TITLE: Chapter Two - Narrow Escape and Inescapable Torment
AUTHOR: Rachel Wong
AUTHOR'S EMAIL: Hidden_Angel_83@hotmail.com
RATING: PG-13
PAIRINGS: None
WARNINGS: None
NOTE: This is set in an alternate universe. Please do not read it if you do not like A/U's. As I have mentioned, this is a story about B/V. There will be a bit on G/CC as well. If you don't like them, please don't read. And YES! I know that everyone is OOC (out of character) other than Vegeta. Like I said, this is an A/U. It is MY A/U. So if you don't like it, don't read it. Also, I know this part of the story is a bit boring and stuff and there is no romance yet, but hey, give me a break, I gotta make them meet and stuff first.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragonball Z and am in no way connected to them. I only wish I was, than I'd have at least SOME $$$. Seeing as how I am broke, sueing me would do you no good. =Þ
Last time on Growing Pains:
Vegeta took the information in without even flinching. His thoughts had been confirmed. Beta had been the one to destroy his planet. That baka would pay later. For now though, he would content himself with killing Frieza for calling him a "little ape" and for saying he was insignifcant.
Everyone else but Frieza shrunk away in fear as Vegeta let his true power began to grow inside of him. They could all sense that the fight of a lifetime was about to begin.
*****
Frieza watched, amused, as the young saiyans level continued to grow, apparently to no end. He had had enough. He did not have time to allow some weak saiyan to take so much time powering up in an attempt to fight him. He flew towards Vegeta with blinding speed.
Vegeta was prepared. He had known that Frieza would not allow him to power up forever. He was stunned at the speed with which Frieza came at him, but he reacted by blocking the blow. Vegeta retaliated with his own punches and kicks. The two faught with blinding speed, so fast in fact, that the only people who could actually see them were Zarbon and Dodoria, Frieza's right and left hand creatures. To everyone else, they were merely streaks of light, if anything at all.
Vegeta knew that he was stronger than Frieza. He was merely toying with Frieza at the moment. After a few more blocked punches, Vegeta decided to show him just how powerful he trully was. He blocked Frieza's last attempt at a punch and lifted his hand to form a little ball of energy. An instant later, Frieza found himself thrown against the wall of his ship. He most definitely had not been ready for that.
Vegeta 'hmphed' and crossed his arms. "Still think I'm an insignificant little ape?" His cold eyes betrayed no fear or joy.
"Ha!" Frieza stood up. "Fool! If you think that someone as powerful as me could be beat by you, you are more stupid than I could have ever thought. You shall pay for your little insult. Prepare to see what true power is all about!"
With that, Frieza's power level all but exploaded in a matter of seconds. Vegeta knew something was going on. Frieza was...changing. Damn! Vegeta realized that Frieza could transform which could only mean that his power level would increase. For the first time in his life Vegeta felt as if he was no longer in control. He didn't like the feeling.
Vegeta surged towards Frieza. He would not let him complete his transformation. *Bang* Vegeta felt as if he had hit a brick wall. He had been so absorbed in trying to kill Frieza that he had not noticied Zarbon jump in at him. Vegeta was forced back against his own ship by a blast of energy.
"Zarbon! Out of my way. I do not need your help to dispose of such a weakling as this." Frieza knew that Zarbon was no match for Vegeta and he didn't want his right hand henchman to be beaten by anyone. He didn't care about Zarbon, he just didn't want his troops morale to fall and the best way for that to happen was to have a high ranked officer get beaten in a battle.
"Yes Lord Frieza. But are you sure you don't want to transform to level 4?"
"No. I do not need to. Level 3 shall be enough to take care of him."
Vegeta got up highly confused? What?! This baka could transform three different times? His power level was impossibly high yet this was only level 3. He didn't even want to think about what Frieza's power would be like at level 4.
Zarbon moved out of the way and Frieza flew at him again. Vegeta made a move to block him but felt the air rush out of his body as Frieza's fists slammed into his stomach. Damn! Frieza was just too fast! Vegeta concentrated. No, he could not die. He still had to kill Beta for exterminating his race, the race which he had every right to rule over. With that thought in mind, he blasted 10 ki balls at Frieza before quickly flying into his ship and ordered his crew to take off.
Vegeta headed for the mini deck where the pods were. He entered one and shut it. He knew his ship was taking off. He also knew the ship would have no chance and his crew members would all die. He didn't care. From outside he could hear Frieza laughing loudly at his retreat.
"Stupid saiyan. Come out and fight!"
