How Do You Know
Chapter 3: Helping
It had been another three months in space but it had been needed. His ten planet tour had been completed in a paltry two months, the planets had been relatively close together. As he finished up planet number ten a distress call went out, a team of seven were overwhelmed by a class D planet. Quickly he clamed the job and took off for the next job.
As his pod landed he contacted the leader of the remaining team members and found their location. Flying quickly he let his full power radiate from him. Landing he found a male and two female warriors. The male was a tall thin bird-like humanoid with a long red feathered crest. The females were twins, both were sleek built with muscles and had gray scaled skin. All three were made for speed, not strength. Their armor was burnt and cracked and under suits in shreds. Their collective sento ryoko was only 1056. not a good sign.
"Thank you for cleaning up our mess." Said the bird-man. Shashii smiled at them.
"No need, lately our ratings have been off. That is the trouble with old data. Things change." Said Shashii simply. "You're going to get back at the scum of this world."
"Lead on." Said the girls together as one voice. It puzzled Shashii. The bird-man noticed.
"They are from Kanassa-sai. Twins from that planet share bonds so complete they practically share minds. This is Ka-Lah-Gi." He said pointing to the one closest to him. She had a small scar under her right eye that Shashii noticed and cataloged in his mind. "And this is He-Tuu-Jeh." The other had a slightly crooked nose that he again noted and cataloged. "I'm Jaah of the Crash clan of the Spiral-jin."
"Shashii, Sayajin." He stated as he gazed at the sky. His tail lashed back and forth agitated as he plotted out a plan to help them. He was a nice guy and wanted to have them earn the points. Suddenly it hit him. Grinning madly as he turned back to the three third class soldiers. Yeah, it could be done. As he mentally went through the last details he felt his stomach growl. "I'm going hunting, any of you carnivores?" The girls nodded and Jaah said yes. Smirking he turned and ran after a large beast he saw earlier. Darting through the pillar-like trees he found a huge mammalian creature. Skillfully staying downwind he shot up and let loose an arrow of energy. It pierced the creature's thick hide and it cried out in pain. Shashii fired a volley of arrow shots and the beast died with a mournfully wail. He sent a prayer of thanks to the creature's spirit and started to skin it. After he ate his fill he fried the rest of it with his energy and took it back to the three others.
"Thank you Shashii." Said the twins as he let them take what they wanted. Jaah had filled a couple of jugs with water and the girls had built a fire be fore he had returned and as night fell they ate and told Shashii what manner of opponents awaited them.
"Apparently they've had decades of civil wars and oppressive dictators and so have become good at fighting." Said the twins. Shashii nodded and stoked the fire.
"That and with every death they all get stronger. It's like the planet has a certain level of energy that must be maintained, and so they compensate easily with the death of one metropolis's population." Said Jaah between bites.
"I get it. Luckily I've done this before. It's going to be one for the history books." He stated, grinning dangerously at them looking like a god of war and mischief in the glow of the fire. Jaah trilled a note in happiness and soon started to sing a song in his native language which the twins seemed to know and thus danced to. Shashii watched, recalling nights he and his father would tell jokes and stories and sing songs that they would makeup together, he was six on his first mission. His first kill, that was hard to do and after he had gone into a shock. Raddittzu, worried, talked him through it and soon Shashii had learned to let his feelings go and let the blasts take and purify the planet. He had grown up and realized what he did was wrong but he really couldn't just stop, he needed to fight and kill. It was addictive. Now Jaah started a new song and the girls danced wildly to the fast tempo. Shashii laughed and joined at their beckoning. Moving with the music he let his body take control.
The sun rose and Shashii rolled over on his bed of leaves trying to hide from the rays that called him away from his dreams. But the idealistic world in his mind was begging him to stay. He hated mornings. Sighing he got up and drank down half of a pot of water and dumped the rest on his head. Jaah laughed and earned a glare from the Sayajin.
