Hi all, I revised this chapter so that it would flow better with the other chapters, and make more sense enjoy! Please R&R.
Usual disclaimer applies: I do not own DBZ nor am I making any money off of this.
Mother's Heritage; ch. 2: What's a Great Weapon?
"Don't worry she'll be fine, fainting is a normal part of pregnancy, especially if the mother works too hard." Said a very unfamiliar male voice. Bulma opened her eyes and found she was looking up at a medic. "Good afternoon Mrs. Briefs, you have just had your third faint this month. Now will you please take it easy?" he said standing up. Bulma looked around and found that she was lying on the loveseat in her living room. Sitting up she immediately felt dizzy and laid back down.
"You had best rest for a little while longer." He said as she lay staring up at him while he covered her with a blanket. "Sweet dreams." He continued and left. "Ma'am?" said a familiar voice from the direction of her feet. Looking over she saw Evin, her aide and traveling secretary standing at her feet. Evin's height of 6ft 6in meant that she had to look up quite a bit, his black hair was in a buzz cut on the sides and back, and left short and spiky on top. Small black eyes, short nose, and a gentle mouth finished his looks. He was wearing a mechanics jumpsuit with a white T-shirt on underneath.
"Yes?" she asked "Ma'am you're afternoon appointments have been rescheduled. Also both the Capsule Corp. Doctor and your obsetrition have given strict orders for you to work from the Tower only, until you recover." He stated, giving her a stern fatherly look at the same time 'Which of course means that if I don't use the Tower he'll go to my Father.' she though. The Tower, as it was called was one of her secrets to running Capsule Corp. from it she could access anyone and anything in the entire C.C. compound. "Thank you Evin." she replied, he nodded and left. 'I might as well take a nap' she thought closing her eyes.
FYI: The Weren Lady Goddess was originally mortal. But when a past action of hers saved her entire race from all becoming like Frieza, the people began to see her first as a guardian and later as their Goddess, their belief was what raised her up and gives her all her power.
Standing in the shadows Vegeta watched Evin leave, he was never able to figure that guy out. 'One minute he's totally respectful, the next he goes all fatherly on her.' Looking over he realized that Bulma was asleep. Quietly he walked over to her on the couch, kneeling down he ran his hand through her hair, it fell in a silky wave to the floor, shimmering like a waterfall. Carefully he placed his right hand on her belly, and softly kissed her forehead. While keeping his hands in place, he leaned back to check for any bruises. 'Looks like nothing more than exhaustion.' He thought.
He couldn't help but be protective of her. She had forgiven him for all the lives he had taken, the planets he had destroyed. She put up with his attitude, and even now was giving him a second child. But most of all, the thing that meant the most to him was that she loved him!
Suddenly he felt a small impact on his right hand, for a few seconds he just stared at his hand. Then smiled, 'It's just the baby kicking.' He thought. Feeling it kick again he chuckled. 'Well now, you're going to be a strong one aren't you.' Careful not to wake her, he picked his mate up and took her to their room.
As he put her down on the bed she woke up, "Vegeta?" she asked. "Go back to sleep, I'll be here when you wake up." He whispered to her, brushing some strands of hair away from her face. Snuggling her cheek into his hand she closed her eyes. It took him a second to realize that she had fallen asleep. Starting to get up he stopped and smiling settled back down. 'Yes my mate, this time will stay with you till you awaken, then I will return to my training.'
FYI: Trunks, Goten, Keera, and Kat started sparing together at age six, this is part of the reason that Trunks and Goten are so powerful, and became super saiyans at such an early age.
Devon watched as the Darklings scattered about Capsule Corp. waving his hand the viewing crystal turned black then turned to clear glass. Turning to his right his fell apon his little 'experiment'. He couldn't help but smile. Before him where several vial's, each one filled with a dark substance that seemed to suck in all the light that touched it. They where the fragments of a demon mixed with special liquids to give each one enough life to be useful to him.
The demon that these fragments came from was presently in a freezer, as a large ball of ice. Every day he went and chipped off a small piece, then he took that piece and melted it, turning it into a Jell-O like substance. Next he brought out five small jars. Each one had inside blood that came from a different body part, one had blood that had dripped from the slit eyeballs of a dying man, the next came from the ears, then the nose, the mouth, and finally from the vein in the throat. The owner's of the blood where all dead, otherwise he would have been forced to use his own blood. 'And that's a risk I'll never take.' He though to himself as turned to the right again, and exited the room.