Vegeta tensed himself for the blow that he knew would come. It came long after he had expected it. He knew Frieza had toyed with his crews hopes making them think that they could get away. Inevitably, Frieza had sent up a blast strong enough to destroy a planet, let alone a spaceship. The second that the ship was hit, Vegeta set coordinates for...he knew not where. All he knew was that he had to get as far away from Frieza as he could.
Amongst all the rubble and the explosions that went off, no one saw the little space pod that flew away. No one noticied as it blasted threw space with it's precious cargo of one person, one prince who would change the fate of the entire universe.
In the pod, the Prince was overcome by the sleeping gas emitted by the pod. The pod would wake him when he reached his destination, wherever that was.
*****
"Vegeta..."
That damn voice again. "What the hell do you want now?!"
"Your destiny is near."
"Damn you! How many times have I told you that no one controls my destiny but myself? Go away and stop bugging me."
"My Prince, you can not avoid your destiny."
"Get the hell out of my mind or I will blast you."
Suddenly Vegeta felt that the voice was gone. He wondered where it had gone. He sensed someone else in his world of nothingness, someone with a very weak, almost non-existant ki. He looked all around him but found no one. Was that the ki of the person who had been speaking in his head all these years?
He flew around in search of the ki. He could feel it grow nearer. Yes! He was close! Suddenly he saw a streak of blue. He couldn't see anything else, just a pure streak of blue. He reached out to grab it.
"10 minutes until destination is reached."
Damn. Vegeta woke up. That same stupid dream again. Will, not quiet. Usually it was just the voice taunting him. Today, the dream had changed, there had been another person or another thing, in his world of nothingness. He scowled at the computer. Why couldn't it just wait a few more seconds. Then he could have found out who or what that streak of blue was.
Finally, he snapped out of his trance and scowled at the planet he saw in front of him. From what he could tell, there was absolutely no life on it, not even plants. Why the hell had he come here? How did he know the coordinates? He had no answer to his questions.
Vegeta felt extremely refreshed after his sleep despite the fact that that damn voice was still bugging his dreams. The first few times he had heard it, he thought it would go away. However, here he was, many years later and that voice was still there. Vegeta closed his eyes and prepared for impact.
*Thump*
The pod landed and left a large hole on the face of the planet. Vegeta flaired his ki and stepped out. He took a look around the place and confirmed his thoughts. There was nothing there. Nothing but rocks and stones. He was about to step back into his pod when something caught his eye.
Vegeta's eyes narrowed and he stared at the stone. It looked like every other stone, but for some unknown reason, he was drawn to it. He grunted uncomprendingly and walked towards it slowly. He reached it and glared. There seemed to be something written on it. He leaned over to get a closer look. Suddenly the letters shone a golden light and Vegeta stepped back a few feet in shock, eyes shut tight. He slowly opened his eyes and read the now clear to see message.
A constant struggle of good versus evil shall come down to one fight
The Prince of Darkness versus the Princess of Light
The Prince, cold and uncaring, with a heart as dark as coal
The Princess, kind and compassionate, touching everyone's soul
Their destinies will collide and the struggle will reach it's highest point ever
Who will prevail, who will survive, to have their side live on forever...
What the hell! Vegeta formed the largest ball of energy that he could muster and threw it at the stone. The dust died down and Vegeta began to walk away feeling happy at the thought that the stone was now gone. He turned around one more time just to make sure. Vegeta's eyes snapped wide open when he saw that the stone was still there. There wasn't even a scratch on it.
Vegeta shook his head and ran back to his pod. His fingers entered the new coordinates without him really telling them to. He wasn't sure what or where the new coordinates were, all he knew was that he needed to get out of there, and fast. This planet, more specifically, the stone scared him senseless.
What was with this "Prince of Darkness" and "destiny" crap anyway. The annoying voice had mentioned it to him a few times. The creature on that one planet who had begged for his life had also mentioned it. He didn't like it. He didn't like it at all.
What if my destiny really has been pre-determined. With that final thought, Vegeta fell into a restless sleep.
*****
Bardock stood with his son outside of the palace. Most of the royal guards were present as they awaited the arrival of the ambassador from Namek. Earth and Namek were old allies, but the ambassador had passed away, due to old age, and Namek was sending a new ambassador.
Kakkarot sighed inwardly. The Earth was quickly becoming the place for refugees. Many people had come to the Earth after their planet had been blown up or their race exterminated. Although most of the refugees were weak, some of them had decent ki levels. Those who did were trained by his father. Among some of those with decent ki were Tien, a three-eyed alien from someplace or other, and his little, pure white, short friend Chao-tzu.
