The cold wind bit at their faces, as the sun began to rise over the horizon. All of this fighting had taken place at night, and the sun's first beam of light struck Krillin's face.
This made him grimace even more, for he was suffering extreme heat stroke, and he only had about five minutes to live. Was there any home for him?
Obviously there was. In an instant, Gogeta blurred on to the scene with the God of Earth in tow. Dende quickly looked at five of the Z-Senshi lying on the ground, extremely hot and in danger of their lives. He quickly ran to Krillin, placing both hands on him as a white light erupted from them. Dende concentrated intensely as he pumped healing energy into Krillin's almost lifeless body. Krillin slowly began to come to, his eyes started blinking and his power level began to rise again. He slowly stood up and looked around. Gogeta and Dende were here, and Chaozu, Yamcha, and Chibi Trunks lay on the ground. A very strange scene indeed.
As Dende began to heal Chaozu, a white light suddenly appeared straight through Gogeta's body. He nodded as a huge explosion of light erupted and one became two, as Gogeta unfused into Goku and Vegeta. Vegeta spat on the ground.
"Jesus, I'm never fusing with you again. If I were just myself, I would've killed that Remeth monster and all the rest of his friends. You are a fool, Kakarotto," said Vegeta, walking away mumbling to himself. He walked over where Dende had just finished healing Gohan. The five remaining Z-Senshi had all been healed, and were dusting themselves off and wondering what had just happened.
"Where is Tien?" wondered Yamcha aloud. Everyone began to look around. Tien was not in sight. From behind a rock appeared Mirai Trunks. Everyone gasped.
"Uh…hi everybody," said Mirai Trunks. Chibi Trunks walked over to him and touched his arm.
"You're me…that's…so…COOL!!!" screamed C. Trunks, inspecting him from all angles.
"Enough of this!" screamed Chaozu, surprising everyone. "Where is Tien?"
"Well you see, I uh…kinda fell asleep…"
"WHAT?!" yelled Vegeta, walking over to M. Trunks. He took his hand and grasped the collar of Trunks' black undershirt, lifting him up in the air. "Look around, idiot. Where's that time machine you came in? The three-eyed freak took it!"
Trunks looked around from his raised position, and indeed, his time machine was gone. He looked down.
"We ask of you one simple task…watch these pathetic fools while we are gone! Now some circus freak is off in the future, probably trying to figure out how he got there!"
Vegeta dropped Trunks, who landed on his feet and gave Vegeta a cold stare with his deep blue eyes. Vegeta even backed up a step, feeling Trunks' anger.
"And there's even worse news, guys," said Krillin, causing everyone to turn to him. "Goku fainted again."
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Piccolo sat.
Sat on the air.
He never really thought much about it. Piccolo just was fond of sitting on the air. It was like a cushion to him, but he was holding himself up. Such a strange way of meditating. Not many others did it as he did.
But Piccolo had no more time to meditate. He had been meditating a while, and just by doing it, he knew the problem.
There was something terribly wrong with Goku. Goten was in deep trouble. And Tien was in the future, and something was not right there. And there were visitors. Piccolo did not know how many or their nature, but he knew that there were unwanted visitors, and they could prove a problem.
And Piccolo knew his role would come soon. When he was needed, he would have to step up and save the earth. And not by using his strength, but his origin.
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Everything was back to normal. Since the Androids were destroyed, the survivors of Earth had given valiant efforts and were finally able to restore it to its originality.
They were very happy with their progress, and the Earth looked right once again. They hoped that by doing this, they would be able to destroy the horrible memories of the Androids' reign on Earth.
But something would always be empty in this timeline. Who had destroyed the Androids? Who had saved them? Who had rescued humanity from its untimely fate?
Many had claimed to, but none of them had the strength or wits to prove it. They were just pathetic people, hoping to make a name for themselves off the tragedies of others. But it was almost certain that their savior would never return.
Eventually, the people gave up hoping that their hero would return to protect them. But there always had seemed to be an empty space.
As Tien looked around this place, he thought that maybe the time machine had been a fraud. It looked no different than the Earth he had just left. In fact, he was in the same exact field he had left in. He was about to return to it but he closed his third eye to concentrate on the power levels of his companions.
But Tien felt nothing. There was no one here. The stories Mirai Trunks had told them, that everyone had been destroyed except for him, were true. Tien was alone.
Tien smiled.
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The five blobs began to shake with laughter. The sun had started to shine and Goten squinted. He had been up all night, and was very tired. He didn't feel like dealing with five big blobs. But he was curious of what they were.
"A Ginyu," said Blemeth. "And he's trying to deny he doesn't know who we are."
"Well, you know those scum," responded Bremeth. "They probably have destroyed so many planets that they don't even remember the people. It's sick."
All of the blob aliens let out howls and their powers erupted into high levels. They slowly became slimmer and sprouted arms and legs. They all ended up in the same shape as humans, except five different colors and they lacked faces.
"Let me introduce us. I am Remeth, then there is Yemeth, Gremeth, Blemeth, and Bremeth. You don't need to know who is who, since you won't be alive much longer."
