. He's coming this way." Vegita tells me. Well, I'm still skeptical, but I don't want to find out later that Vegita is right.
Yamcha walks out with Bulma. "Prepare, Freeza's coming." Vegita tells them both. "Yeah, right, Goku killed him. Remember?" Bulma throws back. "Hey, while I'm still skeptical, what if Vegita's right? We can't take a chance on this." I tell them. "You're both being paranoid!" Yamcha tells us.
Then, all of a sudden, I notice it. A power, far off, but powerful. Freeza, and someone closely related to him. Too far to get a reading, but close enough to tell. "Vegita's right, I've noticed the power." Yamcha looks up suddenly. "It's faint, but it's there…" "Come on! We have no time to spare!" Vegita says while standing up quickly. Yamcha goes off to change into some fighting clothes. Vegita and I take off.
"Shit… I thought Kakarotto finished him off." "Apparently the fool didn't do his job!" Vegita retaliates. We land in a clearing.
An hour later…
Piccilo, Yamcha, and Bulma have arrived. Yamcha and Bulma bicker. "Feh, let the foolish woman come and die if she wants!" Vegita says deadpan. A bald guy with three eyes and a short pale kid land. Only met them once. Teinshinhan and Chaozu.
"You're still here Vegita?" Teinshinhan asks. Vegita doesn't even respond. Teinshinhan looks like he's about to attack Vegita, but holds himself back. Gohan arrives shortly afterwards.
"HUH!" all the warriors say simultaneously and look up. A ship flies by. Not any ship, Freeza's space station.
I get a reading on the powers. Freeza's at 1,300,000 and the other is at 1,000,000. Damn. I can take that second one, but what about Freeza.
"You fought that monster?" Teinshinhan asks. "He's stronger." Gohan replies. I and I alone see his full power.
"Keep low!" Vegita orders. "Who made you our leader?" Yamcha asks roughly. "Shut up! If you want to fly and get killed from a distance, go right ahead!" I tell him. We hike to Freeza's ship.
"Huff… huff… can't you guys fly and carry me a bit?" Bulma asks. "You wanted to come." Vegita says. Bulma glares at him.
About fifteen minutes later…
"About time!" Freeza jeers at us. Freeza is now slightly deformed due to that he wears several bionic parts. Bulma stays back and hides. There are several soldiers around the area. "The rest of you can take the soldiers or the other guy. I want Freeza…" I tell them all and step forward. "Oh? And what can you do?" "Plenty enough to kill you!" I yell back. "HAHAHA! I killed you so easily, how do you expect to win this time?" Freeza asks me. "Just watch…" I leap forward and kick Freeza in the head, making him reel backwards. Freeza punches at me and hits me in my gut, but I just punch him several times in the face. "Much better!" Freeza shoots a beam at me, I leap over it and pull out my sword. "Die…" I charge up my sword with ki and fling it at him tip first. Freeza tries do dodge, but I use my mental abilities to make the sword change direction. It hits his forearm and sticks into it. "ARGH!" I rush him once more while making my sword fly back into my hands. Freeza sidesteps and elbows me in the back of the neck making me fall forward. I leap up but Freeza has his tail around my leg and slams me into the ground, lifts me up, and slams me again. Damn… I try to cut his tail off, but he pulls it back before I can slice it. Fire surrounds me as the ground below me rumbles. "SHIT!" I leap straight up and the area I was just at explodes. "Good job! Keep me amused!" Freeza kicks me in the shin and ki blasts me in the face. I turn around and hit his jaw with the handle of my sword, a simple but painful attack.
Freeza flies back and shoots a beam at me. I put out my hand and force it to fly away from me. "Nan da!" Freeza exclaims as I fly forward and head butt him in the face. I then attempt to skewer him but he dodges and kicks me in the stomach, allowing me the perfect moment to elbow him in the throat. Freeza is unaffected and punches me in the face.