"Sorry," he sang out, "but that was funny." Shashii grunted an okay and torpidly walked to the stream to wake up. As he returned ten minutes later he had six huge fish creatures in hand and an armload of firewood. The girls awoke as he set fire to the wood and cooked the scale less fish things.
"Want one girls?" he asked them. They smiled sleepily as one and nodded.
"A quarter each would be fine Shashii." They said. Shashii smiled and tore them the desired amounts for each girl. He tossed the rest to Jaah, who thanked him and gobbled it up. Shashii skinned and ate his five fish raw in the same time it took for the others to eat their food.
Shashii excused himself and went to go scout out the natives. Watching them he found everyone was battle ready and trained intensively. Children beat up their younger counterparts. Adults beat up children and adults alike. They were a vicious and hateful race. Creeping around, he stumbled upon them executing a group of natives. Shashii shuttered at the brutality they showed to one and other. An energy blast was at least a humane and honorable death. The way they slaughtered each other was sick, and yet it seemed to be a pastime for them. The Sayajin made a note to seek out his father as soon as he returned and tell him thanks for teaching him proper ethics in war and killing. That was Raddittzu's thing, honorable practices, and by default Shashii was a warrior with integrity and high standards. Quickly he ran back to the trio.
"Okay, time to get rid of this scum." Said Shashii as he returned to camp. The three stood obediently and listened to his directions. "People, we're going to each go on one side of the planet at a time, together. That's important, the moment we get split up we'll lose this world, and I don't want that to happen. You three, if I'm correct, are very speed oriented fighters?"
"We are best at energy manipulation and psychic techniques, Jaah moves faster than anyone at our base. But he can't use a whole lot of energy." Said the twins. Shashii looked thoughtful for an instant.
"Okay, girls can you do area blasts, enough for a city?"
"With ease." They answered. Shashii grinned, he missed this about teams. Nodding he turned to Jaah.
"We'll play round up. Get them into groups and you ladies will use an area blast and get rid of them. Any one who escapes that, we can easily kill." Shashii took to the sky followed by the twins and finally Jaah. They ascended into the cloud layers. He signaled to the twins to stay and hide and for Jaah to follow. As fast as they could they swooped down firing small distraction blasts and soon they had gathered in a protective circle trying to shoot them down. Shashii watched Jaah as he continued to round the natives up, the bird-man was pure speed, almost faster than him times three. He looked like five soldiers ad his war cry would give anyone chills.
Finally, all was ready and with a great cry a mile wide ball of energy came down and disintegrated the group collected. After two days of such attacks the planet was cleared and the four went their own ways. Shashii returned to base number sixty-seven, and to a month of training and sharpening up his skills. After a week a technician came up to him in the mess hall.
"Uh, are you Shashii?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, what's up?" asked the Sayajin with a full mouth. A look of disgust crossed the technician's face.
"A search has been done for you. Someone says that you saved the Spiral-jin King's life and job when his team was all but killed on a class B planet."
"Jaah?" asked Shashii confused.
"Yes, Jaah of the Crash clan, he's the king of the Spiral-jin. You are requested to come with me and receive a video-message." Said the technician smiling at his mystification.
"Uh.okay." Shashii finished off his food and went with the technician. In the computer room he sat at a console and played the message. On the screen was a regal looking Jaah in odd ceremonial robes and a jeweled mace in hand.
"Shashii, I King Jaah of the Crash clan and Spiral-jin have in conjunction with Prince Freeza am giving you Knight of the Seal status, the most prestigious rank given to anyone in our society. This is already in your personal information and soon a seal ring bearing the crest of my family and a blade showing your title will reach you at your base. You went above and beyond what a warrior should by coming to my aide, much less helping the Kannasa-jin twins and I with skill well beyond your years and taking no pay nor credit. I wish I could do more for the warrior who saved not only the lives of three soldiers who are well below you in rank. Thank You, Shashii of the Sayajin." Shashii played it twice more to be sure it was true.
