chapter2
After all those years Nafta spent years traveling through space. Soon some people on several planets knew him, and feared him. He didn't destroy or kill people, but as soon he looked at someone, they felt fear. It was a fact that people like him or Sedus made people afraid by staring at them. He didn't say anything, he just stared. Those people provided him with what he needed; food, water and things he needed for his ship.
He never said a word. If he wanted to say something, he wrote it on a paper and showed it. Some people thought that he couldn't speak, others thought that his voice had mystical powers. None of that was true. But in this way people would never understand him, never know what he was, and stories and legends would grow. That was what he wanted. All the people like him, who called themselves Morts, were legendary people. But nobody knew what they really were.
On one planet people weren't afraid. They attacked. Nafta could have killed them easily with his special powers, but he didn't. He wanted a REAL fight. No tricks, just Ki-attacks and use his hand and feet. He felt how he looked forward to it. It had to be his blood. Saiyan-blood
The first moments of the fight were horrible. For him. Nafta was used to win, and he never got beaten like this. But he didn't give up. He didn't use his special powers. He stood up and looked inside himself. His power. Somehow it started to grow. His anger was the cause of it. An explosion. Nafta didn't explode, but his power did.
All the attackers fled in horror. They had never seen a power like this before.
Before that moment, people called him dark man. After that, they also called him the white death, despite he never killed someone.
On other planets, the people liked him. He didn't force them to do anything, or to give things. He helped the people there. Those people had a warm heart, and they knew they didn't have to fear him. He would never hurt innocent people.
But he never stayed somewhere for a long time. The only place where he could stay longer than a month was the small planet Sedus lived on. Although Sedus never had smiled to him or said something nice, Nafta knew Sedus liked to see him. Amon also did, he always showed a faint smile when Nafta was around.
But even at this place Nafta didn't stay long. An invisible force kept him going. He searched for it source, but he didn't find it. First he thought it was his home planet but it was already destroyed. Sedus told him there were no survivors.
Nafta didn't know what the source could be. The only way to find out was find it. And he was determined to do so.
Nafta landed on an average planet. There were a lot of life forms on it, but most of them were very weak. He would stay here for a while to get some rest.
He dressed himself like the habitants of this planet so he wouldn't attract any attention. He hid his tail under his shirt.
Outside he threw a small bubble on the ground. It exploded. A horse appeared. It wasn't just an ordinary horse. Nafta had created it himself. It had a black coat, black eyes, and six legs. And he was more intelligent than a normal horse. His name was Cheva. Cheva looked around and saw his new environment. It was ok. He started to eat grass.
Nafta threw some seeds around his ship. Bushes started to grow and covered his ship.
Nafta stroked Cheva in his neck. "I'm going away now. Watch my ship and don't do any strange things." Cheva nodded and continued eating grass.
Nafta flew to a city. He walked around there to get used to the inhabitants of this planet.
It was a warm autumn day. Nafta didn't like it, he preferred coldness. He raised his hand and looked at the sky. Clouds started to move. The air became gray. The temperature lowered. That was more like it. People around started to shiver and looked at the sky. Snowflakes started to fall. Nafta continued his walk.
He stopped at a hospital. He was curious how this kind cured itself. He walked inside. A boy was waiting at the ER, he had a broken arm. Nafta touched him with his index finger and concentrated for a second. The arm was healed. Nafta walked away without saying a word. The boy gasped at him, amazed.
Before he left the hospital, Nafta helped a hart patient and awoke a woman from her coma. Nafta concluded that this kind couldn't heal themselves very well.
In the meanwhile, Cheva was sleeping near the ship. He had a nice dream. A beautiful woman was stroking him. Cheva smiled in his sleep. Something woke him up. Why would the lady have such a strange voice?
He opened his eyes. A boy was sitting next to him and was stroking his neck. What the....?
