Author's note: Hello all! I've been writing this fic quite fast. I've
found that I've enjoyed writing it so much, and even I can't wait to see
what happens next! Unfortunately, starting this coming Monday I have to
go on a two week business trip. I will take my laptop with me, and
hopefully get some writing in, but I probably won't be able to post them to
fanfic.net or e-mail them out. Any ways, please be patient and I'll be
back! Oh well, on to the story!
"..so after Kakkarot dropped a huge spirit bomb on evil Shenlong, he absorbed the dragonballs, then flew off on the recovered dragon and we haven't seen him since." "*Well, not until a couple hours ago or so anyways.*" Vegeta thought. "And since that time, life has been pretty quiet."
Roger was also very quiet. His mind raced about all he'd just been told. Vegeta had, in one fell swoop, just taken numerous historical events, things he had taken as givens since history classes in school, turn them upside down. Hercule Satan, a fraud? Cell defeated by an 11 year old kid? And what was that about Buu? Every single person on Earth killed, the entire planet blown up, and nobody remembers and only. what did he call them? The Z Senshi remembers it? And all of the rest of this stuff! The planet trade, Saiyans, Super Saiyans, dragonballs, wizards, fusion dances, Nameks, Androids, being possessed by Bebe, dragons run amuck.. Holy crap! Is this guy serious?
Vegeta reached over and gently pushed Roger's mouth closed. "Zeni for your thoughts?" Vegeta smirked.
"Well I.." Roger looked hard into Vegeta's obsidian eyes, looking for some trace of insanity, or age related dementia, and found nothing but a sound mind, the spark of intelligence burning bright. "Every word you said is true, isn't it?" Roger finally said.
"I stand behind every word, Roger." Vegeta smiled.
"What are these "ki attacks" you were talking about?" Roger asked, extremely curious.
Vegeta smirked, "Here, catch!!" Vegeta let a very small ki ball form in his palm and held his palm out towards Roger, big bang style, and pushed the weak amount of power at Roger very slowly.
Roger caught the ki ball in his hand, it was warm, almost hot, and it felt like. Well, it felt like Vegeta. "What am I feeling here sir. Even if I didn't see you make this thing, somehow I would know that it was from you. It has. Your energy.." Roger struggled for the right words.
"Ah.. So you have begun to sense ki in other people have you? That is outstanding Roger. Ki energy is like a fingerprint; each person's is slightly different. There are techniques to sense ki in other people, as you remember from my story. You are just now touching on that." Vegeta explained. Learning to control and use your ki will be your next lesson after we are under way to New Namek. "What do you currently have the gravity of the ship set to Roger?" Vegeta suddenly asked.
"4.2 times Earth standard sir." Roger answered.
"Well, you're making some progress! That should make you strong enough right now to learn how to fly." Vegeta said.
"F-fly? Humans can fly?" Roger stammered.
"Sure, some humans, remember Kirillin, Yamucha, and Tien from my story?
"Yes."
"They were human, or at least I think they were human. Tien had three eyes so I was never entirely sure about him." Vegeta said. "Anyways, with a bit of ki, and the right training, anyone can learn to fly. We'll start first thing tomorrow morning."
"Thank you sir!" Roger said.
"Three minutes, fourteen seconds to system designated S45667M2, Earth Standard Time" Bulma-Computer reported.
Vegeta suddenly sat bolt upright in the Captain's chair. "*I can finally figure out exactly why I've been drawn back here*" Vegeta thought.
"Is something wrong sir?" Roger asked, concern in his voice.
"No Roger, let's go watch our approach." Vegeta invited.
"Sure sir."
Vegeta and Roger left the pilothouse, and walked down the hallway to the main compartment. Just to the left of the gravity room, and past the first bathroom facilities, was a rather large observation deck. "Bulma!" Vegeta called out.
"Working. User Identified. Bulma online, May I be of assistance to you Veggie-chan?"
"Yes, you may. Please open the port observation deck."
"Working.." Bulma-computer responded.