Kakkarot dispised Tien. Tien had become one of his father's favourite pupils. Bardock had told Tien countless numbers of times that he was proud of him. Kakkarot's scowl deepened. Yes, an alien from a distant planet and a couple of earthlings had made his father proud when he himself could not. The other students he dispised were Krillen and Yamcha, both were weak earthlings whose power levels had steadily increased over the years along with Tien's.
Kakkarot didn't understand how such weaklings could make his father proud. None of them could even compare with his own power. In fact, he hadn't had a decent challenge since he had surpassed his father many years before. He hoped with all his heart that the ambassador from Namek would be strong, not like the last ambassador. He really wanted a good fight.
*****
Vegeta glared at his surroundings. He had no idea where he was. For the second time in a short spand of time, he had directed his pod to a planet without even knowing it.
"Welcome home my Prince."
What the hell?! Vegeta couldn't believe it. That voice. It was back. But how? He wasn't sleeping, or was he?
"No my Prince, you are not sleeping."
"Damn you!" Vegeta was infuriated. "Not only do you annoy my every sleeping hour, now you even torment me during my waking hours!" Suddenly Vegeta stopped his ranting. "Welcome home? What do you mean?"
"My dear Prince, are you telling me that you don't even recognize your own home planet?"
Vegeta felt like he was going to fall over. So this was Planet Vegeta. Oh Kami! It looked horrible. Decaying bodies were lying all over the place and buildings were tumbling. This was the planet he was so proud of? This was where he, the proud Prince, had come from? This...this...this piece of worthless rock?!
"No Vegeta. Your planet was once beautiful in it's own rights. It slowly began to decay after it's inhabitants were massacred."
Vegeta's anger rose. Damn that Beta. He would kill him even if it was the last thing he did! Anger and power coursed through his veins. He began to feel power that even he didn't know he possessed yet as his anger rose. He was going to squish Beta and make him beg for his life. He would make sure his death was slow and painful. He would make Beta pay for everything!
With that, his body could no longer contain the power growing in him and he screamed out in fustration. "Ahhhhhhhh!" His hair began to flicker into a golden light while his eyes filmed over into complete whiteness. Still his power level rose. His body shook as his muscles expanded and his hair stopped flickering, remaining a golden color. His eyes turned teal and Vegeta collapsed at his new found energy and power, the anger slowing leaving his body. Without even knowing it, Vegeta had become the legendary Super Saiyan.
AUTHOR: Rachel Wong
AUTHOR'S EMAIL: Hidden_Angel_83@hotmail.com
RATING: PG-13
PAIRINGS: None
WARNINGS: None
NOTE: This is set in an alternate universe. Please do not read it if you do not like A/U's. As I have mentioned, this is a story about B/V. There will be a bit on G/CC as well. If you don't like them, please don't read. And YES! I know that everyone is OOC (out of character) other than Vegeta. Like I said, this is an A/U. It is MY A/U. So if you don't like it, don't read it. Also, I know this part of the story is a bit boring and stuff and there is no romance yet, but hey, give me a break, I gotta make them meet and stuff first.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragonball Z and am in no way connected to them. I only wish I was, than I'd have at least SOME $$$. Seeing as how I am broke, sueing me would do you no good. =Þ
Last time on Growing Pains:
Vegeta took the information in without even flinching. His thoughts had been confirmed. Beta had been the one to destroy his planet. That baka would pay later. For now though, he would content himself with killing Frieza for calling him a "little ape" and for saying he was insignifcant.
Everyone else but Frieza shrunk away in fear as Vegeta let his true power began to grow inside of him. They could all sense that the fight of a lifetime was about to begin.
*****
Frieza watched, amused, as the young saiyans level continued to grow, apparently to no end. He had had enough. He did not have time to allow some weak saiyan to take so much time powering up in an attempt to fight him. He flew towards Vegeta with blinding speed.
Vegeta was prepared. He had known that Frieza would not allow him to power up forever. He was stunned at the speed with which Frieza came at him, but he reacted by blocking the blow. Vegeta retaliated with his own punches and kicks. The two faught with blinding speed, so fast in fact, that the only people who could actually see them were Zarbon and Dodoria, Frieza's right and left hand creatures. To everyone else, they were merely streaks of light, if anything at all.
Vegeta knew that he was stronger than Frieza. He was merely toying with Frieza at the moment. After a few more blocked punches, Vegeta decided to show him just how powerful he trully was. He blocked Frieza's last attempt at a punch and lifted his hand to form a little ball of energy. An instant later, Frieza found himself thrown against the wall of his ship. He most definitely had not been ready for that.