Trunks smiled at the horse. Goten was standing right behind him and looked at them. "Do you think this is a good idea? This horse is weird. Look at him! Have you ever seen one with six legs?" "Oh, come on, he doesn't look bad. Cheva smiled at Trunks. This boy looked a little strange. His scent was also strange. Cheva sniffed a few times. Yes, funny smell. Trunks laughed. "It tickles." Cheva stood up and stretched his six legs. "Hey, Goten, what about a ride on this horse?" Trunks looked enthusiastic. Cheva sniffed some more times at Trunks hair. "Well, If we get into trouble I can say it was your fault. Let's try." Cheva licked Trunks hair. Goten laughed. "I think he likes you." Cheva ate a few hairs. Trunks shook his head and stepped away. Cheva was wondering about the taste. A part of the taste was like something he already knew. Saiyan. The other parts..... He was chewing slowly. That other part... He sniffed again. Goten still laughed at Trunks. Cheva's nose tickled. He had to sneeze. He turned around, quickly. "Waaaaa....Tsjaaaaaaa!!!" An enormous jet of flame, ten meters long, came from his mouth. Trunks and Goten were amazed. "Ehr....Bless you." Trunks said. "Thank you." Cheva said back. Trunks and Goten got even more amazed. This horse could talk! Cheva smiled friendly at the boys. "I was wondering about one thing, you purple-hair. Are you a saiyan?" "How did you know? I mean, I'm a half-saiyan, but still..." "You smell like one. The other too. Are you brothers or something?" "No, friends. Our fathers are both Saiyans." Cheva nodded slowly. "Good. I am Cheva. I am....I don't really know what I am. I'm just something." "Where do you come from?" Cheva slowly shook his head. "I don't know. I am created." "By who, or what?" "Nafta. He knows the arts of the Morts." "The what?" "The Morts." "Never heard of." "Never mind. Hey, I have heard you wanted to ride on my back. It's ok with me. You seem fine." Trunks shrugged his shoulders. "Ok. Goten, you too?" Goten sighed. "There we go..."
Trunks and Goten climbed on his back Cheva started running. Fire grew on his feet. He started to fly. Trunks and Goten enjoyed the flight. Cheva was flying above the clouds. It was a beautiful view.
In the meanwhile Nafta returned to the ship. He was looking around for Cheva but couldn't find him. He saw the burned grass. "I hope he didn't get a cold. Last time he burned half my ship." Nafta sat down and closed his eyes. This was a good time to train his transform techniques. He had learn to change his appearance. He could be a mouse, a cat, a dog, a snake, a manticore and a dragon (and of course, a king-size monkey). The dragon was the most difficult form of them all. Only a few could master this, and he was one of them. His appearance already started to change. In a few minutes he was a black dragon, but he still had the same size as before.
Nafta waited five more minutes for Cheva. Nafta sighed. Two gigantic wings grew on his back and his whole size started to increase. After one minute he had reached the size of a large tree, but he stopped after another minute. He was gigantic now. In this form It couldn't be difficult to find that damned horse. He started to fly.
High up in the air, Cheva was making loops and dived under the clouds. "Look!" Goten pointed to the gigantic black dragon. "Ooops. My master." Cheva landed on Nafta's back. "I'm sorry Nafta. I met two half-Saiyans and we were flying around now." "How many times did I told you; I don't care if you go away, but let me know!" "I know, Nafta." Trunks walked on Nafta's back. This was getting very weird. A six legged horse who could spit fire, fly and talk, and his master was a big black dragon. This couldn't get any weirder.
"Do you like flying on my back?" "It's cool. I've never flown before on the back of a dragon."
The pilot of an airplane almost got a heart attack. This couldn't be real. This had to be some strange kind of sickness! He would retire tomorrow. He closed his eyes. He opened the after five minutes. The dragons were gone.
Goten waved at the airplane. Trunks saw something flying above them. It wasn't an ordinary animal. Cheva looked worried. "Master. Plague spirits." Nafta noticed them. "Darn. This is bad. Boys, I'm going to land. I have to take care of them. Go back home as fast as possible. They are very dangerous." Goten and Trunks stared at them. They didn't look very dangerous.
After Trunks and Goten jumped off Nafta's back, Nafta and Cheva flew to the creatures. The creatures flew away from them, laughing like hyenas. Soon everybody was gone. Trunks and Goten walked back home.
The abruptly stopped when a creature jumped out a tree. He was not even one meter long, and looked like a gargoyle. He grinned. Trunks made a move to hit him, but the creature was faster. He whispered strange words and scratched Goten and Trunks on their fore heads. After having done that he jumped away.
Goten en Trunks couldn't follow him. A strange pain surged through their bodies. Like they fell apart. They closed their eyes. After a few minutes the pain was over. Trunks opened his eyes first. Everything looked different. Smaller. No, wait. The environment didn't change. HE did. He looked at himself. He was a kind of gigantic lizard. A purple one. He looked at Goten. Goten was a huge black dragon.
