A/N: Alrightie then! This is easing me past my block bit by bit, so it may
suck right now but it'll get better. Anyway, chapter two…our mysterious
saiyan visitor lands on Earth and gives dear old Vegeta a nasty shock. Can
you guess who this person is, and what he/she is up to? Only one way to
find out – read on!!!
Plus, I'm sorry but…only reason I'm updating right now is because I've got the time, what with ff.net crashing and making all us authors unable to update or even sign in until the 24th of June, when the parts they need come in and they can fix the server that screwed. Alright, after that big run-on sentence, the story shall begin!
Disclaimer: Wish I could stop writing this…anyway, I don't own DBZ.
And we begin!
Ch 2: Sister
It was two days after they'd first sensed the coming danger, and Gohan was in all honesty bored out of his mind. Sure, this could mean impending doom, but it could also mean some fun! What was the reason for all this seriousness?!
He glanced lazily towards Goku and Vegeta, who were sparing. They both looked as though their very existence depended on the outcome of this battle, which was completely ridiculous. He let his gaze slide to the two squirts, and snorted his disgust. "Pathetic," he muttered to himself.
Trunks heard him. Stopping Goten, he turned and gave Gohan the I'm-a- prince-what-are-you-laughing-at look both he and his father were so good at. "I'm not pathetic," he snapped.
"You are right now," Gohan replied calmly.
"Why?"
"For one thing, what are you doing?"
"We're trying to do what our daddies are."
Gohan glanced back at the older saiyans. They were currently exchanging ki blasts. "Oh, is that it?"
Goten nodded eagerly. "Can ya thow uth?" Being only 2 ½ years old, the small kid was still working on pronouncing the "s" in the words. (A/N: He's trying to say, "Can you show us?"
Grinning mentally but making his face smirk evilly, Gohan brought up his hand, spread his fingers, and began gathering energy.
"Gohan!" Goku called. He glanced up and saw the two adults had stopped their training to watch him and the squirts. "Don't hurt them!"
"You won't have to worry about that," snorted Gohan. "I'm only showing them how to do it, and besides, even if I hit them it wouldn't hurt them."
"The way you're going, it might," Vegeta said warningly.
"Oh, alright," Gohan replied with a mock sigh. He sent the beam up to the adults, who just barely avoided it. "GOHAN!" both roared.
Gohan started laughing, and the two squirts – who had no idea what was going on – figured something was really funny and started giggling.
The adults just sighed and kept training.
~#~
That night, Gohan lay under the stars, gazing up at the dark, sparkling night sky. Training all day certainly had its perks – not having to study around the clock – but it also had a major down side – the extremely BORING element of having to wait for Goku and Vegeta to finish their spar. By the time they were done with each other, they had no energy left for fighting him anyway, and the whole day was wasted.
"Gohan?" a tiny voice asked. Gohan turned his head to see his younger brother standing next to him.
"Hey Goten," Gohan said softly. "What 'cha doing out here, instead of in bed?"
"I wanna find you."
"Well, here I am."
"Me know. Can you come 'theep with me?"
"But Goten, you're a big boy now, you can sleep by yourself."
The child started to get those big puppy-dog eyes that you can't say no to. "Pleath?"
Gohan smiled and relented. "You know I can't say no to that," he said. "Go on in, Goten. I promise I'll be there in a minute or so."
Goten nodded happily and ran inside, babbling some nonsense song. Gohan laughed a little and stood up. Before he turned inside, he looked up at the sky. "Good luck on your journey, friend. I know everyone is worried about you trying to destroy this planet, but for some reason I don't share this worry. Somehow I believe you will become a great protector of this planet, helping me and the other Z Warriors for as long as we all shall live. I hope you will." He hesitated, then added, "I don't want to hurt you."
Then he turned and went in the door, closing it behind him.
A shadow in a nearby tree grove suddenly seemed to spark twin lights. "I see…" whispered the shadow.
~#~
Gohan slept in the next day. Two little bodies jumping up and down on his stomach awakened him. He opened his eyes to see Goten and Trunks playing on him. "Oh, get OFF, you two!" he grumbled, shoving them to the floor. They looked back up at him with those big, soulful puppy eyes. "Don't give me that. You woke me up!"
"Momma told uth to," Goten whispered, tears in his eyes.
Gohan sighed. "Don't cry, you two, I'm not mad. I just don't like being woken up, that's all."
"It's okay?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah, it's okay."
The two took that as a sign of acceptance and, each grabbing a hand, they pulled him downstairs. Using his mind before he got there, Gohan managed to change his cloths into his 'Goku' gi. When they arrived in the kitchen, Gohan grinned at his mother. "Hey Mom!" he greeted her. "What's for breakfast?"
