How Can You Tell?
Chapter 2: Pushing
Sashimi sighed as the tried to ignore his body's call for food and relief. His austere barrack quarters offered no help to distract him and so he got up and went to the communal bathing room. He was greeted by several of his team members. Grunting he disappeared into a shower stall and soon was enveloped in warm cleansing steam. Soon he was awake and dressed in his green leggings, scouter and boots, in his hand he carried his gloves, shirt, and armor.
"Hey, I didn't know you weren't a morning person." Said Shade, a humanoid with long, sleek, translucent hair and skin. He was currently brushing his vampire-like teeth.
"Yeah, never could wake up like you. But, why would I want to? It might make me as weak as you." Joked Shashii as he started to brush his teeth. Shade gave him a dirty look and turned away. Shashii grinned and left for the mess hall.
He was stopped half way there by Nappa; the giant grabbed his neck and lifted him to eye level. Shashii smiled, this was Nappa's nice greeting.
"Hiya, Nappa. Uh, what's up, other than me?" he asked. Nappa grunted.
"Vegeta said he is pleased with how you acted yesterday. He requests that you try not to screw that up today."
"What, me screw up?" said Shashii jokingly, Nappa smirked and let him down. Shashii rubbed his neck and nodded to Nappa respectfully and sprinted to the mess hall. Eating his way through the mountain of food he decided on how to spend the free day, after all with Freeza on the planet all operations were cut down and all teams were grounded. That and chances were that the computer people were on overload with all the new information to process after the rankings yesterday. There would be a new team for him to take advantage of soon too. As he polished off the last of his food he pulled on the shirt, armor and fingerless black gloves. Grinning he dashed to a computer port. Typing in his identification codes, the Sayajin laughed as he saw his information. He was still a second-class warrior, and his test statistics were what he had achieved. Under that was a symbol that showed he was under Freeza's watch. He also was now a solo warrior and had a mission in one day. Quickly he typed a message to his father and ran to the training areas. He had some currency to take.
He nodded respectfully to the Ring Controller who waved to him. Over ring three was a display screen. It was showing a listing of warriors and their identification numbers and number of wins. Shashii's name appeared at the bottom of the list, Shashii #4563196 wins: 2941. Easily the highest number of wins on the base. Soon he was up in the ring taking down all who dared to risk their wages and health against him. Like a clown, he played around and called out the stupidest names for all his moves.
"Crush!!!" shouted the leviathan who was in the ring now. A column of energy rushed at the Sayajin boy. Laughing childishly he flipped into the air.
"Damn that was huge. Flying Fists Poundage!" Shouted Shashii as he extended his arms and aimed himself at the brute's head. It contacted and his opponent hit the closed ring wall with a sickening thud. The monster of a soldier was out and several of his kind came in to drag him away. The crowd now was a sea of Freeza's men all betting and laughing at the fools who challenged the child.
"Any more folks want to try? I'm only a second-class sixteen year old. Come on." Challenged Shashii to the crowd.
"I will challenge you." Spoke a voice that gave him the chills. The crowd hushed and split as a small horned figure walked forward.
"Master Freeza?" Shashii let his training take over and he bowed.
"Yes, I wish to challenge you." Shashii got to his feet and smiled.
"Okay then, close the ring." He ordered the attendant. Quickly the door was sealed and Shashii took off his scouter. Tossing it in the corner, he turned to Freeza, " Well, as you know I have a mission tomorrow so I need to be in okay health after this match."
"Yes, I know. Let's get started." Shashii nodded and both launched themselves at each other. Lightening quick blows were exchanged. Sounds of battle filled the air. In the ring Shashii had transformed from cocky kid to experienced and skilled warrior. Both seemed to be equals to the onlookers who shouted back and forth placing bets and cheering on their choices. All of the Sayajin's moves were plotted and driven with proficiency and precision. Freeza was pure power and held off all of Shashii's blows. Steadily the speed quickened and both felt more of the hits and kicks hit with Shashii bearing the brunt of the blows. He extended his senses, Freeza was hard enough to stay in the ring with but now the tyrant's tail was in the game too. Grunting in pain he switched to the defensive and tried to block all of the blows headed his way. Now a violet tinged fire of energy erupted from him and Freeza both. Again their speed quickened and Shashii stayed in a defensive style. He met Freeza's eyes for a brief second and a look seemed to be shared. Freeza's tail threw him to the floor. Wincing, he tried to get up but soon fell to the floor in a tired heap. Raddittzu rushed in and picked up his son. With a quick look he swore.