"Damn." [pic]
Chapter 3: Helping
It had been another three months in space but it had been needed. His ten planet tour had been completed in a paltry two months, the planets had been relatively close together. As he finished up planet number ten a distress call went out, a team of seven were overwhelmed by a class D planet. Quickly he clamed the job and took off for the next job.
As his pod landed he contacted the leader of the remaining team members and found their location. Flying quickly he let his full power radiate from him. Landing he found a male and two female warriors. The male was a tall thin bird-like humanoid with a long red feathered crest. The females were twins, both were sleek built with muscles and had gray scaled skin. All three were made for speed, not strength. Their armor was burnt and cracked and under suits in shreds. Their collective sento ryoko was only 1056. not a good sign.
"Thank you for cleaning up our mess." Said the bird-man. Shashii smiled at them.
"No need, lately our ratings have been off. That is the trouble with old data. Things change." Said Shashii simply. "You're going to get back at the scum of this world."
"Lead on." Said the girls together as one voice. It puzzled Shashii. The bird-man noticed.
"They are from Kanassa-sai. Twins from that planet share bonds so complete they practically share minds. This is Ka-Lah-Gi." He said pointing to the one closest to him. She had a small scar under her right eye that Shashii noticed and cataloged in his mind. "And this is He-Tuu-Jeh." The other had a slightly crooked nose that he again noted and cataloged. "I'm Jaah of the Crash clan of the Spiral-jin."
"Shashii, Sayajin." He stated as he gazed at the sky. His tail lashed back and forth agitated as he plotted out a plan to help them. He was a nice guy and wanted to have them earn the points. Suddenly it hit him. Grinning madly as he turned back to the three third class soldiers. Yeah, it could be done. As he mentally went through the last details he felt his stomach growl. "I'm going hunting, any of you carnivores?" The girls nodded and Jaah said yes. Smirking he turned and ran after a large beast he saw earlier. Darting through the pillar-like trees he found a huge mammalian creature. Skillfully staying downwind he shot up and let loose an arrow of energy. It pierced the creature's thick hide and it cried out in pain. Shashii fired a volley of arrow shots and the beast died with a mournfully wail. He sent a prayer of thanks to the creature's spirit and started to skin it. After he ate his fill he fried the rest of it with his energy and took it back to the three others.
"Thank you Shashii." Said the twins as he let them take what they wanted. Jaah had filled a couple of jugs with water and the girls had built a fire be fore he had returned and as night fell they ate and told Shashii what manner of opponents awaited them.
"Apparently they've had decades of civil wars and oppressive dictators and so have become good at fighting." Said the twins. Shashii nodded and stoked the fire.
"That and with every death they all get stronger. It's like the planet has a certain level of energy that must be maintained, and so they compensate easily with the death of one metropolis's population." Said Jaah between bites.
"I get it. Luckily I've done this before. It's going to be one for the history books." He stated, grinning dangerously at them looking like a god of war and mischief in the glow of the fire. Jaah trilled a note in happiness and soon started to sing a song in his native language which the twins seemed to know and thus danced to. Shashii watched, recalling nights he and his father would tell jokes and stories and sing songs that they would makeup together, he was six on his first mission. His first kill, that was hard to do and after he had gone into a shock. Raddittzu, worried, talked him through it and soon Shashii had learned to let his feelings go and let the blasts take and purify the planet. He had grown up and realized what he did was wrong but he really couldn't just stop, he needed to fight and kill. It was addictive. Now Jaah started a new song and the girls danced wildly to the fast tempo. Shashii laughed and joined at their beckoning. Moving with the music he let his body take control.
The sun rose and Shashii rolled over on his bed of leaves trying to hide from the rays that called him away from his dreams. But the idealistic world in his mind was begging him to stay. He hated mornings. Sighing he got up and drank down half of a pot of water and dumped the rest on his head. Jaah laughed and earned a glare from the Sayajin.
