Lost Kin

Chapter 9: Arrival At Last

Author: Okami

"The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel."

Horace Walpole

Goku awoke from a deep slumber to the rumbling of his bottomless for a stomach. He groaned at the thought of fixing himself something but got out of bed anyway. As he stumbled down the hall towards the kitchen he felt a cool breeze across his bare chest (he sleeps in boxers). About to close the door, an odd shadow caught his eye; it was crouched and pounding the ground. The Saiyan stepped out onto the dewy grass and shouted,

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

The shadow jumped a little at the sound of his voice and stopped its assault on the grass. Turning what looked like a head, the shadow observed Goku.

"Goku?" a female voice asked quietly. "What are you doing up at this hour of the night?"

The Saiyan was surprised to hear Tritana's voice coming from the shadow. As he made his way over to the now standing half-Saiyan, he smiled.

"I was hungry," he admitted sheepishly. "What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be sleeping?" he asked, now standing in front of her, arms crossed.

The half-Saiyan laughed nervously. "I…uh…was doing nothing," she lied. She had always been a lousy liar and it showed in her father's face that he agreed.

"Nothing huh? Then why are your hands covered in grass, your cheeks wet with tears, and your eyes blood shot from crying " he asked, frowned slightly.

She laughed nervously again and scratched the back of her neck. "Uh…well…that is uh…"

"Tritana, what's going on?" Goku asked finally.

"Well nothing."

Goku sighed. "I know you're lying so just tell me already."

Tritana suddenly became very interested in her bare feet. Twisting grass between her toes, she tried to think up an excuse for her actions but could only think of running away. She didn't want to trouble her family with personal problems anymore than was necessary and she didn't want to attack them in the middle of the night after having one of her crazy dreams. Slowly looking back up at her father she noticed that his gaze hadn't wavered in the least; it was still fixed harshly on her.

"I can't," the half-Saiyan spoke softly. "There are some things about me that are best left hidden. I'm sorry Goku." She began walking towards the house and paid no heed to her father's pleas.

******

The next morning ChiChi awoke to the radio blasting in her ear. She groaned and stumbled down the hall towards Tritana's room. Opening the door she said,

"Tritana it's time to {yawn} get up and get ready {yawn} for school." When no answer came she actually looked inside the room; most of it lay in pieces on the floor. The wall had claw marks streaked across it, both pillows were shredded, curtains now only thread, and the glass window shattered.

"GOKU!!" she screamed, fear forming a lump in her throat. A thud followed by a series of crashes and curses came down the hall. Soon, a pale and startled Goku grasped the doorway, panting heavily.

"What?" he asked.

"She's gone," ChiChi sobbed.

"Huh? Oh no," he said, taking a good look around the room. "But why?" he asked himself. It then dawned on him the "talk" he had had with her that very night. She had seemed uneasy and not normal, like she was afraid of herself. Frowning hard, he turned around and quickly made his way to the still sleeping Saiyan.

"Anon!" he shouted, almost directly next to the Saiyan's ear. The redhead jumped nearly a foot in the air before landing on his rump beside his bed.

"Huh? What? Who?" he stuttered. Gazing up at Goku he frowned. "What?"

"She's gone."

"Who? Oh no. Not this again," he sighed.

"I know you know what's going on now tell me," Goku nearly roared, almost sounded like Vegeta in one of his moods.

"I can't tell you because I don't know myself exactly what's going on. All I can say is that I know where she's gone." Standing up, Anon motioned for Goku to follow him. "Hold on a sec," he said suddenly. "Can I get dressed first? I mean I don't want to be flying around in my boxers. It's cold out there."

A few minutes later a fully dressed Anon, Goku, and even Gohan flew off in the direction of Tritana's space pod.

"Can you at least tell us what you do know about what's going on?' Goku asked, flying up beside the Saiyan.

Anon sighed. "From I've gathered it all started when Tritana was injected with the virus Mutagena. She already described what it does so I won't go into detail but it had an unexpected side effect. It somehow caused her rage to take on a form of its own. This form has called itself Draco and now it wants to take over Tritana's body. She has been able to subdue it for this long but I'm not sure how much more her body can take. So far, Draco tries to take control every time she lets her guard down or gets really angry."

