DRAGON BALL Z
REUNION
CHAPTER XV: THE SOUL OF THE TSRUFAIYA
BY
Sgamer82
The six KameHameHas, two Kikohous, the single Big Bang, Makankosoppo, and Masenko all forced Iciicla's Cleansing Death Ball back inch by inch. But it was clear that they were gaining ground at too small a rate.
The way it was going, the Z-Fighters would run out of power long before the Death Ball and Iciicla were defeated. Goku at Super Saiyan Three and Gohan at Mystic weren't strong enough to hold it, even with the help given by the others. They all knew they would lose, but they wouldn't quit.
* * * * *
Oran watched the ki duel rocking the Kelvian sky. All eleven Z-Fighters, he included Rutega as one of them, were fighting Iciicla's attack with everything they had and losing.
No, Oran thought, we've come so far. That beast can't be allowed to win.
He knew it wouldn't do any good, but he couldn't just sit back and do nothing. So he shot his own ki at Iciicla's sphere.
It made little difference to the battle for dominance, as he knew it would. It did cause one thing, however.
The Tsrufaiya who saw Oran shot their own blasts into the sphere with the hope pushing it back, all being careful not to hit the Z-Fighters in the air.
* * * * *
Goku watched the Tsrufaiya add their own power to the battle. Well intentioned as it was, Goku knew that was not the way to go about it. He knew there was a better way to add power to the attacks in the sky. Goku took a dangerous risk and dropped some of the concentration he was focusing on his KameHameHa to speak to the Tsrufaiya.
Tsrufaiya of Kelvi, he spoke telepathically, stop attacking by yourselves, you can't help that way. The Tsrufaiya stopped and looked with stunned looks on their faces at the Saiyan who was trying to save them. Goku now concentrated on every Tsrufaiya on the planet.
If you want to help us beat Iciicla there is another way you can help. Concentrate hard and focus your ki toward my friends and myself.
* * * * *
The Tsrufaiya on Kelvi who had just witnessed the mass deaths of the Overseers now all heard a mysterious voice in their heads. The ones on the surface saw the battle lighting the sky. The ones underground were able to see the battle in their minds. They understood what was happening and knew that if the warriors fighting the Ruler failed, it would mean death for them all.
They heard the warrior speaking to them say to give him and his friends their energy. They obeyed without question. Tsrufaiya all over the planet Kelvi focused their ki as they were told to the best of their ability. They concentrated hard and gave the fighters in the sky their energy.
* * * * *
Gohan was giving the Masenko he was firing everything he had but it wasn't enough. Iciicla's Death Ball was slowly gaining "ground" and showing no signs of being stopped.
All of a sudden, Gohan felt a surge of energy rush through his body. His beam then grew in intensity and began to get stronger. He averted his eyes and saw the others were obviously having the same experience. All of their attacks were also becoming stronger. Gohan heard his father speak to him, and most likely the others as well.
Don't fight it, let the energy go through you. It's a gift from the Tsrufaiya, focus their power and add it to your own.
Gohan looked at the other side of the ring the fighters formed and saw Rutega, a large smile began to grow on her face.
* * * * *
Every Z-Fighter felt the Tsrufaiya's ki going through them. Goku, Gohan, Trunks, Goten, Vegeta, Chaozu, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, Krillin, Piccolo, and Rutega felt the power go into their attacks, their bodies acting as conductors for the strength the Tsrufaiya never realized they possessed.
The increased power and intensity of the Z-Fighters' attacks hit the Death Ball full force and pushed it backward. It was going back into the sky toward its creator.
* * * * *
Iciicla couldn't believe it, the Z-Fighters were beating back her Cleansing Orb! She didn't know how they had done it. Her powers were pushing them back, they were beaten. Then they suddenly got some incredible boost, as if they had just tapped into an energy reactor. How could they have gotten so much power!? The only possibility came to her, The Tsrufaiya!
Somehow the Z-Fighters had gained their power and added it to their own. She was now face-to-face with the one thing Frieza had feared most, a slave race banding against their Ruler. She put every last bit of power into her Orb and forced it down to the surface of the planet.
But the Z-Fighters' new power was too much. It forced her Orb back into the atmosphere.
Inch-by-inch, foot-by-foot, mile-by-mile, the Cleansing Orb was being pushed back toward the person who had created it. There was nothing she could do. Slowly, the ball of energy was coming toward her. When it finally made contact with her, she lost all control of the Orb. It washed over her body, slowly disintegrating her flesh. The Orb passed by her and was followed immediately by the combined blasts of the eleven Z-Fighters.