They weren't as large as Nafta, but still larger than a tree. Trunks tried to say something, but he could only roar. He sighed. Goten also opened his eyes. He growled. 'Man this is bad' Trunks thought. Goten nodded. He tried to say 'Shit!', but instead, he also roared. But Trunks understood it. He didn't know how, but he did. Maybe because he was dragon too. "How are you Goten?" "Ugh. That creature changed us into dragons." "So that's why Nafta said we had to go home quickly. I hope he'll be back soon." "Yeah." "What will we do in the meantime?" "Well, we can try to enjoy our time as dragons. Let's try to fly. I bet it will be cool."
Nafta spent all that time following the rest of the creatures. They were damn fast. He already got his normal body back and was riding on the back of Cheva. They were in space now, but Nafta and Cheva didn't have a shortage of air. Cheva didn't breath and Nafta wore a small oxygen mask. He tried to hit the creatures with Ki-blasts. The creatures dodged them. Damn. They were the fastest creatures he knew. But he didn't give up.
Trunks and Goten got tired quickly and landed on a mountaintop. There was a town right below them. People saw them and everybody panicked. Trunks sighed. "We have to get normal as soon as possible. This is crazy." Goten got tears in his eyes. Not because he was sad, but he had to sneeze. He did. A jet of fire came from his nose and it made Cheva's one look like nothing. One building exploded. "Goten! Can't you watch out!" "I'm sorry. But fortunately there was nobody in it. It was a school and it's vacation now." "let's get away."
Nafta was slowly getting closer to the troop. The creatures started to get afraid. He closed his eyes. For a creature in this situations there was only one thing to do. They exploded and created several wormholes. Cheva couldn't avoid them in time and walked right in one of them. They were hurled away over a great distance. Nafta cursed. This would take much time to get back. And he had to change those two boys back. He sighed. Cheva started to fly back to earth.
Trunks and Goten found a cave large enough for them and went to sleep. It was dark, and Nafta didn't return yet. They both were worried. They couldn't even warn their parents, they wouldn't understand them.
In the morning they were still dragons. They crawled out the cave and stretched their legs and wings. Goten discovered how they could spit fire. They just had to blow it out their nose. They flew some and spitted fire at each other for fun. Fire didn't hurt dragons.
During that evening and night Vegeta, Goku, Piccolo and Gohan flew around to find them. Everybody was worried sick about them. Bulma and Chi-chi were in tears.
But they (of course) didn't find them. But they did find something else. They landed in a small town. Lots of people were still panicking. The school was burning. Several people told them that two evil dragons came and spitted fire at them. Goku and Vegeta knew this town was near the place where Goten and Trunk were used to hang around. They feared the worst.
In the morning they felt two huge power levels. All the warriors knew about the dragons now and was flying to the place. In the meanwhile they also heard on TV they tried to attack an airplane.
Vegeta saw them first. Everybody was impressed. Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "Size isn't everything. I bet they are slower than we are." He flew forwards and threw a destructo disc.
Trunk could feel something itching in his back. Goten wanted to yell, but instead he roared. "That was a destructo disc." "It didn't harm me. I guess we have a hard skin." "Hey, look there!" Goten had seen his father and everybody else. he wanted to fly to them. Trunks grabbed his tail. "Wait! There's something not right. They don't know it's us. And they don't look happy." "Oh yes. But why are they here?" "Maybe they think we are a threat. And the worst is, we can't tell them who we really are." "This is bad. Do you think Nafta and Cheva will return?" "I don't know. Maybe the creatures also got them." Goten growled.
Vegeta watched amazed how his disc didn't even harm the dragon. The other one roared. "Great, now they have noticed us." Gohan launched a Kamehameha. Trunks could avoid it just in time. "THIS IS BAD! They want to fight us!" "But we can't fight back! We would hurt our parents and friends!"
Vegeta's anger grew. He turned SSJ2. "What...have...they ...done....to ....my....son!" His anger exploded and he flew right to the dragons. Everybody else had no choice but following them. Trunks was afraid. He had to stretch time. He blew fire from his nose. Vegeta had to stop to avoid the fire. "He thinks we have killed...ourselves!" Gohan, Piccolo and Yamcha attacked Goten, Vegeta, Goku, Tien and Chiao-zu attacked Trunks. They couldn't avoid all of the attacks and tried to keep everybody away from them by spitting fire. Goten tried to explain who he was, but he could only roar and growl.
