Gohan ran out of the room where he had been dining with Dende, and was fear stricken.
One man stood there, it was Akujin. In Imperial Armor. And a...green aura. Something was
not right. He looked to the other.
What he saw chilled him to the bone, it was him! In Imperial Armor, a blue aura flared around
him. And he was smirking in the manner that Vegeta would, over confident in his own abilities. Stolen
abilities!
So it was the infamous Imperial Gohan and Akujin, in the flesh. And now they could be destroyed
before they became a real problem.
Before Gohan knew it, the real Akujin landed beside him, his aura red and black, blazing
fiercely. "I take on my clone, you take yours. Go!"
So Akujin flew at the other him, striking him in the jaw. That was all Gohan ahd time to see,
for his clone was charging at him. On instinct Gohan went Mystic SSJ and threw his fist out at the
clone of him. But he caught it, and pulled him forward, kneeing him in the gut as he did so. Gohan
doubled over, and choked up blood. Before he could react, the Imperial slammed his elbow into Gohan's
back. And Gohan screamed, then went stiff. He powered up to his max, he thought he would burst with
the power in him. As he screamed and his aura expanded, lightning cloaking bouncing off, the Imperial
was sent backwards, holding his side. And then it happened, Ivy and Marron came to help.
Marron screamed, "Rainbow Color Prism Blast!"(Rather corny, but it is her best attack, and
rather strong, for magic..) And two blasts of rainbow color flew at the Imperials. Imperial Akujin was hit,
and he smirked. He had not been affected one bit. But the Imperial Gohan dodged, then grabbed it.
It didn't hurt him. And he hurled it back at Marron, her flying against a wall.
Ivy came rushing forward, her Holy Saber drawn, and flipped upwards. She said something,
Gohan couldn't hear what, and her sword shifted into a golden bow, with a quiver of silver arrows
beside her. She notched one, and fired at the Imperial Akujin. It hit him in the shoulder, a brilliant
flash of light seen, but he shrugged it off. And then fired a Ki blast at her, sending her sprawling
next to Marron.
Now came Ryan and Goten, each powered up to full, charging Kamehamehameha waves. Goten fired
his at the Gohan clone, and surprisingly hit. But it didn't hurt him much. And Ryan's slammed into
the Imperial Akujin, knocking him into the feet of Gohan.
Gohan kicked him, full force, and he flew at a wall and hit it, the wall shaking and loose
mortar and stone falling atop of Akujin. But he got up, and charged a Ki blast. And fired it at Ryan.
Just then, CJ came running out, and grabbed the blast. She then charged it up, using the Kamehamehameha
technique, and fired it back. But the Imperial Gohan was charging her already.
Where was Akujin? Gohan looked around, while charging the Imperial Gohan, and he saw him.
He was talking with Dende about something. While a fight was going on! But Gohan had no time for
wondering, he charged a small Masenko blast and fired at his clone.
Of course, the Imperial saw it coming, and dodged, it slamming CJ into a wall. Ryan ran to her aid,
and charged his Ki power wildly. And Goten was doing the same. Just then, Goten shouted something.
And his golden aura faded away completely as he sagged to the ground. Imperial Gohan floated above him,
a hand pointed downwards. He had blasted Goten. And he moved to Ryan...
Gohan was overcome with rage. "No! Not Goten too, he is my only family! Not Goten!" he thought.
His aura charged more and more, and a Ki blast formed in his hand, flying at the other him before
he knew he had charged it. He didn't care whether it hit or not, he dashed to Goten and Ryan, and grabbed them both.
Then he faded out.
He appeared beside Marron, who was groaning softly. "Marron, watch them! Ryan, stay with Goten
for me. Okay?" But before Ryan answered, Gohan was running back to the fight.
Akujin stood in the center of the Garden, and somehow Gohan understood the calmness he had.
Akujin had been talking with Dende, he was calm now. He had learned how to fuse, with the dance!
Dende bagan to glow blue, and suddenly he was in Gohan's mind. *Dende? What in the..?*
*No time to explain Gohan..* And he somehow planted the dance steps for fusion into his mind.
Gohan now knew how to, but would there be enough time to do it?
Gohan looked at Akujin and nodded. The each pointed their fingers upwards, index fingers, and turned them
to the left. Then to the right. They each sidestepped, parallel to each other, and repeated until
a brilliant flash of light enveloped the two of them. Then their bodies began to merge together, and they each screamed.