"What is it?" asked Freeza. Raddittzu glared at the tyrant.
"Internal bleeding and ruptured organs. Damned idiot." he snapped. Raddittzu fought through the crowd and came to the medical wing as fast as his feet could take him. Sharing a look with the doctor on duty he put Shashii into a tank. The doctor keyed in the mixture levels and the lid slid shut and blue-green liquid filled it. Raddittzu sighed and collapsed upon a stool. The doctor finished diagnostic tests.
"The kid is mush on the inside. Who'd he challenge?"
"Freeza." Stated Raddittzu numbly. He stared at his battered son's body taking it all in. The doctor whistled and shook his head. Hours passed and Raddittzu had fallen asleep. Vegeta walked in. He evaluated the care that was being given to Shashii and then turned to Raddittzu. Shaking the longhaired warrior he prayed that Shashii would be better soon. Raddittzu was too worrisome as a father.
"Huh? Oh, sorry my Prince." Mumbled Raddittzu.
"Come on you need to eat. Shashii isn't going to heal any faster with or without you here." Said Vegeta. Raddittzu nodded and followed his prince out of the medical wing. The lights turned off as they left and the glow of the healing tank was all that lit up the large room.
A shadowy figure stepped up to the tank and observed the floating form within. It placed a small object on a table and left as quickly as it appeared.
Morning came and the doctor declared Shashii healed. As he got out of the tank he noticed the object next to his clothes. Unwrapping it he smiled. It was his scouter and a note written in a messy scrawl. The note read:
Shashii,
Not a bad match for a Sayajin kid. I had a lot of fun facing you. Get to your mission kid and get stronger. I'll face you again in four years.
Freeza.
Shashii dressed and pocketed the note as he ran to the launch bay on the other side of the base. Soon he was off on another ten planet tour of duty.
Well, I've got to warn you I'm a bad updater. I have after school crap almost everyday and a graduation project to do on top of a full schedule in my senior year. Anyhow Vegeta isn't going to be much of a softy nor is Raddittzu but both do have hearts and Raddittzu is just trying to be a good dad.
Chapter 2: Pushing
Sashimi sighed as the tried to ignore his body's call for food and relief. His austere barrack quarters offered no help to distract him and so he got up and went to the communal bathing room. He was greeted by several of his team members. Grunting he disappeared into a shower stall and soon was enveloped in warm cleansing steam. Soon he was awake and dressed in his green leggings, scouter and boots, in his hand he carried his gloves, shirt, and armor.
"Hey, I didn't know you weren't a morning person." Said Shade, a humanoid with long, sleek, translucent hair and skin. He was currently brushing his vampire-like teeth.
"Yeah, never could wake up like you. But, why would I want to? It might make me as weak as you." Joked Shashii as he started to brush his teeth. Shade gave him a dirty look and turned away. Shashii grinned and left for the mess hall.
He was stopped half way there by Nappa; the giant grabbed his neck and lifted him to eye level. Shashii smiled, this was Nappa's nice greeting.
"Hiya, Nappa. Uh, what's up, other than me?" he asked. Nappa grunted.
"Vegeta said he is pleased with how you acted yesterday. He requests that you try not to screw that up today."
"What, me screw up?" said Shashii jokingly, Nappa smirked and let him down. Shashii rubbed his neck and nodded to Nappa respectfully and sprinted to the mess hall. Eating his way through the mountain of food he decided on how to spend the free day, after all with Freeza on the planet all operations were cut down and all teams were grounded. That and chances were that the computer people were on overload with all the new information to process after the rankings yesterday. There would be a new team for him to take advantage of soon too. As he polished off the last of his food he pulled on the shirt, armor and fingerless black gloves. Grinning he dashed to a computer port. Typing in his identification codes, the Sayajin laughed as he saw his information. He was still a second-class warrior, and his test statistics were what he had achieved. Under that was a symbol that showed he was under Freeza's watch. He also was now a solo warrior and had a mission in one day. Quickly he typed a message to his father and ran to the training areas. He had some currency to take.
He nodded respectfully to the Ring Controller who waved to him. Over ring three was a display screen. It was showing a listing of warriors and their identification numbers and number of wins. Shashii's name appeared at the bottom of the list, Shashii #4563196 wins: 2941. Easily the highest number of wins on the base. Soon he was up in the ring taking down all who dared to risk their wages and health against him. Like a clown, he played around and called out the stupidest names for all his moves.
