Vegeta stepped out of his spaceship again as he does every morning.
Or was it morning? On this deserted planet, it's all the same. After a
rigorous Gravity Training that lasted a few hours, then a hearty and
delicious breakfast of grool from the ships shoddy replicators, he would
step outside to do a little target practice. But today was different, today
was the day he had waited for. He stepped out to see the once hilly
landscape almost flat, and what remained of said hills looked like swiss
cheese. A meteor crashed into the ground next to him as a smile spread
across his face. He looked up to see another huge meteor in the sky, just
like the first time he turned Super Saiyan. "This is it," he announced,
"this is the day I reclaim my title, or I die." He charged up and flew up,
deflecting meteors that zipped past him, nearly colliding with his frame.
Finally, when he had a clear shot, he began to fire at the huge meteor. He
was smarter this time, and didn't get knocked down by the force of his
blasts. However, things were looking bleak at this time, for the meteor was
showing no signs of damage. He charged hi chi into his arms and flew at the
hunk of rock, colliding with it, indenting his arms into it, as he
attempted to budge it with his physical strength, combined with mountain-
shattering energy attacks that destroyed the meteor from within. But it was
all in vain. The meteor picked up speed, and burned up more in the
atmosphere, causing Vegeta to rip his arms out and fly down to the ground
away from the ball of flame.
"I'm not leaving!" He shouted at the rock as a smaller meteor crashed into his spaceship, destroying it. "I WILL BEAT YOU!" He screamed as he released his Gallic Gun attack. The beam flew through the air, and hit the cratered surface hard, pummeling straight through, and taking a huge chunk with it. But it was not enough. Just then, a spaceship landed in the distance, and Goku appeared next to his old friend. "Kakarrot?!" Vegeta looked at him, half pissed and half confused. "Why are you here?!"
Goku reached out and grabbed him by the arm. "Vegeta! I know why you can't turn Super Saiyan!" He shouted over the crashing of rock into dirt. The proud warrior responded by retracting his arm. "I don't care about that anymore! All I care about is overcoming my obstacle! I must become better so I can help people! I must become as good as you!" He shouted and fired another energy blast at the meteor. Goku attempted to help, but was immediately instructed "Try it and you die, Kakarrot. I must do this on my own!" Vegeta charged up more, powering up to his fullest. Goku swallowed a lump in his throat, and took a step back as he prepared to say it. "Vegeta, you can't turn Super Saiyan, because you killed Bulma, Trunks and Bra! Your brain won't let you remember it because it hurt you so much! Please! Try to remember! Think back! You were upset at yourself and you released your energy in frustration and it caused their ship to crash! REMEMBER?!"
Vegeta's eyes grew wide as he fell to his knees. Memories flooded his brain and the pain was excruciating. He gripped his head with both hands and began to scream as he collapsed on the ground in the fetal position, rocking to and fro. Then the loudest scream was released from the depths of his heart. So loud, it cracked the surface of the now exceptionally close meteor. Vegeta got back to his feet and outstretched his arms. He called out, "Bulma! Trunks! Bra! I LOVE YOU!!!" as a huge ball of golden light encompassed his body and stretched outwards, becoming as bright as the sun. Goku had to shield his eyes and fight to get close enough to touch Vegeta. Soon as he had a grip on the glowing aggressor, he performed Instantaneous Transmission to King Kai's planet.
When they arrived on the scene, King Kai was ready to take a bite of a rather large sandwich. If he hadn't opened his eyes right before biting down however, he would have taken a chunk of Goku's leg. The force coming off of Vegeta had caused them to both be flung away from one another upon completion of the teleportation. Goku was flung onto King Kai's dinner table and Vegeta was nowhere to be found. "GOKU!" King Kai jumped up. "Why are you here?! You didn't bring another exploding Super Villian again, did you?!"
"No," Goku scratched the back of his head, "but I thought I brought Vegeta with me." He looked around worried for a bit. "I wonder where he went."
"I'm right here, Goku" a voice from above called out. Goku, King Kai, Bubbles and Gregory all looked up to see a stunning warrior floating overhead, looking down his nose at them all. Despite the lack of eyebrows, his eyes were still hardly opened and looking evil. His forehead had become quite larger, and his widows' peaks were more defined. His golden aura crackled with electricity as his hair, now down to his nether region, rustled and blew upward due to the immense energy coming off of his body. "Although I think your efforts were in vain," he nodded to his friend, "for I think the meteor is destroyed."