"Warning: The port observation deck's force fields have been activated. Hull doors will be opened. Stealth fields will be compromised for this section of the ship. Do you wish to proceed?"
"Yes, just do it!" Vegeta snapped.
The entire ceiling and all the walls began to iris out, then collapse down towards the floor. The only thing that was keeping a breathable atmosphere in the observation deck was the invisible force fields. It was like standing in space itself, minus the cold, and vacuum. Vegeta's eyes suddenly focused ahead and to the left as they approached the solar system that once held the mighty Saiyans. Between what is now the 3rd and 4th planet, an asteroid belt had formed. "Vegetasai?" Roger asked. Vegeta simply nodded his head. The ship took them right into the debris field now, and small objects and rocks bounced off the force field. Within the belt, more than just rocks could be seen now. Twisted pieces of metal and other signs of higher civilization could also be viewed. Vegeta stood there, puzzling exactly why he had taken this detour. Not just sentimentality was it? It's just a pile of rocks and debris! But something drew him here!
"Long range sensor sweeps have detected electronic activity beyond the debris field." Bulma-computer reported.
"What? That's impossible, it must be a natural source. Flares from the sun, or volcanic activity from one of the other planets possibly?" Vegeta asked.
"Negative. The emissions are too regular, and sustained. Source is not natural." Bulma-computer answered.
"Can you pinpoint its location Bulma?" Roger asked.
"Working. Affirmative, the activity seems to be emanating from a moon orbiting the 5th planet." Bulma-computer reported.
"The planet Tuber", Vegeta thought. A rather small planet, no life, atmosphere mostly methane and other gases. Not suitable for Saiyans. The planet sports three moons, Collard, Cabbage, and Clove. In the days before Frieza, all of these moons had hosted mining facilities for various ores found there. All three moons had long since been mined clean. Cabbage's, the largest of moons, mining facility had been gratefully taken over by members of Vegeta-sai's scientific community as a research station. King Vegeta had little patience for scientists and their demands for funding. After all, Saiyans simply took the technology from the planets they purged and integrated it for their own. There were very, very few actual scientists among the Saiyans, and those few were generally ridiculed as poor warriors. Needless to say that when King Vegeta's advisor suggested getting the researchers off Vegeta-sai with very little cost, the scientists jumped at the chance.
"Is it possible that someone is still alive there after all these years?" Vegeta mumbled to himself.
"What's that sir?" Roger asked.
"Well, I think that the emissions are coming from an old Saiyan research facility on one of the moons. It's probably just some automatic devices still running, but I was wondering if it's possible that someone was still alive out there."
"Seems like a pretty slim chance after all these years sir." Roger stated.
"I know. But we got to check anyways." Vegeta sighed. "Bulma?"
"Working. User Identified. Bulma online, May I be of assistance to you Veggie-chan?"
"Take us to the source of the emissions." Vegeta ordered.
"Working. Plasma engines online. Estimated time of arrival twenty-three minutes"
"Very well then." Vegeta said. "Roger, let's go out to the main compartment and get a head start on that ki training."
"You got it sir!!" Roger answered enthusiastically.
"Bulma, close the observation deck." Vegeta ordered. Then floated up and out to the main compartment.
"What took you so long?" Vegeta smirked as Roger caught up to him in the main compartment. Vegeta floated about 20 foot off the floor. "OK, in the old days, on Earth, I taught my kids how to fly by carrying them up about 1,500 feet in the air or so and dropping them."
Roger sweatdropped big time.
"Hehehe.. Don't worry Roger. My kids were both half Saiyans, and were more naturally adept with their ki. Trying to teach a human that way would be. Well, bad. Besides, the ceiling here is only 35 foot off the floor." Vegeta smirked. "So, I'm forced to utilize the Gohan method of ki instruction."
"Does it involve pain?" Roger smiled.
"Well, not as much." Vegeta smirked.
"Bring it on." Roger returned the smirk.
"Alright then. First you have to know what ki is, and where it can be found. Ki is an energy that all living things have, to one degree or another. Most humans are unaware of it, and fewer still know how to manipulate and use it. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I guess it's akin to "The Force" in your Star Wars movies."