Goku couldn't believe what he was hearing, his daughter had a monster living inside her and it is trying to take over her body.

"What happens if she loses control?" Gohan asked tentatively, not sure if he really wanted to know the answer.

"In that case, I'm afraid she will most likely never return to normal and Draco will probably try to destroy the universe."

Silence engulfed the group for the rest of their trip. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they reached the large crater where only a few days ago Goku was reunited with his daughter. As they hovered over the crater they noticed smoke trailing up from the ground just over the horizon. Paying it no heed, they descended from the air and landed a few meters from a chatting couple.

"…I don't need your help with this. I can handle it on my own," a familiar voice said as it came into earshot.

"Oh sure you can," a male's voice replied, dripping with sarcasm. "Just like last time."

Tritana cringed at the memory. "All right all right, I get the point." She looked behind the man and smiled. "Hey guys."

A look of surprise swept over the group as the half-Saiyan walked around her friend and towards them. They had all been expecting her to be in danger but instead she was acting as if whatever had happened was a walk in the park now.

"Are you okay?" Gohan asked nervously. His eyes darted from his sister to the stranger who still had his back to the group. He wore Saiyan armor and, from the back looked exactly like Goku except for a darker skin tone.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Um…there is one minor problem though," she said nervously. "Obsidian is on his way here, now."

"WHAT!?" Anon screeched. "How!? Why!? Oh man," he whined, burying his face in his hands.

"He shall be here any moment," a now familiar male voice said.

"Just who are you anyway?" Goku asked. He had been observing the stranger with great curiosity, pretty sure he knew who he was.

"You should know me well Kakarrot." The man turned around and smirked at his fellow Saiyan. Turles had been waiting for the day when he would meet up with Kakarrot for a long time. He figured that if his daughter was incredibly strong than her father must be as well.

"You!" Goku snarled. He subconsciously stepped in front of Gohan and took a fighting stance.

Tritana watched as Goku and "her father" took up fighting stances and prepared to engage in battle. She rushed between them, spreading her arms out wide and faced Goku.

"Whoa! Hold on there Goku! This is not the time or the place to be fighting each other. He is here to help us defeat Obsidian and you will not fight him until this is over, got it?"

Goku stayed in his fighting stance but nodded stiffly. He made a mental note not to turn his back on Turles unless absolutely necessary. A sudden energy increase made him turn his head towards the horizon where two spheres shone brightly.

"Looks like we've got company," he smiled.

Tritana looked nervously at Goku. "Who?"

"Vegeta and Trunks I think."

The two fighters came into view before the words could even leave his mouth. Vegeta seemed determined while Trunks followed with a look of utter confusion written across his youthful face. As the two landed, all their attention was directed to the stranger in Saiyan armor.

"Who are you?" Vegeta demanded crudely.

Turles gave a lop-sided grin. "You've grown Prince Vegeta. I am Turles."

The Prince seemed startled at seeing another Saiyan but was silenced by the sudden feeling of a powerful being approaching earth. "Who the hell is that?"

"That would be Obsidian," Anon answered. His eyes were fixed on the sky where only moments later the man would show himself.

Merely seconds later the clouds seemed to bulge and separate as a very large object pushed against them. The object proved too much for the fragile clouds for they broke and allowed the spaceship to enter the earth's atmosphere. The ship looked like a perfect copy of Freeza's except for the slight difference in size; this ship was at least twice as large. The large sphere took no time in finding a suitable landing space and was soon hovering above a flat area just over some rock formations.

Everyone quickly kicked into high gear, sprinting towards the ship. Once clearing the rock formations, the ship lay before them, smoking from the heat of the atmosphere. A side panel popped open and slowly lowered to the ground. Twenty or so foot soldiers filed out and stood on either side of the panel, awaiting their master. Just inside the doorway a lone figure stood, his cap flowing behind him. Two other figures took their place behind the capped man and followed him down the ramp.