"Wow Vegeta!" Goku exclaimed, his eyes wide, "You have finally turned Super Saiyan 3! That's great!" He smiled wide as he jumped up in place. His former rival hovered there, his eyes closing for a moment; the sneer disappearing from his face.
"Great? If losing your entire family is great, then yes." He lowered his body to the ground, his feet planting on the ground with a thud; the energy emanating from his body rustling all the grass around him. Looking up, opening his eyes, he stared at his trusted friend with tears in his eyes. His pride held them back however, as a true warrior would never reveal such feelings. "Goku," he fought to speak straight through the lump in his throat, "you all already had the funeral, didn't you?"
Goku looked down, away from Vegeta. "Yeah, we did." His voice was somber and disappointed. "You were out of it, and we didn't know when you'd get well. We had to do something, y'know?"
Vegeta nodded in understanding. "Did everyone show up?"
"Well," Goku thought for a minute, "Tien and Yamcha didn't show up and, as such, Chiaoutzu and Puar didn't either." His eyes rolled upwards and a finger reached up to his mouth as he tried to think. "As far as our friends go, yeah, everyone else showed up." Then his eyes lit up as he turned to King Kai, "Oh yeah! King Kai couldn't make it either, or Bubbles or Gregory!"
Vegeta almost let out a small laugh as he listened to his buddy's childish antics. His smile then turned to a solemn look again, as he stated: "Then I think it is I who should let him know." Goku looked at Vegeta knowingly. His normal smile quickly faded away as he began to offer to come along. "No Goku," was the immediate, and actually preemptive response, "I must do this on my own." With that Vegeta silenced everyone, as he raised two fingers to his head and concentrated.
"It won't work Vegeta," Goku called out, "I already tried to find them both to tell them, but with no luck. They have concealed their power levels pretty well. I guess they don't want us interrupting their training." Vegeta looked up and nodded, as he powered down to his normal state. He was beginning to feel somewhat fatigued from the power output of the Super Saiyan 3 form.
"I guess I'll have to scour the Earth then to find him. I don't know when I'll return Goku, and I don't want you trying to find me. I may be gone for a long time, so until then, my friend." With that Vegeta performed Instant Transmission and disappeared.
King Kai looked up at Goku with a shocked look. "You taught him Instant Transmission?!" Goku looked back at the Kai with an innocent smile, scratching his head and nodding childishly. "Well, it's a good thing you didn't teach him any of my techniques." Gokus' eyes widened and he began to whistle as he tiptoed away. King Kai looked over at him, his jaw dropping and his eye twitching. "GOKU!!"
Three months later, Vegeta is flying above a small mountain range when a small campfire catches his eye. "Hmm, maybe down there? Won't hurt to check, I assume." He thinks to himself as he flies down to take a look. As he gets closer he notices two familiar figures around the fire. A smile spreads across his face as he swoops down faster and lands between the two of them. His eyes meet the seasoned fighter's with a determined look.
"Vegeta?!" Yamcha jumped up from his spot near the fire. "What the hell are you doing here?" He stared at the Saiyan for a moment, not receiving an answer. "How did you find me?" He launched another question with the hopes that this one would beget some sort of response but there was none. Vegeta stepped toward Yamcha quietly, his face becoming quite sad. He stopped right in front of the black, bushy haired warrior and looked at his scarred face before gripping his shoulders.
"Yamcha," Vegeta looked directly into his eyes. "I have something to tell you." With that, they sat down and he began to tell the whole story. After it was halfway done, Yamcha was ready to kill the Saiyan, but once the story was over Puar had to do everything in his power to hold Yamcha back. Bulma had been the object of the humans' affections since he first laid eyes on her. They had a relationship for a while, but things didn't work out. They eventually separated, but Yamcha still had a soft spot in his heart for her. He wanted to tell her just how he felt, but he never had the courage to; so his love festered, unanswered for so many years. Apparently these feelings never left.
"It's OK Puar," Vegeta nodded to the shape shifting cat, "you can release him. I deserve anything he does to me. But before you release your rage Yamcha, know this: I have changed since then. This is one of the main reasons I came directly to you, to tell you like a man." Vegeta walked around the two of them, as Puar floated away from his best friend. Yamcha stood there, scowling, but unmoving as he listened. "I also have a request of you if you'd be kind enough to listen. I'd like you to train me. Train me in the arts that you know so well: Self-preservation, Survival, Advanced Hand-to-Hand combat but, most importantly, Self-control and Discipline. I want to make sure I never make any of the mistakes I have made in the past, and my pride and my ego have been the cause of them all."