The worst thing was that they were too slow. They didn't know how to use dragon bodies. Every time they tried to escape someone blocked their way. Fortunately, the Ki-attacks barely harmed them.
Vegeta gathered energy around his hands and landed. He looked at the battle. Ki-attacks didn't have much effect. And the dragons were too big to attack by hand. Those dragons had to have a weak place. He just had to see where it was. After a minute he got an idea.
Vegeta raised his hand and waited for the right moment. He launched it.
Trunks saw it, but couldn't avoid it. It hit his eye. He yelled. Blood came from his eye. He was blind on one side now. "Please dad, don't do that!" Vegeta couldn't understand his roars. He thought they were a threat. "Goten, try to cover your eyes! It's our weak place!"
Now everybody was aiming for their eyes. If they would be blind, they would lose. Trunks couldn't concentrate because of the pain.
One good point was that Trunks and Goten were getting faster all the time. They were getting used to their dragon bodies.
Despite that, Vegeta managed to grab Goten's back. Goten tried to remove him, but he couldn't reach him. Vegeta grinned. He took a scale and pulled it out. He charged and launched a ki-bolt into the wound. Goten roared. The ground shivered. Vegeta prepared another attack. Trunks blew fire at Vegeta. Vegeta blocked it. Trunks sighed. "If I ever will get back to normal I will be grounded for weeks for this." He slapped Vegeta with his tail. He hit and broke Vegeta's hand. Vegeta screamed and jumped off Goten's back. He landed on the ground. Goku landed next to him. "Are you ok?" Vegeta just growled. "Listen Kakarott, I think we'd better attack the purple dragon first. He is half blind now, and more vulnerable. If he's gone, it should be easier to get the other one too." Goku nodded. They both lifted from the ground.
Trunks and Goten could hear everything. Dragon's ears were better than human ears. "Oh great, they are going to attack me now!" "I'll cover you." "No, try to escape." "WHAT?" "Maybe you can escape now. Than, at least one of us is safe!" "Are you nuts? I stay here!"
Vegeta and Goku charged. The rest prepared themselves too to attack Trunks. Goten flew right in front of him and spread his wings to deflect the attacks.
At that moment something popped out the air with an incredible speed and covered them. Nafta changed into a dragon again and returned.
Vegeta cursed. "Great. Daddy dragon helps his children. He'll die too!" Nafta looked at the people. "What the hell happened?" Trunks sniffed. "Long story. Change us back please." Nafta could understand Trunks because he was a dragon. "Land. I'll take care of this."
Goten and Trunks did. Nafta looked at Vegeta and Goku. "I think there's a misunderstanding here." Nafta didn't roar, he could also speak normally in his dragon body. Goku shook his head. "They attacked a town." Nafta looked at Trunks and Goten. "No, it was an accident. I sneezed and lit a school by accident." Nafta translated that. Vegeta was getting very impatient. "And my son! He was here yesterday, but never came home! I bet those dragons brats did that!" Trunks sniffed again. "We tried to explain it the whole time, but they didn't understand us." Nafta felt sorry for Trunks. "Your boys are still alive. I know where they are. Give me minute please. They couldn't come home. They were cursed by one of my enemies."
He put his hand on Trunks and Goten's head. They started to shrink and got their normal bodies back. Everybody couldn't believe their eyes. Especially Vegeta. He was attacking his own son?!" Nafta slightly smiled. "See? A misunderstanding." Trunks and Goten noticed that their wounds were healed. They sighed with relief and walked back to the rest. Nafta waved at them and flew away.
Vegeta was angry, and also ashamed. He could have killed his own son! He would never have forgiven himself if he had killed Trunks.
Everybody went back to their own homes.
Goku was curious after the dragon. He seemed fine, but where did he come from? And how did he get those powers? He asked these things to Goten. Goten told what he had heard of Cheva. Unfortunately, that didn't contain much information about Nafta. And he had never heard of a Mort.
Later that day Goku called Vegeta to find out if he had more info. Vegeta reacted surprised when he heard the word 'mort'. "You say what? I have heard of that! In my youth, on my home planet. They were described as the 'dark man'. I heard that they kidnapped people, especially little children to use for their dark rituals. And that wasn't just a bogy man story. There was a great reward for the ones who managed to kill one of them." "Strange. He helped us. And he seemed ok to me." "I guess that was just a trick. I don't trust him. If I see him again I'll tell him to get away from this planet!" Vegeta hanged up.