All of a sudden, something smooth wraps around my neck! Huh? I look down and see Freeza's tail cutting off my air supply. That's fine, I can hold my breath longer than you can squeeze buddy. I elbow him in the stomach, again, again, and again…
Freeza finally relinquishes his hold on me. I turn around but a beam meets me instead and flings me backwards. "Damn…" a red energy disc flies at me. I leap over it, but it follows. Gotta block it. I concentrate on the disc and barely reflect it with my sword and ki combined. But I go flying backwards and land roughly on the ground.
A foot lands on my chest. "Hohoho! A good fight, but you lose in the end! Doesn't this seem familiar?" I summon all my strength and fling him off of me. "No, you die this time." I leap upon him and barely miss his head with my sword blade by half an inch. "Really?" A knee hits my stomach, but I just head butt Freeza in the face. Freeza flings me into a hill. I pull myself out and shoot out a magnified version of my crescent beam from my blade. Freeza jumps ant the beam hits the ground. A large flame flies up from the ground and disappears as quickly as it appeared. There is now a long and deep, yet thin, chasm where my beam hit.
Freeza flies at me and kicks me in the face. I roll on the ground and kick him in the gut with both of my feet. But then he machine gun blasts me into the ground. I leap up right away.
"Baka!" Vegita calls out to me. "Let me handle this!" "NO! FREEZA IS MINE!" I yell at him. Instead of waiting for Vegita, I leap forward and sock Freeza in the jaw, but he then flings me to the ground. He grabs my foot as I kick, and slams me to the ground again. Damnit…
I stare at Freeza, and he flies backwards into a hill, but he wasn't damaged. "NANI!" I shoot dual beams at him, but they're blocked. Freeza leaps at me and drives me into the ground further by landing on me feet first. A foot hits Freeza in the face, flinging him off of me. It wasn't my foot.
"Oh? You want to fight now Vegita?" Freeza taunts. "You're too weak Vegita!" Vegita grins at this and starts charging. Now I get to see what he's been holding back. I estimate at least 900,000, possibly matching me even. I'm wrong, he goes beyond. Finally, his power stops at 1,400,000. And he has a golden glow. So that's why he would smile. A second Super Saiyajin. I have to upgrade myself to read higher hidden power levels.
"No… BAKANA!" Freeza says in shock. Vegita walks forward grinning. Freeza doesn't stand a chance, I've weakened him down to 1,200,000. And now his power has dropped to 1,000,000 just from disbelief alone. But I could have finished it… so what if my armor is chipped? So what if I am bloody? I could have finished it… now I'll never have my revenge…
Vegita disappears and reappears behind Freeza. "Sayonara, kusotare." Vegita shoves his fist right through Freeza's chest. Freeza drops dead.
The other warrior gawks. I will at least have this man. Leaping forward, I stab the warrior in the stomach. "Ack… who…" I knee him in the head. He staggers backward. "No… our family is the strongest…" I shoot a beam through the alien's chest. He drops to his knees. "No longer…" I say and decapitate him. Ah well, least my power increased to 1,200,000. At least I got that much out of this.
Looking around, I notice all the other soldiers are dead, and none of our warriors are hurt.
"What's that?" Krillin looks to the sky. Not more…
"DADDY!" Gohan screams. I see a capsule similar to that of the Ginyu Force's fly through the sky. "Let's follow!" Yamcha says to us all. We follow.
Chapter 50
The capsule opens up and Kakarotto comes out. He looks confused. Not to mention a bit strange looking too. Blue pads on his torso, baggy white pants and shit, and pinkish collar thing. "How'd you know where to meet me?" "We saw your capsule landing." Krillin fills in. "DADDY!" Gohan rushes to Goku. "Kakarotto…" Vegita mutters.
"Who beat Freeza?" "I did." Vegita answers. "What about the other person with Freeza?" "That was me." I tell him. "Now Kakarotto, we fight." "Not so fast!" Bulma argues. Argh… I slap my right hand onto my forehead.
"Out of my way woman!" "Why not Bulma?" "Chichi would want to see you. You two can fight later!" "I said OUT OF MY WAY WOMAN!" Vegita shoves past Bulma. "I'm sorry Vegita, but she's right. We can fight later." Kakarotto offers. "NO!" but Kakarotto is already leaving with Gohan.