Yamcha stared on in disbelief for a moment, then looked at Puar and turned his back to them both, walking off. Puar immediately followed him. Vegeta sat down and waited patiently. Not moving or speaking, he sat still until nightfall, when the would-be sensei and cat team returned. "You are still here?" Was the response at first, then a chuckle resounded from his mouth as he spoke up, "I guess you're serious then, eh? OK then! Tomorrow we begin."
"I'm not leaving!" He shouted at the rock as a smaller meteor crashed into his spaceship, destroying it. "I WILL BEAT YOU!" He screamed as he released his Gallic Gun attack. The beam flew through the air, and hit the cratered surface hard, pummeling straight through, and taking a huge chunk with it. But it was not enough. Just then, a spaceship landed in the distance, and Goku appeared next to his old friend. "Kakarrot?!" Vegeta looked at him, half pissed and half confused. "Why are you here?!"
Goku reached out and grabbed him by the arm. "Vegeta! I know why you can't turn Super Saiyan!" He shouted over the crashing of rock into dirt. The proud warrior responded by retracting his arm. "I don't care about that anymore! All I care about is overcoming my obstacle! I must become better so I can help people! I must become as good as you!" He shouted and fired another energy blast at the meteor. Goku attempted to help, but was immediately instructed "Try it and you die, Kakarrot. I must do this on my own!" Vegeta charged up more, powering up to his fullest. Goku swallowed a lump in his throat, and took a step back as he prepared to say it. "Vegeta, you can't turn Super Saiyan, because you killed Bulma, Trunks and Bra! Your brain won't let you remember it because it hurt you so much! Please! Try to remember! Think back! You were upset at yourself and you released your energy in frustration and it caused their ship to crash! REMEMBER?!"
Vegeta's eyes grew wide as he fell to his knees. Memories flooded his brain and the pain was excruciating. He gripped his head with both hands and began to scream as he collapsed on the ground in the fetal position, rocking to and fro. Then the loudest scream was released from the depths of his heart. So loud, it cracked the surface of the now exceptionally close meteor. Vegeta got back to his feet and outstretched his arms. He called out, "Bulma! Trunks! Bra! I LOVE YOU!!!" as a huge ball of golden light encompassed his body and stretched outwards, becoming as bright as the sun. Goku had to shield his eyes and fight to get close enough to touch Vegeta. Soon as he had a grip on the glowing aggressor, he performed Instantaneous Transmission to King Kai's planet.
When they arrived on the scene, King Kai was ready to take a bite of a rather large sandwich. If he hadn't opened his eyes right before biting down however, he would have taken a chunk of Goku's leg. The force coming off of Vegeta had caused them to both be flung away from one another upon completion of the teleportation. Goku was flung onto King Kai's dinner table and Vegeta was nowhere to be found. "GOKU!" King Kai jumped up. "Why are you here?! You didn't bring another exploding Super Villian again, did you?!"
"No," Goku scratched the back of his head, "but I thought I brought Vegeta with me." He looked around worried for a bit. "I wonder where he went."
"I'm right here, Goku" a voice from above called out. Goku, King Kai, Bubbles and Gregory all looked up to see a stunning warrior floating overhead, looking down his nose at them all. Despite the lack of eyebrows, his eyes were still hardly opened and looking evil. His forehead had become quite larger, and his widows' peaks were more defined. His golden aura crackled with electricity as his hair, now down to his nether region, rustled and blew upward due to the immense energy coming off of his body. "Although I think your efforts were in vain," he nodded to his friend, "for I think the meteor is destroyed."
"Wow Vegeta!" Goku exclaimed, his eyes wide, "You have finally turned Super Saiyan 3! That's great!" He smiled wide as he jumped up in place. His former rival hovered there, his eyes closing for a moment; the sneer disappearing from his face.
"Great? If losing your entire family is great, then yes." He lowered his body to the ground, his feet planting on the ground with a thud; the energy emanating from his body rustling all the grass around him. Looking up, opening his eyes, he stared at his trusted friend with tears in his eyes. His pride held them back however, as a true warrior would never reveal such feelings. "Goku," he fought to speak straight through the lump in his throat, "you all already had the funeral, didn't you?"