"Aahhhhhh!"
The warrior that stood there was a sight to see. He stood with armor, the same as Akujin's, with an
orange headband on his head, black hair tied back in a pony tail. His red/black eyes were wicked, and
flame appeared to jump from each of them. He had on boots resembling Gohan's, fashioned to look
like Goku's, and wristbands the same. And on the back of the armor was Gohan's Gi symbol, painted
on the black armor.
The warrior took a step forward. "You have gone too far, Imperial Scum! I am the greatest
Warrior this world has ever seen, I am the Defender of Peace and Justice! I alone have the power
to rock the Heavens, and shatter Hell itself! I am Akuhan, the greatest lifeform of all time!" He
took another step forward, and posed, jagged blades ripping from his skin as he did so.
He dashed at the two, blades extended, and hacked Gohan's arm. Blood came from the new cut,
and he howled in pain. Akujin completely dodged, he knew how to use his blades.
Akuhan floated into the sky, not caring if they would hit him or not. And his aura flared,
a strange sight, with silver streaked in black. And his hair streaked silver, the headband busting.
And then, it stood on end, red flecking in patches. He raised one wrist and purple and silver Ki
energy formed within the palm. And it began to pulse with a throbbing energy.
Akuhan had the power to turn the planet into rubble and waste. He had the power to make the
Universe bow before him. And he focused a small amount of this power into a single Ki shot, and fired
at the two Imperial Scumbags.
Akujin took the hit directly in the chest, and he fell off of the tower. The Imperial Gohan
dashed to his aid, flying off of the tower in order to catch him. But Akujin had powered up and they
each tried to flee.
By now, everyone was recovered, and flying after the two. Except for Akuhan, who stood,
smirking at his own power. Then he landed on the Tower and slowly walked to the edge. He would beat
them all to the two warriors. He jumped up, and in a blur, he disappeared.
Akuhan was seen in front of Gohan before anyone knew what had happened, his fist slamming
into his nose. And then his knee into his stomache. Afterwards his elbow flashed to his back, knocking
him down towards the Earth. And Akuhan faded again.
This time he was seen above Akujin, a Ki blast flying downwards at him. It hit Akujin squarely
in the head, sending him flying down with Gohan. And the other resistance members had just made it
to Akuhan. Then they all flew down at the two Imperial Warriors.
Imperial Gohan had had enough. He cupped his hands above his head, formed a Ki blast, and fired
at the members, while Akujin did the same. And they were each hit, dropping to the ground like flies..
Even Goten and Ryan.
Akuhan saw this, and breifly became overfilled with rage. But calm returned almost immediately.
And he was flying at each of them, two Ki blasts forming.
Before he realized he had fired them, they each were sent sprawling backwards. And he landed.
Even as he walked, they were still flying backwards.
And then something strange happened. A blur went past the two of them, for an instant a suit
of Imperial Armor could be seen, before the blur and the two Imperials were gone. Gone!
Rage filled Akuhan to the brim, but he controlled it. And he felt his mind and body..changing.
His 30 minutes were up, and in a brilliant flash of light, the were unfused, each seen holding the ground, panting.
Gohan panted. "That takes more energy than I thought. I am wiped out..And they got away!"
Akujin nodded. "They did get away, but I have a feeling they will be back.."
And then, out of nowhere, several hundred scouts appeared from nowhere.
An impending sense of doom filled Gohan. Akuhan could kill them all with a flick of the wrist.
And they didn't the energy to fuse again, not even enough energy to fight. "Everyone, back to back!"
So they all got in a circle, their backs to each other, firing Ki blasts at them. At this rate,
they would kill about fifty before they were killed. They were doomed.
And then the flash of a sword was seen, and a young man with lavender colored hair appeared
from nowhere. And then the lavender hair flashed Gold, his muscle bulged, and he stood in SSJ2.
Gohan gasped. "Trunks! It's you!"
The mysterious youth barely glanced at Gohan before fifty or so Scouts erupted in flame.
And a man, his black cloak billowing in the wind, stood beside the so-called Trunks, his black hair
falling to his shoulders. He had a high Ki energy. And he hurled fireballs and lightning bolts like
Gohan or Akujin would Ki, but he used no Ki. He used something else..something Gohan couldn't name.