"I see, and if one has enough ki, and enough practice, they can fly and perform the ki attacks?" Roger asked. "How does one increase their ki?"
"Well, it differs from species to species. Saiyans physical strength and ki grows under extreme training, or battle, or when wounded. The closer to mortal the wounds are, the stronger the Saiyan gets." Vegeta explained.
"Yes, I remember that from your story." Roger said.
"Humans do sort of the same thing, but their gains are smaller, and they don't ever get as strong as a Saiyan can. Still, some humans can get considerably stronger than average." Vegeta continued.
"Ok, so where do we go from here?" Roger asked.
"Sit on the deck, and clear your mind. Find your center and let your energy pool there." Vegeta explained.
Roger did what he was instructed to do, after a few minutes he did feel something, sort of. It was warm, and felt like it was glowing. "I think I got it sir." He informed Vegeta.
"Good, now see if you can control it. Slowly try and push it out in front of you." To demonstrate, Vegeta brought his hands out in front of his stomach, and produced a fraction of his ki between his hands. The brightly glowing ball made Roger wince a bit. Roger tried to reproduce Vegeta's efforts. After about 10 minutes, Roger produced a smaller, less bright version of Vegeta's ki-ball. Roger concentrated hard to keep the ball in place, a layer of sweat forming on his forehead.
"Good job Roger!" Vegeta proudly stated. "Ok now, let your ki go." Both men let their ki balls dissipate. "Now, in order to fly, one need only direct their ki toward the ground, like this." Vegeta suddenly traveled to the ceiling of the main compartment, then back to his original position.
Roger felt the changes in Vegeta's ki and tried to emulate his teacher with no immediate success. Roger kept his ki flowing straight down, but couldn't raise himself so much as an inch. Sweat started beading on his forehead.
"Hehehe.. Pain time Roger." Vegeta thought.
"Bulma, return internal gravity to Earth normal." Vegeta smirked.
"Working.." Bulma-computer answered.
Suddenly, Roger found himself leaving the floor at an incredible rate of speed heading straight up.
Will Roger take some lumps? Find out next time!!
Please read and review!!
"..so after Kakkarot dropped a huge spirit bomb on evil Shenlong, he absorbed the dragonballs, then flew off on the recovered dragon and we haven't seen him since." "*Well, not until a couple hours ago or so anyways.*" Vegeta thought. "And since that time, life has been pretty quiet."
Roger was also very quiet. His mind raced about all he'd just been told. Vegeta had, in one fell swoop, just taken numerous historical events, things he had taken as givens since history classes in school, turn them upside down. Hercule Satan, a fraud? Cell defeated by an 11 year old kid? And what was that about Buu? Every single person on Earth killed, the entire planet blown up, and nobody remembers and only. what did he call them? The Z Senshi remembers it? And all of the rest of this stuff! The planet trade, Saiyans, Super Saiyans, dragonballs, wizards, fusion dances, Nameks, Androids, being possessed by Bebe, dragons run amuck.. Holy crap! Is this guy serious?
Vegeta reached over and gently pushed Roger's mouth closed. "Zeni for your thoughts?" Vegeta smirked.
"Well I.." Roger looked hard into Vegeta's obsidian eyes, looking for some trace of insanity, or age related dementia, and found nothing but a sound mind, the spark of intelligence burning bright. "Every word you said is true, isn't it?" Roger finally said.
"I stand behind every word, Roger." Vegeta smiled.
"What are these "ki attacks" you were talking about?" Roger asked, extremely curious.
Vegeta smirked, "Here, catch!!" Vegeta let a very small ki ball form in his palm and held his palm out towards Roger, big bang style, and pushed the weak amount of power at Roger very slowly.
Roger caught the ki ball in his hand, it was warm, almost hot, and it felt like. Well, it felt like Vegeta. "What am I feeling here sir. Even if I didn't see you make this thing, somehow I would know that it was from you. It has. Your energy.." Roger struggled for the right words.
