Chapter Three: The Culmination of all Things Good
Chi-Chi sat in her living room. Ox King had been sick for the past few days. "Y'know, dad," she said, "You've been having trouble with your heart recently. You need to lose some weight." Ox smiled at his daughter. He caressed her face. "Chi-Chi," he said, "I'll be alright. You need to worry about yourself and your sons. Goten and Paris having that big fight, Gohan getting fired and then not coming home. It's all weird."
"I agree." said a voice. Yamcha stood at the door. "Things have been going real bad lately. Trunks almost wasted a group of high ranking Capsule Corp. employees in a fit of rage. Dr. Briefs got in a fight with Mrs. Briefs and she went to her mother's. And Bulma... well, she and Vegeta got in a fight. He... he... he hit her." Chi-Chi gasped.
"What's even worse..." Yamcha continued, "Puar hasn't woken up yet. I don't know what to do." Chi-Chi stood up and led Yamcha over to a seat. He sat down and cried into his hands.
Goten sighed. He didn't know what was wrong. Was it him? Did he look at her wrong? Did he forget her birthday? What did he do to make her say such things to him? Since their big fight two days ago, Goten and Paris hadn't spoken to eachother. She had said something like "I never want to see you again." and she stormed out the door.
Goten almost cried, but there was something inside him that wouldn't let him do it. He wouldn't let her get him. He wouldn't let her win. "THAT BITCH!" Goten suddenly cried out, going Super Saiyan, "I'LL KILL HER!" Goten flew out the window. Gohan slowly climbed out from behind his hiding space in Goten's dorm. "There's something wrong here." he said to himself, "He just up and got angry for no reason. There's something going on here and I aim to find out what." Gohan flew after his brother.
Minutes later, Goten crashed through the wall of the friend's house Paris was staying at. Goten grabbed the friend and flung her into the opposite wall, knocking her out. "PARIS!" he yelled, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Paris jumped out of her chair and screamed. Goten readied a ki blast.
Suddenly, Gohan grabbed his brother's hand. "GOHAN?!" Goten yelled, "LEMME GO!" Gohan shook his head. "No way, bro." Gohan muttered, "Before I do this, I wanna say I'm sorry." Goten turned around, his eyes flaring with even more anger. He charged at his brother, who dodged the attack. Gohan kicked Goten and sent him to the floor. Paris ran out the door.
"Hmmm..." Gohan said, "I know how he fights. Why was he so weak this time?" Gohan shrugged his shoulders and turned around, his ki powering down. Suddenly, he felt a knee to his back. He turned to look at his assailant, but saw the beaten and battered bodies of Piccolo, Tien, and Chaozu being tossed on top of him.
"Would you like to join your friends, boy?" came a voice, "I don't think you would." Gohan could feel a tiny sliver of their kis. They were barely hanging on. Gohan tossed them aside and looked at his attacker.
Gohan laughed.
"What's so funny, boy?" asked Gohan's enemy, "Do you like me hurting your friends?" Gohan covered his mouth, but then bursted out laughing once again. "What the heck are you?!" Gohan snickered, "Puar's brother?!" Gohan's enemy laughed. "Closer than you think."
Suddenly Gohan felt a series of crushing blows to his chest. For a moment, Gohan's ki flared up, but it suddenly dropped back down. As Gohan fell, he looked once more at his attacker, who smiled. The enemy looked like Puar, except he had black fur and red glowing eyes. His tail was pointed at the end and looked dangerous.
"I am called Upuar." he said, "Give yourself to me."
At Capsule Corporation, Vegeta sat in his room alone. "Vile woman!" he muttered to himself, "I... don't even know what I did! Why in the bloody Hell did she get mad at me?! I... I'll KILL HER!" Suddenly Trunks bursted through the wall. He screamed and ran at Vegeta. The elder Saiyan backhanded his son, sending him into a wall. "I'm tired of ALL of you!" he yelled, "I should have blown up this planet YEARS ago!" Vegeta's ki swelled and almost reached it's limit. His hair flashed blonde, but suddenly, the transformation failed.
"Hah!" Trunks laughed, "Can't get it up anymore, eh, old man?!" He ran at his bewildered father and dealt him a swift kick to his jaw. Vegeta flew into another wall. "Son, stop!" Vegeta suddenly cried out, "Try and go Super Saiyan! For some reason, I can't! I reached it, but there's some block keeping me from going all the way! Go ahead!" Trunks stopped, "You... you're trying to trick me or something!" Trunks ran and kicked at Vegeta. Vegeta jumped out of the way.