Then, this Trunks-like boy faded, and several Scouts toppled over as if they were nothing.
While the black cloaked man raised his palm, and the rest of the scouts erupted in flame. And then he
looked at Gohan and Akujin, and fired a white blast of light at them and the others.
Gohan suddenly felt refreshed, and his wounds and tiredness seemed to fade away.
He stood up, and arched an eyebrow. "Who are you..?"
The man bowed, "I am Magus, the so-called most powerful Mage of all time."
"And..how did you find us? We were gonna look for you.."
"When you feel a Ki energy that can destroy you in a mere second, you hunt it down. Normally, it's
trouble."
Gohan nodded, then turned to the lavender haired young man. "Trunks? You are..dead..I..saw
you..you died..the day everyone else did. Only Goten and I survived..."
The young man spoke. "What? I never died. And how did you know my name?"
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "I am Gohan, and I saw your body when you were dead.."
"Oh! Gohan! My father has sent me to get you! I am Trunks Jr...The son of Trunks!"
"What?! Trunks was a baby, he couldn't have had a son!"
"No. Mirai Trunks, remember? The one who warned you about the Androids and Cell?"
"Oh yeah! So, how is your father? And what does he want?"
Trunks Jr. looked down. "My father is ill. The population in our time is dying out, we may
not live through the Androids' accursed killing spree. Father killed them both, but they still left
their mark on the planet..There is no medicine in our time, there is no cure here for the antidote either.
But there is one thing here that we don't have in our time, the Dragonballs. I came to gather the Dragonballs,
and wish for a cure to his disease. Then I can go back to our time, and give it to my father!"
Gohan shook his head sadly. "Poor Trunks. I wish we could help his time..Maybe..we might
try something. Since we get two wishes.." He glanced at Akujin, who had a look of confusion. Of course.
None of the resistance had been around during the fight with Cell, Gohan was the only one who had been there.
So Gohan told all of the events leading up to the Cell Games, starting from Trunks's first
arrival, all the way to Juuhachi-gou's absorbtion by Cell, to Trunks's first loss against the monster.
And he breifly talked about how he had defeated Cell, his father's sacrifice, and how Vegeta and Goku
had helped him destroy the monster known as Cell.
Then Akujin nodded, understanding. "Of course he can have the second wish for his father.
I only wish he would stay and help us, an extra Saiya-jin would be helpful, if what you say is true."
Trunks Jr. was jumping up and down with excitement. And all of a sudden, Gohan noticed the resemblance
that he had with his father. His hair was cropped short, like Trunks's when he first arrived, he wore
a similar outfit to Trunks's Capsule Corp. jacket, and he had a sword. No, not a sword. The sword.
Trunks's old sword.
Magus spoke up. "I allowed Trunks to accompany because I assumed some extra strength may be needed.
I alone, with all my magic and fighting abilities, may not have been able to take a third of the Scouts.
And, Trunks didn't tell me of his problem.." He trailed off, then pulled out an orange ball, the size of
a baseball. An orange ball, with 2 stars. The 2 Star Dragonball!
Magus handed it to Gohan. "So this is a Dragonball. I have often wondered what they looked
like. Now, I put mine in your keeping. I trust you use your other wish well. Tell me, what is it
you will wish for? To rid yourselves of the Empire?"
Gohan laughed softly, grimly. "I wish it worked that way. The Dragon can only grant as much
as his Creator, no more than that. He can grant immortality, raise the dead, but only once per person.
And he can do so much more than that. No, it's not that simple. As to what we will wish for, a set
of Potarra rings. The Earrings of Fusion, I guess you could call them.."
Magus nodded. "So, I assume you and the Demon over there were the ones who fused. Which is
why you were so drained of energy earlier..Interesting.." Magus had a calculating look in his eyes.
"I also know the location of another Dragonball, but I will take a price for the location.
Seeing as how I could get two wishes of my own, should I take that one back and find the others.
Is that fair?"
Gohan bit his lip, then nodded. "Name your price."
Magus grinned. "I need an apprentice. Two, maybe. The boy over there-Goten?-, he will do.
And the one beside him."
Gohan and CJ both shouted "WHAT?!"
Magus shook his head. "They have almost low power levels compared to each of you, and they
could learn magic and become two of the most powerful Mages of all time. And I would train them
in the Martial Arts. I know something of them, they would grow stronger."