Goku looked down, away from Vegeta. "Yeah, we did." His voice was somber and disappointed. "You were out of it, and we didn't know when you'd get well. We had to do something, y'know?"
Vegeta nodded in understanding. "Did everyone show up?"
"Well," Goku thought for a minute, "Tien and Yamcha didn't show up and, as such, Chiaoutzu and Puar didn't either." His eyes rolled upwards and a finger reached up to his mouth as he tried to think. "As far as our friends go, yeah, everyone else showed up." Then his eyes lit up as he turned to King Kai, "Oh yeah! King Kai couldn't make it either, or Bubbles or Gregory!"
Vegeta almost let out a small laugh as he listened to his buddy's childish antics. His smile then turned to a solemn look again, as he stated: "Then I think it is I who should let him know." Goku looked at Vegeta knowingly. His normal smile quickly faded away as he began to offer to come along. "No Goku," was the immediate, and actually preemptive response, "I must do this on my own." With that Vegeta silenced everyone, as he raised two fingers to his head and concentrated.
"It won't work Vegeta," Goku called out, "I already tried to find them both to tell them, but with no luck. They have concealed their power levels pretty well. I guess they don't want us interrupting their training." Vegeta looked up and nodded, as he powered down to his normal state. He was beginning to feel somewhat fatigued from the power output of the Super Saiyan 3 form.
"I guess I'll have to scour the Earth then to find him. I don't know when I'll return Goku, and I don't want you trying to find me. I may be gone for a long time, so until then, my friend." With that Vegeta performed Instant Transmission and disappeared.
King Kai looked up at Goku with a shocked look. "You taught him Instant Transmission?!" Goku looked back at the Kai with an innocent smile, scratching his head and nodding childishly. "Well, it's a good thing you didn't teach him any of my techniques." Gokus' eyes widened and he began to whistle as he tiptoed away. King Kai looked over at him, his jaw dropping and his eye twitching. "GOKU!!"
Three months later, Vegeta is flying above a small mountain range when a small campfire catches his eye. "Hmm, maybe down there? Won't hurt to check, I assume." He thinks to himself as he flies down to take a look. As he gets closer he notices two familiar figures around the fire. A smile spreads across his face as he swoops down faster and lands between the two of them. His eyes meet the seasoned fighter's with a determined look.
"Vegeta?!" Yamcha jumped up from his spot near the fire. "What the hell are you doing here?" He stared at the Saiyan for a moment, not receiving an answer. "How did you find me?" He launched another question with the hopes that this one would beget some sort of response but there was none. Vegeta stepped toward Yamcha quietly, his face becoming quite sad. He stopped right in front of the black, bushy haired warrior and looked at his scarred face before gripping his shoulders.
"Yamcha," Vegeta looked directly into his eyes. "I have something to tell you." With that, they sat down and he began to tell the whole story. After it was halfway done, Yamcha was ready to kill the Saiyan, but once the story was over Puar had to do everything in his power to hold Yamcha back. Bulma had been the object of the humans' affections since he first laid eyes on her. They had a relationship for a while, but things didn't work out. They eventually separated, but Yamcha still had a soft spot in his heart for her. He wanted to tell her just how he felt, but he never had the courage to; so his love festered, unanswered for so many years. Apparently these feelings never left.
"It's OK Puar," Vegeta nodded to the shape shifting cat, "you can release him. I deserve anything he does to me. But before you release your rage Yamcha, know this: I have changed since then. This is one of the main reasons I came directly to you, to tell you like a man." Vegeta walked around the two of them, as Puar floated away from his best friend. Yamcha stood there, scowling, but unmoving as he listened. "I also have a request of you if you'd be kind enough to listen. I'd like you to train me. Train me in the arts that you know so well: Self-preservation, Survival, Advanced Hand-to-Hand combat but, most importantly, Self-control and Discipline. I want to make sure I never make any of the mistakes I have made in the past, and my pride and my ego have been the cause of them all."
Yamcha stared on in disbelief for a moment, then looked at Puar and turned his back to them both, walking off. Puar immediately followed him. Vegeta sat down and waited patiently. Not moving or speaking, he sat still until nightfall, when the would-be sensei and cat team returned. "You are still here?" Was the response at first, then a chuckle resounded from his mouth as he spoke up, "I guess you're serious then, eh? OK then! Tomorrow we begin."
