AWAY FROM HOME X
BY VAMPY
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Okay, so I couldn't wait to write this. Sue me!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lucas or DragonballZ.
AN: Thank you Melissa, for beta reading this. I owe you big time!
Summary: Lucas has ended up in the DragonballZ universe and he's trying to make the best of it.
Well...
...he tries.
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I felt myself getting lifted up in the air, and smashed to a wall. It happened so fast that there wasn't anything I could do. Before I knew it I was back on the floor, having fallen 5 meters up high and being mashed against the wall with something that felt like 200 km/hours.
I could taste the blood in my mouth. I had probably broken a rib, but I didn't care; I was pissed.
I got back up with difficulty and decided it wasn't a smart thing to think with my fist; I had a good set of brains so I used it. "Hah" I forced a grin on my face and turned to the man that hit me. "Can't take it that I'm right?" Vegeta did everything but smile and I really had to swallow but didn't. I couldn't show this guy how scared I was. He'd sucker punch me in a nano second if he knew.
"Admit it! I'm right!" I yelled trying to cover up my fear. Vegeta could be as hardheaded as Goku sometimes was but the two were like two worlds apart.
It was a very wrong move, he walked towards me. The grass was squashed by every step of him and probably wouldn't grow back on. I finally swallowed. He knew it, I didn't have to pretend I wasn't terrified. He stopped a few feet away from me. What the hell would happen next, I had no idea; he was pretty pissed off. In the end I would rather have him taking another hit at me then what he did. He looked down at me with a real look of disgust and then he walked away, turning his back to me. That did it!
This slime bag had no reason to act like he did. He was a first class jerk, an idiotic lowlife with no social skills what so ever. I jumped on his back with a roar of anger. This alarmed me. I knew it was a bad move and I was insane but I didn't hear it at that exact moment.
He turned back to face me but I already threw him over and I collected as much energy as I could, raising my hands in the air and letting them down on Vegeta in a matter of seconds.
Vegeta hadn't made a move to kill me yet, probably too surprised by my attack. And he got the full force of my attack. I let myself fall backwards and scrammed the hell out of there. That had been an action of my rational mind, Who was now kicking my ass for taking on someone who was a million times stronger then me.
I ran as fast as I could, not looking over my shoulder but getting as far away from this strange place as possible. I changed my mind though and turned my head to see if Vegeta was following.
He wasn't and I turned around to hide in one of the strange buildings.
They were like strange pyramids,
but much smaller and they had normal entrances. I was positive
that wasn't as it used to be. In my life anyway. But I wasn't
home after all.
I walked in, the air was damp and I walked a few meters down the hall and sat down hiding after some kind of shaft. Idiotic really because Vegeta could sense me. My anger was getting to me again seeing Vegeta laughing at my futile attempt to escape. I could just That little It just wasn't fair. I smacked my fist into the shaft crying out in pain.
I thought it would fell better, but it didn't. It hurt like hell and I held the poor molested thing close to my chest, which was also aching. It was all Vegeta's fault.
I stayed there a while, mocking about the stupid training witch wasn't working out and that idiotic Vegeta who called himself a prince, yeah right. Prince of jerks. When I finally stood up it was only to see Vegeta standing in the opening and I wondered if I had said any of these things out loud.
"You ready mocking?" His voice sounded harsh and irritated but that was okay I didn't even understand why he was here in the first place.
Vegeta had never been interested in my training and suddenly he was there wanting, no demanding, to train me. Yeah right like it did any good and now he was waiting for me, probably to continue my training. The only reason could be that Goku tricked Vegeta's into training me probably by using his pride against him. I didn't know how but it didn't matter. I didn't want to train with Vegeta anymore. Simply because he was a jerk, a show off and well.. he didn't make much sense. I mean he was now waiting for me while he tried to kill me a few minutes ago.
I made up my mind, it wouldn't help to have him on my bad side and up to now he hadn't hurt a fly, well, literal. So I should try to understand him. "Why did you decide to take over the training?" I asked while I walked outside and Vegeta walked with me to the training grounds. We finally got to talk like civilized people. "I took over because Kakarot didn't do a great job." Vegeta was the only one who called Goku that, Kakarot, I still had to find out where that name came from. He continued. "You do realize you didn't make any progress, do you?" I nodded, after the basic fighting training it stopped; I could collect energy but I really sucked at it. "Well I suggested Kakarot to use another tactic, one that goes against his beliefs, and he tricked me into training you." Ah, that had been it, Vegeta had a suggestion and ended up doing it himself. Now I only wanted to know what the suggestion was, I turned to face Vegeta. " Hey kid, you're the genius figure it out."
A challenge. And because I had made myself a promise I would give our relationship a chance I accepted it. If I didn't I would probably end up brain dead with these dense people, okay except Bulma but she had a very unstable personality.