The ki coalesced into one beam that shot through her body consuming it. She let out a scream of pain and fury, which was instantly drowned out by the hard vacuum around her. She died a soundless death, but just before she was fully destroyed she sent a brief telepathic instruction. It was to activate a message in her palace in the Polaris Cluster.
The message instructed whoever took her place on the throne to never provoke the warriors of Earth, for it would mean their death. Her last thoughts were a prayer that whoever heard the message would obey her instructions, the Pola needed no further humiliation at the hands of inferiors.
* * * * *
Long after Iciicla's body was destroyed the beam continued to move on, leaving the Kelvi system and going into deep space, destined to travel throughout the stars for thousands of years before the great power that created it finally died out.
The tale of Iciicla's death would pass through the Pola Empire as would the knowledge of the massive ki beam that had destroyed her.
Those under the Pola yoke who knew the story would observe the beam and call it "The Tsrufaiya's Light". And it would inspire many others to resist the Pola, and finally win the freedom and avenge the lives the Pola seemed to enjoy stealing from others.
The downfall of the Empire had begun with the Battle for the Tsrufaiya's Freedom.
* * * * *
Goku stood in front of a small house located in the forests within Paozu Mountain. This place always helped Goku remember fond memories of his grandfather. He looked to a tiny grave near the house, his grandfather's.
Goku looked next to the grave and saw the other one there, it had just been dug a week ago so the mound of dirt was still visible. There was a grave here as well, a stone with an inscription on it:
HERE LIES CAULIFLO
MOTHER
SHE DIED SAVING HER CHILD
Goku didn't totally understand that, Cauliflo died saving him. But, then again, her death is what sparked Rutega's transformation to Super Saiyan Two, which ultimately caused Iciicla to be beaten. So, in a sense, Cauliflo's sacrifice did save Rutega, and the other Tsrufaiya as well.
Rutega had made the stone herself and placed it next to Goku's grandfather's grave. He had protested this at first, but Rutega and Gohan had persisted for some reason and won out.
Goku was a little curious as to why Gohan and Rutega had fought so hard on this. After Gohan had a talk with Chi-Chi, she got in on it too. Goku didn't get it, but he figured they would tell him when they were ready.
The Tsrufaiya from Kelvi had been transported to Earth using transports on the docks of Kelvi. Goku would have Teleported them, but unfortunately he had overexerted himself in the fight with Iciicla and had literally slept for a week.
So, another form of transport had to be arranged. Fortunately, Bulma was able to give the transports' engines a massive overhaul and give them enough power to get them home to Earth in even less time than it took them to get to Kelvi.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, Gohan and Rutega stood on an open field. Unlike Mt. Paozu for his father, this place didn't bring Gohan happy memories. Instead, it brought memories of the single event that changed his life forever.
There was another burial site here, one for someone who was not as fondly remembered as Son Gohan Sr. Rutega stood and looked to Gohan, "Are you sure this is where he is buried?" she asked.
"Yes, I think so. Dad told me a while back that he had Dr. Briefs bury him here when he got the ship. But it was a long time ago and I don't remember exactly. After all, this place doesn't bring back the most pleasant of memories for me."
"I understand." Was Rutega's simple response.
Gohan watched as Rutega knelt down at where Raditz's body was most likely buried and said a few words to her eldest brother. Gohan couldn't hear the words, but figured they were kind, despite all the Saiyan had done. After a few minutes, Rutega stood up and walked to Gohan.
"Are you going to tell your father about me, and our mother?" she asked Gohan.
"No." said Gohan
"Why not?" Rutega was genuinely puzzled, "You said earlier that when mother was dying, Goku thought she was seeing me instead of him, so he said the things he did to comfort her. Wouldn't he feel good knowing he had given her more comfort than he had realized?"
"Yes, but there's more to it." Gohan said, "If he finds out that he had met his mother and then lost her just hours after, I don't know what he would feel. Dad's never been concerned about knowing who his Saiyan family was so I doubt he will ask. The only other person I've told is my mother, and that was only to help you get Cauliflo buried where you wanted."
"Will you ever tell him?" Rutega asked.
"Perhaps, one day, but not now. There's too much going on, we still have to get your people that ship you wanted. Which reminds me, why do want a ship? You could just stay on Earth."
"Some of our people are going to do exactly that, but many of us wish to return to the stars. Our Saiyan cousins before us did severe damage and ruined many lives.
"My people want to do what we can to make up for our cousins' sins. So we are going out on our own to help where the Saiyan would have destroyed.
"And someday, we will destroy the Pola and their wicked Empire. Many of the Tsrufaiya have trained hard these past few weeks, some have even reached Super Saiya...no, Super Tsrufaiya. We will be fine, Gohan. You will not have to worry about us."