Outside his workroom, he found the Shadow Warriors that the Demon Queen had sent along with him. They lounged on the couches, or sat in the chairs playing cards, while others where curled up in the corners, it looked as if the room was filled with shadows. There where 10 of them that had come along and none wished to be taking his orders. Devon considered the different Warriors and finally decided. "Arganoth" he called. From one of the corners the Warrior stepped forward, He was a huge black cougar, with blood red eyes that glowed in the darkness. He moved with the grace of a feline, and made absolutely no sound. The Shadow stopped in front of him, "Yes?" he whispered to Devrons mind. "I've sent the Darklings out at various places in Capsule Corp. I want you to go watch with them, you will undoubtedly see what they miss. You are to report back to me when they report to you." He stated calmly. Arganoth simply nodded, turned and left.
Devon mentally sighed and headed for his room, 'turning dead chunks of demon into semi-living creatures is hard enough, but add on Shadow Warriors, and you've got an exhausted me' he though locking his door. Quickly he set up his spell-alarms and literally crawled into bed.
FYI: Bulma's dreams are in fact her forced-dormant Weren side and abilities trying to come out and show her the truth of who and what she is. They are also visions of the future, and things to come.
Trunks pulled back from Keera's kick and dropped onto a nearby rock, Keera followed and landed on a rock opposite of him. Silently they both considered the other. The rocks they where on where actually giant boulders set in the ground of a small clearing, out of the corner of his left eye he could see Kat doing her homework, and Piccolo meditating.
Sensing movement he jumped and barely avoided getting elbowed. Still air borne he flipped over and kicked down, slamming Keera into the ground, following, he landed on her back causing her to cry out, then lay still. Trunks stood there for a moment then began to step off. The second his left foot touched the ground Keera rolled in that direction tripping him, unable to stop the fall he hit the ground and used his momentum to roll to the side. Starting to get up, his senses pinged and he threw up a Ki shield in time to counter Keera's blast. For few minutes it held, then she began to put more and more power into the blast, and finally over powered him. The blast propelled him into a tree, knocking him out of Super Saiyan mode; exhausted he fell to his knees. Panting he looked up at Keera to see her in the same shape as him.
"Are you two done yet?" Came a very annoyed voice "You've been at this for over an hour." Trunks looked up to see Kat standing on a boulder looking down at them both like she was seriously considering ending their spar on her own. He took a mental stock of his condition and realized he was exhausted. "Fine we're done, we're done." He said getting slowly to his feet. Halfway up he felt someone grab his right wrist and duck under his arm. Trunks didn't need to look to see it was Goten that was helping him over to the side of the clearing, or see Kat doing the same for Keera.
In the shade of the trees Trunks collapsed, an began twitching different parts of his body to see if anything was broken, 'Lets see' he thought 'Wrenched shoulder, fractured right leg, cracked ribs, both sides.' Shifting his pelvis he felt pain coming from somewhere inside his intestines. 'Bruised organs at least, and a headache. A couple hours' rest and I should be able to get home all right.' Sitting up from his self-examination he scooted over so he was leaning up against a tree. Across from him was Piccolo (Still meditating), on his left was Keera, doing her own self-examination. Up on the boulders where Kat and Goten running through some Katas. 'Might as well take my nap now.' He thought drifting off to sleep.
About an hour later the sound of a body hitting the ground woke him up. Looking around he saw, on his left Goten collapsed near Keera and on his right Kat sitting on a log by a tired looking Piccolo. 'Huh, Piccolo, Kat and Goten must've had a quick spar after I fell asleep.'
Hearing a groan Trunks looked back at Goten and Keera, to find that Goten was poking at her with his foot. Groaning again she tried to swat Goten's foot, but finally gave up when he wouldn't stop. "What?" she practically growled. "What's a Great Weapon?" He asked. Keera blinked at him for a second, rolled over onto her stomach and continued to stare. "C'mon Keera what's a Great Weapon?" he asked again. "Where'd you here about those?" she asked. "Kat told me that the only reason that your sword could do all the stuff it does is because it's a Great Weapon." Keera looked over and shot Kat an annoyed look. "Well what did you expect, he did ask." Was all Kat said, Sighing Keera turned back to Goten "All right" she said, "I'll tell you." Trunks noticed out of the corner of his eye that Piccolo had-instead of going back to his meditation-begun to pay attention to the conversation.
