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Chibi Vegeta- . . . . . She's been like this all afternoon.
Nobody reviewed! Waaaah!
Warnings: Attempted humor, OOC. all that kind of stuff. minor bad language. yadda yadda.
Oh! If anybody wonders, thoughts are in between these "{ }" and Bardock's visions will come between these "". This "( )" is me interrupting. A computer's voice will be between these, " ' ' ". A change of POV will be "*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*". Scene changes will be "*". Okay? ****
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Max came conscious with an awareness to the fact that it probably wasn't a good idea to wake up. {Too late.}
"He's waking up," said a voice. "Now what?"
Another voice growled, "Shut up Goten. We're supposed to talk to him, remember?"
"Uhm, okay, Trunks," said Goten, "What do we ask him?"
Trunks grumbled something unintelligible.
Another voice broke in, this time speaking to Max, "You can open your eyes already. You are too badly injured to run or fight, so you haven't much choice but to do as I say."
Max cautiously opened his eyes. The slim man he had been fighting against sat next to him on a rock. Two boys that Max couldn't remember at all, but was pretty sure had been the ones to take him out in the end, sat next to each other across from the man.
Max sat up to hunch protectively over his body. He looked at them warily. What did they want? Why hadn't they just killed him?
The man spoke, "You're probably wondering why you're still alive."
Trunks growled, "He's not the only one who's wondering that."
The man shot the teen a glare. "I wanted to talk with you."
"Hn?" Max huffed in encouragement.
"Why exactly did you come here?"
Max had been expecting that. "I answered that when it was last asked."
"Answer again."
"His Eminence wanted me to destroy the high ki emanating from this planet."
The man sighed. "I was hoping for a bit more than that. Next question: Who the hell is His Eminence?"
"The goon at the top of the ladder. Who else?" Max picked at the ground at his feet. Little did he know, he looked just like a little kid getting a lecture. Which wasn't too far from the truth.
"What ladder? Why does he want us dead?"
Max shrugged, staring, entranced, at the ground he was picking at. "He considered you a potential threat. At first I was thinking that he was just being paranoid. but then I saw you fight. That's the ultimate convincer."
The man blinked. He seemed to understand now.
"So." Max asked, "ya gonna kill me now?"
"." He didn't seem to hear Max. For several minutes, he stayed silent. Finally he spoke. "No."
"Why not?" (No, Max isn't suicidal, he's just genuinely curious.)
"Wow." said Goten, "Doesn't he sound like Vegeta?"
The man glared at him.
Trunks snorted, "Yeah, he does sound like my dad. He's always wondering why 'Kakkarot' spared his life. He swears up and down that 'Kakkarot' wanted him to be in his debt."
"You shouldn't speak like that when both of the ones you're speaking of are present," the man growled.
{So.} thought Max, {that was their names.} "What should I call you?" Max asked curiously.
"Vegeto. for now. It'll be different once things have settled down."
"Uhm," Trunks looked up, "Would the Dragonballs be able to do anything about that?"
Vegeto nodded. "They should."
{Dragonballs? Ouch! That poor dragon.} "What exactly do you need a dragon's balls for?"
All three stared at him, wide eyed. Goten's laugh broke the silence, "No. You got it wrong. Dragonballs, not a dragon's balls."
Trunks and Vegeto were choking. Vegeto spoke up, "You did cause some damage. This-" and he pointed to himself "-being the least of it."
Max tilted his head to the side, "I don't get it."
Trunks coughed, "There are seven. gems, spread across the world. They have a. magic power when brought together. We call them the Dragonballs. Got it now?"
Max shook his head, "What kind of magic power?"
Goten grinned, "They grant wishes. We can bring back my brother and my grandpa."
Max blinked, "That's who I killed?"
Goten nodded. "If you promise not to do it again, I won't hold it against you."
"Well. Okay. I promise. I won't kill them again." {That sounds. weird. and these. Dragonballs. grant wishes? Hmmmnnn. What would I wish for, if I got a hold of all of these? A lifetime supply of coffee ice cream?}
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Trunks was really confused by this kid. "And what's your name?" he asked suddenly.
The boy looked startled. "My name? You want to. Uhm, never mind. My name is Max."
{Why is he so startled that we would want to know his name?}
Trunks had noticed that Max's eyes had lit up when the wishes were mentioned. What was he thinking? "We should go collecting the Dragonballs, right?" Trunks asked.