Vegeta 'hmphed' and crossed his arms. "Still think I'm an insignificant little ape?" His cold eyes betrayed no fear or joy.
"Ha!" Frieza stood up. "Fool! If you think that someone as powerful as me could be beat by you, you are more stupid than I could have ever thought. You shall pay for your little insult. Prepare to see what true power is all about!"
With that, Frieza's power level all but exploaded in a matter of seconds. Vegeta knew something was going on. Frieza was...changing. Damn! Vegeta realized that Frieza could transform which could only mean that his power level would increase. For the first time in his life Vegeta felt as if he was no longer in control. He didn't like the feeling.
Vegeta surged towards Frieza. He would not let him complete his transformation. *Bang* Vegeta felt as if he had hit a brick wall. He had been so absorbed in trying to kill Frieza that he had not noticied Zarbon jump in at him. Vegeta was forced back against his own ship by a blast of energy.
"Zarbon! Out of my way. I do not need your help to dispose of such a weakling as this." Frieza knew that Zarbon was no match for Vegeta and he didn't want his right hand henchman to be beaten by anyone. He didn't care about Zarbon, he just didn't want his troops morale to fall and the best way for that to happen was to have a high ranked officer get beaten in a battle.
"Yes Lord Frieza. But are you sure you don't want to transform to level 4?"
"No. I do not need to. Level 3 shall be enough to take care of him."
Vegeta got up highly confused? What?! This baka could transform three different times? His power level was impossibly high yet this was only level 3. He didn't even want to think about what Frieza's power would be like at level 4.
Zarbon moved out of the way and Frieza flew at him again. Vegeta made a move to block him but felt the air rush out of his body as Frieza's fists slammed into his stomach. Damn! Frieza was just too fast! Vegeta concentrated. No, he could not die. He still had to kill Beta for exterminating his race, the race which he had every right to rule over. With that thought in mind, he blasted 10 ki balls at Frieza before quickly flying into his ship and ordered his crew to take off.
Vegeta headed for the mini deck where the pods were. He entered one and shut it. He knew his ship was taking off. He also knew the ship would have no chance and his crew members would all die. He didn't care. From outside he could hear Frieza laughing loudly at his retreat.
"Stupid saiyan. Come out and fight!"
Vegeta tensed himself for the blow that he knew would come. It came long after he had expected it. He knew Frieza had toyed with his crews hopes making them think that they could get away. Inevitably, Frieza had sent up a blast strong enough to destroy a planet, let alone a spaceship. The second that the ship was hit, Vegeta set coordinates for...he knew not where. All he knew was that he had to get as far away from Frieza as he could.
Amongst all the rubble and the explosions that went off, no one saw the little space pod that flew away. No one noticied as it blasted threw space with it's precious cargo of one person, one prince who would change the fate of the entire universe.
In the pod, the Prince was overcome by the sleeping gas emitted by the pod. The pod would wake him when he reached his destination, wherever that was.
*****
"Vegeta..."
That damn voice again. "What the hell do you want now?!"
"Your destiny is near."
"Damn you! How many times have I told you that no one controls my destiny but myself? Go away and stop bugging me."
"My Prince, you can not avoid your destiny."
"Get the hell out of my mind or I will blast you."
Suddenly Vegeta felt that the voice was gone. He wondered where it had gone. He sensed someone else in his world of nothingness, someone with a very weak, almost non-existant ki. He looked all around him but found no one. Was that the ki of the person who had been speaking in his head all these years?
He flew around in search of the ki. He could feel it grow nearer. Yes! He was close! Suddenly he saw a streak of blue. He couldn't see anything else, just a pure streak of blue. He reached out to grab it.
"10 minutes until destination is reached."
Damn. Vegeta woke up. That same stupid dream again. Will, not quiet. Usually it was just the voice taunting him. Today, the dream had changed, there had been another person or another thing, in his world of nothingness. He scowled at the computer. Why couldn't it just wait a few more seconds. Then he could have found out who or what that streak of blue was.
Finally, he snapped out of his trance and scowled at the planet he saw in front of him. From what he could tell, there was absolutely no life on it, not even plants. Why the hell had he come here? How did he know the coordinates? He had no answer to his questions.
Vegeta felt extremely refreshed after his sleep despite the fact that that damn voice was still bugging his dreams. The first few times he had heard it, he thought it would go away. However, here he was, many years later and that voice was still there. Vegeta closed his eyes and prepared for impact.
*Thump*
The pod landed and left a large hole on the face of the planet. Vegeta flaired his ki and stepped out. He took a look around the place and confirmed his thoughts. There was nothing there. Nothing but rocks and stones. He was about to step back into his pod when something caught his eye.