"DAMN YOU KAKAROTTO!" "Family comes first Vegita." Bulma says "AND DAMN YOU WOMAN!" Vegita isn't happy. He flies off to somewhere.
Later that afternoon…
We've all been invited over to Kakarotto's house. Even me and Vegita. Either Kakarotto is really forgiving, or braindead. He has to know about what my job was.
Bulma is all dressed up while Yamcha is in some beat up slacks and Vegita and I are in our fighting armor. That silly floating cat Puar is there too. "You three aren't planning on going dressed like that?" Bulma asks. "Why not?" I throw back at her. "You can't just go there dressed in torn up clothing and battle armor!" "And why not woman?" Vegita interjects. "OOOH! FINE! But I won't have Yamcha dressed like you two!" she grabs Yamcha and drags him to who knows where. Vegita doesn't pay attention and I shrug.
"Why are you going?" Vegita asks me. "Nothing better to do. Besides, I want to see Kakarotto too. I didn't know you cared." I tell him mockingly. "HMPH! I don't, I just don't want you in the way of our spar!" Vegita responds harshly.
"Let's go!" Bulma says. Yamcha is all dressed up too. "Meet you there." I say as Vegita and I fly out the window. "Wait a sec!" Bulma calls after us to no avail.
Within a couple minutes Vegita and I land at Kakarotto's house. I knock. Chichi opens the door and pales at the sight of Vegita. "Ah! You're early!" I hear Kakarotto call from within his house. Chichi reluctantly lets us in. "Get ready Kakarotto." Vegita says. "We can't fight now!" "Why not?" "They're called formalities Vegita." I say. He scowls at me. "Foolish." "KNOCK! KNOCK!" Chichi opens the door. "Why hello Bulma! Come in." Bulma steps in with Yamcha and Puar.
Vegita goes to a corner of the living room, crosses his arms as usual, and stands there glaring at everyone. That's Vegita for you. I just find a chair and sit down.
Within the next ten to fifteen minutes, the rest show up. Krillin, Teinshinhan, Chaozu, Roshi, Oolong, Korin, Yajirobie, and even Piccilo.
"PICCILO!" Gohan yells out once the Nameck steps in. The kid likes him a lot. Chichi seems a bit freaked out in the presence of Vegita and Piccilo. I don't seem to bother her much though. Then again, she's never met me.
"Who are you?" Chichi asks me. "#9." "#9? Goku never told me about you." Chichi tells me. "Former mercenary." I say briefly. "Like… Vegita?" she asks. "Yes." she seems to edge away from me. I grin.
Shortly, a large lunch is ready. Thankfully, I don't need to eat, because within seconds there is little food left. Kakarotto, Gohan, and Vegita had eaten it up rather quickly.
Then Kakarotto explains, or attempts to, what had happened. I listen intently. All in all, Nameck blew up, Goku swiped Ginyu's ship and went to the next coordinate. It took him to Yardrat, where he then learned teleportation. Kakarotto then proves he really can teleport. Very interesting technique.
Well, this has turned out well. I drink some alcohol, but it has no effect. But Krillin seems to be a bit drunk. Have you ever seen a bald, midget monk drunk and swaying? It's very funny.
Roshi tries to get a good look at Bulma's cleavage. Damn, I had no idea Bulma could fight so well. That old man is down for the count.
And of course, the main event for those warriors not busted up or drunk: The fight between Kakarotto and Vegita.
Both power up to their max kis instantly. Vegita is at 1,450,000 and Kakarotto is at 1,500,000. This is going to be a good match.
Everyone starts betting money, but they all end up betting on Kakarotto. I'd bet on Vegita just so that he'd have at least one person behind me, but I don't even have a few universal credits.
Vegita shoots a beam at Kakarotto, who dodges it but gets hit in the face by Vegita. Kakarotto teleports behind Vegita and kicks him in the back. But he jumps back up and tries to kick Kakarotto in the face, who ducks and uppercuts Vegita.