Goku was a little surprised. Maybe he should ask someone else. He knew somebody who would know more about this.
King Kiao was weeding his garden when he heard Goku's voice. "King Kaio. Are you there?" "Hello Goku." Long time no seen. How are you?" "I'm fine. I would like to ask something." "Go ahead." "Do you know something about the people who call themselves the Morts?" "The Morts you say?" "Yes." "Well, they are a very strange kind of people. They believe in the balance of things, that controls the universe. It's the balance of energy. They learn to control the energy inside them and around them and use it to do all kinds of things. Energy can do anything, but you just have to know how. They can influence someone's mind and body, and their own. I have heard they can even make themselves immortal. That could be true. I have never seen one of them in the next dimension. But only a very few of them can do all the things I mentioned. Mostly it's too hard, or they get mentally disturbed before they reach that level." "Are they of good will?" "Real Morts do. There exist many stories about them, but mostly they are not true." "Like stealing children for rituals?" "No, they don't do that. Why do you ask it? Is there one of them on earth?" "Yes. One called Nafta." "Try to keep him as a friend. They have never been defeated in a fight, so watch out. By the way, it's strange. Normally they do not talk to someone who isn't one of their own kind." "Thanks, king Kaio." "You're welcome."
Goku was relieved. Nafta would probably not be a creature like Vegeta described. That was jus a superstition. But he would keep an eye on Nafta.
Nafta landed near his ship and changed back into his normal form. Cheva looked at his master. "Strange thing, huh?" Nafta sighed. "What are you going to do now, master?" Nafta shook his head. "I don't have a clue. Let's just see what happens. But Sedus wasn't right. Some Saiyans DID survive."
Vegeta said to Trunks he couldn't see Nafta or 'that stupid horse of him' anymore. He didn't explain his reason. Trunks asked him why, but that only made Vegeta angry. Because of that, Trunks was determined to visit Nafta some day, as soon he would get the chance.
Two days after those events Goten and Trunks were playing a videogame. Trunks noticed a mouse was looking at the screen. It scratched on his head. Trunks grinned. A gave the mouse a piece of bread. The mouse shook his head. "Not hungry?" "Trunks, what are you trying to do?" Goten looked at the mouse. "Trying to feed the mouse?" "He seems interested in our videogame." "Funny." The mouse held a small piece of carbon in his left hand. He started to write on a piece of paper. 'Some days ago I was a dragon, now I am this.' "Hey, It's Nafta!" Nafta nodded. "You'd better not hang around here too long, my father doesn't like you. I don't know why." Nafta shrugged his shoulders. Vegeta entered the room. "Hey, throw that mouse outside. I don't want them indoors!" "But dad, it's not a normal mouse." "What?" "Eh...He's my mouse." Vegeta picked Nafta up. "I said; No mice here." Vegeta threw Nafta outside like a ball. Several hundreds meters Nafta landed. He rubbed his nose. That hurt. He ran back and climbed through a window into Trunks room. Trunks and Goten were sitting there. Nafta waved at them. "You survived!" Nafta nodded. "He'll need to do more before he'll kill me" Nafta said with a very high voice. Trunks and Goten laughed. Vegeta opened the door to know where the strange voice came from. "Well, what the hell?! Get that mouse out of here!" "Geez, I won't cause any trouble here." Nafta returned. "A talking mouse?" "Ooops." Vegeta grabbed his tail." "So, where do you come from and what are you doing here?" Nafta was looking for a way out. "Ehr, I came here to show my other form. I can change forms you know." "Oh, let me guess, one of your other forms is a big, black dragon?" "Yes." "Let me tell you one thing, Mort. YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!" He threw Nafta away. Nafta smashed on the wall. Trunks and Goten looked at Vegeta, shocked. Nafta got up and looked at his tail. "Man, Vegeta. You know how to treat guests, huh? Why are you so pissed off?" "I have heard a long time ago what your kind does to other people." "That are just stories." "Kakarott tried to tell me the same yesterday. Still I don't trust you!" "Geez, that's not very polite." "Shall I show you what's polite? I can break all your arms and legs!" "Hey Vegeta, a thing I wonder about. How can such a big pride as yours fit in such a small body?" "Why, you..." Vegeta wanted to grab Nafta, but Nafta disappeared.
Vegeta growled. "Trunks, I don't want you to see him anymore, GOT THAT?!" Trunks just nodded. Vegeta left the room and smashed the door. Trunks and Goten just stared at him.