"You can't do it! That's all!" Vegeta yelled, "You're too weak!" Trunks smiled, "Oh yeah? Then I'll DESTROY YOU!" Trunks flared up his energy, but he too could not reach Super Saiyan. Trunks sat down and held his head.
"Uh, dad?" he asked, "What just happened? And by happened, I mean since my meeting this morning?" Vegeta frowned (You expected anything else?). "Something was making us fight eachother. Something was making us hate eachother. Whatever it was, it got to your mother and Dr. and Mrs. Briefs too. I'm sure there's someone behind this. I just need to find out who."
"I'll go with you, dad!" Trunks beamed. Vegeta turned and gave a pounding "No". "Dad, I'm not a kid anymore! I'm just as strong as you!" Vegeta snickered. "Boy, you're nothing to me. You're not even in my league."
"Besides," said Vegeta, now whispering, "I don't want you getting hurt." With that, Vegeta flew off, leaving Trunks alone.
Yamcha sat up in bed. Next to him lay Puar's still unconscious body. "What's wrong with you, Puar?" he asked, looking sad, "I can't take this. Without the Dragonballs, you can't come back. I can't lose you. After I lost Bulma, you were all I had left. I can't lose you too. I can't..."
Chi-Chi walked in the door, holding a cookie sheet. "Would you like some cookies?" Yamcha smiled faintly at his hostess. She and Ox King had been so nice. How could he repay them?
"Sure." said Yamcha, "I'll take some." Chi-Chi smiled, although a bit angrily, "Oh, I didn't bake any." She showed him the empty cookie sheet. "But I'll give you... THIS!" She whapped Yamcha with the metal pan. "HEY!" he cried, "What was that?!" Chi-Chi laughed insanely.
Yamcha grabbed Puar and slowly backed away. "Where are you going?" asked Ox King, becoming a wall between Yamcha and the door. "Hey," said Yamcha, putting his hands up, "I... don't want any trouble..." Ox King lifted his arm to strike Yamcha. As a reflex, Yamcha merely powered up and sent Ox and Chi-Chi flying through the walls.
"Well," said Yamcha, "What in the Hell was that?" He flew off, looking behind himself. Suddenly, Gohan and Goten were in front of him. "Uh, hey guys." stuttered Yamcha, "Your, uh, mom is back there and man is she going mental." Gohan and Goten looked at eachother and smiled. Yamcha cautiously flew around the two Saiyans. As he flew, he looked behind himself to see the two Saiyan brothers unmoving. Just staring at him. As they disappeared over the horizon. Yamcha backed right into a wall. The wall's name was Piccolo. Suddenly Yamcha felt himself being bludgeoned from every side. As he fell to the ground below, he could see Piccolo, Gohan, Goten, Tien, and Chaozu laughing.
Yamcha felt the hard ground hit him in the back, or was it the other way around? He couldn't tell. Yamcha suddenly saw Puar above him, being held by Upuar. "Who... who are you?" asked Yamcha. Suddenly, Yamcha saw a familiar face. An old man in tribal clothing walked out of the forest laughing. "Hargot?" exclaimed Yamcha. The old man laughed. Yamcha was about to ask a question, but Upuar suddenly yelled. "KIKOHO!" Yamcha felt his chest explode from the impact of Upuar's blast. For Yamcha, all fell black.
Yamcha was dead.
At that moment, Vegeta sensed the incredible blast. He quickly flew towards Mount Paozu. When he got there, he was horrified at the sight of Yamcha's corpse. Vegeta flared up in anger. For a split second, his hair turned blonde once more, but he quickly fell back down. "Yamcha..." he muttered, balling a fist, "My friend... I'll avenge you. Whoever did this will PAY!"
Suddenly, Vegeta sensed Piccolo. "Namek? What's happened here?" Vegeta heard no answer and turned to see Upuar, holding Puar. "Free of my power, eh?" smiled Upuar, "So, you're behind this?" smirked Vegeta. Upuar frowned. "I'm going to kill you, Vegeta. But I should explain my whole purpose.