Gohan looked at CJ, then to Goten. "How about it, little bro? Would you like to burn Imperial
Scouts like they were ants?"
Goten grinned. "Uh huh! Yeah! That'll be so cool! Throwing fireballs, and lightning to!"
CJ looked to Ryan. Ryan said, "If Goten goes, I am all for it. It'll be great!" And he smiled.
Gohan looked back to Magus. "Then it's settled. As long as they are treated well, and get
some training in both arts. And if you want to train them quickly.." He paused. "There is a place,
The Room of Spirit and Time, atop The Lookout of Guardians, that allows you one year's worth the training
in one day. But you can only have two days in at the most, for the door will disappear forever if
you take longer than that. I wasn't going to let Goten go in myself, but if it will help him come
back sooner, I guess he can go in..."
Magus smiled. "Don't worry, Goten and Ryan shall be fine. And, would you mind if I came along
with you for part of the way? Gathering the Dragonballs would be an adventure, even Mages get bored
with the same old spells and attacks. And, Trunks would surely come if I did. He has seen what I can do,
right Trunks?"
Trunks nodded absent-mindedly. He was staring at the Dragonball.
Gohan's face took on a grim expression once more. "I have two Dragonballs at home. Mr. Popo
is getting three of them. And you know of one, and there is one here. All in all, that is seven.
If the one you speak of isn't one of Popo's, that is."
Everyone nodded. "So then, we must go to my home and gather my two. That shall be our next
step..." His grim expression got grimmer, he really didn't want to go to his old house..where..it had
happened. Memories came back already, but he shut them. "We leave now!" And he charged up his
Ki aura and took off in the direction of his home, leaving the others to follow.
So, they entrusted Ryan and Goten to the greatest Mage of all Time, Magus. And they had
discovered that all 7 Dragonballs may come easier than they thought. Maybe...
~Woo! Sorry, this one took two days to write. No excerpt today, tomorrow's "Episode" of Dragonball Z,
The Dark Empire Saga, is actually rather emotional for Gohan. Anyways..uh..Check tomorrow, it may be posted.
Maybe. See yah 'round!~
One man stood there, it was Akujin. In Imperial Armor. And a...green aura. Something was
not right. He looked to the other.
What he saw chilled him to the bone, it was him! In Imperial Armor, a blue aura flared around
him. And he was smirking in the manner that Vegeta would, over confident in his own abilities. Stolen
abilities!
So it was the infamous Imperial Gohan and Akujin, in the flesh. And now they could be destroyed
before they became a real problem.
Before Gohan knew it, the real Akujin landed beside him, his aura red and black, blazing
fiercely. "I take on my clone, you take yours. Go!"
So Akujin flew at the other him, striking him in the jaw. That was all Gohan ahd time to see,
for his clone was charging at him. On instinct Gohan went Mystic SSJ and threw his fist out at the
clone of him. But he caught it, and pulled him forward, kneeing him in the gut as he did so. Gohan
doubled over, and choked up blood. Before he could react, the Imperial slammed his elbow into Gohan's
back. And Gohan screamed, then went stiff. He powered up to his max, he thought he would burst with
the power in him. As he screamed and his aura expanded, lightning cloaking bouncing off, the Imperial
was sent backwards, holding his side. And then it happened, Ivy and Marron came to help.
Marron screamed, "Rainbow Color Prism Blast!"(Rather corny, but it is her best attack, and
rather strong, for magic..) And two blasts of rainbow color flew at the Imperials. Imperial Akujin was hit,
and he smirked. He had not been affected one bit. But the Imperial Gohan dodged, then grabbed it.
It didn't hurt him. And he hurled it back at Marron, her flying against a wall.
Ivy came rushing forward, her Holy Saber drawn, and flipped upwards. She said something,
Gohan couldn't hear what, and her sword shifted into a golden bow, with a quiver of silver arrows
beside her. She notched one, and fired at the Imperial Akujin. It hit him in the shoulder, a brilliant
flash of light seen, but he shrugged it off. And then fired a Ki blast at her, sending her sprawling
next to Marron.
Now came Ryan and Goten, each powered up to full, charging Kamehamehameha waves. Goten fired
his at the Gohan clone, and surprisingly hit. But it didn't hurt him much. And Ryan's slammed into
the Imperial Akujin, knocking him into the feet of Gohan.