"Crush!!!" shouted the leviathan who was in the ring now. A column of energy rushed at the Sayajin boy. Laughing childishly he flipped into the air.
"Damn that was huge. Flying Fists Poundage!" Shouted Shashii as he extended his arms and aimed himself at the brute's head. It contacted and his opponent hit the closed ring wall with a sickening thud. The monster of a soldier was out and several of his kind came in to drag him away. The crowd now was a sea of Freeza's men all betting and laughing at the fools who challenged the child.
"Any more folks want to try? I'm only a second-class sixteen year old. Come on." Challenged Shashii to the crowd.
"I will challenge you." Spoke a voice that gave him the chills. The crowd hushed and split as a small horned figure walked forward.
"Master Freeza?" Shashii let his training take over and he bowed.
"Yes, I wish to challenge you." Shashii got to his feet and smiled.
"Okay then, close the ring." He ordered the attendant. Quickly the door was sealed and Shashii took off his scouter. Tossing it in the corner, he turned to Freeza, " Well, as you know I have a mission tomorrow so I need to be in okay health after this match."
"Yes, I know. Let's get started." Shashii nodded and both launched themselves at each other. Lightening quick blows were exchanged. Sounds of battle filled the air. In the ring Shashii had transformed from cocky kid to experienced and skilled warrior. Both seemed to be equals to the onlookers who shouted back and forth placing bets and cheering on their choices. All of the Sayajin's moves were plotted and driven with proficiency and precision. Freeza was pure power and held off all of Shashii's blows. Steadily the speed quickened and both felt more of the hits and kicks hit with Shashii bearing the brunt of the blows. He extended his senses, Freeza was hard enough to stay in the ring with but now the tyrant's tail was in the game too. Grunting in pain he switched to the defensive and tried to block all of the blows headed his way. Now a violet tinged fire of energy erupted from him and Freeza both. Again their speed quickened and Shashii stayed in a defensive style. He met Freeza's eyes for a brief second and a look seemed to be shared. Freeza's tail threw him to the floor. Wincing, he tried to get up but soon fell to the floor in a tired heap. Raddittzu rushed in and picked up his son. With a quick look he swore.
"What is it?" asked Freeza. Raddittzu glared at the tyrant.
"Internal bleeding and ruptured organs. Damned idiot." he snapped. Raddittzu fought through the crowd and came to the medical wing as fast as his feet could take him. Sharing a look with the doctor on duty he put Shashii into a tank. The doctor keyed in the mixture levels and the lid slid shut and blue-green liquid filled it. Raddittzu sighed and collapsed upon a stool. The doctor finished diagnostic tests.
"The kid is mush on the inside. Who'd he challenge?"
"Freeza." Stated Raddittzu numbly. He stared at his battered son's body taking it all in. The doctor whistled and shook his head. Hours passed and Raddittzu had fallen asleep. Vegeta walked in. He evaluated the care that was being given to Shashii and then turned to Raddittzu. Shaking the longhaired warrior he prayed that Shashii would be better soon. Raddittzu was too worrisome as a father.
"Huh? Oh, sorry my Prince." Mumbled Raddittzu.
"Come on you need to eat. Shashii isn't going to heal any faster with or without you here." Said Vegeta. Raddittzu nodded and followed his prince out of the medical wing. The lights turned off as they left and the glow of the healing tank was all that lit up the large room.
A shadowy figure stepped up to the tank and observed the floating form within. It placed a small object on a table and left as quickly as it appeared.
Morning came and the doctor declared Shashii healed. As he got out of the tank he noticed the object next to his clothes. Unwrapping it he smiled. It was his scouter and a note written in a messy scrawl. The note read:
Shashii,
Not a bad match for a Sayajin kid. I had a lot of fun facing you. Get to your mission kid and get stronger. I'll face you again in four years.
Freeza.
Shashii dressed and pocketed the note as he ran to the launch bay on the other side of the base. Soon he was off on another ten planet tour of duty.
Well, I've got to warn you I'm a bad updater. I have after school crap almost everyday and a graduation project to do on top of a full schedule in my senior year. Anyhow Vegeta isn't going to be much of a softy nor is Raddittzu but both do have hearts and Raddittzu is just trying to be a good dad.