"I am what Puar here was supposed to be. When the Wolf Tribe summoned him, he was meant to be the scion of all the positive energies in the world. But the summoner failed. He was named Hargot, and was the elder of the tribe. He befriended Puar, the failed summon, and took him into the tribe. Now, there was a hitch to this spell. Once it was performed, all those present at the ceremony, save the summoner, must be gone from the Earth for the full summon to be completed. When Hargot called me forth from the abyss of nothingness, I sensed that Yamcha here was still alive. Hargot had arranged for the entire tribe to be killed, and to fake his own death. Yamcha was an oversight.
"My powers over positive energies could not be fully relaized, but I could use them to an extent. I could drain a person of their emotions for loved ones and make them battle one another, all the while subtly inputting the data into their minds to work for me. To be my slaves. Tien, Chaozu, and Goten here were easy. Chi-Chi, Ox King, Bulma, Paris, and the Briefs' were an afterthought. Piccolo here turned out to be the hardest of all. His emotions are almost non-existent. All he had were feelings for Gohan. I slowly but surley sapped those from him.
"You and Trunks, on the other hand, I had complete control over you. You wanted to kill eachother so badly. It was sweet. Then, you figured out the flaw in my power. When you tried to turn Super Saiyan, you somehow canceled out the effect of the mind control. It will do you no good here, though. You will be killed here. You will die. But first, I must become my true form. All those who were at the last summoning must be gone from this Earth. Puar was there. He shall become one with me."
Vegeta stood, unflinching, staring at Upuar. He looked up and saw the evil smiles on the faces of the other Z-Warriors. He couldn't defeat them all. Suddenly, Trunks, Krillin, Android 17, Android 18, and Pan dropped down beside him. "I told you to stay home, boy." he scowled at Trunks, "But... thanks." They all stood there. They were the only fighters on the planet not being controlled by Upuar. They were Earth's last hope.
Upuar fused with Puar and there was a bright light. When it faded, the two furry creatures were gone. A tall, black and blue haired female humanoid stood there, radiating with power. She pointed at Vegeta and the others. "I am now pure." said the new Upuar, "I will now serve my purpose."
Flash forward two minutes. Upuar stands defiantly above the bodies of Vegeta, Trunks, Krillin, Android 17, Android 18, and Pan. "I have served my purpose," she said, "Now all must die."
Chi-Chi sat in her living room. Ox King had been sick for the past few days. "Y'know, dad," she said, "You've been having trouble with your heart recently. You need to lose some weight." Ox smiled at his daughter. He caressed her face. "Chi-Chi," he said, "I'll be alright. You need to worry about yourself and your sons. Goten and Paris having that big fight, Gohan getting fired and then not coming home. It's all weird."
"I agree." said a voice. Yamcha stood at the door. "Things have been going real bad lately. Trunks almost wasted a group of high ranking Capsule Corp. employees in a fit of rage. Dr. Briefs got in a fight with Mrs. Briefs and she went to her mother's. And Bulma... well, she and Vegeta got in a fight. He... he... he hit her." Chi-Chi gasped.
"What's even worse..." Yamcha continued, "Puar hasn't woken up yet. I don't know what to do." Chi-Chi stood up and led Yamcha over to a seat. He sat down and cried into his hands.
Goten sighed. He didn't know what was wrong. Was it him? Did he look at her wrong? Did he forget her birthday? What did he do to make her say such things to him? Since their big fight two days ago, Goten and Paris hadn't spoken to eachother. She had said something like "I never want to see you again." and she stormed out the door.
Goten almost cried, but there was something inside him that wouldn't let him do it. He wouldn't let her get him. He wouldn't let her win. "THAT BITCH!" Goten suddenly cried out, going Super Saiyan, "I'LL KILL HER!" Goten flew out the window. Gohan slowly climbed out from behind his hiding space in Goten's dorm. "There's something wrong here." he said to himself, "He just up and got angry for no reason. There's something going on here and I aim to find out what." Gohan flew after his brother.
Minutes later, Goten crashed through the wall of the friend's house Paris was staying at. Goten grabbed the friend and flung her into the opposite wall, knocking her out. "PARIS!" he yelled, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Paris jumped out of her chair and screamed. Goten readied a ki blast.
Suddenly, Gohan grabbed his brother's hand. "GOHAN?!" Goten yelled, "LEMME GO!" Gohan shook his head. "No way, bro." Gohan muttered, "Before I do this, I wanna say I'm sorry." Goten turned around, his eyes flaring with even more anger. He charged at his brother, who dodged the attack. Gohan kicked Goten and sent him to the floor. Paris ran out the door.