"Sit down and you'll find out!" replied Chichi.
Later, after everyone had eaten, Gohan relaxed next to the lake, simply enjoying the day. Nearby, his father and Vegeta were sparring – again – while the squirts played in the mud. After a while, the adults stopped and just watched Gohan. "What are you doing?" Goku asked.
"I don't know. Nothing much."
"You should be training," Vegeta snapped.
"Ooh, so sorry. Did I disappoint you? My bad."
"Why you-"
Then it was like all activity stopped. Everyone, even the two babies, stared up at the sky and the energy it held. Slowly, as if tantalizing them, the saiyan pod came closer and closer until it gained a sudden burst of energy and smashed into the ground. It was so near the lake that the cracks from the impact ran through the lake and the water began flooding the hole.
With the ship still inside.
Ignoring Goku's cry of alarm, Gohan dived into the already deep water. He swam until he reached the bottom, where he grabbed the ship and pulled it to the surface. Once out himself, he hauled it onto hard ground.
The ship slowly opened, and someone stepped out and glared at them. She wore saiyan armor, her dark, slightly spiky hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and her coal black eyes glittered angrily. "Who are you and why did you-" She stopped suddenly when she noticed Gohan, who was staring at her. "What, boy!" she snapped.
Gohan's eyes got an angry glint. "Who are you calling 'boy'?" he asked with deadly calm. "You don't seem to be older then I."
"Age matters not, boy," the girl sneered. "You probably can't even fight yet, you feel so weak."
It was only then that Vegeta noticed that she wore no scouter and on the chest plate of her armor, there was the symbol of the royal family. Then he knew who she was.
"SISTER?!"
A/N: Lovely way to end it, huh? Cliffhangers do get on my nerves, but hey, they're a great way to keep people coming back for more later. And for a while, I couldn't think of what to do for this chapter, but I'm laying it out in my head now so it'll be okay. Unlike a lot of authors, I have no schedule to go by so I update whenever I please. Don't expect me to update for a few days – I'll be too busy reading all the stories, new and old, that will be popping up since no one's been able to do ANYTHING for roughly about a week. Hehe, it'll be a fun few days for me!
As always, read, review, and vote on my poll – I've decided to stop votes in two chapters, whether I'm done with Saiyan Rapture or not. Thank you to all the usual, and…um…have a nice day! -saiyagal
Plus, I'm sorry but…only reason I'm updating right now is because I've got the time, what with ff.net crashing and making all us authors unable to update or even sign in until the 24th of June, when the parts they need come in and they can fix the server that screwed. Alright, after that big run-on sentence, the story shall begin!
Disclaimer: Wish I could stop writing this…anyway, I don't own DBZ.
And we begin!
Ch 2: Sister
It was two days after they'd first sensed the coming danger, and Gohan was in all honesty bored out of his mind. Sure, this could mean impending doom, but it could also mean some fun! What was the reason for all this seriousness?!
He glanced lazily towards Goku and Vegeta, who were sparing. They both looked as though their very existence depended on the outcome of this battle, which was completely ridiculous. He let his gaze slide to the two squirts, and snorted his disgust. "Pathetic," he muttered to himself.
Trunks heard him. Stopping Goten, he turned and gave Gohan the I'm-a- prince-what-are-you-laughing-at look both he and his father were so good at. "I'm not pathetic," he snapped.
"You are right now," Gohan replied calmly.
"Why?"
"For one thing, what are you doing?"
"We're trying to do what our daddies are."
Gohan glanced back at the older saiyans. They were currently exchanging ki blasts. "Oh, is that it?"
Goten nodded eagerly. "Can ya thow uth?" Being only 2 ½ years old, the small kid was still working on pronouncing the "s" in the words. (A/N: He's trying to say, "Can you show us?"
Grinning mentally but making his face smirk evilly, Gohan brought up his hand, spread his fingers, and began gathering energy.
"Gohan!" Goku called. He glanced up and saw the two adults had stopped their training to watch him and the squirts. "Don't hurt them!"
"You won't have to worry about that," snorted Gohan. "I'm only showing them how to do it, and besides, even if I hit them it wouldn't hurt them."
"The way you're going, it might," Vegeta said warningly.
"Oh, alright," Gohan replied with a mock sigh. He sent the beam up to the adults, who just barely avoided it. "GOHAN!" both roared.
Gohan started laughing, and the two squirts – who had no idea what was going on – figured something was really funny and started giggling.
The adults just sighed and kept training.