"Not near the house!" I hear Chichi yell. Heh. Kakarotto and Vegita continue trading kicks and punches, and also continue to ruin the surrounding area.
At one point, they both fire beams. "GALICK GUN!" "KAMEHAMEHA!" the beams collide. Damn. For what seems hours, they move their beams back and forth. But finally, Kakarotto gets the upper hand and his beam hit's Vegita.
"HA!" Vegita starts a machinegun attack. Several hit Kakarotto at first, but he dodges the rest. Kakarotto then appears in front of Vegita and head butts him. Vegita reels back, but kicks Kakarotto in the jaw. I'd say this fight is pretty even.
Slowly, but surely, Kakarotto gets Vegita away from his house. Oh yeah, he also starts winning too.
Vegita starts blocking less and less of Kakarotto's attacks. Finally, while Vegita is stunned, Kakarotto arches back, and throws everything into a powerful right hook. It hit's Vegita right in the face and he falls to the ground unconscious. But Kakarotto seems a bit hurt himself, and sways as he walks.
"YEAH GOKU!" some of his friends yell out. I'm glad I didn't have anything to bet.
"Feh, men…" I hear Bulma mutter. I walk over, grab Vegita, and haul him up. Still knocked out. "Damn fool, you're supposed to win." I mutter with amusement.
I easily carry him back to the eating area, and watch as Kakarotto tips over and falls. He's unconscious as well. "Goku!" Chichi rushes over to him.
"I'm carrying this fool back to Capsule Corporation." I tell Bulma. "Wait! I need to shut off the security system." "… fine." Bulma gets in her plane with Yamcha and Puar. We then leave after thanking Chichi. It's getting late anyway.
Chapter 51
Heh. I had to drop Vegita off in the infirmary. He's been out of it for the entire night. I can't blame him. One dislocated arm, three cracked ribs, one broken leg, a slight skull fracture, a little internal injury, and severe muscle strain. He'll be fine in a couple days or so.
Yamcha and Bulma ran off somewhere. Doesn't take very much thought to figure out they want to be alone. I go off and find Kami again.
"Hello #9." Kami greets as I land. "Did you see that fight?" I ask. He nods. "One hell of a fight, wouldn't you say?" "Yes. Very powerful, those two are." Kami tells me. I sigh. "Yeah, but what's it worth? We're stuck here with nowhere else to go." I say, referring to Vegita and I. "Well, I don't know about Vegita. He has Kakarotto to constantly fight." I continue. "You will find that you can adapt to this life." Kami tells me.
"Ah hell, it's like a constant punishment. Crap I went through on Nameck, being out of my job, having nowhere else in this universe to go." I say. "What's bothering you?" "Nothing I'm going to tell." I respond quickly.
"I know you worked for Freeza, loyally too. What made you fight him?" "Something stupid he did." I say vaguely. "And what did he do?" "Meddled with my life." "How?" "In a way that pissed me off." "You won't get anywhere if you don't give a straight answer." Kami tells me.
"I already know what's wrong. I don't know why I even brought it up." I tell him. "What is it?" "A past event and current lack of direction." I say briefly. "What is the past event?" "I won't go any further than that Kami. I may tell you one day, but not today." I say.
"Why are you here?" I hear from behind me. I turn around and see Piccilo. "I'd ask the same of you. I thought you were this planet's resident 'devil'." I throw back. He doesn't answer.
"Is it wise to let him here, Kami?" Piccilo asks. "He hasn't caused any problems." "But he worked with Freeza." "It doesn't matter." Kami says. Piccilo looks at me. "I don't trust you." Piccilo tells me. I shrug. I then walk over to the edge of this floating palace and look down. A wonderful view of Earth.
"Who was I Kami?" I ask, ignoring Piccilo's presence. "What do you mean?" "You say you know almost everything. Who was I before Gero turned me into an android?" I ask again.
Kami doesn't say anything for a bit. "You really weren't very unusual at all. You led a normal life, the only difference is that you weren't afraid of anything and you had an unusual amount of stamina." Kami finally answers.