"I know." Said Gohan.
* * * * *
A tearful goodbye was held on the Capsule Corp. landing pad. The Tsrufaiya were leaving to begin their own journey. The Tsrufaiya staying on Earth said goodbye to those leaving. Goku and the Z-Fighters said their goodbyes to Rutega, Oran, and other friends they had made among the former slaves.
Rutega was the last to board the ship, a large spherical pod that was capable of supporting thousands of people for a good, long time. Bulma smiled proudly at the device she and her technicians had created, knowing it would do its job well.
Rutega, whom the Tsrufaiya had made their leader, was the last to board. She made sure everyone who was going was aboard ship, and she wanted to bid one last farewell to her friends. To the brother who didn't know he even had a sister. She walked to them.
"So long, my friends, it was wonderful meeting you. And I was proud to fight alongside you."
She shook hands and embraced every one of the people there, The Z-Fighters and their families as well as her own newfound family. She embraced each of her nephews, Gohan hugged back strongly, Goten was more embarrassed than anything.
Finally, she reached Goku and gave her half-brother a strong embrace, which he returned. She looked into his eyes and wondered.
Does he know? No, he couldn't. She walked up the boarding ramp she stopped just short of entering to turn back to her friends.
"Thank you for all that you have done, my friends. My people, my friends and loved ones, are free just as you promised. This is a debt I can never repay. Farewell."
With this she entered the ship and brought up the boarding ramp. The ship itself blasted off a few seconds later.
* * * * *
Farewell, sister, I hope you live well.
Goku watched the large ship take off. He still found it hard to believe that Rutega was his sister. Goten had overheard Gohan telling Chi-Chi about it and quickly rushed to tell Goku when he had returned to Mt. Paozu.
Goten had wondered why they didn't want to tell him. Goku said that they had their reasons and they should be respected. He told Goten to keep their knowledge of this their little secret. Goten had readily agreed, excited about sharing a secret with his father and no one else.
Now Goku watched Rutega leave Earth. He was proud of her for deciding to go out and help those hurt by the Pola and their servants. He silently prayed to their mother, who he now knew to be Cauliflo, to watch over Rutega and keep her safe. He looked up at the sky one last time, and thought to himself that the Pola were in for trouble.
END OF CHAPTER XV
END OF REUNION
REUNION
CHAPTER XV: THE SOUL OF THE TSRUFAIYA
BY
Sgamer82
The six KameHameHas, two Kikohous, the single Big Bang, Makankosoppo, and Masenko all forced Iciicla's Cleansing Death Ball back inch by inch. But it was clear that they were gaining ground at too small a rate.
The way it was going, the Z-Fighters would run out of power long before the Death Ball and Iciicla were defeated. Goku at Super Saiyan Three and Gohan at Mystic weren't strong enough to hold it, even with the help given by the others. They all knew they would lose, but they wouldn't quit.
* * * * *
Oran watched the ki duel rocking the Kelvian sky. All eleven Z-Fighters, he included Rutega as one of them, were fighting Iciicla's attack with everything they had and losing.
No, Oran thought, we've come so far. That beast can't be allowed to win.
He knew it wouldn't do any good, but he couldn't just sit back and do nothing. So he shot his own ki at Iciicla's sphere.
It made little difference to the battle for dominance, as he knew it would. It did cause one thing, however.
The Tsrufaiya who saw Oran shot their own blasts into the sphere with the hope pushing it back, all being careful not to hit the Z-Fighters in the air.
* * * * *
Goku watched the Tsrufaiya add their own power to the battle. Well intentioned as it was, Goku knew that was not the way to go about it. He knew there was a better way to add power to the attacks in the sky. Goku took a dangerous risk and dropped some of the concentration he was focusing on his KameHameHa to speak to the Tsrufaiya.
Tsrufaiya of Kelvi, he spoke telepathically, stop attacking by yourselves, you can't help that way. The Tsrufaiya stopped and looked with stunned looks on their faces at the Saiyan who was trying to save them. Goku now concentrated on every Tsrufaiya on the planet.
If you want to help us beat Iciicla there is another way you can help. Concentrate hard and focus your ki toward my friends and myself.
* * * * *
The Tsrufaiya on Kelvi who had just witnessed the mass deaths of the Overseers now all heard a mysterious voice in their heads. The ones on the surface saw the battle lighting the sky. The ones underground were able to see the battle in their minds. They understood what was happening and knew that if the warriors fighting the Ruler failed, it would mean death for them all.
They heard the warrior speaking to them say to give him and his friends their energy. They obeyed without question. Tsrufaiya all over the planet Kelvi focused their ki as they were told to the best of their ability. They concentrated hard and gave the fighters in the sky their energy.