Vegeta's eyes narrowed and he stared at the stone. It looked like every other stone, but for some unknown reason, he was drawn to it. He grunted uncomprendingly and walked towards it slowly. He reached it and glared. There seemed to be something written on it. He leaned over to get a closer look. Suddenly the letters shone a golden light and Vegeta stepped back a few feet in shock, eyes shut tight. He slowly opened his eyes and read the now clear to see message.
A constant struggle of good versus evil shall come down to one fight
The Prince of Darkness versus the Princess of Light
The Prince, cold and uncaring, with a heart as dark as coal
The Princess, kind and compassionate, touching everyone's soul
Their destinies will collide and the struggle will reach it's highest point ever
Who will prevail, who will survive, to have their side live on forever...
What the hell! Vegeta formed the largest ball of energy that he could muster and threw it at the stone. The dust died down and Vegeta began to walk away feeling happy at the thought that the stone was now gone. He turned around one more time just to make sure. Vegeta's eyes snapped wide open when he saw that the stone was still there. There wasn't even a scratch on it.
Vegeta shook his head and ran back to his pod. His fingers entered the new coordinates without him really telling them to. He wasn't sure what or where the new coordinates were, all he knew was that he needed to get out of there, and fast. This planet, more specifically, the stone scared him senseless.
What was with this "Prince of Darkness" and "destiny" crap anyway. The annoying voice had mentioned it to him a few times. The creature on that one planet who had begged for his life had also mentioned it. He didn't like it. He didn't like it at all.
What if my destiny really has been pre-determined. With that final thought, Vegeta fell into a restless sleep.
*****
Bardock stood with his son outside of the palace. Most of the royal guards were present as they awaited the arrival of the ambassador from Namek. Earth and Namek were old allies, but the ambassador had passed away, due to old age, and Namek was sending a new ambassador.
Kakkarot sighed inwardly. The Earth was quickly becoming the place for refugees. Many people had come to the Earth after their planet had been blown up or their race exterminated. Although most of the refugees were weak, some of them had decent ki levels. Those who did were trained by his father. Among some of those with decent ki were Tien, a three-eyed alien from someplace or other, and his little, pure white, short friend Chao-tzu.
Kakkarot dispised Tien. Tien had become one of his father's favourite pupils. Bardock had told Tien countless numbers of times that he was proud of him. Kakkarot's scowl deepened. Yes, an alien from a distant planet and a couple of earthlings had made his father proud when he himself could not. The other students he dispised were Krillen and Yamcha, both were weak earthlings whose power levels had steadily increased over the years along with Tien's.
Kakkarot didn't understand how such weaklings could make his father proud. None of them could even compare with his own power. In fact, he hadn't had a decent challenge since he had surpassed his father many years before. He hoped with all his heart that the ambassador from Namek would be strong, not like the last ambassador. He really wanted a good fight.
*****
Vegeta glared at his surroundings. He had no idea where he was. For the second time in a short spand of time, he had directed his pod to a planet without even knowing it.
"Welcome home my Prince."
What the hell?! Vegeta couldn't believe it. That voice. It was back. But how? He wasn't sleeping, or was he?
"No my Prince, you are not sleeping."
"Damn you!" Vegeta was infuriated. "Not only do you annoy my every sleeping hour, now you even torment me during my waking hours!" Suddenly Vegeta stopped his ranting. "Welcome home? What do you mean?"
"My dear Prince, are you telling me that you don't even recognize your own home planet?"
Vegeta felt like he was going to fall over. So this was Planet Vegeta. Oh Kami! It looked horrible. Decaying bodies were lying all over the place and buildings were tumbling. This was the planet he was so proud of? This was where he, the proud Prince, had come from? This...this...this piece of worthless rock?!
"No Vegeta. Your planet was once beautiful in it's own rights. It slowly began to decay after it's inhabitants were massacred."
Vegeta's anger rose. Damn that Beta. He would kill him even if it was the last thing he did! Anger and power coursed through his veins. He began to feel power that even he didn't know he possessed yet as his anger rose. He was going to squish Beta and make him beg for his life. He would make sure his death was slow and painful. He would make Beta pay for everything!
With that, his body could no longer contain the power growing in him and he screamed out in fustration. "Ahhhhhhhh!" His hair began to flicker into a golden light while his eyes filmed over into complete whiteness. Still his power level rose. His body shook as his muscles expanded and his hair stopped flickering, remaining a golden color. His eyes turned teal and Vegeta collapsed at his new found energy and power, the anger slowing leaving his body. Without even knowing it, Vegeta had become the legendary Super Saiyan.