"Hmmm..." Gohan said, "I know how he fights. Why was he so weak this time?" Gohan shrugged his shoulders and turned around, his ki powering down. Suddenly, he felt a knee to his back. He turned to look at his assailant, but saw the beaten and battered bodies of Piccolo, Tien, and Chaozu being tossed on top of him.
"Would you like to join your friends, boy?" came a voice, "I don't think you would." Gohan could feel a tiny sliver of their kis. They were barely hanging on. Gohan tossed them aside and looked at his attacker.
Gohan laughed.
"What's so funny, boy?" asked Gohan's enemy, "Do you like me hurting your friends?" Gohan covered his mouth, but then bursted out laughing once again. "What the heck are you?!" Gohan snickered, "Puar's brother?!" Gohan's enemy laughed. "Closer than you think."
Suddenly Gohan felt a series of crushing blows to his chest. For a moment, Gohan's ki flared up, but it suddenly dropped back down. As Gohan fell, he looked once more at his attacker, who smiled. The enemy looked like Puar, except he had black fur and red glowing eyes. His tail was pointed at the end and looked dangerous.
"I am called Upuar." he said, "Give yourself to me."
At Capsule Corporation, Vegeta sat in his room alone. "Vile woman!" he muttered to himself, "I... don't even know what I did! Why in the bloody Hell did she get mad at me?! I... I'll KILL HER!" Suddenly Trunks bursted through the wall. He screamed and ran at Vegeta. The elder Saiyan backhanded his son, sending him into a wall. "I'm tired of ALL of you!" he yelled, "I should have blown up this planet YEARS ago!" Vegeta's ki swelled and almost reached it's limit. His hair flashed blonde, but suddenly, the transformation failed.
"Hah!" Trunks laughed, "Can't get it up anymore, eh, old man?!" He ran at his bewildered father and dealt him a swift kick to his jaw. Vegeta flew into another wall. "Son, stop!" Vegeta suddenly cried out, "Try and go Super Saiyan! For some reason, I can't! I reached it, but there's some block keeping me from going all the way! Go ahead!" Trunks stopped, "You... you're trying to trick me or something!" Trunks ran and kicked at Vegeta. Vegeta jumped out of the way.
"You can't do it! That's all!" Vegeta yelled, "You're too weak!" Trunks smiled, "Oh yeah? Then I'll DESTROY YOU!" Trunks flared up his energy, but he too could not reach Super Saiyan. Trunks sat down and held his head.
"Uh, dad?" he asked, "What just happened? And by happened, I mean since my meeting this morning?" Vegeta frowned (You expected anything else?). "Something was making us fight eachother. Something was making us hate eachother. Whatever it was, it got to your mother and Dr. and Mrs. Briefs too. I'm sure there's someone behind this. I just need to find out who."
"I'll go with you, dad!" Trunks beamed. Vegeta turned and gave a pounding "No". "Dad, I'm not a kid anymore! I'm just as strong as you!" Vegeta snickered. "Boy, you're nothing to me. You're not even in my league."
"Besides," said Vegeta, now whispering, "I don't want you getting hurt." With that, Vegeta flew off, leaving Trunks alone.
Yamcha sat up in bed. Next to him lay Puar's still unconscious body. "What's wrong with you, Puar?" he asked, looking sad, "I can't take this. Without the Dragonballs, you can't come back. I can't lose you. After I lost Bulma, you were all I had left. I can't lose you too. I can't..."
Chi-Chi walked in the door, holding a cookie sheet. "Would you like some cookies?" Yamcha smiled faintly at his hostess. She and Ox King had been so nice. How could he repay them?
"Sure." said Yamcha, "I'll take some." Chi-Chi smiled, although a bit angrily, "Oh, I didn't bake any." She showed him the empty cookie sheet. "But I'll give you... THIS!" She whapped Yamcha with the metal pan. "HEY!" he cried, "What was that?!" Chi-Chi laughed insanely.
Yamcha grabbed Puar and slowly backed away. "Where are you going?" asked Ox King, becoming a wall between Yamcha and the door. "Hey," said Yamcha, putting his hands up, "I... don't want any trouble..." Ox King lifted his arm to strike Yamcha. As a reflex, Yamcha merely powered up and sent Ox and Chi-Chi flying through the walls.