* * * * *
Gohan was giving the Masenko he was firing everything he had but it wasn't enough. Iciicla's Death Ball was slowly gaining "ground" and showing no signs of being stopped.
All of a sudden, Gohan felt a surge of energy rush through his body. His beam then grew in intensity and began to get stronger. He averted his eyes and saw the others were obviously having the same experience. All of their attacks were also becoming stronger. Gohan heard his father speak to him, and most likely the others as well.
Don't fight it, let the energy go through you. It's a gift from the Tsrufaiya, focus their power and add it to your own.
Gohan looked at the other side of the ring the fighters formed and saw Rutega, a large smile began to grow on her face.
* * * * *
Every Z-Fighter felt the Tsrufaiya's ki going through them. Goku, Gohan, Trunks, Goten, Vegeta, Chaozu, Tenshinhan, Yamcha, Krillin, Piccolo, and Rutega felt the power go into their attacks, their bodies acting as conductors for the strength the Tsrufaiya never realized they possessed.
The increased power and intensity of the Z-Fighters' attacks hit the Death Ball full force and pushed it backward. It was going back into the sky toward its creator.
* * * * *
Iciicla couldn't believe it, the Z-Fighters were beating back her Cleansing Orb! She didn't know how they had done it. Her powers were pushing them back, they were beaten. Then they suddenly got some incredible boost, as if they had just tapped into an energy reactor. How could they have gotten so much power!? The only possibility came to her, The Tsrufaiya!
Somehow the Z-Fighters had gained their power and added it to their own. She was now face-to-face with the one thing Frieza had feared most, a slave race banding against their Ruler. She put every last bit of power into her Orb and forced it down to the surface of the planet.
But the Z-Fighters' new power was too much. It forced her Orb back into the atmosphere.
Inch-by-inch, foot-by-foot, mile-by-mile, the Cleansing Orb was being pushed back toward the person who had created it. There was nothing she could do. Slowly, the ball of energy was coming toward her. When it finally made contact with her, she lost all control of the Orb. It washed over her body, slowly disintegrating her flesh. The Orb passed by her and was followed immediately by the combined blasts of the eleven Z-Fighters.
The ki coalesced into one beam that shot through her body consuming it. She let out a scream of pain and fury, which was instantly drowned out by the hard vacuum around her. She died a soundless death, but just before she was fully destroyed she sent a brief telepathic instruction. It was to activate a message in her palace in the Polaris Cluster.
The message instructed whoever took her place on the throne to never provoke the warriors of Earth, for it would mean their death. Her last thoughts were a prayer that whoever heard the message would obey her instructions, the Pola needed no further humiliation at the hands of inferiors.
* * * * *
Long after Iciicla's body was destroyed the beam continued to move on, leaving the Kelvi system and going into deep space, destined to travel throughout the stars for thousands of years before the great power that created it finally died out.
The tale of Iciicla's death would pass through the Pola Empire as would the knowledge of the massive ki beam that had destroyed her.
Those under the Pola yoke who knew the story would observe the beam and call it "The Tsrufaiya's Light". And it would inspire many others to resist the Pola, and finally win the freedom and avenge the lives the Pola seemed to enjoy stealing from others.
The downfall of the Empire had begun with the Battle for the Tsrufaiya's Freedom.
* * * * *
Goku stood in front of a small house located in the forests within Paozu Mountain. This place always helped Goku remember fond memories of his grandfather. He looked to a tiny grave near the house, his grandfather's.
Goku looked next to the grave and saw the other one there, it had just been dug a week ago so the mound of dirt was still visible. There was a grave here as well, a stone with an inscription on it:
HERE LIES CAULIFLO
MOTHER
SHE DIED SAVING HER CHILD
Goku didn't totally understand that, Cauliflo died saving him. But, then again, her death is what sparked Rutega's transformation to Super Saiyan Two, which ultimately caused Iciicla to be beaten. So, in a sense, Cauliflo's sacrifice did save Rutega, and the other Tsrufaiya as well.
Rutega had made the stone herself and placed it next to Goku's grandfather's grave. He had protested this at first, but Rutega and Gohan had persisted for some reason and won out.
Goku was a little curious as to why Gohan and Rutega had fought so hard on this. After Gohan had a talk with Chi-Chi, she got in on it too. Goku didn't get it, but he figured they would tell him when they were ready.
The Tsrufaiya from Kelvi had been transported to Earth using transports on the docks of Kelvi. Goku would have Teleported them, but unfortunately he had overexerted himself in the fight with Iciicla and had literally slept for a week.