~#~
That night, Gohan lay under the stars, gazing up at the dark, sparkling night sky. Training all day certainly had its perks – not having to study around the clock – but it also had a major down side – the extremely BORING element of having to wait for Goku and Vegeta to finish their spar. By the time they were done with each other, they had no energy left for fighting him anyway, and the whole day was wasted.
"Gohan?" a tiny voice asked. Gohan turned his head to see his younger brother standing next to him.
"Hey Goten," Gohan said softly. "What 'cha doing out here, instead of in bed?"
"I wanna find you."
"Well, here I am."
"Me know. Can you come 'theep with me?"
"But Goten, you're a big boy now, you can sleep by yourself."
The child started to get those big puppy-dog eyes that you can't say no to. "Pleath?"
Gohan smiled and relented. "You know I can't say no to that," he said. "Go on in, Goten. I promise I'll be there in a minute or so."
Goten nodded happily and ran inside, babbling some nonsense song. Gohan laughed a little and stood up. Before he turned inside, he looked up at the sky. "Good luck on your journey, friend. I know everyone is worried about you trying to destroy this planet, but for some reason I don't share this worry. Somehow I believe you will become a great protector of this planet, helping me and the other Z Warriors for as long as we all shall live. I hope you will." He hesitated, then added, "I don't want to hurt you."
Then he turned and went in the door, closing it behind him.
A shadow in a nearby tree grove suddenly seemed to spark twin lights. "I see…" whispered the shadow.
~#~
Gohan slept in the next day. Two little bodies jumping up and down on his stomach awakened him. He opened his eyes to see Goten and Trunks playing on him. "Oh, get OFF, you two!" he grumbled, shoving them to the floor. They looked back up at him with those big, soulful puppy eyes. "Don't give me that. You woke me up!"
"Momma told uth to," Goten whispered, tears in his eyes.
Gohan sighed. "Don't cry, you two, I'm not mad. I just don't like being woken up, that's all."
"It's okay?" Trunks asked.
"Yeah, it's okay."
The two took that as a sign of acceptance and, each grabbing a hand, they pulled him downstairs. Using his mind before he got there, Gohan managed to change his cloths into his 'Goku' gi. When they arrived in the kitchen, Gohan grinned at his mother. "Hey Mom!" he greeted her. "What's for breakfast?"
"Sit down and you'll find out!" replied Chichi.
Later, after everyone had eaten, Gohan relaxed next to the lake, simply enjoying the day. Nearby, his father and Vegeta were sparring – again – while the squirts played in the mud. After a while, the adults stopped and just watched Gohan. "What are you doing?" Goku asked.
"I don't know. Nothing much."
"You should be training," Vegeta snapped.
"Ooh, so sorry. Did I disappoint you? My bad."
"Why you-"
Then it was like all activity stopped. Everyone, even the two babies, stared up at the sky and the energy it held. Slowly, as if tantalizing them, the saiyan pod came closer and closer until it gained a sudden burst of energy and smashed into the ground. It was so near the lake that the cracks from the impact ran through the lake and the water began flooding the hole.
With the ship still inside.
Ignoring Goku's cry of alarm, Gohan dived into the already deep water. He swam until he reached the bottom, where he grabbed the ship and pulled it to the surface. Once out himself, he hauled it onto hard ground.
The ship slowly opened, and someone stepped out and glared at them. She wore saiyan armor, her dark, slightly spiky hair was pulled back into a ponytail, and her coal black eyes glittered angrily. "Who are you and why did you-" She stopped suddenly when she noticed Gohan, who was staring at her. "What, boy!" she snapped.
Gohan's eyes got an angry glint. "Who are you calling 'boy'?" he asked with deadly calm. "You don't seem to be older then I."
"Age matters not, boy," the girl sneered. "You probably can't even fight yet, you feel so weak."
It was only then that Vegeta noticed that she wore no scouter and on the chest plate of her armor, there was the symbol of the royal family. Then he knew who she was.
"SISTER?!"
A/N: Lovely way to end it, huh? Cliffhangers do get on my nerves, but hey, they're a great way to keep people coming back for more later. And for a while, I couldn't think of what to do for this chapter, but I'm laying it out in my head now so it'll be okay. Unlike a lot of authors, I have no schedule to go by so I update whenever I please. Don't expect me to update for a few days – I'll be too busy reading all the stories, new and old, that will be popping up since no one's been able to do ANYTHING for roughly about a week. Hehe, it'll be a fun few days for me!
As always, read, review, and vote on my poll – I've decided to stop votes in two chapters, whether I'm done with Saiyan Rapture or not. Thank you to all the usual, and…um…have a nice day! -saiyagal