Nafta transformed to his normal self and dressed him as every Mort. White clothing, a black cape that also covered his face, except his eyes. Morts said that all the face could lie, except the eyes. They always stayed the same. And that's why they were the only things that had to be seen.
He flew to his ship. Cheva waited for him. "Nafta, Amon is waiting for you in his ship." "Huh? Why would he visit me here?" Cheva didn't answer they both knew there were lot of reasons." Nafta walked inside.
"Good day, Nafta. How are you doing?" "Quite well. Strange things have happened lately." "I know. Cheva told me." "Is that why you came here?" "Not exactly. You have hunted spirit demons, huh?" "Yes." "There are more showing up everywhere now. And not just spirit demons, but more of this kind of creatures. And they are heading for earth." "Heading for earth?" "Since a short time. Before that, they headed for the planet Xiung." "I stayed there a while ago!" "Yes. I think they are following YOU Nafta." "But why?" "Because you are a threat to them." "SO WHAT? Every Mort is a threat to them!" "But you are a special case. Your power you know..." "I am not the only powerful one. You and Sedus are better than I am." Amon remained silence for a minute. After that, he whispers; "That's not true." "How so? Sedus said I would never reach your power because I was a Saiyan. Not that I like it, but I can live with it." "Sedus only said that to make you train harder." "You mean....He lied?" "You have much more power than you think, Nafta. You surpassed us already a long time ago. It's true that normal Saiyans can't become morts, but you are different. For example; you can change yourself into a dragon. A very strong one. In a few minutes. I need a half hour for that! Before you came, I was the quickest transformer!" Nafta gasped at him. It took a few minutes before he really understood what Amon said. "I can not stay on this planet. If those creatures come here to fight me, they can also be a threat to others. I suppose you know what happened to those two kids." "Yes, Cheva told me. By the way, Sedus is coming too. He'll land nine miles south from here. Will we wait for him there?" "Sure."
Amon and Nafta flew away.
A few minutes later Vegeta landed near the ship. He still didn't trust that Mort. Maybe some investigation would help. He saw the strange bushes. He hadn't seen that kind on earth before, but he did somewhere else. On another planet. He pushed them away. A ship. Geez, that guy could have hidden his ship in a better way.
Vegeta opened the door and walked inside. It was quite a mess inside. There were a few books, some papers, some plants, a few dead animals in bottles, some gems, and ordinary rocks. Vegeta picked one up. There were strange signs on it. What was it?
Cheva was sleeping, but woke up. He saw the bushes being pushed away. He ran to the ship and looked inside. He saw Vegeta, holding the rock. "Drop that! It's the stone of a thousand..." Vegeta disappeared. "...Curses.....Damn, I have to warn Nafta.
Nafta and Amon were waiting. Suddenly, they both felt a strange energy. "Hey, isn't that near my ship?" "Your horse?" "He knows he mustn't get inside without my permission. There are dangerous things inside!" "Maybe someone else discovered your ship." "Stay here for Sedus. I'll take a look."
In another few minutes Nafta was back at his ship. Cheva was happy to see him. "Finally, there you are, my master! Vegeta got into your ship, and grabbed the stone of a thousand curses!" "You say WHAT? Cheva, warn his family, friends and tell them to come here!" Cheva flew away.
Cheva landed at capsule corp. first. Trunks saw him and waved. "Hello, Trunks. We have a ....little problem. Get to the place where you saw me the first time as quick as possible." "But my dad....If he knows where I'm gone to...." "He won't. Get there, it's important."
In the meanwhile Bulma also saw Cheva and ran outside. "Hello! So you are Cheva, huh? Coming to visit us?" "No ma'am. It's an emergency situation. Maybe it's wise if you follow your son. We'll tell you more about it when you are there." "Wait a sec, I can't fly!" "Oh. In that case, climb on my back. I can." Bulma was a little nervous about this, but she did it after all. Cheva flew away.
He also warned Goten, Gohan, Goku and Piccolo. They all came. Nafta sat on a rock.
"An accident happened. Vegeta broke into my ship. I have quite some dangerous stuff laying around there, you know. Vegeta grabbed the most dangerous of them all. The stone of a thousand curses." Bulma got pale. "YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY HE'S DEAD OR SOMETHING, HUH!!?" "No, no. But he's cursed. The stone turns you into what you hates most to be it if you touch it. With your help, we can find Vegeta and undo the curse. He can be anywhere. You know, a side effect of the stone is that the person also gets teleported to a random place if he touches it. And into what can he be changed? Maybe you know." Everybody was thinking. "Mmm, we don't know. It could be anything. You'd better ask, what DOES he like?" "Hate something, or hate to be something is a different thing. But Vegeta's appearance may have changed, his mind isn't. Maybe he'll come to us by himself."