Gohan kicked him, full force, and he flew at a wall and hit it, the wall shaking and loose
mortar and stone falling atop of Akujin. But he got up, and charged a Ki blast. And fired it at Ryan.
Just then, CJ came running out, and grabbed the blast. She then charged it up, using the Kamehamehameha
technique, and fired it back. But the Imperial Gohan was charging her already.
Where was Akujin? Gohan looked around, while charging the Imperial Gohan, and he saw him.
He was talking with Dende about something. While a fight was going on! But Gohan had no time for
wondering, he charged a small Masenko blast and fired at his clone.
Of course, the Imperial saw it coming, and dodged, it slamming CJ into a wall. Ryan ran to her aid,
and charged his Ki power wildly. And Goten was doing the same. Just then, Goten shouted something.
And his golden aura faded away completely as he sagged to the ground. Imperial Gohan floated above him,
a hand pointed downwards. He had blasted Goten. And he moved to Ryan...
Gohan was overcome with rage. "No! Not Goten too, he is my only family! Not Goten!" he thought.
His aura charged more and more, and a Ki blast formed in his hand, flying at the other him before
he knew he had charged it. He didn't care whether it hit or not, he dashed to Goten and Ryan, and grabbed them both.
Then he faded out.
He appeared beside Marron, who was groaning softly. "Marron, watch them! Ryan, stay with Goten
for me. Okay?" But before Ryan answered, Gohan was running back to the fight.
Akujin stood in the center of the Garden, and somehow Gohan understood the calmness he had.
Akujin had been talking with Dende, he was calm now. He had learned how to fuse, with the dance!
Dende bagan to glow blue, and suddenly he was in Gohan's mind. *Dende? What in the..?*
*No time to explain Gohan..* And he somehow planted the dance steps for fusion into his mind.
Gohan now knew how to, but would there be enough time to do it?
Gohan looked at Akujin and nodded. The each pointed their fingers upwards, index fingers, and turned them
to the left. Then to the right. They each sidestepped, parallel to each other, and repeated until
a brilliant flash of light enveloped the two of them. Then their bodies began to merge together, and they each screamed.
"Aahhhhhh!"
The warrior that stood there was a sight to see. He stood with armor, the same as Akujin's, with an
orange headband on his head, black hair tied back in a pony tail. His red/black eyes were wicked, and
flame appeared to jump from each of them. He had on boots resembling Gohan's, fashioned to look
like Goku's, and wristbands the same. And on the back of the armor was Gohan's Gi symbol, painted
on the black armor.
The warrior took a step forward. "You have gone too far, Imperial Scum! I am the greatest
Warrior this world has ever seen, I am the Defender of Peace and Justice! I alone have the power
to rock the Heavens, and shatter Hell itself! I am Akuhan, the greatest lifeform of all time!" He
took another step forward, and posed, jagged blades ripping from his skin as he did so.
He dashed at the two, blades extended, and hacked Gohan's arm. Blood came from the new cut,
and he howled in pain. Akujin completely dodged, he knew how to use his blades.
Akuhan floated into the sky, not caring if they would hit him or not. And his aura flared,
a strange sight, with silver streaked in black. And his hair streaked silver, the headband busting.
And then, it stood on end, red flecking in patches. He raised one wrist and purple and silver Ki
energy formed within the palm. And it began to pulse with a throbbing energy.
Akuhan had the power to turn the planet into rubble and waste. He had the power to make the
Universe bow before him. And he focused a small amount of this power into a single Ki shot, and fired
at the two Imperial Scumbags.
Akujin took the hit directly in the chest, and he fell off of the tower. The Imperial Gohan
dashed to his aid, flying off of the tower in order to catch him. But Akujin had powered up and they
each tried to flee.
By now, everyone was recovered, and flying after the two. Except for Akuhan, who stood,
smirking at his own power. Then he landed on the Tower and slowly walked to the edge. He would beat
them all to the two warriors. He jumped up, and in a blur, he disappeared.
Akuhan was seen in front of Gohan before anyone knew what had happened, his fist slamming
into his nose. And then his knee into his stomache. Afterwards his elbow flashed to his back, knocking
him down towards the Earth. And Akuhan faded again.