"Sorry," he sang out, "but that was funny." Shashii grunted an okay and torpidly walked to the stream to wake up. As he returned ten minutes later he had six huge fish creatures in hand and an armload of firewood. The girls awoke as he set fire to the wood and cooked the scale less fish things.
"Want one girls?" he asked them. They smiled sleepily as one and nodded.
"A quarter each would be fine Shashii." They said. Shashii smiled and tore them the desired amounts for each girl. He tossed the rest to Jaah, who thanked him and gobbled it up. Shashii skinned and ate his five fish raw in the same time it took for the others to eat their food.
Shashii excused himself and went to go scout out the natives. Watching them he found everyone was battle ready and trained intensively. Children beat up their younger counterparts. Adults beat up children and adults alike. They were a vicious and hateful race. Creeping around, he stumbled upon them executing a group of natives. Shashii shuttered at the brutality they showed to one and other. An energy blast was at least a humane and honorable death. The way they slaughtered each other was sick, and yet it seemed to be a pastime for them. The Sayajin made a note to seek out his father as soon as he returned and tell him thanks for teaching him proper ethics in war and killing. That was Raddittzu's thing, honorable practices, and by default Shashii was a warrior with integrity and high standards. Quickly he ran back to the trio.
"Okay, time to get rid of this scum." Said Shashii as he returned to camp. The three stood obediently and listened to his directions. "People, we're going to each go on one side of the planet at a time, together. That's important, the moment we get split up we'll lose this world, and I don't want that to happen. You three, if I'm correct, are very speed oriented fighters?"
"We are best at energy manipulation and psychic techniques, Jaah moves faster than anyone at our base. But he can't use a whole lot of energy." Said the twins. Shashii looked thoughtful for an instant.
"Okay, girls can you do area blasts, enough for a city?"
"With ease." They answered. Shashii grinned, he missed this about teams. Nodding he turned to Jaah.
"We'll play round up. Get them into groups and you ladies will use an area blast and get rid of them. Any one who escapes that, we can easily kill." Shashii took to the sky followed by the twins and finally Jaah. They ascended into the cloud layers. He signaled to the twins to stay and hide and for Jaah to follow. As fast as they could they swooped down firing small distraction blasts and soon they had gathered in a protective circle trying to shoot them down. Shashii watched Jaah as he continued to round the natives up, the bird-man was pure speed, almost faster than him times three. He looked like five soldiers ad his war cry would give anyone chills.
Finally, all was ready and with a great cry a mile wide ball of energy came down and disintegrated the group collected. After two days of such attacks the planet was cleared and the four went their own ways. Shashii returned to base number sixty-seven, and to a month of training and sharpening up his skills. After a week a technician came up to him in the mess hall.
"Uh, are you Shashii?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah, what's up?" asked the Sayajin with a full mouth. A look of disgust crossed the technician's face.
"A search has been done for you. Someone says that you saved the Spiral-jin King's life and job when his team was all but killed on a class B planet."
"Jaah?" asked Shashii confused.
"Yes, Jaah of the Crash clan, he's the king of the Spiral-jin. You are requested to come with me and receive a video-message." Said the technician smiling at his mystification.
"Uh.okay." Shashii finished off his food and went with the technician. In the computer room he sat at a console and played the message. On the screen was a regal looking Jaah in odd ceremonial robes and a jeweled mace in hand.
"Shashii, I King Jaah of the Crash clan and Spiral-jin have in conjunction with Prince Freeza am giving you Knight of the Seal status, the most prestigious rank given to anyone in our society. This is already in your personal information and soon a seal ring bearing the crest of my family and a blade showing your title will reach you at your base. You went above and beyond what a warrior should by coming to my aide, much less helping the Kannasa-jin twins and I with skill well beyond your years and taking no pay nor credit. I wish I could do more for the warrior who saved not only the lives of three soldiers who are well below you in rank. Thank You, Shashii of the Sayajin." Shashii played it twice more to be sure it was true.
"Damn." [pic]