Yamcha had just his training in a fitness center and walked outside. It was a beautiful day. Something attracted his attention. A gorgeous girl, on the other side of the street. She seemed to be confused. Yamcha walked to here. "Hey, lost your way, beauty?" The girl growled. "No...I....didn't." "Something else I can help you with?" "Yes, by going away." "Oh, come on. Let me buy you a drink for you." The girl growled again. "Or can I drive you home?" "WHAT ABOUT MY FIST IN YOUR STOMACH, YOU BAKA!" "Well, excuse me for living." The girl ran away. "Man, what a psycho."
The girl ran away and bumped into a man. "Can't you watch where you are walking, fool?" The man was not impressed. He smiled but the girl couldn't see that. His face except for his eyes were covered with cape. The rest of his clothes were also weird. He wore the traditional cloths of the Morts. He grabbed her arm. "Strange, you don't seem normal. I almost thought a man walked into me. He pressed his thumb on her forehead. She tried to release herself but she was paralyzed. She couldn't even scream! Some strange signs appeared on her forehead. "I knew it. Nafta, what have you been doing?" He sighed and tapped the girl on her forehead. This caused her to faint. "Now she's easy to handle." He picked her up and flew away. The people looked after him, but weren't very surprised. They had seen weird things happening, and it wasn't the first time they saw people flying. They got used to it.
"Nafta!" Sedus landed near the ship. Nafta was still waiting there, hoping for good news of the others about Vegeta. "Sedus?!" "Are you messing around, Nafta? I just landed on this planet and look what I found!" He threw the girl on the ground. "A victim of the stone of a thousand curses. Must be your job. "Well there he is. Good, now we can change him back." Nafta carried him/her into his ship. "I think we can better prepare ourselves a while. Swimming in al pool with a million of hungry piranha's is safer than waking her...him...whatever, than waking this up." Sedus laughed. "You know how to get yourself into trouble once again, huh?" "Yeah yeah, I know. By the way, shouldn't Amon be with you? He was waiting for you." "Oh. I landed on another place. But I think Amon has felt my presence already. He will be coming to this place.
Goku was flying around, looking for something weird. How was he supposed to know into what Vegeta could have been changed? And how was h going to find it? He couldn't find Vegeta's Ki.
Suddenly, he felt a Ki near. But it wasn't Vegeta, nor on of his friends. A funny little bunny-like creature was hopping around. He had a large nose like a dog, and stupid long ears. His coat was white without even a spot. Such a creature....such a power level? Goku landed to examine that creature. The creature looked at him. He smiled. "You are dead meat, guy." He spat up an energy ball, a huge one. Goku tried to dodge it, but he was too slow. Goku tried to power up, but in some way he couldn't. The power didn't come. Some more attacks. They hit.
The rest of the group wasn't far away. They weren't searching that long. When they felt the new Ki, and Goku's power level rising, they didn't waste a second and changed directions.
Piccolo was the first one who arrived. He saw Goku being beaten up. "Goku!!" He wanted to punch the creature, but before he could even come close, he was paralyzed. Like invisible ties bound him. Piccolo couldn't move and could only watch how a bunny-sized creature beat Goku.
All the others who came suffered the same faith. The creature paralyzed them all. Goku could barely move. Te situation was desperate.
Nafta could feel the Ki of the creature. "Damn another demon. They keep coming. I think he threatening the warriors here! Watch for Vegeta here Sedus. I'm going to help them!" "Wait. When the creature will see you he'll flee." "Hm, ok, another plan." Nafta looked at Vegeta. "I think I have a plan already. Vegeta." "You want to use him for the battle?" "Yes."
Goku was in a bad condition when somebody else appeared. "Vegeta!" Goku cried. The creature wanted to paralyze him too. Nothing happened. The creature tried harder. Still nothing happened. He wanted to jump away. Now he noticed he was paralyzed himself! He got hit. It was a very powerful blow. The spell of the creature was broken. Everybody could move. The creature growled and tried to attack. He launched a Ki-beam. The beam changed direction and hit a mountain. The creature yelled frustrated. He was afraid. Shit, he should have known. "You....you..." He was paralyzed by fear. "There is no escape, you little demon."