"Well," said Yamcha, "What in the Hell was that?" He flew off, looking behind himself. Suddenly, Gohan and Goten were in front of him. "Uh, hey guys." stuttered Yamcha, "Your, uh, mom is back there and man is she going mental." Gohan and Goten looked at eachother and smiled. Yamcha cautiously flew around the two Saiyans. As he flew, he looked behind himself to see the two Saiyan brothers unmoving. Just staring at him. As they disappeared over the horizon. Yamcha backed right into a wall. The wall's name was Piccolo. Suddenly Yamcha felt himself being bludgeoned from every side. As he fell to the ground below, he could see Piccolo, Gohan, Goten, Tien, and Chaozu laughing.
Yamcha felt the hard ground hit him in the back, or was it the other way around? He couldn't tell. Yamcha suddenly saw Puar above him, being held by Upuar. "Who... who are you?" asked Yamcha. Suddenly, Yamcha saw a familiar face. An old man in tribal clothing walked out of the forest laughing. "Hargot?" exclaimed Yamcha. The old man laughed. Yamcha was about to ask a question, but Upuar suddenly yelled. "KIKOHO!" Yamcha felt his chest explode from the impact of Upuar's blast. For Yamcha, all fell black.
Yamcha was dead.
At that moment, Vegeta sensed the incredible blast. He quickly flew towards Mount Paozu. When he got there, he was horrified at the sight of Yamcha's corpse. Vegeta flared up in anger. For a split second, his hair turned blonde once more, but he quickly fell back down. "Yamcha..." he muttered, balling a fist, "My friend... I'll avenge you. Whoever did this will PAY!"
Suddenly, Vegeta sensed Piccolo. "Namek? What's happened here?" Vegeta heard no answer and turned to see Upuar, holding Puar. "Free of my power, eh?" smiled Upuar, "So, you're behind this?" smirked Vegeta. Upuar frowned. "I'm going to kill you, Vegeta. But I should explain my whole purpose.
"I am what Puar here was supposed to be. When the Wolf Tribe summoned him, he was meant to be the scion of all the positive energies in the world. But the summoner failed. He was named Hargot, and was the elder of the tribe. He befriended Puar, the failed summon, and took him into the tribe. Now, there was a hitch to this spell. Once it was performed, all those present at the ceremony, save the summoner, must be gone from the Earth for the full summon to be completed. When Hargot called me forth from the abyss of nothingness, I sensed that Yamcha here was still alive. Hargot had arranged for the entire tribe to be killed, and to fake his own death. Yamcha was an oversight.
"My powers over positive energies could not be fully relaized, but I could use them to an extent. I could drain a person of their emotions for loved ones and make them battle one another, all the while subtly inputting the data into their minds to work for me. To be my slaves. Tien, Chaozu, and Goten here were easy. Chi-Chi, Ox King, Bulma, Paris, and the Briefs' were an afterthought. Piccolo here turned out to be the hardest of all. His emotions are almost non-existent. All he had were feelings for Gohan. I slowly but surley sapped those from him.
"You and Trunks, on the other hand, I had complete control over you. You wanted to kill eachother so badly. It was sweet. Then, you figured out the flaw in my power. When you tried to turn Super Saiyan, you somehow canceled out the effect of the mind control. It will do you no good here, though. You will be killed here. You will die. But first, I must become my true form. All those who were at the last summoning must be gone from this Earth. Puar was there. He shall become one with me."
Vegeta stood, unflinching, staring at Upuar. He looked up and saw the evil smiles on the faces of the other Z-Warriors. He couldn't defeat them all. Suddenly, Trunks, Krillin, Android 17, Android 18, and Pan dropped down beside him. "I told you to stay home, boy." he scowled at Trunks, "But... thanks." They all stood there. They were the only fighters on the planet not being controlled by Upuar. They were Earth's last hope.
Upuar fused with Puar and there was a bright light. When it faded, the two furry creatures were gone. A tall, black and blue haired female humanoid stood there, radiating with power. She pointed at Vegeta and the others. "I am now pure." said the new Upuar, "I will now serve my purpose."
Flash forward two minutes. Upuar stands defiantly above the bodies of Vegeta, Trunks, Krillin, Android 17, Android 18, and Pan. "I have served my purpose," she said, "Now all must die."