Vegeto agreed with a nod. They'd never really gotten a chance to talk with him, or Gogeta, outside of battle, so it was kind of odd, having him there after the battle was over. "We have to get the Dragon radar first."
They lifted off and noticed that Max didn't. Trunks blinked. "You should have enough energy left to fly." he said incredulously.
Max had a look of consternation on his face, "I can't fly."
"Nani!?!" Trunks, Goten and Vegeto were. shocked, to say the least.
"I said, 'I can't fly'."
"Well, duh. We heard you," said Trunks, "we're just a little shocked."
*
It took a while for Vegeto to explain the basics of flying to Max. Astonishingly enough, the explanation was all Max needed. He was up and flying (a bit slowly, but flying nonetheless) only a few minutes later.
To all of their surprise, Max didn't try to leave. When they asked him why, he told them, honestly, that they confused the hell out of him and he couldn't go home anyways.
"Why can't you go home?" asked Goten.
"I failed my mission." Max shrugged, "I actually prefer it this way. If I had won, I would have had to go home. At this, I can pretend I'm dead. My ki's so low now that they wouldn't be able to sense it."
"You didn't want to fight in the first place, did you?" Trunks asked incredulously.
"Nope," said Max, attempting, with little success, to control his balance mid-air. "Damn it!" he shrieked as he fell about ten feet.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
{Kisama! I can't control it!} Max scowled as he tried to control his flight. {I really prefer the ground.} His scowl deepened as he tried to figure out why they didn't try to kill him. {It doesn't matter. My life is theirs. They could have taken it before. I don't know why they didn't, even after I answered their questions. Hn.}
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He followed them to a large building that looked like a beehive. not only did it look like one, it had so many different kis inside, that he would have sworn it really was one.
Once inside, Vegeto shocked the hell out of some poor blue haired lady. She went and got what he asked for though. When they left, she admonished them to say their wishes right, or who knows what would happen.
It took them a long time to collect the magic gems. It took almost a week. (Long time, ne? Heh.)
One of the gems had been imbedded deeply into a glacier. (Brrrr.) That one had taken longest to get. Nobody wanted to dig in the ice for it. Finally, Max, who was, at this point, very sick of the cold, went and dug it up while Trunks and Goten argued.
So, they finally had all seven gems, and Goten wanted to say the first wish, but in the end, Vegeto got to say it. "I wish. How do I say this? I want to be my two original entities!" he laughed.
The Eternal Dragon stared for a moment and said, "So be it."
Two men stood right next to each other, and the taller said, "Well, Vegeta? How do you feel? You know, having your own body again and all?"
"I feel like you're still an idiot," the shorter man, Vegeta, huffed.
Goten voiced the second wish, "I wish for all the Saiyajin that died on Chikyuu to return to life."
Trunks, before the Dragon had a chance to say anything, yelled, "Goten, you idiot!"
"So."
Vegeta agreed with Trunks loudly.
".be."
Kakkarot said, "It's not that bad."
".it."
"Except we're not sure if that includes Gohan."
"Present," said a weak voice. "Who's on top of me?"
Everyone sorted themselves out, and found that there weren't two, or even three Saiyajin (including Gohan). There were five. (I'm taking artistic license and NOT including Brolli.)
"Radditzu?" asked one, "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Goten?" said Kakkarot, "What did Bulma say on how to word your wishes?"
"Turles? You too? Damn. must be family reunion time." The one who spoke looked an awful lot like Kakkarot. In fact, Max noted, it was the one that Max had killed first. His name was Bardock.
As if to tell him that he was correct, another voice spoke, "Ahh, Bardock, my brother, what are you doing here in Hell?" The voice belonged to another Kakkarot lookalike.
"I hate to burst your bubble, Turles, but this isn't Hell."
The young man, Gohan, had left the group immediately. "Aach, it's my recurring nightmare come to life. Nappa, Radditzu and Turles come back to haunt me!"
**** Didn't feel like typing any more.
Chibi Vegeta- Why not? *thinks, "Looks like she snapped out of it."*
Well, it's half again as long as most of my chapters.
Chibi Vegeta- You weren't very evil this time.
*glares* If you want me to be evil, I'll be evil to you! Brat. Why do I have to baby-sit him?