All of them chuckled as Remeth continued, "You see, Ginyu, we know that you have destroyed many planets in the universe. We are the last of a race known as the Muk-jin. We have scoured the universe for you for many years, and never have been able to find you. But our information sources are excellent. We recently heard that five huge powers were located on the planet Earth. And now we are here. Ginyu, you are a pathetic excuse of a warrior. We are all stronger than you, you just destroyed our planet when we didn't expect it, and destroyed many of our greatest warriors. But now, Ginyu, you will perish!" Goten was taken aback by the story, still very confused. But some of it made sense. Maybe the five Super Saiya-jins were mistaken as the Ginyu Squad.
But Goten didn't have much time to think. Remeth flew at him, with all four others at his heels.
And it was an unfair fight. It started with Yemeth slamming his foot into Goten's side. He flew back as Bremeth smashed an axe handle to Goten, making him fly to the ground. Blemeth then dropped a knee in Goten's stomach, causing him to spit up. Yemeth then lifted him from the ground and slammed him down again, and Gremeth shoved his foot into Goten's face, grinding his heel into his face. They were all laughing.
Goten panted heavily as he looked up at all five of them. He wasn't sure if it would work, but hoped his Super Saiya-jin transformation may be able to help him. Summing up some strength, Goten leapt in the air and screamed out. All five aliens were blown away as Goten hair stood straight up, and his red shirt and black pants began to ripple from his power.
Goten's hair suddenly went from a dark black to a bright golden, and his body was engulfed in flames. His eyes went white temporarily, and then changed to a sky blue color, making him look more formidable than before. Goten's aura flowed through him as he turned to Remeth. He flew at him, throwing a punch, but Remeth dodged it and kicked him into Yemeth, who put Goten in a sleeper hold.
All of the aliens began to laugh as Goten struggled in the hold. Bremeth walked up slowly and slammed his fist into Goten's stomach. He then followed with his left fist, and rammed another right hand into it.
Goten screamed in pain, and spit out a mixture of saliva and blood. Blemeth walked up and inserted his elbow into Goten's chest, making him heave and start to cough heavily. He then slapped him around twice, then took his arm in his hand. He slowly took Goten's left hand index finger and began to bend it back until he heard a snap. Blemeth cackled as Goten screamed and his finger went limp.
"He can't even break out of this! How pathetic!" said Gremeth as he walked up to Goten. He took his right arm and began smacking his face with it. The anger and embarrassment on Goten's face was painfully evident, but Yemeth's death grip was unbreakable. Gremeth then took his knee and smashed it into Goten's chin, causing his head to snap back sickeningly. He grabbed him out of Yemeth's hold and slammed his weakened body over his knee. He then dropped Goten to the ground.
The blood was spilling out of Goten's mouth. But these creatures had no remorse. To them, Goten had destroyed their planet and had made their people pay. He had what was coming to him. Even Remeth, their humble leader, wanted a shot.
He walked over to Goten and threw him up in the air. In his right hand he charged up energy in a red color. He slowly floated up into the air, arriving at the same height as Goten. Before Goten could fall to the ground again, Remeth threw a narrow red blast at Goten like a frisbee. It spiraled directly to Goten's left leg, and cut right through it.
Goten's left leg fell to the ground, and the scream that erupted from his mouth sent a shiver down Gohan's spine.
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"Something is very wrong. And it's not just Dad," said Gohan, looking very impatient.
"Well why don't you do something besides sitting her and keep repeating that 'something is very wrong'?" asked Vegeta angrily. Gohan turned to him, clearly pissed.
"Shut up Vegeta. Don't tell me what to do. I'll tell you what I'm gonna do, and I'm gonna take my Dad to Korin's. Maybe a senzu bean can help him."
Dende had tried to heal Goku to no avail. He was out like a light, and everyone assumed that he was still sick from earlier.
Gohan picked up his father and slung him over his right shoulder. He slowly rose from the ground and flew off in the direction of the Lookout.
"I feel something wrong, too," said Chibi Trunks. "Goten is in trouble. His power is fading fast, and I think he needs our help. Who will come with me?"
"I'll go. Even though I'm sure that Goten is fine, I want to get to know you more anyway, Trunks."
"Dad? Where are you going?" asked C. Trunks. Vegeta just smiled.
"Don't worry about me, Trunks," said Vegeta floating up into the air. He formed an aura and flew off into the distance. Everyone seemed very confused.
"Well I for one want to know what happened to Tien!" said Chaozu. Everyone nodded in agreement.
Krillin and Yamcha were going to go with him to Capsule Corporation, to see if Bulma could help them. And they all flew off into the distance, leaving the large field for good.
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Goten lay on the ground, panting heavily. All of the creatures laughed as they stomped his almost lifeless body
Goten managed to open an eye; he saw a blur of red, green, blue, brown, and yellow. He knew that the end was near, and barely was able to see all five of them charging up a black blast.
The Muk-jin heaved the blast straight at Goten. It pierced his stomach, ripping through all of his internal organs, incinerating them.
Goten was unable to scream as the gaping hole appeared in his stomach. He had no more stomach, or any other vital organs for that matter. Rasping noises escaped Goten's throat.
He thought back, to when he first had turned Super Saiya-jin. To when Buu was defeated. To all of the fun he had with Trunks. He remembered all of the good times he had.
Goten took his last breath, and his life ended.