"Ah.. So you have begun to sense ki in other people have you? That is outstanding Roger. Ki energy is like a fingerprint; each person's is slightly different. There are techniques to sense ki in other people, as you remember from my story. You are just now touching on that." Vegeta explained. Learning to control and use your ki will be your next lesson after we are under way to New Namek. "What do you currently have the gravity of the ship set to Roger?" Vegeta suddenly asked.
"4.2 times Earth standard sir." Roger answered.
"Well, you're making some progress! That should make you strong enough right now to learn how to fly." Vegeta said.
"F-fly? Humans can fly?" Roger stammered.
"Sure, some humans, remember Kirillin, Yamucha, and Tien from my story?
"Yes."
"They were human, or at least I think they were human. Tien had three eyes so I was never entirely sure about him." Vegeta said. "Anyways, with a bit of ki, and the right training, anyone can learn to fly. We'll start first thing tomorrow morning."
"Thank you sir!" Roger said.
"Three minutes, fourteen seconds to system designated S45667M2, Earth Standard Time" Bulma-Computer reported.
Vegeta suddenly sat bolt upright in the Captain's chair. "*I can finally figure out exactly why I've been drawn back here*" Vegeta thought.
"Is something wrong sir?" Roger asked, concern in his voice.
"No Roger, let's go watch our approach." Vegeta invited.
"Sure sir."
Vegeta and Roger left the pilothouse, and walked down the hallway to the main compartment. Just to the left of the gravity room, and past the first bathroom facilities, was a rather large observation deck. "Bulma!" Vegeta called out.
"Working. User Identified. Bulma online, May I be of assistance to you Veggie-chan?"
"Yes, you may. Please open the port observation deck."
"Working.." Bulma-computer responded.
"Warning: The port observation deck's force fields have been activated. Hull doors will be opened. Stealth fields will be compromised for this section of the ship. Do you wish to proceed?"
"Yes, just do it!" Vegeta snapped.
The entire ceiling and all the walls began to iris out, then collapse down towards the floor. The only thing that was keeping a breathable atmosphere in the observation deck was the invisible force fields. It was like standing in space itself, minus the cold, and vacuum. Vegeta's eyes suddenly focused ahead and to the left as they approached the solar system that once held the mighty Saiyans. Between what is now the 3rd and 4th planet, an asteroid belt had formed. "Vegetasai?" Roger asked. Vegeta simply nodded his head. The ship took them right into the debris field now, and small objects and rocks bounced off the force field. Within the belt, more than just rocks could be seen now. Twisted pieces of metal and other signs of higher civilization could also be viewed. Vegeta stood there, puzzling exactly why he had taken this detour. Not just sentimentality was it? It's just a pile of rocks and debris! But something drew him here!
"Long range sensor sweeps have detected electronic activity beyond the debris field." Bulma-computer reported.
"What? That's impossible, it must be a natural source. Flares from the sun, or volcanic activity from one of the other planets possibly?" Vegeta asked.
"Negative. The emissions are too regular, and sustained. Source is not natural." Bulma-computer answered.
"Can you pinpoint its location Bulma?" Roger asked.
"Working. Affirmative, the activity seems to be emanating from a moon orbiting the 5th planet." Bulma-computer reported.
"The planet Tuber", Vegeta thought. A rather small planet, no life, atmosphere mostly methane and other gases. Not suitable for Saiyans. The planet sports three moons, Collard, Cabbage, and Clove. In the days before Frieza, all of these moons had hosted mining facilities for various ores found there. All three moons had long since been mined clean. Cabbage's, the largest of moons, mining facility had been gratefully taken over by members of Vegeta-sai's scientific community as a research station. King Vegeta had little patience for scientists and their demands for funding. After all, Saiyans simply took the technology from the planets they purged and integrated it for their own. There were very, very few actual scientists among the Saiyans, and those few were generally ridiculed as poor warriors. Needless to say that when King Vegeta's advisor suggested getting the researchers off Vegeta-sai with very little cost, the scientists jumped at the chance.