"There's no use in hiding!" a booming voice called. "We know you're out there so give up now and we'll go easy on you!"

"He's sure full of himself," Vegeta muttered.

"He has good reason to be," Tritana muttered back. Taking a deep, shaky breath she watched as the lead man lifted his hands into the air and began summoning energy balls. No! Anything but that!

******

"Being stubborn eh?" Obsidian chuckled.

"Do you want us to flush them out, sire?" Justin asked, prepared to take flight.

"No. Let us have some fun." Obsidian raised his hands above his head as if to create a Spirit Bomb; a ball of red energy instantly appeared in the palm of each. He brought them back down in front of him and, ever so slowly, began to merge the two balls.

******

"What the heck is he doing?" Trunks thought aloud. A muffled grunt caused him to turn his head and stare wide eyed. Tritana was hunched over with one hand over her mouth to muffle her grunts while the other clutched her stomach.

"What's wrong?" Gohan inquired, stepping closer to his older sibling.

Tritana was in too much pain to warn her onlookers of the danger they were in; even Turles and Anon had no idea. She nearly screamed again as heat radiated from her back, singeing her shirt and burning her flesh. Not now! Any time but now! her mind hollered.

"Obsidian," she hissed through clenched teeth, "I'll kill you for this."

"What's…happening to you?" Goku asked, almost sick. He had never seen anything like this nor had he ever smelt burning human flesh; the aroma filling his nostrils threatened to bring up his breakfast. That was when it hit him; a power level of someone with unimaginable strength, pure evil, was very very close.

Vegeta gritted his teeth when he felt it, the energy signal of Draco. He had felt the creature's power once before and did not care to fell it again, much less see it. The last time he had felt Draco's power Tritana had been much weaker. Now that she was a Super Saiyan he wondered if he would be strong enough to beat her.

The familiar sound of cracking bones made the worried expressions vanish and horrified ones take their place. Everyone eyed the hunched half-Saiyan wearily as dragon-like wings burst through flesh and cloth. Tritana slowly rose from her position to stare at the small group in front of her. Hazel eyes clouded over, blood trickling from one side of her mouth, the half-Saiyan opened her mouth and let loose a terrible roar.

Energy burst from the body, sending rocks flying and even the warriors back a few feet. A dome of violet energy surrounded Tritana as he body began to morph into Draco once more. Dark hair sprouted from unseen pores, the small jaw cracked and jutted outward to make room for the large, pointy teeth that replaced the blunt human ones. The Saiyan tail also changed, becoming fuller and longer, resembling a wolf's. Fingernails grew long and sharp as Tritana's screams steadily grew deeper. Pressing her elbows to her sides, the half-Saiyan through her head back and cried/roared up at the sun. Another shock wave of energy burst from her tense body and the earth began to cave in around her, forming a deep crater around the now glowing figure.

As soon as the ground stopped shacking, Goku and the others crept up to the newly formed crater. Inside stood a glowing werewolf; dragon-like wings extended to their twelve foot span. The creature used its wings to slowly fly out of the hole and onto sturdy ground opposite the warriors.

Draco lifted his hands and carefully examined them, eyes wide with curiosity. As if testing his "new" body, he repeatedly punched and occasionally kicked the air. A twisted grin spread across his wolf-like face when he saw that his host had become much stronger since he had last taken control.

"Tritana?" a timid voice called.

Draco looked across the crater to see five warriors. He chuckled to himself as the thought of testing his strength against the mortals. Something off to his right caught his attention and when he turned to see, a look of pleasure spread across his furry face. Obsidian and two of his henchmen sat suspended in midair simply observing the fighters below. He turned back to the other group and decided to answer their question.

"Tritana is no more," his deep voice rumbled. "Only Draco remains."

***Authors Note***

I just wanted to make it clear that I do not own DBZ. I do however own Tritana, Anon, Obsidian and Draco so please do not take them without my permission. Also, if you have questions or comments feel free to e-mail me at animewolf5@yahoo.com. Be warned that flames will be read and sometimes responded to but most will be incinerated.