This time he was seen above Akujin, a Ki blast flying downwards at him. It hit Akujin squarely
in the head, sending him flying down with Gohan. And the other resistance members had just made it
to Akuhan. Then they all flew down at the two Imperial Warriors.
Imperial Gohan had had enough. He cupped his hands above his head, formed a Ki blast, and fired
at the members, while Akujin did the same. And they were each hit, dropping to the ground like flies..
Even Goten and Ryan.
Akuhan saw this, and breifly became overfilled with rage. But calm returned almost immediately.
And he was flying at each of them, two Ki blasts forming.
Before he realized he had fired them, they each were sent sprawling backwards. And he landed.
Even as he walked, they were still flying backwards.
And then something strange happened. A blur went past the two of them, for an instant a suit
of Imperial Armor could be seen, before the blur and the two Imperials were gone. Gone!
Rage filled Akuhan to the brim, but he controlled it. And he felt his mind and body..changing.
His 30 minutes were up, and in a brilliant flash of light, the were unfused, each seen holding the ground, panting.
Gohan panted. "That takes more energy than I thought. I am wiped out..And they got away!"
Akujin nodded. "They did get away, but I have a feeling they will be back.."
And then, out of nowhere, several hundred scouts appeared from nowhere.
An impending sense of doom filled Gohan. Akuhan could kill them all with a flick of the wrist.
And they didn't the energy to fuse again, not even enough energy to fight. "Everyone, back to back!"
So they all got in a circle, their backs to each other, firing Ki blasts at them. At this rate,
they would kill about fifty before they were killed. They were doomed.
And then the flash of a sword was seen, and a young man with lavender colored hair appeared
from nowhere. And then the lavender hair flashed Gold, his muscle bulged, and he stood in SSJ2.
Gohan gasped. "Trunks! It's you!"
The mysterious youth barely glanced at Gohan before fifty or so Scouts erupted in flame.
And a man, his black cloak billowing in the wind, stood beside the so-called Trunks, his black hair
falling to his shoulders. He had a high Ki energy. And he hurled fireballs and lightning bolts like
Gohan or Akujin would Ki, but he used no Ki. He used something else..something Gohan couldn't name.
Then, this Trunks-like boy faded, and several Scouts toppled over as if they were nothing.
While the black cloaked man raised his palm, and the rest of the scouts erupted in flame. And then he
looked at Gohan and Akujin, and fired a white blast of light at them and the others.
Gohan suddenly felt refreshed, and his wounds and tiredness seemed to fade away.
He stood up, and arched an eyebrow. "Who are you..?"
The man bowed, "I am Magus, the so-called most powerful Mage of all time."
"And..how did you find us? We were gonna look for you.."
"When you feel a Ki energy that can destroy you in a mere second, you hunt it down. Normally, it's
trouble."
Gohan nodded, then turned to the lavender haired young man. "Trunks? You are..dead..I..saw
you..you died..the day everyone else did. Only Goten and I survived..."
The young man spoke. "What? I never died. And how did you know my name?"
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "I am Gohan, and I saw your body when you were dead.."
"Oh! Gohan! My father has sent me to get you! I am Trunks Jr...The son of Trunks!"
"What?! Trunks was a baby, he couldn't have had a son!"
"No. Mirai Trunks, remember? The one who warned you about the Androids and Cell?"
"Oh yeah! So, how is your father? And what does he want?"
Trunks Jr. looked down. "My father is ill. The population in our time is dying out, we may
not live through the Androids' accursed killing spree. Father killed them both, but they still left
their mark on the planet..There is no medicine in our time, there is no cure here for the antidote either.
But there is one thing here that we don't have in our time, the Dragonballs. I came to gather the Dragonballs,
and wish for a cure to his disease. Then I can go back to our time, and give it to my father!"
Gohan shook his head sadly. "Poor Trunks. I wish we could help his time..Maybe..we might
try something. Since we get two wishes.." He glanced at Akujin, who had a look of confusion. Of course.
None of the resistance had been around during the fight with Cell, Gohan was the only one who had been there.
So Gohan told all of the events leading up to the Cell Games, starting from Trunks's first
arrival, all the way to Juuhachi-gou's absorbtion by Cell, to Trunks's first loss against the monster.
And he breifly talked about how he had defeated Cell, his father's sacrifice, and how Vegeta and Goku
had helped him destroy the monster known as Cell.