Chibi Vegeta- . . . . . She's been like this all afternoon.
Nobody reviewed! Waaaah!
Warnings: Attempted humor, OOC. all that kind of stuff. minor bad language. yadda yadda.
Oh! If anybody wonders, thoughts are in between these "{ }" and Bardock's visions will come between these "". This "( )" is me interrupting. A computer's voice will be between these, " ' ' ". A change of POV will be "*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*". Scene changes will be "*". Okay? ****
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Max came conscious with an awareness to the fact that it probably wasn't a good idea to wake up. {Too late.}
"He's waking up," said a voice. "Now what?"
Another voice growled, "Shut up Goten. We're supposed to talk to him, remember?"
"Uhm, okay, Trunks," said Goten, "What do we ask him?"
Trunks grumbled something unintelligible.
Another voice broke in, this time speaking to Max, "You can open your eyes already. You are too badly injured to run or fight, so you haven't much choice but to do as I say."
Max cautiously opened his eyes. The slim man he had been fighting against sat next to him on a rock. Two boys that Max couldn't remember at all, but was pretty sure had been the ones to take him out in the end, sat next to each other across from the man.
Max sat up to hunch protectively over his body. He looked at them warily. What did they want? Why hadn't they just killed him?
The man spoke, "You're probably wondering why you're still alive."
Trunks growled, "He's not the only one who's wondering that."
The man shot the teen a glare. "I wanted to talk with you."
"Hn?" Max huffed in encouragement.
"Why exactly did you come here?"
Max had been expecting that. "I answered that when it was last asked."
"Answer again."
"His Eminence wanted me to destroy the high ki emanating from this planet."
The man sighed. "I was hoping for a bit more than that. Next question: Who the hell is His Eminence?"
"The goon at the top of the ladder. Who else?" Max picked at the ground at his feet. Little did he know, he looked just like a little kid getting a lecture. Which wasn't too far from the truth.
"What ladder? Why does he want us dead?"
Max shrugged, staring, entranced, at the ground he was picking at. "He considered you a potential threat. At first I was thinking that he was just being paranoid. but then I saw you fight. That's the ultimate convincer."
The man blinked. He seemed to understand now.
"So." Max asked, "ya gonna kill me now?"
"." He didn't seem to hear Max. For several minutes, he stayed silent. Finally he spoke. "No."
"Why not?" (No, Max isn't suicidal, he's just genuinely curious.)
"Wow." said Goten, "Doesn't he sound like Vegeta?"
The man glared at him.
Trunks snorted, "Yeah, he does sound like my dad. He's always wondering why 'Kakkarot' spared his life. He swears up and down that 'Kakkarot' wanted him to be in his debt."
"You shouldn't speak like that when both of the ones you're speaking of are present," the man growled.
{So.} thought Max, {that was their names.} "What should I call you?" Max asked curiously.
"Vegeto. for now. It'll be different once things have settled down."
"Uhm," Trunks looked up, "Would the Dragonballs be able to do anything about that?"
Vegeto nodded. "They should."
{Dragonballs? Ouch! That poor dragon.} "What exactly do you need a dragon's balls for?"
All three stared at him, wide eyed. Goten's laugh broke the silence, "No. You got it wrong. Dragonballs, not a dragon's balls."
Trunks and Vegeto were choking. Vegeto spoke up, "You did cause some damage. This-" and he pointed to himself "-being the least of it."
Max tilted his head to the side, "I don't get it."
Trunks coughed, "There are seven. gems, spread across the world. They have a. magic power when brought together. We call them the Dragonballs. Got it now?"
Max shook his head, "What kind of magic power?"
Goten grinned, "They grant wishes. We can bring back my brother and my grandpa."
Max blinked, "That's who I killed?"
Goten nodded. "If you promise not to do it again, I won't hold it against you."
"Well. Okay. I promise. I won't kill them again." {That sounds. weird. and these. Dragonballs. grant wishes? Hmmmnnn. What would I wish for, if I got a hold of all of these? A lifetime supply of coffee ice cream?}
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Trunks was really confused by this kid. "And what's your name?" he asked suddenly.
The boy looked startled. "My name? You want to. Uhm, never mind. My name is Max."
{Why is he so startled that we would want to know his name?}
Trunks had noticed that Max's eyes had lit up when the wishes were mentioned. What was he thinking? "We should go collecting the Dragonballs, right?" Trunks asked.