So, another form of transport had to be arranged. Fortunately, Bulma was able to give the transports' engines a massive overhaul and give them enough power to get them home to Earth in even less time than it took them to get to Kelvi.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, Gohan and Rutega stood on an open field. Unlike Mt. Paozu for his father, this place didn't bring Gohan happy memories. Instead, it brought memories of the single event that changed his life forever.
There was another burial site here, one for someone who was not as fondly remembered as Son Gohan Sr. Rutega stood and looked to Gohan, "Are you sure this is where he is buried?" she asked.
"Yes, I think so. Dad told me a while back that he had Dr. Briefs bury him here when he got the ship. But it was a long time ago and I don't remember exactly. After all, this place doesn't bring back the most pleasant of memories for me."
"I understand." Was Rutega's simple response.
Gohan watched as Rutega knelt down at where Raditz's body was most likely buried and said a few words to her eldest brother. Gohan couldn't hear the words, but figured they were kind, despite all the Saiyan had done. After a few minutes, Rutega stood up and walked to Gohan.
"Are you going to tell your father about me, and our mother?" she asked Gohan.
"No." said Gohan
"Why not?" Rutega was genuinely puzzled, "You said earlier that when mother was dying, Goku thought she was seeing me instead of him, so he said the things he did to comfort her. Wouldn't he feel good knowing he had given her more comfort than he had realized?"
"Yes, but there's more to it." Gohan said, "If he finds out that he had met his mother and then lost her just hours after, I don't know what he would feel. Dad's never been concerned about knowing who his Saiyan family was so I doubt he will ask. The only other person I've told is my mother, and that was only to help you get Cauliflo buried where you wanted."
"Will you ever tell him?" Rutega asked.
"Perhaps, one day, but not now. There's too much going on, we still have to get your people that ship you wanted. Which reminds me, why do want a ship? You could just stay on Earth."
"Some of our people are going to do exactly that, but many of us wish to return to the stars. Our Saiyan cousins before us did severe damage and ruined many lives.
"My people want to do what we can to make up for our cousins' sins. So we are going out on our own to help where the Saiyan would have destroyed.
"And someday, we will destroy the Pola and their wicked Empire. Many of the Tsrufaiya have trained hard these past few weeks, some have even reached Super Saiya...no, Super Tsrufaiya. We will be fine, Gohan. You will not have to worry about us."
"I know." Said Gohan.
* * * * *
A tearful goodbye was held on the Capsule Corp. landing pad. The Tsrufaiya were leaving to begin their own journey. The Tsrufaiya staying on Earth said goodbye to those leaving. Goku and the Z-Fighters said their goodbyes to Rutega, Oran, and other friends they had made among the former slaves.
Rutega was the last to board the ship, a large spherical pod that was capable of supporting thousands of people for a good, long time. Bulma smiled proudly at the device she and her technicians had created, knowing it would do its job well.
Rutega, whom the Tsrufaiya had made their leader, was the last to board. She made sure everyone who was going was aboard ship, and she wanted to bid one last farewell to her friends. To the brother who didn't know he even had a sister. She walked to them.
"So long, my friends, it was wonderful meeting you. And I was proud to fight alongside you."
She shook hands and embraced every one of the people there, The Z-Fighters and their families as well as her own newfound family. She embraced each of her nephews, Gohan hugged back strongly, Goten was more embarrassed than anything.
Finally, she reached Goku and gave her half-brother a strong embrace, which he returned. She looked into his eyes and wondered.
Does he know? No, he couldn't. She walked up the boarding ramp she stopped just short of entering to turn back to her friends.
"Thank you for all that you have done, my friends. My people, my friends and loved ones, are free just as you promised. This is a debt I can never repay. Farewell."
With this she entered the ship and brought up the boarding ramp. The ship itself blasted off a few seconds later.
* * * * *
Farewell, sister, I hope you live well.
Goku watched the large ship take off. He still found it hard to believe that Rutega was his sister. Goten had overheard Gohan telling Chi-Chi about it and quickly rushed to tell Goku when he had returned to Mt. Paozu.
Goten had wondered why they didn't want to tell him. Goku said that they had their reasons and they should be respected. He told Goten to keep their knowledge of this their little secret. Goten had readily agreed, excited about sharing a secret with his father and no one else.
Now Goku watched Rutega leave Earth. He was proud of her for deciding to go out and help those hurt by the Pola and their servants. He silently prayed to their mother, who he now knew to be Cauliflo, to watch over Rutega and keep her safe. He looked up at the sky one last time, and thought to himself that the Pola were in for trouble.
END OF CHAPTER XV
END OF REUNION