Then Akujin nodded, understanding. "Of course he can have the second wish for his father.
I only wish he would stay and help us, an extra Saiya-jin would be helpful, if what you say is true."
Trunks Jr. was jumping up and down with excitement. And all of a sudden, Gohan noticed the resemblance
that he had with his father. His hair was cropped short, like Trunks's when he first arrived, he wore
a similar outfit to Trunks's Capsule Corp. jacket, and he had a sword. No, not a sword. The sword.
Trunks's old sword.
Magus spoke up. "I allowed Trunks to accompany because I assumed some extra strength may be needed.
I alone, with all my magic and fighting abilities, may not have been able to take a third of the Scouts.
And, Trunks didn't tell me of his problem.." He trailed off, then pulled out an orange ball, the size of
a baseball. An orange ball, with 2 stars. The 2 Star Dragonball!
Magus handed it to Gohan. "So this is a Dragonball. I have often wondered what they looked
like. Now, I put mine in your keeping. I trust you use your other wish well. Tell me, what is it
you will wish for? To rid yourselves of the Empire?"
Gohan laughed softly, grimly. "I wish it worked that way. The Dragon can only grant as much
as his Creator, no more than that. He can grant immortality, raise the dead, but only once per person.
And he can do so much more than that. No, it's not that simple. As to what we will wish for, a set
of Potarra rings. The Earrings of Fusion, I guess you could call them.."
Magus nodded. "So, I assume you and the Demon over there were the ones who fused. Which is
why you were so drained of energy earlier..Interesting.." Magus had a calculating look in his eyes.
"I also know the location of another Dragonball, but I will take a price for the location.
Seeing as how I could get two wishes of my own, should I take that one back and find the others.
Is that fair?"
Gohan bit his lip, then nodded. "Name your price."
Magus grinned. "I need an apprentice. Two, maybe. The boy over there-Goten?-, he will do.
And the one beside him."
Gohan and CJ both shouted "WHAT?!"
Magus shook his head. "They have almost low power levels compared to each of you, and they
could learn magic and become two of the most powerful Mages of all time. And I would train them
in the Martial Arts. I know something of them, they would grow stronger."
Gohan looked at CJ, then to Goten. "How about it, little bro? Would you like to burn Imperial
Scouts like they were ants?"
Goten grinned. "Uh huh! Yeah! That'll be so cool! Throwing fireballs, and lightning to!"
CJ looked to Ryan. Ryan said, "If Goten goes, I am all for it. It'll be great!" And he smiled.
Gohan looked back to Magus. "Then it's settled. As long as they are treated well, and get
some training in both arts. And if you want to train them quickly.." He paused. "There is a place,
The Room of Spirit and Time, atop The Lookout of Guardians, that allows you one year's worth the training
in one day. But you can only have two days in at the most, for the door will disappear forever if
you take longer than that. I wasn't going to let Goten go in myself, but if it will help him come
back sooner, I guess he can go in..."
Magus smiled. "Don't worry, Goten and Ryan shall be fine. And, would you mind if I came along
with you for part of the way? Gathering the Dragonballs would be an adventure, even Mages get bored
with the same old spells and attacks. And, Trunks would surely come if I did. He has seen what I can do,
right Trunks?"
Trunks nodded absent-mindedly. He was staring at the Dragonball.
Gohan's face took on a grim expression once more. "I have two Dragonballs at home. Mr. Popo
is getting three of them. And you know of one, and there is one here. All in all, that is seven.
If the one you speak of isn't one of Popo's, that is."
Everyone nodded. "So then, we must go to my home and gather my two. That shall be our next
step..." His grim expression got grimmer, he really didn't want to go to his old house..where..it had
happened. Memories came back already, but he shut them. "We leave now!" And he charged up his
Ki aura and took off in the direction of his home, leaving the others to follow.
So, they entrusted Ryan and Goten to the greatest Mage of all Time, Magus. And they had
discovered that all 7 Dragonballs may come easier than they thought. Maybe...
~Woo! Sorry, this one took two days to write. No excerpt today, tomorrow's "Episode" of Dragonball Z,
The Dark Empire Saga, is actually rather emotional for Gohan. Anyways..uh..Check tomorrow, it may be posted.
Maybe. See yah 'round!~