I started to name all the things that were different from their training.
Goku was easy to work with. Vegeta was a pain in the ass.
Goku had patient, Vegeta certainly
not, well, he did search from me, maybe he felt guilty. He didn't
look like he felt guilty. He also didn't look to pissed up after
I fired that energy blast at him...
He made me mad! That was the tactic. Getting me mad to attack
him.
Something I hadn't ever done. I looked at Vegeta. "So if intelligence doesn't work anger will?"
"It always does. Listen kid, you and me are going to train here, I'll try to be easy on you but you do want to learn this?" I gulped, did I? Did I trust him? Nah, not for a nickel. I would do it anyway.
"Yeah, I still want to, it's something I haven't done in whole my life."
Vegeta sniffed. "I thought you had amnesia?" I sniffed too. "Well, I still did, last time I checked." Then I became serious. "But I'm positive I have never done anything like this in my entire life, and so are you. You have been picking on me the whole morning without success. Oh, sure, you pissed me off, big time but I pretended it didn't matter or whatever." "You're right kid." He said that in a way of shut off. "Let's get on with the training. Gather some energy." I sighted. I just hoped it wouldn't be a continues of this morning.
I raised my hand in the air, cupped them and concentrated. I was pretty tired but managed to gather some energy. Vegeta snorted and I lost my concentration letting the energy lose in the air. Things weren't just going fine today. Vegeta shook his head and gathered some energy. Just to show it to me. " I saw you do it. This much, in just a few seconds before you took off like some scared rabbit." I looked at the energy. He would probably over do it a bit to get me exited. But even then it was impressive. I took another try. While I was gathering I heard Vegeta tell me I could throw it at him to get back at him for this morning. That certainly cheered me up. I would do that, the other option would be letting this training flaw so that he would be humiliated by Goku. But then I would be still stuck at basic training. I focused even more, not hearing whatever Vegeta was saying, it wasn't important. I opened my eyes to find my target. Right in front of me, perfect. I threw the ball of energy towards him with all my power, it felt really awkward. Vegeta just took a step sideways, ever so slowly. And we both watched the light bolt fly up into the air and incinerated.
Damn!!!!!!!! My shoulders slumped,
all the proud I had, left me. My hand combed trough my hair while
I walked away. Frustration was a horrible thing. Vegeta just
laughed which angered me yet again. Okay, mister
You-can-hit-me-but-I'll-dodge-anyway. I'll use my anger, better
yet, I'll use my frustration.
That should do it. Both hands for quantity, hadn't Goku told me?
Eat this Vegeta. I turned to him and formed a little energy ball
with my right arm, threw it almost immediately at him and focused
on my other arm. Soon Vegeta had avoided two energy balls. It
still felt awkward but this could work. I tried it again and
continued with both hands, aiming on that idiotic prince. He
would pay for this stupid morning. He would pay for the pain he
caused me, for my memory loss, for dodging my first reasonable
energy ball and especially for my being far away from home.
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When we returned "home" later that afternoon I was exhausted, and well.. Vegeta was kind of bored, I think. I didn't really care, because I was satisfied about myself. I made progress, and that's what life's all about.
Goku was outside sitting at the table with Gohan; they were talking.
Gohan had been studying because I saw his physics book laying next to him. While I sat next to Gohan, Vegeta winked Goku over. This was the part were Vegeta would play the showoff.
"So" Goku started. "How did it go?" I shook my head, he should not have asked that. I could already see Vegeta with a big smirk on his face. 'Great! He could play in the Olympics next year thanks to me.' Or maybe Vegeta would take the right-on approach. Like: 'What do you think? Of course, I did better then you!'
It surprised me then when Vegeta acted like a normal human being telling Goku my aim was an 100% though I never got a hit. I had been wrong about Vegeta once again. Goku laughed. "What, you afraid he might scratch your clothes?" Vegeta eyes flew open. "What! Like that miserable worm could scratch my Sayin outfit?! I think not!
I sighted, with a small smile on my face, it was always the same between those two. Gohan looked up at me. "So, how did it go?" "Oh, well, it went okay."
Vegeta told Goku how it went, it surprised me how Vegeta tolled it. It was like he was a normal trainer who was shocked when his plan finally got the better of me when I fired that first energy blast at him.
Okay, now would come the part of the running away like a scared rabbit and Vegeta wouldn't pass a chance of humiliating me so I stood up to leave and let them discus the training and my cowering. But yet again..
Vegeta didn't tell them about the running part, he skipped it like it never occurred in his mind. I would have a little chit chat with him later, better yet, a thank-you-and-why-did-ya-do-it chat? But I was standing, so I left for the kitchen for a soda.
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