Vegeto agreed with a nod. They'd never really gotten a chance to talk with him, or Gogeta, outside of battle, so it was kind of odd, having him there after the battle was over. "We have to get the Dragon radar first."
They lifted off and noticed that Max didn't. Trunks blinked. "You should have enough energy left to fly." he said incredulously.
Max had a look of consternation on his face, "I can't fly."
"Nani!?!" Trunks, Goten and Vegeto were. shocked, to say the least.
"I said, 'I can't fly'."
"Well, duh. We heard you," said Trunks, "we're just a little shocked."
*
It took a while for Vegeto to explain the basics of flying to Max. Astonishingly enough, the explanation was all Max needed. He was up and flying (a bit slowly, but flying nonetheless) only a few minutes later.
To all of their surprise, Max didn't try to leave. When they asked him why, he told them, honestly, that they confused the hell out of him and he couldn't go home anyways.
"Why can't you go home?" asked Goten.
"I failed my mission." Max shrugged, "I actually prefer it this way. If I had won, I would have had to go home. At this, I can pretend I'm dead. My ki's so low now that they wouldn't be able to sense it."
"You didn't want to fight in the first place, did you?" Trunks asked incredulously.
"Nope," said Max, attempting, with little success, to control his balance mid-air. "Damn it!" he shrieked as he fell about ten feet.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
{Kisama! I can't control it!} Max scowled as he tried to control his flight. {I really prefer the ground.} His scowl deepened as he tried to figure out why they didn't try to kill him. {It doesn't matter. My life is theirs. They could have taken it before. I don't know why they didn't, even after I answered their questions. Hn.}
*
He followed them to a large building that looked like a beehive. not only did it look like one, it had so many different kis inside, that he would have sworn it really was one.
Once inside, Vegeto shocked the hell out of some poor blue haired lady. She went and got what he asked for though. When they left, she admonished them to say their wishes right, or who knows what would happen.
It took them a long time to collect the magic gems. It took almost a week. (Long time, ne? Heh.)
One of the gems had been imbedded deeply into a glacier. (Brrrr.) That one had taken longest to get. Nobody wanted to dig in the ice for it. Finally, Max, who was, at this point, very sick of the cold, went and dug it up while Trunks and Goten argued.
So, they finally had all seven gems, and Goten wanted to say the first wish, but in the end, Vegeto got to say it. "I wish. How do I say this? I want to be my two original entities!" he laughed.
The Eternal Dragon stared for a moment and said, "So be it."
Two men stood right next to each other, and the taller said, "Well, Vegeta? How do you feel? You know, having your own body again and all?"
"I feel like you're still an idiot," the shorter man, Vegeta, huffed.
Goten voiced the second wish, "I wish for all the Saiyajin that died on Chikyuu to return to life."
Trunks, before the Dragon had a chance to say anything, yelled, "Goten, you idiot!"
"So."
Vegeta agreed with Trunks loudly.
".be."
Kakkarot said, "It's not that bad."
".it."
"Except we're not sure if that includes Gohan."
"Present," said a weak voice. "Who's on top of me?"
Everyone sorted themselves out, and found that there weren't two, or even three Saiyajin (including Gohan). There were five. (I'm taking artistic license and NOT including Brolli.)
"Radditzu?" asked one, "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Goten?" said Kakkarot, "What did Bulma say on how to word your wishes?"
"Turles? You too? Damn. must be family reunion time." The one who spoke looked an awful lot like Kakkarot. In fact, Max noted, it was the one that Max had killed first. His name was Bardock.
As if to tell him that he was correct, another voice spoke, "Ahh, Bardock, my brother, what are you doing here in Hell?" The voice belonged to another Kakkarot lookalike.
"I hate to burst your bubble, Turles, but this isn't Hell."
The young man, Gohan, had left the group immediately. "Aach, it's my recurring nightmare come to life. Nappa, Radditzu and Turles come back to haunt me!"
**** Didn't feel like typing any more.
Chibi Vegeta- Why not? *thinks, "Looks like she snapped out of it."*
Well, it's half again as long as most of my chapters.
Chibi Vegeta- You weren't very evil this time.
*glares* If you want me to be evil, I'll be evil to you! Brat. Why do I have to baby-sit him?