"Hey, Vegeta! Good job!" Goku got up. He was hurt, but could still move. "How did you do that? Are you immune for his spells?" No answer. "Hey, what happened with the stone? I heard you got cursed. Are you back to normal?" A little smile curled his lips, but still no answers. H walked to the creature. "Who is your master?" "M-m-master?" "You are working for a master. I just know. Why would all you demons come to this planet?" "I have no master." "Why were you attacking?" "I...I don't know. My instincts..." "Your instinct. Yeah right. Well in that case I'll follow mine."
The next second there was nothing left of the creature but some ash. "Before you'll wreck more havoc."
someone else landed on the battlefield. That person was Amon. He looked at the ashes. He asked something in a language nobody had ever heard before. Goku was getting confused. "Have I missed something here? Vegeta, do you know more about this?" He just gestured at Goku to e silent and answered that question in the same language. A conversation followed.
Amon had seen the ashes. Another little devil or something like that. Nafta's plan had worked. everybody was gazing at him. He decided to talk a language the outsiders wouldn't understand. The language of the Morts. It was an ancient language, needful to talk to your own kind, in a universe with world where the languages were changing all the time.
"Was that the only demon, Nafta?" "Yes. For now. The trick worked well. The monster was thinking I was Vegeta for a while. I knew it. Much power, no brains. And the replicator could produce armor identical to Vegeta's. I said to you that that thing could come in handy some day?" Amon smiled. "Sedus and I changed the real Vegeta back to normal. Geez, he was pissed off. He blew up your ship." "You say what?" "No panic I have saved the most important stuff in there. And we can repair it." Nafta sighed with relief. "Where is he now?" Flied away. Cheva follows him to se where he is going. And here are some normal clothes. That armor looks ridiculous." "Do you think? You just aren't used to it." "And there is one very important thing. In fact, the reason Vegeta blew up your ship. I told him the truth about your descent." "WHAT!" "I thought it might help to soften his attitude towards you." "I think you only made it worse." "I already noticed that. Man oh man. I thought he would like the fact he had some family." Nafta laughed at him. "But how am I going to tell it to them? I man now Vegeta knows the fact they have to know it too."
"Hello! Earth to Vegeta!" Piccolo yelled. "WHAT...THE...HELL....IS...GOING ON!" Amon walked to him. "Not so rude please." (normal language from now on) "A long story." "Than tell it. We all want to know it." Everybody around nodded. "Oh boy, there we go." Nafta sighed. He put on his clothes. Trunks smiled. "I guess....he's not my father?" "You got that one right." "Nafta?" "Yes." "Cool. I knew you could change forms, but I didn't know you could change into other people!" Nafta moaned. Amon grinned. "Right. Let's start at the beginning. I'll tell you of an ancient tradition. Not mine, but of another race. On that planet the firstborn boy would get everything when his parents would die. Power, money, etc. Because of that, important families only got one son. To avoid conflicts. If another one was born, the father would kill it." "Nice tradition." Goku looked at Goten and Gohan. Fortunately, they didn't live on the planet Vegeta.
"In the royal family an accident had happened. Two sons were born at the same time. The father wanted to kill the second-born for the safety of the first-born. But my friend, Sedus, saved the child just in time and raised it himself. THAT is what you are seeing now."
A great silence fell on the battlefield. Nafta felt uncomfortable. He wanted to fly away from this.
Piccolo was the first one who said something. "A twin?" He muttered. Goku smiled. "Well, that isn't bad or something. I had once an unknown brother who came over to visit, and I can't say I liked that. But you are on the side of good, so you are welcome here." Nafta sighed. "But one more thing. What happened to Vegeta? Is he still cursed?" "No. He's back to normal. ut he's vry pissed off. And he also knows the truth." "I think we should leave him alone for a while. He will get over it."
Nafta flew away. Amon gestured to the rest it was ok. "He needs time to think too."
That night it snowed again. Amon knew Nafta's emotions could influence weather. Nafta was sitting outside for the whole night not knowing what he should do.
Vegeta also spent his time outside. He didn't want any company. He tried to cut out the idea that Nafta would be his brother but he couldn't. Deep inside he knew it was true. And he could do nothing against it.
The next three days nothing happened. No creature showed up, nor did Nafta, Amon or Sedus.
They thought it would be better if they would do nothing so Vegeta would get some time to calm down.