"Is it possible that someone is still alive there after all these years?" Vegeta mumbled to himself.
"What's that sir?" Roger asked.
"Well, I think that the emissions are coming from an old Saiyan research facility on one of the moons. It's probably just some automatic devices still running, but I was wondering if it's possible that someone was still alive out there."
"Seems like a pretty slim chance after all these years sir." Roger stated.
"I know. But we got to check anyways." Vegeta sighed. "Bulma?"
"Working. User Identified. Bulma online, May I be of assistance to you Veggie-chan?"
"Take us to the source of the emissions." Vegeta ordered.
"Working. Plasma engines online. Estimated time of arrival twenty-three minutes"
"Very well then." Vegeta said. "Roger, let's go out to the main compartment and get a head start on that ki training."
"You got it sir!!" Roger answered enthusiastically.
"Bulma, close the observation deck." Vegeta ordered. Then floated up and out to the main compartment.
"What took you so long?" Vegeta smirked as Roger caught up to him in the main compartment. Vegeta floated about 20 foot off the floor. "OK, in the old days, on Earth, I taught my kids how to fly by carrying them up about 1,500 feet in the air or so and dropping them."
Roger sweatdropped big time.
"Hehehe.. Don't worry Roger. My kids were both half Saiyans, and were more naturally adept with their ki. Trying to teach a human that way would be. Well, bad. Besides, the ceiling here is only 35 foot off the floor." Vegeta smirked. "So, I'm forced to utilize the Gohan method of ki instruction."
"Does it involve pain?" Roger smiled.
"Well, not as much." Vegeta smirked.
"Bring it on." Roger returned the smirk.
"Alright then. First you have to know what ki is, and where it can be found. Ki is an energy that all living things have, to one degree or another. Most humans are unaware of it, and fewer still know how to manipulate and use it. At the risk of sounding cheesy, I guess it's akin to "The Force" in your Star Wars movies."
"I see, and if one has enough ki, and enough practice, they can fly and perform the ki attacks?" Roger asked. "How does one increase their ki?"
"Well, it differs from species to species. Saiyans physical strength and ki grows under extreme training, or battle, or when wounded. The closer to mortal the wounds are, the stronger the Saiyan gets." Vegeta explained.
"Yes, I remember that from your story." Roger said.
"Humans do sort of the same thing, but their gains are smaller, and they don't ever get as strong as a Saiyan can. Still, some humans can get considerably stronger than average." Vegeta continued.
"Ok, so where do we go from here?" Roger asked.
"Sit on the deck, and clear your mind. Find your center and let your energy pool there." Vegeta explained.
Roger did what he was instructed to do, after a few minutes he did feel something, sort of. It was warm, and felt like it was glowing. "I think I got it sir." He informed Vegeta.
"Good, now see if you can control it. Slowly try and push it out in front of you." To demonstrate, Vegeta brought his hands out in front of his stomach, and produced a fraction of his ki between his hands. The brightly glowing ball made Roger wince a bit. Roger tried to reproduce Vegeta's efforts. After about 10 minutes, Roger produced a smaller, less bright version of Vegeta's ki-ball. Roger concentrated hard to keep the ball in place, a layer of sweat forming on his forehead.
"Good job Roger!" Vegeta proudly stated. "Ok now, let your ki go." Both men let their ki balls dissipate. "Now, in order to fly, one need only direct their ki toward the ground, like this." Vegeta suddenly traveled to the ceiling of the main compartment, then back to his original position.
Roger felt the changes in Vegeta's ki and tried to emulate his teacher with no immediate success. Roger kept his ki flowing straight down, but couldn't raise himself so much as an inch. Sweat started beading on his forehead.
"Hehehe.. Pain time Roger." Vegeta thought.
"Bulma, return internal gravity to Earth normal." Vegeta smirked.
"Working.." Bulma-computer answered.
Suddenly, Roger found himself leaving the floor at an incredible rate of speed heading straight up.
Will Roger take some lumps? Find out next time!!
Please read and review!!