"A Great Weapon is basically a weapon made by a power smith. The Weapons have the capability to store and wield KI like a person, but unlike a person the weapons have no conscious control of what they do. The control of the power goes to the bearer of the weapon, and while the weapon has power it will do as asked by its chosen bearer."
"The Great Weapons where created thousands of years ago, when a person of power got into smith work. Its said, that one day she was creating a weapon for her only sibling who would soon be going into battle. And while she was forging the weapon, her concern for her sibling was so great that her power began to flow into the weapon, forging it on the inside as the woman forged it on the outside. Her power filled the blade, and made it so the sword could absorb power from nature itself. And when she was done, to all those that could sense KI, the blade was covered with it, and when her sibling used it when he was directing a KI attack, her attack was multiplied. Later, after the battle when the WereHome's Elders went to talk to the smith about the blade. She showed them mentally what she had been doing and thinking while forging the weapon. The Elder's decided that she would be relived of all her duties so that she could figure out what she had done, and master it, so that she could teach it to other smiths who had power."
"From then on there has been only a hand full of power smiths actually creating Great Weapons at one time. The capabilities of the weapons vary depending on; What it is made out of, the mood of the smith, and what the smith is thinking or concentrating on while he or she is making it. The final and most important variable is the amount of power that the smith has. All these things must be taken into account before a Great Weapon was ever made. To create a Great Weapon is the greatest thing that a power smith could ever do".
Keera opened her eyes and looked at Goten, "Does that answer your question?" she asked. Goten nodded, "All right then, in that case I'm going home. I need to get something to eat." She finished. Standing up Keera walked into the middle of the group and picked up from the ground, what looked like a large blood covered diamond, a rag, and a water bottle. Sticking the diamond under her arm she wet the rag from the water bottle, and began to was off the diamond. Within a few seconds the shield that prevented any adult authority from sensing them was down. "Well we'll see you two in a couple of days." Came a voice in his mind, Trunks looked over in Kat's direction and saw that she had already shifted into her Weren shape, that of a panther. "Yeah, see ya later." He said lifting of into the sky, with Goten following he headed for Capsule corp.
Within a few minutes they where over the mountains where Goten lived. "Later Goten." he called as Goten started to land, "Later Trunks." He called back from the roof of his house. Trunks continued flying until he reached South City and Capsule Corp. Hovering he looked down at his home. Capsule Corp. now covered 20 acres of land, but most of it was under ground. There where some places for people to live, the science labs, factories, the Space Exploration Area where grandpa was trying to get humankind into space, his home with the gravity chamber and mom's workroom, and his grandparents home.
Above all of this, the tallest point of Capsule Corp. was the Tower, a good 20 stories tall, it was a combination administration and office building, and the key to Cap. Corp.'s ability to keep track of all its orders and deliveries. It was also acted as Cap. Corp.'s central nervous system, from the top room of the Tower you had access to every file in the Cap. Corp. computers, and to every person and every thing on the Cap. Corp. premises.
He slowly landed coming to a stop at his front door, reaching for the doorknob his senses pinged something was watching him, something that felt wrong. He had felt this wrongness before, when an actual demon attacked the four of them, it was one of the few times that Piccolo hadn't been attending one of their spars. Even though at that time they all had the power of a super Saiyan, it had taken over an hour for the four of them to defeat it. And near the end one of their KI blasts had taken down the shield that kept the adults from sensing what was going on inside, but fortunately by the time the adults had arrived Keera and Kat had managed to slip away. When Vegeta, Goku and Gohan had shown up they told the truth, with some parts left out. Feeling someone behind him Trunks spun and fell into a fighting stance.
Okay people you have every right to be pissed at me for getting this out so late, and I apologize, BUT IT'S NOT MY FAULT!!! First the computer kept crashing, then I had to keep babysitting my cousins, and then the horror of horrors SCHOOL STARTED!!!! But I totally swear that I will get the next one out about when October starts, I PROMISE.
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