"Thank you." I tell him while still staring at the Earth. "You're strong, but need to get something off of your mind." Kami tells me. "I will be alright." I respond.
"What will you do then?" Kami asks of me. "I don't know. My life lacks direction. It's hard to get used to this, you know. I come from a life of pillaging planets, but now I've rebelled against my employer and helped in killing him. Also, I now have nothing to do but remain on this planet. Instead of pillaging, I now must protect." I answer him.
"Why would you protect this planet?" Piccilo asks me. "Because, I have nowhere else to go. Not to mention this IS my home planet." Piccilo looks slightly surprised.
"Goodbye Kami, I will see you again." "Good bye #9." I fly back to Capsule Corporation.
I notice that no one is awake when I enter. I also type in the code to turn off the security system, I watched what Bulma put in earlier. Walking inside, I close the door quietly and turn the security system back on.
Slowly navigating to my room, I open the door and enter.
I close my door, turn on a light, and lay on my bed. My sword. I pull out the sword and look at it. I then use my ki to inscribe the word 'Hachigou' on the base of the blade.
Chapter 52
I wake up the next morning. Damn, I didn't even bother to undress last night. Whatever.
I get up and leave my room. Shortly, I run across a very cross looking Bulma in the living room. I cock an eyebrow at her. "What's wrong with you?" I ask. "I broke up with Yamcha." she says. "Ah…" I leave it at that.
Leaving Bulma be, I go to the infirmary to check how Vegita is doing. He's all taped up like a mummy. His power is now at 1,500,000 too. I wonder what Kakarotto is at?
"Hey Vegita." "What do you want?" "To find our what the hell you were doing last night. You were supposed to win damnit." he glares at me.
"He's making remarkable progress!" a doctor behind me says. "I've never seen anyone recover from anything this fast.
"I just want out…" Vegita mutters. I leave to exercise in the gravity room.
A few hours later…
I go back to see if Vegita's recovered. He's still in there. "I'm healed! Let me leave!" Vegita yells at the doctors. "No. With your injuries you're required to stay here for at least four months!" a doctor replies.
"Let the man out, he's healed." I say. "But…" "Take a look at him, does he look injured anymore?" but then Vegita gets up and rips his bandages off. "You have to rest!" "Forget it!" Vegita shoves the doctor out of his way. I shrug and leave.
"What are you doing up Vegita?" Bulma asks when we meet her down the hall, ignoring the fact that he's almost naked. "I'm healed." he says as he goes towards his room.
Bulma stares after him. "Impossible…" she shakes her head. "Hey, Saiyajins heal faster. Not to mention they're more stubborn." I tell her. "I've noticed. At least I can work on my inventions instead of checking on him." Bulma replies.
"What are you working on?" I ask her. "Something Vegita told me about. A regeneration tank." Bulma explains. "Really? I'll help." I offer. "You will?" "Sure, I have little else to do." we go to her workshop.
Several, several hours later…
"There!" Bulma exclaims. We have a working model of a regeneration tank. I didn't even think it could be done with our limited knowledge of it's workings and lack of materials unobtainable on Earth. But we did it. The liqud is clear instead of green, and the frame is made of metal and not some type of plastic. But the point is it works.
"Damn we're good." I say while stretching. "How do we test it?" she asks. "Wait until Vegita and Goku spar again." I tell her. "Well, I'm going to get around outside now." I leave the workshop.
It's almost night. We'd been working on that a long time. Kami's Palace seems like as good as any a place to go to. I fly up into the sky.
"Hello again #9. What did you want to talk about?" "Not really anything, I just enjoy the view." I respond. Kami shrugs. "Still undecided on what to do with your life?" "Yeah. But at least Bulma's latest project kept me busy." "Yes, I noticed." I sigh. "I guess besides from messing with computers and stuff, I could just try and become stronger than Vegita and Kakarotto just for the hell of it." Kami grins. "Did you know it's almost time for a Tenkai Budokai?" "A what?" "Tenkai Budokai. A fighting tournament on this planet." I grin now. "At least that will definatly keep me busy, when is it?" "In about a year and a half." Kami replies.